The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1949 Page: 10 of 10
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KUNKEL’S BARBER SHOP
WE HAVE
Men’s and Boy’s Corduroy Hats-Gloves
Men’s Winter-weight Underwear
Ladies Gowns - Slips - Panties
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Groom, Tex.
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Dick Dickerson. Manager
GREYHOUND BUS SCHEDULE:
Plate Lunches
Riddle of the Week
Short Orders
Sandwiches
Cold Drinks
Good Coffee
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Greyhound Bus Depot
Just Arrived
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See Our Complete Line of Finest Accessories for Christmas!
Thermostats - Heater Hose - Batteries
GROOM AUTO SUPPLY
Phone 5... Fill Up At The Chevrolet Ser. Sta.
Groom, Texas
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Curtis Whatley and
Kenneth Hall and
Juniors Hosts to Big
Halloween Party
Annual Staff Asks
For Orders Now
Jimmy Hess;
George Clark;
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WEST
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ning to send clothing
overseas.
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$2975
(not installed)
The annual staff has been work-
ing hard to put out one of the best
annuals GHS has ever had. But to
do this, they need the cooperation
oi everyone. You can help by or-
dering your annual early. All stu-
dents can help by turning in any
snapshots to members of the an-
Shop at Home and Save!
Drygoods - Groceries - Meats - Shoes
—Richard Leggitt
An Apple A Day
An apple a day keeps the doctor
away,
An onion a day keeps everybody
a,way.
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Four and five my number be,
A nursery rhyme will help thee ;
Hidden away in a mountain side,
Ali Baba in these did hide.
No. 2
Three. parts it takes before I tell,
My first will be the strokes of a
bell;
The second a sport player of great
renown,
"It Pays To Look Neat”
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Richard Homer
beth James;
and food. and Claudine Britten; Vick Ash-
ONIONS and ORCHIDS
ORCHIDS to the Seniors for
beating the Freshmen, Sophomores
and Juniors in the Queen’s race.
ORCHIDS to the three classes
for being such good sports after
losing the race.
ONONS to Billy Joe for leading
the Seniors into such torture at
the Junior-Senior party Thursday
night.
ONIONS to all Halloween spooks
for messing up Millsaps’, Malones’,
Leggitts’ and Harris’ yards so bad.
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Mr. and Mrs. John Reed spent
the week end in Littlefield.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Husted
of Pampa visited in the Elmer
Ashmead home Sunday.
Mrs. Grace Sparks of Panhandle
spent Sunday in the home of Mrs. \ ;
Annie Reeves. • '
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Rentfro were
attending to business in Amarillo
Monday
Wendell Kone of Oklahoma City
is visiting in the home of his bro-
ther, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rone.
seas happy this Christmas! As one
of the projects of the Groom Fu- Wanda Davis;
ture Homemakers, they are plan- Evelyn Britten;
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A NOTE OF THANKS
The Senior Class would like to
thank everyone for their vote. W'e
really were happy to know we
could crown. Virginia Lamb and
Richard Homer as our queen and
king of High School. Thank you
very much.
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Whee! Pop! Bang! Halloween is
over. The second graders enjoyed
a lovely room party Monday given
by Mrs. Burgin, Mrs. Ruthaidt
and Mrs. House. The Halloween
motif was carried out in all games
The third grade takes this op-
(portunity to thank all the mothers
.who donated cakes and pies to the
cake-walk and who helped with
the walk.
The third grade has been study-
ing rhymes and the following won
first place with theirs; Richard
Leggitt and Aileen Musser. Their
poems were judged by the fourth
graders. Second places were given
to Lyndon Black and Janis Ann
Kendrick.
The Flowers In The Fall
Oh, look at all the yellow flowers,
Made beautiful by the April
showers.
Soon they will be killed by old
Jack Frost,
Then all their loveliness will be
lost.
A four-inch rain has fallen this
week and Thursday morning open-
ed with a brisk norther, letting in
the sunshine which is now wel-
come, as this section is thoroughly
soaked and the biggest wheat crop y
yet will be planted.
Gene Wade and Paul Morrow
were Clarendon visitors Monday
and Tuesday.
he Volunteer Workers Class of
the Methodist Church served a
chicken dinner in the band room
of the bank on election day. Pro-
ceeds from the dinner go towards
finishing the new church.
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Bob Hale and the former Doris
Schaffer were recently married
and are living near Jericho on the
old Lamb place.
Leroy Dorsey and Pauline Dor-
sey, or better known to most of us
as Pauline Little, announced the
arrival of triplets bom May 20.
Clona Blackwell has finally giv-
en her answer to Bobby Wood.
They are to be married January
25.
Gloria and Bob Pool were re-
cently informed they. are1 th
grandparents of a five-pound boy.
The fourth graders have been
studying about pets and we are
going to have a pet show this
week. The animals in the show
will be dogs, cats, fish, canary
birds and dolls.
The fourth grade had their Hal-
loween party this week. We had
good things to eat. We played a
fortune telling game and dunked
for apples. Everyone enjoyed the
party.
Mesdames Bural and Knorpp
were our room mothers. Visitors
for the party included Mrs. Asber-
ry and Melba and Jenane Stringer.'
Nelta James was on the honor
roll in spelling.
The reporter for this week was
Joan Schaffer.
mead and Carey Britten: and Ellis
Stapp and Doris McAdams.
Say, Janelle, whom do you have
a Thanksgiving date with? Could-
n’t be Edgar Musser, could it?
Well, Carey, whom were you
with in the show Sunday? Could
it be one of those handsome hired
hands we’ve been hearing about.
Blackwell; Barbara
THE GROOM NEWS, Thursday, NOVEMBER 3, 1949
Jerry Leigh Hoyt and Robert
Reed are the girl and boy of the
week in the first grade.
About forty-five were present for
the Halloween play and party on
Monday afternoon. “Halloween,”
“The Witches Are Calling,” and
“This Old Man” were songs by the
group. Lloyd Littlefield and Ro-
bert Reed were the main charact-
ers in the play, “The Tale of a
Jack-o-lantern.” Doyla Faye Black
and Lynell Witt gave Halloween
readings.
Mrs. John L. Witt and Mrs.
Robert Milton served sandwiches,
pumpkin candy, brownies and
orange cold drinks on Halloween
plates with napkins.
The formal initiation for the
new members of the FHA was held
Monday evening in the high school
auditorium.
Te vegin the program, the. old
members and the guides sang the
FHA song. The president, Carey
Britten, opened the program.
The guides repeated the bight
purposes of teh club. Vice-presi-
dent Teresa Homer read the creed
and explained the emblem. The
new members then received from
the president, their badges. Again
the group sang the FHA song.
A style show was presented by
the Home Economics girls. The
second year girls and their models
styled children’s garments, while
the first year girls modeled their
aprons.
Let’s help make someone over-
refreshments . Favors of paper
bats, horns and crickets were giv-
en.
The second grade gives a big and
sincere thank you to their room
mothers.
The Redbird reading class began
their new second reader today.
The Bluebirds will start theirs be-
fore the week end.
If all annual orders are in by
Thanksgiving, the staff will be
able to make delivery before the
school term closes.
Orders may be turned in to any
of the following members of the
annual staff:
Richard Homer; Gloria 'Pool,
Jean Reed, Nadine Hodges, Billy
Crowell, Jimmy Hess or Mrs. Pat-
terson .
CHITTER CHATTER
Why was Jean Thorp so un-
happy Friday night? Was it be-
cause her boy friend didn’t show
up Friday night’
Seems like Darlene enjoys work-
ing the cafe. We wonder who en-
joys coming, in the same time she
is working?
Yolanda seems to make a hit
with the McLean boys. What
about this, Yolanda?
James was seen with Dorothy
Davis Sunday. Not losing out, are
you, George?
Bobby Wood and Charleen were
also among the couples seen to-
gether after the carnival Friday
night. How about this, Bob?
Seems like Jimmy and Cecilia
are getting up quite a case. They
were seen together Friday alnd
Sunday.
Billy Joe, what was wrong Wed-
nesday night? Didn’t have hard
luck, did you? Was she really baby
sitting or was she with someone
else?
The following surely did make
cute couples at the Junior-Senior
party: Billy Joe Crowell and Clona
A group from the Methodist
Church took a rough trip across
country to Silverton Tuesday af-
ternoon to listen to a set of Mass
Cathedral Chimes. The group left
with the expectation of traveling
all the way on a paved road and
ended up in the breaks southwest
of Clarendon on an unkept dirt
road. They crossed a mile long
bridge that realed and rocked and
they also climbed Shaft cap. If you
wish to know more about it, ask < 4
either Mrs. P. E. Johnson, Mrs. 7 5
Wesley Woods or Mrs. E. C.
Goodlett.
FERSONALITY OF THE WEEK
The personality of the week is
a handsome Sophomore boy.
He is sixteen years old, stands
five feet, nine inches tall and tips
the scales at 155. His eyes and
hair are brown. He plays tackle
and guard on the football team.
He is exceptionally quiet and
studious.
He made a very handsome
prince in the Halloween corona-
tion.
If anyone has clothing they
would like to contribute to this
drive, please contact an FHA girl.
They will also appreciate the ad-
dress of any friends or relatives
living in any European country.
They wish to close this drive by
November 15th.
Assure your family safety, comfort and convenience by having
your car completely-checked and adjusted to cold-weather driv-
ing. A winter tune-up now will save your time and temper later
and pre-cancel expensive repair bills that otherwise accure.
We’re the authorized dealers for many higs-standard parts and
experienced in the repair of every car that runs on the road.
New FHA Members
Initiated This Week
So classmates may keep up with
each other, we would like to pub-
lish a column about former stu-
dents in each week’s issue of the i
TT. If you would like to hear
about any former classmates with
whom you have lost contact as
time went by, keep up with this
column each week.
If you are an ex-student please
send your name, what you are do-
ing, whether you are married and
how many children, to the editor,
Sue Milton, Groom High School.
We have the following to start
our column.
Phyllis Leggitt is now attending
WTSC at Canyon. She is majoring
in public school music.
Florence Ledwig is attending the
Amarillo Junior College. She *s
undecided in her major.
Leonard Husted is married now
and is employed by the Southwest-
ern Public Service Company. He
married the former Cleta Grace
Ashmead.
Joan Hess is still the same ole
gal. She is attending WTSC in
Canyon and is majoring in Home-
making. She is in her third year.
She plans to teach" school in the
future.
Kathleen Weinheimer is attend-
ing Draughon's .Business College
in Amarillo. Kathleen hopes to
find a job soon.
James Dickerson is now serving
in the United States Air Corps.
He has been home on a 24-day
delay enroute. He will go to Alas-
ka soon.
Richard Hall attended college for
four years in Denver, Colo. He is
now teaching school in Portland,
Oregon. He teaches physical edu-
cation.
Virginia Gillam is now known to
most of us as Mrs. Billy Jones.
They have a five-month-old baby
boy and reside at Jericho.
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Mrs. R. T. Foster and Mrs.
Clean Leggitt attended the Delta
Kappa Gamma luncheon in the
Crystal Ballroom of the Herring
Hotel Saturday.
SUe Milton visited with her
grandparents in Lakeview over the
week end.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Little of
Hereford, Mr. and Mrs-. Jimmy
Bunting of Amarillo, and Phyllis
Leggitt of Canyon visited relatives
in Groom Sunday.
Miss Newa Fine visited in An-
The Juniors were hosts to the
Seniors at a party last Thursday
night at the Legion Hall. The
evening was packed full of good
laughs and roars from everyone
present.
As each Senior entered the hall,
he was faced with leg-grabbing
arms, dead people, in coffins, ske-
letons, being pulled over bed
springs and rubber tires. The hall
wjs decorated with orange and
black crepe paper, skeletons on the
walls and shocks of feed in the
corners.
To soft music' “Grand March”
began the evnirg’s entertain-
ment, followed by the Grape-vine
Twist.” A few of us may have a
twisted wrist or ankle, but every-
one enjoyed it. After finding
partners, a game, was played in
which couples had to do stunts.
After several more games were
played, sandwiches, pumpkin and
pecan pie, candy and pop were
served. Horns and snapping beet-
les were given as favors.
Guests went home blowing their
horns, feeling they had never had
a more wonderful time or had
never been served more delicious
refreshments.
FRESHMAN NEWS
The members of the Freshman
Class held their Haddoween par-
ty in the barn at the Madison
Fields farm home. Mina Nell
Fields was hostess. The party was
very successful.
Miss Pauline Rudy directed the
games.
Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Kirk, Mrs.
Goodlett, Mrs. Anglin, Mrs.
Mrs. Knorpp and Mrs. Hickox
acted as room mothers for the par-
ty, as the class has not elected the
room mothers for the year.
We wish to thank all of the
people for their votes for the'
Freshman class Friday night.
SEVENTH GRADE NWS
The students of the Seventh
grade are learning some easier
ways to work problems.
Norma Jean Dorsey visited in
Clovis, N M. last week end.
We thought the Carnival was
very nice and enjoyed it very
much.
Unsell Chevrolet Company
arillo over the week end.
Claudine and Evelyn Britten
went to Amarillo Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Millsap enter-
tained iris father and mother, who
brought Linda home. Linda had
spent a month with her grand-
parents at Sherman.
Mozelle Bural spent the week
end in Dickens.
Irma Brown went to Pampa on
Sunday. ,
Barbara Helm and James Dick-
erson were guests in the Billy
Fields home Saturday night.
Billy Joe Crowell went to Erick,
Oklahoma over the week end.
Douglas Black visited Uil Gun-
ter of Hart, Texas over the week
end.
Cora Lee Hearn was shopping
Clarendon Saturday.
The Freshban Class had one of
their former classmates back with
them Friday. She was Mary Lil-
lian Gillam of Claude.
Nadine Hodges went to Pan-
handle Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harris attended
an open house of the Baptist
Church in Pampa, Sunday. They
were also shopping in Amarillo on
Saturday.
Patsy Collins was a Pampa visi-
tor Saturday and Sunday.
Blondie Hall and Vick Ashmead
were visiting in McLean Sunday.
Bob Hale was on the sick list
over the week end.
Carey Britten atended a style
show at the Marine Grill in Am-
arillo Saturday.
Mrs. and Mrs. J. W. Malone
went to Amarillo Saturday.
Leroy Dorsey went to Clovis over
the week end.
Helm and
Milfon and
Church Construction
Progressing Rapidly
Construction of the new Metho-
dist Church is progressing rapidly,
with most of the work now being
carried on inside the structure.
The roof has been covered and
is now ready for the shingles.
The electric wiring has been
roughed in and workmen are
now hanging rock board to hold .
plaster. /I crew is also working to
complete the tower. A cement
floor will be poured soon and v
bricklaying on it can then be X 3
completed. The tower will be 2%
feet taller when completed, mak-
ing the overall heighth 36 feet.
Part of the heating equipment
has also been installed.
TWENTY YEARS LATER
Blondie Hall has a little patch of
cotton down south of McLean. He
and his little woman have three
children, and they grow waterme-
lons, too!
Old Faithful Curtis Whatley is
still courtin’ Sue. We hear Sue
has finally promised to go steady.
Billy Crowell is in Paris model-
ing bathing suits.
Nadine Hodges is still trying to
change her name to Lee. She had
better hurry ’ause she is facing
forty now.
i Barbara Helm is now supervisor
of an orphan’s home in New York.
Jimmy Hess is now. manager of
a cheater manufacturing company
and doesn’t have to borrow any-
more.
The Tigers Tale
A GROOM NEWS Supplement Published every Thursday in Connection with THE GROOM NEW’S Edited By Groom School Students
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Kunkel, Carl, Jr. & Kunkel, Loreta E. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 3, 1949, newspaper, November 3, 1949; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1403265/m1/10/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.