The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. [66], No. [44], Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1961 Page: 2 of 16
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Wedding Plans
white daisies was used on the
of Huntsville, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Are Revealed
lers were
Bertie Moore, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Wichita Falls.
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BOAT PADDLES
$1.20
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Mrs. Clemmie Mallett of Na-' Church, preached the memorial
TACKLE BOXES
$3.00
From
Turner, Pierce & Cleere
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Navasota
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First Mortgage Loans
$1,099,309.74
Loans on Savings Accounts..... 27,230.71
150,529.48
Office Building and Equipment,
$1,423,804.94
The W. E. GIBSON AGENCY
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NAVASOTA
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RlEwbEr FEDERAL RESERVE BANK SYSTEM
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National
Kitchen Shower
Compliments
Miss Grace Moore
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"EXCELLENT"
$1,423,804.94
"SAVE WHERE IT PAYS"
CURRENT DIVIDEND RATI 3%,%
Street in Navasota. The recent
bride looked lovely in her wed-
ding gown of white silk peau
de sole.
Greeting the guests with the
Moores were Mrs. Roy Moore’s
ADMIRAl’S neme designates, appiopriatly, the high rank he holds
among the nation’i lop performing sires.
A 3100 lb. 6-year-ola, ADMIRAL wet purchased by Curtiss along
with hit full brother, IRVINGTON PRIDE COMMANDER, from W. L King
A San of Gaithersburg, MS.
ADMIRAL rombines all desiieble charactevisties looked fat in • bull:
PODUCTION —Daughten exceeding dams by over 3000 Ibii MIU
STATEMENT OF CONDITION
Navasota Federal Savings & Loan Assn
Navasota, Texas
After the close of Business June 30, 1961
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Before
you turn the key.
At modem high speeds and
the complex traffic patterns
of today’s driving, no one
should consider driving with-
out adequate auto insurance
protection.
To keep up with modern
trends and protect yourself,
make sure your auto insur-
ance is really adequate. See
your local Farm Bureau In-
surance agent today!
The "ADMIRAL" Reports for Duty
at CURrI
Silver Medal
Type
OTTO SCMNERINO, Founder
Represented Locally By:
CURTiSS $
BREEDING SERVICE, INC
Conroe, Mr. Fred Miller of San
Antonio and Mr. Jim Powell of
Houston.
sidents of Navasota and Miss
Grimes is the granddaughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. W. K.
Quinn of Navasota.
serving table in the yard. As-
sisting in welcoming the cal-
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• Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Farge
and sons, Bill, Walt and Gary
and Mrs. W. G. Foster of Bel-
laire spent the 4th with Mrs.
W. H. Redford and Mr. and Mrs.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO THE
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore
held “Open House” Friday eve-
ning from eight to ten honor-
ing their son, Royal Walker,
and his bride, the former- Miss
Penelope Pettit of Dallas. Their
wedding was an event of June,
solemnised in Dallas, and the
young couple are now making
. Kopal Church, LaMarque.
The Grimes are former
Melody Masters
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Insurance Company
Charles Cavanaugh
Bank Money Orders really fill the bill! This service is safe, con-
venient and speedy . . ; try it the next time you have to send
money for any purpose.
Al Popular Brands
of
RODS, RIELS A UNE
Priced Righr
NAVASOTA BUTANE
• ON THEIR
—100 lb,. ft __
— Silver Medal Typ. award hr davghtors that aver-
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H. Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Moore, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. M. B
silver epergne were used on the
dining table. Mrs. L. A. Payne, parents,
mother of Miss Moore’s fiance, Dallas and Mr. W. S. Pettit of
Home Improvement Loans ...
Investments and Securities ..
Cash on Hand and
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Island, Ill.
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Open House Honors Bride And Groom Treat-Baird
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Hudspeth wanminn Pl
of the Delta .Theta social club
Mr. Baird is a grai
French High School 1
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Whitten Home
Is Scene Of'
Coffee Saturday
— Two recent brides, Mrs. Bob
Brown and Mrs. Jim Rankin;
and Mrs. Kathryn Neal, who is
moving to Austin in August,
were honored with a coffee Sat-
urday morning by Mrs. Robert
Whitten.
Summer flowers in shades of
pink and red centered the re-
freshment table where Mrs. J.
T. Gibson poured coffee from
the silver service..
Dorothy Whitten opened the
door for the twenty friends, who
called.
ONE dual fMfOit
CARV, ILLINOIS
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ADMIRAL
their home at 1919 Everett
mont apd attended Abilene
Christian College where he was
a member of the Blue Key hon-
or organization and the Frater
Sodalis social club.
Dr. Treat father of the bride-
elect. will officiate at the wed-
ding in the College Church of
Christ in Abilene on September
11.
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MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
LaMarque, announce the en-
gagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter.
Avis Eleanor, to Ernest De
Rulle, Jr., also of LaMarque.
The wedding will be an event
of August 13 at St. Michael’s
and Mrs. Tom Moore served, as-
sisted by Mrs. Henry Seale and
Miss Annette Moore. Arrange-
ments of pink blossoms were
also used through the reception
rooms.
The guests were then invited
into the living room where
Mrs. Fred Lohmeyer, disguised
as a buxom black mammy in
her red calico dress and band-
ana scarf presented Miss Moore
with a washtub full of lovely
and useful gifts for the kitchen.
The rest of the morning was
spent in opening the attractive
packages and inspecting the
gifts.
was a guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Hoffman the past two weeks.
G Mrs. Maye Jackson and Mrs.
G. E. Mueller have returned
from a vacation with Lt. and
Mrs. L. O. Cox of Lawton, Okla.
They were accompanied home
by Mrs. Jackson's grandsons,
Wayne and Gil.
• B. H. Schumacher went to
Beaumont Wednesday to attend
the State Plumbing Inspections
Meeting through Saturday.
TWO WAYS f
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INDIVIDUALITY—Clessilied “trnlW wilh imposing acenef
points.
SHOW UNO —Men. Mentien All-Americen 2-yeur-ald, 19s7.
COLLAPSIBLE
FISH BAGS
From ..... $4.50
Engaged Couple
Honored With
Picnic Supper
Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Nichols
entertained with a picnic sup-
per in the lovely yard at their
home on Victoria Street as their
compliment to M l as Grace
Moore and her fiance, Bill Pay-
ne of Conroe. The gaily striped
table clothes of yellow, white
and orange, with matching
napkins, and the orange straw
baskets filled with daisies, that
were used on the small tables,
gave a festive air to the oc-
casion. The serving table held
a huge white milk glass bowl
filled with the same blossoms.
Barbecued < hicken with all
the trimmings was served to
about forty guests including
the parents of the young couple
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Payne of
Conroe and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Moore.
Jointed Cone
POLES
From ........70
Mrs. Neva Pettit of
325
Mrs. Gracie Mae Conner of
Houston, Mrs. Flossie Pearl
Bushnell of Lake Charles, La.,
Mrs. Thelma Crabtree of Las
Vegas, Nevada; and five sons,
Robert, Amon, Bill and Jimmy
Burns, all of Houston, and
Marion Bums of San Antonio.
On Thursday, July 13, at the
home of Mrs. B. B. Hicks from
2:30 to 5 pm Mrs. Hicks will
host to a bridal shower for Mrs.
Philip Bryan. Co-hostesses will
be Mrs: Donald Hicks, Mrs. K.
E. Trant and Mrs. Orin Cook.
- On Wednesday night, July 26
at the Free Will Baptist
Church beginning at 8 p.m. a
male quartet from the Free Will
Baptist College of Nashville,
Tenn. will sponsor a program,
Mr. and Mrs. Truitt Stuckey
and sons, Kerry and Jimmy of
Pasadena are visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Rod Lavend-
MILLICAN
By Lois Smith
Don Fuqua was honored with
a birthday dinner on July 4 at
the home of Lois Smith of Mil-
lican. The guests were served
friend chicken, fish, potatoes,
salad and all the trimmings.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. August Stetenpole, Mr. apd
Mrs. Dan Fuqua and children,
Mrs. W. P. Roy lie, Mrs. Willie
F. Daniel of Belton; and A. K.
Smith.
- Mrs. Willie F. Daniel of Bel
ton spent the week end in the
home of Lois Smith.
A. K. Smith, Mrs. August
Stetenpole, Lois Smith and Ar-
thur William Feldman visited
Mrs. Willie F. Daniel at Belton.
Mrs. Daniel had the mis-
fortune of breaking her left
leg.
Arthur W. Feldman spent two
weeks with his aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs? August Stetenpole.
........... .... ___ Lohmeyer of Austin, Mr. and,
Mrs Royal Lott, Mrs Mrs. Flether Yarbrough of Dal-
. --- "‘las, Mr. and Mrs. Jon Brumley
of Austin, Mr. Bill Payne of
LIABILITIES
Savings Capital ... . ......... $1,304,665.13
Other Liabilities ............................ 5.193.74
Specific Reserves ...... 417.65
General Reserves 105,442.26
Undivided Profits 8,086.16 113,528.42
Purvis, Long. Mrs. Foster re- Sourhern Farm Bureau
mained for a longer visit. •---------- -________
• Mr. and Mrs. James Evans
and son spent the week-end in
Brazoria.
The host pastor. Rev. Fred T.
Lang, gave the invocation and
made important announcements.
The Rev. Tom Rutledge, pastor
of the Iola Missionary Baptist
Church, gave a most pleasing
“In Remembrance" meditation.
Rev. J. H. Burleson, pastor of
Enon First Missionary Baptist
Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. V. T.
Williams, and Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Purcell
Pink roses and glads were
used in the living room and
yellow glamellias were used in
the sun parlor. Mrs. Thomas
Moore and Miss Grace Moore
were at the “Guest Book." Other
Navasotaians in the house
party were Misses Annette
Moore, Sandra Quinn, Carolyn
Barrett, Mary Hansen, Jan and
Melanie Moore, Ruth Ann and
Marilynn Moore and Susie and
Barbara Conkling; and Messers
Thomas Moore, Charles and
Everard Ketchum.
Those from out of town who
helped to greet the guests were
Guests were served from
either side the dining room or
the yard. White roses and
white glads in a silver contain-
er on an antique plateau mir-
ror, were used in the dining
room, which was lighted by
white tapers in silver candele-
bra. An arrangement of the
By Mrs. Bob Trant
Funeral services for kobert
Deats Burns, 75, were held at
2 p.m. Saturday at the Free
Will Baptist Church with the
Rev. Herbert Richards, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the
Evergren cemetery. Mr. Bums
died at his home here at 2:30
a.m. Thursday. He is survived
by his wife; three daughters,
By Mrs. Katie Davis
The revival at Enon First
Missionary Baptist Church clos-
ed on Sunday night after a
series of fine services. The Rev.
Roy Flippo from Amarillo did
the preaching and the Rev.
Philip Bryant of Bryan led the
song service.
Kennard Trant attended sing-
ing at Old Creek near Austin
Sunday.
Kenny and Mike Trant of
Conroe are here on vacation
with ’ their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. K. E. Trant
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Humprey of
West Columbia, Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Dyer of Houston are visiting
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Stedman.
Mrs. E. E. Dudley and chil-
dren, Terry and Rhonda are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Freeman of New Braunfels.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Moon
and children of Houston spent
the week on vacation at their
farm home here.
Mr. and Mrs. George Guest of
Houston are visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Crenshaw.
Major and Mrs. Collie Dowell
Trant and son, Mike of Boise,
Idaho were visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Trant of
Singleton the past week. The
C. T. Trants joined them for a
week-end visit to Alice, Kings
vllle and Agua Dulce with re-
latives. ___________________ .
Clyde Maxwell of Huntsville
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LEFT TO RIGHT. Norman Bounds, owner and manager; Mrs. R. O. Davis, office manager; Kenneth L AHen, who has
been driving for the company 5 years without an accident; Glen Lemon. 1 year without an accident; Jeffry Creeks. 6
years witttout an accident and W. E. Gibson, owner and manager of the W. E. Gibson Agency.
THIS SAFETY ACHIEVEMENT WAS RECOGNIZED RECENTLY BY THE FAN AMERICAN
FIRE AND CASUALTY INS. CO. BY PRESENTING A CERTIFICATE TO THE NAVASOTA
BUTANE GAS COMPANY AND A LAPEL PIN TO EACH OF THE THREE DRIVERS.
Long Handled
DIP NETS
From $2.75
L 3
and Chester Dudley of Rosha-
ron, employees of the Texas De-
partment of Correction spent
several days here with their
families.
Bob Trant, the Rev. Herbert
Richards and daughter, Mary
Lou received medical attention
at the Torbett linic of Marlin
Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Trant en-
tertained the directors and the
manager of the Mid-South elec-
tric o-op of Navasota Thurs-
day, July 6 with a luncheon
and spend-the-day-party. Those
attending were Manager Curtis
Maynard of Navasota. H. H.
Sandell and Morris Cottn of
Huntsville, James Cox of Mont-
gomery, J. D. Moody of Pied-
mont and Otis Farris of Madi-
sonville. Bob Trant is a director
of the Co op. The men held a
short business session in. the
morhing.
We have received daily rains
| for the past few days. Every-
thing is so pretty and green for
July. Good grasses on all the
i range. Yes and grass in the cot-
ton fields.
A kitchen shower at the
Frank Seale home in Bryan
was given by Mrs. Seale, Mrs,
Otto Lohmeyer, and Mrs. Fred
Lohmeyer honoring Miss Grace
Moore. The hours of ten to
eleven thirty on Saturday morn-
ing were chosen for the event.
Pink and white carnations in
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nAVASOTA zzAMEA-yIzw
sermon. He pointed out how God
created all things, culminating
in man made in his own image,
this creature being made in love
to' be protected, provided for,
saved by grace, and finally re-
ceived unto himself where he
is to be reunited with friends
and loved ones who have gone
one before, there to dwell for-
ever in that house not made
with hands, eternal in the
heavens.
One of our senior citizens, Mr.
W. P. Hogue, returned thanks'
for bountiful lunches .spread on
tables under the trees, where
every one had been Invited to
eat.
A short business meeting was
convened after lunch by the re-
tiring president, Mrs. J. B. Da-
vis.
■ On recommendation of the
nominating committee, the fol-
lowing slate of officers were
unanimously elected to serve
two years: R. P. Grant, presi-
dent; Mrs. Frances Slaughter,
secretary; Mrs. O. C. Webb,
treasurer, re-elected. It was vot-
ed in unanimous decision to in-
corporate Enon Cemetery As-
sociation, making one organiza-
tion responsible for the care of
both cemeteries.
After singing completed the
day’s program. This was under
the direction of Mr. Joe Landers
of Bedias. Many singers were
present, and those who stayed
for this part felt that it was
a fitting climax. Kennard Trant
dedicated the song, “What Will
You Leave Behind?” to the re-
tiring president, Mrs. Davis, and
to the incoming president, R. P.
Grant. The meeting was dis-
missed by Rev. B. C. Thompson.
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Engagement Of Miss
Avis Eleanor Grimes
Announced At LaMarque
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Grim-
es, 1504 Houston Drive West,
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Treat. 858
E. N. 19th Street, Abilene, an-
nounce the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage of their
daughter, Gloria Elaine, to Al-
bert W. Baird III, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. W. Baird, ir., of 80S
Teague Street, Navasota.
The bride-elect attended Abi-
lene Christian High School and
Abilene Christian College where
she is employed in the regis-
trar’s office. She is a member
Montgomery County
Breeding Service
P. O. SUBER Phone LT 7-2460
Rt 2 • Box 115 • Navasota
vasota visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Cotton and
attended the revival at Enon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Turner of
Houston spent several days at
’ their home in Iola.
Mrs. D. M. Howard has return-
ed home from her visit in Col-
lege Station. Mr. and Mrs. Way
: ne Howard and their son, David
• drove to Iola with her. David,
who is one of the most promis-
’ ing sons of this little town, has
won a scholarship to study
Latin American History and
Spanish in the University at
’ Puebla, Mexico during the next
six weeks term.
Mr. And Mrs. Morris Grant
came tor a visit with his moth-
er, Mrs. Effie Grant, and the
children plan to stay for some
time with their grandmother.
Mrs. J. R. Andress of Houma,
La. has returned to her home
after a short visit with her sis-
ter and her husband, ahe Walter
Dodds, following the homecom-
ing held at the Methodist
Church on the first Sunday in
July.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hammond
have had visiting members of
their family in their home dur-
ing the last week. The Rev. La-
। Grone and "Patsy,” with their
children, and Trula, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Hammond
were here from south Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Hammond
and daughters of Floydada
came by after a visit with her
family in Port Arthur and took
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Hammond
home with them for a visit.
Tommie Cook is back home
from his stint in the service,
and has been seen “Flying a-
round" quite a bit. Tommie is
a pilot, and has taken a few
brave souls up for a spin.
Davis Darby took his grand-
daughter, Sherry home to Bry
an last week; Sheila stayed
with “Papa", who was “ground-
ed" several days with a crip-
pled leg.
Mrs. Katie Davis and Mrs.
W. T. Wilcox have gone to
Fredericksburg to visit in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Woods,
another daughter of Mrs. Davis.
Mrs. Davis will remain in Fred-
ericksburg while Mrs.' Wilcox
attends " a” meeting Tn Austin
during the week. They plan to
return home the last of the
week.
A three inch rain has fallen
over a period of two days here,
and things are really green and
spring-like; it is still raining.
Herschule Darby was seen in
Iola on Saturday. He and his
family were visiting in the
homes of John Darby and David
Mallett.
Annual Meeting - Zion
Cemetery Association
The Zion emhetery Associa-
tion held its regular annual
session at Zion ' Methodist
Church on Sunday, July 2 with
a large host of visiting friends
and relatives In attendance
with local representatives from
the three Iola churches.
The program committee
worked diligently to arrange a
memorial program which would
make the day pleasant for all
those who are interested In the
Association. Gifts and offerings
during the day served to re-
plenish the treasury, by means
of which the care of the ceme-
tery is maintained.
As has been the custom in
former years, a visiting song
leader, pianist, and ministers
were invited to take part on
the program for the day. Due
io unavoidable absence of Ray
Hogue, a native son who is now
director of Music at First Bap
tist Church, Garland, another
native son who had been in-
vited to give the Response to
’he Welcome which was since-
tely extended by C. G. McDou-
gald, also led the song service
— Alonzo Hensley of Houston,
a supporter of the Association
from the dsy of its inception,
ruman Isbell, another Iola son,
led our prayer of gratitude and
supplication. Mrs. Katie Mae
Davis Wells of Houston rendered
tpecial Instrumental music and
sang a vocal selection, all in
tune with the day’s theme.
Th—Say, Joly 13, 1961
DANCE
S. P. J. $. T. Hall
Snook, Texas
Friday, July 14
Music By
Jimmy Heap
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Whitten, Bob. The Navasota Examiner and Grimes County Review (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. [66], No. [44], Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1961, newspaper, July 13, 1961; Navasota, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1446038/m1/2/?q=%221961-07%22&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Navasota Public Library.