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THE GROOM NEWS, GROOM,. CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1954
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Administration of Estate
Jack Puckett.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McBrayer en-
tertained the Homemakers Class
of the Baptist Church with a din-
ner in their home south-of town.
Present were Messrs, and Mmes.
Sterling Bearden, Rick Ramming,
Roy B. Hodges, Bob Oglesby, Bob
Allen, R. A. Williams, Willis Fel-
lows, Buck Laveke, L. V. Ratliff,
Jr., Leon Nicholson, Jack Puckett,
the host and hostess.
The Panhandle District of the
it that after all these years you.
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Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Weaks
plan to visit her sister, Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Dunham in Fort Worth
during the holiday season.
Christmas Day visitors in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Ber-
trand will be Mr. and Mrs. Fay
McLean and Mrs. Eugenia Ber-
trand of Pampa.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Potter plan
to visit Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Pot-
ter in Tucumcari, N.M., Christmas
Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Ford spent
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will be Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy King Santa made his personal inter-
and baby of Weatherford, and views with White Deer kiddies
last Thursday evening. A tradit-
ion of the Venado Blanco Club,
this was the 16th year for the
jolly old gent to call in the homes,
where small ones are waiting.
The Baptist Missionary Society
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Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Cummings,
of the Armed Forces at Greens-
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WHITE DEER NEWS
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FLOWERS for all occasions.
Call Mrs. Wayne Jordan, 86M, in
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last Sunday with her mother,
Mrs. A. G. Lane, in Clarendon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Webster will
met at the Baptist Church for a
Royal Service program. Attend-
ing were Mmes. Bill Boyd, Jessie
M. Pearston, Clifton Kelly, Frank
Evans, C. R. Pickens, Bob Allen,
W. B. Carey and L. V. Ratliff Jr.
The Busy Bee Home Demon-
stration Club held its Christmas
luncheon in Fellowship Hall of the
Methodist Church. Members pres-
ent were Mmes. L. A. Puckett,
Richard Barnes, B. O. Bertrand,
Joe Wheeler, Tommy Townsend,
Dale Burch, and one guest, Mrs.
LOST: A red leather billfold,
with no identification. Lost on
Main Street in White Deer. Con-
tained a twenty dollar bill and
five one-dollar bills. Mrs. Jessie
M. Pearston.
be visiting their daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Troy Don Carroll in New!
Orleans, La., during the holidays.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry O’Neal be-
came the parents of a daughter,
7 lbs., 2 ounce Sherrie Lynn, who
was bom in Highland General
Hospital, Pampa. Grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Ford and
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. O’Neal, all of
White Deer..
Mrs. Velma Marx and Pat are
spending the school vacation time
LAST WEEK IN
WHITE DEER
The T.E.L. Class of the Baptist
Church held its annual, Christmas
party in the home of Mrs. W. B.
Carey. Co-hostess was Mrs. Neal
Edwards. Attending were Mmes.
E. F. Tubb, Arthur Kirkwood,
Eva Inman, G. A. Bell, C. P. Hus-
sey, J. W. Wells, Charles Milligan,
Leia Moss, W. E. Moore, Rilla
Enochs, T. G. Brewton, W. Baten,
A. M. Harvey, Minerva Osborne,
Alma Thornburg, J. W. Everly, E.
L. Colgrove, Mary Edgar, Jessie
A bank president, extremely
sensitive about .his baldness, wore
a hat at all times to cover up the
fact. One day while the porter
was sweeping out his office, the
president asked jokingly, “Why is
and family, Harold Eakes and
family, R. E. Royce and family,
Bill Brown and family, Jay Neigh-
bors and family, Miss Joyce Good-
man, and Claude Park, all of
Panhandle; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Hubbard and family, of Claude;
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hermesmeyer
and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mashburn
and Ronnie of Groom; Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Abbot and Mitch, and
Mrs. Jo Hy Smith and Bruce of
White Deer.
Mrs. R. A. Thompson, Sr., was
hostess to the White Deer Art
Club for the Christmas party and
an afternoon of “42.” Prizes went
to Mmes. W. J. Stubblefield, E. C.
Shuman, and May Coffee. Others
present were Mmes. J. C. Jack-
son, Everett Williams, Jim White,
Girtha McConnnell, Julia Powers,
Conner O’Neal, George Coffee, E.
H. Grimes.
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Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ford of
Houston are spending the holidays
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Dalton Ford, and Mrs. Laura Jo
Skaggs.
Planning to spend Christmas
with their mother, Mrs. M. E.
Wells, are Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe
L. Pinnell and family of Adrian;
Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Wells and sons
of Dallas, and Mrs. Hope Rusk
and family of Canyon.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gaston and
Roberta will spend a part of the
holidays with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Beck, in Munday.
DeWayne DeFever is employed
by radio station KLYN in Ama-
rillo.
Hobart McDonald will spend the
school vacation with his family in
McAllister, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Wilson and
children of Amarillo spent Sun-
day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Nicholson.
George Hooker left recently for
Roswell, N.M. where he will visit
in the home of his son, George
Hooker, Jr., during the holidays.
Mrs. May Puckett of Yosemite,
Cal., and Lonnie Sowell of Fresno,
Cal., have been visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. A.
Puckett.
Mr. and Mrs. Skippy Buchanan
of Farmington, N.M.,, will spend
the holidays in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Buchanan.
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Nicholson
plan to spend Christmas with her
mother, Mrs. Susie Bennett, in
Ralls, Tex.
Mrs. Marion DeFever, Larry
and Rodney, plan to visit her
mother, Mrs. O. T. Hollingsworth
in Wichita, Kansas, during the
holiday season.
The Junior Class of the Meth-
odist Sunday school held a town
Caroling followed by a party in
the home of their superintendent,
Mrs. Marian DeFever, Wednesday
evening.
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We welcome the college stu-
dents who are home to spend the
holiday season with parents and
friends.
Cpl. and Mrs. Taylor Skaggs
were visiting homefolks here and
at Skellytown recently. Taylor
has been transferred from Fort
Bliss, El Paso, to San Antonio.
Spending the holidays in the
home 'of Mr. and Mrs. Jack St.
Clair will be Messrs, and Mmes.
C. L. St. Clair of Phillips; C. M.
Hawkins and Charles of Hardesty,
Okla.; Ed Hopkins of Hooker,
Okla.; Ed McDonald of Balko,
Okla.; Thurman Laubhan of Am-
arillo; and Wayne Hawkins and
family of Dallas.
Ida Mae Powers, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Powers, will be
presented in a piano reital to be
held in the First Methodist Church
at Panhandle, Dec. 28, at 7:30
P.M. A student of Mrs. Kermit
Lawson and a student at White
Deer Grade School, Ida Mae is the
only student participating from
White Deer.
Mrs. J. A. Barnett plans to
spend the holidays with Mrs. C. H.
Thielman in Paris, Tex. The
daughter of Mrs. Barnett, Rev.
and Mrs. Calvin Thielman of De-
catur, Ga., also plan to spend
Christmas with his mother. The
Thielman’s plan to return to I
White Deer with Mrs. Barnett for
a visit.
Christmas visitors in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Tubb will
be Mr. and Mrs. Julian Baxter
and children of Atlanta, Ga.; Miss
Sue Skaggs, who is enrolled in
college at Spartanburg, S. C.; Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Simmons and Don
of Carlsbad, N.M.; Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Simmons and family of Dal-
las; Tom Hom of Baylor Univer-
sity, Waco; and Mr. and Mrs.
Rudyard Edenborough and Kip of
Amarillo and Mr. and Mrs. Biggs
Hom of White Deer.
Newcomers to White Deer
around January 1 will be Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. McCauley and daugh-
ter, Shirley, who will be moving
here from Mobeetie. Mr. Mc-
Cauley will be associated with the
White Deer Lumber Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Kalka at-
tended the funeral services for
Mrs. Sam Mazurik in Amarillo
last week.
Mr. and Mrs. James Guinn, Jr.,
will spend Christmas with their
parents in Friona. His parents
are Mr. and Mrs. James Guinn,
Sr.; her parents are Mr. and Mrs.
M. B. Luttrell.
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Wade, Max & Wade, Helen. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 23, 1954, newspaper, December 23, 1954; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1487312/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.