The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1950 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ELGINCOURIER, THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1950
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quets, including a trip and lunch-
eon in Juarez, Mexico and a ranch
party at Fabens, which honored
Grand officers. They returned
home Sunday night.
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PHONE 163 ELGIN .TEXAS
—a ranching hat that's as tough and rugged as a
mustang. With the Yearling you can roam the back
country, buck a downpour, camp under a brassy sun.
This hat can take it. It is a Stetson fur felt that wears
like iron. Come in and try one on:
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Baptist WMS met for Bible
Study Tuesday afternoon in the
Church, ( with Mrs. W. C. Brown
teaching the lesson on “Faith.”
Those present were: Mesdames
G. W. Evans, Milton Johnson, C.
Davis, Hamp Burke, Kenneth Sel-
lers, E. H. Hartsfield, AV. Daven-
port, J. M. Dalton, 0. A. Davis,
Lee Wilson, W. P. Culp, Sr., Roy
Ray, R. B. Harrison, Eugene
Whitten, A. C. Brown and Luther
Lundgren.
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health and well being of the
folks in this community is a
responsibility we accept with
pride. You can always depend
on us to fill prescriptions fol-
lowing your doctor’s orders to
the letter. May we serve you?
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Locals
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McManus
of Vanderbilt, Texas were wee'-
end guests of Mr. and Mrs John
Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Thompson at New Sweden and
also visited with Mrs. Taylor
Sharp and family in Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Lundgren
and young son, Butch of Emporia,
Kansas spent last week in Elgin
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Luther Lundgren.
W. R. Scarbrough, Taylor, was
an Elgin visitor Tuesday.
Rebecca Sowell, Deputy
Matron, District 2, OES,
Saturday
“Wake Island”
The new, greatly improved )
Free-Westinghouse brings these
and a score more of unusual
features to speed and simplify'
your sewing::: Famous "Nevr-
Lock’’ stitching action which
can not be jammed : s s Instant Control for backward and
forward sewing: a: Floating Presser Foot::; Drop Feed
Darning Adjustment: a: Short, Self-Setting Needle;
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home of his uncle and aunt,
and Mrs. J. R. Turner.
Varicolored roses from
STORY OF
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June HAVOC‘John RUSSELL
AUNIVERSAL-INTERNAIIONAt PICTURE
cer Information and Tumor Clinic
at Brackenridge Hospital in Aus-
tin.
Mrs. Paul Farris was selected
to be the Chairman and Mrs.
Jack Webb, Mrs. Joe Simon and
Mrs. Carl Swenson constitute the
committee that will establish work-
Mrs. Farris Named
Local Crmn. of April
Cancer Crusade
A Cancer conference was held
in Elgin March 6th by Mrs. Al-
den Davis of Austin, who is the
Field Commander of the 7th Dist-
rict of the American Cancer Soc-
iety, Texas Division,. and Miss
Frances Aschbacher, who is the
Executive Secretary for the Can-
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Seguin will appear in Taylor in
concert on Sunday, March 26th,
in the High School auditorium.
The A Capella Choir, recogniz-
ed as one of the outstanding
choirs ip the Southwestern Unit-
ed States, has toured annually
since it was founded in 1929 and
has sung in many Texas cities. It
is directed by Philip Frederick
Knautz, instructor in voice and
music education at TLC. Lending
an added local interest in this
choir is that Margie Haverland,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otto
Haverland, is a member. She has
many friends who will, no doubt,
wish to avail themselves of this
opportunity to hear the program
in Taylor.
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W. D. COFFEY Jr. WED
March 1st Miss Mary Estelle
Gunn, daughter of Mrs. Marlin
Gunn of Elgin and Captain Wil-
liam D. Coffey, Jr., son of Mrs.
W. D. Coffey of Austin, were wed
in a quiet ceremony in the home
of the officiating minister, the
Rev. Joe Lane, who read the
double ring service.
The bride chose for the occas-
ion a grey suit with blue acces-
sories and a white split carnation
corsage. Her only attendant was
her sister, Mrs. Hazel Brown of
San Antonio, matron-of-honor.
Attending the groom as best
man was William H. Knudson of
Austin.
Following the ceremony a re-
ception was held at the home of
the bridegroom’s mother at 2400
Willow. The bride’s table held
the beautiful white three-tiered
wedding cake artistically decorat-
ed and surmounted by a minit-
ture bride and groom.
The couple is at home in Bel-
ton to be near Captain Coffey’s
station, Camp Hood.
Mrs. Coffey is a graduate of
El Hi, class of 1947. The past two
and a half yars she has been em-
ployed in the office at the Con-
federate Home, in Austin.
Captain Coffey is a graduate
of Austin High School. He attend-
ed U of Wichita and New York
University. He is a veteran of
World War II, serving in the US
Army with the Transportation
Corps for three years in Europe.
He is presently stationed at Camp
Hood, Texas.
Mrs. John Kolinek of Chicago,
Illinois called here by the death
of her father, Mr. Joseph Novosad
in Granger early this month, re-
mained in Texas for a visit with
relatives and was guest for sev-
s eral days in the home of her sis-
ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Mogonye in Elgin. She
returned to Chicago last Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Niebuhr
; and Mrs. A. M. Cole have had as
their guest their sister and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Allen Shaffer who ar-
rived in the states February 3rd
after residing three and one half
years in Germany with her hus-
band First Lt. Shaffer, of U S
Army, who spent four years
, there.
Lt. Shaffer is now stationed at
Fort Dix, N. J.
Little Miss Sherry Allen of
Corpus Christi arrived last week-
end for a visit with her grandpar-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvie Allen.
Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Oelger, J. K.
Boone, Jr. Dallas, Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Tanner and baby Charlotte,
Waco, were week-end visitors
with their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. K. Boone.
Mrs. Frank Lane, pneumonia
patient in Fleming Hospital last
week, was able to return home
Monday and is getting along nice-
ly. Mr. Lane is confined this week
at home with an attack of flu, but
was also better yesterday. •
Mrs. A. H. Carter and daugh-
ters of 1400 Preston, Austin, have
as their guests, Mr. and Mrs. Fin-
ley Carter of Manhassett, N. Y.
Mr. Carter, vice president in
charge of engienering with Syl-
vania Electric Products, is a na-
tive of Elgin, and has a host of
friends here.
Friends of Mrs. A. M. Cole,
who underwent an operation for
cataract in San Antonio Febru-
ary 10th, will be delighted to
learn she is doing nicely at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. W. R.
Mrs. Faye DeGlandon, Bastrop
County Crew Chief of the 1950
Census was in Elgin yesterday
contacting applicants as enumer-
ators for Elgin.
Niebuhr, who drove over to the
Alamo City to accompany her
back to Elgin.
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Turner yard decorated the living
room and the dining table, spread
with white linen cloth was center-
ed with a large white birthday
cake decorated with assorted-col-
ored gumdrops. Baked ham, bak-
ed chicken and dressing with the
usual accompaniments of vege-
tables, salads, relishes and con-
gealed dessert topped with home-
grown strawberries, lemon pm,
coffee and cold drinks composed
the feast. Geraldine Turner “re-
turned thanks.”
Covers were laid for: William,
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Turner, sisters, Sarah and Ger-
aldine and friend, G. W. Whit-
field, of Georgetown; Mrs. Finch
and Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Turner.
Other guests dropping in later
were Misses Doris Taylor, Eliza-
beth Pate, Austin; Ollene Pfeiffer
and Neal Pfeiffer.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ben Davis and
family of Corpus Christi were
week-end guests in the homes of
Messrs, and Mesdames G.. W.
Evans and O. A. Davis.
The Rev. E. L. Pearson is re-
cuperating nicely and able to be
up and out again following recent
major surgery.
Socely
MRS. VINCE RIPPLE
CELEBRATES 80TH
BIRTHDAY
Sunday March 12th relatives
gathered at the home of Mrs.
Vince Ripple to celebrate her 80th
birthday. Being a cold, damp day
outside, there was laughter and
gaiety inside. The ladies talked
while the men played dominoes
and the children played checkers
and puzzles.
A beautifully decorated angel-
food cake baked by Mrs. A. Per-
shing Schiller centered the lunch
table along • with other cakes,
cookies, sandwiches and coffee.
Later in the evening Mrs. Rip-
ple opened tl many lovely gifts
which she received, for everyone
to see.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Ripple of Taylor, Miss
Agnes Ripple, Mr. Henry and Sam
Ripple, Mr. and Mrs. Ladis' Schil-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. A. Pershing
Schiller and Delores Kaye, all of
Elgin; Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Dusek
and S’hirley, and Mr. Leroy Sef-
cik, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Schiller
and Judith Ann and Jerylnn,
Miss Gladys and Rosie Mae Schil-
ler, all of Austin.
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CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY
Sunday marked the birthday of
William (Buddy) Turner of
Georgetown and he was named
honor guest for a beautifully ap-
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ATTENDS PI KAPPA
ALPHA FOUNDER’S DAY
BANQUET IN HOUSTON
Ray Arbuckle, Jr., student in
Southwestern University, George-
town, spent two days in Houston
last week and attended the Pi
Kappa Alpha Founder’s Day ban-
quet at the River Oaks Country
Club, that city.
Arbuckle has recently been
elected vice president of Gamma
Mu, National Social Science Hon-
or Society, at Southwestern U.
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E. ROY JONES FAMILY
HOSTS TO CALIF. FRIENDS
The E. Roy Jones family has
had the following California
friends to. see them, in a month’s
time: Mrs. L. B. Worsham, Los
Angeles; Mr. and Mrs. Potter
Kemper, San Diego; and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Gollner, Hollywood. ,
The latter are the parents of
the world renown celebrity, Nana I
Gollner whom the May magazine
“See” states is this generation’s
greatest “Swan Queen” and one
of the world’s most beautiful wo-
men. At four years of age she had
polio and studied dancing for
muscle development. She has
recently been in Dallas, Houston
and San Antonio with the Ballet
Theatre, N. Y., and was formerly
with Monte Carlo Ballet Russe.
WSCS SOCIAL MEETING
The WSCS nnt in the annex of
First Methodist Church Tuesday
afternoon for a social meeting,
and the following program on
“Christ In Brotherhood” led by
Mrs. John Nichols:
Hymn, “For the Beauty of the
Earth”—Assembly
Scripture Reading— Mrs. Dav-
id Swenson.
Meditation and Prayer — Mrs.
Kenneth Danklefs.
Vocal Duet—Mrs. E. O. Lund-
gren, Mrs. Leonard Hagman.
“People of Japan”—Mesdames
W. H. Rivers, III, Norman Dixon,
Frank Williams.
Hymn, “In Christ There Is No
East or West”—Assembly.
Benediction— Mrs John Nich-
ols.
Refreshments of open face
Ritz nut and Philadelphia cream
cheese sandwiches garnished with
sprig of parsley, angel - food
squares, mints and hot lemon tea
were served. Plate favors were in-
dividual sprays of spirea.
Mesdames Chas. J. Poth, Frank
J. Hanke and A. J. Rankin, hos-
tess group, chose a pink and white
color scheme for the decoration
of the annex using arrangements
of white spirea in bowls and pink
potted begonia.
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YOUNG PEOPLES’
CHOIR ORGANIZED
The young people of the Christ-
ian Church met Tuesday night
and organized their young peo-
ple’s choir. They elected officers
which are the following: President
Alice Lynn Jarmon; vice presi-
dent, Zada Lou Holland; secret-
ary, Delores Frost; reporter, Dor-
othy Jean Jarmon; director, Flu-
ornoy Clopton; pianist, Charlie
Ruth Snowden.
At present the choir is working
on an Easter Cantata that will be
presented Easter Sunday at Sun-
rise Service, and also Suday eve-
ning.
They have ordered choir books
and everyone in the choir is go-
ing to have a vestment. The meet-
ings are held every Tuesday even-
ing at 7 o’clock. All young peo-
ple are urged to come.
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ATTEND OES SCHOOL OF
INSTRUCTION IN EL PASO
Mrs. E. N. Sowell, in company
with her sister, Mrs. Leia Smith
of Bastrop, Deputy Grand Ma-
tron District 4, OES drove out to
El • Paso last Thursday to attend
a School of Instruction held by
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Scarbrough, Don & Finch, Mrs. John C. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 16, 1950, newspaper, March 16, 1950; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1548901/m1/4/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.