The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1951 Page: 4 of 8
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THE ELGIN COURIER, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1951
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ELGIN,TEXAS
PHONE 165
El - Hi Auditorium
service today.
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MODERN CLEANERS
Haenel Tractor Co.
JUST TO DEMONSTRATE
Elgin
Phone 290
A POINT, MR. PERKINS
Phone 355
Jesus Ramirez, Owner
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Here are Prices Lower than Before the War Scare
PHONE 204
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FIELD TRIALS
Under Shirts
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ARBUCKLE OIL [COMPANY
ELGIN, TEXAS
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WEDDING SHOWER
FETES MRS CLARK
Mrs. M. V. Winters is able to be
, and about the place some fol-
Bring in any extras
you may have.
We’ll pay you
the
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the great
picture
Garner
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and
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Wed., Jan. 17
Doors Open 7:45 p. m.
Show at 8:15 p. m.
in
be
social security
death benefit
For the first time with a floor fur-
nace, all cleaning and service per-
formed from above the floor! Score
of new features make the "Com-
pact” the finest low cost heating
unit money can buy! Less than 24
inches deep . . . needs no pit . . .
yet rivals performance of finest
basement-type gravity furnaces.
NMM. I'M BEGINNING
TO UNDERSTAND (
TO SAVE WEAR YOU SHOULD DRAIN,
FLUSH AND REFILL THE REAR AXLE
WITH SINCLAIR OPALINE GEAR
LUBRICANT EVERY 300 OPERATING
and DRY CLEANING CO.
1514 Lavaca St.
WE CALL FOR AND
DELIVER IN ELGIN
ON SATURDAYS
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Newquist vis-
ited in the Dave Newquist home
Tuesday.
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lowing a' several week’s
and is doing nicely.
presented for the first time in
this community!
Some of "Compact’s” New
Advanced Features
• Less than 24" deep—needs no pit.
• Heating element guaranteed for
10 years.
• Automatic control available.
* All cleaning and adjustments
from above floor.
• Casing protects against floods to
6" above ground.
• Low first cost, low maintenance.
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spending one day and night with
them was Mrs. Brown’s aunt, Mrs
Earl Clark, of Manor.
Charlie Mogonye, Jr.
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HEART ATTACK FATAL
TO PAIGE RESIDENT
CHARLIE MOGONYE, Jr.
FETED WITH BIRTHDAY
SUPPER IN AUSTIN
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Pleasat, comfortable surroundings, court-
, eous efficient service, friendly atmosphere,
J fine food, reasonable prices . . . are yours
when you eat at the City Cafe.
CITY CAFE
now.
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All $1.20 COSTUME JEWELRY reduced to ...
Tax Included
Some of our SPRING SUITS and DRESSES are Here
bocals
Mrs. Hilmer Johnson underwent
major surgery Saturday morning
in Baytown and latest reports are
that she is doing fine. Little Bar-
bara Ann Johnson is the guest ot
her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
C. L. Green, in Baytown, during
her mother’s illness.
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Social Security
Representative Will
Be In Elgin Jan. 18
A representative from the Soc-
ial Security Administration offic-
es in Austin will be in Elgin at
the Chamber of Commerce offices
at 3:30 p. m. on Jan. 18.
There have been several im-
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Sat., Jan. 13, 6 p. m.
Try Modern
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SUFFERS INJURED HAND
IN HUNTING ACCIDENT
Adolph Werchan, Austin, was
an Elgin visitor yesterday after-
noon.
noon at 3:00 o’clck.
Mrs. W. C. Brown gave the de-
votional using the 23rd Psalm.
A request song service
held.
Short Shirtssanaclanslavianas $1.98 & $2.48
Men’s DRESS SLACKS, tailored by Haggar . .. $5.85 & $7.95
Meyer’s Dept. Store 1
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as their guest for a
Mr. and Mrs. Ozie Brown had
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Starting at 10 a. m.
Mesdames Chas. J. Poth Paul
Farris, D. Reamer, Leon Rivers
and Hubibard attended the lunch-
eon at the Austin Woman’s Club
Thursday and heard the lecture
on “The One World” given by
Miss Dawson, a missionary in
Korea, who has recently returned
to the states.
NEW SWEDEN
Martin Anderson has been mov-
ed to the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Adolph Magnuson, after be-
ing confined for several weeks at
| Fleming Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Ivar Swenson and
Don Ray were supper guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Jenkins of
Austin Friday evening.
1c each
ELLIS PLUMBING & ELECTRIC CO.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Ray have
returned to their home in Lub-
ibockk following a pleasant visit
with Elgin relatives.
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LOTTIE MOON CIRCLE
MEETS AT JOHNSON
NURSING HOME
The Lottie Moon Circle of First
Batist WMS met at Johnson’s
Nursing Home Tuesday after-
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program, making
him, you feel cheated
when your clothes come
back from the cleaners,
shrunken. WE guarantee
ing of a heart attack,
been in ill health for
months.
COME IN AND SEE THEM
glorious Technicolor will
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas of Rogers.
Attending the funeral
i 7aan Now
, LUIUlI JMU U L•fading, Regular $6.85 value 4.85
PAIGE—Mrs Clifford Clark was
recently honored with a miscell
aneous wedding shower at the
home of Mrs. Vernon McPhaul.
Cake, coffee and sandwiches
were served to 42 guests.
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and servicing
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from above
a meeting at which
agricultural motion
. Like the poor dog whose
house is too small for ,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim V. Mogonye
and son, Michael, were in Austin
Saturday night to attend a birth-
day supper honoring Charlie Mo-
gonye, Jr., given in the Mogonye
home. Others from Elgin present
were Mr .and Mrs. Charlie Mo-
gonye, S’r.
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FARM LUBRICANTS
A. F. Smith, Austin, was a
business visitor in Elgin Wednes-
day afternoon.
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more liberal benefit amounts, a
shorter qualifying time for older
workers to draw benefits as well
as coverage of several additional
groups of workers.
The representative will explain
these new features to Elginites at
this time. He especially wants to
see people aged 65 and older who
have inquired previously and fail-
ed to qualify for benefits because
they had not worked long enough.
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As a part of our program in
which “WE SALUTE AMERI-
CAN AGRICULTURE” we are
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Charlie Mogonye, Jr., was fet-
ed with a supper Saturday night
at the Mogonye home in Austin,
given by Mrs. Mogonye, in ob-
servance of his birthday.
Covers were laid for Mr.
Mrs. -Charlie Mogonye, Sr.,
and Mrs. Jimmie V. Mogonye and
James Michael and Mr.., and Mrs.
James Almquist conducted Sun-
day services at DelValle. He left
Monday for Rock Island, Ill., to
resume his studies after a Christ-
mas vacation with his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. Almquist.
all cleaning. Try our
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FREE LECTURE ON 1
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
A free lecture on Christian
Science, the subject, “Christian
Science the Science of Christian-
ity” will be given by Earl E.
Simms, C. S. of Austin, member
of the Board of Lectureship of
the Mother Church, the First
Church of Christ Scientist in Bos-
ton, at the University Junior
High School in Austin, San Jac-
into Blvd and 20th street, Friday
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Mr. and Mrs. Hilmer Carlson
and children of Dallas were week-
end visitors in Elgin, dividing-
time with the Harry Carlson, Dale
Carter and Henry Speer families.
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Elgin were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mo-
gonye and Mrs. Emil Mogonye.
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Doctors Required
To Register Jan. 15
AUSTIN—Persons required to
register Jan. 15 under the medical
draft law are males who hold any
one of six degrees in the fields
of medicine, dental medicine and
surgery, or veterinary medicine
and surgery, Brig. Gen. Paul L.
Wakefield, state director of Sel-
ective Service, has announced.
These degrees are Bachelor of
Medicine, Doctor of Medicine,
Doctor of Dental Surgery, Doctor
of Dental Medicine, Doctor of
Veterinary Surgery and Doctor
of Veterinary Medicine.
“Any male who holds one of the
above degrees who has reached
50th birthday on Jan. 15 is not re-
quired to register, “Gen. Wake-
field says. Other exceptions are
members of the uniformed ser-
vices on active duty and in re-
serves components, those in the
Coast and Geodetic Survey and
the Public Health Service, those
who registered under the medical
draft law on Oct. 16 of last.year,
and certain categories of aliens.
Persons in this area who are re-
quired to register on Jan. 15 can
do so at Texas Local Board No.
85 in Giddings, at the Chamber of
Commerce office in Bastrop, and
J. R. Pillow’s office, Caldwell.
- Lynwood Abrahamson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Abrahamson
of Kimbr, suffered a bad hand in-
jury on New Years Day iwhen his
gun accidently discharged and the
bullet plowed through the palm of
his left hand.
Abrahamson had been hunting
near his home and was putting up
his 22-calibre rifle in the garage,
holding his left hand over the bar-
rel tip, when it discharged, cihip-
ping bones in his hand.
He was brought to Fleming Hos-
pital where he was a patient until
Saturday. Reports Monday were
that he was doing very well.
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FATHER OF MRS. BYRUM
PATE SUCCUMBS
Mr. J. J. Linder, father of Mrs.
Byrum Pate of this city, passed
away at the family home in Mc-
Dade Sunday morning.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day afternoon, January 8th at
3:00 o’clock from the Church of
Christ in McDade, with the Rev.
A. Smith officiating. Interment
was in the McDade Cemetery.
Joseph Jefferson Linder was a
native Texan. He was born in
Round Rock, May 10, 1878 but
had spent most of his life in the
McDade community. A former
MKT foreman, Mr. Linder retired
some time ago after thirty years
service.
Survivors include the widow, of
McDade; four daughters, Mrs.
Byrum Pate, Elgin; Mrs. J. Jer-
rell, Houston; Mrs. Burus Sand-
ers and Mrs. Leo Stasney of Aus-
tin; one son, J. J. Linder, Jr.,
Lackland AFB, San Antonio; four
sisters and one brother.
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MRS. BRINDLEY GUEST
SPEAKER JAN. 17, 3 P. M.
AT UDC MEETING
William Owens Chapter UDC
will meet next Wednesday, Jan.
17, at Central Christian Church,
at 3:00 p. m., with Mesdames
George Prewitt, Will Condron
and Jeff Harris as hostesses.
Mrs. Arabella Owens Brindley,
of Temple will be the guest speak-
er on the Lee and Jackson pro-
gram.
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GUY CAR T E R
The Appliance Store
MeesuAese~eseNe‛fe
Let The ‘Roll Backs’ Come
We need the room for spring hats We still have a few left
for $1, none over $3.00
( GRIT AND SLUDGE IN OLD GEAR
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Legion Auxiliary '
To Meet Jan. 16
With a membership goal of “A
million in ’51” set by its national
organization, the Elgin chapter
of the American Legion Auxil-
iary will meet Jan. 16 at 7:30 p.
m. at the home of Mrs. David
.Swenson. Cohostesses for the oc-
casion will be Mesdames Swenson,
Edgar O’Connor, Alton Joseph-
son and Richard Green.
Almost a million women
throughout the U. S. now belong
to the Auxiliary ,and the organi-
zation hopes to push its member-
ship above that figure before
year’s end.
Community service is a major
activity of the organization. The
local Auxiliary sent gifts and cash
amounting to $200 to veterans
hospitals in December, as well as
distributing food, shoes and .cloth-
ing to local veterans’ families.
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You and your friends are cor-
dially invited to attend this
meeting. Because the seats
are limited, admission is by re-
servation only. We want you
to be our guest, and you can
obtain your own complimen-
tary ticket just by phoning us,
writing us or—best of all by
stopping in.
MORE CEMETERY
DUES COLLECTED
Since the list of collections was
published in The Elgin Courier
on Dec. 21, the following mem-
bers of the Elgin Cemetery Assoc-
iation have paid their dues.
Mrs. J. F. Meeks, $4; Dr. Sheas-
by lot, $2 by Mrs. Meeks; Mrs. J.
L. Joseph, $4 on R. J. Selleh lot;
Miss Neil Owens, $4; Earl Out-
law, $2; N. P. Smith $2; W. L.
Miller, $3; J. L. Bennett, $3; A.
J. Lett, $3; Z. L. Linder, $2.
Dues are payable at the Elgin
National Bank, to Mrs. George
Prewitt, or members of the col-
lection committee.
PAIGE— Mr. Paul
died here early Monday
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Patty Joe Thomas
Killed In Wreck
The fifth member of the Jim
ogonye family to pass away
within the past two years was
their young nephew, Patty Joe
Thomas seven-year-od son of Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Thomas, of
Hobbs, New Mexico, who was in-
stantly killed in a car wreck near
San Saba on Dec. 24 as the family
was enroute to Rogers for a visit
with Mr. Thomas’ parents.
Mrs. Thomas suffered a fract-
ured skull and back injury. She
was hospitalized in Temple but
has been moved to her home in
New Mexico and will be in a cast
until April. She is a sister of Mrs.
Jim Mogonye.
Patty Joe’s body was also tak-
en to Temple, where funeral ser-
vices were held Dec. 26 at 2:00
p.m. Burial was in Temple City
Cemetery.
Survivors are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Elmer Thomas; three
brothers, Gerald Lee, Michael
and Dalmond Ray Thomas of
Hobbs, New Mexico and his grand-
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McMillion, Bonner. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 11, 1951, newspaper, January 11, 1951; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1548944/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.