Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 20, 1937 Page: 2 of 8
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Thursday, May 20,1937
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER
PAGE TWO
County Agent Notes
MRS. SIRIH LICE Bl KRESS
I President Dons Pan American Garb
WATCH PARADISE
- were held May 2
Funeral
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fhe servie
Were
Card of Thanks
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1211 when they moved to Bridyeport. kind and loyal during the illness and
the liquid inzredlients
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CONMUNITY
CLEANERS
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Card of Thanks
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KEiTH DRY GOODS 00.
of groups are achiev ing
pie nic and
Specials for the 15 Day
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caurht by a heuvy beam which si ruck
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not expecterl to live, but
PRINTS
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suffered a
812c =
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45c
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and after the program-
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KEITH DRY GOODS CO.
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Established
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BUY IT IN DECATUR
WORTH. THKAS
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The Womens Missjonary
Thirty hoys and four girls in Bell
$1.02
3 oelock
colnty
program. The
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13c
10c
19c
17c
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America’s Outstanding
15c
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MA CINELESS
23c
20c
can
PERMANENT WAVES
%
23c
FRUIT Salad, No. 2 can 22c
OTHER PERMANENTS
$1.50 1 P 10 $5.80
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A-P BREAD 16oz. loaf 7c
FLOUR, every sack
d
Guaranteed 48lb $1.35
MOORE’S BEAUTY SHOP
24 lb. bag
75c
NORTH SIDE MH ARE— PHONE 1677
cans
( ase
The other victims
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Achievement
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NECTAR ORANGE PEKOE
TEA 14 lb 17c, 1 lb. 29c
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PICKLES, 25 Oz. Jar
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OATS. 5 lb. bag
secure our abiding place beyond the
twinkling stars.
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DILI. OR SOUR
Pickles, 2 25 oz. jars
ANN PAGE SALAD
DRESSING, 8 oz. jar. 12c
LIPTONS
TEA, 14 lb. pkg.
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Pineapples, Each
$
29c
Society of
i Monday
blsiness
HOMI (KOWN
BEETS. 2 big bunches
ION I BABY
Lima Beans, 2 med. cans 15c
\LI BRANDS
COMPOUND, 81b. Carton
IAI ORE
OLIVE OIL. 3 oz. jar
death of our beloveu mother, Mrs. L-
L- Burres, May (ionl’s richest blessings
he on each of you.
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Phone 2 1071
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GREEN BEANS, lb
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$1.49
$1.63
$1.73
$2.65
1 \M Y NO. 1 NEW N.
POTATOES. 3 lbs
severe cut
ised by ef
50c
59c
65c
. 12c
( AMA . Toilet Soap
3 bars
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SANDWICH Spread,
8 oz. Jar
(leaned and pressed, 35c Cash and Carry
40 Cems Called for and delivered
Grassloppers Threaten Damage in
< ounty «<• Growing < rops
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erectet to replace one that was known
to be two weak to do the drilling.
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812c •
17c ■
conducted by
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Delighted with his Rifts. President Roosevelt, author of the "good
neighbor” theme of the Pan American Exposition in Dallas, is pictured
as he calls his aides to view the hand-woven serape in the design of
the oflicial flag of the Exposition, and the sombrero presented to him
by Governor James V. Allred (rear) at Texas A. & M. College. The
Governor is honorary director general of the fair, which opens June 12.
, 10c
--
in this commnity and neigh-
May 17. at :
sesson. VIrs.
mix poison and bran
in the left foot. Strain im
made.
Fxercises for the
school buses
rontes before
Mrs. Gasper
dreamed of. ami opening new
elected alternate-
Nine members and one visitor wer
present at this meeting.
■ I ■ I ■ I ■ l mim mimin I I I I ISM I I I I Bill
ones all
Even miore significant
Non hof -Public School Building
Work Dne by Experienced Cleaners
and Pressers
of encleave
LORDS 6I\SSFS ef known quail
ty and reputation fur over lo years,
now on our new budget plan. l‘ay
weekly or montiy.
the Methodist (‘hurch
al Social Prog ri’s* Program-
but the
1 50
m-a-s-a .
au,, . aag
\‘5
Rev. W W. NeSmith.
SPECIALIST INSTAI I S MAC HIN ■
ERI FOR ICE C REAM FN TOR .
V‘
$5
were t’liff Jones, -
I • ’. Hance of Ee •
B
We wish to thank etieb and every-
one who was <o kind to ne in the re
cent illness and death of our love I
one. Mi f’harley Me(‘askey. We es-
pecially appreciate all your kindness
ly in each subject
। every day, a good neighbor, a loyal
friend. Such characters leave us a
rich heritage; life that we would do
well to ensulate. if we would make
now being employed by
LETTUCE, Hard heads 5c
Mrs. M M. Met’askey.
Mr and Mrs. c’larence Ray.
Air- and Mrs. Will Renshaw.
Mr. and Mr*. R. I. Me (‘askey.
Mr ami Mr<. Lowe MH’askey.
Mr. and Air*. Finnis Melaskey.
Mr. and Mrs Glenn (‘oconaurrher.
Mr. ami Mrs. Simmons Mel’askey.
___*__
ELIZ BETH Bill RK EIVES
BIPLOAIA TA ll AKDIN B AYLOR
The Devotional was given by Mrs.
L.oveless.
One Lct Fast Colors, while they last
KOT EX, now
BROADCLOTH, Solid Colors, only 500
Yds to sell
WASH DRESSES, one lot fast colors
Orly
DRESS Virginia Harts, in prints and
Piques, regular $1.98, now
BED SPREADS
l’nyers, 55 years of
cd Mary Hard in Raylor on May
Air- Burress preceiled her in death
a little over I years ago.
Those surviving are Mi *■ M mdcGiv
ens Archie Burress. Idalou, Mrs. Lela *
I.key. Shallowater; Luther Rurress,
j Decatur: Allan Burress Lubbock: Nr.
Bidtom May 1! Just twenty -five
years after her mother received her
diploma from Ir. J. C. Hardy. Eliza
Huh Bell, of l)ecatur. will receive
her diploma from the same president
ajjrwiate the beautiful
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Participating clubs are reqnired je hin about the back and shonlelers. A
compete for state honors. A national away. The new derrick
Usry hid charge of the
subject was • Missionary
in Building (hurches
at the (‘hurch of Christ at Sycamore
at 2:00 p. m- Everyone is urged to
attend all services.
be hele in the gymnasium on Thursday
night. May 27. at 7:20 p. m. There
will be a program and a class address
by a speaker to be announced later.
__ _
R Hteppert. Extension Fntemole
rercommene- the formula given Ie*
to he u--1 lo de*trot grassho"-
As presticteel last winter gra~s-
BY All 1.k HI:AN
It’s here at lasi the long awaited
whirl of Senior activities. The class
presented a three-act commedy. "Bash-
ful Bobby . and a -kit. Slat on S •».
S.” last Friday nizht. l’rocens from
f < 'hr st. Bible Ntudy 1t
Preaching al ll a m. and
Bro Powell will preach
A &
"—c"Ea $
We desire to sincerely thank our
friends who Were so good and kind
during the last illness and death of
our bloved husband and father. Such
friends are a comfort, and we appre-
ciale you so much.
Mrs. J. R. Parish.
S. W. Parish and family.
Clyde l’arish and family.
M r- 1 "a ■ • Nd . nd ' uil .
The 122 foot derrick, being erected
at l lie Erielzeport test. coll:psed Sun
daymorning, bringing injury to three
workmen, the most severely be’ng J s-
floral offerings. Ma
all is our prayer.
J FI. Ve’a-key.
Cl 165 LEARN HOU HI help Derrick Falls at Well
(limit MTIH IN CONTESTS —enich I anS at ’’ en
95c Values,
$1.25 Values, ______
$1.49 Values
$1.69 Values,
$1.85 Values,.
$1.98 Values, .
$3.00 Values, 1
WORK SHIRTS
One Lot regular 69c, now
OVERALLS. Mens stripe, only
OVERALLS BOYS
59c Values only
69c Values only
79c Values only
8 O’CLOCK Coffee, 1b. 17c
3 lb bag ...... 50c
To fully develop one’s personal
grooming every hedroom should have
a well eqnipped dressing center. The
dressing center demonst raton was riv-
in the Midway Club by Miss Farquhar
at the home of Mrs. T- H. Green on
T’uesday, May 11-
The dressing center should cons st
of the following units: A bath, with
bathing articles convenient ly arrang-’
eil; an adequate clothes clo~et. a chest
I of drawers or shelf space and a dress
ing table.
In the business session motion was
made and carriel that the club send
Mrs. Gem Layfield to the Texas Wo
man* Association at A. and Al. Col
lege in August. Mi's. Cecil Hoyle wa*
the hantiful
(;od bless you
N e a r Bridgeport mimin B ■■■■ ■ B ■ ■
imming party,
were ihe eats;
re unfavorable
W lio w 1a
the program will I. u-t to defray than usual unuilwers ill lb- counts
senior expn-ea. In the mid-t of all Grashoppers have alrady in one in
or the excitement, Hh- seniors mu-t stane d...... eonsiderable damage t
rind time, however. |<> concutrate on young cotton Iwordlering ditch lank-
the National Youth Administration at
the Blackland Experiment Farm near
Temple- These youths work in two
shifts, the bys in building rock ma
solry structures and hot beds, and the
girls on office tasks.
Oil weinesdas nizht of last Wilk, anel smpthy. nd
community social and economic well
being.
II. A. Gillian of the Warner Stesl =
l’rodnet- <'o. of Ottowa, Kansas, is B
here supervising instalation of the a
new equipment for I he lee (‘ream ~
factory on the north side of the square =
for Air. Belfield. ■
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p-mmm
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1 SPRKI | BISSERT; ANB SPARKLE
KE (REAM powd. 3 pkg.
and. jnsi as the last ol ihe picnie
lunch was being devoured, it began to
rain. Though the pie nic turned out
to be rather dampened, our good spir-
its stood the test and 10 one stemed
any the worse for the thorough drench
ing we all rereived The picnic wa*
sponsored by Miss MeNeil ami Miss
Kigali.
For this week the Freshmen class
is planning an entertainment to con-
sist of a combination picnic, swim, and
thealer party
Lets nol forget that i he program
consisting of Ihe costume operetta,
•'Ilie Cobbler o1 Fairyland.” and the
Rythm Band concert, will be given in
Ilie auditor un al S p. m- Friday. May
21. This program is open to our
ferent activiries and ech county se torts to dislodge .0100 feet of drill _
lects it* best - lub on rlazt basis to p1 cansed the sterl structure to give g
preparation for rjeir ex anijua i ions, and pastures.
which aretoiziven on Friday. Ma} Where the zra-shoppers are now
twenty -first. fonnd conggregated in pastures r i
m. Seuiorx win make their fir-t along fence rows or ditches, they may
appearance in mheir caps and owns Ie destroye lefore .......ae to Erow-
at th. Rarcalaurcat. service, which ne erops result*, "y the promp
will l« neld in 111- auditoriun at nlication of poison bran mash. The
Tap 1.1, Sundas, Un! zird The formula for this is as follows:
spaker wil w 1C. i ll B lb.....-e,ar 10 II coar-e wheat hran. 5 ,h'
Fort Worti. »h.. - ..... pastor of lh- Paris ern or wlite arsenic: 4 "i
christiau . Inn. 1. Ler ... Paradise. od clear amyl acetate 2 al* blark
...........I- lav. Iwu mailed and strap molates, S WiU. water (ari
other plan- made for thie commenc proxiatel! 1
ment exer ..... wlii.li are t.. he held Thorouehly
al X !>• in. on wednesday. Mill 21. The together. Mix
Cias. adar............ giveu by nepre- togehe r and then aeld the dry in
.emaliv. Merman Jone-, rheres al- zrelient- and .Cr .....ronehly- Aed
way. .....ill wecasi........ m --ing more water if ...... The m'X
diplonas preentei lo a .......... ture -hould "'"I..... lly moist '""I
senior. ... join us wenesilay night *" wa slopI that ''
in coneratularinz ..... memtwr- of the will readlily fall apart in flakos whnn
..........'.GT on ieir arlsievemenis thrwn fro....... hand Sratter tin-|
ana wiShing them tli.- are itest ol suc- brozeest ... that theammunt .....-
ces in lh. future. timned n the formula wil "vuly .-..'■■■■I
Tle refereie lo the future ogical- wentyarrs" inftel arma Mom
h cau- us lo iink Ot attending tbi" Ibis i. a waste
... .. u ie nterest ... wlicl was Some ""Xi Ni‘1) It lend
the pleasant excursion made by the .'.'".I e ol ' ilrinn -11 "nate < ->
. \ I. , Ion’t use corn -yrIj. 4 :3) B’-n’t p’a *
*euior> last Satunlaj- Notih lexis
Ktata T» lem-s (“ile . |»« litn was thie mash in lil* 5 or hm - -‘ilit
hutforineas Te-uiorenjoseia plae where hor-es or livetwrk will
tour of the building- and .......id- • “"1 t "J" " "in _
the colleze. Lunch was ~+1 vel on the
campus. Till* stuelents were accoup-
collie from the F
4 ll t’lubs are learning to work to-
get her is never before in tle Nation
the Seniors went to lake Bridgeport
that Air*. Le-ter Belli, then Miss (ins-
sic Hale, was a member of the first
graduating class after Br. Hardy he
came president of the colleze in 1212.
Her daughter is a member of the last
class to be zradnater under Br.
Hardy’s presiceney, as Br. Hardy he-
comes president -emeritus of the col
lege on July 1. and Br. Gordon Grady
Singleton becomes active president.
_______*____
MIDWAY HIM REPORT
which promete
victor is then mimed. Hat h connty
winning club receives through the
Radio (orporation of America and iis
services, NBC and RCA Victor, choice
of a handsome Victor Bek of (pera
or ill song recores; state winners,
receive a $100 Vic tor Radio or port-
able player victrola and selected rec-
ords valued at $100; the national win-
ning club receives a 15-tube RCA
Vidor latest model phonigraph radio,
valued at $450 and $100 worth of RCA
Vidor records for use in 4-H and coin
minify activities in its county.
The leader of the national winning
club and five of its top member* re-
• eive all-expense trips to the National
I H Club Congress at Chicago in Dec.
The leader and one member of the
club writing the best radio script will
rereive trips to NBC Studios in Rad-
io City in New York.
__*__
Card of Thanks
son and Miss MeNeil ae directing the
opperatta and the R\thm Band.
Examinations for all high -chool
students except seniors will bezin cm
Monday morning. May 21- Let us urge
that each of you students get all of
those note- book*, work bnoks, or
book reviews handed in and on time,
ami that euch of yon review thoronzl-
submit a recorel of cooperative pre
jects -uch as meetings, exhibits ant
educational demon-t rat ion*. public
entertainment~ radio and music net iv i
lies, fire prevention, conservation, so-
cial welfare, play writing for radio
am] debates.
A score is «lesigiatel for the dif
floral offering-
The Hurres < "hildiren.
’ Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Clark, to Wise
i county, settling near (ireenwood. She
I was converted and united with the
। Gremnwood Baptist < hurch- At the
I age of 22 she married L- L. Burn**
at (ireenwood. to this union were
| born eleven children, one son dying in
; infamy. The family moved to Para
j tlise in 1205 where they resided until
anier to Benton by their ~jon~ur, Mr.
(asperson. and Mi. Linn-del, Mr-
Allison, and Mr. Keliey. Thes reporied
a \is.i made enjoyable by the friend-
liness and courtesy shown lo them by
the facility and stuients of Nprth
Texas Stale Teachers College.
a-sisted by Rev. R. E- Bost, pastor of
' tin* Baptist church.
Nrs. Burres was boru al Longview
| September 27, 1st2t. At the age of
fonrteen she moved with her parents.
Brother Jessie Powell will preach
at both services Sunday. Mas 2-3, at
“have no regrets" after examinations
are over and yearly averages are
hoppers are hatching in much gnu ter
at 3 o’clork at the Baptist church for
Mrs. Sarah Alice Burress, who died
' Fueslay, 12:15 a in- For the last
; few months she had h-n in failing
■ health.
oH> Klepper, t’hiekasha. Okla.; Mrs-
Edna Wilkerson. Fort Worth: Authur.
Farl. and Bill Burress, Eridgeport.
There are nineteen grandehil’ren.,
two great yrandehildren. a sister.
V
a brother, George Clark of Anderson,
Indianna. All were present except a
brother, who did not come-
Mrs. Burress was a good woman,
:4 Christian who lived her religion
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We wish to express our sincere
i hank* and appreciation to the many
friend- and neighbor* who were so $
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