The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 328, Ed. 2 Tuesday, May 11, 1954 Page: 4 of 24
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HONORED-Shella Lea Thornton, right, wag honoree at a prenuptial party Saturday
in the James A. Turner home, 901 Westridge St. Seated is her mother, Mrs. Shella
Thornton, and standing, her sister, Betsy Ross, who will be in the wedding party June
26. (Staff Photo)
Shella Thornton
Honored at Tea
In Turner Home
Shella LN Thornton, bride-elect,
was named honoree at a tea Sat-
urday afternoon in the home of
Mrs. James 4. Turner, 901 West-
ridge Dr.
Co-hosts were Mrs. Carlos Fer-
guson, Mrs. a T. Toney, Mrs. G.
W. Buckner, Mrs. M. C. Osburn,
and Mrs. Adrian Crumpler.
The bride-elect's table was laid
with s white Nt doth over ice
pink skirt. A crystal cornucopia
filled with a line arrangement of
pink carnations centered ths table.
All appointments were crystal ice
pink tapers were in crystal
holders.
Other arrangements of roses
were used in decorating entertain-
ing rooms.
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ON THE RESERVATION
Cheer Leader Assistants Named;
Social Clubs Install Officers
and the h
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Mrs
by Ar-
By MARY NELL TAYLOR
Weldon Crowley, newly elected
head cheerleader, has announced
ths names of four assistants: Faye
Lowrey, Dorothy Hill, Bartell La-
Rue. and John Harris. This will
sistent cheer leader.
The 1954-55 edition of the Totem,
McMurry’s yearbook, was pre-
sented in chapel Tuesday, accord
ing to Jane Ann Steen and Iris
Kendall, co-editors. Highlight was
the presentation of the eight
NTSC Spring Pledge
DENTON, May U - Jerry Don
Melton of Abilene has been namad
• spring pledge of Kappa Sigma,
social fraternity, at North Texas
Nit MIWA Mm
lene, is a junior speech major.
campus
runners
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will not be made
In a candielid
dent al Valunte
Booth is the ou
C.ne-lattam: Mary Lou Odell,
Betty Campbell, and Virginia Dav-
is.
Alpha Pi Atoka, women’s social
club, organized in March, hosted
a candlelight dinner
e-ore
star member
1 other sirl
y and Norma Osborn.
Thornton, sister of ths
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good
Mrs.
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honoree, and La Delle Dennis, Mis.
Thornton’s roommate at Baylor
University, who will be a brides
en-unee
Jung WHH the First Baptist
Church.
with the new club
shields with sold are:
purple and gold.
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sented as the club
MNa
roness.
Wah Wahtaysee, service org.
zation, held an installation serv
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A A THE ABILENE REPORTER-NEWS
Abilene, Texas, Tuesday Evening, May 11, 1954
AT MAY BREAKFAST
Patty Muston Receives Award
For Citizenship From DARs
Patty Muston, Abilene High student council, and member of
School student, was presented the the a cappella choir. Her aunt,
annual Daughters of the Ameri- Mrs. Ralph Antilley of Edinburg,
can Revolution good citizenship attended the breakfast.
sward st ths John Davis Chapter “Our Heritage of American Mu-
spring luncheon Saturday, sic" was topic for Mrs. Max Ran-
The pin was pinned on by Mrs. dolph who introduced Mrs. Paul
R. E. L. Norwood, chapter hia- Graham who sang “The Boy Next
torian. 3 Door" (Ralph Blane), “Night and
Miss Muston has also received Day” (Cole Porter) “One Day
the AHS responsibility award, is When We Were Young" (Oscar
bead cheer leader, secretary of the Hammerstein), "Summertime”
——————————I (George Gershwin), and "My
D..us r 1 Mother" (Coburn).
buffon-fronter Accompanist was Mrs Roy
i ar White.
AFavarA At the business session the chap-
D A I UvUlllv ter voted to cooperate with the
. John Hudnall Chapter, U. S.
In a wide range of larger sizes. Daughters of 1812, in the fund
this favorite button-fronter has a raising campaign for the marker
generous collar, patch pockets and to honor the Taylor brothers for
button or flyfront. Cook unclut-whom Taylor County has been of-
tered, the "ever-ready" and soficially named
easyto make in a wide variety of The executive board announced -
fabrics. the appointment of Mrs. Paul W.
No. 2038 is cut in sizes 14, 16, Rotenberry as treasurer to fill the
18, 20, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 , 48. unexpired term of Mrs. Cecil Rob-
Size 18: 4% yds, 35-in. or 4% yds, erts, recently elected regent,
of 39-in. fabric. I Yearbook committee is to meet
Send 30 cents for Pattern with June 3 to the Roberts home, 1526
Name, Address, Style Number and North 15th st. The candidacy of
Size. Address Pattern Bureau, Mrs. Felix Irwin, Corpus Christi,
The Abilene Reporter-News, Box for the state regency was announc-
42, Old Chelsea Station, New ed
York 11, N. Y. ■ Reports Meet
Patterns ready to fill orders im: Mrs. H. H. Rowe, regent, report- na as a member of the United
mediately For Secial Han Ie of ed of the 63rd Continental Congress ......
order via first class mail include in Washington, D. C. Mrs. Charles
an extra S cents per pattern. „ Roberson also attended Mrs
The Spring summerFashion Roberson s dauenter, Mrs. John W.
g.t.coreri Nim: Page loea chapter. Diane
for a occa monst all ages, all lies defers, former Abilenians, was a
and a members of the family. In P Mrs Rowe also attended the
’ * 1812 Daughters luncheon meeting
and the annual embassy tour and
tea sponsored by the Goodwill
Guild of the Davis Memorial Good-
will Industries.
More than 3,000 attended the
congress, Mrs. Rowe said. Texas
won second in the press scrap-
books contest and first for the
most beautiful book. Texas was
first in the Southwest division in
transportation and first in the di-
vision for junior American club
work having 8.090 clubs with a
total membership of 40,290.
Texas was second in the divi-
sion for new chapters tying with
Alabama; Florida was first.
The congress voted to spend MO
thousand for the restoration of Con-
stitution Hall and $30 thousand
for national defense literature
among other expenditures.
A tour of the White House was
a highlight of the congress. When
2038
GOOD CITIZENSHIP PIN — Patty Muston is pictured
receiving her Good Citizenship pin from Mrs. R. E. L
Norwood, DAR chapter historian. At left is Miss Muston's
aunt, Mrs. Ralph Antilley, who came from Edinburg for
the occasion. (Staff Photo)
President Eisenhower addressed
the assembly, he told them that
spiritual unity can bring a cold
war victory; and cooperation is
the victory key.
- The Daughters went on record
for legislation preventing any
treaty or executive agreement su-
perseding the Constitution of the
United States; legislation restoring
to members of the Armed Forces
Machen, Breckenridge; Mrs. Jim-
mie Lee Gordon, Anson; and Mrs.
J. C. Monk, recent newcomer to
Abilene from San Antonio.
Peace room from the garden of
Mrs. J. W. Sorrells decorated the
reception hall and other entertain-
ing rooms. One arrangement was
, made of rosettes of ribbons in
pink and lavender shades used st
their historic right of being sub-
ject only to the jurisdiction of the
United States; outlawing the Com-
munist Party and depriving Com-
munists of American citizenship;
against the admission of Red Chi-
Nations; opposed socialized medi-
cine; approved the congressional
investigation committees; approv-
ed wire tapping for evidence
where the national security is in-
volved; seek dismissal of teachers
who have collaborated with the
the Texss Tea in the Chinese Room
of the Mayflower Hotel, in Wash-
ington.
Tables were centered with pink
berry baskets filled with spring
blossoms. Place markings were
scenes of Constitution Hall and
Memorial Continental Hall with
place favors copies of President
General, Miss Gertrude S. Carra-
way’s address, “The Spirit of
America."
Communist conspiracy or have in-
voked the fifth amendment rather
than admit membership in the
Communist organization; that ef-
forts bo made to find information
about the 899 American service
men unaccounted for from the war
in Korea; approve legislation to
protect and preserve our claims to
the Antarctic.
Greeting the guesta at the break-
fast were Alice Hickey, Mrs. A. C.
Mays and Mrs. Cyrus Bosworth
Snyder of Baird.
From out of town came Mrs. H.
Keet Dunn, Winters; Mrs. William
T. Fisher, Brownwood; Mrs.
Charles F. Gibson and Mrs. Georgs
Lanier, Aspermont; Mrs. Inman
District 1 GC’s
To Hold Annual
Course at Tech
LUBBOCK, May U. - Garden
Clubs from District t will bold
their second annual Short Course
on Texas Tech campus Thursday.
Prof. E. J. Urbanovsky, head of
the Tech department of horticul-
ture and park management, an-
nounced some 490 representatives
from sn estimated 50 garden clubs
in District 1 were expected here
for the one-day clinic. The short
course is sponsored by District 1,
but directed by Tech.
Profits from a registration fee
Your Loveliness is Our Business
937 BnfNwnrt 4-4543
Nu Gammas Host
Mothers at Dinner
Nu Gamma Chapter st Bata Sig-
ma Phi hosted a luncheon to honor
of the members’ mothers at Rich-
ard’s Saturday at 1:30 p.m.
Tables were decorated with yel-
low roses. Mothers were presented
yellow rose corsages. Mrs. Jim
Wilson gave two readings concern
tag Mother’s Day. Mrs. M. N. Os-
borne and Mrs. Tom Bliss, spon-
sors, were presented gifts.
Guests were Mmes. Mava Cross-
ley, John Sylvanus, D. E. Burns,
B. 0. Lunsford, S. L. Seastrunk.
Ruth Moore, W. C. Morrow, J. D.
Barker and H. E. Stokes.
308
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made for summer wear. Entire
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. and perfectly!
Send 25 cents for ths Gold-trim-
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size detail of stitch, an instruc-
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Abilene Reporter-News, Box 229,
Madison Square Station, New
York 10, N. Y.
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enn Chambers was elected
ident of Forum, men’s reli-
■ organization. Chambers is •
omore student from Abilene,
es Bell is the new vice-presh
and Henry Sally, secretary-
there was
"The Minual senior dinner of
T. I. P. was Thursday night M
Richard's. The nine seniors were
presented traditional Emily Post
etiquette books and to turn they
gave the club silver candle hold,
ers with the club name engraved
Honored WON Iris Kendall, Rob-
He Jay, Frankie Hendley, Jane
Ann Steen, June Edington, Byrdie
West, Marylyn Logan, Christine
Rockover, and Thelma Tucker.
IT
VACATION SPECIAL
$10.00 Cold Wave .... $5.00
$ 7.80 Cold Were ... $5.75
Supervised by
Mr. George Scoggins
IN OUR NURSERY
Small Plants .. Rose Bushes
Shrubbery
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olony ,
are scheduled to set up a district
fellowship at Tech, the students to
be selected by members of the
organization.
On the clinic program are Ur-
banovsky; Dr. Donald Ashdown,
Amarillo, entomologist in charge of
greenbug research control at Pan-
Tech Farms; R. L. Shelton. Jr.,
Tyler, director of the parks and
recreation department; and Dr.
William Scanion, Bartlesville,
Okla, chemist lor Phillips Chemi-
cal Cs.
Ths program includes a tour st
the Tech greenhouses, lectures on
landscape design, insect control,
culture and new varieties of roses, 1
fertilization of home gardens, and 1
a question and answer hour with 1
the four speakers and other mem
bers of the Tech horticulture and 1
park management department ■
forming a panel.
Registration is slated for 8 a.m. I
in the main Agriculture Building 1
with the main program being con- I
ducted in Tech's new Student Un-
ion Building.
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