San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, May 11, 1956 Page: 2 of 8
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MH ANTONIO HKCIBTEK
FRIDAY, MAT H, It*
Knights of Peter
Haver, Ladies
Meet in S. A.
The Knights of reter Clarer and
T.iitllw of the auxiliary, hold their
fourteenth annual Texa« state con-
ference at lloly Redeemer Catholic
parish church, 181V Nevada street,
Sunday, May 6.
The deputy supreme knight,
Cli.irlM Brousaard, Houston, iceoin-
panted by 10 other officers of the
National Cooacil of Pater CUrer
and I«Adte# auxiliary, began the aea-
si.'M with a inftflH celebrated by the
a.mtor, the Rev. Edward A. Bowles,
r S. J., ut 8 o'clock, Sunday niorn-
ltlg
blowing the mans, breakfast
was served lu the school hall to
327 del elites. At this t lino all na-
tional officers were Introduced by
O. IV Hebert, president of the atate
conference of knights,
Mont Rev. Robert K. Lucey, S.T.D.,
tirUbishop of San Antoulo, was Id
troduced by Father Bowles. Follow-
in 4 the address by Archbishop Lu-
cey, the official business sessions
were held. The presidents, O. B. Ile-
bert for t.be knights, and MUs 8.
15 8»dlers for the ladies, presided
over the sessions.
The welcome address to the la-
dies wax plveu by Mrs. Marie Jack-
son, grand lady of St. Monica court,
No 35, flm» local court Mrs. F.. B.
Jones, supreme lady, addressed the
National officers present were
Mrs. K. It. J(»nes, supreme lady of
Galveston; Mrs Clotllde Williams,
national treasurer, Mobile, Ala-
bama ; A. P. Randolph, New Or-
I'-ifut, Louisiana, national treasurer;
Mrs. Inez Y. Bowman, state deputy,
of Houston; Emit Fontenot of Lib-
erty, who U a deputy; and 1L F,.
Heliert, state president, Hen 11 moot.
Luncheon was served at 12 o'-
cl«»ck, and a musical program wax
prorldtd by the Holy Pan; y atftecs,
consisting of numbers from students
of Holy Redeemer school. Rnsinesci
sesfrfons were resumed at 1:90 o'-
clock, and eoutinued until « o'clock,
a 1 wlilrti time the conference was
concluded.
Prior to adjournment, the n»*w
auxiliary bishop of ban Antonio, tiie
Most Rer. Stephen A. Lcven, ad-
the conference.
A pH«ck from the conference ws« |
pent to the NAACl*. Wiilittm K. j
Jones is grand knight of the local,
council.
Pleasanton News
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Oammage apent
the week end with hLs pa recta, Mr, |
*nd Mrs. Jetae (JamnMtge, and fam
iiy
i-untral services were held 8un-
du; afternoon tor Mrs. Mailie
fi. »rus of Juurdantou, who died
V'-duwday. Appreciation services
wii. be held Sunday ufieruoon at
Jacob's Chapel Methodist church.
Hev, Robert Wilcox ami congrega-
tion of King Solomon Baptist church
Will render the service. The public
jb invited to attend.
ion Martha CMf and Aito Cole,
f ind daughter of Mr. and Mra.
Louaie Cole of Charlotte, were
home for the week end. The Abrn-
ham Lincoln school will hold its
c osinf program Friday, May 11,
for grades one to five. The public
i- invited to attend.
Georgetown News
The pastor, Rev. R. Hactfield,
and members of the Friendly Will
Baptist chnrch participated In Qh;
anniversary of Rev. M. L. Cooper
of l»ay Hill Baptist church, Friday
Li;iit. Church services were good
ut the various churches, Sunday,
In the afternoon, the Georgetown
Federation of Choirs held Its month-
1} program at the Friendly Will
li 1 ptist church, raising The
following choirs participated: St.
Fa ill Methodist, Lit tie Bethel, Miue-
d'.nia. Friendly Will and Good ii"i>e.
Mrs. 1* Mercer wss directress and
He v. K. Hurt field was host pastor.
V Seguin Neui.
■ ' losing exercise* for pupils of
Johnston kiiuiergarten school were
held at Lizzie M. Burgess slemen-
tary *<'hool auditorium at 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, May d. There
were 22 students of the school who
will enter public school neit school
term They were presented to their
future teachers, und received cer-
tificate* for work done In kinder-
garten Following au interesting
program by the students, Iter. A. J.
Ball, pastor of Pilgrim's Rest Bap-
tist church, gave the Invocation and
b. H«ing. A capacity audience waa
en hand for the event.
Mr. and Mrs. I. Samie Wilson and
ion, Edgar; and Miilon M< Knight
were in San Antonio Saturday night,
May 5, where they attended the
Jolinson-Dotson wedding at Went
Eod Baptist church.
Might 4 11 girls from as many
communities have been selected by
their clubs for competition In the
county Queen coutest. The girls who
were selected by popular vote, have
automatically become local eom-
munity 4-H club queens. The que**n
will be crowned at a 4-H talent show
to be held In .Tune, and door prizes
ami other awards will be given to
persona attending.
The 4-H cluha with their queens
in the contest are Heguln, Jan
Shaw; Booker Washington, Jacque-
line Coleman; Capote, Heleu Iniaan;
(Jeronlmo, Shirley Patterson; Mar
ion, Norvella Ball; Zlon Hill, Stella
Louise Coleman; Sweet Home, Betty
Mclntyre; and Jakes Colony, whose
contoetan: is to he announced.
lyuliMt News
At the mo*rlnc mrrvlrv* lut Sua
day. lioj Unit i>fufoi«ed hi, ctlling
to 1 be miaUtrj, Uul preached hl»
flrat (eruioo Sunday nigbi at Aa-
tinoh Baptist church. Several raeui-
l)em of Antlocii'a cho'r mutored to
San Antonio Sunday afternoon to be
the gueat* of Rer Boy Hardeman
Laurel IWfhta Melhodlst
•burefc.
A lerlen of wrrlcw wili begin at
William Taylor Methodist church
«»xt weak
Gonzales News
The session of the twenty-third
district Prlncc Hall Masons of Tev*
as. was held In Waelder, Sunday aft-
ernoon, with some of the highest
dignitaries of Texas Masous in at-
tendance, namely T. W. Neal and
Mrs. Xeal of Kendeleton; F. A.
Shropshire and Fred Meador, both
of Cuero; F. B. Jones, thirty-third
degree Mason, district clerk of C.>n-
jwles; l*rof. A, B, Norwood, Regis-
ter reporter, and clerk of the
American Woodmen; and approxi-
mately 200 Master Masous and
Harolaaa of Jericho. Mrs. N, K.
(.rant of Waelder wag present.
Mrs. Kate Jones has Just re-
turned from Compton, California,
where she spent three weeks visit-
lug: her sou, Huuh Robinson and
other relatives. Mr, and Mrs. Book-
er Jolinsou are parents of a baby
boy.
Mrs. Grade Norton, who was sent
to John Sealy hospital In Galveston,
ii doing fairly well.
Shiner News
The Gold Stars were entertained
by the Sunday school of the Bap-
tist church for having held the ban-
ner for a number of months. MKs M.
B. Myers is teacher. Mr. aud Mrs.
Otis Coverson, Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Cunningham, aud a few others, at-
tended the funeral of Sain Griggs,
mortician, iu llallettsvllle.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Dotson,
and daughter, l^elano; Nathan Dot-
son, and Juiiu* Johnson, visited
Mrs. Lula Robinson in Flatonia.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sanders of
Waco, and Mr. and Mrs. Marlon
Kuykendali of Corpus Christ!, vis-
ited their sister and cousin, Mrs.
l'earlie Richardson. Mra. Kittle
Jones visited iu the home of her
Mrs. C01 a Lt*e and family lu
l&uui. Mrn. Lizzie Holt of Los
Angeles, California, is visiting Mrs.
Mena Gladrmy. Staff Sergeant Wil-
lie McGuire is risking with his fam-
ily.
Please pay the reporter, go he can
keep*the papr moving to you.
Waelder News
The Masons held a district meet-
ing here Saturday and Sunday. The
members of St. Paul Baptist church
are 1»coking forward to the Home-
comifig, Sunday, May 13. Rev. S.
Ii. Davis will deliver the message.
Mrs. Frances McVea and daughter,
Mrs. Robbie Butler of Temple, have
returned to Waelder.
ON SEGUIN PROGRAM
6RGU1N, Teras—The Rev. C. L.
King, pastor of St. Luke Methodist
church, and hl» youtli chorus of San
Antonio, ami Uev. Gaskin, pastor «.f
Randolph Community church, ay-
l^ared on a program at Johnson
Chapel AMR church, Seguin, last
Sunday, May 0.
Yoakum News
Mrs. E. L. Bolton, L. M. James,
snd A. P. Smith attended Mary
Church Terrell district meet iu
Uockdale. I'beoc delegates reported
an lntere^tini; and enlhualustic
nieetlnj. The local president, Mrs.
Bolton, was elected as district treas-
urer. She also served as co-chairmau
of the Stat« SiKlal Service com-
mittee. The Progressive Women's
club of this city will serve a« 1U57
host.
Mrs. William McClure, Miaa Bar-
bara Evelyn McClure, and JInrlcl
Aimette McClure, attended the
youths convocation In Qouston.
While there they were house guests
of Mr. aud Mrs. Warren G. Mc-
Clure. They returned bona Monday
wight, accompanied by Warren O.
McClure aud Mrs. Bosie Slieppard.
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Goliad News
Sunday was a great rally day at
Mlnnehulla Baptist church with the
Brotherhood in charge. It was also
Friends day. Willie Bess is presi-
dent of the Brotherhood and Rev.
J. D. Moten Is pastor of the church.
Fannin Street Methodist church al-
so had interesting services all day.
Mr. and Mrs. Jamos Tyaon and
daughter of Beeville were in the
city, Sunday, visiting Mr. and Mrs.
John Handy. Mrs, John Handy left
Saturday for Corpus Christ! to be
al the l>edfcide of her aunt, Mrs.
Millie Littles. Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Ferryman, Werley Taylor, and Miss
Willie Ann Lott motored to San
Antonio, Monday.
Rev. and Mrs. Franklin of San
Antonio visited here, Sunday. Mrs.
Clarence Sanders of Corpus ChrMi
is visiting in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Handy. Mr. and
Mrs. John Williams, Mrs. Beatrice
Cunningham and daughter, John-
nie Karline, spent the day in San
Antonio, Sunday, visiting relatives
and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Manley Youngblood
of Hammond, La., and Mrs. Eddie
XoongMood and Floyd Youngblood
left Monday morning for California.
Kenedy News
Mr. and Mra. Sam Kenning and
children of Sau Ankmio worn home
guesU of their mother and grand-
mother, Mrs. Hester ""JoffiiSou" ami
Mrs. Ida Douglas, Sunday. Mr. aud
Mrs. Ilarri. Houston entertained
Koy Bailey, Jr., with an enjoyable-
party, Saturday night, ',/itU guests
from San Antonio, Beeville, Karnes
City, aud other nearby towns iu
attendance.
Mrs. Lea Harding hud «B "Bef
guest, her hu.slmnd, who la employed
In Tuft. Mra. Bobbie. 1. Swisher
and children have joined, tbelr hus-
band aud father who is employed
In Sail Antonio. Rev. Porter Johnaou
of Karnes City Tlslted friends here
Cuero News
Services were good at BmUiers
Chiiiei Sunday, with tka Ma tor,
Itcv. tinker, preaching batft iser-
mons. .Little Castromal Atoaandri.
grandson of Mr. and 3fra,i(4teoiTc
Anderson, was christened1 at the
services. The Lord's Sapper ■mis
administered. Visitors hem hare
been Mrs. Kuth Brotnfleld fend chil-
dren of Corpus Christ I, Tens.
Leouard White was present at
services following a lengthy Hrlous
Illness. Mrs. Mary E. Murray, Cal-
lie J. Jamison, N. M. CarroH, Jes-
se K. Haunihal, Jr., and Jtlchard
Lackey attended the fnneral<aer*tces
ot Henry Murray, at Cologne^ Tenas
The Eastern Star, Kitchen Pride,
Chapter .171, honored the past grand
matron, Mrs. N. M. Carroll, with a
surprise party, presenting many
beautiful gifts. The chapter remem-
bered a member, Mm. Julia Matliis,
who Is seriously ill, with a found
n»rty. . -I!
Karnes City Newa
Splendid mission waa held Mon-
day, with the pastor t—hlf the
ietsson. Mrs. Kuthle Johnson and
Mrs. Marie Teague attended the
call meeting in Kunge, Toesday
night, with $103.10 being tMrfeetl lu.
Mrs. Stella Boss, i. Tonal, Mrs.
Pauline Shular and Mrs. Marie Tea-
eue, accompanying Rev. Pi John-
son, participated In the SSrd «mil-"
versary of ItUlng Star Baptist
church of Yorktown, Itarsday
ulglit.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hutchison were
called to Jourdantos, Friday 'nlRlit,
al the death of their annt.. Mrs.
M. .1. Thornee. Rev. and Mrs. L.
M. Carroll of Runge, Deacon and
Mrs. L. S. Teagne, Mr, and Mrs. E,
Hutchison, Mra. Uernlce Harvey,
Mrs. lte t; co Johnson, aad Miss
Zora Lee Johnson attended the
funeral of Mrs. M. 3. Thornes in
Jourdanton, Sunday, with Bev. L.
M. Carroll officiating. Interment
was in the l'leasanton cemetery.
Washington funeral home of San
Antonio had charge of arrangements.
A number of Karnes City citi-
zens a'tended the 03rd annlve+sary
of the lti-dug Star Baptist church
lii Yorktown, ^iunday. Mrs. Han-
nah Johnson and danghtar, I.lllle,
s|ient Sunday wlUi Mrs. Lizzie
Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. H. Smith of
KBbstown were the week end guests
jit Mrs. L. Johnson and c^er rela-
tives, here. They werl supper
ifueste of Mr. and Mrs. llbee Hop-
kins.
Mrs. H. .Toluison aad Mra. Ullle
Williams visited In tba home of Mr.
and Mrs. Mime Hopkins, 8r„ and
were dinner guests ot Mrs, Llxsie
Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Irv-
lnr were bonse guests of Mr. and
Mra. E. L. Irving.
over the week-end.
Mrs. VeUna Hayes and Mrs. Kate
Mikes had as their goest, Mis. Stella
Ross of Karnes City.
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Weimar News
Services were held at all church-
es of the city with all pastors at
their posts, Rev. Clark preached at
Little Bethel Methodist chnrch. The
third quarterly confcren<# was held
at St. James, Rev. W. M. Bobln-
son presiding. Total amount raised
was $108,38. Rev. P. D. Saddler
and members, Rev. A. Hubbard
and members, and other communi-
ties took part In celebrating the an-
niversary of Rev. L. J. Johnson In
Scliulenburg, at St. James Baptist
clmrcli.
Mrs. Ofi'a Lee Burley and Mrs.
Birdie Alno Perkins visited their
daughter and niece, Mrs. Deborah
Ward of Weatberford, Texas, and
altended her May day pageant at
Mt, Pleasant junior high school.
Airman (third class) FV1I* Nelson,
Jr, was home visiting his wife and
son and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I'ellx Nelson, Sr. He Is being trans-
ferred from San Antonio to Wyo-
ming.
Leroy Brazlel is In Houston In
the Veterans hospital suffering from
injuries received In a wreck. Roy
Lee Mann is In Youens hospital, a
victim of the same accident Eddie
Smith, Jr„ lrns a cracked arm, but
is reported doing welL
The Karl Downs Softball team
won over the J. A. Green team of
SchnlenbUPff, 22-8. Sam Joo Adams
and Clarence Steward shared the
mound duties, with W. O. Ferguson
behind tlie plate.
Marriage Licenses
Marriage Licenses Issued {.. .. ..
May 1
Elvln Wesley, Jr., and Eugene
Anderson.
May I
Lloyd Wllilums and Bessie Lea
Armstrong.
Willie Lee Georgie and Doris
Marie Woods.
May I
Sam Ellis Dotson and Martha
Raye Johnson.
May 4
Theodore Teddy Suydan and Oliv-
ia Delia Green
Ernest Samuel Greenwood and
Betty Jean McClure.
Herman llrlglit, Jr., and Margaret
Mary Walker.
May 7
Willie Roy Smith and Alma Gen-
try.
Oakland News
Services were held at St. Paul
Methodist church, Sunday, Rev. M.
C. Stone delivering the messagies.
Mrs. Sammle King, Mr. and Mrs.
Arthur Ushery, Mrs. E. M. Baker
and daughter, Mrs. Robert Newton,
E. C. Columbus, Rev. and Mrs. Her-
bert Greggs, E. Boldln, Mrs. Rosle
Cunningham, and Mrs. Jennie Ad-
ams attended the funeral of 8am |
Griggs In HallettsTllle, Sunday.
Mrs. Velma Adams, Eddie V.
Ward, and George Adams of San
Antonio visited here. Mr. an(f Mrs.
C. B. Brown, Rer. and Mrs. Jacob
Simmons attended services at the
Church of God In Christ in Wei-
mar, Sunday night
Crystal City News
the messages during the day. The
youth chorus eccompanlsd Bar. Mar-
Services were held at the mission I ray to New light Baptist chnrch
station In OarrUo Springs last Sun- where ha closed a successful revtv-
day. Rev. B. L. Murray brought I al.
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