The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1962 Page: 4 of 8
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Chamberlain-Herrman Vows
Are Exchanged August 18
Miss Vella Ann Chamber-
lain, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin B. (Jack) Cham-
berlain, and Wesley Wayne
Herrman of the Rocker b
Ranch, Barnhart, were mar-
ried Saturday evening, Aug-
ust 18.
The Rev. Dan Walker, min-
ister of the First Christian
Church of Sabinal, officiated
for the formal vows at the
First Methodist Church.
Mrs. Robert Magruder at
the organ accompanied Mrs.
James Tuggle who sang “The
Wedding Prayer".
Given in marriage by her
father, the bride wore a floor
length dress of pure white
silk organza over net and taf-
feta with full length fitted
sleeves tapering over wrists.
Miniature buttons fastened
the sleeves and the back of
the demure bodice. The por-
trait neckline was completed
with scallops of Alencon lace
re-embroidered with seed
pearls. A panel appliqued
with motifs of the lace and
pearls extended down the
front of the bodice and onto
the amply pleated skirt which
carried a chapel length train.
She wore a pill box of the
lace appliqued in seed pearls
from which flowed a shoulder
length veil of silk illusion.
White carnations centered by
a white orchid was arranged
on a white Bible she carried.
Miss Charlene Gaston was
maid of honor. Bridesmaids
were Musses Judy Wayne
Jordon, Rata Jo Teele and
best regards . . .
By Maurine Werst
I lli; BIG LAKE (TEXAS) WILDCAT
August 30, 1962
It looks as if we’ve alter- The mothers of children
nated between sweet, senti- starting to school this week
mental weddings and bridal have looked and felt like
showers to rough primitive they’ve participated In some
kill or get killed football this sort of scrimmage. And we
past week. How anyone can' know it’s that getting Into
enjoy watching football routine again with the dress
scrimmage with little ones and bathe battle with one eye
pitted against big tough ones opened, just not qualified
Odom-Harris Rites
Read Last Friday
is more than I can compre-
hend. My imagination is ter-
rific and I’m not protected by
all that paraphenalia. All I
can see is the opponent lung-
ing.
physically as yet, for the
combat.
Just as many resolutions
are made at the beginning of
school as at the turn of the
New Year and we hope to see
Miss Myra Beth Odom,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Francis Odom, was married
to Airman 2nd Class Jerry
Russell Harris of Goodfellow
Air Force Base and Arab, Ala.
at 7:00 o’clock Friday eve-
It must be the Twentieth more of a majority filled by
Century’s one protest left the present ones made, ln-
against becoming civilized. i eluding yours truly.
Garden Club Makes
Plans For New Year
Nichols Is Appointed
On Aggie Corps Staff
nesday, August 22, in the
home of Mrs. J. W. McFad-
den. Other friends assisting
as hostesses were Mrs. Nila
Turnell, Mrs. Buster Runyon
and Mrs. C. E. Easter.
The chosen colors of blue
' nlng, August 24, In the home and white of the honored
of her parents. guest were displayed in the
The double ring ceremony {centerpiece of the service
was solemnized before a small table by tinted carnations
group of friends by an uncle, arranged in an antique silver
L. M. Handley of Crosbyton,! basket belonging to Mrs. Mc-
ion elder of the Primitive Fadden's family for several
Baptist Church. I generations. Sliver and crys-
Glven in marriage by her j tal appointments were used
father, the bride repeated
vows by candlelight.
__ _ She wore a street length
' , . , ... , , shirtwaist dress of white
Charles L. (Chunk. Nichols, dacron wlth white access0rles
who will enter his senior year and carried her wWte Blble
at A&M College this fall, has adorned wlth an arrange-
been appointed as a member
An autumn coffee will
mark the opening of the Rea-
gan Garden Club’s activities
for the 1962-63 club year on
Tuesday morning, Sept. 4, on ^he Corps Staff of the
the patio of the R. A. Cald- famed Corps of Cadets of
well home at 9:30. Co-hos- Texas A&M College. The ap-
tesses with Mrs. Caldwell will polntment becomes effective
be Mrs. Ralph Pembrook and as the new academic year
Mrs. Lacy Way. commences in September.
Mrs. Bill McBride will talk Nichols will hold the rank'
on the culture of peonies, and °f Cadet lieutenant colonel
Mrs. Tom Owens will discuss and will serve with the ln-j
“Fall Planting for Spring telligence officer of the Corps
Staff. He is completing
on a white cutwork cloth over
blue.
The hostesses gift was a
white Martha Washington
bedspread.
About thirty-eight guests
were registered.
Three Local Residents
an
ment of white miniature'
roses. She was married by a1
wedding band belonging to
her grandmother, Mrs H B n ; njl-x ljcenses
Handley and wore her moth- Kcteive rllUT MLenMfb
er's wedding pearls, a gift of
her father.
Miss
Myrna Handley, a
Sam Mann, local rancher,
Dr. J. L. Wright, Jr. and Don-
I aid Meroney received their
j cousin of San Angelo, was private pilot licenses this
maid of honor. month through partial in-
I John D. Mitchell of Good- j struction of John Cooke, in-
Mrs. Wayne Herrman
bee and Grover Dean Cham-
Annis Friend. They wore perlain, a cousin of the bride,
street length dresses of pale The bride is a 1962 gradu-
blue satin with fitted bodice a(,e 0f Reagan County High,
and scooped neckline which ^ Tbe bridegroom is a gradu-
displayed belted floating ate 0f Reagan County High
overskirts of pale blue lace
Teed Boyd of Big Lake was
best man. Ushers and
groomsmen were James
Mann, Dwayne Basham, Bud
Farr, Kenny Mann, Neil Ma-
and San Angelo College. He
enters his fourth year of col-
lege at A&M, enrolled in the
School of Veterinary Medi-
cine.
Following a week’s wedding
trip to Dallas the couple re-
turned to Big Lake to prepare
for the move to College Sta-
tion.
A reception was held in
the Fellowship Hall after the
wedding ceremony hosted by
Mr. and Mrs. Chamberlain.
The bride’s attendants assist-
ed in hostess duties in which
approximately 250 guests
were present.
Arrangements” I stan. He is completing a
four-week summer training fellow AFB attended the structor who lived here until
program at an Air Corps Of-} bridegroom as best man. J recently,
ficers Corps at Fairchild Air The bride is a 1960 gradu-j Mr Mann attended ground
Force Base in Washington. ate of Reagan County High school in Ft. Worth the first
The Texas A&M College School and attended San An- Par^°^^e month, Dr. Wright
Corps of Cadets is organized gelo College. She completed attended in Midland and Mr
as a military unit and a course in the Jolly’s Beauty, Meroney received his final
through the years has played School in San Angelo In May! instruction in Del Rio to re-
an important role in training and is employed at Ricci’s celye his license All have
Aggies for positions of lead- Beauty Center there. ! been active In the Reagan
LOCAL SAVINGS BONDS
SALES SLOW IN JULY
7 months of 1962 were $18,-
383.00 which represents 61.3%
of the 1962 sales goal.
Texas July Savings Bond
County totaled $393.00 during saies 0f $12,516,786 were the I
Bond sales in Reagan
Parties Last Week
Honor Miss Nevills
July according to J. L. Werst,
Jr., Chairman of Reagan
County Savings Bonds Com-
mittee.
Total sales during the first
Big Lake Kindergarten
Mrs. E. O. Nevills
510 Maryland Ph. 884-2498
Gpeus Sopt. 10
Classes 8:30 to 11:00 a. m.
Registration on Sept. 7
9:00 to 11:00 a. m.
237, 662. This figure repre-
sents 54.1% of the state sales
goal.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our
deepest thanks and apprecia-
tion to our many friends who
were so thoughtful and kind
during our sorrow and be-
reavement. Their expressions
of sympathy have been a
great comfort to us.
The Family of
Mrs. John O. Carr
“Act by Gardening —
Achieving and Creating To-
gether” is the theme for the
coming year. The yearbooks
have been completed and will
be distributed to the mem-
bers at this first meeting.
The programs for the en-
suing year and the format of
the yearbooks have been set
up to conform to state and
national regulations with
each project and program re-
lating to the year’s theme.
Mrs. R. A. Caldwell served as
chairman of the yearbook
committee with Mrs. Ralph
Pembrook, Mrs. Lewis Hersey
Mrs. Tom Owens and Mrs.
Sam Mann as fellow commit-
teemen. Mrs. Mann is club
president.
The club's local project for
ership in many walks of life. The bridegroom is serving County Flying Club although
The sons of the College have his third year of a four year,Mr. Meroney had previous ex-
served with distinction in the enlistment In the Air Force perience as a high school stu-
armed forces, and more than and is attached to the Secur- dent and obtained many solo
800 men made the supreme lty Service Division at Good- hours before entering service.
fellow. -
Immediately following the GRANDSON ARRIVES
wedding reception the couple FOR BILI_ FriENi)S
returned to their home ini
San Angelo established at 128 Mr. and Mrs. John Holy-
West Ave. C. J field of Springdale, Ark. be-
The bride’s parents hosted came parents of a son, James
a reception immediately fol-1 Lewis, August 17. He weighed
lowing the ceremony. Other 8 pounds and 5 ounces. The
arrival joins a family
sacrifice in World War II.
OPEN DUPLICATE CLUB
ORGANIZED IN IRAAN
An Open Duplicate Bridge
Club was organized in Iraan
three weeks ago by Mrs.
the year will be the raising of Charlie Hickox, director who
peonies. The plants have initiated Big Lake duplicate J out-of-town guests were Mrs. new
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G.E. Small Appliances Hoover Sweepers i
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( A buffet supper for wed-
highest monthly sales since ( djng attendants Tuesday
March. Total sales for the njght of last week and a will be featured at the club’s
state during the first 7 bridal shower Wednesday annual flower show which
months of J,he year were $89,- night were given honoring' has been scheduled for May 4,
Miss Cara Jay Nevills who is 11963. Mrs. H. B. Rees has been
to be married to John L. Pat- named chairman of the flow
terson Saturday evening in
the First Methodist Church.
Miss Chere Horton, a
bridesmaid-to-be, hosted the
buffet supper in the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Horton, for members
of the wedding party.
An archway of pink net
displayed a miniature bride
and bridegroom on the can-
dlelighted serving table
Guests were Mrs. Richard
Springstun and Shane, Mrs.
Robert Magruder, Loy Rogers
and Charlene Gaston, and
parents of the bride.
The bridal shower Wednes-
day night in the home of Mrs.
R. E. Rogers feted the bride
i with a host of wedding gifts.
♦ j Hostesses assisting Mrs. Rog- and
<» ers were Mesdames Sam
been ordered and will be sold play. Application has been
to the members around the made for an American Con-
first of October. If the pe- tract Bridge League fran-
onies prove successful they chise.
Friday night play is sched-
uled until football schedules
change it to Saturday nights.
Competition is open to any
Odom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. j which includes a sister, Dixie,
H. B. Handley of Crosbyton three years old. Maternal
and Hal Whltsett of San An- grandparents are Mr. and
gelo. | Mrs. Bill Friend of Big Lake.
A gift coffee honoring the The paternal grandparents
bride-to-be was given Wed- ■ live in Springdale.
individual regardless of af-
er show. > filiation with any type of
A guest speaker scheduled duplicate organizations,
for the October meeting is E.j
C. Nevills, local county agent, | I
whose topic will be “Achiev- gardens featuring peonies of
ing with Our Soil”. Another l the Ozona Garden Club. Mrs.
authoritative speaker during Max Schneemann, Jr. and
Mann, D. V. Livingston, W. D.
Hudson, Joe T. Johnston, [
Frank Horton, Bill A. Friend,
W. E. Evans, J. C. Carr, Cue J
Varnadore, H. B. Rees, Ike
Chaffin, Dick Collier, Max
Schneemann, Jr. and Bill
Schneemann.
the receiving line with!
the year will be Mrs. S. R.
Braly of San Angelo, a na-
tional judge of flower shows,
who will conduct the flower
workshop on April 2.
The special event and pro-
ject will be Nov. 8 when the
Reagan Garden Club will
host the fall meeting of Dis-
trict VIII, Texas Garden
Clubs, Inc. This district, in-
cl^uing 47 clubs, extends over
an area from Sweetwater,
Haskell and Olney down to
Ranger, Coleman, Ballinger
Menard, on to Del Rio
and back through Ozona, Ira-
an and Big Lake. About 125
delegates are expected at this
meeting in Big Lake. Presid-
ing will be Mrs. II. B. Horn of
Del Rio, district governor
Guest speaker of the occasion
will be Mayor Ralph Duesing
and THE WEST TEXAS FRESS ASSOCIATION
who will lecture and show
In the receiving line with j slides on the ..Moclern, Horti-
Mrs. Rogers were Mrs. Nevills, I culture Wonder”. Mrs. Bill
McBride heads the committee
for the district meeting.
% Big mt liilirai
Established In 1925
Published Every Thursday in Big Lake, The County Seat of
Reagan County, Texas
Entered as second-class matter January 2, 1926, at the post
office at Big Lake, Texas, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
J. L. Werst, Jr.......................Editor and Publisher
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agememt.
the honored guest, and Miss
Loy Rogers. Members of the
houseparty assisting in serv-
ing and registering the guests
were classmates, Misses Caro-
lyn Howard, Linda Living-
ston, Charlene Gaston and
Linda Ivey.
Mrs. Nevills’ mother, Mrs.
J. A. Reed of Clyde came for
her granddaughter’s bridal
shower and the wedding.
Crystal horn of plenty fill-
ed with pink carnations and
sprayed fern formed a cen-
terpiece for the service table
which displayed candelabra
on an open cutwork cloth
over pink.
The hostesses' gift was a
footed serving tray enscribed
with the names of the fam-
ilies honoring the bride-to-
be.
Other highlights for the
year will be a Christmas
lighting contest open to all
homes in Big Lake, and a pil-
grimage on April 25 to the
Mrs. Paul Jacobs will direct
the Christmas lighting pro-
ject, and Mrs. Bill Schnee-
mann is chairman of the pil-
grimage to Ozona.
An Arbor Day program, to
be held at the Girls Club, is
slated for Jan. 18. The club,
with Mrs. Amos Floyd as
chairman, will continue to
designate a “Gardener of the
Week”. Stress will be made
on a “Litterbug Campaign"
with Mrs. Tommy Hayes as
chairman.
Club members conducted a
flower arrangement work-
shop for the Big Lake Home
Demonstration Club in July,
and a workshop is planned
for the local 4-H Girls, the
date to be set later. If other
organizations desire such
workshops members of the1
Reagan Garden Club will'
conduct them. The theme of
achieving and creating to-
gether is not limited to mem-
bers of the club as the desire j
of the Reagan Garden Club is
to encourage gardening in
Big Lake, and to achieve and
create beauty throughout the
town.
HERE WE ARE AGAIN
WITH SOMETHING OLD BUT NEW.
TWICE A WEEK WE HAVE GOOD OLD FASHION
PIT BAR-B-CUE.
CHICKENS, BEEF RIBS, PORK RIBS, HOT LINKS
AND GOAT ONCE A WEEK, WEDNESDAYS
We also serve Plates with all the trimmings.
This place is owned and operated by Erma Lee Beaty
and George Bell.
HILL SIDE BAR BE CUE PIT
609 South California St. Phone 884-2405
Charles Massegee
Monday, Sept. 10
through Sept. 16
10:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
Bethel Baptist Church
Big Lake Jim Brown, pastor
Letterheads, Envelopes, In-
voices, Statements, Office
Forms. The Big Lake Wildcat,
Phone 41.
KIDDIE K0LLEGE KINDERGARTEN
Reasonable Rates Flo Darling 100 - 11th St.
Training and Education — Not Baby-Sitting
Regular pre-school educational activities also include
2 hours a week in dance, tumbling and rhythm band
for co-ordination and personality development at no
extra charge.
ENROLL NOW — CLASSES BEGIN SEPT. 17
Call Mrs. W. E. Clemmer, 884-2145
School of Dance and Allied Arts
Tap, Ballet, Aero, Baton Dancing, Ballroom, Speech
Enroll Sat., Sept. 15 — 11 a. m. - 3 p. m. Pho. 884-2568
NOTICE
Do Not Dial
884-2211
Other Than For An Emergency
Such As Reporting A Fire
Dial 884-2511 or 884-2512
If You Wish To Reach
The City Office
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Werst, J. L., Jr. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1962, newspaper, August 30, 1962; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658952/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.