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Page Four
The Paducah Post
Friday, September 2?
Parent-Teacher Association \earbook
Outlines Interesting Programs for
1940-41, Lists Officers, Teachers
SOCIETY
T
GWEN FYKE, EDITOR
Telephone 15
The P-TA’s 1‘.'40-41 yearbooks repl.esentatives; Mrs. Schaded,
wire distributed to members ot j <tudem aid; Mrs. George Shock-
the organization at its initial!, adult education; J. Keylon
meeting last week. 1 ne booklets. M*oor,.t parliamentarian; Mrs. C.
contain lists of oificers and chair-j ^ Phillips, auditor; Miss Lorena
men of the P-TA. lists of teach" jPrunty. song- director,
ers and sponsors m Paducah rphe executive board is compos*
schools. "A learners Prayer. “A | ed of officers and committee
Parent's Creed ai d the calendar j 0hairmen and the superintendent
of meetings. __ i ; and principals of the schools.
The association was organized
Meeting on the third Tuesday
in each month, the group will con-
vene again on Oct. 15. Airs. G. E.
Coleman will be leader; pupils of
the Goodwin school will present a
in 1930. It is a member of the
fourteenth district.
Already ore of its aims for thi
tne uooawir. ' h vtVorV will vear has been accomplished—th it
program; Miss \ era i atton w, ;. ldj umforms for th,
discus- "Problems o; High School, Ust vea, the association
students and mothers and teachM^ ^^ ■ for a county
ers of the second and third giades am,-[h(, wovk wiu be. t.on.
\m!1 bo hostesses i tinued this year. Milk and warn
Miss Mildred Shuman will oe clothing for underprivileged chil-
leaHer Nov. IP when the home i^ren were provided during the past
making department will present 1 school term. The value of such
“Phases of Homemaking. Hos-1 an organization is in its aim,
tesses will be teachers and i ..-p0 promote the welfare of chil-
mothers of the 5-Red and o-Blue (jren an(j youth in home, sehoo!
rooms in the Alamo school. church and community.”
Mrs. R. B. Etter will give a! _____
book review at the Dec. 10th ses- 7 1 a .. 7
sion. Miss Iren- Tippen will \ T(JUllCdhOtlS Attend
leader, the Spanish club will pre-
nfothers * of ?the*'6-Red n d* VBlue Meet dt DumOnt
Mrs. Jesse Looney
Hostess to Club
.Mrs. Jesse Looney entertained!
the "Three G's” Sewing club Wed-j
nesday afternoon at tne home ot
Mrs. O. E. Looney.
Plans for a party were discuss-
ed during a business session.
At the social hour, refresh-
mei.ts were served to Mesdames
James Gribble, Buddy Overstreet,
Clovis Bridwell, Woodrow Wilson.
Truman White. Don Morgan, Ed-
win Merrill and the hostess. Chil-
iren present w < re i)onnie and
Herbie Morgan, Talluah Merrill
and Belinda Bridwell.
Mrs. Morgan is a new member
; ud Mrs. Merrill, of Shallowater.
was a visitor.
Mrs. Wilson will be hostess
< club next week.
I Culture Club Will Have Luncheon
Saturday and Distribute Books
Outlining the Course of Study
The Culture club will have an
assembly luncheon Saturday, Sept.
28. its first meeting of the
1940-41 season. Highlight of the
program will he a book review by
Mrs. R. B. Etter. Mrs. C. M.
Christian will be hostess ar.d pro-
gam director.
Club yearbooks will be dis-
tributed during the business ses-
sion and club members will have
a glimpse at programs- and other
activities outlined
Without
DESIGN
By Gwen Fyke
VICTORY WON
The goal of the P-TA, to raise
funds for uniforms for the band,
was reached with all speed. Many
aie uue thanks for their part in
rooms will be hostesses.
A state health nurst will lecture
on Jan. 21. Mrs. Reuben Tye will
be leadei and Alamo pupils will
present a health play. Hostesses
will be teachers and mothers of
the 7-Re.: and 7-Blue rooms.
"Peace" will be the subject of
a discussion by Mrs. A. O. Ben-
net; Feb. Is. Mrs. A. E. Dumont
will be leader; Goodwin school art
pupiis will give a program and
mothers and teachers of the fresh-
man class will bt hostesses.
Gordon Teel, minister of the
Church of Christ, will lead a
discussion. "Pursuit of Happiness"
on March 18. Mrs. P. E. Godfrey
will be leader and Alamo pupil-
will present a program. Mothers
and teachers of the sophomore
class will be hostesses.
At the final meeting of the
year, April 15, Mrs. Byrd R.
Lewis, president, will give a re-
sume of the year’s work and the
president-elect will discuss plans
for the coming year. R. E. Martin
will be leader and a musical pro-
gram will be presented by the
high school music classes. Teach-
ers and mothers of the junior
class will be hostesses.
All meetings are called for 3:
p. m. at the Alamo school.
Officers of the association are
Mrs. Lewis, president; Miss \\ in-
Methodist young people held
their monthly Circle Union meet-
ing at Dumont Thursday evening
of last week.
Florene McMillan of Dumont
gave the devotional on "Living
Today." A Mr. Rodgers of Delwin.
vice-president of the union, presid-
ed at the business session.
Mrs. H. R. Jones of Dumont
conducted a very interesting rec-
reation hour, during which re-
freshments were served to ap-
proximately 90 young people.
Attending from Paducah were
Rev, William E. Fisher, Yvonne
Sublett, Mary Sue Lee, Betty Jo
Criswell, Ivey Jean Parker, Elo-
uise Jones and Odell Freeman.
Kathryn Sanderson
Honored Mondoy
Baptist W. M. U.
Elects Officers
Officers for the new year in the
Baptist Women’s Missionary unioe
were elected at a meeting Monday
afternoon in the church.
Mrs. A. B. Biddy was chosen
president; Mrs. T. L. Wilkins, re-
cording secretary and treasurer;
Mrs. Mart Robertson, correspond-
------ . . ing secretary; Mrs. E. G. Damron,
nie Shaw, first vice-president:, Mrs. Keith Ward and Mrs. C. B.
Mrs. Ray Filty, second vice-presi-
dent: Mrs. R. B. Etter, third
vice-president; Mrs. Joe Schaded,
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recording secretary; M r s. Sam ;r tbe union for the new year.
Bobo, circle chairmen.
Circles will re-organize next
Monday to complete arrangement-
Hamilton. corresponding sec re- ■ Approximately 15 attended the
larv . Rnv Powell, treasurer.!----:—
Lary; Mrs. Roy Powell, treasurer, meeting.
Committe chairmen are Mrs. J. __
F. Powell, publicity; Mrs. B. F.
Hobson, hospitality; Mrs. M. L.
Allison and Mrs. O. J. Riley, room
HOME LAUNDRY
OPENED
I have re-opened my home
laundry at Mrs. Sowders
home in the southwest part
of Paducah arcoss the street
from the Probasco home.
We also have soft water
and other conveniences to
help you with your laundry.
Give Us A Trial,
Mrs. Lottie Mcnshew,
prop.
Mrs. Buck Oldham
Entertains Club
Kathryn Sanderson celebrated
her fifth birthday Monday after-
noon at a party at the home of
her mother, Mrs. Zena Sanderson.
Various games furnished enter-
tainment for the afternoon.
A birthday cake presented by
Pat Hodge was served with punch
to Jackie Ward, Delphine Angle,
Danny Powell, Suzanne Carr, Er
nm Grewell Riley, Shirley Fry,
Nancy Bennett, Tommy J. Boley
and the honoree.
„ /or | soliciting and contributing to this
by Mrs. Olen Iressley, Mrs. Rev | project Their co-operation was
Powell and Mrs. Porter Williams. 00<J to see Wasn’t it?
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calendar committeemen.
Travel is the course of study | CLUBS MEETING
for this, the sixth year of the j Paducah's federated clubs will
dub’s existance. It was a junior be in full sv,ing soon. The Soro-
orgamzation for four years and sis club has aireatjy had one call-
, , , j sis club has already
became a senior club last year. cd meetjng; the Culture club
Mrs. Hutchinson Is
Idle Hour Hostess
Mrs. O. I). Hutchinson was hos-
tess to the Idle Hour club at her
home Wednesday afternoon.
Guests of the club were Mrs.
J. A. Christian and Mrs. J. S.
Dulaney of Wichita Falls, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Hutchinson, who as-
sisted her mother as hostess.
Attractive refreshment plates
were served at the close of a sew-
ing hour.
Club members present were
Mesdames G. H. Anderson, J. W.
Boley, G. A. Mayes, Lola Wat-
kins, D. H. Henry, J. W. Ledbet-
ter. J. J. Gibson, B. P. Smith,
D. M. Morgan, Ida L. Harrell,
Linda Stewart and the hostess.
W. R. Club Elects
Officers at Picnic
The Rainbow club met with
Mrs. Buck Oldham last Friday
evening.
After an informal social hour,
refreshments were served to Mes-
dames Ernest Bates, Ray Mitchell,
Eldridge Latimer, Hill Smith, Jack
C3rr and the hostess.
Mrs. Elroe Renfro will enter-
tain the club this evening.
DUMONT W. M. U.
STUDIES MONDAY
DUMONT. Sept. 27.....The Bap-
tist W. M. U. met Monday after-
noon at the church for a Royal
Sendee ar.d Daily Bible Guide
study.
Present were M< sdami - C. W.
< ros-lin, Claude Adams. Billie
Morris. Le Roy Hilliard. A. Holm-
!■> !-. Bill Lamberson ami Charles
Deaton.
Real Diamond Values!
HERE THEY ARE!
Three (graces
Six-Diamond Ensemble
* y
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Prict
$60
Tht Pair
/Exquisite engagement
[rings, choice of wide, j
I narrow or medium widths, ■
[Each design matches one
wedding ring.
$19.50
Just Arrived!
A large assortment of Diamond
Rings and Wedding Bands
Priced from $5.95 to $15.
Matched Set* $8.95 and up.
C. A. KILLINGSWORTH
‘Your Jeweler”
The W. R. club resumed activi-
ties at a picnic at Mrs. Frances
Easley’s home Tuesday evening of
last week. Mrs. G. H. Anderson
was hostess.
Mrs. Minnie Richards was elect-
ed president to succeed Mrs. M.
Redwine and Mrs. C. C. McArthur
was named secretary-treasurer to
succeed Mrs. Mattie Carr.
Present were Mesdames Mattie
Can-, S. B. Chenault, Ola Corn-
best, Frances Easley, C. C. Mc-
Arthur. M. Redwine, Hosea Willi-
ford, the hostess and Miss Thelma
Clowei and Dona Janice Easley.
Mrs. Rags Clark Is
Honored at Shower
c O L E Y V I L L E, Sept. 27—
Mrs. Grady Parr and Mrs. Allie
Walling were hostesses at a show-
er for Mrs. Rags Clark at her
home Thursday afternoon of last
week.
Sevei al games were enjoyed by
the group before the honoree un-
wrapped a number of lovely gifts.
Orangeade and cookies w e r e
served to Mesdames Susie Lamar,
Pearl Williams and Monroe Ho-
ward, all of Childress; Mesdames
Ray Morris, Bill Moates, A. Brune,
Ward Terry. James Terry, Glen
Kid-well, Marcus Parr, Guy Mos-
ley, Harley White, Yirgie Trout.
John Wright, Clee Rothwell and
he hostesses and honoree.
Sudduth Family Has
Reunion at Grow
GROW, Sept. 27—The Sudduth
family held a reunion last Sun-
day at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Johnson. The affair was to
honor W. M. Sudduth, Mrs. John-
son’s father, whose 80th birthday
was Monday, Sept. 23.
Members of the family pre-
sent were Mrs. G. M. Shackelford
and daughters, Eva Mae, Mona
Jean and1 Barbara Lee, and Mr.
and Mrs. R. L. Flippen, all of Dal-
las; Mrs. J. C. Sudduth and
children, Loretta, Melvin, Myree
and Donald, of Pear Valley; Mrs.
D. T. Johnson of Grow.
Friends present included Mr,'
and Mrs. L. J. Currie of Dallas’,
Mrs. R. F. Pugh of Cleburne and
Mrs. Lota Casey of Pear Valley.
Mr. Sudduth left Sunday aft-
ernoon to accompany his daugh-
ters to Dallas for a visit. He plans
to visit a sister in Hill county be-
fore returning to Grow.
Meeting on alternate Thurs-
days, October through May, the
group will begin its travel study
Oct, 10 with the first of three
programs about the United States.
On Oct. 24. the study will be
Paraguay.
Interesting facts about Chile
will be presented Nov. 7 and the
second United States study will !
be on Nov. 21.
On Dec. 5. Miss Beulah Patton
will give a book review, the sec-
ond of three scheduled during the
year.
One outstanding study is the
Christmas program to be pre-
sented Dec. 19 when Christmas
customs in Japan and China,
Spain and France, and Sweden
and. Norway will be given. “Who
Is Santa Claus” will be answered
in a poem and the annual Christ-
mas tree celebration will be ob-
served.
Peru will be studied Jan. 2; the
last United States program will
be given Jan. 16; the club will
celebrate its birthday at a dinner
Jan. 30, when Mrs. Dwight Rich-
ards will give a book review. Mrs.
Olen Pressley will be hostess and
program director.
Panama and Brazil will make up
programs on Feb. 13 and 27, re-
spectively.
Imaginary trips to Honduras,
El Salvador and Guatemala will
be made March 13 and a study
of Uruguay will be made March
28.
Crossing the Atlantic April 11,
the club will have an European
program, studying the countries
of Norway, Sweden, Switzerland,
France, Spain, Italy and the Bal-
kans. The Highland county will be
studied at the second meeting in
April.
The meetings in May will be of
a social nature as Mother’s Day is
observed May 8 and the annua!
club picnic is held May 22.
The club was organized and fed-
erated in 1935; its colors are yel-
low and white; its flower is the
daisy; its motto, ‘‘Knowledge is
will meet Saturday, Sept. 28; the
1923 Study club’s first meeting
is scheduled Oct, 3; the Sorosis
club’s first regular meeting will
be held Oct. 10 and the Junior
Sorosis club will open its season
Oct. 14.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
“Boom Town,” the film story
of Burkburnett starring Clark
Gable, Spencer Tracy, Hedy La
marr and Claudette Colbert, will
come to Paducah during October
. . . Zoe Austin Jones, in charge
of a state health unit at Mineral
Wells, will speak at a Paducah
■luti cailv this fall . . . Mrs.
Presley Wright of Childress, form
er resident of this city, will give
a book review at a club entertain
ment next spring.
* • *
, Knowledge
the first essential for success.’
Club officers are Miss Loreraa
Prunty, president; Mrs. Olen
Pressley, first vice-president; Mrs.
Dwight Richards, second v i c e-
president; Miss Winnie Shaw, re-
cording secretai-y; Mrs. Joe Bell,
treasurer; Mrs. R. B. Etter, re-
porter: .Miss Beulah Patton, cor-
responding secretary; Mrs. Porter
Williams, parliamentarian.
At the close of this club year,
the members will have greatly-
enriched their knowledge of their
own and other countries, learned
the customs of people of foreign
lands an.-1 become familar with
famus public buildings and the
part other countries play in the
history of the United States.
This is the only club having
a course of study this year which
does not include miscelle neous
topics.
JELWIN WSCS
-IAS PROGRAM
DELWIN, Sept. 27—The Wo-
man’s Society of Christian Ser-
vice met Monday afternoon at
the Delwin Methodist church.
Mrs. L. L. Goodwin was in charge
of the program, “Sharing Our
Possessions.”
DISTRICT INSTITUTE
A Seventh District Institute
will be held at the First Baptist
church of Plainview Saturday. I
have not learned whether any
Paducah clubwomen plan to at-
tend or not ... it would1 be nice
if some could go, I think. Mrs.
J. M. Rutherford of Chillicothe,
retiring president of the district
who visited in Paducah twice
last year, will preside at the meet-
ing and incoming officers will be
introduced. Mrs. H. F. Godeke of
Lubbock is the new president.
Mrs. Joseph M. Perkins of East-
land, president of the Texas Fed
oration, and Mrs. J. W. Walker,
of Plainview, state treasurer and
a candidate for presidency of tin-
state federation, other visitors
to Paducah during the past club
year, will attend the convention.
The program is to be an in-
formative and inspirational treat-
ment of the business of being a
clubwoman . . . and that should
be of interest to the 81 women
here who already are member
of federated clubs.
H. D. Clubs To
Sponsor Sales
Cottle county Home Demon-
stration clubs will sponsor a Food
Booth at the Refrigerated Food
Locker building each Saturday
during the next few months, be-
ginning Sept. 28, according to an-
nouncement by Home Demonstra-
tion Agent Pauline Hargrove.
All types of food from the
farm, including homemade cook-
ies and cakes, c a n n e d goods,
dressed chickens, eggs and but-
ter, will be sold.
The Buck Creek club will have
charge of the first sale and other
clubs will syansor following sal. -.
VALLEY VIEW JUNIOR
CI.UB RE-ORGANIZED
A short business meeting fol-
lowed the program and Mrs. Mike Jack Culpepper'and TeT Graham!
I ho Valley View Junior 4-H
club met for a re-organization
program Thursday afternoon of
last week at the Valley View
school. Thirty members were pre-
sent, including fourteen new mem-
bers.
Lois Pierce was elected presi-
dent; Margaret Biddy, vice-presi-
dent; Reba Rhea Chapman, secre-
tary-treasurer; Helen Joyce Wood-
ley, reporter; Mrs. Oscar .Stokes.
Seventh District
Institute To Be
At Plainview
PLAINVIEW. Sept. 27—More
than 290 women, leaders in fed-
erated club work in the Seventh
District, will convene next Satur-
day' for’ a district club institute at
the First Baptist church.
Both district and state leaders
are expected to take part on the
program, which will be an in-
formative and inspirations)! treat-
ment of the business of being a
clubwoman.
The convention is being plan-
ned by Mrs. A. L. Putnam of
Plainview, districTT
chairman, and n
Who heads a large
it tees. Presidin'- ‘S'
J- M. Rutherfor* 0?a
president of the cj?
Incoming offjcf* ^
ot ii*Is„ :11 , ■
trict who will b,
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president; M,.C7elie’
J. M. Crews,
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first vice-presidentj ljjj
Brumley, Hereford 'I"
president; Mrs ft
Chillicothe, - ■ ' v
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and Mrs. A. T.
parliamentarian. '*
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Plenty Of Newi
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See Us For Your
Pickors’ Stoves.
Paducah FurnitureXo*
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. F.
Broa.'lhead last week were Mrs.
Frank Barker of Whitewater,
Kan., a nd Mr s. Broadhead’s
father, L. H. Walker of Enid,
Okla. The hosts and their guests
spent three days at Carlsbad
Caverns during the week.
Mrs. L. S. Carter of Coipus
Christi is visiting J. G. Eblen
and family.
Dickens gave the thought for the
day.
Present were Mesdames F. C.
Brown, M. B. Boykin, V. J.
Carlisle, Olen Crump, Mike Dick-
ens, A- T. Drake, C. V. Grewell,
L. L. Goodwin, E. W. Killings-
worth, P. R. Jordan, Clint Mc-
Millan, Stanley McDonald:, Ezrie
Nash. J. H. Thompson and V.
H. Worley.
VALLEY VIEW CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
Valley View Senior girls met
Thursday morning of last week
at the school to re-organize their
4-H dub.
Vivian Harris was elected pres-
ident; Lcnora Bailey, vice-presi-
dent and parliamentarian; Frances
Burch, secretary-treasurer; Nina
Jewel Fairbaim, reporter; Mrs. W.
Q. Bailey, sponsor.
Present were Lenora Bailey,
Frances Burch, Lometa Defoo’r,
Lois Felts, Nina Jewel Fairbaim,
Louise Gunn, Vivian Harris, Bor-
nie Lee Sossaman, Maurine-Wor-
rell an/l Lavina Allen.
The dub will meet at the school
at 11 a. m. on the first and thin!
Tuesdays each month.
sponsoi-s.
Plans for the year’s program
were discussed.
The dub will meet at 2rl0 p
m. on the first and third Mondays
of each month at the school build-
ing.
Coleyville News
DOROTHY GRAY
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By Mr*. James Terry
Houston Hall and J. R. Wilson
went to Knox City last Saturday
ifternoon.
which is your skin typ'j
Stock op on yoor fovorkt doonsof, ot l/4f
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Terry spent
Sunday with Mr. and ,Mrs. Clyde
Haekler. J
Roy Hamilton of Childress at-
tended the Paducah-Crowell foot- ed Mrs r eibV-' - V „v,sit
hall game here last Friday night, last Sunday. ' ' er at ®eMville
Mr. and Mrs. A. Brune, Mr. and
Mis. James Terry and Mr. and
r ' Vi ,?lady Parr attended the
football game at Paducah lari
Friday night.
Hay Morris and son, James
haw gone to New Mexico on bus-
iness.
Mrs. John Wright and son of
Bowie have been visiting Mrs.
Ward anil James Terry this week
Mr. Pnest of Childress and
VVa.d Terry are putting a new
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