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Chronicle, Coleman, Texas, August 1, 1946
Mrs. A. 0. Newman
To Head American
Methodist WSCS Has
Social And Program
Legion Another Year Outstanding Women
H. O Newman was elected i
Auxiliary at Omening the*^ I ***?*** met Wednesday
Other officers elected were Mrs the business session, which opened
iMig Martin, vice president; Mrs.! *“» a hymn- and Wf * “»■
Anna Wells, secretary Mrs W D L Bowman Craven. Roll call, the
Atkins, treasurers Mrs Hayden mlr^utes of the last ****ion were had,
Hargett chaplain; Mrs, A R. Scott,! and repor*s of th<i' Vilrlm“ dePa^-
gergeant at arms; Mrs. Callle Lay-
ton, historian.
Delegates elected
to attend the
ments were heard.
The program was In charge of the
Betty Morris Circle with Mrs. feen
September 3rd through the 6tli wv.e
Mrs Newman, Mrs. Wells, Mrs. Mar-
ternoon. Mrs. W, C. Woodward gave
the Scripture reading .from Pro-
tin, Mrs. Scott and Mrs' May KlapI verbs Mlas Luclk‘ Half- “ng a
. " r vnm apr>nmi\aniar( hit AfTv« f.v. V
per
solo, accompanied by Mrs. Joe K
following, Mrs. A. O Newman. Mrs Program on ’The Status of Wo-
C. O Fleming. Mrs O. B Kitchen ™en/ wlth talk on Women of the
»hd Mrs. A. Q Edgertcu.
To the Voters of
Coleman County:
I want to thank you
for the splendid vote
you gave me. which
resulted in my nomin-
ation as your District
Attorney for the 35th
District.
The vote given me by
my home county is one
of the brightest events
in my life, and it shall
never cease to be an
inspiration toward fill-
ing the office as it
should be done.
Sincerely,
' Ralston P. Haun
Past.. Present and Future" She
spoke of great women In the past
progress of civilization, and brought
the subject Sown to great women of
our own community, and city. Talks
were given by Mrs J B Hilton, Mrs
B B. Nunley, Miss Florence Close,
Mrs. Joe Stevens, Mrs Dixon White.
Mrs. Chas. Hickman, Mrs. Ben Tay-
lor. These talks were honoring wo-
I men of the First Methodist church.
: The honoree.s were Mrs C M Alex-
ander. Mrs W C Gay, Mrs John
Warren, Mr Will Stevens Miss
Florence Dlbrell. Mis* Gla\vs Town-
| sen, and Mrs J M Nlchol* Several
{of these women were present at thfi
meeting J
Mrs U W Johnson, Mrs Gene
Bronson, Mrs W. C Wboehlard, and
Mrs P J Joyce, all members of
the Betty Morris Circle, were host-
| esses for the social hour. The room
j was beautifully decorated with
SOCIAL EVENTS
Mrs. fi. A. Autry, Society Editor Phones 6901-4561
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Miss Ruth Ellen Hemphill To Wed
Edwards County Rancher In The Fall
Love-Coleman
Nuptials Told
Miss Sue Coleman, Slaughter of
Mr and Mrs. Fred Coleman, was; 3
married to Luclen bote, son of Mr., |
3 i* I *
and Mrs. Lon Love Saturday morn-
ing at ten o’clock at the home of
the Rev. John J, Mueller, who read
the double ring ceremony.
The bride wore a grey suit with
white and black accessories and a
corsage of pink asters. Mrs. Stancil
Edtngton was matron of honor,
wearing a purple suit with A cor-
sage of orchid gladioli. Mr. Eddlng- j pvrERS SCHOOL OF NURSING—
ton was best man. Jeannine Ard, daughter of Mr. and
Attending the wedding were par- i ^ Jack Ard left for Austln 8un.
en« of the bride and groom and day wh(.rc sht. enrolled as a stu-
Mh, Mrs. W. R, Stuart
Feted'On Golden
Wedding Anniversary
,„July 10th, Mr! and Mrs. W. R.
Stuart, 31S W. Elm street erf Coto-
man celebrated their golden wed-
ding anniversary with a family re-
and all i
union, a dlnrter and all day picnic
outing. Present besides the family
were a number of old friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart were mar-
ried at Van. In Van Zandt county,
Texas In 1896, Moved to Coleman
county In 1908 and settled near
Whan, they moved to the city of
Coleman In 1943.
MISS RUTH ELLEN HEMPHILL
the bride's sister. Mrs. Charles Hef-
lebower. ,
Following the ceremony the couple
left on a wedding trip to Austin
and Corpus Christi. Upon their re-
turn the last of the week they will
be at home at 112 West Walnyt.
The bride Is a graduate of buffalo
high school and has been employed
at the city hall for the past several
years.
Mr, Love has lived In Coleman
all of his life, being a member ctf
two pioneer families of Coleman.
debt at Seton Hospital School of
Nursing Miss Ard is a 1946 grad-
uate of Coleman high school, where
she was a member of the Trl Sig-
ma Sorority. Her parents accom-
panied her to Austin Sunday.
Breeder-Feeder
Auxiliary Has
Business Meeting
Following the barbecue dinner
awarded the Purple Heart and oth- j
Breeder-Feeder Association, the aux-
er decorations. Following his grad- *^ar-v bat1 B Easiness meeting, .with
nation from Coleman high school
he was employed by the Coca-Cola
Bottling company, which position
he held when he entered the arm-
ed forces.
To this union Were bom 10 chil-
dren 4 of which are dead. Those
attending the reunion were Vera
Chamber of Oklahoma City, Okla;
Henry Stuart and family of Glen
Cove, Mrs C. A. Buttrom of Santa
Rosa, California and Coy Stuart
and wife of Lubbock. There were
four grandchildren present: W. R,
Stuart Jr., and Zack Stuart, who
are In the service of the United
States Navy were unable to obtain
leave to attend the family celebra-
tion.
spring flowers, and a lovely re-
freshment plate was served to about approaching marriage of her daugh- ;the
35 members.
SOCIAL CALENDAR
"WHERE THE BEST
PICTURES PLAY
HOWELL
- Friday and Sat. -
*lt ii a
picture you
mult not mutt*
Now York Pott
A Walk
in
the Sun
•tnfrliff
DANA ANDREWS 7
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RICHARD CONTE -A
Sun. - Mon. - Tues.
James C. Field Weds
Maxine Richardson
To announce the engagement and and gold flowers. At one end of
table three tapers burned, at
ter, Ruth Ellen, to James F Whit- , the other end stood three white
teuburg, Edwards county rancher, I horses. Gold ribbon streamers ex-
Mrs C, W Hemphill entertained tended over the edge of the table,
with a tea Tuesday afternoon from I On the buffet was a miniature cor-
4 to 6 o’clock at the Garrett Host- j ral In which stood bronze horses,
ess House * Mrs J. F Gaines poured the first
A ranching theme was featured hour and, Mrs Bennett Nance pour-
in decorations and appointments, j ed the last hour.
son of Mr and Mrs H C. Field! wl.th » Wte as the chosen j Assisting in serving white cake - in the home of Elena Pet-
Tuesday evening at the Mirth Cole- color motif Hanging over the en- squares and gold sandwiches the at 7 prn 111 thp tlome 01 fcle a
man Baptist church, with the pastor tra"c'’ dno-JxsWPrP horseshoes tied first hour were Miss Doris Miller,
reading the single ring ceremony • *,th * .golar\ope. .Gold and white : Mrs. Fred Garrett, Miss Florence
Attendants were Mips Anna Lee kj^dtoll and -marigolds were seen In ; Close, with Mrs Morris Miller, Mrs.
Miss Maxine Richardson, daugh-
ter of Mrs Sudle Richardson, be-
'.eame the bride of James C Field.
TODAY
A meeting or the Rebekah Lodge
will be held In the X. O. O. F. hall
at 8 p.m.
FRIDAY
The Trl Sigma Sorority will meet
tersen.
MONDAY
Hyer, Chester", pVld/^MfC7*Louist' the Hamid■ 8£«lLMbs “'Pnf ^ ! e ^^t^ob/Srand^ | °f
at 8 p.m
living room and music room.
«=■ 55isr:„r. 55.-1! J*yss Tr J2S XT. j*zz
gardenias Mrs Field attended the ^**u at tbe door Mrs Hemphill i era! selections during the hours ami; h rlng
Beard and Calvin England
The brtde wore a blue dress with
Mrs Raymond McElrath presiding.
Reports were heard from com- j
mlttees. Mrs. Jim Dlbrell reported
for the constructive committee. Flf- ]
ty dollars will be awarded to the
outstanding boy and two outstand-
ing girls, Doris Beeler of Coleman,
Maurine Fenton of Gouldbusk and
Oeorge Green of Buffalo.
Mrs. Welton Holt, membership
chairman, presented three names
for membership to the auxiliary:
Mrs. Henry Newman of Coleman,
Mrs Delbert Edlngton of Santa An-
na and Mrs. Joe Dodson of T»lpa.
They were accepted.
Hostesses appointed for the Oc-
tober meeting were: Mrs. Cecil
Horne, Mrs. Elsie McMeans, Mrs.
Woodrow Neal and Mrs. Gertrude
Horne.
The constructive committee is
Mrs. Charlie Bruce,
Mrs. Carol Klngsberry of Santa An-
na and Mrs. Jess Hinds of Gould-
local high school and, Mr Field at-
tended Burkett high school He
j spent 19 months In the Pacific with
the Marines The couple are mafc-
I Ing their home in Coleman.
MRS RALPH-DUNCAN. ROUXt)
ROBIN CLUB HOSTF.HS
wearing a white formal dress with piano numbers were played by Mrs. j be **°nday Bridge Club,
gold sequin trtin headed the re- John Warren, Mrs. Jack Ram bo
celvlng line The bride wore white and Miss Louise Gordon -
lace, a corsage of white flowers, her ; Others In the house party were
sister, Mrs. E Schmidt wore black Mrs Annie Evetts, Mrs. Erskine
dress with gold sequin trim. Others Robey Talbert, Miss Belle Hender-
In life receiving line were Mrs C. L. son, Mrs, Leland Fry, Mrs. Sam
Pritchard. Mrs Don Weatherby. Cobb, Mrs F B. Rudolph, Mrs. Ed
Mrs Ralph Duncan was hostess MLss Mar-I°r*a Weatherby, all of Ab- | LeMay and Mrs, Montle Gideon,
to the Round Robin Club Thursday llene^ Mrs Wade Hemphill and Mrs The wedding will take place in
afternoon, entertaining with three Hemphill. At the end of the the fall, with no definite -date set
tables of bridge at the Taylor Tea llne st00d Uttle Miss Ruth Ann as yet. The bride elect received her
Herophlll^who presented each guest B A Degree from Hardln-Slmmons
with a small white- cut out cowboy j University and has done graduate
boot trimmed In gold leather; on I work at the University of Colorado
which was Inscribed in gold, "Ruth ; and Hardln-Slmmons While st-
and James. Indian Summer." tending Sul Ross State Teachers
Alternating In presiding over the I college, she met her husband to be
register were Mrs. J T. Blair and
Mrs. Arthur Home The bride's book-
bound in gold leather, laced with
white leather, was designed by Ben-
Room
Zennias and other cut flowers dec-
orated the game rooms Score
awards were won by Mrs Clyde Mc-
Clellan and the hostess At tea
time delicious refreshments were
served to . those mentioned above
and the following, Mmes Robert
Bowen. Willie Campbell, B B Nun-
ley, Charles Taylor Eldon Knox. J
Fleming: Switzer
Fisher will be hostess Dies 111 AriZOllil
TUESDAY
Mrs. A M.
to the Les Amis Club. Funeral services were held in
Mrs. Clyde Henderson and Mrs : Comanche July 24th, for Fleming
Bessie Wlsner will be hostesses to Switzer, brother of H. G Switzer of
the Reapers Class at the home of' Coleman. Mr. Switzer died at a hos-
Mrs Henderson. pttal in Phoenix, Arizona, July 21,
h WEDNESDAY
The Wesleyan Service Guild will
entertain with a picnic at 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. T. L. Stevens will be host-
ess to the Lydia Ferguson and Su-
sanna Wesley Circle at her home at
9 am.
A meeting of the Womans Coun-
cil will be held at 4 p.m. In the
First Christian church.
Vance, Mike Wright. William! n«tt Nance. Ranch scenes in the
Leaqh, Els worth Wetzel of Hender-
son and Mias Frances Trammell.
color
ill ONE GR
TRIUMPH!
star
book were done In water
! by Mrs Wade Hemphill
The tea table was centered with
I the punch bowl, which was encircled
following a lingering illness.
Xrr 1930 he was employed by
Bowen Drug Store as • pharmacist
and Is well known In Coleman, He
Was a member of the Baptist
church.
Survivors Include his widow and
one son, his parrots, Mr. and Mrs.
S. W. Switzer of Comanche, two
! brothers and three sisters, who were
all present for the funeral. A num-
ber of friends attended from Cote-
! man.
to be
Son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wlilt-
tenburg, pioneer ranchers of Ed- -v-wo i-vtvbtiiv with
me^rf^nnL.tR?ClCSfrl!?,fhi ToXaf PICNIC AND SWIMMING PARTY
LHP groom PirCL received Tils o. A If/IVTID TUI GinMa annnRTTV PV*»r!riir nf Qnn Tommy
cultural ecKta J°Texls ' Piemen were hostess Wednesday parents, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Mc-
M college. He is engaged in ranch-
with a mass arrangement of white 1 Ing near Rockspring
B. K. Malian
Ranch
Swimming Pool
‘ MOST MODERN
POOL IN TEXAS”
HOURS
Sundays: 12:40 p.m. to
10:40 p.m.
Week Days: 10:40 a m.
to 10:40 pm.
Santa Anna Man To •
Wed Richland Springs
Girl, August 5th
Mr afid Mr* R J Barclay of
Richland Springs announce the en-
gagement of their daughter, Juan-
ita, to Roy Earl Tucker of Santa
Anna, The wedding will be August
5 at the Sacred Heart Catholic
church Jo Coleman with the Rev
Edward B Poetert reading the cere-
mony
The bride-elect Is a graduate of
: hr Rochelle schools and attended
Santa Rosa School of Nursing in
San Antonio as a cadet, .nurse She
has been employed at Sealy Hos-
pital in Santa Anna. Mr Tucker,
son of Mr and Mrs E R Tucker
attended Santa Anna school, ano
served four and a half years In the
Army, part of which time Was over-
seas Mr. Tucker Is farming south
of Santa Anna
MISS FRANCES STEVENS
HONORS MRS. LUCIES’ LOVE
WITH KITCHEN SHOWER
Honoring Mrs. Luclen Love, on
Thursday evening, preceding her
marriage the following Saturday
Miss Frances Stevens entertained
with a kitchen shower
Each guest bought a cup towel,
which they hemmed and monograru-
ed after arriving *nd presented to
the honoree The hostess presented
the honoree with a basket of kitch-
en utensils
Refreshments were served buffet
style from a beautifully appointed
table centered with flowers Pres-
KFRBOW FAMILY REUNION
There were 58 present at the
tenth annual reunion of the Ker-
bow family which was held at
the Coleman City Park Saturday
night and Sunday. July 27th and
28th It was held tn honor of the
late C. R Kerbow
Those present were Henry Kerbow
and children, H D., Charlene and
Joyce. Mr and Mrs. BUI Camp:
night, July 24th, when they enter- j Means,
tained with a picnic and swimming
party, ______-
The greup met at the Smith home
at 6:30 and went from there to the
Malian swimming pool After a swim
they gathered at the city park Jor
a picnic supper. The group enter-
tained therhSelves with swinging
and later dancing to a portable
radio. After a very enjoyable eve-
ning they said “goodbyes" and went
i home.
| Those attending were: Margie
j Hudson, Dorothea Goss, Jeannine
| Ard,
| Louis Goss, Stay ton Delaney. Leon- j
I ard -Ehrler. Joe Webb, Tommy j
! Jameson, Tommy White, Tommy j
i Nixon and the hostesses.
MISS LIBERTY
by /
WESTFIELD
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Earle Smith’s
CREDIT...
OF COURSE
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Mr and Mrs Tommy Brubaker, ] Nwma Weldon Brice_ I
Don and Ollta; Mr and Mrs, Wel-
ton Humphreys all of Brownwood;
Mr and Mrs Monroe Forehand of
Gouldbusk; Mr and Mrs. Jack Ker-
bow. Mr and Mrs. Frank Kerbow ______ ___
of Coleman Others present were children: Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Camp:
■Mr and Mrs Fred Brannon and
SAVE YOUR CALF!
A shame »o lose one with scours
when o $1.00 boltle of DUR-
HAM'S COMBINATION
TREATMENT will save it. You risk
nothing. If it does not save your
rolf your $1.00 will be refunded by
BOWEN DRUG
Mr. and Mrs. Hershell Ellis and
little son and Buster Kerbow of
Brownwood; Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ker-
bow and baby of Gouldbusk; Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall- Altom; Mrs.
Bess. Preas, Monroe, Coleman Preas,
Mr. and Mrs Joe Preas and dau-
ghter; Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Preas and
son, all of Coleman; Mr, and Mrs.
Reed Preas of Doole; Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Forehand of Valera and Mr
and Mrs. I. R. Glenn of Shields,
visited for a short whUe
Private Instructions
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CHARLES OWENS
DR. 1 J. BUCK
OImms Scientifically Fitted
OPTOMETRIST
018 Coleman Office Building
0-13 00 ami l 00-5 SO
! rot were the honoree and the fol-
lowing, A let* Chambers, Jeanne
Thompson, Inez Griffin. Laudys
Armour. Emma Louise Moore, Velma
Btewardson. Luctle Hale. Doris
Miller, Mary Mkrkiand. Mmes 8tan- ,
ell Eddington, Peggy Hefflebower.
Allroe Coleman, Jane Cobb, Ethel ;
Gordon, Robert Jamesori. Jean L»r- J
«on. Lamar Evans of Dallas, and
Alex Henry of Brazil
# #■ *
MRS D. 8 JENNINGS IS
HOSTESS TO ALATHEAN CLASS
! Mr* D. 8 Jennings was hostess '
Thursday afternaan when a meeting
of the Alathean Class of the First j
Baptist church was held In her
home.
The hostess led the cprplng pray-
«r. with Mrs Jimmie Cox leading
: the devotional During the business :
session, with Mrs Weldon Luca*!
presiding. It was voted to give <10
! to the war relief fund
During the social hour the hostess
conducted games, after which she
served refreshments to those men-
tioned shove and the foUowtng:
Clifford Moore,
Fred Drake. Bert
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Thanks Voters
i
I want to take this opportunity
to thank the voters of Coleman coun-
ty for the fine vote and support that
I received in Saturday’s election. It
was very encouraging and I am
grateful for same.
The runoff is on Saturday, Aug-
ust,24th. Your continued support will
be sincerely appreciated. I will con-
tinue to campaign and hope to see
each and every voter in the* mean-
time.,
J
Thanks again to one and all.
H. F. Fenton Jr.
T T OIMUtMt fttottrtftto T
Keepsake
0 RING.
She’ll be so proud and happy.'.,
v/hen you give her a Keepsake, the
traditional symbol of the engagement
...and the choice of Amcrics a loveli-
est brides. Quality and value are
assured by the Keepsake Certificate
of Guarantee and Registration, signed
by this store,.and confirmed m writing
by the makers.
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Autry, Milton. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 1, 1946, newspaper, August 1, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth732229/m1/4/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.