The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 265, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1937 Page: 4 of 4
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Y NOTE S
Girl Reserve Mother-Daughter
fell
Banquet Held Wednesday Night At Hotel
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Th# annual Mother-Daughter
banquet was given by Girl Rt-
aervea Wednesday lUeht at the
Hotel Denison alien 2*0 were seat-
ed around tables bearing the r.auti-
eal theme of decoration. Mias Mi-
nor Broil®, outgoing president. jre-
slded.
1 The central motif was three large
reflectors holding silver ships plac-
ed on the tablpe nnd Interspersed
with bouquets of flower*. Fish
nets dropped from tho ceiling, as
did four large llfesavcrs bearing
pennants and inscribed with Girl
Reserves. Place cards were mlnia-
ntre anchors.
The program was ns follows:
Invocation, Frances Casey: ad-
dress of welcome, Miss Brous;
songs by Glee Club under direction
of Mrs. F. W. Parker; singsong led
by Elizabeth Stratton.
Introduction by Miss Brous of
Mrs. S. V. Ear. ist, president of the
Mothers Council, who spoke on
•‘We I-lke Housekeepers"; TFblast
to mothers, "Our Voyage Together,”
Helen Louis McDaniel: response
“Outwarl Round," Mrs. R. Mc-
Daniel.
Reading. Ann Clymer; citation to
Freshmen, Mrs. Frank Fay an 1
Miss Chari te McCIurg; sopho-
fhores, Miss .Tell Brown and Mis
Thelma Burleson; to Juniors, Miss
Mary Etta Lipscomb; Seniors, Miss
Pauline Jouvenat: Address “Bon"
'Voyage,- Mrs. TV R. Munson Jr,.’
songs; Taps.
1 The highest honor any Girl Re-
serve can obtain Is a ring, pro-
sented ’\v Mrs. G. E. Swindell to
the following: Betty WIngren, Hel- |
en Louise McDaniel; Ann Clymer j
Dixie McKeel, Frances Casey, Kay ■
Kohfoldt, Betty Jane Jones, EH- ,
nor Houser, Alice Freels and Ed-
na Mae Steele.
Awards were also given for out- '
standing achievement in religion
work, etc. Seniors: Florin;- j
Hodges, Mary Elizabeth Casey, Ell-
nor Brous, Rosemary
Foudray
Miss Christian
Will Be Married
Mrs. I.. L. Christian has an-
noitnced the engagement and ap-
iroaching marriage of her young-
•r daughter Miss Chlorine, to
Robert Barbour of Memphis, Tenn
which will be solemnized June 6 at
the home of the bride-elect’s moth-
r, ini West Hull street. The in
(cresting news was revealed Wed
nesdav night at a bridge party in
the Christian home.
Five tables of contract bridge
were formed with Mrs. Turner
Wharton ol Shernian and Mis*.
Elaine Meador recipients of first
and second prize, respectively. For
the occasion Miss Christian \vaa
dressed in a beige ensemble with
lace jacket.
The bride-elect graduated from
high school with the class of 192S
and for seven years was employed
h> tile M-K-T until more than a
your ago when she became associ-
ated In tin engineer’s office here.
Mr. Barbour is the. son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. E. Barbour of Mem -
rids Tenn. where he received his
schooling He is now connected
with the engineer's office in Deni-
son, where the couple will live after
their marriage until he Is transfer
red to another city.
A salad course was served la
Mrs. P. lb. Birge and Mrs. Whar- I
ton of Sherman. Mesdames Luther j
Brown. Robert Rutherford. William
Wlngo. Carol \nderson. Bess Lan-
ders, Lyman Seale, Raymond
Beggs: Misses Frances Faecke
Elaine M-ador. MUrjfaret, (Helen
and Thelma Ro'.hner, Malacha Sa-
cra. Jewell Guess. Inez Hogan
Madeltenne Goodall and Ruth
Bushman. * *
Mrs. Christian was assisted in
entertaining by Miss Pink Georg
Mrs. j w. Mowed and Mrs. E. Nor-
ris.
LOCAL DHOLAV1 TO
■NTU ONE DEGREE
TEAK AT CONCLAVE
I The local Delfolay chapter will
enter only one degree team at the
state tournament In Waeo June Il-
ls, it was announced fo lowlng a
meet lug Wednesday when Jac*
-Blackburn, master councillor, pre-
sided.
Frank S. Laud of Kansas City,
fouder or the DeMolay order and
Judge Alma Br*-an, prominent of-
ficer. will take active parts In the j
convention program, according to I
information received from C. O I
Simmons of Wichita Falls, chair
man of the state advisory council i
I Degree team practices will bs
1 held Sunday at 2 p. m. nnd Monday
I at 7 p m. with Richard Clark dl-
I rectlng.
MISS BIRD AND MRS.
WILLARD IN DALLAS
ATTENDING CONCLAVE
Miss Ollle Bird, retired Denison
school teacher and Mrs. S. P. Wil-
lard. national vice president of th-:
Woodmen circle, are to be in Dal-
las Thursday and Friday as repre-
I sent'atives from Denison at the
Southwest regional conference for
Woman Democrats.
The Dallas conference will lav
plans for a campaign to obtain
equal representation for women In
Democratic party council. Women
leaders from Kansas City, Okla-
homa. New Mexico and Colorado
will convene with the Texas dele-
gation to aid them In obtaining
passage of legislatcn necesse-y to
have equal representation.
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Ward progrested to • AO M at tho Star theatr# Humtejr
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sdrlpt girl.” Intimate knowledge
of the inner workings of Him pro-
duction helped her when aha turn-
ed to writing. | .
Sho wrote l he original acreaa
story for ’Mountain Justice,” a
dramatic tale of the Southern
mountaineer regions, in which Jos-
ephine Biiirbison and George Brent
play tho lending roles. Michael
Curtiz directed the picture, which
is running at tho Rialto Friday and
Snturda y.
I
James Dunn, a broken-down news-
paperman who needed a job,
finds one and a girl in his latest
film “Mysterious Crossing,” at
tho Star today only.
Robert Barrat, Jrsephine Hutchinson and George Brent portray the
chief roles in "Mountain Justice”, coming Friday a-,d Saturday to the
Rialto theatre. The film depicts child marriages in connection With
those which are sweemng the country today.
can, be planned if Ihe idea meets with
Main street at
Evelyn and Martha Lee Earnest, j
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Ann Clymer, Ella Jo Gasklll, Helen :
McDaniel, Catherine Waltz, Thar- I
on Howe, Hazel U igurs Sarah (
Louise Luckle.
1 Juniors—Dorothy Cobb, June
Krattlgev, Elinor ilouser, Dixie !
McKeel. Martha. Lee Wagner, Ka.v .
Kohfeldt. Betty Compton, Grace
Austin. Justine Puckett, Helen
jStltzel, Edna Mae Steele, Nora
Finley, Alice Vreels, Mary Evans.
Audrey Ellsworth, Betty Jones,
T rances Redmon.
Sophomores—Glenn’; Waltz, Bid-
dla Marie Roland, Juanita Gray
Dixie Edwards, Mae Wade, Mildred
Whiteacre, Clara Helmburger, Mart
Marie Jennings, Helen Hodges.
Goorgene Cuchenor. Cliarmaine
Byers, Bobby Gould, Betty .Tan"
•Clark. Dorothy Swanson.
Freshmen—Julia Ann Covlngtor
Julia Johanning, Betty Ilagans
Frances Jenkins. Edna Stovall
Kat Thorton. Betty Van Hoesen,
Elaine Wood.
WILD FLOWER SHOW
WILL BE HELD IN ,
PARIS THIS MONTH
Division No 1 of the Texas J
Highway Department, which con-
sists of Delta. Fannin. Franklin,
Grayson. Hopkins, [Hunt, Lamar,
Rains, and Red River counties, will
hold a Wild Flower Show at the
Gibraltar Hotel in Paris on Friday,
May 1-1. according to James E.
Price, divis .m engineer, State
Highwa; D-partment. The wild
flowers "ill be gathered and ex-
hibited by (he Highway Depart-
ment personnel as a part of the
LARGE ATTENDANCE
ATTRACTED TO CHOIR
FESTIVAL THIS WEEK
A large attendance was drawn
to Ihe third annual choir festival
given by forty-five members from
Denison and Sherman Tuesday
night at the Travis Street Metho-
dist church in Sherman. Carl
Wicsemann of Dallas, chairman <>C
choir festivals for the Texas Fed-
eration of Music clubs, directed
the singers in the program.
Dr. John Burma gave
and Dr, E. K. Means, pastor of the 1
hostess church, introduced Mr.
Wiesemann Mrs. R. G. W hiteacre ^
of Sherman and Mrs. Mary Payne ;nn- enroutc to Chicago.
Johnson, organist of the Waple
Memorial Methodist church (
Denison, wor-- accompanists
tracks ant! carried off the rocks.[move would save an overhead of
These crossings were put in by something l;ke So00,000 yearly,
the city and were good ones; nowj Other mergers are also said to
when it rains, a pedestrian
hardly get across Main street at approval.
this point. A big corporation is ------ ----------
no better than an individual and RENAME TWO MEMBERS
the street car contpan should be OF S'JHOOL BOARD
made to put these crossings hack
in as good condition as they found Guy Story and \V. |„ Sieakley
them. "ere reappointed to three-year
The McKinney Gazette .-ays a terms on the city school hoard by]
wild plum tree bearing black fruit the city commission Wednesday,
similar to the Danison plum has afternoon. tithe:1 present mem-
been reported to be growing on bers are: E. It. Bryan, W. L. Pet-]
Wilson creek, near McKinney, erson. W. G. Langston, Kurd Seale
Texas. This will interest hortienl- and R. A. Williams,
turists and if true the tree should
he protected.
K AT Y
Railroad News
kraft«k»phenix
PLANT PARAGRAPHS
invocation | The
second car of
for this season from
Rio Grande Valley was handled by
the Bluebonnet Wednesday even-
Comments Of
A Movie Fan
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“C?ll It A Day*’—from the play bv
Dod e Smith. Screen adaptation by
Casey Robinson and directed by
Archie Mayo. Released by Warner
Bros.
The cast—Olivia de Havilland, larv
Hunter, Anita Louise, Alice Brady.
Roland Young, Frieda Inescourt
and Bonita Granville.
Hilarious satin is the keynote
of “Call it A Day.” now showing- at
tho Rialto theatre. There Is a littl •
riot and ii*► lvnlodrama, but them
is an atmosphere that every Ameri-
can realizes exists in every Ameri-
can home We even recognized
it, ( spec I ally the bathroom argu- i
ment.
Spring in the air starts every-
thing. Hoi (Inn Hunter) has to
straighten out. the income tax re-
port of a lovely actress and ends
up Hit work with dinner at her
apartment. Mom (Frieda Ines-
cort) is introduced to Roland
Young, who falls in love with her
and begs her to a gpt a divorce.
Sis (Olivia de Havilland) is at
fraeted to a painter and the rest
of the family take turns about de
JAMES D’UNN’S RISE TO «FAME
Dm* of the screen's most popu-
lar stars is James Dunn, who rose j
to fame overnight due to his per-
formance in “Bad Of Dunn
idays tlie role of a reporter in
Unversal’s “Mysterious Crossing,”
ran h an
LAST TIMES TODAY
OLIVIA DeHAVILLAND
IAN HUNTER in
“CALL IT A DAY”
SATURDAY
straich?
from the
NATION’S
HEADLINES!
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Baton coming ta
Dunn played email eompttlM
in atock in Bngtewood, N. J.,
Winnipeg, Canada. Later ba wad
given the lead opposite Helen M«f»
gun in the stage production “Sweat
Adeline.” Screen roles In Several
short subjects lej to a contract
1931.
Mnny scenes of “MysteHotM
Grossing” wer? made In New Or-
leans and nearby sections of Lou-
isiana.
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Young Jewa in Poland are rais-
ing money for five military air*
planes to be donated to the Polish
army
STAR
TODAY—MATINEE OR NIGHT
$300
BANK NIGHT
added!
short|
'FEATURES l
KEN MURRAY and OSWALD
in “MAIL AND FEMALE"
“THAT'S THEIR BUSINESS"
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
~ w. S. A. Blister, manager of bulk
cucumbers j amj J()af cheese sales ' pvoduction
the lower for the Southwestern division, is' cidlng to run away or collect paint
in Kansas City, Mo., on business.
UNIVERSAL
NEWS
“HOLLYWOOD PARTY”
Color Musical
COLOR CARTOON
O. C. Draheim, filef and
I cheesy production manager
milk
left
B R1 E F 6-
The practice of the Katy 1 " um ( Thursday for business visits at
land bugle corps, scheduled for: KrafLPhenix plants in Missouri.
i this evening, was postponed, ac-j _ ___
■ cording to announcement by Car-
I son Sebers, drum-major, and will
be held Tuesday evening at the
Armory hall at 7:30.
campaign
th-** preservation of .
■;<1 useful!)r*:-s .
SWEETS I
FOR 5
MOTHER S
.
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A sweet remembrance fo
Mother’s Day will bring he
the thrill she hope3 for. Se
our large selection of fin
confections.
WE DELIVER
FURMAN
PHARMACY
jji
the natural l.eaul
of the highways.
Tt is now fully realized that the [
preservation of flowers, shrubs and
trees on the right of way has a
real commercial value to the State,
Loth In attracting additional travel
and a-si.-line In erosion control
and making of highways safe.
It Is hoped thai the exhibit will
bring to the attention of the citl ■
sens and the wide variety of beau-
tiful flowers that, are available and
that It will help in creating senti-
ment that will prevent the destruc-
tion of the flowers now blooming
and will allow the scattering of
seed to Increase the growth in th-
future.
For several years the Depart-
ment has followed the practice of
scattering wild flower seed (and
It is estimated that up to tile pres-
ent that there has been gathered
and distributed along our highways
approximately eight ions of wild
flower seed.
The results that have been se-
cured arc so gratfying that we have
set as a goal flic collection of an
equal amount during the coming
summer.
It Is urged that this matter lie
given cooperation both for the pur-
pose of preventing destruction n
the flowers already blooming nnd ti
’create Interest and cooperation fa
our campaign for additional beauti-
fication.
The Junior IV. B. A. will enter-
tain mothers of members Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 in the club |
rooms. Mrs. W. K. Craven, junior north
supervisor, is in charge of a pro-
gram.
rr inova! of tonsils.
logs.
Miss de Havilland is a little be-
yond her scope in comedy, nnd
manages at times to be utterly sil-
ly. Alice Brady and Boland Young
give the real humor. Ian Hunter
and Frieda Inescort are depend-
Ship, but not exciting.—G. A. V.
knick-knacks ,anu notions, that,
like the imported bric-a-brac and
novelties in our local Kress and
Newberry’s, sell for less than
our third continent! Port of en-1 the same article in their native
itor Thursday enroutc to his home try, one of those old cities with land. Ivory soap was the only
at Muskogee after transacting both an ancient and a modern1 noticeable exception, it costing a
business at F'Wt Worth. . spelling—Beyrouth the old, and local “piaster” more than its
— I tho modern, Beirut. Here the1 American equivalent ‘‘back
Brakeman Richard Dvumb.j ruins of civilization dating back] home.” Perhaps the most enjoy-
eml division, is laying off] to the time of the Phoenicians are.'able feature was the fact that the
to enioy a fishing trip to Me Ales-] Admirably located at the foot ofjgenuine American noon-day
Mrs. H H. Kennedy, Mrs. W. A
Mas-Ill and Mrs Tommy Mason have
gone to p,i v.’nuslca, Olila. l’or a visit,
Madge Kennedy is visiting in East inspector, was a brief Denison vis-
Texas.
W, T. Anderson, transportation
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Hither And Yon
with Ken
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At last, Asia and the Orient—
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MOTHER’S DAY
ter lake.
Forrest D. Anthony is convales- ' Brakeman G. L. Lewis, having
clng at his home after undergoing been cut off the board, has re-
i turned to his home in W iohita
Falls.
Jed Morrow of Dallas, bridge ex- j
pert has been secured for two lee- ! *-!. A. (Squab) Robinson, bag
gage car inspector, left Thursday
morning cn No. 23 for Gaines-
ville and prospective fishing.
tures for players attending a
tournament Friday at 2 p. m, and
S p. m. at the Elks club sponsored
by st. Luke’s Guild.
the doubly admirable Lebanon) lunches of hamburgers on a de-
mountains of which one often' licious bun or ham and cheese
reads, hut never really expects to ] sandwiches on toast and real coca-
see, and which form a typical or-1 colas were here procurable for the
iental background to the orchards, first time since leaving America! '♦$
villas, gardens and native color- * -------*— !•
ful homes surrounded by olive SCRIPT GIRL
CANDY
SPECIAL
There's a real thrill in store
for Mother if you send her
a box of our superb choco-
lates Mother’s Day! An in-
expensive—welcome remem-
brance for her.
PRICED FROM 50c to $5.00
Per Box
WF. WR^C AND MAIL BOXES TO
ENCLOSING YOUR CARD
IF DESIRED
MOTHER,
olive
groves and the famous Lebanon)
cedars that meet the water’s edge,]
inviting one to linger ’neath their Muvie
branches and shop in the many]1*101'!
NOW WRITER
stenv/grapher (urns mi-
bazaaars—is the ancient Bey-'
1 That’: liven the dream of hun-
EVERYDAY D'ENISON
(Continued from page r.,ie)
of ambitious girls who take
scenarists in
Robert Delbridgc and Leo Mel- ''outh’ With the heritaSe of Be-jdrcds
ton, W-D messengers, have been!in1' sti1> tho most important port; Nation from movie
transferred to the stores depart- ()f 11 Kroat country, one
here now also a new Beirut,
ment at the local Katy shops.
real men coming up. Right now
the Warrior camp looks like
realm of Vanishing Americans.
with I
j modern shops and stores, churches
finds the giant film studios. But only an
I fnflniteslnal number eve.' succeed.
New messengers recently added!™! ’muses. Included is a chain
of five
cent stores
to the Katy’s W-D staff are Jer
ry Garcy, James Wilson and Ku-|P'‘’te "Hh “imported" (American) . the brain
Luci Ward Is an exception.
After working fof several years
at the First National studios typing
efforts of others, Miss
KINGSTON
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DENISON 62 YEARS AGO—
(eontlnued from page one)
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PHONE
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Hi
Radio Repairs
Our n«w Burton Roger* oscillator i*
guaranteed accurate to '/a of 1%, aetur-
ing our cuatomora of faat, accurate eer-
vieo. „
DENISON RADIO SERVICE
i gene Deberry.
John W. Scully, Denison pas-
nuisance adjoining his property, senger car distributor, is a patient
the city authorities would get af- at the Katy hospital.
ter him with a sharp stick. Why —--
don’t they compel the corporation MAY MERGE THREE
to put in a drain pipe under their FEDERAL AGENCIES
tracks to carry off the water? -----
The same corporation tore up the WASHINGTON—Senator Burr
stone foot crossings at the inter-[laid befo e tlie Senate a plan to
section of Main street and Hous- merge the three home loan agen-
ton avenue, when they laid their cies into one and claims that the
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Remember Mothers Day
WHITE BAGS $1.00
WHITE OR COLORED GLOVES $1.00
CORSAGES ........ 50c up
COSTUME SLIPS . 1.95
PERFUMES ........................... 50c up
Ever Practical gift of HOSIERY .. 1.00
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