Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1940 Page: 3 of 68
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THE DEMOCHAT-VOICE. COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 20. 1940
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Telephone' 25
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Missionary From
China To Visit
Relatives Here
Mrs. J ,C. Young this week
‘deceived a cable from her sis-
iter, Miss Marguerite Mizell
Presbyterian missionary sla-
presided during the business,
session.
The tenth, chapter of the study
book, “Right Here At Home”
was given by the group with
the last chapter,. “The March
Goes On,” taught by Mrs. M. S,
Leveridge. Mrs. Is. E. Phillips
gave a reading, “Clothes Re-
m:.ko llm Man " nnrl Hnvn.
tional, "Unity in Christ,” led by
Mrs. J. E, Miller, who read John
tioned at Taichow. China, stat-) 17, and Psalm 133:1, and closed
ing that she would sail from the period, with .a poefo, “A Bag
Kobe on the S. S. President,'of Tools.”
Cleveland- and would probably j ' •• '?>
SHSSHsssssr
'for a visit with her/nother, Mrs.
H. P. Mizell, who is making her
home .with Mrs. Young.
ENCAMPMENT
Miss Mizell, who has been in
China for the past 18 years, will!
be in the United States for a
.year’s furlough. Her last fur-
lough was five years ago.
j Her brother, John Mizell, and
Mrs. Mizell of Pearsall, are in
Coleman now to greet'Miss Mi-
ld 1 when she 4*1.1 ves here.
A number of young people of
the First Methodist Church are
in Georgetown this week to at-
tend the Young People's Con-
ference. Ten courses arc being
taught al the conference. Dr. A.
S. Gafford, pastor of the local
church, is teaching “Evange-
jlism" and "Church Member*
I ship.”
MARY SUE BROWN .
CIRCLE IN MEETING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
Attending from Coleman arc
Dr. and Mrs. A. S. Gafford,
Misses Winnie Evelyn and Jim-
my JauJine Nelherton, Gloria
fame, Dorothy Dix and Putty
Walker. 8*t"
ians, headed by Rev. Robert F.
Jones, pastor, and Mrs. Jones,
are in Cisco this week to attend
the annual Pioneer Camp. The
group left Monday morning
and will return Friday after-
noon.
Rev. Mr. Jones will give the
Vesper talks each evening and
Mrs. Jones will teach a class on
"The Land of Christ.” Miss,*
lrmalu Dulin will serve as see- j':
retary of the camp and will!
also have charge of the Hobby
class, with Morris Miller to
serve as business manager and
dfrectathletics.---;—‘
Premier Mussolini Views Italy’s Defense Measures
LATEST
Others who are attending
from Coleman include Layton
Dean Hector, Louise Knowles,
Betty McKinney, Marie Jame-
son, Frances King, and Robert
McGregor. ’
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SUSANNA WESLEY CIRCLE
MEETS WEDNESDAY
AT CHURCH
OR NEWS
FROM COLEMAN COUNTY FIELDS
Completion of two wells in
the Novice oil pool is expected
this week.
The wells are:
States Oil Corporation et. al.,
of Eastland, on the Jack Coker
1 No, 1, and Robert McKissick of
Austin on the J. P. Morris No. 3.
Fourteen members of the
IMary Sue Brown circle of the
'First Methodist Church were
present Wednesday afternoon
for a meeting at the church.
Mrs. Gerald Swann, president,
LOCAL PRESBYTERIANS
ATTEND PIONEER
CAMP AT CISCO
A group of local Presbyter-
The Susanna Wesley circle of
the First Methodist Church met
Wednesday afternoon at the
Munch with twelve members
and one visitor, Mrs, W. A.
Stringer of Hamilton, present.
The president, Mrs. Allen
Woodard, presided during the
business session, which opened
with a devotional song, “His
Faith Looks Up To Thee.” The
scripture, Matthew 21:21-22, was
read by Mrs. Frank Stringer,
with the devotional period
closed by Mrs. John D. Mann.
The three closing chapters of
the., mission study book, “Right
Here At Home,” were taught by
Mrs. M. E. Walker, Mrs. J. D.
Mann and Mrs. R. B. Young.
Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy, question mark in European warfare, views a forjnidable
row of antiaircraft guns located at Nt p: • lit ;e It u • .V ohm :epi • has warned
his nation to be ready for war. Italy, herself,.poss« .-.-os an 1 .-iimatyd total of a,500 lighting planes,
1,600 of which are medium and hea’ •
States Oil Corporation is drill-
ing at 3500 feet on the Coker
well, which is 467 feet front the
north and west lines of the J. L.
Taylor Survey 117.
McKissick is drilling at 325.1
feet On in.- ,J P Morris No 3
Top of the Mor^JjLsand was
reached at 3217 «mrsatin
was at 3240. A drill-stem test
is being planned. The well is
Novice. The well is 467 feet from
the south and* 18 feet from the
east lines, of the J. M. Ratcliff
Survey 4.
Anzac Oil Corporation et. ah,‘
of ■ ' iiriiiJtii If i.'^xii-.iniy - hut
down, at 2110 feet, on UayfUB
McCord No. 1. The well is 2200
feet from the-east and, 2196 feet
from the south lines of the BBB
&CRR Company Survey 703,
Lone Star Gas Company of
.Dallas--is drilling at 296 feet on
the Ann Wmi No. i well,
which is located -/•
the north and 870 feet from the
west line of subdivision two,
M. A. Fisk Survey 330. Eleva-
tion: 1614 feet.
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Fair Visitor ... Relief Worker ... Symphonist
3107 feet from the east and 467,
feet from the south lines of the j ^as Assignments
GH&H Survey 176. Block 2
■•Robertson and Bradford of
Haskell are drilling at 800 feet
on their J, P. Morris No, 1, hear
Y—----
R. H. Murray, trustee, to Viola
M. Kidwell, 10 A.? GH&HRR
Co. Sur. 34, tract . 36, $10.
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n*.
Ip
Running
RACES
DAILY
Welcome
To
15th
Annual
BRADY’S
July Jubilee
Rodeo & Race Meet
Afternoon Races' Night Rodeo
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
July 34-f
8
Nightly
Rodeo
Events
Parade Morning Of July 3rd
Speaking—Carnival
Richards Park
Running
Races
Daily
Queen’s Coronation, Tue. Nite, July 2nd
FREE
Admission To
Grounds
5
Dr. Thomas Currie
To Speak At Local
i Church On Sunday
Dr. Thomas W. Currie of Aus-
| tin. president of the Presbyter- j§
S ian Theological Seminary, will
speak at the 11 o’clock hour at
the First Presbyterian Church
here Sunday morning, accord-
ing to an announcement made
today by Rev. Robert F. Jones,
pastor,
Dr. CurfhfTs past moderator
of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church, U. S., and
is a leading Presbyterian minis-
Gladv., Huffman „to Myrtle
Huffman, all the tj. it Howiirg-
ton survey 154. SI. y
R. H. Murray, Trustee, to Re-
zin David Shepherd, 10 A.. Tract
36. GH&HRR Co. Sur. 34. $1.
Funeral services will bo held |
at 4:00’o’clock this afternoon at j
Grosvenor for Mrs. Nancy M. i
Layman, 85, resident of Cole-j
man County for over 25 years
Interment will be made in thej
Fair View cemetery at Grosve-!
A. O. NEWMAN
Attorney At Law
C<v>l rind Probate Ptactic*
1'
• Examination ol Land Titles
j.....Sth J < nLre Building
■ Phone 183
.Mrs. Layman was a native of
'Tennessee, born at Fair Garden
on May 7. 1855. She died at the
home of a relative here last, I
night. *
She was a member of the j
Methodist Church. o
Survivors include two sons, _
W W. Layman of Bangs and
C, L. Layman of Midland, and
“When there is beauty—
We help it—Where there
isn't we make it.”
Owl Beauty Shop j
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HERBINE
three daughters, Mrs. Bob Ed- T,,Whcn Biliousness, Headache,
: , ;. , ,, , Flatulence or Gas, and Listless-
ington of Coleman, Mrs. Lonnie s or that tired feeling are symp-
Edington of Cross Cut, and Mrs. toms of Temporary Constipation
iJackson
Edington. Nineteen and you take a laxative or cathar-
Recenl iii^ifow tmtlaTUniUd States, though for widely'different reasons, Include Mme. I grandchildren .and 17 great- j1*0. *or relief, try Herbine. It is
Teresa de Lopez Contreras, left, wife of the president Of Venezuela, who is here as a visitor to the grandchildren also survive. a bottle* VC8eta e me lclne>
New York World's fair. Miss Kyllikki Polyala, center, member of the Finnish parliament, is in h Funeral arrangements were
this country in an effort to speed up relief for her stricken country. She is working with. Herbert [made by the J. E, Stevens Co.-.
ter .ip Texas. He. formerly was 1 Hoover, former President. Sir Thomas Beet-ham, .right. famed, composer .and conductor of the _, _.
pastor of the Highland Park London Symphony orchestra, pictured en route to Australia, where he will conduct symhonius. |
Presbyterian Church in Dallas. , ,, y„_____.
Bowen Drug Store
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RUTH CLASS MEETS
THURSDAY AFTERNOON
WITH MRS. HENDERSON
Members of the Ruth class of
the First Baptist Church met
STARKWEATHER
(Mrs. A. B. Johnson)
This community has been
Thursday afternoon at the home I blessed with plenty of lain ro-
of Mrs. Floyd Henderson, Ne-iGently. The minters are giad to
ches Street, for their regular have an opportunity. to work in
monthly business and social. 1 lhc fields .although many re-
During a business session Mrs P0I'is of bail in adjoining com
Imogcne' Harriett was elected
secretary of the class.
Games were led by Mrs. Char-
les Sewell, after which the host-
ess served ice cream, cake and
iced drinks to Mesdames Ray-
mond'’Kizer, Ernest Cate, Lloyd
Eaith, O. S. Driskill, Carter
Dyer, W. H, Howe, Charles Se-
well, Alfred Croft, arid Miss
Roberts.
PIGGLY WIGGLY
FIG
PRESERVES
Large can
2 lb. box
39c
NEW
Potatoes 10
Pounds
16c
munities have reached us. our
neighborhood has had hail only
one time that we know about.
On Friday of last week during
one of our hardest showers, a
small amountof hail fell, in size
about, as.....large as a big rain
drop. No damage at all has been
reported here, due to hail.
Ruth and John McMinn of
San Angelo are spending the
summer with relatives here, the
Clarence McMinn family. . j
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pittard
and family of near Santa Anna
visited relatives here Sunday.
Clarence Day Is
Named President
C. C. Day. local grocer, is the
j now president of the Coleman
Lions Club He was elected to
S the position at a meeting of the
: club Wednesday noon at Hotel
' Coleman .and succeeds R. A.
(Gardner.
! Other officers elected at the'
1 election Wednesday: Charles
: Polk, first vice president; W. T. j
(Graves, second vice president:1
Mrs. A. G. Beach, third vice
•president; C. D. Allen, secre-
tary -treasurer; E. R. Griffis,1
; Lien lamer; F. M., McKinney,!
i tail twister; and J. O. Harris,
Tex Ritter's little girl friend,rand L. Emet Walker,'directors.*
Change Of Ownership
static
itiwua
ant
We have purchased Fern Mayo’s service station on South
Concho Street and want to solicit a contHkiation of the
present customers and invite our friends any the general
public to pay us a visit.
We will handle a complete line of Panhandle products,
Brunswick tires, do washing, greasing and tire repair.
Kelley & Stef fey Panhandle
SERVICE SfATION
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Concho And First Streets
CHARLES KELLEY and J. D. STEFFEY
REDS WHITER
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
ORGANIZED AT S. ANNA
One of the newest inventions is six years old Sugar Dawn
.in our community is an attach-j who plays opposite him in "Pals
ment for a tractor that digs post 0f the Silver Sage,' which is to
holes. Built on the order of ajbe shown at the Dixie Theatre
“dirt worm” used by the power j here, on Friday and Saturday, j SANTA ANNA, June 19_
line which worked in our conn-,................... .........J tints Anna merchants Tuesday
ty recently. The attachment was • organized a chamber of corn-
invented by Bud Wheeler and: supervisors of this area fColv-, eiocUnc a board of dir-
his sons, and is being Used by,man, Brown.-Runnels.- and M>'-'twh0 will select a presi-'
Woodrow Wheeler on the Uu-|.C'u11och Counties) was held dent‘and empj0y a paid mre-
bert Taylor place in this com-1 here Monday, June 17. | ;ary for the next year,
munity. It really does the work, _ _
where there is not too mufch !'' ’ !l'a ,upci" Directors are Lee Hunter,
visor, and Rod Merritt, district Norman Hosch. Lloyd Burris,
youth councillor, spoke to the! R()y . 1{liri and Herman Spen-
... . , |Cer. A membership committee
Janet --J * -J—
Sugar tjss.**-10 bi 49c
SYRUPRibbon Cane
59c
rock.
TEA
GRAPE JUICE
Red & White
1-4 pound
R&W. ice box bot- QQ/t
ties, quart—______
NYA SUPERVISORS ' Janet Akins and Audrey, ,vas riamedi compoSed of W. B.
MEET IN COLEMAN • | Smith from the District NYA (n..jffhvJ> j GrJ and E R
A meeting of the National.[office at San Angelo were spec- jpUrdy
| Twenty-eight firms were rep-
—.— —[resented at the meeting, which
........... . , -} projected a record expansion
Youth Administration project ial visitors.
Mr. and Mrs, E. P. Kitche’h Props.
Soap, giant
bars ______ V
THIRD STREET GROCERY
til Pi
IRA
a „
maCibPk'—.28C
of tht Crop1'
2f„35c
9m,'p£/ihd ffakncj, 'Uit
ttAOTVlA
24 lb. sack . 90c
.4
CRYSTAL
WHITE
for 25c
PEACHES Bar, sliced or halves
CORN
Our Value
No. 2r can, each
10c
program fOr Santa Anna
< TWO BURGLARIES ARE
REPORTED IN CITY
! oil.
J persons.
■ pfe-ils
Two burglaries were reported
tj W ■ sday night, air-
; cording to reports made to
Sheriff George Robey.
A person or persons broke
I into the Humble Oil & Refining
. Company's service station, on
| Brownwood road, and took a
(small Amount of gasoline and
i Lunch meats, cigarettes arid
pickles were taken from the
| Harrison Seals grocery, on Park
j Street.
I Sheriff Robey is of the opin-
1 ion both burglaries were com-
mitted by the same person or
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1940, newspaper, June 20, 1940; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747945/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.