Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 20, 1940 Page: 5 of 68
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MAXINE STAYTON, Society Editor
Telephones: Office 25, Homo 393-X .....
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1940
Fiw> of 'Section One
Bride Elect
RECENT BRIDE iJpNOREE
AT PARTIES GIVEN
IN SOUTH TEXAS
Mrs. Kenneth Gonzales, the
former Miss Mir,soy Davis, sister'
of Mrs. Hob Browning.of ibis
city, is Wni; named honorri- at a
number of parties in South Tex-
as this week, Mr. Gonzales'
fiemodine and^Arionfr Pickett,
| Put. Nolan and Billre Pickett,
! j and Mr. and Mrs. Milton Sikes,
jail of Liberty. Mrs. Gonzales is
the former Miss Hilda Davis,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Doug-
las Davis of Dayton, and is a
emat granddaughter of Col. Ed
l’lckelt of war between the stat-1
es fame.
WRA MEMBERS REVEAL
parents, Cnjitnin and Mrs, ,1. K.
Gonzales' entertained Friday
evening and MrsT Joe Clemmons
entertained W.-dn. ,’v nftor-!SWNSHINE PALS AT
noon al the'CoTmirv Club in MEETING TUESDAY
Beaumont.
The following was taken from
the Beamiiont Enterprise:
Names «f Sunshine Pals were
revealed, and new names drawn
Tuesday afternoon when mom-
Comphmenting their son andiher.s of lht. Womens Benefit As-
new daughter-in-law, Mr. and)sociation ni(,t kl the hom(, of
Mrs..Kenneth Gonzates. Captain j Miss Minnie Leslie. Mrs. E. J.
and; Mrs. J. E. Gonzales were j t>0well pTOgJded* during the
hosts for a dinner partv on Erl- business session;
day evening in their home on the
County chib road. A three
eotirsC dinner was- served at a
table Cenleinl with shaxla dais-
es. filling a silver howl, Offset by
tall tapers in • ilver candlesticks.
Zinnlas,and dahlias were used
as fjnral decorations for the
home. The hostess served ice
cream, cake and punch "to Mos-
dames Powell, Pat Bulloch. Geo.
Smith, C. W. Simpson, George
Twenty-two Tables
Players Preseht
At Contract
Twenty-two tables of players V
were present Friday afternoon
when Mrs. W. A. Wilhite enter j
tained w ith contract at the Cole-
j man Country Club.
Gladioli and daisies formed1
j floral decorations for the game
j rooms. High score award was]
won by Mrs. B. <B. Nunley, see-1
iond high by Mrs. Bob Brown-:
|ing. high cut bv Mrs. H. M. Col -1
'Jins and low cut by Mrs. T. E.;
Jamison. j
Ice cream and cake were ser- ‘
iPoog of. Del Rio, . Mrs. Karl!
; Wallace of Arlington, Mrs. Arch 1
‘Harbour of Wichita Falls, Mrs.
iWalter Woodward of Austin.
: Mrs. O. M. King of Bledsoe. Mrs. j
Muse Of Tuscan; Arizona, Mes-l
dames Barbee Elliott, J. F. Gain-1
ms, Stella Stephenson, R. A-
Gacdnei, J. P. Miller. W. O ;
\ Leach, Ben Taylor, Floyd Sto- I
baugh. Jack Barker, J. E. King
■ -SOCIAL
CALENDAR
Recent Bride
To Patsy Gray Nance
1 uesday Afternoon
TODAY
Miss Jeane Stark is enter-j
tai i,in; with a birthday par j
Honoring Mis* Palsy Gray
Nance. whoSe approaching mar-
riage to Mr. John Lynn Bailey
of Nacogdoches, has been an-
nounced for Saturday evening.
I June 22-et (teght ©telec-k-aP-the-
Mrs. Bailie O'Hair is host-! ! First Baptist. Church, Mrs. E. M,
ess to theTastime dub.1 IlCritz'and her daughter. Mis
The Thursday Forty-two j ! Jejmpttc Blathcrwiek, . eiiter-
.. . tini Mi VI I 11 in ii
Ruth Williams. | |a gift tea.
Mrs. J. P. McCord is enter- l Tri the receiving, line were
taining the Thursday .’Bridge Miss Blathcrwiek. Mrs. Critz,
club, . ' ! ! Miss Nance and her mother.
The Round Robin club is I Mrs. B. A. Nance. Tire receptk11i
meeting .with Mrs, Gilford!
Scott. ' |
. Honoring the birthday of j
her neice. Miss Barbara Ann j
Garielt of BreckOu idge, Mrs, i
George i iarrett is entertain
Wiiwn-Scott Rites
Said Thursday
In Coleman
ing at I b’cldWc.-
Mrs. J. E. Scott, the former
FRIDAY
Miss Billie Louise Wilson and
Mr. J.. E. Scott were quietly
da> June ' 13, .
I MO JtTthe home of Minister
and Mrs, J. P. Salyer .in Gole-
iman, with Mr. Salyer, Church
I of Christ minister, reading the
| ceremony in the presence of im-
mediate members of the fami-
lies. . v.
t—For—the ceremony the bride
•wore a frock .of bine net with
l which she wore white arees-
'sories. . „
j Mrs Scott is a daughter 'of
Mr. and' Mrs. B M Witsdh of
the New Central community.
She vfp« • •' . min ! of tile 19:tf>
graduating < lass of Coleman
High School, later attending
Daniel Baker college in Rrown-
“CousinS of the inkle formed, Koenig, T. W. LeMay, Frank
the party personnel arid includ- Brewer, ft. C. Miller and S. E.
ed Mrs.'Bradford ftickett, Misses Leslie.
| Jerry Evans, Claud | Miller,
: Frank Harbour, L. H. Creatli. •
i Raymond Brookshire, Ralph j
tDuncan, Clyde Henderson, W. |
jP. Stobahgh, J. B. Hilton. . . !
j Mesdames Sam Cobb, L. J..,
Abilene Reporter-News j Wilson, Claud McClellan, Clyde
—i ' McClellan, Rob O’Hair, Jack
Betrothal of Ruth Griffith
—Courtesy
HOWELL
NOW SHOWING
Friday:Saturday
Remember
‘JIM JAMES!’
THEN
QUANTHKIJ
"EF THIS STIRRING, AUTHENTIC. STftftY OF
ON HIS CAREER OK CRIME’.
THE MAN WHO STARTED JESSE JAMES
above, to E. G. Little of Houston
is anhoun.ced by the bride-elect’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Griffith of Gouldbusk. June 30
is named date for the wedding,
which will take place at the
Horne, Rushing Wells, Jimmy
Lankford, E. W. Bridwell, E. H.
Flewellen. -II. E Lev. E. L.
White, Billy Allen, Sain Dowty,
J. 1’. Saunders, Geo. Rhone, Noel j
Wilson, M. E. Weaver, Chas. O.
I Moody, Frank Rogers, J. P. Mc-
Griffith home. Resident of AbHcord.' IV A. ,Bessels, Charles!
lehe for six years, Miss Griffith
is an employee of the J. M.,
Radford Grocery Company. Mr.
Little, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E.
Littloof Houston is Abilene rep-
resentative for the McCormick
Sales Company, Houston.
SERVES AS FLOWER
GIRL AT BROWNWOOD
WEDDING SATURDAY
Little Miss Carolyn Young,
daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
Young, served as ' flower girl
witli Miss Jo Anne Henley of
Brownwood, at the marriage of
Miss Genevieve Abney and Mr.
Trace Christensen, Jr., of Evan-
ston, III.. Saturday evening at
tlie First Methodist Church in
Brownwood.
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CLAIRE
TREVOR
John WAYNE
Plus America's Fastest Rising Star
WALTER
U
PIDGEON
Taylor, Ed Lewis, Wade Hemp-1
hill. Terrell Graves, Gerald
Swann. Charles Wilson.' J
Mesdames Alex Clarke, Joej
B. Pouiis., Frank Stringer, E. C.
Edens, Montie Gideon, Ray Gil-
liam, C, L. Lankford-, F. W. Tay-
lor. .1; . (iilfo: d Scott, Fred Hu-
(lolj/T K. AI McKinney, Oils
Gideon, C. O. Fleming, Jackf
Durham, C. J. Dibreli, John I
Warren, Joe Hedleston, Eldon j
Knox, R. B. Saunders, Jr., Hoyt |
Craig, E. L. Knox, Ben Cox, and i
.1. M. Nichols. ■
Misses Frances Trammell, Sal-!
room was given attractive flo-
ral decorations of orchid .and
rose gladioli.
Mrs. Frank Harbour invited!
guests into the dining room.1
. where the cake was cut. by the j
! : honoree’s aunt, Mrs. J. C. Dunn.:
j ; and punch served by another !
.flaunt. Mrs. J. M. Gordon. Assist- «lss JWHie; Loui*4 Wilsdft^apd.
rr i \ i ! mg in serving w^re Miss^aiwVl ■ Sri't? w-‘!c n?arri^ asMwoo^
Honoring Mis., Dorothy |rousin Loujse Gordon |Thurs<layat theJ»Hfe of Min-1 ,,"
Boyls. bride-elect of Brown-1 ^ Ma|jrje ^ ^ Mrs. Scott is
naVd Gaines andlHiss Anne Lee. |“JMr :md Mrs- B-
A yellow color theme 'wasi M- Wilson of the New Central
used in the dining room. The j community.
lace .covered table was centered. ~ j------------ —---—
^ *,lodioli and daisies BHIDE:.ELECT HONORRf
I he bridal cake was iced m yel- AT L1NEN SHOWER
low and (tecorated with laven- TuESDAY EVENING
der and white candied flowers. ......... ___ ^
WI yellow tapers in crystal Honoring Me Dorothy Boyls,!Spring, where Mr. Scott is an
candlesticks lighted the buffet, bride-elect, of Brownlee Hunter I employee of tin Cosden Oil Co.
'which was given floral decora- of Santa Anna,, members of the LFpr traveling the bride wore a
lions of yellow daisies. Winsome class of the First-Bap- brown crepe-dress with white
Mrs. C. H. Shore, Mrs. M. K. list Church entertained Tuesday i accessories. A • ..>
Witt and Mrs. C. M. Jenkins I evening with a linen shower at!
j lee Hunter of Santa Anna,
: Missbs' Gwen Gordon and
■ Bertha Owens are entertain-
! mg at ■ the home of Miss
i Owens.
j The Round Up' club is
^meeting with Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Brewer.
MONDAY
The Victory class of the
First Methodist church is
meeting with Mrs. Alma
Brown.
Scott i' :• sou jjr and
Mrs. F. M. Scott of the White
Chapel community. Following
his graduation from the White
Chapel school he Was graduated-
from a Fort Worth barber school
Following a wedding trip to
Carlsbad Caverns and points of
, interest in New Mexico, tire
'couple will be at home in Big
l
TUESDAY
directed guests into the register [ the home of Miss Inez Griffin.
v F.vyns *
Mrs. C. O. Fleming is en-
tertaining with bridge at the
Country Club.
The Art Guild is meeting
with Miss Elisabeth Dibreli.
■ Mrs. Frank Stringer is
hostess to the Tuesday Lun-
cheon ciub.
The Lillian Thompson cir-
cle of tile First Methodist
church is meeting with Miss
Frances Vivian Hendricks;
Miss Frances Boyls is host-
ess to tiie Letha Saunders
Baptist
room, where Mrs. Jerry Evans j with'Miss Griffin and Miss Aline j PAST WORTHY MATRON
presided at the bride's book. The G.eody > • ■* HONOREE AT PARTY
register tally war decorated Devotional wa. i, d bv Mr-
with a miniature arbor and France's Griffin, after which a 1
MONDAY EVENING
Miss Clara Price, Past Worthy
.Matron, was named honoree
Monday evening when members
if the Order of the Eastern Star
flower garden. [social hour .was enjoyed and
Mrs. F. W. Taylor and Mrs.! gifts presented the honoree.
Ih.A. Autry presided, in the gift The hostesses served satid-
1”oms j wiches, potato chips, n cookies.jentertained with a partv, fol-
Approxnnately eighty-five and tea to Miss Boyls, Mrs Ben lowing a regular meeting of the
guests called during the after- j Thomas. Misses Aline Ripley, chapter.
| Gwen Gordon, Bertha Owens,
! Leota Cute, Sadie Hornsby,
i Frances Griffin and Frances
j Boyls. “
noon.
MISS BARNES TO
ATTEND VASSAR
Re McGowan, Doris Miller, An-| -y -:V° w ' '
ne Lee, Violet Durrett, Patsy j}' niU
Nance, Geneva McCulloch, and
Aline Beck.' - H”
FRIDAY-SAtURDAY
HOWELLs"Tue.°"‘
...I LOVE YOU FAR TOO MUCH
t,c
/
EDWARD SM
presents
f
MADELEINE CARROLL
BRIAN AHERNE
LORIS RAYWAifD
C- . 0 4- 0 WO HuJ.
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f
MR. AND MRS. MAYO
HOSTS AT FORTY-TWO
WEDNESDAY EVENING
j MISS TISDALE DIRECTS
,TSCW RECREATION
I PROJECTS
I Miss Beth Barnes, daughter *
..of Mr. and Mrs W. Ford Barnes LEGION AUXILIARY
[of Santa Anna, left Monday fur j ELECTS OFFICERS” FOR
! New York City, where she will 'NEXT YEAR
visit with her uncle and aunt. I
iA and Mrs, M. C. Barnes, !"•-
| fore
_
going to' IX)ughkeepsie.!^,x,Jla,'y of .thp «»>’ T»ost,
Mr. and Mrs. Fern Mavo were
hosts when they entertained on
Wednesday evening with three
tables of forty-two.
High score prize went to Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. LeMay with low
going In Mr. and Mrxrdtxrpor'-:
One of a limited number of I Jake Barnes. Miss
I brother, student at
| where she wilt enroll at Vassar. jAmerican Legion, in meeting
I r..t,„ Bames' Saturday afternoon at the home
advanced health and physical
Howard iof Mrs' hushing Wells, elected
The hostess served open face
II -sandwiches; potato chips, cook-
ies, mints and iced drinks to Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Bell of Bangs,
Mr. and Mrs. J P. LeMay, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Dorsey, Mr. and
Mrs. Leon Ranson and Mr. and
Mrs. Everett Ray.
. ; «, >
OUT DOOR GIRLS CLUB
MEETS TUESDAY
Miss Carlie Currie was elect-
Tr"member of the Out Door
Girls Club at a meeting held
Tuesday afternoon at the home,
of Miss Jeanne Reese.
Following a business session,
the hostess served punch and
cookies to Misses Frances Ann
Tate, Ruth Cox, Weida Pride-
more, and Rozelle Layton.
education students selected, Miss Bayne College, Brownwood, last [<,fflcers,t0 du"ne the
Hoik Tisdale of Coleman is a..-1>*ar. will attend tin- University year' il"' meetlng was
sisting with the management of j°f Colorado this stmuher,
the major r'ecreali(d*al projecl.;
being conducted for TSCW s
te'bhmte...students. ! GUEST TUESDAY OF
Miss Tisdale is directing aeti- MRS. BRIDWELL
Mrs. W. T. Bowers read a
poem. “Little Things," and a
solo. Always," was dedicated to
■Miss Price by Adeiie Elkins. Ap-
preciation was given by Mrs.
Irene Lankford. , .....
■Sandwiches, cookies and
punch were served Miss Price;
Mr and Mrs. W. G. McKinney,
Mesdames Jessie Martin, Jane
Johnson, Allie Robertson, (Trace
Gilliam, Mary McKee, Irene
Lankford, Nanie Love, Oma
Hammond, Dora Henderson,
Jessie Love. Scott, Carrie Spru-
iell, Maggie Forehand. Anna
Wells. Lila Bowers, Laura Brew-"
er. Misses Marie Love and Stel-
la Martin.
LES AMIS CLUB IS
y^CEM
Friday-Saturday
John
Wayne
HOWELL
MONEY NIGHT
Wednesday, June 26
-In—.
TELEGRAPH
TRAIL
My Son,
Mv Son!
U JOSEPHINE HUTCHINSON
Also—1NFDRMATIO N PLEASE
Sunday-Monday-Tuesday
John Payne
KING OF THE
LUMBERJACKS
—and-
Wallace Ford
—In—
LOVE, HONOR
AND OH, BABY
Hex! Wednesday-Thursday
DOUBLE ALIBI
—and—
CURTAIN CALL
HOWELL
Next
Thursday-Friday-Saturday
Jane 17-28-29
Wallace
Beery
20 MULE" TEAM
vities at- the regular Monday
night play hour, when the en-
tire student body gathers at the
gym to participate in % .program
of badminton, tennis, archery,
ping-pong, croquet, shuffleboard
and other sports and dancing.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.
R. Tisdale. Miss Tisdale is ful-
filling some of the requirements
for a degree in health and phy-
sical education by learning to
direct recreational activities as
i last of this season, and meetings
i will be resumed in September,
j Mrs, Hugh Lewis was elected
j president; Mrs. J. M. Close, vice-1
; president: Mrs. D. D. Layton. OUT OF TOWN VISITORS
I secretary: Mrs. Bill Atkins, trea- At LAKE SCARBOROUGH
... , ., T . surer: Mrs. C. O. Fleming, his-
Mrmbers of the Los Amts | torian and Mrs; j ,F .Henderson.
Club were guests Tuesday aRer- ,,h„nl„ln
noon when Mrs. E. W Bridwell! p
entertained with three tables of.
A voter book committee, corn-
contract bridge. Luncheon was
posed of Mrs Roy Howell, Mrs
Among out of town visitors
at Lake Scarborough during the
past week were C. A. Wheeler,
Herman Semple. Clyde Thate
Layton, was appointed.
sieved at the Manhattan Cafe
preceding games at the home,
1508 Brazos.
Daisies and nasturtiums for-
med attractive floral decorations
for rooms where games were
played. Mrs. Frank Rogers re- ;Ul,|kl, „ h L,wis u Q ^
ce.ved high score award, with ■ ton, L s whl„, H,li Atkins |
C. O. Fleming and Mrs. D. D! J and Maurice Pa.sons ot Burkett,
«i> ; (Continued on Page 6, Sec. 1)
The program consisted of a |
discussion of Rehabilitation bv
Mrs. Wells.
I Present for the meeting were!
I Mesdames J. M. Close, Frank I
well-as to teach sports, games i second high going to Mrs. W. O.I'c 0 Fjen>jng and Eslelle Fijp
and dancing.
Leach a.id low to Miss Doris
Miller. i .
Mrs. Bridwell included on her! _
guest list Mesdames Frank 0
Rogers. Claud Miller, Billy At-j j
ien, Ollie Gideon, Andy Isham, ■ f
Miss Billie Marie Miller and 'f' J. ,Whlte’ Joe Hedtestpn, R.!
R. Shipman. W. O. Leach, Ar-
thur Flippvn, N. 'll. Carter of
Slaton and Miss Doris Miller.
pen.
TAXI
10c
HOMKH BOYD QA|
PHONEWVi
TWO TO REPRESENT
COLEMAN AT JULY
CELEBRATIONS
Miss Edna Clarke will represent
Coleman at July celebrations in
West Texas.
Miss Miller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Miller, will be
sponsor at the Texas Cowboy
Reunion, to be held in Stamford
on July 2, 3 and 41 h.
Miss Clarke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Alex Clarke, will serve
as Duchess at the July Jubilee
in Brady July 2, 3 and 4. Her
’escort will be Mae Woodward,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Walter C.
Woodward.
mrs .McClellan hostess
TO THURSDAY BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. O.'.E. Bock received.club
prize. Mrs. Waiter Woodward of
Austin, guest prize and Mrs. W.
P. Stobaugh, cut, last Thursday
afternoon when Mrs. Claud Mc-
Clellan entertained, the Thurs-
day Afternoon Bridge Club.
Dahlias and daisies decorated
the home.
CONTRACT PARTY IS
COURTESY MONDAY
TO MISS BEAUMONT
Buddy Westej
Announces The Opening Of A
Miss Betty Beaumont of.Meri- i i
dian. Miss , was honor guest on ! |
Monday afternoon when her |
aunt, Mrs. J. P. McCord, and I
Mrs. Tom Scaly of Midland en -11
New Tailor Shop
Tires
Star
Are Good Tire*
tertained with contract bridge!
at the home of Mrs. McCord on 11
East Live Oak Street.
Daisies and gladioli were used |l
for floral decorations for rooms •
where games were played. Mrs,
Chick Childs Was presented high
score award. Mrs. E. W. Brid-
well, second high and the hon-
oree presented guest prize;
The hostesses served a salad
piate at the refreshment hour.
Included pn 'the guest list
were the honoree and Mesdames
Childs, Jack Horne, Gilford
.Scott, Joe Pouns, Rob O’Hair,
R. B. Saunders, Jr., Ralph Dun-
can, Bob Browning, B. B. Nun-
ley, Charles O. Moody, Claud
Miller, Charles Taylor, Eldon
Knox, Clyde McClellan, Barbee
Elliott, F. W. Taylor, Jr„ E. W. i
Bridwell ,C. F. Lankford, Jerry
Evans, Lee Kennedy, Fred Ru-
dolph, Charles Shepherd, Miss-
es Anne Lee, Frances Trammell,
Aline Beck, Doris Miller, Kdna
Clarke, Jeanette Blatherwick,
Patsy Gray- Nance, Sara Lou
Stevens and Frances Vivian |
Hendrick*.
At 106 West Fourth Street in the rock
building between Concho and Commercial.
Complete modern up-to-date equipment
has been installed and our service will be
equal to the best. Curb service will be a
specialty.
We want to invite our customers, friends
and the general public to pay us a visit and
try our service. Nothing will be spared to
see that you are pleased.
Regardless of your alteration needs they
will be cared for in an efficient and satis-
factory manner.
We will call for and deliver. Give us a trial
—it will be appreciated.
Phone 67
Wester Dry Cl<
Mr. tnd Mr*. Alfred (I
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