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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1937
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Society Belles “Sweep” the Polo Matches
Mr. Mild Mrs. E. C. Greenvyood re-,
turned the latter part of last wee’.;
from Stephenville, whpTe they were
the bedside of Mr. Greenwocd'-s
in'her. T, M Greenwood,
seriously ill. He is rrix>rt< d
better now.
■ Mrs. Gene Lora of Baird is visit-
ing. in the J. T. Blair home, and
with other relatives-here, this wee*.
who was1 Miss Dardaneile Williams of
•is some Brownwood spent the week-end with
Miss’ Merle Deane Odom at Cole-
im .
Bill Murphy and .Jack McCluie
were business visitors' in
tins morning.
... Mrs. Ben-Sehopler won a prize
Dallas | Tuesday in the Crazy Jingle contest,
! sponsored by the Crazy Water Com-
. j paiav at Mineral Wells.
■ and-Mrs, .Bill Murphy and)- ■ , •
Mr anct Mr:- 8. H, Crawford were ; Mrs M. L. Epps formerly of Rock-
• w'crCiti Qrauftm and Dallas Sun-! wood, now living, in Lass Angeles,
day | California, is. reported seriously 111. y»>M
"I
Mr!
Mary Brown 'Freeman; tea - f Mr.’Gjhd Mrs, Sam Marshall and
ch‘T in Urn'Taylor high school awl; baby aitd Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Stlgail
h fry mer teacher in the local hifwjef Dallas-plan to spend Easter with
vi-;ted last weekend ' wRn * theu- • parents. Mr. and Mrs. Claud
Idleman M • ______________________'.. ■■ ......
David-,Carr.-: .and Fells I.mvp : Mrs. J P. Holman of Brownwood
visited last weekend at Piedras Nie- j visited with friends in Coleman
gras, .Mexico. . . Wednesday.
BALLINGER—H. O Agnew, co-
-owner of the Jennings Funeral
-Home here and an independent oil
operator,, Saturday afternoon joined
the Ballinger Country Club’s hole-
in-one club by making the No. 9 in
one stroke on the club's course. Tire
1H5 yards separating the No. 8 and
No. 9 has a par of three.
This is the second hole-in-one
made on the course since the greens
were changed from cottonseed hulls
to sand in the spring of 1935, H. b.
I iggy” O'Kelly registered the other
last summer when , he drove 131
yards into the No. 5 cup, also a 3-
par hole. Those making one-shot
sinks on the old greens included. Dr.
J. G. Douglass, C. P. Shepherd and
C. L Baker
Agnew was plaving a match wltn
Troy Simpson when he made the
perfect drive Saturday. C. B. Loon-
ey and F. R. Looney were also
rounding the course along with
them. • ,
'■,4>0y about 14 wanted for' Foil | ,Only two more days u> secure a
V,««r?h S ar- L . gram arr.er route, free ha; with either coat, suit or
Must have bKVt v Amav O, S. Dris-, dress ' Priced 56.95 up at Sturges-
12p j Gibbs. 12*.
View during a recent "gymkana" at Pinehprst, N, C. for society folks. The women are show*!sleeping
very cleanly to put the men at a loss. Phyllis Stevenson Of Glen Cove, L. I„ is shown on the ball.
Mr, and Mrs. T J. Allt" and Yon Mi and Mr.- Alex Clarke and
Weldon', were .busmess isitor- in; M\ and Mrs. E. M Critz4 were busi-
Forf Worth. Wednesday and Thui-s-j.n.ss visitors in Dallas and Waxaha-
. F ,, ia. ,, , ’ -j chaytast weekend. -
Chicago Coeds Shake A Mean Leg
ff*M<
Prank Snodgrass visited
H'pckcnfidge Sunday
nds in ’ Postmaster Harry Thomson left
,------------^Monday afternoon for -Waco where
he Wednesday attended a dinner for
Mr., and Mrs, Oran limir. an1 ’ Fostmgster General James A. Par-
son, Dickey, of Clovis. New Mexui,5V‘.,-v A; Waco. Mr Thomson also
Spent"Sunday.- with his sister. Mrs. j uatted a sister and other relatives, I
c Ni-wirian The; Were enrouir -———
Tt> Corpus’“ChnstiTTo'■ .speriH their , Mrs ,Waiter Woodward is' fij-'Ej
vaca ;on fishing Paso1 this week, as a delegate from:
. ! the Captain William Buckner chau- l
L -A. Brook;-. Texas Rf’ief Com- . -er/DAR. to the State Daughters ot}
in ion ■ mplow . was a visitor in the • American Revolution convcn-
•J;’, -.t wood • Bunda y ■'
tion,.
IN
ALL. THE HISTORY OF THL Mr ’.)nd Mrs' Walter Woodward
M YF STOCK INDUSTRY THERE wjjj arrlve the latter, part of the
IS NO RECORD OF A V ACC. N:. .--T’l Austin. ’
GIVING SUCH UNFAILING AND .
SUCH WIDESPREAD IMMUNITY
AS HAS ■©.-M.- FRANKLIN VAC-
CINES BOWENS DRUG STORE
TS”"'tH>; EXCLUSIVE FRANKLIN
l •l-.ALEIl ■ ‘ 12*
..STARTED BABY CHICKS for
sate’at Wilson Grain Co. Hatchery.-
eu’x
W i: BUY
<Hft (.(|ltljrnd Watches
"tiargn.i i-r-toed Watrw-i. -
' Witch-Case* *4elry Repair '
Earle Smith’s. Jewelry
r
Oscar Z.
Williams
Plumbing and
Gas Appliances
‘fAi> Close As
Your Telephone4
One Trip Repair Service
Phone 287
IT01 ( ommeraial
y
Mr and Mrs. J T, Dix had s*.s|
their .guesis over the weekend, Mr.,
and Mr.- Sam King and children
.■from.4 Cisco. ‘ i _
M" and Mrs. Ted Mastcrson
Meskim.cn and daughter. Dona Jean
s nroute ‘to their heme in Robinson,
111., from Long Beach, California,
where they spent the winter, left
Wednesday mohung, following a
visit with their aunt, Mrs, Ira
Young, and cousin, Mrs. Pete Hen-
derson.
University Chicago coeds.•’"Swing it" in rehearsals for the annual
show4 of "the Mirror, women's dramatic society. A tower of the famous .old
school looms in'the background, gazing.-down austerely on the modern
collegiate chorus girls. Left to right: Marjorie Kuh, Frankie Burns, Mar-
jorie Ryser, Louise Huf laker. ;
Miss Lillis Lefrff teacher in the • Mr.< T. E Major visited Wednes-
L ’ ' in Brownwood.
ot | Taylor school, visited, .last, weekend! day with friends
•’•“with her parents, Mr. aiid Mrs. '
Miss Bessie Jc-.vi u Newman
Ballinger. spent the weekend •■ ■■ wnh her parents. Mr. ana Mrs -—r
|C !.emun visiting her parents. M4. Rilgh. IjPW> -1 Misses Irene vA« Belle Henderson,
j and Mr- Ernest Newman. > | ►-------- j teacher in the schools at San An-
Mrs. Curtis .Benton visited lastilonio, are to. visit Easter with their
■New shgnene Buft .Burpees ^ ^ ^ ^ L
•tringless Beans at SinipSon^Seed j g{ John in Worth and at-
; tended
I there.'
the Fat Stock Show while
f
Be Proud
! Mr. and Mai Ben Dunn returned
! Sunday 4rem Clegg where they at-
t’tended funeral services Saturday of
' Mr. Dunn's mother, Mrs. Mary
i Dunn.; j_
parents. Mi4, and Mrs. J. F, Hender-
scii. They will be aecrmpanied by
Mrs. Roberta Hunt of Pleasanton.
who’will1 visit het* daughter, Mrs. d
T, Williamson.
Mr. and Mrs. R, E. Barron and
children, Mrs. W.( R. Spence ana
daugliter Miss Nannie Lee Spenc°
cf Brownwood. vlglted last weekend
with Miss Rhoda Spence.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Scaly ot Mid-
land visited last weekend with Mrs.
Sealy - parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
McCord and in Santa Anna wltn
Mr. Sealy.’s parents. Dr, and Mrs,
T. Richard Sealy.
Mr. and Mrs, Howard Samuels ot
Eaktlsiid visited4 in the heme ol
Mrs Frankie Sedwick last weekena.
Bltuses! Blouses! Joan Hollywood
blouse-, exclusive with Sturges-
Qibb- Lilly $1 98 Dozens and dozens
from which to choasd 12(
Dr aftd Mrs. Arch Harbouj4 and
daughter, Ann. of' Wichita Palis
visited'Igj-t weekend with Dr. Har-
bours parents. Mr. and Mrs. Jerrv
Harbour, „
Mr-1 Frank Harbour left Wednes-
day for Pomona, California, where
she will ■„ risk J or several weeks with
rctfuMii, Mrs’. George Nolte.
j ' ■—;—-
Mrs, T. B. Stayton, het* mother,
Mrs. J, R. Baker, of Lovington, New
Mexico, ahd fwo nieces, Miss Bonnie
Jean Baker of Lovington and Miss
Wllrena Rlchbourg of Big Spring,
returned to thejr homes Sunday fol-
lowing a visit of several days with
Mrs. Slayton's daughters. Mrs. O. S.
Driskill, Mrs. E, D. Delleney and
Miss Maxine Stayton. They were
accompanied to Lovington by Mr.
and Mrs. Delleney and children
who returned to Coleman Monday.
H. G Agnew, Fomier
Coleman Man, Makes
Hole-in-One Club
Until two or three years ago Ml
and Mrs. Agnew resided in this cltv
At that,time he was interested in
oil holdings .in this area. ,
Mr. and4 Mrs, Louis Jobe of Cor-
sicana plan to visit through Easter
holidays with Mrs. Jobe's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Dibrell.
Mrs. Jce Gentry and daughter.
Joan, of Tyler and Miss Ellen Jones
of San Angelo are to arrive today
for the Easter holidays with their
parents, Mi4, und Mrs. E. M. Jones,
Mrs. Marshall McCrea and sons,
Mac and Gecrge Edwin ot El Paso
are also visiting Mr. and Mrs. Jones;
Sturges-GIbbs are featuring a big
line of novelty fabrics. 12x
Mrs. Bess Paddleford, of Brown-
wood, 4 supervisor of WPA womens
work, was tn Coleman Monday in-
specting the local sewing'room and4
recreation work.
Ben Jackson of Brownwood. Nat
ional Youth Administrator district
director, was a business visitor In
Coleman Monday,
Mrs. Hattf? O'Hair and Mrs. C.
A. Gordon have returned from .a,
visit of several days in Lubboc.c.
Before returning home Mrs. O'Hair
visited in. Wichi’a Falls and Mrs.
Gordon visited a sister in Plalnview.
Only two more days to secure a
free hat with either coat, suit or
dress. Priced, $6.95 up at Sturges-
Gibbs. ’ 4 12x
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Blackwell Of
Valera left today for Houston, where
they are to visit their daughter,
Mrs. George Belt, and Mr, Belt.
Miss Lenora Cornwell,, teacher in
the local high school, visited last
weekend in Kerrvllle with her broth-
er, diaries CornweU.
GLOBE BLACKLEG VACINE IS
AS GOOD AS CAN BE MADE. iT
IS MADE UNDER U. S. GOVERN-
MENT LICENSE AND SUPERVI-
Earl B-eedlov and Hershal Wind- j SION. ONLY 8 CENTS PER DOSE
. o„„ «M.h I AT COULSON’S ,DRUG STORES.
Mr. and Mrs. T. j. Epps of
Brownwood were business visitors In
Coleman Wednesday. Mrs. Epps 'is
publicity chairman for (he First
District Congress of Parents and!
Teachers, which is to hold a con-
vention in Brownwood Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday.
Jerry Harbour of this city and his
son. Arch of Wichita Falls, attended
millt-r of San Angelo, visited with
friends and relatives in Coleman
Sunday.
a district ldceting, of optometrists,
held at San Angelo Sunday.
()
ur yard and garden.' It takes good tools to makt
vow! yard vaMcns.-and that it what you will find
in our stock antj ail prices are in proportion to those
...Sturge-s-Gibbs have beaded, bags.
suede bags, -pater4 bags, linen bags.(_______,
silk bags, paisley bags, leather bags,! at sturges-Gibbs.
up from 98c. ’ 12\j —•——-■
------ t........... ! Mrs. S. E. Evans of. this city ae
S 'Sellers of Ri- companied her . sister.
All- earlySpring wp41 suits and]
coats are reduced ID per cent ifw
12x1
<)W.
| Mr. and Mrs. M
sing Star were in the city Wednes-
.Aay night to meet their son, Wayne.
[Texas- Tech" Student, who was en
; route home to spend the Easter hol-
! Way *.
Mrs. Hovd j
Henry of Goldsbrro, to Houston the]
firs4, of the week for a stay of sec- j
eral days. ' . {
3
Garden Seed
AH kinds t'ha’. produce healthy vigorous plants
i 10 c
i Mr- Wallace Forbes of Temple
! returned today for her home after
' several. days visit with her sister,
j Mrs,,H. H. Martin,in Valera.
Mr. and Mrs W G. Taylor werej
busine.-" visitors in San Atigelo the,
first of the week. .V"1"
Garden *ahd field seed. Garling-'
ton's. , ' 9-16x ]
reguiir -five cent packages
’ , for only
O. M, FRANKLIN VACCINES j’ Mrs. Carl Elder and Mrs. M. L.
A
EB
Printed
Invitation
to Spring
aT
Garden Rakes
Steel Tooth, Prun'd' 4
65c to $1-00
Lawn Mowers,
HOLDS THE WORLDS RECORD Starnes have Returned from Arka-j
FOR POSITIVE PROTECTION, i delphia. Ark., where' they visited j
SAVE YOUR STOCK. VACCINATE; their sister, Mrs. John Rouf. what
WITH FRANKLINS NOW. BO-jwa{ seriously ill. Mrs. Rouf is re
WENS DRUG STORE 12x1 p rted better.
18 lo 18 inch, steel or rubber
wheels , '**. *
$6.45
,
Water Hose
lOi^et- of rubber water hose for garden
or yard; only • c
'(ioodyear rublxr ant| fabric ply host*, a long ^ 1 If
life hose, ,50 feet for v *• *«
f 4
Garden
Plows
Vigoro &
The very plow to cultivate thg
' T 4 *- • . 4
A nationally advertised ferti-
- .;
lizer. One pound or 100 pound
garden, rfod.
only -iTSS-i? -
$3.25
packages. t
. A Real Bargain
100 pounds $3*25
ft
SPADING F0RKSThtut $U9
Gray Merc Co.
Coleman, Texas
SANDALS
J£:
High and Low Heels
o ■- tp
-k ,r‘"
$J95
i.o"'
$295
,, m r ■» « ' -
Higginbotham’s
Do
Local Softball Team Will .
Play Hollywood All-Stars
Here On Night 01 April 1!
Coleman's best softball team, con-
sisting of an all-star aggregation yet
to be chosen, will meet the Holly-
wood All-Stars, captained by Miss
Betty Compton, movie star, here on
the night of April 8. according to
Hayden Hargett, president of the
Coletnan Softball League.
Contract has been signed for the
appearance.cf the Hollywood troupe
of attractive girls probably at Huf-
Bradv feared
Iff Track Meet
Here April 3
lord Field In a night contest. -
The visiting girl's team will meet
the best men's teani 1n the city and,
if advance information is collect,
likely wljlNdefe&t it 4
The Hollywood team will also play
engagements in Abilene, Sail Angelo,
Sweetwater anti Brownwood while in
this section pX.J.h<' state.
.. B=y. about 14 wanted ior Fort
Worth"Star-Telegram carrier route.
Must have bicycle. Apply O, S. Drb-
kill, agent, 12l>
SINGERS Wil l. MEET AT
BROWN RANCH SUNDAY
. W hile Coach E. P. Shelton of the
Coleman high school Bluecats Is not
especially woffled! abb&t'the outcorfie
of the County Interscholastic Leag-
ue track and field meet to be staged
at Hufford Field next Saturday, his
views are quite different in connec-
tion with the invitation meet to
be held at the same- Held on the
following Saturday—April 3.
For, tht strong Brady high school
team already has signified that it
will be present—and thus far the
Brady team has shown Its heels to
most ol the other hl^h schools in
this particular section of West Tex-
as.
Several towns in this area have
accepted Coleman high school’s In-
vitation to ivarticlpate in the dis-
trict invitational affair here. Among
them are; Brady, Winters, Talpa,
Ballinger arid Robert Lee. Other
towns are expected' to send in their
acceptances within the next levy
days.
The Gouldbu.sk Singing Conven-
tion will meet with the Brown
Ranch Singing Class at ttie latter
named pjace next Sunday afternoon
at two o’clock, Gene Bell, Fisk
merchant, announced today.
While Carl Stoup, acc member of
the Coleman track team, is not ex-
pected to pcrfomTto any great ex-
tent In the county meet scheduled
here next Saturday, because ot an
injury, he ts expected to take part
in the invitational meet here April
3 and In the district meet at Brown-
wood, April 10,
J. H. Snodgrass of Stacy, resident •
of this section of the state Tor u
number of years, was a business
visitor in Coleman Friday,
EASTER i LOWERS
Remember your friends at Easter
with the most symbolic ' gift. We
have (he pretties', ^election of
blooming Easter plants we .have ha;l
in years. Sec them at Sam RoaclV...
the Coleman Florist. Phone 87. 12x
W. E. GIDEON
Eire, Tornado, Accident,
Health and Life Insurance
Only the best companie*
represented
M5-6 Coleman Office Bid*.
WATCH
Repair Guaranteed •
Free Inspection—See Us Now
EARLE SMITH’S JEWELRY
Coleman. Texas
‘-/vT
Accept our invitation
to Spring via one of
these brilliant new
prints. There Is noth-
ing smarter for wear
now neath your coat
.., and you can wear
them right through
’til Summer, Impor-
tant iievt sleeves and
flared skirts. Misses'
sizes.
*3*5
*19“
Success gr es to your head
in hats like these! Every-
thing new and exciting
from wide brimmed bon-
nets to tiny toques. Saucy
flower, veil ancj ribbon
trims. All head sizes.
$1.00
$1.95
Flower trimmed bon- i
nets arexpretty! . , ,
Straws and felts.
Perfect .suit hats
hemburgs rot-
\ 1 ler bretens. Felt In
navy, colors.
/’
Frivolous veils for vanity's
sake! Toques, sailors tn shiny
straw.
P c rt sdioolglrl bows are
young. .Sailors ant) smart
brims In straws.
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 25, 1937, newspaper, March 25, 1937; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748013/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.