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Panhandle, Carson County, Texas, Thurs., July 2, 1964
PANHANDLE HERALD
PAGE 3
Golden Agers
Visit GSSC
A visit to the Garret-
son Senior Citizen’s Cen-
ter climaxed activities of
the G o ld.e n Age Fellow-
ship meeting recently.
The group met in the
War Memorial Building
for a covered dish lunch-
eon and games session
prior to visiting the cen-
ter. Invocation for the
luncheon was given by
Mrs. J.J. Holcomb.
Birthday honor ees
were George L. Simms,
Troy Dowlen, H, N, Mun-
ro, and Mrs. Esther Ma-
con. Floral decorations
were given in memory of
Mrs. Olive Scheetz, a for-
mer member.
At the center, Maurice
Garner, manager greeted
the guests and told some
of the purposes of the
home and its facilities. A
guided tour followed.
Jack Boggs, minister of
music and education of the
Local Women Attend
State CWF Retreat
Attending the State
Christian Women’s Fel-
lowship Retreat in Fort
Worth have been Mrs. C.
H. Herndon, Mrs. Theo
Hendrix, Mrs. Bill Tear-
ney, Mrs. Jere White and
Mrs. Marvin Sparks.
The Retreat was on the
campus of .Texas Chris-
tian University.
Mrs. Howard Pruitt and
children are visiting re-
atives in Cleburne.
First Baptist Church, ac-
companied by Karen DOu-
ghten on the piano, sang
Precious Memories and
Now I Belong to Jesus.
A brief devotional by Gar-
ner spoke of cold com-
munities, churches,
homes, rooms, persons,
and hearts and how these
could be overcome. A so-
cial hour followed, during
which refreshments were
served.
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Sybil Stringer
Judges Bake Show
Mrs. S ybilStringer,
home demonstration a-
gent of Carson County,
was in Amarillo on Thur-
sday where she was a
judge in the Potter County
4-H Bake Show held in
the Flame Room of the
Pioneer Natural Gas Bui-
lding.
Winner in the contest
was fifteen year old De-
anna Pierce, a freshman
in Palo Duro High School,
Amarillo.
She will compete in the
Tri State Fair 4-H Baking
Contest against Becky
Osborne, White Deer,
Carson County winner,
and entries from other
Tri-State counties.
Niece Of C. C.
Lawson Tours Europe
Miss Clauda Everly, a
teacher of English and
Latin in White Deer High
School for many years,
and now teacher of La-
tin in Pampa High School,
is touring Europe with the
National Education Asso-
ciation.
She will be back in
Pampa in August. Miss
Everly is a niece of C,
C. Lawson, Panhandle.
Engaged
WHITE DEER-Mr. and
Mrs. T. G. Crowson an-
nounce the approaching
marriage of their daugh-
ter, Linda Jo to Gary B.
Clark, son of Mr. and
Mrs. B.F, Clark of Pam-
pa.
The wedding is planned
for Saturday at 8 p.m. in
the First Baptist Church
of White Deer.
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Miss Judy Whitfall of
Lockney is visiting her
grandparents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Miller and aunt
Darlene and other rela-
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WARSAW, Ind.—Miss
Marilyn Ruth Simpson be-
came the bride of Rev.
Leon Dennis Simpson of
Conway, Tex., in the First
Baptist Church June 27.
The bride is the daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Ver-
non N. Simpson and the
groom is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ralph Simpson
of Conway, Tex.
The double ring cere-
mony was performed by
the brides father who was
assisted by Rev. V. Ro-
anld Simpson of Frnak-
fort, Ky., brother of the
bride and Rev. Joe Snead
of Amarillo, Texas.
The altar was decorat-
ed with the complete
candle service and palms.
Yellow bows graced the
candlelabras.
W. Roland Felts, or-
ganist, provided hymns
and classical selections.
Mrs. Richard Anderson
played a violin solo. Vo-
cal music was provided
by a trio composed of
Mrs. DanielRachecollo,
Mrs. Roland Fletcher and
Miss Marilyn Hood all of
Winona Lake.
The bride, who was giv-
en in marriage by her fa-
ther, wore a gown of silk
organza with Alenson lace
fashioned with a scooped
neckline, designed prin-
cess style with a full long
skirt which fell into a cha-
pel length train. Her skirt
alencon lace mantilla veil
was held in place by a
small pillbox. She carried
a white satin Bible with
one yellow rose.
Mrs. Robert C. Gan-
guver of Cincinnati, Ohio,
was her sister’s matron
of honor. Bride’s matron
were Mrs. V. Ronald Sim-
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to our new bank building and to anew era in the history of Panhandle Banking
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Member Of F.D.I.C.
pson of Frankfort, Ky.,
Mrs. Edward Gathe of An-
derson, and Miss Dona
Revsey of Chicago, 111.,
was bridesmaid. Junior
bridesmaids were Miss
Deborah Simpson of
Frankfort, Ky., and Miss
Bridget Quinn.
All wore floor length
gowns of yellow gold silk
faced satin styled with an
empire waist. They wore
headpiecs of yellow gold
bows and carried one long
stem deep red rose.
Flower girls were Miss
Alicia Felts and Miss De-
borah Barnett who wore
short puffy dresses ...of.
\ yellow^ satin covered with
fj white silk and had small
yellow bows in their hair,
j James Harris of Rich-
mond served as best man.
Ushers were William
Snead of Amarillo, Tex,
Jack Simpson and Joe Ir-
izarry of Chicago, 111.
Following the cere-
mony the reception was
held in the Social Room of
the First Baptist Church.
The bride was gradu-
ated from Warsaw High
School and is a senior stu-
dent at the Chicago Wes-
ley Memorial School of
Nursing, affilate of North
Western University from
which she will graduate in
September.
The groom was gradu-
ated from Panhandle High
School, attended Texas
Tech University, Moody
Bible Institute in Chicago,
111., and this fall will be
a senior student at South-
western Baptist Theolo-
gical S eminary, Ft.
Worth, Tex. He is a Bap-
tist minister.
Following a wedding
trip to Michigan and Wis-
consin the couple will
make their home in Chi-
cago for the summer and
then move to Ft. Worth,
Tex.
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The various instru-
ments used in a sympho-
ny orchestra were deo-
monstrated by charts and
records by Mrs. Albert
Wilson who presented a
program. “What Made
That Noise?’’ at the Pan-
handle Home Demonstra-
tion Club meeting recent-
ly in the Was Memorial.
Building with Mrs. Wil-
son as hostess.
Each section was de-
monstrated, the woodwind
by the piccolo, flute, oboe,
English horn; clarinet,
bass clarinet; and bass-
oon; metal and brasses,
cornet trumpet, Franch
horn, trombone and tuba;
percussion, tympani, glo-
ckenspiel, chimes, cym-
bals, wood block, parade,
snare drum, triangle and
bass drum, and the
strings, string bass, cel-
lo, biola, violin and harp.
In the business session
with the president, Mrs.
Wilson, presiding; ways
of making money were
discussed and tabled.
Mrs. Wilson reported on
checking the d r i v e r’s
education course taught
at Panhandle High School
during the regular se-
mester and summer ses-
sion. This is taught by
Chester Wetsel, a qua-
lified teacher, she stated.
She reported that all
drivers of Panhandle
Schools busses and chau-
ffeur’s licenses; that all
busses were up to date,
and that each bus car-
ried fire extinguishers
and first aid kit.
In meeting with the
committee from the
Board of City Develop-
ment she found they were
planning a clean-up cam-
paign in Panhandle, where
street corners will be
cleaned up in order to
provide a safer view for
both motorist and ped-
estrians.
As a summer project
members voted to check
the ordinance pertain-
ing t o ..safety in Pan-
handle and Skellytown and
what was being done to
enforce them
The club will recess
until August 25, when a
covered dish supper in the
War Memorial Building
will open the fall season
for members, their fam-
ilies and guests.
At a social hour re-
freshments were served
to club members and a
guest, Mrs. W.S. Berry of
Skellytown.
Peirman-Koock
Wed In Amarillo
AMARILLO —Miss
Mary Jane Periman, a
g r e a t n i e c e of John O’-
Keefe of Panhandle, and
Kenneth Louis Loock
were married June 22 in
a garden setting at the
home of the bride’s pa-
rents, Judge and Mrs.
Carl Periman. Parents of
the groom are Mr. and
Mrs. Chester L. Koockof
Austin.
Former Residents
Observe Anniversary
AMARILLO—Mr. and
Mrs. Ira H. Burris for-
merly of Panhandle, ob-
served their fiftieth wed-
ding anniversary recently
with an open house and re-
ception at the Boat and
Ski Club Building in
Thompson Park.
Hosts for the afternoon
affair were the couple’s
children, including Rex
Burris of Bridgeport, an-
other former resident.
The couple were mar-
ried in French, Okla.
They moved to Texas and
resided in Oldham and
Lubbock counties, before
moving to Panhandle and
then to Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. Burris
have six daughters and
three sons. They also
have 25 grandchildren and
nine great-grandchild-
Miss Margaret Randel,
accompanied by Miss
Lynn Bulter of River Fo-
rest, 111., is vacationing in
Hawaii. They left June 25.
New Arrivals
Mr. and Mrs. Phil
Smith are parents of a
daughter born June 25.
The baby weighed seven
pounds one ounce and has
been named Jeannine
Pamela.
The Smith’s have one
daughter, Jennifer.
Maternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. J.J.
Berg. Paternal grandpa-
rents are Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Smith, both of Ama-
rillo.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Pri-
deaux of Austin spent last
week visiting Mrs. Pri-
deaux’ parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John W. Apel, Jr.
Miss Marie Apel, of Ho-
uston, is visiting here
this week.
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Peoples, Don. Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1964, newspaper, July 2, 1964; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth883888/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.