Miss Helen Jones to Wed Jack Wallace Stone in September
Miss Helen Jones, engaged to Jack Wallace Stone, was honored with a breakfast by Mrs. Vic Winter and Mrs. J. S. Hord. Guests included Mrs. Asa Jones and many relatives, with mothers and daughters exchanging wedding advice and playful questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jones
Jack Wallace Stone
Vic Winter
J. S. Hord
Hord
Asa Jones
Leroy Stone
Virginia Holland
Clay Holland
Lucyle Ferguson
Nelle Ferguson
Patsy Roberts
Oscar Roberts
Margaret Adams
Dom Adams
Ana Joy Casner
J. E. Casner
Frankie Lee Greenwood
del Rio
Bill Winter
Lawrence Hord
Carlsbad
Exquisite Bridge Luncheon Honoring Miss Helen Jones
Mrs G W Baines hosted a rose pink and green luncheon to honor bride elect Miss Helen Jones. Guests included Helen Jones Virginia Holland Lucyle Ferguson Mary Virginia McIntyre Anita Hudson and others. three course meal featured bride’s pies with whipped cream. bridge prizes went to Lucyle Ferguson Una Joy Casner and Frances Morelock. hostess gifted a Navarre crystal torte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Baines
Helen Jones
Virginia Holland
Lucyle Ferguson
Mary Virginia McIntyre
Anita Hudson
Margaret Adams
Una Joy Casner
Janette McIntyre
Florence Forchheimer
Rose
Winnette Coleman
Frances Morelock
Thalia Gillett
Ash Jones
W. B. Hancock
Bridge
Navarre
Green Cafe
Rose Coleman
Melba McMurry
Florence
Bargain List of Rooms and Houses for Rent or Sale
Advertises furnished rooms and apartments near the post office with prices from 4000, terms, mentions stucco rooms, a 20 acre suburban home for 2500, FHA approved lots, store building, and various house configurations including servants quarters and rooming houses with easy payments and term options.
Why Not Build a Home Plans and Financing Offer
A real estate notice promotes choice lots and low-priced homes with FHA financing, no brokerage fees, and plans to view. It invites potential buyers to see available designs and financing options to meet different requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Mexican motif dominates bridge party for Helen Jones
Mary Virginia and Janette McIntyre hosted a Mexican themed bridge and supper Tuesday for Helen Jones ahead of her September wedding. High prize went to Frances Morelock. bride gift included Mexican plate sets and berry bowls. Guests included Helen Jones and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Virginia McIntyre
Janette McIntyre
Helen Jones
Mary Virginia
Frances Morelock
Girls enjoy pre school get-together at Balmorhea
Tuesday afternoon at Ruth Slight’s home a group of girls held a grand pre school gathering. They swam, had a picnic lunch at Balmorhea, enjoyed a lawn party that evening and a horseback ride the next morning. Attendees included Letty Van Fossan Fern Matthews Lucyle Bierschwale Dorothy Jo Elliott Ruth Hudson and Ruth Slight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Slight
Balmorhea
Letty van Fossan
Fern Matthews
Lucyle Bierschwale
Dorothy Jo Elliott
Ruth Hudson
Alpine Grove Woodmen Circle Meets Discusses District Convention
Alpine Grove No. 671 met at 3 p.m. with five members. They planned a Jessie Rooney District No. 23 convention this fall. The charter was draped for Mrs. H. A. Thomas of Ft. Worth, honorary past national president since 1935. Members later had refreshments at Kandy Kitchen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine Grove
Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
C.F. Hall
Jessie Rooney
H. A. Thomas
Ft. Worth
Woodmen Circle
Mrs Bogel Returns From Summer Study
Mrs Mary Pancoast Bogel has returned from a summer study in New York where she attended Columbia University and studied piano with Alton Jones and violin with Dr Samuel Gardiner. She observed methods in early childhood piano taught by Mrs Ahearn. Miss Cheeves Jerry Starnes To Wed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pancoast Bogel
New York
Columbia University
Julliard
Alton Jones
Samuel Gardiner
Ahearn
Bogel
Frances Gil
Mrs Bogel Visits Museums Then Teaches This Fall
The text notes Mrs. Bogel toured churches and museums in New York with a day in Washington where she sat in the gallery for the Conscription Bill debate. She returned via San Antonio and brought her son Graham home from visits there. Mrs. Bogel plans to begin teaching in early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ches
New York
Washington, D. C
Thomason
San Antonio
Bride to Be Jane Boudreaux Honored at Morning Shower
Miss Jane Boudreaux, soon to wed Ray Noel Morrow on September 10, was the guest of honor at a morning coffee and miscellaneous shower hosted by Mrs. C. A. Brown at her suburban home. Browns and gold decor highlighted the event with music, readings, and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Boudreaux
Meriwether Burke
Shelby Burke
Fred S. Rogers
Ruth Rogers
Melba McMurry
Pete Adams
Catherine Slight
Rael Weel
Mesdames Cedric Anthony
George Baines
T. A. Beard
Guy Crawford
Louis Forchheimer
John Gentry
Vernon McIntyre
J. B. Keefer
W. E. Lockhart
R. A. McMurry
Frank McCollum
A. E. Owens
A. M. Turney
W. van Sickle
John Stowell
Knox Reid
Oscar Roberts
R. B. Slight
Bernal Slight
W. B. Hancock
Roy Lassiter
Eva Chaffin
Florence Forchheimer
Killaine Keefer
Lutie Britt
Alice Cowan
Maizelle Brown
Tea and shower honors Miss Jane Boudreaux bride elect
Mrs. Clinton Ezell and Mrs. G. K. Lange hosted a tea and shower for Miss Jane Boudreaux at Mrs. Lange s home Tuesday. Guests greeted the honoree and her mother as daisies and babies breath decorated the rooms. A veiled bride table decoration and a punch bowl with Meriwether Burke topping the punch accompanied small cakes and salted nuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meriwether Burke
Mrs Burgess Hosts Wednesday Bridge Luncheon
Mrs J E Burgess hosted her Wednesday Bridge club with guests at her home on August 28. Invitations were for ten o'clock and an enjoyable contract session followed with prizes awarded to Mrs Roy Stillwell Marathon high for guests, Mrs Lois McIntyre high for members, and Mrs Vernon McIntyre second high. Attending were Mesdames L F Buttrell L C Ritchey Roy Stillwell Jimmie Pate L E Attwood J W Frazer and members F E Gillett Vernon McIntyre W D Burcham J E Casner John Stowell H G Thompson C D Wood John Newell Gene Parr Lois McIntyre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Burgess
Roy Stillwell
Marathon
Lois McIntyre
Vernon McIntyre
Mesdames
L. F. Buttrell
L. C. Ritchey
Jimmie Pate
Ft. Worth
Baptist WMA Meeting Highlights Royal Service Program
The W M A met Tuesday at the Baptist church for the Royal Service program led by Mrs Van Bin ion. Ethel Roe Maddox circle members hosted the social hour with attendees including Mesdames Kidd and Mce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.M.A
Baptist Church
van Binion
Effie Roe Maddox
Mesdames Kidd, Mce
Texas Wool Boom Sets Record high Crop and Sheep Hurdles
Jeff Davis county shifts toward wool as a growing area with cattle prices watched. This year’s Texas wool crop may exceed 83 million pounds, with about 10.5 million sheep and lambs shorn or to be shorn. Texas accounts for roughly 21 percent of U S wool production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davis
Texas
Lone Star
Rev. D. H. Joiner Unites Grove and King in Imperial
The Rev. D. H. Joiner of Fort Davis a Baptist pastor at Imperial united Oliver L. Grove and Miss Aleta M. King in marriage on Saturday afternoon in Imperial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Joiner
Fort Davis
Imperial
Oliver L. Grove
Aleta M. King
Birthday Picnic For Robert Morris Observed By Eastern Star
Fort Davis chapter hosted a picnic supper at Picnic Rocks in the state park in observance of Robert Morris birthday. Vida Mae Carlton and Vivian Fryar were hosts with other chapter leaders. Fifty people attended the enjoyable gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Morris
Order of the Eastern Star
Fort Davis
Order
Eastern Star
Vida Mae Carlton
Vivian Fryar
Scenic Drive Draws Officials to Davis Mountains Loop
Larry Wood led a 75 mile test of the Davis Mountains State Park highway with guests Tom Love Austin Judge James McClendon and R A Thompson. They praised the green scenery and the Rock Piles Sawtooth. Post office began alien registration under the new act with about 20 expected in town and similar in Valentine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis Mountains State Park
Sawtooth Mountain
Rockpiles
Laurence E. Wood
Tom Love
Dallas
James M. McClendon
Austin
R. A. Thompson
Mr. Love
Thompson
Civil Appeals
Robbie Ellis
Valentine
Fort Davis Sees Rise in Summer Visitors
Summer tourists are plentiful in Fort Davis now with many staying several days or weeks. Local names include L. A. Wright Spence Guthrie Perdue Cook Slover Holloway Bowie Floyd Cox Holman Thornton Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Davis
L. A
Powers Godsey Wedding at First Presbyterian Church
Miss Anne Powers daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Powers of Temple marries Joe D Godsey son of Mr and Mrs John T Godsey at nine o clock Sunday evening in a candle lit First Presbyterian ceremony. Rev Fred S Rogers reads the lines as families and congregation observe. Both are Sul Ross college students with Godsey working as an operator at Granada Theatre. They depart for a short wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Powers
Ernest Powers
Temple
Joe D. Godsey
John T. Godsey
First Presbyterian Church
Fred S. Rogers
Godsey
Sul Ross College
Granada Theatre
Paving Planned Around Courthouse Yard Faces Local Gratitude
State highway department has begun preliminary steps to pave one or two sides of the courthouse yard between road paving and sidewalk curbing. Local citizens express gratitude for less mud and water and reduced parking during rainy weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Notable guests join Mile High supper visitor list
The Mile High club supper added new names including Thomas B. Love former Texas state senator Judge James W. McClendon of the Austin Court of Civil Appeals J A Crane Pecos district judge J G McIntosh Corpus Christi oilman S R Mitchell El Paso highway engineer G C Hunt Austin bridge official and H J Cosby federal engineer They heard Judge McClendon as guest speaker and Senator Love spoke on civic road and tourism promotions. McIntosh also noted for Canadian roots and wide Arctic region ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mile High Club
Thomas B. Love
Dallas
James W. McClendon
Court of Civil Appeals
Austin
J. A. Crane
Pecos
J. G. McIntosh
Corpus Christi
S. R. Mitchell
el Paso
G. C. Hunt
Bridge Department
State Highway Commission
H. J. Cosby
Public Service Roads Administration
Judge McClendon
Senator Love
Fort Davis
McIntosh
Dawson
Klondyke
Arctic Circle
Texas
Dominion
McNaughton
England
Mary Carlton
Carlton
Local runoff votes show Sutton leads in Jeff Davis County
In Jeff Davis County the July primary turnout dropped from 702 to 161 in the runoff. C R Sutton led for judge of the court of civil appeals at El Paso with 150 votes to A T Folsoms 11, Brooks had 49 for railroad commissioner Culberson 100. Alexander 68 for chief justice and Lattimore 81. James H Goodman 83 for representative Midland with Taylor White 67 Odessa. White reportedly won district by a large margin. Sutton also had a clear lead in his race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeff Davis County
C. R. Sutton
Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
A. T. Folsom
Brooks
Culberson
Alexander
The
Supreme Court
Lattimore
James H. Goodman
Midland
Taylor White
Odessa
Daily News
White
Sutton
El Paso Hotel Scrip Offer Slashes Bill by 25 Percent
The Avalanche advertises a hotel savings program in El Paso offering a 25 percent discount via scrip. Customers can purchase discount vouchers to reduce lodging costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Avalanche
District Court Recessed Then Reconvenes September 9
District Court recessed Wednesday and will reconvene September 9 after sessions since August 12. The grand jury investigated cattle theft charges against L E Williams Jr and returned an indictment. Several civil and trespass cases were disposed or settled including estate matters and cloud removal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
L. E. Williams Jr
Williams
Frederico Billalva
S. M. Mcc Clure
W. W. Crawford
J. M. West
J. L. Hays
Eva J. Scribner
Sam Culbert
Laura Bain
Marvin E. Linn
W. D. Yancey
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Ward Scheel
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Mrs. Bogel
Miss Cheeves
Jerry Starnes
Mrs. Burgess
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Eastern Star Picnic
Joe Godsey
Alpine Cemetery Assn
Harry Tracy
Salvador Villalpando
Kandy
Francisco Villalva Jr
Chey
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ORIN
Sin-Botte
Cash & Carry
Sunshine Cleaners
City Dairy
G. B. Mosley
Freight
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Santa Fe
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