Picnic Supper Honors Visiting Girls at Harris Home
Mrs L D Harris and Mrs J W Shepperd hosted a picnic supper Saturday evening in the Harris garden to honor Laurie Newell of Houston and Eula Jo Henderson of Colorado City. Guests enjoyed a barbecue grill centerpiece and lawn games on the well lighted lawn for a pleasant evening.
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L. D. Harris
J. W. Shepperd
Laurie Newell
Houston
Eula Jo Henderson
Colorado City
Harris
Dorothy Jean Crawford
Mary Neal
Harriet Walker
Marietta Davidson
Fay Madeline Focht
New Arrivals Reported at Local Hospital
A son was born to Mr and Mrs W E McAfee at the local hospital Tuesday weighing 6 pounds 4 ounces and named Russell L. Mr McAfee is a student at Sul Ross College. Mr and Mrs Dave Clarkson are parents of a son born Wednesday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs J B McCauley of St Louis Mo on June 11. Mrs McCauley is the former Louise Berkeley, daughter of Dr and Mrs B F Berkeley of Alpine. Mrs Berkeley left last week to be with her daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. McAfee
Russell IL
McAfee
Sul Ross College
Dave Clarkson
Wasorn
J. 8. McCauley
St. Louis
McCauley
Louise Berkeley
B. F. Berkeley
Alpine
Alpine Grove
Woodmen Circle
Thelma Williams
Supper club hosts and social gatherings at Logan home
A report of social events in College avenue and Marfa area lists Mr and Mrs James H Logan hosting their supper club with prizes awarded for joint scores and bingo. Catholic study group projects include donations to the Loan Closet and plans to redecorate Our Lady of Peace chapel. Multiple bridge and contract games feature prizes, guests, and refreshments.
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J. H. Logan
James H. Logan
College Avenue
Bill Winter
Wally Davis
Truman Hatch
Dan Ritter
J. W. Shepperd
Catholic Study Group
Catholic Women's Study Group
Santiago Campbell
Our Lady of Peace Chapel
Red Cross
National Council of Church Women
J. W. Sheypern
J. E. Burgess
W. Frazer
F. L. McCollum
Paul Vogt
Carroll Vaughn
Billy West
E. C. Coleman
C. E. Patterson
G. H. Harfst
Jimmy Logan
Burgess
Logan
Fraser
Harfst
Sandifer
McCollum
Contract Bridge
Cecil Johnson
Marfa
Mesdames Johnson
J. 8. Hord
A. B. Sandifer
Drury Wood
del Rio
H. W. Morelock
D. Wood
G. J. Kempen
Clay Holland
Edgar Martin
W. D. Burcham
L. D. Harris
Harris
John Newell
Frances Gillett
Mesdames Gillet Casner
Lois McIntyre
Thompson
Burcham
Stovel
Wood
Rotary News Highlights A Miss Gourley Musical Program
Rotary members enjoyed a five minute musical program led by Doris Gourley with Mary Besse Sloan. George Kourey shared experiences from a Hollywood Rotary visit and described club procedures including fines for speaking out of turn. Bob Hamilton spoke on state parks Davis Mountains Balmorhea and the Big Bend noting Balmorhea revenue and Big Bend cabins usage. Upcoming FBI speaker D A Bryce was announced and members urged to bring guests. Alpine club topped attendance in district last month.
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Doris Gourley
Sul Ross
Mary Besse Sloan
George Kourey
Hollywood
Calif
Rotary Club
George
Fibber McGee and Molly
Bob Hamilton
Parks Board
Davis Mountains
Balmorhea
Big Bend
Bob
Big Bend Park
D. A. Bryce
FBI
Johnny Gentry
Homer Graham
Alpine Club
Victory Plates Help War Effort in Richmond
John W. Brown a 42 year old cha feur for a Richmond doctor passes the time during patient visits by locating old automobile license plates. He has collected 1000 plates in the past month selling them to junk dealers and converting the proceeds into war stamps for his three children. If everyone wants to win this war as badly as I do we are bound to succeed.
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Richmond
John W. Brown
John
Two Students Defy Bandits and Save Fur Coats in Chicago
In Chicago two fashion school students Miss Dorothy Buchanan and Miss Verna Simonton resisted two armed men after leaving a friend’s car. The assailants took $25 and $17 but the women entered a building with the coats still in hand. The note mentions War Bonas and stamps and a planned July 15 meeting with Mrs Wade. Light refreshments were served to Mesdames Metta Williams Oma Doole Jane Burling and Mathilla Forchheimer.
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Chicago
Dorothy Buchanan
Verna Simonton
Miss Buchanan
Ead
Privacy and Beds in Early Texas Society Anecdote
An English traveler Mrs. M C Houstoun recalls in A Yacht Voyage to Texas how Count de Saligny faced a forced bed-sharing with a rough American traveler in a Texas inn of 1843. The incident underscores harsh, improvisational hospitality in the frontier republic and the clash of cultures between Parisian luxury and Yankee bluntness.
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Texas
Count de Saligny
France
Wayside
Texas Inn
M. C. Houstoun
Houston
Husand
University of Texas Library
Nukian
Rubber To Win A Modern War Urges Conservation
A wartime appeal urges Americans to conserve scarce rubber by reducing driving to essential trips. Citizens are urged to pool cars, limit use, and budget mileage left in tires as the resource becomes precious.
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America
Pilot Overfly Causes Village Outage In Missouri
In Likeaston Missouri a pilot flew low to attract his parents attention. The stunt clipped a cooperative power line, plunging farm homes across miles into darkness and triggering an extended blackout.
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Likeston
Mullican Aims to Meet Ratner Over Scrap Iron Drive
Thom L Mullican introduces himself to Governor Ratner in Topeka as Senior Commodity Specialist of the Automobile Graveyard Section for the Bureau of Industrial Conservation of the War Production Board. He leads scrap iron collection efforts and outlines his role in Kansas.
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Topeka
Kan
Ratner
Thomas L. Mullican
Kansas
Mullican
Bureau of Industrial
Hon Board
Your Car: How to Get the Most Out of It
Your car benefits from careful driving. Do not overdo gas or rapid acceleration and avoid heavy braking. Slow for curves and rough roads, don’t coast, and use gears properly. The article from General Motors' Automobile User’s series cautions that extra wear and fuel cost offsets any small time saved.
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General Motors
Wartime Baptists in Sul Ross Welcome New Students
The Legion Haut church announces Sunday activities led by Pastor Winifred Kelton. Sunday school at 9:45, morning service at 10:50, evening service at 8:30, with Evangelistic service at 10:50 and Training Union at 1:30. All students and new residents are invited.
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Legion Haut Sunday Bible School
Winifred Kelton
First Christian Church Announces Sunday Services
The Friendly Church invites parishioners to next Sunday services including Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Morning worship and communion at 10:50 a.m. and Evening services at 7 p.m. Pastor FE Buford Isaacks will preach at both morning and evening services.
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John Weyerts
Buford Isaacks
Church and Presbyterian services and schedules
Jas A Fry delivers church class and sermon times with Sunday 10 am classes and 10 50 am preaching, evening 8 20 pm, midweek 8 30 pm, women’s class listed. Presbyterian Sunday school opens at 10 am in all departments. service dedication to men and boys. note on pastor leaving for Ft Worth for Synod committee meeting.
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Church OF Christ
Jas. A. Fry
Presbyterian Church
Ft. Worth
Synod
Christian Science Lesson Subject For Sunday June 2
The church service notes a Scripture lesson titled Christian Science is the Universe Including man evolving by atomic force. The Golden Text cites Proverbs 3 19 and Isaiah 45 18 is quoted from the Bible with a passage from Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy. Bill Dorris reports his son Billy has returned from a hunting trip in the Pacific, finding 12 letters and six copies of The Avalanche awaiting him.
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Churches of Christ
Scientist
Mary Baker Bde
Bill Dorris
Billy
Rom
Pacific
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White House
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RLV
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the Friendly Church
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