Engagement of Miss Johnson Announced at Tea
Mrs M Johnson hosted a Friday afternoon tea to announce the engagement of her daughter Miss Lource Johnson to Dick Hamilton on December 30. The room featured silver and blue Christmas decorations and guests enjoyed sandwiches olives and mints while Mrs David Warren and others performed piano and vocal numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Johnson
Lource Johnson
Miss Johnson
Dick Hamilton
Lam Lovette
Fred Gardner
David Warren
Bower B. Latham
Willi S. Pong
Ogden Clarke
Surprise Shower for Rev and Mrs Garlington at Church
The Senior Union of the Baptist Training Union hosted a 7:30 p.m. party in the church basement with Christmas decor and games. Afterward the group surprised Rev David Garlington and Mrs Garlington at their home with a fruit and vegetable shower, returning to the church for cookies and Coca Cola. Attendees included Rev Maurice James and many members from Houston and local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Training Union
First Baptist Church
David Garlington
Garlington
Baptist Trainin Union
Book Review At Thursday Club On Educational System
The Thursday Club met December 14 in the Club Room at City Auditorium with co hosts and members including Mrs Walter Coffield and Mrs N G Davis. Mrs Glenn Trout led a roundtable on Youth problems after a biography of Homer P Rainey and a review of How Far American Youth by Dr Rainey. The annual Christmas part was planned for next week at Mrs Paul Boedeker s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Auditorium
Walter Coffield
N. G. Davis
Cecil Allen
Glenn Trout
Homer P. Rainey
W. F. Potter
Ogden Clarke
Paul Boedeker
J. A. Ayres
Renne Allred
R .C. Cady
D. Calaway
Mrs Martha Hillin Dies at 74 in Bowie Area
Mrs Martha S Hillin aged 74 died December 14 at her home east of Bowie. Funeral services were held December 15 at Brushy Church with Rev Albert McClellan officiating. Burial followed at Brushy Cemetery under Burgess Funeral Home arrangements. She leaves two daughters Mrs L Reeves of Duncan Oklahoma and Mrs M E Hill of Sunset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha S. Hillin
Brushy Church
Albert McClellan
Brushyee
Burgess Funeral Home
Hillin
Bowie
L. Reeves
Duncan, Okla
M. E. Hill
Sunset
Mrs Griffin Hosts Elkin Lockett Y W A
The Elkin Lockett Y W A of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs G L Griffin's home Thursday evening December 14 at 730. Mrs Griffin presented a travelogue of the New York World’s Fair and Bowie Fair with a moving picture camera. Each member brought a gift for a family in need. Refreshments served to listed members and guests. Mrs C B Heath left for an extended visit with her daughter in Imperial California. Topper Takes A Trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin Lockett Y. W. A
First Baptist Church
G. L. Griffin
Pauline Lankford
Clara Stephens
Maurice James
Louis Lane
Virginia Carter
Maids and Matrons Christmas Party Held at Wright Home
The Maids and Matrons Club gathered Wednesday at 1 PM hosted by Mrs. E W Wright with Mrs. Ayres Mrs. Paul Donald and Mrs. Angove. Members exchanged gifts and Santa left extra gifts for four members. A turkey luncheon followed in a festively decorated dining room with many attendees listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Wright
E .W. Wright
Ayres
Paul Donald
Angove
Santa Claus
Estell Miller
Lara Moore
Minnie Hutchison
G. L. Griffin
Benson
F. R. Brown
Hee. van Bere
A. L. Payee
N. B. Gary
L. Griffin
Harper Knight
Morris Thompson
Lura Age
Minnie Pene Ae J. M. Suddath
Cs. Sandvien
W. Wright
L. H. Angove
Joyful Christmas Tale of the Judge and the Burglary
An aging judge recalls a lost Christmas twenty five years ago as a petty burglary case leads to a startling truth about Jack Cameron and his father Jed. The courtroom twist ends with the watch discarded in a spittoon and a case dismissed at Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Winters
Mary Denison
Mary
Jed Cameron
John Halliday
Jed
Jack Cameron
Jack
Mary John Halliday
Halliday
Aurelian Social Round Turns With Montague Area Visits
Mrs Louis Nobile hosts Aust Nobile home Sunday night. Visitors include Pete Giabetti A J Fenoiglio and families from Bowie and Byers. Montague guests Jim Giaketti Henry Carodo S A Vanpelt Joe Fenoglio and others share Sunday meals.
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Louis Nobile
Ralph Abbot
Baby of Mallard
Bowie
Pete Giabetti
A. J. Fenoiglio
Joe Nobile
August Nobile
Henry Larsen
Lova Nobile
Joe Ratto
Johnny Ratto
S. A. Vanpelt of
Byers
Bud Russell
Baby
Nocona
Ernest — Ratto
Melvin Fenoglio
Nocota Ena
Olk
Melvin Albig
Montague
Jim Giaketti
Henry Carodo
Pete Giaketti
B. B. Fenogilo
Willie
Joe Vicori
Joe Fenoglio
Stanfield Ranch
Alathean Class Christmas Party At First Baptist Church
The Alathean Class met Friday evening in the church basement for its December gathering. A short business meeting was held, fruits and toys were collected for the needy, and Mrs. C. A. Graves led the social hour. Members wore costumes as children and Santa and wife distributed gifts to forty three attendees, including Mrs. Erma Gardner who received a robe and other gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
C. A. Graves
Santa
Erma Gardner
Hancock News Roundup of Local Visits and Ballads
Local families share Sunday visits with relatives in Bellevue and Bluegrove. J W Staats and son Edward travel from Cahone Colorado visiting Jim Staats family. Aubney Southerland and children of Fort Worth visit siblings. Marshell ranch gains a new house. Cheter Rhodes visits grandmother A W Lane in Bluegrove. Norman Husfeld returns from Houston after graduation and time at Bowie High School.
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Gwendolyn Ford
J. W. Staats
Staats
Bellevue
Edward
Cahone
Colo
Jim Staats
Aubney Southerland
Fort Worth
Marshell Ranch
Jim Potts
Olney
C. M. Ford
Chester Rhodes
Buegrove
A. W. Lane
J. L. Sanderson
Bluegrove
Alta Faye Palmer
Sadie Hicks
Rockey Point
Wendolyn Ford
Ares Church
Hancock Sunny
Norman Husfeld
Bowie High School
Arents
Henry Usfeld, Jr
Norman
Houston
Hollywood Cavalcade at Ritz Theatre with Don Ameche
The Old Dark House will show for three days starting Thursday December 28 featuring Don Ameche and Alice Faye in Hollywood Cavalcade at the Ritz Theatre. Mr and Mrs O L Fitts may see the show free by presenting this issue of The News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Ameche
Alice Faye
Ritz Theatre
O. L. Fitts
Texas congressman urges wage and hour changes for farms
Representative Ed Gossett of Texas calls for amendments to the Wage and Hour Act to ease burdens on small rural enterprises and agriculture. He argues the law, while aimed at industry, should be clarified and extended to Puerto Rico and other possessions, which he says suffer from its application.
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Federal Service Syndicate
Washington, D. C
Congress
Ed Gossett
Texas
Gossett
Insular Affairs
Rep
W B Huckabee kinfolk host families and socialize in December
The Lone Star item reports visits by multiple families including the Huckabees of Billings Oklahoma and relatives from Pleasant Ridge and Rock Hill. It notes the marriage of Ann Gilbert to Joel King on December 16, a Young People’s Christian Endeavor social with Santa Claus, and M A Huckabee’s illness with improvement.
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Geneva Huckabee
W. B. Huckabee
Billings
Okla
Huckabee
M. A. Huckabee
D. E. Lewis
Odell
Texas
Smith
Clara Edna
Reice Lectrias
Pleasant Ridge
G. W. Martin
Rock Hill
M. B. Oldham
Ovell
Little Daughter
Vernon
Wichita Falls
Ann Gilbert
Joel King
Patsy
Mary Jo Tinney
Jo Jeannette Lewis
Jolly Santa Claus
Mary France Hopson
Viola Nolen
Fruitland
Topper Takes A Trip at the Ritz Theatre
Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke and Alan Mubray star in Topper Takes A Trip at the Ritz Theatre Pre Christmas Eve. Mr and Mrs O W Adkins admitted free with a copy of The News at the box office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constance Bennett
Roland Young
Billie Burke
Alan Mubray
Topper
Ritz Theatre
O. W. Adkins
Absent Students Coffman and Tage Out Sick
Paul Coffman and Dorothy Tage have missed school due to illness. School officials express hope they will return soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Coffman
Dorothy Tage
Pioneers Surpass Their Own Models in Hollywood Cavalcade
Irving Cummings built a record 110 foot camera platform for Darryl F. Zanuck's Hollywood Cavalcade. The Technicolor epic stars Alice Faye and Don Ameche and features a Babylonian revel sequence with 1,500 costumed extras and a 200 foot banquet table. The feat surpasses Cecil B. DeMille's 90 foot height for The Ten Commandments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Darryl F. Zanuck
Alice Faye
Don Ameche
Irving Cummings
Cecil B. DeMille
20Th Cen - Fox
Photographs Anew the Romance of Moviedorn
A compact feature recalls the evolving fashion and starry aura surrounding cinema as bathing beau ties and world premieres capture public imagination.
Royal Ambassadors Meet at First Baptist Church
The Royal Ambassadors of the First Baptist Church met Monday afternoon at 4 o clock in the church basement. The program drew from World Com rades missionary magazine. Fruit and candy were served to Billie Elliott Thurman McGaugh Richard Bowie Kennethise Talmadge Garrett C L Washburn John Lemons Gene Roy Fun chess Harold Lee Jimmie Lee Donald Clarence Belcher and sponsors Mrs E T McGaugh Mrs Bert Roberts. W T Hamilton of Dallas will spend the holidays visiting relatives and friends. The Old Dark Horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Ambassadors
The
First Baptist Church
World Comrades
Missionary Magazine
Billie Elliott
Thurman McGaugh
Richard Bowie
Kennethise Talmadge Garrett
C. L. Washburn
John Lemons
Gene Roy Funchess
Harold Lee
Jimmie Lee Donald
Clarence Belcher
E. T. McGaugh
Bert Roberts
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