27 Dec 1941
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Newspaper
Del Rio News Herald
Location
Del Rio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1941
Page
1
Mary Lou Johnson and Jane Mann hosted a Sub Deb Club breakfast Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Del Rin Country Club. The event featured a formal centerpiece, decorations, and a reception with members and guests assisting, including numerous attendees listed.
The fragmentary text outlines club news practices and reporting etiquette for a school paper. It mentions fashioning questions about correct tone, preparing answers, and telephone inquiries to the paper. It hints at timelines, editor roles, and delivering a coherent club news story.
A long, disjointed sermon-like piece discusses Christian themes. It mentions Christ, salvation, heaven, and eternal life, with scattered references to biblical figures and doctrinal ideas. The text reinforces faith in Jesus and the promise of a home in heaven for believers.
The notice page lists services at Del Rio Gospel Tabernacle and other churches. It includes weekly times for preaching,Bible study, youth gatherings, and midweek events, inviting public participation and detailing ministers and church addresses.
A bridge column describes a declarer attempting a risky slam after a double by West. The plan to ruff diamonds and exhaust trumps failed when a finesse misfired, costing two extra diamond tricks and leaving the contract short. Also notes a men’s fellowship class meet at 8:30 a.m. and Lake Ladoga as Europe's largest lake with a mean depth of 300 feet.
Comstock and Del Rio visitors are listed with dates and relations in a string of personal notices. Names include Ed McCarson Herman Sparks J W Montgomery Ernest Lee Weliner Landon Rose John H Walk Mijas Froy Cochran Evelyn Keller Terrell Keller R J Parrott Sherry Lee Frank Randolph Thomas Beale Tom Nolan Lee Wood Ed Wooten Lorene Rowlett J T Laughlin and others. The piece records holiday visits, family ties, and trips to San Antonio Lubbock Corpus Christi Burnet and nearby ranches during the season.
Stanley and her daughter Miss Claire Stanley spent the holidays in Eagle Pass accompanied by Mrs Sumimitt s daughter Julia Pat and In Jo Fleet wood. They were with Mrs Stanley s brother Ernest Howard professor of Spanish at the University of Blinds and with Captain M J Howard stationed in North Carolina during Christmas time.
The Bel Rio Junior Music Club will meet at 7 30 pm in the evans Chub. Former members Hesis wil h Am Danke Olpeia Fisher and Dory Lee Humphreys invited. Tuesday Women Missionary Sa city of the Firs Baptist Churchill meet at 3 pm in the church for a business and social pension.
Mrs 1 B Stone mother of Mrs Frank Randolph wed Christmas Day to Beer McKininey Brown in Seneca. She had lived in Del Rio for 20 years and visited relatives in the Carolinas and Georgia. The couple were sweethearts 48 years ago before both married. They met again in her old home.
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