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Newspaper
Jefferson Jimplecute
Location
Jefferson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1955
Page
4
Community events mark a busy week at Mims Chapel with singing school and watermelon supper at the Community Center. Notables include Watson Brown visiting Tulsa, Jerry Maguire returning from Hood training, and trips to Lake Trinidad and Longview. Church services listed for Sunday and Wednesday.
Mrs T Williams and son Tommy returned from Gary Indiana to be with sister Mrs M Phillips. Frankie Birmingham of Nacogdoches spent the weekend with his mother Mrs Walter Jackson. Tommy Bob Williams and Allen Mercier of Nacogdoches visited. Mrs Dean Bass and Mrs A E Peterson attended in Atlanta. Charles Hays of Marehall visited grandparents Mr and Mrs Guss Davis Monday night. Tom Bennett and Charles Whitfield were in Marshall Tuesday. John Hasty visited cousin Gina Smoak in Shreveport. Migsee Dian and Janis Foster returned from Dallas after a month with grandmother Mrs Maud Foster. Ken Russell and two daughters and his mother from Hudsonville Michigan were guests of Mrs John Estelle last Wednesday. J C Atkinson and Ferne of Houston visited Mrs Atkinson's parents Mr and Mrs W T Hall over the weekend. Ferne remained. Charles and David Alvis, sons of Mrs W T Gillespie, returned home after Texarkana visit and appeared on Cowboy John Show on KCMC.
A long weekend of visits tied families across Mississippi Louisiana Texas and Oklahoma. Residents from Laurie Lufkin Belcher Wadewater Ft Worth Kinden Center St Louis and Rusk shared time with relatives in hospitals homes and churches. One family planned a Florida Pensacola trip while others returned from Memphis New York and Germany.
A 1955 public service message urges 101 days of intensified enforcement from May 27 to September 5 to curb the in a hurry driving culture. It stresses public support for common sense, courtesy, and caution on public highways to prevent elevated speeds, improper passing, close following, and failure to yield. The aim is safer highways and happier holidays with the slogan Slow Down and Live.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Howard and daughter Saven Ann of Arlington visited his sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Champion over the weekend.
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