Bulldogs vs Clarksville gridiron clash set at Bulldog stadium
Jefferson Bulldogs prepare for Clarksville Tigers in a third district showdown. Bulldogs edge in weight, Tigers boast speed and last year’s district track title. Lineups feature Crawford and Vickers on the Clarksville line while Jefferson shifts Keith to fullback and Brigg s to guard. Kickoff 7 45 p.m. with large crowd anticipated.
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Jefferson Bulldog
Clarkaville Tigers
Clarkaville
DeKalb
Minden
Bulldogs
Daingerfield
Tigers
Tiger
Crawford
Land Vickers
Mackfield
Thur
Arthur Wharton
Glen Webster
Jerry Lee
David Henderson
Keith
Wendell McNeely
Phoney Harrell
Linden
Bulldog
Daingerfield Tigers Victory Over Jefferson Bulldogs in 31-0 Rout
Daingerfield Tigers dominate Jefferson Bulldogs to claim a second district win 31 to 0. Key moments include fumbles by Jefferson, two Daingerfield touchdowns in the second period, a third in the third, and a late score by Jewel Stacy after a Jefferson interception. Also notes an engagement announcement: Sue Cagle to Norman Farris with a December 17 wedding planned at Post Oak Community Church.
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Daingerfield Tigers
Jefferson Bulldogs
Daingerfield
Bulldogs
Jefferson
Daineerfield
Tigers
Thes
Wendell Crossland
Lloyd Jones
Jones
Thomas White
Jewel Stacy
Wendell McNeely
Tommy Smith
McNeely
Stacy
Thei
Cagle O Blossom
Sue
Norman Farris
A. D. Farris
Marshall
Post Oak
R. T. Stevens
Cagle
Marion County
Denton
Legion Meeting Set For Thursday Night
The Proctor Meisenheimer Post No 404 of the American Legion will meet in regular session on Thursday night October 20 at 8 oclock. A feed will be included. All members are invited and urged to attend as this is an important meeting.
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Proctor-Meisenheimer Post No
American Legion
Rally Day Planned At Christ Church
Rally Day exercises will be held next Sunday morning at 9 45 oclock in the Church School of Christ Episcopal Church. A special program will be given and refreshments will be served. All friends of Christ Church are cordially invited to be present.
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Church School of Christ Episcopal Church
Friends of Christ Church
Fabulous 56 Pontiac Display At McCarty Pontiac
McCarty Pontiac promotes the fabulous 56 Pontiac on display. It highlights GM’s First with a new Strato-Streak V-8 delivering 227 horsepower and Strato-Flight HydraMatic for smooth power at any speed. The ad touts beauty and advanced features inviting customers to visit.
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McCarty
Pontiac
General Motors
Post Office Proposes Cent Stamn Increase
Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield argues for a first class rate rise from 3 to 4 cents for the first ounce to balance the postal deficit. He cites wage and transportation costs driving losses and population growth increasing demand for service. Postmaster McQuinn seeks Jefferson residents' views on the proposal.
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Arthur FE
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Iace
Congress
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Convocation meeting called by Rev Lawton Riley in Nacogdoches
The Rev Lawton Riley rector of Christ Episcopal Church and dean of the Northeast Convocation of the Diocese of Texas called a Convocation meeting for Thursday November 8 at Christ Church Nacogdoches. All members are invited with a 4 pm business session, 6 pm dinner at the new hotel, 7:30 pm evening prayer. preaching by Suffragan Bishop F Percy Goddard.
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Lawton Riley
Christ Episcopal Church
Northeast
Diocese of Tex
Christ Church
Nac Ogdoches
Nacogdoches
F. Percy Goddard
The
Tiocese
Air Force pilot Horner visits father in Hallsville
Alfred B. Horner known as Tex Horner U S Air Force pilot and commanding officer of a C 124 Globe Master visited his father during a family trip. He flew missions from England in World War II and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross Air Medal with Oak Leaf Clusters and other decorations. His son John S Horner a pharmacist at City Drug Co returned to Mobile Alabama for duty. Horner paints pastel portraits and has painted figures such as General Beaumont Buck. The Horner home is in Hallsville.
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Alfred B
Tex) Horner
John S. Horner
City Drug Co
Mobile
Ala
Horner
England
Texas
Beaumont B. Buck
Hallsville
Sth Grade Class Elects Barnett Webster As Favorites
The south grade of Jefferson Junction High elected June Barnett and Jimmy Webster as class favorites for the 1955 56 term.
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Sth
Barnett - Webster
Jefferson Junny High
June Barnett
Jimmy Webster
Evening Circle Met At Home Of Mrs. W.S. Terry
The Evening Circle of the First Methodist Church met Monday night at Mrs. W. S. Terry's home with Mrs. R. C. Tucker as hostess. Members discussed Indian topics, read questions about Indians, and studied "Within Two Worlds" before adjourning with the mispah. Refreshments were served by Mrs. Terry and Mrs. Tucker. next gathering set for November 7 at Mrs. Terry's.
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W.S. Terry
First Methodist Church
W. S. Terry
R. C. Tucker
Kirby Beauchamp
Milton Bass
Indiana
J. C. Gar Sle
Weldon Morris
Pass
Terry
Tucker
Basa
Beauchamp
C. R. Newman
O. T. Summerlin
A. M. Bower
Gamble
R. L. Williams
Morris
Ned Ford
Mrs. Lemmon Hosts 1881 Club Meeting at Home
The 1881 Club gathered Saturday afternoon at Mrs. Nettie Mae Lemmon's home with Chaplain Mrs. J. T. Simmons leading a Collect. Members answered roll calls, then an Evelyn Sims led program on Driver's Education followed by current events. Refreshments were served to M. C. Donnelly Olive Thompson W. S. McNutt Alvin Hood Erbie Carroll Marvin Moseley Sam Hays A. J. Wharton Fyra Eberstadt Morell Coleman. Next meeting set for November 5 at Mrs. W. S. McNutt's home.
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Nettie Mae Lemmon
J. T. Simmons
Evelyn Sims
Mesdames M. C. Donnelly
Olive Thompson
W. S. McNutt
Alvin Hood
Erbie Carroll
Marvin Moseley
Sam Hays
A. J. Wharton
Fyra Fberstadt
Morell Coleman
6th Grade 4-H Club Meets in Mrs Thomas Room
The 6th Grade 4 H Club met Monday Oct 17 at 9 with leaders Frances Rabbitt and Nancy Riley. They demonstrated sewing a slip stitch, attaching a button, and hemming a skirt. In Mrs Thomas’s second grade room 15 members attended. Reporter Norma Jean Purdy.
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Frances Rabbitt
Nancy Riley
Mrs. Thomas
Norma Jean Purdy
Martha McCraw Chapter D.A.R. meets for National Defense talk
The Moertha McCraw Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution met on Thursday October 13 with co-hostesses Mrs. Lynn Green and Mrs. Yoseph F. Limberg. Regent Mrs. R A Loomis presided. Mrs. Frances Love spoke on National Defense urging reading the Constitution and teaching Americanism in schools. Refreshments followed.
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Moertha McCraw
Daughters of the American Revolution
Louis King
Lynn Green
Yoseph F. Limberg
R. A. Loomis
W. S. Terry
J. M. DeWare
Myrtle Allen Smartt
Jesse M. Dewareli
R. D. Tel
Frances Love
A. Loomis
A. S. Harvey
Eunice Sharp
Kate D. McNeel
Sid Hart
W. N. Seales
Duke Hart
A. Meisenheimer
A. C. Ogburn
Evelyn Sims
A. J. Wharton
Irwinna Hamill
J. F. Limberg
James I. Peters
Clarence H. Mes
Wise Garden Club Harvest Flower Show Planned
The Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club will host a Harvest Flower Show at the Manse on November 3. All flower growers may enter with a junior class and exhibitors may display foliage plants, roses, chrysanthemums, annuals, berries, and other flowers. An arrangement class focuses on Thanksgiving and Christmas using fruits and autumn materials. Participants may bring pot plants, and a rules list will appear in next week's Jimplecate. For more information, contact chairman Mrs. Bill Shaw.
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Jessie Allen Wise Garden Club
Bill Shaw
Lunch Room Menu Next Week
A week of school lunch offerings includes Barbecued wieners with green cream peas macaroni and cheese combination salad corn bread and cookies plus milk on Tuesday. Wednesday features Hamburger steak with brown gravy pinto beans turnip greens cabbage onion salad cornbread muffins butter and chocolate desserts. Thursday serves Baked ribs with vegetables corn bread fruit muffins Jello and milk. Friday offers Smothered pork liver black eyed peas candied yams corn bread and butter with cherry cobbler and milk.
Jefferson P T A Plans Halloween Carnival Event
The Jefferson P T A finishes plans for a Halloween Carnival at the school on Monday October 31. Activities across the high school building include food booths in the gym and auditorium. The event opens at 7 30 with meals served and seasonal attractions such as fortune telling and a fish pond.
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Jefferson P.T.A
Charlie Grubbs
Gladewater Lions Top Central 23 to 7 in opener
Gladewater overcame Central 23 to 7 as Toliver returned late in the fourth quarter. Albert Taylor scored early in the third, with Anderson and Lawson tallying 12 in the fourth to lift the Lions. Central stalled early and later faced injuries while preparing for Mt Pleasant and Henderson.
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Central
Gladewater
Lions
Bumblebees
Jerry Taylor
Central High
H. L. Dixon
Toliver
Jefferson
Albert Taylor
Anderson
Lawson
Mt Pleasant
Henderson
Weyland Nelson to Speak at Methodist Service
Weyland Nelson of Atlanta will be the laymen day speaker at the Methodist Church on October 23 at 11 a.m. Weldon Morris will preside, with special choir music directed by Jack Briggs and Mrs Walter Dolan. The public is invited to attend the service.
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Wayland Nelson
Atlanta
Methodist Church
Weldon Morris
Jack Briggs
Walter Dolan
Local D. A. R. Gets Invitation To Regional Meeting
The Nacogdoches D.A.R. extends an invitation to the Martha McCraw Chapter of the D.A.R. of Jefferson to attend a regional meeting and luncheon. The event is at 10 o clock Friday morning November 4 at Hotel Fredonia Nacogdoches. Luncheon reservations must be made in advance.
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Nacogdoches D.A.R
Martha McCraw
D.A.R. of
Tefferson
Fredonia
Nacogdoches
Burning Box Car Switched Off Here
A burning box car was switched from a freight train here Tuesday around 3:45 PM. The car carried 450 dozen bushels of fruit or vegetable baskets. The fire damaged many of the baskets. Jefferson Fire Department answered. Harper Davis alerted the Texas and Pacific office as the train passed his location.
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Jefferson Fire Department
Harper Davis
T and P
Carl
Choir Stages Comedy Act at Jefferson High School
Jefferson High School Auditorium hosts a 46 voice High School Choir musical review mixing comedy and song titled There’s no business like show business. The program features multiple musical numbers led by Charleen Morrigg Betty Sterrett and others with a tap dance and a second Friday matinee to accommodate more audiences. Proceeds defray choir expenses.
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Jefferson High School
Charleen Morrigg
Betty Sterrett
Nancy
Lars Riley
Judy Johnson
Carl Day Bailey
Jerry Lee
Robbie Mannning
Glen Webster
Clayton Keith
Wendell McNeely
Larry Barnett
Arthur Wharton
Lou Anne Haggard
James McDonald
Mike Shaw
Linda Moore
Lynette Harris
Sylvia Ellison
Carl Dpd. Bailey
Sheila Byrom
Norman Whitlock
Evelyn McDonald
Kentucky
Baptist Y W A At Wiener Roast
The Y W A of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. Vivian Duck’s home for a wiener roast Monday night. Members included Marilyn Grubbs Nadine Treadwell Sue Cagle Maxine Smith Evelyn McDonald Peggy Duncan Frances Stallcup Sarah Ann Riley Betty Sterrett Mrs Allen Benefield Sylvia Sterrett Charlene Morris Wanda Borman and the hostess. New officers installed: president Sue Cagle vice president Nadine Treadwell secretary Frances Stallcup program chairman Wilma Waller social chairman Maxine Smith Evelyn McDonald community missions Peggy Duncan.
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Y.W.A
The
First Baptist Church
Vivian Duck
Marilyn Grubbs
Nadine Treadwell
Sue Cagle
Maxine Smith
Evelyn McDonald
Peggy Duncan
Frances Stallcup
Sarah Ann Riley
Betty Sterrett
Wilma Waller
William B Russell Jr Dies At Dallas Home
William B Russell Jr of Dallas died at his home Saturday. Funeral services were held Monday in Dallas from Marrs Mundy Quill Chapel. Interment followed at Restland Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Evelyn Russell son Robert Eugene Russell and three Dallas grandchildren.
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Dallas
Marrs-Mundy-Quill Chapel
William RB. Russell Jr
Jefferson
Restland Memorial Park
Evelyn Russell
Robert Eugene Russell
Chrysler 1956 Introduces Push Button Shift and Flight Swept Fenders
The 1956 Chrysler debuts push-button shifting, life like features, and flight swept rear fenders. It showcases a 280 horsepower FirePower V-8 in the New Yorker and a 22 horsepower Spitfire V-8 in the Windsor with a 25 horsepower boost option. New brakes, headlights, deck lid latch, and heater are highlighted as part of the Forward Look styling.
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Chrysler
Liverman
Chrysler Corporation
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