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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1933
Page
3
Mrs GC S Barrow received a handkerchief shower at the Just A Mere Bridge Club gathering hosted by Mrs A F Ashenhuset. Green and white decor matched the game tables. Barrow won high score and earned many handkerchief prizes. Guests included Polly Donalson Maimes Bob Moore A J Bell and others.
Miss Maurine Alsabrook and Inez Inglish entertained last Wednesday evening with a weiner roast at College Lake honoring Mary Frances Roch of Breckenridge. Guests included Margery Hills Doris Jackson Joan Robertson Lillian and Vivian Lamb Sue Inglish Sara Jane McDonald and Mary Ray.
Mrs Anna Dial entertained the Forty-Two Club Friday morning with a garden tea. The luncheon featured fruit salad with whipped cream, cookies, olives, mints and iced tea. Guests included Mrs A N Pike of Iredell and Miss Jane Belew of Dallas among others.
Mrs Gordon Haynes and family visit San Antonio and Houston while Mrs Haskell Abbott returns from Waco and Temple. Several families plan trips to Chicago, Fort Worth, Dallas, and other cities. Cyclone news reaches Oak Cliff. Joes and Johns visit kin and attend church. births and visits noted across multiple towns.
Mrs. B. F. Knutson entertained the Friendly Hour Club Friday afternoon at Mrs. A. F. Ashenhust on East Reynolds Street. Two bridge tables were arranged. Ice cream and macaroons were served. Attendees included Mrs. Bob Moore, Mrs. R. C. Ricks, Mrs. J. B. Lee, Mrs. Guy Pittman, Mrs. C. O. Miller, Mrs. Stapps, and Jack Husbands.
Jesse Harvey Kincaid argues that 3.2 beer will not bring better times. He cites personal ruin from drunkenness, blaming brewers and urging readers to protect wives and children from poverty and disgrace. The piece frames beer as a path to crime, broken homes, and moral decline.
Mystery fans get a mental puzzle with RKO Pictures murder mystery Tomorrow at Seven at the Palace Theatre starring Vivienne Osborne and Chester Morris. Today We Live, with Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper, opens Sunday at the Palace, based on a William Faulkner story.
Suburban New Yorkers can stay at hotels with pajamas and toiletries supplied, and no baggage needed to register. Chains clean chimneys, jigsaw puzzles wane, a parrot owner stocks 224 words. A garage door opener by button may soon be marketed. Many fleeting New York quirks mix novelty and humor in brief notes.
Peter Freeman wins the Rhode Island egg eating title by consuming 50 three minute eggs, two more than the runner up, capturing the championship in a competitive display.
John J. Davis suffered six years of chronic constipation and used Adlerika at City Drug Store. He reports quick relief and a renewed feeling like a new person, praising Adlerika as safe and effective.
Funeral services for C I Hughes aged 57 who died of paralysis Tuesday July 25 at 2 15 am at his home five miles north of Lueders were held Wednesday July 26 at 2 30 pm in the Avoca tabernacle with Rev Joel V Grimes and Rev O A Hood officiating Burial was in Spring Creek Cemetery W N Kinney Funeral Home Stamford in charge
The deceased, born in Park er County in 1876, lived near Lueders for thirteen years and joined the First Baptist Church of Avoca while confined to bed. He is survived by his wife and three children, three sisters, and three brothers, with residences in Ft Worth, Throckmorton, Glenrose, Leeders, and Throckmorton.
The pallbearers listed include Mana nold Claude McCowan Carl Burk man Leonard Dunn Robert Gifford and Bill Little. Flower girls named were Misses Cleo Graham Earline Gif ford Juanita McCowan Mildred Reynolds Bee Gifford and Olie
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