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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1927
Page
4
Personal miss Olive McDougal returns from Abilene while Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Penick visit from Abilene. Numerous guests travel from Dallas Pomona Calif Wichita Falls El Paso and Lubbock to stay with relatives in town. Summer visitors include Simmons University students and families from Amarillo Waco Mineral Wells Slaton and Canyon.
Joe R. Jones will travel to Alvarado this week to spend a few days with Mrs. Jones who has been there on a health related visit of several weeks. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Black and a child from Del Rio stayed several days here last week as guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Black. Mrs. Carl Westmoreland left Monday for unspecified plans.
Mr and Mrs L V Harcourt of Weatherford are guests of daughter Mrs D B Whitson. Baby boy welcomed by C B Baggett family born June 3 at hospital. Mrs J C King and baby visiting Mun day parents I E Macon. Multiple housing and schooling trips noted plus births and visitors across Weatherford area.
Mrs R M Dickerson and her daughter Miss Lucretia travel Tuesday to Abilene for the summer. Lucretia will attend the McMurray College summer session there.
Mrs Lizzie Stone fell Sunday afternoon while going down storm cellar stairs and badly injured her hip. She is Mrs J L Johnson's mother. Jack McCowan of Waco visited his uncle H E Bass for several days last week and has been in Plainview school.
Mrs. O. E. Casey and her children plus Miss Lillie Ragsdale of Galveston are guests of Mrs. T. A. Upshaw. Mr. and Mrs. Casey plan to travel to Denver, Colorado, before returning home.
Local families depart for vacations across cities and states including New Mexico St. Louis Kansas City Virginia and Fort Worth. Others visit relatives in Europe while some await medical treatment at sanitariums and hospitals.
Miss James Trula Ray born November 13, 1887 in Carroll County Tennessee died Sunday night at her mother Mrs J N Ray’s home after a seven year illness. She lived most of her life in Stamford. Funeral held at the family residence on E Hamilton Street with Rev R A Stewart officiating. Survived by mother Mrs J N Ray sister Miss Pearl Ray brother Morgan Ray all of Stamford. Interment in Highland Cemetery.
Mrs. Chester Yeatts entertained the Forty-Two Club Friday afternoon with cut flowers in baskets and vases in a yellow and white color scheme. Refreshments featured yellow and white cream and cake with favors for members. Guests included R. L. Penick, C. B. Billingsley, M. D. Smith, G. L. Inglish, T. C. Hart, S. D. Gay, Ed Luttrell, W. T. Erwin, O. S. Cutbirth, Almus Blackwell, Edward Blackwell of Gorman, H. S. Abbott, J. H. Rutherford, J. P. Astin, Tom Elliott, M. E. Elliott, R. E. McDonald and Miss Edna Erwin.
Mrs. G. C. Carothers hosted the Westminster Guild of Central Presbyterian Church on Wednesday afternoon. After the business meeting, members played games of 42 and enjoyed a salad course with orange punch. Attendees included Mrs. H. H. Pennington, John McGaughey, John Hudson, J. H. Payne, Fenton Brown, W. E. Whittington, Oliver Crump and L. B. Furrh.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Biggs hosted a Friday dinner party for their third wedding anniversary. Shasta daisies graced the table with yellow and white place cards. A three course meal followed by games of It. Guests included N. M. Phy Pickens Smith C O Rear Lewis Dial and Mrs W C Bryant.
Thursday evening Mrs C F Upshaw entertained in honor of her brother and his wife Mr and Mrs E A Buckley of Holland High score was awarded to Mr and Mrs R R Robertson and the guest prize was a rose jar A salad course with iced tea was served to a list of guests including H F Goble F E Morrow John Gaughey H G Andrews R R Robertson Geo Zachary E A Buckley Mrs Jason Harris of Sweetwater Mrs Bess Andrews of San Angelo Mr Willie Swenson and the host family
Mrs. Audy Turner entertained with an 84 party on Tuesday night honoring her sisters Miss Floy Pinkerton and Miss Carrie Bell Pinkerton of Tyler. The home was filled with cut flowers and guests enjoyed pineapple ice cream and cake. Attendees included R. R. Baird Dale Middleton N. M. Phy David Bennett Rutl Gillam and several others.
Mrs. F. E. Hudson entertained Tuesday with an all day event. Guests brought a dish, luncheon was cafe teria style, four tables centered with flowers, and in the afternoon bridge yielded dainty handkerchief prizes for high and low scores to Mrs. Gordon Haynes and Mrs. Burt King. Attending were Mesdames Zachary, Andrews, Carter, Vernon, Astin, McGaughey, Tayman, Haynes, Robertson, King, Metz, Townsend, Harrison and Miss Cecile Donalson.
Expressing thanks for the many friends who offered care during illness and death, the families of Johnnie Ruth Sparks praise God and extend blessings to kind supporters. Also includes unrelated classifieds noting office supplies from The Stamford American.
The editor of The American helped spark a forthcoming marriage between J. B. Smith of Western Candy Company and Mae Dowling of Miami Oklahoma. Smith learned Dowling contact through a Denison newspaper man, Dick Gray, triggering a long dormant romance to culminate in a Greenville wedding around June 20.
Miss Mae Dowling’s Miami shower honored her upcoming departure to Stamford Texas to marry J. B. Smith. Hostesses Mrs. Newport and friends decorated the Newport home with orchid and Dorothy Perkins roses. The playful ritual read aloud a rhyme revealing the couple and the wedding timing, ending with Mae’s fairy entrance and opening of presents.
Miss Dowling, long established in Miami and Vinita for over twenty years, plans a wedding as her friends shower her with gifts and songs at a fairy like display. The ceremony will occur after the first of the month at Mrs McLelland’s home in Greenville, Texas, with family connections guiding the date.
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