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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1935
Page
3
An all college homecoming dance was held at the Country Club last Friday night. The club house featured banners and pennants from various colleges while returning students mingled among guests. Ted Price and his orchestra of Wichita Falls provided music for dancing.
Virginia Bounds served as hostess to a pre-Thanksgiving afternoon gathering with Miss Vir ia Bounds presiding. Summer flowers brightened the rooms and after bridge games lemon ice cake was served to a group of guests including Misses Dorothy Lowe Mary Alice Abbott Patsy Kinard Martha Jane Bryant Helen Miller Kathryn McNabb Dorothy Baker Earlene Winer Margaret Ann Buster Beth Sadler and Mrs. Howard Goss.
Mrs. G. C. Carothers hosted the Saturday Club on Saturday afternoon with bright summer flowers for a bridge session. Mrs. Mamie Yates Orr won high score and Mrs. F. E. Hudson received the high cut prize. Other guests included Mesdames A. C. Cooper Ben Ray Arnold Douthit C. M. Francis Harry Yates Frank Jt Bandeen Margery Bailey E. P. Bunkley and H. H. Pennington.
Mrs W B Harrison entertained the London whiter Club on Friday night with summer flowers and pastel bridge accessories. Mr and Mrs R B Hills won high score prizes and Mrs Roy earned a prize as well.
Townsend of Seymour and Mrs. R L Inglish of Hobbs New Mexico received delicate handkerchiefs as guest favors. Attendants included Dr. and Mrs E P Bunkley Mr and Mrs George Zachary Mrs H A Carter Mrs H G Andrews Betty Raines Miss Sarah Upshaw and Hoyle Tucker of Greenville. Mint ice creams and brownies followed the bridge games.
Mrs. Bob Moore entertained the Friendly Hour Bridge Club with a bright summer themed party last Friday. Guests included Mesdames Gillean OSteen Larche Branham Payne Kin eny Starbuck White Underwood Gound Nalley Rucker and Hodge as ice cream and angel food squares complemented the bridge games.
Mrs. Anna Dial hosted the Forty-Two Club last Friday afternoon with orange and white decor, summer flowers in baskets, and a refreshment plate of orange ice cream angel food cake and mints. Guests included Mesdames A D McReynolds L P Hepler Alton McClellan Frank Locke B H Baird J A Smith Joe Randel D O McKimmon P P Berthelot W E Swanson C E Brownfield S P Tucker G H Addis G L Inglish R A Gardner J H Rutherford Clay Randel Edgar Miles H H Pennington J T Medlin and J Roy Moses.
The Amoma Sunday School Class honored Miss Louise Adams and Ross Gentry as birthday honorees. Miss Annie Dewees hosted a Friday night event with a yellow and white color scheme. Games of forty two, yellow birthday cakes, and a handkerchief shower were featured for the guests.
Misses Foy Adams Julia Harvey Juanita Foster Frances Benson Juaneally Gentry Louise Adams Emily Coleman Dolly Edna Simpson LeVerne McClellan Erna Hanson Katharine Addis Perry Lee Harrison Ilene Dewees Mr Gentry Gene Nichols Pete Knowles Adrian Marshall August Joe Benson Richard Valez
Dr and Mrs L F Metz entertained at the Country Club Tuesday night complimenting their houseguests Miss Cathryn Darr sister of Ms Metz James Darr and Miss Mary Katherine Cunningham of Nashville Tennessee. Tall sunflowers adorned the club house and golden candles burned. Dancing and punch were served. About 35 couples attended.
Herbert Allen Carter entertained nine of his boyfriends Saturday afternoon for his eighth birthday. The party was at his parents home, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Carter, with lawn games and treats of ice cream cookies and candy. Little Miss Fan English of Hobbs New Mexico assisted in serving.
Local residents travel to Fort Worth Dallas Abilene Hico Denton Brady Hobbs Scranton and other locations. Notables include Miss Bee Agnew visiting Miss Zelma Jeter and families such as Mr. and Mrs. L W Cundiff and relatives in Arkansas and Prairie Grove. Travel, visits, and educational pursuits populate the week.
The Stamford Baptist Church held services led by Rev. J. H. Skiles at both hours on Sunday. Local residents and visitors from Hamlin, Dallas, Lubbock, Abilene, and Seymour gathered for church activities and social visits. Scouts from Tuxedo joined a Camporee in Buffalo Gap, returning Friday.
Dallas after a few days visit here, but Joan and Bobby will remain for a longer visit with Stamford relatives and friends. Mrs. L. Tholcken of Galveston is visiting her son, T. A. Tholcken, and family. Mrs. W. C. Gillean and son, Otho, Jr., are visiting relatives in Ballinger this week.
Mrs. S H Caldwell and daughters Miss Rowena and Lois Chase spent several days last week visiting in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Mr and Mrs W D Cushenberry and son Jimmy and Mr and Mrs Bruce Curry and Sete Lola Ben and Darline of Breckenridge spent Sunday visiting the homes of Mr and Mrs A W Ferguson and Mr and Mrs J Profit in a neighborly outing.
Miss Maxine Rowland daughter of Mr and Mrs Dick Rowland has returned home from Waxahachie where she has been attending Trinity University. Miss Josephine Pinson also a Trinity University student spent last weekend here and left Sunday to join her parents in Sweetwater.
Mrs W W Darr and daughter Cathryn and son James with Miss Mary Katherine Cunningham of Nashville are guests of Mrs Darr’s daughter Mrs L Fetz. Pete Cole, Trinity University student, returns to spend summer with parents Mr and Mrs L Cole. Rowena Caldwell returns home from Denton after CIA attendance. Mr and Mrs Travis Smith and children Wanda Faye and Edgbert of Merkel visited Stamford friends. Mrs B N Wiseley and daughter Elizabeth and son James of Austin visit Mrs Wiseley’s daughter Mrs Jack Cook and Stamford friends.
Mr and Mrs Nat Wash have returned from a several day visit in Fort Worth and Dallas.
Mr and Mrs Allen Tunnell and children and Miss Golda Tunnell of Corpus Christi are visiting due to the serious illness of T B Tunnell a pioneer resident of the area.
Miss Geraldine Ivy, currently at McMurry College Abilene, is home for the summer as she prepared to enter summer school at Texas Tech. She stayed in Abilene last week to attend the Methodist young people's assembly.
Miss Maxine Dorn, who had been visiting Miss Mary Alice Abbott, returned to her home in Colorado.
A Junior League of New York exhibit displays books banned for moral religious or political reasons from Confucius to present. The China provincial governor opposed Alice in Wonderland for giving animals human speech and equating people with beasts.
E A Burdette of Wayne New Jersey a totally blind jeweler completed a seven room two story house. He did all the work himself except the masonry and plumbing reportedly proving remarkable skill and independence.
Mlle. Jeane de Wesley of France, 5 feet 9 inches tall and 165 pounds, is described as the strongest woman in the world in early reports.
A fragmented report mentions Williams of Cinetannta being killed in an unclear event. The text is incomplete and lacks verifiable details.
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