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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1925
Page
5
Mr and Mrs J D Curd hosted the Forty-Two Club and spouses Friday at their East Oliver home. The pleasant gathering featured flowers, games, music, and an ice course, with about forty five attendees. Iced watermelon was served.
Mr and Mrs Claude Yates hosted a Friday bridge gathering for friends at their new home. Cut flowers decked the interior while score cards favors and prizes enhanced the event. Ices and cake were served to a large guest list.
Misses Maxine Alexander and Martha Alice Moore hosted a Tuesday night lawn party for friends at Rev and Mrs A L Moore residence. Guests enjoyed porch games, sandwiches, olives, and asco lemonade before a slumber party with iced watermelon at midnight and an early hike and breakfast the next morning.
A recent Baptist church event titled a clever social drew broad attendance last week. The choir organized the gathering with songs and performances aimed at raising funds and strengthening church ties.
Mrs. E E Crowe hosted Central Christian Church Junior Aid at her E Campbell home on Monday afternoon. Mrs. H P Austin led devotional, president Mrs. J B Lee presided over business. Flower Show planned for early November looms large in proceedings. A salad plate with iced tea was served to members.
Mr and Mrs Oliver Crump hosted a lawn party Friday evening for the Tri Sunday School Class led by Mrs Crump. Children enjoyed games and contests while lemonade and angel food cake were served. Readable attendees included Lucy Moody Grace Moody Jane Hads Rowena Hads Lucille Adair Juanita Adair Elizabeth Bushel Etta McKinley Evelyn Clue Louise Carrigan and others with guests Zana Cosby Mabel Vaden Anna Laura Davis Cecil Johnson Joe Williams Jim Carrican Myrton L McDonald Lorne York Robert Lloyd Alfred Davis William Whittington Jess Vaden Shirley Lindsey.
E L Howard and Mrs C L Fowler led the fourth year Intermediate boys and girls to a party Monday night September 6 at the home of superintendent Miss Lilias Penick and social superintendent Mrs T C Hart.
Miss Velma Mur UVOR directed games while ice and cake were served. Misses Merle Fowler Laice June Rose Ula Varea Marie Margaret Howard Matte Mevie Minneton Velma Murnock Adran Box Paul Duncan Carl Scubbs and Clay Markham attended the event. Two Sunday School classes graduate from the Intermediate Department September 27 into the Young People Department of the Baptist Sunday School.
Mrs A C Easterling entertained Miss Ethel Hudson traveling secretary of the Texas B Y P U at dinner Tuesday.
Stamford High School faculty and the board of trustees will host a reception on campus Friday evening for new students. About fifty students from outside the Stamford district have been enrolled.
Mrs. L. D. Cooper and Mrs. Ruby Martin hosted a Sunday bird barbecue for B. F. Strader of New Orleans at Me. and Mrs. O. P. Harlan’s east Stamford residence. Attendees included Mr. Fairless Miss Snyder Miss Bryant Mr. Chesnutt and Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Curd. Mrs. G. H. Zachary hosts bridge and evening events at East Reynolds and their home.
General Manager R B Bryant and wife hosted a lavish lawn party for Bryant Link store officers and employees at their East Orient home. The event featured a chicken barbecue with all the fixings and drew many local guests from Stamford Leeders Spur Anson and Sweetwater, including G S Link and C H Gentry.
Miss Tetsia Pi witz daughter of Mr. and Mrs L Piwetz on South Orient Street married Claude Sanders pastor B M Harris officiating. The ceremony featured fern decor and a white pink color scheme with Elwin Twain Pinetta as ring bearer. The bride wore champagne satin back crepe. The groom works as a salesman for Western Mill and Elevator Amarillo. A wedding dinner followed and the couple planned a two week honeymoon before settling with her parents in Stamford.
Carrollton Illinois banker B H Hodges offered a prize for the tallest corn stalk of the 1925 crop. D A Bushnell of Green County Illinois won with two stalks measuring sixteen feet nine inches. Illinois reports a bumper crop breaking twenty year records. Hodges is pictured holding the winning stalks.
A well known couple married Sunday morning at the bride’s residence. The ceremony took place in a quaint setting at a comfortable hour, with family and friends in attendance to witness the union.
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