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Newspaper
Wellington Leader
Location
Wellington, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1932
Page
2
Oletha Vaughn presided as hostess Wednesday for the No Trump Bridge Club with sixteen guests. We Maddox won high score, Carrie Nola Campbell held the traveling prize, and a dessert course followed for the listed attendees. The next meeting will be at Pauline Muncie's home.
Excelsior Club members enjoyed a lively production titled Aunt Harriet's Night Out directed by Miss Robbie Champion. Cast included Miss Inez Leach Mi Cou Cartner Mrs Davis Rebinenn with Miss Hattie TD Wells as hostess and Miss Bart vocalizing scenes.
Mrs E F Lewis entertains the Thursday Afternoon Club at her home at 1 with members exchanging gifts for a Christmas party. Refreshments followed the gathering and plans for future meetings were shared. Present were several members including Mesdames Steve Anslow, Pinkeaton, Cocke, Cochran, Wells, Morris Wells and the hostess.
Mrs. Orr and Mrs. J N Wallace led a dinner and game night with guests including Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wiley and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Horn. The dining table featured a pink and green centerpiece as high scores were recorded by Mrs. J N Wallace and Mrs. A J Cochran.
Mrs. Chester Fires entertained her son A J Fires last Friday afternoon December 2 to celebrate his tenth birthday. Friends gathered after school and played outdoor games before a decorated cake with lit candles marked the event.
Guests listed include Wilma Ruth Forbis Owen Gilmore Jean and Louise Anderson Frances Stevenson Charlene Wilson Leeta Finley Juanita Fulton Edna Joyce Gribble Arthur Ritchey Doug Ing Bevers Denzil Bevers Jimmy Gochran Billy Colvin Evans Roberts Gordon Hazard John Billy Bailey Conrad Melton Frantz Mitchell A J Fires and Margaret Ann Fires. The display used tied suckers forming a floral arrangement for the gathering.
Last Wednesday afternoon Mrs. R. E. Morrow entertained the Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club at her home. Tables were arranged for bridge with Mrs. S. P. Buster winning the high score prize for members and Mrs. Wink high for guests.
Mr and Mrs Wade Arnold were honored Monday evening December 6 at the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Newman for their sixteenth anniversary. Guests participated in bridge with high scores won by Mrs C L Geesey and Mrs E B Roberts. The couple received a lovely gift as Christmas decorations in red and white graced the event.
Mrs Dick Wiley entertained the Be Jolly Bridge Club on December 6 at her Bowie Street home. Four bridge tables. Arthur Bailey won high score for the club and Ben Boston low. Earl Hunter won high score among guests with a list of attendees including Mrs Ross Wilkerson and other members.
J D Wilson will address the East Ward P T A on December 16 with a program on World Wide Peace. Special musical numbers include Christmas selections by Trene Ball Nadine Olene Foard Dora B Roy and others. A business meeting will follow the program led by president Mrs ME Stowell.
Lost leather key holder found on Wellington streets likely in the Monday search. Also multiple small ads: delivery route man seeking $27.50 weekly. Wellington property for trade on Til Paso Street. 15 ton jack lost on Wellington Memphis road. farm rental desires near Route 3 with teams and tools.
Mrs Wayne Flemings honored with a Tuesday afternoon shower at her mother Mrs E A Winton s home. Guests included Mrs McMinn and daughters Evelyn and Dorothy McMinn Dollie Mee Brown of Lillie Mrs S J Glazner Tom Cunningham Charlie Bradley B H Walker S J Carrel Cecil Brown Theodore Walker Arvin Graggson Clyde Steelman Lewis Flemings and Misses Julia Slough Katherine McMinn and hostess Mrs FE A Hinton and honoree Mrs Wayne Flemings. Peggy Joyce born to Mr and Mrs Frank Bradley on November 28. Several relatives visited including Mrs J Glazner and sister Mrs Tom Cunningham. Deer hunt reports and other local notices follow.
Card thanks for the illness and death of Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Benson and for floral offerings. Signed by H A Wynn C A Benson F T Benson W R Benson J A Benson. Also notes visits by LL Kemp of Clarendon and Tommie Potts of Memphis with Floyd Shields and Wilkes West of Pampa in Wellington.
Mrs. Tom Stall visits Amarillo this week with sister Mrs. Annie Blossom and relatives. Mrs. Lee N. Gragg of Paducah transacted business and visited relatives in Wellington Sunday.
J A Lewis of the Wilson Company will be in this community this week buying turkeys at ten and eleven cents per pound. Roy Childress and Herman Childress spent Saturday night in Wellington. A singing is planned at Swearingen next Sunday at 2 30 PM with all invited.
Mrs A Cloud says four years of stomach trouble left her nervous and unable to sleep. Adlerika relieved her condition and she now sleeps. Palace Drug Store. Adg W-5.
A Wellington Leader reader compliments the paper for promoting a store wide sale. The letter notes a crowded opening day and brisk business continuing into Monday and Tuesday, with strong results praised by Baker & Hanna and Prank Smith, Massager.
Fragmentary OCR taints indicate Scheel to begin at Cross Roads with an event featuring Maurereanher 19 and the Generator Molinsrs. Names and details are unclear but imply a local road event or ride.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Loui Thirle Wooten infant son of Mr and Mrs Loui Wooten of Buck Creek. He died Saturday aged two months and 22 days. Interment followed at Quail cemetery. Survivors include his parents and one brother James Linds Wooten. The family was assisted by Goodson Funeral Home.
A flood of visits and family gatherings marked Thanksgiving as relatives from Grimes Oklahoma Vinson Hale Center and Memphis joined Bowen Peters Langford Hodges and others in weekend hospitality. Notable stops included Mr and Mrs J C Bowen hosting and Miss Bonnie Carpenter visiting F F Popwell, with regional trips to Oklahoma City and Shaw for brief business and kinship.
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