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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1925
Page
12
An able home event hosted by Wesley Work Belle featured a four course dinner with fruit cocktail baked turkey dressing oyster gravy cranberry sauce creamed potatoes olives frozen fruit salad wafers chocolate pudding and hot chocolate. Faculty members attended and enjoyed a lively card game following the meal.
A society gathering was hosted with attendees including Mesdames Rhoden Deffenbaugh Hall Garrett Jackson Miss Wilson Dana Farnaworth Allen Barber Killgore Mitchell Jones Carter Ganniaway Lloyd McElroy and Messrs C R Robertson C R Smith and M P Mathews. Guests Miss Eskaleo Roberts and J W Norman attended while Mrs Smith was assisted by Mrs C R Smith and Mrs M P Mathews in entertaining.
A brief note records a one hour Bible study focusing on notable women of the Bible followed by a short business meeting. The next study is scheduled for Monday with a closing prayer led by Mrs. Walter Oliver.
J Frank Paxton and L Ables hosted a Sunday school class party for Wesley Workers at the Methodist church. Guests attended Thursday December 10 at the Paxson home with Christmas decor, five tables for forty two, and progressive 42 games. A refreshment plate of pressed chicken, wafers, olives, hot tea and fruit cake was served amid red chrysanthemum plate favors. The guest list included Mesdames Brophy Chapman Marshall Chapman Osburne Neely A He Smith Hal Cryer Graham Oliver Preston Rhoden Frank Williams Edwards Wall Deffenbach Hall Davis and Mrs Peggy of Granger.
Judson B Y P U and Truett B Y P U members gathered at Mr and Mrs Bert E Low home last Monday evening. The living room was decorated with Christmas balls holly wreaths poinsettias and mistletoe and a fireplace offered warmth. They enjoyed games stunts and contests as the dining room doors opened at ten o clock to reveal a traditional Christmas tree with gifts for attendees.
The Senior Christian Endeavor will gather at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 6 15 p m Mrs Gannoway will lead the topic Why is Christmas a Time of Joy Scripture will be read from Matt 1 18 28 and 2 Cor 9 15.
The Cradle Roll Department of the M. E. Sunday School hosted a Christmas party Friday afternoon at the Methodist church. Mesdames A. O. Strother and Clyde Whigham organized the event for mothers and babies with a festive program including Miss Santa Coupland's talk on Mothers and Babies and Christmas in China, a song by Miss Allen, and a reading by Miss Brown. Refreshments were served and each baby received a Christmas souvenir. John J. Swatchsite Jr. and family plan to visit relatives in Iowa City for the holidays, marking his first trip there to see a grandmother he has never met.
A garbled OCR note mentions Mrs. Ben F Freeman of a dry goods store and a fine boy, hinting at a real good citizen role and a predicted change in the firm name Freeman and Goods. The text is fragmented but implies a naming shift and family involvement.
Harmony Rev. Quindlin of Winters will preach Saturday night and Sunday morning and night at Harmony Baptist Church. Visitors invited as Rev. J. R. McCorkle and Rev. Yancy assisted in church work last week. several local residents visited neighbors and moved residences. a large Dodge price reduction announcement accompanies community notes.
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