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FRIDAY, JAN. I, 1957—BRECRENRIDGE AMERICAN—41
Looking bp-autifuI in the rain isn't easy but it helps if you've
a kid leather rain jarket like this one, sprayed in 14-karat gold
and lined with black cashmere. The jacket is accented by dia-
mond jewelry which is a nice wav to accent practically any-
thing—By GAILF. Dl'GAS. NEA Women's Editor.
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Lou Veale, jrtio was in Children's
Hospital at Tiallas, was brought
home to spend Christmas. She
shows some improvement.
Lloyd Howton and family of Ft-.
Worth visited his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. E. Howton during the holi-
days.
Virgil Bargsley and family of
Alabama visited his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Burgsley during
the Christmas holidays. Madison
Bargsley and family of Crane, Tex-
as also visited his parents last
week.
Mrs. Bargsley announces the
birth of a granddaughter to her
daughter, Ituby Lee, Mrs. Gill Lcon-
a r d in Massachusetts, before
Christinas. The baby has been
named Judy Kay.
Mr. ,-ind Mrs. W. R. Leonard and
children spent Christmas eve and
Chirstmas day with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Shetton of
Irving, Tex.
Lanny Sledge of Lockhart spent
the holidays visiting Jimmy Cara-
way and other friends here.
Mrs. A. L. Stiles of Ranger and
Mrs. Joe Mac Stiles and children,
of Simpsonville, S. C. werek Sun-
day morning visitors to New Hope
Baptist Church. They ,und their hus-
bands spent the day with Mr. and
Mrs. A. N. Bradford.
Iieed Ashmore, a former resident
and brother-in-law of Mi's, teffie
Newnham, died at Iiri, Texas, Tues-
day. Mrs. Newnham, accompanied
by her daughter, Hazel, grandson,
Joe Hex, and Miss Jewel Newn-
Ivim of Ranger attended the funeral
services.
Recent visitors to Hubert Martin
and family were his brother, Doyle
Martin and wife of Pasadena, Tex-
as, and Mrs. Doyle Martin's mo-
ther, Mis. Alkins of London, Eng-
land.
Mrs. Myrtle Templeton announc-
es the birth of a new granddaugh-
ter to Mr. and Mrs. Van Templeton
Abilene, Jan. 1.
Rose Ave. Ladies
Meet Thursday
The Ladies Bible Class of the
Rose Avenue Baptist Church met
Thursday, at the church with Mrs.
R. E. Wright presiding.
Prayers were said by Mrs. Ear-
nest Allen and Mrs. E. J. Brandon.
Songs were led by Mrs. Jim Red
ding, and were accompanied at the
piano by M/s. Wright. Subject of
the lesson was "In Continent,"
from Corinthians 1: and was
presented by-Mrs. Wright.
A business session was held
and plans made for the singing
convention to be in the church
Sunday, January <>. '
Present were Mines. II. M. Dar-
den, Raiuey Ellett, F. H. Hawkins,
Earnest Allen, L. T. Blevins, Jim
Bedding and daughter, Jannie, L.
A. Pester, J. R. Williams, E. J.
.Brandon, A. G. Harris and Wright.
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WORCHESTER, Mass <IU!>— A
local restaurateur reported to po-
lice the theft of $771 in receipts
which he had hidden under the
front seat of his automobile. His
name is Martin Bankit.
BREWER
INSURANCE AGENCY
"If it's insurance, we have it"
110 South Rone
Ph. HI 9-2082 Night HI 9-3635
ST. ANDREWS
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The Re*. Richard Allen Lewi*
Itector
Easton At Elm
Brcckenridge, Texas
SUNDAY
7:00 A. M. Holy Communion
9:30 A. M. Family Eucharist
and Church School
10:50 A. M. Holy Eucharist
WED.. & HOLY DAYS
9:30 A. M. Holy Communion
Personals
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Visitors in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Reed Gibbens over the holi-
days were: Mr. and Mrs. Len Gib-
bens, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Gibbens,
all of Houston, Wayne Gibbens of
Lubbock, and Miss Carolyn Butler
of Wichita Falls.
Guests of Mrs. Emma Noletubby
over the holidays were: Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Noletubby, of Borger,
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jarrett, Mr.
and Mrs. Glen Smith and family,
all of Odessa, R. D. Veatch and
family, Geo. E. Veatch, Mrs. Edna
Veatch, all of Ft. Worth, Mr. and
Mrs. D. R. Wilhehn and boys,
Larry and Danny of Henderson,
and "Mrs. H. D. Lawrence Slid
boys from Odessa, Whom Mrs.
Noletubby accompanied on their
return home. She is now back in
Breckcnridge.
Local Couple To
Have Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. White
are celebrating their 50th Wed-
ding Anniversary, Sunday, Jan-
uary fi. All of their friends arc in-
vited to call between the hours of
2:00 and 5:00 at their home, 1118
W. Elm.
DR. W. D. BUCHANAN
CHIROPODIST
Foot Specialist
Office Hours 10 Till 5
1634 N. 2nd Phone OR 2-4032
Abilene, Texas
Abbetfr, Sommer
& Company
817 Taylor Street, Fort Worth
INVESTMENT SECURITIES
Municipal Bonds, Invest MM'
Company -Shares, Stocks of In
dust list. Oil and Public UtlHtj
Companies.
CI3AS. W. SOMMKR
West Texas Representative
ANNOUNCEMENT-
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Effective as of January First
1 Have Sold The
Granberry Flower Shop
To
Mrs. R. E. Padgett #
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I wish to extend sincere thanks to those
many friends who favored us w^th their
liberal patronage.
Mrs. Acta Granberry
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HOME COMING QUEEN—Ma-
zelle Kramer, senior in Woodson
High School, was crowned Home-
coming Queen by team member
Bill Hurford at the half time
activities of the game between
Bryson and Woodson. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. F.
Kramer of Woodson.
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Social
Calendar
FRIDAY
The Episcopal Youth Party will
be Friday (tonight) at 7:30 until
10:30 at the parish house.
SUNDAY
The Garden Wesley Bible Class
will meet with Mrs. Millie Slaton,
705 W. Williams, Sunday, morning
January 6 at 0:30 E. R. Maxwell
will teach the lesson. Mrs. Slaton
will be assisted by Mrs. I. E. Kirk-
land. Members are urged to be pre-
sent.
TUESDAY
The Woman's Forum is having
a "Ladies Game Night" for 'work-
ing girls and wives of baby-sitting
husbands,' on Tuesday, January 8
at 7:30 p. m. Reservations are to
be made with Mrs. P. A. Sheets
at HI 9-3206 or Mrs. C. F. Hag-
ler at 111 9-4212.
THURSDAY
The Fine Arts Club will meet
at the Woman's Forum, Thursday,
January 10 at 3.45 p. m. Guest
artist, David Barros of Abilene,
will present the program.
The first electrified underwater
railway tunnel ever built was open-
ed in 1891 at Port Huron, Mich.,
connecting tlv.it city and Sarnia,
Out.
Dinner for Baby-Sitters Is No Chore
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When it's your night out. neither
you nor the baby-sitter wants to
spend a lot of time on the prepara-
tion of her dinner. Make it easy on
yourself, and easy for her. by pro-
viding a luscious frozen chicken pie
—from the grocer's freezer.
Ready to cook and eat. each pie
Is a generous 8-onnce serving of
savory chunks of chicken and
smooth rich gravy in a tender flaky
crust. You might stock your freezer
with turkey and beef pies, too.
Then, there are three kinds to
choose from'
All the baby-sitter needs to do is
bake the pie in its pan for about
40 minutes in a 1425" F.) oven. Out
it will come, golden brown and
crisp outside, succulent and steam-
ing within. Along with the chicken
pie. your teenaga helper can have
shoestring potatoes and a pretty
molded salad (from what you've
prepared for the family's dinner
next day 1 Fo- dessert, regardless
of her age. she'll enjoy a piece of
"Glamour Girl" Angel Cake. You
can make this in Jigtime. using a
packaged mix. Bake It either in a
large tube pan, or in the individual
angel cake pans now available.
To make Jellied Fall Fruit Salad
Prepare 1 package lime-flavored
gelatin, adding 2 tablespoons vine-
gar with the cold water: chill until
slightly thickened. Fold in Vi cup
chopped celery, M cup coarsely
chopped apple, and '/s cup seedless
grapes. Pour into 4 to 6 individual
molds or a square cake pan; chill
until firm.
To make Glamour Girl Cake:
Prepare angel food cake from your
favorite mix. Fold a few drops of
red food coloring and M teaspoon
peppermint flavoring into the bat-
ter. Bake In large tube pan or in
individual angel cake pans. Frost
with white frosting; sprinkle with
crushed peppermint stick candy.
BRING OUT THE SOUP
TUREEN!
Here's a beautiful soup, thick and
satisfying as any old-fashioned pot-
age your grandmother might have
made. But this soup is as modern
as the freezer that holds the In-
gredients. Simply combine and heat
slowly 1 ^an (10-ounce size) of
frozen condensed oyster stew, 1 can
(10^4-ounce size) of frozen con-
densed cream of potato soup, H4
cups of diced cooked ham, and ltt
soup cans' of water. Four big soup
plates can be tilled to the brim with
heart-wurminer coodness. NO
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One of our specialties is
baby clothes. We wash
and fluff dry one load
(equal to 45 Birdseyes)
for only
55c
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YOUNG FOLKS
—These Sea Creatures Are Unique
HAVE YOU HEARD of the
archer fish? They live, in the
waters off the Malay Peninsu-
la, and are such good marksmen
they shoot flies out of the air
with tiny jets of water.
A deep groove in the mouth
enables the archer fish to do
this. When the fish places its
tongue against the roof of its
mouth, this groove is converted
into a "blow pipe" much like
the barrel of a gun.
The fish then shoots water
with great accuracy toward Its
Intended victim. It has been
known to bring down flies sail-
ing along six Inphes and even
a foot from the surface of the
water.
Then there is the sand mason
worm, who lives in the sea and
Is a clever builder. He has
strong feelers sticking out of his
mouth, and with these he
reaches way out to get pieces
of shell and grains of sand.
Each feeler ha* a groove
down the middle, and he slides
the shell down that groove into
his mouth. In his mouth is a
sticky substance with which he
coats the shell.
Then he la ready to add It to
the little tower he la building
for hia home. He aita on this
tower as he builds It, so that
he can reaeh farther for more
sand and more ahells.
But the most adorable sea
creature of all is an animal who
spends ninety-five per cent of
his time in the water—the sea
otter. He is found along the
rocky coast of Alaska, and looks
like a cross between a king-
sized otter and seal, four to five
feet long and weighing fifty to
seventy pounds.
He is such a friendly creature
that he would come floundering
up to nuzzle you like a friendly
puppy if you should encounter
him. And vou would have to
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laugh at the droll, Inquisitive
look on hia little bewhiskered
face.
. The aea otter baa a splendid
fur eoat. varying from deep
brown to Jet black, and It la
this coat that almost caused his
extinction. The fur brought
such a high price on the market
that the little fellows were
slaughtered right and left by
money-hungry hunters. Soon
the aea otter waa virtually
wiped out.
Today, there Is a sizable
group living on two small is-
lands in a remote bay, the ex-
act location of which is a care-
fully guarded secret. The Alas-
ka Game Commission discov-
ered a little band of surviving
sea otters and from them this
group has come.
Who could resist? These 100
sea otters plead for a snaclb
THE EARLY Spaniards
called Jaina "a cemetery of
crowned heads." For on this
Island off Mexico's east coast
the dead had been buried with
jewels set in their skulls in the
shape of a crown.
Though they were of the
Maya race, nowhere else in
Mexico (except perhaps on the
mainland adjacent) was such a
burial practice carried out In
fact, nowhere else in the world
are found human remains with
jewels set in their heads.
The Spaniards took all they
could find and many remained
to be stolen by modern treas-
ure seekers. Not all of the
stones were precious, though.
Some were merely stones that
glittered and had no value to
us at all.
Nobody knows why the
stones were used in this way.
Another thing that puzzles
scientists is the fact that the
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teeth are filed to a point. It
has something to do with their
belief in an after-life. But. be-
yond that, not much is certain.
All of the bones of the skele-
♦nne are brieht red. just as if
they had been painted. Before
burial the dead were wrapped
in strips of linen which was
smeared with a red mineral. In
the damp climate the red color
finally soaked through tht flesh
to the bones.
It is thought that this may
have been done in order to help
preserve the body. However,
nothing but bones remain to-
day.
Only a few Indian fishermen
live on the island now. In Che
center is the ruin of a temple
where sacrifices were onict
made daily.
Although many skeletons
have been uncovered and maty
jewels removed, it is likely that
many more remain to be found.
And perhaps in one of these
undiscovered graves lies the
clue that will tell us the reason
for the existence of this strange
cemetery and its "crowned
heads." •—By R. S. Cragga
--Want a Far-Off Friend to Write?
Dear Captain Hal,
I would like to have pen pals
from all over the world, espe-
cially Italy. I am 12 years old.
My hobbies are swimming,
baseball and badminton.
Doreen Caputo
1520 Lenz Ave.
Ambridse. Pa.
Dear Captain Hal,
I wish to find a pen pal my
age who is interested in base-
ball. I am 8 years old. I am in
the third grade in a brand new
school.
David Fowler
2103 Bollinger
Canton, Ohio
Dear Captain Hal,
I am 8 years old and very in-
terested in baseball and other
sports. I would enjoy hearing
from pen pals from different
parts of the country.
Roger D. Minnick
824 Brooklands
Akron, Ohio.
Dear Captain Hal, ^
I am eight and one half
years old. I like to swim and
dive. I have just joined the
Cub Scouts, and would like to
hear from children my age.
Barry Nemerof
005 Granada Blvd.
Coral Gables, Fla.
—How Spices Made History
LOOK ON your mother's
pantry or cupboard shelf and
you will see an item that
changed the history of the
world—a box of spice.
In ancient times, spices were
more eagerly sought after than
silver and gold. In fact, they
were so precious they were
often used as "coin of the
realm" in many countries.
(And before they ceased to
be considered worthy of a
king's ransom, they had aided
in the spread of civilization and
the discovery of continents.
Only the rich people could
afford the real Eastern spices.
Some herbs were grown in Eu-
rope, but they did not possess
the biting, pungent flavor of
those grown in hot countries.
The main reason that the
Eastern spices were so scarce
and expensive was a secret
treaty which Arabia enjoyed
with the Spice Islands. For five
centuries the Arabs got all the
spice output of the islands,
where the finest pepper, nut-
meg, ginger, cinnamon and oth-
er spices were grown, and they
let the world believe that they
grew in the Arab country.
So caravans made dangerous
journeys overland to meet the
merchant ships bringing their
fragrant cargoes from the Spice
Islands. Often they returned
empty-handed. Bandits lay in
wait in the mountain passes and
robbed the caravans of their
precious freight.
It was not until the thirteenth
century that Columbus was able
to persuade King Ferdinand
and Queen Isabella to help him
prove his theory that India's
spices could be' reached in a
shorter time by sailing west-
ward. When he set out In 1492
he sought, not a uew worM or
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proof of a spherical world, but
a direct sea-route to the Spice
Islands.
Spices figured again in man's
first circuit of the earth. The
King of Spain sent Magellan
with five ships to try to claim
the Spice Islands by Papal
edict.
Only one ship, the Vlttorla,
was able to reach the Islands.
Loaded with spice, she sailed
on westward until she reached
Spain, thus completing in three
years a voyage around the
world.
In 1600, England's Queen
Elizabeth laid the foundation
of the British Empire by grant-
ing a charter to the. East India
Company to deal in spice. And,
in . 1785, Captain Jonothan
Carnes put America into the
spice trade by bringing pepper
to Salem from Sumatra.
From 2000 B. C. to the pres-
ent era, spices played an im-
portant role in the history of
the world by inspiring explora-
tion and leading to discovery.
—By M. S. Shelton.
j—Pudgie Learns How to Use a Bark
PUDGIE was the saddest
puppy in town. He lived with
Mrs. Merryweather and two
cats named Sam and Lily. And
his barking made Mrs. Merry-
weather and Sam and Lily
cross, and he just couldn't stop
barking.
One afternoon he found Sam
and Lily sitting in the kitchen
like two white statues.
"What are you doing? he
asked.
"Shhhh," 8am hissed. "Go
away!. We're watching a mouse
hole!"
"Oh, let him stay and watch
too," kind-hearted Lily begged.
"All Hght." Sam was cross.
"But don't you make a sound,
Pudgle.'\
Just when Pudgie was getting
very tired of the whole thing,
he spied a small nose poking
out of the hole. He looked at
his friends and was surprised
that they seemed asleep.
"I must wake them up," he
told himself, and gave three of
his sharpest barks.
Things really happened then!
Mr. Mouse ducked back in his
hole. Sam slapped Pudgie with
his big paw, and Lily glared
at him with big, yellow eyes.
"How was I to know you
were only pretending to be
asleep?" he kept asking; but
Sam and Lily wouldn't speak
to him.
"How I wish I were a eat,"
was the last thing he thought
before dropping off to sleep
that night. "Cats don't bark."
Much later he woke up with
the feeling that something was
wrong. Sam and Lily were
awake too.
"Listen," Sam whispered.
"A prowler!" Lily sounded
scared.
Pudgie Jumped to his feet.
He heard slow, careful foot-
steps outside. They stopped by
the window.
"Woof! Woof!" Pudgie barked
fiercely. He was afraid, but he
was angry, too. He felt in all
his little body and mind that It
waa his duty to defend his fam->
lly.
"Arf, Arfl Get away from
here!" he ordered.
A patch of white light fell
on the dark lawn outside the
window. Mrs. Merryweather
had turned on her bedrooip
light.
Pudgie heard the prowler
mutter, "That dog is waking
everyone." Then he heard foot-
steps running away. Sam and
Lily heard them, too.
"Good for you, Pudgie," Sam
said, "You scared him."
1 know now why ioga are
born with a bark," Lily said.
Click — Mrs. Merryweather
turned on their light Then what
do you think she did? She
picked Pudgie up and IdtSed
him on his soft, black noeel
'Til never again be sorry that
I have a noisy dog In the
house," she told Mm-
When Pudgio curled up to go
back to sleep, he wasn't the
saddest dog any more. He
want to be a eat any
either. He was glad he knew
how to bark, and beat M all, he
knew what his bark was tor.
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