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TUESDAY, MAY 4,4,943a;'-t
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:,t. b*oubtleQs?:?aev§raI members of
the'^cuHy'^d.sojne of tjie older
^ students remfember Air' Cadet Leo-
nard Garrett^ a Tarleton stu-
dent in l^t^rrd 1942^'The follow-,
ing article Concerning", him appear-
ed .J>1; week in the ■ Stephenville
Empiue-Tribune.
•v-\ "Monday, Apr-ii" 13/City Council-
f:inen "Swan -Kfcliar^son and' Curtis
Martin^ .'Ejiganeer Hal Doremus,
and* Oliamfoerlof Commerce Secre-
tary Lj'qdoay Vf> Phillips started
out"Highway $7'to inspect a.pro-
posed city airport site, but a ser-
ies of events, near tragic but even-
■ tually ending in a beautiful Easter
• wedding, 'postponed the' inspection
trip. -
Some months ' agof Aiir Cadet
Leonard R. ' Garrett, son, of Mr.
and. Mrs. R, L. Garrett of Gilmer,
Texas, was hospitalized at Fred
Roberts Hospital at Aransas Pass.
There, he met, wooed, and became
engaged-to a'heautiful nurse!, Miss
Frances McDonald, daughter of C.
M. McDonald, of Kennedy, Texas.
Cadet Garrett was transferred to
the army' air corps, trailing base
at. Santa -Ana, Calif. Last Monday,
Miss "McDonald, accompanied by
Mrs; Raymond Harris and Mrs, M.
S. Sparks; wives of two Santa Ana
, air cadets, was traveling by car
to" Santa Ana', where fellovr cadets
' pf Garrett wer{e arranging a mili-
tary wedding to be held at the post
chapel Easter Sunday. Just as their
car entered the city limits of Ste-
. phenville, the driver lost control of
the car and crashed into a tele-
phone pole. The party of air port
surveyors, first ^o reach the scene
rendered first a^id and carried the
injured to the Stephenville hospi-
tal. ■ /- ' - '
There, Chamber of' Commerce
Secretary 'Phillips learned the de-
tails from Miss McDonald, who
was so painfully cut and bruised
she could not continue her journey,
He immediately enlisted the aid of
George Shiels,- 'Erath County Red
■ Cross Secretary, whp immediately
contacted the Santa Ana Re,d Cross
^nd. arranged a .le^ve for Cadet
Garrett, who was flown to Fort
.Worth by an army plane, reaching
' the bedside of his fiancee Wednes-
day noon.'
Saturday tyliss McDonald was
dismissed from the ' hospital and
again Secretary Phillips, went into
■ potion. He procured a marriage li-
. cense, gratis, from County Clerk
Elmo White; engaged the services
of..a minister,, and enlisted the aid
-pf Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. J. C. Terrell,
. ]\Irs. Oren Ellis," .and, Mrs. Rose
' Rushing to bake the wedding cake,
make the punch, .and decorate his
home. GeorgeJShiels, Erath County
Red Cross chairman also worked
like a Trojan to put the wedding
over in a big way.
Sunday evening, tjie invited
• 'guests assembled at the Phillips
home,, laden with wedding presents
eager to see and meet a Bride and
groom whom most of them had
1 , jiever seen, and whom none had
known or heard of prior to the pre-
vious Monday. Mrs. Swan Richard-
k son, accompanied at the piano by
Mrs. J. D. KUlough, played "Ro-
mance" on the violin. Mrs. Arch
Evans, accompanied by Mrs. Phil-
' lips sang "Love You ,Truly," To
the strains of the wedding march
from' "Lohengrin" Miss McDonald
entered on, the arm of Mr. Phillips
who gave her' in" marriage. .Thef
• groom's beat man was. Sgt. Troy
Payrfe of Camp Bowie, brother-in-
• law of the bride. Dr. Harry Lee
Spencer, pastor of the. First Bap-
■ tist'-Ghurch of Stephenville, read
the Rouble ring ceremony before a
tJ>Iuebohnet covered altar. A re^cep-
• 1 tion followed,- and today A/C
• Garrett and hisj bride are on their
■^ay to Santa 'Ana, their eyes full
of love and their hearts warmed
' by the hospitality, of new found
. . friends iiua strainge town, where
near tragedy was, converted into
the culmination of a romance by
£ .hard, working, versatile, chamber
f. pf commerce secretary. 1
Incidentally,' Stephenville still
"does hot have an airport site, but
her citizenship is right proud of
, ■ ^he^E.aster wedding-and the. newly
discovered talents of Mr. Phillips.
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.Campus Club Holds
Year's Last Meeting
The Tarleton Campus Club held
its last meeting of the ,year Tues-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
T. V. Craunse on the Tarleton Col-
lege campus. . , ' ,1
< A very interesting "and effective
program, on "The Four Freedoms"
was given by Mrs. j. Thomas Da-
vis, who illustrated her talk with
four I?e.autif ul*paintings which had
been selected by a committee, ap-
pointed by the government, as be-
ing the most' descriptive of , the
subject. The painting^ were done
by outstanding artists selected for
that purpose. Outstanding authors
were selected also to give their in-
terpretations of the pictures,
"Freedom of .Speech" was inter-
preted iby -Booth; Tarkington;
"Freedom of, Religion," by Will
Durani; "Freedom From Want" by,
Carlos Bulosan and "Freedom from
Fear/' by Stephen Vincent Beri^fc.
Later in the afteynoon an .ice
course with angel food ca^e was
served. The h'pme -was decorated
t^irpughoufc with bou^uet^ of honey-
suckle, pansies and roses.
Club members present were
Mmes. J. Thomas I}avis, J. D. En-
glish, J. V, Laird, Oscar Frazier,
H. W. Leach, G. Q'. Ferguson, tT. G.
Field, A. A. McSweeny, A. J. Span-
gler .and Misses Mayt Jones-and
Mary Ma'rrs.
Mrs, T. G. Field, who has been
publicity, director of the club for
the past year, is leaving the city
this week and later expects to join
her husband who is now, stationed
with {he Air Corps at Corpus
Chri^th '
war quickly." \
. The quota is assigned ;tq 'all .of
£rat.h county. Anyone in i^his .area
who can qualify a^d-iS eligible for,
.enlistment and wh<? is interested jri
entering this. Service shoujd.-^et'.in
touch with .Mrs.- J. N.''Hopper,
fices in the Teleptfonebuilding, tele-
phone No. ie, Stephenville, or MifS
Dollie Glover ..^s .Tarleton; College
residence telephone. No. - 527, w^.0
is prepared to help in making ap-<
plication or, give any information
desired concerning" the' Women's
Army Auxiliary Covps. ,, ' •
C. L. Donaho;> 704 Nprth,' Ollje
avenue, who has been critically fll
at the StephenviUe Hospital fpr
the riast several ", days" and nnder
the treatment of spe^iajis.ts' there
following a hsart attack compli-
cated by other serious - maladids,
wias- reported much .improved this,
jveek. His daughters,;- Mrs. ^
Miller of Fori: Worth, Mrs. J, Pal-
ton Pilcher office, and Mps. Dud-
ley Everett. Jr.,' of, this $ty hap
been with Him in his illness, b^t
his sons, who are in the arm?d
forces, fy^ve not yet been able to
come. ' - • ' ' < L
Recruiting Service i
.Orders New Drive
To Enlist WA/\Cs
' Mrs. J. N. Hopper, Erath county
'chairman for the WAAC Recruit'
ing service advises tKat the first
drive for enlistment in the Wo-
man's Army .Auxiliary Corps, end-
ing-March, 3lst'has ended short of
the.quota.
The army recruiting service has
ordered another drive calling for a
quota, of 16 for Erath county end-
ing June 30th. Mrs. Hopper said:
"I hope that Erath will not disap-
point us again, • We must rally to
the' need of woman's help to win
this war. Our country1 needs us.
This i§ our war. The need for our
service is- great and the army
urges ^ enlistments and to 'enlist
now.
"The WAAC service is proved to
be a .substantial aid to the" army.
The greatest privilege ever extend-
ed to women.' Let us wake up to
this fact. Take advantage of the
opportunity, our countrymen have
given to us and do the work that
will be a great help in winning this
ed tkat npne of, this' picnic
had seen. the .Bpsque except at a
great, ^distance! -
' ; Council: members present at the
scqnp, of 'exploration' .were J,"f,
,Yaricy(' Grace Spencer,VRubye Lee
^ckett, ^ Virginia Bond, Charles
'Murphy, Mary Marshall Killeen,
Clarl^1 Sunday, .Roberta Robertson,
Billy "Ruth, Daniels, Riley Godwin^
and; Eunice Smith. Guests present
were, - Mrs./- Harry Lee - Spencer,-
John Spencer, and Miss May Jones',
B. S, U, sponsor, '
Miss Henderlite and
Mr. Proh in Music
Program Tonight
•MiUer Cleaners
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Phone 84 ; 695 Tarleton
/ ilWea^ Clean Clothes"
Miss . Margaret Henderlite and
Mr. Cha^. W, Froh, pianist's, will
present a program of music com-
plimenting • the Fine Arts Depart-
ment and all music lovers tonight,
Tuesday, May 4th> 1943(in tile Lit-
tle Auditorium at eight"p'clopk. The
progv'am follows; • ,
:$?CGncerty in G Elinor—Mendel-
sohn - -
Molto allegro con fuoco
Andante
Divergent: "Think It Over." :
Concerto, in A minor—Schumann
Allegro affefouoao . -
Allegro molto 1
All friends and lovers, of mu^ic.
are cordially invited. (
B>.S.U. Council
Enjoy Picnic,
Explore Bosque
Thursday afternoon,. April-22,
immediately after retreat- parade,
a picnic was held ati the city park
for the members of the B. S'. U.
Council. t
The refreshments for, this enter-
tainment consisted of punch, chick-
en salad and peanut-butter-date-
pecan sandwiches, cake, and ice
cream. Incidentally the only in-
gredient used for this picnic that
was rationed was sugar.
The entertainment consisted of a
baseball game in progress which
the picnickers viewed with much
interest. Also an exploration was
made of the'Bosque River. It seem-
OWLS Hold
Annual Dinner
Sunday, May 2
The Owls Club held their annual
dinner/Sunday, May 2, at 6,;30 at
the Long Hotel.
Asithe members, and their dates
entered, they found their places
marked lay place cardg o.f .oyvls, and
Jonsie'^ their mascot, was place^l on
the.pianp. Spring flowers decorated
th,e tables.'
The rnenu consisted -of fri^d
chicken with all the trimmings of
pe.as, potatoes, congealed salad, hot
rolls,-tea, and strawberry .parfait.
' ^The club members arid their dates
were Gertrude ; Smith, ^ind • ■ Billy
Bgene,* Margaret Nabers and Tuffy
Fambco, Billie Jean King ;and Mil-
ton' Lorenz, Si^' Ratliff and Bryan
Austin, Shirley Howard and Tom
ElpwHtt, Mary Close a^d ^oss Ste-
y/ard; Frances Beskow and Mason
Erwin, Virginia Ferguson -and
Thorpe Timmons, Nan Timmons1
and Ben Carpenter, Doris McCles-
key and Glen McF^rland. 1
■ Grady garrison ^nd Gilbert Gil-.
]es, 'Cotton Hillyard and Brother
;WelIs. Bessi^ Pemberton, and ' .Ed
Olark, Elaine' Crpssley and Jeff
Haynie;" Barbara Morris and Ross
Glaze, ;Ine? Wharton, ,^nd Jimmy
Coleman,. Maggie Garner and Carl
T/ Hall,' Betty Howell, and Jim
Gentry, ■ Beverly. King' and poss
Lov^e. , The Qwl 1 sponsor, - Miss
Jones, and Mr. Hale, and Dean
arid Mrs. Davis were also present.
Those unable to ^ttend ^yere AHene
Pigg and Elizabeth Scarborough.
Tejas Club Gives
Annual Picnic ,
At State Park
J;"The Tejaa Club gave its annual
sp ping picnic, Sunday, May 2, at
.th^' State Park. The'freshmen of
the club gave the picnic, honoring
thpse*' members who are leaving
school after this semester:
'VAt'" three-o'clock, the members
and their dates left for the park
in a, truck loaded with hay, After
their rather haphazard arrival, the
members and guests" enjoyed swim-
ming, boating, and dancing while
Jjieut. 'ai^d Mrs. Jack D. McCuI-
lo'ugh, chaperones, and Miss Ger-
trude Reese, club sponsor, built the
fire and' prepared the food for the
tired but happy swimmers.
The food consisted of hot dogs
with all the trimmings, potato salr-
ad,'pickles, radishes, onions, green
and, ripe olives, potato chips, iced
tea, fruit, and.marshmallows'.
Those attending the picnic were
Betty K. Barlowe and Dan For-
tyne, Lou .McDonald and Lowell
Cure, Janel Ulbricht and Jack Wil-
son, Sybil Schmidt and Frank Yow-
ell, Bobby- Wallace and Scotty
Scott, Jeanie Williams and James
Paul, Mary Smith, and CharleSi
Dobbs, honorary guest Sistie Lat-
son and Jack Moore,-' Lieut, and
Mrs. Jack- D. McCulIough, chaper-
ones, .and Miss Gertrude Reese,
club sponsor.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER
GIVEN FOR PAT COOMBS
Pat Coombs was honored Sunday
evening, May 2, by a surprise
birthday dinner at the Long Hotel,
It was given to her by Jier parents
and arranged l?y he? friends. The
surprise of the evening was a beau-
tifully decorated, cake which was
presented with many happy birth1
day greetings. After ^the dinner,
the party, consisting of the hon-
oree, Toopie McCollum, Roberta-
Robertson, and Syble Miller, at-
tended the 'movies.
ETERNAS CLUB, MEMBERS
ELECT ,NEW OFFICERS
' The Eternas Club met at Vir-
ginia Bickley'q .home last Friday
evening.', They elected. officers to"
replace those leaving "at the end of
this semester. Replacing Syble Mil"
ler as president is Alleen Johns5
replacing Helen Mohon as' vice-
president is Lu Lu Vanlanding?
ham; Toopie McCollum" was unani-
iyousljr re-elected ' as secretary-
treasurer; and' Pat Coombs re-
places Snooky Fearcy asv reporter.
v After the business part of the
meeting, refreshments were served
by Mrs. Bickley_and Virginia.'
SJJRRI^ISE DINNER GIVEN
FOR JIM WHITACRE
The Silver Keys entertained-Jim
Wllitaqre, who has left for the Air
Corps,' with a surprise .dinner at
the Onyx Tuesday, April 27.
, The members <^f the Silver Keys
are Jim Whitacre, Tuffy Fambro,
Jimmy Coleman, Tom Hewatt, Ed
Clark, Scotty Scott, Clarence Wells,
and Glen Ityacfarlane.
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Major Lewis' is pronioted ^
Major Gabe' Lewis, former regis-
trar of Tarleton, who has been "on •
leave for active duty in the^-airmy
for the p^st one" and one-half years"
has recently been promoted .to the
rank of lieutenant colonel! - and ..
transferred from Fort Bragg ' to
Camp MacKall, N. C., where hejg ;
with an Air Borne division. Colonel' •*
Lewis recently graduated from the. "5
General Command and Staff SchooJ,
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. - . .•
Miss Mozelle Pennington became V :
the bride of Rex W. Lowe in a dou.?' \
ble ring ceremony Sunday ^fteif- ''
ngon, April 4, at the First Baptist
church, Levelland. Mrs. Low^-kat-«
tended Tarleton, where she .w'ag a : , ^
member of the Little Symphqny -
Orchestra, and is-np^.. a Senio'r;:.. '
home economies student in T.ejca^ -
Technological College. She' has* - - '
been working as assistant dietitian. - -
at the Plains hospital. , /--- ' - ■,
A. P. Fulbright . . W. R: i|\cke;r
Residence Phone 551 Phone 339
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 26, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 4, 1943, newspaper, May 4, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140902/m1/4/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.