The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1930 Page: 4 of 16
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THE NOLAN COUNTY N«W», 1WKKTWAT1K, TEXAS. THURSDAY, FEB. SO. 1930
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BLACKWELI—MISS MOZELLE MARTIN MESQUITE—MISS EVELYN WOODARD
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BLACKLAND—MRS. C. F. ROSE PLUM CREEK—MISS WONDA LEE WILLIAMS
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Rev. Lee Hemphill of Coleman
filled his appointment «t the
school house Saturday night and
Sunday."
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wilson and
children spent the week-end at
Eastland visiting relatives.
Mrs. F. B. King is spending this
week here with her daughter,
Mrs. J. H. Woodard.
Grandpa Caver died at his home
near Wastella after an illness of
several weeks. For the past two
years he has lived in this com-
munity with his daughter, Mrs. L.
L. Campbell.
W. D, Baker of Paris, Texas is
hf'-e visiting relatives.
Miss Minnie Blankenship who
is attending school at Sweetwater
spent the week-end here with home
■folks.
Mr. Imd Mrs. Fred L. Williams
entertained with a singing Sun-
day night. There was a large at-
ROSCOE NEWS
held at Jerusalem in 1928. The
pastor of the church, Rev. W. P.
McMicken, is conducting the
course of study which is proving
quite interesting. Plans were made
for the society to present a play
in the near future.
B. L. Hamilton made a business
trip to Whitney this week.
Mrs. Philip C. Abney has re-
turned to her home in Dallas after
a two weeks’ visit with her par-
ents. Mr. and Mrs. 0. J. Blocker.
Mrs. Henry Beall and mother,
Mrs. George, Mrs. Bill George and
Mrs. Pope of Sweetwater
some convenient location in the
business district next ‘‘cow day,”
funds to be used in the erection
of a new church edifice. At the
social hour the hostess served re-
freshments of ice cream and cake.
In compliment to their son and
daughter, Gene Boyd and Martha
Jean, on their third birthday, Mrs.
Earl Louder and Mrs. Cecil How-
ard entertained in the home of
Mrs. Howard Saturday afternoon
with an unusually pretty Valen-
tine party. Decorations were of
pink and white. As the guests
were received each was presented
with a pink and white cap and
early in the afternoon pictures of
the group were made in the yard
by the hostesses. At the dining
table pink and white tapers sus-
pended from a large white hell
were tied with kewpie dolls where
the birthday cake topped with
three lighted candles was cut and
served with pink jello and whipped
cream. Each slice of cake contain-
BLACKWELL NEWS
Mrs. Gus Kellis of Blackwell,
died Thursday at noon after a
short illness. Funeral services
were held at the Methodist church
by Bvo. Vand Zandt, Friday after-
noon.
The community council met Fri-
The chief feature of the occasion day night and were entertained
was a treasure hunt. John Eng- with an interesting program by
lish, John McRorey, Harold Harnil-
Miss Mozelle Martin entertain-,
ed the Blackwell boys basketball
team Saturday night with a de-
lightful Valentine party at her
home. The house and lawn i
decorated in St. Patrick's style.!
week, and it i> hoped that he will
be entirely recovered in
a few
days.
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ton, Vernon Copeland, Cydney
Evans,Edwin Sweet, Floyd Craig
and Misses Vera Roper, Lucille
Ault, Bessie Feme Richards,
Evelyn Oden enjoyed the refresh-
ments of sandwiches, cocoa and
cake. Archie Turnbull and Tommy
the junior class of Blackwell high
school.
The Sophomore class of Black-
well high school entertained with
a very interesting program entitl-
ed “A Circus” Tuesday morning
in chapel.
Everyone who have been under
quarantine for smallpox are out
Anderson were also guests with
Misses Earl and Agnes Martin of j now and doing fine.
Roby. | Dr. Alfred C. McDaniel of San
Little Dillard Gilbert Kelli -, j Antonio was guest of Louis Horn
five month-old son of Mr. and 1 Sunday.
The Eskota P.-T. A met in regu-
lar session Saturday, with six new
members added to the organiza
tion. The organization pledged to
raise $125 to help pay for install-
ing electricity in the school and
putting in a water pump. It was
deeded to drop the library work
for the present.
The P.-T. A. play was given at
Eskota Feb. 7, and will be given
at Palava Feb. 18, Trent the 19th
and Longworth the 24th.
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Maryneal
Mews
•r i Richards, the coach,
v these two game:,.
The piano and voice pupils of
guests of Mrs. T. M. Dobbins and ! Miss Mamie Heizer were presented led a small silver favor. In the
mother Wednesday. j >n recital Friday evening at the j drawing Martha Jean was favored
Mr. and Mrs. A. Nemir have re- scFo°' auditorium. Each of with an old shoe and Gene Boyd
turned from a business trip to: tho t,uI,ils rendered their selec- » Bible signifying the future of
Eastland and Breckenridge. Itions verT creditably. Her advance J the honoree’s as being an old
Mrs. J. H. Neal of Midland, Ed I pupils especially showed training maid and minister. Those enjoy- j ,
Thorman of Fort Worth and Bill I *s a cre(Bt to any instructor, i ing the occasion with the hojiovee’s [ closed the season with a number night in a score of 18-10.
.played in
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The Maryneal basketball
, [ The Independent Girls’ team de-
i feated the Champion girls on the
I home court by a score of 24-iL
i This team was beaten by the Itos-
team! coo girls at Roscoc hi -t Friday
The Mothers’ Study Club had an
interesting meeting Tuesday.
Many people attended the
Christian church revival held last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. K. SoRelle, Jr.,
of near Hermlcigh, were visitors
in Eskota Sunday.
Fogle of Wichita Falls are visiting
in the G. M. Thorman home.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Collander
of Rotan were week-end guests 1 school auditorium with invocation
of Mr. and Mrs. Merrit Graham. \ by Rev. Howell who also gave a
E. W. Altman visited relatives' splendid address on “Child Be-
in Abilene Sunday. ! havior Problem.” Miss Mamie
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Dickenson, Heizzcr gave a piano solo and
were Douglas Dickey, Dudley Wil-
The P.-T. A held its regular 1 son’ Forest Snyder, Billie Joe and
meeting Thursday at the high
enroute to their home at
Camey from Dallas, where
had attended a meeting of
tendance apd some good singing Frigidaire dealers, spent the week
was rendered.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Blanken-
ship visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Faust of the Blackland
community Sunday.
Mr. Wilson has been seriously
ill for the past week but he is re-
ported to be recovering.
Mrs. J. W. King and children
of Roscoc visited her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Woodard Fri- j
day.
Mr. Jones of Abilene spent1
Saturday night in the home of |
his father-in-law, J. B, Graham.
He was on his
where his wife
teacher.
end in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Dashield grounds,
had as guests in their home Sun-
day their son, Fairfax Dashield
and wife of Dallas and Mrs. E.
Lawler and son, Charles, of Fort
Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Curl Shaffer of
Graham were g- ’sts of Mrs. Dick
Dennis Sunday
Funeral services for the six-
month old baby of Mr. and Mrs.
Paris Yarbrough who died of in-
Dorothy Medlock a reading. Sup-
erintendent Frank L. Williams
spoke on radio, its educational val-
ue and advantages in the school.
During the business session it was
voted to beautify the school
Betty Jane Howard, Robert Swann
Lee. Roberta Shafer, Jane Young,
Mildred Moody Haney, Shirley
Ann Parker, Audrey Belle, Mar-
gie Haney and three out of town
guests, Eltior and Lee Wheeler of
Trent and Buddie Winters
Noodle Dome.
of wins for the home team. Last [
week the team played the Re, -oe I
high school team and beat
22-16. Last Thursday night the
boys played the Divide team on
the Divide court and won by a
score of 22-11. The Maryneal
team is composed of John Thomas
of , and Alley Strey, guards; Sanders,
j center, and Lloyd Harris and
Ralph Jennings, forwards.
them i Present at
auditorium
- j of a membership contest recently
Mrs. C. W. Cardwell entertain- held in the Junior Epworth Society
ed the 1928 Bridge Club Friday i were entertained by the losing
Mrs. Allie Mitchell sponsored a
Valentine party in the basement i League are at Itipon Colli go,
of the Methodist church Thursday j Nippon, Wis. 7 he work is new
evening when the winning side of J among the i bools of W est l’ex.'.s,
there being only a few schools |
holding charters.
The charter members
of
afternoon. Valentine appointments side. The evening was begun with j r()SC00
‘ i Worthy,
chapter are
Willa B. Sloan,
the
Virginia
Hylton
| testinal fiu and pneumonia were
Way to Midland j held at the Church of Christ I _
is empmyed ns Thursday afternoon with Rev. | Members of the East Circle of
| Teddlie of Sweetwater in charge. I the Baptist W. M. S. were guests
The honor roll pupils of the pri-j Paris Larbrouffh is in the 1 of
TOfltJ room of the M6SQUlte school Pnlnriutn canilo I'inm Ivosriwf* linrlne I
are: Hubert Wilson, Hubert Bash-'
am and Essie Mae Blankenship, I
first grade; Josie Johnson and!
Minnie Layfield, second grade;
P. J. Graham, third grade; Clax-
ton Wilson and Louise Graham,
fourth Made. .officers for the ensuing year were
las follows: President, Mrs. G. G.
¥ ¥ ¥ ¥ qt % if. | Graves; vice president, Mrs. J. B.
! Prosser; secretary and treasurer,
i Mrs. X. B. Sanders; superintend-
were favored for tables and the an interesting game, Valentino
attractive refreshment plates. | postoffice, chairs being placed in j Heftrn," Denman Long, Ira Arnold,
High score prize was captured by a circle for the guests with the jowel| p,John Farmer,
blindfolded postman in the center j jam,.s Thweatt, Florita Nelson,’
while Valentines were sent with-|Louj(ie Kudalcy, Eva Emerson,
out postage from coast to coast, j ]MozellC Bratcher, Vera Thorman
Other games gave interest. Hos-|and Louise Holden.
tesses Jane Young, Lou Allie --——----
Mitchell, Mertie Britton and j
Audrey Belle served delicious re-1
freshments to nineteen guests.
Mrs. R. E. Gracey and second
high by Mrs. Elgin Costephens.
Miss Lady Frank Watt was accept-
ed as a new member and Mrs. H.
B. Shafer was a guest.
A large number of patrons were '
the Maryneal school .
Friday afternoon to I
attend a play' put on by Mr. I
Richards’ room. The play was “A
Colored Honeymoon.” Mrs. Lasa-
ter will have charge of the next
chapel program.
The P.-T. A. met in its regular
Mr I business meeting last Friday night
| at the high school auditorium. The
' program rendered was in interest
i f : t:. i :• Boy Seoul, organiza-j
tion at Maryneal. The Boy Scout j
Executive from Sweetwater was-
present.
j The P.-T. A. is sponsoring a J
j play to be put on in the auditor- j
ium a week from this Friday |
night. The play promises to he one j
of entertainment. It is Walter'
Ben Hare’s “An Old-fashioned
Mother.”
Mr. Harmon has been confined J
to his bed this week with a case |
of flu. He is much improved this’
1
resses
laundered
like new to make
Busy Mornings
Brighter
FAMILY SERVICE
LAUNDRY
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Larbrough is in the 1 of Mrs. J. W. King Wednesday af-1 --
Colorado sanitarium having under-[ternoon. The impressive devotion-1 Roscoc High School Debating
gone an appendicitis operation, jal being led by the hostess and a Club has sent in its application for
on Stewardship and mis-
B. L.
--— ; | lesson on Stewardship and
The Presbyterian Women’s sions was presented by Mrs.
j Auxiliary met in the home of Mr.! Erost.
: IL M. Gathing Monday afternoon I The VL M. S. of tho Methodist
in a business meeting. Election of church with eleven members pres-
Blackland News
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The flu has been raging in this i
community for the past week with j
some one sick in most every fami-
ly.
L. T. Whittington of Roscoe
visited his brother, P. V. Whit-
tington Wednesday night.
Most of the farmers have taken
advantage of the pretty weather
and have prepared their land for
another crop.
Mrs. Lcnley of Colorado was
looking over her farm in this
community last Friday.
Mrs. Barnett of Grarrbury has
come for an indefinite stay with
her daughter, Mrs. J. M. Moldcr.
C. L.. Rose and family visited
Mr. and Mrs. F. SI. Locket of
Goode Sunday.
Mr. Hopkins and his assistant
have been working the roads in
this community last week. They
are putting them in fine hape.
The Blackland H. D. C. met
Monday with Mrs. A. J. Faust
with 12 members and four visitors.
The discussion wa^ recipes and a
suitable file for them, after which :
tho hostess served delicious cake j
and hot chocolate.
The Blackland P.-T. A. held its j
regular meeting Thursday night1
with a good attendance although i
some were absent on account of
sickness.
Mrs. Annie Howe and daugh-
ters of Roscoe called on Mrs.
Staton Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. R. L. Dalby spent Satur-
day in Sweetwater.
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ent spiritual work, Mrs. Roy Chap-
man; superintendent literature,
Mrs. Atkisson; superintendent
young peoples work, Mrs. W. II.
Watt; superintendent home and
foreign missions, Mrs. Lester
Woodall; superintendent social
service and historian, Miss Julia
j Gathing.
The hostess assisted by her I
| daughter served a lovely refresh-
| ment plate with dainty Valentine !
favors.
ent met in the home of Mrs. W. P.
McMicken in a mission study les-
son. Three weeks ago they enter-
ed upon a course of study of the
book “Roads to the City of God,”
which is an outgrowth of the
World Conference on Missions
a charter in the National Forensic
League, a national unit of high
school forensic interest, and a sub-
division of Pi Kappa Delta, a col-
lege unit. Headquarters of the
Mrs. Ed Worthy led the study | j
on “W - n of the Old Testa-
ment” for a meeting of the Bap-!
tist W. M, S., attended Wednes-
day afternoon by twelve members!
at the home of Mrs. M. M.
Risinger. A short business session j
was hold and plans made for the i
circle to serve pie and coffee in
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Boyles, C. S., Jr. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 20, 1930, newspaper, February 20, 1930; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561053/m1/4/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.