Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 1946 Page: 5 of 14
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Sunday, November 17,1946
Sweetwater Reporter, Sweetwater, Texas
Gifts Dress Up High School Auditorium,
Redecorating Of Walls Is To Be Done Soon
9 Tommy Thompson, president
or the Student Council, presented
new cur till ns and oycloruma for
the Newman High School stage
to Dr. It. I,. Williams in it form-
al ceremony during general as-
sembly.
In accepting the curtains for
the school Dr Williams stated,
"another, and highly fundament-
al, paragraph has been added .o
the narrative of educational.
Dam! thus community, develop-
ment 111 the Sweetwater area.
Fundamental because of the
interest, initiative, and success
of it cooperating group of stu-
dents and teachers rather than
o| the monetary and useful sta
Mi- with which this elaborate
and practical stage setting ma
he considered."
A. 'I'. Nicholas announced fol-
lowing the presentation that th"
W walls of the auditorium would
™he painted soon to harmonize
with tin* stage color scheme,
Merle Norman
Cosmetics
Sold at
KAY'S
For Delicious
SANDWICHES
ami
HAMBURGERS
(•«» I M I Im*
Round Top Cafe
•lack aild lad** Widrli
Curb Sri viri' a in II |\ \|.
liOH \\ llroadua>
WHY
l'a> moii* win*11 \nu (.mi i*i*i
llif ln'%1 Inc !«•*»».
24 Hour Service
Smith's Service Station
\mihs I roni .1«»> ( mirN
riinnr lit»*J I
Complimenting the rich drapes
were the "Tinuhadear " directed
by Miss Marie I till who sang
three numbers. Following their
performance \he Lincoln in he-
half of the Mixed Chorus of IIMtl
presented a trophy which was
ieecntly received for their hav-
ing won first division at thi
Music Meet III Abilene last
spring. Tommy Thompson ac-
cepted the trophy for the school
and gave credit to the choral di-
re etor Mis Hill.
Mescal Howland, speaking in
behalf of I lie I irainat ic I lopart-
ment. explained a lew points on
the right rare lor the new eipiip.
infill. and Frank Wtillace. Billy
Norred, and Iodic Ferguson
demonstrated nsi of the eipiip
inent.
Mrs. Eula Schultz i sponsor
< I the Council. .. Med by A. T.
Nicholas arid Mi Jerry Itureh.
Memhi i ■■ of the Council ac
latsy Mien, Cornellia Hnvil.
lame Cook, I’at Craig, Hod's
Fill Ithea (Juell . r < In ta (Joet-
11 < ho. Ilohhy (in out. Ann
; Harding, (lien Hollailiiy. Hetty
Hooper. Flozcllc .lone A (!.
I c« Ted M< Hclh Heim.v McEI-
ro\ .loe linn • an. Margie How
land. Fstclle Tail.-il, Hetty Tennis
| Tommy Thump-on. and Winlred
] iValfcer.
Hospital Notes
Visiting lline Surgical anil
I medical p;itii*nt - n an to II a. m.,
| 2 to kiln ami 7 to K p. m.
t Ih-tcti ii al pat iciit ■ Itk.'IO to
II a ,m > "M l:.’.o and 7 to !l p.
in.
\dmittcd Friday to Swcctwat-
i r In pjtal were Mr .1. |<. I’ort-
T. major -nrgi'iy Holier! J.
Illo -i i twovear ihl on of Mr
ini Mr \V. I III..- or, medical
.patient liormh. Alioni, medical
' oati'-nt. |:t ycai old daughter of
Mi and Mr - C K A Horn of
Ho-'ne.
Admitlcd lo Sweetwater hos-
pital Thursday were Mr- T C
Frank-, minor surgery patient:
Hubble Nell Talbot, eight year
old daughter of Mr. and Mi-
les Talbot ..I Sy H . lor, medi-
I cal patient I M (’opeleu, medi-
|< .1 | atient.
In nsi- id Tloir-day from
I . etwater In. pital were Mrs
ID. (> Shifflett and infant .-on.
and .iim ('order. Marfa, medical
pat lent
I'i-mis-eil Ifnlay from Sweet-
o r ho-pital ■ ei. .lame.- Hum.
I : 1 year old e .,| \|i anil Mi
I Ii Hunt. apiH'iideetomy; Mrs
125 New Books
For Newman High
School Library
One hundred twenty-five now
hooks and over one hundred re-
hound ones have been recently
placed on the Newman high lib-
rary shelves according to Miss
Marie Haney, librarian.
Among the new books are
Swamp Water, Black Hose, The
Constitution, Four Cornerstones
of Peace. Television. Peacock
Shed:- His Tail, These Are the
Russians, History of the World
War II. This Man Truman, Hid-
ing the Rainbow, Robinson Cru-
soe C S X White Tower, and
Autobiography of William Allen
White.
Si c The \i w
AVERY TRACTOR
W till
Power Lift
Larger Motor
More Power
B. F. Avery
"Tru Draft"
Implements
A.B.C.
SUPPLY CO.
119 W. Bdwy
Horace Ho-
Mrs Lem P
daughter: Mi
minor -urgery
and infant -on:
>!»• and Infant
T ('. Frank-,
patient.
f Nut sc Ruth Skev e i m |),i!
:ia- thi- weekend. I.a-t weekend
| N'tti-e (ivven Mi(lnov went to
! Il.'dbi for the I'.olliall game
Oil And Gas Leases
Five oil and gas leases have
, been filed ill the office of the
I count v clerk.
Ruth M o Rear to Skelly Oil
company, fortS2.fi.17.no, William
j s Itrow n survey 285.
| L- F Adrian to Skelly Oil
(Company, for SI0. sections II. Id.
, i I. 71, 7.7. .71. .'si. .7.7. dii, and south
halt and northea-t ipiarter of
eeijon 17 Survcv 7'I and ettsi
I half <■( 72 block 21. TP
S s Woislatd to l h MeKnight.
for >10, north Jim acres of set-
, Hon 70. him k i. T and IV
Ii o llohlmi- to Ish Me-
Knight, for s|(,. north east iptar-
ti i <it i , i|on t.j hlo. k 21. T and
P.
Kattle C \oiri to Ish Me.
Knight, for sin. trait- I. .7. It It
Plunkett e-tate uUlli islon of
eetlou (id tilei k 27, T and P
AVENGER-
tContiinied From Page One)
plotel.v repaired here, instead of
fixing it up only temporarily so
it could lie moved to Kansu-
Ciiy lor completion as previou-
ly so it could tie moved to Kan-
say City for completion as pre-
viously planned, January 1.7 i-
the anticipated completion date
and the total cost will he an-
proximatelv $2.7,00(1.
FIRST ( liOSS ( Hi i FHV
Making his first cross conn-
tt flight hisi week was ,li- e
Owen.- who flew to Abilene,
then to Stamford and hack to
Avenger Field, le—e i- igned
Up tit Lone Star Aviation Com-
pany.
STORK I Id I S TOO
It wa- not an nmi.-ual sight
to sic all the men al Avenger
.Field -moking cigars la-l week
The rea-on for 1 hot momentou-
oeea.-ioii wa Is'eause two,not so
calm fellows, became "Proud
Papa-. One of these, C. W Gra-
ham, i- .i -i-liint mechanic and
part-time in-iruetor al Lone
Star Aviation. Iieeanic the faihe
ol an eight pound hov. horn
Sunday morning.
The other. Dean Watson, who
i- ,i student taking flying le
•on- under the Cl Hill n< I .one
Star, i- now the father ot an
eight pound giij which arrived
Tuesday morning. In a few
more year- the new additions
will probably l»- living right
; long id.' their fathers
hi \i:i\ pi,am:
K ('. Waldrop ol MeCaulh \
pureha-ed a new Aeronra TL
fi'om L I. Slaglier of (‘olorado
City.
Following the usual! radii inn.
Hilly Wat-on lost hi- -hhi tail
Tuesday after soloing for the
fit-t linn I till v i- -igned up at
Lot... Star \viation
New -indent.- to -jgn up tin-
di'i the Cl Hill of Right- at the
Schooling \ero Service la-t
week wile C T C juilin of
llermlelgh and C II l.lovd of
Hoseoe.
W. S Hlandfonl. Manager of
Lone Star Aviation company
went to l.uMioek Wednesday
on business.
Cei’il K Kilianl graduated
Thur-day a- a flight iii-lrtirtor,
lo lie the first Cl student to
graduate from We-t Texas av-
iation lie i- now employed wit a
the company.
Signing up with the same
com| any la-t week for the mm*
menial course w.i- o D Kill-
man of the Killmun Courts.
I.one Star Aviation -igned up
Ted Sim- and Hay liurch of
Sweetwater and Wilburn Wol-
Page Five
news BRIEFS Capifola School
Consolidates
.Mrs. O. I,. Browning and son,
Jerry Wayne, visited the A. B.
Youngbloods in Abilene Wednes
day and Thursday.
$6,750 Building
Permit Issued Here
For New Laundry
Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
are in Fort Worth
With Hobbs
Hastings
visiting
friends and relatives. Mr. Hast-
ings is motorcycle patrolman
with the Sweetwater police force.
* * *
Inez W liltmill'. Temple ,is vis-
iting her sister. Mrs. (). II. laid-
wick, who has been ill.
* * *
The Nancy Harper eliuptcr <•!'
the DAK will meet Tuesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. Hay Boothe,
I0t,:t Ea.-t. Kith street. Mrs. Wal-
ter Boothe will Is1 hostess.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Russell
and Mr. and Mrs. L. Ii. Allen are
in Dallas spring shopping for
Russell's department store.
They will be gone several days.
* * *
May \celrr of Simla Vlsia,
California, is visiting Mi
Blanche Bromley.
* * *
The Kniiihnw Girls will meet
Monday evening al 7::m at >la-
sonic Hall. Eastern Star and
Masons are invited to attend.
* * ♦
Nancy Jane lienson is ill al
her home :ill Canfil street.
* * •
Mrs. It. K. Bieliter of Slier*
nathy i- visiting her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. |
Frtie.'t l.anglev
*' • •
Mr- V I*. Tn I lie Is recovering
17 ■ in an injury sti-tained Iasi :
mi'. She ha- returned from j
I the ho-pital and i- at homo at j
j Ml (;r;11h■ street.
• * •
toy Younger, Annette Fiirgry
mil In Hasor. indent at tcc,
are home for the weekend vice
! mg their parents.
* • *
Mrs. lea Moore, :ioo West
Loui-i,ma street, has received
" rd ti'»* her me’.her. Mrs I).!
N Garner, i- ill Mr- Garner is
1 i iling her daughter. Mr Hugh
ItohiiiMin. Snyder.
Denver Area Hit
Again By Snow, Cold
DENVER Nov 10 (U.R) — The
already mow -rovered Rocky
Ah untain region has been warn-
id that more snow Is due and
i .'tlenum are working again-1
time to move their cattle out of
he torm licit.
lace and Robert J.iillp- l.lovd of
Colorodo City this week.
Be -i-eing you next Sunday.
ROTAN Nov. 10 (Spl.)—Coun-
ty Superintendent C. J. Dalton
has reported the consoldlation of
the Cupltola common school dis-
trict with the Hobbs independent
school district. N. J. Guillet. is ,
superintendent of the Hobbs 'hm.|- The Capltola school
A building jiermtl has been
issued to Glen R. and R. S
Lewis to construct a laudcrette
at 11S and 122 West Fifth street,
at an estimated coat of $0,750,
it will lie 75 by 05. will include
two rooms, and will he of
concrete, tile and piaster.
Navy Recruiter To
Be Here Thursday
A Navy recruiter will he in
Sweetwater Thursday to in-
terview applicant and answer
questions regarding enlistments
in the navy.
The recruiter will be at the
post-office and also at the of*
lii of County Judge >Delas
Reeves. j
J
schools.
Vote in the Hobbs community
was unamlously in favor of the
consolidation, with 12 votes cast;
at Capltola, the vote was lit for
i.j against.
Total scholastics at Capltola Is
31, according to Supt- Dalton,
with 7 students already attend-
ing Hobbs schools, under sped-
contract
attending
and
the remaining
the Sweetwater
district comprises 20 square
miles, and has a valuation of
$118,055.00.
Perry's New and Used
Furniture Co.
I’ays Highest Prices for
) our I'seil Furniture
Phone 2386 313 Oak
Just Received New Shipment Of
PINCOR LAWN MOWERS
Consider These Construction I-eatiii es Before You Buy:
t. Quiet—Easy to Operate
2. Lifetime Lubi'ieated
:t. Hand adjusted ( ntling height 1 - to 2*'i Inches.
J. Ifeini'li evehni'gehle reel and cutter hail unit.
a. Five blades—four spiders for smooth rutting.
It. Positive ratchet type drive clutch.
Buy Now While Available
McCREIGHT’S
11.7 West Tided
Music mid Appliances
Convenient Terms
Phone 7.13
$1 DOWN HOLDS ANY TOY UNTIL DEC.
i .in.
Iti-rords
< lil'i-l iii.-io
We hate a large stock
records and alliums.
< lirisimas Alliums
t lilldren-' Alliums
Sweetwater
Music Shop
117 W lldtty.
Phone 2IW
Sweetwater, Now Showing— Today Only
Sunday, November 17th
From Lebanon, Tennessee
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Tint Tinkle Toe — Dopey The IMp —■ (•ramlnin Welnklenose
Their pranks anil unties always ilellgltl the elilldren.
ish Lipstick
Vibrant color that $tay» on YOU
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Triplett, G. D. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 271, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 17, 1946, newspaper, November 17, 1946; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710956/m1/5/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.