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McALLEN
Farewell social
Mrs. W. T. Gartman, who left
Wednesday to make her home in
Port Worth, was honored the past
week by women of the Baptist
church with a social at the parson
age.
The South Side circle and the
Circle of Ruth of the women's aux
iliary joined in giving the enter
tainment, following the meeting ot
each of the circles.
Games of different kinds fur
nished amusement. Mrs. Gartner
Was presented a beautiful purse
by the women in recognition of
her splendid work in the different
departments of the church during
the past 10 years. Thera were
. about 40 present.
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MRS. PATE HOSTESS
Mrs. J. E. Pate was hostess
Thursday night at her home to
members of the Federated Sunday
school, entertaining in the place
of Mrs. Eggleston.
The affair was in the nature of
a get-together party and informal
reception for the Hidalgo teachers, j
In the spirited contest calling j
for the keenest thought and con
centration, Mrs. J. A. Nichols won j
the prize, having answered all the |
questions correctly. About 20 were i
present.
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ENDEAVOR SOCIAL
Members of the Senior Endeavor
society of the Christian church en
joyed a social Monday evening at
, the church given in compliment
to Miss Zlanch Gray, who won In
a contest recently in the endeavor
work.
A large crowd was in attendance,
and games and other means of en
tertainment were enjoyed.
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FACULTY ENTERTAINS
Mrs. L. F. Sherwood and mem
bers of the faculty at the Faculty
club entertained the members of
the school board and their hus
bands and wives, and also resident
members of the faculty in McAllen I
with a swimming party and picnic i
•upper at Cascade pool Saturday
•vening. A large crowd enjoyed the
outing.
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BIRTHDAY PARTY
Miss Lydia Frances Crow cele
brated her sixth birthday anniver
sary by entertaining a group of lit
tle friends at the home of her par
ents. Mr. and Mrs. Frank G. Crow
Monday afternoon.
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PINNER PARTY
The birthday anniversary of A. P.
Vannoy was celebrated Wednesday I
•vening with a six-course, 7 o’clock
stag dinner party given by Mrs. i
Vannoy at their home on North
Broadway.
The • table was centered with
beautiful yellow blossoms and a
color note of yellow and white was
further emphasized In the place
cards.
Those present were Dr. F. E. Os
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BETA CLUB ENTERTAINED
Mrs. Stockton Fouhtain was host
ess Tuesday afternoon to the mem
bers of the Beta Bridge club, en
tertaining at the Margaret Louise
tearoom.
Following the usual number of
games, Mrs. Stephen Jones was pre
sented the prize for success.
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DELTA BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. J. G. Harrison was hostess
Tuesday afternoon at a meeting of
the Delta Bridge club. Those re
ceiving the prizes were Mrs. Har
alson and Mrs. Lee.
The next meeting will be with
Mrs. B. D. Kimbrough.
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PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs George Ford and
daughter, Virginia, from Dallas, ace
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Nichols
at Hidalgo.
Clay Zachry. Marvin Downs of
Alamo and Bill and O. E. Cannon
of Mission left Wednesday morning
for Austin, where they will enter
Texas university.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Griffin left
Monday for Mexico City to spend
a week.
Mary Glauner left the last of
the week for 8an Antonio where
she will attend Westmoreland col
lege.
Mrs. T. A. Leatherwood of Pal
estine. who has been visiting her
daughter. Mrs. William Yoakum,
returned to her home the last of
the* week.
Miss Mackie Leslie spent the
week-end in McAllen ds the guest
of Judge and Mrs. J. E. Leslie.
Miss Leslie is teaching in the Edin
burg schools this year.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bonneau and
daughter, Jo Ann, nave returned
from a two weeks’ trip to San An
tonio, Victoria and Corpus Chnsti.
They visited Mr. Bonneau's broth
er in Corpus Christi.
Mrs. Percy Herman has returned
from San Antonio, where she ac
companied her daughter, Miss Lou
ise, who entered Incarnate Word
academy.
Mrs. J. M. Doss and Mrs. Vir
ginia Lemburg will leave Friday for
Virginia, where Mrs. Lemburg will
attend the State university. Mrs.
Doss will be away for several weeks.
Mrs. Miller Belding returned
Tuesday from Temple. She accom
panied her father, M. S. Wimbury
and Mrs. Lorene Brothers to Mc
Allen. Mrs. Winbury remained to
be with her mother, Mrs. A. J.
Norton of Qu&nah. Mr. and Mrs.
Norton and Mrs. Winbury will ar
rive in McAllen next week and Mr.
and Mrs. Norton will probably
spend the winter here.
Mrs. E. L. Walsh and children
returned home from Wichita Falls
where they have been for the past
six weeks. On their way home they
visited in San Antonio, where Mrs.
Walsh’s son Emmett, entered school
at St. Anthony's academy. He will
take up voice training along with
his regular school duties.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Gill, and son,
R. D., left the last of the week for
Houston. R. D. will enter Rice in
stitute again this year and his
father and mother will visit rela
tives at Houston for about 10 dafs.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cheever and
family were guests of the Joe Chee
ver family at Donna.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Jackson re
turned Monday from a trip extend
ing over a period of two and one
half months. They visited in the
states of Massachusetts. New York
and Iowa, and also points in Can
ada. Their daughter, Dr. Ruth,
who served an interneshlp in a
hospital at Worchester. Mass., the
past year, is now at Iowa City and
will be connected with prominent
doctors in a hospital there, special
izing in surgery.
H. K. Hasncss returned Monday
morning from Grand Rapids. Mich.,
where he has been for the past
three months on business.
Harold Leavell left Monday for
Austin where he will enter Texas
university.
Miss Marvolene Bowe. who has
been spending the summer at Fin
ley, Ohio, is at present visiting
school friends in Ennis. She will
enroll again this year at T. C. U.
at Fort Worth. Mr. and Mrs. H.
Bowe and Miss Maxine Bowe, who
have also been visiting at Finlev
during the summer, expect to re
turn to McAllen In about a month.
Mrs. G. W. Campbell and son,
Billie Maitland, left Monday morn
ing for Kerrville, where Billie will
enroll at Schreiner institute. They
were accompanied by Miss Hester
Leavell, who will continue her trip
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HOME ECONOMICS STUDENTS WEIGHT PERFECT
In a class of over 100 girls enrolled in the Indiana State Fair Home Economics School, eight were found to
be of perfect weight. They are. reading from left to right, Mary Keever, Earl Park; Wanda Wilking, Wil
liams; Irene Doolittle. Marengo; Edna Richardson. Connersville; Vita Orebaugh. Dalevllle; Myrtle Schlan
draff, Fort Wayne; Armelia Sirkle, Cypress, and Elizabeth Watson. Yankestown, all in Indiana. Stu
dents found to be overweight have been given exercises, and those underweight are given milk at inter
vals (luring the day.
to Fort Worth where she will at
tend T. C. U.
Wayne Gilbert left Friday for
Texas university at Austin, where
he will be a student again this
year.
Elmer Ragsdale left Friday for
A. & M. college, where he will take
up junior work toward his de
gree. William Ragsdale is attend
ing Fort Lewis college at Hesperus.
Colo., which is a branch of Colo
rado A. & M. college.
L. E. Martin of St. Louis, super
intendent of the dining system of
the Missouri Pacific railroad, en
joyed a short visit with his sister.
Mrs. W. P. Ragsdale, the past week.
Mrs. Bess Dunlovey left Mondry
lot Dallas, where she was called
by the death of her sister.
Grover Ehlinger left Monday for
Port Lavaca, where he will visit
his father and mother.
Miss Katherine Frisby left Mon
day night for Baylor university at
Waco, where she will attend this
coming year. Miss Frisby will ma
jor in dramatic art.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Telford of
San Antonio were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. D. C. Skinner over the week
end. Mr. and Mrs. Telford will
spend the winter in McAllen.
A. J. McColl arrived her Monday
from Chicago, accompanying an ex
cursion party to the Valley. Mrs.
McColl. who has been in Chicago
for the past three months, drove
to Greenleaf, Kan., where she wlU
be joined by her aunt, Mrs. L. S.
Scott, and will continue her trip
to McAllen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Armstrong
left Wednesday night for Dallas for
a family reunion with their three
sons and their families. Sam Arm
strong of Amarillo, and J. N. and
Harvey of Dallas. They expect to
be away for several weeks.
Frank Moffett left Wednesday for
Austin, where he will be a Junior
this year at Texas Christian uni
versity.
Misses Rosemary and Marcella
Pink left Thursday for Kerrville,
where they will enjoy a month's
vacation.
B. J. Domouchel. accompanied by
Billie and Miss Gladys Walsh, left
Wednesday for Wichita Falls, where
they will remain to witness the
Texas league baseball play-off be
tween Dallas and Wichita Falls.
MERCEDES
MONTHLY MEETING
The monthly business meeting of
the local Business and Professional
Women's Club, held at the end cf
the week, featured a banquet and
a program of splendid entertain-1
ment.
Miss Beth Garrett, president cf
the organization, presided at the
business session, during which re
ports from the committee chairman
were given. Miss Garrett stated
that the progress of the organiza
tion was remarkable for this time
of the year, inasmuch that accom
plishments in the club work are
greater at this time than they were
at mid-winter last year.
Mrs. Artie Sugg, chairman of the
civic committee reported that her
.committee had started to work on
a general cleanup of the city.
Mrs. Ruth Rouse as chair
man of the educational work,
stated that men and women of au
thority. of Mercedes, would be
asked to givctalks on beautifica
tion of yards at business meetings
of the club.
In the city beautification plan,
Mrs. Ann Bruce has charge of tree
planting along the curbs. Miss
Myrtle Jones will have charge of
planting along the highway. She
will be assisted by Engineer H. E.
Bennett.
Mrs. 8hirley Meeker reported as
finance chairman.
Miss Dorothy Nell 8mith gave a
moat Interesting account of her
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trip to Maclnac Island, Mich.,!
where she attended the national
convention of Business and Pro
fessional Womens Clubs. She at
tended as a delegate from the lo
cal organization.
Miss Jewell Ounson had charge*
of the program, which feature.1
comic songs and stunts by Frank
Beale and Ham Smith, to the ac
companiment of the banjo, har
monica and other musical instru
ments.
The singing of club songs con
cluded the evenings program.
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MRS. COLBERT HOSTESS
Mrs. Sam Colbert was hostess to
the members of the Embroidery
club at their last meeting. Her
home was attractive with many
flowers for the occasion.
Embroidery and conversation
formed the diversion for the after
noon. Nine members were present.
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7 O'CLOCK DINNER
Mrs. W. W. DeCeli entertained
with a delightful 7 o'clock dinner
at the week-end in honor of the
birthday of her husband.
After dinner bridge formed the
diversion for the remainder of the
evening. Mrs. James House and
James Anderson made the higa
scores.
The personnel included Mr. and
Mrs. R. R. Barton, Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. James
House, Mr. and Mrs. Lelland Mat
thews and the hosts.
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FINAL MEETING
The All-American Ideal club held
its last meeting at the home of
Mrs. G. C. Borchelt. The afternoon
was spent in discussing club work.
Three new members were added
to the roll, Mrs. A. Schoff, Mrs. R.
N. Grayson, and Mrs. W. W.
Crockett. Fifteen women were in
attendance.
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PERSONALS
Mrs. L. R. Scott, who has been
making her home here with her
son, M. J. Scott, has gone to visit
her sister, Mrs. J. L. Richardson, a
former Mercedes resident, and E. E.
Scott at Bay City, then visit her
son, R. L. Scott in Houston. Before
returning to Mercedes she will visit
her great grand-daughter at Lib
erty, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. William Lister and
daughter, Miss Daisy, left Satur
day for San Antonio where they
will make their future home. Mr.
Lister has been foreman of the
Tribune for the last two years. He
will be connected with the Lone
Star Printing company of San An
tonio.
Mrs. H. T. Stotlcr and children.
Catherine. Helen Tiel and Donald,
have returned to Mercedes after
having spent the summer in the
North. While away they visited
relatives in Ohio and spent several
weeks in the home of Mrs. Stotler's
sister, Mrs. Grafton Burdette of
Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Lee Hartzell, Mrs. O. E. Rid-1
enour, Mrs. George Morrison and
Mrs. Grant Morrison attended the j
reception at the Woman’s club in j
Harlingen, given in honor of Miss
Dorothy Porter, who is the new |
home demonstration agent ol Cam
eron county.
Mrs. Amos Todd and Miss Min
ncttc Worth ol Santa Rosa wer*
guests here in the home of Mrs.
T. H. Pollard during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Herring have
for their house guests Mrs. T. If.
Gant and daughters, Lucile and
Helen, of Austin.
Mrs. H. H. Seay and son Ralph
have gone 'to Battle Creek, Mich,
for a visit with relatives.
MASKED BURGLAR A MAD MAN
LONDON.—R. G. Shortt, convict
ed several burglaries while masked,
turned to be an escaped madman.
MILITANT PASTOR FTNEfk
LEEDS. England.—Rev. 1. i*A,
Curran was lined for striking a
spectator who jeered at a religious
procession.
TWINS WIN $17,500
LEWIS. England.—Injured by aa
automobile, Misses Joan anti May
Goather, twins, were awarded $17,
500 damages.
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