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In Society Circles - - A Complete Page for Valley Women Mother and Daughter Banquet Is Enjoyed The Mother and Daughter banquet, with Girl Reserve members as hostesses, was tendered Thursday at 7 p. m. at the Episcopal parisn house A color scheme of blue ar.d white was carried out m the decora tions with place cards m the form of baskets hanging from the glasses and pretty baskets of roses and blue candytuft adorned the table. | iuc iaiici wao in «*<• “ U. Baskets of flowers were given . U favors. The Episcopal Guild ^.Served the dinner. A program. leaa by Miss Margaret Puckett, president of the Girl Re serves. as toastmistress included a talk by Miss Gail McDavitt. a solo by Miss Gladys Woodrome. Miss Isabel Rose playing the accompani ment; a toast by Mrs Warden; a violin solo played by Miss Lucy Brulay The feature number on the program was a talk given by Miss Elizabeth Alien. Valley Girl Reserve secretary Numbers by the “Triple Trio.” composed of Misses * Ayeliffe Cobolmi. Doris Moser. Dorothy Ann Schm. ,t. Roberta Lee ' Fitch. Maxine Marler. Eugenia Bar ber. Althea Keller and Katherine Wilson, concluded the program for the evening More than seventy mothers and daughters, with members of the board as guests also, were in at- j tendance. Mothers were Mesdames . C. L. Owen. Keller, O. V Law- J rence. Tomlin. Jackson. R B Cre ager, Boyd. Clark H L Fitch. Ha ry Kowalski Givens. Robert Run yon. A'arden. Rose. Huffaeker. Warr/ Rockwell. Lula Gpotcp. W. E McDavitt. Hamon and G C Slngpr Members of the boa^d present were: Mesdames J R Harris. Wllev Truss. George Smith, and Ja~k Row-p • ft ft Miss Crixell Carnival Queen Miss Virginia Crixell was crown ed queen of a carnival given sever al days ago at the Incarnate Word ^ academy. Her dress was of pink lace and gorgette, gold material and pearls forming the crown. At tending the queen were Princesses Bertha Cisneros and Luisa Laulorn. ; Crown bearer was Ann McGooan and heralds were Miss Argentina Garza and Jacqueline McDonald. After the the ceremonies, which were attended by a large crowd, a luncheon was given In honor of tnc queen by a few of her friends. A feast on the school grounds was enjoved bv all . . . MEETING PLANNED A meeting of the City Federation of Women's clubs will be held at the Christian church Saturday at 3 30 p m Cominers, Goings j Mrs Emil Kowalski has as her guest for several months, her daughter. Mrs. Daniel Colvin, of Gan-. Ind. • • • Mr and Mrs L O Garrett and two sons left Wednesdav for Kerr viUe. They are to return Sunday. Weslaco —————. i. INFORMAL HOSPITALIT1 HONORS MRS. ANDERSON E W. Anderson enterta,*,,'d with a surprise birthday party in honor of his wife Tuesday evening Bridge furnished en'ertainment dur ing the evening Mrs. J. P Will moth held high score 'or the m women at the conclusion of the W lames; C A Miller he'd high for ^ the men Low score favor for the women was awarded Mrs J. W Woolf and for the men *o J P Willmoth The honore* was presented with a lovely vanitv from the gues's and a white gold bracelet set with diamonds from Mr Anderson Sandwiches and coffee were served after the birthday cake was cut. Those enjoying this hospitality were Messrs and Mesdames John B Lane. J P Willmoth J W Woolfe, Frank Koester and C. A. Miller. • • • BAPTIST CIRCLES ENTERTAINED The three circles of the Baptist Missions rv Soc:ety m*»t at the various homes Monday afternoon. The Lottie Moon Circle met at the home of Mrs Bert Robertson with eleven present. The Bible les son was led by Mrs M Arbrckle On November ?.7 the circle will meet at the church for Industry Day The meeting was closed with a praver led by Mrs Arbuckle The Leigh circle met at the home of Mrs W L Forbes with six mem bers present The B:b!e lesson was led by Mrs M L Dew Sr The Compere circle met with Mrs. S V Brandon Officers for the coming vear were elected as follows: Mrs I R S'ahl. chair man: Mrs Schuelenberg, secretary Plans were d.scussed for *h« year The devotional was led by Mrs J. I H Couch. Willis Carpenter. Jr was : adopted as mascot for the circle There were seven numbers present • • • GOOD ATTENDANCE AT LODGE MEET The Rebekah Lodge held their regular meeting Mondav ni ht The I M egrep work was practiced. There) I " its a short business session but Bo business of importance camp up. Mrs. Edith Puckett formerly of Weslaco but now of San Benito was 8 guest of the lodge Mr Em mons and Mrs Brothers win en tertain for the lodge Thursda\ evening in honor of the birthdav anniversaries of Mrs Emmon* and the son of Mrs Brothers There were twenty four present. • • • CLFB PLANS P'RTY FOR GIRL RESFRVES The Business and Professional Women's club held their regular weeklv meeting and luncheon Tuesday afternoon at the Cortez Coffee shoo The meeting was in charre of Mrs. Eva '"ressner. , president. During the short busl- j ness eession it was decided that I 1 I some ol the members of he club would attend the District Conven tion in Edinbuig Saturday Miss Mannie Wilson gav: a very inspiring and interesting tails on Armistice Day and the interpreta tion of the day. Plans also were made for a party in honor of the Girl Reserves to be given at the City Hail next Tuesday evening. The educational committee and its chairman. Miss Mannie Wilson will have charge of the games, while the Publicity Committee with Mrs. Joe Howard as chairman will supervise the refreshments. There were 14 members present. m • • WEEK OF PRAYER IS OBSERVED Women of the Methodist Mis sionary Society observed the an nual week of prayer with an all day meeting a: the church Mon day November 10th. In the morning an interesting program was given under the direc tion of Mrs. A. A. Sneathen, with Mrs. T. F. Rives in charge of ! special songs and readings. Miss Beth Beck gave two very interest ing readings accompanied by Annie Merle Anderson on the piano. Mrs J. W Albritten led the devotional. About twenty women attended the morning session and enjoyed a deli cious covered dish luncheon at the noon hour. During the afterneon discussion of "Work done in the Wolff-settle ment in Tampa. Fla.’ was held and was followed bv a play riven by circle two. A duet was rendered by Misses Marshall and Smith and a vocal solo by Miss Helen Smith Offering was given for benefit of Wolff Mission at Tamoa. Fla and Eliza Bowman School. • • • SO( IF.TY MEETS AT SHANKS HOME Mrs. Ted Shanks hostess to Circle Two of the Presbyterian Missionarv Society, Monday after noon Roll call was answered by scripture? quotations Mr? Eva Cressner leader of the circle gave a lesson from the 11th chapter of Romans. The devotional was given by Mrs. C H. Cotton A circle prayer followed A salad course was served to 13 members. • • • PROGRAM ANNOUNCED FOR W. M. U. MEET The Baptist W M U which will meet at the home of Mrs J Y. Little. Monday afternoon at 2 30. will have the following program It will be in charge of Mrs. A J. Havs. Song “We the Story to tell ’ Prayer; Hop- the Holy Spirit will be with us in this meeting and that we mav get a new vision of the Christ of the Chirese for whom Christ died Bible study; ' All thine? New'. Revelations 21-5 by Busby’ Praver for China Mission arv and Chinese Christians. Song Morning Light is Breaking" Talk? Chinese triangle war” bv Mrs Dew Sr. ' Chinese sure hope in the new day by Mrs White. "Sear of Church" by Mrs. R E Clark Telegram of Sunshine and shadows in 'he New Dav bv Mesdames J Y Little. D C Odom. Dorns. Martin. N G Hargett. J. Y Roahr. I. P Stahl. Brooks Bucklew, C E Carpenter Watchword is "Labor together with God.” Closing praver That w-e mav be faitMull" A social hour will follow and refreshments will be served. Pharr SPANISH THEME PARTY FEATURE Miss Annie Laurie Howard of Pharr and Mrs. Earl Trantham of M-Allen were joint hostesses for a bridge affair at the home of Mrs TYantham in McAllen on Monday right This unique party was car ried out in the old Spanish idea A delirious Spanish ripper was served before the games, using red and whi*e table cloths and napkin* Crude dishes silverware with wood en candles Oil lamps t. are on each table. ' The girls were given Spanish senoritas as tallies and each girl i was given a name Half of the girls were senors. and the other half were senoritas The score pads and other table equipment were of Spanish design. Miss Mattie Marie Middleton received the high score among the senoritas and Miss Iris Howard for the senors. Red zinnias and orange cosmos were effectively used in decorating. The guests were Misses Mattie Merle Middleton. lone Thompson. Frances Hooper, Retha Sanders, Stella Stanfield. Annie Laurie and Iris Howard. Lucille Copeland, and Mesdames Guy Johnson Bill Davis. I Guy Richie, and Earl Trantham. i • • • ARMISTICE PROGRAM PRESENTED BA’ CLUB On Monday afternoon Mesdames W C Baker and Roy Vernon en- , tertained the Progress club at the , home of Mrs Baker The home j was attractively decorated with 1 flowers in season Mrs Marvin i Bailey was leader of the interest ing Armistice program which was given The program was opened with the sone “Star Strangle Ban ner" and a salute to the flag with I silent prayer The folio-’. in g sub- j jects were discussed: “War Orph ans" bv Mrs. Fred Ruecking: i Legion Objective" by Mrs Wm Horn: and ' Peace and a Full | Stomach'' bv Mrs. Loran Dumont. | The ororram was very interesting and instructive and was greatly enioved During the social hour Miss F’.izabeth Britton gave two ! verv clever readings which were: : "Whaf Jack Said" and "The Ameri can Girl''. Mesdames Hugh Butler and J A Re«d were given a wel come into the club as new mem bers Following the Program the hos tesses served delicious refresh ments to about twentv members. Miss Evelvn Honeck. neice of Mrs. I John Ccok. was a guest of the club. t • • PERSONALS Dr and Mrs L Davidson re turned last week from a month's | vacation spent in West Texas Mrs R E Walton underwent a major operation at the M*Allen hesoital last week Mrs Marvin Bailev of Mission attended the meeting of the Progress Club on Monday after- ) noon a' the Baker, home Mrs O H Archer is confined to h“r homp Mrs. Ruth F-ench and daughter Fayetta and Miss Cliffie Grey re turned heme Sundav after r ‘-in to Ivanhoe. where Mrs Frenche's father was buried The Civic club will me®* Mondav afternoon. November 17th * the Kiwanis Hall Rev. and Mrs Earnest Kellev of Kingsville visited their sons. Merle and Weston Kelley and their families last week. Miss Edythe Potts spent the week-end at the heme of her parents in Mercedes Mrs Cliff M Epos has be®n ill for a short time but is now on the road to recovery Mrs J. W. Hayt of M: on was a dinner guest in the George Thomas home on Sunday. Mrs Carl Salisbury of Edinburg visited here on Sunday afternoon Mrs J A Reed morored ' Har- j lingen on Friday afternoon where she attended an informal tea given bv the members of the Presbvterian Auxiliary at the home of Mrs L E. Snavely honor ing Mrs Jasper K Smith of Shreveport Miss Lilian Meicher amended a birthday party compliment inf lit tle Miss Dorcthv Belle Tavss of Edinburg on last Friday. Mr and Mrs Rutledge and son J F Rutledge who have bPan visiting in the A A Kelley horn® FACE A SIGHT SKIN NOW CLEAR Praises Resinol "My face was a sight from an erup tion which appeared mostly on my nose and chin in the form of blind boils. I doctored it and used various things people suggested but nothing seemed to do any good. Finally I tried Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment and by reg ular use I cleared my face. I have told many people about them, and would like to be able to convince everyone that Resinol Soap and Resinol Ointment are wonder fuL''(Signed) N.M. Meakin.Norfolk, Vg. Oon’t continue to be e tn ba r raiae d by a rough blotchy akin when the Reainol treat meat quickly hcaia moat akin dieordera. Sold by your drurgur. Sample free. U rue Reainol, Dept. 33, Baltimore, Maryland AMERICA’S FINEST QUALITY r ' ■■ *rr "M" Vy- 1^^ ■ft ■ |o I tJ 31 !1 r±P Pip BMRi IrrTii riHBr returned to their home in San 1 Antonio on Friday. Miss Lucille Evans is staying at the Faculty Club in Edinburg while her mother is in San Antonio. Miss Evans is a student at Edinburg College. _Mercedes_ MRS. BARTON ENTERTAINS Mrs N. P Barton was hostess at an enjoyable meeting of the Silk Stocking club on Saturday at her home at 1 o'clock luncheon. In the games of contact bridge Mrs. Frank Hadden scored high Cuests of the club on this occasion v ere Mrs George Breeding and Mrs. William Copeland • • • WEEK-END AFFAIRS ARE GIVEN AT COUNTRY CLUB The outstanding social event at the week-end was the bridge lunch eon at the Llano Grande country j club with a number of women hos tesses at individual parties, while others formed tables of auction 2nd contract bridge which followed the delicious turkey repast. The color scheme for the day was green and yellow, with a profusion of yellow cosmos filling baskets and bowls. Mrs J. C. Bauer entertained a group of women with Mrs. Charles Weimer scoring high and Miss Elizabeth Card scoring lew. Others making up the personnel of her guests were Mrs Fred Eblmg. Mrs Jack Ray and Mrs. M. L. David of Mercedes and Mrs H. L. Bonny ctstle and Mrs. George Buchanan of Weslaco. Mrs. John Phelan had for her guests. Mrs. Frank Hadden. Mrs. Jack Trollinger. Mrs. George Breed ing and Miss Mildred Bridges. Mrs Jim Allen entertained Mrs John Rouse. Mrs. Carrie M. Stuart and Mrs. Harry Rouse Mrs. R H. Kern had for guests,' Mrs. A. B. Scott. Mrs. Jack Martin and Mrs H L Scott Mrs Ralph Fessenden's guests in cluded Mrs. John Bruce, Mrs. J. C Shaw and Mrs J. T Spettmgue Mrs John Herndon entertained Mrs S W Herndon of Houston. Mrs. B M Samsom on Santa Maria and Mrs E H Poteet r*t Mercedes, i The following Mercedes women made up a party for luncheon and bridge: Mrs. J W. Chambers, Mrs. P W Perkins. Mrs. Fred Bennett. Mrs. Ralph Greenlee. Mrs Henry Lauderdale, Mrs. O. E Van Berg Mrs. George Markham. Mrs E. E Johnson. Mrs. A N Brown. Mrs. H J Menton. Mrs Frank Hall and Mrs. Woods Christian of Harlingen Mrs. Newell Waters, Mrs. Ray mond Mills. Mrs Harrv Sol ether, j Mrs. Charles Moeller. Mrs. N. V. Stewart. Ms P. K Can.blett. Mrs. L. Shaw. Mrs Lester Skaggs and Mrs. J. L. Ccenpere. all of Weslaco made up a party for luncheon and bridge. • • • DANCE PARTY HOSTESSES Mrs A J Thomas and Miss Max ire Scotton were Joiint hostesses a: a most enjoyable dance at the American Legion hall at the week end A refreshment course follow ed the evening's activities Their guests included Messrs and Mesdames Andrew Tuliis C C Mc IIwain, G A King. R R Talbert. Wallace Allen. E D Green. E J Hauff. Fred Johnson. Earl McMan us all of Mercedes. Mr and Mrs B:ll Allen of La Feria and A. J Thomas of Pharr and W. T. Scot ton. Two Cases Heard By Valley Justice (Special to The Herald* SAN BENITO. Nov. 14 -OuUler mo Salazar was remanded to JaE without bond Thursday afternoon in the court of L. M. Valdetero justice of the peace, in connection w:th the murder of his sister.* Ci priana. several weeks ago. The body of the woman was found stuffed In an outhouse. Magistrate Valdetero also bound ! Edio Longoria and Negono Quiros over to the district criminal court cn $1 000 bond each in connection with the burglary of the Chapa grocery at the corner of Rowson and Bowie. Neither had made j bond Thursday evening. — ■ ■•—■■■■ " *1 ■ i ROASTED FRESH DAILY PURE AS VALLEY SUNSHINE Start the day right with El Jar din Coffee—Good __ as the best . and | fresher Ft cdW t \$V & E | AND LET YOUR TASTE DECIDE a©AeY3BAD5E> FASKS® EY ©BOaTA @©FFBE ®®. 00&5ia.PS33BK] ° ° __ FOR NOVEMBER ONLY Manning-Bowman Waffle Irons These famous Woffle Irons are of the most mod ern type. Beautifully finished in heavy nickel plate and guaranteed rust proof. They are equipped with a dependable heat indicator on top where you can tell at a glance when the grids are at the right temperature for baking delicious and appetizing waffles. Grids are of die-cast alumi num, with patented overflow ring that keeps the batter from overflowing on tray. With a Waffle Iron like this you can bake perfect waffles right at your table .... without grease «... without odoc. There ore many other well-known makes of waf fle irons in this sale, at special reduced prices from now until Christmas. Remember though, the Manning-Bowman is Specially Priced at $6.95 for November only. * Come in, get one of these modern waffle irons at these new low prices. Convenient and easy terms can be arranged. i NOW ONLY $6” other well Known Makes in this Special Offer Central Power AND LlGi-IT COMPANY ELECTRICITY—YOUR CHEAPEST SERVANT __| CM Q5 Specials for Saturday November 15, 1930 Pumpkin *c»'1 6c MARSHAL SEAL—For Flavor? Pies Baking Powder Van 27c CALl'MET—Makes Baking Better. . Peaches % s°c.^l'2 38c I. G. A. Large Golden Halves in Heavy Syrup Lima Beans can 18c ARGO—Fresh Limas Canned Cherries can1 34c ROIAL ANNE I. G. A.—A Healthful Dessert. Cake Flour pkg. 23c 1 SWANS DOWN—For Perfect Results Dates 238c L G. A. PITTED—Imported, Best Quality Cranberry sauce 22c SAl'CE—Open Spray for Fancy Table LT$e Catsup BOTTLE 17c DEL MONTE—Spiced to Perfection Candy 32c MOXTELLO Assorted Chocolates Extract BOTTLE 19c I. G. A.—Pure Vanilla or Lemon. Extra Strength Pineapple ^caV* 25c DELMOXTE—Sliced; No Fruit Like It Coffee can 34c I BLEND—Incomparable kroma Mince Meat pros. 23c L G. A.—Extra Fancy Quality Soap 10 BARS 29C I. G. A. Whit? Laundry Crisco CAN 59c THE PERFECT SHORTENING Pork & Beans 2 CANS 14c DEL MONTE—Just Heat and Sene Pickles jar 23c MOTHER’S BRAND—Sour; None Better I. G A. STORES J. H. GRILUN, Harlingen A. DONDL1NGLR. .Mission W. F. COLE A SONS. Donna K. K. CLMMINS. McAllen. HOLSEL CASH GRO., San Juan LISTER A JOHNSON. Ldtouch A. J. UITTEXBACH. Harlingen. UOHM.MJt.KOLH S GROCERY AND MARRE1, La Eerla CITY MEAT MARKET A GRO CERY. Pharr R. L. L RANKLiN, La Ferla U1G>«»> v SON. UeiUm HARP GROCrtY. Weslaco PALMER it DEYERS, Lot I'retacw 11. L.. O'NEAL, Santa Rosa WELLERS CASH GROCERY. Brownsville H. H GEKS1. san Benito F. P MOORE. Kay mentis tile FINLAY & BALDRIDGE, Lytord H H. DAMME, Mission. SOLTHERN GRO Sc MKT, Harltncen PROGRESSOV STORES. Progresso __ I