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Announcement
Of Interest Is
Made Lately
(Special to The Herald)
HARLINGEN, Sept. 5.—The en
gagement and approaching marriage
of Miss Blanche Patton, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Patton, to
Mr. John N. Groesbeck, was made at
a small bridge party given Wednes
day evening at the Macy Tea house.
A miniature newspaper carrying
a social note of the wedding in ear
ly October was the interesting form
in which the announcement was
made.
Out-of-town guests were Mrs. J.
D. Groesbeck. of McAllen, aunt of
the bridegroom-elect, Mrs. Charles
Mathers, of Brownsville, and Mrs.
Neal McNaughten and Mrs. Gordon
Kimmell of Weslaco.
• • •
At the regular meeting cl the
Women’s Missionary Union ol the
First Baptist church held Tuesday
afternoon at the church. Mrs. H.
H. Schander was re-elected presi
dent.
Mrs. A. Goldammer was named
vice president; Mrs. C. H. Hamilton,
recording secretary; Mrs. B. F.
Witherspoon treasurer. The meet
ing was presided over by Mrs. T. S.
Herron in the absence of Mrs. Sch
ander.
Reports by circle chairmen and
standing committee chairmen were
given as follows: Stewardship. Mrs.
J. B. Coston. "Keeping in Tune
with God;" Personal service. Mrs. W.
C. Wood; benevolence, Mrs. E. D.
Clark; mission study, Mrs. J. W.
Rollins; missions, Mrs. A. L. Brooks,
who gave a report of the plans made
for the Week of Prayer to be held
in October; ycuhg people, Mrs. R
A. Langley.
A musical program was present
ed during the social hour with cir
cle three being in charge with Mrs.
H M. Dunaway as leader. The pro
gram was as follows: Piano duet by
Mrs. K. P. Belden and daughter.
Noma; violin solo. Mr. Belden. ac
companied by Mrs. Belden.
Refreshments were served by a
group composed of Mesdames G. A.
Larsen. G. G. Letcher. J. B. Coston.
L. A. White. R. R. Malone, E. D
Whiae and B. F. Witherspoon.
• • •
At the Tuesday evening meeting
of the Junior Study club held in the
the Woman’s Building, the initial
program in the winter’s study course,
the history of Texas was given.
Director of the study of the early
history of Texas. Miss Josephine
Rodgers, gave an interesting talk on
Jean LaFitte. Mrs. Bob Kni-rht cut
lined the history of the state under
the French flag, while developments
under the Spanish flag were given
by Miss Blanche Patton.
The resignation of Miss Mau
rine McClelland as treasurer, was
accepted with regret during the
business session. Tae vacancy will
be filled at the next regular meet
ing
Miss Angela Murray, former presi
of the club, who is making her
In San Antonio, and who Is
Visiting her parents here, was a spe
cial guest cf the evening.
WAS
The Young People of the First
Baptist church and their friends
fathered at Cascade Pool In Mc
Allen Tuesday evening for a skating
and swimming party. A picnic sup
per was served later in the evening.
Among those present were Misses
Dot Wilson, Dorothy Brown. Reva
<7Iark. Juanel Wilson. Lucille String
er. Dolores Morgan. Fleta Flesher,
Eunice Carden. Ida Omey. Bonnie
Ruth Whitworth. Frances Chastain
and Raymond Griswold. George
Beck. O. L. Lee. George Pletcher.
Woodrow Gaveranda. Thad Boyd
and Millard Dilg.
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Society Calendar
FRIDAY
Regular luncheon program meet
ing of the Pan-American Round
Table, at El Jardin at 1 p. m. Res
ervation should be made with Mrs
Ben M. Freudenstein.
Mrs. R. E. Green will be hostess
to the Entre Nous club.
Mrs. J. B. Alderdice will entertain
♦he Friday Bridge club.
Mrs. Ed Helms will be hostess to
the Sewing circle of the V. F. W.
auxiliary at her home.
Bluebonnet Troop of the Girl
Stouts will meet at the home of
Imegene Graham. 1747 Grant street,
at 7:30 p. m.
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Auxiliary Has
DCinnd Program
f~edts
MERCEDES. Sept. 5.-The mem
bers oi the Woman’s Auxiliary of,
the First Methodist church gather
ed Tuesday afternoon for a busi
ness and social session after a
month's vacation. The study period
was given to “Missionary Work in
Korea." with Mrs. C. B. Dunson
in charge of the program and giv
ing the inspirational devotional ser
vices. Mrs. H. L. Schmalzried gave
an interesting story cf the Korean
Village Life." and Mrs. E. H. Po
teet told of the “Missionary Work
in the Rural District."
During the business session, at
which Mrs. George Potts presided,
circle chairmen were appointed and
names drawn for membership in the
circles, as follows; Circle one. Mrs.
Charles Alford, chairman; members:
Mesdames Homer Settles. C. R Mar
tin, Charles Miller. A. C. Nefi, Oscar
Roman, F. A. Hanshaw, F. R.
George. Charles Parnell, W. M Rob
erson. Nix Harrington, C. B. Dun
aon. W. C. Urban. H. Roland.
Circle two—Mrs. J. L. Vining.
chairman; members: Mesdames J.
M. Reynolds, George Potts, Joe
Council. M. L. David. O A. Paynes,
H. L. Schmalzried. H. T. Tidmore,
J. C. Deyo, E. Q. Farris, J. F. Brown,
Henry Lauderdale. A1 Robinson.
Circle three. Mrs. G. C. Fitta.
chairman; members; Mesdames H.
C. Alston. Marr, John Herndon,
Walter Byrn. B. A Acker, George
Markham. E. H. Pcteet, T. J. Rip
pert. Ed Herring. C. A. Carlson. S.
P Elmore, Fred Bernard. M. C.
West. Miss Grace McClelan.
• • •
October 11 was chosen as "guest
day" in the Needlecraft club at a
meeting held at the home of Mrs.
J. P. Dawson, north of Mercedes.
Hostess will be Mrs. J. E. Haynes. At
this time a large number of guests
will be in attendance and there will
be a display of lovely needlework,
quilts and paintings done by the
members. The outsanding response
to roll call was an anonymous
poem, entitled "Life’s Lesson." read.
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N. Y.-Adv.
by Mrs. J. O. Ward. Guests for the
afternoon Included Miss Zula Ward,
Mrs. G. K. Wattson and Mrs. RutA
ShotwelL
• • •
The Los Ebanos Study club will
hold the first meeting of the fall
season Monday afternoon at the
home cf Mrs. O. M. Joyce, th
hostess and Mrs. Henry Lauderdale
having charge of the program. The
study will be a continuation of the
study of Texas history and litera
ture.
The program will be composed cf
a talk by Mrs. Lauderdale. Mrs.
Joyce will give a review of the book,
“The Vacquero of the Brush Coun
try,” by J. Frank Dobis. This is the
story cf the life of John Duncan
Young, who now lives in Alpine. Mrs.
Waldon Haynes is president of the
club. Mrs. O. M. Joyce is recording
secretary and Mrs. Leon Graham Is
corresponding secretary and treas
urer.
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Tuesday
Ceremony
(Special vo Tb« Herald)
HARLINGEN. Sept. 6.—A pretty
home wedding of Interest to a heat
of friends of the couple took place
Tuesday evening when Miss Jau
nita Mothershead. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. M Mothershead, became
the bride of Mr. William Maurice
Simpsco. son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Simpson.
A candlelight setting at the twi
light hour made an appropriate
setting for the simple but impressive
ceremony read by the Rev. E. Doug
lass Carver, pastor of the First
Baptist church. Masses of pink roses
and tubs roses mingled with fern,
against a background of potted
palms and ferns formed an impro
vised altar lighted by tall white
tapers where the couple pledged their
vows. Nearby was a crystal candle
stick. an heirloom in the bride’s
family and used at her grandmoth
er’s wedding.
As a pre-nuptial solo, Mrs. D. D.
Norton sang. “All For You.” Mrs.
E. Douglass Carver presided at the
piano and played the bridal chorus
from Lohengrin. During the cere
mony Lowell Oehme played softly,
“I Love You Truly.” on the vlbra
harp.
The bridge entered on the arm
of her father who gave her in mar
riage. She wore a coat suit of cord
ed crepe In royal blue with taffeta
trimmings and accessories of navy
blue. Her flewers were Columbia
roses framed into an arm bouquet.
She carried the lace handkerchief
used by her mother and wore the
wedding ring of her grandmoth
er.
Mrs. B. 8. Motherahead attended
the bride as matron of honcr and
wore a tailored frock of green
crepe and carried talisman roses.
Miss Willie D. Worley of Austin,
also an attendant, was attired in a
lace trimmed frock cf rose beige
crepe and carried pink asters.
Immediately after the ceremony,
witnessed by only immediate mem
bers of the families and a few inti
mate friends, a reception was held
on the lawn of the home. Musical
selections were given by Lowell
Oehme who played the vlbraharp.
Mrs. J. D. Gough presided at the
lace-laid table which was centered
with the large embossed wedding
cake. Mrs. Ea{l Grisham and Miss
Kate Robertson of San Benito as
sisted In serving.
After a short wedding trip to Cor
pus Christ! and Houston the couple
will be at home in College Stmtion
where Mr. Simpson is an instructor
In the department of accounting In
A. St M College.
Mrs. Simpson has for several years
been a popular member of the local
high school faculty and previously
of the Santa Rosa public schools.
She is a graduate of the Fort
Worth high school and Mary Har
din-Baylor College and a former
student of Baylor Medical School
of Dallas and the Southwestern
Theological Seminary in Fort
Worth.
Mr. Simpson lived with his par
ents near La Feria and Harlingen
until his education from the La
Feria high school. He received his
higher education at Texas A. and
M. College and has since been con
nected with that Institution as an
Instructor.
Large Group
Present For
Zone Confab
Eleven local folk were present
Wednesday at the all-day meeting
of the Missionary societies of the
Methodist churches In Cameron
Willacy counties. These were Mrs.
George Easterly, Mrs. A. B. Niven.
Mrs. J. A. Sewell, Mrs. Oeorge
Walker. Mrs. McGllvery. Mrs. W. D.
McBryde. Mrs. Charles O. Stewart,
Rev. and Mrs. E A. Hunter. Mrs.
Herman Jeffery, president of the
Brownsville society, and Mrs. B. E
Walters, program chairman for the
sone.
Talks, prayers and musical selec
tions were g. ven by Mesdames J. S.
Thompson. W. J. Bach. J. T. Baird,
J. P. Rodarmore, R. M Patterson,
W. 0. Liston, J. R. Moore. E C.
Bennett. D. R. Perry, A. B. Niven,
Homer White. Carl Young, A. A.
Lindahl. M E Deakin. A. W. Cun
ningham. J. M. Richardson, and
Deaconess Ora Hooper.
Rev. L. A. Boone gave the initial
Scripture reading and prayer, and
Rev. E. A. Hunter gave an interest
ing talk on "Stimulating Interest
In and Through Study Classes."
Mrs. Hunter also sang a solo. Theme
of the meeting was "Partner: ip
with Christ."
There were about 75 present from
various Methodist churches In Cam
eron and Willacy counties. During
the business session, Mrs. Herman
B. Jeffery was elected chairman of
supplies for the zone.
Joyce Goforth Is
Hostess For The
Little Women
Members of the Little Women s
club met Wednesday afternoon at
the home of Joyce Goforth with aD
members of the club present
Gaines of bridge were played dur
ing the afternoon, with high going
to Evelyn Hayes, and second high
to Virginia Miller.
The hostess served a refreshing
dessert course at the close of the
afternoon to those present who were
Evelyn Hayes, Virginia Miller, Syl
via Sommers. Ernestine Boye and
Prances Barnes.
Evelyn Hayes will ba the next
hostess.
.-o..—
Embroidery Club Is
Honored Lately By
Mrs. Tom Hesketh
(Special to Tbs Herald)
DONNA. Sept. 5—The Tuesday
Embroidery club was delightfully
entertained by Mrs. Tom Hes
keth with the following members
present: Mesdsmes Harold Watts,
C. E Duncan, E. E Vickers, Wil
lard White. Archie Cox, and Jesse
Norwood.
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