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Bridge Affair Given Lately In Mercedes (Special to The Herald > MERCEDES, May 10. — Mrs. Vir gil Thompson and Miss Nell Shipp, member sot the local school faculty, were hostesses at bridge Monday evening at the home of the former. Miss Ruth Rollins scored high for the games of contract and Mrs. ABeyne Hompe was presented a favor. Others present for the evening were Mesdames W. M. O'Hair, Mar guerite Simpson. Leon Graham, Beverly Caldwell, Nix Harrington. W.#W. Caruthers, Lellah Lyle, L. N. Rice, W. E. Perry. Floyd Langford. Blake Curl. J. T. Moye. Miss Doro thy Anderson. Eugenia King, Lois Bell. Maunne Phillips. Annie Conner Veraer. Alma Whatley. Sara Savlea, Frances Williams and Amy Cornish. • • • One of the delightful social af fairs of the week and an outstanding event in high school activities vat the Zeta Eta Sigma tea given by the undergraduate members of the or ganization. girl’s honor club in the Mercedes high school, for the gradu ating members. The tea is an an nual affair and each year since its organization in 1929. has been in the nature of a garden party, held be neath the large shade trees on the school grounds. The receiving line was composed of the following: Harriet Kidder. Junior chosen to head the receiving line: Doris Griffin, president of the club; Elizabeth Tidmore, vice pres ident; Miss Amy Cornish, instructor of English; Mrs. E. H. Poteet, Jac queline Johnson. Louise Bolier, Sara King. Betty Howze. Dora Solis. Mur lea Brisco. Dorothy Perry and Freda Wagner. A corsage of red rosebuds and Queen Anne's lace was presented to each of the members of the Zeta Eta Sigma The present sponsor is Mrs Kathryn Thompson. To be eligible for membership, a student must make the average B. and must have been a student in the Mercedes high school one semester. Guests for the tea included Mrs. J W Brisco. Mrs. Fleet Lentz. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Graham. Miss Cor nish, Mrs James Howze. Mrs. H. C. Alston. Mrs. H. T. Tidmore. Mrs N. P. Bgrton. Mrs. J. W. Chambers. Mrs. E E. Johnson. Miss Hazle Haire. Mrs. Lee Kidder. Miss Sara Sayles. Mrs. W. E. Perry. Miss Anna Solis. Mrs J Malaenado. Mrs. R. B. Caldwell, Mrs. J. C. Lear. Mrs Fred Wright, Miss Dora Hager and Miss Maurine Phillips. • • • Two birthday anniversaries were celebrated Saturday afternoon at the home of Mrs. H. D Lauderdale There were two lovely birthday cakes, one holding six candles for the lit tle daughter. Laura Nell Lauderdale, and the other 75 candles for D. K. Kennett. pioneer resident of Merce des. and a favorite among the little folk The following little guests were present: Marv- Chilton Potts. John Herndon. June Poteet. Barbara Joyce. Pattie Bowers. Marilyn and Buddie Archer. Mary Marie Devo. Frclie Bernard. Marie Drew. Patsy Eblinc. Walden Haynes. Jr., Richard Roman, Jack Witcher. John Stuart. Maudcret McDonald. John Reynolds, Jimmie and Jackie Hanshaw. Sara Eilen Herndon. Mannie and Bobbie Brool.s. Frances Grace Mcl^elan. Peggy Ann and Marjorie MacVean. Marnaret Copeland. Evans Walker of Broun wood. The members of the Methodist Auxiliary planned an interesting event for next Tuesday, at the busi ness and social session held at the church Tuesdav afternoon At that time the members will gather at the local church in the morning and leave at 11 o'clock for Pharr for an all day visit in the Valley Institute, a Methodist institution for Mexi can girls of the Valiev. Mrs. Ben Drew gave the devotional at the meeting Tuesday, and Mrs George Potts presided at the business ses sion. Beginning the first Tuesday in June, the auxiliary will begin a two month’s Bible study, under the di rection if' Rev. C. E. Wheat These discourses will be held in the even ings. in order that the men of the church may attend. • • • Members of the Los Ebanos Studv club motored to Edinburg this week for their meeting, which was held with Mrs. Bob Lyons, a former res ident of this city. Mrs M. R. Law yer and Mrs. Joe Brooks were in charge of the program. In continu ing the study of Texas history. Mrs. Lawler gave the biography of David Crockett, and Mrs. Brooks gave in teresting sketches of cowboy liter ature. The next and last meeting of the current year will be held at the home of Mrs Grant Morrison. Others at tending from here were Mesdames H. D. Lauderdale. Leon Graham. E. H. Poteet. F A. Hanshaw, John Herndon. Shelly Collier and her mot her. Mrs John Feike of San An tonio Master Billie Stuart celebrated his third birthday at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Stuart. Toy balloons were distri buted among the guests. Ann Coe was given the prize in a contest. Mrs Carrie Stuart. Billie's grand mother. Mrs. Harry Rouse, his aunt, and Mrs. W. G. Greenlee were pres ent for the occasion. Little folk in attendance were Blake and Peggy Greenlee. Walden Haynes. Jr., John Lawler. Harry Tolson. Vivian Jane Bouse Marv Ann DeCell. Jimmie Hanshaw. Jimmie Lauderdale. John 8tuart and Ann Coe. Our seasons will be reversed 10. 500 years from now because of a change in the direction of the earth s axis from day to day. Due to this change, the seasons come 35 minutes earlier each year. Our present winter will then be our ■umrrer. Drive Out the Poiaona When regular bowel movement* ■top, souring waste matter clogs the bowels and soon begins to poison the entire system. When you feel bad on this account, take Thedford’s Black-Draught to get rid of consti pation. Refreshing relief follows. •*I take Thedford’s Black-Draught for dizziness, headache*, bad taste In the mouth, a dull, tired feeling and for any bad feeling that comes from a clogged system.” writes Mr D. M. Minton, of Chiefland. Fla. "Soon I am feeling good as new I only take a dose once in a while, fBEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT LIFE BUFFETS CRIPPLED SONG BIRD Nan Johnson at hor piano * Life seems bound to buffet Nan Johnson, crippled young Fair mont, W. Va., song bird, who sang for President Roosevelt in the White House. Nan suffered from infantile paralysis when she was a tiny girl. She has had to go on crutches ever since. A choir director discovered she had a voice worth developing, and a year ago Nan sang for the presi dent, also a sufferer from infan tile paralysis. Since then she has had numerous concert engage ments, and sang in her church choir Blaster morning. Then she was stricken with appendicitis, and was rushed to the hospital for an emergency operation. She is now convalescing, but she isn’t whipped, and declares one thing she likes about her present plight is that she doesn’t have to prac tice—a thing she docs not enjoy. Style Show Is PTA. Feature In Meeting <Special to The Herald) DONNA. May 10. — The ele mentary school Parent-Teacher as sociation Study Group met Monday | afternoon In the auditorium. Mr. ; Perry, president of the Board of Education, gave a financial report of the Donna School District. Jac quelyn Truax of 4A, gave a tap dance “Liza Jane." The high school Parent-Teacher association met Monday afternoon in the high school auditorium. Mrs | Purvis, the secretary, gave a report on the evening meeting and Mrs { John Wood made a report on the dis trict meeting held in Weslaco. Mrs Holmes announced a recital to be given by her pupils May 15 at 8:00 o'clock, the proceeds of the free-will offering which will be taken, to go to the Parent-Teacher association. Mrs. C. L. Yracy reported on the plans for the annual luncheon held in May. Miss Virginia Bransford gave a reading. The installation of the new officers was held w/h Mrs. Rose president of the elementary unit, actinr as installing officer. Mrs Harry Towns, the retiring president, presented each of her officers with a corsage and Mrs. O. E Davis gave a spray of roses to Mrs. Tpwns in ap preciation of her untiring efforts during the year, in behalf of the Pa rent-Teacher association. The high point of the program was the Style Show when, under the di | rection of Mrs Lois Norwood, the j girls in the Home Economics depart ment modeled the dresses they have made since Christmas, in the first, second and third year classes The work that has been done by the girls featured a variety of styles and in cluded slacks and shorts, school dresses, tailored and sport dresses, party gowns and children's clothes. The small children modeling their wear were Doris Clagget. John Boeye. Charles Lee Martin. Patty Burden, j Patty Counts. Barbara Ayers. Gladys McKay and Robert Dillon. The fol lowing girls took part, modeling the clothes they had made during the year: Beatrice Acree. Christine An derson. Elnora Anderson. Yleen Bracken. Marie Cox. Edna Davis. Phvllts Fisher. Anita Forrest Velma Gerber. Marjorie Matteson. Gwendalyn Mode. Lillian Tervecn. Marjorie Broun. Martha Chestnutt. Helen Egley, Amalia Garcia. Helen Klopek. Rtyes Perez. Helen Rodri quez. Eva Self. Mary Trevino. Win ona Farris, Flora Grav, Beverly Wittenbert. Martha Webb. Suzanne Ayres. Jean Dockter. Betty Maxine Famworth. Vivian Oolie. Orace Ken drick. Virginia Mann. Viervyl Baker. Viola Baumgart. Burnetta Gerbar, Frances Guin, Effie Joe Holloway, Lottie Klopek. Lillian Thompson. Anne Wood. Mary Grace Winstead. Nettie Wright, Betty Yerger. Alice Chestnutt, Patricia Holmes. Marie Jones. Marie Moye. Arleta Murphy. Ruth Shelton and Lucile Wright. • • • The senior play “Oh! Susan!” was presented Tuesday night in the high school auditorium Following is the cast of the four-act play: Danvers Meredith, wealthy and wise. Pat Champion: Mrs Marian Weatherby. who plans, but not well. Virginia Mann; Rose Parsons, one of the rosebuds. Effie Joe Holloway; Edith Parsons, the other rosebud. Betty Yerger: Janet Dalton, who gets what she goes after, Betty Maxine ' Pam worth “Marne ’ who takes what she wants when she wants it. Frances Guin: “Lefty." a light-fingered gentleman, Douglas Puryear; “The Old Soak." the proud father of these two. Louis VonWald; Jason, who serves the Merediths. Sealy Bob Taylor; Mrs. Hawkes. who also senes the Mere diths. Dorothy Miller. A tap dance by Mary Forrest and a solo by Jean Dockter were enjoyed between the acts. The Tuesday Embroidery club met at the home of Mrs. Tom Hes keth this week Mrs. Vernon Moore was a guest of the afternoon. Mrs. Frank Thomason has return- j ed home from Kingsville. 1 Sally ’s Sallies fella oeft Yours has been S WAltlN’EA£tlV / ONE HOUR f0£ ) ! / /a When a girl keeps a man waiting it's only • little wile. Coronation Of Queen to Be Impressive Miss Alma Mae Ku>tler and Carl Ellington, both members of the senior class of the Brownsville high school, will represent the local .‘chool at the 10th' annual birthday celebration of the Texas College of . Arts and Industries, at Kingsville Saturday. May 11. Representatives of 32 high schools will be present at the celebration which includes the coronation of the college queen, who this year will be Miss Vivian Dietz. Harold Brown, president of the student body will be her escort. There will over 300 participant* in the coronation ceremonies which will be the most colorful that the school has staged to date. One dance will include over 100 A. and I. girls In lovely costumes of pastel ; organdie. An interesting feature of the en tertainment will be the presence of the girls who have reigned over the ten previous celebrations. These are Misses Verna Ross Brown. Lanlha Rutledge. Grace Burke. Berle Bar I ber, Rowena Dunlap. Hazel Hair. ; Vivian West. Kathrine Brooks and Mrs Bera Brown Hill. The courts of previous years \1H also be pres ent Out of town duchesses will arrive in Kingsville with their escorts Sat urday morning, and will be shown j about the campus, and the con i struct ion of t he new dormitories i and dining hall. In the afternoon, there will be a final rehearsal of the ceremonies that will take place that night. The girls will be enter tained at tea by the college girls later and the boys will be entertain ed at luncheon given by fraternal groups in the campus. The coronation ceremonies will take place at 8 o'clock Saturday eve ning on the college athletic field. A 15-foot birthday cake will be one ol the features of the affair. Im mediately following the coronation £nd the program there will be a dance in honor of the queen and her court. CELERY CURLS To make celery curls cut Inner stalks Into three or four inch length*. With a sharo knife, cut each piece down into thin strips, stopping when I within an inch of the end. Drop into ' ice water. Strip*- will curl up as they become chilled. 666 Liquid - Tablet* Salve - Nose Drop* Checks Malaria in 3 days Colds first day TONIC and LAXATTV1 Benefit Party To Be Given For Library (Special to The Herald) WESLACO. May 10. — At the meeting of the Weslaco P. T. A. held Wednesday at the high school au ditorium plans were announced for a “42” and bridge party to be held at the city hall to raise money for books for the school library. Messrs. Tarrant, H. H. Johnson, and Superintendent F. C. McCon nell spoke on various phases of school life. Mrs. Frank Wagner Installed new officers for the coming year as fol lows: president. Mrs. Seth Duncan; vice president, Mrs. T. Q. Cressner; secretary, Mrs. F. M. Coray; treas urer, Mrs. H. L. Trott; publicity chaiman, Mrs. Walter Ludwig; pub lications chairman. Mrs A. C. La Duke; historian, Mrs. J. B. Lane; health chairman. Mrs J. O. Frizzell; finance chairman, Mrs. E. I. Em mons;. This was the last regular meeting of the year. Mrs Cyntah Marshall and Mrs Faye Hull were hostesses Tuesday at the home of the former, to the Southern Star Home Demonstration club. The president. Mrs. Herbert Hale, was in charge of the business meeting. Twenty-one answered the roll call with Mesdames Carr. Carter and Compton as guests. Mrs. Edith Puckett gave a report of the council of home demonstration clubs held Saturday in Edinburg. Mrs. Edith Puckett directed a flower contest during the social hour and this was won by Mrs. Helen Miller. On May l®th the Southern Star club will be host at the city hall when the Llano Orande. Worth While and Southern Star home demonstration clubs hold a Joint meeting, with Miss Mattie Wilroy. county agent, in charge. • • • Miss Virginia Sappington. high school teacher, sponsored a swim- ; ming party to the Cascade at Me Alien Thursday after school. Mrs Chandler. Miss Burnell Hachenberg and Mr J. A. Meyer also went with the group. A pleasant afternoon was spent by the youngsters from the seventh grade. • • • Mrs. Harry Sc ha use was hostess Wednesday to the members of the ! Delta Deck Bridge club. Mrs Jean* ette Mauck was club guest. The fa vor went to Mrs Tony Ford The ' next meeting of the club will be with Mrs. Walter Anderson. • • • Mr and Mrs. Joe Daney have had ] as their Ruests Mr. and Mrs. Charles DeWeese of Denver. Colorado. Mrs J. H. Thomas of Cotulla Is ■ the guest of her son. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Thomas and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Rives have re turned from a short visit in San Antonio and Houston. At Houston Mrs. Rives, as a delegate from the Weslaco Garden club, attended the State Garden club convention. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wagner will have as their guests next week his sister. Miss Marie Wagner, of Chi cago. Illinois, and his niece. Miss Katherine Crowley of Madison. Wis. Mrs. Don Queen and little son have gone to Dennison, to visit rel atives. A number of members of the Wes laco P T. A will attend the County Council of P T. A.’s to be held at Hidalgo Saturday. Mrs. C. L. Skaggs, who has re cently been brought home from the Scott White sanitarium in Temple, is convalescing nicely. W. H. Baxter. Jr., returned Sun day from a several weeks stay in Denver, Colorado. Mrs. Alma Fort and Mrs. Sallie Dorris have as their house guest i Mrs. James Joynt of Nashville. I Tennessee Beauty Contest Is Sponsored by Class <8rw‘n\ to The H'-nlc HARLINGEN Mav 10—The sen ior class of Harlingen high school is to sponsor the beauty contest at the Arcadia Theater Saturday mid right, May 18. according to Rav Byfield. manager of the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The local girl to be represented in the Valley-wide beauty contests l*ere diming the Valley Harvest Fl-1 esta. May 29 and 30 will be chosen. Miss Annie Roonie Hill, class spon sor, will select the local girls who are to compete in the local contest. Each city in the Valley is to be asked to select an entry In the Val- j ley-wide contest to be held here. IMPORTANT TRIFLES Colored linens frequently have lint on them when Ironed. To prevent this wash well by themselves and rinse through three waters. Roll in Turkish towel for an hour and a half: straighten out and dry. Press on wrong side with moderately warm iron This advice Is especially good for colored handkerchiefs. “LOST FAT FOOLED GOSSIPERS Mrs J. R. McCausland of Pitts burgh writes: “I took off 8 lbs. In two weeks with Kruschen. I ate as usual and feel fine." You, too. cam safely reduce as Mrs. McCausland did if you’ll only have a mind of your own. Pay no attention to gossipers who wouldn't want to see you the slender woman you can be if you 11 only take a half teaspoon ful of Kruschen Salts In a cup of hot water every morning, (tastes fine with Juice of half lemon added). Kruschen Is SAFE—it’s a health treatment and when your body abounds with Kruschen fitness— excess fat leaves. Jar lasts 4 weeks and costs but a trifle—any drug Cisneros Drug Store No. 1 or any drug store in the world —Adv. Let Di Make An Offer Pot Tow OLD GOLD Ion’ll Find We Pay More We Operate Under 0. S. Got. License No. N. a 14-209 DORFMAN’S Jewelry Store, Inc. The Valley’s Finest IMS Elisabeth SL IU Collar Flatters (Cnurtau Good llou$ckccpiiifl) A. new and flattering collar with jabot is put on this sheer wool shirtwaist frock. It is made of white pique and is detachable, as are the cuffs. The dress has set* in sleeve* and there are taro pockets. CALENDAR SATURDAY Mercy Hospital tag day. Antique displiy by the Civic eague at 1230 Elizabeth street be ween the hours of 9 a. in. and 9 >. m. Jardin Group Has Program 0f Interest Mrs. Clarence H. Drea&her en tertained members of the El Jar din Heights Social dub Thursday afternoon In the home of her moth er. Mrs. W. B. Mather . Mrs. Dreacher had asked Mrs. Milton H. West and Mrs E. T. Pierce to give the enjoyable pro gram ‘'Texas Music and Compos ers,'’ that they had given before the Treble Clef dub recently. The program was opened with the group singing of “Texas. Our Tex as," by Marsh. Roll call was answered by each member giving the name of her fa vorite song and its composer. Mrs. Pierce read a paper on Texas com posers that was most interesting and Instructive. She then sang "White in the Moon the Long Road Lies" and "We’ll be Rounded Up In Glory,” both by Oscar Fox. Mrs. Milton West gave a piano rendition of “Nocturne.’ by Effie Hinton, a composition composed and dedicated to Mrs. Dreasher. She also played "Have You Ever Been to Texas in the Spring.-’ by William J. Marsh. At a business meeting It was de cided for the club to nave an ice cream supper Friday evening. May 17 at 7 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Frank Jones. The husbands will be the guests of members at this meeting. The hostess served a light re freshment course to the guests of the club. Mrs. Milton H. West, Mrs. E. T. Pierce. M^s. W. Y. Wor ley and Mrs. Charles McCulloogh. and the club members Mesdames Guy Sutter. E. J. Wells. Pat Mur phy. Gentry Mo man, Louis Rank, Charles Pinkley. George Wahl. J. M. George, Louis Demeaville. Ira Ford. George Bowman, I. Choposh inoff. Frank Jones and W. B. Mather. The club will meet Thursday, May 23 at the home of Mrs. Louis Demeaville. With the recent conveyance of 22,851 acres in 15 counties to the state game lands of Pennsylvania, that state now has a total of 452, 960 acres of game lands, distrib uted in 47 of its 67 counties. Allens Foot*Ease ALUM’S FOOT-CASK. U ROY. M. V. erics PERMANENT WAVE Ann Sothern, Columbia Pictures Always so different . . . always so adorable . . . but he didn't know it was the elusive charm of her beautiful, soft Frederics Permanent Wave, glistening with youthful radiance, and tossing willfully in the breezes — that won his admiration and then his heart. Many a girl has made her own romance, and "captured her man” by making herself lovelier than her fondest dreams with a Frederics Vita Tonic or Vitron Permanent VI ave. 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