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THE MEXIA DAILY NEWS, MEXIA, TEXAS. FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1951 Miss Focke And James F.Gunn Married June 30 Miss Dorothy Helen Focke and James Franklin Gunn were in marriage in a ceremony at the Methodist parsonage in Cameron, Saturday, June 30, at 7:00 pjn. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

John H. Focke, of Mexia. pnd the bridegroom is the son of Mrs. M. L.

Gunn, of Cam- The Dr. Mark Magers performed the double-ring' wedding Wi fashioned over, matrhing taffeta. but a amail white hat with matching accessories orchid corsage. Her jewelry was a Strand of pearls. Mrs.

Cunn is a graduate of Mexia High school and is now rmnloyed at the Mexia Textile Mill as bookkeeper. Mr. Gunn is a graduate of the C. H. Yoe High school in Cameron and attended the University of Texas.

He served three years with the U. S. Navy from 194V 46 in the South Parific area. He is employed at the Newton Clinic fn Immedaitely following the wedding the couple left for a short wedding trip to Austin. Mrs.

Billy Beaver Hostess Tuesday Mrs. W. W. Beaver was hostess to the Chit Chat bridge club when she entertained at the Mexia Country club Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-eight guests were en- 'ertained at the 'affair with high guert award won by Mrs.

Herman Focke. High score club award was presented to Mrs. C. Withpow. delicious, refreshment plate was served by the hostess at the close of the game sesion.

James Eubanks Are Parents Of Son Born July 3 and Mrs. James Eubanks the birth of a baby son -TI July 3. in a local 1 --1. T- b-by weighed seven sixv ounces at birth -fi been named Larry James. Thi" Mr.

and Mrs. Eubank's first child. Mr. and Mrs. Enders Groover have as guests in their home Mrs.

Roy Ives of Waco, and Mrs. A. R. Whatley of Kirven. Personals Mr.

and Mrs. Jack Corlev visited Mr. Corley's mother and-sister, Mrs. John R. Corley and Miss Lucille Corley, during the past weekend enroute to Corsicana to attend former governor Jester's daughter's wedding.

Mr. and Mrs. Carl Ruth, of Cross Roads, and Mr. and Mrs. Grant of Athens, have returned to their homes after spending a few davs at the Ruth Ranch in Point Enterprise.

101 Eavt Commerce Street GOSPEL MEETING -AT- The Church of Christ Hopkms and McKinney Streets Beginning July July 15 Evangelist R. T. Williamson of San Angelo, Texas, will do the preaching. Virgil L. Scott of Dallas, will conduct Song Services.

We invite one and all to attend the Gospel Meeting with us. 64 Golfers Take' Port In Tourney At Country Club Forty-eight men and 16 women participated in the annual Fourth of July golf tournament at the Mexia country club' last Wednesday. i George Eubanks says a champ-. ionship flight and three flights comprised the' men's action, and in the women's division there, were three flights. B.

Groesbeck. won first place with his low score of 80. Par on the 18-hole course is 74. Runner-up John Smith, of Groesbeck, scored an 81. Other results are as follows: first flight winner, 'John Neece, runner-up, Carlton Hammer; third flight winner.

Dick Scott, runner-up, Billy Pollard. The second flight Champ will be determined in a playoff- Sunday between Wright Kincheloe, Dr. G. Con Smith, G. W.

Parten, George Eubanks. Gus Blackmon, and James Newberry. In the women's championship flight Mrs. John Latham was the winner with a score 97 with the runnerup-being Bobby Smith with 110. Second flight winner was Mrs.

Billy Beaver and run- nerup was Mrs. Johnny Neece, Mrs. Ozzie Edwards was the third flight winner and Mrs. Kenneth Roberts, was second, ing tournament play. Others playing with him at the time included John Smith, J6e Browder, Jack Browder and Charlie Ingram.

Speaking of hole-in-one, Mexia club should be able to organize their own hole-te-one club. George Cook's was the fourth made this season. The first one was made by. Carlton Hammer, then his wile made one no 'the same No. 5 hole.

Tuesday, Lonnie Parks made a hole-in-one that did not count. On No. five Lonftie hit into the water on his first tee shot. On his second tee shot his fell into the cup. -Waco, Lufkin, Taylor, Teague, Groesbeck, Wortham and Coolidge were all represented in the tournament.

i i forest Glacfe Rain fell at Forest Glade, Sunday afternoon. Everybody is busy peas. Some bovs and gttiij' were home from school for theiviJly 4th holi- dav. i Mr. Widner is working in Mexia on the neero Mr.

and Mrs. Hie Boyd. Mrs. Sitiis and Mrs. Fowler attended ther Church of Christ Mexia lagt week.

Mrs. Widner visited sister, Mrs. Laura OwenV' in Mexia, Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.

Oliver Elmore and children, of Alabama, are visiting Mrs. Hood and Mr. and Mrs. Seth Wilson SAVE Your Car With UNDERCOAT PREVENTS RUST STOPS RATTLES STOPS BODY LEAKS REDUCES ROAD NOISES 95 Fords Chevrolets Studebokers-Plymouths Small Dodges. ACL OTHER MAKES $24.95 DICK scon "DEAL WITH DICK" SALES Phone 140 SERVICE Mexia, Texas have returned from Christi, where they visited last weekend with their daughter, son-in- law, and grandchild.

Mr. and Mrs. Dossy visited her brother, Mr. Fowler, and Mrs. Fowler, Tuesday night.

Rex Beene, ofShiloh, visited Mr. and Mrs. Tuesday nieht. Mrs. Vidie Boyd visited her neice at Shiloh Tuesday night.

Mr. and Mrs. Beene have their grandchildren, of Fort Worth, with them this week. Leo Beene has returned home from Fort Worth, where 'he has been visiting his sister. RIGHT? You are saying good night to a young man with whom you have had your first date, and you hope he will ask to see you again.

WRONG: Say: "Am I going to see you again?" RIGHT: Tell him what a good time you had, and wait for him to bring up the subject of another date. Three cool cotton separates by Susan Thomas promise all- around summer allure. The cotton lace overskirt lends a dancing nole-lo a skirt and camisole top of Soe? 'n' WaJer The fabric Is a washable, wrinkle resistant cotton. National Cotton Council experts report. Suhtan Not Always Appreciated Says Show Girl Manager NEW YORK (UP) You think you have sunburn.problems.

Imagine the plight of the girls hi the famed Rockettesjof the even more scantily-clad beauties in a show like "gentlemen prefer blondes." If one -of "em gets pink, they all have to get pink. And if a bathing suit makes a striped pink and white effect across a midriff not concealed by the chorus costumes well, the stage manager gets more gray hairs and the striped chronics gets a stern lecture. "Sometimes the girls come in at night all dressed so you.can't notice the sunburn," said Sam Liff, one of the three stage managers of the Broadway musical "Gentlemen Prefer "Then all of a sudden the show's on and you look out and yo A white mark across one of girl's backs where her bathtag suit strap was." Last summer the girls who wore the briefest costumes in the musical solved then- problem, We stage manager said, by all going to the' beach together, so 'they'd look alike. At Radio City music hall where Mr. and Mrs.

C. E. Taggarti'the Rockettes are supposed to Mr. and Mrs. J.

V. Cox and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Truelove were hi Blooming Grove Friday to attend the funeral of their nephew, Capt. Barney W.

Hughes, who was killed in Korea October 7, 1950. Vacation Attitude Maftes Living Easy By BQTB MILLET Summer needn't be too hard on the homemaker if she will: gard it as the time when she can- simplify her family's living and make use of all the shortcuts and timesavers she Knows. That is what a family does when they go off on vacation. By adopting a vacation attitude toward living for all the summer months, life can be a lot'more fun at home. Turn -summer suppers into pic- 'nic meals and family will pitch in to help, even though the "picnic" is just on-the porch or in-the yard.

Promise the'kids, a swim qr an afternoon at the park If they'll help with-the housecleaning and watch the worK get done in a hurry. Maybe it won't be ES thorough as Mom would have done it but it will be good- enough for vacation Asking friends to.some by after dinner weekend afternoons instead' inviting them for dinner makes entertaining in the summer simple and easy. Therefore it's fun instead of hard work. Moving, the, living room out 6t doors helps, too. both in saving work and in saving tempers.

An outdoor living room doesn't crowd a family up so that they get in each other's way. Asking "Is this job really necessary?" heips, too, to cut down on household drudgery when the mercury soais. All of those things comprise liileng a vacation attitude toward living. And the. woman who rdopts it is sura to get more enjoyment out of the summei n.onths than t.l>e woman who isn't wiling to-lcr Janice Faye Eubanks, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Tom Eubanks, has returned to her home after being confined to a local hospital for treatment for a broken arm. Mr: and Mrs. L. M.

Hawthorne and daughter, Judy, of Orange, returned to their home Friday after visiting in the-home of Mr. and Mrs. John Latham. Miss Nanella Burrows and Miss Jafc Johnston: wv Thbrne' in Waco Thursday. By MRS.

ALICE FOWLER J. T. Bounds' had business A college this past weekend. Mrs. John Pearson has returned home after spending a few days with her "mother at Lake Creek.

Mrs. Dane Bounds is in a Temple; hospital. Mr. and Mrs. David McCartney and are visitin? her oarents, Mr.

and Mrs. Kelly; Bounds. Mis Martha Lou Burk has accepted nurse's work in a Mexia hospital I O. B. Carter broke his leg and foot tit avrecent accident 'Mr.

and Mrs. Gordon Satter- of were recent guests of Mrs. A'dolph Burke. Mr: arid Mrs. James Shivers, of Dallas, and.

Rev. and Mrs. Shivers, of guests in the Dick Thornton home. Mrs. Kelly Bounds.is in Jonesboro, La.

visiting her son-in-law and daughter, Mr-, and Mrs. Meridith, and granddaughter. Mrs. Dick, Thornton and mother, Mrs. Shivers, with relatives' in Hemmond.

Miss Jane Throck, of Georgetown, is guest of friends. Mrs. Mary'Cogdell is guest of relatives in Beaumont this week. Mr. and Mrs.

Meeker and children, with Miss Mabel Fowler, of Waco, were Sunday guests of' frdm schoe-1 for the tuy holi-, Horace Williams, a missionary from China and an ex-student of Westminister college, is. guest of friends. Among the out-of-town people to, hear his speech at the auditorium were Rev. Thornton. Tuesday and Mrs.

Pace, ftf oil field accident Anderson is in a i Personals Mr. and Mrs. Bert Capps returned from Port Lavaca, Thursday, after visitmg Mrs. Capps' son, Billy Anderson, who was injured in an Monday. Mr.

company hospital at-Bay City now pnd is reported to be resting nicely. Kenny Kuykendall has returned to his home in Fort -Worth after spending the past three weeks in the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. W.

De- WHY PAY MORE? When it comes to speed, quality and purity in aspirin than guaranteed'by world's largest seller at lOc." t.Joseph ASPIRIN tabMa IM Buj I iw ehlM rar II unltht. Only TIME TO PLANT Stocks. Calendulas Snapdragons Petunias, including Firechlef Hibiscus Flower Seed, the very best SPARKS B. JENKINS Phones 161 or 19 look as much alike as possible, the dancers are given a stern warning at the start of -every summer. Usually, a Rockette spokesman said, the jirls start early, douse themselves -with plenty of suntan lotion, and get a gradual tan.

Until men quit admiring the girls at the beach, however, it's doubtful that women wil stay out of the sun. Personals Mr. and Mrs. K. P.

Greer and children, of Corsicana, spent Wednesday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilson. Mr. and Mrs.

James Sinclair and children returned to their home in Duncan, Oklahoma, Friday, alter visiting several days with Mrs. Gene Sinclair. the monasteries built in England during the Renaissance were dissolved and became ruins, the tiles used in them for floors were still iri.such good condition that often they were removed pnd used to repair local' buildings. "Huh, we serve for tin Mew Wiilt Wrapper ALWAYS RUSHED DIRECT FROM OUR OVENS i 0.4/LY W. D.

Battreall D. C. Cause of Upset Stomach Found 1, -Interference to the "nerves of the stomach was found to the cause of many sleepless nights. "Have had indigestion for five years; been tired and and couldn't sleep at night; After "other methods had failed, I decided to try Chiropractic. After a few adjustments, I am feeling fine, my stomach trouble is.

so much better and am sleeping well I would certainly recommend Chiropractic and-Dr. Battreall to "anyone in ill health." Bessie Douglas, Box 1132, Mexia, Texas. DR: W. D. BATTREALL CHIROPRACTOR 211 E.

Commerce Phone' 565 a Mexia, Texas for the best A trntrf IMW. brand mw gih Ttw 12" wide, etched crystal lap into the 4" high Iterling console. Matching contain for miring. plan when you buy a new car 'By all means investigate our low-cost auto loan plan. Youmay save money.

First National Bank of Mexia Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 3 Special Groups ga at Sharp REDUCTIONS' Condensed Statement FIRST NATIONAL BANK MEXIA, TEXAS June 30, 1951 RESOURCES Cash onJHand.and Due from Banks U. S. Government Securities .1 Municipal Bonds and Warrants Loans and Discounts Banking House, Furniture and Other Assets Capital Stock Surplus Undivided Profits Reserve for Taxes Deposits Liabilities LIABILITIES 831,115.84 724,880.00 415,807.05 1,599,664.12 31,000.00 126.22 $3,602,593.23 100,000.00. 100,000.00 31,388.77 10,000.00 3.33U69.46 29,935.00 $32.50 your choice at 'up to $45 One Special Group 6 styles to choose $765.

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