, 1935-05-19
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DONNA, May l8.-The PreSbyter-
ian auxiliary met Thursday after
noon at the home Of Mrs. Arthur
Erase, with Mrs. Maurice Ben ana
Mrs. Emory Capp as co-hosteses. The
president CT the Auxiliary, Mrs.
l5aldwin presided during the business
meeting. This was the annual birth
day party, the money this year to
20 TO the Golden Castle" college
Tor girls, in Japan. Badges. similar
20 those used in the school, were
pinned on the members as they ar
rived.
Those taking part on the program
were MesdameS A. Il. Elliott, Bush,
B. J. Msttescn and Miss Betty Jane
Truax. Mrs. willard White and
Mrs. Matteson, with Mrs. Baldwin
accompanying them, sang a Japa-
nese song. Mrs. w. S. Petch gave a
beautiful devotional and Mrs. Her
bert McDermott closes the program
with a prayer.
Plans were perfected for the din
ner party to be given Thursday eve
ming, BY the Auxiliary, to the ID
seniors who are members OF the
Presbyterian Sunday school, their
guests and Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Sect.
MI. and Mrs. Clyde Todd and MI.
Nelson Jean. Mrs. Scott and Mr.
Todd are the Senior sponsors and
Mrs. Jean is the teacher OF their
Sunday schol class The dinner par
" will be at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jean.
The next meeting. In June. will
be at the home Of Mrs. II. ". Watts.
The Donna Women's club recent
ly met at the home CT Mrs. William
Ball. Roll call was answered with
The names Of educational institutions
in Texas. Two interesting papers
we're read, one on the schools OF
Texas. Mrs. Baker and the other. by
Mrs. Murray, on the natural re-
sources Of Texas. Mrs. Flieruit re-
viewed Phyllis Bottoms book,
private Worlds" The next meeting
will be the last n Of the year and
will be q garden party. at the home
OF Mrs. Herbert McDermott.
At a very beautiful and impressive
ceremony, recently held at the home
OF Mrs. Arthur Erase, seven Girl
Scouts were invested in the Donna
troup. The girls assembled In horse
shoe formation on the lawn and
sang, THE Star Spangled Banner"
and gave the Pledge to the Flag. Dor
othy Foster presented as candidates
from the Lone Wolf Patrol, Inez
Smith, Anna Laura Leadbetter.
Frances Bowling and Billie
Joan Perkins and Jeanne Baker
presented Frances Crawford, Hava
Fenner and Johnnie Mae Dyal CT
the Bob White Patrol. Following the
I~nvestature ceremony Marjorie
Helen Boaz, Marjorie Shows and
Sylvia Yaws sang The Isle OF Cap
ri" Mothers and friends who at
tended the ceremony were Mesdames
j. G. Leadbetter. Dan Smith, Jen-
kins, Bernice Hughs. G. z. Baker,
=. II. Erase and Arthur Erase.
Thirty-five Donna girls are new
enrolled in four patrols. Fifteen OF
them have already passed their ten
derfoot tests and the rest are work
ing hard and expect TO be able TO
pass within a few weeks. All girls IN
terested in Scouting are invited 10
Join. The meetings are held every
Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock ut the
B. K. Shepperd home. The leaders
are Miss Eugenia Shepperd, Miss
Edith Mae Nance. Mrs. Hazel TODD
and MIS-. Philip Whitman, and the
members Of the Troop committee
are MeSdames Arthur Erase, j. K.
Thomson and Jesse Hardin
The Wide-Awake Home Demon
stration club met Tuesday afternoon.
at the home Of Mrs. W. j. Ambrose
with Mrs. George Good as co-hoSt-
eSs. Each member answered roll call
by exhibiting an unusual vase AND
the flowers best suited to It. Mrs.
Lander. the program leader for the
afternoon. told Of the add beauty
and attractiveness Of flowers. arts
tically arranged in suitable and APP
prcpriate cases, in the home.
The gifts were drawn by Mrs.
Bowling and Mrs. Mackay. Plans
were made for the club dinner, at
the all-day encampment. TO be helo
in Edinburg May Is. The program
that night, when DR.. r. II. Mont
gomery. professor Of economies az
the University of Texas will be the
guest speaker. has been planned 70
be of interest to the entire family
and all are cordially invited.
There was one visitor, Mrs. julia
Martin. who Is spending the summer
with Mrs. Lander. The next meeting
will be a joint meeting with the
North Donna club. May 18th. at the
home of Mrs. Roy Blackburn.
The Holmes School Of Expression
offered a fine program, when the
younger pupils Of Mrs. Holmes ano
Patricia Holmes presented the FOL
lowing program:
Greeting. Mrs. G. L. Tracy, pres
ident of high school PIT. A.. Lul-
laby Land. Annette Hensley. Joan
McCleIland, Jane Weir, Married.
Dalton, Sara Gilliland OF Donna,
Theresa Farina, Helen Archer. and
Glenna Ruth Holman Of Weslaco;
Tin Pan Parade, Clark Majors,
Danny Burch, Gordon Wood, Elton
vickers and Wayne Hardin; The
Little Cuckoo Bird, personality
Joan McClelland: In Granny's
Time, personality, Clio Hensley.
Sleepy Town Express. engineers
Catherine Farina.. Martha Anna
Sansing. and Marjorie Lee Sansing'
Weslaco; Jacqueline Powell. Rose
mary Dodd. Mary Catherine Farm
er. Clio Hensley. Zelda Fac McClel-
land. Nina Holmes. Edna Todd. FL
ten vickers and Wayne Hardin OF
Donna. Readings, Dorothy Carpen-
ter. Weslaco.
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