, 1935-02-07
Wilroy
Is Present
At Session
Especial 70 The Heraldl

DONNA, Feb. IA demonstration
meeting OF the Home Workers club
and the Willing Workers club was
held Tuesday afternoon, at the home
OF Mrs. ID. o. Stuart OF the Home
Workers club. with Miss Matte Will
roy, the county demonstration agent
present. Mrs. o. c. Smell, president
OF the Home Workers club preSid-
ed, opening the meeting with the
club theme song and the creed.
Various plans for tho new club
house were discussed and il Was an
nounced that a benefit bridge and
"42" party will be given next Tues
day afternoon at 2:30, az the home
OF Mrs. o. c. Smell, the proceeds TO
80 TO the building fund. The clubs
cooperating III raising the funds
Tor building and furnishing a club
house for the women's clubs OF
Donna are the Donna Woman's club.
the Business and Professional Wo-
mans club and the four Home DEM
onstration clubs.
Miss Wilroy gave a demonstration
on the proper furnishings for a bed.
She told Of the making and car Of
cotton mattresses and showed mat
treSS covers. which are used prefer
ably over the springs. rather than
the mattress. thus keeping out the
aust and preventing the ruSting OF
the springs from running the matt
reSS. Mattress protectors. the quality
and sizes of sheets and pillowcaSes.
blankets, comforters, quilts and bed
spreads were all discussed in her in
teresting and helpful talk. After the
discussion she demonstrated the
o . method of making a BED or
rectly.
Cookies and coffee we're served
during the social hour which follow
ed. There were about As in alton
dance. including the following n
tors: MeSdameS J. o. Johnston.
Dayle Harrison. +. O. Carmack, G..
ID. MacKay and Miss Helena Torres.
Of Donna, Mrs. II. j. Allen of WeS-
laco. Miss Elsie Hane OF Iron River.
Michigan. Mrs. Clara McKaen OF
Ollie Montana. Mrs. K. J. William Of
Breton. South Dakota and Mrs.
John Stevens Of Grundy Center. Ia.
The next demonstration meeting
will be held the first Tuesday in
March. at the home Of Mrs. Thelma
Ledbetter. a member OF the Willing
Workers club.
The High School unit Of the Par
ent-Tcacher ASSOCIATION met for their
regular meeting Monday afternoon
III the High school auditorium. with
the president, Mrs. Harry Towns,
presiding. Rev. Herbert McDermott.
OF the PRESBYTERIAN church. cave a
very beautiful devotional and play
CIR. followed by a special Founders
Day program. The girls sextette and
trio. under the direction Of Miss
Bonner. sang several selections and
Miss Velma Huer. an accomplished
pianist OF bennington. Ontario. gave
a very fine piano solo.
Mrs Searcy Chambers. one OF the
urst members Of the Donna Parent
Teacher association. in a very inter-
eStlng way. told the history Of the
work Of the founders OF the aSsocia-
ion and Of the things they are
striving TO ACCOMPLISH. Mrs. Fred
Petch sang a delightful solo.
AT the close OF the Drcoram a So
"ial hour was moved and r~r-aSh-
mentS were served BY Mrs. o. K. Da-
Wis. assisted by Betty Yerger and
Martha Webb. all three being dress
"a ~ Colonial costumes. Part OF the
refreshments were made by the girls
I II home economies denartnent. |
3. J. Matteson is chairman Of
the program committee and Mrs
Willard White is chairman of the
hospitality committee.
The Sunshine Sisters Embroidery
club spent a delightful afternoon
with Mrs. David Wilson recently.
Late in the afternoon delicious toast.
I'd sandwiches. cocr'e~ end coffee
served. The members ariovinD
this hospitality we're: MeSdames
Marvin Armour, Bert Coat Of Pharr.
Ivs~ 0odd +. L. G'Tilaud. ]. w.
Monk. A. w. Nations. G. L. Tracy.
It. Whitman. w. 4. Whieham
McAllen. c. T. Wood. Tom Boyce,
D. A. Prather and the guests OF the
afternoon we're Mrs. o. Z. Davis
and Mrs. Archie Cox Of Donna. MIS-
Chester Dickey and Mrs. Warren
Davis Of McAllen and Mrs. Graves
Of st. Louis.
Plans T being made for a
Canadian party TO be held at Dun
wanderin IN the near future.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Watts are
spending a few days in Houston.
Mrs. John Stevens and her son
,f Grundy, Iowa. arc the guests
her sister. Mrs. Mumper. OF
Mrs. o. G. Smell. Mrs. w. L.
Venable and Miss r. Lcidner. dele
from tho Home Dcmonstra-
ion clubs OF Donna. attended the
Council meeting in McAllen
recently.
Mrs. Oscar Vickers has been
confined to her home the past two
weeks with flu. but Is some better.
Mrs. Tom HeSketh Is with her