, 1935-05-10
Bridge Affair
GiDen Ldtely
In Mercedes

XII 1uOLIpSOu dllU Miss NGA4 0Lllppp
member sof the local school faculty,
were h~ostesses at bridge Monday
evening at the home Of the former.
Miss Ruth Rollins scored high for
the games Of contract and Mrs.
Alleyne 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. C~arutherS. Lellah Lyle, L. NJ.
Rice, W. +. Perry. Floyd Langford,
Blake Curl. j. T. Moye. Miss Doro-
thy Anderson. Eugenia King. Lois
Bell. Maurine Phillips, Annie Conner
Verser, Alma Whatley, Sara Sayles,
Frances Williams and Amy Cornish.
One Of the delightful social az
fairs OF the week and an outstanding
event in high school activities was
the Zeta Eta Sigma tea given by the
undergraduate members of the Or
ganization. girls honor club in the
Mercedes high school. for the gradu-
attng 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-
meath the large shade trees on the
school grounds.
The receiving line was composed
OF the following: Harriet Kidder,
junior chosen 10 head the receiving
line: Doris Griffin, president of the
club; Elizabeth Tidmore, vice pres
ident; Miss Amy Cornish, instructor
OF English; Mrs. z. II. Poteet, JAG
queline Johnson, Louise Boiler, Sara
King. Betty Howe. Dora Soils, Muir
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 n semester.
Guests for the tea included Mrs.
j. w. Brisco, Mrs. Fleet Lentz. Mr..
and Mrs. Leon Graham, Miss Cor
nish, Mrs. James Howe. Mrs. II. C..
Aston. Mrs. II. T. Tidmore. Mrs. N.
p. Barton. Mrs. j. w. Chambers, Mrs.
E K. johnson, Miss Halle Hare, Mrs.
Lee Kidder. Miss Sara Sayles. Mrs.
w. X. Perry. Miss Anna Soils. Mrs.
j Malaenado, Mrs. r.. p. Caldwell,
Mrs. j.. g. Lear. Mrs. Fred Wright.
Miss Dora Hager and Miss Maurine
Phillips.
Two birthday anniversaries were
celebrated Saturday afternoon at the
home Of Mrs. III. ID. Lauderdale.
There were two lovely birthday cakes.
one holding six candles for the lit
tie daughter. Laura Nell Lauderdale,
and the other rs candles for ID. X.
Kenneth, pioneer resident Of Merce-
dies. and a favorite among the little
folk.
The following little guests we're
present: Mary Chiffon Potts. John
Herndon, June Poteet, Barbara
Joyce. Pattie Bowers, Marilyn and
Buddie Archer. Mary Marie Deyo,
FreIiie Bernard. Marie Drew. Patsy
Ebhng. Walden HAYNES. Jr., Richard
Roman. Jack Witcher. John Stuart.
Mauderet Mcdonald. John Reynolds,
Jimmie and Jackie Hanshaw. Sara
Ellen Herndon. Mamie and Bobbie
Brooks. Frances Grace Mcclellan,
Peggy Ann and Marjorie MacVean.
Margaret Copeland, Evans Walker
OF Brentwood.
The members Of the Methodist
Auxiliary planned an interesting
event for next Tuesday. at the bust
ness and social session held al the
church Tuesday afternoon. At that
time the members will gather at the
local church in the morning and
leave at IL o'clock for Pharr for an
all day visit in the Valley Institute
a Methodist institution for Mexi-
can girls of the Valley. 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
6ume, the auxiliary will begin a two
months Bible study. under the di-
rection 20 Rev. G. r. Wheat. These
discourses win be held in the even
ings. In order that the men Of the
church may attend.
Members Of the Los EbanoS Study
club motored 10 Edinburg this week
for their meeting. which was held
with Mrs. Bob Lyons. a former res
ident of this city. Mrs. NJ. r.. Law
Ser and Mrs. Joe Brooks were In
charge Of the program. In continu-
ing the study Of Texas history. Mrs.
LAWYER gave the biography Of David
Crockett. and Mrs. Brooks gave in
teresting sketches Of cowboy liter
AZURE.
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
II. ID. ~Lauderdale, Leon Graham. z.
II. Poteet. F. A. HanShaw. John
Herndon. Shelly Collier and her
mother. Mrs. John Feike of San An
tonic.
Master Billie Stuart celebrated
his third birthday at the home Of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. II. d.
Stuart. Toy balloons we're distri-
buted among the guests. Ann Coe
was given the prize in a contest.
Mrs. Carrie Stuart. Billie's grand
mother. Mrs. Harry Rogse. his aunt.
and Mrs. w. @. 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
Rouse. Mary Ann DeCell. Jimmie
Hanshaw. Jimmie Lauderdale. John
Stuart and Ann Coe.
Our seasons will be reversed TO-
500 years from now because Of a
change in the direction Of the
earth's axis from day TO day. Due
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