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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1953)
i'nesdav, Novembei 24. 1953 THF B^.TT.ALTON 1 Pag'e K CONTEST WINNERS—Looking- over the prize winning essays ip the AAUW Better Reading- contest are (front row) Harvey Mosley, first prize winner; Judy Martin, second prize winner; (back row) Betty Joyce Steen, second prize winner; Dorothy Berry, first prize winner; and Mrs. L. A. Knowles, chairman of the education committee, sponsors of the contest. Two College Station School Children Win Reading Prizes b L iturcheb Special Services A special community Thanks giving- service will be sponsored by the College Station Ministerial alliance at 8 a. m. Thursday at the A&M Presbyterian church. Rev. T. Walter Moore, Methodist district superintendent from the Galveston area, will be the main speaker. Rev. Norman Anderson, pastor of the A&M Presbyterian church, will preside at the services. Cooperating churches are First Baptist church, A&M Presbyterian church, A&M Methodist church, Our Savior’s Lutheran church, A& M Christian church, Church of Christ and St. Thomas Episcopal chapel. Informal Thanksgiving services will be held at 6:30 a. m. in the YMCA chapel. They will be a non- denominational service sponsored by the interfaith council, said Bill Wiseman, council president. Roscoe (Bubba) Hunt, corps athletic of ficer, will give a short talk. College Heights Assembly of God Service men at Bryan air force base are in charge of the Thanks- A sixth grader at A&M Consoli dated elementary school and a fifth grader at Lincoln elementary school were top College Station winners in the Better Reading con test sponsored by the American Association of University Women. Dorothy Berry, J1 - year - old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. R. O. Berry, 1004 Harrington St., was the winner of first prize at A&M Consolidated. Second prize went to Judy Martin, seven - year - old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Reuben the second grade. Wins at Lincoln School Hai-Vry Mosley, nine-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs, G. R. Mosley, was first prize winner at Lincoln school. Second prize for the Col lege Station Negro schools went to Betty Joyce Steen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Steen. The winning papers were chosen from 366 entries in Bryan and College Station. Final judges were Mrs. Frank E. McFarland, chair man, Mrs. Ural Bents and Mrs. W. D. Scoates. Judging Committee The judging committee includ ed Mrs. Frank Powell, Mrs. Louis Hanna, Mrs. Milton Huggett, Mrs. Mosley, Mrs. Joseph Brussc, Mrs. Lucile Byrd, Mrs. B. J. Barron, Mrs. Maggie Shepherd, E. C. Me- Larty, Cecil Nabors and Sister Jean Marie. In Bryan, highest honors went to Vernon Newlund of St. Joseph’s Jc omorroiu Hoi UIJ Life, Hospitalization, Polio EUGENE RUSH Phone 4-4666 Aggie land Phcy. Bldg. North Gate JUY, SETT,, KENT OK TUAUE. Kates . ... 3c a wora per Insertion with a 15c minimum. Space rate in classified section .... 60c per column-inch. Send Ell classified to STUDENT ACTIVITIES OFFTCE,. AI! ads must be received in Student Activities Office by 10 a.m. on the flay before publication. FOR SALE BLACK AND TAN Cocker puppies for sale. Phone -1-8589. FOR SALE: Large desk, S15.00 and side board, $10.00 A-9-B Col. V. FOR SALE:—191S English Ford. Fair condition^—3-5 miles per gal. See Roy Goode, A&M Press. LOST K E SLIDE RULE On Houston street opposite Mitchell hall. Lost about 5:30 o- 6 Sunday evening.. If found plOase contact A. f. Goldberg: room 15, Mit chell or Ecu; 7352. Thank you. BOY’S BLUE, belted jacket with fut col lar near Park Place bridge. Phone 6-3253. Alex Rush. DISAPPEARED Beagle, male, black, tan and white. Has choke chain And tags. Named “Sla ter”. His loss vefy detrimental to owner’s Kennel investment. Reward. Please cOhtafct: 'Gild M6.cD6nald. Box 6881 Legget—1-L LADY’S BROWN and white tooled leather purse Initials N R H Lost' at Rice game in student, settiorv Had. billfold, glasses, keys and' identification—Naomi Lord. Contact Rollln • Lctfd, 32-,5-X Col lege -View or leave- name .with Campus Security office. Reward - ° 6 f Aggiei: Xhd your diti pi^k up -a Waite coat at the F.ay Anthony dinOe, by mistake? if to, contact- Leonard Smith 7, 223. • WANTED • WANTED—Set of golf clubs. Two tickets to Texas game. Telephone 3-2861. WANTED—good used girl’s bicycle, 20”- 22”. Call 4-1272 after 1 p.m. WANTED — Two “knot - hole” tickets to the Texas-A&M game. Phone 4-4916. • SPECIAL NOTICE • NURSEftY to be held during A&M-Texas football gams at A&M Christian church. 305 Old Highway 6 S. Reasonable rates, 6-3739 for reservation. WILL KEEP children during Texas game. 25c an hour per child. Mrs. McClure, B-7-S, College View. WANTED: Typing. Reasonable rates Phone: 3-1776 (after 5 p.m.) * FOR RENT * HEWING machines. Pruitt’s Fabric Shop. Official Notice Any boys wishing to work Wednesday and/or Thursday report to Student T abor office. Room 106. Goodwin Hall. We are thinking of giving Biology 217 again In the spring term if there are as y.any as 12 who sign up.-for .it Please turn your name in to George E. Potter. Biology Department if -you are interested in get ting the course - Df. George E. Potter —* — k- 1 - --1 , , * Blue line prints ® Blue prints © Photostats SCOATES INDUSTRIES Phone 3-6887 •' • • . - v Y ’ GUY H. DEATON, 20 TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE We Buy, Sell, Rent, Repair 116 S. Main Ph. 2-5254 BRYAN school and Donald Richard Childs of Washington elementary school. Second place winners in Bryan were Joyce Cargill of Travis elementary school and Frances Ste ward of Carver elementary school. Honorable Mention Winners Students who received honorable mention were Barbara Gibbs, Crockett school; Parpela Stidham, Bowie; Johnny Fazzino, Ben Mil am; Garfield Scott, Carver elemen tary school; and Josephine Sims : , KORA during the Library hour at 9:30 a. ni. Saturday. Students were given a choice of two topics for their essays, “Tell What the Library Means to You” and “Tell Why You Enjoy Read ing Good Books”. Contestants were also given a set of questions about books and reading to turn in with their en tries. 60 Persons Attend Promenader Fete About 60 members and guests attended the first dinner-dance of the year sponsored by the Prome- naders, College and Bryan square dance club Saturday. The dunce was held at St. Thomas Episcopal parish house. Hosts for the evening were Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Daniels, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Nance and Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Burchard. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Wagoner are club chairmen for the year. Club members alter nated doing the calling. The Promenarers meet every other Saturday and hold three or four dinner-dances a year. Ex-Butt Editors To Hold Reunion Former editors of the Battalion since 1946, will have a reunion at 6:30 p. m. Wednesday in the MSC Assembly room. This years Battalion staff and several of their friends will also attend the reunion. It will be in the form of a smorgasbord arranged by Roland Bing, former manager of student publications, said Carl Jobe, pre sent student publications manager. Food and conversation are the only programs planned for the function, said Jobe. Dr, Carlton R- Lee optometrist v SOSA Edst 26th Call 201662 for Appointment (Across from Court House) our ^ c '- ean, &g ^ o*s ro * *Oo Save Your Money! Save Your Clothes! C AM PUS CLEANERS giving service to be held at 11 a. m. Thursday. Our Savior’s Lutheran Church “Praising the Lord” will be Rev. T. H. Swygert’s sermon for ser vices at 9 a. m. Thursday. A special offering of thanks will be received during the service. Mrs. Henry Hadley is in charge of the music. St Mary’s Catholic Chapel Thanksgiving mass will be held at 6:45 a. m. Thursday with Father Sylvester Fuchs in charge. Christian Science Services A special Thanksgiving service, open to the public, will be held at the YMCA at 11 a. hi. Thursday. The Golden Text of the Lesson will be chosen from Revelation. The latter portion of the service will be devoted to spontaneous expres sions of gratitude by Christian Scientists for God’s goodness. St. Thomas Episcopal Chapel A Special Thanksgiving day ser vice of Holy Communion will be held from 9 until 9:30 a. m. at St. Thomas Episcopal chapel. The re gular 6:30 a. m. communion service and breakfast will also be held. Dance Classes to Formal Dee. 1 in MSC Students of the Memorial Stu- lege Station and surrounding’ areas dent Center dancing classes will get to put into practice what they have learned at a formal dance Tuesday at the MSC. Registration for the clashes is held at the beginning of * each school semester and is limited to Aggies and local girls who wish to learn to dance. The girls come from Bryan, Col- Boy Scout Troop 450 Camps Out at Giddings Boy Scout Troop 450, sponsored by the College Station Lions club, camped 021 the William Matthijetz farm near Giddings last week end. Scoutmaster Ron Logan, Assist ant Scoutmaster Turned Bufford aftd 18 scouts made the trip. Some scouts passed tests in camping, cooking and hiking. such as Caldwell, Nav&sota and Hearne. The classes ai-e held each Tues day in the ballroom or the as sembly room of the MSC and are directed by Manning Smith of Col lege Station. There ai’e about 300 Aggies in the classes. Because of this large number they are divided into five groups. Each has a different tim& for instruction. The girls attend all five sessions. The classes first began in 1950 and include instructions in all types of dance steps. 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