The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1934 Page: 1 of 8
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Some of Leaders of Texas Grand Lodge in Its 100th Year
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Sportsmen of Upshur TCoun-
Santa made an early visit to
to-the polls Friday and voted
per
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the
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of the enutry attended.
as follows:
Agnst. %
her parents from
while stil a child.'Except for a
68 15
friends at Dallas, Sunday morn- been drawn, each girl bringing Shady Grove. 55
8 ‘ 87
Minnie
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la outside work.
' result" of, its fine showing at
1
Pritchett
cap-
was a
for
local lodge and make a talk.
A devout member of
pirit of Christmas is in
The si
years, Mr. Dean had been
a
Q,
: O©
afternoon *at .
municipal tree, the string
lights at the
According to Nat J. Harri-
the limit for registrations in-
r
KKMANAC
be_ white
plates which will
back-
of
routine
Two cars- driven by’ Hyman
ball tournament at the Gilmer
gym.
ed rady to clear Tuesday, but and. Frank Robinson retire at
Carthage General Hospital.
225 trailers and the same num- fore January 4.
22899 "-Mji
touruen
Mesdames V. J. Stephens and
Shreveport.
4$
both knocked unconscious.
Mr. Arthur Lee spent Tuex- Christmas shoppers and busi-
were
p
-
but are not seriously injured,
ess was brisk.
day in Dallas,
tJ
$
La
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, A. L. Bradfield returned Fri-
day from a visit to reiativesn
toaH.fi
the
most
more than fifty years
resident of this county.
Years ago he worked
pro.
pay-
at the rate of about 82
cent in favor of keeping
Christmas In The
Air and Everywhere
Death came Friday morning
at 9:45 to relieve1 the suffer-
at the home of hex-son, O.
Slater, in Kelsey community.
She was 75 years, 4 months
and 2 days old and had been
iH for a short time. Her hus-
7935
4.454
the
and
4-H
the
in Last Session
Before New Year
10
30
23
4
1
2
stead of February 1.
An invoice has been receiv-
Monday afternoon with burial
at Concord Cemetery.
BY TUCKER * LASCHINGER
wi"i j.i. “.n .m-,i,i i,,i ........
Jack D. Dean Died
At Concord, Mon.
M. .College.
More than a hundred
came out for football JI
17
11
13
8
18
1
Nanhhead Act In effect for the
year 1935.
be-
at
-
Mrs. W. M. Parker
Died Friday Aft-
er Long Illness
Registrations
Of Cars Wil Be
Later Next Year
5,254
16,822
26.765
8,443
3,oil
12.611
6.237
19.208
the
ser-
there
three-
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62
88
98
95
82
66
88
80
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1931
2,685
13,569
3,543
14,104
15.913
5,456
2339
7,941
- 4,509
10,607
78
81
88
99 .
60
77
80
53
65
85
94
62
54
85
96
40
99
91
79
85
87
93
96
___ Duggyr anti Gladys Fennel had zling
No entrance fee -zequired. a. head-on collision near Rose- L.. “
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63
56
100
55
76
29
61
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106
151
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88
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70
66
7" Christian fortitude, .
Born Augusta Ann Proctor,
• she moved to this county with
Sportsmen Talk .
. Closed Season
* For Quail Here
1933, 4,037.121.
County
Camp
Cass -
Gregg
Harr icon
Smith
Titus
Marion
Upshur*
Morris
Wood
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Upshur County farmers want
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GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY, TEXAS, /THURSDAY, DEC. 20, 1934.
tW’enty-ehht ed prior to December 1. ......v.............-..............
10.. The State: 1934, 2,176,830; the air this week. At night the Mormon Church, .funeral
I
Graves Family In
Auto Wreck Near
Dallas, Sunday
at least 500* members of that
fraternity. From 50 to 75 from
Gilmer are expected to be on
hand.
The Gilmer degree team, as a
Car Wreck At
Rosewood Sat
COUNTY BASKETBALL
TOURNEY, JAN. 11-12
■
On January 11 and 12, there
will be an all-county Class B
years ago, but a'son, John T.
Dean, of Alto, Texas, survives.
in; was torn up.
The accident occurred
The county will also receive
700 commercial motor licenses,
running from 144-401 -to 145-
100; 150 farm truck licenses;
For
50
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21-Pilarima M M Piym-
oud Rock Men-ien
n-CigaretteeMne we
Peen,
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member of the Odd Fellow fra-
ternity rising to the post of
Past Grand, and .treasuring as
a symbol of his fidelity to the
‘Q.a
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tain. Mr. Leo Hart, no., fewer
than 40 lodges have asked that
the Gilmer team visit them.
of I Monday
Crystal. , the thirty.]
Strand Friday afternoon.
About 300 boys and girls Complete returns are In,
representing clubs in all parts showing the vote to have been
counties there are fair num-
bers of birds. The opinion of
many people is' that'in his
county too much out-of-season
hunting has been done, especially
by workers in the oil fields of
adjoining counties and by putt-
ing-a stop to all quail shooting
for a time, effective conserva-
tion could be enforced.
As it is now, it is'almost use-
less to waste the time hunting
because the likelihood of getting
a mess of birds is very remote.
—
boys Little Mound 51
Col-Lafayette . 55
\ • Indep. Spgs.
W. O. Boyd. L C. Shockey Soules Chapel
and Bill Seago, al ex-Buckeye Latch
foothall atars, havebbeen award Newsome
ed freshmen letters for the sea-Pleas. Grove
Very few have been able tb
get anywhere near the limit in
Kentucky, birds and their scarcity is the
every house with a lightedi
Christmas tree or • at least a
lighted wreath in some window.
Most elaborate and yet taste-
fully conceived is the lighting.
Cotton Ginned _
To Dec. 1st; Crops
Of 1934 and 1933
time cutting down the
spective pre-Christmas
roll.
According to Miss
ing, Mr. and Mrs. T. EGraves
and daughter, Genice, miracul-
ously escaped serious'' injury
when 4 ha: car they were riding
multi-colored lights of
ty are almost ut inimous in the
the"* dl season
here should be ko ed for one
or two years, and ) is not un-
Fs
0w
Olifei Jr
Mrs. Boren is a nurse, at the
order, a-veteran,s*jewel, which
----------- - gave biilife membership in
usual, and April first will be the I. o. q F.
Funeral servicos .were held
ings of Mrs. W. M. Parker, at-ropinion that tl
the home of her son, Will
Bishop and Eloise Shipp were Boxwood
heard, after the members had Concord
joined in a number of i .songsi| Grice
and yells. Rosewood
Following the reports, mem-Enon
bers enjoyed a movie. with New Diana
the compliments of Mr. Cox. Glenwood
Santa then made his ap- Pattonfield
pearanc, distributing gifts to Minge -Chapel
all of the members. Names hadEnoch
son, County Tax Collector,
registrations of automobiles
will be later during 1935 than
ed for the new 1935 license
miles -------------. —• —----.
found son just closed at Texas A. and band Hill
C.W.A. clients, giving Gilmer according to the team's
the busiest single pre-Christ-
The Commissioners' Court
but Mrs. Graves and Gmmice
remained in Dallas jo visit the
JJAN H. CROOKER GEO. W. CLAMPIrr W. A CHESNEY —
1 he Texas Grand Lodge of Masonry began its 1001 year in Waco-tast week with clection of theta
men to important posts for the coming year. .Mr. Crooker, of Houston, was elected'Grand Master*
Mrclampitt. of Galveston, was elected Grano High Priet of the Grand Royal Arch ( haptic 01
Texas, and W. E Chesney of Colorado, Texas, was uamed Gt and Master of Ilie Gi and Council of Roy-
al and Seleet- Masters/of Texas (Texas News Photos.)
Parker, in this city. Following a
fall, she had been an invalid .for
about 18 months, but her mis-
fortune she bore with true
The numbers for passenger
cars will run from 970-501 to
973-500 for Upshur County, and Class C invitation baket-
with a total of 3,000.
as great a supply over
state as usual, yet in
greatest ever known. It has
not been unusual for hunters
to walk all day and find no
more than two or three birds
this- season.
Hunters who opposed and
ridiculed the idea of a closed
season quickly changed their
minds after trying their luck
once or twice and are as ardent
as any others now in advo-
cating a ban on bird hunting in
Upshur County.
Not Alone has the drought
brought about the scarcity of
bob whites. While there is not
20-South Carelina meedea
irom ehe Union, 1
Bradford, relief -administrator
for this county, there are about
800 men on the work rolls,
drawing about_15 cents an
hour, but practically all of this
2 1449awning decorations on every • Besides her son, she leaves a
‘Bener he wiwe mmd m nimple the M
end be KKfk'
I.DECEMBER
e*k.m 1?— Wright Brother kWh
EAuLArK fcu.lrgtaMSWM.IMX
.xxp is—Slavery a abalishea b,
"94 the Conatirutlen, IMI
' Suitable trophies will be giv-
en the- winners and good offic-
ials will be provided.
•
Mrs. W. M. Burkes and child-
ren are at Regan to spend
Christmas with her parents.
figures on a maroon
ground.
likely that Rep; Dunagan will
be asked to have the proper
legislation enacted toward this
end.
Rainy Weather
Holds Up Work
On Relief Jobs
Rainy weather over the
week-end, which was continu-
ing Tusday, was having the
effect of holding up work on
relief projects, and at the same
about 19425. Mr. Graves, who
was driving, suddenly lost con-
trol when the rerend of the
car started skidding on slippery
pavement. The to swerved
to the ditch and turrd over
twice before coming to a stop.
Fortunately, none of the* occu-
pants was more than slightly
bruised. -
The car was towed to a gar-
lege Station this fall, andafer. Of a total of 2430-vetes cast,
the weeding out had been-com-2015, or 82.1 per cent were for
pleted, the three Gilmer buys the continuance of the Bank-
were still going strong. head Act, and 415 (17.9 per
Boyd and Shockey “ both cent) agalhst.
starred in the backfield, under In other words, the county'*
Coach McClelland, while Seago cotton producers favor the Act
was one of the best ends turn-1 by more than 4 to 1.
While on the way to visit
mas day in memory. This year,
there will be practically no pay-
roll, although- the relief office
has abbut $45,000 in cash on
hand. But none may be ex-
pended without the client Hav-
ing turned in manual labor for
it.
dist University will visit the
standing Masonic gatherings inween Forney and Dallas
Texas and will be attended by -
ae at. Mesquite, tw
away,’where it was
Norris; the young son of Mr.
and Mrs. Herbert Taff. was
operated on Tuesday for ap-
pendicitis.
Mr. Jack D. Dean died Mon-
day morning at • Concord at
the age of 77 years, 5 months
and 28 days. A native of Eng-
land, he had lived in Texas
since early boyhood, and for
the vices were conducted
Even if all of these men could
be working this week, the puy-
roll would amount to only about
$2,000 while last year, the day
before Christmas about 611,000
was paid out to relief and
Gilmer Masonic 7
Degre Team At
Tyler On Dec 31
ThA degree team of Bethesda
Lodge, A. F. & A. M . Gilmer,
has accepted an invitation to
put on the Third Degree at
St. John’s Lodge, Tyler, on
New Year’s eve. This meetihg.
each year, has come to be
recognized as one of the out-
il VOL. 59. NO. 49
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Achievement Day (Farmers Vote 82
And Party FrL For Per Cent To Keep
4-H Club Members Bankhead Act
Gilmer Friday to attend
Achievement P Lparty
program of th county’s
Chib members held at
For nearly
Sneemar of Atfn Metho- strsanane-arwsnlte--dia
bar of chauffeur badges.
Licenses for ten motor
— buses have been assigned this
county.
The licenseplates were made
at the Huntsville penitentiary
this year.
various lumber mills L and at
one time was nignt watchman
for the old Commercial Lumber
Co. More recently he has de-
voted his time to nursing.
His "Wife died about five
Emmett Stevens, , President Box
of the county organization, serv Brumley
ed as chairman. Reaports on Union Ridge
, club work by. Misses OthaCox. *
However, these invitations former’s sister. Miss Elizabeth
have been turned down. in Ble.- - -
favor of the Tyler request. It -) _ ■
islikely that some time nextn c Ids’
month they will be guesta. _ of MrS. 3. later
Corsicana lodge. Died at Kelsey
it is also anticipated that in "011•
Shipp of.Indian Rock, Mr. O.
A. Shipp suffered, a fracture
of his hip, Saturday night.
Owing to his advanced age—
Mr. Shipp is almost 85—he
will probably never again be
able to leave his bed.
Until recently Mr. Shipp was
a familiar figure on Gilmer's
streets, on his frequent trips to
town and visits with ' his
daughiter, Mrs. J. B. Powers,
here.
His friends here will be sorry
to learn of his unfortunate ac-
cident. . ' ’
wood Saturday morning.
Miss Fennel’s car had pulled
out to the side of the road to
pick up some other ladies and
Dugger's car came over the top
of a hill, unable to see the
other car in time to stop; so a
head-on collision resulted.
-Both cars were' completely
torn- up but none of. the occu-
pants seriously injured.’- Mr.
Dugger, and Mrs. C. L. Hurt,
who was In Miss Fennel’s car
hand remind us that the Yule nummber of other relatives to
geason. is here. mourn her death. .
" . . 1 * *
A drive through the .,uc
dential section finds practiclly Commissioners
Rep. Otis T. Dunagan has-re-
turned home from a visit at
Fort Worth.
-a
a senior this year, and like the By rd-Frost, Inc./Dallas inde- ”
boys succeeding him, was one I pendent oil firm, has confirmed
of the Buckeyes’ best men of reporta that i will drill a wild-
all time, though ut Aggieland cat test in pshdr County,
he was continually handicapped north of James and west of
by injuries, which cut down his Ore City.
playing. ’ I The operators have assemb-
. -— . led approximately 2,000 acres
Boren-Reeves \ for a test to the Woodbine sand.
Nuptials Thurs.seap-demeufam.he Forh ."orth
.Misa Katie Lov Reevestand U,rn. Saturday, December
Mr. Edwin Boren of Carthage,, to Mr. and Mrs. < A.
Texas were married at 7 P. m. Lake, a son, Gerald. • -
Thursday; Dec. 13,. al the home-----------------.
of Judge Ramsey at Henderson,
Texas.. . !
They were accompanied by
the bride’s sister, Mrs. Bert
Davis, and Dr. Arthur Smith.
The party returned to Car-
thage immediately -after the
wedding ceremony, where the
couple will make their home.
Mr. Boren is connected with
ed out at the local school. —r — I
Next year the trio wil be New Wildcat To
N Pay on the “nive- Be Drilled Near
Sidney -Martin also lettered James-Ore City
this year on the varsity. He is; . -----
I almost irreparably damaged.
। Mr. Graves returned home,
the promise was not fulfilled the end of the year, and they
and clouds again darkened the will be superseded by' Jesse _ Mrs. Boren ix the daughter
blue. . 1 4 Woodfin and W. C. Henderson, of. Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Reeves
Soon the first of the home-.respectively. — --, of this city.
coming college students will be .....
arriving. By Saturday most of Born, Friday. December 14.
them will be home, a signal for to Mr. and Mrs. Ophie Collier,
dances, theatre parties and a fine 9-pound boy.
glad meetings. 1 -------
Christmas is in the air. Gilmer was very crowded
--------- Saturday afternoon - with
hand passed away •several
years ago.
to
the Grand Lodge in Waco, Carly
thia month, has earned a repu-
tatih of being second to "none
in this state. Asa result, they
an* being besieged with re-
quests from other lodges and
0. A. Shipp Has
Broken Hip As
Result of Fall
Falling from his bed at the
home of his son, - Otis O.
a present for a boy member. West Mt.
and vice versa. The genial Sainttnion Hill
of Christmas passed out the Rhonesboro
gifts. . " I Stamps
When Santa had carried out Kelsey-ge
hik part of the program, the Cross RSs
meeting dispersed, the mem- Lone Mt.
bera returning, by school buses, Big. Sany
to their home communities... Ore City
Three Gilmerites . inalKock
On Aggie Frosh Simpaonitie
leam Get Letters] Cedar Spgs.
The Department of Com-
merce, through the Bureau of
the Census, announces the pre-
liminary report on cotton gim-
ggahgau wi
T — short time, spent in Lamar
A I 4 • county, where she met and wed
4) L) W. M. Parker, on July 23, 1874.
she lived ‘most of her life in
this county.
Her husband preceded her in
death a number of years ago
and now she leaves besides her
only child. Will Parker, a broth-
er, Robert Proctor of Lamar
county and several nieces and
nephews. Among these are
John Proctor of this city, Mrs.
Frank Cole of Ashland, Alex
Proctor of Marshall and Burton
Proctor of this city.
Mrs. Parker, at the time of
her death was 84 years, 7
months and 10 days old. Since
girlhood she had been a mem-
ber of the Church of Christ,
. . - and it is at the church of that
* had lived most of her life in
will be held Saturday morning
at ten o’clock. Burial will be at
the City Cemetery, Gilmer,
Mrs. Clara Feldman, wife of
kidnapper Albert Bates, pleads
guilty to conspiracy in the
Urschel kidnapping.
See John Avery and signify
your intention of entering, be-
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he Gilmer Meeklo Mirror
arrangement at the J. K. Ed-held it-last session of-the year
wards residence , where the en- this week, and spent most -
tire front of the house Jx out- the day in handling
lired in blue lights, work and* winding up the af-
Even the. weather, .with driz fairs of the preent organiza-
1 rain,_is reminiscent of tion prior to-a new administra-
an East Texas Christmas, Fortion on January lst.-
a few moments the skies seem- Commissioners E. A. Cobbthe Panola County Relief office.
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Laschinger, Russell H. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1934, newspaper, December 20, 1934; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1440725/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.