The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1926 Page: 1 of 10
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El Campo, Texas, Friday Morning, October 1, 1926
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THIS SEASON {Texas Presby. College.
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R, L. Cousins, public weigh
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the Year 1925 was
$562,751,466.
will meet
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of this town
ald each take two '
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sters in El Campo i
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les of cotton had been weigh-
[ up to Wednedsad morning.
Rains this week have inter-
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ac Mr
Mr. W. C. Sanders is expect- chicken was enjoyed. Mrss. H.'day.
iing his sister, Mrs. Williams, of F. Whiteside assisted Mrs. I
and pick.
------ was served at the close of the iness in Houston Tuesday.
There will be a meeting of games.
TYS‘ the Parent Teachrs Association ,
: at the North side school Mon-’
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Many El Campo Young People
Attending Various Schools
In The South
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El Campo is well represent-
Refreshments were Herman Whiteside trans ct- frame house. It mears
i the dining; room ed Houston business WedInes- wisely with wood—L
d but protect it at its most vul-
presented Mrs. Comstock with day and came bock Sunday,
a hand decorated ice bucket -------------
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spital—The good
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Cause of Humanity.
s go and help
Lady of the Lake, San An- di
;—Rita and Evelyn Han- Texas.
honor of her ----------- This doesn’t necessarily mean
. daughter, Doris’ 9th birthday. L. A. McWilliams and dau- that the average home owner
The honoree Was well remem- ghter. Miss Velma- were Hous- must adopt expensive masonry
, bered with gifts, and the after- ton passengers Wednesday. constructions to substitute the
LAWN SOCIAL noon quickly passed with, -------;----- traditional American wood.
--- games. Refreshments were u.vman Whit.cia. +,.ne..+. frama house. It means to build
The Catholic Ladies will served in
day, October 6th.
Chicken, chili,
Fall Decorators Arie On the Job t
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•mobile accident and ?
gageagcine a • A Nolz E*"- ■■■ $,
P. T. A. MEETING
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Baylor:—Henley Webb.
id. 1.1 A. —Annie Kainer, Flo-, ......
rence and Bessie Byerly, Es- dale in an hour’s cutting of Maeterlinck’s play “Mary Magda-
lene,” Thursday, October 7th, at the Palace Theatre.
__ Nora Trousdale is a former El Campo girl. Her old acquaintances high.
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• on the, west side of
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lorado River g-a.,
ves, Bobbie Ehman, Lovell and
♦ Ernestine Lundy, Letha Chand-
.ler,Orpha Mae Reed.
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d with the pickers and a -Sever Nordin says that we Mrs. _. — ---________ .0.0.
Mgke, work ha been im-had an error in price of figs tained her Junior class of girls trouble
31 The orice at +AA mentioned last week as $1.60 of
was 13c for middling per box. The price should with
--------- is that they are built so they
--------- , 2 , 1 W Mrs. J. H. Priesmeyer visited wiH burn. The fundamental
------ at the.North 8de school Mon. Mrs. Fred Bell entertained her mother at Columbus this way to prevent their burning
Kubela Motor Company. day afternoon, October 4th at fifteen little folks Saturday week. is to “Build So It Won’t Burn.”
ded a car of the popular four » clock. All parents, tea- afternoon in honor of her
der 50 automobiles Wed- chers, and intrested friends ~
{ubella says that ,Quested to attend. -
_ —-wing in popular- --------
ery day an<f that it is dit-
to supply the demand.
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Appling.
Baylor Belton:—Isabel Ree
ed a
grees. mother, Mrs. Laura Hahn.
.The change was caused by ------- •
a cold blast from the Cana-' Mrs. Robert Whiteside enter-
dian Rocky Mountains. Sev- tained with four tables of
eral places report snow in the bridge last Thursday, compli- Hearte.
northwest. The lowest tem-menting Mrs. Cecil Comstock ------------ AmLArg non roofs?
perature in the United States who has rgturned from spend- (
was reported from Idaho. ing the summer in west Texas. ’ and son Master Clarence, and measures measures of
Palm Beach Suits and Straw Pretty fans were given for high Mr. Joseph Strack went on a AK0- sense carefulness are
hats were little in evidence'and low score, and the hostesstrip to Corpus Christi Satur- common 55ns5
Sunday. ------*— S--a-l -hd-- ------ hack S--den
Rice Institute1—Jesse Mad-
den. Merle Comstock, Wendel
Cummings, Buddy Moebes,
Bruce Gilmer, Harry Redwine,
Margaret Thompson, Edward
Correll; Ralph Johnson, George
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nd she told me
Kidd-Key: Hazel and Jane
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Trinity College:—Agda Nel- .Your interpretation o
son, Bernice Bard, Elsie An-serves a good audience,-.— ev, D. L. Dickert, Houston. ______. ________, _
c pupil in the July term of the taxing the incomes of his peo- Misses Ethel Chipma;
exemption of Jessie Thomas shopped
That was our nation’s fireed her summer class of be
loss in 1925, according to the nets in a piano recital at
National Board of Fire Under-, home last Friday afteroon
writers, the country's author-'four o’clock. Guests inclu
ity-on the subject the mothers of the pupils
$13,689,432!—that was the a few additional friends. ’
increase over 1924. The in-rooms were decorated1 1
crease in the annual fire-loss ferns and autumn flowers. 1
since 1923 is $403,759,969! pupils played their numl
Who pays this tremendous from memory in a mar
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MONEY TO BURN?
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hold their annual Lawn Social which was decorated with pink day
on the Church lawn Wednes- and white streamers from the ________ nerabie points. g q
chandelier to the table where The gin of A. J. Wendel The development of modern Mr and. Mrs Sam GregE
i , and ho ta-the birthday cake with ten caught on fire last week but building materials has made Ganado.,Visitedsunday p
males will be served. 2627 pink candles gleamed. Pink was quickly extinguished with this no.sihi at a cost no great- noon with Mr. and Mr 5
and white ice cream and pink little loss. er than that of unprotected -asadY:
lemonade were servedd. ____________ ■ constr . ton. For example: A -------------------—;
i —--------— Dr. M. Ertl will be here next wood frane can h: sheathed cement tile or other fire-
B. L. Dickinson nter- Thursday. If you are having with incombustible mineral in tive material. Insulation
with your eyes, see place of inflamable wood fire-stopping can be ins
। the Presbyterian church him at the Hefner Bldg. sheathing. On the inside of in one operation betwe^a
____ .. a swimming party Satur- ____________ the frame a gypsum lath—lit- floors and over ceilings
have been $1.00 per box. Not- day afternoon. After the swim Mr. and Mrs. Wilber Webb erally a rock lath—can be us- the use of dry-fill gyp«O
a dlicious lunch consisting and Gilbert Edwin motored to ed in place of tinder-like wood . Thisis the path to an #
mainly of ice cream and fried Houston Friday, returning Sun- lath. An artistic and beauti- ciable reduction in
----------- A-- E 1a— ful exterior finish can be put mous annual fire loss and
on the house through the use tection for yourself
n Adtpnio> this week, who Dickinson in entertaining the’ Curly Duson, who has been of colored stucco. Or brick family: Fire Safe Constru
Ul spend several months with girls, who thoroughly enjoyed confined to his bed for a week, or stone may be used. The How much moneyshay
randMrs, Sander ; the party.-is improving, roof can be of slate, asbestos, to burn? age
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Sublett, Lost Prong; Miss Ruth 75 cent of the fires that Saturday, October 2nd
; Galveston report- Guy Hahn of Houston spent Beckman- Houston; Miss Fay cause this tremendous loss are versa!: Jack Hoxie in
temprature of .65 de- Saturday and Sunday with his Beckman, Gobbler Creek,-Miss IreventaL1e Fighting Peacemaker.
Roxie Beckman, Hahn; Wal-Prewknuae, . , , , Monday and Tuesday,
ter Glick, Hungerford: Has-1 How? By being careful with th and 5th, Firs Na
kel Brownlee, Brooksville, Ma- matches, cigars and ci r i ’ Anna Q. Nilson in “Hei
ry York and'Miss Freeberg at Certainly; that would he p. ond Chance.”
By keeping chimneys clean so wanAeq,v A. e
_____________ that they don’t throw burning Lyon in
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Miller that's a wise precaution. These Great Deceptton". -g
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byterian Auxiliary pre
Mrs. L. C. Trousdale in
Magdalene.”
ed at College this fall. As far
as can be learned, the follow-'
ing young folks are away to
school, and doubtless others,1
whose names were, not known:1
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But caution alone won’t save
shad to take him to
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eration on his head-
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Have you ever realized
fire losses increase taxa
When property is dest
the local taxes it has paid
be shifted -to the rest o:
property i ntown. If our
try’s property loss by fl
$550,000,000 in 1926 am
Correspondent At
Place .
--I, _____ 1 . __ . ... ournation $562-751,466. What
A fruit salad course G. A. Rives transacted bus- is more needed is precaution.
i The reason why buildings bum
• The first "Norther” of the _I, we „aoce .......
season arrived on schedule Sat- att, and Mrs. W. C. Sanders ere at their schools are Miss Year would keep more than
urday afternoon and it was a visited in Eagle Lake Saturday Helen Bay’d, primary grades, 2,000,000 children in school,
wet one. The change from the with Mrs. Sander’s sister, Mrs. at Pierce; Misses Marion and yet on wasting if—
excessive heat of recent days Roberts, for a farewell visit Jocelyn Day at Bronson; Miss is waste because it can
’ was much appreciated not-with Mm Florence May Rob-Selma Priesmeyer, Lawson be prevnted. Insurance
withstanding its dampness. erts, who was leaving for Bay- school; Miee v-a— MeEi
Amarillo reported the low- lor Belton. College.
est temperature on record for
September. Galveston report-
annual tribute to destruction? which made their teacher
Not only the owners of the pro- proud of them, especially
perty destroyed. Not only the they began studying 1
___- —------------ . —----------- families of the 20,000 persons-than four months ago. A
■ । who die in fires every year.'conclusion of the musical
Mrs. L. C. Trousdale in "Mary Magdalene” Every resident of the country ice course was served to
—--- pays his share. I guests. Those taking pa
The Presbyterian Auxiliary presents Mrs. L. C. Trous- For this loss- exceeding half the recital were Ray ie
a billion dollars annually, is Keith Good, Thurston Job
Mrs. what keeps insurance rates Wilola Bruns, Elnora Koci
These destructive fires nla Koch, Evaln Kuhel
---------------- -----— ‘—on dwelling-house burns in cille Sullivan, - Lenore F
auvoyena, . au.— JUL. Ju-, The past year she has studied: expression in the Speech 'our country every four minutes Gertrude Farek, Nona I
beck, George Willis, Lawrence Arts Studio of Jessie B. Mielsapps at Houston and singing in'day and night!—are what'Artis Raybon,
Wilson. the Graham Studio under the direction of Mrs. Johnh Wesley make it necessary for the tax- j Mrs. Ruby Babcock of I
Southwestern-—Imogene Wi- Graham and Mrs. E. J. Flake. She’has just completed a six payers to maintain fire depart- ton is visiting friends in L
ley. ; weeks course in Hie Currie School of Expression, Boston, Mass.; ments. The" national fire-loss this week.
San Marcos Normal:—Mar- also voice in the Pauline. Clark Studio. Mrs. Trousdale was is a national problem. For that L. L. Raybon was
guerite Gilmer, Beatrice Me- presented by Miss Mielsapps in “Mary Magdalene” at the Y. ‘rason. Prerident Coolidge has Campo passenger Tuesd
Mahon.- W. C. A. in Houston on June 8th to a very appreciative au- set apart this week for public] Rev. H. H. Liles ofG
' ”ience. Mrs. Trousdale is teaching expression at Markham, instruction as to the causes of filled his regular appoii
. , fires and means of preventing in the Methodist pulpit $
Special music: Mrs. Wilber Webb. them. morning. -
Admission, 25c and 50c, including regular picture program Just what this half-billion-; — —---e--
NATIONS ! dollar drain on our national was in charge of the
Mary Magdalene certainly de- wealth means may be visualiz- service which was app
ed this way. Uncle Sam, in and enjoyed by all pre
derson.i.n g. “You are the most artisR
A.& M. CollegeLouie Boston School of Expressiom."—Jessie B. Mielsapps' A. B., ple, allows an i
Franke. ;> ' Supt. July term of School of Expression, Boston, Mass. $200 for every child. ’ That is Campo Saturday.
! “Mrs. L. C. Trousdale as a pupil showed marked ability exempted, presumably, because C. W. Barnett has
Jas an interpreter of Literature.”—Mary M. Hallock, B. A., it is sufficient to keep a child,San Marcos to attend11
_ _ , in school for a year. On this Teachrs College there.
_ ' ~ basis, it appears that the Mon-; Miss Alma Moore spe
Mrs. S. Carroll: Mrs. J. My-| Some of the El Campe- teach- ey We Waste by Fires Every week end with Edna re
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Ballew, W. L. The El Campo Citizen (El Campo, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1926, newspaper, October 1, 1926; El Campo, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577609/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Wharton County Library.