The Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 87, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 1934 Page: 1 of 6
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Graham Daily Reporter
Therefore A First Class Advertising Medium.____
TEXAS WEDNESDAY, $EC. II, 1834. _
They All Read It
GRAHAM.
NUMBER EIGHTY-SEVEN
STATE I
NATIONAL ■
NEWS
msm of ret uif Bluer rucc
SEVEN fiRjWAM STEERS BN WYTHICAl ICMt
, NFwcffiUf, jtmt sum in wnors
Report Cards Out
Between twenty and fifty live*
were lost yesterday at Lansing,
tag, Michigan, when fire swept the
Kerns Hotel while scores of guests
slept. Twelve were known to be
dead, five of thorn state legisla-
tors, and eighty-one have been re*
pvted missing. Others may have
been drowned in the ice-covered
Grand River'into which they plung-
ed from upper window* The fir*
started about 6:80 a. m. and before
the 190 guests could be aroused hod
trapped scores of them in their
rooms. Although witnesses say
that the fire was first seen in the
v;«inity of th* kitchen, the cause
has not been definitely established.
W. T. Waggoner, 82, Port Worth
capitalist and one of the best-loved
•of Texas pioneer cattlemen, died at
his home at 8 o'clock last night.
Mr. Waggoner's death was attribut-
ed to the second stroke of paralysis
suffered Sunday night.
Seven of the Steer first stringers
were given places on the Record
— New:; official 1934 honor team for
1 the west half of District 8, accord
ing to the lineup carried this morn-
ing in that publication.
Ktmbrell, captain of the Graham
Herd ths year, was named at half,
Kennedy, fullback; Harris, end;
Parsley, taekle; Wheat, guard; Ken-
dall, center; and Conger tackle.
Prideaux and Morris of Graham
received honorable mention for their
backfield work.
Following ia the team and a por-
tion of the article explaining Dis-
trict 6 coaches’ reasons for their
selections;
Harris, end, Graham: Parsley,
tackle, Graham; Wheat, guard, Gra-
ham; Kendall, center, Graham;
Oxmier, guard, Newcastle; Couger,
tackle, Graham; Jones, end, New-
castle; W. Price, quarter, Newcastle;
Kimbrell, half, Graham; Black, half,
Jacks boro; Kennedy, fuH,;&r«iirem.
Honorable Mention: Ends, Walker
and Pike, Bridgeport; Parker end
Dickenson, Jacksboro. ._
Tackles, Lariraore, Newcastle.
Guards: Cox and Jeter of Bridge-
port, Coop of Newcastle; Boyd of
Jacksboro.
Center: Dudley of Newcastle.
Backfielders: Morris and Prlde-
aux of Graham, Beal of Newcastle,
and Turner and Smith of .lacks -
boro.
Music Club To Have
Christmas Program o
Next Sunday Night
_ . dF i MEN-OF-CHURCH AND GUESTS AT ANNUAL
* LADIES’ NIGHT BANQUET HEAR DISCUSSION
i
and announced the last of this week
or Monday.__* ' j
The Graham Music Club will pre-
sent a program of Christmas mus c
at the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday evening at 7:46 o’clock.
“Sing Oh Heavens” by Tours and
“Oh Holy Night” by Adam, two
very beautiful selections, will be
sung by the mixed chorus, followed
by “Calm on the Listening Ear"—
Worthing, a tr o to be given by the
club.
The program will be interestingly
varied with violin and vocal solos,
and quartet selections.
Pastors of other Graham churches
are cooperating in the program by
dismissing their regular services,
the Rev. Bryan Keathley annoua-
cee. J
LOUISE HUTCHISON
NAMED EDITOR OF
SCHOOL YEARBOOK
Louise Hutchison was named edi-
tor-in-chief of the 1933 Corral, Gra-
ham high school yearbook, at the
Report card* for the second six- , „
r, Kn ■*.“ j OF ARTS AND ITS RELATION TO PROGRESS
ward schools. • r______________ __
S. B. Peavy, principal, reports j ! , . . , . .
»h*t honor roii. win he compiled; Graham Delegation : N**rly *
_______a .a. i—. ,ui— ' ¥¥ ■ j . i lht' Men-of-the-Church group of ths
Hears President Ul Presbyterian church and their guests
Lions International i — j 11. irons.
_____ ; resident government engineer on the
' Nine members of the Graham, PWA P"**1 *nd form,r Columbi*
Lions club beard Vincent C. Fla,-! University instructor, d.scus. art's
-all, president of Lions Internal- j rclatlon to hlslory *"d inventive
ional, at R.nger Tuesdsy night, and! P">rrrs,.. tart night at the r annal
returned to report an excellent pro- ^annu*t-
gram and a very inspiring sddre.s , Th* w«« <*“*
from President Hascall. “ 7:30 °’clock at which time th*
The banquet was given by the | men- headed bY Cbief Chef A A-
Ranger Lions club, with the Breck- ; M°rris°n »*rved a bountiful turkey
enridge club assiting in providing , d'nner' *
a portion of the program. Lions, Following the meal the guests
from a sconrof towns in this part | took seats to hear the musmal por-
of Texas were present to hear the j ‘ on of the program and the illua-
lnasmuch a. men from the out of P-^ent who is enroute to Mexico.' t-ted'ecturegivenhy Mr Irom.
Those from Graham.to attend the. Mimes Lou.se Ritchey and Mary
dinner meetng were Johnnie Matt- I Klixabeth Smith, accompanied by
hews, president, Mac Wililams, I Mrs. Will Gruby played a number
Claude Kennedy, Lee Dockery, A. C. I Of favorites and Christmas Mlec-
Whittle, Clarence Taylor, Eldon Wil-
lis, B. L. Kirtley and R. C. Wood.
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BOY SCOUTS WILL
GATHER AT WICHITA
FOR AREA MEETING
The Boy Scouts of the Wichita
Area will hold their Annual Meet-
ing at Highland Heights Chr'stian
Church, In Wichita Falls, on Sunday,
Dec. 16th. starting at 2:80 and
ail sessions will be over by 8:00.
town places Could not
I
afford
to. leave their places of business,
it 'has been deemed advisable to
Sunday meeting this year, so
that more men from the Area will
attend. The program has been
built around the Scoutmaster and
! the Troop Committeemen of the
i smaller places and the Evening
meeting stresses the work in th*
smaller places. Every Troop Com-
mitteeman and Scoutmaster should
attend this meeting and any man
that may want to, can attend. An
cven'ng meal will be served, and
a Tender foot badge will be pre-
sented to each man reg storing and
r'j
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Six persons were injured near
New Baden, Robertson county, when
a passenger train was dera led.
Sheriff Lee Boys of Palestine, en-
ioute to home with a prisoner was
among the injured and was taken
to Palestine in an ambulance. The
uHsoner followed voluntarily brlms-
^vfng the sheriffs pistol and suitcase.
Four coaches including two pullman
cars, a chair car, and baggage car,
left the track.
Nine''more terrorists were con-
vIcteYPJ&b' shot »T Mttmk, Soviet
Russia, yesterday as the executions
mounted in the counter-revolutionary
investigation. Thirty-seven are
facing trial this week, with 75 hav-
ing .already faced the fir ng squad.
Protk Living and hit family
, Mokena. HI., paid 880 last night to
hear Rachmaninoff* prelude and
. _ . , . ! assembly period Tuesday, with R. G. the only cost will be 50c.
ted tor -Z Recor^NewB by‘co‘ache, ! Miller ’ elected associate editor-in- rsu ......
Pat Knteff of Graham, Cy Perkins I chef- t . ... -
of Newcastle, Earl Lile, and J. H. I Following the election of officers
Malone of Bridgeport and J. L. Me-j ‘h* contract for the yearbook was
Cullough of Jacksboro. Only the1 awarded to E. L. Stack and Com-
Tormyn mentor fa not represented l*"y of Austin, publishers of the ... ........... ...
in the poll. Each of the players Corral last spring, and work of col- .program making, Troop activities,
r.amed on the honor team had a! lecting the material and financing | Investiture Services, Troop r'“"-
clear title to his berth in the bal- ! the book began. m tteemsn’s duty, How
lots of the other four coaches, and j The entertainment Friday evening. Commissioner can help the troop
it was believed best to wait no 1 at the Memorial Auditorium will be , commit}ee.
-------1 k.. ■••«•! «*«rf with the evening
Thfa is a very important meet-
ing and many ideas and stunts will
lie given to th£» men in attendance
to take home for use’ in their own
troops. Some of the subjects to be
covered in Conference are Troop
REV. MONTGOMERY
WILL FILL PULPIT
HERE AGAIN SUNDAY
The Rey. J. E. Montgomery, pas-
tor of the Highland Heights Chris-
tian church in Wichita Falls, and
former pastor of the Christian
church in Graham, will return to
his pulpit Sunday morning for ths
annual Woman's Day program to.^ ^ a conee,*il)n of one of
be given by the Womans Council _______a neieh-
them have not sent in their votes.
We have the selections of the No-
b**’ R**mamno«f a Pr«‘--*“”' con, >nd Decatur oo.oho,,
forced tjie fam'ly into the
room, and while one of
played the piano another took up
oallectton—at the pohat *f * 811"-
Mr. Liviag uwMrtlnitwi the *90.
Snow fell in Tampa, Fl»-. yester-
day for the first time in 28 years.
A killing frost predicted for almost
the entire state threaten, untold
daamge to crops, vegetables, fm*a,
and flowers.
Announcing that further search
, fOT Lieut. Ulm and his companions
would be futile, Rear Admiral Harry
E. Yam.ll ordered that the a^b-
) M parties return to their bas
yesterday. “Seven days have pass*
2T Since th. “Star of Australia ,
flying from Oakland to Honolulu,
landed et sea.'Naval and coast guard
vessels and army and naval planes
have searched an area extending
250 to 400 miles from Honolulu,”
he said.
further on the Jermyn coach’s selec- j sponsored by the annual staff, with
tions. Since the team presented is a 1 net proceeds going to the fund which
majority gelection_it may Em regarded . makes possible the publication.
as official. _ I Featured Frday night win be the
We had hoped to publish an honor ! presentation of “The Silver Lin-
team for the east half of the dis-1 ing", a one-act play presented by
trict along with the west half ele- the speech arts students of the
ven, but coaches over in that region j high school. _ Additional dances,
still, apparently, are giving the mat- i readings, and skits will be given
,ter careful thought, as three of1 by pupils from the classes of Mss
‘ George H. McLaren.
Following are the names of the
but staff . officers chosen Tuesday:
Louise Hutchison, editor-in-chief; R.
G Miller, associate editor-in-ch ef;
Jamie Morris, business manager;
Cyrus Newman, assistant business
manager; WHIie Mae Neal, literary
editor; Margaret Burns, art direc.
tpr; Evelyn Leake, assistant art
editor; Wallace Jones, circulation
manager; P. C. Walker, athletic
manager; Allie Lowry, senior rep-
resentative; Edward Garrett, jun-
ior representative; Louise Street,
sophomore representative; Beverly
King, freshman representative; G.
T. Dickinson and Mias Martha Bird,
sponsors.
of the churchp
The Rev. Montgomery has!.....hund-
reds o| friends 'in Graham and
Deputy Young county who will gather to
hear him again, but' according to
members of the committee mak ng
arrangements for the • Woman’s Day
program, the Rev. Montgomery will
only preach at the 11 o’clock hour.
tions, followed by a vocal solo by
Miss Maude Gruby. While Miss Gruby
sang the ‘Story of the Nativity a
colorful electric display followed her
song on the darkened stage with the
appearance of the star, a silhouetta
of the’ three wise men, a large
cross, and light Biblical quotations.
1. T. Gilmer introduced Mr. Irons
who prefaced his illustrated lecture
with an explanation of the subcon-
scious mind that he believed prom-
pted the advances made in art
through the ages.
The first painting. Mr. Irons, de-
clared. was a picture inscribed on
the wall of a cave to give the wom-
an and children of the cave dwelL
i
the .animals encountered A neigh-
bor, who was a better provider than
the artist, hired him ft chisel a
few pictures., pn his cave walls in
exchange fos— the food given his
family, and from the verjj beginning
the artist has been dependant upon
others to provide, wh te the stronger
but less artistic of the race sup-
'
ijjlf'
Whits, cha irman of President Roose-
on economic secur-
. V E Townsend arrived
te.tard.y- “U will
About . Penuan.nl tacouery
and prevent future depressions. •
Towneend said at a press confer
The plan provides for the
i of $100 a month to all
ovor 80 years of age on the
spend it
—-^T^ce to the
from -. coaches at. Hen-
front I rletta> Bellevue and Bowie. If
the trio they *‘>w*rd ***“■ votea by c*r*
1 rier pigeon, ox cart or whatnot, we
should know the identity of the
standout stars in that half of the
district at least in time .to deliver
the mythical team to them if not by
Chrfafman of this year, then Christ-
mas of 19S6.
Leroy “WUdhoss" Kimbrell, stellar
boll carrier of th* Graham Steers
was the only unanimous choice on
thr. west half honor team. The
other berths were contested, though
not to such an extent as to cast
any shadow of a doubt on any
player’s right to be placed on the
team.
Harris of Graham and Jones of
Newcastle easily were the outstand-
ing ends of the season In the west
half, and Graham’* great duo of
tackles, Parsley and Conger, had
clean sailing on their way to the
1934 hall of fame. Oxraer of New-
castle, who distinguished himself
in two great games against Gra-
ham, ia a fine choice a* a guard-
mate for Wheat of Graham.
Kendall of Graham was the sec-
tion’s leading center by long odda.
The backfield combination of
Price of Newcastle at quarterback,
Kimbrell of Graham and Black of
Jacksboro at halves and Kennedy
of Graham at fullback efferi oh*
of the most powerful quartet* that
cenld be recruited n the west half.
Oil Belt Leaf ue
age Si "
Being
Cage Schedule Is
Ig Drawn Today
session, there ]
will be a sing-song, several music ,
numbers, 10 two-minute talks by j qmy preacn ai in<- u u ^ hjm
layifie'i57,'Tftnl“ThF'“principal -address • “The Place of the Groham-Church. ^ th!K1 an hour the in-
wlU be only 10 minute?. Annual in the Present World Problems” has a| J wjUy lecturer kept the
election of officers, the presentation! been selected a* the topic for thc ,, audiencr ^llbpund with his sides
of appreciation to four men who ' special sertion. • ( f famow mwterpi*<ys and d scua-
have served on the Council for ov- , Special music will be given by the | ^ of rel,tlon ^ the hia-
er 14 years. ,
The presentation of the Silver
Heaver to most outstanding man
of the Area, and many other ipt.r-
ectiag stunta for the night incluAnf
a wonderful pageant carrying out
the theme of the- day “Finding a
place in Scouting”. Any man in-
terested in boys can attend the
meetings, either the afternoon ses-
sion* or n'ght or both. . -
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Husband Pleads
To Go To Jail
In Place Of Wife
basement
j’clock.
of the church
in the
at 12:301
Detroit.—The tearful plea of Al-
fred Falk that he be allowed to
take hi* wife’* place as defendant _
in a nqqor ™ * j Newcastle Resident
----- , gionv of their relation to the hia-
woman’s chorus ’ i ,„ry of mankind. The first patron
vTirtaTU - ZZZZZZZ
ed started charity. That same per-
, son was so strong and sw:ft that he
! killed more food than he needed.
The excess wag stored in the back
of his cave where he found it kept
fresh longer thereby discovering th*
principle of refrigeration.
Murals painted by the famous Ita-
Completion of the topping Tues- | an masters were done because the
day on Highway 79 between- Otaey ! rhurrh ami catheedai walls wta*
and Throckmorton opens a new all rold, and church official* grasps®,
weather road between those two . the opportunity of creating a warm
cities and adjacent communities. ! atmosphere and educating the poor
The road was finished yesterday people who could neither read nor
when the atrip between Olney and
Elbert was completed.
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Highway 79 From
Throckmorton To
Olney Completed
’A*
GET
A HOT IDEA;
SELL FTRF, BRICKS
Hiram. Ohio, Dae. 7 —“Be a brick
and buy a brick.” That was the
slogan when itndentg at Hiram
| here held a “fire sale.” They
(at $1 eaeh) that
the
S. H. Peavy and Pat Kn off left
for Brcckenridge this afternoon to
confer with other school officials
of the Oil Belt Basketball t/e#Kue
and draft a schedule for competi-
tion thfa year.
Six schools wera represented in
the league lest year, but Ranger and
Albany have been members in the
pest and may aga:n seek entrance.
Those teams participating in the
tournament last year war* Eastland,
Cfaeo, Brcrkenridgr, Eliasville, South
Bend, and Graham.
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TONSIL OPERATION
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Elmer Mayo, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Mayo, underwent an opera-
tion for th* removal of h!* tonsils
at the Griffin Clinic this morning.
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attends dental meeting
Judge Chr stopher E. Stein In Re
corder’s Court.
Falk appeared at arraignment of
hi* wife, Hilda, who was charged
with selling a pint of whisky to
Patrolman Neal A. Maclnnis. The
Falks have two children.
“Please let my wife go. judge,
and put the charge aga nst me”.
Falk pleaded. “Our children need
her.”
“Your wife fa facing a year in
,iaH,” Judge Stein pointed out.
“That doesn't matter," Falk said.
“I’d be willing to serve two years
to save her." --------- — —
Telling Falk it was impossible J and Luther Young
to'Trot him to hfa wife’s place.
Judge Stein released Mrs. Falk oft
personal bond for examination.
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Dies Early Today
write through the painting* on tho
walls and ceiliDf*-
The invention of movable type by
Guttenherg preceded by only a few
years the completion of Luther*
translation of the Bible, thereby
- . making possible the general eduea-
S. H. Young, 75-year-old New-I tion of the people Of Europe to th*
castle resident, parsed away at his doctrines of that most famous
borne at 4 o’clock this morning and a|| brtoks.
was buried thfa afternoon in the j The painting* of great
Newcastle cemetery following *er- through the age* were shown,
vices from the Christian Church
at 3:30 o’clock.
Mr. Young was horn in Arkan-
sas, but hsd lived In
for the last 11 years.
Surviving the p oneer are
wife, three sons. J. A. Young
Graham, S. E. Young of Plainview,
of Petrolia;
and three daughters, Mrs. S. A.
Leftwitch of Leo, and Mrs. Viola
Drake of Slidell.
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Dr. Paul Greta attended a joint
meeting of the fourth and thirteenth .
.....Dental Association at Goto- I
Decline Reported In
Nov. Employment
AUSTIN, Texas.—A moderate de-
cl ne occurred In employment and
payroll* in Teocaa during November
as compared wtt^ October but a
slight increase over November laat
year ppm-shown, according to th*
Bureau from 1.298 Texas establish-
ments ind cated a total of 88.257
employees for the week ended Nov-
ember 17, a decline of 2.7 per cent
from October but an increase of
nearly 1 per cent over November
last ye*r. Total payroll* for the
week were $1,889(900, a decline of
1.5 per cent from laat month, but a
gain of S.» per cent ovor theeorm-
week in November * ytar
representing an advance in both
nnd progress. Artist* were hired by
municipalities to record local cete-
Newcastlc j brities. Court* kept artiste in thew
employ to encourage good will and
hi* 1 to promote marriage*,
of The work* of Peter Rub
creating friendship b-tween
and England fa a notable _____
of the worth of art, Mr. lro«
plained.
Gradually the development of «n
was divorced from th* Church «M
ecclesiastical life. Color tha* M
n: ended should be used <r*pt Into
portrait*. Smiles appeared, VlMM
the famous Mona Lisa being •$
first The srtiat worked
years on her face to get the
that he felt Would not o««ni
church, a smile that wna »
■mile.
Leaving the die©«*• o*
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