The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1939 Page: 1 of 12
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The Graham Leader
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VOLUME SIXTY-FOUR
ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16. 1876.
GRAHAM, TBXAB THURSDAY, 8KPTKMBEK *8. 1939
With Malic* Toward None. With Charity For AM.
NUMBER EIGHT
LARGE CROWDS ATTEND PAIR T8IS WEEK
Ruth Evelyn Foote Of Abilene
Selected As Harvest Queen In
Beauty Revue Wednesday Night
Before an enthusiastic and approv-
er crowd in the grandstand at the
North Central District Fair Wed-
nesday evening, Misa Rath Evelyn
Foote of Abilene was selected to
reign as harvest queen during the
corner year. Miss "Foote was chosen
by a committee of out-of-town
judges at the close of the Harvest
Queen Beauty Revue.
The task of the judges was not by
any means an easy one, with eight
charming girls competing in the re-
view In their first elimination they
asked Miss Foote, Miss Emett Tem-
ple of Seymour, Miss Yvonne Nich-
ols of Olney, and Miss Opal Hill of
Mineral Wells to parade again in
the spotlight. Before their final
decision they asked Miss Foote and
Miss Njchols to appear for a third
“parade." Miss Nichols was given
second j place and Miss Hill was
third. Other girls in the revue were!
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott praising
the orderly parking system , . .
Smiling ticket sellers Adelaide
Hamill and Edna Easterling and
ticket takers George Parsons and
Chas. D. Rhea . . . Lovely Phyllis
Cloughley wearing an h«irloom cos-
tume with a beautiful old lace scarf,
charmingly presiding as hostess at
the Curio booth in the absence of
Mrs. Ocie I^ngham, superintendent
. . . Mrs. B. W. King proving that
the ancient organ on display could
still produce a tune . . . Mrs. Clinton
Dnx bemoaning the fact that the
judge for the art department, of
which she is superintendent, can-
The End Of The Trail
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Beiiomy of Newcastle, and Doris
Whiteley of Newcastle.
Stanley H. Peavy presided as
master of ceremonies during the
evening. As the program opened
Miss Virginia Ray, fair sponsor,
was first introduced, and expressed
a brief welcome to the visiting girls
and the audience before taking her
place of honor on the platform. Co-
bostaeses with Mias Ray were then
introduced, including Mary Helen
N>colett, Margaret Ray, Betty Craw-
ford. Mary McFarlane, Jo Annice
Cornish, and Betty Friedel
The contestants in tha revue ap-
peared first in evening dress and
then in bething suit. During the
intermission during which their
change of costume gu made a brief
program was presented, including a
vocal solo by
accompanied by Jean Remington, and
a jitterbug dance by Jack and Rose-
mary Harris; and numbers by the
high school orchestra, directed by
J G. Smith, which furnished music
throughout the evening. Glean Bur-
gess, manager of the fair, briefly
announced the. programs for Thurs-
day. Friday, and Saturday, and in-
troduced Miss Kathleen Brigham,
attractive rodeo sponsor.
Mrs. R. M. Williams. Jr„ super-
Wootten making the rounds of the
exhibit buildings and stopping fre-
quently to exchange greetings with
friends . . . Blake Allison and J.
W. Pritchett of Stamford, judge for
the poultry department, discussing
chickens on exhibition .
Wrenn circulating around
grounds and exhibit building . . .
Mrs. W. D. Norman, Mrs. J. W.
Loving, and Miss Bladen Garrett
discussing the exhibits . . . William
and Doris Bell walking through one
of tbe exhibit buildings ... A. A.
Morrison and Judge Penix riding the
elephant.
Interesting Programs Feature
Each Day Of Exposition; Rodeo
Events To Start Friday Afternoon
STORES TO CLOSE
On Friday afternoon all Gra-
from I to 6 o’clock, giving every-
ham business houses will close
one an opportunity to attend the
first performance of the Rodeo.
This plan should be kept in mind,
so that necessary shopping and
other business (may be attended
to during the morning hours
Friday.
Kay Ramsey and his horse In fix' final scene of “The End of the
Trail” pantomime, showing the horse and rider passing over the Great
Divide together. The act will be featured at the night performances of
the rodeo of the North Central District Pair Friday and Saturday.
Fine Arts Forum
Plans Praised By
Mrs. McClintock
By MRS. X. O. McCLINTOCK
(Editor’s Note: This is one of a j testates*?'! including
i Benea of commenU P™*"**? re; Kush and her educa
In the fine arts building the first
thing to greet the visitor's eye is
the beautiful display of flowers ar-
_ _ ranged under the supervision, of Mrs.
*iib KlflXrtMifdi.i £i*ude Kennedy. At the left is a
splendid display of all types of
women's hand work—embroidery,
crochet, knitting, etc. Next is a
booth in which garments made in
the WPA sewing project were dis*
played. Hooked rugs, artistic in
design and coloring, occupy the last
space on the left- In the center
are shelves filled with canned fruits
and vegetables, and the display
cases for the culinary department
, where delectable cakes, pies, and
vised arrangements for the revue, 0yjer ^ood things to eat are exhib-
assisted by C. Jack Harris and Chas. lted xhe art exhibit occupies the
Garden Club To
cussing £ HI CiL
crTr sponsor rlan Ur
d the i r
Beautification
The Graham Garden Club is co-
operating with all garden clubs of
the state in adopting a. project for
1939-40 which will be of interest to
every citizen of Texas. This proj-
ect is the beautification of town
entrances.
Plans are now being made by the
Graham club to start work on the
project -im* -.ediately,—and they in-
vite every man, woman, and child of
the city to help in the successful
completion of this task. At the
present time the club is in need of
D. Rhea
Following the revue a brilliant
fireworks display was presented.
Sixteen Enroll
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In Glasses For
Extension Work
At s meeting held here Tuesday
by Dean B. B. Harris and Dr. V. Y.
Craig, of the North Texas State
Teachers College at Denton, 18 stu-
dents signed up for extension class-
es this fall and winter.
Classes will meet each Tuesday
in the office of the county super-
intendent. A class in biology will
be offered by Dr. Harris from 5:15
. p. m. to 7:46 p. m. and a class in
rural education will be taught by
Dr. Craig. An advanced class in
English, to be taught by Miss Ells
Cravens, is being considerel.
The biology course may be count-
ed on an elementary education ma-
jor or a; six hours of the required
12 hours of science. The education
may be counted either aa advanced
education or as an elective. Further
information may be secured from
Miss Fannie Ragland, county sup-
erintendent
GALLAI
IMPROVING
Mrs. J. J. Gallaher was at
home today for a few hours, and
reported that Mr. Gallaher, who la
a patient In St. Joseph's Hospital
t in Fort Worth, is slowly improving.
i Mrs Gallaher returned to Fort
Worth this afternoon.
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Mr. and Mrs. Allan Klaus and
Miss Madeline Golds too of Feet
Worth are visiting Mrs. Klaus' par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mabry.
While hef« they will attend the
air. 1 ..
other side of the building, with many
excellent portraits (including a very
good likeness of Will Rogers),
landscape*, still life studies, and
other types in oil, water color, and
crayon.
on vacant lota at the town en-
trances. Anyone having seed which
can be used for this purpose is ask-
f ed to notify Mrs. Leslie B. Scot, 904
E. Third street, telephone 173-W. If
the seed cannot be delivered, some-
one will call for them. Roots1 of
hardy perennials will also be desir-
ed for the planting program, and
anyone in position to supply any
of these is asked to call Mrs. Scott.
Mrs. W. F. Krause, chairman of j own right and, with her educated
the hiirhway beautification commit- horae, “Ace of Spades, wi pre
Star Performers
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In Rodeo Programs £
1 T D C II t comnvun‘t'PS another season of en-
i lo De been Here ■ - ~
sponse to a request by officers of I
the Fine Arts Forum.I
"It affords me deep pleasure and
satisfaction to express my apprecia-
tion of the efforts being put forth
bring to Graham and adjacent
i Known to rodeo audiences all over
through the Fine Arts
I Forum.
‘‘The program to be presented
the Southwest are the headliners in this season is of such high character , ...
big-time rodeo ever to be as to appeal to the cultural and in- ( !i'.? 1
Graham, which will take tellectual side of all our people and j . I"°C
the North Central District I will. I believe, prove highly enter- ca m
Friday and Saturday after- j taming and at the same time appeal
and nights. ^ ; to our higher aspirations. Good en-
tertainment that lifta one's spirit
out of the groove of everyday toil
is like food and rest to a weary
traveler. It lifts his spirit to the
With the livestock burns crowded
with sleek, fat beauties and the
grounds of the North Central Dis-
trict Fair crowded with interested
stock raisers, the judging of live-
stock was the outstanding attrac-
tion at the exposition today. Ia
every . division—beef cattle, dairy
cattle, sheep, horses, and swine
there were big increases over the
number of entries last year.
Tonight the program at the grand-
stand will be presented by the
Stomps Quartet, popular radio enter-
tainers.
Rodeo fans are ea|$erly anticipat-
ing the Friday and Saturday pro-
grams, with rodeo events scheduled
for both afternoon and evening of
each day. Frank Rush of Crater-
ville, Okla., is director of the rodeo,
for which an excellent setup of
arena, pens, and chutes has been
provided. To add color to the pro-
| glams Mr Rush will present special
Mrs. Frank
educated horse; Mar-
vin and Ray Ramsey, stunt riders
and their “Hying Clouds”; and
Qiarles Shultz, rodeo clown.
A total of $400 is offered to the
winners in steer bulldogging, buck-
ing horse riding, steer riding, and
calf roping. Eddleman Bros, are
i also offering a $125 saddle to the
| best all-round cowman.
An added attraction for Saturday
performance by the
Throckmorton mounted square-dance
Mr. and Mrs. FYank, Rush, the
Ramsey Family and Charlie Schultz
arrived in Graham Tuesday to make
preparations for their performances
Friday and Saturday. Flrank ftttih,, imaginative sphere and there lets
arena director for the rodeo, knows! him abide and renew his work
horses, cowboys and rodeos as few
Special contests for girls will be
held each afternoon of the rodeo.
Out-of-town girls will compete Fri-
day afternoon and Graham girls will
compete Saturday afternoon.
Several thousand per.-ons have
visited the North Centr.l District
Fair since the exposition was offi-
cially opened at 6 o’clock Tuesday
flower teed which will be planted pie-largest show, in this section
Frank *rew up with rodeos, hi*
worn soul. He is thus benefited and j .
men do and yearly stages some of | life is made a little richer and hap-. e'Pn' jC’ an< OUsan * m e
ported to enjoy this evening’s pro-
father being a successful rodeo di-
rector before him, and though young
he has had many years of experience
in planning shows which will at-
tract outstanding contestants and
spectators. He even goes over well
Wi his home town, where he yearly
stages a July Fourth rodeo which
I is noted over the Southwest.
Mrs. Rush is a rodeo star in her
In the exhibit hall to the right
of the fine arts building are found
4-H chib exhibits and miscellaneous
exhibits. Near the eg£* (YIS-U the
Archer county 4-H chib girls' dis-
play showing the contrast between
an up-to-date and orderly clothes
closet and the ugliness and ineffi-
ciency of an old closet not equipped
with shelves and rods. Opposite is
the F.S.A. “Live At Home” exhibit,
stressing the importance of gardens,
orchards, poultry yards, and other
sources of hoove products. The
Jack county 4-H dub girls have a
display of various kinds of brashes,
with a placard bearing the words,
“Proper use of these brushes will
make good grooming.” Good taste
in dress is forcefully illustrated in
the Young county 4-H club girls
display, showing costumes worn by
“Miss Wrong” ahd these chosen by
“Miss Right.” The Eliasville Brown-
ies. Troop One, have an interesting
display of handcraft. The Baylor
county 4-H club girls emphasise the
importance of efficiency in poultry
raising, illustrating model nests and
feeding equipment in thsir display.
The Baylor county Home Demon
Stratton Council has a maat cookery
exhibit that makes visitors hungry,
jwst looking at the illustrations of
maat cots ready,- for oven or skfllet.
Archer county has a display con-
trasting the value of diversified
farming in contrast to all-cotton
production, showing scales with cot-
ton on one side end a variety of
farm sad garden products on the
other. The food value of milk is
effectively strasssd In the Jack
county exhibit. Banners won in
contests farm the bsck-
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the highway besutincauon commu- - ---- ■ __, . , All C 1 Y
tee of the Graham dub, is in sent acts at each of the four rodeo i AllOWS ODCcd In
charge of the local project plans. u (Continued on hook Ft*__ i‘
Cotton Payments
pier.
“The committee members of the
Fine Arts Forum are, I believe, to
be congratulated for their efforts in
securing for this season artists of
high and outstanding ability. It is
my conviction that wc should help
the committee to make the Fine
Arts program an outstanding fea-
ture in our community this season.”
Simplified Form
Prize Awards In Food Preservation
And Products At Fair Are Announced
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Ruahing,
Rushing,
Shepard,
Entries in Food Preservation andf
Products were judged Monday night.
Prise awards in this department,
of which Mr* fi. *- »««*.» *
intend rut, were announcea
lows:
Peaches; Mrs. W. A.
Jean, first; Mrs. W. A.
Jean, second; Mrs. Joe
third.
Pears: Mrs. W. J. McCluer, Olney,
first; Mr* W. A. Rushing, Jean,
second; Mias Carrie Rushing, Jean,
third.
Plums: Mrs. Floyd Elliot, Loving,
first; Mrs. J. G. Staples, Graham,
second; Mr*. G. A. Bills, Graham,
third. * *•
Apr :•<*.*: Mrs. Joe Shepard, Lov-
ing, third.
Pineapple: Mrs. Will Ham, Jacks-
boro, first; Mrs. C. M. Gibson, Gra-
ham, second; Mrs. Jim Dixon, Jacks-
boro, third.
Tomatoes: Mrs. Elgin Colburn,
Olney first; Mn. C. a Beet, Olney,
second Mrs. G. A. Bills, Graham,
third.
Tomato Juice: Mrs. G. A- Bills,
Graham, second. .
Orai* Juke: Mrs. C. H. Fuller,
Bunge i- Route, first; Mrs. Tom Rice,
Loving, second; Mrs. Floyd Elliot,
Loving, third.
Borry Juice: Mrs. Floyd Elliot,
Loving, first.
Plum Juke; none.
Snap Beans; Mrs. Carria Rushing,
Joan, second; Mrs. W. A: Bashing.
Jean, third.
Snap Peas: Mrs. Earl Wheat, Lov-
ing, first; Mrs. Jessie Shepard, Lov-
ing, third.
Baby Beets: Miss Ella A. Hous-
ton, Joy, first; Mrs. Floyd Hliot,
Loving, second.
Cream Style Corn (pint): Mrs.
Floyd Elliot, Loving, first; Miss
Carria Rushing, Jean, second.
Whole Grain Com (pint or quart):
Mrs. C. H. Fuller, Bunger Route,
second.
English Peas (pint or quart):
Mrs. F. B. Dickson, Loving, first;
Mrs. W. A. Rushing, Jean, second;
Miss Carria Rushing. Joan, third.
Greens: Mrs. Floyd Hliot, Loving,
first; Mrs. Jaek Petty, Bunger
Route, third.
• Berries: Mrs. J. R. Bills. Sr., Lov-
ing, first; Mrs. W. C. McGee, lov-
ing, second; Miss Henristta Os ter-
man, Scotland, third.
Shelled Pass; Mrs Earl Wheat,
Loving, third.
Shelled Beans: None.
JeBy
Plum: Mrs. Jim Dixon, Joekabora,
first; Mrs. J. C. Hall, Bangor, third.
Bony: Mias Carria Rnshiag, Jena,
first; Mrs. Floyd Elliot, Loving,
thud. . • i* m
Apple: Mrs. W. C. McGee, Loving.
Rente One, first.
ham, first; Mrs. J. G. ■Staples. Gra-
ham! first; Mrs. J. C. Staples, Gra-
mm, » stood
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Sweet Cucumber Pickles: Mrs. O.
8. »wt Oteey. first; Mrs J. K.
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Texas cotton farmers, who are
getting their 1989 price adjustment
checks at _an exceptionsIly fast clip,
are reaping the fruit of simplicity.
B. F. Vance, assistant state ad-
ministrator, said more than f7,521 ,-
454 in 1939 cotton payments has been
certified for payment in the last 3
weeks, and that most of the remain-
ing 13 million dollars due of this
series of checks in the state prob-
isbly will be paid by the middle of
I October if the present rate of dis-
bursement keeps up.
More than 12 million dollars has
been paid out to date in the 1939
dotton price adjustment program.
Main factor in the speedy service,
Vance explained, ia the use of an
exceptional simple applieation-for-
payment form. It records what the
farmer has done to qualify for pay-
ment.
As many as 8,508 of these forms
have been audited and certified here
in a single day, and rarely has an
application spent more than 3 days
in the state office before going to
the disbursing agency in Dallas.
Vance added.
“The accuracy which has charac-
terised the work in county (offices
has been very helpful." Vance said
“And of course the simple applies
tion form would not have been pos-
sible had there been any fundament
al changes in the farm program,
from 1987 to ’>9. as there had bean
from year to year during the pro-
gram's previous history.”
gram.
Wednesday was dean listed aa
School Day at the fair, ami hundreds
of school children from schools over
the county enjoyed a holiday
for the occasion. Graham achoola
dismissed classes at 10:30 o’clock
Wednesday morning, giving the re-
mainder of the day as a holiday.
Parade
The streets were jammed with
spectators for the big fair parade
Wednesday morning at 11 o’clock. It
was one of the longest parades ewer
staged here, with some outstanding
entries. In the equestrian division
there were 112 horseback riders,
more than have ever participated
before.
• Prize winners in the parade were
announced as follows:
Winners First Division: General
Competition: Tit—American Legion;
2nd—Altman's Dry Goods Store; 3rd
—Calvin Horae Appliance.
Second Division: Schools; 1st—
Graham High School Juniors; 2nd—
Graham High School Seniors; R,v' ■
Graham High School Sophomores.
Third Division: Bicycles: 1st—
Audry Nell Smith; 2nd Jimmy Lar-
tnour; 3rd—Claudia Lennington.
• Fourth Division: Best Comic En-
try: 1st—Bucking Car; 2nd Graham.
Freshman Class; 3rd—Royal Neigh-
bors. >
Fifth: Man Horseback Rider and
Mount: 1st—Rider No. 32; 2nd—
Rider No. SB; 3rd—Rider No, 87.
Sixth Division; Lady Horseback
Rider and Mount: 1st—Rider No. 9;
2nd—Rider No 7; 3rd—Rider Me. Mi
Seventh Division: Juvenile Her—
back Rider and Mount: 1st Edgar
Ragland. No. 00; 2nd—Billy Fred
Akers, No. 59; 3rd—Barbara Willi a.
No. 24.
Barn Dunce Show
The entertainment program ai
the North Central District Bate and
Rodeo officially began Tuesday night
when the WLS National Bara Dune*
troupe presented u fast-meeiag pro*
gram of music before an entimmas-
tic audience of fair goers.
The program opened in the rag*
lar Bara Dunce fashioe with the
group singing "Then'll Be u Hot
Time in the Hayloft Tonight." and
Georgia Gebete, youthful master of
and raw hoy yudtor, ha-
S. W. Altman motored to Ciseo
Sunday and his non P. B. returned ' »reduced the Vagabond Cowboy
with him. "s, J (Continued on last page)
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Luker, Phil E. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 28, 1939, newspaper, September 28, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116515/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.