The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, June 16, 1939 Page: 4 of 4
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Mj. and Mrs. R. S. Mills and Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Lane visited Sun-
day in Palestine with Mrs. E. E.
Peters and in Oakwood with Mrs.
A. N. Miller and daughter, Lillian
Allene.
Dr. G. L. Messenger was in Fort
Worth Wednesday and was accom-,*
panied home by his son, Rev. G. L.
Messenger, Jr., who has been in Chi-
cago. Rev. Messenger spent Thurs-
day here with his parents, but will
go on to Sils|>ee, Texas, where" he .
will be pastor of the First Christian
Church for three months. He receiv-
ed his Master of Arts degree Tues-
day from the University of Chicago.
Mrs. Mark Feild and daughter, Lyn-
da Lou, visited here Thursday with
her mother, Mrs. W. W. Standard who
is ill. .
Mrs. J. T. Hall of Briggs has spent
the past week here in the home of
her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Wesley Brown.
Mr. ans Mrs. O’Dean Hammett are
the parents of a son born Saturday
morning, June 10, at the local hos-
pital. He weighed 7% pounds and
has been named Grady Eugene.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest B. Jones and
daughter, Bobby Doris of Coleman,
were visitors here Friday in the home
of his sister and brother-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Jasper Alexander. They ac-
companied Mr. and Mrs. Alexander
to Bryan for a week end'visit with
relatives.
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Warren Messenger has gone to New
York with the glee club from Tr C.
U. and they will spend six days at-
tending the World’s Fair. The club
will sing at several places enroute.
KANSAS BOMB BANDIT
IDENTIFIED AT JOPLIN
John Abney, and Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Cass visited Sunday in Lometa in
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Gray of Mart]
spent Monday here with
D. P. McAlpine of Dallas is visi
in Lampasas on business.
2000 FIREMEN OPEN
MEETING AT MARLING:
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Mr. and Mrs. Elmer E. Reichert
and daughter, Shirley, of San Juan,
Texas, spent the week end here as
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
W, Roy Tisdale. Mrs. Reichert is
the sister of Mrs. Tisdale.
Miss Norma Harris of Dallas is vis-
iting here in tho home of her father,
F. J. Harris. '
NOTICE: Every farmer raising wheat
should bring it to the Donovan Mill-
ing Co. and trade it for flour.—Dono-
van Milling Co. (w)
Miss Zinn. Brooks of Ttemple spent
Sunday in Lampasas with her bro-
ther, Dr. Robert C. Brooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Jackson of Aui
tin spent Sunday here visiting wV
friends. They formerly lived in Lari
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Special 6x9 rQgs $2.96.—Cuh
Hardware Co. (d86-
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Attend the canning demonstration
•t our store 2:00 p. m- Friday and
Saturday, June 16 and 17.—Culver
Hardware Co. (d88w)
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" SHRUBS AND TREES FOR
POSTOFFICE GROUNDS
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The occasional furniture in Pur win-
dow is SOLID WALNUT. Be sure to
see these pieces.—Culver Hardware
Co. (d86w)
Miss Winifred Pulliam, Mrs. Annie
Pulliam, Miss Mario Morgan. Mrs.
Rolle Williams and son, Eldwin, spent
Sunday on Lake Buchanan.
s Mr. and Mm. Shook Davis have
left for a two weeks vacation to
points in Arizona and New Mexico.
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Morris Goodman is spending se
eral days in Marlin for his health.
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Calif., spent Monday here with his
daughter, Mirs Nova Dell Gray. Mr.
and Mrs. Gray, and Nova Dell left
Tuesday morning for a ten days trip
to Oklahoma and Mississippi where
they will visit with relatives.
Lampasas Furniture Co.
FUNERAL DIRECTORS—AMBULANCE SERVICE
GLENN B. CAMEL
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Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Fitch, and Mr.
and Mrs. Don Fitch of Waco were
business visitors Monday in San An-
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SOLID WALNUT occasional fur-
niture—drum tables, coffee tables.
See them in our window.—Culver
Hardware Co. (d86w)
later to every home when it needs the
Funeral Director. We have ample facili-
night—rain
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Invitations to bid on landscaping
and planting shrubs and trees on
the new postoffice grounds have been
mailed out to 14 nurseries over the
state, the bids to be opened July 17,
1989, at 1:00 p. m.
The job will go to the lowest quali-
fied bidder and will start in the early
Fall, and includes 17 evergreen Burn-
ing Bush, 56 Yuman Fire Thorn, 3
Common White Crape -Myrtle, 4 12-
foot Live Oak trees and 183 Chinese
Privet hedge.
When the work is finished, Lam-
pasas wil\ have one of the most at-
' tractive federal buildings in Texas.
STATE DEPARTMENT
REPORTS ON SCHOOL
Mrs. Roger Carpenter is spendii
several days in San Antonio as .
guest in the home of Dr. and
Lloyd Smith.
U. S. COLLECTS TAXES IN
CANADA—TILL CAUGHT
Duluth, Minn., June 12.—The col-
lective face of St. Louis County’s
taxing body was red Monday. ’*
For thirty-five years it taxed a sec-
tion of tin.berland in the Lac La
Croix district. The trouble was that
the land actually was in Canada.
Three companies are' seeking a re-
fund of <4,116.58 in taxes—plus in-
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REVIVAL BEGINS SUNDAY
Mrs. O.. K. Gray, who has been
teaching in Christoval, is spending
several days here in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Brown. Mrs. Gray
formerly lived in Lampasas and will
be remembered by her friends as
Miss Myvan Morris.
(By Reporter)
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baker were
visitors Friday in Belton where Mrs.
Baker attended a reunion of the
graduating class of 1899 of which she
was a member.
Mr. and Mm Walter Ramsey and
- daughters and Mr. and Mrs. John
Bear were guests with relatives Sun-
day at Fait Gap.
Misses Patsy and Marlene Buck-
land visited a few days last week
with their grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Herrmann.
Mr. and Mrs. Tobe Henderson of
Graford were visitors of her sister
and family Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ged-
des, Monday.-------
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Bear of Seaty
spent Wednesday and Thursday vis-
iting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs,.
John Bear. . _ ------------
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Herrmann and
Miss Kate Gray were guests Sun-
day of Mr. and Mrs. Levi Gray of
Slater, who celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary.
Miss Olive Ramsey visited curing
the week end in the John Bear home.
Guests Sunday in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Baker were: Mrs.
M. D. Blue and daughter of Lub-
bock and grandson, Eugene Blue of
Port Bliss and Boone Baker of Bel-
ton. 4
The following were present for a
picnic and fish fry one afternoon last
week on Patterson Creek, Mr. and
Mrs. Alec Bear, Mr, and Mrs. Wil-
liams and Mr. and Mrs. Sydney Bear
all of Wallis, Mr. aqd Mm Walter
Ramsey and family, ’ Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Wright and daughter, Mr. and
Mrs. Edd Bear, Mrs. D. Ross, Ken-
neth and Barbra Nell, and Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Bear and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Geddes were
visitors of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Logan, Sunday.
Sorry to report Miss Marie Ram-
sey on the sick list at this writing.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Herrmann were
guests of their daughter and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Buckland,
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Enoch January and
family spent Wednesday in the E. A,
Groves home.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Geddes were
visitors in the Lee Herrmann home
Sunday night.
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Mrs. Kenneth Low has returned
to her home in Gonsales after spend-
ing the, past week here in the home
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Springer.
Belton, June 12.—The ease of W.
S.. Allridge, charged with murder in
the death of Mrs. C. R. Lawson of
Dallas in an automobile accident, was
postponed Monday until July 17 be-
cause of the absence of defense ma-
terial witnesses.
Robert Dale Elliott, son of k
and Mrs. Sherman Elliott, underwe
a tonsillectqjny Wednesday montii
at the local hospital. j
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When you need this kind of service, remember that we are as
near as your telephone.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Yazell and
granddaughter, Nikki Kate Yazell,
and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Yazell spent
the week end in Denisori with Roy
Yazell, Jr. They also visited in
Durant, Okla.
Rev. C. Y. Dossey, Baptist Evange-
list of Dallas, Texas, will do the
preaching in a revival meeting which
begins next Sunday at the Baptist
Church. The meeting will continue
for two weeks. The evangelist and
singer, Thomas R. Harrison of Fort
Worth, will be present for the Mon-
day night service. Rev. Dossey is in
a meeting now in Fort Worth. He
will close there Sunday night and ar-
rive here Monday.
Sunday Sffeool 9; 45; morning wor-
ship 11:00.
B. T. U. 7:00; evening worship 8:00.
Next Sunday is the beginning of
our revival meeting. We urge the
membership of the church to give,
the meeting the full support that it
deserves and to invite all their
friends. Rev. C. Y. Dossey, the evan-
gelist, and Mr. Thomas R. Harrison,
singer, of Riverside Church, Fort
Worth, will be here for the Monday
evening service. The day services
will be held in the church auditor-
ium and the night services on the
vacant lot south of the city hall. We
invite the citizenship of the com-
munity to attend all the services, and
singers from the other churches to
join in helping Bro. Harrison have
« strong choir./
R. H. Mathison, pastor.
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Supt. Charles Wachendorfer has
received the annual report from the
Division of Supervision of the State
Department of Educaion. This was
made from the examination and in-
spection of Deputy Supt. G. D. Hol-
brook when he visited the—institu-
tion on May 10, 1939. The report is
M follows:
1. The following noteworthy fea-
tures (a) a system of organization
•nd administration and physical faci-
lities that is seldom found in a city
©f this size, (b) An excellent new
Junior high, gymnasium and auditor-
ium. (c) A well supervised swim-
ming Pool. (d) A good financial bud-
get accounting, (e) An unusually well
organized, financed, equipped and ad-
ministered system for a town of this
size.
2. The following needs are noted:
(a) Continued support of library and
general equipment.
Signed, G. D. Holbrook,
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FOR SALE: A good bjcycle in good
condition. See or call ’Herbert Abney,
. fr, i (w)
NOTICE: Every farmer raising wheat
should bring it to the Donovan Mill-
ing Co. and trade it for flour.—Dono-
van Milling Co. (w)
Tom L. Robinson, attorney of
Gatesville, was in Lampasas on busi-
ness, Tuesday. .
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Durward Watson of Dallas arriv-
ed here Monday for a few days visit
in the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mn. M. C. Watson.
The time comes sooner or
equipment and service of a
ties and men and are always ready at your call, day or
or shine—cold or hot.
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, bswego, Kan., June 12.—A. H.
McCarty, vice president of the La-
bette County State Bank Altamont,
which was robbed of $477 last Fri-
day by a dynamite bomb bandit, Mon-
day identified a man arrested at
Joplin, Mo., as the robber. Police said
the man was a former convict.
Miss Florine Allen of San Angelo
is visiting here with Mr. and Mrs.
D. T. Briggs, Mrs. Fell* Earnest,
and other friends.
L, W. Cannon of Waco was a busi-
ness visitor in Lampasas, Thursday.
Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Word, Mrs. Har-
yy Perry an<f»daughter, Betty, Dixie
Sewell, Roy Sewell and Miss Geneva
Miller have gone to Brownwood to
i attend the wedding of Miss Margie
Sewell and Kenneth Jackson. The
ceremony will be read Thursday even-
ing at 8:00 tn the home of the bride’s
sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Dodd.
Miss Dorothy Davis of Lometa is
recuperating from a tonsillectomy
which she underwent Wednesday
morning in the local hospital.
Mrs. Arthur Arnold, Mrs.
Head and Jim Barrow of Evant
business visitors Monday in
pasas.
Miss Lois Gilmore visited St
day in Copperas Cove in the home
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J,
Bullock.
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Harlingen, June 13.—Two thousan
volunteer firemen and fire marshal
thronged this city Tuesday for th
opening sessions of the 1939 conver
tion of the State Firemen’s and Fit
Marshals Association..
Housing facilities were taxed 1
the limit to accommodate the visitort
The first session, held at the muh
cipal auditorium, was opened by (
E. Dalon of Coleman, state pres
dent He introduced seven past pre*
dents, r.nd then called on Maye
Hugh Ramsey of Harlingen, who we
corned the visitors.
Paul Vickers, manager of the M<
Allen Chamber of Commerce, we
corned the visitors on behalf of th
valey.
A response was given by Joe M
kolaj of Taylor.
Outstanding speakers at the threi
day convention include C. J. Bendt
of Dallas, Frank Williams of Collefl
Station, Ernest Wilks of Tyler, Oil
Culberson, state secretary, and Mai
vin Hall of Austin, state fire insni
an'ce commissioner,
Two highlights of the conventio
will be a competitive drill Wednei
day afternoon between 25 teams fro,
all parts of the state, and a tore!
light parade Wednesday night.
New officers will be named at tl
final session Thursday morning, as
the next convention city will be pid
Mr. and Mrs, Gordon Cass and son, „
...Dr. G. L. Messenger, Minister-
Lord’s Day services will be:
Bible school at 9:45. There are
classes for all ages.
Morning worship, communion -and
preaching at 10:45. The pastor will
speak upon the subject, “Great An-
nouncements,” There will be special
symphonic singing by the choir.
Christian Enedavors will meet in
the annex at 7:00.
Evening praise and worship at
8:00. “The Fidelity of Jesus’ will be
the sermon subject.
The public is cordially invited to
any and all of these services.
n NOTICE MASONS
IxRegular meeting Saturday night
A F. 4 A. M. Supper 7:00 p. m.
Everybody welcome. All members urg-
ed to attend. Election of officers.
Bill R. Yazell, W. M.
W. E. Briggs, Sec.
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To better equip ourselves to meet the calls of those in sadness
and sorrow, or those ill and neednig an ambulance, we have added
a new modern Ambulance-Funeral Coach to our facilities. This
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Mr and Mrs. P. H. Creekmore re-
turned Wednesday evening from a two
weeks vacation trip to points in
Colorado and Texas.
COME IN AND LET US TELL YOU
HOW TO SECURE ONE
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