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DENTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 10, 1030
VOL. XXXVIII
NO. 257
BIG WELCOME
Their Majesties
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see the monarchs.
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The highest honor that can be
awarded in Olrl Scouting, the gold-
makers go home?"
While conference committee mem-
bers put finishing touches on appro-
priation bills, both Houses were ad-
probnbly
Mitchell
Triad you see you"—and President Roosevelt's face shows it as he de-
livers Washington welcome to Queen Elizabeth of England In back-
ground. center. Is Mrs Cordell Hull, wife of secretary of state
Near-Blind Youth
Credit* Mother for
His College Degree
him when he called for
fired twice to drtva
Prospect of a busy week ahead
looms for District Court, which opens
the second week of the summer term
Monday No canes were on call this
week by heavy civil settings are
docketed for the second and third
weeks
First Jury panel summoned this
term of court will be here Monday
No matters were before District
Against backdrop of the national
lined with thousands of cheering
President and King of Engl
Citv Electric
his efforts have gone to the
dogs.
He caught 54 mongrels Thurs-
day, but during the night some
one freed them Fifty-two were
recaptured yesterday. lost night
someone let them ail out agam
Uarv Ship
Ai the king left the Warrington
the Royal Standard wu lowered
from the foremast to indicate he
had stepped ashore
The king removed his gray, for-
mal tophat aa he emerged from the
pier shed.
The party paused. The king shook
hands with Mayor LaGuardia be-
SHELBYVILLE. Kv June 10
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Senate commerce committee opens
hearings on house- approved river
and harbor authorisations for *130,*
000.000
Senate-House committee dtocusees
cotton subsidy provision in lljia.-
000.000 farm bill.
ROCKWALL. June 10-uP>—Mrs.
Gene Eagle, a Jailer s wife, snatch-
ed a pistol from her kitchen work
table yesterday and used it to res-
cue her husband and prevent the
escape of three prisoners who had
attacked him.
The prisoners. Jack neteher and
Luke Scoma of Dallas, and Joe Pal-
mer of Oklahoma, grabbed Eagle
when he went to their cell and
were beatin*
help. Mrs. 1
them back.
As she opened fire her
Dona Gene. 14, f-----
gun from a bedroom. ...
shot the men rslsassd
Mrs. Eagle gave him a gun.
CONGRESS
(By Associated Press*
Senate in recess
House ends debate on social ae-
Royalty Makes
Good Impression
In Capital City
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NEW ORLEANS. June 10.—
(A*>—Milton Hills received hie
Bachelor of Arts Degree at the
Tulane University commence-
ment exercises, hurried home
after the ceremonies to place
his cap and gown on his mother
and put his diploma into her
hands.
"These are yours as much aa
mine." he said
Hills has been almost blind
since childhood. He was tutor-
ed tlirough college by his moth-
er. Mrs 8 W Hills, herself blind
in one eye since childhood
District Court
Faces Busy Week
Dor Population of
Shelbyville Must
Have Some Friends
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pass It
Leaders of both factions maneu-
longer could
shouted
13 colonies in revolt against Eng-
land. a member of the Mount Ver-
non Ladies Association went up to
the automobile tn which the queen
sat with Mrs Roosevelt
"We hope you will come back
again sometime." she said simply
as she shook the queen's hand.
tlon. but the enthusiastic crowds
which hailed the British monarchs fore proceeding to the waiting lines
at every opportunity Thursday and of cars. Handshakes were exchanged
-----j ^spectators. Guards and
land; in toreground
'Glad to See You9—Roosevelt
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j "We want the queen I Let's see
! the queen again!"
Make Good Impression
It was a final triumph for the , , , - --
1 tiny yet regal woman whose quick \ b^rf*T.
i smile has been the talk of a capi-
tai
Washington liked the king tub. --1"
’ v ’ He went through his heavy round poomed yet again
&& s< .■ ' * ?; -'J nf oflirlal duties with rlienitv—and 1 fotmatlons of t
fortresses "
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I prianon Dins, corn hol.
Journed until Monday
I The Senate-born sales tax nmend-
IIARJ8. June 10 - (At-Report*
reached French diplomatic circles
from usually well-informed sources
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Ing An Injunction petition filed
by two local abstract companies
against a third such firm lx set tor
hearing Friday, not the past Fri-
day as was Incorrectly reported re-
cently tn a Record-Chronicle ac-
count of the petition
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pointed
any other papers the Denton Rec-
,-rd-Chronicle When it conies to pa-
pers. my motto Is. Take the home-
town paper for the hometown
news.”
Robert L Parker. Randolph Field,
I i renewing his .subscription fl> the
rally hc< ord-Clironicle, writers. "I
would like to take time out to tell
you how n uch I enjoy the Denton
paper It is like receiving a letter
from the Lome folks every day. be-
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Citv for Legion
Division Meeting'
WASHINGTON, June 10.— (Al')—Reports
Roosevelt plans tentatively to go to the San
Keller business block and the rail-
road underpass be so changed, so
that the business property would
be continuous and unbroken
spots of residential ground
The petition was filed and the
commission did not take action Fri-
day night.
But the friend was far frcxn.satis- .
fled. "Look here.” he confided to the
room clerk, "my friend is tn a bad
fix Did you^ear him sav he didn't,
see the elephants or tigers Why. the
room was full of 'em."
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Strength of Bloc
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Against Tax Plan
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airplane* wheeled
head, and a tear
had waited hours under a hot sun
gave out a mighty roar of welcome.
Martial music filled the air and
flags and bunting splashed all
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Pageantry Marks
Arrival Of Royal
Couple.
Brief Visit To
Climax U. S. Trip
in Berlin today to the effect Adolf these shores.
Hitler was preparing specific prop- * — - ----
[XJsitiona to France. Britain and
the United States for a settlement
of the problems which are caus-
Uig world war fears
Tile reports, which received no
open and official confirmation, said
Hitler was expected to make the
proposals in u speech during the
early part of July at the launch- |
lug of a new German warship
borne diplomatic circles recalled i
the House cf Ixxds speech of Via- |
count Halifax. British foreign minis-
ter Thursday night in which he
told of Britain's willingness to ex-
amino such problems at the confer-
ence table if Germany would re-
nounce any threat of force Diplo-
mats said this speech might have
been the key to the Reichsfuehrert
reported decision.
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George B Selden, the father of
the automotivo industry, built Ids
first automobile in 1877, but did not
bother to patent it until 18 years
later At first he did not think there
wax much future for such contrap-
tion.
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High Scout Award
Io Denton Girl
legislation
api>eared to be the only stumbling
block in the way of a projected
The Arthur O McNttZky Post of
the American Legion here will be 1
host to approximately 150 legion- !
capilol. royal purade moves toward White House on Pennsylvania avenue,
men marCh beside car carrying [
--j downtown
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A spontaneous midnight farewell
| from thousands of cheering Wash-
■g'1 i ng ten tans sent King George and
I Queen Elizabeth on to New York to-
day for fresh acclaim In the nation's
KBi [ metropolis
Mn ' Cordial handclasps from Secreta-
i ry and Mrs Cordell Hull formed the
Mh I only official goodbye at union sta-
shire and federal officers as well
H<- confessed to beating an aged
woman to death and stealing her
i-r Telltale fingerprints! A man
lu Florida was made to admit that
hi- had Jiidnaped and ,slau> two men
w hotn met at a filling station
His crime was only six hours old
when he was apprehended A wood- '
< utter held at Houston admitted ;
that he had killed a man and his
wl'e in their tent home What did „lucw w„, „lv B„lu-
< rime, profit any of these men? They | en (>a^]et award, was given to Miss
-- | Fanita Cook, daughter of Mr and
—a--.J Cook, 513 Bolivar
gone forever Our fingerprint j street, Friday night at the camp-
fire program which climaxed the
a box car He was Immediately fin-
gerprinted Within a few
it was discovered tiiat he was sought
b', state authorities of New Hamp- |
President
Francisco
World's Fair the last week in July spurred congressional op-
ponents of neutrality revision today to fresh activity.
and a diamond ’bracelet was snap-
ped around a white-gloved wrist
The king and Sir Ronald Lindsay.
British ambassador, were in
evening dress, with medals blazing
from their cheats
Hie group passed through the
' station and In front of the steps
■ to the royal blue and silver train,
king and queen chatted for several
minutes with the Hulls
| 'Meanwhile the crowd, which no
Authorities in Texas, us well as
in each of the States, would like to = _
nave finger-printing from the era- which American shipping would be
tlon on the adjournment date, but
minutes there were authoritative reports he
was eager to start before August
While the Senate was in reoess
today, the House planned to finish
debate on amendments to the Social 1
Security Act
At 9 o'cloc k tills evening the dele- j
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aged by street widening and drain- |
age construction The council voted
to offer the house and four acres
of the property, tax free, and take
the remainder of the land In settle-
ment. reserving n strip for possible
street widening Mayor Lee Preston
was authorized to present the offer
to Mrs. Blair
WPA sidewalk construction on the
they i west of "ie I>ee School grounds
Doctors to Meet
in Gainesville
GAINESVILLE. June 10-The
117th semi-annual meeting of the
North Texas Medical Association
will convene here next Tuesday
morning, June 13, for a two-day
session.
Whether or not to make future
meetings ofie-day seasions Instead
of two days as has been the custom
for 80 years, will be voted on. Med-
ical and surgical sections will have
morning and afternoon scientific
programs daily Dr Glen G Janes
of Cooper is chairman of the med-
tonameni.agent, is couvim ed all leal section and Dr. R. C. Wlild-1 curlty amcndmanU.
don of Gainesville ia chairman of
the surgical section.
The Ladies Auxiliary will hold a
business meeting Tuesday morning
and members will be entertained
with a luncheon at the country club
at noon.
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_ m. Be said
he fired «na shot above the prta-
oners* hands to subdue them.
"She euro saved ny ttfe," Eacla -
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"I used to be afraid of guns bat
It feels mUMy comfortable to have
one lylrw aroond.” sold Mre.
before aha uaad a gun to
■rtaaneea from afatolm
knooteoA tn M
was authorized, after, C F Walker,
principal of the school, made that
request An old sidewalk there was
destroyed In widening a street
Walker said he had been told
Purchaices Made
Electric equipment for the utili-
ties department totalling about 1989
was ordered purchased from Gray-
bar Electric Co
Playground equipment, to be used
under the city WPA recreational
program, was ordered purchased
from Taliaferro & Sons at a bid
of 1105.25.
Tires fbr the cemetery depart-
ment truck were ordered purchased
from Headlee Tire Co at a bld of
-. JiulgF JWn W. JBoyd Satiirrixy irmrn- <97_____ ... ___
Relative to request of Mrs T M
Teasley and J. C Teasley that
property on the Dallas Highway be
changed from residence to business
property under the zoning code, the
City Plan Commission recommend-
ed that entire area between Die
Friday refused to let them leave with the governor and Mrs. Leh-
man. Mrs LaGuardia gave the
1 aueen a great, dark bouquet of
A band struck Aip "God Save the
queen were fettlng the President King" aa the Campbel] roared forth
and Mrs Roosevelt at a ceremonious with a 21-gun salute.
banquet at the British embassy | "God Save the King" was follow-
ine. and there was a gasp of ad-
For she was wearing a ' Intermingled with the strains
deep the band Instrument®.
of a . . .
to bed and a doctor called in The
doctor examined the patient while
the friend looked on The symp-
toms were plain.
Physician: "Do you see any pink
elephants or sky blue tigers?"
Patient: "No"
Physician: "See any sea serpents1
or giraffes?"
Patient: "No."
Physician "Well, you'll be all
right.when you sleep it off "
There'S surely, surely one tiling I
i hat the schools can't teach, and |
that's common sense Robert Inger-I
-oil once said. "It is a thoiviuuj i been approved already by
tunes better to have common sense | senators is' expected to
witliout education than to have
' duration without common sense "
Traffic Cop says:
Why gamble your life against ;
saving a few seconds by Jaywalking? .
Ihtnlon peddle, an especially the
bnsiness men. have been urged to
fly American flags for this week-
end. both Saturday and Sunday.
Flag day is next week, and a large
number of Lejtonnalres will be
here for the week-end attending the
divisional Legion convention. Zed
Terry, commander of the Denton
Legion post, made the request that
business here co-operate by plac-
ing flags in front of their buildings
for the two days Many prominent
members of the Legion organiza-
tions, both men and women, will be
here tonight and tomorrow
EAST TEXAS: Cloudy to partly
cloudy tonight and Sunday; cooler
In northwest portion tonight; gen-
tle to fresh southerly winds on the
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WEST TEXAS: Generally filr.
cooler In northeast and cast-central
portions tonight; Sunday general-
ly fair.
OKLAHOMA: Generally fair, cool-
er tonight; Sunday fair; cooler In
extreme east portion.'
They pressed their campaign for
Senate signers of a round robin
condemning the administration's
small when I neutrality stand, contending if the
i president Is considering a westward
I trip before adjournment he does
not expect revision of the law at
this session
Tire round robin, said to have
i a doeen
l.i' expected to threaten
"extensive” debate if leaders bring
up the proposals recommended by
Secretary Hull. These would repeal
the present arms embargo and per-
init designulion of danger zones In 1 naires ant? Auxiliary women from
over Northeast and Central and a
part of West Texas this week-end
for the Fourth Division convention, j
At noon delegates were begin- j
ning to arrive from over the divl-I
slon, with registration for the con- I
vention to begin at 4 o’clock In the I
Legion Hall The convention opens 1
tonight at 8 o'clock with a Joint I
session of the Legion and Auxiliary J
in the hall Mrs P I Dixon of
Thomasville, Ga. president of the
southern division of the American
Legion Auxiliary, will give the open-
ing address, and FTed Young of
Austin, department adjutant, will
talk
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gates will be entertained
dance and floor show at the hall, I
ending the convention activities for
the day
Sunday's Meetings »
Sunday, convention activities will
begin at 9:45 a. m. with a welcome
| address by Mayor Lee Preston in the
Legion Hall, and the Introduction •
of visitors by Brent C. Jackson of
Denton At 11 a. m. the division
convention church services will be
held at the First Presbyterian
Church, with the sermon. "The <
Challenge of Flanders", to be given
.... ™ by Rev. Bryan Keathley of Min-
annual Denton Girl Scouts' summer j erai Wells, past national Legion
camp on Lake Dallas About 250 chaolaln.
persons attended the affair
Miss Cook will have the dlsUnc-
tlon of being the only Denton girl [ Legjon Hall.
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heme charges made t_
Hie insurance industry in hearings
before the i
> onimlttee,
down.
What does stand out now. above
mid beyond ull ciitictsm is the as-
tonishing record of growth, probity
and solvency this industry lias
nade Jt has given us more insur-
ance by far than is possessed by any
1 filer people It Iras offered the
most complete protection Imagin-
able against exigencies of the future,
it has operated on so sound a basis
tiiat loss to policy-holders Is prac-
tically unknown
These .statements are facts And
the theories of detractbrs of life iil-
■ rnance look mighty
placed beside them "
AUSTIN June 10^-iAPi —
Whether the bloc which has suc-
cessfully battled against House ap-
proval of a sales tax-natural re-
source constitutional amendment
would crack or remain solid in an-
other test next week centered in-
terest, in legislative halls today.
The next, mast frequently discuss-
ed topic <tas "when will the law-
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much disturbed over the condition ' Weaver, Fern Marie Neck, Martha
man
People began Jamming the cav- ' queen a great,
ernous station and plaza early in ' American roses
the evening, while the king and i ' 2 / 1
qiie«»n wrr»* fMfintr President ' “
and Mrs Roosevelt at a ceremonious with a 21-gun salute,
banquet at the British embassy "God Save the King" was foilow-
The queen stepped from a hrnous- ed immediately by the “Star Span-
gled Banner " The boom of the guns
' intermingled with the strains from
:! OPPONENTS OF NEUTRALITY
mirth. But lias its chord in mi-liui- i
c H REVISION SPURRED BY REPORT
Herald, takes a shot at detractors of I ■ " a WB Vgaiatoar W will
f insurance companies when he 00^0100^7 TO Pfi TO PHA2T
11 appcare that rKtolUtlll lu uu IU uUAdl
aasvisrezva^ ata *iv<** *• iq.1 .
monopoly investigating I --
Long Debate Threatened If Hull’s Proposal
Brought Up; Only Stumbling Block in Way
Of Adjournment July 15.
Bobbie A Smith. Elaine Walvoord.
Mamel King. Billie Smith. Margaret
Ixrwe. LaNell Whiteside. Bettie
miration
•Victorian picture frock of ,
tloee tulle, embroidered all over : Gets Big Weicrene
with gold and silver thread and re- I As the deetroyer, eaoorted up the
embroxlered with Alexandra rosea bey by coast guard croft and greet-
in tones of pink. gold, silver and ed by the deqp blasts from the whls-
blue u«* »cor«< of harbor craft, drew
In her brown waived hair was in to the pier at the battery there
a diamond tiara Two diamond
necklaces were around her throat.
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Dominions’ Exhibits
At World Fair
Inspected.
NEW YORK, June 10.—
(AP)—Hundreds of thous-
ands of old world immigrants
joined with descendants of
the American Revolution to-
day in a lung-bursting weJ-
1 come to the first reigning
British monarchs ever to visit
SK/a V49«
Amid a spectacular pigeohtry
u-sliore at sea and in th* air, King
George VI and Queen EisabeCh
of Britain stepped off the United
Btatee destroyer Warrington to cU-
max their epic tour of North Amer-
ica.
Hielr vta4t to New York, once the
headquarters of General George
Washington during his fight to
shake off the shackles of British
rule, was to be brief
After a formal reception at the
battery, lowermost Up of Manhat-
ton. the royal visitors stepped into
bullet-pr.x.fed limousine* for a
whirlwind drive to the New York
World's Fair to inspect their do-
minions’ exhibits.
The batteries of Governors Is-
land pounded out a 21-gun salute
as their majesties rode up the har-
bor: vessels of every description tied
their whistles down: fireboats sent
great geysers ot water into the air;
efuliy over-
crowd that
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Three Denton firms received con-
tracts for the city's electric equip- I
ment during the 939-40 fiscal year
Friday night, a.s the City Commis-
sion studied price lists and reach-
ed decisions.
Transformers will be purchased
from G W Martin, meter* from
Blair Electric Co. lamps from Den- '
ton Electric Co Because the total !
amounts to be needed through the
12 month period cannot be forecast. ;
"no totals could be estimated Duung
the current year, transformers have
totalled about $5 000, meters about
$2 500 and lamps slightly under $1 -
000
The commission took up a num- •
ber of matters in addition to receiv-
ing department reports for the past
month during their meeting, the
regular June session.
Pool liiscusaed Again
The Junior Chamber of Coni- 1
merce's efforts to secure a municipal
swimming pool for Denton was
again before the council, as Joe
Mitchell ap|>eare:i to report investi-
gations he has made at othe/Texas
cities Cost of the pool, estimated
about at $40 000. could be met by a
WPA grant, and the city's raising
its part of the program by a bond
issue probably secured through
PWA, Mitchel! suggested Such
or
Shutts, in the Democratic Leader Barkley .said
Greenville Herald, thinks so. too. as House action would be awaited be-
lie comments thusly: 'fore the question is taken up in
Just in the Day's News! - | Senate
Just take this morning for il- The president has said plans for
lustration A man was arrested at |ijs Western trip must remain ten-
Corpus Christi for having a fight in tative until he has more informa-
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bonds, maturing in from 15 to 20 , |
years, would be self-liquidating In
that tl»r pool admission charges
could retire the debt, Mitchell urg-I
ment got. 91 votes in Its fifth test ed. The matter was filed lor study.;
two days ago. Two absentees and , Mrs T. Ji Blair asked adjust- | <
Speaker Emmett Morse favor it One ment of delinquent taxes totalling
votes are necessary to around $1 400 on her Bernard
Street property, stating the city I
owed her for an old water niani, ;
vered behind the scenes doing what and asserting she had been dam- '
they could to sway votes The op-
position and some supporters ex-
pressed belief it never would be ap-
proved.
Guesses varied on a date for ad-
Joum’ment of tire session which has
broken all records for length Today
was the 152nd day and the previous
record-holder was 143 Some thought
the legislators would quit next week-
end while others believed
might remain two more weeks
Contracts Given I
For Coming Year
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secret service
chaplain.
Delegates will be entertained with
a luncheon at 12:30 p m In the
with Rev Carl Me- (
pastor of the University ’
i In Fort Worth, to ■
speak Rev Luther Greer of San- i
ger. will give the invocation, and 1
Henry Owsley of Denton will speak
on "The Good of the Legion and
Why a Man Continues to Be a Le-
gionnaire"
A business session at 2 p m .
with Fourth Division Commander
, Carl Mason presiding. will close
convention activities At the ses-
I slon a division commander will be
elected and the 1940 convention
city named Standing committees
, wdll be appointed
die to tne grave of each citizen of | banned in war time.'
(lie United States, and it's without j Observing neutrality
.iiesticn that the identification1
Auuld mean much in case of accl-
den’, iifitomobile or olherwbe, July 15 adjournment of Congress,
crime, especially Shults, in the Democratic Leader Barkley
tai
Washington liked the king too
nr arm iiiiuugii ii» nravy ivmiu
' of official duties with dignity—and
"'Sk he wasn't observed to mop his face
once, although he frequently stood
bareheaded in the intense heat.
Public ceremonies during the roy-
al visit reached their climax yes-
terday afternoon, when the king
placed wreaths on the tombs of
George Washington and America's
unknown soldier, ahd the Canadi-
an cross in honor of Americans who
died fighting in the Canadian
forces
After the wreath of iria. carna-
was a great demonstration from the
strong who had stood patiently for
hours in the intense morning sun
Across the water there floated a
hoarse symphony of welcome —
shouts from many thousands of
throats, low bass bellows from the
i ships and the music of bonds, which
mingled with the boom of a 21-gun
salute on Governors Island Air-
planes roared overhead
Mayor LaGuardia and Goromor
Lehman were waiting at the battery
for the royal couple
As the Warrington passed the
Statue of Liberty the king went
from starboard to port and stood
stiffly at salute Hie queen was rigid
beside him.
Coast guard cutters, speeding on
aiirou, 1*1 gxxs meu pinwUTr
boats from the vicinity of the pier.
Then, as their majesties were land-
ing. the guns at Governors IslsAff
i Overhead, roared
------------- the army's "flying
had little or no chance to begin . —
with Tlie days of the James boys mTs Eugene
are pone forever Our fingerprint I — -
rr stem. cur method of blood anal-1
vsis and other things have so far |
(.Htstrlpjred the criminal that the |
dumbest thing otall is to be a crim- |
rial cf any klyd'" j
He thn' can t laugh Is to be pitied. pv).r to recejve this award as none j Ginnls n_.
and h" that won't laugh is to be have won it In the past and Girl , Baptist Church
feared. Scouting will not offer it again a' ■ • •
member of Troop 1. site was also
an assistant director at the camp
The award came as a surprise and
was made by Dr Rebecca Evans,
personnel chairman of the Denton
Girl Scout Council.
Mrs H H Smith, new Denton
. Girl Scout commissioner, made the
<■ iuve 1 kt<p up with the activities ' (qher badge awards with 45 badge
in end mound Denton, and I don't awards being made to the following
feel quite so lar awaS' from Denton needlecraft- Ernestine Massey, Mar-
a I old before I started taking it garet Lowe Troop 3; child care—
I take ‘ome of the Sap Antonio pa- Jessie R Hooten. Mary Elizabeth
pers, but i’ I depended on either of Hopkins Mary Kuykendall. Eleanor
tunc to know who is sick In the ; portwood. Flora Whitesides, Winona
hcpitals ot Denton, or who Is going Mav Ix*wls. Wanda Kellar. Louise
to get married or going on a long Calvin. Marie Dickens. Shirley A
well, I would be sadly disap- I Rny Bill J Sullivan. Marjorie Hav-
So 1 take in prelerence to tlie. Troop 3
Art badges—Mary I^ijean Davis,
Bettie Ruth Davis, Helen Marie
Hoffman, Troop 2
Scholarship — Dorothy Bridges.
Rebecca Smith. Oveta Jo Dannelly.
Marjorie Carter. Nannie B Kuyken-
Traffic Coy says dull. Genevieve Hooten. Patsy Bion-
Near Henderson, a driver had his dell, Bettie Ann Shands. Hilda
left arm hanging out tlie side win- Grace Cunningham. Frances Yel-
dow when a passing truck, veering ! dennan. Beverly Sportsman. Reba
close to the automobile, knocked Adams. Marjorie Dannelly. Wanda
the arm off Tlie man died from loss , Kellar. Shirley Ray. Marjorie Hay-
of blood, but the truck driver drove nie. Jean Jackson. Bill Monroe. Joan
on—he didn't know what had hap- Brune, Betty Penry. Bettie Hester,
pened
A chap returned to the hotel very
friend, who was promptly J>ut ’ Peters. Nola Mae Beaseley
Program Numbers
Mrs H G Whitmore, vice com-
missioner, spoke briefly, and intro-
duced the new commissioner and
the camp leaders
Three girls led tlie sing-song. Ry-
nell Stiff, Birdalee Taylor and Avo
Vermillion. The program included
two skits by Troop 3 girls, one be-
1 Ing a shadowgraft and the other
"Girl Scouting In Sweden".
During the afternoon the girls
were taken motor boat riding by W
M Ixrveless. Luncheon guests Friday
I were Miss Bessie Vine, regional dl-
I rector of scouting, and Mrs. P O'B.
I Montgomery, regional chairman of
I scouting, both of Dallas. Both com-
mended highly the camp and scout-
ing program In Denton.
Special recognition was given at
the campfire program to Mrs. Lodie
Oldham. 97-year-old great-grand-
mother of Betty Ann Meadows.
Troop 3 scout, who was the oldest
person present.
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McDonald, L. A. Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 257, Ed. 1 Saturday, June 10, 1939, newspaper, June 10, 1939; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1370192/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Denton Public Library.