The Nocona News. (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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Phone No. 87
Phone No. 87
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Nocona.
ijgue County, TeAas. May 25. 1923
Vu!. 18.
No 50
7. R. Stump, Put.
E. H. RHYISJ KILLED
FOR BUSINESS
Fun-
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
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Farmers & Merchants National Bank
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RECITAL ANNOUNCEMENT
The Peoples National Bank
drilling of three
Nocona, Texas
Hugh Carson, Cashier.
near
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TO BUY ELECTRIC FANS
SIXTH GRADE ENTERTAINED
BELCHERVILLE NEWS
We Buy Rite—We Sell Rite
it,
group captain,
Subscribe for The Nocona News.
THE BLUEBIRD
low
Sunday
God
SURE LOOK “NIGGERFIED”
VITAL STATISTICS
Subscribe for The Nocona News.
UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS
The New Car of Furniture has Arrived
ENTERTAINED
OUTING
Bee Vac Cleanors at $39.50. Why pay more.
HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
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Motor Hearse and Ambulance
Service
Calls answered day or night
Day phone No. 37, Night phone No. 52
AJJline of caskets, coffins and burial robes
now in stock and displayed at our
undertaking rooms.
'The Hom* of Good
Printing”
A large assortment of beautiful rugs. The new pattern
dining room chairs. 12 foot patterns of linoleum.
It is a pleasure to show our goods. We especially in-
vite all the ladies to inspect our dishes and granite ware.
A FRIENDLY TALK
WITH OUR DEPOSITOTS
Go to the Farmers & Merchants National
Bank, Nocona, Texas
Have you seen the W. S. Thurston
Hardware Company’s
NEW FURNITURE DEPARTMENT?
CAPITAL S125,000.00. SURPLUS S25.000 00.
In Good Years and Bad The Farmers A Merchants
National Bank will Stand By its Customers
Nocona, Texas
on cratches.
to Bowie Tuesday for burial.
Miss Myrtle McElwee will present
her piano pupils in a recital at the
TEXAS BAPTIST
ORPHANAGE TAG DAY
we
a
SUNDAY SCHOOL AND
B. Y. P. U. RALLY
improve our service and your suggestions
will be sincerely appreciated.
“A Newspaper of,
by and for
Homefolks '
J. H. Cone Hardware Company
TUAS
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This brink will bi closed Vednesday, May
30th, the same b*ing Decoration Day. Please
arrange your banking business accordingly.
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ALEXANDER’S “STOAR”
future.
This will tickle your taste and
pocket book too. Better buy 100
p< unds at
Keen Kutter builders hardware. A large assortment of
door locks. Screen doors and wire, refrigerators and
ice cream freezers, bath tubs and fixtures. Also a big
assortment of harness aud cow boy saddles.
This bird is sky blue with a rosy
It is seven inches in ength
It’s song is
E. H. Rhyne, former Bowie citizen
1 sheriff at Duncan, was rl‘
We have been requseted to state
that the proceeds of the Negro Min-
strel to be given Tuesday night,
May 29th, will be used to buy elec-
tric fans for the High School audi-
torium. This will be greatly ap-
preciated by patrons of the various
and varied school enteretainments
and Parent-Teachers Association.
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At the recent meeting of the
State Medical Society at Fort Worth,
several important resolutions were
adopted, among hem being one in
the interest of Vital Statistics, stim-
ulating registration, according to Dr.
W. H. Beazley, State Health Officer.
The Bureau of Vital Statistics, di-
rected by Dr. Wm. Sory, has made
a careful survey of alll reports of
births this year, and will furnish each
county every month hereafter a de-
tailed report of births occuring in
the various counties.
Montague counyt reported 23 births
for the month of April by the follow-
ing doctors:
Dr. T. H. Clark, Bowie, Texas.
Dr. J. T. Lawson, Bowie Texas.
Dr. W. R. Potter. Bowie, Texas.
Dr. E. W. Wright, Bowie, Texas.
Dr. C. Moore, St. Jo.
Dr. J .E. Smith, St. Jo
Dr. E. E. Johnson, Montague, Tex.
Dr. J. C. Collins, Belchervilh, Tex.
Robinett. Interment was with Mas-
onic honors, the body being accom-
On last Saturday night, the puipls
of the Sixth Grade were delightfully
entertained at the home of their
teacher, Miss Glen Allen. Games on
the lawn were enjoyed and Misses
Orean Cobb and Emily Maddox show-
ed their ability as sleight of hand
performers, to the delight of all the
guests.
Delicious lemonade and cake were
served to the folowing: Mabie Cloer,
Emily Maddox, Orean Cobb, Lillian
Haggerton, Bertie Haggerton, Ruth
Feo ward, Fay Howard, Minnie Old-
For a Good Eime
Go to the Nigger Minstrel at the High School
Auditorium, Tuesday May 29th. Don’t
Forget the Date.
urday.
L. P. Crenshaw was in Nocona on
business Saturday.
Pleas Hill and his neice, Miss
Avery Holland, attended his mother’s
funeral Thursday at Tipton, Oklaho-
ma.
Lee Crenshaw and W. B. Rich were
Nocona visitors Saturday.
The “42” club met with Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Clay. They reported a
pleasant evening. Delicious ice cream
and cake were served the many
guests present.
Nothing appeals to the heart more
than the cry of an orphan child.
The Texas Baptist Orphanage, lo-
cated at Waxahachie, fostered by the
Baptist Missionary Association of
Texas, is an institution built and
maintained for the purpose of caring
for educating and training orphan
children. The home is non-denomi-
national in its charity. A child does
not have to be a Baptist or the child
of Baptists to be eligible to the home.
We are greatly in neen of more room
to properly care for those who have
been entrusted to us. We have at
present ninety six children in the
Home and others knocking for ad-
mittance.
By means of the “Tag Day”
are giving to the entire public
chance to help properly feed, clothe
and house these orphan children.
Look for the Orphans Home booth
in your town Saturday, May 26th
or June 2nd, and “Have a Heart.”
MRS. D. C. DOVE, Superintendent
nd Business Manager.
The members of the High School
faculty were: Mr. A. V. Peterson,;
Superintendent, mathematics; Miss j
Wyneth Wright, English; Mr. T. T.
Cauley, history; Miss Lula McKin-
ney, science; Miss Harriet Weather
all, Latin; Miss Grace Wade, music. ■
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We want to raise some cash and
from Saturday the 19th to Satur-
day the 26th we offer Acme and
Classy Flour for $3.60 per hun-
dred. OTy $1 80 lor 48 ib sack.
I W. S. Thurston Hardware Company
Clark A. Hood, Manager
On Monday evening a jolly crowd
of young folks took uper and went
out to Bowman’s tank, just north of
town. Boat riding was one of the
enjoyabe feaures of the evening’s
outing. Those in the party were
Misses Gertie Smith, Ethel Jackson,
Lois Gwaltney Lula McKinney; and
Messrs. Leonard Jackson, Jubert
Janeway, J. C. and Chandler Haral-
son, Olin Reborson, Mr. Dugan and
Miss Dugan of Marrietta, Oklahoma,
and Dr. and Mrs. Jackson of Ranger,
I Texas.
To be held with Saint Jo Baptist
Church, begining at 2:30 P. M. Sun-
day, May 27th, 1923.
Devotional, R. B. Hodge.
Our pledge and how to keep
Delia McMahan.
Poem, Opal Pilcher.
Reading, Cleda McCollum.
Solo, Alice Lauderdale.
The duties of a
Miss Minnie Stevens.
Reading, Lois Whisenhunt.
An ideal Sunday School teacher*
I ham, Beulah Long, Arby Gibbons,
i Viola Reynolds, Gladys Allison, Roy
Herring, Aril Gibbons, Jesse Russell,
John A. Crain, W. M. Mclntir, Frank
Jackson, G. C. Carson, Miss Hodges,
Steve Barron and Miss Allen.
Reading, Belle Tompkins.
Recitation, Mary Nell Holmes.
Song, Saint Jo Junior Boys and
Girls.
How to build a rura,
School, Rev. N. B. Haralson.
Song, Saint Jo Union.
Business.
between friends.
Being human, we are likely to err at
times. If you ever have reason to feel that
we have fallen short in any way, please tell
us so frankly. We are constantly trying to
On account of the closing exercises would be brought in,
af the School and the coming of the j •‘v*”
Negro Minstrel, it was decided by |
the Nocona Community Chamber of (
Commerce to postpone their next.
meeting untill the first Tuesday j
night in June.
babies wile the enemy is looking at
the papa bird.
The blue bird builds its nest in a
tree and lays four light blue eggs.
—By a Second Grade pupil.
At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Buck Beasley, north of Nocona, on
Sunday afternon the following were
entertained: Mrs. Tucker and daugh-
ter, Loraine, of Spanih Fort, Mrs.
H. C| Masterson of Ringgold, Miss |
Clara Wilson, and Mr. R. M. McNew |
and family. Thel guests reported a I
delightful time. Delicious ice cream
wa served.
OIL AND GAS DEVELOPMENTS
Humphreys Oil Company staged
and sheriff at Duncan, was shot; quite a sensational show last Sunday
and killed on the cort house steps1 afternoon, when they brought in
at Duncan Monday. Mr. Rhyne was1 their Maddox No. 3. The drill had
shot and seriously wounded on the reached the gas sand some timc ago,
15th of ast December and was still but it was muddied in to hold it
The body was brought down until casing was set. Every-
i thing being in readiness, mud and
eral services were conducted by Rev. ■ watep was bailed out late Sunday
until finally the gas pressure blew
the well in, bloiwng mud, water, etc,
nanied to Bowie by members of the about twice the 1, eight of the 112-
Duncan Lodge. Mr. Rhyne was well foot derrick. Since Sunday the well
and most favorably known in Mon- has been running wild and all at-
tague County. j tempts to control it have failed sa
’ far. Another attempt will be made
i sometime Saturday, we hear.
j Word got out Sunday that the well
I, so some fifty or
‘ sixty cars, bringing about 200 or
i 300 peope were on hand to witness
j the show of a life time.
The Texas Company Gist No. 2
; is still running wild, it has the
control valve partly closed, tbp the
casing wouldn’t stand the pressure to
entirely shut off the gas.
Negotiations are precteding, we un-
derstand, that may bring about the
drilling of three more wells out
Methodist Church Saturday evenin, north of the best town within the
May 26th, at 8:00 o’cock.
settled weather, few members were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Stout of Terral,
Oklahoma, were pleasant guests of
reatives at Red River Rnch Sunday
afternoon.
Miss Eva Adams has returned home
from Addington, Oklahoma, after a
week’s visit with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Rich attended
the play at Ringgold Friday night.
Little J. C. Henry fell on a hoe
his parents, Mir. and Mrs. J. W. and cut his left arm in several places,
Maddox, Sunday. j making painful wounds.
Mr and Mrs. Chas. Dunaway were Mrs. Bud Rich was the guest of her
In Bowie shopping Saturday after-1 mother, Mrs. Welker, in Nocona Sat-
noon.
We are- glad to report Mrs. Jeffie
Dunaway improving after a serious
attack of rheumtism.
Mrs. W. A. Henson is on the sick
list
Mr. and Mrs. Clay left for a visit
to a daughter in Vernon. They have
been guests of their son, Henry, for
several weeks.
The Mission Society met with Mrs.
L. G. Muncey Thursday night.
Bro. Satterfield filled his regular
appointment Sunday. Owing to un-
Our earnest desire is to make this bank
mean something more to you than merely a
safe place to deposit your money. We want
to know you intimately and to have you
think of your transactions here as dealings
DKVOTHU TO ANY W>MV WHICH
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Seay were
k Nocona visitors Saturday.
I X Joe Biter was in Wichita Falls on
I | business Moday.
Lee Crenshaw ent to Fort Worth
^Monday on business.
I \ Dr. Ewing and Lee Stout of Terral,
> ' Vklahoma, were here Monday.
I\ > IE. C. Cameron and Deputy Sheriff
I 1 \ V ountan were in Ringgold Monday.
I ' ' X Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Coleman were
( \'i ‘Sts of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
I Q W. Maddox, of the Valley Sunday
I ! Monday
| ~~ f- and Mrs. Clyde Maddox were
jping in Nocona Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Henry and Miss Ola
Johnson were shopping in Bowie last
! Thursday.
I Roy Fitts, our enterprising gro-
orman, was in Nocona Saturday on
Tf. viness.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Maddox visited
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D. S. Bulliner.
Reading, Coomie Thompson.
Vocal solo, Elsie Ice.
Recitation, Edgar May.
Piano solo, Cleda McCollum.
Song, Senior Union.
Quartette.
Why we need a B. Y. P. U. and_
Sunday Schoo, Rev. J. T. Griffith..
Duet, Gladys Pleasant and Pearlj
Suttles. |.
breast.
I when grown,
sweet warble.
| “A bit of the sky to make a coat;
rosy vest and rounded throat;
silver tint in tail and wing,
| A joyous song about the spring.”
I The father bird has a brighter coat
; thn the mother bird. God made
! im that way, so that the mother bird
| could slip away an get back to her
Dan Dribbens and Stacy Dorn
missed their calling, when they went
in the oil business. They should be
playing Blackface on the Majestic
Circuit. Come to the Negro Minstrel
Tuesday night and verify the truth
of these statements.
PHOMlvri FIIK PUBLIC <i<>ou
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The Nocona News. (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1923, newspaper, May 25, 1923; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1372665/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.