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tub. All new white fixtures were
W. D. COLVIN
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no good results and that you will be
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For the Home and Auto
very poor and everything in such a efforts to get you satisfaction.
The bill which was voted out of
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Extend Sympathy
And Aid to Etex
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Plan $15,000,000
General Survey
Of Unemployed
added a bathroom adjoining her
bedroom. The bath room is large
Man Held in
Waxa. Jail
Admits Looting
state on that date. I hear that the
movement is gaining its momentum
from the Fort Worth headquarters.
I was even told that over the air
one pension backer was appealing
to the old folks to march on the
capitol bringing with them their
cots and cover with assurance of
“we’ll see that you get plenty of
food.”
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Bags 20 Eagles
Many Coyotes
Senators, are funny guys,
They act so smart and nice,
But nobody here can tell,
If they are men or mice.
Big Spring, Texas, March 29.—
Twenty eagles with wingspreads of
seven to eight feet, which have been
taking a heavy toll of lambs in the
area to the south, have met their
match in aerial combas.
Ray Baumgartner, manager of the
local airport, in his pusher type
plane swoops down on the eagles in
( their roosts before they fly and gives
them the works. In addition he has
decimated the coyote population of
। the sheep area by plane.
POULTRY EQUIPMENT
IMPROVED AT VERY
SMALL COST.
Todd, commander, John B. Gare
camp, Sons of Confederate Vet
ans. An air-cooled building will
provided for the session, he Si
adding that a program will
worked out later.
Sonora, Texas, March 29.—So
voters Saturday approved 110
the issue of $90,000 in revenue I
for purchasing or building a ’
system. A survey will begin at
by representatives of the city tc
purchase of a privately owned
tem here.
If congress acts at this session,
officials declared ,the census prob-
ably could be taken next fall.
And speaking of legislation which
may rock the capitol building to the
ground—wait until the bill redis-
tricting Texas for legislative repre-
sentation comes around—and it is
on its way.
The bill will create quite a deficit
it is true, but I supported the move-
ment in the house, because it is not
fair for Ellis county to be forced
to pay her forty-seven thousand a
year with forty-two counties not
having to divvy up for the running
of Texas. It is a baa legislative step
for Texas to make, but it is fair,
for Ellis county, and the time has
come when we must demand fair
play all around.
The poultry equipment of Leona
Gaunt, co-operator of the Bethel
4-H Club, has been improved with
very little cost.
Leona improved her coops by add-
ing more nails where needed as well
as cleaning her coops by scalding,
disinfecting and airing. She says:
“Now they will be better and much
cleaner.”
Leona further stated that anyone
could have good poultry houses and
coops if they would only do a little
repair work.
that the legislature will run oyer
May 12 from a week to three weeks
in an attempt to clear away all im-
portant business at hand.
They claim that they are honest,
Some charge that they have their
price,
But us boys in the lower house,
Wonder are “they men or mice.”
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A lye solution was used to remove
the old paint from the floors of Net-
tie Ray Brown’s room,, a co-operator
of the Garrett 4-H Club.
Nettie Ray with the help of her
mother refinished the floor with
light oak varnish. Nettie Ray was
quoted as saying: "I didn’t know old
floors could look so nice.’
NEW SHADES, CURTAINS,
WALL PAPER, 3UGS.
New shades, curtains, wall paper
and rugs are some of the bedroom
improvements made by some of the
co-operators of the Boyce 4-H Club
girls, as a result of two demonstra-
tions by their assistant home dem-
onstration agent, on “Putting the
Background into Good Condition”
and “Dressing Up Your Windows.”
Agnes Prachel has papered her
room and added new curtains.
Dorothy Clark and Evelyn Roden
have added curtains while Jo Pres-
tidge has added shades, curtains and
a rug.
ADDS BATH ROOM, MAKES
HOME MORE CONVENIENT.
To make her house more conven-
ient, Mrs. Eva Tibbs, “repair the
house demonstrator” in the May-
pearl home demonstration club, has
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It is funny to me how big interests
can handle the members of the leg-
islature just as they wish. To be
frank with you—I can’t understand
it. Take the sulphur interest for in-
stance—
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Rooming facilities here are very, ? leave no stone unturned in their
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To Italy Herds
Italy, Texas, March 29— Pless
Rollins, widely known ranchman and
farmer, has just brought back sev-
eral head of purebred cattle from
Fort Worth to improve his herds.
He recently sold 118 white-faced
steers in Fort Worth. He raises 400
bales of cotton annually.
I was summoned to Dallas early
last week to the bedside of my cous-
in, Tom H. Dees, who was suffering
an attack of pneumonia. My record
will show several absences from the
legislature, but I trust you will un-
derstand and forgive me.
We have a shipment of new seat covers for all
model of cars
I’m not trying to be smart or to
advise you Ellis county older people,
but I hope all of you will think se-
riously before joining in on this
massed march on April 6. I assure
you that such a movement will have
GARRETT GIRL USED LYE
SOLUTION REMOVE PAINT
The house has been torn limb
from bush lately over the Jones
franchise bill. It would place an ad-
ditional tax upon all corporations,
both large and small, and would tax
them whether they made a profit
or not. After thinking the entire
matter through I can’t see that it is
fair.
As I see it, the big companies, and
the ones cleaning up, are always
ready to support a bill to enforce
a blanket tax of any nature. They
are the ones trying to pass a sales
tax. They don’t want to be the sole
target and get hit for their just
taxation, but wish to be just one of
the boys, and under, such conditions
they can manage to show a big
payment when it really is only a
drop in the bucket to what they
should kick in.
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With “Papa” Sewell
The committee in the senate pass-
ed out the tax remission bill which
would grant the counties all of their
ad valorem taxes for the next five
years. It is presumed by such action
that the senate will pass the bill.
And it is thought that the governor
will feel the pressure of both houses
and give it his O. K. This will
mean that a nine million hole will
be opened in the treasury’s yearly
income, which means that the red
ink will run even redder from hence-
forth on.
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in fact, the bill has not yet gone
to the printers, and while they are
dragging along, and the bill never
having a chance to assume its reg-
ular place on the calendar, the other
committees are shelling out all sorts
of controversial legislation, which
will take places on the calendar be-
fore the race bill. Thus the hearing
will be delayed plenty. One senator
told me today that he did not think
the horse race bill would be voted
on before May 12. And he also told
me that Allred would call a special
session to insure its final passage if
it was not dealt the death blow this
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it is strictly a fight waged by the
big cities to secure immediately the
seven members allowed them as
their maximum number. And things
look mighty good for the city boys
to achieve their goal.
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Many weeks ago I understood that
the sulphur people would be willing
to increase their tax fifteen cents,
and at the very most might accept
an additional 25 cent raise. I just
laughed at myself ’cause I knew the.
young bloods who were here for
their first go-round at law making
and tax levying would stick them
plenty—as was promised the people
of the state on the stumps during
the campaigns for every office from
justice of the peace to governor.
But I’m not laughing now, the leg-
islature finally got a tax through
which increased their kick-in to
Texas 25 cents per ton, which total
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If you wish to do your part just
write your senator and your repre-
sentatives and they will place your
appeals before proper authorities.
That is all you could do, and as for
influencing any vote in the house,
it is out of the question. Your three
men in the legislature are the strong
Autrey Resigns As
Ass’t. Trinity Coach
Goes to Sweetwater
Dock Autrey resigned as assistant
coach at Trinity University and left
for Sweetwater where today he was
to take over his new duties as head
coach of the Sweetwater junior high
school and director of physicial ed-
ucation.
Autrey has been assistant coach
at Trinity for the past season going
to the university from Ferris where
he served as head coach and prin-
cipal for three years.
He was graduated from Trinity in
1933 after several years of stellar
football playing. While in the uni-
versity, he also served one year as
an assistant in the physical educa-
tion department.
The end of the fourth six weeks
period finds everything moving nice-
ly. Attendance has been fair in spite
of the fact that pupils have had to
wade mud and water much of time
in order to get to school. Practically
all pupils are doing satisfactory ,
work and both teachers and pupils 1
are very happy in their work. Every
report that has been made by pa-
trons is favorable which indicates
that none is seriously dissatisfied
with the progress of the school.
The continuous rain has interfer-
red with rehearsals for the negro
minstrel, but characters are master-
ing their parts and will be well ready
to entertain you by me time this
article appears in the paper. If you
want a full evening of clean com-
edy, don’t fail to come to Telico
Friday night, April 2. You will get
this announcement in just enough
time to make your last minute ar-
rangements and get there on time
for the rise of the curtain.
There will be plenty of good mu-
sic. An admission of ten cents for
adults and five cents for children
will be charged, and the proceeds
will be used to pay expenses of the
playground. Be sure and come so
you will enjoy the evening and help
the school to carry on a wholesome
program of recreation.
”THE FRIENDLY STORE’’
ENNIS WAXAHACHIE
Well folks, I hope you regretfully
missed the usual line of chatter from
Austin in your papers or last week.
I’m terribly sorry, but I was not
able to get the customary column
out during the past few days.
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April 6 is the day set for the pen-
sion hearing and passage of the pres
ent Cathey-Farmer bill. If you wish
to visit the legislature at its wildest,
most eloquent, most appealing and
most comical session, I’d suggest
that you designate April 6 for your
visit. Speaking of fireworks, they are
really going to pop that bright and
cheerful spring day.
It is my understanding that there
will be a march on the capitol,
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I realize how futile it was for me
to support a move in the house for
a $2.50 tax per ton about three
weeks ago. It seems terribly weak
to dish out the same old alibi to
you folks of “I did my best” but ’tis
the truth and it must go at that.
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Confederate Day
At Fair June 23
Dallas, Texas, March 29.—Offic-
ials of the Greater Texas and Pan-
American Exposition have set aside
June 23 as Confederate Day, it was
announced Sunday afternoon at a
special Easter meeting of Dallas
Camp ,United Confederate Veterans
421 1-2 North Harwood, by J. E.
This little sandal, in stunning colors of. patent
leather, is the season’s smartest expgion of
the high-in-sront trend! Gaily cut our to feel
light on, it still gives your arch support, ) keeps
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Attorney at Law
General Practice
Waxa, Texas Phone 360
206% South Kogers St.
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dogwood budding, most of the youth ing
fui victims and their teachers, who
Mrs. Wilson plans to paper three enough for the bathroom fixtures
rooms thus making the rooms light- | and some storage place over the
er and more pleasant. tub. All new white fixtures were
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DRESSING TABLE MADE
FROM ORANGE BOXES.
An attractive dressing table has
been made from orange boxes at a
very nominal cost by Dorothy Wiley,
a cooperator in the Bethel 4-H Club.
A piece of scrap lumber was used
to make the top of the dressing
table and the paint was given as a
gift so the only cost was 67c for 3 1-2
yards of print used as curtains
around the dressing unit.
The partitions of the orange box-
es will serve as shelves for storage.
In the popular breeds. Also baby chicks
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Washington, March 29.— Com-
merce department officials reported
Sunday they had laid the ground-
work for a proposed $15,000,000 cen-
sus of the unemployed which con-
gressional advocates contend would
“let us know where we are when
relief needs are considered.” 1
Several bills authorizing a na-
tionwide jobless count are pending
in congress, and officials said they
would recommend enactment of leg-
islation at this session.
Representative John H. Kerr, a
democrat of North Carolina, a mem-,
ber of the house census committee,
said an unemployment canvass
would provide a valuable yardstick
for measuring relief needs.
Under the commerce department
plan, the census would be kept up
to date by sample counts in various
segments of industry after the can-
vass had been made.
Officials said the census would
require 20,000 to 25,000 workers and
could be completed in two or three
months.
They expressed opposition to any
plan for using relief workers to make
the count, asserting the detailed
study could best be made by persons
chosen especially for the work by
the census bureau.
Suggestions that the census be
taken through voluntary registra-
tion also were described as not feas-
ible because, it was said, many job-
less probably would not register.
Plans for the census, officials said
envision the use of forms which
would supply new information on
the prevalence of unemployment by
age groups, sexes, regions and indus-
tries.
SCRAPE MADE FROM OLD
DISCARDED HOE
A scraper made from an old dis-
carded hoe has been added to the
poultry equipment of Margaret
Margaret Guillian, a cooperator in
the Garrett Girls 4-H Club.
From this old hoe that could no
longer be used for chopping pur-
poses was made into this convenient
scraper by heating the curved heck
until red hot and then hammering
it out straight.
Margaret said: “This scraper is
one of the most conveneient pieces
of equipment I have. I can scrape
the walks around the house as well
as scrape the floor and dropping
boards of the poultry house.
Sheriff White began comparing
Qharlton with the artist’s recon-
struction of the Mattson kidnaper
and found he had a chin cleft, a
broken nose and thin, black hair on
his arms, all of which were listed
for the kidnaper. He also was the
same height and weight as the kid-
naper, the sheriff said.
Charlton was quoted by Sheriff
White as saying he had worked on
a California sheep ranch for some
Russians for several weeks. He told
the sheriff he could not write, but
an unfinished letter found in his
automobile indicated, Sheriff White
said, that the man had been the
writer.
The letter will be compared with
the ransom notes.
The suspect told White he left
Tacoma Jan. 7, four days before the
nude body of the kidnaped child
wap found near Everett, Wash.
Washington state license plates on
his car, however, indicated they
were issued Jan. 11. The car is a
black coach, said to have been pur-
chased in Dallas last year.
One senator told me this morning
that he honestly believed this legis-
lature would pass a sales tax if
things didn’t change and the state
create means of more income. I
hate to think of getting into a
wrangle like that, but it may come.
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had'looked forward to a joyful Eas-
ter, lay under freshly made mounds
of reddish soil.
President’s Message jlead.
Opening the service at 3:05 p. m.,
the estimated time of the terrific
blast which turned a springlike day
into one of the gloomiest for Texas,
Governor Allread, speaking from
Austin, read a message from Presi-
dent Roosevelt and expressed his
own sympathy for the grief-stricken
community.
■ "Unbelieveable and unbearable the
disaster stunned the world and
struck calamity to the hearts of
friends, relatives and the universe,”
Governor Allread said. “No tragedy
since that on the Cross has so
swiftly struck the helpless, the pure
of heart, the innocent, as the trag-
edy of New London.”
At the start of his brief address,
the governor said he had a message
from President Roosevelt. In it the
president said he mourned with
those who grieved. He said Mrs.
Roosevelt joined him in an assur-
ance of sincere sympathy.
I stand ready to tax big business
to a fair degree but I’ll be dog if I
want to blast away With a twelve
guage shotgun to attain my goal.
The bill would be just trying to
shoot a hawk from among a buch of
doves with a shotgun—you’d kill
the hawk, but also kill and injure
many a dove.
I can’t understand why a man
can’t write an instrument more of
tile nature of shooting with a rifle
so you could call your shots and not
endanger all the innocent bystand-
ers.
London, Rusk Co., Texas, March
29.—Hundreds of bereaved relatives
and friends stood solemnly with
moist eyes in crisp, bright weather
on Easter afternoon and heard com-
forting passages and words in a me-
morial service for the 455 who died
in a school house explosion ten
days ago.
Gathered at the scene of the trag-
edy, still giving mute evidence of the
world’s greatest child disaster, they
heard read the condolences of Pres-
ident Roosevelt, the spoken word of
Gov. James . Allred via radio and
appropriate messages from) the min-
istry.
In nearby cemeteries in this oil
derricked land with its redbud and
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committee today would take one of
Ellis county’s men away from her
and make him a floater in Ellis and
Navarro. If you can imagine one of
us lads campaigning thoroughly
those two big counties you have an
idea of what the change means to
us. And it also means that Ellis
county’s representation will be cut
down to a certain degree.
Waxahachie, Texas, March 26.—
Representatives from twenty-eight
rural school districts' met Tuesday
night in the office of the county
superintendent.. Among the group
were teachers, trustees and pa-
towns. Upward of a hundred people
attended. The Avalon Indepen-
dent District was also represented.
County Superintendent D. K. Rog-
ers explained the new rural state
aid bills now pending before the
legislature as well as a number of
other important school laws and
problems. An interesting round-
table discussion was engaged in
at the close of Mr. Rogers’ talk.
A petition was drawn up and
signed by practically everyone
present to be presented to the
representatives and senator of
Ellis county asking that they op-
pose certain provisions of the new
rural aid bill “which may cause
much inefficiency and dissatisfac-
tion among the schools of Texas.”
A resolution of sympathy was
presented to the group by Mr.
Rogers for their adoption to be
sent to the New London school
community where the awful ex-
plosion tragedy recently occurred.
Mr. Rogers gave a brief descrip-
tion of the tragedy and recom-
mended that a donation be made
and sent to the Parent-Teacher
Association of the New London
school, to be applied on a memo-
rial fund for the victims of the
year’s worst school tragedy. The
resolution was unanimously adopt-
ed and a donation of $12 was
made toward the memorial fund.
The county superintendent was
authorized to transmit the reso-
lution and memorial fund to the
P. T. A. at New London. A trans-
cript of the resolution as adopted
follows:
To the Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion, New London School, Rusk
County, Texas.
“We realize that no words can,
make amends for the tragical loss
you good people have suffered, but
we wish to take this means of
extending to you and your com-
munity our most profound sym-
pathy and heartfelt condolence
during this trying hour. As we
think of those children, innocent
victims of tragical circumstances
our hearts reach out to them and
to their parents and friends and
loved ones with sincere emotion
realizing that we are brothers
united by a common tie—‘the love
for a little child!’
“We beg of you to express our
most profound sympathies to the
teachers, officials and all the be-
reaved relatives and friends of
the New London tragedy victims.
May the consoling hand of God
direct you all through this fateful
crisis.
“In memory of the deceased and
of the injured survivors we are
herewith inclosing a little dona-
tion toward a memorial fund to
be used by your organization up-
on any memorial project you may
think best. It is the sincere hope
of this body that a fitting and
lasting memorial will be estab-
lished by the people of Texas to
the sweet memories of these dear
children.
“Therefore, we the county of-
ficials, district trustees, teachers,
and many patrons of Ellis coun-
ty's rural schools hereby respect-
fully request and authorize our
county superintendent to place
his official signature on this reso-
lution in the name of and for
the entire group assembled and to
transmit same to your organiza-
tion.”
PETRELL MENDHIEM OF
LANEVIEW CLUB.
“Old scren wire from windows
make g|od chicken coops,” says
Petrell Mendhiem, “because it lets in
plenty of sunshine and fresh air.”
Petrell Mendhiem, a co-operator of
the Laneview Girls 4-H Club, with
the help of her parents took the old
screen wire which they had taken
off of their windows and replaced
with new and some old scrap lumber
to make a partitioned chicekn coop
in order to separate their different
breeds of chickens. Petrell was
quoted as saying “We are not mix-
ing our chickens this year.”
WAY UP IN FRONT!
Tucumcari, N. M., March 30.—A
man giving the name of Vern Charl-
ton and who gave his address as
near Tacoma, Wash., was under Ar-
rest as a suspect in the kidnap-slay-
ing of Charles Mattson, 10, of Ta-
coma.
“He is unquestionably the man,”
Alex Street, federal bureau of inves-
tigation agent who questioned the
suspect, was overheard to say in a
telephone conversation with his
Washington headquarters.
Turning from the telephone after
the conversation, Street said, “There
will be a planeload of federal agents
here Tuesday afternoon.”
Charlton, who said he came here
a week ago, was arrested Saturday
by Sheriff Fred White, who had
placed a watch on Charlton after
the man had taken a room and fail-
ed leave the place for twenty-four
hours.
The sheriff questioned the man
Saturday, and when he was dissatis-
fied with the answers he took him to
the courthouse to compare him with
the wanted pictures.
MRS. DODSON OF TELICO
REPAL'ED THREE ROOMS
Beginning by improving one bed-
room as the work for the repair
and house demonstrator, Mrs. w. B.
Dodson of the Telico Home Demon-
stration Club, decided that the rest
of the house neded to be improved,
' so she papered the other three
rooms, painted the wood work;
built front and back porches, put
closet in bedroom, added eight new
windows and added electric lights,
painted baby’s bed, painted kitchen
cabinet, stool, and refrigerator and
upholstered two rockers. New
equipment that she has added to her
home are bedroom suite, wool rug
for bedroom, two small wool rugs,
rug for dining room, kitchen rug,
breakfast suite, Coleman stove, and
tagle, shades, curtains, rocker for
baby, bedspread, mattress cover and
spring cover.
Are you wondering about the horse
race question in the senate? Well,
here’s the straight dope. The bill fi-
i nally got through the committee by
the skin of its teeth, even the bang-
tail’s champion, Senator Rawlings
from Cowtown, being unable to dom
inate the group of fourteen any
longer. Now the doggone lieutenant
governor, Walter Woodul, won’t
bring the bill up before the members
of that high-pressure body. ’
Waxahachie, Texas, March 29.—
Breaking down after three days of
grilling by officers from Dallas, Hill,
Johnson and Ellis counties, one of
three men held in the Ellis county
jail since Wednesday admitted tak-
ing part in five burglary jobs near
here within the past two weeks.
The man also directed Sheriff Joe
Roy and Deputy Rogers to a point
on the Jimtown road in Dallas,
where about three ounces of nitro-
glycerin were found buried near sev-
eral homes..
jobs admitted by the man—who
implicated two other companions—
were at Italy on the morning of
March 21, when the Community
Public Ice Company office was
looted of $91 in checks and currency
after the safe had been blown. Five
burglaries were pulled in Itasca by
the trio a few nights prior to the
Italy robbery, it was said, and the
prisoner pointed out the places to
Sheriff Roy and the sheriff of Hill
county.
Tools used in the Itasca looting
were recovered when the men car-
ried officers to a spot where they
had been looted.
Other forays into nearby towns
are expected to be cleared before
the investigation into the activities
of the trio is finished, it was learn-
ed.
The trio was arrested about 3:30
a. m. Wednesday at Venus and, after
being placed in the city jail there,
blasted their way to freedom by
setting off a charge of nitroglycerin.
Jumping into a stolen car, the men
attempted to make their way into
Ellis county via sideroads but their
flight by auto was halted when the
automobile was wrecked and one of
them was too badly injured to con-
tinue. The injured man was taken
into custody there and brought to
Waxahachie Sanitarium and later to
jail.
After an all day search Sheriff
Roy captured the remaining two
members of the trio in the railroad
yards in the negro section of Waxa-
hachie. They admitted that they
broke jail at Venus, but denied oth-
er law violations.
LEVELED HOUSE BEFORE
REPAPERING THREE 300MS.
nowing that the foundation of
the house must be secure so that
the doors and windows will open
and close properly and so that the
floors will not be uneven, Mrs. Geo.
Wilson, Wyatt “repair the house
demonstrator” in the Wyatt Home
Demonstration Club, had then-
house leveled. With three men
working almost a day the house was
leveled.
Now that the foundation is secure
used. In order to make this change
the dining room was changed to a
bedroom and some of the storage
space in the old dining room was
used for a clothes closet, one for
the bathroom and one for a china
closet in the closet.
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