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he Gbranthuipu Orihute
Grandview, Texas, Friday, October 7, 1955
Volume Number Sixty
Number Five
Letter to a Soldier Miss Larue Harper J. H. Basham’s
Zebras Meet Keller Hon. Jim Wright
From His Dad
Dear Son:
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Fire Prevention
Week Oct. 9-15
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One way to save a face is to
keep the lower end of it closed
Drive as if your life de*
pended on it — it does.
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ll. F. Cummings of Fort
Worth visited Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. B. P.
Germany.
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First National Bank
GRANDVIEW, TEXAS
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Efficiency. Economy Ener-
gy, Endurance. Apply these
E's now; they lead to Ease
late.
ney, Hillsboro. Leonard Gard-
ner and Herman Forbes, Itas-
ca; Bill Getzendanc, J. M.
Ratliff, Roland Fincher, Mike
Williams and Al ' Sharpley,
Waxahachie.
Jumping at conclusions is
not nearly as good mental ex-
ercise as digging for facts.
An optimist laughs to for-
get; a pessimist forgets to
laugh.
Fawn Cuddlers
Fined Heavily
Austin — Justices of the
Peace fixed the maximum
fine of $200 plus court costs
on four separate cases charg-
ing illegal possession of fawn
deer.
The crackdown marked an
LOCAL NEWS NOES
Mrs. H. W. Hutchens visit-
ed last week in the home of
her sister, Mr. and irs. Sam
Johnson of Corpus Christi.
Your vitality, says physi-
cians is highest between 8
and 10 a.m., lowest in the p.
m., rises again in the even-
ing, lowest just before dawn.
Indians Here
Friday Night
The Grandview Zebras will
play the Keller Indians in
their first home game Fri-
day night, Oct. 7. Kick off
time is 8 o’clock.
The Indians have won all of
their games this season. They
trounced Springtown 39-0 in
the season’s opener, defeated
Valley View 26-0 and last
week, rolled over God’ey 26-6.
They will bring a husky, ex-
perienced team to Grandview.
The Zebras were strength-
ened when Jerry White, back,
reported for practice Monday
afternoon. Jerry is a south-
paw passer that should give
a lift to the backfield that is
badly crippled by the injury
of quarterback Johnnie Poe.
Admission prices set by
District 18-B are 75 cents for
adults and 30 cents for school
children. Come out and boost
the Zebras. The game should
be a real thriller. The local
boys will be about 20 pounds
lighter per man than the Kel-
ler Indians, but you will see
a real bunch of scrappers in
the Zebras.
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head, Cleburne; Cl;de Pen-
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hale and
family of Waco visited last
Sunday in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Ns. E. T.
Hale.
Search me, O God, and
know my heart; try me, and
know my thoughts — (Psalm
139.)
When we pray to God to
search our hearts, we humbly
place ourselves in his hands,
knowing and admitting our
weakness, seeking His hands,
knowing and admitting our
weakness, seeking His love
and guidance and strength—
seeking to know and obey His
law and His will. It is only
through our humility and
prayer that God, ever pres-
ent and willing, can enter our
souls.
Speaks On Guam
At Rotary Club
Mrs. Woody Woqard, who
recently returned from a stay
of several months n Guam,
was the guest spealer at the
Tuesday noon meeting of the
Grandview Rotary (Hub. Mrs.
Woodard told of th Navy in-
stallations on thezland, of
the stores, shops, Hospitals,
etc.; also of the derse forest,
beautiful tropical flowers and
of the population, who are
mos’ly Spanish and speak
the Polynesian language most
all together. Dick Hardison
was program chairman.
Visiting _ Rotarias, -were:
Ivan A. Moore, Jimi y Young
M. A. Wall and Jom Crag-
Former Residents
Die at Anson, Texas
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. (Jim)
McGowen, former citizens of
Grandview, died at Anton,
Texas, last Saturday and Sun-
day. Mr. McGowen suffered
a heart attack and died on the
way to a hospital in Lubbock
Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Mc-
Gowen collapsed following
the death of her husband and
died Sunday night.
Funeral services were held
for both Tuesday morning..
Mr. McGown was the broth-
er of the late B. W. McGown
and was born and reared in
Grandview. Mrs. McGowen
was the former Miss Pearl
Singleterry, foster daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
Ingle of Auburn.
FORECAST
He who goes bitter and sour,
Finds the world sunless and
grim;
Smiles fade away at his
glower,
Gloom’s the reflection of
him.
He who goes laughing and
gay,
Sees the whole universe
glad; -
Maybe it’s raining that day?
Best day he ever had!
Carl Helm
The week of October 9-15
is Fire Prevention Week. As
has been so apt’y said by
Gov. Shivers in his Proclama-
tion for that week, “Fire pre-
vention is a daily responsibi-
lity just as fire itself is a
daily menace.”
Funds are now being soli-
cited to purchase a fire truck
to be used in the rural com-
munities, It will be manned
by members of the Grandview
Volunteer Fire Department,
the City of Grandview will
nay the upkeep and build, a
buYding to house it adjoining
the City Hall.
If you have not contributed
to this fund, do so at your
earliest convenience in order
that the truck may be pur-
chased at the earliest possible
Brown and Mrs. Maude En-
glish Powell were witnesses.
For the golden wedding ob-
servance the Basham home
was decorated with the theme
of gold. A three tiered gold-
en cake, go‘d and white mums
were on the serving table,
gold also, was the color of the
punch served. Gold candles
gave a soft glow to the festive
scene. The tab’e was laid
with a gold cloth with white
fringe. The attendants were
five granddaughters, who
served the guests, Mary Lou
Basham, Sue Looney, Welda
Faye Basham, Mrs. Wiona
Burt and Mrs. Gerine- Hill.
The guests were greeted by
Mmes. Parker Gayle and W.
B. Basham. Mrs. Weldon
Basham presided at the guest
book.
We were shocked to learn
of the death in San Antonio
Monday of one of my friends
of a lifetime. John Hutchins
passed away at his home in
that city. Interment was in
San Antonio Tuesday. Mr.
and Mrs. S. E. McDuff attend-
ed from Grandview. I knew
John in school and in busi-
ness life and can witness as
to his Christian character.
May I offer the consolation
that can be found in the
words of Jesus when he com-
forted those who mourn.
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The Henry Basham’s have
a multitude of friends. Some
200 attended the gold-
en wedding anniversary of
Henry and Belle, Sunday af-
ternoon at the famiy home on
Route 4. We were met by
Mrs. W. B. Basham and Mrs.
W. P. Gayle, next .the hand-
some groom and beautiful
bride of fifty-years ago were
receiving the guests. Five of
the granddaughters served
refreshments. Mrs. Weldon
Basham presided at the guest
book. Those who planned the
anniversary celebration cer-
tainly left nothing undone to
make it a success.
newly born deer on the mis-
'taken premise that they had
been abandoned. Wildlife au-
thorities caution against this
action since female deer
would reclaim their offspring
after the misguided do-good-
ers departed.
In the effort to discourage
persons interfering with the
members of the Animal King-
dom, the Legislature passed a
law making it illegal to poss-
ess wild deer and some other
species, without a permit.
Another reason for discour-
aging attempts to domesti-
market means more highway
travel and increased chances
for traffic accidents, cautions
the specialist.
Ulich believes that farm
fatalities can reduce accidents
greatly if they’ll answer a
simple question. “Can I pos-
sibly get hurt doing the job
this way?” If the answer is
yes, better change the meth-
od of doing the job or be
more careful and always
alert, says the engineer.
Automobile-tractor wrecks
usua'ly increase during the
fall because tractors are often
used to pull trailers loaded
with cotton, grain and other
farm products. “Be sure,”
warns Ulich, “that the tract-
or is properly lighted if it is
to be used on the highway
after dark.’
A1 so be sure you can see
ahead as well as to the side
and rear of the vehicle you
are operating. Make sure
others can see your tractor.
Use flags during the day and
proper lights at night and
check brakes and steering
mechanism before going on
the highway.
Ulich says rear-end collisi-
ons account for about 36 per
cent of the tractor accidents
and 14 tractor-driver fatali-
ties occur for each auto fatal-
ity from highway tractor-
auto accidents.
And concludes Ulich, “Sta-
tistics wont harvest crops,
especially when used to re-
cord a fatality from a need-
less farm accident.
ObSe/Ve Golden
Anniversary
Friends and acquaintances
from Texas, Oklahoma and
Kansas met at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Basham
Sunday, October 2, to honor
them on the observance of
their golden wedding anni-
versary.
Mr. and Mrs. Basham were
married by Judge Tyler, who
resided at the present address
of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bene-
dict. Mrs. Lizzie Basham
Participates in
Mock Wedding
At Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth, (Spl.) — Miss
Larue Harper of Grandview,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Harper, participated
in the traditional New Stu-
dent-Old Student Wedding in
the Fine Arts Building on the
campus of Texas Wesleyan
Co'lege in Fort Worth, re-
cently.
A T. W. C freshman, she
was chosen by the Student
Council of Religious Activi-
ties to be one of the bridal at-
tendants at this annual cere-
mony which dates back be-
fore the year 1919.
Traditionally, a representa-
tive freshman girl, whose
identity is kept secret until
the wedding, is “married” to
the president of the student-
day, representing the old stu-
dents, thus symbolizing the
bond of friendship made be-
tween the first-year students
and upperclassmen.
Dr. Law Sone, president of
the College, united the couple
in friendship, officially ma-
king freshman class a part of
T. W. C. Loldean Martin
of Fort Worth was the bride
and Jack Sanders, president
of the student body from
Grand Prairie was the groom.
More than 1,000 students
have registered for the 65th
session at Texas Wesleyan
College.
Alta Ruth Aldridge
Is Bride Of
JackR.Borley
Miss Alta Ruth Aldridge,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Weaver Aldridge of Grand-
view, Route 3, was married to
Jack R. Borley, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Borley of
Hastings, Nebraska, Satur-
day, Oct. 1. After a trip to
Las Vagas, Boulder Dam and
other points, they will be at
home at 5646 Loring Drive,
Dallas, Texas. . -
Rattler Angle.
Alerts Hunters
Austin — Dove hunters re-
porting so many narrow es-
capes from rattlesnakes have
cause the Game and Fish
Commission to caution city
folks unfamiliar with the out-
doors against “walking with-
out watching.”
“There probably are no
more rattlers, but just more
hunters,” observed the Ex-
ecutive Secretary. “Anyway,
it wont hurt the folks to be
more observing about snakes
as well as everything else.
Thus they will protect them-
selves an get more generally
from their fall contact with
nature.”
Increased Farm
Activity May
Increase Accidents
College Station — Farms
across Texas are humming
with activity. Harvest sea-
son in full-swing means long-
er hours and hard work with
more highway travel for farm
residents.
It is also the season, says
W. L. Ulich, extension agri-
cultural engineer, when farm
accident statistics usually
take a sharp turn upward.
More and complicated ma-
chinery is used during the
harvest season than for any
other period of the year and
long hours on the job means
more fatigue, both heavy con-
legs On
Your
Dollars
A legume cover crop is one
of the basic needs in a sound
land use and conservation
farming program Supervis-
ors of the Ellis-Prairie Soil
Conservation District recom-
mend that all District Coop-
erators plant a fall legume as
early as possible.
Button Clover is an excel-
lent winter legume crop that
will provide needed cover, im-
prove soil structure increase
rate of water intake into the
soil, add nitrogen and organ-
ic matter, and can supply
needed fall, winter and spring
pasture
Button Clover is a winter
annual reseeding legume that
matures seed in June Button
Clover w.hen seeded with
small grains on cropland or
over - seeded on perennial
grasses such as Bermuda and
King Ranch Bluestem grass
provides good grazing. It will
yiald an excellent quality hay.
Seed should be drilled at the
rate of 8 to 12 pounds per
acre alone o r from four
to 6 pounds with small grains.
Inoculate seed with Culture
‘“A” before planting. Button
Clover should be fertilized
with a minimum of 100 lbs.
of 45% superphosphate, or
its equivalent per acre.
This annual winter grazing
clover is adapted to all well
drained soils in the Ellis-
Prairie Soil Conservation
District except deep sands.
tributors to farm accidents.
cate wild animals is that they Hauling the farm produce to
A-F tnw 4- Ae W~ANIA N INA-AAN - . — _ -
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Sackett
of Fort Worth visitel Monday
in the home of Mrs., W. M.
Youngblood.
Mr. and Mrs. John Norton
of Fort Worth spent last-
week-end in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Norton.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Holland
of Alvarado visited his aunt,
Mrs. G. L. Ford and- Mr. and
Mrs. Kennard Williams and
Sandra Kay Allen, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wil-
liams..and family of Dallas
visited last week-end in the
home of his father, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Williams.
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Zebras Win First
Conference Game
Over Burleson 12-0
The heavier Burleson Elks
went down in defeat before
the fast-charging Grandview
Zebras 12-0 in the first con-
Terence game fortne Zebras
last Friday night in Burles-
on.
Jerry Huffman gave a good
account of himself in the
quarterback slot, replacing
Johnnie Poe, who is out with
an injured hand.
Jack Pitts and Jerry Huff-
man carried over one each for
the Zebra scores. The Elks
made several threats, but
were held for downs before
they reached the Zebra goal
line. Each player gave a good
account of himself in this
game.
moment.
Leave your contributions
ai the First National Bank,
City Hall, Chapman’s Garage
or the Tribune. A full list of
contributors will be published
at a later date.
and in many instances be-
come actually dangerous after
growing up and becoming
frustrated in captivity.
Some other violations, re-
flecting common problems of
the fa1! wildlife harvest, con-
cerned shooting from auto-
mobiles, exceeding the dove
limit, using a shotgun with-
out the three-shell plug de-
vice, shooting ducks out of
season, and Hunting without
a license.
Game wardens had some
problems with forgetful fish-
ermen, since 101 persons
were filed on for fishing
without a license. Four of
the five persons charged with
‘telephoning fish’ or using an
electrical device to shock fish
were fined $50 and costs;
home of his mother, Mrs. W.
S. Norton.
Mr. and Vrs. J. F. Furlow
of Greggton visited last week-
end in the'home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Sheets, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. WeMNorton — --------------------- —-
andfchildren oflTcKinneyunsual umber of complaints
spent last week-end in the about persons picking up the
To Address P-TA
Meeting Oct. 13.
The P-TA will hold their
regular monthly meeting on
Thursday night, October 13th
at 7-30 p.m., at the Grand-
view High School Gym.
Hon. Jim Wright, Cgem
gressman from the 12th.e
gressionalDistrict withe
guest speaker.
The public is invited and
urged to attend this meeting,
and if you have not had the
pleasure of meeting Con-
gressman Wright, this will be
an opportunity for you to do
so.
P-TA topics for the month
are: “Insure Richer Divi-
dends,” “The Home — The
Basis of a Democratic Na-
tion.”
The 3rd and 4th grades
will render a short program.
A nursery will be provided
in the Home Economic Cot-
tage for mothers with small
children.
After the visit with the
Basham’s we attended anoth-
er beautiful anniversary at
the W. C. Conner home, 2340
Mistletoe Ave., Fort Worth.
It was the golden wedding an-
niversary of Mi*, and Mrs. J.
C. Conner. Again we met
some of the nicest people, en-
joyed the wedding cake and
refreshments, viewed many
gifts and left with a feeling
that this couple had been
blessel by having traveled
the road of life together for
fifty years. May they'enjoy
many more years together.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Mayfield
and Mrs. Jim Sheets, Sr., also
attended the anniversary.
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We met again Tuesday, our
friends of many years, Geo.
and Bess Tibbs of Godley,
who were attending tiie an-
nual meeting of the Johnson
County Baptist Association
at the First Baptist Church.
Bess tells me her son, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Hewatt of El
Paso have another son—one
daughter and three sons for
the Hewatt’s; also, Weeks
Burt dives near Tom and has
three daughters and one son.
I believe the Bible says:
“Multiply and replenish the
earth.” So, congratulations to
these fine families.
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—I wish-to add my word of
consolation to Mr. and Mrs.
P. G. Reece, Jr., in the death
of his father, Mr. P. G. Reece.
Sr., of Itasca. Mr. Reece had
attained the age of 70, Sept.
28th. Burial was in Itasca
Cemetery.
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A tribute to a grand lady,
Mrs. S. O. Laramore will cele-
brate her 87th birth anniver-
sary Wednesday, Oct. 5. Mis.
D. Hughes says she, herself
is 67 years of age and never
heard her mother utter even
a by-word. Mrs. Laramore
' has been a member of the
Sand Flat Baptist Church for
72 years. She has ten chil-
dren all over the age of fifty
years. So, Mrs. Laramore,
may you live to be a hundred
and may you continue to be
an inspiration to all you meet.
G
Mrs. Exta Lightfoot says
she enjoys this column and
would like to merit having
her name in it, but doesn’t
want to die to get it here.
So, Mrs. Lightfoot as a very
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