The Galveston County Sun (Texas City, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 18, 1930 Page: 3 of 4
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Friday, July 16
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(This advertisement paid for by Galveston and Mainland friends of Kathleen B. Benson)
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
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Letters from users in every part
of the world show the value of
Phone Texas City 105
Phone Dickinson 9
New and Used Parts
Any Part—Any Make
YOU are buying proved performance
when you buy a Ford. You know it
has been built for many thousands
of miles of satisfactory, economical
service.
$435
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Votes Cast in the County
Superintendent’s Race July 28, ’28
group of Texas City
Thursday of last week.
..814 Amer. Natl. Ins. Bldg...
..Galveston .. .Phone 2837..
Further tribute to the sturdiness,
reliability and general all-round per-
formance of the new Ford is shown
It is unfortunate that whoever inserted this advertisement omitted to sign his or her
name to it.
While its true Mr. Kennedy carried the city of Galveston he did NOT carry every voting
precinct in that city.
OAK GROVE
DAIRY MILK
Dr. S.H. Fridner, Optometrist, Manager
Ground Floor Trust Bldg. 2224 Postoffice Street
MRS. GIRARDIN ENTERTAINS
EPISCOPAL AUXILIARY
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Mr. and Mrs. Grant W. Wheaton
attended a banquet given by the
Union Central Life Insurance Com-
pany of Houston Friday night at
the San Jacinto Inn.
guests in the William Seitz home
over the past week-end. Mr. New is
the brother of Mrs. Seitz.
It is Being Reprinted Here in the Interest of
Honesty and Accuracy
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Mrs. L. A. Wheaton is expecting
her sister, Miss Viola Shearer of
Kansas City, Kansas, the latter part
of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Sutton are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a son, Joseph John Jr., bom Sat-
urday, July 12, and weighing nine
pounds.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker and
son, Billy of Galveston spent Sunday
afternoon with the J. L. Brady fam-
ily. Mr. Walker is a brother of Mrs.
Brady.
Miss Nayoda Amburn of Houston
is spending a two weeks vacation in
Texas City with her father, C. O.
Amburn.
Mrs. G. L. Barnes and children,
Jerry Jr., Aline, Alice and Wallace,
are spending some time with their
husband and father, G. L. Barnes,
who is now employed in Roseberg.
Texas.
Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Jackson have
as their guests their daughter, Mrs.
Wilson, of Alvin, and little grand-
son.
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Rehberg Motor
Parts Co.
consumption, low yearly deprecia•
tion, and low cost of up-keep.
They have found, as you will find,
that the Ford embodies every feature
you want or need in a motor car at
an unusually low price.
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the many friends and supporters of Kathleen Bradford Benson regret exceedingly that it
becomes necessary to publicly correct any advertisement inserted in any newspaper by
Mr. Kennedy or his supporters.
Vote for Kathleen Bradford Benson, July 26th.
Mrs. Hale of Henderson, formerly
a resident of Texas City is here for
a short visit. While in the city she
is dividing her time between her
daughters, Mrs. Henry Baumgartner
and Mrs. Fred Dowdy.
That’s the third inaccuracy.
Eliminating these three very unfortunate inaccuracies and apparent misstatements, the
remainder of the advertisement is correct.
Roadster ........
Phaeton ........
Tudor Sedan .......
Coupe..... . . .
Sport Coupe ....
De Luxe Coupe ......
Three-window Fordor Sedan . .
Convertible Cabriolet . . . .
De Luxe Phaeton . • • • .
De Luxe Sedan ......
Town Sedan .......
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BEACH PARTY
ENJOYED THURSDAY
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At 11 p. m. arrive Houston 12:45 n.
6 p. m. arrive Houston 7:45 p. m.
Special attention paid to Women
and Children Passengers—courteous
service guaranteed.
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SUNDAY, JULY 13TH, 1930
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Bayshore Bus Lines
WEBB GREER, Owner
It is unfortunate that the figures used in the advertimsement above were not checked
more carfully.
TORTOISE SHELL
FRAMES
several of Mr. Gary’s brothers, who
make their homes near and in No-
pal. They will return within about
ten days, and are making the trip
by automobile.
Eastman Kodaks and Photo Supplies
School Supplies
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in the repeated and growing pur-
chases by government bureaus, by
police departments, and by large
industrial companies which keep
careful day-by-day cost records. In
most cases, the new Ford has been
chosen only after exhaustive tests
covering speed and power, safety,
comfort, ease of control, oil and gas
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RENFROW REUNION AND
BARBECUE AT ALVIN
Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Renfrow and
family, who were for a number of
years residents of Texas City, en-
tertained about 52 members of their
immediate family and friends with
a barbecue supper last Friday night
at their home in Alvin. The honor-
ed guests of the evening were Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Gremillion of Wichita
Falls, Texas, and Hubert Renfrow
of Henrietta. Mrs. Gremillion was,
Texas City Chapter No. 626, Or-
der of the Eastern Star, held its
the sound design of the car, good
materials and accuracy in manu-
facturing. You sense a feeling of
sincere pride in the oft-repeated
phrase—"‘Let me tell you what my
new Ford did.”
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ASK FOR A DEMONSTRATION
NOT very far from wherever you are is a
Ford dealer who will be glad to give you
a demonstration ride in the new Ford.
Mrs. J. S. Mozola and her father.
J. M. Parrott of Texas City left
Saturday by motor for Smithville
Texas, where they were guests in
the home of their sister and daugh-
ter, Mrs. James Fitzwilliams. Mr.
Mozola accompanied them to Hous-
ton, returning via the Interurban.
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was presented, after which the host-
ess served dainty light refreshments
to Mesdames T. K. Moore, A. M.
West, D. O. Lewis, Fred M. Teusch.
Grant W. Wheaton, L. A. Wheaton,
C. C. Evans, Fred Sandberg, Harold
Goldberg, H. H. Hokanson,, A. S.
Addison, Walter Gunderman, Oster-
holm and Miss Mabel Lewis. The
next meeting will be at the home of
Mrs. Goldberg, July 31, at 3 p. m.
All who are interested in the work
of the Auxiliary are invited to at-
tend.
Mesdames Katie Day, E. A. Sut-
ton, and Finley Parker attended the
card party sponsored by the Cath-
olic ladies of Galveston, Tuesday
evening of last week.
gathered early in the evening and
motored to West Beach, Galveston,
where they enjoyed bathing, after
which a delicious picnic supper was
served. Among those present were
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Orth, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Noble, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H Kirby, Mr and Mrs Allan Bynum.
Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Caster and Dr.
and Mrs. F. N. Danforth.
Mr .and Mrs. E. M. Renfrow,
who were former citizens of Texas
City left Alvin for an extended
visit with relatives in North Caro-
lina. They were accompanied by
Miss Ruth Renfrow and Rudolph
and Charlie Renfrow.
Misses Irma Lee and Marvelle
Clark of Henderson are guests in
the home of their cousin, Mrs. Gil-
bert Wade of this city.
Myron Brady returned to his
home Sunday morning, after having
completed the first summer term at
the A. & M. College. Harry Hokan-
son accompanied him, but left for
College Station Monday night, since
he plans to take a course offered in
the second term’s work.
W. J. Meador of Galveston, who
has been connected with the Texas
City Terminal Railway Company
for the past four months, left Wed-
nesday for St. Louis, Mo., where he
goes to accept a position as Assist-
ant Accountant Auditor with the
International Commerce Commis-
sion, whose offices are located in
that city. Mr. Meador will assume
his duties July 18.
Kenneth Thomas-Nunn has re-
cently become associated with Drs.
F. N. and Duncan Danforth. He
holds the position which was recent-
ly resigned by Walter Remschel,
who is now in the Texas City Na-
tional Bank.
2314 Ave. E. Phone 1117
Galveston
It is unfortunate that the Kennedy enthusiast responsible for the insertion of this adver-
tisement left his motive open to question.
It is exceedingly unfortunate that Mr. Kennedy’s name was used, either with or without
his consent, in a statement which delibrately and willfully had as its purpose the
impugning of the honesty and integrity of Kathleen Bradford Benson.
P. D. Harlow Sr., spent the week-
end in Jacksonville, Texas, with his
wife, Mrs. P. D. Harlow, who is
spending the summer there, and his
son and family, P. D. Harlow Jr.
for the little ones; and it should
form a part of the daily diet of
adults, too. Good rich milk, from
cows that are watched carefully
and tested frequently. Arrang to
have us deliver milk to your door
- daily. You will netice the difference
Miss Geraldine Gary spent a few
days last week in Cedar Bayou as
the guest of Mrs. L. O. Neeley of
that place. Miss Gary left Texas
City Wednesday afternoon and re-
turned Sunday night.
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moonlight picnic planned by
The members of the Women’s
Auxiliary of St. George’s Episcopal
Mission met at the home of Mrs.
Jacques Girardin Wednesday after-
noon, beginning at three
An interesting business
Tom Gary and two sons, Tom Jr.
and Jack, left Saturday for Nopal.
Texas, where they will visit Mr
Take the trip via the Bayshore
route. Follow the trail along the
water edge and go via Kemah, Sea-
brook, La Porte and Pasadena.
Mr. and Mrs. William Crump and
Miss Eloise Crump motored to
Houston Saturday where they spent
Saturday and Sunday with Mr.
Crump’s brother’s family. During
their absence, Miss Wilba Lee
Crump spent her time with friends
in Texas City.
New modem busses. Safe, careful
drivers. In all the years the owners
of the Bayshore Bus Line have
operated coaches there has never
been an accident on any of its lines.
troit. They were accompanied to
Houston by their sister, the Misses
Strong, at which point they board-
ed the train for their destination.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thomas re-
turned Saturday from a most in-
teresting motor trip in East Texas
where they visited relatives and
friends. While at their destination
Caldwell, they were the guests of
Mrs. Thmas’ sister, Mrs. W. B. Ter-
ry, and enroute to and from Cald-
well, they stopped for short visits
with relatives in Brenham, Lyons,
and Hearne.
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Sewell have
as then* guests Mrs. Sewell’s sister-
in-law, Mrs. A. B. Matthews and
daughters, Misses Yvonne, Florine
and Dorothy Mae of Beaumont.
Misses Yvonne and Florine preceded
their mother and sister by a few
days, Mrs. Mathews and Dorothy
The joint District Convention of
the Seventh and Eighth Districts
American Legion—American Legion
Auxiliary will be held in Galveston
July 19-20. The Auxiliary will have
its principal meeting Saturday, July
19, at the Auxiliary Club Rooms, be-
ginning at 2 p. m. All members of
Mr. and Mrs. Otha Akins of
Shreveport, La., and Mr. and Mrs
Ben Kirkland were visitors in the
V. Q. Davis home last week, having
arrived by motor Wednesday and
left Friday.
Mrs. Kate M. Bynum and Miss
Laverne Hunt spent a few days of
last week in New Orleans, La.,
where they visited their respective
friends.
Gary’s mother, Mrs. Alice Gary, came Monday.
While at Nopal, they will also visit ---------------
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Davis of Cam-
eron, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hawkins of Waco, who have
been spending their respective va-
cations in Galveston, spent Thurs-
day with the J. L. Brady family of
Texas City.
before her marriage, Miss Gladys
Renfrow.
Among those present were Mr.
and Mrs. C. B. Renfrow and family
of Fresno, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ren-
frow and family of La Porte, Mr.
and Mrs. P. R. Renfrow, Miss Ara
Sutherland and Mrs. Whitson of
Houston, Mr. and Mrs. L. Gremil-
lion and family, and Gladys, Willye
and Maurice Graham of Galveston;
Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Gremillion
and family and Carl Thomas of
Texas City; Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Hodge of Havana, Cuba; Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Savel and Mateel Davis
of Alvin. After the supper Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Gremillion, Polly Anna.
Ruth Ann and Cornelius Gremillion
returned to Wichita Falls, accom-
panied by Hubert and Louis Ren-
frow.
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hayes of Texas
City spent the week-end in Fort
Worth with friends, motoring to
that city Saturday and returning
early in the week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Evans and
children, Bernice and Betty spent
Sunday in Texas City with friends.
The Evans family now reside ir
Houston, though they were formerly
Texas City residents.
Milton and Wilbur Strong left
Thursday of last week for Detroit,
Michigan, where Milton Strong goes
to accept a position with the firm
with which he was employed at a
and, the Texas City unit of the Auxiliary
and are urged to attend.
TEXAS CITY’S FORMER
YOUNGER SET ENTERTAINED
Mrs. E. D. Mills Jr., of Houston
and sister, Miss Mateel Davis of
Alvin, entertained a group of Texas
City’s former younger set at Mrs.
Mills’ summer residence at Sea-
brook last Thursday afternoon and
evening. Swimming, dancing and
bridge furnished the entertainment
for the occasion and a delicious
buffet supper was served early in
the evening. The guests present
were Misses Ara Sutherland of
Houston, Ruth Renfrow and Genie
Finger of Alvin and Eleanor Ma-
dora of Austin; Messrs. Carl Thom-
as of Texas City, Edwin Mills of
Houston, Hubert Renfrow of Henri-
etta, Frank and Louis Renfrow of
Alvin, and Alfred Hodge of Havana.
Cuba, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gremillion
of Wichita Falls, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Hultquist of Houston.
Among the various hospitalities
which have been extended to Miss
Allie Smith during her visit in Tex-
as City are a luncheon in the A. B.
Phillips home Monday, at which
covers were laid for Miss Smith and
her hostess, Miss Pearl Griffin, in
addition to the members of the
Phillips family.
Rev. and Mrs. Roland Hood have
as their guest Mrs. Hood’s sister,
Miss Dorothy Davidson of Dallas,
Texas. Miss Davidson arrived last
week and expects to be in Texas
City through Saturday. Rev. Hood’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hood
of Houston spent Sunday in the
Hood home, arriving that morning
and returning the same day.
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Boysen of
Brownsville, Texas, visited friends
in Texas City Thursday of last
week. Mrs. Boysen was formerly
Miss Queen Anderson, her mar-
riage having occurred early in July.
Mrs. T. K. Moore entertained Miss
Smith with a six o’clock dinner
Tuesday evening, the guests includ-
ing the members of the Moore fam-
ily, Miss Smith and Miss Griffin.
Miss Smith is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Smith of Ft.
Worth, former residents of Texas
City.
We would like to show you
the finest Tortoise Shell
Frames made in this coun-
try. We carry only the
best.
(All prices f. o. h. Detroit, plus freight and de-
livery. Bumpers and spare tire extra, at low cost.)
Universal Credit Company plan of time pay-
ments offers another Ford economy.
VISITOR HONORED
WITH BRIDGE PARTY
Miss Pearl Griffin honored her
house guest, Miss Allie Smith of
Fort Worth, with a most delightful
bridge Saturday evening. The Grif-
fin home was effectively decorated
with baskets of seasonal cut flowers,
and when the guests had gathered
several games of bridge were enjoy-
ed.
Miss Griffin presented the hon-
oree with a lovely jar of bath salts,
and Miss Doyle Yarbrough with a
box of bath powder as first prize
Miss Laverne Hunt received the cut
prize, a manicure set.
Delicious light refreshments were
served to Misses Laverne Hunt,
Doyle Yarbrough, Elizabeth Lege,
Winifred McGar, Margaret Phillips
Mabel Lewis, Mrs. J. J. Tarpey, the
hostess, Miss Griffin, and the hon-
oree, Miss Allie Smith.
were formulated for a moonlight
picnic to be held on west beach,
Galveston-, August 6. All members
of the order who plan to attend this
picnic, are requested to get in touch
with Mrs. Grant W. Wheaton or
Miss Ruth Strong, who together
form the transportation committtee.
All members of the Order are in-
vited to attend.
regular meeting Thursday evening, former time while hp reSideg in Ae
July 10, at the Masonic Hall. Plans -ormer -ime whue he resided in De
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W. M. S. MEETS WITH
MRS. MILTON AGEE
The Women’s Missionary Society
of the Central M. E. Church met
Monday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. Milton Agee, for the social
meeting which that group is accus-
tomed to hold monthly. Plans were
formulated for a bazaar which is
to be held in the early fall, and the
ladies embroidered on pieces c-f
fancy work which they plan to do-
nate for sale, at the Monday meet-
ing. Delicious refreshments were
served to some half dozen members
of the society, and the mother o!
the hostess, Mrs. H. R. Wall. of
Diboll.
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Mrs. Jess Hopkins and little
daughter, Alice Joy are in Houston
visiting Mrs. Loyd Bridge. Mrs.
Hopkins' plans to extend her visit
to a week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. New
children, Rena Mae, Mavis
Carleton of Goose Creek,
MR. AND MRS. HASTINGS
IN WASHINGTON
. Greetings bearing a Washington,
D. C. date line have been received
from Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Hastings
Sr., stating that they arrived in New
York City some time ago, and after
spending a few days in the metro-
polis proceeded to Philadelphia
where they visited friends and rela-
tives. They were in Washington at
the beginning of the current week,
and plan to be in Buffalo, N. Y., the
last of the week with friends and
relatives. This trip is doubly en-
joyable to Mr. and Mrs. Hastings,
since in addition to being a very
interesting journey, it is also afford-
ing them the pleasure of renewing
friendships which were formed sev-
eral years ago when Mr. and Mrs.
Hastings made their home in that
section of the country.
RAINBOW GIRLS HAVE
BEACH PARTY
Members of the Order of the
Rainbow for Girls, accompanied by
their Mother Advisor, Miss Ruth
Strong and a few members of the
Eastern Star and Masonic bodies
enjoyed a moonlight picnic Tuesday
night on the Galveston beach. The
party gathered early in the evening
at the Texas City Masonic hall, go-
ing to the beach in cars from there.
The crowd first enjoyed the surf
bathing, after which they ate the
delicious picnic supper which had
been prepared. A personnel of
about 40 guests was present.
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HONORED WITH
BEACH PICNIC
A group of friends of Mrs. Miles
Wasson honored her last Sunday
with a beach party in celebration of
a recent birthday. The party met
at the Wasson home from which
point they proceeded to West Beach
in Galveston.
After some time had been spent
bathing, a delicious fried chicken
supper was enjoyed. The picnickers
included Mrs. J. B. Cunningham
and Miss Elizabeth Cunningham;
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Ripple; Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Coulson and chil-
dren, James, Benny and Edward;
Mrs. Frank Roof and Misses Alice
and Bonny Roof; Dr. J. S. Cunning-
ham and son, Jimmy; Messrs. R. A.
Noble and Albert Hickman, all of
Houston; Miss Betty Coulson of
Kansas City, Mo., and Misses Verna
Grant and Alvina Gremillion;
Messrs. Thomas Moore and L. R
Moore, little Gladys Buchhorn and
Mildred Wasson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Miles Wasson of Texas City.
The official report of the election shows that our present
County Superintendent, O. E. Kennedy, carried every
voting precinct in the City of Galveston and the following
Rural Districts: Kinkaid, Nottingham, Port Bolivar, High
Island, La Marque, Algoa, San Leon, Kemah, Friends-
wood, Texas City, while his opponent carried Hitchcock,
Alta Loma, Arcadia and League City. County vote, Ken-
nedy 659, Mr. Kline 582.—Records Galveston News,
July 30, 1928, page 2.
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The person who prepared this advertisement unfortunately omitted Dickinson from
this tabulation. That’s the first inaccuracy.
The total vote cast July 28th, 1930, in the County Superintendent’s Race, in precincts
24 to 36 inclusive, as shown by the records of the Galveston County Democratic
Committee (these being the only official records) was:
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