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The Mainland Messenger
DICKINSON, TEXAS, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1915
Number 12
Volume IV
WEDDINGS
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CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
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STRUCK OIL
$75,000 FOR DAIRIES
PROGRESSIVE CLUB MET
BIRTHDAY PARTY
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORTS
OBJECT TO DUMP HEAP
POPULAR PLAY
some
$
BUSINESS GOOD
held
CARD OF THANKS.
C. G. DIBRELL
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Room 414 City National Bank Bldg.
Galveston, Texas.
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City,
and
Following is the program for the
District C. E. Convention, to be held
in League City Saturday and Sunday
of this week.
Mr.
the
Methodist Church, League City.
Attendance 81.
Collection $1.85.
Presbyterian Church.
Attendance 49.
Collection $1.68.
Baptist Church.
Attendance 41.
Collection $1.13.
Friends’ Church.
Attendance 60.
Collection $1.25.
Texts 47.
THE PRESBYTERIAN LADIES’ AID
Will meet April 2 with Mrs. W. H.
Johnson, to prepare for their Easter
sale, to be held April 3rd.
Mrs. L. L. Calder, Mrs. Geo. Ber-
leth, Mrs. Robert Calder and Miss
Kathline Berleth attended the Chris-
tian Science lecture in Houston Mon-
day afternoon.
Mrs. J. E. Labuzan and Miss Alice
Labuzan were shopping in Houston
Monday.
Mrs. Martha Lappington returned
to Beaumont Monday, after a week's
visit with Mrs. L. L. Calder.
ALL MAINLAND
PEOPLE INVITED
DOWNS-KITCH ELL.
On Thursday afternoon, March 18,
Miss Mabel Downs, eldest daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Downs of Gal-
veston, and Mr. Kenith Kitchell, son
of Judge and Mrs. J. L. Kitchell, of
Alta Loma, were quietly married at
Trinity Church, Galveston. They will
be at home to their many friends
after April 1st in Beaumont, Texas.
BIRTHS.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Franks, of Gal-
veston, are the parents of a baby boy,
born Friday, March 19.
MOTHERS CLUB
ENTERTAINED
CELEBRATED TWENTY-
FIRST BIRTHDAY
W.C.T.U. DISTRICT
CONVENTION
LEAGUE CITY
LOCAL NEWS
gar, I. Bratton, M. Stoddard, Henry
Butler, J. E. Walker, T. J. Carter, R.
Benson, E. Aiken, E. D. Singletary,
A. Kresse, J. H. Ross, Milby Butler,
J. P. Atkinson, T. M. Snell, Holmans,
L. E.- Johnson, A .M. Wright and
R. E. Swartz.
The meeting next month will be
with Mrs. Strickland.
Mrs. T. J. Dick, who has been ly-
ing at the point of death for some
days past, is reported as some bet-
ter. Her friends now feel that, while
she is a long way from being out of
danger, her recovery is reasonably
certain.
DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF THE GALVESTON-HOUSTON MAINLAND
Last Friday evening the Progres-
sive Club* members enjoyed a social
meeting at the home of Mr. W. D.
Bullock.
The meeting was purely social, no
weighty business matters hindering
the full enjoyment of the delicious
chicken salad sandwiches and coffee
served by Mrs. Bullock, with the as-
sistance of Miss Em Salmon.
The Dickinson High School Dra-
matic Club will give their drama,
“Dot, the Miner’s Daughter,' in the
school auditorium at Hitchcock, Fri-
day, March 26, at 8 o’clock, and in
Arcadia the folloiwng week, Friday,
April 2, at the same hour.
This play scored a great hit when
DAM ETZ-N EWLIN.
On Thursday, March 18, at 4 p. m.,
at the home of the bride’s parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Dametz, occurr-
ed the marriage of their daughter,
Clara, to Mr. Russel. Newlin.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Hinshaw in the presence of only
a few friends and immediate rela-
tives.
Mrs. (A. J. George, Eliza George
and Mr. Paul George took them to
Webster in their car, thinking to es-
cape the shower of rice and old shoes
but a number of the young people
of League City took the train to
Webstar and gave them the proper
start on their wedding journey.
Both bride and groom are well and
favorably known in League City, and
their many friends wish them a hap-
py voyage on their journey through
life. After a visit with the bride’s
sister in Kansas, Mr. and Mrs. New-
lin will go to Russeayille, Ind., where
they will make their home.
Mrs. O. V. King, president of the
club, presided, and after the reading
of the minutes by the secretary, Mrs.
Bratton, Mrs. B. J. Cunningham of
Galveston was introduced and made
The Christian Endeavor Society
cordially invite the B. Y. P. U. and
any other organization to meet with
them next Saturday and Sunday in
their district convention.
The Eighth District Convention of,
the Women’s Christian Temperance
Union will be held in the Immanuel
Presbyterian Church at Galveston,
Thursday and Friday, April 1 and 2.
The district comprises the counties
of Galveston, Harris, Fort Bend, Bra-
zoria, Austin and Walker.
On account of the convention, the
G. C. & S. F. R. R. will grant re-
duced . rates of one and one-third
fare, tickets good to~return April 3.
The Galveston AV. C. T. U. are
making ample preparations for the
delegates and it is hoped that a large
delegation will attend.
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All mainland people are interested
in the new store in Galveston, known
as the Women’s Specialty Company,
because one of the proprietors, Mr.
Bell, is personally known to so many
of them. In conversation with Mr.
Bell yesterday we learn that the
business is starting off nicely. Every-
thing is now in readiness to serve
your needs, and Mr. Bell will be
pleased to see all his friends from
the mainland. Be sure and read their
large advertisement in this issue.
PEANUTS—A cash crop and soil im-
prover. We will contract to pick*
ciops grown in the Houston-Galves-
ton district, for cash, or part of crop.
Will also buy your crop for cash at
market prices. Our new and improv-
ed peanut picker stems and cleans
the nuts without cracking them, and
does not cut the vines to pieces as
cylinder machines do. Now is the
time to book your acreage. For full
information address Geo. D. Collins,
3522 Garrott Street, Houston, Texas.
TRINITY BAY FARM, Collins &
Schaff, props., San Leon, Texas.
day. Mrs. Theobald assisted Mrs.
Labuzan in entertaining the guests
ing talk on “Why Women Must Have
Equal Suffrage.”
Mrs. Cunningham is a lady of re-
finement and pleasing personality,
and it was a great treat to the la-
dies to have the pleasure of hearing
her. At the close of her address
she called upon each lady present to
express, briefly, her opinions on the
subject, and much merriment was
caused when an “anti” or red hot
suffragette were discovered in camp.
Some expressed their desire to vote
on school and child labor questions
and against the saloon.
Others • were willing to vote, but
preferred to let some one else fight
the battle to gain for them that
privilege.
There were four new members
added to the club: Mesdames Hol-
mans, Henry Butler, Milby Butler
and J. H. Ross.
Mrs. Swartz, as hostess, presented
each guest with a shamrock leaf and
clay pipe as a souvenir of the occa-
sion.
The refreshments were also in
honor of St. Patrick’s Day, the sand-
wiches being tied with green ribbon
Mr. J. Labuzan, Sr., the dime.
Theobald was toastmaster of
.. If your want is worth wanting it
a very able, interesting and con vine- is worth spending 3 dimes for in this
On San Jacinto Day Texas City is
planning a right royal good time for
all comers. A monster free barbe-
cue will be given on the Wm. Moore
farm on the bay, west of town, and
a general good time is planned for
all. Music will be furnished by some
of the military bands, and other
features will be in readiness by
April 21. Make your plans to spend
San Jacinto Day at Texas City.
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On Sunday afternoon W. B. Tor
rens and Miss Gladys Martin, of
Houston, conducted a Christian En
deavor rally, preparatory to the con-
vention to be held here Saturday and
Sunday.
C. E. Hancock and Miss Estelle Mayo
of Houston; Mr. and Mrs. O. R
Hoecker; Mr. Seth Hoecker and Mrs.
Maynard Hoecker, Miss Maud Irving,
Miss Mabel Irving, Mr. Jack Reilley,
Mr Ernest ____________ofGalveston:
Marshall Labuzan, Mr. B. C. Per-
kins and Mr. and Mrs. G. Symms. A
number of others called in the after-
noon to extend their best wishes.
In cutting the cake, Mrs. Mayo cut
the thimble, Mr. Reilley the wish
bone, Mr. Connelly the button and
from the Methodist Church Sunday
afternoon at 3 cfclock.
The church altar and pulpit were
beautifully decorated and the coffin
covered with beautiful boquets and
pieces, the gifts of the Sunday School
children and the many friends and
relatives of the deceased. One floral
piece was the gift of the Mothers’
Club.
Rev. D. B. Boddie had charge of
the funeral services both at the
church and cemetery, and his re-
On Wednesday afternoon of last
week over thirty of the ladies of
League City met at the home of Mrs.
Ira Bratton, where Mrs. R. E.
Swartz was hostess for the Mothers’
Club.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Labuzan enter- lor assisted Mrs. Swartz in serving
tained a number of their friends at the refreshments.
dinner Sunday in honor of the 21st Those present were: Mesdames
birthday of Mr. John E. Labuzan, Jr. Dow and Cunningham of Galveston;
Those attending were Mr. and Mrs. O. V. King, Walter Wright, W. D.
C. H. Theobald of Galveston; Mrs. Thomssen, F. Clark, H. L. Nelson, A.
T. J. Connelly of San Antonio; Mr. Foster, L. L. Nelson, W. D. Bullock,
Frank Connelly of Galveston; Mrs Lew Taylor, C. G. Dibrell, G. Meds-
Last Friday a wire was received
from Bert Perkins that the oil well
being drilled by the Ten Strike Oil ’
Co., near Markham, Texas, had been
brought in. Mr. Perkins returned to
League City Saturday, and at last re-
ports the well was good for 250 bar-
rels per day. This well is owned al-
most entirely by ■ League City men
and should the flow prove' to be a
good one, it will prove a profitable
investment for them.
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“If the producers’ lack of profits
is a result of their labors and the
consequent migration to the cities
are not checked, this nation will be
confronted by unprecedented dangers
calculated to rock it to its very foun-
dation. That is because the cities
are carried upon the backs of the
farms, if the burden becomes too
d i s p r oporti'onate,' b o fhwill fail.
So declared Clarence Ousley, direc-
tor of the department of extension of
Texas Agricultural and Mechanical
College, in addressing the semi-
monthly meeting of the Galveston
County Business League Saturday af-
ternoon at Alta Loma.
Prof. C. M. Evans, life stock ex-
pert of the college extension depart-
ment, outlined a plan for co-operation
in developing'a permanent system of
agriculture in the county, involving
the appropriation of $65,000, to be of-
fered to farmers on easy, long-time
loans for the purchase of dairy cat-
tle, silos, cream separators and fence
wire, and the raising of $10,000 to
build a creamery. The plan is incor-
porated in recommendations to the
Galveston Commercial Association.
The loans would be made only after
certain requirements of progressive
farm operations had been complied
with, and Mr. Evans declared this
would make the risk to the lenders
very slight.
The visitors were welcomed by
Captain P. N. Harris of Alta Loma.
H. H .Haines responding. Other
talks were made by G. H. Sapper of
Galveston, T. O. Walton, district dem-
onstration agent for the United States
department of agriculture; Harris
County Demonstration Agent W. L.
Stallings, E. C. Worrell of Alta Loma
and Fred C. Pabst of Galveston.
marks were full of comfort to the
bereaved family.
The choir, consisting of Misses
Inez McFaddin, Gertrude Priest, Ka-
tie Lee Abbey, Mrs. O. V. King, Mrs.
J. P. Atkinson, Messrs. Ben Franks,
P. I. Gill, W. D. Thomssen, J R.
Moberly, sang several selections.
The active pallbearers were Messrs.
O. V. King, J. F. Dugat, J. E. Walker,
J. R. Beerwort, W. J. Abbey and N.
S. Newby.
Mrs. Johnson leaves a host of
friends who sympathize with the fam-
ily in their bereavement.
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Methodist Church of League
and a conscientious Christian
good mother.
The funeral services were
We wish to extend our sincere
thanks to our many friends who so
kindly assisted us during our reecnt
bereavement. Also for the beautiful
floral offerings.
J. J. JOHNSON AND FAMILY.
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A prominent citizen of League City
has requested that through the col-
umns of our paper we enter a pro-
test against the vacant ground near
the turn in the shell road west of
town, being used as a dump heap.
Every one arriving in our city
over the interurban has to pass this
place, and it is also in full view of
the many aptomobiles passing be-
tween Galveston and Houston.
Master Harold Shadle celebrated
his eleventh birthday with an all day
party at his home on Sycamore road
Saturday.
Chicken dinner with all the “trim-
mings” was served the guests.
Those enjoying the day with Har-
old were Masters Otis Bullock, Sam
Noble, Lewis Dibrell, Ellsworth
Greer, Wm. Boeske, Gilbert Buesch
and Travis Berleth.
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it was given in Dickinson
months ago.
and the lettuce and chicken salad
I served on plates decorated with
shamrock. Delicious cakes and tea
। were also served.
Mrs. Bratton and Mrs. Lew Tay-
9 a. m.—Quiet hour, Mrs. D. C.
Mangum, Galveston.
2:40 p. m.—Devotional, J. R. Un-
gar, Galveston.
3 p. m.—Junior Rally, Miss Mar-
garet Johnson, Houston.
3:40 p. m.—Conference on Society
. Problems,. W_Roy _Rerg __......_.
7 p. m.—“Model Endeavor Meet-
ings; Home Mission Opportunities
That Summon Us.” Ezek. 34:20-21,
W. B. Torrens, Houston.
8 p. m.—Consecration address.
“The Power of Training for Service,”
Mrs. Mary Baker, Friendswood.
The delegates will be served with
a noon luncheon at the church, both
days of the convention.
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Saturday, March 27.
11 a. m.—Meeting of District Ex-
ecutive Board.
3 p. m.—Devotional exercises, Miss
Theodosia Hoover, Friendswood.
3:15 p. m.—Conferences, W. Roy
Berg, Dallas.
5 p. m.—“Expert Endeavor Exam-
ination,” J. B. Hutchison, Houston.
8 p. m.—Devotional exercises. A.
V. Sundermeyer.
8:20 p. m.—Address, “The Higher
Vision for Christian ■ Endeavor,” Rev.
H. M. Whaling, Houston.
8:50 p. m.—Social hour, social com-
mittee.
Sunday, March 28.
DEATHS.
Mrs. J. J. Johnson.
On Saturday Mrs. Lena Johnson
died at "her- nome m- League ity,
after a prolonged illness. Deceased
was born in Hadeland, Norway, May
2, 1847. At the age of two years she
came to Madison, Wisconsin, where
she was reared. In 1867 she was mar-
ried to J. J. Johnson.
In 1876 she, with her family, moved
to Adrian, Minn., leaving there in
1891 for Jennings, La., and coming to
Texas one year later, where she
made her home until her death.
Mrs. Johnson is survived by her
husband and nine children, Mrs. Ed-
wards of Minnesota; Mrs. Shoemaker
of Houston; Mrs. Hanson, Mrs. W.
P. Dolson, Perry Johnson, L. E.
Johnson, Roy V. Johnson, Alvin
Johnson and J. I. Johnson of League
City, all of whom were with her
during her sickness. One boy died
in infancy, and a son, Clarence, at
9 years of age.
Death was the result of several
months’ illness with la grippe, pneu-
monia, heart trouble, id a compli-
cation of diseases. During her long-
sickness several members of the fam-
ily were in constant attendance on
the mother, and she expressed her-
self as ready to die, but that she
would be glad to live a while to re-
pay them for their hard fight for
her life.
It is indeed certain that the fam-
ily can have no regrets as to leaving
undone anything that could add to
the mother’s comfort, as the sons as
well as daughters left their homes
and gave up their business to aid her
in the difficult nursing of the in-
valid.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of the
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Nelson, H. L. The Mainland Messenger (Dickinson, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 12, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 24, 1915, newspaper, March 24, 1915; Dickinson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1577443/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rosenberg Library.