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29.
The News in Brief
71.
95.
57,
A. Akin.
76.
67.
were dismissed
yesterday.
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To Mr. and
Morris street, a
80.
a. m. Dec.
31.
80.
Year in Review
(Continued from Page 1)
Wear, 64.
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league semi-finals.
was made of
Announcement
president.
burial here. /
missing in
Dennis-Anderson
53,
4. Mrs. Mary C.
5. Claude Brazel,
building
City,
The Daily Register.
by
in;
Sammy Biffle, son of Mr. and
the stitches removed from his
return to his home. The child
(Political adv.)
by
a taxicab on
local street.
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wi
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85.
i, 74,
Price, 62,
87.
67,
54,2Fonca
the Woodbine post of-
91.
65. Dallas,
AUGUST
western Bell Tele-
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and
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Mrs. Clark’s son.
Dr. Richard
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A four-cent increase in the
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to finish
the Sivells
build
8.
No Exchanges
All Sales Final
5.
president of the Gainesville Com-
l
the
DR
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Roy Rogers
Announcement was made
7.
4
Commerce
that
a new shoe factory to em-
water from Red river into
street.
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Patients dismissed since the
city
were: Mrs.
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20 . First bale of cotton of the
<
Sunday-Monday, January 3-4
fore
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Wool Gloves
Regular $1.50
with
TODAY & SATURDAY .
1.
of Muenster
chosen Daily Register Farm
of the Month.
a
tax rate.
City school enrollment
JAMS. .RAyi
WAA-MILLND
reac ted 2,521 at noon.
Silk Scarfs
3.
Leroy Taylor
3.
to 2.14 inches,
fell
5.
Sgt. William P. Arnold was
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83.50
SPECIAL SATURDAY PREVIEW
5.
rain
Semi-Annual Sale
PLOR
at Fair park.
« Cash
Lay-Away
LIFE STRIDE
SHOES
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5 Today-Saturday
REGULAR
PRICE!
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| All Winter
Coats or Suits
SAVE
$10
"THE GAY
RANCHERO'
a prisoner of the Communists.
25. A. L. Fletcher was chosen
co nmander of
pc st. American
ler, chair-
E. Mein-
15. Miss Eu
Terrell, burial 1
new
was
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Pauls V:
2. Mrs
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KIRBY GRANT
NORTHERN
PATROL"
3.
pan;
1952
Ted
Okla Burial here.
Anna Metzler, 79.
as
is
YOU CAN BUY WITH CONFIDENCE AT
TAPPANS
4 EASY WAYS TO PAY
• 30-Day Charge Account •
• Easy Weekly or Monthly Payments
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muni
6.
civil
; VALUES TO $22.95
)
Sizes 9 to 52
Girl
1.
Here's the
aretes the
boys!
Nylon Briefs
Regular $1.29
Wichita Falls, burial here.
15 Mrs. Clarence T. Brown; 51.
17. Mrs. Simon Blake, 69.
18. R. B. Paris. 61.
19. Benjamin J. Moon, 67^
nole. burial here.
27. Earl Lemons, 52.
co int;
46 1.05
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church.
21. A Lions club was
RICHARD WIDMARK, JOANNE DRU and
AUDRY TOTTER
FrI., Jen. I
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Cor merce.
14 . Cooke c o u
1. L. L. Degan, 69.
1. Joe Clack, 59. Ponca
JERSEY BLOUSES
Values to $8.95
per
2.
28. W. M. Gwyn. 86. Ardmore,
burial here.
29 Tom Allen, 77.
JUNE
22. Dr. R. O. Blagg, 67.
23. C. E. Johnson, 69.
23. Henry M. Terry, 87.
MARCH
21. Postmaster Cecil Tinsley
announced F * " *
TIM NOLT
"contamucgn
Re-Opening January 3rd
Hi-Ho Drive-In Theatre
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p-
BAGS
Suedes, Velvet, Calf
, Regular $2.98
Invest Your
CHRISTMAS CHECK
in a Tappan's
FINE DIAMOND or
WATCH )
CHIEF
Friday and Saturday
18. Mrs. Betty Doty, 72.
51, Lindsay.
YOUR CREDIT JEWELERS
6 N. Commerce -
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NOVEMBER L
1. Caleb B. Blagg, 01. \
2. Walter Yosten, 28 Muehgter.
season was brought in by
Neu, who resides five miles
e, 76, Deni-
Ibine. .
[orris, 74.
be discontinued Jan.
city council set Jan-
the date for the light
election and ordered
of property in the
ly, in which
relinquished
4. Sam Kemplin,
burial here.
J. C Whaley, 703 South Morris
street; F. A. Prestage, 901 Eld-
ridge street. ,
Medical & Surgical
Ben Stevens has returned to
his home at Marietta, Okla., fol-
lowing medical treatment.
Mrs. Vic Cole, route 1. Sang-
er, and her infant son have
been dismssed.
View. .(
31. Mrs. Frank Trubenbach,
64, Muenster-
31. Smith K. Lockard, 70.
awaiting the city taking the in-
itiative in the move.
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21. John W. Boyle of Cleve-
nd, Ohio, elected president of
le Circus Fans Association of
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"THE QUIET
MAN"
With
John Wayne
Maureen
O'Hara
Entire Stock of MILLINERY
Felts and Velvets
. Regular $3.98
WOOL STOLES
■ • ■ Regular $2.98
I IRTH RECORDS
Gainesville Sanitarium
a joint meeti-g of local
serv ice clubs
To Mr. and I Mrs Hugo Sinde-
hr, 713 North ’
ROSSELLE BLOUSES
Crepe - CoHon - Nylons
Regular $5.95
Beasley, 72.
J. A. Fleming, 70
r.
, 1954
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many months.
NOVEMBER
1. Margaret Elkins chosen as
Daily Register’s Farm Girl of the
Month.
3. Willard Kemplin chosen top
soil supervisor of the Upper Elm-
Red district.
3. Erection of a new East Fire
station was ordered by the city
council.
4. State Highway department
Engineer Jack Simpson said the
organ-
ized at Valley View with Sloan
gery. . .. ,1
Minor surgery was performed
yesterday on Jo Ellen Schully,
daughter of Mr. add Mrs. Joe
Schully, 405 South
fice would
31, 1954.
19. The
uary 22 as
plant sale
annexation
northwest part of the city.
23. Southwestern Bell
4. Tom
4. Mrs.
5. Guy
7 Mrs.
Ardmore.
7. T. N.
5.
won
ing
ty circus.
Tom Hickman appointed
defense director for Cooke
"MY PAL GUS"
Fort ’Worth.
y
Schmitz. 62,
3a 2
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NYLON BLOUSES
Values to $4.95
ed
gr
Muenster.
22. Mrs. A. M. Lyle, 71.
23. R. C. Duckworth, 31, Semi-
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ace Trimmed
CREPE GOWNS
Valut $4.95
1. E. K. Dickerson, 71.
3. I. L. Stockton, 76, Denton,
burial at Valley View-.
4. Lorrain Davis, 76, Mount
SAVE
iefrodp
ISES
VALUT0.$14.95
23426
Coffeyville, Kan.,
31. Mrs. Sylvia
V •
previous report.
G. S. Yeargan and infant son,
817 South Rusk street; Mrs.
Today-Saturday
"THE WILD
NORTH"
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$1.00
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Clark and family.
Hospital News
Gainesville Sanitarium
Patients admitted Wednesday ।
or Thursday for medical treat-
ment, included: Mary Elizabeth
Lee, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Lee. 1311 Truelove
street; Mrs. Nettie Barnes. 836
East Scott street ; Mrs. S. E.
Shotwell, 301 Harvey street;
W.G. Kathman, Muenster; Jake
Bracken, 507 West Scott street;
Sammy Biffle, Muenster. •
August Muller of Valley View
was admitted yesterday tor sur-
Gainesville National bank presi-
dent in January.
Death Roll
JANUARY
1. Fred A. Brandt, 63, burial
at Lois.
2. Miss Erskine Murrell, 37,
Pleasant.
5. Mrs. Julia Smith, 99, • Ir-
ving, burial at Hibbit.
7 Rev. W. E. Moore: Callis-
burg.
7. Mrs. Rose Fleenor, 84.
Okla., burial here.
5. Mrs. Raymond Doss, 44, Val-
ley View.
7. Hubert Lee, 50.
8. James C. Henderson, 66.
9. Mrs. Edna Jenkins. 95
11. Jim Reese, 73, Denton,
burial here.
12. William A. Carter, 81.
12. C. E. Downey. Wichita
Falls, burial here.
13. Leon Ray, 65. Bulcher.
14. Rev. H. M. Powell. 61.
15. H. J. Holland, 60. Era.
17. L. E. Lindecker, 61.
18. George W. Banks, 47. Wichi-
ta Falls, burial here.
19. Mrs: Lloyd Salsman. 45.
28. Mrs. Rebecca G. Harris, 91.
28. Mrs. Matilda Dresbach, 79.
29. Harry Akin, 74.
30. Frank A. Kaiser, 65, Muen-
ster.
4. Mrs. Effie Gilliland, 72. Ross-
ton. : . r
5. Mrs. W. R. Nutting, 85.
9. Mrs. William Wadterscheid,
74, Muenster.
16. John Schillin, Muenster.
16. Mrs. Minnie Cullers. 50,
burial at Henrietta.
17. Mrs. Lillian Ellis, 63, Dal-
las. burial here.
18. A. R. Andress, 68, Myra.
20. Mrs. A. C. Stamps, 73.
23. 1. C. Blankenship, 73.
25. Simon Franklin, 60, Van
Nuys, Calif., burial here.
I MAY
3. Mrs. Joe Baldwin, 68, Siv-
ells Bend.
C. Cheaney, 75.
F. H. Dayton, 77.
will have partial vision in the eye
but it is still too early to know
, the extent of injuries he received
‘ recently when broken parts of
a plastic rain gauge cut his eye.
Holiday guests in the home of
Mrs. O. R. Welch, 528 North
Denton street, were Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Welch, Brownwood and
Mr. and Mrs. June Ray Welch
and family. Fort Worth.
One Group
DRESSES
JULY
1. Rachel Voth of Lindsay
ch sen Farm G ri of the Month
28. Mrs. Henry T.
Tyler, burial here.
29. Mrs.
water supply, but engine
defects caused an early cessa-
of pumping.
Peci in creek to bolster Dallas’
28. The city council rejected
the Texas Power & Light com-
pany’s first bid for the munici-
pal light plant.
31. Sgt. ,William P. Arnold of
Gainesville .gave a first-hand
of the atrocities committed
le Communists in North Ko-
geLuuSh
! IRENE GOSLIN, Owner and Manager J
112 WEST MAIN STREET
tion
20.
Jaungs
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_ jorgeE. Burton, 72.
L * b Knight 81
• 3L W/E. Aston, 83, Valley
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•me m « -
former Gainesville residents. Mr.
and Mrs. Mose Collins had just
celebrated their 83rd birthdays
and a special Christmas party
was given in their honor.
Dallas, burial here. t
17. Howard Prestage, 43, Cle-
burne. burial hero.
20. Jessie B. West, 85.
21. William W. Russell, 61..
25. Mrs. Mattie Yarbrough,
Dallas, burial here. ,
26. Mrs. Lee A. Gihbert, 50.
25-6, in the
STEWART GRANGER
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9. Mrs. J. S. Turner,
GEO.J.CARROLL&SON
F. E. Schmitz re-elected
13. William D. Boaz, 73.
16. Charles L. Dickerman, 60.
here, burial at Gn
'24. J. D. Presta
sn, burial at Wop
26. Mrs. Lewis N
court.
The commissioners court
named president of the Leopard
Boosters association
9. Ceremonies held in connec-
tion with ground - breaking for
the new Southwestern Bell Tele-
phone company building on East
Broadway.
14. Jack Simpson was ap-
pointed to school board to suc-
ceed H. A Latham, resigned.
19. Mrs. Billy Bob Phillips, 29,
1821 Mill street, was fatally
burned in a flash fire in her
home. i
19. Dan Stewart, 53, of Wal-
nut Bend, killed in a traffic ac-
cident on U. S. highway 77,
north of Gaines', ille.
7. T. N. McCain, 69.
10. Philip A. Schad, 62.
13. Mrs. Lula C. Smith, 65,
died in Fort Worth, burial here.
one that sep-
men from the
Move .
$44555
3. Legree S. Puckett 73, Era.
4. Mrs. Roy Strong. 0.
City, Okla., burial her?. :
4. William C. Brady,
burial here.
4. J. T. McDill, 74.
Rosston.
I1T. Mrs. Ethel Paul 75.
20. Grover C. Gallaher,
AiskezROONE'
hsjru
yeai s, amounting
in Gainesville
31. H. A. (Buster* Latham re-
signed as president of the local
schdol board.
12. W. J. Enderby. 69.
12. Mrs. Susan Henry,
1' City of Dallas began pump-
ing vLl— :_____ ____„
17. Mrs. W. I. Hogan, 81, Ross-
ton.
19. Presley X are, 84. Sanger,
burial here.
22. Vern Walker, 66. Wood-
bine
25. Felix Covingtn, 72, Wal-
nut Bend. .
27. Mrs. H. C. Hand, 67. Okla-
homa City, burial here.
28. Tom F. Smith. 72. Valley
View.
28. James M. Laugston. 64.<,;
OCTOBER
football team lost to San Marcos
Baptist academy, ____
Southwest Academic football
Seventy - live telephone
company employes went out on
stril :e.
20. A. M. Mages,
21. Elam W Johnson, 72.
22. C. M. Walterscheid,
Lindsay. Dallas, burial.
5. Claude Brazel. 60, Dallas.
. . . 59, lost his
right hand in a meat grinder
3. The heaviest rain in three
....uries suffered in an automo-
bile accident at Casper, Wyo.
letting of contract to Brown and
Root, Inc., of Houston, to build
the office and first unit of The
National Supply company’s plant
north of the city
24. A total of 5,448 bales of
cotton had been ginned in Cooke
county as the season neared an
end.
, 26. Mr. and Mrs. W. P.eSpring-
field received word their grand-
sc n, M/Sgt. Bill Arnold, 26, listed
action in Korea,
a 6:45 p. m. 1_______ ..
Si ven pounds 15 % ounces.
_ The city council adopted _
$431 225 budget based on a $1
$100 valuation
high school football team 26-12 to
win the first district champion-
ship since 1938. ( !
27. Formal opening of
First State bank buili
held.
state department is ready to
build highway 82 across the
north side of Gainesville and is
APRIL
i 1. Mrs. Bettie Carothers.
Abilene, burial at Shiloh.
3. Mrs. Mary M. Palmer, 90.
3. Mrs. R. S. Rose, 83.
Mrs. L. N. Vassar, 1023 Law-
r nce street, and her infant son,
creamery plants from Com-
munity Public Service company.
Edith Dougherty of Callis-
burg chosen Farm Girl of the
Mo nth by The Daily Register.
relet sed by the Communists at
Pan nunjom.
The Cooke County Fair
ende ri its annual six-day run. At-
tenc ance was hindered by heavy
—i- one day.
E. J. McFarland of Houston
SEPTEMBER
Nelda Bayer
Lena Sv zeeny,
bur al hh
Mpzing6, (
!. A sharp gain in bank de-
posits was shown in statements
issued. The four banks of the
had deposits of $15,283,-
_______,______ .. .... ____ as compared with $14,326,-
Mrs. Jack Biffle, Muenster, had 88 1.99 a (year ago. [
JULY
1. M. F. Naughton, 83, Edina,
Mo, burial here.
11. E. E. Elkins, 70.
11. Mrs Mary Bindel. Archer
City, burial at Muenster.
---------,nty farmers. _ -----
vote d for wheat controls in 1954. county by Judge Shelby Fletcher.
The National Supply com-
purchased eight additional
27. Cleave. C. Hunter; 42.
31. Mrs. George Burch, 70
3L Fred Hatcher, 58.
31 Mrs. R. J. Weatherman, 70.
SEPTEMBER
Ber d road from Gainesville.
8. Gainesville voters approved
ority a $250,000
ixtension of city
, 4. Mrs. August Friske, 73.
5. Mrs. George W. Baker,
Wqodbine.-
7. Mrs. Alice B. Aughtry,
11 Mrs. W.‘ M. Butts, 89
.12. Mrs. W. T. Lover, 78. Leo.
15. Dr. O. E. Dickinson, 81.
No Refunds }
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18. Mrs. Monroe Bennet’.. 34.
19. J. M. Ralston, 57.
20. F. M. Boyd, 82, Waco, buri-
al here.
23. Mrs. George F. Cox, 76.
23. Dale Lee Winegart, 18.
30. J. N. Upton, 51.
DECEMBER J
2. H. N. Gray, 70.
2. Garcia H. Davis, 72.
6. Jesse M. Roberts, 78.
9. Forrest Lawson. 52, Hous-
ton, burial here.
10. William R. Cole, 78. .
12. Mrs. E. K. Crudgington, 53.
13. Ferdinand Hundt, 84.
14. Gus A. Moore, 58. Walnut ..
Bend.
16. Mrs. Elmer V. Lesley, 62.
17. David J. Chadwell. 77.
18: John B. Herr. 92. Denison,
burial at Muenster.
25. Mrs. B. M. Mitchell. 81. Ter-
rell burial here.
28. Mrs. John Peitzeker. 75.
29. Edward E. Cope. 62.
29. Mrs. Martha Stice, 91.
Justice Motherly
Seeks Reelection
Imbued by the numerous ex-
pressions of approval of his-
current administration-, by per-
sons from all sections of Jus-
tice Precinct No. 1. Cooke coun-
ty. many of whom have urged
him to seek reelection to the
office, Clyde J. Matherly, incum-
bent, authorizes The Register
to announce his candidacy for
another term.
His formal announcement will
appear in a later issue cf this
newspaper, at which time the
results of his efforts in cooper-
ative law enforcement with the
other agencies of the count)',
and the financial returns to the
county by reason of his atten-
tion to his official duties, will
be revealed to the citizenship
In the meantime. Justice Math-
erly solicits your consideration
of his reasons for another term
in the office, assuring all voters
in advance that he will continue
to appreciate your support by
steadfastly and conscientiously
staying on the job, enforcing
the laws under his jurisdiction
to the best interests of the pub-
lic, yet tempering all of his of-
ficial acts with human kindness.
acre adjoining
of the city.
sou hwest of Gainesville.
25 Congressman Frank Ikard
calle d for more economy in gov-
ern! vent and a curtailment of
fore gn aid in an address' be-
Mrs. Jack King.
3 6 North Howeth street, a girl,
Dec. 30. Weight
22•
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$10 ore
g rl, at 10:13
V eight six pounds four ounces.
the state horseshoe pitch-
championship
Dr. A. A. Davenport was
Mexia, burial here.
16. Herman J. Truax, 72.
18. Frank C. Collums, 72. Dex-
ter.
1 22. J. Y. Bullard, 68.
23. Mrs Katherine Hancock,
76.
27. Mrs. Walter Stephenson,
91, Valley View.
27. Mrs. W. C. Lynch, 93, Wib
linington. Cal, burial here. -
28. Charles H. Lovelady, 84,
Valley View.
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i iw IK! li i iltvyrm’ra
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vot d to extend the Bums City
far n to market road eight miles
anq
$. Dr. Kermit 1 Melugin of Robs-
eye yesterday and was able to town, Texas, called as pastor of
*" * hi i tu. phil st Baptist church. ; J
! i Vickie Ly in Mitchell 4,
was fatally injured when struck
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Monden,
802 North Morris street, an-
nounce the birth of a son to their
daughter and husband, Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Thatcher, Glen Rock,
Wyoming. This is the Monden’s
thirteenth grandchild and all of
them are boys..
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daniel
1303 Witherspoon street, are the
holiday guests today with Mr.
and Mrs. Harris Daniel in Hous-
ton.
Mrs. A. B. Ward, west highway
82, arrived home Wednesday aft-
er spending Christmas and the
holidays with her son and fam-
ily, Dr. and Mrs. A. B. Ward, Jr.,
Irving.
Mrs. W. H. Clark and Miss
Mary Gwyn have returned from
a holiday visit in -McAllen with
.2. Hottest October 12 on rec-
ord experienced. here as mercury
reached 95 degrees.
15. C-Jo’s Toppy, 18 months old
mare, sold for $6,000, a world
record price, at the Southwestern
Shetland Pony Breeders associa-
tion’s annual sale in Gainesville.
Ivan Green of Ridgeway, Ill., was
purchaser and C. C. Teague of
Sherman, owner of the mare.
16. Case Brothers of Gaines-
ville were awarded the grading
contract for the National Supply
company’s plant site north of the
city.
22. Margie Sellers of Callisburg
named winner of the Texas 4-H
club safety program for 1953.
23. Sheriff O. E. Whisnand an-
nounced a night patrol of county
roads had been started in a
stepped-up program of law en-
forcement.
26. /Fed by heavy rains in
Northwest Texas, Red river has
a 10-foot rise rolling down
stream. Lake Texoma level has
been raised more than three feet.
25. Dr. K. T.. Melugin was
peaker at annual union Thanks-
iving service of Ministerial al-
lance.
26. Gainesville defeated Denton
its tract, north
. Legion.
27. Kirk Atwell Taylor, 59, was
ki led in an automobile accident
six miles north of the city on
hi zhway 77.
J0. Edwin T. Wright was
na med manager of Hesperian
Bi ilding and Savings association.
Harry Kinne, chairman,
Le > M Kuehn, Jr., and Jack
Sit npson.
1 2. Tyler & Simpson company
ele ted William H. Ty’
ma n of board, and F.
burial at Tallase, Ala.+
20. Tom J. Agee,54Keton.
24. Mrs. Blanche Beai56
. 1 s’ AUGUST 18
12. Mrs. Kate Shackjett. Carls-
bad, New Mexico burial here.
7. J. C. Wagoner,
10.W.R. Harlow,
16 W. D. Garnett, 73.
16. Mrs. Mary
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ploy 200 persona would open soon
in Gainesville.
9. Mrs. Tommie Doughty, for-
mer Gainesville resident, arrest-
ed for kidnaping of a child in
Evansville, Indiana
9. Commissioners court as-
sured construction of a good
road to the site’ of a proposed
new bridge over Red river, north
of Muenster.
12. Adolph Fuhrmann family
of Lindsay chosen one of the 11
“Master Farm" families of Tex-
as. • H
16. Cooke county 4-H club boys
and girls were guests of honor at
their annual awards dinner at
First Methodist church.
17. United States Senator Lyn-
don Johnson is guest of honor at
an open house held at the Com-
munity Center building.
19. Glenn Bell elected district
Boy Scout chairman for Cooke
county. 1-
19. Fred Newton appointed
March of Dimes chairman for
1954.
21. Muenster’s । Sacred Heart
cou nty tax rate was indicated
by the budget submitted to the
Coq ke county commissioners
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phone company installed its
5,000th telephone locally.
23. A temperature of 16 de-
grees here equalled the low for
the previous winter.
24. New directors named by
Chamber o f Commerce m e m-
bers are Leo Kuehn, Jr., Cliff
McMahon, Don Clack, Joel Street,
Joe Leonard, Jr., Emmett Curtis,
J. A. Smoot, Arley T. Daurity
and Fred Greenwood.
24. Announcement was made
.that B. A. Dillard would retire as
1 1. A planning commission
w« s set up by the city council
Simpson coupon;
th e Simpson family
it i association With the firm. Wil-
liam H. Tyler of Fort Worth is
by a large majority a ,____
bond issue for extension of city
Wat er and sewer systems.
11 Herman (Woody ) For-
rester resigned as manager of
Gainesville Chamber of
America at Wichita, Kansas,
succeeding A. Morton Smith of
Ginesville,
25. M/Sgt. William P. Arnold,
Gainesville’s only POW in Ko-
rea. returned home
28. Parade was given in honor
of Sgt. William P. Arnold and
he was presented pash gift from
local citizens.
I 28. Joel Street elected presi-
dent of the Retail Merchants as-
sociation.
29. T. C. Schneider elected
president of Kiwanis club.
30. Mrs. Mary Pulte, 47, wife
of Fred Pulte, was killed and her
brother, Nell Gallagher, 52, fa-
taly hurt in an automobile acci-
dent in Love county, Okla.
OCTOBEE
1. Joyce Wiesman of Muenster
is Daily Register’s Farm Girl of
the Month.
3. Cooke county banks reported
deposits amounting to $15,026,-
323.26 as compared with $14,780,-
013.10 on the same date a year
ago.
5. Hollis Berry’ of Era reelected
president of Cooke County School
Trustees association.
10. Horace Cl Mitchell, 29, of
521 North Taylor street, died of
RELAX MUENsTER
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13.00
- SKIRTS AND JACKETS
t Yalues to $8.95
[ Flanne]-- Tweed - Gaberdine
Fortenberry as president.
1 F.E Schmitz purchased the story
Coc a Cola plant and Roy Stamps (by th _________________
ant associates bought the ice rea, who held him prisoner for
No Tryons '
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- 88.77
*2.00
Lace Trimmed
CREPE SLIPS
Regular $3.98
KIDGLOVES
Regular $3.98
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3. Mrs. Matilda Luttmer, 75.
5. William E. Graham, 62, bur-
ial at Leuders, Texas
6. Albert Bauer, 75. Muenster.
6. James Daniel Yandell, 93.
7. Sneed G. Staniforth, 62.
7. Mrs. John Alexander. 36.
Bakersfield. Calif., burial here
11. Leon Kahn, Oklahoma
City, burial > here.
11. Mrs. Margaret Grewing,
85, Muenster.
14; S. D. Colwell, 64.'
14. Mrs. Emma Schmitt, 51,
Muenster.
18. Mrs. Dan O’Brien, Fort
Worth, burial here.
19. Lloyd W. Waggoner, 35.
20. Miss Rosa E. Payne, 78.
20. Mrs. Will Stinson, Amaril-
lo, burial at Callisburg.
21. Albert Dickerman, 82.
21. Robert Lee Links, 69, Ross-
ton.
21. J. D. Gilliland. 78. Rosston.
21. Ben L. Jones. 57.
22. G. W Wingert, 82.
22. Mrs. Mary Hollandsworth,
74, Callisburg.
24. J. B. Mires, 64, Bakers-
field. Calif., burial here.
25. John F. Bezner, 67, Lind-
say.
31. Harry M. Spence, 66.
FEBRUARY
4. Miss Johnnie Caperton. 74,
Norman, Okla.; burial at Hibbit.
5. James Potts, 73, Valley View.
8. Mrs. H. F. Bentley, 83. Era.
8. Mack Smith, 74, Rosston.
11. William S. Peavler, 80. .
11. F. C. Scudder, 77.
12. Fred Frasher, 89.
12. J. A. Brewer, 83, Odessa,
burial here.
12. Bert Graham, 75.
j 13. Mrs. William C. Culp, 54.
14. Mrs. F. M. Savage, 86. Fort
Worth, burial here.
15. Edgar M. Bentley, 80, Era.
- 19. W. W. Rudd, 86.
19. W. G. Clement, 95, Spear-
man, burial at Mt. Springs.
DECEMBER
1. Mary Sellers, 15, Callisburg,
is Daily Register’s Farm Girl of
Month.
1: Grady Aldridge, ambulance
driver, discovered his patient was
his son. Johnny, 12, who had
been accidentally shot at the
home of a friend
2. Fanners Marketing associa-
tion properties at Muenster were
sold to North Texas Producers
association.
5. Gainesville won on penetra-
tions the bi-district football game
with Kilgore, the score of which
was 14-14, putting the Leopards
in the semi-finals.
12. Gainesville lost to Big
Spring at Breckenridge, 44 to 13,
in the class 3-A semi-final game.
15. The city council decided to
submit to the voters the $175,000
offer of Texas Power & Light
company for the municipal pow-
er plant in January.
• 19. The Cooke county jail was
without a prisoner for the first
time in 1953.
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burial here.
7. Tom C. Richter, 83. Fort
Worth, burial here.
7. William H. Tuggle, 79.
8. F. W Proffer, 85
9. Charles Cler, 74. Muenster.
11. George W. Brown. Sr., 81.
13. Lee A. Steadman, 65, Val-
ley View.
13. Mrs. K. T. P-ugin, 45.
14. Mrs. Marth. Pfaff, 84. Dal-
las. burial hero. •
15. Mrs. Milton Ableson, 55.
Wichita, Kansas, burial here.
16. R. A. Gettys. 69.
16. Miss Mattie Gilcreest, 93,
Personals
• Holiday guests in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. C.-C White, Hood,
were their sons and their fami-
lies, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
White and children, Loreta Marie
and Stephen Ray, of Denton and
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. White and
children, Marlyce Ann and Blake,
of Borger. Also visiting from
Borger were Mrs. White’s, broth-
er-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
R. J. Hunt and son, Robert, and
. her niece, Mrs. W. B. Jamison
and son, W. B., Ill; Mr. and Mrs.
A. H. Perryman, Shawnee, Okla-
homa, and Pfc. and Mrs. Ray
Morrison, Colorado Springs, Colo-
rado; Mrs. AnnieDressback, Sa-
lina, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Hurley and daughter, Beverly,
and Mrs. R. D: Hurley of Gaines-
viUe. I
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Torrey of
* Wichita. Kansas left Thursday
after a visit in the home of
Misses Carolyn and Gaye M-
/ Clure, 809 North Dixon street,
enroute to the Valley for a
three ’months’ stay. Mrs. C W.
Fonville, another cousin, visited
the Torreys in the McClure
home Wednesday.!
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cochran
and Mrs. Carl Cqllins of Dallas
visited Mrs, Anni Cochran, 501
West Broadway, "efore Christ-
mas and took her with them to
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where
they all were guests in the home
f Mr. and Mrs. Mose Collins,
tir !. Norman, Okla., president.
2 4. A flash flood in Gaines-
vil e inundated a number of low
sec tions of Gainesville. Rain to
the amount of 1.75 inches fell
here, but precipitation was re-
potted up to six inches in some
sections of the county. ’
2). Rev. Elmer W. Barnes,
Da las, has accepted the pasto-
rat of the Assembly of God
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Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 107, Ed. 1 Friday, January 1, 1954, newspaper, January 1, 1954; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1579686/m1/8/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.