Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
eight pages : ill. ; page 20 x 13 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
ig
Countp 4Hc
Helge
e
4
NUMBER 18
58th YEAR
HOMECOMING AT
I I
On
PARADISE SOON
MOTHER!
the
Big- Crowds Expected
Street
V
By "Dique"
yea r.
2
Mothee’s Day will
Wp
9
the churche
all
aK
)
whom they would like to see present.
4
supreme
,7 ■ ,
4/
V
(X:
S*
4
t
it
K
/
/
%
ened the end of the president.
rouchy di~- |
OAD IMPROVED,
in today’s Messenger will be found
the
‘osenburg. asking the voters
and Citizen Passes
Heard by Court
seeking
Away at Age 83
Next Meeting
rights in raising some sand in a
seek.
free of charge.
Worth div-
had heen found by Fort
f f
*
I
' practicing lawyer
news
break
( Bert •
to elect
is to be
, and As-
informs
given a
Decora-
cemetery .
Patent
to be
the
the
the i
relief |
the
man.
He has just won the
with his writings. ex-
sttey, *
Hill
2 :00
Last
history.
afternoon at Bowie, speaking at 2:30
o’clock.
ing back fast.
Pulitzer prize
W. A. Hughes
J. R. Moore
Kenneth Delfeld
T. H. Dunn
E. R. Williams
S. J. Petty
Grady Woodruff
Messenger.
Vig-
en-
The
honoring j
given to
I
r
Plea of Citizens to Be
night.1
ki
\
M OWSLEY
DIES IN DENTON
Q
Ek
__________*________
Strangely absent from the success
magazines is a type who owes every-
thing to hard work, self-denial and be-
ing distantly related to a child film
star.—San Francisco Chronficle.
M8125
2-!- 1
r#
ai • F
—t
r
5
ie
55
sion. Everyone is invitel.
_______*__
Gossett to Open
At Bowie Monday
over a perlml of 63
d
-e
e
nle
*
7e
Mo.. April 8. 1855. at the aze of 16,
graduated from college, and came to
Texas with his parents at the aze of
17. He taught school here for several
is far below the ordinary.
____j__
Justice Black. of the I nited States
years. He was a member of the 21st.
22nd and 24th Legislatures of Texas.
"a v • rgvawawayeHy#UH! #M#UNL #U#! NM# 3
Hsaheneneemtnent hedt # ..... • ..
4
A
a
h, 4
GRAVEYARD WORKING AT
GARVIN ON MAY 1ITH
BUY IT IN DECATUR
from a bad stretch of road in Lotto
well within their
Sunday .
stead of
K
s'y
w
H
•*
sje
e
M
—9
Paradise citizens are especially eager
the first time in
year is expected. According to rept rts
eight states and many Texas counties
regular cmetery
he observed at । from five states attended last year.
May 15 has been set aside as the
date for home coming this year. A
an and Wilson
p. m. in
working
interested
May 15. at
gov ernor.
She aun- uncec se
ley. Clark Owsley. all of Denton. Mrs.
J. o. Boney of Amarillo, Mrs. John A.
Loftin of Whitesboro and Alvin M.
owsley. United States minister. CoP-
enhagen. Denmark. A number of
grandchildren and other relatives sur-
Published in the Dairy Center of the Great Southwest
Supreme in Newspaper Field and_ Oldest Business Institution in Wisv C'ounty^^g^p^^^ Acres Jan.
port stated that a
the other 1
directors of
Gcod reports are coming in from
if there is anybody in tie county came to Decatur
who knows of a veteran of the span- 1 meeting with the
at Sand
Be
next Sunday.
orous manner. These farmers are
National Air Mail Week
observed from May 15 to 21.
) our Sand I till May 5
posing his one tme membership in
the K. K. K.
g IHHE gsusgsssguggvi HgH"HN#WHHH#
gsemeseseesaneesesneneimeiselsbaisic*.
Ed Gossett, candidate for congress, years in the old Masonic hall on S.
will open his campaign next Monday , Elm street. but had bezun the study
— of law before leaving Missouri in the
law office of the late Senator George
Vest of Missouri. He continued study-
t -g
l to have
DECATUR, TEXAS. THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 5, 1938
man from Bowie
court, appears to be beat-
x
We do not pose as judge or jury
of radio programs. but honest injun.
that music and quips furnished by
Auzie Nelson and Harriett Hilliard
advertisement in
• Air Mail from |
to be stamper on I
There will be
did not dlesire
position. With a hard link 'lory on,
tap at all limes: don't you r alize tion servit
that you are shunned? Nolody likes
to hear you month alwout hard-time
and your preilictions that the worst
is yet to come are grating on the ears
of your associates, it is a fact.
-----
at the Messenger office. A government
marker will be furnished and erected titled to the relief they
stretch of road, about half mile in
go about
truest and best friend
You fellow. who
work with a glum fa
the Erideeport section, and it appears sle
that drilling will bezin aeuin. It is | Strain
said that a location will le made I move.....nt to draft her wasiunched
south of the river, and that actual and 1......ting- were hele at san An-
work will start in a tew days, nltonic and Dalla
La.-Tex. hole, east ol the town, will
get further play, it is said.
ish American war. who has been buri - Chamber of Commeree
cd in wise county, ami the grave is
without a marker, please notify Frank i Star community, are
a deputy sheriff, and it goes without
saying that he has been e urteots and
accommodating in the garage and
grocery store business. Mr. Rosen burg
is a good citizen, his word is his bond,
ami he repectfully asks his friends to
give him consideration in the com-
ing July primary election.
____
Fairview School Will
Give Play May 6th
#
S*
erai weks
to undergo
all annual
ex-citizens contact others
. #
a —6
announcement of B.
ech and all air mail letters leavinz
the local office.
.1. Ford, attorney. or Hick Collin.
Petitions addressed to the Wise I Palo Pinto county, where he was ap-
County Commissioners' Court were | pointed deputy sheriff. This was in
circulated and generously signed thisithe days of the hectic times of the
week in which the court was asked I Ranger oil boom, when that section
to move without delay in inproving .was over-run with desperate charac-
the narrow stretch of bottom across ters. He served in the capacity of
Sandy Creek on the Chico-Decatur deputy sheriff for four years, re-
road. They will be presented to the j signing, and returned to his home
Paradise citizens staged a
There will lie a graveyard work-
ing at Garvin on Saturday, May 14th,
and all those interested are invited to
Ite present, and assist in the labor
of beautifying the burying grounds of
our loved ones. Come.—Mrs. G. I.
Taylor.
On May 6th. at 8:30 p m.
Fairview school will present
Talks and other entertainment, a =/0
zood lunch. and an exchange • f H
greetings with old friends cannot 874
fail to make the day an enjoyable 5? 3
and worthwhile one. Make xouriMtE
plans now to be at Paradise on May Ske
15. I-.-- -
Tile prime minister, or the fellow,
whoever he is, who has governmental
supervision over the Dionne quints,
has refused to bear the complaint of
Mr. Dionne, now that they have
growing bank accounts. Before the
quints came into the world, Dionne
and the Missus were dodging the
blue buzzards, struggling in abject
poverty. Now, they say. papa Dionne
drives six automobiles and takes his
toddies regular at the corner bar-
room.
on May 6
ers, brought to the surface of the
water, with a five-hundred pound
ro k tied around his neck. The man.
said the report, had been to Bowie,
where he drew $250 from the bank.
He had been in the water ten days,
and the money was gone. Another
rumor or report, said a woman,
with a baby in her arms, had jumpe!
from a motor bat into the middle of
the lake. Messenger, upon hearing of
these drownings, immediately got it
touch with Sheriff Young. The sheriff
said it was brand new news to him.
-------1--------
The first few days in the early part
of this week saw Decatur visited by
a horde of unfortunates—men and
women who drifted into town, broke
and begging. It is strange that these
people go in cronds. or at least they
come to Decatur in swarms. There
were eight men and women who came
to the Messenger office during one
day. Tuesday, asking for meals or
money. One lady about thirty-five
years old. in company with a girl vt
about fifteen. came in soliciting help,
carrying a sheet of paper with an ap-
peal typewritten on it, stating: "I am
a w idow with a daughter to support."
Several citizens had contributed, ac-
cording to the list of signatures. If
we contribute to everyone who asks
assistance, and we did Tuesday, the
cost will run high, but. luckily, every
dax will not be Tuesday. But what
we hre trying to get at is, why these
unfortunate people go in droves.
nzuch larger attendance than last
of another campaign but
county. engaging in farming, later he
went into the garage and zrocery
business. He made a good record as
court at its sitting next week.
Signers on the petition were:
Henry Bowden
W. D. Rawle
Carl Gilbert
Kay Cobb
.1. T. Rawle
I. E. Thomas
G. A. Dickenson
Alexander Little
U. H. Jones
E. G. Lindsey
Houston Carpenter
J. M. Green
L. K. Ckok
J. W. Newton
Boy Newton
Jack Molloy
Mrs. Jack Molloy
Earl Hawkins
J. S. Wallace
J. C. Henry
Joe George
Glen George
Thurston King
II. B. Molloy
W. A. Molloy
L. A. Western
W. C. Caldwell
Carl Cox
Jake Cox
C. L. Christian
B. A. Rosenburg
O. L. Thomas
W. C. Shults
W. A. Helm
K. w. Renshaw
G. E. Arnett
J. A. Musgrove
B. Singleton
J. J. Kleger
I. W. Keith
Gordon Renshaw
M. W. Badger
D. C. Stevenson
H. M. Buttrill
I -I want to thank the many friends
j ill over Texas." her secona declara- Sz"
tion said, -who have urzed me toii
make rhe race fur governer. I’ is a/chau
compliment I shall never forget, aand 2/0
I thank them from the bottom of my ! 200
n s
lgNu jgl
Siesesssaseess
real old fashioned, get-together home
coming. More than two thousand ex-
citizens. ex-students. and friends
the ........is T
distant 1‘ M Bill
us that Decatur is
boost. in that an
red letters. reading
Decatur. Texas." is
•S
- -2
e"
•kj:
Me
g
Ka}:
a
nAe
5
a,#
se
he
9,
5
-e
hle
a
-e
e
him sheriff of Wise county. ( ------
He is a native of the county. hav j
ing been born four miles west of De jProminent Attorney
catur. forty-eight years ago. He is 1
vilie commissioners’ court records,
book 3. page 467, of Wise county,
will be found this order, on February
13. 1903: "Come on the application of
J. L. Cearley. sheriff, asking the
court to prohibit playing of dominoes,
checkers and other games, in the
court house and after due considera-
tion by the court, and it appearing
to the court that same ought to be
prohibited from being played in any
room of the courthouse it is so order
ed by the court, and the sheriff is
authorized nd empowered to
that this order is obeyed.
j Sundays.
i
ing while teaching, finally began the
practice of law in Denton ami was
licensed to practice before the Su-
preme Court of Texas and in 1922 be-
fore the Supreme Court of the United
States.
on his birthday. April 8, 1880,
Owsley married Miss Sally Blount,
daughter of a prominent pioneer
family of I teuton. She died about
three years ago.
In his lifetime Owsley had been a
_-----*--: 554
Mrs. Ferguson Will Not a
Run for Governor "
Austin, Texas. May ".—Mr Miram/N
A. "Ma" Fergusou turned a d finite । S 4:
deaf car today ......a- meeting de- 2,
mands thit she try for a third .erm ' "
length, is impassable in wet weather,
almost as bad in dry weather. Bow-
den. Rawl, and the other good men
living out there, know what they
want and need. and the Messenger
believes in their wants and needs.
-----+--
Some wild reports about men be-
ing drowned in Lake Bridgeport dur-
ing the great fishing tournament
reached Decatur this week. One re
was a judge of the district of Denton
and Cooke Counties from 1927-19:29
and special chief justice of the Su-
preme Court of Texas in 19:34. He was
the first president of tiie Denton
Chamber of Commerce and servpi
nine years. He was a life honorary
member of the Sui Koss Camp of I .
V. C. and commander of the local
camp of the Sons of I’. V. C. when
that body was organized here several
years ago. He was also a member of
the Masonic and Knights of Pythias
Lodges, and of the Kiwanis Club.
Members of the Denton County Bar
met during the morning, to express
sorrow at the death of their oldest
member, and to name a committee to
draw formal expression of that re
gret. T. B. Davis, George M. Hop-
kins and Joe S. Gambill Sr. were
named to serve, and on Gambill s me
tion. in view of the work done Dy
owsley during the period North Tex-
as Teachers College was secured as
a Denton Institution, two honorary
members were unanimously added i
Dr w J. McConnell, president of the
College, and J. C. Colt.—Denton Rec-
ord -C'hronicle.
The biggest year in the chapter’s
history is being recorded by the lo-
cal F. F. A. chapter for the year
19:8. This means that there are more
students in the chapter and m re pro-
jects being carried than ever before.
A better grade of livestock and bet-
ter seed for planting is constantly
being encouraged among the students.
As a result more profits are being
made from various projects. The par-
ticipation in the many activities seem
to help the students to take a greater
interest n the chapter werk.
__*___
Burton B. Stokes Dies
in Dallas Hospital
Fr m New York comes
alwut I he late Col. Hillise s
with Woodrow Wilson in Paris Tin*
report says Wil-on became, jealous ofheart However, after careful thongh
Iou-e's popularity with ClemeneaI consideration. I decided not t.
and Loyd Geurze. It is believed that rhe race."
this breakdown in ’l‘e friendship " ,
Decoration Service
If all roads leading into Bridgeport
carried as many fishing tournament
participants as the Decatur -Bridge-
port highway Friday and Saturday,
there were not sufficient standing
room on the banks of Lake Bridge-
port to accomodate them. Cars carry-
ing fishermen and boats passed thru
Decatur all night ami day Friday,
and Saturday, from early dawn until
late that night the road was conjest-
ed. Sunday afternoon and Monday
they begun drifting back to their
starting points, in all sections of this
country. The waters were rough on
the lake, and they were muddy, and no
well-behaved and decorous crappie or
bass, it is said, will take bait under
such conditions.
---4---
That delegation of farmers, who
in applying for a Lone Star Farm-
ep degree, Wayne Volkman, local F.
F. A. student, is asking no favors. He
is merely presenting his Future Farm-
er records for the last two years. The
reqnirements for this degree are very
rigid.
Throughont these two years in V o-
cational Agriculture. Wayne has been
an outstanding student. He has
specialized mostly in registered live
stock. Mon* than $200 has been mude
off his vocational projects alone. To
Im* able to apply for this degree he
must have the o. k. of his teacher,
and to have possessed a Future Farm
er degree for at least one year. So
any student being able to acquire a
Lone Star Farmer degree really has
something to be proud of.
will be represented. A register of all
guests will be kept.
Invitations have been mailed.
member of the pioneer family of that
name, who assisted in developing this
section; of that sturdy farmer stock
of the county’s early period. Berl
grew up on the farm, and after
I reaching man’s estate he went into
vive.
play. Mama’s Baby Boy.” No dmis- owsley was the son of the late Dr.
Henry owsley. Denton Pioneer physi-
< ian. He was born in Johnson County.
on Saturday. All win are
please come.
Go ti church Sunday, of
tz0e
has
At Celebration
First Monday brought a number of
veteran hess traders to town.
----
FARMERS WANT Race for Sheriff
Burton B. Stokes was born at
Boyd, Texas, April S. 1905. He died
at 2 p. in. Sunday, April 24 at St.
Paul’s hospital. Dallas. He took sick
April 10 at Olney, and was in Ham-
ilton hospital there until he was mov-
♦ •d to Dallas on April 17.
Burton moved t Decatur with his
parents in 1911 and lived here until
he moved to Electra in 1923. He has
since made his home in W ichita
Falls and Longview. He 1ms been
employed with the Cliff C nstructi on
Camp Drilling Co., of Dallas, the*
past 15 yeurs, ami had gone to Olney
to drill a well when he became ill.
He was married to Mrs. Ed Knews-
lar August 1920. of Fleetra. He is
survived by his wife, two children,
Yoonne. age five, and <>ahl, Aze 4,
one step-daughter. Dona Jo. age 11,
mether. Mrs. W. A. Stokes. Decatur:
one sister. Mrs. O. J. Van Meter. De
catur: ami one brother, W. A. Stokes
Jr.. Fort Wirth.
Burton Stokes was a likable young
man. and he had many friends in De
catur; a splendid speciman of physi
cal manhood, and had a good record
with the company he had been with
so long, when the Grim Reaper over-
took him. Messenger joins the num-
orous friends of the bereaved ones
in extending sympathy.
d f
V
Alvin Clark owsley. 83. veteran
Denton attorney and well known as
a pioneer educator and legislator and
former district judge, died Wedne
day. He never recovered from a brok-
en hip. suffered recently when he
was pushed over by a pet dog with
which Owsley was playing.
Funeral services will be held in the
residence. 226 West Oak street.
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. con-
ducted by Kev. K. K. Yelderman. pas
tor of the First Christian Church, as-
sisted by Kev. A. D. Kogers, a lohe
time friend. Burial will be in the 1. O.
O. F. cemetery.
Owsley is survived by eight chil-
dren. Mrs. J. G. Wright of Ft. Worth.
Miss Lou Owsley, Miss Stella Ows
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Collins, Dick. Wise County Messenger (Decatur, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 5, 1938, newspaper, May 5, 1938; Decatur, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1612034/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .