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Thursday Evening, March 16, 1939
THE ABILENE REPORTER NEWS
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TRIBUTE TO CITY'S FOUNDERS—
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porter- News PIONEER ROLL OF HONOR for 1939 attended
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Alluringly Veiled —Flowered!
SPECIALS
THORNTON'S
WEEK END
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FULL FASHION HOSE
9-4 Unbleached Sheeting
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Rim 12 to 1
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Regular lie men's socks.
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We Are Able to Offer You
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early-comers, Paderewski’s on-
ly motion picture, "Moonlight
THE NATIONAL
JOY SMOKE
Look At These Prices! Compare the
Values With Any You'll Find In Abilene!
night. Several hundred new-comers joined in the festivities,
which included a program of tribute to the city'i founders and
Mr. and Mrs J. T. Leeson Sr.,
were presented as the couple in last
night's gathering who had come to
Straws — Felts — Suedes
Hats to top every costume
smartly. All head sizes.....
Pictured above are the Mc-
Murry college Wah Wahtaysees,
who left shortly after noon to-
day via bus for Shamrock where
they will participate in the big
reezy, youthful
r them all day and
rested up I Shirt-
with neat detaila.
> as smart as your
'intint akirta—
ds around. Full
collars too! Tub-
Stripes! Dots!
2 to 20; 38 to 44.
citizens Mrs. P M Bristow A fast
eastbound freight train struck her
car on a crossing within the city
limits Mrs. Bristow apparently was
killed instantly. The car was car-
ried two or three hundred yards
down the right-of-way before the
train could be brovght to a stop
No explanation could be given as
to the cause of the accident, as the
crossing is clear. According to eye-
Boys’ Tennis
SHOES
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rade. Mary Frances Morrison,
in the white uniform at the
left of the front row, is drum
major and directs the corps in
its marches.
Here is the biggest bar-
gain of the year! Good
luality 9-4 sheeting at
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the theater.
The SS-pound birthday cake, top-
ped by a giant "58" in intricate ic-
As Long As
Present Supply
Lasts at— ....
• Pilgrim Sailors
• Shallow Sailors
• Flower Pot Crowns
• Big Brims .
• Pill Boxes
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lobby.
Those present: Mr and Mrs. Lee-
Jan. 3, 1882; W. T. Lindley. June,
1877
Additions to the Honor Roll are
invited. The list will be kept intact
—for another birthday.
four gore. tailored and
lace trim. reg. 69c. tea
rose only.
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need sturdy shos
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not tear them
down.
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3 for $1.00
er theater patrons as the left were
served cake from big trays in the
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ncluding a saving
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Birthday Party Is Attended by 65 Old-Timers
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Native Abilenian Gives Address
Chenille
BEDSPREADS
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Abilene earliest. A bouquet of red
snapdragons was their gift from
THORNTON’S
Shoa Dept.
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high lump or low jump
WEATHER-BIRD SHOES
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road ticket agent; and on March
15, 1881. occurred the historic town-
lot sale.
FIRST DAY LOT SALES
"The number of lots sold during
the first day was 139 • the amount
involved, 823,810. Nine years ago,
this by way of comparison, a citi-
zen of Abilene paid 8100,000'for a
100-foot frontage on Cypress street.
A tribute to the group followed:
Old pioneers of Abilene, you are
truly the salt of the earth. We. the
younger pioneers, salute you with
admiration and affection. We wish
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of the construction gangs, quietly | Abilene by mid-January of 1881. A
buying up lands. month later the town was officially
"These agents had some asso- I opened with arrival of the rail-
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father came
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4489 Serviceable materials.
GENEROUS!
FINE ROLL-YOUR-OWN CIGARETTES IN
- . A V EVERY POCKET TIN OF PRINCE ALBERT
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Abilene’s birthday cake.
Mrs. Lee W. Brooks was awarded |
a check for 810 on “Why I Chose
Abilene,” and Mrs. E S. Kean will
receive a check for 85 for the sec-
ond best letter. These were an-
nounced on the Paramount's pio-
neer program Most of the letters
have appeared in the Reporter-
News. while others, those which
came late Wednesday, are being
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was an Abilene. If she were living
and in this company tonight, surely
we would present her with a bouquet
as one of Abilene’s oldest citizens
from pont of residence. But she
has passed on. Tonight she is re-
ceiving her flowers in Heaven-
flowers of eternal reward for an
earthly life richly lived. I pause an
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Made by Hicks Rubber Co.
Heavy sole, reinforced canvas
uppers. Now specially priced
most of our old families.” said
Bentley. His mother, Mrs. H. L.
Betley. was in the group of pio-
neers who occupied a special sec-
tion of the theater.
PARTY IN 1937
He recalled the party for found-
ers given in March, 1937, by the
Reporter-News. “Many who were
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for Easter and
i these fancy
s they' adore,
ilh real leather
her , black or
from 8% to 2.
HAPPY RELIEF
FROM PAINFUL
BACKACHE
Many of those gnawing, nagging, painful
oackaches people blame on eolds or strains
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Anderson, Mr and Mrs. Geo/ W
Baggett. F. C. Digby-Roberts. Mrs
Abdon Holt, R. A Hart, W. W
Schornick, S. S. Schornick, Mrs. D.
T. Harkrider, Mrs W O Shakel-
New spring shipment of men’s
slacks Self belted, pleated
and plain styles.
WAH WAHTAYSEES IN SHAMROCK ST. PATRICK DAY PARADE
in a Really Fine
QUILT SCRAPS [
Just what you need for
quilting. Two pound n A
roll of scraps to sell I Me I
this week end for only « U • I
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porter-News Pioneer Roll of Honor.
■ included were W. W Foster, who
.arrived here Feb 1. 1881; Sadie
P
, W. T. Bqwman, 757 Pecan street;
Mrs. A. J. Addington, Nugent route,
SHEETS
81x90 size, fine
quality, buy plenty
it this price.
St. Patrick's Day parade to-
morrow. Thirty-six of the 42
girls pictured here made the
trip. They will return to Abi-
lene late Friday after the pa-
life—in
as you
abiding
Of Tribute to Early Settlers
Sixty-five of the 122 men and women on the Abilene Re
you many more years of
Abilene, of course! and,
Journey along, deep and
happiness "
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exclusive with
in brocaded cot-
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:9cl Sires 36-46.
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Tables had been laid on the
mezzanine floor for the honored
guests, and following the picture
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added to a permanent file qn the
city’s pioneers. j there that night are also here to-
“The cowards never started; the , night—but not among them is ope
weak ones died on the way,” was , of your treasured number, who has
the tribute to early settlers by | died this week? I refer to Mrs. Al-
James P. Stinson, master of cere- । len Williams, who came to this sec-
monies for the stage program, which [tion in 1878 Mrs. Williams had her
was broadcast over KRBC. first view of the beautiful prairie
Max Bentlev gave the main ad- I on which the city of Abilene now
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dont work well, poisonous waste matterstays
in the blood. Thes poisons may start nagzir-
backaches, rheumatic pains, loan of pep azu
enerzy. getting up nights, sweling, puffinese
under the eyes, hendaches and dizzinees
! Doni wait’ Ask your druggist for Doan a
Pills, used surcessfully by millios tor over 40
yeara. They ive happy relief and will belp the
IS miles at kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from the blood. Get Donn a Pilla.
and the cutting of about it."
..... • “My mother and
son, Trudie Kegans Barnard, Mrs
5n5 Henry Montgomery, Mrs. E V.
Sellers, H O Wooten. Mrs R G
M relinved .u. tratad in | they gathered there for birthday
The kidneys areNature’s chief way of taking cake and punch. The cake made
SSi srdrpopippaonabouczpamoutano more than 800 generous slices. Oth-
about 3 pounds of waste.
Frequent or scanty passages with emartina
and burning shows there nay be something
wrong with your kidneys or bladder.
'lew shipment
Since the tariff on cotton goods between England and this
country has been reduced — F Jacobson A Sons makers of
Javnon snirts purchased the entire output of an English Mill
of this fine self figured white broadcloth add made it up into
these fine custom tailored shirts Beautirully finished abd
trimmed in the.very finest pearl buttons Choice ol several
different rich designs - white on white — a shirt you 11
enjoy the summer through
elates—among them. Col. Clabe W
Merchant. then a cattleman of
BeUe Plaine. In Callahan county;
his twin brother, J. D. Merchant;
Col. J. T. Berry, a Kentuckian who
had settled in Belle Plaine with
his family; 8. L Chalk, an early-
day surveyor; Col. J. N. Simpson of
the Hashknife ranch. and others.
The Merchants and Simpson were
decidedly 'in' on the naming of
Abilene. All that seems to have
been settled In an historic meeting
held to the fall of 1880 at Simp-
| son's ranch headquarters located
on Cedar creek a bout a mile and a
half northeast m the present dow-
I town district of Abilene. The rail-
road's representative was another
colonel—H. C. Withers. He left the
naming of the new town to Mer-
chant and Simpson, and they, chose
Abilene—Tor Abilene. Kansas, an al-
ready growing cattletown which
was expected to be the destination
of cattle shipped by rail from Abi-
lene. Texas.
The TAp tracks were built into
Varied colored plaids that
sell regularly for 15c Good
size, good weight, now. . .
Beautiful Chenille Bed-
spreads White background
with colored tufting. Brighten
your bedroom for spring!
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Wbth
Taylor County Old Settiers reunion
had planned to be present, but was
detained to Anson. Late to. the day
he had telephoned Bentley to pass
his regrets—and greetings—on to
the group last night
here 55 years ago, and our family "AbUene, from its inception, was
roots are entwined to affectionate I called The Future Great'—sin-
neighborliness into the lives of ! cerly by its founders, derisively by
Gillian. Sept. 26, 1885: John Mey-
er. Jan 1. 1850; Mrs. M. E Boaz.
918 Cypress May 15, 1882; Wm. A
(Myd) Young, Clyde Sept 6, 1883;
Sheer two and Ahree
thread hose tha sell
regularly for 89c. spe-
•Jal ...................
some of its neighbors," Bentley
continued. "In fact, some of the
newspapers of this section, learn-
ing that the Texas A Pacific rail
road was about to open the new
town of Abilene, bluntly predicted
it would not amount to much; that
to less than a year the purchasers
of townlots would be selling out
for anything they could get, and be
departing, sadder but wiser.
UNFOUNDED PESSIMISM
"Their, pessimism and derision
were not well-founded; for Abilene
started growing on the 15th of
March. 18S1—that was the day of
the towalot sale—and it has never
stopped. On that day. It had a cas-
i ual population of about 1.500: to-
day the population is conservatively
I estimated at more than 30,000
“Abilene has never had the
roundhouse, shops and division of-
fices of the Texas A Pacific rail-
road; but it was, from the first,
a railroad town. In 1880, the T&P
was building westward in a race
with the Southern Pacific. On De-
cember 18th that year, the track-
layers reached Baird It was pre-
sumed the route westward would
lie through Buffalo Gap, then the
county seat
"But the T&P agents had de-
cided that the going would be bet-
ter somewhat northward of Buf-
falo Gap; and they had gone ahead
tog pattern. and with "Happy [
Birthday, Abilene" lettered on the
sides of the big tiers. centered the i
stage during the program. Dallas
Scarborough cut the first piece, in-
viting pioneers to Joto him to en-
joyment of the cake
The Eagle band played old-time
). favorites during the program, and
, Jentry Holmes led the audience to
singing "Auld Lang Syne "
WHITE SHIRT
Midland Highway
Meeting Is Held
MIDLAND, March 16— (SpD-
Undaunted by Judge Robert Lee
Bobbitts misfortune to having his
plane grounded in a storm at Al-
buquerque. New Mexico. 200 citizens
of Midland, Ector. Dawson and
other counties held an all-civic
luncheon here Wednesday noon,
enthustastically pledging coopera-
tion to plans for West Texas high-
way development.
The highway commission chair-
man, scheduled to address the
Quadriga Prints
e ' You know the quality
2-- . . . you know the
en“.3 price they usually sell
F4208 for . . . we have a new
2hE spring shipment that
' 2886 wave reduc -l for ihi
AET% week end only
14c
ford, Clara Harle Pealrs, Mrs. H. L.
Bentley, Jinks McGee, Mr. and
Mrs. E W Douthit, Mrs T. M.
Willis, John Meyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee W Brooks. John L. Stephen-
son Jr., Mrs. John Meyer, Mrs. J |
M. Wilson, W. J. Bryan, John B
Neill, Mr. and Mrs Stephens, Mrs
Chas. D. Hawes. Mr. and Mrs. E
V. Hodge. John R. Spaulding, Mrs
Geo. W McDaniel, J. W Townsley.
C. E. Fulwiler. Mrs. C. E Fulwiler,
Miss Eunice Parramore, Mrs. E V I
Files, Mrs. Fannie Dunning Me- !
Connell, J. A. Glasscock, Sam C
Wagner, Mrs. E E. Sadler, Shan-
non H. Bouldin, Mrs. Geo. C. Mc-
Cann, Mrs. Lula S. Kean. R. L.
(Bob) Young, Geo. S. Dunning, J
F. Clark. Mary Kean Altman, P
L. (Larry4 Hays, Ed Curry, Mrs
M E. Boaz, Mr and Mrs R. W
Miller, Mrs Mary V. Wylie, C. F.
Briggs, Mrs. Samuel R. Cox, Louis
Montgomery.
Several new names were added
Wednesday afternoc. to the Re-
puIICI- IvEwa xIvIvEHI nvLL ur HIVIVUI IUI 1vov avveuued instant in grateful remembrance of
Abilene’s 68th birthday party at the Paramount theater last Mrs. Allen willams."
• - - - - - - - Tom Bledsoet president of the
Men’s Dress
Shirts
Sold reg for $1.19, $1.65
and $1.95. Fine quality
madras .. good
brands . Van Heu-
sen. Tru Val, Aywon,
Fashion Lane Sixes 14
to 17. Youll want sev-
eral at this extremely
low price. ... .
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witnesses, the trat whistled sev-
eral times before reaching the
crossing
Mrs. Bristow is survived by her
husband. Dr. P M. Bristow, local
physician, and three children, Mrs.
Paul Rix of Odessa, Mra. Georg.
Long of Big Spring and Prentice
Bristow who is attending school in
Waco. The family had ben resi-
dents of Stanton for about 17 years.
Lorraine
PANTIES
Lorraine panties in a variety
of styles and materials. Reg
59c .. .
39c
3 for $1.00
Childrens Panties 5 for II.W
luncheon at noon Wednesday, tele-
phoned Wednesday morning that he
had not been able to take off from !
- -northern New Mexico, bedause of
weather conditions, and had to can-
cel the engagement.
Ed M Whitaker, president of the
Midland chamber of commerce, pre-
sided st the luncheon. Fred Wemple i
acting as master of ceremonies.
County Judge A. H Dennison of
Ector county. County Judge Yates
and Judge M C. Lindsey of Daw-
son county, and Judge E H Bar-
ron of Midland county reported on
progress of roads to the respective
counties and pledged continued co-
operation with neighboring counties
for development of arteries of trav-
el to this section.
Th*. luncheon was sponsored b
the Rotary and Lions clubs of Mid-
land to cooperation with the cha.
ber of commerce. Junior chamber
of commerce and safety council
Swine Judge Named
For Livestock Show
R M MIIlhollp, former member
of the animal husbandry depart- 1
ment at Texas A & M college and
in charge of the soil conservation
camp at San Angelo, has been
named as Judge of swine at the
West Texas Boys Livestock show
here March 24-23
Geo W Barnes, beef cattle spe-
cialist at the Texas A. A M -col-
lege extension service, will judge 1 -
calves. He and MiIlhollin will Judge
lambs.
A second Judge was elected in
order that placing of all animals
the morning-of the 24th could be
completed by noon, so as not to in-
terfere with the noon barbecue til
be to the show pavilion at the fair)
grounds
West Texas Hereford breeders
will be guests of the Taylor County
Hereford Breeders A Feeders asso- ,
elation at that time. Abllenes four
civic clubs and the Booster club
also will join in for the occasion.
Invitations have been mailed 150
out-of-county cattlemen to be on
hand for the meeting.
Stanton Physician's
Wife Killed by Train
STANTON, March 18—tSpl.i-
Tragedy struck swiftly here yes-
terday afternoon, claiming the life
of one of Stanton's moat prominent
zipper and butto styles Reg.
8100:
79c
Varde-
siLessi
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