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PAGE TWO
THE MERIDIAN TRIBUNE
FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1936
The Meridian Tribune
DUNLAP PRINTING CO., PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Entered at the postoffice in Meridian, Texas,
as second-class mail matter.
Any erroneous reflection upon the char-
acter or standing of any person or firm
appearing in these columns will be gladly
and promptly corrected upon calling the
attention of the management to the article
in question.
SUBSCRIPTION RATE $1.50 PER YEAR
Mr. and Mrs. Aslak Jorgenson
Celebrate 50th Anniversary.
Mr. and Mrs. Aslak Jorgenson
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Tuesday from 2 to 5
p. m., at the home of their son and
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J.M.
Jorgenson, who live a few yards
away. A good crowd of relatives
and friends gathered there and
congratulated them on their fif-
tieth anniversary and wished them
many more* years of wedded life,
and health together.
The following program was ren-
dered: Solo by Rev. W. J. Maak-
estad, pastor of the Lutheran dump beds,
church at Cranfills Gap; then J. M.
Jorgenson read a short sketch of
their life history. It told in brief
how Mr. Jorgenson started out to
make his own living in Norway
when he was ten years old. How
he worked four years for board
and clothes and $6.00 per year and
later for 40 cents per day and
boarded himself; then he was a
shoemaker till he came to Texas
and worked one year to pay for his
ticket over, how he met his wife,
who was born in Henderson county
during the Civil War and after the
hard times that followed she came
to Bosque county and later became
his wife, Jan. 21, 1886. Their first
year of farming on their own place
was in ’87 when it was so dry they
had to sell the crop and go to Milam
county and work for $25.00 per
month together to save their farm,
how they added a little by little to
it until they retired and moved to
Meridian in 1934.
Then Rev. Maakestad spoke fit-
ting words of congratulations and
good wishes and after him came
his father, the retired Rev. Maakes-
tad, who spoke in well-chosen
words about the pioneer days and
how the Lord had been watching
over them through all these years.
After this, short talks were made:
By Prof. S. A. Hanson, who had
been a neighbor all his life almost,
and by Prof. E. A. Moore, a son-in-
law, and H. N. Hanson, who has
been their neighbor since before
they were married; then last Miss
Nellie A. Hill, who is their neigh-
bor since they have been here in
Meridian, spoke a few words of
congratulations - and best wishes.
After the program, refreshments
were served, consisting of wedding
cake, cookies, coffee and chocolate.
The crowd spent the remainder of
the evening visiting.
NOW...
SPECIAL
SUNDAY
RATES
for
long distance
telephone calls
and
REDUCED
PERSON-TO-PERSON
RATES
after
W every
evening
Long distance telephone rates
are now reduced as follows:
1. Person-to-person rates are
now reduced after 7 every
night. (Heretofore, only
station-to-station rates were
lower at night.)
2. The low "night" rates are
in effect all day Sunday on
both station-to-station and
person-to-person calls.
The reductions apply on all
calls to points more than 100
miles distant from your tele-
phone, and to many shorter
calls. The Long Distance oper-
ator will be glad to give you
the rate now in effect to any
point.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL
TELEPHONE COMPANY
CACKLES^
From the Produce House
★
★
Were we tickled when Miss Sue
Golden was chosen Miss Meridian
with the Meridian P. & Egg Co.
banner. Tell me, Meridian, hasn’t
got it—when 16 young ladies en-
tered in beauty contest at Capitol
Theatre last week; sure glad I was-
n’t the judge.
Lighting was bad and crowded
condition of .theatre worked a hard-
ship on the young ladies. Always
told you the old M. P. & Egg was
lucky.- Here is to Miss Meridian
in the Waco contest.
Only one more week to get them
poll taxes.
And the way these candidates
are announcing this is one year you
will get your money’s worth.
Sidewalks going right along and
street project just before being
turned loose.
.Need two to six trucks with
See Will Wright or
Salty Gilpin.
Meridian’s Trading Fool, Red
Nichols, shipped a load of young
mares last week and doing right
well. Just about sold out. Has
another load coming. Sure glad,
as work stock is needed in Bosque.
Red made several trades last First
Monday and got beat on all of
them and was his face red, must
have been an off-day; of course, his
excuse was “well, I couldn’t trade
my way so I traded their way.”
Anyway, we are proud of Mr. Nich-
ols and he is sure a worker and one
of our best boosters.
Judge York has accomplished
something that we all have been
wanting for four or five years,
so let’s all get behind him and put
over, one of Bosque County’s best
school meets. This thing of say-
ing “that’s fine,” and “isn’t it
swell” just don’t get the job done;
you have to put some work into it
besides just wishing it done or let
the other fellow do it.
Lookee, lookee, lookee, Wall
street like old times. Corporations
paying dividends and bonuses to
employees..
Florida’s playground of rich is
overcrowded. New York Metro-
politan opera house announced the
demand for seats at premium for
first time in years.
Soldier bonus passed. Every
paper, magazine or what you read
or hear is encouraging. This de-
pression is no more. Let’s quit
living in the past, get hot, times
are better. Money can be made,
all it takes is work or a good idea.
Chas. Myers is right sick, and
we sure miss him as Chas, has a
habit of coming to town and back
home more than any one passing
us—at least 20 times a day. Now
take Mr. Miles, you can set your
watch by him; same time each day'
—but Chas, he’s always in and out.
Well, Felix said I was wrong. By
grabs, he was going to build after
all, but no hurry about it,
Sure enough, folks, our stores
are all doing a good business.
There must be a reason.
Capitol Theatre just ain’t big
enough, and about Bank Night, the
picture and show will open at 3:00
p. m. in afternoon. If you attend
your ticket and name will be regis-
tered at the drawing around 8
p. m. If you have attended show
and your name is drawn the money
will be deposited to your bank ac-
count, but you must have attended
the show or purchased your ticket
before drawing takes place. Any-
way next Monday night it’s $95.00
night and a good show.
Eggs steady. Poultry wanted
and strong. Cream steady to
stronger. We are trying to in-
crease our cream business. If you
haven’t been selling cream and
have a surplus give us a trial, it’s in
the money now. Or if you are
selling cream and not selling to us
please give us a trial. What we are
after is a 25 per cent increase in
customers at our cream station, not
in the volume we handle but in
customers. One pound or a car-
load, it’s all the same. Give the
gang-with-a-smile a chance to wait
on you and remember, we pay cash .
on all small amounts and checks
on all large amounts and highest
market at all times.
It’s a bad time to talk about ice,
but ask the owner of a new ice
coolerator what they think of their
refrigerator problem now. Folks,
the people who purchased the new
Coolerators and Use ice would not
sell out at any price if they could-
n’t get another one. It’s the cheap
economical answer to your food
problem.
We are specialists in marketing
and handling your surplus produce
—it’s no side line with us. We
know and don’t mean to brag, that
we have made every farmer money 1
on his surplus produce by having
our business in the county. It’s
true that some times during the
year that speculators have paid
more than we have for a short time
only, but you know that you have
a year-around steady market with
us and for any amount you may
raise or sell and our business has
made you money and market for
your surplus produce, so we ask
the preference when you sell. Re-
member, it’s your cream, egg and
chickens.that keep us in business
and we need and want your busi-
ness and will do everything we
know how to keep it.
Mr. Gip Lane’s father passed
away Tuesday night, and was bur-
ied in Comanche Wednesday at 3
p. m.
President’s Birthday Ball at
skating rink at Clifton, Jan. 30. Be
sure and get your tickets.
The Courthouse Market enlarg-
ing and re-modeling their store a-
gain next week.
Remember, if you see it in our
merchant’s ads, it’s so.
Down Memory Lane
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From The Tribune, Jan. 20, 1911.
In County Court, Loy Pool,
charged with aggravated assault
and battery, verdict of jury guilty
and punishment assessed at im-
prisonment in county jail for a
period of one year.
W. E. Bryan’s home at Iredell
was destroyed by fire last week.
He had moved to a new place and
had everything moved but his feed-
stuff and from some unknown
cause the barn caught fire and
burned, together with the feed. -
Every good citizen should pay
his poll tax and qualify for citizen-
ship during 1911. There are im-
portant issues coming up for dis-
position this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Chamber-
lain, of McGregor, visited relatives
here first of the week.
Miss Ora Dunlap returned yes-
terday from Hico where she had
been visiting Miss Leighton Ede-
len.
Will McIlheny returned to his
home in Iredell Thursday from
Temple where he underwent an op-
eration seven weeks ago and had
been -confined in the sanitarium
with a severe case of fever.
Mrs. C. M. Cureton left Monday
for Austin where she will join her
husband, Hon. C. M. Cureton, and
at which place they will make their
home during the session of the
Legislature.
Jimmie Lomax, Henry Word,
Hallie ,Simpson, Luzelle Adams
were among those on the program
of the Epworth League' for next
Sunday.
John Williams, Elsie Coston,
Mayme Ezelle, Clara Johnson, Tom
Foster, Fred Owen, Esco McCoy,
Newton Ruffner, Elgin Robertson,
Will Oglesby, Clark Tittle,' Fred
Standefer, Carrol Sligar, Coleman
-Smith, E. S. Cook, C. W. Overcash,
Hodges Hughes, R. W. McClendon
and Bill 'Bridges were among those
mentioned .in Meridian College
News this week.
At the 27th annual meeting of
the Norse Protective Horse Associ-
ation, the following officers were
elected: N. Branhagen, president;
John Rogers, first vice-president;
T. W. Anderson, second vice-pres-
ident; Ole Bronstad, third vice-
president; T. Theo. Colwick, sec-
retary; Peter Dahl, treasurer. The
association has 70 members and
40 horses registered under its pro-
tection with cash in the treasury
for any possible emergency.
Norse Mutual Fire Association
held its 25th annual meeting last
Saturday. Report shows it has
256 members with315 residences
insured at a valuation of $245,-
225.00. Officers were elected as
follows: C. 0. Bronstad, president;
N. Branhagen, vice-president; Ole
Pederson, secretary; J. E. Peter-
son, treasurer, and Peter Dahl, di-
rector. ,.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clardy were
visiting their daughter, Mrs. S. S.
Nichols in Meridian Monday.
Guy McKown, of the CCC Camp
at Dublin, spent the week-end with
-home folks.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Stephen-
son were in Clifton one day last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Barnes, of
Mexia, were guests of her father,
P. L. Cook, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Long and
children, of Ft. Graham, are visit-
ing Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Holt.
Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Vinson and
W. K. Vinson and son were in Me-
ridian Saturday.
Miss Doris Rose is spending a
few days with her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Rose, at Huron.
L. L. Brown and Howard Grav-
itt, of near Hillsboro, visited rela-
tives here last week.
Mrs. Madge Grantham and son,
Mills, spent the week-end at their
home in Whitney.
H. L. and Tracy Brown and Os-
car Lee Stapp spent Monday at
Hillsboro.
Emmitt Clardy, of the CCC
camp in New Mexico, is visiting his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Clar-
dy.
Harvey Brown, Ewell Vinson
and Misses Joe and Evelyn Vinson
were in Clifton Tuesday of last
week.
Carl Holt and Weldon Long
made a business trip to Blum Mon-
day.
G. W. Townley and son were in
Clifton on business Saturday.
Marie Cook spent Saturday
night with her sister, Mrs. Albert
Timms, at Morgan.
James Love is on the sick list.
We Handle the Well-Known
DIAMOND BRAND
WALL PAPERS.
Our 1936 Samples are in and
ready for you to make your
selections. We will compete
with mail order houses on
Prices and Quality.
Any size job.
We refinish Furniture. Will
trade labor for second-hand
Furniture.
Any kind of painting, inside
or outside. Paper-hanging.
Signs, Sho-Cards, Billboards
Window Glass put in and put-
tied. Guaranteed against
breakage.
Gill & Dunlap
“To Please You Is a Pleasure”
Call Roquemore’s Store or
Tribune Office.
With the
Rural Carriers
The carrier on Route 3 owes
someone a “set-em-up” for putting
a lot of gravel at the mail boxes at
Midway school house. We did not
see him do it, but we have a suspic-
ion that it is Monroe Gillaspie who
is guilty for he has been talking
about doing it. Well, it was a good
deed, anyway. Thank you!
Farming is the order of the day.
Some sickness here and there.
Had some real winter, mornings,
but this is the time of the year for
it.
Morgan Baptist Church News.
The church voted last Sunday to
join in the county-wide Sunday
School Revival, March 22-29, and
a visiting worker will be invited
to be with us during the week and
enlargement and efficiency of the
Sunday School will be emphasized.
Regular services will be held next
Sunday with the pastor preaching
at 11:00 a., m. on “John the Fear-
less Forerunned,” Luke 3:1-20 and
at 7:30 on “What Is Man?” Sun-
day School meets at 10:00 a. m.
and B. T. U. at 6:30. W. M. S.
meets Monday at 3:00. Prayer
Meeting Wednesday at 7:30.
Sunday is the Lord’s- Day and
should be spent in worship and ser-
vice of God. Let us really make
it a Holy Day and every one be in
his place at all services Sunday.
Visitors are always welcome.
The pastor is planning to spend
several days next week at the Pas-
tor’s Retreat at Waco.
Tilson F. Maynard, Pastor.
St. Olaf Lutheran Church,
Cranfills Gap.
Sunday, January 26:
9:30 a., m.—Sunday School.
10:45 a. m.—Worship at Gap.
7:00 p. m.—Evening Service.
Wednesday—North Aid meets
at home of Pete Grimland. -
W. J. Maakestad.
“DIXIE ROSE” Cotton seed;
home grown, $3. per bushel while
it lasts. W. C. Gilmore, Rt.1 36-p
Ask for Good Will Tickets.
FINAL SEASON’S CLEAN-UP
STARTS
FRIDAY
JANUARY
24TH
NEVER BEFORE have you had this opportunity to buy merchandise at Low Prices. We
need cash and floor space. Cash Talks, and if price will move the merchandise, here is your
chance. Our aim is to Clean House on Winter Merchandise Odds and Ends. Come early!
LADIES’
SILK DRESSES
MEN’S JACKETS
LADIES’ COATS
Entire Stock of Silk Dresses
1 PRICE
Ladies’
READY-TO-WEAR
—Wool Dresses—
$2.98 Dresses* $1.97
$1.98 Dresses, $1.37
—Sweater Suits—
$9.95 Suits
$6.95 Suits
$6.97
$4.97
BOYS’ SWEATERS
$1.69 Values, $1.27
$1.49 Values’ $1.17
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Meridian
Editor-in-chief
BOBBYE POWELL
Assistant Editor
IRENE LADWIG
Sports Writer
MARY WRIGHT
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The fateful week — mid-term
examination week, has come and
gone. Next week will be a busy
one for the teachers, because grad-
ing papers is a difficult task—some-
times.
Each examination lasts only 90
minutes, whereas we have former-
ly had a half day for each one. We
find this to be more desirable, be-
cause it omits very long tests. It
is also an advantage to the teach-
ers.
All of the participants of events
in the Interscholastic League have
begun practice and we hope to have
winning .places when Bosque coun-
ty’s citizens come to Meridian.
Last week we announced the
coming of the Marionette Show. It
will be presented at the Meridian
Grammar School Auditorium, at
7:30 o’clock, January 31. Admis-
sion will be 15c and 20c. The pro-
ceeds will go to the high school li-
brary. _ We will appreciate your
presence.
The school campus continues to
be improved. The setting out of
scrubs and the planting of flowers
within a few months will add beau-
ty to our surroundings. A tennis
court is being constructed upon
the former site of Higgins Hall.
The athletic field is also receiving
attention. The P. T. A., at its last
meeting, voted to improve the
Grammar School playground, and
.during the week much improve-
ment has been made, the grounds
having been leveled and debris and
rocks removed. It is our endeav-
or for this Centennial Year to
make the school property one of
FOR SALE—Two good young
work teams, heavy horses. R. W.
Waller, Morgan, Texas. ad-c35
We either have the used car that
you want, or will trade for it soon.
A. G. Gilliam Motor Co., Clifton, a
SUEDE
$5.98 Jacket
$3.97
$6.98 Jacket
$4.97
BOYS’ JACKETS
$3.45 Corduroy..............$2.37
2.98 Corduroy................$2.17
$2.98 H’vy Suede Cloth $2.17
$2.75 Suede Cloth
€1.49 Suede Cloth
$1.87
$1.07
MEN'S SWEATERS
$3.45 Values, $2.67
$2.98 Values, $2.37
$2.49 Values, $1.87
$1.98 Values, $1.27
MEN’S BOOTEES
$6.95 Bootees $4.17
$5.45 Bootees $3.67
$4.45 Bootees $2.87
$3.95 Bootees $2.67
$2.98 SPECIAL CLOSE-OUT
$1.87
MEN’S CORDUROY PANTS
$2.98 and $3.45 Values
$2.47
SALE IS STRICTLY CASH—NO APPROVALS, NO RETURNS
R.ODL1
MERIDIAN, TEXAS
High School News
Class Reporters
SUE GOLDEN
WYNELL SMITH
NANNIE M. HOPSON
JOE CURETON
LA VERNE DAVIS
RUTH SMITH
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the most attractive spots in our
city.
Monday, following the mid-term
examinations, the Seniors will be-
gin two different subjects. They
will exchange their English “Lit-
erature and Life” for Grammar
and Composition. They will also
begin Higher Arithmetic in place
of Solid Geometry.
The last half of school the Se-
niors will be busily occupied, and
the time will pass away quickly.
The annual play and everything
that goes with graduation will take
up their time.
The eighth grade will have a
slight change in their subjects next
term. They will study literature
in the place of grammar, and Phy-
siology instead of physiography.
Sports.
The Kopperl Basketball team
defeated the Meridian girls here
last Friday. The score was 14-8.
The girls and boys have attempt-
ed to get games with Iredell this,
week, but have been unsuccessful.
They will probably play them at
Iredell next week on the high
school gymnasium court at night.
Try to attend these games. ‘
Assembly.
The program this week was
sponsored, by Mrs. Cloud. She pre-
sented the following pupils in read-
ings: Myra Nell McCorkle, Pauline
and Mary Alice Cloud, Martha Ann
Lomax, Lola Grace Mayfield, and
Helen Tidwell. There were other
numbers by the band. Next week
there will be a miscellaneous pro-
gram.'
FOR SALE—One clean 1930
model Chevrolet coach, new tires
in good condition, $250.00; also
one 1932 model Ford Truck, new
bed, $250.00. See Barton Peder-
son, Rt. 2, Meridian, Texas. ad-p35
SUEDE
CLOTH
$3.45 Jacket
$2.47
$2.98 Jacket
$2.17
LADIES’ JACKETS
$5.95 Jackets, $3.97
$1.98 Jackets, $1.27
$1.59 Jackets, $1.07
LADIES’ SWEATERS
$3.95 Values $2.87
$2.98 Values $2.17
$1.98 Values $1.37
$1.29 Values.. .. 87c
LADIES’ SUEDE
FOOTWEAR
$2.95 Footwear.
$2.75 Footwear.
$2.25 Footwear.
CHILDREN’S BOOTS
SPECIAL LOT
$2.45 Boots....
$2.25 Boots....
$1.47
$1.38
.$1.13
PRICE
. $1.23
.......$1.13
BOYS’ CORDUROY PANTS
$2.98 and $2.75 Pants
$2.27
Announcements
The Tribune is authorized to
announce the following candidates,
subject to the action of the Dem-
ocratic primary to be held July 25,
1936:
For Sheriff:
DAVE MONTGOMERY.
TOM GILLASPIE.
J. A. (DOC) DAVIS.
For County Judge:
HOBART H. POWELL.
For Commissioner, Pre. No. 2:
JOE MONTGOMERY.
For Com., Pre. No. 3:
WILL C. HAFER.
ROBERT HUTCHISON.
For Constable, Pre. No. 1:
C. 0. BOWMAN.
For Public Weigher, Pre. No. 1:
H. L. MEADERS.
1931 Chevrolet De Luxe Sedan,
6 wheel equipment, very clean in-
side and outside. This car priced
to sell. A. G. Gilliam Motor Co.,
Clifton. adv-c
The Bluebonnet
Shop
PERMANENTS
$1.50 to $5.00
DARBOUX
COSMETICS
Will Keep You Young
and Beautiful.
All Kinds of Beauty
Work at
Reasonable Prices.
MRS. MOZELLE HANNA
Proprietor
CLOSES
SATURDAY
FEBRUARY
STH
$19.75 Coats $13.97
$15.90 Coats $10.97
$9.95 Coats . .$6.97
CHILDREN’S
FOOTWEAR
CLOSING OUT
2 PRICE
$1.79 Shoes.........89c
$1.69 Oxfords 84c
Sizes 10 to 2—Tan and Black
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