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SIXTY-FIRST YEAR—NO. 5
MINEOLA, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
EIGHT PAGES
%iineola Girl Will Institute
Dancing Course At U, of K.
The appointment of Miss
Wilda West daughter of Mrs.
Hilda West of Mineola, has
been announced by Dean M. E.
Potter, to teach a six weeks
summer course in the depart-
ment of Health and Physical
I Education at the University of
Kentucky at Lexington, Ken-
tucky. Miss West was selected
for this position, according to
Dean Potter, for the primary
purpose of instituting a new
course in this department
teaching tap and social danc-
Jng.
Dean Potter became personal-
ly acquainted with the work of
Miss West while visiting the
University of Louisiana at
Baton Rouge, La., last summer,
Khere she was studying ad-
mced courses in tap and
modern dancing. He engaged
her for this work when she was
in Houston several weeks ago
attending the National Associa-
tion of Physical Education
Teachers.
Miss West formerly a teacher
In the Mineola School, is at
present employed in the Lan-
caster High School in Dallas
county. She plans to spend
the entire summer in Lexing-
ton.
College Courses
Offered Locally
Beginning June 1
A discussion meeting will be
held at the Mineola High
School on Monday, May 17,
at 5 o'clock for the purpose of
considering an extension course
MB Education offered by the
Southern MSethodist University
beginning June 1. Barry Hoi ton
will be in charge.
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Examinations For
Physical Defects
Benefit Students
Texas Bluebonnets
(By Ura Link Eckhardt)
Bluebonnets everywhere in
bloom;
Saphire cloak spun from
nature's loom;
Wafting billows of wild per-
fume;
Display in Springtime's Park.
A sea with bosom azure-blue,
Soft-tinged with fringe of
lighter hue;
With waves of hills and
boundless view,
Where trees of green embark,
The mirrored tint of skies
above;
An Eden for the nesting
dove;
A painter's ecstacy of love;
A wanderer's bulwark.
Shivers Pharmacy
Announces 4-Day
Sale Rexall Items
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday of next week,
May 5, 6 7, and 8, w.ll be four
big days at the Shivers Phar-
macy, according to R. E. Mc-
Clendon, manager, who an-
nounces in this issue of the
Monitor an original Rexall lc
sale for those four days.
Check over their announce-
ment of this sale and you will
find that it is in reality an
event worthy of your consid-
eration.
Cadet Musicians
To Visit Mineola
"One of the valued by-pro-
ducts of May Day—Child Heal-
th Day activities of recent
years has been the stimulus to
physical examinations in the
schools of our State," is the
opinion of Dr.; Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer. Early de-
tecton of these defects and
their correction will assure bet-
ter health and well being to
our coming generation.
A child with defective vision
cannot be expected to do the
work required in school until
this handicap is removed. In-
flamed, watery eyes, granula-
ted lids, chronic stys, nervous
actions as habitual winking,
may be caused by a defect and
^should have immediate atten-
The far reaching effects of
infected tonsils on the system
has been recognized by health
Brkers for years. Many of the
i of later life, such as heart
disease, arthritis, deafness, etc.,
are directly traceable to tonsils
that became infected during
childhood and were allowed to
remain untreated-
Dental defects are found in
more children than any other
imperfection, and for this
reason children should be tak-
en regularly to their dentist
for examination and cleaning
of the teeth. This precaution
keeps the mouth clean and
makes is possible to discover
dental defects as soon as they
appear.
Postural defects ajppear in
the life of a child much sooner
than we 'formerly suspected.
Have your family physician see
if your child's shoulder blades
project and if his arches are
low. Simple exercises, diligent-
ly adhered to, when the child
is young, will prevent later seri-
ous developments in many
cases. •'•-j 3Mf
HUNDREDS FLEE
FLOODMENACE
Nine Dead In Middle
Atlantic Area, Five
In Canada's Worst
Overflow
Thousands fled their homes,
rich and poor alike, as the
bloated and muddy Oho rol-
led downstream Tuesday night
with the debris-laden burden
of its tributaries.
The year's second flood em-
ergency led President Roose-
velt to recall a special govern-
ment Red Cross committee to
supervise relief work among the
refugees.
Across'the border in Canada,
the city of London, Ont., floun-
dered under the worst flood
>n its history. Five deaths
were counted and at least 6,000
persons were left homeless as
the Thames river, 28 feet above
normal, washed through the
city's streets and spread over
a large sectibn of southwest-
ern Ontario. London was
threatened with a shortage of
drinking water and electric
power.
In the United States, rain-
swollen rivers of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia began
receding. At least nine deaths
were attributed to floods in
the Middle Atlantic area. Grap-
plers sought to account for
five persons missing in Vir-
ginia.
Part of the situation at a
glance:
Notice Of Son's
Army Promotion
Received Here
A. A. McDaniel Is Ad-
vanced From Major
To Lieut.-Colonel
rs. Hope Dozier
Seriously 111 Is
Reported No Better
Late reports (from the bed-
sjfle of Mrs. Hope Dozier who
Va critically ill " in a hospital
In Palestine, offer little en-
couragement for her hoped for
recovery. Her condition Is most
serious.
The fifty piece military band
of John Tarleton College at
Stephenville, state winners in
the junior college matching
band division at the Battle of
Flowers fiesta contests, will pa-
rade and play in Mineola on
Wednesday, May 12 at 10:00
o'clock.
The band, accompanied by
Director D. G. Hunewell, Spon-
sor Dorothy Davis, and the
Tarleton male quartet, and
Dean of Men Morton P. Brooks,
will drive ian town in chartered
buses, in which they are to
make a four-day tour through
East Texas. They will parade,
play a short concert, then pro-
ceed to Athens. Their concert
here way arranged by school
and city officials.
Mineola business men have
arranged to entertain the
Tarleton cadet musicians at
lunch while they are in M'ne-
ola. '
o
New City Hall
At Livingston
Ground has been purchased
for the site of a new city hall
at Livingston and work on the
structure will begin about May
first. The new municipal build-
ing will be located across the
street from the post office.
o
Sand Springs
Cemetery Notice
We urge everyone who is in-
terested in the care of the
cemetery to be there on Satur-
day, May 15, to continue the
good work that has been
started. And for the following
reasons: to have a better un-
derstanding about what shall
or should be done, shall we
fence it, shall we repair the
shed, build and Ifurnish an
office with tools for digging
graves, have a record book and
record all names of those
buried here, to decide whether
the large timber should be
cut, shrubs* set, and whether
the land on the north side of
road should be cleaned off and
staked off in lots, and set a
date for an annual memorial
day there.
Be sure to remember the
date and be there.
J. L. Ballard,
Ohio River valley—Water
more than six feet above flood
stage at Wheeling and still
rising; 10,000 persons vacated
their homes on residential
Wheeling island, steel plants
and coal mines shut down,
throwing more than 21,500 into
temporary idleness; business
completely stalled at Wellsburg,
W. Va.; most of New Cumber-
land, W. Va., Empire, Ohio, and
Moundsville, W. Va., isolated by
other small comtmunities inun-
dated; flooded highways: river
expected to rise eight feet
above flood stage at Martins
Ferry, Ohio; homes abandoned
for miles along the river front;
rail traffic rerouted aroujnd
Martinsburg, W. Va.; two per-
sons drowned.
Two Cells Bought
For Alba Hoosgow
The city of Alba has pur-
chased a lot from Geo. Wil-
liams in the rear of the center
of. the block on the west side
of the square, and will erect a
city jail within the next 'few
days.
Two iron cages were bought
from the city authorities at
Grand Saline recently, the deal
being made by Mayor Matthews
and Justice of the Peace A.
L. Cain. The cells cost $100,
and when the jail is fitnished
the lot is to be deeded to the
county, whereupon the county
will refund the cost of the
cells to Alba.
Considerable material frtom
the present jail will be used
in the new structure.—Alba
Reporter.
o
Handbills Are Scarce
In Highland Park As
Police Give Notice
Handbills and circulars have
been conspiciously absent in
hedges and flower gardens of
Highland Park homes s'feice the
Highland Park Council autho-
rized its police department to
remind business firms of that
city of a city ordinance that
attached a maximum fine of
$100 to scattering advertising
matter in the municipality.
The ordinance forbids the
"scattering or throwing of any
handbills, circulars, cards of
any printed matter, or any ad-
vertising device of any descrip-
tion along or upon the streets
or sidewalks or in the yards'
and premises of Highland
Park." The act is defined as a
misdemeanor, and any person
convicted of such can be fined
not to exceed $100.
o
Mrs. J. L. Ray returned to
her home in Austin Wednesday
after visiting with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. J. L. Ballard for the
past five months.
J. F. McDaniel, a citizen of
Mineola for the past 60 years,
has received information that
his son, Adolphus A. McDaniel,
has been rromoted from Major
to Lieutenant Colonel, Medical
Corps, U. S. Army, with rank
from AprC 6, 1937.
Colonel McDaniel was born
and reared in Mineola. He
graduated from A. &. M. at
College Station, in 1909, and
the University of Texas Medical
Branch of the university at
Galveston, in 1913. He is also
a graduate of the Army Medi-
cal school, at Washington, D.
C. and the Army Medical Field
Servbe school at Carlisle, Pa.
He served in France during -the
World War, from August 1917
until the Armistice and was
then sent into Germany with
the army of Occupaton.
Colonel McDaniel has recent-
ly completed a two year tour
of service in the Philippine
Islands, and is stationed at
the present time at Marfa,
Texas.
o
County Board
Meets Monday
The County Board of Educa-
tion will meet in Quitman
Monday. The Board will be re-
organized wttth the new mem-
bers taking office.
The important fcrtfefttess of the
meeting will be to classify the
schools of the county.
o
Local Methodists
Plan To Attend
Dist. Conference
On May 4 the Tyler District
Conference of the Methodist
Church will be held in Canton,
Texas. Some 200 official dele-
gates will be present along
with numerous visitors and
members of the Methodist
churches of this' section.
The following delegates will
be sent from the local Metho-
dist church: J. H. English,
Ambrose Adrian; J. J. Smith,
Mrs. Leon Aaron, Mrs. Roy
King, Mr. B. A. Parrish, Mr.
C. G. Massengale, Rev. J. W.
Shoemaker and Rev. John
Dona ho.
The conference will be pre-
sided over by the Reverend Joe
Z. Tower, presiding Elder. The
sermon will be preached by
Rev. John Donaho, pastor of
the local Methodist church.
This conference was held in
Mineola in 1935 when Bishop
A. Frank Smith was the guest
preacher.
o
One-Man Garage
Believes It Pays
To Advertise!
Apparently considering the
situation worthy of note, the
proprietor of a one-man garage
in Los Angeles hoisted a large
sign in his window today. It
read:
"No strike here—working as
usual."
o—
Is Life A Gamble?
ROOSEVE
LEAVEF
ON APR!
WILL
ORTEXAS
28TH
Will Fish For Tarpon
And Pay Brief Visit
To Houston
President Roosevelt stated
recently that he would leave
Washington at 1 a. m. on
Wednesday April 28, for a two
week's vocation aind fishing
cruise along the coast of Texas.
The President, according to
tentative plans, will disembark
at Galveston and spend a
short time at Houston en route
back to Washington early in
May. He is being swamped with
letters and telegrams from local
officials, civic leaders and
others to visit places on the
Gulf during his cruise itn quest
of tarpon.
A temporary executive of-
fice with Col. Marvin Mclntyre
in charge will be established
at Galveston to keep in con-
stant touch with the President
and Washington. The general
plan was for the President
dent and his party to leave
Washington by rail in the early
morning of April 28, board the
Potomas at New Orleans, spend
about 10 days or two weeks
fishing along the Texas coast
as far as Corpus Christi or
possibly Brownsville; and then
return to Washington by the
way of Galveston, Houston and
Fort Worth. The President ex-
pects to visit his son Elliot at
the latter place.
o —
Gilmer Sponsors
Better Staple
Cotton Program
The Gilmer Chamber of
Commerce is sponsoring a bet-
ter staple cotton program for
Upshur county and every far-
mer has been requested to co-
operate. This is in line with
the imiprovefi staple contest
of the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce. Under the new plan
it is expected the Upshur crop
will exceed one-half million
dollars.
New Cash Crop
Suggested For
Texas Farmers
Civic Pride Gets Good Boost
With Merchants In Mineola
EGGS VS. ADVERTISING
"A codfish lays a million
eggs,
While the helpful hen lays
one,
But the codfish does not
cackle,
To inform you what shes
done.
"And so we scorn the cod-
fish,
The helpful hen we prize,
Which indicates to thought-
ful minds,
That it pays to advertise."
Van Orchestra
Makes Visit To
Mineola Tuesday
The Van High School orches-
tra, composted of fifteen mem-
bers of the Van High School
Band, presented an apprecia-
tive program in the auditorium
of the Mineola High School
Tuesday mornimg. Among selec-
tions rendered included: "Chap-
el In the Moonlight", "Loveless
Love", and "Dream Boat".
Mrs A. M. Tunnell's class of
nine girls and M. C. Bolin, Jr.,
sang "Attic of My Dreams" and
"This Year's Crop of Kisses",
"Santa Fe Line", "Rendevous
With a Dream", "Bloom on the
Sage" and "Have You Ever
Been Lonely" were sung by the
smallest and youngest of the
members, the two Burgess
brothers.
With a unique arrangement
of "St- Louis Blues" and "Some-
body Stole My Gal" the band
attempted to close the pro-
gram but spontaneous thunder
of applause demanded render-
ing an encore, when "Copen-
hagen Blues" was played.
A return visit will be paid
the Van school next Mondav
when the Mfreola High School
Girls Choral Club and the
Boys Glee Club will present a
program there.
Rev. John Donaho, pastor of
the local Methodist church will
preach the final of a series of
two sermons on "Gambling" at
the Sunday night service. His
sermon subject is, "Is Life a
Gambel?" On last Sunday he
preached on the subject, "Le-
gitimate Exchange of Values."
These sermons are in answer
to a request by the young peo-
ple of that church that Mr.
Donaho discuss with them the
problems of gambling. The ser-
vice w.ll be held at 7:30 o'clock
in the evening.
o
Ann Lukenbill, the little four
year old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ross Lukenbill, recently
injured when hit by a passing
car, reported (bo be recover-
ing as T&pidly as possible.
If Texas hides were to be
tanned in Texas a new cash
crop for Texas farmers would
result, Maj. E. A. Wood, di-
rector of the Texas Planning
B^ard said this week.
The new crop would be Can-
aigre, the roots of which yield
tannin, one of the essential in-
gredients used in processing
hides iinto leather. The Can-
aigre plant can be grown easily
in Texas and the average
farmer can prepare the roots
for tannin extraction with lit-
tle difficulty, Major Wood said.
The planning board has been
studying the feasibility of tan-
ning Texas hides ifr Texas and
preliminary results of the study
indicate that leather can be
tanned as cheaply and as ef-
ficiently in Texas as in any
other part of the country.
Canaigre is not a new plant,
Major Wood pointed out. The
tanning power oif the root has
been known to the Mexicans
for the last century, and the
Indians in Mexico have used
the root for medicine.
The roots of the Canaigre
plant consist of a mass of tu-
bers that grow in clusters. The
roots resemble sweet potatoes
both inside and outside. The
cultivated roots are smooth on
the surface and light yellow to
dark brownish red in color.
The planning board believes
Canaigre can be raised for
about $3 per ton and sold for
about $5 per ton if a market
for the tannin is created. An
acre should yield about 10 tons
and on the basis of the. board's
figures a farmer could net ap-
proximately $20 per acre on
Canaigre.
Canaigre can be raised on
any soil that will raise sweet
potatoes although it does not
[require as much moisture as
the yam. . , .
Outlook For Dairy
Industry Indicates,
Growing Demand
A review of the recent dairy
outlook report issued by the
Bureau of Agricultural Edo-
nomics forecasts ris'ing prices
for milch cows and dairy pro-
ducts. E. R. Sudaly, extension
diaryman at A. & M. College1,
asserts that dairymen should'
give thought to a far-sighted
program of management. The
factors influencing the forecast
are the growing demand for
milk and butter products be-
cause of a better business con-
dition and a steadier market
for beef cattle, which necesar-
ily influences prices of dairy
cattle.
Another influence is the de-
cline in the number of milch
cows due to the drouth of the
last two years and the govern-
ment program for the eradica-
tion of scrubs.
Local busihess houses, par-
ticularly those on West Broad
street, have undergone quite
a change in appearance*
thnough the recent application
of paint brush and hammer.
Probably the most outstand-
ing was the thorough remodet-
ing of the new United Gas Co.
office which has been com-
pletely redecorated. Then there
is the new office of Dr. A Ned-
der, optometrist, across the
street in the Williams building.
He has completely reworked
this building for his particular
use, and made an exceedingly
attractive optical office.
Lonnie Sanders, proprietor of
the Sanitary Barber Shop has
done considerable repainting
and working over of the barber
shop and it now looks like
new. Next door, E. A.. Reeves*
office -has had a thorough coot
of paint applied to it. And back
across the street again, BSQj
Haley has had the front of hta
confectionary repainted.
It may have been that the
Mineola Drug Company started
this wave of civic pride to be-"
come active because T. L. Wil-
liams, the present proprietor,
must have come to town with a
paint brush in his hand, he
has done so much repainting
and remodeling Of the drag
store since he has been here-
However, it all offers a more
pleasing and attractive appear-
ance to that part of the base-
ness section of .the town and
should inspire other energetic
business men to brighten up
their places of business, where
it is needed.
Other business houses
various parts of the business
district have applied the paint
brush _and Jhajnuio* lu biightae**
up their places. They include;
W. D. Kitchens and Son, Cain
Grocery, Smith Cleaners, West-
ern Auto Store* and Miller**
Man's Shop.
League Union
Here Tonight
As announced in The Wood
County Record, a meeting of
the young people of the various
Methodist churches of
section will be held in the local
Methodist church tonight (Fri-
day) at 7:30 o'clock. Mr. Don-
aho, local pastor, asks that we
announce the meeting open to
the public, regardless of age or
denomination.
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ATTENDS NORGE MEETING
C. O. Aaron, Sam Derr anfl
A. H. West attended a district
meeting of Norge Appliande
Dealers at the Hilton Hotel in
Longview, Wednesday night.
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Miss Ruth Stevens of Jack-
sonville visited Sunday with
homefolks.
Congratulations [
* *
Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Goode,
oif Jamestown, announce the
arrival of a boy, Friday night
April 23 r
Blackeyed Pea Festival To Be
Held At Centerville On July 31
Recognition for one of East
Texas' leading products and
one of the most universally
eaten foods—blackeyed peas—
will be given in a celebration
in Centerville, July 31, to be
known as the Blackeyed Pea
Festival.
Plans for the unique cele-
bration, expected to draw
thousands from throughout
this area where the cultivation
of the humble blackeyed pea
has developed rapidly in the
past few years, are being hand-
led by the Centerville Chamber
of Commerec, under whose
sponsorship the production of
the crop became widespread in
this part of Ea^t Texas.
Confronted with a lessening
farm income in Leon county
due to restricted cotton pro-
duction, the Centerville Cham-*
ber of Commerce, in co-ofpera-
tion with business leaders in
other towns in Ithe county,
i "sold" farmers on the idea of
commercial production of black-
eyed peas. The first year three
threshing machines were in-
stalled in the county and cash
markets established in three
towns.
This year there will be eight
threshing machines in seven
'towns, with blackeyed pea pro-
duction expected to run into
the thousands of acres. Ad-
joining countifcs, including
Freestone, Madison, and Robert-
son are coming in on the pro-
ject this year. Farmers have
realized three times as much
from peas as they have on
cotton.
With harvesting time com-
ing in July and August, ordi-
narily the "slackest times in
this area, blackeyed peas give
farmers a money crop when 3t
is needed most, and a mid-
harvest celejbratlon—the East
Texas Blackeyed Pea Festival—
will, fittingly dramatize the
humble but eesenftijd food.
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