The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1938 Page: 1 of 4
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' VOLUME FIFTY-SIX
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 6, 1988
NUMBER FIFTY - TWO
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n so red by the F. F. A. boys
feer the direction of H. H.
hdel, and held in Mesquite
I Saturday drew large
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Pighty-eight entries were
jwn by the boys and winners
re announced as follows:
iry—First, Arlin Richard-
Joe Whitehurst, John
nby, Robert Lee Hanby, and
y Thompson; second, Seth
Jones, Earl Clevenger and Joe
litehurst; third, John Reed
Married
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nks be t af,J A,len Canfield,
lim. ^BSwine—first, Rylie Ander-
ide hriok. s0n- Bobbie Starring. Lloyd
„ : Cb mes, Kenith Brewer, John
buddeed ?S T'rryJ Bostick' Dav-
tom in til W Murdock, James Brewer,
is darling % li°^i C Mo/an,’ Kcn_
v • n«th Tribble. Two first prizes
Y. re,! wpre won by Bobbie Starring,
k"°*y‘ Dan Royal and Carl Moran;
second, Bill Ponder, Don Bru-
ton. H. C. McGaughy, Rayburn
f this Lt igh, Ewing Paris, Jack Mc-
BuptheJ Kt nzie, Bill Shaw, and Kenneth
rather,I Tribble; third, Seth Jones,
me for j James Brewer and Nolan Pot-
ter
heo JenrJB Poultry—first, Donald West,
Justin Goodman, Joe Lorraine,
Willis Nolan, William Farley,
Tommy Cobb, John Hanby,
Bullie Ship, J. D. Neuroth, Bil-
lie Jo Jobson, Jack Phelps, Bill
, Bradley, Edwin Freeman, Del-
hfii Hill , tK i t Waggoner; second, James
, ** P‘ ick. William Young, Donald
iliAlrYlOAi Bines, David Redden, Earl
, flC^Blevenger, Cullie Shipp, Steve
Hi! A bam. Reagan Mikel, Ray Nor-
i wood and Jack Phelps; third,
Edwin Freeman, Cullie Shipp,
and Fred Hunstable.
| John Hanby, president of the
rlc cal chapter, was general sup-
C: intendent.
f?irls Invited To
flMay Day At Denton
■SET J
\ Denton.—The sixth annual
I lay Day at Texas State Col-
lege for Women will draw more
fban 500 high school girls to
he campus Saturday, May 7.
Yventy North Texas schools
ave been invited to send stud-
nts.
Using “Snow White and the
even Dwarfs” as the theme of
he day’s program, faculty
members and major students
in the Department of Health
nd the Physical Education
ivill direct their guests
hrough an intensive schedule
if recreational and instruction-
1 activities. Dr. Anne Duggan,
lepartmental director, is in
harge.
WORK TO START
[AGAIN ON OIL WELL
Work on the Seagoville oil
[well, Plaza Oil Company and
W. A. Brooks No. 1 Davidson,
(was reported to have got wi-
lder way Wednesday with in-
rant of completing 3.500 foot
contract.
Before new hole is made, 780
; feet of drill pipe must be fish-
ed from the hole, bottomed at
2.257 feet in the Georgetown
lime. Operators report that if
they are unable to get the fish
out. the derrick will be skidded
and a new hole started.
The Plaza company, a Tyler
concern headed by bankers in
that city, is reported to be now
directly operating the well. C.
S. Christian, in charge of ope-
rations for the company, will
supervise the drilling.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
The following is the attend-
ance in Mesquite churches last
Sunday:
Baptist. 226: Methodist. 328;
presbyterian, 99: Christian,
101.
If
Miss Wynelle Brilev
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Briley
have announced the marriage
of their daughter, Miss Wy-
nelle Briley, to W. E. Law-
rence. which took place March
20 in Ardmore, Okla. Mr. Law-
rence is the son of Mrs. Ger-
trude Lawrence of Mesquite.
The couple is at home in Mes-
quite.
WALL SMITH
BURIED TUESDAY
Wall W. Smith, 75, pioneer
citizen of this section, passed
away Monday at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Edna Price
in Dallas.
Mr. Smith, born and reared
in Dallas County, was the son
of Joseph Smith, who came to
the United States from Eng-
land in 1835, settling in Illi-
nois. going to California dur-
ing the Gold Rush, and coming
to Texas in 1855. His parents
in moving from California took
a boat and sailed the pacific
ocean, going around south
America and Cape Horn. The
farm near Tripp that Mr.
Joseph Smith purchased, has
been the home of Wall since
he was three years old.
Mr. Smith joined the Bap-
tist Church over fifty years
ago. moving his . membership
to Tripp when the church was
organized. In 1884 he married
Miss Emma Posey. He was a
member of the Half-Century
Club of Dallas County.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, May 3. 3 p. m. at the
Tripp Baptist Church.
He is survived by four dau-
ghters. Mrs. Edna Price and
Mrs. J. W. Coats of Dallas;
Mrs. G. W. Roberson, Waco;
and Mrs. Tom Lemester, Mes-
quite; five sons, J. Henry
Smith and Fid Smith, Mes-
quite; Chas. C. Smith, Fred
V. Smith and Theo B. Smith,
Dallas; fourteen grandchild-
ren; and five great-grandchild-
ren.
Interment was at Tripp cem-
etery with McCullough i n
charg.e
Mesquite Invited
To Hear Sumners
The Honorable Hatton W.
Sumners of Washington, D. C.,
will be the principal speaker at
a meeting of the Young Demo-
cratic club of Dallas County.
Friday, May 6 in the Grand
Ball Room of the Adolphus
Hotel.
The guests at this meeting
will include 1500 first-voters of
1938; 100 newly naturalized
citizens and 50 aliens applying
for citizenship; the official
family of the city of Dallas and
Dallas County, and other state
and national officials.
The people of Mesquite are
invited to attend this big meet-
ing.
Heavy Grade of 24 pound,
814x11 typewriter paper i n
Hie packages at The Mesquiter
Office.
HARVEY DAVIS' ARE
BACK HOME AGAIN
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey J.
Davis moved back to Mesquite
Saturday from Waco, where
they have been for the past
two years.
Mr. Davis is with Southland
Life Insurance Company, and
his territory includes Garland,
j Forney, Terrell, Mesquite,
I Waxahachie and Dallas.
He and Mrs. Davis (former-
I ly Margurite Stephens) have
! rooms at the L. C. Ebrite
home until a house is built for
their use by Ross Williams on
the lot across from the Porter
residence.
Musical Program
Presented Friday
In observance of music week
the Mesquite schools presented
a musical program FYiday
morning in the gymnasium. L.
J. Berry, Supt.-elect, gave an
interesting talk on music, fol-
lowed by a piano march by
Mrs. R. M. Brantley.
The first and third grade
rhythm bands, under the di-
rection of Alice Rose Wilkin-
son with Bill Grubb as drum
major; the harmonica boys,
girls’ chorus, high school chor-
al club, and the following pup-
ils. Billy Grace and Bobbie
Madge Woodard, Peggy Joyce
Buchanan, and the * school
band, were on the program.
The Intermediate Girls Chor-
us and the High School Choral
Club appeared on the Musical
Program at the Methodist
Church Sunday evening.
PICNICSATURDAY
AT TENNISON
The Baptist Young People’s
class of the Mesquite Baptist
Church will have a picnic Sat-
urday night at Tennison park.
The party will leave the Bap-
tist church in cars at 7:30.
Each one will bring a basket.
All new members and prospec-
tive members are invited to at-
tend.
Car didate for Judge
TO PREACH AT
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
The Rev. J. W. Stephens
will preach Sunday at. the Mes-
quite Christian Church.
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Teachers Ass’n
Died at G. Prairie j To Meet May 12
It may be a good idea to
think before you speak but
with some people it won’t
work. They change the sub-
ject too quickly.
S. Dudley Florence, 77. of
Grand Prairie passed away
Tuesday after a long illness.
Mr. Florence, relative o f
Emet Florence of Mesquite,
was born in Van Zandt County
March 16. 1861, coming to Dal-
las County at the age of 15
years and has been engaged in
farming with the exception of
the last few years. Last No-
vember Mr. and Mrs. Florence
observed their golden wedding
anniversary.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Melissa King Florence; two
daughters, Mrs. Jesse Martin
and Mrs. Glenna Lowe of this
city, and two sons, W. D. Flor-
ence of Lampassas and Paul
Florence of Grand Prairie.
Three grandchildren also sur-
vive.
RED SOX GAMES
THIS WEEK - END
The Mesquite Red Sox (Can-
field’s team) will play the Mes-
quite Men’s team Saturday af-
ternoon, 2:30 at the Athletic
Field. The admission is free.
The Mesquite Red Sox will
play Carmical’s Grocery, Dal-
las, Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock at the Mesquite Athle-
tic Field.
i At a recent meeting of the
1 Dallas County Elementary
; Teachers Association, officers
for the ensuing year were elect-
ed. President A. B. Dunn,
Buckner School; Vice Presi-
dent, Mrs. D. C. Motley, Bayles
School; Secretary, Mrs. Ora
Nelle Preston, Idlewild School;
Treasurer, Mrs. Mary Mayber-
rv. Letot School: Publicity
Chairman. Mrs. Hazel Rhode,
Duncanville School.
The final meeting of the As-
sociation will be held at Keist
Park on Hampton Road Oak
Cliff. Thursday, May 12 at
7:30 p. m. This meeting will be
an old-fashion basket lunch
picnic. Honor guests will be Dr.
L. A. Woods, State Supt., trus-
tees and wives.
N. E. SHANDS
RECEIVES INJURIES
N. E. Shands suffered eye,
nose and cheek injuries Satur-
day afternoon, when a small
spray gun exploded, the handle
hitting him in the face, break-
ing his glasses and cutting his
cheek.
Several stitches had to be
taken in his cheek. His eye was
painfully injured and Mr.
Shands was away from the
bank for only one day.
Joe M. Hill
Joe M. Hill, well-known civil
attorney of Dallas, recently
filed his application for Judge
of the 44th Civil Judicial Dis-
trict Court, the place which
was occupied by Judge Towne
Young until last fall when he
was promoted to the Court of
Civil Appeals.
Mr. Hill was born in White
County, Tennessee, one of
eleven children, a confederate
soldier, and moved to Texas at
the age of twelve „ when his
father died. He was reared at
Wolfe City. Hunt County,
where h e got his common
school education. H e then
worked in the Railroad yards
at Cleburne, Texas, until he
entered the University of Tex-
as in the fall of 1912. After his
first year in the University of
Texas, he was admitted to
practice law by examination,
but remained in the University
until lie got his law degree in
1916. Following his graduation
from the University of Texas
his career was interrupted for
about two years by the World
War.
He came to Dallas in 1923,
and entered the general prac-
tice of law and has been en-
gaged in the general civil prac-
tice here since that date, with
the exception of 1927 when he
served as Assistant City Attor-
ney under Mayor Blaylock.
Mr. Hill has been a well-
known civic leader in Dallas,
being particiularly active in the
American Legion, Bar Associa-
tion. fraternal and religious
bodies, as well as in the Ki-
wanis Club of. which he w a s
the President last year. His
work in that club this year is
Chairman of the Agricultural
Committee and in connection
with the County Agent he is
holding a series of informa-
tional. educational and enter-
tainment meetings for the
farmers in the various sections
of the county, having held one
in Lancaster, in February and
one in Mesquite in March, at
which more than 100 repre-
sentative farmers from that
section of the county were the
Y. W. A. Met With
Mrs. Thompson
I The living room in the at-
, tractive home of Mrs, Rex
I Thompson was transformed m-
| to a Japanese tea-garden, pro-
fusely decorated with flowers
and foliage, when she entertan-
ed the Y. W. A., Monday, May
2.
The program opened with
the devotional by Mrs. Wilford
1 Eddy. An imaginary five-
course dinner followed, begin-
ning with hors’ Douvres (Jap-
anese trinket) and ending with
demi-tasse (sprays of flowers).
A lesson in Japanese eti-
quette was portrayed by Miss
Clara Weatherford and Miss
Othafay Crain.
Beautiful strains of plaintive
music were rendered by the
talented Crain brothers, John
and R. E..
Tea was served to many
guests with some gaily dressed
in bright colored kimonos and
wearing Japanese coiffures.
FYagrant tea and delicious
cookies were served to the
following guests, Mrs. Mary
DeWitt Wilkerson, Mrs. A. A.
Love, Mrs. James Millican,
Miss Martha Nell Harbin, Mrs.
Wilford Eddy, Mrs. Charles
Crain, Mrs. Eloise Miller, Miss-
es Ruth and Faye Paschall,
Mrs. M. O. Sutherland, Mrs.
Raymond Palmer, Mrs. Ruth
Lang, Misses Clara Weather-
ford, Othafay Crain, Helen Ar-
rington, Ilene Shelton, and
R. E. and John Crain, and Mrs.
Thompson.
After refreshments were
served, an interesting Bible
drill was conducted by Mrs.
Love.
The Y. W. A. plans to at-
tend the county association
next Monday evening in Dallas.
Plans For 1938 Fair
Discussed At Club
Plans for the 1938 Mesquite
Fair were discussed at the
Wednesday meeting of the
Men’s Luncheon Club, in Mes-
quite of which G. R. Porter is
president. A. B. Jolley, county
agent, as principal speaker
emphasized the importance of
early arrangements being
made to assure the success of
the fair.
A committee from the club,
composed of the Rev. Foy
Thomas, E. S. McKenzie, and
S. L. Canfield, announced plans
for a three-nights training
school for Boy Scout leaders.
The Luncheon club will spon-
sor the Boy Scout troup in
town.
Hopper Poison For Farmers;
Increase Of Feed Allowed
MISS TERRY TO
ASSIST IN PLAY DAY
Acting as hostess to over
•‘>90 high school girls. Miss
Josephine Terry, a sophomore I
tudent, will assist in the 1
! >xth annual Play Day at Tex-
as State College for Women
next Saturday, May 7.
Grasshoppers To
To Do Damage
Is Predicted
All farmers in the Mesquite,
New Hope. Balch Springs.
Lawson, and Pleasant Grove
territories, whose farms are in-
fested with grasshoppers
should go to Bedford Gallo-
way’s Gin. Mesquite, Texas and
secure enough poison bait to
kill the grasshoppers on their
farms.
One hundred pounds of the
dry material, when water i s
SHOWER HONORS
MR. & MRS. ARNETT
Mrs. Rada Bruton, assisted
by Miss Louise Cole, honored
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Arnett,
who were married March 19 in
Fort Worth, with a shower at
the formers home Friday
night. Mrs. Arnett was former-
ly Miss Evelyn Cook, who
graduated from Mesquite High
School in 1935. After several
interesting contests the bride
opened many lovely gifts.
Prizes were won by Mrs.
Eloise Bruton and Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Arnett. Refresh-
ments were served to thirty-
one guests.
(Set grasshopper lust page)
Pay your subscription now!
Farmers Allowed
To Increase Feed
Crop 25 Percent
We have just received infor-
mation from the State Board
permitting all Dallas County
Farmers to increase their
General Feed Allotment by 25
percent. For example: If your
Feed Allotment had been prev-
iously figured for 20 acres, you
may now plant 25 acres of feed
to harvest. Your Cotton Allot-
ment remains the same. This
increase in your General Allot-
ment comes out of your “take
out” or neutral allotment.
FINAL RITES FOR
MRS. MARY ALLEN
Funeral services for Mary
I. Allen, 67, who passed away
Thursday, April 28, were held
* e Friday at 4 o’clock at the
fItVoTn t“h Schools Tripp^B.^ Church, wtth the
and gymnasium of those cities
and speeches were made by
well-known farm authorities on
farm methods.
In rgeard to the office which
he seeks, Mr. Hill says: “I have
long appreciated the opportun-
ity which the position of Dis-
trict Judge offers, not only as
a position of honor and profit
to the jurist, but as an oppor-
tunity to render a real service
to the community. The laws de-
lays are the bane of litigation,
both to the lawyers and to the
litigants, as well as a great ex-
pense to the tax-payers. I feel
that an energetic application to
duty and a few changes in
methods of the trial of jury
cases would greatly reduce the
crowded jury docket and re-
sult in the disposal of a great
many cases that have been
pending for many months and
in some cases years.
My court will not be idle
during the last two or three
days of the week for I will
start a jury case on Saturday
morning! if necessary, to keep
the court busy. I do not be-
lieve the tax-payers should be
paying a large number of jur-
ors to play dominoes most of
Rev. Foy Thomas officiating.
Mrs. Allen was at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Lige Hay-
den, three miles northeast of
Mesquite, when she passed
away. She is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Tom Ragsdale;
and four sons, Harvey Allen,
Carl Allen, Lawrence Allen and
Irby Allen.
Interment was in L o n g
Creek cemetery with James
Mathis, Ed Hayden, Newt
Terry, Ernest Lane, Mickey
Marshbum and J. W. Mathis
as pallbearers. McCullough had
charge of arrangements.
8*/£xll white Atlantic Bond
typewriter paper at The Mes-
quiter office.
the week, but the court should pie’s business.”
furnish them with cases so
that they could keep busy. My
court will not be used as a
political foot ball for injunc-
tion suits to be brought from
far corners of the State on
matters in which it has no :ur-
isdiction. I expect, if elected, to
give the tax-payers a full day’s
work each day in the week and
eleven and one-half month r> in
the year, and will not use mv
court time for political ac4: *p-
ies, but only for work on ; ca-
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Cook, Mrs. A. J. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 52, Ed. 1 Friday, May 6, 1938, newspaper, May 6, 1938; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth497228/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mesquite Public Library.