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©exas Utesquiter
An Advertising Medium Covering The Eastern Part Of Dallas County
VOLUME FIFTY-8IX.
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937
NUMBER FOURTEEN
Baptist Revival
Begins At Rose Hill
The Baptist Church of Rose
Hill will begin revival services
Sunday, August 8, with the Rev.
L. M. Joines of Forney as reviv-
alist, assisted by the pastor, the
Rev. Charles White.
Mrs. Vernon Mikel of Forney
will have charge of the singing.
Band Mothers Club
Plan For Ball Game
Miss Ola Rouse
Weds Crandall Man
The Mesquite Band Mothers
Club met Tuesday afternoon at
the gymnasium, with seven
members present.
The club announced the date
and made plans for the softball
game to be played Friday night,
August 13.
Committees were appointed to
have charge of the buying, sell-
ing and all arrangement for the
“Food Stand” at the Mesquite
Fair. Mrs. Frank Harmon was
named chairman of “drinks”;
Mrs. J. M. Lorraine, chairman
of “hamburgers”; Mrs. T. D.
Redden, chairman of “pies and
cakes"; and Mrs. Woodfin Nor-
wood, chairman of “ice cream.”
If any one wishes to donate any-
thing for the booth, call Mrs. E.
S. McKenzie or Mrs. W. C.
Smith.
An important meeting has
been called for 3 p. m., Tuesday j
at the gymnasium. All members j
are urged to attend.
Illnesses In And
Out-Of-Town
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rouse an-
nounce the marriage of their
daughter, Ola to Mr. Henry
Warren of Crandall.
The wedding took place Fri-
day, July 9, at Crandall.
Mrs. Warren is a 1933 grad-
uate of Mesquite High School
and the groom, who is the son
of Mrs. Sarah Warren, of Cran-
dall, attended school in that city.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren are at
home in Mesquite.
Price Row News
Mrs. R. R. Cochran and dau-
ghter of South Jacksonville,
spent several days last week
with Mr .and Mrs. J. E. Coch-
ran.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cole and
family spent the week-end in
Ferris.
Sunday afternoon callers of
Velma Price were Mr. and Mrs.
McWoods of Los Angeles, Calif.
Wednesday callers of Mrs.
Roy Price were her mother, Mrs.
Runnels, and Mrs. Billie Runnels
of Dallas, and Mrs. Leo Kirk-
endock, of Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Prock and
Mrs. Dean spent the week-end
in San Saba County.
Animals Bitten Funeral Services For
By Mad Dog Mrs. John Abbott
“A mad dog” came the report
from Austin, after a dog’s head
was sent to Austin for examina-
tion for rabies.
The visious dog was killed and
his head examined after a goat
belongin gto Lee Brisendine,
and dogs belonging to W. L.
Wilkinson, Dodd Miller and Lee
Keefe, were bitten. The City
Marshal killed all the animals.
People should take extra pre-
caution against rabies. Don’t
run the risk of danger!
of
of
Pleasant Mound
Methodist Church
The Rev. Foy Thomas, new
pastor, will preach at the 11:00
o’clock service Sunday morning.
There will be no evening ser-
vices. All members and friends
are invited to attend the revival
service at Mesquite, 8 p. m.
'
NOTICE! *
,___ *
There will be an im- *
portant meeting at the *
Bennett Cemetery, next *
Sunday, Aug. 8, at 2:30 *
p. m., to discuss ways and *
means bf carrying for the *
cemetery another year. *
Ed F. Vanston
Ed F. Vanstcn, who was ill
at Baylor hospital for two weeks
returned home last Saturday.
Mr. Vanston has been gradual-
ly improving.
Will Smith
Will Smith has been in Park-
land hospital for more than two
weeks, where he has been ser-
iously ill. having had one blood
transfusion. He was much im-
proved Wednesday.
Mrs. S. D. Lawrence
Mrs. S. D. Lawrence was
£2153 a ztQnA with Miss 0pal Ho,,°-
weei°MiUn^encrhad some ... D»vM Earl Holloway is
dental work done, and the after 11
effects of that, with the exces- r?.* ' sPer)t Monday
sive heat, were probably respon- W1th Mrs. Marvin Robinson,
sible for her illness. * j Miss Beulah Meador spent
Specialists have be«n in at-! last week with Misses Minnie
tendance at her home. Tuesday i and Hattie Rouse of McKinney.
Pleasant Mound
By MISS BEULAH MEADOR
New Hope News
By MISS RUTH KEMP
Miss Winnie Ellis was the
luncheon guest of Miss Stella
Nance of S. M. U. at the Cen-
tury Room last Thursday.
Joe Stubflefiekl and sons
Wellington visited relatives
this community this week.
Mrs. W. M. Kearney is vydting
Mrs. Flora Borchardt of Street-
man this week.
Mrs. Wade Miller of Dallas,
Mrs. Lee Hargrove, and Miss
Winnie Maude Hargrove were
Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Hargrove.
Miss Sarah Ellis of Ft. Worth
is visiting her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Ellis this week.
Miss Rosa Mae Lee of Mala-
dor spent Saturday with Misses
Mary and Hattie Lee Kearney.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Sweet were Mr.
and Mrs. John Dewke and child-
ren of Rose Hill.
Miss Dessie Harris entertain-
ed friends with a party at her
home Thursday evening.
Funeral services for Mrs.
John Abbott of Wilmer, who
died Sunday night at Parkland
hospital, were held at Wilmer,
with burial in the Mesquite
cemetery.
Mrs. Abbott is survived by her
husband, one daughter, Miss
Dolly Lard, Dallas; two broth-
ers, Bill and Thurman Ridner of
Mesquite; and four sisters, Mrs.
Catherine Davis, Dallas; Mrs.
T. G. Jones, Mrs. Bess Lunsford
of Mesquite, and Mrs. Wylie Mc-
Mahan, Garland.
Blaylock Brings Vote For Queen
First Bale of Cotton Sept. 4th at Bank
Baptist Church
Miss McCutcheon Honored
9:45 a. m. Sunday School.
11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
7:00 p. m. B. T. S.
8:00 p. m. (No service be-
cause of revival).
We had a fine day last Sunday
in view of the fact that we are
in the midst of the summer. We
had 150 in Sunday School. The
doors of the church were opened
before we left in a body to hear
Bro. Thomas bring his initial
message as pastor of the Meth-
odist church, and we had seven
additions to the church. We
thank God that these seven unit-
ed by baptism and by letter with
us, and that we are seein ga con-
stant growth in our church
membership. All are invited to
come and worship at every op-
portunity. The pastor will
preach next Sunday morning on
the subject: “The Man of the
Cross”. We will not have our
regular Sunday evening service
next Sunday in order that we
may attend the final service of
the Union Meeting that we have
enjoyed these two weeks.
Miss Jobson Entertains
Sunday School Class
Miss Beatrice Jones spent the
relatives were notified of her
critical illness, and her brother
arrived Wednesday from Mis-
souri to find her better.
Mrs. Bedford Galloway
Mrs. Bedford Galloway, who
became suddenly ill Saturday
morning, had an operation at
Baylor hospital about 8 o’clock
that evening.
She has been very sick, al-
though she was better Wednes-
day.
Mrs. L. L. Brown
Mrs. L. L. Brown of Dallas
has been critically ill for many
weeks and Wednesday she was
even worse.
**HV* Bennett
Last Saturday evening, Mr.
“Hi” Bennett fell in his room
and broke his leg. He is in Park-
land hospital.
Mrs. A. J. Girdley
Mrs. J. A. Girdley, who is re-
ported as ill as could be last
week, and no further word has
been received. She has been at
the home of relatives in Paris.
Mrs. Hoyt Brown
Mrs. Hoyt Brown, who was
carried to St. Paul Sanitarium
two weeks ago Thursdav. is re-
ported some better. She has had
six blood transfusions, which in-
dicates serious illness.
Miss Mary Lou Trumble,
Hamilton, is visiting her broth-
ers, Clifford Trimble, Pt^sant
Mound, and Hardy Trimble,
Lake June Road.
Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hunt and
family are visiting Mrs. Hunt’s
parents in Winnsboro.
Mrs. L. R. Storey spent Mon-
day with Mrs. Joe Meador.
Mrs. Tommy Burgess, who
has been critically ill in a Dallas
hospital has returned home.
Mrs. R. W. Kent, Mrs. W. R.
Robinson. Mrs. J. Christopher-
son, and Mrs. R. W. Robinson
were hostesses at dinner Sun-
day, July 25, at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. R. W. Robinson,
honoring little Bobbie Wayne
Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. R. Robinson. Bobbie Wayne
has eight grandparents. The
grandparents were all present,
with all of his aunts, uncles and
cousins.
Hogue Bruton, who under-
went a mastoid operation is re-
covering rapidly.
Dr. and Mrs. R. L. Bohannon
and son of New York is visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Mace Bohannon. ,
Rev. Foy Thomas, new pas-
tor of the Mesquite and Pleasant
Mound Methodist chuches will
nreach at Pleasant Mound next
Sunday, August 8.
Rev. and Mrs. Fred J. Brucks
and daughter, Nettie Ruth, left
Thursday by automobile for
♦heir new home at Goldthwaite
where Rev. Brucks will assume
♦he pastorate of the Methodist
church there.
Mrs. Tom Ponder is visiting
relatives in Pleasant Mound.
Little Jodie Read has the
whooping cough.
■Mr. and Mrs. Mace Bohannon
entertained Thursday evening of
last week at their home with a
watermelon feast in honor of I _
Miss Annie Marie McCutcheon, I ... . , T T u
recently licensed to practice law . Miss Aneta Love Jobson as-
i T • r sisted by her mother, Mrs. Har-
... " _ , . , Iry Jobson, entertained her Sun-
Miss McCutcheon is a former day School Class Monday after-
classmate ^ of Mr. and Mrs.J noon Many interesting games
Bohannon s son. Dr. R. L. Bo-; were played, including baseball,
hannon of New York. „ : , , c , ,
Refreshments of punch and
cake were served to the follow-
ing members: Horace Broyles,
De Alva Futrelle, G. R. Porter,
Charles Ray McCallum. Invited
guests included Mary Ann Dick-
son. Hughston Thomas, Billy
Fred Lewis and Mary Dean.
A. B. Blaylock, who lives on
the S. B. Marshall place, two
miles northwest of Mesquite,
won the cash premium and the
honors for bringing the first
bale of cotton to Mesquite at
11 a. m., Tuesday, August 3,
which was ginned free at North
Texas Gin Company and bought
by the gin.
The bale brought 12 Vi; cents
a pound and weighed 445 pounds
out of 1300 pounds seed cotton,
picked over 8 acres.
The premium list amounted to
$32.25.
Many old friends and relatives
of the family were present.
Tripp-Long Creek News
By Miss Dorothy Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Jobson and
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Jobson of
Dallas visited Mr. and Mrs. M.
S. Smith Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Kedy
and daughter, Peggy of Dallas
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
L. R., Kedy.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Holt
visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam Holt
of Pleasant Grove Sunday after-
noon.
Mrs. J. W. Calvin and children
of Troup has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Hervey Hodge
this week.
Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Ragsdale were Mrs.
Flossie Tyler of Royse City, W.
S. Tyler of Dallas, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Jones of Dallas and Mr.
and Mrs. Elmon Boyd and Betty
Jean of Dallas.
Mrs. Banister of Dallas is
visiting her daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Nathan Banister this week.
Mrs. W. P. Dunaway visited
her nephew, Henry Sealy in Dal-
las last week.
T. S. Estall of Dallas was a
caller at the Dunaway home
Sunday.
Mrs. Valace Kirkland, who
has been ill for sometime has
returned to her home, but is
expected to go back to Dallas.
Her many friends are praying
that she will soon be well again.
The election for Queen of the
Mesquite Fair will be held Sat-
urday, September 4, at the First
National Bank.
The Queen may be selected
from any community in the fair
territory. All persons over 12
years are entitled to vote.
Methodist Pastor
Arrived Friday
The Rev. Foy Thomas and
family arrived in Mesquite last
Friday to assume the duties as
pastor of the Methodist church
in Mesquite and at Pleasant
Mound.
Rev. Thomas comes with a
splendid record, having a
B. A. degree from Southwestern
University at Georgetown, in
addition to one year’s study in
the Theological school at S. M.
U., and one summer in the Uni-
versity of Mexico, where he
studied Spanish, a subject which
he taught three years as head
of the department in the high
school at Sherman.
While attending S. M. U., Mr.
Thomas was secretary of the
Highland Park Methodist
Church, where he was also or-
ganist, playing hymns on the
organ chimes each) evening at
six as was customary.
He has served the Methodist
churches in the McKinney Cir-
cuit, Palm Heights church at
San Antonio, at Wallder in
Gonzales County, and the
churches at Bertram and Bur-
net, before coming to Mesquite.
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas and
young son, Hughston, moved in-
to the parsonage occupied by
the Brucks, who went to Goldth-
1 waite.
RUTH KEMP AWARDED
SCYENE NEWS
By Mrs. W. C. Smith
Murphree & Reinhardt
By Mrs. Lloyd Briley
Construction started last
week on a new home for Mr.
and Mrs. Nick Tresp.
Rhea Bernarr Briley is spend-
ing the week at Lawson.
Sunday dinner guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Bri-
ley were Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Humphreys and Leslie, of Law-
son and Mr. and Mrs. Davis
Williams of Dallas.
Matt Stallcup is in a Dallas
hospital.
Mrs. Wilson Spurlock was in
Plano Sunday.
Mrs. Byron Stallcup is ill at
Baylor.
Mrs. John Zacha and daugh-
ters are visiting in Oklahoma
City.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Williams of
Dallas spent, the day Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Russell.
Aileen Head of Dallas has
been visiting Ray Fern Brooks. |day dinncr with her s L
Mrs. Doris Leggitt, 4-H Club Canfield and family,
demonstrator nn.iI Miss Mary I BIainrid Roosters played
Camp waited the Murphree 4-H jSchep s tt:am on th<l (&,.
Club girls Friday afternoon. field Viamond Sunday afternoon,
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Briley vis- j winning by a score of 7 to 5.
ited L. Q. Hensley at St. Paul
sanitarium Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wells of
Ranger spent Tuesday and Wed-
nesday with their sister, Mrs. M.
C. Herd.
Mr. and Mrs. James Worley
and daughter, Francis, and Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Dasch, Dallas,
visited at the J. C. Dasch home
Sunday.
Mrs. Esta Wright and daugh-
ter, Helen Frances, of Dallas,
were week-end visitors at the
M. C. Herd home.
J. T. Dasch spent the week-
end in Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Rogers
visited at the Walker home in
Edwards this week-end.
Mrs. Julia Canfied had Sun-
Mrs. Ray Welch and son, and
Mrs. Fate Blake of Vernon vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Ray Brooks
last week.
Ray Fern Brooks has been
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Smith in Forney.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hill of
Dallas has been visiting Mr. nd
Mrs. W. M. Hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Eidt of Dal-
las visited Mr. and Mrs. Irb
Poynter Sunday night.
Robbers entered the home of
Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Canada last
week and escaped with a bed-
spread and two suits of clothes.
Mrs. O. E. Bell attended the
funeral of her aunt, Mrs. John
Abbott, Monday at Wilmer. Her
sister Mrs. P. Nalles of Anna,
Texas, accompanied her.
Mrs. O. R. Stephens of Dallas
visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. M. Jones, Sunday.
Several in our community are
having troubles. Jesse Meredith
is in the hospital with a carbun-
cle; and Roy Faulkner has bad
his tonsils removed. Both are
improving at this time.
Bobby Herd is spending the
week wit hhis grandmother,
Mrs. Chaney, at Greenville. Mrs.
Herd and Buddy were in Green-
ville Sunday.
Miss Ruth Kemp, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Kemp of New
Hope, a member of next years
senior class in Mesquite High
School, member of New Hope
4-H Club, has just been awarded
the prize for being the best re-
porter in the 4-H clubs of Dal-
las County. The award, a trip
to the A. & M. Short Course, is
being given by the County Home
Demonstration Council of Dallas
County.
Besides being reporter for her
club, Miss Kemp has served as
New Hope reporter for the Tex-
as Mesquiter, Dallas county’s
oldest newspaper, as orchard
demonstrator for her club for
the past year and as a former
yard demonstrator, in both
orchard and yard work, she has
developed creditable showings.
As a result of her orchard
work, she has 200 peach, 144 pe-
can. and a number of apple
seedlings with 15 grape vines
grown from cuttings and a num-
ber of berry plants with one
season’s growth to their credit.
Ruth plans to bud the seedling
fruit trees required for her own
needs and use the remainder for
distribution to her club members
and thereby reach the expansion
i goal established for 4-H mem-
: bers.
I The well sodded yard around
her home which slopes from the
house to the road, foundation
plantings, a rose garden and
borders of annuals make an at-
tractive picture on what was
once a washed and gullied hill-
side, bare except for weeds and
wild grass.
Miss Kemp will leave August
15 for A. & M. where she ex-
pects to further receive training
in demonstration work.
Reward!
for address and place of em-
ployment of William M.
Ward, late of Los Angeles,
California. Peerless Salary
Loan Co., 610 So. Broad-
way, Los Angeles, Calif.
Revival And Bible
School Drawing
Large Crowds
Large crowds are attending
the nightly revival services
sponsored by the Methodist,
Presbyterian and Christian
churches, and held on the
southern side of the city square.
The Rev. J. W. Stephens of
Waxahachie brings the spiritual
message each evening, aided by
the Rev. Foy Thomas, pastor of
the Methodist church, who has
charge of the song services.
The Daily Vacation Bible
School with the Rev. Ernest
Ulmer as director, is conducted
each morning at the Presbyter-
ian church with an enrollment
of 75, and an average attend-
ance of 50.
Sunday evening at 7:30 pre-
ceding the church services the
Bible School will close with a
program and an exhibit of hand-
work done by the pupils, pa-
rents and friends are invited to
be present.
ANNOUNCE MARRIAGE OF
YOUNG MESQUITE COUPLE
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Fonville
announce the marriage of their
daughter, Avis to Mr. Louis
Hodges, on July 2, 1937.
The bride and groom attend-
ed the Mesquite High School,
where he graduated in the 1937
class. Mr. Hodges is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hodges of Mes-
quite. The young couple is at
home in Mesquite.
MILLER BEAVER NUPTIALS
Miss Esther Mill, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Miller, and
Earl W. Beaver, son of Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Beaver will be mar-
ried Saturday morning at 9
o’clock by the Rev. R. W. Robin-
son at the home of the groom’s
parents in the presence of a
few relatives and friends.
The young couple will be at
home on Pleasant Grove Drive,
after a short honeymoon spent
in Austin.
Mrs. Fay Browning is serious-
ly ill at Dr. Carne’s hospital.
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