The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, August 6, 1937 Page: 1 of 16
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TO DEVELOP
EAST TEXAS RESOURCES
AND
FOSTER EDUCATION
The Tyler Journal
To “Sell” Smith County’s Better Fa
VOL. 13. NO. 15
Program to Our Own People and to Texas—end Tyler to Her Neighbor*
TYLER, TEXAS. FRIDAY. AUGUST 6. 1937
Telling It To You
As It’s Told To Us
What the Average Person You
Meet on the Streets Thinks
and Says—Public Mind
Plans Completed for 28th Annual
Short Course at CoDege Station in Aug.
SHORT COURSE SPEAKER
No. 1.—Spirit of Brotherhood.
No. 2.—Hates to leave his mama too
much to get married.
No. 3.—Professionals, where are your
rough-necking diplomas?
No. 4.—Can you distinguish?
No. 5.—“Centinela” commended.
No. 6.—Ranks high as a saleswoman.
No. 1.—Member of one of the Jew-
ish congregations of Tyler: “I want
to tell you about something that
would have made your late editor, Mr.
Edwards, very happy. Three mem-
bers of the Christian church congre-
gation came this morning to the pres-
ident of our congregation and hand-
ed him the keys to their church, and
said, ‘Here are the keys to our House
of Worship. Inasmuch as you folks
don’t have a church building for a
while, we want you to use ours just
as though it were yours; use it until
your building is constructed.’ That
spirit of brotherhood is certainly ap-
preciated by us.”
Changes Effected in ’37 Schedule
Make for More Advantageous i
Use of Time
Editor's Note: The following ar-'
tide appeared on page one of the
“Extension Service Farm News” for j
July and is reproduced here for the i
outline that it gives of the program !
to be followed at the Short Coarse, t
Plans for the twenty-eighth an- \
nual Farmers’ Short Course, which
will draw some 4,000 Texas farmers j
and ranchmen, farm women, 4-H club j
boys and girls to the campus of Tex- j
as A. and M. College during August i
16-19, are complete according to Roy j
W. Snyder, chairman of the general j
Short Course committee.
Some details remain to be solved. \
The problem of providing accomo-!
dations foi* 4,000 visitors, in addition j
to the regular summer school stu- \
dents, becomes more serious as the I
years pass. M. K. Thornton and the * *
members of his administrative com-1 Dr. T. O. Walton,, who has been
mittee have pressed into service I studying abroad will return in time
every available dormitory room. In j to speak to Short Course groups,
addition, local hotels and spare rooms
£ ‘^,Z ho,piu‘ wmbe f,,,ed I COURTHOUSE ELEVATOR
Most of the 4-H club boys
1936, will utilize cots under tl,^
side of the athletic stadium; the west A buildln>, permit for $6,500 to in-
side of the stadium will be open to . 8U„ an elevaU>r in the Smith Coun-
men and 4-H club boys; and the regw
1936, will utilize cots under the3east IS NOW BEING INSTALLED
Eight Cases of Infantile
Paralysis in Smith Co.
Eight cases of infantile paralysis
have been reported to date in Smith
county, tgly one of the attacks has
proved fatal. Three are still ill, oth-
ers have recovered- One case ha*
been reported from Selman City, one
at Tumertown and three at Van.
Health authorities have agreed
that the best method of controlling
the disease is to completely isolate a
child who becomes ill until the dan-
ger is passed or until the physicians
have definitely diagnosed the case,
an exceptionally difficult thing to do
in the case of infantile paralysis.
Dr. A. E. Hill of the city-county
health unit, says that in cases of in-
fantile paralysis, there are usually
several days during which the pati-
ent has temperature, then the fever
leaves and paralysis does not appear
until later.
Parents are warned by local phy-
j sicians to keep their children isolated’
from other children and to not take
them to public gatherings.
George Bradshaw, six-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bradshaw
who live eight miles north of Tyler,
is the latest victim, his case having
been reported to the county health
office Tuesday morning. Martha
Glenn Burris, 10 1 /2-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Burris of
Tyler is reported some better.
Six Thousand Dropped
From Texas Pension RoD
Austin, Aug. 4. — Texas old age
. pension rolls were cut down to 117,-
ASSUMES NEW DUTIES
, , , , , ty courthouse was issued here Tues-
ular camp grounds south of the *ta-! /ay anf, the work u expected to be | 665 for August, a drop of 6,008 from
dium will again accomodate campers, j cornpjete<j anf1 the elevator ready for ! the July total.
No. 2.—Furniture salesman talk-! Changes in ’37 Short Course ; operation in ten days, according to I Pension investigator* are still at
ing to young woman customer: “I’ll I The farmers’ Short Course of 193” J Carl Gregory, architect. The eleva- J work, reinvestigatin''' all persons who
declare to you, I don’t believe that I will be, in general, similar to those • tor will run from the basement to the ! have been on the rolls, and there is
oldest boy of mine is ever going to ■; of preceding ’-ears. Home changes! third floor of the courthouse, thus, a great liklihood that the red u'-t'ou
— i---- -----* . — -«---*-—;-------county offices locat- . will continue for the next month or
get married—he likes his mama too have been worked out along lines; connecting all
well to leave her. He says that he j suggested by past experience. i ed in the building. ^ ,
guesses he’ll think seriously of mar-1 The program for the men has been ! The elevator was designed and Meanwhile, Pension Director^VV. A.
riage after his mama is gone." divided into four classes, one for manufactured especially for the | Little announced that the Federal
- i each day of the Short Course. In- i courthouse by the Otis Elevator Com- j grant for September is already on
No. 3.—Dentist reciting a funny; stead of running many items at the • pany. R. T. Collins, building con-j hand, and checks for^thc^ September
incident which happened recently: “I I same time, all the morning sessions ; tractor is constructing the
had a little boy in the chair this will be concentrated into a series of shaft.
two.
elevator j payments
time.
will go out promptly on
morning who was one of the London
school explosion victims. While I
was making ready my paraphernalia
to work on his teeth, I noticed him
gazing around the walls of the office.
Then he said, ‘Well, I want to see
your rough-necking diploma.’ I said,
‘Whatdo ya mean, ‘rough-necking di-
ploma?’ And he said, ‘Well, didn't
you have to rough-neck it about three
years in this business before you got
to be a dentist’?”
No. 4.—Collector for a business
firm of Tyler: “I was up atVan col-
lecting the other day, and a little ole
kid of a boy got to talking to me
and asking me questions, like all kids
will, you know. I was wearing a pair
of these sandals that day, and the
kid said, ‘You’ve got on sandals,
haven’t you?’ I said, ‘Yeah, I wear
’em to keep my feet cool.’ Then the
kid said, ‘Well, if I wore ’em, the
kids would all call me a sissy’I”
lectures under one roof. The after- j
noon meetings will be broken up into <
groups which will give each indi-
-. idual a charce to follow the line ir. j
which he is most interested.
The Monday «ession for men will be I
devoted to livestock; the Tuesday I
meeting will be on the subject of |
’• ort>Vn»ture; 6»M crops and soils |
v/ill fall on Wednesday; and Thur*- j
lay will be given over to farm busi- j
ness and organization.
General Assemblies Featured
Centinela Now Being Presented
To Large Audiences at Henderson
HENRY EDWARDS & CO„ Pub*
Smith Co-’* New Home Demonstration
Agent To Begin New Duties August 11
MISS MARY 8ITTON
'Human Security Week”
Aug. 9-16 Hopes to Help
Passage of 2 Amendments
ueiinai nsncumim icatumi j ■
The popular general assemblies will j “Centinella," a stirring historical j early days, in such a manner a* to
be continued. Men and women will . drama, created by Mark Hamilton, is inspire the most unconcerned, m the
'ather ea"h momiti" for an hour’s ' drawing immense crowds in Hender- vital things that make a nation great,
meeting which will "cature tal;r, Ly j wn, as it is being shown at the Amer- j In order that we may preserve the
nationally known personages, inter- «can Legion Park nightly at 8:30 j great heritage that is our* we must
■ L..! tUrA,.«v, QnnrioL’ Ancrtittt in *tudy the past, no more beautiful
persed with group sieging led by; through Sunday, August 15.
Walter Jenkins, song leader of Ro- j The show' is a most gorgeous and
arv International. spectacular drama with superb nat-
The adult meeting will be preceded ; ura* scenery. It is being shown in
each day by a joint meeting of the an amphitheatre which has a teau-
club boys and girls. Walter Jenkins I *iful lake between the stage and the
will also lead the singing of this j °t)00 seat bowl. The lighting effects
.. - , , group. The club members’ meetings ■are wonderful, reflecting the co or-
No. 5.—Former state commander i wjjj ^ \Brfre\y taken up by talks by i *“1 costumes and impressive scenes on
of the American Legion to a friend j ,», , . . and wirl« and hv a «e- ! the lake waters. Crowds are increas-
who had told him she heard his talk , ^ of discissions on the subject i >ng nightly and it is expected to have
over at the first performance of ... > - -----“—
Jtr „ Performsneei oi. “our Rural Heritage
Centinela in Henderson Saturday
night: “That’s a fine show, isn’t it?
I really think that, for non-profes-
sionals, it is excellent. And I think
the Henderson post of the American
legion is very fortunate in securing
this pageant for their city. I feel
like they’re going to have a fine run
of the show because everybody that
sees it commends it to his friends.”
the bowl filled to capacity before the
The entertainment series, one of j end of_the week,
the most popular features of the
‘-hort Course, will
No. 6.—District manager of a lead-
ing insurance company of the state:
“We have one sales person on our
staff who certainly ranks high with
our company. She is Mrs. John
Jones (not the real name)—you know
her—lives down here at Troup. She
knows everybody nearly in that vi-
cinity, and the ones she doesn’t know
# her father, who is a physician, knows.
Her commissions this past week
amounted to $1,500; she sold several
paid up annuity policies to some oil
men, you see, and really made a kill-
in’!”
On Tuesday night members of the
be presented in : Prc** were the ttuests of the Legion
Memorial Stadium, where a loud j and Centinella directors;™
speaker apparatus will be installed. Wednesday night every school child
Music by two 4-H club bands, the the L>nd°n school district was the
presentation of prizes to Short °{ the Char es P. Rankine post
Course contest winners. and the j °J ‘J* American Leg.on and of Gen-
award of the coveted Gold Star pins , ... .
to 100 club girls and the same number T Jhe ,dra™' « .th the most gorgeous
of bovs will make up the program on natural setting to be found anywhere
the final „«h. of the Short Ctrnn*. | 'P j^th,. ■* »»rth aeae^l t me.
Women Plan Busy Session
I the price of a ticket. It is most in-
j teresting, entertaining and benefic-
A busy session has been mapped i ial. Miss Kathleen Norman, a form-
out for the women in all lines of ac- j er Troup girl, is singing for Centi-
tivity. In addition to the regular I nella. Every child of school age
meetings at which subjects related i should have the privilege of seeing
to home making will be discussed, j this drama.
a number of talks will be given by 1 Writes Mrs. I. L Elam of Centi-
widely known women on subjects of 'jnela:
current interest Soeci®l cour*®* will j “The latest production of Texas
be offered to folk games and dra- ; History, it is bringing to you each
LOTTERY LAWS TO BE
matics.
Delegates from T®’ra« homo dem-
onstration clubs will hold a series of
meet»n"s of the Texas Home Dem-
onstration Association at which of-
ficers for the ensirng year will be
ENFORCED LOCALLYof t,,<!
__ j Special Courses
Special courses have been ar-
ranged in cotton classing, leather
making, poultry, and manufacture
of dairy products. The Institute for
Cooperatives will hold its third an-
nual meeting in connect:en with the
Short Course and is expected to draw
a large attendance from members of
night beautiful pictures of Texas in
The campaign of education being
conducted by the State Committee
for Human Security for the adoption
of the two welfare amendments—aid
to the needy adult blind and to de-
pendent and destitute children—will
be climaxed during “Human Security
Week,” August 9 to 16.
The “Week” is being set aside
by proclamation of the Governor.
Through the state-wide county or-
ganizations which are being set up
it is expected that an intensive speak-
ing campaign will be conducted in
every votong box of the individual
counties, to the end that the people
may know the provisions of the two
amendments to be voted upon August
23rd and the necessity for their adop-
tion.
The week will be opened Monday
\ evening in Dallas, with Honorable
j Frank Bane, executive director of
the Social Security Board, Washing-
Ion, and Judge Sarah T. Hughes of
the 14th District Court of Dallas as
two of the speakers. There will be
others, also, appearing on the pro-
gram.
or imr*Tjr’•to t™-
saiirsjjjrr rni"g a
stimulate patriotism or to develop p V * c* n(?. ,nQ J.
‘Creative Citizenship,’ is known to *5®;SZ'**£ ^
our institutions of learning, than to F°? a"d
study the lives of heroes, who have l ^ fhurches of th“
(State will be asked to give some rec-
? nr»»nf« all rf fhi* in „ i ozrmicn to the program for ratifi-
most impressive and blLutiful man- ! *h- tw° amendment* aimed
ner, and is l>eing described as a mas- | re,,evc human n<,ed»-
terpiece of Art, and Dramatics. Cre- j a detail® J
Ha* Been Agent in Potter County
For Past Seven Years
Arriving in Tyler Tuesday, Aug-
ust 10, Miss Mary Sitton, named to
take the place of Miss Velma Heald,
Smith county's present agent, who re-
signed some two weeks ago, will take
up her duties as home demonstra-
tion agent the following day.
Miss Sitton has been home dem-
onstration agent of Potter county
with headquarters in Amarillo for the
past seven years. She was graduated
from the College of Industrial Arts
with the B. S. degree. Miss Sitton
was very active in club work while
in Amarillo, not only W.H.D work
but also with Federated Women’s
clubs and civic organizations of that
city. She was a member of the Bua-
iness and Professional Women's Club
and the American Association of
University Women.
In a letter to this publication, Miss
Sitton says, “I am looking forward
with pleasure to working with the
Tyler and Smith county people. I
am indeed «glad to know that the
newspapers there cooperate with ex-
tension work in Smith county so
wholeheartedly, for I think our
W.H.D. and 4-H newspaper publicity
aids the progress of our work more
than any other one thing that can
be done, for it is brought before
the public more in this way than in
any other way.
“With the loyal support and co-
operation of the papers, I know that
we shall continue the good work and
put over another big program of
work next year.”
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Texas Scottish Rite Hospital
Left Ten Thousand Dollars
By McKinney Woman
Mrs. Mary E. Boyd, who passed
away May 24, 1937, at McKinney,
Texas, left a bequest of $10,000 to
the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for
Crippled Children.
According to Mr. Walter C. ’Tem-
ple, 33rd degree, Deputy in Texas of
the Southern, or Mother, Supreme
Council, she also left a number of
other bequests to charitable organi-
zations. This was not Mr*. Boyd’s
first gift to the hospital as some
years ago she presented two farms
in Collin county.
Another generous donor to this
hospital was the late Mrs. Gladys
E. Horner whose will, filed in San
Francisco, bequeathed all real proper-
ty owned by her situated in the City
of Dallas to the Scottish Rite insti-
;;g
tution that is doing such a splendid
work in behalf of crippled children.
The Scottish Rite Hospital for
Crippled Children is served by the
best medical skill. Not a single pen-
ny is paid to the chief surgeon, and
no salary to any officer or director.
The plant represents an investment
of $350,000, is absolutely clear of
terpiece of Art. and Lira matics. • re- \ detail®! nrosrram for each of j l,.....i • j , X
ative Citizenship has been defined »hev> populous centers in Texas will 18 admlttll}ff a,lound 2,000
as “that which builds without des- apKar m the press with n a Tew lt a«ectionately
troying thing* of greater value than P *ef5rel£ &y,_th?.se who know ?f.Ita
its own contribution.’ There is not j
a scene in Centinela or a word in the
To Receive Their part Of
Emergency Appropriation
good works in the interest of hu-
manity as a “heaven of happiness.”
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Tho““d RuraI Sthool‘
ment that is necessary to every mdi- i
vidual life who would succeed. It is l
truly said that it is ‘Where the Good, I
the True and the Beautiful s***® n®"*- |
mount.’ Some one said to this writ- !
®r, why those bright costumes etc., | -
if it is no ordinary carnival show?! . . . . . .
These were the type worn by the checks /or £ore ihaJ ’4000 between the State Board of E'hica-
"hoois in Texas will begin next i ‘;0.n and. the Automatic Tax Board
McCraw Must Present
His Opinion in School
Apportionment Dispute
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Austin, Aug. 4.—The bitter fight
people in the time* they represent.
“You are especially invited to see
Centinela that you may appreciate
Texas and Texas people more. Yes,
week after a joint legislation corn-
'll it tee completes the division of an
there is plenty of fun and amusement’ | appropriation of $1,080,-
<n Centinela to please the amusement
seeker, as well as to please the most
interested student.”
LAST CALL
Austin, Aug. 4.—Enforcement of
all , lottery laws, including the laws
against marble imachines, will be left
to local officers. Col. H. H. Carmi-
chael, director of the Department of
c——-•'ncc'l ?h— week.
Carmichael pointed out that the
ranger force is limited, and that he
feels that enforcement of the less im- farmer*’ cooperative*,
portnnt laws should be left entirely
in the hands of local officers.
M«eh criticism
cent'y in Austin because Rangers and
A special program has been rrr-
ranged for county and cjbmmunity
'•ommittgemen under the Agricultural
Conservation Program .‘""An tinui1 ant!
other state (' officers stepped into lo- "■ half has been set aside during each
cal situations to enforce law« with-1 dav of the Short Course at which
out the request of local officers, i committeemen and others interested
When Rangers were sent to Fort
Worth in the Txine Star Gas companv
strike a few weeks ago, the city of-
ficials protestsd bitterly and both
Governor Allred and Colonel Car-
michael were sharply criticised. The
same was true of local situations
where the state officers sought to
enforce liquor and anti-gambling
laws.
will be escorted through the state
AAA office where they will be given
an opportunity to see the set-up
employed in the administration of
the Agricultural Conservation Pro-
gram' as applied to Texas. t
Prominent Persons to Speak
In addition to officers and faculty
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For a number of years the Tyler Journal has been most inter-
ested in helping so far as possible the 4-H boys and girls of the
county to attend the Farmers Short Course, held annually at A. &
M. College. Not only has this endeavor afforded us pleasure, but
it ha* helped some club boy or girl materially, and has afforded them
happiness and an unusual pleasure by mixing and mingling with
other club boys and girls over the state.
Individuals and various clubs around Tyler have always re-
sponded most graciously to our appeal for funds to enable the boys
and girls to make this trrp. We have had a number ol nice dona-
tions this year. However, we arc still short of the goal we had
h prl V- And we feel sure, that there are person* who would
be happy to make some, even if a very small, donation lor IM* Wbr-
thy purpose. Every little amount is equally appreciated by these
deserving young characters. $7.00 pays the entire expenses of one
club boy and $12.50 the expenses of one girl or woman for this trip.
The date set for the Short Course this year is August 16th. If
you do have a donation, please send it to the Tyler Journal, to the
County Agent or Home Demonstration Agent by Tuesday, August
10th; and be assured of the fact that yon have contributed in a laege
measure toward making the heart of some boy or girl most happy.
WE SINCERELY THANK YOU.
For the past two weeks a com-
mittee of three representatives and
three senators has been at work ex-
amining the claims of each rural
chool to a part of the appropriation,
wd checks will probably be mailed
iut to schools sometime next week.
Bart of the fund will be used to
oay tuition aid for 1935-36, while
he remainder will be used to pay
a part of the state’* rural aid in all
phase*, for the current year of 1936-
37.
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JUNE SALES IN TEXAS
SHOW 14 PCT. DECLINE
Austin, Aug. 3.
h many months
this week rested on the desk of At-
torney General Wil'inm
The Board of Education met July
6 and fixed the scholastic apportion-
ment at $22 for next year. But the
Automatic Tax Board cut the proper-
ty tax rate from 20 to 7 cents, thuB
making it impossible to pay the full
$22 next year.
The Board of Education met Mon-
day and a majority favored revising
its previous action and setting the
rate at $20 instead of $22. But a
San Antonio school went into dis-
trict court and got a temporary
injunction restraining the Board
from reducing the $22 rate.
So it becomes McCraw’s duty to
present to the court his view of thin
dispute between two state agencies.
The Automatic Tax Board says that
the education board exceeds its au-
thority by meeting first. On the oth-
er hand, the school people say f* ‘
the Automatic Tax Board was di
bound to set- «ueh-~«—tax-rate
For thd first time wo«’d yi**1d the $22.
year-to-year com- j Moreover, the school people point
TPX3K rf tat! "AtP* hare | that tho-kma- say* -tho appoatias
>iied to show a favorable trend, ac- ! nient must be fixed by August 1, and
'-ording to the University of Texas
Bureau of Business Research. Re-
port* from 106 representative cstab-
ishment* composed of department
store* and specialty shops show June
ale* 14.9 per cent below those of
preceding month and no change
Tpifflf TflWRr “ ‘
month last vear. Sales for the year-
>o-date were H).7 p®r cent above
those of the like period last year.
since that date already has
no action reducing the $22 woul
legal.
These are the two problems that
Attorney General McCraw must an-
alyse and argue before the San An-
tonio district court within a
schools will receive
regardless of the outcome
present squabble.
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