The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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Successor to The East Texas Optimist
A Purely Local Newspaper by and for Local People, Independent in Policy, and Ambitious to Serve the Welfare of the County
VOLUME 41
CORRIGAN, POLK COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935
NUMBER 3S
‘BUILD IT-FIX
IT MONTH”
BEGINS SEPT. 2
DISTRICT WPA PRO-
JECTS APPROVED
MOVEMENT WILL AID
RETURN OF PROSPER-
ITY TO STATE
San Antonio, August 27. —
Sponsors in Works Progress
Administration District No. 3,
headquarters at Beaumont,
1 have pledged contributions eq-
ualling 32 per cent of the total
federal funds to be spent on
I the first twelve projects ap-
proved for that district, State
j Project Director E. A. Baugh
announced today.
“Build it-Fix it” Month will j Federal funds of $158,143.-
be officially inaugurated m 45 have been requested for the
Corrigan Monday night, Sept. Beaumont district. With the
2.All citizens are being urged, $50,105 promised by District
to tune in their radios on this n0 5 sponsors, this program
night and hear the sponsors of w;fl provide the equivalent of
this movement tell why they one year’s work for 329 per-
consider successful co-opera- SOns now registered on the re-
tion during “Build it-Fix it” ]jef rolls.
Month can be a direct means j Expressing gratification at
through which our city and all the co-operation offered by j
of Texas can lead the way to District 3 sponsors, Baugh
economic recovery. pointed out that the per man-
Simultaneously, in cities of year expenditure on their pro-
all sizes throughout the state, jects rar)ged from $415 to $582
similar addresses by prominent _an comfortably below the
citizens will mark the launch- $600 figure set by federal au-
ing of this state-wide drive, in- thorities as a maximum,
tended to spur on the return “Those projects already ap-
of normal business conditions proved from District 3 and oth-
in time to enable all Texas to er proposals received from
take full advantage of the ap- that section indicate that spon-
proaching Texas Centennial.
As a tribute to Labor and in
recognition of the power that
the Laboring Man’s payroll ex-
ercises over general business
conditions, the sponsors of this
movement have chosen the eve
of September 2, Labor Day, as
the most appropriate date on
which to inaugurate a program
whose principal aim is
stimulation of activity in
branches of the building and
allied trades, without which
there can be no real revival of
business. The slogan for “Build
it-Fix it” Month is: “When
Labor Earns, Labor Spends—
When Labor Spends, Prosper-
ity Returns.”
sors are recognizing the bene-
fits of the program and are
helping to get an early start
toward putting all their em-
ployables on relief, to work,”
Baugh said.
Counties in the district un-
der the direction of R. E. Biggs
are Trinity, Polk, Tyler, Jas-
per, Newton, San Jacinto, Lib-
the erty, Hardin, Orange, Jeffer-
aD son and Chambers.
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MANRY - THOMPSON
Mr. Harold Berlon
'son of Mr. and Mrs.
I Manry of
Miss Mary
Manry
E. A.
STATE VOTES
WET LAST
SATURDAY
CITIES OF STATE VOTE
STRONG FOR RETURN
OF LIQUOR
CORRIGAN VOTES FOR
REPEAL SATURDAY
EDENS-BIRCH SAFETY
MEETING MONDAY
Other than a direct mail j The regular monthly safety
campaign by local “drys,” no j meeting of the Edens-Bireh
Rock Islaixd, and [effort was made by either side Lumber Company will be held
Winifred Thomp-[to cari-y this box, and as a re-|at the Corrigan Theatre Mon-
MOSCOW SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER
Supt. C. O. Chandler of the
Moscow school was a visitor
here yesterday and stated that
the Moscow school would open
on Monday, September 9, the
Latest tabulations on the re-
peal vote showed 262,185 in
favor of discarding prohibit-
ion, compared to the 207,608
ballots rounded up by the
drys.
The proposed amendments
concerning old age pensions,
commitment of insane, sus-
pended sentences and fee abol-
ition carried. Proponents for
those concerning amendment
submission and text books for
private chools apparently have
lost their fight.
Latest returns on the voting,
other than the repeal balloting,
| were:
Old age pensions: For 369,-
858; against, 92,892.
Commitment of insane: For,
255,216; against, 167,223.
Amendment submission:
For, 187,062; against, 200,203.
Suspended sentences: For,
213,290; against, 180,755.
Fee abolition: For, 243,723;
against, 155,823.
I Text books for private
'schools: For, 205,904; against,
[236,755.
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ANGELINA VOTES DRY
BY SIXTY-FIVE VOTES
Since fund, for old „„d new'™"; Mnand Mre. J»lt. Corrigani voted for d*‘e '« «*• “
Methodist Church yesterday
! morning at ten o’clock, Rev.
D. T. Windham, pastor, per-
forming the ceremony. Mr.
iJohn Carter of Austin, and
Miss
Edens, Mr.
The official returns were
follows for Corrigan:
Amendment—
construction were made avail- L Thompson were quietly [of the prohibition laws by
able to home owners under the lunited in marriage at the First —“ “““
Federal Housing Administra-
tion, those districts which have
shown the most decided eco-
nomic upward trend have been
where building and re-model- ,
ing activity received the great- ^lss Margaret
est impetus, according to fig-[J“. Cr£vey, °f Llvn ft0,n
ures compiled by the Commit-1 a"dM>ss Pef' Swann attend‘
tee in charge of the state-wide j edTl^e. c-°,up e’ , ,
movement. “That is why in ur- L ,™e br.de wore a dark green
ging every man in this com- fal1 ens?fble’ After the
munity to take an active part|Jn?,11^’ S'. an, fl s' , .
in “Build it-Fix it” Month by Jfft for Galveston for a short
building or r.p.iring hi., home. [h.^htre*^
The Press joins the many
friends of this popular young
votes. On the other amend-1 this occasion ^ The* facuitvSC,!t°Moscow
ments offered this box went! A two reel comedy will be Tlle f‘icult.\ at Moscow
about like other sections of the ! shown, and the entertainment
state. (program will be under the di-
rection of A. W. Cockrell and
1 his crew. The safety program
, [will be arranged by Mr. H. C.
o^oA ic I Weigley, safety engineer of
Galveston.
All white employees and
Pension ................................. 243 16
Sanity Trial ..................... 156 59
Repeal ................................. 138 112
Amendments .................. 82 103
Probation ........................... 129 70
Manry j pee System ........................ 122 66
Text Books........................ 121 100
The
of the
we want to impress upon
that each dollar he spends for
this purpose is spent directly
for his own advantage, not for
any altruistic purpose of ideal-
istic aim,” said W. F. Edens,
chairman for this district.
For instance: John Jones,
who owns a restaurant, has
his troublesome back steps re-
paired. Bill Black, who does
the job, then buys groceries.'
The grocer buys shoes. The
shoe clerk collects his salary
and buys gas for his car. The
service station operator takes
his wife and kids to a
The theatre owner pays his! each one to
rent. The landlord has a tooth for. to come,
pulled. The dentist celebrates! —
by taking his family to dine at'
John Jones’ restaurant, and
then John Jones has his new
steps and his money, too. In
varying scale, according to the
size of the community, but
with the same inevitability,
that’s the way the building-fix-
ing dollar, which is the fastet
moving dollar in the world,
ret'”-ns to its original owner.
There are several reasons
given as to why September has
been selected for “Build it-fix
it” Month. In the first place,
1h'>re is little rain and no cold
weather; therefore interrup-
tions of building jobs are rare.
Then, with the ending of va-
cation time, householders and
property owners have ample
time to plan and deride upon
the exact character of improve-
RETURN FROM VACATION
counle in wishing them a long1 Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Veal,
and happy married life. Mi’s. J. B. Edens and Mrs. M.
T. Potts returned Thursday
HOME MAKERS’ CLASS
“Home Makers” Class
Bantist Sunday School
their families are urged to at- jstudftf p^‘nhKwill drive the
year will be composed of the
following: C. O. Chandler,
Superintendent; Mrs. Carter
Watts, Miss Callie Rowe and
Miss Bessie Smith. The school
will teach this year, as in the
past, through the ninth grade,
the tenth and eleventh grade
to Corrigan.
According to complete re-
turns from Angelina County
in the lection held last Satur-
:day the county voted against
tins repea] 0f the harci liquor laws
and in favor of retaining 3.2
beer to quench the thirst of the
people north of Polk and those
who go fi’om here to “the riv-
er.”
The following is the com-
plete returns of that county:
Amendment— For Ag’st
tend, and the genei’al public
is cordially invited. The meet-
ing will start promptly at 8
p. m.
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SHOWER
from a two week’s tour of the
west, visiting points of interest
in New Mexico, including Mt.
Capuline, Carlsbad Caverns,
from there to Colarado Springs jder the direction of Mrs. Paul
Mrs. Ellis Murphy and Mi’s.
Otto Parrish were joint hostess-
es last Thursday afternoon at
the home of Mrs. Murphy hon-
oring Mrs. Grover Weatherly
with a miscellaneous shower.
The following program un-
white bus and Roger
the one for colored students.
Mr. Chandler requested the
attendance of all patrons of
Moscow school on the opening
day.
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Pension ........................ 2771 310
J,"'!!!?' Repeal ........................... 1435 1500
! Amendments ............ 1308 1159
Probation ..................... 1355 1140
Fee Svstem .................. 1493 1050
I Text Books .................. 1206 1627
| This county also voted on
| the question of continuing the
will have their regular month-1 pjk, p k Seven Falls, Van Adams was rendered
ly busmess m-etmg, with a so- Brj le Po’tterv and o Adams was rendered.
cial hour following. Tuesday - -
Advei’tising contest, prize
Aironincr Qanfpmhw q hpirm Points in Colorado. Leaving won by Mrs. Leo Bergman.
“ -f r? I M^oeBe;8Ar,c.lp,,lni!” *
pays his i e..ch one to m we a special ef- Idaho> and to Salt Lake City,' The gifts were presented in
visiting Temple Square andja unique manner. The colored
other points of interest in the wash woman brought the laun-
Mormon city before returning dry in on a wagon decorated
home. |in pink and white. After the,
j gift bundle was opened refresh- j turns for I oik
ments of sandwiches, angel follows:
Amendment—
COUNTY RETURNS OF 'sale of beer in the county, the
SATURDAY’S ELECTION results being for beer, 1532;
- [against the sale of beer, 1446.
First report published in the I -©-
daily press showed that Polk
County had voted for repeal
of the prohibition laws, final
tabulation showed that the
county remains “dry as a pow-
der house.” But it really does-
n’t mean anything, as those
who are so inclined can still
TYLER COUNTY VOTES
“WET” SATURDAY
Woodville, Aug. 27.—Com-
plete returns from Tyler Coun-
ty showed that three amend-
ments carried and four were
defeated in Saturday’s elect-
NACOGDOCHES COUNTY |
COMPLETE RETURNS
The “Home Makei’s” Class
is taking this means of remind-
ing its members to be present
for the class discussion Sun-
day morning, September 1. In-
vite your friends to come with
you. All adult Baptist women
who live in our town and are
not members of the class, and
others who are not members________
of any class are cordially in- i^Vetkin last Saturday:
vited to come and join the I
“Home Makei’s” claisi|—Re-
porter.
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where local enforcement offi
cers are not so particular in
regard to their prohibition law
and where “bottled in bond”
means just that.
The complete official re-
County are as
were I
The following is a com-
plete tabulation of all Nacog-
doches county boxes in the
WEDNESDAY CLUB
Mrs. M. T. Potts was hostess
to the m imbers of the Wed-
nesday Bridge Club at her
tiome ' ^sterdaly afternoon.
(Marigold i and zennias formed
the floral decorations. Guests
D. L.
A.mondment-
For Ag’st
Pension ...........................2600 372
Sanity Trial ...............1522 1110
Repeal ........................... 1241 1755
Amendments ............... 923 1469
Probation .................. 1085 1343
Fee System ............... 1050 1386
Text Book ..................... 836 1907
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The following attended the
commencement exercise of S.
ments that their property! if the club were Mrs. D. L. ]F. A. in Nacogdoches Tuesday
needs. It is also pointed out (Veal and Miss Althea Kent, night: Rev. and Mrs. S. E. Hai-
that building materials, plumb- IFg'' sce ’e in the games went ■ ry, Misses Winnie Saxon and
ing supplies, paints, wall paper to Miss Althea Kent. A dessert, Viola Hai*ry, Mrs. H. A. Bar-
and similar stocks are medium j course and ice tea were served, clay, Mrs. Lester Purvis and
in cost right now, while a rise--©-- [son, James Roy. Miss f’an!W
in the price of such materials1 Mrs. Chi'istie Stovall and Harry, who received her B. A.
is anticipated early in our Tex- Miss Lois Saxon spent Tuesday degree, returned with Rev. and
as Centennial year. [in Lufkin. I Mrs. Hari'y for a visit.
food cake and ice tea -----.
served the following: Mes-l^enslon .......:...................
dames J. W. Cobb, G. M. Park, 1 Sanity Trials............... 945
Carl Bergman, E. T. Hickman, Repeal ........................... 811
Leo Bergmn, V. L. Bergman, Amendments .......... 579
E. L. Knox, H. A. Morgan, J. Probation ..................... 719
M. Saxon, Alton Brazziel, J.!E!ee Systern .................. 753
B
\<
L
G
M.
Weeks, Christie Stovall,
k Aydelotte, Andrews,
• Phillips, H. T. Day, J.
dry, Paul Adams, Ellis
. .y, Otto Parrish and
Grover Weatherly.
Those iwho sent gifts but did
not attend were: Mesdames S.
E. Harry, B. F. Adams, Wal-
lace, L. J. Coward, B. F. Ed-
ens, Seamons, Barclay, D. H.
Chandler, G. L. Bounds, D. T.
Windhiam, J. Thomas, Spain,
D. M. Stovall, Otis Nash, Nat
Hanna and Miss Aline Cloud.
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Mr. and Mrs. Homer Weath-
erly of Galveston spent the
week end here with Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Weatherly.
go to “dry” Angelina County, ion. The old age pension and
1 insanity commitment amend-
ments got good majorities, and
repeal went over by 35 votes,
but constitutional amendment
submission, probation of de-
fendants, abolishing the fee
system and free text books
were defeated.
The complete vote follows:
Amendment— For Ag’st
Pension .............................. 821 153
Sanity Trial ..................... 581 342
Repeal ................................. 478 443
Amendments .................. 239
Probation ........................... 334
Fee System ........................ 336
Text Books ........................ 228
For Ag’st
186
713
Text Books .................. 677
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1060
875
790
777
1071
Mrs. Felix S. Hawkins and
little sons, Norman and Felix
Jr. and Mrs. Stafford of Dal-
las, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. Walter Niederhofer of
New Willard, spent Thursday i
447
417
442
592
NEW HOME DEMONSRA-
TION AGENT FOR POLK
Miss Ruth Walker of Living-
ston, recently appointed Coun-
cil last week here the guests of jty Home Demonstration Agent
Mr. and Mrs. Winfred F. Haw-[for Polk County, was a visitor
kins. They were enroute to I to Corrigan Tuesday. Miss Wal-
Daiias, |ker succeeds Miss Ruth Caus-
’__©--[ey, who has held this position
Misses Fleeta and Lora for a number of years, and who
Mathis of Groveton visited 1 resigned recently to accept a
friends in Corrigan Tuesday.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ray Matlock
and son of Lufkin, were Corri-
gan visitors yesterday.
similar position at Henderson,
Texas.
Miss Walker formerly taught
1: me economics in the school
at Greenwood, Wise County.
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Gilbert, J. R. The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1935, newspaper, August 29, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643463/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.