Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1939 Page: 7 of 14
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THTRSIU^ \PRTf/27, l<» i9
r u',1 SEVEN
Viets School In
Novice District
After Election
LXinTNearrcuylf 'Bntisb Women Aid In Defense Program V Qf £0lma^ in Crosby Picture
By Trapper Oxford 1--- ----------
A game of t.ag between a shrewd
j trapper and a cunning six-year-olcF
; timber well ended 'early Monday
; morning when Rule Oxford, county
By a, vote of if! to 3, Uie people trapper, found one of his traps had
in the Viets school district 'lucsdnv caught the wolf,
decided to transfer tlu*ir .school Tilt game had been in progress
activities in Novice High'. School In, for more than two years, Dip trap-!
actuality. the election was’a con- per catching sight of his intended
.validation of the two districts. y Him in several occasions during
Less than two- months ngo--early; the time of the'chase but never,
in March the Oak Grove, bv tin- J until Monday, able to catch him.
animgus ^vote. decided to consoll-.j • With much the appearance of a
/jiitc with tfovi'c^oti, districts have German police dog, the timber wolf
been "contractmg"‘wit'1 Notice any- j weighed betweerT 35 and 40 pounds,
bow. By 'contracting” it i meant, The wolf had killed many sheep
$12,000 In School
Transportation
Warrants Arrive
that iiic students air transferred lo j and goats in'this county,
another district by contract/ | -- — —
There are 37 students in Die Viets
il strict and 4! came in fixm Oak
Grove. Novice High's enr-Jlmeut
now -is at around 220 and it . an a
includes about '70 sgnare miles
If the proplr in t'-e Commt con-
.‘Olidated. district vote on May 6 to d ransportaiion warrants .to the
dissolve that d -trict there are. in-1 extent of *12,071 were received by
(Mentions both Midway and • Lone County School Supt. W. '1 Graves
Star will consolidate with Novice today'from the State Department of
The Novice district would then in-! Education, That amount represents
dude 100 quare miles. i the first fifty percent of the np-
Novice High School has If! credit ' proved amount for this county—al-
and that includes vocational agri-1 though the county will actually re-
culture and vocational home econo- reive only SO per cent ot the ap-
mics proved amount. In other words, only
Faculty members at the school 30 per cent of the approved amount
include J W Toombs, superinten- j is yet to come,
dent: W P Woodward principal j 1' is -stipulated by law, said Mr.
Rdha Dougla homerankfng Irwin Graves, that these funds can be
Ingram, vocational agriculture;. Cor- j paid only on the 1938-39 term pp-
aldinc Gaines English; Wyatt Mor- [rations
■ris. seventh grad* Maylielle Per-f Warrants'will be paid off as they
kins, fifth and sixth grade , Mrs are registered on the school depart-
Nadine Harris, rhird and fr.iirtli; menl's books
■'lades; and Mrs doe Biirroir-h Each school district will be ered-
first second and primary ' ited with a proportionate part of
the funds—in proportion to the
, Here
County
And There
AM
Territorials, the auxiliary air'j force and members
ol the Air K;
Precaution services took part in Linden's hr - national defer, se <>i pi.
in Hyde park recently. Two members of the Women' .Ambulance rot
are shown as they’canvassed for reermt rlu.it' he detense displ;
England has taken great strides in air raid precaution;. •••.-n to tic
stallation of family-size bomb-proof ..belter
Presbyterians To
\feet in City Park
PriHav Saturday
Son is Born Early
Sunday To Rudolphs
- Friend
iM
mMi.:
RENT
IT
AND POLISH
THOSE SHABBY
B’wood Woman
Celebrates Her
96th Birthday
LEGAL NOTICE
FLOORS
trrmoy nv mutcation
.... ■ . ,
(INI WOK I)
'I eni hi r Define il e : ir;.t ■ itrt i'
Hainmy; Adam'
11 liming ..I the district.
BROWNWOnn Mrs. M A
ton. one of Brownwoods olde -
j Freddie had been playing truant
itroni school and had spent... the
j whole day fishing .On liis way home
M..*:-
))10-
neers. this week celebrated her 9Gth
birthday.
Mrs Melton wal born April IS
1843. in Fayetteville Georgia the
CoLOu
CP
U'Xr
•KU'1«
Bake
Bake
i! P
Willard
J F Go
Honor Gin
P.
snoin wi) >\vm
A sciiool teacher .
n ked.her class the nann
111- greau-,t men in t he world
l ine boy wrote
trile N( w York Kanki
Ttie New York YmikM
j ” '
u I In* rn»‘i one of his voting cronies daughter os Mr. and Mrs Nazai-eth
id to have{who accosted him with the usual Norton She was married, to Thom
oi ten of | greeting:
Catch anything?"
At tin Freddie in all Die eon-
!i .cum ness of guilt quickly respond*
Died Ni I ain’t been home yet,"
'ifbeciK
John
-L. Si
MqCc
FREE
SIM Worth Of Tackle Or Bait
Will be given pitch Meek to the fisherman who brings
ttie lai'vc-t game fish in our store ('alight In Coleman
Coiintj (luring that week. So if you catch a big fish
during the season7bring it by, let n- weigh it and leave
your name and address. You man win the prize,
Outdoor Sport
In some form or another is enjoyed by almost every
person. So gel ready now for fishing, hail playing,
camping or whatever yqu may prefer. Our stock of
eyuipmenl is very complete and of the best qualify and
we invite you to pay .us a visit for your needs.
mg.
Shakespeare and
True Temper
South Bend
^teel Rods
$3.50 $25.00
$2.50
Others a.s low QQ#b
as tfOv/
LT 60c
as rieckl'T of Fa (bourne. Georgia
in !86;> They moved to Texas in
1874 and settled near Waco. In 1875
they moved to Brown County anti y
lived iii Die Jones Chapel commun-
1 ity Later the. purchased land in n .
. ihe Salt Creek community Mr '
Cli ckin' died there in 1878. Mrs. I '
Melton lived with one of her dan- !;
I ghters unDl 1888 when she wa. mar- i
; l ied to Col. I W Melton « 7 J -
At the time Mrs. M-i-ott firs1 .>
j etune to this isWaitry .Brown'woodjchn
FWiiffi I small leg.{wildings! 3U
land Brown county :i wi’liicrnesj with "
occasional bands oi roving Indians'. ™
■.Tfat; Stoltdn has five children, id] Mr-
! grandchildren. 27 great grandohil- ]■*'
dren and three great-great grand- c.i
! children Children are Mrs Georgia "
.Baker of Freeport. W H. Cleckler | c,,'
(;f Porterville Cal Mrs D F Nolen
ard
MnCi
Mas,!,.'.-
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Coo:
El
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• ■ :* r, pavj(. m Rarraday. -\ U
B M. Gdohi, 3. &, Erwjn, J. 4
T! B, EL. M HsfjfKST
» rgt?nt. ElS^g Wallace,
W(
tut' 1 ;
\ (•'' ' t'-m:: rn Cant-:.!'-.
i' M." (inr F:it**er j. World."
r-; .• W 'sh
!":bb"' i O'. V- :h,U
' in,
MAYES DRUG
and Mr
Clayt
Ef
F
i Bftkf
WTlfeV
. B '
MfCii-
coale. K Coalo. EhU 3
kev, El ism H McConkey, Oorj
of Brownwood aild John Cleckler of I Rw-j n • s 'nide!.'
Phoenix, Art?, and W S. Melton,I 0"'A,1’ '■*.« « orc.'.iik-.
. ' f'ooniD^, M.'i'.i I Rtmpson.
Coleman, a step-son. ; s:m„e MfCom:,,.
i ( Ti-
ll wet
Mrs Mellon is 96. her step-son.
W S. Melton of Coleman is 80. W
E Mellon. jQoleman. grandson is
50 Donald Melton great-grandson.
B.vrd. is 24 and Yvonne Melton,
great-great-grand daughter. Is 11
months old 'Die in ter is the dau-
ghter of Mr and Mrs. Donald Mel-
ton ot Baird.
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Oil Notes
Konkr
v. Elb
n W Marry man, Em
W
RUttu
. Mari
hi E Coale. Josepii V?
(\m!c.
Louise
r.n-Ic
Thomas J Coale, C.t
ri- V
Cottle,
S.trail
R Cou-le. R W s.
’iGhOH,
Peter
G R
icker. Marian L S.
iip.s on,
Flira
Jane
Coombs. Thomas w
Word.
W T
Murrv
J R Nations M 8,
Emilv
W R
Rim. E R M-wris-m.
•S B
Owen
. A S
•Sloan, V S. Godi.(
Day id
M. Sargent.
Sarah E Cottle, M:t
E
Anzac O ’
C-4 near Ee1
at a total d.
Mo
m 1
pth.
Anzac Oil Ci
I McCoukey
{ MerTymar
| Mcrrvniiir'
and C. J
Colorado
/ii te
Looking For A Good
Peter O Rucker.
Emily M Rutter.
Emily M. Rutlcr. Pd
B»*M. also compluinijit
v Santa Fc Railway
corporation. Tidal OU
n W
» W
Rt*ed
.(itilf.
ii.pited the ( add,,
'4u4
:: v.
i
fUsed Car?
corpo
9
Playground Balls
and Baseballs
30c 50c 80c $135
Casting Line
^ 50c
Per B|X)ol .
Special
Tiiermos
Jugs
Noii-breakable
As Lbw As
$1.29
1 Gallon Size
.Special Price
On
Baseball
Bats
Baseball
Gloves
$l»n $j so $2.r>o
| Pwrlc
' hfirs
tod
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From This List
Gray Merc. Co.
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2-1934 CHEVROLET COACHES
1-1832 PLYMOUTH COUPE
I-1933 DODGE COUPE
1-1937 CHEVROLET COUPE
1- 1932 FORD V-K SEDAN
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1-1935 PLYMOUTH COUPE
1-1935 PLYMOUTH 4-DOOR
SEDAN
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TRUNK SEDANS
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1-1936 PLYMOUTH COUPE
15 RECONDITIONED MODEL A
FORDS AND CHEVROLETS. ALL
BODY TYPES. ,
. - n private corporation
us Company, a priv.iic
of Coleman County. :i
in and political isnbti.
f ot Texas; also the
i*r.‘ of the following a;
poratlons. to-wit; Tidal
mtbland Rdyul'y C<,!m
Oil ~4k Oaft ''OOBijJtnv;
legal rep re st n t,» 11 vc
I Mockholdrrs and of the pthor d
I l erpinabove named and tin*
owners and claimant;, of the l.i
matter described and each of t
j tewJ*»t»*n4bv nUbiic.,:. !
| Citntmn once in each w.-ek
consecutive weeks previous to ;>
j day hereof, in Honti newspupe:
I in vour 'Counti*. lo appear at
regular term of the 119th ’ Do
\V«
a n.
15 th
Te
2-1934 FORI) V-8 TRUCKS
1-1934 DODGE PICK-UP
1-1937 DODGE PICKUP
1-1932 FORD PIC KUP
1-1936 CHEVROLET PICKUP
1-1935 DODGE PICKUP
1-1031 FORD TRUCK
1-1034 DODGE TRUCK
1-1936 CIIEVROLRT TRUCK
1-1 f)37 DODGE TRUCK
Quick, Efficient, Reliable Service
TqvIap Mnfnr
on your
ldyiur rioiur
Plumbing and Electrical Work
Sheet Metal and Tin Work
Company
No Job Too Large Or Too Small
J. E. Stevens Co.
Dodge & Plymouth
Dealers
1
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a . .•jriW/-—'"'
i Coleman County, to he hokbm
[ Court House thereof, in Coleman
F mi the fifth Monday in May A
I the same being the 29th day of M;
J 1939, then and there to answer a
filed in N»id’..Oburt ,on the 17th
April A I) 1939. m a suit, dumb
the docket, ot said Court No. 5918B,
in J H. Tolson is plaintiff, and
fendants'hereinabove named and
them are. defendants and the. o.
If ndants in said cause, and a. brie
menv of plaintiffs canse of actibi
as follows:
That heretofore, to-wit: on M
day of April. 1939, plahHii'i was th
of the following land and premise?
ed in Coleman County, Texan
and elai-ming the same in fee
from and under the sovereigns
Noil. to-tWif:
Situated in Coleman Conn tv
.to-wit Being- the Wesley Cob Sm
No 705. Ahst No 323, and beiin.
acres and meted and bour.ded
follows. BefHnnihg at-the S W r :
of said Wesley. Cole Survey. No
a pel N W corner of T H f.
Sur No. 704; Thence' North x
to corner; Thence East. 1974 » vr.
corner: Thence South 1978.3 vn,
‘corner; Thence West 18749 vr.
place of beginning.
I That in addition in his 11 Me ,>f"n
I in fee simple plain.tiff is the owuu
j said lands under the statute j<\
\ time of three, years in ’that plaint;!'t
{ those under v/jhotu ije claim.' 9,.
puiiceal.le and adverse posse,s -in n!
j lands for more than three ye: ; '
before April- 15. 1989 under 'title'
color of idle.
That plaintiff is the owner of
land under the five years statute of Ur- •*-
lions in this that plaintiff and those tinder
•whom he chums having pcur-able and
adverse* possession of said land iuivu cui-
tivated, used;and enjoyed the name, p^viin?
all taxes thereon regularly before the
same beranu' delinquent, and claiming
under -deeds duly registered for more than
five years next UToie the 15th day of(
Apr 11^1*939
That plaintiff is the owner- of said lands
in they* Q
all Pn 1. '
to 2408 lo-
ts puli’ ng
and will *
in.
* WfsftM-ii
of Mid Jam
feet on thu
land, a (ft
the Bnffpli
i • to be a
the Bvier
Greet K:
drillin' feel
,‘J 3 Roy We
d Anna et-U rrin •>
Mae. A- WlVtc
j drilling below 10;
M well, according u
today.
Noun
le Prepared
Hi!:
1309-
: i1
I W -I-I.I
ihrn
AW1--H*
!t Ml- if
!■ tltc Sil
C- lent it
\V(n| Is Fined
$500 Ba Jurors
A fury in Coimiy Jildgr- Jultr -t
Han'i-' county r-.,iirl lhi« \v«*k found
Tlipn Wri C loni-tn. (OtiHv c-i pr>s-
sefislftn of inirixicating 1 ijuor for Hip
p11r| > se of sale an i as»ess«l hi
punishmenr a; a fiftc of $590 anti
casts.
Jurors t-t tbi ru lr-lttfleil 15 n
Dttnii, ,m McDonald John }u t -
dcuson. Pnitl Riddle HJAMpsutn
Gel
Ready
Now .
For
cal '
n joy men t
This
Fishing
Season
/XC.
vEnroy
ami
1939,
UfV
adm.
and
s aid
tutu it
turns'
4.
njoyc']. the /nune fur
next be f(? ru i.he iatl
and plaintiff fibre pi-
veaf-v .1 'IUU, aid :.v.
-iiidi ten years statute of Fun
basis ot. bis title to -.'Hi ■
premises.
• 'That"., afterward' •• arid .on «hf
Of April. '1939, and whhe ul.iililH! W:
the poxsfwsiofj. of. ; alt? !iif|d and prei
and cntfUftl -o now thereof
dcff'ntlaisfs .unla'.v!uih -'.itcrf.d nr
"non said lands .•m ;>*mrl
lawfully di'-pp- .rv-sc.1 nr|, •ejected .pla
therefrom and' unlawchlly withhold
Plaintiff' till- title ,;,nrj ItusM-Smil of
ill,11,0' and prenus ■ lo , >• iumifFs -in
;’in the sum of ti.j.ouiHft
FlainWff .prnys >! ■ mmi that the
.« ww ..... - . feiidtuitk be cithd t appear and am
nd«*r the - tun years statute of iinutafuui > I t his petition, and the! upon ; h*\u
thiit he and those Uudct whom In* i hereof phiinfii f I. i ■ • i -
n- *w,-‘ inti passe
claims having peaceable and ad
session oF'sirttMatitfs have cultivated, used
DON'T SCRATCH
To relieve the itching nssociateiJ
ltd!«’
| premises, and. Uu*i -'biro:
fendunts' and cm n. oi th«-m i t*>o77 nTj
leu needed and timi piwi.ndl b.M i-i- y. nil
of posj^'.v-inii tor the -.nnc ..mi : *: '.
other and further relict. Cfnev.d .>*ui
special as plaintiff mav lx- euliUed to m
law and in equity.
Herein fad not hut have before said
Court, at its next regular term, thn-
your return thurcou. showing how
LIQUID, a Milphurate compound. | ‘ * o»wnl “my hXlTwi m>l ot said
U«tl for mure than twenty-five years. I o»uri u! otfic- Cotrm,,n. r- ss
Fri,f Wc ' d#y Al’"l s t) l»3»
' MRS. .'A(3K M-CUIMI. Clerk. DUtrtrt
Cows, Coleman County, Tesu.
Hear, Ecsema, Ivy Poisoning, ami;
Chiggers, get .a bottle of LITTELL'S I •'*h
l imisnn Drug Company
Check
Over
Your
Rods
Reek
Lines
And
Lure
In
Advance
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 27, 1939, newspaper, April 27, 1939; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747860/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.