Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 61, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1931 Page: 1 of 4
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MOUNT PLEASANT, TEXAS,MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1931,
NUMBER61
BACCALAUREATE
SERMON SUNDAY
Vatican Fights
Spain's Decree
Vatican City, May 24.—The Vatican
__ j will make strong representations to
NUMBER OF GRADUATES OF THE j the Spanish against last Friday’s re-
HIGH SCHOOL TOTALS 40 j bgious liberty decree, it was learned
THIS YEAR ! tonight.
_ j Church officials are said to con-
. ! sider the decree to be a clear viola-
Al th! "XerC1Sf tion of the concordat still in exis-
of the Mt. Pleasant-High School, the tence between Spain and the Vatican.
Senior Class attended the baccalau- TMs question) as weH as the burn-
reate sermon at the Baptist Church
Sunday morning at the n-iml preach-
ing hour. The church was filled to i
ing of church property and the treat
nieiil of priests and nuns in Spain,
i were understood to have been thor-
its utmost capacity, with many chairs , oughl discua8ed by p0pe Pius today
being placed in the aisles. Even then, duri an hour and a half’s audience
many could not gain entrance. with the Spanish Primate Cardinal
I he sermon was delivered by Rev. j Segura
Geo. C. Moore, pastor of the Presby- j ’ _
terian Church, who spoke on three *
mottoes: “Know Thyself,’’ by Socra-
tes, “Control Thyself,’’ by Marcus
ris, Julian Harvey, Thea Hays, Novel-
la Holbrook, Marie Holland, Lottie
Aurelius, and “Deny Thyself,” by Je- j Hollis- Ailene Hoobler, Warren
sus. The sermon was a masterly ad-! _Keith-_ Margaret Lokey, Oron^ Dean
dress, in which some excellent advice
was given to the class. It was in-
teresting and instructive throughout.
The invocation was pronounced by
Rev. J. C. Foster, pastor of the
Church of Christ, and Rev. J. N.
Vandiver, pastor of the Baptist
Church, led in prayer. Mrs. C. L.
Proctor gave a beautiful vocal solo,
and the music for the occasion was
fua^ished by members of the Euter-
Club. '
te members of the graduation
are as follows:
Hazel Allen, Curtis Bell, Frances
Blankenship, Ruby Blankenship, Bert
Marie Broadway, Floyce Brock, J. L.
Carson, Rube Chambliss, Elizabeth
Duncan, Dorothy Edwards, Maurine
Gilpin, John Harkrider, James Har-
May, Jesse McKelvey, Marshall Mill-
er, Clarence Milstead, Alma Newman,
Christine Owsley, Lyles Payne, Eve-
lyn Phillips, Robert Pope, Annie Rhea,
Floyd Rhea, Edwin Sanders, Dale
Sims, Leonard Tanton, Leonard Tray-
lor, Perry Wilhite, James Williams.
There are forty pupils in the grad-
uation class, twenty-one boys and
nineteen girls. The honor students arc
BjjrP Marie Broadway, valedictorian,
and Frances Blankenship, salutator-
ian.
The commencement exercises are to
be held at the Methodist Church to-
night.
is it Fine Cleaning
you demand—if so,
call
Phone 86
ix,muaut, '' BADLY INJURED
— IN PAR AffWFNT
Austin, Texas, May 23.—The regu- : » VtFl.1.1/ lxVAJll/lJl 1 1.
lar sesion of the Forty-Second Legis- I -
lature actually expired late Saturday, OKLAHOMA PEOPLE ARE VIC-
| when the gavels fell from the hands ! TIMS OF WRECK MON-
j of Lieut. Gov. Edgar E. Witt and
j Speaker Fred S. Minor as the offi-
j cial clocks struck the hour of noon,
! although the correct time was 5
I o’clock.
Both houses had adopted the free
DAY MORNING
RIOTING CONVICTS
FIRE DORMITORIES
AT PRISON FARM
B. F. DeGroat and ms mother, Mrs.
F. B. DeGroat, of Durant, Okla., were
badly injured, and Mrs. B. F. De-
Groat and two children sustained
conference committee reports of the | slisht cuts and bruises when the car
; three general appropriation bills j in which they were riding turned ov-
| which had been held up until the . er Qn Highway 49, nine miles north
last. There were the educational bill ()f town about seven 0-dock Monday
Vandalia, 111., May 24.—Rioting I
to appropriate $15,986,722, the depart-
mental bill of $13,566,537 and the elee-
mosynary bill of $10,149,023.
Adoption of the reports was the last
major act of this session, and the
, formality of the attachment of the.
prisoners at the Vandalia State penal official signatures o£ the presiding of-
farm fired five dormitories Sunday
night and waged a brief fight with
guards before they were curbed. Sev-
eral men were believed to have been
wounded.
Six hundred convicts, loosed from
their quarters on the fence-protected
grounds, put the torch to the old
fieers followed.
DAYLIGHT HOLDUPS
NET LARGE AMOUNTS
morning.'
The family had been visiting rela-
tives at Cason, and were returning to
their home, preparatory to moving to
| Shawnee, when the accident occurred.
The car was running at a fast rate
of speed, and failed to round the
curve at the old Slaughter place
about a mile northwest of Green Hill.
It turned over several times and was
practically ruined.
Mrs. F. B. DeGroat was thrown
from the car when it first turned ov-
er, and sustained severe internal in-
juries. Her face, back and chest were
Dallas, May 24.—R. H. Browning,
collector for the Simms Company
frame buildings before order was re- J filling Nations, was held up by an
stored by Vandalia police and farm arm«l man and fobbed of $1,000 this badly bruised by the impact when she
guards [ afternoon as he arrived at Station struck the pavement. Her son re-
No. 18. j ceived a broken left arm and left leg,
In another daylight holdup Charles and was otherwise bruised. Other
N. Fried was robbed of $506 and members of the family sustained only
a case which is said contained sev- ’ nunor injuries.
eral hundred dollars worth of jewelry. 1 \ local ambulance hurried to the
H. B. Young, filling station employe, I scene of the accident and brought the
was robbed of $45 early today. ! family here for first aid treatment.
C. OF C. POSTPONED
Miss Elizabeth Harris has returned
to her home in Commerce, after teach-
ing here the past year.
On account of the graduation ex-
ercises of the High School, there will
be no Chamber of Commerce meet-
ing tonight, the business being post-
poned until next Monday night.
TODAY
AND
TUESDAY
Intense drama . . . impassioned
hearts . . playing with fire . . the
vivid romance of a woman’s happi-
ness . . imperiled by a moment’s
indiscretion . . in which GLORIA
SWA SON rises to new Dramatic
Heights . .
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FOX NEWS
and COMEDY
“Pigskin Capers’’
Adm. 15c - 35c
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Dickie of Ama-
rillo and Mrs. T. J. Wilson of Doug-
lassville are the guests of Dr. and
Mrs. Dan Witt and Mr. and Mrs. J.
G. Wilson.
I Geo. Lilienstern and Wm. J. Law-
| son spent Monday in Dallas attending
i a meeting of the directors of the East
| Texas Chamber of Commerce.
i -
j W. L. Crawford left Saturday for
| his home in Peerless, to spend the
j Summer.
The Weather
The weather for the past 24 hoars
according to readings made at 6:80i
Maximum ......................
............. 87
Minimum ......................
.............. 59
Temperature 6:30 ......
...'........... 66
Wind from ...............
..............SW
Sky ...............................
..........Clear
Three holdups yesterday
night netted about $200.
and last
Miss Pauline McMillan
Sunday to her home in Cooper, after
teaching the past year in the local ¥
schools. j y
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returned | jj7inter Garments
H. G. Munden, Pete Pyler, Mrs.
Franklin Martin and Mrs. Jewell Hill
of Longview were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Carroll Munden Sunday.
Should be Stored in
MOTH PROFF BAGS
NO EXTRA COST
| P. D. THORNTON |
Cleaner & Hatter
Mr. and Mrs. John Moore and baby
of Tulsa, Okla., are visiting relatives
here this week.
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Moth Prevention
LET US DRY CLEAN YOUR
OUT OF SEASON G ARMENTS
AND RETURN THEM IN
MOTH PROOF BAGS.
HENDERSON
CLEANERS
PHONE 8
W-^X-i-X-XK
Day Phone 33 Night Phanea
474 and 294
$ Ambulance Service
DAY OR NIGHT
Masters & Thomas
Funeral Directors, Licensed
Embalmera
MISS SARA FREELAND
Personal Representative
of
jJrWu)u^odL&
Is in our Toilet Goods Department
now, and will remain here for the
rest of the week.
Miss Freeland will be pleased to
answer any questions about your
personal beauty problems and
advise you on the correct make-up
for your particular type.
SW1NT BROTHERS
Nyal Service Drug Store
Phones 38 and 187
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Cross, G. W. Mt. Pleasant Daily Times (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 12, No. 61, Ed. 1 Monday, May 25, 1931, newspaper, May 25, 1931; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth783390/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.