The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1937 Page: 5 of 38
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THE HEREFORD BRAND, HEREFORD, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY G,
1C37.
.First Graduation Exercises
' Big Occasion In Hereford
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NINE STUDENTS IN FIRST
CLASS NOW WIDELY
SCATTERED
]ty M US. ALKX TIIOMI'MON
Tlu< following article regarding j
the Ural ronMnNirenimt overrise,
ever lield by the Hereford NtIiooIn j
was written by one of file rla-*|
member*. The author will lie re-
membered by rlahamateN and old
Miner* a* Mina Audrey Argo.
TONSORUL PARLOR
V
Sunday, May 13, I turn, at tin*
l’rcaby terLan church, the lm<*«*al-
aurcute sermon waa preached by
I>r. s. K. Rurkhead, president <*f
Clarendon (Ydlege, the HUhJect to-
lug lJateWH.ru to Slave**.
Friday evening, May IS, 11)06,
graduation exercise* were Judd
^la the Maine ehureh. There were
nine In the elaa*. Judge \V. 11.
ItUMMell made an add row and
awarded the diploma*. Ba«di mem-
lier of tin* da mm waa on the pro-
gram nad muKleal numtor* were
reudi*r**d by two freshmen, Nellie
Black and Hrace Robinson. Mem-
tors to -vpresent the cIh** In the
valedictory and aalulatory address-
«* were chosen hy the elaaa and
the riM|Ulrement tadng that they
had aftemled the high school four
year* In Hereford. Only five qual-
ified. Bessie la*y waa animator-
Ian, Nannie Hughe* valedictorian.
Karl Klbla* gave the oration, True
Nohlllty; Rattle Katea an eaaay
Hat wilt the Shadow*; AndnMy
Argo’a eaaay wa* Chang'*, and
Nellie Holdnaon gave tile elaaa
poem. Iada Ikamo gave an eaaay,
Walt, and the Ha** prophecy waa
given hy Myrtle Wlther*|*M»n, and
Sum I*. Hrutton gave an oration,
7 Fate Mastered.
Knroll'll In Hereford acbool were
130 pupil* The faculty consist-
ed of D W llawkln*. *u|*-rlniend-
« iii ; Ml** MIHIeent Urlfflth, prin-
cipal; Ml*a MIiwi Dainemn, Ml*.
If. W. Vannoy, Ml*a Pearl Tur-
Haircut? Slutvc? Tonic? You rouhl get any
old Orr Itartor Shop allown abo\e.
one of the tliree In the
Packard Mill
Serves Large
Territory
Standing an one of the large*!
and moat aticeeaaflll hualne** 111
at It lit Ion* 111 till* wet Ion la the
Pip-kurd Milling Co. Till* hual
lie** waa founded hy J. I,, linger*
hack In tlie “dark age*” and a*
in«**t old timer* will reuiemlier, the
feat lin'd product waa "Klavo"
flour.
From ltd* hiiuihle t'eglunliig ha*
apritiitf tIk** present hu*lm|MM. tin
Meptemtor 1, 1030, tin* mill wa*
piirdia*ed l\v II. M Packard and
Harry Dnnforth eaiiie to Here
ford a* uiaiiiiger of tin* mill Pnd»*r
Sindt Pioneer
Dairy Operator
Fire Department
Started In 1899,
Bueket Brigade
Fire, the demon of the dark,
ha* until roeent year.* Immui one of
the hreateat haiuirda faced hy the
I ample of Hereford. A* early a*
11*03, “Smoky Itow" wa* complete-
ly wiped out hy a blaze- and from
thla came the first agitation for
modern lire equipment tu Hereford.
Follow IIIK ' ill- lii«li>th>iin oui/«
in 1!H*3, came a cry for city in-
cor|a>rut Ion, and finally reunited
in mi ln<x»rporated city with a
water department.
I low Mercer, Hereford'* present
tire chief, hold* the exceptional
record of having nerved 011 every
fire department In the history of
the city, ta'glnnlng away buck In
imm, with the "Id bucket brl-
gade when Hereford wa* known
n* the "town of windmill*”.
He recall* the hlg tin* of Jan-
uary. lt*o;i, and the peraonnel of
t hat tlr*t bucket brigade which
put up a valiant, hut losing, tight
«*»■"»< «"">'.»• ThB| H„„„klnic |Mlr
department then Included ten men:
John MeKnlght, Jeff File*, Jack
llarvell, llev Hinton, Mr. (Malrey,
Sam Morrla, Will Kvanta, Mr. Ja-
eoh*guurd, Will Taylor and Dow
Mercer.
"However, they were more like
ten tire chief*." Mom*r aald. “They
directed the whole crowd. Women
Selling Lunilter 25 Years Ago
O c?
Mrs. Alexander
Reported Better
Mr*. J. W. Alexander wa* Tiilira-
day reported to have Improved con-
siderably. She left the li< spltal
Sunday and was returned to her
home in Hereford.
Mr*. Alexander l.a* h i a !a 11
aerloiia eondltion during the past
fight week* a* the re*ult of an In-
fection in tier hand, and friend®
were thl> w«vk glad to learn of
• her IniproA ement.
and now ha* 23 monitors. Dow
Mcncr ha* toon tire chief sine®
11*1 s, and wa* aaaiatnnt chief noma
time before that. Other of-
tl(**ra ure (Jlcnn Witherspoon,
al*taut chief: Mack Pitman, nccre-
tary-treasurer: Roger Corbett, cap-
taln of conipiiny No. 1; Karl Phil-
lip*, captain of company No. 2;
Hogcr <’orla*tt, Huto Huasell and
Kd Johnson, entertainment com-
------------ — ---- — m It tec. Other memla'r* of the do-
ley” and l*ow any* they could uu American La Framv tire truck part men t are Onla* Carroll, Wll-
cven up run as fast a* those Model wa* milled to give the city the lard Witherspoon, Muddy Wither-
Tlie above scene will lie familiar to many old timer* who can re-
member when V. A. Skelton wa* iianiager of Uie Kemp Lumber Yard
lure ill Hereford.
ha* *1**11 theme do It.
ha soon them do It.
Itoth were moat modern of fire-fighting equip-
IUith were nient. They also now have a
If ever there wa* one. The next
chief* truck.
Hereford'*
If* |s*r cent credit
equipment waa a chain-drive NVich- ruling on Inaurauce for small tin*
Ita truck, which run four mile* loss i* today a testimony of the
an hour.
In 11)21 the department added
did Paiadeon. Nappy I* *tlll In
service and la a valued piece of
'spiipmeut. In waa in the *ume
present department, which l* one
of the most efTicleut and thorough
department* to !*• found In any
small town In the nation.
During the past 23 year* the
Herb Sindt, Prairie Dairle op-
erator. although not a pioneer In bucket* down the long line."
. ... . year that tin* chemical wagon wa* department hu* maintained h per-,. ’
and all work's! like fury, P*** j added to the equipment. In 1D2H sound of from is to 22 monitor*, ° ’
spoon, Jim Robinson, Clarence
Wright, I>tih* Pitman, Jes* Ruh-
, sell, Jlgg* Hartman, Arthur Tle-
' fel, Rub Newell, (laylord Newell,
John Patton, Retort Thompson,
Dick Jowell and Wullece Oox, tire
marshall.
I During the Interval from the
old bucket brigade to the present
day, several companies have bo%»
i formed, tint Hereford has ilwaya
kept astride with the Hme* In
a capable flro dejinrt-
ment
the strictest sense of the word,
I* a pioneer in tin* development
of the milk howlim** In Hereford.
Following the Incorporation of
the town, the Installation of main*
and general Improvements, the de-
Mr. sindt came here November partnient bought It* tlrst plwe
2s, 1I*2H, and for two montha of equipment- a two hose, hand-
o|a*rated a milk company. After drawn cart.
rentin' , Ml** Mae Smith and Ml** I1'1" the mill ha*
Aliuu Rule* a* other teacher*. The
Junior* who uahensl at the aehool
program* were I*** I*’Atley, Kttid
Hravea, Itertha Damcron, Vivian
Roger*, 1 ili'iinls Conl*oii and Nona
A rthur.
The Hereford It rand stilted that
long since grow 11 out of the grist
mill class mid I* today one of
the largest business tlrms of any
small town In the Panhandle.
Doig ago the old Flavo brand
w a* aiipplemeiltiil by eight dif-
ferent brand*, leader of which Is
Pin kard * Mcst, and li«»W the
this |a*rlod tic established the
Pmirle Dairle which he ha* since
continued to oja*rate.
one of the tlrst men In
tIon to Improve the handling of
milk. He Insisted on grade A milk,
sterilized utensils, and was among
the tlrst to offer two deliveries
each day.
In March the company moved
to It* present Incut Ion at 121 W.
Third Street. In addition to other
lines they offer Rlrdey’s Orange-
ade and dns’olate milk. The com-
pany now ha* three employees.
“I have pulled that thing until
I thought 1 would full," Mercer
He wa* I aald, and with a grin added, "I
this we-! reckon every one else In the outfit
fdr the same way at times, too."
The old hand-drawn cart I* still
In the department, and Is prole
ably Its most highly prized relic.
Mercer say* a* long a* he lias any
say It will always Is* there, and
that he would like to put It In the
hallway of the city hall.
Following the hose cart came
the old horse drawn equipment.
Till* fire wagon was drawn hy
two fine horses, “Rob and "Char
laitron* and friend* went to their
Ihhiich after the program, feeling1*"111 on. five different grades
^ S it Just pride III our public - h'*»l,
and with heart* filled with grati-
tude to the tcH< her* who have la-
110red ao faithfully for thdr girls
mid Isiys the past year. The first
gradUM thoi eierdse* of Hereford
^'public school will long I** rciutan*
tiered.
There had l***n classes that fin-
ished the work of the school to-
for**, according to F,*ra Norton,
one of tlinse wl.o hud finish's! In
of flour. Kims* 11)33 the milt has
I>cca o|s>raled a* a partnership Is
twis-u Mr Danforth and Mra.
Packard; Ihinforth ha* Ikh'ii the
; manager and has las-n so alert III
ids line that the luMtltutiou mow
serve* Texas and New Mexico
j within a 2)k) mile radius of Here
: ford.
All bough Hie mill had an hum-
ble togtnuing, It now laNiata ex-
cdlent ispilpment, and none of the
la still In use, 1
lm‘l mil! u'm** ............ In »
exi'rdses held.
Hti|*'f Inteiirtenf llawkln* gave
a party at tils hoiin> for the class
of 11**1 and after the close of the
#xch<*»l In 11**7 another party wa*
given hy Mr. and Mr*, llawkln*
mid the class «f lOOfi was Invited,
and af thla meeting the Alumni
Association wa- formed Tills As-
MiM’lallon has Ihs-ii mi active or-
gmilzatlou ever alms' and ha* It*
meeting and banquet near tlie
do«c of the a<'h«M»| each year at
Which time the new graduates are
dectisl to mciillsralllp.
. the Informal loti of tlioae In-
t#reatc<l we glie 11
o the gradtiatea of the llr-'f class
Ham P. Rrntton finished law
acli'Ll, Is'came P, K. Hcniitor from
New Mexico, and later waa ap-
tainted Federal Judge and Is #now
at Allmqiierqne, N. If
Karl Klbto wa* drowned In a
lake near Hereford In the sum-
mer of 11**1.
Myrtle Wlther*|*»on married Dr,
Homer Inman, son of fto former
sheriff of J.Ut* county and now Uvea
in Kan Antodlo.
Is*ta IWkme married Paul Bar-
nett s«*m after school waa out,
* and now live* In Wichita Kalla.
Nellie Hold nson married Ben
Huhtiert aod la deceased.
Nannie Hughe* married Fred
Millard and live* In Hereford, al-
though tt*y lived In Canada for
a while.
Beanie Lay moved with tor fam-
Uy to Meguln, Tesaa, and la mar-
ried.
Battle Katea la now Mra. <3ark
and reside* at Oreenvllle, and haa
become an acrsmipUehed musician.
Audrey Argo la now Mra. Alex
Thom peon of Hereford. Hto waa
the youngest member of the daae
and the first to have a child grad-
late from the seme school, Margar-
et Hob rooter, who graduated In
1996.
nr
Ml Ml CRN
new’ bulbllug ami In a new bsu-
timi alms* tin* time It was owntsl
by Mr. Rogers.
The Him- of local wheat haa ever
1st a a policy of tlie Institution,
and Mr. Danfortb say* that M will
continue to to the prevailing |sill-
cy of tlie mill, despite tlie fact
that only a small (Hirtlou of Its
products are sold In iht« county.
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MRS. IIKKK JKNNINbH
PIONKKR IN IIKAI TY WORK
Mr*. Itesa Jennings came to
tills part of the county with her
. ’ . ,1 . parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mob |)cn-
abort history
ney, from leiineiv.ee In MSH>. She
Ititu luMdi ill •*!.«• }u util y uliid) u Mt'if
for eight year*, starling In the
\Lwl11i it iLuiitl t NI11.1. 111 wi 1 it I t'u flea
the Riieknor tmlldlng. IMepI
for a few month- spent In Lubbock
site has been here eontlnuou*.
Kite haa been associated with
Mr*. Robbie Heed In Robbie,*
Beauty Kaloti for the past three
year* and the many customers of
tills salon will prove Hie quality
of work and service given In
toauty work, A**ociatrd W’lth Mra.
Jennings and Mra. Keed are Mr*.
Kdgar Johnson, Jr., Mra. Korhti*
Rlakeuiore and Ml** Alma Cox.
In Nddltlou to the la>auly salon,
Mr*. Jcnnlng* ha* the Print l>unm
Kbop. which •las’isllzea In Marry
Li* Dn-MMCM In hIIIm and cotton,
and (^untry <1uh h<sM*.
HKRK FVVK YCAM
N K. Milhnrn came to Hereford
I® 1962 from Alt it*, Oklutouta. and
hough the florvkw-IMiho fitatlo®
F. Karr and haa Mac#
Mr. MIMwra aaMa IVuw Om
Hereford
Welcomes You
Pioneers
hospital Notes
Mra. lad* Hall, Friona, who
underwent a major nurglcal opera-
tion April 22, waa Tuesday dla-
oilseed from the hoapltal.
Mra, J. W. Alexander waa re-
turned to her home Monday and
reported to have shown some Im-
provement,
Mra. Allen Hughea, who haa been
In tlie hospital almst April 30
aoffuliig fiom piieuneuiia com pi I-
cation*, waa rmfntru-4 to bar#
shown some lm|ws/vemeiit.
Frank Hughe* and i. If. KMchena
are two other patients in the hoa-
pftal, ami neither wa* reporteed in]
critical eoAdiiiou Thnraday.
|<'tdiii the font toniH of I lie muvnjfe ilny* down tliroutfh
tlie pony express to todny's elTicietil inenua oi traiiH-
portution the Automobile—in a tremendous gap to
bridge, Yet the hridifi»K of that tfap haa motivated
improvement after improvement and now we offer
you two MUper-cam, the Dontiae and Buick, ami (IMG
Trucks.
Norton Motor Co.
E. H. Norton
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BEST POSSESSION OF ALL!
Throughout the yours n vital Interest In community building h.i^
Im-cii or paramount Importance to tin* Panhandle Lumber Company.
This organization has contributed In no '-mall way, l*ot'h Its ef
foi ls and men us, toward the advancement of our civic and county
affairs, realizing that with the growth and expansion of the cm.11
Jy, <>!ir !>!!.•** 11.!!! hiuI jit’o^juT.
In tin* ycurs when old iIiihth huiih'd iludr lurnh* r
I • . * I . . • 1 I . I 4 l.oliui«»l •»« t«* • I IlMlIUI I 1 r 411 fe441 liv Oil ill
III 1 ’. I’ll Kill* to mimi .. *
a lent, lIda firm lias always Is-en based on 'honesty and Integrity.
Though business methods arc lar from those of early day*, thi-
,,in' ideal remains ns a monument of perfection <>i | ml Icy for our
company.
Panhandle Lumber Co.
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Gillentine, Jimmie. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 6, 1937, newspaper, May 6, 1937; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth825316/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.