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VOL. 64
DALLAS COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER
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MESQUITE, TEXAS FRIDAY, MAY, 17, 1646
NIMBI
Bill Graves In
Race For Congress
Qtuui+tded - - ,
Grounded, among the palms in the
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W. C. (Bill) Graves, State Sena-
tor and President Pro-tempore of the
Texas Senate, announced his candi-
dacy for Congress from Dallas Coun-
c-
il! making the announcement, Sen-
Mid- “Nar-ar in, Oja Jijjfc I chandia^
trry of our Country has the need
been so great for seasoned and ex-
perienced men to occupy the seaits
in our National Congress. The iBSiies
. ow coming l>efore the Congress will
hundreds of years in the future. To
properly deal with these Issues, the
members of Congress' < must be
thoroughly experienced in all phases
-of legislative work, and must fully
understand all of the rules and pro-
cedures used in the enactment of
legislation, I feel that— the back-
ground and experie v*e gained duriag-
*ny seven yetys in the Senate of Tex-
r.s aad the additional experience
gained by serving as. President Tro-
Tempore of the Senate have properly
-luaiified me to serve you In the Con-
gress of the United States. I fully
^understand and appreciate the duties
and responsibilities of this, high of-
fice, and believe that the people are
the masters and the Congressmen
are their servants.” .,r.
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“The policy of jay campaign is
Mike America A Better Place In
Which To Live And Perpetrate Our
American Way of Life by fighting
for the following principles: . (1)
Government By Law Instead Of By
Edict by returning the government
to the elected officials the represent-
atives of the people’s and out of the
hands of the appointed members of
Governmental .Bureaus. (2) Reduce
Government payrolls by eliminating
f Useless Governmental Agencies and
bureaus, take government out of
competition with private enterprise,
and irithdraw the rhsldiou^ influence
town of Mendoza. Argentina, on the
eastern side of the Andes Mountains
after a few hours of flying over deso-
late wastes of the “Pampas Salinos’,
lakes of salt, but neither salt nor
lake: from,Buenos Aires, all air p*
sengers to Santiago, Chile (an hour
away) were grounded Monday, May
6th. Heavy snows, >the first of the
fall season closed the pass. What
minute the signal will be given that
planes can pass through the Andes
(said by many to be the most diffi-
cult mountain flight In the world)
no one knows, but passengers, quar-
tered In Mendoza's most important
hotels, are on the alert. Planes en-
route across the Andes have been
stranded here as many as 18 days
at a time. FiJbm a post at the top of
the mountain range, minute weather
conditions are radioed the airports
and planes.
Mendoza is a lovely tropical city,
with it’s old buildings, parks, beauti-
ful with palms, other trees and
flowers and it’s quaint and interest-
lag shops, some with modern mer
« -»•««'! Rev. -Robert Duck1
People become friendly In travel-
ing, particularly when they are shar-
ing a common experience, and often
one meets the same people in various
cities. When the bus from the air-
i.hape the destiny of our Nation"♦>r port drove ibto Mendoza, a familiar
voice (called from the Btreet) -it
was an American from Buenos Aires.
That meant "English” arid I can’t
say more. No one at the Hotel Plaza,
where Pan American Airlines kind-
ly assigned me, spoke English, and
the manager of (the hotel phssied the
Pan American office for someone to
serVe as an interpreter--But the
American came for dinner, and later
we met other English speaking peo-
ple, and visited the Casino, where
only rjoulette was-played
-Today the sun has been shining
'between showers. Suits are comfort-
able in this climate. Sweaters are
popular because the buildings are
not heated. . . „
2 P.M.—We are leaving—at least
the Hotel manager said In 10 min-
utes—the pass across the Andes is
open. '
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Motley Rites Held
In Grand Praine
Wednesday 3 P.M.
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it's citizens. (3) Deprive organized
priainn groups of their power over
American .life. Especially those
groups organized to influence and
control elections and elected officials
such as the Political Action Commit-
tee Of Tho CIO. ft) Preserve and
defend the sacred rights of the
Sovereign States such as the Ter as
Community Property Law. (&) Keep
the health and welfare of the peo-
ple from Political Domination end
all other evils of Socialized Medi-
cine. (6) Do everything possible to
help Veterans rehabilitate them-
selves and eliminate *the red tape
in the G. t Bill of Rights. (7) .Out-
law war by a, strong and effective
'United Nations Organisation. (87
Defend our American Way of life
against any and all attacks, from
within and without, and work and
vote against any and all substitute
devices, in whatever guise they may
be **
1 Senator Graves, a veteran legis-
lator, served In World War I as a
sailor on the US Battleship New Jer-
serf. He was assistant District At-
torney of Dallas County during, the
years 1923 and 1924. Later he serv-
ed as City Police and Fire Commis-
sioner of the City of Dallas and also
City Judge. He has been actively en-
gaged In the practice of law in Dal-
las for almost twenty-live, years.
While. In the Senate, Senator
Graves has .constantly supported
measures beneficial to Agriculture,
and has always been a friend of the
farmers.
.. As a member of the Senate Finan-
ce Committee, he aided in eliminat-
ing the public debt of the State
which was almost thirty million dol-
lars and bring the State on a current
basis with a surplus in the general
Funeral services for Mrs. Emma
Lawrence Motley, 89, pioneer resi-
dent of Mesquite and Grand Prairie
were held at 3 P.M. Wednesday at
the First Methodist Church in Grand
Prairie, with the Rev. C. B. Gar-
rett, assisted by the Rev. James E.
Jones, officiating.
Robert P. Motley, was born at Mes
quite, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P.
Lawrence, early settlers la the com-
munity. She was married ito Mr.
Motley in 1876 and moved to Grand
Prairie in 1111.
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Survivors include one son, R. L.
Motley, Reinhardt; three daughters,
Mrs. Lillie Payne, and Mrs. T. H.
Hall. Grand Prairie, and Mrs John
Pd. Political AdV.
Candler, Coleman ; twenty-four grand
children and twenty great grand
children.
Interment was in Southland Ceme*
tery.
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Medal Presented
Dr. Chas. McCollum
Dr. Chas. McCallum was present-
ed a certificate and a medal of merit
Wedneqjlay engraved thus:
In appreciation of your loyal and
faithful adherence to duty, given
voluntarily and without compensa-
tion to the impartial administration
of the Selective System, the Govern-
men of the United States expresses
its gratitude in this public recogni-
tion of your patriotic services-Harry
TrUraan.
The medal and certificate were
presented to Dir. McCallum for 4
years service as medical examiner for
Mesquite.
Dr. Hodges To Have
Office In Mesquite
Dr. H. C. Hodges will open his
office in (the' new Humphreys Drug
Store when the building is avail-
able, he announced this week. His
office will be furnished with the
latest medical equipment.
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Clark Rites Held
Dallas Saturday
uneral services for Julius
Funeral services for Jullue Alex-
ander Clark, Dallas, brother of Mrs.
Babe Webb and Mrs. Rene Guynes of
Mesquite, were held Saturday at the
Suggs Funeral Chapel at three p.m.
Other survivors include his wife,! prevalentin south Texas.
Mrs. Minnie Clark; four sons, Roy,
Willie and Johnnie^ Dallas, and Ellis
of Harrison,. Arkansas; five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Nora Hammers, Mrs. Hat-
tie Threadgill,'Mr*. Bessie Griggs,
Miss Carol Clark, all of Dallas, Mrs.
Lillian Stephenson, Harrison, Ark;
13 grand children and eleven great
grandchildren.
interment was in Laurel Land
Memorial Park. Pallbearers were
Charlie Webb, Lloyd Guynes, Madi-
son Clark, Ollie Clark, Lewie Kelly
and Frank Clark.
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Earl Cooley Dies >
In Dallas Hospital
Funeral services, for Earl Cooley
were held Monday, 13, 3p.m. at the
Tripp Full Gospel Church, with the
worth.
Mr. Cooley was born in Royce
City, Feb. 18, T919, came to Dallas
County in 1920 and located in the
Tripp community and lived near
there the remainder of his life. He
married Miss Lessle CbriBtine Shofct-
nacy October 7, 1939. They were the
parents of three children.
Survivors are his wife; two sons,
Kenneth Earl and James Thomas;
one daughter, Shirley Rae; parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Cooley; four sis-
ters and one brother
Cemetery with Anderson Clayton
in charge of arrangements.
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School Boy^Gets
Painful Eye Injury
Omar Jenkins, 12, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Conley Jenkins, Truman, re*
ceived a painful injury Thursday
evening as he wps playing soft ball
on the side lines during the Church
League soft ball game.
A number of . the smaller boys
were engaged in a little game "all
their own” when a ball was thrown
to Omar. He saw the ball coming too
late lo dodge it and only had time,
to close his eyes as he knew the re-
sults if they were open when it hit
him. The ball made a direct hit On
the right lens of his glasses, shat-
tered It, cutting the eyeball slightly
and leaving a small amount of glass
In his eye. ,..v
A physician retrieved the bits Of
glass and stated the sight is not im-
paired but Is keeping the boy out of
Polio Control Urged
By State Health Dept.
Mayor N. E. Shands received the
following communication from the
State Department of Health concern-
ing the prevention and precautions
for the dreaded disease which is
Until recently It was generally be-
lieved that this infection is trans-
mitted by means of discharges from
the respiratory, tract. It is now be-
lieved .hat poliomeylitis is primarily
another of the several gastrointesti-
nal infections . Therefore, control
measures must emphasize clean-up
campaigns and improvements in sani-
tation. ,
Strict sanitary measures must be
observed in communities. .Stringent
efforts should be made to eliminate
the house-fly and to destroy its breed
ing places. All mosquitoes and mos-
quito breeding places must be elimi-
nated at once. Every effort should
be made to Institute approved-gar-
bage collection systemrimmedlatqjy.
Suitable 1 garbage containers should
be kept covered. Safe water supplies
C. of C. Banquet Slated For May 24
In operation, it Is vitally Important
to promote and maintain sanitary
septic tanks and outdoor privies.
All kwlmming pools should, uqder
rigid supervision, maintain those
standanrde are not maintained, those
State De pantment of Health. This
necessarily Includes maintenance of
proper ,chlorlne ' level. Where such
standards are ont maintained, those
pools should be closed immediately.
— All raw foods and vegetables
should be washed thoroughly before
Interment was in Long Creek ai>d protected from flies, filth
>aehoofc this week, -Betag - away from
his class mates will bother the boy
but since he is an A student In the
7th grade being absent a few days
will not retard his education.
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Mrs. Humphreys Is
Hostess At Dinner
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Mrs. H. D. Humphreys was hostess
Mr. and Mrs. Rex Range, Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Jones and Bobby and Mft-
Inez Royal spent a recent week-end
fund of over twenty million dollars. Trinidad and reported a wonder
ful time.
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to her children and grandchildren
for a Mother's Day dinner Sunday.
Guests were Mrs. C. M. Hart and
daughter, Mrs. Lew Ayers, Mr. and
Mrs. FeRen Humphreys and sons,
Felton- Jr., and Sklppy;, and Rowe
Hart all of Mesquite; Ozell Humph-
reys, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Wolfe and
sons. Eddie of Dallas and Freddie
and friend from Houston; Mrs. T! R.
Gentry and daughter, Norma Gene,
and MIbs Marie Humphreys, Dallas.
Mrs. Humphreys received many
loVely gifts including gardenias and
carnation corsages, potted flowers
and nylon hose. '
She plans on moving to Dallas
as soon as the present occupants of
the apartment she will occupy move
to their new home. Mr! and Mrs.
Rowe Hart are living with Mrs.
Humphreys and will continue to live
there after Mrs. Humphreys moves
to Dallas.
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Mrs. Catherine Travis, ef Holly:
wood, California and Ozark, Arkan-
sas, whs a house guest of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Rupard last week.
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Mrs. Sam Jacobs*. Jiv. entertained
with a blrthtfiy paWy Thursday for
her daughter, Ernestine, who cele-
brated her eighth birthday.
and Insects. All eating and food
handling establishments should ad-
here strictly to the State Law con-
cerning the sterilization of dishes
and utensils. In the present emer-
gency, those restaurants with lnsuf-
ficinet personnel to maintain ap-
proved sanitation should close one
or two hours a day so that employees
can assist in maintaining cleanliness
and high sanitary standards. ,
Every effort should be made to
secqfa^&ppaoved milk- Rata and mice
should iie eliminated. *l3very effort
should be made to maintain in the
hofriS the came sanitary standards
that are necemary in community life.
Particular attention should be paid
to person hygiene. Excreta from
cases and contacts should be handled
and disinfected with the same fccrup-
uloue _ care jul _1iu typhoid- -fever -xw-
bacillary dysentery.
Over-exertion in children should
be avoided. Children should not visit
homes where’there Is a( sick child.
Cases should be isolated for 14 days
and adults who work in food eslab-
liSfimenls should be particularly in-
structed in personnel hygiene. Cases
should .he reported early and should
be placed under the care of a licens-
ed physician. For cases £h«t are en-
titled to State aid, communications
should be made tothe Crippled Child-
ren's Division of the Texas State De-
partment of Health, it is advisable
to reduce to a minimum all human
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Jonee Sr., Mr.
and Mrs. A. D. Jonefc Jr., and daugh-
ter, Linda, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reddy
and son, Paul Wayne, and Mr. and
Mrs. T. M„ Hayes honored Mrs. F. S,
Jones with a luncheon “near? Fort
Worth on Mother’s Day.
contacts especially in children during
an outbreak of thip disease. It is not
advocated that schools, churches and
Sheatres bft closed.
- Early symptoms of infantile para-
lysis are headache, fever, vomiting,
drowsiness, folowed by stiffness in
the neck and back. When suspicious
symptoms appear, a physician should
be called Immediately.
COMMUNITY SANITATION
1. Eliminate the house fly and
destroy its breeding places.
2. AJ1 mosquitoes And mosquito
breeding places should be eliminated
3. Approved garbage collection
systems should be instituted.
4. All garbage containers ^hoqld
be kept covered.
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i. Only safe water supplies should
be used.
6. When sewage disposal systems
are not available, sanitary- septic
tanks and outdoor privies should be
in use. .
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7. Swimming pools under rigid
Supervision must maintain those
standards approved by the Texas De-
partment of Health. (This necessari-
ly includes maintenance of proper
chlorine level). • .
8. All eating and food handling
establish meats should adhere strictly
to the 8tate Law concerning the
sterilization of dishes and utensils.
(In the present emergency those res-
taurants with insufficient personnel
to maintain approved van Ratios
should dose one or two hours a day
So lhst employees oflus aasitt in main-
(Continued on back page.)
Tuesday Rites For
County Employee
Funeral services tor William ■.
(81) Perkins, bounty employee, who
was killed timfeuitly in « car wreck
near Garland Friday, May3, were
held at the Rowlett Christian
Church, where he had been a mem-
ber since boyhood, Tuesday, May 7
at 2: p.m. with the Rev. Robert
Duckworth officiating. >
Mr. Perkins was born July 8, 1911
kt Rowlett and had lived In that com-
munity all his life,
He was married to Miss Artie
Stiager of the Tripp community on
April 28, 1934, They were the par-
ents of six children. ,
Survivors are his wife; three sons
Wiliram. J-r„ Billie Joe and Ronnie
Gene; and three daughters, Doris
Jeanne, Betty Ann and Norma Ruth;
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Per-
kins; four brothers, Claude of Free-
port, Curtis and Clyde of Dallas, and
Willfe B. of the US Army, stationed
in Tacoma. Washington; one sister,
be assured. Where adequate munici
systems-.ace < not -[ Mril.'Restrlce HltTOT Danas: arid a
host of relatives and friends.
Interment was In Mills cemetery
with the Williams Funeral Home of
Garland In charge of arrangements.
Mesquite Firemen ^
Win 4th in Pump Races
"The boys did a swell Job,” stated
Fire Chief, J. F, Richardson, upon
the return of Mesquite’s Volunteer
fire department from a meeting
Tuesday evening in Irving
Two hundred and fifty guests at-
tended a barbecue for the North
Texas Firemen's Association with Ir-
ving as host for the meeting and
heard Highland Park Fire Chief
Gardner speak on "Safety."
In the pump races, Mesquite
placed fourth which the fire chief
said was an excellent showing in
the <*001 petition with 9 teapjL*.
Mesquite firemen who attended
tge meeting weje Richardson, .
Richardson, V. Mlnchew, Roy Wag
oner, Delbert Wagoner, Halbert
Crane, John McDaniel, Cecil Passori
H
Masteraon; Menu-Decorations Com-
mittee. D. M. Forbess, W. W. Mc-
Kinney. Miss Dorothy McAdams,
Miss Emma Gallip, Mrs. R. n. Brant-
ley, Mrs. Charles Hood, Mrs. Hogfc
Lawrence; Ticket Committee, E. H.
linnby. Mrs. ‘C. L. Darden, J. F.
Richardson and Sam Rutherford.
Tickets tor the banquet will be on
sale at Hanby Insurance office aad
Porter Drags.
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Garland will be host to the Fire-
men’s Association the second Tues-
day in August. : '
Trade Schools Are
Set Up In Dallas
For Handicapped
A sheltered workshop, where han-
dicapped young people of Texas can
learn crafts and trades that will
make them self-eustalning, has been
established in Dallas, according to
an announcement by Dr. Sam H.
Whitley of Commerce, President of
the Texas Society for Crippled Child-
ren. The workshop was financed
tbtr salr nf Easter Seats
which the Society annually conducts.
"Rehabilitation of the crippled is
one of the main objectives of the
Texas Society for Crippled Children,”
Dr. Whitley pointed out. “It is vi-
tal -that they be equipped for trades
that will make them self-sustaining
citizens. In New York, Chicago and
othef cities were sheltered work-
shops have been In operation a num-
ber of years, the products turned out
by the handicapped are in great de-
mand and command prices equal to
any comparable merchandise. We
have a great opportunity in Texas
for the development of this work."
In the sheltered workshop, chllt)-
ren and young peofele Will weave,
make wood carvings, costume jewel-
ry aiid other handicrafts to which
the director, Mrs. Clyde W. Myers,
finds them adapted; All profits, be-
yond cost of materials used in the
manufacture of the items, will go to
the handicapped makers. In addition,
spastic children of pre-school, age
will be given training in muscular re-
education and speegh and speech cor
refctlon.
The director, Mrs. Myers, was the
first occupational therapist In France
during the first world war. Her in-
troductory work was largely respon-
sible tor the establishment of handi-
craft rooms in veteran's hospitals.
8he later did organisational therapy
work tor Hull House in Chicago,
worked with mental patients in the
government bospUal in Panama and
inaugurated pottery making classes
tor a leper colony In the Caribbean.
The Annual Mesquite Community
Banquet will be held at Mesquite
High School Friday evening, May 14,
and plana sure being made to accom-
odate at least one hundred and fifty
people at the banquet.
The banquet is bejE^g sponsored by
the Mesquite Chamber of Commerce
and is the initial function of a now
Chamber of Commerce body recent-
ly organised at Mesquite. The ban-
quet will mark the beginning of the
years program. «» u;
R. L. Thornton of Dallas will be
the speaker tor the occasion and will
address the meeting on pertinent
phases of community development.
A. G. Bearden, Manager of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, and recently re-
turned from tour years service In the
armed forces, will outline the pro-
gram of activities tor the Chamber
of Commerce for the coming year. <
R. H. Wagoner, President of the
Chamber of-Commerce, states that
committees tor carrying out the
years program of activities will be
announced the week following the
banquet.
^ , UM.JteJULUet are aa
follows; G- R. Porter, General Chair-
man; Program and Entertainment
Committee, Mrs. Ruth Hilliard,
Charles A. Garringer, L. B. McLaran,
Frank Greenhaw; Reception Com-
mittee. E. B. Range, Mrs. Cor time
Neal Cook. Mra. W. L. Wilkinson,
George Miller ;F. I. Wither,
Brunch Wednesday
For Woman's Club .
The Mesquite Woman's Club clos-
ed their years program with a brun-
ch Wednesday, held In the basement
of the First Baptist Church because
Joe of Inclement weather. A menu of
bacon and scrambled eggs, frielf po-
tatoes, sliced tomatoes, hot rolls, jel-
ly and coffee were served Mesdamee
Emet Florence, B. F. Galloway, J. B.
Galloway, Rex Range, F. A. Mc-
Whorter, A. J. Kincaid, D. Martin
Thomas, N. B. Shands, Charles Hood,
G. R. porter, R. M. Brantley, Guy
Berry, H. H. Hanby, E. 8. McKenzie,
C. O. Parker, Lee Watson and M. D.
Murphy. ,
The club will have an executive
and call meeting In June and will
reconvene In October.
Miss McClellan Meets
With Muiphree Club
New tools for modern home* and
tips j>n food preservation- were d^D-
onstrated by Miss Brene McClellan
the Murphre* home demonstration
b liny t. The dub met in the
me of Mrs. B. A. Beach where a
vsrod dish luncheon
served to"
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seven members. ^ „
Miss McClellan gave a demonstra-
tion using the new pressure sauce
pan In prearlng a complete lunch.
The members also learned how to •
prepare, wrap, and seal foods tor the
quick freeze lockers.
f As this past week, May 6-12, was
National Home Demonstration Week,
the Murphree club discussed the or-
ganization of the club in 1932. Four
members who were ifRh the orgfltni-
zatlon since its beginning were pres-
ent. „
The next meeting"* will be . held '
May 20 at 2 p.m. with Mrs. G. T.
Rldner as hostess.
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Mrs. Shands Leads
Study Of Missions
Mrs. P. C. Shands reviewed the
book, "Moving Times” at a meeting
of the W8C8 at the home of lira.
Cl eve Cole, Jim Miller Road, Mon-
day.
Refreshments were served Mes-
dames Shands, C. N. Phelps, George
Paachall, Mae HunsUble, Jack Nes-
blt, Oakley Johnson, Birdie Edgar, '
L. Harbin, J. Hugh Dean, Vernon
Paachall, Lindell Davis, W. F. Gross
C. D. King Jr, Forrest Dobbs, Gard-
ner Jones, Sam Vanxton the hostess
and six children.
Mrs. Shands will review "Peace
Times” at the next meeting, Monday,
May 20, at the hoihe of Jjfrs. Vernon
Paachall aad Mra. J. Hugh Dean.
The WSC8 is-sponsoring n ban-
quet tor the Youth Group Sunday,
at 5 o’clock.
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