White Deer Review (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1940 Page: 4 of 14
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WHITE DEER REVIEW, White Deer, Carson County, Texas
Thursday, November 28, 1940
Osborne Family Came Here 23 Years
Ago; Respected and Typical Pioneers
J. H. Was Formerly Teacher and County Official
He was a charter member of,
and helped to organize and build
two churches in Oklahoma. One
at Dead Indian, near his ranch
there, and the other at Cheyenne.
While 'barely missing the oppor-
tunity of helping orgainze the
White Deer Baptist church, he
has done his part in its building
and development.
Mr. Osborne has been a Mason
over 44 years. In this fraternity,
he was' a charter member and thtf
first Worshipful Master of the
lodge at Cheyenne. He was also
a charter member of the White
Deer Lodge and helped to pay for
its hall.
While he has not been a resi-
dent of the Panhandle of Texas
as long as some others, J. H. Os-
borne has lived in the West long
enough to be counted on the rolls
of pioneers. He settled in western
Oklahoma in the border county of
Roger Mills, and became identi-
fied with the march of events
that have made early day history
in this section of the country.
John Henry Osborne was born
near Ellijay, in Gilmer County,
Georgia, in April, 1868. He was
the son of the Rev. and Mi's. S.
C. Osborne. Both the Osborne fa-
mily and his mother’s family, the
Coles, were American pioneers
some of them having lived in
Georgia and North Carolina back
to the founding of our country.
John received his early educa-
tion in local schools and high
school in Ellijay, until he was six-
teen years old when he began to
teach. For four years he gave in-
struction to those younger, some
of them his own brothers and sis-
ters, in his community school at
Mountain Town. He received the
munificent salary of $19. to $25.
per month.
More schooling and teaching
occupied his time until the family
moved west. In Jan. 1891 his fa-
ther, mother, and ten children
made the long trek to Texas and
settled at Weatherford. Here,
John attended the college and
obtained first grade State teach-
er’s certificate enabling him to
teach 6 years in this state.
In Sept. 1896 Miss Martha Vir-
ginia Scott became his wife and
they established their first home
in a large old fashioned rock
house ten miles west of Weather-
ford n ear the school where the
young husband taught. The old
house had a strange history and
was rather a show place of its
community. . Its chief claim to
fame was that it was ‘haunted.’
Visitors might still see dark spots
on stairs where one of a pair of
brothers who had built the house
had been slain by the other.
After living here more than a
year, the Osborne’s heard of op-
portunity for newcomers further
west so they moved to Roger Mills
county in western Oklahoma, near
Cheyenne, in October 1897. It
was a difficult trip for the young
wife. Mr. Osborne drove the team
hitched to a covered wagon which
contained 'their household goods
and Mrs. Osborne, rode in the bug-
gy fastened^, closely behind the
wagon. What made it a hard trip
for her was the two months old
baby in her arms that cried every
step of the way.
While the Osbornes settled on
a farm, teachers were needed in
this new territory, and J. H. went
into the schoolroom in the third
We join all America on this day of thanks
for a
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state of his residence. Rounding
out 21 years in this profession,
Mr. Osborne deserted it for poli-
tics.
He Avas elected county clerk,
and later tax collector and coun-
ty treasurer of his county for five
terms. Then he retired to look af-
ter other interests without a de-
feat.
One incident of his courthouse
days deserves mention as it gave
him the nickname that has fol-
lowed him to the present day.
When he went into the office of
county clerk as it was a new pro-
fession for him he read up on
the laws relating to his office.
One provision that struck h i m
the law required that the
clerk should actually count the
money belonging to the county
that was, on deposit in the county
depository, once each m onth.
This had not been done in former
years but Mr. Osborne believed
that it was his duty to carry out
the law.
He notified the cashier of the
bank that on a certain day he
would count the money belonging
to the county. There was conster-
nation in the bank as the county
had over $25,000.00 on deposit. Of
course, no small bank kept that
much cash in its vaults. Ne\ei-
theless, as the new clerk was firm
in his conviction that the law was
made to be complied with, the
bank sent to their depository at
Kansas City and had the neces-
sary funds shipped for computa-
tion at the time specified.
The idea caught the imagina-
tion of Elk City’s local editor. He
ran an article in the paper about
the happening telling how “Hon-
est John” insisted on carrying
out the law. Mr. Osborne only had
to actually count the cash ond
month as the State Attorney Gen-
eral ruled ' that county clerks
might accept a cashier’s check
sworn to by the bank officials in
lieu of actual handling of the
county money. But the na in e
stuck.' Borne out by his character
and his dealings with his fellow-
man Mr. Osborne is still known
as “Honest John” in Oklahoma.
In April 1917 Mr. and Mrs. Os-
borne with their four children
came to the Panhandle and built
a home on the farm six and one
half miles southeast of White
Deer. Mr. Osborne still lives here.
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Vacuum Cleaners Are also the
Most Perfect Cleaners ever Made.
L. G. Runyon, distributor
Pampa, Texas
$10 Reduction for a Short Time
Since his wife’s death, January,
1938, his youngest daughter lives
with him.
He has always been a builder
and leader in the things that
count for the church and the com-
munity. He joined the Baptist
church when very young and has
always been active in carrying
out its program. He has been a
deacon forty-one years, and has
served in many other capacities in
its membership.
The Perfect Tribute
A Service By
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Visual Analysis
Glasses to meet the
individual requirements
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Doctor of Optometry
106 W. 7th St. Amarillo
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so when you to
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call your
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, i • Your Santa Fe Agent... as fundamentally' \
[a part of your community as your banker
and your doctor...is thoroughly familiar,
with the transportation problems peculiar
' to
your locality, and. is eager to _ serve you.
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We Thank the People of White Deer for the
kind cooperation given us during the Past Year.
Hughes-Potter Agency
PAMPA
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npHANKSGIVING DAY IS AN AMERICAN
1 CUSTOM, BORN OF AMERICAN IDEALS... AS
AMERICANS, WE HAVE CAUSE TO GIVE THANKS
FOR THE BLESSINGS OF THE PAST YEAR.
The First Thanksgiving of the
Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Pampa, Texas
The Kind Cooperation and Business of the People of the
White Deer Community have made our First Thanks-
giving a very good one and is good and sufficient rea-
son for us to give thanks.
We Thank You Sincerely! Certainly w*e hope to earn the
right to keep your business, goodwill and friendship by
giving you a little extra service.
Your financial problems will always receive courteous
and friendly attention at the CITIZENS BANK
TRUST CO.
The stability of any financial institution can be judgec
only by its Directors and Stockholders. Please study th<.
financial stability of Officers, Directors, and Stock]
holders of the Citizens Bank & Trust Co. listed below:
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:.
S. C. Evans—Oil Producer; Active Officer in bank
E. O. Snead—Active Officer in bank Bob McCoy—Active Officer in bank
M. A. Graham—IWholesa’e Agent Ivy E. Duncan—Attorney
Frank M. Culberson—Automobiles W. B. Wild—Surgeon
A. J. Beagle—Rock Gfycerin J. J. Crutchfield—Cattle
STOCKHOLDERS:
H. H. Hicks—Dentist
V. L. Boyles—Trucking Contrac-
tor
Luther Pierson—Gas Producer
Frank Monroe—Principal, Junior
High School
C. E. High—Eye Specialist
Reno Stinson—Superintendent for
Carbon Black Company
G. B. Cree—Oil Producer
R. G. Hughes—Insurance
C. Herbert Walker—Postmaster
John O. Pitts—Loans
L. N. Atchison—Office Supplies
H. W. Waddell—Tank Manufac-
turer
H. H. Beagle—Rock Glycerin
I. B. Hughey—Royalty Owner
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Guy C. Saunders—Royalty Owne
Crawford Atkinson—Auto Sui
plies
Paul Cunningham—Drilling Coi
tractor
Clinton Evans—Buick Dealer
John F. Sturgeon—Attorney
M. W. Jones—Machine Shop
Charles H. Everett — MachinJ
Shop
T. F. Smalling—Automobiles
M. C. Johnson—Department Stoj
James O. Poolas—Cafe Man
H. C. Wilson—Druggist
B. L. Hoover—Drilling Contd
tor
K. I. Dunn—Active Officer in
bank
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Simmons, W. W. White Deer Review (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1940, newspaper, November 28, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871932/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.