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The Graham leader
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LOCAL NEWS fir PICTURES
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY-ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16. 1876
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1954
NUUMBER 3.
GRAHAM LEADER Staff Photo
SUPERINTENDENT H. A. Hefoeo l.fL ShS'l.«*
icMriSss,
the 1954-55 term. These books cost the state $7,112.2& The graham sen
state owned textbooks valued ot approximately $20,000.
Preparations Underway
For Opening of Schools
Various School Assignments
Announced by Officials This Week
An enrollment ol 2,025 students| .....)c
is expected opening day of school |SHRI NE CIRLUS
according ^Superintendent H. \ SHQW HERE
Final preparations are being
' K made by school officials for the
opening pf the 1954-55 session
prior to first-grade registration
which will begin Friday afternoon
September 3.
H. A. Hefner, superintendent,
reports four new additions to the
faculty of 83 .and twelve replace-
ments.
Enrollment
School Faculty
Includes 83
Teachers '54-"55
Graham public schools will em-
ploy 83 teachers for the 1954-55
term according to an announce-
ment this week. This is an in-
crease of four over the 1953-54
term.
High School
H. A. Hefner, superintendent
of schools, announced the follow-
ing teachers for Graham High
School: Garth Baker, principal,
Misses Willie Allen, Jaunita Baird,
Evelyn Boone, Amy Cornish, Bern-
ice Crawford, Frances MaxweU,
Norine Ellington, Viola Fie, Nan-
cy O'Kelley, Bennie Lee Smith,
Rachel Snoddy, and Abby Wilson,
Mrs. Eugene Howell, Mrs. A. W.
Johnston, Mrs. Zearl Williamson,
Herbert Arledge, Forrest Burn-
ham, Roy Curry, William Fitzsim-
mons, Jr., O’dell Jordan, Alvis
Kee Holman Lee, Allen McCles-
key,’ Ted Sitton, Clyde Wood, and
Jerry Strong.
East Ward School
J. D. Matzinger, principal, will
be assisted by the following in
East Ward School: W .D. Boyd,
Jr., J. D. Burke, H. E. Easterling,
Kenneth Martin, Marvin Holladay,
Horace Smith, James Russell, Mrs.
Forrest Burnham, Mrs. H. A., Hef-
tier, Mrs. Gladys Howard, Mrs.
Louise Howard, Mrs. H. R- Eas-
terling, Mrs. Bertie Johnson, Mrs.
Gladeene Lee, Mrs. Kenneth Mar-
tin Mrs. Virginia Matzinger, Mrs.
Margaret Miller, Mrs. Grace Mor-
ton, Mrs. Mildred O'Hara, Mrs.
Margaret Parsons, Mrs. Ruby
Plante, Mrs. T. J. Rodgers, Mrs.
Nell Senkel, Mrs. Ruby Ware,
Mrs. Ruth Watson, Mrs. Donald
Wiley, Mrs. Jary Jo Williams, and
Misses Barbara Wood, Alice Mob-
ley, Eunice Rubenkoenig, Martha
UK>9AI, auuuji • _____________
Heavy Balloting Expected
For Second Primary Saturday
J _____________\ Texas' heated second Democra-
-— 1 T~ 4A%# | _ flit I be Primary election is scheduled
Jl
City Council Approves 10-Year
S. W. B. Telephone Franchise
npnresentatives of the Sputh- it.
Representatives of the Sputh-
western Bell Telephone Compahy
met with City Council Thursday
night to renew discussions of a
franchise for the company. W. H.
Peterson, district manager, Wich-
ita Falls, explained changes that
had been written as a 10-year fran-
chise as requested by the Council.
Council approved a motion that
the franchise be passed for the
first reading.
Hospital Plan*
E. R. Marchman, R L Morrison,, ’.„i
and S B Harbison, representing | September 2—General
the hospital board, met with the i Meeting, 2:30 p.m.
Council and gave a report on the September 3-4-Orgamzat.on
n...__llw.nn anrn mf
Ibis time If the child la not en ,
the cenaua roll, a tstrth certificate
will he required, in addition to
smallpox vaccination.
School will begin Sept. 7, 8:30
will enroll Tuesday morning, Sep-
tember 7. . ,
High school students in band,
footballr cheer leaders and stud
ent council members will enroll
from 8 to 10 e. m Friday, Septem-
ber 3. Other students will regis-
ter as follows: Seniors, 10 a. m
to 12 noon, Friday. Sept. 3; Juni-
or*, 1 to 3 p m. Friday, Sept. 3;
Sophmores, 3 to 5 p. m. Friday,
"ept. 3; and Freshmen, 8 to 11
. m., Saturday, Sept. 4.
School will officially begin 8:30
—l for all pupils except the
grade on half-day schedule.
_____ and second grades will be
dismissed 2:15 p. m.; third and
fourth grades, 3 p. m., and other
will be dismissed 3:45
Sept.
a. m.,
a. Ha-
first
First
classes
New Teachers
New teachers In the High
School include H. E. Arledge,
coach, Forreat Burnham, agricul-
ture; Wm. Fitzsimmons, Jr , mu*
lc; Odell Jordan, coach; Ted Sit-
ton, coach; and Jerry Strong
methematics;
East Ward achool will have the
following new teachers: Mrs. Fo-
rest Burnham, 1st grade; M”.
Margaret Miller, «th grade; WM
Alice Mobley. 2nd grade; Mrs
Ruby Plante, 2nd grade; James
Russell boys physical education,
Mrs. Mary Jo Williams. 1st grade
Lee Plante will serve as tb*
new principal of Shawnee school
i„ addition to Mrs Weldon £ar-
2nd grade; Mrs. E. M. Rem
ington, 3rd grade; and Mrs. Eul»
Swaim, 5th grade.
Change* in assignments for_ the
1954-55 term include H. A. Hefner,
former High School ^
erintendent of schools; Garth Ba
ker former Agriculture teacher
Hiah school principal; and .Mrs.
Rhogenla Kindley, former teach-
* j nrincipal of Shawnee An-
nex toP Elementary Coordinator
•"ifeTh^oTbus system is ready
Tfor the gigantic task of tranaportr
**r .wnS-n to the local school*.
1. All bus pupils attend me
Shawnee Annex building.
2. For town pupils the dividing
line will be line drawn from the
north end of East street down
the center of the street to Brazos
Street then east down the center ol
Brazos street to the city limits.
All pupils north and east of this
line are to attend East Ward. All
pupils South 2nd West of this
line are to attend the Annex
building.
Second Grade
Attend the same building atten-
ded last year as first grade pup-
ils .
Third Grade
Attend the same school attend-
ed last year as second grade pup-
ils. „ ,
Fourth Grede
Attend the same school as at-
tended last year as third grade
pupils.
Fifth Grade
Attend Shawnee School_
Sixth, Seventh end Eighth Grades
Attend East Ward School
Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and
Twelfth Grede*
Attend High School.
IN OCTOBER
Members of the Graham Shrine
Club met Monday night in the
.Chamber of Commerce office and
♦dwil uuaulttiBU»ly -»B tuPuu* -
annual Shrine Circus in this city
urinl the week of October 19.
Local Shriners learned that the
HBSBS Stnlnr- Ctrcur with 4*
acta, seen annually In the larger
Texas cities, would have an open
date that week. The 2V% hour
show will be staged in P-K rod-
eo arena with standard admission
price of $1.00 for adults. The
show will be booked in Waco fol
lowing the local engagement.
Loren Maples was appointed
temporary general chairman and
Blake Allison, secretary-treasurer.
Committees Include: Arena, Ed-
ward Hipp. Bill Tullis, and Sid
Heame ,Sr.; Rodeo grounds. Blue
Lodge Committee .Lloyd Morton,
Jimmy Montfort, and Harold
Frank; Rainbow Comimttee, Law-1
son Cook; Neighboring town*
promotion. Gibbs T. Brown, and
Bob Lusk; Publicity, Vance New-
som; and Organization commit-
tee for Graham Shrine Club, Gor-
don Nees, Joe Wooten, and W E
Simpson.
Shipman, Lena Smith ,and Mrs.
Maxine Boyd.
Shawnee School
Lee Plante has been named
m —* - -- — aAknnl inH
A public hearing was set for
8 p m. on Sept. 2, in the City Hall.
City Manager Tackett was also
authorized to meet with the local
school board with reference to
their paying for a sewer to the
Negro school.
1954-55 SCHOOL
CALENDAR FOR
[GRAHAM SCHOOLS
Faculty
and
First steam railroad was in 1830
between Baltimore and Ohio.
—-—-*--
Business Firms To
Close Labor Day
Most business firms win be
closed Labor Day, Monday, Sep*.
8 according to an announcement
this week. Labor Day is one of the
holidays business firms voted to
observe following a poll taken by
the Chamber of Commerce.
pfiy, «... i ------
Remington. Mrs. Veda Simmons
Mrs. Jot Smyth, Mrs. Mi B.
Swain, and Misses Wilma Bunting,
Ora Harty. Mary Klnne, Grace
Minter and Artie Sims.
Mrs Harry Kindley, Jr. is serv-
ing as elementary supervisor and
Miss Hettie McClanahan, cafeter-
ia supervisor.
Mrs. Hallie Groves will be
in charge of the Negro school.
Superintendent Hefner announ-
ced all teachers have Bachelor de
grees, and forty, almost half the
faculty, have Master’s degrees
this year. The average teaching
experience for the faculty is 12.9
years. , __
johnTnunnh.ee impeoving
IN PORT WORTH HOSPITAL
John T. Nunnelee, a patient in
a Fort Worth hospital for the
past two weeks, is reported to be
improving and will return to his
home on Plum Street in a few
days.
hospital progress. Couhcilmcn
commended the board for the ex-
cellent work they are accomplish
ing on the hospital plans.
Than McCracken met with the
Council to request an extension of
water and sewer facilities into
his addition. He proposed to ad-
vance $2,000 for the installation
of the pipe, an*
take out $1,000 in sewer aim wt»er
taps. The other $1,000 would be
refunded to McCracken on No-
vember 20. "L
Councilmen agreed to the pro-
posal and authorized City Mana-
ger J. P. Tackett to secure prices
and order six-inch pipe for water.
They also authorized Tackett to
begin .construction of sewer lines
to the addition.
Other business included the
authorization of an ordinance reg-
ulating traffic on the airport prop
erty which will be read at the
ized a resolution — —-----
to specify the loading zones in
the business district, and an ordt
-'nance including all corporate cits
enrollment.
September 6—Organization
Planning Meetings. .
September 7—First day of Schoo
(all busses will run at the usual
time; cafeterias will be open).
November 11—Holiday.
November 25-26—Holidays.
December 22—Dismiss for Chnst-
'.jnas Holidays.
January 3—Return to School.
January 24—Secqnd Semester Be-
gins. _
March 11—Holiday; Teachers
Meeting in Wichita Falls.
April 841—Easter Holidays.
May 30—Final report cards; Sen-
ior graduation.
. --—•---
July P. O. Receipts
Remain Abaut The
Same in Graham P. O.
July postal receipt* for
........ l ■< alziMt Hfci
million, a 5 per cent drop from
PETITION
Mrs. Frank Stark presented
petition to the council requesting
a permit to place a beauty shop
in her home. 921 East Street. The
petition had fifteen signatures on
June’s $6 million total, but 6 per
sity of Texas Bureau. fli Bustness,
Research reports. , , .
Eighteen cities showed gains in
the month-to-month companion.
The Graham Post Office report-
ed a change of less than one-half
of one per cent.
petition nau mice. ---------------—
CountTTax Rale Forbear
Set at $1.05 per $100 Valuation
„___dinner's of $113,000 on Dec. 31,
Texas' heated second Democra-
tic Primary election is scheduled
this weekend, Saturday, August
28 with local polls opening 8 a.
m and closing 7 p.m. Highlight
of the Second Democratic Primary
is the bitter Governor’s race be-
r — I tween Governor Allan Shivers and
(ol budget totaling $504, Ralph Yarborough. Both candidates
adopted by the Graham have been touring the state ex-
“ tensively since the first Primary
and will bring their campaign to
a close tomorrow.
It has been years since Texans
witnessed such a bitter struggle
for the Governor’s office. Local
balloting is expected to nearly
equal the first Primary.
Absents* Ballot*
County Clerk Hugh Grubbs re-
ported Wednesday that, he had re-
ceived 143 absentee applications,
and that 130 had cast their bal-
lots. Deadline for voting absen-
tee was at midnight Tuesday, but
Grubbs said any ballots returned
to his office by mail and post-
marked before the deadline will
be counted
The absentee vote for Satur-
day’s election is one of the larg-
est in any runoff election ever
held in Young- County
Election boxes, ballots, and sup-
rHr.L.><iw* »~ep delivered, to the
various efdHttdn fudges !h the pre-
cincts. Votes will be tabulated
in the Young County Courthouse
Saturday night. Judge Raymon
Thompson will report the final
tabulations to the Texas Election
Bureau in Dallas.
Election Return*
As customary. The Graham Lea-
fier will post the Young County
election returns Saturday night.
The public is invited to drop by
the Leader office and see how
their favorite candidate is
B locally in th* '
race.
School Board
Adopts Budget
A school
000 was adu^.w — --------
Board of Trustees during the Aug
ust 16 meeting.
Seventy-eight percent, or $392-
000, of the total budget will be
expended for the salaries of 83
faculty members, 6 custodians, 16
bus drivers. 3 officer workers, 1
carpenter, and a business mana-
ger.
Sources of income for the Gra
ham Independent School PisfricL
to meet the $506,475 budget in-
clude the fallowing: federal funds.
$9,000; state funds, $315,785; coun-
ty funds. $1,690; Ibcal taxes, $178,
000; and other sources, $2,000
The school tax' rate was set at
90c on maintenance, and 15c for
bonded indebtedness for a total
of $1.05 on each $100 of taxable
property. i
-t-
Smatl Ages Big
16-Day Sale
Starts Saturday
The Small Ages Shop announces
big 16-day stock reduction sale
starting this Saturday, Aug. 28th
and continuing 16 days. In this
store-wide sale everything is re-
duced and some items as much as
50 percent and more.
The Small Ages Shop is in its
9th year in business in Graham
and is owned and operated by
Mrs. Emma Boase, and is now lo-
cated on the west side of the
^"u.mtertrorvrta^
contest will be sponsored for the
run-
r;*f
Young County Commissioners
Court met Friday and set the
Young County tax rate for this
year at $1.05 per $100 evaluation
This results in a 5c reduction from
the previous year.
The total estimated budget for
1954 is $380,628.78, and the Court
expects the $1.05 tax rate and
car registrations to bring in ap-
proximately $378,850.
County Judge Raymon Thomp-
son said yesterday that “we ex-
pect to carry over a
of $113,000 on Dec 31,
and, “we anticipate at the
cash balance
1954,"
end of
1955 to have a cash balance of
$129,221.22.” .
ExpenditL..
Anticipated expenditures for
Young County this year include
Road and Bridge, $225,500. Gen^
eral Fund , $56,683; Permanent
Improvement Fund, $36.000. Offi-
cers Salary Fund-
est and Sinking Fund, $23,113 78,
and the Jury fund will cost
$6,482.
between Baltimore ana w _
School Cafeterias Served Over
175,800 Meals Past Term ol School
II JfWW of Ifor the Master’s Degree in Hoi
(Graham achool buses
Housewives and mothers of
school children will be amazed to
learn that a staggering total ol
175,000 meals wei*c served toGra-
ham students during the 1953-54
term of school at an average cost
25c per meal! ’
Miss Hettie McClanahan, cafe-
teria supervisor, is charged with
the big responsibility of uuma*-
ing the school cafeterias. There
were 13,500 meals served irte, or
at a reduced price last year, an
any parent who feels the need of
scum,- I free or reduced meals
traveled should contact Mias McClanah
should coniaci ~
at the East Ward »chool;___ _
The safeteria* are
the nnt Presbyterian
for the Master’s Degree in Home-
making at Texas State College for
Women, Denton, Texas, and five
of the cafeteria personnel, Mrs
H C. Farmer. Mrs. Otis Pearson,
Mrs H. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Peart
Bennett, and Mrs. Grace Willis
attended the school luncheon
workrtop at TSCW from June
21-25. They studied such things
as food preparation, food serving,
and sanitation. - ;
The Graham schools cooperate
with the federal government In
the lunch room program whereby
they racolve 5c and 7c with or
without mUk, aix^eertajn .urpliu
HKh
TO .oc. achool MUm
ploy woman to pro**™
%ssr«-j-t-r iKJ:
A iMfMMi Mr .wonj
th0
contest Riu •«, “r------'
women of this trade territory in
which the following prizes will be
, ri-. Goldened
Bed Room Suite; Lane, large size
Bland finish. Cedar Chest; Sun-
beam Mix Master with the attach-
ments; Universal Completely Au-
tomatic Coffee Maker; and a love-
ly Granite base Table. Picture Win-
dow Lamp. Five wonderful prizes-
a total value of $350 00 in all Now
on display at the McC°yJ“™tU^
Store window here in Graham, to
be awarded to the five winners in
their contest. ___.
The sale is conducted byjBrok-
er Sales Service ,lnc. of Wichita,
Kansas, under the persanal super-
vision of their sales representative,
Mr Wilbur Hahn. Mr. Hahn ar-
rived in Graham Sunday and has
been busy in the preparation of
the store-wide sale and getting the
contest underway,
Turn to page in this issue
for the stores large full P»fe ,d.
vertisement in which you wil find
some of the many items included
in the sale; also, deUdf of C°es
test with $350 00 worth of prizes
to the winners.
A R Cole of Norman, Oklaho-
ma was a business visitor in Gra-
ham Tuesday and while in the cUy
visited in the home of Mr and
Mrs. Roy Stephen*.
Steers Schedule
Scrimmage Friday
>
Hi
High
Fri-
A scrimmage session
Graham Steers and Anson
Schools is scheduled 3 Pjn
day, August 27 at Steer Stadium
according to an announcement to-
day by Coach Roy Curry.
Football fans are invited to see
the scrimmage Friday afternoon.
Popping leather, sweat, and salt
tablets have been the order of
the day during practice sessions
this week. One injury was retri-
ed to an A squad member, Burl
Rich, who received a broken bone
in the left hand earlier this week.
Coach Curry announced Ricn
would be out for »PPro«**tely
three weeks due to the injury.
Fifty-eight boys are reporting
for daily practice thus
which is much higher than pre-
vious seasons.
ents. Mr and Mrs. Robert T. Wal
ker.
Minnie Babb.
Mrs. Roy Stephens.____________“
Graham Citizens Issued Permits to
Conduct Business in Private Homes
held Tu- Willi- *“>“£;
rmro— to
the cafeteria and eee the appetis-
ing and varied menus
1 ■. f, GRAHAM LEADER StaW
TALKING OVER PLANS fo, lt» H.itwP' aSAa «;
«dl 0*11 Jorfo. b, *. coocNn, «o«
&3ST1" s~' sm“"-
A public hearing was held Tu
esday mcimingin City ”a,l t0
uDon request of Mrs. ».
gue to conduct a kindergarten
in her home, 1018 Hilcrest.
A previous request was pre-
sented*^ to City Council last Thurs-
day night by Mrs. Teague
presented a petition with 3d sig
natures indicating approv*1 of Oie
kindergarten in the residenti
^Attending the hearing Tuesday
were Mrs Teague Mrs. V. I*
Nelms, Robert C Webb, Mrs.
Cornell. Following the beanng,
adtotioasl atnretore and nothing
tniRM he done to dela« the pro
peOf *nch a* 8P«- ,
A second hearing was bald Tu-
esday morning concerning the op-
eration of a dally newapapar dis-
tributing agency at the home <*
mit to operate a business in a pri-
vate residence.
Ragsdale explained that fh* ^u'
siness in his home was a better
place for the newspaper earner
boys he employed, rather than
on office downtown.
Attending this hearing were
Mr Ragsdale, Mrs. Rehders, M j-
C E Caskey, Mrs. D«*"
Tinner. Mrs. G*o D^,es-
Charles Low* and L. D. Normsiu
Several stated their <*JectioM to
•Baged "wi(rt in early morning
hours, moto*
plaint* from reBtars- _ _
FWlowing the dlscuasion. Court;
- probationary measure utoB
placed oa the motor bikes
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