The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1954 Page: 2 of 16
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Friday - Saturday -Monday
Stones Grocery & Market
Pioneer Eliasville Residents
Attend Third Annual Reunion
By Mrs. Stella Reach
Saturday afternoon. July SI, un-
der the tabernacle, the third Old
Timers Reunion began. As we
drove around the corner, we could
see the smoke from the barbecue
pit and soon learned there would
be well-cooked meat for our pic-
nic which we did enjoy Saturday
evening and Sunday.
The large number guests began
ariving on time. Mrs. Belle Donnell
Billingsley, sister, Miss Mattie
Donnell and Mrs. Lovett of Cross
Plains were among the first to
arrive and meet school friends
they had not seen in fifty-two
years. Mrs. Sue Daws of Woodson
and Mrs. Horton met and it had
been nearly sixty years since they
were girls near Throckmorton
town.
Of course Aunt Fannie Young,
the oldest native, 92 years, was
there and more agile than some of
the 75-year-old pioneers. Mrs. Pol-
ly Jeffreys and her daughter tra-
veled the greatest distance from
California, and Hudson Jarnagin of
Lubbock was there helping Edgar
Davis make a couple of Texas
wire gates that would be needed
Mrs. Alice Atchinson and -her
three fine sons were there to rep-
resent the early day settler, F. M.
Baldwin, The Allen family and a
lew Debongs (almost outnumbered
the big S. D. Davis family present).
These’ represenattives of Elias,
for whom the town was named,
were informed of a big oil well
on the original old homestead and
it is still owned by a DeLong; how-
ever, Uncle Henry DeLong, who
I sold the place to his sons, reserved
the oil rights to be shared equal-
ly between his nine childrden.
Mrs. Eula Duckworth of Abi-
lene and Mrs. Larry Pratt can
remember some dry weather be-
fore these last four years. The
Pratt family was there to enjoy
their friends.
— Frank and Tom Washburn nev-
er forgot the old Clear Fork on
these hot summer days. Yes, and
Claud's brother, W. H. Akers from
California, was helping Claud and
Frank cook the fat calf. There
were Aker# descendants from ev
erywhere present. The Martins
younger generation were having
the best time. Also attending were
the Williams. Burns, and Jack
Martin's families from, Andrews.
The Evans mother, who in later
years, moved to Graham, but she
was there ready with some more
of her age and older to pose for a
picture. Tom, Rudine, and Regie
Stinson of Rotan came to cnjby
being home again near the Stinson
place. We hope Judge Stinson can
come next year.
The Donnells, who have moved
away, all came back. Yes, and
some of the teachers of the Thir-
womeri~whom (Key had helped
prepare for the road to success.
We saw John Harty standing in
the doorway looking over the
crowd and wondered if it were he
who guessed there were 800 pres-
ent. Estimates ran from this to
450 John and Mrs. Harty have
moved to Ranger, but they still
represent their families.
The Mayes and Willis Hartys,
who came here when rabbits were
good to cat; now, we and C. D.
Williams are afraid of rabbit feV-
er.
We were so glad to see Dillon
Smith, who now lives in Houston.
He is Jim and the late Laura Hill
Smith’s son. We also saw Dean
Smith with his grandmother, Mrs.
| Ollie Hill Smith. Dean is our ath-
| lete, and we shared him gladly
with Graham when he went to Hel-
sinki for the Olympics last vear.
He flies, it seems, when he starts
on one of those dashes. Yes, and
there were Lindia and Vera Smith
and their families from Oklahoma
whom we had not seen in a half
century. I did enjoy Sam Huff-
man. Rosie Hill and S. D. Huff-
man’s boy I hope his mother in
Florida, will be home next year,
and hope more of the Hills can
attend the meeting.
Mr and Mrs. Ben Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Spencer Mayes, Miss Bet-
tie Scott and brother, Leslie Scott,
B W. King were here. Dud Ford,
who. lived on the dividing line,
but usually came down on the E.
V. side; Lake Souther Douglas of
Oklahoma City and sister, Maud
Bourland of Eastland; fheir broth-
er. Cleland came all the way from
Houston. Allie Newell of Borger
and Flora McChareii of Ft. Worth
were in the front row as were the
five Long sisters, Mrs. Alma Long,
Mrs. Edna Peters, Mrs. Eva Fields,
Mrs Susie Rodgers and Mrs Odes-
sa Emanuel, Mrs. Nettie Parrott
Crump and brother, Arthur, Mrs.
Eva Reeves Wallace, and Mrs. Ora
Reeves Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Robinson, John Rucker from New
Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs Dennis Peveler
also came from Naw Mexico. Mrs.
| Peveler represented the Newell
j family whose father over aixty
| years ago came here and was a
pioneer country doctor. There was
I no night so cold or stream so
high that he did not go to relieve
the sick.
Mr Peveler's father was a bom
pioneer and ranched over 78 you*
I ago down in an earth-covered log
cabin on the creek that was named
for his father. He said the sod
cover of his cabin -didn’t leak when
It rained, but' waited two or three
days afterwards and dripped on
until they moved out into the
sunshine.
The Brooks family also have
the heritage of real pioneers. The
Townsends, the Whites, Pardues,
and others picked a good place
over on Fish Creek. The Regers
were on Huffstuttle. There will
be important names of those I fail
to recall. I had a register with the
names of those present, but it got
away from us.
One of our outstanding teach-
ers, is said of Mrs. Susfc Milam
Jones, that her pupils now grown,
could elected her president of the
U. S. A. should she be In the race.
Mr. and Mrs. Barlngton of Waco,
and Buster Cunningham and his
wife from Albuquerque also at-
tended. Miss Allie Roach repre-
sented her big family. The Roach
families came here with the Elias
DeLongs before the town was
named. r
Mrs. Fay Marshall came all the
way from Canyon to enjoy her
friends. On the Saturday night
prorgam were B. W. Weaver and
his string band. The welcome ad-
dress was given by Bert McGlam-
ery of Austin. The response was
given by Dr. John Yancy of Fort
Worth.
John Pratt gave a reading and
“The JJells of St. Mary” was sung
by a quartet composed of Edgar
Davis, Clyde Billingsley, Otis and
Tom Cunningham, and Allie New-
ell at the piano
A group of fiddlers presented
music, and Mr. Greger of Gold-
smith and John Guess of Weather-
ford took the prizes.
In due time, Sunday morning,
all seats were filled and rows el
people standing in the back - to
hear Rev. Sam Malone of Semi,
nole. His subject was “Past, Pres-
ent, and Future” which was short
and to the point. Tom Cunning-
ham gave a tenor solo, “Leave
It With^im "
The*good barbecued beef was'
ready for the noon meal, and the
ladies brought salads, pies, cakes,]
tea and toffee.
The business session met 2 p.m. j
with Ben Ward, president, cas-
ing the meeting to order. Malcolm j
Donnell of Dallas was elected pres- j
ident; Mrs. Mary Donnell of Gra- I
ham, secretary; and Louis Don- |
nell of Abilene, treasurer; and
Tom Cunningham, program com
mittee chairman. Next meeting is,
scheduled July 30 and 31* ‘1955.
Favorite songs were sung with
Mrs. Alma Long at the piano.
• THE GRAHAM LEADER, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1954
' —GRAHAM LEADER Staff Photo
REMINISCING at the third annual Eliasville Reunion Saturday were these members of
pioneer Eliasville families: first row, Mrs. Lee Donnell, Mrs. F. A. Young, Mrs. Stella
Roach, all of Eliasville, and Mrs. Stella Caldwell of Fort Worth. Standing, Mrs Alvin Don-
nelL Mrs. H. M. Caudle of Breckenridge, Alvin Donnell, Mr?. Lon Evans of Groham, and
Mrs^ue Daws of Woodson.
—GRAHAM LEADER Staff Photo
SPEAKERS for the Eliasville Reunion and those in charge of the program included: Rev.
3am Malone, Semi,hole; T. M. Cunningham, Denton; Df. ‘John Yancy, Fort Worth; Mrs.
Tom Donnell, Eliasville; B. E. McGlamery, Austin; and B. B. Ward, Newcastle.
BUNGER NEWS
Brother and Mrs. Ray Brock and
son, Tom, from Weatherford, were
visitors at the Church of Christ
Sunday morning and Brother
Brock brought an interesting ser-
mon. Mrs. McClain, vacationing on
the lake, from Friono, Texas was
also a visitor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobbie Askew Oi
Arlington were joined by Mr. and
Mrs Orlo Owen at Gunnison, Col-
orado where the spent their vaca-
tion together.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Berry at-
tended a homecoming Sunday in
the Wayland Community and en-
joyed seeing old neighbors and
friends. After a picnic dinner the
group spent part of the afternoon
in singing. On the way home they
visited Mrs. Berry’s parents, Mr.
and Mrs. F. F Haughton at Caddo.
Mr. Oscar Haughton, brother of
Mrs. Berry and son, James, spent
Tuesday with the Berrys.
Mrs. J. F. Sharp, Mary Dell,
Carolyn , and Vicki and Mrs. Bill
Douglas and Janet, were shopping
in Wichita Falls Monday and vis-
ited Mrs. A. B. Owen while there
W. F. Whittenburg, one of the
County 4-H Adult leaders, accom-
panied Tommie Duffle and 10 4-H
Club boys to Perkin’s Scout Camp
near Burkbumett for the District
4-H Camp, August 3 and 4. Those
from Bunger attending are Bill
Burgess, Will and Sam Whitten
burg.
Mrs. W. F. Whittenburg enter-
tained her nieces, Barbara Kuy
kendall of Westminster, California
and Patsy Kirby of Boyd, with a
house party Monday afternoon and
night. Those present were, Joyce
Petty of Bunger, Rebecca Ball of
Corpus Christi, Jddy Casburn,
Theresa Ross nad Beverly of South
Bend; and Trena Robinson of In-
dian Mound.
ELIASVILLE PIONEERS Cloud Akers, Jim Srr)i»h of Fort Worth, Gene Milam, and Will
Davis were caught by the Leader camera arouirfij fhe camp fire Saturday evening as thdy
exchanged stories of the early day in Young County.
Old-Timers and Pioneers Attend
Third Annual Eliasville Reunion
Rev. and Mrs. S M. Hull of
Weldon, Texas enroute home from
Denver, Colorado where they spent
a several weeks vacation were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Har-
ris, Tuesday. Rev. Hull it a former
pastor of Rule First Methodist
Church .
Polio victims need help NOW!
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4 MARCH OF DIMES
August nil I II ■
Hundreds of former Eliasville
residents returned to the picture-
sque community on the banks of
the Clear Fork River Saturday and
Sunday to attend the Third Annual
Eliasville Reunion.
Old-timers renewed childhood
friendships when they met visitors
under the tabernacle, which this
year, had a brand new concrete
floor and metal fence enclosure.
Speakers included Bert E Mc-
Glamery of Austin, Dr. John W.
Yancy of Fort Worth, and Rev.
Sam Malone of Serpinole, Texas.
Registration began 2 p.m. Satur-
day, and a barbecue dinner was
served before the old fiddler’s
contest, and quartets that eve-
ning.
Guests attended the Sunday
School of their choice Sunday, and
Rev. Malone brought the morning
worship service in the tabernacle.
Old-timers recall that the pres-
ent reunion at Eliasville Is but the
latest of a long'time of similar
events in tbe past.
The earliest, The Old Settlers’
Reunion of the “gay nineties” was
recalled by pioneeis; as it drew
visitors from several adjoining
counties, and attracted each year
more than a thousand persons.
Coming in the hottest days of the
summer, the reunion continued
three days, and even longer for
those who came early and stayed
late.
Families came in covered wa-
gons, pitched their tents under
the shade of the pecan trees and
tethered their teams on the lower
bank of the Clear Fork Each
morning, afternoon and evening,
a program of speaking, singing,
band music, and parading was pre-
sented
Cold drink concessions flour-
ished, with wagon freighters car-
rying great blocks of ice, and all
the ingredients necessary for mak-
ing refreshing drinks. Milk and
cream were bought from nearby
farms f|>r making ice cream.
Soda pop came in bottles opened
by pressing a gadget down into
the neck of the bottle which gave
a phizzing, foaming overflow as
you drank it.
There was no cooling systems
in those days, and they took the
heat, dust, and flies as a matter of
course. In the afternoon, visitors
had baseball games, calf-ropings,
bronco-busting, ballon ascensions
and tournaments, and enjoyed
them while wading ankle-deep in
dust.
The few who ever took a bath
somehow found a suitable place
in the river to take a dip.
Drinking water came from the
same river just below the hun-
dreds of horses’ and mules’ feed-
ing ground. Nevertheless, old-
timers wouldn’t have missed that
reunion and the milling crowds.
The present reunion organiza-
tion represents an adventure of
more than two years effort. It be-
gan in 1952 when Mrs. Edgar
Davis made a suggestion that a
meeting be held on a community-
wide basis like the Davis reunion.
With the assistance of her hus-
band, Edgar, Tom Cunningham,
and many others, the first reunion
was inaugurated, and approximate-
ly 150 persons were present for
the first meeting.
Youthful pals of 50, 60, or 70
years ago met for the first time
in almost that many years. Last
year it proved even more success-
ful and about 300 attended to
renew old friendships.
* PERSONALS
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Kimbrel and
children who have been making
their home in Carmi, Illinois for
the past 10 years, are moving this
week to Breckenridge to make
their home. Mr. Kimbrel will be
employed with Chemical Process
Company. He is the son of Mrs.
Ora Kimbrel of this city.
Rev. Joe I. Patterson and son,
Julian of Olney transacted busi-
ness in Graham Wednesday morn-
ing. Julian visited in the R. C.
Turner’s home while in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Whitton of
Cross Plains were week-end guests
of Mrs. Whitton’s parents, Rev.
and Mrs. -O. A. Morion and her
sister, Mrs. O. B. Rose and family.
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