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The Graham Leader
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
16 PAGES
LOCAL NEWS & PICTURES
VOLUME 78.
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1954
NUMBER 48.
Plans Underway For Annual Old
Settlers Reunion at Eliasville
MISS ROBBIE HARLAN
"Miss Grahom, 1954"
—GAY Studio
-'Miss Graham, 1954" Title Wonfcf
Robbie Harlan in Beauty Contest
wif nannf “Mw Graham, IBM
during the finaU of tha bathing
boauty wntTri conducted on the
sta(« of tha Leon Theatre. Mis,
Harlan was selected from 16 girls
who entered the contest.
Preliminaries were held Wed-
nesday night with the audience
voting for five beauties. They in-
cluded Miss Harlan, Miss Jean
Brown, Miss Ann Gregory, Miss
Cora Jean McMurtry, and Miss
Margaret Johnson.
Judges from Henrietta, Texas,
selected Miss Harlan lor the “Miss
Graham, 1954” title during the
finals. Mayor V. O. Rosser, Jr. pre-
sented the gold crown, and Alvie
Smith, theatre manager, present-,
ed a beautiful trophy to the win-
ner. She is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Harlan 830 Ten-
nessee Street.
Mrs. B. W. King, Jr., served as
commentator for the program each
night and introduced the girls, and
Mrs. A. L. Vaughan presented Ann
Maples and Charlotte Ann Wash-
ington in songs during the pro-
gram.
-a-
Masonic Lodge
Installs Officers
E. O. Purselley was installed
worshipful master of the Young
County Lodge, 485 last Tuesday
night. C. E. Penix served as instal-
ling officer and Ras Shumate was
Installing marshall.
Other officers installed were
Lambert Miller, senior warden;
G. C. Ware, junior warden; Bruce
Spivey, senior dfeacon; Charles
Thetford, Jr„ junior deacon; G. D.
Lasater, seertary; Blake Allison,
treasurer; Bill Pace, senior ste-
ward; R. Rickets, junior steward;
Ed Wiggington, chaplain; and John
Rubankocnlg, tiler.
C. L. Clinton is the retiring
worshipful mast*.
Kenneth Mobley
Receives Orders
For Active Duty
Kenneth Mobley has received or-
• ders from the War Department
.ordering him to active duty for
24 months in the United States Air
Force with the rank of Second
IlrmUwmt He i* scheduled to
report August 6, to the OMBth
Support Sq (NBA), Boiling Air
Force Oaae, Washington, D. C.
lieutenant Mobley la a graduate
. of Texas A. * M. College, and has
a reserve commialon in the Air
Force.
J. N. Stewart
Dies in McKinney
Mr. James M. Stewart, 82, of
1112 Fourth Street, died July S in
the McKinney Veterans Hospital.
He had been in ill health for the
past two months. He was a World
War I veteran.
Funeral services for Mr. Stewart
were conducted 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
July 4, in Morrison Funeral Home
Chapel with Rev. Bill Jackson
pastor of Morningside Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial was in
Pioneer Cemetery under the di-
rection of Morrison Funeral Home.
Mr. Stewart was bom April 20,
1892, at Mansfield, Texas and re-
sided at Bowie, Texas many years
before moving to Graham In Feb-
ruary.
Survivors include his widow,
Mrs. Rosie Stewart; a sister, Mrs.
John Upham, Graham, ancl a broth-
er, Elmer Stewart, Bridgeport,
Texas.
'Mr. aadrMra. E. C. Crouch and
, children apent the July Fourth
holiday! -ilk Galveetoa.
I
V* %
Plans are underway tot the an-
nual Old Settlers Reunion at Elias-,
ville, July 30 and August 1. The
big event is expected to attract
hundreds of fqAter residents of
Eliasville.
A new concrete floor has been
poured under the tabernacle, and
an interesting program planned ac-
cording to T. M. Cunningham, pro-
gram chairman^of Denton.
Registration will begin Saturday
and special events are being
planned throughout the day and
evening.
Rev. Sam Malone will preach
Sunday morning and the election
of officers will be conducted that
afternoon.
Always a highlight of the re-
union is the exhibit of old relics
and old pictures. Visitors are urged
to bring heirlooms and other his-
torical articles to the reunion.
Officers are B. B. Ward, presi-
dent; B. E. Glamery, vice-presi-
dent; and Mary Donnell, secretary.
Bunger Sector
Venture Staked
One and one-half mlios north
west of Bunger, O. P. Leonard of
Fort Worth staked the No. A-l
Mary Taylor as a 4200-foot Young
County wildcat, 883 feet from west
gnd 467 from north lines of B.
Kramer survey A-168.
Mallard Oil Company will drill
to 4000 feet the No. F. Ruben-
koenig. 541 miles southeast of Lov-
ing, 1263 feet from west and 1805
from notrh lines jnf. J. J’oitevent
survey A-221 -
A 1500-foot test, the No. 1 Dora
E. Logan Eatate, waa spotted by
C. G. Butts et al five miles east
of Megargel, 200 feet from east
and ISO from north lines of 48-
acre lease in block IS, L Holman
survey. " 1 "•"■ye*
W-M Company staked the No. 1
W. B. Howard aa a 1000-foot wild-
1210 feet from east and I960 from
south lines of section 1461, TEAL
survey
King Oil Inc. abandoned at 3482
feet the No. 1N.L Hardy et al,
wildcat, 3tt miles north of New-
castle, ig section 2660 TEAL sur-
vey.
Funeral Rites For
Mrs. D. A Ford
Held Today
Mrs. D. A. Ford, 208 Tennessee
Street, died in a Wichita Falls
hospital Wednesday. She had been
in ill health for several years.
Funeral rites for Mm.-Ford were
conducted 3 p.m. today, Thursday,
from the Morrison Funeral Home
Chapel with the Rev. E. R. Gordon,
pastor of the FiMt Methodist
Church, and Rev. Hubert Foust,
pastor of the FiMt Baptist Church,
officiating. Burial was in Oak
Grove Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Morrison Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ford, the former Mary
Elisabeth Ragland, was bom in the
Center Ridge community. Her par-
ents were the late Mr. and Mrs.
E. R. Ragland. She was a member
of the Graham First Methodist
Church.
SurvlvoM include her nusband,
D. A. Ford; two brotheM, George
E. Ragland, Paducah, and S. W.
Ragland, Wichita Falls; three sis-
ters, Mrs. A. B. Casburn, Graham,
Mrs. E. L. Burns, Morgan Mills,
and Miss Fannie Ragland, Fort
Worth.
Pallbearers were Spencer
Mayes, Roy Thompson, B. B. Ward,
Dan Cusenbary, Mark Jones, and
R. L. Morrison, Sr.
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Annuol Cook
Rounion Hold f
Sunday at Bolknap
Mrs. W. G. Blount
Funeral Rites
Held Sunday
Mm. W. G. Blount, 78, longtime
resident of Young County, died
July 3 at the family home, eight
miles east of the city.
Funeral services for Mm. Blount
were conducted 3 p.m. Sunday at
Morrison Funeal Home Chapel
with the Rev. Calvin Bailey, pastor
of the Bryson Baptist Church, offi-
ciating. Burial was in the Jermyn,
Texas Cemetery under the direc-
tion of Morrison Funeral Home.
Mm. Blount, the former Cinnie
Pevehoase, was born September 4,
1875 at Mart, Texas. Her parents
were the late Mr. and Mrs. Nelson
Pevebouse. The family moved to
Erath County and she married W.
G. Blount on October.3, 1916 at
Fort Worth.
Two yeaM later, the couple
moved to Young County, to a farm
8 miles east of Graham. They re-
turned to Fort Worth in 1924 to
make their home for 10 years, re-
turning to Young County in 1934.
Mrs. Blount had been a mem-
ber of the Baptist Church since
early youth. . , ,
Survivors include her husband;
a sister, Mrs. Laura E. Hall, Wich-
ita Falls; and a number of nieces
and nejjhewj.
Pallbearers were Lem Bennett,
J. J. Blagg. N. W. Herrin, Lee
Cook, Andy Owens, J. E. McIntyre,
and John Birdwell.
Out-of-town relatives attending
the funeral r
included Mm. Haden. Lubbock;
Frank Pevehouse, Dee Pevehouse,
and Mm. Crouch, all of Ft. Worth;
Mrs. Ida H*U and Mm. Laura E.
Half, WwEtfc'>aittrTO». AngelfOf
Hawley, Whitney; and Mrs. Wil-
liams, Springtown, Texas.
Absentee Voting Is
Underway in County
Rites Set For
Graham Teacher
Democratic Rally
Slated Saturday
A Democratic rally will be held
2 p.m. Saturday in the County
Court room with Judge Raymon
Thompson presiding. H e an-
nounced that Roger Crampton,
Wichita Falls attorney, would be
in Graham on this date to speak
in behalf of the candidacy of
Judge Yarborough for Governor.
Mr. Crampton will speak in 01-
ney 4 p.m. Saturday before re-
turning to Wichita Falls.
Judge Thompson urged loyal
Democrats to attend the rally Sat-
urday afternoon.
Stewart Drops
Out of Primary
Edward Stewart, announced can-
didate for county attorney in the
July 24 Democratic primary,
MISS MARIE WILLSON
Miss Marie Willson, teacher ^ lr
the public school system fox. Ut°, jowe(j (he filing fee deadline to
past five years, died Wednesday
at the family home, 921 Cherry
Street. She had been ill since
---------- _ April, and was unable to finish
funeral rites for Mrs. £lount the lasl term of school. She was a
of the Shawnee school
,L
Om bundled and fifteen per-
sona attended the Cook Reunion
at Fort Belknap Sunday. July
------ - - - _ .■ ____. Due to the morning showers,
cat six mile! southwest of Ohm*. group gpre,a a bounGful
OVER $9 MILLION
ON DEPOSIT IN
GRAHAM BANKS
Condensed statements of The
First National Bank and The Gra-
ham National Bank at the close of
business June 30 revealed deposits
exceeded nine million dollars.
This figure represents the heal-
thy economic conditions in Young
County with total deposits amount-
ing to $9,203,739.04. The Graham
National Bank reported $4,775,477.-
08 deposits, and The FiMt Nation-
al Bank deposits amounted to $4,-
868,703.01.
Wylie P. Loftin
Completes Insurance
Course at S. M. U.
Wylie P. Loftin has just com-
pleted the indoctrination course
in life underwriting at the Insti-
tute of Insurance Marketing at
Southern Methodist UniveMlty and
will represent the Security Stand-
ard Life Insurance Company in
Graham, Texas, according to Rob-
ert D. Thompson, manager of the
Wichita Falla Regional Office.
A native of Loving, Texas, Mr.
Loftin has resided in Graham fol
the past four yeaM. He la a grad-
uate of Midwestern University and
a veteran of World War II, having
served with the.U. S. Army In the
United States, Philllptnes and Ok-
inawa. Ha la a member ef the
Graham Country Club and the
Junior Chamber of Commgroo.
Three Receive
Draft Call
Three registrants will leave
Monday, July 12, for induction into
the armed forces from the local
selective service board. They in-
clude Jackie Lynn Payne, Wich-
ita Falls; Joe Dale Garvey, Gra-
ham; and William Wayne Black,
Jacksboro.
Five men are scheduled to leave
July 15 to take physicals. They are
John Phillips Montgomery, Per-
rin; Paul A. WalteM, Olney; James
W Fletcher, Fort Worth; Juan
Loyd Brantley, Odessa; and Marvin
Edward Lehr, Graham.
The board has received an in-
duction call for 4 men on August
27.
Legion to Install
Officers Monday
New officeM for the coming
year will be installed 8 p.m. Mon-
day at the regular meeting of the
American Legion. The installation
ceremony, scheduled -two weeks
ago, was postponed untli Monday
night.
The campaign for Early Bird
membership will begin immediate-
ly, and the Post hopes to secure
200 by state convention time, July
30-31, and August 1.
Graham Medical
Center Announces
New Member to Staff
Dr. R. E. L. Gowan announced
Wednesday that Dr. William
Spencer Marrow, formerly of
Wichita Falla, was asaocated with
tha Graham Medical Center, effec-
tive July 1.
Dr. and Mm. Marrow and two
sons have established residence at _ _
1107 Fourth Street He waa reared Ariaona
at Quanah, Texas, and graduated
from the University of Texas and
tha Southwestern Medical College.
Dr. Marrow served his Internship
at Shreveport Charity Hospital, and
had surgical residency at the
Wichita General HoapitaL
lunch in a kitchen at the Fort, aft
er which they enjoyed an after-
noon of visiting, reminiscing and
games, in the grape arbor.
Attending from Jacksboro were
Mm. T. J. Spencer, Nelda and
Tommy, Mr. and Mm. Corb Bar-
ker and Bobby, Mr. and Mrs. R. P.
Dixon and Harold, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Wilton and Lenora, Mr. and Mm.
Fred Green and Marlene, Mr. and
Mm. Sam Hannah, Mrs. Gene
Worthington and Ricky, Mr. and
Mrs. Birch Clay and Bill, Mr. Saffl
Newman, Mr. J. A. Monroe, Mr.
Jap Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher
Hughes, Leo and Don, Mr. and
Mrs. Melvin Clay, Janice, Melvin
and Lynn, Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Mil-
ler, Mr. and Mrs. Welzy Derrick
and Mm. Alta Baker
From Graham: Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Looney and Harold, Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Langford, Mark and David,
and Mr. and Mrs. Harrell Cook;
also Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cook
and Brownie of Red Top and Mr.
and Mm. Jack Cook of Jean.
Also attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Cook, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lie FloweM and Francis of Holli-
day and R. S. Vance and Eliza-
beth Vance of Loving.
And Mrs. Bessie Padgett and
Mrs. Davis, Mm. C. W. Massey, Mr.
and Mrs. L. R. U$we of Wichita
Falls; attending frbm Elbert were
Mrs. Lester Johnson, Peggy and
Patsy, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. John-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Berry Johnson,
Donna and Arwin and Mr. and
Mrs Carl Johnson and Jerry.
OtheM present were Pete
Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Adrain Wes-
ley, Chet and Scott, Mrs. E. G.
Brown, Gary and Jerry and Mm.
Ernest Warren, Breckenridge; also
Mm. Ruby Clay, Mr. and Mm. M.
R. Ledbetter, and Mr. and Mrs. M.
D. Holder, Olney; Mr. and Mm.
Clyde Holder, Don, Mike, and
Frank Lynn of Greenville; Mr. and
Mm. Joe Frank Clay and sons, Abi-
lene; Mr. and Mrs. John Staneman,
Bryson; Earl Veal, Newcastle; Mr.
B. J. Cook and Galan, Seymour;
Mm. Nell Morrison and grand-
daughter JLeedy, Oklahoma; Mr.
and Mm. Charlie Dillard and
Joyce and Mr. and Mm. Boh Dil-
lard, Lockney; Mr. and Mn. C. V.
Cook and Jimmie, Plainview; J. M.
Ray and Martin Ray of Wall ton,
J. F. MiUk^n
Ss Dies Saturday
Mm. Lao V. Taylor and children
of Vernon are visiting In tha home
of her parents, Mr. and Mn. W. C.
Curtis. Mn. Taylor also visited
Mr*. R. Q. Millar while in the city.
J. Frank Millican, 74, resident of
Young County since 1905, died
early Saturday morning in the
Graham Hospital, following a long
illness.
Funeral services for Mr. Mil-
lican were conducted 3 p.m. Sun-
day, July 4, at the Loving Meth-
odist Church with the pastor, Rev.
Verne Fuqua, officiating. Burial
was in the Loving Cemetery with
arrangements under the direction
of Morrison Funeral Home.
This was the second death in
the Millican family this w/eek; as
a sister, Miss Rosalie Millican, died
last Monday, and was buried Tues-
day in the Loving Cemetery.
Mr. Millican was the son of the
late Mr. and Mm. W. H. Millican,
early day settleM in Northwest
Texas. The family moved to Texas
in 1888 from Georgia and resided
in Ellis and Denton Counties be-
fore moviiig to Young County in
1905..
He was a member of the Meth-
odist Church, and was engaged in
farming and ranching many yeaM.
SurvivoM include a sister, Mm.
Bertha Rann, Henrietta, Texas; and
three brothers, Paul, Sam, and
H. G. Millican, all of Loving,
Texas. ’* M*
Pallbearers were Earl Wheat,
Ray Burdick, Ester Dickerson, Os-
car McCluer, Lawrence Oliver, and
Jim HIckeMon.
New Low Partnership
Announced This Week
f. J. Rodgers announced
Wednesday that Ronald D. Ste-
phens is now associated with him
and that a new law pirtnership
had been formed, n will be known
as RodgeM and Stephens, Attor-
neys-at-Law.
Mr. Stephens is a graduate of the
UniveMlty of Texas Law School,
and is a resident of this city.
o-
Marriage Licenses
Joe Bill Farquharson, Graham,
and Miss Ernestine June Fowler,
Graham.
James Darrell Cullers. Bryson,
and Mias Edna Lucille Wiley, Bry-
son.
Donald Lee West, and Mias
Betty Sue Thompson
Richard G. Higginbotham, and
Miss Mary Sue Thedford
member
faculty.
Funeral rites for Miss Willson
rj'LJae-£ondnried_Erid*y.*t .the
McClellan Funeral Home Chape
Fredrick, Oklahoma with the Rev.
A. W. Arbuckle of Frederick, and
Rev. Hubert Foust, pastor of the
Graham First Baptist Church, otfi-
ciatlag. Burial will be in a Fred-
erick, Oklahoma Cemetery. Mae*
son Funeral Home is in charge of
local arrangements.
A native of Frederieh, Oklabo- -
ma. Mias Willson taught in the
pass Saturday, June 29 leaving the
office open on the ballott.
Mr. Stewart made no statement
concerning his withdrawal, and
his name was automatically delet-
ed from the Democratic Primary
A blank space will appear on
the ballot
under the office of
‘.e.Lcounty attorney, jnWT.j. Goramjs-
'*• sioners Court will be required to
appoint a qualified lawyer as coun-
ty attorney, unless some person,
duly qualified, receives a write in
vote on July 24.
Frederick schools before moving
to Graham five yeaM ago with her
mother and a brother.
SurvivoM include her mother.
Mm. Florence Willson; four broth-
ers, Lewis of Clinton, Oklahoma,
James of Frederick, Oklahoma,
Donald of Drumwood, Oklahoma,
and Georgia Willson, 6f Ralls,
Texas.
Eigen Corporation
Opens New Office
On North Elm Street
The Eigen Corporation, of Dal-
las and Wichita Falls, has opened
a new branch office in this city
with R. N. Stine, formerly of Wich-
ita Falls, as district manager of
the Graham office.
Offices and workshops are lo-
cated at 100 North Elm Street in
the Louis Pitcock Drilling Co.
building. The company specializes
in electronic well logging and per-
malog work.
K. C. Gee, president, of Dallas,
was in the city several days last
week supervising the opening of
the new office.
Local personnel include Mm.
Sid Heame, Jr, secretary, and
John Collins, John McKinzey, Ross
Champion^and Bill Stone, opera-
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Burdett of
Loving spent Wednesday in Olney
with their daughter, Mrs. Glen
Seobee and Mr.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE
Graham Churches reported the
following Sunday School attend-
ance last Sunday:
Church July 4 June 27
FiMt Baptist -------------- 458 507
FiMt Methodist .......... 200 215
First Presbyterian .... 81 94
First Christian ....._... 116 ......
Salem Methodist ............ 152
Church of God -------..... 204 ......
Hudson Chapel ................ 74
Oak St. Baptist ........... 157 156
Morningside Baptist .. 96
Church of Nazarene ........ 14
E. S. Church of Christ ...... 217
MRS. WILLIAMS AT ,
BEDSIDE OP BROTHIR
Mm. P. r. Williams, 906 Bratos,
was called to Muskogee, Oklaho-
ma last Saturday to the bedside of
a brother, Otto Elliott of Okmul-
gee, Oklahoma, a patient in the
Veteran Hospital in that city.
Mr. Klliott underwent major
surgery and is reported to he In
% Miioui coodilioa.
Absentee voting began Tuesday
in the County Clerk’s ofifee and
31 requests had been received
Thursday afternoon, and two bal-
lots had been cast in the Democra-
tic primary according to an an-
nouncement by County Clerk Hugh
Grubbs.
Eighteen had filed expense ac-
counts with the county clerk Tues-
day, and it waa the third time
candidates have filed expense ac-
counts for the July primary. The
next expense account must be filed
July 16.
Absentee voting was scheduled
to begin July 4, but because of
Sunday and Monday holidays, did
not begin before Tuesday.
Candidates filing expense ac-
counts, and the total amounts
filed, included: Raymon Thomp-
son, county judge, $355; George
E. Berry, District clerk, $280; Hugh
G Grubbs, county clerk, $355;
John Edwards, sheriff, $365; Kelly
Jones, tax assessor and collector,
$355; D. D. Cusenbary, county
treasurer, $270; W. E. (Bill Harty,
county superintendent, $390.60;
George Corse, Jt.; county superin-
tendent, $502.56; and C. Lee
Jones,, county commissioner Pet. 1,
$225
And R. C. Parker, justice of the
pqace Pet. 1, $83.80; Dan Orr,
justice of the peace, Pet. 1, $110.-
50; A. F. (Fred) Stewart, consta-
ble Pet. 1, $10; E. H. Griffin, dis-
trict attorney,* $385; Truman
Mayes, county commissioner Pet.
2 $205; R.-C. (Bob) Self, commis-
sioner Pet. 3, $205; John Downey,
Tommissloner Pet. 4, $180; w. R.
Blake, commissioner Pet. 4, $193 -
40; and D. H. Rodgers, justice of
the peace. Pet. 3, $25.00.
ALLIGATOR ROUND
IN CITY MONDAY
Mm. Bill Yancey, was watering
flowers under an air conditioner
at her home, 927 Carolina Street,
Monday, whe she waa startled to
find a long dark object in a small
pool of water under the air con-
ditioner.
Closer examination revealed the
object to be a 21-inch live baby
alligator!
How it got into their yard re-
mains a mystery to the family.
Monday’s heat was probably too
much for the alligator as it died
later in the day.
jfolmar Rounion
Held Over Weekend
Mr. and Mix W. H. Palmer
ere boats to relative* of Mr. Pal
mer over the week-end when they
met for a family reunion.
Guests were Mm. Vina Ann Pal-
mer of Kilgore, mother of Mr.
Palmer and Miss Zula Mae Mat-
tocks and son, J. G. of Hoisington,
Kansas; Mr. and Mm. B. B. Palmer
and children, Becky and Richard,
Pampa; Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Palmer
and children, Judy and Jimmie
Gene of Kilgore; Mr. and Mm. E.
T. Palmer and Mr and Mm. Bill
Palmer and daughter, Palma Kem
of Alice.
Temperature Reaches
Hi Mark Wednesday
Temperatures soared to 104 in
the city Wednesday, setting a new
high reading this year according
to Miss Leta Black, weather ob-
server, who reported a low of 72
during the week.
A trace of rain was recorded
July 4. Thunderclouds today.
Thursday, brought hope for cooler
weather possibly over the week-
end.
CITIZENS ATTEND TB MEETING
IN WICHITA PAUL*,--TEXAS.
Six Young County citizens at-
tended the “Searchlight on TB”
meeting held in Wichita Falls last
Tuesday. The Young County dele-
gation was given materials for the
survey and Mm. Sid Perryman of
Olney was named county chair-
man
Attending the meeting were
Mrs. L. D. Pope, Mrs. Bill Norman,
and Mrs. G. D. Steed. Jr.. Graham;
Mrs. Sid Perryman and J. W. Mar-
tin, Olney; and Dr. W. S. Marrow
represented Dr. R. E. L. Gowan
as county health officer.
MUNDAY WOMEN VISIT
IN GRAHAM
Mm. W. E. Braly of Munday
spent Tuesday in Graham in the
home of her brother and wife,
Mr. and Mm. A. L. Collier. She
was accompanied by Mm. David
Crockett, also of Munday, who
spent the day with Mm. E. B.
Harris.
Mrs. Crockett is a farmer resi-
dent of Rule and is the daughter-
in-law of the late Rev. J. 0. Croc-
kett of Stamford, Methodist minis-
ter, who held pastorate in almost
every district in Texas during the
earlier days of hi* mioistry.
Mr. and Mm. John Shahau apent
the week-end holidays in Dallas
with their daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Corbin and family. They returned
home Dusky evening.
Dr. L. A. Cramer
Moves to New Office
Dr. L. A. Cramer moved to his
new office on the south side of the
square in the Meacham building
Tuesday from his old location on
the west side of the square.
The new offices are refrigerated
air conditioned. Dr Cramer has
been a resident of this city for the
past two years, moving here from
Wichita Falls
ATTEND MINISTERS MEETING
IN WEATHERFORD, TEXAS
Rev. and Mrs. V. Fuqua and
baby attended a ministers meet-
ing of the Methodist Churches of
the Weatherford District in that
city Wonday -
Rev. Fuqua is pastor "of the
Loving and Jean Methodist church-
es.
MASTER BOB COLLIER
HOME FROM HOSPITAL
Master Bob Collier, 6-year-old
son of Mr and Mrs. A. L. Collier,
returned home last Saturday from
Harris Hospital in Fort Worth
where he had been a patient for
medical treatment since June 18th.
MEDICAL NEW ADDITION PI ..
COMMISSIONERS COURT MERT
AS EQUALIZATION BOARD
CommisoneM Court met Wed-
nesday as an equalization board.
Judge Raymon Thompson an-
nounced six persons appeared be-
fore the board.
Mr. and Mm. Frank Elliott were
in Roswell, New Mexico the past
week and on Saturday evening at-
tended the wedding of their sou.
Frank Elliott, Jr., to Min Winona
Trent of that city.
— — -o-
Mrs Louis Pitcock and mother,
Mrs. Jaurant Shepard of Ft. Worth
and Min Evelyn Boooa left
Wednesday for Washington and
ether points for a several week*
vacation.
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The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1954, newspaper, July 8, 1954; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth882825/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.