The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 8, 1954 Page: 4 of 16
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1 • THE GRAHAM LEADER, THURSDAY. JULY 8. 1954
YOUNG COUNTY LONG AGO
MRS T. R. PADEN
—GRAHAM LEADER Staff Photo
Mrs. T. R. Paden Celebrates 80th Birthday
With Open House at Her Home Wednesday
Mrs T R Paden celebrated her -........ -.................
80th birthday last Wednesday,
June 30, at her home, 920 Third
Street, when she held open house
Mrs. Paden. a resident of Graham
for the past 32 years, invited
friends to call .anytime during the
day and guests began arriving at
8am and continued to call until
9 p m.
Many lovely bouquets of gladio-
lus. carnations, and other cut
flowers, sent by friends, were used
for decorations in the home where
Mrs Pad& received guests during
the day The dining table was laid
with a lace cloth with the glass
punch bowl being used as the cen
terpiece.
f Serving ■ punch and cakes
throughout the day were Mrs. Ray-
mond Waller. Mrs. Ernest Cole,
Mrs Obie Dodd, and Miss Bettie
Seott Mrs. H. H. Stephens, a long-
time friend of Mrs Paden. pre-
sided at the guest book where
over 170 names were registered.
She received many lovely gifts
from friends and the occasion will
long be remembered by her friends
who wish for her many' more such
happy occasions.
Out-of-town guests were
Mrs. Julia Bobo of Dallas. Mr Bobo
is a nephew of Mrs. Paden.
Mrs. Paden announced that
many of her friends were unable
to attend the birthday celebration,
and that her guest register was
still open. She invites her friends
to call at their convenience.
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CANTWELL GROCERY
Friday and Saturday only
Wiley-Cullers
Wedding Vows Read
Monday Evening
Miss Lucille Wiley of Graham
and James D. Cullers of Bryson
exchanged wedding vows at 8:00
Monday evening at Jhe home of
Mr and Mrs R E Needham. 1110
Blewett St.
The bride is the daughter of
Mr and Mrs. R. F. Wiley, Graham
and the. groom is the son of Mr.
end Mrs Mark Cullers, Bryson.
The double-ring ceremony “was
read by Rev. W K Unkart before
an alter banked with greenery and
tall baskets ot Mhite gladiolus
and white tapers in branched can-
delabra
Miss Ruthie Needham, cousin of
the bride, played the traditional
wedding music.
The bride was lovely in street
length ice blue antique taffeta, de-
signed with full skirt and fitted-
bodice. She carried a colonial bou-
quet of white glads and lily of the
valley and the traditional some-
thing old. a 54 year-old handker-
ef her grandmother. Mrs.
S. T. Needham, something new,
borrowed and blue, and wore a
penny in her shoe
The bride’s only attendant, Miss
Mary Helen Kunkel, wore a dress
of pink organdy and corsage of
blue carnations.
Mr James L. Armstrong, was
best man James Russell Wiley,
brother of the bride, was candle-
lighter
The bride is a graduate of Gra-
ham High School and the groom is
a graduate of Bryson High School.
The newly weds will make their
home in Graham at 1506 Morning-
side
Reception
Following the wedding cere-
mony, a reception was held and
cake and punch were served to
the immediate family.
The bride was honored with
several pre-nuptial showers, a linen
shower on June 11 at Mrs. R E
Needham's, a kitchen shower given
by Betty Needham, and a miscel-
laneous shower given by -Mary
Helen Kunkel and Jeaneane Fitz-
gerald.
Items of 25 and 50 years ago
taken from the eorly files of
The Graham Leoder.
MURRAY NEWS
25 YEARS AGO
Last Friday morning at 11:45
the Bramff Airlines, Inc. landed
the first passenger plane at the
Graham Municipal Airport, mark-
ing it as the official stop on the
line in operation from Tulsa to
San Angelo. The plane was south-
bound. The first passengers to
board the plane out of Graham
were Dr. and Mrs. H. E. Griffin,
M K Graham and daughter, Miss
Alice, and Frank Forbes, riding
the ship to Abilene and return.
Headlines in The Leader an-
nounced "Army Plane, Prominent
Aviators, 'Sky Diner’ Plane Com-
ing." The occasion was the offi;
rial opening of the Graham Muni-
cipal Airport in July, 1929. The
Leader announced, “Reg Robbins
and Jim Kelly, World's Endur-
ance Record Smashers, at Fort
Worth, coming, prominent officials
of air companies coming, big two
days' event opens Saturday.”
An editorial on the front page
of the Leader stated: 'tin celebrat-
ing the dedication of Graham Mu-
nicipal Airport and honoring the
.occasion of Graham being made
ah official stop for passenger
ships on the Braniff Airlines, Inc.,
route, let us not forget to pay
homage to the . gentleman who
is the sole personage at the bot-
tom of this occasion. Had it not
been for his generosity the very
ground upon which youlvill stand
Saturday as a witness to the dedi-
cation services and the air pro-
gram. would not have been an air-
port field. We speak of none oth-
er than M K. Graham, who do-
nated this fine tract' of land.”
Judge S. A. Penix spent Sun-
day in -Fort Worth visiting friends.
Leslie Scott spent Sunday with
his family at Glen Rose
Mr and Mrs B. L. Kirtley and
son, Burton, visited relatives in
Eliasville Thursday
Mr. and Mrs. W A Warner
motored to Medicine Park, Okla-
homa Wednesday and spent the
Fourth there. v
Fay Marshall and family left
the morning of the Fourth for
their ranch at Canyon where they
will spent their vacation.
Captain, Mrs. Bettis
Announce Birth of
Daughter in Japan
Capt. and Mrs H. M. Bettis of
Fukuoka, Japan, are announcing
the birth of a pretty baby girl on
Tuesday, July 6th. The baby
weighed six pounds and ten ounces
at birth and has been named Mary
Alice after her grandmother. Mrs
R C. Turner. ~ wrf
Capt. Bettis has been stationed
at Camp Brady near Fukuoka for
almost twd years and Mrs. Bettis
and little son, Harry, Jr., have
been over a* year last March
Paternal grandmother is Mrs.
Harry Bettis of Olney and mater
nal grandparents are Mr and Mrs
R. C. Turner of Graham
50 YEARS AGO
Mrs. S. R. Jeffrey spent several
days in Graham last week.
Rev. W. W. Mulkey and wife re-
turned last Thursday from Abi-
lene where she has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. John^Girand.
Sheriff Williams, having got-
ten the weeds hauled out of his
cotton field, has been in town
a few days this week.
B F. Shumaker of Farmer was
in the city one day this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Keen of
Farmer were in the city last week
on business.
J. E. Graves left Tuesday for
Fort Worth. '
The Russo-Jap horror goes on
expanding every hour. Five Japa
nese transports were sunk last
week by a Russian gunboat, and
1,000 men drowned. A single, shell
killed 109 men on the Hitachi
and it is estimated that 100 more
committed suicide. And we look
calmly on. Are human beings much
more civilized than tigers?
The fear that Mr. Roosevelt is
planning for 1908 is the most dis-
turbing thing in the minds of po-
liticians and has much to do with
their discontent.
Republicans are appalled at the
entire absence of enthusiasm at
the - Chicago convention. It be
hooves the Demorcats to make a
judicial nomination Wisconsin is
virtually conceded to them. Hli-
nois and Indiana are spoken , of
as very doubtful.
JONNie
Mrs. Fred T. Arnold of Dallas
-visited over the week-end holidays
in the home of Mrs. M K Graham
and with other friends Mrs Ar-
nold is a former resident of Gra-
ham.
WEEK-END SPECIALS
Special
FIESTA CAKE
WiHi a smooth bouquet of Rum, Pineapple, and Orange,
It's a delightful different kind of cake flavored to per-
fection with fresh orange, pineapple and rum—
65c
White, Chocolate and Angel Food Cokes
Wedding or Birthday Cakes
FRESH BAKED PIES, COOKIES
Special Breads Baked Daily
FREEMAN PASTRY SHOP
In Bill Ragle Building
607 Elm Street
Phone 275
Mrs. T. B. Wilson
Celebrates 73rd
Birthday Tuesday
Mrs T B Wilson celebrated her
73r(l birthday Tuesday. July 6, at
tuir boma, 806 Texas Street when
friends called to extend congratu-
lations Mrs. Wilson, a .long-time
member of the First Christian
Church and a member of the Royal
Berean Sunday School Class, was
showered with gifts by this class
which was a surprise. Friends and
neighbors also remembered her
with gifts.
Several songs were sung over
the radio station and dedicated
to Mrs. Wilson. Friends also sent
gifts from Eliasville.
Mrs. Wilson and her late -hus-
I band moved to Graham in 1919
| and she still Jives in the same
house on Texas Street.
“Research on Rice Production in
Texas” is the title of a bulletin
just released by the Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station and
the Agricultural Extension Serv-
ice It is available from the Agri-
cultural Information Office, Col-
lege Station.
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MAHAN’S GROCERY
Jonnic Darling: you have left us
How my heart breaks with despair
But the sweetest memory lingers
Heals the vacancy left there.
In my memory I can see you
Always smiling sweet and kind
When I reach out to enfold you
Empty arms, are only mine.
We were all so close together
Love just made our lives seem
right
Now our days are dark and dreary
And I cry alone at night.
But it seems that you are near me
As the fragrance of a rose
Or the cool breeze that caresses
From the wind! that gently blows.
Every thing that is good and
gracious
You just seem to be there too
And I try not to feel bitter
Surely God had need for you.
As the flowers bloom each aeason
And each summer follows spring
I will carry on with out you
For I know we’ll meet again.
Oh, the days are long and lonely
And the nights don’t pass at all,
When I sleep in fitful slumber,
Then I seem to hear you call!
“Momroie Darling don’t grieve for
me
I am near you every day
And'I’ll meet you at the river
When you have to cross the way”.
By Mrs. Ben Fairchild
Miss Ruth Eveland. Missionary
from India, home on a year’s fur-
lough was a guest in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pitcock and
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pitcock, Jr.
first of the week.
Messrs. Glen and Duane More-
land, Johnnie Bontwell and Tommy
Joe Mayea attended the Stamford
Rodeo Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Craig and
children of Fort Worth visited his
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. A. R.
Robinson Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mayes
have moved back to their home
here. Mr Mayes has been working
on a ranch near Crystal Falls for
sometime.
Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Oliver of
Dublin are accompaning their son,
Dr. C. P. Oliver, Jr. and wife to
Wisconsin and they spent Friday
night with Mrs. Oliver’s sister.
Mrs. C. E. Donnell and Mr. Don-
nell. Dr. Oliver will have two
months work in Wisconsin, then
go to New York and will sail from
there in October for Nigeria, Af-
rica. where he will do mission
work among the lepers. He has
just finished a year or more work
in the leper’s colony in Louisiana.
Walter Reid, who is in Texas
Tech at Lubbock for the summer,
spent the week-end with his wife
and baby at her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. L. N. Carmack.
Mrs. A. I. Ingram of Fort Smith,
Arkansas is visiting her son, H. E.
Ingram and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Robinson of
Woodson visited Mr. and Mrs. J.
B Smith Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Duncan vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Crump in
Woodson Sunday afternoon.
Rev. W- H. Edmondson, met with
the official board of Methodist
Church Friday evening. The larg-
er part of membership came and
asked for a sermon, and then
pounded he and his family after
the service. Refreshments of cook-
ies and bottle drinks were served
to those present. The pastor’s.fam-
ily came with him.
Miss George Ann Kemp was in
Fort Worth a few days the last
of the week.
The Baptist dosed .' two
weeks vacation Bible School in
Commencement Program given by
the pupils of tne schools last Sun-
day evening. Ice cream and cake
was served to the congregation
after the serivee.
Rev and Mrs.' Royce Shoemate
from Abilene were here for his
regular appointment Sunday *1 the
Baptist Church.
The evangelistic services of the
Methodist Church will begin Fri-
day evening, July 9th. Rev. W. H.
Edmondson is pastor and Rev. W.
B. Morton of Coleman will be the
evangelist. Everybody is invited
and urged to attend.
Mrs. Ed Ragland and daughters,
Sharon and Martha Ann of Tonk
Valley visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Wootton Sunday.
Here and There
By Etnaline Harris
Mr., Mrs. Goodwin
Announce Birth
Of Son July 3
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Goodman
of 722 Oak Street announce the
birth of a fine son Saturday, July
3 in the Harris Methodist Hospital,
Fort Worth. He weighed seven
pounds and six ounces at birth,
and has been named Loivell Van
Goodman.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. L. V. Brooker of Fort
Worth, and.paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Goodman,
also of Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. Goodman have a
daughter. Donna Jane, age seven.
where she had lived many years
before moving to Dallas two years
ago.
While eating delicious water
melon, today, Mrs. Irene McPher-
son laughingly told us an incid-
ent Her mother; the late Mrs. A.
B. Gant, when a child, attended a
picnic where Sam Houston was
present and she insisted that she
The 33rd annual meeting of the
Texas Pecan Growers' Association
will be held in Fredericksburg
on July 13-14. Major problems of
the industry will be discussed.
RIDGLEA MONUMENT CO., Inc.
"Creators of Everlasting Memories in Stone"
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
Announces
Appointment
1.0. RAPER
Sales Representative
IN THE GRAHAM DISTRICT _____ ,
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Mr. Roper will core for your monument needs in the
future os he hos cored for your cemetery needs in the
post, ond invites friends to PHONE 2015.
1112 Grove Street, Graham, Texas
Markers Memorials Mausoleums
Family reunions are being held
this summer by many citizens in
Graham and Young County, and
we can't think of anything so nice
as a “get-to-gether” of families
and a little reminiscing that we
all enjoy.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Palmer, who
own and operate the Star Tire
Service Store and station, had 16
relatives of Mr. Palmer in for a
reunion over the long week end
holidays. When we asked Mildred
how she managed to prepare
meals three times a day for so
many, in a casual way she replied
“it was no trouble,” and it waa
fun and it wouldn't have been a
reunion if they had taken the rela-
tives out for meals.
P. F. Williams, better known to
his wide circle of friends as Mr.
Pink, was telling us this week of
delicious tomato preserves he
made while his wife, Mamie, is at
the bedside of a very ill brother.
Can you imagine Mr. Pink turning
so domestic so suddenly, He
spends much of his leisure time
“piddling” around in his vegeta-
ble garden where he grows about
everything from the* lowly onions
to delirious tomatoes and other
vegetables.--—--
The R. C. Turners are the proud-
est new grandparents in the city
and why shouldn't they be. In
cable received Wednesday morn-
ing from Japan, it revealed the
birth of a pretty new granddaugh
ter and the nice thing about it
ahe has been named Mary Alice
after the grandmother. Her par-
ents are Capt. and Mrs. H. M. Bet-
tis who have a small son. So the
Turners are bubbling over with
excitement and there will be more
excitement when Capt. and Mrs.
Bettis and their two children ar-
rive back in the states in early
F*n?“
Cards and letters from Mrs. S.
A. (Lois) Penix who left by train
last week for Olympia, Washing-
ton to spend the remainder of the
summer, says she enjoyd her trip
no the new trains and is now en-
joying the cool weather in Olym-
pia ... It was so nice to see Mrs.
Fred T. Arnold last week while
likes Dallas and S. M.
U.,
but ot
tioning in Los Angeles, saying
they would be home sometime
this month. A colorful card was
also received from Mr. and Mrs.
A. B. Edwards who are vacation-
ing in Canada and enjoying sight-
seeing. A card today from Mrs.
John E. Owens who is vacation-
ing in Boulder, Colorado at the
lodge of her daughter, Mrs. E.
Bruce Street and Mr. Street who
are spending the summer in Boul
der. Mrs. Owens writes that she
missed her Graham Leader and
wanted it sent to her in Boulder
so she might keep up with “this
and that” in Graham this summer.
A very pretty card today from
Mrs. Mel Burnett, who with her
husband, Mr. Burnett( are vaca-
tioning at Idaho Spring, Colorado
where the temperature is as low
as 57, and they are 8,000 feet
above sea level. Mrs. Burnett
says they sleep under two wool
blankets every night and it was
wonderful to be away from Texas
heat.
Some of Graham weather prop-
hets are predicting rain today and
cooler weather. Mrs. Burnett, so
maybe we Texans left back home
will be enjoying cooler weather
over the week end.
• • •
An Angel Cake Right Prom
Heaven . . ,
Gabriel! My harp, please. I have
to sing an ode to a very new Cof-
fee Angel Torte! Honestly, we do
not come across original recipes
as good as this one very often, and
when we do, it inspires us. If an-
gels did go in for cooking around
their angelic stoves, it’s only na-
tural that they would produce an
angel cake, and we know that it
would taste something like this
cake recipe that we are giving you
today.
It's an ideal dessert and oh, how
good when served with iced cof-
fee.
The foundation of this delicious
concoction—we can call it nothing
else—is a. regular angel food cake
made from a packaged mix. In-
| sweetener for iced coffee.
COPFSK ANGEL TORTI
1 package angel food mix
24 marshmallows
H cup strong hot coffee
1 cup whipping cream
2 tablespoons chocolate syrup
Shaved unsweetened chocolate
(optional)
Prepare angel food mix as di-
rected on package. Lightly grease
4 9vnch layer cake pans. Line
bottoms of pans with waxed pa-
per. Spread batter evenly in fans.
Bake in moderate over, 325 degrees
K., 25 to 30 pinutes, or'until top
springs back when lightly touched
with fingertip. Invert (Ians on cake
racks to cool. When thoroughly
cool remove from pans. Mean-
while melt marshmallows in coffee
over low heat, stirring often. Chill
until partially set Whip % cup
cream; fold in. Spread between
cake layers. Chili until set. Whip
remaining cream; fold in chocolate
syrup. Spread on top of cake. Gar-
nish with shaved chocolate if de-
sired.
Miss Norma Gatlin,
Bride-Elect, Honored
With Kitchen Shower
Miss Norma <*Gatlin, bride-elect
of Edmund Lowe, was honored
with a kitchen shower Saturday
afternoon in the home of Mrs
Alton Hawkins with Mrs. Wayne
Brown as co-hostess.
Refreshments of Cokes and
cookies were served to the bon-
oree, her mother, Mrs. Jim Wat-
kins, Mrs. Bob Caldwell, Mrs
Bobby Joe Lowery, Mrs. Gene Do-
zier, Mrs. Bob Clay, Mrs. Gus
Spivey, and Misses Jean Brown,
and Robbie Harlan, and Mn. Bill
Murry, cousin of the bride-elect
from Archer City and the hos-
tesses.
___ _ __ __ bors learned that Tuesday waa her
she was visiting friends in the] stead o/beingrJJ^ed"ui theusual birtMayanimany of-them called
city for severardays. SHe says sh?j pan however, it is baked in four and lefMove gifts.__^ ^
layer-cake pans so that you have
course her friends are in Graham four faiHy ftin layers The magic
out and “fetched" a large melon
back to fhe small girl and they all
enjoyed the watermelon. Mrs.
Gant was a Miss Raines before
her marriage to Capt. Gant and
was born in Nacogdoches and was
a daughter of the Republic.
A card this week from Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Elders who are vaca-
is in the filling and the topping
There’s coffee in them, too. the
filling being firm and strong, the
topping light and frothy. The cake
becomes moist and premeated with
these wonderfully blended, subtle
flavors.
The whole effect is tasty, but
not too sweet; rich, but not heavy.
Mrs. Torn Swain
Celebrates 80th
.Birthday Tuesdg*. m
Mrs. Tom Swain, a resident of
Graham for the past 34 years,
celebrated her 80th birthday Tues-
day, July 6, at the home of her
brother, Tom Givens, with whom
she makes her home, 724 Plum
-Street. Mrs. Swain issued no in-
vitations but friends and neigh-
Mrs Swain is a member of the
First Christian Church and attends
when her health permits. She
wishes to thank friends for re-
membering the occasion and those
who sent gifts and for the kind-
ness shown her.
wanted some melon, so“BSflV went Here** the answer to your dessert
problem when you want something
both delicious and unusual. And—
it’s easy to make, in the bargain!
Iced coffee “goes with” perfectly,
of course. Since this is such an
elegant caTce, serve coffee in
stemmed goblets. And remember
that a simple syrup made of sugar
and water is the most efficient
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Flowers by City Florist and Gifts...
The gold crown worn by Miss Robbie Harlan when she was crowned "Miss
Graham, 1954" wos designed and executed by our staff. All baskets and
bouquets of flowers on the Leon Theatre stoge were furnished exclusively
by City Florist ond Gifts.
"Flowers and Gifts For All Occasion*"
CITY FLORIST AND GIFTS
MRS. R. L. CORNISH ond MRS. H. G. MILLICAN, Owners 'i
1007 Fourth Street
1195
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