The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1952 Page: 1 of 16
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The Graham Leader
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
GRAHAM. TEXAS. THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1952
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It Graham Visitor Saturday Aftarnoon
Art Linkletter of Hollywood,
California, otar of the coait-to-
coaat CBS radio network program,
"People Are Funny," was a' guest
at the Driver Hotel Saturday. Mr.
Linkletter was in Graham in the
interest of his oil production.
Ho i« a friend of Gordon Sam*
uel and Ben. Hayward, Califor-
nia oil men who have been guests
at the Driver for several months,
Mr. Samuell and Mr. Hayward
returned to California Tuesday
for a business trip and will return
to this city in a few weeks.
Last Rites For
Mrs. Bruce
Held Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs. Carrie
Brace, 74, pioneer resident of the
nity.
Mrs. Hockaday
Funeral Fites .
Held Tuesday
iSfT
nadior of the
tian Church,
•_ . assisted by Rev. P.
•f Qrmhmm Ch
Burial was in the Wturraf Ceih-
etery with Motriaan Funeral Home
in charge of arrangemanU.
Mrs. Bruce died last Thursday
in a Port Worth hospital.
Mrs. Bruce was born Feb. 3, IMS
In Hiekery Plat. Mississippi, and
she married Charles E. Bruce Dec.
SO, 18*7. who died July W. IMS.
Mrs. Bruce became a -member of
* . " the Christian Church in early child-
a hood, and was' active in church
work for many years. She was a
resident of Young County for over
W rears.
Mrs. Bruce is Survived by her
mother, Mrs. Amanda Meg-
Mrs. Minnie S. Hockaday, wid-
ow of C. Brown Hockaday of Gra-
ham. died March 31 at her home
on East Fourth Street. She had
been In ill health for soma time.
Funeral services for Mrs. Hoek-
adap were conducted from the
First Presbyterian Church Tues-
day, April 1 at 2:30 p.m. with Rev.
John C. Johnson, pastor, officiat-
ing. Burial was In the Oak Grove
Cemetery under the direction of
Morrison Funeral Home.
She waa born April IS, 1871.
near Athena, Alabama, and moved
to Texas in 1892 following her
marriage to Mr.
1892. fte coup!
Meeting Tuesday
A Zone II meeting of the Lions
Clubs will he held in thp Ameri-
can Legion building Monday night
April 7, with over 300 guests ex-
pected for the dinner meeting.
Graham Lions Club will be host
for the meeting. '* •
Garth Baker, president, has ap-
pointed the following committees
to make arrangements for the
dinner meeting.
Arrangements—June Ford, E.
R. Marchman, and Buell Orr.
Program—Bill Ragsdale; Tic*
kets, Guy Meacham: Tail Twis-
ter, G. S. Davison, Raymon Tho-
mpson, George Parsons and Gpy
Meacham. ■
Reservations should be made by
Friday evening.
M. R. Brashears
Funeral
tmerican Legion, Llgon-
»t 34 membership coss-
et last week after the
ta of 482 waa reached,
—....... i goal of 605 members by
■nvention time with two
in mind:
l" ill give the Post 22 votes
invention.
........... vill give Com. Michael B.
*** i administration a mem-
above 500, and it will he
the second time in the 33 year life
of the local Post that it reached
a membership above 50f>.
In 1950 past. Com. Jack Q.
-Neal's membership reached 535.
naires would pay their 1952 dues
If the remaining few Legion-
this goal of 505 could easily be
reached, declared the membership
chairman, Joe B. Friedel, and Mr.
Friedel further points out ' that
the present membership drive is
known as ‘‘The Aerial-Round-upn
and membership secured will be
flown, from each District to Aus-
tin on April 28, the day before
tin Executive Committee meets.
Every Legionnaire participat-
ing and securing 5 members, new
or renewal, during this period,
will be awarded a bronze propeller
pin. George Berry, the Post Ad-
jutant Ja the second member of
the local Pott to qualify into
“The 100 Member Club of Texaa”
for 1962. Joe B. Friedel qualified
earlier. T__________
Other members of \the member-
ship committee that' met were
Com. Wi
Six team managers met
Fire Hall Tuesday night to
teams. Butch Willis reported
60 players were scheduled to
ctice with the teams. I
League play will begin April
the Softball Park south of
city, and no player trading
be permitted after April 21.
Players wanting to play in the
city league are urged to contact
Claud Sporlin or Butch Willia at
once.
First practice game will begin
tonight, Thursday, between the
Fire Department and Mid-West
Chevrolet team. Other practice
games will he played on the fol-
lowing dates:
Friday, April 3, Thetford Truc-
king Co. and Graham Packing Co.
Monday .April 7, Percy Collins
Drug and Kiser Milk Co.
Tuesday, April 8, Fire Depart-
ment. and Thetford Trucking Cq,
Nd gamesj on Wednesday.
^Thursday, April 10, Graham
PacklngTln.-and-Kiaei. MjlkCo
Monday, April 14, Mid-West
Chevrolet and Collins Drug.
Tuesday, April 16; -Fire Dept,
and Graham Packing Do.
Thursday, April 17, Thetford
Trucking Co. and Mid-West Chev.
The All-Aar team will-be selec-
ted Thursday, April 17 by the aix
team managers. Twelve players
will be selected for the All-Star
team %nd aix more All-Star play-
ers to be added as play progress-
es in the city league.
I May or ’ s Race
Dr. Rosier Win*
fyesbyterian Church Announces
Holy Week Cantata and Services
The Choir of the First Presby-
terian Church, with( guest singers j **# .■- ah -a—I___
from several other churches, will, vYrCSiling MOfChCS
present a sacred cantata “Cal- .. In
vary” by Henry Weasel, at the Scheduled April 19
7:3lT p.m. service* next Sunday. It
will be tinder the direction of Mrs.;! Graham' Lions announced Wed- |
J. E- McKinley. ___jnesday that plana wgre~eomplete
The cantata, written especially I r"’ *r.;Stling matches to be
for Holy Week observance, . is sponsored - by the organization,
based primarily on the seven words . Mrst wrestling matches will
from the Cross, and is sn .excel- h.eld here Saturday, Apn! 19
Lyndel Hawkins
Funeral Rites
lent arrangement for solos and
' -chorus of mixed voices. At the
cofictinrtm of thejieventh word “It
is Finished” thescene~ch*»»e» to
the first Easter and the Resurrec-
tion is presented in a solo, ‘‘As It
Began To Dawn,” a trio “Consider
the Lillies,” and -the full chorus
singing ‘‘Christ, the Lord, Is Risen
Today.”
The personnel of the choir is
composed of:
Sopranos: Mrs. J. E. McKinley,
Mrs. L. L .Davidson, Mrs. R. R.
-Carey, Mrs. R. L Morrison, Miss
Louise Rubenkoenig, Mrs J. C.
Johnson, Mrs. Robert Fore.
Altos: Mrs. S. B. Harbison, Mrs.
John Hammond, Mrs. F. V. Hinson
Jr., Mrs. W. J. Gruby, Mrs. Nsil
Owens.
Tenors: Messrs. Charles Rus-
sell, Georgie Wilson, George Har-
din, J. E. Gerber.
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i|td m
ginson, who is 88, Murrsy, Texas;
two sons, E R. Bruce, Houston,
and Wslter Bruce, Graham; two
daughters Mr*. Bob Schlittler,
Mrs. Bob
Graham, Mr*. L. B. Rogers, Luf-
kin; two sisters, Mrs. R. W. Simp-
son, Paducah ,and Mrs. Omt Akin,
San Antonio, four brothers, on#
grandchild, and two groat grand-
children.
Pallbearers weep Roy More-
land, Henry Kramofjr Jess Cloud,
John Smith, Bill Ragfc and Fred
Reed. •*
Honorary pallbedlert w e re
Judge S. A. P«atx, A. H. Taylor,
D. D. Cusenbwy, A. R. Robertson,
C. C. Robertson, L. L. Smith. Lee
Carmack,.jfefwdon Kemp, T. W.
ChriaU^knd Dr.
W. A. Morris,
-a-
Building Day Fund
Baptist Church
last Sundav was Building Fund
Day at the First Baptist Church
r and the goal set went over the
top. Members contributed $3,681
to the building fund Sunday.
Eseh fifth Sunday will be a
building fund Sunday and a goal public
announced* for (he day. The fund
campaign is underway for the con-
struction of a new church sanctu-
ary in the *
be
at
the rodeo grounds. Graham will
bo on the Fort Worth-Dallas cir-
cuit and well-known wrestlers
appearing in the two cities will
«une_Jte Graham. r- '
Advance .tickeF'sslmr -woro an-. , 5 . „ .
nounced Wednesday by Garth*;**11* -5“ Mayor by a re-
Baker, Lions Club presidentrj -cord-breaking "728 .voters during
Ringside „and box seats are $1.80 j the city election Tuesday:
each .tax included ■
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general admission. Student tickets
are. 60c. Tickets afe on sale at the
Graham Office Supply.
$1.20 for i Orr, incumbent.
Civic Group Hear
Report on Negro
Settlement in City
Alderman for Position No. 1, a»d
B. R. King was named Alderaaan
for Poaition No. 2 by Gr ‘--“
era. 'tSjWF'
i Winning the Mayor’s office by a
two to one vote, Dr. (Boeder poll-
ed 466 votes ov*a ’rtia opponent.
Councilman KJ0- Bobitaille who
received
of three Graham
Gallaher, O. L. Graham
R. Marchman, were writ-
81 U»T received 39H| votes nve
y waa a member
_ family and was prom-
inent in chareh and- civic' affairs
of the city. At the ^ime of her
marriage, she became a member
of the Pqcabyterisn Chareh with
her husband and was always de-
voted to Its Interests. In recogni-
tion of her contribution to the wo-
men's work of the church, she was
elected to life membership in the
Woman's Auxiliary.
Her husband died Nov. 16, 1948.
He was a brother of Miss Ela
Hockaday, founder of the Hock-
aday School of Dallas.
Survivor* include four sons,
Olln S. Hockaday of Fort Worth,
Benton 8. Hockadav of Graham,
Clarence B. Hockaday of Pine
Blnff, Arkansas, and Donald E.
Hockaday of [Mineral Wells; four
brothers, J. 'Rice Scott, Silas Scott,
and Charles Scott, all of Com-
merce, and Noel B. Scott of Aus-
tin; two granddaughters, Mrs. Bill
Cpmfleld of Fort Worth and Bar-
bara Hockaday of Pine Blnff, Ar-
kansas; and two grandsons, John
Hockaday of Dallas, and Donald
E. Hockaday,, Jr., of Tulsa, Okla-
homa.
Pallbearers were S. B. Harbison,
Roy Medley, L. L. Davidson, C. B.
Jones, and B. I* Kirtley.
Mr. M. R.
Brashears, 83, wet# conducted from
the Morriron Funeral Hone Chap-
el Sunday, March 30, at 3 p.
;i\hK.B^I>C«(ir-k’'S;:|Gok.eS»Hi. APra s-s
dating. Burial waa in OaM-Grov*
Parents Urged To
Register Children
In School Census
Centetecy with Mp i Ison Funeral
Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Brashears died in the Gra-
ham Hospital Friday following a
heart attack. He had been in ill
health for the past iyear. -J
Born Oct. 4, 1888, in Eastland
County, Mr. Brashears me tod with
his parents, to the Tortk Valley
community fit 1901. H» married
Mis* Annie Rogers Dec. 3, 1906,
and they settled in thg Rocky
Mound community in 1908. Mr.
Brashears was engaged in farming
and ranching in this community.
He became a member of the
Baptist Church at the age of
twelve while a resident of Eastland
County.
Survivors include his wife; one
son, M. R. BrasWars, Jr., Azlc.
Texas; four daughters, Mrs.'Bud
Johnson, Mrs. Jim Phillip*, Mrs.
H. L. Gillentine, all of Graham,
and Mrs. James L. Copeland of
Midland; three brothers, Homer
Brashears of Graham, June Bra-
shears of Fort Worth, Earl Bfa-
shears of Seattle, Washington; and-
six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Luther Bra-
shears, Berl Tiffin, John Holt, Leo
Holt, J. T. "Rogers, and Leonard
McClanahan.
Approximately - 100 six-year-
old children have been register-
ed for the school census out of a
possible 210 children bom at the
Graham Hospital during the per-
iod, Sept. 1, 1945 to August 81,
IMS.
I. T. Gilmer, superintendent Of
who** children are six or will be
six yean of age Sept. 1 to notify
the school In order that they may
be counted In the school esnsus.
Senior Clast Play
Scheduled Tonight
Higlv 5cl
irrcs*sBB*'J
B com#dy*4r*ima
it Memorial
Thursday.
Shemperd loBe Speaker
••"p.lSfcffia
— will be followed by at talk given
Life Membership Dinner.
On Monday night, April tl, the
»ard of Education will be Hoots
r a dinner for Ole Board of Man-
April St at t pjn.
ia scheduled at 7 o.m.
the recreation hail of
Church which
Board
Methodist for a dinner
agora. B. If.
for WUhlta County, will ha gaeet
Graham Higlv S^ool Senior
class will prctnM*Junc Gradu-
ate", a enmedy-drlimn in three
,cts at Mesqarial auditorium to-
il, ThttiHay. eight o'.
This is the annual senior etas*
oMy.
The story is about a young hoy
who has graduated from high '
school and is nrnhhif plana for
collage. Holman loo ia dir*
the play. ^7
The public ia
play tonight,
chaaeod at the
Mr. and Mra. 8.
Joan am visiting Mr*. Baldwin's
sister, Mrs. Herscholl M. Orr In
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The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1952, newspaper, April 3, 1952; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884059/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.