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The Graham Leader
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1953
NUMBER 3B.
Two Accused
Of Murder In
Child's Death
GRAND JURY
IN SESSION
—SIMPSON Photo
GRAHAM POSSUM-KINGDOM ROUNDUP 'Riding Club brought home another beautiful
trophy Monday night following their appearance in the Santa Rosa Roundup at Vernon,
Texbs. Charlie Hipp, left, and A. B. Edwards, right, are pictured op their, white horses
holding the beautiful trophy. The lo<cal riding club took first place in the riding,club en-
Olney Approves
Water Bond Plan
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John Franklin Iabell, 54, of
Bryson, died in the Graham hos-
pital Tuesday night. He entered
the hospital last Thursday night
suffering from a bullet wound in
his chest. An attending physician
“ Urn bullet narrowly '
Olney citizens voted Tuesday to
approve a proposed r $415,000
water works revenue t)ond ' issue,
to triple Olney’s water supply by
constructing a new lake with 64
per cent of the voters approving
the plan
Unofficial returns indicated SM
in favor of floating $383,000 In
lahe construction bonds,. 108
Murder charges have been filed
against two Newcastle men in
connection with the death of David
Paul Brown, 10-month-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Brown, who was
run over by an automobile last
Thursday night at the service sta-
tion operated by Brown at New-
castle.
Complaints charging murder
with an automobile and failure to
stop and render aid were filed
against Carl C. Current, 21, named
by officers as driver of the car,
and Sewell Hoffman, a passenger.
Bond for Current and Hoffman
was set at $2,000 each and both
men made bond late Friday after-
noon.
The child was injured fatally at
about 8 p m Thursday when he
was run over by a car which had
stopped for gasoline at the station.
David Paul was rushed to the Gra-
ham hospital where he died of
injuries about one hour later.
State Highway Patrol Officer
N. C. Storm and Clint Rutherford
and G. G. Dunaway, deputy sher-
iffs, were the investigating offi-
cers.
Funeral services for David Paul
Brown were conducted Saturday
afternoon in Greenleaf Cemetery
at Brown wood with Morrison Fu-
neral Home in charge of arrange-
ments. ■ ^
Survivors in addition to the par-
ents, include a sister, Linda Faye.
22 months.
Sixteen persons were
ed for grand jury duty in
District Court today, Thursday
Grand Jurors include R D.
Berry. B. W. Weaver. Sr., Roy Veal,
all of Newcastle; C. D Williams,
Eliasville; E. O. Black, John
Meyers. Fred N. Voelcker. Olney;
R. O. Prideaux, Markley; Oran
Rogers. Orth;' E. B. Dickson, L R.
Drum, <Loving. Texas: C. W Boyd-
ston, Jean; Pat Dalton. Charles
O. Gough, W. H. Ragland and E
R. Marchman, all of Graham
“Heart Attack
Agriculture
Meeting Held In C-C
Office Wednesday
Closing Activities
Numerous for
Graham Schools
Graham High School students
are going into the final few weeks
of school with many social activi-
ties crowding the calendar. High-
light of the many social events
is the annual Junior-Senior . ban-
quet scheduled May 7 in the high
school gym. The following day
May 8, Seniors will make their
annual overnight trip to Crater-
ville Park, Oklahoma
Baccalaureate service for the
graduating class is scheduled May
24 and graduation exerciseg Tues-
day, May 26.
Junior High graduation exer-
cises are scheduled May 25 at
Memorial auditorium.
Fred West Is
Victim Of
C-C Breakfast Scheduled
*
For Thursday Morning
Fred West, 43, died 3 p m.
Wednesday when he suffered a
heart attack. Funeral services for
Mr. West are scheduled 11. a. m.
Friday. May 1, in the Morrison
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Hubert
Foust .pastor of the First Baptist
Church, officiating Burial will
be in Oak Grove Cemetery with
arrangements under the direction
of Morrison Funeral Home
Mr West was born April
1910 in Oklahoma and had been
a resident of this city for the past
40 years. He was engaged in oil
field work
Heart Attack
Fatal To
J. W. Atwood
Survivors include his mother,
Mrs. S. AT’West, Graham; four
brothers, O. L of Jean, C W of
Olney, L. B. of Loving, and J. C
of Big Spring; five sisters.
Mrs
T. H. Sutton of Olney, Mrs. Homer wood will be conducted 3
Mr John Ewell Atwood, 55, re-
•r sident of the Finis community,
succumbed about 8pm Wednes-
day following a heart attack while
driving his car in the 700 block
on Texas Street Mr and Mrs. At-
wood were enroute home. He had
spent the day working on the ________
new Salem Methodist Church. H^ constructive ideas
was dead on arrival at the Gra-
ham Hospital.
Funeral services for Mr At-
Reeves of Wichita" Falls, Mrs. R.
B. Weems of Wichita Falls. Mrs
C. E. Strickland of Olney, and
Mrs. T. R. Osborn of Olney
p. m
Mrs. Melvin Roper
Injured In Cor
Crash Monday
April 3$ fpr
firm the Morrison
Funeral Chapel with Rev. Hubert
Foust. pastor of tbs First Baptist
Church, officiating. Burial waa in
Oak Grove Cemetery under the di-
rection of Morrison Funeral Home.
Mia* Roark was born Dec. 31,
1881 In Lamar County near Parii,
Texas. She was the daughter of
the late Mr. and Mr*. B. P. Roark,
pioneer residents of the Bunger
community.
Survivor* include one brother,
H M. Roark of San Angelo; one
sister-in-law, Mr*. O. C. Roark of
Graham; five nephews. A. P. Roark
of Wichita Falls, G. R. Roar* of
Qraham, J. O. Roark of Dallas.
C. E. Roark of Graham, and B. H.
Roark of San Angelo ._ five great
nephews, James O. Roark, Arling-
ton, Wayne Roark. Graham. B. R.
Roark, Fort Worth, Jessie Edr
ward Roark. U- S. Navy. San Juan,
Puerto Rico, Bobble Roark, Gra-
ham, Bobbie Hugh Roark, College
Station; and one great niece, Mrs.
R. B. Askew, Arlington.
Pallbearers were C. P. Gregory,
J«y Sewell, James Kendall, Gor-
don Ward. W. E. Simpson, and
Donald Wiley.
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Stophenville Man
PurchasM Interest
In Motor Company
T. W. Henry, formerly of Steph-
enrille. Texas, has purchased a
half interest in the Musser Motor
Company and will be active in the
business according to announce-
ment yesterday by Rufus Muaser.
> Mr. Henry was formerly in the
automobile business before mov-
ing to Graham. His wife and three
children will move to this city at
the close of school.
for Mr.
conducted today
the Holden Funeral Home,
Haskell, Texas and burial waa in
the Haskell WlUow Cemetery.
Maple* Funeral Home of this city
was in charge of local arrange-
ments
Sheriff E. T. W'aldrop of Jack
County reported that Isbell, who
had been in ill health, left his
home last Thursday to go Hunting,
and returned a short time later
and told his wife that he had been
shot.
An autopsy was performed
Wednesday and Sheriff Waldrop
and Jim Ranger. Texas State Ran-
ger of Breckenridge. are inquiring
into the circumstances surround-
ing Isbell's injury.
Mr. Isbell was born Feb. 6, 1899
at McKinney, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Opel Isbell of Bryson; four sons,
Tommy and Jack Isbell, Haskell;
Jimmie and John. Jr., both of Bry-
son; a daughter, Jessie Maud Is-
bell, Bryson; his mother, Mrs. Em-
ma Iabell of South Bend; and six
brothers, Ben, Willie, and Louis
Isbell, all of Haskell; Henry Isbell
of Throckmorton, and Zack Isbell,
South Bend; and a- sister, Mrs.
Ethel CallxHan, San Antonio.
to refund the existing water
debt, pari of the lake build-
A total of '473 ballots wore cast
in the bond election.
Draft, Physicoi
Coll Announced
By Local Board
Thirty registrants have been
notified to report May 21 for phy-
sicals snd 14 men have been noti-
fied to report for Induction May
IB.
Induction notices have been re-
ceived by James Perry Taylor, Otis
Gene Mosley, J. W. Wood. Jr.,
Claude Edward Butterfield, Leroy
Victor Anderle, Jerry Dale South-
er, Jimmy Arnold Jones, George
E. Gunter, William G. Besty, Len
Ray Durham, Charles D. Tilgbman,
Don Wendle Bellah, Ollie Richard
McLemore, and Raymond Lee
Sanders.
Notified to take physicals: Rob-
ert E. Owen, Raymond E. Young,
William L. Kinder, Robert A. Petit,
Accounting Firm
Auditing County
Records This Week
..Auditors from the J. B. Allred
Company, Wichita Falls, began an
audit of county records this week.
The project is expected to be com-
pleted within forty working days,
and was authorized by the Young
County Commissioners Court re-
cently.
This is the first audit of County
records since 1S38.
Thirty Rotary Clubs Represented at
District 186 Meeting Here Friday
f
. Thirty of,the thirty-one Rotary
Clubs in District 188 were reprt-
sented at the district assembly held
In the American Legion building
in this city last Friday.
Aram McGrath of Mansfield,
Ohio, pest district governor, was
principal speaker for the meeting.
The dynamic speaker painted an
it word picture of every
ity of Rotary at the noon
u District governdor E. H.
Arlington. Texas, pre-
and closed 4 p.m. Speakers on the
program included E. H. Hereford,
district governor; and past district
governors M. W. 1-armour, Aubrey
Stephenson, J. 7*. Tarry, A. D.
Cummings, Hiram Arrant, John
Guinn, Jim McCulloch, and Grady
Halbert, district governor-elect
Over 170 persons were present for
the meeting Friday
Guests of Rotariana were Jack
Swope of Killeen, J. V. Boagland.
Tracy Dee* of Olney, and Jo*
Haines of Dallas.
Donald H. Taylor, Eldon R. Krue-
ger, Cicero P. Cochron, James A.'
Davis, Bobby J. Hall. Loyal D, Kil-
len, Robert W. Caldwell, Gerald
J. Mills, Roy F Boucher, and Ron-
ald R. Dunagan .
And James H. Ogle, Ernest A.
Riley, James Daniel Day, Wafter
G. Pettijohn, Thomas J. Nash,
Jack W. Starnes, Robert L. Ray,
William L. Clark, Don L. Green,
Pete M. Roberts, Jerry Stephens,
Loyd H. Renfro, Donald R. Rag-,
land. Tommy T. Nix, Floyd M.
Lewis* and Lee Otis Clayborn
CITY POLICE NEWS
Corporation Court reported cov-
ers! cases of speeding on record
this week. One motorist was fined
$80 on charges of speeding, reck-
less driving, and running from
officers; two paid $10 fines each
on charges of speeding; and ano-
ther motorist was fined $10 on
charges of reckless driving.
- Other cases included one cross-
ing center line, $2 fine; one driv-
ing on wrong side of street, $5;
one affray, $10; one defective
muffler, $10; one no driver's lic-
ense, $10; two running stop signs
$2; one passing in No Passing
Zone, $8; two double parking. $5
each; and one drunk in car, $50
fine.
for the local agriculture
committee of the Graham Chamb-
er of Commerce. Speakers includ-
ed L. H. Walter of the West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce Agri-
culture department, and
Hill, secretary' td the Board Of Su-
pervisors of the Upper-Clear Fork
Soil Conservation Board.
The committee learned how
Chambers of Commerce can assist
the boards of supervisors by spon-
soring group tours, soil steward-
ship Sunday, become familiar
with the district program, and as-
sist in getting farmers and ranch-
ers to become district coopera-
tors, promote interest in entering
grass judging teams at district
^contests.
Other. activities included the
sponsorship of winter legume,
summer legume, range improve-
ment .supplement at pasture pro-
grams.
Attending the meeting were
Garth Baker, Dr H E Griffin, J.
M. Graham, R .0. Dunkle, J. C.
Porter, Loyan Walker of Abilene,
Floyd -W. Beiders, E. W. Harrison,
chairman of the C-C agriculture
committee, Rollans Hill of Ante-
lope, R. H. Goodnight, Gainesville,
H. G. Millican of Loving. Hugh
G .Grubbs, G. D. Hinson, C. of C.
president, and W. M. Lenderman,
manager.
Mrs. Melvin Raper. Route 1,
Graham, was injured in an auto-
mobile accident Monday afternoon
at tbe intersection of the FM
highway with state Highway 196
at Springtown, Texas. The .accident
happened about 8:48 p m. when
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T. J. DePriest
Dies Following
Heart Attack
Mr. Thomas Jefferson DePriest.
71, suffered a fatal heart attack
Wednesday afternoon. Funeral
services ire scheduled 2:30 pm
Sunday at Maples Funeral Chapel
and burial will be in the Pioneer
Cemetery under the direction of
Maples Funeral Home
_ Mr. DePriest was born Jan. 15,
1882 in Newton County. Georgia
tome following a
notbar at Axle, Texas.
J. Headlee, Denton. Texas,
of the other automobile,
was not injured in the accident
Mrs. Raper was rushed to the
Harris Memorial hospital in Fort
Worth and is a patient in room
780. Mr. Raper reported that his
wife was suffering from a severe
dislocation with tendrons and lead-
ers severed in the left leg. Mrs.
Raper is expected to be a patient
in the hospital for several weeks.
Friday, .May I from the Salem
Methodist Church with Rev Bob
Richmond, pastor, and Rev Hub-
ert Foust, pastor of the First Bap-
tist Church, officiating. Burial
will be in tbe Pioneer Cemetery
with arrangements under the dir-
ection of Morrison Funeral Home
Mr Atwood was a well-known
farmer and rancher in the Finis
commuhity, and was a member of
the Salem Methodist -Church
He was born Feb. 21. 1898 in Hood
County An infant son preceded
him' in death.---I-->—
Survivors include bis wife. Mrs.
Bearus Ann Atwood; three tons.
Kenenth. Donald, and Billy-, all
of Graham; a daughter, Mrs. An-
nie Jewel Logan, Graham; two
brothers. A ,M. Atwood of Gra-
ham and L. F. Atwood of Murray,
a sisteV, Mrs. (Man Clark of Gra-
ham; and four, .grandchildren.
Plans are underway for tbe sec-
ond Chamber of Commerce break-
fast 7 a m next Thursday, May 7,
at the American Legion building
W. M Lenderman. Chamber of
Commerce manager, urges busi-
ness men to make reservations by
Tuesday, May 5.
'A, preliminary report by the
water, development committee con-
cerning, tbe possibility of creating
a new reservoir on the Salt Creek
watershedN will be presented at
that time John T. Nunnelee is
chairman of thj.s committee.
Sixty-one business men were
present for the initial breakfast
last month, and it is anticipated
that the meetings will\grow and
give each business man a Chance to
ror the
growth of the city.
Graham Youth Pays
Two Speeding Fines
A Graham youth paid a $50 fine
in Corporation Court last week
end on charges of • speeding and
running from officers in the city
Friday night, and a $50 fine and
Court costs in County Court on
similar charges alleged to have
occurred on the South Bend High-
way. State Highway Patrol Officer
N. C. Storm filed the charges in
County Court after chasing the
youths at speeds over 90 miles per
Mrs. Sponcor Mayes
Mr. and Mrs. George Blevini of
Jacks boro visited Mr and Mrs.
John Horn last week end.
became a member of tbe Methodist
Churcji in 1922.
Mr. and Mrs. DePriest moved to
Graham in 1942, and later spent
some time in Oregon and. Fort
Worth, returning to Graham in
November, 1981.
Survivors include his wife. Mrs.
Mary E. DePriest, Graham; five
sons, Argie and Andrew, both of
Fort Worth, Robert of Kansas City,
Charley of Haslett, Texas, and.
Oliver, Parksdale. Oregon; three
daughters, Mrs. Jewel Drenon,
Hosier, and Mrs Opal Davis, both
of Mosier. Oregon, and Mrs. Jen-
ena Taylor, Fort Worth.
Graham Selected Host City For District
13 American Legion Convention Next Poll
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Graham has been selected host
city for the 13th District conven-
tion of the American Legion to
be held next fall. Graham was
selected as the host during a busi-
ness session of the district’s spring
convention in the University Cen-
ter at M-U Sunday.
James P. Horany of Arches City
was elected district commander.
Harry Booth, Chillicothe. district
vice commander; Jack Q. Neal,
Newcastle, judge advocate; and
Bev. Wilma Corse, Graham, chap-
lain,' were eleefed by acclamation.
The local Post has the1 most
membership to report at the con-
vention with 458 — thirty over
quota
M. C. Snoddy and Joe Friedel
were elected to serve on state
committees. Mr. Snoddy was elect-
ed to the committee on awards
and trophies for the state con-
vention; Joe Friedel was one of
five delegates elected to go to the
national convention at St. Louis.
George Berry was elected as an
alternate delegate.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Friedel were
in Wichita Falls last week end
attending the American Legion
diatrict convention and visited
Mr. and Mrs Roy Johnston, former
residents of Graham and Olney
(U S ARMY PHOTO)
First Lt. Glen B. Dunkle (right) of Grohom, Texos, is congratulated by Brig. Gen. Thomas
M. Wotlington, X Corps Artillery Gommonder, after receiving the Bronze Star Medal dur-
ing ceremonies in Korea. Dunkle, who has served in Korea since last July, is executive
officer of Company 6 with X Corps' 96th Field Artillery Battalion. The Texas officer,
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Dunkle of 910 Shawnee, was assistant county agent for Wich-
ita County, Wichita Falls, until entering the Army in June 1951, j
Mrs. Spencer Mayes a patient
In the Medical Arts Hospital, Dal-
las, for the past ten days, is re-
ported to be improving according
to a phone call received Wednes-
day by Mrs Leslie B. Scott from
Mr. Mayes. She has received sev-
eral blood transfusions.
Mr. Mayes and daughter, Mrs.
Floyd Key of Olney, are in Dallas
at Mrs Mayes' bedside
G.H.S. 1953 Steer
Annuals Distributed
Wednesday Afternoon
1 Four hundred 19S3 Steer annual
yearbooks were distributed at Gra-
ham High Schof Wednesday The
book is dedicated to last year’s
football team.
The attractive 116-page book
gestures a western theme with a
red cover and steer head emboss-
ed on it. School favorites are fea-
tured at the end sheets of the
book which is marked Volume 37.
Carvel Turner was editor for
the annual this year
The car was damaged when a
wheel struck the curb at the cor-
ner of South and Pecan Street*.
Police Chief Burkett said yes-
terday, “If $80 fines won’t stop
speeding, maybe $100 fines Will,
as speeding in the city is endan-
gering the lives of citizens.” It
this woek that
fines would be
in after the tint often
Better TV Reception
Exported For Loco!
Viewers Near Future
Mrs. Ray Thetford
Receives Phone
Call From Germany
Mrs. Ray Thetford of Newcastle
received a trans-Atlantic phone
call Ais week from a sister, Mrs.
Mike Hefton, who is in Germany.
Mrs. Hefton has been in Ger-
many for the past two years with
her husband, a member of the
U. S. armed forces. Mr*. Hefton
is a daughter of Mrs. Vida King,
308 West Second Street.
Graham TV owners are promised
better reception throughout this
area according to reports this
week. It was announced that KRU>
TV, Dallas, will jump to 100,000
watts power Sunday. May 3, which
will be the strongest station in
tbe Southwest. Another station,
KFDX TV. Wichita Falls, being
received in this area, will increase
their power to 60,000 watts June
1. -‘•l
Brown Walker .owner of tbe lo-
cal Television Distributing Co.
which operates a TV antenna sys-
tem in this city, said yesterday,
“a large part of the trouble in
fringe areas is interference which
we Mve been experiencing from
Oklahoma City which operate* on
tbe same channel as KRLD TV.
This problem should be solved on
the KRLD TV channel before May
3 by the addition on top of our
440 foot tower of a 150 square
foot shield or screen to block out
the Oklahoma City aigoals."
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Gome With Exes To
Close Steer Spring
Practice Moy 12
Graham Steers are undergoing
spring practice each afternoon with
over forty reporting for practice
daily under Coaches Zobn Milam.
Roy Curry, and Bruce Wilson.
, Spring practice will doee May
13 with a football game to he
played 7:30 p.m at Steer Stadium
with the exea.
Graham High School .Chorus To
Give Concert Monday Evening
The first full choral |
by a high school group in several
years will be presented by tbe
High School Chorus Monday ev-
ening, May 4, 8 o'clock la the
high school auditorium. They will
appear in their new choir robes
which are royal blue with a drape
sleeve lined with scarlet rod. and
scarlet stoles. *
"We’re sure that friends and
parents interested in assisting the
school to acquire these robes,
will want to see them at their
first public appearance,” Mr. M-
dings said yesterday
Fifty-four members compose
the chorus and Mis* Loretta
Gough is the accompanist
guest artists from Mid-
University will take put
on the program Phillip Arm-
strong, clarinetist and student of
F. E. hidings at M-U, will m-
peat a portion of the number that
he presented on his senior re-
cital in Wichita Falla April 17
MX. Armstrong will play the
Allegro from the Grand Duo Coo
certant by Von Weber and the
clarinet obligato for the clarinet
for a soprano solp sung by Miss
Sidney Gamblin. They will be ac-
companied by Mias Jean Ana
Fultz Miss Fultz and Mias Gamb-
lin represent the Llewellyn-Hot
arts studio at M-U.
The program will be divided into
group* and one of particular ap-
peal will be a group, ”*u«s We
»e a gram. “Songs Wt
Forget " Everyone se-
al musk, will hoot a
ored at the
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