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The Graham Leader
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THE GRAHAM LEADER, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1*46
SAVE YOUR WASTE PAPER
Many Farm Prices Lower Now Than
After World War I, Records Show
Prices
today
of many farm products
> considerably below the
prices of some farm products as
compared with previous years:
prices of the same commodity
1913
1920
1 1945
twenty-six years ago, a search
Corn .......
.68
1.68
1.181
-of the record shows.
Cotton ....
13.25
41.50
22.95
Coupled with this finding is the
Wheat .....
89i
801
1.71-
report of two weeks ago that pri-
Wool..........
.72
2.36
1.21
ces of farm commodities are due
These prices are
not the
result
for none or little rise during 194G,
the same authorities who furnish
the figures reveal.
of a scarcity ofI buying power in
the hands of the consumer. Dur-
ing these firht months following
The only rural product showing the close of the war. there is more
aa increase in price of 1945 over cash in the hands of the consum-
that of the second post-war year er than ever has been on record
—1920, is cattle. Chicago cattle in America.
ware quoted at $15j50. The 1945 Bank deposits and postal re-
figure closed at <17.00 which ceipts both reveal that 1945 was
shows an increase of $1.50 per
hundred pounds.
Coffee—not grown in U. S.—is
now almost fifty percent cheap-
er than it was at the close of the
last war in spite of the fact that
there was a serious shortage of
coffee during part of the war
years.
Below is a tabulation of the
the best business year in the his-
tory of American lousiness. The
experience gained at the close of
the last war. coupled with care-
ful handling of the nation's sta-
ples. has made it possible to effec-
tively control prices at least until
the nation gets back to an even
keei following the cancellation of
war contracts.
Airport Opening
To Have
Western Events
Future Of District
Fair Is Uncertain
The future of the North Cen-
tral Texaf District Pair is some-
thing of a question right now, ac-
cording to the word of E. W.
Harrison, last president of the
association sponsoring the annual
event here. ‘ r
» When interviewed orr the sub-
ject of reviving the fair which
closed for the duration of the war,
My. Harrison said. Well—t h e
Young Co. Bought
Over Ten Million
In 8 Bond Drives
Residents of Young County
bought more than ten millions of
dollars worth of War bonds dur-
ing the eight drives from May
1941 to the close of 1945, the Un-
ited States Treasury notified Gra-
ham people this week. >
Exact figures for the eight drt-’
ves total $10.696,599215. the re-
port shows. The last six drives
gave Young County a quota a-
bove a million dollars each and
:h quota was met. The largest
•ingle drive, the Seventh, netted
,737.00 and was featured
Charles E. Hipp. local oil man
has been invited by Chamber of
Commerce officials to furnish the
vestem atmosphere for the com-
ng dedication of he New Gra-
ham Airport on IWoruary 24. ac-
cording to a Thursday announ-
cement.
Mr Hipp and his associates
will furnish a program of western
entertainment which includes
trick riding, f^ncy riding and oth-
er-items .....of western entertain-
ment.
Invitations have gone out to
n anufacturers of planes in sever-
al cities to lie present with a mo-
del of their plane for exhibitional
purposes, Chamber of Commerce
fficials said.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shaffer,
nanagers of the airport announ-
ced the arrangement of light
dane races and spot landings as
i part of the free program to be
ffered the people when the !o-
al juirport is officially dedicated.
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Steers Meet Eagles
On Local Court
Saturday Night
Abilene High School’s powerful
end championship Eagles will
‘sample’ the local hardwood aga-
inst the Steers Saurday night in
» match slated for 8 o'clock Coach
'aul Smith announced
Although a non - conference
ame, the match is looked to as
one which will give local sports-
men a fair idea of the champion-
ship calib^p of the Steers, win-
the‘ heroic stand of U. ners of this portion of their drive
’ United States
America.
The figures, as quoted by the
Committee, do not reflect the
grand total bought by Young
of. .her
IrTTKe AftfiSiTTSSi*
vices and buying regularly out of
pay checks on which there Was ias
no way of ascertaining amounts, ifo
County people since many
citizens ~
toward the State basketball crown,
mith
s.
their own ’neek-ef the woods' in a
round of close contests with high
class High School basketball teams
before challenging the Steers to
his off the record match Satur-
L-ay.
Returning GI May
Borrow From FSA
Gish for Farming
Returning Service Men are re-
minded they may borrow farm
operating cash from ibarni Secur-
ity Administration in amounts up
to $3,500, repayable in one to five i orial
years, at 5 percent interest. Dav-
id H. Persons, FSA Supervisor
told the Leader this week.i _
This type of loan is now reser-
ved for those persons unable to
btain the necessary credit or
terms at regular sources. Most
of these loans range from $100
to $1,500, thjs announcement said
In the same announcement. Mr.
Persons pointed out these same
returning veterans are elegible
for a forty-year farm purchase
loan if they qualify under the
terms of the loans, ranging not
mor4 than $12,000. Interest on
one of these leans, designed to
assist share-croppers and tenants
to become farm owners, is 3 per
cent.
However, only experienced far-
mers with good records as to
honesty, industry and fair deal-
ing are chosen for these loans.
Graham C of C
Draws 600 In
Annual Meeting
County Lunch
Rooms Serve
4,200 Meals
Lunch rooms in schools other
than Graham, Olney and Newcas-
tle. served an estimated total of
4.520 meals during January, Coun-
ty School Superintendent Mrs.
Bill Harty, said Wednesday. This
report covered six Young County
Schools. _____
• In • winking - this leport, the
School Superintendent said these
meals, served to the Students at
a cost of 15 cents, actually costs
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question of whether we revive
the fair, depehds upon the people
or this area. There hasn’t been
much talk about the fair so I
just couldn’t say anything positive
until I talk with more people.
W. E. (Bill) Simpso^i, Chamber
of Commerce Manager, was like-
wise unable to quote anyone or
any organization definately. How-
ever. it is felt in some quarters
that the fair will be opened again
this year for the first time in
five years. The annual event was
last held in September 1941.
Those who have worked ’with
the fair here in past years, poin-
ted out the tremendous amount
of work necessary in making it
the success it was over those last
few years before outbreak of the
war. Coupled with that, came the
Teport that approximately- $2,000
would be required to put the fall-
buildings and the rodeo grand-
stands back into usable condition
for a'1946 fair.
Since the last events were held
in the name of the association,
the grounds and buildings have
been used for the weekly livestock
auction. '
Uncounted thousands
dollars
local ‘dope’ will go into-the' game
the favorite, since there is no
immon ground upon which to
Beauford H. Jester, member
Texas Railroad Commission speak-
ing at last week’s Chamber of
Commerce meeting here in Mem-
Auditorium. told Graham
people, "What Graham is today
is the fruit of our planning yes-
terday and what she is tomorrow
depends upon what we do now.”
The prominent Texas figure
pointed out several improvements
which could be made in and around
Graham with reference to her eco^
nomical future. He predicted1 a
gradual flow of the nation’s in-
dustry into the smaller communi-
ties and pointed out the steps sev-
eral smaller towns have taken in
securing part of this relocation.
Miss Olive Hallmark and Max
Kreutz, both of Wichita Fails,-
furnished the musical part of the
program marking the end of the
year’s work by the local Chamber
of Commerce.
T. A. Wright, re-elected presi-
dent of the oranization, acted as
master of ceremonies. Hej intro-
duced the officers and directors.
C. E. Penix. local attorney, in-
troduced Mr. Jester.
THE ADDITION of
stands to the gridiron on the
New High School grounds, shown
above, will provide for Graham
one of the most modern and well
grand- equipped school establishments in
this section of Texas, officials
wot king on the new grandstands
project believe. (Leader Photo
courtesy John Shaffer.)
Grandstand Construction Is Estimated
By Committeemen To Cost $40,000
Legion Calls For
Names Departed
Area Ex-Soldiers
Wheat Acreage
In County Hits
All Time High
Young County's wheat acreage
for 1946 will hit an all-time
high according to the figures of
J. H. Crawford. Cotton will hit
i all-time low of approximate-
ly 12.000 acres, he said. Other
small grains will total about 50,-
4WO acres. ----*- - —r------—
Reason for the low figure in
the cotton acreage.for this year.
LigonlDaniel Post American
Legion is issuing a call for the
names of all deceased veterans
of both World Wars, in order to
bring it’s list of departed tom-
rads up to date.
Relatives of these men, whether
they died in action or since re-
tuming *to the States, are urged
to send their names and all possi-
ble information to Gilbert Webb
at the Leader office as soon as
possible.
As soon as these names arc re-
corded by the Legion, final work
will get under way on the minia-
turf cemetery by the
Mr. Crawford states, ia the good (veterans for these deceased sol-
«—.iKiiUy of another big vrui. I#****- A white cross wiU be er-
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local schools for the difference
between the two costs.
A shipment of Irish potatoes
totaling 164X) pounds was receiv-
ed Monday to be distributed be-
pating m this program planned “ — ---—i-i. ttu...
to insure hot jneals for all school
children.
VtD^th ,<?(sWar bonds were bought
by Youhg*' County soldiers and
there never will be a way of
knowing just how much was bou-
ght by them-
Fuguring on the total as re-
ported, within the next ten years,
the county’s citizens will be $2,-
674,649.81 richer provided the
bonds have not and are not cash-
ed in before maturity. .
Mr. and Mrs. Manning Vick
and Miss Mary Morrison left
last week for Mexico City. They
will return the lattWphrt of this
month.
A. C. Whittle transacted busi-
ness in Jacksboro Tuesday.
I Compare” them. Both teams have
met powerful opposition and con-
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quered it. '
On the conference side of the
ledger, the Steers will meet Elec-
tra here Tuesday night for the
first game of a series that is de-
signed to settle the District 2 AA
basketball race.
Second game of the three-game
series will be played in Electra
next Thursday and if a third game
is necessary, it will be played at
a location to be decided later, ath-
letic officials said.
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arill present labor shortage.
At the present the feed situa-
tion is described j as ‘tight’ wit^
othing bright in the immediate
future. The all time high jn ■ the
Officials in charge of investig-
ating ways and means of constr-
ucting grandstands at Graham's
new high school gridiron, estim-
ated Wednesday the cost of the
project would range between $40.-
000 and $50,000. T. A. Wright,
chairman of that group said.
Types of construction will gov-
ern the final figure in the const-
ruction Mr. Wright said in point-
ing oue that so far the only esti-
mates Received from four differ-
ent agencies queried, was $7.00 per
seat. He did not reveal the type of
construction for which the seven
dollar figure was received. -
Preliminary work is being done
on the basis of a new grandstand
with a seating capicity for 5,000
peoplfe.
In a round table talk of the mat-
ter Xt the weekly luncheorr oT "Lloni •
Club Wednesday, School Officials
pointed out the great difficulty
which the representatives of the
local school met 1* trying te
In the county is creH&^ ‘* 'a‘
present feed shortage. Numbers
f hops in the county are unusual-
Greene pointed out. in making the
call, that the names of Veteranv
of World War I who have died
since that war should be sent in
well as thg others.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Gipe of
Denton visited in the home of
their daughter, Mrs. E. G. Chap-
man the first of the week.
CORRECTION
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Due to last minute changes in
ilm schedules ‘The Harvey Girls’
dvertised in this issue as appear-
ng,at Leon Theatre Tues.. Wed.,
'burs., Feb. 19-20 and 21 has been
changed to Saturday night pre-
view. Sunday and Monday, Feb-
ruary 23, 24 and 25.
In its place "THE LOST WEEK
D'ND will be shown on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb-
ruary 19, 20 and 21—The Ed-
itor.
ly low and Mr. Crawford* is rec
ommending cutting down slightly
on the number of laying flocks
and increasing the number of
hogs on the farms of the county.
In correcting the high figure
among the cattle. Mr. Crawford
recommended the orderly
keting to avoid what is described
as seasonal overflow.
Wr
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rec- 1 r-v
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Whittle
visited friends in Bowie Monday
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Paralysis Fund
Drive Is Record
Simpson Says
,W. E. (Bill) Simpson, manager
of the local Chamber of Commerce,
and of the drive against
infantile paralysis, announced thia
week that the 1946 one had been
the moat successful financially, in
the history of tho drive In Young
County. $706.00 was netted 'from
the Slater Kenny Foundation; Home h(r( wia
$863.00 from tho March of Dimes;
Airport Addition
Soon To Open
The old Graham Airport will
be included in the City limits of
Graham in the near future and
opened up as The Airport Addi-
tion to the city, officials said
Thursday.
Amounting to approximately
80 acres, the new addition will
offer an estimated 100 building
lots in varying prices according
to size and location, the announ-
cement said. Price of the lots will
include payment for paving the
streets in the new section of town
plug other modem facilities to be
made available to those who pur-
chase these building sites.
Deeds to the land are being
drawn up now. J M. (Happy)
Graham said and at an early
meeting of the City Council, the
action will be taken to place the
plot within the City Limits. This
land was donated te the City by
the Graham Foundation.
uto License
Derby Closed
Last Monday
for the
first lie.
IN HOSPITAL
Alyce Marie Davidson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. L. L Davidson,
was taken to the hospital Wed-
nesday night where she ia being
treated for pneumonia.
The New
American Legion
look something
thu »rtUt’* dr,win‘of th#
Birthday Ball. 'building as released by Legion of-
4
P*P*
j
flcials recently.
Work was started several
months ago on the financing of
the structure and up to Monday
night, a total of $8,869.05 had
i— —A—
been raised which includes the
site already purchased by the vet-
erans.
‘A.concerted financing campaign
trill be announced soon.
Mrs. Winston Pottos. Mr*. UToy
Hinson, Jr. and Mimas Edith
Fuller and Mauriaa Scott were
Fort Worth visitor* Saturday.
The annual scramble
lowest numerals or the
ense sold for automobiles, closed
Monday morning with the open-
ing of the office of Tax-Assessor-
Collector U. D. Cusenbary.
Glenn|, (Sally) .Babb was the
successful man this j<ear with
the plate reading H J 10. Paul
Greer, local dentist, came up a-
gain this year with his ^1 J 13.
The doettor has always tried ^o
get the old "13” numerals. '
The first day’s sales showed 14
sets of tags sold for passenger
cars and a smaller number for
trucks.
All Texas automobiles ’ must
have these 1946 tags upon them
prior to April 1 and must not
have them attached before March
1. according to the report of lo-
cal officials.
larger than Graham’s.
. They also pointed out the siao
of the local stadium seating cap-
acity was the main factor keep-
ing Graham from transferring
from her present district which
requires "road -mp* tprxan78 lrrH-
es. With adequate seating cap-
acity. it was inferred that Gra-■
ham would have stood a good
chance of moving into the district
to the south with a maximum
rfoad distance 110 to Brown wood.
Touching on means of financ-
ing this project. Mr. Wright said,
“We feel the best method of fin-
ancing the stands is through the
voting of ordinary tax bonds ma-
turing in 10 years.” Such a bond
would raise the taxes within Gra-
ham School District in the amount
of 5 cents on tht $100 valuation.”
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80th Birthday
Celebrated By
Mrs. Dodd
Mrs. Eugenia Dodd celebrated
her 80th birthday at her home,
813 Elm Street, on Thursday, Feb-
ruary 7th. A turkey dinner was
served at the noon hour to some
friends. Many beautiful gifts were
presented the honoree and during
the afternoon several other fri-
ends and neighbors called to
wish her many more happy birth -
were served
was presented *
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days. Refreshments
and each guest
carnation.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS
OBSERVE LINCOLN’
BIRTHDAY
Mrs. Carrie J. Crouch, Repub-
lican county chairman, announced
that Texas Republicans ob-
served Lincoln's birthday, Febru-
ary 12th, in a number of dinners
over the state.
Dallas celebrated in a state
wide invitation, on February 14th,
with a Lincoln dinner at the
Adolphus Hotel where Senator .mill, who was employed aa raahlar
Taft was the guest speaker. |.t the First National Bank In this
- (city, wilt resume hit position with
S/2c Henry Clay, Jr. arrived ia the hank or or about tho 15th of
Tokyo Bay aboard his ship tho j this month. His wife and two
U. S. S. Iwoa January >27, ha arista ; small sons remained at their heme
his parents. Mr. aad Mrs- Hsnry HI Calaveras while he
Clay. Hie ship te a part of the oc-
cupying fo«ee assigned to partrel-
ling waters a4)ar1 to Jspaasss Glen Sink, at lane ha. Va,
soil. Young Clay antared the ear- the weekend with
vice April 94. 1946. " Graham.
John P. Gammill
Home Prom 16
Months Overseas
John P. Gammill MA-MCCC, who
has spent 16 months in service at
Pearl Harbor, arrived in Graham,
Sunday evening after receiving
his discharge pt Norman. Okla-
homa from the Navy. Mr- Gam
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Harris, E. B. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 14, 1946, newspaper, February 14, 1946; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888336/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting The Library of Graham.