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The Graham Lea*ber
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GRAHAM, TEXAS, THUBSUAY. FEES LAKY 8, IMS
SAVE YORK WA8TS PAlSk
T. A. WRIGHT HEADS
GRAHAM C. OF C. FOR
THE COMINGYEAR_
TEEN CANTEEN TO
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
The election committee of the
Graham Chamber of Commerce
tabulated tha, postal ballots and
announced the following new di-
rectors: J. J. Akin, J. M. Graham,
F. E. Douglas, John A. Hays, T.
A. Wright. Holdover directors are
John T. Nunnelee, B. W. Harrison,
E. R. Marchman, S. B. Harbison,
R. L. Morrison and' U. W.
Larmoar. *
TuMday • gnortinff tks director!
elected T. A. Wright as president.
First J. M. Gra-
ham, Second Vice-President, J. J.
Akin; J. W. Matthews, treasurer,
and W. E. Simpson, manager.
Statement by the president of
the activities of the Chamber of
Commerce the peat year:
At the beginning of the Cham-
ber of Commerce year that is now
ending, I was elected president of
your organisation by its board of
directors. After taking the. job
and appointing the various com-
mittees, it was then that I coun-
All of the citisenship ef Graham
are cordially invited to attend the
Open House to be held at tha Teen
Canteen on Friday and Sattirday
evenings of this week, Feb. 8 and
10. The Canteen, which is located
in the Youth Center building on
north Cherry' street will he open
on Friday evening from 8 until 11
and Saturday evening from 8 un-
til 11 o'clock.
It is hoped that the public in
large numbers will attend one of
these two nights in order to better
acquaint themselves with this
worthwhile undertaking which is
a community project dedicated to
wholesome entertainment and the
advancement of the young people
of Graham. \# '
The Teen Canteen, which is re?
stricted to membership for High
School students only, because of
A STATEMENT BY
SHERIFF BUNNELL
I would like to offer the follow-
ing evidence in answer to the letter
in regard to juvenile delinquency
which appeared in the Leader of
February 1, 1846.
My records, which are open for
examination, show that the follow-
ing small number of juveniles,
both from Young and other coun-
ties, were placed in the county
jail during the last 10 years:
s«Hed not Otfly ’OW tmard menrbeTs, )lmitad „pace wai organised by a
but many representative citisens
of Graham, seeking their opinions
and advice as to the (proper activ-
ities and policies for1 the Chamber
to pursue during the year.
After this survey, I was very
much pleased to learn that the
great majority of the members and
citisens were of one mind and opin-
ion; that U, due to prioritim, short- , ^ of ^ tommanity.
agra, unrast and general disturbed ^ pr##-#t -t Youth onUr
. building either this Friday or Sat-
urday night. , •
group of civic-minded Graham citi-
sens and chaperoned by a commit-
tee of adults, is truly a youth
project in that ity various func-
tions are supervised by the young
people themselves.
Here is a chance for Graham
citisens to see for themselves what
the Teen Canteen has to offer for
times and conditions during
the greatest emergency our coun-
try has ever faced, the Chamber
of Commerce, because of the na-
ture of the organisation, should
lend Ha efforts, time and resources
toward the one thing that all peo-
ple are moet interested in at this
: the war.
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Only 19 of these were from Gra-
ham. There was Only one from
Graham during 1944 and there has
been none so far in 1945. ,
The fact that an average of less
than two Graham juveniles per
year have been placed in the coun
ty jail proves that Graham has
every reason to be proud of her
children.
I feel that I am indeed fortunate
to serve as sheriff of such a fine,
law-abiding city and county and
wish to express my appreciation
not only to the children who have
cooperated with me so well, but
also to every citizen, to the
churches, the schools, the clubs
and other civic organisations who
nr* all working together for the
betterment of Graham.
Signed: C. B. BUNNELL,
Sheriff.
WINNER i Ml. AKVIL MAPLES
(IKAltlKtUL CONTEST KILLED IN ACTION
HUUAY NIGHT ON BELIilAN FRONT
Miss Betty June Roye, daugh-
ter of Mrs, Earl Taylor, Bunger
route, was named winner of the
American Legion local High
School Oratorical Contest on Am-
ericanism last Friday night. The
second place was given to Allan
McCleskey, son of M. A. McCles-
key, 505 Virginia Street. The
other three participants Wre Ja-
mes Norred, Valera Cook and
Roger Martin. Miss Lenora Hud-
son, Graham High School speech
teacher, coached the contestants.
The contest Was under the sup-
ervision of Jap B, Friedel, local
Americanism (chairman, and the
judges were Milton C. Snoddy,
John R. Ramsey and W. Leon
Scott. The time keeper was Tom
Edwards.
Miss Roye will represent the
Ligon-Daniel Post No. 34 of the
American Legion in the 13th Dis-
trict contest next month.
The first place winner of the
National Conteet will receive a
$4,000. scholarship; the second
place winner $760; the third place
winner $500 and the 4th place
winner $250 to the college or
University of the winner’s choice
S/Sgt, Arvil J. Maples, son of
H. A. Maples, Boise, Idaho, was
killed in action in Belgium on
December 29th. He was a bro-
ther of Mrs. L. E. Souther and i
Mrs. Jess Sheppard of Graham,
Ray Maples of Van Couver,
Washington.
HARRISON APPOINTED TO
BOARD DIRECTORS. A&M
LEGION LUNCHEON
AND MEETING
NEXT MONDAY
NINO MARTINI, MET.
OPERA TENOR, TO BE
IN GRAHAM, FEB. 22
Nino Martini, Metropolitan
Opera Tenor, will perform in Gra-
REP. SMITH
APPOINTED ON
POP RUSSELL
BRINGS UNUSUAL
PROGRAM FRIDAY
•. N. P. Smith, representative
grim determination to do every- from this district, was recently
thing poeeible and make un all-out nppointed by the Speaker of the
effort to take our place among in- House to the following impor-
dividuals whose labor waa dedicat- tant committees: Agriculture,
ed to tha earliest possible victory Engrossed Bills, Livestock and
and an everlasting pesos. Stack Raising, Oil, Gas and If in-
Du ring the year 1844, sat waa jng, and Privilege Sufferage and
begun in 1943, your local office, at Elections.
a very small expense to the citix- j -
ens, handled all detail and promo FUNERAL HELD AT _ .
tional work of the Fourth, Fifth NEWCASTLE FOR
end gjgth War Bond sales, made BETTY JEAN CURRANT
prepiPfltfbns for and assisted in Funeral services were held from
directing the 80 to 100 volunteer the Assembly of God Church in (
workers necessary - in bringing Newcastle on February 1, at 8,
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1. t. Gilmer
in introducing the program Fri-
day at the Rofary Club of Graham
stated, “that for the past few
weeks the programs had been a
Jr ♦ •» -vwpon, and that today we
___"S‘Feast of Soul'.” To
say that “Pop” Russell’s program
was unique, is to underestimate his
ability as a man to produce an
unusual program. Any way if Pop
intended this program to be a
beauty review, his idea of beauty
is about as hazy as the one who
named ’’near beer.” ,
ion.
each <kive to a successful conclu* o’clock for Betty Jean Currant, 4-
prior to the closing date of* year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. G. Currant.
Morrison Funeral Home of Gra-
ham was in charge of burial. In-
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each sale.
Worked with and assisted in
raising Red Crori > money-mak-
ing drive and in preparation for
and carrying out the blood donor*
project, which was successful in
delivering far above the request-
ed quota of blood for the armed
forces.
< Worked with and assisted in
making preparations for, U. S. O.
fund-raising drive which exceed-
ed the local quota set.
Raised cash for prizes and as-
sisted county agent and home
demonstration agent in holding
an annually successful show for 4-
H Club boys and girls. Worked
with home demonstration agent
in sponsoring club - meetings for
women and 4-H girls at Memor-
ial Auditorium.
Have consistently publicized
the Possum Kingdom Lake, ans-
wered hundreds of letters of in-
quiry, assisted visitors and wor-
ked consistently toward an im-
proved road to the lake, with
softie success, and more improve-
ments in the project.
Have worked continuously in
our effort to secure one of pos-
sibly two Veteran Hospitals, to
be erected in Texas. Have better
prospects at the present than at
any time in the past.
Have made progress on exten-
sion of Loving highway north
through Markley, on to intersect
Wichita Falls-Jacks boro highway
No. 281, end keeping Groham-ti-
Mineral Walla road alive and on
early post war priority list.
Succeeded in making arrange -
menta necessary to secure loca-
tion of district office of Shell
Oil Co.
Maintained and kept Hats at
available houses and apartments,
Have worked with oil compani-
6 supply-
MILLION Gl PACKAGES
10ST IN ENEMY ACTION
WASHINGTON, Feb! 2.—Close
terment was made in the Newcastle j ^ a miUion paekages in addition
cemetery. Rev., Paul W. Savage ^ « |aree Entity of Utter mail
officiated. Other survivors are — |o|t by encnly or cap?
tured during the German offensive
on the western front.
three brothers and three sisters.
They are Bobbie, Clifton, and Jer-
ry Wayne, Cleo, Ester and Opal
Currant, and grandfather, G. W.'
Funderburg.
MISSING IN ACTION
ELIZABETH BEATS
CHOSEN QUEEN OF
GRAHAM HIGH SCHOOL
Mite Elizabeth Dents, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Deals,
was selected as Jueen of Graham
High School Monday night opver
63 other contestants. Twb girls
were chosen from each class for
the finaU. They were Jo Robin-
son and Gilly Ann Thornton,
Freshmen; Melba Clifton and Pat
Hamill, Soph mores; Patsy and
Ina Dell Brown, Juniors; Mary
Bob Turner and Elizabeth Peats,
Seniors. Judge for the content
were John F. Bailey, Homer Tu-
dor, W. W. Wood, B. F. Boles, C,
W. Waller and W. DoyU Groves,
all of Breckenridge.
The American Legion luncheon
will be held next Monday, Feb. 12.
The guest speaker will be Lt. Kath-
erine^ Nowlin of the Army. Lt.
Nowlin represents the Ft. Worth
WAC recruiting district, recruit-
Texas wgfigBI__.Ml. MTT1 as
WAC Medical and Surgical tech-
nicians. This drive is from Feb-
ruary J to April 30 over the na-
tion to get approximately 8,000
women to suplement the services
of the army hospital staffs.
The business meeting will be
held same day at 8 p. m. in the
Legion club rooms In the Memor-
ial Auditorium. The speaker for
the evening will be Lt. Donald G.
Alford, who has just returned
from the European Theatre of
operations. Lt. Alford completed
35 missions as a bombardier on
a B-17.
Among the-appointments to the
* boprd of directors of the ARM
| College confirmed by the State
I Senate Tuesday was E. W. Harri-
' son of South Bend. Others (Con-
firmed on this board are Rufus
Peeples of Tehuacana and John
W. Newton of Beaumont. **
This is quite an honor for South
Bend and this vicinity. Mr. Har-
lison is active in civic affairs, and
is an outstanding ranchman.
Robert Falkinburg
Wounded At Luzon >
Mrs. Robert Falkinburg of 8001
Elm Street waa notified this week
that her husband. Pvt. Robert
Falkinburg, who is in the infantry,
ham on Thursday evening, Febru- wa* wounded in the hip at Luxon
ary 22, as the second feature of\on January 10th. He has been
the Graham Community Concert I overseas for 14 months. His fath-
feaaoiL As a concert singer, Mar- ler> J- Falkinburg,
tini has proved a name for the box
office' to conjure with. He has
appeared everywhere in the United
States and Canada, and <
ILL BILL Of RIGHTS
OFFICE IN OPERATION
Machinery for translating tha
agricultural phases of the GI Bill
of Rights from promises into act-
ual operation has been set up in
Young county and throughout
Texas, according to Mr. Charles
F. Mitchell, Farm Security An-
ministration supervisor.
The law provides that 'the gov-
ernment through the Veterans Ad-
ministration will.guarantee a max-
imum of but in no ease
more than 50 per cent, of any loon
made to a Veteran by a private or
other lending source. The Veter-
ans Administration will guarantee
the loan upon recommendation of
the Certifying Committee in the
respective county that (1) the pro-
ceeds of such loan will be used in
payment for real or personal prop-
erty purchased or to be purchased
Jby.the veteran, or for regaining,
altering, or improving any building
or equipment, to be used in bona
fide farming operations conducted
by hint; (2) that inch property Will
useful in and reasonably necos-
■y to such operations; (3) that
l ability and experience at the
aad nature of operation
■4 on such that there
gw
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h personality. Since our
into World War II he has been
tireless and enthusiastic in sing-
ing for the men and women in all
branches of the service
Pfc. R. D. Rogers
Wounded in Action
Mr. sad Mrs. J., T. Rogers of
Bunger Rt. received a telegram
last Tlulhsday, February 1, stat-
ing that their son, Pfc. Richard
P. Rogers, had been wounded
in Belgium. This week they re-
ceived a card from the War De-
partment Statalg that he was
wounded in tMfailrm end was mak-
ing normal imjprovement.
Making this estimate Friday,
war department officials said that
loss, which occurred in a period
of two or three weeks begnining
in mid-December, was the
GORMAN.—Mrs. Dona • Moor- jest of the war—200 to 300 $er
man has been advised that her cent above any other comparable
son, Dean Moorman, seaman sec- period. The greatest previous
or.d clnss, has been missing in ac- | losses occured earlier in the war
tion with the Navy in the Pacific, through ship sinkings.
children live at1 ■ —
Graham. ’ BUY BONDS AND STAMPS
VISIT SON AT
CHARLESTON, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. McCoy re-
turned home last Saturday from
Charleston, S. C., where they vis-
ited their son, John W. McCoy, a
patient of the U. S. Naval Hos-
pital. This was the first time that
Mr. and Mrs. McCoy had seen
’tljeir son in over two years. He
recently returned to the states
monlKs' spent In IW
heav- from .’1
Pacific.
Mrs. E. E. Brown and daughter,
Beacnce, of Duncan, Oklahoma,
were the guests Tuesday in the
home of their sister-in-law and
'aunt, Mrs. Ocie Langham.
Budding Paderewskis In Graham Recital
Twenty-six young fellows from this city, piano students from Crenshaw and Mayes Studio, recent-
ly appeared In a recital, a real musical battalion fer any town.
Roadinf 'left to right *ra: Front row, Dennis Newton. Kenneth Scott, Mike Newby, Russell Carey,
Gail Grisham, Dnyne Miller, Bobbie Farrar, Milton Cason. Edmond Lewis (Eliasrille), Barry Wataoa,
and Robert Farlane. Second row: John Young, Max Roberta, John Westlake, Allen Wart (Bunger),
Homer Thornton. L. E. McCluskey, Jimmy Greene, Boh Blay, Donald Botkin, Clyde I
Worsham. Back row: John Riggs, Eugene Horton (Jean! and Kenneth Hays. Donald 1
bar of class Is not in tha group picture. 'Z~J '
GAME AND FISH ASSN
Officers, directors and members
of the advisory board of Possum
Kingdom Game and Fish Associa-
tion are to meet in Mineral Wells
next Tuesday night to outline
plans fojr the coming year, the
president announces.
The group is to dine at the
Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells at
7 o’clock, followed by the business
Kitfllif1. •' • •- » r
, “If the Legislature votes to
abandon the closed season on bass
and crappie, Possum Kingdom
Lake Will naturally become more
popular than ever,” President
Shore stated, “and With increased
use of the lake, the -oppertanities
for service by the members of our
Association also increase. Dues
in PKGAFA are only $1.00 per
year and we hope to have 1,000
members before summer.”
Guests st the Lions Club Wsd-
nesdsy were Bill Simpson, C> P.
Gregory, Bill
Falls, Don Wood
LL Donald Alford, recently from
England, Reed, brother at Lion
j Reed and C. J. Barrens,
j New members introduced were
0. P. Hutchinson, R. D. Bennett.
Lion Maples was in charge of
the program, which wt __11
and enjoyed by all. He turned the
program into a contest, which
called for tk*. f-rticipatw* **!’
present.
GRAHAM PEACE
OFFICERS ATTENDING
SCHOOL AT WICHITA
Officers of the. Graham police
force and the Sheriff’s depart,
rnent are attending a school in
Wichita Falls. This school is for
the benefit of peace officers in the
surrounding territory of Wichita
Falls, and teaches the latest scien-
tific ways of combating crime,
which has been proven successful
bjr the FBI.
The peace officers are to hie
commended in their efforts to
keep their departments function-
ing in an adequate manner.
LARGE CROWD GREETS
C. C. SPEAKER
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
James E. Gheen of New York
City charmed his audience Wed-
resday night with his humor, phil-
osophy and experience as a travel-
er. His talk on the object, aim
and benefits of a Chamber of
Commerce rang true, and he stated
that the progress of a town de-
pended upon the vision of its citi-
zenship, and thair determhftftion
to bring this vision into a reality.
' A capacity audience greeted the
speaker, and hit audience were
entertained as well as
inspiration for town building.
son, son
THREE YOUTHS HURT
AS CAR OVERTURNS
Billy Ward and J. W. Hobbs of
Newcastle, and Pvt. Harold Alli-
of Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
of' Murray community,
were injured in an auto accident
Thursday night near South Bend.
The car struck a soft place in the
road and turned over several times.
The three were in the Graham hos-
pital.
praisal.
In applying ter a loan to buy a
farm, the Veteran should obtain
a Veteran’s Administration form
Vo, 1800 which is to he signed by
the Veteran and the lender and
forwarded to the Veteran’s Admin-
istration. Veterans wishing to re-
ceive a loan for the purchase of a
farm under the Gl Bill may con-
tact the Advisory Committee at
the county agentls. office for ad-
vice concerning Agricultural infor-
mation in the area in which he
wishes ' to locate. The Certifying
Committee furnishes facts and
racnmmcndatiiwa to thf Veter'"’”
Administration who approvW or ■
rejects the Veteran’s agricultural
loan. The Certifying Committee
is presently composed of three
men in each county who also servo
as the FSA Loan Committee. The
Certifying txtmmrttec may be eou-
tacted in each county at the local
office of the Farm Security Ad-
ministration.
Federal Ijind Bank appraiser*
will appraise all farms purchased
by veterans under the GI guar-
anty.
Surveys by the U. 8. Department
of Agriculture indicate that more
than one million five hundred
thousand*1 men with farm back-
ground arc now in the armed serv-
ices and that more than one-third
of these will probably wish to re-
turn to farming at the end of the
Pbee'it-
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Mr. and Mrs. BUI Cooley at
tag* at his work
shut down and
days in Wichita
INFANT FUNERAL
HELD SATURDAY
Funeral services for Barbara
Ann, day old Infant daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Souther of this
city was hold Saturday. February
3, from the Morrison Funeral
Chapel with Rev. Dallas Lee, pas-
tor qf the First Baptist church of-
ficiating. Interment was made in
the Loving cemetery. She is sur-
vived by her parents and one sitter.
m
Mr. and Mrs, Jim Barker and
(laughter. Derline. spent the week
end in Hollis, Oklahoma, viaiting
friends and relatives.
Mrs. Fred Guinn, accompanied
by Mrs. Ralph Street of Tyler, j
Texas, attended the concert of
Yehudi Menuhin in Dallas Feb. $.
Mr. and Mn. Claude B. McElroy
and Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Crenshaw
attended tha Yehudi Menuhin con-
cert in Dentea Tuesday, February
5th.
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