Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940 Page: 4 of 4
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Tickets For
C. L. S. C. Hears 1,
Flower Show
Interesting Review |i
t
On Sale Here
Of “The Patriot" j*
Mrr-. Norman Stovsll was hostess j 1
Students St 4he high school were
morning
with ■ volley bail!
the Senior girls and
r!
Tickets for the National F
Show in Houston went on sale day afternoon. »Hh^fifteen members
Wednesday at
43 cents, it was announced today
by Mrs. V. O. Rosaer. Jr., chairman
of the local flower show committee
It was explained that the price
of 45 cents will remain in effect
only so long as a limited number
of advance-sale tickets lasts. After
that, the regular Kate price of 75
A delightful program on the life
won the first game with a
of fifteen to thirteen, and the
tality Club won the second
___witl. a score of sixteen to
fourteen. '
Those who played on the Senior
team are: Jo Etta -Kennedy, cap-
of Pearl Buck and her worka was tain, Frances Clarida, Wanda Hel
presented. Following a short sketch »*y. Ern* McDonald, Mae Harrell,
of her life by, Mrs. W. O. Hickman, E»eo Ruth Burgess, and Margie
Mrs. Stanley H. Peavy reviewed Jones.
“The Patriot" in an interesting of Members of the Personality Club
fective manner. team were: June Thetford captain.
The study of Pearl Buck was es- Mary Ruth Cole, Exie Pearl Hayes,
pecially interesting to the members Euth Hancock, Vertie Winter, r-
because she and Mrs. P. K. Deal* Frixxell, and Myrtle Hawley.
t Donald Crow from Coleman reg-
istered at East Ward yesterday.
Forty students have started w'rk
in Choral Singing at Fhat Ward Of
tho»» forty fifteen or twenty will be
selected far the Interscholastic
League Chorus. Forty-sevea stu-
dents have started work on sixth
and seventh grade spelling at the
Junior High School. Of this group
three or four will be chosen to rep- i
resent the school in Interscholastic
League.'
cents will go into effect.
The flower show will be held Feb-
ruary 28 through March 6. Advance were sorority sisters when^ they at-
ticket sales are being handled by
tended Randolph Macon College
Lynchburg, Virginia.
oiganizations throughout Texas un-
headquarters in the Lamar Hotel in [ The
Houston.
Mrs. W. L. Askew is teaching at
Shawnee in the absence of Miss
Grace M inter, who is ill.
MAT19VM,
TODAY AND TOMORROW
FRIOAY and SATURDAY JAN. #n-*7
Preston Poster - Ann Dvorak - Oouotas Fowiey - Wynne Gibson
CAFE HOSTESS
The sensation-splashed story of the “paroontaRo" girls! And how
one "scaped behind the flying fists of a man from the pad; go
veal ing how tha “dip joints' work their racket I
Members of the Senior Chapter G. B. Johnson, secretary; Leonard
Conducting team are: Kenneth Hoff- Blakney, treasurer; Eugene George,
man, president; Don Martin, vice- parliamentarian; Robert Long, Farm
In the District Chapter Conducting president; Hoyle Speaker, reporter; Watch Dog, and J. H. Wheat and
Contest in Breckenridge yesterday ( ’ 11,1 Bill McGee, conductors,
afternoon, the Graham High FiP.A. '
chapter took first honors in Green
Hand chapter conducting and public
speaking and second place in Senior j
Chapter Conducting. The Graham
teams competed against teams from
Breckenridge, Ranger, Cisco, Paint
I Creek. Graford, and Rule.
South Bend 4-H club
Tuesday at
(Toliver Hoopes. landscape archi-j School with Miss Olive Sells, asaist-
tect and installation chairman, an -! ant county home demonstration agent
j Billy Bullock represented the Gra-
ham chapter in public speaking, and
.Jack McCoy, in news writing. No
met j Frances Morrison contributed four report has been received from the
the South Bend High books to the Junior High School newswriting contest.
library thu morning. 1 Membera of the Green Hand Chap-
Four copies of the Junior Scholas- j Ur Conducting team are: Bobby
tic Magazine were ordered for the , Ashley, president: Bill Boase, vice-
worth'''of^nowTrT and’ floSS i on.tratto of how to make a small. Junior "High School library, yx.ter-
plants and trees will blanket a floor comfortable brooder house 1 r y day. The magazme
ce of 72 500 square feet in the chicken*. She also demonstrated h w events magazine and will be used to
main auditorium of the Sam Hous- to make soft cusUrd and three ^- supplement the regular current
Holland-Dutch gar- ferent ways of serving it. events magazine which ia Used in
windmill - • | seventh grade history.
Mrs. L. L. Frizzell and Mrs.----------
*n Bill Shelton ia reported to be ill.
ton Coliseum. A
den, replete with cottage
and Dutch maids will form the cen
tral theme, with 2S.0O0 tulips ami Johnny Chilcoat spent Tuesday
hyacinths brought from Holland to Dallas,
give authenticity to the scene. ~ ■ „ _ .
Mr. Hoopes said that it is too Mr. and Mrs. Shark King, of Col-
early to give a comprehensive de- orado City, Texas, are visiting
scription of what the show will friends and relatives here,
contain, but that early entries, which
arc reaching Houston from all over M. L. Thornberry, from Abilene,
the country, include about 1.000 is now employed at Miller Drug
square feet o( hydrangeas; a simi- Store No. 3. Mr. Thornberry for-
lar exhibit of cinerarias; about 500 meriy was employed by Miller Drug
square feet of gardenias; 1.000 Store No. 2.
square feet of roses of many inds,
including Polyantha and tea roses; H. B. Harbison has been con-
1,000 square feet of azalesas and fined to his home several daya
camellias snd several hundred square because of illness,
feet of orchids. Among other en-»
tries are an exotic Japanese tea Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Allen, of True,
garden and an elaborate rock gar- visited Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Knight
den Wednesday.
Extensive preparations are bciogj------- , _______ , __
made in Houston to welcome thousands | Darwin Witlis, a student «t
of flower lovers and amateur gard- A. C., is spending this week en,
cners from throughout the nation, with his parents, Mt. and Mrs.
— ....... . -■ "-'E. - D. Willis. ---------•
current 'Clark Smith, reporter; Smitty Lun-
dy, parliamentarian; Billy Heighten,
secretary; Bill Bort, F-'rm Watch
Dog, and Arthur Leo Shahan and
George Strickland, conductors.
LIBERTY
THEATRE
RHOMB
174
TODAY
I
Ann Sot horn, John Carroll,
Rita Johnsan IN—
“CONGO MAISIE”
Maialo in tho Tropical Zone.
Seo hor aa a Tropical Tempt-
ress now.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Good of Wood-
son are the parents of a little
daughter born today at the Gra-
ham Hospital.
Madam
Virginia Rose
'IPSYCHOLOGIST AND ADVISOR
701 Cherry St. Graham
Gives advice on buoineee changes,
investments. Marriage. Love.
Education and Your Talanta.
Gives party's name in your Ufa.
SPECIAL READING 50c
Rsadinga Dally—10 am to * pm.
Prices Reasonable.
Serialized By
ZTIPHIN LORRAINE
ft#* tk« Faraaaaaat Flctare
etaregiMC
OOIOTHY SOSIRT
LAM01I - PRESTON
OHAPTHR I
Milt rata fall la torrents, driven
local*
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Chilcoat
'are visitors in Mrxia.
Charlie Hinson is reported to be
Olan Gray, of South Bend, visited
in Graham Thursday.
■it. W. Little, of Loveland, was a
Visitor in Graham Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Hastings, of
Bryson, visited in Graham Thurs-
day.
Mrs. lone Caldwell was able to
be up today alter a two weeks' ill-
ness.
Bobby Deats, a student at Texas
Tech, is visiting his' parent:, Mr.
and Mrs. P. K. Deats.
Harold Ashley, a student at E.T.
S.T.C, is visiting his parents, Mt.
and Mrs. J. H. Ashley.
Chilton Ayres has been confined
to bis home several day4 because j
cl illness.
Page Alice! Here is Wonderland
■y RICHARD B. BOND
l" 'Tsai brill if. snd the allthy tores
Did gyre and Kimble In the wabe;
All mlmsy were tbe borogrovea,
■ i .111 era ha **
And the mom* rmthi outgrabe.”
7-pHII
1 ‘o
Mr. and Mrs. C.
Bryson, visited in
nesday.
L. Bradford, of
Graham Wed-
CLASSIFIED ADS
FOR BALE
FRYERS TOR SALE—dressed or
on foot. Price 50 and 56 cents
each. (First house north of old
Oil Mill. 126-7<:
FOR SALE 7 2-10 acres, orchard,
small house. 31 miles southwest of
Graham, half mile off paving. O. R.
Cherryholme^ Graham L26-28p
WANTED
HI I.P WANTED—Reliable white
woman for general housework and
cara of year oM baby. Address X,
care of Leader.
FOR RENT—Three-room furnish
ed or unfurnished modern duplex
apartment. We pay utilities if pre-
ferred. Everything private. Thepp
blocks of any ssheal. S3! Ker
St. »
'HIS verse may be nonsensical
you, but toves and boro-
troves were perfectly understand-
able to Alice In Wonderland. So
Giant bearded live oaks; rhlaesa
sad Japanese wisterias; huge
flame colored daisies from tha
Mountain of the Moon In Africa;
Iris from bleak Siberia — over 1700
varieties, a dense forest of Chinese
timber bamboo that grows as much „
as eighteen Inches la one day; and
a queer evergreen that haa aurvtv-
'PHK rail
■ almost
horisoatal by tha tarrlflc Inside—wet outside. Tkat’U balance
were the Jabberwock, the iubjub I ad the coal ags — all are to ha
bird and tbe bendersnatrh la case
you feel dubious, may I assure you
that right here In America we have
gardens —, a veritable Garden of
Eden — where egrets. Ibis, anbln
gas and galllnulea thrive and
moltiply year after year.
: Thole are the Jungle Gardens of
Avery Island. Louisiana. For thlrty-
flve years tbay have bean molded
Into splendor by the talent and
Imagination of Edward AVery Me-
llhenny. known as “M'sleu Ned"
by his people. He Is a business
executive, with aa enormous salt
mine and a plant that turns eat
most of our Tabasco sauce. But
he la also a writer, aa arctic ex-
plorer. a naturalist, and one of our
greateet conservationists He hrvus
birds. Iowan, unusual trass and
animals — and bees ass he loves
them ha haa concentrated thorn In
his own Jungle Gardens so that you
sad I, or anyone touring In hie
neighborhood may ana aad love
them too,
, One might almost say “Baa tha
world oa Avery Island." The owner
aad tha Emperor of Japan are tha
only two bamass an earth privileg-
ed to grow tha sacred Weal orange
trees M’sten Nod had to roacao
three high caste Japanese la tho
Arctic Circle to win this prtrHppe.
found In the J00 landscaped acres
comprising Jungle Gardena.
Does this constitute a modern
Wonderland? If not. add Unger
bananas, lotus, papyrus from tha
Nila, soap trass from ladle, and
the world's most complete collec-
tion of camllllae — more than six
hundred varieties Then add 10,000
azsllas, myriads of chrysanthe-
mums, tunnels of wisteria vinos,
twenty thousand nests of snowy.
egrets (the offspring of live birds
captured whoa tha species was al-
most extinct), and a statue of the:
first sacred Buddha evar to reach
America — sat In a Chinese gardes..
Now you mast admit that tha I
Jungle Oardena of Avery laiaad
and Alice's fantastic Wonderland
era akla.
Only four hours from Nag
Orleans or five from Houston on
highway HO. Something of Interest
from January to Pesetabor. Tha
tourist who wishes to view tho rare
plants and fruits of tha world aa
ha "Bass America Mroi will da
wall to bear Avery island In mind.
I have merely tnaahad tha htgh-
Bffeflg about this spader spat of
America. A booklet, going lata
mars detail, wiu bo seal Id you
drat • postal to J« ‘ ~
Avery laiaad. I
af Bot yon are
thde Fondles h to wHI
FflflMl ~
velocity of the wind, which kept sp
a continuous howMng Is the rigging
of tha battered trading schooner. '
The mete, a bugs ssan who bad
faced death many times at tha helm
of Sooth 8ea trading boats, watched
the two native sailors struggle to
nold tbs schooner xa 1U wind-swept
course snd his face darkened with
worry. The ship quivered aad shook
with the terrtBc tmpect of the ty-
phoon.
Clutching despotately at fha
schooner's lee rail, tbe Chinese cook
edged hit way cautiously toward tha
mate.
“Is he coming np?” the Mg man
bellowed above the roar of the
storm.
The Chinaman's
face wss Impas-
sive but bis voles
* a s sad ‘Cap
sin — him sick —
rgain." he shout-
ed "Velly sick.’
Sick is bsl
Why that slobber
in excuse for S
man's not sick:
M t WiP|lj|7UBk!"
In bis cabin tbe
3 o) e c t of the
mates rage re
carded the slosh
ug glas oi wblo
ky In his trem-
Ming band Shak-
ily he gulped It
down. As ir In an-
swer to the mate’s
unbeard aecuse-
' Ion the drunken
mss suddenly
snouted: “l‘m
trunk. Wbat of It?
i got a right to bo
drunk. I'm the
captain!"
"Sure you have. Pop." The answer
cams siothlngly iron a calm, com-
petent little glri of about tan yean.
Obviously this was ao now expe-
rience for her to see hor father help-
lessly druak. "Bat you ought to bo
up top side." she continued. “Ton
could help—"
A sharp larch ot tbs schooner
threw tho skipper sidewise Into his
bask but ho managod to haag on to
tha bottle ot whisky.
“No. It's raining op thorn." Tha
- captain's voice was sharp. Ha
pressed bis head to his forehead
“I can't stand rata. Tan kaow that.
Da*. Tour old Pup caa't stand rate.
Tour mofboi wen. away la tho rate."
Ha fumbled la kls pocket aad pre-
dated a worn loath or poach. ‘‘Bui
pretty soon we'll go where there's
aa wn rale." He spilled a double
baadful of fctiga Mack pearls oat am
to tea table "We’ve got oar pile.
Dee. Where we're going It win neves
rate agate."
Suddenly his mood changed aad
ho crossed to tho port koto aad
It spaa. Tha drivtet rate
mood changed abruptly. "Hand am
n drink. Dan." ha whimpered. "Wot
R." His eyes sttddoaly focused oa
his daaghtor. “DBA!" ha some mad.
The little girl contlausd to poor
tho eon teats af tha battle Into tha
optttooa. Tha Captain latched for-
ward. lost hi* balance and collapsed
la his berth. Dee surveyed him calm-
ly. She lifted a dangling arm aad
shifted his body so that ha rested
comfortably. From a locker aha took
a coil of rose aad with tha skill af
long experience proceeded to lash
hor father securely to tho bod. Sat-
I sited with bar work, she csrled ap
on tha Boor beside tha bunk and al-
most Instantly fall asleep.
Above, tho typbooa Increased,
howled with ever-In creasing force.
The ship quivered and shook with the terrlRc Impost of the typhoon.
Water slothing about hor awak-
ened Doe. For a moment tha could
not understand. Than tbs tell grav-
ity of the situation struck her. Fran-
tically she turned to bar father and
started tearing at the ropes. "Pop!
Gat ap! (Mt sp! Pop, we're sink-
ing I" she screamed.
“Stop Mowtegl Bto»l" Hie
The Captain stirred and Mlnked.| please." The two
"Whatr ho mattered
“Hurry! Help ">»! Look at the
water lu tha cabin. We re sinking!"
The realization of the seriousness
of their plight drove tome of tbe
drink from the CapUln’s brain Fum-
bllngly. he helped Dee loosen bla
bonds sud stumbled after her up the
compenlonwsy to the dock.
One glance at the havoc the ty-
phoon bad wrought completely so-
bered the Captain. Tha mainmast
had cracked at the deck line and
tha rigging, dragging la tha saa.
held the schooner’s mil seder tha
pounding waves. Two native sailors
chopped frantically to tree the boat
ot tho wreckage. At tha wheel tea
huge mate struggled weakly to hold
tea schooner steady to the teeth
tea storm. Ho glared angrily at tea
Captata as ha aad Daa approached.
*Ta sorry, Mr. IMItar,* tea Cop-
ula said, "deeply sorry." .
Tha mate breathed haarfly aad
oeatlaaed to glare. "Tho ship's gone.
/vsl’to govs aad I'm goes — aad
fam'ra sorry I What era your orders.
Tha Captain glanced aboat qt tea
wreckage aad shrugged fatllely.
"Abandon ship. I guess.'
"That'll ha dnodyl ■
twared sarcastically "Mac is dsed
uoderneatb the fallen mast. Fire of
lha. craw hare been washed over
board. Big aad toar beads took a
abases with a life boat—aad It cap-
stand team to tea sharks Tha other
lifeboat was smashed to splinters,
ni s ben don ship If yoo can Bad mo
one to abandon."
Tha mass stared at Daa for a as
moat. Ha beat over aad picked ker
ap la Us arms. “Coma oa. kid.
Thorn's a chance
for yon. Tou rs go-
ing out on the rub-
oer life rsfi. It wIM
only bold one snd
that one s you."
Des screamed
snd fought to tree
berself. "I won't
ro without Pop—
1 won't Put me
down. He can't
get along without
me "
Theblgmen
paid do attention.
Calmly and ex-
pertly be lasbed
bar to the rubber
life reft The Cep
tain reappeared
trem the cabin.
He was carrying e
pouch containing
the black pearls.
At Den clang to
blm be tied tee
seek securely
around tea UtUa
Ctrl's neck.
“Daddy, I’m afraid—I want you
with me." the Mule girt sobbed.
"Ton must not bo afraid, baby.
Here are those black mnrblee tor
yon to ptey with sobm day." Ha held
bar close tor a moment aad kissed
her tenderly, than turned away reso-
lutely. "Mr. Millar—a band here.
> lifted tea raft
aad the child caretally over the side.
"Goodbye, Mr Millar." Daa sobbed.
"Goodbye, daddy. Cm sorry I emp-
tied all of your bottles."
Tears streamed down tea Cap-
tain's drawn taco. "Don't bo sorry.
Dog. I'm novor going to bo afraid of
tea rain srnr again."
The wind drifted tha light raft
quickly away from tee laboring
wrack. BUsatly tea two mas watched.
Aa tee raft became a speck oa tea
dark korlsoe a nags wave swept
over tea stern. When It passed bote
isor were gone, ,
ra.
k. ^
Half-way around tea world. MM-
shtpmsa Jobaay Potter prepared tor
hla intranet eramteaUons at tea
I), ,B. Naval Aoadetny, ><'«• druaas-
Rg that g typkeoa than ragtag la
the Booth Baas weald ultimately
change tea satire coarse of kls Ufa
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 126, Ed. 1 Friday, January 26, 1940, newspaper, January 26, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116246/m1/4/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.