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VOLUME 90
GRAHAM, TEXAS, 76046
THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 1966
NUMBER 30
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St. Louis Symphony to
Give Concert Friday
Oak Street Baptist Church
Plans Homecoming Service
J. W. Barrett
Funeral Held
Musical Planned
Saturday at Flint
Creek Center
persons in other countries The public
is urged to contribute extra glasses
An informal afternoon service
will begin at 2:00 p.m. The
present pastor is B. R. Rhodes,
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A Musical will be held 7:30
p.m. Saturday, March 5, at the
Flint Creek Community center.
The public is invited to at-
tend the Musical and enjoy the
music.
Friday, March 11; as teachers
will be attending the District
Teachers convention in Abi-
lene.
Rev. Jack Badgero, Bethel
Baptist Church pastor, urges
all men of the church to be
present for the Brotherhood
meeting.
Graham Magnetics Inc. will
be one of several plants in the
United States producing preci-
sion magnetic tape for compu-
ters, one of the largest growing
industries in the nation.
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Open House and tours of the
plant from 10 a.m. to noon, and
2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Driver of the Studebaker se-
dan was identified as Marcus
Gaston Crawford of Graham by
Patrolman Brown, who report-
ed the driver had stepped outof
the car moments before the im-
pact.
Brown said there were two
passengers, Leonard M. Cor-
nell of Graham, and his sister,
Eva Frances Dunlap, of Albany,
in the car with Crawford.
Moyer aetributedthe use of
his seat belt with possibly sav-
ing his life in the accident. He
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Quotation For Today
Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade,
since it consists principally of dealing with men
Opening GM Plant
which they no longer use Serving
the committee are Loren Maples, I.
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OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST. 16. 1876 CB
injured when their car was involved in
a two-vehicle collision about 7 p.m.
Tuesday on Highway 67, southwest of
Graham — Leader Staff Photo
The St. Louis Symphony Or-
chestra is the largest group,
ninety musicians, and the most
famous musical attraction ever
presented by the Graham Com-
munity Concert Association in
its 23 year history.
Eleazar De Carvalho is in
his third year as conductor of
the orchestra. This handsome,
dynamic 49 year old Brazilian
made his U.S. debut as conduc-
tor of the Boston Symphony.
He has appeared with the lead-
ing orchestras of Europe in
Berlin, London, Antwerp, as
well as in France, Austria, Italy
and other countries. He has al-
so toured in Africa and theori-
ent. He has been in Tanglewood
in recent summers as head of
the orchestral division of the
Berkshire Music Center.
schedule permits him to help
us observe Industry Apprecia-
tion Day and to launch an in-
dustry that is new to Texas as
well as to Graham."
The Graham Magnetie’s plant
is the first producer of preci-
sion magnetic tape in.the State
of Texas. , It will be used in
electronic ' computers. Tapes
manufactured in the company’s
new 25,000 square foot plant
will be marketed nationally.
G.M.I. President, George A.
Jaggars said, "Our company is
honored to be given aprominent
part in the program for Indus-
try Appreciation Day and we
look forward to the pleasure of
showing our plant to everyone
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The Brotherhood will meet
7:30 p.m. Rev. Mr. Ritchie will
discuss his work among the
Southern Ute Indians at their
reservation in Ignacio, Colora-
do. He will show slides and dis-
cuss his w6rk with the Indians.
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Tamas Vassary, 32 year old
Hungarian pianist, will play
Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Con-
certo with the orchestra. Other
numbers on the program are:
Mozart’s Symphony No. 23 ip
Bethel Brotherhood
Plans Meeting
Monday Evening
Rev. Bill Ritchie, pastor of
the Baptist church, Elbert,
Texas, will be the speaker for
the Bethel Baptist Church Bro-
therhood dinner meeting Mon-
day night, March 8.
Motorists in two cars luckily
escaped serious injury follow-
ing a grinding two-car accident
on Highway 67, 3-1/2 miles
southwest of Graham about 7
p.m. Tuesday. One car was to-
tally demolished.
J. C. Brown of the Graham
Highway Patrol reported a 1963
Plymouth sedan driven by Jo-
seph David Moyer, wichita
Falls, traveling north, ran into
M rear of a 1951 Studehaker
sedan, stalled in the middle of
the highway without lights.
Kuykendall, Ray Herring, Wesley
Senkel, and Judge Raymon Thomp-
son— Leoder Staff Photo .
Texas Annual Public Schools
Week will be observed in the
city March 7-11. Graham High
School will have Open House
7 to 9 p.m. Monday, March 7
according to an announcement
Classrooms will be open and
teachers will be in their re-
spective rooms to show ex-
hibits of student’s work.
Junior High School and all
Elementary Schools will have
Open House from 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday, March 8. Teachers
will be present, and exhibits
of work will be on display.
City schools will be closed
USED GLASSES WANTED — Several
members of the Grahom Lions Club
"Used Glosses" committee show a few
of the numerous pairs of glasses
turned in to the club More discorded
glosses and frames are needed for an
overseas project to provide sight for
THURMAN RIGGS
Insurance Co.
Has New
Representative
Thurman Riggs, former res-
ident of this city, has returned
to Graham from Wichita Falls
and will be associated with the
Mac Williams Insurance Agen-
cy as a representative accord-
ing to an announcement today
by Mac Williams, owner.
Riggs was assistant manager
of the Seaboard Finance Com-
pany in Wichita Falls. He is
a graduate of Jacksboro High
School, and attended Tarleton
State College. The Mac Wil-
liams Agency has been in busi-
ness tor the past 35 years in
Graham.
The Oak Street Baptist
Church of this City, will have
a Homecoming Service on Sun-
day, April 24. All former mem-
bers are cordially invited to
attend. The 11:00 o’clock ser-
mon will be delivered by Rev.
H. G. Verner, one of the for-
mer pastors.
Luncheon will be at 12:30.
Flint Creek
Plans Singing
A singing will be held at
Flint Creek Community Center,
Saturday night at 7 p.m. The
public is Invited and all lovers
of good music.
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Graham’s civic clubs will
combine their meetings next
Friday in order to welcome
Governor Connally to this city.
Luncheon tickets may be ob-
tained from the Graham Cham-
ber of Commerce office at $2.00
each.
S. B. Harbison, president of
the Graham Industrial Associa-
tion, expressed appreciation to
Governor Connally who will take
time from his busy schedule to
visit Graham and dedicate the
new G.M.I. plant. He said:
“Governor Connally has a deep
interest in the economic growth
of our state and each of Its
communities. This makes us
especially pleased that his busy
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Construction
Approved On
Highway 199
A contract for 32.624 Miles
of Construction on Highway SH
199 in Baylor, Archer and Young
Counties has been awarded to a
Fort Worth firm, it was an-
nounced in Austin this week by
the State Highway Commission.
Ernest Loyd submitted the
low bid of $418,547.00 on the
project. Asphaltic Concrete
Pavement with Seal Coat Shield
is expected to take 140 working
days, according to L. B. Dean
District Highway Engineer at
Amarillo.
J. E. King, Resident Engi-
neer at Seymour will be in ac-
tive charge of the project while
it is under construction.
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D major, and Prokofiefr’s Fifth
Symphony.
The concert will be given in
the Graham Memorial Auditor-
ium on Friday evening, March
4, at 8:15 p.m. Admission is
by membership card only, but
this program will be given as a
bonus to non-members who join
the association now tor the
1966-1967 season. Membership
chairman is Mrs. Sherrell
Smith, but cards may also be
secured at the box office on the
evening of the performance.
metery with funeral arrange-
ments under the direction of
Morrison Funeral Home.
Mr. Burdick died Tuesday
in Newark, Texas following a
lengthy illness. He moved to
Loving in 1906 from Kansas
and was a long-time member
of the Loving Baptist Church
and Loving Masonic Lodge.
Mr. Burdick married the for-
mer Cleo Caswell Purselley in
1908 in Young County. Henry
Melvin Burdick was born June
17, 1887 in Kingman, Kansas,
a son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Burdick.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Cleo Burdick of the home;
four daughters. Miss Rubye
Burdick of the home, Mrs. Jua-
nita Johnson of Weatherford,
Mrs. Faydelle Beck of New-
ark, Tex., Mrs. Clytee"Bcobee
of Olney, three brothers, Roy,
Ray, and Arthur Burdick, all of
Loving, three sisters, Mrs. Ly-
dia Horn of Graham, Mrs. Cyn-
thia Blevins of San Angelo, and
Mrs. Myrtle Cook of Sweetwa-
ter, nine grandchildren, and two
great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Clyott Bur-
dick, Jess Shepard, Joe She-
pard, Lee Shepard, Dennis
French, and Oral Purselley.
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THEY LIVED — Marcus G Growford,
driver of the 1951 Studebaker, above,
and his two passengers. Leonard M.
Cornell of Graham and a sister, Eva
Frances Dunlop of Albany, were not
Mrs. Moore
Dies Saturday
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon for Mrs.
Mary Woodward Moore, 76, of
Jacksboro Texas who died 2
p.m. Saturday in the Golden
Age Home at Graham where she
had been a patient the past four
months.
Mrs. Moore had been ill for
several years. She was born and
reared in I Jacksboro and was a
member of the Church of Christ.
Services were conducted by
Calvin White, Minister of Lov-
ing Church of Christ and a ne-
phew, W. J. Leach, Church of
Christ minister of Abilene, Bu-
rial was in Oakwood Cemetery
in Jacksboro.
Survivors Include the hus-
band and one brother, Oliver
Raper, Graham, two sisters,
Mrs. Travis Leach, Graham,
and Mrs. Norma Singleton of
Florida, and two nieces, Mrs.
Ethel Segars, and Mrs. Clar-
ice Parton, and a nephew, Mel-
Vin Raper, all of Graham.
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Extensive plans are under-
way for the dedication of the ’
new Graham Magnetics., Inc.
plant next Friday, March 11,
and to welcome Governor John
B. Connally here for the Indus-
try Appreciation Day ceremo-
nies.
Sponsored by the Chamher of
Commerce and the Graham In-
dustrial Association, the day’s
events will include:
A civic luncheon at 11:45 a.
m. in the Graham High School
gymnasium with Governor Con-
nally as the principal speaker;
Dedication of the Graham Mag-
netics Inc. plant at 2 p.m.;
G. Q. Street
Funeral Rites
Set Thursday
Mr. Glenn Q. Street, 77, re-
tired Graham business man and
member of a well-known pio-
neer family of this city, died
7:05 a.m. Wednesday in theCra-
ham General Hospital following
a three-year illness.
Funeral services for Mr,
Street will be conducted 2 p.m.
today, Thursday, from the First
Methodist Church. Dr. D.L.
McCree, pastor, will officiate
for the funeral rites. Burial
will be in the Oak Grove Ce-
metery wit fanera aprange-
ments directed by Morrison
Funeral Home.
Mr. Street, a native of Gra-
ham, was born January 18,1889,
in the house where he lived,
and was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Boyd
Street, early day pioneers. He
attended the Graham public
schools, and later, attended
Culver Military Academy, and
the Gem Business College of
Quincy, Illinois.
Mr. Street was associated
with his brother in the S.B.
Street and Company store for
many years. Later, he was
with the Graham Mill and Ele-
vator Company business office.
He served as Fire Chief of
the Graham Volunteer Fire De-
partment dor 36 years.
He was a long time member
of the First Methodist Church,
and served on the board of
trustees of the Graham Inde-
pendent School District in the
Thirties.
Mr. Street married the for-
mer Fay Wheat in Memphis,
Texas.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Fay Street of the home;
a brother, S. Boyd Street of
Graham; a daughter-in-law,
Mrs. Betsy Street, Canton,
Miss.; two grandsons, Glenn
Q. Street III, and Frank Street
also of Canton, and a grand-
daughter, Mrs. Carl O. Sikes
of New Orleans.
Pallbearers are Spencer
Street, W. G. Street, M. Boyd
Street, E. Bruce Street, Jr.,
Norman Stovall, Jr., and Den-
nis Newton.
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Mr. J. W. (Dad) Barrett, 79,
retired station operator, died
at the Goldn Age Home in this
city March 1 following a brief
illness.
Funeral services for Mr.
Barrett will be conducted 3
p.m. today, Thursday, from the
Bethel Baptist Church with Rev.
Jack Badgero, pastor, and Rev.
B. R. Rhodes, pastor of the Oak
Street Baptist Church, officiat-
ing. Burial will be in the Oak
Grove Cemetery with Morrison
Funeral Home directing funeral
arrangements.
Mr. Barrett came to Graham
in 1900 at the age of 14 from
Grayson County with his par-
ents, the late Mr. and Mrs. H.T.
Barrett He married Miss Clara
Mae Knight 60 years ago in
Graham. Mr. Barrett was a
long-time member of the Bethel
Baptist Church.
John Washington Barrett was
born March 17, 1886 inGray-
son County, Texas.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Clara Mae Barrett of the
home; five sons, J.B. Barrett
of Graham, Foster Barrett of
Midland, Horace Barrett of
Beeville, Olan Barrett of Al-
bany, and Rev. Johnny Barrett
of Dallas; a daughter, Mrs.
Louise Brooks of Fort Worth.
And a brother, Ben Barrett
of Electra, Tex., and a sister,
Mrs. A. L. Reese of the Red
Top Community; 28 grandchil-
dren, and 29 great grandchil-
dren.
sustained a slight scratch on
the forehead.
Brown filed driving while in-
toxicated charges against
Crawford in County Court Wed-
nesday morning. Crawford
pleaded guilty to charges and
was assessed a $100.00 fine
and $28.75 court costs, three
days in jail, and six months
suspended driving privileges.
Cornell and his sister, Eva
Frances Dunlap, pleaded gun
to drunk charges in Justice of
the Peace G. L. Miller’s Court
and each assessed a $30 fine.
Patrol Officer Brown report-
ed the Studebaker sedan was to-
tally wrecked and several hun-
dred dollars damage to the
Plymouth, owned by the Cities
Service Oil Company, Wichita
Falls.
Brown reported five cars
were in the same vicinity tra-
veling north and south at the
time of the accident and it was
a miracle other cars were not
involved in the accident.
who is interested, and especial-
ly the many Graham people who
have been so helpful to our com-
pany."
The new plant is located on
Highway 24 at the eastern edge
of the city limits, near the mu-
nicipal airport. The attractive
one-story structure is air con-
ditioned, and the tape will be
be produced in dust-free and
humidity controlled atmos-
phere.
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Funeral Rites
Held at Loving
Funeral services tor Mr.
Henry Melvin Burdick, 78, re-
tired Loving farmer, were con-
ducted 2 p.m. Wednesday,
March 2 from the Loving Bap-
tist Church. Rev. James Alli-
son of Vigo Park, Texas offi-
ciated for the funeral services.
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School officials invite all par-
4nts and citizens interested in
the schools to attend the Open
House both nights.
Texas Annual Public Schools
Week is sponsored by the Texas
State Teachers Association,
and endorsed by Proclamations .
issued by Governor John Cop-
nally and the Texas Senate and
House of Representatives.
Burial was ■ the-Loving Ce- -
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