The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1931 Page: 4 of 10
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Mr. and Mr*. Elbert H. Matth«w*
»■ era expected U arrive tbt* weak
and from fit. Petersburg, Florida,
where they were married oa Decern
her 22. fedora her
Matthew* waa Mia* Freed* Byres*
ef St. Fbursburg. Mr. Mhft&cws
i ia a popular member of the Graham
JEhhlie School fiteuJty, being prind-
pal of the Shawnee Junior High
febael, and hia may friend* will
extend to him and hia bride a warm
walcoma and beat wiaba* for a long
and happy life.
The following account ef the
wadding waa glvtir by Hi*-8t Bah—r ? Dorim
berg Independent:
“Attractive in ita simplicity waa
the wadding ef Mia* Freed* Byrom
to Elbert H. Matthew*. Graham,
Texas, which took place thia morn,
lag at 8:30 o’clock at tha home ef
the bride'* parents, Mr. and Mm. C.
E. Byrom. #3$ Fifteenth avenue
south, before an improviaed alter
bit poinsettiaa, fern and basket* of
gladioli. Rev. Schuyler E. Garth,
pastor, of the Firat Avenue M. E.
church, officiated. .' r\.
Only a few doae fri«nda and rda>
tives were present for tha care,
mony, MUa Louia* McMullen, at
Largo, receiving them at tha door.
A program of nuptial music waa
beautifvUj presented by Mist Elisa-
beth • Mote vioHmst, MU* Clara
Mate, cellist, and Barkley Thomas,
violinist their selections including
In P,” “At Dawning,"
for the entrance of tha bridal
VISITORS HONORED -rT
TUESDAY EVENING
Mrs. H. B. Street antortainod with
a lovely party Daaaday evening earn*
pH asm ting Mtaa Garin Mbnhnw ef
Henrietta end Mia* Mery Lovtag of
i—1 Weather Records For United States
Show 1951 Was Unusually Warm Year
Street.
in evidence throughout So hoe**,
forming n very appropriate Batting
for tha marry group of young paopls
who sajoyod tho evening of bridge
ring of telietaua refreshment* the
Jack (Leap) Diamond, notorions
aw York liester and gaacstcr.
aa slam a lew boiws after a Troy
re,*
ha day
N
vaa
had fratetem an Mtea—hg
- This photograph waa tabm
with a jolly singsong. „r
Those enjoying Mrs. Street'* hos-
pitality worn: Mlaaoa Lou Matthews,
Helen McGuire, limy' Turner of
[cuuncn i
jNNWCT^DBJnS
Katherine McIntosh of Cameron,
Nad Dawdle, Louise Hutchison, Mary '
Loving, Chris Worsham, Annie Lae
Marshall, Alwana Wood, Elisabeth
Bowron, Allane Crouch, LaRua Pride-
a us, Franca* Street; and M laara.
Glenn q. Street, Lester Ringgenbarg,
Frank ParrUk,*Mast*r BaW, William
Bell, WilHanf Loving, Bruce Street,
Graham Street, Billy TurnayJ Bully
Price, Raymond Lae Hutchiaoai, Mal-
colm Graham, Oliver Graham, Ed-
win Graham, and Boyd Street.
Washington, Da*. «».—Th* fol-
low who kept repenting through
at of 1UM, “Oooh, It’a hot,” really
had something to talk about.
Official record* of tha weather bu-
reau show the year now cloning as
th* warmest on record for nearly
every State. .__^ ■
While generally there waa an ax.
baa* of high umporaturas, there alee
was a noticeable lack of disturbing
phenomena,
drouths of
Mid costly wanlher
as the widespread
severe tropical storms end
•ad devastating floods.
such
of 1W0,
J, B. Kiacer, meteorologist,
id tha oBeaaahu warmth th*
outstanding feature of 1M1.
___f____of the hr __._^__, . _. -
the Lohengrin •‘Bridal program, which was n disappoint.
- ~ - ceremony”-1 1 ‘
During tha ceremony “To
• Wild Rose” was softly played, fol-
lowed by Mendelssohn's “Wedding
March" aa th* receaeionat
The brids wort a bet-onw.g auij
h
■ 9r- ■(_ ■
_____to match aad aar-
" v ri*d n shower bouquet ‘of butterfly
- " ro.es and babies br«*Q>,.l ’ - -
Mia* Betty Persons, who aorvad
as maid ef honor,. woae a smart cos-
tume of brown crepe and carried
I, yallow rasas.
Th* bride’s little ni.ee, Mips Ruth
Riddle, of Tullahoaao, Tens, and
Master Charles Perry, carried the
ribhana which formed an aisle for
the bridal party.
Harold Gilbert Davis served as
best man for Mr. Matthews.
Burs. Matthews, who has been 0
. member of the laculty of West Cen-
tral school, was graduated from the
- St. Petersburg high school and Sk
Petersburg Junior college and also
attended the Peabody college in
Nasjiville, Tenn. >
—Junior high school of Graham.
Texas, where the young couple will
ke -their home. He graduated
METHODIST MOTHERS
CLUB MEETS TUESDAY v
-The regular moating *< the Meth-
odist Mothers* Club war held
day afternoon, with IS
present. Mrs. J. P. Tackett
lander, with Mrs. P. K. Deeta giving
th* devotional. Dr. H. E. Griffin
wim unable to fill his pines on the
ment to the members present. They
hope to have him with them at the
January meeting.
.--The round-table discussion of bal-
apwt.JDMous waa 9^ Jntaraating
SENIOR CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
“What Jesite Teaches About Truth
fulness” was tha. topic for discussion
at tho Saaier Christina Endeavor
mooting Sunday evening, based on
the scripture John 8:82, 18:3.
lander, Nomia Barron, oposod
discussion, which included tha fol-
lowing questions: “Is- n U* over
justifiable?”; “What do you
of th* statement ‘Honesty is tha beet
policy’?”; “It it a legitimate ran*
son for being honest?”; "What
harm does lying do?"; -“What
tha difference -between a so called
•white lie’ and n lie?”; “Das*
truth strengthen character?";
“How?”; “In what way may ra-
apactable mefi'b* dishonest?".
The roll wag. called and th* min-
utes of th* last meeting rand. Battye
Baynes waa shoaen as lands; tor
next Sunday. New officers trill be
elected ISttEHB
will
8:8*
H* traced it to n persisting ar-
rangement of low praaaure areas. In
th* North and high pnsauri areas ia
the South which lot in winds from
Southern waters.
1821. Kineer said Tuesday he
Hevod 1981 to be the culmination of
1) years of warm waathsr dating
hack to th* unusually eoM Winter
of 1917-1918.
Two feid
spotted tha
drouth spots,
yanrV
The
first occurod In th* •» th*
Northwestern State* .of Montana,
North end Bteth Dakota. Thousands
of fallen required aeqiatane* when
their M crops wuro destroyed. '
About th* ttana Fall rains reHetsd
this dvouth aaotHar bseem* acute; In
the Sooths** t, cantering in Georgia
and South Carolina. They sated not,
hyawar, compere with the greet dry
period last year.
i 'Five tropical atones among ** la
ar— the Caribbean loot I
the United State*. Ftoate
war* local lm cbpraeUr wHh the **•
caption of th* one now periling Urea
The writer of 1981,
spooking, was open and mild with
on* of th* lightest tails
bet by and tour*, bliaanite 1
ter storms wan tt*
Th* eaeaas ef Ugh
over normal for the year waa
up in the mwiRio ef January
February, June end July,
October and November.
Th* northern half of th*
who eoaaparatively wanner thon the
southern half, with th* grsnteet ax-
cess centering in the Northeea Grant
Ptaia* guts* -North and South pirn
koto and Minnsnota. • -l*,!.-..
... Huron, 8. D, mas relatively tha
hottest place hi th* country, taking
th* yepr mi
excess of temperature up to
was 2,181
$H degrees dhow* noraste ovaug day.
blamad far score* of teethe.*
half ef the <
has axperianead th* warmest
Ur oil record. Thus - far tUU to
virtually no auow and to* outside
of the high mountain regions:
jTchertor rim been issued far •
railroad from Del RU to
watch party nmraday night
at the church.,'
■J
of brown. satin and hgjTwttji fi*]and several good 'ideaorAo*^to"^pw
to get children to eat a correct diet
were exchanged. . -
Social service to. th* amount of
$44.03 was reported! ~|Of thia $1L06
wa* a Christmas free will offering-
The report included^ 1? personal
call*. 71 telephone call*, and a num-
ber of flowers sent during th* month.
Msadamaa Steele end Braxelton war*
hesteases to the club, with Mea-
datuca Spivey and Stewart serving
the children. ,
Flam PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Every member is urged to b* pre-
sent Sunday morning at 11:00 o’olook
for j the communion service. Spools!
music will U rendered end a brief
message will be delivered by tU
pastor. All Chrtcttana art invited
to take Conmuteon -ia this church.
Th* pastor wilL preach Sunday
evening at the 7:30 service.
MRS. F. R. BARR
HOSTESS AT DINNER
^Honoring her niece, Miss Mary
Turner of Abilene, and the college
students home for the holidays, Mrs.
E. R. Barr entertained with a most
attractively sppolhtW_ JtggpKpk
difr »gvgw>rqK ~M* TWfSB pme bought
“Mother’s Millions”
At National Sunday
Unusual tntertainment will be
TUetr.
lay, J,
,tre Sun-
round at tho National Tl
day, Monday and Tuesda;
3-4-5 in "MotherVi Millions”,
story is .absorbing ..and the character
delineations convincing in portraying
a tale of • young love about to be
embed-by the1 hewte—9
were very effectively U»*d in deco-
rating ^We home, forming an appro-
priate-holiday setting for the\ three
from the Denton Tet*s. State Teafh-! cdursgjiinner. \
ers college and from Peabody, eol-
mr»- ’' ___
th(
-
Covers were laid., for twenty-two
guest*. IncludinL
wrdding^lixbi bf Henrietta, AIleBe Crouch,
1 Mary Loving, Frances Street,. Kath-
erine McIntosh of Cameron, 'Helen
t
- -v-
Keljr gfter the
Mr', and Mrs Matthews left for a
short mbtftr trip through southern _ t ^
Florida. They, will return to spend McGuire, Mary Turner of Abilene,
Christmas here with |Mrs. Matthews’
parents and will leave about Jatu 1
for Graham, going by wayi«f Jack-
son. Miss., where they vrill
frknds.
* Out of town guests litre, for the
eeretnbny were Mr. and Mr*. Glenn
D. Riddle and daughter, Tullahoma,
Tenn., Mr. and Mr*. Gregg &cMt,
Brooksvillcv and Miss Dora Riddle,
of Clearweter." '
Lou Matthews, Edna Pearl Dowdle,
Annie Lee Marshall, ahd Patti Fain;
and Messrs. Q. Street, Edwin Gra-
visit | bam, Oliver Graham, William Lov-
ing, Bully Price, Bruce Street, Boyd
Street, Malcolm Graham, Raymond,
Lee Hut chi-ten, and Buster Barr.
V
BTl: DIO RECITAL
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
The Junior Theory and History
elans of- Mr*. Frances Miller Cre*-
•haw <nlertained the mothers with
a ImO?' studio 'et'cTlal Wednesday
afternoon. T3i* following program
.was - given.:
’^tojiiiilftk’.^Dorothy Davis; “Baby j
Bye”—Kathleen Knox; “Csrmencita” ■
•-Nadine Prid&aux; “Japonsise Toy
Man"—Louise and MaVjorie Street;
"little Boy Blue”—Mildred Knot;
MAHAN-ANDERSON '
Miss Nina Mae Anderson of Her-
ron City became the bride of E. K.
Mahan of this city in a quiet wedd-
ing on Christmas Eve morning.' The
ceremony was performed at 11:30
o’clock by C. E. Wade. Mrs. Mahan
is the daughter .of J. 9. Anderson
of Hefron City,
HOLIDAY DANCE
SlfiNSOREU BY L O. O. P.
A delightful holiday dance, spon-
1 Sored by the local L O. O. F. Lodge,
wa* enjoyed at the Memorial Audi-
torium Monday night. Music was
furnished by Ray’s Rhythm Rustlers,
millions. May Robson who achieved
remarkable success in the original
stage production, plays the roj« of
Harriet Breen, a female fiaancinl
genius who apparent!
e same ruthlesineas
that she uses in fighting her
giants of Wall Street. .Her support,
-including lame* Hall, Frances Dade,
Lawrence Gray anti Edmund Breese,
is more than equal to th* task of
making fhe cast uniformly excellent.
v Marking the screen 4ebut of two
actresses from the New York stage,
and another strong role in the hands
of one of the most popular leading
men in motion pictures, “Bad Sister”,
a sparkling comedy drama, will play
at the National Wednesday and
Thursday, January 6 and 7. Sidney
Fox and Bette .pavis are the two
girls in question, and both give
promise of successful screen careers.
The man in the case is Conrad Nagel
who can always be depended upon
for a pleasing, capable performance.
Zaau Pitta and Slim Summerville
add greatly to th* entertainment'
value of, the .picture, and the cast
also includes Bart Roach,
Winninger, Emma Dunn, and Hum-
phrey Bogart,
Crusader of the '90s
“Com* and Play”—Prudence Smith; an<j th* dancing was enjoyed by n
“Summing Birds"—Mary Ruth Pad-
gett; “Song of th* Drum"—Bruce
s; “Profession in the Forest"
--Betty Joe Nix; “Dolly’s Funeral
M*rril”-M>ui(ls Knox; “Th# Farmer
and th* Bavan”—-Mary Ruth Padgett,
Nadin* Prideaux, and CUrs’ Frances
Martin; “Plantation Dance”—Bar-
Loato* Bfcodworth; “Th* pret-
lurge crowd, with many visitors from
Breckenridge, Jacksboro, Olney, New-
castle, Elias villa, and Cisco.
Jana, Brae*, oaf had Utelt
; “Jay T* th* World”
feature ef tha
iartin told
Mtahiaaary *f Cri
G. A. GIRLS ENJOY
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
"S* Monday night, December tl,
the ft A. girls ef th* Baptist Church
at Mr.
Era. D. D. Cnesabary. Nathan of
th* girls and Rev. and Mr*. J. D.
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1931, newspaper, December 31, 1931; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884276/m1/4/: accessed May 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.