The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 26, 1950 Page: 1 of 18
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’ITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST It, 1876
OLDEST BUi
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1950
School Tax Election To
Be Held Saturday
For CoL< Geo. T,
Young county, and ft
of The GrshamLeader for twenty
year*, died at 8 p. a. Toeeday
afternoon in a Decatur hospital.
Col. Spears was one of the oldest
of Texas, baring
Voters holding 1949 poll tax
P.-TA Executive Board Meet With
Teachers, Board Members Tues. Night
Petit Jury Panel
ToMeet Monday
receipts will be eligible to vote in
the school maintenance tax elec-
tion scheduled Saturday, Jan. 28.
>f Trustees
newspaper men t ___ __
entered the newspaper field' ba^
fore reaching the age of 21. Dur-
ing his lifetime he wee owner of
a number of daily and weekly
papers throughout Texas.
His first publication was tha
Wills Point Chronicle which he
purchased in 1808. Later he pur.
chased the Terrell Times Star,
formerly owned by Governor O. B.
Colquitt In IMS CoL Spears was
owner of the Paris Dally Advocate
which was totally destroyed by
the great Paris fire. j
During World War I ha wan I
owner and publisher of the Sweat-1
water Daily Reporter, and prior
to hia residence in Graham, he I
lived in Brockenrfalge and was I
owner of the Daily American while
the Stephens county oil beom was
at ita height Ha established the
Members of the Board ol
cf the Graham Independent School
District authorized the election
during a special Jan. 16 meeting
after a petition had been present-
ed te them by 22 qualified voters
asking that a' special election be
called in the ichool district for the
purpose of increasing the tax rate
from $1.05 to ll.SO on the one
hundred dollar valuation,
v. A deficit amounting to $85,-
! FIVE HUNDRED
local March of Dii
l*tt, loft, pmsnntn
chairman for thn
t dimes wore contributed to the
i this week when Mrs. W. D. Shiff-
f Judge G. D. Hinson, right, county
Association, teachers, and mem-
bers of the school bosrd present
-.0 discuss the possibility of or-
ganizing a health unit for the
county. /
in Young County this year.
(Leoder Staff Photo).
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uniy. ,
A committee was appointed dur-
680.01 was reported as ol
Man! of jim
Receives 500
1949, and the board reported that
revenue would not be sufficient to
finish the \ remainder of the ashed
year under the present system.
The board stated this week that
‘‘during the past two sessions onr
ing the last meeting of the P.-T.A.
which included Ed Fleming, L. C.
Young. Mrs. V. O Rosser and
Mrs. Ben Rankin, to investigate
the possibilities of organizing a
health unit in Young county. Mr.
Young was the only member of
the committee present for -the
Tuesday night meeting due to con-
flicts with other previously sched-
srhools have run into a deficit be-
cause of increased cost of every
item purchased, the replacement of
worn out buses, *nd additional
teachers to take care of increased
enrollment, and thkt aa additional
increase in school costs, brought
Mrs. W. D. Shifflett, 906 Ten-
nessee, contributed five hundred
Roosevelt dimes for the second
year to the local March of Dime*
fund this week when Judge G. D
Hinson, county chairman, received
Be Taken For
uled meetings by other members of
the committee.
Endorsing the health unit at the
on by the Foundation School Fro-
meeting were Dr. H. E. Griffin,
gram Laws enacted by the' last
legislature, forced an additional
deficit for the current school year.’*
The Board announced that with-\
out their raising the tax rata, as \
most of the schools in the state
had already done, the total de-
ficit would be too large for the
School Board to finance at the
bank, due to existing banking laws
regulating such matters. It waa
announced that there had baea an
increase in the tax rate dm If**
with tha exception of the *c ftee
I te rate voted several yeajg SO*
Dr. R. E. L. Gowan, and Dr. K. P;
Green. Joe Milligan, business man-
ager for the Graham schools, talk-
ed to the group on the serious fi-
nancial conditions of the schools
and % R- Marehman, member of
the school board, spoke on the
subject. ,
Mrs. John Gibson, P.-T.A. presi-
dent, has called a special meeting
Representative
leManehe, Texas Emnloy-
mmiasion. Mineral Walls,
Mnmad that recruitment
■el for the taking of the
nia has begun.
Manehe states that in or-
oaHfy far thane iofaa a
mat meet the following
mta: te a U.S. citizen;
high school education;
DeeataV this morning, Thursday,
at 10- o'clock and interment was
In the White Boat Cemetery in
Will, Point at 8 p. m. CoL Spears
Mrs. Shifflett presented the
dimes as her contributions in the
local campaign . . . for she knows
about polio. She le a former polio
victim, and was stricken with in-
fantile paralysis when she was 4
years aid. Mrs. Shifflett wore
Bill Loving authorised Th C
ham Leader this week to aa n
hia candidacy far re-elect ■
was bom in Butler, Georgia, on
Sept 12, 1871, and same to Taxaa
as an infant with hia parents.
He waamerried to Mlse Maude
Ladle Dawson of Wills Point,
Texas. Survtesrs induds his wid-
ow, Mrs. OOtrgs T. Speers, Sr,
ono daughter Mrs. Phil Later of
Ducetnrj one son, George T,
Speen, Jr, of Fort Worth; three
grandchildren/ George T. Spears
HI, Juris Laker, and Phil E.
State Representative of tt
Dterict, subject to the Da
ie primary. Mr. Loving is
his second term la this e
the Taxas Legislature. Mr.
of tho raembt
emoon, Jan.
she urged all
older to disc
Throckmorton Mon
Pays Fina On
care of tide faoroaaadefeR
They ana sensed that if tAm
tag roll sheaid increase
point that not an of the tl.A
would te required, it wouifl
be levied. This could te brofl
about by new property being 1
hd to the roll and through Eqi
ixation Beard action in equalte
the value, which is not to te e
side red generally an increase
GtyCoond!
which he had received this year | ElOCt NOW OfftcOIS
while serving aa chairman for the
A meeting of the board of diree-
toro of th# Graham Community
Concert Association Sunday after-
noon at 2:8ft o’clock in the Me-
morial auditorium has been an-
nounced by Judge G. D. Hinson.
The group will elect new offi-
cers for the eomlng year at that
time.
Notice was given by the city
this week of the forthcoming city
election to be held Tuesday, April
5, for tha election of a Mayor and
four Councilmen. Any person who
is qualified to become Mayor or
Alderman must announce for the
offices on or before March 6,1960
with the city clerk.
This marks the first time in a
number of years that the Mayor’s
office and four Councilmen will be
coming up for election at the
same time. Normally, two Coun-
cilmen are elected each year, but
this change resulted in the ap-
pointment of two Councilmen fol-
lowing the last election.
From Zona Ono
M. W. Lermonr of the Graham
Ratary dub has teen selected by
Rotarians of the 188rd and 18ftw
Districts as a candidate for Bt-
rector of Rotary International
from Zone 1- Rotary International
is composed of 14 directors, the
president, immediate past presi-
dent, five from the five sones in
tha U. 8, one from Canada, one
from Gnat Britain and Ireland,
and five from Geographical groups.
Each director is elected at th#
convention. ]
C.-C DIRECTORS
TO BE SELECTED
Voting boxes for the school
maintenance tax eleation will te
located at Farmer, Loving, Jean,
Murray, South Bend, Hunger, and
Graham.
Ballots wan mailed to members
of the Graham Chamber of Com-
merce this weak by the nominat-
ing committee listing 30 candi-
dates. Members are asked to se-
lect 12 men for directors and to
retutrn tha ballots to tha Cham-
ber of Commerce office by Feb. 3.
There are six hold-over direc-
tors this year. Tha Board recently
voted to Increase the present
Board from 12 to 18 members,
due to the recent increase In mem-
bership.
GRAHAM MAN INJURED
THIS AFTERNOON
Hershel Q. Mason was injured
this afternoon, Thursday, while
working on the new LeSage Motor
Co. warehouse. It was reported
that his right lag was fractured
in the accident. He was rushed to
the Graham Hospital in a Maples
Firrt Aid Cion
To Bogin Monday
(flee A first eld class will begin Mon-
will day evening at 7 p. m. in tha
iotel Morrison Funeral Home with
. Mr. Frank -Wilson conducting the staa-
ivtng dard first aid coarse which is an
nula 18 hour ported to ho given during
tho next throe weeks,
seas- First aid dames will be bald
new each Monday and Thursday eve-
men ( ning. Anyone wanting to take tho
course la invited
Work Ordor For
NowcotHo, Padgett
Rood Rocoivad
L. B. Dean, resident engineer
Tor the State Highway Depart-
ment, announced that a work or-
der had been received today for
the Newcastie-Padgett road with
work time scheduled to begin Feb.
8 on FM 92ft for a distance of 12J
miles.
Plant have also teen completed
and sent to Austin for approval
for contracting on FM 209 on the
Graham-Murray road. The plans
call for construction from the end
of the present pavement
Thursday, included
Jerry Cook, student at Ranger
JunioT College, spent the week
ond in Graham with hia parent*,
Mr. aiM Mrs. Charles E. Cook.
Otis Mosley, Bangor Junior Col-
logo student, spent last week end
with hia parents at South Bond.
Miss Frankie Watkins of Win-
ters, Texas, is visiting in the home
of her cousin, Mrs. A. B. Taylor
and also in the homes of Mr. and
Mrs- Elmar Nonloy, Mr. and Mrs.
Gantry Taylor, sad Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Taylor.
Tho Honorable George Moffett,
State Senator from Chlllicothe,
TOms, will speak at tha Graham
Rotary Club Friday noon, Jan.
27. He win speak on "Gotten Re-
search la Texas.” Senator Moffett
will have on hand some exhibits
to show tha progress that is being
made in finding new usee for
oottoo,
J. R. Ramsey is serving as pro-
gram chairman for this mooting of
tho Rotary Club.
Roy. Hudson To
Soook At Hudson
Prosbytorian Chapol
Bov. F. L. Hudson af LaPistU.
first “Appreciation Day” Te Be
Held Hue Wednesday, Feb. 1st
Legion Oppose Part
WOMAN DIRS
IN CALIFORNIA
Mrs. E B. Harris rscoivsd a
message Thursday mecning that
her sister, Mrs. F. B. Roberts of
Modesto, California, passed aroary
early that morning in a Modesto
hospital following a heart attach.
Mrs. Roberts visited la ;tta team
Graham business firms will ex-
press their appreciation to thoaa
living in the Graham trade terri-
tory when they hold their flret
Appreciation Day scheduled next
Wednesday on the court house
lawn at 2:80 p. m. This will he a
School of Missions
*ch»dulod At First
Froshwtorion Church
The First Fruuhvterisn Church
ten on FUb. 10 at the; Manorial
auditorium. Committee members
are J. Doff Ftteock, Wilson
Brooks, Elmer Bryant, and Span-
car Flint, chairman. Ntal also an-
nounced that m Initiation of now
resolution bitterly opposing that
will hold a one-night “School of
part of the Hoover Commission re-
port which purports to “elimin-
ate tin present Veteran’s Admln-
. Istrstion, and benefits of disabled
veterans, of widows, orphans, and
dependents of their Buddies who
made tha supreme sacrifice on the
Arid of tattle defending tho very
to express their appreciation to
the people of the trade territory.
It la being sponsored by the Gra-
ham Chambers of Commerce and
is made possible by the splendid
cooperation of local hueiness men,
Ed Fleming, C. of C. manager,
said this weak. 4
Paetneae firms participating in
the Appreciation Days each Wed-
nesday hi Graham art displaying
prominent- tanners in their show
wiadowa. Information may te ob-
tained In each store and the plan
npliiniid. Booklet* with complete
tha Veteran’s Administration
School, in Graham Thursday night,
Jan. 2ft. Legionnaires, wearing
their cope, will meet at the Memo-
rial Auditorium 7 p. m. and the
groun will go to tho V. A. school.
Kelly Jones was appointed -to
confer with the Chamber of (tern-
ary 1, at 7:90. This la during the
denomination's “Weak of Prayer
and Self-Denial" for World Mis-
sions. Classes wfll te held for ill
Annual district meeting and
dinner for Scoot and Cab leaders
in YeangsJeek counties will te
held at the Jackaboro grade school
cafeteria Thursday, Feb. 2 at 7:80
p. m. Julius Bruner, Fort Worth
department store owner and mam
her of the Ruocutive Beard will
te the pttotteal speaker for tho
eveniag oowdteg to aa aaaounee-
Feb. 9 in the
rium at 7 p. i
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