The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1932 Page: 1 of 10
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Wi'ia MALICE TOWARD NONI; ITl'H CHARITY FOB ALA._OLDEST NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED /N NORTHWEST TEX AH.
GRAHAM. TRIAS, THURSDAY JANUARY 2l. 1822. >. • ' =aS3ag‘"
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Chamber of Commerce Banquet To Be Held Tomorrow Evening
Contract Let For Construction of New Bridge At Newcastle
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SPAN TO COST
$108*27.41
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A contract for
, new bridge over.the
the Brasos river
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ner Of Cleburne for «, consideration
of jn . j
, . It ~ia' erpectMl that coaalfruction
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At the regular meeting of the
<* * Cffir Council last Thursday evening
it W decided to cancel the penalty
and inteetet on all back taxes due
the dtp,. llTW paid up to March
According t«( thia ruling, delin
qutnt taxes for any number of years
Nd u well as1 UM1 taxee may be
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supervi^Hm^Qf^Tiy'CQmyruction work,
changed. the bridge is to be of
steel and c^rete.wm,fiv. do foot
steel spans, Conir^e flow, and eoti-
crete piers. •
According • to-an’ agrttmant with
the highway .ooasmiealon .in regard
to construction of the bridge and
completion pf Highway 120 oe an
all-weather road from Newcastle to
the Thfeekmortoa eouaty line, Young
oounty will furnish $76,000 of t'
Wet of the bridge. - =?*-----
Plane Damaged h
Forced landing
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No Penalty Now
On City Taxes
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peid Without ponelty #t interest up E«=h. ochooi wiH_ie required to
u.„i, n_ . i__i,Jeend in s list of the events in which
penalty and interest charges
wm bOanewad.
Consolidated With
First National
The Jean State Bank was this
week consolidated with the First
National Bank of Graham, the trans-
fer of the aceeun* of
to the local institution
could be bet tar
institution.
through ■
flh a letter sent
Of the bank’s depositors
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an old and established
nk, a member pf the
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td landing on the highway two
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ane was broken and. the right wing
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hicagp.
Redewell was tnroUto from
■ at- Whofntx, Arixona, to
He had planned to spend "
m .Worth, but leot “
and made the. forced
after he had been unaMo to SUt#. Bank
locate the airport
borer
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divided profits of J
tlnuou
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Inuousfy since 1$80.
“Manyofpu^ cwu
«*. with *0 First Nation* Bank TtZhid*
in GraWam,or tha-Beckham Nation- * 1
Bank as it wa» then known, .it
the time of the orgaukatioif of the
believe that .oar action in tmnsfer-
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It at* to ctate
Saturday, January :i
final day on whit
stions to the'Cralta
30, will be
acriptions to the Graham Lea-
. der may be secured or renew-
ed for the bargain rate of $1.60.
: After that date the regular
rate of 1X00 will bo in’ effect.
With only erveir days left. It
la of the greatest importance
that subscriptions be attended
to without delay. Renew now,
■are 60 cents, and have the
asnurunce that the news of
Young_WMnty will reach yon
regularly daring -108C.
Co. hterscholastic League Meet
To Be Held At Graham In March
At a meeting of thaaxecutive com-
mittee of the Young County Inter-
scholastic League here Saturday it
was decided to bold the 1632 meet
in Graham ht March.-4 The eventa
w*ti> start on March 18 with the ten-
nis, and the playground ball con-
tests will be staged on March 19.
Oh March 28 all literary events will
take place, and the track and field
competition will be held on March
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if fhttiidr^ Ttr enter
at Mart dews >h. meet.
schools, and ten rural schools are
txpected to participate in the meat.
The directors for the Interschol-
astic League ate aa follows: J. B.
Hill, Jr. of Newcastle—Director
General; d: Tv Dickenson of Tonk
VaHajr=—Director of Debate; Mise
Edith Walker of Olney—Director of
Declamation; A. M. Tate of 8outh
Bend—Director of Extemporaneous
Speech; Miss Mary Choate of Pad-
gett, Director of Spelling; Mise Mar-
tha Bird of Graham—Director
Essay; Elbert Matthews of Graham
contestants, i—Director of Athletics; San Marks
Guinn- -of fcano- Oak. Director of
The principal of each school must Music Memory; Mbs Audra Rodgers
jdfo present a certified eligibility
list of all contestants. In play-
ground ball there will be four, di-
visions: Class A high schools, Class
B high schools, rural schools, and
weed schools.
Two Class A high schools, nine
Class B high schools, fourteen ward
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of Olney—Director of Art Memory; u-n.v_-.t_
R. O. Medlin of Bitter Creek-Drrvc *”* S°UthW“tern
toy of ArKhaaetiej U G. Cook, Coun
ty Superintendent—Director^of -Rural
Schools; J. ft Wilson of Ingleside—
Director of Rural Athletics; Mies
Emma* Mshard -of Graham—Director
f Choral Singing. j
Joseph F. Leopold, Manager of
GOOD PROGRAM ^
PLANNED FOR .
ANNU AL EVENT
Tomorrow evening at 7 K)0 o’clock
members of the Graham fhambat
of Commerce will assemble at the
Memorial Auditorium ^or their an-
nual banquet. - A program of un-
usual interest has ben arranged,
with Joseph F. Leopold, manager
of the southwestern division of ths
United States Chamber of '•Com,
mere#, as the principal
Mr. Leopold is- a
ceptionaf ability,, and his address
will be of interest to every citiaen.
In addition to his address the pro-
gram will include several
United States Chamber of Commer-
ce, who will be the principal speak-
er at the annual banquet of the
Division of the interesting features, having been aa-
Funeral Tuesday
Afternoon Foc i
J. C. Sensibaugh
Though the Jean bank was sound
J2 rdit)™urt^^1<!r,_^ .J- C. Ceasibaugh. pdonMr .a.tUar|
1 though a *** »rt:tluii;'an»r father of Mra. Ed
Cox o€ tu* i
afternoon^
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SS^9r -- - oj the deceased “ ■ ■»
Still Disappears
After Capture By
Officers Tuesday
tiff J. B. Foster' -has - many
1*“W <tsrin* hia..yeara.a* a- peace
officer been responsible for htdf
ine iunerai .
less bootleggers losing their stills,
but he bad the .unique experience
this week of losing a still himself.
lW.mu! : h» »>««" ««ured, hut it look, good
fmr 11 least 250 barrels. This well
* came in a' few days ago after drill-
. iiM — . Tuesday. Wednesday, imomiiut 1t
of age, died morhinTdl \‘d ^
° the js.l yard where it had been left.
He ws, bornon*Nortmber Tw 70 ^
tygttu Wragg
ea sAatPisrsass
iiSir'SSaWtoSiSrev .* ».» ws.ma.T
on a raneh in Y&ng county.
Lamr ha lirad Jor a tiuW in Archer th’e co,u,nty lirj* ^ il w^ nol kpown'
Graham C. pf C. tomorrow eveningrfw. l. Thornton, Chao. P. Hutchison.
and C. C. Hampton; Introduction of
guests; Vocal solo—John Z. Martin
of Breckinridge; Prestient’, Ad-
dress—B. W. King; Sing-Bong—Led
by John Z. Martin; Address—Joecph
F. Leopold. '
The banquet will be served by the
4-H club women of the county and
a delicious menu la assured. ’ Music
will be furnished during the dimer
hour, by the high school oreheetra.
Announcement wiB be asade pf tim
Rnox WeB Near-
Graham Center
Of Oil Interest
'X considerable acceleration in oil
activity III the county luis been noted
during the past few days, with in*
tefet ctntered pn the No. 1 A.
MyrnTny ~<FriHed by Pmy Knwr
and associates northeast of Graham.
No accurate gauge of the well will
be possible until pipe line connection
isg nine feet Into a sand at 2784
feet, and threw a stream of oil
over the derrick for 16 minutea.
a 100 barrel well is reported by the
No. 3 Allen Ritchie, at Gordon Mourn
- .■ - . tafo* waa drilled 1Z foet into a sand
operation ne»rt<>tl<s)(U1|iw-d >t 170S, frfrU
Woottew-*# Reed's 'No. 1 Swain, a
mits north of- Jean, is oil ,the pump
and good for 5ft-.~burrei». ~ It was
drilled six feet into pay strdek' at
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qj- L, A. Lonk and assofeidtea’ No.
friends.’**' " ' ' ^ «»ed but had not started
z. - •xvoA .nd a a fJ+SSSE ss.
Personnel (M Farm Coun^jWfidSt
JBoard Is Complete Salaries Reduced
Members of the loeal Ht-Y club dent; J.
•re making plana to. attend the
Older 'Boys’ Conference to be .held
at Wichita W*U* January 29-31.. Plans
had been made for the conference
the first president ef the Institution, baotherl-and several vrami hildrlsL Fo"ttr brou«fht big 'ptill to
Mr. SUplee has rerved continuoutiy jbw,thtr*’ *"* ‘f™T'dchlldr*** Graham -
as .cashier of the hank since its or-
ganisation/ - About five years ago
the bank was purchased by the First
National Bank of Graham, at which
tipM Graham P. Stewart became'
president, and H. B. Street and A. B.
lemaa directors. C. C. Blood worth has been select
Mr. Staples will now- connected (td ^ hankers of the county to The ex officio salaries of four
witb *he Flrtt Nnnoaal Bank la the- represent them on the County Farm county officials were reduced ac-
Bqard. The personnel of the board cording to a schedule adopted by
is now complete and a meeting la
called within the next their session Monday,
few days to effect final organisation. ' The new sailer schedule, eaelus
ive of fees of offices, is as follows:
County clerk—formerly $33.33 per
month, now $8.33; District clerk-r-
formerly $33:33 per month, now
$3 j33 •„ County attortiejt—.formerly
$68.66 per month, now $40.00; Gtm-
capacity of assistant cashier.
Hi-Y Boys Make Plans For
Attending Annual Conference
a consolidation ~ol the Central Texas
District with the North Texas Dis-
trict made a change of location
necessary. The Central Texas Con-
ference had been scheduled» to: be
held at Sherman and the " North
Hexes Conference at Graham. After
finding it impossible to conduct both
conferences, the 8tata Boys’ Work
Committee at Dallas selected Wichi-
ta'’Falls ae a place acceptable to
clubs in both districts. Lest year
these two conferences had a com-
bined attendance of almut a thous-
and boys.
TIN Graham club
full qapta of
Mpecte to carry
delegates, under
. The list of board members in-
cludes: W. M. Creech, representa-
tive of the Olney Chamtgyr of Com-
L Clark—vice pretident;! »""< J<*" Bullock, Nowcarle
Frank Metthswa-^cre tary; Bruce! ^ber^Com"r~: ** ^ E'
Long-treasurer; Jack Wheeler ,nd Griff.n, Graham Chamber or Com- ...
‘ merce; Victor Knaksl of Olney and ty
represent iTom But**r B*d Ti»p, represent-
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George Mayes, sergeants at arms.
Members selected to * i represent
"S'” 7h. '™ rrtLt'
several, hundred boys who will at- th4> 0o“t3r* *"d CJ ““‘hrorth,
tend the conference. 1 rePre"*nUtlve of the banker, of tho
The Boys’ Work Committee is now c<*un,y- ... ■
working on the problem of transpor-1 MR„ ,MpROVRn
tation for the club, in order that, MRS V,rK ,MPROVKn
expenses may be held to a minimum. I Mrs. Manning Vtck Is reported to
Howard Hamer was appointed by1* mucb improved. 9ho was moved
the club to serve with r>..lrmfT i ' from the hospiul to her homo on
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committee.
judge—formerly
month, now $166.60.
■M
e-2 WTHtams In'the southern part of
pay at , 2495 , and being drilled to when they were «
2552 feet. • ;
A number of n*w locations .a,re
reported in various part* of the
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—MOVBTft TTMBR "
Mr. -agd' Mrs. R. J. Wolfe and
children have moved to Tyler, where
they will be located temporarily,
Mr. Wolfe has been interested in oil
activities in ttyt section for some
time, but they still consider Graham
aa home aiiff exiShct to return here
at a later date.
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as'‘follows: TAvocatMa—
Ho as ton Cramp; Music—high school
orehtotra; Qaartot>-C:
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pafiiftCofTix new directors
M xae heird d uring the "
year, balloting having token pikea by
mail.
Final plans for the bartquet have
been worked out this wrek by tbs
various committees. The prop*m
romput tee is composed of B.. W.
King, J. J. Gailahar, 8. «■ Btitos,
and H. L. Thornton. Qn tba. ar-
rangement committee an: A. A.
^fr the" southern ^hrt oT the county Morrison. Wf. ^JuhMon, Lae Dock-
ary, Blake Allison.-Ohio Dodd. J. P.
Prairie Ovl and Gas Company. 'TMtf Ysckett, and J. R. Bamot^. The
taller committee includes C. P. Gre-
gory, T. 0. DeaU and W. N. YarhU.
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A. W. Johnston TV
I: Talks To Lions
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program of unusual interest
the ouriy i« nowing at the rate of was .fajoped by tba Uaaia .Clab «t-
60 barrels per day after striking theij -regular lurtcheon Wednesday,
by A.-W.
Johnston on tho subject of “China”.
llr:~3ohnatoa-,dto«tMhsd .-ths geo-
graphical location ef China and ths
topography of the eountryr He gapt
a "Vivid sketch of the tradition con-
cerning the origin, of the Chinees
race, their customs, and the agri-
ultural and mineral resources of
the country. 1
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Judge S. A. Ptnix and Jim Davis
have returned from a pleasant motor
trip through Alabama, Tennessee,
Mississippi, and Arkansas. ,
Final Plans For Agricultural
- Short Course Being Worked Out
Program Committee: G. R. War-
ren, -Miss Norfleet Grimes, and L T.
Gilnter. '
Publicity and Invitation Commit.
Detailed plans for _the two day
agricultural short course to be held
here Monday an<| TYiesday, February
ptoh and Y. «rwt behl* worked Out
by the various committees under, tee: S. B. Harbison, H. L. Thornton,
tho supervision of Dr. H. E. Griffin. M. W. Larmour, Jimmie Sowell, and
executive chairman. G. R. Warren of Graham; and Jack
During the two days session* will Williams and L- C. Warren of Olney.
be held in the morning, afternoon. Reception Oommittte: Graham P.
* ’-rr*", ■_ [ and evening at the Graham Memorial^ StWrarL-X-P- Mcltinley. R. V, TM-
Radip gWfciTKCKO of Wichita [ Auditorium. Lectures and demon-; weiL Mr*. M. C. Snoddy, A. A. Morri-
Falls announces a special “Layman’s stration* will be given at each ses-;eon, E. S. Graham, Irby Rhoden, S.
LAYMAN'S
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on ■ tho transportation j South street this waek.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
Mrs. R. V. Hamil it
a» tha Gra-
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Mrs. Minnie Babb has returned
from Gladewator whore she has been
visiting her son, Glen Babb tha past
several we she. , Shewae accompan-
ied home by her ada who will i
.main for a few weeks visit with
her. ■*
Hour” to be broadcast each Sunday
afternoon at >:15 o’clock. The pro-
gram will Include a religious ad-
dre-s by Harry Hines, and sacred
music.
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BOWLING ALLEY OPENED
Robert L. Jones announces the
opening pf a bowling alley on North
Elm Street, across from the Nleolett
cetera to both The a and
Sion by experts from the Internet-1 3. Bates, S. B. Street, St. D. Me/ |
ions) Harvester Company’s Agricul-! Farlene, 0. b. Hinson, H. E. Griffin,
torsi Extension Department. ' Four C. C. Bloodwsrth, W. M. Oeech of
lecturers will appear on tha..yprlotoil| Olney, John Bulloclj _pf Newcastle,
program*/ each expertly trained In Victor Kunkel of Qlney, Tom Butler
one or more brenchef of farm activ. of Red Top, Mrs. C. E. Donnell of t
ity. The program Will also ’include; Murray, end Mre. O. E- Caskey,
entertainment feature* by local tal-j School Committee: L. G. Cook,
t*ti A special program is being | L ,T. Gilmer, B. C Schnlkep of Oteay,
the comity.
The committee* appointed by the
Chamber ef Commerce to supervise
various details of tha
for tho abort course Include:
ing.fit Eliaaville, J. B. Floyd
Lawtmfe. and A*. M. Teto at So,
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Spears, George T. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 21, 1932, newspaper, January 21, 1932; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth884486/m1/1/: accessed May 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.