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The Mineola Monitor
A NEWSPAPER, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
VOLUME 54.
MINEOLA, WOOD COUNTY TEXAS, THURSDAY. MAY 2, 1929.
NUMBER 8.
Civil War V eteran
Is Called by Death
At Austin Home
James L. Ray, 83, who was af-
fectionately known as "Uncle Jim",
a Confederate veteran, died in
Austin, April 23rd. At his request
he was buried in the Confederate
cemetery in the capital city, the
chaplain of the Confederate Home
conducting the services.
An honorable and typical native
of the sunny south land, whose
deeds of valor and service to his
country won for him the confidence
and admiration of those with
whom he came in contact, Uncle
Jim Ray's popularity was coex-
tensive with his acquaintance. He
lived in Wood county for more
than seventy years and was a
resident of Mineola for a number
of years. In his palmy days he
edited the Wood County Democrat
at Quitman, of which the lament-
ed Governor Jim Hogg was at
one time editor. For a time Mr.
Ray also published a paper at
Winnsboro.
This veteran defender of a lost
cause rendered valiant service in
the War between the states, hav-
ing served with distinction in
Band To Leave
Next Wednesday
For San Angel o
Arrangements have all been
made to take the Mineola Band
to the state meeting of Lions j
Clubs at San Angelo next week.1
The boys have purchased new j
white suits for the summer and!
|
everything is now in readiness for I
I
trip. They will leave next Wed- j
nesday morning. Mr W. C. Curtisj
says that they need about S501
more to defray the expense of
the trip and asks that anyone!
who feels disposed to contribute!
to this fund to hand the amountj
they desire to Mr. Curtis or to j
Mr. H. O. Rogers.
Mineola Country American Legion
Club Organized Carnival To Be
Site Purchased Here Next Week
Lions* Band Will
Go To San Angelo
Dist. Convention
The question of taking its band
to the Lions' District convention
to be held at San Angelo, May
9-10, was the chief topic of dis-
Company A, Tenth Texas cavalry, cussion at the luncheon Thursday
of the Lions' Club.
Ector's brigade.
For many years prior to his
death he had been a member of
the Baptist Church and of the
Masonic fraternity, proving loyal
to his church and lodge obliga-
tions, as well as to his country
and his fellowman.
Lion H. O. Rogers again took
the initiative in perfecting plans
for the success and pleasure of the
journey extending 380 miles to
the west throug localities where
agriculture, stock-raising and oil
interests have wrought wonder-
Besides his wife, he is survived j ful changes within recent years.
by six children. They are: Mrs.
J. L. Ballard and W. J. Ray,
Mineola; Mrs. George Hays, Best,
Texas; Mrs. Lillian Sampson and j
Shaw D. Ray, Duncan, Okla., Law-
rence Ray, Neches. Texas, and
seventeen grandchildren and thir-
teen great-grandchildren.
W. J. Ray. Max D. Ray, Mrs.
J. M. Ballard, Mrs. George Hays
and children and Lawrence Ray
attended the funeral.
Transportation being one of the
principal requirements of the trip,
a vote was taken on the question
of securing cars for that purpose.
Seven members of the club agreed
to furnish an automobile each,
and satisfactory arrangements
were made for financing the trip.
Nineteen members were present
and matters of minor importance
were discussed. Two guests, E. W.
Van Duyne of San Antonio, and
the Rev. A. T. Walkher of Hunts-
ville, were also in attendance.
Having addressed the club at
its previous meeting, Mr. Walker,
who was conducting a meeting
at the Methodist Church, merely,
expressed his appreciation of the
courtesies shown him by the or-
ganization during his stay in
Mineola.
Mr. Van Duyne, who formerly
lived here five years and has wit-
nessed the town's growth from
a small burg to its present pro-
portions, was favorably impressed
with the advancement that is
being made. He expressed the
belief that within the next five
years Mineola will rival in popu-
lation such towns as Tyler, Ter-
rell and Greenville. Mr. Van Duyne
substantiated the many nice
G. C. Rhodes, automobile dealer, things he said about Mineola by
is having a brick veneer residence | deCiarjng that he is coming back
Drug Store Repairs
Nearing Completion
The addition and repairs that
have been under way at the Lank-
ford Drug Store for several weeks
are nearing completion. A con-
crete floor has been put in, a
new electric soda fountain and an
electric refrigerator have been in-
I stalled, together with new elec-
tric fixtures and a new metal ceil-
ing. Numerous other minor im-
provements have been made, add-
ling wonderfully to the appearance
of the store.
At a meeting held Monday night
in the directors' room of the Min-
eola State Bank, an organization
known as the Mineola Country
Club was perfected., with H. W.
Meredith as temporary chairman,
presiding.
Following a general discussion i
in which the object of the meeting j
was clearly set forth, officers'1
were elected. They are: Dr. T. B.
Reed, president; John McReynolds,'
vice-president; H. W. Meredith,
sec-treas.
There was a r ep r e s e n t at i v e
attendance at the meeting and
commendable interest was mani-
fested in the proceedings.
The club will meet next Mon-
day night to adopt a constitu-
tion and by-laws.
The officers will also serve as
directors, to which two other
members C. E. Reveile and Jack
Roach, were added.
The deal has been closed where-
by the Mineola Country Club be-
comes the owner of 83 acres of
land of the Jennings Dairy home
place, which lies along the high-
way west of town. This land is
ideally located for a country club
and golf course, the grounds can
be put in shape with a minimum
expenditure of money. The man-
agement of the club has secured
the services of Mr. McGraham of
the firm of Cullum & Bowen, Dal-
las, to come to Mineola and su-
perintend the laying of the golf
course and the installation of
the other amusements and recrea-
tional features. The club now
has a mmbership of nearly sixty
and the membership roll is limited
to one hundred.
Visitors Shown j Revival Closes
Through T. & P. j At M. E. Church;
Hotel Building Program For Week
The C. R. Leggette Shows will! Thursday afternoon a group of
play one weeks engagement here j citizens composed of R. E. Fisher,
strating Monday May 6th., the Texas and Pacific Railroad con-
shows come here under the aus-
pices of the Luckette Cochran Post
ductor, R. H. Carraway. editor of
The Mineola Monitor, Bill Run-
American Legion. When the Le- nels, Chevrolet salesman, and J.
gion decided to have this earn- I. Small, employe of The Monitor,
ival they selected the Leggette1 visited the Terminal Hotel, situat-
sli||ws because they are well1 eel near the new Texas and Pacific
krftHvn throughout the state, where ! Railway Terminal a mile and a
for a number of years, they have' half west of Mineola.
furnished attractions at various; The hotel is an imposing and
fair\ and celebrations. Letters of; substantial two-story brick struc-
endorsement from American Le- i ture, modern in every detail. The
gion Posts and other organizations' business is being operated by W.
are on file in their office for' O. Fisher, cousin of R. E. Fisher,
public inspection. Nothing but j who with his family moved here
the best and cleanest of shows j recently from Big Spring, where
will be found on the midway, their; for some time he had charge of
attractions include some of the j the Texas and Pacific Coffee
very best and latest, six rides and: House. H. L. Foster, also of Big
eleven shows complete the line-up
of attractions.
Tire: sh^sfe.goes from here to
Denison where they will exhibit
for the benefit the Denison Hospi-
tal.
Property At
Breezy Hill
* Is Being Improved
Rhodes Motor Co.
Takes New Location
The Rhodes Motor Company a-
gents for the Plymouth automobile
in Mineola moved their place of
business yesterday from the Weitz
building on Johnson street to
Henry's Filling Station stand on
Broad street. Mr. Rhodes Tues-
day unloaded a car of new Ply-
mouth's and DeSota's.
New Bungalows In
West Part of Town
to make his home here and have a
part in building a real city.
built in west part of town. It is
a six room bungalow with bath
and will be completed this week.
The building is a model structure! it
and was built by skilled work- j W . Zi. r^ngllSn IS
men, with W. R. Graves as con-
tractor.
Conductor Jordan is having aj Mr w z E Ush feU 14 {eet
similar residence put up near that, frQm a bui]diRg at his place in
Injuried In Fall
of Mr. Rhodes, work en which
was begun a few days ago
Mrs. J. R. Kay
Takes Own Lite j the fall but in the future he will
West Mineola last Saturday and
sustained very painful injuries.
He is able to be about his business
3ut says he feels the effects of
watch his step a little more close-
Word has reached Mineola that; lv.
Mrs. J. R. Kay whose husband!
installed and for a time operated i ]\frs Roberts
a Hokus-Pokus grocery in this j C + * T *
city and later removed to Mount j oUStainS injuries
Pleasant during a fit of despond-(
*ency over ill health, took her own | Mrs. R. E. Roberts was the vic-
fe at the home of her sister I tim of a painful accident last
Gladewater last Friday. We Friday. She was accompanying
have been unable to get the par-
ticulars of the tragedy.
tith Bros. Building
Beautiful Home
Smith Brothers are errecting a
pretty brick house in the Cage ad-
dition in North Mineola. This
kwill be one of the nicest homes
thp—fifcv when completed and
her husband, Rev. R. E. Roberts,
to Mt. Alba, where he was sched-
uled to preach on the following
Sunday. At Bullard they stopped
for lunch at a cale. Coming out
of the restaurant, Mrs. Roberts'
foot caught on something caus-
ing her fall. Her hip and should-
er were severely bruised and
sprained. She was brought home
and has since been confined to bed.
Her condition,. however,
Paris Editor Visits
Mineola Tuesday
Guy S. Caldwell, one of the
j foremost business men of Paris,
j was in Mineola a few days ago and
j called at the Monitor office. Un-
til recently, when the property
| was sold, Mr. Caldwell was presi-
j dent and general manager of
! the North Texas Publishing Co.,
| publishers of the Paris Morning
i News. In an interview with Mr.
1 Caldwell concerning activities in
I Mineola he said:
I "As an outsider observing the
J situation in your town. I would
j suggest a community co-operaton
I in your building program. The rail
| road improvements here are giv-
; ing you a start and if you people
i will only step in and gather mom-
entum by working together on
a definite program there is noth-
ing in the world to keep Mineola
from becoming a city double its
present population within a year.
• I observe that many of your
; business concerns are modernizing
| their buildings by putting in up-
! to-date fronts. Others should, and
; doubtless will, follow."
| "The city government should
. keep just a little ahead of the in-
dividual citizen. In other words,
the city should set the example-
set the pace of progress. I would
' suggest an expansion of sewerage
j and water system, a naw and
adequate school building, side-
walks over the residence portions
of the city, and by all means a
city hall should be built, which
is indispensable to the progress
of any city. If you provide these
improvements, with your splendid
railroad facilities, unlimited sup-
ply of good, pure soft water, there
is no reason why many industries
In addition to building a mod-
ern residence and dealing in high
class automobiles, G. C. Rhodes
is improving his property at Bree-
zy Hill, four miles west of Mineola,
where he owns a general merchan-
dise store, a filling station and a
tourist camp.
Mr. Rhodes is having the store
building and filling station rebuilt
camp houses painted, camp fences
built, trees whitewashed, etc., and
is putting in Magnolia gasoline.
"In fact, I am preparing the
place for Sunday School picnics
and other outings, and am get-
ting ready for the tourist season,".
Mr. Rhodes said.
Patrick Brothers
New Location
Bryan Patrick who has been
operating the Henry's Filling Sta-
tion has rented one of the new
buildings erected by Mallory Bros,
on Line street and has moved
into it. The new firm is Pat-
rick Brothers and is composed of
Escar and Bryan two well known
and well liked young gentlemen.
They are putting in what they
term an automobile laundry, bat-
tery and tire station. They have
an announcement in this issue of
The Monitor and they will appre-
ciate their friends calling on them.
Spring, is night manager.
Mr. Fisher is an experienced
and capable hotel man. Although
quite busy directing some finish-
ing work, he took pleasure in
personally conducting the visitors
through the various departments
of this attractive and inviting
hostelry. The large bedrooms are
well ventilated and lighted. Each
room is equipped with two and
three beds, a ceiling fan and ra-
diators. In fact, the building has
modern furnishings and appli-
ances throughout, making it one
of the most complete hotel plants
to be found anywhere. These in-
clude cold storage with Frigidair
plant and the manufacture of ice,
an electric dishwasher, hot and
cold shower baths, a storage room
for food products, such as are
found in a retail grocery store; the
best and latest designs of china-
ware, plates that cost $1.50 each;
the latest improved cooking uten-
sils and numerous other desirable
facilities which materially aid in
the operation of the business and
contribute to the convenience and
pleasure of guests.
"Our rooms are reserved exclu-
sive for railroad men," said Mr.
Fisher, but we serve meals to the
public.
Attractive grounds are being
planned, and a force of workmen
was preparing to put down con-
crete on a street just east of the
hotel, extending south at right
angles from the highway.
The visitors also made a brief
inspection of the new Texas and
Pacific Terminal that is nearing
completion. Here the party was
shown through the various divi-
sions of the terminal by W. C.
Hager, who pointed out interesting
phases of the equipment and
answered many questions that
were asked.
Thanks are extended to Mr.
Runnels for conveying the party
on the trip in one of the Chevro-
let Company's late model cars
that has gained popular favor
among automobile owners.
Dabney White of Tyler, one of J Hotel Opened
the foremost citizen and prop- The Terminal Hotel was former-
erty owners of East Texas, was' iy opened Sunday, at which Mr.
in Mineola last week, having come! s. D. Johnson. General Superin-
to look after his farming interests i tendent of Texas and Pacific
here. Mr. White owns a large | dining and eating houses, togeth-
tract of land situated near town.' er with a number of Mineola peo-
He is greatly pleased with the de- 1 pie. was present.
velopement that is going forward j The following menu was served
in this part of the state and ex- at the luncheon hour or. opening
pressed confidence in the stabili- 1 ^ay;
ty and rapid growth of Mineola.! Cream of Chicken Soup. Apple
and Celery Salad, Choice of one
~ ! Meat, Stewed Young Chicken with :
WILL OWENS DIES j Dumplings, Roast Sirloin of Beefj
with Brown Sauce, Roast Lion of j
Mr. Will Owens who has resid- j pork with Current Jelley, Nea Po-
ed for thirty years or more in | tatoes in Cream, String Beans,
the Klondyke community died at j Buttered Squash. Fruit Jello with
his home last Monday and was Loaf Cake, Tea, Coffee, or Sweet
burried at the Sand Springs ceme- j Milk.
tery on Tuesday. Rev. J. P. Pat
Ladies Society To
B. Of L. F. And E.
Have First Meetlug
Prominent East
Texan is Visitor
To Mineola
Mrs. Max Aldridge opened her
home to the Ladies Society of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Enginemen on Tues-
day afternoon. It was their first
meeting in Mineola, having speci-
al dispensation from the grand
president to move the charter
from Longview, Texas, to Mineola,
Texas, and transact such other
business as they saw fit.
After a very interesting business
meeting the home, which was
made garden-like with baskets
and clusters of flowers, was set for
42 and Bridge. At the plose of
the games a delightful plate
luncheon was served. Twenty
members and eight visitors en-
joyed the hospitality of Mrs. Ald-
ridge. The next meeting will be
held in Longview May 14th.
New Apartment
Being Built On
Johnson Street
| The foundation is being laid this
| week for the new brick four apart-
j ment on the lot opposite the
j Methodist church on Johnson
street by H. W. Meredith. When
I completed this will be one of the
most attractive as well as modem
! buildings in the city.
ton conducting the funeral service.
Mr. Owens had lived on one
place for more than thirty five
years. He was a useful citizen a
gooc neighbor and a friend to
everyone.
He is survived by his widow and
four children, three boys and one
daughter. He was the father of
Mr. frha Owe;
Attends Salesmans
Meet at Greenville
Will Runnels, John Ashworth,
Henry Yarbrough and W. C. Jack-
son attended the, district meeting
of Chevrolet salesmen at Green-
ville last Friday. The meeting
was held at the Washington Hotel
and after the business meetin
English Opening
New Addition
W. Z. English is opening a new
addition to the city on his prop-
erty between town and the Min-
eola Yards, • known as the W. Z.
English Sub-Division, he has now
completed and under construction
five modern bungalows, he has be-
tween fifty and seventy-five nice
well located lots which he is of-
fering for sale. He will sell the
lots or will build a house to suit
the purchaser, and is offering easy
terms. See his advertisement in
this issue of The Monitor.
Dress-Up Shop
To Open Here Soon
Mr, J. C. Allardye of Jasper,
Texas was in Mineola this week
completing arrangements for the
opening of his new store in this
city which will be open and ready
for business about the 15th. The
new st
SBlP ;
The revival closed Sunday night,
20 having united with the church
15 by profession of faith, and
five by letter. 103 have united
with this church during the past
17 months.
Next Sunday
9:45 a. m. Sunday School 198
were present last Sunday morning.
Let us have 250 next Sunday. The
Men's Bible Class and the Wo-
mans' Class are now even in their
attendance record.
11:00 a. m. The pastor's theme
will be, " How to make a success
in the Christian life, followed by
the communion.
7:00 p. m. Leagues.
7:45 p. m. The subject of the
evening worship will be, "The
Light of the World." Those who
have transferred their member-
ship to Mineola will be received
into our fellowship at this even-
ing service.
Wednesday Evening
May 8th. at 8 p. m. " a "Get
Acquainted Service" will be held at
the Church.
The purpose of this special ser-
vice is that the local membership
might get acquainted with the new
Methodists in ourcity. A special
program will be a feature of this
hour, and every new jytethodist
and friend of the Methodist
Church are cordially invited to be
present. .
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 2, 1929, newspaper, May 2, 1929; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth286106/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.