The Sunday Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 8, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 26, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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WEATHER
Sunday: Partly cloudy.
Slightly rising temper-
atures.
The Sunday Record
DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF MINEOLA AND WOOD COUNTY
WORTHWHILE
Don't forget to go to
church today. You'll
enjoy the fellowship
you will find there.
Eleventh Year—Number 8.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Sunday, May 26, 1940.
Four Pages Today
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TOWN
TALK
BY SPEC TATER
Law Student Plans to Commencement
Tuesday Ends
*
School Year
Hang Up Shingle Here
Lamar Holiey, 1939 graduate
of East Texas State Teachers
FIFTH COLUMN: The Record
is on the regular mailing list
of "Facts in Review," German
publication coming from New
York. Interested persons may
refer to same in Record waste-
basket.
THERE'S probably plenty of
"Fifth Columnists" in the U.
S. A. But quite a few persons
will probably be given credit
for being Nazis who are not
Nazis. Remember, there's a
religious sect which prohibits
its members from saluting any
flag or bowing to any kind of
image.
HOWEVER, a member of the
Watch Tower group, which
• preaches the Rutherford doc-
trine, who spoke in Mineola one
day last week is said to be
definitely pro-German.
WE'VE HEARD plenty of ex-;
pressions lately about what
would be done to any Nazi
"Fifth Columnist" who happen-
ed to be caught spreading his
propaganda in this community.
And we actually believe the
fellows who spoke these words
meant them.
NOTICE all the planes passing
over the last few days? Most
of them were of the training
ship class.
THREE LOCAL preachers got
together with three laymen in
a sixsome at the country club
Friday. Golf balls were flying
all over the place and once or
twice or so rimes the parsons
seemed to be "lost in the wild-
erness." Even a preacher can
get in the rough.
WE'RE TOLD, however, that
the Rev. K. R. Isbell, Methodist
pastor, is quite a proficient
golfer.
THIS POEM to Parents is time-
ly:
"I would suppose
while a child grows,
while a child gives,
to whatever lives
the finer part
of his brave heart,
I would suppose,
that we had more
to return to than war."
LET'S GO to church today.
Church of Christ
To Conduct Early
Morning Services
Regular services will be con-
ducted at the Broad Street
Church of Chnst Sunday morn-
ing at 9:4C o'clock, at which
time the minister will speak
from the International Sunday
Schotl lesson as assigned for
the day. The regular Sunday
school will not be conducted,
and there will be no 11 o'clock
service in order to allow the
congregation to attend trie an-
nual High r'ohoo' baccalaureate
service at that hour.
Willis G. Jernigan, local min-
ister, is scheduled to deliver
the Golden high school bac-
calaureate sermon at 11 a. m..
but will occupy the Mineola
pu'pft at 8 p m. Sunday.
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Minister Surprised
With Birthday Party
Members of the Broad Street
Church of Christ surprised their
minister, Willis G. Jernigan,
with a birthday party at his
home at 712 Wiggly Street Fri-
day night at 8 o'clock. Approxi-
mately seventy-five friends call-
ed during the evening to ex-
tend their best wishes to the
minister.
He is serving his sixth year
with the church.
LAMAR HOLLEY
Auto Victim
Buried Monday
j
At Jamestown
Frankie Aaron, 21, fatally in-
jured in an automobile acci-
dent near Big Sandy last Sun-
day, was buried at Jamestown,
his home, Monday afternoon.
The Rev. K. R. Isbell, pastor
of the First Methodist Church
here, conducted the rites.
Three others were injured in
the accident, but after receiv-
ing treatment at a local hos-
pital, all were able to return
to their homes.
Aaron is survived by his moth-
er, Mrs. Mary Aaron, two sis-
ters, Edna and Idela, and three
brothers, Preston, Billy, and
Buddy Aaron. His father, Sam
Aaron, died about a year ago.
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State Fair School
Contests Attract
Many; Dates Close
Dallas, May 25.—More than
twice as many schools have en-
tered the school contests and
exhibits at the 1940 State Fair
of Texas as were entered at
the 1939 State Fair, according
to advices received by Harry
L. Seay, president of the Fair,
from Miss Edger Ellen Wilson,
deputy state superintendent at
Houston, chairman of the com-
mittee in charge of contests and
exhibits.
Closing date for making en-
tries in the State Fair school
contests and exhibits is June
1, and State Superintendent
L. A. Wood, under whose direc-
tion this activity of the State
Fair is held, has urged super-
intendents throughout the state
to make their entries now.
Dates for holding the con-
tests have not been set. They
will probably oe set at a meet-
ing of the committee in charge
held in the early fall. The
dates for the fall band festi-
val and clinic have been set
by Col. Earl D. Irons, of NTAC
at Arlington, and Col. Everett
McCracken of Baylor Univer-
sity, co-chairman in charge of
this feature. Bands will be
presented on October 17-18-19.
Dates for the radio class room
demonstration under the direc-
tion of John W. Gunstream.
director of the state depart-
ment of education's radio school
of the air have been set for
Friday, October 11, and Friday,
October 18, the two school days
at the Fair.
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Mrs. Lillie Sampson and dau-
ghter, Mary Lois, of Duncan,
Okla., visited here last week
with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Ballard
and Mr. and Mrs. Will Ray.
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JOLDFISH—Shoemaker Nursery.
College, Commerce, will enter
the University of Texas law
school in June to resume his
study of law which he began
last year at Southern Methodist
University. Holley is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Holley
of Alba.
Following completion of his
law course, Holley expects to
open a law office in Mineola.
At ETSTC be was elected
president of the freshman class,
and in his senior year he was
i elected business manager of
the Locust, college yearbook. He
received his bachelor of science
degree in government last June.
He was the youngest student
in the SMU law school last
year, and was recognized for
his ability as a public speaker.
Holley says he likes politics and
is a hundred per cent Demo-
crat.
Civil Cases
Due In Third
Week of Court
The May term of district
court in Wood County will re-
convene Monday morning after
a three-day recess following
completion of the Earl P. New
trial, in which the 53-year-old
white man was sentenced to
die in the electric chair on the
first of two charges each of
criminal assault and pander-
ing.
All juroros for the remainder
of the week were dismissed.
The third week of court will
be devoted to the trial of civil
cases. Several divorce cases are
on the docket.
Jurors called for service next
week are:
Petit Jurors, Third Week.
W. T. Allen H. R. Douglas
Legion Endorses Governor's
'5th Column' Investigation
Baccalaureate
This Morning at
Baptist Church
Forty - two Mineola High
School seniors will officially com-
plete their academic education
when they go through their last
closing ceremony, the school's
fifty-seventh annual commence-
ment exercises, Tuesday night
at the high school auditor-
| ;um.
Dr. Leslie Carlson, professor
in the Southwestern Baptist
Theological Seminary at Fort
Worth, will deliver the Com-
mencement address.
Commencement exercises for
| Ward School graduates will be
held Monday night at 8:15
o'clock in the ward school aud-
itoiium, marking the matricu-
lation into high school of forty-
i three students.
Baccalaureate Today.
High school graduates will
hear the Rev. George Cherry-
homes, Central Christian Church
pastor, pi each the Baccalau-
! reate sermon this morning at
11 o'clock at the First Baptist
i Church. Other churches in the
city are dismissing their morn-
ing congregations for the Bac-
calaureate services.
MINEOLA COUNTRY CLUB'S NEW HOME
*******
Party to Formally Open
New Country Club Home
| T. H. Ponder
I Oran Ducan
R. E. Noles
L. L. Richardson
W. B. Bryant T. S. Steed
R. L. Glenn J. M. Brown
C. Earhardt
H. F. Conley
J. T. Ivey
C. O. Laminack
W. W. Gilbreath A- J- Kennimer
W. J.Campbell L. I. Dodgen
y. D. Dodgen Robt. Carraway
fj. B. Winkle S. W. Caldwell
F. W. Creech JVill Gorman jr.
G. D. Garrett R. W. Hamm
W. H. Attaway E. H. Gilbert
J. A. Williams R. L. Ross
H. R. CannadayT. J. Gilbreath
i G. K. MeKenzie Sam Martin
Ralph Newman H. S. Cathey
New In Dallas Jail.
New, convicted and given the
death penalty with the jury
being out only thirty-eight min-
utes, is being held in a Dallas
jail. Attorneys for the defense
are expected to appeal the
case.
Jim Johnson, local Negro, who
was charged with New for crim-
inal assault on New's 13-year-
old step-daughter, awaits trial.
Johnson testified against New
in the brief trial which ter-
minated Thursday afternoon.
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GOES TO FATHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. A. T. Morton left last
Sunday for Hazard, Ky., where
her father died suddenly. Mrs.
Morton is expected to return
around June 1.
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Mrs. W. E. Graham visited
her daughter. Mrs. N. P. Hug-
gins, in Jacksonville last week.
Mrs. Huggins returned with
her.
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First applications for free
cotton classing and market
news services to be approved
for North Texas this season
were those submitted to the
USDA's Agricultural Marketing
Service by the Piano Coopera-
tive Gin One Variety Cotton
Improvement Association and
the Piano Mabane One Variety
Cotton Improvement Association
both located at Piano, Collin
County.
Blind Senator,
RR Commission
Candidate, Here
Olan R. Van Zandt, blind
senator from Grayson County
and candidate for railroad com-
missioner, was a visitor in Min-
eola Friday.
Mr. Van Zandt, accompanied
by his wife, was visiting with
old friends and passing out
literature pertaining to his cam-
paign.
The Mineola County Club will
hold a formal opening party
for its recently completed $5,000
clubhouse probably this week.
Furniture, selected Friday by
a committee composed of Leon-
ard Bruner. president; H. W.
Meredith, Mrs. T. A. Collins,
and Mrs. S. G. Dunning, arriv-
ed Saturday and will be moved
in the first of this week.
The white brick colonial type
structure has eight rooms in-
cluding a spacious lobby with
knotty pine walls with natural
finish, hardwood floors, and a
large old-fashioned fireplace. In
the east wing are bridge and
lounge rooms for women, and
a kitchen. The west wing is
made up of the men's pool room,
the keepers office, showers and
locker room for men.
The ladies goif association
last week hung draperies in
the lobby and the new maple
furniture will be moved in
Monday. Andirons, made es-
pecially for the huge lobby
fireplace, were presented to the
club by Mr. and Mrs. O. E.
Dyer.
Golf Tournament.
The club will entertain the
East Texas Ladies Golf Asso-
ciation Tournament here Tues-
day, June 4. The best women
golfers in East Texas will be
here to play the local course,
said to be one of the classiest
nine-hole golf courses in the
state.
Soil District
Vote Is Light
Here Saturday
According to late unofficial
reports the Wood-Rains-Hop-
kins County so:i conservation
district received what was be-
lieved to be enough votes for
adoption. Final count of the
ballots in the Mineola box was
not available when the Record
went to press.
Voting here was lighter than
expected, and during the morn-
ing less than thirty ballots
were cast. Greater interest was
shown at Winnsboro and Sul-
phur Springs. No information
was received from Emory.
The proposed tri-county soil
district embraces 1,111,000 acres
of land in the three counties.
J. L. Beckham was presiding
judge of the local voting box.
He was assisted by Miss Jenny
Jennings.
Canning Factory
To Open June 3
For Berry Season
The Bowdoin Canning Fac-
tory will open for the 1940 ber-
ry season probably next Mon-
day morning, June 3, C. S. Mer-
ritt, manager, said Saturday.
The factory will can only
blackberries this year, Mr. Mer-
ritt stated. Arrangements have
been made for most tomatoes
in this section to be canned at
Lindale.
Approximately 6,000 crates of
berries will be canned by the
plant this season. The price
will probably be 85 cents a
crate, meaning an expenditure
of $5,100 by the plant outside
of operating costs and wages.
Warns of Big Drop In
Cotton Consumption
Austin, May 24.—With 50 per
cent of the world's cotton spin-
dles at war, "blackout" of three
million bales of European cot-
ton consumption was predicted
today for 1940-41 by a Univer-
sity of Texas cotton marketing
expert.
Adams Body, Fender
Works Opens Here
The Adams Body & Fender
Works, formerly located at
: Odessa, has opened in Mineola |
on South Line Street in the j
building formerly occupied by j
the Hitt & Turner Garage.
The new shop does general
automobile repair work, top and
body work of all kinds as well
as motor repair work.
Past Matrons of
Eastern Star Feted
Mrs. George Rule entertained
Thursday night with a White
Elephant party for the Past
Matrons of the Eastern Star.
A salad plate was served.
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CEMETERY WORKING
All persons interested in the
Mt. Pisgah Cemetery will meet
Wednesday, May 29, and work.
Bring your lunch. Work will
last all day if necessary.
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TO HOSPITAL
Noah C. Taylor will leave
Monday for Alexandria, La.,
where he will enter the Veter-
an's Hospital for treatment.
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CANDIDATE HERE
Preston Calvert, candidate for
state senator, spoke in Min-
eola Saturday of last week. Mi-.
Calvert was here again Friday
in the interest of his campaign.
Second Permit
Granted for Test
In Camp Sector
Another permit, the second,
had been granted Thursday for
an operation in the general
area of the promising deep test
well drilled by Harry Moss of
Dallas southeast of Leesburg
in Camp County.
The new permit was obtained
by W. H. Maddox of Pittsburg
with location marked in the
center of the C. A. Reeves forty
acre tract in the E. B. Davis
survey. This places the well
approximately three miles east
of Moss No. 1 Venters, S. Wright
survey, and about two miles
southeast of Pittsburg.
Maddox did the work in as-
sembling the original block and
holds considerable acreage in
the area. Several weeks ago
he was reported to have filed
application for several permits,
but this is the first recorded
to him.
First permit for the area was
obtained by M. V. Cadman of
Tyler for the 10-8-acre Minnie
Harper tract in the Robert
Wyres tract southeast of the
Moss well.
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Full-Time Service
Of Christian Pastor
Celebrated at Party
Members of the Central
Christian Church were en'.o -
tained with a Victory Party t.
the lawn at the home of 1'vlr
and Mrs. Chester McGce Friday
night. The party got its name
from a recently completed drive
to obtain the pastor, the Rev.
George Cherryhomes, for full-
time service. He will begin
devoting full time to the local
church after July 1.
As special entertainment Mr.
Cherryhomes sang a solo, ac-
companied by Wayne Collins
playing the trumpet.
Many games were played and
refreshments of ice cream and
cake were served to about fifty
guests.
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Singers Meet Today
At Pine Mills
All day singing will be held
today at Pine Mills, W. A. Prit-
chett, president of the Pine
Mills class, announces. The pub-
lic is invited to attend.
Post Deplores
Alien Activity
Cites Long
Stand Against
U n - A m er ican ism
American Legion Commander
R. E. McClendon of the Luck-
ett Cochran Post, Mineola, Fri-
day deplored existence of un-
patriotic groups and "fifth col-
umn" activities in Texas and
the United States. The Post
Commander sent a letter sign-
ed also by Post Adjutant G. D.
Minick, to Governor W. Lee
O'Daniel endorsing his recently
announced stand for the in-
vestigation and curbing of
"fifth column" activities in the
state.
The letter also called to the
Governor's attention the fact^
that all annual department
national conventions of
American Legion during]
last twenty years have
ficial mandate urged si
gram of national defenf
the ferreting out of
verse elements.
Legionnaires said here
ing the reputed "fifth
incident at Del Rio We^
that the state departing
agreed to hold its next
tion at the border townl
der to give an Amerj
demonstration before a I
lation heavily infeBwrf^
aliens.
A group of several hundred
Del Rio citizens headed by ex-
service men, escorted a man
and two women to the city
limits Tuesday for distributing
un-American literature and for
calling the American flag &
"dirty rag."
Mineolan Goes
To Aircraft
Technical School
Driscoe Bertillion enrolled this
week in the Curtis Wright Tech-
nical Institute at Los Angeles,
Calif., to begin studying master
mechanics.
Curtiss Wright Tech, headed
by Maj. C. C. Moseley, noted
Army flyer, is one of the largest
aviation technical schools in
the nation and was selected
recently by the United States
Army Air Corps as one of the
seven schools throughout the
country to train mechanics for
the Army.
About 300 of the 1,000 enroll-
ed are army personnel with the
remaining 700 being civilians.
Bertillion is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. D. Bertillion. He
has been interested in aviation
for several years.
May 30 Last Day
To Apply For
Cotton Mattresses
Thursday, May 30, is the
last day for making application
for a free 50-pound cotton mat-
tress, Miss Doris Scruggs,
county home demonstration
agent, said this week.--
Nearly 700 applications hav£4
been approved and more than
a hundred more are waiting
approval. Applicants must be
from bona fide farm families
whose income did not exceed
$400.00 in 1939. Application may
be made to community chair-
men.
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MAJOR OPERATION
Mrs. Lewis Stillwell of Min-
eola underwent a major op-
eration this week in the Mark-
ham-McRee Hospital in Long-
view. She is reported doing
well.
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