Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1936 Page: 1 of 4
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HSTAllLISHKh JUNE £2 tu.1, 1876
Volume 60
PALO PINTO. TEXAS.
AY. AUGUST 14. 1936
Number 8
Howdy Neighbor!
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The little lines around the eyes and
mouth—•
The shorthand of our- thoughts,
The face takes dictation from the mind
And writes indelibly and fine
A record of our smiles and tears,
Our lessons and fulfillments
—Agnes P. Stdmon
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It's a pleasure to collect from Dr.
W. C. Dickinson, Mineral Wells.
He always has a check made out*
and waiting. This is unusual, and
very much appreciated.
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It's grand to have a vacation
and grand to get home again. How
true is Howard Payne’s famous
song, "Home Sweet Home’ —for
surely there’s no place like it.
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About the only change we found
in Palo Pinto was the new som*
hrero of our popular district clerk,
J. A. Brewer. He claims to have
bought the hat in Juarez, but it’s
still big enough to cover up some
more mysteries. In other words
"Where did he get that hat? ’
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The new Methodist Church is
certainly pretty, and we were
pleasantly surprised to see it so
nearly completed on our return.
The native stone is the most bean
tiful we’ve ever seen, and is blend-
ed with exellent taste. Jack Card
well and his helpers are master
workers when it comes to rock
work. This new church is cer-
tainiy an addition to the town, and
we're proud of it.
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A. H., Hillis of the State High-
way Department who lives in Min-
eral Wells is a hero. He comes to
the assistance of ladies in distress.
The other day on our way to Min-
eral Wells, our Ford suddenly went
dead and refused to budge. We
had a busy day ahead, and were
chagrined to find ourself helpless
upon the highway. So we hailed
the first car that came along, and
Mr. Hillis was the driver. He gal
lantly pushed us and our flivver in-
to town and safely into the garage.
Hare we found out that we were
only out of gas—which is a fitting
climax to our story. But we are
just as grateful to Mr. Hillis as if
there had been something vitally
wrong. For fear our readers will
thinlr us too dumb, we want to ex
plain that our gas gauge was brok-
en and registered half full. This
caused all the trouble.
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Juta Williams of New Mexico, eld
tinte cowboy and his wife, the form-
er Miss Adeline Abernathj^Pt
this place, visited relatives here
last week. Mrs. Williams is an
aunt of the editor of this paper,
who, when a young girl, taught
school in New Mexico and stayed
•n their home, Mr. Williams was
E. Knight Dio* Sunday
Night
E. Knight, father of Mra. Clave
Foreman of this place, died st his
home on Dotson Prairie Sunday
evening at 10 o'clock. He was 79
years of age, and had been in poor
health for many years. He had
just recently returned from Naza-
reth Hospital,-Mineral Wells, where
he had received treatment. He is
survived by his wife and two chil*
dren, Mrs. Foreman and Bill Knight
of Olney. Burial was made in the
Palo Pinto Cemetery Monday.
Rev. D. E. McVey, pastor of the
First Methodist Church, conducted
funeral services.
Mr. Knight was a member of
the Methodist Chur6h, and was a
Christian gentleman, and an out-
standing citizen of his community.
He was a pioneer citizen of the
county, and has many frisnds who
mourn his passing.
Abernathy Family Hat
Reunion
Members of the Abernathy family
held a reunion Sunday in Milling
Park, Mineral Wells. A delicious
picnic dinner was spread upon the
tables under the large pecan trees
and a very happy time was had.
The reunion was in honor of Mr'
and Mrs. James L. Williams and
daughter, Marguerite, of New Mexi-
co. Present for the occasion were;
Mr. and Mrs Gib Abernathy and
daughter. Mrs. Frank McMilleir;
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Whatley, Mrs.
Mary Dunbar, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B.
Whatlev, Palo Pinto; Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Watson and daughter Ad-
dielena, Mr. and Mrs. Angus Rob-
ertson and children, Rosemary,
Donald and Roddy, and Mias
Jewerlene Ware, Mineral Wells.
Kiser Whatley Jr. of La Grange,
Georgia was also present.
Big Foot Wallace Perhaps
First White Man In County j fi/eWS 35 Years Ago •
Railroad Service to Be Dis-
continued to Graford
On August 15. according to in-
formation from the Texas and Pa-
cific Railroad, their branch road
from Mineral Wells to Graford,
Texas, will be discontinued.
The tracks will not be torn up at
present due to a request from WPA
and Army Engineers. During the
construction of Possum Kingdom
dam the road will probably be
used for freight purposes, and the
tracks may be leased from
the T fit P by officials ip charge of
the building of the dam. Graford
is the nearest point to the dam,
and heavy freight shipped here
could be hauled by truck to the
dam site.
New York was shrouded in a
cold fog a s we steamed into
her harbor. I shall never forget
the grandeur and the emblematic
majesty of the Statue of Liberty
as she held aloft her beacon and
welcomed in the voyagers. Surely
no other port in the world could be
more alluring than that of New
York with its magnificent skyline
in the distance, and its hundreds of
docks owned by the greatest
steamship lines in the world.
My girlhood friend, Johnnie
Pirkle Symonds, met my cousin
and me at the pier. It was won-
derful to see her smiling face and
to know that m that great city we
had someone to look after us and
to pilot us around. I’ve had many
thrills in my life but I shall never
forget the ride down Fifth Avenue
that morning and pur ride through
Central Park where 1 saw more
baby carriages and more dogs than
I had ever seen before in all my
life. On Sunday afternoon in 50
blocks alpng Riverside Drive I
counted 126 baby carriages which
would make one believe there is
no birth control movement in
America's largest city!
On our first day in New York we
visited The Cathedral of St. John
The Divine, a beautiful cathedral
still unfinished, and 40 years under
construction. A visit to New York
it not complete until one sees this
majestic building. We also visited
Grand Central Station. The Wal-
dorf Astoria Hotel, the Public Li
brary where 800 or 900 persons of
all types and ages sat reading in
the gigantic reading room. The
quiet of the large room was occas-
ionally broken by a laugh as some
reader perused a passage that tick!
ed his fancy. We also took a tour
of Rockefeller Center and Radio
City that first afternoon. No de-
scription could do this group of
modern buildings justice. Suffice
it to say that their materials are
composed of agate, pearl, marble
and granite and other precious
building atones from all over the
world, and their architecture is of
the very latest design. Radio City,
the tallest building of the lot, is the
marvel of the group. Here one
finds housed in one gigantic sky-
scraper, the world’s greatest radio
studio, control rooms, current
rooms, sound rooms, etc. and ev-
erything pertaining to radio that
science has discovered. The
tour was an education. In this
building is the studio used by Ma*
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Dam Construction To Begin
In November
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According to Wm. L. Kuehnle,
principal engineer of the U. S.
Engineer's office, Mineral Wells,
actual work will probably be start-
ed on the construction of Possum
Kingdom Dam by the last of
vember. Engineers are making
' comprehensive field tests of the
undation conditions now, aa well
investigation# of local materials
»t might be used in the construe
tion of the daiq.
Fifty men from the relief rolls
ere now at work on the project, as
Uncle John Price Has
“Mulley Grubs'*
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Uncle John Price was in the
Star office Tuesday suffering
with 'Mulley Grubs.' After
much investigation thvStar editor
learned that Mulley Grubs and
Blues are one end the same.
When Uncle John was a boy,
and one was down and out, he
had the 'Mulley Grube.* Now
g person kaa the blues. Uude
had the mulley
ruse he had lost his
Spil
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'Big Foot* Wallace, intrepid In-
dian scout, early day ranger, and
picturesque frontiersman, was per-
haps one of the first white men to
set foot upon Palo Pinto County
soil.
Wallace came to Texas to re-
venge hia brother and cousin who
were both killed by Mexicans in
the Fannin massacre at Goliad.
He was a native of Virginia. He
was in the Mier expedition, but
was one of the lucky ones who
drew a white bean, and after re-
turning to Texas, joined Col. Hay's
ranger company and was with him
in many exciting campaigns. He
was with him at the storming of
Monterey in 1846 where, to use
his own language, he "took full toll
out of the Mexicans for killing his
brother and cousin at Goliad in
1836.'
After the Mexican War he com-
manded a ranger company which
was organized to protect the fron-
tier of Texas, and subsrquentlv
had charge of the mail from San
Antonio to El Paso, which was
probably the most dangerous mail
route in all Texas. The road was
lined on either side from San An-
tonio to El Paso with graves of
those who had fallen by the wav
at the hands of the Indian savage,
or of the iharauding Mexicans.
Wallace's frontier life was fraught
with many perilous adventures and
narrow escapes. In 1837, while
out with a party of surveyors in
what is supposed now to be Palo
Pinto County, he became separated
from his party and was chased by
the Indians, the foremost one of
whom he killed. On his return to
the settlements after making his
escape he had the misfortune to
sprain his ankle and was compell-
ed to lay up alone from the 28th
of October until the 20th of Novem
her before he was able to travel.
He subsisted alone on wild game
aud pecans while be remained in
bis little cave which fortunately he
had found and camped in the
night before.
On his way to the settlement he
was captured by the Indians, taken
to their village and after a council
had been held among the warriors,
he was condemned to be burnt
and had been taken out, tied down
to the stakes with the wood piled
around him, but just before the
Indiana were ready to apply the
torch to the flames, he was rescued
by an old vquaw. Through the kind-
ness of this old squaw and her
son “Black Wolf* he was enabled
to make his escape from the In-
dians after remaining with them a
few months. The cave where Wal-
lace camped is believed to be near
Strewn, Texas.
Lawrence Hart Iryurei
Eye
Lawrence Hart of the Holt Ranch
is recovering from a painful aye
injury which he received last week
when unloading calves from a truck
at Graford. One of the calves
kicked aa iron bar out of the truck
which hit the ground aud bounced
b%ck, striking Mr. Hart with the
point and cutting and bruis-
tbe side of bis eye bell.
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J. C. Son. veteran editor, end
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—C. W. Massie has been under
the weather for some days past.
—H. C. Sheets left Thursday
morning on a business trip to Min-
eral Wells.
—Judge W. F. Martin made a
professional trip to Mineral Wells
last Tuesday.
— A fine rain fell Wednesday
afternoon and was general through-
out the county.
— Mrs. Millsap, sister of Mrs.
Roy Hittson, left for her home
Tuesday morning.
*—Our base ball club will go to
Brazos in the morning to play the
team at that place.
—Mrs. L. E. Mayhew is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. W. P. Smith, at
Weatherford this week.
—O. L. York had the misfortune
to get hurt by his horse falling with
him last Tuesday at his ranch north
of town.
—A basket picnic will take place
at the McDonald tank near Miner-
al Wells, August 15 and 16. Every-
body invited.
— Jordan A. Massie, who has
been attending the State University
at Austin, returned. Saturday night
to spend a vacation with home
folks.
—The Raggedy Willies defeated
the Livery Stable teem of Possum
Flat last Saturday at the barbecue
by a score of 8 to 9. The boya
played well.
—The only one we have heard
of so far from this county who has
drawn a prize in the government
lottery at El Reno, is Dick Beeler
of Mineral Wells.
—J. C. Son left Thursday morn-
ing for Austin to make some
preparations for the opening of the
special session of the legislature
which convenes next Thursday.
—The small folks were given a
party last night at the home of Mrs.
Jane Volentine, complimentary to
Master Mark Dalton. Refreshments
were served and a general good
time was had.
—The Star was informed by J.
M. Cleveland that the machinerv
for the oil well had been shipped,
and that part of it had arrived at
the Wells, and that work would
commence st once.
* —E*q- J- C. McQyerry’s court
was in session Monday, and tried
the case of Emberlin vs Palo Pinto
County, for balance for care of
paupers. A jurv verdict was obtain-
ed for the defendant.
—Sheriff T. G Hindman and W.
H. Gaines left Tuesday morning
with John Lee of Hood County,
who was given two years in the
pen at the leal term of our district
court for rape, and turned him
over to the contractor at tha Wells.
—Mr. and Mrs, D. C Jones en-
tertained a crowd of our young
people last Tuesday evening at
their oleaaant home
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Dunbar, Mary Whatley. Palo Pinto County Star (Palo Pinto, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, August 14, 1936, newspaper, August 14, 1936; Palo Pinto, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018645/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.