The Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 97, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 26, 1934 Page: 3 of 4
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remove the conflict which ha* here- j income of the relief client ie deter-
tofore existed between ■ relatively , mined by hie budgetary needs and
high relief wage scale and the lo i not by the type of work nor the
_ , a , < j _______,, cal prevailing scale for common la- j hours of work performed.
Frank Clearley of Monument and’bor, and it ia hoped also that there
Two popular young couples were
married by the Rev. J. P Steven-
son, Oak Street Baptist Church
pastor, Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Mable Grisham of Jermyn were "ow will be more incentive for the Csuzlru
married' at the Rev. Stevenson’s,reli«* cli*nt to accept private em-1 L aetl's
residence Saturday and will make Payment where such is available.”
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their home in the Monument com-
munity.
The second couple, Odus Cock-
phant of Btingrr, were married Suti-
evening at the pastor’s home.
1 and Mrs. Cockburn will live
the Olney community.
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has pur-
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OAK STREET PASTOR
GIVEN SURPRISE
DINNER PARTY .
The Rev. J. P. Stevenson of the
Oak Street Baptist Church, was
given a surprise birthday dinner
Sunday noon when his congrega-
tion gathered at his home heavy-
laden with turkey.
One of the deacons detained the
popular pastor a few minutes after
the morning service on "important
business/* find Accompanied him
home for further conversation.
The delay in arriving home had
given the congregation time to as-
semble and spread the turkey din-
ner at wh:ch H- A. Driver presided.
A large birthday cake centered
the table, and as an expression of
loyalty and love a gift of ten
dollars was given Rev. Stevenson
as jbtrthday remembrance from his
congregation. —.
The afternoon was spent In visit-
ing.
■ i -O—■£■ —
Relief Wa?e Now
Based On Scale
Xocally Drawn]
Austin.- Recent rev'sion of the
federal emergency relief adminis-
tration wage scale from a mini- ]
mum of 30 cents per hour for 1
common labor to the average rate
prevailing locally in the various
communities of the states removes I
ope of the chief objections voiced I
fiy employers to the government’s j
relief program, it has been an
nounced by E. A. Baugh, assistant I
director of the Texas Relief Com- |
mission-
"Fornlerly," said Baugh, “employ-1
era complained that they were
unable to hire relief clients for cer-1
tain types of work because d ents
demanded a minimum scale of 30
rents per hour, the rate being paid |
on all relief projects.
“Now, however, we ascertain ‘lo-
cal prevailing rates’ through de-1
liberations of county wsge scale j
Although wsge scales thus will
be revised, national authorities have
NOT changed regulations governing
hours of work per_week and—par
mouth, which arc 80 and 120 re-
spectively. This brings about a sit
ustion in which a client earning 15
cents an hour (s able to earn but
but $18 per month. In a number of I
instances, budgets as determined by
Two Sharpshooters
Huntington, W. Va.—Uncle Sam
is looking for two sharpshooters
to fill oat that portion of his army
station at • Fort Thomas, Ky.
The tue favored rej.itws need
know no h.ng about cu.r. however
their prowess must be , demonstrat-
ed with a basket ball
Sergeant J. J. Francis, the U.S.A.
A LIGHTNING BUG
WITH ,A BUM LIGHT?
CERTAINLY NOT . . .
FOR . L . .
THEY |LL CARRY
WILLARD BATTERIES.
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Chapter I
' HERE COMES THi MIME
It Wit the eve of Mery Clay’s wed-
ding and everyona wa« doing things
about |t Everyone, that la. but
Mary. She lay in a Uttar o( sheets
and cold cream on the massage
table of her boudoir while Bella,
her masseuse, whacked and knead-
ed with might and main.
A cocktail party was in full awing
St the Clay home, and Mary herself
was keeping tabs on it despite the
fact that aha docilely turned over,
relaxed or emended a shapely arm
or thigh at Bella's command. Her
mind was busy with the gaiety that
sounded through the door.
Bella paused for a moment to
wipe a moist brow and then applied
herself with renewed zeal.
"Wow!" Mary sat bolt upright
"Take It easy. I’m going to need
that leg to get married with to-
morrow!"
"What’d you say?” Bella cupped
her ear against the noise outside
the door.
Mary half-closed her syes as she
quoted from an imaginary Society
Column:
"‘The bride was a vision of
beauty In black and blue spots.'
Now — how, would that look?"
Bella rested a heavy hand on
Mary's shoubjer and forced her to
the table.
"Black or blue; green or yeller,”
she answered sourly, ' "you’re *
sucker to get married.’
raised her bands ia mock disap-
proval. He leaned over Mary and
examined her closely.
"Ugh," was his eventual comment.
"Is this horrible mess the woman
I am to make me bride?"
He touched her cold creamed
cheek gingerly and then tasted his
finger. His eyes opened wide In
t leature
"Hm," he observed. "Vanilla!"
Mary threw her arms about him
as he kissed her oblivious of the
cream which smeared his face, tie
ana suit Paula frowned In protest.
"Ever since you were six years
old, Dillon Todd, you've entered
rooms you had no business to,” she
said.
“It'a been lots of fun, too.”
answered Dill.
“Paula,” warned Mary, “stop pick-
ing on my groom. Besides you
can't have any secrets from a man
you went swimming with at the age
of eight."
It was too much for Paula. She
rose Indignantly. "You might keep
that sort of talk for the privacy
of your boudoir. And you,” turning
to Mary, “might dress and join your
friends. And you,” facing Dill sev-
erely, -f but whatever her advice
she never finished, for the door
opened suddenly and Eleanor, right-
ing Dill, burst happily in.o the
room shouting:
"Aha! The missing cocktails!"
A flock of young people carrying
empty 'cocktail glasses crowded
after her, "The cocktails"’ "Must
“It that an attack on my future be water by now!” "I'm sober, and
husband,” laughed Mary, "or are Tv* got to be tight by eight
MAit' fuai oniLuio/l/iinS^" n'HnAk j*
you Just anti-wedding?”
\"Both," replied Bella shortly, and
redoubled her pounding the better
to express her opinion.
The door opened cautiously to
IW
o'clock!” The room damorcl with
their shouting.
Bella bared her arms as if to
tackle them all. Paula pre-e.npted
her with a restraining hand.
•Vow that the and DUl and Jeff were together again,
everything wot perfect t tfory’e hay pines* knete no bounds/
admit Paula fair, fortylah and flut-
tery. She flitted into the room,
ignored Bella's grimaces and rested
her arms on the table, aa she faeed
Mary.
“Mary!" her voice was very stern.
"How can you let yourself be
pounded, with your wedding leas
than twenty-tour hour# off? Bella,
you atop it this instant!"
Bella threw her a look that would
have' sent a more noticing soul
scurrying back to her cocktails, but
Paula continued blithely:
"And the house ia full of people
waiting to tee you! How can you
lie there so calmly. I’ve shopped
and arranged till I'm about to fall
over! You’d think I’d never been
to a wedding "
She sighed In eelf commiseration
and dropped wearily but happily
to the nearest chair.
Mary Mew her a Idea "Paula
darling, I don’t know what I’d ever
ao without you. You know so much
about this sort of thing."
Bella eyed them grimly. “She
outa know." she observed,
she buried three husbands?"
“Bella!”
"Oh, 1 don't mind bar," lai
Paula. “Baridea It was only
Bella. I don't know where the/last
one ia"
"He probably joined I
Legion,” said Bella cau
Paula waved her away,
She smiled fondly at
"Excited?” she aakeo
Mary rolled over on htr side the
belter to answer.
"I have a feeling,” the replied
solemnly, "That I'm going to die
or have a fit before Dill and I ever
get to the altar."
"You always feel that way the
first time." Paula nodded sympa-
thetically. "Oh darling. I'va al-
ways wondered what mothers must
feel when their children get mar-
ried. I know now." She smiled. I
wistfully. “You see, I'va managed
to hypnotize myself Into almost be-
lieving you are my daughter."
"To all iatenta and purposes I
am.” answered Mary. "You've made
me what I am today — ” her face
spread In an Impish grin — "I hope
you’re satisfied."
A brisk knock at the door cut
short their conversation
open before either could call
in." The new arrival was
personable young man, tall, blue-
eyed attractive, dapper, impeccably
groomed The chief concern hi
hie world that moment was
the large eocktail shaker which he
manipulated ia rhythm to the mute
as It blared from the radio aeaaa-
wbwMa la the house. He grinned
expansively at the scene before bias.
g!" Mary pulled the sheet
BOOT CUt
It fleW
11 "C«Mt
> a most
"Out! Everyona of you Oet Out'
Maty has got to get dressed. In
my day a brlda atwage received
with her clothes on!"
She shooed them out with dispatch,
and DUl, seeing his opportunity,
sought refuge behind n window
drape. Paula turned on him de-
clvely. “You too, Mr. Todd.”
DUl roared at being discovered.
“Can I stay it I don’t peek?" ho
asked.
"Nonsense," replied Paula know-
ingly. "You’d look."
"You beteha." he answered ha pi
pily.
"Then stay," laughed Mary.
Paula gestured dramatically to-
ward the door. "Go!"
And DtH. like the scorned and
fallen daughter of melodrama, hung
hit hand, pressed an Imaginary
bundle of humanity to hla breast
and shuffled sadly from the room.
Paula , slammed the door to and
turned the key. Bella was her next
Nb.
"Hurry," she demanded. "Mr.
Todd and hla friends must leave
for the bachelor dinner. 1 wont
Mary dressed and at the door to
any goodbye to her guests baforo'
they go.”
Bella gathered her paraphernalia
and swept eat the rooan.
Mary lay with ayes closed for a
bit and then opened them question-
lngly at Paula.
"Paula,” aha said "Paula—what
goes on at bachelor dinners?"
Paula sniffed la disapproval.
"Very Uttla goes on, my dear. As
I understand It, a great deal comes
off! And you'd better hurry la to
your clothes." Paula made for the
door. "I'll play host sea to your guests
until you do—but I give you >ve
minutes, thtt's all.”
Mary snuggled warmly Into har
covert She wanted to lie there for
hours.
She felt deliciously sleepy; a re-
laxed, luxurious kind of sleepy.
The phone rang sharply.
"Balia!" she called.
The phone rang insistently.
“Sella! Corry! Somebody answer
that!"
She wailed at the third ring, and
then, wrapping har sheet about her.
she swung off the Uhls and hurried
to the phone.
"Hello — ■
"Who** She frowned crossly.
■•wbo»?r
She suddenly grew radiantly
awake Her eyas sparkled. Her
hand caressed the phase as If to
reach the parson spanking to
"Oh Jeff " she eri
grew tender. "Jeff dutaag!"
Who ia Jeff that
him ee i
her
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