The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940 Page: 1 of 12
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A now definition for a wixzard:
Ths fellow who can keep op with the
Jones' and not set behind with Us
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Hew ia dollar bill at this time at
year like a corkscrewT Ana.: It'll
take the stopper out—(of your Leader
aabecrtption label).
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It waa Beniamin Franklin who laid
“Doing an injury pnta yon below youlr
enemy, revenging one makes you but
assn wH hhim; forgiving It sets yon
above him.”
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After eeeing so many who have
bean amble to stand wealth, which
nasally takes them to the devil and
grief, ws think wo
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Banger Road
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Wash was to be started this
morning on making n paved highway
SB man starting on tho Job.
The first work will be
randy the roadbed preparatory to
topping, on that section between Ora
Hospital and the forks of the
road, 11 miles out, 'where the Possum
Kingdom Toad Intersects. This part
of the road has wide right-of-way
and road levels established and drain-
age structures bunt
Then work is to start also this
week on cutting |own the hill, in
the new right-of-way, just north of
the Brasos bridge, where a cut of
about 14 fact will be made, and the
yrarel and rock from same used in
making the base of the road else-
where.
It ia expected, according to J. B.
Norris, county commissioner of thi*
precinct that by the time the road
is paved to the bridge work can pro-
ceed then on making a paved road
from there on to B unger.
This is one of the moot need roads
why U the county and is an outlet to the
good people South which serves a vast trade ter-
ritory tor Graham and accommodates
many farmers, landowners and oil
Oeesthy Dig says n man should operators in the South aad southeast
ghu Us wife small gifts, declaring a parts of the county. With the corn-
wife is more pleeaed with a bunch of plotion of Possum Kingdom Ink* the
violets Ann she would ha with .a road will have Ha traffic doubled. It
refrigerator But what Dorothy par- w01 also ha a link of the highway
hope hasn’t though of Is that ■ man bitaOta Graham aad the CCC eamp
emrt hoy violets with “nothtp« WMHIU Kingdom Statu Park
2117 long County Men Register Voder Draft
Alaska ‘Achilles Heel* of America
COMMANDER
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Alaska celebrated the aeveaty-thlrg anniversary of IU transfer from
Rossis to the United States on October 18. This bngc arcs was pur
chaaed In 1861 Nr only $7,200,000. mitary experts have termed Alaska
the “Achilles Heel" of America. Rmm Is eoly a few boors' flying time
from Siberia aad from Japanese air bases off the Up of the Aleutiac
peninsula. The United Stairs Is rashing work on air, aaval and
bnaoa at Dutch Harbor. Kodiak, Sitka aad Anchorage.
King, Griffin Ancf
Padgett Named To
Aid Draft Board
army
the Southeast
of Tonne
DESAAT
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"Why do you. make that boy
as Ml* we asked a negro father
the ether day, after observing tho
boy was going through
difficult work while
Tie teaching him 8a be a bender
while he’s timber tfanber," said the
negro man, "add whan ha atop* being
wilder I limbers 1m wid n piece
timber."
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time for mors diligent health
paetection sines it U rovoalel that
Tuberrnloois, sixth greatest Miter of
residents of Texas fat IBM, moved op
to fourth place in the Hat of leading
of mortality in tho state dor-
rwH
ate regiatrec «*f Vital. Sta-
Katies. Heart discs c was first, can-
cer second and accidents of all kinds
third, among cauaso of Texas deaths.
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on to the highway
of men
i tho J«
work of building tho should- j
who have boon
tho Jean highway ftn-
1100 Highland Herefords Unloaded
In Graham For Batcheler Ranch
Big Ballot Ready
For Young County
Voters On Nov. 5
One of the biggest shipments of
cattle ever shipped into Graham and
unloaded here was delivered bars
Monday night to Will Batchelor of
Palo Pinto for his Gordon Mountain
ranch about fourteen miles southeast
of Graham, just over the line of
Young county and in Palo Pinto
mwty.
There wan thirty-fire cattle ears
tasking a solid train totaling about
1100 head of cattle, received here ever
tho Wichita Kails A Southern Rail-
way.
They war* long yearling sta are of
the Highland Hereford breed, which
bought in the Big Bond a*
of Texas several months ago on
tract. All tho oattla wer
and high darn rtaers, and wars ship-
ped to Graham from Marfa, arriving
Monday night.
A Mg chuck-wagon truck and fif-
teen cowboys wore here when the
cattle arrived and trailed the cattle
out before dav light Tuesday morn-
ing after unloading them at the
The ballots for tho general elec- Wichita Tails A Southern stock pen*
Won, to be held November 8, have j„ West Graham,
been printed and delivered to County!
Clerk Ben Johnson. 1 14 *» ***** Batcheler received a
Absentee voting was darted, under shipment of tho, same kind
Governor W. Lee O’Daniel has an-
nounced presidential approval of
Judge B. W. King of Graham as ap-
peal agent, and Doctors H. E. Griffin
and W. O. Padgett, examining phy-
sicians, to spplement the draft board
of Young county in handling the reg-
istrants who were registered for the
dr>ft Wednesday, and who will be ex-
amined by a doctor when called and
approved otherwise by the draft
hoard for induction into the service.
Those placed in Class 1 for Immedi-
ate availability for service will be
examined by a doctor first.
The duties of the appeal agent, to |
which responsibility Judge King has
been named, are not to be confused
with the duties of the appeal boards,
which will hear appeals from draft
board rulings, and which names, the
Governor said, have not been named
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Local Board Gets
Down To Work On
List Promptly
Changes Being Made
In Some Positions
At Court House
When Mias Eunice Gibson accepted
the position of Secretary in the office
of the Young County Draft Board,
third floor of the court house today
'he was succeeded by Mrs. W. W.
Fanner, who has been employed aa
•eeretary to County Judge K. M.
Remington.
Mrs. J. Ted Williams ia also start-
ing work in tho county clerk’s office
on temporary part time work. It waa
l
It ia raid that Miss Frances
who*V*s been employed in the
ty clerk’s office for several years
will be cha tinned hi that office by
Earnest Tucker, who la to be the new
county clerk. It is said that Mira
Gene Bloodworth of Olney erill be
employed in the county clerk’s office,
also, after January 1.
raid he has not
to succeed Mr*
Farmer in his office. I
Big Warehouse
Being Erected
By Graham Mill
Man power of Graham i-nd Young
county went willingly to 22 vettaff
boxes in the county Wednesday to
sign up for registration fog military
training under the selective draft.
A total of 2117 men residents ot
Young county, withiu the ages M *1
to M years registered undra the
United States conscription or draft'
act Wednesday. The total ruhMnfld
in the county was 2289 but ltg ot
these lived out of the county aiM St J,
out ot the state, these cards btata
sent to the towns of their respoMivs
homes. I’
By voting boxes the totals regis-
tered were as follows: West Graham
400, Bunger, 34, South Bend 4B, Huff
stattle and Eliasville combined 40,
Murray 24, Miller Bend 1, Ne
178, Proffitt 34, (Farmer 20,
Mound and Henry Chapel
14, Olney «27, MarkJey 30, Orth *f.
Bitter Creek 28, Rabbit Crek 22, Lov-
ing 87. Red Top 20, Padgitt 42, *—
80, East Graham Bll. Ths total ot
both boxes m Graham waa 911.
County Clerk Ben Johraoa wired
the totals to Governor O'Denial Otis
afternoon and the names ware tamed
over to the Draft Board
John Gallaher announced the
j board office organisation
the eiee- and down to work by noon. *1-,
building thank all who hataed so
Elevator ^ ^
tion work Tuesday," Mr. Join
today. "It waa a fine place af '
well done."
in the Graham
y morning
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SENATOR MOFTBTT HERB
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"Wild
headline.
Life
But
Increasing,” reads a
don’t draw your con-' Bnd includes a list
too quickly. It Js a head
over a story In "Our Dumb Animals,"
which tolls us that in our IBS nation-
al forests at present there tea total
of 1.74ROOO antelope, bear, deer, elk,
moose, mountain goats and bighorn
droop, compared with 1,498,000 tho
twenty days prior to the election. Pinto ranch. _________
The bellot this year Is the sise of E- C- T»rl«w. ><*•> to* th®
a newspaper page and Includes six! W‘ch,f* F*n* * Southern, said the
colqmns, one with the Democratic who,e herd °* c,tt,e thron*h ,n
candidates from constable in each fln* *h*P« w1thoot «1*" <* or
precinct to United States Senator. !10- * lte«U __
of twenty-three
Work has been started on
tion of a large warehouse
for the Graham Mill A
Company in Graham.
The building will be 30 by 170 feat
and will he north of ths other mffl
buildings, on the railway track.
It will he of concrete and til# and I Greatest rush
is being erected to take care of la- wm* early W<
•aad need of warehouse space far *«en framed, In line* on tho ____
fWuf, meal, fine steak feeds and and third floors of tho court henna.
er products of fko mill, aeeordtng More than half of the total was
to F. E. Douglas, manager af the registered by noon,
rnffl. I- From both registration rf-fl— to
Graham came reports of ready asm-
pi lance with all requirements. The
men—thorn 21 to SB years ot age, In-
clusive,—came early, at noon thus or
after work as their employment in-
quired, while others
during the day.
No cases of refusal to
were reported in Graham. On
contrary, many wer* eager to be
4
FROST
State Senator George Moffett of
Chillicothe was meeting many of his
friends here Wednesday. He came to
Graham Tuesday night to attend the
W.O.W. district log rolling.
It’s hunting time for big game
now, hat wq are content to fumble
with the finest piece of ivory over
found in tho animal kingdom, a beau
ttfnl Moose tooth, presented to ua by
Dr. George Snyder of Glen Rose who
took H from an 800 pound Ball Moan*
ho killed in the Canadian Rockies last
fall. Maybe it’ll bring good hick
Legion Has Large Attendance For
Discussion Of Home Guard Unit Here
Looked over the great army camp
rite at Brown wood Sunday, where
MM men are working on double
shifts, seven days a week, erecting
barracks, other buildings, putting In
electors for president and vice-presi-
dent; a column for the Republican
ticket, a column for the Socialist
ticket, a column for the Communist
ticket, a column for the Prohibition
ticket and then an undeetauted col-
umn, in which a voter who might not Discussion of the formation of a
want to vote any of the designated hom« ffuard unit for Graham and
tickets may express his choice for any rorroundlng territory treated much
or all of the office* I Interest at * meeting of the Ligon
It may be news to seme new voters D*"1*1 P®*1 ®f American Legion Mon-
te know that the names of Roose- d«F »W>* in the Le*l°» Hall at which
velt and Wallace, nor the names of attendance was unusually great.
Wlllkle and McNary do not appear j The post adopted a resolution that
on the ticket. But instead the names ■ •'ome guard unit be organised. **
of presidential electors are printed on requevtod by the state adjutant In
them. The electors who may be letter to Joat- CommanderJEL V. Hta-
eleeted by a atate then east the vote *—* WR®k Named on a commit-
of the atate In the electoral college to* to seek officers for the unit wore:
for President and vice president. I Commander Hlneon, chairman, M. C.
Frost made its first appearance
for this season In Young county
Wednesday morning, but no visible
damage has been done to gardens or
growing crops.
—The lowest tom para tme . raonrH ^ first to register. ___
here was 32 which is freezing, sc- Walter Colwell, age 26. ___
cording to Miss Lets Black, weather >1 LeSage Motor Company, Was As
bureau representative hers, but there firat to get his registration rnmplal
was no ice visible, aa far as reports in the West Graham bo* aad ha
have been received from different was registered by C. E. Penix. Other
parts of the county. There eras
plenty of frost In many places.
The lowest temperature this
(Thursday) morning was 34 degrees:
On the ballot also appears four
proposed constitutional amendment*.
One provides for the constitution of
Texas to be amended so as to per-
mit citisene of Red River county to
Snoddy and J. J. Akin.
Commissioned officer* for the unit
must be men who have seen service
as commissioned officers or non-
commissioned officers. One captain
a _ as — - m m M - - * It *- — — a well!
is to provide that notaries public may | T*4* committee will nominate uni-
te appointed by the secretary *f i c*r* eligible and the organising of
state. Another proposed amendment the unit will be discussed with other
civic organisations of the city.
The post will have a banquet and
entertainment on Armistice Day,
Record Cotton
Crop Moving
Now In Countv
E. C. Taylor, agent in Graham for
the Wichita Falla A Southern Rail-
way raid today that his road ia har-
ing the best cotton shipping busines*
since 1935.
Around 500 bales have been ship-
ped out from Graham by this roa.j
to Government warehouses and the
cotton season is now in full awing.
It is declared that the staple and
general grade of cotton in Young
county this year ia the best it has
been In many years.
John Rinffirenberg
Finds Conditions
Terrible In China
A letter from Mrs R. EL Medan
who now lives at Odessa, Texas, ad
vises that hep son John
formerly of Graham is now with thi
U 8. Marines In Shanghai.
first registrants being registered at
the same time in that box were Har-
old Medlen, age 31, who ia with Ike
Graham -Leader-,-(k-B: Heffmqti, -ST-
who works at Moody Brothers Asia
Company, John Burkes, age 25, whs
is employed at the Safeway Stave.
A. T. Bale, 32, who works tor the
City Water Department.
*
The first tto'hare his rsgiatratlau
card completed in the taw**Graham
A pep rally preparatory to the l>pi was Claytrai- Leake, age 81, ta-
Graham-Childress football game to surmpc* mleeiflait and other first earn
he played here Friday night will te|t* M registered there included PM
held tonight on the court house lawn [Yancey, with the Graham trader and
by the stu3ennody of the Graham Dally Reporter, Joe Milligan, «ra-
High School and the Graham Quar- p|oyc<J ,t a,e Graham Mill- Jim Oee»
terback CJub. Ibett. agent for the Star
Arrangement* for the rally are be- Biu Lynch, Bill
tag made by Dr. S. C. Guthrie and Wignall.
Pep Rally To Be
| jleld Here Tonight
V
Mitchell
clnb members and students. The
rally will start at 7:30 o’clock.
The frame here (Friday night will be
the second conference contest of the
season for the Stem who in their
opening game defeated the Vernon
Lions, 7-0.
The program will include songs
ham High School Band under the
direction of J. G. Smith, talks by the
co-captatas of the team, the coaches,
and J. P. Elkins, newly elected editor
of the high school paper, Urn Lasy
Agent. The affair will he concluded
with the stairtaf of the School Song
and a shirt-tail parade Broagid the
•quar*.
The line* of yming men who ap-
peared promptly eager to register for
service in their country's defense
made an impressive sight, in-
cluding many of the
strongest, and most active ia
work and affairs.
Each me
All Km cards filled out by
register clerks Wednesday were 8
ad ever to County Clerk Ben Jeta
be placed in a vault end I
ay win be turned over to
beard of three me
to tabulate the carda,
arrange for the drawing when «
from Washington. Each
will seen rststes a
-mattan sheet which
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940, newspaper, October 17, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1063831/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.