The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1940 Page: 9 of 12
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T«ir Management Makes Report
And Operative Statements For
0 Fair And Rodeo
TB* GRAHAM LEADER. THUR8DAY. OCTOl
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Rodeo Dances ________- ____________
Total Income ________________________.___________*1,704.75
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Contract Acta
Arena Director
Announcer .......
Stock .................
Chute Labor
Other Labor
Conteat Priyci
itST
ng itateroentOadverti»ementa, France waa folding Special prizea
North Central Diatrict Fair | up, and thia part of the Fair work Judges ...........
Rodeo for the paat two yeara waa • had to be delayed 80 daya until Hit- Pick Up Men
ad today by the Fair manage-1 ler had finiahed hia job. Becauae of
Total ineomea and coata vary the predominance of war newa. it
little between the two yeara. Al-
though tbe 1940 figures are not final,
the report ahowa an operating loaa
of $1,M1.78 as compared to a loaa of
*1,790.17 in 1989. Tbe report of the
fair management, together with com-
plete operative statements for fair
and rodeo, follows:
The total indebtedness accumulat-
ed over a period of three yeara
amounts to *4,690.72. *1,400 of this
aasouix ia charged to permanent im-
provements while the remainder,
*8,290.72, ia charged to operating
loasea. Thia averages $1,563.67 per
year or *180.29 per month. Since the
was decided early that more money
would have to be spent on newspaper
advertising, trunk banners, posters,
and other mediums of advertising.
Two of our entertainment features,
the Stamps Quartette, and Jack Am-
lung’s Orchestra were secured at a
greater cost than we wanted to pay
•imply becauae these organizations
gave ua a great deal of radio public-
ity before and after they appeared
at our FVir. The number of car
tickets distributed was increased by
200,000 and the territory in which
these were placed was increased.
In order to reach the rural people
of this territory, 1,600 more cata-
EXPEN8E
....* 686.60
.... 200.00
40.00
470100
148.00
60.99
700.00
196.60
60.00
80.00
62 JO
$1,890.26
$ 460.00
200.00
40.00
826.00
89.00
18.81
411.00
121.00
Total Operating Cost __________$2,432.08
Operating Loaa or Gain ....... —667.33
$1,664.81
plus 285.94
Life In England Depicted In Letter
Received Recently By Graham Woman
The following letter received rs- living now, and we have quite got
cently from England by Mias Amytover our first nervousness regarding
Cornish was written by Mrs. Ernest1 q{_ w . . .
Bindoff. wh^ is the neice of Mis. We CerUfnly *et ««*• a
FWr ean be considered only In the.-. .— ----- ...
light of a community advertising logues were printed and were mailed
proposition, this means that the busi- to every rural boxholders in Graham’s
men of Graham are paying $180 potential trade territory. 3,900 of
month for community advertis- these went out through the local
damage done. v
There are quite a few things I
could tell }ou which might be of a
little interest to you, but I don’t want
ting of parkland, and then nearby
the river (Thames) scenery with
pleasure boats of all sisea oa the
water. The town war vary crowded.
thia letter censored and returned to owing, I believe, to. people
me, so had better not say too much i pleasure trips there instead of going
Let it suffice that Britain is still I elsewhere for their holidays. Of
going strong and we are certainly not course, no one ean go over the Caatte
during wartime, and it is eloasJy
guarded, but nevertheless just as
beautiful.
I must stop now as Ernest has jest
cycled home unexpectedly and we arc
me in sincerest remembrances to yew
going out for a walk. Mother joins
all, and I shall greatly lbok forward
to a reply to this letter and to boar
that yon are all well.
Tours very sincerely,
Iris A. Bindoff (nee Cornish).
tilings
tRANTEEO
big through the medium of the Fair
and Rodeo.
Many serious problems have faced
postoffice.
Special efforts were made to cut
every item of expense over last year,
the Fair management during the paat Because of better crop conditions and
three years. First, business condi - * better organisation among: the vari-
tions throughout the area served by ous departments, more and better ex-
the Fair have been considered the titbits came in costing ua approxi-
worst Graham has gone through since mately $140 more,
the Fair started. Again, the Fair On the rodeo side, one mam fact
'has only recently emerged from a was considered. There are not enough
County Fair into a Diatrict Fair. A
Cornish who is teaching in the Val-
ley and of Rex Cornish; of Graham,
and presents an interesting picture
of life in England during the pres-
ent war:
1. Southall Court. Lady Margaret
__Road, Southall, Middlesex, England.
8,900 of 4th Sept., 1940.
Dear Amy:
Tour interesting letter reached my
mother safely just before Christmas
last year, and we are very ashamed
not to have answered it before. How-
ever, perhaps when you hear all the
news you will forgive our rudeness
and I will not be long In replying to
your next letter, which we shall look
district fair naturally costa more and
many adjustments as to premiums,
and charges at the main gate have
had to bo mode.
Perhaps the moat serious problem
woo eucountered lost year when war
woo daelared in Europe just before
the opening of our fair.. Business of
aD kinds as well at amusement en-
terprises feit this very keenly for at
least two months. People did not
spsnd the money they had until the
tension of the world was les-
Added to this were the poor
ip conditions this county and
y has had in many years,
war condition earned over to
For instance, when it
people in Graham who care for this
type of entertainment to support a
rodeo like we had last year, and in
order to break down the distance bar-
rier, a better show had to be put on.
The show ran somewhat higher than
the rodeo committee had planned,
but even so, would have broken even
bad it not been for the two inch rain
on Saturday. Approximately 76*
of the people attending were out-of-
town people. _
Few people realize the tremendous
expense involved in putting on the
North Central District Fair and
Rodeo and the following **»"**”
prevented to show why ga* charge,
must be made and why the sy-tem
of „o passes to «ny Person is main-
downhearted.
Tile news that we get that Ftorope
will be starving this winter seems
truly dreadful, when you think of
the women and children alone in
France, Belgium, Holland, Norway,
etc., but everyone here seems to think
it would l>e fatal for food to be
brought in from outside countries,
as the Germans would only command-
eer it and the women and children
would get nothing. They are a truly
brutal race, and the latest piece of
brutality is shooting in mid-air of
British parachutists who have had tot
“bale out” while fighting planes overl
our country. ,
. . -.it I *‘nd V«T interesting living ■
number of warning, to take cover, | nearer to London, as at Hasting, we
and at night we hear the enemy were rather in a backwater. It is
planes cruising around, and occasion- 9®ite a big town and lovely country
al bombs and gunfire in the far dis-1 hut was never considered
tance, but beyond that we are not "7 °! ‘h* p*op'e ver*
worrying ourselves a lot. I am afraid t*,U**nt , We often heard P*°
the coastal di.tricts are not .o well °" th'*’ but neTer re*,ixwl
nff M we are W. ». they do not ^ ~ '™™lng. Testimony was that a
have much time after a warning be- f quantity of wine and whiskey was in
fore the ’planes are overhead, and I "Lowe’, car when arrested irwnl
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ever. Howard and his wife are still
there and do not seem very perturbed.
Speaking as a whole, it seems to me
One Year And Fine
Given In Liquor
Case Here
Tom Lowe was convicted of trans-
portation of intoxicating liquor aad
was assessed one year in the pen It®
tiary and a fine of $500 in a jury
trial in county court here Tuesday
that people are not very nervous,
and treat air-raids more or less as a
to begin selling catalogue tained:
GRAHAM. TBXA8
INCOME
, 1940
.4 3.40
„ 8,009.86
__ 188.69
_________^_____..................,-.W16.12
1,304.05
18.66
112.20
778.60
286.76
70.00
320.66
412.60
178.18
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I have been married to Fmeat for!
six years, and we have adopted a
little girl, whom We have named Ann.
She was ten weeks old when we got
her, and is now just three years old
and such a pet I am afraid the
1989 wh“le family spoil her, although we
$ 37.96 endeavor not to do so ourselves. For
3,233.66 tbe **st f’ve yeara my husband has
228.15 owned a Sports business in Hastings,
‘which was quite flourishing until a
few months after the War. Being
right on the Coast and with the
threat of invasion over our heads,
everyone with any wealth quickly
left the town and migrated to the
West of England and other parts,
and this sudden departure of the
population, as well as not being able
to get all the-necessary stock, caused
our business and many others to shut.
*.. 887.18 down. We took this step before we
had used up all our resources in Hast-
$1,644.35 Inga, and my husband Is now in one
of the Government Training Centres
learning the art of Instrument Mak-
ing. while we are Irving at the above
address which is about 10 miles west
$1,121.66 London. My husband ia able to
get home very often, and mother ia
here living with me. When my hus-
band has finished his training, we do
* mi n0* *n the least know, at present,
* ' | where hi* job will be; it all dependa
! where the Government tends him,
‘and wherever that is, there we shall
'all go too.
$ 843.60 What a pity the War came just
$ 132.60 when you and your mother were eon-
64.78 templating a visit fe England, and
118 JO iet us hope the day will not ha far off
1,318.68 when you win he able to come. We
148.89 all want the War to end, of course,
24.10 but not before our. freedom is assur-
-1:480.88^ «d. I cannot imagine whatever it
98.91 I would be like should flttler and hia
20.86 ' gang overrun this country, but I think
74.76 I everyone hit great faith in what our
~"7<T.** T*raTr Wavy said- Ate Fwane -ars. Aa-
8288 i hyt and are going to do for ua. Jack
gQQO *nd Howard (her brothers) and my
67916 * husband have all registered for serv-
forward to having in due course. In-,j0ke, although! we all know, of
cidentally. your letter was sent to an | course, that there are bound to be a
address which we left about fifteen certaUT number of casualties and
years ago, but the Postman somehow
remembered out of Hasting*’ 60,000
inhabitants that. it was for my hus-
band’s “mother-in-law,” so took It to
his Shop, and that wag how it got to
us eventually. We have often mar-
veled over it
We were most Interested to hear
about all the members of your family,
and now I will tell you something
about ourselves and a little of what
is happening over here.
When you wrote, the War had not
touched us very much, but during
1940 there have been many changes
In peoples’ lives, although we our-
selves are really very lucky.
months ago by
Williams, Jr.
Being tried Tuesday afternoon was
the case of Mrs. Sarah Watkins,
ditions. j charged with unlawful possession of
We are only a tew miles away from inti*icating liquor for sale. She was
Windsor here, apd the other week we acquitted. i 1
war. but everything seems much
more prosperous and lively up this
way and has brightened our outlook
considerably, in spite of warlike con-
all went over there. The Castle look-
ed magnificent in a wonderful set-'
I _____
Mrs. Mary Saunders and
George, were Sunday visitors in Wa
FOOD STORES
«A8T SIDE OF*IQUARE
COFFEE
MACARONI
SPAGHETTI
Ic SALE
4 Packages Regular % C
Price, One For ....
ONB QUART
81ST ANNIVERSARY VALUES
GRAPE JUICE1"1*" (OHe CEm ““
WHITE HOUSE
MILK
RITZ*
Large
Box
WHEATIES
W
SWIFT ULY
0LE0 2
Lbe. 15C
COLORADO
POTATOES
10 «15‘
YELLOW SPANISH
ONIONS 5 - 10‘
GREEN FIRM
60.00
88.607.36
6B87.lt
*1.786.17
[ lee, of course, but have not-been called
up yet.
I believe America has been told a
let of rtories bv the German propa-
ganda that Britain la starving and
that London is in flames. How wa
all laugh at such talk, as we all eon-
rider we are getting on marvelously
well, and our rations of tea. sugar,
butter, meat end be coo. are ample for
our consumption. Of course, we may
r.rt be so well off as time goes on,
hut at present there ia absolutely
■othfng to grumble about.
Ctttee and towns everywhere, of
eoureo, are full of sandbagged build -
and First-Aid stations, to say
nothing of Air-raid shsltave under-
ground, ea well ae seweretn sane hunt
at tbe sMn of nearly every• ■street--
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CELERY 6C
CABBAGE
JONATHAN 188 • f
APPLES
CALIFORNIA Mi
ORANGES - 15*
GRAPES
GOLDEN RIPE
BANANAS
EjrFiejSM
PIG LIVER
7 STEAK ” n. 18‘
BACON
CHEESE
BLUB ROAnET
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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/m1/9/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.