Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 29, 1936 Page: 4 of 4
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THIS IS A GOOD
JUMP--BOV, _
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W.S.MCJINSEY, OLDEST NERCHiWr,
CELEBRATES 8§TH BIRTHDAY TODAY
W. 8. McJimsey, Graham's S»*r-
I'hant. celebrated his 8VU1 k rthday
a —-------------—-----— jbxlsy. for sixty ve«r» Mr. McJfcn-
tuday and tonight! Call number on* 1 »*y h»s lived In Graham and aatrh-
for other reaction* to A VW of >'d the city grow from a tiny little
METHODIST MISSIONARY
SOCIETY MEETS MONDAY
Mr*. S. B , Stivet was |»ifi«n Graham from the Air. or. How it community to the city it I* today,
ohaman of the Methodist Woman * Feel* to Say How. y to a Trane- Mr. ' McJimsey own* and oper-
Misaumary Soci.ty vh -ti met Mon- Atlantic Flyer.’
day afternoon.
The Missionary Bulletin was gi'en STATE AND-
by Mr* F.. J. Pettu*. Mr*. E. M (Continuad from page 1.)
Remington gave the ohapter "Wnat __ _
U th* «'*>urrh Doing Today’" from ,,,io.Egyi*.—King Fuad I died
the mission study i>ook. Toward Tuesday, and his throne
a Chi stian America. goes to g i6.year.0ld son. He will
Mr*. S. B Street gave a re- ^ buried in E( Rabat Mosque, a
view nf the d*wom»*«aa of the hillside citadel he built himself,
< ential Texas t onterence «nd ttn n |nff ^ Nil(. ^**-4 the Sahara
work. She also gave the chapter ]>Mert Hj# Mn u Orown Prince
on Christen Unity. which finished fil(luk The Crown Prince has
our mis*am study. Th« program, ^stu yin* in England.
ended with a devotional “Time and . _
Money'' by Mr*. W S. Williamson. Coral Gables, Ha. —Representa-
tive* of two million clubwomen were
•] told Tuesday that they must banish
war by uiKing peace. The National
| Council of the General Federation
and Be Addiction by Mrs. R. J. Isa
Prade
A BIRDSEYE—
(Continued from page one)
at s Ms Racket Stable. on the
west side of the squats. Of .-L hi
has been in ill health, util unal.)
to open his stoiv, however. V.i.c.i
he came to Graham in 1876, after
riding the range in Palo Pinto, and
enjoying Texas life, Mr. McJimsey
opened a hardware and grocery
store on the miner where the
Alexander Co. is now located. He
I a me to Texas from Alabama in
1870. —'
Uncle Steve Maddox, veteran
traveling salesman from Weather-
ford, 1 era 11* that sixty . y-ar* ago
he met Mr. McJimsey, and 1 hatted
with him in hi* store, a* he travel-
ed about selling h's goods.
June 27, 1877, Mr. McJimeiy
brought a lovely bride, Mary Jane
2.
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with
Ku
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age to get along without
rites of any kind.
a Texarkana
ue elk from
Mr
keep his ator* <V>or open in the
summer time, and tit outside the
doorway and talk to hie friends.
Always conscientious and fhithfut
to his work, he is truly one of the
most valued citisen* of Graham
today. ,.
HU children living today are IR.
H„ Mrs. Frank Brice, Graham,
Mrs. D. J. Smith of Smi Antonio,
and Mrs. Pauline Anderson of
Austin.
Texarkana,
J2, and bk
Odell. WOT
of assault
the slashing of
t.ingue.
Itarlcrr, 26, wnt In
hospital with hit tongue
t ip to bate.
The Pilgreen brothers wars grant-
ed bond of 6600 each
TV ci timist says his glass is
alf full; the pessimist says his
glass is half empty.—St. boub
Post-Dispatch.
If all tha students that si asp
in class;* were laid end to end,
they wotld be more. comfortable.
Officer* claimed the cutting was
sn act of revenge growing out of
previous tinbhie Between Barker
and the Pilgreon.
Ownership
“Say ‘our’,” stormed Mrs.
** Snorter. “I’m tired >f hearing y >u
talk about ‘my nous and ‘my
car.’ and ‘my daugiit >r, It gus
my goet.”
1 Tlie next morning
arose in Ms usual rough frame
of mind and spent mat minutes
rummaging about the ‘room. Final-
ly his wife turned over in bed
The childhood craving df sweets
Is due to the fact that children
hav, *«**e numerous and nacre sen- and yelled at him, “What are yon
sitive “taste bulls’’ than adults, as- j looking for-” j *, 4
cording to Prof. L. B, Arty, of] “Our pact*,’’ answered McSrmet- ‘ ,«
Northwestern University. er sourly.
j of Women1* Clubs is meeting in McLaren, from Halo Pi.it... Tb-
- ! Florida, and Mis* .Alves 1/vrtg of (fc^her they built a home in Gra-
sel'e* in. but since no one else St Louis, chairman, made the ad- *'*m *n<l reaivd a famil>, and bc-
dui. we didn't e.thi-r. 1 took d>wn 4re*' on international relations. [ ± lasting pnrt ef—the—IM*
the names of then passeng^;* »° “ — * j of Grkhamr Nine children wore
list would be han.ff for the As-j Oyster Bay. N.. Y.—Mrs. Edith >«>™ to them. Onjy ^fou^are liv-
,..au*i Press in case something Keimit RooseVelt, widow of Theo- Ihg today. Mr*. Mc.Itms y died in
did happen. dore Roosev. It, is learning to walk April, 19J4.
“You sit in front of me,” Mr. with the aid of crutches. She suf- Mr. McJimsey used to buy hidea,
Graham said, • ‘because if* you are j fared a fractured hip last November and market them to hurt Worth, j
all that scared, it would be bet- j 14, and ap.nt five months in a "hos- Postoffiee record* kept baik in .
fall on me. than ! pital. She will be 75 next lbe 70’a show receipts
August.
self: opening doors
. s;y sending and receiving money
from Port Worth. Perhaps part of
j it went for the hides. Mr. McJim-
scy vAs one of the first to take
stocky, out a money order when that de- ,
' J-----* ’ the poatpffice was
the’ Colonel said a hir ,’s eye view tain, iC Connecticut, had an idea back opened. 1r\.c'
from the controls, where he and ] in 1930 that people were tired of For yiera and years Mr. McJim-
Gol Chamberlin were, would be ; pushing doors; that the machine , Wf bas been a faithful member
the best view of the city, so up j age ought to do something about °f ^he Presbyterian Church. When
to the controls 1 went. ! it. the church was located at the site
Graham is th* most green and j He succeeded in interesting a I of the Chauncey Penix home, Me.
white little city I have ever seen. | manufacturer. Five years of mis- i McJimsey* Was a member and when
The courthouse and postoffice look- < sionary work wer,. n-e-ded, however, j the church whs moved to its pnes-
*d like aichitectural drawings, with 1 to “sell” the idea to the public, j ent site, he and his wife and chil-
for me to fall on you. ”
With a ciuising speed of 145
miles 1 an—hour JSsxa at—tha
Jake almost before it seemed that -
we had Had time to take off fiom iky Horace H. Raymond,
the port. The f.ist assistant to ; jovial young engineer of New Bri- rJ»rttnent
a water-color yard of green. The
highway is a long strip that
stretches far into the • hills, and
over the hills. The schools are toy
N* w automatic doors -are doing
•iarf$- in hospitals, ihilwuy sta-
tions, re-taurants, department stores,
luirs, and eating places from coast
houses set down among other toy J to coast, and in Canada, Uruguay,
houses. Clothes hanging on - lines ] Argentina. Sweden, France Mexico
look like doll clothes. j «nd Japan.—Ex.
Jbe*ass.stant pilot talked all the |
while. '‘Isn’t iTieautrfnt7 Look «a|
that lake—look at your square— 1
look at the snhools." Almost as !
quickly as he,, said it. we wouki;
be at the places. The ill park, j
tht_J»usiness section and the resi- 1
dent ui I section—all were covered "j
from, the airiiorf to the lake in 1
ten brief minutes that seemed like]
two.
“He can take _ off and manoeuver I
with only one motor -going.” the]
assistant said. “He can land with
a spied less than forty miles an
Jvonr. even in the largest adrlinar
m America. It weigihs nine and
a fourth tons.” th* assistant laugh-
ed and said.
There',, one. thing about an as-
sistant pilot—he's good at the con-
trols. whether it be of the motor
or frightened, wobbly persons!
“Everyone bad tn sit down ae
Col. Chamberlin landed the plane,
but during the ride, it was per-
mis-able to charge scats, and more
aroujid. _____.,
Col. t'hainberlin is planning to
make New York to Peris this sum-
mer in less than twelve hour*. Sure,
h- can ib. it. What kind nf a plane
is he going in? Of course, not a!
’-’"-passenger, hut he isn’t saying
just—what—kirwt yet.____
Will, riding in a 'me for the
first time is really „• . xt sport. If
you’ve noser been, but y»>u are
frightened, you mi*, as well .go
up with a famous pc re mage—*0
go on up while the plane is here
dren were ahvays active in the
church affairs. It is believed that
Mrs. McJimsey was a charter mem-
ber of the Ladies Auxiliary.
1 Fh*?A in the coldest weathbr,
when he is able, Mr. McJimeoy al-
ways comes to work. He likes to
DID YOU KNOW
THAT we can render JUST AS GOOD
and efficient SERVICE as any PAINT and
BODY WORKS shop in the larger cities,
such as Wichita Falls, Fort Worth or
Dallas?
We are equipped with proper Took, Quality Mater-
ials and Skilled Workmanship, guaranteeing you first
clasN service.
WRECKER SERVICE
Our wrecker service is available DAY or NIGHT.
When in need of this service give us a call. NO
JOB TOO SMALL—NO JOB TOO LARGE. Estimates
gladly made on any work.
COURTESY — QUALITY — PROMPTNESS
‘If We Can Not Fix It - Throw It Away”
STREET MOTOR CO.
JInnouncing—
Opening of Up-to-Date
Repair Shop
—BY-r
GleaBrewster
at Panhandle Service Station—Phone 412
General Auto Repair'Service - Specialize On Fender Repairs and
Motor Reconditioning.—All workmanship is absolutely guaranteed
Complete Tightening
Complete Lubrication
Both for only _____
This offer good only 10 days and includes thorough tightening and
liburication of every part
TALK TO US AND GET OUR PRICES BEFORE YOU HAVE
YOUR CAR WORK DONE.
SPECIAL
$1.50
FIRST CUSS WASHING AND GBEASIAO JOB
LET US TALK TRADE ON A NEW SET OF THOSE FINE
ROYAL
TIRES
THEY WILL INSURE YOU GREATER MILEAGE -
SAFETY - ECONOMICAL DRIVING.
UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE-
Royal because they are King of the Road
- BUY U. S. TIRES AND SAVE MONEY.
MORE
* SERVICE STATION
LEWIS WHEAT, Manager, Graham, Texas. Phone
* GRAHAM, TEXAS
DAY PHONE 762. NIGHT PHONE 278
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DICK HUDSON
REACHES
HARBOR
WITH THE
SMUGGLED
NARCOTICS
QUICKLY
ME AND
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TRANSFCRRMi
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ROADSTER
WITHIN
TWO HOURS
THEY
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Trout, H. I. Graham Daily Reporter (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 201, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 29, 1936, newspaper, April 29, 1936; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1065049/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.