The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1940 Page: 5 of 12
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1 Guardianship of Richard -Eddleman,
I a Minor. No. 1648.
| In the County Court of Yi-ung Coun-
|f Semi-
1 ty, Tsxas.
I To All Persons Interested in the
r»on ,,f
1 Above Minor or His E.-lste:
hoateaw ^ 1
e Pi rat
>s open- jM
I You are notified that I have, on
I the 12th day of February, 1940, filed
1 with the County Clerk of Young
I County, Texas, an application under
I oath for authority to make to E. R
Marchman and John T. Nunnelee as
T*» GRAHAM LEADER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY U, 1*4*
DO YOU
A reader of thi* newspaper c
tret the answer to any Question
Q. How many National Parks are
an oil. gras and mineral min- htere in the United States? .A. T.
Bit lease on that certain real estate A. There ore 150 National Parks
belonging to such Minor described »nd Nations) Monuments in the U.
as follows: S., with the Big Bend National Park
.. Located in Young County, Texas, included, which is the only one in
said lease to cover an undivided Tf*»* “"<* <»' yet listed as a project.
8-48 of 1-8 interest in and to a 75- Q what «■« U>e k»y industries of
acre tract of land out of TEAL Texas? O. S.
Company, Surveys No. R691 and A- Oil. natural gas, cotton and
8682, Abstracts Nos. 1130 and 1131 livestock raising; but corn, wheat,
dffccribed as beginning at the north rice and other farm products claim
corner of lessors’ land in TEAL much attention.
Company, Survey No. 2681, thence Q What year is known as the
southaest with the northeast bound- coldest year that Texas has had?
ary line of said Survey and thence B G.
southwest parallel with the north- A. Within the memory o' men now
west line of said Survey crossing living from a'1 available rec-
the southwest boundary line of paid ords, 1899.
8urvey and continuing in the same Q- What are the poisonous snakes
direction to the CRIAt; Railway °f Texas? A. T.
Company right of-way and thence A. Texas has four species of pois-
west with the north boundary line onous snakes, but three of them
of the said right-of-way to the have a variety of sub-species. There
southeast boundary line of the E. A. «re ten sub-species of the rattle-
Blojnt 141 acre tract in said Survey »nake; two of copperheads; three of
No5»92, thence northeast with the coral; and one member of the moc-
east boundary line of the said Blount casin family, the cotton mouth moc-
tract to the east comer of the said casin. which is poisonous.
Blount tract, thence northwest w.th Q How many state land offices
to I the.south boundary line of the TEAL are there in the United States? A.G.
9 cUpany, Survey No. 2691 to the A. Only one—that of Texas. Ac-
west comer of lessors ’ land in said cording to Gem ral Lind Cnmmis-
Survey No. 2691 and thence north- sinner. Ba-com C.ile-:: “The other 47
east -With lessors’ northwest bound- states have their lards administered
aiy Une to the place of h. ginning, by the Federal Govemm'-nt; the Re-
the said lines running sufficient dis rublic Of Texas in 1S46 raw fit to
tance each wav as above designated retain control of hor public domain
to include 75 acres of Und and it, when treating with the U. S. for
la the intention of this base to erv- nrnexatlor. So. the Lone Star flag
er and include the weat 75 acres o* that waves ove- the Land Office
the lessors' Und in both the r-ri i tui'd’ng in Austin is a symbol that
Hurveyt. the east boundary line of this Department is still as independ-
which is to be parallel with the ent i<« during the soverei-n Repub-
west boundary’ line of said Surveys; lie of Texes."
Q. Does the General Land Office
Prices Higher At
Livestock Auction
Here Thursday
Men Found Not , Baptist Young
Guilty of Swindling People’s Social
found not guilty Interesting Affair
ndlmg in connec- “
Two men were
n charges in swindling
| R. H. Helm of Newcastle was to
Graham Saturday.
I yr.ion Blaine end Cuy Nurrs^
I students a* J. T. A. C.. were the
| guests rf Mr. and M’s. Guy Norre8
] this week end.
Prices at the sale of the Graham t*°" *°''citing money for the I
I, ^ m° t,y wa, abown thV the money collected Young People’, Department of the X, 1
sent to the headquarters j First Baptist Church Friday eve | Miss Betti Jo Friedel -pent thw
, Ping. Approximately one hundred week end in Dallas where she visitad
guests attended. Miss Martha Coney.
of small lota.
Among largest consignors was F.
Swidlowe of Mineral Wells, who
sold a load of quality white face
heifers and steers. W. Kunkel of
Olney sold 10 head of mixed cattle,
Tilman McWhorter of Throckmorton
sold load of mixed cattle and R. L.
Sheprrd sold white face heifers and
steers. Fred Kennedy of Graham
soold load of good white face cattle.
J. Burgess sold- white face heifers.
here was
of the relief fund.
Interesting
Program At
Rotary Luncheon
Guests were met by a page out-1
side the banquet room and were i Ralph Bowron went. tj» Brecksa-
asked to select valentines, which ridge Sunday,
named famous sweethearts. The j __
matching valentines were dinner Mr. and Mrs. Bait Bunnell aad
partners. daughter. Betty Jean. Byon BunaeH
A valentine motif was used effec Miss Lena Bunnell visited Mist
in Rosebud Sunday.
_ | tively in the hall and for the bril- j Hazel Bunnell
Two vocal solos by W. D. McF*r- ,iant,y decorated tables.
Breckenridge, H. C. Parrott of Wood-
son, J. B. Herring, M. L. Phillips,
Bill Sims of CHney, A. T. Ashley of
Eliasville, G. Vanhooser of Bryson.
G. Henderson, G. H. Martin of
South Bend, M. Vaughn of Eliasville,
e_il«n« that drew much nnnl.nse and a' Miss Frieda Helen Schultz, violin-1
", I -sr 5'
nl.oUoLa.o u l!' and th* Piano acconv animent Nick of the House of Vaughn was
was played by Mrs. Will (.ruby. selected as King of St. Valent ne’s _
T. L. Maples, sceutm iter of1?^- TLheY we" cI°w"ed Kin« and
Troop No. 96. together with a group Queen h* * R Cheek’ ma8t*r of.
cf scouts put on an investiture cere- ce™,"onie*-
mony that was watched carefully by' TributC8 were *aid t0 Mm W A
J. D. Castleman of Olney, I. F. Mer-jthe Rotarians. The scout oath was ®ass’ superintendent of the Young
Parking Company of Graham, taking given, work of scouts in rrmp dem- *°Pea rP* mrnt, to . iss i ma
cer of Olney. ' on-trated, including how to start a Bu"tm*’ »*»oc»te superintendent.
Among large buyers were Texas | fire with Dint and w'th fric- a *° a * ™*m 9 °f the banquet,
load of hogs and load of cattle, ‘ tion between two pieces of wood. ln*F sta .
H. Denman of Breckenridge, Cope-1 Signalling was demonstrated as-was n Ml res mg program me u« e<
land Brothers cf Antelope, George how to cook on a tin can. . ‘w° humorous readings by Miss
S:nith, McAfee, Smith Gann, load Assisting in the scout ceremony „ ™ f J" ^P”1
MiwaaA ..Hi. Rili inkn.nn « ' * w a « , u ' Sweethearts, by Miss Anna Boss
of mixed eattle Rill Johnson. J.P wcre John A. Hayes and M. W. Wr, ht and Mr. Vemon Grscy. af.
Stoker of Breckenridge, O. P. Hall, Larmour, district commissioner, and' , . , D , „
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The program was m k«epmg vnth Tennessee, sang “Sweethearts, I
Sweethearts,” accompanied by Mrs.
E. 0.1 Bone. The principal speaker i
Thi .
Ge*€t*
saysf
GtHtRM- W*
lUCKSWHTtt'
of a mile. . ,
Q. Inhere is the longest designat-
ed State highway in Texas? G. B.
A. The highway frorh Texarkana
That E. M. Remington, Jucgi cl
y C<
Texas, on tiw 12th day of Februa
the County ^ourt of Young County, have- the^ records of present owner-
1840, duly entered his order, d- 4HY
>
ship of Texas lands? A. G.
A. No. The Land Office adminis-
nating the 2«th day of February, trrs and keeps the records of Texas
1840, at 10:00 o'dPeb- A, IM, in the land only up to the time that the
kCounty Court room in- the Court land passes from the ownership of
%U0se of such County as the lime the State to the hands of an indi-
®wtion would be heard and that vidual.
when and where such ap- J. After the land passes- from the
plication will be beard at ownership of the State, who keeps
and place. i the records of same?
A. B. EDDLEMAN, — A. The public continually apks
>rdlan of the Estate of Richard who it the present owner of a <ier-
Vddleman, a minor. 38c tain tract but the question should
|f- * be referred to the clerk or tax as-
t\ ' o i i sesrOr of the county where the land
Uon t scratch! lies, because present ownership of
“ land after It parses from the State
is shown only in the county records.
Our Paiwclde Ointment la guaran- q Where is the shortest desig-
teed to relieve the Itching aasoctat- natcd State highway located ? G.B.
ed with Eczemas. Atblele s Foot, A Le^din^ 0ff highway No. 75 in
Itch or other minor skin trritatidiii. Huntsville, Walker county, to Gen-
Large l-o* Jar only 40c at Miller er>l Sam Houston’s old home. The
Drug Store*. length of the highway is two-tenths
Boy Scout Week and celebrating of
the thir.ieth anniversary of scouting
in America.
. _. _ ,, , .. . , oa„ i Olin Calvin of Olney and E. R.
to El Paso, No. 1, a distance of 86-’ t , , ... .. , ,
[Nelson of Minneapolis were club
Q. Were the handcuffs ever' place-1 6u**t*-
on Santa Anna after being taken J . ll 1
prisoner of w^ at San J.cinto? | Registered Polled
A. Yes. The handcuffs are said 1 |T f J D 1 ,
to have been made by Cyrus Camp j liCrClOrQS DOUfiJlH
bell, an 18 years old youth, gunsmith .
on" sinta^Anl *my' Wl,° P“‘ them j With MUSIC Check
Q. Who was the first native Tex-
an to have been elected governor?
H.S.
A. Jim Hogg, who served from
1891 through 1S84, two terms, and
who was elected to the . office 50
years g*—, —as the first native Tex-
an ’ elected to the governorship.
Q. What Texas governor ran for
the office four times? H. F.
A. Governor George T. Wood, sec-
ond governor, elected in 1847, ran
JACKKSBORO, IFeb. 9.—One load
of registered Polled Hereford. bulls
left the Johnson Brothers Ranch
here Thursday afternoon for the
De Soto Parish, Louisiana, planta-
tion ofcC^y. Herbert, son of the
famous composer of 47 fffffiic'-trperas,
some of them being “:The FortuiR
Teller,” “Red Mill,” ‘ Naughty Mari-
etta,” and J’Babes in Thy land,”
The 1-eal shock came whyn the
again for the office and was de- - composer's son presented Lewis
feated in 1849, in 1853 ana 1855.
Boy Scouts took prominent parts
in the New York World’s Fair and 1
j the Golden Gate International Expo--
sition at ban Francisco in 1939. *
29.19 miles per gallon in America s
greatest gas economy test
y i
IN STYLE...
ced down with
fae lowest
IOJV
'°7”To 2s% m M,i(
jure-
restful ^"* ’ ^ Stude-
to »tunnil^'vriy defeat
sSsrs^S
ORR MOTOR
TH 8LM STREIT GRAHAM TEX
CO.
Johnson payment for tin* animal
with a royalty draft for the musical
works of his famous father. This
is the first such" occurrence of this
kind. Johnson relates of being psi
for these animals with everything
for the evening was Rev. Phillip \
Mc-G: hay of the First Baptist Church j
of Breckenridge, who spoke on “The
Supreme Choice.” ,
Out-of-town guests included Miss j
Dorothy Carr of Abilene, Roy Beth-!
une of Chattanooga, Tennessee, and
Rev. and Mr*. Phillip McCarahy of;
Breckenridge.
Mrs. Leah Henry and Mrs. W. F. I
Johnson were in Wichita Falls Mon-
day. »
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Poiier were
Fort Worth visitors Monday.
C. M Strawn -of Vernon was a
Graham visitor Sunday.
from shelled corn to saddle horses
but never receiving the direct touch
with the artistically inclined <-u
here in this cow country.
Herbert revealed while here that
he had spent several years with a
major auto manufacturer in i Berlin
and Paris in setting up manufactur-
ing. units. He is a graduate of Cor-
nell University’s school of mechan-
ical engineering, c*
• No tire is like ill 320 sup**
traction cleat* bite and bold Mi
winter’s snow,slush and mud aid
traction like a tractor yaug
— and then, for sum- IRRl
mer. you have a new UNTIL
General Silent-Grip ta||||
tread! Come in—get our fn oa»t
figure on your car now. TO rill
LESAGE MOTOR
COMPANY
PERRY MAXWELL. Mgr.
Take Until Spring To Pay
Each day this Texas telephone And one result ig that despite the
increasing complexity at tele-
sitive indicators as he searches phone equipment, telephone cus-
for a due to possible trouble on tamers report troubles on their
telephones only half as often as
they did 10 years ago.
He appreciates the wisdom of
a etitch in fima in finding
A etitchin time aaroa rune.
and fixing troubles—or weak These words in action contribute
spots that might result in trouble, their full share to the accuracy.
That it one tray we safeguard dependability. Mid low cost of
your telephone service in Texas, your telephone service.
SOUTHWKSTKRN BELL TELEPHONI COMPANY
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 15, 1940, newspaper, February 15, 1940; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1116490/m1/5/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.