The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, May 30, 1930 Page: 4 of 8
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Friday, May JO, ISSCf
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C. of C.—
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mayor of the city, A.' O. Anderson,
one of the most influential and Val-
i Gruve* as the secretary. During
that time, I think I learned to know
him as he really is. I found him to
be a young- man of real qualities,
positive in' .his convictions, ple.asant
in performing his duties, and one of
the hardest workers I have ever
uable member of the Olney Cham-j known in his profession. He has
ber of Commerce, paid a most been devoted to our community put-
glowing eulogy to the efficient work | ting- forth every , effort to ^dvance
or Mr. Gruver during his five years all toe worthy enterprises
of service, and expressed their deep
regret that the organization was
soon to lose not only his .valuable
services but his personal touch.
Following the tributes paid Mr.
Gruver, the very serious end and
the most important to the welfare of
the city was taken up. That was
the budget matter. The board had
figured that a budget of $7500 was
necessary to c.arry on the activities
of the chamber of commerce as it
should be. Some of the members
had lowered their yearly contribu-
tions and some had let their dues
drop. After fiery and enthusiastic
“All this and more—he is a friend
to man, not a handshaking, preten-
tious flattering kind, but rather a
quiet, even-tempered, re,al fellow. He
Superintendent
Of Ferguson Ice
CreAm Plant Talks
WORLD’S LARGEST TIRE TO VISIT OLNEY, JUNE 11
talks by members of the board and Merle. I surely wish for him and
those outside of the directorate, his family all the best things of
those who had allowed their dues to life.’
lower half raised them back to their
full quota while many raised their} Wright McClatchv: “It had not
annual contributions. been my privilege to know Merle
“I Have Gained Six Pounds in
Weight and Think That Value
Cannot Be Overestimated for
Orgatone (Argotane),”
Said Wichita Man
“I sincerely think that you can’t
estimate the value of Orgatone
will disagree with you at times, as (Ar?otai&y.» said j. W. Shiels, of
he has done with me many .times, • - —• - • — —
but when the discussions were over,
he usually was right.
“I deeply regret his leaving us
and know that our town has lost a
real community builder. I, too,
realize that I am losing ;i good
friend and know that my desire to
sdfve my community when called on
to do so has been greatly developed
by having come in contact with
mm
Chairmen of committees to solicit
funds were appointed, and the chair-
men appointed three members each,
making a committee of four to
cainvas the town for funds. The
town w;as laid off in districts and
Tuesday morning, the campaign
started on the annual drive for
finances with a determined effort to
secure the pledge of $7500 with
which: to carry on the work during
the .year.
Gruver intimately until this ye,nr
since I have occupied the office of
president of the Olney Chamber of
Commerce. While I had always held
him in high regard as a secretai-y-
manager and as a gentleman, I have
come to a more full sense of appre-t
ciation of his ability, industry and
loyalty to Olney and its interests.
He is in no wise given to self ag-
grandizement and ,at all times I find
that he works for a final result
2213 Y;ale, Wichita Falls, Texas.
For the past four years, Mr. Shield
has been the superintendent of the
Ferguson Ice Cream Plant, and is
very well known all through this sec-
tion of Texas.
“For eight years, I hifve suffered
with digestion troubles. My stom-
ach go sso weak and out of order,
that there was few things I could,
e.at, and what I did seemed to do
me more harm than good. Gas
formed and I was continually belch-
ing up sour, undigested food. The
gas pressure was so heavy on my
heart at times, I couldn’t take a
deep breath. I had terrible headaches
and was constipated, and w,ns ex-
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The largest tire in the world, a pro-14 feet in width, and the total weight tires of the size of the one- shown
duct from the Goodyear factory, will
be in Olney, Wednesday, June 11
according to a statement made to
the Enterprise Wednesday morning
by E. R. Perkins of the Perkins &
..From the canvass -made by the pyither than momentary display,
committees the new members and I “In his resignation I feel a loss
additional amounts pledged by old
members brought the total amount
of the budget to within $1,000 of
the goal during the first day of
the campaign. Committees reported
back and after arranging prospect
list, were sent out agfuin to secure
the remaining $1,000.
not only for the Chamber of Com-
merce and the community, but a
personal one, for I have lyid a
sense of security in the. position ^ I
■now occupy with Mr. Gruver in
active management.
“That it will be difficult to fill
his place is fully recognized by those
Fvery business firm in Olney who have been, in close touch with
will be given the opportunity to join
the local organization during the
campaign which is expected to close
Friday night. A number of the
larger pledges have been made on jsecretary-mgnager.
the condition that the total amount
his work. The constructive pro
gram which he has put over during
his five years incumbency in office
is a high, tribute to his ability as a
will reach the $7,500 mark, and it
behooves every citizen: that is'inter-
ested in Olney to assist in seeing
that everyone possible join the cham-
ber of commerce in this drive. At
least $1,000 of the amount already
pledged will be lost unless the re-
maining one thousand is pledged.
The city has been divided into
four districts with the following men
in charge: "S. J. Marcell, C. V.
Morgan, A. A. Cooper and W. C-
Harrell. Those assisting these cap-
tains during the week were: J. B.
St.. CVHr, M. D. Wolverton. J. C.
Lovelace, Chas. S. Richardson, W ill
Thomas, Earl 'Williamson, Wright
McClatchy, S. O. Dyer, F. M. Miller,
George Roach, Frank Waggoner
O. T. Anderson, J. P. Alexander,
Elby Wilburn, S. M. J. Benson.
Mr. Gravers resignation came af-
ter giving serious consideration to
return to his home in Colorado arid
assist his mother in making dispo-
sition of the estate left by the death
■ Si his father a year ago.
He has .served the Olney Chamber
of Commerce as secretary for five
years, serving under the administra-
tions of five presidents, w- L- Scott,
prominent Young county lawyer now
of Graham; Dack Walker, of the
Walker Drug Co., Wichita Falls; A.
A.'Cooper -prominent real estate and
insurance man; W. C. Harrell, head
of the W. C. Harrell Co., dry goods;
M. D. Wolverton, president of the
M. D. Wolverton. “I feel that it is
a distinct loss and regret to Ohmy
that Merle Gruver is to leave his
post as secretary and manager of
the Chamber of Commerce; never-
theless, I yield heartily to his desire
and plan to m.ake preparations for
greater opportunities.
“Throughout the wide range of
his activities in our midst, his ser-
vice has been characterized uni-
formly with the highest efficiency
and most cordial spirit of coopera-
tion with those who have worked
with him, and inspired by an intense
loyalty to the community .and its
plans for advancement.
‘It has been my privilege to be
associated with Mr. Gruver, having-
served one year as president of the
organization he has managed, .and I
fully appreciate his industry, ability
and loyalty. I wish for him the
fullest measure of success and con-
tentment.”
tremely nervous, and sometimes felt wiyex*s Service Station of this city,
as if I would go distracted. I never That intense interest will be
got vejiy much: rest at night and was
very restless.
“Since I began taking Orgatone
(Argotane), I have improved great-
ly. I have honestly gained six pounds
in weight and am much stronger.
I now eat anything I want, and am
not bothered with my severe head-
aches. I’m not .nervous as I was,
and that is saying a lot. The gas
doesn’t bother me ,as it did and my
breathing is back to normal. My
constipation has been relieved. I
have recommended Orgatone (Argo-
tane) to my frieinds and several have
taken it on my recommendation and
are getting satisfactory results. It
is a good medicine.”
Genuine Orgatone (Argotane) may
be bought in Olney, Texas, at the
Palace Drug Store.—Adv.
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aroused is a foregone conclusion, as.
this gigantic tire, an outstanding
curiosity, has been an awe-inspiring
spectacle wlh;ereVer it has been shown.
This massive tire which has trav-
eled over 12 000 miles and -has
visited Mexico, Canada and Cuba,
has been an object of wonderment.
of the tire .and yoke is 3,900 here.
pounds, just a fraction under two i This great tire was not built in
tons. ja day, or a week or ;i month. Three
The tire was built by the Good- i months’ itme was required' to con-
year Tire and Rubber Company in ! struct the rubber giant, which is,
line with that company’s policy of; except for size, an exact replica of
pioneering and research, through j the regular Goodyear All-Weather
which have come many of the most:tread supertwist cord tire, the meas-
important developments in the tire\ urements being, in exact ratio to
industry. The longer folks look at measurements ,‘ind manufacture of
it the more interested they become.
A well known airplane nymufacb-
urer, while focusing his attention
on the unique exhibit, remarked that
the day was not far distant when
It measures 12 feet in height and‘planes of huge type would demand
the regular size.
“Air?” Yes, plentv of it is neces-
sary for this mammoth casing. For-
ty-five minutes time is required for
inflation to a pressure of three
pounds.
Tyler School To Have [ Cottonwood School
Vocational Training Closed Last Friday
The Cottonwood school came to
While there is a little riffle on;
the air .around in Olney that >- the j „ „ iT
department of vocational agriculture j^he-end of a successful nine-month
may be abolished in the local schoolsJ*cb°°l term Friday night, May 23,-
DISTRICT CHAIRMAN GRUVER
ROUNDING UP ATTENDANCE
TO T. C. E. A. MEETING
Merel Gruver, secretary of the
Chamber of Commerce, has been
kept unusually busy the past two
weeks, aside; from his general routine
Little Theatre's
Last Performance
The last performance recently
given by the Olney Little Theatre
was by far the most serious of the
offerings during the year, .and lack-
ing in popular appeal.] It is a
of the hills known ,as a ‘ town,
moonshining was the means of liveli-
hood and the city on the other side
of the nills known as a “aown.” b
This play wan the state Little
Theatre contest, with W,aco carrying
off the prize at Fort Worth. ;,F
The Wichita Falls Little Theatre
had just finished a performance and
the local group were fortunate in
securing the stage settings for use
here. Emil Herman, ,an artist of
note and president of the: Wichita
Falls group, painted the scenery and
it was truly realistic.
Each scene was the interior of
Widow C aglet was the strongest one
fire place, before which the widow
with an Interesting program that j of work for the organization, mail-
was presented to an enthusiastic
audience that came eai’ly and had
the house packed to an overflowing
capacity long before the program
A. A. Cooper: “Merle Gruver was
secretary of the Chamber of Com-
merce during my .administration. It
was during that year the road bonds
were voted and the campaign by
which these bonds were carried by a
vote of approximately 16 to 1 was
largely planned by him. I have
found Mr. Gruver to be ,nn efficient
and tireless worker always open to
suggestions and ready to carry out
_..... ^ instructions to the letter. My chief
City National Bank; Wright Me-j concern at this time is that we
Clatchy, present president and,secure as good a man as his suc-
-cashier of the First National Bank, cessor.
it might not be amiss to remark that
other schools over the state are add-
ing the department. O tilers th,at
; have had this training in operation
have found it to be one of the most
profitable departments in the school ibegan*
from an educational standpoint, ini ^ur graduating program sehed-
point of developing the minds of theiu e(* Thursday night, May 22,
young farmer boys to more clearly|^as adjourned by the nervous and
and efficiently grasp the Improved impatient audience that ^ had as-
„ „ ... methods of farming. The vocational1 ^mlded for th.at occasion after
ing in popular appeal. | It is a story department provides a fountain head 1 elec.trical clouds had gathered and
of the hills known as a ‘town.” for the ambitious town boy to equip ; threatened from various directions,
himself in the projects of poultry ] until the following morning, begin-
raising, dairying, scientific culture i ninS' at I0:«0 o .clock. Miss Mattie
of the soil and shop work. In other I Moore, our music teacher, had
words the department provides a [cbarge of the music, and Rev*. Mr.
nucleus from which the young school Jackson, of Olnev, gave the giaduat-
boy can extend his talent but into ] in£ Undress. Diplomas were pre-
the agricultural district with an eye sented to those graduating from
single to making “two blades ofbotb the high school and grammar
grass grow where one grew before.” iscbo°l departments.
According to an item from the We have kept our school in a
Chamber of Commerce Bulletin, Ty- [growing mood throughout the past
ley high school is to establish a-jtei™ by various improvements m
vocational training department. This. the mental and physical needs,
came, through the' result of the work Our school was recently visited
of the Agricultural department of\bY tby state inspector and upon his
the Tyler Chamber of Commerce, and recommendation the State Depart-
the Cotton Belt- railroad company, j ment of Education renewed our cer-
sat and smoked her pipe, and un-;A teacber thoroughly trained in this: tifieate of standardization for a
emotior.ally, invited each one to type of work js to be employed. j period of two years.
‘ Applicants' are now being consid-! At a recent meeting of the trus-1
ing out personal letters of appeal to
the various secretaries of the cham-
bers of commerce in this district to
be present at the Texas Commer-
cial Executive Association which,
meets at Plainview during the first
days of June.
Mr. Gruver is district chairman
of the attendance committee, and
the responsibility for the number of
secretaries present at the meeting,
largely devolves upon him.
If the character of material em-
bodied in his letters of appeal and
the characters displayed as a border
to his letter, don’t route the in-
dividuals from their lair, then all
the amusements in the category of
■entertainment will not suffice. J
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NEW BRICK BUILDINGS
SOON READY FOR OCCUPANCY
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The brick building now under con-
sruction on Avenue C to house the
grocery* and meat market of J. A.
Hutchings, will soon be ready for
installatiozi of equiment and stock:,.
This block w;as burned out re-
cently. destroying the meat market
of Mr. Hutchings which he had
er^KrThis position and Some one | toes, Jim Crownover was elected ! °„e«ated to. IS*. MIding for
one
“draw up a cheer.” The part of
Wido wGagle was the strongest one
redeemed his rather mediocre per- everything in preparation (or the for next term seems assured |h;m' ^ r00t {or his stocks and
fornymee as the “law’ m Square openbng. 0f school around the first1. All teachers were re-elected: Miss ___________ X _________
Crooks,” by giving this part splen- of ,September.
Mr. Gruver will leave his post the
15th of July, giving ample time
for the local organization to secure
the services of another secretary.
Statements From Past Presidents j
w. L. Scott: “Mr. Gruver’s char-j
acter peculiarly fits him for that
class of work in that, first, he is a
gentleman to thp manner born;
second, an
“Very best wishes to him and bis
family.”
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UNACCUSTOMED TO
SWIFT MOVING TRAFFIC
AFFECTS HIS MIND
Judge J- T. Rickman and Mrs.
* monnni- Riskman of Graham, were Olney
optimist of first rank’, j ^ aftVa
and third, his courtesy and line \ ^ jan{j be(bnging to a nephew, that
sense of propriety, ,as well as his seem to be in a line for some oi1
plain good common sense, and un- development.
tiring zeal for his cause, are para- After Judge Rickman had re
mount in his make up. r turned to his home a fellow Olney-
“Possessing these characteristics, j ite, remarked to a representative of
naturally X assure his atiiity for i
successful work as a Cb.ambei of. ^ jurisdiction of Mr. Rickman's
Commerce secretary and manager office> that of justice of the peace,
“I also had the pleasure of living f tended only to the boundary lines of
next door neighbor to him for about j the city of Graham,
two years in Olney, and I say The. onjy piausihle excuse we could
“pleasure” in its true sense, for in-
deed it was a pleasure, for both he,
his lovely wife and baby girl make
give in defense of the Judge was the:
minute be landed in Olney the in-
tensiv.eness and the swiftness with
which the traffic, both pedestrian
1| IfoSW is making » »£» j S?“in "^fud^s
mistake m permitting him to go else- I apparabug>
where, that is, if he can be induced , seerned to be in his right mind
‘cto remain, for his worth to a com*-| wben we talked with him, as he
munity in. every respect, can hardly
be measured.
told of the wonderful strides Olney
had made since he did business in
‘It affords me unusual pleasure ; a little frame building on the corner
to, in this manner, respond to your j where the Palace Drug ?£oreT ”j°W
request ” I stands. We are satisfied the Judge
didly.
Miss Edna Wood made her first
appearance in the Little Theatre
at this time and as “Emmy,’ ’the
innocent country girl, was very ap-
pealing.
Frank Cook had the most difficult
role in the p’.ay, that of Bud, the
slow witted boy, and he succeeded in
making it a very realistic one.
R. B. Mitchell, who is a general
favorite with the Little Theatre
goers, played the. part of Rufe, and
while the part was not so well fitted
to him a s others, be succeeded in
putting it over in “old trouper”
style. ‘
There is always one who stands
out in any play no matter how good
the others may be, and Troy Dees,
as Sheriff Weeks, carried the spot-
light this time. This was his first
appearance in the theatre group, and
through the show be stayed with the
character. We. expect good reports
from him and hope to see him in
other roles.
Wilford Smith, as the “moun-
taineer” preacher, had an especially
good makeup and did’nt let preach-
ing interfere with his liquor drinking.
He had quite a struggle with his
chewing tobacco, hut finally gave up
and spit it in the fire.
W. C. Watts played the part of
the stranger, he too, being a stranger
to the Little Theatre. He had quite
a pitiful p.art as the deserter and
handled it well.
All in all it was a good show and
“The Tyler school bo,arcl is to be
commended upon their taking this
forward step for Tyler is basicly
dependent upon agriculture and edu-
cation of our future farmers will be
materially hastened if u sufficient
1 number of vocational teachers can
be distributed over our county—our
goal is a “A department of voca-
tional agriculture in every high
school in Smith county,” concludes
the bulletin.
ers were re-eiectea: miss . i ,
Nannie B. Taylor, primary teacher, ,conv®iences sho»ers'
coming back for her second term;
O. H. Stowe, intermediate teacher
coming back for his fourth term,
and Garland D. Taylor, principal,
coming back for his seventh term.
—Principal,.
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W. H. Abernathy, who was secre-
tary of the chamber of commerce ;it
Paducah for five years, was in
Olney Wednesday evening.
The Stephen MRo,ach & Co. brick
building on South Avenue C, is
nearing completion and is expected
to be raedy for Vccup.ancy June 10.
“Blackie” •Williams, . who sold the
Sdnate Cafe recently after having
operated it four ykars befoi'e selling
it, will open a / new cafe, “The
Newport,” ir. thb building when,
completed. Up-to-date fixtures will
be installed.. \
VANDERVERT WELL SOUTH
OF TOWN 25 BBLS. HOUR
Dack Walker: “I regret to learn
that you are losing Gruver. He rs
rtbe man who put Olney on the riiap.
“It is likely you will have many
more commercial secretaries but it
is not likely you will ever have a
better one.”
W. C. Harrell: “It was my pleas-
ure to serve as president of the
Chamber of Commerce with Merle
the group of players -who have car-
landed back in Graham safely as;r;ed 0n the entertainment for the
his wife was with him. . : season are to be congratulated on
Jheir work.
This pi,ay closed the year but
after the encouragement received,
they will be ready to go to work
again in the fall.
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No. 1 Lari more of William M.
Vandivert Fort Worth, located in
the northwest quarter section 2247,
T. E. & L. survey, four miles north
of Newcastle, Young county, has
been completed in sand from 691
to 701 feet and is swabbing at the
rate of 25 barrels per hour. It is
the best well completed in this re-
cently uncovered shallow area.
SJ®»!
FORT WORTH
Star-Telegram
AND
tiecord-Tetegram
In new stand is front of
Princess Theatre. Moved
from Benson Drug Store.
MRS. FRED JENNINGS
Mrs. Fred Jennings, living near
Elbert, died Wednesday morning
about 7 o’clock after a lingering
illness of tbi*ee months. She was
48 vears old, and the funeral was
held at Elbert Wednesday afternoon
at 5 o’clock.
H. S. McCready, of Eliasville, was
a business visitor to Olney Tuesday.
He is one of teh. old timers of Young
The M. P. McCracken Funeral -ounty and is one of the best known
Home had charge of the funeral. -men! in this- section of Texas.
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