Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1930 Page: 4 of 12
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THE STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, 8TEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1930
PL0WB0YS TO
PLAY FINALE
Last Conference Game of the
Season Here Thanksgiv-
ing Day
Having been out of action since
their tilt with the Jefferson School
'of Law on November , 11, the
Plowboys of John Tarleton are
treaty for their final football game
of the season, to be played Thanks
^giving Day with a fast Westmin-
ister College squad.
The Plowboys have been in con-
stant practice since their tilt with
Jefferson, in which game they
rolled up a win of 43 to 0 against
the heavy Lawyers. Except for
Capt. Branch, who received leg
injuries in the tilt with the T. C,
TJ. Polywogs that causes him to
finish the season on the sidelines,
none of the players are out from
injuries, and one of the smoothest
outfits Coach W. J. Wisdom has
put on the gridiron for several
seasons will defend Tarleton’s en-
viable Turkey Day record Thurs-
day when the Westminister eleven
comes to Stephenville for the hol-
iday clash. i
Although out of action for over
two weens, frequent clashes with
the frosh and reserves have been
worked into the Plowboys’ train-
ing program, and a number of
new plays manufactured by Coach
Wisdom and Choc Sanders are
proving to be very effective.
A lather unsuccessful record for
this season stares the Tarleton
eleven in the face, but keeping up
the tradition of wining a fbotball
game on Turkey Day—an annual
homecoming of former Tarleton
students—always makes a success-
ful season for the Plowboys.
In the last 11 years Tarleton
teams have won 8 games, lost 2
and tied one on Thanksgiving Day.
BEAUTIFYING RURAL VILLAGES fSSttW
Many Communities Have Set a Splendid Ex-
ample for Others to Follow •
KFPL WILL BROADCAST
TALK ON SECOND COMING
A. B. Francisco of Belaire, Tex-
as, will broadcast an explanation
of Revelation 21. OY.tr Station
KFPL, Dublin, at 1:30 o’clock next
Sunday afternoon, November 30.
Some 40,000 or 50,000 persons
are expected to listen to the ad-
dress, according to the statement
received at the Empire-Tribune of-
fice, the announcement reading:
"A most vital and yet the least
understood Scripture that is writ-
ten is the twenty-first chapter of
Revelation, where it is propheied
that in the wind up of the first
Christian Church or in the days of
what is called the Second Coming
of the Son of Man which is now
taking place, that a New Church
under the semblance of the New
Jerusalem shall descend from God
out of heaven into the minds and
hearts and lives of the children of
men on the earth.”
Bridegroom, in poetic frenzy, as
they stroll along the beach: “Roll
on, thou-dark and deep blue ocean,
Toll.”
Bride: “Oh, Gerald, how won-
derful you are. It’s doing it, real-
ly.”—Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern.
Want-ads bring results.
BY CALEB JOHNSON
A 36-square pule ruial township
should have within its borders
1,000 families if it is going to
have the larger community life
which rural conditions at their
best provide, I . *
Common sense And a'little fore-
sight applied to community plan-
ning in rural areas can make them
many times "as profitable and at-
tractive to li\^a in as they are now.
■ These are tne twin gospels of
sociologists who have devoted years
to a "study of the circumstanqes of
rural life. And they can cite you
example afteY .example of what
community action can do when it
is in earnest about making an at-
tractive towp;
The merit of community better-
ment, however, is not the 36-mile
square township of the average
state. Rather, it is the villago
which can function effectively for
social purposes.
General propositions with regard
to this work are easily stated. Vil-
lages ought to be easily reached
and their approaches direct, dur-
able and enjoyable. Housing con-
ditions should be sanitary, conven-
ient and economical. Public build-
ings should be built with a view
to their relationships to each other
and the needs of the community,
both from a viewpoint of doing
business and of dttifectiveness.
Points of historic interest should
be preserved and restored. Dump
heaps and congested places should
give way to open spaces^ and rec-
reation spots in Abundance should
be easily accessible.
Above all, a community plan
should be adopted, a plan wnich
the majority wants and will help
to make effective, apd one suffi-
ciently flexible to allow for growth
and change.
One instance of community im-
provement is Wamego, Kans., a
“farmers town” where big sum-
mer picnics and Chautauqua
courses attract hundreds of peo-
ple from a large territory. Al-
though Wamego has a splendid
modern hospital financed by local
contributors, its pride Is the city
park.
Since 1901 this little city of
1700 persons has spent $2500 for
a 4 1-2 acre lake, 4 1-2 feet deep;
$225 for a children’s wading pool;
$1900 for an electric fountain with
three basins of stone gathered
from nearby hills; $1400 for a
women’s rest house and about the
same for one for men; '$950 for a
circular, band stand; $400 for play-;
stone ranges; $125 for mounting
a granite glacial stone hauled in
from nearby; and varying amounts
for a dancing platform, athletic
fields, camping'ii'grOundv benches
and walks. The average annual
maintenance cost is only $1,500 a
year.
Over a period of 25 or 30 years
such expenditures impose no great
strain on such a community and in
many indirect ways the resulting
Washington, Nov. 22. —Storm
wuve of moderate force expected
to cross continent! during week
centering on 22, will cause a sharp
rise in average temperatures just
preceding storm center, but ;hat
warm wave will be of short du-
ration and following storm center
a sharp drop in temperature will
be expected to be general; durin^
park returns direct financial ben-
efit which will perhaps equal the
expenditures. oe expect.ea to De general; during
Even more striking in some this storm wave, abovo normal
ways » Fairy Dell Highway Park' precipitation will bo general ever
the conti
Day Phone 81 Night P^one SOI
B. I. TREWTTT & MRS. B. L TREWm
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERS
- Show Rooms and Undertaking Parlors at H. H. Hardin Lumber
Company
Free Use of Our Large Chapel and
Waiting Rooms ~—
Equipped with Motor Hearses and Ambulance
QUICK AMBULANCE SERVICE, DAY OR NIGHT
Old Silas Is Right
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Old Si Chestnut says r “Your nose may not be very
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handsome, but its appearance will not be improved
by poking it into other people’s business.”
“Check, and double check.” We believe old Si is
right about it. We have enough -to do to attend to
our own business of conducting a sound, conservative
Bank. We will help you with your financial affairs
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and be glad to—in case you WANT our help. Use
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The Farmers-First
National
in Sauk County, Wis., where only
$200 of actual money was spent in
petting the park and a negligible
laintenance sum is contributed
every year by the county. VA per-
sistent highway patrolman who or-
ganized working bees and aroused
interest of the neighborhood re-
sulted in creation of a beautiful
park there. The work involved
clearing of underbrush, construc-
tion of a dam, bridge pavilion,
tepees, paths, and piping of a
spring. It has drawn visitors from
all over the United States and
from foreign countries.
The Armada, Mich., community
fair furnishes another instance.
The plant at Armada is valued at
$16,000 and draws about 10,000
persons when the fair is on, al-
though Armada contains only 700
souls. The Armada Agricultural
Society bought the grounds in
1878 and has conducted more than
50 annual fairs. Membership fees
in the society are but $1.50 a year.
Few states have profited more
by village planning as distinct
from Btrictly county or rural plan-
ning than Massachusetts. Among
the Bay State towns which in re-
cent years have rearranged civic
centers, town halls, libraries, parks
and other community adjuncts in-
to new patterns are Weston, Had-
ley, Cohasset and Stockbridge.
Stockbridge has probably had a
greater influence for good on the
beauty and cleanliness of other
towns than any village in the
country.
This town of about 1800 popu-
lation is approached through an
attractive stone railroad
station and park. The visitor
a broad, leafy main avenue more
than a mile lo:
ed
and tpnnis courts. A 10-acre
wooded knoll near the center of
the town has been converted into
a park and playground with a nat-
ural amphitheatre where festivals
are held annually. There are tri-
angular parks at street corners
and intersections.
All of these features and hun-
dreds of others are due to the Lau-
rel Hill Association of the town,
organized in 1853 and said to have
been the first town improvement
society in this country. Befori
this committee was organized,
Stockbridge was a commonplace,
rather dirty and unattractive
small town.
Its example can be followed by
almost any rural community that
wants the same things and sets
out energetically to get them.
Liberty Valley
. (By Pansy Mauldin)
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Mr. Biggs of Wesf Texas was
visiting friends in this community
^Sunday..........
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Mauldin
spent several hours Sunday in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Livingston
Unity.
Several from here attended sing-
ing at Unity Sunday night. ■
Mrs. Charlie Biggs of Gordon
was in this community Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Drew Mauldin
spent last Friday night with Mr.
Ell Mauldin of Gordon. ■
Mrs. Centis Carey’s aunt, Miss
Hargraves, of Duffau, is spending
several days with her.
| Mr. and Mrs. John Danner and
qfcildren spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Charlie Crawford of
H an nibaL
Next Sunday is Bro. Lemon’s
regular preaching day. Everyone
is invited to attend the services.
Mr. and MlF. Bill Bramlett of
Stephenville spent Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Evatt.
(Sent in for Nov. 21)
continent but will not averagi
as great storm force nor precipi-
tation as during preceding storm
wave centering on 16. Cold wave
following Storm center ct 22 is ex-
pected to center op 25 und to
reach nearly as low extremes as
cold wave centering on 19 but
not to move as far into southern
states; after this cold wave ha.i
passed, average temperatures will
be expected to rise above normal
and precipitation decrease general-
ly over the continent as mild storm
wave crosses continent during the
week centerin'g on 29. Last half
of November is expected to av-
erage much lower temperature j,
greater storm force and heavier
precipitation than has been ex-
perienced during first half of the ?£*'
monui. lne
_ Relieved From Dry Spell
As. forecast through these bul-
letins, the entire Atlantic coast
has been relieved from the pro-
longed dry period that has threat-
ened serious conditions over this
area, especially the central part,
for several months; Atlantic coast
precipitation, extending liavk to
central part of- sections 2 and 4,
and all of 6, will continue to in-
crease‘during the near future and
be about to a ilttle above normal
during the winter months; over
balance of North America, heav-
iest precipitation during the next
90 days will be expected on south-
ern, less amounts on western and
least amounts on northern slope.
Precipitation for a given area,
caused by positions of a major
evaporation points, is more pro-
nounced if that area is located
near a mountain range or high
hills of considerable extent; con-
i a mile long. A 13-acre fene- siderably more precipitation would
field contains baseball field therefore be expected south of the
Ozarks and Blue Ridge, in central
and eastern spring wheat belt,
west of Rockies and western part
of Rockies than just east of Rock-
ies, north of Ozarks and east of
the Appalachians durineynext 90
days. The cyclo of relative posi-
tions and movements-rof the plan-
ets is of such great length and
those positions and movements of
such varied influence that I do be-
The Woolliest in the WesjL^r
“Leader,” the Ramfoouillet ram bred at Mt. Pleasant, Utah, brought $1,300
at the Salt Lake Qty ram sale of the National Wool Growers’ Association.
lieve one can benefit by Compar-
ing a part of one season with the
former season and expecting the
balance of season to be similar to
same part of the former sea-
son that may have been similar
during the first part for a given
area.
Crop Weather Features
Forecasts of crop weather fea-
tures expected during December
will appear in next weekly bulle-
tin. Moon phases during the near
future will occure as follows, giv-
en to nearest hour of Greenwich
civil time; change to your local
standard time, count one hour
•'ariler for each 16 degrees of
longitude you are located west;
from Greenwich: First quarter No-
vember 28 at six hours; full moon
Dec. 6 at one hour; last quarter
12 at 20 hours; new moon 20 at
one hour; first quarter 28 at four
hours; full moon Jan. 4, 1931, at
13 hours.
. Carmel, Cal.—The city council
Thursday night passed a reso-
lution providing no tree can be cut
down in Carmel until the council
has inspected it ana given per-
mission for its removal.. The or
dinance provides the woodsman
must post a $10 bond to guaran-
tee he wil plant three new trees to
take the place of the one he de-
stroys,
s troys.
A single column of the Wool-
worth building, New York, sup-
ports a load of 4,700 tons.
District Court Will
Convene on Monday
The district court of Erath coun-
ty will convene for the December
term on Monday morning of next
week, December 1, the Grand Jury
having been called for that date
as well as names for the Petit
Jury for the first week of court.
Civil cases will probably come
up for trial the first week ' U
court, it was stated by county of-
ficials, with criminal cases await-
ing the action of the Grand Jury.
■ A heavy docket is set for trial,
with some 35 er 40 cases pending
from tiie last term of court.
Picture of Tarleton
Tumblers Will Be in
New York Times
Sunday Supplement
One of the ambitions of nearly
every writer of newspaper stuff
was realized a few days ago by
Lewis T. Nordyke, who handles
publicity for John Tarleton Col-
lege, when he sold a picture of
the Tarleton Tumblers to the New
York Times.
Joe Clark, a student at the col-
lege, organized the group and is
instructor. The picture is of last
year’s Tumblers, the group includ-
ing Ben Bland, Charles Friou, C.
Russell, H. Wilcox, Paul Suffell,
Dorsett Risinger and Joe Clark.
The Tumblers this year are: Joe
Clark, instructor; M. Gilbert, as-
•rietant instructor; G. Russell, cap-
tain; and T. Woodall, G. Knight,
J. Stockton, D. Horton, W. Sailor,
W. Speer, J. Sherrod, C. Howard,
D. Lipsy, E. Berry, E. Pierson, I.
Reynolds, A. Allison, F. Mika, C.
Brewster, Ben Bland, . H. Casey,
£. Friou «nd H. Col lard. -----—
GLENCOE, 111.—After attend-
ing his last bachelor dinner, Rich-
ard Collins was killed in an auto
smashup on the eve of his wed-
ding.
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New York—The will of Char-
lotte S. Weiss, spinster, who died
at 60, records a change of mind
toward intellectual radicals, as she
called them.. The document sets
forth that in a former will she
executed trust funds for the I.
W. W., anarchists, communists,
socialists and pacifists who came
in conflict with the law but that
in recent years she found relatives
were her true friends and there-
fore she was leaving the radical
element little. Her estate is val-
ued at $160,000.
Mons, Belgium—The “Dean of
Mons,” as his friends know him,
believes he is the oldest active
tailor in the world. Philip Gos-
lin, 78, has been stitching since
he was 11 years old.
WE REPAIR
ANY.MAKE
TALKING MACHINE OR
RADIO
Bring us your repair trou-
bles and thereby get satis-
faction
FULL STOCK
PARTS
For any machine carried in
stork. No waits or deyals.
Experienced Help.
RADIO ELECTRIC
SHOP
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BASE PLUG
Regular Services at
Stephenville Churches
I Graham St, Church of Christ
Tom Walker, Minister.
Bible Study, 9:45 a. m.
Preaching 10:30 a. m. and 7:30
p. m.
Young people’s meeting, 6:45
p. m.
Ladies’ Bible class Tuesday, at
8 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 7:30
First Methodist
E. W. Bridges, Pastor.
Sunday School, .9:45 a. m.
Worship services, 11 a. m. and
7:8Q p. m.
Epworth League, 6:46 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday,
7:45 p. m.
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First Bantist
William Harvfcy Andrew, Pastor.
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning and evening worship,
10:40 and 7:30 o’clock.
B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday, 8
p. m.
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Presbyterian.
Ernest Ulmer, Pastor.
Sunday BchooL S:4fi a. m.—
Morning and evening servloes
of worship, 10:50 and 7:30 o’clock
I Mid-week service, Wednesday.
7:30 p. m.
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pTLECTRICITY is the most constant and eco-
nomical servant you can have in your home. To
obtain its fullest service you must have base plugs
in each room of your home.
A few years ago the outlets for electric current
considered necessary in the home were those for
lights. Nowadays even lighting requires more than
the ordinary light sockets. Floor, bridge or table
lamps call for base plugs in order that they may be
placed as needed.
Then the many electric appliances which do so
much of the work of the modern home are most
conveniently operated from these base plugs. They
can be placed in the baseboards, walls, or even in the
floor , . . and there should be at least one in each
room.
You have noticed how awkward it is to try to
connect electric appliances in a hanging light
socket. It is inconvenient and very unsightly, too.
If you do not have properly placed base plugs in
your home, call your electrician and ask him to put
them in for you. You wilt be delightfully surprised
at the small co£t, and at the added pleasures of con-
venient electric service.
Texas Power & Liaht Company
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1930, newspaper, November 28, 1930; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120453/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.