The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1930 Page: 1 of 12
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OLNEY, YOUNG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1930
NUMBER FOURTEEN
HIGHWAY 24 CONSTRUCTION IS STARTED
Olney s White way Celebration Declared Best Ever Held Here
* STREETS PACKED AND JAMMED Senator Mcfariam I Brazos River
WITH CROWD ESTIMATED OVER I To Close Campaign \ Claims Life of
'THREE THOUSAND AT FESTIVAL ] Here Friday Night Newcastle Man
!
Dedication of Olney’s new white; ait cjj.
way was completed ihei-e Monday ! IrlTS, AUie U. SlOVy
moo m “ crow- estimate“ •*! Died Here Sunday
Mayor Char. S. Richardson press-, A„ie D. story died Slmday>
ed the button that brought 52 orna- L *rs' A™ ,D- 1Mor,r dl<!d Slmday-
mental standards into use at one f’F J? 1
- Mrs. Z, E. Wright ot this city after
mental standards into use
time. Eight, ornamental standards
and 50 bracket lights are yet to be
installed, giving light on every street
within the city limits.
an illness 'of two months. The de
ceased was the youngest child of
Mrs. M. W. Carr, who resides eight
rps rnu t , , j miles north of town.
oi Gommer'd Funeral services was held at the
wXht ”,th “‘••1 Church of Christ with Elder Smith
Wright McClatchy, president, master I o( Megargei officiating, with burial
wasCeivm4meT .principal address , in the oId cemetery here at 4 p. m.
was by A. T. Shultz, vice-president j Monday
of the Texas-Louisiana Power Com- j* Mrs. story had been a member of
pany. j the Church of Christ for a number
Old fiddlers and square dancers of years. She leaves a mother and
date for the Deu IcFaildne> . ca”dl_ j h- v- Mullins, 36, manager of the
date toi the Democratic nomination ; W. C. Bowman Lumber company
tor Congress to represent the -13th; was drowned in tlm Brazos River
!^a?tee :e th in Gl^ham:|two and one-half miles of New-
S:i:™LheL Z • j- M.
SCHEDULED TO POUR CONCRETE
AT RAPID RATE• TWO HUNDRED
MEN NOW ENGAGED ON PROJECT
___________ A
Dorothy Jane Sturgeon
Died at Archer City
Road construction of hard surfac-
ing will get under way the latter
part of this week on Highway No.
24, according to chief engineer L.
^•30 SE?d(Pnrhe>le °n tT<VSto-etS t at I castle Thursday afternoon, j. M. - 24> according to chief engineer L
ine his r.Jnrnm!!’vUy 2°’ clf'’! Pearson, wfco had accompanied Mul-1 Little Dorothy Jane Sturgeon the!B- Br^on, «f the Westark Construe
On Thursdav^evenine-Tr8! Cl°Unt^ J-inS °n a fishing: triP whiefh ended five-year old daughter of Mr. ’ and jtlon ComPany, which company wa:
sv^1Tn, aImPst lost his life in a Mrs. W. L. Sturgeon of Archer warded the contract last month foi
from Throckmorton, Breckenridge,
Archer City, Seymour, Olney, New-
castle, Jean, Loving and Megargel,
participated for the prizes offered.
Winners in the old fiddlers’ contest
were: W. E. Glenn, Throckmorton,
best fiddler, $15.00; best fiddle {
band, first prize of $25.00 was won I
by Williams Brothers of Seymour, j
with Ed Goodwin’s band from Arch- j
er City, second prize $10.00.
Winners in the old-fashioned
square dance contest were: Bob Bak-
er, K...IL Neighbors, M. D. Haynes,
Mrs. H/TK Hugh, Mrs. J. Wood, Mrs.
Crawford and Miss Addie Semp of
Seymour, and J. T. Crawford of Big
Lake. Jim Prince of West-over, won
first prize of $10.00 for the best
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four brothers and three sisters
mourn her death.
On Thiir^iv pV011in V - i r * a iismng trip which ended
an address to ^the votes St" sw ° r ^ ” *
Palls, at the auditorium there broad-1 MullinsZj
casting over KOKO from 3:45 to j apart”Z ’on. o “ and'"pa'r-
abk^ab^^an 1,6 hS l“ honor Jres^L^^ngh^
viable record of public” service! H« I JfatafcaJ'iJI"® lm\‘'ailins; v uuerai services were held at 2
is Young county’s own candidate for I Newcastle for J be,en 3 resld6nt of |P- m-> Wednesday, at the Methodist
Congress, It is to the interest of !„ Imher JZZ' HJ "'“!*“>’ch, with Rev. Highsmith, pastor
- • ’ viehit to i „af ”’tT ^ ocf, !\ ?£ £ «“ First <*$#** =on-
Mrs. W. L. Sturgeon of Archer
City, died at the family residence
there Tuesday, July 22, from the
effects • ...
from a
little girl was ill only two days
Funeral services were held at 2
concreting 22 miles at a .cost of ap-
proximately $440,000.
of blood-poison, resulting " T'b® company expects to complete
scratched mosquito bite. The 2,000 feet each day under normal
rl \xraa ill nniw Kun conditions while 34 cars of cement
and gravel will
the people of Olney and vicinity to !„, the ocaV jia^nic lodge'
hear Senator McParlane talk. widow and one child survive
Hon. Clint Small
Will Speak At
Graham
Hon.
Clint Small will speak in
Graham Friday afternoon at 2:30
on the court hous elawn. That eve-
ning he will speak to the voters on
the lawn of the Wichita Fa^s court
house at 8:30.
The citizens of Olney and vicinity
aie envited to attend the speakings,
as the above named places are the
nearest to this ctiy of his final
speaking iteniary.
-o-
Mrs. Lunnie Hulse
Died A t Elbert
SO Members Added 4-H Girls Will
Olney s Churches'
At Revival’s Close
His i ducting the services.
Interment was in the Archer City
| cemetery. A beautiful floral offer-
| ing was given.
nu mMain Street Is
Short Coursei the Dividing Line
Precinct Balloting
livered his farewell sermon to a
laige and attentive audience,
. A wonderful spirit of co-operation
I Prevailed throughout the length of
Course at C0Hege Station, beginning for the
F hon. The polls will open promptly
Miss ClanaJ an, Mrs. W. W. Wain- at 7:00 a- m* and close T:00 p. m.
scott, and Mrs. H. Alexander will Thfi T'nvi'1'1 u—
be used daily witih
200 men employed on the project,
leaving only a few gaps in the
straight route from Fort Worth to
Lubbock.
Under division engineers) John
Webb and J. IJ. Thompson, two units
of construction will work each way,
east and west, beginning at a point
18 miles west of town.
The engineers in charge estimate
125 working days to complete the
;job, which will be around December
! when finished. 21 days will be
■ required to keep the road wet, aft-
ec the concrete has been poured,
j before traffic will be allowed on
lit.
| While construction w-ork is in pro-
gress the detours will be in charge
•of the State Highway Department
which will maintain and keep the
roads in good shape so that traffic
will not be impeded.
The road camp will be located
The north side Precinct box for c/ m Camp wil1 be locatei
e city of Olnev. with Main «*».««+ a?out b miles west of town on tb.’
highway.
Work Started On
Another Florist
House For Olney
Construction will start nert week the residence three miles : ea ^nuic‘n aeie, stat-
on Olney’s new green house nursery southeast of ®bert. Funeral services favors^t^ ':iad ex^nded many
and floral shop £ Tst ap™^ ^ afternoon at 4, with!^
Jy $5,000.00, according to Mrs L R T of Newcastle, officiating ly appiecifted bv the T d i
f f r*- ^^rment i-“a
has Ja:st returaed home Mrs. it nice Kean ,JheI° the other churches gave.
other churches were- The First Bat ”atGS Were raised by ^ivin- tle Playi?6 r lIs°n'Nash Company building..!
tist. 3 new members- the Meth^, A Southern Cinderella.” ^enue. The south side /T p „
church had 2 addiHorf “ gl from Engleside Club b^ ”■»! be at the City Hail City lOUMll PttSSeS
enuren nad 2 additions, and the! trom Engleside Club °°X Wl11 bg at the CltY Hal1'
j Cumberland Presbyterian church had !wdl be Miss Dorothy Hankins and i n r ^ rt° -J i
;0ne new member added, making aj^ss deweI June McCary. Money &Oay OT Lfead Eaby
jtotal of 30 new additions: f-.n tKo .needed to send delegates was rais- TPound. i „ a /;
srSl£S ^
east of Elbert. Funeral services the Clty ^ad extended many
added, making a i ------- -------j- .
total of 30 new additions to thelneeded to send delegates was rais- Eni/nri ‘ in Allan
churches of Olney. ed by the sale of chickens and soda | U 1 1
water, which the young ladies sold . ... “ “
here last Saturday. Mrs. Henry Kun- here are seeking to
kel bought four chickens and Mrs.
John Davis two, which netted the
girls altogether $11.50 to help them
defray expenses of the trip. The
Chamber of Commerce paid the dif-
ference needed of $4.50.
uuain wiiose Doay was ^ new ordinance of traffic regu-
found in an alley about 10 o’clock paUons for public safety was x’e-
1 uesday morning. Examination of cfnDy adopted and passed by th*
the baby s lungs slipped, that it had! 01^ council, which met in session
lived a showtime, physicians re_! Tuesday evening, July 15.
♦ from Oklahoma City 'whlre^sheTt* p Mf- Hidse had been confined to 1 ^ 7“^ cnurcnes ^ave* Delegates fronV ufi i P-ortff JW' infant weighed six and j The new ordinance witli, all the
tended the State Florist Convention bed f°r 0Ver two years> with-aj. J?1* Packard left 01ney for Ken-j'visit Galveston before hthpfUbS t WlIIioa^5^ pounds and had been dead j reSulati°ns for city traffic will be
and school of desgining conducted &nd tedl0US llIaess. She was a’1, ky’ accompanied by his son, Don, Lft then leturn. jsey^ra.1 hours, investigation showed. Published in next week’s Enterprise,
fby Edward H Ha wey of tl" Short member of the Baptist I ass,sted his father in the revi- ^ ^ “d Me-K Judge D. N. Parsons conducted an Traffic violators, careless P and
ridge school of St. Louis Mo UP until the time she was val here* tm-e overv h.v *° ^/'^jmqnesf immediately after the body drivers on the streets -
S, 10- ! stricken A K^cKo^n several I • -o---- coui.e,_ eveiy member ot the Engle-j was discovered K,n „„ „„ J I Olnev will he
establisfa the parentage of a fully
developed infant whose body was
Traffic Regulations
For Public Safety
! Rotarian W. H. Townsend, pastor
| of tihie First Baptist church, had
n , , „ !stricken. A husband and
Contract for the building has been grown children survive.
Jet to J. M. Ruark, local contractor _\__,0___
The building will be located on'er^f ^oSo^hS'cLr^ j ^^w? JTT?
the property owned by Mrs. Blood__ j->-uesday, which was well attended.
worth in the 400 block on West
Main, and will contain an up-to-date
floral shop at the front with the
i*ou?e for growing plants extending
td the rear, with the nursey adioin-
ing.
Mrs. Blood worth is well versed
in the business, having been brought
up, you might say, in a florist shop
as she stated her parents had always
been in the nursey business and she
had worked with them at their flor-
ist house in Sulphur, Oklahoma, un-
til she moved here a few years ago.
ddTctob^lT h-5r hie ** tEft!?“ discovered- no“ctaet«nj!01n«r win be apprehended "iS°In'
tmb IV.1I lu»ve been at least the parentage of the infant was ied by the authorities. Too many peo
i 11 - I P rlvixro ri o V (. 4-1 i I „
found.
p-le drive cars on the streets of th<
business section, with no regard foi
Contractors Are Kept Busy _/Is JXore
Buildir^ Permits JIre Issued Dailv
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Former Resident of
Olney Visiting
Relatives Here
* —_
L; D- Poei’ andz-fajajly, former
residents of this pU, a>e visiting
■relatives and frienefe here) and in
Throckmorton counfA Theyjnow re-
side at Hale CenteX
crop and other grains\of Jthat sec-
tion were of very poor yield this
year, some grain only making five
and ten bushels to the acre,
Other crops have suffered also,
there being no rain in the Plains
country, and the hot high winds did
considerable damage.
Mr. Poer expressed himself as be-
ing surprised at the many changes
whicn have taken place in Olney,
sjince lie resided here, and the busi-
ness activity evidenced in the new
buildings now under construction.
- The demand continues for more
business houses and residences in
Olney, despite tlhe fact that some
are crying hard times. Olney has
never ceased to grow steadily and
permanently since it set out to make
a city a number of years ago. The
building interest Ihas never ceased
and the progress of the city has
never slackened because of the fact
that Olney is populated with an
ugi essive citizenship, who are loyal
to the utmost degree to the best
.interest of their home town.
O. T. Anderson has just complet-
. ed two nice cottages in the south
wheat,part of the city, to be used for
rental property. He realized the de-
mand and made this step forward to
house the increasing population who
want to make their home in Olney,
where there is something doing the
year around.
The Webb Gin is-making many im.
piovements, putting in new machin-
eiy a°d making the necessary chang-
es to fit this gin for a profitable
season, if the crop of cotton now
growing should materialize into a
good yield. ,\
J he Otto Deitrich building on the
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Ave;u? C- and Main St.,-ports the completion of two nice
mamv b ^ 'bemf °yerhauled and residences on ther Larrimore lease,
™ *y chanse.s mad®> for new busi- j south of Olney. These building arc-
ess enteiprises The front ground: 4 rooms and bath with all modern
! Vrzl by ^^-^i-nviences, Which will make ct"
fronting th °n the buildmg,! fortable homes for the oil field
mode ed C'n 18 bemg re~j workers> who will reside in them,
modeled and made ready for a cafe L. F. Starr (has lust "completed
of ° Abilene1' Cadenhead,two small houses in the south part
if”.*?1 *»>* 0I"^ can be used for
-- —o- . .. sccuun, wixn no regard fo
McCamey—Newly completed golf tra±fic on the intersecting streets
course opened. jaad endangering the lives of pedes
jtrians and motorists alike constant
i]y.
! The heavy traffic, especially oi
the down town streets, will not per
mit double parking, as has bee:
practiced here so long by the citi
zens and tourists.
Ti.ie term “parked car,” as defin
ed by the city ordinance will npplj
^to any waiting vehicle, whether Dis-
place will be completed in the nextjCUpied by the driver or empty,
few days and opened for business.! The C1?y C0Un$iI realized the dan-
A new garage building is bein°- ieer, .to the Public safety of double
erected at the home of Rev. Klent, 0,n_ the busy streets, and the
pastor of tfn;e Lutharian church,
officers here have instructions v.
enforce the law to the letter, aftei
northwest oi the city, which will be G”f?.rc®.the Iaw to the letter, ;
completed in a few days. This is a .P lb“c.atlon °f the ordinance in th
splendid improvement and shows the n&Xt 1SSUe of this paPer-
Ui nas a 1>eatal contract to of Olney, which can be used for tk ni , tnis cfturch-
operate the cafe in the soutrt part ‘ apartment houses and will fill aiw kT Pt" ^aden home in the
-m sts ;i p - “
tion of the hTdW apSt£tlrS sec‘ Ploymeat here and need hemes.
of the building is being repair-1 Olney Refinery is undere-oine- -i
newafloorseaSane<t+’ PUtti”g down.few changes and putting down a" lot
“men* »<• -bin, other
use.! for office slf w, b i Per"“n«nt improvements, vvhic!., will
stand that +k space. We under-, greatly benefit this new enterprise
tmnPLt,\TT 0U?ide °f theand ft more efficient in ' ”
? fc b stuccoed and many duction.
atea'ettengeS m!“de *° “ m0re LT1“ S- T- home on West
a tuf ?°TrhaS jUS‘ completed andStaSt;“v an7oS2
1 f)fnd on North Grand ave-; decorations are bein^ made to make
soniV lM? m°re “mfortabld “d
;^d an r
Wnvw- d i . tended fiont, on the Olnev and Gra
oyt Brown, local contractor, re- ham highway south of town. The new
completed and ready for occupacy.
This is a beautiful modern home,
nealty designed and finished. R. C.
Burner, local contractor, has charge
of the work.
The old Dickson building, fronting
on South avenue €., is being re-
modeled and made ready for a mod-
ern barbecue stand, which will be
| operated by J. D. Norville of Wich-
ita Falls, and D. G. Barron of Dal-
las. A large pit is being put in and
the meats will be cooked in the old-
fashioned way, in a furnace with
wood used for fuel. Nice counters
and other appliances are being put
in and the building has been com-
pletely overhauled on the inside, new
paper and new painting and decorat-
ing ^s bemg done by J. F Perkins
Funeral Services
Held at Megargel
For W. L. King
W. L. King, 58 years of age, diiec
Saturday afternoon, July 19, ai
the family residence two and ’ one-
half miles northwest of Megargel.
Funeral services was held at the
lesidence Sunday afternoon at 3
o’clock, with, the Rev. L. C. Lee
pastor of the Megargel Baptist
church officiating.
Interment was in the cemetery at
Megargel with many friends pres-
ent to pay their last respects to the
deceased. A beautiful floral offer-
ing was given.
Levelland—New city park to com-
prise over 20 acres.
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Spears, George T., Jr. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 25, 1930, newspaper, July 25, 1930; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1121206/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.