The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1935 Page: 1 of 10
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The Olney Enterprise
THIS IS YOUR TOWN—THIS IS MY TOWN—IF WE ALL SUPPORT IT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT, IT WILL BE A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOWN.
VOLUME XXV.
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY
THE OLNEY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1935.
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO.
NUMBER 10
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CITY OFFICIALS TO GIVE WATER WORKS NOTICE
Relief Allotment Drastically Reduced For June
Facts &Folk
FACTS
Along the Street—On the Curb
I Per Case Grants
Understood To Be
$10 For Month
City-Wide Golf
Tournament Fails
THEN THERE’S this other thing
amatter with the country. Manufact-
urers have almost quit shipping
goods in soft-pine boxes. Instead,
they use paste-board cartons.
* * * *
ON THE FACE of it, one wouldn’t
think changing from soft-pine boxes
to paste-board cartons would have
anything to do with the present-day
unrest and unemployment. But
there’s just where you are wrong.
It does.
* * * *
WHAT'S MORE quieting to the
nerves and more reassuring to one’s
anticipations than to jerk off a nice
sliver of soft pine, turn a nail-keg
upside down, take a seat and begin
carving of long, curling shavings
with a frog-sticker that has been
designed for that purpose? Such a
hookup and with a nice cut of
“Brown’s Mule” in one jaw or a lip
filled with Garrett snuff, an entire
afternoon can be passed without
even so much as a thought of unem-
ployment.
* * * *
REALIZING THE tremendous
power of the press, Facts here and
now suggests that, merchants hastily
call a meeting, vote to construct
long benches, petition manufacturers
to get back to shipping goods in
soft-pine boxes and let’s have more
whittling. Clubs, real whittling
clubs, should be organized and prizes
offered for the one who carves out
the most perfect chain from one
piece of Soft pine—link after link.
There’s something about whittling
that gives rise to deep thinking, and
often while a person is so engaged
he will study out the very best
place in the whole country to go
(See “Facts” last page, col. 5)
Lightning Strikes
Producers Supply
Company Building
Late Thursday evening during a
thunder-shower, lightning struck the
west wall of the-^oducers Supply
Company building and ripped out a
small section of the fire-wall.
The bolt also cracked the wall
for a few feet below the shattered
place.
This building belongs to George
Christian, and the damage is covered
by insurance.
The report of the bolt made
nervous people jump and those not
so nervous rubbed their eyes to see
if they were hurt. This is the third
strike that has occurred in Olney
within the past several weeks. Pre-
viously a light post back of J. K.
Luton’s residence was splintered by
a bolt that also cracked like a
Austin.—Radically reduced allot-
ments for the relief population of
Texas are in prospect for the month
of June, it has been announced by
Adam R. Johnson, state relief ad-
ministrator.
Federal authorities notified John-
son that the state will receive $2,-
500,000 for general relief, although
application was made for more than
$4,000,000. Budgets, therefore, were
made up on the basis of a state
caseload of 210,000. Although the
caseload has dropped steadily since
January 1, Washington officials have
repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction
with the number of families on re-
lief in Texas.
“Accordingly, our per case grants
will be reduced from $17 in May
to about $10 in June,” Johnson said,
“and our total relief disbursement
from $5,612,000 in May to $3,391,-
000 in June.”
Although at first sight this may
appear to be dreadfully severe, we
expect thousands of cases to quit the
relief rolls in June for employment
on farms where they can make more
than the $10 we are able to give
them. Farmers everywhere are call-
ing for labor to help them cultivate
their crops and we feel that in the
case of the employable families there
should not be any suffering because
of this reduced grant.”
June funds will be spent by the
counties for purposes described in
the following budget:
General relief, $2,125,342; hos-
pitalization, $8,963,; rural subsis-
tence, $725,063; capital good, $532,-
154.
To meet these obligations, the
Texas Relief Commission will receive
$2,500,000 from the federal govern-
ment and $400,000 of state funds
for general relief. Other grants for
the special program of rural reha-
bilitation, student aid and emergency
education are expected to be re-
ceived from federal sources during
the month.
Even play has its disappoint-
ments, according to those endeavor-
ing to interest local golfers in a city-
wide tournament the past Sunday.
Many golfers failed to show up
for qualifying rounds and those who
came out Sunday were not enthu-
siastic enough to justify putting on
the tournament, according to Harry
Bettis who had been asked to assist
in arranging details for play. And
because of the lack of interest, the
matter has been dropped.
Miss Nodi To
Present Pupils In
Recital Friday
A Trip Into Rural
Communities
Do Town Man Good
If there be a merchant or business
m£n in Olney who imagines the
outlook is “punk” he needs to take
a swing through the rural commun-
ities round about Olney. Then, he
needs to return, make inquiry con-
cerning conditions elsewhere in the
state and, then, put on a broad
smile of optimism for his observa-
tions will justify that.
The first thing one will see on a
tour through the farming sections
near Olney are broad fields of
grain; almost ripe unto harvest. Oats
are good, wheat is better and
other kinds of grain are sure of a
good yield. Particularly, are grain
prospects good in the Elbert, Me-
gargel and Westover sections.
What com one sees is promising
and cotton (though the weather has
been most too cool for cotton) is
up to a good stand in many fields.
Dodson Wants His
Course Continued
Three Bids Called
For In Notice
Of Instructions
Miss Fannis V. Noah will present
her junior piano pupils in recital
Friday evening, June 7th, at 8:15
o’clock at the high school audito-
rium. •
The public is cordially invited to | Row crops are growing like weeds,
attend this program which promises : In short, indications are, this im-
to be enjoyable. Much progress has: mediate section should have a good
been made by the pupils during the I crop this year, and if prices are at
past year and this advancement will I all fair, farm folk who are thrifty
add immeasurably to the program. should not want for feed, food and
Miss Noah will present her ad- j clothing,
vanced pupils in recital Friday ||i
evening, June 14th, at the high |
school auditorium. Miss Maurine j
Rice and Miss Edna Earle William- j
son will appear on this program.
Dorothy Louise Close will open
Friday evening’s entertainment by
playing “The Birthday Party” by
MacLaehlan. Mary Margaret Ray
will be presented in the second num-
ber, playing Orth’s “Nimble Fin-
gers.” Billy Ray will play Minuet
from “Don Juan” by Mozart. “Radio
Fingers,” Schaum, will be presented
by Rosemary Rehders.
Peggy Swink will play two num-
(See “Miss Noah” last page, col. 3)
J. O. Dodson, principal of the
Olney High School, writes in to
request that the Enterprise be sent
to him in Sherman during the sum-
mer. “You see,” he says, “it is a
complete academic course for a
dollar and I could not keep house
without it.” Now, isn’t that sweet
of him to say things like that about
a sheet of paper?
P. S. Bill collectors, take note:
His correct address is Box 45,
Sherman, Texas.
Collections Be More
Liberal For Softball
Is Urged By Pruiti
TWO OFFICIALS WILL MEET
HERE WITH CITY COUNCIL
ON JULY 2ND
Another forward step has been
gained toward the actual beginning
of work on the Olney Water Works
project. Approval of redrafted plans
has been received and instructions
have been issued by Julian Mont-
gomery, state PWA engineer, to pre-
pare notices for publication for bids
on the construction work.
It is understood about three bids
will be called for in the notice. One
bid will likely include the excavation
or dirt work, the other the laying
of the main and the third the con-
struction of the pump house.
It should require a month or so,
judging by past progress, for bids
to be had and contracts let, after
which actual work ^should be started.
To the onlooker, it seems there
has elapsed considerable length of
While crowds are turning out for
the softball games both afternoon
and night the collections are piti- Itime since the loan was granted (and
fully small and left the club in debt I incidentally, interest started) several,
the first of this month, according jweeks bfck; but, government pro-
to E. C. Pruitt, bonded secretary-
*j cts with the attendant “red-tape”
move slowly, no matter how much
effort is put forth by local officials
treasurer of the organization.
Collections are made at the night
games and expenses for both day look,nS after the detalls-,
and night games are paid from this! The Enterpr.se is advised that
' hundreds of questions are being
"Editor Visits An
Orchard Of Ten
Thousand Trees
Roosevelt P.-T. A. Has
First Of Story Series
Rites Held Tuesday
For Mrs. Pharries
In Burkburnett
$
Three Attend Meeting
Of Beauticians
The first in the series of Story-
Telling Hours, spbh^dred by the
Roosevelt P.-T. PJwa^-meld Wednes-
day morning, May'' 29th, at nine
o’clock with nine present.
Mrs. John Morrison was in charge
and told several birthday stories and
dramatized one. Mrs. Glenn Nixon
vill conduct the next hour which
will be held Wednesday, June 5th.
The stories chosen for this hour
are interesting and the mothers are
urged to remind their children to
take advantage of this hour, It
will be a profitable hour well spent
and enjoyed too.
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Hour Changed For
Roosevelt Library
Mrs. D. L. Betts, owner of Betty’s
Beauty Parlor, Mrs. A. B. Shipman
and Mrs. J. H. Sammons, both of
Harriett’s Beauty Parlor, were in
Graham Thursday evening of the
past week where they attended a
meeting of Young county beauti- , . ,
cians. The meeting was at the Vanity <*.Idren «)>«* books thc
The Roosevelt P.-T. A. summer
Hbrary will be open from nine until
ten o’clock each Wednesday, accord-
ing to Mrs. Chas. T. Wolverton,
chairman of this committee. All
mothers are urged to see that their
Beauty Shop.
The new sanitary law and rulings
governing beauty parlors was dis-
cussed with Mr. Neal of Wichita
Falls presiding. About thirty-five
beauticians were present.
Miss Mutt McCracken and Erwin
Kunkel accompanied Miss Beatrice
Rogers to Dallas Saturday evening
where the latter will spend the sum-
mer. The latter was employed as
a teacher in the Birney School the
past year.
summer time.
Eleven children checked out twen-
ty-three books the first day of the
summer library. A large number of
new books, sent out from the State
Extension and Loan Library at Aus-
tin, are included in the school
library and are available for the
children. These books may be
checked out by any children; it is
not necessary that they be Roosevelt
pupils. The books in the library are
suitable for children through the
seventh grade
Funeral services for Mrs. S. C.
Pharries, 77, who died at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. T. P. Hamilton
of Burkburnett, at 10:30 o’clock
Sunday night were held Tuesday
moi-ning at ten o’clock from the
First Baptist Church in Burkburnett.
Rev. Miles B. Hayes, pastor, as-
sisted by Rev. Bob Cunningham, con-
ducted the service. Interment was
in fhe Burkburnett cemetery.
Mrs. Pharries had been a resident
of Texas for 66 years. She had
been visiting in the home of her
daughter in Burkburnett for several
weeks.
Survivors include the husband;
five sons, R. E. Pharries of Olney,
S. S. and S. D. Pharries of Burk-
burnett, M. R. and A. M. Pharries
of Breckenridge and four daughters
Mrs. T. P. Hamilton and Mrs. J. R.
Weidner of Burkburnett, Mrs. J. K.
Stokes of Haskell and Mrs. L. L.
Jones of Prospect.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Pharries went
to Burkburnett Sunday night and
returned after the funeral services
Tuesday. Members of the E. , T. C.
attended the funeral, including Mrs.
Ray Perkins, Mrs. B. A. Kelly, Mrs.
Chas. Norton, Mrs. W. F. Stand-
ridge, Mrs. Sam Casey, and Mrs. O.
E. Miller. C. H. Thompson and Joe
Parsley also attended the services.
-——o-—
New Operator
Young county is usually thought
of as producing oil, small grain,
cotton and corn. But within its
confines are some fine orchard soils
that need only to be set to fruit
trees and they’ll pay-off. A visit
to the Adam Furr Orchard some
twelve miles southwest of Olney
Sunday convinced the writer of that
fact.
Accepting an invitation from O.
T. Anderson early Sunday morning
for a drive to Elbert and to the
Anderson farm North of that town,
the writer enjoyed a side tour to
the Furr orchard above mentioned.
Dotted on a gently rolling hillside
of blow-sand soil, ten thousand fruit
trees are growing, and many produc-
ing—peaches, plums, apricots and
the like. In the older trees are some
peach trees about as large as the
writer ever saw and they show no
visible evidences of being ready to
wither and die. Instead, they are
thrifty, green and loaded with fruit.
A few paces from the farm resi-
dence there is a spreading oak—
one collection. Referee fees, balls
and lights must be paid for each
j game and while the cost is compara-
! tively small, the collections have
jbeen even smaller, thus putting the
club “in the red.”
The Petroleum Poducers are still
leading the league with a perfect
standing. Alexanders are second with
Agnes Cafe standing third.
Thursday afternoon, May 30, the
Rotary club defeated Newman 8
to 3. The Rotarians made 8 hits
asked almost daily by people inter-
ested in securing work on the pro-
ject when it is finally started. Of
course, such questions can not be
answered definitely, but the present
outlook indicates work shoud be
started some time in July—provided
no hitch occurs.
Since the above article was writ-
ten word has been received by the*
City County to the effect that
notice of bids will appear in next
while Newmans got 6 hits. Batteries week’s ^|pri^, jun^ for^two
Rotary, Hannis and * Boyd;
were
Newman, Newby and Bodie.
The night game furnished good
entertainment with the Conoco team
(See “Collections” last page, oil. 4)
Funeral Services
Held Monday For
Mrs. M. N. Sortar
weeks after which contracts will be
let. The notice also states that on
July 2nd, Julian Montgomery, state
PWA engineer, and Joe Ward, en-
gineer for the project, will be in
Olney to meet with the Council and
assist in the letting of contracts.
All of which means that work should
begin on construction shortly there-
after.
Funeral services were held Mon-j NeW Vttrietn StO^e
day afternoon at Cundiff for Mrs. j Opens 'This Week
M. N. Sortar of Loving, who died
Sunday noon at her home. Mrs.
Sortar is the grandmother of Mrs.
W. B. McCary.
Rev. Baker of Loving and Rev.
On the last pagfe--of -this issue
will be found the formal opening,
announcement of the Fair Variety
Store which is being opened by Ben
She lived for many years in Cundiff,
maybe a thousand years old; who but for the past ten years had made
knows—and in its very shades is a
“dug well” This well, it is under-
stood has an inexhaustible supply of
(See “Editor Visits” page 4, col. 3)
Olney Club Meets
With Federation
Lawrence of Newcastle conducted Newman and Barney Aronson. The-
the services which were held at the j business is located in the Duckworth
building formerly occupied by Duck-
worth store No. 2.
Mr. Aronson and family will move
from Newcastle to Olney as soon as-
a residence may be secured, and
both Mr. Aronson and Mrs. Aronson
Church of Christ.
Mrs. Sortar, who was eighty-two
years of age, was born in Missouri
and came to Texas at an early age.
Mrs. LoVeta SJ^John of Ft. Worth
has been employed as an operator
by Mrs. D. L. Betts, owner of Betty’s
Beauty Parlor, and began her duties
this week.
Mrs. St. John is an experienced
operator.
The Olney Home Demonstration
Club was well represented in the
inter-county federation meeting at
the home of Mrs. O. T. Andei’son
June 1.
There were seventeen home dem-
onstration club membei’s from the
different clubs over the county who
entered smocks to be judged. Mrs.
Roach of Eliasville judged the
smocks with Miss Fern Hodge of
Loving winning first place; Mrs.
Butler of Red Top second; Mrs. Lin-
coln of Bunger third, Mrs. I. E.
Mercer of Olney fourth; and Mrs.
Jeffery from Herron City fifth.
The club market will open in the
Rotary room of the City Hall June
8 and will be open from 8 to 12
o’clock.
her home in Loving. Her death fol-
lowed an illness of several months.
She is survived by five children
and one child has preceded her in
death. Fourteen great grandchil-
dren were present for the funeral
services.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. McCary at-
tended the services as did Mrs. Sam
Casey, Mrs. O. E. Miller, Mrs. W. F.
Standridge, Mrs. B. A. Kelly, and
Mrs. Ray Perkins.
All children were present for the
services. Mrs. W. M. Lawrence of
Elbert, Mrs. Green McClure, Miss
Ada Sortar and Jim Shoup of Lov-
ing and Mrs. M. N. Shelton of Gra-
ham are the children who survive.
Attend Convention
Mr. and MrsfRE B. St. Clair were
in Dallas Sunday qnd Monday where
the former atte/ndpd the State Drug-
gists Convention: The convention
was held at the Baker Hotel.
; C. A. Middleton of Corsicana was
j a business visitor here Saturday.
Miss Georgia Sampley of Jermyn
visited relatives here during the
week-end.
will be in the store. Also, their son,
Saul, who attended the University
of Louisiana the past year, will be-
employed in the store.
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Stowe Thinks He Has
Black Widow Spiders
Believing he had captured two
Black Widow Spiders, S. A. Stowe
who lives a few miles southeast of
Olney visited the Enterprise office'
Wednesday with the “critters” in a
jar.
Mr. Stowe’s reading of a recent
article describing the Black Widow
Spider caused him to notice the
captives at his place. One he found
in the storm cellar; the other near
the back doorstep.
Those spiders hang on their webs,
j back down and the red spot on their
| belly makes them noticeable. ’Tis
said there are few such spiders in
the United States and that their bite
is extremely poisonous. They derive
their name, the writer learns, from
the fact they are always found
alone—like a widow should be. Sure-
ly, somewhere there should be a~
Black Widower Spider.
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, June 7, 1935, newspaper, June 7, 1935; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1125642/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.