The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1936 Page: 3 of 16
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THE EXAMINEE, McKINNEY, TEXAS, OCTOBER 15, 1936
Geo. P. Brown Tells
Rotarians of Texas,
Past and Present
THREE
McKinney Rotarians were en-
tertained at their Friday noonday
luncheon program in the dining
room of the First Methodist
Church by a splendid twenty
minutes talk by Judge George P.
Brown.
F. Dudley Perkins and Ben-
jamin iSmith composed the Pro-
gram Committee of the day.
Two visitors were present in
the persons of Rotarian Guy Bul-
lock of Garland and Judge Brown
of McKinney.
All members of the club were
present except Prof. Jack R.
Ryan, who was in San Antonio,
attending the State Textbook
Commission meeting of which
body he is President. He made
up his attendance for the day.
Another visitor who came in
late was Adolph Wheery, prom-
inent contractor of Dallas and a
member of the Dallas Historical
Association.
Mrs. Aubrey Hamilton was
Chairman of a group of Social
Workers that prepared and serv-
ed the excellent dinner.
Judge Brown’s Brief Address.
Judge George P. Brown, Mc-
Kinney lawyer and a former Coun-
ty Attorney, is always an inter-
esting public speaker. He is a
native of this county and state,
who has given much study to
Collin County and Texas history.
Consequently, what he says on
those subjects are always indeed
interesting, authentic and full of
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Even if other remedies have failed,
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and to refund your money if you are not
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real information. He said in part,
‘It must have taken from July
4th to December 29th of the year,
1845, for Texas to draft and
adopt a constitution to be sub-
mitted to the United States, so
that it could then be admitted as
a state. It had been annexed as
a domain or territory but not ad-
mitted really until a constitution
acceptable to the United States
was adopted. Both England and
France wanted the vast Texas
domain, but the people of the Re-
public of Texas wanted to be a
part of the great American Un-
ion. The United States Govern-
ment also wanted Texas. But
there was still some opposition to
admitting the state led by Henry
Clay. Under the leadership of
General Sam Houston, the hero
of San Jacinto and twice Presi-
dent of the Republic, assisted by
the veteran ex-President, Andrew
Jackson. Texas, unlike the other
states admitted, was allowed to
retain her public lands, to control
them and dispose of them ac-
cording to her own wishes. No
other state in the Union has this
distinction. Your Texas land titles
go back to the patent issued by
the state to the grantee and on
down to the present owners. Not
so in other states where the title
papers to land goes back to the
United States Government or
some department of the United
States 'Government, because the
United States owned these lands
before the state was admitted as
such and were known as Territor-
ies before admission to state-
lood.
Judge Brown declared that
Texas had every resource ■ that
any or all the other states had
—helium, at Amarillo; greatest
salt mine of the nation, at Grand
Saline; greatest sulphur mines,
high grade granite and marble,
immense spinach farms and cit-
rus fruit orchards, peach or-
chards and great fields of roses,
carbon black in the Amarillo
country, oil and refining industry
of Beaumont ,Port Arthur and
East Texas, coal deposits, great
military training camp, at Fort
Sam Houston and other forts
along the western border; wood
fence manufacturing and box mak-
Long distance
rates reduced
7 TIMES
in 10 years
1926
OCTOBER 1
Rates reduced on
calls over 150 miles.
1930
JANUARY
Rates reduced on
calls between
and 318 mdes. *
19 22
DECEMBER V
Rates reduced un
all calls over
1935
JUNE l-Reduted
night rates moved
torword from 8:30
n m. to 7 P-
19 29
FEBRUARY \
Rates reduced on
cads between 13U
and 1490 mdes.
1936
JANUARY 15
Reductions on Sun-
day calls, and pe-
v son-to-person calls
< otter 7 P- m-
♦..
SEPTEMBER 1, 1936: Reduced rates on calls
over 234 miles and reduced person-to-person
overtime rates after 3 minutes of overtime.
In 1926, a person-to-person long distance telephone
call between New York and SanFrancisco cost $20.60
at any hour. Six minutes were required to make the
connection.
Today—1936—the same call may be made for only
$6.75 at night, or any time on Sunday. You are con-
nected in less than a minute and a half, on the average.
This wide difference between the long distance rates
of yesterday and today is the result of seven volun-
tary reductions made in the past ten years.
It illustrates a Bell System policy in action—the poli-
cy of voluntarily reducing rates when it can be done.
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
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LETTER CARRIERS
ASSOCIATION
AT FARiERSVILLE
A very interesting meeting of
the Rural Letter Carriers of the
Rollin-Rockwall Association was
held Thursday night in the base-
ment of the First Methodist
Church, at Farmersville, with C.
C. Pitts presiding and G. L.
Howery, both of Wylie, secretary.
The feature of the meeting was
the talk by John T. Hood of
Dallas, President of the Texas
Letter Carriers Association, ana
by Oscar Harris, another Carrier
from Garland, who is District
President., After holding their
regular session, the letter car-
riers were joined by the Post-
masters and the ladies of 'the
Auxiliary, and the meeting was
given more of a social turn with
several making short talks.
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The Ladies Auxiliary.
The Ladies Auxiliary had about
twenty women present. Some of
them were visitors. In the ab-
sence of the President, Mrs. J. A.
Lacy of Melissa. Mrs. C. C. Pitts
of Wylie, President of the State
Auxiliary, presided and Mrs. O.
F. Wilson of Plano acted as Sec-
retary. The ladies had *a very
interesting meeting. Mrs. Claude
Duvall of Celina gave a reading,
which -was much appreciated. Mrs
Walter B. Wilson of McKinney
and Mrs. R. B. Howey of Plano
gave interesting reports of the
recent Rose Festival, at Tyler,
which they attended. The - Auxili-
ary will meet at the same time
with the carriers Thursday night,
November 12, at Frisco. The new-
ly organized Postmasters Associa-
tion of the Collin-Rockwall Dis-
trict will also meet, at Frisco, at
the 3ame time.
Farmersville Hospitality.
Farmersville lived up to her
reputation for whole-souled hos-
pitality at this meeting. Postmas-
ter M. B. Smith cordially welcom-
ed the Rural Letter Carriers,
visiting Postmasters and the wo-
men of the Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs.
M. B. 'Smith and the wives of the
Farmersville Carriers and other
ladies led in spreading a delecta-
ble lunch and served hot coffee to
all present. The social aspect of
the meeting was, if anything,
above par. Farmersville is an en-
terprising little city that never
does things by halves.
Those Present.
M. B. Smith and wife of Farm-
ersville, W. Fred Duncan and
Mrs. Della Duncan of Wylie,
Frank Clark of Rockwall, Owen
Harris, Garland; Mrs. W. W.
Corley, Garland; Mrs. Claude Du-
vall, Celina; Claude Duvall, Ce-
lina; Thos. H. Wilson and wife
of Celina, O. F. Wilson and wife
of Plano, also their little son,
Jerry; Mrs. Mary Kearley, Miss
Ruby Nell Kearley, Miss Almeda
Holt, all of Rockwall; R. B.
Howey and wife of Plano, Walter
B. Wilson and wife, Mrs. Flor-
ence Warden. Dick Faulkner and
wife, all of McKinney; P. G.
Boorman and wife, Princeton:
Wyatt Williamson and wife of
Royce City; James B. Abell, and
wife of Josephine, George L.
Howery, Chas. C. Pitts and wife,
all of Wylie; T. F. Dowell,
Roy3e City: C. C. Pitts and wife,
Wylie; W. W. Corley, Garland;
W. B. Kearley, Rockwall; Mrs.
Thos. H. Wilson Jr., and Th03.
Wilson HI, Celina, Texas; John T.
Hood, Dallas, State President of
Texas Rural Letter Carriers As-
sociation; R. B. Howey, retired
carrier, Plano; Mrs. R. B. Howey:
C. A. Vernon, retired carrier,
Rockwall; Oscar Harris, Garland;
Roy Sisk, Royse City; W. H.
Strong, retired carrier, Farmers-
ville; L. A. Glass, Farmersville;
Earl Bates, Farmersville; R. C.
Vicars of Farmersville and some
others who did not register.
ing plants of East Texas and the
greatest natural bird sanctuary
from Matagorda Bay to the
mouth of the Rio Grande River
where the birds of North Am-
erica migrate.
He referred to the Central Na-
tional highway, known to us as
Preston Road, that runs north-
ward and southward through the
western part of Collin County.
He alluded to the 'Spanish sur-
veys measured in varas. Nineteen
hundred varas square made a
section of 640 acres. Some of
these grants contained a league
(4,442 acres) and a labor (177
acres). The labor was intended
for fanning purposes by its own-
er and the league grant was us-
ually intended for grazing live-
stock."
Among the interesting state-
ments of historical nature made
by Judge Brown were that the
Congress of the United States
adopted the Joint Resolution an-
nexing Texas to the United States
and approved it March 1, 1845.
The joint resolution of the Con-
gress of the Republic of Texas,
giving consent to annexation to
the United States was approved,
June 23, 1845. The people of the
Republic of Texas by their de-
puties in convention assembled
as sent to accept the proposal,
conditions and guarantees of the
Congress of the United States for
annexation of Texas, was held
in the city of Austin, Republic
of Texas, July 4th, 1845, at which
Thos. J. Rusk was President and
James H. Raymond was Secre-
tary. The joint resolution of the
Congress of the United States
for the admission of Texas into
the union was adopted December
29, 1845." The state really be-
gan to function about the first
of the year 1846.
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Our school term opened Sept. 28
with Baxter Edwards of Westminster
as principal, Mrs. Bennie Sexton of
Denton, primary teacher and Miss
Mildrd Helms of Gunter intermediate
teacher. Mr. Edwards is boarding
with Carl Darnall and wife and Mrs.
Sexton and Miss Helms have rooms
at Lee McCoy’s, where they do light
housekeeping.
■Mr. and Mrs. Earl Lowrey of Hill’s
ranch were guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Bluch Tucker, Sunday.
Miss Julia Darnall returned home
from Mustang, where she is school
principal, last Friday afternoon and
went to Denton Saturday, returning
to Mustang Sunday morning, accom-
panied by her sister, Charlotte.
There is community singing at Cot-
tage Hill church every Sunday ex-
cept third Sunday, when there are
ihurcli services by the pastor, the
iRev. B. M. Smith of Weston.
Misses Iva and Nannie Stambaugh
spent Tuesday with their brother,
John Stambaugh and family of Alla.
Grant Christian has purchased a
new car.
Frances and Dimple Hays, Mar-
garet Melton, Neville Appleby and
Charles Granstaff are attending
school in McKinney, going on a bus
from Twin Bridges.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hays had a
birthday dinner for their daughter,
Mrs. Leonard Thomason, Sunday with
the following guests present: Mr. and
Mrs. Sexton of Denton, Miss Mildred
Helms of Gunter, Mr. and Mrs. Otis
Melton and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Thomason of Franklin and
R. L. Hays of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Phillips of Gun-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Thomason
of Franklin and John Wester of Tele-
phone were visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Wester Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank O’Brien’s baby
girl has been quite ill, but is much
better now.
Bob Pafford of Salina, Kas., was
in our community visiting relatives
and old acquaintances of auld lang
syne. He came down to see his broth-
er, Sam who died.
Mr. and Mrs. Otis Melton went to
Ailen Monday morning to attend the
fueral of a former neighbor, Leo-
neil Dugger.
G. W. Darnall made two trips to
Durant last week. Took a load of
wheat to he sown on his farm on the
last trip.
Esquire J. F. Wester celebrated his
82nd birthday last week, Oct. 1- He
can do more work, both physical and
mental than many younger men and
is full of "pep." Mr. Wester visited
liis granddaughter, Martha Ellen
Wester, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ed
Wester of McKinney, Monday. Martha
Ellen was injured in an automobile
accident several weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlia Moss and chil-
dren of Bryan spent last week with
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. O’Brien.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Bryan and
daughter, Eobbie Gene of McKinney
visited Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Darnall
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt and Miss
Allison O’Neal of Dallas visited Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Pafford and family,
Sunday. Miss O’Neal and Mrs. Hunt
are sisters of Mrs. Pafford.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Tatum of
Lubbock were guests tof Mr. and
Mrs. Frank O’Brien last Thursday.
Foote
A small blaze at the City Barns
Saturday morning caused the Fire
Boys to take some early exercise.
The blaze did no damage. But the
boys ran just as fast as if they
were going to a million dollar blaze.
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Robert L. Murray, who has lived
near Wetsel School house for over 40
years, gave us a call Saturday and
renewed for Examiner which he has
read for near 50 years.
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Silas Payne, of Melissa, was attend
ing to business here Saturday.
The Workers Conference is invited
to meet with Foote Church Novem-
ber. We expect a great day.
Our services were good yesterday.
The church will go right on in its
Heaven given work.
Next Sunday at 6:30 p. m. we are
to consider organizing a B. T. U. Mr,
W. A. Shelton will be with us. He
is the director of the Associational
B. T. U. State missions will be the
subject for 11 a. m.
REV. G. B. AIRHART.
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H. L. Epps, one of the White’s
Grove’s good farmers called by Sat-
urday and renewed for Examiner.
Mr. Epps has read our paper since
he was a small boy. His parents,
the late A. R. Epps and wife began
taking our paper in 1886 and read it
as long as they lived and now their
children read it.
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Ed McGee of the Fitzhugh Mills
community was here Monday. Mrs.
McGee is improving nicely he said.
Her sister is with her now.
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W© are glad to enroll J. O. Pell of
the Ash Grove community as a new
subscriber to the Examiner.
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Thompson, Clint; Thompson, F. C. & Smith, J. Frank. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 15, 1936, newspaper, October 15, 1936; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1131315/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County History Museum.