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BOOSTING THE BIGGEST LITTLE TOWN IN NORTH TEXAS
^Sixty-Second Year
Leonard, Texas, Friday, Aug. 3, 1951
Number 12
Former Resident
Future Farmers Start 1951-52 School Term With Honors
Members of the Leonard Fu-
ture Farmer Chapter started
their summer session of the
1951-52 school term with honors.
Pictured above are three teams
with banners won during’ 1951.
The members of the “Farm
Skills” team from left to right,
are George Pitman, W. D.
George, Jr., Joe Gaulden and
Roby Watson.
The members of the “Poul-
try” team from left to right,
are Blanton Hancock, Bobby
McDonald, and Mack Grimes.
The members of the “Live-
stock” team are from left to
right: Chester Driggers, Lloyd
Flannagan, and Bobby Lyons.
Pictured with the teams is their
teacher and adviser, W. F.
Speed.
These boys are upholding the
precedent set by past Leonard
Future Farmer’s who have been
consistent winners in district,
area and state contests for 10
years. '
Buried At
’Denton
Funeral services were held
at 4 p. m. Wednesday for Mrs.
Roy N. Lukens at the First
Baptist Church in Denton. Dr.
Roger D. Hebard, pastor of the
church, conducted the services.
She was a sister of Mrs. Nuge
Sudderth and Joe T. Akins of
this city.
Burial was in the Roselawn
Memorial Park.
Mrs. Lukens, 44, died at
12:20 p. m. Monday in All
Saints Hospital in Fort Worth
while undergoing surgery. She
was born Bonnie Akins, Aug.
18, 1906, in Leonard, and had
been a resident of Denton for
25 years, and a teacher in Den-
ton public schools for 23 years.
Mrs. Lukens received her
bachelor ’ss degree from North
Texas State College and her
master’s degree from Texas
State College! for Women. She
also attended Peabody College
and Columbia University.
An elementary g-rade teach-
er, Mrs. Lukens taught in Sam
Houston and Stonewall Jackson
Schools and last year was on
the faculty of Jefferson Davis
School.
Surviving are her husband,
Roy N. Lukens; a daughter,
^Helen Louise Lukens; her fath-
er, Joe L. Akins; four brothers,
Ode Akins of Haskell, Joe T.
Akins, of Leonard, W. B. Akins
of Greenville and Grady Akins
,^of Lake Charles, La., and three
listers, Mrs. Jessie Sudderth of
Leonard, Mrs. Ina Hughes of
Dallas and Mrs. Pat Jackson of
Camden, Ark.
Mrs. Lukens was a member
V)f the Baptist Church and was
a past worthy matron of the
Order of the Eastern Star. She
was a charter member of the
Junior Shakespeare Club, which
at the time she was president,
sponsored the establishment of
the City-County Library in
Denton.
■She also served as secretary
for the Denton Park Board As-
sociation and was instrumental
in obtaining a park for Negroes
of Denton. She was an active
member of the American Asso-
ciation of University Women, a
charter member of the Green
Jackets at North Texas, mem-
ber and assistant teacher of the
Euzelian Sunday School Class
and organizer of the Past Mat-
rons Club of the Order of the
Eastern Star in Denton.
Those who attended the fun-
eral from here were: Mrs. Nuge
Sudderth, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Adair, Mrs. Callie Akins, Mrs.
Ina Mae Hughes of Dallas, Mr.
and Mrs. Pat Jackson, Pat Jr.,
Johnny, Homer and Zada from
Camden, Ark.
Letters If Published
In Graphic Must
Be Signed
Letters which come into The
'Graphic office—especially those
which have many, complaints to
make regarding the city, mer-
chants, etc., must be signed. We
are in recepit of a letter which
is merely signed “A Citizen of
Leonard for the Past Fifty
’Years”. This will not suffice—
we must have the name signed
to such a letter.
We appreciate letters from
our readers, which we consider
Hfrank suggestions for the up-
building of our town. However,
we believe that anyone should
be willing to sign their name
'*ho their letter if they are sin-
cere.
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RETURN FROM CORPUS
Jt'HRISTI
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stokes
who have been making their
home in Corpus Christi for the
past several months have return-
ed to their home here.
Bailey Revival To
Begin Sunday,
August 5
Summer revival of the Bailey
Baptist Church will begin on
Sunday, August 5 and will con-
tinue through August 19, the
pastor, Rev. H. W. Reese an-
nounced this week. Services
will be held twice daily at 10:00
a. m. and 8 p. m.
Rev. R. J. Simpson
Evangelist R. J. Simpson, of
the Hickory St. Baptist Church
in Dallas, will be the preacher
for the meeting and singing
will be under the direction of
Bob Bradsby, radio tenor, and
educational director of the
South Fort Worth Baptist
Church.
Prayer meeting and youth
service will be held at 7:30
p. m.
HERE FROM SAN DIEGO
Hollis Lucas, a member of
the U. S. Navy and stationed in
San Diego, Calif., spent the
week end here with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Lucas. Young
Lucas was with a group on a
routine flight, and the plane
landed in Dallas for the week-
end. He took advantage of being
so close to home to spend the
time with his parents.
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RETURN TO LEONARD
Mr. and Mrss. C. T. Doolin,
who have been living in Gaines-
ville for the past several months
have returned to their home
here.
Miss Paula Taylor, who has
been visiting in the home of her
aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Price in Lubbock, re-
turned home Tuesday.
Premium Being
Made Up For
First Bale
A canvass of the Leonard
was being made Thursday to J
obtain a large premium to be
paid to farmers who bring in
the first and second bales of
cotton from the 1951 crop.
Premium this year is expect-
ed to exceed the $99.25 which
was raised last year.
J. L. Dillon, who is making
up the prmium said early
Thursday that over $70.00 had
been raised, and that a large
number' .of business houses had
not been contacted.
Robert Albright and Ray
Murphy, self-styled 'cotton buy-
ers, announce in a large adver-
tisement on another page of this
issue that they will be in the
market for the first bale and
will do their part to see that
the farmer who brings the first
bale gets “all the law alows”
1 for his product.
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Trenton Man Shows
First Open Boll
of Cotton
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First bole of cotton from the
1951 crop, which we have seen,
was brought to The Graphic of-
fice Wednesday afternoon by
Clarence Jones, who brought the
I bole from his place near, Tren-
ton.
The bole is well opened, and
Mr. Jones predicted that pick-
ing would be underway on his
farm within two weeks. The
first bale of cotton for Trenton
has been produced on the Jones
farm, which is being farmer by
■ Mr. Burleson, for the past two
1 years.
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Homecoming Services
To Be Held At
Spring Creek
Annual Homecoming and
Memorial Day services of the
Spring Creek Baptist church
which were rained out in June,
will be held on Sunday, August
5th.
All those interested in the
church and cemetery are cor-
dially invited to attend.
Services will begin at 10
o’clock. A basket lunch will be
spread at the noon hour.
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Mr. and Mrs. Audra Evans
spent Wednesday afternoon vis-
iting with friends in Dallas.
Leonard Baptist
Revival To End
Sunday Night
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Revival services af the First
Baptist Church in Leonard will
continue through Sunday, Aug.
5th. Marked by good attend-
ance, revival services are being
held twice daily—atlO :50 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m.
Rev. Claude Martin, pastor
of the First Baptist Church in
Clarksville, is doing the preach-
ing and Jim Delmar of Semi-
nole, Okla., is in charge of the
song service.
Evening services are being
held on the cool church lawn,
which has been treated to do
away with mosquitoes and chig-
gers.
In connection with the reviv-
al, Dr. Eugene Skelton an-
nounced a Sunday School goal
of 343 for next Sunday. This
attendance, if reached, would
break an all-time attendance
record of the Sunday School of
342, set in 1949. Persons who
attend the revival services are
being given an opportunity to
sign bananas made of cardboard
These bananas are being placed
in a “bunch” and leaders of
the church are urging everyone
to be one of the '“bunch” at
Sunday School Sunday, which
they hope will reach 343.
Everyone is given an invita-
tion to attend the remainder of
the revival services which will
continue through Sunday night.
Takes Part In Ball
Game In Memphis,
Tenn.
Polly McLarry, of this city,
former professional baseball
player and manager, was in
Memphis, Tenn., early this week
where he took part in a baseball
game between “old timers” of
the Memphis club, and the pres-
ent Memphis team.
Mr. McLarry played first
base on the team, which was
composed of a number of well-
known figures in baseball his-
tory, past and present. The
“old timers” won the game.
In addition to banquets and
an expense paid vacation the
players were rewarded with a
handsome 21-jewel Hamilton
watch for taking part in the
game.
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul Albright
of Paris, visited here with rela-
tives Tuesday.
OPS Pricing Clinic
To Be Held In
Leonard
The Leonard Lions Club and
the Dallas district Office of
Price Stabilization have set up
a program to help Fannin
County businessmen with their
< >PS pricing problems, B. C.
Hudgins, Lions Club president
announced.
Starting Wednesday, Aug. 8
price clinics will be held regu-
larly every four weeks at the
Leonard City Hall, Hudgins
said. Clinic days will always
come on Wednesday, he added.
These clinics will be conducted
by an OPS specialist from Dal-
las.
At the 'clinics, said Hudgins
the specialist will give business-
men specific, down-to-earth ans-I
wers to their questions and in-
dividual help on their pricing
problems.
The clinics will be on an in-
formal, come-as-you-are basis.
They will be held from 2:30 p.
m. to 5:00 p. m. Businessmen
should feel free to drop in with-
out appointment and at their
convenience, Hudgins pointed
out.
“The price clinic program is
a free public service for Fannin
County businessmen which has
been set up by the Leonard
Lions Club and the Dallas dis-
trict OPS office,” Hudgins ex-
plained.
‘ ‘ The purpose of the price
clinic is to thoroughly acquaint
the businessmen in this area
with the regulations and to
make his life under price con-
trols' as easy as possible,” Hud-
gins stresed.
The first clinic has been sche-
duled for Wednesday, August
8. Copies of current OPS regu-
lations and the latest amend-
ments to them will be available
at that time. Digests of the
regulations will also be on hand,
Hudgins said.
Trenton Man Badly
Injured In Truck
Accident
J. M. Anderson, of Trenton,
was badly injured Monday at
11 a. m. near Mabank, Texas,
when a Southern Pacific train
hit a truck loaded with hay, he
was-driving. He received severe
cuts and bruises over the head
and body. Twenty stitches were
required to close the wounds
about the head. He was taken
to the Veteran’s Hospital in
McKinney where he is reported
to be resting as well as could
be expected.
Riding in the truck with An-
derson were two negro men who
escaped injury. The truck was
completely demolished.
Mr. Anderson is a brother of
Mrs. Amos Burns of Leonard.
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UNDERGOES SURGERY
Miss Eleanor Yeager, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Yea-
ger, underwent an appendec-
tomy at the Brown Clinic in
Wolfe City Saturday. She is
reported to be recovering nice-
ly. __
HERE FROM SOUTH
AMERICA
Robert Grimes of Venezuela,
South America, accompanied by
his sister, Mrs. H. M. Hearne
and children, Johnnie and Mar-
tha of Dallas, visited here last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Mackey and Miss Ruby Grimes.
While here the group visited in
Bonham with Dr. L. C. Biggers
who is a cousin of Mr. Grimes.
Mr. and Mrs. Mac Hayley,
Mr. and Mrs. Eldon Doug-herty
and Mr. and Mrs. Amons Burns
visited in Dallas over t-he week-
end.
Church of Christ
To Begin Gospel
Meeting Aug. 6
Funeral Services for
Hugh Williams
Wednesday
The annual summer meeting
of the church of Christ in Leon-
ard will begin Monday evening
August 6 th, an J continue
through August 16th. The
speaker will be James W. Rey-
nolds of Pueblo, Colorado. Bro-
ther Reynolds has assisted the
church here in two previous ef-'
forts of this kind and is no
Fstranger to the people of
Leonard.
James W. Reynolds
Congregational singing will
be under the direction of Wil-
liam H. Baker, Jr., the local
preacher for the church.
The services each evening at
eight o’clock will be held bn
the lawn just west of the church
building. The morning services
at ten will be conducted in the
auditorium. Parking space has
been provided on the east side
of the building to relieve the
usual congested situation along
the street.
A cordial invitation to attend
the services is extended to all.
Every visitor will be a welcom-
ed guest.
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Blue Ridge Woman
Is Buried On
Monday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Lurley Iva Kent, 57, who died
Monday were conducted Tues-
day afternoon at the Baptist
Church in Blue Ridge at 3:00
o’clock. Burial was in the Blue
Ridge Cemetery under the dir-
ection of the Wilson Funeral
Home of Leonard. The Rev. J.
R. Hilger officiated for the ser-
vices.
Deceased was born October
5, 1894, the daughter of S. A.
D. and Virginia Hackett Box,
at Blue Ridge, Texas. She was
married to Jim Kent on Feb.
28, 1915. Mrs. Kent had been a
member of the Blue Ridge Bap-
tist church for the past 40 years
Survivors include her hus-
band, Jim Kent, and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Vida Stunkel and
Viva Jean Kent; one grandson,
Paul Stunkel; six sisters, Mes-
dames Ethel Terry, Sam Jame-
son, Altha Kent, Jessie Pate,
Lillian Boren and Myrtis Rid-
dle ; 3 brothers, Virgil Box,
Clarence Box and John Box.
Pallbearers w ere Benton
Kent, Maurice Riddle, Keith
Pate, Doris Pate, Walter Jame-
son and Willard Terry.
LOCAL SAILOR APPEARS
ON TELEVISION
Billy G. Smith, who is spend-
ing a 30-day leave from his
Navy station in San Diego, Calif,
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Smith, was seen by a
number of television fans in
Leonard Tuesday night w’hen he
appeared on a Sports Preview
telecast from the Sportatorium
in Dallas, preceding the wrestl-
ing matches.
Funeral services for Hugh D.
Williams of Wolfe City, Route
Two, who died at his home Mon-
day following a long illness,
were held at 3 p. m. Wednesday
at the Methodist Church in
Wolfe City.
The pastor, the Rev. W. H.
Vale officiated, assisted by the
Rev. C. E. Deakins. of May-
bank, and the Rev. G. B. Bailey
pastor of the First Baptist
Church, Wolfe City. Burial was
in the Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Royce
Smithe'y, Vaughn Page, Vesta
Adams, Wilburn Beach, Bethel
Hensley and Ozell Thornton.
William had been a member
of the Methodist Church for
more than 30 years. He had re-
sided in the Wolfe City com-
munity his entire life and had
farmed for many years.
He was born on Sept. 10,
1881, the son of B, Z. Williams
and Maggie Squires Williams.
He was married to Esthelee Da-
vis on Dee. 8, 1907.
He is survived by his widow;
two sons, Jasper Williams, of
Wolfe City, and Hugh Williams
Jr., Dallas; five daughters, Mrs.
Dorothy McCaslin, Leonard.
Mrs. Rosalee Thornton, Irving.
Mrs. Tommy Joe Wilburn.
Calif., Miss Billie Jo Williams.
Dallas, and Mrs. Maggie Earn-
heart; seven grandchildren and
one brother, James W. Williams.
Wolfe City and one sister, Mrs.
E. 1'. Taylor, Dallas.
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E. E. Holcomb Rites
Are Held On
Tuesday
Funeral services were held at
4 o’clock Tuesday at the City
Cemetery in Whitewright for
Edward Eugene Holcomb, 69,
of Greenville, who died Monday
afternoon at 4 o’clock.
Born on July 27, 1882, at
Blue Spring, Georgia, Mr. Hol-
comb came to Texas with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G.
Holcomb when he was five years
old, and the family located in
the Nobility community, west
of Leonard. He later lived in
Tennessee and Arkansas and
moved to Greenville in Januarv.
1950.
Mr. Holcomb is survived by
one son, E. E. Holcomb, Jr., of
Los Alamos, N. M.; two sisters.
Mrs. Estelle Cambron of Leon-
ard and Miss Beulah Holcomb
of Greenville; one grandson, E.
E. Holcomb, III and other rela-
tives.
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ANNOUNCE NEW ARRIVAL
Mr. and Mrs. Turner Means
I of Sherman, former Leonard re-
sidents are announcing the ar-
rival of a 7 pound, 8 ounce
baby daughter. The little Miss
was born Sunday at the St. Vin-
cent hospital in Sherman and
has been named Donna Kay.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B. James
and children of Nashville, Tenn,
visited here with his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. Morrell James
last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Wharton,
of Dallas, spent the week end
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. G. L. Wharton.
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Mr. and Mrs. James Davey
spent Sunday in Sulphur
Springs where they visited in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Ratliff. Mr. and Mrs. Rat-
liff are former residents of
Leonard and she has been seri-
ously ill for the past few
months.
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Mrs. Felix Price and Mrs.
Jennie Crain spent Monday vis-
iting in Sherman.
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