The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1956 Page: 1 of 8
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SIXTY-SEVENTH YEAR
NUMBER 15
Services Sunday Leonard C. of C
Banquet Speaker
had charge
were?
CONNIE JUNE BRANSCOME
Speaker
an-
Bailey Mayor
as
in
and Bill
(Grandma)
Ja-
Don’t Forget
Gar-
be
ATTEND CHURCH SUND.^
workers
job were
they
near
later
they
Mrs. J. G. Smith
P-TA Speaker
Mr. and Msr. Ray Tittsworth
visited friends in Leonard last
week end.
the
the
have
visit
Mrs.
of the Pike
is active in
secretary of
department
and partici-
Bible
his parents. Guest®-
and Mrs. Eldon Low-
Tommy Jo Burks, Mr..
R. C. Kuhn and two-
to taking
from the
admitted
in Green-
government to get it.
the mayor, who re-
votes, two new com-
were efected. They
English, who received
of Ladonia
Heflin of
H. H. Childress has accepted
the job as nightwatchman in
Leonard. He was named for the
job by the city council in a
regular meeting Monday night.
The place was made vacant by
the resignation of J. T. Ferguson.
Due to failing health Mr. Fergu-
son retired and with his family
moved to Grand Prairie.
LEONARD, FANNIN COUNTY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956
Weldon Golden of Nocona
visited his father, Joe Golden,
and other relatives last week
end.
World Day of Prayer will
observed Friday, February 17, at
2:30 p. m. at the Presbyterian
Church in Leonard under spon-
sorship of the women of Leonard
churches. A program has been
outlined for the day. All church
women have been invited to par-
ticipate.
to Vinton, Iowa, to
daughter, Mr. and
Davis, Jr., and family and
their new grandson, who
■uneral services were held at
Church of Christ Saturday
■noon at two o’clock for John
Wharton, age 83, who
at his home in Leonard,
Feb. 10, 1956, following a long
illness and invalidism.
W. L. Wharton, Jr., minister
of Odessa and Price Bankhead
of Leonard, officiated.
Burial was in Leonard ceme-
tery with Wilson funeral direc-
tor in charge.
Mr. Wharton was a native of
Boone County', •’Arkansas, and
was born Aug. 22, 1872. He came
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Wharton, to Texas when
a child.
He was married to Florence
Elam, July 20, 1898, at Lane,
Texas. • One daughter, Cleva,
preceded him in death in 1917.
He was a member of the Church
of Christ, a retired farmer and
carpenter.
Survivors ;are his wife and
four daughters, Mrs. Ima Rey-
nolds, Mrs. Ethel Macon of Leon-
ard, Mrs. Elza D. Jackson of
Lubbock and Mrs. Tommie Flo
Jackson of Sulphur Springs,
Texas; seventeen grandchildren
and eleven great-grandchildren;
three brothers, S. I. Wharton,
Compton, Calif., W. L. Wharton,
Sr., of Eastland, Texas, and C. E.
Wharton of Bloomburg, Texas.
Out of town relatives and
friends who attended the funeral
of Mr. J. T. Wharton were Don
Max Jackson and Mrs. Betty
Duncan, Lubbock; Mr. and Mrs.
J. R. Burgess, Dallas; Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Wharton, Jr., Tex-
arkana; Mr. and Mrs. Joel Whar-
ton, Shreveport, La.; Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Stiles, Bloomburg,
Texas; Mrs. Lavesta Vaughn,
Wichita Falls; Mrs. Luther Row-
ell, Garland; Mrs. V. E. Hazal
and sons, Paul Gene and J. W.
Hazal, Celeste: Mrs. O. T. Ad-
cock, Durant, Okla.; Mr. and
Mrs. M. A. Carter, Bonham.
Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Curtis
gone
their
Ivan
meet
arrived February 14.
sale for the
of Commerce
will be held
February 23, at
World Day of
Prayer Services
The regular meeting o^^^H
Athletic Club will be Saturday i
morning, February 18, at the* I
school cafetorium at 6.30. J
A program has been arrangeraj
by Chairman Homer Evans..
Athletic Dept. Plan
Banquet March 4
BOB EITELMAN
Banquet
Funeral services were held
the First Baptist Church in Va^B
Alstyne Saturday afternoonW
Feb. 11, for Charlie Holmes^
Stuteville, a brother of Mrs. Gil
Sudderth of Leonard. The pas-
tor, the Rev. Jimmie Duckworth,
officiated, and burial was in Van
Alstyne cemetery.
Mr. Stuteville died at his home
in Van Alstyne Feb. 9 after a.-
stroke in November. He is sur-
vived by his wife, five children;,
two sisters and five brothers. J
H. H. Childress
Nightwatchman
In Leonard
The P-TA meeting scheduled
for Feb. 16, 1956, has been post-
poned until Thursday afternoon,,
Feb. 23, at 3:45 o’clock.
Mrs. J. G. Smith of Commerce
will be the speaker. Mrs. Smith
is co-ordinator of public schools,
in Hunt County and an author-
ity on Parent-Teacher Associ-
ation. Everyone is urged to at-
tend the meeeting and hear Mrs;_
Smith.
The time for meetings until.,
school is out has been changed?'
from 7:30 p. m. to 3:45 p. m.
Ke revivals in Jamaica are to
bo held at the request of the
maica mission.
A. M. Savage was elected may-
or of Bailey, Wednesday in
first city election held in
town since 1934.
Bailey was incorporated
1934 but has had no city gov-
ernment. The people have de-
cided they want a municipal
waterworks and got busy form-
ing a city
Besides
ceived 61
missioners
are M. M.
63 votes, and C. S. Via, who got
i 64 votes.
Garson’s Have
February Sale
Mrs. Wilford Golden
son’s Department Store,
Golden were business visitors to
Terrell, Tuesday.
Mrs. Golden says lots of new
merchandise has arrived for the
store’s February Sale now in
progress. Garson’s ad will be
found on another page of this
paper.
eral Home directing,
sons were pallbearers.
Supt. C. K. McClendon has an-
nounced. the annual Football:
Banquet, now known as tiTe^ti^
letic Banquet, is scheduled for-
Thursday, March 4, at 7:30 p. m...
in the school cafetorium.
John W. Rollins, Dean of Mem
at E. T. S. T. C., Commerce, has-
been secured for the speaker.
The banquet will honor the:
football and basketball teams
and pep squad of Leonardo
,schools this year.
A limited number of tickets
will be on sale at a later date.
Pictured above are five of the House of David basketball team who will play the Fannin County
All Stars at the Leonard gmynasium Tuesday night, February 28, at 8 p. m. Reading from left to
right are Joe Mathis, Don Walters, Bobby Ruth, Big Moose Clark and Ron Weaver. Story on inside
’ of paper.
Funeral services for Mrs. Alice
D. Lewis were held at the Leon-
ard Baptist Church at 2:30 p. m.
on Sunday afternoon, Feb. 12.
She was 84 years old on Jan. 10,
1956, and a member of the Bap-
tist Church.
Officiating ministers were Rev
Raymond Trompler
and Rev. Jimmie
Leonard.
Wilson of Leonard
of the body and burial was made
in the Leonard Cemetery.
Mrs. Lewis passed away at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. R. H.
Freeman, on Saturday morning,
Feb. 11, where her husband con-
tinues to reside.
She was the wife of Edgar C.
Lewis and had just celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary
on Dec. 25, 1955.
Born and reared near Atlanta,
Ga., almost immediately follow-
ing their marriage in 1895
came to Texas, first settling
Sherman and a few years
moving to Leonard w'here
have resided ever since.
Pallbearers were grandsons
and grandsons-in-law: Berlon
Lewis and Eddie Lewis of Dal-
las, Kenneth Freeman of Arling-
ton, Gary Wayne Petty of Leon-
ard, Robert L. Phillips of Bon-
ham and N. T. Popejoy of Dal-
las.
Survivors besides her husband
are: four sons, B. E. Lewis, Dal-
las; W. B. Lewis, Rockwall; D.
B. Lewis, Celeste; H. G. Lewis,
Leonard; two daughters of Leon-
ard, Mrs. R. H. Freeman and
Mrs. John D. Pettv; one sister
and brother, Mrs. j. H. Bagwell
and J. W. Sewell, both of Fair-
mount, Ga.; 17 grandchildren
and 17 great-grandchildren.
Local Woman’s
Brother Died
John T. Wharton
Dies Following
Kong Illness
of
and Mr.
Mrs. Hattie Dale
Dies In Hospital
Mrs. Hattie M.
Dale, 89, of the Moore’s Chapel
community died in Allen Mem-
orial Hospital Monday afternoon.
She had been in ill health for a
number of years and was taken
to the hospital a few weeks ago.
Mrs. Dale was born Feb. 10,
1867, at Tupelo, Miss., but had
lived in Texas most of her life.
Survivors are- four sons, Rob-
ert Dale, county assessor-collec-
tor of taxes, Charlie R. Dale and
Evans Dale, all of Bonham, and
Wesley Dale of Olton; one
daughter, Mrs Tom Lavender,
Bonham; a stepson, Dudley Dale
of Bonham; a stepdaughter, Mrs.
Alphia May of Vernon; two
brothers, H. W. Earl of Clyde
and W. W. Earl of Nakomis, Ill.;
one sister, Mrs. Dilly Wilson of
Aubrey; nine grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held at
the Moore’s Chapel church at
3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
with Charlie Graves, Church of
Christ minister, officiating. In-
terment was in the Moore’s
Chapel cemetery with Wise Fun-
Grand-
Tickets are on
nual Chamber
Banquet which
Thursday night,
the school cafetorium at 7:30.
Bob Eitelman, Greenville’s
new Chamber of Commerce man-
ager, will be the guest speaker
for the affair, which is the high-
light of the season for the Ipcal
chamber. Before taking over
his duties as manager at Green-
ville, February 15, Mr. Eitelman
was manager of the member
relations committee department
of the East Texas Chamber of
Commerce at Longview. He is
highly recommended for his-
knowledge of Chamber of Com-
merce work and as being a good
speaker.
Jack Barbee will be master of
ceremonies.
Dinner music will be played
by the Sherman Band and Magi-
cian Bob Blanton of Sherman
will appear on the program.
The Chamber officers and di--
rectors for 1956 will be installed
during the evening.
The selected dinner menu is:
tossed salad and saltines, tur-
key with dressing, mashed pota-
toes, English peas, hot rolls, but-
ter, cherry pie, coffee.
The ladies of the American Le-
gion Auxiliary will prepare and
serve the food.
Cub Scout Blue
And Gold Banquet
The annual Cub Scout blue and
gold banquet was held at the
school cafetorium Tuesday night,
February 14, 1956.
A good many Scouts and par-
ents were present. Don Knecht,
District Executive in Scouting,
of Bonham, attended.
A blue three tiered birthday
cake with gold candles adorned
the Cubs’ table. The blue and
gold colors were used in the
plate favors and other table dec-
orations.
Delicious food was served buf-
fet style.
Cubmaster Connie Hollis pre-
sented promotions to two Cubs,
J. C. Daugherty and Larry
Creech. He also thanked the
parents for the cooperation he
has received while Cubmaster.
Mr. Knecht commended Mr.
Hollis for the work he has done
with the three dens in Leonard,
saying, “Pack 156 is the best pack
in the district, and this is be-
cause it has a good Cubmaster.”
He stated the pack has entered
into more activities and held
more regular meetings than
other packs.
Adult leadership for Cubs and
Scouts was stressed as the great-
est need in Scouting at the pres-
ent time.”
Doyle Attended
Demonstration In
Painting Monday
James Doyle, owner and oper-
ator of Doyle’s Body Shop in
Leonard, attended an automobile
and industrial Sherwin-Williams
paint demonstration at McNatt
Motors in Greenville, Monday
night, February 13.
A part of the demonstration
was on spotted painting, using
the colors red, green and white.
In his line of business, Mr.
Doyle thinks it is very essential
to study the new ideas now of-
fered in painting cars, therefore
he will be able to do work re-
quired by his customers.
Children To Get
Vaccinations For
Smallpox Tuesday
C?1$I. Jackson, principal of the
Leonard Elementary School, an-
nounced that smallpox vaccin-
ations will be given next Tues-
day to all pupils .who have not
had a successful vaccination. He
expressed hope that after Tues-
day every pupil of the school
system will be protected against
many communicable diseases.
He also stated there are four
cases of pink eye in the school.
These known cases have been ex-
cluded temporarily from school
but it is likely all children have
been exposed as this is a very
contagious disease of the eye.
Ground Observers
Practiced Sunday
As you passed by the square
in Leonard, Sunday afternoon,
you may have seen men gazing
into the sky like astronomers.
No, these men were not studying
the planets but were practicing
for the defense of our nation.
The local Post along with
many others in North Texas,
were alerted from 1 to 5 p. m.
There are four Ground Observer
Posts in Fannin County. Then
separate reports of aircraft
crossing our zone of responsibil-
ity were reported to Air Defense
in Dallas.
The following observers took
part: C. M. Jackson, post super-
visor; Wylie Sprinkle, chief ob-
server; L. C. Hill, assistant chief
observer; George Caldwell, A. L.
Brown, Clifford Watson, Frank
Crawford, Guy Christian, W. C.
Griffitt, Bill Crawford
Treadway.
A group of unseen
who did a wonderful
the local operators of the South-
western States Telephone Com-
pany.
Rev. Paul Hunt On
Jamacia Mission
The Rev. Paul Hunt, who was
bom in Leonard and spent his
early life here, is one of a group
of Baptist pastors from over the
state leaving by plane from Dal-
las Feb. 16 on a preaching mis-
sion in Jamaica. The revivals
will be held at various locations
on the island Feb. 19-26.
The Rev. Hunt was ordained
H^Jie Baptist church here a
of years ago, and he now
■Sherman. where he serves
■onary for Baptist church-
■rayson and Fannin coun-
Miss Evelyn Smith.
And Charles Kuhn
Married Saturday
Miss Evelyn Maxine Smith and?
Charles Wayne Kuhn were unit-
ed in marriage Saturday, Febru-
ary 11, in the home of Norman;
Doan, a Church of Christ min-
ister, who> officiated.
Mrs. Kuhn is the daughter off:
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Smith of?
Lamasco and Mr. Kuhn’s parents,
dre Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Kuhn off
Leonard.
The bride wore a light bluet-
boxer suit with white and bluet-
accessories. Attendants
two of the bride’s sisters, Misses
Jo and Rachel Smith, Mr. and.
Mrs. Eldon Lowrey, Mrs. Norman*
Doan and Miss Tommy Jo Burk„.
Mrs. Kuhn is a graduate off
Dodd City High School and
employed at the Veterans Hos-
pital in Bonham.
Mr. Kuhn attended Leonard
schools and is employed at Cur-
tis Bolen’s Service Station bs
Bonham. They will reside in.
north Bonham.
The couple was compliment'
ed with a dinner Sunday at the-
home of
were Mr.
rey, Miss
and Mrs.
daughters, Wayne Ruff, Morri® '
Kuhn and the honorees.
Young Man Admits
School Burglaries
Saturday afternoon a local
resident reported to Constable
Wade Morris that a young man
he passed on the road near the
city park tried to hide his iden-
tity as he drove by him. The
man was walking towards High-
way 69.
Morris drove to the scene and
th,e man was Billy Williams, who
he had been looking for dur-
ing the past few weeks. Upon
questioning him concerning
burglary of the Leonard schools,
the man readily admitted the of-
fense and admitted entering five
other schools. He said he broke
into the Bailey school twice; the
Savoy school, three times; Bells
school, 3 times; Celeste school, 3
times and the Blue Ridge school,
three or four times.
The man confessed
the school’s camera
Leonard - school He
he sold the camera
ville and Constable Morris says
it will be recovered and returned
to the school.
Williams, 22, whose home is at
Trenton, gave the constable five
keys he had taken from desks at
the Blue Ridge, Celeste, Bells
and Savoy schools. He was
taken to Bonham jail and was
questioned Sunday by sheriff’s
deputies from Hunt County.
Rev. Geo. Walker
At Presbyterian Ser
Rev. George Walker of La
donia will be the speaker at the
11 o’clock service of the Pres-
byterian Church for a congrega-
tional meeting Sunday, Feb. 19.
Rev. Spencer of Austin College
will conduct the night service at
7 p. m. Feb. 19, and the 11 o’clock
service on Feb. 26.
Connie June Branscome,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Porter
Branscome, has been selected as
the senior girl of Leonard high
school to receive the 1956 Daugh-
ters of American Revolution
Citizenship award.
Miss Branscome, who lives in
the Pike community, southwest
of Leonard, came to the Leonard
schools in 1952 after completing
her elementary school work at
Pike. She had moved to Pike
with her parents from Califor-
nia.
“June has been an outstanding
student both in her classes and
in other school activities,” Cur-
tis N. Cochran, high school prin-
cipal, stated.
Miss Branscome has been a
member of the Leonard chapter
of the Future Homemakers of
America four years, serving as
vice-president as a junior; a
member of the L Club two years;
pep squad four years; flag bear-
er one year; vice-president of the
junior class; assistant editor of
the annual one year and editor
one year. She was selected
the best all-around student in
the high school as a senior.
She is a member
Baptist church and
the church. She is
the Young People’s
and Training Union
pates in the Vacation
Schools held each summer. She
is the substitute teacher for the
young people and intermediate
Sunday school classes.
June Branscome I Mrs. Alice D. Lewis Bob Eitelman
Wins DAR
Citizenship Award
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The Leonard Graphic (Leonard, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, February 17, 1956, newspaper, February 17, 1956; Leonard, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1207397/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Leonard Public Library.