The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1932 Page: 1 of 8
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THE PAPER
WITH THE
CIRCULATION
SOUTHWEST
[enty-eighth Y ear
Nocona, Montague County, Texas,
Friday, June 10, 1932
Number 1
tate Would Build H-2 from
Brave Girl
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or ai
THE WHOLE TRUTH
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Ringgold
all
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prominent
member
of
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Miss Annette
Phone 224
We’ll
HltlllUDIIIIHI
Be
Written Many Ye ars Ago by G. W. Cox
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(Continued from last week)
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Gospel Meeting
Starts Sat. Night
Fine Rain Falls
In This Eection
Late Wednesday
To Work Lindale
Cemetery Saturday
lark
Beauty
Death of Pioneer
Resident of County
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“Yours very truly,
“GIBB GILCHRIST,
“State Highway Engineer.
“By T. H. Webb, Assistant State
Highway Engineer.’’
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NOCONA IS THE LEATHER GOODS MANUFACTURING CENTER OF THE
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College Day To
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belief.
when®
business.
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Deliver
•wing letter has been re-
the Commissioners Court
he state offers to build
Red River
to
led the county fum-
foot right-of-way and
it-of-way for Highway
History Stories of
Montague County
BOY DROWNS NEAR
SALONA SUNDAY
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Revival Meeting
At School Gym
■ved
I whici
Highway*^ from the
•roe bridgitenorth of Ringgold
RffiSJ^are wondering whether some
I of otir local ex-service men. should
I they get their bonus paid off, would
So like a sailor we heard
Won’t believe they would.
First Sailor—"What did you
with your bonus?”
Not turned and
exact;
For that you add would not be
true
somthing
scarcely do.
So. if it’s facts you would reveal
You must not add nor facts
conceal.
Next, First Monday Conducts Successful
Revival in Houston
politics go hi
, - Texas State <
her5 14-year-old Thelma B
-i girl ever to hold pi
in the Senate. Sb
in politics’* since aba '
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from Hockaday
Her father. Dr. S.
went to Dallas
and returned
[Bowie, proA
■ghes a 10J
■so the ri,
5 across the!county:
“The State of Texas, State High-
way Department. Austin, June 2nd,
1932.
“Montague County General,
r“Hon. H. N. Dearmore, County
Judge, Montague, Texas.
“Dear Sir: Please be
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Pritchett of
Seminary Hill came Sunday night.
Mr. Pritchett returned to Bowie
Monday morning where he is dir-
ecting the music in a revival meet-
ing in the First Baptist church.
Mrs. Pritchett remained for a few
days’ visit with friends.
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•fft-al officers and a search was
made with no trace to be found.
Only”'recently Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Berry in the same neighborhood,
Bound practically all their chickens
The thirteen-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Booze was drowned Sun-
day afternoon, about 4 o'clock. He
and two other boys were in swim-
ming in Denton creek, just east of
Salona, when it is supposed he took
the cramps and drowned in about
seven feet of water.
His father was called and the
bodj’ recovered and carried to Dr.
Johnson in Montague, but all ef-
forts to revive him were futile.
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Mrs. Febe K. Warner, candidate
for Congress-at-large, spoke to
group in the Lions Room at
Fillmore Hotel last Monday morn-
ing. Quite a number of ladies were
present to hear Mrs. Warner.
■ The men of The News force are
Banning a fishing trip on Red
■ver over the week-end, and the
■riter hopes to be able to bring
back a fish story that will cotn-
One man was killed and HSavy
damage was done to crops and
orchards in the Ringgold section
during a severe wind and electrical
storm there lave Wednesday.
John Stillwell, 31, fanner, living
five miles south of Ringgold was
killed by lightening when he went
to a corral to turn out some calves
during the storm. A companion,
who was assisting him, was unhurt.
Mr. Stillwell was a member of a
pioneer family in that section and
’ 11 made his home with his parents,
Methodist ■ Mr and Mrs Tom stinwell. In ad-
1
The truth s a statement of a fact
Not turned and twisted but
less than “
on location approved
State Highway Engineer___
also Montague County to fur-
nish not less than a 100 ft.
right-of-way on State Highway
As was expected, the crowds were
here Monday to attend Nocona’s
rodeo, which was unanimously pro- Mrs.^ Kyser’s brother, H. G. Bass,
nounced as a decided success. Peo-
ple came early and stayed
late and all seemed to enjoy
hospitality of the Nocona citizens
during the days’ entertainment.
The fun began at 10:30 in the
morning when following an address
of welcome by J. A. Fooshee dozens
of valuable prizes consisting of
cash and merchandise of various
kinds was given away on the main
i street. This lasted until nearly
noon. At 1 p.m., the center of at-
traction was at the free rodeo, just
west of the business section. The
rodeo was featured by bronco bust-
ing, wild cow milking, calf and
goat roping, cash prizes being given
to the winning contesetants.
First Monday Trades Day will be
a regular monthly attraction in
Nocona in the future and is ex-
pected to grow in interest and at-
tendance from month to month.
July 4th, a holiday, is the next first
Monday, and big plans are being
made for a big celebration here on
that date. Details of the event will
be published later.
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Miss Gayle Humphreys returned
home Saturday
School, Dallas.
T. Humphreys,
Thursday afternoon
home with her.
sage in line with the occasion. For
the 1
and the subjects of all talks to be
made, see the church page of this
paper. Seats will be reserved for
all college graduates, for all who
have ever gone to college but did
not finish, for High School grad-
uates this year and for all ,
plan or hope to go to college next'
year. The public is invited. Par-
ents of all young people contem-1
plating going to college are also
given a special invitation to at-1
tend.
strict Court, V
e County, Te
la. Dunbar, Dep>
kwlow, since we have just cleaned
w the weeds and grass in the back
rar our place of business, we feel
free to criticise those who have not
done likewise. Really, 4Jie unkept
appeirance at the rear of some
places of businesses is a sight. We
don’t like it. -
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Mr. and Mrs. Harry Morgan came
in Friday for a few days visit be-
tween terms with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Miller and family.
They returned Tuesday to Com-
merce where Mr. Morgan is a
student in East Texas Teachers
College and Mrs. Morgan is taking
a course in music.
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The Nocona country was visited
by a fine rain, which seemed to be
quite general, late Wednesday after-
noon and into the night. A large
cloud came up from the northwest,
accompanied by hard wind, and a
heavy rain ensued.
While the wind blew down some
crops, it was very beneficial gener-
ally to the farmers. With this fine
rain, crop prospects in this terri-
tory continue promising.
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I and have you before
■the said first day of
reof. this writ Ujft
ent thereon, show!®
executed the MuneS
my hand and seal Q
office in MonteMre
•ay of May, 1932 ™fc
The Lindale Cemetery will be
worked on Saturday, June 11, 1932.
All who can are urged to come,
bring their lunch and spend the
day.
L. H. and HOLLIE F. PRATER.
Comm.
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QUALITY
1 Job Printing Costs no
I. More.
■ PERRY BROS.
Killed.
been raiding
settlers in
of the county
at Forestburg or where
to be
Haglers store: for there
one store there; old man
the Father of Jeff,
McGrews Have
Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Kyser and
daughters, Miss Nellie and Miss
_________ _______ _________ Daurice, have returned from a
First Monday Trades Day and free three week’s visit to Houston, with
• While there Mr. Kyser conducted
until a two-week’s meeting in a big tent
the I with Bro- Edd Welsh as pastor, re-
sulting in 25 or more additions to
the church.
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Jack Foster, local wholesale dis-
ributor for the Continental Oil
tompany. is receiving admirable
acking from the company he re-
[jesents. As his sales of Conoco
qjwline and Germ-Processed motor
11 increase, this company increases
;s advertising in The News accord-
gdy, and this week their advertise-
as will be seen, is nearly a
rhole page. This is only another
roof that a good product properly
dvertised can be sold, event in
epressed times.
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Crowds Throng to Nocona’s
Trades Day and Free Rodeo
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Van Roberts
The Indians had
considerably and the
the southeast part
forted up
Forestburg now is, it used
called Haglers store: for
was but
Dave Hagler
Will, and John Hagler; I mention
these boys for several know them.
This man Dave Hagler, whose re-
mains now lies in the town of Mon-
tague, in the lot that he owned at
his death, one block north of the
square as you go out to Nocona, just
look over to your right and you can
see the little mound and the little _______ ____
iron fence. He had a store where ,eft They i ‘
Indians, and on their return home
saw some Indians coming across
the valley from the north. They got
off the wagon ran south to hide in
the high grass, but they ran on his
mother; she being a large fleshy
(Continued on last page)
Hubert M. Harrison, general mana-
ger. In the future, envelopes used
by the organization in its work will
be purchased from East Texas
printers.
“Many business concerns, includ-
ing our own, have fallen into the
habit of purchasing stamped en-
velopes from the post office because
it is a little easier and in some
cases probably a little cheaper than
buying from printers.” said Mr.
Harrison. “However, when we con-
sider that we are all compelled to
help pay the enormous deficit in
the post office department, the
small saving which we may think
we are getting by using the govern-
ment as a printing office disap-
pears. Our organization is opposed
to the government invading the
fields of private business and it
would be inconsistent with this pol-
icy to buy government envelopes
and deprive our printers of this bu-
siness.”
Nocona business firms who have
practiced this Will have to give
some of their “savings" back pret-
ty soon when they pay 3c to mail
a letter. _______
Tr -E NEWS HAS THE LARGESTCiRCULATION AND IS THE MOST CLOSHLY~REAb NEWSPAPER”pUI
Forestburg now is. Well the people
forted up there for safety so they
could all be together and protect
themselves better, so one day there
was a bunch of Indians came in
near them and Roberts being a
soldier, or had been, he says, if I
can get enough men I will go out
after those Indians; so he got a
bunch of men; he acted as captian;
they rode out where the Indians
were; Roberts thought he had to
fight them like he was used to
fighting white men. so when they
got out in proper distance, he or-
dered his men to dismount; the
fight began; the Indians ran into
them and stampeded them; the
boys all jumped on their horses,
but Roberts was riding a large high
strung horse, and when the Indians
raised the war whoop and charged
into them Robert's horse jerked
loose from him; they all ran off
and left him but one man: he stay-
ed with him until he saw they
would kill them both, and he could
not save Roberts, so he ran off and
they killed Roberts.
A Race For IJfe
A man by the name of Giles
Gordon lived four miles north of
Saint Jo. In 1867 he went out one
day to hunt some of his horses, and
when about one, or one and a
quarter miles from home, when go-
in through the gap in the Gordan
mountains, known as Gordan’s Gap
he ran on to a bunch of Indians,
and was about forty yards from
them before seeing them. The In-
dians whirled and made for him, he
turned his horse for home; there
I were three Indians, one run him
that the following Minute was pass-
ed by the State Highway Commis-
sion on May 28th, authorizing the
location preparation of plans and
specifications of State Highway
Number 2 from the Red River
Bridge to the town of Bowie.
“Minute No. 6025, May 28th,
1932.
“In Montague County, the
State Highway Engineer is au-
thorized and directed to make a
location on State Highway No.
2 from the Red River Bridge
Project to the town of Bowie
and to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the construction of
this road conditioned that Mon-
tague County will furnish not
100 ft. right-of-way
.. J by the
and
Bowie To Red River Bridge
11 Pave Highway 2
Ln County If Right-
K-way Furnished
lor It and H-5.
/Lye favorably with any heard this
■Bason. * We believe a fish story
▼contest in this column would be in
'order, so what have you?
^Sive you ours next week.
The renown of Nocona and her
leather products is certainly reach-
ing afar. Last week Drake’s Belt
Novelty Shop sold a belt to a
’Mr. Tarpiey in Paris, France. Mr.
Tarpley’s father, S. F. Tarpley, was
in Nocona representing the Inter-
national Harvester Co., and while
here bought a belt from this shop.
He was so well pleased with it that
he had one sent to his son in Paris,
[representing the same com-
i Europe and Africa. We
•John Drake takes the prize
comes to reaching out after
When a youth entered a Fort
Worth candy shop where Miss
Ruth Harp, above, is employed,
and stuck a gun in her ribs, in-
stead of taking orders from the
robber. Miss Harp called for help,
and got it. The youth was arrest-
ed. “I just didn’t think he would
shoot me,” said Miss Harp.
fe’-’Ross McMahon, proprietor of
thejMcMahon Drug Co., is offering
.something of especial interest to the
JfffS and girls this week. This
* progressive store is going to give
away twelve prizes to the young- |
sters at the end of their “Coupon I
Sale,” which starts Saturday and i
. ends Saturday week. It is ex-
jr plained in their ad in this issue.
Nocona residents had better lock
up their chickens if they don’t want
to r ■ • -------------
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tral
^n
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on January Jr.
jBSBI lawfully seized
^^■k- following de-
I^M^ituate in Mon-
beinj part of
B— AlMract
a large stone
* fence corner
is about 1400
^^Bs f
m—'v. thence
^■ites E. with,
■ :■ nt* I
■ y
EM thence N ]■ = ’
with til'-
road, 1432 let
gMthence S. 71 dc-
^■. with wire fence
BM'orncr; thence S.
^■utes E. with wire
fence corner;
^■ees 3 minutes W?
|^V15 feet to fence I
|H18 degrees E. with
^■feet to the place
*■< including all of
■ 13. 14, 15. 16, 17,
■iginal townsite nf
the west one-htwf
of the origin®
■wn of BelchervUM
thereof record®
■f Montague CoUfB
■e 5. page 1; th®
■ceable and adverfl
■d property undfl
■of title for dtmB
■ next before,’filing
■isisting of .regular
■s from sovereighty
■ff; that plaintiff
■id adverse posses-
■ using and enjoy-
Brty, payltt tunr
B-e than flve^Wn
B petition; that
■aceable and ad-
I, cultivating, using,
lying taxes on said
■are than ten years
■er petition herein;
I and each of them
fed upon said
I i plaintiff thetfl
fy 1, 1931, and are
pder pretended title,
[that of plaintiff, jo
I of five hundiW
[f prays for fifltg-
kfendants and eacl
|ng them of any tlBhi
me in plaintiff;
ion, ft nd dftmftffft1 j
lollars, and coetaW^
The meeting at the Westside
Church of Christ will begin Satur-
day night, instead of Sunday morn-
ing. The services will begin at
8:15.
N. L. Clark of Fort Worth, Texas,
well-known in Texas and adjoining
states for his ability to preach the
Word of God, will bring the mes-
sages each night for thirteen nights.
The church is fortunate to secure
the services of a man of Elder
Clark’s ability and hope that the
people cf Nocona and vicinity will
avail themselves of the opportunity
of hearing his powerful and con-
vincing sermons.
You have a hearty welcome a-
waiting you. Come and join in the
congregational singing and hear
God’s Word in its purity and sim-
plicity. Our sole purpose is the
salvation of souls and unity of
Christians.
ImsRwS'i n -riirUlLsi*
Jr
Next Sunday, June 12, will be
special day at the
rhin-nh 4 4. "'J----I iVA1- auu Mrs. lum auiiweu. xii au-
?ervedh«tC i’ gA m tO ?b‘ dition t0 his Perents, he is surviv-
wm ni?v „ i orche?tra, ed by several brothers and sisters.
A nmminpnf numbers. No funeral arrangements have been
A prominent member of the announced
wlUa^hLCla~ni °f Farmers reported heavy damage
™ J make short talks and the ^0^.
cane in brmB a chard of C. B. Fite, one mile west
g n JL^ the occasion. For of Ringgold on the Henriette road
thp n °?niu was striPPed. Many of the trees
were blown out of tne orchard.
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Miss Ruby Chesnutt and Mrs.
Tom Cozby appeared in music re-
cital at the Womans Forum in Wi-
i chita Falls Monday evening at 8:15.
Mrs. J. B. Wall and Mrs. M. P.
Dunning of Grady, New Mexico,
and Mrs. Emma Beck of Clovis, N.
Mexico, came in Friday for a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. J: A. W. McGrew
and other Nocona relatives. Mr.
and Mrs. Luther McGrew and fam-
ily of McKinney came in Satur-
day and Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Powell
and family of Bowie drove over
Sunday. These, with Nocona rela-
tives, enjoyed a family reunion and
a delicious dinner at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. W. McGrew on
Sunday. This was the first time
all the members of Mr. McGrew’s
family had been together for six
or seven years. Mrs. Dunning, Mrs.
Beck and Mrs. Powell are daugh-
ters, Luther McGrew is a son and
Mrs. Wall is Mrs. McGrew’s moth-
er.
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UNWISE,
OTHERWISE
By F. L. Perry
Mrs. Coatherine E. Morris, 59,
died at the home of her son, Mon-
roe Morris, in Ardmore. Okla.,
Wednesday morning, after a long
illness. Funeral services were held
in the First Baptist church in Saint
Jo Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock,
conducted by the Rev. Roy Miller
of Gainesville and Rev. Herman
Tompkins. Interment was made in
the Mountain Park Cemetery, ar-
ranged by Scott Bros.
Mrs. Morris came to Montague
county 50 years ago and has made
her home in the Post Oak commu-
nity for the past 20 years. She
was converted and baptized into
the Baptist church at the age of
16 and has lived a useful Christian
life.
She is survived by her husband,
G. W. Morris; three sons. Monroe
and Lucian, of Ardmore, and
Claude Morris of Gainesville; three
daughters, Mrs. S. E. O’Neal, of St.
Jo. Mrs. S. F. Sosebee, of Wilson.
Okla., and Mrs. C. L. Walker, of
Amarillo: three sisters, Mrs. Mar-
tha Hodges of Dallas, Mrs. M. W.
Trolinder of Valley View, and Mrs.
Pearl Thomas of Fort Worth; two
brothers. C. W. Garrison of Braggs.
Okla., and Wesley Garrison of
Ardmore. Okla. All were present
except her brother, C. W. Garrison
of Braggs, Oklahoma.
Mrs. Morris will be remembered
as the mother of Fred M. Morris,
popular merchant of McCollum and
Saint Jo, who preceded his mother
in death six years ago. She was
married to G. W. Morris, November
2, 1890.
Pall bearers were Frank McCol-
lum, Ted Gregory, Bronsford Mor-
gan, Turner O’Neal, Lee Miller and
Clarence O’Neal.
I thinning,
land dr^‘
ent guar-
let me see.
id advi^'
iest suitecr ■
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the other two stayed with the hors-
es They had the horses he was
hunting. The Ind’?;i ran right up
by his side and shot him about 7
or 8 times. There were three arrows
sticking in him when he got home.
His father pulled the arrows out
but the iron spikes stayed in him.
The spikes stayed in him about ten
years before he had any of them
cut out. Doctor John A Gordon cut
one out of his back there are two
in him yet The Indian ran him up
in about a quarter cf the house
then turned back to the other where
the horses were. In 1859 he and his
mother had been down at three
forks of Farmers creek to get some
household stuff that a family had
‘ J were scared off by the
ore government stamped
J JH11 be used by the East
Immber of Commerce, ac-
to the announcement of
They’re Off!
A S
r
find them gone some morning.
esdYy night prowlers were frus-
itea in what was supposed to be
attempt to steal chickens at the
nestt&nith home. Car lights were
liccidenWly shone on the three in-
Itruders and great was their haste
L id consternation making their
^-t-away. J. O. Cobb, living next
[do\ saw them scatter, two in one
direK and one making knots
ipast his house. The writer phoned
■fft-al officers and a search
No. 5 across that County. The
State Highway Engineer is au-
thorized and directed to enter
into negotiations with the M-
K-T Railroad and the Rock Is-
land Railroad for grade separa-
tions on State Highways No. 5
and 2 at or near Ringgold.
The State Highway Engineer is
directed to take this matter up
with officials of Montague
County with a view to getting
these projects under way.
"We will be pleased to have you
advise that your County will meet
the conditions set out in this Min-
ute.
who; They are pupils of
' Walsh. Those attending the reci-
itai from Nocona were: Mrs. H. F.
I Wilton. Mrs. J. T. Haralson, Mrs.
I J. Q. Paine, Mrs. W. D. Hearn, Mr.
I and Mrs. Lubert Lobban, Tom Coz-
by and Miss Mamie Skillman.
It’s honesty we seem to need,
And honesty is great indeed;
But honesty is but a myth
Where truthfulness does
exist,
For honesty is only sound
Where truthfulness is really
found.
The strength of all our virtue
lies
Upon the rock of truth to rise
To fame or wealth among the
wise;
But brake the rock and
ture dies,
For how could virtue stay alive
With out the truth from which
to rise?
—W. W. CARLTON,
May 30, 1932, Ringgold, Texas.
Second Sailor—"Well, I spent
hundred shooting craps, fifty in a
jjoker game, fifty on likker, twenty-
Yive on taxi fare, and seventy-five
on a girl.”
First—“But that only makes three
.hundred. What did you do with
the other two hundred?"
* Second—“Oh, I don’t know,
tedst have spent that foolishly."
■Hr'Awl
Beauty and
hand at the
whert
bhe first
her mother, Mrs,
in employee of t
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Wi
July 4th, To
Gala Event-
Good reports come regarding the
revival meeting being conducted by
Evangelist Fred E. Maxey and his
co-workers. The attendance is good
and very deep interest is being
manifested. Bro. Maxey states that
he will begin a series of messages
next week on the book of Revela-
tion, he announces as his subject
for next Sunday evening “The Un-
pardonable Sin" his messages so
far have been mainly to the prof-
fessing Christian he believes that
when the church gets right with
God all hell and ■•Tie agents of heel
cannot stop a great ingathering of
souls into the Kingdom of God.
Services each morning during the
week at nine thirty, each evening
at eight fifteen and Sunday morn-
ing at eleven oclock. This is strictly
a union meeting and all Christians
are invited to take part in the meet-
ing. A special invitation extended
to our unsaved friends from
walks of life. We do not fight sin-
ners but point them to “the Lamb
of God who taketh awaj’ the sin
of the world.”
Walter J. Hoyt of Fort Worth is
assisting in the meeting.
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Perry, F. L. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 28, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, June 10, 1932, newspaper, June 10, 1932; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1234578/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.