Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 2, 1954 Page: 4 of 96
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STEWART'S
CITY MEAT MARKET
Three Generations Serving Cleburne & Johnson County
T. H. STEWART
1908
1947
1921
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Ever See around a Corner?
BUICK.
CUT MEAT MARKET
STOP SAFELY? CHECK YOUR CAR-CHECK ACCIDENTS
CAN YOU SEE • STEER •
Wholesale & Retail
Cleburne.. Texas
FK 5-4802
Cleburne, Texas
113 N. Caddo
G. O. Stewart entered the business in 1921, at 9 North Main Street. He has been
in that same location for the past 33 years.
B. W. Stevyart joined the firm in 1947, upon returning from duty with the Armed
Forces in World War II.
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We realize that our continued success has been brought about by the patronage
and support of the best people in the world. The citizens of Cleburne and Johnson
County. For that patronage we are deeply grateful. We shall strive to continue to
serve you in a courteous and efficient manner, and to prepare for you the finest in
home killed meats. I
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Ths? City Meat Market is the only one of the original meat markets in Cleburne
still in operation. There have been many changes in the market business since 1908.
Horse drawn delivery hacks have been replaced by the automobile, mechanical re-
frigeration put an end to the daily chore of “iceing down” meat boxes, electric meat
grinders, slicers, and power saws have come along to help us prepare the meat for
your table in an eye appealing and sanitary manner. As these many changes have
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taken place, the City Meat Market has been the first to promote them. We were the
first market to install mechanical refrigeration, first with the power meat saw and
veal cutlet machine. Now, we are first with the only Hollymatic Hamburger Pattie
Machine in Cleburne. This machine moulds hamburger patties to any given size,
stacks them individually papered and ready for your griddle.
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“go in Johnson County?
thought we might digress a bit
column last week and it was
hundred whoppers without batting
would have done . . . but this
You ought to look into the silky new ride,
the sweet new handling ease, the utter
smoothness and instant response of
Twin-Turbine Dynaflow.*
Most of all, you ought to look into the
sensational new Buick CENTURY that’s
taking the country by storm —the great
new Buick performer that gives you more
horsepower per dollar than any other ctf
in America.
We cordially invite you to come in today
or the first thing tomorrow—to see and
drive one of these great new Buicks—and
judge for yourself that here is the beauty
and the buy of the year, by far.
* Standard on ROADMASTER, optional at extra cost on
other Series.
MILTON BERLE STARS FOR BUICIC
— See the Buick-Berle-Show Tuesday Evenings
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in the rear of their business hou-
ses to practice Sullivan and Cor-
bett on each other., Their indul-
gence in profanity, to say nothing
of the pugilistic feature, is un-
bearable. It ought to be a finable
offense for any boy under 20 years
of age to be caught with a pair
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CLEBURNE, TEXAS TIMES-REVIEW CENTENNIAL EDITION
1 was <• the Texas League batting
' j heavy | champ in 1906 with a .281 average.
1 the close and by reason of rain j The following year, Tris* Speaker
in the. eighth inning the game was 1 played
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EARLY DAY GOLDEN GLOVES?
From 1892 files: ‘‘Merchants on
the north side of the square are
complaining of the nuisance per-
petuated on them by boys, both
black and white, who congregate
The Look of Tomorrow
lets you see better today
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T. H. Stewart, founder of Stewart’s Market, entered the market business in 1908,
at a location on North Main Street now occupied by the City National Bank. He was
an elder in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a Mason, and a Woodman. He.
died in 1932.
/ 1 with Houston and won the
batting title with a .314 average.
Winning Hurlers
Rick Adams of Cleburne and
Alex Dupree of Fort Worth were
the most consitent winning pitchers
of the campaign with 25 victories
each. Dode Criss, who was a star
on the Cleburne team, was the
leading Texas League pitcher for
Houston in 1913 with a 16-4 record.
The 1906 Cleburne Railroad rost-
er: pitchers, D i c k son, Criss,
Adams, Lewis, Kellog, Anderson,
Jones, Womack; catchers, Powell,
Arbogast, Moran; infielders, Shel-
ton, Mickey Coyle, Akin, Wright,
Reed, Moore, Zena Clayton; out-
fielders, Poindexter, Whiteman,
Speaker (also pitcher), Earthman,
Ransome.
rrAHE stunning new windshield you find
I in every 1954 Buick does a lot more
than merely keynote the most modern
beauty of the times.
Just take the driver’s seat in any one of
these tomorrow-styled cars and you’ll feel
positively eagle-eyed.
That spectacular sweep of glass broadens
your point of view to the right and to
the left.
It puts more safety in your seeing. It lets
you see more of what’s coming from the
sides — and quicker and easier, too —
because the corner posts are pulled
’way back.
This, you realize, is true panoramic visi-
bility—and makes anything else seem as
outdated as long skirts.
But you ought to look into what else goes
with.the dream-car styling of these great
new Buicks.
You ought to look into the whip-like per-
formance of true high-compression V8
engines that reach new horsepower highs.
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Porky Oliver in Cleburne
Porky Oliver, rugged tournament
golfer, was spending the weekend
in Cleburne today, as guest of the
Leon Conleys, 308 Huron Street.
Oliver, dubbed rugged by his Op-
ponents on the golf links because
of his fine golf and burning com-
petitive spirit, will be entered m
the Colonial Invitational Golf tour-
~ ' nament at Fort Worth later this
Then in 1934 Johnson County got month. ,
This practice didn’t change much
over the next few generations and
the baited hook is still probably
the most widely used method of
catching fish. Grandma and Grand-
pa, having no golf courses, picture
shows and the wide variety of pie-
sent day entertainment, took to the
river for much of their leisure
time. One thing that differs fiom
most other sports, fishing puts
meat on the table in 1854 or 1954.
Grandpa used worms and liver
for bait and caught more fish than
you or I will ever dream of. The
practice was to go to the river and
sit all day on the bank in one spot
and dangle bait to the hungry fish.
They would spend the night, cook
up a huge mess of fish and have
a wonderful time in general. Sounds
like lun doesn’t it?
Grandpa and Grandma frequent-
ed such spots on the Nolan as Chan-
ey Springs, Pucket Springs, Cold
Springs and the old Blue Hole.
Say! Did you know at one time,
they planned to dredge and widen
the Old Blue Hole so they could
have sail boat races? And then on
the Brazos, the favorite spots were
Klondike, Bluff Mills, Bee Moun-
tain, Broke Rock, Kimball Bend
and a dozen other fine spots all
overed now by Lake Whitney.
Somewhere down the line a lazy
sportsman got tired of digging bait
and decided to fool ole mister fish
with an artificial lure. Brother, that
is when things began to pop! The
manufacturers took it from there
and today there are more artificial
ures and flies than fish.
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^LEAGUE CHAMPIONS—Here
Cleburne baseball team
which hoMs the distinction of being the
only club to win the Texas League pen-
nant and never lose one. The unusual
situation occurred when in Cleburne’s
only year in the league, they won the
faulted to the Railroaders. The
flag was awarded to Cleburne and
the Railroaders said that because
Cleburne had won six of the last
seven games from Fort Worth, the
Panthers were afraid to play them
again.
New Plans Made
This was the only occasion in
league history that, when different
clubs have won a split season that
a pennant has been awarded by de-
fault.
Plans were made for Cleburne to
continue in the Texas League in
the 1907 campaign, but a last min-
ute change left it out.
Phil Allen was president of the
Cleburne club and Ben Shelton
was manager. Tris Speaker, who
later became a baseball immortal,
played his first Texas League sea-
son with Cleburne.
An account of one of the games
is reprinted here from the Satur-
day April 7, issue of the Cleburne
Morning Review:
CLEBURNE WINS
OVER TEMPLE
Cleburne Put Temple to the Bad
Yesterday by a Score of 8 to 0.
Great Game Planned Today.
“Temple has beaten Cleburne a
number of times, but she never
had anything to crow over, aye.,
not a goose egg, to say the least
of it. The game at the local ball
park on Friday was largely at-
tended considering the weather. A
few ladies braved the elements to
attend the game, and they enjoyed
it even as much as the gentlemen.
The first five innings of the game
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WON LEAGUE BUNTING IN 1906
Tenure of Cleburne In Texas League Leaves
Unusual Record Which May Never Be Broken
to oust Temple at the same time, 1 was planned between Cleburne and
even though the Bell County folks | Fort Worth, but the Panthers ^de-
fought the decision bitterly.
Cleburne copped the second half
with a 39-25 mark and then won
the playoff championship from Fort
Worth by default.
Te^m Loses Money
Even though a pennant was won,
Cleburne lost money during the
season. Doak Roberts, who put
the team in Cleburne, lost several
hundred dollars on the venture.
Several times, attempts were made
to move the club to Corsicana, but
it remained here throughout the
year even though some games
were played in Corsicana.
The four-club second half saw
the rise of Cleburne and a spirited
battle resulted for the lead in which
Dallas finished in third place, two
games behind Cleburne. Cleburne
had one of the best all-round clubs
in Texas League history, built
around the brilliant pitching of
Rick Adams and Hickory Dickson,
one of the circuit’s finest outfields
in Poindexter, Whiteman and
Speaker, with the hard-hitting Dode
Criss pitching and outfielding and
Coyle, Shelton, Akin and the dazz-
ling Bobby Wright in the infield.
On Aug. 23, the standings were
like this:
Fort Worth
Cleburne
Dallas
Waco
At .the end of the season on
Sept. 3, the standings were:
Cleburne 39 25
Fort Worth 36 26
Dallas 37 27
Wac© 15 49
A playoff for the championship
were as pretty as ever seen here.
The ground became a little 1
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Criss and Arbogast for Cleburne,
did some star playing. Umpire
Collins pleased the attendants with
nis fine decisions. He is one of the
best umpires that ever came down
the pike and he is Czar of all he
surveys on the diamond.”
Another Story
From the Saturday, June 23 is-
sue of the Morning Review comes
this comment about Speaker:
“It is well to note the good work
of Speaker, one of the youngest
members of the Cleburne Rail-
roaders. He got everything that
was knocked his way. He played
the right wing to a fare-thee-well
and when handling the stick he
puts the pellet away. If he keeps
up his record at the end of the
year he will be right on top.”
Speaker was known in those
days as “the man who catches
I hot flies with one hand,” some-
■ thing that was sensational in the
early days of the sport.
1 George Whiteman of Cleburne
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G. O. STEWART B. W. STEWART
By JIMMY BROWDER
A record that will probably
never be equaled, was placed in
the Texas League record book in
■ iy06 when Cleburne was a member
of that baseball loop.
Cleburne lias the distinction of
being the only Texas League team
to win a pennant race and never
lose one. This feat was accomplish-
ed when the Railroaders won the
title in 1906, the only year Cleburne
was in the league.
In the first half of the season
that year, six Lams battled for the
title with Fort Worth emerging
on top and Dallas running a close
second. Cleburne placed third in
the first half which ended like
this:
Fer-t Warth
Dallas
Cleburne
Greenville
Temple
Waco
WHEN BETTER AUTOMOBILES ARE BUILT BUICK WILL BUILD THEM
BRYAN MILLER
Elmer May, Mgr. Phone 5-2433
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'GOIN' SWIMMIN' in the
old swimmin’ hole is one
of Cleburne’s top civic
boosters of the present
day. But the photo is not
of recent vintage. The
swimmer is Bill Sanders
and the picture was taken
many years ago on the
Paluxy River at Glen
Rose. Pipe the long-han-
dle shorts on his swim
suit.
and history hasn’t caught up with the fly
■- the best of his sporting blood and he
him a few nice old lunkers to be roasted
- 1 and I wouldn’t give for a chance at
theselin’e streams when they were virgin territory! Coming on down
the line we imagine Pat Cleburne and Col. Chambers PJob^ly bet
two Indian scalps6 on many an afternoon as. to who would catch the
highest fish out of McAnear or Buffalo creeks.
Soon young communities were springing up over he county and
mos?Oo°f tyhemgcentered on an all important - « hole. F.sh was .
P nd°game abounding In great numbers. The In-
from me riveis a s grapnled their fish and the white man
caught°Tn easily. Then some wise guy brought in fish hooks of whale
bone and what not, eliminated the practice of getting wet and intro-
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its first big man made lake at the
Cleburne State Park. Old timers
like Hack Warren, Dr. A. D. Ray,
Dr. Lee Yater, W. R. Walker, O. E.
Larson and J. A. Davis can spin
you some fish tales about this lake
that will make your eyes bulge out.
These gentlemen still fish the
beautiful lake faithfully.
Now, we have Lake Whitney,
that largest inland lake in the state,
right in our backyard. Cleburne
has become the hub of the finest
sports paradise in this part of the
country. The lake is now producing
more fish and more pleasure for
more people than any other body
of water in the state.
Yes, great grandfather had the
virgin waters and great fishing but
had little time to take advantage ,
i of it. You and I can speed to the
great lake on super highways in a
matter of minutes. Forget our
troubles for a few hours or a week
staying at fine modern camps with
every convenience and catch plen-
ty of fish by what ever method we
choose.
Give me the good ole days? Well,
I doubt it.
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rhe individual photos are, top row: Roy
[Aken, Ben Shelton, Doak Roberts,
Charles Moran, and Hickory Dickerson.
Second row: George Whitman and Dode
Criss. Bottom row: RlCk Adams, Mick-
ey Coyle, Bobby Wright, Dee Poindex-
ter, Tris Speaker and Arbogast.
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Fight All the Way
The first half was a fight all the
way between the top three clubs.
As late as June 20, Dallas was on
top with a 37-17 record, followed by
the Fort Worth Panthers with a
33-18 mark and Cleburne was third,
30-22. But when the split season
ended 10 days later, the Panthers
had the title even though the Giants
had won more games.
Fort Worth began the second
half of the .season in a similar fash-
ion, but was overtaken by an im-
proved Cleburne nine, late in the
j ear: Only four teams, Cleburne,
Fort Worth, Dallas and Waco par-
ticipated in the final half season, j
Attendance at Greenville neces- I
sitated the dropping of that club I
from -the league and it was voted
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BUICK SALES ARE SOARING! Latest sales figures for the
first quarter of 1954 show Buick now outselling every other I
car in America except two of the so-called "low-price three."’ I
And one big reason for this tremendous success is the new |
Buick CENTURY, with more horsepower per dollar than any |
other car in the country. Illustrated here is the new CENTURY I
in the much-wanted Buick Riviera "hardtop" model |
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Wonder what fishing was like 100 years ago
This being our Centennial edition, we thcug--
the fish history of our proud 100 year old county.
Firs we would apologize for no column last week and It was
gratifying to taow that quite a few readers asked us why. The an-
swer is that we have another small job as advertising manager and
from the looks of this edition you can see we have been busie h n
a g°fSetetes PgThbaSatotoa? feh history. Just imagine all1 thei fish
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RraTos rivers” I imagine he could just look in and see hundreds of
?tae gaml fish. WeU8 that did it.
rod and a black gnat and caught a .
an eye. , J
Wait a minute! That’s what we
old boy is tired and hungry i
rod. So, I’ll bet his stomach got
just waded in and grappled h..—
over the evening camp fire.
Man, Oh Man! What you ;
imagine Pat Cleburne
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Proctor, Jack. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 146, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 2, 1954, newspaper, May 2, 1954; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1278428/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Johnson County Historical Commission.