The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1933 Page: 1 of 6
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First Downs
Boyd
shur County has
Keven miles.
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they were taken into the firm, in midfield, with the visitors-t.
ginning of the quail •
Mora had first gotten
iday, he
the remainder of Highway
good and fre-
now under way is completed.
clock. Death was caused
un-
and highly esteemed farmer.
number of men and teams.
fine
syrup or raises cane for syrup Miss Addie Belle Collum of
Funeral services were held Duncan, Lion
parted Sunday morning
for
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hunt. 2
A
Chapel cemetery.
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Eem
Patricia Norman, hot-cha sing-
er, is knocking them de (i m < e
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ducted by Rev. Truman Jordan in Gilmer, where she lived
day afternoon,
Boyd suffered a
she is now.
An ardent devotee of .
never missed a game played at
home and often followed the
team when it was playing in
game,
per-
63
days
which
his
live work of Ray and Stevens
and the teeth-rattling tackles
of Griggs, Venn and Hill.
season,
will
5
p •
Local C.W. A. Paid
a stroke of paralysis,
was the direct cause of
death.
James E. Croley was
years 3 months and 26
Shockey passed then to Carson
Seago for 26 yards and a first
getting a shade the better of
the Buckeyes.
to meet at 2 o'clock on Satur-
day, December 9th at the coun
ty agent’s office.
Every man who \ makes
memberships today. The com-
plete committee is now as fol-
lows: Mack Smith, Chairman,
E. F. Aldredge, L. N. Coe, W.
Fwds. intereepted by ,,
Number of punta
Fumble* . ..
Own fumble* ree.
Penaitien
Vardetont, penalties
He was of German extraction,
his father having emigrated
from Germany. .
His funeral took place Satur-
day afternoon with interment
4
down on the 6-yard line. Here
the Lions refused to budge and
yard return of the id
exchange of pun
“Sharpshootress"
line. Three runnir
Shockey advanced
yards more. Here
the line but was
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Mrs. Rosa Boyd is
Stricken With Par-
4 ' -
W. A. Hamm Elect-
ed C. of C. Pres.
AlFmen in Upshur Cxntr
who make syrup and who are
interestedinimproving the
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other towns. Her interest in
at the city cemetery.
The Mirror Is indeb(
0r. Q. A. Fayler for a
Publishing Co. at Marshall. {
The bride has many friends
-
Houston.
He joined the Gilmer I
thodist Church in early man-
o
a
4
: a
5
as
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died at his home east of town
a . few miles, at 12:10 Satur-
day morning.
He is survived by two sons
and one daughter.
Mr. Hahn came to this cgun-
try from Indiana and for many
years had been a resident of
Hal Walton Gets
Rib Broken Dur-
ing Friday Game
*
Hal Crosby Walton, flashy
Byckeye halfback, suffered a
broken rib during the game
against Henderson, here Fri-
day afternoon. —-—1--
He was tgken to the Rag-
diphtheria. ,
Funeral services were con-
Shockey running the ball bad
21 yards to the Lion 85 yer
ball on downs after four plays
from the six-yard line had1
gained only half the
the ‘gamewas natural - since
her oldest son, Andrew, was a
sterling Buckeye lineman dur-
tic " ...........“ ,
This mother cow (left) produced 5,475 pound, of milk in one lacta-
bon period while her daughter (tight) sired by a good registered
/bull produced 8,030 pound, of milk in one lactation period J. N.
(Raney, dairyman of Madisonville, Texas, point* to the records of
these cows for B. F. Vance, county agent, who helped perfect the
■ plans for building a registered herd on. this farm. Demonstration
record, show shat while ensilage from a treneh silo was fed to his
herd daily production ran 400 pounds, but dropped to 32i pounds wheu
ensilage was gone.
ra
children were born; Mwx
Croley of Gilmer, Edgar Crol-
ter and to this union . threp
yx
‘Hendsou
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a
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to
for attention. Examination
showed that her left side was
paralysed, and she was later
removed to her home where
r
—i
George and Marvin Croley,
and one half-sister, Miss Janie
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(See Buckeyes, T
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downs to the 30-yard line. A
fumble cost ground but
=u
Here’s. How to Better Your Dairy Herd
3
it will give employment toa
faithful and devoted member, exception. Gilmer reed
serving for many years on the Stevens made a beau
The Highway Department
assured the committee that
contract
. Adolphus hotel ballroom in DaUas.
Patrcia was practically born_with
a gup in her hand She was horn
IS years ago at El Paso, Tczas, and
learned to shoot early. -
_'____
More Than 1,250
Now Registered .
As Unemployed
----- .---- • '
needed ‘-a
given 30 hours work a week or
120 a month.
About 450 men are on the
relief unemployed rolls and
820 on the national reemploy-
ment relief rolls. Eleven pro-
jects have been approved and
will take care of 555 men.
.■HI I M , I...... II ’,
McAdams-Taylor
Wedding at Long-
view, Nov. 13th
which opens Fr
. ljkely put it to
and Editor Geo. Tucker de student in Baylor University,
is the new winter quarter re-
is urged to attend by a com-
mittee of syrup makers who
have requested the agent to
call this meeting.
For Current tear
Mr. W. A. (Fred) Hamm
was unanimously elected Presi-
dent of the Gilmer Chamber of
Buckeyes Subdue
Henderson 14-0,
.As Passes Click
—
Gilmer rHeld Scoreless In Open-
ing Half But Shocles-
Seago Air Game ia Deadly. ,
Commerce at a well attended
meeting held Monday night, paralysis and was immediately
His nomination was made by
c.)vu
Gilmer's first scoring oppor-
tunity camee early in the
ond quarter, after an opening
period that was played mostly
friends to mourn the passing
of Elton Delone.
Eight Months
alysis Friday
While attending the Gilmer-
Henderson football game Fri- '
Mrs. Rosa
stroke of
7
____ 155 to the Harrison Coun-
ty line by the time the work
they would **
by having extra padding plac- J
ed over the injured side.
— I The also promised to take
Saturday Morning pnherrconsderation thenexten
porter of the Alpha Omeza
Club, outstanding campus so-
eial organization.
because of the work it is do-
The unemployed roll of Up- ing and because of the help
they hope to get from it in the
spend the Thanksgiving holi- Crockett, where they will
days with her parents, Mr. and join others there for a deer
C.I A. at Denton is home to
grown to
by ploy of the News-Messenger
gridiron . sport, Mrs.
taken to the Ragland Clinic
over to Henderson n fourth - 2
down on the three-yard line.
It is the habit of the Buck- )
Me- eyes to come back into the
■ game after the half with new
Monday afternoon at the Me- yard gain. Then Sh
thodist Church, Rev. A. A.
Tharp officiating, "i,
yards on an off-tackle play.
Jimmerson tried the line then it
but Griggs and Venn shoved
him back for a 2-yard loss so
Mora punted to Gilmer’s 44-
yard line. In five line {days,
Shockey had reeled off 20
yards, Walton 4, and Stevens
2 for two successive first
Gilmer
2,.16
sisted, and an X-ray showed
the fracture. However, it is
LOCAL GIRL MADE
REPORTER AT BAYLOR
Waco, Texas, Nov. 24.—Mis
Katherine Cook of Gilmer,
Webb and Joseph Hahn Died
Former Resident Saturdav Marnir
B district with no defeats in
conference games.
Until they unleashed their
lightning passing attack, the
crowd of fans at McClelland
Field saw Henderson present
a surprisingly stiff defense
old, being born August 1, 1870,
at the Croley farm home one
mile west of Gilmer, at the
locality now known as Croley
Mountain. He resided there un-
til a young man when he took
up the profession of school
teaching. After teaching in
several of the county schools
he went to work in Gilmer for
Rogers and Croley, and later
entered a partnership with
Mr. Peteet, the style of the
firm being Croley and Peteet.
Several years later he entered
a partnership with his broth-
er, Mr. J. W. Croly and the
firm of Croley Brothers lasted
for eleven years. For many
years Mr. Croley conducted one
of the largest mercantile estab-
lishments in Gilmer and also
engaged in cotton buying.
When his two sons grew up
more than 1,250, according to
the Upshur County Board of
Welfare and Employment.
Miss Minnie Bradford, • Ad-
ministrator, estimated that less
than half this number would
eVer be put to work, since the
new ruling received a few days
ago instructs the board to
eliminate those able to make
their own living- on their own
farms.
At the present time one
hundred and twenty men are
working on street and road
work. These men are changed
every few days in order to
pass the work around. The
pay is 35 cents an hour for un-
I skilled labor, 40 cents an hour
(or skilled, and each man. is
Give Shotgun To
Coach McClelland
About forty of the Buckeye
football fans and admirers of
Coach Henry McClelland made
up a purse recently and with
it purchased a. fine, 16-gauge
automatic shotgun,
Dies at Funeral
Of His Grandson
----- --
While attending the funeral
of his grandson at Grice
Friday, Nov. 17th, Mr. Mose
Schrum, formerly of Soules
Chapel but more recently of
.....
BY TUCKER & LASCHINGER :
■ „
Kilmer
. , I ' ( l I" ■.
Board of Stewards.
He was a devoted husband
and father, a kindly friend
and neighbor, and his death
brings a pall of sadnes sever
many hearts in Gilmer and
Upshur County today, where
he had a host of friends.
four times turned the ball
mere of egg plant second
growth, that he raised in his
garden at Bettie, . '
Game Warden J. W. Bryce
ne
kin Mirror
Vuadb
Highway west to Quitman as
soon as they could, but said
they didn’t want to designate
too many projects so long be-
fore they could get to them,
but that the extension would
ultimately be made.
Wood county has already
been Instructed to grub the
road to the Upshur.. County
line, and that the Highway
, Commission would then take it
1 over.
It will take two or three
• weeks for Upshur County to
: makendrangements to, get its
four projects under way, but
Mr. J. E. Croley
Died Sunday
Mr. James E. Croley died at
his home on Montgomery
street Sunday evening at
eleven o’clock. Mr. Croley had
been in ill health for some
time, and was confined to his
bed about three weeks ago, and
Friday, Nov. 17th, he suffered
Croley, the latter three of
A spirited offensive in the 9)
third period enabled the Gilmer 2
football team to repulse Hen-
derson, Friday 14-0, after a ,
scoreless initial half.
The Orange and Black, after
being stopped by the courage-
ous Lion crew, flashed a J
speedy and aggressive attack
after the fifteen-minute breath
ing spell, to battle its way
twice across the opposing goal
line.
The victory enabled the
Buckeyes to maintain their
place at the leal of this Class
E. Quinn, H. V. Davis, J. H.
Barrett, V. J. Stephens, Leon
Hudgins, V. E Todd, W. H.
Mr. Joseph Hahn, age 81,
at Oak Hill, Sunday afternoon, til quite recently.
There was a large concourse of ----
grief stricken relatives and SYRUP MAKERS MEETING
Pittsburg was stricken with a
heart attack and died suddenly. l-P^hur County, a well .known
Funeral services for Mr.
Schrum were held at Soules
Chapel Saturday.
future. On the motion of L. N.
Coe, the following committee
was appointed to contact the
various communities outside of
Gilmer, for the purpose of hav-
ing them acquire sustaining
memberships: L. F. Boyle,
Chairman, R. H. Laschinger,
V. E. Todd, L. N. Coe and
Judge J. R. Hinson.
Both Judge J. K. Hinson
and Co. Attorney Curtis E.
Hill made short talks, telling
of the invaluable assistance
the chamber of commerce has
been to the county at large, in
assisting the needy, working
for good roads, and handling
details that would have to be
negledted if the county au-
thorities had to be dependd
Mrs. Ollie Colli
FumralSsorisorel,-ua.-a
----- - Charles Taylor, and Mr. Sam
Elton Delone Moore, the lit- McAdams of Marshall. were
tie nine year old son of Mr. quietly married at Longview
and Mrs. O. C. Moore, died on Monday, Nov. 13th.
Saturday afternoon at 8:40 o’-1 Mr. McAdams is in the em-
munities should-become sus-
taining members of the Cham-
ber of Commerce. He said that
the people-there. were apprecia-
tive of the great good the
Chamber has done the rural
people in working for® good
roads, red cross and other
assistance, furnishing offices
and . co-operating . in cot-
ton reduction payments, and
the- many other ways they
have helped the farmer. Ac-
cordingly, he said he believed
the people in every school dist-
rict of the country would be
willing to do their share to put
over the work of the Chamber
An appropriate letter, ex-
pressing the good wishes of
-— the donors, accompanied’ the
gift which was turned over to
him without formality, Satur-
day.
The coach . is an ardent
sportsman and from the be-
-AII n 1 --quality of syrup and in mak-
VICI baby Dlec ing a standard o quality for
_____ market purposes are requested
Virginia Ann, eight months
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs,
J. M. Oxford, of Soules Chapel
died at their home in Soules
Chapel at 11 o’clock Friday
night. The funeral took place
Saturday and the remains
were laid to rest at Soules
The child whose funeral he
was attending was the two-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Neal Schrum, who formerly
lived at Grice- but are now
residents-ef Pittaburg. _ _
The sympathy of their many
friends is extended to Mr. and
Mrs. Neal Schrum In -Tthis
double bereavement. , -
■ —...... —............ 2
Second is the improvement
of the road from Thornton City
to Glenwood and Seven Piries,
seven miles. *
The third is the improve-
ment of the road from Bettie
to Simpsonville, a distance of
eight miles.
The fourth project lithe Im-
provement of the Big Bandy
road from Gilmer to Pritchett,
seven miles. ...
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quent use. He asked the Mir-
ror to publicly thank ‘his
friends for their kindness.
tl 7)..
ing his attendance at Gilmer
high school.
W. O. (Dub), her younger
son, was probably the best
backfield man ever to wear the
local colors. This year he is
quarterback for the College of
Marshall team, playing Friday
night at Texarkana. Just be-
fore the game he received the
shocking news of his mother’s
condition, but rather than let
his school and team-mates
down, he-remained. Advices
from Texarkana indicate that
his fellow squadmen played an
inspired game for his sake, as
he led the Tigers to victory.
This was as his mother would
have insisted.
Mrs. Boyd's condition is
considered satisfactory, al-
though her left side is para-
tyzed at this time. Doctors hold
out the hope that she will
practically recover in time, her
multitude of friends will be
glad to learn.
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GILMER, UPSHUR COUNTY. TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1983.
ey of Gladewat and J. E.
Croley, Jr., of Gilmer.
Besides his wife and three
sons Mr. Croley is survived by
two grandchildren, the sons of
Mr. Max’ Crole, James and
Marion, one brother, Mr. J-
W. Croley, a sister, Mrs. Sel-
upon._ 0,
: The membership committee
had several members added to ,cc2
u ...... .1 w0.1 "I „n land Clinic after the
it and are busy at work on new when a pain in his side
that had Gilmer’s first scoring ,
threat halted. From the open-
ing whistle, the Lions . met
their foes eagerly, battling
gamely for every inch of
ground anti one time forced the
Orange and Black to yield the.
for others needing relief. Since
the average person receives
about $11.87 per week, it will
mean that 425 persons would
result in a weekly payroll of
about 55,000, released for
spending in the county.
Football Fans
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and the name was changed to
J. E. Croley1 and Sons. J. E.
Croley and Sons closed in
1930 and since then Mr.
Croley has been buying cotton,
in November, 1895 he was
married to Miss,Jessie Chand-
working on relief _ projects,
under the C.W.A. A total of
4,069 hours were; worked by
. about 123 persons, paid at the
rate of 35 cents for common
labor and 40 cents for skilled
or supervisory labor. The
maximum number of hours
worked was 30 per week. ‛
— This week, beginning Mon-
day, 217 will b given work. Of
these 20 are employed on the
highway from Thornton „City
to the county line road; 71 on
the various county 1 school
grounds; 50 on the Big Sandy
yardage toi score.
Meanwhile the visitors were
unable to advance the bail
very far beyond midfield be-
cause of the brilliant defen-
lie Cook, two half-brothers, Shockey, after hitting the wall
STATISTICS OF THE GAME
you 57. NO. 46.
$1,460 Last Week;
217 New at Work
According to Miss Minnie
Eradfond, who is Administra-
tor of the Upshur County
Board of Welfare and Em-
• ,* ployment, a total of 51,460.22
was paid out Saturday to those
nrpv.
Four Projects
Approved For
Upshur County
■ County Judge J. R. Honson
and Commissioner Ervin Cobb,
representing the Upshur Coun-
ty Board of Commissioners,
and Mr. John Brogoitti, of the
Chamber of Commerce, have
returned from Austin where
they went to confer with the
Civil Works Administration.
Miss Minnie Bradford, ad-
ministrator of the Upshur
County Board of Welfare has
not yet returned.
They presented and got ap-
proved the following four pro-
jects that will furnish a good
deal of winter work to the Up-
shur County unemployed, and
be a great benefit to Gilmer.
The aggragate amount ap-
propriated for the four pro-
jects is 57,500.
First, is the improvement of
the Lafayette road from the
cemetery for a distance of
hood, and has since been a seal and this
athletic field; 50 on Gilmer
. - streets and 126 in clericai and
investigation work. - -
The county has been allotted
1 a maximum of 435 men a
i - week, with an increase of per-
’ haps fifteen percent in this
number expected to be au-
thorized shortly. Since there
are so many more applications
than this on file, it is ’ likely
there wilf be some rotation of
those given work, with some
laid off at times to make way
Mr. V. E. Todd and seconded
by Mr. Hilton Webb.
The newly elected president
immediately took the chair and
initiated a discussion of the
financing of the organization
for the coming year.
Prof. Louis F. Boyle of Kel-
"sey was present and suggested
that each of the rural com-
r,L
Yarda guined. rishing IM
Forward paquus . IS
Forwurda completod '. 6
Yard, gained torwards 102
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Tucker, George. The Gilmer Weekly Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 30, 1933, newspaper, November 30, 1933; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1448259/m1/1/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Upshur County Library.