Gainesville Weekly Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 17, 1939 Page: 1 of 44
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GAINESVILLE, COOKE COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939
VOL. LXI
NUMBER 6
Soil Conservation Hearing Is Held
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Three Counties
Give Testimony
On the Proposal
Local Citizens
Prefer No Change
In Thanksgiving
Divide Premium
For First Bale
Between Growers
High School Gym
Specifications Go
To San Antonio
C. Q. Harris, another Valley
View farmer, took half of the pre-
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View merchants.
The premium was arranged by
the Chamber of Commerce, and
the money was donated by local
merchants.
Sunlight is about 618,000 times
as bright as the light of the full
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Misses Betty Jo and Billy-Lu Links.
Bill Rowens, Jr.; will act as master
of ceremonies for the evening and
the public address system of the
J. L. Leazer Funeral home will am-
plify the program.
Citizens of St. Jo and surround*
ing communities are cordially in-
vited to participate with the local
group in the “good neighbor” visit.
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Three Members of State? .
Board Conduct Meeting '
At Courthouse in City i
ty Lou Tatum; Red River Melody
Four, Texas Ramblers String
band, and the Pace Sisters Trio.
Misses Betty Dickerman and Metta
Marie Bailey, vocal soloists will be
included on the program, along
with a song and dance number of
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Jack Walker, one of the rescue
party, above, points to where
Southern Pacific milroad officials
said a rail was moved in causing a
fast train to plunge off the rails
in Nevada, killing a score of per-
sons and injuring more than 1
tundred. Dr. EL A. Betts, lower
left, and Thelma Ristvedt, lower
right, won the praise of many for
their heroism and quick-thinking
after the wreck. Dr. Betts, injured,
was credited with saving lives of
several who might have bled to
death. Miss Kistvedt, stewardess
on the train, ministered to the
needs of those injured more seri-
ously than she, until she collapsed.
(Associated Press Photos.)
a 10-acre patch to obtain the bale.
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When questioned on the subject,
Alfred Ingle, druggist, exclaimed.
My turkeys will not be large
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Jim Reese, county clerk, stated.
"I believe a majority of the people
will oppose the proposition.”
Charles Lindsey, local football
coach, announced that the change
would not alter the football sched-
ule which calls for a Thanksgiving
Day game in this city, November
30.
• Men and women who plan to
participate in the horse show
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
evenings, -August 24 to 26, during
the county fair are urged to file
entrant’s applications this week at
the Chamber of Commerce or with
Harold Tanner or Cecil Murphy,
who are in charge of the show.
Three classes of competition, in-
cluding cow ponies, pleasure class
and children’s class, will be pre-
sented along with a musical chair
race, during the three perform-
ances of the rodeo and horse show,
and loving cups will be awarded to
winners along with ribbons.
Only residents of this county are
eligible to participate.
Entrants in Horse
Show Asked to File
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In the presence of about 250 in-
terested individuals, a hearing 90
the proposed creation of the Den-
ton-Kim Fork-White Rock soil con- 3
servation district got under way '
shortly after 2 p. m. in the dis-
trict courtroom at the courthouse
in Gainesville Wednesday after-
noon.
Testimony was to be received
from land owners of Cooke, Gray-
son and Montague counties. A sim-
ilar hearing was held at Denton
Wednesday morning for land own-
ers of Denton, Collin, Dallas, Tar-
rant and Wise counties, also af-
fected by the district which would
be composed of 2,900 square miles.
Conducting the hearing were
Judge W. W. Cardwell, Luling; J.
P. Martin, Martinville, and Horace
Fawcett, Del Rio, members of the.
board.
Also in attendance were H. N.
Schmitz of Fort Wofth, chief 0<
area projects for the soil conserva"
tion program; Barry Marshall, as-
sistant state coordinator of soi
conservation projects; C. Hohn,
specialist in soil and water con-
tension service; W. R. Heines, Dub-
lin, of the area soil conservation
office, and J. N. Jarrell, technician
in charge of the CCC camp a
Denton.
Denton county was represented
by George Warren, county agent
and Charles C. MeKemie, chairman
of the Denton soil conservation
board. From Sherman came Frank
Thompson, secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce, and J. C. Dunha
chairman of the soil erosion pro-
gram from the county.
The hearing was to obtain testi-
mony for and against the creation
of the district, by which the board
will determine whether or not the
district would be justified.
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A premium amounting to $42,
offered by Gainesville merchants
for the first bale of cotton ginned
in .this city, was ordered divided
between two Valley View farmers
Saturday.
Carl Moore, chairman of a com-
mittee in charge of the premium,
announced in making the award
that owing to technicalities gov-
erning the awarding of the pre-
mium, either of the farmers were
not eligible for the full award.
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“Every day should be a day of
thanksgiving,” was the comment
of Leo M. Kuehn, “and since the
same date has been proclaimed for
national observance for the past
75 years, I see no reason for a
change.”
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Gainesville goodwill trippers will
make the fourth in a series of vis-
its to communities in the local
trade territory Friday evening,
when they tour to St. Jo for a
meeting in the public square.
The trip will be sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce for the
benefit of local merchants, who are
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orado, writes The Register that at
noon Monday, the temperature
there was 55 degrees, the coldest
August 1 on record in that city.
ST. JO, Aug. 12.—St. Jo’s first
bale of cotton for the year was
received this week. It was raised
by J. Guy Cannon, who lives sev-
eral miles northeast of St. Jo.
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bale, weighing 475 pounds, was
purchased by Don L. Dowd, local
ginner and cotton buyer for 8%
cents. Mr. Cannon was given a
premium of $32 contributed by the
merchants of St. Jo.
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MUENSTER, Aug. 16.—Muen-
ster’s first bale of cotton was
ginned free by the Stock Ginning
company here. The bale weighed
490 pounds, was classed as mid-
dling and was bought by W. L
Stock for 8% cents a pound.
urged to make the trip in order to
become better acquainted with
their customers in that section.
Randolph O’Brien, county superin-
tendent, is in charge of arrange-1 View, whose first bale was ginned
is employed in St. Jo, will aid in disqualified, because it did not
comply with weight standards.
Among the outstanding features
of an entertainment program to be , ,
presented will be concert by the lo- mium, and was also first disquali-
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Gainesville Trio, composed of Shir- """ “ n "
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W. F. Keel, Route 1, VaUey
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Some Say Expression
Of Views Not Wise,
Despite Democracy
The proposal of President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt to proclaim a na-
tional Thanksgiving day one week
previous to the date generally ob-
seryed was viewed unfavorably by
merchants interviewed Tuesday by
a Register reporter.
A number of citizens who were
not aware of the president’s pro-
posal declined to comment, and
others refused to make public their
viewpoints, declaring, “Our views
on the matter would make no dif-
ference.” One merchant stated,
“Even thugh this is still a demo-
cratic country, it is ften not wise
to spend your opinion.”
H N. Powell, local insurance
agent had this to say concerning
the matter: "Thanksgiving Day
was created out of spiritual in-
stinct and I can see no benefit in
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Reagan stated.
The building will be located on
land recently purchased by the
city school system, at the rear of
the high school, and will be con-
structed of -brick. In addition to a
large playing court and grandstand
seats, the building will house
dressing rooms for both girls and
boys.
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Project plans and specifications
for the construction of a high
school gymnasium here as a WPA
project, will be Bent to San. An-
tonio this week for final approval
before the issuance of working or-
ders, it was announced Thursday
by Ross P. Reagan, city manager.
A government appropriation of
approximately $18,000 has been
authorized for the structure. The
approximate cost will be $42,000.
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FORT WORTH, Aug. 11.—
A Fort Worth National Bank
employe Thursday gasped at
one of the oddest checks ever
presented for clearance.
It was a ure-size calfskin,
white in color, on vrhich was ,
drawn with purple ink a check
for $13.20, representing pay-
ment of the Justin Leather
Goods Company of Nocona for
two T. Cl U. season football
tickets. Purplel and white, grid-
iron followers readily recall,
are the Horned Frog colors.
To further carry out the
football theme, the check was
writtten on an ova represent-
ing a football, and on the left
was a miniature figure of All-
American Davey O’Brien punt-
ing. • *
The check was signed by G.
W. Humphrey, president, and
H. D. Read, treasurer, and
promptly cleared at the bank
and probably will be hung in
the leather company’s office.
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