The Grandview Tribune (Grandview, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 1, 1949 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME FIFTY-FOUR
GRANDVIEW, TEXAS , FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1949
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Antioch Cemetery
When did I pay?
Whom did I pay?
FIRST NATIONA BANK
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Price War Brings
Low Bread Prices
Terrars-KittensTo
Clash Friday Night
Little Miss Hodek
Winner In Contest
Postal Clerk Decides
To Haise Postal Dates
Use Casta Over
Holiday Week-End
Mrs. Henry Ingle
Dies at Corpse Home
First Baptist WMU
News Notes
Chicken Thief Says
He Was Framed
By The Hen
highway 81.
.Nothing of value was missed
Stores to Close
Monday, July 4:h.
It is nice to hear others state
what we know in our hearts to
be true. Joe Holloway and Ken-
nard Williams say that T Sgt.
Paul Simmons of Biggs Field,
El Paso; now detailed as en es-
cort for our fallen soldiers, and
escort for the body of S Sgt.
Cecil A. Gilbert, states that
Grandview and its people are
the most courteous of any that
he has encountered. He was also
highly complimentary of the
Hutt Crouch Post, American Le-
gion and its Commander Ben
Brown. Thank you, Sergeant.
While Riding
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Horsehack
The J. C. Carver’s are again
in the grocery business after a
very enjoyable vacation in New
Mexico, Colorado, Nebraska and
Oklahoma. (Had to come home,
run out of relatives to visit).
Walter Bowles is feeling some
better this week; his wife and
daughter, Barbara finally con-
sented to return home after cer-
tain promises by Walter. They
report a fine trip to Corpus.
ninestore, but in their hur-
departure the burglars left
Telephone your news to the
Tribune, No. 8.
The Town Terrors and Coun-
try Kittens of the Peanut Lea-
gue will face each other on this,
Friday, night, July 1. The game
is called for 8:00 o’clock sharp.
At present the Terrors have won
two out of three games over the
Country Kittens.
The game will be played on
lighted Zebra Field.
Little Miss Lea Ann Hodek,
daughter of Mr .and Mrs. Chas.
Hodek and granddaughter of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Aldridge, was
chosen the winner of the person-
ality contest at "Leonard's Cof-
fee Club,” Saturday. Her pic-
ture will be entered in a national
contest.
If you try to keep everybody
else down to zero, you wind up
with no score yourself.
Business houses in Grandview
will be closed on Mondoy, July
4th Make your necessary pur
chases on Saturday to avoid dis-
sapointment
Reputation is what you have
when you move into a new com-
munity. Character is what you
have when you leave.
holiday period, Miller said, the
Texas Highway- Patrol and-tcel
traffic officers are expected to
be out in full force in an effort
to hold down on accidents with
strict enforcement.
It is a great art to be super-
ior to other people without let-
ting them know it.
Friday, July 1, 1949
Dear Son:
Yours truly didn’t do so bad
during the month of June: Birth
anniversary on the 16th, Fath-
ers Day 19th, with the attend-
ant gifts; a new granddaughter
the 26th, and the Nevada daugh-
ter, husband and family on the
27th, also a vacation from the
rural route for ten days.
A FIRST NATIONAL
CHECK ACCOUNT
GIVES ALL THE ANSWERS!
How much did I pay? For what did I pay?
GRAND
THEATRE
GRANDVIEW
Nights Show Opens 7:30 p. m.
Cleburne Negro Klled
In Highway Affray
The annual working for the
Antioch Cemetery will be held
on Wednesday, July 6th. Every-
body is invited to attend, also
bring lunch to be served at the
noon hour. There will be a pro-
gram at the tabernacle in the
afternoon. Don't forget the date
Wednesday, July 6th.
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Ideal weather for growing,
cotton and corn making unusual
growth—Johnson grass as usual
a little ahead of the rest.
Your Dad.
FRI-SAT., JULY 1-2—
—ROY ACUFF, in—
SMOKY MOUNTAIN
MELODY’
TUES-WED., JULY 5-6—
—JOHN EMERY
—TOMARA GEV A
—in—
“GAY INTRUDERS”
What’s left?
Make living easier and happier by using
this simple, systematic method of taking
care of your financial obligations with a
complete record for reference.
You know where you stand every day in
the months when you check on...
El Paso—An employe with 27
years service at the post office
evidently agrees with the recent
recommendation of Postmaster
General Donaldson that postal
rates ought to lie higher. Any-
way he began raising parcel post
rates on his own. He charged
anywhere from 13 to 30 cents
above the correct fees on parcels
passing through his window, but
he pocketed the overcharges. He
pleased guilty and was given a
5-month sentence.
Bet Ed Huffman will be sur-
prised when he hears of the at-
tempted robbery of his store
while he and family are on their
vacation in the mountains of
Wyoming and thereabouts. But
for the vigilance of nightwatch-
man Reuben Bennett, who ex-
changed shots with the burglars
he would have no doubt sustain-
‘ed a loss of several thousand dol-
lars. They had knocked the com-
bination off the big safe when
they were surprised by Reuben,
left their tools in their hasty de-
parture.
Some men are born great,
some achieve greatness, while
some just grate upon you.
Dallas—The most unusal rob-
bery ever reported to local po-
lice happened here last week.
Dean Smith, rode into town on
horseback. While he was riding
along, watching the traffic ha-
zards, a man jumped on the
horse behind him. The intruder
grabbed Smith’s wallet, contain-
ing $35, hopped off the horse
•and disappeared before the sur-
prised rider could say "Whoa."
bhind all of their safe-cracking
tools, which were found scat-
tered in front of the safe.
two men were arrested in
Dallas Monday night and return-
edto Johnson county for ques-
tioning, but were later released
ori bond.
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Elder J. H. Moulder of Dallas
will preach at both the morning
and evening services at the
Grandview Church of Christ,
Sunday, July 3rd. You are in-
vited to hear this young man.
Born, to S Sgt. and Mrs. Juli-
an Edwards, June 26th, in El
Paso, Texas, a daughter, Cheryl
Dianne, weight 7 pounds, 11 oz.,
all three are doing' fine. Con-
gratulations on this, the sixth
grandchild for the Edwards.
Austin, June 28 (Spl.) — The
Fourth of July celebration will
bring death or injury to a thous-
and Texans.
Nine hundred will be hurt in
traffic accidents during the long
week-end from Saturday thru
Monday. Twenty seven will be
killed in auto accidents. A doz-
en will be drowned. Twenty-five
will die as suicides or murder
victims. Fifteen more will die in
plane crashes, fires, and other
accidents. That's a total of 79
violent deaths.
These predictions were an-
nounced today by Chas. A. Mil-
ler, Pres., of the Texas Safety
Association, following a holiday
accident - prevention conference
with officials of the Texas De-
partment of Public Saftey.
“Speed, more than anything
else, will acount for the traffic
fatalities,” Miller said. Empha-
sizing that extra caution is need-
ed to overcome holiday hazards
created by heavy traffic, Miller
pointed out that speed control is
the personal responsibility of
each driver.
“Safe speeds,” he declared,
“have little if any relationship
to legal speed limits. You are
permitted to drive 60 miles an
hour on an open highway in the
daytime, but only if the road is
in good condition, traffic is
sparce, weather clear, driver and
car in good condition, and so on.
When a hazard occurs, the
smart driver compensates for it.
The stupid driver doesn’t. And
The Homebuilders Class of the
First Baptist Church Sunday
School elected the folowing offi-
cers for the ensuing year: Mrs.
Joe Collier, President; Johnnie
Chapman, First Vice-President;
Mrs. Otis Ellis, Second V-Pres.,
Mrs. Roy Ramsay, Third V-Pres.
Miss Jennie Ellis, Treasurer and
Mrs. Elmer Edwards, Secretary.
It is the earnest desire of the
class to make all welcome who
will come and worship in study-
ing the Bible. A membership of
82 strive to make this class out-
standing in its endeavor to help
all. Come visit us.
Elmer Edwards, Teacher.
Last reports from our sick
say that Mrs. Myrtle Hale is
rapidly recovering from a very
serious operation in Methodist
hospital, Fort Worth . . . Mrs.
Joe D. Hughes in Cook Memorial
Hospital, Fort Worth, is also
recovering from a major operar
tion .... Mrs. J. S. Miller, Route
Four is again at home after sev-
eral days in a Cleburne hospital.
Quanah—Bread was selling at
rival grocery stores here last
week for 6% cents for a pound
loaf. The price cut came when a
local store imported cheap bread
from Oklahoma. Other stores
then bought a bakery and began
offering bread at still lower pri-
ces.
The combination on the large
safe had been battered off, but
being surprised by Mr. Bennett
t ley took a hurried departure
among a hail of bullets in which
o le of the would-be safecrack-
William F. Maxwell, 22, Cle-
burne Negro was found fatally
shot near the intersection of
Highway 81 and 67 in Alvarado
at midnight Sunday.
A passing motorists noticed a
car parker, later heard a shot,
returned to the car and found
the man lying in the grass at the
side of the road. He had been
shot in the back, death resulting
instantly.
The sheriff’s department was
notified by an unidentified call-
er of his finding the Negro after
hearing the shot. Investigatin’
officers found the man, who had
been shot in the back with a .38
caliber pistol. Two companions
of Maxwell were found drunk1 in
the car and were not aware of
what had happened until they
were aroused. The companions
of the murdered man were jail-
ed, but released Monday when
officers decided they had nothing
to do with the shooting.
At the time of the shooting,
Maxwell was out on bond in con-
nection with the alleged criminal
assoult of a 13-year-old Negro
girl.
Latter to a Soldier
From His Dad...
Arrived on Monday, June 27,
Bill and Vivian Carter with the
two sons and daughter. Report
their home in Elko, Nevada, is
enjoying ideal weather. Some
snow still in the mountains near
their home.
THURS-FRI., JULY 7-8—
—JOHNNY SHEFFIELD
—PEGGY ANN GARNER
—in—
“BOMBA THE
JUNGLE BOY”
Word was received this week
of the death of Mrs. Henry Ingle
at her home in Corpus Christi
on Monday, June 27. •
Mrs. Ingle will be remembered
by many old friends as Ludia
Pylant, daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs Joe Pylant pioneer citi-
zens of the Auburn community,
where she spent her childhood.
Rev. and Mrs. Ingle spent sev-
eral years around Grandview
doing evangelical work in the
various Baptist churches.
Surviving are her husband,
Rev. Henry Ingle, two sons and
three daughters, five grand chil-
dren and three sisters, Mrs. C.
B. Abshire, Sr., of Grandview;
Mrs. Tom Wilkerson of Abilene
and Mrs. James Langston of Ft.
Worth.
Mrs. Ingle was a sister-in-law
of Mrs. W. M. Youngblood, G.
C. Ingle and Gordon Ingle of
Grandview.
e S returned the fire; the bullet
ntering a window and plowed
i ito an instrument case in the
o Tice of Dr. A. F. Garner.
A good cotton insect control
program will increase the yield
by 15 percent. How big the pro-
fits will be depends on a couple
of things: (1 what price the
farmer gets for his crop, and 2)
the cost of producing and har-
vesting the crop.
that’s why we bury so many east at Wilkirson Lumber yard
stupid drivers.” , and entered a parked car near
SUN-MON., JULY 3-4—
—JEANETTE McDONALD
—in—
"‘THE SUN
COMES UP”
Mr. Bennett stated that he
V as making a round of the busi-
ness district when he approach-
t le rear door of the store, hear-
ing someone talking in muffled
t nes, he at first thought it was
someone in the store filling a
prescription, which is freqently
done at all hours of the night,
bat at that time he noticed the
bidder leading to the upper win-
dow, he tried the back door, at
Which time the burglars made a
break for the front door at this
t me an accomplice evidently
stationed in the stairway at the
rear of the telephone building
or near the ice plant, opened fire
on Bennett, who returned the
fire also firing as the man ran
north on Second street turning
At CGhurch of Christ
Austin — The University of
Texas Bureau of Business Re-
search reported Texas retail
sales slipped 3 per cent from
April to an estimated $413 mil-
lion in May, a 1-per-cent decline
from May, 1948.
May sales by durable goods
stores in Texas rose 7 per cent
over May 1948 to lead nondur-
able goods sales which slipped 6
per cent during the same period.
Automotive stores with a 22-
percent climb presented the only
gain over May, 1948 among dur-
able goods stores and filling sta-
tionss sales gained 3 per cent
for the only May to May. in-
crease i n nondurable goods
stores.
Jewelry store sales, down 19
per cent in May from the pre-
vious year, showed the heaviest
decline in either durable or non-
durable goods store sales, hard-
ware stores and lumber and
building materials dealers fol-
lowed with 15 per cent decreases
Chalking up a 1 per cent in-
crease over April, durable goods
stores again exceeded nondur-
able goods store sales which dip-
ped 6 per cent in May.
Advances registered over
April were lumber and building
materials, 16 per cent; jewelry,
14 per cent; furniture and
household and appliances, both
11 per cent; and farm implement
dealers and hardware stores, 9
per cent.
Showing the greatest gain
over April-May sales by filling
stations were up 13 per cent,
drug stores and eating and
drinking places trailing with
gains of 2 and 1 per cent re-
spectively.
Three safecrackers were rout-
e l from Huffman’s Pharmacy
a out 4 a. m. Monday morning
by Nightwatchman R. M. Ben-
n ett, who noticed a ladder lean-
i 8 against a balcony window at
t le rear of the store, and an up-
P er window leading into the bal-
c my broken.
will be involved in virtually all ^Street, which sped north
the fatal accidents during the
Only occasional strong spots
appeared in mostly steady to
lower southwest farm markets
: for the past week, the U. S. De-
, partment of Agriculture's Pro-
duction and Marketing Adminis-
tration reports.
Hot weather last week lower-
ed egg quality, and average pri-
ces eased slightly in the south-
west. This week opened with
current receipts selling around
36 to 38 cents a dozen in North
Texas and 39 to 40 at Denver.
Poultry markets weakened too.
Fryers sold around 25 to 28
cents at Dallas and Fort Worth.
Fewer cattle and calves ar-
rived at southwest and midwest
markets last week than the week
before. Most markets show-
ed slight gains for the week end-
ing Monday on slaughter steers,
heifers, and yearlings, but most
cows, calves and stockers sold
50 cents to $1 lower. However,
calves gained 50 cents to $3 at
Houston. Steer beef, advanced
$2 to $4 for the week at New
York, but cow beef and veal re-
mained unchanged. Good calves
sold from $26 to $27.50 at Hous-
ton and up to $26.50 at San An-
tonio. Good and choice brought
$22 to $25 at Fort Worth.
Lighter hog receipts last week
brought steady to higher prices
a t most markets. However,
butchers lost 25 cents and sows
50 cents to $1 at Denver. Top
butchers closed Monday at $20.-
75 at Oklahoma City, $21 at Ft.
Worth and $21.50 at San Anto-
nio.
Cotton lost around $4 a bale
for the week. Spot middling
15-16 inch closed Monday at
31.85 cents a pound at Dallas
and 31.95 at New Orleans.
Word has been received that
Mrs. Jewell Pellerin little daugh-
ter and her Captain husband are
doing fine in their new station
near Tokyo, Japan. Says daugh-
ter, Cynthia has two maids to
keep her out of mischief. (I am
sure Jewell doesn’t need two
maids.) Says further that all
are thrilled with the country,
its customs, etc. (Remember to
tell them about Texas, Jewell.)
Mrs. Ben Brown, President of
the Baptist W. M. U., led the
group in a business session at
its regular meeting Monday. All
members of the church are in-
vited to attend.
—Reporter.
Homebuilders Class
Elects Officers
Tyler — A 50-year-old negro
had a ready explanation for the
events leading up to his being
accused of stealing a hen. “I
was jest a-settin’ in the yard
waitin’ for a friend, when this
chicken jest flew up in my lap,”
he told the judge. He drew a
two year suspended sentence.
afecrac kers Routed; Swing if Southwest Texas Retail Sales
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