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SOCIETY PAGE
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 24, 1940.
ELIZABETH GRAHAM, Editor
PAGE TEREE
mera read a poem as the medita- cut from ear to ear and her head
Social Calendar
bashed from a number of blows.
tion.
work in Texas univ
the Uni-
close of the meeting.
85.
company.
W. E. Davis of Miller county and
More than 100 persons, many of
gathered at the
them relatives.
discovered his slain wife after he
failed to hear her familiar call to
breakfast.
DEXTER
, last Sunday, to
the dinner served
dispensed throughout the day, the
Wichita Falls:
Mr. and Mrs. L. B Thaxton. Dal-
received a number of nice gifts, as
las: Mra. C. P. Wi
"Mrs. Cox is
and Mrs E A
on July 20
by J. J. Reecer
water tank in the federal peni-
Installation of
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family; Joe i
Announcement is made of the
by Rev. E. H- Mays. district super-
employment security agencies for
the water tank, and today he still
intendent, who was a guest at the
there, shouting, waving
was
sons. The public is invited.
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Mr. and Mrs J
Beginning with the
tary, and Miss
ing.
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And Maybe You
STEAK
the young people
this month at SMU given by Miss
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Women’s Club
Enjoys Party
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tion, due to excess acidity. Try
Hon. William Green, president of the American Federation of
now so you won’t forget it. 104 and 254.
back. At your drug store.
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All A. F. of L. Unions issuing endorsements have
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Reunion Held at
McCracken Home
Methodist church
monthly meeting.
Bowen, pastor of
ing president, presided for the
business session, and the short pro-
gram which included a resume of
Cooke County Methodist Young.
People’s union were held Tuesday
evening at the Whaley Memorial
at the regular
Rev. Clinton L.
MARYSVILLE, July 24 Mem-
bers of the WMS of the Marys-
ville Methodist church mt Thurs-
day Afternoon in the home of-Mrs.
W. L. Young for a mission lesson.
, Turing the social hour, the group
honored Mrs. Ervin Doughty, a re-
Mr. and Mir A
of Burton, was
county. Texas.
of home-made ice cream and home-
made cake, on the church lawn
Thursday night. Curb service is
available. A similar occasion last
ATLANTA. July 24 (UP)-- An-
drew Jackson Wynne, 20-year-old
felon who has been in a Georgia
being the central
nverstion. They
Rev. Cox is survived by 11 chil-
dren and Mrs. Johns by six. Other
direct descendants of Mr. and Mrs.
Louis: Cox And
and family Mat
1 guests ef honor
l theme of the c
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• present Sunday
ig children of the
of your natur
Lui* Hver I
For when t /
fluid flow thro
taken.
Attending were
P. B Hanbert of
Ady 25 .
July 26 .
Ada Murrell Bible class of
the First Methodist church
will entertain at a class social
Wednesday evening. 8 o’clock,
at the home of Mrs. B. F.
Mitchell, 1329 Lindsay street,
honoring their husbands and
friends.
July 25 .
July 26
July 27 ,
ON THE RADIO
Station KDNT
Denton—Galnesville
Do you sifFet ft
indigestion below
from sick hwadhe he
nery? If so. you ma
Mrs Fula (ox
Alva Brown ar
Hubert, J Mrs. f
Also present vs
Charles Cox and Mrs. Belle Johns
are deceased.
Six Jims in Family
McCracken and children, Doreen
and Virginia. Mr. Williams was the
only member of the family who
was unable to attend.
Congressman
ED GOSSETT
the bedroom of her home early to-
day.
Police said Mrs. O’Dwyer was
found by her husband lying half
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GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
. 8:15-8:30 p. m.
. 8:30-8:45 p. m.
. 7:15-7:30 a. m.
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San--"
Ice Cream Supper
To Be Held Thursday
In order to raise funds to apply
on the electric pipe organ indebt-
Former Citizen
Is Visitor Here
He Doesn’t Like
Ga. Chain Gang
cee
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Jim M. Cox and Mmes. Mary Reed;
Bird Cason. Eula Walker, Jennie
Jetton and Nola Ewing. The- Rev.
lliams and chil-
dren, Pere and Wanda Lee, Nash-
the observance of the golden wed-;
ding anniversary of this pioneer.
escaped in 1937. Yesterday after-
noon he climbed onto the top of
Friday
Whaley Chapel Home Dem-
onstration club will meet Fri-
day, 2, p. m. at the clubhouse.
Drake university in. Des Moines,
Iowa, and has done post graduate
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Short Cuts, per lb. .. 15c
............. ....
Gone!—The High Cost Of
Many Stomach Troubles
Don’t pay $3.00 to $5.00 for re-
lief from’ stomachpains, indiges-
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Per pkg.
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eat and prospective labor require-
ments.
The offices also were told to en-
courage prompt registration of all
jobless employable persons and all
skilled workers employed in semi-
skilled or unskilled labor. AU types
and grades of labor are to be re-
quested not to migrate from home
communities without first ascer-
taining the work possibilities there.
ty Tuesday evening at Leonard
Park. After the supper, a brief
business meeting was conducted.
Twelve members attended.
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Observe Wedding
Aninversary
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was a weekend guest of homefolks
here.
Mra. Rudolph Bedner is recover-
ing from a few days’ illness.
Mrs. T. O. Lewter is reported
quite sick at her home a few miles
southwest of town.
THRASHER’S
GROCERY
Chief of Police R. Marlin Giles
of the Arkansas police department
said officers believed a robber or
robbers might have committed the
■ crime. He said O’Dwyer reported
that a large diamond ring, a gold
• wedding band and a gold watch
were missing.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCACOLA CO. IT
CRYSTAL' COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY
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Judge Dunklin 2 ,
A Visitor Here
, Members of the Business and Adl Tablets—3 weeks’ supply
Professional Women's club of the only $1.25. Relief or your money
YWCA enjoyed a watermelon par- *
The refreshing experience of
millions has made Coca-Cola the ‘
drink everybody knows. Four genet- 4
ations have approved its "delicious
and refreshing” taste ... have found ‘
in ice-cold Coca-Cola a distinctive
after-sense of happy refreshment. ;
versity of Southern California, and
in the College of Mines in El Paso.
Mrs. Carroll moved to Texas
several years ago with her parents.
She has been teaching in the high
school at Lockhart.
After a motor trip to the Grand
Canyon, the couple will reside in
El Paso where Mr. Carroll is em-
ployed in the office pf the Peyton
w the belt and that bili- >
another day. Try (arter ‛s
ording to di ectionk. See 1
Marvin Lewter left Friday for
San Antonio following a month's
vacation from the U. S. army.
Mra. C. M. Deckard and daugh-
ter visited her sister. Mrs. T. E.
. . c. _cci • ’ -------------------.Steed of Callisburg Saturday and
were being questioned by Sheriff the demand for men is expected were accompanied home by Vir-
W r novis ef Miller eont¥ and *- i-a--a-e --- -- -----a--- _-_ J ginia ‛
Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Kirby and
Mr. and Mrs. G. M Kirby visited
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Hilf of the
Rock. Creek community Saturday
evening. Mrs Hill is seriously ill.
Rev. R. B. Short of Gordon ville
began a revival meeting at the
Baptist church Saturday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sapp and
children are at Dallas attending
a rural carriers convention.
.Mrs. C. M. Deckard visited her
brother, Joe B. Wankan, and fam-
Uy. at Denton Monday.
- Miss Opal Lamb, who is attend-
tag school at Denton, spent the
weekend here.
Mrs B L. Lewter is reported
in at her home west of town.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Montgomery
and daughter of Simon, Okla .
spent Friday night with Mr. and
Mra. T. M. McCain
parents of 12 children, five sons
. . and five daughters of whom are
join With them inistill living: Abe, Alex, Bob, Ed and
r.f the crelelon rxrorf- __.5
Daily Special
Special for Thursday, July 25
WHEATIES
I Children Present
! Among t h os <
• vee the follow 1
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Judge Irby Dunklin, of Fort
Worth, candidate for reelection as
chief justice of the Second Court
of Civil Appeals, was here Tues-
day in the interest of his andi-
dacy.
He proudly displayed a letter of
endorsement from his colleague.
Judge John Speer, formerly of
Denton, who is a member of the
court, and who is well known here.
Jim Scott, well known former
citizen of Gainesville, has been
clerk of the court at Fort Worth
for the past 35 years and was here
recently, inAhe interest of Judge
Dunklin.
• • •
Mrs. Young Hostess
To Marysville WMS
cent bride, presenting her with a
and Mrs. JH Faulkner. near hostess sssortmeentrerresimtentsTe
------Gainesville. Miss Florene Thomp- fruit punch and? cookies to 25
son. sister of the bride, attended guests,
the service.
hey help many people to
4 are here again."" ‘Phone
arter’s littie Liver Pills
DEXTER. July 22—Mra. J. M.
Summy has returned from a visit
with relatives at Seminole, Okla.
Gordon Scoggin of Fort Worth
was a visitor here Thursday aft-
ernoon.
Mr. and Mra. R. A. Sapp and
children and Miss Rachel Elliott
were visitors at the Denison Dam
Thursday afternoon.
Miss Nephane Owen of Whites-
boro spent last week with her
grandmother, Mrs. Morrow.
Rev. W. W. Adcock returned to
his home at Valley View Wednes-
day night, at the close of the re-
vival meeting at the Methodist
church.
Bill Vaughan of Oklahoma City.
• • 20 grandchl- home of the officiating minister,
trgiandchild of Rev. Tipton.
•x The bridegroom is a son of Mr.
chain gang and doesn’t want to re-
peat the experience. $ h o u te d
1Y
he host church. (----e- ---------- 1
induction cere- to the prison camp from which he
- en‛ eaeraton
Amerioan ""sma
WOODBINE. July 24.—Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Ford observed their
49th wedding anniversary Tues-
day. July 16. at their home south
of Woodbine. Dinner was served to
a large number of relatives and
friends meeting for the occasion?
Among the out-of-community
guests were Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Ford, Hot Springs, Ark., Mr. and
Mrs. Raymond Austin, Marietta.
Okla.; and Bob Ford of Fort Sam
Houston.
Wednesday
Double N club will meet
Wednesday evening, 7:30
p’clock at the home of Miss
Grace Parker, 229 McClain.
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The host group served refresh- Apparently a butcher knife and
ments in the dining hall at the an iron bar were used.
friends. He came to Gainesville
from Amarillo. and Chickasha and
i Kingfisher, Okla., where he visited
relatives.
Mr. Blurton plans to leave Sun-
day morning for San Antonio and
.other points in that section of Tex-
as and from there will go to
Carlsbad and thence to his home
on
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viCe president;
. 9:00-9:15 p. m.
. 9:00-9.30 p. m.
• • •
Pauline Thompson |
Weds R. Faulkner
Paso Saturday, July,20.
Mr. and Mrs. Caroll are grad-
uates of the University of Texas.
approyed my record. As a sincere friend of labor I trust that
r have your support . *
cooke county of the late Abe Cox. I
who was a political power in his
community, the Cox family has
multiplied to a considerable extent.
,In fact, the number of persons by
, that name in Burton and nearby
communities, probably totals 150
or more at the present time.
Abe Cox came from Tennessee.
He located in this county in 1869.
remained awhile, then went to Red
River county. He returned to
Cooke county in the fall of 1872.
About the year 1925, he passed
away at the age of 76 years, al-
' though apparently in robust
health. Mrs. Cox preceded him in
death by nine days. They were the
i. They are simple pills
■ drugs,
ipation. sick headache.
Flint, Jr., Valley
Dan Chalmers.
was going to be handed over to
Georgia authorities and returned todayto marshai
a _ +% {eNN AovN frhv vrhich no
meeting.
The new officers include Dan
♦ through the night from* the top of
officers of the a water tank in the federal peni-
and half off her bed, her throat
presided for the
monies, and the prayer was said
, shome of Mr and Mrs. J. M. (Jimi
t , Cox, of the Horton community.
,, j as I lived most of the time since then
M‛ and Mrs. I in this county, until 11 years ago
when he moved to California. He
states that “it is good to visit the
old home town once more.”
miseries of tunitipa
Indigestipn bulw 1
many of us fel 111
■train".
Carter’s Little Li
flow of thia lasativ
A dinner was served picnic style
after which the guests enjoyed । . ..... . . .
visitation and game.Pictures were cWhittdrnr-iBlurt9n
ythe peace. They have
jsame neighborhood all their mar-
ried life. t
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in addition tn — ......— —---
st noon, light rfre shments were'
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‘gdests of honor : Jinri E Cox and
। family; Joe i dox and family; T. | ____________
family: Jake Cox marriage of Miss Pauline Thomp-
k Cox and family: son of Whitesboro and Riley Faulk-
Hood and family ner. Route 1. Gainesville. The mar-
d sons J. C. and riage took place Thursday morn-
rowr V. deceased), ing, July 18, in Whitesboro at the
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large machinist's hammer, threat-
View. president; ening anyone who tried to get him
‛1 ... down.
a year, drew • large number.of per-
mand situation.
The public employment offices
were advised to check immediately
with all employers on their pres-
rNervous Restless
As I I Cranky? Restless?
|a|V|A| Can’t sleep? Tire
Ull Id - easily? Annoyed by
Wil 1“ ■ female functional
"disorders” and monthly distress?
Then try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. Pinkham’s Com-
pound is famous for helping such
rundown, nervous conditions. Made
especially for women. WORTH
TRYING!
of Labor*
proved by medikal t
made of two vhget l
I Jon’t bear with c+
fatty indigestto be
- oys rundown f-elins
linle Lver Pill ar
for yourne’ that th
feel like "hapvy day •
your druxuist for < i
/WAKE UP
I YOUR OWN
LAXATIVE FLUID
heavy rain during the forenoon,
many other persons would have
been-in attendance.
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Golden Wedding
5 Anniversary at
.The J. M. Cox Home
yery •2
Mrs. Carroll previously attended
Francine Bouldin. Miss Sue Chai- on
ville. Tenn.; Mr and
Mrs. Jird
K-OmaheeAs
,e NNTIONM
wgostancsacayoSS.*-
Miss Reba Aleander. Era, secre- _ _
Ruby Chapman, Woman g H ound
treasurer. The resignation of Miss VV —P > VUllU
Marie Cannon as president was ac- R-chA. A DAath
cepted at the Tuesday night meet- •ldIICu lu •rotII
ing. and Dan Flir t was chosen to
fill the vacancy. Miss Cannon had TEXARKANA, Ark., July 24
been elected at a previous meet- (API. Mrs. R. J. O'Dwyer, mem-
ing. ber of an old and socially promi-
Miss Wanda Lee Gregory, retir- nent Texarkana family, was found
bludgeoned and slashed to death in
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To My Labor Friends:
George Blurton of Whittier, Cali-
fornia. a former Cooke county resi-
dent. is a visitor in Gainesville as
the guest of his niece. Mrs. Henry Chief Giles
Turner and other relatives and - -
ga and
, -ogser10 200000 arcoSeeee
cupport ofeaeration a Member O me t .tea
.a
A reunion of the brothers and
sisters of Mrs. Jird McCracken was
held Sunday at the McCracken
home. 1513 North Weaver street.
Ro. pemde... I"wo
nird"tencepeA" jodsH.""
tentiary and authorities were
powerless to get him down.
Wynne was due for release from
the federal prison today, but he
U. S. to Marshall
‘Army in Overalls’
WASHINGTON, July 24 (API. —- — g..
The Social Security Board set out edness,-ladies-of Street
. „„ W-. Christian church will hold a sale
- I an army in.
overalls" for defense industries.
Instructions went to all state
Abe G. W. Cox. named bove, have
the following number of children:
Ake. 11; Alex. 11; Bob, 4; Ed. 1:
tu.g with wishes Un many years Jim M ' 10; ®: Ca-
mo* of health nd happiness, . zon, 5; Mrs. Walker, 5; Mrs. Jet-
‘ 1 ton. 5; Mrs. Ewing, 4
the former Nancy Six “Jims” are listed among rela-
Dawson, daughter of the late .Mr. tives: Jim M Jim K Jim p Jim
. .. Dawson of Cooke j Jim Hood and Jim Cox
cunty Mr. Cox, a son of the late Brown.
horn in Red River . Including Mrs. Jim M ‛ ox, four
1871 lim Cox have the first name of Nancy, oth-
and Nancy Dawson were’married ers heing daughters of M™ Eula
’ on July 20 1890, at Mount zX. Hood, J<* and Mack Cox
pioneer justice of . Mr, and Mrs. J. “ Cox are in
resided in the fine health, do much work on the
farm and live an enjoyable life.
Pioneer Citizens of
. Burton Community
- Entertain Sunday
po11c} 0nat
congres8: tn rheplpregsctonof-r
rssgi ■
mzeacp-"
Laborreliy tty.
cisive 83° .
s conference held
.. Gossetlrratives,
Hon. Fr Repreen
ousergton, ’
Washi cegsmen:
y, aear co 6
Outing Enjoyed by Miss Sweeney Wed
Young People 1 0 Kenneth Carroll
! Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Sweeney an-
t wIIE hl picnic grounds of. the Lone nounce the marriage of their
♦.H ’ Day. ToogiIFeelHike Star gas plant, west of Gainesville, daughter. Martha Elizabeth swee-
Happy Day. Are Here Again was the scene of an outing for ney, to Kenneth L. Carroll of El
m Lont?PDoonoorster members of the young people's de- Paso The wedding took place at
bilie.....and-feel or- partment and officers and teachers the Edwin Carroll home in El
ni. d to bm k up the flow of the First Baptist church, Tues-
iative fluid with Carter’s day evening.
of thin natural laxative 1 Miss Billye Southern directed a
: InbB izbumenyadaratt series of recreational games, and
; • belt st u away and the song fest was in charge of
e "bapvy days are here Miss Loveta Murphy. Supper was
i erPiahavedoubla the served Prior to the entertainment.
■ juice in some people as ♦ . •
Cooke county c ouple. Except for.
No labor shortage has yet been
At mid-morning several suspects reported in defense industries, but
ere Kuner nnest inned hv Sheriff I +h- deme-d -f~- -- — i- ------ - I
to increase soon as munitions pro-1
duction starts progressing toward
Giles said O'Dwyer reported he peak proportions.
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