Gainesville Daily Register and Messenger (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 111, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 6, 1948 Page: 8 of 8
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$5,305,045.50
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12,500.00
$5,012,259.44
TOTAL LIABILITIES
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
1946
1947
39.00
99.85
Totals____$35,671.49 $25,208.46
A PAZAMOUNT PICTURE
Classified ads bring results.
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City Briefs
Pandres Style Shop
4,425,128.06
Phone 1440
105 East California Street
TOTAL
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Representative Ph. 67 or 1314-J 206 E. California, Gainesville
$5,305,045.50
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co.
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106,000.00
36,786.06
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12,500.00
281,524.67
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106,000.00
36,786.06
25,000.00
292,786.06
Banks ......
Individual . . .
Total deposits
Undivided profits ...
Reserves ...........
Total capital accounts
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SHO WING
L.C.DEMNIS THEATRES
INDEPENDENT HOME OWNEDTHEATRES
GAINESVILLE’S FINEST
ENTERTAINMENT
Birthday Dinner for
Mary Grace Perdue
WOODBINE, Jan. 6.—A dinner
was given Tuesday, December 30,
in honor of Mary Grace Perdue,
who celebrated her third birth-
day. Hosts were her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Perdue.
Guests from out of town were
the honoree’s grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam H. Minnis and son,
Harold, of Gainesville.
Delin. tax___
Costs on
delin. tax —
Real estate owned other than bank premises
Other assets ..........................
“Pyorrhea” May
Follow Neglect
Did you ever see an attractive
person with irritated “GUMS”?
Druggists refund money if first
bottle of “LETO’S” fails to help.
WATTS BROS. DRUGS
NEW LIGHT WEIGHT
CONCRETE
Building Tile
TRAVEL BY BUS
DIXIE
MOTOR COACHES
Phone 22
Corner Rusk and Elm Streets
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Gainesville (Tex.) Dally Register
Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1948
Capital stock:
Common stock, total par $125,000.00..... $ 125,000.00
Surplus
Snapshots—Musical
Novelty
Starts Tomorrow
1.00
1.00 •
10,192.22
Poll Taxes __$ 1,512.00 $ 1,097.25
Ad Valorem _ 30.789.36 23,416.77
It’s such a simple little word and it means
so much. It underwrites success in business,
. . . security in the home, . . . independence
when the working days are over.
Life insurance is thrift and nothing else! .
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December Building
Permits Total $22,150
Building permits issued in
Gainesville during December to-
taled $22,150, as compared with
$21,150 for December, 1946, and
$7,000 for November, it was an-
nounced at the city secretary’s
office Tuesday.
STATE OF TEXAS, County of Cooke, ss:
I, LeRoy Robinson, cashier of the above-named bank,
do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to
the best of my knowledge and belief.
LEROY ROBINSON, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 5th day of
January, 1948.
Tue.'- Wed.
Roy Rogers in his first
Tru Color film
“APACHE ROSE”
With .
Dale Evans and the
Pioneers
Three Stooge Comedy
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Obligations of States and political sub-
divisions ...........................
Other bonds, notes, and debentures......
Corporate stock (including $6,750.00 stock
of Federal Reserve bank) ............
Loans and discounts ( including $15,773.08
overdrafts) ........................
Furniture and fixtures.................
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DOWN, FIDO! Remember that
your guests may not share
your affection for your pets
and their ways.
Cartoon—News
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and what an gffair it was!
$ 857,241.72
15,773.08
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6,750.00
150.64
League to Act on
Purchase of Waco Club
DALLAS, Jan. 6 (P)—The pro-
posed purchase of the Waco club
of the Big State baseball league
by the Pittsburgh Pirates will be •
acted on at a league meeting
here tomorrow, J. Walter Mor-
ris, league president, said today.
League approval is necessary,
Morris said.
The league’s officers also will
work on the schedule for the
coming season.
$44.95 platform rockers, $37.95.
January special. Home Furniture
TOTAL DEPOSITS ........$4,999,759.44
Other liabilities .......................
LIABILITIES
Capital stock, common ..........
Surplus .......................
Undivided profits ..............
Reserve for contingencies.......
Reserve for dividend ...........
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ELIZABETH HAYS, Notary Public.
CORRECT—Attest: Roy P. Wilson, J. A. Smoot, J. W.
Schad, Directors.
RECAPITULATION
Condensed Statement of the Condition of
13698
The Gainesville National Bank in Gainesville, of
Gainesville, Texas.
Made to the Comptroller of the Currency
at the close of business December 31, 1947
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Marriage Licenses
Total 135 in December
A total of 135 marriage licenses
were issued at the county clerk’s
office during the month of De-
cember. This was a sharp in-
crease over November’s total of
108.
South Morris Street
Mildred Horn To Be
Wed to Bill Gault
Announcement has been made
of the engagement of Miss Mil-
dred Horn to Bill Gault, both
well-known Gainesville young
people.
Miss Horn is the oldest daugh-
ter of Emory Horn, 1313 Cherry
street. Parents of the prospective
bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Gault, 903 Belcher street.
The couple has not set a date
for the nuptial event.
The bride-elect is a 1943 grad-
uate of Gainesville high school.
She has been employed at Cun-
ningham Studio for the past three
years.
Mr. Gault is a 1943 graduate of
the Tioga high school. He at-
tended the local junior college
during 1947. He was discharged
from the naval air corps as a
flight officer. He is now em-
ployed by the Halliburton Ce-
menting company.
They will reside in Gainesville.
blocks. Large holes have been
washed out in the pavement on
the thoroughfare by recent rains.
No Business Tuesday
Morning in Court
There was no session of the
January term of 16th district
court Tuesday morning and Judge
Cool Weather Today to
Be Warmer Tomorrow
By The Associated Press
Cool air breezing into Texas to-
day was expected to lower tem-
peratures over the state by aft-
ernoon but disappear in warmer
weather tomorrow.
Generally fair skies were pre-
dicted.
Temperatures were down to 25
at Pampa and 26 at Amarillo this
morning. But Galveston at the
same time had 59 degrees.
Brownsville warmed up yester-
day to 81-degree weather while
Dallas registered 72.
Temperatures 3-6 degrees above
normal were forecast for the en-
tire state for period from today
to Jan. 10. No rain was foreseen
for Texas west of the Gulf plains
while little or no rain was indi-
cated for the rest of the state.
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Loans and discounts ...................
Overdrafts ...........................
Furniture and fixtures.................
Real estate ...........................
Stock in Federal Reserve bank.........
Other assets..........................
U. S. Bonds ..............$1,999,554.50
Other Bonds and Warrants. . 281,525.67
Bills of Exchange......... 907,011.07
Cash and Sight Exchange .. 1,237,036.82
Total Available Cash ..................
Reserve District No. 11
Report of Condition of the
GAINESVILLE NATIONAL BANK
CHARTER NO. 18698
IN GAINESVILLE
of Gainesville, in the State of Texas, at the close
of business on December 31, 1947
Published in response to a call made by Comptroller of
the Currency, under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes
New Officers of
Whaley Memorial
WSCS Installed
In an impressive service con-
ducted by the Rev. John S. Rice
at Whaley Memorial Methodist
church Sunday evening new offi-
cers of the Women’s Society of
Christian Service were installed.
Mrs. John Whitmire is the new-
ly elected president of the WSCS
and presided at the installation of
new. officers for the Wesleyan
Service Guild.
Appropriate music was pre-
sented tnrough the program of
the evening by the church choir,
seated in the balcony.
A group of young women, di-
rected by Mrs. David O’Brien,
study superintendent, presented a
playlet, “Once I Was Blind,” the
leading parts portrayed by Mrs.
Carl. Holland, Mrs. Jack Simpson
and Mrs. Clyde Thomas.
The countries of the world were
represented by Mmes. Ed Siewell,
Japan; C. L. Cotten, Poland; Car-
rol Robertson, China; Robert
Bandy, Jr., Indian; Johnie Wil-
son, Czechoslovakia; Larry All-
britton, Latin America; and Af-
rica by the choir of the St. James
Colored Methodist church. They
sang “Lord, I Want to be a Chris-
tian.”
Each woman was attired in a
^beatki.
Mrs. J. W. TRAMMELL
The Rev. Fred Stumpp, pastor
of Grand Avenue Baptist church,
officiated at the funeral, services
of Mrs. Mattie Trammell, 75, wid-
ow of J. W. Trammell, at 4 o’clock
Tuesday afternoon in the George
J. Carroll and Son Funeral Home
chapel. Interment was in Fair-
view cemetery.
Mrs. Trammell was found dead
in her bed at the residence, 215
South Taylor street, Saturday
night. Her husband passed away
in 1944.
The couple lived at Warrens
Bend until 1942 at which time
they moved to Gainesville to re-
side. The government purchased
their property for the Camp
Howze area.
Mrs. Trammell was born Dec.
25,1872, near Sivells Bend, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sim Weaver,
She was the mother of 17 chil-
dren which included three sets of
twins. She was a member of the
Baptist church.
She is survived by five daugh-
ters, Mrs. Essie Wheeler, city;
Mrs. Clint Perice, Muleshoe, Tex.;
Mrs. Fred Massey, Marietta, Ok-
lahoma; Mrs. Bessie Burns, Chil-
licothe; Mrs. Opal Minyard, Ben-
nington, Okla.; four sons, Dick
and Dan Trammell, city; Lloyd
Trammell, Bennington, Okla.;
Dowd Trammell, Sivells Bend;. 35
grandchildren; six great grand-
children.
INFANT GILLUM
Graveside services for the in-
fant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ce-
cil Gillum of Valley View were
held at 10:30 a. m. Tuesday in the
Valley View cemetery under the
direction of the Leazer-Keel Fu-
neral home.
The baby was born Monday in
a local hospital three hours be-
fore succumbin at 7:45 a. m.
She is survived by her parents;
one sister, Linda Carol; and three
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W
Gillum and F. H. Flournay of the
Lois community.
WILLIAM HYMAN
Funeral services were held Fri-
day at the Butcher church for ■
William Hyman, 81, who passed
away’at the home of his son, Er-
nest Hyman, in the Spencer com-
munity Thursday. Burial was in
Coker cemetery beside his wife,
who passed away March 10, 1938.
Bearers were Robert Hyman,
Ernest Laseman, M. Y. Brewer,
Ted Graham, Grady Graham and '
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PLANS TO MEET MIHAI IN SWITZERLAND—Princess Anne
of Bourbon-Parma (above), according to an authoritative source in
Copenhagen, Denmark, will leave Copenhagen for Lausanne,
Switzerland, within a few days to join former King Mihai of Ro-
mania whose special train, carrying him into exile, crossed the Swiss
border Jan. 5. Mihai is reported to he seeking her hand in marriage.
Princess Anne is shown in the bedroom of her parents’ home in
Copenhagen. (AP Wirephoto).
. monthly business and social
session.
Keystone class of First Bap-
tist church will meet at 3 p. m.
with Mrs. Guy French, 314
South Morris street. Theme of
the meeting will be “Taking
Inventory.”
Friday
St. Anne’s Book club will
meet at 3 p. m. in the home of
Mrs. Henry Schad, 112 Blanton
street.
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Loyal Mothers class, Grand
Avenue Baptist church, meets
with Mrs. J. E. Jones, 517 North
Grand avenue at 2:30 p. m.
Calenda
Tuesday
Garden Study club will meet
at 7:30 p. m. with Mrs. Ralph
Breeding, 412 South Denton
street. Mrs. A. A. Davenport
will be co-hostess.
General meeting of XLI Club
will be held at 7:30 p. m. in the
home of Mrs. W. S. Moore, 303
South Commerce street. Co-
hostesses will be Miss Lou Wha-
ley, Mrs. B. D. Ford and Mrs.
J. R. Whaley.
Brotherhood of Grand Ave-
nue Baptist church will meet at
7:30 p. m. in the educational
building.
Wednesday
Covered dish supper, Wed-
nesday, 6:45 p. m., First Pres-
byterian church, Tyler Hall, for
all members of the church.
Maggie House Garden club
will meet at 3 p. m. at the Fair
Park Community Center build-
ing.
Nine New C of C
Directors Are
Chosen Monday
Nine new directors of
Gainesville Chamber of
ik
Ben W. Boyd was not scheduled
to arrive here until afternoon for
further settings of cases.
Chattel Mortgage
Filings Increase
In Cooke County
Filing of chattel mortgages at
the county clerk’s office is on the
increase again, after reaching a
low ebb during the war, when
there was a shortage of such arti-
cles as automobiles, refrigerators,
washing machines and other home
and family needs and when mon-
ey was so plentiful most people
paid cash, even for their larger
purchases.
There were 2,918 such mort-
gages filed at the clerk’s office in
1947, an increase of 430 over the
1946 total of 2,488.
The low ebb was reached in
1942, when there were but 1,254,
but the high for the past decade
was the 11,684 total for 1940.
Chattel mortgages for the past
10 years by years are as follows:
1947, 2,918; 1946, 2,488; 1945, 1,740;
1944, 1,867; 1943, 2,633; 1942, 1,254;
1941, 4,716; 1940, 11,684; 1939,
6,609: 1938, 5,537; 1937, 6,204.
Gainesville last week to live at.
505 Moss street. They are the
parents of City Superintendent
of Public Schools Roy P. Wilson,
and Johnie W. Wilson, both of
Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. David Duncan of
Stratford, Okla., and Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Milton and daughter,
Barbara Ann of Wolfe City, Tex-
as, spent the weekend with Mr.
and Mrs. George Stillion, 1109
East Broadway.
Ollie Ricketts and son, Portis,
of Crandall, Texas, were guests of
their cousin, George Stillion, dur-
ing the holidays. It is the first
meeting of Ollie Ricketts and Mr.
Stillion for 43 years. Mr. Ricketts
formerly lived in Illinois.
Mrs. Charles McDearman, who
has been clerk at the Turner ho-
tel for the past 12 years, retired
effective January 1, and will de-
vote her time to housekeeping.
The McDearmans reside at 1221
East Garnett street.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Burkett of
Kilgore visited friends in Gaines-
ville Monday.
Mrs. J. K. Mathews and two
St. Paul’s Church
Vestry Elects
Officers Sunday
Officers were elected by the
vestry of St. Paul’s Episcopal
church at a business session
which followed a parish meeting
Sunday evening.
V. A. Sullivan was chosen par-
ish treasurer; A. H. Powers, as-
sistant treasurer; Louis F. Platt,
parish clerk, and David Turner,
junior warden. Leo M. Kuehn
was named senior warden by the
Rev. Donald B. Kline, rector of
the church.
During the parish meeting, re-
ports were made by all organiza-
tions, the senior warden and the
rector. R, W. Briscoe, George E.
Burton and David. Turner were
elected to three-year terms on
the vestry.
Mr. Powers was chosen dele-
gate to the diocesan convention
and Mr. Sullivan was named al-
ternate. The convention is to be
held at St. Matthew’s cathedral
in Dallas late this month.
The congregational meeting was
preceded by a chicken supper
served at the rectory by the
Women’s Guild and auxiliary.
merce were chosen -by members
in a mail ballot, results of which
were determined Monday after-
noon by J. A. Smoot and Dick
Wooldridge of the elections com-
mittee, who counted the ballots.
The nine high men among 27
nominees were R. E. Bandy, Har-
ry O. Kinne, Joe Carroll, J. Rob-
ert Evans, F. E. Schmitz, Dr. A.
A. Davenport, Henry P. Schad,
Fletcher Morris and George W.
Brown, Jr.
The nine new directors and the
nine hold-ever directors will meet
next Tuesday, January 13, for
the purpose of electing 1948 of-
ficers.
Hold-over directors are J. An-
cil Smoot, Joe M. Leonard, Travis
King, R. W. Briscoe, Dick Wool-
dridge, Howard Simmons, Cecil
Gardner, L. C. Dennis and Dr.
James Atchison.
Tax Collections
Are Far Ahead of
The Previous Year
■^Collection of taxes by city and
county tax collectors’ offices for
1947 were far ahead of collections
for the same period the previous
year, reports of the collectors
made Tuesday reveal.
The county tax collector’s of-
fice collections for December to-
taled $35,671.49, as compared with
$25,208.46 for the same month in
1946, Collector M. L. Helm re-
ported.
Collections for the October-De-
cember period amounted to $354,-
856.28 this year, representing
80.72 per cent of the 1947 tax roll,
while in the same three months’
period of 1946, collections
amounted to $229,503.86, which
was 76.9 per cent of the 1946 tax
roll.
There had been 2,356 poll tax
receipts issued through December
31 this year.
Collection of county and state
taxes for December, 1947 as com-
pared with the same period in
1946:
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Emmett Wolfenburger. Burial
was directed bv Scott Brothers of
Saint Jo.
Mr. Hyman is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Tennie Bates, Ben-
tonville, Ark.; two sons, Ernest,
Spencer; and Lester, Fort Worth,
six grandchildren and a number
of nieces and nephews.
He was born February 28, 1865
in Boyd county, Kentucky, and
had lived most of his life in
Cooke county. He was married
to Miss Minerva J. Dean, January
1, 1891..
Out of town relatives at the fu-
neral were Mr. and Mrs. John
Morris, Valley View; Mrs. Callie
Pierce, Gainesville; Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Dean and sons, .Cecil and
Edwin, Dallas; Bud Dean, Gaines-
ville; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Lase-
man, Mr. and Mrs. John Laseman
and Henry Laseman, all of Wich-
ita Falls; Willis Dean, Spanish
Fort, and Mrs. Ted Gregory and
Mr. and Mrs. M. Y. Brewer and
sons, McCollum.
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Missionary Program
For Methodist Women
The WSCS of Whaley Memorial
Methodist church met Monday
afternoon in the Little Chapel
room for a regular business ses-
sion.
Mrs. John Whitmire presided.
An introduction and outline of
the course subject, “Committed
Unto Us,” was given by Mrs. D.
E. O’Brien, study leader.
The Monday topic was “Mis-
sionaries of All the World—Who
Are They?” All members took
part in the discussion.
/ Mrs. O’Brien also gave the de-
votional from the second chapter
of Corrinthians on Christian
heroism. Closing prayer was by
Mrs. J. E. Douglas. Twenty-nine
members were present.
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costume representative of the
country she portrayed.
The Rev. I. Brooks, pastor of
the St. James church, gave the
closing benediction.
Officers installed for the WSCS
included Mmes. V. D. Aston, vice
president; William Lewie, record-
ing secretary; Charles Pratt, pro-
motion; V. C. Hicks, treasurer;
John S. Rice, spiritual life; D. E.
O’Brien, missionary education
service; Van B. Hill, Christian
social relations; D. L. Monroe,
student work; E. K. Smith, youth
work; Helen Horn, children’s
work; F. S. Piott, supplies; W. R.
Nutting, literature and publica-
tions; R. E. Bandy, Sr., status of
women; T. D. Blanton, publicity
and printing; J. E. Douglass and
Dock Teague, circle leaders.
Thursday
Ladies auxiliary to the Broth-
erhood of Railroad Trainmen
will meet at 2:30 p. m. at the
Trainmen hall.
Sodalitan class of First Bap-
tist church will meet at 7:30
p. m. with Mrs. R. F. Ardnol,
908 South Morris street. Co-
hostesses will be Mrs. W. Nor-
wood and Mrs. J. T. Hudgins
and Miss Ruth Carter.
B&PW club will meet with
Mrs. Kathryn Basinger, 1102
East Garnett street, 7:30 p. m.
for a business and social session.
Opti-Mrs. club will meet at
7:30 p. m. in the Fair Park
Community Center building.
Alathean class of First Bap-
tist church will meet at 3 p. m.
with Mrs. Robert Trew, west of
the city.
Bethany class of First Bap-
tist church will met with Mrs.
F. H. Greenwood, 1214 North
Grand avenue, at 10 a. m. for a
Repairs Being Made
The city street department was 1 “
engaged Tuesday morning in re-
pairs of the paving on South Mor-1
ris street in the 500 and 600
March of Dimes
To Start Jan. 15
In Cooke County
Gainesville’s participation in
the annual, nationwide March of
Dimes to fight the scourge of in-
fantile paralysis will get under
way Jan. 15, it has been an-
nounced by Ted Herrmann, chair-
man of the Cooke County Chap-
ter of the Infantile Paralysis
foundation.
At Mr. Herrmann’s request re-
cently, the newly formed Opti-
mist club accepted sponsorship of
the drive and appointed Greever
Ross as chairman in charge of the
drive.
While full details of the cam-
paign have not been completed,
Mr. Ross has announced the
names of those persons who will
be actively engaged in the work.
They include Fred Miller, vice
chairman; Miss Carolyn McClure,
vice chairman in charge of the
women’s section; William Lewie,
treasurer; H. H. Moss, county
schools chairman, and Roy P. Wil-
son, city schools chairman.
The chairman also announced
the names of Optimist club mem-
bers who will make up various
committees in connection with the
campaign. They include: Theatres,
F. H. Leach, Jr., Dr. Ira Thomas
and Dr. Virgil Wallace; schools,
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL
ACCOUNTS . .. n. •.. $5,305,045.50
MEMORANDUM
Assets pledged or assigned to secure liabili-
ties and for other purposes............$173,000.00
Cash, balances with other banks, including
reserve balance, and cash items in proc-
ess of collection ......................$1,226,995.24
United States Government obligations,
direct and guaranteed
Only 19.28 per cent of the 1947
tax rolls remains to be collected
during January, the last day of
this month being the deadline for
payment of poll taxes and for
payment of ad valorem tax with-
out addition of interest and pen-
alties.
The city tax office collected
$42,018.58 in current taxes and
$597.88 in delinquent taxes for a
total of $42,616.46, City Tax Col-
lector J. H. Riley, reported.
In December, 1946, current col-
lections were $25,471.46 and de-
linquent collections $1,100.56 for
a total of $26,572.02.
Collections from October 1
through January 3 of city taxes
totaled $104,048.88 in current tax-
es and $3,491.19 in delinquent
levies, for a grand total of $107,-
540.07.
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PeMancd
T-4 Marion F. Murrell is on
furlough at the home of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Murrell,
route 3, Gainesville. He arrived in
Seattle, Wash., Dec. 16 after
serving two years and four
months in the Pacific with the oc-
cupational forces. After his fur-
lough, he will go to Fort Ben-
ning, Ga., to receive his assign-
ment.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Wilson,
who have been residing on their
farm .near Muenster, moved to
Mrs. M. J. Hunt is
Missionary Speaker
Mrs. M. J. Hunt was the princi-
pal speaker for the Monday after-
noon meeting of the Missionary
society of Bible Presbyterian
church in the church parlor.'
The speaker gave very interest-
ing accounts of her experiences as
a missionary in Honduras.
Mrs. Jasper Estes gave the de-
votional which was on the theme
of taking an inventory of the
spiritual life. She read passages
of the Bible during the devotion-
al.
The business session was con-
ducted by Mrs. Lloyd McLaugh-
lin, president.
TOTAL ASSETS.................
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, part-
nerships, and corporations ........
Deposits of United States Government
(including postal savings) .........
Deposits of States and political sub-
divisions .........................
Deposits of banks..................
Other deposits (certified and cashier’s
checks, etc.) .....................
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DEPOSITS:
......$ 39,252.74
........4,960,506.70
.................. 4,999,759.44
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JANUARY CLEARANCE
Two Hundred LADIES’ DRESSES in silks and woolens.
Sizes 9 to 52. All at less than % PRICE.
One Lot of LADIES WOOLEN SUITS $7 t A $ 1 A
Values to $29.75. Now.......... • to 1U
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James V. Campbell, Larry Priddy 1
and Ernest Edwards; publicity, 0y
Fred Miller and Warren G. Flow- .
ers; radio, Frank M. Aldridge, ;
Jr., and Buddy Gandillon; mate- |
rfal distribution Dave Tupman, J
Norman McArdle, Eldon Henley,
Herbie Bezner, . Walter Robran 1
and Charles Herrmann. j
Mr. Ross stated that the theatre |
committee would assist Miss Lay-
una Hicks in theatre solicitations. i
In the past, young women, super- > |
vised by Miss Hicks, have donated
their time to this task, t
As in former year, it is planned t
to have small donation card fold- - I
ers in each of the Gainesville s
schools, and the schools at Lind- p
say, Era, Valley View and Muen- I
ster. Donation containers are to I
be placed in each of the outlying I
county schools. I
PRICES SET BY PRODUCER
Matinee'__ 90c Nights __ $1.25
Children____50c
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small sons, Jimmy and Donald,
have gone to San Antonio to visit
the children’s grandmother, Mrs.
Lula Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. Bogie Springs and
daughter, Nancy, have returned
to their home in Raymondville
after a two weeks’ visit here with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mon-
roe Springs.
Miss Nadyne Owen, who spent
the Christmas holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Owen,
633 North Morris, has returned to
school at Belton.
Johnnie L. Wheeler, MM-3C, U.
S. navy, son of Mrs. J. O. Harri-
son, 1120 North Witherspoon
street, is serving aboard the de-
stroyer USS John R. Craig, which
has been operating in the Pacific
area since her shakedown cruise
to Guantanamo bay, Cuba, late in
1945.
The city council will meet in
regular semi-monthly session in
the council chamber ' of the city
hall at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday.
Mrs. P. J. Murphy and son,
Jerry, 734 North Grand avenue,
have returned from Marshall,
where they visited with their son
and brother, Earl Wayne Murphy,
and family.
Monday night guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. David Tur-
ner, 1431 East California street,
were her sisters, Mrs. Albert El-
liott and Miss Ondee Odette, and
niece, Dorothy Jean Elliott, and
Bob Easton, all of Roscoe, N. Y.
The group left Tuesday for Holly-
wood, Calif., where Mr. Easton is
writing the musical score for the
West Coast production, “Black-
out.”
W. P. Bentley, president bf
Uvalde Construction company,
and one of Dallas’ most promin-;
ent citizens and businessmen, ac-
companied by Mrs. Bentley, are
in Gainesville this week, where
he is receiving medical treatment
at the M&S hospital.
Mrs. A. A. (Frey) Adams,
prominent Dallas society woman,
is receiving medical treatment at
the M&S hospital this week.
John Jardine, well known busi-
nessman of Waco, was admitted
to the M&S hospital Tuesday for
medical treatment.
Jim Bass of San Antonio, vis-
ited his mother, Mrs. Sallie W.
Bass, Monday. He and his wife
spent the New Year’s holidays in
New Orleans, and attended the
Sugar bowl football game.
Mr. and Mrs. Max K. Burkett
of Kilgore are visiting friends
here. Mrs. Burkett is the former
Mrs. Clive Pierce of Gainesville.
Luther P. Beck has returned
from Houston where he visited
during the holidays with his
brother, George Beck, and other
relatives.
Frank M. Estes, Sr., is seriously.
ill at his home on South Grand
avenue.
TOTAL, .
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2,789.94 539.76
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