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46TH YEAR, NO. 14
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Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, AVGUST 25, 1939
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
Grandstand
Project Talked
By Lions Club
The possibility of securing a
modern grandstand and athletic
park to provide for football, base-
ball and track here was discussed
at the Tuesday session of the Me-
ridian Lions Club.
A growing interest in the grand-
stand project was reported, with a
number of citizens having express-
ed themselves as willing to contri-
bute materials, labor and cash to-
ward such an undertaking.
O. L. Rorie, superintendent of
schools, and J. T. Lomax, member
of the school board, stated that the
idea is agreeable to the school au-
thorities and that nothing stands in
the way of co-operation between
the school, Lions Club and citizens.
The school has plans for an NYA
campus beautification project
which is expected to get under
way within a short time, and efforts
will be made to include the athlet-
ic park and grandstand projects as
a continuation of this plan.
A modern stone, concrete and
wood grandstand, located to ac-
comodate baseball, football and
track, and a regulation track and
grounds for field events are in-
cluded in the tentative plans.
The Lions voted to sponsor col-
lection of a premium for the first
bale of cotton, and Lions Joe Shep-
pard and Elmo Waldrop were
named to collect the money.
County Judge Lovelady reported
that some progress is being made
toward flood-lighting the court-
house.
County Attorney R. F. Cherry
spoke to the Club regarding legal
phases of the Community Good
Will Event, and the merchant
members present after discussion
agreed to a new plan of conduct-
ing this event.
Meridian Team Wins
League Championship
Meridian won the Bosque Coun-
ty League title Sunday by defeat-
ing Walnut Springs 6-3 in the
single play-off game for the first
half championship.
Although held to only five hits,
all singles, by Earl (Lefty) Davis,
the Meridian club combined them
at opportune moments with Wal-
nut Springs misplays to make them
count for six runs, featured by
Rickard’s clean theft of home in
the seventh, while Baxter was scat-
tering eight Walnut safeties, one
a double by I. Williams, over the
nine innings to gain the decision.
J. Spitzer’s throw from center
field to home plate when Walnut
had the bases loaded added a bit
of defensive sparkle.
The box score:
MERIDIAN
AE
Rickard, ss— 5
W. Spitzer,1b- 3
Gill, 3b............4
E. Siptzer,rf- 4
R HPO A E
1 0
1 1
1 1
1
7
2
Dorman, c.
4
J. Spitzer,cf— 2
Gillaspie,cf.
Lowe,If.......
Brantley, If.
Hanna, 2b.-
Baxter,p......
0
1
0 11
1 1
3 0
0 0
3 0
1
0
0
0
0
0
3
22
1 0
2 0
0 0
1 0
1 0
0 0
0 0
0 0
3 0
3 1112 0
32 6 5 27 12 2
WALNUT SPRINGS
AB R HPO A
E. Williams,ss..4 1 82
Royal,2b
.4
I. Williams,3b....4
Rhodes,c
-4
C. Williams,If—4
Dismukes,rf......3
Harris, lb ........4
Jackson, cf.......3’
Davis,p ............3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
1
0
0
9
3
2
0
0
0
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0
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5 Announcement of Lions Club
standing committee appointments
for the year has been made by
Moran Dunlap, Club president.
The committees are as follows,
, the first named being chairman:
C Attendance-—-C. E. Myers, Joe
Sheppard, Chas. Fuqua.
Constitution and By-Laws—A.
D. Clark, Lennie Walker, F. L.
Wansley.
Extension—Bob Gill,. F. R. Odle,
S. S. Nichols, H. D. Wintz.
■ Finance—F. R. Woodruff, F. R.
Odle, Joe Sheppard.
Lions Education—0. B. Roque-
more, E. R. Lawrence, Jas. Connor.
Membership—E. M. Hegar, S. S.
Nichols, C. E. Myers, O. B. Roque-
more.
Program and Entertainment—
F. T. Shaffer, G. H. Williams, W. A.
York.
Publicity—G. H. Williams, W.
H. Gurtis, E. R. Lawrence.
Cotton Improvement — E. R.
Lawrence, W. H. Curtis, Sam Law-
son, L. E. Waldrop.
Blind Work—J. T. Lomax, Dr.
R. D. Holt, O. L. Rorie.
Boys’ and Girls’ Work—E. R.
Lawrence; W. G. Spitzer, 0. L.
Rorie, O. B. Roquemore.
Citizenship and Patriotism —
Karl L. Lovelady, H. D. Wintz,
Clarence McCorkle.
33 3 8 24 6 7
Summary 2-base hit, I. Wil-
liams. Sacrifice, Hanna. Struck
out: by Davis 10, Baxter 9. Bas-
es on balls, Davis 4, Baxter 1.
Wild Pitch, Baxter. Passed balls,
Rhodes, 2.
Score by innings:
Walnut Springs....100 000 020—3
Meridian .....---000 012 21x—6
Umpires: Timms and Waller. =
DUBLIN BASEBALL TEAM
PLAYS HERE NEXT SUNDAY
Meridian plays the strong Dublin
club here Sunday, Aug. 27, in what
should be one of the season’s best
games. The game starts at 3 p.m.
It offers a fine opportunity for
Meridian fans to show their ap-
preciation of the local club’s suc-
cessful season by attending Sun-
day’s game.
Morgan to. Play Hamilton.
Morgan’s scheduled baseball
game with Hamilton last Sunday
was rained out, and will be played
next Sunday, Aug. 27.
HOME OF MRS. M. A. BROWN
SCENE OF HAPPY DAYS
Many happy days have
been
Civic Improvement — W. H.
Curtis, Lennie Walker, E. M.
Hegar.
Community Betterment — Chas.
Fuqua, J. A. Connor, 0. H. Den-
man, F. L. Wansley.
Education—O. L. Rorie, W. G.
Spitzer, A. D. Clark, W. A. York.
Health and Welfare—Dr. R. D.
Holt, Joe Sheppard, C. E. Myers.
Safety—W. J. Ray, Sam Law-
son..
Highway 22—L. E. Waldrop, F.
R. Woodruff, Joe Sheppard, J. T.
Lomax, W. J. Ray.
spent at the home of Mrs. M. A.
Brown this summer. Thirteen of
her ,children have been to visit her.
Only one, Julius, of Ocala, Fla.,
did not get a vacation and could
not come here. -
Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Brown have
just returned to their home in Los
Angeles, California, after a ten-
day visit at home.
STEPHENVILLE BOY SCOUTS
CAMP AT MERIDIAN LAKE
Seventeen Boy Scouts of Troop
No. 39 of Stephenville are encamp-
ed at Meridian State Park, togeth-
er with Billy Curtis, Meridian
Eagle Scout, Bobby Curtis, Bobby
Richards, and Bernay Martin, of
Morgan. Rev. L. D. Mitchell, act-
ing scoutmaster, of Stephenville,
is also with the boys.
The scouts are thoroughly en-
joying themselves camping, swim-
ming, boating and fishing.
Robinson, colored, is supplying the
boys with plenty of good things to
eat.
Mr. and Mrs. B. O. Brown, of
Brownsville, were here for two
weeks.
One of Mrs. Brown’s daughters,
Mrs. Alice Beach, enjoyed a
month’s visit with her. Her hus-
band, M. M. Beach, came for
her and they have returned to
their home in Corpus Christi.
I The rest of her children who live
in nearby towns have all been to
see her.
Several picnics at Meridian State
Park and a barbecue supper at
Glen Rose were enjoyed by these
brothers and sisters who had not
been together for many years.
Plans were made for all of her
children to come home in May,
1941, with hopes that Julius and
wife can join the family group
here, too.
Mrs. Brown seems very opti-
mistic over these plans and hopes
that it’s God’s will that all of her
children can meet with her once
again in a happy reunion.
Funeral services were held in
Dr. Burnett
Passes Away
at Kopperl
Dr. Jas. H. Burnett died at his
home at Kopperl, Aug. 22, at the
age of 67 years and 5 days. Al-
though his family and intimate
friends had been concerned about
his health for a number of months
such was his devotion to duty that
he had continued active in his prac-
tice of medicine until a month pri-
or to his death when he suffered a
stroke of paralysis. Every atten-
tion was given him by his attend-
ing physician who was assisted by
other physicians of the county and
staff doctors of a leading Temple
hospital by whom Dr. Burnett has
long been regarded as one of the
truly brilliant general practition-
ers of the United States.
Dr. Burnett was born in Bell
County and after reaching maturi-
ty and attaining his degree in med-
icine moved to Kopperl and began
the practice of medicine 44 years
ago.In, 1895 he was married to
Miss Maud Greer, daughter of a
pioneer Kopperl family, and to this
union, two children were born, ‘a
daughter, Parley Burnett who died
in 1920, and a son, Jack Burnett,
who, with his wife and three sons,
Jack, Otis and William, reside in
El Paso. Dr. Burnett is also sur-
vived by a brother, Joe Burnett of
Santa Monica, California, and a
sister, Mrs. Maggie Lillard, of
New Mexico.
Funeral services were held in
the Methodist Church at Kopperl,
Aug. 23. The services were in
charge of Rey. U. A. Schulz, pastor
of that church, and he was assisted
by Rev. L. L. Felder, District Su-
perintendent of the Methodist
Churches of Cleburne, Rev. Jones,
of Blum, formerly of Kopperl, and
Rev. Roberts, pastor of the Kop-
perl Baptist Church. Two of Dr.
Burnett’s favorite hymns were
sung by the church choir, and Miss
Mary Frances Robertson sang as a
solo “The End Of A Perfect Day.”
The floral offerings were notable
for their beauty and profusion.
Dr. Burnett was well known as a
real pillar of the Methodist Church,
of which he was a life-long mem-
ber; but he was also ever ready to
give kindly and thoughtfully of his
means to all other denominations.
For the past 44 years Dr. Bur-
nett has been actively engaged in
the practice of medicine in the
Kopperl section of Bosque County
as well as adjacent sections of Hill
and Johnson Counties. So exten-
sive was his practice and such was
his devotion to his duties that he'
was never known to take time for
any diversion or relaxation. He
was well known for his tireless ef-
forts in the upbuilding of all
worthy public enterprises, his
church, the public schools and the
public roads. For a number of
years he served as County Health
Officer and for more than 30 years
he was local physician of the Santa
Fe Railway. For some years past
he has been president of the Kop-
perl State Bank.
Everywhere throughout this sec-
tion of the state Dr. Burnett was
known for his happy personality
and his friendly disposition. As
he passed along in the busy routine
of his life the friendly wave of his
hand and cheerful greeting were
known to hundreds.
To those who knew Dr. Burnett
the great throng of people who at-
tended the funeral services and
burial in the beautiful Kopperl
cemetery was a just tribute to the
man that he was. W. E. Maxson,
of Galveston, general manager of
the Santa Fe Railway, and Dr. 0.
F. Gober, general superintendent
of the Santa Fe Hospital, both life-
long friends of Dr. Burnett, were
there, as were people from all
walks of life and from many points
in the state. It was a fine tribute
they bore him as a distinguished
physician and fine man.
The Tribune feels a deep person-
al loss in the passing of Dr. Burnett
and joins the many friends in sym-
pathy for the bereaved ones.
H. J. Seidel Awarded
Premium for 1st Bale
H. J. Seidel, living two miles
southeast of Meridian, won the
honors for bringing in Meridian’s
first bale'of cotton for the 1939
season last week.
The Lions Club sponsored the
raising of a premium amounting to
$26.00 cash in addition to the gin-
ning contributed by the Lawson
Hold-up Man
Gets $140.00
at Smith Bend
County Court Disposes
of Number of Cases
DOWNTOWN CLASS STUDIES
STORY OF UZZIAH’S FALL
gin, which was presented to
Seidel.
The following contributed
Mr.
the
amount opposite their names to-
ward the premium:
Farmers State Bank, 2.00; Grim-
es & Sheppard, $1.00; E. N.
Smith, 50c; Courthouse Market,
1.00; W. J. Ray, 50c; R. B. Spencer
& Co., 1.00; C. C. Carley, 1.00; E.
G. Adams, 1.00; City Market &
Grocery, 1.00; Community Public
Service Co., $1.00; Turner Drug
Co., 50c; Capitol Theatre, 1.00;
Guy Briley, 50c; Hal Gill, 50c; J.
T. Lomax, 1.00; Phillip Markman,
50c; W. G. Spitzer, 1.00; 0. B.
Roquemore, 1.00; F. R. Odle, 1.00;
F. T. Shaffer, 1.00; Dunlap Print-
ing Co., 1.00; Meridian Poultry &
Egg Co., 1.00; M. C. McCorkle,
1.00; O. A. Hardwick, 1.00; Karl
L. Lovelady, 1.00; H. J. Cureton,
50c; H. D. Wintz, 1.00; K. Crab-
tree, 50c; Dale Garner, 50c; Han-
na & Clark Beauty, 50c; Behringer
Garage, 50c.
The bale was sold at 9c a pound.
C. E. Duke, who operates a fill-
ing station at Smith’s Bend, was
held up Tuesday night and robbed
of about $140.00 and a pistol.
Mr. Duke is an aged man and lives
alone in his filling station, and
about midnight Tuesday, a man
awoke him, pretending to want
some gasoline, but instead held
him up at the point of a pistol and
took his pistol and savings, about
$50.00 of which was in dimes.
Duke says that as far as he
knows there was only one man,
that he did not see his car, which
was parked some distance on the
road, but heard it when he drove
away.
It is reported that this is the sec-
ond time Duke has been robbed,
some Gypsies having relieved him
of about $100.00 some time ago.
Officers have some clews, as to
the robber and it is expected that
an arrest will be made soon.
Joe Christenson, charged with
possession of liquor for sale in dry
area; bond forfeited because de-
fendant failed to appear in court.
Bond was also forfeited in another
case against Christenson wherein
he is charged with possession of
alcohol beverages in excess of one-
half of one per cent in dry area.
Annie Duvall, charged with car-
rying pistol; case dismissed and re-
filed in J. P. Court Precinct No. 1.
Treat Parks, charged with ag-
gravated assault; case dismissed
and refiled in J. P. Court Precinct
County Tax
Rate Remains
at 55 Cents
The following business was
transacted by the Commissioners’
Court at its regular August month-
ly session:
County tax rate, same as last
year, was ordered levied as follows:
For General Purposes..;............25
Roads & Bridges....?.....------......10
Special Road Tax.......................15
Harold Paschal plead guilty to Jury Fund........----------------------- .03
Permanent Improvement Fund .02
No. 1.
swindling by bogus check and was
fined $5 and costs.
Total
.55
Occupation taxes equivalent to
Bud Hudson plead guilty to pos- Occupation taxes equivalent to
session of liquor for sale in dry one-half collected by the State, ex-
area and was fined $100.00 and cept where law provides otherwise,
costs. Another case against Hud-were ordered collected.
son wherein he is charged with pos-
session of untaxed liquor, was set
THREE FROM MERIDIAN
RECEIVE DEGREES FROM
STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE
Three Meridian students are
among the more than 427 persons
who received degrees at the twen-
ty-seventh annual summer com-
mencement exercises of the North
Texas State Teachers College on
Wednesday evening, August 23, at
8 o’clock at the Teachers College
stadium.
Meridian students who graduat-
ed are: Clara French Richards,
B. S. in school administration;
Clara Maye French, B.S. in Eng-
lish; and Bernard Warrington,
Whitney, B.S. in administrative
education. . -—===----===*
Others from Bosque county re-
ceiving degrees were: Anita Al-
ma Phinney, B.A. in English; John
Arthur Amundson, B.S. in industri-
al education; Bradley Leo Gard-
ner, B.S. in math; and Ruth King,
B.S. in elementary education, all
of Kopperl, and Cora Mellhenny
Little, B.S. in Elementary Educa-
tion, from Iredell,
Eighty-three master’s degrees—-
sixteen master of arts and sixty-
seven master of science; and three
hundred and forty bachelor’s de-
grees—one bachelor of music, thir-
ty-six bachelor of arts, and three
hundred and seven, bachelor of
science—were conferred on grad-
uates by Dr. W. J. McConnell,
president of the College.
M. C. McCorkle, Assessor and
Collector of Taxes of Bosque Coun-
ty, is in receipt of a letter from
Geo. H. Sheppard, State Comptrol-
ler of Public Accounts, stating that
his annual report for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1939, had
been audited and shows a balance
of $11.38 in his favor. This is the
first annual report Mr.- McCorkle
has made since taking over the of-
fice first of the year and shows his
accuracy in accounting for taxes
collected, the balance to his credit
having occured on account of re-
porting an item twice.
JAMES BURCH WEDS
MISS ELOISE YOAKUM
N CLIFTON CEREMONY
for trial next Monday, August 28.
The case of C. H. Rowe, of
Waco, charged with swindling by
bogus chack, was set for trial Mon-
day, August 28.
Verna Mae Wright was found
guilty of simple assault and fined
$5 and costs.
County Poll Tax of 25c fpr each
person subject to a poll tax was or-
dered levied.
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS
DR. WOLFE MACHT
In Road Bond Districts, levies
were ordered as follows: District
No. 9, 40c; Dist. No. 10, 25c; Dist.
No. 11, 9c; Dist. No. 12, 46c and
Dist. No. 13, 50c.
Levies were made for the sever-
al Common School Districts as au-
thorized by the voters thereof.
County budget for 1940 as pre-
Temple Wednesday for Mrs. G. N.
Pete|Givens, sister of R. R. Iley of Me-
ridian. Mrs. Givens died Sunday
night at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. C. W. Moody of Houston.
Marriage License:
Herbert Boelter and Miss Gracie
Conrad.
Robert Beatty and Miss Eliza-
beth Steadman.
She had lived in Temple for more
than forty years but had moved to
Houston a few months ago. Two
sons, two daughters, three grand-
children, and a sister survive her,
besides her brother here. Mr.
Victor Hill and Mrs. Hattie Car- Iley’s many friends sympathize
with him in his bereavement.
ter.
Disobedience to the laws of God
may bring destruction and disgrace
and pride make a man so blind
to his own weakness that he walks
right into trouble. The story of
Uzziah, which will be studied at the
Downtown Bible Class next Sunday
points to a moral both obvious and
needed by all.
W. C. Gilmore will deliver the
lesson comment, and special mus-
ical numbers may be given.
The Class extends a cordial in-
vitation to one and all.
Of interest to their wide circle
of friends was the marriage Satur-
day evening, August 19th, of Miss
Eloise Yoakum, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Yoakum of Rock-
dale, and Mr. James Burch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Loy Burch of Me-
ridian. The wedding was solem-
nized in the home of Dr., and Mrs.
V. D. Goodall, with the Reverend
Hayden Edwards performing the
ceremony before an improvised
altar of fern, baskets of asters, and
lighted tapers. Only close friends
were present.
The bride wore a traveling cos-
tume of sky blue with navy acces-
sories, and a corsage of sweetheart
buds. An informal reception fol-
lowed the ceremony when guests
were served1 from a lace-laid table
centered wirh a two-tiered wed-
ding cake embossed with roses.
Bouquets of summer flowers form-
ed decorations for the dining room.
The bride was reared at Rock-
dale and was graduated from the
local high school, following which
she entered Providence Nursing
School in Waco. Since her grad-
uation, she had been associated in
the office of Dr..Goodall of Clifton.
Mr. Burch was reared near Merid-
ian and was graduated from the
high school here. For the past five
years he has been connected with
the engineering division of the
State Highway Department.
With the good wishes of their
friends, the young couple depart-
ed for a short wedding trip, and
are now at home at the Snider
House, in Clifton.
14TH ANNUAL REUNION
OF MORGAN CITIZENS
TO BE HELD SEPT. 3
The Fourteenth Annual Reunion
of Former Morgan Citizens will be
held this year at Ft. Worth, Texas,
in Forrest Park on Sept. 3, 1939.
There are no cards being mailed
this year. Come and bring a pic-
nic lunch, and have a good time.'
Craig M. Logan, Valley Mills,
President, Mrs. Sam R. Curry, En-
nis, Secretary.
FIREMEN’S QUARTET IN ACTION
Meridian Fire Department is be-
ing/paid tribute at the Capitol
Theatre Thursday and Friday this
week with a firemen’s benefit show,
featured by the personal appear-
ance of the Firemen’s Quartet, the
Bosque County Capitol-Tribune
News Parade, and the mirthful
Ritz Brothers in “The Gorilla.”
W. B., Dorman, Jesse Gandy,
J. W. King and Bernice Davis, with
Mrs. Jesse Gandy at the piano, got
a big hand of applause last night.
The Bosque News-Parade, local
news reel produced through the co-
operation of the Capitol and the
Tribune, is dedicated to the firemen
and in addition to showing scenes
of the firemen in action, includes
a number of local and Bosque coun-
ty people and scenes.
pared by Karl L. Lovelady, County
Judge, was examined and adopted.
. Road and bridge claims, number-
to an audience which filled the city ing 127 and aggregating $8,999.99,
tabernacle to capacity last Sunday evidencing indebtedness incurred
night. His subject .was “The Ten by the county in the improvement
Commandments,” and he held his and repair of roads and bridges,
audience, which included visitors were audited and approved; said
from adjacent towns, to close at-claims being owned by The Farm-
tention as he brought out new ers State Bank of Meridian and in
thoughts on the meaning of the Di-
Dr. Wolf Macht, of Waco, spoke
vine commands.
Dr. Macht was introduced by
Rev. H. B. Thompson, pastor of
Meridian Methodist Church, who
invited him to speak here as a part
of the series of community services
being held this summer.
pursuance of an order passed by
the court on February 16, 1939,
750 TEXAS MULES SAIL ON
AIR-CONDITIONED SHIP TO
“ENLIST” IN TURKISH ARMY
county officers were authorized and
directed to execute and deliver to
said bank, in lieu of said claims,
County Road & Bridge Time War-
rants numbers 23 to 31 inclusive,
of denomination of $1,000 each,
aggregating $9,000, dated March 1,
11939, due and payable fifteen
Seven hundred and fifty sturdy
young mules from Texas left Sat-
urday on a month’s sea voyage in
air-conditioned comfort to join the
Turkish army.
The braying cargo, first of its.
kind out of New Orleans since the
world war, slipped down the Mis-
sissippi River shortly after 5 p.m.
aboard the Lykes Brothers freight-
er Scottsburg, which is coming
back for 750 more animals as soon
as the present cargo is unloaded in
Istanbul.
years after date, optional at any
time after date, bearing interest at
four per cent per annum.
Claims for right-of-way for new
route of Highway 67, Clifton to
Meridian, were approved and or-
dered paid as follow: Kansas
City Life Insurance Co. and W. T.
Whitley, for fencing, $33.76; Kans-
as City Life Insurance Co., for
right-of-way and fencing, $182.60;
B. F. Johnson, for right-of-way
and fencing, $35.78; B. F. Johnson,
Guardian Estate Fannie Johnson,
for right-of-way and fencing,
$7.15; Travelers Life Ins. Co. and
Grady S. Baker, for right-of-way,
$194.00; Grady S. Baker, for fenc-
ing $194.00; F. W. Wallace and
wife and Federal Land Bank of
Houston, amount allowed by spec-
ial commissioners in condemnation
hin until the pen nose to proceedings for 7.44 acres of land
hip, until the ship docks. But taken, $1,227.60; F. W. Wallace
here was a mule hospital and a for fencing, $117.40 ‘
veterinarian on board to take care Monthlv Ane .
ki Gunes, Turkish government in. sessor collectorM eCorkle, As-
pector, to the United States to buy County. Treasurer
the mules, and who will remain to
pick the second shipload'.
Despite the twenty ventilating
fans installed on the ship especi-
ally for today’s cargo, the voyage
won’t exactly be a cruise, for the
animals must remain standing,
packed tight four in a
The mules, averaging around
900 pounds in weight and known W.
as “Three Quarter Cotton Mules,”
were . purchased around Fort
Worth, Texas, and sent here by a
special train.
Thirty attendants, including one
venturesome Texas newspaper re-
porter, were aboard the Scottsburg
to dispense the 842 sacks of oats
and 300 tons of hay put aboard for
the passengers, virtually the only
thing the ship carried. She will
pick up phospate in Tampa, Fla., as
ballast, discharging it at Genoa,
Italy on the return trip.
The trip outward to Turkey is
non-stop from Tampa, reportedly
at the Turkish government’s re-
quest the mules were needed quick-
ly.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon H. Wil-
liams has as their guests last Fri-
day and Saturday, Judge and Mrs.
Fred Wolfe, of Quincy, Ill. Judge
Wolfe has been a state circuit
judge in Illinois for the past 24
years. They were en route to the
Yosemite Valley of California and
the West Coast on a vacation trip.
Mrs. Wolfe is a sister of Mr. Wil-
liams.
T. Butler,
. and Maggie B.
Little, District Clerk.
Monthly reports of precinct of-
cers were approved as follow W
Wright, W. E. Bryan, J. F.
Bass, J., R. Morris, Ford Forson
and Walter Hansen, Justices of
the Peace of Precincts Nos. 1, 2, 3,
4, 7 and 8, respectively.
Contract with Ranson-Davidson
& Co., of San Antonio, with refer-
ence to refunding $50,000 Bosque
County Road & Bridge Time War-
rants, which expired August 15,
1939, was extended to January 1
1940. •‘
County Assessor and Collector
of Taxes was authorized to assess
and collected the taxes of Morgan
Independent School District.
Deputation of Elva Seidel, Dep-
uty Assessor and Collector of Tax-
es, was approved.
Sureties on the bond of E. E.
Kelley, Constable of Precincit No
4, filed application to be released
on said bond and citation was or-
dered issued to Constable Kelley to
appear before the court at the Sep-
tember term and post a new bond.
Deputation of Johnnie Waller
Deputy Public Weigher, Precinct
No. 4, was approved.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Stroud, of
Iredell, and Mr. and Mrs. George
Handman, and Mr. Stroud’s moth-
er,. Mrs. Collier, visited Mr. and
Mrs. W. B. Baxter and Miss Bertha
nv w j Baxter last week-end. Mrs. Hand-
ly nere Wednesday. Mr. Jordan man is the daughter of Mr an 1
is a former Meridian citizen, who Mrs. Stroud,
moved away from here about twen- lune Jucsuay lor mian
ty-five. years ago, andmany of his Okla., where Mr. Handman is er-
old friends were glad to see him ployed as teacher in the schools cf
again. that city.
Johnny Jordan, of Waco, who is
connected with the city govern-
ment of that city, visited his bro-
ther-in-law, F. T. Shaffer, and fam-
ily here Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hand-
man left Tuesday for Mangum,
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The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1939, newspaper, August 25, 1939; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1631754/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.