The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1935 Page: 3 of 16
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Expenses Continue Unabat-
ed in September; Most
Funds Overdrawn
County expenditures continued
unabated, while receipts declined
sharply in September, County Au-
ditor W. E. Yancy reported to
Commissioners’ Court today.
Expenditures from the four op-
erating funds totaled $86,061.33,
while receipts were only $8285.
Semi-annual payments on interest
and sinking fund charges carried
the total expenditures for the
month to $403,470.86.
At the end of the month the
overdraft in the general fund had
climbed to $251,184.37, an in-
crease of $38,071.80 over the pre-
ceding report.
Road work in the county dur-
ing the first nine months cost
$314,692.63; leaving the road and
bridge fund budget $45,511.29 in
“the red” Sept. 30—with $43,-
383.09 remaining in the budget to
operate on the final four months
of the year.
Only the jury fund had under-
spent its allowance.
The public building fund’s bud-
get was overspent $1160.91.
Precinct 4‘s expenditures were
$14,193.59 in excess of its quota.
Precinct 3, $5150.88, Precinct 2,
$13,937.41, and Precinct 1, j
$4829.74.
CHAMBER LAUNCHES :
PLANS FOR DINNER
Manager Hott Leaves For
Washington
The Chamber of Commerce
started plans today for its Novem-
ber membership dinner, honoring
Harper Sibley, national president.
The chamber held its October
meeting last night at the Texas
Hotel.
Jack H. Holt, chamber mana-
ger, left today for Washington to
confer with D. A. Skinner, nation-
al executive secretary.
Mr. Hott will attend a national
meeting of chamber managers and
investigate progress of Fort
Worth’s PWA applications.
The chamber’s highway commit-
tee, headed by T. .C. Jones, and its
highway department, directed by
Charles C. Cotten, were In charge
of last night's meeting.
Speakers were C. E. Swain, di-
vision engineer, Federal Bureau of
Public Roads; M. C. Welborn, di-
vision engineer, Texas Highway
• Here is the winning window in the Community Chest annual
exhibit contest. It reflects the kind of home that chest agencies
enter with helping hand. The window was entered by Washer
Bros. It was designed by A. L. Meadows. His window won
third prize last year.
all
CITY SAYS NO ON
CLOSING STREETS
JUVENILE COURT TO
HEAR HOLDUP CASES
McGregor Transfers Charges
Against Youthful Pair
Robbery charges against Minnie
Refuses School Board He-Crutchfield, 15-year-old bride,
quest To Block Thorofares
Three streets today separated
City Council and the Board of Ed-
ucation.
The board wants them closed
because they adjoin school build-
ings, where new landscaping im-
provements are under way.
The council says “no.’’
Property owners on Modlin
Ave., for one-half block east of
Belle Pl., in Arlington Heights.,
on Collard Ave., from Avenue N
to Millett St., in Polytechnic, and
Warner Rd., from Park Pl. to Myr-
tle St., on South Side, have pro-
tested against dead-ending the
thoroughfares.
After hearing the property own-
ers yesterday, Council decided that
the board must get residents sign-
ed up in the block to be closed.
Councilman T. J. Harrell made
the recommendation.
The city’s legal department was
ordered to draft ordinances clos-
ing 25 other streets where no pro-
tests were registered.
• • •
The School Board in special
meeting this morning passed a
Commission; Judge Emmett resolution urging residents in
Moore, Commissioners’ Court; T. three school districts to go before
J. Harrell, City Council; H G City Council next Wednesday and
ask it to close the streets neces-
Parr and A. A. Lund.
EXPENSE OF KEEPING
CHARGES DECLINES
sary to complete landscaping of
, grounds at D. McRae, Lily B. Clay-
ton and North Hi-Mount-schools.
HOLD WILKINSON RITES
and Frank Maurice Massengale,
1$, were transferred to the ju-
venile docket of Criminal District
Court today by Judge Willis Me-
Gregor.
The case against Jim Fergu-
son Rhoten, third defendant in
the robbery of Clifford Hickman,
$126,000 WPA
PAYROLL SEEN
Officials Say 3150 Men To
Be At Work Within
Next 10 Days
Officials ot WPA expect to have
3150 men at work within 10 days,
on a payroll of $126,000 a month,
J. C. Douglas, supervisor of proj-
sets, said today.
"About 80 per cent of the cash
will be for direct labor, meaning
that every dollar spent by WPA
should have a turnover of about
10 times a year in the commodity
exchange,’ he added.
Of 12 projects on the WPA work
sheet all but three are in opera-
tion. These are the sewing room, to
negro taxi driver, was continued.
The trio admitted robbing Hick-
man of his cab, Aug. 22. The
girl and her husband, CCC camp |
worker, were estranged when she
joined Rhoten and Massengale on ,
the robbery.
PAINT
Guaranteed to Be Exactly
as Represented
Ask About Our Easy
Payment Plan
COLLINS
ABT COMPANY
be reopened Monday a cannery
Jacksboro, and a sowing room
000
Henrietta. The
On the 12 projects the local of- employ
flee expects to spend about
500,0 0 0 in labor, materials
id con
will ta
equipment, he said. Ths office has the opening day.
CONVENIENT TERMS
at the
BI
SURE "
WITH THE
Southwest’s
Largest
Optometrists
and Be Sure You’ll
Always Be Able to ...
Sight is often so effortless
that eyes are probably the
most abused parts of our
bodies. Even though your
sight may be good now,
some malignent force may .
be undermining it. Isn't it
sensible to be sure? Come
to Shurfit for a scientific
examination NOW!
A Sale Shaw's Are Proud of and a Sale You
Cannot Afford to Miss.
/ 6-Diamond Set
Reg. $37.50 Value!
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$3121
2le Doun—st Weekly
Dishes Free!
Dishes
Free!
A
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SET Or IMPORT
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IW. 2nd
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DMETRISTS
Complete Service for Eight. Ordinarily You
Would Expect to Pay $15 for These Dishes
Dishes
Free
10-Dlamond Set
Reg. $52.50 Value
Five matched alamands in cash
ring. Large flashing diamond sail-
taire in engasrmrat ring. Choire
of white et rellow sold. A erdi
$4121
21c Down—st Weekly
Dishes Free
. musical
with this
Through
. science
I you the
individu-
Li instru-
I voices as
were "in
Cost of operating the Criminal
Courts Bldg. and jail declined
from $26.11 per prisoner in Sep-
t~ber, 1934, to $19.41 in Sep-
Funeral services for J. M. Wil-
kinson. who died a few minutes
after an ambulance carried him
to a hospital last night, were
to be today in Bridgeport, his
Yancy, county auditor, showed home.
today. Mr. Wilkinson, 63, foreman of
Operation costs ot the county a bridge building gang for the
home decreased from $23.08 to Rock Island Railroad at Jacks-
$18.59 per resident and expenses boro, was found unconscious in
of the orphans’ home dropped his box car office yesterday. He
from $22.75 to $15.22. had suffered a stroke of apoplexy.
Meat costs at both homes, how- He leaves a son and three
ever. Increased. daughters, of Bridgeport.
tember. 1935. a report by W. E.
showed home.
Fort Worthers Still Go
To Depot To Watch Trains
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$29.75 Benrus “Joyce”
$29.75 Benrus “Sheldon”
Lovely avy ted Benrus Wares far ser. a.
stack-preat me emrat. List ureter
At Stew’s yew will find similar specter
er* thresgtest the etere.
21e Down—75e Weekly
Dishes Free?
$21
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, SHAW’S OUT-DO €
/ ALL PAST FEATS! 1
There are no strings attached
le this sale. We mean exact-
ly what we say. Prices are _________
lower. Terms are easier, w.to,
i And this 45-piece set of d
A imported china is ab-.C.( hh
PA. solutely free with a r AS
purchase of C MAP
$121ormore,
Pay
will certainly be proud of. Gi
-preet movement in hands
, link hand detached. Com
real vatees.
21e Dotn—75e Weekly
Dishes Free!
1! Philco
le and the
hort-wave
other for-
rith pleas-
By JACK GORDON
A grey-haired woman ran forward,
Shucks. Fort Worth isn’t so big giving him a hug and kiss.
s burg a fellow can’t still go down “Aw, ma. . . " the boy blushed,
to the depot and see the trains. Yeah, things sre about the same
come in. - down at the deppo . . .
t dealer...
• the finest
the Philco
Time Pay
I oceans you
igned aerial.
Aerial to get
I capable of
-$39.95
rial—$44.95
, Grand that
stion of day-
eign Stations,
tate and Mus
Batin-finished
is-fire Mahog-
An outstand.
| I did yesterday., and found
1 plenty of company.
■ There’s a thrill to „clicking
I wheels and the clang of a locomo-
1 tive.
■ "Yeah, folks still hang around
I the station.’ said B. W. Porter, as-
B sistant station master, down at
■ 35-year-old Union Station, at 15th
Band Jones Sts. "I don’t know
I whether It’s the trains or the free
I ice water and benches, but they
9 come ..."
J "We see familiar faces around
■ day after day," nodded C. F. Os-
a ter. master at the big T. & P. Ter-
■ mtnal on Lancaster Ave. "I don’t
guess a town ever gets too big...
I "We’ve got a lot of youngsters
■ down here lately. They’re studying
• transportation in school and want
■ to see the trains first-hand . .
1 Things haven’t changed much
■ down at the deppo.
■ Over in the older Union Sta-
■ tlon, the toy railroad lanterns
■filled with candy beans still are on
■sale at the magazine stand. And
■they remain a best-seller, say Mr.
Hand Mrs. W. J. Manley, who have
■operated the stand since 1919.
9 Tired babies still squall. Some-
None usually is peeling a banana.
The, benches are just as hard as
Never.
■ I tried the penny gum machine.
The darned thing still jams.
A middle-aged woman with a
Thuitcase and two boxes asked me
To watch her baby for a moment.
B She returned with a pile of mov-
magazines.
I The big event at the Union Sta-
Son is the daily arrival of the
anta Fe’s crack Ranger from Chi-
Tiago at 10:30 p. m. ... Always
Tome pretty girls on this one, a
Station attendant confided.
I Headliner over the T. & P. Ter-
Mainal is the Sunshine Special from
Me East which rolls in at 1:15
each day,
^Twenty-four trains go in and out
the Union Station each day.
The other station handles 36.
A.No. 4 local rolled in from the
Blest. A lanky, sunburned boy got
with a dozen other passengers.
Dl
Straight Bourb
WHISKEY
HAVE YOU TRIED IT
Don't judge Dr. Dick until you
try it. Taste the rich, smooth
flavor - inhale the fine, clean
bouquet. You'll find it is some-
thing entirely different in lower
priced whiskey.
Dr. Dick is a straight, safe,
Bourbon — A Century Product—
distilled and bottled in one of
America's finest distilleries
It’s all whiskey and it’s
ninety-three proof.
Your favorite store probably
hat Dr. Dick in stock. If not, call
WEEKES WHOLESALE DRUG co.
T. & P. Terminal Warehouse
PHONE 2-6309
Wholetale distributors, who will
gladly tell you where you can
get it.
A CENTURY PRODUCT
5 Diamonds—$62.50 Value
Certified perfect solitaire diamond « matched side
, “amends," * * love’s, "hee • renew role
A tie Doun-si Weekly
“54".
3 Diamonds—$25 Value
Beautifully designed white or yellow gold mounting,
art with 1 perfectly matched diamonds. A real value
L 21e Down—76e Weekly
32121
F
Man's Diamond—$62.50 Value
Massive white or yellow sold mounting st-oh a
; hashing certified perfect diamond.
A 21e Down—51 Weekly
J. ‘54'1 .
swes reY*
$4421
$52.50
Value
Lovely styled engagement ring set with fiery blue-white
Solitaire Diamond and $ matched side diamonds. The
wedding band is set with five perfectly matched dia-
monds. Sets may be head in white or new yellow gold
Pay It Weekly—Dishen Free
FREE ‘104"
$125 Value
DISHES —
_ _. . Certified Perfect solitaire center diamond and 6 matched
Evs Y asm at side diamonds set in the lovely styled engagement ring,
r ur $ou de Th wedding band is set with 7 matched diamonds
SHAW’S
5 Diamonds—Reg. $50 Value
Certified Perfect Solitaire Diamond,4 matched sid
diamonds, set in a lovely motif mounting. Choice
of white or yellow gold.
Hc Dotn—$1 Weekly A
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swes PeE
Pen and Pencil Set
AT. 12# 2405
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mine wes, ■
Pay 21e Down 1
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2-Dlamond Bulova
$3916
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meste rear. Meh henestet et
"Tie Voun—$1 Weekly
Dishes Free!
1847 Rogers Child's Set
Kamcesne $2 Value
" 70a
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gi.
69 Pieces
$50 Value!
ROGERS’ SILVERWARE
1
Service for
Eight!
$2<
Lifetime
Guarantee
Yellow Gold Bulova
$37-50
Dainty styled yellow geta nie-
leva hasmette with levels Nek
bracelet mttmehed. New silek dial.
21e Doun—$1 Weekly
Dishes Free!
10 Diamond Set—$65 Value .
Both rings are set with five matched diamonds. The
engagement ring has a large certified perfect soli- /
taire diamond. White or yellow gold. A
21e Down—$1.25 Weekly "
^^
Yellow Gold Bulova
HE #2*4=5*
Tie born "IT"Weekly
Dishes Free!
STAGE
Yellow Gold
This set eensiats ef s dinner knives $ bafta*
blades), s forks, 8 teaspoons, 8 eval seep speon
teaspoons, • enestall forks, • butter spreaders, # <
baira and I MBUt epeen. Comes lu tareinh-pro
te after this great value and believe If la the
were offer ever made by anyone. This net la •
Shew Beweiny Co awe Oneida Bileer re (The
Plate Silverware)
ate Down-si Weekly
ved a
Dishes Free
Lovely Benrus
.... Rep. $29.75 001.20
Value 1
What a value in a famous Ben-
rua eberk-preef watch for her.
smart styled ense with •$■!
bracelet.
2le Doun—75e Weekly
Dishes Freel
TEXAS GREATEST JEWELERS
MAIN
AT SEVENTH
lulova Commodore
$3750
w rermi sellew amta Baleve
mmedere, MA-Jewel puerenters
abouren H^r
Dishes Free! 7
3 Diamonds—$37.50 Value '
ufiful white or yellow gold mounting set with a
y blue white diamond and 3 matched side
monds.. A real value. /
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$99.21 ,
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Sheldon, Seward R. The Fort Worth Press (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 17, 1935, newspaper, October 17, 1935; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1664448/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fort Worth Public Library.