The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1935 Page: 1 of 8
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A NEWSPAPER, "OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE"
VOLUME 60
MENKOLA, WOOD COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1935
NUMBER It
Meeting Highway 15 Ass'n
Held at Beckham Hotel Today
A Landscape Plan
For Beautification
. Highway Proposed
Work of Association to
be Concentrated on
j Completion of Haz-
ardous Gaps
interesting meeting of the
iy 15 Association of which
. Carl Estes is president was
held at the convention hall of the
Beckham Hotel today with C. L.
-Taylor of Longview, vice-president
Of the association presiding and
M. D. Abernathy of Longview the
secretary. Others present at the
meeting included representatives
from all the different towns along
the highway between Dallas and
Shreveport. Among them were R.
A. Thompson, former State High-
way, engineer and at present High-
way engineer for the Dallas Cham-
ber of Commerce, L- W. Hineman
of Longview, assistant secretary
of the association, W. H.' Wright
and A. C. Graham of Terrell, E.
M. Slaughter and John Smith of
Hawkins, Joe Grimes of Longview,
F. M. Witherspoon, Shreveport,
Howard Parks and Jed N. Robin-
son of Dallas, N. L. Cheatam and
A, O., Johnson of Edgewood, P. L.
Davis of Grand Saline, Robert
Woods of Gladewater.
The" Association passed a reso-
lution requesting the Highway
commission to repair and eliminate
certain gaps in the present high-
„^way which were unquestionably
unable to satisfactory serve the
• present traffic and thus created a
definite hazard to life and pro-
perty and lessened the attraction
of travel along this route.
. Plans were discussed and de-
veloped toward a systematic and
definite system of beautification of
the highway so that the scenic
beauty of the highway would ap-
peal to the Centennial visitors.
The general attitude at this
meeting was that now was the
time for the several communities
along Highway 15 to busy them-
selves v individually and collective-
ly to secure proper highway work
which is badly needed.
Mineola was represented at this
meeting by County Judge Jon Rus-
sell, B. A. Holbrook, county com-
. missioner, Joe McReynolds, City
commissioner, E. A. Reeves and J.
L. Beckham and H. O. Rogers.
Notice To All Cotton
Producers Hilding 1934
Cotton -Certificates
It is very important that all pro-
ducers of Cotton holding certifi-
cates left over from 1934 to have
them replaced by 1935 certificates.
All 1934 certificates are void and
qut- of date July 1st. If you hold
any of these certificates bring
them or mail them to Jas W. Mc-
Cown, County Agent as soon as
possible in order to get your 1935
certificates.
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Cline's Collegians
Play For Homecoming
Dance At Beckham's
Durward Cline is bringing his
Cline's Collegians from Dallas foi
a return engagement at the Beck-
ham Hotel to play for the Home-
coming dance Saturday, June first,
according to an announcement by
J. L. Beckham, proprietor.
Mr. Beckham states that he has
S secured this popular orchestra to
1 greet the students returning home
from college as he knows that they
are all acquainted with them and
. will be delighted with the music.
CEMETERY WORKING
AT GOLDEN MAY 30TH
last Rites Held
For Mrs. Wines
At Sand Springs
Mrs. Fay Shipp Wines, 33, wife
of E. J. Wines, died in a Dallas hos-
pital Monday after an illness of
several weeks. The funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon
with interment in the Sands
Springs cemetery. Rev. Brownlee of
Dallas, assisted by Rev. J. G. U1-
mer, pastor of the Central Chris-
tian church, conducted the ser-
vices.
Surviving ar© her husband, two
children, Joyce and Jimmie, and
one sister, Mrs. Daisy Pearl Newtb
of Prescott, Ark.
Annual East Texas
Old Fiddlers Con-
vention At Athens
Scores of fiddlers and hundreds
of lovers of old time fiddle tunes
are expected in Athens, May 31st,
when the Fourth Annual East
Texas Fiddlers Convention will be
held unc|er the auspices of the
Athens Chamber of Commerce. Ten
big cash prizes will be offered and
all features of the^day's program
will be free to the public* Several
prominent state officials are ex-
pected to attend. <
Billed as "Bigger and Better—
and a.ll Free", this year's conven-
tion is expected to attract the
largest attendance since the open-
ing convention in 1932.
Playing in string bands, the
competing fiddlers will play both
modern and old-time tunes.
Thirty two string bands com-
peted for honors last year when
Athens entertained hundreds Of
visitors from all parts if East
Texas.
Any string band in East Texas
desiring to enter the contest can
do so by writing to the Athens
Chamber of Commerce. The prize
list this year is one of the most
attractive ever offered.
Beechnut Girls
Distribute Cum
Boles Orphan Home
Quartet Will Sing at
the Church of Christ
Swooping down on Mineola
dressed in gay colonial costumes
and with baskets of chewing gum,
Misses Mary Jane Bass, Elsie Eddy
Shannon and Katherine Jones, all
of Tyler, with charming person-
ality and pleasantly presented
everyone with Beechnut chewing
gum Tuesday. They were accom-
panied by a radio car, the sales-
men for this district, E. L. Seaman
of Dallas and other representa-
tives of the company.
Man Who Helped
Make History In
Texas-Okla. Dies
Everyone interested in the Gol-
den Cemetery are urged to be pres-
ent Thursday, May 30, Decoration
Day, for the working of the ceme-
tery on that day. It is requested
that everyone bring their lunch
and stay aU day.
zWilliam F. Wever, 78, died at his
home in Mineola Saturday morn-
ing. Funeral services were held at
Wills Point Sunday morning with
Rev. L. F. Brothers,, pastor Of the
Mineola Methodist £h irr'r officiat-
ing.
A native of North Carolina,
Wever came to Texis in 1877 and
settled at Wills Point, xhere he
was engaged in the r/^rcantile
'business and later postmaster. He
also served as postmaster at Com-
merce.
He was a graduate of Duke Uni-
versity, Durham, N. C., and the
first judge of Cole county in the
Oklahoma Indian Territory. He
was a member of the Methodist
church for over 54 years and a
member of the Odd Fellows for 57
years, having been active in the or-
ganization of many lodges.
Surviving are his wife, one son,
Ralph Wever; two daughters, Mrs.
W. R. Taylor of Olney and. Mrs.
Rhom Carr of Sherman; one sis-
ter, Mrs. Minnie Wever Human of
Dallas, and four grand children
and four great grand children.
A mixed quartet of children
from the Boles Orphan Heme at
Quinlan will be at the Church of
Christ Sunday, June 16 for the
night services and will participate
in part of the program for that
service according to an announce-
ment by W. E. Lott, Sr., Elder of
the Church.
Z. D. Barber, superintendent of
the home declares that they have
at no time had a better quartet,
that they are prepared to do fine
work, and assures a thorough en-
joyment of the program.
Ex-Service Men
May Now Enroll
CC€ Camp Service
On or after June 15 there will be
a new enrollment of .veterans for
CCC Camps.
Texas has received an enlarged
quota, and it is believed that every
veteran who is desirous of enter-
ing thess camps can be enrolled
at that time. You* are requested
to make this information available
in order that those desiring to
make application may do so.
' Application blanks can be ob-
tained by writing direct to ths
Veterans Administration. Ail Na-
tional Re-employment Service of-
fices throughout the state will
gladly assist any veteran in se-
curing these application blanks,
and in filling them out.
DAVID H. ORAND,
Veterans' Placement Representa-
tive for Texas. P. O. Box 957.
Austin, Texas.
Seniors Observe
"Senior Day" At
Burn s Lake Mon.
Monday, May 20, was Senior
Day. It was spent at Burn's Lake
near Tyler. The skating rink buz-
zed with laughter and the hum of
skate wheels as the Seniors from
M. H. S. sped merrily around the
slippery skating floor.
A distant splash reminded one
to watch the eager bathers who
infested the swimming pool in the
early morning.
The majority of the class spent
the first few hours of the morning
dusting the skating rink floor and
skinning knees, while this venture
into the sport of skating really
resulted in only one serious fa-
tality—spraining one wrist.
At 11:30 a. m.—Here they go!
Splash! The swimming pool fairly
rang with joyous cries of the boys
who plunged in and the girls who
stopped long enough to give the
water a "toe-test". They gathered
courage, somehow, for it took only
a few minutes for everyone to get
to the slide top or diving board.
After an hour's swimming, lunch
was served and consisted of sand-
wiches, olives, potato chips, pickles
deviled eggs, fruit cakes, cold
drinks and what not.
It seemed that no one would be
able to move about, but, lo! and
behold! games of pitching hoi'se
shoes and playing ball filled in
until the rink opened at one
o'clock. Again, the floor was jam-
med and the crowd skated on until
the whistle blew at 3:30.
Swimming again took the place
of principal interest and a few
Seniors can really show blistered
backs.
All in all, the general idea pre-
vailed, this Senior* Day, May 21,
1935, will be remembered as the
grandest and most delightful one
for years to come.
L. D. Nicholson, General Agent
for the Missouri Pacific Railway
with offices In Dallas Is in Min-
eola today attending thf Lions
Club Convention.
Banquet, Business
Meeting to be Held
Country Club Today
District Governor Hum-
phrey Will Be Pres-
ent, Gill of Tyler, Pre-
siding.
With Hugh Gill, of Tyler, Group
chairman presiding, the Mineola
Lions Club will be hest to repre-
sentatives of all Lion Clubs in
Group Seventeen District 2X at
the Country Club this afternoon
and tonight.
, The outstanding guest at the
convention will be Walter Hum-
phreys of Temple, District Gover-
nor.
The afternoon wit be taken up
in registration and golf by those
who are so Inclined.
A banquet will be served the
guests at night. Quite an elabor-
ate program has been arranged
for the entertainment of the Lions
at the bamquet. Miss Wilda West
will present her pupils In several
numbers of tap and exhibition
dancing following her Dance Re-
cital at the Ward Sehool Auditor-
ium,
Real old time colored spiritual
singing will be furnished in a
realistic manner by a chorus from
Jarvis Christian College at Haw-
kins.
Other interesting features of the
program will include items fur-
nished by the visiting clubs who
have, promised to assist in enliv-
ening the entertainment.
The business of the convention
Will include election of all group
of friers for the new club year. This
wil]> include the election of a "Club
Sweetheart" which each club will
present a? representing them and
freir individual club sweet-
hearts will be elected a "Group
Sweetheart" to represent Group
Seventeen as a whole.
Preparations will also be made
at this meeting for attending to
and transacting business at the
District meeting of the Lions Club
to be held later at Temple.
Saturday, May 25
Is Poppy Day
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion under the direc-
tion of Mrs. E. P. Bunn will en-
gage in a poppy selling campaign
Saturday, May 25. These are pa-
per poppies made by crippled vet-
erans in Legion Tospitals. The re-
venue derived from the sale of
these poppies goes direct to the
crippled veterans making them.
Mrs. Bunn asks the co-operation
of the busienss and professional
men and the citizens of the com-
munity towards making this poppy
sale a complete success.
Buy a poppy Saturday and wear
it Memorial Day.
Choice of Service
Enlistment Offered
By Recruit Station
Frank Maglione, regular army
sergeant in charge of the recruit-
ing station at Tyler announces
that he has received instructions
from the department to enlist 75
men for the Infantry, Calvary.
Field Artilery and the Engineers.
A choice of either of the service
mentioned above will be permitted
an applicant, and should be an
opportunity to any one desiring
regular army service.
County Agent McCown
Gives Information On
Two Cent Cotton Loans
COMMENCEMENT TUESDAY NIGHT TO
END 52N0 YEAR MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL
Mann Speaker
For Memorial
Day At Tyler
Secretary of State to
Be Heard as Planes
Scatter Flowers
Any Wood county farmer, who
plowed up cotton in 1933 and re-
ceived Option cotton, as part pay-
ment for so doing, and who ap-
plied for a two cent (2c) loan,
and has ont received a check for
this, should notify County Agent
McCown, at Quitman, immediately
as he proposes to take the matter
of settlement up with the proper
authorities, of the Agricultural
Adjustment Administration. Mc-
Cown said that it was his impres-
sion that there were only a few
of. these in the county as most
everyone had received their checks
Gerald C. Mann, Secretary of
State, will be the speaker at a
Community Memorial Dal service
arranged for Thursday afternoon,
May 30, by the American Legion,
the Daughters of Confederacy and
the Auxiliary of the Legion.
On the same program will be the
Rev. J. Z. Tower, presiding elder of
thg Methodist church for this area.
An air squadron will help de-
posit wreaths on all graves. ,
The theme of the services will be
"How we can pay fullest homage
to our heroes and perpetuate their
memories—by giving of our best to
the country that they loved and
served."
Clergymen, representative of
eaeh of the several leading church
groups, will participate prominent-
ly in the services.
Senate Fails To
Back Up House In
Overriding Veto
Following an unprecedented
measure, President Roosevelt car-
ried to veto of the Patman Bill
calling for immediate payment of
the adjusted Service Compensa-
tion Certificates in a personal ap-
pearance before a joint meeting of
both houses of Congress.
Immediately following the Presi-
dent's talk expressing his reasons
for the veto Wednesday afternoon
the House overwhelmingly voted to
override the veto of the president,
and the bill was sent to the Sen-
ate for its action.
The Senate vote Thursday fail-
ed to override the veto, 55 voting
to override and forty voting to sus-
tain.
Free Swimming At
Country Club Pool
Opening Fri. Night
The swimming pool at the Coun-
try Club wil be formally opened
Friday night at which time the
pool will be free to everyone be-
tween the hours of eight and eleven
o'clock.
The pool has just been painted,
and reconditioned for summer use
filled with fresh water, and in first
class condition for swimming.
Last Rites Held
For Former Wood
County Pioneer
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Ratliff, 66,
died at the home of her son, Laur-
ance Ratliff, Tuesday ■ afternoon,
May 21, 1935 near Cumby, Texas.
Funeral services were held at the
Clifton cemetery near Emory Wed-
nesday afternoon with Rev. P. G.
Hightower, pastor of the First
Methodist church in Cumby offi-
ciating.
Born in Mississippi, January 26,
1849, she moved with her parents
to Alabama, and on to Texas while
yet a young girl, settling in Wood
county near Quitman, and was
married to W. R. Ratliff in 1867.
She is survived by five boys, Will
Ratliff of Healdton, Okla., Orrie
Ratliff, Ardmore, Okla., Fan Rat-
liff, Commerce, Texas, Dave Rat-
liff, Cumby, Texas, Laurance Rat-
liff, Cumby, three girls, Mrs. Nan-
nie Vantreese, Duncan, Okla., Mrs.
May Edmondson, Mineola, Mrs
Evert Patersan, Lone Qak. She is
also survived by fifty grandchil-
dren, sixty-seven great grandchil-
dren and thirty-one great great
grandchildren.
Ward School Has
Commencement Ex-
ercises On Monday
Dean E. V. White, €. Z
A. Is Comemncemeitt
Speaker; Dr. W. L.
Jernigan Baccalaur-
eate.
As previously announced by Hen _
A. Copass, superintendent of til#*
Mineola Public Schools, the Slad
session of the Mineola High School!
will close its present session, which
is unquestionably conceded te 7%
one ot the most successful in the
history of the school with the
Commencement exercises Tuesdayv
night May 28 at the High School
Auditorium at 8:00 o'clock. Dr. E.
V. White, Dean of the School of
Arts and sciences at the State
College for Women (C. L A.) Den-
ton, Texas will deliver the address
following which the Superinten-
dent of Schools, Ben A. Copass
will deliver diplomas to fifty grad-
uates.
The Baccalaureate Sermon will
be delivered by Dr. Willis G. Jer-
nigan, minister of the Church of
Christ church at the eleven o'clock
hour, Sunday, May 26 at the First
Baptist church.
The Ward School will hold their
annual commencement exercises on
Monday, May 27, at which time,
the graduates of that school will
receive diplomas. '
Miss W ilda West *
Presents Pupils
In Dance Recital
Tonight at the Ward School Au-
ditorium beginning at eight o'clock
Miss Wilda West will present her
pupils in a dance recital. Those
participating include Nelwyn Sher-
man, Bennie Vance, BilUe Bob
Hart, Alyce Vance, Geraldine Parr,
Geraldine Sanders, Louie Pearl
Moody, Edith Faulk, Mildred WM-
lace, Dorothy Montgomery, Glen
Ray Rhodes, Wynelle Henderson,
Betty Jo Malone, Gene Mallory,
Sammie Marie Turlington, Mary
Jo English, Bobbie Cassle, Patsy
Jane Aldrich, Jean Rule. They
will be featurded in character skits
delightfully costumed presenting
all kinds of tap and exhibition
dancing.
There will be no admission
charge.
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The First National
Bank To Observe
Two Holidays Soon
Thursday, May 30, (Decoration
Day), and Monday, June 3, 1935
(Jefferson Davis Birthday), legal
holidays will both be observed by
the First National Bank in Min-
eola.
SVolcott Californians
Will Play June 6 For
Homecoming Dance
According to an announcement
by "The Club" Fred Wolcott and
his Californians, composed of thir-
teen stars of stage and radio, will
furnish the music for the Home-
coming dance at the "Gym"
Thursday, June 6.
They claim this dance band to
be the most outstanding that they
have been privilaged to offer. It
especially features Miss FranMa
Bernard, entertainer, Caezar Graz-
iano, master of piano accordian
and Fred Wolcott with his voilin
trio.
Frank Jensen of Dallas, General
Passenger Agent for the Texas and
Pacific Railway is a visitorin Mln- -
eola today and a representtlVe of
his club at the Lions Club ineettoir
tonight.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 1935, newspaper, May 23, 1935; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth286197/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.