The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1940 Page: 1 of 12
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Sixty-Fifth Year—Number 2.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Thursday, April 11, 1940.
Twelve Pages rrodav
Salesmanship
Courses To Be
Offered Here
School and Jaycees
Sponsor New
Project
J. R. Hurley of the State
Board of Vocational Education
this week organized classes in
salesmanship among business
people under the sponsorship of
Supt. B. A. Copass of the Min-
eola Schools and the Junior
Chamber of Commerce.
The three starting courses
were organized for general sales-
manship, dry goods and variety
stores salesmanship, and ap-
pliance salesmanship. A wide
variety of vocational courses are
available to classes of not less
than twelve members.
talented 55-voice t. c. it. choral club to sing here Mann Declines
200 Methodists
Here Thursday
For Conference
Approximately 200 delegate-
and visitors from Methodist
Churches in the Tyler district
heard Dr. Marshall Steel, High-
land Park pastor, deliver the
principal sermon at the annual
Methodist Conference here on
Thursday.
Dr. S. S. McKenny of Tyler
presiding elder, was in charge
of the conference. Approximate-
ly twenty-five churches in Van
Zandt. Smith, Rains and Wood
Counties were represented. The
conference concluded its busi-
ness at 4 o'clock Thursday after-
noon.
Young Demos
Organize In
Wood County
The Wood County Young
Democratic Club completed its
organization Wednesday night
at a meeting in Quitman.
Gaston Paul Cain of Quit-
man was elected president and
L. L. Chadwick of Mineola was
named first vice - president.
Mrs. J. D .Hudson of Quitman
is secretary-treasurer.
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Lease Activity
Continues In
Wood, Rains
i'S
'ippointment to ^UTlty Ju^
Supreme Court UCCICITCS N@W S(lfl€
AttorneyGeneral Says
Prefers Present
Job
NEW SECRETARY
Attorney General Gerald C.
Mann Thursday declined the
appointment to the State Su-
preme Court offered him by
Gov. W. Lee O'Daniel. Mann. !
who is only 33, said he con- ;
sidered himself best qualified
for the position he now holds.
The appointment was to the
vacancy left by the death this!
week of Justice C. M. Curetcn.
The Texas Christian University Glee Club. 5^ to a Mineola audience Sunday afternoon, May
voices strong:, will offer a sample of their talent 5, at the Ward School auditorium.
TCU Choral Club Here
For Concert On May 5
The Texas Christian Univer-
sity Glee Club of fifty-five
voices, directed by W. J. Marsh,
composer of the official state
song, Texas, Our Texas, will
present a concert at the Ward
School auditorium at 2:30 p
m., Sunday, May 5.
This organization is rated
the No. 1 choral group in the
state, having won the state
championship for choral sing-
ing last year at the contest
annually sponsored by the
State Federation of Music
Clubs.
The Men's Glee Club, a part
of the mixed group which is
to sing in Mineola, has won
first place in the state con-
test for the past five years con-
secutively. The club toured
to New York last summer at
j the official invitation of the
! World's Fair.
The Glee Club makes an
annual spring tour in Texas
and neighboring states. The
current tour will take the or-
gaization to Waco, Austin, Al-
vin, Smithfield, Houston, Beau-
mont, Lake Charles, New Or-
leans, Alexandria, Longview,
Mineola and Dallas.
There will be no admission
charged for the concert here
but a free-will offering will be
taken to help defray the trav-
eling expenses of the group.
Oil leasing activity in Wood
County continues at a still
unusual pace this week despite
the fact that the buying peak
was reached several weeks ago.
Employes in the county clerk's
office at Quitman are still fil-
ing many lease instruments.
The area around Alba on
the line between Wood and
Rains Counties has seen con-
siderable leasing. Shell has
been paying up to $5 an acre
for leases in the S. Simpkins
and J. Sherman surveys. The
Plains Production Company of
Dallas paid $1 and $2 for tracts
south of Alba, while east of
town about four miles Mag-
nolia took the D. W. Taylor
220-acre tract in the G. W.
Matthews survey No. 412 at
$2 an acre. Sun has also pur-
chased considerable acreage in
this area
An old block west of Emory
formerly held by McKinley &
Hastings is reported being as-
sembled by M. R. Goodledge
for a possible test. Gulf holds
considerable acreage in the
northern part of Wood Coun-
ty.
In southeastern Wood Coun-
ty near Hainesville some leas-
ing has been done at $1 an
acre, but general leasing in-
terest has not yet invaded the
southern part of the county.
SHOWERS THURSDAY
Showers fell in the southern
part of Wood and northern part
of Smith County Thursday
morning, and weather bureau
forecasts for Friday predicted
more rain for East Texas. The
Sabine River is now at the hig-h
est point it has reached this
year. The south fork was out
of its banks Thursday
J. B, Selkirk On
Committee For
Oil Exposition
Tulsa, Okla., April 10. (Spe-
cial.)—J. B. Selkirk, city agent
; in Mineola for the Texas and
Pacific Railway, has been ap-
j pointed a member of the trans-
I portation committee of the In-
ternational Petroleum Exposition
in Tulsa for the May 18 to 25
j oil show, according to an an-
. nouncement received here from
j President W. G. Skelly.
The largest gathering during
1940 of oil men from all over
the United States and from the
oil producing nations of the
world is expected at the Tulsa
oil show, with a total attend-
ance of 225,000 anticipated by
Exposition officials.
Vocational Ag
Supervisor To
Talk to Jaycees
C. P. Barkley, vocational ag-
ricultural supervisor for twen-
ty-two East Texas counties,
will be guest speaker at nex*
Monday night's meeting of the
Mineola Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Mr. Barkley will give de-
tailed information on vocation-
al agriculture courses in the
schools, pointing out many o'
the problems which must be
confronted in installing new
departments in schools where
the work is now offered.
Guest of the club will be
Superintendent B. A. Copass
and members of the Mineola
school board. Mr. Copass told
the club two weeks ago that
the board was definitely inter-
ested in the work and hoped
to be able to install a depart-
i ment in Mineola High School
when approval of the state de-
partment is obtained.
"We expect to be ready to
make our department equal
to the best when it is install-
ed," the superintendent told
the club.
T-P Farm Agent Invited
Back to Tomato Session
Earl Barrios, farm agent for
the Texas & Pacific Railway
and expert on tomato culture,
has been invited back to Min-
eola to talk to tomato grow-
ers on problems pertaining to
the current state of their
crop. He is expected to be
here Saturday afternoon, April
27, at 2 o'clock at the English
Chapel on North Johnson
Street, where previous tomato
sessions were held.
"Most farmers will begin
transferring their tomato plants
from the cold frame to the
field next week," County Agent
Jack Hudson told the Mineola
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
"and Mr. Barrios will bring
some valuable pointers about
this stage of cultivation."
Farmers in this immediate
section have signed for ap-
proximately 160 acres of tom-
atoes, and at least fifty more
acres which were not pledged
are expected to be planted,
which is sufficient acreage to
insure the success of the green
wrap market in its first year.
Buyers Contacted.
Several buyers have been
contacted by the Jaycees, spon-
sors of the program, and final
arrangements should be made
within the next few days. Com-
panies invited to send buyers
here have been investigated
and are known to be fair and
dependable.
With the necessary acreage
secured, buyers contacted, and
the packing shed arranged for,
experienced tomato growers say
the success of the local mar-
ket in its first year now de-
pends upon the quality of the
tomatoes grown. Mr. Barrios
is expected to give valuable
tips on improving the fruit
when he talks here April 20.
Blankenship
Re-Op ens Store
Here Saturday
Blankenship's Grocery and
Market will re-open for busi-
ness here Saturday, April 13
H. C. Blankenship, proprie-
tor, announces he will have a
complete stock of fresh high
grade merchandise He states
he is glad to be back in busi-
ness in his home town and he
invites all his friends and old
customers to visit his new store
opening day, Saturday .
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Urge Farmers
To Hear Hohn
County Agent Jack Hudson '
issued a statement to the Mon- ;
itor Thursday urging all Wood
County farmers to hear C. Hohn
; of the Extension Department,!
Soil Conservation Service, speak
on the proposed Tri-County Soil
Conservation Distiict at Quit-
man Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock. Mr. Hohn will talk in
the district court room.
In view of the soil district
election called for May 25 for
Wood, Hopkins, and Rains Coun-
ties, Mr. Holm's talk should be
of wide interest to Wood Coun-
ty farmers, the county agent
stated.
Car! Nesbitt Is
Out of Race for
RR Commission
Former Adjutant General
Carl Nesbitt, who was consid-
ered in this section as a lead-
ing candidate for the Texas
Railroad Commission, has with-
drawn from the race, accord-
ing to reliable information re-
ceived here.
The former Mineola school
superintendent, who still gives
Mineola as his legal residence,
has said that after studying
the political situation in all
parts of the state he has come
to the conclusion that he is
not prepared to make the type
of campaign necessary to be
elected.
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3,090 Vehicles
Registered for
1910 in County
Tax Assessor-Collector W. D.
Williams announced Thursday
that 3.090 motor vehicles had
been registered in Wood Coun-
ty for 1940.
Figures of the tax office
after completion of the reg-
istration count this week show-
ed 2,145 motor vehicle licenses
issued. Other licenses includ-
ed 385 commercial vehicles, 500
farm trucks, 40 trailers, 5 deal-
ers, and 15 transfers.
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Glade water Boy
In Quarter-Finals
Of Oratorical Meet
L L. CHADWICK
*******
L. L. Chadwick
Accepts Job As
City Secretary
L. L . Chadwick, bookkeeper
for the Southwestern Gas &
Electric Company's local office
since November, 1932, Monday
night accepted a position as
city secretary. Mr. Chadwick
will succeed W. A. Williams,
who has retired because of
poor health.
Mr. Chadwick was offered
the post over several other ap-
plicants because of his ex-
perience and good record with
the Southwestern Gas & Elec-
tric Company.
He has begun work in the
city office, but will not formal-
ly take over the duties of the
office for another ten days
when he will be relieved in his
present position.
Jaycees Send
Two Delegates
To Convention
Charles Wellbourn, son of a
Gladewater attorney, will com-
pete Friday night in the quar-
ter-finals of the national ora-
torical contest sponsored by
the American Legion at Vin-
cennes, Ind The winner will
then go to Boston for the
national finals Monday.
Wellbourne won the district
competition held in Mineola
and then won first place in
the state meet. Last week he
won first in the regional con-
test at Claremore, Okla. He
was the only high school un-
derclassman in the regional
meet.
The Mineola Junior Chamber
of Commerce is represented by
two delegates, Wilson Aaron
and John L. Cobbs. at the state
convention of the Texas Junior
Chamber of Commerce at Gal-
veston.
Mr. Cobbs and Mr. Aaron
left Thursday morning and
are expected to return Sun-
day. They will cast the club's
votes for Fred Erisman of
Longview for president of the
state organization.
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J.V.G. JUNIORS MEET
J.V.G. Juniors of the Forest
Woodmen Circle No. 30, will
hold a business meeting Fri-
day night. Mrs. Addie D. Ham-
lin, district manager, will be
present.
Case Is Re-Set
For May Term
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Physicians Agree New
Normal at Sanity
Hearing
Earl p. New is sane. A jury
of twelve Wood County farm-
i ers rendered this decision Wed-
1 nesday night after doctors from
j the State Hospital for Insane
: at Terrell had testified before
! a packed courtroom that the
53-vear-old Mineola white man,
j charged with pandering and
criminal assault, showed no
1 signs of insanity. He was sane,
stated in the charges against
him and he is sane now, the
ijury decided.
The four cases against New
and one of criminal assault
against Jim Johnson, local Ne-
gro, were set for trial in the
May term of district' court
after the sanity hearing sought
by the counsel for the defense
failed to save New from pros-
ecution in cases in which the
State's attorneys have announc-
ed they will seek the death
penalty.
Dr William Thomas, super-
tendent of the State Hospital
for Insane at Terrell, testified
that in his opinion New was
sane. His opinion was based
r on a two-day study of the man
i and a close study of the case
j history. Dr. W. S. Wheeler,
superintendent of the Rusk
Hospital, and Dr. d. T. Bundy,
Smith County health officer,
also testified that New was
sane.
Women Carred.
A lascivious-minded crowU.
thronged the courtroom to hear
the testimony in the unusual
hearing, and when Negro men
connected with the case were
called to the stand women were
asked to leave the courtroom.
The New case is believed one
of the most sordid in all Wood
County history. His indictments
grew out of charges that he
had made dates for illicit rela-
tions between his wife and 13-
year-old step-daughter and Ne-
gro men. He is also indicted
with Johnson for alleged crim-
inal assault on his daughter.
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Refrigerator
Dealers Showing
New Model Boxes
Census-Takers Find No
Opposition to Questions
The refrigerator Reason is
here, and all local dealers of
electric refrigerators are an-
nouncing the showing of 1940
models.
In this issue of The Monitor
five dealers are pointing out
the main features of the latest
model boxes in their adver-
i tisements Check these long
j lists of improvements and be-
gin planning to replace your
i old refrigerator this spring.
The work of the census-tak-
ers in counting Mineola's 1940
population is approximately
one-third finished. And the
general attitude of persons who
have been visited by the enum-
erators is that ail this fuss
created over the questions be-
ing asked was unnecessarily
stirred up by political malcon-
tents of the present adminis-
tration.
"There's really nothing to
it," several of the already-
counted have said.
"Is that all?" is a frequent
query after the questions have
I been asked, says Enumerator
Hubert Thomas. Most people
| are really astonished that so
much dissension has been voic-
ed in opposition to the questions.
"I have had nothing but co-
operation in making the count
on the north side of town."
Mr. Thomas said. Mrs. Lawson
Horton, south side enumerator,
is finding a similar situation
there. Nobody has refused to
give the desired information.
Will Whittle Gets
Emory News Plug
Will Whittle, candidate for
constable here, received a com-
plimentary plug in last week's
Rains County Leader.
The article appeared in Kath-
leen Hill's front page column in
the Leader, and pointed out
that Whittle was the first Rains
County man ever to be elected
sheriff of Rains County three
times.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Ford and
daughter, Grace Evelyn, at-
tended the funeral of Mrs.
Ford's father, T. B. Beril, at
Warren, near Beaumont, Sun-
day.
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 11, 1940, newspaper, April 11, 1940; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth298965/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Communications+-+Newspapers%22: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.