The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1936 Page: 2 of 8
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TfTE IVFEX1A WEEKLY TTEBALD
FRIDAY, .TTJIY 27 193R.
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Newt. Wakefield,
Well Known Man,
Dies in Hospital
Newt Wakefield, age 58, of
HotiMfe Jtidge and long uma r«H-
idvnt <jf Lin*o t<me county, passed
•way Tussday mcrninj at the
Brown Hospital in Mexia, Mr.
WukafieM had been in ill health
for over * year. Funeral services
were iwJ'i in Oroasbeck at the
Methodi t Church Wednesday at 3
l>. «. Interment was at Glenwood
Mam trial park under the direction
•f K L. Connally Funeral Home,
ftov. Hugh Porter, pastor of the
Croesbeck Methodist church con-
" ducted the funeral services.
Mr. Wakefield is survived by his
mother, Mrs- N> J. Wakefield of
Groesbeek, his widow, Mrs. Lava
Wakefield of Honest Ridge, and
the following children: Roland
Wakefield, of Houston, Mrs,
Aileen Adams of Wink; Mri. Dor-
othy Wakefield of Shiloh} Mr«.
Lillian Adams of Mexia and Roy
Wakefield, Rodney Wakefield, Reg
inald Wakefield, Mr . Lola Ruther-
ford, Mary Alice Wakefield, Dovie
Marie Wakefield, all of the home
address. Two brothers, Luther
Wakefield of Chickasha, Okla., and
Grady Wakefield of Portalei, N.
M. and two sisters: Mrs. Pearl
Patterson of Colorado gpringa,
Colo.; and Mrs. Alice Eady of
Chattanooga, Okla., Mrs. F. E.
Johnson of Groesbeek, an aunt also
survives. All were present at the
funeral except Mrs. Patterson.
Mr. Wakefield was a brother of
the late County Judge Johnson
Wakefield and served as precinct
chairman of the Central Institute
voting precinct for a number of
years. He was a steward in the
Methodist church and a leader in
his community.
Camels are expected to carry
their loads 25 miles a day for three
days without a drink, while cross-
ing the desert.
Fort Worth Ready for Gala Opening 1
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The Last Frontier—Pioneer Palace—Jumbo—Casa Manana—Nude
Ranch! Marvels of entertainment will go on parade in Fort Worth
Saturday, July 18, when the Texas Frontier Centennial opens its gates
to the world. But mere gates, closed during rehearsals, have not kept
jut the crowds, Bess Harris, for instance, boldly travels the "Sunset
Trail in a modern covered wagon, mustering into service Mr. Star,
an Indian youth whose Hopi reservation is on the Centennial grounds,
and pausing for refreshment at an old pump presided over graciously
by Miss Yellow Snider. And below is Nikki Alien, who takes time
out from rehearsals at Sally Rand's Nude Ranch to furnish a
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Mrs. Satterfield Hawkins Resignation Effective
Writes Story of Immediately Submitted to Mexia
Board in Tuesday Night Session
Mexia Battery & Tire Co
-WUNSTOP DUZZIT—
Texas in Novel
Mrs. Mabel Sturdivant Satter-
field, niece of Mrs. N. P. Houx of
Mexia, is the author of a story of
early days In Texas, "The Lone
Star Rises," a book publishad by
the Story Book Press, Pallas. Mrs.
Satterfield, who lived for a num-
ber of years with her aunt here,
and attended Mexia schools, now
lives in Lufkin, where she is an
English instructor in the high
school.
The Lufkin Daily News, com-
menting on the book, points out
that "many months of patient re-
search, of long and tedious plan-
ning, and the down-right hard la-
bor of the writer obviously lay be-
hind this excellent new volume.
The result has been not only a qual
ity product of good writing con-
struction, but a story that breath-
es into life the picture of early
Texas— the long awaited epic wo-
van around the history and tradi-
tions and unmatches color that
glorified the birth of the Lone Star
state. That it will reap nation-wide
recognition for its portrayal of a
locale and people who have awaited
so long to be immortalized on the
printed pages of a worthy histori-
cal novel will be the eager hope of
all Lufkin, and all Texans as well.
" 'The Lone Star Kises' naturally
deals with the period when first
settlers were pushing westward to
this uncharted province of Mexico
and the characters are conducted
through the channels of tense e-
vents leading finally to the inde-
pendence of Texas The author's a-
bility in the fields of English and
history has been matched by her
success in adapting characters to
the period of which she wrote, and
in utilizing the boundless wealth
of colorful action of early Texas
days for the vehicle of strong and
living people who move through
the pages of "The Lone Star Ris-
es."
"The principals created for this
volume are fitted expertly into a
period of history and chain of
mghty events that would have de-
fied a writer's imagination had
they been forced products of plot
invention. And what a fertile field
of wealth and color it was New
Orleans of over a century ago, Gal-
veston island and Jean Lafitte's
pirate band. Hardy pioneers push-
ing westward to settle an unknown
land. Colonization work in Texas.
The man, Stephen F. Austin. In-
dian tribes. Santa Anna. First
rumblings of revolution. The
slaughter at the Alamo and at Go-
liad. The battle of San Jacinto.
The birth of Texas.
"With such as that with which to
work, the author assuredly had all
the elements of glamor, suspense,
romance, conflict and vast scope of
action ready as a background on
which to paint in her people.
"So through that great setting
was woven a poignantly sweet love
story, with incidental threads to
life among the first Texans.
"Julian Logan and Stephanie
Mortimer are the principals, Sep-
arated in New Orleans on the eve
of their wedding day, their paths
wind through adventures, hard-
ships and tumultuous happenings,
to meet again in Texas. From
there the story moves through the
scenes of colonization times in the
new land, grows with the intensity
of the developing revolution plus a
somber love conflict, and hits a
smashing crescendo with the bat-
tles for independence.
"Other characters are almost as
appealingly drawn as the boy and
girl whose lives were bound up in
the powerful circumstances of the
period. Arthur Cornwall, for in-
stance, is a most sympathetic fig-
pre, exceedingly done, and height-
ens the fine love interest through-
out the story by his hopeless in-
fatuation for Stephanie; "Tramp,"
a woodsman; Julia Martin, a wid-
ow, and her four-year-old son;
Stephen F. Austin; other famous
Texas characters; the Galveston
pirates; the Indians —all these
and others stand out clearly and
interestingly in the jumble of e-
vents in the years involved, and
what is commercially important
for the volumes success they round
out most satisfactorily with the
historical theme to make "The
Lone Star Rises" thoroughly read-
able and enjoyable.
"Mabel S- Satterfield was born
in McCory, Ark. When a child of
eight years she had lost by death
both her mother and father and
her oldest brother. She and two
brothers came to Texas where they
found homes with relatives.
"While living in Mexia with her
aunt, Mrs. H. L. Houx, she gradu-
ated from the Mexia high school.
Family affairs decreed that she go
to live with another aunt, Mrs. J
W. Jennings, in Brownwood. Dur-
ing that period she graduated from
Baylor University.
"The following year she enter-
ed the field of teaching. After two
years aa a teacher she was married
to Roy Satterfield. The profession-
al work was resumed after three
years for the last 16 years she has
in Lufkin high
sehool, the one exception being her
School executives from every-
where flocked to Mexia as news
got out that Richard M. Hawkins,
for five years superintendent of
schools, has resigned his officn
here to accept a similar position in
Temple. His resignation wae to be
given to the school board Tuesday i
night, and it was expected the
board would set up minimum re-
quirements for his successor, and
ask a group of several to Bubmit
their credentials for consideration.
Mr. Hawkins is resigning a post
he has held after coming here as
a coach, advancing from principal
of a ward schol to high school
principal, and then superintendent.
During the time he has served on
the board of the state teachers as-
sociation and has been active in
state educational affairs. He has a
masters degree from Southern
Methodist University and a B. A.
from Southwestern, Georgetown.
But S3 years old he is one of the
educational leaders of Texas and
was strongly considered for the
Waco superintendency a year or
so ago.
Going back to Bell county, Mr.
Hawkins will be near his former
home in Williamson county, and he
is well acquainted in that region.
The school board tore has been
literally swamped wit's applicants
fo rthe place, with well known
school men from everywhere ap-
plying.
Frontier Show
Ready to Open
Early Saturday
GOES TO TEMPLE
am
THE MODERN WAY
The curfew tolls the knell of part-
ing <iay,
Along the quiet lanes the cat-
tie come;
The plowman puts his impliments
away,
Then jumps into his motorcar
and motors home.
Bin
Richard M. Hawkins, popular
school superintendent of Mexia,
who has resigned his post to go
to Temple to accept a post with
higher pay and a larger school
system, including a junior college.
MADISONVILLE, July 14 (U.R)
—Johnnie H. Passmore, 31, and
B. B| Burns both truck drivers
of Houston, were killed near
Leona, IB miles north of here to-
day in a collision on the Houston-
Dallas highway.
Bums' wife and a niece, Miss
Marline Burns, of Corsicana, were
injured slightly and were brought
to a hospital here.
Burns was driving a fast
freight truck and Passmore a
beer truck. The machines met
head-on. There were no witness-
es.
FORT WORTH, July 14 (U.R)
—Fort Worth's Frontier Centen-
nial, a $5,000,000 attempt to
blend the old west with broad-
way was a scene of intense activ-
ity today as workers prepared
for the opening Saturday morn-
ing.
Billy Rose, the show's $1,000-
a-day director, ordered conces-
sionaires to have their exhibits
ready by Wednesday night. Rose's
successful broadway production,
"Jumbo," was in dress rehearsal
almost around the clock and per-
formers In the other two musical
shows—the Casa Manana and
Pioneer Palace attractions—like-
wise labored overtime.
Casa Manana, outdoor amphi-
theatre with tables for 4,500 per-
sons, was a center of interest for
early visitors. Its revolving stage
is the largest in the United
States and is set apart from the
audienee by a canal. Paul White-
man's orchestra will be presented
there.
Shows at the Pioneer Palace,
built along the lines of an old-
time saloon, will be presented be-
hind the bar—with mirrors that
roll away to furnish a 40-foot
stage.
Cowboys, Indians in a tepee
village, U. S. cavalrymen in cos-
tumes of the 1826-1850 period,
and spangled circus and stage
performers gave color to the pre-
opening scene. The Indians and
cowboys will participate in a mu-
sical rodeo given against a back-
ground of artificial hills. The
cavalrymen will serve as police.
Details of the opening day had
not been completed. Plans were
to inaugurate this city's answer
to the Dallas Central Exposition
at 9 a. m.—without the fanfare
that attended the Dallas open-
ing.
Passing motorists brought the
dead and injured to Madisonville.
Burns, employed by Sterling D.
Anderson, was returning to Hous-
ton when the accident occurred.
Anderson left immediately to in-
vestigate the mishap.
4-
HOUSTON, July 14 (U.R)—To
celebrate Railroad Week, a cen-
tury-old lever car, a "hand pump-
er," outran a modern motorcar
here today in a six-block race
from Union station to Main street
over trolley tracks.
50 Miles to Gallon
Object of New Car
A bantam auto that will go 40
to 50 miles on a gallon of gaso.
line will attain a speed in ex-
cess of 60 miles an hour, and
will sell in the $300 price class,
yet styled and equipped like
large stream-lined cars, is prom-
ised for the Inspection of local
motorists early this fall, by R. S.
Evans, president of the Ameri-
can Bantam Car company, whose
plant is located at Butler, Pa.
Mr. Evans states that a local
agency is being established here.
AUSTIN, July 13 (U.R) -Pros-
pects are god for summer and fall
grasing in most tactions of Texas,
government statisticians reported
here today, in contrast with a
drought area in northern United
States and Canada.
♦
My frienda scorn me: but mine
eye poureth tears unto God. —Job
16'20.
Sabbatical year during which ahe
began the novel.
"Mrs. Satterfield'* interest in
writing was always apparent. One
of her eontrlbutiona to the field of
English haa been recognized in
hundreds of achoola throughout the
United States. During a post-
graduate course at the University
of California, she developed objec-
tive tests in English which have
UceA published and widely cireq
later) since."
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Oranges
MEDIUM SIZE
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LIMES
doz 10c
EGG PLANT
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White or Yellow
SQUASH
lb 5c
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PEAS
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White House
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2 tall cans £Uu
8 O'CLOCK
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lb 17c
TO PICK LP CAPTAIN
SAINT THOMAS, VIRGIN IS-
LANDS, July 11 <U.R)— Col. James
Moore took off to sea in a Marine
corps plane today to pick "up the
captain ot the Bull Insular Liner
Catherine, Terence Burows, who
was stabbed by a member of the
crew.
FELZ BROS.
HOME-OWNED
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2 No. 2 Cans
Tomatoes ...15c
3 Tall Cans
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Dried
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Macaroni
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ROSEBUD
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Bananas each lc
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ION A GREEN
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Libby9s Canned Meat Specials
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Corned Beef, 12 oz. can 18c
Vienna Sausage, 2 cans 19c
NECTAR, ORANGE PEKOE
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BREAD 2 in 15
c
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Large pkg 20c
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PORK
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CHEESE
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The Mexia Weekly Herald (Mexia, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, July 17, 1936, newspaper, July 17, 1936; Mexia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299461/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gibbs Memorial Library.