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The Meridian Tribune
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
42ND YEAR, NO. 18
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, SEPTEMBER 27, 1935
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
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Luncheon Club
shes Plans
Stage Courthouse
Dpening Affair.
RAINFALL 2.3 INCHES THIS
WEEK; YEAR TOTAL 34 IN.
When the new Bosque county
courthouse is finished, and opened
to the public, the Meridian Busi-
ness Men's Luncheon Club will
join wiith bounty officials in spon-
soring a big get-together, to which
every citizen of the county will be
invited. The people of Meridian
wish the residents of the entire
county to feel that the courthouse
is their courthouse, and that every
citizen of the county should share
equal pride in the re-modeling and
refinishing which is nearing com
pletion. Just what the affair will
be, or the exact date, has not
been determined at this time.
The Luncheon Club, holding its
bi-monthly meeting Tuesday, laid
special emphasis on Bosque County
First Monday Trades Day, which
will be heild here Oct. 7. It was
reported that traders from far and
near have signified their inten-
tion of being here, ready to buy
or trade for eveiry kind of live
stock-and farm products. Impor
tant announcements concerning de
tails of the big First Monday
will be made nert week.
Announcement was also made
that the Luncheon Club will be
given full details of a proposed
plan for a hospital here at its
next meeting. The club recently
agreed to put the roof on the
brick dormitory b'uilding near the
school in good repair if a hospital
is established there.
In response to a request that
plans and specifications for pro
posed bath houses, boat houses
swimming beach, floating diving
boards, picnic units, pavilion, etc
be furnished preliminary to a WPA
project intended to secure the
Construction of equipment for Me
ridian State Park, the club auth
orized that plans and blue-prints
be secured. These plans and
specifications will be used in lieu
of preliminary requests already
filed through efforts of Luncheon
Club Committee.
Enlcouriaging highway reports
were heard, the result of efforts
by the highway Committee. Mem-
ber's of the club were hosts last
week to the committee composed
of Dallas and Waxahachie Cham-
ber of Commerce officials, here in
the interest of the proposed high-
way No. 34-A from Dallas to Del
Rio, via Kopperl, Morgan, Me-
ridian, Cranfills Gap and Hamil-
ton.
A total of 2.3 inches of rain
fell here this week, as measur-
ed in the standard rain guage kept
by C. E. Myers.
This week's rainfall brought the
total for the year to 34 inches at
this place. Normal annual rainfall
here is 28 to 34 inches. With
the year only three-fourths gone,
the normal figure for the year has
ah-eady been reached.
Clifton Wins,
Evens Series
Third Game at Clifton
Decides Title. -
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Asphalt Bid
Is $50,628.00
j Miles on Highway
West to Be Topped.
NEW SCHOOL PLANT PUT IN OPERATION
The bid of the Lone Star Con-
struction Co., of San Antonio, a-
mounting to $50,628, for lay-
ing lx/z miles of crusted conglo-
merate base course and triple as-
phalt surface on Highway 67,
west of Meridian, was tabulated as
the low hid by the State Highway
Commission at Austin Tuesday.
The bid will be Submitted to the
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
for approval, and if given approval
work order will be issued by the
Department.
Expenditure of approximately
$6750 a mile on the road is called
for. The asphalt treatment would
begin one mile west of Meridian,
covering the grading and drainage
structures completed during the
pa^t two years under, federal road
projects. This new road is 100-
feeit wide and modern in every re-
spect. With triple asphalt coat-
ing it should be the best road in
the entire section.
A large payroll and employment
for a nun er of Bosque county
men will 'benefit this section.
Clifton batsmen pounced upon
the tiring arm of Lefty Davis in
the ninth and tenth inning of a
stirring baseball battle played here
last Sunday, the second game of
the Tri-County championship se-
ries, to wipe out Meridian's ninths-
inning lead and make next Sun-
day's game the win-all or lose-all
contest of the series.
Three times the tide of the bat-
tle changed, with Clifton leading
the attack, and in all except the
last and tell-tale innings the Me-
ridian nine mustered the punch
necessary to overcome the opposo-
tion's advance. But when Clif-
ton knotted the count in the ninth
it was apparent that the Meridian
ace hurler could hardly stand up
through an extra inning, and1 the
Bulldogs had no one to relieve
him, Rudy May being ill and Hank
Behringer being too far away to
hear the prayers of Meridian
rooters. The tenth saw Clifton
ahd three scores that salted the vic-
tory away. The Bulldogs staged
a rally in the tenth also, but could
produce only one run, and the con-
test ended with the score Clifton
8, Meridian 6.
Davis started like a house-afire,
fanning the first three Clifton
batters in the in the opening frame.
He soon developed a shoulder-
cramp that affected his speed and
control, and Clifton was not timid
about taking full advantage, get
ting to him for twelve hits, includ-
ing a triple and double. Kleine
did mound duty for Clifton, and
touched for nine hits, prov
ed the most effective of the Clif-
ton Ihurlers against the Bulldogs.
Clifton opened the scoring in
the fourth when Spitzer singled,
Windham got on on an error,
Rockaway was safe on a fielder's
choice, and Alexander doubled
©coring three runs. Meridian tied
the score in the same inning, when
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JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Business Good in Meridian.
Meridian business men report
that last Saturday was the best
business day here since the Christ-
mas holidays. Meridian streets A. Gandy and Porter took wa ks
were do'utbly lined with autos cre-
NEW FEDERAL DOVE
LAWS LIMIT 1935
HUNTING SEASON
ating quite a traffic problem a-
round the square and in the busi-
ness section of Main street.
Monday night's crowd here was
one of the largest night crowd's
since last primary election, the oc-
casion toeing bank night at the
local theatre. Cars were parked
three deep en main street, and all
other down town parking places
were filled. Around seven hun-
dred persions attended the theatre
that night, and others came and
left because of inability to get in-
side.
and scored on Gill's double. Brant-
ley singled, and Hanna got on on
a fielder's choice. Meridian wast-
ed two sure runs here on dumb
base Running when with none out
Gill and Brantley both got caught
"in the swing," for Gillaspie
promptly tripled scoring Hanna.
Adding another score in the
sixth, when Windham led off with
a single, Rockway's hot pick-up to
Porter bounced off his glove, and
Cauntes'on singled. Meridian came
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Miss Rubylou Caldwell visited
in Waxahachie last week.
Some confusion exists this year
as a result of a conTIIcl in ITIe
State and Federal regulations on
the dates for the open season on
mourning doves, curtailing the
hunting season this year.
In the north zone, dove hunting
is allowed in Texas in September
and October, while the south zone
open season has been changed re-
cently and is now December 1 to
January 16. Recognition of the
zones, however, is withheld by the
Federal authorities, who declare
^an open season effective from Oc-
tober 1 through the fifteenth of
January.
Will J. Tucker, excutive secre-
tary of the State game, fish and
oyster commission, has made the
istatement that the Federal laws
will' not >be enforced by the state
game wardens.
Accoi'ding to the new regula-
tions, the only safe course to pur-
sue, apparently, is to hunt doves
in the north zone only in October,
and in the south zone between De-
cember 1 and Janiuary 15. In this
manner the hunters will not vio-
late either the State or Federal
laws—unless they choose to hunt
'before seven o'clock in the morn-
ing and after four o'clock in the
afternoon, whicih is also against
the Federal regulations.
Although State officials have an-
nounced that they will not enforce
the Federal regulations pertain-
ing to dove hunting, Federal au-
thorities have announced that they
will do so themselves.
Floyd Gibbons Writes Weekly
Adventure Story in The Tribune
Farm Extension
Set-Up Changes
Announcement has been re-
ceived here of a new set-up for
the Extension Service, which has
its headquarters at College Station.
Due to the expansion of the service
it has become necessary to increase
the number of districts from 9 to
12 in order that district supervi-
sors may have a smaller group of
counties under their direction.
Bosque county will be in Dis-
trict Eight under the new set-up.
M. T. Payne will be district a-
gent, being transferred to this dis-
trict from East Texas. Miss Ze-
tha Mclnnis, who has beeen home
industries specialist with the Ex-
tension Service for some time, will
be district home demonstration
agent.
Bosque county until this change
has been in District Three, with T.
B. Wood as district farm agent
and Miss Kate Adele Hill as dis-
trict home demonstration agent.
District three was composed of 17
counties, extending from the Braz-
os to El Paso.
District Eight, of which Bosque
county will be part, is composed
of Hamilton, Bell, Coryell, Mc-
Lennan, Limestone, Freestone,
Lampassas, Falls, Bosque, Hous-
ton, Leon, Madison, Robertson,
Milam, Williamson, Burnett, Tra-
vis, and Hays counties.
Courthouse Clock
Is Given Welcome
Return to Duties
Tax Collector to
Make Visits Soon
An old friend, and one truly
missed, returned this week — the
courthouse clock. Removed when
the courthouse was torn down for
re-building six months ago, resi-
dents never ibecame accustomed to
doing without it, for many depend-
ed upon it altogether to keep them
informed as to the hour of the day.
During construction of the court-
house, many a neck has been bow-
ed as citizens here unthoughtedly
gazed at the structure seeking the
clock, only to be reminded that
the faithful old timepiece was be-
ing given a rest after 50 years'
service<
Returned friends are often
changed in appearance—and so is
the clock. To conform to modern
tendencies of the new courthouse,
the clock has but one face. It
is now wound automatically with
electric motors, instead of the la-
borous hand-crank method used
for a half century. Weights will
continue to furnish the driving
force, but the more frequent and
automatic re-winding is calculated
to give it accuracy—something the
former four-faced model seldom
could boast of.
M.H.S. Football Team
Opens Season Friday
Patronize Tribune Advertisers.
Floyd Gibbons, peer of headline
hunters, ace of war correspondents
and one of the most famous news-
paper men in the world, is editing
a new feature which now appears
regularly in The Meridian Tri-
bune.
Gibbons' articles deal with ad-
venture, of course, but we had best
let him tell you about the idea in
his own words:
"Hello, everybody! By golly, I'm
glad to be with you in this splendid
town of yours, it's a peasure to
appear in this fast moving paper.
"I've been collecting a lot of
new yarns—true stories with a real
kick in them. You know the stor-
ies I like to tell—you've heard a
lot of mine from every nook and
corner of the civilized and uncivil-
ized world. Of course in all my
years of travel—in thick of wars
and uprisings—I've run into a raft
of adventures.
"But, by golly, I found out long
ago that I haven't any corner on
adventure stories. Folks every-
where, every day, are having real
exciting adventures that will match
—perhaps beat any of my own—
adventures stranger than any fic-
tion writer can invent. So here
am with my new adventurer's club.
Every story is true, about real peo-
ple, and ibelieve me they're excit-
ing—every one is packed with
thrills and chills.
"The best adventure stories I
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FLOYD GIBBONS
ever found didn't happen to
big game hunters in Africa; they
happened to grandmothers in
yonkers, to automobile salesmen,
to subway motormen, to newsboys
and chauffeurs. They didn't hap-
pen up in the Arctic Circle, or in
African jungles—they happened
on Main Street."
And that's the idea behind these
adventure stories. Gibbons be-
lieves the most exciting adventures
are those happening to everyday
people, and these are the stories
he tells in this feature. You'll find
every yarn filled with absorbing
interest. Don't miss a single one.
RURAL AID APPLICATIONS
DUE IN AUSTIN OCTOBER 1
D. Preston Hornbuckle, county
assessor and collector of taxes, an-
nounces his regular annual itiner-
ary of the various towns and com-
munities in the county which he
will visit during October and No-
vember in order for it to be more
convenient for the taxpayers to
see him and pay their county and
state taxes. The complete itiner-
ary and dates will be found else-
where in this paper,
School Opens
in New Plant
Large Enrollment Re-
ports to Classes.
Meridian Public schools opened
Monday in the new two-building
plant, after a week's delay to per-
mit completion of renovation and
ref inishing of the new junior and
senior high school building. About
four hundred students are enrolled
with others expected to report as
cotton picking progresses.
Students from the seventh grade
through the eleventh grade attend
in the high school building, which
is the former college main build-
inig. The former high school
building is used for the grammar
grades only under the new arrange-
ment. The new high school build-
ing also houses the home econom-
ics department, and rooms are a-
vailable for private instructors in
the fine arts.
The old college main building
was completely refinished and pro-
vides a spacious and comfortable
building, with sufficient extra room
to provide for future growth of
the school. The additional build-
ing relieves the congested condi-
tions in the lower grades, which
has been a problem to school offi-
cials for several years.
Through a most fortunate pur-
chase from the Sons of Hermann
fraternal organization, the Merid<-
ian Independent School District
provided itself with two first-class
buildings and a forty-acre campus,
the former Meridian College prop-
erty, during the summer. The
street dividing the old and new
school property has been closed by
order of the City Council, uniting
the two properties and protecting
the children's playground from au-
to traffic. Already set in beauti-
ful trees and with curbs and walks
in good condition, the campus is
attractive, now that the wreckage
of the old dormitory and conser-
vatory buildings has been removed.
One of the best athletic fields iri
this section was also included in
Mr. Hornbuckle calls special I the purchase, and in the not-dis-
atftentiom to the new law regard-
ing exemption certificates. All
persons becoming 21 years of age
since Jan. 1, 1935, and all persons
over 60 years of age must obtain
from the tax assessor-collector a
certificate of exemption between
Oct. 1, this year, and Jan. 31.
The exemption certificate costs
the prospective voter nothing.
Application blanks for counties'
parts of the annual five million
dollar equalization fund appropri
ated by the Legislature for state
aid to rural schools have been dis-
tributed to county superintendents
and must be signed by local trus-
tees and be in Austin by October 1
In addition, all schools that
have-not yet made out their bud-
gets must do so in time for them
to reach Austin by October 1.
These applications are for salary
aid alone, since requests for tuit-
ion and transportation financial
help may be made out at a later
date.
State aid was provided for the
r'ural schools by the legislature
with a ten-million dollar appropri-
ation to cover two years, or from
one regular session to another.
The appropriation was called the
equalidation fund and was made to
bring the standards of the country
schools nearer those of the public
schools in the cities.
Ernest and Willie Giese, Carson
Sellers, C. C. Goar, E. W. Neie,
and Jas. H. Knight, of Cranfills
Gap, were Meridian visitors Sun
day.
The Meridian Yellow Jackets
will clash with the Glen Rose
Tigers here at 4 p. m. Friday for
the season's opening game. This
game should attract many specta-
tors as it will be the first game of
the Yellow Jackets under new
coaching and new material. The
team suffers quite a loss of men
from last year's line-up as Robert-
son, Sonntag, May, Green', York
and Johnson will not be on the
field. These ex-Jackets are sure
to be missed.
Twenty-five were reported to
have come c'ut for practice last
Monday in response to Coach
Grissom's call and eventhou^h the
weather has prevented all but two
work-outs, the boys have gotten
plenty of skull practice and are
ready for Friday's contest.
Marriage License Issued
Jno. S. Moffit and Mrs. Maggie
Warren.
Grady S. Baker and Miss Bora
Lee Moreland.
Gaines De Graffenoird and Miss
Ola Bradley.
Thos. M. Phillips (col) and Miss
Ada Williams (col).
Mrs. Maggie B. Little has re-
turned from Hamilton where she
had been to see her daughter, Mrs.
Moddie Lee Williams, who is ill,
and we are pleased to repoi*t that
she some better.
1935 Tax Rolls Approved.
Commissioner's Court met in
called session Monday and appro-
ved the tax rolls for 1935 as pre-
pared by D. Preston Hornbuckle,
Tax Assessor and Collector.
The rolls show that county ad
valorem taxes assessed amount
to $48,438.18; County Poll Taxes,
$1,482.75; Road Bond Districts,
No. 1-A, $2,333.58; No. 3, $3,019.-
91; No. 8-A, $2,690.55; No. 9,
$1, 703.04; No. 10, $4,198.87; No.
11, $920.51.
The Tax Assessor and Collector
was ordered paid the legal commis-
sion for assessing and preparing
the tax rolls,- which commission
for county and state amounts to
$2,606.48, one half of the amount
or $1,303.24 to be paid by the
county and the other one-half by
the state, and for Road Bond
Districts $234.64.
JOBS FOR 10 BOSQUE
STUDENTS ALLOTTED
tant future a modern grandstand,
lighted field cinder track, etc. are
visioned.
The staff of teachers this year is
composed as follows:
Judge W. A. York, superinten-
dent; Miss Alma Alsup, principal;
G. B. Grissom, science and coach;
Miss Gertrude Johnson^ home eco-
nomics; Mrs. Bonard Chiles, Miss
Evelyn Duggan, Miss Cleo Arm-
strong, Miss Maye French, Mrs.
Myrtle Farmer, Miss Freda Sonn-
tag, Mrs. J. T. Appleby, and Mrs.
B. F. Word.
The two school busses are doing
double duty this year, each making
two complete trips each morning
and afternoon.
PAROLE BOARDS APPROVED
IN EIGHT TEXAS CQUNTIES
Superintendents of county
schools have been notified that
Bosque county will be allowed 10
jobs for high school students un-
der the National Youth Adminis-
tration.
These jobs will pay students
$6 per month, or a total of $60.
Lyndon B. Johnson, state direc-
tor, has advised the school officials
to allocate jobs at once in order
to prevent allotments being lost
and transferred to other counties.
The National Youth Administra-
tion has made preparation to aid
8517 high school students in Tex-
as, and has mailed allotments of
the students eligible in each coun-
ty to 248 county superintendents.
Mrs. Bob Gill spent the first of
the week in Hamilton visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brown.
Governor James V. Allred an-
nounced Tuesday that parole
boards had been approved in the
first eight counties in Texas thru
the cooperation of district govern-
ors and presidents of local service
clubs.
These county parole board's are
to be charged with the community
responsibility of rehabilitating pa-
roled or pardoned eriminals and
making periodical reports to the
governor.
In the past, convicts out of the
penitentiary on parol© or pardon
have been "on their own" and the
inclination to return to a life of
crime has been ever present. Gov-
ernor Allred believes that with re-
sponsible citizens in each commu-
nity ready to aid these unfortunate
men that the constructive and
worthwhile purpose of making hon-
est, law-abiding citizens of them
can be accomplished.
It is the governor's hope that
service clubs throughout the State
of Texas will respond immediately
to the call for board nominations.
Governor Allred originated the
idea of county parole boards as a
means to aid the pardoned prisoner
get a foothold on life agaim The
idea is completely new and has not
been tried out before in any state.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Cooper
and baby, of Waco, spent the
week-end here with relatives.
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