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The Meridian
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
41 ST YEAR, NO. 8
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, JULY 20, 1934
PRICE $1.50 A YEAR
BOSQUE TO GET
DROUTH RELIEF
County Is Included In Emergency
Drouth Area—Cattle Buying
Plan Coming.
Through telegrams from the var-
ious Chambers of Commerce in the
county, followed by telegrams from
Congressman O. H. Cross and Coun-
ty Judge B. F. Word requesting the
National Director to place Bosque
County on the Emergency Relief,
Bosque county was designated Mon-
day, July 16, to receive emergency
benefits.
By Monday of next week, C. L.
Wilson, county agent, who is in
charge of the project in Bosque coun-
ty, the signing up of cattle for sale
will begin. Official blanks were mail-
ed out from College Station Thurs-
day morning.
All the surrounding counties had
previously or were simultaneously
designated to receive direct emergen-
cy benefits through the national or-
ganization.
Hi-jack Suspect Jailed
Soon After Hold-Up
One of two Wacoans, Otis Baker,
who allegedly hijacked Carl Kruse,
of the Cayote community late Mon-
day night of $29.10 and some cloth-
ing, was arrested a few hours later
at a dance near Lake Waco by Sher-
iff Pearl Benson, who was assisted by
Deputy Sheriff Bill Girard of Waco,
and Constable J. T. Hill, of Clifton.
Baker was placed in jail here that
night charged with the robbery.
The other man, Boyd Dagley, who
is alleged to have done the actual
hijacking, left the dance hall before
the officers arrived, but abandoned his
auto which the sheriff's department at
Waco is holding.
Kruse says he has been acquainted
with Baker and Dagley for some time
and had told them of his plan to go
to Houston and join the CCC. Dag-
ley volunteered to go with him, he
said, and told him he would drive
out Monday night for him. Instead
of Dagley, Baker came to Kruse's
home, and they drove on the Cayote-
Valley Mills road. Baker suddenly
stopped the car as Dagley emerged
from some brush, saying they were
CROSS GETS BIG
WELCOME HERE
Congressman Heard by Large Crowd
Representing All Towns of
the County.
One of the largest crowds assem-
bled at a political gathering in Bos-
que county was in Meridian Wednes-
day evening in honor of Congressman
O. H. Cross. Delegations from most
every town in the county were pres-
ent and joined in the welcome.
The court house lawn had been well
lighted and comfortably seated with
benches from the Methodist church,
which favor is highly appreciated by
all concerned.
Jay Allen and his band of 40 pieces
from Morgan furnished excellent mu-
sic, which added greatly to the en-
joyment of the occasion and was also
appreciated.
Newt. Fallis, of Clifton, a member
of the State Democratic Executive
Committee, was the first speaker,
who in a brief talk endorsed Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his great recovery
commended
t +1 . to be hi-jacked. ' Daglef, it was as-! Rr0ffra?1' commended Congressman
In a telegram to The Tribune Mon- serted, pretended to rob Baker as Ci'°f tor JS yhol|"h8arted support
?y/i, f D3 lcm Connally announc-j well as Kruse, but when the pair left'0? Se Prasife.nt urged every loy-
ed that Bosque county had been plac- | in the same car, Kruse knew it was, Sf. pemocrat m this Congressional
ed in the emergency drouth relief a frame-up, and notified officers District to vote for and support Con-
area, which is expected to bring need- ! Kruse accompanied Sheriff Benson 1 gfess™ai\ Cross for re-election, ad
ed assistance to drouth-suffering
farmers and thus aid the entire sec-
tion.
The drouth relief program for this
county is expected to start with the
purchase of cattle by the government.
In other emergency counties, cat-
tle are purchased under three groups.
For calves one year old, $4.00 to
$8.00 a head is paid; for animals one
to two years old, $10.00 to $15.00,
and for cattle over two years old,
$12.00 to $20.00.
All the cattle submitted for pur-
chases will be inspected by a veteri-
narian and appraiser from the head
relief office. These men will grade
the cattle as to price.
Thirty-five counties were placed in
the emergency class Monday, bring-
ing the total Texas counties in the
drouth area to 209.
to Waco, and identified Baker as soon
as he was found.
ding that it is very dangerous to
Quick Justice Is Given
Slayer Pastor's Brother
H. R. Jones, 61, a brother of Rev.
W. T. Jones, pastor of the Methodist
church at Morgan, was murderel by
a negro about midnight last Friday.
He was running a country store near
Bedias, Grimes county, where he had
been a resident for the past forty
years, and was summoned to his store
Friday night, ostensibly to make a
sale, when he was struck with an axe
from behind. The store's cash box
was stolen.
Ira Rector, 28, a negro who had
been living in the community since
last May, was arrested the next day,
confessed to the crime and led the
officers to where he had secreted the
stolen cash in a tin can.
He was rushed to the penitentiary
at Huntsville to avoid lynching. He
was indicted Saturday and was tried
at Anderson Wednesday, and after
the jury deliberated only eight min-
utes, the death penalty was assesed.
Mr. Jones was buried at Moores-
ville, Falls county, Sunday afternoon.
He is survived by his wife and five
children, all grown, besides many rel-
atives and friends.
Rev. Jones was a visitor in Merid-
ian a short time yesterday afternoon
Rep. Lemens to Tour
County With Band
LOCAL MAN DIES
IN AUTOMISHAP
A. C. McKenzie Found Dead in Car
After Accident Near China
Springs Monday Night.
REP. VERNON LEMENS.
Drouth Relief Loans Being Made.
Applications for loans will be ac-
cepted immediately from farmers and
livestock men of Bosque county for
drouth rclio.f loans from the $100,-
000,000 droutn iclief appropriation
recently made available by. Congress
for the purchase of feel for farm and
range livestock and to plant forage
crops in the primary drouth areas,
according to Charles W. Sherrill, re-
gional manager of the Southwestern
Emergency Crop and Feed Loan office
of the Farm Crelit Administration at
Dallas.'
Loans will be advanced in monthly
installments, with a supplemental ap-
plication necessary for each month's
requirements.
Applications must be submitted to
the Emergency Crop and Feed Loan
committee for the county in which
the applicant's livestock is located or
forage crops to be planted. Quarters
for the county loan committee will be
at the office of the local county fed-
eral relief administrator, who will
serve as a member of the county
committee.
Co-operation of every agency is
needed in this emergency in order
that the task of actual provision of
relief may be speeded.
Bosque 4-H Girl Wins Honors.
Among the list of outstanding club
girls of the state announced recently
by Miss Mildred Horton, state home
demonstration agent, Olive Morris, of
the Kopperl 4-H Club ranks high with
the leading 100 girls of the state.
This rating is based upon records
made in the work for 1933 for which
these girls will receive recognition
at the Short Course in a program in
which they will be presented with
gold 4-H club pins. Olive is main-
taining her good record in 1934 by
winning first place in the bedroom
demonstration for girls in Bosque
county. She is also doing as co-op-
erator in food production and pres-
ervation.—Nan J. Mangold, C.H.D.A.
Early Paper Next Week.
Next week's issue of The Tribune
will go to press next Wednesday, in
order to reach every part of the coun-
ty before election day. It will carry
the official ballot and names of every
candidate in every race in this coun-
ty, down to the smallest precinct.
Candidates and advertisers are re-
quested to take notice of the early
paper next week. All announcements
should be in the hands of the editor
by Wednesday morning.
Union Revival Begins
At Tabernacle July 25
Song Leader—C. M. Gandy.
Pianist—Miss Hale and Mrs. Clara
Richards.
Boosters Band—Miss Irene John-
son.
Workers Band—Mrs. C. M. Gandy,
Miss Laura Dolon, A. C. Crabtree and
others to be added.
Young People's Work—Mrs. Cald-
well and Miss Christine Grounds.
Committee on Arrangements —
Charlie Earl, A. C. Crabtree.
Pulpit Committee—Miss Nellie Hill
and David Irvin.
Annual Farmers Short
Course Opens July 30
This is to be an old-fashion revival 1
meeting, where the people will be slander and
invited to the altar and confess their j his opponent, but he still has his old
sins. time vim, and for an hour delivered
If you live near this place and hav- 1 a very interesting and entertaining
n't a church home remember that this ' address—giving a full account of his
revival is as much yours as any one stewardship at Washington, in which
who may have their church home : his record shows he played no minor
change horses in the middle of the at Mooresville and the trial at Ander-
stream." 1 son.
Mr. Fallis then introduced Hon. H.
J. Cureton of Meridian, who after a
short but logical address, in which hp
commended the National Adminis-
tration for its efforts in returning
this nation to normalcy and the gen-
uine loyalty of Congressman Cross
to the nation, state, district and coun-
ty, citing many of the benefits al-
ready received and to be received,
which would not" be possible without
the aid of our Congressman and Sen-
ators, then introduced the speaker of
the evening.
Congressman Cross' work in Con-
gress the past session has been very
strenuous and since returning home,
without any rest, he has been com-
pelled to spend his entire time in
campaigning throughout his district
in order to answer and correct the
misrepresentations of
LEMENS HERE WEDNESDAY.
Vernon Lemens, Rainbow, Repre-
while en route home"from"" Bedias)! sentative of the 98th District, com-
where he went immediately upon be-: posed of B°sque, Johnson, and Som-
ing notified that his brother had been ervell counties, announced today that
killed. He also attended the funeral he would speak to the voters of Bos-
que County in the interest of his can-
didacy Wednesday, July 25. Due to
an agreement had between candidates
here.
Come bring your friends with you.
A good time for all.
Let uh pray one for the other and
work together.
Miss Nellie A. Hill,
David Irvin.
Service at the Methodist Church.
The Methodists are asked to meet
for their Sunday school, and go from
there to the Baptist Revival for the
worship service.
The Methodist pastor is holding a
revival at Dyersville which will close
Sunday.
Just closed a very successful revi-
val at Garnersville on the night of the
15th. Had a real revival. Seven
additions to the church. Organized
a Sunday school with 50 members.
William Spitzer was appointed super-
intendent.
to speak only on regularly scheduled
dates in Johnson County, Mr. Lem-
ens will not especially tour Johnson
county.
The famous Glen Rose Municipal
rp-u , , „«,,, , ^ J Band has volunteered its services to
„, ,e twenty-fifth annual Farmers furnish music for the tour. A short j
bnoit Course will bring to men and concert will be played before each
women boys and girls a practical speech. Following is the itinerary
knowledge oof the subjects needed to announced:
make the farm a happy and profitable ' o on
place in which to live. A balanced &a" 9*0 a- m"
program of work and play has been i iP a* m'
planned. ^ The daily- schedule stress- j^edeJl 2'.15 p' ™'
es actual practice in nearly every Meridian q-'in 5
phase of home making:, croo and live- . P
part in starting the nation back to
normalcy.
At the close of his address, hun-
dreds of people rushed to the front,
shook his hand, expressed their ap-
preciation for his splendid service and
assured him of their hearty support
and vote.
Standing upon his record during
the past six years, Congressman Cross
merited re-election without opposition
if loyal and honorable service count
for anything, but since he has oppo-
sition by a disgruntled few, with no grape juice making, and American
phase of home making, crop and live
stock production and manufacture
and grading of many products. The
short course is free to everybody and
A. & M. College extends an invitation
to all who are interested.
Group programs of rural workers
play a more important part each
year. A Rural Pastors' and Lay-
men's Conference has been added for
the first time this year.
A big feature of the Short Course
is made up by certain special courses
offered in addition to the regular
schedule. These have a limited en-
rollment. Among these courses are
listed the following: Making tuffed
bed spreads, rugs and mats, fabric
and leather gloves, pickles and toma-
to juice, and the propogation of ros-
es. Other courses in which larger
numbers may take part include: Wool
grading and scouring, farm timber
utilization., syrup making, hide tan-
ning, leather and leather products,
Clifton 4:30 p. m.
Valley Mills 5:30 p. m.
cheese and other products. See the
CACKLES
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From the New Packing House
We lost a very good friend in the
accidental death of Mac, and the boys
and myself don't seem to realize it
yet, and the gang and myself extend
our sympathy to Mrs. McKenizze and
his family. Mac has been a resident
of Meridian for 15 years and has as
many friends as any young man in
Meridian, and it was a great shock
to all of them.
Congressman Cross had a large
crowd to hear him last night.
Politics is hot and then not so hot
Church of the Nazarene.
Preaching Saturday at 3 p. m.
No services Sunday other than Sun-
day school at 10 a. m.
For Jesus' sake and lost souls, we
never conflict revival efforts of the
other churches, and are desirous that
God's blessings be upon them.
May we have your prayers, pres-
ence and co-operation in the union
meeting which is to begin on the
night of July 25th.
Nellie A. Hill, Pastor.
Friendly Fold.
On Wednesday, July 11, Mrs. H. E.
chance of losing a single county in
his district, let's make a special ef-
fort to make Bosque County-for-
Cross the banner county in his dis-
trict in proposition to the number of
votes cast.
Congressman Cross is a friend of
the people. His record is like an
open book. Don't be misled by slan-
der and misrepresentations being cir-
culated by would-be dictators and de-
signing politicians against any can-
didate. These fellows have an ob-
ject in view and hope to put it over
at your expense.
G. Royalty Hopson Weds Miss
Opal Williams, of Houston.
The wedding of Miss Opal Williams
of Houston, to Rev. G. Royalty Hop- _ _ ^ -
son, of Meridian, was solemnized at sent by the Council as recognition of poses only for two weeks.
Emmanuel Baptist church in Houston j the work accomplished are Miss Min- claims they just fit but Mr. Bryan
-d tit ^ ^1'' j? ay\ y 13' ! nie Reierson, Meridian Creek Club, says they are a little small, and if
. 7\ev' • Godfrey, the pastor, 1 and Olive Morris, of the Kopperl 4-H they should shrink on washing he will
0 mi n-g" , . ' Club. Other clubs have not com- be unable to use them.
The ung ceremony was used in a pleted their plans and hence are not
farm or home demonstration agents yet. Eight more days till election,
to enroll in these courses in advance, so be sure and vote for your choice.
Dates of the Short Course are July Remember, in that game, second
30 to August 3, inclusive. j place don't count.
To represent their membership in ! We are glad and we are sorry too.
the courses offered at the Farmers' Tommy Richardson, one of Mr. Bry-
Short Course and act as delegate in an's men, has been promoted to a
the business meetings of the State state park superintendent and will
Home Demonstration Association to take over a project at Big Spring. We
be held at College Station during the are awful glad for Tom but sure hate
short course, the following clubs have to lose him here because he has done
chosen the following women: Gar-| an awful g*ood job and been Mr. Bry-
nersville, Mrs. August KruegerjLoad- an's right-hand man.
er Sprisgs, Mrs. Dan Pike; Meridian; And Old Ickey Odle is bragging
Creek, Mrs. C. W. Murphree; Spring again. It seems he sold Mr. Bryan
Creek Gap, Mrs. Ruby Profitt; Worn- a pair of overalls, and Ickey lost so
ack, Mrs. Walter Thompson. The much money in the deal in figuring
delegate to represent the H. D. Coun- j the amount of material necessary to
cil is Mrs. S. L. Elder, Valley Mills, make same that Mr. Bryan is letting
and the two bedroom winners to be him display them for advertizing pur-
Ickey
pretty wedding. Attendants were: ready to announce their delegates.
Miss Leola Williams, bridesmaid;
CThe FIRESIDE
PHILOSOPHER"
By ALFRED BIGGS
Nobody loves an egotist.
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Wisdom is better than wealth.
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Waste no tears over yesterday.
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It is often harder to live than to die.
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We are all slaves to habit and custom
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Ignore misfortune and it will ignore
you.
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A mind perennially young is a fountain
of youth.
Meridian's luck is gradually coming
back and it should, as through no
fault of the town or its people there
has been black clouds a boiling for
Chiles entertainer! th* Fri<>ndlv FnlH Miss Jewel Cox> maid of honor, and
The time was spent in doing various!^"® ^\1Iiam£v and Jackie Roy E. Lane, of Waco, has been several weeks but is starting to clear
kinds of needlework, and exchanging , bv jf?rr' pTifJPJIh approved by the state engineer of the UP afain a^d look's like in next coup-
vL J. . e(j rjV jjarrv Ppsnpll itc man and fL^xuvcu uy wie otate engineer 01 xne
Delicious cake and To yv D Chanpp T TFederal Emergency Administration of
W"- iommy D- Chance. L. T. McRae PubUc Works ag architect for remod-
eling, repairing and constructing an
addition to the courthouse here. As
soon as formal contract with the ar-
many, ed her friends with a party at her
home Wednesday night, July 11. Af-
ter a delightful evening of games and
dancing, dainty refreshments of cake
bits of news.
punch were served to: Mrs. Bill Be- ur. ~ . ,, „
lew, Mrs. C. O. Bowman, Mrs. Si Da-, 9 ^J°™1Se+i, j
vis, Mrs. Wallace Duncan, Mrs. Carl ^ide is the daughter of Mr.
Eaton, Mrs. Hugh Olson, Mrs. C. T.' an^ J£rs- A' D- Williams, of Houston ouuu ^
Lawson, Mrs. Fletcher Patteson and jjf1 Re J °L chitect is made and approved, Mr.
the hostess. 1 HopSon' who was reared, Lane will come to Meridian and be-
On Wednesday, July 18, theFriend- ' v ' !^n drawing final plans covering the
ly Fold was entertained by Mrs. Gra-■ . "'PPY couple arnved in Mend- work.
dy Cooper. After an hour of plying n Tuesday, where they will remain
the needles very industriously, a jolly untll September 15, when they will,
hour of games and contests was en- Brownwood to make their home. | Miss Wintz Entertains.
joyed. Delicious cake and cherrv ^ lhey ^rf receiving the congratula- Miss Mary Beth Wintz entertain-
lemonade were s-rved to the follow- tions and best wishes of their
ing members: Mrs. Bill Belew, Mrs. lnends*
Oda Bowman, Mrs. H. E. Chiles, Mrs.
Si Davis, Mrs. G. W. Duncan, Mrs. Mrs. Earl White entertained the
Carl Eaton, Mrs. Sam Lawson, Mrs. Tuesday Contract Bridge Club this and punch were served to the fol-
Hugh Olson, Mrs. Joe Thompson, and week. A variety of garden flowers lowing:
the hostess. 1 were used in decoration of open Misses Elva anJ Ruth Seidel, Ger-
— rooms and terrace where four tables aldine Meyfield, Irene Ladwig, Ro-
Misses Ruth and Elva Seidel enter- of Pl&yers enjoyed a number of in- berta Johnson, Thelma Wtnte, Chris-
misses rtutn ana JMva oeiaei enter ferestino. g-ames Mrs Finlev Gill tine Grounds, Anna Mae Goodall, the
tamed with a surprise swimming par- ? & t> u r<-n riniey tjiu , w Ffiwin Orimps
tv TnooHnv nf+or^rtnn Tniir i n Lr and Mrs. Bob Gill were winners of nostess, ana M.essi_,. Ji.awin urimes,
• lu®sday aiternoon, July 10, hon- attractjve Drizes The euests were Thomas Len Dardcn, Elton Irvin,
oring Miss Pauline Gordon, of Fort accracuve P/^es. xne guests weie h T nmnVin TCnh Avh-ptf fhas
Worth at Olson swimmino- hole Mrs. mvited to the lovely garden where a £ueben Lumpkin, Bob Avirett, onas.
o* j i' i n/r t j • i delicious Dicnic lunch was S0rv6d Esrlc, and R. L. Hopson.
Siedel and Mrs. Ladwig were chap- JJ«iicious picnic luntn was servea. f
erones. After an enjoyable swim, Those enjoying this dehghtful affair
+-v>Q * j'i;.:.,,. ■ ' were Mesdames Sherrill Benson, Al-1
nic lunch- freni Ladwig Geraldine ton Gandy, Elmo Waldrop, Bon1 Miss Faye Young and Mrs. Paul
Mavfield Marv Beth Wintz Roberta Chil€s E1Sin Gandy, W. H. Curtis, Brown were chaperones to a group
TrwW™ rvn, TVialma V- Ferguson, C. L. Wilson, Tom of girls on a sunrise breakfast, Thurs-
Wh?te IWhv Md^r^edS Mrs Houston. Glen Combest, Bob Gill, day morning, July 12, at Comanrhe
+£i Finley Gill, Chase Primm; Misses crossing. After a d lightful swim
ind th^>'hostesse ' Therese Benson, Lauralie Johnson,: the following girls enjoyed the de:
| Irene Dunlap, Lila Smith and Fran-
ces Crain, of Belton.
Billy Curtis, Johnny Crenshaw and
Billy Mangold have returned from
Belton where they attended a Boy
Scout camp.
Renew your suDScription
I lap, Tribune office.
to the
l'e of weeks it will be all cleared
up. We are all sorry it came up but
it wes just a hands-off question and
Meridian is still hands off.
Mr. Roquemore is in the grain bus-
iness. If you don't believe it, look j
over his warehouse next to his store. |
I'll tell you, if it's something to j
sell or you want to buy something, j
Meridian seems to be a good place :
to do it. Because we keep gaining !
additional customers each and every
week.
Trade where the blue trucks call.
Meridian the old town with new pep.
Rep. and Mrs. Vernon Lemens, of
Rainbow, were here Thursday. Mr.
Lemens will be here next Wednesday
afternoon at 4:30 for an address, and
will be accompanied by the Glen Rose
band. The public is invited to meet
him here at that time.
Attention is called to the new ser-
ies of ads starting this week by the
Humble Company. Humble products
are sold in Meridian by John Cren-
shaw's Service Station, and in Mor-
gan by Wilson White's Station.
licious breakfast: Misses Elva and
Ruth Siedel, Thelma White, Anna
Mae Goodall, Roberta Johnson, Ger-
aldine Mayfield, Mary Beth Wintz, WBLH.
Pauline Gordon of Ft. Worth, and . tion with the robbery of the Iredell
the chaperones. ' State Bank April 20.
Geo. Ward, of Ft. Worth, escaped
from the jail in Paul's Valley, Okla.,
Thursday night of last week and so
far has not been recaptured. Ward
is wanted in this county in connec-
Arthur C. McKenzie, well-known
Meridian citizen, was killed, appar-
ently instantly, when his car overturn-
ed on a short curve on the highway
this side of China Springs Monday
night.
Mr. McKenzie left here for Groes-
beck between 10 and 11 o'clock, and
shortly before midnight two boys on
a motorcycle discovered the car off
the highway and in the fence, accord-
ing to reports reaching here. They
investigated and found a man in the
car at the wheel but could get no
response from him . Returning to
the highway, they stopped an ap-
proaching car, occupied by two wom-
en en route to Glen Rose, who ac-
companied them to the car. One-of
the women examined the man's pulse
and pronounced him dead and asked
the boys to summon an ambulance.
Williams undertakers of Valley Mills
responded, and about the time the
ambulance arrived, Sheriff Pearl
Benson, who was en route to Wsco,
came along and identified the victim
of the accident as Mr. McKenzie.
The body was taken to Valley Mills
and prepared for burial. Mrs. Mc-
Kenzie, who was visiting her parents
in Groesbeck, was brought to Valley
Mills, arriving there about dawn Tues-
day.
Apparently, the car in which Mr.
McKenzie was travelling alone, went
in the ditch, completely turned over
and landed upright against the fence.
When the_ body was found, it was up-
right behind the steering wheel, the
hands still grasping the wheel. The
front of the car was badly damaged
and the top crushed in. His neck
and shoulders were broken and skull
crushed, besides other injuries.
It is said that the curve where the
accident occurred is very extreme
and poorly banked and that other ac-
cidents have occurred there in the
same manner.
Mr. McKenzie, who was 46 years
old, came to Meridian about fifteen
years ago, and with Grady Cowan,
engaged in the automobile business
here; later he acquired ranches east
and west of Meridian and he had been
managing them for the past several
years. He served as county relief
administrator for about six months,
being succeeded by the present ad-
ministrator.
Surviving are his widow; his moth-
er, Mrs. Essie McKeszie of Mart, and
two brothers, Jim and Rufus, of Mart.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday morning at 10 o'clock at the
home of his father-in-law, Bob Stroud
in Groesbeck. Interment was under
the auspices of the Masonic fraterni-
ty, he being a member of one of the
Waco lodges A. F. & A. M., also of
the Waco Shrine.
Pallbearers were: D. Preston Horn-
buckle, Joe S. Lomax, H. R. Harwell,
W. H. Curtis, Joe Sheppard, F. T.
Shaffer, and C. A. Barker, of Merid-
ian, and Grady Cowan, of Mart.
The funeral was attended by an
unusually large number of friends
and relatives, and the floral offerings
were many^ and beautiful.
Mr. McKenzie's kindly nature won
friendship from every acquaintance.
His sudden death was a deep shock
to the entire community, in which he
will be missed by everyone, and the
entire community joins in extending
heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved
ones.
Those from Meridian who attended
the funeral include: F. T. Shaffer,
H. R. Harwell, W. H. Curtis, D. Pres-
ton Hornbuckle and wife, H. E. Chiles
Mrs. J. S. Odle, Joe Sheppard, Lump-
kin Gandy, John Crenshaw, Asa Crab-
tree, Joe S. Lomax, C. C. Porter, C.A.
Barker, H. R. Routt, F. J. Bates and
wife, and Elgin Gandy; Misses Clo-
tile Hornbuckle and Cliff Martin of
Morgan, and Cecil de Cordova of
Kopperl.
Joe Hyde's residence, on the high-
way three miles south of Meridian,
was destroyed by fire about 1 o'clock
Monday afternoon. The building,
owned by H. M. Jones, was a com-
plete loss. Most of the household
goods were saved except those in the
kitchen where the fire started from
a defective flue. Mr. Hyde and fam-
ily ask us to express their apprecia-
tion for the kindly acts of those who
assisted in saving most of their house-
hold effects, and also for the favors
and kindness shown them since the
fire.
The sunlight focused through a
pickle jar to form a sunglass was de-
termined as the origin of the fire
at the home of R. H. Hopson Sunday
a week ago. Trace of the flame as
is started from a small circle behind
the pickle j&r at the west side of
the residence was plainly visible after
the fire department extinguished the
blaze with a small amount of dam-
age.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
Emmett Schroeder and Miss Bula
Mae Hasting.
Oran Leroy Lund and Miss Tessie
Erna Seedig.
Stewart Lee and Miss Edalene By-
rum. •
Joe Christenson and Miss Frieda
Sophie Seider.
U. R. Roach and Miss Doris Leeth.
Tuesday, July 24th, will be the last
day a person may appear in person,
or make application to the county
clerk for an absentee vote.
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The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, July 20, 1934, newspaper, July 20, 1934; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth357307/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.