The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1939 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 58.
MESQUITE, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
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NUMBER 14.
5 Day Program Planned for Mesquite Fair
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Mesquite Public Schools Open Monday Morning, Sept. 11th
New Building To
Be Completed, 850
Pupils Expected
Unlike other schools iu Dallas
County which begin September 13.
the Mesquite Public Schools will
open the fall term Monday, Septem-
ber 11 with a special program to be
bold in the auditorium of the $60,-
000 new high school building,
which gives to Mesquite a $200,000
school plant.
Following the program Monday
morning, the pupils will be classified.
All classes will meet the first day
wu half time schedules, according to
L. J. Berry, superintendent. Prior
to the beginning of school on Sept.,
11, the high school principal, Miss
Zelma Cook, will meet all high
school students who have not been
scheduled from 9 to 4, Thursday,
September 7.
The new building, containing the
large auditorium, has rooms for the
English, Social Sciences, Natural
Sciences. Home Economics and Com-
mercial departments.
The old high school, to he known
, as the Junior high, has a library,
woll equipped with good literature,
over which three WPA librarians
reign.
1
YOUNG PEOPLE
ENJOY OUTING
Outdoor games and a moonlight
! picnic was enjoyed by fourteen !
j members of the Young Peoples
class ill the Baptist Suntity school
and their teacher, Mrs. Chas. Hood. !
Monday night on the lawn at the ,
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Bassett.
This waii the regular monthly meet-
ing of the class.
CHAIRMEN MESQUITE HORSE SHOW
Of Big Party
New Home Seene
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest McKeuzie
were surprised Friday evening when
friends arrived at their residence
with gifts for their attractive new
home, built on the site of the old
Humphreys homestead.
It was almost a family reunion,
for relatives and friends were pre-
sent, who had not been together in
a long time.
Punch, cookies and mints were
served from the lace-covered table
in the dining room. Gifts were un-
wrapped and placed about the house.
Included were a large floral paint-
ing and a white table lamp for the
living room; twin lamps and twin
I pictures for the guest room; blue
In t/lh<-r nuildlngs will be l'ound i accessories for the bath room; UBe-
roonns set apart for the teaching of j j>U| for the kitchen decorated
music, K-.-ci, Vocational Agriculture, j ln r(i(] an(1 w},tte.
Art and Mathematics.
The lunch room has been enlarged
Ko accommodate larger crowds
where public dinners, as well
school unches. will be served.
Tbo gymnasium is undergoing im-
provement. An addition to the west
wide of the gym is now under con-
struction.
The play ground at the athletic
field has been enlarged five acres
by a city land gift.
Some 850 pupils are expected
enroll in school the first week.
MRS. LEWIS HONORS
GRANDDAUGHTER
Mrs. Edgar Lewis honored her
granddaughter, Jo Herndon with a
party on her 9th birthday, Friday
afternoon, August 25th. Ice cream
and cake were served to Mary Dean,
Bobby Milleri Happy and Ann Alex-
ander, Mary Ann D'ickson, L. A.
and Curtis Lee Wilkerson, Helen
Tick, Jo Ann Miller, Ilortense Sealy,
fidgar Lynn Lewis and the bonorea.
Guests included Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Humphrey. Mr. and Mrs. Fel-
ton Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
a* | Humphreys and son, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Humphrey and son, Lynn, Mr.
and Mrs. John McKenzie, Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. McKenzie and Jack, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee McKenzie and Sara
Lee. Mrs. Hattie Chapman, Miss Lil-
lie Chapman, Miss Hugh Brown,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Walker. Mrs.
I Ed F. Vanston, Mrs. W. B. Hailey,
to | Mrs. A. J. Cook, Miss Josephine
Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Hex Range and
son, Mr. and Mrs. Hicks Jobson.
Mrs. W. R. Parnell and daughters;
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Miller, Forney;
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ollie Humphreys
and son. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hum-
phreys. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Hum-
phreys and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Murray Humphreys and daughters,
Mrs. Emma Hitchings, Miss Hazel
Shaw. Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Hum-
phreys and son, Mrs. Johnnie Green-
wait, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Swain.
Mrs. Muriel Burkley and son, all of
Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Stark
of Seagoville, and the honor guests.
J. H. Brlley, left and Lee Goforth, , OoartMj- of Ttir Time* iirmbi
right, in charge of the big horse ' days of the Mesquite Fair, are re-
show to be staged the first two , ceiving entries daily for the show.
Miss Lawrence
Married Sunday
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MISS NAN NIK LAWIUCNCH
Announcement has been made of
tfce marriage of Miss Nannie Law-
rence of Mesqnite to Mr. D&n Hen-
»rd of Wellington, Sunday, August
ilf.
Details of the wedding will be
announced later.
Mrs. Henard is the charming dau-
rbter of Joe Lawrence of Meequlto,
ioid returned last week from a tour
the east and the New York Fair
with her father and sisters. She is a
*rmd"uate of Mesquite high school
Baylor lTniv< rnity, has been a teoch-
w in the Wellington schools for
several year*.
Mesquite Fair
Election Notice
For Fair Queen
An election will be held Saturday,
September 9 to name the Queen of
each community in the Mesquite
Fair territory who will participate
in the Holleywood Beauty Review,
competing for title of Beauty Queen
of the Mesquite Fair, Thursday
evening, September 14.
Each community is urged to en-
ter at least two candidates iu the
race September 9.
All persons fifteen years or over
may vote in the "Many Queen's
Race." The election will be held
from 9 a. m. to 6 p. m., Saturday,
September 9 at The First Nation-
al Bank. A photograph of each
or at the Mesquiter office before or
in the morning of election day. (If
the candidates have no pictures, they
may have their picture made by
Joe Tosch in Mesquite.)
Icrnet Broyles Honored
With Party Tuesday
Janet Broyles was honored with a
party Tuesday afternoon on her
sixth birthday. Neita Rose Crain and
the honoree received prizes in the
games.
Ice cream cones and cake was
served to twenty-nine guests. Janet
received many useful gifts.
State - Wide Cotton
Committee to Meet
In Hillsboro
A .tie ting of the State-Wide col-
ton committee of Texas will be held
in Hills boro on Saturday. Sept. 9
at 2 o'clock in the College Auditor-
ium. Following the meeting, Burris
C. Jackson and several of his friends
are giving a large barbecue. At the
barbecue a member of outstanding
Texans who have rendered "faithful
and valuable Bervlce to Texas" will
be designed as special honor guests.
The barbecue is to be at night and
the affair is stag.
Fire Destroyed
House And Shop
Fire completely destroyed the re-
sidence and plumbing shop of J. M.
Gray on Bnckner Boulevard near
Scyene Hoad last Saturday morning.
We understand Mr. Gray carried
$700.00 insurance, a sum said to be
Inadequate to cover losses. Mr. i
Gray has purchased the large barn
from J. E. Bruton and has moved
to his lot. This barn will be renovat-
ed and in part dismantled to rebuild
shop and residence.
Much Interest
In Rylie Church
The Rylie Christian Church, under
the leadership of its pastor, the Rev.
J. T. Simmons, held a revival recent-
ly, which was very successful in
stimulating Interest In church activ-
ities.
The congregation, in appreciation
of the Reverend Simmons' tireless
efforts in improving the church, in-
creased his salary, and honored him
with an old-fashioned pounding.
The public is invited to worship
with the Rylie Christian Church,
whose total enrollment is 114.
HONORED WITH
POUNDING PARTY
Rev. and Mrs. Carlton C. Allen
were honored with an old-fashioned
pounding by members of the Pres-
byterian church, Monday night on
the lawn of the manse. About fifty
members and their families were
present to enjoy the outdoor games
and watermelon.
Ray I lodges Weds
Miss Mosel Elliott
Dr. and Mrs. G. R. Elliott of
Grand Saline announce the marriage
of their daughter, Mattle Mosel, to
Mr. Hay Hodges on July 16, 1939.
The wedding took place Sunday,
July 16, at. 7 o'clock in the evening
In the little Methodist Church in
Dillard, Oklahoma, with the Rever-
end Monroe C. Wright officiating.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace E. Stewart of
Ardmore, formerly of Mesquite were
the only attendants.
The bride is a graduate of Grand
Saline high school and received a
degree in public school music from
Texas State College for Women.
Mr. Hodges is one of the out-
standing young business men in
Mesquite, where he is connected
with the First National bank. He
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E d
Hodges of this city.
A graduate of Mesquite high
school, he was outstanding in ath-
letic activities.
Mr. and Mrs. Hodges are at home
lp Mesquite.
Graduate Makes
Good at College
Ray Hudspeth. 16-year-old grad-
uate of Mesquite High School last
May, has been attending North,
Texas State Teachers College at
Denton all this summer and has
completed twelve hours of college
work with a straight A grade. Ray
will continue his college work when
school reopens in September after
getting first experience picking cot-
ton these two weeks while at home
in Mesquite.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Moore and
children, Betty and William Roy
spent Sunday with her mother, Oma
Snyder of Edwards.
Three-In-One Party
Honors Berrys
Last Wednesday was an import-
ant day for Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ber-
ry. Members of the Christian church
surprised Mr. and Mrs. Berry, who
have Just moved into their new
home at Zlpp City, with an old-fash-
ioned house warming. It was the
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary of
Mr. and Mrs. Berry, and it was also
Mr. Berry's birthday.
The honorees received many at-
tractive gifts for their home. Water-
melon was served to thirty guests.
Arrangements Completed For Horse Show
The two day horse show set for
Tuesday and Wednesday, September
12 and 13, Is drawing many entries
from among owners of fine show
horses. More than $400.00 prize
money is to be given the winners in
the twenty-one different events.
J. H. Brlley and Lee Goforth,
Chairmen, and Clyde Gillean, O. C.
Hanby and C. D. Peavy, members of
he committee in charge of the
ihow, are making arrangements to
iccommodate the hundreds of gneets
•xpected to be present each night,
vhen the horse show is staged in
he Mesquite Atheltic Field.
Invitations, entry blanks and a
opy of the rules and regulations
vhlcb shows the eleven events for
"uesday night and ten events for
Vednesday night, were mailed
Tonday to show horsemen of
'orth Central and East Texas,
'uesday night's program Includes
he model class of stallloM, inare« j
and geldings; Mesquite amateur girl
rider, under 16; Mesquite amateur
boy riders, under 16; open three-
gaited saddle horses; three or flve-
galted saddle horses, boys and girls
under 16; flve-galted saddle horses,
more class; open flue harnesses
class: ladies' five gaited class; flve-
galted stallions and geldings; halter
colts, 2 years and under; stock
horse class.
In addition to the championship
stakes of the three and flve-gaited
saddle horses scheduled for
Wednesday night, there will be
the ladies' three-galted class, ama-
teur five-galtod class, upon Junior
flve-gaited stakes. Mesqulto walk-
ing horse class, combination flve-
galted class, walking horse stakes;
Palomino classes, mares, geldings
under saddle .and Palomino class,
stud to halter.
TwwtWy, . 1U, J* o'clock
1 Model ctaas. stallions, nyaree,
geldings, $10.00, 5.00, 3.00, 2.00.
2. Mesquite Amateur Girl Riders,
(under 16) $4.00, 3,00, 2.00, 1.00.
3. Mesquite Amateur Boy Riders,
(under 16), $4.00, 3.00, 2.00, 1.00.
4. Open Three aGlted Saddle
Horses* $12.50, 7.50, 5.00, 2.50.
5. Three or five gaited saddle
horses, (boys and girls under 16),
$5.00. 3.00, 2.00, 1.00,
fl. Five gaited Baddle horses, mare
Class**, $12.50, 7.50, 5.00, 2.50.
7. Open Fine Harness Class. $7.50,
5.00, 3.00, 2.00.
8. Ladles five gaited clastf, $12.50,
7.50, 5.00, 2.50.
9. Five gaited stallions and geld-
lngs**, $12.50, 7.50, 5.00, 2.60.
10. Halter Colts (2 years and un-
der), $10.00, 7.50, 5.00. 2.50.
1. Stock horse class, $7.50, 6.00,
3.00, 2.90.
VV«ln<'Mlit>, Sciitrnihn' lit. H o'clock
1. Ladles threw gultod claw, $7.50,
6.00. 3.00, 2 00.
2. Amateur five gaited class, $7.
50. 6.00, 3.00. 2.00.
3. Open Junior five gaited stakes,
$12.60, 7.50, 5.00, 2.50.
4. Mesquite walking horse class,
$7.60, 5.00. 3.00. 2.00.
6. Combination five gaited class,
$12.50, 7.60. 6.00, 2.60.
6. Champion stake 3 g a I t e
class *, $17.50, 12.50, 10.00, 5.00,
3.00, 2.00.
7. Walking horse stakes, $17.50,
12.60, 10.00, 5.00, 3.00, 2.00.
8. Champion five gaited. (Btal-
llons, Btuds. mares, and geldings**.
$17.50, 12.50, 10.00, 5.00. 3.00,
2.00.
9. Palomino class, (stud to Hal-
ter). $7 50. 5.00. 3.00, 2.00.
•Entries of event 6 Wednesday
night must have entered event 4
on Tuesday night.
••Entries of event 8 Wednesday
night must have entered 0 and 9 on
Tueeday nlplit.
1939 Beauty Queen
To Be ( downed
Thursday Night
For the first time iu the history
of the Mesquite Fair, five big days
of entertainment, exhibits and
shows have been scheduled for the
fifteenth annual Mesquite Fair,
opening with a two night horse
show Tuesday, September 12 at 8
o'clock. It. P. Marsteller, professor
of animal husbandry of Texas A&M
College, will be the official Judge for
both nights, with A. B. Robbing of
Dallas serving as Ring Master.
Interest in the horse show is run-
ning high giving assurance of com-
plete, advance sale of box Beats,
with a guest list of many notable
personalities. A large number of en-
tries is expected from the outstand-
ing stables in Texas. Oklahoma and
Louisiana.
Thursday night following the
horse show, Miss Mesquite Fair will
be crowned queen as the climax to
the spectacular Hollywood Beauty
Review, a parade of beautiful
Queens from each of the communit-
ies cooperating in the Mesquite Pair.
The Queen, selected on the basis of
beauty, personality and poise, will
be selected Thursday night, and will
be sponsored by the Mesquite Cham-
ber of Commerce and entered In
the Queens contest at the State Fair.
The winner at the state Fair will go
to Hollywood for a tryout in the
movies, sponsored by the Dallas
Chamber of Commerce.
Well known Hollywood entertain-
er, Phil axter, Nationally u
composer and radio entertainer, ^nd
his brother, Jimmy Baxter, radio,
stage and screen star, will appear on
the Thursday evening program.
Friday and Saturday evenings
will be devoted to free musical and
comedy programs.
Schaffers Carnival attractions
will add to the entertainment each
evening.
In ndditlon to the biggest enter-
tainment program ever arranged for
the fair, the agricultural and com-
mercial exhibits are expected to
draw thousands of people.
Father Honored
With Big Dinner
In celebration of their father's
Beventy-thlrd birthday, Mrs. Merle
Redd and family, V. L. Spruill and
family of Dallas, and C. T. Spruill,
surprised J. A. Spruill with a big
dinner party.
Mr. Spruill cut the cake, decorated
with candles, and had the seat of
honor at the table, with places
marked for the eleven guests.
Born In Houston county, August
26, 1866, Mr. Spruill spent the
greater part of his life on the
farm. He has lived In Dallas county
the past forty-four years.
Dozier Named To
Teaching Post
Otis Dozier, prominent Dallas art-
tlst formerly of Lawson, has been
named assistant to Boardman Rob-
inson, director of the art school of
the Colorado Springs Fine Arts
Cener, tand will take up his duties
at the beginning of the regular
school term on Sept. 19. Mr. Dozier.
who with Jerry Bywaters, returned
from Colorado Springs this week,
has been serving as Mr. Robinson's
assistant during the summer ses-
sion Just, concluded. He will in-
struct In life drawings and criticize
the lithography classes The artist's
connections with Dallas will not bo
broken entirely, as he will continue
his association with the Lone Star
Prlntmakers and submit work to the
various local exhibitions.
TO PREACH HERE
Rev. C. B. Fielder, District Supt.
of tho Greenville District, will
preach at the Methodist Church
Sunday, Sept. 3 at 11 a. m.
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Cook, Mrs. A. J. The Texas Mesquiter. (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, September 1, 1939, newspaper, September 1, 1939; Mesquite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth406891/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mesquite Public Library.