The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1929 Page: 5 of 8
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TROUP TOMATO FESTIVAL DREW
RECORD CROWDS THERE JULY 4 6
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Three days of merriment ended
Saturday night with the close of the
Troup Tomato Festival, held July "4
to 6. One of the largest crowds
ever assembled in Troup gathered
at West Forest Park for the fire-
works spectacle on the night of July
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In the opening base ball game
Troup defeated Timpson 2 to 1, but
lost to Timpson 3 to 4 Friday. Satur-
day Troup was defeated by the Mis-
souri Pacific team of Palestine 10 to 4.
Winners in the contest were:"Young
ladies’ foot race—Miss Opal Hugghins;
Colored foot race Frank Garrett; Hog
calling contest—Joe Dukes Jr.; Old
men’s foot race—D. B. Blair; Sack
race—John Blalock and Willie Kirk-
patrick, tie; Colored sack race —J.
B. Jackson; Oldest car display—Joe
Rucker and Jimmie Thames, tie;
Largest family, Ned Martin; Clown,
parade —Turnox. Bvigg land Albert
Gee; For bringing tomatoes greatest
distance to Troup market—J. L. Moore
of Laneville, Rusk county; Oldest
married couple—R. J. Bell and wife
who had been married 60 years and
nyie months July 7. The third base-
man of Timpson ball team won in the
fat man’s race. M. S. Turner took
first place in the fclog dance and
George Swinney won in the old fid-
dlers’ contest.
Prizes were $5 each; and in if" tie,
that sum was divided in half. Negro
trio singing and other numbers by
nergoes were awarded by donations
from the crowds.
Boxing matches between both
negroes and whites were staged, A
free vaudeville performance was put
on Friday night.
The main street in the business
section was roped off to give plenty
of room for the crowd. Although it was
not formally a part of the tomato
festival activities, a public dance
Thursday and Saturday nights at
Mud creek drew hundreds of visitors.
A big flow of automobiles Thursday
at the dancing pavillion blocked traf-
fic on the road in both directions
Thursday, because parking space was
unavailable for all cars.
The festivities were in celebration
of one the biggest tomato seasons
in the history of Troup. Except the
Troup fairs, the jubilee brought the
largest crowd ever seen in Troup, the
number of Visitors runing into the
thousands.
The festival was staged under direc-
tion of the Troup Chamber of con^-
merce, of which Max Jarvis is secre-
tary, with the assistance of H. W.
Stanley, member of the staff of the
East Texas chamber of commerce. :
SPONSORS FOR 4-H CLUB GIRLS
We have told you that Farm Ex-
tension Service is but a great school
in which children and adults alike
receive practical education. It would
take not a whole page of this paper,
but all of its pages for an issue or two,
to summarize the full extent of these
“school activities.” For example: read
in this issue the stories the women
have written on the subject of the
Living Room Contest in which they
participated. Read how they studied
and planned and learned and worked
—practical education, valuable educa-
tion. As another example: You will
find how the girls are learning prac-
tical poultry raising, practical garden-
ing, practical dress-making, practical'
arrangements and decorations for bed
rooms, food values and food prepar-i
ations.
Why, fellows, that kind of education
is worth more to the average girl
and woman than the ability to speak
French and “dance Spanish.” Tfte
latter accomplishments might be fine
for display when we step out in high
society—but for the girl who mmft
of necessity move along in the average
stations and ranks of life these ac-
quisitions of practical Culture will
go further to make her happy and to
make happy the husband she gets and
the home over which she will be call-
ed upon to preside than any other
form of education. In other words,
this “hand training” is but a part of
the 4-H club’s objective, namely: the
cultivation of the hand, the head, the
heart and the health.
Therefore, while remembering that
Farm Extension is but a great school,
visualize each of the clubs of our
country as classes—and then under-
stand that these classes are under the
sponsorship of responsible, efficient
leaders. In most of the communities
where there are organized clubs the
clubs are under the direction either
of one of the teachers or of some other
efficient, sympathetic adult. And,.it
may be said here, too, that two things
stand out notably in those communi-
ties where public schools and club
work stand together in close co-opera-
tion. Those things are that the schools
do more efficient work, and that the
clubs always accomplish better results.
Girls’ Club Sponsors, 1929
Following are the clubs and spon-
sors in the Smith county 4-H girls’
division of this great Farm Extension
Schooll of ours:
Arp—Miss Fredda Mink.
Bascom—Mrs. Josephine Hitt.
Dixie—Miss Bettie McFarland.
Eureka—Mrs. D. B. Beam.
Garden Valley—Mrs. Eula Thomp-
son.
Hebron—Mrs. J. O. Henderson.
Hopewell—Mrg H p
MY LIVING ROOM TRANSFORMED
AT A COST OF ONLY $30.86
By Mtb. Wallace Shank
I had been making plans to improve
my bedroom as it was needing new
paper, window shades and paint; bo
when the announcement came that
the W. H. D. clubs were to have a
living room contest I decided to change
the bedroom to a living room. Thus
I entered the contest but with little
hope of winning a prize, as there were
nearly twenty other contestants.
I began by preparing the walls for
new paper. The ceiling had never
been papered, so I covered it, with
tomato cold-frame sheeting. I then
selected an inexpensive grade of wall
paper with a subdued pattern, rich de-
sign, of yght brown background with
enough colo-r to harmonize. The ceil-
ing was.papered in harmonizing-papac
also with a fourteen inch drop with a
four inch border to give to the walls,
nearly twelve feet high, a lower .ap-
pearance. The wood work is done in
cream paint. The shades are fringed
with soft buff color, and the curtains
are of bordered scrim of beige color.
Furnishings for the room consist
of an old-fashioned piano which had
been stored for a long time but which
was revarnished and used! a piano
bench madfe of scrap lumber and var-
nished, two old straight chairs and
one rocker already on hand, two
second-hand spring seat rockerS which
I bought and refinished, a couch, a
table with drawers and a book shelf,
a chest of drawers, and a bookcase.
Cretonne cushions have also been plac-
ed in the room
My couch was retrieved from the
junk heap, some new springs put in,
re-padded, covered with heavy duck
and tufted. I have on it a spread made
of the same material as the cushions
on the chairs. The chest of drawers
was made from an old dresser, the
mirror from the dresser being hung
above the chest. Of course both
were refinished with the same shade
of varnish stain as was used in all
pieces. The bookcase is a homemade
case about three and one half feet
high by three, feet wide with shelves
for four rows of books. The chest of
drawers, table, and bookcase are pro-
vided with runners which have been
dyed a light tan shade. These I al-
ready had on hand.
Besides the three large windows and
three' doors for light, I have a large
center draft oil lamp. I also have a
gasoline lamp that was added to the
room after the contest closed.
My floor is painted a dark tan, a
shade that does not show soil easily.
The large linoleum rug harmonizes
with the draperies and wood work.
Four framed pictures of suitable sub-
jects give a final touch of attraction
to my living roow.
The expenses for this room were:
Rug ............................................$6.25
Chairs ........................................ 6.50
Paper ....................................... 3.56
Canvas .................................... 1.20
Varnish .......... 1.00
Paint ..:....................................... 1.75
Window lights .......................... 1.35
Shades ................... 2.91
Curtains ................ 1.20
Cretonne ...................................... 2.15
Curtain rods ........................... .24
Lumber for bookcase ...... 90
Tacks .............................................50
.Paste ..................................j......... .30
Oil and turpentine ................... .50
Vase .............................................15
Rit .................... 15
Umber ...........................................25
Total .....................$30.86
I-G.N. JUNE LOADINGS
SHOW MARKED INCREASE
On the International-Great North;
ern local loadings for June were 9,362
cars compared with 9,468 cars for
June last year. Receipts from con-
nections this year were 11,235 cars
compared with 9,992 last year, an in-
crease of 1,137 cars for June this year
over June 1928. :
Those who have faced the cold
glitter of a banker’s gaze will agree
with Dr. Russ that the, human eye
emits a mysterious force.
Vanity Fair Beauty
Shop
Special
J7.50 AND J10
FREDERICS VITA TONIC
PERMANENTS FOR
Work Guaranteed
STARLEY DRUG STORE
Phone 2159 Tyler
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estown—Mrs. J. L. Ellis.
Sylvan—Mrs. Irene Keele.
Oak flmv*—M:°° Wilp7 GMirifr-
Prairie Lea—Mrs. Lillian Sallee
Providence—Mrs. Ben Anthony.
Whitehouse-Miss Mozelle Yar-
brough.
Rev. 7. A. Quail of Stamford, Eng.,
invited the young people of his congre-
gation to use the church as a courting
place.
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PATCH WORK QUILTS
v (In Memory of My Mother)
Her flashing needle now is stilled;
The patch work quilts she made are
bright—
They wrap me closely, lovingly, each
Winter’s night. .
The fabric of the love she gave
With each gay patch she stitched in
place
Still holds me gently, tenderly, in
warm embrace.
GOLDIE CAPERS SMITH
Fort Worth, Texas
“BUT”
I would make my life such music
As fills the heavenly spheres,
That should ring, reverberating,
Thro’ countless coming years,
Falling in softest cadende,
, Lulling the world to sleep,
Stirring to high endeavor.
With melody rich and deep,—
SHrTs must be longer, and trousers
will tear.
And toes will strive for a breath of air
Thro’ even the stoutest of stockings!
If, perchance, I might paint on canvas,
The Master guiding my brush—
The motheiyof-pearl of the morning,
Or the ev.enjng’s purple hush;—
Pregnant with truth and beauty,
Color and harmony blent,
Holding a deathless ^message,—
I think. I could be content;
but
Home must be tidy, its fires burn
■bright ,
And lessons be learned by the chil-
dren at night,
And three times a day, they are
“starving”!
Let me not count them as burdens,
These dear home tasks of mine!
Let me not find it irksome
To follow His rare design,
Striving with infinite patience
Those dear young lives to mold,
Seeking thro’ loving service
Their brave young hearts to hold,
for
The years go winging—the days
come fast
When lessons and lunches are all in
the past;
Shall I not then have TOO
MUCH leisure?
MARY S. FITZGERALD,
815 S. Broadway, "
Tyler, Texas.
Lovingly dedicated to the Home
Demonstration Home - Makers of
Smith County.
Robert Pinnock of Cowes, Eng.,
left his widow $600,000, but with a
provision that it should be forfeited jfi
case she marries again.
A convict threw a bible at Gover1-
nor Wilkinson of Barlinnie prison in
Glasgow while attending religious ser-
vices.
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SUMMER PRICES
MAT.—10 and 35c
NIGHT—10 and 50c
THUR.-FRI.-SAT.
July 11-12-13
SEE AND HEAR
MONTE BLUE
“CONQUEST”
WITH
LOIS WILSON
H. B. WARNER
Two Aviators in a daring dash to
the South Pole. One the lover, the
other the Husband of the same girl.
Only one returns Alive! Who is it!
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CONSERVATION BEATITUDES
Taken from W. H. D. 1929 Year Book
1. BLessed are they who plant the
long-lived tree and shrub, for genera-
tions shall rise up and call them bless-
ed.
2. Blessed are they who are owners
of flower gardens, for in the heart
of a flower may be seen its Creator.
3. Blessed are they who clean up
in the highways, byways, and home
grounds, for cleanliness is next to god-
liness.
5. Blessed are they who brighten
and freshen their buildings and fences
with paint, for improvement and the
praise of many people shall be their
reward.
6. Blessed are they who war on
signs and banish the billboards along
the rural highway, for they shall be
called protectors of roadside beauty
and landscape scenery.
7. Blessed are they who stand
against friend and relative in the pro-
tection Of nature's gifts to our Nation,
for they shall be recognized as true
patriots of America.
8. Blessed aje the towns with plan-
ning boards, for great beauty, prosper-
ity and peace Shall descend upon them.
9. Great Shall vbe the reward of
those who protect our forests from
fire, for the bird shall continue to
serve him and the fish and wild ani-
mal to furnish him food.
10. Whosoever conserveth our Na-
tional Resources serveth himself, and
the generation following.
Experts say that business letters
should have imagination and honesty.
But the imagination is what makes
some of them dishonest.
Permanent
Waving
NEW CROQUIGNOLE
WIND
$12.50
SPIRAL WIND
$7.50 AND $10.00
Marcelling, Finger Waving,
Manicuring, Facials, Hair
Bobbing, Hair Dyeing, Scalp
Treatments.
VOGUE
Beauty Shoppe
2nd Floor Citizens Bank
231—PHONE—359
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Appreciation
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The Peoples
National Bank
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During thie 37 years continuous service which this
Bank -has rendered to the public, it has been our privilege
to have the patronage and enjoy the friendship of many .
citizens of the very first rank in almost every community
of the county.
There are none whose Friendship we have prized more
highly than we do that of Smith County’s W. H. D. Club
Women and 4-H Girls and Boys whose achievements, un-
der capable and tireless leaders, ture bringing to our people
new Hopes, Enlarged Visions—and a Finer Life.
Your Achievements are putting Smith county in the
very forefront of Texas’ most progressive sections for which
our citizenship are grateful.
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This Bank has given to the Farm Extension Service its
support in the past and deems it a privilege to work with *
you in the achievement of those worthy objectives you have
set for future attainment.
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Edwards, Henry. The Tyler Journal (Tyler, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 11, Ed. 1 Friday, July 12, 1929, newspaper, July 12, 1929; Tyler, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth619847/m1/5/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Smith County Historical Society.