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FANNIN COUNTY’S SEMI-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
The Bonham Herald
VOLUME XIII
Savoy Ex-Students
Homecoming Was
Held Sunday
Savoy homecoming of former
s’^ents of Savoy College and their
friends was held Sunday, as per pro-
gram below, at S'avoy in the gymnas-
ium built for the school some time
since, and named R. R. Halsell Gym -
nasium.
There are not so many people
around here now who remember Sa-
voy College. It has been many
years since fire destroyed the build-
ings, causing the end of the school,
simply because there were no funds
with which to rebuild. The school
master, R. R. Halsell, left the little
city to make his home in Oklahoma,
where he started another school, but
nothing to compare wih his college
in Savoy. iSad he must have been
<to trek away from the scenes of so
many of his literary triumphs, days
in which he had the satisfaction of
seeing some bright boy or girl fitted
for life with an education, for educa-
ting boys and girls who wanted an
education, and who were capable of
getting one, was the height of Rob-
ert R. Balsell’s ambition. Who can
say to what altitudinous latitudes he
has ascended beyond the Vale, in
token of what he did for the youth
of the land here Where is there
greater ambition than that of him
who wants to help others?
The wooden buildings wherein
Savoy College were housed have
been lapped up by the flames long
since, but there is no. fire, no matter
how hot, that can destroy the good
work done by the school, in educat-
ing its students and making them
men and women worth while, and
installing in those students principles
that they have handed down to their
children and /their children’s chil-
dren.
9:00 A. M.—Assembly in Shvoy
High School Auditorium. Meeting
called to order by the president.
Scripture reading by Rev. Will H.
Pritchett of Bells.
Invocation by Hon. 0. C. Mulkey,
Commerce.
Greeting to ex-students, Mayor of
Savoy.
Response, Judge J. Benton Maxey,
Atoka, Okla.
Reunion song, Words by Mrs. Mar-
tha Buford May of Savoy.
Roll Call, Mrs. W. H. Davis, (Pink
Durrett) of Wichita Falls.
Tribute To- Those Who Have
Passed On, Mrs. S. H. Montgomery
(Kate King), Whitewright.
Reports Of Officers: (a) Presi-
dent: (b) 'Librarian-Historian; (c)
Secretary-Treasurer; (d) The Board
of Managers.
Appointment of Committees: 1.
Resolutions; 2. Nominations; 3. Ne-
crology.
New Business. 1
11:30 A. M. Song, The Old, Old
Love (Reginald DeKoven) by Mrs.
Elizabeth May Jones.
Inspirational Address, Hon. Lee A.
Clark of Greenville.
Reading, by Nancy Lee Brackeen.
Noon, Basket Lunch under super-
vision of Mrs. J. W. McMurray
(Maggie Jones), Whitewright, to be
served in Halsell Memorial Auditor-
ium.
2.00 P. M., Sing iSong, directed by
Mrs. Fannie May Ball Reynolds, Ar-
lington.
Committee Reports.
Election of Officers.
Adjournment.
Social Hour and Goodbyes.
A tribute was paid the secretary,
Mrs. J. B. May, by the distribution
of her poem, “Welcome to College
Exes” and her election as poet lau-
reate of the association.
Retiring president, John M. Gist,
oil and cattle baron of Midland in-
cited the association to be his guests
’at the 1942 meeting, and said he
would pay all expenses of the enter-
tainment, regardless of the number
who came.
New officers of the association are
as follows: Lee Clark, Greenville,
president; Mrs. W. B. DeJernett,
Commerce, vice president; E. A. Mc-
Mahon, Dallas, active vice President;
Mrs. J. B. May, Savoy, secretary;
Mrs. P. F. Boyd, Austin, librarian. ,
BOTHEL—HOLDER
Invitations have been received by
mham friends to attend the mar-
age of Michard McGhee Holder,
n of Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Holder,
rmerly of this city to Miss Elean-
Grace Bothel of Pasadena, Cali-
mia, the wedding to take place
ily 14, in Pasadena.
Mrs. Grace Revell Steger, former-
ly of this city, will be associated in
Austin with her brother,. E. J. Re-
velle, who is opening a new studio
for interior decorating in the capital
city. Both of them are from Paris,
and are son and daughter of Theo- |
do re B. Revell of that city.
Drive To Raise
Red Cross Quota
In County
The Red Cross fund, which is
$1500.00 for Fannin county is only
about one-third subscribed. H A.
<Bui’ow, chairman of the committee,
was expected to call a meeting of his
committee for this, Monday morn-
ing. The members of the committee
are M. D. Anderson, Rush Caitron,
Dale Wolford, O. W. Gross, Joe
Loy, Joe Denton, W. P. Duckett, J.
C. MaGouirk, H. . Cole and Lee
Morrow.
A. G. McRae, who presided at the
meeting, which was held Friday,
stated that $500.00 had been depos-
ited with the American Red Cross.
He also stated that $100.00 was in
the hands of those who are collect-
ing the money.
&McRae also stated that he was of
the opinion that more than the quo-
ta would soon be collected. He also
stated that there are over 6,000 peo-
ple in Bonham and that this quota
of $1,500.00 was only something like
25 cents for each one of our citizen-
ry.
Reports from over the county in-
dicate that the county is coming up
with its quota.
POPULATION OF TOWNS
ACCORDING TO CENSUS
A preliminary announcement of
the population of many of the towns
in District 4, Area 90, shows the
following:
Grayson County
Bells ............................ 454
Collinsville ................................................... 651
Gordonville ................................................. 184
Gunter ............................................................ 481
Hagermlan ................... 127
Howe .................................................................. 546
Pottsboro ...................................................... 342
Tioga .................................................................. 638
Tom Bean ...................................................... 272
Van Alstyne .............. 1650
Whitesboro................................................. 1559
Whitewright .......................................... 1534
Collin County
Allen ................................... 211
Blue Ridge ................................................... 424
Copeville ....................... 104
Farmersville .................... 2206
Murphy ............................................................ 98
Flano ............................................................ 1559
Princeton ...................................................... 564
Renner ............................................................ 130
Westminster .................................. 290
Fannin County
Bailey ............................................... 213
Dodd City ........................ 308
Honey Grove .............. 2454
Ladonia ........................................... 1274
Leonard ........... 1331
Ravenna ................................... 248
Telephone ...................................................... 219
Trenton .................. 631
Windom ......................................................... 290
Monkstown .........:............................... 196
Riverby ............................................................ 348
Neut ................. 349
Hunt County
Caddo Mills —..................:.............. 390
Campbell ............................................... 428
Clinton ......................................................... 79
Fairlie ......................................... H3
Floyd .................................................................. 76
Lone Oak ................................................ 735
Merit ........... 193
Peniel ................................................ 415
Quinland ......................................................... 674
Kingston ......................................................... 116
Kaufman County
Forney ...................................;...... 1291
Kemp ............................................................ 1000
Mabank ............................................................ 9 S3
Rains County
Emory ............................................................ 886
Point .................................... 374
Rockwall County
Rockwall ............................................... 1318
SUDDERTH—GRANDI
L. L. Grandi and Miss Pearl Sud-
derth were united in marriage at
the home of the bride’s mother in
Leonard Thursday, 6:30 p. m. with
Rev. C. P. Sansom officiating.
Mr. Grandi is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. Grandi of Windson, Calif.
He has an M. S. degree and has
been teaching in Texas A. & M. Col-
lege for several years. This sum-
mer he will be a supply professor in
SMU in Dallas.
The bride is the daughter of Mrs.
W. A. Sudderth and the late Mr. W.
A. Sudderth of Leonard. A number
of friends witnessed the ceremony.
AAA OFFICE REPORT
The AAA office reported this
morning that it had received 29
checks for 1939 conservation which
aggregated $8,235. This brings the
grand total up to $567,160.85.
Miss Maggie Wade of Dallas vis-
ited friends in Bonham last Satur-
day.
Mayor C. H. McCleary of Honey
Grove was a Bonham visitor, Mon-
day.
SEMI-WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
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BONHAM, TEXAS, MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940
100th Anniversary Masonry
In County Friday June 28
Masonic Lodge
Here One Of The
Oldest In State
The Masonic Lodge here, Con-
stantine No. 13, is one of the oldest
lodges in the state. It was thir-
teenth in organization, and there
are a number of similar organiza-
tions started before its advent that
have gone out of business. This
leaves the lodge as was said in the
first sentence—one of the oldest w
the state.
On May 1, 1897, R. M. Lusk, an
attorney of Bonham, who wfs an
ardent Mason, wrote a history of
Constantine Lodge. In 1917 this
history was printed, and it is from a
copy of it that 'The Herald has
gleaned the following facts:
The, Grand Lodge of the Republic
of Texas issued the warrant author-
izing the organization of Constan-
tine Lodge on November 3, 1840—
just four years after the battle of
San Jacinto. The lodge was named
after Constantine Lodge No. 64, of
Lexington, Henderson county, Ten-
nessee. Daniel Rowlett was the
first master of the lodge. He had
belonged to Mt. Moriah Lodge, No.
39, of Dover, Tennessee. James S.
Baker was senior warden. ■ He had
been a member of Dekalib Lodge No.
9, in Red River county, Texas.
Seth Parker was tiler. He had been
a member of St. John’s Masonic
Lodge, Auburn, N. Y. Wm. C.
Young was the first secretary; John
B. Craig was made treasurer. Oth-
er officers were named.
Then followed a list of the chart-
er members. Not one of whom, of
course, is alive, the lodge having
been organized when Texas was a
republic. Mira'beau B. Lamar was
president of the young republic.
Constantine Lodge donated $10
toward the erection of Washington
Monument, which is in Washington,
D. C. This donation was tendered
on May 31, 1851.
On June 7, 1855, Constantine
Lodge laid the corner stone of the
Mhsonic Female Academy. The
house stood on the lot where Bailey
Inglish ward school now stands, the
land having been given by Bailey In-
glish for a female school.
On August 27, 1864, the lodge an-
nounced that on account of the Civ-
il War no more initiations would
take place until further orders.
On January 27, 1865, W. A.
Evans, afterwards county judge, in-
troduced a resolution to remit the
dues of all members who were then
in the field, (meaning the Confeder-
ate Army) since December 1863.
There were a few exceptions.
The lodge had been meeting in
what was afterwards known as the
Odd Fellows building. Itt ^tood
where the First Christian Church
now stands. The Masons sold the
house to the Odd Fellows, and ne-
gotiated with T. R. Williams on June
3, 1867 to use the upper story of a
brick house he was erecting in the
middle of the west side of the square.
The house was afterwards burned
when the west side was destroyed.
The disaster took place on January
3', 1877. 'Snow was on the ground
at the time. The lodge then went
to its present lodge. room over the
Fannin County Abstract Co. place
of business—across the street from
Leatherwood Bros.
Up to the time of the history’s
writing, the lodge had received about
600 members.
On May 16, 1888, this lodge par-
ticipated in laying the corner stone
of the new court house. A large
number of Masons attended the cere-
monies.
On June 4, 1848, the funeral of
Dr. Daniel Rowlett was preached and
the Masons marched to his burial.
The book goes on to say that' it
would be a fine thing for the M'asons
to erect a monument over the grave
of its first Worshipful Master—so
far as is known this was never done,
and the grave of this good man goes
unmarked to this day, it is said.
“The evil that men do lives after
them and the good is oft interred
with their bones. ” .It is still not too
late to remember Dr. Rowlett, even
to this day, and it would still be a
fine thing to erect a shaft in honor
of this pioneer, physician and Mason,
who did a world of good in his event-
ful life.
Grand Master Leo Hart
Plans are going forward for the
celebration of the 100th anniversary
of Masonry in Fannin County. W.
A. Barr, secretary of the lodge here
states the following is the program in
mind now for the meeting, which will
be held at Lake Fannin on June 28.
Address of Welcome—H. A. Cun-
ningham.
Response by Walter Hugheston,
of McKinney, past grand master of
Texas.
Luncheon.
History of Masonry in Fannin
County, Will H. Evans.
Address by Johnnie Bean, voca-
tional agricultural teacher of ;Sher-
man. (Mr. Bean was reared in the
Masonic Home in Fort Worth.)
Address by Bob Miller of Fort
Worth.
Grand Master of Texas, Leo Hart,
of Gilmer, will make a talk.
Those attending are expected to
bring well filled baskets.
At night “The Rose Upon the Al-
ter” will be presented by the two
Denison Masonic Lodges, and Grand
Master Hart will make an address
on lodge work..
At this last meeting, which will be
held at the high school auditorium,
none but Masons will be admitted.
The ten Masonic Lodges of Fan-
nin County, Texas, were chartered
on the following dates:
Constantine Lodge No. 13. Date
of Charter January 1, 1840, Bon-
ham. Charter members 8. Present
membership 162. First officers: W.
M.: D. Rowlett; S. W.: James S.
Baker; J. W.: William M. Williams;
S. D.: John B. Denton; J. D.: John
M. Hansford, Sec.; William C.
Young; Treas.: John B. Craig; Tiler:
Seth Parker. Present officers: W.
M.: C. J. Phillips; S. W.: E. W.
German; J. W.: Jas. O. Tate; S. D.:
Louis Woosley; J. D.: Clovis Reece;
Treas.: D. E. Beaver; Sec.: W. A.
Barr; Tiler: Fay Shepard.
Bethel Lodge No. 134. Date of
Charter January 21, 1854, Ladonia.
Present membership 65. Present of-
ficers: V. M. Laird, W. M.; C. J.
Jestis, S. W.; J. P. Mayner, J. W.;
A. L. Bartley, S. D.; R. N. Scott,
J. D.; J. C. Williams, Treas.; Joe
R. Beall, Sec.; S. L. Mitchell, Tiler.
Electic Lodge No. 153, Savoy,
Texas. Date of Charter January 17,
1855. Present membership 14. Pres-
ent officers: J. M. Chance, W. M.;
J. D. Withrow, S. W.; W. A. Haw-
kins, J. W.; H. L. Melugin, S. D.;
J. F. Morgan, J. D; J. B. May,
Treas.; W. H. Harper, Sec.; C. S.
Melugin, Tiler.
Honey Grove Lodge No. 164, Hon-
ey Grove. Date of Charter January
24, 1856. Charter members 35.
Present membership 65. First offi-.
cers: John Wl Moore, W. M.; A. G.
Pace, S. WL; A. J. Nicholson, J. W.;
T. M. Coulton, S. D.; W. Under-
wood, J. D.; S. Stapp, Treas.; J. R.
Baird, Sec.; O. Smith, Tiler. Pres-
ent’ officers: A. A. Roberts, W. M.;
L. H. Bell, S. W.; Alonzo Lindsey,
J. W.; Dee Cunningham, S. D.; J.
W. Shrum, J. D.; S. A. Carlile,
Treas.; F. E. Wood, Sec.; Guy Cha-
ney, Tiler.
Telephone Lodge No. 348, Tele-
phone. Date of Charter June 13,
1872. Present membership 51. First
officers: H. H. McClendon, W. M.;
Joseph Wyatt, S. W(,; James Ham-
rick, J. W.; J. R. Garnett, S. D.;
Samuel Pratt, J. D.; Jessie Briley,
Treas.; J. S. Blackman, Sec.; W. M.
Miller, Tiler. Present officers: W.
B. Richardson, W. M.; Edmond Par-
ker, S. W.; Z. H. Doan, J. W.; J. P.
Moore, S. D.; Clovis Cummings, J.
D.; Woodrow Cooper, Treas.; E. J.
Davis, Sec.; A. J. Allen, Tiler.
Grove Hill Lodge No. 373, Leon-
ard. Date of Charter June 8, 1873.
Charter members 15. Present mem-
bership 57. First officers: R. P.
Baker, W. M.; James M. Smith, S.
W.; B. C. Loven, J. Wl.; T. S. Ross,
(Continued on last page)
Mrs. W. C. Cummings of Dodd
City was in Bonham last Thursday
and Friday.
Grace Charles Butler, of Leonard,
is now with S. F. Leslie in his law
office.
No General Speaking L
During Campaign Of
Local Candidates
Some forty or more candidates for
the various county offices met in
the district court room Saturday
morning, pursuant to call, to discuss
the advisability of speaking dates
over the county, as has been the
general practice heretofore.
Louis Woosley was elected chair-
man and Choice Moore chosen as
secretary and the meeting got down
to business at once.
After some discussion it was de-
cided not to have any speaking dates
as heretofore and it was also voted
that there should not be any cards
handed out during election day, and
that nobody would be hired by the
candidates to present his claims to
the voters, either by word of mouth
or handing out cards on election day.
One candidate stated as his reason
for not wanting the latter proposi-
tion was that it would cost forty
or fifty dollars apiece from the can-
didates. The idea seemed to take
readily.
So as the matter stands there will
be no speakng dates, and candidates
will be free lances in the campaign
hereafter, just as they have been
heretofore.
The idea was suggested that the
candidates for representative be al-
lowed to speak, each one for himself
of course at meetings they might
designate. This did not carry.
Someone moved that the meeting
adjourn and the chair said all who
were in favor of that to leaver—they
all .left.
“The Biggest Crooks
In Bonham,” Cagle s
Sermon For Tonight
Rev. R. H. Cagle, who is holding
the revival meeting at the Calvary
Baptist Church, will bring another
of his powerful and interesting mes-
sages tonight when he preaches on
the subject, “The Biggest Crooks In
Bonham.” Rev. Cagle is a forceful
and compelling preacher and his ser-
mons hold the undivided interest of
his listeners.
In spite of unusually adverse
weather conditions, there has been
an excellent attendance at the Cal-
vary meeting. There has been al-
most a downpour of rain preceding
each service to date, yet the atten-
dance has been gratifying in view of
this.
In the two services yesterday,
there were five who made a profes-
sion of faith and one who rededicat-
ed her life to Christ, and one who
came upon promise of letter.
You are cordially invited to these
inspiring services at this friendly
church. The morning service be-
gins at 10:00 o’clock and the even-
ing service at 8:00. You will en-
joy the splendid preaching, the in-
spiring singing led by Mr. Edward
Carlson and the friendly Christian
fellowship at this church.
GIRL WINS SCREEN CONNTEST
Jo Doris G’neal, 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. O,-
Neal, of the Ely section won a talent
contest at Whitewright recently,
which entitles her to take a screen
test. Jo Doris has won in the story
telling contest in Fannin County’s
interscholastic league for the past
three years.
KINDERGARTEN PARTIES
Two Kindergarten parties .are
scheduled for today—one at the
Golf Club this afternoon for the kid-
dies, and one tonight for grownups
acting kiddies. Members of the
Kindergarten board are sponsoring
the parties for the benefit of the
school.
JONES—McCLEARY
Owen McCleary and Miss Roberta
Jones were married last Saturday
by Justice of the Peace W. B. Coop-
er of Telephone. The couple was
from Oklahoma.
L. R. Burkett, county superinten-
dent of schools, has been in Austin
on work in connection with his of-
fice. W. C. Cummings, superinten-
dent of the Dodd City schools went
with Mr. Burkett.
Mrs. Jim Maples and Mrs. J. P.
Atnip and son, Joe, of Muskogee,
Okla., are here as the guests of W.
E. Meredith and other relatives.
Dr. J. G. Varner suffered a heart
attack, Thursday. He was taken to
Allen Memorial Hospital for treat-
ment.
.arge Crowd Heard
Preparedness Talks
Saturday Night
One of the most patriotic' meetings
ever held in Bonham;—not from a
noise standpoint, but one of patri-
otism, the sort that fired the first
gun at Lexington—if we have to
fight, let it start right here spirit,
was held in the court house Satur-
day night. The house was crowded
with men and women. Nobody
wanted a war, but all wanted to be
ready for one, if it is shoved on us.
It had the spirit of 1917 in it, the
meeting Saturday night, and the
audience was assured by one of the
speakers that such meetings were
being held all over the United States
—we do not want to be caught nap-
ping, like poor France and her ally,
Great Britain, to say nothing of the
little countries that have been encom-
passed, and as Judge George P.
Blackburn, the principal speaker,
stated, “If we are ready, then there
will be no war.” The reader can
imagine for himslf what might take
place—if we are not prepared!
'Supt. Irby B. Carruth talked.
Mayor Joe B. Hrdlicka, an over-
seas man, was chairman, and he ad-
dressed the crowd. Judge O. L. Couch
also spoke, and so did H. S. Cole.
The latter also offered a set of reso-
lutions, which were adopted, viva
voce. Major Cole said he and his
oldest son were in the other war,
and that that son would go back, if
necessary, and that his son would go
find if necessary, he, H. S. Cole
would go too!
Following the Cole speech, which
was cheered as the others, Chairman
Hrdlicka wanted to know if anybody
else wanted to speak. A white-
haired gentleman got up, introduced
himself to the chairman, who intro-
duced him to the audience. He was
Rabbi Schwob of Victoria, Texas.
The rabbi said he was born in
France, educated there and then
won a scholarship to go to Germany
to study, which he did. He wants
preparedness.
At this point Chairman Hrdlicka
called on every American Legion-
naire in the house to stand. There
were a number of them, including
himself. He then wanted to know how
many Spanish-American veterans
were in the house, and three of
them stood, Sid Smith, Dr. A. B.
Kennedy and Wade Lipscomb.
The chair called on the Rev. W.
O. Harmon of the First Christian,
church to dismiss the big crowd with
a blessng.
It had rained, but that did not
keep the crowd away. Those people
are in earnest, and everyone had the
idea that we do not want to fight,
but if fight we must, let’s be ready!
The gist of the resolutions passed
by . the crowd Saturday night was to*
the effect that this country be pre-
pared for any eventualities. The
vote was almost unanimous for pre-
paredness; a few perhaps not voting.
One thing was noticed—there was
not a “no."
GOOD RAINS FELL OVER
FANNIN COUNTY, SATURDAY
This section was visited by rain
at an early hour Saturday morning,
precipitation intermittently falling
during the day. A report from over
the county Saturday morning stated
that the following places had a good
rain: Lamasco, Mulberry, Gober, Ed-
hube, Randolph, Ravenna, Ivanhoe,
Windom, Honey Grove and Dodd
City. Ector, Bailey and Leonard re-
ported light rains at the same time.
Farmers who did not have their
grain cut will have to wait, with the
attendant evils, for it to dry up
enough for them to get in their
fields with harvesting machines.
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
Following is the reported attend-
ance at iBonham Sunday schools:
June 9 June 16
First Baptist ...........
......... 228
243
First Methodist ....
......... 157
175
First Christian .......
......... 149
126
Calvary Baptist ....
........ 80
112
Church of Christ ...
......... 99
100
Nazatrene ....
........ 86
106
Clark Memorial M.
........ 50
56
849
918
LIBRARY HAS NEW BOOKS
The Bonham Public Library
receipt of twenty-one new b
There are several new books ir
list.
Berne Everheart of Whitewrig]
was a business visitor in Bonhar
Friday.
Luther Maxwell of Dodd City wa
in Bonham last Friday.
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Newby, G. R. The Bonham Herald (Bonham, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 89, Ed. 1 Monday, June 17, 1940, newspaper, June 17, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth637609/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fannin County Historical Commission.