The Plain Dealer (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1932 Page: 1 of 4
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The Plain Dealer
Volume 1
CORRIGAN, TEXAS, Friday, May 20, 1932
Number 15
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Ezra Hoskins Announces His Tomato Crop Will Joint B. M. Clubs
Soon Be Ripe Picnic to be June 7
Platform for Commissioner
__ At the meeting of the Tomato
work not one day a month but Growers held at Skinnertown
every day buildin roads an we on last Friday evening, samples
are goin to do away with that and reports from over the Toma-
trackter and use mule teams J to belt of this section looked
cause the mules will all vote fer mighty tine,
the other fellers I reckon, but j The Plain Dealer was invited
mules will be mules. Now you to attend by B. F. Adams and
Well folks since my announc-
mint las week fer commishioner
V I ain’t never seed a man claimed
I bv the people as quick as I wus,
I every bodie is jes gone wild over
ME an I am the talk of the county
they are already predictin a land
slide fer me in July I been gittin
letters from different folks all
this week, got one frum a lady
yesterday say in that she had
been prayin fer the longest fer
some fine worthy gentleman to
be our commishioner and when
she seed my announcmint in las
weeks paper she loud that her
prayin wer’nt in vain, think of
that boys Ezra Hoskins the ans-
wer to a “Old maids prayers”.
Now I don’t mean to be braggin
on myself atoll I am jes givin
you all the facts as to what is
goin on in the precink in my
behalf an if you don’t think
they are all fer me jestaskLiza
1 Am now goin to tell you a
few things I am goin to do fer
the people when I take my seat
as your commishioner I call this
my PLATFORM.
I propose to exemtall the far-
mers from all taxes fer five
years cause they ain’t goin to be
able to pay them nohow besides
they need this money fer other
things, their cars is all about
wore out and the old radio is out
of date they jes must have some
new equipmint and I am goin to
see that they git it fer I am the
farmers friend an the only cani-
date thats got a farm relief
plank in his platform.
I propose to move the county
seat and court house to Corrigan
an make a real city out of her
the other boys paved Livingstons
streets an I’M goin to pave the i
streets of Corrigan this will
bring all the people in the county
to our town an business will be
so good that mistrot wont have
to put on a closin out sale every
week one of my freins spoke of
me as “The master business
builder” I am goin to restore
business in Corrigan an 1 call
this my business mens relief
plank, now folks please dont git
this plank confused with the
Business mens club fer I believe
in a little action an not “All talk”
I propose to raise the pay of
the commishioner to S200.00 a
month cause you can’t git a good
man fer nothing an my old car
is jes about gone got to have a
new one shore and you know
folks expecks the commishioner
to go places and do things an
this takes money. 1 know you
all wont mind easin up a little
on my pay fer one or two fellers
done sed that they ought to pay
me more than they do the other
fellers cause I will have to look
atter all the important business.
I propose to build the people
of this county some roads an
they air goin to be built fer the
people and by the people I am
goin to do away with the system
of the chosen few workin the
roads we have got to build roads
and we will all build them I am
goin to hire every man or man-
ish boy that voted fer me to
see every bodie is goin to vote
fer me and get a job so they
wont be no unemploymint in our
county hard times will be over
1 am callin this my ’’Prosperity
fer all” plank.
Now there is many other
things that I am goin to do fer
you all and I will tell you all
about them next week but you
can already see that I am the
only man fer the place and these
other fellers in the race is round
askin fer yore vote ask them
fer their platform, “They ain’t
got none” fer I am the peoples
canidate the only man with a
Platform, the best man fer the
place and you don’t half to take
my word fer it, ASK LIZA.
Your next commishioner
Ezra hoskin.
Parent-Teachers Final Meet May 24
The P. T. A. will hold the
final meeting of this year on
j Thursday May 24th. 4 o’clock
j p, m. at the School Auditorium.
Business of the past year will be
! closed and new officers for the
next year are to be elected, and
all members are urged to at-
tend. We have no organization
that can be more benefisial to
the town as a whole than the
T. P. A. and the patrons of the
School should not only consider
it a privledge but a duty to take
active part in the working of
this organization. We have a
good School but we need a better
one and we have a good P. T. A.
but it needs more active interest
from the School patrons and it
is hoped that this final meeting
will he well attended, new in-
terest aroused and the coming
year will be the greatest year in
the history of the P. T. A. in
Corrigan.
Livingston Loses Game Sunday
The Livingston Indians lost
a loosely played ball game to the
Port Houston Laundry team last
Sunday by the one-sided score
of 13 to 2.
Next Snuday’s game will be
between the Redhorsemen, of
Leggett, and the Indians at New
Willard Park.
Efforts are being made to
match a game with Corrigan, at
Corrigan, for Sunday, May 29th.
Mr. and Mrs. Nap Ballard
motored here last Wednesday
afternoon from their home in
Goose Creek, to spend the re-
mainder of the week with Mrs.
Ballard’s mother, Mrs. Annie
Griifen.
FOND Or DOGS
“I’m-aw-licasily fond of-av-following
the lioumlM, (lonelier know.”
‘‘I Inferred as much from what papa
said.”
“Weally? And what did youah-er-
fawtlmh say?”
“Oh, he snid you seemed to be go-
ing to the dogs.”
in company with he and Sam
Durham, we had the pleasure ol
meeting with the growers at the
School house at Skinnertown.
We offered the organization
any services we could render and
were asked by President Julius
Reinhardt to announce that every
grower in this district is urged
to be present at the meeting on
Friday night May 27th. It is be-
lieved now that the crop will be
about ripe by then and it is im-
portant that all growers be on
hand to discuss plans for market-
ing and review ways and means
for harvesting.
Plans are now for two sheds
to be in operation and co-oper-
ation between the buyers and
sellers will mean better profits
to the growers.
We have secured a list of grow-
ers from the organization and
are taking the liberty to mail
sample copies of the paper to all
names on this list except those
who are regular subscribers. If
you should receive your regular
copy and another ‘sample’ copy,
the Plain Dealeer will appreciate
your handing the sample copy to
a neighbor, and you folks who
are receiving sample copies the J
next two or three weeks, we
would like to enroll you as a re-
gular reader of the paper.
Tomato harvest brought some
twelve thousand cash dollars into
Corrigan and 'surrounding terri-
tory two years ago and nearly
that much last year, and tho the
freeze early this spring resulted
in a short crop of ’old’ tomatoes,
the young crop will probably
more than offset those killed by
the freeze. This will result in a
longer season but it is hoped that
at least as much money will be
realized as was last year.
An inovation this year, will be
cards that are being printed for
the purpose of enclosing in each
lug of tomatoes. These cards
will carry some interesting infor-
mation to the four corners of
the States telling the consumer
that the tomatoes he is eating
were raised near Corrigan in
East Texas and endeaver to
prove to the satisfaction of the
most skeptical that East Texas,
and Corrigan area especialy, is
the garden spot of the whole
‘dog-gone’ world and is hoped to
create, in the hearts of many
thousands of residents of the icey
north, a desire to move down and
enjoy life with us.
The meeting Friday night en-
joyed a talk by Mr. Adams who,
among other things, ontlined the
plans for the Fair this fall and
interest in the fair was keen
One suggestion came up and that
was that the premium list be
At the meeting of the Moscow
Business Men’s Club held on
Thursday night of last week,
when the Committee from Cor-
rigan club met with them it was
decide d to hold the joint pic-
nic at the Moscow School grounds
on Tuesday night, June 7.
Tables will be arranged and
the Gulf States Utilities will
string a bunch of lights(without
charge to either club— thanks
to manager Long) and Corrigan
members will furnish the music.
The famous string band that
performed at the last function
will furnish the music. Mem-
bers are invited to bring a bas-
ket with plenty of chicken and
the trimmings and are urged to
come early and stay as late as
you want to.
There will be lots of eats,
plenty of music, some speaking,
and a jolly good time is expected
by all.
Better understanding between
the two towns will result from
the joint meeting and a repre-
sentative turnout is hoped for.
Messers. Fayette Vinson, J.
H. Parrish and Duard McKenzie
were appointed a committee on
arrangement to co-operate with
the committee from Corrigan,
which is composed of Messrs,
B. F. Adams, L. W. Atkinson
and Dr. S. J. Enloe.
B. M. C. Next Monday Night
The regular meeting of the
Corrigan Business Men’s Club
will be held at the School Audi-
torium next Monday night and a
representative attendance is urg-
ently requested.
Further plans for the Fair
will be discussed and the Com-
mittee is anxious that those who
are interested from every comm-
unity in this territory be on
hand and offer any suggestions
that might prove beneficial.
Interest in the Fair has been
manifest from every community
and it is none too early to start
preparations for the event right
now. Co-operation on the part
of farmers and merchants with
the committee will be necessary
if the program is put over as it
should be. Let’s all be there.
School Closing Activities
June 1, Hold Spotlight
Moscow To Have Trades Day
At the meeting of the Business
Men’s Club of Moscow held on
Thursday night of last week, it
was decided to bold a trades day
at Moscow on Saturday, June 11.
Besides the bargains offered
by the merchants, it is hoped to
encourage trading between far-
mers and as an inducement, a
large bulletin board will be erect-
ed so as to aid farmers in getting
in touch with each other. The
Plain Dealer has offered to pub-
lish any want ad from the
farmers who have anything they
would care to swap or sell or
want ads for anything they
would like to buy or swap for,
in their issue of June 10th. The
published early enough that the i only requirement is that copy for
farmers could begin right away the ads be in our office by June
to plan their exhibits and they
were assured that such would be
done at the earliest date possible.
Mark up your calender right
now and be at Skinnertown Fri-
day night May 27th without fail.
And Mr. President Reinhardt or
Mr. Secretary Shephard, if either
or both of you have anything to
say in next weeks paper, which
will go to press Thusrday even-
ing, May 2Gth and should be
read by every grower in time to
make the meeting, our columns
are wide open and you are wel-
come to their use.
8t.h. The idea is for any farmer
having a surplus of anything
may be able to contact another
who needs just what his neigh-
bor has to sell. For instance, if
Jones has more sorgum seed than
he needs and would like to have
a cultivator -possible Smith has
a spare cultivator he would trade
for sorgum seed. Then if he
didn’t need all the sorgum seed,
he might find someone who
would trade him a good milk cow
for part of the seed.
Tho idea is good, now [lets see
how it works out.
(By School Reporter)
The Seniors of Corrigan High
School are happy and sad! For
the graduation exercises will be
held on the evening of June 1,
1932 at the Corrigan School Audi-
torium. There will be twenty
graduates in the first graduating
class of Corrigan! Isn’t that nice?
The graduates have invited
Judge A. J. Thompson of Nacog-
doches to be one of the speakers
of the evening. We are expect-
ing a grand graduation and in-
vite you to share the evening
with us. The program arranged
a very interesting and inspiring
one and we want a large and
sympathic audience, come!
Caps and gowns, speeches,
music, farewells and then the
graduates will start life anew
with “excelsior” in their hearts.
Baccalaureate Service
The baccalaureate service for
the graduates of Corrigan High
School will be held on Sunday
May 29, 1932, at the Methodist
Church. The graduates are very
proud to have their sermon given
them by Dr. C. E. Johnson, Past-
or of the First Christian Church
at Nacogdoches. We wish to ex-
tend a very cordial invitation to
everybody and we look forward
to your being present at our
service.
Senior Play
Don’t forget! “The Romance
Hunters” will be given by the
Seniors on Friday Night, May
27. Don’t miss it, it’s very good.
Junior-Senior Treasure Hunt
Last Monday week the Seniors
of Corrigan High School receiv-
ed invitations to a Treasure
Hunt given for them by the Jun-
iors. The invitations said:
“The Junior Class of ’32
Have a bone to pick with you;
So if to the school house you
will come
We think we’ll have a lot of fun.
If Friday May 13 will please you
We shall be right glad to
greet you.
Just wear old clothes that you
can’t ruin
At seven P. M. the fun’ll be
brewin’.”
So Friday night the Seniors
and Juniors met on the school
grounds, appropriately dressed
for a treasure hunt. Mr. Haden.
who was directing the hunt, gave
them these instructions, along
with a cue: “you will search in
parties of four. 1 have one cue
which I shall give to each party
to start the search. iThis cue
will tell you where to find an-
other, which will instruct you
iuther. There will be sufficient
cues in each hiding place for
each party to have one cue. You
are not to distroy any of the cues.
You must walk to hunt the Treas-
ure. Here are your cues.”
The first cue said:
“On the road to the the town
that bears the name of one
of the Gump family
’Neath a structure that spans
A gap in the sands
You’ll find your destiny”.
The parlies all ran as fast as
they could down the highway
leading to Chester. After much
groveling in the sand and scram-
bling, a box of cues was found
under the first bridge.
The second cue said;
“In a city that’s hard to boat
You’ll find a retreat, you’ll find
a retreat
Where solemnity reigns
And methods explained
In a box ’neath the "scalera”
look and see.
Of course you know where we
all went, searching for the treas-
ure and we guessed rightly too,
for the next cues were hid under
the board walk on the Methodest
Church door steps. These cues
directed us thusly:
“’Neath a tower that’s tall,
’neath a tower that’ tall”
Nestling close in a cover you’ll
see
A neat little box
With description of lots
And directions for you and me”.
Under the water tower vve dis-
covered cues which instructed us:
“On a road to a, city that bears
the name of a once-formed
city of Russia
’Neath a lady’s fair picture
Directions will lead you
To lands afar, afar”.
Under the advertisement on
the Moscow road we unearth-
ed cues which instructed us:
“Near a building of Prick
There’s a shack in the back
Once used for bathing and
dressing:
In a box near the door
You’ll find some more
Directions, directions, directions.
1 know you’ve guessed that the
next cues were discovered on
the school ground, in the small
athletic dressing building. They
very cleverly read:
“A grain in our country has a
center
Which is a three letter word- _
In a hall by this name,
You’ll find fortune and fame
Awaiting you, hurry, hurry.”
Of course it was Cobb’s Hall
and did the Treasure seekers
hurry? The Treasure was a car-
ton of chewing gum and the
winners were Jack Andrews,
Denman Knox and Charles Berg-
man. They very generouslv shar-
ed the prize with everyone and
we were ail chewing chewing
gum!
But the fun increased at the
hall. Not tired by the long hunt,
the hunters at once began to
play ‘Josey’, Sent My Brown Jug
Down To Town, etc. Others play-
ed 42 and dominoes. Later, Aub-
rey Mulligan and Malcom fur-
nished music for those who
wished to dance. There were
alternating 'periods of dancing
and the playing of ‘ring’ gamea^
The Juniors and Seniors were
more than pleased and grateful
to their chaperons, na, their
pardners in all of the fun. They
were; Mr. and Mrs, W. II. Caton,
Miss Emma Edens, Mrs. W. F.
Edens, Mrs. Carl Bergman, Mr.
Denard Haden, Misses Jessie Lee
and Wilma Adams, Mr. C. Carter
and Mr. and Mrs. Cobb. We '
mention them last because vve
wish to thank them especialy
for their kindness in making
us guests at their hall.
W. S. Tomme For Judge
To the Voters of Polk County;
1 now announce my candidacy
for County Judgeot' Polk County
and in doing so pledge myself
to the following program:
1. Strict economy in tho expend-
itures of all County money.
2. Exceeding in expenditures
the County’s revenue only in
cases of emergencies.
3. Retiring the present deficit
as early as practicable.
4. Reduction, if practicable, of
the valuation of taxable proper-
ty to conform to present eco-
nomic conditions.
Upon this program I solicit
your consideration and support.
W. S. Tomme
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Fancher, W. C. The Plain Dealer (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 15, Ed. 1 Friday, May 20, 1932, newspaper, May 20, 1932; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643213/m1/1/?q=%22w.s.+tomme%22: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.