The Plain Dealer (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1933 Page: 1 of 4
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The
lain Dealer
Volume II.
CORRIGAN, TEXAS. Thursday, June 8, 1933
Number 18
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Base Ball Becoming
More Popular Here
By Ezra l-loskins
Tliey's a young woman come in
our settlemint this week an has
Ikui given lectures at the school
house to the parents on “How to
l aise children properly”. An
J'rum what I kin gather, she’s ben
oxpondin powful on the scien-
tifiek side of the iiuestion. She
loud to Liza that it takes science
to make a success of raisin a
family. An had Liza jest bout in
the noshion to sign up for one of
them $10.00 courses she wus scl-
lin. Hut when the bill got before
mo, I vetoed it. An tole Liza that
I have ben convinsed for a num-
ber of years that we needed some
thin we didn’t have, to properly
raise a passell of younguns, but,
I aint got no oonfklcuse in it be;
in this seientifick stuff this gal
is tryin to sell, nor, in her abili-
ty to tell me how to raise kids
when she aint had no experience.
I’ll bet a boss she aint never!
tried to give a 4 year old brat a
dose of castor oil. An I venture
to say that when she does, she’ll
git move knowledge bout kids in
5 minutes, than she kin git out
of this seientifick stuff in 10
years.
Now, when I wus a young man,
I wus the best hand you ever seed
to tell folks how to raise the
young. I thought I knowed my
stuff, but twenty years on the
firin line has caused me to hoist
the white flag.
Now before Mart hey wus born,
I had the whole sistem worked
out as to .jest how 1 wus goin tb
raise n,y family. Hut, before she
wus a week old 1 felt my sis-
tem slippin, an its bon slippin
ever since ; in fact, I’ve long since
discarded all them set rules an am
jest crossin the bridge when I
git to it. An it ’peers lak I’m1
gittin along with the job bout
as good as any body else I know
of.
Now, folks, the raisin of young-
uns aint. a job, its a experience;
an you never know whether yore
hein a success of failure, till its
too late to make the proper
change. An, I’ve seed ever
known rule fail, in fact, it ain't
no rules. j
Me an Liza wus 1 nlkin las nitc
bout this seientifick stuff this
gal wus teacliin, T loud it wont
no good; so Liza wanted to know
what I figured it tnkened to raise
a family? Now, you know that’s
a tough question to answer,
but my experience of twenty
years has taught me that its a
life time job full of tears, cares,
joys, and sorrows that words
can’t explain,an, its mixed with
a love that is deeper than science
can penetrate.
Yourn Truly,
EZRA HOSKINS
While the Corrigan Blue Jays
were in Aladisouvillc last Sunday
afternoon taking a hard fought
lefeat from the boys of that
metropolis—4 to 3 after ton in
nings—Jack Andrews’ newly or-
ganized ‘Corrigan Sluggers’ wen
handing the Itook Island ‘Armo-
dillas’ a I I to 8 defeat.
At the same time the Davis
4 Sons’ team, composed of boys
from the Davis stores of Liv-
ngston, Lufkin and Corrigan
vere defeating the Helmet (Trin-
ity County) team by a score of
17 to 7.
Accounts of the game between
the Blue Jays and Madisonvillo
•re In the effect that Corrigan
gave the home hoys a good stiff
•mi for the victory and tho they
went down in defeat by a nar-
•ow margin. Madisonvillo will
long remember the skirmish.
Jack Andrews has conscripted
i bunch of younger hoys in Cor-
igan and christened them the
Sluggers’. He has great hopes
for his team and slates that he
has some hefty sluggers in spite
if their tender years.
Davis & Sons were up against
in undefeated team when they
•net the Helmet boys Sunday and
‘lie defeat handed them was
liiite a jar to the Trinity county
lggregation.
The Blue Jays will engage the
newly organized Trinity team on
next Sunday afternoon.
SHOWER HONORING
MISS RUTH HANNA
W.
S. DRUG COMPANY
APPRECIATE FAVORS
Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Soamons
of Center Point, were visiting
relatives and friends in Corrigan
and Chester last week end. Mr.
Seamons instructed his brother,
Clomio, to have the Plain Dealer
visit him each week and we are
glnd to welcome him to our list.
Manager Carl Stewart, is in re-
ceipt of a letter from W. W.
‘Flop’ Jackson, manager of the
W. S. Drug team that played
May 28tli, in which Air. Jackson
expresses appreciation for the
favors rendered he and his team
while in Corrigan.
Since Mr. Jackson adds a P. S.
to his letter passing a bouquet to
the advertising manager of the
Ml no Jays, guess we better pub-
lish his letter in full. Here ’tis:
Dear Air. Stewart
We had a meeting last night
and a motion was carried to
write you a letter of thanks for
the courtesies you and your play
ers showed us while wo were
your guests.
1 will communicate later with
regards to a game to be played
the latter part of the season.
I personally want to thank you
and your club for the many
favors and also to compliment
your boys as a club to be proud
of.
Sincerely yours,
\\r. W. ‘Flop’ Jackson
P. S.—The advertising on those
circulars was so good that if you
ran 1 would be glad if you would
send nie as many of them ns
possible for future advertising
for us. They were the best I
have ever seen—‘Flop’.
10 CARS TOMATOES
SHIPPED FROM CORRIGAN
Up to Tuesday of this week
ten ears of tomatoes had been
shipped from Corrigan. I). L.
Veal had shipped the majority,
his shi'd having loaded eight ears
The price dropped to one and
a half cents last week end and to
some it looked ns tho the market
was ‘blowed up’ but on Tuesday
the prevailing price was up to
two cents.
The home of Arrs. Jake Berg-
mao furnished the setting for a
lovely hospitality on June ist,
with Mesdamcs J. W. Cobb, Carl
and Jake Bergman as hostesses
for a bridal shower honoring Aiiss
Ruth Hanna, who will, June 3, be
come the bride of Coach Telford
of Manhattan, Kan.
Ruth, as she is familiarly
known, is doubly dear to the peo-
ple of f'orrigan; having been
reared hear and for the past
three years taught in the Corri-
gan School, and has been identi-
fied with everything for the up-
building of the religious and social
life of our town.
A short, hut very clever pro-
gram was given. As Aiiss Emma
Edens softly played “Spring
long”, Miss Evelyn Hanna came
in followed by the bride accom-
nanied by her sister, Mrs. A\Tal-
ford James. Aiiss' Pearle Hanna
sang “At Dawning”. AVith Aiiss
Edens at the piano, Melba
Dwaine Stuart, in a very clever
manner, sang and danced “Shine
On Harvest Afoon”. The next
number was thoroughly enjoyed
by all present. As Alisses Evelyn
and l’earle Hanna played “The
Rosary” on piano and violin.
The next number was contribut-
ed by Airs. R. AL Eagle in a song
and reading “Arou Are The One
He Cares For."
Melba Dwaine again favored
us with the song “Somebody
Loves You”. Lena Fay Williams
and Jack Kenedy, in a very clev-
er manner, gave “Childish Quar-
rel”.
At this time, with a gaily deco-
rated clothes line, Billy Jack
Kenedy ami D. L. Veal Jr.,
assisted by s i x little girls,
brought in the family wash,
which on examination proved to
be a host of gifts brought hy lov-
ing friends. After eaeh gift was
opened and admired, our hostes-
ses served a plate lunch of sand-
wiches, marble cake and punch
At the beginning of the lunch,
Mrs. C. H. Redd, assisted hy Aiiss
Jessie Lee Adams, gave the bride
a timely and appropriate toast.
At this time Aiiss Ruth, in a few
well chosen words, thanked ench
friend and guest for their ex-
pressions of love and their love-
ly' gifts, and tossed her bouquet,
which was easily captured by
Aiiss Althea Kent.
—A Guest
Former Corrigan Boy
In Race For Congress
R. E. Riggs of Liberty, An-
nounces. Once Lived Near
Corrigan
In announcing my candidacy
for the position of Representa-
tive in Congress for the 7tli Con-
gressional District of Texas, to
the week.
France, quaint
BATES DRUG STORE
IN NEW LOCATION
Bates Drug Store has moved
from their former location in
the Post Office Building to the
new store on Highway 35.
AV. T. Bates Jr., told the Plain
Dealer Wednesday that he hop-
ed to he straightened out and
ready for business by Thursday
evening or Friday morning.
Carlos Redd has accepted a po-
sition with Mr. Bates and when
the new stor(< is in order, a bid
will be made for n lions share
of the cold drink and light lunch
business in addition to the regu-
lar drug line.
Mrs. It. J. Wheeler called at
I he office on Thursday of last
week to arrange for the Plain
Dealer to go to her son, Clifton
Martin at Eustace. Mrs. Wheel-
er Nays t hat the paper carries
about all the news she would
fill the unexpired term of the
Honorable Clay Stone Briggs, at
an election to be held to fill such
vacancy on June 24th, 1933, I
beg to submit the following;
MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOY
I was born on a farm about
seven miles from the town of
Montgomery, i n Montgomery.
County, March 24th, 1901). My
family moved to another farm
near Corrigan, Polk County, Tex
ns, thence to Cleveland, Liberty
County,Texas, in 1905, where my
father died in the fall of 1900.
From the time of my father’s
death, my education began in the
school of adversity, as well as t he
common schools of the town of
Cleveland. I made my contribu-
tion to the family budget from
wages earned as a boot-black,
newspaper boy and doing odd
jobs about the town.
The summer before my gradu-
ation from high school, as a boy
of sixteen years of age, I began
as an oil field worker in the
Humble Oil Field, since which
time 1 followed oil field work
until my graduation from Baylor
University. Upon my graduation
from Baylor University, I accept-
ed n position an athletic director
in Montezuma College, Les Ve-
gas, New Alexieo; and in addi-
tion to my duties as athletic
director, 1 taught a class in the
English department. Immediate-
ly after my year in New Mexico,
1 began and have continued in
the practice of law.
1 was nominated County Judge
of Liberty County over three op-
ponents at the democratic pri-
mary of 1930, being renominated
in 1932. I am n charter member
of the East Texas County Judges
and Commissioners Association,
being elected President, thereof
at its last convention. I was also
honored recently hy the State
Baptist Convention b y being
elected a member of the Board
of Trustees of the College of
Marshall.
PLATFORM
No. 1. President Franklin D.
Roosevelt will lead this country,
as well as the rest of the world
out of the chaotic economical
dilemma in which we have been
floundering for the past few
years and he will have my sup-
port. I expect to follow the poli-
cies of our great. President,
Franklin 1). Roosevelt, in nation-
al and international' affairs in
and
write him any way and in this
way he can have at least, a gem!tho restoration of America
cral letter from home every the rest of the world
every week. Thanks, Mrs. Wheel-
er,
No. 2. Especially urn I interest-
continued to page 4)
ILL™vDE ™°m0 j W«fc on Highway
Progressing Nicely
Robert AV. Faulk, who has been
giving u series of illustrated tra-
velogs on his wanderings in
foreign lands at the Corrigan
•Methodist Church, presents one of
the two idimax pictures of the
Holy Land beginning at 8:15
sharp tonight (Thursday) when
he takes his audience on a trip
through Samaria and Galilee and
all around the western shores of
the Sea of Galilee, showing
Northern Palestine i n detail.
.Many personal experiences are
narrated in his contact with the
Arabs, and the pictures of the
•Sea of Galilee during the last
section, especially the last pic-
tures of the Sea, are worthwhile
and beautiful.
On Friday and Saturday nights
the traveller takes his audience
with him through Western -and
Southern Europe, on route to
Palestine a second time within
The battlefields of
Holland, Shake-
speare country in England, the
Rhine witli its historic old cas-
tles, the old cities of Germany,
including the Passion Play at
Oberrammergau, the Swiss Alps
in the vicinity of Lucern and In-
terlaken, the cities of Italy, in-
cluding Milano, A’cnice, Pisa,
Rome, and Naples with its Vesu-
vius, then Sicily and Alt. Etna,
Athens, Constantinople with its
Bosphorus, Salonica, Isle of Pat-
mos and Cypress will be toured.
The concluding picture, the
real climax of the series, will be
shown Sunday night when Beth-
lehem, Hebron, Jordan, Jericho,
and the Dead Sea will be shown
upon the screen, the evening’s
story beginning with an account
of the speaker’s visit in th(> home
of an Arab hoy over the week
end, and closing with those
matchless scenes of Calvary and
the Tomb of our Lord.
Souvenirs will he on display
Thursday night, showing the
handiwork of the natives.
There is no admission charge,
but those who attend and are
able will he expected to make
some offering for the support of
•the program. Those unable to
contribute are cordially welcome
without fear of any embarrass-
ment. This is for the entire com-
munity without regard to denom-
inational connection.
MR. AND MRS.
POOL
ENTERTAIN
Air. and Mrs. C. C. Pool honor-
ed Aiiss Ruth Hanna and fiancee,
Donald Telford, on Wednesday
night, with a_five course dinner.
Only a few close friends of the
honoree being present.
The table was beautiful in yel-
low and white, a centre piece of
shasta daisies and marigolds.
Bridge was the diversion after
the dinner. Those present, be-
side the honorees, being Miss
Mary Martin of Woodville,
Joseph Lockey of Nacogdoches,
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bergman.
MRS. POTTS HOSTESS
TO BRIDGE CLUB
Mrs. Milton T. Potts entertain-
ed the young ladies Tuesday
afternoon Bridge Club this week.
The table appointments were
in pastel color theme. Baskets
and vases of roses and sweet
neas and other beautiful garden
flowers were seen about the
rooms. Following the bridge
games, a .delicious chicken salad
course was served.
High score was awarded to
Miss Odessu Barnes.
Escorted by Engineer Hogan,
The Plain Dealer had the pleas-
ure of inspecting the work on
Highway 10(5 east of Corrigan
Inst Saturday.
If weather conditions remain
favorable, it should ho only a
few days until rock hinders will
he hauling muiorial west from
the quarry. To date all activity
has been east.
Air. Hogan was not optomistie
nboiit the quality of the rock for
road purposes when he came to
Corrigan several weeks ago but
dated last week that the more
he saw of it the better lie liked
it. He was courteous enough to
•xplain the problems they are
meeting and overcoming in un-
lerstalidable way even to n lny-
nini. At one place be paused and
•xphiincd that a defect had oc-
curred which looked like the
'oundation under the rock might
have needed draining. They re-
moved the rock and were sur-
prised to find that a pick handle
•ould be pushed into the dry dirt
with one hand, and, instead of
training the spot several tanks
if water was poured into it The
hole was tilled and rock replac-
'd and there remains no trace of
lefcct even under the heavy traf
~c of the rock haulers.
Mr. Davis of the Highway De-
partment at Austin was in town
me day last week and made an
mspcction of the work cemplet-
d and he, like AD\ Up***-
watching the new materi"1 vp
loselv. Are. Davw st-t-M h
was glad to learn Air. Hogan w.v
’'eginning to get ‘se'd’ '-n th
natcrial and that if H g'-” "
t an 0. K. it would not he hard
to persuade him to follow suit.
AA’e do not hclcive that we arc
■evenling a secret of the depart-
ment when we state that there
is a hope of having this road
widened to 34 feet (it is now 2(1)
•ind a concrete top placed on it.
There is also a probability that
lie road will he beautified. An
xpert landscape artist is now
with the department and since
Highway 106 through this county
presents all t li e background
necessary for effective landscap-
ing and is under construction,
there is great hope that thc de-
partment will see lit to make it
a beauty spot as well as a first,
efass road.
Th(. writer met Mr. Davis in
company with Engineers Hogan
and Kendall on their trip of in-
poction and all were frank to
state that the road would have
to he topped or else the traffic
would ruin the rock base. A ear
of road oil law been ordered
which will be placed on about
mo mile to see if tin's treatment
will hold the rock until n deci-
sion is made whehcr to uso
asphalt or concrete for topping,
if the oil will bold, it will proba-
bly be applied to the entire route
and the road allowed to settle be-
fore being topped.
The landscape artist with the
department lias proven his worth
to the department with one strip
of road he planned. The old
route of Highway 20 into Austin
was about ns unsightly and ns
‘mean’ route to follow as could
be imagined until he made a sur-
vey and with a small ontlnv (ho
road was re-routed and with his
artistic touch here and there, has
been made into ono of the show
places of the city.
Henry Rose of Goodrich, was
a Corrigan visitor Saturday.
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Fancher, W. C. The Plain Dealer (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1933, newspaper, June 8, 1933; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth643709/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.