The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1929 Page: 5 of 8
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TAFT Tt!
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Cage Funeral Service
Taft - - Texas
Day Phone 23 - Night Phone 195
iCoauiMM* trim m*#* 4>
I Owen* at Tull, »rrr hart!} at»-
w prw af Ur iaa Un. n 3
Wai»on at El Nttfo
Mr aod Mr* Walla or Talaod and
bain tpant Haumlaj Wgtv and fern- Ur and Mr* J R «qrn hava
<t#r will IU» pamiu Mr and Ur* rrturnad from t thro* month* Wall!
Jut loland tn RervtU* in Fulton Utaaourl
Mr and Ur* KIU* Burnoti Mi
C*m$
Hill rrutar
W A DtlUa la raa ______
improving tu home hart and artian
ramtiMaM It will hr * modern ft**
room bunfotov WhUt «y_____
Ed Brrnitftti ol Corpu* Uirlau haa, t»«t mfWirod m fOMl M HMP.
| the contract for moving tlw
... , . . . . Ml*»e» Irma Oa>e and riudaiM building purchaard *» X C Hill from Pootda * ME. Mat
W i Thoclngloa and bah- KotmU ,m l»*v« Hal unlay lor Tu I Claud Arnold turn* time ago ft ">» M* mention
Cunningham o, r.l, wn Tumda, ^ ^ 0,11,111 * ‘0“U‘d bP<*W °®~ Mom of the MMT U to
dinner gutat* ol Ur and Ur* H H
Miw. Beita Murray and Let)* |#u
county health and (he Portland Drue Store Mr dlcum
nurse Hll? ptaifii to rfjoodtl and i in prove
Us and Ms* t* C MeOiotU. uttd \ mauu tit the itmmr future
a
in the local field Gregory News
William <K|I. Kline ha, rrturnad Mr, ltMn Huddle*ton and Oatry Mr*
liortj* to ..lend the summer alter at- Thom** Kirk and MW* Irma Oayt
tendlna leM. Tack in U.bUa k Mld Modene Roberta attend* the
U.II Weber made a buainm. trip t.ututtor. and Inatallatton meeting
tu Houston Towda* „l u*l *-ra. re- of lhr order ol the fa. ten Mar in
turnmit Saturday
tho t tarn bar af CaauHorto.
But tar for yourat
McCurdy
WATt-MMAKKC add
II Eear* Iqartaan
tn<tch Cook returned laat aieek I rum i
18outhae»tem UniverMty at (leorte-•
loan
M« IMrar Rakerl*
_ , . ■ Cnrpua Christi Prtdav eteninc
T»te Moran Co u laying 41» Iron* muw
the uuin line to tiit
.....— on the Haii Antonio Corpus Chrtati
Oiegory u very piuud ol Mix* Mil- highway The line will be placed
tired Hiokrv huuor atuae.it ol the B**t norih of the Oulf Ctatton. Ke.i-
Catherlne Lawler k.t this week fnfl araduatui* daaa ol li«J» Dur- herly Oarage and the company (In
|I,ir I>jll» ahere *he will attend uik the last *u year*, live of the ---
aciiool nonet .student* ol tb»- Talt arhool ,,r* " l l*rter Intrrtuiu fortUnO
— —. hailed from Orcgoi) llurrall loi Mlsstonur. -*o» l-l,
{ A. Ca*' W L liilllard and O. Oreeoiy Che P T A preienlod Ml** Mm W A Drir* ni’.eitamed .he
|w Puiliti lef■ 'his Thursday afternoon fitoke* »t’h a pretty graduation gilt Portland Methodist Missionary Society
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Kathryn Brooks of
Is Halting with hr
W. Alton
Corpus
sister.
Mu
i II A Lewis left Simdii/
Mr lew.- viJJ affitd
- esMon of 7 ' xu. t'niver-
To:n Cai
nfer. a ini .nle*.
K< ht lenrr
Sut u< da ■.
h» Taielile Barnett of Trxsr. Unt *t her )■
liy Austin arrived home IVuUv 'Ine iopi<
pend the »<ek-end with her par- tit-serf oj
Ml an-* Mr- A H Bartiett Mrs Otto Martinson
i Baineti will return hr Aiuuti hr- '.in ...spun to
Ttiejulay to enroll a* a summer stu- iouiir ladle: of fit
dent l
Mr and Mis II H. Watson and >
Mr* C A WUiun, jPeiUeil '.he In- 1
I'.latton ami Menmru! aervltca of the ‘
or lift of the hasten Star at Tal’ ’’
rpnr-dav evenlm ‘
Lou Pruitt is the guest
Belli Brunson title weak '
ftei; of Atarvsas Pass "
I t.f her son Then Bril ^
™. hriday
IiikIc spent the w.--t
r sister Mrs flov ftichurdeon
n:» fhrlutl
W ff IiikIo. left Thlirsdav fi
---Joe Marie and Ruth Wig-
J * Hunt^ farm <lni,on i,ft Thu»ada> wonun* for
their home In Brownavtlle after apend-
i ig the week with Portland friend*
They were the guests ol Mr and Mr*
Don Ham the latter part of the
week
Mrs D McNeil Turner and Mr*
C O Watson of Corpti* Chrtati were
«ue.t* of Mr* F, C Fisher Monday
afternoon
Miss Mary Eiuabetn Ranktn U m
her sister, Mr* Allen
afternoon.
if on Tuevia
Broken Home*" waa die- Hinton vial tin
Mr- William Myer* and l>inr.
* very In-
Talented
gave the
Mr
c. Spence* left Frida v morn - Q
San Antonio to mnei lie.- aou -Js
•ighter who .r* coming from
tKirwer %/umt*r%o
NERJ XALKATIVE JOPiCS
HlilMIKI) eycr* ONCE
i*laiu- i. ,t. Mar-
Wtc
K't:;*- vocal solo.
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of the Ore*or>
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Its
Umpins
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it titVill"
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Tuesday after*
week a a re*
noot
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J. H
Shell, Mr.s W
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my May
.lit. lor
ut hi* nun foot oeiio run over
in jutomobile
Luther
PUnu and R J Sanders
sen: ;-i ria.i Antonio Sunday and
nine srd the ba—hall games plated
Ibetwe- . San Antonio and Waco
* |»-«r in Mr Otto Martin tor.
..'.i' rhafieioiie Those attending
aeie *h Misses Helen Martinson Mel-
ba Johnson. Maunne McCann. ?.! • -
gare? Maxim Shell Fat Savior Bt'lie
and H >)b - (Junran and Waltei Drier
Jr
C R Be’i left Humia’ i f ternoon
V. Jon»-- »-«i Dr
ft lor their homes
morulnit alter a
and relative, here
Mi Florence Davi arrived home
from DnlSa* where she i.i* men
in’ill mi Atinday for a visit witii her
pa cut Mr and M ■ John (l Davit
M <*Eitr» Mu vine SI: "II and Melba • Min Davi* plans al;out June
.!• liriwi.: readii.'* H"1 t Mnrtinartn zr> (or N«w York city to enter the
e-.i .tiii-smn..... of plemetlto -mr.mei -.-..on .»f Columbia Uni-
r.ndwicl'e olive., cocoanut mara- verilty
ro I.* arid punch were servi to the Mi* t. O Hoskin*nn and Floyd
f*j..'M*mt Misdanii * William Mveiw. Hos.timon arrived daturday night
H Si Knk Th-ytr.a, Kirk, of Portland Irom Austin, and they wrn; accom-
Mt-sdaire J Jf Sh<-i Ottn Martin- pamed hunt by Miy* Helen Hoakm-
smt me W H I nab and M ■•••*•* Mar- :. who ha, bt-en a sluderu a: the
u.t't Maxine Shell Meiba Johnson Tcxa. L'niveruty the ,>ast year
' Ml rgmret and Nell Miss Mary Anna Hunt has returned J J
tv'iii" Ma n in McCann and Helen burnt from San Antonio where *he' I J
M.-r: !:• >n al. «; ■regufi graduated from Westmoreland Col- 1 >j
! -g- Mils yea- Mrs J w Hunt and V »
fi>e/m* litul-st Missionary .Society 'daughter Lola F»v and Dr tennle f *
Hue Interesting Meet In* Green of Corpus Christi attended , r 3
ine B:„' M -M-.j'.aiy fs- .e.v met the Graduation exercise* Si
wi h Mi M K Jliint on Monday if- 'lr and Mrs Coy l/iftis and baby * i
•— nu the following program were Saturday night and Sunday {c
p t Scripture reading. Mr*. H *ue*ts if her mother. M-s J B f 4
\ S mem r . prayer: Yudy Barker of Corpus Chrtati r3
•: i: i; S' -ng'ti y Strength. Mi * Dorothy Blankenship of Cor- i 1
Bij W H Ingie a short buai-j pu> Christ: was the gue*t of her I |
See where some sap li
pushing a peanut up Pike
Peak
"IT WONT IU:
Well bet that bird was
r.over introduced to a buck
saw and pile ol cord
in his younger day*
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It * funny what some peo-
ple vrll! resort to for i little
publicity
it
Believe it was Barnum the
old circus man who said
there wu one fool born
every minute maybe so in
his day but the number
has Increased considerably of
late
Build A Home First
va held and Mr
H. mother Mrs A J Hunt Saturday
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hood of San
Mr and Mrs S H Ya'e* and chli- 1‘~ a vlilf »; h Mt • Bed and baby :‘“t;
dren Loretta *•«> Lealt* viMted at hi Kingaville H- will return to *»•
thr t.omr of Mr and Mrs Fred Gregory Monday : fd ... h- new Sun
Hetnaolui Mr- Yates puren * at Bee- Mr and Mr. T A McKamey have leader The social hour follow- Anfonto. formally of Tampico. Mex.-
Hun,iav i“'timed from visit with Mr* R H cri and chicken *a!ud sandwiches M. were guests of Mr. and Mr., E C
Hamilton .:. Amarilla olive., cakes and punch were served
Le Moyne aim Lairmuie Htxtges nr- Joliii McCatnpbell t»f Ootlad w.i, m ' Mesdiifm ■ : H * * '■ -1. II Allen
m Taft frutn their rc*|<ctive Gregor' on busiin ,., Monday
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handle the old reliable
- - Plymouth Slaal - - -
uniform In quality - - - net
i knot in a car full
m
Better place your orders
now and avoid tlte rush - - -
form on the left there Kara
and don’t crowd - - • there'll
be plenty of that good old
Pilgrim twine - - - tor all
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icoilcb'c- Lorraine i, attending 8 M
It: IeMi..;if fbtnpU-fcti iter fresh •
gina. .mi; ■ r SouihWeMem
? H She!! IV A Dr -r A F A!-
Mr and Mrs E N. Tut- mid family -‘.'tcht t B McComnc- Pair Full?,
Mr and Mr* A C Tuft and family Davt*. Homer Hmc O'to Martinson.;
Mi* Mary Davis and Mr* Helen Wall.'' •• To! ■ ■ ’ anr* M K Hunt
Mr and Mr, B I Lawif and
children. James fouls and Alice
Marie o; Dallas, arrived in Tuft S.u
urdav Mr and Mr-. Lawler will
spend the .miner tn Tuft and Cor-
lur- ChM-.n
Earl Guest of Suiado. wns vis I ting
it’ the home of ht brother. Z F
iO • •: t lea day:, this week In
jt'ompan) with Mr and Mr* Gueat. a
trip was made to the vtillev », far
« Brownsville
Two car. were quite badly jammed
up near Terra Bonne. Wednesday
rilght but no person was injuiwd. |>er-
lap more than a temporary nervous
ilwx'k it U reported to have been a
'leadim collision
The Cage Mercantile Co.
Announces the Opening of Their
NEW STORE
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Mr and Mrs. Tom Carpenter and
laughter. Jane Sue, arrived home last
Friday, from Austin, where they t»d
x-eu visiting relative, While away,
dr CarjX'tPcr had also tuaclt* a trip
o Laredo, and San Antonio
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Only the Six-Speed Special
Could Produce a Letter Like This . . .
j! Saturday Morning, June 8
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f * tl_ Li:~ in and limit over a nice dean new
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Mrs Ben E Ivey and mh.s Jr and
nd Mercer, left Monday for Hills.-
tor-j and Dallas, for a visit among
elative* and expect to be absent
bout six week*. Mr Ivey aocom*
Pkhtrd them to ttan Antonio.
John L. DeMouche returned to his
fcomv tu Portland Thursday from
Austin where he has been attending
Texii- University. "Pug" reports that
h>- completed all of bus Freshman
fork and will enter the nophmore
las* next, year.
t.cutlc-mf u *
1 cm well picawd with in.
"Sin-SswJ >pecu»l"’ tru- a (hat I
aoi wriSinji you about it* ynfiinii-
tnrr. I hive hauled over eight
thousand liarrcU of apples with
my Icticli and I wan* to tell yon
when it comes to power, there is
no luupiruon.
la iii this trurk show tsi up. there
w»* not a truck, niiaoufacturcd that
would take a load ap these bill*,
i ;un enclosing a photograph «»my
trraek loaded with twenty barrels
of apple*, and I want you to know
this ia some load for this hi.lL
Would like for any other nnotiw
truck to try It,
i want to aay this truck i* the
talk of the county, and from the
petfontutautte® of the "Six-Speed
Special” truck* yon have sold in
toe county this year—and lhal ia
more tracks than all the <8her
lontpaoiea pat together — you
should ra^ay a very niee htwiaea*.
Yours for sure***,
LEE GRESHAM,
Hardin, lilinoia
£ | The public is invited to come in and look over a nice clean new
13 stock of Merchandise, and our sales people will be ready to show
! | you through the stock, and give forth any information you may
want about quality and price.
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Specials for Opening Day
It Is Making a Hit With Every Qtmer
The new '"Six-Sneed Sjnwtar is the only
nmali mult of Aenryafnty deafgn with
Mr and Mrs. B C. Davit* and
Bhilciren leave Sunday lor Fort Col-
ins Colorado, -ahere Mr D-ivs will
ttend college six weeks Mr. Davis
fas to take up fifteen *•«•’ , work
fore i:e can get his Ma ,ei‘» dc-
free wild he hopes to complete this
text year
6 *jwrd» forward and S rrrrrte. The
accrrt ia ia its exrtaeivc SS-apwtd rraraale.
which, with the rvf;ohtt fra»*B»is*ks»ffl
“ . .AS-miles-sw
Work on the new Baptist church is
»rogre.v.nig quite rapsdlv the bnck
wk up to the fop oi the high base-
uetu being about complete and the
«»«* «•*•!* wlH rt-*- begin to move
jpward j p Ghristenson t» fore-
tk»n of rbe brick laying crew and
«*«• •---! - -.fiat siii:.-T*-i*ier: to every
Seta:, it. t’-se brick work.
ratio*, provide*
field aed road and on the hill*.
Thi* new truck haa j«*t the •tofikr
Cnraeer need*. Already H ha* *olo ia
majtv fhfsiswad*. To mste-h it* »peed
and power, is is built far hrt**fc *ma
lastiog service. Engine, spriast*, frame,
a-aotto* be heat- And It fats 4-wWt , -
heahe. Z*.
Every customer coming to
our store on this opening
day cam purchase ten pounds
of sugar for 50 cent#.
urns
And to every customer buy-
ing Wamba, Maxwell House
or State House Coffee on
this opening day, we will
give one pound of sugar
FREE with every pound of
Coffee purchased.
PHONE IN YOUR ORDERS
FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
Thit vie*r t&ows dkc «w «.***»-
littoek rwcfc
Come to our Store and make your headquarter* whether you buy
Speci*)- »te »->«*» ration-
^v not. Make yourself at home, and it will be our desire to keep
courteous sales people to wait on you at all times.
k O Rc- i.uki.s tuxs been having a
ucd tm>, .-hr l»«, tn at thrw weeks
vi!h hi> hanSs, aw attack of ncsem*
i* tpera tome time taking (rrattnen: |
it the sanitarium In Kenedy, and rc-
Kir;., fiver* ** tvaw vmbi iatprovctnenc
caridstkisi «*t ttmit worse in-*'- ,
E by aa kafreewit whicli t*-w*ed ft 1
jiinfKl Sij uaaJ bid u> la:
AGE Hardware
and Furniture
Phone 23 Tafi. T» xa»
iciraJ to iu»cr*i piftcex.
Corpus Christi Gregory ingied&e
Aransas Pass Kingsville-
COFFiN'8 and CASKLTS
Cage Mercantile Co.
I PHONE No. 4
TAFT, TEXAS
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 6, 1929, newspaper, June 6, 1929; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711921/m1/5/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.