Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1933 Page: 7 of 12
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Section Two
Six Pages
COLEMAN DEMOCRAT-VOICE
Published Continuously for Coleman and Coleman County Going on 52 Years
Section Two
Six Pages
VOL. NO. 52.
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS. THl'RSDAY. DECEMBER 7, 1933.
NO. 1!>
PRE-CHRISTMAS PROGRAM PLANNED
improvements
At City Hall
May Be Asked
Plan Placing
Street Signs
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Over 750 At Work For CWA
Possibility that improvements will
*bc made at Coleman's city hall is
seen in the investigations being
made by Frank W. Chappell. Dallas,
consulting engineer.
The rear part of the building has
been gradually * sinking for some
time and the lnvesMgfctioti being
conducted now is in order to learn
if the situation can be remedied. A
new foundation may be necessary
in the rear of the building.
Workmen were busy this week
making test holes near the City Hall I Movement to place street markers
building so that the engineer could I at rvery street corner in the city
learn just what was the soil struc- j was started here several months ago
ture in that area. j by the Junior Chamber of Com-
Should the City Commission de-jmercc.
cide to make improvements a loan |
would be made from the Civil i
Works committee.
Mr. Chappell is well known among j
city officials here. He was the con- j
suiting engineer for the city of Cole- (
man when Lake Scarborough
All Corners High Payroll
Next Saturday
Looms in City
One Crime Begets Next in Queer Case
Every street corner in Coleman i
will be prop rly marked if plans of
the Chamber of Commerce and City
Commission materialize.
The name of the street and the
block number would appear on the
450 signs that may be built here, it
was learned today.
Each of the signs arc to be on pipe
placed about two feet into the
ground. The pipe is to be painted
black and the lettering is to be in
white.
was
constructed several years ago.
He also is interested in the city’s
proposal to construct a new lake
near Oicn Cove.
ATTEND UNCLE’S FUNERAL
Mrs. Walter Gordon and mother..
Mrs. W. P. Wilson, and Doc Edring-
ton attended the funeral services for
Arthur Ednngtcn, uncle of Mrs.
Gordon and brother of Doc. Edring-
ton, a. Ranger Wednesday.
The Coleman party left here Mon-
Ward Schools To
Give Concert At
High School Soon
Coleman citizens will attend the
debut of the ward schools band on
the night of December 18, according
to J. E. King, local band director.
The concert for the South and
West Ward schools will be given at
the Coleman high school auditorium.
Features of the program will be
Christmas carols to be sung by the
students of the "two schools under
the direction of Rev. J. A. Siceloff,
pastor of the First Methodist church
arid a number, by request, of the
day afternoon to b,’ at the bod side same quartet that sang at the last
of the late Mr. Edrington. iband concert given at the school
We don't know
j
which of these
Over $4,000 was paid to Civil
Works Administration employes
of Cel man eounly last week and
mere than that amount will be
paid to a larger group of work-
men ne\t Saturday night, fig-
ures rclrased by A. L. Loekhart
county administrator, today re-
veal.
There were 427 cheeks issued
la t Saturday night for a total
of $4,045.41. However, there will
be about 724 mm to receive
checks next Saturday night
from the Civil Works Adminis-
ter tirn office here.
Last week 125 Coleman em-
ployes received $1,295. ten em-
ployes in precinct three received
$91.35. 15 employes in precinct
four received $117.42, 41 em-
ployes in precinct one received
$419.30 and 85 employes in pre-
cinct two received $772.93. At
the same time 140 men at Santa
Anna received $1,285.75.
This week there are 234 men
at work in Coleman, 130 arc at
work in Santa Anna. 85 in each
precinct and 20 at Lake Scar-
borough.
Most of the projects are on roads
and streets with those at Lake
Scarborough cleaning trash from
the water and banks of the lake.
Women at work for the CWA in-
clude 14 at the cannery, where seven |
beeves were being canned this week, j
and about 20 at the sewing room*
on Live Oak street, where several
quilts are 'being made daily.
Miss Gertrude Brent, county home
demonstration agent, and Mrs. Haz-
iel Havens are in charge cf the can-
'ncry while Mrs. J. O. West and Mrs.
I Frankie Sedwick arc in charge at
jthc sewing room.
e
Jimmie McCoy Mrs. A. II. Bailey Minos Doolittle.
A chain cf events, each the motive of the one that followed, lias!
| if suited in two murders in San Antonio. To begin the wierd series. Miss|
Mary Doolittle charged that Jimmy McCoy had attacked her. McCoy wasj
no-billed by a grand jury. Shortly afterward Minos Doolittle. ’Mary’s;
brother, shot McCoy to death. Claiming that tie avenged his sister’s honor, i
Doolittle was set fr.-c. Now Mrs. A. H. Bailey, McCoy's mother, has killed j
Doolittle with a shotgun, revenging her son’s murder. She is held in the I
Bexar county jail, where the photo was taken.
Last Club Council Meeting Of
Year Scheduled Here Saturday;
New Officers Will Be Installed
Second Tradt
Day Proves To
Be Successful
Second of a series of trades
days here proved Kncyemful
Monday, wording to Chamb-
er ef Commerce Secretary, S
W. Cooper.
Hundreds of persons from rv-
ery section of the eounly were
present for the event.
Many dollars worth of men h-
andise was auctioned to the per-
sons bolding the profit sharing
coupons.
A large crowd attended the
free movie given at the Howell
theatre. An educational picture
was shown. At 1:15 o'clock many
merchants downtown unveiled
their show windows thus plac-
ing their lines of Christmas
gifts on display for the first time.
At 3:30 o'clock auctioneers
were busy for about an hour
auctioneering merchandise to the
large throng that had gathered
at the county court house.
Auctioneers included. Mayor
E. P. Scarborough, County
Judge A. O. Newman. District
Clerk J. B. Hilton, and Dr. J. F.
Gaines. Clerks included Herbert
Scott, Ralph Duncan and Jack
Barker.
Santa Is Coming!
Santa Claus, shown above, i, to
arrive in Coleman on Saturday,
December 10, to" greet the children
of Coleman county. He will take
part In the program for the day.
Bible Classes Ask
Cooperation Here
In Drive For Toys
With every Bible class in the city
Santa Claus,
Parade Will
Be Features
Santa Claus will arrive in
Coleman via truek Saturday,
December lfi, at 1:30 p. m., ac-
cording to an announcement by
C hamber of Commerce Secretary
S. W. Cooprr today.
On that day hundreds of per-
sons are expected to be in Cole-
man to welcome old St. Nick.
' , A parade will be one of the
features of the day. Other en-
tertainment Is being planned
for that day with the local
Lions club to .cooperate in fur-
nishing entertainment.
Lions club members to be in
charge of the Santa Claws program
include: Rev. John A. Soceloff, C.
L. South. Joe B, Heddleston and
Mrs. Billie 3. Beach.
“Wrap Station
Be Ready Monday
All kinds of Christmas packages
are to pe wrapped free of charge at
the Chamber of Commerce office
cooperating, there should be plenty ! beginning December 11. it was de-
of toys for fhe needy children of|cided at a meeting of the Business
the copnty by the time Santa Claus | Women's Auxiliary at a meet- ■
officially arrives in the.city. ling at the Chamber of Commerce
Members of the Bible classes urge j offTic,e Mo"day mu°n'ln-
all persons who wish to donate toys j Informattan about mathng pack,
to the cause to take them to the age*through the as,
,, _ , , . ... las by express and freight will be
old Central State bank building on L^ to those persohs who ^ tiw
Live Oak street. | wrapping station.
Services of several young women
Most
Crumley Buys Part
Interest in Man’s
i Evry home demonstration club in j
I the county is expected to be rppre- j
! sented when the County Club Coun- i
SHOES DYED
Shoes dyed to match your cos-
COURTHOUSE NEWS
PRICE
$28.50
PRICE
we like best.
Come in and help us decide. They’re
both the newest of the new Majestic
Smart Sets—in the handsomest cab-
inets that ever housed a super-fine
small-radio chassis.
These Smart Sets stand only 11
inches high—but what big-acting
radios they are! They are super-
heterodynes; giving 6-tube perform-
ance; full super-dynamic speakers.
Power a-plenty, keen selectivity,
Majestic colorful tone. . . .
They get police calls; and airplane,
ship, commercial, and amateur sig-
nals, to 3500 kilocycles. They are
two radios in one—with a two-way
switch for changing over from regular
broadcasts to short-wave channels.
See and bear them now!
$28.50
CABINET SETS AT $54.95
$5.00 down will buy a set and rest on easy
terms
Gray Mercantile Company
Deaths
; Mis. Martha Allicc James, 71
years, 5 months and 15 days. Died
;Nov. 29. 1933. Place" of buiir.!, Cole-!
I man Cemetery.
Marriage Licenses
| Dicey McHorsc and Lester Wiley |
i Miry Lou Wiginton and Marsliall'
I Griffith.
i Nell Blanton and R. C. Rainey,
j Elizabeth Brady and Arnold Sch-
Imuman.
Pearl Kelley and D. D. Smith.
Warranty Deeds
! H. P. Brown et itx to Coleman
j County, .75 of an acre out of the
M. D. J. Trevino survey No. 669. $45.
L. W, A- King to Joe Blooks, two
• tracts of land. First - tract: 122.25
! acres, being block No. 27, Wm. Gould
Busk subdivision of the Isaac Jacks
survey No. 287. Second tract: 81.85
acres out of block No: 28 of the Wm.
Gould Busk subdivision of the Clias.
M. Creamer survey No. 283. $1,000.
Strsrp Tailor ShoniciI mcct5 ncxt Saturday afternoon' tume with a new ail-electric dye
*! at 2:30 o’clock at the First Baptist machine. Guaranteed' to be a
Jim Crumley, recently of San An-| church educational building. 1 smooth, even color that will not rub
gelo, this week purchased a parti It will be the last meeting of the] of! on hose. Just as good as the
interest in the cleaning and pressing-:-year for the council, according to, original dye job. Mike's Shoe Shop,
department of The Man’s Store ■ Miss Gertrude 3rcnt, county home 203 Commercial Ave.
Hayden Hargett, manager, raid to-1 demonstration agent. 1 .__
day. ! Installation of officers, annual re- j
Mr. and Mrs, Crumley and. fami- j ports will be made, a list of all club j
ly recently moved to this city from: officers, members and demonstra-'
San Angelo. | tors will be made and other busi- !>
Improvements have been made in j ness matters of importance discus-1
the shop so that it is one of the best! sed.
in west Texas, Mr. Hargett declared.! It is necessary for every club to j
t turn in its report at the. meeting,'
j Miss Brent said, so that the annuil J
' report for the county may be c'-m- j
| pile.
any kind of toy, 'whether I
I broken or not. will be accepted at ^ave been obtained. They will go to
; that office. There they will be rc-!wort morning of December
I paired and repainted and. at the!11 and the wrapping station will re,
I proper time, be distributed to the mam "J*1* untU Christmas Eve.
I needy children of the city. j Members of the committee in
: charge of the work include. Mrs. Bii-
Many toys were contributed lie B. Beach. Mrs Juanita Lane, Miss
to the same cause a year ago and -| Ruby Garrett. Mrs. Winnie Blater-
the Bible class members are confi- wick. Mrs. Jud Striokland. Miss Kale
49x.; dent of the same response this year. [Thompson ;md Lucian White.
Tree Army Lads
From Here Pian
it r\ • . !Members of HDC j
HugeCnnstmas; Wj|) ^ !
Plenty of Work
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WI DO OUR FART
Coleman county's delegation to
the "Tree Army" camp near Dublin
enjoyrd the Thanksgiving holidays
at home, Floyd G. Jones, Democrat-
Voice representative at Camp fe67T. j
Company 886, writes. i'11
There were 19 of them to spend!”0 1,1 *•
the holiday with relatives and1 'nv, plan of work for the com nsj
mends in this county. ’ | f'llr bas ber'1 an< * 1Uf
it ,major projects that must be ac-
hy Miss Gertrurc Brent. |
Home demonstratko club member,! j
this county will have plenty toil
Mr. Jones writt-s:
";°ur camp was a deserted village j™™“ne demonstration agent-!
Only 30 stayed at the camp. Ail
of them are planning for a big time
Christmas holiday.
"We are going to lose four of our
officers. They have been called baoM;^rt eiiu^ttoal' building herd on
before the program starts.
That , plan of work likely will be J
discussed when the County . Club A
Council meets at the First Baptist I
to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and must|Saturday afternoon " ” *
report by December 15. However, jjnciwied in the plan: I. Map of
there arc enough CCC enrolled 10 teoun!y, showing commissioner's pre-
take their places. cincts, the home demonstration cluhs
"Our work is in a good way now ; iad indication of plan . for rxpan-
that all of the new boys have got'en sion; 2 Ma!:e a monthly schedule
accustomed to everything. Our vil- of c;ub visUs an(1 other work: 3.
lage has improved qui'e a bit. Since Makc a tlst of adllll demonstrators; |
we have been here we have bui’t 4 Make a summary of community;!
five new barracks, an infirmary, a demonstrations: 5. Make a list of :5
recreation hail and we are planning girl demonstrators; 7. Make a list of I
I to build other buildings. |cooperating agencies; 8. Make a list! -
! cooperating agencies;
"Two of the boys were injured of council officers and club presi-! j
in an automobile accident recently. 1 dents; 9. Make a copy of the girl's;
Garland Bull Is
Named CCC Leader
The following news item from Ft. I
Sam Houston will prove of interest I
to Coleman countiaris. especially of
persons living in the Novice area:
, “Lieut. R. O. Smith, commanding
Civilian Conservation Corps Camp
No, PE-77-7 at Taylor, Texas, has
reported the promotion to Assistant aa automobile accident recently . dents; 9. Make a copy 01 tne gins:*
Leader with a $6 per month increase .. , . , I
in pay of Garland Bull of Novice. Howler, they received only minor program of work; 10. Make a copy of;
T / injuries and are being treated at the i the women s work: and 11. Make a
"Leaders and assistant camp lead- local hospital. Both were from Fort j meeting schedule of both girls' and -
ers are promoted by the company i Worth. j womens wor
commander of each CCC work camp|_____
after consultation with the camp
superintendent. Selection is made on
the basis of the enrollee's ability and
fitness for the particular duty to
which he is assigned.”
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends' for their kind assistance dur-
ing the illness and death of otir be- j
loved mother and for the many beau- j
tlful floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Stephens, j
Mr. and. .Mrs. W. J. Pruitt, j
Breckenridge. ,
Mr. and Mrs. H. M, Alexander.]
DeLeon.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Phelps, Ar-
lington.
Mrs. Myrtle Utley, High Roll,
New Mex.
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Luethy,,, Or- j
ogrande, N. M. 49p
S „ewSaiower
daily fares
Effective December 1st
First Class Fare reduced from 3.6 cents a mile
to 3 cents a mile; Good in Sleepers
A NEW ONE WAY FARE
2 Cents a mile good only in Chair Cars and Coaches
Pullman Surcharge Eliminated
For Details Ask Your Santa Fe Agent
Lumber Code
The Lumber Code of Lair Competition has
been signed by the President of the United Stat-
es and is now a law.
We the undersigned are now lorced to change
our present policy and conform to the code.
Therefore, effective on November 28th, 1933
our opening hours are 7 :30 A. M. and closing
hours 3:00 P. M.
We are not permitted to sell anything before
or after these hours. We will appreciate the co-
operation of our customers and friends.
H. H. Hardin Lumber Co.
Burton Lingo Lumber Co.
South Texas Lumber Co.
Rockwell Bros. & Co.
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1933, newspaper, December 7, 1933; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748520/m1/7/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.