Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1925 Page: 5 of 10
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Misdames W. H. Phillips, Jr., Kriss
Clonninger and Guy Lee were all day
.shoppers in Brownsville, Wednesday.
Frank Rann of Fife Texas, visited
with friends in town the past week.
On his return he took back a truck
load of onions and grapefruit.
C. E. Craig made a business trip to
Brownsville,, Thursday.
Mesdames J. S. and J. D. Roberts
were shoppers in Harlingen and San
Benito, Thursday.
Miss Alma Dickinson spent the
week end visiting in the lower Valley.
The Bank and Archers store were
Mrs. Love, T. B. and Bernice Love James Prater is on the
spent Sunday in Raymondville. i this week.
Dr. Wentz and Prof. Harrell at- Mr. C. M. Watson of Brownsville
tended church at ElJardin, Sunday. I visited in town Sunday. ;
On Friday night Joe Murphy, Ar- j Mr. and Mrs. Daer Baldridge were
thur Sprouse, Jerome Anderson, Roy , business callers in San Benito, Tues-
Baldridge, Ralph Archer, Hemstead day.
Mitchell, Elton Ray, and Edwin So-
renson attended a scout meeting in
Harlingen. They were_ accompanied
by Prof. Harrell.
The many friends of a former Ly-
ford pastor will no doubt be pleased
to learn that he is no -longer a
Dr. Wentz made a ti’ip to Browns-
ville, Tuesday.
Announcements are made to the
effect that Revival meetings will be
held beginning Friday evening May
1st in the school auditorium at Seba-
stian. These meetings will be con-
bachelor. Rev. 0. J. Ackerman and ducted by Rev. L. E. Gower of Lyford
Miss Daisy Seiwell of Glasford, 111.
were united in marriage on Wednes-
day, April 8th at 1 p.m. at the home
of the Dist. Superintendent in Peoria,
I 111. Rev. Ackerman was given his
of 1 L- »
Commerce of Austin, and who has ! Gower and
Wilson
Monday
and who
been visiting in the lower Valley fop
the past week spent Sunday m Ly-
ford. ,
Mr. Roger Robinson of Raymond-
ville visited in town Tuesday. _
Miss Lady Grace Snow of Ray-
mondville spent the week end with
her mother in town.
Mrs. Daisy Stevenson is
sick list this week.
Messrs. Dodfreys of _ the
Tract visite'd in Lyford
morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Harpen enter-
tained a few of their friends with a
Tamale supper in the woods east of
town Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. C.'E. Redlund were
dinner guests at the Lyford hotel
Wednesday.
Mr. Childres of Harlingen trans-
acted business in town Thursday.
Mrs. Irene C. Williams has been
nursing in Raymondville the past
week.
Mrs. J. D. —. HI , .
and June were shoppers in Raymond-
ville, Saturday morning.
Mr. Jim Mitchell motored to Cor-
pus Christi, Tuesday with a truck
load of grapefruit, where he found a
ready market for same.
Word has been received of the
marriage of W. J. Pollock of Lyford,
Texas and Mrs. Allison Maxwell of
Dixon, 111. which took place at the
Presbyterian Parsonage, Houston,
Texas on the 18th day of April at
Lyford was his first j high noon, the Rev. Dr. Jacobs offi-
charge, where he served faithfully | elating. After a short honeymoon in
for over two and a half years, leav- j Houston the happy couple will be at
ing Lyford for Evanston, 111, where > home to their many friends in Ly-
he attended Garrett Biblical Ilisti- ford afte-p May 1st.
The characters for the High School
play to be given near the close of
school are practicing regularly each
Tuesday, Friday and Saturday eve-
ning. Miss Celeste Sprouse, Art teach-
er is coaching the play. The cast is as
follows: Farley Gantt, The Cowboy
Sheriff, Grady Parker; Paul Quillian,
His Pardner, Eddie Stapelton; Duke
Blackshear, Stranger, Joe Murphy;
Hezeziah Bugg, A glorious Liar, Supt.
A. J. Middlebrooks; You Kee, A
Heathen Chine, Ed Sorenson; Big
Elk, A Navajo Chief, Taylor Keene;
Grizzly Grimm, A Cattle Thief, Mor-
ris Gillett; Marguerite Moore, Pret-
ty Rancch Owner, Bernice Love; Mrs.
Petunia Bugg, From Indianny, Clara
Houghton; Coralie Blackshear, A
Vamp, Nettie Gillett; Fawn Afraid,
An Indian Maid.
tute from which he graduated. The
past year he has been pastor of the
First M. E. Church of Glasford. As
we follow the wedded pair down
Rev. L. E. Gower has been ill for
the past two weeks.
Rev. August Norden spent several
days the past week at the home of
the through the vista of the happy years, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rdlund.
which we all so earnestly hope may
come to them, we fancy we behold it
lined on either side with golden
hours of bliss and anchored with the
living green of a constant love until
at t.he end it opens into everlasting-
joy in the home and mansions of the
blessed.
The High school conducted a con-
test for May Queen and Miss Adela
Johnson was elected by an overwhelm
ing majority.
Mrs. Swofford, Miss Amy Branch
and Miss Velma Whitmire are direct-
ors for the May Fete to be held on
Mrs. Claud E. Smith is suffering,
from bruises and a misplaced
which she received a week ago wh<
the Ford sedan in which she
driving was turned over. The otl
passengers in the car were
Lloyd Smith and little sons and
Channey and daughters.
LYFORD SCHOOL NOTESJ
Frieda Turner is back in
after several weeks vacation oi
ccount of illness. Frieda had th<
fortune to be hit on the limg
ball while playing anti-over
Ward school, causing the -".I
of it to coi
Raymondville
Registered at the Hotel the past
are S. W. Peal of Mission;
les J. German of San Antonio; 0.
Ross San Juan; H. R. Long,
n; B. M. Combs, Minneapolis;
. Barrie, Minneapolis; Louis
:e, San Antonio; J. E. Larue,
jsville; Mr. and Mrs. Rodman
Rby Houston; Mrs. J. K. Harri-
Houstson; D. E. Dabbs, San An-
; M. Sinkelstein, San Antonio;
Watters, San Antonio; F. F.
San Antonio.
3. B. S. Duffield writes from
lahoma stating her mother, still
pins critically ill.
tr. and Mrs. W. A. Parks
week-end at Point Isabel.
HISTORIC RUSH OF ’76
REPRODUCED IN NEW FILM
spent
| the evening of May 1st, Crowning of j spijn^er and part
Roberts, Mrs. A. Walker i the Queen ana May-pole dancing will . was, feared that an op
be the chiet events of the e\ ening. would be necessarv but bv
Mr and Mrs Raymond Swofford | is n^“oped that it
visited on the Turner Tract, Monday ; avojde(y
a The°Parent Teachers will hold their j The Kleka Campfire Girls
last meeting of the year Tuesday j feast in the libraiy Satui dav
- n rv»* i vi/mi /~»4 TTlcnn PnrtDV whn CO ■
Mrs. Irene C. Williams was a shop- : night May 5th. The election of offi-
per in the lower Valley, Saturday. j cers will take up most of the evening.
A huge seven foot rattle snake ' All those interested, and every mem-
was killed on the public highway ! ber is requested to attend,
two miles south of Lyford, Saturday. ! Mr. Bernard _ and son Fred of
Mrs. E. E. Harris, Oren Harris, Mercedes took dinner with Mrs. R. H.
Elien Pollock and Jack Pollock at- j Deyo, Sunday.
tended the show in Raymondville,
Monday night.
Mrs. Lee Clements of Sebastian
visited friends in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Newton Klemann
and Miss Celeste Sprouse of Seba-
stian visited in town Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Kiene were
business callers in Raymondville,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Swofford
visited in the lower Valley all day,
Saturday.
Mr. Frank Keene left Thursday for
Tyler where he will attend school.
W. J. Pollock left Thursday night
for Houston to attend the “Good
roads meet”. ,
A. R. and George Commtns left for JeS-
Kerens, Texas, Sunday morning and
took two pet Javalin’s with them.
Mr. Gilbert of New York City and
Mr. Dalzell of Brownsville and Mc-
•Cosme of Houston were in Lyford,
Saturday inspecting the Stillman
Tract.
The Baptists held Sunday school in
their ned shurch building, Sunday.
nor of Elsie Porter who
I it was. Each girl brought lunc
j her and after the feast ice
| was served to all the studentd
; cial guests were Mrs. R:1
: Swoffoi-d, Supt. A. J. Middle
i and Principal Horace Harrell.
Principal Harrell was after
Valley
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____Two great “rushes”., across., the
continent mark the history., of., the
West’s development. The., first., was
the rush of the forty-niners from the
East to the gold-fields of California
and the free lands., of Oregon.. The
second was the rush of ’76 by., the
farmers of the Mississippi valley to
the buffalo fields., of.. Montana., and
WIt°isthis latter rush that forms, the 1 cr°P
theme of Zane Grey’s “The Thunder- I h"™
ing Herd”, which William K. Howard
directed for Paramount... It., will be
the chief film attraction at the Delta
De Oro where it opens next Thurs-
day for a two days’ run.
...The picturfe vividly recreates the
old west of fifty years ago. Through-
out the plains of the mid-west, huge
herds of buffalo roamed at will.
Then, in the spring., of.. 1876,.. news
spread that the hides were bringing
as much as three dollars each in the
east. Immediately there was a rush.
Persons from all over the country
and from all walks of life started for
the buffalo fields. Perhaps the great-
est influx was from Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio.
The story of “The Thundering
Herd” tells of the journey of a group
of hardy men and women from their
farms in the east to the vast uncivil-
ized territory of the farm west—of the
I hardships they suffered, of the
dangers they encountered, the ob-
stacles they overcame and of their
ultimate success when they arrived
at their destination.
1 The picture is packed from start j
to finish with thrilling incidents and j
dynamic action. Two of the mighty j
scenes in the production show a ter- j
rific battle between five hundred
Indians and g handful of white men,
and a mad stampede of two thousand
fear-crazed buffalo.
A talented cast has been assembled
which is headed by four featured
players—Jack Holt, Louis Wilson,
Noah Berry and Raymond Hatto.
F. A. Schoenfeld, Henry Klossner
and Dewey Hall of Edinburg motored
to Raymondville, Monday afternoon.
Mr. Schoenfeld has a tract of sixty
acres planted to onions in the Edin-
burg section which he has just
started to harvest and was over here
to make arrangements to sell this
to buyers. However, all onion
The Thunder- j buyers had left for Laredo and other
points that day. Mr. Schoenfeld
reports an exceptional yield of onions
in his field this year.
Pedestrians have the right-of-way
over motorists outside the central
traffic zone in Los Angeles. One
afoot desiring to cross a street at
any intersection not under police
controll signals his desire by holding
up his hand to approaching motorists.
Two fighting-planes collided a
mile in the air at Kelly Field, San
Antonio, Texas, recently. The pilots
leaped, fell swiftly for hundreds of
feet, opened their parachutes and
floated side by side to safety, while
the two ships hit the earth with
thundering crashes and burst into
flames.
No females, either animal or hu-
man, are allowed on the Athos penin-
sula in Eastern Macedonia, Greece,
to which the patriarch of Constanti-
nople, head of the Greek church, has
retired. Eggs and milk for the monks
to eat and drink must come from
across the border of this monastic
republic.
Mrs. E. W. Archer and Ralph and . .
Mrs. W. A. Comp and Louise attend- ! business m the
ed the movies in Raymondville, Thurs j afternoon,
day night. j Mr. and Mrs. Raymond
The following attended the Rail- Were business visitors in Haft
way meeting held in arligen, Satur- ! Saturday afternoon.
day afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. D. G.
; Osborn, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phil-
1 lips, Jr., Ben Parfet, Mr. and Mrs.
i E. W. Archer, Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
: Redlund, Mr. and Mrs. C. Bostrom,
i Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Wood, E. M.
j Sorensen, R. H. Deyo, Robt Ray, E.
IB. Baldredge, E. E. Harris, Olsen, O.
i W. Jones, W. H. Harrell.
Principal Horace Harrell, local
Scout Master and Scouts, Joe Murphy
Arthur Sprouse, Ralph Archer, Elton
| Ray, Jerome Anderson, Morris Gil-
lett, Owen and Raymond Loften,
; Edwin Sorenson Jr., “Cott” Mitchell, )
j “Buggs” Baldridge, motored to Hat-j
j Iingen, Friday evening , and held j
! their regular meeting with the Ear- \
Rev. L. A, Boone of . Raymondville, 1 Iingen Scout troops. After the meet-
visited in town Tuesday morning. i ing all the troops went to the Aialto
Mr. Devine has started clearing his
Mrs. E. E. Haarris entertained a
number of her friends on Saturday
afternoon in honor of her mother,
.Mrs. Johnson’s birthday. Refresh-
ments consisting of Ice Cream and
birthday cake were served. The little
tables which seated the guests were
beautifully decorated in pink
green. Mrs. Johnson was the rece-
pient of many pretty gifts. Those
present were Mesdames Christie
Breese, Burt, A. L. Stanford, E. L.
Hougton, Mary Hall and Sallie
French.
Mrs. Christie Breese was the dinner
guest of Mrs. Kriss Johnson, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Wilker and June
spent Sunday in San Benito.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Swayze, Jennie
and Hanley Swayze of Raymond-
ville visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Phillips, Jr., Sunday.
Messrs. Celaya, Wise and Yancey
of Brownsville were business callers
in town, Monday.
Misses Lute and Dick Baldridge
and Messrs. Charlie Mitchell and
theater to see.
The Contest for the May Queen
closed last Tuesday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Phillips, Jr.,
and Miv and Mrs. Kriss Clonninger j^jss ^de]ja Johnson winning over,
and little Kriss, Jr. attended the ]\jjss Bernice Love by a large majo-
Mississippi-Alabama Picnic at Llano j rity. The Fete will be held at the lo- i
Grfntle Lake, Weslaco, Tuesday. ! Cal High School the evening of May '
Messrs. Luther Snow, Bruce Eu- die first when the queen will
queen Will be
crowned. A number of small girls
dressed in fairy costumes will dance
while a number of the boys dressed 1
in Indian costumes will dance. Four- j
teen girls and boys dressed in white
one cnampion opposum num- : win dance around the May pole. !'
Roy Turner, Bruce having; Grady Parker, tenth grade students |
was a business visitor in San Benito
bank, Robert Snow and T. B. Parker
went on a cat hunt Saturday night
and caught one full grown leopard
cat.
Bruce Eubank has again proved
himself the champion opposum hunt-
er,: over „ .....
caught eleven of 'these animals Sat-
urday. The ladies of the community , Monday
have agreed to give the winner aj Superintendent and Mrs. A. J. Mid-
and chicken dinner, so hurry up
winner
Bruce
dlebrooks and Mother motored to
and Roy. the contest clqses May 1st. Raymondville, Friday evening to see
The school board ha^ been busy
lately selecting schoolteachers for
the coming year. _ j
The Commercial Club held their
regular semi monthly meeting in the
Woman’s Club building Thursday
evening, April 16th with the largest
attendance that has ever been present
After all had partaken of the splen- .
did supper furnished by the Woman’s !
Club the meeting was taken up with
business matters.
The next meeting will be held
April 30th.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Bostrom and‘Mrs.
O. W. Jones attended the Eastern
Star in Raymondville, Monday night.
Messrs. Harold Ramgren and Henry
Bright Baldrigde were the~guests~ of i Wagner were the dinner guests of
Miss Alta Hougton, Sunday after- .<Mr- and Mrs- c- Bostrom, Sunday,
noon. Mr. and Mrs. C. Dudleston and
T. B. Parker caught a full grown ' children were Harlingen and Ray-
leopard cat in the woods east 0f imondlvlle visitors Saturday,
town. | Mrs. Pollock and Aileen were shop-
Vincent Stevenson of Brownsville ' Pers in Harlingen, Saturday,
spent Sunday with his mother in i Mr. Charles Pierce was in Ray-
Better than Marriage”
the Delta De Oro the local!
Miss Alma Dickenson wj
end visitor to Weslaco frij
Miss Celeste Sprouse,
and Misses Ailine Pollocl
Comp were Raymondville
a few minutes at the
Tuesday.
Misses Evelyn Redlunoi
Johnson were Harlingl
Saturday afternoon.
A new Croquet set afl^
one of the chief interest '■
of the students these da’I
since there is a crowd tl
every afternoon after schl
^ayed at
leater. I
a week I
fteacher j
Louise
tors for
office
Adelia
Tvisitors
Lhotel is
Jnumber
|t seems
playing
THE THUNDERING HERD
Zane Gray’s Greatest Screen Play
Will Be Shown At
DELTA DE ORO THEATRE
Thursday Night, April 30th,
Friday Night, May 1st.
DON’T FAIL TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL
PICTURE FEATURING SUCH ACTORS AS
JACK HOLT
LOIS WILSON
NOAH BERR Y
RAYMOND HATTON
and hundreds of others. The greatest
ever filmed depicting frontier days.
than the Covered Wagon
picture
Better
Don't Miss It
Delta De Oro Theatre
Next Thursday and Friday Mights.
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SEWINi
town.
J. W. White of Tahoka, Texas was
mondville on business Monday.
Mrs. E. LaNotte returned to
her
in town Monday transacting business, j home in Kelly Field last week after a
Misses Lady Grace Snow, Celeste two weeks visit here with her brother
Sprouse and Priscilla Stevenson and j Mr. C. H. Pierce.
Messrs. William Harwell and Vincent I A number of the Lyford and Se-
Stevenson motored to Brownsville, j bastian people motored to Red Fish
Sunday night. i Bay, Sunday where a picnic dinner
Mr. and Mrs. E. E, Harris and Mrs. and swim were enjoyed. Those mak«
Johnson were the dinner guests of . ing up the party were Mr. and Mrs
Mr. and Mrs. Hocott, Sunday. I Ii. Duelberg and daughter, Mr. and i
Mesdames E. E. Harris and Elsie Mrs. Lonnie Wood and sons, Mr. and j
Yundt were in Harlingen, Saturday Mrs. Davis Wood and daughters Mr. j
selecting a piano for the New Baptist and Mrs. Lem Wood and son, Mr. and |
church. i Mrs. R. L. Smith and family, Mrs. ;
Misses Talitha Strater, Louise Comp ! S. S. Caldwell, Misses Neva and I
and Priscilla Stevenson and Mr. T. C. Louise Wood Stella Channey, Fern ;
Hood attended the show in Raymond- i Palmer and Messrs Madison, Irwin, !
ville, Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Middlebrook,
Mrs. W. A. Comp and Mrs. Middle-
brooks attended the show in Ray-
mondville, Friday night.
The “Hearing”, held by the Rail-
way Commission at Harlingen, Satur-
day was entirely satisfactory to the
Lyford residents. Citizens expressed
land Lee Wood, Ray Alexander,
Galyean and Adams.
We are glad to report that Mrs.
Annie Gillette and children are recu-
perating after the measles.
The Women of the Baptist Ladies
Auxiliery cleaned up their church
yard Tuesday wihch adds greatly to ■
the appearance of the new church,
Rev. and Mrs. A. Wickstrom have
arrived at her mothers home in Cen-
tral City, Neb. on their way to their
home in Colorado. Had a safe and
pleasant trip by auto, Mrs. Wick-
strom’s brother, Mr. Oscar Larson,
coming to Texas to help drive during
themselves on returning, that they fe building,
left their claims would receive due
consideration.
Miss I illy Peterson and Mr. Victor
Johnson visited in Combs, Sunday.
Several land parties were in town
•Saturday with Mr. P. Nielson of Se-
bastian.
Prof. W. H. Harrell visited in Har- the long trip. Rev. and" Mrs. Wick-
lingen, Monday night. strom wish to thank their kind friends
Several school boys craving excite- in Lyford for the many kindnesses
ment, on Monday afternoon, put a shown them while here also for the
dead black snake in the desk of Prof, beautiful gifts received before they
Harrell hoping to play a joke on him, left. May God’s blessing rest on and
but the joke was very much turned abide with you all. Sincerely yours,
on the party of boys, when Miss Ce- Rev. and Mrs. A. Wickstrom.
leste Sprouse opened the desk, and Misses Jerraldine Snyder and
on seeing the snake fainted twice. Esther Renner of Harlingen visited
She was rushed to the Lyford Hotel in town Friday.
where Dr. Wentz was called and soon j Messrs. Bruce Eubank and Robert
.felt herself again. The bp7" T -'p'"re > Snow spent Friday night in Harlin-
suffered more than Miss/ '1 gen at the home of the latters
Slave learned a goqd less*7 \ mother.
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Moritz, Isasdore. Willacy County News (Raymondville, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 23, 1925, newspaper, April 23, 1925; Raymondville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth875032/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reber Memorial Library.