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VOLUME 76.
Soil Conservation Edition
The Graham Leader
__ _ OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
"SAVE THE SOIL
AND SAVE TEXAS"
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY IS, 1952
NUMBER 40.
Annual Conservation Awards Program Scheduled in Graham Tonight
Meet Your Soil Conservation Officers
UPPER WEST FORK Soil Conservation District Board of Supervisors this year include, left
to right,.Joe E, Wilhite, Decatur; Rollons Hid, Antelope, vice-chairman; H. G. Millicon,
Loving, chairman; Cecil Bullard, Bridgeport, 6nd Austin Wells, Voshiti, Texas.
HUGH WAIR NAMED
PRESIDENT OF
JAYCEES TUESDAY
Lions Club Will
Sponsor Three Boys
To toys* State ■ c
American Legion, Ligon-Daniel
Feat No. H Americanism chair-
man, Joe B. Model, released the
names eI two more Graham High
School hojn this week, who are be-
ing apanaarad hr the Lion's Club,
to attend the Lone^ Ster^Boys'
The bar* me Bobby Farrar, son
el Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Farrar of
UB Btewett St. and Glynn Me-
son of Mr.
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HUGH WAIR
Hugh Wair was named president
of the Graham Junior Chamber of
Commerce during the annual elec-
tions, of officers Tuesday. Other
officers to serve with Mr Wair
during the coming year
Lowell Willis, first vicfePMpfflent;
Royce Moore, vice-presi-
dent; Clift-RITchey, secretary; and
rauerholz, treasurer,
lew directors for the organi-
zation , Include BiU Casbum, Fred
Reed, and Calvin Walker.
The new officers and directors
will take office July 1.
R. U. McCaghren, Jean Fanner, | District Six Champions To
Named Best Conservationist in Dist. Be Presented at Banquet
Four Men Charged
With Theft of Cattle
Charges of cow theft were filed
Tuesday at Archer City by Sheriff
Claud Morrison against four Arch-
er County men for theft of 12
head of cattle and signed confes-
sions were made by the four men
according to Inspector D. T. Flow-
ers of' the Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Association. He reported
that the men are being held in jail
in lieu of posting $10,000 bond
each.
Flowers and Morrison caught
two meri Saturday near Rhome,
Texas after spotting two men who
had six head of cattle in the
Bridgeport Sales ring. The men
saw the Inspector and the Sherii
and made a getaway
caught at Rhoj
Sheriff •Storrison picked up a
thjfa man in Archer City Satur-
day night and late Monday evening
Pat Lacy, Highway Patrol Officer,
arrested the fourth man on the
Graham-Newcastle highway.
All cattle, were recovered and
returned to the owners.
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District Awards winners in the Sixth Annual Soil Conser-
t vation District awards program will be honored at a banquet
tonight in the Legion Building. The event is sponsored by the
Upper West Fork District Supervisors and the Graham
Chamber of Commerce. Approximately 300 guests are ex-
pected from Young, Jack, Wise, Montague. Clay, and Archer
Counties.
Awards
nized following
winners will
(he
Swimming Pool
up U T|| jings, director, will pre:
To Open May
__„i First Presbyterian Ch
recog-
dinner ura-
Otney will
ol It boys froorYoung County, to
go to Boyt’ State this summer
-"Til Otney sponsors an The
American Legion Poet, the Lions
Club and the Rotary Club. The oth-
er local sponsors are: Chamber of
Cosnmerae, Junior Chamber of
Rotary Club, and The
Carolyn Jonas, sophomore at
North Texas SUte College, spent
It weak end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Jones. FdUr
who accompanied her
i were Mimes Peggy Shobe of
Anna Harrison of Dallas,
Ann Castle of Ft. Worth, and
Charlene Prentice of El Paso.
—Staff Photo
R. H. GOODNIGHT
District Conservationist
Jacksboro
Annual Gooseneck
SAomorial Service
Scheduled Juno 1
Plans are underway lor the an-
nual Gooseneck Memorial Service
scheduled Sunday, June 1 at the
Gooseneck Cemetery. Mr. andlfra.
P. M. Potts, and Mr- and Mrs. A.
W. Willard are in charge of pro-
Tom M. Miller, attorney, was in
Abilene on business Monday and
Plans Underway For Spring
Clean-Up Campaign May 29-30
Annual Spring Clean-Up cam-
paign plans are taking shape un-
der the Joint sponsorship of the
City of Graham, Lions Club And
the Chamber of Commerce. The
Clean-Up Campaign Is scheduled
Thursday and Friday, Msy 2G30.
Graham eititeni are urged to be-
gin denning their premises and
try to complete the clean up ac-
tivities by May 31.
Various business firms are do-
nating the use of their trucks to
supplement the City equipment in
hauling away trash and debrie.
Owners of vacant lots are especial-
ly urged to mow the grass, cut
weeds, and dean the lots in order
to add to the appearance of the
city.
Lions Club members volunteer
Wednesday noon to assist in pick-
ing np trash throughout the resi-
dential section, i Clean-up workers
volunteering to assist Thursday,
May 30 were L. D. Pope, Jerry
Marchman, Hugh Grubbs, Eldon
WlUia, Rally Jones. Roy Simpson,
Calvin Lynch, J. I. Moody. Don
—Staff Photo
FLOYD BELDERS
Work Unit Conservationist
Graham
Tuesday of this week,
gram arrangements.
Everyone is invited to attend,
and it has been the custom for
many years for each family to
bring a basket picnic lunch.
Rev. N. Z. Abbott, pastor of the
Bethel Btptiit Church, Graham,
will bring tlm * morning
Earl Wheat, president .will pre-
side during a business session fol-
lowing dinner, and G. R. Lay will
be the speaker for the afternoon
Four Community
Singing Will Moot
The Four Community Staging
will bo held at Flint Crook Sunday
afternoon. May lg at 3:30 o’clock.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. A. H. Shuler will have
charge' of the program.
Seniors Return From
Annuol Trip To *
Croterville Pork
Forty-four members of the 1K1
Graham High Schol Senior
spent Friday and Saturday at
kl trip. They
By Mrs. Marie
Mrs. fewmia Howell. Garth
and BUly Mayas.
Mrs. G. R. Lay spent first of
this week in Ft. Worth with her
daughter, Mias Marjorie Lay.
Internal Revenue Office To
Open Branch Office In City
Kenneth F. Washington of
Wichita Falls has been assigned
to Graham to open a branch of-
serraon. flee of the Internal Revenue De-
partment, according to an an-
nouncement this morning by M.
M. Rudd, Chief of the Wichita
Falls District, to County Judge G.
D. Hinson. The office will open4 branch Office.
about June 9 and will be located
on the third floor of the Court-
house. ~
The new office will serve Jack,
Young, Archer and Throckmor-
ton Counties. Persons will be
able to get forms, file returns
and claims with the Graham
Mrs. Carr Rutherford Named "Homemaker of Year
Orr, WIlford Pulti, Ed Fleming.
Beverly King, Bob Williama, Royce
Moore, John Gatlaher, W. G. Drumr -
mond, Rev. Rex Simms, Garth
Baker, G. S. Davison, Bob Morri-
son, Jr., Vance Newsome, Guy
Meacham, C. P. Hutchison, and
Bill Ragsdale.
Those who will assist la the
campaign Friday, IIikJO are
George Berry, Eddie IwBulps, John
Nunnelee, Charles Lusk, A. C.
Whittle, Larry Grauerholx, W. G.
Drummond, Bill Harty, Dr. R. E. L.
Gowan, Garth Baker, Raymon
Thompson, Ed Harris, Mark Jones,
Albert Gonzalez, Guy Meacham,
C. P. Hutchison, Frank Jennings,
and Bill Ragsdale. -
Rat Polsen Campaign
Ed Fleming, C. of C. manager,
announced that arrangements had
been made through the City with
the UB. Department of Agricul-
ture to stage a rat control cam-
paign in the city the first week
in June. Warfarin will be distrib-
uted at cost to persona for uae on
their promises.
Graham Man Is Charged
fo'Local Cafe Shooting
John Pemberton, 80. local wat-
er well driller ,waa charged with
assault with Intent to
tioe with the pistol shooting erf
Carl Maehm. S3 At Frankie and
lous condition today, Thursday,
at the Graham Hospital
Pemberton was released on
bead, set by Judge Rick-
Justice of the Peace, await-
ing Grand Jury
' dam save
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GRAHAM LEADER Staff Photo
MR. AND MRS. CARR RUTHERFORD
Mr and Mrt. Carr Rutherford
live on a 320 acre farm in the
Indian Mound Community, eight
miles north of Graham. The Ruth- Chinese peas this year If
erfords bought this farm in June sufficient molsturt He h
1047 The farm home and bams
were in a very run-down condition
They have done some Improving
and have plana to do much more
in the near future.
I. Conservation of Soil and Water.
1. There was a huge ditch which
cut the field in two. Mr. Ruther-
ford hauled rocks from the field
and filled this ditch This field
can all he worked together now
3. The complete field of 138
acres has been terraced, and two
diversion ditches have been built
Hi tot pasture to s*vt tnt new
Rutherford has wheat
Held which makes a
an laws framing tha
lends B recent years
he has planted red Chinese peas
and vetch and oats as a cover crop
He plana to plant twent yacres of
there is
has fertil-
ized 10 acres with a commercial
fcrtiliaar using two tons of phos-
phate and cleared 90 acres of cac-
tus and will clear 80 more acres
this year. He has the orchard
planted In oats as a cover crop.
4. good farm stock tank has
been dug on this farm. There la a
large hill on this farm and the
water has been diverted so the
field will not be washed.
8. The Rutherfords have a well
fenced garden and it is fertilised
with barnyard manure.
II SebUbFIoa
1. The Rutherfords have plana
drawn far a modem five roam
hams to be built in the early
spring, they would already be
on this hut are
on carpenters The grounds have
been leveled and adequate draing-
age provided They had the help
of Miss Lucile King, County Home
Demonstration Agent. Mr. R. O.
Dunkle. County Agent, and Mr.
Mike Watson. F.H.A. Supervisor,
in planning convenient sanitary
-disposal for the new farm site.
2. The location of the new house
is on the side of a hill so the sur-
face drainage problem was easily
taken care of. The animals and
poultry will be fenced away from
the well. A new 120 foot well has
just been completed and is curbed
and covered and an electric pump
(self priming) is being installed.
3. The grounds have been ar-
ranged in such a way that cleanli-
ness and order are easily taken
care of.
III. Development of Grounds
1. The new home has been plan-
ned with convenience as a first
consideration. The bam has already
been completed and other out-
buildings are to -be placed in such
a way, so that they will be protect-
ed from the north by a Ijill in win-
ter, and get the south breeze in
summer The new home Wto be a
white frame with plenty of win-
dows, and according to the blue-
print will be very attractive
3. The ground about the house
is unbroken and will not bo mud-
dy or dusty Plans are made for
sodding
3. Convenient walks and drives
are planned for comfort and con-
venience. Mr. Rutherford has rocks
hauled for walks to the out-bulM-
inga.
4. There are a number of oak
trees to increase comfort. Improve
background appearance, and to
serve aa a windbreak to
If R will benefit her club, her
—Staff Photo
R U. McCAGHREN
R U.' McCaghren is the group
leader in the South Jean Conser-
vation Group, and hi^ farm is lo-
cated two miles southeast of Jean,
Texas. He bought this 228 acre
farm in 1930. and at that time
erosion on the east R acre field
was serious with gullies four feet
or more deep crossing the fields.
He received assistance from the
CCC camp in constructing drop in-
lets in a channel and in terracing
this fifeld.
McCaghren asked the Upper
West Fork Soil Conservation Dis-
trict for assistance and a plan was
LJS June 1049. Tha CCC
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.seeded with King Ranch
and ha has rebuilt the
Another King Ranch bluestem
waterway has also been established
to take water from another ter-
race system
He bought fifteen pounds of King
Ranch blueatem seed to begin with
and the first year harvested 302
pounds of clean seed. He likes this
grass very much and has fifty
pounds of seed on hand for plant-
ing on another area.
The forty acres of bluestem mix-
ture is an outstanding job of re-
seeding an old field The land was
conditioned prior, to seeding grass
ufjth two years of hairy, vetch. The
hlneaiom /4i/4 n/vf mil /inmo sirs iko
Uluvmcin UIU IltTT Bit LUIIIC up tns.
first year but by the end of the
second year, there was a good
stand and the field is being grated
at the present time.
McCaghren started his legume
program with 100 pounds of hairy
vetch and has saved a supply of
seed so that he does not have to
buy any at planting time. He is
more pleased with vetch than any
legume crop Com following veich
one year yielded forty bushels per
acre while similar soil in the same
field where vetch had not been
grown, yielded only twenty bush-
els per acre. 1—......,.■■■ ■■ ■-—
The Mesquite trees have been
•radicated on the permanent buf-
falograss pasture and there has
been a definite improvement in the
amount of forage produced accord-
ing to McCaghren
Mr McCaghren stated that a
sound Soil Conservation Program
was a paying program, and that
he would have had a very badly
eroded farm if he had not followed
conservation practices. His only
regret is that he did not start
sooner.
Following a conservation pro-
gram of farming is not an expen-
sive way of farming according to
McCaghren He states that one can-
nm wait for weather conditions to
get just right but to go ahead and
let started
“Do a little, or aa much as you
can each year.” he said. McCagh-
ren has not only done a good con-
servation job on hia own farm but
has also 'assisted his neighbors in
applying a conservation program
on their farm
He not only influences hia neigh-
bors in conservation work, but he
also is a good missionary in spread-
ing the gospel for soil
«ou,
iidpa)
will opMCEfiday.' May 23. ac-
cording to an announcement yes-
terday by J. P. Tackett, City Man-
ager. A sand filter and chlorina-
tion unit have been installed this
spring providing for constant cir-
culation and filtration of the pool
water, plus chlorination to com-
ply with all State Health Depart-
ment standards. ■ „ •
Six Cases On
90 Dist. Court
Docket Monday
Six caaea are on the Rocket for
trial in 90th District Court Mow-
SSyBSe
ham Hr^h School String Ensemble.
| under the direction of F E Idd-
director. will presenL-aaurte^
lour and the
pastor of the
Church, will
swimming | give the invocation.
Dr. R. E,. L. Gowan. president of
the Chamber of Commerce, will
extend a Weloome to the visitors
and H. G. Millican. chairman of
the UWFSCD, will introduce
guests. Rollans Hill will be in
charge of the district awards pro-
gram.
Diatrict Award Winners "«
Awards winners are:
Homemaker of the Year—Mrs.
Carr Rutherford, Route A, Gra-
ham. 1
High School Essay Champion—
Ann Burnett. 1st; Richard Mabry,
2nd; and Delta Fhiache, 3rd, all of
Decatur.
Best Comeback Farmer—R. U.
Wise County.
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GRAHAM WOMIN IN FORT
WORTH TODAY FOR
BOOK RIVIIW
Mrs Raymon Thompson, Mrs.
L. C. Young, Mrs. Fred Reed and
Mrs Beverly King. Jr. an In Ft.
Worth today for a book review
to ho giveo by Mrs.
and a luncheon at the
Country Club.
FeHr Jury
Sixty persona have been notified
to report for Petit Jury duty Mon-
day, 10 a m. in Diatrict
Those notified were:
Graham—R. A. Turner. Jake
Heighten. R C. McClendon, Joe
Lankford. Arnold McGlothlin,
Chas. Christopher, Mark Geeslin.
W E. SchlitUer. James M. Gard-
ner. R. A. Garrett, Ben Brown. J.
C. Baird. R L. Lusk, Jr.. Robert
Fsikinburg. H. J. Short. J. N. Ber-
ner. John Landrum, R L. Morri-
son. Jr.. J J Wright, L. H. Choate,
Alfred HowCth, Morris Stephens,
A. L. Collier, A. J. McGee, Donald
Wiley, E S Graham. Jr.. Newell
Thompson, L. L. Oney, Elton Ste-
phens. G. w: Little. V T. Collins,
W. E. Bell. Gordon Nees, Jr., J. R.
Wheeler, Marion Acock. Billie
Orr. Raymond Costilow. J. U. Gar-
land, and F D. Cumpton.
Olney—B. E. Gilbert, J. P. Huey.
Harold Copeland. C. B Stone, J.
R Lindsey. Dayton Alexander, C.
R. Lunsford. L. R. Rue.
Loving—J. W Alcorn. Henry
Schoeling. H C. Petty.
Ortb-r-M. H. Davidson, L. H.
Davidson .Hamilton Choate.
Etlasritle—T M Vaufhn."
Jean—Bob Sims, and W. J.
Haygood.--—-;-
Newcaatle-^H. J. Day..
South Bend—R. L. McOluskey.
Markley—T. P Cox
George Berry, Diatrict Clerk, re-
ported that one divorce suit and
one change of name cases were
filed last week.
aM.
Radio Rendering the Greatest
Service in the Field of Soil Con-
An added feature will be the
Upper West Fork Soil Conserva-
tion District Bankers Award to the
outstanding supervisors of the dis-
trict. Dr. Gowan will recognize
twelve bank* in the area partici-
pating in the awards: Continental
State Bank. Boyd; First National
Bank, Decatur; First National
Bank, Bridgeport; First National
Bank,. Jacksboro; First National
Bank. BoWie: First National Bank,
Graham; First'National Bank. Ol-
ney; First Bank of Chico, Chico;
Farmers National Bank. Newcas-
tle; The Graham National Bank.
Graham; First State Bank, Bryson;
and the Jacksboro National Bank,
Jacksboro.
R. E. Petty will make the pre-
sentation of certificate and V. E.
Baldridge will present the award.
Officers of the Upper West Fork
Soil Conservation Diatrict are H.
G. Millican. chairman. Loving.
Texas; W. R HH1, vice-chairman.
Antelope, Texas: Austin Wells,
member, Vashti, Texas; Cecil Bol-
lard, member, Bridgeport, Texas;
Joe K. Wilhite, member, Decatur.
Texas; and Mrs. Joe Shown, book-
Mr. and Mrs. Will Jamagin had
as their week end guests their two
daughtqn and families, Mr. and
Mp Gnu* Wright and Mr. and
Mrs Cteranaa Taylor and son.
Alan,
Worth
Graham Jaycees Sponsor
Boat Races Sunday
Graham Jayceei will sponsor
outboard motor boat races at
Lake Eddleman Sunday, May M.
The races are sanctioned by the
National Outboard Racing Am
elation. Twelve races have bn
announced for the afternoon, in
the various climes
A feature of the afternoon pro-
gram will be a water skiing act
by Johnnie Roberts of Cyprom
Gardens, Florida. Roberts h
appeared in various movies and
is nationally known for hia fancy
water skuu^gT'
Local man antaring tha rac
Scorers are Frank
Roy Simpaon and
elude Butch Willis
and Grit
Bud Clifton and Gill
and Huh Shaw will serve a
judges and Lawson Oaok
charge <rf publicity; pre
Lawaon Cook. Hugh Wair,
Lusk and Larry
an. Cliff RI1 , M. MS H
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