The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 10, 1950 Page: 1 of 16
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t—0LDE8T XUSIlfESS IN&TUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY^- SSrABlIStiED AUGUST 1«. 1876
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VOLUMI 75
“graham, tcxas, Thursday; august io, 1950
NUMBER 1
Boat Races Scheduled
Sunday, lake Eddleman
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Plan* an complete for the boat
races to bo held Sunday afternoon,
Avgust IS, at Lake Eddleman,
Roland Powell, general chairman,
reported yesterday. The races, are
being sponsored by the Graham
Junior Chamber of Commerce, and
racing events will get under way,
at 1 p. m. in the stock utility re-
gatta which is sanctioned by the,
Southwest Stock Boat Racing As-
sociation. Twelve races with two'
_ _ ’Meets to each race are scheduled
vthe program Sunday afternoon.
Spectators will have plenty of
■worn to park their ears On the
meet shore of the lake and enjoy
Watching the boats skim over the
mater. Bach race will consist of
Amo heats and prises will be
awarded to the winner who scores
the largest number of points for
two heats, which will be figured
by APBA point system. Fire laps
et taro heats each will be run on
^rirssy race.
The . Association has requested
thst all local racers register with
the Association’s secretary at
least two hours before racing time.
This will be a trophy race with'
trophy cups awarded for the first,
second, and thigd place In each
j ’ | race.
Graham Jaycees will alto oper-
ate concession stands during the
.afternoon.
Jaycee chairmen of various
* committees include: Otto Owens,
gates; W. W. Oliver, hot dogs;
Cecil Bock, cold drinks; Lawson
Cook and K. H. Musaer, pick-up
Odje Moms and Crit Mc-
seorers; Bill Casburn,
and a 8. Davison, P. A.
The chairman are select-.
• Jaycees to assist in stag-
Public Schools
To Open Sept. 5
Graham public schools will open
Tuesday, Sept 6 for the 1950-61
school term when students report
for registration at 8:80 e. m., I.
T. Gilmer, superintendent an-
nounced today.
The factulty will meet Friday,
Sept. 1 and Monday, Sept 4,.foil
organisation. Any high school
student enrolling at Graham Higlf
School for the first time should
geportt to the principal's officsi
prior to registration, and children
entering the first grade who have
moved to Graham sine* the school
census last March must bring
itheir birth certificate on Sept 5
to complete registration.
Children entering the first grade
mutt be eix yean of
before Sept 1. -
The faculty this year includes
78 teachers and one Negro teach-
er. Two additional teachers have
been added to the faculty this
year.
Mott of the Graham public
school faculty have-been taking
(refresher courses and special
training iii workshop* at colleges
and universities this summer. Mr.
Gilmer attended p workshop on
the new educational plant at the
University of Texas this summer
and one In Denton concerning the
►valuation program for the school
Ithis year. Others have beep in
colleges working oh advanced de-
grees.
LocotMftB^rd
RoCOivOS G«|
Jim B«nn«tt Mokes
Hole-In-Pot Sunday
Jim Bennett, 1508 Cdrolintf
St., joined the golfer’s "Hol*-
In-One” ranks Sunday when
he shot a hole-ln-one on num-
ber 4, a 160-yard hole, at the
Graham Country Club got#
course Sundayafternoon. The
ball hit about three feet short
of the pin on the green, ran
up the pin, dropping back into
the hole.
He was playing a foursome
with O. B. Rose, Joe Carter,
and-Joe Lee Matthews, of Elec,
tra, Texas. {
Preparations Underwa
For Second Graham Rodeo;
Farm Bureau To
Elect Officers
Tuesday, Aug. 15
August IS is the date set for thei
Young County Farm Bureau
watermelon feast and election of
age on 6r officers according to Wra. H.
Mathis, president.
Farm Bureau member* will
meet at Fort Belknap next Tues-
day evening at 8 p. m., August!
15, to elect officers and directors
for the coming year. Officers for
.’the associated women will also bo
Selected.
Following the election of offU
cere, ice cold watermelon will be
served. A large crowd is expected
and Mr. Mathis has made arraingo-
knents for a truck load of melons.
All members, their familiet', aitd
any one interested in the welfare1
of agriculture are invited, he said.
Motion Pictures
To Be Made Sun.
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A Stamford couple, Mr. a
lira. Jerry Moreland and 10-year-
old son, escaped injury tot* Sun-
day evening when their light plkne;
crashed southeast of Bunge r,
Texas, in the nigged countryside
peer Poeeum Kingdom lake, about
7 p. m.
They were enroute home from.
Port Worth when engine trouble
developed and their plane wag
damaged after striking a barbed
wire fence, damaging the landing
gear. They left their plan* in
search of help aad wandered about
five miles south along a trail be-
fore being foend near Pham to ns
Hollow by Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Turney and Mr and Mrs. Crit
McDonald who hoard their cry for
taelp. Cagle Bishop, driving •
•truck, stopped to give assistance,
drew eff Mm read to pick
> up about 800 yards from the
They wars brought to Gre-
where they spent the night
retaining to Stamford
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Ciurt Sftokor For
Abifeno Rotary Club
L. C. Young was guast speaks r
far the regular meetiag of thg
Club in that eity
aeon. Mr. Young’s
' the mooting and noonday
i was "Spirit of Rotary.”
Ms was accompanied by his wife.
On Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Young
•pant tho day in Mineral Wells
Whets Im was guest spsator for
. BIMe class »t First
Church. Mr. Young’s
far the morning was “Soil
which brings the total to date to
(fifty men. An additional call for,
a larger number of men from
Board 184-is expected in the very
hear future, draft board officials
reported yesterday.
The group is included in the
Texas October quota of JA14 men.
The National quota Tor October
is' 60,000 tnen.
Prospective draftees who desire!
regular enlistment in one of the
branches of service rather than
being drafted may use the follow-
ing Information as a guide:
Recruiters cannot enlist a man
ones hs has received his order to
report for an Induction
examination. If ho is c;
1-A but has not been called for a
physical, then he is eligible for
enlistment through Tegular chan-4
belt, but when he receives that
notice Ma only choice is to wait for
induction or rejection.
Stats draft officials pointed out
that draft action Will ha taken on
hon-teteran inactive reservists in
the proper age groups who have
been lax in reserve duties and on
national guardsman who have fail-
ad to comply with national guard
requirements.
physical
classified
Fort Worth Mon It
Spookor for Uont ‘ ,
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Club
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ding
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Holy
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buatoam visitor la QaMaa Tnesdsy
-aad Wednesday.
of tho Modern Marika Clam int
the Business Men's Class of the
First Methodist Church.
Pictures of the congregation
will els* -be mad* Sunday follow-
ing tho morning worship service.
Every member of tho First Metho-
dist Church is urged to bo present
Sunday, and to be included in the
pictures which will form a part-of
the history for future use of the
church. Rev. JoC I. Patterson, pas-
tor, said that "their vatu* will de-
pend largely upon all who will be
present in each group.’’
Rev. Patterson will speak on “A
Groat Church Sunday” during tho
(morning worship hour.
Lions Club Plan,
Special Events
Graham Rodeo
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Graham Lions will again be in
charge of all concessions at tho
Graham Rodeo this year. An added
feature will be the awarding of a
2-year-old quarter hors* to tome
poison during the performance on
Aug. 84, and a 600 pound here-
ford on Aug. 85 during tho eve-
ning performance.
The eolt to bo given away it thu
griiAdson of Toni# MeCu*. He is a
grant grandson on sir* side of
Pater McCue, greatest hors# that
America ha* ever produced in th*
quarter mil* which ran it in 21 flat.
Proceeds from this project will
he used for the Texas Lions Crip-
pled Children's Homs at Ksnville,
Texas.
S-Sgt. Hubbard
Wounded While
Fighting in Korea
S/Sgt. Harry Hubbard, form-
erly of Graham, who is with tha
First Cavalry and attached to the
Fifth Army, ha* been wounded
while in action In Korea. His wife,
Mrs-' ,H. O. Hubbard, of .Alice/
Texas, notified Hubbard’* mother,
Mrs. C. S. Hubbard and his bro-
ther, L.. C. Hubbard, both of Gra-
ham, that she received a letter*
from him today, Thursday, stat-
ing that he had been wounded and
not to worry.
Sergeant Hubbard has been
evacuated to an Army hospltalin
Japan for further medical treat-
ment. Extent of hit injuries was
not learned.
L. L. Davidson's
Mother Dies in *
DallasJuesday
Mrs. J. L. Davidson, 78, of D4E
las, mother of L. L. Davidson,
Graham, passed away Tuesday
about 1 p. m. after an extended
illness at the home of her daugh-
ter, -Mrs. D. D. Wink, 8300 St.
John Drive, Dallas, and with whom
she mad* her home. Mrs. David-
ten had bean in failing health for
Wednesday afternoon at 4 p. m.
from Guardian Funeral Home in
Fort Worth with Rev. J1. C. John-
son, pastor of Graham First Pres-
byterian : Church officiating. Bur-
ial was in Greenwood Cemetght
in Fort Worth beside her JHa
diushand, J. Ll Davidson, who
seeded her in death in 1988.
Mrs. Davidson was born in the
state of New York in 1872 and,
came to Texas when a young girl
and had lived in the state for over
60 years.
Survivors are two daughters,
Mrs. Wink, Dallas, and Mrs. Earl
Meadows. Austin, and two - sons,
Brower Davidson, Fort. Worth,
and L. L. Davidson, Graham, and
one brother, John Brower, Dallas.
Other survivors are 6 grandsons
and 4 great grandsons.
Pallbearers were Winston Pet-
tus and Floyd V. Hinson, Jr.,
Graham, and Jos Brown, Ed Wink,
Dr. Gates Collier and Will Benners
all of Dallas.
Plans are nearly completed for
Jthe second annual Graham Rodeo
U> be ataged in the enlarged arena
east of the city August 23, 24, 25,
and 26, Chas. E. Hipp, president,
announced today. Extensive im-
provements have been under way
at the rodeo grounds during the
past few weeks with the seating
rapacity enlarged by 1,124. Thia
includes 740 reserved seats added
to the end of the west stands and
384 ~ box aeqta in front. Tnis en-
larges the total seating capacity
to 1,875 reserved seats and 572
box feats in the west stands, and
1,388 general admission seats In
the east stands.
Additional parking arqps am
being provided by the Rodeo Asso-
ciation and a band rtand has been
constructed near the judges stand
on the west side.
WILD BILL ELLIOTT
316 Legionnaires
Eligible For
Attsnd Funeral of
Mother in Ft. Worth
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Davidson
and daughter, Alyeo Marie, at-
tended the funeral of-Mr.‘David-
son’* mother, Mrs. J. L. Davidson
in Pi Worth at Guardian’s Fu-
neral Home Wednesday. The Dav-
idson’s two other daughters and
their husbands, Mr. and Mrs. Win-
ston Pettua aad Mr. and Mrs. Floy
V. Hinson, Jr., also attended the
services.
Friends attending from Graham,
were Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Morrison,
Mr. and Mm. L T. Gilmer, Rev. J.
C. Johnson aad eon, J. C. Jr., and
C. B. Jones.
Escapes From Songdo, Korea
Mrs. Lawrence Zellers Will Tell
Of Korean Situation Here Aug. 21
Lawrence Bel
Zellen, adsaio
e is sbonsorsd
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•a at ■VIIIOQIII
Mm. Lawrence Cellers, wife of
Larry Zollem, missionary to Ko-
rns who la sbonsotod by the Gra-
ham First Methodist Chnreh, has
accepted an teritatien to he pres-
ent for the 78th anniversary of
been received from them sine* the
invasion. Mm. Zellers is staying
with her husband's parents, Mr.
and Mm. C. E. Zellers, Root# 3,
Weatherford, Texas.
Ska win speak before the se-
ta the Meth-
nai vein* ........ary Sunday,
Aug. 80, at 9*6 a. m., aad will tati
1mm, Joe M Friidil,
818 members of the Ligon-Daniel
Post 84, am eligible aad will re-
ceive continuous membership
cards at the same time they re-
ceive their 1961 membership cards.
The continuous cards are issued
►Very 5 yearn to Legionnaires who
lhaxc paid their dues regularly.
World War II veterans will be
eligible forth* first time for the
special 6 year cards, and over 244
will receive them. The remainder
of the membership cards will be
issued to World War I veterans;
eleven will receive 10 year cards,
six the 15 y**r cards; nineteen the
20 year cards; twenty-two the 25
year cards; and two the 30 year
cards.
Thirteen Legionnaires have pre-
viously received the 30 year cards,
James L, Akers Post Adjutant
said this week. Durrell Selby
membership chairman reported
that the 1961 membership drive
is in full swing, and 115 members
have been signed' up during the
past two week*.
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Graham Leader
Celebrates 74th
Anniversary
Volume 75, Number 1 . . . tk
issue of The Graham Leadi
jntrks the beginning of the 78th
fhar of publication for this paper
which was founded August 16.
1878. Seventy-four volumes of 88
issue* each have been published
Since that time. The Leader haq
steadily grown as on* of the larg-
est and best weekly newspapers
in Texas. Last y*er The Leader
toss judged the beet all-round
weekly newspaper in West Texas,
and received the Community Serv-
ice award for civic service to the
rity.
Thia week The GrahanA Leader
begins ite 76th year of seMce to
Graham and Young county, and
Uxpraesos appreciation to friends,
subscribers, and readers, and in
Tetam we shall endeavor to carry
on in the future as in the peat—
a newspaper of, by, and for Gra-
ham ami Young county.
♦
Bill Elliott, well-known
{movie star will appear in .
during each performance^ of the
rodeo, and to scheduled to arrive
in Graham Sunday. He will be the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Chat. E.
Hipp. Another outstanding fea-
-ture, in addition to Wild Bill El-.’
liott, will be Roy S. Seward, known
as “Calgary' Red” who ^presents
art unusual rope act. Hento* per-
foromed in the leadmg rodeos in
the United States and Caijpda.
Booster Trips
Two booster trips for the rodeo
have been scheduled next week-
The first goodwill tour will lean
Graham from the Memorial audi-
torium next Tuesday, August 15,
8 a. m. The itinerary iheludes Bry-
ron, Jackaboro,' Greford, Mineral
Wells, Palo Pinto, 8trewn, San-
ger, Eastland, Cisco, Moran. Al-
bany, Brae ken ridge, and return-
ing to Graham at 5 p. m.
The second booster trip wffl
earn Memorial Audita
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Chrysler “Medal ad Merit Service
Award for Distinguished Service"
(during a cerenjony held in the com-
p a n y showrooms Wednesday,
night. Roy Isle*, District Manager
for the Chrysler Sales Division,.
Fort Worth, was present to make
the award to Mr. and' Mrs. Rich-
ards in behalf of the motor car
company. Mr, fates announced that
Bert’s Auto Service was the first
dealership in the fort Worth Dis-
trict out of 144 dealers to receive
this award. The district includes
such large cities as Fort Worth,
Dallas, and Waco.
He cited the following point*
which must be maintained in or-
der to h* eligible for the award:
1, factory approved methods; i,
adequate facilities; 3, expert
workmanship; 4, fair prices; 5,
factory engineered parts; and 6,
modem equipment
The large plaque is framed in a
gold frame and placed on en easel
in the showroom. This is the third
presentation to be made in the
Dallas region. *
Following the presentation, Mr.
a buffet dinner in the garden
their home, 806 Shawnee. A de-
licious picnic supper Was .enjoyed
by th* following employee* of the
company and guests: Roy Isles,
Fort Worth; Bill Davies, repre-
sentative of Universal C.I-T., Fort
Worth; Paul Williams. J. L. Liv-
ingston, Carl Burrows, Walter
Hitchcock, Mia* Irene Deaktaa,. 1
Mrs. Gus Deakins, Sam Gough, J. P
W. Cressett. Clay Thompson, Ed
Harris, Jr., and the boot*.
Mrs. R. Corrcil
Of Duff Prairie
b Polio Victim
Mrs. Robert Cornell of Duff
Prairie Community, 16 miles south jgodes performances
of Graham, was admitted to Gen-
eral Hospital in Wichita Falls last
Saturday with polio. Mr*. Corral],
niece of Mrs. J. L. Goree of Gre-
kem, is aa expectant mother hi a
f*w weeks, and it partially par-
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atyifd.
She to reported to ho Inhering
itoday. Th* Canvito have a little
PUPUp-1*5
riving im. Ore ham 8:30 p m.
Any business firm who eaa sen#
a ear or desires transportation for
individuals is requested to phoua
the Chamber of Commerce office.
Rodeo boosters are urged to wear
western costume if possible.
The' Graham Community Band,
under the direction of A- B. Cas-
burn, has been named official
hand for the Rodeo this year, and
will accompany the good will tour
Tuesdav and Thursday.
Rodeo Performances
Rodeo performances will begin
each night at 8 p. m. and the
R.C.A. approved, show is being
produced by the Double-S Contrac-
tor*-Producers of Killeen, Texas.
Padrell B. Sprctt, producer, prom-
ised excellent stock for the per- ,,
formance this year.
Cattlemen Homened
Members of the Texas and
Southwestern Cattle Raisers As-
sociation will be honored Friday,
and a special barbecue will he
given Friday noon.
A Quarter Horse Show will he
held Saturday, August 26. Jadg-4
tag of th* .Quarter Horse* win
and Mrs. Richards were hoots fee begin at noon en that date. Ah
Willis is chairman for this event
A Junior Event will be fpqtntsd
again this year with Gil Bhrimsn
and L C. Young in charge tt ar- :
MHSMtia *
Serving on th* parade commit-
tee are H. L. Thornton, D. D.
Flowers, Gtab Brown, Claud Hol-
ley, O. B. Roe*. Chas. E. Hipp,
L. C. Young, and Lends Robinson.
Redes Quean
Invitations have been toned to
feeerby cities to send sponsors to
M»* Grisham Rodeo. A rodeo qa*on
and hostess have been nomad kg
tiie Rodeo Association, and by a
committee from the'Grahaat Long-
horn Riding Chjb. Mr*. J. L.
Vaughn has been chosen Medea
Queen, and will he assisted by Mm.
Gua Deakins as hostess. They sriR
he on hand to welcoas* th* girt
sponsors who will ride to the pa-
rade and set the pattern fqr tk*
Girl’s “ ~ * *
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