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The Graham Leader
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
VOLUMC 7«f
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1952
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NUMBER 37.
Precinct Convention Origin
Of Party’s Nat. Platform
. * —GRAHAM LEADER STAFF PHOTO
NEW OFFICERS for the Graham Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America were in-
stalled during a ceremony held at Graham High Monday morning. New and retiring offi-
cers are pictured above following the ceremony. First row, left to right, Fern Cornell, Betty
Parton, Carolyn Lambert, Joyce Burgess, Wilma Brooks, Ann Buffington, Wando Mueller,
Sylvia Young, Hozel Clark, Margaret Wiginton, Patsy Whittr Jo Ann Miller,-Bobby Lou
Gray, and Charlen Wadley. Second rdw, Mer I Hawkins, Alma Rhea Averett, and Annie
Belle Miller. -....... ' • "
Death Claims Cisco Man In
Two-Car Crash Saturday Night
Scout Circus-
Scheduled May 5
Graham Future Homemakers Install City Council
Young-Jack District Longhorn
Council Boy Scouts of America will
slageUielrannual Boy Scout Ctr
at the Graham High School
New Officers Monday at School
MYRL HAWKINS, Raport.r
Graham Chapter of the Future
Homemakers of America installed
the following officers for 1952-
1953 Monday, April 3. The cere
mony was held in the High School
auditorium New officers are: Syl-
via Young, president; Jo Ann
Miller, vice president; Myrl Hawk-
ins. secretary; Wanda Mueller,
treasurer; Bobbie Lea Gray, re-
porter; Charlene Wadley, histor-
ian; Fern Cornell end Betty Par-
ton.
The
honorary members, Mias Ellington
and Mrs. Howell and sponsors Miss
Boone, and Mrs. Williamson were
mtid mi the staff during the
3 Inches Rain
Break Drought
Adopt Cemetery
Ordinance
serfeants-at-orms. i
M old and new officers, two
fcsr
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The table was
white cloth An
the elul
Approximately three inches of
rainfall over the 1 week end left
Young County farmers and ran-
chers Jubilant over prospects for
planting row crops and improving
pastures. The long-awaited rain
brought an end to the drought in
this area. The slow drizzling rain
provided little runoff as most of
it went into the ground. However,
there wee some water In the
ereeka and stock tanks throughout
the
bM
City Council adopted an ordi-
nance Thursday night regulating
the markers in the cemeteries giv-
ing specifications for providing
adequate foundations., curbs and
sidewalks. A copy of the ordinance
is published in this issue of The
Graham Leader.
Airport Addition Survey
Council requested City Manager
J. P. Tackett to compile a coat
estimate on servicing the East sec-
tion of the airport addition with
water and sewer in orderthat these
lots may be offered for sale!
Other business included the ap-
pointment of Buell Orr by Mayor
Rosser as hospital board member.
Future meetings of the Oeuncil
football field 7:45 am Monday,
May 5.,
Cub Packs and Troops from
Graham, Bryson. Olney, Jacksboro.
Newcastle, Jermyn, and South
Bend are expected to take part in
the various events.
The Scout Circus is staged to
give parents a chance to learn
what Boy Scouts are accomplish-
ing in their meetings.
Special events will include the
grand entry, prologue, flag relay,
emergency carry relay, rail walk-
ing, bicycle ambulance race, uni-
form stretcher race, blind horse-
dumb- driver race, chariot race,
monkey bridge, and the closing
scene with presentation of awards.
Tickets may be obtained from
any Scout or Cub. Admission is
25c for persons over 12 years of
age and 9c for children. •
A young Cisco man. Hilbert B
King. 23. enroute home Saturday
’night from Jacksboro. after mak-
ing pians with his fiance for their
wedding May 3. was the victim of
an automobile accident about 11:30
Throckmorton-Young Baptist Brotherhood
V*
Meeting Scheduled at Olney April 28
Throckmorton - Young Baptist
... brotherhood will meet Monday.
April 28, at the South Side Chapel
in Olney at 7:30 p.m. for regular
quarterly meeting. Preceding the
meeting an executive committee
meting will be held at 6:30 p.m.
AH associational officers and
advtspr council are urged to at-
p m. when his car collided with a j*‘r'd An interesting program has
High School
Alma Rhea Averett, vice presi-
dent, conferred chapter degrees of
achievement on the fallowing
girts: Myrl Hawkins. Wanda Muel
ler,< Sylvia Young, Jo Addison,
Carolyn Lambert and George Ann
Hoc* In Dirt. 2-AA
Moot at Staphanvilfa
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Qualifications for these degrees
are; Interpreting the Homemaking
program, ineluding FHA. through
helping other people have a better
underfunding of at least three of
the five following items: .
The FHA Creed, the symbolism
of the national FHA emblem, col-
on, and flower, the purposes of
the national FHA organization, and
the work of the member’s home-
making class. Growing as an indi-
vidual. a member of a home, a
member of a chapter, and a mem-
ber of s school and community is
another qualification
In addition to fulfilling those
qualifications a chapter member
must meet the following require-
ments in order to become a chap-
ter Homemaker ■
Three Graham High students
took second place in District 3-
AA Interscholastic League events
at Tarleton State College Satur-
day. Selma Sittig won seeihd
place in typewriting and Mary
Lou Dickson took second place in
shorthand Don Cook won second
place in the high jump during the
track meet, and will go to Austin
May 2 to participate in the 42
annual State Interscholastic Lea-
gue Meet. Roy Curry, track coach,
will accompany Don to Austin.
Miss Frances Maxwell and Miss
Abby Wilson will accompany the
two girle to Austin -for the - state
meet. . ...t. -... .. _ ___
' TWt If Hie third consecutive
year that teams from Graham
High School have qualified in the
itate meet commercial division
and la an excellent record for this
rilwisloo nf Prihim ISirel* Q.L..I
wvtBHNi tji unnini rngn scnooi.
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21 To Report
For Induction
Friday, May 2
PS
i. The work required for a jun- Young County Lodge
ior Homemaker degree must hare 9
Keen completed for at least one
semester or one-haU of a school
year.
3. The member has satisfactorily
completed a full year of home-
maid ng education
To Honor Post
Masters Friday Night
or at the ninth
grade level or above.
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City Manager and
Socrotary to Attend
Meeting in Beaumont
CUy Manager J. P. Tackett and
City Secretary James Swaim will
attend the Texas City Managers
annual meeting yhich will be
held at Beaumont, Texas April
27-39.
FIFTY-SEVEN SENIORS Ml
CANDIDATES FOR DIPLOMAS
Twenty-two Past Masters from
Graham and several from out of
town, will be honor guests of
Young County Lodge No. 485 on
Friday evening. April 25 at iU
annual Past Master's night.
The meeting is scheduled for 8
o'clock and -a good program, in-
cluding a Master’s Degree con-
ferred by Past Masters, will round
out the evening's activities, after
which delicious refreshments will
be served. AO members are urged
to be present and visitors are al-
ways welcomed.
exerclaae for 87 memh
i 8f the lin Senior Che* rti
he held Monday ereningTlKy M.
Reorde reveal that this la Om
Senior clam in the pact
ite services are ache-
evening, May 25
E. R Gordon bring-
Ftrat Methodist
ha In charge of the
ire this year
High School graduation
are aahadulad Friday
May S3, and report cards
will be Issued to students Monday,
May 38. Schools will open on#
hour later, B:30 a. m. on this data,
and school buses will leave 10:30
a. m. for the final trip this year.
Summer School
H. A. Hefner, High School prin-
cipal, announced yesterday that
Summer School would begin June
3. continuing 8 consecutive week*.
English and mathematics will be
taught this summer with Mias Ju-
anita Baird and Mr. Hefner In
eharge of the classes
Twenty registrants with the^lo
cal Selective Service Board 134
have received orders for induction
into the armed services Msy 2.
Mrs Jessie Norton, clerk, an-
nounced that orders had been
mailed to the following:
John Henry Gibbs. Newcastle:
Thurman O. Matthews, Archer
City; Gus T. Deakins. Graham;
Robert Edward Fox, Woodson;
Richard B Prideaux. Archer City;
Andrew Weldon Wheat, Graham;
Ernest L. Marik, Megargel; Leon-,
ard Hollis Ligon, Loving;- Billy
Glenn Robinson, Wichita Falls;
Charles Lamons. Wichita Falls;
George William Baker. Olney; Far-
rell Dean Whitfield. Odessa; Floyd
Wayne Hoggins. Archer City; John
Henry Franklin. Boonsville; Fred-
die VSughn Millican. Throckmor-
ton; Thomas Burch Howard, Ca-
hone. Colorado; Robert Earl Davis,
Graham; and Wesley Albert Perk-
ins, Archer City.
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LARGE SHIPMENT
CATTLE LEAVE
GRAHAM FRIDAY
One of the largest shipments of
cattle from Young County in re-
cent yean left the local Rock Is-
land freight yard Friday when
1500 head of white-tape cattle were
loaded in 30 freight can.
Robert Corbett and Quincy Cor-
bett, Jr., of the Corbett Brothers
Ranch, shipped the cattle from
their ranch in the southern part
of the county to their ranch near
French, New Mexico, to grass and
finish out for the market
The cattle were trucked in and
loaded on carl which were pulled
out of the local Rock Island Depot
by one of the new engines.
A. C. Whittle. Rock Island
agent .announced that this was the
first Diesel engine to be used on
the Graham branch of the Rock
Island Railroad.
Mr. Williamson
Recuperating
After Haait Attack
W. S. Williamson, owner of Wil-
liamson Hardware Company suf-
fered a light heart attack last
Thursday evening at his boose, 390
Texao Street.
He la reported to ha improving
but will be confined to hi* home
for
Final concert of (he aaaaou will
be presented by the Graham High
School orchestra Monday evening,
April ~3. in the High School audi-
torium at 8 o'clock. F E. hidings,
director, announced yesterday.
The first pari of the program
will be presented by the strings
of the orchestra and will include
three movements from Mozart's
Einekleine Nschtmusik Miss Vera
Helene Acock, accompanist.far the
orchestra, will be presented in
the last movement of Haydn’s
Sonota.
The orchestra will feature Moz-
art's Overture from Cosi Fan
Tutti, the Symphony in D minor
by Johnson, and a symphonic par-
aphrase on the dance melody,
Prenkte antT Tomane”................
This will be the outstanding
truck-trailer on State -Highway 24
The accident happened east of
an underpass between “ Graham
and Bryson. Charles E. Roberts,
firownwood. driver of the Truck,
escaped uninjured in the-accident.
Sflfr. King was brought to the
Graham Hospital in a Morrison
ambulance but was dead on ar-
rival. ' .-V,....
Funeral services for Mr. King
were conducted from the First
Methodist Church, Cisco, Monday
afternoon. Survivors include his
parents. Mr and Mrs. David P.
King; two brothers. S/Sgt. J. L.
King, Washington, D. C., and Owen
King of Cisco.
State Highway Patrol Officer
Pat Lacy reported that King’s car
and the truck sideswiped on the
curve. The accident happened dur-
ing a rainstorm Saturday night.
Olney Negro Fined
For Sale of Liquor
An Olney Negro plead guilty to
chargea of tale of liquor in a dry
area in County Court Saturday
morning. Judge G. D. Hinson as-
scaaed a $371.65 fine and court
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been arranged and all brotherhood
members of the associational are
invited and urged jo be present.
Motorists Escape
Injury, in Crash
Monday Morning
Two cars collided head-on
Monday morning at the Padgett
River bridge on State Highway
79., Pat Lacy; State Patrol Officer,
reported that a station wagon,
driven by Cecil Hansen of Lake
Forrest, HI., passed several cars
waiting to cross the one-way
bridge, and crashed into a car
driven by Ben Edsell of Elbert,
which was coming off the bridge.
Lacy filed charges of passing in a
no-passing zone against Hansen,
who paid $45.80 fine and costs in
County ^ Court.
The Hassens were enroute to
Illinois from Albany where they
had been visiting relatives.
■HWFUM
the Negro Friday evening.
Singing Scheduled
Sunday at Hot Well
The regular Fourth Sunday Sing-
ing Clan will meet at Hot Wells.
South pend Sunday. April 27 at
2:30 p.m.
They are expecting a number
-of visiting singers from Stephen.
Throckmorton, and Jack Counties.
Good class singing as well as quar-
tets will be enjoyed during the
afternoon.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
Graham Scouters to
Attend Regional
Conference in Waco
an cum
n
Funeral Rites For
Mrs. S. E. Grubbs
Held Tuesday
It is in the Precinct Convention
that the party's national platform
has its origin It is there, also, that
the attimate strategy of the state's
delegation to 4he national party
convention has its beginnings. -
Mainly because Texas is a one
party state, few voters have in
the past bothered to attend the
Precinct Convention.
mBParNm
leave Friday fm Waco
Funeral services for MrvK E
Tlrubbs. 83. pioneer resident of
Jean. Texas and Young^Coynty,
were conducted from the...Jean
First Baptist Church Tuesday.
April 21. at 3 p.m. with Rev. N jZ
Abbott officiating, assisted by Rev
Hugh' Wray. Burial was in the
Jean Cemetery with Morrison Fu-
neral Home in charge of arrange-
ments
Mrs Grubbs, who had been ill
for the past three years, died in
the Graham Hospital Sunday aft-
ernoon
_ Mrs. Grubbs was born March 13.
1869 In Illinois and moved' with
her parents to Johnson County,
Texas as a small child. The family
moved to Rhome. Wise County,
Texas several years later. Mrs.
Grubbs became a member of the
Baptist Church when she was
twelve, and she lived a consistent
Christian life.
Mrs. Grubbs, the former Sarah
EUen James, married W. F."
Grubbs .August 8. 1886. He was
foreman of the Bluet Ranch tor
several jjears^Mdore^wvin^ to
The result has been that the
party platforms have been formed,
in most cases, by a small minority
of party members, insofar as Texas
is concerned.
The first article explained how
one must take part in the Precinct
Convention if his vote is to be ef-
fective in choosing the party's
candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States. It
.also noted the times and places
of the Precinct Conventions, and
those eligible to vote In them.
If one is to function effectively
in the Precinct Convention, he
needs to know something about
how such a convention should be
conducted. The Precinct Chairman
elected in the-party primary last
July is charged with the duty of
calling the Precinct Convention to
order. He is to preside until the
Permanent Chairman is elected.
If the Precinct Chairnutti does
not arrive in time to open the
convention at the duly designated
moment, any qualified voter liv-
ing in the precinct may be select-
ed to serve as Temporary Chair-
man and preside until the Perms
nent Chairman is named.
If one wishes to have an active
part in getting his Product Con-
vention to follow his
i to its
i. he
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mour will
where they will attoad Mil
Region Annual Conference at the
Boy Scouts of America.
Scouters will attend the meet-
ing from Texas, New Mexico and
Oklahoma.
Nov. 1889. To this union was born
Wrestling Matches
Postponed Due to
Rain Saturday Night
concert and friends and music pa-
trons are invited to attend the
concert. Single admission may be
purchased at the door and this
“1,1 be the last concert on the
will
Scout Leaders
Attend Meeting in
Fort Worth Sunday
An Advancement Training course
was held at Camp Leroy Schuman
on Lake Worth Sunday to familiar-
ize Scout leaders with the training
program and how to apply it to
local units
Attending the meeting were Don
Holman. Edls Sluder and R. Q,
Miller, and L. 8. Cole, District
Scout Executive, all of Graham;
Glynn Loftin. Ralph Nall, and
Lindsey Hawkins, of Loving. Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Loftin were
Dallas visitors Tuesday.
GRAHAM MAN PAYS
DWI PIN! FRIDAY
A Graham man was arrested
Etidu Bigw and plead- guilty- to
charges of driving while intoxicat-
ed in County Court Saturday mor
ning. Judge G. D. Hinson assess-
ed a fine and court costs of
$121.80, one day in jail, and sus-
pended his driygk's license for
six months. <
Rain paused the cancellation of
the wrestling matches scheduled
Saturday night at the Rodeo
Grounds. Everything was set up
and the wrestlers had arrived in
Graham when the downpour be-
gan late Satuiday afternoon.
Graham Lions Club officers an-
nounced (hot all tickets sold for
the Saturday night matches would
be good for the May 10 wrestling
matches scheduled at the rodeo
grounds. -
They anticipate having the iden-
tical card which was scheduled
Saturday night. ' , - ■
ceded her in death
Survivors include three daugh-
ters. Mrst Leila Brooks and Mra.
Bessie Clements, both of Fort
Worth, and Mrs Mable Brooks of
Jean. Texas; three sons. George W.
Grubbs. Graham, Willie and CJhsr
lie Grubbs, both oFJaeksboro; 52
grandchildren' 62 great grandchil-
dren. and one great grandchild
Pallbearers were grandsons: J.
W Smith. J. W Thomas. Glenn
Grubbs. Raymond Grubbs. Robert
Grubbs. Bobby Clements, Duane
Brooks, and L. C. Brooks
^Rotarians Attend
District Moating
In Wichita Falls
Graharti Rotary Hub was
three-day
AII-StarfTake Season Opener
With Camp Wolters Team Wed.
Mnsser Graham All-Stars open-
ed the season last night at Gra-
ham Softball Park with the Camp
Wolters Air Force Base team. Min-
eral Wells, in a 9-inning game.
Graham defeated the Air Force
84) in a thriller which aaw Ever-
ett Boyd, local pitcher, get 18
strikeouts. He also hit the only
home-run of the evening.
Saturday Gama - —
The All-Stars will meet the Em-
pire Steelers of Ft. Worth at the
Graham Softball park Saturday. 8
p m. The Steelers have a hot
pitching staff composed of Red
Johnson and Jimmy Allcock.
Another game is scheduled at
the local ball park with the Elec-
tra All-Stars It will be a 9-inning
game.
' Local players
on the Musser
Graham All-Stars, include Buck
Thetford, Everett Boyd, Jerry
Keenum. Morris Henderson, Ew-
jng McClaren, Bruce Wilson, Bob
'McClanahan. Leonard McClana-
han. Kenneth Atwood. Austin
Sparks. Jasper Wells. Butch Wil-
lis. Bill Meadows and J. B. Burke
New School Building Will House
Agriculturaland Industrial Classes
Plana were announced this week
to construct a ona story tile and
brick building east of the Graham
High School to house the Voca-
tional Agriculture shop. Industrial
and Woodworking (hop, provide
classrooms, and offices. Decision
was reached following a special
meeting of the School Board Tues-
day afternoon.
The new structure, 4Bal32 feet
will be constructed south ot the
toooit courts tH^ sidewalk
leading from the school to ths
It la planned to construct
new building to match the
high school building.
Provision will be made for the
Vocational Agriculture and Indus
trial (hop. The Vocation Ag
classes have been handicapped for
several yean due to lack of space
for a shop and has become neces-
sary with the larger enrollment
ef students in these classes
Work on the/ foundation and
footings will begin within several
day* It la proposed to rase the
South Bend School QBd salvafo
the material tor the new bulling
Officials stated that the
building was essential to the school
additional classrooms will be
next year and there is a
need to separate the Industrial
shop from the main building In-
creasing enrollment to the Voca-
tional Agriculture cjami enmtod
a dire need for'• shop to eider to
meet state approval.
It la aaticipsted that the now
structure will be completed to
time for . ths 199343 session of
repre-
sented at the three-day Rotary
District 188th annual conference
which convened in Wichita Falls
Sunday through Tuesday noon
Attending the meeting were
L D. Morton .Mr and Mrs. Joe
E McKinley. Blake Allison. S. B
Harbison. R. L. Morrison. Sr., Mr.
and Mrs A H. Wair and M W.
Larmour.
Mr Larmour and Mr. Morrison
appeared on the proram.
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Graham Citizans
On Wart Indiat Cruise
New Orleans. April 19. (Ex
elusive to the LEADER. Graham.
Tex.)—Mr and Mrs Horace B
Street. 807 Fourth, and Mr and
Mrs. E. S. Graham, Sr. of Graham,
sailed from here today aboard
the ALCOA CORSAIR, luxury lin-
er of the Alcoa Steamship Com-
pany .for a 16-dav cruise in the
Caribbean During the voyage
they will visit Trinidad. Domini-
can Republic, Venezuela and Ja-
maica Before sailing, they spent
two days in New Orleans
There.
Permanent Chairman and Perma-
nent- Secretary should he select-
ed. A Floor Leader and assistants
should be designated to make mo-
tions in the convention on election
of the Permanent Chairman, the
Permanent Secretary, the Commit-
tee on Delegates (to the county
convention) and the Committee on
Resolutions. i-»-_
Each precinct is entitled to one
delegate in the ocunty convention
for every 25 votes cast for gover-
nor in the precinct in the last
general election (This figure can
be obtained from the County
CicWL.r -1------ -
It is the Resolutions Committee
report that will contain such items
as whether the precinct's delegates
shall vote as a unit in the county
convention, and whether the pre-
cinct, and whether the precinct
shall favor having the Texas dele-
gation instructed or uninstructed
in the National Convention. That
is, whether the precinct would
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rather have Texas' national dele-
gation pledged to support on man
only at presidential candidate, or
whether it would have the da toga
tion free to take advantage of on-
the-spot developments in the na-
tional convention.
LEGION POST PAST
500 GOAL
Membership in Ligon-Daniel
Post 34 American Leton reached
the 500 mark this week according
to an announcement hy Joe Frie
del. The membership committee
anticipates reaching the goal of
505 members by this week end
which closes the 1952
Price Daniel lo Speak at Bobby
Holder Memorial Camp Dedicator
Daniel. Attorney General
of Texas, will speak at the dedi-
Holder r
cation of the Bobby
rial FFA Camp. Possum Kingdom
Lake Saturday morning. April 99
Opening ceremony I
by Future Farmers
o/ficeres. and Jack (
enridge. will introduce
j. w. r
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