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THIS ISSUE
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUG. 4, 1949.
NUMBER 52
County Attorney Receives Opinion
On Dormant School Districts
Following the recent consolida-
tion of nine dormant schools In
Young county with the Graham In-
dependent School District, Tom
MiUer, county attorney, was re-
quested by W. E. Harty, county
school superintendent, for an opin-
ion on the dormant districts. An
opinion was requested from the
Attorney General’s office by Mr.
Miller after giving an opinion to
the D«ard on June 13 stating that
in his opinion ‘‘such school dis-
tricts are dormant, and should be
treated as such under the above
law (Article VIII of S.B. 116).”
A reply was received from At-
torney General Price this week
stating, “We agree with your opin-
S-B. 116 of the recent session, has
declared these districts to be dor-
mant,” and "these districts which
contracted their scholastics out to
a receiving district for two suc-
cessive school years, 1967-48 and
194849, are ‘dormant” as that term
is defined in Article VIII, S. B.
116, Acts 1949, notwithstanding
the fact that some of the scholas-
tics were taught by the receiving
district in schools located in the
sending district. A school district
is ‘dormant’ under the provisions
of Article VIII if it fails to operate
a school for the race having the
greatest number of enumerated
scholastics for any two successive
years subsequent to the end of the
school term which began in the fall
of-4946 and ended in the spring
of 1947.”
Graham Rodeo Arena Nears
Completion For Big Event
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(Graham Leader Staff Photo)
BALLOT BOXES to comply with the new law were received this
wook by County Clerk Jack Q. Neal. County Judge G. D. T-lin-
Oon, left, and Jock Neal, right, inspect the boxes constructed
of stainless steel which will be used for the first time this
voters ballot on the proposed ten amendments.
Secret Ballot Boxes
ived This Week
Staff of 76
Required For
’49 Semester
y
DOLLAR DAYS$$
tow providing
oBMMmPRI
SCHIDULiD HIKE
A staff of 76 persons will be
required for the operation of the
Graham public schools for the
coming year.jLa-total cost of
$285,758.00, excluding bonds arid
interest
A preliminary application for
aid under the terms of the recently
enacted Gtlmer-Aikin bill has been
submitted and which will be paid
from the State Foundation Fund.
A breakdown of expenditures and
coeta follow*:
Estimated Expenditures
JL EstlmaSed eoet of profession-
al unit allocation in
Independent School
GIANT PLANE TO
BE ON DISPLAY IN
DALLAS AUG. 27
Texans will have a chance to
see the Navy’s giant Constitution,
the world’s largest commercial-
type airplane, when the mammoth
ship visits the Naval Air Station
in Dallas Saturday, Aug. 27.
It will be on display from 9 a.m
to 5 p. m. on that date and civil-
ian visitors will be admitted to the
naval base during those hours to
see and be escorted through the big
ship.
More than 28,000 Texans were
taken on a tour through the Con-
stitution when it visited Dallas,
unannounced, in May. Twice that
number are expected to see it on
its August visit. I _
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CONSTRUCTION on the $25,000 rodeo arena for the Gra-
ham Rodeo and Livestock Association is nearing completion
east of the city. The west grandstands, lights, and part of
the pens and chutes are shown in the obove photo.
| Various committee* are working
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i on pian* ior tne tirmnsm Rodeo to
be staged here Aujfust 25, 26 and
27, as the date for the big event
draws near. James G. Staples,
president of the rodeo association,
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I announced yesterday that work is
I expected to be completed on the
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new $26,000 rodeo arena located
! east of the city limits in the ex-
, trvm, southwest comer of the
■ municipal airport*—Rwittento gw?
Iff
urged to drive out and see the
grandstands, arena, pens, and
• chutes which will he one of most
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modem rodeo plants in this area.
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~ Directors voted Tuesday night to
construct a large concrete slab
approximately 50x60 feet near the
arena and stage rodeo dances each
Commissioners Court Approves
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Minutes On Two Road Projects
the Graham
District:
64 white and 1 colored teacher* <tany at Annapolia, Md., who arc
8 vocational teacher* I'making an atr^cmiao of the ■
1 librarian e Ltion. They will bo given a formal
9 itinorant taoohm by the DpR** faritabYou
Young County Commissioners
Court met Monday morning to
pass on the minutes from the State
Highway Department approving
construction on the new farm to
market highway south of the
Gooseneck Bunger Bridge south
ated with Mr. Kennedy in the
Auditor’s office.
ri ght following the performance*
in the arena. Popular price admis-
sion- will he charged and string
band* will provide music 'each
night.
Claud Holiey, C- of C- manager,
reported thi* morning that invita-
tions have been sent to twelve
towns to send Girl Sponsors to the
rodeo. A $10 entry fee will be
charged and a $150 prize will Be
given thy winning Girl Sponsor.
Holley also announced that plana
are under way to select a Rodeo
Queen for the three-day event.
Booster Tripe
Junior Chamber of Commerce
committees are working on plans
for the two day booster trip to
Other business of the Court in- publicize the event and have beert
eluded the authorization of pay-
ments of right-of-way purchases on
the Newcastle - Reynolds river
bridge road, and the approval of
the 1948 report from the Tax Col-
road. Commiaaionera C. Lee Jones 1 _ ^ _ . _ . . ____
and Truman Mayes voted to ap-1 FOOTBALL TICKETS
prove the minutes and Philip!
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announced for Tuesday, August 16,
and Thursday, August 18. Plans
are under way to have at least fifty
cars in each caravan accompanied
by a string band. Rodeo boosters
urged to wear western cloth**
on the trips to area cties.
. Junior Events
Further plans -have been made
y*r a Junior Event be be hsM H
rffte
the words, "Voter's Signature,
to Be Affixed On the Reverse
Side.” The stake will be deposited
in ta* stub box which has previous-
ly been Beaded at the county clerk’s
etflee by placing a ribbon through
tho hasp on the box and securing
the ends with two gummed seals
and by affixing the anal of the
const, oo that it will be impossible
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if
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brooking the seal.
Other requirements for the
secret election laws include the
preparation of three certificates
ehowing the number of the box,
data tttt* election, and the nature
of the election. One copy will be
placed in the box before sealing it
and another copy will be attached
to tho outside of the box, and the
third copy will be retained in the
Neal announced that election
Judgoa would return the stub boxes
to re* District Clerk when they re-
turn the regular ballot boxes to
the court house. The district clerk
is charged with the responsibility
of keeping the stub boxes for 60
dm, and if there are no election
contests, he will destroy the bal-
lot* by fire under the direction of
♦he pUtriet Judge and in the pres-
ent* of th* County Judge and the
Motriet Clark
rT‘ ,: Ballot and stub boxes are con-
structed of stainless steel, and the
stab bex has a very small openi^r,
ono-sixteonth inch wide, Rfroutfh
which the ballot stubs are de-
**The new aecret voting *yatem
. has been used in several elections
In th* state and has met with a
hearty approval by Texas voters
nf this li th« fir*t tim® in tne his-
> tor? of Texu that the state has
unity had a secret ballot
held August 19-20, Claud Holley,
C. of C. manager, announced yes-
terday. Graham business men win
be offering outstanding bargains
during this two-day event in the
city, and residents are urged to
remember the tates, August 19-20,
for th* best bargains to bo found
anywhere—Graham, Texas!
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CITY COUNCIL
MEETING TONIGHT
Graham City Council will moot
in regular session tonight, Thurs-
day, at 8 p.m. Mayor J. M. Gra-
ham will be absent as he la away
on vacation. '
8989282.00
''Current operating expenses al-
lowance $4.00 per classroom teach-
ers (for Janitors, supplies, teach-
ers supplies, equipment end re-
pairs to building)
Total X_______________________$28,000.00
Transportation for 20 buses (all
above this to be paid out of local
funds)
(Total __________________________$20,476.00
Constitution's sias and
ties make it comparable to a "fly-
lag elty.” A Pullman car, two box
ears anda city bus could bo stored
in its fuselage. Twenty-five hoiAe*'
could operate at a peak load off
its electrical system. Its rudder
towers five full stories high.
Three decks of cabins on the big
craft allows a passenogr capacity
of 180, plus a crew oftwelve. In
the shin’s galley. 300 meals can
Estimated Receipts
Per capita, 2,063 students
at $43.76 each ............$ 97,736.62
County available funds.. 96961
Local taxes (amt. re-
quired to raise) ........ 78,258.89
Total receipts ................$176,963.19
Bal. to be paid by State
foundation fund --------$108,794.00
G. D. Hinson Nomod County Chairman For
Notl. Infantile Paralysis Foundation
A. D. Faries, Jr., Northeast Tex-
as State Representative of the
National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc., announced today
that Judge G. D- Hinson, Jr-, has
been elected to serve as chairman
of the Young County Chapter of
the Foundation. Judge Hinson suc-
ceeds W. E. Simpson of this city.
At a special meeting of the
Chapter on July 28 it was an-
nounced that Mr, Simpson had
asked to be allotad to resign from
him office. Mr. Simpson stated
that he had made additional busi-
•ness commitments in Bryson, Tex-
as snd felt that he would not be
able to spend as much t:me with
•the Chapter as he felt was neces-
sary, due to tb* fact that he would
be out of the city a great deal of
the time. Mr. Faries and tha mem-
Ootboard Motor Races To Be
Staged August 21 By Jaycees
hers of the Young County Chapter
expressed their appreciation of the
wonderful work Mr. Simpson has
done as Chairman of the Chapter.
A complete list of officer* of
the Chapter are as follows:
Chairman, Judge G. D. Hinson,
Jr., Graham; Vice Chairman, Mrs.
S'd Perryman, Olney; Secretary,
Mrs. Walter Bruce, Graham:
Treasurer, J. P- GsmmilV, Graham;
Medical Advisory Committee: Dr.
K. D. Oates, and Dr. V. O. Rosser,
Graham.
Mr. Faries also announced that
Judge Hinson has agreed to act
as the 1950 March of Dimes cam-
baign director for Young county.
Judge Hinson reminds the citisens
of Young county that in the event
polio strikes, you should Immedi-
ately contact a member of your
Chapter of the National founda-
tion.
Jayceea will sponsor
s to be Staged at
Sunday afternoon,
t ft. Preliminary plana for
i* made at the Jar-
Tueeday noon. The
notor races will be
the "Southwest Stock
Association of Dallas.
will be staged
afternoon, end local
to enter th*
racing en-
Fort Worth-
toLokeBd-
pate in the races.
A small admission charge will
he made to see the races. The races
will be b*M on a long stretch of
water in the center of Lake Eddle-
man. Special rafts will be con-
structed for tho judges stand,> tail
special buoys, markers, and plere
will be provided for th* races, Bill
Caabum, Jayeee president, an-
nounced yesterday.
Mr: and Mrs. Ribbla
To Calabrota 67th
Wadding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. S. L nibble, well
known pioneers of Bunger, Texas,
and Young eounty, will celebrate
their sixty-seventh wedding anni-
versays iisxt Wednesday. August
10. Mr. Rlbble hi 87 and Mrs. Kib-
ble 88 years young.
The couple will hold open house
m xt Wednesday and they are la-
vittng their friends to visit them
on this data to oslebrat* their
anniversary.
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Mias Peggy Nehls of Marshall
Is visiting hi tB* boss* of Mrs. W.
B. Harrison.
Claud* Holly,
Graham Chamber
transacted
Wednes
be prepared on each flight.
The Constitution cruises at 300
miles an hour, carries a gasoline
load of 10,000 galloiyi and could
fly non-stop from Dallas to Paris,
France.
break the tie vote and fee voted to
accept the urinates of the Stats
Highway Department approving
the two road projects. _________
The Court also filled qut a
lengthy questionnaire for the State
Highway Department wjiich, in
turn, will be sent to the Federal
government -which is collecting in-
formation for a new road program
to be presented to Congress next
year.
Assistant Auditor
Commissioners voted to employ
an assistant county auditor with
W, H. .Kennedy, auditor, making
the selection with the approval of
District Judge Floyd Jones. The
assistant auditor will be associ-
Thelma Peacock Receives Award After
: .vi.
Winning In State 4-H Dress Revue
Thelma Peacock received an elec-J poultry, yards, gardening,
trie sewing machine last week
which was her award for placing
first in the school dress division of
the State 4-H Dress Revue
held at College
con-
test held at College Station in
June. One' hundred and twenty-
eight girls over the state entered
the State Revue.
Thelma, fourteen - year - old
‘daughter of Rev .and Mrs. How-
ard Peacock of this city, is a mem-
ber of the Indian Mound 4-H Hub,
and she has been active in 4-H
club work for the past six years.
She has carried clothing, foods,
bedrooms as her demonstrations.
Thelma has entered a dress in the
county revue each year with the
exception of the first year it was
held. Dress Revue contests have
been sponsored in the county dur-
ing the past four years.
She is learning to use the dif-
ferent attachments that came with
the sewing- machine. Mis* Lucile
King, county home demonstration
agent reported that Thelma ‘‘is
really putting the new machine to
work and she is currently miking
a beautiful blue wool suit for this
Fall." --T
High School Steer football
this fell will go on sale at a special
booth to be located in the lobby ef
the Driver Hotel, Wednesday, Aug-
ust 10, according to an announce-
ment this week by Billy Turney,
Quarterback Club president.
Turney announced that th* booth
will be set up in the lobby of the
Driver in order to facilitate the
pusehaae -of tickets—by business
men before the season officially
gets under way in September-
Reserved seat tickets for the
games are on sale for $5.00 which
entitles the holder to see the five
home games scheduled here this
Fall. Thej’ Include Mineral Wells,
Sept. 23; Breckenridge, Sept- 30;
Cisco, Oct. 7; Quanah, Nov. 4; and
the afternoon game with Wichita
Falls here on November 24
Pre-sea sou sales of tickets are
steadily increasing with bright , . ,__.
prospects in store for the Steer | Llgon-don.el Post 34 American
team this. Fall. A majority of the Legion w.ll be held Monday night.
have be*a en-
. years off age and the second divi-
sion for boys and girls to fifteen
years ‘of age. The time events will
include 6 one barrel event for the
younger group and two barrel
event for the eleven-fifteen year
old contestants. Prizes will be
awarded to each contestant in this
group nn<f first place‘‘prises Xo the
winners in each event.
Boya and girls who wish to en-
ter the Junior events should con-
tact one of the members of the
committee. —
LEGION MEETING
IS SCHEDULED FOR
MONDAY EVENING
Regular business meeting of
ftom the past
reporting for training August
ata Steer stadium.
School Repairs
In Prograss
Crew* are working on the school
buildings making repair* prior to
the opening of the fall term of
school in September. Work i* now
in progress getting the floors in
shape and refinishing the gym.
p. m- Jack Neal, Post Commander,
urges all Legionnaires to He pres-
ent for the firat meeting in the
Legion’* new year with all new
Post officers. .
Delegates who are attending the
Department conventien this week
end will have many interesting re-
port* on the convention. A.11 mem-
ber* are urged to be present and
help the local American Legion
Post to start another successful
year of Legion wark. ,
American Legion Delegates Wffl
Attend State Convention In FI. Worth
(Graham Loodor Staff Photo)
DRESS REVUE WINNER Thatma Poococfc received a beau-
tiful console electric sewing machine last week after winning
first place in the school drees division a* College Station
recently. Miss Luelle King, county heme demonstration agent,
loft, inspects the IMgt machine. . -'
Delegates and alternates of the
Ligon-Daniel Post 34 American
Legion will attend the State Amer-
ican Legion convention scheduled
in Fort*Worth this week end. Jack
Neal, Post Commander, reported
today tljat the cream of the sa-
tion’s Legion leaders, a member
of President Truman’s Cabinet,
high state and federal officials
have been secured by Department
Commander Bill McCraw to ad-
dress the delegates, and visitors
to the 31st annual state convenion
st the Hotel Texas In Fort Worth,
Aug. 5-7. 1 '
■ National Commander Perry
Brown, Attorney General Tons
Clark, U. S- Senator Tom Connally
and Governor Allan Shiver* will
he tho principal speakers during
the meeting. Governor Shivers will
lead the Legion parade on Satur-
day afternoon at t p.m. with over
12.000 Legionnaires. Unit* of the
86th Texas National Guard Divi-
sion from Waco, Fort Worth’s 49th
TNG Armored Division, a detach-
ment of the Air Force, Legion
hands and drill teams from over
the state participating. This la ex-
pected to be the largest parade
end convention since the war. On
the reviewing stand will be CoL
Lewis H. Renfro, a military aide
H President Truman, who will rep-
resent the Chief Executive at this
convention.
Ligon-Daniel Post 84 Graham
will have their Post Color* la th*
parade. Approximately forty lo-
cal Legionnaire* plan to attaot the
tneeting.
Post Commander Jack Neal, l
B. Friedel, 18th District Ameri-
canism chairman, and M. C. Bnod-
My. 4th Division
left this morning, Tkusedag, $9 at-
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