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The Graham Leader
OLDEST BUSINESS INSTITUTION IN YOUNG COUNTY—ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876
VOLUMK 76.
GRAHAM, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1952
NUMBER 32.
Ligon-Daniel Post 34, American
Legion Observes 33rd Birthday
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—GRAHAM LEADER STAFF PHOTO
AUXILIARY PRESIDENT Mrs, Harding Warren, left, and
Mrs. Joe B. Friedel, Auxiliary Historian, right, were caught
by The Leader camero completing decorations on the huge
birthday cake for the 33rd birthday party of Ligon-Daniel
Poet 34 which whs held in the American Legion home Mon-
day night.
A large group of Legionnaires
and Auxiliary members and their
J,e*iQn Hall last Monday night to
Wa* gaily decorated with huge
greet! shamrocks on the walls.
Oh the weet wall, under .the U.
8. Flag was a lace covered table,
in th* canter was the huge birth-
day cake, beautifully decorated
fti rad, white and blue, with 33
tiny red candles, a U. 8. Flag,
■'Happy Birthday," and 1919-
1962 upon it, flanked at each end
a large rad candle.
Subscribers
Renew For
Graham Leader
Have you renewed your sub-
scription to the Graham Leader?
If not, maybe your time has not
expired, but just to ha sure that
*t notes a single copy of
Draft Call For
April Announced
Civic Group Make Long-Range
Plans to Improve Negro Settlement
Pfc. W. L. Luna
Awarded Badge
A draft call for two men for
induction April 26 has been re-
ceived by the local Selective Serv-
ice Board, according to an announ-
cement thij week by Mrs. J. W.-
Norton, clerk for the board.
A physical call has also been
received for two to take physicals
on the same date.
Rites Tuesday for
Mrs Lyle Skinner
Funeral services for Mrs. Lyle
Skinner, 53, wife' of Waco High
School’s band director;-were con-
ducted Tuesday, March 18, at 4 p.
m. in First Baptist Church, Waco,
Texas, with Dr. Forrest C. Fee-
xor .pastor, ‘ officiating, assisted
by Dr. C. T. Caldwell, pastor
emeritus of First Presbyterian
Church.
Mrs. Skinner died at 3.07 Sun-
day monrfntf at her home, *01
North Trinity-fourth
foUewin
church, civic
was prominent in
and music circles.
Mrs. Skinner, the former Sadie
Scott, was reared in this city and
graduated from Graham High
School. She visited in the home of
her brother, L. B. Scott, and sis-
ter, Miss Bettis Scott, on numer-
ous occasions after moving to
Waco. Mrs. Skinner had been in
Waco since 1*18 when she eater-
ad Baylor University.
PFC. W. L. LUNA
Pfc. Wilburn L. Luna has been
awarded the Combat Infantryman’s
Badge for satisfartory perform-
ance of duty under enemy ground
fire in the vicinity of Mundung,
North Korea.
fife Las ___
in 2 mileh
27, 1961, and ir- with the 31st
Infantry and most of the time has
Heart Break Ridge. His job is a
mechanic on motors of tanks. Pfc.
Luna is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Luna of $jits city.-
Some two months ago represen-
tatives of women’s groups from
the various churches of Graham
came together to consider how
church .and club women could bet-
ter the living conditions in the
Negro settlement of this city.
Basting their thinking on ''The
Fatherhood of God and the Broth-
erhood of Man” and that “I Am
My Brother’s Keeper” and on a
Housing Act passed by Congress
in > 1949 in which they find Dies?
words: quote, "the general wel-
fare and security of the nation
and the health and living stand-
ards of ft’s people require the
realisation as soon as feasible, of
a goal of a decent home and suit-
able living environment for every
American family,” the group
think was of unity.
In the first meeting it develop-
ed that a questionairs to be an-
swered by the citisens of the set-
tlement would give not only first
hand information but a more spe-
cific statement of the needs as
seen by these people. This ques-
tionnaire was made up and sev-
eral homeowners were asked to
answer “to the best of their
Annual Girl Scout Heart of Texas
Meeting Scheduled Here Tuesday
Highest Record
Cow Produces
Over 9,000
Pounds of Milk
Last Rites For
Mrs: Kilcrease
Id Wednesday
Funeral services fur Mrs. Turn
Over two hundred Girl Scout .
adult leaders are expected to at-
tend the Girl Scout Heart of Tex-'
as annual meeting which will be *
held in this city Tuesday, March
25 at the American Llegion build-
ing. The business ipeeting and
program will begin 4 p. m. and
dinner will be served ti p. m.
The business meeting will in- _
elude the annual ^report, report
: fioin area board wnniuttees, and—
election of area board officers
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.Following the dinner hour,
for the past 30 years, were ,
ducted, from the Olney First Met- 8?* . .__. , „„
taodjst Churth Wednesday, March * P»"el durcussion w,n begin 7:30
19 with Rev. W. J. Shelton, pas-"
tor, officiating. Burial was in Ol-
SCHOOL CENSUS
IN PROGRESS
knowledge and ability.'.’
Summing up the answers it is her .l£5»--WTfrr;c'alY
found that the greatest needs jus-—MrTw’iikinson owns one of the
_dratHXge of i,ea^ herds of Registered Milking
through the shorthorns in Texas, and Young
uses, both by j County is well situated for this
■eal estate ag- pyrfjrnlar breed of cattle,
encies, playground for children The Milking Shorthorn is known
and adults as well an inoculation ; as tbe -farmer’s cow” because she
for all children in the settlement. ig not on]y a milch ,cow, but she
This is a long range program | is notej fOT beef and her calves
for community service and anyone more than those of other
or any group Interested in coop-| bree<js of cattle.
erating is invited to meet with j _t_;_-« —--.
others Thursday, March 27 at 3
p. m. in the First Christian church
ney New Cemetery under the dir-
ection of Lunn Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kilcrease died in the Olney
Hamilton Hospital after a month's
illness. The former Miss Ruby
Blake, Mrs. Kilcrease was mar-
ried in 1911 and the couple moved
from Bonham to Olney.
Survivors include her husband
and three sons, A. 7. and M. B.
Kilcrease of Olney, an<} Leon Kil-
crease of Abilenejtwo.jjwightgra.
p. m. and recognition of each
community adult volunteer who
has served the longest number of
years in scouting.
All Troop leaders, council mem-
bers, mothers and fathers of Girt
Scouts or anyone interested in
Scouting, are invited to
attend
tlM-.
are $1.25 per person and may be
made by notifying L. C. Hubbard.
Girl Scout leaders are expected
here from Coleman, Ballinger,
Stephenville, Breckenridge, Thro-
■'Cindy,” two-year-old Regis-
tered Milking Shorthorn heifer,
owned by George W. Wilkinson of
the Proffitt community, produced
9,972.2 pounds of milk during 1951,
highest record in the state for her
mlntnrif^nsoneo* the one brother, W. R./lake of Lov- Cisco Comanche. Goldthv^ite,
ing; four platers .Mrs; John Leath, , Baird, Brady Dublin and Graham.
MP, R. P, Griffith gnd Mq.fi»rl
Rogers, all of Olney, and, j Mrs.
Ben Anderson of Borger. .__
which wars directed bjr Mrs. Joe
B. Friedel. A brief history of the
American Legton. end of Ligon-
Daniel Feet ami Unit No. 34 by
Mrs. Friedel. Norman Evans, win-
ner of the American Legion Dis-
trict Oratorical contest, gave Ms
oration on “Privtegee and R*»-
poaaibilitiea of a Cltisen.”
Birthday cake, and coffee was
served to the guests.
The American Legion and Aux-
iliary w8I meet in regular bus!-
enaas meetings next Monday
night, March 24.
Graham Wator
System Racaivas
State Approval
Taxes State Department of
Health included Graham on their
1981 honor roll for progress made
in water and sewage treatment
plant operations. The city receiv-
ed departmental approval for the
water system end wBl be placed
on the 1*61 honor roll for progress
in water and sewage treatment
, plan operation. v'
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Roy Davidson, manager of C. R.
Company spent the week
in Oklahoma dty with friends.
if your time has or Is
about to expire, wont yea mail
tour cheek today or drop hy the
Graham Leader office with it a*
visitors ere always welcomed.
Thanks I -
Those renewing this week ere:
Miss Lucie Reed, E. W. Easter,
Tommy Eakens,. H. B. Graham,
Mrs. Myrtle Anderson, Mrs. D. L.
Thomas, Mrs. Russell 8mith, A. I.
Williams, Mrs. (Than. Christopher,
R. M. Williams, H. L. Kibble. Mrs.
8. A. Davis, Earl Mshler, L. C.
DalyjC. D. Williams, C. L. Ford,
lrrr»it»87Tr. w. Johnson, Mrs.
Bettie Woods, Mrs. W, R. JDollins,
Henry Rramlet, B. C. Petty, Mrs.
-Homer A. Moore, C. L. Reedy, D.
D. Cusenbary, W. F. Johnson, Rev.
Dan C. Hoover, Charley Stewart,
V. Chambers’ Joe Presley, G. F.
Hodge, W. D. Allen, Mrs. Jack D.
Green, Mrs. K. D. Dsnley, C. M.
Cullen, Kyle Ball.
ef Buterpean Women’s Chor-
us and Waco Federation of Wom-
en’s Clubs. She was active in
Community Chest, Red Cross,
YWCA and YMCA work.
Surviving are her husband; a
daughter, Misa Betty Jane (Bet-
sy) Skinner; a son, John Skinner
of Houston; a brother, Leslie
Scott of Graham, and a sister,
Miss Bettie Scott of Graham.
- Attending the funeral services
from Graham were Mr. and Mrs.
L. B. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
Mayes, Miss Betti* Scott, Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Remington, Mr. end
Mri. Charles Lusk ,Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Morrison; Sr., Miss Mary
Maria Morrison, Mrs. E. R. Riggs,
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Tidwell, and
Leroy Brittain And Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Key ofQlney.
Fourth Sunday
Singing to Meat
At Hot Well
Fourth Sunday Singing will be
held at the Hot Well Sunday,
March 23, 2:36 p.m. The public la
cordialy invtted to attend the
Singbig,
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Graham FFA Chapter Wins Third
Place in Leadership Meeting
The Graham team was eligible
for this contest bp being first
winner of the Ares IV Leadership
Contest. They competed with oth-
er winners from the ten areas of
the Texas Association of the Fu-
ture Farmers of America. These
teams represented better than
30,000 Future Farmers of Texas.
The teams competing in the
state were divided into two sec-
tions for their preliminary eliml-
morning of March 16.
first and Itasca sec-
____ II. Cameron won
MadUonvUle second in
four teams coin-
con test the mf-
16. Itasca won
second; Graham,
MadUonvUle, fourth hi
itest.
Loving, was pre-
Graham team; Jar-
Graham, vice-presid-
Odom, Graham, sec-
I Dennis Mar-
thlrd-viee-presl-
secretary; Harrell Braddock,
South Bend, reporter; Jimmy
Watts, Graham, traasurer; Rich-
ard Ligon, Loving, parliamentar-
ian; Joe Webb Gtaham, sentinel;
Bob Smith, Graham, historian;
and Rex Baker, South Bend, boy
adviser. This team was coached
by Garth Baker, local vocational
agriculture teacher.
. The 60 FFA teams from 56
schools which entered the state
competition had previously won
contests in one ef the 10 FFA
areas of TexSs. In Chapter Con-
ducting, teams were eoored on
the mock model chapter meetings
which they held, end In Farm
Skill Demonstrations, they wars
Judged oh thfe agricultural skill
which they executed. The FFA
Quit contest was based on mater-
ial taken from the official Future
Farmer manual.
Banners wars awarded to the
three high teams In each event.
J. L. Moses .bead of the agricul-
ture department of Sam Houston
State Teachers college, was chair-
Blackstock, Graham, man of the contests.
A: school
for children
when Dr. R. E. L. Gowan will be
guest speaker. '
Women representing church or-
CAR TAG SALES
SLOW IN COUNTY
90th Dist. Court
To Include
Eastland County
ment
Farm Bureau
Annual Meeting
To Be Tonight
Annual Young County Farm Bu-
reau spring picnic will be held
tonight, March 20 at Fort Belknap.
A basket dinner will be served to
guests this evening.
Mrs. G. E. Caskey and Miss
gram arrangements, and 4-H club
leaders who attended the Long-
horn Laboratory at Athens In Feb-
ruary will present a portion of the
program. ——
F. G. Wlsy, president, will pre-
sent achievement awards to out-
standing 4-H Club boy and girl
and FFA boy in Young County.
Highway Bide
Include Young
County Roads
Yeung County road
were among low bids
$8,9*1,276 by the State
Department Wednesday.
Lew bids on Teen g
roads included teal coat from Gra-
ham to Stephans County line; from
State Highway 84 to Fort Belknap;
and from Graham to Loving, Texas.
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totaling
Highway
County
Officers Confiscate
Two Cases of Wine
Sheriff Bart Bunnell announced
that Me office arreeted a Newcas-
tle man. last Friday and confisca-
ted two eases of wine. Chargee
re filed in County Court for
Mel possession of intoxicating
haves nget far the purpooe ef re-
sale.
an announce-
yeaterday by I. T. Gilmer,
of public schools.
Parents having a six-year-old
child who reaches his sixth birthr
day before this date and who do
not have other children in school,
are urged to phone one of the
principals in the city schols and
notify them tn order that the child
may be included hi the current
school census.
i pa ted in these
meetings include Mrs. Tom Mill-
er. Mrs. H. R. Cloughley. Mrs.
Winston Pettus, Mrs. B. E. Mea-
dows, Mrs. J. G. Ward, Mrs. Geo.
W. Miller, Mrs. W. H. Swain, Mrs.
John Hayes Mrs. Roger McClan-
ahan, and Mrs. R. C. Miller.
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Marriage Licenses
Olney Grocery
Burglarized
Saturday Night
... Approximately one-third of the
dubs and oth- 1Ui ......... qB«n have 1
hy motorists in Young
County according
County Tax A
Office personnel
to purchase the ear tags as quick
ly as possible and avoid the last
minute rush.
Eleven hundred tags had been
sold Wednesday; also 230 com-
mercial tags, 180 farm trucks, 60:
trailers, and 2 motorcycles plates.
About 3,600 passenger plates are
sold in Young County each year.
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William E. Standifer. Ft. Bliss,
and Miss Ruby Joyce Statum.
John Henry Gibbs, Newcastle,
and Miss Elsie Lee Rogers, Gra-
ham. .
Burglars entered the Star Gro-
cery at Olney Saturday night tak-
big 861 cash according to (,th«
Sheriffs Department.
Officers reported that the bur-
glars entered the front door by
breaking a glass.
Norman Evans Named Winner
13th District Oratorical Contest
Norman Evans, sop of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Evans of Eliasville. was
served as time keeper. Invocation
was given by Pott Chaplain, Rev.
Oratorical contest and was award-
ed the district medal in the
contest held in Graham Friday
night, reports the 13th District
Americanism chairman, Joe B.
Friedel.
The American Legion, Ligon-
Daniel Post No. 34, was host for
. Other legionnaires assisting
were Jim Hampton and Dick Han-
berry. Joe B. Friedel, 13th Dist.
Americanism chairman, was in
charge of the contest.
Judges for the contest were Nell
Cates, Vlrgbiia Baker, Jewel Furr,
J. Carter Parket and Ben J. Dean,
the District contest. Post. Com-
mander Michael B. Watson intro-
duced by School Supt. I. T. Gilmer,
presided. Colors were presented
by Leonard McClanahan and
George E. Berry. Hugh GrubW
Jr., all of Breckenridge.
Norman will represent 13th Dis-
trict in the 4th Division contest
today, March 20, in Cleburne. He
is Wing sponsored by Ligon-Dan-
tel Post No. 34.
and Breckenridge law.
yen met witk tha Catamites*
Administration of Justice in the
Senate Chamber, Austin, last
Friday to make a plea to keep the
90th District Court compos«l of
Stephens and Young Counties.
After a conference with the
committee, it eras announced that
the State Bar would recommend i
45 Summoned
For Petit
Jury Service
' Forty-fivp persons ha'
notified to report for Wit
duty Monday, March 24. at 16
in tfie wren uuith’i vwtutt.
Jury
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Rev. F. J. Ross
Is New Christian
Church Pastor
Official U. S. Navy Photo
DECORATED—Corporal George A. Howkinj, USMC, son of
Mr. ond Mr*. J. J. Hawkins of this city, is congratulated by
Copt. & E. Stohr, Medical Corps, USN, Commanding Offi-
cer of the U.S. Navy Hospital at Yokosuka, Japan, upon
Hawkins’ being awarded the Purple Heart Medal for w<
received in Korean combat.
-wounds
Rev. Frederick J. Ross, new
pastor of the First Christian
Church .and Mrs. Ross have ar-
rived in Graham to make their
home. Their children, -Frederick
and Theresa ,afe in Fayetteville,
Texas at the present time and
will arrive in Graham the latter
part of the month. ,
Rev. Ross, 37, has Wen in the
ministry for the past 16 years
and for the past three years has
served as pastor of the First
Christian Church tn Bllings,
Montana. Before that he held
pastorates in Texas at ChBdress,
Crowell, and Taylor. He wax bora
in Kingiton, New Brunswick,
Canada and came to Texas in
1*19.
Rev. Ross did undergraduate
work at Abilene Christten College
where he received his degry*
and received his B .0s from the
Southern Bible Institute at At-
lanta, Ga. While In Jfontana he
held the office of President of
the State Convention last year,
was a director on the State Board
of Minions and was a member of
the Reeolutions and Recommenda-
tions Committee of the Internat-
ional Convention of the Dirdplee
ef Ckriet.
Mrs. Rota, a native Texan, eras
born at Fayetteville. Besides her
work with Rev. Ron In the church
she is a talented artist who paints
in oils.
Rev. Roes invitee the member-
ship to attend all service, of the
church and state* that
are welcome. At th*10:6O Wor-
ship service Sunday mornfttg he
will use "God U Not Mocked" ah
hie sermon theme and at the ev-
ening service at 7:30 his topic will
ha "True Evidences of Christian-
fey.*' Bible School begins at 9:46
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Parka Bell ef Fort Worth was
a hnshwm visitor ia Graham
tricts in accordance with a Redis-
tricting Bill passed by the Legis-
lature to make the District Courts
conform with the new Judicial
District,.
Attending the conference from
Graham were Frank Jennings, Ed-
ward B. Stewqrt, John Gilmer,
and Ruben Loftin. They were join-
ed hy Robert Bowers, Ben J. Dean
and Judge Floyd Jones of
enridge.
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Berry, Diatrirt
that Jury
era had selected the foBowfeig to
serve as Pvtit Jama:
Graham—John Gage, H. V.
Newsom, Bruce Wilson. Clav
Thompson, Jr, W. H. Wadley, L.
E. Braddock John Luton, Zcarl
that Young, Stephens, and East-1 Williamaon, Vernon Mayo J.. B.
land Counties be combined to form I Fore, Jr, S. H. Ballard, Bert
the 90th District Court. 1 Browder, R. S. Cox, Earl Davis,
A State Bar committee has Wen Exra McAllister L. E. Souther,
making recommendations for the i Frank Cummings, P. Jeannaire,
change of certain Judicial Dis- ! Lawson Cook, -Lale Brannon, Col-
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POLICE NEWS
len McGee. W. G. Bort, Joe E. Mc-
Kinley, and J. W. Matthew.
Olney—Doyle Evans, Elmer
Harris, T. R. Perkins,' T. M. Mills,
John E. Horany, Freddy Horany,
Alfred B. Evans, F. R. Pfets, A.
Edwin Kee, and Jo* Kee.
Loving—Clint Rutherford, Lind-
sey Hawkins, L. R. Drum, Henry
____B. Perkins, C. B. Loftin, and B. E.
Breck- Balter.
And J; D. Logan. Markley: A. B.
I Larimore. Newcastle: C. A. Ox-
| ford, Hunger; ahd D. D. Crabb,
Jean, Texas.
Graham motorists are still pay-
ing fines for failure to halt at
stop signals and running traffic
lights. During the past week five
motorists paid 32 fines efc^h for
failure to stop at stop signs and
five were fined $5 each for speed-
ing.
Other ffeies paid during the past
week were three reckless driven
fined '810 each: two for running
traffic lights, 91 each; one fined
$1 for parking across line; one
speeding and no . driver’s license,
116; 1 U turn and speeding, 86.
Three men were fined 810 each
on charges of feitoxication over
the week end.
Judge J.T. Rickman
Recuperating From
Illness at Hospital
Judge J. T. Rickman, patient tn
the Graham Hospital, was report-
ed to he improving this morning.
Judge Rickman was admitted to
the hospital Monday after becom-
ing ill earlier that day.
Hte illness forced cancellation
of plans made by the Knights of
Pythias and Pythian Sisters to
honor him on his *tad birthday
Tuesday, March 18.
Over 200 4th Grade Students to Give
Program in Memorial Auditorium
F. E. fddinga, dteector of music
for Graham Schools, announces a
program by the Fourth Grades
for Thursday, March 27 at the
Memorial Auditorium at 8 p. ra.
This program will feature the
work that has Wen dene in the
fourth grades in their Tenet class
Each of few six rooms wHl pre-
sent special numbers and the
visitora program will dose wfeh all the
participating in a group
Tuesday.
rooms
of am
The ToMt, while considered by
some ns k pre-hand instrument,
has been used in the Graham
Schools as a foundation for a
com prehem live music piugiam.
The results have been very gra-
tifying.
The student* have learned
music M* the* stady af ttes l£
net, and the carry-over into their
vocal efforts has been very good.
This Is the main pnrpoee behind
the use of the Tonet. Moat of the
numbers to ho played will alee
be sung.
The program has Won carried
06 bp the teachers the six
fourth.—ode'rcbms, with Mr. 14-
dinga acting as consultant The
program will show that tbs teach-
ers have done a fine Job. The
fourth grade teachers era Mia.
Matsfaiger, Mbs Henderson and
Mia* Weasack at East Ward, aad
Mia. fern..... Mr. Owdas fed
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