The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1941 Page: 1 of 10
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ESTABLISHED AUGUST 16, 1876.
GRAHAM, THXA8, THIKSPAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1M1
Spills and Tkrills Start Tonight
Evelyn Perkin ef Olny It
Pmsim Kingdom Qeeen; Mary
Hake Nicolett, Graham’s Choice
A |mt throne of approximately
1500 parsons mw the selection of »
queen of Pom urn Kingdom Fair, be-
fore the grandstand in the fair
grounds last night, from contMtanta
from towns in the area other than
Graham
Miss Evelyn Perkins, who came to
the contest from Olqey, was made
the Queen of Possum Kingdom and
Miss Madge Norton of Breekenridge
eras selected as alternate. Miss Wan-
da Beth Teylor of Throckmorton wae
a dose third in the balloting by the
Graham Puts On
Greatest Parade
In Fair’s History
FISHING
AROUND
Large crowds are attending the
Possum Kingdom Fair aad ell Us
special programs with unusual inter-
est in many different divisions of M.
Fair weather and the splendid pre-
gram arrangement by the Fair man-
agement brought a crowd that filled
the grounds Tuesday night, Wednes-
day and Wednesday night.
The greatest attendance ever is
expected for the opening program
tonight at 8 o’clock of the big Rodeo.
Wild and speedy livestock of the Pen-
der Rodeo Company arrived in the
pens Wednesday end the cowboys and
cowgirls have been arriving from afl
over this section to participate ip it
A greet rodeo parade will be held
at 6 o'clock tonight. Those partici-
pating in the parade will start at
East Thirtf and Cherry streets, As
corner where the Memorial Auditor-
ium is located. A parade wfll be
staged also Friday evening at 6
o’clock and again Saturday after-
noon at 1 o’clock before the Saturday
matinee performance. But there’ll
be no parade before the final per-
formance Saturday night, H. L.
Thornton. Rodeo parade chairman
said today. The parade will go
around the square and down Elm
street to north Fifth street where
it will break op.
A big purse of prizes for the rodaa
performers is up, and many extra
features of entertainment are beaked.
The Possum Kingdom deir opened
in e blase of gloFy Tuesday night
when thousands crowded the fair
What was described by many to
be tbe biggest and most colorful af-
fair ever Weld in Graham was a pa-
rade two miles long Wednesday for
PoMum Kingdom Fair.
Beautiful floats, artistically deco-
rated and carrying beautiful girls
were an outstanding attraction, as
thousands of spectators packed every
available, space around the'big square
of Graham and along some adjacent
streets.
Other outstanding divisions were
the horseback riders, who numbered
more than 200, by actual count, and
j included men, women and children
riders on some of the most attractive
mounts ever seen in a parade. This
division was headed by its chairman
kev. C. H. Cole. The Bicycle section
drew much applause and Comment
also. Miss Wilma Bunting arranged
for that entry, and had charge of its
appearance.
, The school floats were exception-
ally beautiful and aroused much in-
terest and work in advance by the
students. Ray Hunt was their chair-
man. The commercial floats arrang-
ed for by Earnest Howard were out-
standing. —
Much favorable comment was heard
and congratulations given Mrs. P. M.
Moat, munitions, morale—Mch is
aa important as the other in the Na-
tional defenM program. Wle dost
have the second, munitions making
bora. Are we doing as much as we
might for Hie first and the last of
that trio?
Miss Perkins is the daughter of Mr.
gbd Mm- L E. Perkins, who have a
ranch soar Olney. Ru is ago 16,
weighs 107 pounds and. iS Are foot,
two lashes tall. She is a medium
brunette with brown eyes and brown
hair and is a senior in Olney High
School. This is not her first honor
in similar contests. She was elected
beauty queen of Olney High School
in bar freshman year. She is a musi-
cian, dames and is at ease as a horse-
back rider. MiM Perkins will repre-
sent the POesum Kingdom area at
the State Fair of Texas at Dallas.
Prsesding the selection of the Poe-
Picture Volume Of Young
County History Is Being Issued
■ says nobody in Gro-
Godiva in the parade
’cause, he Mid, evsry-
m was so nice aad
ed their heads so as
A scrap book of Young county, a
pictorial history, one of the most in-
teresting volumes ever published per-
taining to any part of Texas, has
been compiled by Mrs. C. F. Marshall
of Graham for the Federation of
Women’s Clubs of Young county, of
which she is president.
More than four hundred different
pictures of people, industries, schools,
and churches were gathered by Mrs.
Marshall, who announces the volume
is about completed.
interesting facts and data bearing
on many of the pioneers and history
makers of this section is also includ-
ed in the book, major part of which
is made up of actual photographs.
Some of these pictures are rare and
highly valued in connection with im-
portant events that have transpired
during thi last 76 years in this sec-
1km. •„ ——.
^.Jjany advance orders, asking res-
tMmtti wm made for man,
Ptff but so are the remaining
Kf the week. A divine purpoee
1 ha seen in all time—each day
purpoee and for a work. Boeing
all things aa God’s gifts invest them
with a greater importance.
season
im Kingdom Beauty from out-of-
town contestants, a lively contest was
staged in the selection of a Graham
beauty, from about twenty-five at-
tractive (iris, each acting m a.spon-
Appropriate for the mw i
are those words of Longfellbw:
-How beautiful Is youth! how bright
It gleams V > iU
With ltd illusions, aspirations.
establishment in
MiM Mary Helen Nicolett, daugh-
ter of Mrs. P. M. Nicolett, and the
late Muor Nicolett, was chosen as
the Graham bsaaty. She is an at-
tractive transits, Is A senior in Gra-
ham High School and has been
swarded many honors in various ac-
travoL R would cost you 1280 to
travel around the world. At the mbss
rate what would It coot y« to yfrit j
the moon and the nearest star. Then
make some comparisons and see what
a small mite you. are in the great i
unfvoros, anyway.
s a a - |
. Orchids to some of out independ- i
ent oil operators hi Graham, who Just ,|
keep pegging away and in so doing ]
ramMnue pay rolls and develop poten-
W. on propgrtiM. We don’t appro- j
date these fellows half enough. What <
would Graham have boon these past \
fifteen years without them? ■
.OSS
A 1st of young fellows who have ,
never been full enough of otrawbur-
wm sponsor for Graham lee Cream
Company.
happy visitors including many from
various towns of the Possum King-
dom area.
Around two thouMnd persona at-
tended the big singing convention,
program of which was given eu s
platform in front of the grandstand
Hundreds attended from Otnoy,
Wichita Falls, Breekenridge, Jaeks-
boro and other towns. W. D. McFar-
lane wm announcer and introdansr
for the program, with O. H. McKib-
ben and Ekrnsst Tucker of the Fair
committee on arrangements for the
singing, assisting in conducting the
affair.
C. P. Gregory, vice president of
the Fair Association, opened the
singtig convention and first program
of the Fair with a welcome speech
and wm loudly applauded for his
remarks. |
The weather was ideal for the fair
opening and unusual gaiety charac-
terised the event.
Other exhibitions on the grounds
were likewise unusual in attraetive-
ness, outstanding ones being the flor-
al. art and hobby sections, where rib-
bon ’awards were made by Judges
Tuesday afternoon.
D be held Worth and other cities, congratu-
All mem-listed Mrs. Nicolett, declaring to her
have been it was the most unique and beautiful
9:46, and parade they had ever seen. State
(act every Ranger, A. L. Barr, of Breekenridge,
riding a beautiful palomino horse was
■ _ - color bearer.
lit to any Bands from Breekenridge, Jacks-
boro, Olney and Graham furnished a
n ordered j0^ ^ and added color with
are urged brfliant uniforms and beautiful
’mediately majorettes. Floyd Bose was band
,r officers ehairman, t
Another oatstanding section of the
parade included companies of Home
’ Defense Guards, in new United
States regulation uniforms, from
m Bryson and Woodson.
The winners of cash prizes, award-
^ ef today by the different groups of
nod-interested Judges, of various en-
tries in the parade were announced
as follows:
| Best decorated float for general
competition: First, Graham National
‘ I Bank; second, Possum Kingdom Goat
-I __ (Continued on Bask Bags)
creation of copies of the book sre Be-
ing received by Mrs. Marshall and
other members of the £oqnty federa-
tion, spone&ring the volume. Like a
great moving picture it makes the
colorful interesting history of Young
county unfold in realistic manner.
Work of gathering the hundreds of
pictuns and facta for this volume
has extended over a period of several
year*. ^
- It Is to be a loose-leaf, beautifully
bstini, book, similar to a scrap book,
New Tonk Valley p •
Building Dedicated
In Program Monday
Largs crowds attended the dedica-
tion program in the mw Tonk Valley
school bnilding Monday and then
THE GRAHAM LEADER
was dinner on the ground feltowing
s lengthy program of talks and sing-
ing. More of the program was given
In the afternoon. «.
It was one of the biggett spread!
of food seen, in this county in yean
and there were many visitors from
othsr parts ef the state, together
with many of the oldest settlers of
this eeunty. * *
Tbs welcome \ Adress was by J. T.
Wadley.
Billy MMna, principal of the
school prssldsd and the dedication
address was delivered by H. I. Trout
of Graham, fallowing talks made by
Mrs. OUyne Jeffries, county horn#
demonstration agent; Will Beddod,
Prank Lindsey, Bud Coffman, Miss
liman Ernst of Knox eeunty, 8am
Dawdle ef Graham, Mrs. Act Jonas,
aad others.
Plenty of Possums
In Possum Kingdom
Young County Lodge
To Have Outstanding
Speaker Sept. 23
Who Mid there are no possums
In Possum Kingdom!
The float in the Possum King-
dom Fkrir Parade Wednesday |
got many favorable comments i
from Fhir visitors. It was a Heat !
carrying a tree on which there |
were IS possums. Under the tree J
-were two hounds. Reek and Lee. j
barking at the possums, and danc-
ing around the tree were several
"colored” gentkmen. Musis was
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Trout, H. I. The Graham Leader (Graham, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1941, newspaper, September 18, 1941; Graham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth888292/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Library of Graham.