The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 12, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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The Detroit News-Herald
OLD SERIES VOL. 4
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DETROIT, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1941.
A-V-A-L-O-N
ClnrkMvllU, Texnn
S-A-T-U-1LD-A-Y, JUNE 14
Tie Three Nelquileert
“Prairie Pioneers,
PREVIEW SAT. NITE 10 JO
SUN. A MON. JUNE 15 - 16
Cary Grant - Irene Dunne in
“Penny Serenade”
TUES. & WED. JUNE 17 -18
Merle Oberon - Melvyn Douglas
Burge>s Meredith in
“That Uncertain
99
Feeling1
THURS. & FR1. JUNE 19 - 20
Lew Ayres - Lionel Barrymore
Laraine Day in
“The People
vs Dr. Kildare”
F.H.T. Club Outing
At Daingerfield
Saturday morning, June 7,
warded
bus for the State Park at Dainger-
field.
We were supposed to leave the
school house at 6 30, but after it [church was decorated with whiti
rained so much Miss Conine de-[ gladioli and white tapers,
cidcd that we would not go. About j Preceding the ceremony Am-
7:30 several girls went to her house brose Kiehl played traditional
Miss Gladys Carter
Marries in Wyo.
In a quiet ceremony performed
Gladys Carter, Cheyenne school
teacher, became the bride of
Charles Sobar. The First Baptist
W.P.A. Recreation
Playground Opens
The summer playground
reation leaders for Detroit was
officially opened Monday night,
|une 9 at 6:30 p. m. with a picnic.
Child Drowns in
Concrete Tank
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Leavdle re-
ceived a message " Sunday night
that their little grandson, Verner
Doyle, 16 months old son of Mr.
and Mrs Lloyd Leavelle of Hart,
was drowned that afternoon in a
concrete stock tank, in which was
IS inches of water.
The little body was found by
his 7-year-cId brother, Bobby,
who pulled it from the water and
called his mother.
The Leavelles formerly lived in
Detroit and vicinity, and besides
his parents, three brothers, Bobby,
Billy and Lloyd Dale, survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Leavelle and sons,
Floyd and Lawrence, left Sunday
(light to attend the funeral, which
was held Monday afternoon.
fix their lunch were stealing from
it by this time.
We stopped at New Boston to
ask about the way and at Naples
to get some gas, and something to
eat. Everyone was getting tired
and restless by the time we reach-
ed Daingerfield. We had to go
about two miles out town » the
park. When we Reached the park
road we were very enthusiastic,
for there were so many hills and
the trees were so think we could
almost imagine ourselves in a
Rodeo Show at
Clarksville, July 4
Plans are being made for the
second annual Rodeo to be held at
Clarksville, Friday, July 4. Sam
Hocker has been named as presi-
dent; Jim Geer, vice-president, and
Vannoy Stewart, secretary-treasur-
er.
Unfortunately we had to go the eral friends and relatives of the
longest route because we were couple.
afraid of running into high water. The bride wore a corded sheer
The wind'nearly blew us away but dress with a white lace trimmed
we managed to get a few of the blouse and a corsage of white
windows up. < „ [gladioli. She was attended by her
By 10:30 we were hungry and | sister, Miss Elizabeth Carter of
by 11:00 we were practically starv-1 Lander, who wore an orchid print
ed. Those who had had time to [ dress with a matching corsage.
and told her if she didn’t go thar wedding music-and A1 Harrison the program for the summer and j Lee Smith is sponsor for the pro-
we were going to stay all day with [sang “Because.” nraed rhnr parh citizen of Detroit I eram.
her, so she immediately decided to t The Rev. George D. White, pas-
go. By the time we got enough tor of the church, performed the
girl: together it was 9 o’clock. | ceremony in the presence of sev-
jungle. We arrived at our desti
nation at 12:10 p.m., and those Marjory Sobar, Miss
who hadn’t already eaten all of Sobar, Frank Huffier,
The Rev. E. H Hoffntan served
Mj. Sober as best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Heath were
hostk at a breakfast honoring the
Couple after the ceremony. The
tables were decorated with purple
and white lilacs and pink tapers
and a pink and white wedding
cake-
Guests included the bridal cou-
ple, the Rev. and Mrs. E.H. Hoff-
man, the Rev. and Mrs. George D.
White, Miss Elizabeth Carter of
Lander, Ambrose Kiehl, Mrs.
Clyde Guschewsky of Lander, Miss
Charlotte
Mr. and
our lunch finished it immediately. ! Mrs. Robert Anderson, Mr. and
We spent the remainder of our' Mrs. Z. L. Bush, Mr. and Mrs. W.
time swimming, motorboat riding,; H. Fisher, Mr. and Mrs. A1 Har-
Flower Show at Clarksville
Friday, June 13
The Flower Show will be held
in the Clarksville gym Friday,
June 13 from 1 p. m. to 9 p. m.
Dr. Ratsek will talk on roses at
4 o’clock. The public is invited.
dancing and getting acquainted
with the girls from other schools.
We started home about 3:30 and
came the shortest route. We
didn’t stop until we ran out of gas
near Bogata. All of us unloaded
and started for town. Miss Conine
told us to stop at a station and
have some gas sent, but Mr. Lit-
trell got a ride to town and got the
gas and beat us to town.
We were all hot and tired after
our walk and we stopped at the
Drug Store and got something to
eat and drink. Miss Conine gave
us only five minutes to be gone,
but she was gone ten minutes I’m
almost sure. Anyway, we were
allat the bus waiting on her when
she returned.
\Ve didn’t stop anymore after
we left Bogata until we reached
Detroit. Everyone returned tired
and dirty, but had had a grand
time.- Reported.
Mrs. W. L Eitle
Dies at Clarksville
rison, Mr. and Mfs. L. C. Broyles,
Miss Loie Waring, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C Douma, Mrs Connor, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Heath, Mrs. Frances
Kinney, Miss Geraldine Kinney,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Heath, Tim-
my Guschewsky, Thelma Oliver
and the hosts.
Since her engagement was an-
nounced Mrs Sobar has been
honored at several parties and
showers. The bride is a native of
Texas but came to Cheyenne sev-
eral years ago where she has been
teaching.
Following a short wedding trip
to Colorado, Mr. and Mrs Sobar
will be at home here where he is
employed by the Union Pacific.—
Wyoming State Tribunc-Cheyenne
State Leader, June 3,
Mrs. Sobar is a sister of C. V.
Carter, was reared at Detroit and
belonged to one of the oldest fam-
ilies of Red River county.
?e crowd attended. After Conine has furnished meals since
the meal was served, George Rey-
nolds, chairman of the recreation
committee, explained the plans of j teach at Bonham next term.
urged that each citizen of Detroit gram,
take part in these activities that '■
the program might be carried on I • *||
as was planned. Mr. Reynolds: U<Ml6SVlIl6 LlTCUS
also explained to the parents
present that there were no toilet
facilities on the grounds and they
should arrange hours for their chil-
dren to attend the playground
that would not be necessary for
At C’ville June 18
Clarksville. — The famous
Gainesville Community Circus, in
two performances here Wednes-
them to use such. He also explain-1 day, June 18, will make its first
ed that either Miss Margie Dick j appearance in Clarksville under
Bullard or Dennis Pearce would be auspices of the Clarksville Cham-
at the playground from 8:30 a. m.! her of Comm rce. Proceeds will
to 11 a m. each day and the chil-j be used in the development of
dren were to not be on the ground dairy herds in Red River County,
only during these hours. Children The circus “big top” and aux-
are not to play at the park when iliary tents will be pitched on New
there is not a leader with them.
The leaders will be at the gram-
mar school in
Century Club Athletic Field in
South Clarksville, the afternoon
the afternoons and performance to start at’ 3 o’clock
and the night show at 7:45, with
doors opening an hour earlier in
each instance.
Died at Ft Towson
and such activities as soft ball,
volleyball, croquet and tennis will
be in session. Special activities
are being planned for the adult
night programs and details of the
event will be announced later.
- Miss Edythe DeWitt’s program
will be carried on as was in the Funeral services were held at 3
winter, with the addition of acti- j p. m. Sunday at the Methodist
vities for adults. Her classes will church in Fort Towson, Okla., for
be field daily at the studio. It i-> j Mrs. Jim Loar, the Rev. Lark Col-
expected" that the entire city oflum officiating. Mrs, Loar died
Detroit will co-operate in making early Saturday at her home in Ft.
this program one of the best Towson after a long illness,
recreation programs in the county. I She was born Oct. 5, 1902, in
—--- j Detroit, and had lived in Fort
j Towson 11 yeare. Survivors in-
Confess 2 Red
River Burglaries
Clarksville.
dude her husband, and these chil-
dren: Jim Loar, Jr., Robert Lee,
Charles Dickson, Loy Cathryn
and Frankie Neal Loar; heri
Burglaries of the parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neal Gille- * Epworth League Gives
PUCES
(Including Tax)
GENERAL ADMISSION
Children.............25c
Adults............ 50c
ADMISSION k RESERVED SEAT
75c and $1.00
Proceeds (or Dairy Cow Improve-
ment Rod River County
Nasons Elect Officers
At the regular meeting of Ben-
nett Lodge No. 531 A. F. & A M.,
Friday night the following officers
were elected:
Paul Mahan, W. M.
Garvie Bailey, S. W.
A. L. Cruse, I. W.
W. E. Holloway, treasurer.
R. M, Lamb, secretary.
Claud Councill, tiler.
P. H. Jeffus, S. D.
S. F. Gibson, J. D.
V. H. Morgan. S. S.
Chas. Brooks, J. W.
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troit.
Go to Melton’s Cash Store for
groceries and save money — Every-
hing fresh and clean. adv.
post office-store at Boxelder and of; and, and a sister, Mrs. Ora G.
two stores at Annona last winter | Merriott, all of Fort Towson. She
appeared solved Monday, Sheriff j was a niece of C. M. Scott of De-
J.N. Geer said, after apprehension
of the third member of a four-man
theft ring, to which 61 other Tex-
as burglary cases are linked.
The suspects arrested include
one now serving a sentence isi the
Mississippi state penitentiary for
burglary; another in the Texas
prison on a similiar charge, and a
third now held in the Bowie coun-
ty jail in Boston. The fourth is
still at large. >
Statements obtained from two
of the men, the sheriff says, tell
of the gang’s implification In the
three Red River county cases as
will give
Mr. and
Ice Cream Supper
The Epworth League
an ice cream supper at
Mrs. J. H. Pratt’s Friday night,
and the proceeds will be used to
pay expenses of a delegate to a
conference held at S. M. U., Dal-
las.
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Christian Church Services
There will be regular services at
the Christian Church Sunday af- j well as the wholesale list over the
Newest Styles
High Grade
CUSTOM TAILORED
CLOTHES
for Men and Young Men
A wide range <d spring
and -ummer samples to
to select from.
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We appreciate your bus-
iness and will give the
best possible service.
_-Call For and Delivered-
ternoon at 3 o’clock by the pas
tor, Rev. P. F. Herndon. The
public is invited.
Mrs. W. M. Eitle, about 57
years old, who lived in the Lees-
ville community, died at the Red
River County Hospital about noon FJb|i k| Giaduat,
Wednesday, following a long ill-
ness.
Funeral services are being held
at the Leesville church this after-
noon, conducted by Rev. T. W.
Mathis, a former pastor, and burial
will be at that cemetery under the
direction of the Reynolds Funeral
Home.
Surviving are her husband and
ten grown children. The family
had lived in that section for many
years.
Special Services
The young people will present a
special Father's day program at
the. Pentacostal church' next Sun-
day night. Everyone invited.-
Miss Royce Latimer, formerly
of Detroit, was valedictorian of
the Senior class of Fulbright High
School the past term, with an
average of 95.09.
SAVE
Cooking and Cleaning op
BY EATING WITH US
PLATE LUNCH
Every Day
SANDWICHES
Any Time
state. All four participated in
the Boxelder robbery, according
to these confessions, and three of
them were involved in the looting
of the Stiles Bros , and Peek and
Lawson stores at Annona. At-
tempted burglary at the John
Medford Store at Avery, frustrated
by a burglary alarm, was also ad-
mitted.
Killed in Car Wreck
Mrs. W. E. Holloway received a
message Wednesday informing her
that Harvey Layton, her brother-
in-law, had been killed in a car
wreck at Fairfield, 111., where he
lived. Funeral services will be
held Friday.
Joe Pollard Dies
|oe W. Pollard,
f>7, a native of
Use the cash system & save money
GiftsfoFFather’sDay
SPOUT SHIRTS......... $1.00 $1.69, SI-75
URESS SHIRTS......from $1.00 to $2.00 each
SHIRTS AND SHORTS...... 25c and 50c each
RELTS 25c, 49c SOX, 25c
HMDKERCHIEFS, 5c, 10c, 25c
Kraft Dinner and10c
Brown’s Chocolate Crouch Cookies 5J4*>s. package tOe
TENDER LEAF TEA K-H> package 20e
DREFT, the oew sods..........................10c
KILL-K0 FLT SPRAT..........pint, 25c; Nosrt, 45c
WHITE HORSE APPLE JUICE, R eans..........25c
BOLDER H0MIHT, Scans......................25c
VANILLA WAFERS, 12-oi.ho*..................IRc
BANANAS, doioo.....................-.........20c
•v£'4J
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Dry Cleaning of All Kind
Moth Proof Bag* for Sealing
G. E. Summerlin
Reliable One-Day Service
NOTICE
i School Board will prosecute to
the fullest extent of law anyone
loitering on school campus.
B. G. Bailey, Secy.
Fresh Candies
Cigars, Cigarettes
Holloway Cafe
Lamar county, died at Paris last
Thursday. He was a former tax
assessor for that county and had
been presidential elector three
times and other important posi-
tions of trust His wife and three
daughters survive.
RAMSEY’S STORE
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