The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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Oldest Weekly Newspaper
In Fannin County
The Ladonia News
Srrvini Fannin, I.nmar,
iK'itu ck unit Couuliu
m VOLUME 55
Ladonia. Texas, Friday, November 29, 1935
NUMBER 85
Nation’s Health
Improved Since
First Thanksgiving
Austin—The fir it Thanksgiving
Day was proclaimed for the pur-
pose of giving thanks for the col-
onists’ health that had allowed
them to survive the first rigorous
year in America. Dr. John W.
Brown, State Health Officer, asks
that citizens of Texas give thought
to their own heal h at this season
of the year.
Although we have experienced
one of the longest depressions in
history, the people have retained
their health to a remarkable de-
gree. Last year Texas was one of
the few states to show a further
declire in deaths among infants
During the last fifty years health
departments have 1 een established
for the purpose of preventing dis-
ease. While their activities have
been hampered by a lack of funds,
a great improvement in the gener
al health has result d. During this
period the life of the average per-
son has been increased by fifteen
years. In other words a baby
born now is expected to live fifteen
years longer Ilian it he had been
born in 1885.
So let each give thanks for the
methods that h ve helped in the
conservition o life and, also
pled|i to assist in furthering the
•work biin ' done to improve health
conditions throughout the nation.
Aftermalli Of
“Sudden Death”
See The News for special
offer on “Tales of the
World War’ by A. L. Bart-
ley.
ROLA1NE
Program for week
Beginning Sat. Nov.30
*♦♦♦
Saturday
‘Western Courage*
With
Ken Maynard
Chapter 14 of “The Roaring
West” with Buck Jones.
Also Short
♦♦♦♦
Sunday - Monday
‘Two for Tonight*
Musical with
Bing Crosby—Joan Bennett
Also Short
ms
Tuesday, Wednesday
Fumily Nltes - 10c to all
“Grand Exit**
With Ann Sothern ,
Edmund Lowe
Also Short
♦m
Thursday, Friday
“The Big Broads
cast of 1936**
With Jack Oakie
Burns & Allen
Also Short
A series of articles entitled—
“And Sudden Death” from the
Reader's Digest, which wete re-
printed in recent weeks in this
paper, created such a sensation
over the country that the country
that the magazine has been bom-
barded with similar stories, the
editors say They thought enough
had been said, 1 t.wcvcr, till they
came across the following from an
undertaker, which was so impres-
sive that they decided t» use it
The News is reprinting it from a
proof direct from the magazine’s
editorial offices.
—Just Passing—
Two o’clock in the morning. Is
that the phone? There it goes
again. 1 grope my way sleepily i<
it Hello . . . yes, 1 understand .
v wreck on the highway two miles
>ast- We’ll be right out.
What a sight! One car, a new
me, now a tangled heap of scrap
j|f on one side of t he road, shat
eied glass evmy where. The crowd
has gathered and they have dug
one body Out and it lies a bloody,
grotesque, tw sted thing under the
pale light .of the moon. Anothei
lies groaning and mumbling, “My
back is broken I think.” We lift
him as gently as possible to the
ambulance cot and hurry to the
hospital. He dies two hours later
calling for Edith.
How did it happen? The report
is they were trying to pats a car
against a too close oncoming car
»Vhat d< es it matter! We go back
for the (lead body and in the op
orating room under the strong lighi
we find that we have a job ot
hand trying to embalm this pool
thing, to put it back togcthei at
icst we c an in an attempt to re
lieve be terrible heartache ol
„hosc loved ones who will hasten
to see him. What a mess! Ragged
bones sticking out through torn
coat sleeves, head crushed to a
pulp. Can we make it look like a
human being and resemble the
fine strong young man that it was
only an hour ago? It is just our
job and we’re getting used to it
Docs it make us gun-shy of this
fast driving? Well, we wish all
the speeders could spend a night
with us, occasionally, in the oper-
ating rooms of the mortuary.
Don’t Worry
Club Entertained
r
Expensive Accessories
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Little Tommie
Jean Slater Dies
1,372 Bales Gin-
ned Here To Date
Ladonia friends were shocked and
rieved by the death Thursday night
a a Paris hospital of Little Tommie
lean Slater, nine year old daughter
I Mr. and Mrs. Tom Slater. Death
wa« -rtn«ed bv diphtheria, aggravated
by complications with other diseas-
es. She had been ill only about a
Reports from thp local gins this
week showed a total ol 1,372 bales
ol cotton received d"fing the 1935
season, as compared to a total of
2,494 bales received about the same
date last year, and 3,925 hales on
the year before. Census r port
shows that there were 19147 hales
| of cotton ginned in Fannin Countv
Popular Young
Couple Married
Teachers Organ-
ize Co. Asso’n.
A County Teachers’ Association
was organised for l annin Ciunty
in a meeting last week at the First
Methodist church in Bonham, fol-
lowing a banquet attended by more
than a hundred teachers in schools
over the county. Officers of the
association were elected as follows:
E. A. Parker, stipt. Honey Grove
schools, president; J. E. Moxley,
Windotn supt., vice pres, and Miss
Clara Ragsdale, sec treas. An ex.
ecutive committee composed of the
following, was appointed: J. O.
l'ate, Bonham; J. J. Fletcher.
Monkstown; Mrs W. L. Mathis.
Trenton; J. R. Steadman, Ran
dolph; It. R. Moss, Leonard, ana
Mrs. T. E. Finley, Adams.
Addresses were made by H. A
Glass, Bonham supt, R. R. Mors
I,. R. Burkett, county supt. and
Congressman Sam Rayburn.
Raltlers To Play
Paris Thanksgiving
week.
Funeral services were held Satur-1 from tli crop ot 1934 prior to Nov.
dey afternoon at the residence, con-114 89 compared with 31333 hales
ducted by Kev. C. W. Shaw, Baptist frinr c.l to Nov. 14 crop of 1934.
pastor. Rev. A. H. Ethridge of Wolie Allltoug I. ll « rccnpie are 1,100
bales >1.011 of last \ear, local author-
Smilin'Girlie Sajre
"A tfood way t*
A
i way
snaat tit* Kitf
cost o* livin’*ia
t* liva a lifa
that's worth th*
-a----
Last Thursday evening the Don't
Worry club was entertained in the
home ol Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Brad
shaw with a party, the Thanksgiving
motif being used in the decorations
and tallies. The house decorations
were chrysanthemums.
Four tables were laid for 42, and
after the games it was found that, by
their untiring efiorts, Mrs. J. A. Mc-
Farland and Supt. Grady Fowler were
high*core winners.
Refreshments were served, with
table decorations of pink and red ra-
diance rosea, to the following guests,
Messrs, and Mma. J. J. Anglin, I. B.
Fry, R. B. Hulsey, Grady Fowler, J.
A. McFarland, C. E. Fuller, D. N.
Myrick and Miss Zella Hulsey.
City assisting, Biuiel was in the
New Harmony cemetery.
Little Tommie J<ati was in the
third grade at school, and was a
great favorite w ith Ik r Uac-luis and
friends. She was her father's con-
stant companion, and loved nothing
so much as riding horseback with j
him. The sympathy of the entire1
community goes out to her grief-1 --
stricken family in their great sol row. We wish to express our love and
She is survived by her parents, one (gratitude to our many friends lor
sister, Mrs. Gordon Wulson, and one | their many kind deeds and words
brother, Ross Lee, besides a large 1 of sympathy during the illness and
number of other relatives, and a ' death of our dear little girl, and for
host ot friends. - the beautiful f'oral offerings.
__i Mr. and Mrs. a. T. Slater
__________ I 1-p and family
iucs state that tho repoit is fairly
good, considering the damage
wrought Iiy leaf worms to the crop
in this section. It is estimated that
the crop would have been fully twice
as large undet normal conditions.
CARD OFTHANKS
Miss Vivian Wilburn and Mr.
Charles Osborne, both popular
young people of Ladonia, drove to
Greenville Thursday evening and
were married at the City Hall by
the Rev Mr. Rainey, Greenville
minister They were accompanied
by Mr and Mrs. Elbert Dowell.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Tate Wilburn of this
city and the groom is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Osborne, who
live northeast of town. Both were
reared in Ladonia and are gradu-
ates of the local high school, being
nu mbers of the class of 1930.
Mr. and Mrs. Osborne have the
best wishes of their many friend?
for a happy and successful future-
They are making their home in La-
donia for the present.
A Thanksgiving Day game for the
ladonia Battlers has been arranged
with the Paria high school Wildcats,
and will be played at Paris Thursday
beginning at 2:30 o’clock, accoiding
to announcements here this week.
The game will be of much interest
locally, inasmuch as Coach Emmett
Wishard of the Wildcats started
many ol the present Rattler string on
their football careers, and also inas-
much as “Little Jake Parsons ’, a for-
mer team mite of the Rattlers, will
b s calling the signals for the Wild-
cats. Local fans are anticipating a
real scrap, granting that the Rattlers
really get in there and fight.
The game with the Clarkesvilla Ti-
gers at Clarkteville Friday night re
suited in a 7-0 score favoring the lo-
cals, the game being played almost
entirely in the locals’ territory
Mr. Fowler Asks
Help In Prevent'
ing Epidemics
Superintendent Grady Fowler of
the Ladonia schoola has ca led on
the parents of school chi dren to
co-operate with the teachers and
health authorities in an effort to
keep down communicable diseases
during the school term. Any known
cases of such diseases should be
reported at ncc to Mr. Fowler and
to tne city health officer, Dr. J. W.
Parsons, in order to insure proper
quarantine. This is uhsolutely ne-
cessary, Mr. Fuwler poi -ted out,
to protect school children from ex-
posure to these diseases. In many
instances the family will not repoit
a case themselves, because they do
not want to undergo the inconven-
ience ot quarantine.
Mr. Fowler said that every pre-
caution ii being taken by the
teachers to protect the children in
their chr.rgo Any who do not ap-
pear to be well are sent home at
once, and parents should co-oper-
ate by calling a physician and see-
ing that they are given prompt
Cooperation can also be given by
taking steps to see that children
arc kept well and healthy at all
times, and watching them closely
for any signs of illness. Often
children will not mention that they
are not feeling well until it is too
late to protect their companions
from exposure.
Elmer Fuller is attending
this week.
saurt
Miss Ruby Sherrod spent
week end ia Honey Grove.
last
Dullasite To Meet
Pres. On Vi«it
At (hi. Hospital
Dinner Honors
Guests’ Birthday
i
was made in New York state a year
ago.
Guests present other than the j
hostesses were Mr. and Mis. Thomas I
Luce of Dallas, Mr. and Mis. J. It.
Anderson, Mrs. H. L. Van Camp, i
Messrs. George Kean and John Ki au '
all ot Dallas.
C. H. Woods Co.
Dealers Here For
Well-Known Coal
i.
announce-
Shower Given For
Bride Of Week
Colds Cause Half
Of All Diseases
Gas Company Says
Mr. an«l Mrs. Emmett Garner,
son and wife of Whitcwright spent
Sunday with Mrs. W. M. Mills.
Due to the approaching Thanks
giving holidays the Southern Lit-
erary and Forty-two clubs are not
meeting this week.
A caution against huddling in one
room with windows closed during the
winter has been issued by the gas
company, which is continuing its
series of educational messages on
prevantion of colds by proper heat-
ing and ventilatiou.
The company started the winter
heating season with a program of in-
formation designed to assist custom-
ers to make their homes more com-
fortable and more healihlul.
“Manv families huddle in one or
two rooms during cold days aiound
a small open flame heater with win-
dows and connecting doora tightly
Mrs. E. T. Kean and daughter,
Mrs. Tom Bell entertained with
lovely dinner on Saturday evening
honoring the birthday of Mrs. I
Kean of Dallaa.
The attractive new home, recently
completed, waa decorated with a pro-
lusion of flowers, pi' k roses and
gorgeous rad roses being used in the
dining room and living room.
A three cour t dinner was arivrd
consisting ol tomato aspic silsd on
lettuce, a turkey plate with rrrttn'd
potatoes, dressing end Ti e
desert, eu English plum puddi' g
with hard eaucs, a gift from iriern'ts
An attractive display
uu-nl in this issue of the News calls
| attention to the appointment of the
|C. II. Woods Go , focal ginning firm,
| us uuth irizid dealers in Ladonia tor
. he McAlester Fuel Co. to handle
__ ___ | their Osage McAlester coal. This
Mr*. A. B. Beall and Miss Car- '* ‘he original Osage McAlester coal,
rie Newell entertained at Mrs. on which a tradrmaik was secured | c|0**.d,” says a current ad in the heat
Beall’s home Monday afternoon (ruin the ledeiul government mors i jor health campaign. “If you area
with a shower honoring Mrs. Char- \ *‘jr,y y1'"* "g0- an<1 wl,,cb l,a,< j huddler you are violating one of the
les Osborne, who before her mar-i during ull the-c years, caused so
riage last Thursday was Miss Viv- nuny linns to claim their coal is as
vian Wilburn. Interesting gan.eai ft<‘®d ast'in orig u.il Osagj McAlester
were played by the guests, th 'i* '•
honorce being declared the winner; .....*
of first prixe, after which she was. ^ -|1() M,# T M. Mrrril.k were
pre entod with u huge laundry bau-lg^ gue,„,, ,|.e Fraley horn*,
kot filled with lovely miscellaneousi
gifts.
Hot chocolate and cake were' Mr. Ben Weldon, who has been
sick several weeks is slowly improv-
ing,
Mrs. Fred Little suffered painful
injuries Monday when her car col-
lided with a Bonhatn truck at Aub-
rey Barnett’s store.
Dallas—John W. Car praise has
accepted an invitation to meat with
President Roosevelt and othsrt at
Warm Springs, Ga. on Thanksgiving
to inspect with the President the
facilities there for the treatment of
infantile paralysis.
The President visits Warm Springs
each Thanksgiving and Mr. Carpent-
er lias been invited by Keith Mor-
gan, treasurer of the Warm Springs
Foundation.
“It would give the President and
all of us great pleasure to have you
visit with him informally at Waim
Springs to see work being done
which you have helped 1o make pos-
sible,” said the invitation. “He ar-
rives at Warm Springs Thursday
evening. Could you come down for
one ox two days before Thanksgiv-
ing?”
Mr. Carpenter telegraphed Mr.
Morgan he would arrive ia Warm
Springs the day hefote Thanksgiv-
ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Haines of Wolfe
City visited in the Robert Hill
home Sunday.
are traceable to the cold germ. In
order to reduce this menace, the gas
company advises an even tempera-
ture throughout the home with warm
air in every room.
We pay highest prices for eggs.
Cash or trade. BRIDGES GRO.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Haden had as
guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. N. R
Troy and children of Honey Grove
and Mr. Troy’s mother ot Dallas.
The little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Huffman who has been ill
several weeks from mastoiditis ia
much improved following an opera-
tion last week in a Paris hospital.
served to the following guests-
Mma. Ebb and Vaclie Bartley, G.
Mack Erwin, Harold Isom, C. M.
Bartley, It C Hgdftl. I A Walk- Dewey Bishop, Herman Newell,
er, Laine Ku urdcy, H. L. Mitch- II. D. Bartley, If. C. Knott, J. T
ell, Raymond Cathey, Hobart Mil; WUburn M sees Moiella Bartley,
Itard, W ifey Hughes, I Itx-rt |)ow-(Noll Coving! n, font iso Wilburn,
ell, Taylor liivina, Thomas Htovsll, Maiy I-noise Merrill Maids lay
Wiloy Huseil, U I). Govt o» too 'U*( Marguerite Uallsro.
most important rules of personal hy-
giene and good health. Without
adequate circulation air may become
as foul and unheallhful as that of a
tenement slums even though the
home may he the most beautiful in
the neigh hoi hood.”
The advertisement slates that if
people go from an overheated room
into a cold hall or unheated adjoin-
ing room they have subjected them-
selves to a condition that makes
them highly susceptible to commun-
icable winter diseases.
Die common cold germ is ealled
America's Public Health Enemy Na.
One because according to medical
authority 50 pat caul of all diaaaaaa
MCMBCO
"rtOCUAL PCVlBVl^
SVSTIM,
Deposits up to $5,000 are now guaranteed.
He of service to your community by keeping your
montey in a bank. A Hank Account ia alwaya
handy—it ia a real buaineau asset to you.
FARMERS & MERCHANTS
STATE BANK
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The Ladonia News (Ladonia, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, November 29, 1935, newspaper, November 29, 1935; Ladonia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth980947/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bonham Public Library.