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AWAIOBD BBLO OOP IN 1938 BY TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION, AND JUDGED BEST WEEKLY PAPER IN TEXAS
STEPHENVILLE. ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, OCTOBER ?.*. m7
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SIXTEEN PAGES—Vol. 67, No. 45
SEA ORGANIZER
RELIEVES ERATH
TO GET SERVICE
One Thousand Farmers Sign
Survey Sheets During Local
Preliminary Period
J. B. Richey, Rural Electrifica-
tion organizer, announces that the
survey for" the REA in Erath coun-
ty has ended, with between 900 and
1,000 farmers signing applications
and some 300 or 400 more to be
added to the list later.
Meetings were held in rural com-
munities of the county to determine
whether or not residents wanted
power lines and electric service in-
stalled. Richey was impressed by
the enthusiastic way in which citi-
zens responded to the survey and,
while he could not say what the
government’s action will be, per-
sonally believes that the project
will go through in this county. If
so, the federal government will
spend approximately $340,000 hero.
Approximately 225 miles of pow-
er lines were made in this survey,
Richey said. He has held similar
investigations in many counties,
but said that the enthusiasm dis-
played by Erath county rural resi-
dents was especially outstanding.
Late applications can be made
for a limited time at the county
agent’s office in Stephenville, al-
though Richey has left the county.
Quick action is urged on this, for,
if no application is received, the
line will not be extended to the
household in question.
Richey expressed his gratitude
to all who aided him in the survey
just completed in Erath county.
J>EOPLE in this area learned with
regret of the passing of Dr.
John Power at his home in Brown-
wood Monday. He served in a way
that stamped him as one of the
strongest characters in this coun-
try, and quite likely had a more
profound respect and higher es-
teem on the part of all the people
than any other one man who lived
in Brownwood. He came to Brown-
wood more than thirty years ago
as rector of the Episcopal church
and served in that capacity until
1934, when he retired as rector
emeritus. His influence was felt
all over Texas, and especially in
and around his home city. Even
though advanced in years—91—
he retained until the last a line of
brilliant thought and his philoso-
phy of life was rare, and sought
after bjr many.
QFTEN those who occupy places
of leadership in their home com-
munities are subject to no little
criticism on the part of envious
and jealous neighbors. In the case
of Dr. Power this condition did
not exist. Most of the leadership
he exercised was along the lines
of moral advancement, although he
-was intensely interested and con-
cerned over other things. The con-
tribution he made to the Brownwood
Bulletin each Sunday under the
heading—the Parson’s Column—
often admonished and solicited aid
for various civic projects. Indeed
and in fact he was a great citi-
zen. His place will be hard to fill.
The Horse Show the past week
seemed to have been a great suc-
cess, at least from a standpoint
of attendance. However, there
are many who believe that it will
be wise to incorporate into the
organization next year all forms
of livestock and poultry. The
parade Friday morning was one
of the beet ever witnessed here.
RECORD SET! JUDGE RUSSELL
VIRTUALLY CLEARS DOCKET
Judge Sam M. Russell, who
presides over the 29th Judicial
District, has virtually cleared
the docket during the August
term of district court which end-
ed October 23rd. A total of
108 cases of individual peti-
tions of civil, criminal and oth-
er forms of litigation was dis-
posed of during the' nine-weeks
session. All but three or four
minor cases, in which services
could not be obtained by the
court, were disposed of during
the term—a remarkable record
which speaks well of the local
judiciary.
There were 47 civil, 28 divorce,
29 criminal and 4 tax suits cleared
during the session, making a total
of 108 cases. This is considered
an uqusual number of separate
pieces of litigation for any one
term, but this is not as outstanding
in itself as is the fact that only
three or four relatively unimport-
ant cases remained on the docket.
These, too, would have been cleared
had services which include presence
of witnesses and other phases of
court procedure necessary for dis-
position of cases, been obtained
before the end of the term.
Erath county can well be proud
of Judge Russell’s record—one that
he also can point to with extreme
satisfaction. It is the opinion of
those who know the facts of the
matter that the record proves tho
citizenship of Erath county, the
loyalty of jurors, and the aggres-
siveness of the judiciary in this
district.
It is Judge Russell’s aim to keep
the docket clear each term, when-
ever humanly possible to do so.
That is what the people want, he
states, for it cuts ^ie cost of the
judiciary system. One hundred and
eight cases in one term of dis-
trict court is considered as some-
thing special, but, added to this,
ending the term with the docket
virtually clear, is considered by
close followers of modern-day judi-
ciary proceedings as most extra-
ordinarily remarkable—and a rec-
ord that will give comforting satis-
faction to Judge Russell, others
who helped make the record pos-
sible, and to the citizenship of this
district as a whole.
BIDS CALLED FOR
EARLY WORK ON
GLEN ROSE ROAD
Work Probably Will Start In
December; $130,000.00 Set
Aside For Job
DUBLIN CLUB TO
HONOR CHAMPION
CATTLEJUDGERS
Texas Team, Which Won The
National Dairy Contest, Is
From Erath County
^ MOVEMENT now underway
in Comanche will react to the
benefit of dairymen. Plans have
been completed whereby at least
four high bred bulls will be brought
into the county with a view of
building up the quality of milk
cows in that area. The cheese plant
at Comanche, like the one in Ste-
phenville, is growing by leaps and
bounds. But a milk cow that will
produce a small amount of milk
naturally will not earn for her own-
er as much as one that produces
a lot of milk. In other words, the
more milk the more money. This
section of Texas must, of necessity,
give more attention to dairying
and poultry. This is just another
reason whj) many would like to see
the two have a part in the show
next fall.
'J'HE manner in which citizens of
Stephenville responded to the
benefit program staged at a local
theatre Wednesday night was en-
couraging. The idea behind the
move was to raise funds for equip-
ping the high school band with uni-
forms. More than $800 cash, in
(Continued on page 6)
Several Stephenville people are
receiving invitations from J. H.
Taylor, Dublin High School voca-
tional agriculture instructor, and
Walter Hamilton, president, of the
Dublin Development Club, to at-
tend a banquet honoring the Tex-
as A. & M. College National Dairy
Cattle Judging team and their
coach, A. L. Darnell, to be held
in the First Methodist Church at
Dublin on Saturday, October 30,
at 7:16 p. m. Taylor also is sec-
retary-treasurer of the Heart of
Texas Jersey Cattle Club.
One of the four boys on the
team is a Stephenville youth and
the other three are from Dublin
—all from Erath county. The team
recently brought distinguished
honors to Texas A. & M. College
and Erath county by winning first
place in the National Dairy Judg-
ing contest at Columbus, Ohio.
J. W. Bradley, M. S. Jones,, and
N. C- Fry are the Dublin boys who
made the Texas team and won the
national contest and C. H. Wells
is the Stephenville member. Their
coach, Darnell, is professor of ani-
mal husbandry at A. and M.
Team Sweeps Contest
The Texas team was in compe-
tition with teams from 23 other
colleges of the United States. Be-
sides Texas, with a score of 5,363
out of a possible 6,000 points, oth-
er leading teamr ranked as fol-
lows: Oklahoma A. & M. College,
5,243; Purdue University, 5,217;
Michigan Agricultural College,
5,214; Kansas State Agricultural
College, 5,191; University of Ohio,
5,188; University of Tennessee,
5,177; University of Wisconsin,
5,174; Iowa State College, 5,122;
Ontario Agricultural College (of
Canada), 5,161.
In addition to being first in judg-
ing all five breeds of dairy cattle,
the Texas A. and M. College boys
were first in Holsteins, first in Ayr-
shires, first in Brown Swiss, sec-
ond in Jerseys and eleventh in
Guernseys. The Texas team had
one to three men placing in the
first 10 men of each breed, with
the exception of Guernseys. This
consistency placed this team well
in the lead, with the Oklahoma
team in second place. It was an-
nounced by Lloyd Burlingham,
manager of the National Dairy
Show, that no team in the past 25
years had won as many first places
in this contest as the Texas team
this year.
This honor, although outstand-
ing for Texas A. and M. College,
is still more distinctive for Erath
county, since all members of the
team were A. and M. students
from this county.
Dublin Man Named
To W.T.C.C. Group
To Canvass Votes
A committee, appointed by Mil-
burn McCarty, president of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce,
will meet in Eastland November 3
to canvass a directors’ vote re-
garding tht; proposal to move head-
quarters to Abilene from Stam-
ford. Members of the committee
are W. P. Hallmark of Dublin,
B. L. Russell of Baird and J.
E. Meroney of Ranger.
Twelve district directors are con-
ducting a referendum which will
end Saturday. Dean J. Thomas
Davis, John Tarleton College, Ste-
phenville, is one of the directors
of the WTCC.
Litigation in Stamford blocked
the move to transfer the organiza-
tion’s headquarters from there to
Abilene, after the executive com
piitte had accepted an offer from
Abilene to furnish a rent-free
building for five years and give
the WTTC $6,000 to renovate the
building.
Visitors From Breckenridge
W. A. Hotmann, advertising
manager of the Breckenridge Am-
erican and the Stephens County
Sun, both published by the Amer-
ican at the Stephens county capital,
and H. H. McKinney, a Brecken-
ridge business man, were in Ste
phenville Monday and visited the
Empire-Tribune office, where they
also met Charles Brown, a John
Tarleton College student from
Breckenridge. Brown is an officer
in the cadet corps and is business
manager of the J-Tac, college
newspaper published each Monday
during the regular school term by
Tarleton students at the Empire-
Tribune shop.
Visit In Parents’ Home
Mrs. J. Estes Clayton and lit-
tle daughter, Dona Marie Clayton,
of Corpus Christi, expect to leave
for their home Monday after a
three weeks’ visit with their par-
ents, Judge and Mrs. W. J. Ox-
ford, 696 North Graham Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton have only
recently moved from Tom Ball
to Corpus Christi where Mr. Clay-
ton has been made superintendent
of the New Humble camp there, at
a substantial increase in salary.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, the
former Miss Marie Oxford, are
well known in Stephenville.
jf.
Dr. M. E. Barnett of Fort Stock-
>n visited Drs. J. C. and Vance
errell Wednesday.
VIRGINIA WOOD
CROWNED QOEEN
Miss Virginia Wood of the Cor-
inth community, was crowned
queen of the Horse Show at the
second rodeo performance Satur-
day afternoon at the City Park
before a large crowd of spectators.
Mayor Henry Clark performed
the coronation ceremony. Both he
and Miss Wood were mounted. This
was the first event on the rodeo
program Saturday afternoon.
Voting in the queen contest end-
ed at noon Friday, with Miss Wood
leading the other three contestants
by a wide majority. Final stand-
ing of the girls in the contest was:
Miss Wood, 210,686 votes; Miss
Winnie Moore, Cedar Point, 165,-
021; Miss Helen NachtigaL Huck-
abay, 132,951; Miss Ima Lee Ed-
dleman, Lingleville, 46,495 votes.
Miss Fern Hassler, of Oak Dale,
withdrew from the contest early
in October and was not a candi-
date in the closing weeks of the
county-wide contest.
Three out-of-town judges can-
vassed the votes after the deadline
houi Friday at 12 o’clock was set
by Mrs. Chas. Long, chairman of
the queen committee.
A $25 pair of riding boots, don-
ated by a Lubbock saddle shop, was
presented to Miss Wood, who will
reign as queen of the Erath coun-
ty Horse Show from the time of
the coronation until next year’s
queen is elected, and who will rep-1
resent Stephenville at the Stam-j
ford Jubilee and Rodeo next
spring. Just before Miss Wood
leaves for the Stamford celebra-
tion she will be presented with a
$50 check to defray expenses on|
the trip.
J. W. McCutcheon, resident en-
gineer, announced this week that
on November 5 a contract would
be let by the State Highway Com-
mission for paving approximately
24 miles of surface on Highway
67 between Stephenville and Glen
Rose.
An appropriation of $130,000 has
been made for the project, which
will begin at the edge of the brick
pavement at the south edge of
Stephenville and extend to the hard
surface strip on Highway 67 eight
miles this side of Glen Rose.
Work is expected to begin on the
project early in December. Local
labor will be used to a great ex-
tent, bringing employment to many
residents of Stephenyille and Erath
county during the cold winter
months, when work is needed the
worst. Rate of pay ranges from
$2.80 per day for unskilled labor-
ers, upward, a wage that is con-
sidered excellent for this type
of work.
Local yivic agencies, which for
several months have worked dili-
gently to Wet this project through,
are gratified that a contract is
about to be let for actual paving
of this gap in Highway 67.
It also insures continued expen-
diture of state and federal money
in large amounts for the improve-
"ment of highways in this section,
resulting in temporary relief to
unemployed laborers and in per-
manent. improvement benefits to all
who use these main arteries and
to those who profit from tourist
trade.
HORSE SHOW PARADE DREW iVFTFRANS FAVOR
MUCH FAVORABLE COMMENT j|££p NEEDY
AT CONVENTION
TWO BALL GAMES
HERE THIS WEEK
Stephenville and surrounding
football fans will have an oppor-
tunity to see two outstanding con-
ference games here this week when
the John Tarleton College Plow-
boys meet the Hillsboro Indians at
Hays Stadium tonight and when
the Stephenville High School Yel-
lowjackets clash with the Big
Spring Steers at the same stad-
ium Saturday night.
Both are conference tilts and are
against worthy foes. Tarleton has
not been defeated thus far this
season and hopes to keep that re-
cord clear after the game tonight,
but Hillsboro, reputedly has a
strong team and a close battle is
anticipated. The high school team
also has not been beaten in the Oil
Belt class A district 3, or in the
only non-conference game allowed
by league rules, this season, its
first up from class B. Big Spring
is slated by experts to give more
trouble than records of both teams
would indicate.
This is the first time this season
that both the Tarleton and Steph-
onville High School gridsters have
home games scheduled during the
same week and thousands of spec-
tators are expected to see both
battles.
Mr. and Mrs. I. N. Counts had
as recent guests in their home
four daughters, Mrs. Cressie Wea-
therby, San Angelo, Miss Ina
Maude Counts, San Angelo, Mrs.
Wyna Fae Carter, Dallas, and Mrs.
Myrtle Ashurst, Pomona, Calif.
Mrs. Ashurst is spending a month
with her parents, with the other
daughters returning to their home
after a few days’ visit.
Several thousand people turned
out last Friday morning to watch
the parade which officially opened
the Fifth Annual* Erath County
Horse Show. The expectations of
the parade committee for making
this the best and most varied of
any of the preceding Horst Shows
were more than realized.
Long before eleven o’clock, the
hour set for the parade to be on
the square, crowds jammed the
sidewalks hunting for a vantage
point from which to view the pa-
rade, which took more than thirty
minutes to circle the square.
The first part of the parade was
led by Arthur Gaskins, Tarleton
student, who was dressed as a
knight, and Dean J.'Thomas Davis,
and Mayor Henry Clark. The fifty-
piece Tarleton band, .led the cadet
corps of approximately 700 mem-
bers, in the first parade of the
current term. The college girls,
nearly 500 strong, followed and
immediately behind them came the
high school band leading the thous-
and pupils of the city schools.
After the schools ha4 passed in
review, the Horse Show parade
proper, led by Sheriff Mont Tho-
mas, began. There were some 25
or 30 fine Palomino horses in this
parade, as the Horse Show this
year featured this breed of ani-
mal. Four clowns, Jack Stewart,
Clifford Johnson (Tarleton stud-
ent), F. W. Snelling, and Dan
Evans on a docile milk cow, fur-
nished plenty of amusement for
the throng. Two large Brahma
bulls, owned by Banner Keeney
and Ed Hampton, were the only
other livestock entries in the pa-
rade, other than horses and jacks.
In the bicycle brigade were some
14 boys and girls riding brightly
colored wheels. A small Hooks boy
drove goats hitched to a small car-
riage.
Many beautiful saddle horses
were ridden by both local and visit-
ing men and women and riders and
horses alike drew much favorable
comment.
Judge A. P. Young, in an old-
style frock-tail coat and derby hat,
L. L. Keyser in his cut-away and
high silk hut, and Mrs. L. L. Key-
ser, dressed in Mrs. H. B. Keyser’s
handmade wedding drOsg, \^ere all
in the line of march.
Mr. and Mrs. Hooks drove a
beautiful team and carried as pas-
sengers in the wagon Mmes. John
Burnett, M, M. Cessna, A. P.
Young, Harry Fay, Paul Chand-
ler and Jess Cox, all of whom were
dressed in the best styles of yes-
terday.
Mrs. Pearl ('age, accompanied
by Herbert Long as the “dandy”
rode in an old-fashioned buggy
belonging to A. Platt. Incidentally,
Mr. Long reported that he had
great difficulty finding a horse that
would work singly to the buggy.
Mrs. Cage, dressed in the style
of a generation ago, wore a dove-
grey satin hat that was the very
latest millinery creation sixty-five
years ago. It was tho wedding hat
of a relative of Mrs. W. L, Lang-
ford of Bluff Dale. The hat, hand-
made, weighed several pounds and
the crown alone was 15 inches
across.
The crowd missed a pleasant
sight when a horse belonging to
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Barham, re-
fused to take part in the parade
because of the band music.
The Hillbilly harmonica band of
the local Junior High School, and
the high school girls representing
the Blackbird Minstrel show, drew
much applause, as did the high
school football team.
There were new model cars,
floral displays, and other features
too numerous to mention, but of-
fficials of the Horse Show and
the crowds who viewed the long
parade all voiced their approval
of this event, which was the best
ever , held here in connection with
a program of this kind.
Mineral Wells la Next Meeting
Place for District Veterans;
Here Last Week
Local Firms Not To
Contribute Except
On RMA Approval
At a meeting held Monday in the
Chamber of Commerce assembly
room a large number of Stephen-
ville business men agreed not to
make donations to solicitors for
any cause unless those solicitors
have a written letter of approval
signed by the secretary of the local
Retail Merchants’ Association.
It is understood that the secre-
tary of the RMA will be governed
in such matters by a secret com-
mittee, to be appointed by the
Chamber of Commerce.
Action was taken when it became
apparent that too many solicitors
were out on comparatively unim-
portant matters, extracting a
heavy toll from local merchants
and professional people and ob-
structing needed donations to more
worthy causes.
Open Highway 89 Bids
Among the low bids tabulated by
the State Highway Department
Tuesday and referred to the Com-
missioners for contract awards,
probably within a few days, was orve
in Parker, Palo Pinto, Erath and
Eastland counties, on Highway 89
from near Big Grindstone Creek
in Parker county to intersection
with Highway 1 in Eastland coun-
ty; W. R. Briggs & Company and
Public Construction Company,
Pharr, $110,401.
To Hold Hallowe’en Carnival
According to a communication
received from Mrs. Paul Fallin of
Duffau, a Hallowe’en Carnival will
be held at the Duffau school, Sat-
urday night, October 30. There will
be good music and other forms of
entertainment. The public is in-
vited to attend.
Misses Ruth Moss and Doris Fer-
guson, Mmes. John Tom Heaton,
Burette Stone and Winston Welch
spent Friday shopping in Fort
Worth.
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
PROCLAMATION
AMERICAN ART WERK, NOVEMBER 1 TO 7, 1937
WHEREAS, the human happiness of the cltizenaaf Stephenville, the
center of culture In this part of Texas, Is greatly air acted by the beauty
with which they are surrounded; and
WHEREAS, the artists and craftsmen ef the nation can do much to
Improve the appearance of our person, homes, cities and country sides
by the application of their specialised training to every walk of life;
and
WHEREAS, further Improvement can be brought about by our com-
mon effort uniting the interest of business and professional men and
women, artists and craftsmen, libraries, schools, churches, newspapers,
stores, and theatres by presenting our artists and their work for a taller
appreciation by the people of our city.
NOW, THEREFORE, I. HENRY CLARK, Mayor of the City of Ste
phenville, do hereby proclaim and designate the week beginning Novem-
ber the 1st, 1937, as American Art Week, and I Invite the co operation
of all our cltlsens to bring about a greater understanding, use and ap-
preciation of the line arts and the allied crafts throughout art week and
the coming year.
By the Mayor:
HENRY CLARK.
BENEFIT MOVIES
RAISE $300 FOR
BAND UNIFORMS
Committees Named To Finish
Raising Needed Amount To
Complete Project
At a meeting Thursday after-
noon at 1 o’clock in the Chamber
of Commerce assembly room, it
was reported that a net earning
of $300 was realized from the ben-
efit theatre program Wednesday
afternoon and night at the Majes-
tic Theatre to raise funds for the
purchase of uniforms for the Ste-
ihenville High School Band mem-
ers.
Committees were named at the
meeting, composed of representa-
tive business und professional citi-
zens of the city, to make plans for
the financing of the fund up to
$1,000. These committees will be
out today on this proposition.
There is quite a bit.of enthusi-
asm over the proposition and it is
expected to be completed without
much difficulty.
Although it has mot yet been de-
cided what price uniforms to buy,
it is roughly estimated that $1,000
will be required to finance their
purchase.
The Majestic Theatre was leased
by a group of business and pro-
fessional people here for both the
Wednesday shows in an effort to
raise the required finances for the
uniforms. Although an extra large
crowd saw the show, it still lacked
several hundred dollars of the
minimum sum needed for the prop-
osition. The management of the
Majestic Theatre co-operated in
every way and it was regretted
by the sponsors of the move that
an insufficient capital was realized
from the proceeds.
Committees who will begin work
soon on raising the balance of the
$1,000 ask the co-operation of the
entire citizenship of this vicinity
in aiding the purchase of uniforms
for members of the High School
Band, especially since Stephenville
District 3-A loop having a high
is the only town in the Oil Belt
school band without uniforms.
It is believed that nfany people
all over this territory will want
to join the movement and to those
who are not contacted it is sug-
gested that they mail checks to
A. H. Demke, treasurer of the
committee. -
Mayor Proclaims Art Week
Mayor Henry Clark, in a pro-
clamation this week, proclaims the
week of November 1-7 as Amer-
ican Art Week, and urges Stephen-
ville to observe the nation-wide
celebration with an artistic im-
provement program In every way
possible.
Mrs. T. H. Perry returned Wed-
nesday from a two weeks’ visit
with her husband, who is man-
ager of a drug store iigAnaon.
Rehabilitation of disabled veter-
ans of the World War and child
welfare were two themes of the
national program which received
endorsement by 120 members of
the Seventeen District American
Legion organization at a conven-
tion business session here Sunday
afternoon. Mineral Wells was se-
lected as the next meeting place,
the date to be announced later by
Fred Parnell, district commander,
Mineral Wells.
The convention began here with
early registration at Hail Hotel,
headquarters, starting at 10 a. m.
Saturday and ended after a chuck
wagon supper, following the bus-
iness session Sunday afternoon
from 2 to 4 o’clock in the district
court room.
Seventeenth District Ladies’
Auxiliary of the American Legion
met at the same time the veterans’
were in session. Meeting place
of the women was in the Chamber
of Commerce offices, presided over
by Mrs. Mildred Beaty of Albany,
chairman of the district organize-
- tion. A representative group of
women from the district attended
the <o><*eting and Mrs. Beaty ex-
pressed hopes of organizing a Ste-
phenville chapter of the Auxiliary,
j Routine business was attended to
| by the members.
I Much favorable comment was
heard following the address made
I by Rev. C. P. Jones, pastor First
Methodist Church at Dublin, at the
Memorial Service held Sunday
| morning at the local First Metho-
dist Church in honor of the conven-
j ing Legionnaires. Rev. S. L. Cul-
well, pastor of the church here,
read the Scripture, and special
music was provided. The service
was well - attended and well-
received.
A chuck wagon dinner, given by
i the local Ammon Turnbow past for
I the visiting veterans, was held at
the City Park Sunday at noon. The
Three-Circle Ranch chuck wagon
was used for the dinner, supervised
by a committee composed of Frank
Carlton, L. L. Hooker and District
Judge Sam M, Russell. Judge Rus-
sell was toastmaster. The com-
mittee was assisted by several
local citizens. An abundance of
food was left over and the Leg-
ionnaires were invited to return for
a supper after the, business meet-
ing in the afternoon. This was car-
ried out as an impromptu enter-
tainment feature before the veter-
ans departed for their respective
home towns. G. A. Tunnell, com-
mander of the Stephenville post,
estimated that 165 persons were
fed at the Sunday dinner.
A dance was held Saturday night
at the City Park pavilion in honor
of the convention delegates. The
Tarleton College orchestra furnish-
ed the music for the affair, which
was well-attended and conducted
in an orderly fashion.
The convention went on record
as expressing appreciation to both
the Stephenville and Dublin Amer-
ican legion posts for the excel-
lent manner in which the district
meeting was handled. Larry Dan-
iels, Graig Lane and J. T. Gray,
officials, were heard during the
business session.
At the regular meeting of the
Ammon Turnbow post here Tues-
day night, the local organization
passed a resolution thanking the
Stephenville business men and
others for their whole-hearted sup-
port in assisting with the decora-
tion program, sponsored by the
local post, and for the many cour-
tesies extended visiting veterans
during the convention.
Committees who arranged for
the convention program were as
follows: General committee, J. W.
Clements, Dr. O. O. Gaines, F.
M. Stigler; program committee, R.
F. Higgs. L. M. Black, Cecil
Phelps; registration, A. L. Graves,
Roy Lyles, R. W. Glenn; reception,
A. H. Newman, entire membership
Dublin fcnd Stephenville posts; en-
tertainment, J. C. Farmer, Ray
Cune, Henry Clark; luncheon,
Frank Carlton, L. L. Hooker, Sam
M. Russell.
Visiting delegates were assured
of every courtesy available at all
local clubs, the entire facilities of
the City, and a sincere desire on
the part of every local official to
make this conventlbn a big suc-
cess. That this was received was
evidenced by the many expressions
of appreciation extended by the vis-
itors.
Officials of the Ammon Turnbow
post of the American Legion are
as follows: Garland Tunnell, post
commander; J. W. Clements, vice-
commander; Sam Thompson, sec-
ond vice-commander; Dr. J. C. Wil-
son, third vice-commander: John
M. Watts, post adjutant; C. J. Rus-
sell, historian; H. B. Garrett, fin-
ance officer; L. L. Hooker, child
welfare, and D, S. Ray, sergeant-
at-arms.
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, October 29, 1937, newspaper, October 29, 1937; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1130588/m1/1/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.