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Office of Publication Opposite County Jail
Volume 51, No. 5.
McKinney, texas, Thursday, November 26,1936
12 PAGES—SECTION ONE
Anna Oil Well
Attracting Crowds,
* Much Interest
Hundreds of people, many from
* McKinney, visited tlie oil well north
of Anna Sunday. Autos were “going
of Anna, Sunday. Autos were “going
and coming” all day long, especially
in the afternoon.
The drillers were busy. Have had
considerable difficulty with the
machinery. A cable broke during the
day, and while we were there they
were busy splicing the big wire
cable. It was a hard job. If you think
an oil well driller does not earn his
pay, then you should try it for a few
hours.
There is great interest being taken
in the well which is known as the
Burning No. 1, being drilled by the
Port Bolivar company. It is six
miles north of Anna, in the Wm.
Creager survey about half a mile east
Highway 75.
A bridge, regarded as a favorably
sign, delayed progress on the well
whicli was being bailed to test for-
mation drilled from 3,967-4,098 feet.
The bridge was broken late Saturday,
and operators believe that it Was due
to a gas or oil pressure.
After surface casing had been set
72 hours, the Guy Cox No. 1, D. R.
Clark, John Roland survey near West-
minster a few, miles further east was
to. resume drilling toward a 3,500-foot
deapth.
Best Christmas
w Since 1929 Seen
NEW YORK, Nov. 23.—The best
holiday season since 1929 for business
throughout the United States was pre-
^dicted. today by Henry H. Heimann,
^mxecutive manager of the National As-
^PPociation of Credit Men.
Heiman, in his monthly review, sent
to 20,000 association members in man-
ufacturing, wholesaling, and banking
firths, based his prediction “on the.
'general current record, of the reiiable
indices of business activity and prog-
TPSS.”
While business experts, added costs
from taxes and labor demands,” he
said “the consuming body is faced
with an increasing cost of living.,But
generally the .outlook over the short
range is decidedly favorable.’’
Thanks to Mrs. Joe Miller, Celina
Route 1, for cash to renew for The
Examiner and Dallas News.
Miss Lockie Griffin is having some
repapering and interior painting done
on a rent house that she owns on
South' Parker Street.
BUSINESS AT
THE TEMPLE
OF JUSTICE
DISTRICT COURT NEWS
Hon. F. E. Wilcox, Judge.
Tom L. Bailey, Clerk.
Marvin L. Collins, Deputy.
Horace H. Neilson, County Atty.
Roland W. Boyd, Assistant.
Mrs. Allie Jacobs, Assistant.
B. B. Taylor Conyictedi of Murder
The jury in the case of B. B. Taylor,
charged with murder in connection
with the death of J. M. Croker, who
was burned to death in a house de-
stroyed by fire October 4, 1932, in
Southeast Collin, returned a verdict
of guilty Saturday morning and as-
sessed his punishment at 20 years in
the .penitentiary. The jury deliberated
slightly more than an hour.
Motion for a new trial was filed by
Taylor’s attorneys Monday.
Civil Non-Jury, Week
civil non-jury docket was
^^aken up Monday morning.
The case of Shipley vs. Shipley,
suit for partition, was called and tried
before the court. The partition was
ordered.
New1 Suits
A. F. Trammell vs. H. S. Skaggs,
debt.
COUNTY COURT NEWS
Hon. J. Frank Harrington, Judge.
Mrs. Pearl Strother, Clerk.
Miss Bessie Keen, Chief Deputy.
Probate
Earl Jones and M. A. Jones have
made application to probate will of
M. T. Jones, deceased,.
Janice Taylor has made application
for letters of guardianship of Scott
Taylor, N. C. M.
Marriage License
Bill M. Sinsabaugh and Lillian E.
lde!r.
Bill Brockman and Eddie Recer.
Henlv L. Raines and Maye Chesney.
Visit Their Old
Home and Friends
Mrs. Ben W. Rhine of Paris and
her daughter, Mrs. G. A. Maxfield of
Clarksville came over and spent the
week-end in McKinney visiting old
friends. While here they were
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Clin^ Thompson, 1207 West Louisiana
Street.
Many years ago the Rhine family
was among the prominent citizens of
McKinney. For more than 25 yeara
Mr. Rhine was in the dry goods and
clothing business, succeeding h i s
uncle, Abraham ’ Rhine, and was
prominent in all civic interests. His
wife and daughter were active in
church and social affairs. Mrs.
Rhine's voice added much to the
choir of the Central Presbyterian
Church and she often sang on other
public occasions. Mrs. Maxfield (Del
to her friends) was church organist,
being an accomplished musician.
Mrs. Rhine attended services at the
Central Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning. And it was her great
pleasure to make a substantial dona-
tion toward paying for the beautiful
new organ just installed. She en-
joyed the music and sermon and
meeting old friends, and children of
those gone before. Many changes
since the old; frame Cumberland
Presbyterian building stood on that
ground, brought hack happy memo-
ries of early days but of course there
was a tinge of sadness, too. Her
visit to the church was greatly en-
joyed by everyone.
During their brief visit Mrs. Rhine
and daughter had the pleasure of
visiting with a number of their for-
mer old time friends and neighbors as
follows:
Mesdames C. P. Heard, Sarah
Howell, Mary Boyd, Henry A. Finch,
IR. L. Hoover, Jno. D. Page, J. M.
Pearson. Annabel McKey, S a m
Hill, H. L. Davis, J. P. Dowell, Lillie
Emerson, and others.
Their many friends enjoyed their
visit very much indeed.
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Thanksgivinv Service
Forest Grove Christ-
ian Church
On Thursday, November 26, 1936,
our regular national Thanksgiving
Day. there will be services held at
Forest Grove Christian Church, be-
ginning at 10:30 a. m. Rev. J. B.
Shettlesworth, Christian minister of
Commerce will preach the Thanks-
iving sermon. He will,also preach at
night during the rest of the week,
closing Sunday night. Come hear him
and enjoy our fellowship.
A. H. SNIDER, Pastor.
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Betty Bruce Allen
Dies at Grandparents
Home in Allen
Betty Bruce Allen, aged 7 years,
died at the home of her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom McMillan, at Allen
at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira
All fen of Fort Worth, formerly of this
county. Other survivors besides her
parents are a brother, Tommy Allen,
aged 12, and her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Stony Allen of McKinney.
Funeral services were held Monday
morning at 10:30 o’clock in the First
Christian Church in Allen with Rev.-
A. H. Snider officiating. Burial fol-
lowed in the Allen cemetery under
direction of C. C. Harris Funeral
Home.
Active pallbearers were Harold
Beam, Pat Allen, Stamford, Allen and
Logan Hurt.
Flower girls were Wanda Sims, Eu'
genia Pruitt, Aline Beam and Doris
Allen.
Attended Jubilee
Representative Grover Burton and
wife, Mayor Tom W. Perkins, Post-
master Walter B. Wilson and Hon.
Wallace Houston attended tlie Demo-
cratic Jubilee in Dallas Monday night
honoring the Texas delegation in
Congress. Senator Joseph T. Robin-
son of Arkansas, a Majority Leader
for the Democrats in the Senate, was
the principal speaker.
Misses Lavanda Snider, Margaret
Golden and Anna Lee Rose of East
McKinney were welcome business
callers at the Examiner office to
leave a notice of Thanksgiving ser-
vice at Forest Grove, where Miss
Snider’s father, Rev. Ab Snider, is
the beloved pastor.
ued on Page Bight.)
E. T. Massey and his young nephew1,
Wayne Massey, gave us a call Satur-
day and renewed for The Examiner.
Mr. Massey lives on the Finch farm
north of the, city two miles.
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READ A. &. P. GROCERY: PRICES.
Observe Golden Anniversary
is*
8§
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Mallow, pio-
neer residents of the community,
celebrated the golden anniversary* of
their wedding with an open house at
their home one mile south of Melis-
sa, on Tuesday. November 17.
now owned by W. C. Dvsart.. They
moved awtiy to. Brown County and
died in 1870. His mother Was a daugh-
; ev r-.f another one of the early day
families, John and Sarah Fitzliugh.
On; display at the celebration were
They were married November 17. ?. ?ak or, spPrs macle in 1858, in a
blacksmith shop winch stood where
1886, at. the home of Mrs. Mallow’s
parents, the late Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Scotty Forsyth's shop now stands on
North Tennessee Street in McKinney.
Rattan, four miles northwest of Me- £°rUl lennessee Street m McKinney,
lissa. Mrs. Mallow's father was at™? *Purs were worn by the Date. S. D.
brother of Mrs. J. W. Tlirockmorton. | nismber ct ^'ie ranger corn-
wife of Governor Throckmorton Her I ®.anj "h.cm discovered Cynthia Ann
mother was a daughter of Mr.' and ! Wlth ,the Indiari tr!be- which
Mrs. John Coffman, pioneer residents i \ai ad°Pte(l aeJ- Other relics on dis-
of that community. i were a 125-year-old: quilt and a
• china pitcher a century old. Mr. Mal-
low. an orphan, was reared by Mr;
Mr. Mallow’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lewis C. Mallow, resided for many
years on their farm near Melissa,
Hatleiv
Mr. Mallow is 75, his wife, 74.
Must Pay Split
Taxes by Nov. 30
Tax Collector N. D. Ready requests
The Examiner to give notice to all tax
payers in the county that November
30tli is the last date on which they
will be ‘permitted to pay what is
called the .‘split” tax. That is, .half
their taxes due for 1936. may be paid
now and one-half on or before June
30th, 1937.
This is a great convenience to many
who may be able to pay half now and
the balance later. But if you fail to
pay half by November 30, then you
must pay all of your taxes when due;
or suffer the penalty.
Mr. Ready has been a most accom-
modating and efficient collector, and
is very anxious to save every tax
payer all he can. Hence this urgent
notice.
Examiner Issued
One Day Early
The Examiner is 1 issued 24 hours
earlier than its regular publication
day this week on account of the
Thanksgiving Holiday. The post of-
fice closes Thursday, so we have to
do this to “catch the mails” Friday
morning and get. our paper on the
rural routes throughout the county.
Quite a number of advertisements
and iiewsy rqral letters came in too
late. These letters will appear next
week.
Thanks to Pete Nowlin-of the Cope-
ville community for $1.00 to renew
for Examner.
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J. E. Shelton, Denver, Col., sends
cash to renew for The Examiner.
Thanks.
John A. Pace Weds Margaret
Abernathy Tuesday Evening
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pace, whose
marriage took place Tuesday evening
at the St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
here, are on their wedding trip to
Mexico, after which the couple will
make their home in Dallas.
Mrs. Pace is the former Miss Mar-
garet Ozella Abernathy, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. William Roberts Aber-
nathy, McKinney, and the! bridegroom
is the son of Mrs; Susie Snyder Pace
of Dallas.
The Rev. W. J. Petter performed
the ceremony before the altar, which
was hanked with palms and ferns
that were in contrast to many bou-
quets of white chrysanthemums. Gar-
lands of the greenery ornamented the
nave of the church, which was softly
illuminated by slender tapers.
Mrs. Gibson Caldwfell presided at
the organ and Mr. Arthur Field Heard
sang “Because.”'
Bride Given In Marriage
The bride, ‘who was given in mar-
riage by her father, wore a fitted
gown of white satin designed with
long pointed sleeves and train. Her
billowy tulle veil, which was edged
with delicate' pointed d’Viemiese lace,
fell from a small coronet of seed
pearls.
Her flower’s, gardenias and valley
lilies, Were fashioned into a flat bou-
quet. .
Miss Annetta Robertson, Dallas, at-
tended the bride as maid of honor and
Mrs. William Abernathy, her sister-
in-law, was the matron ofi honor. The
bridesmaids were Miss Patty Carver,
Dallas; Mrs. Frank Hanna, St. Joseph,
a cousin of the bride, and Mrs. Paul
C. Young, Dallas.
The frocks of these attendants were
similar and were fashioned' of yellow
chartreuse taffeta, trimmed with vel-
vet ribbon, which also banded the
throatlines. Their loose taffeta jack-
ets had the fullest of puffed sleeves
and in their hair were arranged
wreaths of gold leaves, which held
in place tiny maline veils. Their
flowers were sheaths of long-stemmed
red roses.
Billy Charles Abernathy, the small
nephew of the bride, was the ring-
bearer and his father, William Aber-
nathy, was a. groomsman. Mr. Pace's
other attendants were Thomas Snyder
Pace, Dallas, a brother, who was best
man; J. B. Adoue II, Walton Head
and Dick Clark, Jr., all of Dallas, who
were groomsmen.!.
Mrs. Abernathy chose* a dark-blue
velvet with matching accessories and
Mrs; Pace wore a black velvet dress,*
a black French hat, and black acces-
sories. Their flowers were gardenias.
Reception Follows Ceremony
At the reception, which was held at
the Abernathy home immediately
after the ceremony, the bride’s table
was centered with a heart-sha.ped
wedding cake placed on a reflector
and white tapers burned ip silver can-
delabra. Arrangements of white
chrusanthemums were used in the re-
ception suite.
As Mrs. Pace left on her wedding
trip she wore a wine nubby wool two-
piece suit trimmed with a gray fur
and her accessories were gray.
Among out of town guests were
Mrs. L. A. Fiquet and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Hanna, St. Joseph;- Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Roberts and Mr. and
Mrs. Stanley Roberts, Jr., Sherman;
Mr. and Mrs. Baron McCullouch, Fort
Mortli; Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Smith, Mrs.
Eula Bowman and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Sneed of Dallas;.
Mrs. Pace attended S. M. U., where
she belonged; to the Pi Beta Phi so-
rority and was one of the Rotunda
beauties. Mij. Pace is a graduate of
S. M; U. and a member of the Phi
Delta Theta fraternity. He is also
a graduate of the Law School of the
University of Texas*’ Last year he
was secretary of the Idlewild Club
and he is a member of the Terpsicho-
rean Club and the Hesitation Club.
Mrs. IdaBell
Paralysis Stroke
Victim Sunday
Mrs. Ida Bell, age 67, died at 6:30
Sunday, November 22, at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. George Peve-
house, of a paralytic stroke.
Mrs. Bell had been a resident of
Texas for six years. She- wlas born in
Tennessee on December 27, 1867.
Funeral services were held Mon-
day morning at 11 o’clock at Mt. Olive,
with Rev. Gilbert of Melissa, official
ing. Interment was in the Williams
Cemetery nearby.
Mrs. Bell is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. George Pevehouse, McKin-
ney Route 1 and Mrs. Della Center
of Saint Elmo; Tenn.; nine grandchil-
dren, and five great grandchildren.
McKinney To Be
Gaily Decorated
For Christmhs
Union Services
First Christian
Church 10 a. m.
McKinney churches will lead the
way in the apnual observance of
Thanksgiving Day here Thursday
with Rev. Emmett H. Mays, pastor of
the First Methodist Churcli, as the
principal speaker for the union ser-
vices at the First Christian Church.
The choirs and; singers of the city,
irrespective of church, will furnish
the music. Mrs. 'J. E. Largent will
direct the program, a-pd Miss Tennie
Strickland, organist, will preside at
the organ.
The service will start promptly at
10 o’clock. The regular United
Charities offering will be made.
The business houses will close
throughout the day.
Proclamations by President Frank-
lin Delano Roosevelt and Mayor Tom
W. Perkins have been issued.
Many local citizens are planning
out of town visits,, while- others will
receive guests here.
The Union Services, which are al-
ways among the most impressive re-
ligious observances of the year, are
expected to attract a large attendance.
At that time James S. (Scotty) For-
syth, disburser for the local United
Charities, is expected; to give a re-
port of the present condition of the
funds.
Thanksgiving Servi-
ces Led by Prof.
Smith Wednesday
Thursday morning service will be
held in union with the various de-
nominations at the Christian church.
Dr. C. S. Weaver, pastor. Dr. E. H.
Mays will deliver the annual .Thanks-
giving sermon.
Prof. W. S. Smith wiil conduct a
special Thanksgiving service in the
Baptist Church Wednesday night at
7:30 o’clock. C. M. Bryan will be in
charge of the music.
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Mrs. A. H. Brinlee of Anna was
shopping in McKinney Tuesday. Mrs.
Brumlee is a good friend to The Ex-
aminer and enjoys the reports sent in
by our efficient reporter, Miss Estep.
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Frances Griffin and Ed Lewi3
were in from the Foote community
Saturday.
Mr. T. E. Craig, who was recently
named General Chairman of the
Christmas Holiday program in Mc-
Kinney, called a meeting of all the
committees for the observance here
Tuesday afternoon at which time
definite plans were made.
The heads of the committees, Chas.
M. Cooper, Publicity; Newton J. Bur-
kett, Finance; Erwin Kissinger, Pro-
gram, and W. L. (Bill) Glazener, Dec-
oration, and their members entered
into the general discussion and work-
ed out details for the program with
much optimism.
As has previously been announced,
the lights will be turned on Friday,
night, December 11th. Tentative-
plans call for a huge downtown street
parade on the following Friday night,
December 18th. Erwin Kissinger and
his committee in charge of this event.
The arrival of Santa Claus in McKin-
ney will also be celebrated at this
time with local bands and other or-
ganizations entering into the line of
march. It is expected to be a gala
event with thousands of citizens from
Collin county and other North Texas
areas expected to be preseht.
Finance Committee Busy.
Newton J. Burkett, Chairman, and
his Finance Committee will be out
canvassing the business district with-
in the next few days, securing funds
for carrying out this elaborate Christ-
mas program. Advance reports are
encouraging and they are expecting to
complete their duties in a short time.
Prizes for the best decorated homes
in the city will be given. However,
whether or not they are competing for
prizes, every local citizen is urged to
have some kind of variety of decora-
tion in his home.
The effect that McKinney gives dur-
ing the Yuletide with home after home
decorated in lights and Christmas
trees, is indeed a beautiful picture. It
is a matter of civic pride that Mr.
Craig, the General Chairman; and all
hi. committees; Hansford Ray, Presi-
dent, and Chas. E. Graves, Secretary
of the Retail Merchants Association,
are urging the citizenship to co-ope-
rate.
SKIDDING TRUCK RUNS
INTO AUTOMOBILE
Mrs. L. C. Kenyon with her son,
Leo Pratt, and nurse suffered an
accident while enroute to the Cen-
tennial Monday morning in which
their car ran into a ditch when a
truck skidded into them on the high-
way. Mrs. Kenyon and son were not
injured but the nurse received bruises.
They returned to their home in Mc-
Kinney without making a visit to the
Centennial. Their car was badly dam-
aged.
England Seeks Reserve
Oil in Texas for War
DEAL HINTS NEW TREATY WITH RUSSIA AND
JAPAN
England is taking the lead to prevent European
peace with “tongue in cheek” it became known Tuesday
as Railroad Commissioner Lon A. Smith scheduled a con-
ference in Austin with a mysterious New York oil broker
on the availability of 143,000,000 barrels of East Texas
oil for European and Asiatic purchasers.
England, with her vast oil reserve holdings in Asia
Minor, apparently is afraid the Spanish revolution soon
will embroil Europe in a major conflict with the Mediter-
ranean sea as the theater of warfare. Such a conflict
'would imperil Britain’s source of petroleum, a product
necessary for the islands’ ordinary civil life and vital to
any kind of fighting.
The New York agent is said to be representing Ger-
many and Japan also in this almost unprecedented single
purchase of oil. These two nations also are on the verge
of beating war drums. The recent Nazi-Japanese pact,
obviously a thrust at Russia, has aroused Soviet hatred
and England has sided with the two nations as far as is
possible. The reported oil deal thus hints at a pact be-
tween the three nations which has not yet appeared in
diplomatic communications.
The purchase of oil would amount to almost as much
as the giant East Texas field can produce in a year’s time,
the allowable being only around 450,000 barrels a day.
Smith was in Dallas Monday to talk with Senator Tom
Connally on whether illegally produced oil in East Texas
could be sold to the foreign purchasers. The result of
the conference has not been made known, but the success
of the conference in Austin is supposed to hinge on the
outcome of the Smith*Connally parley.
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