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THE EXAMINER, J
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McKinney Dry GoodsCo.
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Shop with Confidence at Our Store
WORK SHOES
$1.98
Pool’s Interurban Special
the
OVERALLS
$1.05
PRESIDENT WORK SHIRTS
49c
Thursday
86 inch
9-4 Brown
Printed
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the
36 inch Solid Color
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BROADCLOTH
Real Estate Transfers
Westminster
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Giles
White’s Grove
Farnham—Elizabeth
Fanny
re-elected
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Dabbs survey,
present
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Hammonds Durham,
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LET’S BUILD THAT HOUSE NOW-
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AN INSTITUTION FOUNDED UPON PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
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“The Quality House”
McKinney, Texas
We have a fine stock of merchandise,
business is good.
Blue, pink, maize, white,
brown, black
An unusual value.
Good quality
25c yard
Dairy Maid
SHEETING
A shoe for hard wear
No Compo.
Genuine leather soles
NEW
BEAUTY
For Your Kitchen
Central Hational Bank
of McKinney
Member Federal Reserve System
Deposits Insured Under the Terms of The Banking Act of 1933.
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Subscribe for The Examiner.
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McKinney,
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week-end
Mr.
WITH THE
NEW
McKinney dry goods co.
Your Department Store
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with concealed Everdur Metal Fuel Tank
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Use
OTHEVE
(Double Strength)
BLEACHES and
CLEARS THE SKIN
Gives You A Lovely Complexion
and transfers
the County
this week,
reports as fol-
Week in McKinney
Was a Success
SUNDAY BANNER
DAY AT THE FULL
GOSPEL CHURCH
1854 acres in
5125.
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WILCOX LUMBER CO.
Phone 120
Better Cooked
FOODS
for Your Table
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Your needs and requirements are always of the utmost importance
when a decision must be made by the officers of this institution. Your
business, your city, your personal affairs are all considered. And we
attempt to make each decision that which will benefit you the most.
Smart new spring
patterns. Fast color.
15c
Houston Fire Department.
He states that certificates will
be given all those completing the
work satisfactorily. Mr. Walker
holds B. S. and C. E. degrees
from Rice Institute, Houston, and
is now in charge as engineer on
several North Texas PWA proj-
ects. He has recently organized
such classes in first aid at Green-
ville and Farmersville. He ex-
pects to he here for some time
THOSE WHO USE WHITE B3L-
‘ “■"'I FLOUR KNOW OF ITS
SUPERIOR QUALITY.
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_____ ... _________ Mr. and Mrs. Lee Turner of Cranes
husband~and son" Harvey and daugh-I West Texas, spent the week-end with
ter, Ella Jean. i.the latter’s r----1'r~
Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Vanderventer > Claude Neeley
and family visited I
parents,
in this
Double pockets, full cut, well
made, a shirt value___________________
Pay for it like paying rent. Consult us and we will
help you finance the building of your home.
This is the store to concentrate your buying . . .
You will find savings and satisfaction in every
purchase you make.
A. F Hartfelder
Southland Ice Co.,
5100.
Mollie Hamonds Figg, et vir to
Ada Mae Hammonds Durham, 98.15
acres in J. Douthit survey, 5xxx.
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F. C. Thompson attended a family
reunion at the home of John McDuf-
fie and wife in Sherman, Sunday.
Mr. McDuffie is a brother of the de-
ceased wife of Mr. Thompson. His
brother, Will McDuffie, a railroad
man of Kansas City, has retired aft-
er many years service and is making
1 is home with his brother and wife
in Sherman. Relatives were present
from Fort Worth and other points.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. G. St. Clair and
daughter, Miss Hope, of Pike were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Oren L. Hope
and daughter, Miss Joy, in this ctiy,
Sunday.
We will help you with your plans and assist in
arranging a loan on long time at a low rate of in-
terest with our home companies or under title 2 of
the National Housing Act.
The Standard First Aid Course
of the American Red Cross will
toe given each Monday and Wed-
nesday evening, commencing at
8:00 o’clock, in the City Hall in
this city, according to announce-
ment made today by the McKin-
ney Volunteer Fire Department,
who are sponsoring the course.
It will continue for three weeks.
The first course begins Monday.
W. J. Walker of Houston, who
will be in charge of the instruc-
tion, says that any one who cares
to do so may take this course,
free of charge. Mr. Walker, who
is one of the instructors of the
American Red Cross and also of
the Firemen Training School, an-
Mfek Dually, at Texas A. & M. College,
W W£s for years in charge of the
-Y- first aid and safety work of the
National Cottoi^^^p
Mrs. Walter Usselton Sr., and
daughter, Miss Lillie Pearl and Mrs.
Cnarhe Usselton and children visit-
ed with
STANDARD FIRST AID COURSE OF THE
AMERICAN RED CROSS WILL BEGIN
- AT CITY HALL NEXT MONDAY EVENING
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Breckenridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Williams |
and baby of. Parker L—
with Mr. and Mrs. V. H. Grogan. ; Lyday Marshall, who underwent an
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Kent and daugh-; operation at . McKinney Saturday, is
ter, Miss Dorothy, Mr. and Mrs. ' reported improving.
Harvey Terrell and son, James and > --------o •
Mr. and rM .sRoy Maloney and son, ■ Subscribe for The Examiner.
The first general observance of
National Cotton Week, in McKin-
ney, was pronounced a huge suc-
cess Saturday, its final date, ac-
cording to Ula A. Saunders, Gen-
eral Chairman, and all others who
have labored incessantly to make
the occasion a delightful affair
for the entire county.
The final major event, the
‘Cotton Dance,’ sponsored at the
Hill Crest Country Club Friday
evening, was largely attended ac-
cording to President Maxwell F.
Perkins of the club, who had
charge of arrangements. Those
attending were urged to wear
cotton suits and dresses. Prizes
were awarded for the best cos-
tumes.
Only a few
filed for
Clerk,
Deputy
lows:
Chas. Carter and wife to Mrs. Mat-
tie Acker Carter, 34.06 acres in L. H.
McNeil et al survey, 5xx.
H. W. Hays and wife to E. P.
Naugle, 81.80 acrdes i’ J. G. Vance
survey, 54860.
G. W. Drake and wife to Larry F.
Drake, 45 1-3 acres in Geo. Fitzhugh
survey, 5xx.
Mrs. Bell Caldwell, et al to Claud
Evans, Lots in Nevada, 5100.
Emma Lu Tomlin to Mary H.
Taylor, Lots in Celina, 52500.
Federal Land Bank, Ho. to A. L.
Cai pent er, et al, 172 acres in H.
Walters survey, 52580.
Henry 'Watkins and wife to Ysabel
Garcia, Lots in McKinney, 540.
Ada Mae Hammonds-Durham,
Mollie Hammonds Figg, 1-2 inst
111 1-2 acres in Jonathan Douthit
survey, Sxx.
Federal x^and Bank to H. C. Alder,
Wm.
Ellison an®
Lonnie El«f-
Plano spent
Parvin. : SOn an(j baby a]j of _____ ___
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Walden^ visit- Sunday wth the laiter’s parents Mr.
1 Mrs.
plants and industries of the city.
The home demonstration club
women, their husbands, and 4-H
Club girls constituting this group
reached a number of around one
thousand. They were taken on a
tour of the various industries and
then treated to a huge barbecue
at Finch Park at noon.
The event was opened with a
“Baby Doll Parade” over down-
town streets Monday afternoon
in which approximately 125 kid-
dies, from 1 to 10 years partici-
pated, competing for prizes. This
was also witnessed by a huge
crowd.
The week not only provided de-
lightful entertainment centered
around the cotton idea, but was
cultural as well, various agencies
and methods being used to ex-
plain cotton and its manufac-
ture and to extoll the advantages
of its products to a city and coun-
ty whose chief dependence is the
successful production, manufac-
ture and sale of cotton.
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Mrs. J. D. White and daughter,
Mrs. Clyde Horn spent Thursday and
Friday in Waco, as guests of their
daughter and sister, Mrs. Ed Berry.
Prizes Awarded.
Secretary W. Hammond Moore
of the McKinney Chamber of
Commerce awarded the prizes, the
winners being Alfred Malley
Scott, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
Scott, and Miss Poppy Sears,
daughter of Mrs. Chas. Sears.
Les Winters and his Old Gold re-
cording orchestra furnished splen-
did music for the occasion.
No feature, except a general
observance of the cotton buying
, was
Sunday was a banner day at
the Full Gospel Church recently
organized here by Rev. Albert
Ott of Dallas. A total of 408 were
in the Sunday School with a
large attendance for the preach-
ing service. Rev. Ott, who brought
the sermon, stated that more
than fifty per cent of the audi-
ence was composed of young peo-
ple under twenty years of age.
Probably the biggest crowd to
attend since the revival meeting
has been in progress, was pres-
ent Sunday evening when every
seat was taken and many were
standing. Ten conversions resulted
from Sunday night’s service while
forty-two new members united
with the church during the day.
A tabernacle was begun on
North Chestnut Street, about a
block from the location of the
tent, with twenty-five people do-
nating labor free Monday. Others
are expected to help with
building which will be a frame
structure 40 by 80. “The building
will be dedicated next Sunday
with all-day services, a number
of prominent speakers including
the mayor and sheriff, dinner on
the ground and Baptismal ser-
vices for about a 100,” the Evan-
gelist states.
Services will continue all this
week at big tent. Monday night
Leonard Norvell, who has been
conducting the choir, spoke
Friday night, Rev. Earl Rogers,
Pastor of the Full Gospel Church
in Sherman, will speak.
Rev. Mr. Ott invites all local
citizens to tune in at) 8:00 a. m.
and 2:15 p. m. to the old Camp
Meeting programs every day
over WFAA.
Rev. Hilger preached here Satur-
day night and Sunday night.
The baccalaureate sermon
preached jSunday morning by Bro.
Hilger. The following pupils will
graduate Wednesday night: Truett
Hendricks, Glenda Holder, Celestine
Mahan, Jno. Evans, Ruby Griffin, J.
W. Miller.
The teachers were all
for another year.
W. C. Brinlee and little daughter,
Eloise and Carl Mullins visited their
grandson and brother, Jack Newman
of Trenton.
Decoration was held at Elm Greve
cemetery, Sunday.
Mrs. Farley and son, Pascal of
Whitewright, were in town Sunday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Mullin > and
family of near McKinney, spent Sun-
day with Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Mullins.
Mr. and Mrs. Godwin and family of
Princeton spent Sunday with Grand-
ma Reed who is sick.
Weldon Webb of Dallas spent Sun-
day with parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bil-
lie Webb.
There was a singing convention at
the Baptist church Sunday afternoon.
Large crowd attended.
Mrs. Peoples and three daughters
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. McDougal.
Mr. and Mrs. Rome Edwards and
children spent Sunday with Mr and
Mrs. Jim Davis.
Ma:tic Catherine, little baby girl
of Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Brown is sick.
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Perry and
son, Carl of Oxford spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Linvell Anderson.
Hillard Eubanks of Dallas, spent
Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Eubanks.
Mr. and Mrs. Boyd
daughter, Marietta of
spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson.
The annual home-coming will
held June 9th. The program will fol-
low later.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cantrell and
children and Mr. and Mrs. Ott Gray
of Valdasta, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Otis Johnson.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Stewart and
son of McKinney; Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
lie Jetton and children of neai* Mc-
Kinney; Mr. and Mrs .Chestei* Jet-
ton and baby of Melissa, spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jetton.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Atterbery aid
two daughters of Sherman spent
Sunday with mother, Mrs. Mittie At-
terberry.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Johnson
children of Howe, Mr. and Mrs. Dee
Buchanan and children of McKinney,
Mr. and Mrs. £
Altus, Oklahoma, spent a few nours
Tuesday with Mrs. B. A. Comer and
daughter, Agnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Hale and chil-
dren of Eagle Point spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brimer.
Mrs. Charlie Templin and Mrs. T.
C. Mitchell were joint hostesses for
a miscellaneous gift shower, honor-
ing Mrs. Gardell Chandler, Wednes-
day afternoon at the home of Mrs.
C
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Mg
deeds
record with
Mrs. Strother,
W. C. Hagy
and wife to
Lots in Celina,
cemetery here
flowers on the .
services were rained
Sunday in May.
Recent visitors in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Bryan were Mrs. R.
C. Clark; Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Glenn
and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Glenn, all
of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Yarbrough and
children of Point, Rains county and
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Garrett and chil-
dren of Rockwall, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Bourn and daugh-
ters, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Covington and
Freddie Gene attended decoration at
Big Springs, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil James of Dal-
las; Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Grubbs of
Plano, Rev. Gregg of McKinney and
Johnson Gant and son of Richard-
son, as well as several of the neigh-
bors visited with Mr. and Mrs. Jess
Collinsworth Sunday. Their son,
Francis, who has been sick for sev-
eral weeks, is able to sit up part of
the time.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Cothes and
children attended decoration at Bac-
cus Sunday.
Last Thursday Mrs. John Harring-
ton, Mrs. Verus Williams, Mrs. Grady
Cothes, Misses Winnie, Hattie and
Leona Bourn, Eva Mae Story, Eliza-
beth Bell and Pauline Bryan of the
Bethany Home Demonstration club,
went to McKinney where they visited
the industrial district. This tour was
sponsored by the Chamber of Com-
merce and several hundred farm men,
women and club girls went on this
tour. At noon a big barbecue dinner
was served at the beautiful park.
While in McKinney, these ladies
visited Mrs. Pearl Watson, who had
the misfortune to break her hip a
few weeks ago. Mrs. Watson is the
mother of Miss Elizabeth Watson,
teacher in the school here. She has
visited her on several occasions and
has many friends here who will be
glad to know she will soon be able to
be out.
School Closes.
The school will be out here Fri-
day, May 17. “Here Comes Charlie,”
will be presented Friday night. The
characters are:
Nora Malone—Leona Bourn.
Officer Tim McGrill—Jack Hedg-
coxe.
Mrs.
Watson.
Larry Elliott—Leffel Story. ;
Vivian Smythe Kersey—Eva Mae
Story.
Uncle Alex Twiggs—Leon Mallone-
Charlie Hopps—Thelma Raburn.
Mrs. Caroline Smythe Kersey—•
Aline Mallone.
Mortimer Smythe Kersey—Russell
Bryan.
Ted Hartley—Cecil Spencer.
The play will begin at 8:15. The
school children will give a program
before the play beginning promptly
at 7:15.
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Amazing New BAND-A-BLU Burner
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See these wonder- wk
ful new ranges at
our store.
Misses Jimmie and Onea Friar of
Prosper were week-end guests of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Friar.
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Winters, Mr.
and Mrs. A. A. King and daughters of
Fort Worth, Mr and Mrs George
Craighead and son of Cleburne, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Raper of Bowie, were
guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J.
\V. |Culwell.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Watson and
Mrs. Raymond Pirkle of Dallas,
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H.
D. Gilbert.
Misses Mary and Elsie Knight of
Plano are visiting their sister, Mrs.
Grady Gunter.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Shaw of Alla Hub-
bard visited J. P. Smallwood and
family Sunday afternoon.
Miss Thelma Johnston of Prosper
is guest of her sister, Mrs. Ross
Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Corbin Nixon of An-
na, spent Sunday afternoon with Mr.
and Mrs. Ira Nixon.
Mr. and Mrs. Vester Cox of Dallas,
spent Sunday -with the latter’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Mitchell.
Misses Mary Button, Geraldine and
Lyla Flesher of Van Aistyne were
week-end guests of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Button and Mr. and
Mrs. Virgil Flesher.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Choate and Mrs.
Nub Lewallen spent Sunday in Ce-
lina.
Mrs. H. R. Childress, Mrs. Willie
McNeil and Mrs. Alex Burke of Mc-
Kinney, visited friends here Wednes-
day afternoon.
_________ Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Culwell and
Spencer Spearman of [ daughter and Mrs. T. B.
Dallas, spent Sunday with parents,’
Mr. and Mrs. Jno. Hendricks.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Simpson of Ox-
ford spent Saturday night and
Sunday with parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sanders.
I ivir. vreraru vriics oi wesicy coi-
; lege, Greenville, visited a few days
Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Horn of Rowlett, over the week-end.
Misses Marguerite Melton and
Lena Belle Grogan spent the week-
end with the Misses Summers of at Westminster Friday night.
Viney Grove. i Our school closed ]
Mrs. June Evans and grandchildren short program in the morning and
Mary Frances and Charles Cornes of dinner spread at the noon hour. Mrs.
Verona visited last week with their Lee Meeks and Miss Essie Suther-
daughter and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. i land were teachers and they taught
Hunter Lawson. ,a good school.
Mrs. W. H. Wood was honored ’• Mrs. Meeks and family returned to
“Mother’s Day” with a surprise din- . Plainview.
ner. Those present were Mr. and |
Mrs. Edwin Epps and children; Mrs. !
Ogilvie, Mrs. W. T. Bolin and son, ;
R. T., all of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. !
W. T. Shields and daughter; Mr. and , ------
R. T., all of Dallas;
Take advantage of our years of experience and
our Service. Our Service is free, whether you
build or not.
idea in week-end: purchasing,
set for Saturday. *
Week Proves Success.
The week was pronounced a
success after the large group of
visitors from the rural" sections
came to the city Thursday as
guests of the McKinney Chamber
of Commerce on a tour of inspec-
tion of the various manufacturing
Mrs. T. J. Wood of Fort Worth, and j
the honoree, Mrs. W. H. Wood and !
ter, Ella Jean. ' i.the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mr and Mrs. Nolan Vanderventer Claude Neeley in this city. Mrs.
e.xxd Lxx.lly visited last week with Turner will be remembered as Miss
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lowe at’Annabel Neeley before her marriage.
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_________( Noel Gray of Blue Ridge is a pa-
spent Sunday ■ tient in the McKinney hospital. Mrs_
Mitchell. Mrs. Chandler was recent- Lee Roy, all of Dallas, spent Sunday
ly married. A refreshment course with Mr. Lee Shields and Mr. an®
served to 25 guests. i Mrs. J. N. McCarver and attended:
---------o--- . decoration at Mt. Olive.
' Mr. Gerald Giles of Wesley Col-
i with his aunt,
j Lindsey.
„' , 7 .4. j ,4 ' Mr- and Mrs. Grafton Williams of
Sunoay school was well attended, parser visited Mr. and Mrs. W. E-
Mr. and Mrs. Owen Sutherland and -williams Sunday
family spent Sunday with Mr. and ; M M . ’
Mrs. Jim Sutherland and family of children; Mr and Mrs.
Parvin. : SOn an(j baby
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ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Searcy 8nd Mrs. Will Shields. “They gave-
their mother a surprise dinner as a
Mother’s Day gift.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Lindsey visited
Friday with a
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Bethany f
Walter Usselton Sr., and
Charlie Usselton and children
ed with Mr and Mrs. C. A. Wiser
and family, Sunday.
CarPeuter left Sunday
Washington where he goes
delegate from Collin County
farm program.
.disses Elizabeth Watson and Thel-
ma Raburn spent the week-end at
k°fr>es in McKinney and Heath.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bryan and Bob-
.bie Jean of McKinney spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Brvan and
family.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Moore Miss
Vivian Gantt, and Watson and Leffel
Gantt and families, all of Dallas were
guests of their mother, Mrs. Rachel
Gantt, Sunday.
Miss Johnnye Anderson of Dallas,
spent Saturday with her sister,
Mrs. Louis Bourn.
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones and sons
visited at Forney, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Usselton and
children, Eldie and Nellie went to
Princeton Sunday, where they visiced
the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Adams.
Several people came out to
Sunday and placed
graves. Decoration
ained out the first
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