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AMARILLO SUNDAY NEWS AND GLOBE. AMARILLO. TEXAS
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY EDITION, 1938.
Scouts Served at Ozark Trail Opening
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First Dishes
By MRS. J. M. WINCHESTER
T'.'.cre are two ~zis to every-
where. One that leads to "here"
and one that leads someplace else.
Mrs. Maggie Chestnut happened
upon the road that leads to "here."
and because this is a story of "here",
fiis is a story of Mrs. Maggie
Chestnut.
Mrs. Maggie Chestnut came to
the Panhandle with her parents in
1889. Her father had filed on a
claim west of Amarillo about half
way between here and the present
site of Canyon.
They moved to Amarillo in the
winter time, to send the children
to school. Among the teachers were
Mrs. Margaret Wills and Miss Annie
McDonald. Among the children's
classmates were the Wheatleys, the
Sniders and the Eakles.
Mrs. Chestnut remembers that
once a group of Indians came to
the ranch and peered silently over
the fence at the Chestnut chil-
dren. But they gave no trouble;
Mr. Chestnut fed them and they de-
parted as silently as they had come.
A very nice orchard and a num-
ber of nut trees were set out around
the ranch house, but due to the
lack of rainfall and late freezes,
many of the trees died.
In 1893, Mr. Chestnut came to
Amarillo and was employed in the
M^Alpin Hardware Co. In 1899, he
married Maggie Trigg and opened a
hardware store of his own, between
r-"rth and rifth Streets on Polk.
Mrs. Chestnut recalls one stormy
winter when the children walked
over the drifts that covered the
fence surrounding the little school
house. They used to drive out in the
fa'll to see the great herds of long-
horns. Sometimes there was as many
as 10.000 being held near town wait-
ing for shipping cars. It was not safe
to go near the herds except on
horseback or in a buggy. The temper
of the longhorns was very uncer-
tain and they were easily stampeded.
Mr. Chestnut was one of the first
merchants to stock sets of dishes
and cooking wares. After his passing,
the stock was purchased by Wil-
liams Hardware Co.
Mrs. Chestnut has one son, Hugh
Chestnut, of Dallas.
Mules Burned
The first tide of settlers were In
the big ranch pastures and begin-j
ning to diffuse themselves into;
scattered communities when Henry |
Elkins and his family located in
the J A pasture in 1890.
The Elkins boys drifted out and [
made places for themselves. C. F.
now living near Happy, worked as
a cowpuncher for the late L. A. j
Knight and punched cows along-
side Will Rogers. H. F., went to
w ork on the J A Ranch. A. D , be-
came a freighter. He had 14 mules,
and once when he was making a
trip mto New Mexico a prairie fire
caught him and his teams. He
burned off a little patch to hold
his animals and wagons, but the
terrified mules broke and ran,
straight into the oncoming blaze.
A. P., escaped unhurt himself, but i
many of his mules had their ]
hooves burned off; others fell ex-
hausted and were stifled to death!
by the fumes and smoke.
Friends came to his rescue, and
goon he had another outfit going, j
Nora Elkins, now Mrs. W. L. j
Pearson of near Tulia. with three of |
her sons now runs the two-section
farm her late husband established,
25 years ago. Mrs. Elkins said thai
there were not more than a dozen
families within a 10-miie radius of j
her father's place when they entered i
the JA pasture.
"Folks trying to build Tulia," she j
gays, "did " not encourage unmar-
ried men to settle near there. They
wanted men with families to settle
and help build up the community.
The livery stable would not rent:
a single man a rig to go out and |
look at land. Most of them just
walked."
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Lone Cowboy Routs Thieves
In the early cattlemen's day along
the Texas and New Mexico border, I
a number of big ranchers would al-
low their cowboys to have a few cat- ;
tie or horses to run on the range j
free of cost. A young man, Jim ;
Timmonds, frugal, a good cowman,
and a hard worker, who feared no
man, was one of these. He raised a
good breed of cow ponies.
On one occasion Jim had been out
on the range for a few days, and
when he came in to the ranch he 1
went out into the pasture to look
after his horses. Twelve head of
young horses were gone. Jim found
where the fence had been let down
and the ponies driven out. Jim went
back to the ranch, strapped on two
six-shooters, buckled his Winches-
ter on to his saddle, got plenty of i
ammunition and leave from his boss j
to follow his ponies.
He tracked them into the moun- I
tains of New Mexico and found his
ponies in a small valley. Immedi- j
ately he began to round them up.
Five of the thieves rode in on Jim
and opened up a gun battle. Jim
accepted the challenge, pulled out;
his old Winchester and soon the bul- j
lets from his long range began to i
count. The thieves thought it best j
to withdraw and let him have his j
horses, but Jim was now mad and 1
determined not to let them off so
easy. He charged after them with i
that old Winchester pouring out lead
In a running fight. .The thieves
scattered, so Jim had to return to
his ponies. He rounded them up
and brought them back to Texas
safe and sound.
Such was the old cowboy.
SS.00
REWARD
For every new car prospect
you give us — and we sell!
Just call and give us the
name . , . We do the rest.
Strictly confidential.
Call 2-1237 and ask for Percy
Hcnpy or B. T. Dingwall —
Plains Chevrolet Co.
Compiled by a committee composed
«( Bishop E. C. Seaman, Dr. R. P.
Parcells and Guy Saunders.
As the life of the pioneer plains-
man settled into more or less con-,
ventional lines the younger genera-
tion of boys and girls demanded in
this country as vigorously as any-
where in the world a form of rec-
reation that would be an outlet for
some of their inherited longings
and impulses.
The first recorded organization
along this line for boys in Ama-
rillo was the Sons of Daniel Boone,
Willam F. Drannan, Fort Number
496, chartered in 1907. The national
group was founded by Daniel Beard,
later and even now the hero and
inspiration of the Boy Scouts of
America. This charter, found by a
member of order, was deposited in
the headquarters of the Amarillo
Area Council of the Bov Scouts. It
gives the names of some of the
boys of that day, now among the
leading business men, but the adult
leader's name was not indicated.
• • •
Then came Doctor Warner's
troop of Boy Scouts at Claude, the
first to be organized on the Plains.
The national movement was still
rather new in 1916 when a group
of boys in St. Andrew's Protestant
Episcopal Church urged upon Rev.
E. Cecil Seaman, then the new rec-
tor, that he organize a troop of
Scouts and serve as Scoutmaster.
Troop 1 resulted, under the spon-
sorship of the Episcopal Church.
Three years later in the National
Episcopal General Convention in
Detroit, Rev. Seaman inroduced a
resolution which was unanimously |
adopted and by which that church j
endorsed and sponsored nationally !
the Boy Scout movement.
The first project of Troop 1 was I
page and general Scout service at
the formal opening of the Ozark j
Trail, Highway No. 66, now to be i
known as the Will Rogers Memorial j
Highway.
About a year earlier a tentative
troop had been formed by an Ama-
rillo newspaper man but was not
chartered and did not endure.
* *
Among the early sponsors and
leaders of troops were Horace Rus- j
sell, Guy Faller, Guy Saunders and
Dr. R. P. Parcells, and the organiza- :
tions backing them were the Rotary j
Club and the Central Presbyterian !
Church which now sponsors a«d
houses four troops. Carl Thomsen |
was a Scout in Troop 1, and Dan j
Thomsen as soon as he was old |
enough joined Thoop 3; and their
father, Dr. R. Thomsen. was a
friend of Scouting from its incep-
tion here. John S. McKnight, for |
many years chairman of the Court
of Honor, is an outstanding Scouter.
L. C. White, for years a member ot !
the Boy Scout National Council,
has one of the longest local records J
of continuous service in Scouting.
A. A. Graham has perhaps the
largest possible number of merit
badges, and the whole area coun-
cil has for years included in its
active membership some of the
most prominent and effective busi-
ness and professional men of the
community. They have supported
loyally their area executives, Messrs.
| Nelson, Marvin Paul and C. A.
; Clark, and played the game with
I the National Council.
In recent years Amarillo Area
Scouting has taken root downward
in the Cub Pack organization for
boys of pre-Scout age under the
leadership of C. B. Johnson; and
has borne fruit upward in Sea
Scouting, begun by Bob Johnson
and Walter Mellor. and now thriv-
ing under a large and capable body
of leaders, including these two.
• ♦
Prom the beginning of the Ama-
rillo Tri-State Fair the Scouts have
rendered valuable service to the di-
rectors and to those who attend.
Its troop exhibits are now among
the most interesting things to be
seen at the fair.
Nearly all the Protestant church-
es, the public schools, the American
Legion and the Elks have helped
to carry out , the Scout program in
Amarillo and Claude. Vega, Here-
ford and other towns have co-ope-
rated in a fine way with the local
council when it was organized in
1926.
In 1921, William H. King, then
recently from Denver, with the con-
sent of Rev. Father Allard, organ-
ized a troop sponsored by the Sac-
red Heart Catholic Church. This
troop rated high for a time and
then for a number of years did not
renew its registration, but came
back strong as Troop 21 under the
same scoutmaster.
« • •
Troop 24 is sponsored bv the
Jewish Congregation and is making
a good record under the leadership
of a Gentile scoutmaster backed
enthusiastically by Rabbi Alex S.
Wiesel.
So does Scouting as an American
Institution tend to hold a com-
munity's interests together in a
wholesome, character-building pro-
gram of supervised recreation. The
Scout. la""S help to develop char-
acter, its system of advancement
stimulates worthy ambition and its
merit badge tests have helped many
a boy to find and follow a worthy
vocation.
Scoutmasters of former days now
count among their most trusted
and admiring friends young men
who were formerly their Scouts.
The real workers and the key men
in Scouting are the scoutmasters
and assistants who deserve all the
honors that come their way.
The whole program is built
around the Scout Oath:
"On my honor I will do my best
to do my duty to God and my
country, and to obey the Scout law;
to help other people at all times;
to keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake and morally
straight."
• * •
Council officers are: G. C. Mc-
Swain, president; M. W. West, vice
president; Dr. Alex Wiesel, vice
president; L. D. Edwards, vice
president; Lewis P. Fields, treasurer
and Clay Thornton, commissioner.
Members-at-large are L. C. White,
H. N. Miller and W. R. Summers.
A. A. Graham is the national
council representative, and C. A.
Clark is Scout executive. Maude
Stewart is office secretary.
Committee chairmen are: ,J. E.
Spann, organization; Roy Stock-
ton, training; Paul A. Potter, camp-
ins; Dr. B. M. Primer, health and
safety; John B. McKninht. advance-
ment.; Dorsey R Smith, finance; P.
W. Britain, cubbing; Bob R. John-
Legionnaires Here Keep Apace
By CAROLINE A. WILCOX
Post Historian
American Legionnaires in Ama-
rillo oh July 1 of next year will ob-
serve their twentieth anniversary.
Hanson Post No. 54, named for
Dr. David Thomas Hanson, was or-
ganized on that date, July 1, 1919,
with 90 charter members.
"On ihe road back." Amarillo's
World War veterans encountered no
difficulty in selecting a name for the
post. Capt. David I. Hanson, a
physician who had practiced several
years in Amarillo. was killed in-
stantly while trying to rescue a
wounded soldier.
Dr. Hanson was a man of unusu-
ally fine character and courage. He
had volunteered in the Spanish
American War, and also in the
World War, and was a captain in
the Medical Corps, attached to the
142nd Infantry. He was killed dur-
ing an attack on St. Etienne on Oc-
tober 8, 1918. He was buried where
he fell, but later his body was re-
moved to tlie Argonne Cemetery,
and in September, 1921, was
brought back to his old home town
and laid to rest in the Cartwright
Cemetery near Tuscola, 111.
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Dr. Hanson was born August 17.
1877, in Tuscola. He was graduated
from both the academic and medical
departments of Northwestern Uni-
versity. The university erected a
memorial tablet on the campus in
his honor, and on that occasion
President Walter Dill Scott said of
him:
"After his death lie was given the
Croix de Guerre, and it was laid on
the stone when the memorial was
unveiled.
"Genius must guide a nation at
times, but Hanson was the material
without which neither a great na-
tion nor a sound society can exist.
He had sufficient ability for useful- j
ness and for service to others, but
not enough to reward himself with
distinction. He had character, for-
titude, and ideals, and would make
any sacrifice for the ideals.
"The memorial at Northwestern
is even more significant than the
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at I
Arlington."
The inscription on the tablet i
reads: "He played four years on the !
scrubbs; he never quit."
Dr. Hanson came to Amarillo aft-
er graduation and practiced medi-
cine.
Hanson Post sent flowers when
his funeral was held, and the post,
charter in Legion Hall was draped '
m mourning for 30 days.
The flag which accompanied his I
body was sent to the post bv his !
brothers, John H. and Dayton T.
Hanson of Tuscola, and his picture !
was presented to the post, where it '
accupies the place of honor.
. • .
When the post was organized, '
meetings were held once a month '
in the Woodmen Hall, then later
twice a month in the district court-
| room, and following this, in the San-
born home. Early in 1921, the post
| endorsed the building of a municipal
j auditorium with quarters In one
W'ing for the Legion Home.
After months of rehearsal, a home
talent play, "The Doughbov," was
given by the Legion and Auxiliary
at the opening of the auditorium.
The proceeds, with a donation from
the D. A. R„ served to furnish the
home and leave a fund on hand for
other expenses.
Early in 1920 the post was affili-
ated with state and national head-
I quarters.
I Past National Commander Alvin
Owsley was the guest of the post
| on May 2, 1923, when he formally!
dedicated Municipal Auditorium A
| public reception was given in his I
! honor in the Legion Home jm-
; mediately alter the dedication ser-!
i vices, and that night a banquet was
held for him.
Other national commanders who!
ha\e been guests of the post are
Hansford MeNider. Paul V. McNutt,
Ralph O'Neill, Louis Johnson. Frank '
L. Beigrano, Jr.. and Harry Colmery.
* * •
Voiture Locale No. 689, was or-
; ganized and wrecked by the mem-
bers of Texas Voiture No. 266. at
| Canyon, with 15 charter members,
: the charter being issued April 9
! 1924.
This Voiture has been verv active, j
and one of the best in the state!'
It has assisted the Legion in mem-
bership drives, in Armistice celebra-
| tions, and the Christmas programs.
In 1935. during the Confederate
i Veteran's Reunion, members of the
! post and unit handled registration
| of visitors, guests and delegates to
j the convention.
A drive was begun in 1927 to se-
cure a Veteran's Hospital for the
Panhandle of Texas, and this work
| has gone steadily forward since
| that time.
The Daughters of the American
Revolution erected a monument on
the lawn at the Municipal Audi-
torium in honor of the "Panhandle
Boys of the World War." and this
I statue was formally dedicated and
i unveiled at the Armistice services
in 1928.
• • •
During 1929. Hanson Post was
[Incorporated, and a full-time
! adjutant and service officer was in-
: stalled to take care of claims and
j other matters for ex-service men in
j the community and surrounding
j district.
Two Gold Star Mothers made the
j pilgrimage to France in 1930 to
visit the graves of their sons, Mrs.
L. D. Heyser, whose son, Vanduke
Heyser, is buried in the Meuse-
i Argonne Cemetery, and Mrs. Fran-
[ eis Parkinson, whose son. Phil
, Parkinson, is buried in Belleau
Wood Cemetery.
The department historian, Gar-
I land Adair, visited the post in 1933
and with the assistance of the post.
| commander, put on a World War
Pageant at the Tri-State Fair.
In 1936. the post endorsed a mem-
ber of the auxiliary, Mrs. Will Ben-
ton, for department president and
She was elected to this office at the
department convention in Beau-
mont. She served with distinction,
son, senior scouting; J P. Harri-
son. publicity; Father T. J. Drury,
inter-racial; Bishop E. C. Seaman,
church relations; Fred DeCoster,
building and equipment.; T. W. Oil-
strap. civic service; Dr. J. B. Lan-
ders. reading and C. M. Rogcis.
survey.
and is at present national executive
committeewoman from Texas and
department child welfare chair-
man.
At the Eighteenth district conven-
tion held in Amarillo in December.
1936, a movement was begun to hold
joint monthly meetings of the Le-
gion and Auxiliary at various towns
in the district. Attendance usually
numbers from 100 to 200 people,
mostly members, with some of the
prominent citizens of the towns in-
vited as guests and speakers.
• * •
In January, 1921, the post spon-
sored a special edition of a local
paper, with pictures, copies of cita-
tions, a brief resume of the activi-
ties of the thirty-sixth and ninetieth
Divisions, and information about
the Legion. This edition preceded a
membership drive, which wa's fol-
lowed by other drives and contests
during the year.
V/hen Amarillo was hast to the
Department American Legion Con-
vention in 1926, a high record of
515 members was reached, and the
post has usually been up among the
"Big Ten" in the department at
tlie end of the year. In 1930 it was
the second largest in the state, and
in 1931 had the distinction of be-
ing the largest post in the Depart-
ment of Texas.
An all-time record of membership
in the post was broken in 1931,
when the number readied 1,034.
At the present time the post is
well over its quota' of 450 members,
and is the largest post in the state.
• • *
The very first project undertaken
by Hanson Post was that of finding
employment for the ex-service man.
A committee was appointed for this
special purpose, and reported at
each meeting the number of jobs
available and the number of men
registered for employment. This
program met with success.
At one time during the year there
was not an unemployed veteran reg-
istered in Amarillo.
This same year the post endorsed
a scientific prison survey, with spe-
cial reference to the ex-service men,
and it also endorsed the adjusted
compensation measure, and assisted
ex-service men in making such ap-
plications.
In 1927 the outstanding accom-
plishment was service to the vet-
eran. At that time the oil field
towns had no a'ctive Legion posts,
and with an oil boom getting un-
der way, the chamber of commerce
would send the disabled veterans
to Amarillo. It was up to the
Amarillo post to take care of these
men, and through diligent efforts
a branch office of the Veterans
Bureau was located in Amarillo.
• *
At the beginning of 1928, an im-
portant step was taken in install-
ing a' full-time adjutant. He was
given an office at the Legion Home,
with equipment for handling every
j sort of claim in behalf of the ex-
service man. During that year
| more than 300 veterans borrowed
| sums involving approximately $500 -
! 000 upon their certificates. In aridi-
' tion to this, 120 hospitalization
i claims were handled.
Early in 1932 the post, as part of
the Legion's national employment
drive, received the cooperation of
business concerns and civic clubs,
with the result that 535 men had
been placed in positions in March
of that year. During the following
year, in addition to handling hun-
dreds of disability claims, the post
was made a' part of the Community
Chest, and all relief for needy vet-
erans and their families was han-
dled through the Legion office by
the adjutant.
In 1936. in addition to the regu-
lar service rendered, a two-day re-
habilitation conference was held in
Amarillo, with Department Com-
mander Ernest Goens in attendance.
Payment of the bonus to over 1,200
applicants was handled through the
Legion offices, and a copy of each
application, with fingerprints, is on
file in the adjutant's office.
The men who organized Hanson
Post were determined that the
American Legion should occupy a
responsible place in the community.
One of the first projects undertaken
was securing passage of a bond issue
with which to build good roads. At
Christmas time the French boxcar
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groceries, clothing and toys for dis-
tribution to needy citizens.
A float, was entered in a ' Pageant
of the Plains" parade in 1924, and in
the same year the post endorsed the
Community Chest plan and furn-
ished workers. Assisting with the
Community Chest drive has become
an annual community service proj-
ect.
Beginning in 1930 the Legion has
sponsored an annual Community
Christmas Tree.
Members assist civic clubs in other
worthwhile enterprises.
On the first Armistice Day the
entire membership of the post
■ turned out in full uniform. Be-
ginning the second year and con-
tinuing to the present time, the post
and unit have celebrated Armistice
Day by asking the merchants to
close their stores, by making talks
in the schools regarding the mean-
ing of Armistice Day, by sponsoring
• a parade with cash prizes for win-
ning floats.
*. * *
; For the past 10 years memorial
services dedicated to world peace
have been held jointly with the
(hurches on the Sunday night pre-
! ceding Armistice Day.
Man\ prominent speakers have
been obtained for these programs,
mong them Dr. William Jacobs,
Presbyterian minister from Hous-
ton: Past, National Commander Paul
V. McNutt. Josh Lee. Gov. Pat Ncff,
Senator W. K. Hopkins of Gonzales,
National Chaplain Father Thomas
D. Kennedy, and Dr. Thomas A.
Taylor, president of Howard Payne
College. Brownwood.
One of the most important proj-
ects is the Americanism contest held
in the schools each year. These are
I held jointly with the Auxiliary, and
i prizes are awarded for outstanding
work in memorizing the American
Creed, observing proper flag eti-
quette. or for patriotic essays.
In 1927 a Boy Scout, troop was
1 organized, and earl, year the troop
has grown In membership and ac-
complishments.
On Memorial Day services are held
at the cemeteries, and the graves of
World War veterans are decorated.
• ♦ •
The post organized an R. O. T. C.
unit in 1928, and supported the
school board in building an armory.
Each year the post gives six medals
to the boys in the unit havipg tlie
highest score of military efficiency.
In 1934, the Sons of the Legion
squadron was organized with 19
charter members, and this squadron
is active at present.
Constitution week is observed each
week with radio talks, speeches in
the schools, and citations to the
schools having the highest percent-
age of upils memorizing the pream-
ble to the Constitution.
The child welfare work of the
post has usually been carried on
with the cooperation of the unit. At
first most of the child welfare work
was devoted to caring for the chil-
dren of disabled veterans, but later
on, as the program broadened, as-
sistance was given to local organiza-
tions in their projects.
Financial aid has been given the
Children's Home, the Crippled Chil-
dren's Council, the Maverick Club,
and the Preventorium.
A'Drum and Bugle Corps was or-
ganized in 1925, and was much in
demand. The corps was sent to
department and national conven-
tions, and led all patriotic parades
at home. Later it was replaced by
the Ladies Drum Corps, which
proved equally as popular. In re-
cent years a Junior Drum Corps has
been organized.
* • •
The first post commander, Ernest
O. Thompson, attended the national
caucus held in St. Louis, May 8, 9,
and 10, 1919. He reported that his
post was organized and ready for
work, and he came back from the
meeting with an inspiring report.
He was also sent as a delegate to
the national convention in Kansas
City. From there he went on to at-
tend the burial of the Unknown
Soldier at Arlington and was among
a group of Legionnaires received by
the President while in Washington.
In 1923, he visited England, France
and Belgium as a member of the
delegation headed by National Com-
mander Alvin Owsley, which attend-
ed the Fidac meeting at Brussels.
Tlie post has always been well
represented at department, division
and district conventions, and near-
ly every year has had some represen-
tation at national conventions.
Numerous district and division
conventions have teen held in Ama-
rillo, and in 1926 the department
convention was brought to Aniij-
rillo.
Among those appearing on the
program w;ere Department Com-
mander W. T. Dunning, Department
Chaplain J. B. Dickey, Department
Adjutant Stayton Hankins, Past Na-
tional Commander Alvin Owsley,
National Auxiliary President Mrs.
A. F. McKissick, Department Presi-
dent Mrs. W. D. Armstrong, Con-
gressman Marvin Jones, Senators
Tom Connally and Earl B. Mayficld,
and the opera singer, May Peter-
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Benton and
Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Nations attend-
ed the Paris convention in 1927.
'
Hanson Post has won twelve cita-
tions and awards for unusual service
i since organization.
Charter members of Hanson Post
were: James A. Dailey, Arthur W.
Ball, J. R. Andrews, E. F. Campbell,
Pat Arnot, A. B. Coontz, E. T. Bick-
ers, Charles Crudington, Rov D
Blair, A. J. Caldwell, Lee R. Brien,
R. F. Chumley, J. C. Benko, W. H.
Cummings, William C. Boyce, R. P.
Coons, William G. Bivens, J. W.
Crudgington, J. D. Bivens, R. E.
Crudgington. C. W. Bridges, G. A.
Carlander, R. A. Davenport, C. R.
Hardin, Lonie DeWit, Clyde High-
fill, S. E. McMahon, Samuel D. Mil-
ler, J. D. McCombs, Edward L. Mc-
Kenzie, C. H. Middaugh, J. B. Nel-
son, Joe Mellard, G. C. Nobles, C.
J. Murphy, Frank O'Kane, T. M.
Montgomery, Clyde Ong, H. 'V.
Montgomery, John Reeder, Will H.
Thomas, Joe G. Tyler, R. R. Townes,
Otho Thompson, Ernest O. Thomp-
son.
Dick Dale. Neal Hall, James Ely,
Robt. Humphreys, Frank Fischer,
William D. Hopper, C. C. Fountain,
j C. H. Hoppin, Donald Farley, A. E.
i Hickmont, Chas. R. Green. Lee O.
I Johnson, H. L. Grable, T. E. John-
j son, Martin Gibbs, H. E. Knapp,
J Ted George, John Kenyon, Jack
I Kritser, Benn Meyerowitz, T. L.
! Landis, Ralph H. Miller, Leonard
Little. Grover C. Malone, Horace
' Lindsay, Robert M. Moore, Truman
| Vineyard, G. E. Smith, Dave H.
Watel, John J. Smith, M. R. Weav-
er, G. T. Thomas, Emory J. Witt,
I Joe Taylor, James R. Williams,
Blucher S. Tharp, Arthur H. Ware,
| Maxey F. Williams, Joe E. Parr, Cle-
ment'H. Yost, Chas. A. Russell, T.
| H. Reynolds, Oscar Randall, Ray
I Smith, R. L. Saunders.
• * •
Charter members of the Sons
| of the American Legion were:
Terry Doane, David Otis Bozeman,
Dick Meads Hoover, Don Hoover,
Benjamin Higgins, Clyde O. Lee,
I Carl Pat Newman, Herbert Cecil
Bozeman, John Robinson, Jr., W.
James Newman, Douglas F, Knight,
J. G. Graham, Jr., Richard N.
Hogan, Jack Looney, James Lewis,
Lloyd Hamblin, Roy Clifton, Wayne
Fergus.
Those who have served Hanson
Post as commander, and the years
they served, are: Ernest O. Thomp-
son, 1919; Joe E. Parr, 1920; E. E.
Plainswoman
By MRS. J. M. WINCHESTER
Mrs. W. T. Lane, Panhandle
pioneer resident, is one of those
people whose early day efforts
helped to keep "the mail must go
through" tradition alive.
Mrs. Lane came from Dallas in
1894 to the North Plains with her
mother, brothers and sisters.
Her mother, Mrs. McGehee, was a
widow, so a couple of her brothers
helped her to locate a claim in the
JA pasture. They also built a
half dugout of stone with a floor
and partitions.
Two of her brothers remained
with her for several years and
helped her get started. Receiving
mall was a problem, because the
nearest postoffice was almost 50
miles away, so a few of the fam-
ilies in the community formed the
mail club, and each took turns in
going after the mail. One place was
designated as a postoffice. Letters
and parcels were left there to be
picked up when they started on
the trip. Later two little stations
were named Fanchon and Beverly.
Mrs. Lane often used a little gig
when it was her turn to go after the
mail.
The McGehees built a frame
house after a few years. Before it
was completed one of her older
sisters - 'tn a tiny baby came home
for a visit. Mrs. Lane went into
the bedroom to get something ana
saw a rattlesnake about four feet
long lying along the rafter a couple
of feet from the sleeping infant.
Going out very quietly, she call-
ed her brother to help her. The
snake noticed their movements and
raised its head in alarm. The
brother grabbed it by the tail, but
the snake clung so tightly to the
rafter that he pulled its body in
half.
Mr. Lane came from Arkansas
in 1894, and worked for Goodnight
for several years, saving up his
money and buying a ranch for him-
self. Mrs. Lane has been the post-
| mistress at Wayside for the last 17
>ears. Their children all live in
the Panhandle. They are: Mrs.
George Hancock of Pampa, Irving
Ijane of Pampa and Joyce Lane of
J Wayside.
STUDIO EMBRACES
WORK IN ALL ARTS
Mother-in-Law
By F.THEL BROOKES GILMORE
The marriage of Cora Conner
Brookes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Brookes gave Amarillo its
first real mother-in-law.
The marriage of Cora Conner
Brookes to John Nelson Wisner
was solemnized December 1, 1889,
by Rev. G. N. Richardson, pastor
of Amarillo's first Methodist, church.
Mr. J. L. Smith played the wed-
ding march from Lohengrin as the
processional and Mendelshonn's wed-
ding march as the recessional.
Charley and Frank Wolflin and
Charles Tannehill brought ever-
greens- from Pala Duro Canyon to
decorate the church.
The bride's wedding gown was
white moire silk, the style being
basque, high neck line, long sleeves.
The neckline was finished with white
lace russing.
Her traveling costume was a
smart grey cashmire basque dress,
topped by an astrakian dolman. Her
little chapean was black velvet trim-
med with velvet pansies.
After a short wedding trip to
Eldorado, Kan., Mr. and Mrs. Wis-
ner returned to Amarillo where they
made their home.
On September 24, 1890, a daughter
was born to them, but on October
6, 1890, Cora Brookes Wisner passed
away.
Little Cora, so-called bv the pio-
neers, was christened by the side of
her mother's casket. She is Mrs.
Samuel Butler Keen, of New Orleans,
La.
Margaret Janes Brookes, the wife
of H. H. Brookes, Amarillo's first
newspaper publisher, died in New
York City, December 4, 1924.
Chiropractic Hospital
The chiropractic hospital operated
at Tenth and Taylor streets by Dr.
Roy G. Moore is the only institution
of this type in the Southwest.
The hospital offers the finest
chiropractic equipment and service
obtainable anywhere, being capable
of handling all types of cases with
its modern X-ray 'labratory and
electro-therapy equipment. The hos-
pital has 18 rooms and is a brick
structure, at 10th and Taylor. The
building was completely remodeled
to satisfy requirements of a chiro-
practic hospital.
Associated with tlie institution for
the past year Is Dr. Henry Sehlicht-
ing, Jr.. specialist in dislocations and
fractures. Dr. Moore came here 13
years ago.
To augment the fine arts courses
of the public school system, the
Musical Arts Conservatory of West
Texas was organized in 1929. A
group of piano teachers started the
organization, and, year by year, gen-
eral courses and faculty members
have been added until now it em-
braces all of the important phases
of the musical arts.
The conservatory has large mod-
ern studio at 1800 Harrison Street.
There Is an auditorium with full
and complete stage equipment, nu-
merous private music studios and
a general office plant.
Tlie studio is designed as an in-
stitution for the standardizing of
music study and issuing credits ac-
cording to regulations set forth by
the National Association of Schools
of Music. Each teacher pays a
commission into the conservatory
for the operation of the physical
plant. The aim of the institute is
to discover, foster and direct talent
into channels where it can best be
expressed with satisfaction and use-
fulness.
More than four hundred students
are enrolled in the school. The
list of patron families exceeds 300.
The conservatory offers teaching
from the beginners' department to
the professional students' depart-
ment.
Gladys Marsallls Glenn Is presi-
dent of the conservatory. Other
officers are Margaret K. Wood-
ruff, dean; Ardath Johnson, sec-
retary; and Beckie Reeder Arnold,
regsitrar.
Courses are offered in piano and
theory, voice and theory, violin
harmony, counterpoint, analysis, or-
chestration, composition, history of
music, normal training, cello and
woodwinds, dramatic art, dancing
and Dalcroze eurythmics. The fac-
ulty is composed of Gladys Marsallis
Glenn, Beckie Reeder Arnold. Bon-
nye Beth Baker, Lucille Palmer
Ballard, Idelma' Conoley, Ardath
Johnson, Florence Vineyard, Vivian
Morris Doherty, Paul Ellis, Rosalie
Raymond, John Amedio and Theima
Allen Martin.
Rode Astride Fine Horse
Back in 1914 a young man rode
into the Panhandle from the Okla-
homa side astride a fine horse. This
young man was Herbert Bural, now
owner of the San Jacinto Furniture
and Upholstery Shop. The horse
is gone now—replaced by a bright
red delivery truck—but the man is
still here.
Twenty months ago Mr. Bural
started a furniture and upholstery
business with $50 worth of mer-
chandise. He has since had to
double the size of his shop, and has
just contracted for one of t.hel arg-
est furniture and upholstery jobs
ever let in Amarillo-—one on which
the labor alone will cost over $1,500.
Having spent a great deal of his
time selling theatrical scenery, Mr.
Bural decided to build it in his
own shop and now enjoys a nice
business in this line. Doing some
furniture manufacturing at the
present, Mr. Bural hopes to eventu-
ally confine his business to the
manufacture of furniture exclu-
sively.
At the Spot
By MR, J. M. WINCHESTER
If Minnie Timms Harper missed
anything of importance in the early
development of the Panhandle
country, it was because the human
phenomenon forbids a person to be
in two places at the same time.
There were even times when Minnie
Timms threatened to repeal this
third dimensional law-.
Minnie Timms came in 1891 from
Jones County with her parents to a
claim on Quitaque Creek.
Their first home was a dugout,
but they built a cabin of cotton-
wood logs. The log cabin had a floor
and the family had a cook stove.
They had the best improved home
in the community.
Minnie attended a short six
months school term with Judge H. S.
Bishop as teacher. He "batched" in
a little dugout, near the school. He
made a point doing everything well.
She attended high school in Mata-
dor and then went to the state
normal. She had planned on a
teaching career, but at a famous
dance at the Matador Ranch. Val-
entine night in 1895, she met the
sheriff of Motley County, B. F.
Harper, who was even at that time
I famous as a peace officer. A few
weeks later they married.
He was soon appointed brand in-
Scout's Wife
By MRS. C. B. BERRY
Andrew Lewis, the great-great-
grandfather of Olive King Dixon,
came to America from Ireland, ob-
taining large grants of land in Vir-
ginia and later won distinction m
the Revolutionary was as Gen. An-
drew Lewis, in command at the Bat-
tle of Point Pleasant in 1774.
Her grandmother, Mrs. Katherine
Lewis King, had inherited a portion
of this land and it was in her home
built of logs hewn from native tim-
ber on this land, that Olive King
was born Jan. 30, 1873.
Lewis King, her father was a con-
federate soldier, died when she was
five years old, leaving her mother
a widow with 10 children. So, with
an inherited love for pioneering,
Olive King joined her brothers Al-
bert and Archie in the Panhandle
of Texas in the spring of 1893.
The following fall, Miss King was
engaged to teach a small school
south of the Canadian River be-
tween Tallahoe and Reynolds
Creeks. She boarded ani roomed
with a Portugese family nampd
Lewis, and rode five miles on horse-
back to and from the the little sod-
covered log school house. It's only
furnishings were a few rude benches
and a small blackboard. A barrel
of water was hauled once a week
for drinking purposes.
At the Lewis home she met Billy
Dixon, noted scout and guide. After
: a romantic courtship, they were
| married, Oct. 18. 1894, by Rev. C. V.
Bailey of Mobeetie, who rode 75
miles to perform the ceremony. Aft -
| er the wedding Mr. Dixon took his
bride to his home at Adobe Walls,
and here for three years she was the
only woman living in Hutchinson
County.
Mrs. Dixon declares that all she
ever did worth mentioning was to
marry Billy Dixon, rear six of his
children (one dying in infancy) and
try to keep a record of his bravery
and service to his country.
Together, they were writing a
book of his life when he was stricken
with influenza. He died In Amarillo,
March 9. 1913.
Mrs. Dixon completed "Th« life
of Billy Dixon." Since then she has
spent much time gathering historic
data of the Panhandle and during
! the Centennial was a feature writer
for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
She is an active member of the
D. A. R., the U. D. C., the Penwom-
en's A.ssociation, Eastern Star and
Methodist Missionary Society.
Olive King Dixon resides at 1006
Madison Street, Amarillo.
So He Bought the Store
Tlie business of being a manage!
was all right; but it didn't satisfy
Glenn S. Miller, so in 1929 he bought
the drug store he had managed for
Triplett-Nelson. The store, located
at 2727 West Sixth, was named the
Miller Pharmacy.
Miller came to Amarillo from
Louisville where he had studied in
the Louisville College of Pharmacy.
I He worked in a downtown pharmacy
two years before taking over the
| management of the Triplett-Nelson
store.
Tlie Mill°r Pharmacy serves a wide
area in the San Jacinto district.
| There is complete fountain and pre-
: scription service. A free delivery
iservice makes the store one of the
j most popular In the neighborhood.
There are four people in the em-
j ploy of the pharmacy. The com-
: modify turn-over has been constant-
jly increasing and the pharmacy of-
ficials look forward to a successful
; business year.
: spector and later United States
| marshal for West Texas. While her
j husband served as marshall, she
j sometimes served as matron.
| At the time her husband was
| brand inspector, she rode with him
over the country and became ac-
I quainted with many of the old
J ranches and their owners. She kept
, notes on her trips, she arranged
her material into the volumes "Old
Ranches." She lias written concern-
ing the country and biographies of
| ranchers and characters of the
Plains. One of her most Interesting
I articles concerns the managers of
: the old Matador. "The lives of Murdo
I MacKensie and James Todd were
more interesting than fiction."
The Harpers have four children;
| Mrs. Ellen Donovan, George Dewey
| Harper of Amarillo, Mrs. C. E.
j Mitchell of Clovls, N. M., and Amos
I Stuart Harper of Seagram. Texas.
HOLLYWOOD
San Jacinto Pioneers
A pioneer institution In San Ja-
j f into h a s been Kohler Brothers,
| Cleaners, who have been in business
at their same location, 2918 West
; Sixth Avenue, since March 1927.
The plant is operated by Kenneth
and Marion W. Kohler. who were
engaged in a similar business in
Colorado Springs, Colo., before com-
ing here. Ruby Newton is their
j assistant.
Kenneth Kohler has taken grad-
uate courses at the National Insti-
tute of Cleaners and Dyers at Silver
Springs, Maryland.
Roos, 1921-2: Grover C. Malone,
1923; J. C. Sebastian and Orla Al-
len, 1924: J. C. Sebastian. 1925;
Walter C. Irvin, 1926; Lewis P.
Fields, 1927; A. Peterson, 1928; Will
M. Benton, 1929; C. C. Gibson, 1930;
Dr. T. M. Montgomery, 1931; R. R.
Nation, 1932; Fred E. Young. 1933;
James O. Cade. 1934; William D.
Burger; 1935; T. E. Johnson, 1936;
Sam Page, 1937, and S. F. Rose,
1938.
Since 1929
We h ave served Amarillo with Superior Auto
Painting and Body Repair Work.
Ideal Paint and Body Works
2108 W. 6th
R. J. ORSBURN
O
wners
Phone 7349
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