The Frisco Journal (Frisco, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1928 Page: 3 of 6
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Photo shows “Big Bill” Tilden]
inner tennis champion, en route to
exfco City as a member of the
merican Davis Cup Team.
THE FRISCO JOURNAL
"Big BUT
former
Mexico
American
Soy Tennis Mart
Photo shows Junior Coen of
Kansas City, who is en route to
Mexico City as a member of the '
American Davis Cup Team. Young
Coen is only sixteen, and proved
» sensation at Augusta, Ga., re-
cently, where he came within a
tf n .P°,lJntS °,1 win"inK from Big
Bill filden, former champion.
Dies "With
_On the platform of a hall at
Delaware, O, where he was about to
address his followers, Frank B. Wil-
f ’ pictured above, candidate
for the Republican nomination for
President, was suddenly stricken and
died.
| Endurance Queen!
Schoemmel, of New York, who has
set a new world’s record for endur-
ance swimming, remaining afloat for
thirtjMwo hours. The former record
of thirty-one hours was set by Edith
Tohnson of England in 1880.
25,000 Animals Freeze
San Antonio.—A special dispatch
to the San Antonio Express stated
that 25,000 head of stock had frozen
to death in the vicinity of Rockspring
last week. Most of the animals, the
story said, were goats which had been
clipped recently. A three-inch snow
fell in that vicinity Monday.
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HEBRON
Miss Verna Flowers of Denton vis-
ited her sister, Mrs. '■ Pat Lloyd, the
week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Davis of Lew-
isville were here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben Davis have .a
baby boy.
Mr. Goode of Corrollton was here
Monday.
Miss Verona McDonald spent the
week-end with her home folks at Ven-
us, Texas.
Mr. Bep Davis has moved to Den-
Mr. J. E. Skinner has moved to Dal
las.
Miss Argent Skinner of Dallas was
here Saturday.
Mr. Jones of Dallas: was here Tues-
day. ,
Messrs. Alex Hoskins and W. A.
Johnson were in Plano Tuesday.
Mrs. W. F. Lewis and daughter,
Mrs. Oscar Grimes, and Orville Lew-
is of Carrollton were here Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson and
daughter spent Sunday with her sis-
ter, Mrs. Jim Lloyd.
Cases Continued in Denton
Cases set for Thursday and the re-
maining days of this week in District
Court at Denton were continued be-
cause Judge A. C. Owsley, who is ex-
changing benches with Judge L T.
Ward at Cleburnt, will be unable to
be in Denton.
Owsley Wednesday notified District
Clerk R. L. West that duties in Judge
Ward’s district would prevent his re-
turning to Denton in time to try cas-
es set on the docket in Denton for
this week.
Tickets with Suits ordered at Gor-
don’s and we do not add anything to
make the price of the Suits. Drop in
and let us show you what we have.
Less Rain in 1928
Than 1926 or’27
The rainfall in Frisco during the
first three months of this year has
been much under that of 1927 and of
1926, as will be seen from the fol-
lowing table:
Month 1926 1927 1928
January _____... 4.62 1.53 0,75
February _______ 0.43 3.90 3.55
March ----------- 3.03 2.10 0.72
April to date-,.,-.,_________ 4.14
W. E. Sims Breaks Arm
Celina Record: W. E. Sims, who
lives on the Sandy Gee farm two and
a half miles west of Celina, is nurs-
ing a broken arm. The injury is the
result of an accident Friday while
Mr. Sims and Oscar Parker were
hauling & load of hay. In going down
the slope half a mile west of town
the hay toppled off the wagon, tak-
ing the two men with it.
Mr. Parker’s face and arm were
injured, hut no bones broken.
Injures Foot.
Garland News: Fletcher White suf-
fered serious injuries to his ankle in
a practice ball game for the Sunday
school league. The injury was X-
rayed and it was found that the liga-
ments were severely strained and a
slight fracture was located. He has
been on crutches since, and doctors
say it is worse than a clean break of
the bones. It will be some time be-
fore he can walk on the leg.
The Easter egg hunt given Satur-
day afternoon by Mrs. John Thomas
to her Sunday school class was heart-
ily enjoyed by the little folks.
The Journal will sell your cow.
MONUMENTS
Decoration Day
—will soon be here and now is the time to select your
Monument.
—We have the largest stock of high-class up-to-date
Monuments that has ever been in this part of the state.
—We buy our material in car lots, do our own manu-
facturing and have no agents’ commission to pay. We
can sell you cheaper.
—Visit our plant before you buy and see what you are
gvd-Hjwg, ■ . _■ ’ ' ■_ •
—Everything Modern and up-t6-date.
W. W. PRUETT
"The Monument Man for 17 Years”
McKinney, Texas Phone 702
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O'Neill, Matt E. The Frisco Journal (Frisco, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 13, 1928, newspaper, April 13, 1928; Frisco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth507776/m1/3/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.