Graham Public Library Annual Report Highlights Reading Trends
Mrs M Dowdle reports on Graham Public Library services for the year 1963 with 16987 volumes loaned, 1963 on shelves, 300 open days and 24 hours weekly. Adults and children borrow nearly equal amounts, fiction popular but new topics like boat making electricity and home economics grow in demand. Fines total 74.66 dollars after expenses, and gifts include notable history and reference sets enriching the collection.
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Graham
M. Dowdle
Billy Dowdle
Louise Rubenkoenig
Library Board
Wortham
Texas
Paddock
Northwest
Jefferson Davis
Local C of C Gifts Duroc Jersey Gilts to County Boys
The Graham Chamber of Commerce purchased pure bred Duroc Jersey gilts from Miller Bros 101 Ranch Marland Oklahoma for Graham business leaders to gift to agricultural club boys arriving this week. County Agent W C Hale selected the best from a 300 head herd. Texas hog shortages spur Young County to boost local production while promoting balanced homestead farming.
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Agricultural Club
Graham
Graham Chamber of Commerce
Miller Bros. 101 Ranch
Marland
Oklahoma
W. C. Hale
Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Young County
Ferguson Defends Texas Administration Policies
Governor Miriam A. Ferguson outlines her policies in a public platform, defending pardons and claiming strong state finances. She credits legislative aid for a large reduction in appropriations, notes prison improvements, and reports no lynchings since 1882. Proposals include gas tax and luxury tax cuts, cigars and cigarettes tax, expanded country schools, and higher per capita funding.
Sam Goldwater Offers Big Prizes for Local Agriculture
Sam Goldwater mayor of Bunger and leading store owner announces cash premiums for crops in his trade territory. Twenty five dollars to the first bale of cotton grown in Bunger territory, twenty five dollars for most cotton on five acres, and five dollars for the biggest watermelon in Young County south of the Brazos. First cotton bale must cross Gooseneck bridge and be marketed in Graham. See Goldwater store in Bunger for contest details.
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Sam Goldwater
Bunger
Brazos
Banger
Young County
Gooseneck Bridge
Graham
Goldwater
Boy Scouts Troop 8 Meet Friday at Civic Annex
Troop No. 8 of the Boy Scouts will meet Friday evening at 7 o'clock in the annex of the First Baptist Church. All boys seeking merit badges are expected to attend. A ball game is scheduled for six o'clock.
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Boy Scouts
First Baptist Church
Calvin renewal sent to the Leader this week
Mr. C. C. Calvin of Markley submits his renewal to the Gra ham Leader, noting that all the Calvins read the paper and have for many years.
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C. C. Calvin
Markley
Graham
Special Song Service at Presbyterian Church
The church plans a Sunday night service entirely devoted to old time negro spirituals like Want to Be a Christian in My Heart Standing in the Need of Prayer Swing Low Sweet Chariot and other melodies. Pastor Gary Smith says the event aims for genuine worship and spiritual profit for all attendees. Everyone is invited.
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South
Gary Smith
Methodists End Two-Week Meeting at South Bend
A two weeks meeting at the South Bend Methodist Church closed last Sunday night with Rev. G G Mitchell of Eliasville preaching. Pastor Rev. Joe W Bickley reports strong cooperative spirit among Christians. Thirty four joined the Methodist Church and seventeen joined the Baptist Church. A Salem Methodist revival began Sunday night with Rev. P E Cantrell of Caddo preaching, a former pastor.
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South Bend
G. G. Mitchell
Eliasville
Joe W. Bickley
Methodist Church
The
Baptist
Brother Bickley
Salem Methodist Church
P. E. Cantrell
Caddo
Graham Chamber of Commerce Seeks Strong Year Ahead
The Graham Chamber launches a membership drive attracting many local business leaders. President Graham Stewart and Secretary T. T. George outline a program emphasizing roads water supply consolidation of telephone service and dairy stock improvement. A list of members includes A. C. Anderson J. P. Alexander Co. and many Graham firms as ongoing monthly totals are planned.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Graham Stewart
T. T. George
Graham Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Gaham
Young County
Agricultural Club
Graham
A. C. Anderson
J. P. Alexander Co
C. H. Atkinson
Pat Bryan
M. D. Brown
Boaz Dry Goods, Co
Butler’s Dairy
Binkley & Binkley
Babb Lunch Stand
C. C
Graham Hide & Produce
J. J. Gallaher
Dr. C. B. Gant
I. T. Gilmer
Garvin-Johnson Grocery
Gulf Refining Co
Miss Maude M. Gruby
D. C
R. C. Goode
Guaranty
Chas. Hutchison
Z. A. Madson
G. Earl Hutchings
Hinson-Hockaday Grain Co
C. W. Hinson
F. W. Hinson
Clyde Haden
J. E. Hightower
B. S. Hockaday
Phil Huey
Huffhines
J. T. Harness
Henderson Marble Works
Johnson Hardware Co
A. W. Johnston
W. H. Kennedy
C. W. Keith
LeSage Motor Co
Raymond Leslie
C. L. Long
W. E. B. Lockridge
Liberty-Nash Motor Co
Liberty Theatre
Marshall & King
Miller Studio
W. A. Morris
J. E. Morrison Co
A. A. Morrison
Morrison-Smith Lumber Co
W. Z. Morrison
Marshall, King & Hinson
Moody Bros
Roy Miller
W. G. Mobley
W. M. Morton
W. W. Martin
Spencer Mayes
T. E. Wallace
J. G. Wootten
J. L. Woods
C. L. Woods Drug Co
Young County Lumber Co
Young County Abst. Co
Lone Star Hatchery reports record season in Graham
Manager P C Walker of the Lone Star Hatchery Graham says the mammoth incubator works at near full capacity. He hatched and delivered over twenty five thousand chicks to Young and joining counties and moved ten thousand eggs to Jacksboro for hatching. Plans call for expanding capacity to 58 000 next season and building a permanent facility with air cooled machines and ventilation. Incubators alone will cost about ten thousand dollars.
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P. C. Walker
Lone Star Hatchery
Graham
Jacksboro
Walker
Young County Shines in I L League Contests At Iowa Park
Despite muddy roads, Young County earned several second and third places at the Interscholastic League district meet in Iowa Park. Bernice Walsh won rural Junior Girls Declamation first and will compete in Austin. Other top placers included J D Brown Hunt and Bessie Pringle Hunt in rural divisions, Kathleen Neal Graham and J C Bullock Newcastle in high school divisions, with Ross Clark, George Corse, and Cook placing in track.
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Young County
Iowa Park
Bernice Walsh
Murray
Lula Dennis
Newcastle
William Loving
Jermyn
Opal Butler
Edith Rubenkoenig
Ross Clark
George Corse
Cook
Dr A C Parker Freed of Charges and Exonerated
Dr A C Parker Christian Church pastor and former Texas millionaire was cleared of fraudulent oil scheme indictments in New York Federal Court. Dallas church board rejected his resignation and his social clubs declined similar offers. He lost vast wealth as Great State Petroleum Company went into receivership and sold nearly all holdings.
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A. C. Parker
Christian Church
New York
Parker
Dallas
Rosemont Christian Church
Texas
Great State Petroleum Company
Missionary E M Agee to Preach at Local Churches
Baptist missionary E M Agee will preach at Lone Oak schoolhouse Saturday night Henry Chapel Sunday morning at 11 Mount Pleasant Sunday afternoon at 3 Lone Star Sunday night in a regional schedule.
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E. M. Agee
Lone Oak
Henry Chapel
Mount Pleasant
Lone Star
Parrish Kindergarten May Day Program Set for May 4
The Parrish Kindergarten will host its annual May Day program Tuesday morning at nine o clock. Students will perform dances songs and drills with Queen Polly Nell Slaughter and King Burton Kirtley leading. Mrs Parrish invites all to view the event and tour the new playground equipment afterward.
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Parrish
Wallace Jones
May Basket
Robbie Morrison
Malcolm Stewart
Patricia Forbes
Donald Jones
Owen Fauntleroy
Billy Bullock
Phil Bolin
C. C. Bloodworth, Jr
John Lynch, Jr
Joe McKinley
Mary Jane Johnston
Dorothy Askew
Nina Bert Faust
Mary McFarlane
Susie Larmour
Betty McGuire
Marjorie Street
Mary Arnold
Mary Leslie Scott
Rachel Ann Snoddy
Ann Cornish
Mary Helen Nicolett
Garland Beavers
Lucy Varbdle
Barbara Bloodworth
Mary Ranspot
Lenor Smith
Mary Maria Morrison
Mary Jean Mabry
Billy Ruth
Peggy Nehls
Doris Corbin
Billy Norman
LeVeaux Parrish
Jean Ella Slaughter
Wynel Wheat
Bruce Johnston
Lillian Bullock
Dickie Johnston
Edward Stewart
Burton Kirtley
Polly Nell Slaughter
Stewart Well Near Markley Opens Shallow Territory
Stewart and Well Big Shallow Producer Stewart Well is drilled by Stafford and Hayes for Howard Petroleum in southeast subdivision. Initial production holds at 80 barrels from 540 feet, making it one of the state’s best shallow wells and expanding territory in northern Young County. Howard Petroleum plans extensive operations on a large Markley acreage as fifteen or more wells are slated to drill.
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Graham
Markley
Howard Petroleum Corporation
Weather Outlook for Graham Farmers Seeks Dry Spells
Cloudy unsettled morning with local showers in Graham. Since the last issue, weather has been fine with light sprinkles not hindering planting. Farmers report progress in cotton and feed crops, some replanting corn, small grain looking fine, and wheat conditions near ideal. They seek several dry days to finish planting and field work.
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Graham
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C. of C. Boys
Ferguson
Presbyterian Church
Stewart Well
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