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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1917
Page
4
County correspondence notes a heavy rain Tuesday bringing thanks from residents. Community updates cover pastors, travels to the Dallas Baptist State convention, local visits, social events, illness, and upcoming church activities in Jean and nearby towns.
South Bend News Drilling has commenced on the Goode well after a stop of several days. Mr. Owen, one of the Lyle well drillers, is drilling for the Colcord Co. at the Goode place. Thanksgiving visits are noted for local families and residents in the area. Rev. G. W. Black filed his regular appointment here Saturday and Sunday. Local social at M D Harrell’s and a Friday night gathering are mentioned. Blue Bird.
Rev. Evans delivers a Sunday sermon based on Nehemiah chapter four, likening Jerusalem wall rebuilding to the current war for peace. He urges removing rubbish from the path of Christ’s kingdom and cites modern enemies as obstacles to faith and unity.
Monday morning greetings from the community school scene include Sunday school a fair attendance, and 55e from four classes. Miss Mary Fields sick mother keeps the school closed though celebrations and a Thanksgiving program brought neighbors together at the schoolhouse with visitors from Graham and Newcastle enjoying the children’s parts and a cheerful evening.
A Murray community note records three weeks of Sunday school with fair attendance and hopes for continued success. It mentions Miss Edith Walsh hosting Sunday dinner, a well attended Literary Society meeting, and several families visiting relatives, plus local travel and road work.
A brief missive from Fish Creek and Live Oak reports a short letter with small updates. It mentions a food rain loss, school progress, and that Miss Georgia Carmack the principal was briefly ill and had to relinquish her school for a day before returning.
A reader reports a petition to divide Live Oak and Crib Station schools after consolidation last spring. The letter laments shifts in district control and mocks the idea of mobile schoolhouses while noting visits and family news in the community.
Residents at Brier Branch enjoyed Thanksgiving Day at the schoolhouse with cleanup and dinner. Rev. Franklin, new pastor for the Methodist mission, preached Sunday morning and dined at Mrs Gallaher. Numerous local families and soldiers from Camp Bowie visited or hosted relatives in the area.
Advertiser W. H. Jackson states he will be in Graham on Friday Saturday and Monday December 7 8 and 10 to buy mares mules and horses of any age and size that are worth the money.
Mrs Knight and Preston Lawrence are among residents mentioned with moves and visits in Young County. Mrs Denver Killion visited Mrs Hand. Miss Jewell Gallaher visited her sister in Graham. Harry Blackwood and Jeff Gallaher attended Sunday School and preaching at Upper Tank. The line Country Girl is a school girl now ends the piece.
A sequence of brief social notes from Olney Loving and surrounding areas records visits by A. J. Camttwell and family to Mrs. Leona Ward, trips to Fort Worth, training at Camp Bowie, teaching duties, oil field visits, and land sales. Families including Gray, Willis, Moore, and Weems appear with arrivals, departures, and household changes.
The community notes a pleasant day with light norther and varied hog hunting remarks. Mrs Wade and Miss Zara returned last Sunday from a visit at a burne where Mrs Wade stayed.
Local residents report visits, illnesses, and movements including Bro Franklin delivering a sermon on the fourth Sunday. Families hosting relatives, box suppers at Thanks giving with $70 proceeds, and travel to Flat Rock. Also mentioned are wheat gains from rain, people attending Sunday school, and school progress near Olney.
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