Graham High School opens 1925 baseball season with 40 players
Barton Atcheson, Graham High School manager, announces the season has begun with forty boys responding to Coach Evans. Nine lettermen return including Atkins, Wallace, Moore, Dowdle, Taggart, Matthews, Jennings, Fowler, and Price. The squad aims for a championship and hopes for public support similar to football success. The first game is targeted for around the 27th.
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Barton Atcheson
Graham
Evans
Graham High School
Atkins
Wallace
Moore
Dowdle
Taggart
Matthews
Jennings
Fowler
Price
Marriage Ceremony Declared Illegal By Local Judge
The newly installed Young County judge W F Parsley performed a marriage in the clerk’s office before a large crowd. After days, Thos G Binkley and Graham attorneys ruled the ceremony illegal, alleging the marriage was void. Parsley agreed to remarry the couple but they had already left Graham.
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Young County
W. F. Parsley
Parsley
Thos. G. Binkley
Temple
Texas
Graham
Binkley
W. H. Reeves
Parlsey
East Ward School Places Program in High School
The third and fourth grade pupils of East Ward will present a program in the High School auditorium tomorrow afternoon at 3 15 oclock. Despite flu and illness interruptions the students have prepared a good program and parents are invited to attend.
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East Ward
Mr Otto Deats Returns Home After Flu Siege at Bank Window
Mr Otto Deats appears at the First National Bank window after several days of illness. Neighbors report he recovered enough to be seen in public as the flu subsides.
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Otto Deats
First National Bank
Mrs Wilburn Perkins and Ranell Return Home from Graham Visit
Mrs Wilburn Perkins and her daughter Ranell returned to their Olney home Sunday after visiting relatives in Graham.
Little Girl Dies in Yard Fire at Brazos Street
Dorothy Pauline McBrayer, two, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred McBrayer, burned to death Saturday afternoon at their Brazos Street home. She died about six o’clock that evening after burns from a fire started while Mrs. McBrayer burned trash. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Wm. Allen at Farmer Cemetery Sunday. The cause of the blaze remains undetermined.
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Dorothy Pauline
Fred McBrayer
Brazos Street
Farmer Cemetery
Rev
Wm. Allen
McBrayer
Senator Proposes New Solution for Freeing Ferguson
Austin February 14 Senator John H Bailey Cuero proposes a constitutional amendment to empower the senate to reconvene as a court of impeachment and modify or remove impeachment disqualifications In his view this could address future cases including the Ferguson matter He notes the amendment would allow removal of disqualifications by a two thirds senate vote and would require a trial and punishment for parties convicted on impeachment The measure would be voted on at the next general election and Bailey is noted as a leading constitutional law authority
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Austin
Senate
John H. Bailey
Cuero
Ferguson
Bailey
A. F Wood
Granger
Dan Moody
George Washington Tea program by Methodist Missionary Society
The Graham Music Club presents a George Washington Tea in the George Washington Church banquet hall on Friday February 20 from 7 to 8 p m. Women of the Missionary Society will perform in Colonial costumes and a silver offering will be accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Graham Music Club
C. B. Hockaday
E. C. Reed
H. L. Thornton
Washington
Hockaday
Masonic Lodge
Episcopal Church Service Announced for February 22
Rev. Frank H. of Cisco will conduct services at 11 a.m. Sunday at the Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank H. Or
Cisco
Episcopal Church
Rescue party finds lifeless body of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave
Floyd Collins, famed Kentucky cave explorer, died after a rockfall trapped him in Sand Cave near Cave City. Rescue efforts spanned days with cave-ins and dangerous shafts, ending with authorities deciding the body will not be removed due to extreme risk to rescuers.
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Floyd Collins
Sand
Cave City
Kentucky
Jewell Estis
Sand Cave
Collins
Collins Cave
Barren County
Crystal Cave
Floyd
San Cave
Johnnie Gerald
Green River
Violin and piano pupils to perform recital at church
Mrs. J. C. Lovelace violin pupils and Mrs. Cliff Groves piano pupils present a recital in the League room of the Methodist Church on Saturday evening at 8 o clock. The public is invited to attend.
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J. C. Lovelace
Cliff Groves
McFarlane Seeks Halt on County Tax Exemptions
Representative McFarlane of Graham argues against bills to extend tax exemptions for counties. He cites about 200 million dollars in property now exempt and estimates nearly 700 thousand dollars in lost state taxes. The article lists counties already exempt from state ad valorem taxes, their values, and exemption amounts.
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Austin
McFarlane
Graham
Tax exemptions proposed for Freeport area counties
McFarlane noted totals exclude tax relief now before the Legislature. A Cameron County exemption could erase about $100,000 in taxes while Brazos County relief would save around $80,000.
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McFarlane
Freeport
Cameron and
Brazos
Cameron County
Brazos County
DeMolay Program Set For Graham High School Play
The Graham DeMolays present a Friday night performance in the high school auditorium directed by Miss Verna Evans and Miss Lillie Mae Calvin with music by the DeMolay orchestra. The group urges Graham residents to reserve seats for an evening deemed one of the best ever.
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Graham DeMolays
Graham
Verna Evans
Lillie Mae Calvin
Program at Shawnee School Seeks Audience Friday
On Friday afternoon February 20 at 2 45 there will be a program given by the children of Shawnee School. The event offers a varied program with suggestive ideas and invites all parents and friends to attend and enjoy.
Mayor of Wichita Falls Charged With Murder
Frank Collier the Mayor of Wichita Falls is charged with murder after the fatal shooting of 17 year old E L Buster Robinson near Robinsons home. A special officer said Collier shot three times from a car as his daughter Mary Frances was mentioned in a prior marriage suit. The mayor posted 20000 bond and resigned citing mental condition.
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E. L. Buster Robinson
Robert Windham
Oil and Refining
Blue
Seventeenth Streets
Robinson
Cotton County
Oklahoma
Windham
Mr. Collier
Court House
Arch Smith
Bond
Collier
Interesting Program Given at East Ward
East Ward school hosted a Friday afternoon program in the high school auditorium. The first grade presented Willis N. Bugbee's Pageant The Kiddies Karnival detailing Wonderland and its royal visit, with effective costumes and musical support from the high school orchestra. The second grade performed America in the Making with solid parts, earning praise from all.
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East Ward
Willis N. Bugbee
America
Box Supper Planned at Mount Pleasant School
A box supper will be held at the Mount Pleasant school house Saturday night February 21. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant School
Banks Will Close For Washington's Birthday
City banks will be closed next Monday in observance of Washington's Birthday, with the holiday falling on Sunday this year. Banks will resume business on Tuesday following the holiday.
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Washington
Dallas man aids Federal Reserve official in city visit
Mr A E Lanier of Dallas, a friend of Mr L D Lovett, was in the city today attending to business matters for the Federal Reserve Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lanier
Dallas
L. D. Lovett
Federal Reserve Bank
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Coach Evans
Mlega
Great Cave
Masonic
M’farlane
Tares County
Brooks
Duval
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Kleberg
Willacy
Galveston
Hidalgo
Rerrierr
Matagorda
Wharton
Aransas
Shawnee
Wichita
Frank Collier
Wichita Falls
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