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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1917
Page
1
A large turnout of women attended Red Cross classes led by Miss Mary Craig in the Woodmen building on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings and afternoons. The afternoon class now numbers about thirty five, with growing interest and participation deserving broad endorsement and support.
Week ending July 17 1917 uncalled letters include Blaisdell J. S. Senora Patricia Hernandez Sue vano Wimberly Miss Ida Letters must be called with date advertised Postmaster N S Farmer per J L P
The Ladies Baptist Missionary Society of Indian Mound organized by Mrs J T Rickman on June 11 1916 began with eight members and since then six have joined. The group held twelve meetings this year and contributed 41.80 to various good causes with Mrs G W McComas as president and Mrs T F Kindley and Mrs Harry Kindley as officers.
Roy Jackson reports a four year old black mare mule near Jermyn Texas missing. The mule stands 16 hands high, is branded on the left shoulder reading okin and is described as bad to jump. A liberal reward is offered for information leading to recovery.
The Graham Sanitarium will open in the Tidwell building at Oak and Fourth streets on August 1. The upper floor is secured for a hospital with modern amenities including electric lights fans hot and cold water and an X Ray room. Miss Mabel Miller, an experienced nurse, will attend to patients in the new facility.
Sheriff M M Wallace attended a large Megargel picnic and barbecue then returned home sick. He has been confined to bed all day. The Christian church ladies plan another fall fair with time and place to be announced. Farm products should be saved for exhibit and premiums. Mrs A K Jopling of Fort Worth and Mrs J F Slice of Beaumont visit their father J M Whitfield. Mr Slice moves headquarters from Beaumont to Fort Worth. J S Timmons, an old Elbert friend, renewed interest in The Leader after a West Texas and New Mexico trip noting better crops locally.
The text invites households to join the Food Administration in Washington with a pledge card. It states no fees, requests basic personal and household details, and offers a free first instruction and window tag upon pledge. An optional ten cent payment yields an official button and shield.
Hall Maupin S L Hall of Fort Worth married Miss Zoola Maupin of Graham in Fort Worth last Sunday July 15. They will reside at 945 Henrietta Street Fort Worth. The wedding surprised many local friends.
C. W. Johnson and family departed this morning for Fort Sheridan Illinois to visit Wesley Johnson and will return in about two weeks.
The Young County Association Auxiliary to the Young Co. Association meets at Tank Valley Church Friday August 16 1917 with 10 o clock morning session including prayers scripture reading and soul winning talk. Afternoon includes devotional report election of officers and committee appointments. Members urged to attend and submit reports in a spirit of prayer.
Regular services scheduled at the Baptist church next Sunday with a preaching event by the pastor. A meeting is held at Eliasville this week but he will return to preach at the usual hours and invites attendance at all services.
Another fine rain fell this morning, general across the county and beneficial for the ground. Graham reported a heavy shower for nearly an hour filling low water tanks, while Newcastle and Orth areas saw similar rainfall. West Texas also received heavy rains over the past week, improving soil conditions for fall crops.
The Graham I O O F lodge held a regular meeting and changed the meeting night to Sunday night each week to accommodate country members. Officers elected for the ensuing year include J W Allen as Noble Grand M Tiffany as Worthy Grand W H Health as Scribe J A Harmon as Warden.
John C. Bower sent two fine fish after a fishing trip on the Clear Fork last Thursday night. The note thanks him for the thoughtful gesture and praises him as a fine fisherman and a good fellow.
J S McCan returned from Dallas county. Johnson spent Monday in Fort Worth. G B Johnson attended the Megargel barbecue yesterday. J C Vaughan visited the Megargel barbecue yesterday. Joe Lee Matthews spent yesterday in Megargel for the barbecue. Mr and Mrs F M Burkett and son Marion returned Sunday from a West Texas and Oklahoma automobile trip.
Megargel held a barbecue and picnic to mark the cornerstone laying of a new $10,000 brick schoolhouse. An estimated 3000 to 4000 attended as the Olney Concert Band played and speeches were given. In the afternoon Megargel and Archer City played a ball game for over two hours.
J M Taylor living east of town brought a stalk of corn to our office showing a nearly mature ear that survived the breath. He planted thirty acres of corn with five acres interplanted with peas. The interplanted section stayed fresh and green while the twenty acres without peas burned up.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Douglas of Jacksboro spent last Sunday in Graham visiting relatives. Miss Lois Loving spent a few days in Seymour last week visiting relatives. Jim Alden and Howard Bowron spent Tuesday in Olney visiting their friend Clarence Wear.
Strayed black mare three years old fourteen hands high branded A on left shoulder and L on left thigh. Stif fled in right hind leg. Noted with a gnall star in forehead. J C Jones St Avis Texas ten miles north of Jacksboro.
Mrs L E Gilmore and her daughter Miss Ethel will leave in the morning for Crystal Falls to visit her daughter Mrs C Wasson.
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