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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
6
Mrs. M Dowdle librarian invites all to join Graham Public Library summer reading courses. One hundred have signed up already and over one hundred books were checked out last Tuesday showing strong interest. course closes September 1 and should begin at once. Join now.
Claude Holbert submits May output for 48 brown Leghorn hens. They consumed 100 pounds mash and 125 pounds grain and yielded 903 eggs in the month. Daily totals range from 22 to 42 eggs, with several days in the low thirties.
Miss Mary Lou Burgess and John L. McCombs wed in a quiet ceremony conducted by Rev. G W Black last Saturday May 29 The bride comes from a South Bend pioneer family and recently graduated Graham High School The groom is from the Indian Mound area and is the son of Mr and Mrs W C McCombs They live at the Walker House on Third Street
The Leader announces a call for bids on a new road from Graham to the Jack County line linking with the hard surfaced road toward Jacksboro and Fort Worth. Bids open June 29 with work hoped to start soon after. Local optimism crowns the project as dirt breaking day for Young County.
The Mothers Club gathered at Mrs. Leslie Scott's home on Third Street for a June 1 meeting. Members enjoyed poetry readings and a talk by visitor Mrs. J. D. Dawson on The Charm of Poetry for Children, plus tips on developing memory by Mrs. G. B. Johnson. Retiring president Mrs. Paul Deats was praised for guiding the year.
Many Bunger residents attended the Young County Singing Convention at Olney last Sunday. The next convention will be at Bunger on the fifth Sunday in August. Mrs Mollie Mahaney Miss Hazel and George Mahaney returned from Swenson Texas. Mrs G O Prescott returned from Mooringsport Louisiana for her mother funeral. Mr and Mrs Lee McLaren of Wichita Falls visited early in the week. Ruby Weldon accompanied them home. Elbert Galloway and G W Mahaney visited relatives in east Texas. Alma Stringer Hazel Mahaney Virginia Caudill will attend the summer session at Denton Normal College.
Farmers in the Flint Creek region report rain helped grain crops after a Sunday shower. Local social notes mention Mrs. Winnie Mae Louise Barnhart’s birth, Gladys Long visiting from Throckmorton, and sister Bernice’s California teaching plans. The Davies film The Lights of Old Broadway plays Liberty Theatre June 7 and 8, with travel notes on J A Allen and Nettie Dodd visiting.
Acknowledgement from Mr and Mrs D R Smith and Family Ceburne Margaret and Eula Mae Smith express gratitude for kindness shown during their great sorrow over the death of their son and father.
A Ruskin saying notes conceit may inflate a person but cannot truly sustain them or provide lasting stability.
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