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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
8
Desire, a Metro special production, headlines the Liberty Theatre for Monday and Tuesday as a refined society drama. The plot follows two wealthy youths poised to wed who realize they do not love each other and flee, leading to separate fates including remarriage and tragedy.
A terse exchange recalls a past marriage proposal with a playful line about memory and commitment. The absent minded professor responds with a sly confirmation, highlighting a lighthearted moment of romantic history.
A striking Preferred Pictures release, Poisoned Paradise, opens at the National Theatre with a rare plot and superb treatment. Based on Robert Service's Monte Carlo thriller, the film excels in story, direction, settings, and acting, ranking among this season's choicest offerings.
A reflective line noting that hardship contains beauty and hope, suggesting resilience through adversity and the idea that gloom can yield small bright moments.
Baptist church at Orth hosts June 27 28 1924 with sessions led by Rev B A Roark Rev G W Black Rev Joe Wilson Rev McKinley Norman Rev Sam Malone and others. Program includes sermons devotional sessions prayer revival prep and a women's work feature with various speakers and musical interludes.
A light hearted play about a tired mail man who soaks his feet as his son plays the fiddle. The performance includes humane, home life comedy and features Emory Johnson directing with standout moments that bring relief from heavier drama.
In Monroe Louisiana on June 15 W C McClure 47 was severely burned when a tree being cut by a crew exploded after a gas pocket in the ground seeped into the trunk. A hissing noise followed by a blast knocked two crew members down and the explosion could be heard a mile away.
W. C. Burns and Ammie Gatlin surprised friends with a May 29 wedding after securing credentials at the county clerk and county judge’s office. The couple stayed in Mineral Wells through Tuesday and are now at home in Graham, receiving congratulations. Burns is a longtime county citizen and former commissioner. Gatlin is the daughter of the late county commissioner and a longtime resident with many friends.
The First Christian Church schedules morning and evening sermons on June 22 titled The Trinity of Success and The New Song. Dr Klingman spoke last Sunday on The Old Testament Trinity of Redemption and The New Wine with strong audience response. Choir practice ends Friday. a debt free church and parsonage worth about 100000 are to be dedicated July 13 with plans for a year of spiritual uplift.
J. W. Fulps of Graham visited town representing Carter Grocery Co of Fort Worth. The Home News notes he knows the grocery business thoroughly and has expanded his route to include Springtown. he plans weekly calls to meet local grocers and get acquainted.
Mrs Georgia Jenkins Burleson widow of Baylor University founder Dr Rufus C Burleson died at her son's home in Waco Texas after a long illness including partial paralysis She was born in Meriwether Georgia and lived in Texas eighty eight years A longtime Baylor matron Georgia Burleson Hall bears her name She is survived by son R A Burleson daughter Mrs S L Morris of Ackerman Miss and brother Judge W H Jenkins of Waco
A Huntsville Texas couple Judge W L Dean and wife donated ten thousand dollars to Southwestern University endowment drive. Five thousand will fund a loan pool for worthy students and five thousand will bolster the endowment.
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