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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
6
A Shamrock Motor Co. executive argues used car prices will not endure at current levels. He cites intrinsic value, limited factory duplication, and rising owner reluctance to lose value by trading in. Dealers bear local responsibility and often break even, suggesting prices will align with actual value.
The Retail Merchants' Association of Graham held a Roselyn Cafe banquet with turkey dinner. Speakers S B Street L D Lovett W D McFarlane and others discussed the plan to issue Graham Greenbacks for dollar purchases and an auction sale set for December 21. Members urged calling for greenbacks on any dollar payment.
Miss Emily Waterman of the White Brown Lyceum Bureau gave a well received program at Graham High School auditorium last Saturday night despite a biting norther. The show amused all ages with humor and morals, and the audience praised the first class performance and hopes for a return visit.
Executive committee of the Music Club selected Sunday night November 22 for the Thanksgiving concert. Opera was the day’s topic, supervised by Mrs Cortez Slaughter. The program included Wagner and Verdi selections, a piano overture, oratorio papers, and vocal pieces by Mrs Slaughter, Mrs Simpson, Miss John, Mrs Parker, Mrs Graham, and Miss Calvin.
Indian Mound notes cooler weather and suggests no school on Thanksgiving Day. It reports a community singing by Mr and Mrs R W Easterling last Sunday November 15, plus various local movements and visits. A baby boy of Roy Higgins family died Friday morning and was buried at Graham cemetery. It praises local schoolteachers after noting about thirty pupils remain due to cotton picking.
Fort Worth Nov 16 The fall ceremonial of Moslah Temple will be held Saturday November 21 in the Coliseum of North Fort Worth A large assembly of nobles is expected though novices may be fewer Johnson F Lyons Potentate says Bill Southwell leads the stage with assistants A dance November 20 at the Texas Hotel precedes the event A banquet at the Coliseum follows the ceremony The Moslah Temple Band led by Wright Armstrong will perform after the banquet The Mesa Shrine Club of Abilene and other West Texas Shriner organizations plan to attend
A training week at the Baptist Church features Mr Stanley H Peavy teaching Sunday School Organization. County Missionary E M Agee leads Bible Outlines and Rev W E B Lockridge conducts Methods of Teaching. About forty students attend and report enjoyment of the course.
The Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor group is presenting a study of Torchbearers in China taught by Dr. Gary Smith. Lectures run Sundays for three to four weeks and all are invited to attend this intensive program.
November 14 marked Aunt Bettie Median's 89th birthday. Mrs. E R Ragland 69 and her son 49, now in New Mexico, joined a grand family dinner at Aunt Bettie's home west of Graham last Sunday. Immediate family attending included Mr and Mrs E R Ragland and several Ragland relatives and friends.
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