Graham High Football Triumph Over Jacksboro Saturday
Graham High School defeated Jacksboro 25 to 0 in a Saturday football contest. Long runs by Fowler and Clark highlighted Graham's win, with strong line play and key interceptions and punt blocks sealing the victory. Ross Clark stood out at halfback, while Brumbelow and Wells led Jacksboro with punting and passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham High School
Jacksboro High
Graham
Jacksboro
Brumbelow
Wells
Waltemar Stewart
Lloyd Bullock
Ross Clark
Atkins
Fowler
Clark
Graham Jacksboro
Mancel Birdwell Coleman
Red Moore Brumbelow
Frank Couger
Visit Art Exhibit at Young County Fair
Mrs. E. Mabry leads the art booth at the Young County Fair next week with premiums for pottery hand painted china and novelty art. First prize five dollars second prize two fifty and third with a ribbon. Graham and Young County artists urged to enter at least one class before nine o clock Tuesday morning.
DeMolay Band Concert Draws Large Graham Crowd
The DeMolay Band performed on the square last Friday night to a large audience. Formed around June first, the group has grown into a solid band through the summer. The band will perform during the Fair, opening in Graham next Tuesday for five days, with shows each afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Orr Brothers Visit Ill Father in Dallas Return Home
Dan Orr and Horace Orr traveled to Dallas last week to see their father who had been sick and returned with him for a visit here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Dan and
Horace Orr
Dallas
Court Denies New Trial in Herbert Griffin Case
Judge H R Wilson overruled Herbert Griffin's motion for a new trial in Archer County. Griffin's appeal followed a 25 year sentence for killing Hugh Reilly near Dundee. He claimed newly discovered evidence and errors in jury instruction and prosecutorial remarks. Bail denial applies to those under heavy sentences awaiting appellate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Griffin
H. R. Wilson
Griffin
Young County
W. T. Drake
Wichita Falls
Drake
Hugh Reilly, Jr
Dundee
Reilly
Hugh Reilly
Archer County
Foot and Mouth Disease In Texas
Foot and Mouth Disease has been found on a few ranches near Houston. State and Federal authorities impose strict quarantine to prevent spread. Cattle burned, informally affecting Dallas State Fair with no livestock exhibits. county fairs unaffected as no cross-county shipments occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Dallas
American Legion Decorates Graham With Citywide Flags
The Ligon Daniels Post of the American Legion in Graham arranged patriotic decorations by selling 4x6 flags to local businesses. Legion members drilled holes in sidewalks to mount flags on staffs that can be raised or lowered, forming a uniform display. Flags were delivered last week and are expected to be used during the upcoming fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ligon-Daniels
American Legion
Graham
Legion
Honor Farm Opens for Prisoners in Sugar Land Texas
Governor Pat M Neff released 125 prisoners at Imperial Farm No 2 Sugar Land opening a new era in Texas penitentiary reform. About 300 officials and citizens attended as rifles and bloodhounds were removed and convicts were promised humane treatment and work as free men. Mother J E King praised the program and gifts were exchanged among officials and inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat M. Neff
Imperial Farm No. 2
Sugarland
Texas
Pat Neff
J. E. King
San Antonio
State Prison Advisory Board
Neff
King
Newt Hamrick Starts New Chicken Farm in Graham
Newt Hamrick has opened a chicken farm near Graham, leasing vacant lots to raise Buff Orpington hens for eggs and fryer production. He operates four incubators and ten pens, with about seven hundred fifty chicks aged seven weeks, aiming for year round fryer supply and occasional live hens or eyes for sale. Return on investment expected in three weeks as market-ready chickens arrive weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Wells
Graham
Texas
New York
Austin
California
Pennsylvania
France
Germany
Mary Byner
Indiana
A. Slaughter
Mr. Wells
Houston
Republic
Newt Hamrick
Shawnee Loop
Mr. Hamrick
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Hamrick
All Set for Five Day Young County Fair
President D Walker of the Fair Association reports preparations complete for next Tuesday opening. Gates close 12 to 5, parade at 12 15, races from noon to 5, with horse and auto events, Donald McGregor Shows, and numerous exhibits. School parade Friday October 10 encouraged with passes for teachers and pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Walker
The
Fair Association
Graham
Fair Park
Donald McGregor
Texas
Avants
Young County
Flower Exhibit Plans Highlight Young County Fair
The Young County Fair allocates fifteen dollars in premiums for flowers. Mrs. Hall Morrison oversees the flower exhibits and asks exhibitors to bring plants Monday afternoon and cut flowers Tuesday morning. Prizes honor finest specimen and collections including roses and mixes. exhibitors supply their own containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Association
Hall Morrison
Eastern Star booth at fair funds Arlington home room
Graham Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star plans a booth at the Young County Fair next week selling sandwiches pies and coffee. Proceeds go to furnishing a room in the O E S home at Arlington. The public Masons and families are invited to patronize the booth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
Order of the Eastern Star
Young County Fair
Arlington
Masons
Polly Tickk Family to Perform in Graham Play Tomorrow
Polly Tickk and family with friends appear in a high school auditorium program sponsored by the Presbyterian Church women. The two act comedy satirizes gender roles in 1975 with Father Time and Dame Fashion, a plan to send Daisy Ann Gray to Congress, and a final chorus featuring the full cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly Tickk
the Presbyterian Cretch
Father Time
Dame
Billy Lawson
Daisy Ann Gray
Congress
Tickle
Billy
Graham
Baptist Ladies Banquet at Church Draws Big Crowd
The Baptist Church annex hosted a chicken dinner last Thursday with about two hundred attendees. C A Russell Spencer Mayes and the pastor helped, Miss Lillie Mae Calvin played piano, and Rev Miles B Hays preached on Growing a Great Church. The budget system was explained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Baptist Church
C. A. Russell
Spencer Mayes
Lillie Mae Calvin
Miles B. Hays
Olney Church
R. V. Tidwell
Open session of the K. of P's entertains with Camp Fire Girls
Tuesday night’s open session featured a lively program with Miss Edna Bowron and the Camp Fire Girls providing a musical showcase. The event offered an enjoyable evening for attendees and highlighted local youth talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. of P’s
Edna Bowron
Camp Fire Girls
Also Mentioned on This Page
Graham High
Findley Weaver
Raymond Graham Briscoe
Franklin
Glenn Wallace
Nichols
Noble Atkins Wells
Barton Atcheson
Howard Farmer
James McGowan
Mancel Birdwell
Stewart
J. C. Allen
Raymond Graham
Robert Fowler Byman
Howard Farmer Thompson
Ross Clark Dow
Demolay
Mises O
C. E
Booth
Baptist Ladies Banquet Church
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!