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Newspaper
Graham Leader
Location
Graham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1945
Page
3
Impounded horse described as bay with blind right eye about 15 1 4 hands high saddle and saddle marks. Owner must claim by describing and proving ownership and paying 50 cents daily pound and feed fees. If unclaimed, sale set for September 10 at Graham Auction Barn by Sam Gough Marshall.
Japan unconditionally accepts the Potsdam Declaration ending imperial conquest. General MacArthur is designated to receive the surrender with Allied reps while Emperor Hirohito remains on the throne to oversee a transition to democracy. The war ends after devastating campaigns, atomic bomb impacts, and Allied occupation plans for Honshu and other main islands.
Miss Kathleen Stewart Miss Leah Stewart Miss Grace Stewart and Miss Fannie Stoffers spent last week in Mineral Wells. R G Stoker from Crystal Falls plans moving to Graham. Frank Coover returns to local oil fields after a year away. Joe Johnson from near Jean may become Graham citizen. J T Vaughn renovates the Graham opera house with new chairs and layout. P K Deats and family visited Albany then Breckenridge oil fields. Ike Roebuck and wife left town for vacation.
John B. Wadley of Salt Creek was in town Tuesday. Mrs. M. L. Johnson and children returned from Whitt. The professor has quit bachelor’s hall. Mrs. L. M. Carnes will open a girls school in her building. The Ladies' Aid Society met at Rev. Wycough’s with eighteen members. Committees were formed to pursue manse property and to plan an ice cream supper for Sept. 13. Five men and Dr. Scogin left for Dillingham on a fishing frolic.
Mr and Mrs J L Nanney and their son Johnnie from Hendersonville North Carolina visited at the home of Mr and Mrs R G Taylor. Mrs Nanney is a niece of Mrs Taylor. The Nanneys plan to move to Dallas.
An advertisement from the Thornton & Minor Clinic in Kansas City Missouri offers a free booklet on constipation and related colon disorders. It links symptoms like headaches nausea and abdominal pain to colon disease and provides address details to request the illustrated booklet by mail.
The Proffitt drought remains critical as residents report illness in Graham Hospital after a Throckmorton rodeo trip. Local families share visits from Fort Worth, Dallas, Lubbock, and Kilnware, plus a church revival ends with Rev. M. F. Richardson becoming pastor.
A report notes someone examining property in the area while Mrs. Joe Woolfolk visits her sister in California.
Lt Edward B. Harris Jr. arrived by plane at Patterson Field Dayton Ohio last Saturday after a ten day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs E B Harris.
Mr and Mrs Stanley Bates Mr and Mrs Orvil Fultz and their young son from Lawton Oklahoma spent Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs F M Kurk in their home.
Margaret Louise Wigington underwent a tonsillotomy at the Griffin Clinic on Wednesday morning, August 29, as part of a routine medical procedure.
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