Joy Makers League Meeting in Melissa District
McKinney Sk4 members attended the Joy Makers League meeting at Melissa Methodist church with readings music and social hour. Visitors from several churches joined representatives from First church McKinney and others as the district plans future events including a big July picnic dates July 31 August 1 2 and 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church
McKinney
Uth Wilcox
MckKinney
Metisse
Weatminster
Blythe's Chapel
Hen
Ricardson
Farm relief agreement reached after White House talks
Washington reports an agreement by the Hoover administration to push a farm relief bill within ten days. Senate and House leaders agreed to drop the debenture feature, forming a plan with a Federal farm board and a 500 million dollar revolving fund to stabilize prices. The Senate had previously voted for the conference on the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Hoover
Houssa
Federal Farm Board
Developmen S
Anfity
Kim Imeck
Farmer-Laborite
Corn Products Contest In McKinney Advertised In Papers
The Corn Products company sponsors a contest in McKinney with details to appear in Thursday's Weekly Democrat-Gazette and Friday's Daily Courier-Journal. Read the ads to be eligible for prizes. The Corn Products Processing Company at Battery Park, New York City, the largest grocery plant, spans 100 acres with 50 acres of floor space and 20 miles of internal railroads. It operates well under capacity, producing and shipping 75 carloads of finished products daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corn Products Commpany
Eurosyrup
Mazda Argo
McKinney
Democrat-Gazette
Courier-izyette
Corn Products Reining Company
Battery I
Ktce
New York City
Balloon Man D B James Visits McKinney En Route
D B James known as The Balloon Man and his son Charlie James along with J Morris were seen in McKinney on Wednesday morning en route to Sherman and other local points. He plans several balloon flights during the picnic season and has many friends in Collin county. He often stops at the Daily Courier-Gazette and Weekly Democrat-Gazette offices when passing through.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BR. James
Charlie James
J. Morris
McWhinney
Sherman
Weekly
Democrat-Gazette
Plan Boy Scout Training School Here This Fall
McKinney leaders plan a local Boy Scout training course to be run by O A Killian, a prominent scout in Circle Ten, with dates to be announced by local officials and council headquarters. The event follows a unanimous vote at the McKinney Chamber of Commerce meeting.
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Plan Boy Scout Training School
McKinney
Te McKinney Chamber of Commerce
O. A. Killoan
Patlus
Kitterman
Scout Mac
Circle Ten
Copsiders
Ling Moudldine
Dathas
Prominent Young Newspaper Woman Returns to Duties
Miss Maurine Osburn society editor of the Austin Statesman resumes work at the state capital paper after attending her grandfather W. J. Osburn's funeral in McKinney. She has a sister Ellen Osburn and they are the children of C. R. Osburn of Melissa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurine Osburn
Austin Blatesman
McKinney
W. J. Osburn
The
State University At Austin
C. R. Osburn
Melissa
Board stewards monthly meeting well attended at church
In Presidynt C. A. Reese's absence George Reinhardt presided at the well attended board of stewards meeting at the First Methodist church. Hon H H Neilson spoke in sympathy for G G McAlexander whose brother died in Cooper Texas. William J Baggy of Blue Ridge graduates West Point and will take leave before a second lieutenant assignment. Charles Edward Willcoxson Jr. leaves Boyd High for Texas A M College cotton studies at College Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Reese
George Reinhardt
Board of Stewards
Virst Methodist Church
H. H. Neilson
G. G. McAlexander
Cooper, Texas
Dr. Old
Dallas
Collin County
West Point
William J. Baggy
Blue Ridge
Fase
White Ridge
Charles Edward Willcoxson Jr
Te Boyd High School
College Station
Texas A. & M. College
Chiatries Edward
B. Willcoxson
North Tex
Atts Maggie Williams Attends Osburn Funeral in McKinney
Maggie Williams of Sherman came Monday to attend the funeral of her uncle W. L. Osburn held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry BR Morgan in McKinney where the deceased spent his final years and died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Williams
Sherman
W. L. Osburn
Henry BR. Morgan
McKinney
Swedish Flyer To Retry Flight To New York
Reykjavik reports Capt Albin Ahbe and crew attempted a preparatory flight toward New York. The craft took off three times and returned each time due to adverse weather between Iceland and Greenland. The aircraft later resumed testing, circling near Mayjavix as weather improved.
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New York
Reykjavik
Albin Ahbe
York
Stockholm
Sweden
Ahrenberg
Here
Greenland
Mayjavix
Camp Wisdom Scout Camp Opens With Summer Activities
Many scouts are enrolled for the first session of summer camp at Camp Wisdom. The camp runs from June 10 to August 4 with eight seven day periods. Cost is $6 per day per period. Eligible scouts must be physically fit and have medical certification. Applications should be submitted by one week before arrival to Dallas headquarters. Scout officials urge enrollment for a memorable summer with camp fires and ceremonies.
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Giready
Te Firut Ff
MuMmer
Camp Wisdom
Ming
Nes
Pune
National Headquarters
H. S. Ware
Texas Power & Light Co
M Kinney
Collin County
Deetor Shumoway
Council
Dallas
Theolder
Ghost Tree
McKinney Lady Heads 16 Alumni of Sherman High
Mrs. Pool Jr and family returned from Sherman where she attended the Sherman High School alumnae annual meeting. Mrs. Oul was elected president. the group plans no meeting next year and will hold its sixth anniversary in Sherman in 192? at the Grayson hotel. Mrs. Pool spoke on Pr s and Tribulations of Being a Po ter. Mrs. Harwell spoke on What We Ex pected of the Class of 1916 and is now librarian and dean of women at Austin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Pool Jr
Margaret
Sarah
Robert
Sherman
H. P. Pool Sr
Re G. Thompson
Lhe
Sherman High School
Oul
Eod
Goodners Visit Paris Relatives Over Weekend
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Goodner and children Mary Ann and Jim Box spent the weekend with relatives in Paris, sharing a brief family visit and time together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Goodner
Mary Ann
Jim Box
Paris
Death of Mrs. W. D. Mountcastle in Paris
Mrs. Lillie Emerson learned from a telephone message that Mrs. W. D. Mountcastle died in Paris Wednesday morning around 10:30. Funeral services were held in McKinney with Rev J A Olds, pastor of the First Methodist Church, officiating. Survived by husband Rev W D Mountcastle and daughter Miss Willie, long-time pastor in McKinney, who had suffered a heart condition in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Emerson
W. D. Mottcastle
Paris
Vares
Sn. J. A
First Methodist Church
W. D. Mountcastle
Willie
Wovateastie
McKinney
Taylor Family Among Early Collin County Settlers
A family of six Taylor brothers and their sister and spouses, prominent farmers and cattlemen, arrived in 1867 from Tennessee and Mississippi to settle in Collin and Grayson counties. They built farms west of Van Alstyne and in West Texas, with descendants remaining in McKinney, Oklahoma, New York, California, and Panama, all valued community members.
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A. N
Surse Taylor
J. H. Taylor Sr
McKinney
Tennessee
Foncine
West Texas
Brown
Grayson County
van Alstyne
Pr. Y. Taylor
Texas
Fancine
J. H. Taylor
Tom
Mississippi
Robert Taylor
West Collin
Venita
Oklo
Old
Celina
Taylor
Oklahoma
New York
California
Panama
J. UH. Taylor
Herve
Severe storms cause heavy damage across eight states
June 13 reports show at least ten deaths and extensive property damage across Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin the Dakotas Nebraska and northern Indiana as violent storms and heavy rains sweep the Middle West. A low pressure system near James Bay and a moving center over the Ohio valley are noted by U S Weather forecasters.
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Chicago
Middle West States
Milinos
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Dakotas
Nebraska
Indiana
James Bay
Canada
United States
A. Donnel
Ohio Valley
Dounel
Cooper Citizen Attends Osburn Funeral In McKinney
Cooper citizen Morgan Henry Morgan, Osburn’s old friend and County Tax Collector, attended the funeral and burial of W. N. Osburn in McKinney and Melissa. Morgan is a Cooper cotton man, born in Lazyneck sixty five years ago, lived in Cooper thirty three years, and his Confederate veteran father once ran a mercantile business near McKinney’s public square.
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Sto Morgan
Henry Morgan
W. N. Osburn
McKinney
Melissa Monday
Mr. Morgan
Cooper
Lazyneck
Gooper
Kelley Die in Auto Collision Near Greenville
L A and N Railway kills man when his auto was struck by a passenger train near Greenville last Friday. Co L Kelley 36 died instantly. burial held Sunday in Greenville. He managed a large farm west of Greenville and was tied to a Greenville cotton firm during the cotton season. He was educated in Kaufman public schools and at Wesley College Greenville and Baylor University. He had friends in McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Kelley
Louisiana Railway & Navigation
Greenville
Kaufman Public
Wesley College
Baylor University
Kelley
McKinney
Pastor's Wife Dies in Duncanville
Mrs. Mattie J. Stout wife of the Rev M A Stout pastor of the First Methodist Church of Duncanville died at 10 30 am Monday in a Dallas hospital She is survived by her husband two sons Vernon and Howard and a daughter Lena Maude all of Duncanville Funeral services were at the First Methodist Church Duncanville at 3 pm Tuesday with Dr O J Cooper presiding elder of the Dallas district officiating Also assisting were Revs G C French Miner Bounds and Rh Mood Burial followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattie J. Stout
M. A. Stout
First Methodist Church
Duncanville
Dallas
Vernon
Howard Stout
Lena Maude Stout
O. '. Cooper
Police Drive Against Law Violators in Dallas
Dallas police continued a crackdown on vice arresting eleven for drunkenness after finding them intoxicated on the streets. The operation, led by Police Captain Jessie B. Bonner, total arrests reached forty for gambling, vagrancy and liquor law violations with illicit alcohol confiscated including wine whisky gin and beer.
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Dallas
Texas
Jessie B. Bonner
Melissa hosts Joy Makers meeting in Melissa union
Imythe's Chapel chosen as next month's meeting place for the Joy Makers pworth League union at the Melissa Methodist church. Officers for the new year named FitzHugh Talbot president and Miss Frances vice president. The Melissa meeting featured singing, readings, piano and trombone music, and a talk by Rev. Cartwright of Greenville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imythe’s
Joy-Makers' Pworth League Union
Melissa Methodist Church
FitzHugh Talbot
Hagel Frances
Vel Ford
Melissa
Melissa League
Spencer S. Spearman
M. L. Talley
Allen Methodist Church
Rudell Burkett
Myrtle Tranthem
Varnelle Shirtey
Gladys Berry
Hazel Frances
McKinney
Sherman
Rey. M. JL. Talley
Susye Sloloman
Anna Bette Kerr
Junior Order meeting and cotton compress developments
An important meeting is set for Friday night June 14 by the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Officers for the coming year will be nominated. A. Reese and H. H. Norwood traveled to Waxahachie this week to inspect repairs and upgrades at the Sherman plant and to ready the McKinney compress, noted for its large modern warehouses and capacity to store vast cotton quantities.
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United American Mechanics
Tthis City
Alto
A. Reese
McKinney and Sherman
H. H. Norwood
Waxahachie
Sherman
McKinney
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Melissa Tuesay
Joy-Makers’ League
Milion
Melissa Motholet Church
Meliqsa League
Mia
Spencer S. Spearson
WWE
Selarte
Wairst Church
Wilcox E'Mreh
Vie City
Dilvernt
John
Cotton
Scout
John 8. Cotton
D.B. James
WOMAN
First Methodist
M’kinney Lady Heads
OE Sherman High
Husband
Dee
Collin
Osburn
L.A. & N. Railway
C. S. Weaver
Florence Lea Harris
Carrie Jean Davis
Gertrude Shimelpfenig
Texas Poetry Society
Joymakers
E. L. Union
Blythes Chapel
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