Hood County News-Tablet from Granbury, Texas • Page 1

4 tO REUNION DATES JULY 18-10-20-21 TT renuKT jixy zi GRANBURY NEWS EST. 1886, HOOt) COUNTY TABLET EST. 1919, CONSOLIDATED JUNE 15. 1945 VOLUMES 3 GRANBURY, TEXAS. THU RSDAY, LY 6, 1 950 NUMBER' 39b IT 1 Goiifttj Naws-TaMet I I 1 El Deerinq Granbury in 1895 New Census Certain To Show Ml In Texas Populalion From Farm (o City This and That BY NORMA CRAWFORD According to most reports the Fourth was a quietly celebrated holiday, with the home folks.

Sleep, do a little painting, work iW ijw was-TrBjoswe. pad per f5313 Texas' sMft to a fcvdscs- 2i.ti2. prcE.i y. KMriata ctaes was 3ZS per cf Vest 'Tew 3 Sunday, July! The annual reunion of the D'eering family was held at the rceunion laDernacie sunaay, July 2. Fifty-three were present in-! eluding J.

L. Deenng, Mrs. Mag-' gie Watson of L. C. Deering, J.

Cox and daughters, Gwendene, Marlene and Maxine of Loving: Jim Caldwell and daughter, Mrs. Horner of Peacick, Texas; Mr Am. iMai domir.antly Mcpf -Cac ''Jli fW: we, lived in the ec trs?" 01 iesj irtan There is no a tia; the. new census i2 Tex3ns liw in tjwrs Esi cities' vi ana ovr ties. With abviut 23 costaes attt 135 kis uiauon.

me Knsers are tap ick counties. Their losses sre raoce man onset vt ceavx giras and Mrs. J. R. Holder and chil-, rurai areaa- dren, Robbie and Johnell of Ft-f An Ptws? cjera- Worth; Sgt.

and Mrs. R. shows ab: 3.501 Ts- Early of Waco; Mr. and Mrs. 1 ans tve 'm clUes CI Edgar Heathington of Weather-: more- ford; and Mrs.

Roscoe' The shift citks a2 stems the ctties. nis ceepasa 63 The moveree-it tie citaes Gks Vr pceSssesry also is illustrated by tbe facttpccoiitxxs.fee- 13SI vjjft IStI tfl5 Ooessi. West Tix 3 xal fif cxzd per cesi- Ctare 111.4 per tnzS aai taj-eier WesS Tex- c5 lso -rve b-W ewa. p. StwirtSSe- prstejr tr.lir$?sr citr jt report' pre-saasy cessas IScsrw Sae.

ptrt cisies wiSiaa Greater. Du! f.x- iastaare km I ta-' U. ci cSxsl sad bnr raai cxea i theses- mfaraws S3S9 fcas teea aaaauaoed. xa-ixa'Sfs cir act es ItKBII cSass ia IJl cSj; o-ceraccaied ka 154. Hew Street Lights Beina Installed street ace fcsE ia-ilei tiiis veek swsad tie sq-are arii for tro tkvis ea T-aew-EjjSas sysaa w3l Lair.

hres AT sat SEtessity tea Lits feet miicil ace fess Srae ef Cbe Sissy Miles, Cresson, Winner in State Contest. To National in August Texas now has at least 62 ettass of 10.000 populatkre or tcore. compared with ortix- 44 ia Some of the 19l930-pJes citaes reached that class ire spectaralar growth. Pasadeaa. a subesra ef Mitchell-Jones Weddintj Saturday The weddirt of JEss XcTSjece Mitchell and Mr.

Joe Lace Jjces i took place Saturdir eT2: July 1 in Weatierfix-dL The bride ts the da-jzter e5 Mrs. Lela MitcfceU cf She wore a blue dress with feSael and white accessories for wedding. Mr. Jones is tlse sob cf tie Finis Jones of Lipaa. The ctsjsjsJe will make their home fa Worth where both are Wright Fuaiia to Live' in Midland Mr.

shi who were rtirrtei rr.orr.irig 'the rents. Mr. ar.i' ier FuQua. are rr.aii-i tie; in Midlarrd. wed iiit 2 ceretss.

st rr.rr pVv with Rev. J. th Rev. J. reads I 6 say; be 'leasgr Heathington and children, Leon ard and Rachael Ann of Tolar; Mrs.

S. Hood, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Brown, Tern us Heathington, Mrs. Opal Musick and children, Gerald and Myrna; C.

B. Heathington, wife and son, Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Cooper and daughter, all of Granbury. Friends attending were Mr.

and- Mrs. Hershel Biggs, Mr. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Leitch, Mr.

and Mrs. Butler and family all of Granbury; Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Bradley, Tim Bradley and Mrs. of Tolar; Susie Ames of Weatherford.

The first Sunday in July. "1951 will be' the date "of the next Homecoming Was Well Attended The homecoming at the Granbury Church of Christ- last Sunday was well attended. Visitors, former members and friends came from all sections of the state. After the morning service lunch was served. Each member's basket bulging with good things to eat to the Variety of the' menu.

Singing jn the afternoon and the evening worship service brought the day to a close. So successful enjoyable' was the occasion that plans' are being made to make it an annual Santa Fe To Install Signal at Crossing The Santa Fe Railway will install crossing protection at the Houston street crossing as. quickly as materials are avail-: able, according to a letter from A. B. Clements, superintendent! of the Southern Disvision to.

Mayor L. G. Ballard. A signal of! the type at the crossing in Cresson will be erected it is un-' Mr. Clements says in his IeT i ter" assured them (the alder-; that we would install the desired, crossing protection at Houston Street just as quickly as materials could be made I 1 Vas Town of 2 Granbury was a town of 2000 in 1895, according to information printed on the back of a family photograph which Mrs.

A. Carmichael Other infoi; mation shows that Dr. N. Doyle was then Mayor. Re v.

J. H. Evans was pastor of the Methodist Church; Rev. C. C.

McConnell was pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. A little Baptist Church stood on the hill east of the Jeff Rylee home now the H. D. Cherry home). There was also a building for the First Chirstian and the Old School Presbyterian Churches.

There were three flourishing newspapers then the Granbury News, The Granbury Graphic and the Hood County News. Does anyone happen to remember that there was four law firms here. Do: these names sound familiar? John J. Hiner, Estes and Keith, N. C.

Cooper and son and C. B. Reeder. Two millinery stores: Miss Cora Berry was- manager for Baker and Doyle. Mrs.

J. E. Salmon and son operated their own store for millinery. We had three stores for regular dry goods, Baker and Doyle; J. D.

Brown and Nix, Baird and Gresham. Three shops bore the sign "Watchmakers and These were owned by J. O. Rhome, J. A.

Key and A. Baker (the Restless Jeweler). Granbury supported six grocery stores: James M. Glenn; Sam H. Smith; J.

F. J. F. and. J.

Nutt; Daniel Booh and Co. and the Sam Ferrell and Company. Inhere were two livery stables, McGauhey and W. C. Robinson.

The "Bon an excellent cafe, was owned and operated by Ralph Bowden. There was a chili stand and an ice cream parior. Three insurance companies which covered firo, tornado, accident and life insurance were owned by H' H. Copper, J. W.

Yantis and T. J. Wilifams and V. E. McCoy.

E. A. Hannsford. P. H.

Thrash and the Morgan Drug were" the three jdnfc. G. L. Pate and ArfCarpenter did the barbering. Chas.

Neely started' the- first racket store; R. Morris the: hardware and tin" business M. Boswell the saddle and harness business. There was a good business! built up in- hides 'and wool) started by Lon H. Eddy.

The Eureka Laudry owned and operated by D. M. King was one of the best in the Southwest. W. M.

Leahy operated a meatj market and R. V. Wolcott the: Granbury Marble i J. C. Lees was the dertaker.

Those wishing to see this par-! ticular directory will also read that Granbury was situated on the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway, 40 miles from Fort Worth. The protograph was' made bv Dan Evans whose mot-; to was "Finest work in th-; west for the least Mrs. Carmichael also remem-j bers that there were three hotels here. then. They were the Commercial, Nutt Hotel and En-nis Hotel.

Also a college with two dormitories. The doctors looking after "the health of the people were Dr. Magncjs," Dr, Menifee, Dr. Lancaster, Dr. Carmichael, Dr.

Holmes and Dr. Mrs. Clay assisted by Mrs. A. Carmichael.

Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Duval of Dallas and Mrs.

Mon, Whitcher of Ft. Worth were weekencU euests ofv, and Mrs." Clive Martin. OPEN HOTJSE Our home will fie open to our friends Sunday -afternoon from 4 until 7. This is your Invitation. Mr.

and Mrs. Clay Johnson. in the yard, nothing, were some of thet answers we received when we questioned a number of people about their plans for celebrating. And they carried them out as planned. Didn't the weather man cooperate with those who planned trips, picnics, etc? Sat in on my first meeting of the Planning Committee Monday night.

It is composed of two representatives of each civic organization in Granbury. These representatives will dis- cuss the practical things Granbury needs, the things that be done not the wishful think- ing kind of things that can't be; accomplished decide on the most imperative and present I the plans to the City Council. Ewell Reed is chairman of the committee and Nita" Caskey the secretary. I really enjoyed the Do-Night contest Tuesday night. Manager Keith joi the Palace handled a group of twelve youngsters in a contest which was fun for everybody.

Pig Williams says he didn't get to carry out his plans -for the Fourth. He was. one of the ones who had SLEEP (with'cap-ital letters) on his program for the day. Seems Martha suggested a little yard work that kept him pretty well Occupied. The rain and Appreciation Day combined, to bring a large crowd to town yesterday.

Good day for visiting with friends. Get cold chills reading about the Korean situation, especially U. Infantry troops cut off from artillery support by the Communists. Barlon-Mallock Wedding July The wedding of Miss Frances Ehvanda Barton, to -Mr. Edward Dean Matlock was solemnized Saturday evening, July 1 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr and Mrs.

T. P. Barton in Bolton. T. P.

O'Sha-nahan the Belton Church of Christ read the single ring ceremony. The bride wore a pink embossed organdy dress, over taffeta with white accessories. She carried a colonial bouquet oi white roses. Miss Mary Katherine Walker sang "UntiV the End of Time" and "Because" preceding the ceremony. The matron of honor, Mrs.

Boyce Spangler of Dallas, cous-ni of the bride, wore blue organdy over taffeta with pink accessories and a wrist corsage of pink flowers. Mr. Spangler was best man. The Barton home was decorate with pink flowers and greenery, for the wedding and reception, which were atended by members of the dimmed iate families and close friends. i Mrs.

Martin Matlock, Jr. ser-i ved the wedding cake which was sweetheart shaped, sur-j rounded by pink and greeners and bows of bridal illusion. I Pink candlers in siver holders were used. Mrs. Bihion Carr i served the punch and Mrs.

Mur- lin Tomlinson was in charge of Jheguesft)6Kr The bride attended school in Granbury, Weatherfird and Bel-ton and has been employed at the Max Neuman Department store recently. Mr. Matlock.son of M.rs. Martin Matlock: of Gran bury, is a graduate of' Granbury High School and is now lemploy-edby the Brazos River Transmission and Electric Cooperative. couple are makirig.lheir home-here and Kav an apartment iij the home of Mrs.

A. Ti Keith, day btt dje to tiae tecesity ef a3 ttes readT tie isaiDe c-f tise ajweth" ir tie Eesska at aessS. "aeccrt te Ids. K. H.

city secretarr. From Vacation 3Cr. ir.i Jlrs. Leyd Svytva sd irccs a raratj trqp. Toey --5? tie S-xiet Eetos.

ilxri 'srtsere taey a C. Bennett Bouahl Out Civ Cleaners Besjeu Kxr tte Ctr Last year she won, at Hallettsville riding Joker, her brother Whizzer's horse. Last year, too, Sissy, name is really Charlene, held the title of cowgirl in the nation." She is an enthusiastic, brown haired girl, just now a. teenager (she's thirteen) who has been riding horses since she was old enough to mount one. When she goes to the National in Santa Rosa next month' she will ride her own horse, Tommy in the cloverleaf barrel race and Pistol again in the cutting horse contest.

What does she want to be when she grows up? Foolish question. Operate her own ranch, of course. Harrison Family Reunion July 4 The thirtv-ninth wedding an niversary of Mr. and Mrs. C.

of Glen Rose, formerly of Granbury and Tolar, July 4th was the occasion for the whole family to get together for the first time in ofurteen years. j.They met at the Harrison home in Glen Rose. Those present were Mr. and I Mrs. Troy Morgan and children, Willie B.

and Joe of Cressan; Mr. and Ms. Wm. F. Harrison les; Mr.

and Mrs. Will Rogers and a brother of Mr. Harrison's David M. Harrison of Ft. Worth.

Gifts, games and songs honor ed the couple and made the day a pleasant one for all those present. W. H. Kinson To Head Reunion Parade Kinson will Head the committee making plans for parade to' open' tjie fifty-second annual Old Soldiers and Settlers Reunion July 18. Prizes will be offered in a number of divisions, Mr.

Kinson said. Plans now call for the horseback riders; 'individual cars; business entries, organizations, bicycles and historical entries. The Granbury School Band will lead the parade Ray Luke, director, has started rehearsals and will have hte band in good shape for its appearance. "This is everybody's Reunion and ev7ery body's Mr. Kinson said, and he is urging every business house, every in-ested individual and organization" to begin planning 'now their 'entry, in the parade: Mrs.

Chfyis. Cleveland has as their weekend guests her father, Guhl of Breck-enridge. Sissy Miles, daughter4 of Mr. and Mrs. John Miles, Sr.

of Cresson is shown with the hand tooled saddle which she received as wjnner in the cutting horse contest, one of the events of I' the State High School Rodeo held at Hallettsville, Jane 15, .16 and 17. There were thirteen entries in the event which Sissy won riding Pistol; a horse owned by her cousin, James Calhtmn of Cresson; By winning at Hallettsville, she wiU'represent Texas at the National High School Rodeo to be held in Santa Rosa, New Mexico in This was the second year for Sissy to win the state high school- cutting horse contest. John C. lees Funeral Sunday Funeral services for John C. Lees will be held here some time Sunday, but exact time and place are not available as we go to press.

Mr. Lees, a former resident and an early undertaker "here, died at the home of his son, Allen, in Yuma, nrronav Wednesday The body will arrive in Ft. Worth either late Saturday afternoon or early Sunday morning. The Estes and Terry Funeral Home wilFbe in fViaruf nf sransements. v- Collier-Merrill Weddinq June 24 Miss Joyce Collier and Mr.

Gene Merrill were married June 24, in Weatherford with the Justice of the Peace reading the ceremony, The bride the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Collier" of Granbury, The groom is the son Mr. and Mrs. T.

P. Merrill of Worth. The couple are making their home in Fort Worth. TO EL TESORO Glenda Terry is spending two weeks at Camp El Tesoro. GASTON COGDELL AT CHURCH OF CHRIST SUN.

Gaston Cogdell of Abliene will preach' at the Granbury Church of Christ at morning ana even- ing services next ounaay, '9th. -V Mrr and Mrs. Frank Morrison had as their weekend guests their children and their families including Mr. and Mrs. J.

F. Knight. and son, Bruce of Odessa; Mr. and Mrs. Dick Morrison and children of Sonora; Mr.

and Mrs. Henry Wilkerson and Children of Flora, Illinois: Mr. and Mrs. F. B.

Morrison and family of Mufphysboro, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. -Johnny Morrison and family of Denton and Mrs' Gene Fowlkes and childrerf of Rock-walL' the single rtcg cererxty' Ti res- couple sfejod bef-w' a -Epwrsjr ssew! Kauiaa ed 'altar in firoct o-f tie SnfcTjsre-, irvve to The mantle was ta-ed ds, TO3el'lr. white daisies ad white rzr-as Srtvxt's sster. Mrs.

Geae white baskets cf the sarse CSsaries aai pc a flowers on each siii. t4 trtZ cc cf tbeir rssix ts The bride, the f.rrer Lcs Sxre Ie IsTWscy sa SccA Barton of TaLa. Oklabccaa. Seal wore a blije src cade aC Ce dy ballerina length dress dar pads. few.

nti ltrs. picture hat of white lace ard Ssjrces cacSe, Ta Daea mad white mits. Ker fkrwers were as Chxafac a lovely arrareswet whrte Stsswsri i wtA brr assi. ICs. carnations and feTerfgqr.

-Ssa Sss -asJ'-'lfeL -lsa Mr. and Sirs. J. T. Lvsess kt ani ss Oa Ccy were the cey atteniits.

3ilrs- ster. Urt. Vrrvta Maness ware a ravr tlar dress "Lccacker. 1 0 close frteais attecdei electrical companies are terribiy ceremorr I ng '-'Wht-thepfe fcft f- rjature, however, we arej jand the bride to a tiaci in hopes that we can expedite the installation to some extent: with rtatchin? arces.r. Couple Married The mamasra llsss Ts Fab? if P'" v- -n tn Ceaaers frcfr L.

BaSri aak ax-t cvfr cperttiM Sa day. J3r II "a 20. 'at the it by borrowing materials fronv other -locations. In any event-everythnig; possible is being done to -hurry this work. As to.

the character of the signals to be installed can as fiure-you that standard', sicnati Highway Deoartment ami in at all. of ouWnwre important! nr lt aunp to hurrj- the installation of wirsc signs. I'idon visited her! Mr. and Mrs. L.

of San Antonio momer, Mrs. t. M. Dabney other relatives' here!" Voyer the Fourth. Other guests in the: lome were Mrs.

Firmer Kenne4 ly and son' of BrownwoodfMrs. Then pa Morris- and Brock of Ft. Worth. Jkr. tjesaetj aai iiEMn V.

V.V and tsf Thtr re- tVS to Vnrti Caic-a trShaa a abeet taaeir Assij ilr. Becaett vi tie 'ejesa-rf aai Trf iv- I EETUTE3I TO lUC-X Jfc. aod ITrs. FrKJc iraf fcer-il ea'c-- j- r-d V-c. tea uiurva Mr.

and Mrs. C- I-. T-d-reZL tJr Ise time ants. 'After the osN" rr3a- a-jBeddirjE trs Mr. aai Mrs.

fr win tK- in W-'Vv i Mr. and SIrs. J. Ismail sf 4 RrtruV yt fte jai acioo. BCjp Eft jCow' fSr thar wnicJa..