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McCurtain Gazette from Idabel, Oklahoma • 3

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McCurtain Gazettei
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Idabel, Oklahoma
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3
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PAGE THREE COLEMAN BONNER KILLED BY TRAIH NEAR TEXARKANA Gifford Hill company spur line to the main line said tha they were certain the body was not on the track until aften the train had passed The signal crew called the yard office here and officers were notified Ninety cents were found in the clothing along with several shaving articles Hurled by the force of the train Bonner's head was found 20 feet from his torso A hand was found 50 feet away in another direction LYRIC THEATRE NEW-RCA SOUND SYSTEM IDABEL PHONE 646 Now Is the Time to Retire with TODAY AND THURSDAY Mccurtain gazette Wednesday may js 1933 Was Brother Of Mrs Hazel Greene Of Hugo trith WALTER PIDGEON HracM kg RICHM TMMPC Ftrtmwl kg UWU A U6KT0W also DOESN'T PAY Board Members Named OKLAHOMA CITY May 16 Governor Marland today named two members of a special selection board in Latimer county to serve in the county seat election called for July 12 Red Oak and Wilburton are contesting for the county seat a designation which will carry a new court house when the matter is decided The election board members named by the governor are Lyons Red Oak and Vemice Ray FAMILY DAY Errol Flynn "The Green Light" also Last Chapter of "SOS COAST MARRIAGE LICENSES ii HUGO May 15 The following account of the tragic death of Robert Coleman Bonner son of the late Dr and Mrs Bonner of Ft Tow-son is taken from the Texarkana Gazette in its Saturday edition Mr Bonner was also a brother of Mrs Hazel Green of Hugo who left Friday for Norman to enter a two-months special training course in history The account follows: Killed as he fell from a fast Texas and Pacific freight Lain a transient identified as Robert Coleman Bonner was buried in Wooten Springs cemetery late Friday He was killed in the fall 300 yards south of the Sulphur station crossing near the boundary of Bowie county about 6 a Friday As he fell across the track he was decapitated and badly mangled Papers found on the mangled body showed him to be a resident of Houston and his name was learned from a social security card Attendants at the East Funeral Home who brought the body to Texarkana found a post card addressed to Mrs Freeman Burrows 2405 Freeman street Houston Mrs Burrows Bonner's sister confirmed the identification Chief Deputy Sheriff John Ponder and Justice of the Peace Fred Hoffman conducted an investigation into the death after they were notified -by railroad officials A signal crew found the man on the tracks after they had pulled into a siding to allow a fast Texarkana-bound freight to pass 1 Parts of his body were scattered along the track several feet from his torso Proof that he had fallen from the train was that the trainmen who were moving loaded cars from the SATURDAY 2 BIG FEATURES BOB BAKER in "The Singing Outlaw and "Sergent Murphy" with Roland Young Mary McGuire plus Serial The following marriage licenses have been issued in McCurtain county since May 8: Bates 33 America to Miss Bessie Christopher 18 also of America David Young 21 Haworth to Miss Evelyn Wright 15 also of Haworth David Fuller 23 of Dallas Texas to Miss Marie Frazier 18 of Guaranteed SEIBERLING TIRES BEFORE HOT WEATHER Don't Take a Chance with Old Tires-Get Oar Prices on SEIBERLINGS Before You Bay We Guarantee Them Against Everything Special Low Prices ON TRUCK TIRES Earl Lewis Grocery and Tire Store STUDENTS DISPLAY WORK Miss Lorene Hughes of Haworth and Miss Lucille Thomas of Idabel were McCurtain county students who displayed art work at the three-day art exhibition at the Southeastern State Teachers college at Durant Idabel Youth Honored At Military Exercise STILLWATER May (Special) Ocal Jones Idabel was hon ored at the military day honor's day convocalioin this week at Oklahoma A and college for his rifle marksmanship More than 50 basic and advanced cadets received awards and honors at the program CEMETERY WORKING The cemetery at Garvin will be cleaned off on Thursday May 26 according to Gaines of Garvin who rges everyone who is interested to come and help with the work Mr and Mrs Dixon Mendenhall and son Walter Dixon spent the weekend in Stephens Ark visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Wilson MANUSCRIPT COVERS for sale at the Gazette office yv 11 it's SfiEgjQCQkX I i Quartets Featured At Singing Meeting yE'VE prepared new taste sensations for you this week-Our newly arrived shipment of Vegetables Meats and Canned Goods provide the perfect ingredients for the tasty meal And every item is a bargain too! BANK BANDITS FOUND GUILTY I OWENS' ART SIGNS ANYTHING BUT THE PICTORIALS BULLETINS BANNERS GOLD LEAF TRUCK LETTERING JUST THE IDABEL Many old time residents gathered at Goodwater Sunday for an aU day singing convention Included on the program were numbers by two quartets the first being composed by Dave Talley Bob Calfee Robert Lee and Will Doan and the second of Professor Bynum Green and three of his pu-j pils A dinner was served at the noon hour Paoli Pair To Be Sentenced Saturday Morning McALESTER May A federal court jury after deliberating five minutes late Monday convicted two former Idaho convicts Sam Shock-ley and Edward Johnston on a kidnapping charge in the abduction of a bank cashier and his wife following the $94738 robbery of the bank of Paoli Shockley was also convicted an a charge of robbery Johnston had pleaded guilty to the robbery charge The jury left the penalty to the court and Federal Judge Eugene Rice set 10 a Saturday for passing the sentence at Muskogee Cleon Summers United States district attorney had asked the death penalty in his closing argument When the trial opened Monday morning qualified the jury for the death penalty and dismissed three jurors who said they were opposed to capital punishment The two former convicts did not testify Lazy bored grouchy yon may feel this way as a rssult of constipation Constipation Is an enemy of pleasure It dulls your enjoyment of the best entertainment and the best friends TO neglect constipation Is to Invite serious trouble For your sake take Black-Draught at the first sign of constipation soon feel better a laxative that is purely vegetable prompt and reliable Try It! BUCK-DRAUGHT A GOOD LAXATIVE When you think of Groceries Meats Fruits and Vegetables -think of us We have the best and most complete line of quality products that money can buy And we have prompt and efficient service that you cannot beat anywhere We could not afford to give you anything but the very best because that is the only way we can make you a satisfied customer (First published In the Gazette Hay IB out June 11 183) In The District Court Of McCurtain County Oklahoma No 10101 The Federal Land Bank of WlChlta Wichita Kansaa a corporation plaintiff vi Thomas Vaughn A waldoek Gates Mre A Vaughn a widow iMra John Powell nee Vaushn Mre Blanch Schmitt nee Vaughn if they be living and if they or any of them be dead then their respective unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns Thomas Vaughn as Administrator of the Estate of Vaughn now deceased defendants PUBLICATION NOTICE OF SIMMONS State of Oklahoma To: Thomaa Vaughn A Waldock Cates Mrs A Vaughn a widow and Mrs John Powell nee Vaughn If they be living and if they or any of them be dead then their respective unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns and Thomas Vaughn as Administrator of the Eatate of Vaughn deceased You and each of you wiU take notice that you have been sued in the District Court of McCurtain County State of Oklahoma by the plaintiff to quiet its title In and to the following described reel estate located In McCurtain County State of Oklahoma to-wit: Northeast Quarter (NT1! of Northeast Quarter (NE1) of Northeast Quarter NE): and Northeast Quarter (NEi of Southeast Quarter SE) of Northeast Quarter iNE1): and South Half IS'il of Southeast Quarter SE) of Northeast Quarter (NE1): and Northeast Quarter (NE) of Southeast Quarter sE'l of Section Nine (9 Northwest Quarter V) of (NW) and North Half of WHY WE DO BETTER Dry Cleaning The best equipment we can buy experienced workmen Our silk cleaner has had 12 years service All silks re-sized and hand finished with steam irons dresses 50c Suits 50c 5 5 5 Southwest Quarter tSW) of Section Ten 101 ail in Township Four (41 South of Range Twrnijr-fivr (23) East of the Indian Base Meridian and to cancel and hold for aught a certain reel estate mortcace rated May 2S 1323 and recorded in Bw 33 Page C4 in the office of the Courty Clerk of Mccurtain County Stale of Oklahoma as affecting said land and that you and each of you must appear answer or plead to the petition of the plaintiff filed herein on or before the 2nd dav of July 1938 or said petition will be taken as true and Judgment shall be entered for the plaintiff quirting title in and to the abrve real estate and cancelling and holding for naught the above described real estate mortgage will be rendered accordingly i and for such other order decree or Judg-: Riant to which this plaintiff may be entitled to in said cause will be rendered (SEAL) WALTER RAY Court Clerk Pv Maude Pauley Deputy Mifiin A IT Davidson Feppetell Attorneys tor Plaintiff.

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