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THE AXKW Mm IN 34TH YEAR EVERY WEEK SINCE 1905 HAMLIN, JONES COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939 NUMBER 38 Baptist Pastor and Wife Com. Hines Sends Good News About Rotan Hamlin Road SHEL COMPANY MAKING NEW OIL TRY STONEWALL R. H. McCurdy, Mgr.

Of Compress Picnicked 175 Cotton Men Friday In Atlanta, Georgia, For World Alliance Meeting Once again oil companies are try It is fine to have a man in Hamlin who is thought of first by our West Texas Highway Commissioner, the Hon. Harry Hines. Mr. Hines has time and again sent good news to Hamlin, addressing his telegrams to our pioneer merchant, Jerry Waggoner. (Saturday Mr.

Waggoner received this message Very happy to advise that you good folks have been successful again. Returning to Rev. and Mra. Henry little ton left Sunday afternoon for Atlanta. Georgia, where they will at ing for oil in the Stonewall area lust north of the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos, between Asper mont and Hamlin.

This time it is the Shell Fetrol eum Company, drilling on the T. K. Smith lands. The exact location is 330 feet north and 330 feet east the S. W.

corner of the N. quarter, Sec. 143 H. T. C.

ur tend the Baptist World Conference, that starts in that city this Saturday. Rev. and Mrs. Littleton were ac R. H.

McCurdy and wife and their son, "Chunk," McCurdy have the cotton buyers, warehousemen, ginners, plantation owners, graders, instructors, and maybe a lot of Hamlin merchants and per haps an editor or two, by entertain, mg for two or three years in succession about this time of the year. It is too late now to back down our "Dear McCurdys," for when one companied by Mrs. Garland Tumhn, department this morning, order signed by all three commissioners who will visit her late husband's it increasing appropriation Rotan vey. people at Gainesville, Georgia. While thing and plus a number of black boys who have been trained to serve in the McCurdy style.

These fellows made good assistants to the McCurdys, and not a thing was overlooked. You got your plates, napkins, cups, glasses or cans, just whatever you cared to use in your eating. Then if you did not eat and eat, there was something wrong with you. (Some folks we have learned about, evidentlp ate too much, maybe. The ham was of a special brand, preparel carefully by Mrs.

McCurdy for her husband. Everybody who had ever eaten McCurdy ham knew who the cook was. To eat one bite of that ham mo on this trip, either before the Assembly or following it, Rev. Little Hamlin road $23,000.00, state funds, which with Federal funds will make completion grading and drainage structures between Jones County line and Rotan, total distance little ton will go to Detroit, to get The drilling contract is held by the C. T.

McLaughlin of Midland. The contract calls for 4,750 feet and maybe to the 6000 foot level. The drilling will be done with the finest type of cable tools. a new Ford car. This makes his 12th I FnrH and since Fords have been better than nineteen miles.

To be bringing him back home from all the ucn a treat as you put on for a lot of hardworking cotton fellows, as you did this year and as you have the past several years, you just gotta keep it up. The Herald believes that we are expressing the sentiments of all continuation of the present work. This new location in Stonewall will be to the west' irifla liJo h. Harry Hines Now that IS good news. It had been known for some time that the first amount set aside for the first unit of this much needed road was thousands of trips he has made, in all the years past, he naturally desires to keep operating Fords.

The Baptist World Conference is what it says, "world wide Baptists from every nation in the world will meet there every race and color, in what is thought to be one of the greatest meetings of this denomination and perhaps greater than any other in the world's history. the fellows who were at the "Lakeside" picnic banquet or whatever you map call it, last Friday evening from 6:30 to 10:00 o'clock. Per haps every one there was surnri REV. J. HENRY LITTLETON way No.

83. There has never been any tests in this immediate part of the county, however several attempts have been made several miles from this Smith well. Mr. McLuaghlin was in Hamlin Monday arranging for his men to locate here and start the work. We were told that Calvin Smith, an oil operator who has lived in Hamlin falling a little short of enough to complete the entire project.

Going a fellow want another bite, and another. Well, why not excuse a man4 if he over eats under such circumstances. 1 The water in the lake is' 'clear and goes down fairly well when ice cold, but Mr. McCurdy has some great rainwater tanks at his compress and clean barrels closed tieht. I through the "rough country" neces anaieu a nuie more ounay man was at the number present, and at the extent of the arrangments for entertaining the men (it was a he man party).

The scene of 'the affair was at first estimated. This work has been a little slow Texas is playing a great part in the world wide movement. Dr. Geo. W.

Truett. pastor of the First Bap many years, will be employed on the Shell Smith No. 1, and will ajrain ly, were filled and iced to the right the McCurdy Camp on Hamlin Lake. 1 degree. So as the shad make Himlin his home.

This new ows of the tist Church of Dallas, is the Presi a place made attractive bv the wpFI well will add several families to Hamlin's population. kept the sxpanse of space, the seclusion of the spot, and the waving willows with a 'background of rippling water. It is never too hot at that place, anrl tho owing to the kind of labor doing the work, but as it is a co operative proposition, it has given many fel; lows a job, who otherwise would have been idle and in want. The Hamlin end of the road, meaning about six blocks, has not been graded and grade structures built yet, but the above appropriation is all for the Fisher county division. We evening came on, the eatng game turned into a few informal talks, to let off a few good stories.

It was noted that most of the instructors in the Cotton Classing School at Abil miiene were over, and UVED A HIGH LIFE ANn dent. And it is said that the Vice President is a prominent Negro, University man, of the United States. There will be German Baptist there, mixing with Russian Baptist, (French Baptist, and Italian ARRIVED SAFELY IN HAMLIN ww A Li a. vk 111 and tireI them prominent in Te aiter coming, some of them a 100 Saturday night (really Sunday miles) finds comfort in the relaxa needed not be over anxiou3 as the morning at 1:30) W. F.

Johnson Baptist, sitting along side of Ethiopian Baptist, and even Chinese Baptist there in close association with Japanese Baptist. This world gathering is one the Hamlin pastor and tion afforded. Then when the Me Curdys play host that is something and son Theo Johnson and Forrest Greenway, arrived from an extensive trip into the Northwest Country. Mr. Johnson says he lived a hizh io remember, for they leave nothing Commission will not do a "half job." The Hamlin street, will in time become one of the nicest and most usable streets in town, when the engineers shape it up to carry a first OUt that Will P1V Maa anA iccn, oo we counted cotton men from Lubbock, Slaton, Post, Snyder, Rotan, Roby, Sweetwater, Merkel, Abilene, Hawley, Anson, Stamford, Lueders, Haskell, Rule, Rochester, Sagerton, Old Glory, Aspermont.

Swenson, Peacock, (Spur aad Dickens. Hamlin cotton men from every angle of the business were represented. It was a jolly crowd of cotton men, who were brought togeth his wife could not afford to miss. Maybe the next Conference will be in some distant nation of another vfvi nv4 oabis faction. life on "that" trio." and tni The chief feature of a McCurdy class road.

Hamlin people are hap slept 2 miles hich. Thv Ko vi MRS. J. HENRY LITTLETON picnic is tne eats. Their plot of lowstone Park and the great Glacier race or color.

Atlanta is nere at home and in the midst of the greatest Christian area in the world. ground out at the lake has restful py 10 Know we nave mgnway commissioners who believe in advancing the welfare of a community by building more and better roads. It "dress up." This meant, besides a beautiful new summer suit, shoes, sox, shirts, ties, and maybe other er by the generosity and courtesies of R. H. McCurdy, a cotton man mentionables, just what was needed National Park, went over into Canada (where Mr.

Johnson got a little sick), came out on the Pacific Coast and saw all the cities; visited the "great exposition" and wound around till they had traveled 6,000 miles. Mr. Johnson says they never had to make a fellow start off with a from every If there was a peculiar buoyant feeling of appre single man out that evemine on Revival Meeting Announced Before leaving Hamlin, Rev. Littleton arranged for all the publicity necessary for the local church revival that will start immediately after the pastor and his wife returns. I In his absence, the young minis seats and lights and a long table.

On this table was stacked 100 pounds of baked ham, pounds and pounds of bread, pickles, onions, other kinds of ready prepared meats, potato chips, crackers, and with all this there were anxious assistants, all employees of the Western Compress Storage Co. of Hamlin, cotton weighers, handlers, accountants, graders and every ciation for such a remembrance. Lake Hamlin who did not enjoy him seems Hamlin has received slowly and still has need of an outlet towards Sweetwater. A good start has been made to the Fisher County line. METHODISTCHURCH self, he had better pass through a But there is no use in saying so much about the MAN when as a clinic.

an accident and the same old Hamlin air served all the way good old air, this Hamlin air. i matter of fact the wife is about the most important factor in a pastor's Adding machine rolls 15c or ter Mr. W. D. Armstrong of Iplasterco community will conduct life, so to let the general public see two for 25c at the Herald Off'w the "power behind the pastor," we To hear of such a trip these hot days, makes a fellow wonder how it does feel to be in a place where fire and cover are needed in the the services.

Young Armstrong preached at the open air services last Sunday night, and will again occupy the (regular pulpit Sunday nd again in the open air near the good old summer time. slipped into the study Sunday morning and got a picture of Mrs. Lit; tleton and so along side of Rev. J. Henry is the woman who has kept him on an even keel all these years in Hamlin.

Sunday school at 9:45. Frank Lawlis, Supt. We have a class for each group and a good teacher for each class. We urge you to come. If you are not worshiping elsewhere then come worship with us.

ITS' A church this Sunday night. TEXACO Station Remember if you have clothes to It may not be possible for them to Rev." Littleton will be starting on his 15th year as pastor in Hamlin MrlttM Vk il ww a fmsvwft A finnan 1 Griffin Family Held Reunion At City Park Sunday 59 Present wear to the Post "Office they aie tell all they see and hear while on uriirii lie icLuiiio liuin nLiaiiui ma k0 anrUr this great trip, but maybe the "folks plenty good to wear to any and all ivivat luvtiiio rv iia hsw v. a a wax tii of our services. back home" will get to learn some local hands, including the preaching Remember our revival meeting and the music and singing. It will rlttYl liA.inii 4 Vtj 1..

i of it. While away, Rev. Littleton expects to visit his parents' old Tennessee home, and take in many Koe held in the open lots east of the mwvn ucfcius uic lash ouiiuny in a i m. When one reaches an age "nigh August and runs for two weeks. The 5 nnfrt i onto a hundred," reunions are great church on Union Avenue.

pastor is to do the preaching. We Tf will nnf Vio nnf ef nlano hero events in their lives. So it was with Mrs. A. G.

Griffin, who is not near that age yet, she is but 85 years to say that before Rev. Littleton ast of the Mississippi. left far his great trip to the Bap Formal' announcements of the re in the tist World Conference, his friends vival meeting will be made are to secure a singer who will help in other activities of the meeting. But if we have a real revival the membership will have to get under the burden. Our women are having prayer young.

She enjoyed the association of her children Sunday at the City Herald on Friday, July 28. Rev. and gent his a note last week to appear at a certain dry goods store in Hamlin, where he MUST follow in Park in southwest Hamlin, when she was met by her children, Mrs. T. J.

Mrs. Littleton will arrive on Saturday, July 29. Mrs. I Tumlin and a cousin who services eacn morning at nine structions. Ho went to the store out Weathersbee and family of of curiosity, and found a check made accompanied them will not likely re UUieient nomes 1Nexc, and Snyder; Mrs.

Ada Rountree and out to the firm for $50.00 worth of turn for several weeks. if ,7 mily of Hamlin; D. F. Griffin and nome 01 ivirs. lucoriae.

Another family of Hamlin. Miss Agatha Grif group meets in the home of fin and Cleve Griffin of Abilene; JL 4 Uli AT Unldnn a A uici 81uup Jt 0 shurtieff and famny of meets in the home of Miss Ella Colorado City; Mr. and Mrs. Arnold G. Griffin of Okemah, and L.

E. Griffin and family of Hamlin. A. C. Odom.

a neohew and his Temple. Each group meets at nine o'clock. Attend the group nearest to you. These meetings are for the women of our church and ail others who care to take part. Be sure and attend.

mm fa a wife, and a Mr. Thurman Hamilton and wife of Abilene, making a total of 59 present. This was the first time this many of the family had gotten together in about twelve years. The jolliest one of the 59 was TIRE SERVICE Next Sunday morning, Rev. Mason of Hawley, will preach.

At the evening hour Professor H. P. Fellows of McMurray College will speak, Mother Griffin, who carries a smile Our young people have a splendid choir now. Come and enjoy their good singing. II.

W. Hanks, Pastor. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gilbreath went down to Mercury Saturday night to get their two children who had spent several weeks with their of appreciation ahd happiness, whereever she may go.

The deep shades of the park by the side of the cooling waters made a lovely background for this happy and perhaps eventful occasion. A. G. Arnett of Springfield, a pioneer citizen of Hamlin, spent most of this week in Hamlin with old friends and neighbors. He is a charter member of the Baptist NEW And GOING STRONG With TEXACO Products And GOODYEAR Tires Payments to Suit Your Purse (CORNER NORTH OF THEATRE) grandparents, Mr.

and Mrs. Ernest Penn and Mr. and Mrs. C. M.

Gil Misses Dorothy and Evelyn Maude Saxon of Alabama and Abilene were over Sunday to visit their aunt, Mrs. church and a pioneer contractor and builler. He is making his home in Missouri wiih his daughter, Mrs. Witt. J.

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