Montague Co., TX - Newspapers - Saint Jo Tribune: Friday, June 2, 1939 ****************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Anita Emberlin USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ****************************************************** The Saint Jo Tribune Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas June 2, 1939 Nocona Man Killed in Car Crash ARTHUR REYNOLDS, about 50 years of age and who lived in Nocona, was instantly killed in an early morning car struck collision on Highway 82. The accident occurred about 3 miles east of Saint Jo about 4:30 Thursday morning. Reynolds, who was employed by Pace Brothers, was working in an oil field near Myra and was returning to his home in Nocona at the time of the fatal crash. It is thought that he might have fallen asleep or have been blinded from the truck which was traveling east and Reynolds, traveling alone, was driving west in a Chevrolet. Following Reynolds car was another car filled with men from the same job, who were also enroute to Nocona, but were not close enough to give any exact details of the crash. They brought Reynolds to Saint Jo and to the undertaking parlor of Eber n. Dunbar where he was examined by a local physician and pronounced death due to head injuries. He is survived by his wife. Former Saint Jo Resident Passes 71st Birthday The Tribune is in receipt of a clipping from a Borger newspaper which reads: MRS. M. THOMAS, MRS. T. D. DEAN and MISS MAGGIE TARWATER entertained their mother MRS. TARWATER, with a surprise birthday party on her 71st birthday on May 18. Time was passed visiting with the honoree who is a shut-in. Tea time refreshments were served to Rev. and Mrs. J. B. MCREYNODLS, MRS. C. O. DILLARD, MRS. NANCY SMITH, MRS. D.E. METZ, MRS. H. C. SLOCUM, MRS. DUKE MCLAUGHLIN, MRS. E. B. ESTES and PEGGY, MRS. H. G. DODGE, JAMES GORDEN, RENA MAE DEAN and THELMA RUTH THOMAS. Mrs. Tarwater will be well remembered by readers of the Tribune as the Tarwater family lived in Saint Jo for more than 30 years. The children attended Saint Jo school and the family were active members of the Methodist Church here. Mr. and Mrs. J. TOM PURYEAR Married 58 Years Mr. and Mrs. J. TOM PURYEAR celebrated their 58th wedding anniversary Monday this week, May 29. The day passed quietly for them with just an everyday dinner and an old fashioned wedding cake with their only daughter MRS. BOYD WINDER as their dinner guest. They were married in Saint Jo May 29, 1881. She was the former MISS ALICE HOWELL, only daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. SAM H. HOWELL. Shortly after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Puryear moved to Jonesboro, Arkansas, his natal city. They returned to Saint Jo in the early 1890’s and made their home since that time. Mr. Puryear owned and operated a grocery store and a hardware store until he retired and moved to his farm just north of town. On June 30 he will be 83 years of age and she will ge 78 in September. Besides Mrs. Winder, they have a son, W. H. PURYEAR in Abilene and two grandchildren, MRS. CLEM C. LANIER of Ada, Oklahoma and WILLIAM H. PURYEAR Jr. of Abilene. FENOGLIO-MORROW MISS INA MAE MORROW of Saint Jo and JOE FENOGLIO of Stanfield Ranch were married Sunday, May 28 in the home of the Catholic priest in Montague. Their only attendants were his relatives, MISS FRANCES FENOGLIO and WILL FENOGLIO. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and MRS. WEST MORROW and the groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. FENOGLIO. They will made their home on the Fenoglio Ranch near the Stanfield Ranch. Shower Adding another charming party to the list of social functions which had been tendered to Mrs. GEORGE A. WRIGHT, recent bride, MRS. LEETON PHILLIPS and MRS. ARTHUR PHILLIPS were dual hostesses for a miscellaneous shower in the home of Mrs. Arthur Phillips on East Phillips Street. Attending were Mesdames D. C. KLINE, R. L. WILLIAMS, JACK HUEY, LEE MCOLLUM, JIM MELTON, T. C. DAVIS, W. J. COLLIER, D. S. BULLINER, C. H. MCGRADY, J. C. HOLMES, J. H. LAUDERDALE, RAYMOND HEMPHILL, LEONA ROSS, L. B JACKSON, C. F. MORGAN, AUGUST HYMAN of Bulcher, GUY GILES, WALTER WALKER, S. M. LAUDERDALE, JOE FARRIS, MISSES VIRGINIA LAUDERDALE, NETTIE MAE PRICE of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, RUBY DELL FARRIS and JACK GILES, Gifts were sent by Mesdames MABLE WARE, S. D. MEADOR, H. D. FIELD Jr., LESTER PHILLIPS, ALLEN MCGRADY, D. C. BERRY, A. B. BRADLEY, PAUL THOMAPSON, ERNEST JOHNS, W. J. WALKER HARRY HUNDLEY, MISSES MARCYLE KING and JACQUELYN LAUDERDALE, Mesdames E. L. WILLIAMS, FRED HOLLAND, M. L. NICHOLS, W. E. SCOTT, Jr. and MISS ALICE COLLIER. J. H. CHANCEY Is 85 Years of Age On Monday, May 29, J. H. CHANCEY, veteran grocery man of Saint Jo, celebrated his 85th birthday. Mr. Chancey was in his store as usual on this momentous day, hale and hearty and ready to serve the customers. All his children were with him to celebrate the most unusual and for them happy occasion, MISS LILLE CHANCEY, who lives with her father, MRS. ARTHUR LITTELL and her husband of Clinton, Oklahoma and MRS. JAP COURSEY and Mr. Coursey of Hollis, Oklahoma. One of the pioneers of Montague County, Mr. Chancey has been in Saint Jo for more than half a century. His wife was the former MISS CLORINDA MEADOR who died several years ago. Personals MELVIN MADDOXA left for Fort Worth to visit his uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. F. L. BOONE. Mr. and Mrs. BEN STOGNER of Shreveport, Louisiana were weekend guests of his mother MRS. ANNA STOGNER. MRS. T. M. BLACK and daughter MISS LORENA of Iowa Park and her sister MRS. EFFIE DEY BOGGESS and granddaughter LILA DEY ISABELL of Beverly Hills, California drove over from Mrs. Black’s home last week to visit their sister MRS. EVELYNON COOPER and their brother JOHN PHILLIPS. MISS EDITH HARE, student at N.T.S.C. at Denton, was here to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. TOM HARE and to attend the commencement, her brother Tom Jr. was a member of the graduating class. MRS. ELLA NEWSOM of Oklahoma City was as guest of her step-sister RMS. G. C. DAVIS and attended the graveyard working of the Fairview cemetery. MRS. R. S. STUCHUL, who has been here the past two months with her mother MRS. REBECCA BOGGESS who has been quite ill, returned home to Ardmore, Oklahoma. Her mother Mrs. Boggess accompanied her home to spend the summer. HAROLD DAVIS left to visit his brother LUTHER DAVIS at Austin. PAUL DONNELL of Nocona is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. HOMER DONNELL. MISS WILLODEAN ANDREWS of Cleburne visited friends here. Guests of Mr. and Mrs. CECIL GRIFFIN were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. DARNELL and her sisters MISSES CHARLOTTE and JULIA DARNELL, all of Celina. MARCHIE and EDWIN OLIVER, children of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. D. OLIVER, are home from Austin where they attended school in the State School for the Deaf. D. L. DOWD, his daughter MISS KATE, and grandson WILLIAM S. JAMESON of El Paso, who visited in the Dowd home, drove to Waurika, Oklahoma where they were guests in the homes of Mr. and Mrs. P. E. WAID and Mr. and Mrs. J. C. WAID. The day was a happy one for the visitors, viewing motion pictures in the Waid home of the Waid-Dowd family in sightseeing around Waurika and in meeting old time friends who moved from Montague County. Mrs. P. E. Waid is a sister of Miss Kate Dowd and daughter of D. L. Waid. MISS NETTIE MAE PRICE of Pauls Valley, Oklahoma is a guest of her grandmother RMS. W. P. PRICE. J. L. MORGAN and wife with little daughter and son, THELMA and JOHN, spent Sunday with N. MORGAN and wife near Forestburg. Mr. and Mrs. H. B. PATTON of Bonita announced the birth of their daughter JUANITA born May 28. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. DONNELL en route from their home in Norman, Oklahoma, to Boston, Massachusetts, stopped to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN DONNELL. BILL CHILDRESS, student at N.T.A.C. at Arlington, is home between semesters with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. CHILDRESS. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. CUNNINGHAM attended the commencement in Gainesville where his niece MISS MARY FRANCES CUNNINGHAM graduated. W. F. BURNS and ULIS BURNS were in Ringgold to attend the funeral of MRS. HUDSPETH who died in Bellevue from a heart attack while visiting her daughter. Mrs. Hudspeth is the mother of JUNE HUDSPETH and Mrs. JUNIE HUDSPETH is a daughter of W. F. BURNS and a sister of ULIS BURNS. MRS. R. H. ALDRIEDGE Jr. and small son HOWARD were in Gainesville where she attended the commencement of the Gainesville Junior College. Her brother FRANK MCMAHON received his diploma. MISS SARA MEADOR came from Tallahasswe, Florida where she has been employed as a teacher and will spend the summer with her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. D. MEADOR. WILBERT THOMPSON visited his brother ELBERT THOMPSON and family at Gainesville. 30 Years Ago MRS. J. P. SLAUGHTER, after visiting relatives at Sanger and attending the closing exercises of the North Texas State Normal College at Denton where her son ROSCOE has been in school, returned home. MARY and VERNA FLYNT, after visiting here with relatives, the family of B. C. CUNNINGHAM, returned home to Nocona. BASS BLEVINS and family drove to Gainesville to visit relatives. W. P. MCDOWELL and W. B. LAIN were in Tioga. MISS ADDIE CLONTS came from Gainesville to spend a couple of weeks with Captain and Mrs. D. C. BLEVINS. She has been re-elected as a teacher in the Gainesville public school for the next session. MRS. J. S. HENDRICKS is visiting her brother at Iowa Park. EARL GILES of Myra spent Sunday in Saint Jo. MISS ISLA BELLAH, who was teaching school at Denton, returned home, the school having closed. At a meeting of the school board Monday night, Professor A. J. BUNTS, Principal G. M. SMITH and MISS IDA WILSON were re-elected for another year. JOHN C. DOWD JOHN C. DOWD, prominent citizen of Norman, Oklahoma, was found dead in his bed this morning. Mr. Dowd was in his office as usual yesterday, but later complained of a pain in his chest, called a physician who found no alarming symptoms. He went to bed apparently in good health. His son found him dead this morning. Mr. Dowd was an old settler, 62 years of age, coming to Norman at the opening of the country. Mr. Dowd mention above is a brother to our townsman, D. L. DOWD, and was engaged in the mercantile business in Saint Jo some 20 years ago. D. L. DOWD left for Norman to attend the funeral. MRS. FRANCES E. AKERS MRS. FRANCES E. AKERS died Saturday evening May 22 at the home of her son-in-law, J. G. COFFEE and wife. On Sunday afternoon, her remains were interred in the Mountain Park Cemetery by the side of her husband, J.W . AKERS who was laid to rest about 1 _ years ago. Mrs. Akers was a member of the Presbyterian Church, but in the absence of that pastor, funeral services were conducted by Rev. FOUNT JONES of the Baptist Church. She was born in Indiana Feb. 26, 1832 and was nearly 77 years of age at the time of her death. Two sons and two daughters survive her. MISSES CONNIE and MARTHA STONE, daughters of G. W. STONE and wife who reside north of Saint Jo, took the train to visit relatives at Memphis. MRS. RUTH HOWELL, accompanied by her son SAM, started to Chattanooga, Tennessee to visit her son J. P. HOWELL, then will go to Atlanta, Georgia to visit another son W. W. HOWELL. P. .E WAID, cashier of the Bonita State Bank, was in Saint Jo. MISSES EDITH and ISLA BELLAH attended the commencement exercises of the Texas Presbyterian College in Milford this week. Their sister MISS OLIVE is one of the graduates. MISS ALMA DORT left to visit friends at Marlow, Oklahoma. Miss Dort will teach in the Marlow schools next fall. Mr. and Mrs. ED HUTSON announce the birth of their son, DONALD RAY on Sunday, May 28.