Montague Co., TX - Newspapers - Saint Jo Tribune: Friday, September 1, 1939

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Saint Jo Tribune
Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas

Friday, September 1, 1939

Sewing Room Is Closed Temporarily
The Saint Jo sewing room closed a project of 7 months duration on August 19th.
During this time there were used 5471 yards of material and 1736 garments
produced. There has been employed an average of 16 women with a pay roll of
$2780.32 for the seven months period. In a picture of the sewing room: MRS.
MAGGIE GREER, MRS. DAISY PERKINS, MRS. VERA MARKS, MRS. CARRIE MAPLES, MRS.
ZELDA HOFFMAN, MRS. BESSIE GOOLSBY, MRS. ALIC RICH, MRS. CORA MOORE, MRS. AUDREY
LEE, MISS JINNIE WOODS as floorlady, MRS. MARIE HURLEY as cutter, MRS. MAZELLE
EVANS as manager and MRS. RUTH SANSON of Bowie as county supervisor.

Mrs. W. H. PERKINS
Funeral services for MILLIE PERKINS, wife of W. H. PERKINS, was held at the
Center Point Baptist Church Saturday, Aug. 26, arranged by Scott Bros. Mrs.
Perkins was 45 years of age and a member of the Center Point Baptist Church for
30 years. Pallbearers were PETE HARRISON, MELVIN EDES, LEE JORDAN, JIM DOSHIER,
HENRY REED and BERRY HUSBAND.

Survivors include her husband, W. H. PERKINS, four daughters, MRS. MITCHELL,
MARY NELL, WILLIE MAE and CARMAN, three sons BILLIE GENE, HERSCHEL GLEN and
JAMES, her mother MRS. J. P. SLATON of Saint Jo, three brothers JEFF SLATON of
Hollis, Oklahoma, JOHN SLATON of Saint Jo, J. P. SLATON of the U. S. Navy, and
two sisters MRS. BILL REDMAN of Saint Jo and MRS. T. A. PATE of Lubbock.

Card of Thanks to the neighbors and friends during the death of our beloved
wife, mother and sister from W. H. PERKINS and children; Mr. and Mrs. THOMAS D.
MITCHELL and children, MRS. M. E. SLATON, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. REDMAN and
children, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. PATE and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. SLATON and
family, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. SLATON and children.

Denton: Announcement of the engagement and approaching marriage of MISS LUTIE
ETHEL CRADDOCK, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. FRANCIS CRADDOCK, to JAMES CLARK EMBRY
of Nocona, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. EMBRY of Saint Jo, was made.

Wedding
Gainesville: The marriage of MRS. CLEO KINGERY and J. L. LYNCH took place
Wednesday, August 16, in Tulsa, according to announcement received here by
relatives. Mrs. Lynch is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. HORN on South Morris
Street. He is a son of MRS. DESSIE TROOP of Denison, formerly of Gainesville and
a grandson Of MRS. L. W. FLEENOR, 413 East Broadway.

DAVIDSON-LAUDERDALE
The marriage of MISS JACQUELINE LAUDERDALE to ROLAND W. DAVIDSON, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. DAVIDSON of Seagoville, took place here Sunday at 10 a.m. in the home
of her parents.

Montague County Girl Chosen as Gold Star Girl
Gold star girls are selected on the basis of the work they have done and the
leadership ability that has been recognized in them. Montague County is proud to
recognized ISLETA COX for the 1938 Gold Star Girl. Isleta joined the 4-H Club
when it was organized in Montague. During her first year as a 4-H Club girl, she
made an apron which was judged one of the best made in the club.

L. B. BESS
L. B. BESS, son of Mr. and Mrs. BILL BESS of Dye Mound, died Sunday August 27,
1939 after being ill only a few days. Funeral services were held August 28 at
the Church of Christ at Dye Mound with Elder JOHN RAYMOND officiating. Burial
was in the Dye Mound cemetery arranged by E. N. Dunbar. Pallbearers were DURWOOD
WILLIAMS, MORRIS LUMLEY, LTUERH and HOUGH MARTIN. Surviving are his parents, two
sisters MYRTLE LORENE and BESSIE LOUISE, grandparents Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE BESS
and Mr. WALTER LUMLEY, great-grandmother MRS. J. H. BESS. L. B. was born July 4,
1935 at the family home near Dye Mound.

Crocker Infant
The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. HORACE N. CROCKER died in a Wichita Falls
hospital Tuesday afternoon. Funeral services were held at the home of the
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. TARR, nine miles north of Saint Jo, conducted by
Rev. J. CALVIN DENNIS. Interment was in the Coker Cemetery.

Rev. EMMETT H. MAYS of Denton will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday, Sept. 3.

Personals
MRS. J. H. EMBRY and daughter MILDRED were in Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. ALDRIEDGE Sr. and children HARRY and SARAH JANE of Arlington
visited relatives at Saint Jo.
MRS. FRED HOLLAND visited at Gainesville.
MRS. ZELLA STINE of Sherman visited MRS. B. B. DAVIS.
J. H. MILLKIN of Dallas visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. MILLIKIN.
MRS. P. E. REDMAN, MRS.ROY KINGERY and MRS. LUKE GRANT were in Nocona.
MISS ELIZABETH BELLAH of Bowie visited MISS ISLA BELLAH and the W. J. WALKER family.
Mr. and Mrs. HUGH JOHNSON of Sudan are visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. CRUMP of Fort Worth spent Sunday with his mother MRS. NETTIE
CRUMP. MARJORIE JEAN returned with them after a visit with her grandmother.
MISS BURL BELL of Estelline visited MISS ELIZABETH FLEMING.
MRS. C. F. PHILLIPS shopped in Gainesville.
MRS. H. H. PAYNE and daughter of Dallas were guests in the J. M. FLEMING home.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. PHILLIPS were guests of Mr. and Mrs. BASIL GIST of Nocona.
They attended a dinner party given in honor Mr. Phillips’ cousins OLEN and BEN
HALEY of Pasco, Washington.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. WARE went to Gainesville to met MRS. W. T. HARDY of Houston
who is visiting her nieces MRS. PEARL HOLLAND and MRS. MABEL WARE and her
brother L. T. MOSLEY and Mrs. MOSLEY.
MRS. PEARL BLANTON of Dallas visited MRS. PEARL HOLLAND.
MISS THELMA ALDRIEDGE returned from visiting at Waco and Austin. MRS. MYRTLE
HILBURN of Waco accompanied her home to visit with relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. JAMES L. WILEY of Denton were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mr. J. M.
FLEMING and family.
Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS HOLLAND of Montague visited his mother MRS. PEARL HOLLAND.
They were on their way to Talco to visit Mr. and Mrs. OTTO HOLLAND.
MRS. D. E. DESAW and daughter SANDRA ANN spent last week with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. ED SPRINGS of Gainesville.
R. D. HOBBS of Amarillo spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. JOE FARRIS.
MRS. P. H. DOWLEARN and son TOMMY of Shreveport, Louisiana  after a visit with
her mother MRS. BETTY PRICE. Mrs. R. H. ALDRIEDGE Jr. and son HOWARD accompanied
MRS. DOWLEARN to Tyler where Mrs. Aldriege will visit her sister.
Mr. and Mrs. R. T. BUCK were at Gainesville.
Guests in the home of W. E. SCOTT Sr. last weekend were MRS. C. N. CONNALLY and
daughters MARY JANE and MARGARET of Oklahoma City, Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE SCOTT and
Mr. and Mrs. RAY GRANLUND and son SCOTT, all of Tyler.
MRS. CLARA BELLE SNEED and daughters MARY and PATRICIA are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
PERK LIGON of Trenton.
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. MEADOR were at Gainesville. 

37 Years Ago
OTHO DONNELL went to Duncan, I. T. 
T. C. ANTHONY was at Whitesboro.
HENRY CRAIG left for Amarillo.
MISS ALMA WILSON visited friends at Gainesville and Valley View.
R. E. STAFFORD went to Kansas City with a shipment of cattle.
UNCLE JACK JONES went to Sanger to attend the old settlers reunion.
J. D. BYBEE of Dye Mound boarded the train from Nocona to take in the reunion.
W. J. WALKER had business at Gainesville.
J. L. REA left Monday with his two boys GEORGE and HOMER on a trip though Oklahoma. 
JAMES R. WILEY was in Gainesville on legal business.
MISS MOLLIE MOSS left to visit MRS. C. W. BROOME at Sulphur, I. T. 
MASON HOWELL visited his parents at Ryan, I. T. and took in the reunion at Nocona.
JOHN KEITHLEY, the Katy RR check clerk at Wichita Falls, spent Sunday with his mother here.
W. H. MABRY and son COLE and MART HEMPHILL left for an overland trip through the territory.
GEORGE BROWN left for Mangum, Oklahoma to buy cotton for this season.
W. E. SCOTT and J. L. BELLAH were in Nocona managing the gun shoot at the reunion.
ARTHUR WHALEY returned from his ranch at Foster, I. T. where he has been for a few weeks.
MRS. JOE ALDRIEDGE and two of her sons ERNEST and ROBERT left early this week
for an overland trip through the Territory.
MRS. J. D. EVANS of this city and MRS. JAMES BOSWELL of Dye Mound visited
relatives at Brown, Oklahoma.
JOHN BOWERS came from Forestburg and went to the Nocona reunion.
LOUIS TALLANT and family returned from visiting relatives in Tarrant and Wise Counties.
W. E. TOMME put a force of men to work in the Consolidated Oil Asphaltum and
Mining Co. asphalt bed near town.
MRS. LEACH returned from Dallas where her daughter MISS MAMIE was taken for
treatment at the hospital.
Saint Jo received her first bale of cotton of this year’s crop last Saturday
afternoon, R. L. CABLE, who lives four or miles south of town on Clear Creek,
brought 1550 pounds of seed cotton and had it ginned by MOORE Bros. & BERRY,
making a bale of 505 pounds. He sold it to H. D. FIELD for 8 cents and received
a premium of $10 cash. The second bale was brought in a few hours later by JEFF
JONES, ginned by T. C. ANTHONY and weighed 427 pounds.

Illinois Bend
M. BUCK and O. CANNON had business at Montague.
Mr. and Mrs. WILL DOWD and son W. D., and NORENE WILLIAMS returned from Turkey
and Paducah, Texas. DEXTER DOWD accompanied his parents home from Turkey Creek
where he had been with his sister MRS. CLAYTON HAM for several months.
B. R. GRIGSBY made a business trip to Wichita Falls.
MISS FRANCES KING of Denton visited EMMA LOU FLEMING.
The first bale of cotton was ginned here Thursday, the cotton belonged to BAILEY DENNIS.
Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD HARRIS and children and CHARLIE JOE HALL spent Sunday at Hardy.
Rev. and Mrs. DILLARD and family of Gainesville spent Sunday with friends.
MRS. CLIFF DOWD visited her mother MRS. T. J. MARTIN who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. TOM WILSON returned from visiting relatives in New Mexico.
LUKE WHALEY and three sons of Duncan, I. T. visited relatives here.
The following from here attended a reunion at the home of Mr. and Mrs. BROWN at
Shady Grove community: MRS. MILTON BUCK and son CARLETON, Mr. and Mrs. WILL
DOWD, OTTO DOWD and children, BILLY IRVING and SUE ANN.
MAXEY DOWD and HOMER FRANKLIN had business at Montague.
Mr. and Mrs. CARL WILSON are home from Peoria, Illinois where they visited relatives.
MISS MARIE MCLAUGHLIN is home for a few days before entering school again at N.T.S.T.C.

Dye Mound
MRS. GEORGE SPEER accompanied by her daughter MRS. GRACE SAMPLES and
granddaughter of Cement, Oklahoma spent Monday with their friends GRANDMA
COLLIER and MRS.JOHNSON. On Tuesday they visited in home of Mrs. Speer’s
granddaughter MRS. MELVIN LONG and family.
MRS. HAZEL BERRYMAN and children of Archer City returned home after a visit here
with her parents, MR. and Mrs. GEORGE UMBERSON and other relatives.
We are sorry to report that GRANDMOTHER STAMFORD is very low, at the home of her
daughter MRS. JAKE SEIBODL.
Mr. and Mrs. ALVIN MARTIN left for Vandalia, Illinois where he is employed in the oil fields.
Mr. and Mrs. HERMAN TOMPKINS and children DOROTHY and JIMMY came in from Denton
to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. TOM TOMPKINS.
MRS. MILDRED NORVELL and her nephews JOSEPH WIESE of Bowie visited the home in
the home of their uncle Dr. H. N. WILSON at Montague.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. SLOAN had as weekend guest, her brother ERNEST CARTER and
Mrs. Carter and family of Ringgold, also her mother MRS. ADA CARTER of Ryan,
Oklahoma who remained for a longer visit.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. SLOAN Sr., and son H. A. Jr. and her mother MRS. ADA CARTER
were in Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. TOM TOMPKINS and little grandson CARROLL left to visit relatives in New Mexico.
MISSES LUCILLE and NINA B. SMITH of Montague were here visiting their friends,
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. SLOAN and family.
Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ Monday afternoon for the four
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. BILL BESS, who had been ill only three days.
Services were held by Bro. JOHN RAYMOND. Besides his parents, he leaves two
sisters LONAINE and BESSIE MAE, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE BESS and a
host of other relatives.
The Goodwill Club ladies gathered at the home of MRS. BUNK SAMPLES and quilted
two quilts for Mrs. Samples.
MISS LINA ANNE WIESE of Bowie is visiting here.
Rev. N. B. HARALSON of Montague, former pastor of the Baptist Church here,
preached here last Sunday to a large crowd.
L. J. PILCHER spent Sunday with his friend J. W. NORVELL.

Caps Corner
Mr. and Mrs. JONA GRAVES of Lubbock visited their uncle L. SHANNON and Mrs. Shannon this week.
 ED LAWLER killed a rattlesnake in this back yard; it had eight rattles.
Mr. and Mrs. BUD PICKETT of Electra visited her bother CHARLES STEPHENS and family.
BILL TEAGUE visited his friend CHESTER JAMERSON Jr.
GEORGE WOOD’S children with the assistance of their dog killed a rattlesnake in
their front yard. The dog died from snake bite. It had seven rattles.
Mr. and Mrs. GROVER BROWN spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. D. T. TEAGUE.
Mr. and Mrs. BUD DENNIS spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. OTT DODGIN.
Mr. and Mrs. GUY CANNON visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. JIM BLAKELEY of Bulcher.
Those attending the fair were Messrs. and Mesdames CLARENCE O’NEAL, OLIN KING,
PETE IRVING, IRA LAWLER, CLINTON MITCHELL, CUIN FRANKLIN, LYLE SAWYER, CLYDE
BOYDSTON, L. SHANNON, BERNIE FRANKLIN, GUY CANNON and family, the GREEN family
and MISS WEONA WALTERS.
Mr. and Mrs. CROMER KNOX were in Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. VAUGHN visited Mr. and Mrs. CLINT MASTEN at Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. JIMMIE WELLINGTON of K.M.A. are visiting Mr. and Mrs. COTTON HOFFMAN.