Montague Co., TX - Newspapers - Saint Jo Tribune: July 21, 1939

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The Saint Jo Tribune
Saint Jo, Montague County, Texas


Friday, July 21, 1939

Saint Jo Man Burned While on Duty
THOMAS HOWELL of Saint Jo received painful burns about the face and neck while
working this week. Mr. Howell was opening a cap on the motor on the drilling rig
when the steam escaped, scalded him.

Local Photographer’s Word Commended
Favorable comments on some trick pictures sent in by KENT BELLAH, commercial
photographer, were made over Station KWFT at Wichita Falls. One picture was of
GARLAND BOYD standing beside a jack rabbit larger than a cow. The other was a
picture of Mr. Bellah’s bird dog jumping over the moon.

Buck Family Reunion
Members of the BUCK and THURMAN families met for a dinner and reunion near
Farmers Creek bridge Sunday, July 16. Mr. and Mrs. R. T. BUCK and DOROTHY RAE of
Saint Jo went to Nocona where a large number of relatives gathered on the shady
banks of Farmers Creek near the bridge.

Mrs. K. R. DORT and children, Miss FRANCES and JACK, moved to Bowie where Mr.
Dort has been employed by the Bowie Drug Store. On the day of their moving, they
were guests for lunch at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. T. BUCK and were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE ROGERS.

The post office at Rosston, a small inland town east of Forestburg, was robbed
last night. The post office, which is served by a rural route out of Forestburg,
is located in S. P. DURHAM’S General Store.

Horse-Drawn Mail Passes from Scene at Gainesville
For the first time since the Gainesville postoffice established free city
delivery, there will be no horse-drawn routes Monday. Postmaster GILBERT F.
HOLMAN posted an order from the Postmaster Department dispensing with the two
horse-drawn carts in favor of one motorized route. One of the carts is driven by
T. J. KELLY, carrier on city Route 3, and the other by GEORGE BUGG on Route 4.
Bugg will have the new motorized roué and Kelly will have a foot route. KELLY
entered the postal service in 1918 as a clerk at Coleman, then transferred to
Gainesville the same year. For a year he carried a route by foot, but 15 years
ago, given the route of the late JAEMS A. CUNNINGHAM, inheriting his cart.
During the 15 year period Kelly used but one horse DAN now 20 years old and the
animal has never missed a day except when icy streets made is precarious for
him. Substitute carriers had driven Dan when Kelly was off duty. BUGG, who
started in service as a substitute 10 years ago, has driven the other cart for
six years. W. W. FARR, secretary of Civil Service Commission in Gainesville and
clerk in the postoffice, express the belief that the local horsedrawn carts were
the last in city mail service in the U. S.

GUY GILES and GUY REDMAN left for College Station to attend the State Volunteer Firemen’s Training School.

RAY LAWLER will preach at the Methodist Church Sunday. He lives at Burkburnett.
By LEON FRANK MILLER.
RAY LAWLER is a native of Saint Jo, having been born here 22 years ago. He is
well known here, related to the STOGNERS, THOMSPONS, and LAWLERS in the
community. His sister BERTHA is also well known here.

MRS. MOSS HOLMES was hostess of her bridge club at her home on East Howell
Street. Attending were Mesdames W. R. SOCTT. R. W. HUTCHTONS, W. E. MEADOR,
GRIMES, S. D. MEADOR, C. C. REDMAN and FRED HOLLAND.

MRS. S. J. PEDIGO and son JIMMY, MARGARET BAILEY and NORMA JEAN MELTON were in
Denton.

Mr. and Mrs. FIELD GRANT HOOVER returned to Ada, Oklahoma accompanied by Mrs.
Hoover’s sister MISS CONTANCE MELTON who will visit at Ada.

Mr. and Mrs. HERMAN WATERS returned to Ada, Okla., accompanied by her sister
TOMMIE JO HOOVER.

JOHN T. LAUDERDALE is in Tell, Texas visiting his daughter MRS. S. H. PERRY.

JAKE DUNN returned to Saint Jo after visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.L.
DUNN at Henderson.

MARTY FARRIER of Electra is visiting friends in Saint Jo.

GEORGE DUNN and son ELI, MRS. TRAVIS BAKER, MRS. CLAUDEBAKER and MISS ORA WADE were in Gainesville.

Mr. and Mrs. FRED HARRIS of Leon, Oklahoma visited S. A. MCGOWN and family.

D. R. FREEMAN and daughter JANENELL were in Gainesville.

FOYE WOOD attended a Masonic meeting in Nocona. 

Mr. and Mrs. GARLAND BOYD moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma.

BOSS HARPER of Sanger is visiting his daughter MRS. D. C. BERRY Jr. and Mr. Berry this week.

Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE SHACKELFORD of Nocona were guests of his nephew FOYE WOOD and his wife.

MISS DORIS ROGERS had as guests MISS JO RUTLEDGE and her mother of Roanoke.

Mrs. V. S. JONES of Dallas visited MISS DOLLY HARRIS and MRS. CLARA BELLE SNEED and children.

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN WHITSON of Wichita Falls were guests of MRS. REBECCA REED.

THELMA ALDRIEDGE went to Austin and will return with her sister MISS MAXINE who
will visit here on vacation.

MISS LOUISE RUSSELL of NTSTC came to spend the summer with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. RUSSELL.

Mr. and Mrs. ULIS BURNS visited her father JIM DENNIS at Bulcher.

MRS. MABLE HERMAN and family of Norman, Oklahoma, after visiting in Wichita
Falls, stopped for a short visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. L. MCGREGOR and family.

Mr. and Mrs. CALIP CANNON of Bulcher visited her sister MRS. ULIS BURNS and Mr.
Burns.

MRS. D. M. RUSSELL and little daughter BETTY returned from Paducah where they
visited with her daughter MRS. T. J. RICHARDS and Mr. Richards.

MRS. J. A. REDMAN, MRS. TED REDMAN, and MISS PAULINE BLASINGAME visited MRS. W.
R. CROXTON.

JOHN HARPER of Nocona purchased a new 1939 Chevrolet Town Sedan and HARVEY
HARRISON of Muenster purchased a new Chevrolet Delux Town Sedan from MOSEMAN
Motor Co. at Saint Jo.

Guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs. FOYE WOOD were his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
FRANK WOOD and sisters MRS. INETA GLODT and MISS INEZ WOOD of Austin.

Forestburg News
Mr. and Mrs. WES MOLAR and sons CURTIS and PAUL were in Gainesville shopping.
Mr. and Mrs. DICK FINNEY and children, Mr. and Mrs. ALLEN SHULTZ and children
and COLLEEN HILL were all visitors of Doyle Hill who has been ill at the
hospital in Gainesville.
CECIL JONES returned from Balko, Oklahoma where he worked for six weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN W. FLETCHER of Albuquerque, New Mexico were visiting her
sister MRS. I. M. JONES and MRS. JOHN THOMPSON.
Mr. and Mrs. S. D. MARTIN and son KENT were guests of her mother MRS. I. M. JONES.
Mr. and Mrs. BOB PARSON and son, HERBERT LOWELL, of Dallas visited relatives. Here.
MRS. I. M. DUNN and MRS. O. K. COOK spent Sunday with MRS. BONNIE SOLOMON who is
in the Gainesville hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. OLLIE COLEMAN and daughter BILLIE BURKE and MRS. GEORGE STEAGALL
and son shopped in Gainesville.
GEORGE POTEET and family left for South Texas.
CHARLES BARNETT and CLAUDE MITCHELL returned from Balko, Oklahoma and Perryton,
Texas where they were working.
O.K. COOK had business at Fort Worth.
MRS. M. D. MASSEY and daughter JACKIE SUE visited in Bowie.
THURSTON REED and son BURLESON of Saint Jo were guests in the home of his aunt MS. I. M. JONES.
Rev. A. L. DENNIS is holding a revival in Rosston.
PRYOR MCGEE and family visited in Oklahoma.
HENRY FORRESTER was in Bowie on business.
JOHNNIE LANDERS and son, EDWARD WAYNE FORESTER and J. C. LANDERS were in Bowie.

Illinois Bend
MRS. JACK DOUGHTY, MRS. ARTHUR FRAZIER, GILBERT and ROBERT MASTEN, all of Suden,
visited their father W. C. MASTEN last week.
The following returned from the west Texas grain harvest: FLOYD HARRIS, LEONARD
HALL, FOSTER WHALEY, OTHA WHALEY, DAY THOMPSON, “BLACKIE” FRANKLIN and LAWRENCE
HUTCHINSON.
BLOYCE CASTLE, student at NTS, will spend the remainder of summer with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. CASTLE.
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY BROWNING and daughter, HAROLD BROWNING of Adrian, Texas are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. WILL BROWNING.
MISS EVELYN and “SHADOW” HOOVER, both of Lawton, Oklahoma, spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. DAN HOOVER.
MRS. BUD LYNN and HAROLD LYNN of Wichita Falls visited relatives here. MISS
LEONIDA WALKER accompanied them home.
MILTON BUCK and son and J. W. CARLTON spent Sunday at Bonita.
Mr. and Mrs. MAXEY DOWD and MRS. WILL BROWNING went to Wichita Falls. MISS ETHEL
BROWNING accompanied them home.
WILL MINOR of Montague was here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. WILLIAMS and L. K. SHIFTLET of Montague came to Illinois Bend on business.
W. C. MASTEN was taken from the Gainesville hospital last Wednesday. On Monday of this week he was taken to the Baylor Hospital at Dallas. ROBERT MASTEN, ARTHUR FRAZIER and MRS. W. C. MASTEN accompanied them to Dallas.

Caps Corner
Mr. and Mrs. PETE MCGUIRE were visiting in Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. SKEET BOWERS and family of Nocona visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. BEN HENLEY.
IRA LAWLER spent Saturday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. JIM LAWLER who live
west of Nocona. A birthday celebration was given Saturday in honor of Mr. Lawler
on his 72nd birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. VAUGHN returned home from six weeks of summer school at Denton.
Mr. and Mrs. JIM MITCHELL of Nocona spent the day with their daughter MRS. IRA
LAWLER and Mr. Lawler.
BOB MITCHELL of Wichita Falls spent the weekend with his mother MRS. MITCHELL.
Mr. and Mrs. TURNER O’NEAL of Valley View visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I.
N. MONROE and family.
Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST MCCARLEY of Nocona spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. J. L.SUMMERS.
MISS CHLOE WILLIAMSON of Tyler Bluff visited friends at Caps Corner.
MRS. LYLE SAWYER and VIOLA ADAMS attended the electric cooking school Tuesday night at Bulcher.
MISS META MONROE of Decatur visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. N. MONROE.
MRS. CLARENCE O’NEAL and EVELYN JEAN shopped in Fort Worth.
MRS. PETE MCGUIRE and VIOLA ADAMS shopped in Gainesville.
LON COBB of Medicine Mound visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE BOYDSTON are on vacation in Colorado.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. PAINTER of Big Spring are visiting her sister MRS. CLAUDE WILSON.
Mr. and Mrs. JACK NEWTON of Myra visited MRS. LOIS FRANKLIN.
RUSSELL SAWYER returned from Kansas.
RAY MORRISON, BILL ESTER, and MISS OPAL MCGUIRE of Wichita Fallas and MISS
ROWENA HENRY of Nocona visited Mr. and Mrs. PETE MCGUIRE.
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY BROWNING of Abrian/Adrian, Texas and HAROLD BROWNING visited
Mr. and Mrs. BILL BROWNING.
Mr. and Mrs. ELMER DODGIN of Nocona visited his parents.
MISS WILMA NAN SNAPP of Bonita visited her aunt MRS. PETE IVINS.

Starkey News
Bro. LANSFORD of Nocona preached in Bro. COOK’S place here.
MRS. MATTIE COOK and children from Troup are visiting relatives here.
JOE RYALS and family of Oklahoma visited in the home of Mr. and Mrs. JIM DILL.
MRS. LOIS LYNN and son of K.M.A. visited MRS. CHARLES EVANS.
Bro. LANSFORD dined with Mr. and Mrs. PETE HARRISON Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. HOYT HUSTON and his mother visited Mr. and Mrs. HOBERT HUTSON.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. MCCONNELL visited Mr. and Mrs. HARRY HUNDLEY at Saint Jo.
Mountain View
AKSO and LEONARD TALLEY, MRS. MARIE FOLSOM, ILA MAE, JACK and COLEEN FOLSOM and
MISS CLETA EPPS of Clovis, New Mexico spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. W. M.
TALLEY and family.
MISS HELEN and DOYLE REID spent Sunday with ADIS and AKSO TALLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. TALLEY and sons of Clovis, N. M. and MRS. W. M. TALLEY
visited in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
MRS. EVAL TALLEY is visiting her father W. L. HAIR in Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. MURPHY WAGONSELLER, Mr. and Mrs. CECIL ICE, Mr. and Mrs. KENNETH
MERONEY and daughter MARY FRANCES, EMOGENE HOLLARS, MRS. VITTITO, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. PENNINGTON of Bonita and Bro. HARVEY of Waco spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. ROY HURLEY and children.
Mr. and Mrs. TOLBERT MOORE and daughter JANICE of Shady Grove visited Mr. and Mrs. J. L. SNAPP.
MISS DOROTHY MADDOX visited MISS ADIS TALLEY.
WANDA REID of Bonita visited ELISE LEE HURLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. WALLACE GIBB and daughter JIMMIE JOYCE, REBA MARIE FATHEREE, JERRY
JO SMITH, and Mr. and Mrs. M. F. FATHEREE of Chickasha, Oklahoma spent the
weekend with Mrs. Fatheree’s brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. J.T. SNAPP. JUANITA
FATHEREE, who had visited here, returned home with her parents.
ELSIE LEE HURLEY spent Thursday with EMOGENE HOLLARS.
JUANITA FATHEREE, ONEITA and ROBERTA SNAPP spent Tuesday with DORIS STAPLES.
Bro. BROWNIE HARALSON spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. ROY HURLEY.

Peabody News
CECIL SEIBOLD and L. LYNN MADDOX returned from several weeks at Happy, Texas. L.
Lynn Maddox went back to Happy, Texas.
MRS. PAULINE DUNN and son WESLEY and her nephew of Apache, Oklahoma are visiting
Mr. and Mrs. MONROE DUNN and family.
MRS. BOB DUNN returned from College Station.
MISSES BERNIECE BAKER and CAROLINE BULL spent Sunday with MISS ORA WADE.
MISSES MARY BAKER and JAUNELL FREEMAN, ELI BAKER and KENNETH STEWART are at Forestburg.
MISS CARMON DUNN spent Saturday with DESSIE ZAHN of Saint Jo.
IMA JEAN and PEGGY DUNN spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. BILL SHEEN and family.
MISSES GERALDINE and JEWELL DUNN spent Sunday with NORMA JUNE ARMSTRONG.
MELVIN BOWEN visited BOB DUNN.
MISS EVELYN BOWEN is visiting at Sunset.
ELWOOD BOWEN is visiting at Alvord.
MISS GENEVA DUDLEY, who has been staying with her grandfather HENRY LASEMAN, is
spending the summer with her mother MRS. DUTCH DUDLEY.
Those visiting Mr. and Ms. HARVE DUNN and family Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. M. D.
ELLIS and son RAYMOND of Bonita, MISS SIDNEY BELLE GRAHAM of Saint Jo, Mr. and
Mrs. JNO. H. ELLIS of Milford, Mr. and Mrs. SPENCER BUSBY, Mr. and Mrs. BOB DUNN
and family, MISSES JUANITA and BILLE JEAN SHEEN, ARTLIE, EDWARD, and WESLEY
DUNN.

Dye Mound
Elder JOHN RAYMOND preached at the Church of Christ.
R. S. and O. C. MANN had business at Fort Worth.
MRS. PAULINE DUNN and son WESLEY of Apache, Oklahoma came to visit Mr. and Mrs.
MONROE DUNN and other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. NORVELL visited her uncle DR. H. N. WILSON and family at Montague.
MISS MARY FAY QUINN is visiting at Forestburg.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. SLOAN and family were guests of her brother Mr. CARTER and family of Ringgold.
Mr. and Mrs. WILL MARTIN and family, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COOK Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
BARNEY BROGDON and little son, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE UMBERSON, Mr. and Mrs. ALBERT
BROGDON and children, and ICE JONES attended the surprise dinner of MRS. JOHN
HOLLAND at Mallard.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. DUNN and children were guests in the home of father Dr. H. N.
WILSON and family at Montague.
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. NORVELL and family spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. BAILEY
KIRBY and family at Nocona.

Prairie Hill News
MISS MARCELL MAXWELL visited MISS VIOLA LOPER.
MRS. J. A. JOHNS and children and her mother MRS. GEORGE WILSON spent Sunday with MRS. LEONARD ICE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. JOHNS and son ALBERT took their son to the doctor at Wichita Falls.
MRS. M. E. WILSON and daughter BESSIE spent Sunday with MRS. FRED MAPLES and children.
MINIA LEE JOHNSON visited VIOLA LOPER.
MRS. BERRY HUSBAND and girls spent Tuesday with MRS. WALTER KUYKENDALL.

Bonita News
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. LATHAM and Mrs. LEE of Bowie, Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD HOWARD and
son of Grayson were guests of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN LATHAM.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. ADMIRE were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. SAM ROACH of Saint Jo.
Mr. and Mrs. ALLAN PARSON spent the weekend with her mother MRS. FOX at Spanish Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN ELLIS of Milford visited here.
MRS. ALBERT PARSON and children BILLIE JEAN and BOB attended church at Spanish Fort.
MRS. LUTHER BOYD and daughter BERRY of Valley View visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. HAGGERTON.
MRS. CLINTON CASH of Fort Worth and Mesdames TOM CASH, CLYDE CASH, and CHARLES
FLOWERS of Starkey visited the home of JIM POWELL.
JIM AYRES and daughter VANICE visited in Gainesville. BILLY GRAMMAR returned with them.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN LATHAM entertained a group of small children with a birthday
party for their niece, JACKIE HOWARD. Attending were BOBY RACKLEY, HAROLD LOYD
LANGFORD, NELL RICH, THOMAS REID, BOB PARSONS and KATY ADMIRE.

37 Years Ago from the Tribune, July 18, 1902
Esquire R. F. SAMPSON was in Montague.
T. D. BARTON of Nocona was here.
A.M. DAVIS had business at Gainesville.
OTTO HUCHTON spent Sunday with his parents at Muenster.
J. J. HINTON and family visited at Bowie.
J. W. MIKEL returned from a trip down the road.
MRS. ERNEST SKELTON and MRS.JAP FIELD visited relatives at Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. HIGGINBOTHAM of Illinois Bend were here trading.
WILLIAM WELPOLE is working on the WITHERSPOON oil mill being built at Whitesboro.
D. C BLEVINS and T. A. WILEY were on the grand jury at Montague.
MISS OLA DONNELL went to Dye Mound to visit and attend the picnic.
JAMES R. WILEY was here looking after some of his clients interests in the district court.
Judge BARRETT pressed the button and started the district court machinery in running.
Mr. ad Mrs. J. D. WHITE of Bonita visited her parents, Mr. and Mr. C. O. EVANS.
MISS KATE DOWD returned from visiting at Nocona and Dowd.
Z. T. PURYEAR and ARTHUR WHALEY went on business at Montague.
JAMES TRAMMELL went to Whitesboro to do carpenter work on Witherspoon’s oil mill being built there.
LUTHER DUNCAN returned from Ardmore.
F. V. CRANDELL of Gainesville spent last Friday here. 
A.F. WARREN returned from a trip in the Territory.
G. A. BENSON was in Gainesville.
Professor R. P. WILSON of Freemound was here on business.
MRS. J. C. BURNETT of Bonita was a guest of MRS. J. T. FINN.
Hon. M. H. WHALEY went to visit relatives at Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. JOE T. BURGHER returned home to Fort Worth.
A.L. SCOTT was at Nocona.
DR. H. T. HERNDON was in Gainesville on professional business.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. TOMME visited at Montague.
MISS EMI CRAIG left for Sherman and Howe.
BASS BLEVINS and family spent last week in Gainesville with relatives, the family of O. M. GILES.
W. M. BROWN of Herbert, Indian Territory and J. A. FLANNERY of Mountain creek
have our thanks for cash for subscriptions.
MISS ETHEL BELLAH, who visited at Wheelock, Texas, returned home.
MISS ARMANTHA HOWSER, who visited her aunt MRS. E. M. KEITHLEY here, returned home to Whitesboro.
W. S. CHANCEY and family returned from a trip through the Territory.
W. E. TOMME, local manager for the Consolidated Oil, Asphaltum, and Mining Co.,
was in Gainesville on business.
JAMES HUGHES came from Gainesville and visited his parents, Professor and Mrs. THOMAS F. HUGHES.
SMITH C. PEDIGO, registrar of the board of pharmacy of this district, met with
the board at Gainesville to conduct the annual examination of applicants for
registration.
R. L. CABLE left for Galveston to attend the State Democratic Convention.
MRS. D. CUNNINGHAM went to Gainesville to join her husband who had taken their
little son JOHN to the hospital there.
MISS BAMA TEAKELL of Montague, after a few days visit with MISS PERT BOGGESS,
went to visit her aunt MRS. WEGENER about four miles east of town.
One day this week, while cleaning out a tank near the Witherspoon gin, a catfish
finned TOM TARWATER on his right foot and as a result, he has been hobbling
around on a stick and his foot wrapped in bandages.
ERNEST CUNNINGHAM came from Forestburg and took the train for Gainesville to
visit his little brother JOHN who is the hospital there.