Hood County News-Tablet from Granbury, Texas • Page 1

position he from coach and the by the das there auditorium for will all. he for at a a free lunch GRANBURY NEWS EST. 1886, HOOD COUNTY TABLET EST. 1919, CONSOLIDATED JUNE 15, 1945 Hood County News-Tablet VOLUME 58 GRANBURY, TEXAS, THURSDAY. AUGUST 30.

1945 NUMBER 46 Funeral Held For Mrs. E. C. Atwood Sun. Funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Baptist Church for Mrs.

E. C. Atwood, 39, who died in a Fort Worth hospital early Saturday morning with a heart ailment. The Rey. Jesse Cook, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lockhart, and former pastor of the bury Baptist Church, officiated.

He was assisted by the Rev. Van Morrison, pastor of the Granbury Methodist Church. Interment was in the Granbury cemetery. Mrs. Atwood, the former Williams, was the daughter of the late J.

D. and Cora Williams, pioneer dents of Hood County. She was born and reared here and was a graduate of the Granbury High School. After attending Baylor University, she received. her degrefrom North Texas State Teachers College at Denton.

She taught school a number of years in the Granbury School and was re-elected for this year. She had been in the hospital most of the time since school closed the first of June. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Atwood is survived by three sisters and two brothers; Mrs. Albert Porter, Gran bury; Mrs.

Jack Lampkin, Brownwood: Miss Claudia Williams, Mt. Vernon; Doyle Williams, Denton, and Dr. J. D. Williams, Colorado City.

Pallbearers were J. L. Lary, Grady Clark, O. W. Meyers, W.

F. Decker, Tom Porter, Glenn Porter, Willie Liles and R. M. Walthall. The bereaved family has the stmpathy of the entire community.

SCHOOL NOTES The Granbury School Board at the regular meeting Monday night elected teachers to the remaining vacancies. The teachers elected were Mrs. F. J. Brophy, of Clekurne fourth grade, Richard Willhott, eighth grade.

Due to state regulation all children under six years old will not be permitted to attend school this year. The football team has more enthusiasm than usual. They have entered the league for the first time in four years. Scheduled games for the year are: Sept. 21, Lake Worth at Granbury, Sept.

28, Tolar at Tolar; Oct. 5, Granville Gap at Granbury; Oct. 12, Glen Rose at Glen Rose; Oct. 19, Iredell at Granbury; Oct. 26, Meridian at Granbury.

Nov. -2-9-16 open dates; Oct. 23, Lake Worth at Lake Worth. All boys interested are requested to meet at high school Sept. 1, 2 p.m.

Granbury H. D. Club The club met Aug. 8 in the home of Mrs. Clifton Andrews.

Miss Jessie Ellen Miller, home ec. teacher, of Temple, met with us and discussed dress forms and foundation patterns Mrs. E. Ford proved to be the best sailor in our ship contest, Mrs. Winford Carter received the white elephant.

Our next meeting will be a picnic atGlen Rose. Large Crowd Attend Pulltight Reunion More than eight hundred attended the annual Pulltight Reunion Sunday, August 12. Bud Larned, chairman, called the meeting to order at 11 a. m. The opening prayer was given by John Brown and the opening song was led by Guerdon Glover.

Ben Wann gave the welcome address while Albert Porter and Mayor Clark of Stephenville gave the response. Judge Walter Morris of Fort Worth; Judge M. S. Long, Eastland, District Attorney Sam Cleveland; Judge Earnest Belcher of Stephenville, and Billy Myers of Fort Worth were among the out of county speakers on the program. Mr.

and Mrs. E. C. Pate, who have lived in the Paluxy community for a half century, were given a goodbye handclasp in token of the esteem in which they are Thy their many friends. The Pates are moving to Georgetown where they will make their home.

Basket dinner with all the trimmings was served at the noon hour, after which a free will offering was taken and $78.50 was raised which will be used to repair the Tabernacle and improve the grounds. S. D. Mcllroy Died In San Antonio Sun. S.

D. Mellroy, 75, well known Hood County rancher, died in a San Antonio hospital Sunday night. Funeral was held at the family residence in Tolar Tuesday afternoon. Interment was in the Strouds Creek cemetery. Mr.

Mcllroy owned a ranch north of Tdlar, one of the largest ranches in Hood Coun-1 ty. S. D. was an extensive oil operator in addition to his ranches. He had lived in Amarillo a number of years.

He had been ill a month. In 1887 he moved to Texas, took part in the Klondike gold rush of 1897, and returned to Texas to begin a 45-year career as an oil man. His Hood County ranch was stocked with Herefords and white deer. He gave several deer to the Forest Park Zoo in Fort Worth. Surviving are his wife: six brothers, H.

E. M. and Tom Mcllroy, Tolar; B. D. Mellroy, Fort Worth; G.

W. Mcilroy, Amarillo, and two daughters, Mrs. Thelma Antonio, San Antonio, and Mrs. Jack Nichols, Amarillo. WARD'S VARIETY Skillets, small and medium 17 ounce tea glasses and many other glasses for home use.

Colored ones, six for 90c or any amount. Mercerized thread in most any, shade; plen ty of white thread: Embroidery trimming and very pretty. Anything for your rayon dresses. Glass water sets in and red; something good looking for any day use. Good looking pictures.

Many kinds to suit the customer Prices reasonable. I P. T. Dunning Again Heads Lipan School P. T.

Dunning is again superintendent of Lipan schools. He needs no introduction to Lipan people as he was there in 1928. After teaching in other schools for more than a decade, he returned to Lipan as superintendent held that 1937 to 1942, when felt his at of need service the bomber plant to aid in defense of his country. He worked in the purchasing department there for three years and returned to Lipan to again take up school work. Mr.

Dunning announced the opening of school Sept. 3. Mr. George Hood will be principal, D. M.

Russell, vocational agriculture; Miss Marie Sears, vocational H. Mrs. U. M. Russell, Miss Sylvia Wilson, grades; Mrs.

Edna Starnes, primary. Shower in Honor of Theresa Cogdell A miscellaneous shower honoring Miss Theresa Cogdell, bride-elect of James L. Wiggins, was given at the home of Mrs. Elmer H. Davis, August 9: The couple are to be married in Washington state and will make their.

home there. Miss Cogdell is the daughter of Mrs. E. H. Elsner.

Mrs. C. L. Hunt attended the guest book: Mrs. Clifton Andrews directed games Miss Dorothy.

Holt gave a. toast to the bride-to-be; Miss Bonita. Ann Oxford gave a toast to the girls left behind; Mrs. Virgil Bond and Mrs. Andrews were contest winners.

Mrs. Thurman Brooks Jr. led the honoree from the lawn by a long string of advice to the concealment of many lovely gifts. Refreshments were served from a lace-covered table centered with white mums and fern on flower-encircled mirror flanked by white tapers in crystal candelabra. Pastel garden flowers were decorations throughout the house.

Miss Oleta Hunt and Miss Holt presided at the punch bowl, Mrs. I. L. Rippetoe, aunt of the honoree, served the three-tier bride's cake. Fifty-three guests called.

Out-of-town guests were Mrs. Brooks, San Marcos; Misses Bette Hubbard and Tillie, Young, and Mrs. Rippetoe of Fort Worth; Mrs. Ona and Miss Mae Davis of Waco. Miss Cogdell left August 12th for Sunnyside, Washington.

ACCIDENT TRIO IMPROVE Sara Joe and Scottie Parkinson and Tommy Tankersley, who were seriously -injured when their car collided with a freight train about five weeks ago, were reported to be showing some improvement. The trio has been in the Methodist Hospital since the accident. Sara Joe had a leg broken, Scottie a leg and nose broke and Tommy hip and leg fracture. All three were reported to be sitting up some. Hood County Singing Convention Sept.

8-9 The regular semi-annual Hood County Singing Conven- News of Hood County Boys in Armed Forces Phone, bring, send or mail ell the news about four boys in the armed forces." Pvt. John Paul Ator of Fort Sam Houston was in on a pass last week-end to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter Ator. He is expecting to be transferred to another camp soon, Bryan R.

Bolton, machinist's mate. third class, USNR. son of Mrs. L. Bolton, Cresson, is serving aboard a repair vessel which in her two, years of Pacific activity has earned the sobriquet, "Physician to the Fleet." Chunky and small, looking anything but, the heroine she is, the Oceanus is a floating machine shop manned by the pick of the Navy's skilled craftsmen.

Welders, shipfitters, carpenters, boilermakers, electricians, radio cians, machinists and divers call her home. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bills Had Family Reunion A family reunion was 'held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Bill in Granbury Sunday. In addition to their three children and two grandchildren, Opl. Algene, who has just returmed from Germany and is home on a thirty-day furlough, Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Bills, of Cresson and Mr.

and Mrs. Alfred Pierce of Dallas. The following attended: Mr. and Mrs. Leland Camp of Forrand, Mr.

and Mrs. Kate Bills, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bills and children of Fort North, Mr. and Mrs.

Frank Moss of Thirp Springs, Mrs. Elizabeth Umphress and children, and Mrs. Manning and Mrs. Colkins of Neri, Chas. Umphress who has also just returned from Germany.

New Electrical Supply Store To Open September 15 L. A. Ladd, of Mineral Wells, will open an auto accessories, parts and electrical appliance store in the Wilson Building on south side of the square about Sept. 15. Mr.

Ladd is an experienced electrical man, having been associated with an electrical supply house in Mineral Wells a number of years. The new store will handle a complete. line of standard radios, refrigerators, batteries, tires and auto supplies. Mr. Ladd, his wife and two-yearold daughter will move to Granbury as soon as suitable Living quarters are found.

Private First Class Lemual Alney Martin, 23, son of Mr. and 1 Mrs. W. B. Martin of Thorp Spring, is in a rehabilitation area with Marines of the Fifth Amphibious Corps after fighting three major Pacific campaigns.

As crew chief of an "alligator," he landed assaulting Leathernecks for the Marshall Island, Guam and Iwo Jima campaigns. He attended Granbury High School and worked for the Anniston (Ala.) Yarn Mill before joining the Marines in December, 1942. He has been overseas for 21 months. Hood County Turns In Light Vote Sat. ALNEY MARTIN One of the lightest votes in the history of the county cast in Saturday's amendment election when only 405 votes were cast.

The county vote on the four a amendments were: Soldiers voting, proval 315, against 87, legislators' pax, approval 80, against 324, Supreme Court, approval 138, against 247, welfare, approval 235, against 172. From the latest returns over the state three of the amendments carrying were soldiers viting, Supreme Court and welfare. CARD OF THANKS Words are inadequate to express to each of you sincere thanks and appreciation for the kindness and sympathy you bestowed on us in our bereavement at the loss of our loved one. The floral offerings, the help, comfort and each expression of kindness is gratefully acknowledged. May God's richest blessings be bestowed upon you in everything you do is our fervent prayer.

E. C. Atwood. The Williams Family. Mrs.

Jack Evans, the former Jeanette Abbott of Mem-! phis, is spending eral days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleve Abbott. Mr. and Mrs.

Ed Glover of Electra, Mrs. Effie Meyers and Mrs. Hal P. Hughes of Fort Worth visited last week in the home of Mrs. Mattie Estell.

Mrs. C. M. Adams and children of Sand Flat visited her mother, Mrs. J.

A. Wood, last week. tion will meet in the school Tolar on Saturday night. Sept. 8, and all day Sunday, Sept.

9. Visiting singers from. distance will be cared overnight and SunAll residents of county are asked to help bringing basket lunch to spread at noon. A number of good singers and quartets have already promised to be here and now that the gasoline rationing is off, this should prove to be a better singing than the last one, which was a good one and the best Hood County had turned out in a long time. There will be singers from the Stamps-Baxter Music Co.

in Dallas and the National Music. Co. of Fort Worth and many others. We may be able to give the names of some of the singers next week. Folks, this is your singing, SO if all will help it can be made the best in the history of Hood County.

Thanking you all, W. P. YORK, Pres. Hood Co. Con.

VERNON NEWMAN, Vice-Pres. Granbury Served the USO At Weatherford Aug. 17 The people of Granbury furnished the food for the Weatherford USO on Sunday, Aug. 17. The mena for both the coon and evening meals consisted of barbecued beef, potato chips, sliced tomatoes, pic.

les, onions, ice tea and ice cream. 125 soldiers were fed at the noon hour. Seven Gran bury women, Mrs. Don Cheri ry, Mrs. W.

J. Ballentine, Mrs Henry Wallace, Mrs. Ewell Reed, Mrs. Eva Ford, Mrs. Harley Cherfy and Mrs.

J. E. Hale served lunch. The therford ladies took charge 2:30 p.m. and served till eight o'clock.

The soldiers and the Weatherford women expressed (MAt appreciation for the delicious food served. Thanks to the people of Granbury for their donations, especially to the Gibsons, who furnished five gallons of ice cream. Trans. portation was furnished by. Mrs.

Don Cherry and Mrs. J. E. Hale. NOTICE The Commissioners Court has set up a proposed budget of the expenditures and levy for 1946 which will be heard at a public hearing September 10, 1945 in County Judge's Office at 1 o'clock p.

m. Those interested should be present. 46-2t POLIO VICTIM Roy Lee Osborne, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.

C. Osborne, Route 1, Granbury, is in a Fort Worth hospital suffering with polio. He is the 67th case being treated in hospitals or at home in the Fort Worth area. neig man illne.