Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, November 12, 1929
BIG ARMISTICE CELEBRATION
LEGION AND AUXILIARY HAVE MOST SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM EVER GIVEN
The Armistice Day program of the Jack Jessup Post American Legion and Auxiliary was pronounced by all present as the most successful that this city has ever seen, although the weather was anything but favorable.
Beginning at 12:01 Monday morning when a German dance began at the Legion Hall until nightfall, there was something going on every minute of the time.
Early in the morning the usual Legion Court was established on the northwest corner of the square, with J. R. Hart sitting as Judge. A corps of officers, under the direction of Cub Gilpin as chief of police, made tours of the business section of the city and "arrested" dozens of men on a variety of charges, taking them to court, where they had to buy poppies and pay fines for their offenses. This procedure netted the post considerable sum.
Later in the morning the tourists coming through were also stopped and were made to buy poppies. The tourists seemed to get as much fun out of it as the Legionnaires, and some of them said they would in form their own posts of this stunt.
At 10:30 a parade was formed at the Legion Hall, a good crowd of ex-service men led by the band at the head of which were the flags of the nation and of the post marched to the northwest corner of the square, where they were joined by the pupils from the High School. The march then led to the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Third Street where the pupils from the ward schools also fell in line. Considerably over a thousand people were in this parade. An amusing feature was that of two prisoners handcuffed together and under guard.
At 11:11, whistles and auto horns all over the town were used in giving a salute in honor of the occasion, and there was plenty of noise for a while.
Following the salute, a patriotic program was rendered, the crowd assembling at the Confederate monument and by the side of the captured trophy, Urn property of the Legion. After invocation by Rev. Geo. C. Moore, patriotic talks were made by County Judge E. I. Lazarus, City Attorney H. G. Brown and Superintendent P. E. Wallace. Following this program, the schools were dismissed for the afternoon.
At noon, a sumptuous luncheon was served in the Legion Hall to ex-service men and members of their families. This luncheon was composed of chicken, dressing, peas, potatoes, cranberry saucer giblet gravy, pickles, pie, coffee and other dainties. Two long tables running the full length of the building seated 178 at one time, and later another table was served, swelling the numbers to well over two hundred. Following the luncheon a short impromptu program was rendered, with H. L. Graham as toastmaster. Those who made short talks complimenting the Legion on its local activities were District Attorney T. C Hutchings, J. M. Badt, L. C. Jinks, Rush Gilpin, E. I. Lazarus and D. C. Crews.
At 1:30 the two Scout troops had a football game at the High School which was a very interesting contest, Troop One winning by a 6 to 0 score.
Clarence O'Rourke, advertised as "The Human Fly" entertained a large crowd in the afternoon by scaling the outside walls of the court house.
The Jefferson High School football team came up for a game with the local school team in the afternoon and at three o'clock the contest began. Although the grounds were very muddy, this was a lively game in which both teams made an excellent showing, an account of which appears in another column. Mt. Pleasant won by a score of 31 to 7. Owing to the condition of the grounds, which made the ball very hard to hold, and an injury to the captain of the Jefferson team, this game took up two and three-quarter hours.
No disagreeable features were evidenced during the entire day, and everybody was well pleased with the celebration.
Mt. Pleasant Times Review, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Tuesday, December 17, 1929
SOLDIERS SHOULD HAVE DISCHARGES PUT ON RECORD
All veterans of the World War should have their discharges filed in the records of the County Clerk, as there may be need for this document at some time, and if it is lost, a certified copy can be procured from the records, and would have the same effect. County Clerk Whitaker will be glad to record the discharge without any cost whatever to the veteran.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
Thursday, October 23, 1936
Nearing Climax In Threatening War Situation
The threatening situation in Europe approached a climax today, with opposing forces bearing off for a show-down in regard to Spain, as admission that rebel government will probably be reorganized by Italy, Germany and Portugal.
The British Government is rushing war preparations, calling in idle American plants to help manufacture more planes.
The Soviet Government of Russia's withdrawal from the non-intervention pact is regarded as a conclusion, and open aid is expected to be given to the Spanish Loyalists by Russia.
Mt. Pleasant Daily Times, Mt. Pleasant, Texas
October 15, 1940
Everything Ready For Registrations Of Draft Age Men
Titus County's Quotas For First Call is To Be Negligible
All details have been completed for the registration of all Titus County men of draft age tomorrow.
Registrars have been secured for each of the fifteen voting boxes and every male citizen who has passed his twenty-first and not reached his thirty-sixth birthday will be required by Federal law to go to his regular voting place to give the information required for the first peace-time conscription in the history of the United States.
It is estimated that it will require about twenty minutes for each person to register, after which he will be given a certificate which he must carry on his person at all times. After the registration is completed, the cards will be turned over to the County Clerk to be sorted, and they will then be given to the Titus County Draft Board, comprised of J.R. Hart, Victor Mason and Rev. J.W. Harper.
At a later date, the Board will meet and decide on the persons to be called in conformity with the national lottery by which the numbers will be drawn.
It is thought that few, if any, Titus County men will be called in the first draft, because deductions will be made because of previous enlistments in the Army, Navy and Air Corps for each State. It is estimated that only 8,000 Texans will be subject to the first call, and if this plan is extended to the counties. Titus County will probably be exempted, as a large number of enlistments have been secured here recently.
There are fifty men in the local CCC camp who will have to register with their commanding officer, but their cards will be sent to the draft boards of the counties from which they came to the camp.
