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The Frost Star
Vol 28 No 39. Jan 12, 1919 James E. Kelly, Publisher

Fine Moisture at Midland
G.H. Moore of route 3, returned last week from a visit to his ranch near Midland. He said the ground was covered with snow, and that lots of moisture was already in the ground, which puts that country in better shape for good crops and grass next year than it has been in many years.

Christmas Social Events
The one big social event pulled off Christmas week was the party given by Mr. and Mrs. Geo W. Williams at their pretty home Christmas night. There were some fifteen or twenty couples present, enjoying dancing and forty-two. Refreshments of ice cream and cake was served. A handsome Victrola, a Christmas present to Mr. an Mrs. Williams...music for the occasion. The occasion was one of real joy and mirth and will be long remembered by the many who were present.

Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Presnall entertained Friday night Dec 28th in their pretty home with a progressive "42" party, at which there were a large number of guests. The favor, a box of chocolates, went to Mr. and Mrs. P.G.
Griffin, the winners. Punch, home-made candies, apples and nuts were served at the close of the party. Vocal solos by Miss Vera Robertson, violin solos by Emmet Robertson and piano solos by Miss Erin Ross, composed the musical program of the occasion.

Ad Turn over a New Leaf
First National Bank, Frost

AD Thanks to our many customers
Citizens State Bank

AD Walk - Over Shoes.
Exclusive Walk-Over process. The result is a durability of shoe bottom that astonishes....
Thompson Bros. Frost

Here from France
Lute Cunningham of Mertens, and who, also was employed at the Bason gin here a long time, visited friends here Saturday. Lute is with the naval air section of the army and spent four months in France along the coast. HE was in London at the time the armistice was signed and of course saw a great celebration. The ship he came to New York on bore several hundred wounded soldiers. He left New York for home on a furlough and returned the first of this week to report to duty. He expects to be mustered out in a short time and will return to Frost and Mertens.

CIVIC IMPROVEMENT CLUB
After an adjournment of several months the Civic Improvement Club met with Mrs. J.C. Beck on Thursday of last week. The meeting was enjoyed by everyone present and each resolved to make this year a notable one in civic work. The members elected to office were as follows: President -Mrs. A.A.
Beene, Vice President, Mrs. J.C. Beck; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Jno Walston; Corresponding secretary Mrs. J.M. Cole; Treasure, Mrs. J.E. Kelly.
Mrs. Cole assisted in serving a delicious salad course after which the club adjourned to meet with Mrs. Been as next hostess.

BANK ELECTS OFFICERS
At the regular meeting of the shareholders and directros were elected for the ensuing years:
J.R. Slay, President; R.F. Shaw, V-pres; J.M. Scott, V-pres; A.H.
Strain,V-pres; N. Hollingsworth, Cashier; G.M. Mann, Asst Cashier.
Mr. Shaw was released from full duty at the bank until July 1, and will devote half time in rest and vacation until that date. He will have supervision of the bank as heretofore, but wanted a portion of the time to spend at rest.
Mr. Hollingsworth, the cashier, was formerly assistant cashier of the bank up to a few months ago, when he enlisted in the war. He is a model young man of exemplary habits and thoroughly qualified for the position he now holds.
Mr. Shaw, the retiring cashier, has been under a heavy strain several years in the bank, which has compelled him to take a rest for his health's sake.

Edward Bowman of Camp Travis spent last week home with his parents.

BACK from YMCA
Walstein Smith and family came in last week to make Frost their future home. Mrs. Smith and children resided with relatives at Sherman while Mr.
Smith was secretary of the YMCA at Kelly Field, San Antonio. He is now back at his old job, agent of Cotton Belt and Frost people most heartily welcome him and family back in our midst.

GETS 36 GALLONS LARD
A.M. Keathly killed two hogs Christmas eve night from which he got 36 gallons of lard. The editor and family have been eating off of some of those hogs, too, and can vouch for the juiceness of the meat.

AD
Open for Business We have recently opened a new tailorshop in the building next door to the Patterson Drug Store. We have installed a modern Hoff-Man
Steam Press. Frost Tailing Company Patterson & Ethridge Phone 171

AD
The Man at the Front digs trenches, builds arsenals and lays in ammunition in defense of the enemy. Quite apparent is it the duty of the people at home to prepare to defense of the enemy --Sickness and buy fresh and well
prepared drugs. E.A. Patterson Druggist

AD
J.S. Presnall Lbr Co.

AD Texas Electric Railway Denison, Sherman, Dallas, Waco, Corsicana

FIRST NATIONAL Officers
At the regular meeting of the First National Bank officers held Tuesday the following officers were elected. G.J. Heflin, Pres; R.J. Sanders and C.B.
Hightower, V-pres. J.C. Beck Cashier; J.E. Davis Ast cashier. The directors
are: S.S. Hooser, S.F. Jones, and J.L. Halber.

LOCAL Oil Magnates
Some time ago P.G. Griffin, A.A. Beene, and J.T. Scott, took oil stock in the Woodrow Lee Oil Co, operating near Burkburnett. The Ft. Worth Star Telegram of Wednesday had this to say of that oil company.
The Woodrow Lee Oil Company, in a west side addition to the townsite near the Wichita Southern, struck an oil sand with a strong gas flow at 100 feet. The gas was sufficient to throw oil into the derrick. This sand was hit at an unexpected depth, being above that of the surrounding wells it is reported.

Belgian Red Cross Nurse was Made Prisoner Miss Marie Van Gastel, the Belgian Red Cross nurse who comes here Monday evening, Jan 27 at the Frost Theater is creating a veritable sensation by her heart-gripping story and relates the manner in which she was made a prisoner by the Germans was wounded, acted as a Red Cross nurse, and was an eye-witness to the siege of Antwerp. Personally, she is a lady of great charm and striking beauty.
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SLAY NEWS
Slay High School has been closed down this week on account of the school teachers grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. Conner both being called to her bedside.
She has a severe case of pneumonia. She is 84 years old and resides near Palestine.

We have impassable roads on account of bad weather. We failed to get our mail several days. The postman hardly ever gets back to town in the vehicle he starts in.

We have had considerable moving in this neighborhood this winter. Mr.
Newell having purchased a farm below Frost and moved to it. Will York is living where he did. Mr. Riddle is leaving here very much to the sorrow of the people as he was a good neighbor. Bryan Hollingsworth is living where he did. Henry Freeman is moving east. Mr. Rowin is living where he did. Mr.
Hutchins is moving where Mr. Rowin lived. Code Bigby has had a slight case of the flue. His son has it now.

Doc Bason has typhoid fever followed by paralysis, but is convalescent now.

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers went to Waxahachie in their new Ford. mr. Hightower went Monday also Walter Morgan and Henry Bason.

Joe Moore and wife went to Frost Wednesday to purchase their furniture.
They are going to houskeeping in the Lee Turner rent house.

Bess Jones visited Maud Lambert Wednesday afternoon.

Mrs. Burneet [sic]Slay and some more ladies went horseback riding Tuesday afternoon.

Fay Turner is visiting her sister near Waxahachie

Miss Donnie Brewer is visiting her sister at Crandall.

This neighborhood is not very news this week.

MERTENS locals
Marvin Tekell is home from Camp Cody, N.M. having received his honorably discharged of the wounds he received in battle.

J.E. Jeffries, the noted dirt 'exchanger' of this section of the county, has been busy at Frost most of last week, closing up land deals.

Judge McCollum of the Frost Telephone Exchange was a business visitor in Mertens Friday.

Mrs. Tom Bowie is confined to her home with a bad case of influenza.

Marie Mallard has returned to school at Milford, after spending the holidays with her parents.

Carl and Will Ellington and Chester Gilmore were in Forreston a couple of Sundays ago.

D.B. Hollingsworth spent Sunday in Hillsboro.

Mrs. Groce Lightfoot and Miss Nettie Langford visited in Hillsboro Sunday.

Crofford Cagle was quite sick last week at his home, the effect...

Miss Blanch Hall of Mount Calm, visited Mrs. Quill Hollingsworth last week.

Private Jones, brother of Mrs. J.E. Jefferies, died in a northern training camp and was buried here a couple of weeks ago.

Wade Webb who has been in a northern training camp has been mustered out and is home.

Sneed Goodman who is in the naval yards in Chicago was at home Christmas on a visit.

Mr. and Mrs. N.W. Thompson moved last week to their home recently purchased from S.G. Fry,

Jake Bunyan, a former resident of Mertens, but now of Trinidad was here Sunday. He had just returned from a visit to Tennessee.

Will Fly spent Sunday between trains in Frost.

M.M.M. Jr Club
The M.M.M. Jr. Club spent a pleasant afternoon with Mildred Keathly Saturday the 4th. A prize was awarded to the ones who wrote ten names of music composers in two minutes and to the ones who wrote seven notes with their rests in three minutes. Lucille McFadden and Josephine Kelly won prizes for the names of composers. Alene Ledford and Leona Castleberry for the notes and rests.
A contest was arrange between those with the best hand position. Of the five contestants Mildred Keathly was winner of the prize, a picture of Bach.
We have three new Members, Jessie Smith, Julia Eilene Shaw, and Hartwell Means. Our club consisted of 23 members.
The delicious refreshments of fruit gelatin and cakes were seved by Mrs.
Keathley.

Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Harrison of San Marcos were chritmas week uests of Mrs A.W. Howell.

Jim and Dick Shaw of Brandon visited their parents here last week.

AD Frost Theater
The Best in Motion Pictures
Night and Saturday Matinee, the great serial "Hands Up" and two Fox Comedies Saturday night. Mutual Feature, 5 reels "Up Romance Road" featuring Wm Russell Monday "love Watches", comedy drama, featuring Caline Griffith Tuesday The Big New Serial "Fight for Millions" featuring Wm Duncan
Thursday: "God's Country and the Woman", featuring Wm Duncan, Nell Shipman and Geo Holt.

Local and Personal Items
Mr. Will Tullos is quite sick with the flu.

Will and Vick Malone returned Tuesday from a visit in Mississippi.

For Sale. My house and lot in Frost situated close in, at a bargain. Mrs.
M.A. Sears

Mrs. A. Bush was called to Kennedale last week on account of the srious illness of her daughter.

Miss Nina Bell Howell is visiting friends and relatives in San Angelo.

Jo Bowman left Monday to visit in the home of Mrs. W.J. Beck at Kaufman.

W.M. Fly of Mertens, who has been to east Texas on a visit has returned home.

Cuthbert Morgan of Corsicana visited his parents here Sunday between trains.

W.P. White returned last week from a visit to his daughter at Broadus.

Bruce Merrill was home last week from Texarkana where he is barbering.

J.D. Langston of Broadus, Texas, a former resident of Frost visited friends here last week.

Herman Keathley has returned to Trinity to school after having spent the holidays with his ____

B.L Spencer has returned from a visit to his daughter Mrs. Van Mills at Hope Arkansas.

Mmes. P.G. Griffin and Bruce Gillean returned Sunday from Waco, where they attended the wedding of Mrs. Corrine Burk.

Miss Lucile McFarland has returned to Baylor to resume her studies after spending the holidays with her parents.

Carl Slay returned last week to T.C.U. Fort Work, after spending the holidays with his parents.

R.D. McFarland accompanied his daughter, Lucile, as far as Hillsboro, Sunday on her way to resume her studies at Baylor.

Earl Mitchell is home from Camp Travis, having been mustered out. He will again take his place in the Heflin-Mitchell store in a few days.

John L. Bradley has sold the Frost Tailoring Co. shop to Randoph Patterson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley have returned to Hillsboro to make their home.

Miss Molly Bowman of Corsicana spent Sunday with her parents here, adn also visiting her brother, Edgar, who is home on a furlough from Camp Travis.

Emmett Bruner died Thursday morning of pneumonia. He had been sick about a week, taking down with the flu, later developing into pneumonia. The remains will be taken to Kerens Friday for burial.

Mr. and Mrs. Aubrey McCalum of Mertens, have moved to Frost. Mr. McCallum is in charge of the telephone system of that place and will continue to look after same, making the trips back and forth from this place.

A.C. Thompson is again back in the Thompson Bros Store in Frost. He and Mrs. Thompson have been in charge of Thomson Bros store at Kaufman several months but the company disposed of that store last week and Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson will be here from now on.

John Beck left Tuesday afternoon for Brownwood to look after his oil interests there. He went by way of Fort Worth to see his sister, Mrs.
Shears, who is quite ill.

Mrs. Otho Morris, who died Satruday was buried Monday. TheWoodmen Circle having charge of the burial rites.

C.T. Hightower and family, with household goods, left this week for Garden City, Glasscock county to make their future home. Mr. Hightower sold his farm here and invested in the West Texas county. The Hightowers have lied
25 years or more on the place they sold. The Star joins in wishing this good family much good luck in their new field of endeavor.

The Annual Feast of the W.O.W. Lodge was held last Friday night at the hall in Frost. The members of the lodge also entertained the Woodmen Circle and a royal good time and plenty to eat was had. The following officers were installed for the following year:
M.A. Gray,C.C.: Fred Skelton, Clerk; C.E. Jackson, Banker; Jerry Smith,
A.L: Horace Mimms, Watchman; Hayden Reynolds, Sentry; W.H. Mathews, Escort; J.S. Presnall, Manager.

Lost. A saddle somewhere 4 or 5 miles south of Frost. Thursday morning.
Finder return to S.O. Hyer

Lost. Mud chain between my house five miles south of town and Frost. Finder please return to Carroll Thrailkell.

For sale. One of the handsomest and most desirable residences in Corsicana, situated in one of the best neighborhoods on paved street, all modern conveniences. A bargain if sold in the next few weeks. Address Box 284.

J.C. Beck left Tuesday for Brownwood on a land deal.

Soldier Surprised Mother. Geo. Crudup, who has been in the navel aviation force stationed along the coast of France, surprised his mother, Mrs. H.C.
Gillean by appearing in on her Christmas day. George wears the 15 months overseas stripes. He was in Paris the day the Armistice was signed and says big things were pulled off there. He has seen many wonderful sights in his aerial navigation on the French coast. He returned Friday to Hampton Roads to report for duty, being home only on a furlough.
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Garden Seeds Coming
Hon. Rufus Hardy of Washington DC is sending to this office a consignment of Garden Seed for free distribution. The seed are to be given to those who will exercise care and diligence in the planting and caring for same, so when the seed arrives the fact will be made known thru this paper, and those who want them for planting may get them by calling at this office.

Notice Woodmen Circle
Every member of the Woodmen Circle is request to be present at our next regular meeting, Saturday, Jan 25. Important business. Callie McCary, Clerk

The Civic Club met with Mrs. Beene on last Thursday with ten members present. After a delightful social hour the following business was transacted. A committee was appoint to solicit funds for building a concrete walk from town to school building. It was decided to give a tea at the home of Mrs. Beck. Mrs. Beene served delicious refreshments consisting of fruit salad, sandwiches and coffee. We adjourned to meet with Mr. Bonnett

AD Eggs 40 per dozen Hoosier-Tullos Co

AD Frost Lumber

AD Insurance. Shaw & Compy - (Successors to A.F. Mitchell) AD Farm Loans R.F. Shaw Frost Ad Registered Duroc Jersy Boar for service Fee $2.50. See B.E. Gillean AD Consider that cough. McGarity Drug Co.

Official Statement: Citizen's State Bank. Total Resources: $315,518.40 Total Liabilities: $315,518.40. J.R. Slay, President. R.F. Shaw, Cashier

Corpl. Roy Edsall writes the Star to change his address from New York to Miami, Florida. He said he had a nice Christmas, went in bathing Christmas and New Year's day. He says he will have to remain at Miami Field until July1, as he will take flying lessons.

Lieut. John Slay left Sunday morning to re-enter A. &. M. since he has been mustered out of the training cap at Camp Grant, Ill.

Hon and Mrs. C.F. Sentell of Weatherford are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. L.R. Hewitt this week.

John Roberson retired Sat. from the Baptist Sanitarium at Dallas. The after effect of the flu left John in bad shape. The Drs. told him that his tonsils, teeth and a bone would have to be removed, but they would wait until spring to perform the operation.

Quill Keathly left Monday for Fort Worth to attend the auction sale of mules being held by the government.

W.N. Stockard, Jr. had purchased from his brother, Todd, his farm west of town. Todd is moving to Edna, where he will be interested with his brother, Ben, in the real estate business, and may later invest in some farm property. The deal was closed on a basis of $200 per acre.

Gene Wall has moved into his new location. When all the fixtures have been placed, he will have one of the swellest Restaurants in the county.

Holman Shumate, who is assigned to the battleship, Wyoming, is home from New York on a furlough. His ship was in the number of battleships that met President Wilson when he landed in England.

Julious Bruner, son of George Bruner, who was wounded in France is now in the hospital at Washington. Will soon be home. He lost his right arm as a result of his wounds.

AD We have AMBU. We want your repair work . Bring in your car and have AMBU attached. W.A. Ross & co. Garage. Frost.

AD Frost Drug Co. We are entering the New Year with better prospects ahead for a prosperous year in 1919.

An appreciated gift. The editor received a very much appreciated Christmas gift from one of Frost's live merchants in the person of E.A.
Patterson. It was a box of fine cigars, and you can bet your bottom dollar they are smoking fine.

Those subscribers who are in arrears, we would be glad if they would call and settle, so we can start the new year with a clean slate.
One of the should be noticeable features of the Start print is the neat appearance of the reading matter type in the paper. The Blooming Grove Rustler is setting our type on a type casting machine. The Rustler is coming right to the front, and the merchants and business men of that town should realize that fact and give Bro Lowe their loyal support.

The Star man is working assiduously at the task of getting his shop in first class shape to publish a good paper. In the first place a month ago we purchased the Mertens Progress and Brandon News. These shops had to be moved from their present location to a new and far better one. Some of the materials in those shops had to be moved here in order to make the Star plant a much better equipped one.

On new year's day the editor took that pleasant day (?) for moving. The truck stuck in the mud several times between here and Mertens and several other things happened which would not look well in print. Under these conditions we are compelled to move what material we expect to by local freight....much larger and better news press, a better job press, together with a gasoline engine and power fixtures are being moved here and installed this week. When installed our machine will be run with power, something that has not happened in this office since Heck was a pup. This will enable us to do better and faster work. All this moving business takes lots of time as well as profuse usage of unprintable language. We never make any mistakes or overlook anything when we are at our natural self, but should your name get twisted up so that it resembles a Chinese Puzzle, or you have told us to something and he deed was not done, blame it on this miserable business of arranging our shop. In the meantime if you know any news or have any interesting letter from our soldier boys in France, send them in, we want to publish them. The advertisers may rest assured they will have no trouble in getting their ads cared for, so will those who have job work. and lastly the subscriber who owes us a little balance, any one who wishes to become a subscriber, need have no hesitancy about being accommodated by us.
HAS BOTTOM SHOT OUT CUP IN FRANCE
Dagonville, France Nov 28, 1918
Dear Father and Mother.
I take great pleasure in answering your letter which I received a few days ago. I am doing fine. This is Thanksgiving day and I can say that every American has something to be thankful for. I am at Dagonville, a small village about twenty kilometers or twelve miles here since I came out of the trenches the last time, which was the day the Armistice was signed. I returned from a signal school last Sunday. I was with the infantry signal plattoon and the work is very interesting. As some of the censor restrictions have been removed I will give you a description of some of the places I have been. We left New York on the second day of May and landed at Liverpool on the 16th. We had quite a nice trip as we were not bothered by any subs. We were in England only a few days and crossed the country by rail. We took a boat across the English channel for France. I can say England is a very beautiful country. We also saw the beautiful old lands of Ireland and Scotland. I went into the trenches the first time on the 4th of July in Alsace. I was connected with a French artillery post. At this place I had the bottom shot out of my cup and a hole shot in my mess kit, but I came out o.k. I was at this place about 20 days. The second time I was in Alsace, but at a different place. I was in the St. Meheil reserve. On the 26th day of Sept at 6.a.m. I was ____er the top in one of the larger drives of the are--northeast Verdun on the Argonne front. It is quite a vast difference between trench warfare. I was quite a sight as I had to get face down in the mud to let the machine bullets go by. The first day quite a number of us were compelled to get in shell holes as a number of big shells were falling about us, and we were also in machine gun nest. This is where I saw my first tank in action in breaking up machine gun nests. I had quite a close calls but came out safe. The last time I went in the trenches on the Verdun section I stayed there about three weeks when I was relieved. I was taken out of the trenches and given a furlough to southern France which I enjoyed very much. We are now doing light drilling, doing
signal work and days are short. The sun goes down at about 3:30pm We have
some of the longest days in the summer that I have ever seen. The sun goes down about 9:15pm or later, so you can see there is some difference in the light in summer and winter.
Hdg Co 138 Inf .A.E.F

The Blackwell Oil Co. in Eastland have made a contract to drill two deep test wells a mile and a half southwest of Blackwell in Nolan County. J.M.
Scott of this city has 640 acres of land within a mile and a half of the land on which they are to be drilled.

Lieut Ben C. Smith, who has received his discharge from the Army, spent the holidays here with relatives.

The Blooming Grove Rustler man reports he has purchased the Barry Enterprise and will issue it from the Rustler office. He says there are about sixteen other papers in the county he expects to get hold on his purchasing trip for if he of in the near future. The Star came west at all he would have is glad that he is starting east us.

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