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became preclous to thenr fanu The copy of the Santa Fe Johnson County Texas A Plfto res Praxl referenced hear belonged nal Hlstory by Dan and Baht They no doubt looked at to an older friend of Wxllard Anne Leach those photos of thelr boys over Baker Other sources Include and over for some never came 'The I-hstory of Johnson County Lame Barnes may be reached ar home from forengn so1l Texas by Mollie Bradbury and laruebamesdbahoo com, Santa F In 1916 Clebume Hlgh School was located where the Gulnn Justloe Center le todly It burned Il? 3:1 vember of that year -1, ' ' '- 45 ss . ' 1 1 ' I' f ' sv . . ,, , , Y r . l V 9 v , 4 ' .... , . . ,, . . , 1 . l . . .s 1-1-
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had a short brography beneath The flnancral statement of the 1915 football season revealed re cerpts of S396 85 and expendr tures of S302 13 The equrpment expenses were amazrng three footballs cost S15 whrle sweaters and trousers for the team totaled S34 Opponents were Denton Waxahachre Venus Weather ford Hrllsboro and McGregor Extra mcome came rn from the sale of one old football for 75 cents Already football had won the hearts of the people m Cleburne the sport had been played here srnce 1901 The 1915 team had erght wrns and three losses All five home games were vrcto nes There was no mentron of Yellow Jackets ln thrs yearbook each player l hrs photo Ned Hoffman a semor tackle was descrrbed as Age 19 werght 160 he1ght5 ft 10 .n Bud rs one of the fastest heavy men on the team and always met the opponents wrth a rush He was a hard and sure tackle and would when called upon open a hole brg enough to drrve a team of oxen through In basketball Cleburne 1-1 rr played Clebarro College vhrth was located near the Cooke Ele mentary School grounds lt h 0 been estabhshed rn 1909 and closed rn 1917 never berng fully accredrted Cleburne I-Irgh won the game 14 to 10 srgnrfymg that rt was a very early sport Other teams played were Burleson North Fort Worth and Venus The boys games were Jplayed m the Santa Fe YMCA burldrng located at the northeast comer of Border at Nlhllrngham srnce there was no gymnasruna yet It was a 3 2 season rnterror prctures of the YMCA showed a spacrous g rgoom and shower baths The elaborate brrck three story f rty burlt by the Santa Fe Rarl road was called 'Clebume s Man Factory engaged rn the busrness of turmng out men An average of 200 men and boys of Cleburne were served darly by the YMCA Therr tenms courts were called equal to any m the state Besrdesthe gym the burldmg contamed 20 bedrooms on the thrrd floor dressrng rooms a lrbrary a prano and bowlmg lanes Joe Marchbanks of Clebume remembers the YMCA well and he told me rn 2003 what hap pened to tt. It was really a great place he sard It was located near where the Intermodal Depot rs today It had a swrmmrng pool boxmg wrestling baseball teams lt s locauon was great for the rarlmad men to stay there In down by the Santa Fe The bepressron may have had some fhmg to do wrth rt t Julte Baker curator of the Layrmd Museum added that spaper accounts reveal that Ylled not been m use for a at the ttme rt was tom l tan t help but wonder rf the new Lrberty Hotel lured the rarl road men away rn 1924 Alter all, Lawrence Welk entertarned there and rt had the only elevator rn town Without therr room rentals and wrth the hard trmes kegpmg young men from usrng the facrlmes rt must have taken rts toll on the Y s fmances Even mlly the Lrberty Hotel would lose the rarlroad men too when the rarlroad burlt dormrtones af terthe stnke rn the late 30s The Lrberty Hotel rs berng re stored by Howard Dudley The 1916 CHS grrls basket ball team had 16 members but only seven were prctured Therr unrforms were dark bloomers wrth whrte sarlor s blouses wrth hair tred up rn bandanas much ltke the do rags of recent years Their games were scheduled from March through early May, and no scores were avarlable for the yearbook l IL led Why they played rn the sprint Then I knew As young won n they woul 1 nor be per mrttcd to play at the GFA so therr games were no doubt played outdoors and warmer weather was requrred Alumnr rncluded 452 from the prevrous 26 graduatmg classes accordmg to the 1916 Santa Fe Trarl Mrs H E Old father was lrsted as the lone 1890 graduate At thrs early date women were not easrly rdentrfled wrth therr frrst name marden name and husband s surname Jokes took up several pages One would almost fit today Is n trtawfultothmkofallthe poverty rn the world? Answer I never do I confine myself exclu srvely to thrnltrng of my own The ads rn the back of the an nual almost took me back on an rmagrnary walk down the drrt streets of 1915 16 Clebume dodgmg mostly buggres and wagons but also a few fancy The Home Natronal Bank of Cleburne had caprtal stock that totaled S150 000 One home loan would deplete that today Foster Fam Drug Co sold state text books they were not provrded free to students then and all school supphes Cheney s Style Shop advertrsed Redfem corsets slurtwarsts mrllrnery and Fownes gloves Seely Drug Co sold soda wa ter and torlet goods ll '- Jewelry Co was called C le burne s leadrng jeweler and dra mond merchant The Farmers dc Merchants Natronal Bank en couraged new savrngs accounts Barbours loe Cream was solq U bume Creamery 8a Ice Cream Co Li ht ne Grocery 31214-21 E Hcnje s rr had three telephonr numbers ' 5 98 and 995 andThr B F Cl mon Company General srrrance was at 109 N Caddo St Some others were Traders State Bank, Clebume lce 8: Cold Stor age Amerrcan Dry Goods Co Palace of Sweets Moon Bros Buggy Co Mecharn s Ice Crearr 8tCandresat l3E HendersonSt E E Crow Druggrst, EG Chrles Wood Yard at 504 N Border Thr WnghtCo FordCarsat 117 W Chambers St Cecrl 8: Compan Clothmg on South Mam Davrs Studro on Caddo St Drckson Hardware and Fur Co tsold tall mg machrnesj and S B Caps Garage twhrch sold Chalmers and Hudson motor cars J Some other merchants were C W Mertz Insurance R M Speer Fumrture at 110 112 E Chambers St J W Mrller s Meat Market on East Henderson Srms 8: Conoly fsuccessor to th R J Shelley Clothrng Storel on the south srde of the square Wa lace 8: Wallace coal and wood yard at 614 E Chambers Crty Electrrc Auto Supply Co lll N Marn St Commercial Prmt mg 108 E Chambers St. The Crty Grocery Co Srmmonds Meat Market M W Chapel 'Ihr lormg Co at 1l0N CaddoSt. C R Walker Druggrst fwho hc hrs own 'Prrckley Heat Pow der' J Cleburne 'Ilnlonng Com pany tfor hand-sewn sluts and S hatsj the Intemrban Lme for transportatron to Fort Worth anc Dallas and the Santa Fe Rarl road servmg Hervey meals The first Santa Fe Trad of Cleburne Hugh School had no class favorites Who s Who cheerleaders or band But rt was a brave begmmng put together by students who wanted to record school hrstory lnterestmgly Prmcrpal Dm-f lapmust have proofed the next year s annual after hrs shocking murder was reported rn tlus one The 1917 book wasdedr cated to hrm and lavishly prmser hrs abrhty and coneem for all students As I closed the book, I was remrrrded that 0ll!' country C11 tered World War I rn 1917 Thos chrldlsh pranks of Cleburne l-lrg :tudenm recorded rn a yearbook 9 A iztri tq' L ,W . . . 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