Dave Garner lived at Selden and son James marred my first cousin Imogene Carey. James worked for Erath County REA Their son Jim Garner lives in Garland and works - or worked- at the old Chance- Vought Aircraft plant in Gramd Prairie and Imogene sold the Selden Hatchett farm to David Carey. His family also runs THE CORN POPPER in Garland, which employs over 20 people in sales, catering parties, or whatever. Dave Garner bought the Selden 4 line Party telephone lines and switchboard from John Kay, who married Ida Minerva Wyly in Georgia, and John was the first store owner in Selden, across from them. Tom Payne, Ida's brother in law, was the first postmaster and ran the Kay store until it was sold out to Tom Hatchett and Vea Cornett Hatchett. <Some of the above group are buried in Selden ( Hatchett) Cemetery near the Duffau Creek , in former Wyly Brothers Dairy. James Garner's sister was partially physically handicapped and ran the Seden Switchboard where parties on one line called her to switch them to another line- Each wall phone had a combination of long and short rings, or cranks of the Ringer, for a number. Neighbors learned the numbers, and if a neighbor was called and didn't answer, a neighbor would pick up and report the location of the one being called, if they could see him plowing- or gone to town. One line went in To Stephenville. Johnsville and Fairy had some early phone lines, but the Selden one was reported to be earlier than Stephenville phones. Johnsville phone lines may have joined Selden befor emy time, across David Carey's or Johnson Ranch land, Some telephonme insulators canh still be found on fence posts or buildings. No full time maintenance- just subscribers came to do necessary line work. If I am not mistaken, once in the early 1940's my Aunt Capt. Mary E. Wyly, Army Nurse Coprps, , called them once from Australia. This would have made more sense to me if someone in Stephenville called Grandparents to come to Stephenville at a given time and she would call back from Australia, before she left for 2 battle zones in New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Manilla and others. She was on the shipping list to go to the Invasion of Japan before the Atomic Bomb made her trip unnecessary. Grandpa had limited hearing due to Typhoid Fever when 12. Dr. Nell Garner, Jimmy Garner's sister, dau. of Mom's Niece, Imogene, now teaches at Baylor School of Medicine in Dallas. She left Stephenville with Dr. Naylor's Daughter for a term as a Medical Missionary in India. Jame's brother included Wayne and Milton Garner. Others have confirmed that other Garners, connection not known, owned a ranch past the Country Club Lake and on the west side of 281.Stephenville Country Club lake , on the East side of Hwy 281was about half way to the park my family called the Garner Lake. Didn't think Stephenville owned 3 Parks- two well outside the city limits. The Erath County Garner Lake and stone shelters and paved picnic area across the lake from 281 , and the Dam was built by PWA or WPA or CCC- (Works Project Administration or Civilian Conservation Corps) Not sure, but the NYA (NYA) may have also played a role . Aren't some Garners buried in Hightower Cemetery??? Before the park closed past Country Club Lake, it had developed to what some Churchgoers considerred a evil place for Erath County kids to stop coming from Mingus or Mineral Wells. Some wanted Erath County Commisioners or City Council or anyone they thought had influence to close it. Either the PWA or The WPA was declared unconstitutional and it was reorganized under a different name after Roosevelt had followed Hoover's plans left in the Capitol in organized boxes to add some judges to the Supreme Court who would be more favorable. Hoover had tried going that direction but the Supreme Court stopped him at every turn and his term ran out. ( That's what the Big Boys told me .) I was told in Erath County Schools that " It Does not matter who gets the credit as long as one does the right thing". Many Politicians do not live by that code of ethics in any party. The NYA also built the nearest building to I-35 in Waco University High School, and it was used by soldiers at the beginning of the war to train soldiers in certain Technologies. I have substituted as a teacher there in various classes and ISS and seen the letters in the floor on Marble of the NYC or NYA. Johnsville, at about the time of the Federal Programs had turned one Hat and Cloakroom- or mud room today, into a hot lunch kitchen, run by Teacher Aide Cloye Little Sherrod .Our outhouses were separate buildings from the Cloak Rooms and the classrooms. . . Marshall was teaching upper grades and Math and Today, the Jr High where Marshal retired as Principal in Grand Prairie carries his name. I just had a direct inquiry from a descendant of John Crockett's brother, who also rode with Quantrill. John settled in Pony Creek before leaving with his daughter and son in law , a Beach boy from Pony Creek. They went to Quannah, Texas, where some, but not all, say he is buried. His headstone is in Quannah, bit one legend says he was found nearer Paris, Texas shot in his blanket by cowboys on a trail drive whose boss would not hire him. . This one wanted to know of his connection of the Selden and Stephenville Crocketts. I do not have that. Do you? Charles Wyly On Mon, 9 May 2005 08:34:31 -0700 "Charles J.Rogers" <CRogers@houston.rr.com> writes: > 1. John Nance Garner of Uvalde, not Bonham, was VP in FDRs > first and > second terms. > 2. Garner State Park is on the Frio River between Concan and > Leakey > (pronounced Coon-can and Lakey). > 3. Sam Rayburn was from Bonham. He was Speaker of the House > when Lyndon > Johnson was Majority Leader of the Senate and DDE was President. > They were > both powerful allies of FDR in the House when Sam Russell was there > and > Garner was VP. They brought us things like Social Security, REA, > pretty rock > buildings in state parks, and employment for men whose families were > hungry. > 4. The lake north of Stephenville was in a state park, but I > thought it > was called Stephenville State Park. I learned to swim there about > 1947. > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >