Birth of a Texas Ghost Town: Thurber, 1886–1933

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Notes Editor’s Introduction: Mary Jane Gentry and Her History of Thurber 1. Church of St. William, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Certificate of Baptism for Mary Jane Catherine Gentry, 3 April 1912, manuscript certificate, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection, W. K. Gordon Center for Industrial History of Texas, Tarleton State University, Thurber, Tex.; City of Boston, Mass., Registry Department, Birth Certificate for Mary Jane Catherine Gentry, no. 2850, 24 March 1912, manuscript certificate, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Dan R. Gentry, “Mary Jane Catherine Gentry (Always Known as Mary Jane Gentry),” manuscript, 10 August 2003, p. 1, Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Dan R. Gentry, interview by T. Lindsay Baker, Thurber, Tex., 17 December 2003, typescript, W. K. Gordon Center; United States, Census of 1900, Population Schedules, Erath County, Tex., p. 20, National Archives, Washington, D.C.; United States, Census of 1910, Population Schedules, Military and Naval, U.S.S. Missouri at Navy Yard, Boston, Mass., p. 141, National Archives. 2. Dan R. Gentry interview by Baker, 17 December 2003; United States, Census of 1920, Population Schedules, Erath County, Tex., p. 248, National Archives. 3. Dan R. Gentry interview by Baker, 17 December 2003; Mary Jane Gentry, “Thurber: The Life and Death of a Texas Town,” master’s thesis, University of Texas, 1946, pp. 208, 210 (quotation); United States, Census of 1920, Population Schedules, Erath County, Tex., p. 248; United States, Census of 1930, Population Schedules, Erath County, Tex., p. 232. 4. Mary Jane Gentry, “Thurber,” pp. 208, 210. 5. Dan R. Gentry interview by Baker, 17 December 2003; Dan R. Gentry, telephone interview by T. Lindsay Baker, 26 September 2006, typewritten notes in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Dan R. Gentry, “Mary Jane Catherine Gentry,” p. 1; “It Won’t Be Long Now,” Thurber Tiny Journal (Thurber, Tex.), May 1930, p. 1; Junior College of Ranger, Ranger, Tex., Diploma for Mary Jane Gentry as Graduate with Associate in Arts Degree, 23 May 1932, manuscript diploma, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection ; Junior College of Ranger, Ranger, Tex.; Junior College of Ranger[,] Ranger, 166 Texas[,] Commencement[,] Monday Evening, May 23, 1932[,] 8:15 o’Clock[,] High School Auditorium (Ranger, Tex.: Junior College of Ranger, 1932), program for commencement ceremonies, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Junior College of Ranger, Transcript of Coursework for Mary Jane Gentry, 1930–32, typescript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Odessa College, Odessa, Tex., “Instructor Record of Work Completed for Rank,” typescript, [ca. 1977], 1 lf., photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Texas, Department of Education, First Class High School State Certificate Issued to Mary Jane Gentry, 28 April 1933, manuscript, 28 April 1933, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Thurber Grammar School, Thurber, Tex., Diploma for Mary Jane Gentry as Graduate of Thurber Grammar School, Thurber, Tex., 13 May 1926, manuscript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Thurber High School, Thurber, Tex., Class of 1930[,] Thurber High School[,] Thurber, Texas[,] Class Flower Lilac[,] Class Colors Orchid and White[,] Class Motto Take the World as You Find It, but Leave It Better (Thurber, Tex.: Thurber High School, 1930), program for commencement ceremonies, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Thurber High School, Thurber, Tex., Diploma for Mary Jane Gentry as Graduate of Thurber High School, 19 May 1930, manuscript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection. 6. Dan R. Gentry interview by Baker, 17 December 2003; Dan R. Gentry telephone interview by Baker, 26 September 2006; Dan R. Gentry, “Mary Jane Catherine Gentry,” pp. 1–2; Odessa College, “Instructor Record of Work,” 1 lf.; San Angelo Independent School District, San Angelo, Tex., Verification of Service for Mary Jane Gentry, CertifiedPersonnelPriorto1968 ,reel6,microfilm,unpaged,SanAngeloIndependentSchool District Offices, San Angelo, Tex.; Texas, Department of Education, First Class High School State Certificate issued to Mary Jane Gentry, 28 April 1933, manuscript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Texas, Department of Education, Permanent Elementary Certificate of the First Class issued to Mary Jane Gentry, 25 August 1939, manuscript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; [Texas Education Agency], “Teacher Service Record for Foundation School Program Act” (typescript and manuscript form for 1934–35 teaching service by Mary Jane Gentry), 23 February 1959, 1 lf., photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; Thurber, Tex., School Board, Minutes (2 May 1924 to 6 September 1934), p. 85, Thurber, Tex., Collection (S 1076.1), Southwest Collection,TexasTechUniversityLibraries,TexasTechUniversity,Lubbock,Tex.(quotation );UniversityofTexas,Austin,Tex.,DiplomaforMaryJaneGentryasGraduatewith Bachelor of Science Degree in Education, 5 June 1939, manuscript, photocopy in Mary Jane Gentry Collection; University of Texas, Austin, Tex., Transcript of...