Evening star., 1932-01-10
BY WILL P. KENNEDY.

| wv Uvalde Famous - bangs
with his gavel tomorrow
calling the House to order,
he will use the fiftieth gayel present.
ed to him since his election as Speaker.
! This is one of the most unusual gavels
ever swung by the right hand Of a
| Speaker. 1t is made of steel, delicately
| turned and represents the handicraft
CT vocational class of boys in Dallas
school.
1t is engraved:
To John Nance Garner,
Speaker, 1881
you have brought home the bacon"
AS soon as possible after each gift
gavel is received Speaker Garner uses
! it once, and it then is laid away in his
museum of trophies, properly tagged,
with notation of the organization or
| individual who gave it, the date on
which it was used and other interesting
| information regarding the material
from which it was fashioned.
Museum Is Notable.
This museum of gavels is already
notable for the number and variety OF
shapes and composition CT the gavels.
They run all the way from 4 inches
long to huge knobs of mesquite and
great sledgehammers. They are made
of steel, asphalt, myrtlewood, hickory,
Southern cedar, orange and grapefruit
wood, long leaf pine, pecan, mahogany,
Australian pine, nader wood and oak.
Some are accompanied by sounding
boards. Some are artistically lathed,
many bear silver or gold or copper
plates, one is ornamented with pyro-
graphia art, Scme display the whiting
ability of a Barlow knife at a cross
roads general store. They come from
old friends, political admirers, cham
bers of commerce, industrial concerns
and from manual arts students in
small communities. To Garner they
represent the faith, confidence and ad-
miration of all classes CT people, mostly
in his home State, but from many
parts Of the country.
One of the conspicuous gavels in this
collection carries silver plate, on which
is engraved
Certified by centuries Long-leaf
pine, after l12 years service in the
White House roof-1815 to 1927.-Na-
tional Lumber Manufacturers Associa-
| ton"
Another is neat piece of inlay work
| prettily turned, and was sent by Willis
F. Rogers, Brentwood Heights Station
Los Angeles, Calf 1t is a twin Of one
sent to Vice President Curtis in the
| Spring of 1881.
Gavel Made in 1911.
Speaker Garner received last night
gayeI made by Stanley Benedict while
q student in the Mississippi A. and M.
College in the class of 1911. 1t is
| fashioned of Mississippi hickory and
was sent by Mrs. Lou Benedict, who
| raaaVf1Hy rafIlrr1oI To hNYoo in,
| vile after spending about six years in
Uvlade Valley, Tex.
Another gavel in the collection was
made by j. M Bennett Of San Juan,
Tex, from orange and grapefruit wood,
using only a Barlow knife and saw 1t
WIS received by Mr.. Garner on Decem-
ber % and will be used to call the House
/ 10 order on January u.
The first gaVel used by Speaker Gar
ner to call the new Congress to order
after his election on December 7 didn't
! last out the first day. 1t was made Of
mesquite wood and presented by the
Chamber of Commerce Of West Texas.
! This gavel Mr.. Garner has had repaired
and it holds place Of honor.
However he has received another
from the West Texas Chamber Of Com
merce, bearing a silver band which
EloLCo b1ldI ~ " do PL S7SAlbSN w ANPAe'SS
the one broken on December 7. The
second gayel was presented on Decem-
Der "a and will be used to call the
House to order on January II.
An interesting gavel, made OF South
ern cedar, was presented on December
81 on behalf Of the people Of Prentls
! County, Miss, made by the vocational
class of the Jumperwood Consolidated
School near Bonneville, Miss. The
! Speaker will use it to call the House
to order on January IS.
Made from MyrtIewood.
! Accompanied by a sounding block,
another gavel was received on Decen-
ber % and will be used by Mr.. Garner
in calling the House TO order on Janu-
ary u. 1t was made by John A. Unger
Of Reedsport, Greg, from myrtlewood,
which grows only in oregon and Paies-
tine.
One of sledge- hammer size was
fashioned and photographically in
] scribed by r. E. Martin OF Memphis
Tex.
/ Two of the most formidable gavels
are fashioned from large gnarlS or
/ knobs Of the native Texas mesquite.
] One Of these was cut in the Big Bend
Country Of Texas and presented by DR..
/ LOC4I D. Wv Alo VI 4SSAN'C' ~ "NS -
ceived by the Speaker on January /.
Another which is skull shaped, and
Of the Cave Man cahber, was pre-
sented by DR.. George w. Cox OF Del
Rio, Tex, bearing silver plate prop
erly engraved.
George w Rohleder Of Eagle Pass,
Tex, has sent the Speaker a steel
hammer such as is used by nachinists,
with the notation, This gavel Is good
for anybody who raises new issues or
want TO send our money across the
sea. We need our dollars here. Make
those rowdy boys behave"
One of the most different" gavels
in the entire collection of so Is fash
ioned from rock asphalt with a mes
quite handle-"all home products" and
was sent to the Speaker by J. b
Smyth, president Of the Uvalde Rock
Asphalt Co.
Legion Sends Gsvel.
A beautiful small hickory gsvel was
presented "as o small token Of our
pride in his excellency" by Loyal Sery-