The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, July 6, 1945 Page: 1 of 4
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■ - *•' "• —• M fa• £«mni
station
jit Crosbyton
CROSBYTON,
COUNTY
XVMBEft
STILL
4th! - -
TH EGIORIO-U S
By Collie:
In spite of the thr^atefttfrg^wed
ther, some 40 persons gathered at
the grade -school. buying rv ff:
hyton Mondav rtteht* "fnr ^ha-sei^t
r night for thdTfirst
rally.:*? be held for the benefit of
- Bossr who was it that aaid^ Ahe Crosbyton Cooperative Gener a
' cwuify-would not get sontr'*1 J?°?Pltal: *\ •
UW"* . The members
tyj summer although It was;
enough? That mud last Sun-
tav sure reminded us, Boss, of the
in Arkansas, at the Stutt-
llr base, eh? Talking about
most folks never heard
^Arkansas town unless they
' ^ic hunters. Maybe,- as Ce-
gvanda says. it will rain here
bring" millions of Clucks here
yvntiaU-
1*8013, we just heard of a good
)n Keltz Garrison Jtlutt effer-
nt chap-who runs the.b&se-
iet.court house," south side
that some "weeks.
of the P. T. A.
/served ice cream to all'comers, bj*e
ginning at 8:30. Mrs: Olin Little-.
field, president, was in chaFge,
Editor Nugent E. Brown opened
the meeting in the auditorium ana
introduced various speakers fol
lowing the invocation by Rev. T.
M. GjlJham, pastor of the First
Baptist,, church.
6. E. HUddleston, president of
the board of directors. Spoke first,
followed by D. H^arnelius and
W. T. Dunn, board members, who- -PQsefl to be • fjoated over, this
.tbld of the Amherst Hosfrltaranri
how It operates. One of the sup-
_ _ rlsfe speakers was'' Mrs. W. T.
County Agent -BUI -Kimbcoughi-Dunn, who also told about her'-vis-
it to the Amherst institution.
Several ~ memberships - wefe
signed up during-the evening. Mir;
Dunn' was given credit for being
ilored hoy - plow up his
. Y/hep the boyljjfad flntehF
job, Mrs. Kimbrough told
rto to to thy fcourtrfiouse id
bis p*y, t° the basement. Weil, the first man. £o.,think of the hos-
, w<nt to the basement, alright,
fc juat naturally picked Keltz's;
yfi- the most likely looking
itor the boss man. In fact,;;
who also was trying to get
garden plowed, readily paid
Negro boy off, thiftking' his
i had been put in fine shape!
boss, we"can imagine, JUST
~uf cxplosftrt
ok place when^Brofher "TCeltz
nt home that night and founn
pitp.1 project "for .Crosbyton. It
Was stressed at the meeting, that
everyone should be a salesman for
tfeis proposed institution.
Similar rallies will"be held at
various schools in. the county in
the1 next two weeks. irin
ODD LOT .SHOES
WILL BE
- RATION FREE
garden still a patch* «£-«we'eds.
story, as % caime to us, does | . Consumers wili-fee-given an op-
say if Bill ever paid -Keltz ! portunity to buy men's and wo-
After alk the -eeunt>; agent men's ."odd lot" shoes ration-free
has a sense of humor and /and at marked down priep*- when
i}>ly.mad?> the triple-A man j a small percentage of shoes in
it awhile! Now this whole sto-'j these categories is released tqjthe
pTfElic dn$rig t'he three-week per-
iod" July 9_through July 28. OPA
Rationing Executive William G.
'Williams has announced.
''Odd lot" shoes must be sold to
consumers at prices, at least 25
p-pfeent below'the prices at which
jr;4s a military secret, Bpss^but it
-to^ release now, since V-E
' has^come and gone? •-
ng about' hard luck," R. V-
del really had tough luck last
ay; He lost his billford with
; jit?-in mrr x-y it! It al- -they were offered-*«v June
f Contained his fregjstration card i 1, 1945. " " *
I his A arrd B gas^books. W'Tin1' ul'fU'O of Civilian Tltf^uiro■
' founft* the billfold, if it has' , merits and OPA are--requesting
I found by-anyone, can do Ray*. dealers to limit saies-of. "offiflot""
[ a big favor 'ifltfaey will-justi-ahoes to no more than a paj-r ,,to
lie billfold and registration +>,ach. customer, to allow more peo-
l and gas books- atthe Review
,If-ycftf'?t¥onot find, any mo-
y in it, don't let that worry you.
. it in. If someone takes the
~oF it they will likely
out
'"the' ejnpty "money bag TrinK
In. It is just possible that no
(has yet picked it up. That is
a loss, you know. That is-
not hay, what with dry wea-
t, etc.
... "Slim'! Woods. Crpsbyton Negro,
was behind theoarsTri
jail'Tuesday to begin serving a
six-months jail sentence given tlirrf
■By" a Jury in County Court last
January.
Woods case \$0 ;T.ecently affirm-
* ed'Tiy* th e""CfrnT1r~-nf"~€i4miFHtl--A.p=i
Some people are Unthoug'htedly ■ peals at Austin amj a motion for
raping rubbish, cans ,etc7, on
' Cbunty roads that are rea)-
' making an eyesore, says Coun-
Commissioner John _Harvey^
is reminding the people, this
that a state law prohibits
of rubbish on any publi^
and is asking the coOpera-
of the public in making pur
ays look -nicer. He doesn't
to 'prosecute anyone, he
^ but may have to if the prac-
1 h not stopped. - ,
pl^ to share in the limited stocks.
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CROSBYTON NEGRO
BEGINS SERVING
.1. .1 All. SENTENCE
a rehearing of the 'case was over-
ruled This Week, so he was re-
manded to jail to begin [his time.
He was tried and found guilty on
a charge of selling whisky.-
. .The Negro" also faces a fine of
$1,000 Und -couuT costs, which the
county will do its best to collect. _
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JURY FINDS AGED > /„.
* MAN INSANiE >IONDAY
Henry T. Foley, aged 74,_ w^S
found tnsane by a jury in county
court at Crosbyton Monday and
will be. sent to Austin to be kept
in a hospital. J'or senile " persons,
according to County Judge War-
Hnmerfi " . ' ^
"Uncle Bub" has lived In and
QV country stands dt the cross-.
today. Our federal govem-
^111 either vote more radc,
I laws or will get back to com-
S6e legislation.1'' . T '' J
public appears to be apa-
I about many of the new laws4Jlcar Crosbyton for several years
We being proposed now m
on, laws that w'll likely
about chaotic' conditions ift
land. Foremost among the pro- ■
new radical laws is what is
as the bill to establish
is known Si theF. E. P. C:
Initials stand Tor* "Fair Em-
ent Practices Commission."
bill, if made into law, would
all employers of -liabor , to
Certain people whether they
to do so or not. It is design-
priniarilyr,to give Negroes e-
fihanqw at. long,-wltb
IF you SEE JAP
BALLOON, NOTIFY
GUARDS ABOUT IT
Dismounted drill aind extent or-;
red drill will be on the program'
•for. the State Guard company nexi
Monday night at the Court Hous*
according to an. announcement.
Sgt. Warren Johnson and Sgt.
Price will be in charge.
-Also, there will be a lecture ,on
domestic disturbances by Sgt. Ar-
tely. All Guard members urgeti to
turn in tho|e gasjiiasks and hel-
menta!^ -"'v
Tn connection with the present
nation-vfdde campaign to check on
the Jap Balloons which are sup-,
country by the" :Nip&, anjrohe' in
this area who thinks he has seen
or found what"looks like a balloon
should notify Lt. Loyd Fowler of
the Guards, or any member of the
guards. -.. " : ■■
Lawrence Mize Home
.The Mize families and friends
are rejoieing *>ver the return or
their son, S-Sgt. Lawrence M.
.Mize, after seventeen months in a
Gerntan -prison camp: Me is here
fi?r 60 days and then well report
to a ^hospital In Florida. The
Mize's other son, Pfc, Jesse W.; is
in England. Lawrence was wound-
ed when his plane was shot dowrr
on Nov. -26. 1943. He was finally
ljberated from' a German POW
camp on May 3rd, this year;"*" '
?ilORE TRANSPORTATION
ilONEY IS REC EIVED
County Sup't. D. A. .Edwards re-
ported Tuesday- that he received
this week a total of $6,607.00. in
transportation aid from the State
Department of Education at Aus-
tin.
This money will be paid the var-
ious schoois of the county which
'received liirSLfaid fis.t term. The
Same schools already had received
a_ total -rif 15,;385.00 for „the same
puipose.
WlLI.ARl) DAVIS B \( K IN -
STATES FROM PACIFIC
&
fr-
This newspaper ^alao i observ-
ing. the "holiday. ~
In order to do so, we'have dou-
bled up last week-end and printed
the paper on Tuesday night.
So, if you happen to ^et -your
paper a day'early this week, you
will know the shop closed up- O'h
Wednesday, And it Was likely, at
press time, that it would remain
closed Thursday, " "" -
But the shop will be open again
Friday^morning as usual.
We hw5e vou had a safe §,nd
sane Fourth.
Hamilton Fitildv-' Calif, —jJStaff
Sgt. WillaTd Davis, Jr., 21 of Cros-
byton, Texas, is being treated here
for a w£>und received in the foot.
irw rugged Paratrooper is with
the 11th... Air borne Division, -who1
te. and the
Luzon battles. .. •
.He is the son of Mr. and
Wittard Davis of Crosbyton.
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Council meeting at -
MKT hodist church
(Congressman Mahon
Hope To
Provide Some Relief
HEAVY RAIN FALLS BETWEEN RALLS
LOCAL WOMAN TO ^ I More rain came to Crosby Co-,
ATTEND THREE DAY COURSE ' unty over the past weekend. In
.. ■- ■—~ " ' 4 ' fact, the se'etion. between Rails ana
LUBBOCK-. ""The Adequate 'Ru-,■ Crosbyton received the biggest ^
rai Home"' will be the gen^rafc rain ^ has had since last winter^
t+reme-of a three-day short course [ A total of .J.25* inches fell /at
fop-rural women to be held at Tex- Crosbyton between Suffday morn-'
as Technological College July 9, | ing and Tuesday noon, while sligh-
10 and. 11 by the Extension Ser- j tly over an inch was recorded-
vice of Texas A. & M, College^in , Ralls for the sanie period. But \he
cooperation with the Home Econ- i rth'failed to feach more than a
omics and "Agricultural ' divisions mileTir so west or north of : Ralls
cxcept for the slow drizzle Which
fell Tuesday ' over most of the
a telegram to several lueal busi-
ness men rthis_week, promises that
the House of Representatives J , in
Washington wilL.^ive some 'reiier
to the present bad situatioj^" re-
garding meat for civilians.
His telegram was in answer to
a'telegram sent by-Mayor Bob
Work, Richard "Rroctor, Bill Nick-
son, J. A. Hodges, and Nugent E.
Browji, asking; him t
measure m Congress- that would
put £ood pricing- under the depart-
ment of agriculture. P
Mr
of Tech,. - ^ '
The 295 women who are.expec-
ted -to attend will be housed and
fed in thfe college women's dor-
mitory, number one. .They will
come" from the following 20 coun-^
Servic^district number 2:
Baily,. .Briscoe, Borden Castro,
Cochran, Crosby, Floyd,-- Dawson,
Garza, Gaines, Hale, Hockley,
Lamb.. 'Lubbock. Lynn, Parmer.
Scurry, Swisher, . :ern
Women who want To a'
Should register through -their
local county home., demonstration
agents. Fee for"the entire course,
including room and boaudy is $10.
Miss Kate Adelle Hill, district a-
Mahon, in his reply, failed
to say how he would vote orr~thts-
important measure. The Congress-
ional Record tor sattirday, June
,JI3rd.-shew^ he voted against tnt
-itmCIYdlnents which would restrict,
the OPA's present control except-
in the -matter of small slacghter
Houses -wnkih-he 'did vote for.
-|- The . congressman's
1 follows:
'j- ''Pardon the delay- in replying
i your, telegram regarding OPA aim
I meat situation but I havei J-been
For the first time in Its 38
years history, the Citizens Nation-
al Bank's deposits, surplus and un-
divided profits totals more, than
two million dollars.
Executive Vice-President Ru -
gell McCurdy says the deposits
are higher *by*a quarter of a mH-
hon dollars than evei; .before.
. f'One of. the big factors in this
big total is the recent wheat har-
vest which added many thduftand
to an already large amount," Mr.
McCurdy pointed out. '•
"Yes, we have plenty of money
to loan," .admitted the vice-presi-
dent. "What have you« got t6 put
up as security? We've got the mo-
ney." _—
The statement which the bank
got out this week shows over a
million dollars in exchange, with o-
ver half a millioh m government -
cotton certificated and o 8C a&
third of a million in bonds and oth-
er securities in addition to more""
ThaiT^I2070^0 Tn loans ana 4i#-~
-counts. i..:.
"S— --f1
This sort of statement
augun*
Congress ma fi G eorge Mahoh.in well for., the-future of a town th®
size of Crosbyton. ' _ ;
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USED 1942 CARS
OFF RATIONING
LIST, OPA SAYS
U^,ed 1942 automobiles will be
-removed front rationing on July 2,
1945, according to District o£a.
Rationing ^Executive William G.
Wiljiams.
Principal reason for the ration*
ing jof used" 194 ij "Cars— that they
the best automo-
biles aside from, new 1942 cars s®.—
shou Id V>e t'eslricted to ' essential
users—-no longer holds "True, mak-
ingl.rationing unnecessery,- -Wil-
liams said.
Automobile dealers and ear Cen-
tal agencies must continue—to
maintain records —previously re-
te 1 egraiul.^1'red for a'i 1942-cars-,- but all
1 rationing restrictions on the trans-
fer," ^cguisision. registration, al-
ternation and use .Qt 1942, ca'"s
t!Te being removed^
The; Quarterly Council meeting
of "the Methodist Church will be
hekf at-9«&VltSek p. m. Wednesday
July -ll' in the basement of the
Church. All Church, Sunday school
and class officers are urged to be,
present. The entire membership of
the church is invited to attend.
The program of .. the Church and
Sunday School for the . coming
ifiontfes win be planned at this
meeting. " T-.
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After a week's fishing'trip at
Lake Buchanan, near Austin with
relatives, and spending, a^jmonth
in Winters with her sister, Mrs.
Favis Nowell, Miss De Lois Pen-
nington has returned home.
1 awaiting more definite develop-
ments. Apparently the House Will
I
h of
A heavy rain fell just sou
.Ralls last Sunday but it; on
tended a few miles south.
-shower
Sunday.
The' clouds were "hVftvy"
tins paper went to. press Tuesday
afternoon,^ indicating a" likelihood
of more moisture on the Fourth.
ex-1
^ . —adopt -today dr ■ tomorrow"—an% a-
n ^ a 1 mended version of the bill jvhtch
difficult situation and appreciate
JJie helpful views expressed by
you and others in telegram."
LLE-1S ' ■
come in thfart"some cotton in
jffFfTrgrmfig _
sta^t, Cecil Green sprfl
that he had cotton
Tuesday
that is now
Bin a WAR BOND Today!
"te men or women.
l*ut the proposed law would give
Tegardless. of color,
right to ^gaJUite a branch of
| PEa>C and institute . & suit to
% «uvy'employer into the qua-
llcial court for trial if^ He"
to hire this person, no'm'St-
*h«.t his qualifications for -the
| e wants. If will be bufeau-
the, .worst
OP^ and its. powers are
& drop in-the bucket tompar-
the power on© of these
office ..managers woula
kind of law- r •
uld never be enforc-
communities. But . It
led on Back Cage)
CROSBY COUNTY CITIZENS OVER
^ : BUY WAR BONDS BY $219,000
Crosby County has gone tfray ov-
er the top in its sale of war bonds
for the Seventh War Loan cam-
paign which closed on June 30th,
according to a report from County
Chairman J. Bdd McLaughlin.
With "a® Overall quota of „$375,-
00© to^ieil, citizens of this county
bought a total of $^,0^.ZS~woTth Tfo^s:
of bonds, of all kinds. .„. >
The county also went over the
lop in buying "E" bonds- The quo-
tawas $275,000 in "E" bonds. The
county bought a total of $2BZ,"569.
*25 worlK oi '-'tf
builds:-
The Crosbyton trading area re-
ports it sold "a total of $242,000 of
all kinds of bonds but fell a little
short • on "E" bonds. Ralls sold
a ToEaT oT $20^000 worth ^ ^
of all kinds and oversubscribed its
"E'r bonds. Lorenzo,, with a quota
of Qnly $75,000, sold a total of
$143,000 in alt bonds and also ov-
jeMubscribed its "E" bonds.
This is a record eviry -citizen of
tha;-county ,can \yell be proud of,
poipts 8it Chairman McLaughlin. .
j*:* t : ^
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KILL "FATTfiD CALF"
7 FOR RETURNED HICROES
gent for the" Extension Set Vice, Is
general chairman and DeatT Mar-
garet W. Weeks of the Texas Tech
Division oY Hom<;~ Ecanomics,—is
co-ehairman.
Instructions and lectures include
a program of six main divisions:
Landscaping the Rural Home;
Clothing for the Family; Your
Home of Today - - Color Schemes,
Textiles?Furnishings; Your House
of'.-Today -- House Plans, Furni-
tures Fq£l<J ' for Health"" Handi- {
crafts.,.
notice to public
The law forbids the dumping of
rubbish on .any public road. There
have been many violations of this
law recently, and for this reason
we must announce that from now
on this law will be strictly en-
forced. We do not want to prose-
cute anyone, and ask your co-op-
eration 'in keeping our roadways
clean and presentable;
"— John -Harvey,
"'iCo. Commissioner, Prect. No: 2
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P.-T. A. TO FURNISH - -
SERUMS FOR "SHOTS"
forming squares, oTready to do so.
He has some fee.d that is about to
forriV heads' oh his place near Old
Eil'nna. planted^tbe-fir^t
week in -May:—••
All in all, Crosby
ne.eds-a-gaod'j:a.iOJ..
-—T—o—
Leon JordQn who
30 months
County—still
is back from
in the Pacific Theatre
is spending a pj^t of his ' leave
here .with his uncle and Aunt, Mr.
and-.fors.. L. RE."'"Brixey and family.
AWARDED PURPLE HEART,.
CALVARY
JRATIO^ING
^ALENDAR
H I.Y 1ST TO AUGUST 1ST
SUGAR: Stanrp No". 36 is good
for 5 lbs sugar through Aug. 31.
- MEATS AND FATS: Book IV,
red stamps K2 through Z2 are
"ifood for 10 points each. .
DIVISION ON LUZON'—,. Tech-
nical Sergeant Woodrow \y^ Hin-
kle, husband of Mrs.; Georgia N.
Hinkle, Bos 583, Crosbyt'on, Tex
as. has been awarded the Order of
the Purple Heart for wounds-re^"
eeived on Luzon Island.
The award was made by Briga-
dier General Hugh Hoffman. corn-
mandin'g general of the First Cav-
alry Division.
Now fully recovered from his
wounds,, T/Sgt. Hinkle has re-
turned to duty with his unit.
A1 th rough m i>«Honie valid on;
July 1. K2 through P2 expire "'on
31. , ' •
~ PROCESSED FOODS: Book IV,
blue-stamps T2 through HI are'
good for 10 points Jl t^iru
iNl become valid JUly l. T2 thru
X2 expire* July 31'.
The community of Wake .really
went to town "Monday- night "to
honor -three of I^Te community's
service men WhoTiave recently ar-
rived home for visits with the
honored
The three
were: Billy
men thus
Mack Keith, n H. B.
Bafnett and Rajrmond Tillson, the
first one from the Army and the
other" two from the Navy.
A big Hack pot was used for
frying thTcbickens.,which mfww
the principal dish. There was no
set program so games -were play-
ed following the dinner. ^
.. ^ ". , ^
Dr. J. L. AdanTBTreceived word
Monday afternoon that his mother,
Mrs. R Lr Adams, of Benton, 111.,
had suffered a stroke and wis In
a seriouB condition. Dr. and Mrs.
Adams ieft Tuesday for Illinois so
he Can be at his mother's bedside.
Serum for "shots"" to prevent
typhoid, whooping cough, "Small-
pox and similar-diseases will be
furnished - free by the locals P.-T.
A. for .all school children -in-this
i g^r:nrtilnff tf>_, apnounc^
ment by. Mrs. Cary Lodal, secreta-'
ry of the Pre-SchPol P.-T. A.
"These shots will be given dur-
ing the... next 60 days, befor®
school opens," says Mrs. Lodal.
MRSrvfC A. LATl'A HAl'hEM
11 LOADS OF WHEAT
• Ir. the list .of Farmerettes, car-
ried in this pape^ two Vveeka ago,
the name-o£-Mri..W. A- X^atta was
inadvertently omitted. . .
Mrs. Latta certainly qualifies
.under all the mles as she hauled a
totaT-of 41 ioad||of wheat to the
elevator and only had one flatjdyr-
ing all the. time, which ,she" ad-
mits, she fixed by hertelf.-
-y-
FATS FOR LEATHER
::
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iliw i ^ fi i
mr *r. r ^ *
Another plae* mrhert used
used to Importl Used f
tanned leather Is
Tannine Chemist
Laboratory
SHOES: Book TrPsiiiJiips One,""1
two: and three, with airplane pic- ,
tures, each good for one pair of" -
shoes indefinitely. A new stamp ^
will be Validated August 1.
GASOLINE: (Coupons must be
endorsed on front)/ A coupons,•
gallons each with No. 16 expiring
Sept 21. B«6, B-7, B-8, C-6, 07-,'
and C-8 rations have a value of 5 —
gal. each. R-2 and R-3, 5 gal. (Va^"
lid for bulk delivery only); T cou-
pons designated "Second Quarter"
good- for'5 gal. through June 30;
D.' one and one-half gal.; and E-2
and E-3,^one gal. each. ^ —^—2:
TIRE INSPECTION: T book _
holders every six months or every ,
5.000 miles, whichever comes first.
N£W Mileage Rationing Record re-
quired to obtain gasoline rations. "
Application for passenger car tire
replacement must show condition
all tires in use.
FAT SALVAGE: Every pound '
of waste kitchen -fat is worth two ~~
red points and 4 cents.
SING SONG HELD SUNDAY v
AJ'TEKNOON IN KAJU8 *
—The Crosby County Sing-Song
met in Ralls Sunday, July Ifttp-nftt
2:30 p.'ip- at the First Baptist -
Church. Since it rained the crowd
was not as large as usual but a
number of visiting song. 1
wefe here from Floydada. Lockney
and mcken.3.. Theyj rendered, a
number of-quartettes ana spe-
cial numbers, j
Mrs. Uel Arthur
accordian music oh an
she. treasures very^^ highly, as her
husband brought it to her from
Germany.
In the absence of the president^
Mr. Loyd Womatok of Crosbyton^
Mr. Jack Lansford had charga of
the meeting. The flTft Sunday in
In Lorcttao.
-'—
\ J, W. Catching of Lorenzo
a business vlsli^H^
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