The Saint Jo Tribune (Saint Jo, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, February 13, 1942 Page: 1 of 7
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Bits o' Nothing
By E. E. H.
We hate to be the kind of guy,
who says, "Told you so,"
But Uncle Sam is warning chain-
letter writers to go slow.
At least the last two words have
a ringing sound, and that's about
all one could expect of our poetry,
any again it gets the weight off
our chest about those darn defense
savings stamp chain-letters which
we and a thousand postal employ-
ees warned about several weeks
ago. Old Unkle wants you to be
defense minded, but he doesn't
want you to comit fraud .-while
practicing it.
* * *
Well Friday is the 13th, but
think nothing of it. You are going
to see a couple more such lucky
or un-lucky days, which ever the
case may be for you, before this
year is out. We catch another Fri-
day the 13th next month and the
third in November, in case you
havn't looked that far ahead. At
least a few draftees who leave to-
morrow are trusting that the date
turns out to be lucky for them.
* * *
Some of the fellows over at Mon-
tague have come to our aid in
* figuring out how Sen. O'Daniel is
going to make rubber from crude
oil. Of course his son-in-law is an
oil man and O'Daniel is a flour ex-
pert of the part art. The two are
going to whip the crude and flour
together until they have obtained
the proper elastic material. Then
the guts will be taken from the
fiddle and used for cord in the
manufacturing of a new hill-billy
tire. Of course we don't know a
thing about it, since we ain't no
politician, but the boys over to the
courthouse figures that W. Lee-O
ain't goin' to need his fiddle much
longer no-how, now that them
considerate congressmen has voted
themselfs a retirement.
* * *
Speaking of the retirement re-
cently voted by Congress for the
Congressmen, reminds us that we
still havn't seen just who voted
how on that measure and lots of
the local poll tax holders have
been asking us to find out for them.
Seems like some people is this
section are making a few plans to
vote "again" some fellers this year,
and they're not talking about them
who havn't cooperated with the
New Deal.
* * *
Another big laugh is coming
these days from the movement to
hold public school classes six days
a week, rather than five. Kids
would go to school on Saturdays, it
seems, so that work could be com-
pleted earlier in the spring and
the youngsters could get defense
jobs for the summer. A peep into
the situation, however, shows us
that hundreds of capable adults
are being let out of their jobs be-
cause of business conditions. If
these more experienced men can-
not obtain jobs and means of sup-
port for their families, how could
youngsters possibly expect to find
employment. Earlier spring releas-
es of classes would not help the
farmer so much since that is a dull
time on the farm. Some farmers
tell us they had rather have their
children at home on Saturdays
than have them at home all the
time that early in the spring, and
nothing of importance to do. The
movement may be nation-wide and
it may have the approval of Wash-
ington, but such approval doesn't
always make things ok. Five days
a week is a big assignment for
school age youths. If the question
were taken up in a Democratic
way, most children and more par-
ents would vote for the present
five-day plan.
The Saint Jo Tribune
Serving Wide Area of Cooke and Montague Counties In Northwest Texas
Established In 1898
VOLUME 44
Saint Jo, Montague County, Tex. Friday, February 13, 1942
NUMBER 35
CHAIN LETTERS
TO DRAW FRAUD
CHARGES BY U.S.
A further warning against par-
ticipation in chain letter schemes
involving defense savings stamps
was sounded this week by Post-
master Doris Stricklin.
She cited a bulletin from Wash-
ington which said the mails still
are being flooded with the chain
letters, despite previous warnings.
'Citizens should be warned that
such schemes are in violation of
the postal fraud and lottery stat-
utes," the bulletin said.
'Notice is served that persons
whose names appear on the chain
letters will have to show cause
why fraud orders should not be
issued against them. Such orders
would forbit the delivery of any
mail to these persons."
Reports indicate that the mails
here and throughout the country
have been "flooded" lately with
these letters.
MORE TIRES ARE
CERTIFIED BY
COUNTY BOARD
New tire purchasing certificates
issued by the county board on
January 29 were announced as fol-
lows:
Jesse Lee Barns, Fred B. Wall.
Robert George Moles, Edd Garrett.
James William Davis, James W.
Pearce, Bowie School District, S.
F. Owens, James Toby Thompson,
John Edward Blake, Nocona pub-
lic schools, Scott Bros., Fort Worth
Poultry & Egg company, Antonio
Henry Fenoglio, James Voyd Dau-
gherty, Jack Foster, Jack Foster,
Jack Foster, Hubert Noel Painter,
Jimmie Robert Bourland, Albert
Vernon Peterson, Montague county
sheriff's department, Montague
county sheriff's department, Joe
Martin, Clarence William Bell,
Frank Collier, Virgil Morris Har-
rison, John McKinzie McGrady,
Ruel Jackson O'Harrow, Clarence
Franklin O'Neal, Otah Donnell,
James Richard Fenglio.
Those issued at the first meet-
ing of the board in February were
• John Columbus Haralson, Jesse
Lee Barnes, Isaac Donnell, Seln
Clement, Jimmie Hannon, R. B.
Stout, Authencious Monroe Chand-
ler, Otho Donnell, and Joe Bailey
Coker.
U.S. CALLS ON
COUNTY FARMS
FOR PEANUTS
MONTAGUE—County farmers
have received an urgent call from
the federal government to produce
more peanuts for use in war pro-
duction programs, County Agent
Arvle Elliott said Wednesday. Pea-
nut oil is sorely need and the only
way to prevent a shortage is for
farmers to produce more peanuts,
he said. At the same time, the
price of peanuts has been set at not
less than $82. per ton, or $1.23 per
bushel, which is a very satisfactory
price for peanuts, the agent pointed
out.
The acreage given to Montague
county is 6000 acres, which is about
three times the acreage planted in
1941. Every farmer can plant all
the peanuts he wishes without re-
ceiving any reduction in his AAA
payments, and even though he does
not have an allotment, he still can
plant all the peanuts he wishes.
Every farmer will find a ready
market for all the peanuts he can
produce.
"This is an opportunity for far-
mers of the sandy sections of the
county to quit trying to grow cot-
ton where the boll weevil is so
bad, and plant every available
acre in peanuts this year. He will
not only be getting in a good money
crop, but at the same time, he will
be helping our nation when it
needs the help of every individual.
In order to conserve our soil and
hold it in place for crops next
year and the next generation, some
protection must be given to the
soil when peanuts are planted. A
good practice is to strip crop the
peanuts with other crops, such as
4 rows of peas, sudan, sorghum
or row feed and 8 rows of pea-
nuts. Some farmers like to plant
the peanuts in wide rows and let
the middles remain "grassy." the
agent explained.
Seed peanuts may be obtained
through the AAA office, it is under-
stood.
City Is Set for Test Blackout at
Sound of Raid Warning Signal
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* * *
RITES HELD FOR
FORESTBURGITE
Josh D. Barnes, 65, died in a
Wichita Falls hospital late Wed-
nesday, Feb. 4. and was returned
to his home at Forestburg where
funeral services were held at 4:00
p. m. Friday at the Perryman
cemetery with Rev. Geo. Mitchell
officiating.
Interment was in that cemetery
arranged by Eber N. Dunbar, fun-
eral director.
Pallbearers were Abe Jackson,
Clearance Hill, S. E. Harvel, W.
G. Lynch and Jim Laneer.
He is survived by one niece, Mrs.
Mollie Roberts and a nephew, A.
G. Greenwood both of Forestburg
and one sister, who could not be
located.
He was born April 19, 1876, in
Texas and had lived near Forest-
burg ,since a young boy.
Blackout Instructions
It is very necessary and vitally important that every person in Saint
Jo cooperate in the BLACKOUT that is being observed Thursday night,
'tonight) beginning with the double sound of the fire siren at ex-
actly 10 o'clock and lasting until the sound of the warning signal at
10:30. It is not only the patriotic duty of every citizen in this city and
other sections of the test area, but it is one of the steps in training our-
selves for our own protection and safety in case of enemy air raids.
The War Department has called for this test as a training period.
Let no one fail to do his or her duty in this practice blackout.
WARNING SIGNAL will be given by the siren for a period of one
minute, then silent for one minute, followed by a second one-minute
warning, at exactly 10 o'clock, war-time.
ALL CLEAR signal will be a continuous two-minute blast of the
siren at exactly 10:30. If you don't hear either signal you go by your
watch and act as though you had heard the signals.
LIGHTS: Owhers or tenants of~each business establishment and re-
sidence is to be responsible for having all exterior lights extinguished,
and all interior lights out or masked so that they cannot be seen from
the outside. Remember, it is all right to h&ve interior lights, but they
must be masked so that such lights cannot be seen from the outside.
All residents are cautioned to obscure lights from radios and gas stoves.
If anyone fails to obscure their lights and will not do so by order of
the Air Raid Warden ,the Warden will call officers and such offenders
will be dealt with.
AUTOMOBILES shall be parked as near the curb as possible, with
all lights off; and remain so parked for the duriation of the test. Oc-
cupants must remain in cars and refrain from using matches or lighters.
Do not use foot brake as stop light will show. Patrolmen will be on hand.
PEDESTRIANS shall be assisted or directed to nearest doorway for
shelter and shall remain in such doorways during the entire blackout
period and light no matches or lighters. Pedestrians will not congregate
on the streets or in exposed places.
PERSONS LEAVING premises, such as home or business establish-
ments shall not be permitted on the streets. They shall turn off all lights
and remain away from windows and doors.
FLASHLIGHT will not be allowed, not even for wardens.
RADIO broadcasts of the blackout may be heard over station KWFT
from Wichita Falls.
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Another Miller Is
Early Bird at Tax
Collector's Office
To the Millers must go the early
bird - . - or is it the worm? At
any rate, one of the "Miller boys"
is again the first purchaser of
auto license tags in Montague
county, according to information
released by E. L. Anderson, tax
assessor-collector this week.
C. W. Miller of Ringgold bought
the first tags sold this year, on
Feb. 3. Last year a man named
J. H. Miller, Sunset, got the first
licenses. The first tags sold this
year were number A28-701.
The 1942 plates were placed on
sale Feb. 2. Car owners may place
them on their cars March 1 and
must have them in service by Apr.
1.
Many automobile owners have
not yet conformed with the state
law requiring a certificate of title
on their vehicles before they can
be registered, Mr. Anderson point-
ed out. Many people are going to
delay taking this action and ob-
taining the titles so late that they
will be unable to register their
cars, he said.
Automobiles purchased new since
January 1, 1936, and any automo-
bile purchased since October • 1,
1939 by the present owner, must
have a certificate of title, accord-
ing to the law. Such automobiles
cannot be registered with out the
title certificate.
Contrary to false reports being
circulated in some quarters, the
registeration price on vehicles is
unchanged from those of last year,
the collector explained.
FOOD MEETING
IS TO BE HELD
FEBRUARY 21st
MONTAGUE—The county war
board met in three meetings last
week and worked out details for
an intensive educational program
to show farm families their re-
sponsibility in producing adequate
food for the year, County Agent
Arvle Elliott has announced. Since
war was declared the need for
more food has become even more
urgent than it was last year when
the farm pledges were signed, he
pointed out.
To further workout details of the
program with producers, meetings
have been scheduled for various
sections of the county during the
j next few days. One of the meetings
j will be held in Saint Jo on Sat-
j urday afternoon Feb. 21, at 2:30.
The meeting will last about an
hour. Every farm family is urged
to attend one of these meetings at
the request of the War Board.
Eight o'clock night meetings are
j set for Dye Mound-Peabody, Feb.
18, Hardy Feb. 20, Mallard 23rd,
Lone Star, 24th, Forestburg, 24th,
Ringgold, 16th, Belcherville 17th,
Stoneburg 17, Illinois Bend, Spen-
cer and Mountain View will meet
at Illinois Bend Thursday night
Feb. 19. Other meetings will be
scheduled later or farmers may
attend one of mentined meetings.
Agricultural agents and work-
ers will cooperate with holding the
meetings.
For a period of 30 minutes
Thursday night, from 10 to 10:30
o'clock, Saint Jo, other parts of
Montague county and nine other
counties will be in total darkness
as citizens participate in an all-out
rehearsal of protective measures
against air raids. Final plans for
the test here were made at a
meeting of county workers in
Montague Wednesday and at a
meeting of the local fire depart-
ment here last night. The Tribune
in getting into the mail a few hours
ahead of regular schedule this
week in order that local citizens
may receive final instructions on
how to conduct themselves during
the test.
The blackout will mark the first
time in the history of Northwest
Texas when the great oil fields,
industrial centers, military camps
and well-lighted cities wilL be in
total darkness. Systematic super-
vision of the blackout has been
well planned, with Officer Bill
Donley naming Fire Chief Field
Grant Hoover and Fred Holland as
wardens. Working under them with
full authority will be other mem-
bers of the department.
Only emergency vehicles, in-
cluding fire engine, police cars and
ambulances will be allowed on the
streets and highways. Highway
Patrolmen will be stationed here
and at other vital spots through-
out the blackout area. Traffic will
be stopped fifteen minutes before
the blackout begins, as far as travel
from the Cooke county line west
is concerned.
Automobiles caught away from
home when the signal sounds are
to stop immediately, turnout all
light. They can move only when
the all-clear signal is heard 30-
minutes later. Business firms who
leave nightlights on during the
night will be required to turn them
off at least for the duriation of
the test. Homes must be darkened
completely, lest wardens are forc-
ed to call on you with authority
to order your light turned off.
Oil and gas operators in this
area will co-operate to make the
blackout effective, according to
the Texas Mid-Cintinent Oil and
Gas Association. Letters of in-
structions have been sent to all
field superintendents and bosses in
the area. These outline plans for
shutting off all lights about the
field.
County judges, civilian defense
directors in Archer, Baylor, Clay,
Foard, Jack ,Knox, Wilborger and
parts of Montague and Young are
participating jn the test. Army
planes will fly over to test area for
light-leaks which will be reported
by towns and sectors.
Further information is offered in
the double colmun box here and lo-
cal citizens are urged to cooperate
fully or be called on by deputy
wardens.
Mrs. E. L. Walker of Doonsboro,
Mo., came in Monday for an ex-
tended visit with Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Walker of this city.
Area Singers to
Meet Tyler Bluff
The North-Eeast Montague County
Singers Association will convene at
Tyler Bluff Sunday afternoon, Bill
Rich announced this week.
The public was invited to "come
and bring your song books, and en-
joy an afternoon of singing real
Gospel songs," according to the
announcement.
Spencer Teacher Resigns
Mrs. C. D. Mitchell resigned her
positon as primary teacher in the
Spencer school, to enroll in a de-
fense school in Dallas, it was an-
nounced this week.
Sister of Saint Jo
Man Dies Sunday
BOWIE—Funeral services for
Mrs. Laura Annie Drummond, sis-
ter of Russell Edwards of Saint
Jo, were held here Monday after-
noon from her home. Rev. A. J.
Quinn, Baptist pastor, officiated,
and interment was in Elmwood
cemetery.
Mrs. Drummond died Sunday in
a Wichita Falls hospital. She was
born in Montague county, July 27,
1882.
Survivors are the husband, A.
M. Drummond, whom she married
in Bowie, Nov. 25, 1898; two
daughters, Mrs. Omer Hill of
Bowie, Mrs. Don W. Biggerstaff of
Wichita Falls; three brothers, H.
H. Edwards of Quanah, John of
Bowie and Russell of Saint Jo.
Banking Hours
Changed; 10 to 4
In conforming with all govern-
ment regulations, a change in the
business hours of the First Na-
tional Bank was announced this
week. The new hours from 10 to
four, daylight-saving time, cuts one
hours from the previous daily
schedule.
In making the announcement,
Vice-Pres. H. D. Field Jr. said
that the later opening hour was
set to correspond with the old
time of nine o'clock "by the sun"
and at the same time shorten the
working hours of employees in
compliance with the government's
wage-hour law.
A schedule of from nine to three
may be adopted during the late
spring and summer months, ac-
cording to present considerations,
he said.
CHICKERS FROM
SAINT JO FARM
JLEAD CONTEST
i Special to Tribune
STEPHENVILLE—Prof. T. A.
J Hensarling, head of the poultry de-
i partmcnt of John Tarleton Agri-
culture College, has announced
J that Jack O'Harrow of Saint Jo
j has been awarded a trophy by
John Tarleton College for having
the leading pen for the month of
January in the Tarleton egg lay-
ing test."
The Tarleton test started Oct.
1, 1941, and will end Sept. 22, 1942.
There are 1456 hens entered, and
these have come from 19 different
states.
O'Harrow's pen of 13 white leg-
horns led for the month of Jan-
urary with a total of 371 eggs
for 399.35 points. Points are deter-
mined by the size of the egg.
COUNTY MEN TO
REGISTER FOR
DRAFT MONDAY
Registration of all men between
the ages of 20 and 44, as called
for by Congressional action for
next Monday is expected to result
in registration of another 1,000 men
in Montague county, according to
unofficial estimates made earlier
their year. >Official estimates from
Washington indicate that 1,300,000
men would be made available at
once for the armed services.
Only six registration centers are
to be opened for the future trainees
Monday, Ulis Burns, local mem-
ber of the county draft board
said Wednesday night. Registration
posts will be opened at the city
hall here, and at convenient loca-
tions at Forestburg, Nocona, Ring-
gold, Spanish Fort, and Bowie, he
said. Volunteer workers will be on
hand to register the men all day
Monday.
The registration will affect about
9,000,000 men in the nation.
Only nine questions will be ask-
ed those registering Monday, it
has been announced, and they are:
Name, place of residence, jail-
ing address, telephone, age, place
of birth, name and address of per-
son who will always know your
address, employer's name and ad-
dress, place of employment.
Federal officials predicted earlier
that Class 1-A men, those avail-
able for immediate duty—20-year
olds 600,000; 21-year olds (who
have reached that age since the
last registration) 300,000; 36 to 44-
year olds, 400,000.
The new registration will place
the nation in a position to put
more than four million men in the
armed service without calling any
men under class 1-A.
The new selective service act
provides for registration of all
male citizens aged 18 to 64, inclu-
sive, although only the 20 to 44
group will be subject to combat
duty. Another registration will be
set later for the under and over
ages not being registered Monday.
STATE MAN TO
SPEAK AT MEET
NEXT MONDAY
MONTAGUE—Program for the
Montague County Teachers Meet-
ing, to be held in Nocona Monday
night, was announced this week.
Dr. L. A. Woods, superintendent
of public instruction, Austin, and
Miss Edgar Ellen Wilson of the
state department of education, will
be the principal speakers during
the meeting, which is open to all
school people and interested cit-
izens. The session will begin at8:30.
County Supt. J. A. Fanning will
i preside during the meeting, which
will feature an all-out war pro-
gram for Montague county schools.
Group singing and pledge of al-
legiance will be lead by J. D.
Davis; invocation will be given by
Rev. Frank Sutton.
Mrs. B. J. Siebel will discuss
teachers and the red cross; Arvle
Elliott, county agent is to explain
J agricultural defense. Deputy State
J Superintendent L. R. Burkett is to
| be presented before the introduc-
tion of Dr. Woods and Miss Wilson,
according to the program. >
Mrs. John Saffell visited her
sister, Mrs. Bob Gambell in Sher-
man last Saturday.
Beard Is Given 20
Years In Robbery
of Stamford Bank
WICHITA FALLS—Rex Beard Jr
19, was assessed 20 years in pri-
son for robbery of the Stamford
First National Bank when he en-
tered a plea of guilty Monday at
Anson.
Beard previously had been giv-
en sentences ranging from 7tfe to
25 years for robberies of 10 Wichi-
ta Falls business houses, two Mon-
tague county banks, at Bowie and
Nocona, and an Abilene hotel
drug store. He still faces federal
court trial for the three Texas
bank robberies and possible prose-
cution in state court for other hi-
jackings.
Local Grid Coach
"Caught In Draft"
Bob Hope doesn't have a thing
on the Saint Jo Panthers' head
coach, Muriel Kimbrough . - he,
too, has been caught in the draft!
Kimbroijgh will leave Friday,
the 13th, to join a delegation of
Grayson county youths who are
answering the call of their draft
boards on that date. Kimbrough
registered in Grayson county be-
fore coming to Saint Jo last fall
to become football coach, follow-
ing the resignation of coach Pete
Mershon. Assistant coach Young
who may yet get a call from the
Montague board, is expected to
take over the head assignments
for at least the remainder of the
present term.
Kimbrough is the first teacher
to get a draft call here, although
an unusually large number of
faculty members have resigned
for better positions since the 1941-
42 school year started.
Jasper Crump of Forth Worth,
visited his mother, Mrs. Nettie
Crump this week.
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