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Girdles are here to stay,
Despite the shortage of rubber.
Washington had to sway,
Or lose the vote of mother.
The gentlemen of the War Pro-
duction Board evidently have
women-folk in their homes. At
any rate, WPB has made a lot
of women happy with the announ-
cement that a limited amount of
crude rubber will be available for
the manufacture of girdles, cor-
sets and other foundation garments.
They have also saved the New
Deal a lot of votes—no doubt.
* * *
Beginning Monday, Feb. 9, a lot
of folks are going to get up an
hour earlier, that is if they set
their clocks up one hour before
going to bed the night before. It
all sounds silly to people in the
agricultural sections, but that is
what Roosevelt's daylight saving
v> time bill means. With the sun due
to rise at about 7:15 a.m. central
standard time on that first war-time
morning, by daylight saving time it
will be 8:15, but that will not have
much to do with most of us. The
schedules of trains, bus, theatre,
etc. will be*, stepped up one hour,
too. The post office windows will
open at 8, as usual, but by the
sun it will be only seven o'clock.
The noon mail train will run at
the usual time, by-war-time clocks,
fout an hour earlier by the sun.
Your favorite radio program, which
comes on at seven in the morning,
if. it continues at the present time,
will be heard at what is six o'-
clock by your present watchcs.
Schools now starting at nine will
either have to start at the new
hour of ten, or continue at the
nine o'clock schedule, which will
be eight o'clock by the sun. It
' all sounds silly to us, and the way
it looks from here this office will
likely open at nine, instead of the
new hour of eight, and not be-
cause of any un-American attitude,
but because the sun will not be
up at eight and we never could
work as well before sun up. Ho-o
Hu-m-'in!
* * *
Albert Thompson has a rooster
in which he has a lot of faith as
a weather prophet. When Thomp-
son came home from church Sun-
day Jiight he heard said rooster
crowing, and, it being long be-
fore midrnight, he knew Monday's
change of weather was coming.
* * *•
Our publisher friend, R. N. Fette,
better known as "Con," sings his
swan song at Muenster with this
issue of the Enterprise. Reason: He
has been drafted. If we were in
Fette's shoes and were writing his
column this week, we'd quote the
eight lines of verse written by
Clarence Day, New York news-
paperman several years ago. It
may not fit the picture exactly,
but it comes close:
"Fairwell, my friends—farewell
and hail!
I'm off to seek the Holy Grail.
I cannot tell you why.
Remember, please, when I am
gone, '
'Twas aspiration lead me on.
Tiddlely-widdlely tootle-oo.
All I want is to stay with you,
But here I go, Good-bye."
* * *
We hate to see Editor Fette de-
part, but we admire his attitude
about the whole thing. He has
thousands of dollars invested in
his plant and building, which he
* must leave to the force to carry-
on. He has an influence over his
community, which cannot be dupli-
cated. -He has political pull which
could have made room for him in
other branches of the service, but
instead he answers the call of his
country when they wanted him
and where they wanted him. He
is one of the top newspaper men
of this section and as fine a citizen
as we have ever known. With his
going Muenster loses one of its
finest citizens, and Uncle Sam
gains a promising soldier. We
wish him luck.
* * *
Dow Childress has made the
Tribune a present of one-sixth of
a dozen eggs—all in one. The un-
usual egg measures 8% by 6Vi in-
ches and represents two days work
for the little White Leghorn hen
which produced it. She is an odd
fowl in that she doesn't believe in
doing today / what she can put off
until tomorrow and she practices
putting it off every other day as
regular as the clock. The hen is
ok, but if she were the only one
a person had he would have to
fast one morning and gorge the
next—nice work, when she docs it!
* * *
Saint Jo is undergoing an epi-
demic of mumps. We though little
of it when young Jim Pedigo came
up with big jaws—but now his
mother, Mrs. Sam Pedigo has 'em.
Bige Davis recently caugh 'em and
now Clifford Ware has 'em. We
had thought we were about the
only adult who had escaped that
kid disease—oh, me!
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, January 30, 1942
NUMBER 33
REX BEARD IS
GIVEN 20 YEARS
IN BANK CASES
MONTAGUE—Rex Beard, 19-
year-old Wichita Falls youth un-1
der indictment for armed robbery |
of banks at Nocona and Bowie, was
sentenced to 10 years in each case
by a jury Monday in Judge Earl
P. Hall's 97th district court. The
youth was immediately placed in
federal custody and returned to
Wichita Falls by a United States
marshal. The defendant now faces
federal charges in connection with
the holdups of the two Montague
county banks, as well as a Stam-
ford bank.
The court's swift action at Mon-
tague followed those taken in
Wichita Falls last week and
brought the youth under a total
of 12 sentences in the Texas pen-
itentiary ranging from 7Vfe to 25
years.
Beard pleaded guilty in the rob-
bery of the First National Bank
at Bowie of $1,802 on Aug. 19,
1941, and of the People's National
Bank at Nocona on Oct. 29, 1941,
j of $5,523. The two sentences are
' cumulative. County Attorney L.
j D. Holland represented the state,
land Martin and Martin of Wichita
Falls the defendant.
j Beard recently pleaded guilty to |
; 10 cases of robbery in Wichita
county. He was given seven and |
j one-half years in one case and 25 |
years for the other nine, the sen- j
] tences to run concurrently.
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Otto Hendricks, son of W. B.
Hendricks, is on a U.S. sub in
the Pacific. He has not been
heard from since the outbreak
of the war. When his grandfa-
ther and friends last heard from
him he was in China.
RED CROSS WAR
DRIVE SHORT OF
COUNTY QUOTA
H. N. Dearmore, county chair-
man, called on Saint Jo, Bonita and
Forestburg to assist the county and
local chapters in raising the bal-
ance of the county's Red Cross
quota in the war-time drive. The
county has raised only $2,712.50 -of
the $3,000.00 quota, he pointed out
Wednesday.
Bonita has not reported on the
special drive yet and Saint Jo rais-
ed only about $200 of an expected
$300 quota here. Bowie and No-
cona each raised in excess of $1,000
during the drive, but the county
is still $287.50 short of the quota,
the chairman said.
Contributions here should be
handed to the drive chairman,
George Pedigo or left at the Tri-
bune office.
Mrs. D. M. Russell of Saint Jo
has been named county chairman
of Junior Red Cross in Montague
county, according to appointment
made by County Chairman H. N.
theft of tires
in saint JO is
police report
Dearmore. The Junior funds are
different from those of regular
funds and are not included in the
— —— j figures released here earlier, al- ;
™ __ AiiTil#* I though Nocona and Bowie did list i
their school contributions and reg-'
ular membership funds in con-
] nection with their first drives.
The Saint Jo school accounted
for a total of $12.06 during the
Certificates for the purchase of j membership drive, with the Junior
'20 new tires were issued bv the leading otheis with $3.70. In
Montague county rationing board | war-fund drive, the school eon-
j at its first session Thursday of last I tributed $11.05, with the first grade
| week, H. D. Field. Jr., member of accounting for S2.G5.
the board has announced. The'
board will meet at Montague "^holland seeks
Thursdays of ecicn week from 10
board issues
20 certificates
The first reported theft of tires
and wheels here since the ration-
I ing program began was made pub-
lic Friday morning of last week
' when Roy Kingery discovered the'
I loss of two tires and two wheels.
1 according to Officer Bill Donley.
| The theft "was made Thursday
j night.
A spare tire and wheel was
taken from the Bige Davis car
Friday night and Mrs. Luke Grant
I reported the loss of two wheels
and two tires.
Officers have renewed their re-
j quest of the public to take down
'serial numbers of their tires and
j take other precautions against the
theft of such equipment.
Jim Embry Named
Vice President of
1st National Bank
Jim Embry, former director and
president of the Citizens National
Bank, liquidated here a few weeks
ago, was named a vice president
of the First National at a meeting
of directors last week. The direc-
tors re-elected all other officers.
The other officers are: H. D.
| Field, president; S. C. Roach and
H. D. Field, Jr., vice presidents;
and George A. Wright, cashier.
Directors of the institution were
re-elected at a meeting of stock-
holders Jan. 13, as follows: H. D.
Field. H. D. Field, Jr., Arthur
Kingery, S. C. Roach, and Geo. A.
Wright.
to 12.
The first list of certificates were!
issued as follows: Edward Lewis j
McNabb. County of Montague, |
Robert George Moles, Herman j
Preston Harris. Enimett David Pay- j
nor, W. N. Carlton, City of Bowie,
Maurice Jackson. Francis Asburg j
Mood. C. A. McConnell, E. W. I
Lewis, Roy William - Hutchons, |
Thomas Jessie Romine, County of
Montague. Selma Clements, County
of Montague, R. L. Hutchins, Jack
Foster, Melvin Ulbig, County of
Montague.
The county's quota for January
was 37 passenger and light truck
tires and 31 tubes: and 100 tires
and 84 tubes for trucks.
The hterdest part of the ration-
ing is that oilfield workers cannot
obtain tires and tubes for their
cars in which they travel back and
forth from the fields, according to
rulings obtained by Mr. Field.
Neither are passenger cars of
farmers eligible for tires, even
though they are used to bring eggs
and cream into market.
VICTORY BOOK CAMPAIGN
IS BEGUN IN THIS DISTRICT
judge's office*
arnold in race
Shortly before press time W. T.
(Bill) Minor of Montague infoim-
cd the Tribune to announce him
as a candidate for sheriff. The
well-known Montague man's of-
ficial statement will appear in
next week's Tribune. i
Louis Holland, now serving his
third term as county attorney, au-1
therized the Tribune this week to i
make his announcement for the
office of county judge of Montague
county, subject to the action of |
the Democratic primary, July 25.
Holland is a native of Saint Jo.
In making his announcement to
the Tribune, Holland said he would
issue a formal statement at a later
date.
Miss Joyce Arnold this week an-
nounced as a candidate for re-el-
ection to the office of county treas-
urer of Montague county. She is
serving her first term in the office.
Miss Arnold, a native of Nocona,
informed the Tribune Wednesday
j that she would make a formal
statement to the voters later.
This week's announcements bring
the county's total of candidates to
Platoon Lieutenant Bill Poteet
* * *
SAINT JO BOY IN
STOCKTON FOR
AIR PROMOTION
Bill Poteet, platoon lieutenant
with the air corp at Calareo Field,
Ontario. Calif., and son of Mrs.
P. E. Redman of this city graduat-
ed from his basic training on Jan.
17 and has been transferred to
Stockton for six more weeks of
training in preparation for rtis
commission as second lieutenant,
his mother was informed this week.
He will receive the high rating at
the end of the six weeks of train-
ing.
Lieut. Poteet had .approximately
27 hours of basic training to his
credit when American entered the
war and wt?s not expected to com-
plete his training before next
spring. The latest information
makes it evident that that he will
receive this Second Lieutenant's
commission a few weeks earlier.
The Saint Jo youth graduated
from the local high school and at-
tended North Texas State Teach-
ers college, where he received his
early air training, before enter-
ing the service.
RITES HELD FOR
MRS. ROBESON
LAST SUNDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Mat-
tie J. Robeson were held in the
Rosston Methodist church Sunday
afternoon with Rev. George Mit-
chell of Forestburg officiating. In-
terment was made in the Rosston
cemetery, beside her husband, E.
M. Robeson who died in 1936, with
arrangements in charge of Scott
Bros.
Mrs. Robeson was born Oct. 27,
1866 in Cooke county, the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Darwin.
Shae was married to E. M. Robe-
son in 1880 and they made their
home in that vicinity throughout
their lives. She had been a mem-
ber of the Methodist church at Ros-
ston since young girlhood. She
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Volkman, six
miles south of Forestburg Satur-
day after a short illness.
She is survived by three daugh-
ters: Mrs. J. C. Volkman, Forest-
burg; Mrs. Maudie Gaskins, Col-
linsville; Mrs. Blake D. Scott, For-
estburg; two sons, Hugh G. Robe-
son, Alvord; Ollie Robeson, Gain-
esville.
Pallbearers at the final rites
were J. C. Volkman Sr. and Jr.,
Donald Volkman, James C. Thur-
man, Glenn Bewley, Hyt Mann, E.
SI. Robeson, II.
Plans for launching the "Vic-
tory Book Campaign" in this dis- . f ffl f
trict were laid in Wichita Falls f' uf Xu ott!ces' ?s/ aJ
Friday of last week with the ap-
pointment of vice chairmen in the
this publication has been informed.
Thus far the offices of district
various sections of the 22-county I clfk' s^eri£f- andr c™n*y sup^r"
district. Miss Lucia Powell, librar-j pendent are unsolicited by candi-
ian at Kemp Public Library, Wichi- da,tes' according to the Political
ta Falls is district chairman. columns of this paper, to be found
Mrs. Grover C. Johnson of 0IV ™°th" paff
Wichita Falls was named vice
chairman of the region composed
of Montague, Wichita, Clay, Foard, [
None of announced candidates
are being contested, at this time.
W. O. W. TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE
FOR MEMBERS HERE TUESDAY
the World has announced an
| open house entertainment set for
i the members and their families
j here Tuesday of next week.
The affair will be held at the
I local lodge hall. Installation of
j new camp officers for 1942 will be
I installed during the meeting.
To Care for Tires
Wilbarger and Hademan counties. Farmers Warned
Purpose of the drive, which it
national in scope, is to collect
The Saint Jo Camp 67. Woodmen books for soldiers, sailors and
marines. These would supplement
library services maintained at the
forts, camps, posts, stations and on
ships and at U.S.O. recreation
centers.
[WIFE OF FORMER PUBLISHER
HERE DIES IN CALIFORNIA
Word was received here last
week-end that Mrs. Mary Ross,
| wife of E. F. Ross former publi-
J sher of the Tribune, died at her
i her home in San Francisco Sun-
! day. Burial was made Tuesday,
i Mrs. Ross was a sister of John
Scales, formerly of this city, and
was well known here. Her hus-
band and his brother, John Ross
founded the Tribune in 1898. after
purchasing the equipment of an
earlier but defuncted publication.
MONTAGUE—Montague county
farmers believe that prevention of
tire trouble is as important as its
cuer, according to H. A. Reynolds,
chairman county USDA War Board
.. . ._ i Farmers throughout the county
The national campaign is spon- a, d arp exerti u to s/e
red by the American Library | that £rejgn maUer ig kept from
treads, that tires are free of grease
and oil, rims straightened, stored
equipment is jacked up to relieve
pressure, tires are shadowed from
excess sunshine, and that cracked
tires arc painted and plugged, the
sored by the American Library j thaVToreign^ matter "is"kept "from
Association, American Red Cross1
and the United Service Organiza-
tions.
chicks.
Heads Camp Bowie Prison
Brownwood—Maj. Jesse E. Ryle
of Saint Jo has been named prison
officer at Camp Bowie.
Native of Russia
to Speak at First
Baptist Church
Next Sunday morning and eve-
ning the congregation and visitors
of the First Baptist church will
hear Miss Tanya Koretune, a na-
tive of Kiev, Russia. This gifted
young woman came to this country
in 1932. After finishing Mar's Hill
college in South Carolina and later
Baylor University she entered the
Southwestern Baptist Seminary at
Fort Worth where is preparing to
be a missionary. She hopes to re-
turn to her native Russia when
the doors of that land are again
opened to missionary work. Miss
Koretune has not heard from her
family since the beginning of the
German invasion of Russia. Earlier
she had lost contact with a sister
that had started to America by
way of Siberia and Shanghai. She
fears that both her family in Kiev
and her sister in Japanese-occupied
Chine may have fallen victims
of the war.
All are invited to hear this
young woman. She is a talented
speaker and understands well the
American point-of!-view. Services
are at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
schools to be
called oh FOR
co-operation
MONTAGUE—With schools of
the state being called upon to co-
operate with all out war effort,
the State Department of Education
has set seven objectives for which
schools are expected work. Trus-
tees and teachers of the county
are to be called for a special meet-
ing sometime soon, when the ob-
jectives will be discussed, Supt. J.
A. Fanning has announced.
The ail out objectives are: (1)
build and keep up morale (2) to
help finance war (3) assist in the
health programs. Help to furnish
recreation for communities, assist
Red Cross work, Salvation Army,
(4) Assist in production and con-
servation of food and feed. (5) As-
sist in creating and maintaining
trade and industrial schools (eh
Cooperate fully in civilian defense
work (7) Help to maintain and
conserve the religious and moral
life of each school and community.
You'd be surprised how many
tanks those movie tax pennies are
buying! Every time you go to a
show you are helping the Defense
Program, besides getting your
money's worth of fun and restful
relaxation.
Postmasters Confirmed
Washington—Confirmation by the
senate of Merrill L. Carlton as
postmaster of Ringgold and of
Fowler Magee of Montague, was
announced Friday of last week.
Blood Transfusion
DeWilcy Fleming of Fort Logan, j
Colorado, came home last week to j
be with his father, who has been J
seriously ill in a Dallas hospital j
since suffering a fall during the
icy weather earlier this month. A
throat infection added to the ser-
iousness of his condition and re-
sulted in the need for a blood trans-
fusion last week. Those going from
here to offer blood were Fred Hol-
land, Clifford Ware, Jack Akers,
and Cecil Boggess.
Hatchery Improved
Burns' Hatchery has undergone
improvements which should add |
_ i a ai • - . «. Dociicl chairman sdici.
much to the efficiency of the firm, ..Certiflcates for new tires may
this season. Ul.s Burns, owner, an- j bp j ^ f t t farm j j/.
nounced this week. A new brood- and trucRs uscd to h j the
er house has been added, allowingj f ducts di t] to market
more room for the better care of ..Mr Reynolds said b*t explaincd
they could not be obtained for
transporting farm products to ul-
timate consumers. He aTso added
that tires could not be purchased I
if the rationing board had already
issued certificates comprising the |
monthly total.
"This simply means farmers will |
have to wait their turn along with J
everybody else," Mr. Reynolds
said.
"Recapping, retreading and vul-1
canizing tires on automobiles and
farm implements are other pre-
cautionary measures farmers may
Advertising Contract Begins
An advertising campaign, desig-
ned to continue for several weeks,
is launched today in the Tribune
by the Quaker Oats company, for
their Full-O-Pep feed lines, dis-
tributed here by Jack O'Harrow.
The campaign is planned as an
educational series for the users of I follow in preventing tire trouble
poultry and livestock feeds and Since correct air pressure adds to
will stress the high quality of the
Quaker feed line, which may be
purchased from the O'Harrow hat-
chery and feed firm.
life-span of • tires for tractors and
farm implements, periodic check
for proper pressure should be
made," the chairman said.
2 More Days
IN WHICH TO
Pay
Your
Poll
Tax
BE DEMOCRATIC—Qualify
as a VOTER and take an in-
terest in YOUR government.
Cotton Insurance
Offered for First
Time by Program
MONTAGUE—I nsurance will
take the guess out of cotton farm-
ing this year, H. A. Reynolds chair-
man of the Montague county AAA
committee, announced this week.
Federal Crop Insurance Corp-
oration has been writing wheat in-
surance since 1938 but cotton in-
surance is being offered for the
first time this year, the committee
man said. Under the program,
either 50 or 75 percent of the nor-
mal yield established for a farm
may be covered by insurance.
Mr. Reynolds stated that if a
farmer covers his cotton crop by
75 percent insurance he will be
paid for the amount by which he
falls below three-fourths" of a nor-
mal crop. The 50 percent con-
tract works in the same way.
When losses are determined by
the FCIC. certificates of indemnity
are issued producers. The certifl-
cates may be converted into cash
equivalent through FCIC, or turn-
ed over to Commodity Credit Cor-
poration for a cotton loan on the
amount of cotton rej%esented.
Premiums for insurance con-
tracts may be paid in cash, cotton,
or deducted from payments earn-
ed under the AAA program. They
also may be deducted from loss
payments, if any, or cotton loans
if available.
Amounts of premiums will vary
by farms, the chairman explained,
since they arc based on actual risks
of growing cotton on individual
farms.
"This simply means high-loss
farms will have a larger premium
than low-loss farms," the chair-
man said.
Another Teacher Resigns '
Miss Mary E. Hale, teacher in
the local school resigned last week
and left for Austin where she has
accepted a position with the State
Welfare department. Her resigna-
tion leaves the local faculty short
still another teacher.
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