The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, July 14, 1939 Page: 1
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A driverless truck tolled down the
Kingman street hill Tuesday doing
slight damage to a car parked in
front of the Bryant implement
house
BILL SCHOENE IN
LOCAL HOSPITAL
Bill Schoene underwent an oper
atlon at the local hospital Saturday
t morning His many friends will be
glad to learn he is doing nicely
Cinderellas Slippers
Uere are the shoes of tomorrow
according to Sally Rand wellknown
figure In the entertainment world
who Introduced them at San Fran
ciscos Golden Gate exposition Sal
lys dazzling slippers arc made of a
transparent plastic similar to glass
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The Hemphill County News check
prominently displayed in the lower
drug store is not a hot check but
a check on which payment was
stopped
Turned down at the bank the
check was cashed at the drug store
which shows again the folly of
cashing checks for strangers
Miss Johnle Hodge of Pampa
visited friends here Sunday
Mrs A B Curtice is in St Louis
visiting her daughters
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LARGEST CIRCULATION IN HEMPHILL COUNTY 1U6 COPIES WITH 5580 READERS
THE HEMPHILL COUNTY
The Only Paper With Complete Coverage in Both City and Country
ROLLS DOWN HILL
CANADIAN TEXAS FRIDAY JULY 14 1939
Casey Jones Was the Rounders Name
Mrs John Luther Jones widow of he famed Casey Jones hero ot
sons and story who was killed In a historic train wreck on April 301900
shakes hands with Engineer Herbert Nicholson who Is In the cab of the
William Mason of 1870 Many of tbo trains that were operating when
Casey Jones died with his hand on the throttle arc on exhibition at
the New York Worlds fair The song of Caseys deah lias become one
of Americas best known ballads originating with the noted engineers
Negro helper
WORK US MEANS ATTE1S SISTERS
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AN EDITORIAL
Buy Buy Buy Spend Spend
Spend Thats the way to bring
back prosperity according to the
magazine and newspaper propaganda
of the past two or three years
This is in line with the govern-
ments recent killing of live stock
and plowing underof grain Common-
sense is one attribute the people of
this country might well dispense
with it seems
Good oldtimethrift and hard work
with less dependence on the govern-
ments obligation to its citizens will
today as in the past make the usual
per cent of the population selfsup
porting and independent
The people wont stand for war
but youve got to hand it to the big
guns theyre getting the same
lesults without it debt waste and
destruction
New editorial are the perianal opln
ton ot the editor and in no way reflect
the feelingtor vlewt ot the adverttiert
Theyrcpretcnl the only local newtpaper
that doe not ute purchaied or lyndt
cate editorial
Mr and Mrs John Caylor Mrs
F D Teas and Mrs Chas Teas
transacted business in Amarillo
Monday
Sid Klepper spent the weekend in
Fampa
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Buck Campbell returned to Cana
dian Monday after attending the
funeral of his sister Mrs Pete Rice
of Lubbock Texas
ALICE SUB SUFFERS
Miss Alice Shaller who has been
ill for some time was operated on
at the local hospital yesterday
morning
LOCAL NEWS
Mrs Dot Sargent has returned
home from Long Beach Calif where
she has been visiting her daughter
Miss Emma Lee Whlttington
Billy Patsy and Mary Rupe left
last week to visit their great grand-
mother at Okemulgee Okla
The Arcadian operated by Mr
and Mrs Earl Scadden has been re
shingled
B C Hurn Hlggins merchant
was a caller at The News otlice
Tuesday
AFTER
VACATION TRIP
Mr and Mrs Noble Trueblood re
turned Monday from an extended
vacation trip through Indiana Ken
tucky and Tennessee
They visited the Mammoth Cave
In Kentucky and Nashvilles radio
station WSM during their stay
Mr Trueblood reports DeFord
Bailey wellknown harmonica player
over the air is a negro
Lee Roy Allen of Wharton Texas
is employed at the Hogue boot shop
Burl Cavins spent Tuesday
Amarillo
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Charlie Allen local mattress man
was operated on Monday at the
Veterans hospital In Wichita Mrs
Allen left Wednesday morning to
be with him
TO EAGLE NEST
Mrs H S Wilbur her mother
Mrs Ida Ray of Wichita and Mrs
W A Kite left Monday for Eagle
Nest New Mexico
Hut ert Covington was in Tampa
Wednesday
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 1, No. 48, Ed. 1, Friday, July 14, 1939, newspaper, July 14, 1939; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47099/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.