The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1948 Page: 1
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VOLUME X
This series of 10 Safety Illus-
trations is b elng carried through
the courtesy of the Miller Food
Market
Grade School
IJonor Rolls Are
Announced Here
Principal J W Sutton has an-
nounced the following pupils as
having made the grade school
honor rolls here for the past six
weeks
THIRD GRADE
Mrs Carrs Room Malouf
Abraham Dale Rowley Joyce
Cleveland Nancy Dewey Bar-
bara Scofield Eleanor Owens
Larry Hcndrix Texa Peterson
JJavene BurnettDaveeda Burnett
John Robert Hill
Mrs Pyeatts Room Phil
Waters Larry Jones Philip Rod
rlquez Nancy Rivers Ann Ben-
nett Ronnie Webb Jerry Lee
Hodge3 Charlcne Miller Beverly
Crowell
FOURTH GRADE
Mrs Williams Room Patricia
Wyatt Wilbur Killebrew Ruby
Peterson Jolene Brock Mary Jo
Hoover Tommy Brooks Mary
Ellon Price Stan Short Sammy
Wilbur Celia Dayenport Arthur
Verkler
Mrs Kellers Room Janis
Peeples Erbin Crowell Tommy
Jfobdy Lee Young Jim Young
Eorlenc Can Audle Dixon Mil-
dred Sparks Dale Cain Jane
Willis Delores Hornback Wesley
Hllburn Patricia Langwell
FIFTH GRADE
Mrs Suttons Room Izetta
JJyers Charles Cole Barbara
Norvill Larry Pjnson Joy Rowley
Pat Tipps
Mrs Godfreys Room Donna
Abraham Aladelle Williams
Charles Vinson Jennie Beth Al-
len Rose Marie Miller
SIXTH GRAPE
iMr Suttons Room Clyde Ray
Cain Shelia Cole Douglas Mil
burn Frank Newton Anno Rath
jen Claudette Sparks Jan Wat-
ers Nancy Williams
Mr Godfreys Room Clata
Bettis dentin Morris Robert Nix
Jeanctto Raymond Wayne Row
ley Shirley Terrel Sandra Wil-
kinson Joyce Wootton
Grand Jury To
Probe Shooting
All those involved in the alter-
cation Wednesday night in
which Glen Mulr TipTop pres-
sing shop operator was shot in
tha legs have made bond jind
havo beenbound over to the
grand jury for Investigation it is
understood
t Ray Rtrcs state liquor offi-
cer has been charged wjth assult
with Intent to murder Glen
Spruell Glen Mulr and BUI
jt Money have been charged with
offray according to authorities
Dad Owsley of Shatnroclc Is
here tat a weeks visit with old
friends while hla son Earl and
daughter inlaw ore visiting rel
jtives in California
Pictured above from lelt to right are BILL MORRIS WILLIAM
WILLMOTH TRUMAN WILLMOTH and JOHNNY MORRIS with
their1 prize winning calves at the 4H Club calf show here la3t
Friday Their pictures are shown Individually In other parts of
the paper GILBERT FORREST son of Mr and Mrs Robert
Forrest and grandson of Mr and Mrs J E Gilbert received
the highest price per pound for his calf which placed third in
the light weight division here It was purchased by the Plains
Chevrolet Co of Amarillo Another one of Gilberts calves
placed fourth In the heavy weight division here BILL ROWLEY
sen ol Mr and Mrs Jess Rowley whose calf was donated by the
American Legion last spring was purchased by the Best Way
store for 30 cents a pound The local calves brought an average
price ol 33 cents a pound according to Cpunty Agent Walter
Grist who says the boys ran Into real competition at the Amarillo
show because the second place and other prize winning calves
from the big shows at Kansas City Denver Fort Worth and Big
Springs were entered Frank Shallor and Dale Nix each con-
tributed 2500 to be added to the pilces the boys received for
their calves Press day at The News office photo by Rose Marls
Miller age 11
Hemphill County
Soil Conservation
District News
Ed Little has purchased fifty
pounds of Madrid sweetclover to
plant on his place southwest of
Canadian Madrid sweetclover is
an improved strain of our yellow
blossom sweetclover and is re-
ported to do better under drouthy
conditions It is being tried here-
to see if it will fill the need for a
soil building legume crop to in-
crease wheat and sorghum pro-
duction
The Hemphill County Soil Con-
servation District has recently
furnished2300 cedar trees 1100
black locust trees and 1026
Chinese elm trees to thirteen
District Cooperators These trees
are available free to District Co-
operators for use in planting
windbreaks to protect croplands
as planned in their overall Soil
Conservation Plan
It will soori be time to plant
grass and adapted grass seed is
scarce District Cooperators should
contact the Soil Conservation
Service technicians or help In
locating a source of seed and
method of planting t
Native grasses such as sideoats
grama blue grama and sand love
grass should be planted in March
in a protective cpver such as sor-
ghum stubble or some other stub-
ble whero there will be very little
weed competition Weeping love
grass may be planted the same as
native grasses or it may be plant-
ed in May on a clean tilled bed
Quentin Isaacs has sold about
two hundred pounds of mixed
Western wheatgrass and Canada
wiidrye to the North Central
District Supervisors at Geary
Oklahoma at twentyfive cents a
pound This seed was harvested
by Mr Issacs on his ranch with
the District Combine In this
cooperative setup the district re-
ceives onethird of tho seed and
the landowner tha other two
thirds
Mrs Aubrey Bentloy was called
to Wichita Falls Wednesday by
the serious illness of her daugh-
ter Mrs W W Throckmorton
Sho also received word the same
day of the death of un aunt at
Bowie Tex
Virgil Brock returned Thurs-
day noon from a business trip to
Oklahoma City
Bill Trice returned homo from
Saipan recently
N C Pyeatt Enters
Race for County
Commissioner
N C Pyeatt who has made
his home in the part of Hemphill
county known as Precinct 3 for
the past 27 years authorized
The News this week to announce
his candidacy for the office of
county commissioner from his
precinct subject to the action of
the voters at the coming Demo-
cratic primary in July
This is the first time Mr Pyeatt
has asked for public office and
if the voters of his precinct feel
that he Is the man for the Job
their votes will be appreciated
If not he says we will still
be friends
Mr Pyeatt oparatol a garage
at Gem City from 1921 to 1946
He sold out two years ago and
since that time he has been en-
gaged in farming
Netf Christian
Minister Hired
The Rev Walter Messimer ol
LaMarque Tex has been hired
as the regular pastor of the First
Christian church here to take tho
placo pf the Rev Troy Plunk now
of Electro Tex
Mr and Mrs Messimer have
two children a daughter six years
old and a son three and a half
years of age The family will move
here in time for Mr Messimer to
fill the pulpit on April 4
The fire here at 840 this Fr
day night was car near the
Lallcker residence
To Mr and Mrs Cecil Redding
of the Alexander ranch a daugh-
ter born at the hospital here
this Friday
< fyp Mr and Mrs Carl Oldham
of Hereford Tex a son Larry
Randall born Tuesday weighing
S lbs 0 oz
To Mr and Mrs Roy Callaway
of Hanford Calif a daughter
Nila June born Sunday on Leap
Ytfar day Weighing 6 lbs 10 ozs
To Mr and Mrs Leo Pryor p
nephew born to Mr and Mrs
S B Ilnle Jr of Spsarman at
the Perrytbn hospital last Satur-
day
3w i w iimgsstt
Jesse Hornback
Suffers Attack
Jesse Hornback suffered an
acute attack of appendicitis last
Saturday and was rushed to the
veterans hospital at Amarillo
where he underwent an oper
atlon that night
He Is recovering nicely
Wf m s m sv m
CANADIAN TEXAS FRIDAY MARCH 5 1948
NUMBER 2G
Mrs Caudle To BeReminiscences of
Sheriffs Clerk
I Mrs Grady Harris the former
Sallle Hcrton has resigned her
position as clerk In the sheriffs
oilier here to become effective
i May 1 Mrs Jim Caudle now
employed in the old age assis-
tance ofllce will take over Mrs
Harris duties
Mrs Harris will instruct Mrs
Caudle In sheriffs ofllce routine
during April
Pictured here Is JOHNNY MORniS son of Mr and Mrs Ora
Morris of Gem with his prize winning calf which placed FIRS11
In the LIGHT WEIGHT DIVISION at the 4H Club calf show
held here last Friday This calf was also Judged the GRAND
CHAMPION Johnny placed seventeenth in the light weight
division out of ninetyfive entries at the Amarillo show this
week His calf was purchased by the Fair store at ia cents a
pound
McDaniel Injured VFW Post No 7469
In Bad Fall Sat Elects Officers
B C McDaniel 64 longtime
Santa Fe section employee re-
ceived very severe injuries Sat-
urday night when he fell from
the railroad underpass northeast
of town to the pavement below
It Is understood that Mr Mc
Daniel had gone to Pampa that
morning and returned on the
second section of No 24 Being
asleep when the train stopped
here he failed to get off and was
let off on the other side of the
underpass
Tom Rlgsby of Perryton found
the Injured man about 030 and
called the ambulance According
to Dr Morris he Is suffering with
a broken right hip four fractures
of the pelvis and shock While
very badly Injured he was cons-
cious and seemed to show some
improvement this Fiday
Jack Burks Family
Moving To Borger
The Jack Burks family which
has resided here for the past six
years will move to Borger to
make their home next week
Mr Burks who has been yard-
master here for the Santa Fe
is being transferred He left
Wednesday to take over his new
i
duties
Bob who Is attending school
at Lubbock arrived here this
Friday night to spend the week-
end
Friends hero will be glad to
know that Mr and Mrs Max
Jones who were in a highway
accident near Perryton last week
were not injured although their
new car was almost totally wreck-
ed Mrs Jones is the former Miss
Lena Guffcy
Mr and Mrs Jack Lawrence
have returned from Mineral
Wells
Tom Hill was In Amarillo on
business Tuesday
The Perry McElreath Post No
7409 of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars held an election on Feb 26
and elected officers for 1948 as
follows
George Earl Tubb commander
Ray Risley senior vicecom
mander j John Humphries junior
vicecommander B L Zenor
adjutant Thad Callaway quar-
termaster Elton Miller chap-
lain and Joe Garver Clyde Ris
ley and Payne Rutherford board
of trustees
Installation of the new officers
took place at the following
meeting held this Thursday
Boxing Schedule
Announced Here
Supf Deane D Fletcher has
announced the boxing sahedule
as follows
McLean here Feb 24 730
Clarejiaon there March 2 800
McLean there March 11 800
Shamrock here March 16 730
Shamrock there March 2G
730
Clarendon here March 30 730
Mr and Mrs Weldbn Webb
and Mrs 11 B Webb visited rel-
atives at Borger Thursday
Tho weather here for the past
week as follows according to
Clint Word local weatherman
Friday Feb 27 High 68 r
low 33 rain 12
Saturday Feb 28 High 54
low 33 no moisture
Sunday Feb 29 High 51
low 32 rain 65
Monday March 1 High 35
low 26 rain 05
Tuesday March 2 High 42
low 27 rain 10
Wednesday Jlorch 3jIIIgh
31 low 23 snow 2 inches
Thursday March 4 High 26
low 8 snow 2 inches
Bert Wood Contd
Bert Wood who was honored
on his OSth birthday here Feb 24
with a surprise birthday party
says that Canadian was quite a
town back in 1922 when he en-
tered the grocery business after
tho big railroad strike
Mr Wood says the railroad ran
about 48 cars to the train and the
roundhouse had three shifts
with around 105 men to the shift
This was cut out in 1922 when
the shops were moved to Way
nokaRobert
Robert Kite Clyde Hanna
Johnny Isaacs and Walter Wor
ley used to work in his grocery
store Twenty pounds of sugar
was a dollar and three dozen
eggs cost 25c Everyday was
trades day with Sunday usually
included Everything was deliver-
ed in a cart and wagon Each
morning they would go around to
the homes and take orders from
the housewives There was lots of
30 and 60 day credit and some-
times from one crop to another
Of course there were no paved
streets at that time but groceries
were delivered rain or shine
Eggs got to 90c a dozen after-
World War 1 but bacon did not
get as high as this time selling
for around 65c to 70c One had to
buy so much Kaffir flour rice
flour etc to get white flour
Later there was no wheat flour
It all meant lots of book work for
tiie government Some people
would try to get a little extra
at times
Molasses was always in a bar-
rel and better than the kind today
Sour Kraut was in a barrel and
salt pork in brine Everyone
brought his own jug Fresh fruits
and vegetables were not so
Crackers came in big boxes but
plentiful in winter as now
they were hardly ever charged
for the ranchers coming in and
helping themselves to crackers
and sardines
They hardly ever sold the
horehound fudge chocolate pep-
permint and stick candies on
hand either When a person paid
his bill about two pounds of
candy was the custom and ex-
pected Horehound was often put
In a bottle with whiskey and used
for colds
About half the traffic was
teams the rest Model Ts Dan
Hoover had a good Studebaker
Bert paid 18 for a milk cow and
later traded it for a car he used
for two years Frank Cole was a
kind of auto expert and was learn
ing him to drive one time while
delivering groceries the new
way He ran off tho road on the
Jim Johnson corner and over a
mortar box filled with concrete It
didnt do the looks of the car or
the groceries any good
Mr Wood sold nut in 1927 to-
Ed Humphrey and another store
he owned on Kingman street to
Claude Murry
His many friends here wish
Bert many more happy birthdays
A handsome man it is un-
fortunate that his picture was
crowded out by the prize calves
this week Of course Mr Wood Is
better looking than a prize calf
but four calves Is another thing
and Mr Wood lost out
Landrum Boiling of Belolt
Wis newspaper correspondent
and lecturer on international af-
fairs will speak at the high school
auditorium here Monday evening
on Understanding the Peoples of
Western Europe Mr Boiling
was born and educated in Tennes-
see did graduate study at the
University of Chicago and edited
and published two smalltown
weekly newspapers He was a cor
respondent in Western Europe in
193637 During 194647 ho was
located in Berlin as correspondent
for a news agency He is speaking
here under the auspices of the
Canadian Rotary club
Cleaning Truck
Skids Turns Over
The Canadian laundry and dry
cleaners panel delivery truck
overturned at 1220 Jhls Friday
about sixteen miles out on the
Perryton highway The occupants
Kenneth Rowley and Marvin Post
received slight injuries
The accident happened when
the truck skidded on tho icy
pavement ond turned over on iti
side The two men caught a ride
Into town with the highway
patrol
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 10, No. 26, Ed. 1, Friday, March 5, 1948, newspaper, March 5, 1948; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47544/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Hemphill County Library.