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Coleman County Chronicle
COLEMAN COUNTY’S FAMILY NEWSPAPER
VOL. XIV — NO. 21
Coleman. Coleman County, Texas, Thursday, May 9, 1946
TWO SECTIONS—SIXTEEN PAGES
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Four Generations Of Waldrops
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Coleman To Receive 20 Federal Housing Units
Commencement And Graduation Programs
For Coleman High Graduates Announced
UNMAN SIGNS
Pictured are four fenerations ot the Waldrop family. They are
reading left to right, Ilenrj F. Waldrop, 112 West Third, Coleman,
Hoy W. Waldrop, Canyon; Roy Porter Waldrop, Seattle, Wash.,
and son David, great grandson of the elder Waldrop who has
resided In Coleman county for the past 40 years. Before coming to
Coleman In 1923, he lived at Gouldbusk. He has been a farmer for
many years, retiring several years ago. Roy Porter Waldrop has
Just recently received his discharge after six years service in the
Navy, part of that being overseas service.
Coleman School Board Raises Teachers'
Salaries; To Be Paid In 12 Installments
In a call meeting of the Coleman
School Board on Wednesday eve-
ning, May 1, a new salary sched-
ule was set up for the Coleman
teachers. A definite uniform sched-
ule as recommended by the State
Department of Education was adop-
ted for the local teachers.
Class room teachers will earn a
definite annual salary for the nine
months term; however, this salary
will be paid in 12 equal payments,
which Is in accordance with the
Wishes of nearly all teachers In
the system, states Terrell Graves,
city school superintendent.
Teachers were issued contracts
this week and will be given until
June 10 to return them to the
school board, Graves adds. In the
past teachers were asked to return
contracts by June 1 of each year.
For this school term a beginning
teacher was paid a salary of $110
per month, plus a bonus of $100 per
year In case the teacher completes
a teaching contract with the board,
such teacher will be paid an ad-
ditional bonus of $100 for the year,
Supt. Graves states.
On the new schedule a teacher
with four years of college training
and with no teaching experience
will be paid a beginning salary of
$144 per month for nine months.
In addition, teachers will be, allow-
ed an Increase of $1.50 on the
monthly salary for each year of
(Continued on Page 8)
Coleman 0PA Office
Closed, Consolidated
With B'wood Office
Ooleman Office of Price Admin-
istration was closed May 3rd and
consolidated with the Brownwood
office, reports G: L. Fletcher, board
supervisor from Brownwood
Fletcher states that requests for
price Information should be for-
warded direct to the Brownwood
office.
Persons who have lost, had stolen
or mutilated sugar ration books can
obtain application forms at the lo-
cal chamber of commerce office and
should mail same direct to the
OPA district office in Fort Worth.
A new or replacement book will be
returned direct to the applicant.
Books for infants can be secured
the same way.
Discharged veterans or service-
men may obtain ration books from
the local draft board.
CHARLES L. SOUTH
South Announces For
State Legislature
Charles L. South has today auth-
orized the Coleman County Chron-
icle to announce his candidacy for
the office of State Legislature, 125th
district, comprising Coleman and
Brown counties.
Judge South was formerly county
school superintendent, county Judge
and district attorney, and served as
Congressman to Washington from
1934 to 1940. He states that if elec-
ted he will do his best to make a
good, honest, efficient represen-
tative down at the state capitol.
Judge South says, “for many
years I have made a careful study
of matters relating to our govern-
ment. both state anti national I am
convinced that the tendency has
been for some time to place too
much emphasis on what is going on
in Washington and too little on
what takes place at Austin. Both
are Important and it would be a
serious mistake to neglect either.
When asked If he did not feel
that It was quite a come-down from
a representative in Congress to
State Representative, he replied
that he did not, "I do not know of
a man in Texas who is too big to
represent his district In the State
Legislature. If elected to this Im-
portant post, I only hope that I am
able to fill it as It should be fill-
ed,' he replied.
According to Judge South. Rep
W. R. Chambers has announced
that he will not be a candidate for
re-election.
NORN’S CREEK
PROJECT
Announcement came the past
week of the signing of the appro-
priation bill by the President, car-
rying the Hord’s Creek project. Con-
struction is expected to start around
the first of July, which is the begin-
ning of th» new fiscal year. Some
persons who will be connected with
the construction are already mak-
ing contacts for living quarters here
Frank Olis Nolan
Buried Here; Died
Of Heart Failure
Funeral services for Frank Olis
Nolan, 30, who died here Saturday.
May 4th as a result of heart fail-
ure, were conducted Sunday, May
5th at 3 p.m. at the Wright's Funer-
al Chapel, with interment in the
city cemetery. D. Lee Hukel, min-
ister at the Coleman Church of
Christ, officiated.
Nolan was bom January 13, 1916.
He came to Coleman county in
1913^/Hls occupation was a pipe
fitter.
Survivors ate the parents, Mr
P M Nolan, who lives in Coleman,
and the mother, who lives away
from Coleman; two brothers, Otha
Nolan of Corpus Christi and Connie
Nolan of Burnet; and a daughter,
Barbara Nell Nolan of Big Spring.
Pallbearers were: Casey Gilliam,
Henry Livingston, Curtis Roberts,
Earle Barter, Curtis Alvey and
Judge Parrish Grants
6 Divorces, Names
Jury Commisssion
District Judge O. L. Parrish oi
Ballinger convened the 119th Dis-
trict Court here Monday and
granted six divorce cases, reports
Bob Pearce, district clerk.
The Judge names W. L. Futch,
LeRoy Stockard and J: H. Living-
ston to the Coleman county Jury
commission The commission met on
Tuesday and set up the grand and
petit Jurors for the June term of
the 119th District court, which con-
venes here June 3.
Delegation To Wash.,
Is Optimistic
Coleman's delegation to Wash-
ington, making contacts In regard
to the Coleman Flying School equip-
ment, has sounded an optimistic
note, reports Mayor J. F. Gaines;
however, the proposition is still in
the debating stage.
Those in Washington are: J. E
McDaniel, H. H. Scott, W O. Leach,
and Walter J. Taylor. They have
submitted a request for grant of
much of the flying school equip-
ment.
Commencement services for Cole-
man high school will be held in
the high school auditorium Sunday,
May 12. at 8 p.m Speaker will be
Dr. Harry Lee Spencer, pastor of
the First Baptist church In Brown-
wood. His subject will be “Seeing
the Invisible.”
Music will be furnished by com-
bined church choirs of Coleman, di-
rected. by Mr. Ernest Townsend.
Graduation exercises for the high
school will be held Friday, M,ay 17,
at 8:00 p.m. In the high school audi-
torium, when 67 graduates will re-
ceive diplomas. Dean Waiter H. Ad-
ams, dean of Abilene Christian Col-
lege, Abilene, will be the speaker
Honor students are gs follows:
valedictorian; Alyene Laws; saluta-
torlan, Orln Newman. Jr.; Ktwanls
good citizenship laque, Betty Jo
Loveless and Leo Green;' D. A. R
medal, Horton Dunn; band medal,
Orln Newman, Jy.; Business and
Professional Women's club scholar-
ship, Louise Beeler.
Candidates for graduation are:
BOYS
Lovlc Bedell, Garland Brinson.
Archie Thomas, Tony Wllleke, J'
E Perryman,. Jr., Billy Mills, Jack
DcRusha, Don Gray, Leo Green.
Odls Green. Clinton Greer, Clinton
Earl Hart, Fletcher McKinney.
Mayo Warrs, Orln Newman. Jr ,
Jerry Parker. J M Roberts. Felix
Schmidt, Marlin Wayne Smith.
Wayne Wallace, Tommy Jo Webb,
Ralph West, Bradford Whitehead
and Gene Russell.
GIRLS
Jcannlne Ard, Louise Beeler. Joey
June Beleyeu, Billie Anne Bradley.
Billie Ruth Brewer, Maxine Bur-
roughs, Marie Cox, Norma Jean
Cummings, Oma Faye Dalton; Patsy
Jean Dodson, Marylea Henderson.
Donnie Hubbard, Ima Hubbard, Al-
yene Laws, Betty Joe Loveless, Dor-
ete Lee Meador, Mary Elizabeth
Miller, Charlene Mills, El lease Pet-
ty, Patsy Price, Frances Pruitt, Eva
Reita Pullln, Frances Raratoerger,
Beba Jo Ratjen, Ella Jean Seal.
Doris Smith, Margie Smith, Iva Mae
Taylor, Louise Thames, ■ Barbara
Ann Tubbs, Vada Marie Walker,
Billie Jean Webb. Frankye Lee
West, Mary Sue Williams, Billie
Wise, Weida Prldemore and Samntie
Jo Harpster.
Hie following have completed re-
quirements for graduation while in
the service and will receive diplo-
mas with this class: Jdmes Moor-
man, T. C. Rutherford, Richard S.
Powell. Cecil A Fechner and Max
Wayne Parker
COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM
Program for the commencement
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To Be Used By
Veterans Only
Coleman has been approved to
receive 20 federal veteran housing
units, announces Dr. J. F Gaines,
city mayor. He was so advised by
a message from Senators Connolly
and O'Daniel on Tuesday
The 20 unite will be moved from
one of the war centers. Dr. Gaines
points out, but he has not been
advised as to when the units will ar-
rive here. Utey will be for veterans
use only. TTjc allocation of the hous-
ing units in a part of the govern-
ment's emergency housing project.
It is believed that the units Will
be of the pre-fabricated type as
were used in most of the war cen-
ters. Hie only expense to the city
will be installation of utilities. The
mayor states that a site for the
units has not been selected.
! According to the way the project
is set up at present, the housing
unite will be salvaged after two
years Application for the surplus
j housing unite was made some time
back.
The Mayor states that more def-
inite information will be released at
a later date, at such time as it is
received.
OR1N
Pictured above are four of Coleman high school's honor students:
Miss Betty Jo Loveless, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. E. LoveU**, and
Lee Green, son of Mr, and Mrs. Dewey Green, were selected for the
Ktwanls Club good cltlxrnship plaque Miss Alyene Laws, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Laws was selected as valedictorian, with an
average grade of 96.34. and Orln Newman, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. O.
Newman, was selected salutatorian, with an average grade of 95.66.
Vocational School Begins Operation Friday
Night; Trades, Industries (lasses At Night
Jimmie Greenway of Coleman re-
ports that he has been appointed
personnel director of the John
Seiily Hospital In Galveston, a
branch of the University of Texas
medical department and Is leaving
this week to take over his nev
duties there.
J. E. King, Jr., of Brownwood,
grid Billie King of Menard, were
Coleman visitors Wednesday,
West Texas Hereford Group and
Breeder * Feeders Join In Tour Wed.
Over 300 people are expected to
participate In a livestock tour of
Ooleman county on Wednesday, May
15th, reports Jim Oill, who is In
charge of arrangements, who adds,
“this will be somewhat of a Joint
operation"
Ooleman County Breeder-Feeders,
head by organisation president Ray-
mond Mcfirath, will Join forces
with a large delegation of West
Texas Hereford Association mem-
ban who will visit this county on
the second day of their three day
tour of May 14, 15 and 16.
For the Ooleman association it
wtt he their flfil
since before the war, at which time
they were an annual event. The
combined tour here will be high-
lighted by a barbecue at noon at
the city park, with Frank Oilles-
ple In charge of arrangements. John
Will Vance and Ray Jameson an in
charge of the tour as far as Cole-
man countian* are concerned.
GUI states that the delegation
from out of county will arrive at
Jim and Carter Dibreila place at
about 10:30 am. Wednesday morn-
ing, and will go from than to
the city park for barbecue Imme-
diately after nan the group will
go to Jim ami Fay GUI’s place
north of town and then on to
Bowen Hereford Farm and lastly to
John Will Vance's Oolden Hoof
Farm From there they leave Oole-
man county to visit the Cox sad
Mclnnls ranch, north of Brown-
wood.
The West Texas Hereford tour
will cover the Sweetwater area the
first day, this county the second
day and Albany section the third
day. Anyone so desiring may take
part in the entire tour, GUI sage. It
starts from the Agriculture budding
at Abilene each morning at eight
o'clook on the first two days and at
nine o'clock the last day.
Mayor Expects
Permit On Hord's
(reek In 10 Days
Mayor J. F Gaines announces to-
day that he expects the State Board
of Water Engineers to grant a (kt-
mlt within ten days to the City of
Coleman to appropriate 2.240 acre
feet of water j>er year from Hord’s
Creek.
The Mayor states that the ap-
proval of application was delayed
because of a matter of emergency
spillway plans and publication affi-
davit not being Included in origin-
al patters, but that such papers will
be In the state office shortly.
Last Rites For
John Henry Sanders
Tuesday Afternoon
Lost rites for John Henry San-
ders, 83, retired truck driver, were
conducted at Wright's Funeral
Chapel Tuesday afternoon. May 7th,
at 3:00 p.m. with the Rev J, J
Hoffer officiating Interment was In
the city cemetery.
Sanders was found dead in bed
Sunday morning. May 5th. at 5 30.
in the home of hi* daughter, Mr*
T. F. Thompson, who resides on
Eighth street, a* a result of heart
failure He was born March 14,
1863 and came to Coleman county
In 1924 from Morgan County, Tenn
Survivors are: three daughters,
Mrs. J. A. Mclntire of Santa An
no, Mrs. T. F. Thompson of Oole-
man and Mrs. Lyt* Sherrod of
Brownwood; a son, A, H, Sanders of
Louisiana
Pallbearer* were: Jus Lykin*. M.
O. Jackson R. M Lyklns. Jr,
Woodrow Griffin, R M Lyklns. Sr,
The Coleman County Vocational'?-
SS" r SEuSSf.ZSS Masonic Funeral For
for vocational agriculture will be
held at 7:30 pm., Friday, May 13,
1946. in the classroom of the Ag-
ricultural building. The county Ag-
riculture building Is located at 215
East Pecan street. Ail men who
have applied for training in voca-
tional agriculture are requested to
be present.
The purpose of this meeting wilt
be to distribute new Information,
discuss the time classes will meet,
iron out transportation pr.obiet is
and determine the specialized train-
ing that the Individual will require.
Tile coordinator held a telephone
conversation with Mr J C Horn
of the State Veterans Administra-
tion office Monday Mr Hem Is act-
ing state vocational rehabilitat'd
(Continued on Page 8)
Last Rites For
Mrs. W. E. Hickman
Here Past Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Bernice
R Hickman. 63, of 1503 Commer-
cial avenue, were held the pasi
Friday, May 3rd. at 3:30 pm at the
First Baptist church, with the pas-
tor, the Rev. T. Lynn Stewart offi-
ciating. Interment was In the Santa
Anna cemetery.
Mrs. Hickman was born June 7,
1882 in Madlsonvilie, Texas. She
was a member of the Baptist church
and Eastern Star lodge. She died
May 2 at 2:00 p.m.
Survivors are: the husband, W.
E Hickman: two brothers, 8. T
Cobb of Coleman and. T B Cobb of
Melvin, a sister, Mrs. Nellie Howell
of Coleman, and a niece, Mrs Anna
Lee Fink, whom Mrs. Hickman rest-
ed from childbirth.
Pallbearers were: D. E. Loveless.
Jimmie Cox. Wade Hemphill, Willie
King. John May, Jesse Penney. Guy
Cullins and E A. Jeanes
Flower bearers were: Mias Thelma
Howard. Miss Lena Kate Atkins.
Miss Sarah Keaton, Mias Alms
Lewis, Mis* Frances Stevens. Miss
Settle McCulloch, Miss Jeanette
Blatherwick. Mrs. Earl Byrd. Miss
John E. Rankin, Mon.
Masonic services were conducted
here Monday, May 6, for John E.
Rankin, 42, of Gene©. Texas, who
died in Houston. May 3, at 3:40
am Services were at the Stevens'
Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. T.
Lynn Stewart officiating. Inter-
ment was In the city cemetery
Mr. Rankin, gas engineer for
Humble Oil and Refining Co., was
bom June 4. 1903 in Rising Star.
He was a member of the Masonic
lodge.
Survivors are: the widow, Mrs
Mandy Rankin; two sons, R. L. and
Edward Rankin; a daughter, Miss
Let.ha Rankin; two brothers, I. B.
Rankin of Plainview and Clarence
Rankin of Winters,' two sisters, Mrs
Eunice Cason of Washington and
Mrs. Pearl Weaver of Amariilq.
Pallbearers were all Masons. T C
Knowles, Simon Home, Jim Ripley,
j George Robey, E A. Lancaster and
jj. C. Dlbrell, Flower bearers wpw
Mr Elmer Neff, Mrs. Char .e
Hunter, Mrs. R, R Rankin. Mrs
Robert Neff, Miss Grace Sutmp-
hil! and Mrs. O. B O’Brien
Rural CofC Boar
Meets Sat. Afternoon
There will be a board meeting of
the Rural Chamber of Commerce
direr tors Saturday afternoon. May
11th, at 2:30 o’clock in the Cham-
ber of Commerce office.
John Will Vance, president., will
be in charge of the session.
Food Drive Starts
In (ounly, Headed
By E. R. Griffis
With E R. “Bill" Griffis as coun-
ty chairman, the emergency food
relief campaign starts in Coleman
county tomorrow, Friday, May 10th,
It is announced.
R. R. Browning and R. A. Gard-
ner will assist Griffis in the drive.
Solicitation will be conducted pri-
marily t hrough the assistance of the
schools, jOrtffis points out Anyone
desiring other information should
contact him.
T. J. Allen’s Lambs
Topped Fort Worth
Market Tuesday
Tuesday of this week T. J. Allen’s
lambs topped the Fort Worth BOOT-
ket with 14 1/4 cents, it I* an-
nounced ' mmrnmmmmm
Allen shipped 360
to Fort Worth They a'
about 90 pounds each and
a subsidy of $2.65.
Joint Meeting
Tonight At Ray
Post Home
Ray Post No. 213. the American
Legion, will have a Joint meeting
With the ladles of the Auxiliary to-
night, May 9th, at 8:00 pm., an-
nounces James T. Padgttt, v poet
commander. ?S*
Rev D. J Williams, ex-chaplain
of Colorado Boys Reformatory, will
speak on “Child Delinquency tn
America.”
The public is invited, says Com-
mander Pttdgltt,
Marjorie Shore, Mr*. Maggie
Straucb and lfim Weoh McCulloch
J. E. Steven* Ob we* in charge
ftrraninuf
Railroad Embargo Will (urfail 90 Per (ent
Of Shipping Through Local Office;
Goes Into Effect Friday, Hay 10th
' W. G. McKinney, local Railway Express agent, an-
nounces that he has received notification of an em-
bargo that will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday,
which he estimates will curtail 90 per cent of the
shipping through his office.
He explains that the embargo has been brought
about on account of the fuel shortage. Eighty-seven
per cent of the nation’s trains use coal and the cur-
rent coal strike has cut their supply.
McKinney states that many trains
taken off over the country but he does i
any of the schedules thru Coleman will
There is an exception list on the
far as Coleman is concerned, such ex<
ther restricted by shipments only to points mi
ta Fe lines.
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Autry, Milton. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 9, 1946, newspaper, May 9, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731699/m1/1/?q=jane+long: accessed June 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.