The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 1, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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The Paducah Post
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THIRTY-EIGHT YEARS, NO. 47
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PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 4945
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WAR
In Cottle Cr King Counties
Derrington Gets
Purple Heart
Mrs. Dorothy Derrington re-
ceived Saturday a Purple Heart
from the War Department which
was awarded her husband fox
wounds he received November 26
while serving in the 1 mra
Army infantry in the E.i.U.
Pvt. Derrington is in a hospi-
tal now in England.
DOOLEN IS OKAY
Mrs. J. 0. Doolen received word
this week that her son, Oran Dool-
en of Glenwood Springs, Colo.,
got a telegram from the Chaplain
of her other son, Sgt. Lorin Dool-
en, from whom the family has not
heard in 5 months, saying that he
is well and in no great danger.
Sgt. Doolen is in the Medical
Corps somewhere in Belgium. Mrs.
Doolen and Oran had written to
Sgt Doolen’s commanding offi-
cer and chaplain asking about
his safety because they had not
heard for so long.
Cargill Promoted
To Cpl. Overseas
Hollis Cargill, 2L of Paducah,
Texas, has recently been
promoted to the grade of corpor-
al, it was announced by his groun
commander, with the 1.5th AAF
in Italy.
A parachute specialist, Cpl.
Cargill is stationed with a B-24
Liberator heavy bombardment
squadron of the 15th Air Force
which has flown more than 175
missions against German-held tar-
gets in southern and central Eu-
rope.
A graduate of Delwin High,
where he played varsity baseball,
Cpl. Cargill joined the Air Corps
in June 1943. His brother, Clar-
ence, is serving with an ordnance
outfit.
LOCAL CAGER
ALL-DISTRICT
TEAM PLAYER
Lockney basketeers took the
district crown last wTeek out of
the anxious hands of a Matador
club which had won the right,
as tournament champions, to play
the round-robin winners in a 3-
game play-off series to see who
would represent this district at
the regional meet in Plainview on
Msrch 3.
Weekend before last the six
district teams met at Matador for
the tournament, at which the nose
team came out the winner.
The Paducah Dragons were
represented on the all-district
team, which was picked at the
tournament, by Maurice Thaxton.
Other top players chosen were
Meyers of Lockney, Willett and
Payne of Matador and Morrison
of Floydada.
Three games were played on
the Friday night of the tourna-
ment. Locknev defeated Crosby-
ton, 66-30. Floydada whipped
Spur, 32-15. Matador defeated Pa-
ducah, 39-36.
On Saturday the winners play-
ed winners and the losers played
off consolation matches. Floyda-
da beat Lockney 29-26, which
was the big upset of the tourna-
ment. In a consolation bout then
Spur defeated Crosbyton, 45-32.
Matadop beat Floydada, 28-23, to
cinch the tournament. And Padu-
cah played Spur as consolation,
and won, 24-19, thus giving the
local team claim to the title of
consolation champs.
Siegfried Line Used for Bagpipe
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W. O. Millard Grary plays his bagpipes in the “Dragons Teeth” of
the Siegfried line on the 9th army front, while German shells whine
overhead. His buddies refuse to let him practice nearer their foxholes.
Nine-Inch Snow Covers County
With Deepest Fall in I5 Years
Mrs. Gibbs’
Brother Hurt
Mrs. Dewey Gibbs received this
week a letter from the wife of
her brother, Pvt. Robert V.
(Jack) Johnson, enclosing a tele-
gram she received from the War
Department, stating that he had
been slightly injured in action
February 2 in Germany.
Pvt. Johnson was raised in Cot-
tle County. He has been overseas
with an infantry unit for about
2 months.
His wife lives in Lovington, N.
Mex.
17 TAKE
DRAFT EXAMS
Seventeen men left Paducah
Tuesday on a bus bound for Dal-
las where they will take their pre-
induction physicals.
Those men were:
Simon Gentry, Marvin Black,
Earl Rittenbury, Roy White,
Thomas Canon. James Goundie,
Barney'^interlock, Clinton Matney,
Cleo Branseum, Benjamin Brewer
Leaders Hope to Complete
Red Cross Drive March 10
With an eye toward putting the 1945 Red Cross War Fund
drive over in Cottle and Ring Counties by March 10, local
workers began their subscription canvassing Thursday on the
$5,200 goal for the two counties.
S. A. Dupriest, general chairman, appointed block money-
gathers this week for both the residential and business sections.
Mr. Dupriest has requested that » ; IV; - ai
they call by the West Texas Util-f
LANDS IN FRANCE
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Latimer re-
ceived a letter this week from
son, W. C. stating that he had
their son, W. C., stating that he
had recently landed in France
with the 13th Armored Division.
He said that he was well and get-
ting along fine.
POW CRISWELL WRITES
Mr. and Mrs. Doc Armstrong
received this week a letter from
Sgt. Kenneth Criswell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Criswell of
Wichita Falls, who has been a
prisoner of war in Germany for
nearly 2 years. Written October
17, it stated that he was “well
and safe.”
MATHIS HOME
Royce Mathis, Seabee, and son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Mathis
of Dumont Route, is home on
leave this week visiting his par-
ents. He has been stationed in
Rhode Island.
ANDERSON HOME
AS Harold Anderson, who has
been stationed at Warrensburg,
Mo., at a Naval Base, visited this
week with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Anderson and his
grandmother, Mrs. G. H. Ander-
son.
ties Office’ for their working sup-
plies. They are the following:
Business Section—
G. T. Williams, Chmn.
West side of Square, S. A. Wil-
liams, Dawson Reid.
1st Nal. Bank Block, Bill Big-
ham, W. A. Bishop.
North side Block, Leon Wil-
kins, Rex Keys.
East Side & Hotel Block, A.
E. Green, Earl Combs.
South Side Block, Herbert
Henry, C. R. Holder.
Post Office Block, F. R. Shaw,
W. R. Nix.
Jackson Tire ,Co. Block, F. M.
Standridge, Roy Powell.
cneo nranscum, ucujauuu Allison Block, Roy Winton, Bill
Harold Chewning. Charles, Welch, i Barrett.
transferred from Boise City, Okla. | Ford & Chevrolet Block, C. R.
James Ward, transferred^ from Wood. '
Court House, C. N. Willingham.
City Hall, Mrs. E. H. Archer.
City Schools, J. D. Wilson.
Highway, West from Magnolia
Sta., H. D. Foster.
■ Highway, North from Jackson
Hotel, all Gins, J. F. Powell, C.
L. Wright.
Highway, South from old tour-
ist camp, Wylie Boyle.
Residential Section-
Mrs. C. A. Phillips, Chmn.
8th St. South and East, Mrs.
J. P. Hogue.
9th St. South, Mrs. J. T.
Hodges, Mrs. Geo. Brock.
10th St. South, Mrs. Paul New-
som, Mrs. Suttle Majors.
11th St., all way, North and
South, Mrs. Bob Wood, Mrs. Joe
Bell.
12 th St. South, Mrs. John
Brown, Mrs. C. B. Bobo,
12fh St. North, Mrs. Joe Mead-
or, Mrs. Ruby Hutton.
13th St. South, Mrs. G. N. Ro-
bertson, Mrs. L. M. Thompson.
13th St. North, Mrs. Tom Wil-
liams, Mrs. T. L. Wilkins.
14th St. South,, Mrs. Olen
Pressley, Mrs. A. E. Dumont.
14th St. North, Mrs. P. E. God-
frey, Mrs. B. F. Hobson.
15th St. South, Mrs. >G. I. Lee,
Mrs. Howard Powell.
15th St. North, Mrs. W. C.
Briggs.
16th St. South,' Mrs. Roy Win-
ton, Mrs. June Watts.
16th St. North, Mrs. Ira Bohn-
er, Mrs. A. M. Parker.
17th St. South, Mrs. C. C.
Pate, Mrs. Wylie Boyle.
17th St. North, Mrs. L. V. An-
derson, Mrs. L. B. Lowery.
18th St. all way through, Mrs.
R. B. Etter, Mrs. D. E. Richards.
North of Railroad, Mrs. Homer
Biddy, Mrs. Hubert Lee.
Northeast part of town, Mrs.
A. J. Williams, Mrs. Tom Long.
Eagle Pass, Winston Gaston,
transferred from Camden, Ala.,
Barrett Pruitt, transfered from
Palestine, Juan Chaves, trans-
fered fom Harlingen, Merlyn
Love, transferred from Inglewood,
Calif.
Glen Stone was transferred to
Salem, Oregon, hoard, Delbert
McDonald to Mansford, Calif.,
board, Juan Chagoya to San Mar-
cos board, Alvin Lambert to
to Prinsville, Oregon, board, Her-
shel Brady to Whitesboro board,
Hubert McDonald to Mansford,
Calif., board.
Frank Boadway and Riley Au-
brey inductions were postponed.
William Moore, Horna Cornell
and Tommy Crabtree did not re-
port.
ANGRY BULL
MEANS $25
FOR SCOUTS
MORE GIVERS
TO MEMORIAL
ARE LISTED
S. A. Dupriest announced this
week the names of several more
contributors to the Memorial Fund
for the erection of a recreation
building for war veterans.
Those included:
V. M. Hand—$100; Wylie
Boyle—$100; H. E. Fox—$25;
G. W. Bowden—$25; Roy Wall—
$10; and E. C. West—$10.
The Post erroneously excluded
from the list published last week
the name of J. G. Martin and
Co. who gave $100 to the fund
at the mass meeting when the
drive was first opened.
Members of the local Legion
Post, who initiated the drive, ex-
plained this week that all con-
tributions which have come in so
far have been on a mass volun-
teer basis.
No business-to-business, house-
to-house canvassing for money
has been endeavored as yet, be-
caused the Legion believes that
a good portion of the $25,000
total sought will come in “on its
own” within the next few weeks.
They think that Cottle and
King Counties, for whom the
structure will be built, are now
fairly familiar with the build-
ing plans, and are pleasecj with
the enthusiasm thus far express-
ed by the citizens.
Donations can. be given to any
member of the Legion, who will
see that the giver is properly
credited.
HOUSE HONORS
EUBANK WITH
STATE TRIBUTE
A memorial resolution to the
late Lt. (j.g.) Paul Eubank, state
representative of the 121st dis-
trict, who was killed in action in
the Pacific January 11,. 1944, was
adopted by the State House of „ auuuulH.cu
Representatives Monday. * nesday "that the Paducah Indepen-
Eubank was serving ms o will hp-frin
term in the House and was on
School Census
To Be Taken
J. D. Wilson announced Wed-
Like a pre-war down comfort of unrationed ...Sugary the
deepest snow in at least 15 years covered Cottle tVunty Mon-
day night. Paducah residents awakened Tuesday and found
their automobiles snowed in. Transportation throughout the
county was generally paralyzed.
Marvin Allison, who keeps a permanent record :of moisture
in Paducah, reported Wednesday that his register of the snow
was 9 inches. That, coupled with the sleet, rain, and ice. on Sun-
day night and Monday, meant a total moisture value for the
week which averaged .98 inches.
Other snow measurers got
slightly varying results. Charlie* *
Graham’s register reported 10 -
inches of snow and 1.08 inches
of equivalent rain precipitation
for the week.
Everyone seemed to agree that
it was a “pretty” snow. Contrast-
ing with the unusual April deluge
of several years back which stack-
ed itself in huge drifts, this one
was quite level. Little wind ac-
compained it.
Thick as it was, however, it
was doomed to a short life, be-
cause though the thermometer
fell below freezing after sundown
the daylight hours saw it climb
to the middle forties as the sun
continued to shine.
Car-owners dug out rusty chains
when they realized there’d be no
backing out of garages without
them. Those without chains eith-
er shoveled energetically at walks
and drives or immediately joined
a car (with chains) pool.
The country school buses didn’t
run Monday because of the thick
ice and sleet. And they certainly
didn’t run Tuesday. Although the
Paducah schools stayed open, a
very small percentage of the stu
dents turned up for classwork on
the snow’s first day.
Snow fights, snow rolls, snow
men, galoshes and boots made
their customary appearance to
complete the northern winter at-
mosphere.
Cattle raisers and wheat grow-
ers didn’t seem to be very worried
over bad effects brought on by
the weather. The youngest ani-
mals and the tallest wheat suf-
fered some damage.
leave from his official duties when
he was killed.
His district included Cottle,
Childress, Motley and Hall coun-
ties. He had been in action for
several months and bad been a-
warded the DFC for heroism in
action.
Hubert Lee of Paducah suc-
ceeded the Lieutenant.
MRS. ARCHER DIES
Mrs. E. H. Arctier was called to
Vernon this week to attend the
funeral of her mother-in-lav.,
Mrs. J. S. Archer, who had been
seriously ill for sometime.
dent 'School District will begin
its census enumeration on March 1.
The names of all children be-
tween the ages of 6 and 18 re-
siding within the district will be
given to Mrs. Alma Dutton, cen-
sus enumerator.
Superintendent Wilson stated
“It is very important that all of
the names of children within this
age group be given to Mrs. Dut-
ton when she. makes her calls dur-
ing the month of March, because
the state pays $25 per student
or scholastic, and the fund must
be kept up to its needed strength.”
Professor Frank A. Jernigan
will take the census of the color-
ed school children in the district.
STOUT HEARS FROM
HIS BROTHER
The Rev. Neal Stout received a
letter from his brother, Pvt. Wm.
Stout, this week, stating that he
had arrived in France. Pvt. Stout
is an infantryman.
Luzon Veteran
Visits Here
R. C. Bradshaw, S 1-c, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bradshaw,
who now reside near Tulia, Tex-
as, was here last week visiting
friends. He was accompanied bv
his wife.
Formerly associated with his
father in a watch repair business
in Paducah, Seaman Bradshaw has
recently returned from the Pa-
cific where he participated in 5
Paducah Scouts had some fun
and simultaneously added $25 to
their Scout fund last Saturday
when they carried over a trial
from their previous Saturday’s
day of Scout Rule.
Before County Judge Freddie
Becker, Humpy Briggs and How-
ard Thompson were brought as
defendants in which case the
state charged that the two drove
through an intersection at the
Square without stopping, violat-
ing the law.
Gene Paul Isbell was prosecu-
tor for the state. Maurice Schaded
acted as defending attorney. A
jury of 9 Scouts and 3 spectators
were chosen, and after the at-
torneys haa pleaded their cases,
it was decided that the defendants
were not * guilty—their main de-
fense being that in the back of
the pickup they carried at the
time a mad bull with which they
could not safely stop in the down-
town area.
The fine, if they were found
guilty, would have been several
dollars.
As evidence of his gratitude to
the jury for clearing his name,
Mr. Briggs donated $25 to the
Scout renumerations for the day,
the fund of which will be used
to buy’ equipment for the boys.
DINING ROOM CLOSES
The Criswell Dining Room clos-
ed this week due to the scarcity
of help. Mr. and Mrs. Criswell
have been unable to find enough
employees to keep the establish-
ment operating on its usual bas-
is. i
’Diversify/ Said He, The
Cow, Sow, and Hen Man
Knitting Thread
Is Available
Mrs. C. N. Willingham, pro-
duction chairman of the local Red
Cross Chapter, said Wednesday
that she has on hand some knit-
ting thread for women who would
like to do knitting for the Red
Cross.
As she does not keep the of-
fice open regularly now, the
thread supply is kept at her home.
Week Added
To Shoe Sales
Because the recent freight em-
bargo has delayed shipments of
“odd-lot” shoes from wholesalers,
retailers will be granted an addi-
tional week—through March 10
—to sell “odd-lot” shoes ration-
free to consumers, the Rationing
Division of the District OPA has
announced.
They called him “cow, sow and
hen” county agent back in the
days when diversified farming
was scoffed at. But H. M. Can-
trell was brought up on the theo-
ry that a cow and a sow and a
hen on a farm are what make a
farm a farm.
And he’s lived to see Cottle
Countv find out how right he was.
It began 20 years ago when
Mr. and Mrs. Cantrell first moved
to Paducah. As county agent he
wanted to sell the farmers here on
the idea that there was money in
diversification. At the time Pa-
ducah had an up and coming
Chamber of Commerce, which was
always willing to back an experi-
ment if the margin for improve-
ment seemed to outweigh the trou-
ble involved. ,
Mr. Cantrell was convinced
that what Cottle County needed
to get into the chicken business
was a hatchery. And W. H. Ab-
ernathy, then Chamber of Comr
merce Secretary, finally agreed to
back the plan “to the limit.”
So the business men raised $3,-
000. The problem then was to
find somebody who was interested
enough in it to make the hatch-
ery a successful business venture.
Mr. Cantrell had his hands full
with agent work. He knew his wife
was always wanting to dabble in
something new, so he went home
one night and said, “It’s yours,
if you want it,” And she did.
That was the beginning of the
Paducah Hatchery. With a good
part of their equipment designed
by the Cantrells and made by lo-
cal carpenters, they began . the
poultry adventure. In 3 years
Mrs. Cantrell had paid off the
$3,000 note. Today they laugh
about the surprised look on many
of the business men’s faces when
Mrs. Cantrell walked in to pay
them their share of the money.
They’d scratch their heads as if
they didn’t know what she was
talking about and say, “Oh yeah.
Well, you know, I didn’t think
anybody could make a go of it,
so I just marked that off as a
donation.” But they took the
money and watched with renew-
ed interest the continued grow-
ing of the business.
Results of the Cantrell diversi-
fied program ran something like
this. Before they started the coun-
ty’s gross produce sales were $2,-
000 in 1925. In 1928 they climb-
ed to $150,000 for produce and
$50,000 for cream and butter.
The Cantrells continually swap-
ped off small hatching machines
for larger ones. They hatch 45,-
000 or more eggs now every 3
weeks. And their trays of timid lit-
tle chicks where the youngsters
brood hold more than 8,000.
They began the business with
White Leghorns and RhVde Is-
land Reds only, built up to 15
standard brands, and since the
beginning of the war have limited
it to the 10 most popular breeds.
The Cantrells themselves stand
completely responsible for the
purity of each breed’s blood. They
cull their flocks regularly by mak-
ing blood and body tests.
Sometimes the weather is not
so kind to chicks still wet behind
the ears. In 1927 a blizzard blew
into town at 35 miles an hour,
dropping the thermometer to 7
below zero. The electrical power
lines between here and Abilene
were cut off. And just-hatched
chicks must be kept warm.
Mr. Cantrell contacted B. F.
Hobson about midnight and said,
“Help me get hold of some kero-
sene stoves—quick!” Together
they rounded up several. Five
thousand chicks spent the night
on their garage floor. And 60 per
cent of those who crawled out
of eggs during tha4 storm lived.
As Murphy Cantrell would say,
“I beg your pardon, but a lot of
it was uphill.”
CANNING SUGAR
ISSUE PERIOD
OPENS MONDAY
Under a drastically curtailed
rationing program, allowances of
sugar for home canning this year
will be limited to 20 pounds for
one person. Any one family will
be held to 160 pounds. The local
Office of Price Administration re-
vealed this week as it outlined
the procedure to be followed in
194,5.
Issuance in Texas will begin
March 5 and end October 31, 19-
45. There will be only one con-
tinuous issuing period this year,
instead of two as last year. How-
ever, a second application, mak-
ing up to 20 pounds per person
total, may be made during this
one issuing period.
No sugar ration stamps will be
validated for canning sugar. All
allotments will be made directly
by local ration boards. Rations
will be determined according to
an OPA scale of estimates, with
a limit of one pound of sugar
for each four quarts of fruit ox-
fruit juices. #
Major i*eason for curtailing this
year’s program is that sugar stocks
ai-e the lowest they have been for
any Februax-y since the war be-
gan. The rationing system which
prevailed last year resulted in an
ovei'-usage of 300,000 tons, OPA
said. Sugar production in Cuba,
chief U. S. source, is down from
last year, while military needs
continue high.
LANDING HELD
PETITION HAS
BEEN GRANTED
The Lions Club received in-
formation this week from the In-
tenational Control Board of Aero-
nautics at Fort Wox-th that the-
petition for a landing field at
Paducah has been granted so far
as that board is concerned. The
application must finally be approv-
ed at Washington, but the Fort
Wox-th board stated that it would
be onlv a matter of fox-m.
A letter addressed to O. J.
Riley, county judge, said in part:
“We wish to advise that the
Fort Worth Subcommittee, IATCB
has recommended that your air-
port be approved.
“These temporary designations-
are gx-anted with the under-stand-
ing that if the Washington Board
disappoves the designation, the
temporary designation will be lift-
ed, and any expense incun-ed will
be at your own risk.”
The designation was granted
with the proviso that all traffic
remain clear of the Childx-ess
danger area, designating that it
should be south of highway 70
and east of highway 83.
The location for the field has
been designated on the county-
farm about two miles southeast
of Paducah. Arrangements are
now being made to get the county
to grade the runways. A manager
will soon be secured, as this is
a part of the considei-ation for
granting the field.
Mr. and Mrs. Y.erne Jackson
visited in Lubbock Sunday with
Verne’s parents.
NEW CAFE OPENS
Raymond Barber and Pete
Boone have announced the open-
ing of the “B & B Cafe” next
door to the Palace Theater, where
the Ritz Cafe was formely situat-
ed.
Miss Davis Leaves
Post To Enter
Specialized Field
This week, Miss Ernestine Da-
vis leaves the Post to enter a
specialized field. Her tenative
plans are to go to Chicago, where
she has an aunt, and specialize in
feature writing.
She is the daughter of Judge
and Mrs. E. M. Davis of Brown-
wood, a graduate of Texas Uni-
vex-sity where she specialized in
journalism and came here with
us last October at the tirxie of
the purchase of the Post.
She has made many friends
in Paducah, has been a faithful
and loyal employee and it is with
regret that we announce her de-
pax’tux’e. We wish for her, in hex-
chosen field, a great success.
To date her successor has not
been secui-ed and for the present
Mr. Carlock has graciously agreed
that his tugs be hooked again un-
til other arrangements can be
made.
SUBLETTS GET
FIRST LOOK AT
SON’S UNIFORM
Pfc. Alton A. (Buddy) Sublett
came home last week on a temp-
orally duty 30-day furlough after
29 and one-half months overseas
with the AAF Service Command
in England, North Africa and
Italy.
And when they said temporary
duty, they meant temporary duty,
for although this is the first time
his parents have seen him in his
Army uniform, which he first
donned 38 months ago, he wilL
return to active duty in Naples,
Italy, at the completion of this,
his first furlough.
Son of Mr. and. Mi-s. J. H. Sub-
lett, Buddy met ;one of his two
brothers serving overseas in Italy,
Elmer, who had just arrived with
a P-51 squadron to sei've with the
15th Air Foi’ce.
Another brother, S-Sgt. Henry,
is a gunner with the 8th Air Force
stationed in England.
Other familiar faces which he
accidentally saw overseas were
those of Guy Stewart, Weldon
Gentry, and R. L. Owens. Run-
ning into hometown boys like that
really gves a Paducahite a lift,
says Buddy.
When his fui-lough is over, he
will report fii'st to San Antonio.
Golfers Elect
Year’s Officers
The annual meeting of the Pa-
ducah Golf Club was held Mon-
day evening at which time the
following officei-s were elected:
W. A, Bishop, president; E. A.
Cax-lock, vice president; C. H.
Christian, Secretary-treasurer.
New directors elected weex-e M.
R. Blake and S. A. Dupx-iest.
Hold-over directox's are J. P.
Hogue, P. E. Godfrey and G. T.
Williams.
L. V. Andex-son was elected
grounds chaix*man.
Claudia Nell McCain of Little-
field visited Mary Katherine
1 Graves this week.
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