The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 11, 1946 Page: 1 of 10
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Paducah “The
Friendliest Little
City In Texas”
FORTY YEARS, NO.
'14
The Paducah post
10 pages • PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1946
Shop In Paducah
Where Courtesy
Reigns Supreme
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY
LOCAL TAXI
.MAN ROBBED
»* FOURTH JULY
It wasn’t a very quiet, peace-
ful or glorious Fourth of July for
George Redfern, local Taxi Op-
erator. On that day he received
a telephone call to pick-up a cus-
tomer at the Cottle Hotel, and
upon arriving at the hotel, a
stra.nger told Redfern he wanted
to make a trip to the country.
About two and one-half' miles
east of Paducah the taxi halted
'* at a deserted house to let the
passenger out. Redfern noticed
a 42 Model Ford Coupe with one
* man seated in it, and one fellow
' was standing behind the car with
a shot gun in his hands. The
man with the gun remarked to
the Taxi Operator. “How Do You
Like The Looks of the Shotgun?
The Taxi Driver still thinking it
joke answered by saying,
“Looks alright—how do you like
mine?”
The man holding the gun (all
the-while keeping his face hid)
discharged the shotgun over the
taxi and Redfern realized the
seriousness of his predicament.
He along with the stranger he
had picked up at the hotel were
,r marched into the vacant house
and Redfern was robbed of $29.-
00.
4 The passenger, however, turn-
ed out to be a decoy, and after
^ the robbery the three men dis-
connected the spark-plug wires,
removed the distributor cap on
the taxi drivers car and then
headed south.
'Redfern walked to the highway,
caught a ride to town, and it was
some time before officers were
notified. He states the hold-up
men had their license plates cov
ered with a piece of black cloth
and he was unable to get their
number.
CONDENSED
STATEMENT OF
FIRST NATIONAL
The condensed statement at
the close of business at the First
National Bank, on June 29 shows
the following figures:
RESOURCES: Loans and Dis-
counts $336,445.29; Government,
Cotton and Wheat Loans, $165,
207.42; U. S. Gqv. Bonds due
less than one year, $1,681,000.00;
Other U. S. Goy, Bonds $206,800.
00; Other Stocks and Bonds,
/ $175,001.56; Banking House,
Furniture and Fixtures, $10,500.-
00; Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. $1.00;
Cash in Vault and With Other
. ( Banks, $1,331,522.79. These
amounts total $3,906,478.06.
LIABILITIES: Capitol Stock,
$75,000.00; Surplus Funds, $65,-
500.00; Undivided Profits (Net)
$61,335.72; Reserve for Contin-
gencies, $10,000.00; Deposits, $3,-
694,642.34. These amounts total
$3,906,478.06. ,
The last previous call was on
December 31, 1945 and Re-
sources stood at $3,904,716.70
and Deposits at $3,726,738.86.
BACKHOME
; FOR KEEPS
^ Cpl. Austin N. Wilson entered
service July 27, 1944, discharged
June 21, 1946.
S/C 3rd./c J. C. Tobias en-
tered service September 22, 1944
Enl. Reserves June 17, 1946.
^William D. Bigham, Radar 3/c
entered service August 30, 1944,
discharged June 19, 1946.
Pfc. Raymond B. Cook entered
service Sept. 1, 1944, discharged
June 28. 1946.
T. D. Rochelle entered service
January 23, 1941, discharged
June 28, 1946.
T/5 Leon A. White entered
service May 30, 1945, discharged
June 28, 1946.
Calvin Marvin Smith QM 3/c
entered service Nov. 23, 1944,
. discharged July 2, 1946. ,
t Pfc. J. O. Bradshaw entered
service September 29, 1944, dis-
X charged June 29, 1946.
Cpl. James Hand entered ser-
> vice February 13, 1941, dis-
charged June 25, 1946.
S 1/c Orval J. Davidson en-
tered service May 30, 1944, dis-
charged June 24, 1946.
T/5 G. N. Robertson entered
service April 17, 1945, discharged
July 4, 1946.
M-3/c Bud R. Mathis entered
service November 15, 1944, dis-
charged July 1, 1946.
HOWARD POWELLS WRITE
FROM IDAHO
A card received just before
press time today, from the Ho-
ward Powells state at the time
of writing were at the Idaho and
Oregon State line. They state
vJ; they have seen lots of pretty
v " places and are having a wonder-
*v ful time.
Local People
Attend Meeting
At Vernon Tues.
County School Superintendent,
Mary Dell Traweek, Mrs. Hugh
Frazier and Lloyd Mayes attend-
ed a meeting at Vernon, recently
for the discussion of the organi-
zation and operation for Veter-
ans Vocational Schools.
The meeting was held by Zane
G. Brewer, Supervisor of Vet-
erans Education of the Lubbock
region, and attended by all Su-
perintendents of that region.
A Veterans Vocational School
will be held in Cottle County
provided an adequate number ap-
ply. Qualified Veterans who de-
sire more knowledge about their
vocation should see Mrs. Mary
Dell Traweek or Lloyd Mayes for
further information.
The Veteran must be partici-
pating in the 1;ype of woi’k in
which he is applying for school-
ing. He receives the same com-
pensation as if enrolled in col-
lege.
Joe B. Harrison
Assigned To New
Duties on Manilla
Technician Fifth Grade Joe B.
Harrison, son of Mr. J. B. Har-
rison of this city is now assigned
as a power-house operator with
the Utilities Section at the Re-
placement Command Disposition
Center, formerly the 5th Replace-
ment Depot, south of Manila.
Entering the Army in Febru-
ary 1945, T/5 Harrison received
Infantry training at Camp Maxey,
Texas. After his arrival overseas
at Manila last September he was
assigned to the 6th Replacement
Depot. For his Army service he
is authorized to wear the Asiatic-
Pacific Theatre ribbon and the
World War II Victory Medal rib-
bon.
T/5 Harrison’s wife, Hazel, re-
sides at.Quanah, Texas.
Brother of Local
Man Buried Tues.
At Dublin, Texas
Word was received here the
first of the week of the passing
of E. R. Hood, Fort Worth, on
Sunday, July 7. He is a bro-
ther of W. J. Hood of this city.
Many residents here will re-
member the deceased man, as
Edd Hood. He moved from this
city to Dublin, Texas in 1917,
and from Dublin later moved to
Fort Worth where he was resid-
ing at the time of his death.
Survivors include: Three chil-
dren, Minnie Lou Hood, Dublin;
Clara Holmes, and Neeley Hood
of Fort Worth; and one brother,
W. J. Hood of this city.
NOW IN CITY
Mrs. Carroll Aston arrived last
week-end in this city to join her
husband, who is manager of the
J. C. Penney Company here.
Their daughter, Mary Jane and
son, James Carroll will join their
parents the latter part of this
week.
"Back Scratcher” is
Live Stock Bug-Killer
i
Recent Department of Agricul-
ture experiments prove the effec-
tiveness of DDT in fly, mosquito,
lice, and tick control when applied
in dust form as is demonstrated
here in a newly improved auto-
matic cattle currier manufactured
by a Pender (Neb.) concern. A
“back-scratching” principle makes
this machine a wholly automatic
“hired man” which saves the
stockman’s time and effort for
other jobs. The currier is also
adapted for the application of
rotenone dust and medicated oils
to combat other livestock pests
not affected by DDT.
W. M. BROWNING
W. M. Browning of the Cal-
vary Baptist Church, Dallas will
be in charge of the music at Re-
vival services which will begin
July 31 at the local First Bap-
tist Church.
COTILE COUNTY
LIST WHO GAVE
THEIR “ALL”
An honor list of dead and miss-
ing for the State of Texas, in
World War Two is just off the
press. The list was prepared by
the Adjutant General for the
War Department Bureau of Pub-
lic Relations Washington, and
contains the names of the follow-
ing men from Cottle County who
gave their all:
William A. Beggs, Ernest W.
Boykin, Novel M. Catlett, James
H. Clemens, Willie V. Compton,
Marvin J. Curtis, Francis L. Dam-
ron, C. T. Davis, James V. Fau-
bion, Carl L. Frazier, William H.
Grayson, R. E. Hamilton, David
E. Haston, Willie D. Hobbs, Cur-
ley M. Jackson, Thomas M. Klutts,
Buz Malaney, Doss Manley, T. W.
Mathis, Johnie D. McCormick,
Marion J. Metcalf, Allen R. Nor-
ris, Wilburn C. Pierce, Theodore
S. Puckett, Troy W. Stewart,
John Tannahill, Jr., Warren T.
Tow.nley, R. B. London and Ver-
non Matney.
JULY4THWAS
QUIET DAY
IN PADUCAH
July 4th was * a quiet day in
Paducah. With the closing of
practically all the business houses
in the city on that date most
everyone here took advantage of
the great Independence day to
relax and rest from their regu-
lar work-a-day duties.
Many johrneyed over to Stam-
ford, Floydada, Abilene and
other neighboring cities, while
others remained in the city at-
tended the Boys Club Picnic,
matinees at the shows, or cooled
off with a dip in the city swim-
ming pool. 1
About the busiest persons on
the Fourth were the farmers, as
many of them kept right on with
their farm work.
All-in-all it was a grand, peace-
ful, quiet and enjoyable Fourth.
“HUMPY” BRIGGS WITH DUDE
RANCH IN NEW MEXICO
Humpy Briggs visited in Pa-
ducah with friends and relatives
last week-end. He is now Chief
Cook on a Dude Ranch at Verne-
jo Park, New Mexico. Mr. Briggs
says he likes his job fine and
especially enjoys the cool cli-
mate. While visiting in the city
he came by this office and re-
newed his subscription to the
Post.
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
According to information re-
ceived today from the U.S. Naval
Personnel Separation Center,
Norman, Oklahoma, Bud Royce
Mathis, MM 3/c, Dumont has
received his discharge.
Mathis last permanent station
was on the T. I. Calif. He served
twelve and one-half months over-
seas in the Pacific War Theater
of Operations.
WILL MAKE PADUCAH
THEIR PERMANENT HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton Jeffcoat
and son have moved here from
Lubbock and will make Paducah
their permanent home. They ar-
rived Sunday.
Mr. Jeffcoat has accepted a
place in the Williams Cleaning
and pressing plant and will have
charge of much of the work, as
he is an experienced man in this
line.
KING COUNTY
GETTING READY
FOR PRIMARY
Ballots have been printed and
everything is now in readiness
for the July Primary in King
County. In addition to the regular
State Ticket the County Ballot
over in King County reads like
this:
For Representative, 19th Con-
gressional District: Hop Halsey,
Lubbock County, George Mahon,
Mitchell County.
For State Representative, 114th
District: Claude Calloway, Foard
County. 'y
For District Attorney, 50 th
Judicial District: Joe Reeder, Jr.,
Knox County, Thomas F. Glover,
Baylor County.
For Sheriff, Tax Assessor and
Collector: M. M. (Pete) Davis,
Geo. Humphreys.
For County Judge and School
Superintendent: R. L, Hight,
Ross K. Wideman.
For County and District Clerk:
R. B. Hailey. \
For County Treasurer: R. S.
Denson, W. R. (Sandy) Smith.
For County Commissioner, Pre-
cinct No. 1: L. O. Mayberry, E.
M. Jones, Chester Havins, Claude
W. Berger.
For County Commissioner Pre-
cinct No, 2: T. B. Havins, Frank
Rochelle.
For County Commissioner Pre-
cinct 3: C. L. Dowding.
For County Commissioner Pre-
cinct No. 4: S. B. Ballard, S. L.
Graves.
For County Democratic Chair-
man: H. R. Jones.
SOFTBALL NEWS
Wednesday night July 3: Del-
win, 8, Dunlap 20; Fire Dept,
and Cee Vee game called off.
Thursday night July 4: No
games played.
Friday night July 5: West Pro-
duce 4, Lakeview 3.
Monday night July 8: American
Legion 8, Grow 16; Fire Dept,
and Dumont game scheduled,
called off.
Tuesday night July 9: Delwin
14, Grow 6. American Legion for-
feited game to Cee Vee. Cee
Vee 9, Grow 11.
Wednesday night July 10: Fire
Dept, forfeited game to West
Produce. Cee Vee 18, Dunlap 15.
—STANDINGS—
Team
Won
Lost
West Produce
16
1
Delwin
14
3
Am. Legion
7
10
Fire Dept.
7
11
Cee Vee
7
l'l
Grow
6
10
Dunlap
6
11
Dumont (withdrawn)
HANDLEY’S GIRLS SOFTBALL
TEAM TO PLAY CEE VEE
Bryan Handley’s girls Softball
team will play the Cee Vee girls
(Friday night, .July 13 at the ball
park. Every girl who is a mepi-
ber of the Handley team is urged
to be present for the game Fri-
day night.
MARVIN SMITH DISCHARGED
DR. J. W. BRUNER
Dr. J. W. Bruner, Dallas, Texas
will do the preaching at the First
Baptist Church in the coming
Revival Meeting which is sche-
duled to begin July 31, and con-
tinue through August 11.
Revival Meeting
Begins July 31
At Baptist Church
Rev. J. R. Smallwood, Pastor
of the local First Baptist Church
announced today a Revival Meet-
ing will begin at the First Bap-
tist Church, July 31 and con-
tinue through August 31.
Rev. Smallwood has obtained
the services of two well known
Baptist men who will do the
preaching and W. M. Browning
of the Calvary Baptist Church al-
so of Dallas, • who will be in
charge of the music.
Dr. Bruner for a number, of
years was pastor at Chicksha,
Oklahoma. He is at present En-
dowment Secretary for the Tex-
as Baptists.
Dr. Bruner is a great gospel
preacher and Paducahians are in-
deed fortunate to have him come’
to our city.
Childress Rodeo
Scheduled For
July 18 and 19
An Amateur Rodeo and Old
Settler’s Day is scheduled at Chil-
dress, Texas July 18th and 19th.
Two night shows are scheduled
with Calf Roping, Ribbon Roping
with all entry fees added to
prizes. Managers of the show
state they have some of the wild-
est broncs in Texas.
F. F. A. Chapter
Meets Tonight
The Paducah Chapter of the
Future Farmers of America will
meet tonight (Thursday), July 11
in the Agriculture room at the
High School.
SHERIFF WILLINGHAM IN
MINEQLA, TEXAS TODAY
QM 3/c Marvin Smith, Swear-
ingen has received his discharge
from the U. S. Navy, effective as
of June 29, according to word re-
ceived today (Thursday) from the
Naval Personnel Separation Cen-
ter. Smith’s last permanent duty
station was the USS Iowa. He
served nine months overseas.
NEW LION pi 8
RED CROSS TO OFFICERS TAKE
ELECT OFFICERS ACTIVE CHARGE
TUES. NIGHT i
Sheriff C. N. Willingham will
retui’n today from Mineola, Texas
where he journeyed to pick-up R.
R. Gilbreath, on a charge of re-
moving mortgaged property from
Cottle County.
The Cottle-King County -Chap-
ter American Red Cross will
meet Tuesday July 16, at 8 p.m.
at the City Hall for the purpose
of electing officers for the com-
ing year.
Any member who made a con-
tribution ,to the Red Cross is eli-
gible to take part in the election
of officers, and is urged to at-
tend.
Especially is it important for
all present officers of the Chap-
ter be present.
Guthrie Methodist
New officers of the Lions Club
began their official duties today
with President Bill Bigham in
charge. A list of the new officers
was printed recently in the Post.
Byron Shotts, new program
chairman gave an outline of the
kind of programs Lions may ex-
pect for the coming year.
Representative Hubert Lee,
head of the Water Committee,
gave a very encouraging report on
the possibilities of obtaining soft
water.
"J. A. Williams, treasurer gave
a report on the Club’s Financial
standing and Rex Keys praised
the work of the organization un-
der the leadership of Alton Farr,
vnfiwnn* ProcirioTTf
Revival Meeting
To Begin Sunday
]A revival meeting will begin
Sunday morning, July 14 at the
Guthrie Methodist Church and
will continue through July 21, J. I.
Kelley, Pastor announced today.
Rev. J. R. Plant of this city
will do the preaching and J. W.
Dalton will have charge of the
song service. The public is cor-
dially invited to attend.
POLITICAL
CALENDAR
July 18: Last day for filing sec-
ond expense account, with candi-
dates and managers required to
file not more than 12 or less
than 8 days before primary.
CHILDREN OF
PYTHIAN HOME
TO VISIT HERE
The local Knights of Pythias
Lodge will hold open house Mon-
day evening, July 29, and will
have as their guests boys and
girls of the Knights of Pythias
Home, Weatherford, Texas.
Approximately te.n or twelve
children, accompanied by the
Superintendent of the Pythian
Home, Hugo Hortsman, will ar-
rive in this city around 5 o’clock
Monday afternoon, July 29 and
will attend the open house pro-
gram and “feed” at the local
Knights of Pythias Hall on the
night of that same date.
In conversation by telephone
Tuesday of this week, Mr. Horts-
man told Afton Willingham that
one, or possible both of the Ven-
able children will make the trip
to Paducah.
Knights and families interested
in furnishing the Pythian Home
children with a place to spend
the night should contact Afton
Willingham.
Members of Knights of Pythias
Lodge are urged to keep the date
of Monday evening, July 29, in
mind and plan to attend the pro-
gram and welcome these fine
boys and girls to our city.
McDOUGLE BEAUTY AND
BARBER SHOP TO CLOSE
The McDougle Beauty and
Barber Shop will close Saturday
July 13 according to an announce-
ment made by Mr. McDougle.
“Mac” states his plans for the
future are indefinite, but the
first thing he will do is to take
an extended rest.
ALENECOMPTON
FOUND INSANE
Petit Jurors summoned for
Friday, July 5 found Mrs. Alene
Compton insane as of date of
sanity hearing. She was con-
fined to a State Hospital. When,
and if she is pronounced cured
she will be brought pack and
tried for murder by poisoning.
Mrs. Compton has been held in
the county jail since May 31.
Early in the morning on that
date firemen were called to the
Compton home to extinguish a
blaze and found the body of
Richard Compton lying upon a
burning mattress. Officers upon
investigating found he was dead
prior to the outbreak of the fire.
An autopsy revealed Compton
died from a lethal dose of ar-
senic. I
AAA NEWS
The AAA office is now receiv-
ing evidence and applications for
Dairy Production Payment. Evi-
dence of dairy products sold dur-
ing April, May and June must
be turned in to this office during
July or August. Payment cannot
be made on products sold in April
May and June after August 31.
A payment of 17 cents a pound
is made on butterfat sold in April,
15 cents a pound on butterfat
sold in May and June. A pay-
ment of 70 cents per hundred
pound is made on whole milk
during April, 55 cents per hun-
dred pound is made on whole
milk sold in May and June.
FRIENDS GIVE
COVERED WAGON
TO DOYCE HOUSE
As a lad, Boyce House—candi-
date for Lieutenant Governor —
rode in a covered wagon over
Southwest Texas with his invalid
father who was trying to regain
his health. Climax of the travels
came when Boyce drove the cov-
ered wagon up Congress Avenue
in Austin as he gazed in awe at
the Capitol. Recently, friends pre-
sented House with a miniature
“prairie schooner” as a memento
of those days.
Oadueah
■ ra Hie
By
AL HINDS
A salute to Janell Wood, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wood
of this city and to Dawn Hawley,
Sweetwater, on their recently
published book of poems, “Half
and Half”. The book was writ-
ten while these young ladies were
attending North Texas State Tea-
chers College, Denton where Miss
Wood and Miss Hawley are Jun-
ior Speech Majors. “Half and
Half” gives the reader some of
the lighter side of college life
and then delves into the deeper
more serious problems of the
woi’ld. Frankly, this scribe, thinks
the young ladies have talent, and
we would like to see Miss Wood
present readings of some of her
poems at the Lions Luncheon
Club meeting.
, —0—
Recipe for political pie: Take
a pinch of A. J. Burks, Chas B.
Hutchison, William V. Brown, W.
J. Minton, Floyd Brinkley, C. R.
Shaw, Reese Turner, Walter Scott
McNutt, stir in one Caso March,
add a big hunk of Homer P.
Rainey, John Lee Smith, Beuford
Jester, Jerry Sadler and Grover
Sellers—let this conglomeration
simmer in a hot Texas sun, and
serve about midnight July 27—
then retire for the night—wake
up the next morning wishing you
had never touched the stuff.
—0—
Recently Prattler carried a lit-
tle news oddity or believe it or
not item about two well known
Paducahites and a reader of this
column has called our attention
to the fact that we have a
“Shorty” Long and a Dr. Payne
in our midst.
—0—
Well folks, it looks as if the
drouth problem is solved—at
least in the Panhandle. Miss Lillie
Stoate, “the Mississippi rain-
maker,” has offered to break the
drouth. All that is required is a
request in writing to Miss Stoate
at Route 1, Box 4, Oxford, Miss-
issippi.
—0—
Miss Stoate claims to have
been instrumental in ending the
dust bowl days of ten years ago,
a drouth in Florida in 1939 and
another in Maryland in 1942. Re-
cently she read an Amarillo-date-
line story by Kenneth Dixon, In-
ternational News Service writer
in a Memphis Tenn., newspaper,
reviewing the dust bowl days and
bringing the weather cycle in the
Panhandle area un to date.
—0—
The story stirred memories for
Miss Stoate. She recalled corres-
ponding with Paul Sears of Okla.
University back in thee dust bowl
days. She wrote the Amarillo
Times, telling about it and offer-
ing her services to end the dry
spell in the Panhandle. Sears
wrote Miss Stoate he would try
to get the farmers in this area
to send for her—and about ten
days after corresponding with the
Mississippi lady a big rain had
fallen in the Panhandle and
turned the dust bowl into a mud
bowl. That was ten years ago.
—0—
When Miss Stoate came to Tex-
as In January of 1940—she states
it began to rain a few minutes
before she arrived at Harlingen—-
later that same year—Texas re-
ceived a big snow. In 1942 a man
living in Maryland wrote to the
Mississippi lady asking if she
would come out to that state and
break the drouth, a few days later
a fine rain fell in Maryland—and
he believed his correspondence
with Miss Stoate was the cause
of the rain.
—0—
Considering the fact the past
year or so has been rather dry
in this neck of the woods—it
might not be a bad idea to try
to get the Mississippi gal to move
out this way—that is if Bob
((Chamber of Commerce) Wood
could find her a place to reside.
—o— ;
A Veteran has to do several
things before he can buy a home
under the GI bill and the Vet-
erans Emergency Housing law—
but there is one thing he doesn’t
have to do, but should do—and
that is—take extra precaution to
see that he is not paying too
much. A veteran,' like other per-
sons, must pay for his home—the
GI bill and the Housing act
merely give him a chance to buy
a house on favorable terms.
Rainey’s Appearance
Here Is Cancelled
Dr. Homer P. Rainey’s appear-
ance in this city has been can-
celled because the candidate for
governor is to testify in Dallas
on July 12-13 before the Federal
Communications Commission.
Dr. Rainey’s revamped sche-
dule cancels speeches in Paducah,
Tulia, and Plainview on Friday
and in Floydada, Spur, and Ta-
hoka Saturday. y
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