Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 19, 1947 Page: 4 of 4
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THE YELLOW JACKET
JACKET SOFTBALLERS MAUL
YOUR EXCHANGE 13-2
Howard Payne Softball team sounded
a warning last night to the remaining
members of the Major City League by
trouncing the powerful Your Exchange
team 13-2. It was sweet revenge for the
Jackets who were handled a little roughly
by the Exchangers in the first half play.
The Jackets grabbed an early lead and
continued to tee-off on Exchange pitcher
Grady Reid collecting 13 hits for their
13 tallies.
The game was delayed in the fifth
inning when Jim Cowan second base-
man and Jerome Buxkemper right fielder
collided chasing a fly ball. Both were
shaken up for several minutes but both
stayed in the line-up.
YOUTH RALLY NEWS
The Saturday Night Youth for Christ
Rallies started in Brownwood on April
17. The speakers thus far were Juan
Paez ex-convict; Rev. Louis Hanna ex-
chaplain and former missionary in Pales-
tine; and Rev. Tom Granger former
band leader -now pastor of the Bangs
Methodist Church and district youth
leader. These rallies are conducted by
the youth for the youth. The time is
8:00 p.m. the regular place is Memorial
Hall.
LOOK FOR THE GOOD
By Groner Pitts
The old saying that a man always finds
what he is looking for is just about as
true a statement as one could think of.
If he is looking for the good he is bound
to find it and if he is looking for the bad
he is going to find the bad. It does not
matter just where he looks or at what
time and place because he is going to
find them one way or another.
A lot of us believe in "putting on the
dog" just bluffers and nothing more-
imagining ourselves to be superior to the
average man or woman. In one sort of a
way we are all egotists. We believe that
our viewpoint is vastly superior to that
of our fellow man. The only thing about
it is that it doesn't fool anyone not even
yourself but it does give one a good
feeling though.
We have all seen two little children
talking and fussing over some little matter
that didn't amount to much but still
they insisted that they were right and
wouldn't give in a bit. The talking and
fussing would keep on getting hotter and
hotter until you would think that they
were coming to blows but then they
would go on their way both think that
they had put something over on the other.
They were just down right good bluffers
but they still got a satisfaction out of it.
This is true in a lot of cases toward
grown-ups today; just "putting on the
dog."
For once lets just try to be ourselves
and stop "putting on the dog."
JACKETS TROUNCE JEWELERS
IN TWO INNINGS 11-1
Howard Payne Yellow Jacket Softball
team made short work of Nathans Jewel-
ers here Friday night pounding out a 2-
inning 11-1 triumph. The contest was
halted at the end of the second inning
in accordance with the league 10-run
rule limit. The Blue and Gold raked
pitcher Boberts of the Jewelers for ten
hits taking advantage of three errors for
six runs in the first inning and five in
the second. The Jewelers meanwhile were
able to get one run on their one hit.
GJSMO OF THE
ART DEPARTMENT
Woe be unto him who uses Navy slang
in the Art Department! Not knowing the
name of an art object I said "What is
that gismo?" No sooner had I said that
fatal word that means a "whatgacallit
thingumajig dodad thingamabob; what-
sit" in Navy slang than spat a salava
saturated ball was thrown at my feet. Oh
well it serves me right for not wearing
rubbers on a sunny day.
This is how I met Sir Gismo of Milne
Bay on an informal basis. Sir Gismo or
as he is called by all who once meet him
Gismo is a black marcelled cocken span-
iel. He is owned and operated by Charles
and Maurine Stewart at least they like
to think they operate him.
I made the mistake of picking up that
famed ball that Gismo is always carrying
in case you did not know Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart are the directors of the new art
department in his mouth no not the de-
partment in his mouth but the ball. Like
belated maple sap that flows in the sum-
mer the salava ran through my fingers;
while Gismo rolled his brown eyes as if
to say "well you dope throw it!"
Again and again Gismo came back to
have his fun. Nothing is safe now Gismo
retreaves anything not screwed to the floor:
paint brushes clay balls of yarn and soap.
That soap deal caused a noise among
the ladies of the art department that was
only slightly rivaled by the Santa Fe
railway which runs past the department
Gismo is a black marcelled cocker span-
belated maple sur that flows in the sum-
by a lucky ten feet. Someone had left his
soap carving where Gismo could reach it.
Well it does not take much imagi-
nation to know what happened. The
experts say when women s skirts get
longer we are going to have a depres-
sion but from the reaction of that day
we are in for a big boom.
Gismo is an authority on "object d'art."
When either Charles or Maurine complete
a painting they show it to "Gismo and if
he wags his tail its good; and if its bad
he sheds big tears and howls until they
take it away.
I tried to explore Gismo's love life and
found none. Gismo treats other dogs
either of two ways; he pays no attention
VETERANS NEWS
(From the Veterans Office in Dallas)
Seven out of nine living veterans of
the nation's last five wars served in World
War II according to Veterans Adminis-
tration. The latest report shows an estimated
total of 18188000 living veterans. Of
this number 14267000 served in World
War II. The remaining 3921000 parti-
cipated in World War I or the Spanish
American War or they still receive VA
compensation or pension benefits for ser-
vice in the peacetime forces the Civil
War or the Indian Wars.
Veterans who plan to attend school
under the GI Bill for the first time next
fall are urged by Veterans Administration
to make arrangements immediately.
These arrangements include applying
to VA for a certificate of eligibility and
making application for entrance to the
school selected.
An increase over the current enroll-
ment of 1200000 ex-GI's is anticipated
and veterans who wait until the last min-
ute to apply may not be able to get into
the schools of tneir choice.
Burial in Veterans Administration cem-
eteries will be restricted to veterans who
die in VA hospitals and homes and whose
relatives do not desire burial elsewhere.
VA has announced this policy in re-
sponse to many inquiries arising from
plans of the War Department to return
upon request bodies of World War II
veterans who died overseas.
This policy is necessary because of in-
adequacy of VA cemetery space to take
care of even a small part of such re-
quests VA said.
Sharp increases in the number of vet-
erans applying for GI home loans were
noted by the Veterans Administration
during April.
VA's figures for April show around
51000 home loan applications received
compared with 41000 in March and 58-
000 during the peak month of last Sep-
tember. The steep rise in numbers of ap-
plications received in April was attributed
to seasonal factors.
University of Houston: On the first
Sunday in May the U or H BSU opened
a mission in the Grady school building.
A census had been taken circulars dis-
tributed visitation carried on. There were
33 present at the first service and the
students were greatly challenged at the
prospects for additional work in the Hous-
ton area.
to them or fights them. You see Gismo
has never been told that he is a dog and
. he thinks it is an infringement on his
rights as a human to place him in contact
with dogs; note I did not say other dogs.
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Yellow Jacket (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 31, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 19, 1947, newspaper, June 19, 1947; Brownwood, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth102565/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Howard Payne University Library.