The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, March 5, 1948 Page: 1 of 16
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[ renew his subscrip-
hat of his daughter,
Boland. John writes
p: “Old Hunpert, Am
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g for business and
yould kick in with a
money you would he
ontact your many
the state and na-
ibrlng in the spon-
for pictures, maybe
wed Raymond Cock-
ther furniture deal*
tlon you could get
Ideas. You will have
est you can without
ille, as I haven't been
re the house since a
k on Dec..2, but If I
. a few more weeks, I
i to start where I left
[has many friends in
who are pulling for
well quick.
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NUMBER TWENTY-NINE
Hraer Weaver Entered In “Save
The Soil And Save Texas” Contest
The supervisors of the Brown-
Mills poll Conservation District
met in Brownwood for a special
meeting Tuesday afternoon to
nominate candidates for the
Fort Worth Press “Save the Soli
and Save Texas” contest which
is offering $13,000 00 in prizes,
unnert. Am Th* Brown-Mills District will
Maybe' yoiLpcompete for a $1,000 prize being
offered for the j>est Soil Con-
servation District in Texas. A
$500 cash prize,is being offered
for the first time this year to
the landowner who has done
the best job of reclaming an
eroded farm. Homer Weaver of
the Big Valley Conservation
Group 10 miles’ southwest of
Goldthwaite will be submitted
by Supervisors J. H. Prlddy and
W. A. Hill as the man they
think could compete ih this
contest.
Mr. Weaver has been working
on building this 50 acre farm
up since 1944 when he signed
up as a cooperator with »the
in these parts has • Brown-Mills District. To-.get the
pew milking machine ' real picture of what Mr. Weaver
him—and seems to (started with you chould have
seen the farm before he started
building It back. In brief, it is
suffice to say that the deeds
were held by an absentee owner
in New York. It was a good
piece of land and the local
farmers, Including Mr Weaver,
took turns renting or leasing
the place from year to year. It
fat,
milking i
hereabout
V the boom that was
bet Old Hunnert on
ticket for v-p of
mas jest about peter-
[lack of steam. Some
father has already an-
pd now Old Hunnert
about gettin' a Job
n radio singing com-
dch have jest about
>ody crazy The Boss
right, as he has been
I as loss in the prof-
olumn the 11 dullers
pays the Old Man.
s of people are al-
! Old Hunnert (who
hlnks he’s mighty
i he's going to vote
es. come November
w, Old Hunnert told
aders two years ago
ry repeats itself (and
oes) we would elect
a president this year
rorse off than ever,
jooks like the Demos
Lions Club Hear Talks Or Youth
Center, Red Cross And Bom! Issue
lies in the field with his own
single disc plow, a small terra-
cer, A V-drag and a shop made
rotary fresno to build 7100 feet
of terraces whifh Is"all that is
required on 30 acres of crop-
land. The first year Mr. Weaver
owned' the place, he planted it
in - peanuts ..-and paid for the
place. That fall he sowed it ip
oats and vetch to Improve the
fertility of the soil for grazing
and for a cash crop. “While I
build up my soil with vetch,
my cow grazes the.fleld and I
harvest the seed to feed my,
cow, hens and turkeys, and
sell the vetch seed for cash.
This little place has paid for
all the Improvements and will
make us a satisfactory living”,
Mr. Weaver stated.
He moved a house on the
place last year and has made
some nice Improvements in the
way of fences and land clear-
ing Since his land has had two
years of soil building crops, Mr.
Weaver feels like he can plant
some of his place in sorghum
and peanuts.
To provide an outlet for his
terraces and to take care of
some outside water, Mr. Weaver
has constructed two water-
ways and planted it to weeping
love grass for protection. A
heavy rain right off washed
the young seedljngs out so he
sodded " the channels to weep-
r
is the same story, of each farau..Ing love grass stools. He notices
er taking what he could and
not doing anything to build It
back. “It wasn’t long,” Mr. W$a
ver -said, “until we had to quit
farming It because of the gull-
ies and It was Just messed up
"It grew up In Johnson grass,
cockleburs and briars. When
the place came up for sale I
bought It and started bringing
it back into production.”
Homer Weaver requested as-
sistance from the Brown-MIIIs
Soil Conservation ‘ District at
the same time he knew he was
going to buy the place.
__ Convention. A]
a staunch be- Nation *
that the cow grazes „the grass
very weU.-------------
Mr. Weaver is
Uevor m Boil Conservation and
the Soil Conservation District.
He preaches sail conservation
to his neighbors, but his great-
est contribution Is the fine ex-
ample he Is setting in his com-
munity. His efforts in spite of
bad health, on an old worn out
place has been an inspiration
to all who have known what
has happened. We heartily
nominate Homer Weaver as the
man In the Brown-Mills Soil
Soil Conservation Service Conservation District who has
Technicians worked out a plan j done the best Job of reclaiming
with Mr Weaver and he started | the productivity of an eroded
building terraces across the gul-l farm.
Month Of March Is Censjis Time;
Be Sure Your Child Is Listed
Goldthwaite L|ons Club Tues-
day night at The Hangar heard
M. E. Blake, Minister of the
Church of Christ here, glvs an
excellent talk < olfei juvenile de-
quency; Briaiflpmlth tell of
local ftfid dflve for the
American Red Ctidw; and School
Supt. H. E. Patton, who an-
nounced for the Board of Trus-
tees of the Gttdthwaite Tad.
School District $iat the voters
of the district- Ooujd be asked
In the near futuse to vote bonds
In the amount of $75,000 to b ’
used In building and equipping
a gymnasium and to remodel
the present hlgfe school build-
ing * ■
There were H present. -Llont
President J. J. ttkjert announc
cd that GoldtBwatte club ha<
reported 100 percent on time*
again, and that there was a
gain In membership. Lion Sec-,
retary W. P. Duron was applaud
ed. ■
President Raegert read a let-
ter from County Agent D B.
McCombs, who ta with 4-H Club
boys at the Baa Angelo Live-
stock Show, .expressing appre
elation for a gift from the club
growing out of, a recent fire
loss. He also read a letter from
Lions District Governor stating
the annual district convention
w.euld be held In, Corpus Chrlstl
early In May. Election of officers
for the local elgb will be held
early this year da order that
new officers may attend the
aaanom-
'J;
“ AppolIlUd
RED CIOSS FUND DRIVE OVER
MILLS COUNTY STARTS NORMf
T. C. Oraves, T®sn A. Hester,
and Jesse Moreland. They are
to report to the club the first
meeting in April.
Lion T. C. Graves thanked
for his committee the citizens
who recently donated to a fund
to buy loving cups for 4-H Club
boys who won in this year's
livestock shows He said around
$100 had been raised, cups had
been ordered and were now in
Dallas being engraved. It plan-
ned to take some 4-H Club
winners and their ribbons to
the next entertainment meeting
with the veterans In the Waco
hospital. The veterans hospital
entertainment committee is
composed of Llonrf T. C. Oraves,
M. E. Blake,' H. E. Patton, and
Harold Yarborough.
The next meeting night,
March 16, at 7:30 is to be Ladles'
Night, and a band from Lam-
pasas is to furnish entertain-
ment It is also planned to have
another Ladles’ Night when
Boyce House, famed Texas folk
lore humorist, Is to be guest
speaker, prpbably some time hr
April.
Minister Blake, main speaker
on the program, spoke on
■Youth on the Jericho Road.’ He
- cited newspaper articles to show
that juvenile delinquency was
on the increase during the last
few yeafS, with over 20,000 ar-
rests for crimes perpetrated by
boys and girls under 20 years of
age. Stressing that boys and girls
are not bad but are led into
evil ddtngs by, others, he said
parents are to blime for not
properly influencing and teach-
ing youth at home so they would
not be in the places where
crimes are committed I The
speaker told the story of the
Oood Samaritan who traveled
from Jerusalem down the Jericho
Road and fell among thieves,
who robbed and beat him and
left him for dead by the road-
side. Youth today, he said, are
figuratively traveling down the
dangerous Jericho Road from, the
cradle to maturity—a road moat
dangerous and perilous known
to man, with robbers lurking
along the rpad to stfcai, yonth's
most precious heritage. Our Job
and duty is to smooth out the
pitfalls for youth traveling the
Jericho Road.
The speaker placed the re-
sponsibility on parents, saying
there are no recreation parks
or places here where youth can
spend its time profitably and
usefully. Bro. Blake proposed a
preventative; that the Lions
Club co-sponsor and work for a
lighted softball field and'play-
ground and a building to serve!
as a youth center, property su-1
, (Continued on back page)
COMMISSIONERS, DIS-
TRICT AND COUNTY
COURTS NEXT WEEK
Mills County Commissioners
Court will meet in regular
monthly session Monday and
win probably appoint a County
Attorney to fill opt the unexpir-
ed tenn of A. T. Pribble, who
died last Monday.
Next Thursday Dlsenct yudge
Wesley Dice and District Attorn-
ey Jim Avetts will open District
Court here. The case of “Pete”
King, charged by Indictment
with pow theft, is set fdr that
day. In a trial for the same of-
fense last November, the case
resulted in a hung jury.
Friday, March 12, is regular
time for County Court to meet.
Two cases are scheduled to be
heard by Judge John L. Patter-
son, one for possession and one
for sale of liquor.
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DEADLINE
FOR PAYMENT OF 1948
AUTOMOBILE LICENSE
Automobile owners in Mills
County are reminded that new
1848 license tags have to be on
all automobiles that are driven
on the streets or highways of
Texas by April 1.
Sheriff W. L. Mahan says reg-
istrations are coming in slow,
and requests that the people do
not all wait until the last mlUr
ute to get new tags. You should,
bring your last year’s registra-
tion papers and your Certificate
of Ownership when you go to
get your new 1948 tags.
Community and Town
Fund Chairmen:
Goldthwaite—John Hester;
Nabors Creek Mrs. Iola Wrink-
le; ' . .. ' - 5
Scallorn—Frank Hines;
Long Cove—Enoch Godwin;
Center City—Mrs. J. 8. Owens;
Pleasant Oorve—C: N. Berry;
Star—Mrs. John Soules;
Caradan—Mrs. C. D. Gerald;
Prairie—Mrs. E. P. Hodges;
Mullln—Geo. M. Fletcher;
Prlddy—Rev a. H. Muehlbrad;
Big Valley—Floyd Sykes; ' -
Jones Valley—Delton Barnett;
_ Ridge—W. H Freeman, Sr.
Rye Valley—L. B. Burnham;
Mt. Olive—Mrs. T. McArthur;
Pompey—W B Black;
Chairmen for Rock Spring.
Payne Gap, Regency and Ebony
will be named soon.
MILLS COUNTY QUOTA
William Glenn Featherston
Dies In Chicago Hospital
CHURCH OF
THE NAZARINE
JIM ASHCRAFT. Pastor
Sunday School -9:45 a. m.
T T Boyd. Superintendent.
Morning Worship—10.50 a. m. j
Evening Worship — 7:45 p. m.
N. Y. P. S. -7:00 p. m.
W F. M„ S. Every Second and j
Fourth Tuesday Nights at 7.30;
BY COMMUNITIES:
Goldthwaite
$1,447.00
Nabors Creak ...si_____.’
50.00
Scallorn ___1 -----------
4000
af.
Long Cove -----___________...
40.00
|
Center City*
140.00
Payne Gap --------------
40.00
fm
Pleasant Orove
40.00
1
Star -.....
180.00
Caradan
80JO
V
Mullln .................
330.00
ap
Prairie .... - —
88.00
Prlddy _________________
320JO
' wl
Big Valley
80.00
Rock Springs ......
* 46.00
Jones Valley ---------*
^ 40.00
Regency______________
.1 40.00
Eboi^y —- : -
S5JO
Ridge ...........
Rye Valley -------
40 JO
Mt. Olive - ....
65.00
Pompey Creek
85 JO
TOTAL
$3,207.00
Your attention is' respectfully
called to the fact that thb
Scholastic census will be taken
1q the month of March as In
the past.
Supplies for this purpose have
been received by 8uperlnten-
a 3-way split—with | dents of the three Independent
Itfhgpg n/hn II Irak nur *1 . .... r . . »____4.1
luthers who like our
right, like them to
Ir place, as No. i
p. 2 is Hy Wallace,
the govt, is not.glv-
J3 taxpayers money
lint got any of) fast
fit them Jews Is No.
* are mad about Pal-
Hunnert ain’t de-
w's going to vote for
going to try to pick
ate who thinks more
n-ln-the-back tax-
1 he does of some
-thehvfeeters, and
git oifr country out
grt mess, and fergit
Vise Worldwide Wlz-
» HEZ COBB-
who spent 40 years
unty before moving
his week sent In an
8hepherd St Faith
ere for 100 started
eks old, and writes:
me to the old timers
nient. Tell them I've
Mth milestone and
at vovy strong, but
be about. Our young-
fa to go to WaaHlhg-
’ Congressman and
ting a pretty good
ttto Mills County.”
e old timers here In
know Hez Cobb, and
m he will hfave good
the chicks. .
re are two sides to
ed on back page)
school districts of the County:
Goldthwaite, Mullln, and Star.
Supplies for Common School
Districts were sent to ex-officio
County Superintendent John L.
Patterson, who has in turn seht
these supplies to the census
trustee or school superintendent,
in each district.
Since the state apportionment
for the next year will be $65
per capita, it can easily be seen
that Just a few overlooked
scholastics would seriously crip-
ple a school.
The age requirements are the
some as for the last several
years; any child resident In Mills
County on April 1,1948 who win
be at least six years old and un-
der eighteen on September 1,
1948, blank op the Family Cen-
sus should be enumerated. It
should be emphasised that the
ages of chlldreh should be given
as of September 1, 1948. Child-
ren bom on of before Septem-
ber 1,1930, or after September 1,
1942 must NOT be enumerated.
The law specifically requires
thlt all children much bo en-
umerated in the district of their
residence, regardless of where
said children Intend to go to
school.
This year, for the first time,]
the State Department Of Ed-
ucation has a machine operated
system of keeping census re-
cords. There is an Individual
card in the files at Austin for
each scholastic. This being the
cpse, it is important that each
slip be filled in completely and
accurately. The blank calling
for the name of County or
state- where family lived on
April 1, 1947 Is one that should
be given special attention. If
family lived In Texas last year,
give the name of County; If
family lived In a state other
than .Texas, give the name of
the state. Family census blanks
which do not give this Informa-
tion will have to be returned
for correction: Parents should
see that this Is attended to when
the census trustee calls In the
home, and census trustees
been attended to before turning
roll over to their Independent
School Superintendent or Coun-
ly Superintendent
If, by April 1, 1948, any eligi-
ble children have been . 6ver-
looked, please notify your local
board of trustees, your Inde-
pendent School Superintendent
or the Cotyity Superintendent.
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Natives of North Carolina an
ealjed Tarheels.
Rosa Bonreur painted Hie
Horse Fair.
Louis XTV was the gnat
grandfather of Louis Xv
William Olenn Featherston,
aged 31, died in Henrotin Hos-
pital In Chicago at 5:30 p. m.
last Thursday afternoon, Feb-
ruary 26, of compound skull
fractures sustained at the hands
of two Chicago men.
Glenn Featherston, a native
of Mills County, was an em-
ployee of Woodard Truck and
Tractor Company of Brady. He
left home for Chicago Saturday,
February 21. to attend an In-
ternational Harvester Diesel
School.
He arrived In . Chicago late
Sunday, February 32, and regis-
tered at the Cnjyden Hotel,
along with several hundred
other International Harvester
men who were In town for the
same school.
On Wednesday afternoon. Feb-
ruary $5, shortly after 11 x
o’clock, Olenn left his hotel with
«—> - «■* ariafiKT* m 0h'“'0
good Mends In England for
about two years, where both
were Ordnance officers In the
United States Army Air Corps.
They went to The Steak
House, a prominent eating
place about fou#' blocks front
the Croyden Hotel. 'KrUhbaum
later said that he and Olenn
spent about five hours there to-
gether talking over wartime ex-
periences and visiting. They had
not seen each other stnfce they
became separated in
late In 1945 During
of the evening, t
army friends J1
time.
[ At approximately 11:30.
Krlchbaum reported, they left
each, .other, he to go home and
Olenn to return to.his hotel.
Nothing concerning Olenn
Featherston was known to his
friends until the following
morning, February 26, when J.
P. O’Donnell, Administrator of
International Central School for
Bales Personnel, was notified
that ' the police had picked
Olenn' up about 5:30 o’clock in
the corridor of an apartment
building In a questionable sec-
tion of town. He was unconscious
and had sustained three com-
pound skull fractures, his watch,
fountain pen, etc., wete intact,
pn& his billfold contained 33 45;
hut, by comparison With his
effects in his hotel, his buslness-
Wssoclates know he must have
{been carrying approximately-^
$150.00. At least, about that
of his money cannot be
accounted for anywhere.
, J. P. O’Donnell, whom the
police.notified. Immediately call-
ed Woodard Truck and Tractor
{Company In Brady. Mr. and Mrs.
I. £. Woodard were In Austin on
i business at that time, but they
Iwere notified at Once.
As soon as Olenn was picked
up, be wgs rushed to Henrotin
Hospital where two brain spec-
ialists and two nurse* were in
constant attendance until he
England died at 3:30 that afternoon the topic of the evening
without
Mrs. Olenn Featherston and
(Continued on back page)
P.-T.A. MEpiNO
The regular meeting-of the P.
T. A. will be Wednesday, March
10, at the.Grammar School Au-
ditorium.
Leader—Mrs. Malcolm Jer-
nigan. <
Program—The Weeds.
Intolerance, Prejudice, Hatred,
Ignorance—by Minister M. E
Blake and Rev M D Lowry
All members are urged to at-
tend.
dr.g1dloum.u
TO CONDUCT BIBLE
CON. AT M. E. CHURCH
Dr. Robert W. Oood loo will be
In Ooldthwalte for four days
next week and will-lead 1n -g
most Interesting Bible Confer-
ence. He Is nationally known
and has a reputation for his
knowledge of the Bible and its
use fullness in a modem day.
You will enjoy his refreshing
interpretation. The Bible Con-
ference starts Wednesday even-
ing at 7:30' o’clock and each
evening through Saturday. Bach
evening after the Conference a
different group In the church
is sponsoring an open forum on
Ooodloe will conduct the forum.
All are urged to take advantage
of this wonderful opportunity.
The Mills County Chapter of
the Red Cross gav^ the follow-
ing services during 1947:
232 veterans and their depend-
ants were assisted In Claim
Services and were awarded $683.-
08 as Financial Assistance.
21 Servicemen and their de-
pendents received Red Cross
Service with $14.75, as financial
cost.
Six civilians received Red
• Cross Service with $10.52 finan-
cial assistance
Mills County Chapter furnish-
ed 10 Christmas gifts for Ser-
vicemen on the high seas.
Mills County Chapter gave
Service to the Veterans Hospital
at Waco consisting of 851 gifts,
4 boxes cigars, 5 boxes gum, 50
pounds of candy, 1030 packages
cigarettes, 11 home made
cakes. 9 one-year subscriptions
to magazines at a cost to the
Chapter of $427.37.
We also furnished Mills Coun-
ty's portion ot National Fund
for-1947:
As the National Goal this year
is =$75,000,000. which is 25%
higher than last year, y/e urge
you to make a liberal donation
to the Red Cross so we may be
able to meet the needs in 1948
SATURDAY LAST DAY
TO FILE IN GIH
ELECTION APRIL 6
Tomorrow, Marrh 6. at mid-
night is the deadline for can-,
didates for City office to file
their applications with CUy
Secretary Raymond Summy In
order to get their names on
the orrielal ballot. The last
Legislature changed the num-
ber of days from ^19 to 30 be-
<S-~ -n election, and an oath
is i iwicd to be filed at the
Salue time. ,
city election this year
be hold the first Tuesday
( April 0. Tu ba elected
City Isswtay and
all Mr
J
Mayor.'
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