The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, August 1, 1947 Page: 1 of 12
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BEES ALU - KNOWS ALL -
TELLS N'EXT TO NOTHING
By Old Man lOO
(THE BOSS IS NOT RESPONSIBLE
TOR WHAT OLD MAN 100 SAYS IN
THIS COLUMN - NEITHER IS THE OLD
•MAN. IF YOU GET MAP, COUNT AT
LEAST A THOUSAND BEFORE YOU
BHOOT OR BEAT HIM UP.-THE BOSS)
BUY AT HOME (3) —
The Boss’ says he can’t see
much results as yet on the Old
Man’s BAH campaign he started
three weeks ago. And the Boss
looked at the Old Man in a fun-
:ny way and said again, “or
else.” That scared the Old Man
and give him a idea. All good
clubs like the BAH Club the Old
Jdan started here last week has
to. have a Secret Sign and secret
pass word. In order to keep
them absolute secret, the a Boss
tells the Old Man to print them
in his column, which he did last
•week about the Secret Sign.
How, here’s the secret pass word
—to be used only when one
member wants to pass out of
Goldthwaite and go to another
town, like Llano, to buy things,
and wants to ask if he could
teing him back something, may-
be. The secret pass word is “or
-else”—and. is to be whispered
only as follows: Place left lip to
other man’s right ear, with
both men holding their OWN
pocketbooks with both hands.
As most everybody will sign any
petition or join any club if it
don’t cost them nothing, some
few have been asking the Old
Man about how to join. Now,
the Old Man don’t want joiners
—what he wants is disjoiners
for this club—but all you have
to do to join this secret club and
get your name printed in this
secret column is to let one of
rthe Old Man’s spies catch you
buying something out of Mills
^County that could be bought
here cheaper and would be a lot
better, too. If the Old Man’s
.spies report to him in time, he
hopes to print the names next
week of the Big Shots—the
BAHs and the BAWs—in this
new BAH Club and part of the
BAAs—the rest of us little shots
that don’t BAH here. But this
column wouldn’t near hold the
mames of all little BAAs. If
you’re one of the ones that
dori’t always BAH, watch this
secret column next week for
further secret instructions.
VOLUME FIFTY-THREE GOLDTHWAITE, MILLS COUNTY, TEXAS —FRIDAY, AUGUST 1,1947
NUMBER FORTY-SEVEN
lev. Charlie Jackson Leads In
First Baptist Revival To Begin Sun. Deciding Factor In Reduction
Individual Responsibility The SALES AT WEST CROSS TIMBERS
Rev. Charlie Jackson, Evan-
gelist, will be on hand for the
opening services of the Baptist
Revival next Sunday, August 3.
I Rev. Jackson has conducted
i other meetings here and his
friends will be ready to welcome
his leadership in this venture.
He is to preach in the Goldth-
waite Church and lead in the
county-wide revival being held
by almost all the Baptist
Churches of the county. First
Baptist welcomes the return of
Rev. Jackson, her preacher son.
Many remember that “Charlie”
was converted, baptised and
preached his first sermon here.
The services will begin with the
Sunday School at 9:45 a. m.
Sunday, August 3 with the
preaching services at 11:00 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m. The week day
services will be at 10:00 a. m.
and 8:00 p. m. except on Sat-
urday when the morning- ser-
vices will be omitted.
The Services of Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Lawson have been se-
cured to direct the music pro-
gram. Mr. Lawson will direct
the singing while Mrs. Lawson
will be at the piano. This team
will add much to the revival
services. They, too, are well
known to the people of this
section having made their home
Of Street And Highway Accidents
'THEM BENCHES—
Some mighty good Samaritan
'done his good deed this week
when he put them benches in
front of the bank building for
us oldsters to swap yams on and
set and watch the passing pa-
rade. Only thing, the Stingy
Boss watches the Old Man so
much he don’t have time to en-
joy _em any. Let the Old Man
kick, and the Boss tells him if
he didn’t want to work he
•oughtn’t to have hired out. Old
Hunnert intends to spend Sun-
day on them benches, 7th per-
mittin’.
AIN’T RETIRING—
Somebody’s alius asking the
Old Man why he don’t retire.
Well, the Old Man is one of
them bureaucrats (donkeys, to
you)—and whoever heard of a
bureaucrat retiring as long as
they’ll let his bureau run
whether it’s needed or not.
There’s hundreds of bureaus
that should have expired when
the war durated—but didn’t—
with tens of thousand of em-
ployes that cost US taxpayers
billions of dollars a year clut-
tering up Washington right
now—and the Old Man figures
he has a right to do a little
cluttering up right here hisself.
REV. CHARLEY JACKSON
near here for some time. It is
felt that the leadership of the
helpers will challenge the best
from the membership.
First Baptist extends a cor-
dial welcome to all to attend
the services. The Auditorium
will be cool, the singing will in-
spire and the gospel messages
will challenge. The leaders ob-
serve that, “Strangers are in-
vited; visitors are welcomed;
members are expected.”
GOLDTHWAITE 4-H CLUB BOYS
WIN DISTRICT RIFLE SHOOT
SWEEP & GOAT SHOW LISTED
The driver of this ear was killed because he was driving “too fast,
for conditions.” Rounding a curve on damp, slippery pavement, his■
j machine skidded off the road and rolled over and over down the side.'
of a steep embankment; finally came to rest right-side-up with the
: driver crushed in the wreckage. Stated speed limits apply only to
| average conditions, and a safe speed at ordinary times can be a very
; dangerous speed in bad ivealher. The law has a right to expect
| motorists to drive below stated speed limits when special conditions
demand it.
By THOMAS H, MacDONALD
Commissioner, Public Roads Administration
Thirteen Mills County 4-H
Club boys, accompanied by Del-
ton. Barnett and County Agent,
Darius B. McCombs, have just
returned from a three-day stay
at the District 4-H Club En-
campment at 36th Division
Park, Lake Brownwood, Texas.
We should certainly be proud
of the record that our boys
made while there. Our boys
certainly brought back more
than sun-burned backs and
skinned toes, and we have the
ribbons to prove it.
The boys won First Place as
a team in' the District Rifle
Shooting contest. Jim Bob Steen
won first in individual honors
as high score man in the District
Rifle Shooting Contest, with
Curtis Crowder winning second
as high score man in the same
contest. Both of these boys re-
ceived first and second place
ribbons and 500 and 400 rounds
of 22 calibre ammunition re-
spectively. '
Jim Bob Steen was elected
Vice-President of the District
Club meet.
The boys held their own in
Soft Ball, getting to play only
one game against a team picked
from several counties and tied
the score of this game 7-7.
This is a record we should be
proud of considering that there
were 152 boys in the camp and
competition was very strong.
Those attending were • Jjjri
Bob Steen; Allan Poe;' Robert
Henry Johnson; Curtis Crowd-
er; John, Davis and Sammie
Owens; Dave Nugent; Del Bar-
nett; Merion Reynolds; Huntis
Black; Bobby Zean Egger; Alvie
Doyle Roberts.
PUNCTUATION—
John W. Roberts copied the
following paragraph from an
old composition book over 50
years ago, and he don’t know
how old the book was then. It is
intended to show the need of
— capital letters and punctuation
marks. It can be read two ways
4 —each way just the opposite of
• the other: “He is an old and
experienced man in vice and
wickness he is never found in
doing good he is most zealous
in sowing discord he takes no
delight in the cause of justice
he is a faithful servant to the
devil he will never go to heaven
he must go where he will re-
ceive a just compensation as
his reward.” The Old Man was
sorter afeared to print this be-
cause when you read it you
maybe might think of Old Man
100—so please read it again.
KNOWS IT’LL RAIN—
Now when Old Man 100 first
started his column about > two
years ago, he went around and
appointed half the people in
Mills County as spies to report
to him what the other half was
doing, if anything. He got good
results from them, too, until
they found out it was a free
job. Now they’re beginnin’ to
report some again. One of the
Old Man’s good spies jest re-
(Continued on last page.)
Many Changes In Mills County
Schools; Consolidate With Others
On Saturday, July 26, 1947
four districts voted unanimous-
ly to consolidate with the Gold-
thwaite Independent School
District. These districts were:
Rook Springs, Nabors Creek,
Jones Valley and Head (North
Bennett). Voters of the Gold-
thwaite Independent School
District also voted unanimous-
ly to consolidate with each of
these four districts.
] On June 28, 1947 the Lake
Merritt School District was
abolished by the Mills County
Board upon petitions from a
majority of the qualified
voters living in that district.
Parts of the former Lake Mer-
ritt District were annexed to
Goldthwaite,. Priddy and Mul-
lin.
Pleasant Grove also was
abolished by the Mills County
School Board on last Saturday,
July 26 upon petition frorfi. a
majority of the voters of that
district. Part of this district
was annexed to Star and part
to Goldthwaite.
In another consolidation
election held June 28, 1947 the
voters of the Pecan Wells
School District voted 9 to 7 in
favor of consolidation with the
Pottsville* Independent School
District of Hamilton.
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MEETING HERE
MONDAY NIGHT
To all members and those
interested in becoming mem-
bers of the Appreciation Day
Association:
We are holding a meeting
Monday night, August 4, 1947,
at the court house, to elect a
new steering committee and
master of ceremonies.
ALVA DALTON.
Chairman.
TRANSFER NOTICE
Please be reminded that all
applications for transfer of
scholastics from one district to
another must be filed with the
County Superintendent by Au-
gust 1, 1947. No applications for
transfer can be accepted or con-
sidered after that date.
JOHN L. PATTERSON.
County Superintendent.
Mills County Schools. 8-31
For the first time in its his-
tory, this country is mobolized
to put an end to the national
tragedy of inexcusably excessive
traffic accidents. *
It is too much to expect that
we shall ever completely elimi-
nate accidents from our busy
streets aand highways. But the
record of last year—approxima-
tely 33,500 killed, 1,150,000 in-
jured, and an economic loss of
some $2,000,000,000—leaves no
room for argument against the
cold fact that we must accom-
plish a very substantial reduc-
tion.
With this in mind, President
Truman invited to Washington
in June, men and women from
every part of^the nation—pub-
lic officials having fixed respon-
sibilities, representatives of
non-official organizations and
public spirited citizens alike—to
attend the second President’s
Highway Safety Conference.
The President gave them a
common goal and a common
responsibility. Their goal was
to save at least 10,000 lives on
the nation’s streets and high-
ways through the reduction of
traffic accidents this year, with
a comparable reduction in in-
juries and economic losses.
Their responsibility was to pool
their experience and perfect a
program of action—at the com-
munty, state and national levels
—which would assure the ac-
complishment of their goal.
The men and women who at-
tended that conference did
their job well. They reiterated
the action program of the first
President’s Highway Safety
Conference, in 1946; imple-
mented it where necessary, and
made a complete inventory of
highway safety activities in the
United States. Out of their in-
ventory came irrefutable evi-
dence that in the field of high-
way safety, local, state and na-
tional governments are working
together in an efficient and co-
ordinated arrangement. The in-
ventory further proved that
wherever the recommendations
of the original program had
been put into effect, even par-
tially, there had been a reduc-
tion in highway accidents.
But there is one other fact
that the inventory brought in-
to inescapable focus, which per-
haps is the most important de-
velopment of ■ all. It is that
highway safety is everybody’s
job. No matter how sincerely
and efficiently they may try,
public officials and safety
specialists alone cannot prevent
traffic accidents. They must
have the intelligent and will-
ing co-operation of the people,
whether they walk or whether
they drive. That is the message
I would like to bring home to
every man, woman and child in
our country.
The goal we seek will be won
or lost by the way you—the in-
dividual citizen—walk or drive.
Every day last year an average
of 91 persons were killed and
3,150 injured on our streets and
highways—four deaths, 131 in-
juries, every hour. Gi the ueJd
at the year’s end, 12,200 were
pedestrians, an increase of
1,340 over the previous year.
Speed caused a fourth of all fa-
tal accidents, while another
sixth was chargeable to mixing
alcohol with driving. Jaywalk-
ing alone brought death to more
than 4,000 persons.
These are unpleasant statis-
tics, but if we are to have the
kind of co-operation we need;
from all our citizens, they must-
be told the plain truth. As a
great public service, in co-ope-
ration with the President’s
Highway Safety Conference, the
press of the nation is now en-
gaged in that most important
task. Through news articles,
editorials, pictures and adver-
tising,, your newspaper—and
other newspapers throughout
the country—are offering you a
liberal education in the costs,
causes and cures of most traf-
fic accidents.- Read every word
of it. It may help you not only
to save some other person’s life,
but perhaps to save your own.
At the meeting of the -West
Cross Timbers Sheep and Goat
Raisers’ Association Show and
Sale held at Legion Park here
July 23 and 24, the association
voted to hold its annual Show
and Sale at Ranger next ydar.
The Resolution Committee
read the following resolutions
over the loud speaker at the
barbecue hour last Thursday:
‘We wish to thank the citi-
zens of (Goldthwaite for their
efforts in sponsoring the show
for the past two years, which
has been very successful. We
wish to thank the exhibitors for
their efforts in making the;
show a success and for the.
quality of the stock exhibited.
We wish to thank Murray- Opx
and Station WFFA for the
broadcast from the grounds
Wednesday at noon. We wish j to
thank . the Officers and Direct-
ors for their work the last year
for the Association. We wish
also to thank the Goldthwaite
American Legion for the use of
grounds and buildings.”
The Eagle was in error last
week in reporting the state-
wide broadcast of Murray Cox
RFD over WFAA-820. Mr. COX;
interviewed Doc Hodges, Presi-
dent of the Association, a sheep
raiser from- Ranger; Luther
Jernigan of Goldthwaite, Vice-
President, a goat raiser of Mills
County, who told of the differ-
ent types of goats and mohair;
and Hollis- Blackwell of Goldth-
waite, Secretary, who said the
show was- bigger and better this
year, than last, stated arrange-
ments; for such a show and sale
was &. big task. He thanked the
following for their help in mak-
ing it a success: Lester Bain,
Dr. T; C. Graves, Howard Camp-
bell, Jesse Moreland, Robert
Henry Johnson, Charles Con-
radt, Darius B. McCombs, Y. B.
Johnson, L. D. Fletcher, Everitti
riolland, R. L. Steen, George
Fletcher,- M. L. Jternigan, Miss
Joyce Harrell, Miss Jodie Fair-
cloth; and others whose names
could; not, be mentionel on ac-
count of radio time being up.
Sales at the Show Thursday
afternoon follow:
E. B. Mullis to Wiley Mahan,
Goldthwaite} 1 sheep, $25; to L,
V. Cleghorn, Blanket, 1 sheep,
$30; tp Avia, Reese, Goldthwaite,
1 sheep, $25; to A. L. Ree$e,
Goldthwaite, 1 sheep, $25.
Sam H. Rahl, Goldthwaite to
H. G. Gilmore, Lampasas, 1
sheep, $37.50.
(Continued on last pege.)
20-CRACKER PECAN SHELLING
PLANT BEING INSTALLED IN CITY
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Gilbert
and baby from Carbon, Texas,
have moved to Goldthwaite,
where Mr. Gilbert is now in-
stalling a 20-crackex pecan
shelling plant on the west side
of the square next to Gartman
Furniture Store.
The plant—one of the .largest
in the statfe—will employ about
18 women and four to six men
during the pecan season, and
will be all ready to go by then.
Besides handling Mills and
surrounding county pecans, Mr.
Gilbert said the company would
buy pecans from all oyer the
state and ship them here to
be shelled.
Little Addie Jo Conradt,
daughter of Mr. and. Mrs.
Charles Conradt underwent a
tonsillectomy at Dr. Felt’s clinic
in San Saba Friday of last week.
NEW BAPTIST
CHURCH BUILT
AT CENTER GITT
In spite of the obstacle that
have come up the past two
years just as we were ready to
start our Church building, we
are going to have a larger and
better Church than most of us
thought ,we oould build. We will
have seven- class rooms and’ a
baptistery added to the auditor-
ium. We are paying fbr the
building as; it is being built. So
many has said they wanted: to
give , that has not given yet.
Your gifts will help to prevent a
delay, you will miss, a blessing
if you don’t give to this: worthy
cSal- The first Sunday in each
month has been set to ta&eja
building fund offering.
Our revival starts. Sunday,
August 3rd. Visit us and bring
your offering for the building
fund, or if it would be impos-
sible for you to come, you
might send your gift to Jimmie
Wright, Kenneth Coffman, Joe
Wild or C. F. Cloud.
STOLEN COW CLAIMEB
AT AUCTION RING
A cow, stolen several months
ago from a Mr. Gray of Llano,
was recovered here Monday by
Sheriff W. L. Mahan as it was
being run through the auction
ring at the regular Monday
auction.
Sheriff Mahan called Mr.-
Gray at Llano, who come here
and identified the cow as one
stolen from him several months
ago. At that time, it was sold
through the auction ring at
Harkeyville. Ring records there
were checked and the owner has
the name of the man who first
sold the cow at the Harkeyville
auction.
BAPTIST MEET HEAT
CHALLENGE WITH
AIR CONDITIONING
First Baptist Church is solv-
ing the- heat problem with a
newly Installed air conditioning
system. Two units of ten thous-
and cubic foot capacity each
have been installed and are, in
operation. Plans were made and
space provided for these units
when the building was con-
structed. That these units are a
success was demonstrated by
the smiles of satisfaction on the
faces of the worshipers who at-
tended the services last Sunday.
The Church leaders are unan-
imous in their belief that this
new improvement will be worth
much in the revival services
that ar-e.jp beginjTgxt^g^rgay^
The Church extends a cordial
invitation to all to attend the
services and worship in the de-
lightfully cool atmosphere in-
side the auditorium.
TURTLES WANTED
The Activities Committees
of the Goldthwaite Lions Club
is in need of some hard-back-
ed dry-land turtles to run in
the Turtle Marathon Race
here next Wednesday after
Appreciation Day. To date,
they have no turtles. Boys
wanting to make cash money
should bring their turtles to
the Mills County Cold Storage
& Prduce Co. by noon Wed-
nesday, or as soon as caught.
SAFETY TIP "
OF THE WEEK
BEWARE OF THE BAT!
He’s not only “batty,” he’s
literally blind as a bat after
he’s looked into the glare of
powerful oncoming headlights.
It takes seven whole seconds,
for his eyes to adapt them-* j
selves again to the darkness
of the highway, and if he’s
going 45 miles an hour, his
car will travel 462 feet in sev-
en seconds. That’s plenty of
space to meet up with any of
the following: other approach-
ing cars, a sudden curve, a
hole in the road, or a careless
pedestrian. .
Rainy or dirty windshields
can blind motorists, too. Glar-
ing headlights and obscured
windshields caused 1,400 high-
way deaths last year.
The wise night-driver keeps
his windshield clean, makes
sure his windshield wipers are
in good repair. He never looks
directly at approaching head-
lights, but keeps his eyes fo-
cused on the side of the road.
To make safety doubly sure,
he always drives at moderate
speeds at night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burns and
children, Barbara and Jackie
Wilson, have moved to Jal, New
Mexico.
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