Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1940 Page: 2 of 16
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Three of the prominent Dellas men, coming here wiht the 39th snnnal Dallas Business Tonr, are shown
above checking plans for the trip on the eve of their special train’s departure. From left to right, they are
President Harry Beay of the State Fair of Tzsas, President J. B. Adoue, Jr., of the Dallas Chamber of Corn-
mere^ -and President Lawrence Pollock of the Dallas Manufacturers aqd Wholesale Association, each of
whom will be in the Business Tour partm It will be the first time in the 39-y^ar history of the Business
Tour that ail three organization, have Sni represented on the trip by their presidents. Approximately 7ft
basin oar and civic taadhrs will oomt the Business Tour, of which George L Plummer, tfiftwn below.
PAG* TWO,
THE RTEFHKNVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE. STEPHENVILLE. TBXA8
THE DRUG VALUES OATS
OF THE YEAR!
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ONECEN
SALE
LOCAL WINNERS
DISTRICT MEET
Stephenville entries In the dis-
trict league meet at Breckenridge
laat week-end won a first, a second
and two third places, reports re-
ceived by the Empire-Tribune
state.
John A. Whitacre nnd Barney
Welch, Stephenville High School
studenta ,won first place in boys’
teimic double*. A large circulating
loving cup was awarded the boys
for this achievement. The cup has
D/essmg
Combs ,
laditt t*U Men s .
Biocir Acefoia
;i<=l
OMIT SI ION* AS TNIY IASS
j Baird won it the last two years. It
I must he won three times consecu-
j tivoly before becoming a perma-
j nent trophy.
Miss Lueile Burnett, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Burnett
and also n student in the Stephen-
vilie High School, won second
place in the district ready-writers
contest
Bluefford Hancock, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Hancock and a stu-
dent in the Stephenville Junior
High School, won third place in
extemporaneous speech and Jack
Wilson, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. C.
Wilson of Stephenville, placed
third in the shot put.
Lori* Harmonized
Lipsticks and
Rouges
2*51'
THESE ARE SAMPLES
OF Blfi VALUES
29c Klenro
SHAV840 CREAM 2 for 80c
40c Sin I ox. Jar Slag
•RUSHLESS CREAM 2 for «lc
25c Size Talc __
POWDER FOR MEN 2 for 28c
75c Sin 4 ox. Stag
VIGETAl LILAC t for 76c
Stxo Lavender
LVING LOTION 2 for 76c
Morgan lock Knit m. 5c
Dish Cloths 2,#r ftc
2 Pints MILK of MAGNESIA
2 tor 51*
raiOAT ONLY AS ION* AS TMIY LAST
8 cakes Toilet Soap \
4 composition 4^I^U1
coasters
A«4|r tut ttlt it t tut**
SATUtOAT ONLY AS IOMO AS IHIY JST
I Min HtMfy Few PivAr juiittr
1 Min Holiday Owa ■ ■ O 1
5 b|t Klonio Fade! Titian
Ami* tut ttJtitm tnMaH
i Club Girl* To Send
j Member To Short Couree »
T T-one Oak 4-H club wttl send a
eirl to the Short Course, it was
decided at the club meeting held
on the morning of April 9th at
! the school house..
Miss Cody was present for this
I meeting and gave the club some
j standards by which n girl may go
I to Short Course. She also gave
1 the girls applications with which
1 fnmilies may get free mattresses.
This'plan is to make use of sur-
I plus cotton in the county,
H Thosr present were: Leona Van-
I diver, Nelda J. Court, June Ste-
i rhens, Snmmie Stephens, Lorene
j Lucke, Maxine Sherrill, Dorothy
! Court, Alene Stewart, Helen J.
WOODMEN PLAN GALA DAY AT 1940 STATE FAIR
FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1»4Q
Plans for Woodmen Day at the
1940 State Fair of Texas are well
under way, and this group was the
first to have s special day designat-
ed folr this year’s celebration at the
World's Largest State Fair, it waa
announced here by O. R. Hamilton,
general chairman.
Judge Sam Russell of Stephen-
ville, who la the 1st vice-president
of the Log Roller Association of Co-
manche, Erath, Eastland, Hamilton,
Hood, Parker and Palo Pinto coun-
ties, has been appointed special
chairman for Stephenville and vi-
cinities.
The Woodmen jot the World, the
Woodmen’s Circle, and the Log
Rollers, will combine in celebration
of Woodmen Day. Date for the cele-
bration has been set for Monday,
October 7.
Preliminary plans for the celebra-
tion call for a parade, drill team
contests, band contests, special pre-
sentation of outstanding musical
units of the Woodmen’s organiza-
tion, a talk by some outstanding
national leader, and other events.
The 52nd Annual State Fair of
Texas will get under way Saturday,
October 5, Mr. Hamilton, who visit-
ed here this week on behalf of the
special days, announced.
throughout the county and in Ste-
phenville:
The Herald-Record states here
and now without fear of success-
ful contradiction that Miss LaNell
Fitzgerald, head of the one-teacher
school of the Gum Branch district,
is one of the prettiest and wisest
young school teacher in the whole
big state of Texas. Last Monday,
April -Fool* - Day, she won the
eternal gratitude of her group of
school folk, of their parents and
the Herald-Record office force by
forestalling the usual school chil-
dren’s pranks of playing hookey
from school and silly pranks and
otherwise wasting the day.
The children were not inclined to
go through with the regular rou-
tine of study and other school ac-
tivities, so their charming girl
teacher “bundled” them into mo-
tor vehicles and brought them In
town to see the activities inside a
printing office. It was quite an
exciting “adventure” for Miss Fitz-
gerald as well as for the students.
Gregory. Estelle Dawson. Martha They remained in the office about
R. Stephens, Lorene Bingham, and
Darene Stewart.
4J Rkt Council Member* Meet
/VlF f At Chamber of Commerce
Council members of the Home
Demonstration. Club met in regu-
one hour and inquired minutely
and intelligently into every phase
of the mechanical set-up, but found
the linotype their chief interest
and amazement. Another out-
standing attraction were the “cuts”
and how they were made for the
SERVICE
Drug Store
Jar sessjon April 18, in the (ham— pictures in the paper each week.
Those Gum Branch children are
her of Commerce community room
with the chnirman. Mrs. E. S.
Jackson, presiding.
.Delegates from ten of the thir-
teen clubs were present and gave
reports of thir club’s activities the
past month. Reports given show
that one hundred fifty-nine non-
club members have been contacted
the-past month
PHONES
49-111
Annual Reunion
Former Thurber
Residents Soon
tress making centers that are to
be set up in the county are ready
except two. Erath county is one
of the twelve counties of the state
that will have the mattress pro-
gram. Miss Grare Cody will be at
attractive in manner, nnd every-
body enjoyed their visit to this
office.
The student personnel of Gum
Branch includes Mary Nell Cole,
Stella Edmondson, Helen Doro-
thy Hnilo. Hazel Bloodworth, Bob-
bie Jo Edmondson. Thazel Me-
lt was stated that all the ^uf" fTlintt CLcRoy
Haile, Jack Ilnile. Wayne Cole,
Ross Bloodworth, Billy MeKand-
less. Some two or three of the
youngsters had been retained at
home nnd did not have the privi
each place the first day they open bpin* in the c°mP»ny of
nnd give training on how to make Herald-Record guests. We nre
mattresses. After that the making
will be supervised by the commit-
tees in charge of each center.
There have been 480 applica-
tions approved to date.
fourth annual . Tuesday.April 23, these commit-
'T. S. Ogle, a former Thurber pas-
tor, in located.
Former residents of the one-time
thriving mining town nre request-
ed to moot at the church at 10:30
a. m. for the special services to be
sorry.
The Gum Brhnch school is stand-
ardized nnd tenches qjght months.
Miss Fitzgerald is the daughter
of Mrs. Cora Butler Fitzgerald of
Kikers Gin community and the late
Erath county’s most successful
nnd progressive young farmers,
having established for himself a
place nmong the substantial citi-
zens of the county and his untime-
ly death some 20 years ago was re-
gretted by all who knew him. Miss
Fitzgerald has her degree from
North Texas State Teachers Col-
Classified ads bring results.
‘Miss Print’
are well under way. The reunion mnV d° so t*11s Hme, at the een-
is again to he hold in Fort Worth *pr, n^rest them or with Miss
on Sunday. April 28, at the Mul- Cr,ly nt ,hp AAA off,ce ,n Stp‘
key Memorial Methodist Church, Ph‘•
701 St. Louis avenue, where Rev! _ °" A.Jrll23, C,**y wit,V?
jErath II. D. club members will at-
tend the district meeting to ho held
in Abilene, and on April 24. n
"roup will go to Brown wood to the
dairy show.
The next eouncil meetin" will hp
held there j the second Snturday in May, and
All are asked to take old-fash- j 2,,,.bef,r promptly At 2 o’clock,
ionod basket lunches for the din-1 *;nfh p,ub l,7P<1 tn bnvp ,hpir
nor. which will be served irnmedi-''.',nh representatives nt these meet-
alely following the services. j ,T1*rs‘
In the afternoon, there will be, _ . .. .
an'informal program and speeches.! A'pp,s
Rev. (Me hopes to have 500 or, U '*h J F. Dveon
nior,. present at the reunion. Ev- °np 'dp* u*\n* C****™'** >"
erv ex-resident is urged to attend *nV* dishwashing, snid
and meet his old friends. I °n'p K(,i*b » meeting of the
[TTighlnnd Home Demonstration
| Club Wednesday. April 10, in the
j homn of Mrs. J. F. Dvson.
This is done, Mrs. Keith contin-
i ned, by serving the food in the
i same dish in whieh it is baked.
Recreation for this meeting was
identifying seed and was led bv
I Miss Rerthn Ross. Six varieties of
i flower nnd vegetable seed were ar-
} ranged in numbered glass eontain-
I ers. Each member was given paper
| nnd a pencil and told to identify
j the seed. No one named correctly
I more than four varieties. The sed
) usd were zinnia, petunia. Simpson
j Mack leaf lpttuce. New Zealand
j spinach, carrot nnd tomato;
j The club fierided to give a social
on Friday night Mav 3, for the
, club members nnd their families,
j Members present were Mtss Ber--
| tha Ross, Males J. T. Decker. C.
T. Keith J. F. Dvson W. E. Thie-
hnjid.'? F. Keith Geo. M. Hood.
B. D. Christian J. W. Thieband
and Garland Thieband and one
visitor, Mrs. E. M. Mulloy.
Teacher Praised
’ For Outstanding
Pupils On April 1
The Hamilton Herald-Record of
Friday, April 5, carried the fol-
lowing Hem concerning an Erath
, county girl which no doubt will bo
lege, Denton. She taught in Erath
county schools before going to
Hamilton county.
J-TAC RANKS AS
ALL-AMERICAN
COLLEGE SHEET
Tarleton’s J-Tac is one of^ 76
college newspapers in the United
States and Hawaii to be awarded
All-American rating by the Asso-
ciated Collegiate Press’ critical
service, according to announce-
ment made this week. The 76 pa-
in which 403 papers, representing
‘43 states, Hawaii and the District
of Columbia, were entered.
Each year this rating is given
to- those newspapers selected as
outstanding jn various divisions of
the critical service. The A. C. P.
says that the honor is not given to
newspapers unless they measure
up to a specified minimum of re-
quirements established by the
pace-maker newspapers, chosen
from the total of 76. Pace-maker
newspapers are considered the
most outstanding collegiate pap-
ers published in the United States.
The Daily Texan, published by
the University of Texas is the only
Texas newspaper which belongs
to this group.
Texas newspapers, besides the
J-Tac, which received the All-Am-
erican rating are the Texas Tore-
ador, from Texas Technological
College, Lubbock; the Lasso, T.
S.C.W., Denton, the Prospector,
Texas College of Mines, El Paso;
•Lady of the Lake, San Antonio;
and the Bat, Paris Junior College.
The J-Tac has been entered in
the Texas Intercollegiate Press
Association contest in competition
with newspapers of other Texas
Junior Colleges. Results of the
contest will be announced at the
T.I.P.A. convention which is to be
held at San Marcos, April 26 and
27. Delegates from the Tarleton
Press Club will be at the conven-
tion to hear the decisions. Paris
Junior College’s Bat, another pa-
per to win All-American rating,
will be entered in the contest also.
t Fire Hall Notes l
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Methodist University, Dallas.
XIwWmu:, Rice Institute, Hous-
ton; Houstonian, Sam Houston
State Teachers College, Hunts-
ville; South Texan, Texas College
of Arts and Industries, Kingsville;
War Whoop, MacMurray College,
Abilene; Echo, St Edward’s Uni-
versity, Austin; Phoenix, Our
Eighteen members of the Steph-
enville Fire Department answered
an alarm at 10 p. m. Friday When
a frame residence on West Tarle-
ton Avenue owned by H. C. Bel-
cher of Dallas, formerly of Steph-
enville, and occupied by the L. P.
Gray family, caught fire from a
hot water heater and vent pipe
which ran up between the ceiling
and the roof of the building.
Insurance on the building, which
was practically a total loss, was
$800. No insurance was carried on
the contents, but almost all of
these were saved.
Pontiac Car Sale
Retail Delivery At
Third High Peak
i
—
Retail deliveries of Pontiac cars
for the first ten daysi of April irera
7170, a gain of 39.5 per cent over
the 5238 cars delivered during the
same ten day period of April,
1989 and an appreciable gain over
the corresponding ten day period
of March this year, according to
D. U. Bath rick, general sales man-
ager. It was the third highest first
ten days of April in Pontiac’s his-
tory, being topped only by 1929
and 1937.
Unfilled orders on April 10 were
4.7 times greater than they were
a year ago and also higher than
they were one month ago by 860
cars.
“The way April business has
started, with sales and unfilled or-
ders both continuing to increase,
our deliveries for the month should
be around 24,000,” said Bathrick,
“which will be a 50 per cent in-
crease over April 1939.
Used car sales by Pontiac deal-
ers for the ten day period were
13,369, an increase of 50 per cent
over the same period of 1939 and
above the record high sales hung
up the first ten days of March.
This represents a 30.6 day turn-
over in used cars nationally.
Four NY A Radio
Projects Operating
For Texas Youth
National Employment Week
An intensive campaign to secure
employment for men and women
over forty years of age will be
stressed during National Employ-
ment Week, to be observed thru-
out the United States from May
1 to May 8, inclusive. Governors of
the various states have already
drafted proclamations setting
aside the special week, and Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt is ex-
the Rattler St Mnnr’i fleUrT Pgcted to issue a proclamation
& M.’College; Campus, Southern
ate in the drive. Though sponsored
by the American Legion, the cam-
paign is to assist all unemployed
citizens, veterans and non-Veter^
ans alike, with special attention
to the problem of finding jobs for
the older men and women. It is
pointed out that many of the most
experienced and competent work-
ers fall in the above-forty age
group and that this group ha.i not
received its just share of jobs in
the employment revival.
Some of Dallas Business Men Coming Monday
Austin, April 18.—Along with
aviation mechanics, foundry work,
and machine shop work, the Nati-
onal Youth Administration is of-
fering work experience in the fun-
damentals of radio work and op-
eration to eighty boys in four Ra-
dio Operation Projects at Waco,
Fort Worth. Ranger, and Inks
Dam~according to J. C. Kellum,
State NYA administrator. Pro-
jects will be opened up at other
locations as the program develops.
Under the supervision of an in-
structor licensed by the Federal
Communications Commission, var-
ious devices used in radio opera-
tion are being studied. Kellam
said. When the boys finish this ele-
mentary course, they are qualified
to take examinations for amateur
and commercial licenses in both
radio telephone and radio tele-
graph operation. Several of them,
he pointed out. have already pass-
ed such examinations.
“With private employment one
of the primary objects of the NYA
program,” the State youth admin-
istrator said, “we are sensitive to
new fields of Activity when setting
up work experience programs. The
field of radio is an expanding one.
More airports and airways are be-
ing opened. The NYA sees a
chalice for trained boys to secure
private employment in this field.”
Of 378,165,000 acres of land in
Alaska, only 2,109,000 have been
surveyed-
Oldsmobile New
Car Sales Boomed
During The Month
March sales of used cars .by
Oldsmobile dealers throughout the
United States totaled 48,558 units,
making that month the best since
July 1937, according to D. E. Ral-
ston, general sales manager of
Oldsmobile,
“This record is particularly
noteworthy,” said Ralston, “in
that March, in many sections of
the nation, finds winter weather
still much in evidence and is nor-
mally considered as being only an
average month for used car sales."
It is, however, indicative of the
marked improvement in sales of
both new and used cars betny re-
ported by Oldsmobile’s dealer
body,” he added.
BEN F. COMPTON TO ATTEND
40TH GRAND LODGE MEET
B. F, Compton came home Sun-
day from Richardson where he
had spent six weeks visiting with
his daughter, Mrs. J. C. Dugan.
Mr. Compton will return to
Richardson in May to attend the
K. of P. Grand Lodge, which will
be held in Dallas, May 19. This
will make the fortieth K. of P.
Grand Lodge meeting he has at-
tended. Including the Grand
Lodge Golden Jubilee, the coming
lodge meeting will be the forty-
first meeting of that kind that he
has attended, he stated this week.
He is a faithful member of the lo-
cal K. of P. lodge and is one of its
most enthusiastic workers.
Comet Motor Freight, for Fast Service
With the general offices located
here, the Comet Motor Freight
Lines makes trips each way dai-
ly between Stephenville and
San Antonio, Austin, Ft. Worth,
and Wichita Falls and gives ex-
press service at freight rates be-
tween these points and intermed-
Jate points. F. A. Blankcnbeck-
ler, General Manager, Gene M.
Loper, Gen. Auditor and A. C.
Robbins, Local 'Agent. Tele-
phone 448.
The development of the automo-
bile industry during the past dec-
ade and the singular need for a
swifter and more flexible mode of
transportation have been the con-
trolling factors in the establish-
ment of a new utility service of
real value to the industrial world,
namely, motor freight service. Mo-
tor freight lines, with their rapid
and flexible service and friendly
and courteous personnel pioneered
in the free pickttp and delivery
service, thereby saving the ship-
per and consignee in transfer
charges and they have cut the
time required for the movement of
freight to less than half of what
was formerly needed.
Coincidentally the motor freight
lines have been heavy contributors
to the funds available for highway
development and maintenance be-
cause of the high tax rate they
pay and do not, by any means, op-
erate free over the highways as
many misinformed people believer
In fact an investigation of the
open records of the state depart-
ment in Austin reveals that motor
freight liq.es and busses in Texas
pay more thx money than any
other form of transportation.
One of these motor freight or-
ganizations which has done much
to satisfy the transportation needs
of our section of the state is the
Comet Motor Freight Lines. In
addition to the above mentioned
runs, this firm makes connections
for practically any point. Bonded
and insured service is offered on
every shipment accepted and In
the event of loss or damage,
claims are settled immediately.
They operate under the authority
of. the State Railroad Commission
and the Interstate Commerce com-
mission and the public is therefore
assured of just and uniform char-
ges for all service.
The Comet Motor Freight Lines
take this occasion to express ap-
preciation for your past business
and to invite your continued pat-
ronage in the future.
K & W Feeds Locally Made Products
Manufactured and sold by the Kay
& Wood Feed Mill in Stephen-
ville,, K & W StBtk, Dairy and
Poultry Feeds are home pro-
ducts of unexcelled quality.
Marshall Kay and Leonard 6.
Wood, owners.
In the past few years, experi
ment and study on the part of the
nationally known feed manufac-
turers and state agricultural col-
leges has revealed that rations for
either stock or poultry must con-
sist of something more than farm
grains if the most profit is to be
realized. Farm grains are.^jjllen-
did when used as a baaSJf but
should be supplemented witrr oth-
er elements to obtain the maxi-
mum in profit. _________________
The Kay & Wood Feed Mill has
been particularly active in seeking
out and passing on to local stock-
men and poultry raisers the facts
concerning feeds and feeding. The
result is that K. A W. Dairy Stock
and Poultry Feeds are scientifical-
ly balanced feeds which hsvq ac
locally produced grain, combined
with high quality concentrates,
necessary to produce a scientifical-
ly balanced feed, and are lower
priced than those of similar qual-
ity feeds shipped in from other
localities.
In addition to these things is
the fact that this institution is lo-
cally established and owned and
through taxes on their holdings
contribute to city and county
ponses so that when you buy I
& W. feeds you are boosting hoir
industry and homo product
whose manufacturing costs arl
represented to a great extent b
wages paid to employes and ar
kept in Erath county where the
are distributed with local people.
Kay & Wood invite the poultr
raisers and farmers of this sectioi
to consult with them on thei:
feed ng problems at any time, ana
asswsu:
program. v *
They also take this opportunity j*
to express appreciation for 4«ur
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