Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 16, Ed. 1 Friday, April 19, 1940 Page: 3 of 16
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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940
THE STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE. 8TEPHENYILLE. TEXAS
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BANDCAKE WALK
TONIGHT AT7:30
Those who attended the Ste-
phenvillp High School Band Gfl„.
walk, held 6n the downtown square
last year, remember that “a good
time was had by all”. A similiar
program is to take place here to-
night, starting at 7:15 o’clock,
and another enjoyable fiesta is
promised.
Beginning with a short band
concert at 7:16 p. m., the cake
walk will get under way at 7:80
The band will play throughout
this event also. Acording to the
band committee, there will be
plenty of cakes and “lots of fun
for everybody." Committees for
completing the program arrange-
ments were- set up and nothing
was left undone to make the cake
walk an interesting and enter-
taining feature.
The annual concert of the Ste-
phenville High School Band drew
a nice attendance Sunday after-
noon. Practically all of the lower
floor of the First Baptist Church
was filled, it was stated. The con-
cert was held from 2:00 to 8:00
o’clock. Rev. Wm. H. Cole, pastor
of the First Methodist Church,
made a short talk on the program.
Next Friday, April 26, the band
will enter the regional high school
band contest at Abilene. Leaving
here edrlv Friday morning, the
Stenhenvill band will play Friday
night and again on Saturday and
will also enter the marching con-
test to be held during the regional
event.
Supporters of the band believe
that if a large crowd will take part
in the cake walk tonight, the or-
ganization will have sufficient
funds to make the trin to the an-
nual contests in Abilene Friday
and Saturday. A part of the neces-
sary funds was obtained at the
concert Sunday.
Senator Head To
* Address the Young
Democrats Monday
address the Krath County Young
Democrats Club at its second
meeting which will be held in the
district courtroom Monday night
April 22. starting at 8 o’clock.
Subject of his discussion will be
“The Fundamentals of Govern-
ment," a subject in which the new
organization is especially inter-
ested. Not only members of the
club are invited, however, but the
meeting is open to the public and
everyone is urgentely invited to at-
tend.
W. J. Oxford Jr. is president of
the organization, which was form-
ed at a meeting held in Dublin
April 3. Steve Casey of Dublin is
vice president, Dick Harbin of
Dublin is founty chairman. Tom-
my Norwood of Stephenville 1s
treasurer and Bill Gaines of Dub-
lin is sercoant-at-arms. Composing
the executive committee are Grady
Littleton and Anna Mae Hester
of Sfenhenville and Andy Craig of
Dublin.
Purpose of the organization is
to stimulate in young people an
aoMve interest in governmental
affairs.
Tommies Do Their Bit to Aid French Agriculture
With so many men of the French peasantry at tbo front, a general shortage of labor has resalted on the
farms of France. With a view toward alleviating the plight of their allies, these British soldiers lend a
hand. The women of the farms know what Is to be done and under their directions the Tommies, armed
with pitchforks, attack their new agricultural lobs.
Sinclair Products Nationally Known
Wholesaled and distributed*!!! Ste-
phenville and Erath County by
Paul Marr, local agent, Sinclair
H-C Gasoline, Sinclair Opaline
and Pennsylvania Motor Oils,
are among the nation’s most
popular Petroleum products.
Sinclair Refining Company pro-
ducts are among the most widely
used petroleum products in Amer-
ica. That they are among the best
is shown by the fact that over ,1-
500,000 automobiles in America
are driven with Sinclair gasoline
each day; that 150 American rail-
roads, whose engines travel 120,-
000,000 miles each year, are Sin-
Senator J. Manley Head will] clair lubricated throughout; that
gasoline and lubricants for Amer-
ican airlines whose planes fly 400,-
000 miles of scheduled flights each
day, are supplied with Sinclair.
The answer is that the Sinclair
Refining Company has certain ad-
vantages which few other oil com-
panies possess. The Sinclair pipe-
line system—the cheapest mode of
oil transportation—is the longest
in the world. It embraces 7,000
miles of trunk lines as well as an
extensive gathering system and it
is by this pipeline that the major
portion of Sinclair crude is
brought to their 12 great'Tefineries
in the United States. Savings ef-
fected throughout this cheap
transportation and their strateg
ically docated refinehies are pass-
ed on to the consumer in the form
of higher quality products at no
increase in price. Sinclair Penn-
sylvania Motor Oil, for example,
is made exclusively from Bradford
Alegheny crude which is the
highest quality and most expen-
sive of all Pennsylvania crudes.
These are some of the reasons
why Sinclair gasoline and motor
oils are products of unusual qual-
ity and if you are not already fam-
iliar with them, try them at any
Sinclair dealer station, all of
which are identified by the big
H. C. sign.
Mr. Marr acts as agent for Sin-
clair products, owns his own
equipment, employs his own per-
sonnel and is justly regarded as
a local business man. He takes
this opportunity to express ap-
preciation for your past business
and to invite your continued pat-
ronage in the future.
Thefts and other offenses against
the Postnffice Department result-
ed in 4.fi04 convietions in the last
fiscal year.
Listening to the radio, a West
Virgininn dropped off to sleep and
didn’t wake up for a week. An,
these political speeches.
STATE GAME OFFICE WRITES
OPEN LETTER TO SPORTSMEN
Austin, April 18.—The fishing
and boating season in Texas is
rapidly approaching and the execu-
tive secretary of the Texas Game,
Fish and Oyster Commission is
urging boatmen to be careful in
the operation of their crafts,
whether they be rowboats and ca-
noes or larger boats. Observance
of the following simple rules will
assist, in holding down the list of
drownings, the secretary said:
Never overload a boat, nor allow
occupants of a boat .to stand up
in it.
Do not use a motor of too large
horsepower for the size of the
boat. It is also unsafe to use a
small horsepower motor on a large
boat because in case of a storm
the boat will be uncontrollable.
Every boat should be equipped
with: one life preserver for each
person in it, fire extinguisher,
lights and good oars or paddles.
Every outboard motor should be
equipped with a chain or good rope
because motors will frequently be-
come loose and be lost at the bot-
tom of the lake.
While a motor's* running, never
leave it unattended. The motor
may give a quick turn and throw
you into the water.
Leave your bottle at home.
Water and alcohol do not mix
Cat Ate 31 Perch
How many 3 to 81/£j in. fish can a
Your guess is probably way off,
but W. E. Fairless of Shackelford
2% pound catfish eat in a night?
county just about knows the an-
swer. Mr. Fairless recently placed
a catfish in a live box along with
thirty-one bream, each approxi-
mately 314 inches long. The next
morning the bream had all disap-
peared and when he cut open the
bulging stomach of the cat He
found all thirty-one of the sunflsh-
es there.
Chachalacas Are Spreading
Not only are the white winged
dove moving northward, but sur-
veys made by the Texas game de-
partment biologists reveal that the
chachalaca, a fine game bird found
in the Rio Grande Valley, has ex-
tended its range to northern Wil-
laey-eoufrty. They are also ranging
along the Rio Grande through Za-
pata county.
Peddled Ducks to Wrong Person
An Arkansas resident who is
now awaiting trial under a half
dozen charges got into trouble be-
cause he tried to peddle canned
duck to a game warden.
It is alleged the Arkansas man
killed fifteen Mallard ducks out of
season, picked them, put them in
fruit jars and traveled to Atlanta,
Texas. The first person he at-
tempted to sell the ducks to was a
free service game warden. He, of
course bought some of the ducks
and placed the man under arrest.
The federal authorities stepped in
and the Arkansas resident is now
charged with,' among other things,
transporting game across a state
line, selling game, exceeding the
bag limit, and killing game out of
season. ., ------
Urges Duck Regulations
Duck hunting regulations, which
if adopted by the U. S. Bureau of
Biological Survey, would undoubt-
edly bring better fall sport to
Texans, have again been urged
upon Dr. Ira N. Gabrielson, chief
of the bureau, by the executive
secretary of the Texas g&me de-
partment.
Regulations* recommended k>y the
Texas game chief include: allow-
ing of hunting to start at sunrise
rather than 7 a. m., an earlier sea-
son in the northern half of the
state, and the use of a few live
decoys. Those are the principal ob-
Because of San Jacinto...
We are Today Texans and
Americans . . .
• To celebrate the winning of Texas Independence this bank
will be closed for a holiday Monday, April 22.
Member
Federal Deposit
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jections Texas sportsmen have to
the regulations on migratory wat-
erfowl. The game chief urged the
same recommendations upon the
bureau last year, but federal au-
thorities were unable t o adopt
them.
y Coal Black Raccoon Found
Add a black raccoon to the out-
door oddities seen in Texas. A
pure black coon has been seen
twice on the shore of Lake Wichi-
ta by O. B. Brandon of Wichita
Falls. The raccQon, according tp
Mr. Brandon, is an unusually large
specimen. Albinos, that is white
specimens of birds and unimals,
occur more often than do black
specimens.
Sesbania, a plant which as a ni-
trogen-fixing growth builds up
soil, but which is not eaten by cat-
tle or horses, is being widely ad-
vocated by the Texas Game, Fish
and Oyster Commission as an ex-
cellent food producer for quail and
several other species of wildlife. It
also furnishes good cover. Sesba-
nia ia being sown on moat of-the
nearly fifty quail demonstration
projects set up recently in many
parts of the state by the game de-
partment. Numerous landowners
interested in having a larger sup-
ply of bobwhites and other species
of ^wildlife are also planting ses-
bania seeds.
Sesbania, game department bi-
ologists have found, does well
whether broadcast or planted , in
strips. It is especially valuable as
a late winter and early spring
food, when there is little other
vegetation upon which wildlife can
feed.
Plantings of sesbania need not
not eaten by cattle, horses or deer.
In many arehs it is not necessary
to disc the soil before planting the
seed. It can be planted in out-of-
way corners, in strips along the
edge of cultivated fields and along
ditch hanks. May and June are the
best months in which to sow this
valuable wildlife food-producing
plant. Strips fifteen yards wide
are considered exceedingly valu-
able. Not only is the plant bene-
ficial to quail, but it has been
found that when planted on the
banks of ponds that it provides ex-
cellent food for ducks, improves
the appearance of pond banks and
provides some shade for' fish.
Prairie chickens also make use of
the plants’ seeds as food.
Sesbania seed is not expensive.
Funeral Services
Held Friday For
Auto Crash Victim
Funeral rites were held at the
Higginbotham Funeral Chapel on
Friday. April 12 at 2:30 p. m. for
James D. Noonkester, 20. who re-
ceived fatal injuries in an automo-
bile accident which occurred Tues-
day afternoon, April 9 at 5 o’clock
at the “Y” at the intersection of
State Highways 377 and 281 one-
half mile east of the square as he
and his cousin. Frank Noonkester,
were leaving Stephenville for their
home six miles north of the city.
He was taken to the Stephenville
Hospital following the accident
*and died there Thursday, April 11
at 4 p. m.
C. M- Moser, minister of Graham
Street Church of Christ, conducted
the funeral service which was at-
tended by a large number of rela-
tives and friends of the family.
-—EaUbearara- wore—Hou ston- Rog-
ers. Woodrow Smith, Tom Phelps.
Herbert Wesson. Ira Wesson and
Ernie Smith. Friends of the fam-
ily assisted with the floral offer-
ing.
Burial was made in the Oak Dale
cemetery.
James David Noonkester was
horn September 16. 1919 in Fort
Worth, but for several vears had
made his home in Erath county
with his parents who live, in the
Center Grovp community, six miles
north of Stephenville. In the acci-
dent in which he was fatally in-
jured last Tuesday, Noonkester
_ ___ suffered severe cuts on the left
be fenced due to the fact that it'i»V1!*nd. nrm anfl knee and a bolt or
a piece of glass was imbedded In
his left temple, the latter injury
probably having caused his death.
The car in which he was riding
was struck by a truck which was
badly damaged but none of its oc-
cupants seriously injured.
Surviving Noonkester who was
known to many of his friends as
“Pete,” are his narents. fonr sis-
ters. Louise. Mnry and Bonnie
Noonkester of the home; Mrs.
Della Smith Mrs. Craep Rogers
and one brother. Clifford Noonkes-
ter, all of Stephenville.
er seed houses- at prices ranging
from 9 to 12 cents per pound.
Here From Quanah
Miss Margaret Leuty, home dem-
onstration agent of Hardeman
County was here from Quanah
last week-end to see her parents,
It can be purchased from the larg- raffr and Mrs. C. C. Leuty, with
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whom she
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visited until Monday
Usually it’s the girls who jump
at the chance to take advantage of
leap year, but a 34-year-old
Brownsvile man has turned the
tables on the fairer sex.
In a letter to the Stephenvilte
Empire-Tribune, this 200-pound,
red-headed Irishman states that
ho would like to make acquaint-
ance with some young ladies, "for
it’s really lonesome here in this
city for a r.ian who dosen’t speak
Mexican.”
He said that he ha/i read of bo
many girls in the Stephenville col-
lege that perhaps there was one
who would like a “happy-go-lucky
Irishman.’’ In case any of you
girts tut interested, his TTffWe IS H.
A. Morgan, his address Box 105,
Brownsville, Texas, and he oper-
ates his own business.
A ttend Funeral of
U. S. Army Soldier
In Oklahoma City
Claude Gunn and his mother,
Mrs. Sallie Gunn, wdnt to Okla-
homa City Saturday to attend the
funeral of Weldon Cosgrove, a
United States Army soldier who
was killed in California Thursday,
April 11.
Cosgrove, 22r was found dead in
his army tent with a bullet hole in
the back of his head, but details
of the shooting were not learned.
His body arrived in Oklahoma City
Monday afternoon and funeral
services were held Tuesday morn-
ing at the Church of Christ in
Oklahoma City. Thp body was
taken from there to Chickasha for
burial that afternoon.
The young man was the son of
Mr. and Mrs. Odis Cosgrove of
Oklahoma City, both of whom are
natives of Stephenville. Mrs. Cos-
grove is a sister of Mr. Gunn, who
returned to his home here Wednes-
day- Mrs. Sallie Gunn remained in
Oklahoma City for an extended
visit with her daughter. Mrs. Cos-
grove^
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