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— STEPHENVILLE, ERATH UOUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941
BAND TEACHERS
FROM 17 TOWNS
’ Second Annual Event Here
Was to Prepare For
s' State Contests
Words Fly at ‘Lease-Lend’ Bill Hearing
Twenty band instructors" and
approximately 175 band students,
representing 17 schools from a wkfe
area, Saturday attended Stephen-
ville’s second annual band clinic,
one of the few held in Texas pre-
liminary to the State clinic at
Waco February 13-15. The clinic,
held in the Jonn Tarleton College
auditorium, was sponsored by the
Ault Music Company of Fort
Worth,
Col. Earl D. Irons, North Texas
Agricultural College music direc-
tor, composennrd nationally known
music judge, was the instructor
and conductor at the clinic. Dick
Dickson represented the sponsor-
ing music company.
The Stephenville and DeLeon
High School Bands were the offi-
cial clinic bands, assisted by the
Tarleton, NTAC, Hico, Strawn and
Dublin bands.
Contest Numbers Played
All national and state band con-
test numbers which will be play-
ed at the state clinic at Waco next
month were selected as practice
music for the preliminary clinic
Saturday-. The ' regional "oontests
will be held at Abilene April. 24-
26, G. W. Collum, director of the
Stephenville High School Band, has
been advised.
The clinic started at 9 a. m. Sat-
urday and bands in Classes A and
B played until 10:30 a. m. Bands in
Classes C and D played from|
1Q:30 until noon, when a luncheon j
was given the 20 band instructors
at the Onyx Cafe.
Afternoon sessions began at 1:30
p. m. with practice programs held
similar to those occurring during
the morning. Both morning and
afternoon sessions were open to the
public.
Towns represented at the clinic
were Brcehrnridge, .Wedtliuifuidp
Eastland, Cisco, Ranger, Strawn,
Dublin, DeLeon, Brownwood,
Goldthwaite. Ran Snhar Lampasas,
NAME GOODGAME
AND TEDDLIE TO
HEAD CHAMBER
u.
Annual Banquet Hate Has
Been Set For Tuesday
., February 4
At the house foreign affairs committee hearing on President Rooso-
velt’s “lease-Iend” bill, chairman Sol Bloom and Rep. Hamilton Fish,
both of New Fork, bandy words ss Fish calls the bill “a dictator’s
bill.” This soundphoto shows, left to right, Representative Bloom, Repre-
sentative Fish and Representative George E. Tlnkham of Massachusetts.
t JTAC Girls Must <
+ Find Employment;
Or Leave School
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ilico, Arlington, Llano, Comanche
and Stephenville.
A Cappella Choir
Of Denton to Give
Program March 2
The Stephenville Music Club will
present the A Capella Choir of
North Texas State Teachers Col-
lege, Denton, >in a program to be
given Sunday, March 2 at the First
Baptist Church here.
Dr. Wilfred C. Bain will direct
the choir which is one of the most
widely npd prominently known mu-
sical grouns in Texas. They have
aung in almost, every large city
' in the state and their programs
are interesting and thoroughly en-
joyable * .
Stephenville people are looking . ......
forward with a-grea*deaf of-pie**-^rrgea.nt' s,'Vd 1he temperaiui£_was
ure to hearing the A Cappella
Choir in. its ..program ta.be .given
here. Further notice of the choir's
appearance in this' city will be
given later.
.
n_L TELL THE
Officials at John Tarleton Col-
lege have asked the Empire-Trib-
une to.assist in finding local part-
time employment for a number of
girl students who, unleis jobs are
found immediately, will be forced
to withdraw from the college be-
cause of financial difficulties.
Several girls are seeking part-
time jobs, including some who
would like to care for children or
do other chores in return for room
or board or both.
Anyone .having such employ-
ment, which will enable these stu-
dents to finish the school year at
John Tarleton College here, is ask-
ed to contact Miss Clara Savage,
dean of women at the college.
SOIL BUILDING
PRACTICES FOR
1941 OUTLINED
Erath Farmers And Stockmen
Urged to Earn Highest
Possible Amount
LARGEST CONVOY
Information concerning the 1941
AAA soil building program for
Erath County was released Wed-
nesday by Sam S. Hanover, coun-
ty administrative officer, as fol-
“In 1939 the county fell short of
larning the full amount available
for soil building work. Some im-
provement was made in 1940, but
still some farmers failed to go the
limit in conservation. In fhe 1941
AAA program, still greater cm-
haa hfum plnrnfl t\rt gml Ar.n-
Dan Goodgame was elected pres-
ident and Teddlie-vice presi*
j dent of the Stephenville Chamber
j of Commerce at a meeting of that
; body Monday morning at 9:30
o'clock. Goodgame succeeds C. W.
I Bryant as president and Teddlie
! succeeds Goodgame as vice presi-
I dent.
The six directors who will serve
until December 31, 1941, elected at
the last annual meeting of the
organization, are H. M. Everett
Sr., ETHa—Hiu, ' Telefus Cuwyer,
Dean J. Thomas Davis, G. O.
Brown, and Jake Hedrick.
Eighteen additional directors,
who were elected or re-elected at
the meeting Monday, are W. C.
Long, Morris Novit, Paul Higgin-
botham, L. B. Howard, Ben Mc-
Collum, W- R. Hancock, Jack Price,.
Howard Miller, Claude W. Bry-
ant, Ross Wolfe, J. E. Fitzgerald,
Billy Oxford, Frank Carlton, Bon-
na Taylor, Fount Taylor, Paul
Dowell, Dr. J. C. Terrell and J.
W. Heaton.
The annual Chamber of Com-
merce banquet will, be held Tues-
day, February 4, L. W, Phillips,
secretary-manager, announced. A
review of the work done by the
chamber during 1940 and an out-
line of plans for 1941 will be made
at, the banquet, plans for which
have not been completed.
SCHOOL PROJECT
AT CLAIRETTE
Knights PyUiias
Officers Elected
For Current Year
Re-employed
Officers for the year were elect-
ed Monday night at a meeting of
the Stephenville lodge of the
Knights of Pythias.
This yeAris. officers are1:- Elmo
White, chancellor commander; L.
Jl. Vaughn, vice chancellor; Geo.
Minter, prelate; C. S. King, mas-
ter of. work;- Boyce Yearwood,
master of arms; Albert Schnabel,
keeper of records and seals; Sam
Lydia, inner guard ; C, E Martin, .
outer guard; Reid Bassel, master
of excheoucr, and B. F. Compton, I
master of finance.
Trustees are Ben BcCollum, Ed
Patton and Ben Compton. Comp- .
ton, who has been a member of
t.he lodge in Stephenville 50 years,. |
was cho-en ns the representative
to the Grand Lodge.
V.
TWELVE PAGES—Vol. 71. No. 4
DRtf TEES WERE”
SENT TO DALLAS
BUT 3 REJECTED
Next Call Is For Five Men
From Erath County on
February 11th
Three" of (Tio'TH men EraTFTCoun-
ty sent to Dallas on a special bus
j Wednesday morning at 9:30 o’clock
' in response to the second selective
j service call were rejected after
medical examinations and return-
jed to Stephenville on the 7:30 bus
j Wednesday night.
Those returning reported that the
NEWDEPUTIES
j other men from Erath County, who
The Rev. E. L. Miley of the First were accepted were to have left
Christian Church in Stephenville was t|lat njght ut 9 o’clock on u train
recently re-employed for an indefl-[for Brownwod to start their year
nlte period. This was made known of military training at Camp
at an annual banquet given by the Bowie
111 TIV nrriAr ! congregation upon the completion joh„ Watts, chief clerk of the
IN I fi ! IIKHI.S- nt thn first year with T, ' r* > . • !. !at.d
111 I HA Ul I IvL Ike local church. j Thursday that three qmre men
would have to be sent Mem this
county to replace those who were
rejected at Dallas. The exact time
that the replacements will be sent
has not been set but Watts said
it probably would be February 11,
when a third call will be made for
draftees under the' Selective Ser-
vice Act.
The next call, Watts said, will
be for five men, which will bring
,the total number of men from this
county called to seryice to 27. On
the first call, four were sent, 18
were called this month and five are
required on the third call, Febru-
ary 11.
To Examine 13 Tuesday
Thirteen men have been notified
to report for medical examinations
morning in
DAIRY DAY SHOW
IS TO BE HELD
HERE IN SPRING
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Erath County Recognized
As One of District
Dairy Centers
PASSESTHROUGH
The largest convoy of army
trucks to come through Stephen-
ville since the movement to Camp
Bowie, Brownwood, arrived short-
ly after noon Thursday from Des
Moines, Iowa, and stopped here
for a plate lunch and to refuel. ?
Forty-eight trucks, bearing
troofis and equipment of the 113th
Cavalry, Iowa National Guard,, oc-
cupied three sides of the equare
^ MU!. convoy stopped in—Steph-
en ville;
Much of the equipment was car-
ried with the troops but th* re-
mainder was sent separately to
Camp Bowie. Capt. John G. Bowes
was convoy commander.
The Iowa troops left Des Moines
Monday at 8:15 a. m. and, upon
arrival in Stephenville, immediate-
ly" began to complain of the “hot
weather down here in Texas.” A
WORLD
BY RUFUS F. HIGGS
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Eyes of
’ a world weary with war fo-
cused on Washington Monday as
the man who has guided the great-
est nation on earth through eight
eventful years was inaugurated
for a third ^administration—a four
year period that may be fraught
with crisis. Exactly at 12:08,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt placed
his hand upon a Bible and solemn-
ly, swore that he would “faithful-
ly execute the office of President
of the United States.”
£JLEAR skies, contrary to reports
that had be"n made by wepther
forecasters, reigned over the mul-
titude that watched the President
take the oath. Other thousands
lined the stre-ts between the White
House an<f the Capitol. At that the
weather was cold throughout the
■day. But that did not 4'm the en-
thusiasm of those who were on
hand for the festivities. I was "
told that the thermometer regis- j
tered as low as 23 degrees—and j
that’s cold weather in any man’s
country even though the sun is
shining.
“15 above” when the convoy left
Des Moines, Jowa, Monday. -
Mechanized Regiment
A horse-mechanized cavalry reg-
iment, numerous six-ton scout cars
were included with the equipment
of the convoy. Working in conjunc-
tion with motorcycle troops, each
scout car is equipped with seven
men—two drivers, three gunners
and two radio operators—and with
three machine guns—two .30-cali-
bre and one .50-calibre—and a
Thompson sub-machine gun.
The scout cars resembled ar-
mored tanks, so excellent- were
the materials and the methods of
construction.
This particular convoy attracted
numerous bystanders, as both the
troops, from “up North,” and the
mechanized equipment were “new
in these parts.”
Ellis Insurance
Agency Announces
* Personnel Changes
Oren Ellis, owner and manager
of the Ellis Insurance Agency,
Wednesday announced recent
changes in the personnel of the
firm.
Glen Williams, who has been
occupying a stenographic position,
has succeeded John Tom Heaton
as collection supervisor.
Ralph Cole, formerly with Hig-
ginbotham’s store in Dublin, and
Mrs. Dan Barfoot, of Stephenville,
are stepographhr employees.
QNCE the oath was admiris-
tered bv Chief Justice Charles
Evans Hughes, Mr. Roosevelt
became th» first third-term Pres-
ident in history. He immediate-
ly began ddiveyv of h*s inaug-
ural address after taking the
oath. He looked vigorous and in
exceptionally good health.
(Continued on page. 12)
Waa Back on Visit
Walter C. Kiker of Iowa Park,
returned home Wednesday morning
after visiting here since Saturday
with his aunt, Mrs. H. A. Moth-
ershead at her home on West Tar-
leton Avenue, and as a guest of
his sist-r-in-Iaw, Mrs. Virgil Fer-
guson and Mr. Ferguson at their
ranch near Smith Spring. Mr. Kik-
er was reaped in Erath County
and he and his family made their
starvation, and county committees
have been given more authority and
latitude to encourage conservation
warn:; . ———
A Good Resolution
“New Year’s resolutions may be
a lot of nonsense,” Ilanover con-
tinued, “but here is one resolu-
tion that every farmer (and ranch-
man) in Erath County would do
well to make and keep:
‘I resolve to go the limit in soil
conservation work in 1941, to earn
every penny of my soil building
allowance, and even to dig down
into my own pocket to carry out
additional practices and thus t<^ en-
rich my land as much as possible.’
“Every member of the Erath
County AAA committee has made
this resolution," Hanover stated,
“and intends to keep it, accord-
ing to ' J. .L. Killian, committee
chairman. He is urging all com-
munity committeemen to make ev-
ery effort to impress on farmers
in their communities the import-
ance of taking full advantage of
the soil building practices linilur.lha..
Agricultural Adjustment Admin-
istration program. —----------—-—
Practices Added
“All practices-for 1940 are per-
missible in 1941 except planting
forest trees, These practices have
been added for the farm program
and are included among those con-
sidered especially valuable in Erath
County:
“1. Eradicating prickly pear and
cactus.
(a) Light infestation—2 to 6
per cent inclusive—50 cents per
(b) Medium infestation—7 to 12
per cent, inclusive—75 cents per
acre.
(c) Heavy infestation—above 12
per cent—$1 per acre.
“2. Eliminating mesquite. m
' (a) Light infestation—5 to 20
per cent, inclusive—50 cents per
acre.
(b) Medium infestation—21 to 40
per cent, inclusive—$1 per acre.
(c) Heavy infistation—above 40
per cent—$2 per acre.
“3. Eliminating cedar.
(a) . Light infestation—5 to 15
per cent, inclusive—75 cents per
acre,
(b) Medium infestation—16 to
30 per cent, inclusive—$1 per acre.
(c) Heavy infestation—above 30
per cent—$1.50 per acre.
“4. Eliminating sagebrush.
(a) Heavy infestation—10 per
cent and above—50 cents-per acre."
Council Members
And Firemen Visit
Two Nearby Towns
The_ WPA project to improve
tin* sehuol building ind grounds at
Clairette was started Tuesday, ac-
cording to Ray D. Morgan, area
engineer This prnjnct .will npernle.
Jim Fincher, tax assessor-collec-
tor, this week announced the ap-
pointment of William H. Copeland
of Huckabay to succeed John W.
Wright, who died Snday, as deputy
in the motor vehicle department of
the tax collector’s office.
Copeland spent eight year in
military service, with three years
having been spent in the army,
two in the marines and three ifi the
Texas National Guard. Copeland
did clerical work throughout the
eight years of service.
He started work in the office
Wednesday and he and Mrs. Cope-
land will move to Stephenville
from Huckabay this week-end Erath and McCulloch counties .................
lnc'j57 a so announced ibat have been selected as the two coun- here next Tuesday
Wiley Thompson had replaced K. ties in state Extension Service preparation for the next call. Dr.
D. Hamilton, who died Monday, ijiistrict 7 ip which official dairy A. E. Lankford and Dr. A". O. Crag-
as ^extra clerk in the tax colloc-, ^ay shows will be held this spring. ! wall are the medical, examiners for
tors office during the rush sea- These counties' were selected re- the Erath County draft board.
cently by-E. R. Eudaly, dairy spe-| Watts said that 900"'quextion-
cialist, and District 7 AgehtaW. naires had been mailed to Erath
___. . . . I. Glass and Miss Maurine Hearn, , County registrants. A registrant
flay, ifepulies in the office stated, au ,,f College Station. whose county order number is not
totaledi 1 ,h,ill as—compared 'Witlv i TWEMly-lTIl'e? OITUMhl dairy days 1 hlii'her iliah hou has noon "mailed a
2,500 issued through January 22 were foeld Texas during the form to fill out and return to the
year. Only eight exemptions gprjng 1940, with Brownwood draft board office within five days
had men issued since October 1, Eastland the .sites of-District from the date «t>»» urn-!-—rm hts-
Only 1,831 Polls Paid
Poll taxes paid prior to Thurs-
approximately six months and will
employ an average of thirty work-
ers at a monthly payroll of $1250.
The project is set up to spend
$14,373. Of this amount WPA will
lurnish $12,100 and the sponsor,
the Clairette schol district, will
lurnish $2,273, or, 167e of the to-
tal.
The work will consist of the plas-
tering of the present gymnasium,
repairing the present building by
installing new floors and new win-
dow frames as needed, painting and
cleaning; constructing girls1 toilet;
retaining wall, tennis court, volley
b*ll court, fences, parking area,
and side walks, and leveling and
landscaping the 2.2-acre campus.
EX-SERVICEMEN
WILL REGISTER
FEBRUARY 220
Commander Wisdom Says Local
Post Will Discuss Act
At Next Meeting
am) Eastland the. Kites of District from the date- trpfw ucmg on hhr-
. , . . • Hons rj pr0grarns_ This year the shows ; questionnaire,
issued last year fo the same ‘late. jn district will be held at Ste- I Men from this county rejected
bince January 31 is the xiead- phenville and Brady. after rigid physical examinations
line for paying both an valorem Erath County, with its two at Dallas Wednesday were Jack
and poll taxes, officials in the col- I pjjeego plants, 11 registered Jersey Wodrow Hardwick of St phonville,
"lectors office urge those who can Bulls in the Erath County Jersey Henry Ben Ross of Dublin, Route
possibly pay their taxes .now to Breeders’ Association and its many 3, and Waltzia Allen Green of Ste-
do so in order that the waiting 10friRtorc(] Jersey breeders, is, ac- phenville.
lines during the last two or three cor(jin^ County Accent G. D. 1 The 15 accepted were: Lawton
days of the month will not be. so Everett, “coming back in the lead” , Blake Morrison, Lingleville, Route
long. _ .7: _ ! as a Hnirv renter. 11; Edgar Van Zandt Collum, Min-
gus, Route 1; Johnnie James Dri-
Penalties will go into effect after t aS a <*a*ry c<
January on unpnid ad valorem 1 Several 1 me Herds
poll^ro Sd -« J™ "»«"« ifij Of tee- !!"">" Idoclovin... Rout, 1
no.t. later ..than . January... 31.-----------
“John B. Collier Jr., of Fort ’ n »•«>, Route
5; Alvin James
U. L. Moss,
Ttiriit <JT"~ fM’nrvfn—
Stephenville FFA
Chapter Members
Buy Baby Chicks
tered Jerseys. Joe Hancock and Honier Lolarid Jones^ Stephenville,
son s, Whon a v c “been" 1 n th e J5 r'r|"Rn,ff(’ 4; G^*Hkc iT'vris "Petty, SUv
soy breeding game for some time, pbenville. Route L; Glen Reeves,
recently sold eight head of fine 1"Dublin. Route 3; Gene Sw-mwr,
Jerseys to a Coleman County breed- Dublin Route S; Sam .Smith. Ste-
or Tom Hughes of Dublin, recent- pnenyillOr Route 1*; Thomas Z.
ly‘completed a rock dairy barn to j Parks, Stephenjtille. Routp 3; Frank
protect his herd of 60 fine regis- Jesse Noonkestor Stephenville, and
.Tcrsoyg. . I Jessie George Pilgrim, Dublin.
* —-—— [ “Hughes hRS a unique water -r—-—~
fe.5; ife'ga teg phfpkq unw
nf America have purchased 1,275 trough is under a large rock wa- Off UllLUIXO llUVf
baby chicks for broiler production ter tank and, due to its location,
and pullet production. Th°se boys the water stays cool in summer
will use the chicks as a part of their and warm in winter.”
project program for this year’s j The John Tarleton Agricultural
work in_ Vocational Agriculture, ac- College dairy herd, with many out-
cording to E. W. Scott, chapter ad- [standing Jerseys, is being offieial-
viser. | ly tested now, Everett said, by
Ail chicks purchased have been Oscar Frazier, head of the dairy
TOTAL $41,842
A group of citv councilman and
firemen inspected voluntary fire
department* in Mineral Wells and
Weatherford Sunday.
Those making the trip were
Ohas. Nehlett.. Jr.. Harwood Bar-
ham. L. Riggina, Roy Miller. Rich
Fagan, J. Buren Cox, Buster
White and J. R. Moser.
First-hand information as to the
home for a period of several years methods ^necHbv^the Mineral Well
1 from here about 20 years ago.
obtained.
All members of the American
Legion, throughout the United
States, will register February 22
in accordance with a proclamation
issued last week in Indianapolis
by Milo J. Warner, national com-
mander, and signed by Frank E.
Samuel, national adjutant.
This event will take place as the
result of action taken at the 1940
national convention and the nation-
al executive committee of the Amer-
ican Legion in order that a com-
plete indexing and classifying of
all members of the organization,
primarily, and of World War Vet-
erans generally, may be obtained
ns a means of listing individual
qualifications for voluntary nation-
al defense service in the event of
the onset of a national emergency.
W. J. Wisdom, commander of
the local American Legion post,
said Tuesday that the Stephenville
organization’s part-in the national
-egistration movement would be
■Mscussed at the next meeting of
’ho post, which will be held next
Tuesday night, January 28. Wis-
'om urges that all members of the
nost he present at this meeting.
Washington’s Birthday
“No more appropriate day for
’he undertaking of such a patrioti'
-mterprisc on the part of th" Anmr-
:"an Legion caw he conceived,’’ Na-
f,onal Commander W"rncr «ald in
Ms nrnrlamation, “than that of
*he 206th anniversary of the birth-
’av of th* Father of our Country,
nporirp Washington, on February
22. 1941 ”
Acmrding to th" .Tanuarv issu"
of The National Legionnaire, nf-
Oeial publication of the Ameri'an
mplptt of tr
HUCKABAY WILL
START PROJECT
hatched from flocks that have been j department at the college,
pullorum tested and culled for pro-
duction. Past poultry projects have
proved that egg production on the
farm can bo increased by inflfWv-
ing the quality of the chicks and
nroper flock management and feed-
ing. The memb"rs are keeping
these things in mind this year in
selecting their poultry projects.
The local chapter is entering the
Poultry Improvement Contest
sponsored bv the Texas Baby
Chick Association.
Members of the Stephenville
"hnnter who now have baby chick
nrojects are RnvfoH Knv, J D.
Jennings, Charles Walker. Har-
old Fades, .T"rry Sohrimsher. W.
A. Wood. Carl Dickerson, J. R.
Boyd, and Charles Fauhion. Mem-
bers who will start hahv chick
orrdects in the near future are
Abridge Walker Billy Butler, Roy
Stanford, T eo Dale. Chas. Cas-
stevens, Ralph Pote"t, Gates Dan-
iels, and Don Smithey.
*
aire forms to be um
(Continued on
in the
page 6)
Announce Birth of Son
Stephenville friends of the fam-
ily recently received announcements
of the arrival of a son, Jerry Bob.
born at 8:35 a m. Christmas Day
to Mr and Mrs. J. C. Hattox of
San Saba. The baby weighed seven
pounds and four ounces. His ma
ternal graadnnrents are Mr. ard
Mra. Oliver Kay and his putemnl
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. J
R. Hattox. Both families live in
Stephenville. The baby’s mother
"ill be remembered here as th"
former Miss Bettv Mne Kay. His
Either, who has his degree from
Texas A. A M. College, is now
pervisor of the Farm Security Ad-
ministration.
Construction of a ona^tory
school building in a school ground
improviment project was started
at Huckabay Tuesday as a Wl’A
project sponsored by the Hucka-
bay school district, according to
Ray D. Morgan, area engineer.
This project was set up for a to-
tal expenditure of $49,624.93, with
WPA furnishing $33,295, and the
sponsor furnishing $16,329.93, or
32.9% of the. total.
The school building to be con-
structed will b" a ohe-story struc-
ture, 134 by 131 feet, with a floor
area of 13,258 square feet. It will
include four class rooms, a study
hall, a combination gymnasium and
•uidiV'rium with a stapfe, office and
hook room, and dressing rooms and
toilets. The exterior walls will be
rock masonry and the interior
walls will be lathed and plaster-
ed. The building will have fiber
board celling, steel sash and built-
up nsnhaltic roof.
Other work thnt will be includ-
ed on this WPA proiect will he
the building of n septic tank and
disposal fi'ld. 1,240 feet of mason-
rv fences, sidewalks, parking area,
culverts, and landscaping the en-
tire 4.1-acre plot.
Tt is estimated that this project
will he in operation approximately
WPA workers with an average
monthly payroll of $2,200.
Although only about 600 of ap-
proximately 5,000 cons rvation
checks for compliance with the
1940 farm program have heeir..,re*
ceived, these payments, together
with range checks roc ived, already
have placed $41,842.38 in circu-
lation in Erath @nunty in recent
weeks.
Checks, arriving more frequent-
ly now, according to Sam S. Han-
over, County AAA administrator,
and each farmer will be notified
by mail wh n his payment is re-
ceived at the local office. ,
A total of 743 conservation
checks received prior to W> dnes-
day fiotm amounted to $37,703.95
for an average of $50.75, Hanover
said. Range chocks rec* ived to date
number 71 and total $4,138.43 for
an average of $58.29.
The grand total of both con-
servation and rnnge checks receiv-
ed thus far is 814, amounting to
$41,842.38 and averaging $54.52
each.
Farmers and ratichmen comply-
ing with the AAA progrnm in
Erath County during 1940 will re-
ceive, whon all payments are made,
approximately $250,000, or a quar-
ter of a million dollars, it is esti-
mated, and checks are being mail-
ed as rapidly as possible from the
state AAA office at College Sta-
tion.
Home From Hospital
Mrs. E. C. Greathouse, of
Goldthwaite. returned home
Thursday after undergoing a ton-
sillectomy at the Stephenville
Hospital.
Baby Daughter Born
Mr. and Mrs. M. Q.JCox of this
city are the parents of a baby
ffnughtr'1. MHy ttmrttr, tern tothem
at the Stephenville Hospital Wed-
nesday, January 22.
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, January 24, 1941, newspaper, January 24, 1941; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120579/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.