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FRIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1941
THE 8TEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
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I Apart FFA Members
Doing Useful Work
Outside Of Classes
During the past week members
of the Lipan FFA Chapter have
been practicing some of the things
that they have learned in class as
they strive to prove to the people
that they “practice what they
preach.”
The boys have dehorned about
35 animals of all siaes and ages
for two different farmers, using
the saw, dehorning clippers, and
a pocket knife on some of the
small calves. Some ten head were
vaccinated for Blackleg, five were
branded and three young calves
castrated. Thursday afternoon the
Future Farmers bloodtested 95
hens for bacillary white" diarrhea
for one of their members. In the
bloedtest the JJtalWd" 'Antigen
method was used. While the birds
were on the table each hen was
given a worm capsule and was de-
loused. Only three hens, proved to
be reactors to the pullorum disease
and these were removed from the
flock. Carl Dean Ator, officer of
the local chapter, now boasts that
he has one of the best Single Comb
White Leghorn flocks in the com-
munity since he received 60 eggs
from 85 hens one day during the
past week.
Duties of the Future Farmer
members have also carried them
out to successfully treat two sick
cows.
MANY ERATH1ANS VISITING
CAMP AT MINERAL WELLS
CLAIRETTE
(By Mrs. Lucile Mayfield)
Rev. Greenwood of Bluff Dale
filled his appointment here Sun-
day and Sunday night.
IfOTr '‘
Comanche Saturday.
We are glad to report most of
those on the sick list improving.
Harold Hitt spent the week end
in Houston with his brother.
Mr. and Mrs. John Golightly
and Mr. and Mrs. Artie Thomp-
son attended conference at the
Methodist Church at Duffau Sun-
day
Mrs. Harold Hitt and daughter
visited relatives at Union Grove
the past week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. Rece Roberson
of Hico visited Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Roberson Sunday.
The Busy Bee Club met with
Mrs. Bunnie’ Alexander Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Luther Hudgins of Stenh-
enville is visiting relatives in this
community.
Work will start on the mattress
project Monday. Every one inter-
ested at this center, please see
Mrs. Lucll° Mayfield about the
time set for you to work.
-ftlRPWNt
BUILDERS
NEED
MEN
NOW!
More men needed at once. Two
of the largest airplane manufac-
turers insist they need 65 men
per day.
Our state manager has just re-
turned from California with re-
newed and reliable plans to help
more Texas men secqre perma-
nent good pay Jobs in aircraft
plants.
Hundreds of Texas men al-
ready placed by this plan rec-
ommend the long established
Anderson Airplane School of Los
Angeles for certaintv of Job
placement. Pay part tuition after
going to work.
Get in touch at once with the
state manager now at Long Ho-
tel, Stephenville. He will be there
ONLY Jan. 23, 24, 25 and 26.
If you are between 18 and 38
years of age and physically fit
you will be accepted at once. Re-
member the dates and address
and call immediately without
fall.. See the State Manager of
Anderson Airplane School of Los
Angeles, 105 Long Hotel, Steph-
enville.
Many Stephenville and Erath
County residents have visited the
army camp, Camp Wolters, now
under construction near Mineral
Wells. A number from this city
and county were in Mineral Wells
Sunday, most of them driving out
the highway east of the city to get
a roadside view of the camp, which
is employing 11,506 workmen.
Progress being made on con-
struction work at the camp is out-
lined in the following story by
Anthony McCauley, public rela-
tions director at Camp Wolters.
The construction tempo of this
camp has reached the crescendo
stage under the direction of Major
Paul M. Brewer, constructing
quartermaster. H^ has been ap-
pr'dpriateTjT'. nicknamed the “Bot-
tleneck Buster” and his main ob-
ject here is coordination spelled in
capital letters. Daily the per cent
of construction rises and schedul-
ed dates for coihpletion of tflis
huge project will be met with ex-
actitude, according to, a recent
statement of the" major. •
On January 1 a report was is-
sued showing camp completion of
9.26 per cent. This co'vered a per-
iod of 53 days and was itself mute
acknowledgement of many diffi-
culties encountered. On January 15
the report made showed comple-
tion of 23JB5; divided into build-
ings 26.6}'' electric work 12.36;
plumbing 15.8; heating 7.95; roads
and grading 30:85; water distribu-
tion 18.05; sanitation 16.25; elec-
tric distribution 10.01; gas distri-
bution 5.46; industrial units 31.05;
storm sewer and drainage 17.36.
Troops Due Feb. 15
.The.initial garrison of this camp
of the corps area service command
and training cadres will arrive Feb-
ruary 15. Subsequent cadres are
due March 1 and later until the
camp’s' quota is filled._____
Thursday a concrete pavement 22
feet wide was completed. The road
encircles the entire camp and en-
ables rapid transit between the va-
rious units under construction.
Henceforth rain and mud will not
impede progress and should a heavy
downpour come there are enough
buildings under roof to keep the
workers busy day and night.
The tentative station compli-
ment for Camp Wolters, which is
set by Eighth Corps Area, is 98
officers and 830 enlisted men. Head-
quarters and headquarters detach-
ment replacement group consists
of seven officers and 33 enlisted
men. By February 15 the popula-
tion of the Replacement Center
should approximate 321 officers and
2,022 enlisted men.
Nine Battalions Due
Exclusive of the training cadres
a company of trainees will have
224 men, and a battalion 896 men.
Nine battalions which are due here
by March 15, will have 7,864 men.
Trainloirds of material and
equipment arrive daily in the camp
since the spur from the main line
has been completed. Some idea of
the immensity --of this project may
be gained by figures showing
amounts delivered and in process
of being used; 18,507,171 feet of
lumber; 4.168,760 square feet of
metal siding; 117,399 bags of ce-
ment; 9.787 cubic yards of sand
and 13,624 yards of gravel. There
have been six miles of paving;
6,433 cubic yards of ready-mixed.
inu'ieteT~~3flT~ pieces of heavy
quipment and 740 trucks.
On January 14 there were 11,506
men on the contractors’ payroll.
The total amount spent and encum-
bered to date is $5,302,456.99. This
is exclusive of the amount snent
by engineers which was $76,456.77.
More Buildings Added
Additional buildings and on the
priority list are ten 63-men bar-
cks, two 250-men mess" halls and’
r«ne A-22 administration building.
Three--administration building
plans are being prepared in Wash-
ington to he completed by Feb-
ruary 15. The only buildings ad-
ded to the original program are
two A-5 recreation buildings in
hospital area and one D-C2 Dental
Clinic to be located at some cen-
tral point.
Despite the' fact that Mineral
Wdls with a normal population of
6.500 has overnight become the
present address of some 12,000
strangers/ no grevious suffering
has been reported. Naturally there
are some instances of privation on
the Part of some who came here
looking for work and without
enough money to care for them-
selves while waitnig for jobs. To
mrovide against actual want the
Chamber of Commerce and lead-
ing citizens equipped a soup kit-
chen until the pressure was Reliev-
ed.
Last Saturday payroll of the con-
tractors amounted to $277,000.
This did not include the payroll
of sub-contractors or monthly em-
ployes. To accommodate the work-
men the two banks of the city op-
ened their doors from 5:30 to 8:00
p. m. The intersection fronting
both banks was jammed with men
but their wants were handled with
such rapidity that few if any were
compelled to wait until the fol-
lowing day.
_ Wire Money Home —-=
At the Western Union Tele-
graph office a block long line of
men could be seen waiting for
their turn to wire money home to
their families. Looks of relief were
depicted on many faces as they
emerged from the office knowing
they had protected their loved
ones. The manager of the office
said that every pay night several
hundred. BWJtmp his office force
getting express money orders or
wiring funds to their homes. This
keeps up on through the first part
of the week and thousands of dol-
lars pass through their hands, the
average amount wired running be-
tween 40 and 50 dollars. This mop-,
ey ’is sent all over the United
States, the majority of course, in
Texas.
At the post office the usual num-
ber accommodated was 7,000 be-
fore the deluge. Today, according
to Postmaster D. C. Harris, fully
18,000 are served at the windows.
Receipts for the past six weeks
have equalled the income for the
last quarter of the preceding year.
Normal postal card sale for the
year was 50,000 but the past six
weeks showed a sale of over 70,-
000. Money orders have risen over
300 per cent. On Mondays, Tues-
days and Wednesdays following
pay day there is a steady stream
of people waiting for money or-
ders. Increase in mail the past
two months has jumped 200 per I
cent. At the general delivery win-
dow a block-dong line waits for mail j
from 8:00 in the____morning_until)
6:30 in the evening. Mr. Harris
says they do not close in the eve-
ning until every one is served.
Postal Receipts Jump
At the present pace Mineral
Wells will be a first class post of-
fice by 1942. The postmaster call-
ed attention to the fact that many
employes of Camp Wolters are op- ]
ening savings accounts.
Among the picturesque charac- I
ters of the camp at the present
time is Major Lott Smith, chief
of police. Under his direction 248 |
men police the 7,500 acres of the
camp area. Their duties consist of I
Keeping traffic moving inside as
well as at the gates. It is at the |
latter posts whero many incidents
occur. No one is permitted inside i
the enclosure without a pass or I
telephoned instructions for admit- |
tance. He is charged with pro-
tecting government property and
also supervises sanitation under the ]
contractor.
The major was reared in Ahi-
lene, but- for the past two years
has been stationed in Weatherford.
He is an officer in the field artil-
lery reserve corps. He served in
the World War and for a time was
chief of police at Las Vegas, Ne-
vada. Lat"r he became a deputy
U. S. Marshall at Boulder Dam
where he stayed from start to fin-
ish. He was body euard ft>r Sec-
retary of Interior Wilbur when he
drove the silver spike starting op-
erations at the dam. When Presi-
dent Roosevelt officially, dedjcflted
the dam’Smith was one oFTfiesne-
cial guards assigned to him. Re-
quest has been made to have Ma-
ine Smith called into the field ar-
tillery to go into regular service.
His duties, however, will remain
as at present.
Erath County H. D. Club Council
Hat First Meeting of New Year
Members of the Erath County
H-D Club Council met in a reg-
ular meeting Saturday afternoon,
Jan. 11, at 2 o’clock in the Cham-
ber of Commerce rooms in Steph-
enville. Mrs. J, H. Medford, the
president, presided.
As this was the first meeting of
the new year, the 1940 standing
rules were presented to the coun-
cil members. The president asked
members for any suggested chang-
es they might wish to give for the
new 1941 rules which are to be
announced at the next council
meeting Feb. 9.
Mrs. E. S. Jackson, council’s
parliamentarian, gave some “dos”
on parliamentary procedure.
Roll call was answered by ten
of the fourteen clubs. Due to ill-
ness, bad weather and muddy roads
the majority of the clubs had bei n
unable to meet as often as they
would have liked irt December. All
were looking forward to having a
better report in February.
Those present were Mrs. J. F.
Johnson and Mrs. N. M. Oliver of
Alexander, Mrs. Guy Snively of
Bunyan, Mrs. J. G. Golightly, Mrs.
John East and Mrs. E. S. Jackson
of Clairette, Mrs. Geo. M. Hood
and Mrs. J. W. Thiebaud of High-
land, Mrs. John Wylie of Lingle-
ville, Mrs. A. M. Pittman of Lone
Oak, Mrs. L. G. Kiker of Green
Creek, Mrs. O. O. .’ox and Mrs.
Harve Yocham of Palm Rose, Mrs.
Marvin Aycock and Mrs. Roy
Driskill of Pony Creek, and Mrs.
S. R. Hicks of Shelby.
Classified ads bring results.
Delma Jean Howard Reports
Pony Creek Club Meeting
The 4-H Club girls met at the
school house Monday. Jan. 20 at .
2:30, with the president, Bobbye
Kimbro, presiding.
Roll was called and answered
“with how to make a setting hen
happy.”
Recreation was led by Miss Joyce
Ramsey. -—
Mis* Lawrence gave a very in-
teresting talk on poultry raising
which all enjoyed very much.
The club will meet again on
Feb. 12 at the school house.
Club members present were,
Joyce Ramsey, Delma Howard,
Hattie and Pearl McGee, Bobbye
and Priscilla Jones, Mavilcne Ay-
cock and the sponsor, Mrs. Mar-
vin Aycock. Visitors were, Miss
Daughter of Man
For Whom County
Named Ts Buried
Funeral services were held at
Waco Thursday morning, January
16, for Miss Leilia Erath, 79, who
died the preceding day at her home
in Waco. ——-■—---
She was a daughter of Maj.
George B. Erath, participant In
the Battle of San Jacinto, early
Central Texas surveyor and In-
dian fighter, for whom Erath
county was named.
Numerous deeds on record at
the county clerk’s office bear the
name of Maj. Erath, who surveyed
much of the land in this section in
its pioneer days.
RED BRAND FENCE
WEEK
JANUARY 29 through FEBRUARY 5
CLAY BUILDING MATERIAL CO.
S. Graham St
Telephone 1
Pony Creek H. D. Club
Off To Good Start for Year
Pony Creek H-D Club met Wed-
nesday, Jan. 15, in the home of
Mrs. Annie Aycock. Mrs. Marvin
Aycock, president, presided at the
business meeting. The president
handed out the new year books,
and programs were made out for
the club meetings next month.
The club voted to put on a kit-
chen craft sale Feb. 5, and invit-
es all visitors to participate in
the sale. This sale is to raise mon-
ey for the educational fund due
in March.
Members present were Mmes.
W. W, Kimbro, Luther Driskill, I
Roy Driskill, Marvin Aycock, W.
J. Howard, L. E. Christopher, V.
M. Kimbro, and the hostess, Mrs.1
Annie Aycock. Visitors present
were Mmes. J. M. Belcher, R. A.
Ramsay, Walter Heartsfield, of this
community and Mrs. A. L. Rober-
son of Stephenville.
Next meeting will be held Jan.
22 at the new club house donated
fco the club for use this year by
Roy Driskill for which the club
women are very grateful.
Miss Lawrence will meet with the
club at its next meeting. Visitors
are invited to meet with the group.
Done Oak H-D Club to Meet
In School Gymnasium
Lone Oak H-D Club met on its
usual date at the home of Mrs.
W. W. Payne. The club discussed
the new year book and the new
programs which are very interest-
ing.
All the new officers attended the
meeting, ten members and one vis-
itor being present. Sevrral mem-
bers wer<> unable to be prsent on
account of illness in their fami-
lies.
Miss Edith Lawrence, the H-D
ngent will meet with the cluh at
its next meeting January 27. For
the remainder of th" ypar the club
will meet in the Lone Oak gymnas-
ium, which is now the community
center.
Peanuts 'c"
Real Roast
10c
Peanut Butter 2jS 19c
Cherub Milk ......™ 6c
Jell Well ^” 3^ 10c
Tea Bags £“<£X7........17c
Hominy KU°T^...3,SiM25c
15c
25c
Stew .............
Corn
Coconut ........‘i£ 15c
Heart s HoUght-
Tendersweet
Cream Style
No. 2
Cans
Apricot Nectar 3 c™ 25c
Raisins 2£3f£D*'......2 bag 15c
Petite Pears 15c
Crape Jam Siu. 2 23c
Pickle Relish F?„‘, 15c
Catsup S5E*.........3“«“ 25c
Chili Powder ££ ...'££ 15c
POTATOES mtL*4......<£
NEW POTATOES f......5..........
TEXAS YAMS
Lbs.
Kiln Dried
3 Lbs.
TEXAS CARROTS TZSS
California
6 l)oz. Si/e—Each
HEAD LETTUCE
CAULIFLOWERlni
Pound
rDV Fancy California
UCtLLIi 1 3 Dozen Size — Doz.
WINESAP APPLES
GRAPEFRUIT S64Si“
Texan Valencia
Oranges
Large 150 Size
Dozen
19c
14c
19c
10c
5c
5c
9c
10c
Extra Fancy 1 A
2Hi Size — Do/- 1UL
25c
Campbell’s
SOUPS
Except Chicken and
——MUMlfbom “
3 ft.1 25c
Pancake
FLOUR
Pantry Pride
20-Oi. Pkg. ...
Kitchen Craft
FLOUR —
2*4t5T^769e
Kitchen Craft
FLOUR
48^.. SI.29
ms
Pork Roast
Pork Steak ......u. 19c
Pork Sausage
Pork Sausage
100%
Pure ...Lb.
Smoked
Rings ... W>.
15c
19c
Veal Loaf Meat 2u. 29c
Short Ribs 22,7.........15c
Bacon sn(—’...............^ 21 c
Bacon SST?..............^ 27c
Egg Noodles e**t--*e 10c
Post Toasties"-- 3’25c
Juice25*..............10c
Coffee ^ *•*........2 - 25c
Shortening £«?.......3 & 35c
Crisco ......3 & 42c
Karo Syrup Im...5s 33c
Sauerkraut S=r,."..3,SL“ 25c
Mackerel Si1”""*.....3£,;25c
Matches SI ST”......15c
Su-Purb S.’SSr 8?';......*££. 15c
Beef Seven
Roast ^ 19c
Shoulder
Picnic Cut . .. .Lb.
15c
Bleach ......... .......& 10c
Mammoth
CHEESE
Lb....... 29c
Waldorf 6M*Sheeta . 3 Rolls I 3c
Oxydol £5uUUT!.
17c
Camay L#»T..............5c
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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/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.