Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, April 29, 1938 Page: 1 of 16
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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1988
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SIXTEEN PAGES—Vol. 68. No. 19
FREE JACK AND
STALLION SHOW
FOR TRADE DAY
No Entry Fee And No Prem-
iums, Just a Free Jack And
Stallion Show
Erath county has fine livestock
other than registered Jersey cat-
tle. To prove it, a free jack and
stallion show will be held here
next Monday in conjunction with
the May trade day. There will be
no entry fee and no premiums.
Animals will bs shown for exhibi-
tion purposes only.
There are quite a few good ani-
mals of the type to be shown Mon-
day in various parts of the county,
but, according to G. D. Everett,
county agent, this stock is improv-
ing at a rapid rate.
Among the more recent jacks
.and stallions acquired by Erath-
lade
Singer
ians
owned
tong I
stallioi
is a registered jacl
by Dan Evans of Stephenville, who
also has added another stallion,
a thoroughbred army horse, to his
stables.
P. M. Whitefleld and W. J. B.
Wood of Lingleville vicinity, re-
cently have purchased a good-
blooded jack, which also will be
shown here Monday.
Cattle And Horses
Growth of the cattle industry
here has eclipsed, in recent years,
the horse and mule industry, al-
though1 attention is called once a
year to this phase of the livestock
situation at the annual Horae Show
in Stephenville. During the past
few months, Everett states, re-
gistered jacks and stallions have
been purchased and, within a short
time, horses and mules of this
county are expected to be of mush
better quality, as a whole, than
has been the Case since pre-war
days.
Many added visitors probably
will attend the trade day here
Monday primarily for the purpose
of viewing some of the better
jacks and stallions now located in
Eratt
Crath county.
Erath School Board
Will Hold Meeting
Monday Afternoon
Regular quarterly meeting of
the Erath county school board will
be held Monday afternoon. May t,
at 1 o’clock in the office of the
county superintendent.
Board members are J. E. Stig-
ler. president; J. S. Clendenin. ex-
officio secretary; W. T. Lanham.
Joe J. Jarrett, Grover C. Hale and
H. J. Moore.
Stigler and Lanham were re-
elected at the annual election of
school trustees April 2. The board
will have its reorganization as
the first business to be disposed of
at the meeting Monday. . __
CARLTON'S 5GTH
PROGRAM WAS A
GREAT SUCCESS
Stephenville High School Band
Among Crowd Eatimated
Friday At 5,000
Rev. Will Matt Oulwell, evan-
gelistic singer, who is assisting In
tbs revival services at the First
Methodist Church. Services will
close Sunday according to an-
nouncement from tho pastor, Rev.
8. L. Oulwell.
JACKET BAND AT
STATE CONTEST
Stephenville’s high school band
left Thursday afternoon for San
Angelo, where it will compete with
other bands in this section of Tex-
as at the western division of the
State band contests this week-end.
The contest began Thursday and
will end Saturday, according to G.
W. Collum, director of the local
band. Stephenville will play about
11:80 Friday morning, Collum
said, having 12 other bands aa
competitors in-its class.
Forty-four members of the band
le the tnp by
Estes Pewitt, chaperon,
r, accompanied
made
by Mrs.l
and Mr. Collum. Other Stephau-
ville citizens who went in private
cart included H. T. Baxter. Mrs.
George Minter. and Mrs. Charley
Burnett. ,
Director Collum said that
Stephenville band expects to re-
turn home Saturday afternoon.
Thq hfw uniforms and the *
In the northern part of HamtU
ton county, just over the line from
Erath, approximately 6,000 per-
sona gathered Friday and Satur-
day for Carlton’s 66th annual live-
stock and poultry show. They were
there from Erath, Hamilton, Com-
anche, Bosque and other counties
in large numbers, and they were
royally entertained during the
full two-day program.
One feature of the entertainment
provided Friday was a concert by
the Stephenville High School band
and three other bands from Hico,
Dublin and Hamilton. A parade
led by the Hamilton and Dublin
bands, began the' festivities at
10:30 a. m. Friday.
Dinner was served each day by
members of the Carlton Cemetery
Association, the proceeds going to
the cemetery fund. The number
served Friday was reported to
have exceeded any previous year
of the annual event.
Rodeo Each Afternoon
A rodeo, open to all competitors,
was held each afternoon, and at-
tracted most of the visitors while
it was in progress. After the rodeo
event, which began each day at
2 p. m., a softball tournament be-
tween high school seniors from
Dublin, Hamilton, Fairy and Carl-
ton got under way. Finals in the
tournament began at 8 o’clock Sat-
urday afternoon.
Friday night a play by the Carl-
ton senior class was held at the
high school auditorium. Saturday
morning a baby show began at
10:30 a. m., held at the city band
stand. Candidates were scheduled
to appear on the program.
All livestock and poultry judg-
ing events were held Saturday
morning, although on exhibit both
days. There was a large number
entries in
and
Pie Sapper Date Changed
The pie supper that was to be
held at Morgan Mill school tonight
has been postponed until next Wed-
nesday night, May 4, according to
Barney Young, principal. The pro-
gram will be held at the Morgan
Mitl schoolhouae, beginning at 8
o’clock. Candidates and others are
irivited.
rU. TELL TOT
WORLD
MANY and varied are the prob-
* lems before the ordinary cifci
zen of 1938. First we hear com-
plaints—lots of them—about the
shortcomings of the current farm
program. Bu(j, farmers, let us
remind you, one and all—you voted
this program. Not one other per
son had a' vote in it except the
man who tills the soil or controls
the land. If there are any short-
comings about it, then there are
none to blame except the fanner
himself. Beginning Monday
< ing of last week Uncle Sam dished
out 146,000.00 in farm checks—
certificates that can be cashed in
any State in the Union. There are
more to come, and each and every
one of them will be made payable
to some farmer. Of course,, the
amount received in this county is
a mere drop in the bucket compar-
ed to some other heavy producing
ties in Texas. But that
cotton counties in
can't be helped. We simply are out
cl the heavy cotton producing
areas. On the other hand, the
above amount of new cash is not
to be sneezed at. It-la a sizeable
sum—with about that much more
to come later.
JkURING the past three or four
years government money has
literally flowing into Texas,
horn
with some counties receiving aa
much as one million dollars each
year to add to money received
from the sale of crops and other
products. When one stops to think
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these contests this
•vend community
displayed the products and
especially outstanding in
perienoe gained in the district band
festival here a short time ago are
expected to be factors that will
and tho Jackets in the* contest at
San Angelo. Should they win there
they will be among the leading
contenders in their class for the
State Mkfc school band honors this
year. --—_—
Revival Services
Methodist Church
Attracting Many
Unusually large congregations
are attending the revival services
being conducted this week at the
First Methodist church. The pas-
tor, Rev. S. L. Culwell, is doing the
preaching, and W. M. Culwell,
evangelistic singer, is leading the
singing and conducting special ser-
vices with the children end young
people.
Subjects for Friday are "Jesus
and the Abundant Life” and
"Steps that Lead to Jesus.” Sun-
day subjects will be: morning,
"Four-Way Love,” and evening,
“What, Then, Will You Do with
The public is invited to be in the
remaining services, which will eftd
Sunday night, May 1. During the
week days the services are
held from 10 to 11 o’clock,
evening services are from 7:80 to
8:46 o’clock.
A sermon by the presiding elder,
Rev. J. B. Curry, and a quarterly
conference Thursday night of last
week started the special series of
revival meetings at the First Met-
hodist church. A spiritual retreat
was condnctd by the pastor, assist-
ed by W. M. Culwell, last Friday
night, and was said to be a ser-
vice of unusual Interest.
the communities from which they
were entered. They wore judged
by T. D. Craddock, Hamilton coun-
ty agent, and by vocational agri-
culture instructors from the vici-
nity. Prises were awarded win-
ners.
Appreciates Delegation*
Hubert Stuckey, secretary-treas-
urer of the show, said that the of-
ficers of the organisation and the
entire Carlton community
fated the delegations from Steph-
unville, Hamilton, Dublin, Hico,
and other surrounding towns that
visited there during the program.
Including band members, ap-
proximately 126 Stephenville citi-
sens attended the program Friday
afternoon. Many Erath county
residents attended both days. Aren
Evans was chairman of the Cham-
ber of Commerce committee that
provided transportation for mem-
bers of the Stephenville High
School Band who made the trip.
■ Besides Stuckey, the secretary-
Speaker
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Attorney General Wm. McOraw
who will be the principal speaker
at Parents’ Day exercises at Tar-
leton College Sunday morning at
11 o'clock. Indications point to a
capacity audience to hear the
gifted speaker.
J.W. CARPENTER
DONATESJERSEY
BULL TO COUNTY
E. E. Sullivan, Oak Dale, Is
Keeper of This Bull,
Erath’s No. 7
John W. Carpenter, Dallas,
president and general manager of
the Texas Power dr. Light Com*
•any, has donated a registered
Jersey bull to the Erath County
Jersey Breeders’ Association, mak-
ing seven such animals given to
the organisation since its forma-
tion early this year.
This animal, which is kept by
E. E. Sullivan in the Oak Dale
community, is one of the best-bred
males In TeXas, and, according to
officers of the countv association,
is a distinct asset to the group now
owned.
Robert Palmer is chairman of
the association and he and a com-
mittee decided at a meeting here
two weeks ago to place this seven-
th bull in the Oak Dale commun-
ity, with Sullivan as keeper.
Saw Need for Breeding Stock
Carpenter visited Stephenville
April 2, on the occasion of the an-
nual FFA judging contests at John
Tarleton College. He spent part
of the day at the college and a
part of the day in town talking
with authorities, business men,
and others about the livestock ait-
treasurer, officers of the Carlton „ation ^ this COTmty.
stock and poultry show are Fred
Curry, president, and Dock Finley,
vice president. Carlton has not
missed staging this annual event
since it first began in 1882, 66
years ago.
JTAC EXPECTING
LARGE CROWDS
ON PARENTS’DAY
Address By William MriCraw
Program Highlight At
____ 11 a. m. Sunday
Parents and friends of students
from all parts of Texas are ex-
pected on the John Tarleton Col-
lege campus Sunday, May 1, and
Monday, May 2, for the seventh
annual Parents’ Day program
here.
Attorney General William Mc-
Craw, who is a candidate for the
governorship of Texas, will speak
in the Tarleton auditorium at 11
a. m. Sunday, and F. M. Law, pres-
ident of the board of directors of
the Agricultural and Mechanical
College of Texas, will speak at 11
More Fords
At 7:80
Monda:
y a Greek pag-
eant, under the direction of Laura
Fellmam, physical training instruc-
tor for Tarleton girls will be given
by 850 girls and 16 Tarleton ath-
letes.
This year’s Greek pageant is the
second'of its kind to be held here,
the first one having been in 1987.
In the spring of 1921 Miss Mar-
garet Bierschwale, Tarleton libr-
arian, directed the flyst May pag-
eant, using wild flowers as her
theme. Dean J. Thomas Davis ar-
ranged the first Parents’ Day pro-
gram in 1926, when he invited for
the first time all of the parents
of Tarleton students to the college
for special program.
Erath County Has
Old Age Pension
Office Here Now
W. O. Long, local Ford dealer,
believes that one of the good
ways to cure the country of the
“recession” would be for all
people to purchase a new Ford
car. Long Is one of the oldest
dealers, in point of service, in
Texas..
ing to Dick
from this
Erath county, beginning this
week, will have a full-time old age
assistance representative, accord-
ck Harbin, representative
district, who returned
Monday from an appearance be-
fore the Old Age Commission at
Austin.
This will make it possible for
the people of this county to get a
hearing. This has not bean the
case since the State disbanded the
Erath county office several months
ago. Since that time the people
who were eligible have not been
able to present their case, Harbin
said.
The office will be located on
the bottom floor of the coart house
at Stephenville, but efforts will be
made to get this State official to
spend at least
GUARDSMEN GET
’38 INSPECTION
cerned.
In discussing the matter with
Oran Ferguson, manager of the
Triangle Cheese k Produce Com
pany, he learned of the progress
(Contnued on Page Eight)
Stimulus To Jersey Breeding
Davis To Address
Educators At Waco
Meet This Week
. Dean J. Thomas Davis,
with three other John Tai
College faculty members is
tending a joint meeting of the As-
sociation of Texas Colleges and
the Texas Junior College Associa-
tion in Waco this week, will speak
this afternoon before the Associa-
tion
tion
body, discussing the cotfPSh-
of the American Junior Col-
ege Association. 1
Yesterday Dean
ed a pat
I Mias
Association.
r Dean Davis
anel discussion for deans,
JTAC Professor
Wins Recognition
From Carnegie
Largely as the result of work
done this year by William Parks
Grant of the John Tarleton Col-
lege department of music, the Car-
negie Institute has decided to
award to Tarleton a collection of
620 musical recordings valued at
$1500. . .T7T:,...
Dean J. Thomas Davis was this
week notified of the award, which
will be made next September.
Included in the record collection
are several complete operas, string
quartets and quintets, symphon-
ies, concertos, overtures, symph-
onic poems, choral excerpts, mass-
es, oratorios, folk songs, and prac-
tically every other form of music.
The records will be catalogued and
issued to students for use at any
time during the day.
This year Mr. Grant organized
a series of "Gramophile” pro-
grams at which good recorded
music was played for any Tarleton
students or townspeople who wish-
ed to attend the meetings. The
Carnegie Institute was favorably
impressed with this work.
Included in music to be sent
are the following complete operas:
Gluck’s "Orpheus and Eurydice,”
Gounod's “Faust,” Mozart’s "The
Marriage of Figaro,” Verdi’s "Ai-
da,” the recording of Wagner’s
“Tristan and Isolde” made at Bay-
reuth during the great Wagnerian
festival there will also be sent.
Other large works that Tarle-
ton students will have the oppor-
tunity to hear through the Car-
negie award are: Bach’s "Mass in
B Minor;” Handel’s "Messiah;”
the symphonic poems, "Don Juan”
and "Till Eulenspiegel” by Rich-
ard Strauss; Beethoven’s seventh
Lt.-Col. Parley D. Parkinson,
San Antonio, senior instructor of
the 141st Infantry, Texas Nation-
al Guard, was the inspecting offic-
er at Company D’s annual federal
inspection here Monday night.
Although unofficial reports
are all that can be obtained
until Lieutenant-Colonel Parkinaon
makes his official report later, it
is believed that the local machine
gun unit made a more favorable
impression than last year when the
company received a "satisfactory
plus” rating by the 1937 federal
inspector.
Part of the inspection was held
on the South side of the square
and the remaining phases at the
armory over the Texas Power k
Light Company bunding. Begin-
ning at 8:40 p. m., with inspection
in ranks, the visitihg officer
watched close order drill, interior
guard duty, and first aid demon-
strations on the square. Machine
gun and non-commissioned officers'
inspection was held at the armory.
Although a penalty of 10 per
cent is given Company D on its
armory each year, because of the
-r------ . a part of his time, !___-
in other sections of the countylor Bmlted space and cramped quart-
the convenience of everyone eon- ers{ cleanliness of the building
and all equipment received favor-
able comment.
Officers of the organization are
of the opinion that the rating
given the company this year will
be much better than the "satisfac-
tory plus” gained at the 1987 in-
spection.
condoct-
and Miss Lillard, head of the Tar-
leton speech department, afek* on
the speeflh arts program in fh*
Texas Juhior College field.
Ml the Brsta County Jersey 1
W. Oarpopter. president and
k Light Company, whs taken
Breeders’
and general
Ed Borck, sensational half toil-
er of Manhattan College, cornea
from athletic stock. HU father was
a New York cross coun
brk cross country star.
.
m*kh
This photo, of a bull donated
Association recently by John V _
manager of the Texas Power A JgMk.
Carpenter’s farm near Dallas as the animal was being dispatched to
ivllle. In the picture with the hall are, left) to right, Mr. Oar
Ted Robinson, vice president and director of Southern Dairy
Brdivision, Borden Milk Company; Victor Schoffehaeyor, agri-
cultural editor, Dallas Morning Hews; and Ben Carpenter, son of
John W. Carpenter. i j
Brahms’ Symphony No. 1; Dvor-
ak’s “New World” symphony;
Franck’s "Symphony in D Min-
or;” two Haydn symphonies, two
Mozart symphonies, and one sym-
phony by each of the composers
Mend*'
iclssahn, Schubert,
and Tschaikovsky.
Sibelius.
Miss Mary Lou Harrison, who
had spent the past six weeks with
relatives in StaphinvMe, Port
Worth. Waco and Austin returned
Friday to her home at Hope, New
Mexico. f ~
Doctors of Three
Counties Convened
Monday At Dublin
BA meeting of the Erath, Hood
and Somervell Counties’ Medical
Society was held Monday at the
Sparks Hotel in Dublin. A dinner
was given at 7 p. m. when several
prominent physicians from this
part of the State appeared on the
program.
Membership includes a majority
of the physicians in the three coun-
ties forming the organization and
many of them attended the meet-
ing Monday. Most of the 24 doctors
present, however, were from other
counties.
Dr. W. H. Guy of Dublin is pres-
ident, Dr. A. O. Cragwall, Staph-
FUTURE F. F. A’S.
UF S. H. S. SWEEP
DISTRICT MEET
Win Four Out of Five First
Pisces h Leadership
______ Events Saturday
Fresh from their victories in the
annual FFA judging contest at
John Tarleton College and Texas ]
A. k M. College this month, the
Future Farmers of the Stephen-
ville High School took top honors
by winning four out of five first
places at the district leadership
contest at John Tarleton College
Saturday.
According to Billy Biggs, chap-
ter reporter, first places were won
by the Stephenville FFA boys in
public speaking, news writing, de-
bate, and one-act play. A third
place was won in extemporaneous
speech.
First place winnerk will com-
pete in tne FFA Area IV Leader-
ship Contests at Tarleton College
next week-end, May 6-7.
Name# of Winners
Ed Williams placed first In pub-
lic speaking, with Leonard Gar-
rett, the other Stephenville entry,
winning second. Billy Biggs won
first in the news writing contest.
Garth Hester and Grady Daniels
composed the winning debate team.
Cleon Carr, James Gryder, Vir-.
gil Laughlin. James Tate, Truitt
Darby, Weldon Howard, Wendell
Carr and Warren Hook were the
members of the one-act play cast,1
which also placed first. ■ Dwight
Cain won third in extemporaneous
speech.
The honors won by the Stephen-
ville Future Farmers Saturday are
but a few in a long list of achieve-
ments made by the local youths
during the current school term, un-
der the able teaching and super-
vision of E. W. Scott, chapter ad-
viser and vocational agriculture
instructor.
envillc, is vice-president, and Dr.
S. L. Witcher, Stephenville, is sec-
retary-treasurer. Dt. Guy succeeds
“■ wntta
A. E. Lankford, Step!
this year aa president or
ganization.
Ills,
the or-
Wants Every Edition
Mias Mary Smith of Paradise,
Texas, writes the F.mpire-Tribune
that sh^ gets much Joy and plea-
sure out of reading each and ev-
ery edition of the paper, in this
way keeping up with her friends
of other years when she lived in
this country. She will be remem-
bered here as a slater of Mrs.
J. B. Gordon and is especially well-
known in the Bluff Dale and Rock
Church vicinities. “I do not want
to miss a single edition,” writes
Miss Mary, “because I must know
and eighth symphonies; the ho» *H »y old friends are getting
along.”
Dr. Tubbs’ New Location
Dr. J, F. Tubbs is now located In
the building formerly occupied by
Charlie Barham on the north side
of the rquare. Having completely
remodeled and redecorated the
building inside and out apd equip-
ped it with a complete new lino of
stock and poultry medicines, Dr.
Tubbs Invites everyone to come In
and tee him and bring with him
their poultry troubles For remedy-
ing
Nearly Two Inches
Of Moisture Fell
During Past Week
Rainfall during the past weak,
up until 8 a. m. Thursday, totaled
1.98 inches, according to the "rain
man” at Fanners-First National
Bank.
Week-end precipitation amount-
ed to .60 of an inch. The same
amount was received Monday, fol-
lowed by .73 of an inch Tuesday
night. Showers since that time
have been alight and did not in-
crease the total moisture received
to any appreciable extant,
These rains, coming as they have
at frequent intervals, have delayed
Erath county fanners several days
in their Spring work. Authorities
fear that too much rain will bring
heavy infestation of grasshop-
pers and other crop-destroying in-
sects this year. Another prognos-
tication is that so much rain now,
as often has been the case, will
bring a dry summer—when the
moisture is needed more than at
the present.
SEVERAL SISTERS. COUSINS
AMONG BBLCHHR GUESTS
Mrs. Q. XL Stem of Memphis,
Mrs. E. M. Apple of Knox City
and Mrs. Tom Maxwell of Olden,
all of whom are sisters, visited
recently in the homes of their
brothers, Messrs. Henry and Char-
lie Belcher, and their sister, Mrs. •
Minnie White, in this city.
Other guests of the Belchers
and Mrs. White last week were
Miss Pauline Robbins a nurse at
the State Hospital, venite, Okla-
homa, and Mr. and Mrs. Sam Rob-
bins of Sulphur Springs. Miss
Pauline Robbins and Mr. Sam
Robbins are cousins of Messrs.
and Henry Belcher, and
Mrs. Minnie White.
Charley
of Mrs.
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ROYAL NEIGHBORS DISTRICT
CONVENTION TO BE HELD
,
The district convention of the
Royal Neighbors of America will
be held in Stephenville Tuesday,
May 10, according to an announce-
ment made here this week. Myrtle
M. Estes, State Supervisor, will
be in charge of the meeting.
A banquet will be given the
night of May 10, at 7 o’clock in
the dining room of the Education-
al Building at First Methodist
Church. Further notice of this
convention will be carried in a *
later edition of the Empire-
Trttmue.-------—
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Active At 86 Years
| Friends of Uncle Leonard Rob-
erta, and they are legion in Erath
county, are pleased to know of his
wonderful resourcefulness and ac-
tivity at hia advanced age pf 86
years. He has just completed a
new boat to be used in his numer-
ous fishing expeditions in this ter-
ritory. Mr. Roberts has hem mak-
ing hia heme in Erath county al-
most 80 years and ie a gentleman
of the highest character and at-
tainment*.
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