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STEPHENVILLE, ERAXH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1948
TWELVE PAGES—Vol 78, No. 28
NTT OFFICIALS
ORDER CLOSING
SWIMMING POOL
Pamlyuia Epidemic in Texan
Brings Quick Action; No
Cases Reported in Town
As a precautionary measure city
officials, in session Tuesday night,
ordered the municipal swimming
pool closed for an indefinite period.
This action was taken after reports
had beqn received from other sec-
tions of Texas indicating the
spread of ’ infantile paralysis. In
both Fort Worth and Dallas save
ral eases have been reported.
Dr. J. J. Mulloy, county health
officer, was making an extensive
survey of the county Wednesday
with a view of determining wheth-
er or not any cases of the malady
had developed, in Erath county.
Dr. T. M. Gordon, city health
ass
Northern Troops Fight Gold and Axis
reported no cases had de-
veloped here, but he advised the
cloning of the pool.
Mayor J. W. Clements said Wed-
nesday that H waa the belief of ~
city olticitls that every precautl
should be taken purely aa a safety
measure.
"The pool has been used
ively not only by the people of Ste-
phenvtlle but from all sections of
'the county,” said Mayor Clements.
"But," he continued, "if the oper-
ation of the pod will in any way
contribute to the spread of the dis-
ease we want to prevent that if at
all possible." .
All help at the park and swim-
ming pool during the time of clov-
ing will be busy cleaning the pool
proper, rest rooms and the prerrv
ises, preparatory to the reopening
when {t is considered by nealtn
COUNTY SEEKING
RUIN FOG EXTRA
HIGKWAYWORK
Commissioner Joe Jsrrstt
Maintains Hope Thst 108
Job Con Be Continued
Erath* county officials are mak-
ing every possible effort to keep
construction under way on High-
way No. 108, reported Commission-
er Joe J. Jarratt Wednesday.
Although hopes era vanishing
that the project can be continued
Jarratt will continue every possible
means to bring about an affirma-
tive answer from highway officials.
District officials in Fort Worth
reported the past week, as they
have on other occasions, that the
project bad been approved there.
Whether os not that approval will
get the sanction of State officials is
not known at this time. State High-
way Engineer Greer was out of the
State Wednesday and could not be
contacted for a reply on the propo-
sition.
County Judge Wallace Scott be-
lieves that under normal conditions
Graduates See Rescue of War Wounded
Beldiars who an stationed ea oar far northern fronts have to flgbt
the cold as well as the Asia. The man being carried to the Jeep waa
wounded and Is enfferlag from fresco feat The scene Is the Aleutian
Island of Attn daring the invasion of Japanese positions. Note the Ameri-
can flag dying from aa iasprovlsed stand ad* the combat oar.
little trouble woe
in securing apt
officials for the
work that is
“However, it
said Judge' Scott
wav work in Ts
Id be encountered
>val of highway
itinuance of the
in progress,
i a known fact,”
‘“that most high-
has been stop-
A group of New York high school graduates watch in awe aa mem-
bers of the army air force dcmenrtra'e the mass evarert'an or wounded
from a battlefront. This was a feature o’ a day-' — ilitary exhibition
staged fob the SUMO graduates by T'dJ. Cm.' Pr.l '• R yce, esmmander
lr Tore
of the First alrTorce. The planes tael v.fj V
:rt panes.
Plumbers Must
Satisfy City
In Work Done .
At k meeting of the City Council
Tuesday night the matter of bonds
for plumbers was under discussion,
and it was found that there is
ample ordinance provisions govern-
MILLION MITOS
PUTIN STORAGE
authoritiea advisable. In a visit
from the State health department
recently the city was complimented city and who have in
on the manner in which the pool
was kept and operated. T. R.
Moore, chairman of the Park com-
mittee, stated that every towel and
suit would be thoroughly cleaned,
the pool and dressing rooms would
disinfected
be
tion taken to
sanitary..
every preeau-
the premises
Coca-Cola Using
Many Newspapers to
Advertise Product
Ing the work done by men in the
city and who have in the past been
issued license to work within the
city, and same has not been en-
forced by the city and that plumb-
ers have not adhered to the provis-
ions of the ordinances.
Several bonds were held up at the
meeting, and Mayor J. W. Clem-
ents stated that all plumbers would
likely be notified of the provisions
of the ordinances, and that no li-
cense would be issued to those who
are not considered quafjfled or to
those who do not adhere to such
provisions. No-plumber will be per-
mitted to tie in to the city mains
DETROIT, July 6—Approximate-
ly 1,000,000 car owners have stored
their vehicles for the duration, ac-
cording to the trade publication
Automotive News. Meanwhile, it
ped for the duration. About all the
construction that is being ordered
is that in and around military cen-
ters,” he continued.
Commissioner Jgrratt said Thurs-
day morning that he would con-
tinue working on the project and
would not give ig> the proposition
until the State highway authorities
refused it
Two Local Marines
Are Home From War
Theatre; Pacific Area
Bottlers of Coca-Cola 'are using
a total of 1612 newspapers in 1379
cities for a new advertising cam-
paign launched this week, accord-
ing to Jam Howell, manager of
the company hero.
Mr. Hfiwell emphasised the uni
without an inspection by the city
engineer, and where this is done
* !j ^L*TbP.t men Vn such bond."
coverage that ta provided byl Mmyor .tgted that it is
to the interest of the pi
plumbers and the
newspapers and stated that more
than 900 Coca-Cola baffling plants
throughout the country are repre-
sented in this nation wide use of
mis medium of advertising.
"The part played by Coca-Cola
In the daily life of American sol-
diers and sailors sround the world
and the fact that ‘Cbke’ is the rec-
ognised abbreviation only for Coca-
Cola, form the thente of this new
program,” said Mr. Howell. "Our
armed forces have found Coca-Cola
ointe thru-
bey look
of those little
things that mmind them of home.”
In pointing out that the new ad-
vertising features "Coke”, the
friendly abbreviation of Coca-Cola,
Mr. Howell recalled the famous de-
cision written bv the late Justice
Oliver Wendell Holmes, of the Unit-
ed States Supreme Court, to the
effect that "Coke’^rneam
Cola.
Following the introduction *ef the
campaign in the nation’s prtss, the
theme will be featured In tttagm-
sines, radio scripts, posters and
other media In an extensive ad-
vertising schedule.
without first notifying the engineer
and tiie d'
work
will
mains, and the cost of inspection
will be assessed against the bonds-
adds, the stockpile of used bars is
shrinking steadily
tation crisis is probable unless'the
stored vehicles can be "smoked out”
for sale.
Viewing the shortage of used
cars aa a problem from both the
public and the dealers' standpoints
the publication says: , _
. "sporadic movements of used ve-
hicles from a plentiful to a short
area have perhaps provided some,
though temporary, relief but the
overall picture hasn’t changed—the
stockpile of used cars grows stead-
ily smaller and smaller.
"Much of this has been due to
the lariw increase in the individual-
to-individual sales; a lot of it is
Papers, Magazines
Are Still Wanted
and a transpor- By Presbyterians
Members of the Presbyterian
Church say that the response to
their request for old papers and
magazines has bgen good, but they
still want all thteNcan get.
They will ahf^noad next week
and am anxious to get all they can
before that time, eo that it can go
in with the shipment. They will
Continue to gather this salvage af-
ter this week.
t Washington St. Church
Sunday School will be held Sun-
ha Htv mnif n anil Hlr in t)ia lo-inaiviauai sales; a 101 oi 11 is day, July 11 ** 'n?;. ®eV‘
for the duration. If only half of
these owners could be ‘smoked out’
much of the problem would be solv-
ed.”
being bottled at many pointi
out the Allied Nations! The
upon ‘Coke’ as one of thosi
fc
IH tell the
World!
ronerty
owners, plumbers and the City to
see that all the provisions of the
plumbers’ ordinances are carried
out by all, ahd that the city govern-
Ur. ml MtsTR. D. Hukel had
with them last week at their home
near the Peanut Mill a group of
their children and grandchildren
ment wishes to co-operate with ths £ho,*Pent th« WJSfc
plunto™. to MS to to to K;"pSk«:
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Guelker and
utare that the provisions of the
ordinances be carried out
All bonds mult be in the han<ji
of the city secretary by the first
day of August when they will be
approved or disapproved by the
Council.
Anyone who doea not have a copy
of the plumbers’ ordindnee can se-
cure lame from Percy Anderson.
Office Hours Changed
Library hours at the Stephenville
Public Library, which have been
from 2:30 to 6:00 p. m. Tuesdays
and Saturdays of each week, have
been changed to 8:00 to 6:00 p. m.
according to
made by Mrs.
brarian.
an announcement
Paul Chandler, 11-
Mr, and Mrs. Harry Neblett visit-
ed the Fourth of July holidays at
Ksrrville as guests In the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Cowden.
A Rookie Again
lisned mistakes wui e*
these parts t!
more Wen
oral months
CUSS
undaunted f
‘Continue it*
leaa of past
are pub-
to join
daughter, Bonnie, Fisher county;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Canady, Dub-
lin;. Mr. and Men. Kirkland Hunter,
Hico: Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hukel and
family, Long Beach, Calif.; Mr. afid
Mrs' Ellis Canady, Daytona Beach,
Fla.; Roxye Powell and daughter,
Patricia Ann Powell, who are mak-
ing their home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Hukel while her
husband is somewhere in the Pa-
cific. About 20 grandchildren at-
tended the family homecoming.
tor, Rev. Emeat Rippetoe, who is
conducting a revival meeting in
Tyler. Morning services will be at
11 o’clock and the evening preach-
ing hour will be at 8:16.
Singing at Huckabay
The Empire-Tribune is authoris-
____WSl _ Tl.1 .
11. Everyone is cordially invited to
attend and take part in the sing-
ing. _'
Rose Ann Croft, small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Croft, 800
West Long street, is visiting in the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Lewin Croft
in Big Spring. She accompanied
her aunt and cousin, Mrs. Croft
snd Miss Joyce Croft bn their re-
turn to Big Spring after a week’s
visit with the family here and at
Dublin.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Foote
and daughter, Sandra, of Smith-
viUe arrived, here last week to
spend several days with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Foote,
828 North Lillian avenue. Shortly
after their arrival several other
members of the J. W. Foote family
came home to join them on the vis-
it with their parents, the group In-
cluding Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Carter
and children, Mary Frances, Tom-
my sad Maribeth of Midland. Oth-
er ruesta in the home for the 4th
of July holldeys Were Lieut. Will-
ard Reding of the Midland Army
Flying School and Dan W. Sevier
of Texas A. A M. College.
Norman Moore of Shreveport,
La., arrived here last Thursday to
join his wife and their small dau-
ghter, Norma Jane, on a visit with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mat-
thew Moss at Lingleville, and Mr.
rlss Moore at Smith
and Mrs.
and thair dau-
Charles 6
Spring. Mrs. Moore
filter, Norma Jane, have bora here
for the past three weeks but
return home with Mr. Moore at the
cloee of his vacation next Monday,
ijis sitter, Miss Mary Jo Moore,
will accompany them on their re-
turn to Shreveport to vleit with
thorn at their home there for seve-
ral weeks.
The Alta Californian became the
first daily paper in California in
1850.
World Series Award
Cemetwy Working
The Empire-Tribune is authoris-
d to announoe that there will be
tery working at the Bowman
re^j’ows^buried There
are In
re interested are Invited
wmMjup.
Corporal William Martin, 6th
Weapons Company, Marine Corps,
arrived Saturday, June 26, where
he will spend most of his*80 days
furlough visiting friends and rela-
tives. He is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. I. N. Martin. His fmther
died in 1938 and hie mother died in
1942. He has three sisters here
with whom he is visiting. They are
Miss Maurine Martin, Mrs. C. C.
Lackey and Mrs. Joe Spears.
Corporal Martin entered the ser-
vice of the Marine Corps Septem-
ber 2, 1940, and since that time has
seen a good part of the world, and
a lot of it in the Pacific theatre of
war, where the Marines covered
themselves with added glory. They
spearheaded the Guadalcanal drive
which ended in disaster for the
Japs, and was no easy matter for
the Americans to oust the enemy
off of the island. Martin went in on
Guadalcanal in January snd served
with his outfit until relieved by the
Army. He received a minor wound
while there and contracted malaria.
He was sent, to New Zealand for
treatment and remained there sev-
eral months and then was trans-
ported back to the State#,—-1
When asked what he thought
of the Japs as fighters, he said,
“they are pretty wiry fighters aivi
tty all sorta of tricks on their ene-
my In trying to lure them out from
their lines or try to find out where
the American lines are located. He
says sometimes a fcrick will work
one time but the Marines learned
quickly about all these and went
ahead with the business of killing
Japs regardless of the tricks they
were trying to put over oh them.”
He iays the natives on Guadal-
canal were very friendly and seem-
ed glad to see the Americans, and
were a great help in many ways.
Through some natural instinct the
natives sensed that U. S. money
was good and would buy something
somewhere. He said that one could
give a native a dollar bill for a
stalk of bananas, and he would go
away and probably be gone several
days but always bring back the
bananas for the cash they had giv-
en him. He also smid that one could
take American cigarettes and hire
a native to do many things for one,
and that they were a great help
In rebuilding Henderson Field after
the bombing the American# gave .it
before and during the landing of
the invasion parties. Corporal Mar-
tin wears medals of the Marine
Corps showing that he has been
engaged in combat duty in the Pa-
cific theatre of war.
He has one brother, Roswell Mar-
tin, who haa been In the Navy
about six months. Two other bro-
thers, Lanham Martin of Albany
and Virgil Martin of Iredell, with
whom he expects bo spend part of
his furlough. He expected to be
sent to some Marine, baee in the
United States after his furlough
haa ended.
He does not underestimate the
enemy as a fighter but says that
American boys have them outdaaa-
ed and are better soldiers In any
way one takes them.
Another Ersth county hoy, Doug-
las Wooley, eon of Mr. and Mrs. 0.
W Wooley, has returned home
- V
with bis outfit November 3, and
remained there on duty until re-
lieved by the Armjfc Fed. 8th. He
says that the Marines had plenty
tail pn
tough going foT a short while,' hot
they
food nnd weapon* cf vnr 'i i„ the
that they captured a great deal of
Jups and this h lped them in carty-
i»g on the campaign. .When aikt-4
what he thought, o' the Japs as
flshSrt, he stated ’hat. they were
fati-fy good sold-" -i when pro|*crly
cflict ;ed and d ped up, but that the
individual Jnp sol ie>i without spe-
ders was a.i hip** ascould
be and had no in’’ .ativc whatever.
1 ike another Marine who was in-
1#’ -Wed recently, said the Japs
U m' all sorts of trickery and were
good on camouf’aging. He said it
waa^most impossible to identify
ere in a tree.
He enlisted in the Marine Corps
Oct. 16, 1941, and trained at San
Diego, going from there to several
islands in the Pacific theatre of
war. All the islands over there are
a jungle and swampy country, and
while there he contracted malaria.
When the Marines left Guadal-
canal, he was sent to New Zealand
where he was treated In a hospital
for some time, and sent from there
to the States. He liked New Zeal-
and and the people, saying that
they were exceptionally nice to re-
turning .service men and looked af-
ter their wants and needs.
He also said that without the
help of the natives on those Pacific
islands that the going wbuld have
been a great deal more difficult.
For instance on Guadalcanal he
said they hired the natives to carry
supplies up to the lines, snd thst
they could be hired very cheaply.
The average pay being about 18
cents per day, or that men could
take a pipe and hire a native to do
most anything for them. Bananas,
oranges, lemons and all sorts of cit-
rus fruit grow wild.
Mr. and Mrs. Wooley and other
relatives and friends over the coun-
ty are happy to have Douglas back
home. He expects to leave at the
expiration of his furlough for a
Marine base in South Carolina.
On His Last Leg
BANK DEPOSITS
SOAR; HIGHEST
IN CITY’S HISTORY
June 30th Report Showa
Total of $3,166,637.00
In Two Local Banka
Bank deposits in the two Steph-
enville banking institutions'as re-
ported in the June 30th cal] show-
ed a total of $3,106,637.00—highest
in history.
The only other bank operating
in Erath county, the Dublin Na-
tional, ahowed a total of $1,696,651.
This sum added to deposits here
bring a grand total of $4,863,288.-
That too is the highest ever reach-
ed *by county financial institutions.
Even in the dayr *hwr Erath Coun-
ty claimed fifteen banks deposits
never did reach the above figure.
High prices of all farm commo-
dities, particularly cattle, and the
spread of war defense money thru-
out thih area, is believed to be ac-
countable for the immense increase.
In the June 30th reports the
Farmers-Flrst National had depoa-
its of $2,3888,629.86. On the same
date the Stephenville State Bank
had a grand total of $778,017.20.
Both local banks report little de-
mand for loans. Prompt liquida-
tions of most loan accounts were
also reported.
Guard Officers Are
Attending School
At Camp Bullis
Capt. Harry E. Braeuer, Lieuts.
E. W. Ferguson and E. B. Hickey,
and Firat Sergt. Jim Parkey left
Stephenville Sunday morning for
Camp Bullia, near San Antonio,
where they will attend a school for
officers and non-commiaaioned of-
ficers of the Texas State Guard.
This school is under the direction
of army officers of the 8th Service
Command, Dallas, In co-operation
with the Adjutant General’s De-
partment of Texas.
The first school under the new aet
up to be held in Texas was that
bf last October, and the three com-
missioned officers of Co. C, 16th
Battalion, Texas State Guard, at-
tended. The school being held dur-
ing July will cover more advanced
training and included this year are
a limited number of non-commis-
sioned officer* from each company,
who will be trained to take the
place of commissioned officers in
the guard if and when the neces-
sity arises, and also to be more
capable in handing the men under
their command.
A new group of officera and en-
listed men will be handled each
week throughout the month of July.
Daughter Born
Danah Joyce, is the name given
the baby daughter, born Saturday,
July 3 at 6:45 o’clock at the Gor-
man Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Ev-
erett Thurman Jr. The baby’s
weight was given at seven and one-
fourth pound#. Mrs. Thurman waa
the former Mias Gladys Menson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Benaon of Stephenville. Mr. Thur-
man is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett Thurman Sr., of Dublin.
He has been employed with a ship
building concern in Portland, Ore.
Cemetery Working
The Empird-Tribune is authoris-
ed to announce that there will be a
cemetery working at the Oak Dale
Cemetery, Monday, July 12. All
who are interested or nave loved
ones buried at this cemetery are
requested to come and help work it.
with a iaa««< Mag by BasebaO
Csar Kenesaw M. Landis, aa a re-
last tear.
from the battle from, where he is
scending a wall earned furlough
visiting his parents, relatives and
many friends in .Stephenville. He
has s 80 day furlough.
■ Douglas was in a machine gun
company, 8th Marines, 3rd Batal-
Ikm. and hs went In on Guadalcars!
Apparently Axis treeps are aslag
eae legged Maa. Aa Americas sol-
dier la shewn examining an artificial
lag which waa left an a TanMan
battlefield by seme German or
Italian eoldler who Is literally bn Me
laat leg. Artificial Umbs am a
rarity mi a battlefront where men
are a seamed to ha In perfect oea-
Ittfia. ,
Mrs. John Tom Heaton of Wash-
ington, D. C., is home on s summer
vsestion visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Moser, and her hus-
band’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Heaton. 661 South Mary street.
Mrs. Heaton, the former Mias La-
dle Moser, is employed in Wash-
ington as secretary to Congress-
man Sam M. Russell. She made the
trip to Stephenville with the Rus-
sells who are here for a several
weeks vacation visit with their par-
ents.
Miss Etta Davis of Huckabay
■pent the Fourth of July holidays
in Fort Worth as a guest in the
home of her brother snd sister-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. O. Henry Davis,
1710 Washington avenue. They
were joined there Sunday by their
uncle, Homer L. Davis, who is in
the Neval Reserve at Grand Prai-
rie.
Sam J. Logan of Borger Is horns
this week for a several days visit
with his wife and daughters, Mis-
ses Lenella and Betty Jo, 690 Weet
Washington street. Mr. Logan is
employed with the new synthetic
rubber plant recently established at
Borger.
Mrs W. H. Christian and **gh-
ter. Allyce of Longview, hare been
visiting here for the past several ,
weeks with her mother, Mrs. H. C.
Martin at the family home on
North Graham street
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