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PAGE FOUR
Olney Enterprise
FRIDAY, MAY 3, 1940
Rotarians Report on
... Conference to Club
One boy wrote that he had “work-
ed off and on.” Estimates of the
money they have earned were made
as follows: monthly, $150; $360, $100,
Reports on the Rotary district i $200, $100, $100, $75; $300, $15
conference at Sweetwater high- average weekly, $100 and $400-$500.
lighted the Rotary Club program i Of the 19 boys 63 percent think
gram at the Wednesday luncheon. J the school has done its best for
Theme of the outstanding pro- i them. Five boys answered in the
gram was to show the importance j negative. One fellow wrote: “The
of Rotary in a world of distress, j reason I think that the school has
B. F. Harbour, delegate, and R. N.
Garden
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bearing their blossom burdens in
about six weeks, snapdragons
swollen almost to bursting with
their colorful flowers-to-be, plots
of blue bonnets and phlox in an
admixture which nature only can
Lunn, who also attended the con-
ference, reported on the outstand-
ing events and entertainments
achieve
not done its best for me is that it Red salbia lines the walk we
does not carry enough strong sub- followed with the not-so-durable
jects.” Another boy declared, “I blue salbia dotted here and there,
think in answering this question, Perennial yellow snapdragons
Most impressive speech of the; we should consider two things whose foliage is a foil for winter’s
conference was the appeal made by | seriously: How much time student drab days splash their dainty blos-
Marcus Toilet, now serving his puts in and attitude of teachers.” j soms for generous contribution to
second term as governor of Rotary j Turning again to the sweet girl the garden’s loveliness and then we
district 69, of Hilsinki, Finland, J graduates a check reveals that 54 see more phlox—purple, white and
who told of chaotic conditions in percent have attended two ward j pink—with four lantanas planted
Europe. Greetings from Rotary In-: schools, 17 percent one school, 17 j farther on with their promise of
temational were brought by Ray- percent three schools and two girls j later blooms. Flanders poppies,
Personal
mond Tiffaney of Hoboken, N. J. ; stated they attended four and five
Frank Roberts of Breckenridge ward schools, respectively,
was elected district governor. Lub- School Has Done Best
bock and Mineral Wells are bidding Fifty-one percent have attended
for the 1941 conference. ! one high school and 42.8 percent
E. A. Cain of Breckenridge, visit-; two high schools. Two girls said
ing Rotarian, also reported briefly they have been to three high
on the conference. W. W. Wolverton
was in charge of the program.
Seniors
schools. With five girls born out of
the state, we find 85 percent are
native Texans with 14 percent
born in Oklahoma. One girl was
born in New Mexico. Of the group
of girls 62 percent were born out-
side Young county and 37 percent
in the county.
Four years in Olney schools was
(Continued Irom page 1)
felt it should.
Two Ward Schools
As for Miss Average Senior Girl, ■ checked by 20 percent of the girls
she too attended two ward schools, with 17 percent having gone here
and one high school. She also was mi years. And 45 percent stated
born in Texas and out of Young | they would not go to college while
county. Miss Senior has attended140 percent plan to continue their
the Olney schools only four years, studies. Two wrote “maybe” and
however. And she will not go to 0ne is undecided,
college. ... Girls outranked boys scholastical-
This average senior girl, viewed ]y although the valedictorian this
from facts and percentages, has not y ar is a boy. Seventy-four percent
failed in high school and her ward 1 have passed all courses in high
school grades were all passing also, school and 97 percent passed all
She has not had a job while atj.- |work in grade schools. Of courses
tending high school and she joins I flanked, five girls listed one each,
her classmates in thinking that the j two said one-half each, one wrote
school has done its best for her. two and still another 1 1-2.
Back to the average senior boy. The only girl who flunked in
Thirty-six percent attended two : ward school failed two years.
\v ard schools, - 26 percent went to j Eighty percent have not worked
three ward schools and 15 percent. while attending high school and of
to one school. By way of explana- the 20 percent who have worked
tion, the ward schools marked by two did not know how much money
the girls and boys alike were prob- they have earned. Others said $35
ably Roosevelt and Birney here m to $45, $450, $50 and $20.
' The girls were almost whole-
_ , ~?ys lo College hearted in saying they thought the
Seventy-three percent of the boys sch00l had done its best for them,
have gone to one high school, 10 Only one girl checked “no.” An-
percent went to two and three each, j other girl checked the affirmative
One hundred percent Texans are. answer to the tenth and last ques-
the boys for all 19 were born m; {4on> but she qualified her state-
Texas. Of the native Texans,
ment, “But a country school ruined
percent were born outside of Young |me;
county while 4h percent were born ■ ’ _
in the county. in* *
College will be attended by 73 ! /JflT c/
percent of the boys while 15 per-;1*
cent stated they would not attend | (Continued from page 1)
college. Ten percent are undecided 1 and “Invitation to the Dance” by
about continuation of their educa- • Weber.
don after graduation. Miss Lutz, who has won high
Scholastically speaking, the boys ; honors for the past several years in
refute popular conceptions of boys j the national piano playing judging,
as students. Their records show 68 ; plans to attend Belton college next
percent have not failed during high j year. A senior, she is salutatorian
school while 84 percent did not fail j of her graduating class,
during ward school. Boys who have j Accompanying Linouise to Belton
California poppies and double pop-
pies, the former two blooming now
and the latter type with heavy
hanging pods, lend their color
among the blossoms.
More Blooms to Come
Dainty Queen Anne’s lace crouch-
es in clumps which are budding
now and will bloom in two or three
weeks and then Mrs. Gooch points
out her second trail at getting a red
butterfly bush to flourish. The
bloom looks like lilacs, she said,
although the buds are closer togeth-
er.
To our left was a patch of wild
flowers brought from near Denton.
Mrs. Gooch is awaiting eagerly for
them to bloom. Wallflowers who
like cool weather and were hurt
by last summer’s drouth; bitex, a
plant similar to lilacs, four shades
of cornflowers, white iris which is
the first to bloom among the spring
flowers, grape hyacinths which
have finished their blooming for
the year and white blossoms cov-
ering an old-fashioned syringa are
others pointed out by Mrs. Gooch
whose love for flowers is revealed
by her knowledge and care.
Down another walk we saw hibis-
cus plants which will bloom forth
in June in white and red, snap-
dragons which have weathered
three winters and new snapdragon
plants which are being fed Vitamin
B-l, pink petunias, Burbank dais-
ies and elder daisies, the prolific
Korean chrysanthemums which
bear pastel, daisy-like flowers, Mc-
Millan sunflowers, day lilies, white
crape myrtle bush, button chrysan-
themums and the feathery Texas
plume which will turn red later.
And then we may have missed
some of them!
When we left, arms filled with
fragrant and multi-colored loveli-
ness, Mrs. Gooch cut a cluster of
wisteria blossoms to add to our
bouquet which was just another
one of the many this sweetly gen-
erous gardener has given as she
enjoys her practice of sharing her
lovely garden.
Musicale
Friday noon were Mrs. Ramsey,
Mrs. Lutz, Mrs. Earl Gilbert and
daughter, Patti; the latter two
failed in high school listed: one-half
subject, 2 subjects, one-half sub-
ject and two flunked one each. The
seventh, first and fifth grades were
failed by three boys.
Most Boys Work j They returned Saturday afternoon
Fifty-seven percent have worked 1--
while in high school with 34 per-, Mrs. J. E. Branson of Megargel
cent stating they have not held jobs.1 was an Olney visitor Thursday.
(Continued iron? page Ijf
will interpret Chopin’s Sonato, B
Minor, allegro maestoto, scherzo
molto vivace.
Sextette to Sing
f ' L MSSM3h°T ®ilbertjby ToLlMrehIrneSwUh fte^roup*
' ‘Tnciuding Mesdames John Haney,
Jack Herrington, Phil Slater, Dud-
(jrfkat Mo
*‘As silent as the
day ice bought it
-—6 years «goJ”
* NO MOVING PARTS
in its freezing system
* f SRMANENT SILENCE
OWNERS
Acuf about it
SAYS MRS. CLIFFORD DEATON,
WICHITA FALLS. TEXAS:
“In the 6 years we have owned our
Servel Electrolux, we nave never spent
one cent for repairs or service. It is
still as silent as the day we bought it,
and as low in operating cost—a cent
or two per day. Only Servel, the only
automatic refrigerator with no mov-
ing parts, could perform like that!"
• CONTINUED LOW OPERATING COST
• MORE YEARS OF DEPENDABLE SERVIC1
• SAVINGS THAT PAY FOR IT
Calvin Home Appliance Co.
Olney
Graham
ley Myers, R. D. Chambers and
Miss Gladys Drum. The choral club
will present the lovely Stephen
Foster melody, “Beautiful Dream-
er” with Mrs. A. D. Cummings and
Miss Edna Earle Williamson playing
the violin obligato.
The guest artist will then play
a group including “Intermezzo, C
Major” by Brahms. “General La-
vine” by Debussy, “Nocturne” by
Respighi and “Rush Hour in Hong-
kong” by Chasins.
Concluding the program the
choral club will present “Creole
Swing Song” by Denza and “A
Glad Prayer” by Stenson. Mrs. Carl
Ramsey will serve as accompanist
while Miss Frances Roberts will
direct. Ushers will be members of
the Junior Music Club.
Going to Graham
Personnel for this /program,
which is given yearly to open
National Music Week for Olney,
includes Mesdames W. W. Price!
W. L. Hallman, Herrington, Haney!
Slater, Myers, Chambers, W. G. God-
fery, Jack Slater, Cecil Neelley,
Clifford Porter, John Thimjahn,
W. A. Cox, J. B. St Clair, Cum-
mings, W. E. Brown and Ray Ho-
rany, Misses Drum, Williamson and
Elizabeth Thornton. Other club
members are Mesdames B. F. Har-
bour, Welman Hennig, A. J. Graves
and W. W. Wolverton.
Immediately following the musi-
cale, a tea will be given at 6:30
o’clock honoring Miss Sanders in
the home of the club president,
Mrs. St Clair.
Wednesday the choral personnel
will be presented in a program with
visiting artists from other cities at
8 o clock in Graham’s Memorial
Auditorium. The Olney group will
sing the selections by DeReef and
Bohm and the Stephen Foster fav-
orite. The program is sponsored
by the Fine Arts Forum as their
contribution to Graham’s observa-
tion of the national week.
(Continued from page 1)
Olney Federal Savings May 16.
* * *
Pedagogic Notes
Two PLUS two make six or sev-
en, Roosevelt FIFTH graders prob-
ably were told WEDNESDAY (if
their lessons include such elemen-
tary teachings) by Kenneth PRIM
who is a beaming FATHER now.
The son, weighing 8 pounds and 10
! ouunces, was born at 9 o’clock
TUESDAY in the Hamilton Hospi-
tal. He has been named Kenneth
Reid, the latter name for Mrs.
Prim’s parents. The ENTIRE fam-
ily is doing nicely.
* * *
Quotes
And Arne Winger’s latest quip
is this: “How many people say, ‘It’s
hollow inside,’ and where else could
it be hollow?”
“The Britsh want to sell more
whiskey in this country to develop
credit with which to buy airplanes.
Things might reach the point, Brit-
ish whiskey being what it is, where
we’d give ’em the planes.”
“That man on Avenue Q says
no one works harder at an under-
taking than the man who takes the
job of making a fool of himself.”
* * *
In the News
Was Arlie BEARDEN, former
Olneyite and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Bearden who now lives in
LONGVIEW. In a recent issue of a
radio parts house organ, Arlie was
pictured with one of his two deliv-
ery trucks maintained with his
electric service. The accompanying
article said he took over the service
TWO years ago and with assistance
of two other technicans, specializes
in radio service and sound equip-
ment installations.
* * *
Thisa and Thata
This week we met two people
whose NAMES we were already
familiar with—Jerry WESTER, at-
tractive senior, and Rich SUMBERA
of Megargel. . Miss. Faydelle BUR-
DICK, one of the Shearer teachers,
pans to attend Teachers College at
DENTON this summer.....Noticed
in the MARRIAGE license listings
in Wednesday’s Wichita Falls Rec-
ord News that Carr AUSTIN, who
formerly sold insurance here, and
Mrs. Lila Jeanne Trout, both of
Wichita, are to wed......We learn
that Hack MILLER, who operated a
bowling alley here a winter or so
ago, is playing baseball for the
NATCHEZ, Miss., team after being
traded by the Lubbock Hubbers. . .
Only TEXAS weather could be like
that, we agree. After SUNDAY’S
soaking RAIN the atmosphere was
murky MONDAY morning with
fine, white dust. It fooled us and a lot
more—we thought it was FOG but
that fine, white silt deposit that
lingered behind doesn’t accom-
pany fog.......SCORE for the in-
vitation RURAL track meet Friday
night—ALL officials appointed were
present on time and carried out
their duties to smooth perfection
CUTEST sight was the duo from
Cottonwood—Evelyn JONES and Jo
POTTS—diminutive entries in the
THREE-LEGGED race.....Mrs. A1
JORDAN of Jean tells us they may
move to Arizona or CALIFORNIA
The latter state beckons especially
since Mrs. Jordan’s PARENTS and
six brothers and sisters live there
......Mrs. Ben NEWMAN adds
still another star to her list of ac-
complishments. As reporter for the
Junior Altruistic Club she sub-
mitted a report in the New York
Herald Tribune press and publicity
contest which was judged SECOND
from Texas.
* * *
Names Alike
There is a V. C. GRAVES
News Briefs
(Continued from page 1)
j cal memberships for the North
[Texas Civic Music association dur-
ing the 1940-41 season. The drive
of the Permian Basin Oil and Gas | ^OTg^th^ttiaSis^^ed “for
association. He left Saturday for;next year is the St. Louis Sym-
his new home m Midland. : phony Orchestra.
Bernard Lunn will appoint his ~ _ ,
^council members to their commis-; f °rmer Cubs stars retrieved some
sions when the group meets Mon-! t *;ir Friday night when
day night for their regular monthly j, .5e^ defeated the 1940 Cub line-up
business session. .0 in.a. Same which climaxed
I spring training. Passes accounted
Roosevelt School's rhythm band for both tallies. Mahan passed to
presented a program at high school Crain and Mullins to Wright to
assembly Tuesday afternoon. Fred- make the touchdowns. Hankins
die Janca and Norma Horany sang \ plunged the line for the Cubs’
“School Days” with the entire band touchdown. Hankins is one of the
joining for the second chorus toj most promising new players,
open the program. The band played | Workouts Monday afternoon fin-
:‘Polly Wolly Doodle,” “Lily Bells,”; ished up the season.
“The Wedding of Jack and Jill and
“Mickey” under the direction cf Boys Club members were enier-
Freddie Janca. Miss Frances Roberts tained with a weinfer roast Tuesday
superv/ises ;the band with Miss night at the Municipal Park by the
Evelyn Koeneman as accompanist, Lions Club. The committee in
have6been’ a^d % T"
Sent, according at$nd
bowssaenTaLsotude?ts
■^ts "raforthfr P#on-jes. Highway Patrolman C. W.
Grantham will provide transporta-
Meeling at the high school at fi°n f°r the boys. Bernard Lunn,
8:30 o’clock speech class students' sP°ns°r of the club, and A. F. Nor-
will observe hobo day Saturday ec* P^an to accompany the group,
when they perform odd jobs over
town with wages to go to the cy- irst place in the Stunt night
clorama fund. A parade through p r°§ram. at tlle Westex Theater
1 Wednesday night went to the
by the sophomore class when
town, augumented by costumed
band members, will be staged. To
climax the day a bean supper will
be served at the home of Miss
Helen Moore, teacher, at 7 o’clock.
Eliminations will be held the lat-
ter part of this week in the home
town speaking contest at high
school. Ten students have entered
ithe contest. Winners will compete
in the annual contest at the West
Texas Chamber of Commerce con-
vention.
Mrs. Joe Benson is accepting lo-
staged a style revue. Senior
hill billies won second and
Roach placed third.
Four nets, two of them new, were
taken from the high school tennis
courts Friday night, according to A.
D. Cummings, superintendent. Each
net is marked with indelible ink]
Loss of the nets was reported tc
local officers. It is the custom tc
leave the nets in place during the
week-end to be available to stu-1
dents.
For
Sale
At Reduced
Prices
We also have on hand
Started Chicks
Gadberry Feed &
Hatchery
— Classified Ads —
HUNTINGTON Tires, 6 ply, 6
months guarantee, 16 to 21, $4.65 to
Wichita Falls too . . .And an Em- $6.60. New Brunswicks, more miles
mett GALLOWAY in Lubbock, a
juvenile counselor. . . Then there is
a Homer LEWIS in Wichita Falls.
And Tom WATSON is sports writer
for the ODESSA News-Times....
E. C. Pruitt is the name of our fire
marshal and Mrs. C. S. Bost’s
father who lives in Blanco.—D. M.
Conventions
(Continued from page 1)
names of boxes, are:
No. 1 West Graham, Graham, J.
W. Seddon, chairman; No. 2, Bun-
ger, Tom Bunger; No. 3, South
Bend, W. M. Goode; No. 4, Elias-
ville, W. M. Davis; No. 5, Murray,
E. E. Brockman; No. 6, Miller Bend,
Ed Reeves; No. 7, Newcastle, Frank
Beard; No. 8, Proffitt, J. O. Lewis;
No. 9, Farmer, Claude Garvey; No!
10, Red Top, E. M. Ball; No. 11,
Olney, A. D. McMillan; No. 12,
Markley, Frank Gilmore; No. 13,
Orth, H. L. Whitehead; No. 14
Spring Creek, A. Wilbom; No. 15!
Rabbit Creek, Jim Scott; No. 16
Loving, Paul S. Millican; No. 17.
Red Top, R. C. Butler; No. 18, Huff*
stuttle, Joe Taylor; No. 19, Padgett,
Marian McGee; No. 20, Jean, A. S.
Sparks; No. 21, Conner Creek, H.
L. Ribble; No. 22, East Graham,
Pat Bryan; No. 23, Olney, E. G.
Thornton.
Mrs. Sid Perryman and Mrs. Joe
Benson spent Saturday in Dallas
where they made the Garden Club
pilgrimage and also visited with
former school friends.
Mrs. Jenner Clark and Mrs. Char-
lie Gilpin of Quanah were guests
from Friday until Monday of the
former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Rice.
FOR SALE OR RENT
New and Second-hand Typewriters.
All makes of Portable Typewrites,
Easy Terms.
Exclusive agents fox Allen Adding
Machines and Cash Registers.
A11 repair work guaranteed one
year.
WICHITA FALLS TYPEWRITER
EXCHANGE
913 1-2 Indiana Ave. Phone 3365
Local Representative:
Olney Enterprise.
less cost. OK RUBBER WELDING
SHOP. (7-lcc).
FOR SALE — Good used Royal
typewriter, part cash and terms on
balance. See it at Enterprise office.
(9-tfc).
FOR RENT — Two bedrooms or
partly furnished for light house-
keeping. Next to Leberman House,
302 South Avenue D., Mrs. Bred-
thauer. (9-lcc).
NOTICE — You can get minnows
at the Swimming Pool day or night.
C. F. Evans. (9-lcpd).
WANTED — Unfurnished house
by June 1st. Must be modem and
reasonable. Responsible and per-
manent. Box 872, Olney, Texas.
(8-2c).
FOR SALE—Bargains in Coole-
i-ator Refrigerators. All sizes and
prices. Calvin Home Appliance Co.
______ (9-lcc).
Portraits, enlarging, framing and
kodak finishing at Lasater’s Studio.
_ (7-tfe).
FOR SALE—Model A Ford Coupe
with 16 in. wheels. Bargain. Must
Sell immediately. 409 W. Elm. Thos.
O. McNeill. (9-ltc).
ATTENTION: - Smith’s Travel
Bureau cars leaving for L. A. daily
and other points west. Call 4441
or write 804 Ohio, Wichita Falls,
Texas-___ (7-3cp).
PIANO STORED IN OLNEY
One baby grand and one Spinett
Console, both slightly used, will
sell for balance due us. JACKSON
PIANO CO., 1101 ELM ST., DAL-
LAS, TEXAS. (9-4pc).
Davis Tires — Truetone
Radios
BUDGET PLAN
H. C. Murrie, Owner
Plumbing and Electrical Work
All Work Guaranteed
O. C. KENT
Phone 190-M
204 W Paym
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, May 3, 1940, newspaper, May 3, 1940; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128690/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.