The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1947 Page: 7 of 14
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THURSDAY, AP:
Car Tag Period Ends H^if/i Rush of
Business; Olney Sales Over $24,000
Kaliningrad, named for the late
Soviet President, is the former
German city of Koenigsburg.
driver’s license examiner* when
he entered the army in 1944.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Carmack of
Murray visited Mr. and Mrs.
Hawes Wells Sunday.
Anderson Opens
Implement Firm
E. A. Anderson, formerly of
Enid, Okla., has moved here and
has opened a new Olney business
—the Anderson Implement Com-^
Pa?he firm is located at 114 East! In only six out of the last 131
Hamilton, and Is handling Glean-' years has historic Lake Champ-
er Baldwin combines and parts. I lain failed to freeze over. The
Anderson and Mrs. Anderson averagt date of freezing is Feb-
to $2,910 and on Monday, last
day, the clerks were smothered
under applications that accounted
for $4,156 in sales.
Check of the full buying period
since the 1947 tags came to Olney
about 45 days ago shows that Mrs.
Joe Turner and her helper, Mrs.
Mary Brown, sold truck and car
license plates totalling $24,201.22.
It was nearly double the esti-
mates of what the car tag busi-
ness in Oney would amount to.
It came from sales of 1,250 car
i. Not included in
trailers and farm
by
Boyce
House
Get the Best in
Announcing the Opening of
A cynic says, “Life isn’t fair to
us men. When we are bom, our
mothers get the compliments and
the flowers. When we are mar-
ried, our brides get the presents
and the publicity. And when we
die, our widows get the life in-
surance and the winters in Flor-
ida.”
JOEL’S RADIATOR SHOP
320 South Avenue C
See these . . . all ball-bearing machines
. . . tops in the field.
Complete Radiator Rebuilding
tags, 682 trucks,
the total are
;, Manager Worth
If only the other industries
could have reconverted as prompt-
ly as the fireworks factories did!
Mark Twain once worked on a
newspaper in a Nevada town and
the readers ranked him, as a
humorst, below Dan de Qulle who
Carburetor and Ignition Systems
A Specialty
trucks,
pointed out.
The law required the 1947 plates
to be on all cars and trucks by
April 1.
Any citizen who has been oper-
ating his vehicle without the new
plates and comes to the Chamber
of Commerce
With automatic sharpening feature
The best. Also the
office now for
plates, must pay a 20 per cent
penalyt. Anyone now applying for
the 1947 tags must pay that pen-
alty unless he or she filed a
sworn statement that the car or
truck has not been operated since
April 1.
The chamber will continue to
handle the plates throughout the
year, Coffey said.
Durable and ball-bearing. We also
offer you the
The author of the following
lines, entitled “Liquor and Longe-
vity,” is unknown but it is strong-
ly suspected that he is not a mem-
ber of the Anti-Saloon League:
The horse and mule live 20 years
And nothing know of wines and
beers.
The goat and sheep at 20 die
And never taste of Scotch and rye.
The cow drinks water bv the ton
Proffitt News
By Mrs. Brice Wilkinson
Miss Etna Wilkinson was very
ill with flu, 1 ut has recovered.
Mrs. Bob Wells and Mrs. Hawes
Wells reported plenty of flu in
their homes and we hope Spring
is here to drive the flu out of
the country.
Hugh Foster sold his farm to
A. D. Rodgers, and he and fam-
ily moved to Elbert last week. A.
D. and family will live on the
farm.
Miss Mabel Wells of Hardin-
Simmons University at Abilene,
visited home folks last week.
Clark Wilkinson and Loyd Cog-
burn of Throckmorton visited the
Brice Wilkinson’s.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Tate and
family visited her brother and his
wife, Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Holder,
in Moody, and visited relatives in
Waro.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Scobee
returned from Alamagorda, N. M.,
where they visited relatives.
Oscar Wilkinson spent a week
with his daughter, Mrs. Bill Ezell
and Mr. Ezell in Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Lang Griffin
have a new Oldsmobile car. Con-
gratulations.
is awarded each week to some per- Miss Maudelle Baxley of Dallas
son, picked at random from over was a guest in the home of Mr.
the United States. and Mrs. Bob Wells and family.
Miss Reed’s award was not only Mrs. R. T. Wells Jr. is spending
a surprise but a timely one—-it, a week with her parents, Mr. and
is to be a complete Easter outfit Mrs. Ruel Proffitt in Fort Worth,
from Neiman-Marcus in Dallas. { Walter Byers was very sick with
“I’m floored!” was the Olney { flu Monday and Tuesday,
student’s reaction to her selec-1 Mrs. Watt Wilkinson and child-
tion. | ren of San Antonio are visiting
These are all old line machines. Re-
member, it pays to buy standard brand
merchandise. They're priced
$19.50 to $32.50
OLNEY
Hardware Co.
*145 A WEEK
buys any 6.00x16 Top-Quality General
Tiro in our storo. Other sixes proportion-
ately low.
WrLl BUY and pay lop price for your
present tires—original tread or recaps.
GENERAL
V TIRE J
220-24 East Main — PHONE 42
THE FACT IS
By GENERAL ELECTRIC
Women hold 27 per cent of the
automobile driving licenses issued
in the United States.
ON ARMY DAY, APRIL 7th, ASK YOURSELF
ATTENTION
Please!
600-MP.H. HURRICANE IS CREATED IN THIS WIND
TUNNEL AT MOFFETT FIELD, CAL IT TAKES GENERAL
ELECTRIC MOTORS TOTALLING 27000 HORSEPOWER
TO TURN THE BLADES SHOWN IN THIS PICTURE.
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and its civilian components. You'll
feel a certain tingle of pride—to
know that others depend so much' |
upon you, and envy you the in-
spiring fellowship you enjoy.. ,k!]
o In the Regular Army you cars
have excellent training in valuable? 1
skills or trades. All your necessary'
expenses are cared for. You get'
travel, adventure. And after 2£>
years you can retire at half pay
for the rest of your life and ose
up to three-quarters pay after 30*
years of service! Get full details'’
about all the advantages of Regu-
lar Army enlistment at your If. S.
Army Recruiting Station.
If hat will you do for your
country? You can take a full-time
job at good pay in the Regular
Army. Or, you can join other
young men in your community in
your local National Guard unit.
If you are in college, you can get
your training and Reserve Officer
commission in the R.O.T.C. Or,
if you have served in the Army,
you can resume your military
training and have your former
grade or rank in the Organized
Reserve Corps.
Yes, we please you and your car,
with plenty of attention where it
counts most.
Drive in here today and try our
service. You'll join the pleased
Olney car owners who come back
regularly.
Our servicing and our products in
your car will mean pleasant driv-
ing, better mileage.
LIGHT IN A CIRCLE/
CIRCLINE-
A NEW CIRCULAR
FLUORESCENT LAMP
DESIGNED BY G-E
LIGHTING ENGINEERS
--HAS MANX USESJ
32-WATT SIZE GIVES
AS MUCH LIGHT AS A
IOO-WATT
(INCANDESCENT
a If you believe in America, you’ll
believe in your new Regular Army
MILLION
OWNERS/
THE NUMBER OP
GENERAL ELECTRIC
STOCKHOLDER^ NOW
ABOUT250,000, IS
HIGHER THAN EVER
BEFORE/
VISIT LOCAL ARMY EXHIBITS?
APRIL 7-12
Your Regular Army Serve* the Nation and Mankind in War and Peaces
y O U.V;
II. S. Army,
, CHOOSE THIS V,
F f NE PRO FES SION N O Wt,
GENERAL
ELECTRIC
Station
215 Post Office Building, Wichita Falls, Texas
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Evans, Alfred. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 3, 1947, newspaper, April 3, 1947; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132632/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Olney Community Library.