The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, April 17, 1942 Page: 8 of 10
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STOP FOOD SPOILAGE WITH
KELVIIATOH CLt^Uc
REFRIGERATION
Food spoilage is an economic waste that
not only hurts the war effort but is costly
to the pocfcetbooks of individuals.
Cut food spoilage in your home to the
vanishing point — make your fodlsSfkad
food dollars go further — with a 1942
Kelvinator electric refrigerator. Today’s
KeInitiator offers greater opportunities
for savings through increased storage
capacity and rock-bottom operating cost.
Every 1942 Keivinator is powered -sll&h
the famous cost-cutting Polarsphere
sealed unit that uses current only about
12 minutes per hour under average
kitchen conditions. Each is a full 7 or 9
cubic foot model — giving you more
room for money-saving quantity food
purchases.
See the new 1942 Keivinator today. Owe
stock is limited and cannot be flem-
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is the time to act.
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COMMUNITY
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UNITED STATES
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PAGE EIGHT
Editorials
The Olney Enterprise
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1
Our Pledge
We pledge allegiance to the Flag of the Uni-
ted States, and to the Republic for which h
status; One Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and
Justice for all.
Budget for Defense
Since most Olney families are buying defense
stamps or bonds regularly, war conditions have
brought financial changes if not actual difficul-
ties to nearly every family. The cost of food,
clothing and other necesisties has risen sharply,
income taxes are several times higher than they
were a year ago. While in some instances in-
creased income has offset the rising cost of living,
in many cases the family Income is smaller or
unchanged.
These conditions make it more important than
ever for each family to prepare a budget and to
adhere to it as strictly as possible. In this way,
the family can determine in advance what it can
afford and what it must forego because of the
war. Provision can be made for taxes and other
heavy lump payments to prevent having to bor-
row at a bank or from a loan shark.
Except in the most extreme cases, the family
budget can be made to cover necessities and to
leave at least a little for defense bonds and for
savings for those emergencies. The main ad-
vantage of the budget is that it discourages reck-
less spending and lets you know in advance that
you can’t afford to ro something. Families who
stick to their budgets will avoid waste and at the
same time perhaps even manage to save a little
money in a time of financial uncertainty when
firm grounding is needed for family security.
-Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps-
A Registrant’s Chance
A Washington publication, the United States
News, undertakes to predict what is ahead for
draft registrants. There has been no official an-
nouncement of policy on the subject; in fact, there
has not been much indication that a policy exists,
and a conflict of views between the army itself
and the administrators of selective service law
is suggested. The United States News, presum-
ably drawing its conclusions from the views of
those in authority, summarzies the draft situa-
tion as follows;
No indiscriminate drafting of men above 35.
The present pool of men without dependents will
last until late 1942 in most regions. After that,
dependency will no longer exempt from service,
but draft boards will exercise discretion and
follow a set of standards. First, they will take
those with nominal dependents; next those with
wives able to work, where there are no children;
third, they will first take men wose jobs are not
essential to the war.
The army wants to draw men by age groups.
That is, it wants to draw all eligible 20-year-olds
then 20 to 28, than 28 to 35, before taking older
men. The army is not keen for men over 35, or
even over 28, if younger men are to be had.
Esesntially, all this is likely to mean: for
20-year-olds, a call to service for as many as 80
or 90 per cent; for 21 to 28, a heavy call, with
dependents no bar by the year’s end. Congress
will provide supplemental support to families
of men drafted. For 29 to 35, a rather heavy
call, but less so than for yomigermen. For 36 to
44, not so many to be taken. The army is not
particularly interested in men above 40. They
don’t make very good soldiers.
Registrants cannot, of course, depend on this
summary as authentic; but it may be regarded
as a plausible outline of draft procedure, sub-
ject to all the changes incident the length and
severity of the war.—Wichita Daily Times.
-Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps-
If we turn down our cuffs, maybe we. won’t
have to darn our socks at the office by inking m
the shin under the hole any more.
-Buy Defense Bonds and Stamps-
The co-ordinator of trouser cuffs will probably
save almost enough wool to pay his stenogra-
phed’s hire toward enforcement of it.
■ •• - - . y ' : -
Spring Cleaning Time
Are you hiding an enemy in your home?
It is hoped that you are not, but if there is a
fire hazard lurking around your house— hidden
under the stairway, piled in a garage corner, then
you are harboring a most vicious type of enemy.
With spring cleaning time here, now is a good
time to drive out all suspicious enemies in your
home; give no quarters to fire hazards.
Here are a few tips offered by Marvin Hall,
state fire insurance commissioner, on foiling the
advance agents of disastrous fires:
Remove all accumulated trash, papers and
other' discarded or waste material of a combus-
tible nature.
“Blackout” all matches, cigarettes and cigars
before throwing them away. Carelessness with
these ranks third in the Mst of known fire
causes according to records covering a 10-year
period.
Gasoline, kerosene, benzine and naptha are
inflammable liquids that constitute serious fire
hazards. Keep them all outside the house and
never near an open flame.
Oil mops and rags soaked with oil and paint
cause spontaneous combustion. Oil mops should
be kept in a metal container and oil or paint
soaked rags should be disposed of promptly after
being used.
Before leaving an electric iron or other electric
appliance in use, turn off the current. Permit
only experienced persons to install or repair elec-
trical fittings and appliances. Replace “blown”
fuses with new ones; never use a substitute
“bridge” in the fuse box.
Watch serious outside exposures. Dry grass,
leaves, brush and trash accumulations outside the
house are often places where serious fires origi-
nate.
Fires have no season— they must be prevent-
ed every hour of every day.
Fix ’Em Yourself
Futility of the no-cuffs-on-trousers order has
been exposed by Texas merchants.
Trousers come with the bottoms unfinished, to
be made to correct length. Under the new order
governing suits, it is perfectly permissible for
the merchant to cut off two or four inches of
the material and throw it away. But due to the
whimsies of the government, the store is pro-
hibited from having its tailor sew up the same
material into a cuff.
Also the buyer can fake the trousers home,
or to a tailor shop next door and have them
finished to his length. If there’s material left—
and there is in most cases, he can have the cuff
made rather than to waste the material— but
the store can’t do it for him!
-o--
One commodity that a few housewives hoard
is neighborhood gossip.
-o-
This state’s two million pine stumps should be
enough for all the candidates.
-o-
Nazis think they can enjoy fruits of victory
without giving up the Rhine.
-o-
Under the plan of Senator Pepper, no one will
get more salt than he earns.
-o-r-
„ We decline to pick a bone with a hotel man
who advised us to eat more fish.
Editorial PaqeOt The
Olneij Enterprise
LEN C. WARREN, Owner.
Established in 1910 and published every Friday
at Olney, Texas. Entered at the Postoffice at
Oiney, Texas, as Second Class mail matter, under
Act of Congress.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Any erroneous reflection upon the reputation
ir standing of any individual, firm or corporation
that may appear in the columns of the Olney
enterprise will be gladly corrected when called
to the attention of the management. Phone 159.
TYPEWRITERS
FOR RENT
By the Month or Week.
ENTERPRISE
WE DELIVER
News Briefs
Only two certificates for the
purchase of new automobiles were
issued during the month of March
by the county rationing board and
both were to residents of Graham.
They were Fred Rubenkoenig and
Morrison Funeral Home.
Two Olneyites sold stock on the
Fort Worth market Thursday. For
eight hogs, averaging 212 pounds,
Ed Dietrich was paid $14.25 per
hundredweight while Wilber Kun-
kel received $14.25 per hundred-
weigha for 16 hogs, averaging 185
pounds, and $13 per hundredweight
for two hogs averaging 185 pounds.
Dick Patrick was among the
draftees who left Wichita Falls
Monday morning as a recruit from
board one in that city. He was the
only Olneyite listed in the con-
tingent.
His commission as an ensign in
the United States Naval Reserve
was received several weeks ago
by Carlton McKinney, senior pe-
troleum engineer student at the
University of Oklahoma at Norman.
His enlistment is for the duration
of the war.
In New Orleans, La., attending
the annual convention for women’s
physical education of southern col-
leges and universities is Miss Anita
Doyle, senior student in Texas State
College for Women. This is Miss
Doyle’s third convention for this
association. Last week she passed
her rifle test and is now qualified
as an assistant instructor in this
course.
Change in the meeting time of
the Order of Eastern Star has
been made. Meetings now are at 8
o’clock. This change is made each
spring. \
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Burton were
notified Monday of the death of
the former’s 13-year-od niece in
an automobile accident. The girl is
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Swanda. ,
Members of the Life Christian
Group from Hardin-Simmons Uni-
versity at Abilene presented the
opening exercises during the young
people’s assembly at the First Bap-
tist Church Sunday evening. The
students appeared at Lone Oak dur-
ing an afternoon program and
were heard at Shearer later in the
evening.
Temporarily, the farm bulletin
rack maintained by the Chamber
of Commerce in the corridor of the
City Hall has been removed since
the supply of pamphlets had been
exhausted. The rack will be placed
in the hall when new supplies of
publications are received. One-half
of the bulletins ordered by the
county agent’s office recently will
be given Olney. Five thousand
booklets were requested.
Frank Alexander, city secretary.
began work Monday morning on
assessing city property for the 1942
tax rolls.
A road and bridge improvement
program for precinct one is now
underway. Work is being done on
the Tonk Valley road to make it
all-weather with gravel and caliche.
Improvement of the Medlen Creek
bridge and Higdon lane are planned
soon. Other parts of the precinct
will be improved also with all-
weather roads during the program
which is expected to take about a
year for completion.
Mrs. John Morrison returned Fri-
day from Wichita Falls and Ar-
cher City where she had been on
account of the death of her mother,
Mrs. N. A. Cochran of Archer City.
Funeral services were conducted
last Tuesday afternoon in Wichita
Falls. Attending the rites were Mrs.
Morrison and daughters, Gloria and
j Mrs. Roy Patterson, Jr., accompan-
’ ied by Mrs. Roy Patterson, Sr., of
Archer City.
Two new families moved to Olney
this week to make their home.
They are Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Cur-
ring, 409 West Elm, and Mr. and
Mrs. B. L. Northcutt, 505 West
Hamilton. Mrs. Northcutt is pro-
duction manager for Magnolia Oil
company and was transferred here
from Megargel.
Merchants and
Patrons of Olney
We are giving 8:00 a. m. deliver
service from Wiehita Falls, Fort
Worth, Dallas, Houston, Waco
and other southern and
states.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
FREIGHT SHIPMENTS
Sproles & Newman
TELEPHONE 93-R
Political
Announcemel
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ing political announce:—
be published free up to
and that portion of such
excess of 200 words will be
for at the regular political
(All political
must be paid in full
The names listed below are
ject to action of the voters in
Democratic primary.)
For District Clerk:
NAT PRICE
(For Re-election)
For County Treasurer:
EDNA EASTERLING
(For Re-election)
For County Clerk:
E. C. (Earnest) TUCKER
(For Re-election)
For County Tax Assessor-Col
D. D. CUSENBARY.
(For Re-election)
For Sheriff:
C. B. (Bert) BUNNELL
HENRY C. WILLIAMS,
(Re-election)
For County Judge: ^
RAYMON THOMPSON
(Re-election)
For County Superintendent |
Schools:
W. E. HARTY
For Commissioner. Predaot
W. H. (Hugh) WOMACK
J. A. (Jim) DOYLE
Dr. Ralph Wdolsey
OPTOMETRIST
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you discomfort, druggists
turn your money if the first
of "LETO'S" fails to satisfy.
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