Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 88, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 14, 1958 Page: 5 of 16
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STEPHENVILLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, STEPHENVILLE. TEXAS
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News
The 4-H Clubs of Lruth county,
under the statewide theme—Learn
Today, Lead Tomorrow— will ob-
serve their annual Achievement
Day on November 18, according
to County Extension Agent Rich-
ard B. Gray.
Also to be featured hi the obser-
vance will be the 60th anniversary
of 4-H Club work in Texas and the
48th anniversary bf the establish-
ment of the work in Erath county.
From the first county agent or-
ganised l»oys com chib in 1908 has
come the greatly expanded demon-
stration arid character building teacnirtg techniques
4-H programs of today. Member
has grown froth the original
ship has grotvh
25 corn chib members in Jack
County to more than 111,000 in
Texts, and demonstrations and
activities now cover every ptiAse of
agriculture and homemaking.
Through6ut-the 60-year period, the
demonstration hits remained the
basis for Conducting the youth
phase of Agricultural Extension
Service work. Today, 4-H members
still learn to do by doing and their
classrooms are the farms, ranches
and homes of Texas.
, In 1010 in Coleman County, the
first beef calf club was organized,
and the first statewide rally for
eonr club boys was held at the
State Fair in Dallas A. feature of
the rally was a parade of 1,600
boys,, each carrying a stalk of
corn, through the downtown sect-
ion of the cityn
In 1912, girls, for the first time
were enrolled in tomato clubs. The
first was In Milam County, and
Mrs. Edna Trigg was the first
home demonstration agent. Grow-
ing tomatoes and canning were the
major demonstrations.
Around 1911,''the 4-H embler;
was adopted nationally and a man
who was later to Serve as Exten-
sion Director in Texas, the late
O. B. MiXm. played' a maj r rale
in this devlopment. He was the
fir*r4-H dub leader of the United
State* Department of Agriculture.
With the passage of the Smiths
Lever Act by the United States
Congress in 1914, the Agricultural
Extension 8ervice, as known as
today, came into being, and 4-H
development became more rapid
snd better organized. A state 4-H
leader, H. H. Williamson, was ap-
pointed in 1912, and by 1914 he
had made considerable progress In
getting 4-H going in the counties
where agents had been employed.
Texas 4H Chib members made
their first out-of-state tour in
1920, when It* of the state1* out
standing junior crop and livestock
producers made « 6,000 mile train
trip that carried them through
the middle West, to Chicago, De-
troit, Canada, New Yort City,
Washington, D. C-, the Southland
and hack to Texas. With the .for-
matfon-about this same Ume-of
the National Committee on Boys
MM Girls Wort and National 4-H
Club Congress in Chicago, Texas
4-H members became congress
pueticipant^-aadAnday, am nf the
most cherished of all 4-H awards
is 4 trip fo Club Congress.
In 1927 the first National 4-H
Club Camp was held in Washing-
ton, ». C. Texas f-H lWeiftbets have
been represented each year the
a. -'.f b-p been held by two boys
and two girls. This activity is now
known as the National 4-H Con-
ference. «
From the beginning, patents,
adult leaders and friends of 4-H
have all played important roles In
developing the programs and ac-
tivities whieh huve kept 4-H
abreast of the changes in agricul-
ture and home economics. But to-
day as, yasterday, 4-H training in
umied primarily at making its
memuers better citizens and the
demonstrations are the chief
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Miss Sherry Allen
November Selection
For Zonta Girl
Miss Sherry Alien, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Van E. Allen, 911
Harbin, has been chosen by the
Faculty of Stephenville High
School to toe the Konta Giri for ]
November.
Sherry has participated in the
following dubs and activities dur-
ing her years in the Stephenville »L
High School: Member of th*4
Future Homemakers of America,
freshman year; member of the
Student Council during all four
years in high school, serving the
organization as treasurer in he
senior year; member of the Sting-
erettes, freshman, sophomore and
junior year; member of the
Library Club, freshman year; mem-
ber of Future Teacher of America,
junior and senior yeare.
Also yhe has been a member of
Booster Jackets, freshman year;
head cheer leader, senior year;
girls , basket ball teram, sophomore
juniOT and senior year, serving as
captian during her junior year;
volleyball team, junior and senior
years; a member of-the Junior
play cast in 1968 and a delegate
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Clayton Williams has been in a
hospital at Dallas most of the past
week* but Is reported qtftte im-
proved and plans on being at home
again the latter part of the week.
Jimmie Heeler, who has been a
bed patient at hi* home for several
months, is considered about the
same. '
Mis* Loveda Carr of Midland is
home this wesk on vacation with
her imrents, Br. and Mrs.^Cecil
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Working Dial, Boll
Polyethylene body, Lucite
dial, all-steel ringing
..mechanism and base.
Red, yellow or turquoise.
Fare Set
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Animals, Farm Tools
Barn of colorful litho-
graphed steel. IncTudes
plastic-tractor, tools, -
fence, farm animals.
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THINGS RARE
AND UNUSUAL
Story from real life, v_____S
By an act of God I am a seventh
-son. Never had any sisters—wiah
1 had.
My father and, six brothers have
(cone us their long home, from
whence no traveller ha* returned.
My late Grandmother Cose was
a remarkable woman. I have never
known a human being who named
more babies throughout the coun-
try than Grandma.
Definite evidence, the mothers of
those babies held Grandma in high
esteem. She possessed an abund^: •*!»■ weekend in Fort Worth,
ance of common sense which I have;
Worth spoilt TIH"’Weekend here
with his parents, Mr. and Mr*.
Billy Jack Hare.'
The Kenneth White family of
Kermit was here over the weekend
with his mother ,Mr*. Lillie White,
and her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Scott jLemasters.
Mrs. Worden left Saturday for
San Angelo on a business trip.
Mr. and Mra. Paul Baker atul
family of Oil Outer, New Mexico,
were here tor the weekend with
her paren's, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Abels.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Davis had
as guests Sunday a niece and
nephew, Mr. ami Mrs. Jo* Farmer,
Mike ahd Tim of Fort Worth.
Mrs. N. S. Partain of Dublin,
who is now with her daughter,
Mrs. Ethel Keith, has been quite
ill for the past week.
Mr. and Mra. Homer Joe Spark-
man of Stephenville spent the past
weekend here with hi* parents, Mr.
and Mrs.' J. J. Sparkman.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Barker and
her mother, Eva Williams, spent
# K—ted heir, asserted Jiair-dot
• High keel sheet
9 forriagt. bracelet and hair
a Moving ayst, KMkt lath**,
painted. Anger and tan nailt
a Folly dmtsod, with pnntiat
a Stylish cotton drottas,
attortod tty lot elhd colors
Hone Bowling Set
"Bowl-A&riko" Sot $ J 98
With It" Pins
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Includes 10 soft plastic
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ORLY 1« A WEEK PITS
A PAIR OR TORI OAR
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"Him" Electric
8-Cup Percolator
Fully Automatic, no
dials or buttons
.mas giving. Makes 4 to
8 cups. Sparkling pol-
ished aluminum. UL
and Good Housekeeping
approved.
topjj
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Applied to sound tire bodies
or to your own tires
Get top traction for mud, ~
snow and ice at about half the
fie# WlffltT tTrei*.-
Trade today for Custom
Suburbanite New Treads ap-
plied to dependable tire bod-
ies... or to your preseht tires.
Each Only
USE
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LAY-
AWAY
PLAN
Automatic Huge
Cue Bn
Turn Crank . • • Out Pops
Bolls with Call Numbers
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The latest in Bingo! In- "
eludes ample supply of
cards, wood card markers,
tally board and new call
box. Turning crank auto-
matically produces next
call letter, number.
pever seen surpassed.
According to statement# in our
family Bible, Grandma was born in
Texas in 1848, and waa part Chero-
kee Indian. Her father arid mother,
Edward Benson and Rosanna Stall-
cup, were resident* .ofc TejUf »4v#-
ral years before my father’s prop!*
came from Missouri to Texas,in
1828.
Unfortunately, my father passed
on when I was three weeks did, and
until my grandmother’s passing in
1943, in her nineties, I had spent
most of my lif# with my mother
and grandmother. No regrets.
Grandma seemed to think being a
seventh son, according to an anfi-
1 m
ent book, I might h* endoWW
some sort of talents.
When I was ten years
Charles Greenhaw of Cisco waa
here Stmday to visit with his
mother, Grannie Greenhaw,
Mr. and Mra A. C. Moore of
Novice spent the past Sunday visit-
ing old friends. Among the ones
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kith.
Mrs. Dos* Abernathy had as
guests Sunday a brother, E. E.
Huntet, and a nephew, Dean Hunt-
er nf Snyder.
Mr. and'Mm. Elmer tfaghes of
Carjttm wfcra here Sunday visiting
with her sister and brother-in-law,
Mr. and Mm. Joe Murrel.
Murrah Foote was in San An-
tonio part of laat week.
AD tires marked "Nylon’
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Super-Cushions by
good/year
Tripk-temptrtd - - -Tripla-tough!
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old.
irandma and I were down, in the
River country, in a buggy.
Kikor1* Gin
By MRS. W. C. B
We am proud of
BRAMLBTT
the pretty
stopped to eat lunch With weather wr have hud the past two
Weak*. Hie farmers ate very busy
with the peanut harvest.
There are a I
friend of Grandma’s, who had U
red-headed, freckle-faced son 16
years old, who had more big warts
on both hands than I have seen Ion
a human being since. The mother
said, “my Wits are at *n end. I
have tried castor oil, spitting on a
rock, etc. Thu warts seem to in-
crease rather than decrease.”
Grandma always had an answer.
She True** and W. C; Bra
"capihE
the Lord may fiav« flvrii you, rilb
the warts on-th* boy’s handa.”
I cheerfufly dSd so. A few days
later I had a large hunch of warta
bn both bf Mg handa. Bo, that
bnded my wi
lot of peanuts being
harvested in our community and
wa art hoping to get good grades.
The money we will make all de-
pends on our grade.
Health ham is good at thtyl
time. But I guess that everyone
would say that I am Bred. Every-
one is working
I W. C. Bramlett were
Claud Dechane
ware in Comanche Saturday to
attend the Trade Day.
forms at low at $125 wamkl/l
Portable Mixer
Five speeds, ^ IWOC
pop-out beaters. 1 g 5f»)
§tands on end. A m •-*
~ CoHee Maker
Makes 4 to 10
19“
cups, keeps cof-
fee serving hot
Electric Skillet
Covdr include;
New Dormstil
Control 17.95
19*
"Swivelshot" Holster Set
Swivof Action Trick Holstor for Faster Draw
Push gun butt down, holster swivels,
and fires gun automatically. Com-
plete with Fanner M cap, auto-
loading pistol, 6 play bullets. Top v
grain cowhide holster and belt
25" losg DeLrce Doll Carriages
With 4-Bibbed Hood, Folding Visor, Po4k-a-Boo Window
Just like the carriage Baby Brother
or Sister rides in. Chrome plated
fenders, tubular handle, all
8teel frame, hand brake, embossed
Vinyl fabric.
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Two-Gas Holsters
ape
Bontex and Leather
Haidars, Rodeo Pistols
Brightly decorated hol-
sters ih alligator and
cream,
single t
1e belt
: cap pistols.
FiteMt Gu
ShootsCapsor ' $C98
Chatters, Vibratos |f .
2-Way action, realistic.
Are boh. Rugged, with
all-metal action, adjust-
able peep sight
ThsBderitaay' Gas
No Batteries, Cops;
Patented Astionl
Vibraaontc chamber pro-
duces chattering burst,
vibrating action. Rugged
conitruction.
*2”
Erector Set
Beginner's Sot..
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Makes racing car, robot
water tower, many
my wart-rghhlng day*.
HOMER STEPHEN
-me** Stephen villa, Texas (\
Mr. sad Mrs. T. L. Milloc jrizited
to Danas with
ever
Mr. . ....
Linda Jae.
Mra. Austin is the former Miss
Fairbeth Miller.
Mrs. Jimmy Austin and
their week old daughter r" ^
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