The DeLeon Free Press. (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, February 5, 1937 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME 46 — NUMBER 33.
DE LEON, COMANCHE COUNTY, TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1931
Two Men Hurt
As Car Crashed
On Leon Bridge
Returning from Desdemona to Do
Leon early Wednesday night, Evan
McGuire and Nat Loudermilk, both
about 45, were seriously injured when
fhe car in which they were riding
crashed against the steel upright of
the I^eon River bridge on the De Leon
and Desdemona road. The accident
•- happened at about 7 o’clock p. in.
McGuire, reported to have been the
owner and driver of the car, a "Ford
V-8 sedan, received a broken arm and
leg and cuts about the head and face
y as he was thrown through the shat-
ter-proof windshield. He was other-
wise^ bruised and lacerated. Louder-
milk sustained a broken arm and a
broken and shattered hip and severe
bruises.
Both the injured men were picked
i<p very soon after the crash amt
brought to this city for first •-aid,
then canned to Blackwell Sanitarium.
They were conscious when found, but
neither could walk. They had either
been thrown out of the machine by
the impact, or had gotten out,| and
were on opposite sides of the car
when discovered. Loudermilk was.re-
ported removed to a Fort Worth hos-
pital for the attention of a bone spec-
i lalist to set his hip.
■ Both the injured men are of the
Downing community, JVJyGuire and
Loudermilk families having been
prominent there for many years-. Mc-
Guire was formerly in the employ of
Plemmpns Drug Co. here. Louder^
milk had been living a number of
years at Abiler.e.
I hide John Holmes
Reported Better
After Serious Fall
Higginbotham's *
Building Traetor -
House, Workshop
A new 30Xb0 foor building is be-
ing erected on the lot immediately
west of Higginbotham’s lumber yard
which will be utelized by the Com-
pany for a tractor and Farmall stor-
age room and also a carpenter slfop.
The spacious building is of galveniz-
ed iron with sturdy framework. It
will be completed soon.
A quarter-block mule lot has also
been "built on the same block, which
is found necessary in the operation
of the Company’s business.'
EASTLAND SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE LOWERED
THIRD BY ILLNESS
The attendance at Eastland school
has been reduced by one-third on ac-
count of winter illness, according to
statement of Supt. P. B. Bittle Mon-
day, published in the Eastland Tele-
gram. Six teachers were absent from
illness also, the statement said.
Eastland’s five schools have an en-
rollment of 1000. Mrs. A. E. .Herring,
former De Leon woman, is principal
of the West W'ard, and she was re-
ported as one of- the six teachers ill.
Dr. L. C. Brown, Eastland health
officer, said there were a good many
cases of influenza and a few pneumo-
nia case? in the city, and colds were
numerous.
"Uncle” John Holmes is recover-
ing nicely from his recent serious in-
jury, when he fell on the icy steps
by W. H. Smith’s Store and shatter-
ed the bones in his shoulder. "Uncle”
John has only one arm, and it wa.^
the vhoulder on the side on which the
arm is missing that he broke.
and Mrs. B. J. Pittman, ac-
companied by “Uncle” John. H. L.
Hudson and O. M. Buchan, went to
Fort Worth Sunday to have the inju-
ry examined at the hospital where
his injury was set. It was the report
of tin surgeon that his injury is do-
ing well.
Ladies’ Night Is
Planned by Local
G. of C. Feb. 23
Members of -De I eon Chamber of
Commetce will have their wives a:
their guests at the regular meeting
to be held Tuesday evening, Febru-
ary 2’!. Tiie meeting will be at the
Travelers Hotel .where a banquet will
he served. The chairman named H.
G. lei rill, J. W. Shook, and R. L.
Scott as invitation and program com-
mittee.
According to information, the pro-
gram should prove a novel one. -The
ladies will be asked to tell their hus-
bands how a Chamber of Commerce
should be run. Important results un-
expected to develop as an outgrowth
of their suggestions. Men speakers
will be taboo on the program. Pres.
C. M. Caraway.will he out of the city
on that date and vice-president T. H.
Williams will preside.
The charge has been made that
wives of members were only invited
to participate in meetings when some
special service was ,to be asked of
them. If this charge of" the past
meetings is true, it will not be -o
this time, Pres. Caraway declared.
Nothing is contemplated that would
call for special co-operation in th°
near future, other than the general
interest every woman should feel in
the progress and development of the
community in which she lives.
Red Cross Relief Forces Active in 10 States
In tenia tiona I .Xen s Photon
■
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Acme Photo
’IXflTH 800 nurses and 300 trained- dis-
’ ’ aster workers in the field the Amer-
ican Red Gross is easing the plight of
flood sufferers in 10 inundated staiesTn
the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys. The
Red Cross reports that 625,000 pefSQfis
have been driven from their homes and
need urgent assistance. Admiral Gray-
son, chairman of the Red Cross, has been
Left: Red Cross Chairman, Cary T. Grayson, leaves White House
after conferriifgf withTr^sTjcht Roosevelt on flood relief. Rii-ht: Red
Cross supply station at Cincinnati rushes blankets and bedding to
flood sufferers.
appointed by President Roosevelt to co-
ordinate aM.......relief effort and has in-
structed Red Cross Chapters and per-
sonnel to spare no expense in meeting
needs. Contributing $1,000,000 from its
disaster reserve and asking the public
to contribute without delay to a $11,000,-
0Q0j-elief fund, the Red Cross is concen-
trating on allaying the acute,.health situ-
ation. Red Cross nurses and doctors
Former De Leon IQ Pponlp Killprl
Man Dead After * re0P,e
niness at Abilene. 23 Injured During
1936 In Mishaps
"work feverishly, immunization center#
have been set up, refugee camps estab-
lished to minimize the dangers of ex-
posure, food,- clothing and bedding
rushed to key points. More than 39 Red
Cross emergency hospitals have been
established to prevent epidemic and
treat sickness, and serums and anti-
toxins have been sped to points where
the situation is grave.
To Those Due To
Pag Soeial Seeurity
Tax For January
MRS. J. K. BINGHAM
BEING TREATED AT
GORMAN SANITARIUM
PROGRi
POSTPONED
__.The De Leon Parent-Teacher pro-
gram which was scheduled to have
been given early this month has been
postponed to February 12th.
Mrs. J. K. Bingham of the Suez
community was removed to Gorman
Sanitarium last Thursday night for
treatment after complications set up
in the bums which she received some
two w-eeks a^b. Frien Is came to the
•assistance of this unfortunate victim
of fire bums Suffered January 18,
contributing money to send her to
Gorman Sanitarium for necessary
care and medical attention.
Mrs. Bingham’s dress caught fire
as she was attending to one of her
children in front of the fireplace, and
before her husband could reach her
to put out the fire with a quilt, she
suffered severe bums about the low-
er part of her body. Although suf-
fering from'nervous shock and bums,
she is reported responding to treat-
ment nicely.
Bart D. Beck, Brownwocd and Abi-j
lene man for the past more than 3D •
years, died pt Abilene vqrly this week!
the Free Prdss 'was’ advised. Mr. '
Beck was for a time engaged -in man- J
ufacturing peanut butter in De Leon i
andr lived here. The De I,eon plant
was—sold to Radford Grocery Co. at j
Abilene about 1929 and Mr. Beck
went to Abilene to operate the plant, j
He was a .pioneer in the wholesale
grocery business and in the manufac-
I HOUSTON, Feu. .3.—Figures were
j released today bv the Railway and | ^even’Je
Express Employees Association -of
^ Texas, showing the five-year toll of
deaths and injuries resulting from
j truck acidents on highways of Co-
I manche County, or involving residents
■ thereof.
I have been advised to refer all in-
quiries as to how, when* and when to
pay Social Security dues for January
to the nearest Collector of Internal
I have no information, and
those who desire to learn about the
requirements may write to Mr. A. W.
Thomas, Collector, Dallas, Texas. —
R. L. Scott, Postmaster. /
ture of peanut butter and in roasting; Thr> report, which has been compiled''
and packing coffee, etc.,having been j from clippings of newspaper accounts
the head of the manufacturing do-!of Texas Truck acicdents, shows that
partoaent for Walker-Smith Whole-1 through the years 1932 to 1930, in-
ale'Grocery Co. at Brownwood for a I elusive, truck.-, participated in 12 Co-
quarter of a century. He had held j manche County accidents, in which 9
this position with. Radford Grocery PeoRle l°st their lives and an addi-
On Silver Screen
—At TV.p Tfl’hprty—
Friday—Warner gins.’ big thrilling
melodrama, ‘‘The Isle of Fury,” fea-
turing Humphrey Bogart, Margaret
Lindsay and Donald Woods. Also a
good two-reel comedy.
Saturday—Another fine triple pro-
gram. Buck Jones in “Empty Sad-
dles.” Also Ace Drummond and com-
edy. - Plenty of action and fun in
this fine 3-rn-l show.
Sunday—Action, comedy, surprises.
Gloria Stuart and Edmund Ixtwe in
“Front Page Woman.” Also Fox
News and Comedy.
Monday Only — Gene Autrey, in
“The Singing Cowboy.” Plenty of
everything in this for everybody.
Matinee trade day afternoon show
at l p. m.
Tuesday—Here is mystery you will
lore. “The Case of The Black Cat,”
Ricardo Oorte* and June Travis.
Raffling in every scene, this, brain
teaser will please and delight.
Wednesday and Thursday — Wal-
lace Beery, finer than ever inr “Old
Hutch.” Eric Linden and Cecilia
Parker help Wallace -Beery- make
“Old Hutch” one of the. finest down
to earth shows seen in many months.
A story that everyone will enjoy.
See “Old Hutch.” .
MOTHER OF MRS F. O. J AYE
DIED IN SAN ANTONIO
Friends of Mrs. F. O. Jaye will
sympathize with her in the loss of
her mother, Mrs. Chapman, who died
at San Antonio last week. Mrs. Jayr
was there several days, attending
the funeral-service.
MR.8. KATE SINGLETON
H \L> MAJOR OPERATION
IN ABILENE HOSPITAL
Mrs. Kate Singleton, formerly of
this city, had a major operation at
an Abilene hospital Thursday of last
week. Mr. and Mrs; Y. L. Dabney of
this city were in Abilene at the time,
and report her recovering.
ILL OF FEVER
Co. for more than five years.
Ground Hog’s
Weather Forecast
' Was Conflicting
Uj»* in Pennsylvania the Ground
HogSsaw his' shadow find thus the
news was heralded to the world that | listed
there would be six weeks more win- j
ter weather.
Down in erstwhile sunny Texas a!
heavy blanket cf cloud hung low over j
the landscape, and if and when Mn
Ground Hog came out of his hole, h‘>
need not have become frightened and
tional 23 sustained injuries.
Truck acidents for the entire state
during the same period totalledriS-,416,
in Which 2,195 were killed and 11,963
were injured.
Identifying the victims of truck ac-
cidents in Comanche County, the re-
port lists the following as killed:
Rodney McAlpine, Luther McAlpine,
Henry Sevren, S. H. Phillips, Dorothy-
L. Hicks, Roy Clark, C. B. Harris,
Chas. Daiel Roberts, Mr. Phillips.
In addition, the following were
as sustaining injuries: Goldie
Fvans, three others, names unknown,
Hazel Thorp, Verbena Thorp, OtisI
Haber, Ray Shoemaker, Truck driver, | School taxe-
Ballinner W ill Have
New $80,000.00 Federal
Building: In Short W hile
In a- letter from"('VngTHSSman C.
L. South of Coleman to Postmaster
Tom Caudle of Ballinger, it was learn-
ed that allowance had been made by
Congress of $80,000.00 to construct a
Federal building at Ballinger. The
sum of $10,000.00 was allowed for the
purchase of a suitable site.
Delinquent Tax
Penalty to Grow
Month by Month
Those who
allow tlieir City and
go delinouent this
name unknown, E. Adair, J. H. Daw-
kins, Jessie Kelly, one child name
unknown. Mrs. II. T. Pitts, S. N. Wil-
kqrson, Sarah Adair, F. N. Pitts,
r0n back to hibernate another -six I Milford Hornsby, Fay J. Dawkins,
w-eeks, because there was nothing to ' '
run away from, no shadow.
The morning of Tuesday, February,
2nd was so gloomy in fact that the
earth in these parts was peppered by I
white particles that looked more like
hominy flakes than either snow or
sleet. But the fall was negligible.
Speaking of weather. Floods con-
tinue in the Fast while there is little
rain in Texas. Perhaps, after ‘all,
Pennsylvania may be treated to six
weeks more hard wintdr while at the
same time a balmy early spring may
bless grand old Texas.
C. B. Gregory Jr. has been sefious*-
ly ill this week of an unusual feveir
and for several da>-3 his condition
was regarded as critical. His father
was called home, and also his sister,
lyiiss Frances, from John Tacleton
College. Last report he is improved.
LEE HOLDRIDGE
ATTENDING EMBALMING
SCHOOL AT DALLAS
Lee Holdridge, assistant undertak-
er at Higginbotham’s, has gone to
Dallas this week to attend a school
of embalming, which will lead to his
certificate as a licensed undertaker.
Holdridge has been an understudy of
C. H. Sharp, who has become one of
the leading undertakers of Central
Texas and is recognized as such over
a wide territory.
Pension Checks
To Be Ready
To Mail Feb. 10
AUSTIN, Feb. 2.—February Old
Age Pension checks are expected to
go into the mails about the 10th of
the month, it was announced today.
Director Orville Carpenter reveal-
ed that 113,000 aged Texans had re-
ceived assistance since the pension
law..went -into effect Feb.
—Exchange.
1936.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jetton, Conner
Jetton and Wallace Mclver were Sun-
day guests of Miss Sarah Jetton at
Austin.
Danny Morris, B. Winkles, M-ss Golds
Fvans.
THEIR GRANDDAUGHTER
WAS FIRST AMATEUR IN
FIELD OF FORTY-THREE
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Blankenship
:ire home from a trip out to " Wink
■ here on last Saturday - night they
attended an amateur performance in
which their little granddaughter,.
.Johnnie Louise Mulvey, 10, was
awarded first honors in a field of
43 contestants. Little Miss Mulvey
n ads and tap dances nicely, and her
tyle captivated the audience. - The
\mateur "Hour was promoted by the
Odd fellow Lodge.
TO ENTER NURSES SCHOOL
TEMPLE, FEB. 15. 1937
year will find a new burden added.
The penalty is small the first month
anil under the low increases month
by month, according to City Secre-
tary C. L. Kinchen.
Tax collections are 50 percent bet-
ter at this date than on correspond-
ing date last year, Kinchen said. The
City’s finances are in very much bet-
ter condition than in forrper years
and the City tax rate lower than for-
merly, and the debt has been adjust-
ed in keeping with present-day val-
ues. '' "NKd””JVf‘bjtfc>rty owner hould al-
low rhis taxes to go delinquent if it
can |possibly be avoided.
...People in I)e Leon started paying
taxes two months earlier this year
than last, Kinchen declaredr He at-
tributes this fact to better times and
the more hopeful outlook in city and
school finances. De I .eon school
board recently paid local debts that
had been running for many years,
wiping the slate ylean.
De Leon People
Liberal As $200
Flood Aid Given
>-
Wednesday night the flood relief
tund donated by De Leon people had
reached a total of $196.27, and other
gifts anticipated would run the total
probably well above the $200 mark,
according t<» Mrs. H. G. Terrill, local
chairman, and J. D. Tate, treasurer
of Comanche County Chapter of the
American Red Cross. This was all
donations from the immediate De
Leon vicinity and did not include any
funds raised and -sent from any oth-
er portion of the county. *
Several people had a part in rais-
in gthe fund. Mrs. W. P. Weaver
and Mrs. J. D. Tate made up a sub-
scription, as did also Rev. R. G. Al-
exander anil a fund was donated at
the Methodist Church Sunday which
was forwarded. There may have
been others who helped in the drive
of whom the Free Press has not been
advised. Credit will be given whea
known. _
The fund has been forwarded to
the proper Red Cross officials-fojr
handling. All the money raised for
this purpose was forwarded, not one
penny being retained for expenses.
Anyone who wishes to donate to
this fund may leave the money with
J. D. Tate at the F. & M. Bank. As
many missed the opportunity last
week a second check will be sent
De Leon Radio Man
Attended Service
School at Ft. Worth
Maurice Nance, radio engineer and
local dealer, went to Fort Worth the
past week and attended a radio ser-
vic school sponsored by the Crosley
Ra lio Corporation, and held in the
Shields building there. He also vis-
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W*
Nance, while there. Mr. Nance pur-
chased new equipment for his riidio
shop while away and is better pre-
pared than ever to give first ctasa
service.
Misses Elsie . Lee, Grace Broom
and Doris Singleton are Scheduled to
enter the Nurses School at Temple,
Texas on February 15. Tne school is
sponsored by the Scott and White
Hospital there. De Leon has two oth-
er representatives there. They are
Misses Lillie Marie Underhill and
Vance Roch.
MISS IVA JO PITTMAN
SELECTED TO APPEAR tN
BEAUTY SECTION, LASSO
New Interest Is
Shown in Work
Of De Leon C. C.
The first meeting of De I,eon
Chamber of Commerce for February,
held at the Travelers Hotel here la>*t
Tuesday evening, was the largest at-
tended meeting in many weeks. C.
M. Caraway, president, was back in
his place as presiding officer after
having been absent for several weeks
out of the state. Other officers and
committeemen were in their places.
The meeting was enthusiastic.
Mayor Fr T. Daniell reported work
is to commence on the Sipe Springs
road the coming week, this l>eing one
of the projects the Chamber officials
have been working on for a year.
Much credit is <l,ue Commissioner Edd
LiphtT ot for getting this project
through. The Highway 81 project
was also reported on. The committee
handling this road project was re-
tained.
Fair Score Cards
S; R. Culpepper, Comyn school stip-
erintendent and an active member ot
De Leon Chamber of Commerce, re-
quested that score cards he prepared
and published at an early date to en-
able women throughout the county to
prepare needlework and othdr mater-
ial for the coming Fair in August.
It wa-- also suggested that an agri-
cultural score card he published in
order that growers might prepare en-
tries for the Fair.
These committees will be named by
the chair at the February 23rd meet-
ing of the body.
The dates for De I .eon’s annual
Fair were fixed at the first meeting
following the close of the Fair last
August. The 1937 Fair will be held
the last four days of the first week
in August, same being the 4th, 5th,
6th, and 7th. New members pres-
ented to the body were L. E. Forrest,
J. VV. Shook, and J. F. Wjlliford.
Singing Convention at St. Joe
The regular singing convention will
meet Sunday, February 7 at the St.
Joe Chruch. Visitors are cordially
invited and singers are especially
urged to attend.
BROWNWOOD, Jan. 29.—An an-
nouncement has been made that Miss
Iva Jo Pittman, De I.eon, is to be in-
cluded, in the beauty section of the
Lasso, 1937 yearbook of Howard
Payne College.
Miss Pittman was selected, along
with Miss Lillian Shaw, Brownwood,
Miss Faye N^ckens, Santa Anna, and
Miss Eleanor Tucker, Brownwood, to
occupy a full page in the yearbook.
Selection of the beauties was made
by Joseph Almars of the Federal
Schools, Inc: of Minneapolis, Minn.
EASTERN STAR WOMEN
VISITED DESDEMONA
Desdemona Chapter of the Eastern
Star entertained the Deputy Grand
Matron, Mrs. Maybellet Rigby of Ran-
ger last Tuesday evening. A group
of De Leon members of the Order
were also guests of the Desdemona
Chapter, including Mrs. S. E. Iver-
son, Mrs. Ola Golightly, Mr*. W. P.
Weaver, and Mrs. J. N. Joiner.
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Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Stroup and son
John Glenn of Rod ess a, Louisiana are
visiting in the home of her father, J.
C. Williams, at Robinson Springs.
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