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BALLINGER. TEXAN. THURSDAY. DECEMBER I, IMS.
NUMBER E
Three Christmas Features Planned Here
Sixteen Criminal Cases
Found Guilty This Week
During the third week of the
fall term of 119th district court
numerous criminal rases were
heard sixteen convictions being
recoided to this morning There
are still several cases left on the
criminal docket which will be
heard the remainder of this week
and perhaps some scheduled for
Highway Project
Plans Are Rushed
By State Engineer
S British Guiana to Become Jewish Refuge
.. , .... D W Hooper, state resident!
trial during the lourth and fifth . , . ^
^ (highway engineei and employees
,of his office are rushing plans on
,Th. following cases were dls- th(. Rallinger-Bronte highway as
POeeo tb*‘s fast as iMissiblt- and will soon have!
Jaik Carter, burglary 2 years the pencilled draft ready to be I
In the state penitentiary '2 cases i sent to the state highway depart-
Jack McWright, chicken theft nient for changes and approval
2 years In each of two cases with Plans for grading, drainage
time spent in jail to count on the structures and on* large bridge
on the four miles in Coke county
sentences
R C Mayo, driving while intoxi-
cated 2 years su.s|>eiided sentence
have been completed and sent in
Funds have already been pro- i
Cotton Ginnings
In County Pass
Ballinger merchants were In a
mass meeting Monday afternoon
to make final plans for the Chrtot-
mus programs to be held here
during December Each Friday
25,000-Bale Markevening or atternoon wm brin*a
Robert Walker burglary 2 years'v'd,’d ,or lhto work a,ld n,lal >>lans
. in ink will be made a , soon as the
suspended
Clay Campbell, driving while "rst dra,t ,s al’Pr"v'‘d
intoxicated $50 fine On the stretch m
Virgil Bates, burglary. 2 years |
Pu lured at Uie led is part of Stahrerk market in (•rargrlown Krilisli l.uiaua where plans hare been
made hs (treat Britain In lease at least 10.MS square miles in British (.uiana In prut.de homes far l.erman
.lews seeking refuge from the Nail regime’s and-Jewish eantfalgn \l the right ra an aerial new id Kaieleur
falls, of the same country. which is Bve limes higher than Niagara falls, and one «f the highest in the world
new feature of the program with
. .. exception of December 23 ”
Cotton ginnings lor Runnels 0,1 evening, December 2,
■ county to November 15 werejth'' •st^•e, •'«**'» will be turned <■
announced this week a total of and wil1 burn night until
24,739 bales being reported Dual chrl«tma.s Employees of the West
cotton men estimated Saturday ^'xas Utilities Company were
night that the total was above stiinglng colored lights this
the 25.000-bale mark and said w,''k and Wl11 have them all
there was still a small amount of rPudy 10 tur" 0,1 Friday Several
cotton to be picked and ginned merchants putting special
Most farmers li a v * cleaned up **ghting in their store lronls and
their 1938 cotton crop and have 111 b,,'k windows for the holiday
started breaking land Practically season-
all gins have closed for the season During th* week following the
with the exception of turning out turning on of street lights, a
a few bales on week-ends large crew will be employed to
All cotton is expected to be d,‘,oraU> th'' str'‘,'t-s wllh
glimed befori Christmas this year «r,, n Spveral truckload, will be
brought hen fresh lrom the
mountains north of town and will
be i ut to fit tin type of decora-
tions being planned for the
street*
A six-rial effort will be made
to make tiu show window fair
and the county .' total production
suspended
E. Bryan, forgery. 5 years sus-
pended
Kuilieis
County from one mile west of
Valley Creek to the Coke county
line plans are being prepared und |
will include grading and drainage
O O Barton, burglary 5 years i structures as well as a large bridge
suspended ! across Oak Creek near Maverick
Burl Baker forgery. 2 years! Approximately $93,000 has been
suspended j appropriated for this work but the
Hugh Calfey forgery. 3 years' exact kind of a project has not
suspended I been determined
Sale of Christmas
Seals Commenced;
Issue is Attractive
first of 1939
Farmers arc receiving informa-
tion regarding the 1939 federal
progt am and will be able to plan
their crop early in the year
Then are still a lew subsidy !h< bikgcst ever presented before
check to b. received in this 11 Ballinger Th* old plan of
county on the 1937 crop and pav /’'Bring prizes of first, second
merits on the 1938 farm program jand ,tllrd 111 two ,,f windows
probably will begin arriving soon | wUI b' followed again and every
w *n w . a a /\ • en after January 1 Many farmers' BaUingei merchant will b*- asked
In A.DOI1L th 1 1)11(1 in ( Olintv ^ applications for pav i1" UI> ,J'"' °r more win-
* « rxwvut yi)VVV All VVUlliy ,nem „uw and these will be xent|doW!> TheM windows will be closed
to the state headquarters as soon I,or t*° day‘ a,ld ,h< bll"ds
Red Cross Roll Call Brings
A final check-up on the Red [bringing In 36 memberships and as they arc prepared
iCross roll call In Runnels county j1*0 cents in contributions ♦
The annual tuberculosis -veal1 showed It to be the most sue- following is a report of the
Eccuro Holguin, driving while I The ja.se has been finished on -sale wax launched in Runnels rPsxfui for :i\\ llmf, j,, xue.sda.v u*» made Tuesday aflei
intox.rated $50 fine the first lap of this road, from j county this week and will eon- afternoon 757 members had been!1100,1
Ballinger to Valley Creek Recently j tinue until Christinas day Many r,.polled and approximately $l ouu Ballinger 328 memberships ,*nd
a large concrete-steel bridge wa.- ' people have received letters thl* mon,y piUd U) the organ
Several towns in
Dan Hoelscher. forgery. 3 years
suspended
Walter Hoelscher. burglary. 2
years suspended
Erwin Klaus, burglary. 2 years! which extend some distance west
suspended 'of the bridge
When work is started on the
und
C M cWhip'h Jones wa.s con-'
victrc of being an accessory to
murder last week and sentenced
to two years In the state peni
tcntiaiT Application for a new
trial has been filed
$154 55 m contribution
completed at Valley Creek with i week In which arc enclosed seals |U|,nn s*\-eral towns In th*- **°wena 13 membership
|about a mile of dirt approaches or bonds with the request that IU)r,p ,,f ,p,. ,.ount. w.-r* not,*"00 1,1 rontrtbtitt<mN
they keep them and return the canvassed and local leaders believe olfp' '> membership and $4 82
money to the Runnels County that h;td „,hritor* visited there 11 ”"1,r‘butlHn'
Health Association ,he ()uotu of ,-r, might Maver,rl‘ 7 memberships
New Olfen School
Building Started;
('lasses in Hall
grading of the remainder ot the This method of sellmc. has b«-*-i. have been raised for | th* first
Ballingi-r-Bronte road a cress of used in th<- past in this counts tinu
and has b.-en veiy sneresslul The Ballinger chl^Ter was In
** ■* •" will la- .old th: 'Ugti ehutg* "l solicitation in th<•
50 to OO men will be emploveo
( oMi'i Lsom st in *oi
Judge Parish has announced
that the civil docket will be taken
up next week with u large mini
ber of cases scheduled for trial
left over this week may be heard j 'Decentbei I , nd all children
Workmen darted wrecking the
• •Id ho..| building a' Olfen Mon
das and a* m«h as the material
•‘i d is removed the foundation, will he
built Th* Us at 101 wa. .staked
ofT at tli* Thanksgiving cc.ebra-
u short
and „ , I , . about Christmas
turn last Thursday and
program held to mark the event Th'' b‘^"> 01 th*
Millar 15 menib* rship and 50 K,., (l y M.i.gi ., , . , ,, '"Ur* hoi Ida program will be
Mii* s 30 memberships
Norton 19 membership
Humble Pip* Line Co 10 mem
Dry Ridge 7 membership
Hatch*-! 26 memberships
$'.' in rontnbultous
Bethel 4 memberships
„ ... . , . . Blanton 6 memberships
_ _ *>"»•• '>* the schools and by van .. uth< rn portion of th. county .-a, ,
ATTENDANCE PERIOD .-Js uher luethiHi mall com u,.„ tin ve* k It b Ttltu.*-|| Ua-al
BKG!NS EOR AGES «-!*, mutinies Mr U F. V .lau-na, rented a membership.,, , „ ,ltnb„t.„n-
" I chairman of th* al* for *he ,,f .,42 with contributions of $176 87
, . Thr compulsory school atten- as .H-iation said which account* for the $718 87
CAaeS th*? Wl11 bP!dl,,f‘‘ ^n‘!d Start,‘d ,0day rh. !I suits of II , ,:,|V1 . w. olal raised b\ thl chaple* I "
I determine in a large way th*- ‘‘Ity of Bellinger provided 328 fx-rships
(amount of work tiiat can t«- done membership* a.-i*l a .arg* lH 1 Ballinger
in the fight against tuberculosis eentage of th* donations bershlps
36 nn-mb*-!-
ttv*- work the past year w h c n Mexicans who turned in 30 mem- ship- and 50 cents in eontrtbu
more than 200 people -.ere given b* rships Jo*- Lopez and Josephine ' tton:
skin test* 112 provided -\itli Alvarez made this canvass This No official report had been
X ra-. *-xamiiiHtlor. a-if l(t visit.. 1 the first tun* that Mexican- r*i* .ved lium Winter but th*
made t* the homes of tubercuiai haw- contributed t*> the fund past w.-i x * i.d solicitor there had dur.-d t>- th*
patients About a dozen have Tin- negroes also were active received 215 memberships and a ** ' ' H‘ 'J<u-d lot th* rmu
bt*t*n plurfd m hotipltal' for tn.it- H J H »• t t s and M»*«t .->a r jf-nt um« m.-
down until 7 p m Friday. Decem-
ber 9 when they will be opened
and the lights turned on for
inspection by the public and ludges.
Out-of-town window decorators
will come here to view the windows
, and select the best three ill each
group
Tic rul* of the contest will be
imple merchant- are to display
gift item, or their windows are to
. air;, out the Christmas spirit
Oth*-i i>*‘eial entertainment will
lx- planned lor 1 hat night to attract
larg* crowd to Ballinger The
windows will hi left intact until
the first part 0/ next week or! lrom t- to 16 must attend tor
between civil cases jat least 100 days 8upt H C
be^^^ummoned" for This' h-rin 'of ihngl-r mde^-ndenV v-hliul' IWwtJ !!:!?. "I nW"l‘°n ,0 ,lM Ball,, ,-, : negu-
court for Monday. Decembei 5 and will appreciate the cooperation of
M« xi< a:. 3<i
next
December 12
Those to appeaar here
Monday for jury duty are
E J Behrend. Rowena
Roy E Young. Winters
Victor Mika Rowena
Buford Smith. Ballinger
G W Blackwell. Wingate
S E Parmer Miles
Ralph Russell. Ballinger
S M Cameron Bronte Rt 2
J O Miller Miles
Thomas Turner Norton
L. B Hensley. Winters
J. D 80well Winters
F A Haverland. Rowena
W O Wallace Ballinger
Albtrt Hennigcr, Rowena
Lester Lee Maverick
Gus Beckman Miles
C A Wilson Ballinger
J D Carlton Norton
Cicero Smith Ballinger
J11*. F Lucy Miles
Ja« k Vmyard Novice
R H Herring Jr Ballinger
Clots Adam) Winters
C R Stone iialllngi'i
B* n Taylor Norton
E A Coleman. Miles
C L Green Winters
A H Wll’lbert Miles
N S Wright Miles
W A Hampton Ballinger
Groige It Hill. Winters
Pryor Map*-s Ballinger
A 8 Allcorn Talpu
A D Curry Winters
Jasper Drake Winters
Mr and Mrs Thomas B Hill
and Mrs 1-eRoy Nicholson spent
the Thanksgiving holidays 1 n
Temple and attended the Temple
Waco football fame
patrons in seeing that all ohlldre:
in the age limit attend .school
Enrollment here has Increased
weekly since the *>|M-ning of the
term in September but there at •
still a number of children not ...... '..........— ..... 1
attending In some eases th. par : mpnl a,ld ab»,Ura“'-"
made !<>i others and 11 ■ *• v wil lx
cuntribut 1* >i. ■
cuts are not able to provide
proper clothing and such compll uk,‘" 1 of as as b,-d'
cations make absolute enforc* ,avadabl'
ment a difficult problem ‘ Th*' Christmas sea! sale
Km sum in m. nii-mniM. 1 *1 ** 1 mm.i mi iim.
offered 01 ti,*' afterniMin of Fri-
day December 16 beginning at
4 30 wh«-ii Santa Clan.- himself
will bi her* along with about 100
ott.er 1 haract* r in decorated
floats and wagon, drawn by Shet-
land ponies A representative of
every large nation in tin world In
native costume and main clowns
will accompany St Nicholas for
his short top on the streets of
Balttiigei The parade is pr*»-
Gainesville Corn-
next several months Th* hall v "'"' -,nd wl11 ^ bigger
provide exc-.-Uent iacillti.' fo* aBd ,h“" Presented here in
thl purpose and de.sK. black prevw,u'' < '"istmas programs
bourd. libraiv and othei needed
pastor who was li ■ : * Monday
said it would i«-f|utre about lour
in. tli to * "inplete th*- new
buiidu.g which la- liop* wall |m
dedicated (turn., th* Fast* : hup
day i.i.soi Tfie contractor , have
organized crews and ni* time will
. be u t m tli* construction
As soon ,t* ih< Thanksgiving
celebration w.. I'onciuded th*
sch***>; i-quipincnl w moved to
■ the community hail where class
Is w V Millei Jr sustained a
^ natam-widi and raeli year much wound in his left leg Sunday
Miss Katherine Ala-ell visited ls u*is*-d which is ua-d by morning while hunting duck on
friends at Anson ovei the week ,br ,l*‘Uonul and state orga'ilza th* Gross ranch inrthwest of
lions to tight the disease town He and a brother wei ej
The seal are attractive and crawling over a bank on the river
j. [«-nt -‘PPf’i’1 ‘-*t'- t"f decorating parcels when a gun was accidentally di:
letli-is and . jiils and tor other charged and t h r *• * No 4 hot;
left !
and '
S| lilll It IsIMl I IIMM. *PP •< on-.*•:.let.t lv arraiu-*-d
[to carry on th* work Th*- build
Membei . tie loot- l.si * mg ■-• heated with ga. and the
in Balling* ■ will meet Tuesday , pupils and ti-.n her will b* coin
eve.dug at 7 .In ho rla •
end
♦
Mr and Mi s W
the Thanksgiving holiday
Dallas visiting Irirnds
j pui[**s< Christmas *-al bonds'entered deep into th* south
arc available tot those who wisli leg He wa rushed to toss;
Money in Escrow
For Paving Tenth:
More in Prospect
to ron'rtbulr .t' much .is 55
M N(. I \l«> Ml in | | |)
in l III K< il> X Ol * IIKIM
tht* shot mt.ovfd 'turn mvi*n
and h< wa. .tit- !*• it'.itjmp hi.
• at sf at John l'a! • ’ ('ollt Ul
stt ,>hf: viJiv la if* i in tli* wi*fk
ofTirers and * (Si •’.-u \ M *
ftr.st d «• v r r AM nwinbr: at *
ur^fd ft piisfnt for tli.v
important o«(*aaon
♦
Mt a.*as \‘i Mik* ( ft.
jls thfir ktif*s! Htank iiivinK day
C'hai!a M i y.u \ t. •
fortiibli m tti«*;i tim|x*rar> home*
K« n Hotrkman t’XpiT.ssecl appre
»at u»n for Iht* la rpt attendant*
t* thi Thank: anvn.v dinnrr and
proiuan; and fin thr mf*rrhandis#*
donated f«»r
afti rn<H>n
Th«‘ <TnVl<
met ion
t hr
HalJinner merrhant intend to
nothing undone t4> attract
1 a m » throni' ot shopper. here
durhu’ th* hoiiciay veason. Tliey
have purrha.sed enormous stocks
(d the trn.t attractive ctft avail-
abli oid vu irivi u> brim: citi-
/-»ti "f ! lie trade area here to
look before they buy
♦
t\\ o i;i s||>i m i s hi in
inKPtK each first Mu runty
afternoon at 2 Jn i iv \ < «»■
I ducted by th« (’hut *he *il ('Min.t
in Runnel • int\ Next Sunda •
M» e Margaret
Jam* UeeM* and i-
student of TcX.i
for VViinni lH*i'to
v i
Six blinks of paving are under
co.istiuet.onm Balling.-, rh, week “f:prn°°n 11 ,s ^ hrld «* ,,lP weekend her.
one other ,s reads to b* farted Street Chureh of Christ ...
and money has been paid on Mal“n«*r W"inp'" b p11
selected for tfie January m*-eiing
Wesley
c Mum:,'
Coil.....
noilt t tl e
relatn *■
Maverick fitizt*ns
Plan to Organize
fomnumih Hub
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xiti inti m,m> n> i ikt
din
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'"* ,;c! IT.ii da eve-
♦
UitllE •
jirr*vi c
‘ '■ to Wh*-t city firemen
i h* fia m w* r* ■ a:t bill
KM I l\t.l K S | Uhl s \ I i; I \l>\
oiisiderab
da may* a a done by
McC'arver & Lynn
Leans-Ab.traits Insurance
Hallintrr. Texas
$250.(M) Reward
raM fur ( unvM liun of
Livrxlerk Thieves
Rennets Ueealjr Livestock
six blocks on Tenth street
The work on Tenth Street will
not be commenced foi six weeks
or two months because of I li e
other work ahead ol it It will
include the lirst six block north
ot Hutchings Avenue and will pro
vide another through street that
carries a large amount of tiatTic
daily
Those who worked up the project
on Tenth Street predict more
blur k • will b* paved witlitn a
sjuut time to give pavement tin-
entire length
Good prngic.'.s is being made on
the six blocks undei construction
at this Inn* Curb and gutt*.
work li t been completed on «-..» h
und several of tin- blocks are now
receium: lie- first course of
i a lie he Vie: Ua I built It will
b* o|»m d to traflir several weeks
until settl*-<l enough for top|,:ng
A blo* k of curb and guttei wa
started this week on hnupp Aventir
between Tenth and Ninth street*
The WPA U having no trouble
maintaUilng a full crew for the
work underway here
place
The public is .nvtted
Virginia MrHhan
John Tarleton Coll*
♦ sille (j**nt the Ilia
Neil McAlpine fom Caudi* 1' with her patent
M Lynn und Mi and Mrs Jame e
«
A number ol Hallmgerit* will
(k" to Maverick tomorrow f-ridas
Indent i,j | evening to attend a gathering for
Stephen the purpose of organizing iln-
giving hoii Maverick Comm ■ 11tty Club County m a n .■ g ■ i
Agent John A Barton sx.11 assist thought
D*-i-oM*ti.,ii< ; ii Is
Halllhgei stor*
BI IN*. I>>« OlfU I li I lilt Wits g, * :*f wat,.; Heavii • loss
wa on i, collection *d souvenir.
[*ut up A1 7 30 SMturrius morning ft re
ai ,s HaUlrici t, n- iln.- veal w,. discovered li I In batlroom
and bs II, end ol th week of th* If 1 George home 30A
alt i act is* display- will t Ilf * eve Eighth Street \ toi nozzle wax
of Christma hoppei Store used to extinguish the blaz* and
have giv*-;. more only a small loss wax r*-j>orted
dossing interiors aftei ihe :re marshal - ins|>*-ctlon
m the organization and roup n a*, li > u tins purj*,.* having
Fairish were in I*all.i' Saturday J c Sturgex .p,-,.* Tuesday mi"1 BaUingei American Legion |s*sl *».-. udered several week ag, Frank Jon*-- ,l Iz. Ang«-le gs
to attend the SMUT C U Cisco attending to buxines* for I members will present ai enter S|*s u, lighting and a large visiting tii s mot hr i and other
football game (his stores j talnment program i amount of cellophane are being relatives here
ha mplos d i, b«-tiei tii-plus gift *
Swim* lrom Karailt* lf«*n* 16
itaimnrnt program
Tfie Maverick commui, ts
bad a similar organization here Item
I tofore and the club will be
ji-eorgainzed tomorrow otlirei Mi
will br eleeted and romnnttc* s {..<{, ,.
appointed to . (range program
and look aft*! other detail Met
(women boys and girls an o-mg
I invited and will In- ,> ).•. n>
i. *m membei **i the oie.pu .
*i**ij In the | rams t, 1.
I th*-i<- will b*- special work for • e h
,,f th*- srotip as well a.s sepal ,i<
■ hi* * ' i; when ttiere Is ne*'«
( Tim will tv*' tjre second orizani
j/Ation of the kind in this county
I Th* < r* ws club, orgnntrrd several
week* ago now Iras a large mem-
bership Mr Barton expects
meetings to be called in several
other communities to form organi-
sation* in the near future
f’hillip Fvam student of John
4 Tarletiu c, ri ftiephenmile.
a al Ml Amo. Kelly of spent I tie liolidavs with relative*
visited I: i*>nds here Fridas het*
/ llrinli tur I Ilf llljifif*! !**«•/
H /’ci xm I mi Ihin .
Jennings Funeral Home, Inc.
Telephone 440
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