The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1946 Page: 4 of 8
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Veterans Can
Hold Rank In 1
Enlisted Reserve
On a balance of i$300 you pay $27.17 a month for 12 months
On a balance of $200 you pay $18.59 a month for 12 months
Smaller balances and shorter periods proportionately less
Dr. C. C. HAYLEY
OPTOMETRIST
the army so that generals and colonels will
have someone to boss.
I must say that the army discharge sys-
tem is not what it should be, but it takes
time to get everyone out of the army . . .
look how long it took the army to gather its
strength. However, the War Department
should not announce a policy unless it is sure
that the directives "laid down can and will be
carried out.
National Boy Scout Week comes off next
month. Too few of us realize what a splendid
organization this an what fine citizens its
T-5 Jarrell McLaughlin, now stationed
on Saipan, is like many other GTs the world
HAYMOND J. MARTIN
lawyer
Army veterans who have failed
to reenlist in the regular army
within 20 days after discharge and
thus retain the grade held at time
of discharge may find that they
are eligible to join the Enlisted Re-
serve Corps in that grade and as
members of the Enlisted Reserve
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WICHTA FALLS, TEXAS
ROSE GARDEN CLUB
HITH MRS. McKELYEY
The Rose Garden Club met
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strain on yourself by taking advantage of our
Mrs. M. 0. Turner returned to
her home this week. She has been
visiting (,her daughter in Fort
Worth who has been ill.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Robinson and
Jimmy of Henrietta visited in the
home, however he is improved at
Stanford last week.
Lt. Carroll Teel, navigator in the
AAF left last week to report to
San Antonio for re-assignment af-
ter a sixty days leave spent with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. O.
Teel. Lt. Teel returned to the
states Nov. 11 after spending six
months in the China India Burma
theatre of operations. Teel’s broth-
er Almon Teel who ,is also an over-
seas veteran is attending the V-12
training program at the University
of Texas.
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T. Sgt. Carl Morrow who ras
been stationed in Korea left Jan.
15 to return to the states and re-
ceive his discharge. He is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Morrow. His
wife and two sons Richard and
David who have been duration resi-
dents or Corpus Christi will return
to Electra to reside and he will
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the home of Mrs. C. C. McKelvey
with Mrs. O. S. Hodge, co-hostess.
Mrs. McKelvey, president presid-
ed over the meeting. Roll call was
answered with my New Year’s
resolution in regard to my garden
club. Mrs. Gordon Fillman, pro-
gram chairman had charge of the
following program: Mrs. Massen-
gail reported on the constitution.
Mrs. Oscar Millhollon talked on
the by-laws.
Members present: Mesdames J.
M. Knight, Massengail, Judd Irby,
Steve Rumore, N. S. Nelson, Clara
Cooper, Gordon Fillman, Leonard
Gillum, I. F. Stanford, and C. P.
Peterson and new member.
The next meeting will be at the
home of Mrs. J. M. Knight with
Mrs. I. F. Stanford co-hostess.
Many of our customers are taking advantage of this service
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Car or Truck:
COMMENTS ...
Things about Texas that'make us proud
to be Texans: The Texas Rio Grande Valley
surpasses both California and Florida'in the
production of grapefruit. Two native Texans
headed our national war effort — General
Eisenhower, and Admiral Nimitz; 85 per
cent of the world’s sulphur is produced in
four Texas counties. Mrs. A. B. Green of Dal-
las grows okra 12 feet tall in her garden.
Texas is larger than the combined area of
France, Portugal, and Switzerland. Clean dry
salt can be scooped up from Lake Shafter in
Andrews County.
VERNON RENDERING CO.
Phone 247 Vernon, Texas
Notify Johnnie Brown, Planhandle Service Station, in
Electra, Phone 898 or Sam Vaughn, Harrold, Phone 62,
or call us collect.
Grease from these animals is needed now
to make explosives for our army
We Will Remove Your Dead Cows, Horses and Hogs
free if the hide is on.
United Shoe Shop
RUFUS F. PANNELL
204 N. Waggoner
SHO1 REPAIRING
Polish, Dyes and Strings
First Class Material
Expert Workmanship
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He fought all over the Pacific, from
Leyte, Manila, Okinawa and through the ty-
phoon in the Pacific last October that was
worse than a battle . . . and he didn't even
get a scratch. But he comes home and busts
a leg playing golf. Thats Lewis H. Brown,
if you want to know. He jumped in a hole
chasing a golf ball at the Country Club .. and
now he’s hobbling about with a cane. So,
playing golf is more dangerous than fighting
Japs!
W. e. OTWABT, Chrie and Editor
Afty enoMcma leflaorioa upon the charaetera, ataad-
Mr or Ntmtatkm of anr pemon, firm or corporation
Much may appear in toe eohunno of ThaTStar will
ho gladly corrected upon it being called to the atten-
tion of the pnbiiahen. _ ' _L _
1 Avenue, Electra, Texas
■atered at the pottoffice at Electra, Texaa, aa aec-
OBd clast matter under Act of Congrew of March 8
Austin, Jan. 14. — Gov.
Stevenson does not believe that re-4
turned service men and women whoa
wish, to take advantage of the con-4
stitutional amendment permitting^
them to vote without payment of4
the poll tax need to worry about 1
the mechanics of so balloting. 3
“All a serviceman needs to dos
is to present to the election judge 4
a certificate of discharge, or he 4
may merely, make an affidavit,” 4
Stevenson said. 1
“In most communities especially |
the smaller ones, the service men fl
are known. I can hardly conceive fl
of an election judge refusing to |
permit one of these men to vote,” fl
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nounced army policy of retaining men in
their overseas posts until suitable replace-
ments can be sent. The men on Saipan be-
lieve that the army brass hats have the sit-
uation snaffled up again. The stranded GIs
believe that the army is trying to force
Congress to pass a new construction bill or is
Printed Thursday of each week at* 218 W. Cleveland/trying to retain as many menas possible in
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Batered at the poitoffice at Electra, Texas, as sec-
ond class matter under Act of Congress of March 8.
1879. Subscription |2.00 per year.
OUR CODE OF ETHICS
To aim to be of service always in our relation to
toe public.
To adhere strictly to the truth in news, editorial and
advertising columns.
' To keep our reader* fully informed on all matters
of vital interest
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VERBINA GARDEN CLUB
WITH MRS. JIM RENFROE
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The Verbina Garden Club met
Thursday, Jan. 10 at the home of
Mrs. Jim Renfroe. Mrs. F. E. Hob-
son, president, presided over the
business meeting. Mrs. W. F. Hosch
was in charge of the program. Mrs.
E. W. Hindman discussed the by-
laws and constitution. Members
present were: Mesdames E. W.
Hindman, Roy Hixon, J. M. Brown,
F. E. Hobson, N. G. White, W. R.
Simpson, W. F. Hosch, E. R. Brown
and six new members, E. W. Gain-
es, L. D. Embry, J. R. Sims, Clif-
ton Waggoner, J. C. Yates, and
Robert Mitchell.
The next meeting will be Feb.
14 at the home of Mrs. W. R. Simp-
son, 517 W. Garrison.
minarleave, was released from the
service recently. Austin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Austin, spent sev-
eral months in a German prison 4
camp. ' 4
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Lt. Byron Cavnar, who has been 4
stationed at Pratt, Kans., received j
his discharge Jan. 4 at Randolph fl
Field, San Antonio. He and his |
wife, the former Bennie Ruth Bucy fl
plan to leave Monday for San An- |
tonio where they will make their
home and he will enter Trinity
University there.
■ on Saipan, is like many other GTs the world
K . over ... he wants to get home to his family
fes father, L. G. McLaughlin of "this cityTKe
enclosed a form letter, written and printed
by the soldiers stationed on Saipan., It is an
open letter to all their wives, parents, and
friends. The letter concerns the recently an-
Pfc. Joe R. Trentham has been
eliminated from an overseas as-
signment to the Pacific because of
his length of service. He has been
transferred from Las Vegas, Nev-
ada to Craig Field, Ala., where he
is now.a ground mechanic anil,crew
chi£f on<AT-^iT*irpIan€B. Heii« the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Trenth-;
am, 706 N. Waggoner street;
ial is reprinted from the Dallas Morning
News:
Not every boy under the age of 18 is a juvenile
delinquent, though the police blotters might leave
the impression. A lot of good boypower is develop-
ing into good manpower and there is nothing like a
Boy Scout report to prove it.
Some time between his ninth and eighteenth
birthday, every other boy in the United States is en-
rolling in one or more of the programs of Scouting.
Since the organization' began in this country, more
than 12,000,000 persons have had the training. Every
level of society is touched. Around 100,000 negro
men and boys are in Scouting. Scout troops operate
in more than 11,000 rural villages, with a third of
the members living on adjoining farms.
The skeptical might ask: Why, then, does de-
linquency increase? An effective answer is that the
increase would be tragically astronomic had it not
been for this organization. Doubtless some Scouts
have become criminals; data are lacking. But Scout-
ing points pridefully to a statement by Warden Law-
es that in his twenty-one years at Sing Sing only
three inmates have been Scouts. Businessmen with
Scout training — in the forefront of civic and phil-
anthropic work everywhere-— ar a bloc of proof
the training has borne fruit.
You can’t reform a boy in jail. - It, is almost as
hard in a reform school. The only .answer to this
most serious of social problems is to stop the’'prob-,
lem, before it 's’tarts. : ’ Scouting long ago- seised on
this theory. It em^aces the young — of all boys
letter he wrote to who reached 12 years of age in 1944, 44 per cent
iHnnfTK^*kitvT^elb«ame Scouts — and keeps them wholesomely I
busy. Somewhere along the line i> tries to teach
them practical difference between right and wrong.
In a nutshll, that is nipping delinquency in the bud.
May the work prosper. Aside from Scouting
success, its attempts at idealism are worthy of the
finest tribute we elders can bestow.
strip. Whenever any piece of land
on the farm is to be fenced for
pasture, it is a quick and simple
job to string a temporary electric
fence, leading off the existing
fence.
“My son Bruce and I can put
up 80 rods of fence in two or
three hours,” says Mr. Knickel.
“There used to be three of us, but
now electric .fence is my hired
man.
Knickel’s 6rst electric fence
controller was purchased almost
ten years ago. The present con-
troller has been in use for about
five years. Like the first, it oper-
ates off the highrline. -
“The way we use electric fence,
we have to have a high-grade con-
troller,” says Martin Knickel,
“one with plenty, of shock. You’ve
got to /keep a good shock on the
wire all the time. Animals get
Starts INSTANTLY to relieve |
SME niHH
Caused by Colds
Just rub <m Murterol#—it’s made
aapadally to promptly relieve coughs,
■ore throat and eehin< chest mueclM
doe to coIde. Mueteroieactually helps
break upJoeel coeweetioo in the ui>-
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Briding the gap between the
trail driving days and 1946, the
Southwestern Exposition and Fat
Stock Show will observe its 50th
anniversary in Fort Worth, March
8-17.
The new management of the Fat
Stock Show, headed by Edgar
Deen as general manager, is mak-
ing elaborate plans for the 50th
anniversary, which will* denote
half a century of progress irf the
livestock industry.
It will be the third consecutive
year for the exposition in its new
location, the Will Rogers Memorial
Coliseum, and the first show sea-
son for Deen, who last April suc-
ceeded John B. Davis who retired
after 19 (years as secretary-mana-
ger.
Top billing on the stock show
program will go to the Gene Autry
Rodeo, which will be produced by
the popular singing star of west-
ern movies, and his associates. Ev-
erett E. Colborn of Dublin, Texas,
will be managing director.
20TH CENTURY CLUB
AT HOME MRS. RUMORE ,
The Twentieth Century club met
Jan. 9 at the home of Mrs. .Steve
Rumore..
The’Club has started ^-new book,
entitled* “Arts Place in -Education”
by Henry Rankin TboreiMrs.fC.'C.
Myers is leader of -the book. Mrs.
C. Weiler gave the author’s life
history. Mrs., Steve Rumore talked
on “Universal Princplee of Art.”
She illustrated her talk with re-
productions of the pictures from
the Melon collection in Washing-
ton. Mrs. J. W. Malone gave “Theo-
rist Theories and” and Conklins
“Misconception of Art.”
Members present were the fol-
lowing: Mesdames W^ R. Douglas,
S. B. Faulkner, Ed Foster, Jr., C.
C. Hayley, M. R. Kirkland, J. W.
Malone, Oscar Millhollon, C. C. My-
ers, J. A. OTry, Joe Perkins, D.
R. Preston, Steve Rumore, Olen
Smith, J. O. Walkup, T. T. Weath-
erall, and C. Weiler.
The next meeting will be on Jan.
23 at the home of Mrs. M. R. Kirk-
land.
PARENT EDUCATION STUDY
GROUP [WITH MRS. ROGERS
The Parent Education Study
Group of the First Ward Parent-
Teacher Association held its second
meeting at the home of Mrs. Paul
Rogers on Jan. 15. The group is
studying Dr. Leslie Hohman’s book
on child guidance entitled “As the
Twig is Bent.” A covered dish
luncheon wa s served at noon to
the following: Mrs. Grady Jarmon, ___________
Mrs. ..Cart Nielsen, Mrs. C. T. throat
Hinw, Mr., J. C. Y»t«, Mn. Joe ' ' — «>«»"Cra» ■ >' .1
Youree, -Mrs. Ed -Brown, - Mrs.
Chauncey Weber ahd;,ih.e, hostess.
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KrWAKr Do not take chance of
SFlaVimifa spreading disease by
allowing dead animals to decay on your
farm.
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Corps they may then enlist in the
k Regular Army and retain their
L grade provided such enlistment is
k accomplished prior to Jan. 31, 1946.
According to an announcement
E from the Army Recruiting Service
Ki re-enlistment allowance will also
be payable, provided re-enlistment
in the Regular Army is accomplish-
ed within three months after dis-
charge from active duty.
Former soldiers may obtain com-
plete information by visiting the
& recruiting station, located at Wich-
p- ita Falls, Room 215 Postoffice
B' building.
FRYERS — Choice battery grown 4
fryers, 2 to 3 pounds at 38 cents 1
pound. Place orders now for baby fl
chicks. Reich Hatchery. Phone |
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“Electric Fence Is My Hired
Man,” Says Wisconsin Farmer
He Farms Every Inch, Builds Back
members grow up to be. The following editor- Land Through This Modern Plan
CAMPBELLSPORT, WISC. —
The way Martin Knickel, farmer
here, uses electric fence is a far
cry from the ordinary manner.
The unusual set-up on the 132-
acre Knickel farm is described in
a recent issue of Successful
Farming.
Permanent' fence (shown as
light lines in the diagram above)
is all electrified within the boun-
daries of the farm. Boundary
fences are conventional barbed
wire.
' Fields are laid out on the con-
tour for strip planting. (Heavy
black lines on the diagram show
the boundaries of the strips. Let-
ters indicate the rotation pat-
tern.) From the permanent pas-
ture, an irregular piece of low-
lying land, two roads or lanes run
out across the farm.
The pasture and the roads are
so arranged that they provide a
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Service Men Can
VoteWithout
Poll Tax Receipt
Lt. H. M. Fancis nephew of Mr.
and Mrs. E. R. Crues of Harrold
fe with wrom he made his home, is on
Guadalcanal where he has been
stationed for 14 months. Lt. Fran-
& cis is a graduate of the Harrold
k High School and attended North
L. Texas State Teachers College at
I? Dention before going into the ser-
». vice in February 1942. He received
Et his training and commission in
Chemical Warfare at Aberdeen,
||-Md. He was later transferred to
■^Harbor Craft and received training
||i n that capacity in Tallahassee,
||Fla. His wife is the former Virgin-
Ilia Mauldin of Italy and is a dura-
Ktion resident of San Antonio. Lt
■^Frances will be eligible for dis-
E-charge Feb. 1.
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★ Body and fender repairs and body rebuilding
★ Painting
★ Washing, Greasing, Steam Cleaning, Polishing,
OIL CITY MOTOR CO
C. of C. Returns
to Pre-War
Financial Status
C. F. McSpadden accepted, man-
agership ■ of the Electra Chamber
of Commerce Mondayvand assumed
duties Wednesday.
McSpadden was recently discrarg-
ed from the army as a major. He
served overseas in four theatres
with the “Black Hawk” 86th In-
fantry Division. He was' also' Aent
to the Pacific zone. Prior to enter-
ing the army in 1941, he had filled
two terms in Electra as chamber
of commerce manager.
He is the son of Mrs. Marthe
McSpadden of Electra, and his
wife and two children also reside
in Electra.
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Stewart, W. C. The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 33, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1946, newspaper, January 17, 1946; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1219497/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.