The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1941 Page: 3 of 4
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UESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941
THE J-TAC
" PAGE THREE
WMWUMINMI
A Letter To Both Readers of The
J- Tac Sports Page
El Paso, Texas
April 5,1941
Miss Dollie Marie Glover, J-Tac Proof Reader
Mr. Jimmy Power, Linotype Operator
Dear Readers;
Well, here we are at El Paso for the TIPA Convention, and what a place this is! It is really a
treat for this Central Texas Country boy to see the rest of the United States and Juarez.
Tom Hope and the rest of the College of Mines students have been great. We have heard
some swell speakers—for instance Ken Froggley, American Airlines publicity man; BernieMil-
ligan, who dishes out more of the same for Kay Kyser; Roy Chapman, handsome station direc-
- tor for Station KTSM who is scheduled to don a Yard Bird's uniform in a little while; Kris
. "Curly Locks" Fox, head badge toter for El Paso County; and others ad infitum.
Last night we ate at Fort Bliss and the groceries were great. Where did you say the nearest
recruiting station was, Butch?
Haven't the faintest idea when I'll be back or in what shape. I doubt, however, if I can get out
a sports page Monday afternoon.
There's one thing I wish you would tell everybody. Coach Rudder and his boys are putting on
a preview of next year's football team. Don't know when it starts or what you'll be asked to
contribute at the gate. Anyway it's Tuesday night, April 8, and it starts sometime between 7
and 10 o'clock. Tell everybody to come out, for it'll be worth their time and money. The first
string backfield will work with the second string line and the first string line will go with the No. 2
set of backs. Let's all go!
,.y
Yours truly,
Dave Tipton
J-Tac Sports Editor
>rmer Tarletonite
ion To Fight Nazis
per British Isles
i former Tarletonite will be
iting the Nazis in the skies over
British Isles and western Eii-
e in a few short weeks. Mar-
McNutt of Del Eio, who at-
cleol Tarleton in 1939, has com-
;ed his training with the Royal
ladian Air Force arid will get
tenth of combat training- in Eng-
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land before taking to the skies with
Britain's sky soldiers.
McNutt visited in Stephenville
recently while enroute to Dallas
where he and nine other Texans
will take delivery on new fighting
planes to ferry them to Halifax,
Novia Scotia. From there it will
be just a matter of days until Mc-
Nutt and his companions start the
trip across the North Atlantic.
In the space of an intensive 26'
week training period in Canada,
McNutt has flown 520 hours; in
addition he lias had gunnery and
bombing experience. His skill won
him a gunnery medal offered fry a
Toi onto newspaper.
"We fiew all day and studied
all night," said McNutt in regard
to his training. He was sometimes
in the f-ir as much as six hours
in the day and four hours at night.
RCAF student pilots get a mini-
mum of three and a half hours of
flying every day and usually more.
When asked why he enlisted,
McNutt said, "Well, a friend of
mine, Vernon Parker of Del Rio,
joined the RAF for ferry duty.
That got me interested in it and
then I found out I could join the
RCAF without losing my citizen-
ship. I didn't want ferry duty, any-
way. I wanted to be a combat pi-
lot." He enlisted last September at
Windsor, Ontario, just across the
river from Detroit.
"Our officer said Texans some-
times 'wash out' because of fail-
ure to pass physical examinations
but they haven't found one yet who
couldn't fly," declared McNutt. In
his class of 125 in Canada, 27 were
from Texas. He and nine other
Texans received a two weeks' leave
before going to Dallas in light
bombers.
Charles Bordner
Completes Course
At Moffett Field
Charles W. Bordner, a former
Tarleton student, was one of 17
out of a class of 143 boys who
finished a ten weeks' basic and ad-
vanced flight training course at
Moffett Field, California, with a B
average. He completed his first ten
weeks of primary flight training
at the Allan Hancock School at
Santa Monica, California, and has
had 132 hours in the air.
Bordner will receive his wings
and be commissioned a second lieu-
tenant in the United States Avia-
tion Corps after completing an-
other ten weeks' course in advanc-
ed flight training at Stockton, Cali-
fornia. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. E, Bordner of Chalk Moun-
tain.
Football Training
Ends 7:30 Tonight
With Spring Game
Tonight at 7:30 a football game
will take place to close the spring
training season. Admission will
be 10c.
Coach Rudder has promised half
of the proceeds taken in at the gate
south of the gym to the senior
class to be applied on the class
gift. All students are requested
to enter the field by this gate, as
the money taken in at the outside
gate will go to the Lion's Ciub.
As a loyal Tarletonite cach stu-
dent will want to see what the
prospects for next year are. The
new boys and the old boys alike
have been working hard and de-
serve co-operation. The new ma-
terial, however, will be of great-
est interest to fans.
Both college bands are due to
be present to furnish plenty of
gridiron music.
Do not forget about entering
at the gate south of the gym so
that the senior class will get the
benefit of half the proceeds.
Sgt. Lloyd B. Wyatt, former
Tarleton student, who has been
head of the Waco State highway
patrol unit, was notified last week
that he had been promoted to the
rank of captain of the patrol and
was being assigned to the Abilene
office. He has been with the Texas
highway patrol for nine and a half
years.
Faculty Women Go to Abilene
Miss May Jones and Miss Avie
Squier, both of the Tarleton fac-
ulty, have been elected by the Ste-
phenville branch of the American
Association of University Women
as delegates to the Ninth Biennial
Conference to be held at Abilene on
April 4 and 5.
Miss Jones, who is a former pres-
ident of the Stephenville branch
and has served on various state
committees of the AAUW, will have
an important part on the program.
She will take part in a panel dis-
cussion pn "The Economic and.Le-
gal Status of Women" on Satur-
day.
A seventeenth century Dutch
printing press is on display at the
New York World's Fair.
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CONTESTSHELD
HERE IN HOME
EC. AND F.F.A.
On Saturday, April 5, 200 teams
of 850 boys competed in the ;l,7th
annual F.F.A. judging contests of
Area 4 held at Tarleton. Two hun-
dred home economics girls and
teachers from thirty-two high
schools came with the F.F.A, boys
and entered contests held by the
Tarleton home economics, depart-
ment.
Contests were held in the morn-
ing, and at 1:30 o'clock in the
afternoon the entire group gather-
ed in the auditorium for the pro-
gram. Roy B. Mefferd, area advis-
er, introduced the guests. Next
the district secretaries gave the
district reports.
Dean J. Thomas Davis gave his
impression of the F.F.A. Ed Wil-
liams of Tarleton, Texas State
F.F.A. Historian spoke on "How
My Future Farmer Training has
Helped Me." Jack Barton, president
of the Tarleton Collegiate Chapter,
told how he got his American Farm-
er Degree. i
W. L. Trice Jr., Area 4 president,
expressed the appreciation of the
contestants to the Lions Club of
Stephenville for sponsoring the con-
test. A. J. Spangler, adviser of the
Tarleton Collegiate Chapter, spoke
on "How you can continue your
Leadership Training Program in
the Tarleton Collegiate Chapter.
Last, Mr. Mefferd made the
awards to the winners.
Results of the livestock judging
contest were as follows: Rochelle,
first; Doole, second; and Priddy,
third.
Winners in the dairy cattle judg-
ing contest were Albany, first;
Springtown, second; and Sylvester,
tnird.
Winners in the poultry contest
were Santo, first; Abilene, second;
and Breckenridge, third.
Soils contest winners were Tolar,
first; Stephenville, second; and
Breckenridge, third.
Crops winners were Sidney,
first; Breckenridge, second'; and
Priddy, third.
Farm shop winners were
Throckmorton, first; Paint Creek,
second; and Graham, third.
Winners in entomology were
Hamilton, first; Graham, second;
and DeLeon, third.
Horticulture winners were Rich-
land Springs, first; Alexander,
second; and Bangs, third.
Winners in wild life contest were
Stephenville, first; Tolar, second;
and Graford, third.
Winners in the clothing con-
tests were as follows: Cisco, first;
Bryson, second; Doole, third; and"
Blanket, fourth.
In the educational exhibit con-
test,'winners were as follows: Bry-
son, l«r£-t; Mullin, second; Dub-
lin, third; and Gordcnf fouurth.
••Winners in the yearbook contest
u;V2i:e„"Santfltotv,- first; Mullin, sec-
ond; 'Me"ridiah,-"-third; and Bangs,
fourth.
The' ruosi.: outstanding schools
.'in v -tire", holme'-economics contests,
based- on" contests entered and
points made were as follows: Mul-
lin, first; Hamilton, second; Bry-
son, third; and Meridian, fourth.
Schools winning first places in
the home economics contests re-
ceived banners presented by the
Business and Professional Women's
Club of Stephenville. Second place
winners were given the following
books: Textiles, America's Cook-
book. and Art in Everyday Life.
Third place winners were giv-
en pinking shears, kitchen shears,
and scissors. Schools winning:
fourth place received ribbons.
Sponsors of the contests other
than the Business and Profession-
al Women's Club were the Lions
Club of Stephenville and the
Home Economics Club of Tarleton,
Jay Rogers, editor of the J-Tac
the first semester of last year and
at present a company clerk with
the 142nd Infantry at Camp Bowie
in Brownwood, visited Tarleton
friends on the campus and his old
hide-out, the J-Tac office, this
week-end.
Scott Reed, who attended Tarle-
ton three yea'rs ago, has returned
here to take a position as assist-
ant funeral director with the Trew-
itt Funeral Home, He has been em-
ployed with the Pace Funeral Home
in Livingston.
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The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 25, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 8, 1941, newspaper, April 8, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth140412/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Tarleton State University.