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TEXAN’S SHARE
VOLUME 19.
GROOM, CARSON COUNTY, TEX., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944
Subscription $1.50 a year
NUMBER 21
FACTS
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Local News Items
And Personal Mention
Mildred Burgin: “You’re not eating
your fish. What’s wrong with it?”
Billy Burgin: “Long time no sea.”
Suggestions For
Better Butter Making
Bert Bural: “They say you get your
girls by brute force.”
Webb Smith: “Yeah, by throwing
the bull and putting on the dog!”
Carl Homer: “Young man, that lady
who just left was not shown every
courtesy.”
Jim Eschle says he’s going to start
him a skunk farm so the government
won’t be sticking its nose in his busi-
mess.
visit, returning to
Monday.
Jinks Pool: “Arnold is going to
Wichita Falls in a few days on busi-
mess.”
Jim Byes: “How do you know that
it is business?”
Jinks: “Well, he’s taking his wife
along with him this time!”
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Ruby Jean Evans: “I hear they took
your appendix out last month—what
did they give you for it?”
Peggy Godwin: “Oh, nothing. It
wasn’t worth much!”
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MRS. OPAL CLEEK
Candidate for District and County
Clerk of Carson County
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Mrs. Mary Collier of Amarillo is
visiting in Groom this week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Doy Keahey were Am-
arillo visitors Monday.
Subscription $1:50 a year
turned to their home in Oklahoma
City Tuesday night after spending a
few days visiting relatives in Groom.
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Birth Announcements
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Pool a
son on July 7.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Homer
a daughter July 17.
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Dan Witt wants to know if Terrapin
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leave your order at The News office.
Mrs. Pete Whatley and Dale were
Amarillo visitors Tuesday.
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a butcher shop. “How much will you
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block, and rags cut in one inch strips ~o—__..
were used to wrap the steering wheel. Hobbs, New Mexico
Lastly, the papermachie was spread
on the stand, smoothed down and set
to dry. When properly dried it will
be painted or enameled white or
ivory.
were visiting
here last week. Mrs. I. C. Unsell ac-
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her home here
Etheldreda Kuehler: “Isn’t it won-
derful? I’ve finally found myself a
husband.”
Lorena Homer: “Really? Whose?”
For better quality sweet cream but-
ter, cream should test about 30 per
cent butterfat. This means it is rich
enough for one gallon to yield ap-
proximately three pounds of butter,
explains Gladys Martin, home dairy
specialist for the A. and M. College
Extension Service.
While some people prefer the more
pronounced flavor of butter made
from slightly sour cream, most seem
to prefer sweet cream bntter. At this
time of year the cream should be
cooled immediately after it is skim-
med and kept at 50 degrees F. or be-
low, the specialist says.
On many farms, homemakers churn
only two or three times a week and
mering. Then they are
through a cloth bag. Add
month Mr. Gray was sworn in as the
local postmaster and has during these
ten years of efficient service received
many punches of various kinds as
editor of Facts and Otherwise. As
such writer of Facts and Otherwise
over this period of years he has re-
ceived much comment through maga-
zines and newspapers with wide cir-
culation.
Postmaster Gray originated Facts
and Otherwise (mostly otherwise)
during the depression when our people
in and around Groom were unable to
produce even a healthy smile. The
Wit and humor was enjoyed immen-
sley by the Groom News readers and
many have stated again and again
that this column was worth the price
of subscription alone, and it goes on
and on from issue to issue. At times
Facts and Otherwise locally has been
almost as sensational as the Walter
Winchell column of Jergan’s Journal.
The editor escaping serious bodily in-
jury or probably death from some .of
the fair sex of Groom. But Jeff is
as "good at telling a yarn as he is of
editing Facts and Otherwise.
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The Groom and st. Mary’s 4-H
Club met at Groom Club House Tues-
day and Wednesday, July eleventh and
twelfth, 1944.
We had demonstrations on cakes.
The girls cooked their meals, supper,
breakfast and dinner. We also had a
demonstration on hair dressing and
making necklaces.
Fruit juices may be canned safely
without the use of sugar, however, ad-
ding it helps hold the color and flavor
of the juice.
This assurance comes from Mrs.
Winifred Leverenze, specialist in food
preservation for the Texas A. and M.
College Extension Service, who says
she has received numerous inquiries
on the subject from Texas home-
makers. The juice may be canned in
glass fruit jars or in bottles with
crown tops. If it is put up in bottles,
a capper must be used. The specia-
list especially warns against sealing
bottles with cork dipped in wax or
paraffin, because this type of seal
will not withstand processing.
Bottles and jars should be smooth,
free from nicks and cracks. After
washing, they should be heated in
water until it boils. Crown caps for
the bottles should be wiped clean with
a damp cloth but should not be wash-
ed. Just before the caps ars used they
should be dipped in boiling water.
Mrs. Leverenz advises handling
only small batches of ripe, firm fruit
at a time. She says the secret of keep-
ing the fine natural flavor and color
of the fruit lies in heating just
enough to sterilize but not so much
that the color and flavor change.
Berries, red cherries and plums are
prepared for juice by removing the
pits, crushing, and heating to sim-
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These two American paratroopers found plenty of horses in the French
town where they landed and drove out the Germans. At home on horse-
back is well as in the skies, they commandeered mounts and started out
on patrol to look for German snipers. Back the Invasion with War Bonds.
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Miss Blanche Groves will speak at
the Baptist Church at the eleven
o’clock hour next Sunday morning.
She was in China for many years and
was on the Gripsholme exchange ship
from occupied China. To hear her will
be a treat of information on something
of the attitude of the people of the
Far East toward Christ and a new
world after the war is ended. Miss
Groves is an old school mate and
chum of Mrs. Blanche Redus where
she will spend Saturday night. The
public is welcome and invited to take
advantage of this rare opportunity.
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“Infantile paralysis can be expected
to occur more frequently during the
next three months,” declared Dr. Geo.
W. Cox, State Health Officer. “This
disease is always more frequent dur-
ing the hot months.”
“The germ responsible for infantile
paralysis is so small that it escapes
detection even with the most power-
ful microscopes. The first symptoms
are usually vomiting, headache, fever,
stiffness of the neck, pain in the legs,
irritability and drowsiness. Complete
recovery may follow such an illness;
but in more severe cases, the germ
penetrates the nervous system, re-
sulting in paralysis , of nerves con-
trolling one, oi' more, groups of mus-
cles. Some remarkable recoveries have
been noted.
“Flies, or other insects, while un-
der suspicion, have not been demon-
strated to play a part in the spread
of this disease. Infection spreads from
person to person with the droplets
attending coughing and sneezing..
Children and grown people that are
healthy may be carriers of the germ.
When present in epidemic form, about
one child in each hundred is apt to
suffer an attack.
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Another verse for Uncle Will
Earley’s Tomb Stone Verse Collection.
Uncle will says he has been so busy
working in harvest and helping cheer
up the sick, he hasn’t had time to
collect verses from tombstones the
past few months.
Hear ye the tale
Of Burner McGuire
Who burned so careless
His seat caught on fire.
He ran to his forman
And fainted with fright
When the boss upand told him
His end was in sight.
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Given a few odds and ends, county
Extension agents sometimes demon-
strate miracles. But the demonstra-
tion is their Pandora’s box of met-
hods to teach farm people greater ef-
ficiency and how to multiply their
home comforts here ?s an outstanding
example of the ingenuity of one
county home demonstration agent in
fabricating a useful household article
from an automobile part, old news-
papers and a bit of plank with the
aid of two handy 4-H Club girls.
Edith and Fay Rider, Knox county
4-H Club girls, desired to make a
floor lamp out of the steering wheel
of an automobile. So they sought the
help of the county home demonstra-
tion agent, Kathleen Lucile King, who
listed the things necessary to do the
job. First, they shredded enough news
papers to fill a gallon bucket, and
when Miss King reached their home
chicken ?”
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Frank Koetting: “By dam, these
shoes fit you perfectly. Is there any-
thing else I can do for you?”
Ed Lack: “Yes, run around the
block with me, if they don’t hurt by
then, I’ll buy them!”
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Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at 2 p. m. at Pampa
for James L. Bowers, who died July
17th in a Pampa hospital. Services
were conducted in the Assembly of
God Church with the Reverends Bracy
Greer and E. M. Dunsworth officiat-
ing.
Mr. Bowers was born October 8,
1863, at Temple, Texas. He is surviv-
ed by four daughters: Mrs. Bill Mc-
Dowell, White Deer; Mrs. Jack Pat-
ton, Skellytown; Mrs. El mo Jones
and Mrs. Banks L. Cole both of
Pampa. Surviving four sons are Lewis
Bowers of Willobrook, Cal.; Richard
of Roswell, N. M. and Silas and Dave
of Pampa and Joe Bowers; 23 grand-
children and 12 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers were A. B. Wade, Rod
McDowell, Wesley Bruce, James Mc-
Cluskey, Ward Kelly. Burial was in
the Groom cemetery Wednesday after-
noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hughes and
children arrived in Groom Monday.
Fiank left Tuesday for their home in
Arkansas. Mrs. Hughes and children
remained here for a visit with her
mother Mrs. Viola Harrell, and ether
relatives and friends.
lysis. A period of complete rest is
essential for muscles that are af-
fected. If parents note any symptoms
of illness in their children, the family
doctor should beconsulted at once.”
Some months ago some of the high
cut banks near the picnic grounds at
McClelland Lake started caving and
came very near to covering up some
campers. The commissioners court of
Gray County thought it advisable to
have these banks shot off and Mr.
Kirby volunteered to supervise this
work. While doing this the past week,
he lost his balance on one of the high
cliffs and fell quite a distance and
was badly bruised and shaken up.
He is now confined to his bed at
his home under the care of a doctor,
and will not probably be out for
several days.
Mr. Kirby was heard to have made
the remark that only Tarzan or a
good county commissioner could have
taken this fall and still be able to tell
about it.
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Below we give a listing of new and
renewal subscriptions to The News
sinc our last issue. To each and
every subscriber we wish to thank
you.
Billy Wood, Charles Rex, Chauley
Lowry, Mrs. Pearl Manire, Leona
Barbee, Hale Center, C. J. Kuehler,
Paul Koetting, Paul P. Steed, Dallas;
B. J. Hermesmeyer, Kansas; L. E.
Hermesmeyer, Amarillo; C. J. Her-
mesmeyer, Mrs. May Knotz, Kansas;
E. J. Britten, W. J. Williams, Pan-
handle, Allen Angel, Mrs. C. H.
Keeter, Luther Byars, Roy Ritter, Ed
Schneider, Harold Smith, U. S. N. R.;
Robert Newton, Lark; H. A. Me Gin-
nis and C. C. Brown.
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Chas. Hall was having dental work
done at Pampa Monday.
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Present conditions has made it im-
possible for me to see every voter
personally and I want you to consider
this last appeal as a personal solici-
tation of your vote Saturday. I assure
you that no one could appreciate this
office more than I, and if elected I
will do my best to make you a capable
and efficient officer and one that
you will never regret placing confi-
dence in by voting for me.
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James L. Bowers
Services Wednesday
Mamie McCasland: “Shall I give
you a shampoo, Madam?”
Mrs. Van Earl Steed: “I can’t af-
ford the best—you’ll give me a gen-
uine poo or nothing at all!”
Those holding office on every camp-
ing trip are Annese Rattan for lead-
er, Bernice Rattan for reporter, Don-
na Brunnier for treasurer and Francis
Koetting for singer.
We all donated enough money to pay
a debt that we have been owing since
1942. We bought hamburger meat
and buns with what money that was
left.
Eighteen girls were present. We all
had a nice time and learned many
things that we didn’t know, and
hope there will be more present at
our next meeting in the fall.
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Mrs. S. J. Whatley fell at her home
Sunday and received a severe leg cut.
She was bruught to the office of Dr.
Witt for treatment. The cut was
bad enough to require several stitches
to close the wound. At last reports
Mrs. Whatley was. recovering nicely.
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“Three dollars a week; but what- Early recognition and diagnosis are
can you do to make yourself usefull essential. The use of immune serum
around a butcher shop?” may be a factor in preventing para-
“Anything.”
‘Well, be specific. Can you dress a
use sour cream. When this is the
practice each day the cream should
be placed in one container and thoro-
ughly mixed, then warmed slowly to
a temperaure of from 65 to 75 de-
grees F. This allows the cream to
ripen uniformly and the cream should
stand at this ripening temperature
until it thickens, assumes a glossy ap-
pearance, and is mildly sour. Then it
should be cooled quickly to churning
temperature for at least two hours
before churning is begun.
In summer proper churning temper-
ature varies between 50 and 60 de-
greesF. while in the winter between
55 and 65 degrees usually is satis-
factory. At the proper temperature
only about 25 to 30 minutes of churn-
ing are required for the butter gra-
nules to be firm without becoming
hard. A dairy thermometer, which is
inexpensive, offers the only sure way
of checking the cream temperature.
The churn should be filled only one-
third or one-half full of cream. Churn-
ing should continue until the gra-
nules are the size of a grain of corn.
Then the buttermilk should be remov-
ed from the churn. The butter should
be washed with the same amount of
water as there was buttermilk. It
should be at about the same temper- i
ature the cream was in the beginning. I
Usually three washings are required.
Buttermilk should never be “worked”
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Archie Looten and Billy Burgin
left Wednesday for induction into
Uncle Sams Army.
Mrs. Villa Coffman who fell and
leceived a broken hip several months
ago is able to be outside apart of the
time.
Mrs. Leroy Berggren and children
and Mrs. Ronold Berggren of Bovina
were visiting relatives here last week
end. •
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Marrs and
daughter Eunice of Amarillo visited
Sunday in the Ben Shockley* and O. R.
Major homes.
Remember, if you are a qualified
voter be sure and go to the polis Sat-
ui day and cast your vote according to
the dictates of your conscience.
The Democratic Primary Election
will be held this coming Saturday at
the school house. Be sure and cast
your vote.
Mr. and Mrs. KennethC. Ward re-
Fleta Fae Latta (after receiving
skunk fur coat from her husband): “I
don’t see how such a nice coat can
come from such a foul-smelling
beast."
Red: “I don’t mind not being thank-
«d, but I do ask for a little respect.”
Norbert Kuehler: “But boss, I
showed her everything in the store!”
she added a one inch cube of soap cut
into tiny bits and a handful of salt.
The mixture was covered with water
and allowed to stand over night.
/ Next morning, Edith took a wash-
board and rubbed the soaked paper
into pulp. Floui’ was added to thick-
en it and form a paste and the bucket
placed on the stove. While Edith pre-
pared the papermachie, Fay cut the
circular part of the steering wheel
with a hacksaw and then sawed a
four by four inch piece from a plank.
Using a carpenter’s square she found
the exact center of the block where
she bored a hole about half way
through with a brace and bit. It was
then placed on top of the steering
wheel rod.
With the parts assembled, the agent
proceeded with the wiring. The cord
was run through the block and the
plug put on and tested. Next the sock-
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With excellent health and wide ex-
perience dealing with the public, and
listening to the many gripes of the
public with the near loss of one eye
temporarily has been the lot' of Jeff
Gray. Ten years the 17th of this
Uncle Joe Weems is able to be out
on the streets after a few days illness.
When in need of Rubber Stamps
leave your order at The News office.
Blanche Redus was an Amarillo
visitor Monday.
J. C. Jackson of White Deer had
business in Groom Tuesday.
Mrs. Herbert Hoyt and son from
California are visiting relatives here.
Glyn D. Harrell had business in
Amarillo Tuesday.
Mrs. Jeff Grfay and Tillie were
Amarillo visitors Tuesday.
Rev. Oscar Bruce is at Vigo Park
this week holding a revival meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fariey left Sun-
day for a few weeks visit in Michigan.
« Mr. and Mrs. Jim Britten spent last
weekend in Amarillo.
Mr. and Mrs. Grady Stapp and child
ren were Claude visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie McCasland
and Juanita Williams were shopping
in Amarillo Monday.
Mrs. Frank Koetting and children
and Mrs. Horace Williams were Am-
arillo visitors Saturday.
Mrs. George Whatley, Wayiafae
and Curtiss were Amarillo visitors
Monday.
Pfc. and Mrs. Glen Smith are home
for a few days from Garden City,
Kansas.
Mrs. Ed Spilman and children re-
turned home Thursday from a month’s
visit with relatives in California.
Mrs. Gerald Keller returned home
Tuesday from a few days visit with
her husband at Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Whatley and
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Latta were Am-
arillo visitors Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Major and son
Ronald Lee spent Sunday in the home
of Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Major.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Broyles of Na-
cogdogches, Texas are visiting in the
Lesley Driskill home this week.
Mrs. Myrtle Sanford and daughters
Betty and Harriet from Michigan are
visiting friends and relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Balbkens of
Tuson, Arizona are visiting in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Drake.
Mrs. Stanley Latta and Mrs. Dick
Taylor were shopping in Amarillo
Tuesday.
Hilda Sonning of Amarillo visited
relatives here last Thursday and Fri-
day.
Lloyd McCord of Clarendon was at-
tending . to business and visiting
friends in Groom Tuesday.
Mrs. Ray Conrad and children of
Claude were visiting in the Bert Bural
home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Urban Brown and Mr.
and Mrs. Ed Campbell were Amarillo
visitors Sunday.
Mrs. Phil Smith and Mrs. Madge
Rush left Wednesday for California
to visit their husbands.
Mrs. Ben Shockley left Tuesday for
Lamar, Texas to visit her mother who
is ill.
sugar for each gallon of juice, depend-
ing on the sweetness of the fruit.
After the sugar is added, heat the
juice again to simmering and pour
into the hot jars or bottles. Fill jars
to one-fourth inch of the top and bot-
tles to one-half inch of the top. Ad-
just the lids of jars or seal caps on
bottles. Process either pint or quart
jars or bottles in a boiling water
bath for 15 to 20 minutes.
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Shamrock, July 6.—Recently pre-
sented the Silver Star for gallantry
in action with a tank battalion in
Italy, Tech. Sgt. Finis A. Davis, a
former resident of Shamrocg, has been
promoted to first sergeant, according
to information received here.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wal-
ter Davis, who now reside in Post-
oak.
He was decorated for action in the
vicinity of San Pietro. Overseas 16
months, he has participated in the
Tunisian, Sicilian and Italian .cam-
paigns.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Davis and
son Finis A. (Cap) resided in Groom
some years ago and have many
friends here.
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Ward, J. & Wade, Mrs. Max. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 20, 1944, newspaper, July 20, 1944; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1416184/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.