The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1944 Page: 5 of 8
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should let them work for you. An
idle dollar does no man any good but
a working dollar can add to your in-
come. _____________
Announces the removal of his offices
from 106 West 7th St. to Rooms 802-803
Oliver Eakle Building, 6th and Polk Sts.
Stated Communication Second
Tuesday night in each
month at 7:30 o’clock.
CHAS. L. FIELDS, W. M.
T. G. FIELDS, Secretary
Local News Items
And Personal Mention
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Local Hauling
MOVING, ETC.,
Reasonable Prices
PHONE 66
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Items You are liable to Need Now or Soon
HELP YOUR GOVERNMENT
BY BRINGING US YOUR
WASTE FATS
A Marine studies the post-war inducements offered by the sign
placed in front of the Majuro Island hotel, a building erected by
the Japs and captured intact by Marines when they took that
Marshall Islands atoll. An addition to the sign is the welcome to
Bob Hope, who staged a show on the island.
AUTO PARTS and ACCESSORIES
A VARIETY OF HOUSEHOLD
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YOUR CAR and HOUSEHOLD NEEDS.
We carry a Complete line of Maytag
Washing' Machine Parts
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ALL KINDS OF INSURANCE
AND BONDS.
ALL OLD LINE STOCK.
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Groom Theater
YOUR HOME TOWN THEATER
First Show starts at 7:45
October 21st
“Cavalcade of the
West"
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“It Pays To Look Neat”
Shine Chair
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Pyro Antifreeze, Batteries and Battery charging while you
wait. Rust Master and DuPont Radiator Cleaner, Liquid Solder
for leaky Radiators.Reliners—Vulcanizing—Boots and Gulfex
Lubrication.
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Sgt. Chas. Rogers Jr. son of Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Rogers has been pro-
moted from S/Sgt. to T/Sgt.
Pfc. Jack Babcock, son of Mr. and
Mrs. N. J. Babcock has been promot-
ed from Pfc. to Corporal.
Mrs. Rose Fields, Viola Harrell and
Mr. and Mrs. S. K. Roach had busi-
ness in Amarillo Monday.
Harrison Farley who has been
stationed at Dutch Harbor arrived in
Groom Monday.
Mrs. C. L. Ledwig received a ship-
ment of German relics from her son
Bob.
Mrs. Irwin Anglin and Mrs. Walter
Garmon shopped in Amarillo Wednes-
day.
Jim, Britten, wife and daughter of
White Deer visited in Groom Mon-
day.
Dorothy and Etheldreda Kuehler,
Alice, Loretta and Norbert Homer at-
tended the show at Claude Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Stubblefield
and children of Amarillo were Sun-
day visitors with Mr. and Mrs. Brun-
nier and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Stuble-
field.
FOR SALE—5-burner oil cook
stove with built in oven.—Mrs. Phil
Smith.
Mrs. Kelley Gray of Amarillo spent
Friday night with Mrs. Alfred Nim-
mo.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Unsell visited in
Hobbs, New Mexico over the week-
end.
Mrs. Jennie Jackson of Mesa, Ari-
zona visited during this week-end
with Mrs. Safronie Jackson.
Mrs. A. Monroe of Elk City, Okla.,
visited Tuseday with Mrs. Safronie
Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Peters of White
Deer visited with Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Koetting Sunday.
Mrs. Gene Wade, Colvin and Bobby
Max’ of Amarillo were week-end visi-
tors in Groom.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Brunnier at-
tended the funeral of J. B. Linn in
Amarillo Monday.
Miss Bertha Britten of Amarillo
spent the past week in the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Brit-
ten.
W. S. Wills was in our city Tues-
day. He tells us that the oil drilling
i business around the Grandview neigh
borhood is shaping up nicely.
Mrs. D. L. Dodgen spent the week-
end with her husband. She returned
to her school work at Boys Ranch
| Monday.
Norris Hoyt, son of Mr. and Mrs.
' Carl Hoyt and husband of Mrs. Ber-
■ nice Hahn Hoyt was reported as mis-
' sing in action September 24th.. A let-
। ter was received by the family Mon-
day from Norris written from Rome,
will study harder the next six weeks.
The eighth grade has five Boy
Scouts. One scout is a second class
and has strated on his first class
work, but he will have to work hard
to stay ahead of the rest. Our new
Scoutmaster is Murray M. Marshall
who also is our math teacher.
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FIGHTIN’ TIGERS
The majestic soaring eagle,
The Symbol of our land,
Strikes fear into the hearts
Of the treacherous Axis Band!
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The bravest of them all—
No wonder the enemy knows
It’s riding toward its fall.
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S2/c Bill Burgin is now home on a
nine day leave. Bill, a graduate of
1940, played quarterback on our
eleven man football team and half-
back on our six-man team. He enter-
ed the Navy July 22, 1944, received
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Specializes in Probate, Adminis-
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Taxation-Federal and State.
Surratt Bldg.
Panhandle, Texas
The Army needs 4,000 Nurses im_
meditely, Paul V. McNutt, Chairman
of the War Manpower Commission,
reported last week. Men wounded in
j battle must have adequate care no
matter how quickly the war ends, he
pointed out in deploring the fact that
nurse recruitment nuc slowed up
along with a growing belief that the
European War is avout over. The
WMC Chairman urged Inactive nurses
especially in outlaying communities, to
return to nursing duty.
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BACK THE ATTACK
Ed Schneider and daughter Viola
returned recently from a two-weeks
visit with friends and relatives in St.
Louis and other points in Missouri
and Illinois.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hermesmeyer
and sons, Mrs. Carl Homer and Lor-
etta Homer were Amarillo shoppers
Monday.
Mrs. Les Driskill and Mrs. Alfred
Nimmo attended a shower Tuesday
night in Amarillo honoring Mrs.
James Marshall Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie McCasland
visited friends and attended to busi-
ness in San Antonio over the week-
end.
Mrs. Frank Koetting, Mary Louise
Williams and baby, Mrs. Henry Koet-
ting, Mrs. Minnie Bohr were Amarillo
visitors Tuesday.
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June Cox and Margaret Lill spent
last week-end visiting in Amarillo.
One of J. J. Blackwell’s boys arriv-
ed in Groom Tuesday.
J. M. Britten and Uncle Joe Demic
had business in Amarillo Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Irl Smith have moved
to Adrain, Texas.
John Farley purchased the Irl
Smith home and moved in Monday.
Bill Burgin returned to San Diego,
California Saturday night.
Cumilla McSpadden of Amarillo
spent the week-end in Groom.
John Ray was a business visitor to
Amarillo Tuesday.
Lula Maude Byrd has returned
from a visit to Colorado with friends.
L. M. Ward is still confined to his
home by illness.
Carl Britten was a business visitor
to Amarillo Tuesday.
Local News Items
And Personal Mention
J Italy, dated September 22nd.
Your Friendly
MAGNOLIA DEALER
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Mobilgas
Mobilgas is specially blended for
winter driving. It helps * elimi-
nate those slow starts that waste
gasoline and run down your
battery. In . traffic and on the
highway you’ll like the quick
response . . . smooth accelera-
tion . . . real power and long,
economical mileage that Mobil-
gas gives. Stop at our Flying
Red Horse sign and let us fill
’er up. with winter Mobilgas,
today!
Ray Hermesmeyer
Wholesale & Retail Agent
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HOMEMAKING NEWS
The Freshmen Homemaking girls
have completed their study on break-
fast. Next they will take up lunch-
eons and suppers.
At last the quilt the last year
freshman class started for Boy’s
Ranch is completed, although it
hasn’t been mailed. Anyone may see
it in the Homemaking Lab. The sop-
homore girls are still collecting paper,
and appreciate any that is given
them.
The homemaking III girls had a
buffet meal Wednesday and is was
enjoyed by everyone.
At the football game this week the
third year girls will sell pop and hot
dogs. Everyone be sure and bring
your money.
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ELEMENTARY NEWS
The fifth and sixth grade will pre-
sent a play on Hallowe’en night. It
will be about fifteen or twenty minu-
tes long, but it will be a good one, so
[ come and see it.
The eighth grade had their party
Friday night and everyone enjoyed
it very much, refreshments were serv
ed to twenty-six students.
We started a new six- weeks Mon-
day and everyone agrees that they
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Ward, J. & Wade, Mrs. Max. The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1944, newspaper, October 19, 1944; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1416197/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.