The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1941 Page: 2 of 10
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THE ELGIN COURIER AND FOUR COUNTY FARM NEWS, ELGIN, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1941
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BRED TO LAY, TEXAS U. S. APPROVED BLOOD TESTED
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SPEED is a FIRST requirement in this nation’s
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Today the Gulf South is meeting its obligations
for stepped-up industrial production. Many plants
have been expanded and converted to manufacture
of defense materials. The vast natural resources
of the area are being utilized.
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honor of Mrs. Mayo Mundine at the
home of Mrs. Trilby Hoerman near
McDade, Saturday afternoon.
We were pleased to hear Mr.
Richard Lodan of Austin was doing
so well.
As suppliers of this ideal fuel, our organization,
with more than 3,000 men and women, is now
taking an important part, and is prepared to take
even a greater part, in our National Defense pro-
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meet the increased fuel demands of industry.
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birthday party give for Miss Maxine
Schultz Friday at the home of her
parents at Butler. This was the
young lady’s third birthday.
Mr. Edward Voight visited in the
Will Schultz home Saturday.
Mr. Lloyd Huff of Butler spent
Friday night with Mr. Vernon
Schultz.
Mr. Albert French purchased a
Chevrolet Sedan recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Creel, Mr. and
Mrs. Leroy Creel and Velma Creel
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Creel in Elgin.
Sorry to report Mrs. Leroy Creel
as ill with the flu today, (Monday.)
Mrs. Sam Cartwright and Mrs.
Lester Leming were Smithville visit-
ors recently. Mrs. Cartwright visit-
ed her mother, Mrs. Tom Cooper and
sister, Mrs. Homer Wilson, while
there.
Mrs. Leroy Creel, Mrs. Frank
Creel and Miss Velma Creel attend-
ed the miscellaneous shower given in
are still without the current, but are
promised it won’t be long now.
Mrs. Sid Cartwright and Mrs.
Owen Hudler of Mt. Pleasant visited
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lee
Scarborough last Monday, but miss-
ed the folks, as they had gone to
Elgin. (Big mama, I still aim to
come eat that chicken dinner.)
Mr. Howard Wolf and family of
Mt. Pleasant were visiting the Willie
Blackwells Sunday. We presume, as
we saw them come from that direc-
tion.
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Hartford Jenkins of Bastrop spent
Wednesday with their sister, Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Watson.
Walter Kastner Wins Prize On
White Leghorn Chickens
Walter Kastner, who entered
several coups of White Leghorn
chickens in the Poultry Show held
at Bastrop Friday and Saturday, won
eleven prizes as follows: grand
champion on pullet; first and third
prizes on pullet; first, second and
third on young pen; first, second and
third on young cockerel, and first
and second on old hen. All White
Leghorns.
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McDADE, March 17 — Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Joiner and daughters
spent the week-end in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Bostic and
children of Karnes City and Mr. and
Mrs. Howard McDavid of Austin
were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Mundine.
J. B. Hackworth Jr. is a patient
in F. A. Orgain Memorial hospital
at Bastrop, suffering with bronchial
pneumonia.
Mrs. J. H. Watson is reported
resting nicely following an operation
in Fleming hospital, Elgin.
Mr. and Mrs. Duward Sanders
and baby of Houston were week-end
visitors of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jess Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor of
Jonah and Mr. Joe Taylor of Elgin
visited relatives here Sunday.
Miss Vennie Rene Milton of Hous-
ton spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Milton.
Mrs. W. H. Joiner and daughters
were business visitors in Austin
Wednesday.
Mrs. Roy Williams and Mrs. Em-
ma Colmernae and son, of Houston,
Mr. Roy Williams of Austin, and
Miss Johnny Bevel of San Marcos
were week-end guests in the homes
of Messrs, and Mesdames M. B. and
A. W. Freeman.
Howard Brainin of Houston spent
the week-end with his grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Joiner.
Mrs. Leroy Nachlinger of Taylor
was a business visitor here Sunday.
Mrs. Tena Rother and Mrs. Dora
Kastner and children spent Sunday
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in Austin, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Willard Bostic.
Douglas Nance of Houston spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Nance.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Stumhoffer
land Miss Cleo Beyer of Taylor visit-
ed relatives here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Freeman
and Mrs. Dora Mae Patterson and
children of Ballinger visited rela-
tives and friends here Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Creel were
in Austin Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Stagner
spent Saturday and Sunday in the
home of their sister, Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Edge of Beaukiss.
Mrs Enoch Fisk, of Louise, was the
guest of her sister, Mr. and Mrs. J.
H. Watson, the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Sanders were
week-end visitors in San Antonio.
Messrs, and Mesdames Carl Col-
lins of Austin and Burriss Schaffer
and baby of Bastrop spent Sunday
with their mother, Mrs. Hettie Clop-
ton.
Mr. Dee Barker had the misfor-
tune of getting a finger cut off Sun-
day morning while burning a kiln at
the pottery.
Dr, and Mrs. Dale Wood and son
of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Walter
McDuff and sons of Utley were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Bruno Ernst
Sunday.
Messrs, and Mesdames Clark Con-
dra and children, of Austin, David
Sherman, of Mt. Pleasant, and Al-
fred Browning and children, of
Taylor spent Sunday with their sis-
ter, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Hackworth.
Messrs. Matt Hillman and Howard
Carroll of Bay City spent the week-
end with Mrs. Hillman and baby.
Miss Jackie Harris returned home
Thursday after an extended visit in
San Antonio. She was accompanied
by Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Lawrence and
children and Mrs. Robert Wright and
children who were overnight guests
v -in the home of their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Harris.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Alford of
Austin spent Sunday with their
father, Mr. J. L. Alford.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H Joiner purchas-
ed a new 1941 Chevrolet last week.
Mr. Granville Tinnin of G. M.
Wyoming is a guest in the J W. Wat-
son and R. J. Moore homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Swartz of
Austin spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. W. S. Watson.
Mesdames S. L. Brannon and
OAK HILL NEWS
By Mrs. Edgar Owen
OAK HILL, March 14 — On
MT. PLEASANT
By Mrs. Frank Creel
MT. PLEASANT, March 17 —
The farmers have been very busy
planting corn, also planting truck
and bedding out sweet potatoes;
women planting gardens, watching
turkey hens and looking after little
chickens.
Mr. and. Mrs. Alfred Kastner were
Austin visitors recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Mills visited
in the Josh Browning home Sunday.
Mrs. Gordon Wolf and baby and
Miss Margaret Behrend were visitors
in McDade Sunday.
Miss Pauline Stagner visited
homefolks in McDade over the week-
end.
Mrs. Gus McCoy and son and Mrs.
Leslie Walker were recent visitors
in the Russel Fagg home.
Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver, Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Kastner and daugh-
ters, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Cartwright,
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Kastner and
childen, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Hudler,
Mrs. Russel Fagg and son, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Creel and daughter,
Velma, attended the program ren-
dered by Jesse James and his Bad
Boys of Melody at Pleasant Grove,
March 14.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Dungan, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Mills and Mr. Josh
Browning attended the Rodeo in
Elgin Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Will Schultz attended the
cold dreary day like this I like to
brouse thru old magazines, books,
etc. and glean beautiful throughts
from gifted writers. This morning
I found the following in Farm and
Ranch, quote "So should we live,
that any day should not be lost, but
stored away, to be re-called, again
and again, to soften grief, and strife
and pain, to help to clear some
brothers way.” So we are thankful
that all is as well as it is with us.
We noted some corn planted last
week and many others had planned
to start today.
Jack Owen, Jack Fleming, Harvey
Smith, all of Camp Bowie, Brown-
wood, spent the week-end in their
respective homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Fleming had
as,guests Sunday, all their children
and grandchildren.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Owen and
little daughter, Mrs. Henry Tix and
Alvin Cantrell of Galveston, spent
the week-end in the J. D. Owen
home.
J. D. and Edgar Owen were busi-
ness visitors in Taylor last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Hoffman were
in Bastrop several times last week
with their baby, that was quite sick.
She is improving nicely now.
Quite a number of our folks were
over in Bastrop Saturday in atten-
dance at the Poultry Show. The
Figers and Edgar Owens had some
entries. Whether you exhibit any-
thing or not, its nice to mingle with
the folks.
Among the many attractions
there was the homemade lamp brood-
er, with the little chicks contentedly
eating and drinking on a sanitary
hardware cloth floor. Instructions
for making one can be secured at
the County Agents office.
Miss Katherine Kelly was a brief
visitor here Friday afternoon.
The clean-up crew of the electric
lines were thru here Sunday. We
For Real body size, liveabili-
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Smith, J. O. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 20, 1941, newspaper, March 20, 1941; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1537756/m1/2/?q=%2522dewey+redman%2522: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Elgin Public Library.