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GALVESTON COUNTY—Good Roads, Good Schools, Truck Farming, Fruit Growing, Dairying, Ideal Climate--A Good Place to Live
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GALVESTON COUNTY TIMES, TEXAS CITY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 1932
$2.00 PER YEAR
VOL. 1, No. 15
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Longshoremen Holding
Another Dance Tonight
HERE’S CONTEST THAT
REQUIRES QUICK EYE
CAR OVERTURNS ON HIGHWAY;
TEXAS CITIAN SLIGHTLY HURT
EPWORTH LEAGUERS
TO SPONSOR CLEVER
AMATEURS TUESDAY
The election of Levi Fry as super-
intendent of the Texas City schools
for a period of one year at a 20 per
cent reduction in salary, the election
LEAGUE CITY CIVIL
WAR VETERAN WAS
LAID AWAY SUNDAY
JEWEL THEATER IS
GIVING $100 RING
AWAY TOMORROW
MUSICALE MONDAY
NIGHT BY BUSINESS
* WOMEN AUSPICIOUS
NEW OFFICERS FOR
YEAR ELECTED BY
LA MARQUE P.-T.A.
LOCAL CIVIC CLUB
EXPLAINS PROGRAM
COUNTY FEDERATION
WILL ROGERS BEST
IN NEWEST PICTURE
AT JEWEL SUNDAY
Tomorrow night the strain will be
over—you either will be the happy
owner of that wonderful diamond ring
that Manager McClain is going to pre-
sent to someone or “Lady Luck” won’t
be listening when you call.
years ago, loosing the office by
small margin.
British Standard Measura
An imperial quart is the measure of
a quart as appointed by statute to be
used throughout the United Kingdom.
The standard is also adopted by the
other nations forming the British fed-
eration.
PARLIAMENTARY
PROCEDURE
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The regular quarterly meeting of the
Galveston County Federation of Wom-
en’s Clubs which is to be held at Dick-
inson, next Friday, April 22nd, was the
REPORTS $100.00 ADDED TO
PIN FUND THROUGH.
PLAY RECEIPTS
Only At $3,600
Per Year
Rhodes Elected Head
Of Local Rotary Club
DISTRICT SCHOOL
LATIN TOURNAMENT
AT CENTRAL HIGH
THE “TIMES” REGRETS
TO REPORT NEWS ITEMS
OMITTED LAST WEEK
ENTIRE COMMUNITY PAYS
LAST HOMAGE TO
OLD SOLDIER
GALVESTON CAST PUTS ON
SHOW AT SCHOOL
AUDITORIUM
REQUEST GALVESTON MEN
FOR IMPARTIAL
SURVEY
LEAGUE CITY WOMAN
BURIED IN ST. LOUIS
ACCUSES WIFE OF SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBER OF
SLANDER
“BUSINESS & PLEASURE” IS
FUNNIEST OF NOTED
HUMORISTS
Galveston County Times
Published at Texas City —The Mainland’s Home Newspaper
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COUNTY DAIRYMEN
ASKING THAT FAIR
MILK RATE BE SET
WILL SAIL FOR HIS
‘HOMELAND’AFTER
50 YEARS IN U. S.
DICKINSON SCHOOL
TEACHER ASKS FOR
$10,000 DAMAGES
“I LIKE DEPRESSIONS”
Says Henry Ansley
Don’t say Texas City newspaper
SAY “THE TIMES”
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tion and her professional standing as
a school teacher, $2,500 damages for
mental anguish and $2,500 exemplary
damages.
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Board Re-Appoints Fry Supt.
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A blowout of a tire on the car of
J. Jacobson, Jr., of Texas City caused
it to overturn about 5 o’clock Wednes-
day afternoon between the causeway
and the Y, according to Highway Of-
ficer S. L. McCormack. Jacobson was
slightly injured and was conveyed to
Texas City for first aid treatment.
BUSINESS WOMEN AND
CHS GIRL SCOUTS
PARTY MONDAY NIGHT
members of the Texas City Civic Club
at its regular monthly meeting held
Monday afternoon at the city hall club
rooms.
Mrs. H. M. Strong, who will have
charge of the program of the Dickin-
son meeting, explained that the pro-
The body of Mrs. Lueretia Jane
Nicks, 73, who died Wednesday at her
home in League City, was sent to St.
Louis at 11 p.m. last night by the
Fogle-West Company of Houston for
burial.
KEMAH PARENT-TEACHER
ASSOCIATION ELECTS
The Kemah Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion held a meeting at the school for
the purpose of electing officers for
the coming year. The results showed
Mrs. L. D. Epperson elected president;
Mrs. A. L. Emerson, treasurer; Mrs.
O. H. Taylor, secretary. The retiring
officers were Mrs. E. A. Hanson, pres-
ident; Mrs. W. C. Reppert, secretary;
Mrs. L. D. Epperson, treasurer.
MILDRED WASSON, LATIN
BEGINNER, RECORDS
PERFECT SCORE
Acting on the request of its dairy
committee, the board of directors of
the Mainland Chamber of Commerce,
at a meeting held at Dickinson this
week, decided to ask the Galveston
Chamber of Commerce to appoint a
special commission to make a disin-
terested and unprejudiced survey of
the dairy industry of Galveston coun-
ty, with the thought of determining
a “fair” price for milk.
It is the hope of those asking the
intercession of the Galveston Cham-
ber that such a movement would avert
a threatening milk war for the city
of Galveston.
T. C. Scruggs, chairman of the
Miss Mildred Washburn, a school
teacher in the Dickinson school, filed
a $10,000 damage suit in the 56th Dis-
trict Court, alleging libel and slander
against Mrs. C. B. Garner and her
husband, Dr. C. B. Garner, both of
Dickinson.
Miss Washburn, the plaintiff, in her
suit alleges that in January of this
year, Mrs. Garner, in the presence of
two Dickinson residents, made “false,
slanderous” statements, and uttered
“libelous words,” about her, and that
as a result of this alleged slander and
libel she is not being retained as a
teacher in the Dickinson schools for
the year 1932-1933.
The plaintiff asks from Mrs. Gar-
ner and her husband, Dr. Garner,
$5,000 actual damages to her reputa-
3rd year—Cicero high, Beaumont.
2nd year—San Jacinto high, Houston.
1% years—Sam Houston high,
Houston.
1st year—Albert Sidney Johnson high,
Houston.
January beginners — Albert Sidney
Johnson high, Houston.
Individual awards of pins and rib-
bons were presented members of the
cup winning teams.
To Mildred Wasson, age 11, in the
Sth grade at Central high, and a Janu-
ary beginner in Latin, goes the honor
of making the only perfect 100% score
in the contest. As individual winner
she received a gold pin. Her accom-
plishment is considered remarkable, as
records show that it is extremely rare
for a beginner to turn in a perfect
paper and make the coveted 100%.
Contestants this year were fewer
than in former years, but what they
lacked in numbers they made up in
youthful enthusiasm. After the contest
all entrants were the guests of Central
at a special performance at the Jewel
theater.
During the evening a banquet was
held at the Hotel Livingstone for the
visitors and instructors and specially
invited guests.
by the
Exactly 106 contestants, representing
22 high schools in the southeastern dis-
trict, were entrants in the annual dis-
trict interscholastic league Latin tour-
nament held at Central High School
here, last Saturday afternoon. High
school students from Beaumont, Port
Arthur, Houston, Galveston, represent-
ing the larger cities in the district
were present in large numbers.
Papers for the contest, which was a
By one of those unfortunate cir-
cumstances, for which no one can
be held responsible, a special de-
livery letter containing the local
Church Notes and several other lo-
cal items, failed to make the usual
connection last week. As a result
these items were missing from the
columns of the TIMES.
These things happen in the best
regulated postoffices, newspaper
shops, or what have you. Letters
are like humans, when they get out
regular of their channel, they
sometimes go astray.
TEXAS CITIANS PRESENT
ENJOY SPLENDID
PERFORMANCE
of parliamentary procedure. Motions
will be made, seconded, tabled, adopted,
etc. Members will rise to “the point of
order” while “the point of personal
privilege” will be demonstrated by
those taking part in the program.
The parliamentary instruction class
will be led by the Texas City Civic
Club, Dickinson Community Club and
the Friendswood W. C. T. U., under
the direction of Mrs. Strong. This will
be followed by a “round table” dis-
cussion. All members of the local club
are urged to attend this all-day confer-
ence, which will be interesting as well
as instructive. Sandwiches should be
taken as luncheon will not be provided
on this occasion.
Following the routine business ses-
sion, presided over by Mrs. R. M. Orth,
a short program arranged by Mrs. Har-
old Jacobs, program chairman was pre-
sented, which included the reading of
“A Fortune to Share,” by Vash Young,
C. PIERSON AWARDED
RCA VICTOR RADIO
. LAST WEEK
There will be another one of those
big benefit dances staged at the Long-
shoremen’s Hall tonight under the
sponsorship of the Texas City local
No. 636, International Longshore-
men’s Association.
Music will be furnished by that
snappy eight-piece orchestra that has
been beguiling the patrons of the
Loma Linda night club at Houston
during the winter months.
Dancing will start around 8:30 and
continue until—if you know how late
that means.
ring away. They started sorta easy
like. The first week, a watch; the
next week a bicycle, then came a
lady’s wrist watch. Last week a $70
RCA Victor radio went to L. C. Pier-
son of Texas City.
So tomorrow night take in the show
at the Jewel. Supply yourself with
merchants’ coupons, which are obtain-
able from the co-operating merchants,
drop the stubs in the box in the lobby
and go in and enjoy the show. About
8:15 Manager McClain will call out a
number taken from the. box, and if
you’ve got the corresponding number
the lovely diamond ring belongs to
you. You see it’s very simple. All
you’ve got to do is to be there and
hold the right ticket.
succeeding Edward Jaeger, who failed
to be re-elected, were some of the
highlights of the first meeting of the
new school board, held Thursday night
of last week.
After organization was effected, the
question of electing a superintendent
for the city’s schools for next year
came up for discussion.
It was moved by Dr. Danforth, sec-
onded by M. J. Mikeska, that Superin-
tendent Fry be given a contract for
a one-year term at a salary of $3,600
per year.
Arguments advanced favoring this
20 per cent reduction in salary were
mmadahxz Truetenc Mikeseka and Dr
Danforth, who, after considerable op-
position from certain of the older
board members, were able to convince
those objecting. The motion was fin-
ally carried unanimously.
There will be a regular meeting of
the board next Tuesday night at Cen-
tral high school. The Times is re-
quested to announce that these board
meetings will be open to all citizens
and they are urged to attend and
learn something about how the local
schools are operated.
Will Rogers continues his triumph-
ant career as America’s greatest talk-
ing screen comedian in his newest ve-
hicle, “Business and Pleasure,” which
opens at the Jewel Theatre, Sunday
afternoon for a two-day stay.
Rogers has never been funnier than
he is in this excellent adaptation of
Booth Tarkington’s best selling novel,
“The Plutocrat.” He starts the picture
with a laugh, and works up to a cli-
max of hilarity which will send the au-
dience from the theatre roaring with
laughter.
In this production Rogers, in the
role of a Middle Western business man
touring abroad for pleasure and busi-
ness, takes some nifty cracks at the
small army of snobs who think it is
sophisticated to sneer at everything
American when they are in Europe.
Joel McCrea, as a sophisticated play-
wright, undergoes a complete meta-
morphosis during the course of the
picture, his sneers turning into the
The following article written by
Henry Ansley of the Amarillo Globe-
News, is printed in this column, be-
cause Old Timer thinks it’s worth all
the space it takes up. And he knows
that after you’ve read it, you’ll feel
the same way about it.
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I like the depression. No more pros-
perity for me.
I have had more fun since the de-
pression started than I ever had in my !
life. I had forgotten how to live, what
it meant to have real friends, what it
was like to eat common every-day food.
Fact is, I was getting just a little high
hat.
Tomorrow, folks, is the big night.
It’s taken the Jewel Theater manage-
ment five weeks to muster up enough !
courage to give that $100.00 diamond j
Lauded as one of the most commend-
able features of their program for the
year, was the concert sponsored by
the Business and Professional Wom-
en’s Club of Texas City and presented
by Miss Catherine Pearson at the City
Auditorium Monday night.
The audience, a comparatively small
but a highly selective one, was com-
posed of earnest music-lovers, if the
rapt attention given the various num-
bers were any sort of an indication.
Frank B. Herrle was first on the
program and delighted his audience
with his pleasing rendition of the pop-
ular “Polonaise” in A by Frederick
Chopin. Mr. Herrle proved during the
evening that he is equally as effective
as an accompanist or soloist.
Conway R. Shaw followed with sev-
eral violin solos from a very diversi-
fied repertoire, ranging from the
tricky “Katinka Mazurka” of Franz
Drdla, to the simple “Believe Me If
All Those Endearing Young Charms.”
Mr. Shaw, who uses a genuine Stradi-
varius is a soloist of the highest qual-
ity and a master of interpretation and
technique.
Heard to the best advantage in the
difficult “Pace, Pace Mio Dio” of Verd
were the bell-like soprano tones of Miss
Leonora Dorian. When she gave as an
encore the gentle and well-loved “Dan-
ny Boy,” Miss Dorian demonstrated
Members of the Business and
Professional Women’s Club and
Girl Scouts in the High School
Group of Troop No. 3 are invited
to a social evening to be given at
the Girl Scouts Hall next Monday
evening (April 18th) at 8 o’clock,
with Mrs. F. M. Teusch as hostess.
As this is the last of the official
social meetings on the club calen-
dar, all members are urged to at-
tend.
Dancing, games, and an informal
program will occupy the evening
and refreshments will be served.
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Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 4 P. M. at the Methodist
Church for Thomas W. Reeves, 87, who
died Friday at 5:25 P. M. at his home
in League City. Burial was in the
League City cemetery under the direc-
tion of Fogle-West, Rev. R. L. Lemons,
officiating.
He is survived by four sons, W. A.
Reeves of Winters, A. W. Reeves, Tom
Cooke and Bill Cooke of League City;
two daughters, Mrs. Tom Mitchell of
Bartlett and Mrs. J. G. Shoddy of Im-
perial, Cal.; two sisters, Mrs. R. M.
Griffin of National City, Cal., and Mrs.
Martha Henington of Holland, Texas;
six grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. He was a member of
the G. A. R.
Active pallbearers were L. P. Doak,
rell, Emmett McKibben, E. D. Single-
tary.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. O.
Patton, Ezra Crow, Roy Cupid, August
Schenk, T. A. Kilgore, J. H. Huntley,
E. Shenck, T. A. Kilgore, J. H. Ross,
J. E. Hayes, W. S. Rakestraw, Robert
Parke, R. H. Scholes, H. Coons, J. N.
Thomas, Richard Benson, Dr. L. W.
Dallas, W. P. Stoddar, G. A. Davidson,
Bert Furman, V. C. Hall, J. A. Dugat,
Dale Coons, Walter Hinson, Walter
Medsger, Sam Taylor, Luke Johnson,
J. W. Hatfield, R. H. Hatfield, George
Lyons, T. M. Snell, J. E. Wise, O. W.
Burt, W. P. Guinn, W. W. Brooks and
R. O. Little.
was under the direction of Miss Mar-
garet Phillips, member of the Central
faculty. Latin examinations were held
for students in every grade, with suit-
able awards for the individual winners
and cups for the winning schools.
Examinations started promptly at
12:30 and terminated at four in the
afternoon. Contestants were assembled
in different classrooms, under the su-
pervision of a Latin teacher, who was
in charge of each room. Papers were
graded by competent Latin teachers
from the various schools in this dis-
trict.
Cups were awarded to the following
schools in the following grades:
mainland chamber’s dairy committee,
in presenting the recommendation of
his group described the situation in
Galveston as “like sitting on a pow-
der keg as long as this milk war goes
on in Houston.”
The difficulty arose in Galveston
several days ago, he said, when a firm
there which does not buy its milk
from the Texas Dairy League at Ar-
cadia, started cutting prices. The
other distributors, who patronize the
producers’ co-operative, are unable to
meet these price 'reductions, he said,
without cutting the price to the farm-
Ed Salzmann of the poultry com-
mittee recommended that action be
started with the view of obtaining
legislation requiring dealers to stamp
cold storage and incubator eggs so
that they will not be sold in competi-
tion with the fresh product. The mat-
ter was referred to the committee
with the suggestion that they start
compiling data on the subject and get
in touch with poultrymen in other
parts of the state.
W. G. Hall of League City presented
a plan for a mammoth countywide
barbecue and political rally July 4 at
the County Park. The directors voted
to sponsor the affair with the object
of raising funds to retire the organ-
ization’s indebtedness. Mr. Hall was
given a vote of thanks and the plan
was referred to the entertainment
committee.
Officials of the Santa Fe railway
“Let’s All Get Married,” a clever two-
act comedy, and which from reports
of those who have attended the re-
hearsals, is a “wow,” will be presented
by a troupe of clever young Galves-
tonians, under the sponsorship of the
Epworth League of the Central Meth-
odist Church, at the Central High audi-
torium, next Tuesday night, April 19th.
The curtain is scheduled to go up
promptly at eight o’clock.
Between the acts there will be a
“musical melange,” selections from
Central High’s orchestra, with Miss
Catherine Pearson, wielding the baton.
The locale of “Let’s All Get Married”
is laid in a small college town and
the entire action takes place in the
livingroom of a faculty member, “with
a reputation for mathematics.”
Those in the cast are as follows: Pro-
fessor Maxwell Carrington, Raymond
Jari; Ethel Carrington, his sister,
Claudia Henry; Miss Laura Plum, Eu-
nice Westerlage; Marjorie Miller, Alice
Lawler; Goldie McGrath, Elvira Opper-
man; Everett Payne, Marion Hoecker;
Rev. Benjamin Morris, Edward John-
son; Dick Havens, Calvin Grayson;
Jack Foster, Abbott Hoecker; Biggs,
Bill Slough.
Who will be the champion fly-
swatter of Texas City? That is the
question that is running through
the minds of hundreds of our
good citizens.
If you notice your best friend
with his hand clenched tightly and
a wild look in his eye, don’t be
alarmed for your personal safety.
It’s the “Musca domestica” or
common housefly that he’s after.
The great All-American indoor
Summer sport has now commenc-
ed. The 1932 model fly swatter
(the implement not the person) is
quite an artistic affair. Instead of
the old canvas or wire affair, the
1932 model fly swatter is quite or-
nate. It comes in delicate pastel
shades and is made of a soft fi-
brous material which is not so
hard on curtains and drapes and
must be infinitely more gentle for
the fly.
All you champion fly swatters
get in me game -audokvy ----4
your fancy curls and swerves.
Back-hand strokes and cut-shots
are permissible.
The official fly-swatter (the im-
plement, not the person) desig-
nated by the tournament commit-
tee and recognized exponents of
the art may be obtained from The
Economy Store.
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Rosenberg Library,
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Kathleen Bradford Benson, of
League City, a student at Sam Hous-
ton College, was one of three stu-
dents scoring highest in grades dur-
ing the winter quarter.
Mrs. Benson carried six subjects,
one more than the regular load, acted
as nurse for her son, Royal, who de-
veloped a case of “flu,” had an attack
of “flu” herself, and made six “A’s”
in spite of these handicaps.
The college authorities, in recogni-
tion of Mrs. Benson’s superior ability
and splendid preparation, put her in
charge of a class in government for
the spring term.
Readers will remember Mrs. Benson
as a candidate for county superinten-
dent of schools in the election two
When the s/s “Lutzow” sails from
Galveston on May 4th, it will carry
with it August Woitschell, who goes
back to the “Fatherland” after an ab-
sence of exactly fifty years.
Woitschell, who has been working
out at the Vacuum plant for about ten
years is “going home.” Going home to
Gross Blaustein in East Prussia,
which he left in April of 1882, as a
young man of 33 years.
When August sailed to the United
States 50 years ago there were no pa-
latial steamers to carry him across in
five days. It took him 18 days to make
the trip from Bremen to Baltimore.
Old man Woitschell was a tailor in his
younger days and from accounts, a
mighty good tailor too. He plied his
needle in Birmingham, Ala., Memphis,
Tenn., and in Dallas and Fort Worth,
-Texas. Then he got the urge to go
“back to the land” and came to Dick-
inson in 1894, where he farmed for
more than 25 years. He came to Texas
City in 1922 and has been here con-
tinuously since that time.
August Woitschell is a wonderful
man for his years. His memory is mar-
velous; he is an insatiable reader and
is conversant with all topics of the
day. His health is perfect and he is ex-
tremely active. He has made many
friends in Texas City who will regret
his leaving and yet when they say “auf
weidersehen" will feel happy that he
is going to see his brothers, a sister
and nephews once more.
But he will leave as a souvenir, the
beautiful gardens surrounding the Va-
cuum plant which he tended so care-
fully and lovingly.
AUGUST WOITSCHELL OF
TEXAS CITY TO GO
BACK HOME
An entertaining little playlet, given
by the pupils of the sixth grade, and a
report from the chairman of the Pin
Committee that the proceeds from the
play, “The Family Album” added more
than $100.00 to the class pin fund and
the election of new officers were the
outstanding features of the meeting of
the La Marque Parent-Teachr Associa-
tion, held Wednesday afternoon, with
Mrs. W. K. Ray in the chair.
After a roll call, which was answer-
ed by those present with a “book
tile,” or a quotation or proverb, the
pupils of the sixth grade, under the
direction of Miss Lucille Brooks, pre-
sented a short playlet entitled “Broth-
erhood.”
This was followed by the election of
officers to serve for the coming year,
with the following results: President,
Mrs. L. A. Ostermeyer; first vice-
president, Mrs. C. H. Westerlage; sec-
ond vice president, Mrs. J. H. Griffin;
secretary, Mrs. B. A. Schoenberg;
treasurer, Mrs. James O’Mara.
Mrs. John Oberndorf er, chairman of
the “Pin” committee then read her re-
port of the proceeds of the play, "The
Family Album,” recently sponsored by
the association. The members were
highly elated when they heard that
more than $100.00 had been made to
add to the fund for awarding gold
pins to the best all 'rouhd boy and
girl in each of the nine classes and
for the boy and girl making a perfect
attendance record for the term.
The recently elected board of direc-
tors of the Texas City Rotary Club at
a special meeting held Tuesday, prior
to regular weekly luncheon, elected E.
V. Rhodes, of the Texas Sugar Refin-
ing Corporation, as president to suc-
ceed Earl L. Noble July 1st.
H. J. Mikeska, of the Texas City
Terminal Railway, was elected vice
president and J. W. Halstead was re-
elected secretary. Committee appoint-
ments will be made public within the
next few weeks.
There being no regular program,
W. A. “Bill” Eicher, Gaston Peek and
Peter Gengler, all of Galveston, made
short talks on subjects of general in-
terest.
good ones. I was always dressed up.
But now, I haven’t bought a suit in
two years. I am mighty proud of my subject of much discuss o
Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes. When I
dress up, I am dressed up and I don’t
mean maybe. I like the depression.
The Wife
Three years ago I was so busy and
my wife was so busy that we didn’t see
much of each other, consequently we
sort of lost interest in each other. I
never went home to lunch. About
twice a week I went home for dinner
at 6:30 o’clock. I never had time to go
anywhere with her. If I did go on a
party, I could never locate her, since
there was always a “blonde” or a red-
head” available I didn’t much worry
about it.
My wife belonged to all the clubs in
town. She even joined the young moth-
er’s club. We don’t have, any children,
but she was studying—and between
playing bridge and going to clubs, she
was never at home.
We got stuck up and hifalutin’. We
even took down the old family bed and
bought a set of twin beds—on the in-
stallment plan.
When I would come home at night,
if my wife was at home, she would al-
ready be in her bed and I would crawl
in mine. If she came in first, it was
vice versa.
Beds and Clubs
We like the depression. We have
come down off our pedestal and are
really living at my house now. The
twin beds are stored in the garage and
the old family affair is now being
used. We are enjoying life. Instead of ,
taking a hot-water bottle to bed these
cold nights, she sticks her heels in my
back just like she did before Hoover
was elected.
I haven’t been out on a party in 18
months. I have lost my book of tele-
phine numbers. My wife has dropped
all the clubs. I believe we are falling
in love all over again. I am pretty well
satisfied with my wife. Think I will
keep her, at least until she is forty and
then if I feel like I do now, I may
trade her for two twenties.
I am feeling better since the depres-
sion. I take more exercise. I walk to
town and a lot of folks who used to
drive Cadillacs are walking with me. I
like the depression.
My digestion is better. I haven’t been
to see a doctor in a year. I can eat
anything I want to.
Food—and Food
I am getting real, honest-to-goodness
food. Three years ago, we had filet
mignon once a week, now we have
round steak and flour gravy. Then, we
had roast breast of guinea hen, now we
are glad to get sow-bosom with the but-
tons on it.
• I like the depression. My salary has
been cut to where I can’t afford to
buy lettuce and spinach and parsley
and we can’t afford to have sandwiches
and frozen desserts and all that dam-
foolishness which has killed more good
men than the World War.
I like the depression. Three years
ago, I never had time to go to church.
I played golf all day Sunday and be-
sides I was so darned smart that there
Then—and Now
Three years ago, only one man of
the News-Globe organization could be
out of town at a time and he had to
leave at the last minute and get back
as soon as possible. Many times I have
driven 100 miles to a banquet, sat
through three hours of bunk in order
to make a 5-minute speech, then drive
the 100 miles back so as to be ready
for work the next morning.
Nowadays, as many News-Globe em-
ployees as are invited make those trips
and we stay as long as we want to. The
whole outfit could leave the office now
and it wouldn’t make any difference.
I like the depression. I have time to
visit my friends, to make new ones.
Two years ago when I went to a neigh-
boring town, I always stayed at the
hotel. Now I go home with my friends
stay all night and enjoy home cooking.
I have even spent the week-end with
some of the boys who have been kind
enough to invite me.
Time, Neighbors, Clothes
It’s great to drop into a store and
feel that you can spend an hour or
two or three or a half day just visit-
ing and not feel that you are wasting
valuable time. I like the depression.
I am getting acquainted with my
neighbors. In the last six months I
have become acquainted with folks who
have been living next door to me for
three years. I am following the Bibli-
cal admonition, “Love your neighbors.”
One of my neighbors has one of the
best-looking wives I have ever seen.
She is a dandy. I am getting acquaint-
ed with my neighbors and learning to
love them.
Three years ago I ordered my clothes
from a merchant tailor—two and three
suits at a time. All my clothes were
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