The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1939 Page: 2 of 6
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Vftt CalUnell JMoi
And The Burleaon County Ledger
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CaUwal Nm Tkaraéay, tat IS,
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Miss Lillian Risse returned to
Houston after visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. B. Risse, for several
days.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dyer of Hous-
ton spent several days here this
week.
Mrs. D. H. Reese of Dallas spent
the past week with Mr. and Mrs.
A. N. Neal.
Mr. and Mrs. I. F. Ward had as
their guests last week-end Mrs. An-
nie Walker and Mrs. Ruth Sellers
of Dallas.
Misses Sarah Elisabeth Bowers
and Nell Glover of Huntsville spent
several days here.
Miss Vira Glover has returned
from a trip to Houston and Beau
mont. . ■
Any reflection upon the Character of "any person or any mis-state-
«•at of fads will be gladly corrected upon being called to the
iff the publishers. Corres—
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are kind!
of
'ndents or other persons reporting news han-
" the facts or the
dly asked to be reasonably sure of
sil statements.
4-H Club News
0EANVILLE 4-H CLUB
By Mary Lee Reichle
This is a complete report on Leon
Lehman's cotton and corn project.
Hie following is his cotton report:
January 16 and 17, listed his
land.
March 13 and 14, harrowed the
beds.
April 20 and 21, planted 3 acres
«f cotton.
May 1 and 2, cultivated cotton
tar the first time.
May 10 and 11, plowed the mid-
dles.
May 15 and 17, chopped cotton.
May 18 and 19, cultivated cotton
tar the second time.
June 8 and 9, chopped cotton for
the second time.
June 12 and 13, plowed the mid-
The following is his corn report
ta 8 acres of Yellow Dent corn:
January 26 and 27, listed his
land.
March 14 and 15, harrowed his
«and. „
March 27 and 28, planted corn.
/April 7, corn began to come up.
( April 24 and 25, chopped corn.
May 4 and 5, plowed the middles.
May 25 and 26, cultivated his
aorn.
May 31, plowed the middles.
dune 1, plowed the middles for
(fete second time.
Mary Lee Reichle lost one turkey
the past week. She is going to dip
her turkeys for "red bugs."
LIBERT Y4-H CLUB
By Ola Mae Coufal
Louise Herrmann had a good
laying record from her flock of
hens the past month. Walter Loehr
has a large flock of young, healthy
turkeys of which he íb very proud.
Ola Mae Coufal has canned forty-
five quarts of vegetables and is
Wanted
Clean, White
Raga
Free of Buttons
CALDWELL NEWS
expecting much more.
NEW TABOR 4-H CLUB
By V last a Surovik
Clara Gold made 108 bushels of
Irish potatoes from three-fourths
acre of land. She used 400 pounds
of seed which cost her $12.00 and
other expenses were $6.00. She
made a clear profit of $32.00.
Clara planted her Irish potatoes
in four hours or M'^.ch 1. Her po-
tatoes were th , twice and
plowed three times.
LYONS 4-H CLUB
By Justine Schoppe
Vivian Schoppe selected for her
project a garden, which she plant-
ed about the middle of March. In
It site has cabbage, tomatoes, beans,
peas, cucumbers, akra, beets, ra-
dishes, lettuce, mustard and water-
melons. She has canned 60 quarts
of pickles, 18 quarts of beets, 16
quarts of beans, and 8 quarts of
tomatoes, totaling 102 quarts. Be-
ing as this is her first year as a
4-H member, she has made an ex-
cellent success with her project.
CALDWELL 4-H CLUB
By Delta Dancak
Lancear Wolz, v.ho kept n com-
plete farm record last year, re-
ceived a five-dollar check from the
International Harvester Contest.
Lancear is the only boy from Bur-
leson County who entered the con-
test.
The boys from the Caldwell club
who went to Palacios had a very
nice and enjoyable time.
Send The NewB to a Fr4**id.
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HELP YOUR KIDNEYS
If functional Kidney or Bladder
disorders cause Getting up Nights
Backache, Disturbed Sleep, Diui-
Qeas or Rheumatic Pains, Holubec
Drug Store will sell you a box of
Turner's Juno Tablets on a guaran-
tee. Price 50c. (l-26-16ts)
DANCE !
Meyer & Son Hall
Providence
Saturday, June 24th
Music by
Play Boys
ADMISSION: 25c
SEE US WHEN YOU BUY
We have bought some of J. F. Polansky's
HARDWARE STOCK
And we are now making some improvements in
our store.
So cali and look over our stock whether you buy
or not.
Complete stock of building material —- let us figure
with you on your bills.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Smith and Mr.
and Mrs. G. A. Smith and Marilil
spent Sunday in Wallis attending
a family reunion. Misses Sue and
Dixie Irvin of Wallis returned
home with them to spend the week.
Marion King, who has been vis-
iting his brother, J. E. King Jr.,
and Mrs. King, has resumed his
position in Cleveland.
Mrs. B. O. McLean, B. O. McLean
and Miss Jennings McLean left
Sunday for Cincinnatti where they
will remain six weeks.
Mrs. Joe Hardison and daughter,
Betty Jo, left Sunday for Dallas
and New York.
Lee Henslee of Huntsville spent
Monday here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Adams were
Austin visitors ast week.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Dossett and
grand-son oí San Antonio spent
the week-end with Mrs. Kate hous-
ton.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Darby and
Mrs. Ed Ellis were DeVilla visitors
Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. King Jr. and
Janice Lou spent Sunday in Cleve-
land.
Mr. and Mrs. Toland Cross had
as their guests Tuesday, Mesdames
R. W. Burns, Wade A. Cross and
daughter, Charlotte, and Mrs. Mor-
ris Cross, all of Austin.
Pat Cross, who spent last week
in Austin, returned home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mianfey Massey
had as their guests last week-end
Miss Katherine Black of Austin
and Gregory Leudy of Pflugerville.
Miss Rosedale Vest of San Mar-
cos spent last week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. T. M. Massey.
Hancok Ryan spent Sunday in
Bryan and Mr. and Mrs. Billy Ryan
of Dallas returned home with him
to spend a few days.
Mrs. Andrew Taylor and daugh-
ter of Rockdale, and Henry Shaw-
were Tyler visitors last week-end.
Miss Claribel Shaw and Clarence
Bell of Bryan were Galveston vis-
itor Sunday.
STRANGE
SUPERSTITIONS
By Edwin Finch
MMONGTWE, TIBETANS
u / ~ /4 A WSHlONAftCE. 0ÜRIAL
CUSTOM * To HWfcTHE
UNDERTAKER CüT UP TME0OOV
AND EXPOSE IT TO 0EASTS ANO
Birds of prev, when tme push
has Been dev/oureo, the Bones
ARE CAST INTO THE Rw/ER WITH
The exception of a few that
a?e. kept 6v1he FAMllV as
mementos.
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PRODUCTION IS AN
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ADVENTURERS' CLUB
HIADUNIS MOM TNI irVlf
OP MOFLI LIKI YOUtSILPI
"The Bomb in the Boxcar"
Hello, everybody^
You know, sometimes there's a lot of difference be-
tween what people may think of a man and what he thinka
of himself. In the case of John Feen of Miami, Okla., for
instance, there are people who think he is a hero. During
the war, his officers were all for recommending John for
decoration, because they thought a certain brave act of
John's deserved a medal if any act of heroism ever did.
But that's what the other folks think of Ifc Just between
us, John doesn't share their views at all. In John's own
estimation he's just a doggone careless sap, and whatever
happened was his own fault in the first place. And he de-
served to be shot a heck of a lot more than he deserved a
'medal. — •; i *.1 ¡é* i •
That's what John thinks about it. He swears that what
he did wasn't heroism at all. Well—you can decide that for
yourself. But there's one thing I'm certain of. It may or it
may not have been heroism—but it sure was adventure!
Now let'* take this yarn to Siberia and tag along with that little
bunch of American soldiers who stayed over there after the war to
clean up some of the tag ends of the Big Unpleasantness. Two bat*
talllons of the Twenty-seventh infantry were quartered at Berosovka,
trying to keep a bit of order in a land where both law and order had
broken down. The bandit leader, Seminoff, with a large band of Cos*
sacks, was plundering and looting and murdering in the region, using
an armored railroad train as a base of operations. And on January 5,
1990, word came that he was headed toward Berosovka.
As He Leaned Forward, There Was a Sharp, Ominous Click.
Both battalions were ordered to the field, and John Feen was in
that gang, carrying a rifle and a knapsack full of hand grenades. I'd
like to tell you more about that scrap with Seminoff's Cossacks, but
that's an adventure story all in itself. All I can tell you here is that the
Yanks waited for Seminoff's armored train, blew up the track in front
of it, and bombed and fought their way into the cars. On the last
charge, John took what few grenades he had left out of his knapsack
He leaped forward and dropped on the pile of coats.
and stuffed them in his pockets. Then the Aghting was over and the
Americans were climbing into the tiny box cars of a troop train that
had come out from Berosovka to get them.
In the car John was in, the boys built a Bre in the tin stove,
peeled off their sheepskin coats and threw them In a pile on the
floor. Then ley flopped on the floor and tried to get a little sleep.
The fire blazed up, and the little car became unbearably hot.
Tbe coats were close to the stove, and John was afraid they'd be
scorched. He got up to move them. As he leaned over and
slipped his arm under the pile there was a sharp, ominous crack,
and instantly, every one of thou! tired men leaped to hli feet.
They knew all too well what that sound was—a grenade, getting
ready to explode. Someone tad left that grenade in his coat
pocket, and John, in picking up those coats, had accidentally
dislodged the pin!
"Faces," says John, "became wax-like as men asked themselves
whose cout it was, arid how far down in the pile the bomb lay. We
were all praying it was on the bottom where the whole pile of coats would
cover ik Then maybe some of us might have a chance. If it wasn't—
if it blew up high-wide and handsome in the crowded quarters of that
little car—the slaughter would be appalling.
"The swaying boxcar seemed to creak the fatal words, 'Ten
seconds to live . . . ten seconds to live.' Ten seconds more-
then nine—then eight. The deep rumble of the wheels on the
tracks below sounded like muffled drums and the wind outside
howled a mournful 'Litany of the Dead.' The tiny candle that
lit the car flickered spasmodically for a moment and died. The
gloom closed Id—and still we waited."
Up to that time everyone hod been too stunned to move. A crowd
of tight-lipped doughboys stood motionless, waiting for death. John
Feen was the first one to recover his senses. He screamed to that
bunch of men to lie down—and that broke the spell. A dozen heavy
bodies thudded to the floor. One man swore aloud. Another sobbed
and a third muttered a woman's name. But John was still on his feet.
He was standing right over that bomb, and for a brief second his lips
moved. He was praying.
John's Body Protects Others From Grenade Blast.
But it was only for a moment. There was hardly any time for
prayer. Three or four seconds more and that bomb would be going
off. And he had a job to do before that happened. The prayer had hordly
left his lips when he leaped forward—dropped on that pile of coats his
arms hugging them to him like a hen mothering her brood. That
deadly engine of destruction buried somewhere in that pile of coats
might blow him to bits, but the other fellows in the car would have
a chance.
One second—two seconds—and then there was a roar that
sounded to John as if It had come from the bowels of Hell Itself.
Bright scarlet flashes streaked the interior of the car. He felt
the pile of coats heave beneath him—and then John just doesn't
remember any more.
The first thing be remembers after that was that someone was lifting
him. He heard someone else talking, and the words sounded faint, and
far away, and hollow as if the man who was speaking them was talking
into a barrel. Slowly, consciousness came back to him. He opened
his eyes. He remembered now—thi-1 bomb! Anxiously he counted the
white faces that were bent over him. They were all there, those bud-
dies of his. He sighed in relief—and fainted.
John woke up In the hospltsl at Berosovka—a bit surprised
to find that he was still alive. He probably wouldn't have been
alive If that bomb hadn't been down at the bottom of the pile
of coats—thick sheepskin coats that stopped the flying hits of steel.
As It was, his arm was shattered and full of bits of corrugated
metal—and it would have to come off.
A few days later, while he was recuperating from tbe amputation
of that arm an officer came to his bedside and told him he was going
to be recommended for decoration—but John told that officer to lay off.
He didn't want any medals. He didn't think he deserved any. All he
had done was what he knew darned well it was his duty to do.
"You see," he says, "it was my coat pocket that held that grenade!"
Copyright.—WNU Survlce.
Sponges Were Originally Used by the Greek Soldiers
Strange though it sounds, sponges
live and grow and die just like any
other animals. And because they're
salt-water animals, the fresh water
was their finish, observes the Wash*
ington Post. Actually, sponges as
we know them aren't sponges but
the skeletons of sponges. The
sponge is a collection of tiny one-
celled creatures who get together
and build the skeleton. These cu-
rious animals first attracted the at-
tention of the Greeks many years
ago. Grecian soldiers wore metal
helmets and shin guards and cursed
at the blisters they raised. Then
someone dove into the Mediterran-
ean, came up with a sponge and
discovered it would make a good
pad. Sponges were used for bath-
ing then, too, and also os floor mops
and brushes.
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FLOUR, Texo—extra high patent
48-Lb. sack $1.39; 24-Lb. sack ... 75c
12-Lb. sack ..89c
Laying Mash, 5-Star, 100-Lb. sack >1.85
Laying Mash, Summerweight
100-Lb. sack $1.75
Baking Powder, Dairy Maid ...
25-oz. (bowl FREE) . 20c
Syrup Pepsin, Freeman, 25c size 18c
SOAP, Yellow, 8 bars 25c
Mineral Crystal, certified, 50c size, 42c
COD LIVER OIL, pint 63c
Aspirins, St Joseph's, 10c size
2 tins „ 15c
HEALTH SOAP, 3 bars 10c
CIGARS, R. J. Allen, 5 for 10c
Cliquot Club Ginger Ale, pint.. 12c
CANDY, Chocolate, pound 10c
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days of barbecuing
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Smith, G. A. The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 22, 1939, newspaper, June 22, 1939; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175362/m1/2/: accessed March 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.