Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 165, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 2, 1941 Page: 3 of 6
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1941
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SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
PACE
Full Conscription
Of Manpower For
Var Effort Asked
#
Hitler Attack On Isles
9 When Defeat In Russia
Recognized Is Foreseen
By William B. Dickinson
UP Staff Correspondent
0 LONDON, Dec. 2 — (UP) —
Prime Minister Winston Chur-
chill today called for maximum
mobilization of British man
power and woman powier to
expand the nation's war effort
0.0 the limit and promised that
with American aid to the allied
powers would soon be superior
to the axis in military strength.
Churchill introduced a mo-
tion to carry out his plea for
conscription of all remaining
mpni and women who can aid in
increasing war production.
That he said generally
would move the nation
"nearer the front" in prep-
f aration for the <lay when
Adolf Hitler, "recognizing"
his defeat in Russia, will
turn his fury against the
British Isles again us well
as for Ihe time when the
£ Allien will he superior in
equipment to the enemy.
That day, he indicated,
would he in 1042.
Britain already is equal to
the axis in equipment, the
j)rime minister said.
• He proposed to raise the age
for compulsory military service
from 41 to 50, thus bringing
under review the cases of 275,11
TOO men, and said that another
JO years might have to be add-
led later.
Men over 41 years old would
be used for static or sedentary
duties.
He also sought to compel an
estimated 1,020.000 unmarried
women from 20 to 30 years old
to join the uniformed auxiliary
services.
Churchill's motion asserted
that "in the opinion of the
house . . . the obligations for
#hational service should be ex-
tended to include resources of
woman power and man power
still available and necessary
legislation should be brought in
forthwith."
^ The prime minister em-
phasized thai many new
plants have now been con-
structed and must he fully
staffed and at the same time
a powerful mobile army
m must be maintained for
home defense and foreign
expeditions.
"We must face a continuous
growth of the navy and must
man a great number of war-
dships of all kinds which are
doming steadily into service,'
he said. •
"Many munitions from the
United States will be retained,"
Churchill said, listing the pro-
eduction time table for the Allies
®as follows:
First year—nothing; 2nd year
—very little; 3rd year—quite a
lot; 4th year—all you want.
"We are now at the beginning
of the third year," he said. "The
•United States is getting through
its second year. Germany start-
ed the war already well into
its fourth year.
"We have to make a definite-
ly harder turn of the screw . . .
•Here is another instalment if
toil, sweat, inconvenience, and
self denial, which 1 am sure
will be accepted with cheerful,
proud alacrity by all classes in
the British nation."
$ He said that since it was not
possible now to supply all home
guards with rifles, they had
been supplemented with mach-
ineguns, pistols and grenades
and that "we should not hesi
(Jtate to placet in the hands of the
citizen a pike or a mace."
In conclusion, the prime
minister emphasized that
the fate of the world de-
pends upon Britain.
"It is absolutely necessary
not only that the armies of the
East should be maintained and
reinforced continually but that
we should constantly have here
a very powerful and equipped
Aarmy ready to leap at the throat
of any invader who might ob
tain lodgment from the sea or
air."
Ho warned that Hitler might
Twelve Lovelies!
Meet 12 Sweetwater Sub-Del) members, who were introduced formally Friday evening at a
presentation ball at the .Made hotel crystal room. Two others, not shown, were Odessa ICIIiolt
and Ituhy Claire Kberle. Heading left to right hack row: Virginia Towns, Klila Sue Pee, Doris
Cornelius, llobhy Watson, Venus Rlythe, Kclay Jo Kowlett, Phyllis (.rounds, Opal 1'ssery,
Delta Frances Moore. Seated in front is Virginia Rogers.
Town Topics Tersely Told
Mrs. Hoy Costephens accom-
panied her daughter, Dorothy,
back to Denton after a visit here
during the holidays. She is a stu-
dent of Texas State College for
Women.
+ *
Jimmy Dulauey is confined to
the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Duianey with an
attack of influenza.
* * *
Mr. and M is. Dee Holland
spent the Thanksgiving holidays
in Haskell and Stephenville vis-
iting relatives.
The Rev. and Mrs. C. \.
Long were in Abilene Monday
visiting their daughter, Virginia,
who is receiving treatment in
the Hendrix memorial hospital
for injuries sustained in an au-
tomobile accident. The Rev. Mr.
Long preached at Coahoma and
Garden City Sunday.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Dean en-
tertained as their weekend
guests her parents, Comptroller
and Mrs. George Sheppard, her
sisters and husbands, Mr. and
Mrs. Harris Toler and son. Tom-
my, and Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Stolley and son, (lay, all of Aus-
tin, ,and her son, Roy Soudday,
student at Texas university.
They spent part time at Lake
SjvpeUvater hunting and fishing.
. Mr. Sheppard brought turkey
with far greater forces I an(| venison from a hunt for
every modern improve-i the family reunion.
We must always be rea-
soon turn against Britain again.
"We are all ready for him,"
he said. "We shall receive him
when lie comes, by day or
night
and
ment,
dy."
In a warm tribute to the
bravery of Russian men and
women who are defending their
homes from the Germans, he
pledged Britons to fight for
their homes as they have if the
country were invaded.
"After all," he said, 'in war
and especially at night a man
may easily acquire a rifle for
himself.
"That is at any rate what they
are doing in Russia in defend-
ing their country. They *re
fighting with everything, and
that is what we shall certainly
do if we are assailed in our is-
land."
Asserting that Britain was
now prepared to meet the axis
armies on equal terms, he con-
tinued:
"We have been at a disadvan
tage in having to fight a well
armed enemy with ill or half-
armed forces. That phase is
over. In future our men will
fight on equal terms in
nical equipment and a
later on superior terms."
Warning that Britain must
take the broadest view of
strategic possibilities, he said:
"We must maintain our arm-
ies in the East and be prepared
for continuance and expansion
of heavy fighting there."
At first taking this as a hint
of a possible explosion in the
Far East, his hearers decided
he envisaged a German move
against Turkey op the Russian
Caucasus which would make it
necessary for Britain to divert
troops from their present posi-
tions.
Britain, he disclosed, has al
ready in the _27th month of the
war more men working in in
dustry and the fighting forces
than was the case after 48
months of the last war.
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ter, M rs
ford.
Ida Lindsey of Stam-
Billy Hudgins, son of Mr.
and Mrs. ('. 6 Hudgins of Ft.
Worth where Mr. Hudgins is
business manager of the Harris
nospital is ili of pneumonia. Ho
has been receiving oxygen at
intervals this week. His conn:
tion is suid to be improving. *
it * *
Members of the Cro-Knit-Kin
club will meet at, 3 p. m., Thurs-
day with Mrs. .loe B. Routh,
1008 James street. ,
* ♦ *
Bptty Pate has returned to
Texas State College for Women,
Denton after a visit here with
her mother, Mrs. Berta Pate.
She was accompanied home by
a classmate, Alice Hal lew of
Fort Worth.
* * *
Tera Holland has returned
from Oklahoma City, Okla., af-
ter spending the Thanksgiving
holidays visiting Mrs. Joe Kirk-
patrick and son, Darrell.
Mrs. It. M. Simmons has post-
poned the Little Bridge club
meeting slated at 3 p. m. Wed-
nesday at her home. She was
called Tuesday to Frederick,
Okla.. by the death if her bro-
ther in-law, .1. L. Newland.
* * *
The John R. Lewis study club
will meet at 2 p. m., Wednes-
day at the school. Mrs. Harry
Stevens will direct the program;
"Let's Take It."
* * ♦
Mrs. I'ink Wade Hodge ol'
Denver City was a visitor here
Tuesday morning. Mrs. Hodge
formerly lived in Sweetwater
and now owns a hotel in the
oil town.
* * *
Raymond Jolly i.s remaining
at the bedside of his sister, Mn. j
J. C. Preston, who is critically
ill following surgery in a Nava-
sota hospital.
* * *
Mrs, T. J. Barb of Roliy was
a visitor here Monday on busi-
ness.
Miss Fortner
Bridesmaid
At Wedding
Nancy Fortner, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Fortner, and
a senior at the University of
Texas, was bride's maid to her
cousin, Martha Bryant, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Bry-
ant, of Whitewright at 4 p. m.,
Saturday when Miss Bryant be-
came the bride of Griffin Dollar-
hide, jr., of Denison.
Vows were exchanged at the
Dallas First Methodist church
with the Rev. Angie Smith,
pastor, presiding. Best man to
the groom was Ben Munson of
Denison. Mrs. Fortner was also
present.
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore j
suit of bronzine green wool,
tailored. Triple tucks 'extended
from the shoulder to the low
waistline of the jacket and the
hazelnut buttons, a bronzine
green and lime colored ascot at
the throat were accents. Her
flowers were white orchids with
yellow centers.
Miss Fortner wore a two-
piece costume suit of sheer Ian
wool. Jewel buttons trimmed
the fitted hip-length jacket. She
wore brown accessories and a
corsage of Peruvian lilies. The
church was decorated with bas-
kets of white "mums," gladioli
and tarnations. Mrs. Sid Terry,
organist, played the wedding
music.
After a wedding trip to New
Orleans and through the south-
ern states the couple will live at.
Denison. The bride was gradu-
ated from TSCW, where she
was a member of the Mary
Eleanor Brackenridge club and
from the University of Colora-
do. Mr. Dollarhide, is a member
of the Booster, Lions and Bach
elor clubs of Denison. The bride
has visited in the Fortner home
many times.
+ * *
Ona Faye Watts Is
Scholarship Winner
council, and that year won
many ribbons again for her
outstanding work.
Mrs. C. K. l-eon
a business visitor
afternoon.
of Itotan was
here Monday
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Mrs. W. It. Potter, Mrs. Clyd,;-
Jay and Mrs. Rhondo Whorton
of Roscoe were Monday after-
noon visitors here.
*
It i 11 i<- Shultz is visiting in
Spur with her brother and sis-
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. S. S.
Shultz. She accompanied them
home after they visited here
Thanksgiving.
* * *
Mrs. J. (■> Harris returned
Sattfrday from a visit in Texar-
kana. Ark., with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Ileum Latimer and son, James
Hearn, 11. Mr. and Mrs. Harris
will leave Wednesday for El Pa-
so to spend a month. They ex-
pect to attend the Mustang-In-
dian game at the School of
Mines Saturday.
* * *
After a visit here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mose New-
man, Margaret Louise, returned
to Dallas Monday. She is a stu-
dent of Southern Methodist uni-
versity.
* ♦ ♦
Mrs. A. M. Mast of Houston,
the former Miss Christine
Czako, a Nolan county demon
stration agent visited here brief-
ly Monday with Mrs. Verne
Dalton en route from Midland,
where she had been on business,
to Louisiana. Mr. East's aged
mother is critically ill and she
is joining him at her bed>yfle
Tuesday. East, former county
sanitarian, is engineer on a gov-
( ounty Supt. Kd
visited Divide and
schools Tuesday.
* * *
Mrs. H. K. Fowler and child-
ren returned Tuesday after a
visit with relatives in South
Texas.
* * +
\V. K. Maxon. retired vice
president and general manager
of the Santa Fe railroad was
a brief visitor' in Sweetwater
Tuesday en route to Albuquer-
que, N. M. George Bevel, Santa
Fe water service employe,
i.s here on business at the lo-
cal shops.
* * *
C. S. Perkins, Sweetwater at-
torney, is' expected home Tues-
day from a business trip to Dal-
las.
* + *
D. C. Crowe. who spent
Thanksgiving day herp with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Crowe, was accompanied home
to Wichita, Kan., Sunday by
Mrs. W. L. Wilson, his sister.
She also accompanied the
Crowes to Hastings, Nebr., re-
turning here Tuesday morning.
* * *
The American Legion auxiliary
will meet will meet at 3:30 p. m.
Monday, Dec. 8, with Mrs. H.
A. Walker. All members are urg-
ed to be present. Plans will Vie
made for a Christmas dinner.
♦ ♦
Members of the Business and
Professional Women's club will
meet at 7 p. m., at the Bank-
head for a program.
The Dottle Moon week of pray-
er is being observed by mem-
bers of the circles of the First
church. Prayer is being held
each afternoon at 3 o'clock
through Friday.
*
Judge and Mrs. S. H. Shook
entertained all of their children
and other relatives Sunday with
a family -homecoming dinner.
They included Mrs. T. R. Te-
gart and Mrs. . M. Armstrong
and children, Billy Raymond
and Peggy Nell, Carroll Shook.
Mrs. Cleo McKueely of Long-
Mrs. Ben Roberts
Buck From Trip
To Washington
Mrs. Ben Roberts returned
Monday night from a visit in tSt.
Joseph, Mo., and Washington,
D> C.
Mrs. Roberts was the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kelley
in St. Joseph. From there she
drove with her son. Ben, jr., to
Washington, D. C\, where he is
a junior engineer in govern-
ment defense work. After a
month there Ben will be as-
signed to a government project.
He is a 1911 graduate of Texas
A and M college, with an engi
neer major.
. While in Washington Mrs.
Roberts and son were guests of
Sam Rayburn, speaker of the
Blackwell j house, at a session of the legis-
lative body. Mrs. Roberts and
I Rayburn both are of Bonham.
' She also toured government
buildings and historical regions
of the city.
F. X el nasi
Big Things Happen
When Cadets Get
To Town On Leave
When Cadets get furloughs,
they head for New York for fun
and relaxation. And when they
get to the big city, things hap-
pen! 20ih Century Fox has con-
cocted "Cadet Girl," a gay film
centered around, just such a sit-
uation, and entrusted it to two
of its fast rising young stars —
Carole Landis and George Mont-
gomery.
Called a "lilting, laughing tria
ngle film," the new picture
which is due Tuesday at the
Texas theatre, poses the tuneful
situation of a West Pointer
feuding with his tune baron
brother over the latter's lovely
vocalist, Carole Landis.
Interspersed with the intri-
guing story are five new songs
by those masters of tunes, Rob-
in and Rainger. Included are
"Uncle Sam Gets Around,'
"She's A Good Neighbor," "I'll
Settle For You," "It Happened,
It's Over, Let's Forget It" and
"My Old Man is an Army Man.''
Carole Landis. who scored in
"Moon Over Miami" has many
chances to show what she can
do with her voice, and accord
Sec BIG THINGS Page 4
Ona Faye Watts, 16, Hylton
4-H club girl and 193!) Nolan
county Gold Star girl, is one of
three winners of district 7 for
a scholarship contest. Ona Faye
was selected for her outstand-
ing record as a five-year club
girl. She also was judged for
the state contest, to be announ-
ced in April.
She submitted to judges Onah
Jacks, state agent, and Myrtle
Murry, specialist of Texas A
and M college, a complete story
of her work, making a book in-
cluding an outline and surn:
mary, telling of her expendi-
tures and estimating what the
five-yeal period would have cost
without her 4-H work, including
news clippings and pictures. The
book is covered and bound in
chamois she dyed red, the fly
leaves being covered in satin.
Also Ona Faye was judged on
community life, school work and
family life.
Her story follows briefly:
"Life has been full of rich
experiences and great fun since
my work in the 4-H club, start-
ed at 11. Not only have I been
able to live happier through
knowledge gained and improve-
ments made in my home, but 1
have come to know many other
girls interested in making the
best better."
Ona Faye was president of
her club, and a wardrobe dem-
onstrator the first year. She is
today still using the method
she learned in her first year as
to personal grooming. She re-
modeled her bedroom as her
first goal, removing a dark
green ceiling, walls of ragged
paper, dark brown and orchid
furniture, and making a light
interior.
She made a closet including a
rod, shelf, and storage .space for
quilts and folded garments. It
was papered with light paper
paper and a shoe and hat rack
added. The ceiling of the room
was painted ivory. A design of
ivory, rose and green was used
in wall paper. All furnishings
were painted light green, lvorv
curtains trimmed in green, a
tufted bedspread and rug were
added. A sewing box was equip-
ped, kept inventory, repaired I
garments and checked a good I
grooming street. She entered!
clothing in the county rally, I
winning second place, and was
one of five girls to go to the |
district meet at Big Spring.
From 30 eggs, given to her
by her mother, Mrs. Clint Watts j
Ona Faye started her poultry |
project, tihe raised 29 chick- in
a brooder, made with a screen |
front. She assisted in a garden i
project, planting a hot bed of j
leafy vegetables and into a j
large garden later. She sold 813 |
in tomatoes.
Secretary In l!):w
She was elected club secre-
tary and garden demonstrator j
in 1938, and continued her gar-
den project with assistance of
her mother set out 350 tomato
plants, 400 onion plants, 100
feet of English peas, 200 feet of
string beans, 20 of butterbeans
and many others. She canned 98
cans and many quarts, selling
$15 of tomatoes. $0.50 black-eyed
peas, S3 string beans and sold
$24.50 for vegetables sold.
She received a trip to the Dal
las fair for wardrobe work and
attended a district meeting at
Eldorado. She won third place
on a housecoat.
President In 1939
Ona Faye was president of
her club in 1939, and wardrobe
demonstrator. Changing bed-
rooms with her mother, she re-
modeled another, making the
interior a pleasing yellow.
"Taking home economics at
school, I began making my own
clothes," she said. "1 also re-
modeled clothes and won 10
ribbons, four first places, two
second places, two third places
and a fourth place. I was select-
ed as best all around club girl
and received a trip to A and
M."
As garden cooperator she
built a frame garden, had fresh
vegetables throughout the win-
ter. She continued her poultry
work, raising 300 chicks, and
selling $36.50 in whole milk.
This year she was elected Gold
Star Girl.
In 1939 she was elected sec-
retary treasurer and started to
work on an old hallway in her
home. Double windows were
added and the interior was
painted ivory. It was made into
a bedroom and a closet added. A
linoleum of blue design was
added. She rearranged her
mother's kitchen, made many
] articles of clothing, made a gar-
den and canned 80 quarts of
vegetables, raised 290 chickens,
selling old hens and netting -43.
They also sold $90 in eggs and
$39.50 in milk.
Ona Faye was president of j
her club in 1940 and improved J
her bedroom she remodeled the |
year before. She added a closet j
papered in white and equipped.
A laundry bag, belt rack and
shelves were added. She added
a window to her room, boxeJ n
an unused fireplace and canvas-
sed and papered her wa Is.
Woodwork was painted lvorv
and from scrap lumber she add-
ed baseboards, and new lino-
leum. New curtains, pictures
and bedspread were added, rilie
standardized her bed.
She then remodeled her liv-
ing .room, adding curtains a
studio couch, rocking chair. The
garden and frame garden were
enlarged and an orchard was
planted. She was named chair
man of a newly organized girl's
Liltlmnt
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view who returned Tuesday to
her home: Judge Shook's niece
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ros<
Boyett and daughter, Jean, and
a nephew and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Shook and daugh-
ter, Barbara Ann.
VI DOli AT TEXAS U.
AUSTIN, Dec. 2 — (UP)
King Vidor, a Texan who gained
prominence as a motion pic-
ture director in Hollywood, was
a luncheon guest today of Uni-
versity of Texas drama students.
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