Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 21, 1941 Page: 3 of 18
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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1941
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SWEETWATER REPORTER, SWEETWATER, TEXAS
Sleeping Sunday Mornings Won't Win War With Japan
So Warns Bahson
Who Finds People
4fcood Time' Crazy
Parents Blamed For
„") Laxity In Control
Of Young Generation
By Roger \V. Bahson
CAMP DEVENS, Mass. — I
iwve recently visited one of the
largest Army camps for train-
ing U. S. Draftees. Having
heard of sitdown strikes, man-
ufactured illnesses, and even
suicides there, 1 decided to see
for myself what's going on. I
returned with a definite conclu-
sion: The fault is not with the
Young men in the camp, but
#ther with those on the out-
side, that is, those who have
not been drafted.
Sleeping Sunday mornings
will not win the war with Jap-
an. Our World war efforts will
y of little avail until we all
think less about having a good
time and more about doing a
good job. From the Southwest,
there comes an editorial which
has the right idea. A Texas
Hi* 'spaper editor in San Augus-
ts c writes that there is not so
f. "i wrong with the countrv
itO'aere is wrong with the peo-
pfif in it. Too many have gone
"gbod-time" crazy and are work-
, - g- Too few are playing with
/ i-'he purpose of building up ener-
gy for work.
These crazies and manias ^o
in cycles just like everything
else. Since World War II th;s
,*tooditime" bug has spread
like an epidemic.
"No longer the moon alone
can hold 'in spell the Romeos
and Juliets of 1941. It must be
a dinner, a show, after that
ftpme dancing, and then some
Tsixjy-cent chicken sandwiches,
to say nothing of gasoline, oil,
tires, fines for speeding, and
wrecks — of car or of charac-
ter, or both. How the average
■"lan in average circumstances,
good-time" crazy himself, and
with a "good-time" crazy wife
and children, makes both ends
meet is a mystery to all of us.
The answer is that he is not
rhaking both ends .meet, not
r^ven one end
"It would be a dull life if we
could not occasionally reach for
a sweet. But the good books,
the sunsets, the forests, the
birds, and the flowers that. Em-
r son, Lowell, Longfellow, and
the hosts of other great men
have sung about seem to have
lost some of their appeal. The
family circle is the steering
wheel. Family prayers or sim
Die invocations at the dinner ta-
ble are something we tell our
children about that happened in
the long ago."
We adults talk and act as if
we were going to live forever.
3Ve forget that in a few years
we must turn our government,
banki«t apd business over to
PETE IAVI
CHRISTMUS gives most
PEOPLE A CUD REST-
dey go so fer in dear
OEY DUN'T Oir ON THAR
FEET FOR THA REST UF
THA yeap
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Christmas comes but once a
year,
BuJ we're on hand all the
time.
And then you'll have no
cause to fear.
For our service is always
fine! '
Benson's (irrt-ting*:
DUNLAP CLEANERS
: 14 Oak Street
R 11. I Mill Id p
these youngsters whom we are
now neglecting.
Sub«lille« And Doles
Subsidies and doles never yet
won a war. A dole is nothing
more than dope, like oil 01
cloves for aching teeth. The
worst dole cases, however, are
not among the poor, but among
some of the self styled upper
classes. I refer to the reckless-
ness and wastefulnes of young
people who live on doles sup-
plied by foolish parents. This
spectacle gives more encourage-
ment when criminals see the
lawlessness of children of os-
tensibly best families. This pro-
fligacy, according to one analy-
sis, is creating "more economic-
waste than all the supposed in-
efficiency of government and
'all the alleged corruption of
politics."
The present generation of
young people may be just as
sounci fundamentally as my own
generation; but if so, surely
they have worse parents. To-
day's parents have invented and
are giving to their children most
dangerous doles in the form of
automobiles, radios, taxis,
speedboats, movies, roadhouses,
dinner dances, and clothes that
would have made Croesus and
Midas feel like village school
teachers working on part time.
This would not be so bad if we
increased character training to
counterbalance these tempta-
tions;—but most fathers are too
busy making money to spend
their time training children.
Wasteful Spending
I don't blame John and Maty
so much as I do their "Santa
Claus." Perhaps the only reason
why, as a young man, 1 didn't
drive my father's horse 60 miles
an hour was because he could-
n't co that fast even when 1
stepped on him. But. if I had at-
tempted such feats, I surely
would have been made to throw
my work into high gear like
wise so as to earn the money to
pay the piper. No doles were |
passed out to us kids in those i
days. If. we were to have a
good time, we knew we had to
have a good job; and we paid
our bills instead of sending
them home. My father believed
that his most important work
was to train us children; then
other things followed.
The greatest difficulty con-
fronting young people today i:-:
that they have the spending
power of giants and the earning
power of babies. Their costly
whoopees, as mendicants exist-
ing on I he charity of their fam-
ilies at a time of world wide cal-
amity, seem outrageous to those
who know that World War II
can be won only by intelligent
budgets and worthwhile work.
Anyone who is mature enough
to be out all night is mature-
enough to work all day. We
have had wars before: but
when the history of World War
II is written, economists will
record our unexampled waste-
fulness of money, time, and
health among the boys and girls
who have not yet been drafted
for war service.
Dangerous Economic Examples
The chief crime of families
who are now indulging their
children's mania for having a
good time is not that the; world
is deprived of their children's
services; the services of young
iolks oi the jive type are not
likely to be especially valuable.
The damage they do is in the
I bad example they set and in ihe
unrest they develop within the
great army camps of the Unit-
ed States and Canada. Further-
more. dissipation does not.
"make jobs for men." Employ
meat—in I lie long run—cannot
be helped by patronizing dance
ha lis or breweries. The need to-
day is not for more fool jobs,
but for better men to handle
real jobs. The solution of our
employment problem awaits the
raising — not the lowering — of
our character. As the Texas eco-
nomist observes;
"If the economic leaks could
be stopped, economic conditions
would brighten up. Every man
who had an income at. all
could afford more juicy steaks
could attord to contribute more
and more pairs of shoes. He
could afford to contribute more
to the worthy causes that seek
to advance the welfare of his
community. He would not need
worry about the cost-of-living
or taxes. More people would be
employed if less commodities
and money were wasted. A
luxury consuming nation, to
the detriment of Commodity or
Town Topics Tersely 1 ojd
NOTICE!
All persons who purchased a
1939. must secure titl.< to same
or they will be subject to a f
that date.
RAYMOND
Tax Asaessor-i ollector
ir prior to October 1st,
>efore January 1st, 1942,
e if car is driven after
BISHOP
John Sparks E'i-11, county
sanita.ian, and Mrs. Bell are in
(Sulphur Springs to spend
Christmas week with relatives.
* * ♦
Mr. and Mrs. Neil Kromley
left Friday for Fort Worth to
join Dorothy Winn, student of
St. Louis Music conservatory,
and Billy Winn, student uf
Texas A and M, for a few days
visit' before returning here
Sunday.
* * *
Mrs. Harvey Meyer and sons
are expecting Mr. Meyer, em-
ploye of the Gulf Oii corpora-
tion, Crane, for the Christmas
holidays, and Mr. and Mrs. R.
L. Thaip, of Throckmorton, her
parents. Other relatives to be
here for the Christmas holidays
will include her brother, W. R.
Tharp, Mrs. Tharp and son,
Theron and Mrs. W. B. McCoy,
all of Throckmorton, and Mild-
red McCoy of Fort Worth.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Ney Sheridan
will entertain as their Christmas
guests their son-in-law and dau-
ghter, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Fitz-
patrick of Sherman.
* * *
Two special features will lie
observed Sunday at the First
Baptist church. The annual of-
fering to Buckner's Orphan
Home and a Christmas pageant
by the Training Union.
* * *
Mary Martha Moore, student of
Draughon's Business college, Ft.
Worth, arrived Friday night to
visit her mother, Mrs. P. C.
Moore through the holidays. She
was graduated from high school
in the June class this year.
* + *
Jane McCoy, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. D. McCoy, is recov-
ering nicely from an illness-.
* * *
Mi*. W. V. Roy is confined
to her home with an attack of
flu.
* * *
Leon Butler, of the Texas
Electric Service company, is
able to be up after an attack of
flu.
* * *
After a five-week illness, Mrs.
P. Edward Ponder is able io
be out. She attended the Athen-
aeum Christmas social Thurs-
day, her first outing since con-
valescing from pneumonia.
. * * *
Sue I'endei grass of Sue's Mat
Shop is leaving this week for a
Christmas visit with her sister,
Peggy, in Fort Worth, and with
her brother in Dallas.
* * *
Charles I'axtou is leaving this
weekend for Austin to join his
his father, C. A. Paxton. for a |
deer hunt into the mountains
in Mexico. He will return this
| week.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. T. <\ Kakhi vn-\
I tertained a.- their Thursday
guests Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Mo-
Lendon and daughter, Agnes, of
Lamesa. They also visited in
Roscoe with Mr. and Mrs. Lan
drum Medlock.
* * *
Mrs. <'. I/. Mr Leon and Mrs. E.
L. Adrain of Trent were here
Friday afternoon Christmas
shopping.
* * *
Joe Kirgan and son, Joe, jr.,
Mrs. Hulen Kirgan and son.
James Hulen, will leave Sun-
day for Fairfield for the holi-
days. Mrs. Joe Kirgan will join
them Wednesday.
* * *
Edna Yarbrougli, Instructor or
physical education in an Austin
high school, is arriving this
week to spend the holidays here
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Yarbrough, sr.
* * *
Nina Mae Wilson, employe of
Camp Barkeley, is spending the
weekend at home with her pa-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Wilson.
Her mother drove there Friday
to accompany her home.
♦ * *
S. C. Nhult/. and Jack Yar-
brough, sr., returned Friday
night from Paint Hock, where
thev went on ranching business.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Strickland
of Rotan were Christmas shop-
ping here Friday afternoon.
necessity consumption, can't
last forever ."
When young anrl old alike
give their thoughts and ener-
gies, not to having a good time
but to doing a good job: then,
and only then, will we bring the
Japanese to their senses and
help win World War II.
Mrs. Silas George, medical pa-
tient, was dismissed Friday af-
ternoon from the Sweetwater
hospital. Alton W. Sumeral, me-
dical, also was removed home.
* + *
Mrs. J. <). Lewis, Star route,
underwent major surgery Fri-
day afternoon at the Sweetwat-
er hospital. Oscar Sims is a me-
dical patient.
* * *
Carl Watson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Watson, and a student
of North Texas State Teacher's
college, Denton, will arrive Sun-
day for a Christmas visit at
home.
* * *
llernice Alexander, teacher at
Sterling City, and former in-
structor at John R. Lewis, vis-
ited here Friday en route to het-
home in Spur for the holidays.
Her mother, Mrs. R. L. Alexan-
der joined her here.
* * *
Among the Itoby visitors here
Saturday were Maybelle Head-
stream, Claudine Melton, and
Mrs. Eunice McWhirter.
* * *
Einmitt Young, student of
Newman high school, is spending
the holidays with his parents,
the Rev. and Mrs. Sam H. Young,
Stamford. His brother, Horace,
senior at Southern Methodist,
Dallas will join him there.
* * *
Billy Waters is leaving this
week for Dallas to spend the
holidays with his parents. He
is a student of Newman high
school and a Mustang.
* * *
Towner Leeper, co-manager of
the Mustang football team, ex-
pects to visit his brother, John
Palmer, senior at Southern Me-
thodist university in Dallas at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Platter, and with Mr. and Mrs.
Willard Burton in Fort Worth
during the Christmas holidays.
* * *
Kenneth < raver, son of Mrs.
A. G. Craver, Loyd Smith, son
of Mrs. Delia Smith, and Marvin
Benson, son of Mrs. C. C. Ben-
son, Jeft Saturday for Lubbock
to undergo examinations for the
army air corps. They enlisted
here during the week.
* * *
Mary Nicholson will leave
this week for Dearborn. Mich., i
to visit her brother, Bobbie
Nicholson, who is taking a ma- j
chinist course. He enlisted in j
the Navy in the spring and
spent several weeks at San Di-
ego before being moved to Dear-
born.
* * «
Lois Monk, sophomore at
North Texas State Teachers col-
lege, Denton, arrived Saturday
for a visit during the Christmas
holidays with her parents. Dr.
and Mrs. C. L. Monk, 512 Elm.
* * *
Miss Margueritlc (Cunning-
ham. advisory nurse of this
district, will spend Christmas
holidays with relatives in Aus-
tin.
* * *
Nelle Aycrs. county nurse,
will spend her Christmas period
in Dallas with her mother, Mrs.
Maude Ayers.
* * *
Strati Sue Grace will have
as her weekend guest. Audrey
Linn Cox. daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ollie Cox of the Double
Heart ranch. Sarah's mother,
Mrs. Forrest Grace, 307 East Ok-
lahoma. is assisting her daugh-
ter entertain.
* * «
Nancy l/ou Woodruff, daugh-
ter of Mrs Pearl Woodruff, 81)
James, and a student of Tex is
State College for Women, Den
tion, arrived Saturday for a
visit during the Christmas hol-
idays with her mother and br<
ther, C. T. Woodruff.
* * ♦
Clrclts of the First Cspjlist
church will meet' Mary Alexan-
der. 2 p. nr. Mrs. E. H. Hitzei-
berger, 611 East Third, with spe
ciai Christmas visitations at :>
p. m.; Lucille Reagan, 3 p. m.
at the church. Both circles will
meet Monday. The Baptist
YWA will meet at 7 p. m
Tuesday at the First Baptist
church.
* • *
Mr. and Mi*. H. II. Norris
and daughter of Divide w;'!
spend the Christmas holidays
in East Texas. Mr. Norris js
superintendent of the Divide
Consolidated school.
* *
tilga Ann Elliott homeninking
teacher at Divide, left Saturday
for her home in Eunice, N. M..
to visit her parents. MK and
Mrs. W. R. Elliott.
Mi*, lieroy Spires of her
lanch, south of Roscoe, spent
Saturday in town.
* * *
Melville Alldredge, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. M. Alldredge, sta-
tioned at Fort Bliss, has arrived
for the holidays. He has a leave
from camp until Dec. 24.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. 11. I,. Grounds
and daughter, Phillis, will have
as their Christmas Day guests.
Mr and Mrs. H. E. Glidewell
and son. Gail of Lubbock.
♦ « *
Jack St ineliaugh, instructor
at the Divide school, is spending
Christmas holidays at Ballinger.
* * ¥
Alta Lovelady, teacher at Di-
vide is spending the holidays
with relatives at Santa Anna.
* * «
Three men charged with
parking their cars in alleys were
fined $1 each Saturday by City
Recorder John J. Ford.
* * *
One elderly man pleaded guil-
ty to drunkenness Saturday af-
ter being picked up by men
from the sheriff's office, and
was fined $14 by Justice S. H
Shook. He plid the fine.
* * *
Mi*. Elsie Gilkerson, Nolan
county home demonstration ag-
ent, will spend Christmas in
Abilene with her father, W. H.
Miller. Her son, George Gilker-
son, senior at Forest Avenue
high school, Dallas, will join
them there.
* * *
Sgt. Ray I). Carroll, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Carroll, 700
West Fifth street, has been pro-
moted in rank to Staff Sergeant.
He received his promotion to
corporal on July 2, and sergeant
Aug. 7, receiving his third pro-
motion Dee. 13. He has been
in the service a year and a half
and is stationed at the technical
inspector's office at Goodfeilow
field, San Angelo. He is a 1940
graduate of Newman high school.
* *
Killie ('oleen Shields wilt
spend the Christmas holidays in
Fort Worth visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Joe W Bailey. Mrs. Dan
Shields will join her next week-
end to accompany her home.
♦ *
Kdward McGowan sophomore
and a memlier of the band at
Texas Tech, will spend the
Christmas holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. Mc-
Gowan, 309 Hickory.
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