The Sunday Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 17, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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WORTHWHILE
Don't forget to go to
church today. You'll
enjoy the fellowship
you will find there.
The Sunday Record
DEDICATED TO THE PROGRESS OF MINEOLA AND WOOD COUNTY i
WEATHER
East Texas: Cloudy
Sunday. Prbable rising'
temperatures.
Tenth Year—Number 50.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Texas, Sunday, March 17,1940.
Four Pages Today.
TOWN
TALK
BY SPEC TATER
"Good Boy"—Teachers' Choice
A FOIN DAY to celebrate the
memory of the man who led
the snakes out of Ireland, St.
Patrick. Maybe we ought to
bring him back to work over
Texas politics.
THE STATE Observer this
week listed the 250 Texans who
got the low-numbered automo-
bile license plates for 1940.
Number 64 was again issued to
Carl L. Estes, identified by the
Observer as "the Pennsylvania
Republican Leader." One Min-
eolan, Emmett Cullom, was on
the list. His number is 206.
FOR SOME reason or other
more joke contributions have
been turned in to the Column
this week than ever before.
The best of the lot, however,
seems to be the one about the
fellow in Thomas County, Geor-
gia, who is a candidate for
coroner. His campaign cards
"*■ "V had this on it: "Honest in-
quests with a zip. Wear no
man's collar . . . not even my
own ... no ring can be square
. . . Don't even belong to a
pressing club . . . They got
to be dead or I don't inquest
'em . . . Babies kissed and
songs led."
SEVERAL WEEKS ago friends
here had the Western Union
messenger sing birthday greet-
ings to Robert Hooks. The
same stunt was pulled this
j, week in Longview. Now just
"** who did originate this idea?
NOTICE TO kids in this vicin
ity: Don't fail to be in Mineola
next Saturday for the big East-
er Egg hunt. Lots of prizes,
cash and merchandise.
MOST LOCAL churches are
beginning Easter revivals this
week. Be sure to attend ser-
vices today.
Select Theatre
Plans Two-Day
Leap Year Party
The Select Theatre will stage
a two-day Leap Year Party
Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week with the showing of
"Raffles," starring Olivia De-
Havilland and David Niven.
The story is built around the
career of the famous English
society thief, Raffles.
Every man escorted by a
lady paying her own admission
will be admitted free for both
matinee and night performance
on these days, the theatre man-
agement announces.
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NY A Shop Boys
Attend Fat Stock
Show in Fort Worth
Twelve boys from the local
NYA shop attended the Fat
Stock Show at Fort Worth
Saturday as guests of the shop
|supervisor, T. N. Davis.
Those making the trip were
Peterson, Thomas Scott,
?!s Renfro, Kenneth Pope,
Hfiey Pope, Ernest Ogle, Luth-
Kennedy, James Floyd, Al-
Jrt Cave, Gordon Bagby, Tom-
Good, and Robert Black-
|rn.
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Buy It In Mineola!
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tting at his desk, his hands folded, his face in repose, with a bright
"Id star on his book, he is a "very good boy." In a poll of 37,000 New
ork teachers a« to their favorite educational picture, this won first prize
mong 400 photos used to illustrate annual reDorts for the Dast four vears.
MHS Track Team Wins
From Grand Saline And
Golden In 3 - Way Meet
Mineola High's Yellow Jack-
et track team continued to
show improvement this week
winning a triangle meet with
Grand Saline and Golden by
a decisive margin.
Coach Paul Snow's athletes
captured ten out of fourteen
first places in Friday's three-
way competition, amassing a
total of 73 points to 35 for
Grand Saline and 32 for Gold-
en.
Results of the meet with
winners names in order fin-
ished and winning time fol-
low:
120-Yard Hurdles: Frank
Morrison, Mineola; Patrick
Golden. Fred Morrison, Min-
eola. i9.4.
100-Yard Dash: White, Grand
Saline; Ray, Mineola; Barnes,
Golden; Spears, Grand Sa-
line. (11 seconds.)
440-Yard Dash: Frank Mor-
rison, Mineola; Bailey, Grand
Saline; Barnes, Golden; Babb
Mineola. (56 seconds.)
220-Yard Low Hurdles: Frank
Morrison, Mineola; Taylor, of
Golden; Patrick, Golden; Fred
Morrison, Mineola. . (30 sec-
onds.)
220-Yard Dash: Ray, Mineola;
White, Grand Saline; Spears,
Grand Saline; Shelburne, Min-
eola. (26.4 seconds.)
880-Yard Dash: Bailey, Grand
Saline; Smith, Mineola; Bal-
lard, Golden; Vandiver, Gold-
la. (2 minutes, 12 seconds.)
One Mile Run: Bunn, Min-
eola: Boozer, Mineola; Worth -
ington, Grand Saline; Scrog-
gins, Golden. (No time record-
ed.)
Mile Relay: Mineola (Shel-
burne, Balk, Boozer, and H.
Smith); Grand Saline, Gold-
en.
High Jump: (three-way tie),
A. Smith, Mineola. Ballard,
Golden; Balk, Minkila, and
fourth. Wells, Grand Saline. (5
feet, 4 inches.)
Pole Vault: Bayne, Golden;
four-way tie for second, Ray,
McCreary and Babb, Mineola;
and Taylor, Golden.
Shot Put: Jackson, Mineola;
Houston, Grand Saline; Hughes,
Golden; Bates, Grand Saline.
(40 feet, 5 inches.)
Broad Jump: Ray, Mineola;
White, Grand Saline; Taylor,
Golden; Hughes, Golden. (18
feet, 4 inches.)
Discus Throw: Frank Smith,
Mineola; White, Grand Saline.
Fred Morrison, Mineola; Jack-
son, Mineola. (107 feet, 9!/2
inches.)
Frank Morrison of Mineola
was high-point man with 15,
and Truett Ray, Jacket dash
man. was second with 14l/2
points.
Local Minister
Is Reappointed
To Serve Church
Church of Christ
Calls Jernigan
Another Year
At a special called meeting
of the board of elders and dea-
cons of the Broad Street
Church of Christ Friday night,
Mch. 15, Willis G. Jernigan, min-
ister of the church for the
past five years, was unanimous-
ly reappointed to serve in that
capacity for another twelve
months.
Highly elated over the record
of the Church of Christ in
having acquired an increase of
over 400 per cent in member-
ship, as well as other accom-
plishments of similar import-
ance in religious activities dur-
ing Jernigan's past five years
of tenure, the board at their
meeting expressed confidence in
a continued healthy growth
for the church in the coming
year under his ministry.
LOOK, MR. LEWIS!—IT'S MILK
Farm Agents
Reach Half of
Texas Farms
College Station, March 16.—
More than 57 per cent of Tex-
as' farm families were reached
by county agricultural and
home demonstration agents
during 1939.
Annual report figures re-
leased by Mildred Horton and
Jack Shelton, vice-directors and
state agents of the Texas A
& M Extension service, show
that of the 500,666 farm fami-
lies living in counties served
by the agents, 287,181 took part
in extension work.
An additional 62,195 non-farm
families were also reached.
As a result of the year's
work, defiinite changes in farm
operations and practices were
carried out on 196,187 farms,
while improvements and changes
were made in 92,014 homes.
The enrollment in 4-H club
| work for the year reached 68.-
685, of which 36,809 were girls
and 31,876 were boys.
License Tax Sub-
Station at Shivers
A sub-station of the office of
Tax Assessor-Collector W. D.
Williams has been set up at
Shivers Drug Store in Mineola,
Mr. Williams said.
Automobile owners in Min-
eola and vicinity are urged
to go there for car licenses to
avoid congestion at the Quit-
man office.
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Alba Landmark
Is Torn Away
The old Texas Short Line
railway depot, an Alba land-
mark, was dismantled this
week. Representatives of the
company said the building was
beyond repair. A small port-
able office has been set up.
Tax-Exempt Man
Remits $5 For
His Love of U. S.
Austin, March 15.—Internal
Revenue department clerks,
overworked with income tax
returns, were floored Friday
when instead of a complaint
they received $5 from a man
as a donation to the Federal
Government.
Not eligible for the tax, the
San Saba resident sent the
money in appreciation for the
privilege to live in the United
States.
Officials said the check
would be returned to the send-
er with thanks.
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Texas has 32,980 miles of
crude oil pipe lines, or nearly
one-third of the nation's total
of 110,580 miles.
3-Paper Subscription
Bargain to Continue
The biggest newspaper bar-
gain ever offered in this part
of East Texas will be continu-
ed through March and April,
the management announces.
During this period The Mon-
itor and Sunday Record may
be purchased for only $1 a
year, and readers wishing the
Semi-Weekly Farm News may
get all three—$3.00 value—
for only $1.50. No where else
can such an outstanding news-
paper be obtained, and it will
only last through April. After
May 1 the regular price of
$1.50 a year will prevail for
The Monitor and Sunday Rec-
ord, with the Semi-Weekly Farm
News costing 75 cents extra in
combination.
Readers who get either the
Record or Monitor without the
other should be reminded that
one paper does not cover the
complete week's local news.
Readers must take both papers
to get the whole picture.
Tell your neighbor about this
subscription offer—it will not
be repeated this year.
John L. Lewis, CIO chieftain, should get quite a kick out of this picture
showing Vice President John Nance Garner drinking a glass of milk, yes,
milk, while he daintily holds a piece of cake in his other hand. Not long
ago Mr. Lewis referred to Garner as a "whiskey drinking old man." The
"Vice President is pictured at party given Senator Burton K. Wheeler oJ
Montana on his 58th birthday, in Washington.
F.S.A. Man Predicts
Tripled Tomato Acreage
In W ood and Van Zandt
By W. O. FINCH
Tomato acreage in the area
embracing Van Zandt and Wood
Counties this year will be about
three times as large as any
preceding year. Wood County,
in the vicinities of Mineola,
Quitman, Winnsboro, and Gold-
en, is really getting into carlot
production on a big scale this
year. The former small patch
pink tomato farming of that
section has spread to almost
every farm in many of these
communities and evolved into
a large scale green-wrap deal.
The pink patch of the past
has lived its day and served
its purpose in giving essential
cultural experience and a dip
into the cash income possibil-
ities of carlot production. Van
Zandt County has grown into
tomatoes on almost every farm
this year and will ship many
times the tonnage of last year.
Edgewood, Wills Point, Grand
Saline, Van, and Fruitvale will
soon have refrigerator cars
lining the sidetracks as a pre-
lude to another delightful sea-
sonal celebration of this great
new industry. This completes
the shipping line along the T.
&. P. Railroad all the way
across the county just as we
started out to do six years ago,
and marks a farmer coopera-
tive achievement unequaled in
tomato production development
in East Texas.
Not even back in the days
when the railroads employed
many agricultural agents to
promote tomato production to
increase their carlot shipping
business was this farmer-pro-
moted industry excelled in vol-
ume in such a short time. The
tomato crop of the South Tex-
as valley country was almost
entirely eliminated this year
by the freeze, according to re-
ports, and our area will be fac-
ed with an opportunity to sup-
ply an unusual demand and
this, coupled with the indus-
trial boom in the North, rings
attractive price prospects.
Brief Cold Wave
Hurts Tomatoes
At Jacksonville
Wednesday night's brief cold
wave damaged tomatoes in the
Jacksonville area, news reports
from there state. In certain
low places where the plants had
been put in cold frames the
temperature dropped to 24
degrees Wednesday night.
Tomatoes have not been put
in cold frames here and no
damage was believed to have
been done by the frost.
Party at Golden
Gym Thursday Night
There will be an "Apron and
Overall' party at the Golden
gym Thursday night, March
21. Admission will be 5 and
10 cents. Proceeds will be used
to finance the Gouden junior-
senior banquet.
You are invited to be pres-
ent and enjoy an hour of
good entertainment.
Tyler Woman
May Get 5
For Injuries
A district court jury at Ty-
ler returned a verdict Friday
of $18,000 damages for Mrs.
Clara Belle Ingram, who re-
ceived permanent injuries when
bleachers at the Tyler Rose
Show collapsed two years ago.
Her suit against the City of
Tyler was for $75,000.
The jury also granted $2,000
additional damages for hospi-
tal and medical expenses.
City attorneys said it was
the duty of the jury to pass
on points of law, and in all
probability a new trial will be
asked.
This was the second trying
of the case. Defendants orig-
inally listed, were the City of
Tyler, Rose Festival Associa-
tion, and Rose Festival Athletic
Association.
Local Man At
Quitman Pharmacy
Dick Pendleton, local justice
of the peace and former drug-
gist, is temporarily operating
the Highway Pharmacy in
Quitman. The store was own-
ed by the late R. L. Butler,
who was buried last week.
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Texas has 28,600 miles of
natural gap lines or almost one-
sixth oijrthe total of 182,320
miles Be the entire United
Sta
No Slack Seen
In Wood County
Oil Prospecting
Leasing Still
Active In North
End of County
Oil leasing activity in Wood
County continued heavy this
week with an estimated 8,009
acres being blocked.
Lease prices have been rang-
ing all the way from $1 to
$15, and in isolated cases as
much as $20 an acre has been
paid. Probably the highest
prices were paid east of
Winnsboro in the vicinity of
the Moss-McGlothlin No. 1
Venters discovery at Leesburg
which is delaying completion
because of unfinished title
work.
Lease play reached Alba to-
ward the middle of the week,
and acreage is said to be sell-
ing from $1 to $5.
Probably tha greatest inter-
est in Wood County outside of
Leesburg vicinity is seen in
the Goldsmith block about five
miles northwest of Quitman. A
test is expected to be made
there this summer near a pre-
vious well which ended with
the collapse of the derrick.
The new test is planned for
8,050, approximate depth of the
Leesburg well.
Oil interest may be turned
on southern parts of the coun-
ty with the drilling of the
Hawkins block probably some
time this summer.
Other tests are predicted for
the Coke community in the
northern part of the county
and possibly in the Alba vicin-
ity. Another East Texas wild-
cat was spudded in this
in Hopkins County nc
Tira which will seek the
to 4,500.
Local Student
At U. T. Misses
Death In Wreck
The Daily Texan, student
newspaper of the University of
Texas, said Friday the youth
who narrowly escaped death
when his car plunged over a
cliff five miles northwest of
Austin on the Bull Creek road
was William Lambert of Min-
eaola.
The accident resulted from
a broken steering column on
his 1936 model coupe. Lam-
bert leaped from the car be-
fore it went over the cliff, sus-
taining only minor bruises and
scratches.
Chapel HiU
Well Gets Two
Acid Treatments
First twenty-fourRQur gauge
after retreatment witti 4,000
gallons of acid gave Shell No.
1 Campbell, Petit oil discov-
ery at Chapel Hill in
County, 1,025 barrels, through
three-eighths-inch choke. Sec-
ond treatment apparently has
benefittted the well, as it
gauged 870 barrels daily after
first treatment with 2,000 gal-
lons. The natural output was
around 250 barrels a day.
A half mile southeast Sun
No. 1 Everhart, is rigging up.
On the south side of the struc-
ture Sun No. 1 Huddle is due
to drill plug Saturday from pipe
set at 7,870 with bottom at 8,-
226 feet. In this well top of
the Petit has been" called at
7,930 and top of Travis Peak
at 8,090 feet.
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RELATIVE DIES
Mrs. Roland Terry, aunt of
R. C. Lukenbill of this city,
died Thursday morning at her
home in Denton. Funeral ser-
vices were held there Friday
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