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Sixty-Fifth Year—Number 43.
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Thursday, January 23, 1941.
Eight Pages Today
E-Tex Chamber Distaff Side At House Hearing
Holds Regional
Meeting Here
Use National Defense
Efforts As Main
Subject
Presidents, managers, and
chairmen of important com-
mittees of Chambers of Com-
merce throughout Northeast
Texas heard Tuesday at a
meeting here in the First
Methodist Church a detailed
explanation of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce's 1941
program of expanded service
and intensive organization.
Representatives of about a doz-
en counties in this region were
present. B. A. Copass, presi-
dent of the local Chamber,
^represented Mineola and took
Jn the discussions.
rrison Presides.
jram of the East
P&mber for this year,
5nted by General Man-
lubert M. Harrison, will
Masize the coordination of
"East Texas' agricultural and
industrial progress with the
national defense program.
Mr. Harrison proposed closer
cooperation among the local
Chambers of Commerce in East
Texas through the formation
of six, twelve-county District
Councils. Each of these Coun-
cils would have a District Man-
ager to serve as a "circuit rid-
er" to maintain contact with
and give assistance to local or-
ganizations. The District Man-
ager would be an employee of
the East Texas Chamber and
jonsibie only to its Board
)irector$A. This would help
local jealousies
lal Defense.
Hussion of the part
[st Texas agriculture can
in national defense, El-
Wore Torn, agricultural director
of the organization, stated that
farmers in this section of the
state are as well, if not better,
prepared than any others in
the nation to grow what is
needed for national defense.
Julian Capers, publicity direc-
tor of the regional Chamber,
asserted that the small indus-
trial plants of East Texas will
receive their share of the na-
tional defense contracts. The
larger plants, he said, are al-
ready operating at capacity.
At noon the visitors were
^rved by the ladies of the
jrch. Part of the discus-
3k place at the luncheon
Culberson, Sadler
Hold Hearing In
Hawkins Monday
Sparing, Production
Rule Will Be
Decided
The House Foreign Affairs Committee holding hearings on the Presi
dent's Lend-Lease bill drew these interested listeners. Left to rtjrht
are Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Rep. Edith Nourse Rogers, of Mass., i
member of the committee, and Mrs. Sol Bloom, wife of Rep. Bloom oi
N. Y., chairman of the committee. (Central Press)
Tyler Masons
Celebrate 92nd
Year of Work
f. Shields Fatally
ijured In Accident
Charley C. Shields, 64, was
fatally injured in a sawmill ac-
cident at Haynesville Wednes-
day afternoon. Mr. Shields had
been a life-time resident of
Wood County.
He is survied by his wife,
three sons, Roy. Reedy, and
Rex Shields; and one daugh-
ter; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar
Tunnell, Oklahoma City, Okla.,
and Mrs. Ed A. Tharp, Mineo-
la, and one brother, R . S.
Shields of Mineola.
Burial was in the Concord
Cemetery Thursday afternoon.
The Rev. George Cherryhomes
of the Central Christian Church
of Mineola conducted the ser-
vices.
o
INCOME TAX
je Mineola Postoffice has
ind all forms for making
Se income tax report for
land also the instructions,
is S. Lankford, postmaster,
announced.
o
NEW LOCATION
[rs. Hubert Thomas, prop-
Fetor of the Mineola Floral Co.,
has moved her shop to 503 West
Kilpatrick Street, just across
the street from the old loca-
tion.
Five Mineola Masons attend-
ed the ninety-second anniver-
sary celebration in Tyler Mon-
day night of the Lodge there.
It was held in the Masonic
Temple there. About 325 Ma-
sons attended, representing
fourty-four lodges and seven
states. Local representatives
were Vada Armour, Jack Hop-
per, District Deputy Grand
Master; Jack Craig, W. C. Nix,
and William Nix.
Past Grand Masters Mike
Thomas and Galloway Calhoun
had important places on the
program, and were followed by
Past Grand Master Leo Hart,
of Gilmer, who delivered the
principal address of ths eve-
ning.
Tyler Eastern Star later serv-
ed a refreshment plate.
o
Contracts Now
Available For
Cuke Growers
Contract blanks are now
available for those who wish
to sign up for planting cu-
cumbers for the W&W Pickle
Company of Dallas, Jack Hud-
son, county agent, announced.
Last year Wood County farm-
ers furnished seventy-five per
cent of the cucumbers used
by this Company. J. C. Her-
ring, field representative, made
an allotment Saturday irf the
County Agent's office of 525
acres to be placed under con-
tract for the 1941 crop.
"Any industry willing to pay
out $35,000 to farmers of Wood
County and sign a binding con-
tract to pay cash upon deliv-
ery should be encouraged and
given every consideration," Mr.
Hudson said. "This is our fourth
year to do business with the
W&W Company," he said, "and
all of it has been pleasant and
profitable to most of the farm-
ers growing cucumbers."
The contracts may be sign-
ed in the County Agent's office,
top floor of the courthouse at
Quitman, or at the Sharp Hard-
ware store in Mineola. Other
places will be designated later.
o
Mesdames Milton Usrey, O.
E. Dyer, Jennie Fisher, Stella
Moore, Q. Hearn, B. M Rob-
ertson, Taylor Greer, Harry
Gordon, Jess McNeal, B. H.
Davidson, and the Rev. H. M.
Ward attended the Workers'
Conference Tuesday at Emory.
Winnsboro Edges
Out Jackets, 22-l„,
In Class A Game
The Winnsboro Woodchucks
eked out a 22-18 victory over
the Mineola Yellow Jackets
Tuesday night in the first home
game played for the county
Class A championship.
The lead changed hands sev-
eral times during the game,
and it was not until the last
quarter that the Winnsboro
team got a four-point advan-
tage that gave them the game.
At the end of the first quarter
the score was tied, 7-7. The
end of the half saw Winnsboro
ahead, 14-13. Mineola took
the lead at the end of the
third quarter, 17-16, only to lose
out in the closing moments
of the game. Stokes was the
high point man for the Wood-
chucks, with eleven points.
High point man for the Yellow
Jackets was Molnari, with
seven points.
Mineola's next game will be
played Friday afternoon in
Grand Saline at 2:50 o'clock.
The Mineola High School Band
is sponsoring this game, and
all proceeds will go for the up-
keep of the Band.
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Missionary Speaks
On Indian Mission
A two-hour hearing was held
in the school house at Hawkins
Monday by two members of the
Texas Railroad Commission.
Jerry Sadler and Olin Culber-
son. The decision which will
be made from the facts gather-
ed at this hearing is expected
to decide the fate of the Haw-
kins oil field. The main ques-
tion is whether the Commis-
sion should follow the twenty-
acre spacing rule with a 75-25
production rule, as is advocated
by the major oil companies,
or whether the 50-50 produc-
tion rule will be used, as is
favored by the independent op-
erators. The independents say
that future orders should not
j be given until further drilling
I reveals the potentialities of the
field.
The only two witnesses to
appear at the hearing were E.
A. Wendlandt and H. E. Pot-
ter, geologist and petroleum en-
gineer respectively for the Hum-
ble Company. They testified
as to the structure of the field
and attempted to estimate its
productivity. Their testimony
revealed that the Hawkins oil
field is a typical one of the
Woodbine. They said that the
oil sand will probably yield
750 barrels per acre foot.
Following the hearing, the
citizens of Hawkins served a
barbecue dinner on the school
grounds to several thousand
visitors. Speeches were made
by Culberson, Sadler, Manziel,
S. J. Rotondi, Frank M. Morri-
son, and others.
Beckham Well
Now Drilling
Below 3,000
Wood County Gets
WPA Aid for Road
Tom Hill, missionary to India
and editor of a religious jour-
nal at Jubbelpore, India, lec-
tured on Indian Missions at
the Central Christian Church
Wednesday evening.
The Rev. H. M. Ward of the
First Baptist Church and the
Rev. K. R. Isbell of the First
Methodist Church dismissed
their Wednesday evening ser-
vices so that their congrega-
tions might hear Mr. Hill.
At the conclusion of the lec-
ture Mr. Hill answered ques-
tions from members of the
audience.
c—
Chadick Presents
Petition for Hearing
Senator T. C. Chadick pres-
ented to the Railroad Commis-
sion at Hawkins Monday a peti-
tion signed by the local prop-
erty owners and independent
oil operators asking for a 50-50
production rule.
This sort of production rule
bases fifty per cent on acre-
age and fifty per cent on pro-
duction. This is opposed by
the major oil companies who
control a large acreage. They
favor a twenty-acre well-spac-
ing rule with production based
seventy-five per cent on acre-
age and twenty-five pe?- cent
on potential.
Authorization to begin work
on twenty WPA projects, in-
volving expenditures of $412,393
in Work Projects Administra-
tion funds and $312,484 sup-
plied by local governmental
agencies, has been given Texas
district managers.
Among the authorized pro-
jects listed is one for Wood
County. It is for the improve-
ment of the Rockhill-Qritman
road from the connection with
State Highway 154 to Rockhill.
The WPA will provide $17,399
for the projects, and the coun-
ty will supply $7,47. Sixty-four
workers will be employed.
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Mineolan's Brother
Dies In Longview
George Clarence Grimes, 52,
died at his home in Longview
Sunday morning. Mr. Grimes
, was a carpenter, and was born
and reared at Longview.
i Funeral services were held
Monday at the First Baptist
I Church. Burial was in the
! Gum Springs Cemetery.
Mr. Grimes was survived by
his wife, three children—Rose
(Marie, Joyce, and Gaynelle;
I three brothers, W. R. and H.
H. of Longview, and D. E.
Grimes of Mineola; and a sis-
ter, Mrs. Lilla Reynolds of
Longview.
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NEW STORE
A White Auto Supply Store
will be opened about Feb. 10
in the Kitchens Building on
Broad Street by J. T. Roberson
1 of Wichita Falls. The building
is being remodeled and Mr.
Roberson will be in personal
charge of the business. He will
also handle radios, electric
washers, electric refrigerators,
I and stoves.
o
Mrs. J. T. Roach and grand-
j daughter, Jimmie Ray, of Chica-
: sha, Okla., are vising Mrs. Har-
i ry Gordon and Mrs, A. B. White.
As the Monitor goes to press,
drilling on the No. 1 J. L. Beck-
ham well, four and one-half
miles northeast of Mineola, is
proceeding below 3,900 -feet. The
well found the Pecan Gap
formation at 3,860 feet. Geolo-
i gists say that the formations
are running at about the same
level with the Hawkins field.
Leasing activity in this area
has been heavy this week. Oil
men seern optimistic over the
chances of this well, since the
formations conform so well with
those of the Hawkins discover-
ies.
o
Wood County's
Share of Taxes
Estimated High
The people of Wood County,
during the Federal fiscal year
beginning July 1, 1941, will be
called upon to pay $899,870 in
Federal taxes, and they must
also assume $1,001,660 of addi-
i tional Federal debt, as a result
! of the deficit financing of the
i Federal government, according
j to calculations by the Tax De-
! partment of the East Texas
| Chamber of Commerce. The
. calculations are based upon
: this county's percentage of the
[ total of retail sales of the
' nation.
j The Tax Department also
I points out that Governor O'Dan-
i iel, in his tax message to the
'Legislature last week, to!d leg-
islators that the total of taxes
collected by State and local
governments in Texas is far be-
low that collected by the aver-
age state in the American
Union, while the U. S. Depart-
ment of Commerce, in its pub-
lication, Financial Statistics of
States for 1937, just issued, re-
ports "all revenues for all
States averaged $31.90 per cap-
ita."
"Texas can't afford to spend
as much as the national aver-
age on its state government
and its state agencies," the Tax
Letter, issued by the depart-
ment, declares. "The U. S. De-
partment of Commerce esti-
mates per capita income pay-
ments for 1939 for the nation
at $536, and for Texas at $401.
Texas' per capita income is
25.1 per cent lower than the
national average.'"
o
Newspapers of 1936
Given University
C. of C. Board Gets
Vote of Confidence
Envoy to Britain?
John G. Winant
Three Named to
Finance Posts
John G. Winant, former Goveroo.
of New Hampshire and director o
the International Labor Office a.
Geneva, is slated to become net
Ambassador to Great Britain, ac-
cording to sources close to the
President. He has frequently beer
mentioned as a successor to Joseph
P. Kennedy.
Outpost Failure
To Be Drilled
To 3.100 Feet
Special editions of 150 Texas
newspapers—issued during the
Texas Centenniial year—have
been assembled in the Uni-
versity of Texas Library to
provide what is probably the
most extensive single compila-
tion of historical data on this
state in existence.
Publishers of these editions
—ranging from 10 pages to a
350-page paper published by
the Longview News, have do-
nated these papers, Librarian
Donald Coneny said.
The volues, Coney pointed
out, provide compact resumes
of history of every part of the
state, as well as biographical
accounts of priminent citizens
of almost every Texas county.
The University's 300,000-vol-
ume Texas Collection, where
the set is now in use, is the
largest collection of printed
materials on Texas in exist-
ence. It is one of six spe-
cial collections in the 640.000-
volume general library.
o
A total of 154,096 bales of
cotton has been ordered from
the Surplus Marketing Associa-
! tion for use in the Department
of Agriculture's cotton mattress
j demonstration program, as of
I December 1.
The W. B. Johnson and others.
No. 1 J. M. Green, Moseley sur-
vey, which has been idle a week,
| will be carried to 5,100 feet.
, After failing to find il in the
Woodbine at 4,828 feet, plug-
ging orders were given. The
, change in plan is considered to
be due to the leaseholders. In
going to 5,100 feet it is expect-
ed the well will take in the en-
tire Woodbine section.
The Hollandsworth - Johnson
No. 1 Lynch Reese townsite
addition, is drilling ahead to-
ward the Woodbine. This well
j was spudded last week. The
| Bobby Manziel relief well on the
Lee Bell tract, Wideman sur-
vey, is down to 1,200 feet.
It has been reported that
the Humble Company has pur-
chased eighty acres in the field
from the Texas & Pacific Rail-
road for one of the highest
| prices yet paid in Hawkins. The
price is generally supposed to
I be $300,000 in cash and $1,500,-
! 000 out of half of the first oil
produced. The T&P would re-
tain its royalty.
o
Commission's Pay
Hiked by Ordinance
At a meeting of the City
Commission held on Monday,
Jan. 13, an ordinance was pass-
ed providing for the services
j of a full-time Mayor, and pro-
viding that the two City Com-
missioners be subject to his call
! at any time to transact the
j City's business.
The ordinance also provided
| for a raise in salary for the
Mayor to $100 per month, and
a raise in salary for each of
the two Commissioners to $40 a
month. Since there was a tie
vote between the two Commis-
sioners J. L. Beckham voting
for and E. Q. Hearn voting
against, the Mayor broke the
tie by voting for it.
O—
Mrs. Harry Gordon and Mrs.
A. B. White visited in Hender-
son Wednesday afternoon.
o
To safeguard food in the
home, the Federal Food and
Drug Administration emphas-
izes that there is no reason to
place insecticides on shelves
next to flour, cornstarch, bak-
ing powder, salt or sugar.
Subscriptions Near a
Monthly Total
of $300
A vote of confidence was
given Monday night to the orig-
inal officers and Board of
Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce. The meeting, held
in the bas'ement of the First
Baptist Church, had as its pur-
pose the presentation by the
Board of accomplishments over
the two-week pjriod since or-
ganization, and trie naming of
a finance committee.
Copass Presides-..
B. A. Copass, president,pre-
sided at the meeting. He b£~-
gan by giving a summary of
the financial condition of the
Chamber. During the two
weeks since its organization, he
said, about $265 was subscrib-
ed in cash for monthly con-
tributions, and other pledges
will bring the total to $300.
Mr. Copass said, "Unless we
can assure ourselves of $300
every month, we can't get to
first base." The Chamber of
Commerce must have this
amount as a minimum,# he said,
to pay the secretary, an office
girl, rent office space, and pay
for a small amount of equip-
ment.
Six Interviewed.
The Board of Directors has,
Mr. Copass stated, interviewed
six applicants for the secre-
tary's position. The right man,
he believes, has already been
found. But, he said, the Board
is unwilling to hire a secretary
unless it can guarantee that
such a position will exist for
at least one year.
Board Retained.
Emmett Cullum made a mo-
tion that the original officers
and Board of Directors be re-
tained in office. This motion,
seconded by the Rev. Isbell
and the Rev. Ward, was car-
ried by acclamation.
Mr. Copass expressed appre-
ciation for the manner in
which the Jaycees have coop-
erated with the Senior Cham-
ber. He said that there should
be no conflict in functions be-
tween the two organizations.
A finance committee was
elected, to be composed of Joe
Sharp as chairman, D. D.
Starnes, and Harry Jones. A
copy of the Chamber of Com-
merce budget will be published
in the newspaper, Mr. Copass
said, as soon as it is fully sub-
scribed.
Mayor to Attend
Municipalities.—
League Meeting
Mayor J. C. McGlothlin has
been appointed a member of
the Legislative Committee of
the League of Texas Municipal-
ities. The Committee will meet
in Austin on Thursday morn-
ing. and the Mayor plans to
attend it.
The personnel of the Legis-
lative Committee is made up
of officers elected by the Lea-
gue, plus several other key
officers. The purpose of this
meeting will be to discuss and
formulate a plan of procedure
to be followed in dealing with I
the legislative problems of this]
year.
The purpose of the League]
is to push legislation and
work in the interest of all thj
municipalities of Texas. Thi|
is the first time, the Mayc
said, that Mineola has beq
accorded such an honor.
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The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 23, 1941, newspaper, January 23, 1941; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth299044/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.