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Better Farms
YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
At the right of your name
addressed on this paper
you will find the date
your subscription expires
to The Claude News. You
should always keep this
date a year In advance!
Subscriptions to The New3
only $1.50 In this trade
territory and $2:50 outside.
"The Oldest and Best Read County
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Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
VOLUME 48
"Located In the Heart of the Panhandle"
CLAUDE. ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1937.
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MR. BUSINESS MAN
FIVE per cent of your
gross Income should be set
aside for newspaper ad
vertislng every year. Try
It In THE CLAUDE NEWS
and watch your business
grow by leaps and bounds.
Call 97 today and our ad
vertlsing man will help
you figure your advertising.
Armstrong County
NUMBER 37.
"On the Rim of the Palo Duro Canyon"
9 to Graduate
from Goodnight
Schools May 20
The Goodnight Schools, at Good-
night, Texas, will carry on their
regular closing ceremonies of that
school, beginlng Sunday evening, at
which time Rev. C. B. Stovall, pas-
tor of the First Baptist Church of
Goodnight, will deliver the Bacca-
laureate Sermon, at the Baptist
Church there. This year the Good-
night school has 9 members of the
Senior class who will receive their
diplomas Thursday evening of next
week. The Goodnight Community
sends special Invitations to their
many friends of Armstrong County,
and ask that they come down Sun-
day and Thursday to enjoy their
school's Closing exercises.
Seniors graduating are:
Ashton Bailey
Clessey Shores
Web Garland
Alvln Miller
Mack Justiss
Bill Longbine
Chloie Shores
Oneta Brown
R. a Eddleman
The Program arranged for the
Baccalaureate Service to be held
Sunday evening follows:
Processional—Nell Parks
Invocation—Charley Williams
"Faith of Our Fathers" -Choir
"Lead On, Oh King Eternal"—
Choir.
Offertory
Announcements
Sermon - Rev C. B. Stovall
Bennedlctlon—J. A. Kirby
Recessional -Nell Parks
Robert E. Underwood, of Am-
arlllo, District Attorney of this
District, will deliver the address at
the Goodnight Commencement pro-
gram to be conducted from the
High School Auditorium there.
Thursday night. The program has
been arranged as follows:
Processional Nell Parks
Invocation -Rev. C 15 Stovall
Class Song Senior Class
Address -Robert E. Underwood
Presentation of Diplomas—J. H
O'Rear
Honorary Mentioning
Salutatory Mack Justice
Valedictory -Webb Garland
Recessional
VERNA MAE W1NGO
Word was received here of the
death of Miss Verna Mae Wlngo.
who passed away May the 4th at
the home of her brother at Sher-
man, Texus and was buried at
Wolfe City, Texas May the 5th
She hnd been an Invalid for five
years. Miss Verna Mac was a sister
of Miss Bertha Wlngo, who taught
in the Cl-uide School for a num-
ber of years. Miss Verna Mae also
taught school here several years
ago. A late report from Miss Ber-
tha is that she is si 111 very 111
A Mlnnesut < school teacher was
announced May 14th by Wheeler
McMlllen, editor of The Country
Home Magazine, as winner of the
publications $1,000 prize for the
best short story based on life on
the farm as It Is actually lived in
present day America. She Is Mrs
Monica Krawczyk of Minneapolis.
J
She Speaks Chinese
SAN FRANCISCO . . . Janet
Whiteside was born In Manila
and spent most of her 18 months
In Shanghai. She learned Chinese
from her nurse and English from
her .parents, but prefers Chlnuse.
Troop 17 Wins
4th Place at Field
Day Last Week
The Scouts of Troop 17 left
Claude lust Friday, May 7, 1937,
with high hopes of doing some-
thing about the low "E" rating
they got at Field Day last year,
and their thirst for bettering them-
selves did not go wanting. The boys
proudly brought home the cup In
Signaling, a high mark in other
events und a "C" rating all In
one to ay nothing of the 4th place
over some 20 other troops of the
Amarillo Area Council. An 1 after
talking with some of the boys we
fli.d that hey are far fiom being
satisfied with that, they want the
big cup and an "A" rating before
they will feel that they have ac-
complished anything. More power
to you, boys.
The results of Troop 17 in the
different events follow. There is a
possible 10 points In all events ex-
5; and
If you DRINK, don't drive.
If you drive don't DRINK!I
No Claude man has a right to
believe everything Is going to be
all right until he does Ills best to
make It that way.
City Cleaners & Tailors, Phone 151
The Dutch Influence
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Federated Clubs
Convention Huge
Success Here
The Convention of Panhandh
Women's Clubs at Claude, May 0.
was well attended. There were more
than 100 out of town guests.
Mr. Hugh Doak, Mayor of Claude
gave (he guests a most cordial
welcome.
Mr. Andrew Smalley, President
of 'llie Warner Memorial Move-
ment, gi ve a talk and presented
some points worth following up.
Mr Wayne Eubanks, of Amarillo
Ji'nior College, read an interesting
artical for the Convention.
All present enjoyed Mis." Mae
Murfec's enthusiastic talk.
Mr.\ J. W. Walker, President of
the 7th District of Women's Fed-
erated Clubs gave the Convention
her ideas of the marks of a club
woman. If the club women live up
to her idea'is, even the men would
not have cause to find fault.
We hope to have the convention
as a;i annual affair.—Mrs. J. K
Hunt.
Another thing this state can't
get away from is that new laws
would seldom be necessary if the
old ones were more strictly en-
forced.
cept Camp.tie, 5; Game
Camping 15. The results:
Camping 12 37
Attendance . 5 29
Inspection and drill ' 7 3
Camp Inspection 8 75
Cocking 4
Signaling 9.75
First Aid 7.50
Nature Study 3.975
Knot Tying 8 13
Cainpflre ........ 1
Shewing points big cup 68 268
Letter Designation C
12 boys of the lti represented
Tioop 17 at the three day camp
They are Bill McWhlrter, Jack
McWhlrter, Herman James, BH1>
Joe Kerr, Edward Turrentlne, Kayo
Holman, Sherwood Mclntlre, How
ird Mi Clure I.e-tir Grumke. ( lies
ter McElroy, Melvln Dunn, Alvln
I.edw'g. The thiee leaders were ulsi
at the camp at all times. Scout-
master, Bert Wooldrldgc, Jr. As-
slstants Bill Brady and Cecil Wag-
goner. Henry E. Herndon, son Dale.
and Paul I.edwlg spent Friday
night with the boys, camping near
by. Prank Ford spent Saturday
night. Mr. and Mis. Bert Woold-
rldge, sons. Jerry and Sidney and
Mis. T S Cavlns \ kilted the camp-
fire Satuiday night Several othei
Claude people were visitors at the
Field Day and boosted the boys
along.
Arriving at Troop 17's camp site
we found it high and dry, away
from any possible danger of being
washed away In a rain and the
site was very splendidly arranged
with six pup-tents on one side and
headquarters tent on the other,
thus going 011 back to a neatly ar-
ranged kitchen, furnishing them
with food, which the boys said was
really good.
Returning home Sunday the boys I Dear Sir:
were tired but happy and voiced!
regrets that they touldn't spend a
whole week In such a camp. And
maybe next year the boys will bihv'
he big cup and if you citizens ol
iaude will get behind them the>
*on't let you down.
Pope's Move
Store to 116 E. 6th
St, in Amarillo
Mr. and Mrs W. P. Pope left
Saturday for Amarillo, with their
last load of fixtures from The Pope
Dry Goods Store of Claude. They
have served the people of this
trade tcrrhory, with ladles ready
to wear, shoes, piece goods, etc., for
the past 18 years. Their friend.
were sorry to see them go. but they
want to better their sales of goods
carrlcd In the same line as ai
Claude, except no men's wear will
be can led.
They are located at 116 East 6th
Street, and expect to have this
elaborate finished little store ready
to serve the public of The Claude
terrltoiy about May 15th, maybe
a short time before
18 years constant association with
these good people make it very
hard to part with them both as
to business relations and associa-
tion in other ways.
Mr and Mrs Pope say they will
carry an ad In The Claude News
the first four weeks right along
and then keep an ad In the paper
every two weeks, to keep then
friends posted as to what they may
expect when visiting with them at
116 East 6th Street, between Polk
and Taylor Streets. Amarillo
ShufHeboard Baseball *
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NEW YORK . . . Jackie Hallahar
of the Catholic Youth Org.jniza
ilea is a atar at shullleboard base-
ball, which promises to tie a popu-
lar new Indoor and outdoor gams
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Air Plant Trims Hat*
FOUR INCH RAIN
Monday afternoon of this week
most of Armstrong County received
,i big rain A 4-Inch rain fell In
the Llano Community and near
Washburn at that time. Now wheat
will come out and Armstrong Co
will make mare wheat than many
anticipated in the past few days.
Frank Campbell, of Tyler, Texas
spent Mother's Day with homefolks
Information of
Heir to $50,000
Wanted in N Y.
May 10. 1937
Where Claude
Teachers Will
Spend Summer
Everyone Is interested in where
teachers of the Claude Schools will
spend the summer. Here is the
information:
Supt. — Chas. R Douglass will
spe id tne sumnies in the Columbia
University or North Texas Teach-
er's College.
Principal of High School—Jno. E
Wisdom and Mis. Wisdom will
spend the summer in Claude.
Principal of Grade School John
T. Morris, will attend the National
University, Mexico City, and make
summer U.ur.
Coach and Social Science Bill
Mack Gibson, will be in Claude and
Amarillo during summer month
Heme Eco. Mi-s Maty Louise
Thomas will continue her work
here, through June, as this school
is offering a ten months program
In II. E.
English Miss Grace Wlegman
will attend the State Teacher's
College at Canyon.
7th Grade- Miss Eddie Mae Scott
will spend the summer in Amu illo
6th Grade—Miss Ruth Folse will
be at Teacher's College, Kansas
City, Mo.
5th Grade Mary Ellen Smith
Texas State Teat hers College for
Women, at Denton, Texas.
4th Grade Eva Jo Teal at Texas
Technological College, Lubbock.
3rd Grade—Miss Beulah Watson
will spend the Summer at her
home in Roxton Texas.
2nd Giade- Miss Ruth Cox, will
attend WT8TC : t Canyon.
1st Grade— Miss i.oyi e Qwath-
mey will go to the Teachers Col-
lege at Denton, Texas.
All the above rained teacher-
have been le-elected for nnothet
year, and the School Board ex-
pects them to return in the fall fot
another year's work i.i the Claude
Public Schools.
A full time teacher will be add-
ed next year to have charge ot
business education in the high
school.
A very successful school year,
under the direction ot Supt. Doug-
lass and Principals Wisdom and
Morris, comes to a cluse next Fri-
day afternoon.
The Sehool Board is to be con-
gratulated upon their selection of
such an able line of teachers and
we predict one of the very best
years In the History Oi the school
Mt. Pleasant's
Champ Returns
from State Meet
Orady Tyler, of the Mt. Pleasant
School returned from the State
Inter,scholastic Lcugue meet at
Austin Su id ay night bringing with
him the Silver Loving Cup award-
e 1 to the State Champion In the
Rural Pentathlon. He was high
point man of the meet with 17 'A
points, ijrid broke two state records
This pxomlslng young athlete has
nv.de on enviable record during
li e past track season. He has been
high point man in every meet he
has participated in this season and I M[AMI F7a Miss jac^^
has won several medals and first paulk shows how the Florida Air
place ribbons at the district meet. pjant is being used as hat trim-
He was accompanied on the trip ming in the latent fad It Is pale
by his Coach, B. A. Melton, and! green and grows most anywhere,
Frank He.-.s and Houston Bagwell, j getting all its nourishment from
I the air. I
MATHEWS VARIETY STORE | —
The Mathews Variety Store has
moved from the corner brick build-
ing, under the Masonic hall, to the j
center of the block They will oc- j
cupy the brick where the Pope
Dry Gcods Co. formerly resided,!
before moving to 116 E. 6th St in;
Amarillo. Mr. and Mrs. Mathews!
invite their old time friends and j
customers to visit them 111 their
new location.
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Bipuc~
H Q PUNKIN/NIDE^
Over a Million
Dollars Wasted of
Pension Monev
Mustangs Place
6th at State Meet
in Denton Sat.
The Claude Mustangs placed 6th
in the Class B State Track and
Field Meet last Saturday, May 8,
1937, when they won two medals
and a second place in the Mile
Relay at Denton
The total points of the Mustang
Squad was 7. The point:, were
divided as follows: W. L Burnett
2, W. Bagwell 2, and the Mile
Relay Team (Houchln. Harris.
Gooch, Burnett) 3. Burnett won
his 2 points when he placed 3rd
in the 440 yd. dash, with the time
ot 52.8. Bagwell won his point'
when he placed third in the Jav-
elin throw.
John E. Wirdom had had a Scene
! with his wife, who finally broke
; down crying. Whereupon he ejacu-
lated: "Stop crying! your tears
have no effect on me. What are
j they? A small percentage of phos-
phorus salts, a little sodium chlor-
ide. All the rest—water. Bah!"
(Ho! Ho!)
"You are accused," droned Judge
Herndon, "of beating your wife six
days a week. What have you to say
in your defense?"
"Just one thing. Judge," offered
Jess Rutherford. "Never oi.^s did
I beat her on a Sunday!"
tHo! Ho!i
Bill Dye and Gibbs Pope were
d iving along the highway. Strange-
ly enough, however, they were driv-
ing backward—and had been going
along that way for miles. Fmally,
a highway cop stopped them.
Say" growled the officer "what's
the big idea driving backwards
along this highway?"
"Backwards?" echoed Bill.
"Yeah," barked the cop. "Back-
wards."
Bill and Gibbs looked at each
other. "Hinmm,"' mused Gibbs. "No
wonder it'sh taking ush sho long
to get home!"
tHo! Ho!)
Bill Wisdom (Finding a piece of
rubber tire In his hash at the
Wag-Inn t: "There's no denying it;
the automobile is taking the place
of the horse everywhere."
—(Ho! Ho!)
(Jimmy Weeks Why hello, Bill,
are you ..till going to school here?"
Bill Lewter: Yes, of course."
Jimmy: But I thought you were
to finish three years ago. What
> ear do you expect to graduate
j now?"
Bill Every year."
—(Ho1 Ho!)
MUSKEGON, Mich . . Miss
Qeorgla J. Coons designed this
•veiling gown from a Dutch pea-
sant costume In the Traphagen
Museum and won a prise at the
New York Fashion dhow.
The Editor.
The News,
Claude, Texus
Beginning April 1, 1936, down to
March 1, 1937—ONLY ONE YEAR
-$1,117,395 CASH MONEY WAS
WASTED of the Old Age Pension
money; money that went for cler-
ical work and other expenses, un-
necessary and un-called lor. t]ay wtis ^at of the Mile Relay
Of this enormous amount ol j crowd In the stands went wild
WASTED MONEY, $898 355 went | RS ancj)0r man ol the Mustangs
for unnecessary salaries; $219,040; ftnWhert the race , , u
- • squau, Butnelt nnisneu tne tac( j man tried to kiss you, would
lor other expenses, making a total | jt,3S jwo yards behind the
fleet of runners from Oden. The
time was 3:36.6 for Oden and 3:38
flat for the Mustangs. Harris, thf
Mustang Captain, ran the fastest
quarter of any man In the Mile
Relay, after having ran the 880
yd. run only a few minutes pre-
vious. Burnett und Gooch had ran' acjj at llle back."
the 440 dash only a short time be- —(HO! Ho!)
tore, thus showing the remarkable Lu!u (or pllone; -Is that you,
condition the team was in for the ; Honey?-'
State Meet Honey: Yes, this Hcncy, Lulu!"
Others who made the tiip were: lA|lu: Honolulu! Great Heavens!
Kight. Howe. Bonifield Porter j didn't ask for long distance."
Smothermon, Massie, Megs. Walker ,ho! Ho!)
and Lewter, Coach Bill Oibson Ml c A Merrltt went into the
Supt C. R Douglass, Mr Pruett prup st, re and looked doubt-
and Roy Wiegman. :uliy at Guydell Woodburn.
Sixty three teams were entered j f assume, she said, "that you
lr the meet. lVe a fully qualified druggist?"
>f $1 117395, money that should
have ALL GONE towards paying
old age pensioners $30 a month,
and to many others who need a
pension but do not get anything.
If the children and real friends
of the old people were to hold
meetings over the State and advise
the Governor and the Legislature
promptly that they expect this Leg-
islature to prevent a continued
waste of over a million dollars an-
nually of tills fund, and this can
be accomplished by placing the re-
sponsibility on the county judge
and county commissioners, to get
the facts about all applicants and
end the Information to the board
at Austin to approve or disapprove
there might be quite a change in
this political machine as well as
increased checks for the aged poor
OTHERS may be interested in
the Liquor Board Control If so.
we wish to remind you that, $400,-
341 was spent for salaries, and
$359,140 for other expense; making
a total of $759,481, a large portion
of which WAS WASTED so far
as a saving that could have been
made by the Liquor Board Control
membership. LET THE PEOPLE
KNOW AND LET THE PEOPLE
RULE,
William Harris "Suppose a very
you object?"
Mary Frances Best: "Try it and
see."
(Ho! Ho!)
Duke Hood 1 can never tell
which t "d" and which is "b."
Dicky Holman: "Oh, that's easy.
The "d is the one with its stom-
They say weak coffee causes a
lot of divorces, but that doesn't
seem like sufficient "grounds.'
OLD RAGS —Yes. The Claude
lews Is paying a premium on old
tigs, just now. Bring us your old
sags. No sox, stockings or string.
.re wanted, but they must be cleai
cotton rags. 37-tf
A g.od deal of bitterness could
'je avoided around Claude If every-
me could be made to understand
that there are two sides to evers
4uestlon.
Another tragedy She youngei
generation escapes Is growing up
without knowing what the Inside
of the old family woodshed looked
like.
E. C. Cur ley says children are
losing their faith In fairy stories
but their parents still believe In
c mp«tfn promises.
About 1892, N. J. Johnson and
Ills wife, M E. Johnson, went to
Claude, Texan, according to reports
All trace of them appears to have
been lc.it after that time and i.
large number of searches continue.,
over a period of years, have yield
:-d n - Information whatever.
This couple Is p.obablv dead, bu'
their nearest kin ure entitled ti
more than $50 000
If you publish this letter, it ma\
come to t'.ie notice of snne ne win
can give us seme information con
cernlng them.
Yours truly,
JOHN J DWYER,
40 Wall 8treet.
New York. N. Y.
Reading that the ladies are go-
ing to shorten skirts to the knee'.
Joe Kesterson says that ought to
give us something to look at be
Ides hats.
City Cleaners \ Tailors, I'hune 154
As W. H. Olles sees It, you sel-
dom hear of a man with callouses
on his hands hollering for any
sort of help.
Ten i ears Ago
PARIS . . . Ten years ago Charles
A. Lindbergh landed at Le Bour-
get Field and was greeted by
cheering crowds after his epic
flight from New York to Paris,
May 20 and 21. 1 27.
the spread of the cotton flea hop-
per and other Injurious insects
This experiment is being conduct-
ed cooperatively by the Texas Agri-
cultural Experiment Station ant
the Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine, U. S Depart-
ment of Agriculture. Releases are
; to be made from South and Cen-
tral Texas areas where croton
weeds or goatweeds are abundant,
and during a period when thf
cotton flea hopper adults are mip
The people get little good from ratlnK to cotton or about May l:
Legislators who do not seek W> cor- l0 june j
rect the basal wrongs in their Gov- —
eminent. Two of tlia greatest* DRIVING WEATHER
wrongs In our Government at pre-; gtrange a3 it may seem. It Isn't
sent are private land monopoly and du thp baU dlKinf monlhs lV
only get it from money-lenders; {hat m,-:St accidents happe-
ind too many IV get land 1)Ut (n fi00(| weather, the kind ct
.illy from land-lend,S A ImJlord wUho(. wp wlU now be experlenc-
i a land lender. These land-lend-; for several months to come
rs consequently are fib • .rblng the ^ a)| Armstrong County motoi
Ouydeil: "Oh! Yes. Ma'am."
PUBLIC ASKED To CAPTI >ti "You have pa sed all the required
BALLOONS IN INSECT SI KM \ examlivjn
More than 4000 yellow balloon ,. "Of course."
about 8-9 inches m diameter, each j - Ycu'vo l. ver poisoned anybody
carrying a numbered tag to b by mistake, have you?"
detached and dropped in the mail j "Nevei
by the tinder, are to be rel >se Then witli p. sigh of relief. Mrs.
in an interesting experiment t ; Merrltt taid Very well, then,
determine the effect of winds upon , t .ease give me 5c worth of cough
drops."
The Last Steer-
ing Committee's
Basal Wrongs
PENSION CHECKS DELAYED
With May checks for approxi-
mately 126.000 needy aged ready
for mailing, payments this month
are being delayed until the federal
grant is received from Washington,
W A Little, acting director of the
Old Age Assistance Commission,
reported today
City Cleaners & Tailors, rhone 154
iroducts and labor of the rest of
lumanlty.
These are our most stupendous
lasal wrongs of the Government
Vhese two monopolies are private
Monopolies, and their lending cap-
icity is not challenged by our
lovernment. They are fiee to ac-
umulate and lend without limit.
Thus iiiey have become more
ists may realize this, yet accident
are far more numerous during th
pretty days of spring and summc
than when highways are coverei
with sleet or snow or rain or fog
That's because favorable drivln
weather promotes carelessness om
is apt to trust more to luck when
the roadway is dry than when th
same road Is In a wet and slip-
owerful in some lines than the pery condition. Evidently the deatl
sJovfinmrnt Itself, and the people toll in this country will go dowt
ire subject to their unlimited greed when drivers realize that the pret
Our Congresses and Legislatures tier the weather and the beitei
oo often take the viewpoint that the road the greatei the d:\nee
these two monopolies are the peo- cf getting hurt. But getting then
pie. This Is their great mistake. t0 realize it is a difficult thine
Lawmakers should check these ns you'll soon begin to notice nov.
ijlant monopolies. They should leg- that the season of pretty driving
islate against such monopolies But weather Is starting
Instead of doing this, they legis-
late for them, it seems under the Ray Burton says a "raise" Is the
Impression that they are the people increase in pay you get Just before
The monopolies are not the peo- you go into debt for a lot of
([. o. rnrt things you could get along without
Blind Baseball Fan
SAN FRANCISCO . Ernest
Blumenthai. blind since 1917, is
an ardent baseball fan He keeps
score In Braille and calls the plays
accurately by the sound of ball
meeting bat. With him is Us
"Seeing Eye' dog guide.
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