The Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, October 1, 1937 Page: 1 of 12
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VOLUME 49
"Located in the Heart of the Panhandle"
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCT. 1, 1937.
"On the Rim of the Palo Duro Canyon"
NUMBER S.
To Count Jobless
WASHINGTON, D. C. . John
D. Biggers, Toledo, Ohio, glass
manufacturer, arriving at the
White House to accept an ftp-
rointment as Administrator of a
ederal Unemployment census.
Drastic Reduc-
tion in Electric
Rates in Claude
Another reduction In Residential
and Commercial Lighting and Elec-
tric Power rates has been announc-
ed by A. D. Smalley, Manager of
the Southwestern Public ervlce Co.
This Is the sixth rate reduction
made In Claude since the company
purchased the electric system here
in 1928. The top lighting rate at
that time was 18c per kilowatt
hour. In the new rate, there Is a
top rate of 8c per kilowatt hour or
less than one-half the top lighting
rate existing nine years ago.
The new rates are as follows:-
Residential
First 50 KWH ® 8c per KWH
Next 50 KWH ® 5c per KWH
Remainder © 2c per KWH
Minimum Bill - $2 00 per mo.
Commercial Lighting
First 50 KWH 9 8c per KWH
Next 50 KWH 6c per KWH
Next 900 KWH <8> 4c per KWH
Remainder &' 2c per KWH
Minimum Bill - $2 00 per mo.
Small Power
First 1000 KWH 9 3'^c per KWH
Next 1000 KWH @ 2'iiC per KWH
Remainder & 2c per KWH
Minimum BUI - $1.50 per horse-
power of connected load.
Mr. Smalley stated that this re-
duction Is In continuation of the
company's established policy of re-
ducing rates as rapidly as possible,
consistent with furnishing modern
and ample electric service to Its
customers.
He stated that the new rates are
now in effect and will apply on all
bills rendered on the first of Nov-
ember this year.
DINNER AND SHOWER HONOR
MISS MAUD EMMA BEST
Miss Maud Emma Best, bride-
elect of A J Welser of Panhandle,
was honored Tuesday night, Sept.
14, when Mrs. Jay Laverty enter-
tained at her home, 704 Fillmore
Street, with a lovely dinner and
lingerie shower.
A pink and green color scheme
was carried out in table appoint-
ments, and an attractive floral ar-
rangement formed a centerpiece.
Places were laid for: Miss Best;
Mesdames H. Berry. Elizabeth Teel,
Mabel J. Hester, L. W Jordan,
Mayo D. Conner, Jay Laverty and
Misses' Peggy Ooolsby, Imogene
Berry, Myrtle Hanks, Emma Day,
Eleanor OKeefe and Gertrude
Beaver.
Several clever contests furnished
entertainment.—Panhandle Herald
COLLEGE SPECIAL
Call at the Claude News office
today and have The Claude News
sent to your boy or girl who Is at
College for only 80c the full school
term. The Claude News will be ap-
preciated by them almost as well
as a letter from home with a
check In It. Only 85c for the full
school term.
SAVE YOUR LIFE AND OTHERS
Signal the man behind -When
slowing up. when turning corners,
when coming to a stop—He Is not
• mind reader
Don't count too much on the
common seiue of tin? other fellow
-No one Is 100 per cent alert at
all times.
Use more horse sense and less
horse power—Don't create hazard
by excessive speed
Drivers who think give street
cars the right of way—They run on
rails only and can't turn out of
your way to avoid hltilng you —
Don't cut In ahead of one.
Mr. and Mrs. Green Clark have
returned to Claude after spending
MfCrsl months at A drain, Texas.
Carollettes Win
First in Tri-State
Fair Jr. Chorus
For the second consecutive year
the Carollettes, the girls glee-club
from Claude High School, won
first prize and a blue ribbon In
the Til-State Fair Junior Chorus
Contest.
The membership of the club is
thirty-six girls, under the direction
of Katharyn Renfroe, public school
mu.':ic teacher in the Claude school
and accompanied by Kuthryn Doak
a high school girl.
The numbers given by the chcrus
Included "Summer Winds" by Wil-
son Bishop, and an Indian song,
"Pule Moon," by Frederick Logan.
The Judges comment was quite
favorable. The musical technic of
the compositions was highly praised.
One of the first rules for perfect
ensemble singing Is that each
member keep her eyes on the
director at all times. While con-
testing the Carollettes upheld the
tradition of their club in this
respect.
The Carollettes were very proud
to have their new dresses ready for
this special occasion. All were uni-
formly dressed in a black novelty
crepe with white tailored collars.
The schedule of the chorus for
this year's work includes a trip to
the Convention of the Texas Fed-
eration'of Music Clubs, which will
meet in Childress this year; the
presentation of a program for the
Panhandle High School, a Christ-
mas Vesper service, participation
in Claude High School's annual
stunt night, a Easter Sunrise Ser-
vice, and numbers for the Com-
mencement Exercises.
The Club has been Invited to
give a radio program some time
this year The Carollettes will also
take part on various High School
and benefit programs.
Mrs. Renfroe explained that the
membership of the Carollettes had
been somewhat limited this year
to include only the more experienc-
ed girls. This was advisable in or-
der that the Carollettes could at-
tain a higher standard of perfor-
mance this year.
The County Fair
Made a Big Come
Back this Year
The county fair has staged a
comeback. Reports covering every
section of the country are to the
effect that not only have hundreds
of defunct institutions of this kind
been revived but those that have
continued to operate have actually
shown nice profits this year.
If you would know the American
people as they really are, visit a
county tair. No fancy clothes will
you see. but rather the servlcable,
comfortable styles to which Am-
erica clings. You will learn that it
is still possible In this modern age
for folks to enjoy themselves by
Inspecting the harvests of the fields
the products of the homes und the
inventive genius of the nation as
displayed In labor-saving devices
and agricultural machinery. You
will find as much Interest shown
hi horses, hogs, cattle and chickens
is you will In streamlined trains,
dirigibles or many-cylindered autos.
You will overhear men and women
chatting about weather conditions
and coming crop prospects and a-
bout the coming and going of their
neighbors, instead of about fan-
dancers, finger-nail polish or movie
star divorces.
Other American Institutions may-
come and go but the county fair
remains. It does so because It fills
a need and meets a want In Am-
erican life as It .exists outside the
large cities. The county fair Is not
only an educational set-up. it Is a
social easis for those in whose lives
the green spots are Infrequent. The
county fair has established itself
as a fixed part of our American
life. It will remain such Just ar
long as It affords a cheerful holi-
day to those who anticipate its
pleasures for months In advance,
as many millions of people now do,
a majority of Armstrong county
citizens among them.
THREW AWAY S25.IWO STATUE
In Newark, N J, Joseph Smith,
Negro street cleaner, picked up a
small statue in an alley that he
thought had been thrown away as
valueless and took It home to his
children for a plaything Next day,
newspapers told the story of the
theft among other articles of a
Buddhist goddess from the New-
ark Museum worth $25 000 Smith
took the statue to the museum. It
was the Buddhist goddess. Evident-
ly the thief, not realizing its worth
had discarded it from his other
loot.
Hazel Hurd Play-
ers Coming Here
All Next Week
Claude people will have an op-
portunity to enjoy good clean en-
tertainment in a large tent theatre
when the Hazel Hurd Players ful-
fill their engagement here next
Monday night, for a full week's
engagement. These show people
really need no Introduction to the
theatregoers of Claude and all
Armstrong county. They have been
here and at nearby towns in past
years and their return is like a
visit from old frlentte.
The Hurd organization has head-
quarters at Spearman, and Is, in
effect, a Panhandle organization
This same company has been In
the show business for 19 years.
They always specialize in clean en-
tertainment, new plays and spec-
ialities, and this year is no excep-
tion. Their opening play for Mon-
day night is "Too Much Mother-ln-
Law." ,
The Waiklki Novelty Boys or-
chestra, a very popular musical ag-
gregation. Is with them and is rat-
ed better than ever. These broad-
cast from Pampa last year.
The tent will be located just east
of the square. Popular prices are
announced with a special induce-
ment on Monday night of Ladies
Free.
Turkey Queen
You Can't Fool
the Big Business,
We're on a Boom
There may be a doubt in the
mind of some business men In this
section that better times are here
and that they are going to get still
better, but there isn't a bit of
doubt about it in the minds of
their strongest and most success-
ful competitors — the mail - order
men. Mot s nee 1929 have the malls
been so heavy with mail-order cat-
alogues and mail-order catalogues
and mall-order merchandising of-
fers as at the present time. These
mail-order dealers are recognized
as the wisest advertisers on earth,
so If they are doubling and trebl-
Farm Security
■Program to Meet
the Many Needs
How the various local, state and
federal agencies are combining
their resources to meet definite
needs and alleviate acute problems
in the rural homes over the South-
west was recently cited by Mrs.
Esther B. Call, regional chief of
the home economics division of the
Farm Security Administration,
serving all of New Mexico and
parts of Colorado, Kansas, Okla-
homa and Texas.
No one agency, Mrs. Call points
out. is so designed that it can
fully meet all of the emergencies
that arise among farm people in
# Limbering Up
PORTLAND, Ore. , . . Miss Helen
Wetle of Deschutes County, Ore-
gon, Is dressed in an interesting
costume of feathers representing
the Queen of the Champions of
the Thanksgiving Dinner Tables.
PUBLIC SPEAKING CLUB
The Public Speaking Club met
last Friday, Sept. 17, 1937. We had
a business meeting and elected the
following officers:
President—Janice Bagwell
Vice-Pres.—Edna Mae Adams
Secretary—Janell Best
Program Committee — Minerva
Ann Wilson (chairman), Margarett
Sewell, Jo Frances Worley, Pauline
Dodge,
Reporter—Oayle Holderman
Song Leader -Lorna Faye Lickey
and Pauline Dodge
Critic—Miss Wiegman
A new name was selected for the
club, the "Gab and be Gay" club
Also several amendments were
made in the constitution.
We urge more students to attend
our meetings and join our club-
Reporter.
WORD FROM MISS HUNDLEY
A letter was received by Mr W
C. Hundley, of Claude, from the
Baptist Foreign Mission Board,
Richmond, Va.. stating that the
last reports they had from Miss
Lillie Hundley, Claude's Missionary
to China, was that she and a num-
ber of other Missionaries were at
Chefoo, China and that they were
safe at that time It also stated
that If they received any direct
word from Miss Lillie, that Mr
Hundley would be Informed at
once. The letter further stated: "I
hope you will not be over-anxious
about her, but realize that the
Lord can keep her hi His protect-
ing care thru all these dangerous
days."
C. C. C. ENTRANCE
Recent changes in regulations
governing eligibility for selection
into the Civilian Conservation
Corps has been received from the
Department of Labor by Adam R.
Johnson, Director, Texas Relief
Commission.
"A youth may now be selected
who has an honorable discharge
and has only been out six months,
providLng other rules are met,
while in the past he would have to
wait a year," stated Mr. Johnson,
"This will anable hundreds of boys
to enroll in October, who other-
wise could not have been accepted
until January."
City Cleaners & Tailors, Phone 154
Queen God-Mother
LONDON . . . Lady Anns Rhys
proudly holds bar Infant daughter,
Elizabeth Maud, at wboaa chris-
tening Qoeen Elisabeth will be
one jf the God-11 others.
Improvement in
the Gas Facilities
Made at Claude
Under the supervision of Mr. J.
M. Yarberry, of Groom, The Pro-
ducers Utilities Corporation has
made many needed improvements
on the gas facilities of Claude and
community. These Improvements
will be readily noticed during the
winter months, which will give
them a severe test.
Among the Improvements the gas
company has installed three new
regulators, one at the city limits
on the main line, reducing the
main line pressure down to 25 lbs.
Another Is located near the gulf
wear house and another just north
of the soft ball field. These regula-
tors, Inclosed in a small aluminum
colored house, reduce the pressure
down to ubout 6 lbs. which makes
it a safe pressure as It Is carried
to the different homes in town
The company has also replaced
consiterable lines over town, espec-
ially In the business district. All
gas meters have been overhauled,
cleaned and put into good shape,
a3 well as the regulators, connect-
ed with every gas meter.
Harold Nave, fire marshal, and
Mr. Yarberry. with the help of his
men have also Installed new equip-
ment at the local school building.
Included in this equipment were
new 4 hi. welded lines into the
heating plant, which eliminates
any hazard through the use of gas
around the school building. Across
the street from the building a new
automatic safety seal has been in-
stalled which automatically stopes
the flow of gas should the pressed
Into the building go over 16 oz
This also eliminates a big hazard.
The equipment used is the latest
and most modern available, works
automatically and will eliminate
any danger, which should put
many father and mother at ease
when they send their children off
to school each day
On a whole the town of Claude
is better fitted with gas facilities
than every before, and, with an
even pressure of gas all over town,
the winter month should pass with
the greatest of easy as far as heat-
ing equopment is concerned.
UNITED STATES ON WAR
One bit of pending legislation
worth more than a passing plance
is the constitutional amendment
drafted by Representative Louis
Ludlow which would provide for a
national referendum before the
United States could enter any war
For two and one-half years the
bill has been slumbering peace-
fully In the house judiciary com-
mittee. Now Mr. Ludlow is circulat-
ing a petition to force a vote on
the measure, and there i3 a chance
that he may succeed
It Is not hard to think of pretty
sound reasons for supporting such
an amendment. It is the plalr
people who do the fighting in a
war. who pay the bills and endure
the privations that a war make'
necessary. Why should not the}
themselves — through their cwn
votes and not through their con-
gressional delegates—be permitted
to say whether the country should
go to war?—Wichita Falls Record
lng their advertising activities it is I periods of drouth, wind erosion, low
safe to believe they see better and j prices and ill health. But, she says,
bigger business on ahead. Their] where all service agencies Join
activities are deserving of the at- hands for the common purpose of
tentlon of home-town business men administering to those in need, the
too, and should serve to notify results are Immediately noticeable
them that more business is await-j ar.d lasting.
ing those who go after It, and go; The home management supervl-
promptly. Mall-order business men i sor for Armstrong County is Mrs.
know the power and value of j Lillie B. McClure, with offices at
i printers Ink and right now, with I the court house. Her duties are
j retail merchandising entering upon I many and varied, but the progress
what many predict will become an- j thus far is remarkable, and given
other boom is a mighty appropriate j better farming conditions In the
time for local business men to i future, added to the experience and
WESTWOOD, CaL . "Bill" WU-
Hams, U.C.L.A. fullback (kicking),
and Ernest Hill, tackle, pictured
in their first days of practice of
the 1937 football season.
profit by such wisdom.
FALL FLIES
The common housefly is a me-
nace to health, regardless of sea-
sons. But it is in the fall months,
many health authorities contend,
that danger from this pest is the
greatest. It Is In the fall, they as-
sert, that the germ-carrying house-
fly carts about its most deadly
cargo and to this in a large way
is attributable the sharp rise in
the number of typhoid cases re-
corded annually during the fall
months this being the case, Arm-
strong-co. citizens should not sus-
pend the swatting campaign which
started with the first appearance
of the pests last spring. Keep It
up so long as there Is a single fly
Infesting your premises. You might
also keep In mind the fact that
fall weed cutting as a part of the
campaign against disease also re-
mains an Important Item. There is
too much danger in waiting for
Jack Frost to do the job for you
If you would protect your health
and be rid of disease-carrying
houseflies you must get rid of fly-
breeding weeds.
progress achieved thus far, the re-
sults, in most cases, should be so
great that the bitter experiences
of the past several years will soon
be forgotten in a new era of home
and social security.
'Daily
(/Breeze
H Q PliNKIN/fllDE^
I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as the days go by
Always to look myself in the eye,
I don't want to stand, in the set-
ting sun,
And hate myself for the things
I've done.
I want to go out with my head erect
HOLTZCLAW OPPOSES WAR I war.t to deserve all mens respect.
Amarillo, Sept. 29, "(137. But here, in the struggle for fame
MORE EMPLOYMENT
Austin, Texas, Oct. 1 —Reports
to the Bureau of Business Re-
search of The University of Texas
from over 1 800 Texas establish-
ments showed that 91,282 workers
were employed during August, an
increase of 7.9 per cent over Aug-
ust last year. Total weekly pay-
rolls of these establishments was
$2,333,941, an Increase of 239 per
cent over the corresponding week
last year, the Bureau's Index in-
dicated.
Cities in which the gains In both
employment and payrolls were
above the average gain for the
State were Amaiillo, Denison, El
Paso, Houston, Port Arthur, and
Wichita Falls.
Salesman: "How did you come to
have the accident with that u ed
car we sold you?"
Glbbs Pope: "I couldn't put my
hand out when I was pushing it
'round the comer."
THE "QUALITY" IDEA IS AS
OLD A PAPER ITSELF!
Excavating the tomb of an un-
known Egyptian, archaeologists
from the British Museum unearth-
ed a letter written thousands of
years ago. A postscript on the
papyrus scrool reads: "Excuse the
paper."—Thus we know that the
use of Inferior paper has always
been considered poor form!
Business goes only where it is
Invited. Advertise in the News
Hog-Caliing Champion
To Editor Claude News
Claude, Texas.
Dear Friend:
Keep those good editorials
of
and self,
I want to be able to like myself;
I don't want to look at myself and
know
That I'm b!uff and bluster and
yours going, as I enjoy them so empty show
much. And, oh boy, lets all give j j never can hide myself from me;
Dr Clark a hand on his talk about j j see What others may never see.
war. If the clergy every where jj know what others may never know;
would come out as he has on war, l nevcr can {oo] myself and so
and keep it up for a while the; whatever happens, I want to be
world would finally become clvillz- Self-respecting and conscience-free.
ed, don't you think?
Go on with the good work.
Yours for a better day.
W. J. Holtzclaw,
1223 W. 9th St.
Shrieking Roads
to be used on our
modern Highway
That these is something new un-
der the sun Insofar as safety in-
ventions are concerned is attested
by recent developments of s
".shrieking road" by students in the
Dept. of Mines of the University
of Minnesota. They have diseover-
d that certain types of metals
will, when laid into the paving of
highways, emit a sort of shrieking
sound when the tires of an auto-
mobile pass over them. This they
contend, can be used to warn
motorists when they are getting
too far over on the wrong side o!
the road and when approaching
a dangerous curve or railroad
crossing. Among the other things
constantly being invented to make
highways fool-proof. Claude motor-
ists may soon make the acquain-
tance of the "shrieking road," for
it is said that tests show it to be
practical. But is still will take
something more than a road that
shrieks to make careful drivers of
a good many of them.
-(Ho! Ho!)-
JOHN JOSF.Y ENTERTAINED
AT LOCAL CHURCH
John Josey, organist of the First
Baptist Church, Amarillo, brought
a large number of singers down to
Claude Tuesday night and put on
an Interesting musical program at
the local Baptist Church Solos,
duets, chlor and congregational
singing were featured in the pro-
gram.
Mr Jossey has recently publish-
ed a song book, and most of the
numbers featured in the program
were ^elected from the newly pub-
lished book
It was an Inspiration to witness! mp four Umes night
the singing of the soul stirring Mauvine Hood "My
hymns, and all present seemed to! What an arm!"
enjoy greatly the entire program j ,Ho, Ho!)
Charlie Brown sent word to WPA
headquarters that his workers on
the Hamblin Drive were out of
shovels. The reply came back: "Tell
the men to lean on each other,
we are out of shovels."
(Ho! Ho!)
Bob Taylor: "Ya' like t' read?"
Henry Jackson: "Ye'h."
Bob: "Wlia'cha like t' read?"
Henry "Oh, Lll' orphannle, Pop-
eye 'n' Flash Gordon."
Bob: "Ya' like O. Henry?"
Henry: "Naw, de nuts git In me
teeth."
(Ho! Ho!)
Hock" Tucker: "Strike one!"
Tubby Hood: "Strike one? You
Idiot . . the ball hit me on the
head."
"Hock": "Well, it struck you,
didn t it? That's two dollars' fine
for you."
Tubby: "Two dollar's fine? Wha*
Is the two bucks for?"
Hock' "To buy a new ball."
(Ho! Ho!)
Woodie Lee Burnett: "First I
held hands with Jane, then I kiss-
ed her."
Floyd Wiegman "Y-yes, t-t-then
what did you do?"
Woodie Lee: "I gave her old
man a dirty look and paid the
minister."
(Ho! Ho!i
Delton Dye (departing at last):
"Good-bye. Hope I havent' kept
you out of bed,"
Mrs Vernon Dye: "That's all
right. We would have been getting
up soon in any case."
(Ho! Ho!)
Harley Gunter has started nurs-
ing his hoggs on cows for a new
line of milk-fed hoggs. It Is rumor-
ed that this was Charlie Smother-
mon's original idea.
— (Ho1 Holt
Mrs. W. W Hood: "If you don't
stop playing that saxophone you
will drive me crazy."
Sheerwood Mclntlre: "Ha. ha,
you're crazy already. I stopped
playing an hour ago"
(Hoi Ho!)
Joe Frances Worley: "Just think,
S Ray tried to put his arm around
Gawd!
y* *<..<• >
Mr Lloyd Roberson one of the; r^. Hundlev: ..your brother
men accompanying Mr Jossey, in- think's hes a ghost'"
troduced the various numbers. Bm>. u,liwlg "Sure-he was go-
~ ^ ing arour.d the house this morn-
NEW BOOKS ing singing "I Ain't Got No Body'."
"The Heaven and Earth of Dona: (Ho! HoM
Jessie Cope: "What makes John
Bloomers act so grouchy?"
Buck Parsons "He's teething."
Jessie. "Teething?"
Buck "Yes . they keep sllp-
CHy
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Elena." by Grace Zaring Stone The
love story of a nun In a Spanish
Convent.
"Somebody Must" by Alice Qrant
Rosman. The story of "Kay" who
has Just completed her college ed- ping out!
DETROIT, Mich. . . . Veteran UCation at Oxford
hog-breeder Herman Cos of Cold- "The Magic Fountain' by 8ad-
cailfng ^am'plonship0 held *at Z J"fh and Anson Lowtu A really
Michigan State Fair. The Chan- trul> story of P01** ** Leon and
plon la typical bellowing >oes his search for the magic fountain. Ctty
(Ho! Ho!)-
"Be sure you are right—then ask
your wife what she thinks about it"
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