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In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
VOLUME 58.
CLAUDE, AMRSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEB. 11, 1949.
F J A Community Service
for Armstrong county
& Its Trade Territory
NUMBER 23.
Farm Bureau Get-
Together Slated
for Thurs. Feb. 17
The Armstrong County Farm
Bureau Directors met Wednesday,
Feb. 9th to make final plans for
a county wide get-together the
night of Thursday, Feb. 17th.
Motion pictures on Alaska and
the Farm Bureau Convention In
Atlantic City will be shown by M.
B. Blankenshlp of Dalhart. Also
on the program will be Carl Kuper
of Dalhart, who Is now our State
Director from this district.
The livestock situation will be
discussed by R. C. Johnson, who is
a member of the National Live-
stock Committee.
All Farm Bureau members are
urged to attend this first in a
series of entertainment programs.
Anyone Interested in agriculture is
Invited to attend the program.
Local Cub Pack
Entertain Parents
Last Thursday, Feb. 3, 1049, at
the Methodist Church the Cub
Scouts Troop No. 17. entertained
their mothers and dads with a
Blue and Gold Banquet, honoring
the 39th Birthday of Scouting in
America.
Each Den had its own table de-
corated for interest as well as
beauty. After the invocation and a
song, delicious sandwiches, salad,
cake and coffee or hot chocolate
were served. The Cub Master, John
Knierlm, made some remarks and
read a poem which was very fitting
to the occasion. A brief talk was
made by the Committee Chairman,
Rollo Davidson. Badges and awards
were presented and the Scout bene-
diction was led by Den Chief Alvin
Carr, who also had charge of the
cubs In their meeting.
The Committee and Den Mothers
will have their next meeting Feb.
22nd in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Conrad. They will also
be represented in an area meeting
at Amarlllo Friday night, Feb. 11th.
The next Pack meeting will be
held March 3rd.
Troop 17 to Park on
Potter Co. Square
Troop 17 of Claude, along with
three other troops from this area
will pitch camp on the Pottor Co-
unty Courthoase lawn in Amarlllo
Friday and Saturday to show people
of this section scout camping me-
thods, etc. The four top troops of
the area were picked to give this
demonstration in observance of
Scout Week.
Scouts will meet at the Baptist
Church in Claude, this evening,
(Friday), as soon as school Is out
and leave from there for Amarillo.
They will return to Claude Satur-
day afternoon about 6:30.
Welfare Worker
Date Changed
Vivian Commings, from Office of
State Department of Public Wel-
fare, has informed the News that
her visiting day for Claude has
been changed to the Second Tues-
day of each month instead of the
former date. Anyone wishing to
make an appointment with her at
Canyon may do so by writing in
care of Box 544, Canyon, Texas.
A good deed blesses two.
Co-op Banquet
Held in Claude
Tuesday Noon
Members of the Armstrong Coun-
ty Farmers Supplies & Consumers
Association met for their twentieth
annual banquet at the Community
Home in Claude Tuesday noon, Feb
8. 1949.
Following the banquet, Frank
Bagwell, president of the associa-
tion, and Mart Crownover, secre-
tary & treasurer, presided over a
business meeting which included
the election of officers for the new
year. L.m T. 'Bud' Bagwell, present
vice-president, was elected to the
office of president; Alton 'Cat' Mc-
Clure was elected to the office of
vice-president and Mart Crownover
was re-elected as secretary and
treasurer.
Following the election of officers
Leonard F. Cowden, vice-president
of the Consumers Cooperation As-
sociation with offices in Amarillo,
made a talk on consumers and their
association with district and na-
tional associations.
Jno. C. Wilson, district supervisor. _ / 11
for the State Comptrollers Office. j U16S 01 flCClrl
talked briefly on the relation of
his office to the consumers.
Out of town visitors were Leon-
ard F. Cowden, Tom C. Jones, AAC
comtroller, Glenn Rice, auditor ma-
nager for AAC, and Jno. C. Wilson,
all of Amarillo.
Following the business the annual
letter and report written by Walter
McLaren, manager of the local
station here, was read to the as-
sociation by Luther Lowry. It was
filled with the usual witlcisms and
good humor and advice as only
Mack' can write it.
SWIM-HEALTH QUEEN . . .
This long - stemmed American
beauty is Terrl Hanraban, of
Montclalr, N. J., who was chosen
"Miss Florida Swim for Health."
Miss Hanrahan, 18 years old, Is
one bathing beauty who can
really swim. She won her title at
a contest conducted in Miami.
Clarence Hudson
Attack Saturday
Clarence M. Hudson, 53 years old,
prominent Armstrong County far-
mer and rancher, living near Good-
night, died at 8:00 o'clock Saturday
morning, Feb. 5, 1949. He was out
feeding cattle about a mile east of
his farm home when he was
stricken.
Mr. Hudson served as Armstrong
County commissioner for a number
of years and was active in church
j and civic programs. He was a mem-
Board of directors for the new ■ jjer of ^he Baptist Church and the
year are: Bud Bagwell, Cat Mc-
Clure, Mart Crownover, Lynn Bo-
omer, Cleve Bennett, W. R. Mc-
Gowan, F. B. Doshier, Herbert
Hunt and Frank Bagwell. Walter
McLaren is manager and his as-
sistants are Mrs. Betty Burrow,
Warner Brunson and Joe Stephen-
eon of Claude.
Ladies of the Armstrong County
Federation of Women's Clubs serv-
ed the bountiful meal for the As-
sociation.
Teacher's Ase'n.
Met in White Deer
White Deer served as host for
the meeting of the Armstrong-Car-
son County Unit of the Texas
State Teacher Association on Feb.
2, 1949. President McGehee of
Claude was in charge of the group
which consisted of Teachers from
Panhandle, Skellytown, Groom,
White Deer and Claude. Following
a banquet in the school cafeteria
the group went into a brief busi-
ness session followed by an address
by Dr. Cornette, President of West
Texas State College. Twelve teach-
ers attended from Claude.
Sister-in-Law Passes
Away at Topeka
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hughlett of
Claude, received a message Tuesday
concerning the passing away of Mr.
Hughlett's sister-in-law, Mrs. Kate
Hughlett at Topeka. Kalis. They
formerly lived in Claude and have!
many friends here. She is the(
mother of Alfred Hughlett of Am-
arlllo.
To have friends; be friendly.
Symbol of Resolution
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Every boy resolves to "Do a Good Turn Daily" when he be-
comes a Scout. "To help Other People at All Times" is part of
the oledre he makes. Scouts everywhere have been, and are.
doinr Good Turns in their neighborhoods, the nation, and the
world. Seou ting's service to others b largely motivated by this
rtttluUon. Scouts, everywhere. "Strengthen the Arm of Liberty."
American Legion. He was a Mason
and has many friends over Ihc
Panhandle who were shocked and
saddened at his early passing.
Clarence will long be remembered
for his friendly attitude toward
people and his ready smile for all
he met. He was always lending a
helping hand whenever possible and
will be greatly missed in the Good-
night community.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Alda Hudsun, Goodnight; three
daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Stephen-
son and Mrs. Roma Be..rd both of
Claude, and Miss Amy Ruth Hud-
son, Goodnight; oitfe son, Clarence
M. Hudson, Jr., Goodnight; two
sisters, Mrs. R. O. Mayes, Lubbock
and Mrs. Homer W. Haislip, St.
Louis. Mo., and one brother, Vernon
Hudson, Goodnight.
Funeral services were held at 2:00
o'clock Monday afternoon at the
Goodnight Baptist Church. Rev.
A. B. Mosley, pastor, officiated.
Burial was made in the Good-
night Cemetery.
Son-in-Law Honored
as Man-of-Year
Palestine, Feb. 11—E. L. Goggans
former local manager of the Texas
Power and Light Company, recent-
ly transferred to Dallas, Thursday
night received an award as "the
outstanding man of Palestine for
1948".
The clubs participating were the
Lions, Rotary, Kiwanis, Jaycees and
Business and Professional Women.
The presentation was made at
the annual banquet for members of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Will Keller, making the presen-
tation, described civic work Gog-
gans did during his several years
in Palestine. He called attention
to the Community Chest, which
Goggans led in founding: the Com-
munity Forest, early work on which
was due almost entirely to Gog-
gans; and other projects.
In 1948 alone, Keller said, Gog-
gans as president of the Chamber
of Commerce led In setting up the
chamber's farm marketing and
Inlry improvement program, refor-
estation through the Junior Cham-
ber of Commerce, the poultry pro-
;ram of the Kiwanis Club, the
community building program of the
Lions Club, and other undertakings
by various groups.
A certificate was presented the
honored ex-citizen along with a
5500 U. S. Savings Bond.
Mr. Goggirrs' wife is Mrs. Frances
Goggans, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
C. B. Hunter of Claude.
Country Boy Patrol
For Local Troop
Boys living in the country who
\re unable to attend scoutmcetings
regularly, but would like to register
with the troop may do so next
Monday night at Baptist Church
at 7:00. A regular patrol of country
boys will be formed and they will
'be required to attend Scoutmeeting
I once a month, and a Patrol Meet-
| lng once a month.
You know some news to us.
South Dakota Storm
Not Bad as Feared
Sansarc, S. D.
Feb. 1, 1949.
Dear Bryan Waggoner;
Will drop you a line of our bliz-
zard up here and our slow •nove-
ment home from down there. We
were 13 days getting through Neb.
and Dakota. Nebraska had lots
more snow than we did. We have
huge snow drifts, the old timers
say It was the worst storm that
ever hit this country, but the stock
farmer and rancher that had his
feed up and where it wasn't to
far from Ills cattle are OK. Not
going to be a big loss here in this
part of country for the ones that
prepared for bad weather. I haven't
lost any cattle and several of my
neighbors haven't. It is mostly big
cow outfits operating on a big scale
and live in town, not putting up
hay like they should. Of course,
most of our neighbors ran out of
fuel but airplanes with skies are
landing on the snow giving them
help and groceries. We did lose
ten head of lambs. They smothered
to death in the barn, during the
blowing snow.
Our truck stalled seven miles
from home. We had a neighbor to
bring us in on a bob sled. We get
our mail fast, as the main high-
ways are opened up. Had 23 in of
snow all toll here. We found Jr.
and the man that stayed with him
all OK but was out of smoking.
We enjoyed our visit if we did
have an extended lay over in Ne-
braska. The Army and Navy took
over with the State to clear roads
and get to every ranch.
Yours Truly
Aubrey Knight.
(Editors Note: Thanks, Aubrey,
for your undestanding and thought-
fullness that prompted you to let
us know how you our friends up
there made it. We heard many
reports that had us worried for
your safety. We had a pretty good
taste of it ourselves with two or
three snow storms on the heels of
the other and the ground is full
of water here and as it thaws the
mud is very slack making country
roads very hard to travel. Most of
our small snow drifts are melted
now. Many folks are driving thru
pastures and on North-south roads
to get to the pavement then to
town.)
ARRESTED . . . Vicki Evans
was bonked in New York fnr
failure to appear at the Cali-
fornia hearing of the mari-
huana charge Involving herself,
Robert Mitchum, screen star,
and two other defendants.
Laycocks Write
From Ordway, Colo.
Feb. 6. 1949
Dear Editor:
Enclosed you will find a check
for two dollars and fifty cents for
which please send us the Claude
News again for another year. It is
like getting a letter from "back
home".
From what we see in papers and
hear over the radio, the Panhandle
must be having some bad weather.
This valley we live in must be
somewhat protected for we have
had lovely weather all fall and
winter so far. We seldom ever have
any wind and we have had only
two light snows. The temperture is
around zero most nights but with
no wind and being dry it doesn't
seem that cold at all.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Val Laycock.
Three Minute Sermon
By Charles Simmons,
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
WHAT DO YOU PREACH?
Are you a preacher? No? Oh,
you're an office worker, a house-
wife, or perhaps a teacher. Well,
believe it or not, you're a preacher
too—perhaps not one who speaks
from a pulpit, but one who tells of
Christ through his personal life.
(See SERMON on Page
BEFORE COMMITTEE ,.. Dean
Aebossn. oecretary-of-otato des-
ignate, Is shown bore as he ap-
peared before the
pearod befsrs the group to defend
Me fuaUflealeas lot the tap
Local Auxiliary
Commended by
Vet Hospital
Mrs. Edna Mae Melton, President
American Legion Auxiliary
Claude, Texas
Dear Mrs. Melton:
As the New Year of 1949 is start-
ed, we wish to take this opportun-
ity to thank all the members of
the American Legion Auxiliary of
Claude, for the many kindnesses,
courtesies and the contribution of
your time in helping the patients
in our hospital. You have been
most generous in contributing your
time without any thought of re-
muneration, except the pleasure
which you derived from seeing the
good it has done the patients at
this hospital.
We know we speak with the ap-
proval of each and every patient of
this hospital, when we extend to
you the heartfelt thanks of all.
They know and we know it would
be impossible for us to carry on
the program of entertainment and
recreation—relieving the patients of
the monotony of hospital routine
if it were not for you people con-
tributing so generously of your
time for their benefit.
You people are also contributing
beyond measure in helping to in-
tegrate so many of our veterans
back into the community life or
keeping them in contact with the
community from which they came.
We consider you as part of our
medical team in placing the patient
back into his community so that
he or she is again a lull-fledged
member of society away from the
hospital.
Again expressing our thanks for
your aid and cooperation, we re-
main
Sincerely yours,
Special Services Staff
George A. Harris
Chief, Special Services.
Sister Celebrates
92nd Birthday
The following special event ap-
peared In Long Bcach Press-Tele-
gram of January 31, 1949:
Neighbors and friends of Mrs. S.
A. Mann called on her to help her
celebrate her 92nd Birthday oc-
casion.
There was n pretty pink and
white Birthday Cake that Mrs.
Mann made for this occasion al-
though it was for her 92nd Birth-
day. She air-mailed two slices of
this beautifully decorated cake to
her niece. John Ella Hathorn, at
Claude, Texas.
The little silver-haired, grey-eyed
lady, who has no kith or kin in
Long Beach, lives alone in a cozy
apartment up a flight of stairs at
523'a E. Broadway. She asks no
help, but neighbors drop in oc-
casionally to keep her company.
The closest relatives near her are
a sister, a nephew and wife, in
Los Angeles, Calif.
Mrs. Mann likes to recall the
time in 1886 when a Texas ranch
boss with whom she had been cor-
responding, came to her home in
Eastern Tennessee, to claim her
as his bride They traveled by
train to Clarendon. Texas, then
■>y stage coach 18 miles to the
Texns ranch which is the J. A.
Hanch, of which Mrs. Mann's hus-
band, John Mann, was once fore-
man.
"I've seen them brand as many
as 19,000 calves at o time on this
ranch" she said.
Mrs. Manns last trip to Texas
was the summer of 1927, at which
time she visited relatives and
friends In Clarendon, Claude' and
at the JA Ranch.
The Adventure
of Scouting is
for Every Boy
"Boys will be boys," they say.
But we're sure you'll agree they'll
be better, friendlier, happier boys
if they're in the ranks of the Boy
Scouts of America. For 39 years,
the Boy Scouts have made an in-
creasing contribution to a better
America through a well-rlanned,
up-to-date program to meet boy's
interests.
It's a program of adventure that
appeals to every boy, ".'hen he
knows about if A"d there's the rub.
Many a boy of 12 or over still
needs to bo informed of the excit-
ing activities of Scouting. Many a
parent needs to discover the values
of Scouting for his boy. Many an
adult needs to find out the enjoy-
ment to be derived from helping
boys find themselves through Scout-
ing. Many a civic institution should
look into the merits and advant-
ages of sponsoring a Troop of Boy
Scouts.
For these reasons - we're taking
the opportunity—during Boy Scout
Week—to fulfill our obligation as
an information-medium, by remind-
ing you of your responsibility to
the boys of America—the Men of
Tomorrow!
The Student Editor
Thinks, He Thinks
Nannie Duniven
Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Nannie
Luella Duniven were conducted at
2 o'clock Monday afternoon in N.
S. Griggs & Sons Chapel. Officiat-
ing were Dr. E. B. Fincher. pastor
emeritus of Southern Presbyterian
Church. Pallbearers v;cre her six
grandsons. Burial was in the Llano
Cemetery.
Mrs. Duniven, 79 years old. pass-
ed away Friday night, Feb, 4. 1949.
at the home of a daughter, Mrs.
W. A. Rhoden, with whom she
lived, after an illness of several
years. Sfie has been an Amarllio
resident for 22 years. With her
husband, the late W. H. Duniven.
she moved from Hunt County in
1926. She was born March 9, 1869.
in Fayetteville, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Walker Rhoden
formerly lived in Claude where he
was employed at the Claude Bakery
Besides the daughter, survivors,
include eight sons, five daughters,,
a brother, two sisters, and 32'
grandchildren and 23 great-grand
children.
'DE-BRAY' ARMY MILES
Army medics disclose they have
a new hush-hush projects under
way. They are going to take the
tray out of Army mules. A simple
injection does the trick. Army of-
ficers explain that braying often
can reveal the prescence of United
States soldiers to the enemy.
RING STILL FITS 'LETTY'
A wedding ring lost 57 years ago
has been returned to Mrs. Joshua
Wilber of Cardiff. N. Y . who found
that it still fits her linger. Roy
Kamm, son of the present owner
of the former Wilber farm, was
transplanting a tree and found the
ring embedded in its roots. It bore
the date 1888. plus the names of
the young bride and bridegroom of
that year, "Posh and Letty."
A death every minute comes
from that leading killer in our
land, the heart. Ailments of the
heart and blood vessels take the
life of one out of every three A-
mericans. Fortunately, more money
is appropriated for research to re-
duce heart disease There has
been satisfying results in combat-
ing rheumatic fever, high blood
pressure, heart ailments mused by
bacteria, hardnin-j of the arteries.
Climate and environment have an
j effect upon the heart. What we
' need is more education on this
subject, give assistance in helping
heart sufferers find proper work
| to be self-supporting, know health
I rules. Let us be "heart" conscious.
* * *
In the President's inaugural ad-
dress, we are given a pretty bold
program for playing godfather to
the under-developed areas of the
world. The rising of living tand-
ards for half the world's peoples,
would not be for profit. It is sug-
gested that since the U. S. is the
biggest "have" nation, we might
use our resources, forces, native
skills, to make the lot of the "have
nots" a happier one by our gifts.
Our national economy would be ef-
fected, without doubt, and such a
policy of help would need the co-
operation from the people in un-
der-developed areas. Will our na-
tional economy stand any more
strain? Will the "have nots" want
to be told what they must do to
merit our gifts? Our benevolences
might back-fire like when we tried
to save China, remember?
* *
There stands some of of the
same trees today that were there
on February 12, 1809. That morn-
ing, a man named Tom Lincoln
bore news to his closest neighbors,
two miles away ,that his wife had
given birth to a son, to be named
Abraham. In a windowless cabin on
land that cost Tom Lincoln S70,
was America's greatest, born. Ab-
raham's father borrowed that $70
and when he later left for Indiana,
had not paid this debt. We feel
no man could lose money in pro-
viding a birthplace for an Abra-
ham Lincoln.
There is no disgrace in being
born poor. Study the growth of
that babe from humble station. He
reached the heights, done in great-
ness in humility, in devotion. A
man to reflect the meaning of de-
mocracy, who understood it, prac-
ticed it. breathed it, for Lincoln
was democracy at work. He embod-
ied those things dear to the heart
of a republic. From a log cabin in
Hodsenville, Ky., to a White House
in Washington, D. C.. is possible
for only a great man. His rise is
typified in the memorial at his
birthplace. There, on the original
site, stands a beautiful marble
Grecian building. Inside is the re-
stored Lincoln cabin. That inner,
simple structure is the core, the
true seed. The shell is the marble
edifice. Lincoln was the cabin, his
heart beat first within those walls.
The magnificence came later and
was but the outside glory. May the
cabin out last the marble.
The Department tells us there
isn't a day left on the calendar
(See STUFF on Page 2)
TEXAS TALK . . . Toting s six-shooter and wearing Fall cowgirl
regalia, Linda Brown, 1949 March of Dimes poster girl, tells Presi-
dent Truman all about the "United States of Texas" after the President
presented her with a birthday cake on her tourth anniversary. Linda,
who haili from San Antonio, was stricken with polio two years ago.
bat folly recovered through treatment provided by the Nstisnal
Foundation lor Infantile Paralysis.
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