Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1963 Page: 3 of 16
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Memorial held
for Mrs. Chalk
Mrs. Ollie Finley Chalk, 77,
former Bryan and McAllen resi-
dent, passed away Tuesday after-
non, April 16, 1963, in Waco. She
was the mother of Dr. Alfred
Chalk, head of the economics de-
partment at Texas A&M College
and widow of Alfred Franklin
Chalk.
Born June 6, 1885, in Tennessee,
she moved to Claude, Texas at
the age of five. She attended
Goodnight College and received
her B. A. from Baylor University
in 1909. She taught in public
schools for 25 years, mostly in
the Pharr-San Juan, district and
had lived in McAllen from 1934
to her retirement in 1955. Upon
retirement she moved to Bryan
to live with her son.
Member of the First Baptist
Church of McAllen and College
Station, she also was a member
of Delta Kappa Gamma Society
and Texas State Teachers Ass'n.
Other survivors include a bro-
ther, Calvin Finley of Claude and
three granddaughters.
Funeral services were held at
10:30 a.m. Thursday in Bryan
with Dr. Guy F. Greenfield, Col-
lege Station First Baptist Church
pastor, officiating. Graveside ser-
vices and burial were held at 4
p.m. Friday at the Roselawn Ce-
metery in McAllen.
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Finley and
Lloyd Green of Claude were a-
mong tho.se attending the funeral-
In appreciation
We wish to express our sin-
cere appreciation to the Claude
Volunteer Fire Dept. and others
for fighting and putting out the
grass fire Saturday afternoon. It
was threatening to burn our grass
and possibly other things. Thank
you.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Stephenson
Thanks to friends
I wish to extend my heartfelt
thanks to friends and neighbors
for all the wonderful cards and
letters received during my stay
in the hospital and since return-
ing home. They were certainly a
great help. Sincerely,
C. H. Winkcompleck.
Seventh Grade
Hi! Thursday, April 10, our
class walked to Stacy Ward's
house. When we got there, the
mothers had hot dogs, potato
chips, coolade, and other goodies
ready for us. We had a lot of
fun and it was very interesting.
The group was accompanied by
Mrs. Nettie Stephenson, Mrs.
Dene Hood and Mr. Rawlins.
In science we are studying a-
bout plants. It is very interesting.
Thursday we had a visitor in
our class. Her name was Mary
Howse. She was a guest of Char-
lotte Ransom.—Reporters, Char-
lotte Ransom and Walace Bernard
Sixth Grade
Hi! In the Sixth Grade this
week we haven't done much. We're
all happy that we got out of
school Friday and Monday.
Wednesday we received our re-
port cards and most of us were
happy because we now have only
six more weeks of school.—Your
reporters, Janet Ward and Sandra
Smith.
Fifth Grade
We have elected officers again.
They are as follows: President,
Hugh Reed; Vice President, Brad
Pennington; Secretary, Jimmy
Thompson; Sergeant at Arms,
Cherry Beth Adams.
Eleanor Tucker made a "crys-
tal garden" for us. In the crys-
tals are many beautiful colors.
Mrs. Eddie Mahler came and
told us three stories and served
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APRIL 25, 1963. Claude, Texas
us some delicious cookies. Part
of the cookies had fortunes in
them. We invited the other Fifth
Grade in to enjoy this Easter
celebration wjth us.—Reporter,
Dub Casey.
CUNNINGHAM
Floral Co.
"Anarillo's Leading Florists"
AMARILLO—PHONE DR 6-8250
Flowers for all occasions call
Claude Pharmacy
PHONE 226-2221
Thomas
Dial 226-4451 '
□
Supply
Claude, Texas .
Eighth Grade
Our Eighth Grade has finished
taking six weeks exams and we
received our report cards. Nearly
a-H of us made fairly well on
both.
Both boys' and girls' P.E. class-
es have been playing softball.
Everyone enjoys being outside.—
Reporters, Geraldine Sayle and
Linette Crow.
WASHINGTON AND >:|M
"SMALL BUSINESSil
«• Ul ■ l r fc.1 l_f A n r C D
mm
By C. WILSON HARD
Calvin Coolidge is reputed to
have once said "When there
are a great many people out
of work, you have unemploy-
ment." And it is this question
of national unemployment
which is causing great concern
in Congress.
* * *
Big Labor,
of course,
keeps tug-
King and haul-
in g for a |
shorter work I
week, on the |
premise that
this would
f o r c c m o r e
employment.
There seems ism
little support c. w. Harder
for such a move at (his time.
* * *
But perhaps by far the most
interesting proposal to solve the
problem is contained in a bill
introduced into Congress by
Rep. James O'Hara of Michi-
gan. He would make it a law
that overtime must be paid for
at double time instead of time
and a naif.
:j« He $
The premise is that if such
a provision were made law,
employers would hire addition-
al people rather th.in pay such
a premium for overtime.
♦ * *
This measure appears to be,
in the language of Madison
Avenue, a "switch' on the em-
ployment policies put into af-
fect in Italy by the late Benito
Mussolini. Faced with hordes
of unemployed, his Facisti gov-
ernment went to all employers
and arbitrarily told them how
many additional people they
had to put on the payroll.
# ♦ *
And even though II Duce
started his ill-starred political
career as a Socialistic editor,
he kept the Italian wages
among the lowest in the world.
^^>UUon ^Fed«r«tlo^Mjdegjndeii^uilnM
He also made it a jail offense
for any Italian capital to he
kept in foreign investments.
* * *
And it is perhaps a sad com-
mentary on the American econ-
omic plight today that employ-
ers find it costs less to pay
time and a half for overtime
than hire more people.
* *
Yet any employer, faced with
the necessity of making sub-
stantal contributions to federal
and state welfare programs
with each new employee hired,
plus making contributions to
various union-enforced "fringe"
benefits, finds that it is cheap-
er to pay time and a half. This
doe;; not take into account the
extra clerical and accou..1 ng
work to Keep records for [gov-
ernment involved in hiring
more people.
* * *
The entire system lias now
been set up to the point where
hiring of new people is under-
taken only as a last resort.
* * *
And 410 matter how humane
Rep. O'llara's motives arc in
seeking to alleviate the plight of
the unemployed, means sought
promise little improvement.
* * *
There is a most basic prin-
ciple involved. More jobs de-
pend on more employers. And
new employers are only creat-
ed when the independent entre-
preneur feels he has a chance
of success in some undertaking.
• * * ♦
But taxation policies, welfare
programs, union regulations,
low cost imports from cheap
labor foreign nations, and ruth-
less illegal competiive tactics
by monopoly minded corpora-
tions have destroyed the con-
fidence needed to start new
enterprises. And until such
tme as confidence is restored,
unemployment will continue
to mount.
+ * Retired couple enjoy modern
Electric Heating in 900 sq. foot home!
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■ "I like my electric heating because
it holds the same even temperature —
even at night", says Mrs. Q. L. Hames
of Crosbyton. Mr. Hames, a retired
contractor, converted his woodworking
shop into a line home of 900 square
feet. He added storm doors and win-
dows as well as insulation to bring his
home up to modern standards installing
electric heating at the same time. The
Haines moved into their home in
December of 1959 and the joy of elec-
tric comfort heating has been theirs
every winter since then.
- ... MRS. Q. L. HAMES
Th'.re's an elcctric heating dealer who can install electric
comfort heating in your home. For the name of the
dealer nearest you — ask your Public Service manager.
A new, low electric heating rate is available for
heating your home electrically — your Public
Service manager has the facts.
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Waggoner, William J. B. & Waggoner, Cecil O. Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 25, 1963, newspaper, April 25, 1963; Claude, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth355893/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Richard S. and Leah Morris Memorial Library.