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Tribune
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
53RJD YEAR, No. 25
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, NOVEMBER 1, 1946
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M.H.S. Seeks Third Straight
Win In Whitney Game Friday
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The Meridian Yellow Jackets
outplayed the Cranfills Gap el-
even last Friday night to win their
second straight district game.
The contest was hard-fought all
the way, but the Jackets outclass-
ed the Gap boys in blocking and
tackling, which was the deciding
factor.
After one Jacket drive fell
short on the 10-yard line, Cran-
fills Gap marched to the Jacket
15-yard stripe. In the third per-
iod of play, Meridian took the ball
on their own 20-yard line, and
^Barton and Boedeker alternated
in parrying it down the field with
Boedeker carrying it over. Bar-
ton j.jaged for the all-important
extra "point.
In the fourth period, the Gap
took over on Meridian's 30 on a
fumble, moved down the field and
scored on a pass, but missed the
extra point, which left the score
7-6.
Valley Mills continues to lead
the District 22-B race, having suf-
fered no loss this serson. Their
meeting with Clifton in a non-
conference game should prove a
thriller. Iredell, Gran bury and
Meridian are in a thr^e-way tie,
with one loss each. \
The Whitney High team will
meet the Jackets here Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock another
conference contest. Ttte Whit-
ney team got off to a sl:0W star£,
but has rounded into iw0<* f0*m,
and will give the Jafo ;j;f. a hard
battle. Officials will be Mint Ifen-
nig, Clifton, referee; Ma-
son, Waco, umpire, and iohn-
son, Waco, head linesm^11-
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HUMBLE TO BROAIiacts>T
FOUR GAMES SA^d. ly&Y
jf Merid ,
Saturday aftvi- 3 & 4, i^i'ogram
of football br< Jal map of bring
fans the plaj*d in Book (tription
of two imp'——~~~~~~ference
games and two<TO,,"D"*0,,",>- inter-
sectional games 1 jl KEEP \pil an^
nnoun-
iVFAA-
onfer-
(Jniver-
Ft with
Mer hand-
olor re-
Refining Compai
cers. At 2:20 p.,
WBAP, broadcast'?
ence game betwee
sity and S.M.U. t
Kern Tips and Air
ling play-by-plav
spectively. /
For the Texas v3"»t","»o«.-Arkansas
Conference game "QjjjS^yle Field,
College Station, VHHSBox will be
the play-by-play ai juncer with
Fred Kincaid adding-* color high-
lights. The broadcast will start
at 2:20 p.m. and will be carried
on stations KRLD, Dallas.
Also at 2:20 p.m., over KGKO
another Hij vle broadcast will
feature the ice-Texas Tech game,
which will oe played at Rice
Stadium inllouston. Charlie Jor-
dan will be the play-by-play an-
nouncer with Jerry Doggett re-
lieving1 for color.
The T.C.U.-Unhrersity of Okla-
homa intersection .&1 game starts
at 1:50 p.m. over WACO, KFJZ
and WRR, Bill Michaels will han-
dle the play-by-play with Bill
Hightower adding color interest.
DEADLINES FOR MAILING
XMAS GREETING BY AIR
TO NAVY MEN OVERSEAS
Christinas greeting cards sent
air mail through Navy post offices
overseas jVIpuld^oe mailed to reach
the Flee " 1st Office, San Fran-
cisco, Ci not later than1 the
following tes for the various
areas, in ler to be delivered by
Christmas Lay:
China-Japan-Phillipine area,
Dec. 1; Okinawa, Guam-Siapan-
Canton area, Dec. 5; Johnson Is-
land-Wake, Eniwetok area, Dec.
10; Hawaiian - Midway area,
Dec. 15.
4-H CLUB STEER SOLD
TO ALABAMA MAN
W. D. Westei', 4-H Club boy
who was feeding a polled hereford
steer was surprised after the Pol-
led Hereford Show at Clifton, by
receiving a telephone call from
Lee Alley from Midway, Alabama.
The deal was closed over the
phone at $225.00. The steer calf
has been crated and shipped. He
was bred by Jack Martin of Mor-
gan.
Mrs. W. R. Payne and. son, Ray,
Jr. of Oklahoma City, have been
visiting her mother, Mrs. J. L.
Stockard. Miss Belle Stockard
returned to Oklahoma City with
her sister for a few days' visit.
Miss Stockard also visited in Italy
and Frost firing her vacation.
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Mrs. E. , ^nd son, John-
ny, arrived m I^exing
ton, Mo., w* ■and, Mas-
ter Sgt. Bus: 'n an in-
structor in niuj-. at
Wentworth Mil111 vauI'B'L Due
to his health, Sgt - being
transferred to a ntr\ YOF' aI^
Mrs. Busby and son * ^ emain
here with her parent. ^ 3 an^
Mrs. S. C. Smith, until s re-
' assigned^ ter
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Alex^SHler
and children, of Fort Worth, w ve
visitors Sunday and Monday with
his mother and sister, Miss Helen
Vote on Vets' Land
Amendment Two Days
After General Election
Veteran organizations of Tex-
as were in the midst of a full scale
drive today to assure a good vote
in the solo election on the Veter-
ans' Constitutional Land Amend-
ment which was inadvertently set
two days after the General Elec-
tion.
An extensive newspaper and
radio campaign, statewide in
scope, rolled along with increas-
ing momentum.
The American Legion, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, the fighting 36th
Division and other ex-servicemen's
groups were pitching in to get out
a substantial tide of ballots for
the election which follows two
days in the wake of the General
Election of Tuesday, November 5.
In view of the fact that en-
abling legislation will have to be
enacted by the 50th legislature
convening in Austin early in Jan-
uary, before the Veteran's Land
Board can begin its functions, an
impressive vote from the people is
being sought.
The amendment on ratification
will permit Texas? veterans to
select farm and ranch home lands
from a list of approximately 10,-
000 tracts state-owned, in every
sector of Texas, permitting pur-
chase with small down payments
on long term low interest rate
notes.
The Texas amendment has been
hailed as among the most bene-
ficial veterans' legislation in the
nation.
Fifty-five radio stations and
over 600 weekly and daily news-
papers are being used to put the
special election date before the
people.
HAMILTON MAN FOUND
WITH FRACTURED SKULL
L. B. Smith, of Hamilton, suf-
fered a fractured skull early Fri-
day morning while engaged in
loading a dead animal on a truck
on Highway 6 west of town.
While operating a windlass in lift-
ing the animal, Mr. Smith was
struck on the head, supposedly by
the windlass handle, and remained
there unconscious until he was
found by Doc Martin en route to
work Friday morning. He was
brought to the hospital here, where
his condition is described as satis-
factory.
MORGAN POSTMASTER AGAIN
NAMED NATIONAL TREAS.
OF POSTMASTERS' LEAGUE
Mrs. Ruth Norman, postmaster
at Morgan, was re-elected nation-
al treasurer of the National Leag-
ue of District Postmasters at the
closing session of the league's an-
nual convention held in San Fran-
cisco Saturday.
Mrs. Norman has served as na-
tional treasurer of the organiza-
tion the past five years.
FARM BUREAU HAS
MEMBERSHIP PARTY
The Bosque County Farm Bu-
reau served a supper to a repre-
sentative group of farm leaders
at the Meridian Coffee Shop
Thursday night.
President B. C. Rogstad presid-
ed and called on Cliff Day to dis-
cuss the origin and purpose of a
farm organization. Edward Grim-
es and A. E. Alfie told of the ad-
vantages they received as mem-
bers of labor organizations. W
B. Oswald, membership chairman,
spoke of the many changes facing
agriculture in the reconversion
period ahead, and the urgent need
for farmers themselves to help
make the laws that affect farmers
now and in the future.
Two teams in ten communities
were appointed to visit their
neighbors and accept membership
dues for the coming year to reach
their goal of 300 members in Bos-
que County. James L. Faubion
of Valley Mills, the Secretary-
Treasurer, expressed his belief
that our county would reach its
Rev. C. Y. Butler and E. L. Doss
are attending the Central Texas
Methodist Conference meeting in
Fort Worth this week as represen-
tatives of the Meridian Methodist
church.
Mr. and Mrs. Alton Gandy and
sons, of Valley Mills, spent Sun-
day with Mrs. Gandy's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Shaffer.
Commissioners Court
Formally Authorizes
Highway 22 Contract
Bosque County Commissioners
Court, at a recent session, formal-
ly authorized the County Judge to
execute a contract for the i*e-lo-
cation of Highway 22 from 11
miles east of Meridian to the pro-
posed Whitney Dam site, as re-
quested by the State Highway De-
partment. The County Judge was
also authorized to make contract
for fencing .the right-of-way along
the re-location.
In granting the application of
the City Council of the City of
Meridian for permission to in-
crease the parking space on the
North, South and East sides of
the courthouse by taking 12 feet
from the three sides of the square,
the following considerations were
stipulated:
The City Council will remove
three oak trees, one cottonwood
tree and the public drinking foun-
tain; the sidewalk and curb will
be removed and rebuilt; corners
of the square may be rounded not
more than 18 feet; fire-plugs and
electric light poles are to be re-
moved and re-installed, all the ex-
pense to be borne by the City of
Meridian.
H. J. Cureton was employed to
bring whatever action is necessary
to secure right-of-way for a farm-
to-market road from Valley Mills
to Crawford.
An order was granted to fur-
nish water to the County Clerk to
be used in connection with a photo
machine to be installed by the
County Clerk at her own expense.
Contract with W. C. Gilmore for
rental on quarters for the Public
Welfare office was ordered termi-
nated Nov. 1. The office will oc-
cupy the vacant Commissioners
Court room.
MARRIAGE PROBLEMS TO BE
TOPIC OF MORGAN PASTOR
"American homes are crumbl-
ing," declared Rev. D. A. Williams
Sunday morning as he announced
a series of messages on "Prob-
lems, Pre-Marital and Post-Mari-
tal," to be brought each Sunday
night at Morgan ^Baptist Church
beginning this Sunday night.
Realizing the needs of modern
young people, Mr. Williams says
he has designed this series to meet
the needs of married and unmar-
ried youth in their relation with
one another.
HICO BAPTIST CHURCH TO
HOLD HOMECOMING NOV. 10
The First Baptist Church, Hico,
is having a Home coming Nov. 10,
and invites all former members
and former pastors to spend a day
in happy fellowship there.
An outline of the day's activi-
ties calls for sermons and de-
votional services by former pas-
tors, worship periods in which all
former members are urged to par-
ticipate, seasons of fellowship and
reminiscence, and not least a. full-
size picnic dinner at noon.
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METHODIST YOUTHS TO
MEET AT MORGAN
The Methodist Youth Fellow-
ship will meet at Morgan, Nov. 5,
Tuesday night at 7 o'clock.
Be ready to give the name oi
the person your church has chosen
for reporter if you have decided
in favor of the sub-district bul-
letin. Everyone have your opin-
ion ready to give. We shall ask
for it. ' -
There were a hundred and one
present at the last meeting. Let s
have at least a hundred and twen-
ty five at this meeting!—Helen
Rester.
Meridian Study Club
' The Study Club met Wednes-
day, October 23, in the home of
Mrs. John Robertson, with Mmes.
George Arthur and Clara Atkins,
co-hostesses. Fuchsia, chrysan-
themums, marigold and Zinnias
added beauty to the home.
The program opened with roll
call. This year the club is using
a new idea. Each member has
been assigned a subject for the
year, and with the many different
items, roll call was very interest-
ing- • , T.
Mrs. Guy Briley, in her charm-
ing manner, reviewed the book,
"The Side of Innocence" by
Taylor Caldwell. The splendid
interpretation of the book by
Mrs. Briley, was greatly enjoyed
by the twenty-one members and
seven guests present. Conclud-
ing the program, Mrs. John Rob-
ertson sang, "The Holy Hour" by
Nevin, accompanied by Miss Fay
Young.
The next meeting will be Nov-
ember 6, with Mrs. Roy Avirett,
hostess.
Whitney Job
Believed Due
To Get Priority
Col. D. W. Griffiths, district
United States army engineer at
Galveston, states that he has al-
ready reported to the chief of en-
gineers in Washington the amount
of funds which should be expen-
ded each year to complete the
Whitney project.
Inasmuch as Colonel Griffiths
has been allowed considerable
latitude in determining which Tex-
as projects will get a portion of
whatever amount Texas receives
from the recent $35,000,000 ad-
dition to flood control funds al-
lowed by President Truman,
Waco C. of C. officials interpret his
statement to mean that construc-
tion of Whitney dam will proceed
continuously without delay until
completion, beginning with con-
tracts new let for immediate con-
struction of access roads.
Additional import is attached to
Griffiths' report in that Thursday
he announced that several projects
which formerly had equal priority
with Whitney, including the Hord
creek flood control and reservoir
projects, are being dropped tem-
porarily.
Colonel Griffiths further stated
that the Whitney dam project has
been placed in the category of a
"job with construction in prog-
ress."
Letting of a contract by the
Texas state highway department,
approved by the chief of engi-
neers, to construct the re-routed
portion of highway 22 to cross the
proposed dam site "should insure
that the Whitney project receives
priority when restrictions on ex-
penditures are removed," he said.
Following the recent economy
order by the president cutting
flood control appropriations from
$190,000,000 to $95,000,000, the
addition of $35,000,000 brings to
$130,000,000 the total revenue
available in the fiscal year 1947
for flood control work.
I AIR MAIL LETTER CAN NOW
BE SENT TO ANYWHERE IN
WORLD FOR 25c OR LESS
Air mail letters can now be sent
anywhere in the world for 25c per
half ounce or less since the drastic
foreign air mail rate reduction
effective Nov. 1.
The 25c rate now carries a hali-
ounce to India and Australia by
air. The former rate was 70c.
Greatest reduction was on the
rate to Egypt, which was formerly
70c, and is now 15c.
A rate of 10c per half ounce
now applies to Central and South
America, the rate to Cuba is now
8c a half-ounce, and to Canada
and Mexico 5 c for a full ounce.
The lowered rates exemplify the
Post Office Department's earnest
desire to enable the mailing public
to enjoy the fullest possible bene-
fit of the ever-expanding network
of world-wide air routes for the
dispatch of air mail.
16,000 ACRES SOIL
CARRIED AWAY BY
BRAZOS EACH YEAR
Miss Linda Lou Ray, formerly
of Meridian, celebrated her seven-
th birthday Saturday, October 27,
with a party at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ray,
in Walnut Springs. Among those
attending from Meridian were:
Misses Bobbye Sue and Doran
Gill, Beth and Judy Holt, Toma-
dean Briley, Margie Belle Perry,
Sarah Lynn and Ruth Ann Wreay,
and Master Conrad Archer, Mes-
dames Guy Briley, Bob Gill and
Grady Wreay.
Cotton Ginning Report.
Census report shows that 1,125
bales of cotton were ginned in
Bosque County from the crop of
1946 prior to Oct. 18, as compar-
ed with 879 bales for the crop of
1945.—William F. Forster, Spec-
ial Agent.
W. A. Wright, student of A. &
M. College, spent the week-end
with his father, W. W. Wright
and sister, Mrs. Marzje Gandy.
The Brazos River, a lazy Texas
stream which in some seasons in
some places can be waded from
bank to bank, is estimated by Tex-
as A. and M. College agronomists
to be carrying 16,000 acres of soil
to sea each year.
An agronomy class checked the
mid-state river and estimated that
around 16,000,000 tons of Texas
suspended sandy loam, silty loam
and clay along with organic ma-
terials pass College Station an-
nually.
River water samples were taken
by three members of the class
and the analysis was run by H.
K. Henley in the soil laboratory.
Dr. L. G. Jones of the agron-
omy department said that most of j
the soil now carried by the river is
being deposited in the Gulf of
Mexico since the Brazos is not
building any land along its course
between College Station and the
Gulf. Dr. Jones made the 16,000
acre estimate of the annual soil
loss.
Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Stewart of
San Saba, were guests of Dr. and
Mrs. R. D. Holt, Friday night and
Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart
and Dr. and Mrs. Holt attended
the A. & M.-Baylor football game
in Waco Saturday.
Joe Gifford of Redlands, Calif-
ornia, and Mr. and Mrs. John
Waddell, were visitors in Meridian
Saturday. Mr. Gifford is visiting
Frank Robertson and Mr. and Mrs.
Willie Robertson in Iredell. Upon
Mr. Gifford's return trip to Calif-
ornia this week he will be accom-
panied by Frank Robertson, who
will visit in Redlands for several
weeks.
$245,609 Is Low Bid
On Highway 22 Work
In Hamilton County
Low bidder on the construction
of 9.87 miles of culverts, grading
and drainage on Highway 22 in
Hamilton county between Ham-
ilton and the Bosque County line
was Brown-Kearney-Krume &
Co., of Dallas, their bid being
$245,609.
This project was one of 24 upon
which bids were announced by the
State Highway Commission last
week, and because it will be a step
toward elimination of the gap in
Highway 22 between Meridian
and Hamilton, it is being watched
with interest in this section.
SPASTIC CIRCLE GROUP
INSPECT HOSPITAL AT
NORTH CAMP HOOD
Gordon Ginocchio, W. C. Perry,
Mrs. Juanita Davis, Mr. and Mrs.
August Krueger of Meridian and
Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Krueger of
Valley Mills, members of the Bos-
que County Spastic Circle,^were
invited guests of the Directors of
the Gatesville Chamber of Com-
merce last Thursday. They were
met by Mgr. Bill Thomson, and
Directors Wade Sadler, Howard
Franks and Judge Floyd Zeigler.
These gentlemen were eager to
learn more about the work of the
Bosque Spastic Circle and had
offered the hospital at North Camp
Hood as a possible training school
for Spastics.
The Bosque County group were
escorted to the grounds by Mes-
sers. Thomson and Sadler for an
inspection of the building. This
structure is composed of 1,000
rooms, in good condition, and is
ideally suited to a spastic's needs.
Mrs. August Krueger was asked
to "okeh" these buildings, so that
Gatesville as a whole, could work
to retain them, for the school as
the government had decided the
hospital might be had for some
worthy cause.
The Bosque group were highly
pleased with the buildings, and
Mrs. Krueger lost no time in put-
ting her approval, orally and in
writing to this ideal set-up.
VALLEY MILLS HAS
HARD TIME NOSING
OUT GRANBURY, 7-6
Granbury's Pirates threw up a
sturdy defense at Granbury Fri-
day afternoon to throttle the high-
geared Valley Mills Eagles except
for a few minutes in the third
quarter when the visitors rolled to
a touchdown and lunged over with
the extra point which gave them
a 7-6 edge.
It was the first District 17-B
loss for the Pirates and left the
Eagles in undisputed possession
of first place in the championship
scramble.
Granbury drove 60 yards to
score in the second period, 20-yai'd
pass from Pat Thrash to Charles
Jarrad in the end zone getting the
touchdown. Douglas Wythe's
dive for the extra point was short.
Jerry Mullins, the Eagle back-
field marvel, led a campaign which
carried for 60 yards and tally in
the third quarter.
Felix Golden, Sammy Barnett
and Cole gave Mullins some terri-
fic support for the visitors. Cole
was a wonder on defense.
Bob Sully, Milton Molder, who
alternated at left end and safety;
Wythe and Edward Dabney shar-
ed the spotlight with Thrash and
Jarrard for Granbury.
Two Elections Next Week Offer
Choice ofParties, Amendments
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LANDSCAPE DEMONSTRATION
CONDUCTED HERE BY
EXTENSION SPECIALIST
Miss Sadie Hatfield, Extension
Specialist, conducted an all-day
meeting of Home Demonstration
Club representatives Monday Oct.
21, and presented several demon-
strations which will help them as
they begin their three years' work
on Landscaping. The demonstra-
tors were trained to give to their
clubs demonstrations on making a
cutting bed, fertilizing to alleviate
chlorosis, and treating black spot
on roses. Miss Hatfield also
Mrs. B. F. Pryor, of Eastland,
visited in the home of her sister,
Mrs. H. N. Reese last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. McFadden,
of McGregor, spent last Sunday
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H.
N. Reese.
showed them how to recognize
nemotodes, root gall, and root rot
in their plants.
Representatives of the follow-
ing clubs attended the demon-
stration: Busy Bee, Mountain Top,
Union Hill, Fairview, Cayote,
Coon Creek, Garnersville, and
Loader Springs. In addition to
these sixteen club members, four
H. D. Club members from McLen-
nan Co., and two F. S. A. Home
Supervisors, Mrs. Betty Kay Had-
dox, of Meridian, and Mrs. Mary
Scott, of Cleburne, attended the
Demonstration.
The demonstration was conduct-
ed in Mrs. Jim Brown's yard, in
Meridian, and club members got
many worthwhile ideas for their
yards from studying Mrs. Brown's
as they plan their landscaping im-
provements.
Mr. and Mrs. Cullen Robinson,
and children, of Cayote, visited in
the home of his brother, Omar
Robinson and family, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Moran Dunlap, L.
A. Dunlap and Mrs. Leila Odle
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. R. L. Wiginton in Itasca.
Saturday night and Sunday.
Congressional Party
Visits Flat Top On
Way to Waco Saturday
En route from Eastland to Wa-
co Saturday morning, the mem-
bers of the congressional sub-
committee of the House Commit-
tee on Agricluture investigating
the cotton industry in Texas, in-
spected the Flat Top Ranch near
Walnut Springs.
The committee was composed of
Congressman Stephen Pace, of
Georgia, chairman; Congressman
George Grant of Alabama; Con-
gressman Thomas G. Abernathy
of Mississippi, and Congressman
W. R. Poage, of Waco. With
them were V. F. Vance and Dennie
Poe, of Texas A. & M, College.
MERIDIAN HIGH SCHOOL
HONOR &OLL ANNOUNCED
Seniors: Sadie Warren, Betty
Warren, Muriel Knudson, Mar-
gie Robinson, Catherine Wiede,
and Ann Lomax.
Juniors: Ida Mae Allan, Wy-
leta Andei'son, Juanita Williams,
Dorma Jane Word, John Simpson,
and Anne Wells.
Sophomores: Joyce Raines, Jo
Ann Wells, Betty Ferris, Peggy
Nichols, Patty Brantley, Elizabeth
Sayles, and Marlena Sheppard.
Freshmen: Berry York.
WOLFE CITY MAN SENDS
$25 FOR SPASTIC FUND
R. L. Mullins, of Wolfe City,
last week sent to The Tribune a
check for $25.00, requesting that
it be put to the best use in the
Bosque County Spastic movement.
The Tribune endorsed it over to
the Bosque Spastic Circle, to be
used in their work for "the for-
gotten child."
Three new $1.00 memberships
were also received by the Spastic
Circle, that of Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Lomax and Miss Mary Wintz.
NO. 2 AMENDMENT WOULD
BENEFIT BOTH STATE
AND COUNTY EMPLOYEES
Number two amendment on the
ballot for next Tuesday's election
is a proposal to set up for all
state employes a system of retire-
ment, disability, and death bene-
fits, and would permit counties to
set 'up the same system for their
employes.
Because of the number of state
and county employees residing
here who would be eligible to the
benefits of the law that would be
made possible by adoption of the
amendment, there is much inter-
est in the amendment here. Not
only because so many local friends
and neighbors and their families
would be helped, but also because
it would benefit the state in the
end by serving as an incentive to
efficient and faithful service on
the part of employees, the voters
of this section are asked to give
the amendment thoughtful con-
sideration.
MISS HELEN SWIFT SPEAKS
AT ANNUAL H.D. COUNCIL
HELD HERE SATURDAY
Miss Helen Swift of College Sta-
tion gave a summary of the Bos-
que County Home Demonstration
Council's annual meeting, when
they met in an all-day meeting in
Meridian, Saturday, Oct. 26.
Other visitors were Mrs. Homer
Daniels of Belton, Vice-Chairman
of Dist. 8, and Mrs. A. Messer,
president-elect of the Bell County
Home Demonstration Council.
Council voted to have a banquet
at the City hall in Clifton on the
evening of Nov. 23d for council
members and their husbands.
Mrs. Jake Seljos was elected
County T.H.D.A. chairman.
Annual' reports were given by
council Officers and Club presi-
dents.
A covered-dish luncheon was
served at the noon hour.
Marriage License
Alvin Lyons and Miss Jimmie
Virginia Phillips.
Wm. Earl Ivy and Miss Tiney
Belle Stout.
Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Hall and Mr.
and Mrs. Monk Gillaspie attend
the Prison Rodeo at Huntsville last
Sunday. *
Bill Neal, Jr., of Fort Sumner,
N.M., is a Meridian visitor this
week.
Bob Wells, Jesse Gandy, and
W. A. Wright witnessed the A.
& M.-Baylor football gjime in Wa-
co Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmo Waldrop, of
Houston, were Meridian visitors
Saturday.
Mrs. Boyd Mitchell returned
Friday from Houston where she
attended the Grand Chapter of
the Eastern Star as delegate from
the Meridian Chapter. Mrs. Mit-
chell reports a most enjoyable
trip.
Texas voters who go to the polls
Nov. 5 will have but two tickets
from which to make their choices
in United States Senator down to
Constable.
Only the Democratic and tha
Republican tickets will appear on
the official ballot. The Democrats
have a complete complement of
nominees whereas the Republicans
have only six district nominees for
the twenty-one congressional plac-
es, and in many instances no local
nominees at all.
They will pass on three propos-
ed amendments to the Constitu-
tion. They then rest- a day and
on Nov. 7 vote on a single contitu-
tional amendment whose separata
submission was one of those leg-
legislative lapses.
All the amendment Questions
were submitted by the last legis-
lature.
First of the amendments:to be
voted on Nov. 5 would authorize
the legislature to pay for a build-
ing erected for John Tarleton
Agricultural College, Stephenville,
during the administration of for-
mer Gov. James V. Allred. The
amount involved is $75,000.^
Construction of the building was
authorized by the legislature, and
it was erected. When the con-
tractor presented the bill, the
state comptroller refused to pay
it, on- the grounds that the money
had not been appropriated.
Efforts to pay the state's debt
with other funds were over-ruled
in opinions from the attorney gen-
eral, who finally said the. error
could be corrected only through
a constitutional amendment.
Second amendment on the Nov.
5 ticket would authorize the legis-
lature to set up a retirement, dis-
ability and death compensation
system for officers and employes
of the state and would authorize
counties to provide such a system
for their appointive officers and
employes.
Such a system could not be set
up without amending the consti-
tution, which prohibits payment
of compensation to any person
who is not rendering service to
the state.
Third of the Nov. 5 amendment
proposals would have the effect
of freezing gasolines taxes for
their present use—one-fourth to
go to the schools of the state and
the remaining three-fourths to
highway uses.
According to a member of the
legislature which submitted tha
proposal, it was feared that some
of the money in the fund would
be "diverted to other purposes.
During the war, the gasoline
tax fund grew to a sum of several
million dollars because lack of
materials for highway construc-
tion prevented use of the money.
A large amount from the fund
was invested in war bonds.
A special election Nov. 7, at an
estimated cost of $50,000, is re-
portedly the result of a typo-
graphical error. The Veterans
Land Fund amendment was sup-
posed to be voted on at the time
of the general election.
If passed, the amendment would
provide for creation of a $25,000,-
000 fund from which land would
be purchased by the state for re-
sale to veterans of World War II
on a long-term basis. State land
also would be sold.
The proposal was made in th«
belief that many returning veter-
ans would desire to become. farm-
ers.
Olin Brantley purchased the
Davis Barber Shop last week from
Cy Davis, and has assumed charge.
Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Moyer, of
Arlington, Va., were guests of
Bill Curtis, Jr. last week.
SEEN AND HEARD
SEEN: Constable Tom Gillas-
pie checking up on traffic at Main
& Morgan stop light—Gilmore
corner getting a bright white front
—David Klose of the Merchant
Marine home from the seven seas
—men carrying parcels after local
merchant received shipment of
shirts—Veterinary Supply now lo-
cated across town bridge on Mor-
gan street—Carl Josey's new home
about ready for occupancy—the
Tooter Dardens re-modeling'
recently-purchased Main stre
home.
HEARD: Airplane landed on
Highway near Circle Saturday,
taxied in to Bill Josey station, got
a fill-up and took off again—Cy
Davis now in excavating business
—victorious Yellow Jackets to be
guests of Capitol at Hallowe'en
show—three "showers" the past
week but still no rain—local deer
hunters planning annual trip to
hill country—rival classes working
frantically to elect their candidate
queen of Thursday night's Hal-
lowe'en Carnival (at school gym)
—over 1200 persons attended
"Mom and Dad" show at Circle-
Meridian merchants now giving
Good Will tickets with each $1.00
purchase (watch for circular) —
drug store clerk received parking
ticket;
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The Meridian Tribune (Meridian, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, November 1, 1946, newspaper, November 1, 1946; Meridian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth415612/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Meridian Public Library.