The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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NMVMMPU MA VI H|( m il'NTV Tf'IKAM Till H
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FAMOUS MAYING "We'rrt till
right *o tut
Tttttl
TliIb writer came down town
Monday morning with Mornc nppre
hensioti Then- hud betm the u-
lomic bomb the «lny before. and
then Sunday night the OPA went
Off. Hut when we walked down
1he street nothing happened, nnd
In a Jltf!*• while we got over our
scare,
rut zi
Hid you ever noticed thut uo
matter wh«t kind of calamity he
follw, the world Just wrig# on, hop
ing for belter thing* tomorrow.
The former plow* hi* field und the
milkman moke# hi* round*, 'cause
thing# have got to go on no long
aw we are here
tzzzti
Price* do not seem to be running
away Juat yet. and wouldn't It be
it funny thlriK if we should find
that we could net along without
the OPA? The thing ho* aeemed
to be a noil of necessary evil
•irtvn
An lor the bomb, there wen »
whole lot of folk* who were dis-
appointed becou*e It didn't do any
more damage J W llnllabaugh
of Vera wo* In town the next day
and he wild some of the people out
there thought maybe the wind of
Sunday night wo* stirred up by
the bomb. The only trouble I*
that we have had wind before,
ZZZZZZ
Copt. W C. Harrison of Odessa,
well known at this place, got hi*
picture In paper* nil over the coun-
try because of his being co-pilot
on the Davl* Dream W C.'ll
never live that down, Wherever he
goe# noma body will mi y, "There'*
it fellow who helped drop the
bomb at Operation Crossroads,"
ZZZZZZ
Home shortages continue, with
the worst of them being In candy.
Malcolm Hlne# say* he delivered
a stock of candle* not long ago
at a *tore near a school, 11 wa*
rece** time, and i>efore Mr lllne*
could get paid for the candy It
wo* all gone
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/, S Adam* wa* talking the
othe.r day with thl* writer and he
*ald, "Do you want to know what
3 think of thl* golf I don't think
anything at all of It."
ZZZZZZ
The conversation 1* repeated for
whatever comfort It might be to
golf player*, Thl* writer ha*
heard plenty of descriptions of
golf, but that of Mr, Adam* I* the
m'.ldest and nioit considerate we
ever heard.
zzzzzz
The wor*t one will not ix re-
peated, of course; but If the orig-
inator of the game could have
heard it he would have turned
over uneasily in hi* grove And
the tough part about It 1* that
tho*e who get caught In the me*he*
of the thin* *eem powerle** to ex-
tricate themuelvc*. ,
zzzzzz
About the be*t crack we hove
heard the pa*t week wa* made by
John Could In hi* column Iri the
Wichita Time*. Mr GouJd had
noticed where the *tate health of-
fleer, Dr, Cox, had advised taking
a pinch of *a!t to make up for a
deficiency caused by sweating,
John said It would riot be necesr.ary
for anybody in Wichita Fall* to
worry about taking »*.»It tablet*, so
long a* the city 1* getting part of
It* drinking water from Lake
Kemp
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Mr Gould told about a man In
bta town who goes to Abilene every
day and bring* back hb; drinking,
water Ho, a very good slogan for
the town might be. "To Oklahoma
for beer and to Abilene for water."
zzzzzz
An American wife of a soldier
write* of experience iri Germany.
A* they left « city where thousand*
had died in the destruction they
t4iw a sign on the road Drive
Carefully. Death I* Ho Permanent
zzzzzz
Long, Long Ago:
Remember when Uncle Sam
could live within hi* Income , , .
and without most of yours?
• - Peggy Caroline Fear*. .
zzzzzz
George Peck say* he can't under'
island why a formerly industrious
people shows such a reluctance to
getting back to work George re-
fer* to a motto seen In the office of
« burlne** man. , , .
1 am a great believer in luck,
1 find that tb' harder I work, the
more 1 seem to have of it.
zzzzzz
If you want to keep a person's
friend-hip it's best to return It - Ex.
zzzzzz
Cousin Dolly might be able to en-
fJur" heaven most of the wrt*. but
,h, would like something better
to look forward to on Saturday
night.—Claude Callan
mm
COl.lXX) I don't think much
of It
j. I Mr Wrmrter renew* hb Ban-
., ,1 th« (>aper going to his
father *1 I Mi Whorter of Clovis.
N M Tin eld. r McWhorter who
„ H;» veers old l
Iron in Baylor County and he I
mucl Interested in r»>«'
flannei each we« k
Kowroan-Slanforil
Tile Production
Nears 3,fl«0 Daily
The How man Stanford Til'1 fci
I* busy on the jolt (if manufactur-
ing building material for tills sec
lion of Hie slate Finally, the
equipment lias about all arrived,
and the plant Is making from 2,.100
lo 3.0(10 Hie per rlny These are
stacked up on a drying platform
and reasoned for about a week b"
fore being shipped out,
The new firm 1* composed of
Morgan Bowman, K. .1, and J A.
Klandford, all home men. They
bought the old union passenger sta-
tion and lof'i and the building for
I he tile plant i* located on the south
side of the e Jots, It was described
in a previous article.
The firm employe* five men,
working full time, Just at present
the type of manufacture Is partition
and corner tile, which is needed In
certain quantities In every build
ing,
Order* ore being received from
over a radius of about 100 milcn,
These come mostly from dealer*
and contractors, but some come
In from individuals It may b"
stated that a good many of the ord-
er# come from place,'« that either
have a tile plant or hove one near
by, One explanation oI this Is that
the quality of the local product has
become noised abroad, For o/je
thing, the greatest of care is used In
I he manufacture; ami for another
thing, the quality of the sand used
here Is better than if; found iri most
place*, Another very fine feature
about Ibis sand is that It seems to
occur here in almost unlimited
quantities,
The ricw factory in Just, exactly
whal the town like// It Is a busi-
ness that forma an entirely new
payroll, and many of the orders be
ing received bring In new money
to the community from distant
points.
Jerry Sadler and
(iroup Appear
Here in Campaign
Jerry Sadler. colorful candidate
lor governor, was In Seymour on
the fii*i day of art eight tlay tour of
Wesl Texas and the Panhandle, lie
< omplimrnt* Local Canillilate
John Gould ha* a very interest-
ing column entitled, "Furthermore
and However, which appears dally
Iri the Wichita Time* lo the issue
of Thursday, June 27th, Mr Gould
•itarled his column with the follow-
ing very much appreciated remark*
concerning a Seymour candidate
who is running for a state office:
Usually when Northwest Texan*
run for office they run for gover-
nor Wichita Falls iiu< had about
rait a dozen candidate* for gover-
nor, through the year*, and one of
thern was elected,
This year two Northwest Texan*
are candidates for a lesser office,
Judge of the court of criminal ap-
peal* One of them, Joseph Don-
it 11 Dickson of Seymour, visited
.he sanctum the other day, He ran
an unsuccessful race lor the office
two years ago, receiving 87 per
cent of the total vote, and he hopes
of course, lo do better this time,
Mr Dlckrori has visited If>2 coun-
ties of Texas, and ray* that he has
learned o lot of geography, of
which thl* state of our* ha* plenty
ills ambition to be a member of
the court of criminal appeals dates
bock to his student days, at Austin.
It wo* his custom to spend as much
time ar, possible In the court's room
In the copltol, l(jstenlrig to the
arguments, and tie decided then
that o seat on that bench wa* his
objective
Hi* father. Judge Jo A, P Dick-
son, was one of the taller men,
phy*lcally and otherwise, of the
Northwest Texas bar, for many
year*.
Clyde Whiteside apprentice 1st
class and dental technician, came
in Thursday of last week and re-
mained until yesterday on a visit
with his parents, Mr and Mrs, R
K Whiteside, Clyde is at San
Diego, and i* taking work that
will lead up to hi* college training
In dentihtry. He has already en-
rolled in liaylor Dental College for
next foil, Clyde come in here
from Fort Worth, to which place
he hod flown from Jacksonville,
Fla He left Florida at 3:00 a m
of the 27th and arrived In Fort
Worth at 11.40 that same morning
The plane he rode carried forty
passengers, and It wa* smooth as
glass. The rest of the journey to
California will alro be by plane
Mr, Whiteside hod been to Florida
to accompany (16 men who were
going there to attend a school. The
trip down was by train, with am-
ple stops in Houston and New Or-
leans. where it was possible to
take in most of the sights. At
San Diego Clyde is in charge of
records ot the dental school. He
has some (ime off for recreation,
and one of his bobbies has been
deep *ea flr.hinj' He ha* caught
sea boss up lo 20 pounds. Barracuda
and halibut, and hos engaged in
o good deal of ocean swimming
was accompanied by Lou Cblldrc
and his Alabama Boy* of the Grand
die Opry
Sadler stated Hint th< reception
that had been given him all over
We*i Texas hod been splendid. In
hi* speech here the candidate
pledged "Immediate attention to
rcdintrlctifig the state for legisla-
tive purposes" He also pledged
representation for West Texan on
the State Highway Commission
"The old folks need #40 or noth-
ing" said Sadler In larhlng out
flgainut the amendment to the eon
stltutlori which limited pension ap
proprlat!onr> to thirty-five million
per year, lb- pledged to resubmit
thl' question to the people "as It is
impossible to pay $40 lo all needy
old people as long as thl* celling
remains In the constitution,"
Sadler explained the GI Memor-
ial Plan that would allow war
veteran* and all Texan* of worthy
character to purchase homei farms,
and ranches without a down pay-
men! The state would insure the
loan with the bank or lending
igency and would charge one half
of one per cent to defray the ex-
pense of the state for this service
It will not cost the slate one cent"
claim* Sadler,
The candidate propose* one cent
additional lax on gasoline for four
year* for farm-to-market roads. He
ay* "the 170,fK>0 mile* of form
road* needed In Texa* can not be
built without additional taxes, 1
am for toxe* lo build them,"
Sadler had rallies at Seymour,
Mundoy, Haskell and Stamford on
hi* final day of the eight day Wert
Texas tour, He will begin a tour
of East Texa* and other part* of
Ihe state on the Fourth of July,
after spending three day* at hi*
headquarter* in Austin
HFVMOIIK FFA HOVK
RECEIVE MTATF, ItMiKKKH
The Seymour FFA Boy*, Robert
Hill and Kenneth Keck received
their Lone Star Farmers Degree ot
the recent State meeting held at
Sweetwater, according to infor-
mation handed to Lester C Murk,
V, A, Teacher b.v ,vir o T Ryan
mtr supervisor, Lubbock, Texas,
Iri order that a boy may be en-
titled to be awarded one of ther.e
degree* he must meet certain re-
quirement*, both in carrying on
a project program and in leader-
ship in hi* chapter. Both these
boys more than met the require-
ment*.
Robert HiJl was chosen as the
Star —Lone Star Farmer of the
Vernon District, and wa* in the
running lor the Star-Lone Star
Farmer of Area One He also was
chosen as area secretary for the
past year He has and 1* holding
some office In the local chapter
and ha* held some offices in his
class,
These boys are to be commended
for their efforts In hiring the first
FFA boys from thl* ehaptt r to be
awarded this degree
Prraipitafclon in Pan
Week Tdllll .77 j
101 Degree* Suiiclny
Since Tbi? HUrthM'i )n»l report
there has been more mln register
ed by the gouge k» ol b,v Mrs C
Dougherty Sunday nlghl there
was half an Inch itld On Friday
night IberO wa* 43 of an Inch Till*
Ihere wa* 23 of an bit h Till* wa*
wa* added to the I 13 Inches that
fell Wednesday night of laid week
That put* thing* In pretty good
shape,
There has bean no very hot
weather, but it was 101 Sunday
afternoon, The lowest reading hre
been (Ml, on Sunday nighl
WAR BOOK DATA
A1 long last most of the letter*
have been gotten out to box hold
ers concerning the World War )'
book which is being published for
ilnylor County. A generous re
rponse 1« expected from the letter*
As mentioned last week the timr
for ge'tlng In the Information ha
had to be extended, by reason of
the delay with these letter*; and a
final deadline ha* been f t now for
July Kith, and time up to the close
of lhat day, This will give time
rnough for all who really Intend to
get in the data about their vet* turn
The Banner wants to thank win-
cereiy all those who have already
attended to Ihl* matter A fine
spirit has been shown, and if thl
Bplrii is generally shared then tre
book will be a rousing *ucc< is,
llCNINf HH. C'HANGFH
MTrcek tk Barker, dealer* in Mao
*ey Horrl/i form machinery, have
begun work on a massive building
they are erecting on Jot bought
on the highway In the block south
Of the court house 'Die toll *teej
girder* are being put up Which Iri
dicatc* this will be a very *ub-
ntantlal building.
The Porter Hatchery I* now lo
r ated in It* new place of biMlner.*,
the old fire station Much Im
provement has been done on thl*
building. The former F.dwards
building west of the court home,
which has been occupied by the
hatchery, 1* now being remodeled
by Hell Droit, for their grocery
/■lore.
More will be said later about
the we improvements
-fiiiHitv Richmond
Opens Complete
Jewelry Store
Oil Te*l Slaked ! Hay lot Wen Who
Died in Service
Listed hv (Jov.
18 Miles I'iisl
Of Seymour
diwciiarges /
The following (Bach igef Are re
ported from the artil', If ice The
name* of the ve given hi*
branch of wervlc^ dirm'.-n «!•
and present addred*:
Ode C Jones, John Fojtik Jr ,
Garret W, Seals, T W Davis, army;
W, T Humphreys, Pat Lewis Good
win, Navy.
( flf'KCH Of ( IIHINT MKE'IINO
Further announcement will be
given next week in regard to the
Church of Christ meeting which
starts here on July 10th, Minister
Otta Johnson give* the following
detail* at this time
The meeting to begin July J0t.ii,
will continue until the following
Sunday, The preaching will be
very ably done by Bro, Loyd L,
Smith at Lawton, Ok la. The gen-
eral public l* eameetly invited,
ANNUAL I'U NIC!
MO POLI'IK AL
AND
RALLY
Will be held at the Seymour park
Wednesday, July 10th,
Chicken and barbecue dinner and
barbecue and *ausage supper.
Game* of all kind* and cold
drink* etc Ice water,
Music by High School Hand
pori*orcd by Sacred Heart Cath-
olic Church
Big out door dance on tenril*
court* in park at 8:510 p. m, Popu-
lar music
Recruiting Station To Be Closed
The Army Jtctg Station here at
| Seymour wiii be closed from the
1st through the 15th of July. Any
man who wishes information, or
wants to enlist should apply at the
Post Office Building In Wichila
Fall*, Texa
The Banner office had an ap-
preclatf d caller Fntitrrtov in the
j .-.mi of .jftrk Hawkins, editor and
publisher of the Grocubrck Jour-
,al Jack b the fori of the late
Editor W H Mnwklre of the
Stephenville Empire Me has hod
the paper at Groesbeck lor four-
tin n years and i* coming to be
a permanent fixture »t that place
Jack was thinking of taking a va
cation of ">m»' ksnd, j>nd when the
Jerry Sadler party came along he
just Joined up with them to, n
pi< • ni'< nt and w ill uicompany Mr
Sadie on 'i peaking tour* for
the femti niitr Ox the turnpoign.
In making mention of the college
students who ore home for the sum-
mer there should have been in-
eluded the name ol Bruce Gilbert,
who i* visiting his purer An, Mr, and
Mrs Morris Gilbert. Bruce attend-
ed A. Ac M. the past term, after hi*
discharge from the Air Corp*. He
will be back the/*- this fall, but thl
rummer he is pinch hitting for his
father at the Seymour 8t< am Laun-
dry. He will help out during all
the summer months and he and
B B Bridges ol Oloey will operate
the business for a month while Mr.
Gilbert take* a much needed vaca-
tion He and his wife will go off
on a trip for ot ieo/it a month Mr.
Gilbert ha* been hilling it up at a
rather utiff pace for year* on a
stretch, and ot last the grind ha*
begun to ti.II on him
I Seymour (iirl'u Illness
i Diagnosed a* folio
; Miss Margie Malone. 17, daugh-
ter of Mr arid Mr*, B, M Malone
of Seyrriou,', wa* admitted to the
I Wichita General Hospital Friday
i for tre:itrrn it of art illness diagnof;
1 ed hi poliomyelitis
Mis* Malone a ease is the second
j manife«latiwi of polio admitted to
! the hospital in les* than a week
i Pearl Ifar/h 12-year-old daughter
' of Mr and Mrs. John Harris of
1 Beilevue .ftn admitted to the hot
I pital I.- t Saturday to receive the
! Kermv treatment.- Wichita Times
Jltnmli Richmond ha* opened
up on evcluslve Jewelry store In
Seymour the only one of lis klnri
in re And this one l« really a re
vlvni of the buslne: i Mr, Richmond
had here before the war He dis-
posed of his old business, when he
Volunteered for the armed services,
arid since his discharge several
months ago he has bet n helping hi*
brother, A. K Hfchmond, In the
name business at Monday.
JimmJe ha* bought the business
property of the Oo*« estate located
north sidi of (fie •rpiare Tile lot
is 2ftxl40 feet, with buildings on I
the front end One «f these has
been occupied for year* by John
Chandler*# barber shop, and the j
other has been used a* an office by :
the Pyramid Life Insurance agency I
Thl* fins now moved to the second
floor <il the Farmers National Bank
building
Mr Richmond opened up hi* j
place of buwlnes* Monday, with a j
very attractive establishment, The j
building was completely renovated, i
with new linoleum on the floor, and
an attractive show window built,
Fluorescent tlighting I* used,
The stock of jewelry 1* Just from j
the factory, and II Includes the lat <
est and most beautiful In all Jew- |
elry pattern*. Everything ordinari-
ly carrried In the line Is now In
stock
In addition Mr, Richmond has a
corner of his e*tabliiihmen designat-
ed for repair work and l* already
busy with this line He ho* the
most improved tools and desk, and
carrrle* ample experience for this
work,
The show ca*e* are built of
bp,-achtd oak, and the whole inter-
ior has the appearance of a big city
store Soleslody In the Jewelry de
part merit 1* Mr Richmond'* daugh-
ter. Miss Mary Kathyn Robinson,
The best of success is hoped for thl*
new old bu*lness,
HOSPITAL NOTES
Following patients were dismiss
ed this week from Hie Baylor Co
Hospital; Margie Malone Mrs, W
L King, J, H, Porter. Mr* Jerry
Kotulek. Mr*, Waiter Shelley, W
C Hloggle, Mr*. A, Sharp, Charles
Jonet;, Jack Morgan, Mrs, D G
Prultt, Grace Nlcho!*on, Mrs, Ham
Portwood, Mr# Frwin Clements
Following ate present patient*:
Surgical: Fred Griffin, Mrs J
A Childres • Mr*, W, F Covington,
Mr*, Clyde Blarikenshlp, Mr* F.arl
Birdwell, Mr*, t> W, Halle Mr*,
Alfred Illenkenahip, Mr* Dale Cox,
Mr*, W A Melear,
Medical; Evelyn Wilson, Grady
OflVM if If Kcllum. Mr*. W A
McC'leli ii Mrs J, T White. Mr-
O, H, Abbott.
Beeerit births: Terry, daughter
of Mr, and Mrs, G H Abbott Rob-
ert Glenn son of Mr and Mr*, E,
E Clement*; Charles Hay, son of
Mr and Mr*, W A. Melear; Glenda
Sue, daughter of Mr and Mr? D
O, Prultt; Mr, and Mrs, Ham Port-
wood hove a little girl,
Mrs, Ralph Johnson, superintend-
ent at the hospital, ho* resigned
her position there to Join her hus-
band, who ho* a position In Fort
Worth The many friend-, of Mr*
John*on are very ntirry to see her
leave Heymour, where she was born
and reared Taking the place of
hospital *uperlntendent I* Mrs Joe
A Wheal who was connected lor!
eleven year# with a ho#pltal iri j
Clarendon Hhe I* a very effici' nt (
superintendent, and the hospital i-
fortunate iri securing her services :
In filling the place left vacant
here,
J S Redwlne of Benjamin was a
buslnes# visitor the other morning
at The Banner office and we learn-
ed lhat he ha* recently done fi nice,
bit of Improvement at hi* town,
He has a new $12,000 Texaco sta-
tion on Ihe highway in Benjamin
and ha* already built up a very
nice business. The station w«i
built by Turn Jfender#on of Sey-
mour, Mr Bedwine ha* been a
citizen of Benjamin for 14 year,*,
find and during mostt of that tirn<
he ha* been in the service station
business.
Jake Shaver wa* In the other tlay
to renew the Barinei lhat is going
to hi* wife Mr and Mr» Shover
live in one of the new rot K houses
mat have recently been built near
Ihe Arthur Jo nt- seivct station,
and Mr Snover is cookint now at
the Baylor County Ho-'pitoJ. It
may be something < f u unrqo<
statement to say that Juki is the
'•id uncle at Floyd Shover, al-
though he himself I* onlv 40 vear*
old
FOBT
Parachu!
of the fr-i
Airborni
Philffldr \f
4th a« p i
ence I»
fough' t
German v
by the f)
Airboria
Belgiun
the "B1 i
j»# urn
chute !
rWfiie'* *
HflAGG. N C. Tht With
Infantry Combat. Team
ou* 82nd "All American'
Division will porade In
ila, Pennsylvania on July
-t of that city * Independ
eadebralion The 82nd
way up from Sicily to
It baa been decorated
itch Government for the
Invasion trf Holland, by
(or its heroic fighting in
and recently some of
including the ftoftth Paia
ifitry" were awarded th»
•jUrragere for their part in
io-i of Normandy Corner
e, Seymtrut Houte 2 if< a
ol the rlvisioti and wiU
th» pt'tad".
J, W Hollobaugh of Vera wa#
in Seymour Monday morning and
reported about half an inch of
rain at hi* place the night before
Mr Hollabaiigh has his cotton up
and chopped out once, but say#
he has. a neighbor whose cotton
has hall grown boll* on it. This j
Ir Monroe Dater. wao lives on the
Gcorfe Hughes farm cast of Vera i
Mr. Ifollab ugh says Mr Dater 1*1
from Jack County and hasn't becnj
here very long, and so doesn't j
know any better than to work hard |
r.rid plant bis cotton in April
The following item appeared In
a recent issue of the Wichita Fall#
R< cord New* under the head of
"News of the Field," by Jimrnit
Maxwell, and with tub-head, "Bay
lor I .oration,
"Paul Scott and associate staked
location for No I (i F BOone. a
3,000 foot rotary test to be drilled
2020 feet train north and aflO feet
from west lines of D Allen survey,
abstract 0, about lfl mile* east ol
Seymour In Baylor County,"
The new test 1* not exactly hi
unknown territory Previous tests
have been drilled on the Boom
ranch, and #ome nf them hove had
showing# of oil, The promoters are
hoping the latesl test hit* the right
spot
New Mer,iber# in Doll Club
The Mtymour Golf and Country
Club hi getting to be quite an im-
portant organization, according to
ecretfiry J O. Butler, Mr But-
ler ha;, furnished The Banner wilh
Hie following names trf men who
past 10 days G A Morel*, Byron
pant doy*' G, A Morrl#, Byron
Kb 11 pee Cedrie Farmer, Jarne*
Butler, Bud Bledsoe, Lee Morrl*,
Jan us Dickson. Curtis Thurman,
Billy Golden, T J Hoo#er Jr,
Kenneth George. ,1 F, Culver, Ham
Jones Mark Tucker, Carl Qulnen-
berry and Bob Garlington, Among
(hose who joined (hi# spring are
Bill Sharp, Dick Sharp, J O, But
!er, Chick Nolen nrid Red Golden
In addition there have been a
lew of (he old members who have
been reinstated, and the Club ho*
rsally been placed on an active
status, Four of the old member#
have cashed in on their stock and
there will be several others who
will withdraw Notice# are being
rent by the secretary to all old
numbers whose due* have been
inactive, stating that dues ore now
being aaseetted again*! every mem-
ber, Those who do not care to
pay may sell their stock but. the
Club would be very glad lo have
all trf them to retain their mem-
bership.
A meeting of all stockholders,
o!d arid new, will be held in the
rear future, at which time the fu-
ture welfare of the Club will be
discussed,
Secretary Butler stale* that great
credit is due some of the Club
member# who have been most ac-
ive in getting the organization'# uf
fairs in «o much better #hape A
!O0d deal of enthusiasm exist;
now for making a go of the thing
METIIODIS'I < IlllfU'ff
A new pipe organ ha* been in-
stalled at the Methodist church and
will be In readiness for services
next Sunday It Is hoped to have
an organist and use the new instru-
ment Sunday at the morning hour,
In the evening the congregation
will be present for the out-of-door#
service* on the First Chri*tian
Church lawn,
Another Well fur King
Baternun pool iri King County
al*o added another fine well fin-
ished In the Bateman lime with the
bringing In of the Humble Oil and
Refining No 22 J Bateman in sec-
tion 117, Rector survey, with an
Initial flow natural of f»0 barrel*
per hour following Hie drilling of
the plug at ftllfr feet,-—Wichita
Times,
Mr and Mrs E C Kobertion of
Oalla# and children were here for
a recent visit with their parent#,
Mr and Mr*. J D Robertson and
Mr and Mr*, J, A Ballew Mr,
Robertson wa* planning to leave
the following Sunday for California
on hi* vacation, Ed is in the (ire
butinea* at Dalia*. arid he told
something more about a robbery ot
hi* place which had been reported
by the Dalla* News The tire#
were stolen by a negro employee,
who had gotten Into a crap game
arid was short of fund*, Nearly all
the good* had been recovered. Pre-
ceding the visit of Mr and Mrsf,
Robertson, they had enjoyed a visit
from Mr and Mr*, Ballew, and the
latter had been accompanied home
by Joe David Robertson for a
week'* vi*it here The Ballew* hod
also vi*ited Joe #l*terx, Mr;« E F.
Smith and Mr* J, M Bade* at
Rhome Also, when the Robertaona
left they took Divld home but left
their daughter, Gaylc, who I* to
vl*it here for a month with her
grandparent*.
The fire department v/aa
lh)r. week to the Otis Tho/na
where the motor on an
refrigerator wa* burning out
wily, no damage v/a i done
home
Mr* O F Temple i* vl*i
Monday with her mother,
E Aker*. who i* #.rfferlng
heart attar k Mr Temp
called
hornr
lectrlc
Hap
VI rr E
Mr. and Mr* Joe Patterson ol
Fort Worth have been spending a
few day* in the home of the for-
mer* parents. Rev and Mr* J P
Patterson Joe was in The Han-
ner office Monday and renewed hi#
paper. He i* on a two week# va-
cation from his work, and part of
(hi* time will be spent with hi#
wife* peoplt at Htco Another
part will be spint in Fort Worth,
where the Patterson* are improv-
ing their home They have )u*t
completed painting it and wlli In
other way* improve It.
El)
Hi
*v on account oi
having a heart «ti
turned home, but ' will si.il
time to M-eettaSn whetht r r,»
she it going to recover from
nttoek
Mr and Mr* Iter- ice Tur-s
rped Friday front a *fv»r
lie live at llallinger On lb
i n they were hi c i»mp;»r»<
rs Tucker s »i*tei Beit;
ilts, who will spend aOout t
A complete 11nf of those who (oat
their live; In World War II bee
lit en compiled by (be Wr-r Depart
ment, and thl# list ha* been mrtdt
available lo the public A Imnk
ho* benh merit The Banner whl^h
Includes li«'' namea for each county
hi 'I exa» The eaatittltiec for- Bay-
lo/ County tin■ given follow*
Artdrunfl. Eldrcd J S'ftgt I oat Irt
action,
Berry, Lawrence I, Pvt., killed
In action.
Brorn, John J. Pvt. killed Iri
act ion.
Btoihy. Jack D , Second Lt. died,
non-battle
Culver, obn G , Pvt, died rion
battle.
Culver, John G , Pvl , 'lied, non-
action.
Franklin, Clyde O, Pfe died of
wound#,
Harrl#on, Lynn R, Second Lt,
killed In fultlon
Kelsey, John W , First Lt,, tiled
non-battle,
Lively, Titomaa L Cpl„ killed in
action.
Marak, Jullu# J., Pfe , killed In
action,
McClden William R, T-3, killed
.;i action,
Morgan, J R. Jr,, T 5, died of
wound#,
Nitfhobfon, James B , Second Lt,,
died, non-battle
Ondrlcek, Emil J, Pfe killed in
action.
Pierce, Harry R Sgt died non-
battle
flushing Raymonrl R, Pvl, died,
non-battle,
Sherman, Paul, Pvt died, nnn-
bfcttie,
Snyder Weldon J Pfe, died of
wound#,
Steven#, Loui* O , Pvt., died, rion
battle,
Tipp#, Jo*h V/, T-Sgt., killed In
action
Vlelroa, Hanto* M , Pfe,, killed In
action.
CANNING CENTER TO OPEN
A'I HIGH SMIOOL MflNI»AV
The canning center, a* baa betoi
held for the post several ye.trs, will
be opened in the high *ehool lunch
room Monday morning, July 7 It
will be under the supervision of L
C, Burke,
Two Instructors will be on hand
to help in any way n«ce*#ary in
the canning progro.ri All comrnu-
ntlca and especially tin- school* are
invited and urged *o t,>ke advant
age of the faeiiities provided for
reserving foods A telephone haw
been installed for the convenient'
of he people calling for appoint
men tit
The canning center wax a huge
Bucces* last year A total of 18,100
can* of fruit# and vegetable* were
put up Thl* year can# will be
furnished ooly to school* canning
for their lunch room, All others
mur,l furnish their own container#,
WAL'IER HOWE DIES *4<r
One of the original citizen* of
Baylor County, W S Howe, died
June 28th at hi# home in the
'in/rut Timber community, after
having been in failing health for
«om« time He v/a* fMt years arid
six months old, Funeral service*
y,ere held Saturday afternoon at
Round Timber with Interment at
lhat place
A more complete account of Mr.
Howe's life will be given In (he
next i<*#ue of The Banner
Mr#, C, H Moberly, daughter of
Mr. and Mr*. C If Peek of the
Plalnvlew community, left recent-
ly for California on her way to
the Philippines, when- she will
join her husband, Capt. Moberly.
He is captain of a ship there and
expect# to be located at Manila for*
Ihe next year arid a half, Mr*.
Moberly wa# Joined on her vi*it
here by her little son, Charlew
Searcy HI, who saw hia Grand-
father Peek for the fi r*t time, A*
Mr* Moberly began her Journey to
California she wa* accompanied
part of the way by most member#
of her family They all went to
Lubbock first and visited there irt
(he home# of two sisters of Mr,
Peek, Then they went to Arnar-
illo for a visit with Charlie Peek
Jr and h»* family From that
point Mae Kathryri Peek went on
to California with her sister, to
be there for two or three week*.
Maurice doc* not know pist when
she will get passage for Manila,
so will just be on the waiting list
until that happen# On their way
back from Amarillo Mr and Mr*.
Peek were accompanied by their
little granddaughter, Linda and
Sandra, who wil be here for three
or four wctk*
7, S At'-irn of Round Timber
wa# In the other day to renew hi«t
Banner and he and his son, Har-
old were
bad enji
landlady,
He Fail-
her and
on (heir
Is the ft
Mr Ada
n Friday They
rti a visit from their
frs J>>bn Tevte of Wich
a ml had ace : ooanlerf
er husband to Seymour
»av home Mrs Tevb)
ner Valerie MeLemore
t said he and his wife
itiy oti a visit of te'i
it* brother H K Adam'
•?« lo Also, Mr Aden.-
IriU iidliiH to i uttHf thr.j
ieiii to I yr.elady Teiia-
wi U> reunlmn there ot»
f.
fs
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1946, newspaper, July 4, 1946; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417209/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.