The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1946 Page: 1 of 10
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ZIbe Savior County ."Banner
11 MIMMI'H
It A Yl.ntt ! ut'NTV TKVAf*. I
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ANOTHER gitiF.MTIoN "Have
you Rot tiny garden planted?
tutu
The ground hog'* prediction ho*
boon (HsreixnrHocl. nriii the first tiny
of warm sunshine make* uw think
thnl MpflitK Ih here The overage
householder begin* to dig In the
yard, provided he has n yard to
dltf in,
tttttt
I) For 'OeNuerote. Th* Aiaoci
nted Pre** at Dallas tell* of a man
In «iearch of an apartment who got
a telephone directory and began
calilng every number He was
down to the I)'*--and still not
apartment.
The hick town* used not to have
opnrtment* for rent, nor houaes
cither. Of In Miller, of "III Nabor."
soy* a hick town i» a place where
everybody'* bualneaa la every-
body'* buainnaa.
mm
Robert Qulllen *ay* "It Isn't
a real hick town unless every-
body known which families are1
rnad at which and why.
1:11,1.1:1.
\People of thia country are now
breathing eo*ier since the steel
strike was settled. But now the
RoliroAd Brotharhoods are going
lo quit, and w can't get the Bled
hauled after II Is made up,
mm
The spring days are beginning
to affect the niblick eiwlngcrw, and
cause them to waste a lot of time,
One of the local players said the
other day that somebody was al
ways suggesting something In*
could be doing Instead of playing
golf, "Yes," the fellow said, "1
could stop playing golf, which 1
like to do, and do a bunch ol
other things 1 don't like to do,"
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Robert Qulllen also ways thing*
usually work rait very well. The
rich are able to hire somebody to
look after them In their old age,
and the poor usually have kid
who can take care of them,
tttvn
"I admire that fellow In a way
He Is naturally a snob, and it Is
hard for him to be nice to any-
body; but be does try, and often
he Is Just as nice as anybody,"
tivm
"She seems to be a very pleas-
ant woman,"
"Yea, she Is, when she Is under
control, But you should see her
when she Is really mad,"
I,1X1.1.1.
This seem* to be really an old
one, but somehow we had been
miming that expression about,
' Heating your gums,"
rurn
And Kdgor Johnson seemed to
us a little original when he spoke
the other day about having a coin
and says his none was running
like a hydrant,
i;i.mi
C. K Hope was talking the other
day on the subject of scientific
subjects and made the remark that
the sun was not hot, It just given
off ray* that generate heat when
they strike the earth. After all,
heat doe* not travel like light, and
it Is not hot way up in the at-
mosphere Mr Rupe also spoke of
light Itself being a relative quality.
He says there l« no light on the
sun, and none on most of the
star*. He says light Is formed
only when certain rays come Into
contact with atmosphere on the
earth, or any other planet that
has an atmosphere.
1:11,1.1.1.
Oiln Miller also says: The av-
erage feller ain't stored up enough
treasure In heaven to make a down
payment ori a harp"
II.1.1.1:1
A Marine lieutenant, who with-
held hi* name for reason* of se-
curity, was talking the other day
about the Japanese women and
described them as being, "obedient,
obliging and keenly Interested In
her man'* welfare," He Intimated
some of these virtue* might be
lacking In American women,
73.T1.1.7.
The lieutenant goe* ori, and Im-
agining him ways thin; ' A Japan-
ese woman never nags. Jf you
stay out late she doesn't ask you
where you've been and whom you
were with She liurid* you your
slipper* and then tucks you Into
bed." That * war talk
mm
II M Stanslver says, In "Think
It Over"; "Some people can't dis-
agree with you without being dls
agreeable about It "
7.7.7.211
STYLE FORECAST There will
be very little change In men'*
clothe* after Morch 15th,"
mm
Tom Irby of Dallas received a
generous response to the article In
the Dallas New* about his night
shirt* He received a nightshirt
a* a birthday present from the
girls in the federal building It
was decorated with pinup girls and
autographs and one Inscription on
It said "If you talk In your sleep,
don't mention my name"
1.1.1.1 tt
Another one of the columnists,
evidently a man of few words, re
marks- "Our wife may be out-
spoken, but only by a few.''
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COI.I/K} Thai # very fittin'"
$i;)l5 Quota Set
For Red Cross
Drive March 1st
The annual Red Cross Fund
Drive I* all set to start March I to
raise a sum of $4,31.1011, as Baylor
county's 1040 quota.
Emltt Golden, Fund Drive chair
man, has been working for several
days getting Ills Committees set lip
over the county, The drive will fol-
low the same general plan as in
the past Golden has appointed
co-chairmen In each district of the
county and the four districts of
Seymour. Tin committees will wlnti
simultaneously, on March 1, to raise
the quota.
The sum to be raised In this drlv"
Is a great deal less than the one
last year and should be subscribed
within a shod time. Of the $4,.115 Oil
Baylor county will keep for lis own
needs 04 per cent, or $2,700 00, and
the remainder. (1,530,00 will go lo
the National Chapter Very few
counties are privileged lo keep an
equally large percentage of the
quota
Several changes have been made
In lb'1 local Chapter personnel.
Cleric Carter Was elected County
Chapter Chairman for the ensuing
year, replacing Oeorge Slum, who
•served in that capacity for two
years, Mrs, llattle itobln*on Is the
new Secretary, replacing Mrs. Kd
gar Johnson, Mrs W T Humph
r<«ys replaces Mrs, ChlOc Hhawver,
who served four years during the
war and did an excellent Job ».
Home Service Chairman, Donald
Bond replaces Mrs, Johnson us pub
llclty chairman and Q, Sprtuliey,
Is the Accident Prevention Choir
mah I'hone retiring from the Chap
ler deserve the commendation of
the county for the faithful service
they have rendered through sev-
eral year* time.
Hodges & Cockroft
Buy Conoco Agency
<1 W Hodge* and Wesley Cock-
roft have bought the Conoco a
gency here from Bud Bledsoe, and
they will take charge of the busi-
ness on Feb, 20th,
Both these boys are Just out of
the service and are making large
plan;; for successful btiflnes# car-
eers Both have had ample ex
perlrrice for the business they are
in now
Mr and Mrs Itodgc* and two
children have taken an apartment
at the home of Mr*, J 8, Carr,
and Mr, Cockroft I* living at the
home of his slater, Mrs, E, A, Hyp
tak
Mr, Bledsoe ha* aw yet made
no announcement of his plans for
the future
CIIAI'LAI.V TO HI'KAK III,ItI)
Chaplain Major Tom Rockett of
Dallas will be the guest speaker at
the monthly banquet Thursday
night of the Presbyterian Laymen'*
Fellowship The banquet will be
served at 7:30 and all the men of
the church and friends are Invited,
Major Kockett haw *erved a*
chaplain In the Texas National
Guard year* before the .Second
World War started and lias been
stationed at several place* In the
states.
Sgt, Clifford Jones I* one of the
soldier boys back home again, and
he Intend* to be located In Baylor
County, Ills people live at Albany,
but Clifford married a Bomarton
girl, the daughter of Mr and Mrs,
W F Gregg, and she ha* been
living with her parents since her
husband has Inen overseas. Sgt
Jones was lo the service for 2 1-2
years, and he spent IM month* of
that time overseas. He started Iri
on New Guinea and went, on all
the way to Japan He bus a string
of medals and ribbons as award*
for exceptional service, After ar-
riving back in this country Sgt,
Jones received his discharge at
Fort Bliss on Feb 14th.
Charle* Bradford, S 1/c, received
his discharge frotri the navy at
{Camp Wallace on Feb 10th, after
a service of two years, Of that
time he spent 13 months In the
Southwest Pacific, mostly around
the Philippines, lie was a gunner j
on a ship that helped with the in-
vasion of these Island*, arid he saw
all the action he feels he needed,
Charles is the son of Mr and Mr*,
A M. Bradford of the Cottonwood
community He was reared In that
community, and plan* to go back
there and help hi* father on the
farm. Since going Into the navy
he has *een quit" a bit of the
world, and enough to do him for
the rest of the time
hum Security
Plans Outlined
At Meeting Here
The annual meeting of owner*
of Farm Security Administration
homes was held yesterday In the
basement of the Baptist church
A very constructive program wa#
carried nut for the benefit of the
14 families that were present.
Also, one of the best feature*
was a cafeteria slyle lunch at
noon, and this was tops, Among
the visitors present was The Ban-
ner editor, and he received some
first hand Information about this
fine movement,
The program began at 10;<Ml o'-
clock with Introductions Then
followed an explanation of Chart*
by .Supervisor Bay F Christian
Further comment will be made
on this later.
At the noon hour there was a
community singing, led by E, A
Welch In the afternoon Kdgar N
Hill discussed the Mlbject of soil
The AAA program for 1040 was
outlined by Robert Austin.
Mr*. Kdgar Harrison and Mrs,
Kdgar Hill spoke on the relation
of Home Demon*!ration Club work
to the FSA Program,
O K, lloyle spoke on the re-
lation of the County Agent to the
FSA Program.
Harry Austin gave the Farm
Outlook for 11)40
The exhibits present consisted
of; Cutting Bed, Clothing, Re
bottomed Chair and Stenciled At
tides,
Baylor County Is Indeed fortun-
ate In having 27 families on lanu*
bought through the FSA These
farms usually consist of 100 acre*.
A study ol the ('harts reveal* that
a large net profit haw been made
on smaller acreages than on the
larger ones.
Another Interesting disclosure of
the Chart* was that the average
gross income for the 27 farm* last
year was $'1,311(1, Dairy sale* av-
eraged $.111(1 Kgg sales averaged
$14(1 and livestock sales averag
li."M(7, Ciop sales were $2,(W3, or
47 per cent of the entire gross,
Supervisor Christian states that
our farmer* averaged making a
payment of II per cent on their
land the past year No family I*
behind schedule on their pay-
ments, and Nome ore far ahead
The mowt forward man In the
program I* Albert Hrneirlk, who
ho> all been made on the farm
bought out of the old Hawkins
estate. Till* farm was entirely
paid out last fall The place was
bought hi March of 1940, and five
crop* have now been made on It,
I he loan was for $9000, and this
ha wall been made on the farm,
Some Improvement* have been
made besides that
The living expense* of the fam-
ilies for land year ran from $075
10 $1000 Aw a rule, those who«e
expense* were low have made the
largest payment* on their land
Since buying their places many
of the former* have built chicken
houses ond Jn many ways have
Improved their forms, Butane
plant* have been Installed, and
many of the homes are now serv-
ed with electricity, On the whole,
the FSA program In this county
has produced result* that have ex-
ceeded the greatest hopes of those
responsible for Inaugurating thi*
feature of national welfare,
Servicemen Return
JtfMtich WhIh Bunttay
In Benefit to Ofiiin
This community was VlilM by
a genetnus tain Rundti.v night, a
mounting lb fill of an inch at Sey-
mour. The fall was an even Inch
at Red Spring*, but * a > somewhat
lighter In Ine eatt pari of the
county,
The mollture was Just right for
the grain crop With more sun
shiny day*, the grain hare Is be-
ginning to cover the fields with a
coat of green Anil Ihe month?
of ihe year that on usually the
driest are get!tig past us
Scout Activities
On Increase in
District Six
The icHult* of Boy Scout Week
were very satisfactory In Seymour
and District Six Carlos (taker,
field executive for this territory,
state* that (lie movement is going
better here than at any place in
Ihe Northwest Texan Area, and the
future look* very bright,
On the evening of Feb 12th at
Ihe Methodist church was held a
pow wow for the Cubbing pro-
gram, Till* wu* In the nature of
a training course for the leaders,
and these will I hi In betlci posi-
tion now to mnltl a real success
of the Cubbing program
Thursday evening of last week
there was held at the First Christ-
inn church a meeting of ihe dl*<
Irict leader* Plan* wen discussed
for the enlargement and progress
of the work and reports were
heard from the different commit
lee*, One favorable report was
heard from progress of the new
Methodist Church troop This him
Argus Park* for scoutmaster and
Frank McDunlel as assistant, Thi*
troop is In good hands, Also, a
Cub pack haw been organized al
the Methodist church Both the
troop and pack have been regis
tercd
At the district meeting l! was
decided to form a sub dlwlrlr I out
of Knox County. Hupl W C
Cunningham of Monday has been
named a* wub-dlwtrirt chairman,
and committees will be set up In
Ihe aub-diatrlct Just an In the main
district District chairman '£ K
Craddoek and Kiel.' •'».«eutlvctjar
I ok Baker were f-tuy •>*- »»•>-.
day afternoon to help In the or
ganizotlon of the new set up
Mast Friday and Saturday llev
W, J Spreen and Carlo* Baki r
were In Wichita Fall* for a train
ing program for Area Council of
fleer* and committeemen, Rev
Spreen I* the Area chairman of
leadership training, and he was
dean of the school that was held,
A training course will be given
at the First, Pre bylmian church
In Wichita Falls on Feb 2<lth tOI
all committeemen over the terri-
tory, and if 1* hoped that 'District
Six will be' represented J00 per
ceril, The program will begin at
(I 'M) arid last until it 1* over,
The following boys have return-
ed to civilian life: Thomo* Leroy
McCauley, Jimmy Nefll Parks,
Blllle Krnest Kmsoff, Winston F,d-
ward Crowell Everett Gilbert, Wil-
liam Harwell Wharton, George
Henry Sullivan, Jr„ have been dis-
charged from the navy,
Frank D Fancher, John H Hon*,
Frank L, Hons, Joe T Daws of
Throckmorton, Henry J Pribyla of
Bomarton, Krnest F Vita, Bryan C,
Mcer*, have been discharged from
the army,
Norman Burton, Warrant Of-
ficer J G,, came in Monday from
Seattle, where he had landed In
the State* after leaving Okinawa
recently, Norman I* visiting hi*
parent*, Mr and Mr*, Cleo Bar-
ton He I* practically out of the
service* now, after having been
ifi the navy for 4 years arid throe
Month*, He I* now In the In-
active Reoorve, and will not be
formally released until 0 months
end of the war ha* been
Norman served for a
2 days In the Southwest
He wa* a marine engirt-
on an army transport About
only kind of fighting he did
Mr and Mrs, Paul Gregory were
here over the week end from
Grand Prairie, lo visit the latter *
parent*, Mr arid Mrs K L, Pott
Th'-y also visited Mr« Greogory's
slstei Mr John McCuuley,
Mrs. J A Chamberlain wa* in
The Baner office yesterday to have
her paper changed from Bomar-
ton to Wichita Fall* She I* go-
ing over there to be near her
children Mr*. Chamberlain ha*
lived at Bomarton for many year*,
but five of her seven children are
now at Wlelilta Falls, so she will
not be lonesome there Mr* Cham-
berlain was accompanied by Mr*
K D Floyd of Seymour whose
daughti r married Lynn Chamber*
lain of Wichita Full*.
Kd Ollphlnt of Chllllcothe wa*
here last of the week on a com-
biner! visit and business trip. Br-
and hi* wife recently *old their
home and had it Iri mind to move
to Seymour, but that I* out for
the present. Mr, Ollphlnt made
an Investigation while here, and
was not abic to find anything that
seemed suitable at a price that
would not throw them for a lows
later on. Mr, Ollphlnt wo* a citi-
zen here a good many year* ago,
and he still know* a good many
of the old timer* here His wife
Is the sister of Mrs. Annie Holman,
Mlas Ol I If Redmond and Mr*, A
K. Holbert, and It would suit the
ladles mighty well for them all to
be together, which might happen
later on Mr and Mrs Ollphlnt
owned a good farm on the edge
of Chllllcothe, which they al»o
sold not long ago
Riley Eudey of Round Timber
was In yesterday to renew hts Ban-
ner, and said they hod all the
rain thev needed Mr Eudey and
family I've on the farm they pur-
chawed from Loul* Hrriclrk The
coll Is rather sandy, arid nothing
but row crops Is being raised on
II no* Mr Kudey say* he will
likely have a good iicrc.ixe of
combine maize, although he eon
sider* that It hn* less of value
for stock feed than some of the
other mai/r crops.
after the
declared
year and
Pacific.
eer
the
was In trying to avoid mine*, The
navy gave them much support In
11 whip that wa* equipped with
radar for detecting the mine*, War
ran! Officer Barton plans to be
here, and he will soon go to Dela-
ware after his wife She has been
living there with her parents ever
since their marriage about three
years ago The two met In Wash-
ington, D C. while Mrs, Barton
was working there,
Mr* Paul Brock of Seymour artd
her two brothers Alfred and Henry
Morris of Olney, received a tele-
gram lafit week that their brother-
in-law, Robert Miller of Donna,
Texn*, had a stroke 'and won not
expected to live Before they got
<0 his bedside they received an-
other telegram telling* them that
one of their 1 i iter*, Mrs, Sarah
Moore had pn "d away suddenly
with a heart attack at that place,
They arrived in there Friday even-
ing at 2 o'clock and their brother-
in-law died at I o'clock Saturday
morning Koch one had to wait for
relatives. They burled the sister
on Sunday and their brother-in-
law Tuesday They left for home
soon after the funeral and arrived
back home Wednesday evening
Everything looked good In the Val-
ley at this time of the yenr, with
frees hanging full of fruit arid
vegetables
Mr, and Mr
Houston, are v
D W Davi« ai
famBy at We
I* a grnnddaui.'
Mr Pophani g>>
Ihe navy at <
Saturday oftci
*l< was a gutm
11 month* ove
ed In Big Spri
Seymour a nun
Alton I'opham of
itlng Mr and Mrs
id II W Davis and
• iver Mr I'opham
• er of D W Davis
1 his discharge from
>mp Wallace la*t
•ervlni! 21 months
■r on *hip and spent
ens He wa* ral*-
ig and ha* been In
ber of times.
"RhMrAMv 'J! hMM
Boys Will
Show (lalves al
McNeill (tin Sat.
tta.vlor county buy* showing
calve* In the Throckmorton show
Ins! Saturday gave a good account
o| theniselve*. The boys took 10
calve* to the show In which M
calve* were entered from Young,
Throckmorton, Haskell and Baylor
counlles
In the Prime class were calves
shown by Jack Compton (2 calves),
George KdWnrd Molrls( (,'leve
Brock, Buddy Brock, Jimmy Stout
and Don Mobley
In the Choice category were
calves shown by John Badgwell,
Bobby McCuuley, Dim Mobley,
Krnest Marlk, Stanley Ondrlcek,
Jr and Victor Hrneirlk
Krnest Hrneirlk and T L New-
man placed calves In the Grind di-
vision,
One of Compton'* calve* was 0
contender for champion calf of
junior group which was won by it
call from Haskell county,
An elimination show will be
held In Seymour next, Saturday •!'
McNeill'* north bin The liewt ten
calve* will be selected by Judges
to participate III a District Show at
W II Hammon's ltanch, Wichita
Fulls, Judge* for the show are J L
Bice, Herdsman of the Mammon
Ranch, and F W Martin, Haskell
county agent,
Al least six of the calves will be
sold at auction Saturday, Don Mar
tin will be the auctioneer, Thi* i*
an opportunity for those Interested
to buy Nome very good beef at a
reasonable figure The Instructors
urge the businessmen and rancher*
to give the boys support at this
auction,
The shOW In sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce with *17(1
in prize money 'lite champion will
receive $1CI0() and reserve cham-
pion $10 00
Claude Cowan In giving the price
of two calves to senior and Junior
winner* of hi* breeding Mrs, I,em
Bellow* Is giving a Victory Bond
fin showmanship
In connection Willi the calf show
fat barrows will be shown by the
boy* There is a purse of $7000 In
Ihl* show with $7 ftO going to the
champion and tft.00 to reserve
champion
The boys of the county are doing
some excellent work In livestock
raising and merit the support of
the county
Alt.MV KAHIK HTANIIAItDH,
l.ff'M (JI'OTAM
Washington, Feb 13 The Armv
Thursday lowered Its physical
standards for draftees and asked
for 128,000 Ifi April
The monthly draft call has been
,10.000 but thai rate ha* not been
met since V J Day
The War Department said It
hope* by this means to get the
full 210.000 men the Army needs
from selective service in the first,
five months of this year This
number is required In addition to
enlistments to provide replace-
ments fur men discharged
The Army asked draft boards to
Induct Immediately the 4-Fs men
previously disqualified for physlcol
reasons' who can meet the lower
ed standards,
About 3D,00(1 men are being ac-
cepted each month under present
physical standards This Is 15,000
short of requirements,
The Army said it I* rieee»*ary to
take men below previous minimum
physical standards although if may
considerably reduce efficiency and
eventually Increase the number of
discharges for physical disability,
Age limit* will remain Ifi to 2!)
years Inclusive, Men 20 through
34 may volunteer and be used in
filling selective service calls,
Mr« Osee Holland, now of Wlch
ita Falls, wa* here Friday on
business, which Included getting
their Banner changed to a new
address Recently Mr, and Mr*
Holland went Into the grocery bus-
iness at a suburban center in the
north part of Wichita Falls. They
got started under adverse circum-
stances, which Included a torn up
street In front of their place of
business, and for a little while
they ^confess to having had a case
of homesickness However, It how
all worked out better now, and
they are coming to feel more and
more at home Business has got-
ten better and they are becoming
adjusted to their new life there
The Banner editor ho* received
a much appreciated letter from
Jesse F Burnett of Cheyenne,
Wyo, who enclosed $2 with which
to renew hi* Banner. Mr, Bur-
nett wa* foreman in the Banner's
mechanical department way back
yonder when his salary wa* $00
per month, and he was one of
the best men who ever worked
In thi* office On account of his
health he went to Cheyenne and
for ♦» gotfd many years •.-- been
linotype operator on the Morning
Eagle He says he 1* enjnylng
fairly good health Jess say* he
wtill find* things of Interest In
the paper about the old timers
here, and through the paper he
fleytnmn (ieln 10
IVr Cent l ire Credit
Weyinoui' will enjoy a in pei
cent good fire record credit bn
the coming year Instead of the
10 per eeht thai has been opera
live for the pas! 1SK months,
These credits are figured over
a year basis, and we sill) have
another year to go on an elevatm
Iri** here of about $40 000 Willi
this spread out over five years,
thu town was still gelling a 10
per cent credit until the fall of
11140, when lilt re was a Inns of
about $7,000 In the Morris Wlr*
Chevrolet fire This fire will al
so have tei be figured In over n
0-ycni period
The ft per cent loss In our rat
ing will cust Ihe town something
like $ 1,000 10 fl.NOO The most
credit that curt be given Is 20
per cent, and no more than a 20
per cent charge Is assessed,
There were two fire alarms on
Saturday afternoon and evening
One was a chicken house at the
Elmer Scruggs home, and the other
was no oil field at an engine on
the Wichita Valley tracks There
was practically no loss In the lat-
ter fire, and I! was not heavy in
the first named
Area Meeting of
in it •
Held in Sevmour
Seymour was chosen as one of
the eight or ten places In Texas
where regional meetings ate being
held of the Farm Bureau The
meeting here began Thursday at
10 00 a in ui'.d thin date does
not allow for a full (laserIptinn In
this Issue
However, II should be said that
about 200 member* of the organ-
ization are lo attendance, corning
from points over a wide territory,
The meeting Is being held In (he
auditorium of the city hall And
thi* audltoiiiim ha* just been
dressed up wilh a modern curtain
al (he fronl of the »i,age, which
is an Item of which the city Is
very proud A more complete des
(,'rlptlon of It will be given later.
Mrs, l,unitley Sells Residence
Mrs, George Longley has sold
her nice resilience north of the
Presbyterian church to Mr ond
Mrs T K Wall, and has already
given possesion, Mr*. l,ongley la
teaching at Ihe Bound Timber
school and has been corning home
only on week ends, She In slay-
ing at the borne nf Mr unit Mr*
Hubert Parker
Mrs, Lydia Johnson, superintend-
ent at the Baylor Count;v Hospital,
has iiii apartment now at the home
of her parents, Mr and Mrs Wall,
at the Longley home She wa#
Joined here recently by her bos-
band flrilph Johnson of Philadel-
phia, who Is planning to make this
his home, This will be contin-
gent on finding something to do,
The community hopes very much
that Mr Johnson will become one
of our permanent residents
J B, Bryant of Seagrave* was
an appreciated caller at The Ban-
ner office Saturday morning and
renewed hi* paper, He and his
wife had come down for a little
visit, accompanied by their son,
Krnest Bryant, and their daughter,
Mrs Homer High Krnest works
In a grocery store at Scagrave*,
and Mr*, Bryant has been tor 3
years with the Columbia Carbon
Co there, doing work Inside He
and wife had not been back here
during the 3 years, During mow!
of the time Mr Bryant has been
working seven doys per week, but
more recently the employes are
given o day off per week, which
is taken at different time*, The
Bryant* lived In Baylor County
for many year*,
B H Bridges of Olney has been
back to his former home at Sey-
mour for h little stretch back at
the Seymour Steam Laundry lie
has been taking the place of A
Williams, who went with his wife
to Kentucky on account of the
death of the latter'* wlster Mr
I Bridges was with the Olney Steam
Laundry for HI years, selling out
recently to his partner, G S Sol
llvfin, Mr Sullivan now
partner In the person of
Foster Sullivan, who win
ly dl*charged from the
Mr Bridges Inle'nds to re
han also become acqi
some of the younger
Mr Burnett also conf
ting a kick out of the
column, and
some compel
Culver in ihi
lm<*» Je*s
't
with
i Ron
ill tin
el
I »i
Pawning Day
that we have
irw from Gene
m writing bun
(lad to note the
mage of the old
dun
a while before
thing else
take* a
hi* *on,
i recent-
services
s! up for
getting Into ony-
Charlie Porter of ogden commu
nlty was in town yesterday and |
said hi* 200 acres of wheat i* look
Ing good after the la*t rain, and I*
Ordinarily Mr Porter will pasture
Ordinarily Mr Porter will pnaitlure
his grain until about March 15th,
depending somewhat on how (he
rairtaL t ofrut fr/tm f*<»v
tm
Sgl Jerome Marak son of Mr,
and Mrs August Maruk of Bomar-
ton received his discharge last
Saturday from Fort Sam Houston,
nfter n -service offl'y years Jerome
was in the 100th Division and serv-
ed IB months oversea* He w»* In
France, Germany and Austrra and
took part in some of the heaviest
of the fighting He has three but Be j
Stars and wus awarded the Purple
Heart and the Silver Stm He was
wounded when a #00- pound bomb
I ram a Jet-propelled plane explod-
ed near him
fWN PAHWR
Dick Morris Named
President (' of ('
At Banquet lues.
Thre* hundred ond thirty *1*
jw oplt i>n- u, -t the Seymour High
School fvirmasium Tuesday ni*m'
for Ihe twenty fifth annual Sey
mour Chamber of Commerce Ban-
quet
Originally plans wen mad" to
serve ;t2/i, but tickets were all sold
nut Monday at noon ami many more
wire wtlll Irylng to gel In Arrange
men!* were made to seat 11 more
and those tickets were Immediately
napped up In a hurry But for llrn
Itatlon* preventing I! 400 plalea
could have been nattily wold
A I. ihe close of the banquet B T
'Dick) Mori I* wo* elected Prrwl
dent of the Chamber for the en
suing year Morrl* I* a partner In
the Morris Wlr/ Chevrolet Com
pany and after serving some lime
In the service 1* back to take up
his part In civic affairs The Cham
ber of commerce will be under cop-
able hand* for the nest year
Also elected worn director* for
(he ensuing year Some were hold
overs nod some new In the work
Tills list Includes' J K McDuffey,
H A Mitchell, W A Meleur, J W
Foy. Robert Garllrigtrm, W C Do
/ler, Uel D Crosby, It I. Caldwell,
I, I) ,lories and Dave Wlr/
j Delivering the addrea* for the
| evt nllig war Hon Jeff Williams,
| ■ e|| known speaker from Chicko
I m'io, OUiti His lull? centered around
I the maintaining of peace now that
we have won the war Ills speech
wits spiced with wit arid humor
and kepi, the audience In a gay
frame of mind He left many good
points that are worth remember
Ing
Atiol,iter feature of the program
that proved very entertaining wa<»
the sleigh! of hand tricks of Ralph
DeMhong, owner of the Western
Garment Manufacturing Co,, of
Wichita Falls He classes himself
as strictly an amateur but he l»
good enough lo go professional If
lie should ever desire to do so The
el I I/ens of this community hope to
hav the opoprtunlty of <e«lng hint
again,
The banquet wa* presided over
by the outgoing president, W A
Meleai lb nerved the Chamber of
Commerce very faithfully the post
year and I* art ardent worker for
the organization Also, on the pro
gram were Mm Tom McCauley,
talented vocalist who *img f^o
numbers accompanied at, the piano
by Mi'." Uel I) Crosby Grady Mor
ton led Hie group In a sing tong
following the dinner
JPNfOR t l,AHM I'RKSKM'H
"< AMI't/M <{tJAMAXTIWI ' A I
(illAMI SCHOOL MAItril I
If you like to laugh, If you want
to forget your troubles if /oil
have ft goorl sense of humor then
yon are bound to be tickled pink
Over the delightful mad play,
"Campus Quarantine," aw produe
ed by Junior Class at Grade School
on March 1st Robert Ray, author
of thin exceptionally clever comedy,
I* well known for his many *toge
wucccwse* and unusual plots, lir
Campus Quarantine" he has taken
an Incident that really happened
and ha* woven a play that I* so
packed with funny lines, humor
ou* situation* arid witty dialog,
that an audience never experi-
ence* a dull moment, Much time
expended In work and careful at
lentlon to detail arid characteriza-
tion by ilocal group ha* result
id In r i- ,'formaoce that 1* sure to
be hr i< , with acclaim by those
who the ploy Kvery character
Is a distinctive type, drawn front
life and Ihe predicament they be
come embroiled lo will keep ait
audience al, the fever pitch of
hilarity for an entire evening
Don't forget the date. March I, and
the play, "Campus Quarantine."
You will long remember it a* one
of the most enjoyable evening" you
have experienced In years
CAST Of CHARACTKRS
(Six Men, Six Women)
Glora Smith a Kanno Jumrnii
Sorority girl Bonnie Conner
Mrs, Smith her aunt and House-
mother of the Sorority Bobble
Jean J-owry
Meryl Shepherd who causes all
the trouble Joan Martin
Kdythe Rhode*-" another Sorolty
girl Sarah Dougherty
Deborah Mercer- who trie* to
have a romance Blllle Jean Gaudy
Lcla Durm a nurse Janle Shu-
mate.
Dr Leon Atwel) meek and mild
Robert Hill
Gordon Dunn-who loves U#
manage thlruf! Bud Whitten
Ronald Steele hi* pal Gene Krl
Snyder
Klllott Maxim who ha* a flair
for theatrical# Tlrey Samalll
Flnlay Carrothero-- hi* rwwn.
mate Jamet Bidden*,
Howard Ron* from a rival
school Bill Carr
There wa* a little wreck Sunday
afternoon on the Wichita Valley,
when art auto carrte Into collision
with the evening motor car. The
man driving the car wa* from Abi-
lene arid he drove right into the
motor which hit him atnldahlp
Ihi ear landed at the side of ths*
sight, of way. and the motor topped
to what injury had been done.
Thi man in the car figured he
rntiid riot do unything about hie
machine that night, *o he jit>t got
on .he motor and rode on to Abt
lene coming back the m»at day for
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Harrison, O. C. The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1946, newspaper, February 21, 1946; Seymour, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth417254/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.