The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 51, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 21, 1946 Page: 3 of 10
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SATURDAY
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"MEN IN HER DIARY"
llrr illnry fcml like Nulitiilt'i linnl»ii>»i<»!
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
IIANNY HAVK mill VlltOlNIA MAYO In
"WONDER MAN"
lie'* « «llly muKmji *f Muttrr elmUrrI
TUJBBDAY AND WEDNESDAY
JAMI'.h (KAHi mill IIIANCICH Oil I (Mill In
"CODE OF THE LAWLESS"
II'n » winner In liivr IimikIi* mid thrill*,
At The RITZ
FKMAY AND SATURDAY
"CODE OFTHE LAWLESS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
"HIT THE HAY"
TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY
"ISLE OF THE DEAD"
George fjrlfflth wiifl In Fort
Worth Sunday viwiiinti in the home
of hi* friend*, Mr*. A C 'Wood
mid her daughter, Alene On hi*
return George renewed tlie H«n
rii-r going to Mr*, Wood find her
daughter They mud# their horn*
in m>ymtnir for a number of yeiir*,
und th««y like to keep up with
what I* g<»lrig on among their
friend* here,
A Ntyle* left Tu**diiy, »fItir
a furlough of 2ft day* with hi*
parent*, Mr und Mr*, t), Y MtylM
of the Levelvifw community, Mr
Htyle* tin* been In the finny for
J only *lx month*, and he will bp
I likely to have »i good little *treteh
j Mhi fid of him Mf went from
I here lo Kort Ord, Cull!,, und *>H-
| pect* to whin out of there to the
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a Full Coverage Full Bonefita: Inclmlinjtr Bicycle, Sport*,
^ School Bum Accident*, etc, Pay* $40,06 to $200.00 per
M nrifmth for total dlnablllty, Pay* $200,00 to $4,000.00 for
j? death AND reimbur*omcnt for Ho*pltal Expen«e« a* S
$ follow*; $4,00 per day for 00 day* of ho»pltal confine- fi
8 raent; $10,00 for ti*e of operating room; $10,00 for umbu- {
g lance; $10,00 for X ray; $ft,00 for nmeathettc; $5,00 for f
u aurglo&l drawings and medicine*,
No Medical Examination — No A**e»*ment*
' FULL-COVER AGE ACCIDENT PROTECTION
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FARMERS
ATTENTION!
W0. Arc Now In Portion to Give You Complete Service
On Your
TRACTOR TIRE NEEDS
FIXING FLATS PUTTING ON NEW TIRES
COMPLETE HYDRO FLATION SERVICE
V/ith Water and Antl Freeswi
Our Prices Are Reasonable
See u* before yon have any of the above work done,
YOU WILL SAVE MONEY!
Bny Where- EXTRA QUALITY and EXTRA SERVICE
are FREE!
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DTEALER STORE
Phone 77 J Soymour, Texan
lit In (s 1.1(11 "It* bU'liilnv mid
M* hnitie I*■ HMHK iHltih d nil ih i t
th*» rtllimi bti* «ViMtriid*' »n Hlhn
nnml MM} iliti« t tn «)• III*
ihy no-mnh h*VHt* fetit'k hi
ninhx titui Utmtiih (ji'timifl *ti«
llii'M to Ink HlHHp "tl^t tttfdelllf*
l»wii»*tmii'ii in On iHiitli by Hi*
ini^ii 1 iinvi' hi'iitd my M«i» fil« ntid
HtlU'r* tell of ilir- iiilfi ilnit imd Hib
IiIiir bun.Ix ol TNnklc* who whtl
nboui on forttiliiM tm»»m. Inkinn |)i»
vl*lnn» imd IIV fit oik hy fmi-i'
ItoWcvvr, t»#ntili» »ooh |p#rned In
«!#• 11 d c our let* iihi'iid of thPue buittl*,
WMrnfhg t hi> 11 fii'iMhhon "Ttii'
Vunk' mi' cnmlnn", no iminy thlnn*
1 otild In' IiIk out.
Now, do not uridi'intiind that I
bi'llevc In mlnvi'iy In any form, for
I eertnlnly do not. imd I «lv» Lln«
nil 11 cri'dlt for 'IoIiim » I'oni'iMO'omi
IhhiM. «nd I wIhIi we had a (rum
right now who Would be hlg
enough to «boll»h the neat tfliVtry
tliiit "lllg Mu*lim*" l» Impoulng
Upon h)hor of all kind*, which In
chilli' farmio* They go on tin
theory thai "might make* right",
und thttt If I he producer «et# too
pro*perou* thtiy will <iull piodiie
log Hut, I notlde that "Jllg lIUAl
Men*" don't <|tlll When Ihey «i't
rich "The more they get, the more
they want", *0 doe* the farmer and
I'Veiy body •!*('
K*te| llamby and one of hi*
"Muddle*" who wa« with him In
moid of hi* army life, have moved
a little houae Into town, and are
preparing to open up a hepy-*elfy
w/i«li houwe, which will rertalnly
be a great accomodiillon lo the peo-
ple of the community And too,
they have moved a larger hou*«
here, which, If Ihey can «"t the
fiece#*ary miilerlal, will be fixed
op for 11 dwelling, which, of course,
f al*«* a bumeh of *paetilatlon* a* to
who Intend* to occupy *ald houwe
Well I g|je*H your «iii »ft will he a*
good a* mine
And *pcaklng about building
miilerlal* rfrntlnd* me that the K11/
/ell* are having « lot of fun '?) In
getting material to fhilwh the Im
provemenln Ntnrled on tlialr hou*e
no inn time ago, when they moved a
little hoiw up near to their houwe,
gnd then e*tended the roof over
and beyond the new addition, thu*
adding a hall and two rooms* to the
original, which when completed
will make ipilta a commodfou*
dwelling I do not know juwt what
they lack on the ln*lde, but no fur
they have been unable to get wea-
ther boarding enough to complete
the mtt*fde
I wi»« glad to meet my old friend
ferry If I Icy of Wheeler, who, with
hi* family, recently #pent a few
day* In our community vlwltlng hi*
wlwler*, Me*d»me* W II Maie and
J II Mampton, and among other
friend* wai« a visitor with ,1 K,
M» nipt on of the Hound Timber *ec-
(Ion
/ wrote the above hint week, but
failed to get It pouted
A I) Mall and wife recently went
to Acton, 1'exa*, where they at-
tended the funeral of a cou*ln to
Mr*, Hall, which turned out to b«
n double ftmeraI, Thl* cousin, a
lady, had gon< up Into Oklahoma
to vl*lt with an uncle, who we*
*erlou»ly III, and *hortly after her
arrival, wa* *trlcken with a heart
alack, from which *he failed to re
cover 'Hie body wa* went back to
Action for interment, but before
uncle had died and hi* body w«*
alao to be *#ot back to Action, *0
till* wa* done word came that the
flrwl funeral w«w poBlponed
The Mall* were accompanied on
the trip by Mr and Mr* Kd Mill,
of Heymour, Mr*, Mill I* a »l»ter
to Mr* Mall, and the lady who died
wa* a *l*ter to the late Mr* W M
Kothelf of thl* community
We extend our wlncere nympnthy
to the bereaved famine*
I make a motion that Freaident
Truman withdraw the nomination
of Mr. Pauley for the position of
undersecretary of v/ar, or «ome*
thing el*e, * Optlmiat,
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Ib'MjHIHb*, h h " ' mi l III .1 .
IftU'H H't't* hfpl lu. I I) ill » ill; V
in ti. i-iiimin fin Hi ,»"• !> Wltinfi
\t. ilin HUhu ' ■ li itibt
v» i' 1 iiiti) bin Wild I"' i" |nma iU
iitn. iim til f|bilk ifNtllm He (11 id 11I
Ml* hHim mI 1t' m ^ilbwiy
hi A' tl t Mi«i*nii 1 H <ti»M
by Rev Hnnbi r'iil r'iinlut'ie.1 Ilia
setVlee* at tHe rtl#i t'lHUiiait
t'Huteh ih Seniaitiln rtmi burial w«*
In the cemetery here
A unlive of tlnlllh t'mmty Mi
Melton wa* born In Allen feb
I, wii, It'' wa* iMgrrii.l tiiere
uelober .11 l"",t to tin fnrmei
bearl CirRfln They cgme lo Knn*
County In Itt'ft "tut made then
home on a farm north of (hiree
I,titci in the vein they moved to
Goree und Mr, Mellon, a graduate
of (lie Kannus City Veterinary Col
lege, began prgetlelng that year
In lll!tl Mr M»lloii w«* elected
sheriff and ta* collectoi «.f Kim*
County and he anil hi* family mov-
ed to Benjamin, It wa« during hi*
*1* year* In 1 hIm office that In-
figured In the capture and iiim«aI
of Jim Watwon and (leoi'Me M111»/.•
win. lu a hold daylight holdup, rob-
l.ed the Klmt Hank «f Tru*cott of
$2,ll(KI In lir/7 Whenff Mellon and
a I one companion captured the two
men and recovered lh< loot with
out a *hot
Mr Melton wcrved four year* in.
county Ridge after III* service att
nherlff lie waw highly ln*truman
lal In the building of tin now
Knoa County C«urtliou*i which
waw . reeled lu ItfM
111* profi»»bfn carried him on
midnight trip* In all kiitd» of
weather to tend *lck animal* It
wa» wild of him that he not only
knew every man In Knox County
I.ul Ih" name* of then hor ■ and
cow*,
At the time of hlw death Or Mel
ton had been an eld<-i of Hie flr»l
Chrl*tlnn Church for :!f. >«../ lie
wa# a member of the Henjamln
Ma*onlc Lodge, No 1170 and of the
Woo.hioii of the World at fjorce
Me served 11* chairman of the
Knox County Office of Price Ad
ministration from the time of Its
Inception
Jnul prior to hi* death In Mel
ton bad been at Mayo Hrother*
Clinic In Hoehewbtr, Minn
Me l» survived by hi* widow,
three daughter*, Mr; ('ark* Not ■
tin,of Gorfff, Mr* .1 1, flalloway
and Mr*, W, T Ward of llcnjamln,
three won*, l/croy, Horner T arid
Jarne*, ,Jr,, all of Benjamin and 12
K.anochlhbcn,
f'allbearer* were w I Hnody
hntl l< ft, Huron, Jflenjarnlo, W, W
Coffman, Gore#, John <' Hlce,
Monday W W Ford Vera, arid C
A Mulllon, Tru*cott,
Mrs, H, 71. Heard, the former
Mrs. Clara Cox, wa* a caller at
The Manner office Monday after
noon Uhe renewed her paper and
nad ut to wend one lo her son,
Willard Cox, at Korkport, Texa*
Mr* Heard now has thre" grand-
children, A new daughter, f'hlll
la Aon, arrived home, which make*
Willard Cox home, which makes
two children In that family Also,
a sort, Jack Jr , wa horn recently
to Mr and Mrs, Jack Co*, who
live at the hfimv <.f the former*
mother, at 24f>7 Huchanan. Mrs
Heard'* himband. who*# .ather wax
on the police force for Z5 year*,
drive* one of Ibe city cab* Mrs,
Heard came here for a visit with
her mother, Mr* Cha» Bowman,
and »he took the latter to Wieh»
He Kail* for a visit there The
ffeards have a nice borne, arid it
i* all paid for
HOMAHTON MWS
Mr end Mi > M w fivlkeii en
lit ||Hed tit Hit.jt Hume t(n bashei
bwli boy* ami llteii esebH* witn n
bttliHl §u|i|n |n aflei Hi* but! gmue
nb werlnewdin ttljlH Feb lilth Mi
and Mi» It C f nob wen «|)«elal
guest* A Veb'HlIhe motif fentuied
ill the decoNtlnn iif the liible*
Sergeant Jeinmi' Marak ha* re
turned from overse#*.
Mr* tfeniy Roe and eon, Wwyiu-
are vlMthiM Mr* Hoe'i daugnter and
family in Au»tln till* week ,
Mr It L, Wllty whs vWtbiK hi*
fflend* here last week
Charlie Hnyiler wii* In Wichita
l ull* on bunlnew* last of the week,
Leon Thruna* In hack at home
with hi* parent*, Mr and Mr* J M,
Thomas,
Mr and Mc Wayne M. Mean of
Awpermont, and Mr and Mr> Her*
iniin McArihur of Spur, vlslied the
lady's parents, Mr and Mr* II C.
fooit
Mr*, Houston Latham roturnnd
to Wichita Kail* lawt Hunday
Clifford .lone*, formerly of the
navy, Is here with hi* wife and the
tatter'* parent*, Mi and Mr* W
Y, Orcgg
Bueter Latham Is back In the
hospital for treatmnnt,
The Momiirton ball teumw play-
<•11 at Woodwon on Monday night,
Woodwon winning.
Mr* Bruce Coftharp I* In Mold
envllle Okln, thl* week with her
brother, Loyd f 1111
Louis Hay Snyder, ARM 3 c wta
tinned at Corpu* Chrlwtl accompa
nled by Mr and Mr* Charles Kny
der «fr, and baby daughter, Mickey
Carrol, came In Monday morning to
rpend a few days with the former's
parents, Mi end Mr* C I J, Hnytlcr
W .1 Townwend and Olen Coff-
man of the Cottonwood communi-
ty wen In town Saturday and the
former renewed hIBanner and
the latter subscribed for a year
Hill usually makes a big cotton
yield on hi* place, but way* his
crop was poor the past year Mr
Coffman, who Is the won of Mr
and Mr* Minor Coffman, he* been
living lu that community all of
blw life 'He and family are now
living on part of the Blackburn
estafe, now owned by Carl Malum
of Abilene, ft i* the place where
the Charlie Coleman family lived
for a number of year*, Mr Coff-
man married the daughter of Mr
and Mr* Adolph Wlr/, and they
have four children, one 'if whom
is now In school,
Billy Kmeoff arrived home Sat-
urday, after receiving a discharge
from the navy at Norman, Okbi
Mi#has been In the service for two
year* and hud wea duty In the
Pacific for several month*. Me
came home when hi* father be-
came serloumly III and waw then
stationed at Clinton, Ok la, where
he was In the fire department,
! Later he was went to Pencacola,
i Kla„ arid there he worked on thf
| planes at the base Mr* ftrmoff
j haw been employed at the Western
Pharmacy, while her husband waw
in the service, and she had an
apartment at Mr*. J Q, Word's,
j They will continue to live there
j Billy'w plaow for the future are as
1 yet unsettled,
Mr, arid Mrs, Koy Hurst were
bere over the week end from Semi
nole. Texas They visited In the
home of the latter * mother, Mr*
Myrtle Shawvcr, They were also
visitors in the home of the former's
brother Mr and Mrs, OlJie Hurst,
Mr and Mrs, O O. Harvey and
daughter, Beverly Ann, were here
from Hamlin over the week end
I for a viwlt with Mr, Harvey's par-
j ents, Mr and Mrs W K Harvey,
They also visited in the home of
Keg's" winter, Mrs. Curtis Thur-
man Mr Marvey has been for
a good many year* with the Shell
Pipe Line Company, Me wa* born
and reared In Heyroour, and this
Is still "back home" to hirn
Mr and Mrs, Hlllie ,fame« of
OdeNsa have been here for a few
day* vt*lt with the bitter's broth'
er, Walter Cooper, and hi* wife
Mr .lame* wa* recently dhcbftrg
ed from the service, and l* with
the gas company at Odeeee
Mr and Mrs, W, K Reed of
The Texas Spur were tn Seymour
Sunday night and were much up
predated callers Monday morning
at The Hanner office Mr, Reed
had been to flalbi* to attend a
meeting of the executive board of
the North and Kast Texas Pre« •
Association, They also went on
to Commerce for a visit with Mrs
Reed's father Mr and Mrs, Reed
ore no stranger* to the western
part of the state, having been in
the newspaper business at Colo-
rado City, Lame«i etc. More re
cent!/ they have been publishing
fbe Bonham Ma fly Favorite, going
from there in Htftfi to Italy, Texas
to publish the New* Herald there
And now tb#y have bought the
paper at Spur and are in West
Texa* again The fraternity 1*
very glad to have these fine new*'
paper people back In West Texas
NOTICE!
We will remove your dead
or crippled hogs, btxrstn and
cattle FREE if the bid* te
on.
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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/m1/3/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Baylor County Free Library.