The Baylor County Banner (Seymour, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 4, 1940 Page: 2 of 18
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THE BAYLOR COUNTY BANNER
THURSDAY. JULY 4, 1040
And thank your stars
for the Stars and Stripes
No mutter where you go to-day
or whose clothing you go in . . .
stop n minute, fella, and offer a
prayer of thanks that you’re au
American who is willing to de-
fend the American way of living
with your last deed, dollar or
drop of blood.
Whit Whiteside
CACHE CREEK 4-H CLUB
The 4-H club of Cache Creek met
Friday. June 28, with Wanda Jane
Standridge. club poultry demonstrator.
Visitors were Mrs. Standridge and
Jennie Pearl Standridge. Four mem-
bers were present. After a short
meeting the club went to the home
of Gilda Gray to see her bedroom.
Ophelia Priddy was nominated as a
delegate to the A & M Short Course.
Four out of eight delegates will go
on this trip.
Recital
Mrs. Mothes Is presenting a group
of her piano pupils in recital at the
Municipal auditorium Monday even-
ing. July 8 at 8 o'clock.
There will ba a number by the
Rhythm band and also a playlet.
"Fairy Enchantment" by the pre-
school and younger groups.
Everyone is cordially invited to be
present.
Mias Emmett Temple has been in
Munday for a week, on a visit with
friends in the town where she for-
merly lived.
Mr. Goodwin and family of Breck-
enridge were here Sunday for a visit
with a brother-in-law, A. F. Minton
of Red Springs, and his family.
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are easy to shock or feed Into the
ensilage cutter.
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elevator.
Horse-drawn or tractor-drawn.
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quick-turn tongue truck that makes
turning easy and eliminates neck-
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Have a Good Time
This 4th of July,
But, Take It Easy!
Every July 4th all America
turns out for one big day of fun.
This celebration is,
ila\
of
course,
“fitting and properbut always
present is the specter of accident
and tragedy, llerc are some of
the main reasons accidents occur
in such large numbers and a
hint or two on how to avoid
•hem:
iCHURCHESl
CATHOLIC CHURCH
On this First Friday of the month
Holy Mass with Holy Communion
will take place at 7 o'clock. The
summer school will begin at Bomar-
ton Sunday, July 0 and at Seymour
the following Thursday, and at Me-
gargel the next month. The hours
will he from 7 to 12.
Father Paul Mosler.
WESTOVER METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. F. T. Johnson of Goree will
preach at the Westover Methodist
Church Sunday, July 9th at tl a. m.
The Young People, directed by
Mrs. Carlton Haile, will give a pro-
gram Sunday night
Ansil Lynn, Pastor.
According to the National Safety
Council, accidents of all types
claimed 8,800 lives last July. Traffic
accidents accounted for 2,850 of
these. July's accident losses are 22
per cent higher than that of the aver-
age month. Be smart and drive
carefully. Don’t be a road-hog or a
show-off.
.,.....
Public accidents, other than mo-;
tor vehicles, reach their year’s
peak in July. This classification in-
cludes drownings and one-fifth of all
drownings occur in this month.
Most of these happen at beaches,
where there is no supervision.
Loo Howe of Hash Knife was In
town one day this spring when the
dry weather was on good and proper,
and although he smiled ns usual, we
found out that he was blue ns In-
digo, or maybe worse than that. The
drouth was ruining their 500 acres of
wheat. On Tuesday of this week Loo
was In town again, still smiling, but
obviously a bit worried because wet
weather was ruining their wheat. A-
bout a month before they had been
able to harvest 30 acres of grain, and
Monday of this week was the first
time they had got back into it dur-
ing that time. Mr. Howe reported
that in the past forty days they have
had more rain than in the two pre-
vious years. The fields have been
boggy, and it would have been im-
possible to pull a combine through
them. Weeds have grown up badly
and will interfere greatly with sav-
ing the grain. On a small portion of
the overflowed land a crop of barley
that would have made 50 bushels to
the acre has been given up for lost.
The wheat is standing up. but it will
not be as good as they thought at
one time. The suckers came out In
great force after the late rains, but
the season for making wheat had
gone by and the heads have no grain
in them. Mr. Howe has been right
there on that farm for a mighty long
time, and this has been one o-f the
worst spells of wet weather he has
experienced. He remembers that in
1891 things were about as bad, and
grain sprouted and ruined after it
had been placed in the shock. An-
other wet year. 1921, when it rained
more than eight inches in August,
made threshing very difficult. The
June rains should be fine on feed
crops, if they don't grow too large.
Mr. Howe says their sorghum is 7
or 8 feet hight and just in the boot.
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THE ABUNDANT YIELD OF ORCHARD
AND GARDEN
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SEYMOUR. TEXAS
Undertaking
Mrs. A. E Smith of Red Springs was
in The Banner office last of the week
and reported that another son. Olan
Smith, had gone to California for the
purpose of getting a job in the Doug-
lass Aircraft factory. Olan left here
for Santa Monica, where his brother,
Jim, lives and where Jim has been
working for some time. If it should
not be possible to get in with that
work, then Oian will try and get
some other kind of a job.
J. D. Walker of Bandera is here
on a visit of a month with the child-
ren he has living around here. One
son, Charles, lives at Bomarton, Louis
lives in Lake Creek communit, and
a daughter. Mrs. Harry Austin, lives
in Richland community. Mrs. Walk-
er died about three years ago. Mr.
Walker left here in 1931. Since that
time he has lost a few teeth and
shaved off his mustache, and not
many folks here knew him now.
Fireworks add greatly to July’s
high accident rate. Despite wide-
spread legislation against this com-
mon cause of blindness and infec-
tion many small children continue
to hold private fireworks displays,
with disastrous results.
Careless campers like the one
above, just ready to toss a lighted
cigarette to the winds, are respon-
sible for many costly fires on the
nation’s big holiday. Be careful and
thoughtful this Fourth.
That "natural-tan" we all envy,
and some of us try to obtain in a
single day’s exposure to the son
on the Fourth, can he a dangerous
thing. Not only is sunburn painful
but there is the ever-present danger
of heat prostration.
Read The Banner ads They con-
tain valuable Information
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Vote For
Ed Gossett
Baylor County citizens should be and are proud of the fact that we have
a Representative in Congress, Mr. Ed Gossett, who has made an outstanding
record for hard work, for staying on the job, and for rendering services to
the people in his Congressional District.
Mr. Gossett has been in Congress only eighteen months, but during that
time lie has made bis presence felt and has earned an enviable reputation.
The first Hill introduced by him was 10 compel freight rate adjustments
and to force the removal of rate discriminations against the Southwest.
Much progress is being made in this fight.
He has been the author of two bills providing for better law enforcement at
less expense. Both bilLs have been signed by the President and are now the
law. Not since 1932 has a Congressman from the 13th Congressional District
been the author of any law, until this legislation became law.
Mr. Gossett lias been a loyal supporter of the Democratic leadership and of
the Administration, and liis record proves him to be a friend of the farmer,
the laborer, the veteran, and the small business man. He has given his time,
influence and energy to every Governmental program so that the farm home
and the town home have been benefited equally throughout this entire
District. Tangible evidence of these benefits may be seen in every county.
On account of present emergencies which make it necessary for the Congress
to remain in session, and due to the fact that his presence is needed in Wash-
ington, Mr. Gossett will be unable to make a personal campaign for re-election.
It is up to 11s. his friends, to carry on the campaign for him. Let every voter
who is interested in better Government and better representation in Congress
fee I it a duty to vote for Ed Gossett for re-election, and to call to the at-
tention of all other voters the record he has made and solicit support for him.
This is an emergency and deserves the serious consideration of all our people.
Ed Gossett is in Washington working for us, so we should not fail him. and
should work for him and vote for him.
Baylor County Friends of Ed Gossett
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