The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 296, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1937 Page: 3 of 4
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Friday, May 14, 1937
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
INQUIRY BOARD EXAMINES HINDENBURG RUINS
CONVICTS HIRED
TO CHOP OFF LEG
MUTILATED PRISON INMATE
CONFESSES WAS TIRED
OF GARDEN WORK
King Crowner
Swiftly organized in an effort to draw whatever lessons, ol eventual oenelit to aeronautics, can oe
learned from the Hindenburg disaster at Lakehurst, N. J., a U. S. naval board of inquiry examines the
wreckage of the dirigible to ascertain if possible the causes and the circumstances ol the explosion
which caused the wreck and a toll of 35 lives. Deaths of several key witnesses promised to make
the inquiry difficult
Young Miss Edith Frances Becb-
tol was having an airing this morn-
ing, but went off to sleep before an
famiring group of folks.
Mary Ann Hamer entertained
rith several tap and ballet dancing
lumbers in the Grill cafe yesterday
fternoon and never charged
any!
Clyde Fillmore wearing a bright
ellow rose in his lapel (one that he
Sid he had raised) was feeling this
porning that he should have become
a horticulturist, on account of he
planted 25 rose bushes and all of
I them lived!
Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Scott and
| daughter, Moetta, attended the
.school program at Ramsdell Thurs-
day evening.
Miss Josephine Coats spent Tues-
day night in the J. L. Newton home..
farming” program
TO BE DISCUSSED
STORIES IN
STAMPS
Cleared Grekt Lakes
°f British Rule
LELAHILL
Thornton
SAMNORWOOD AGRICULTURAL
GROUP TO MAP STAND |
IN MEET TONIGHT
The attitude to be adopted by the
Samnorwood Chapter of the Texas
Agricultural Association relative to
the new federal farm program will
be discussed at Its meeting tonight.
All interested persons, whether
fJt.V
to enter into these discussions, but
I only paid up members will be allow-
ed to vote, officers said,
j In addition to the farm program
\ discussion, there will be talks deal-
i lng with problems of more imme-
Mr. ana Mrs. Lynn Gott and son,!diate interest The >,roeram wlu be
Jimmie Charles, Mr. and Mrs. Vernie glven as foUows:
lardcastle and Mrs. Collins of Treating seed for smut, Dee Cole-
Vheeler, were Sunday dinner guests mar‘l Ma>’ insect program, Guy
If Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Gott. ‘ Beasley; question box on farm prob-
Mr. and Mrs. Mitt Bullard, Mrs. lems' conducted by Alex Coleman:
||:arl Davis and Mrs. Theo Scott at-!round table discussion on how to
ended the Sunday school rally at develop pullets into layers, by ladles
Bethel Sunday. " Iof Miss Welmhold’s class. Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Valdee Brown of the ! Moser. home demonstration agent,
ainview community, spent Friday : wili discuss some phase of family
bight in the Theo Scott home. ! economy.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Gatewood
ent the week end at Canadian
I visiting her mother.
A BRITISH squadron of six
ships, under Captain Barclay,
members or not will he nermitteri I was cruisinS Lako Erie during the
members oi no^t^wiU te^rmitted | War of ](tl2 and ht,!ped choke ofr
thc Americans in the northwest.
Every patron is invited to be at
this meeting and contribute to his
share in the discussion, as well as
receive his share of the Information
SO APPETIZING
WITH A
SANDWICH LUNCH
At Presque Isle, now Erie, Pa.,
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry
completed building a fleet of nine
ships, and, late in 1813, set off for
Put-in-Bay. He was only 28
years old, but had been 14 years
in the navy. On his flagship,
Lawrence, he raised a pennant
bearing the supposed dying words
of Captain Lawrence, “Don’t give
up the ship.” Under this banner,
he went into battle.
Against the more formidable
ships of the enemy, Perry’s flag-
ship was almost destroyed. He
decided to row over to a smaller
vessel, the Niagara. Under heavy
fire, the dauntless leader crossed
a quarter mile of dangerous wa-
fer. The transfer rallied his men
and in 15 minutes Captain Barclay
surrendered. The victory cleared
the Great Lakes and the northwest
of British rule, and hastened final
American suc-
cess.
Perry's por-
trait appears
on early post-
age and de-
part mental
90-eent stamps
of the United
States.
(Copyright. 1037. NBA Service, Inc.)
U. S.—1871-93
Oliver Hazard
Per r y
00 cents
NEXT: Stamp news. 14
| given by his neighbors. No program
is more potent for good to an agri-
cultural community than a wide-
awake farm program designed to
serve the needs of the community.
THE HANDY
FAMILY PACKAGE
• People everywhere have dis-
covered how ice-oold Cooa-Cola
ILg makes good food taste better. A
drink so good by itself is ihe natural
partner of good things io eat. Buy
it in the handy 6-bottle carton.
ICi-COlD COCA-COLA IS EVEIY PLACI ILSE;
tl BELONGS IN YOU* ICE-BOX AT HOME
COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO.
Bo—150 —!
Bake your coupons to the following dealers and receive your carton of
“Ta-Cola:
■SjMrrow's Southside Grocery, Grady Young Grocery, Puckett's Gro-
pljijr, Tri-D Grocery, Wofford’s Grocery, Corner Drug Store, Sims Gro-
,leery <& Market, Piggly Wiggly, Coleipan Grocery, North End Service &
HOrdrery, Snell's Food Store and L. E. Ward's Grocery and Market.
HIIIIKIHUIIIIIIIIIMIIIIMtltlilillMlllillEIMMIIIIMIMMIIUMBi
Just Among
Us Boys!
(Continued from Page One)
please remember us when you have
flowers again.
So many out-of-town visitors form
their opinion of a city by the flow-
ers, or lack of flowers, that they
find in a newspaper office, that The
Texan will be glad to provide the
space for floral displays at arty
time, If some of the local growers
will only supply the flowers. We
are most anxious for Shamrock to
make a good Unprcssion on her
visitors and we are glad to offer this
service to our citizens.
—-o-
The vernal equinox will fall back
one day in 3323 years under our
present-day arrangement of the cal-
endar.
HUNTSVILLE, May 14 —William
H. Shoemake, 19, a convict, agreed
to pay two other Harleqj prison
farm convicts $5 to chop off his
leg so he would not have to work in
a garden, Prison Manager O. J. S.
Ellingston said last night.
Shoemake, under a two - year
sentence from Tarrant county, was
in a serious condition. His leg was
chopped off above the ankle yester-
day.
Bizarre Story Told
Two other convicts, Orville Wat-
son of Coryell county and Eugene
Wynn of Harris county, told a bi-
zarre story of the mutilation to
Captain A. N. Owen, manager of the
prison farm. Both probably will be
charged with mutilating Shoemake,
even though Shoemake did ask them
to cut off his leg.
Shoemake came in from the gar-
den at lunch Wednesday and re-
marked to Watson that he was tired
of working in the garden. He had
been detailed to the garden squad
during his three days on the farm.
“I’ll give you $5 to chop off my
leg,” he told Watson.
“Fine," Watson replied.
Done With Ax
Shoemake, Watson and Wynn, aft-
er the lunch hour, went between two
sheds and Watson placed a brick
in position.
“They discussed whether they
would chop off Shoemake's leg with
one blow,” Manager Ellingston said.
“They finally decided Wynn could
do the job with a double-bitted ax
if he would strike just above the
ankle.”
"Shoemake stretched out on the
ground and placed his foot on the
brick,” the manager said. "Wynn
swung the ax and chopped off his
leg in one stroke. Wynn threw down
the ax and ran. Watson dragged the
bleeding Shoemake from between
the sheds and shouted for help.”
Captain Owanj Tent Shoemake
to the hospital and took the ax to
Houston police for fingerprints.
Shoemake at first maintained he
had mutilated himself, but today be
confided to Captain Owen Wynn ac-
tually chopped off his foot, Manager
Ellingston said.
dren, visited in the Mitt Bullard and
J. C. Nix homes Wednesday.
The program of the community
farm association was a big success
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Winton Trostle and sons of
Pampa, were week end guests in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Trostle.
The young people enjoyed a par-
ty in the J. C. Nix home Wednes-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Mitt Bullard at-
tended the program on Mother’s Day
in the Bethel community.
George Dorman and J. C. Nix at-
tended court at Wheeler Monday.
W. M. S. met in the home of Mrs.
W. Z. Baker Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. D. B, Lamb visited
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their son and family at Bethel Sun-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Claud Lamb spent
Sunday at Sandy Basin, with bet
parents.
All the high school students and
Mr, and Mrs. Grady Burcham went
on a picnic in the school bus Thurs-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Seago moved
this week to Dalhart.
'Wax” used to seal letters is made
of shellac and contains no wax.
-o--
The apple, as shown by the Bi-
ble, is one of the oldest cultivated
fruits. It was brought to America by;
early settlers.
A theatre in Bethel, Alas., has an
admission fee of one smoked sal-
man for Its Eskimo patrons.
tie.leVVv.ito eeVieoidalltSi gtall-
deur decks out the Archbishop
of Canterbury as he poses in the
robes in which he wili crown
George VI “King of Great Brit-
ain, Ireland, and the British
Dominions beyond the Seas, De-
fender ol the Faith, and Emper-
or of India.”
PLAINVIEW
90
PROOF
By Floyd Seago
Mrs. Whltton of Hereford, visit-
ed in the home of her parents. Mr.
and Mrs, W. R. Attaway.
G. M. Seago made a trip to Dalhart
the first of the week. Floyd Seago
returned with him for a few' days
stay.
Agatha Lovelace of Hedley is visit-
ing in the Trostle home.
Mrs. Clarence Crosby and chll-
Paul Jarboe, who ioz 28 years has had charge oi
storing Glenmore whiskey, says:
“Corrugated iron warehouses is
the old-fashioned way—but the
difference sure does
tell in the taste”
“Warehousing whiskey on open ricks, so the
air can circulate all ’round the barrels, costs!
more—but we couldn’t produce that wonderful
taste any other way.”
Mint Springs Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Whiskey is made, from the same high quality
American grains—by the same processes—as
Glenmore’s finest, most expensive brands.
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Incorporated /
Louisville—Owen*boro, Kentucky
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Here are just
a few of the amazing
values we are offering this week
1933 Plymouth
Sedan
Its finish, tires, and uphol-
stery show no wear. Its
motor, transmission and
axle have been carefully
checked for dependability
and durability. A real buy
for only—
*235
.00
1928 Ford Tudor
Good shape. First man with
*55°°
—drives it away.
1935 Chevrolet
Master Sedan
Its tires, upholstery show
no wear. Its motor has been
carefully tuned and check-
ed. Backed by “an OK that
counts.”—
*525-°°
1931 Ford Tudor
Body j upholstery good.
For i : “with an OK that
count.,'—to the first lucky
buyer at this low price—
$135.00
ALL POPULAR MAKES
ALL DEPENDABLE VALUES
1933 Chevrolet
Coach
Act today if you want a
slightly used, six-cylinder
Chevrolet Coach at so low
a price—
$245-°°
Two 1929
Chevrolet Coaches
Come in and make us a
price. i ,
1933 Chevrolet
Master Coupe
Its famous six-cylinder en-
gine has been tuned to de-
liver new car performance.
Its roomy Fisher body pro-
vides big car riding ease
and comfort. Only—
$265-00
1936 Chevrolet
Standard Coach
Big, roomy, comfortable,
dependable. Like new in
every respect. Backed by
“an OK that counts.” Spe-
cial sale price of only—
*525
.00
1934 DeLuxe Dodge
Coupe
Looks and runs like new.
A real buy at—
*345
.00
1934 1%-ton Chev-
rolet Dual Truck
Motor completely overhaul-
ed. A real buy at—
*295
.00
<^USID CARS AND TRUCKS
1914
1/160/231
pavpl* bought uud can
from Chovralat daalaa
la Iho Unitfld Slatot
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EWTON CHEVROLET CO.. Inc.
400 NORTH MAIN STREET
SHAMROCK, TEXAS
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Bones, Percy. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 296, Ed. 1 Friday, May 14, 1937, newspaper, May 14, 1937; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth525530/m1/3/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.