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^Friday, February 19,1937
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, SftjimrffJt, Teiaa
Page Three
No man is so ignorant that he
doesn’t know what he would
do if he were in your place.
THE SHAMROCK
Official Paper of Shamrock Public Schools
A man can fall many times,
hut he isn’t a complete loss un-
til be begins to blame others.
J OL. XIII
SHAMROCK, TEXAS, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937
NO, 20
STAFF
_________ Mrs. John Lewis
iltor..............Weldon Bright
elate Editor........Lois Buice
its Editor.......- Mary Hawkins
Editor ........Willis Gowin
iiety Editor, Ruby Dec Waltermlre
Dt Critic_____Evelyn Ellison
Reporters:
Virginia Reeves, Imogene Hale, Mary
lie Roach, Wilma Wright, OUf-
Willlams, Helen Eoff, Delilah
ntgomery, and Margaret Lan-
K THE EDITOR’S
EASY CHAIR
f Here I sit, alternately typing a few
and then dusting off the copy
can see what I’m doing. It’s
BSlsty in this building at the time
"jgSfeiting that pupils can hardly
pguish one from another. But
is no time to start complaining,
IPftie worst is yet to come. Some
people say they prefer sand to wat-
tout as long as the'floods weren’t
ly very disastrous, it would be
for me to choose. Oh, well, ev-
to his own taste, said the
ten as she kissed the cow..*
opnagle and Bud, who now rate
lg the highest paid comedians
air, are forever contriving
new kind of useless invention,
ou get what I mean. For in-
they recently perfected ink
with spaces in it, so one can write
along without lifting his pen when
he gomes to the end of a word. Then
" have an alarm invention which,
n turned in, will call the fire
on an hour ago, so they will ar-
l atrthe fire on time, in case you
one. At the present, they are
tig on a clock with only a half
The purpose of this clock is to
only one person when two
deeping together.
For Men Only
Four out of every seven hundred
ft women who see this heading will
not read the contents, because /our
out of every seven hundred women
blind.
? A New York man who died the
jjjflay at the age of 110 boasted
i.thafW took a drink of rye whiskey
every morning before breakfast. But
the via stuff got him eventually.
SAFETY MOVIE IS
SEEN BY STUDENTS
INSTRUCTIVE PICTURE SHOWN
THROUGH COURTESY OF
W. Y. BURDEN
LIFE’S STRUGGLE
(An Editorial)
Pro-*-Who was that new gal I seen
|th last night?
|j»-That wasn’t a new one, it
was the old one with a new paint
job.
Remarkable remarks:
"doesn’t pay to jump at con-
until you know the facts.—
Ford.
far as I am concerned, the de-
little girl is a very dull propo-
.—Clark Gable.
,y one has handed out as much
abuse as I have, can take It.—Mayor
LaCfuardla.
I’1
Li
TKe only way to keep the govern-
it out if the red is to keep the
e out of the red.
"JVhat is the real good?”
j' asked in musing mood.
Order, said the law court;
knowledge, said the school;
Truth, said the wise man;
pleasure, said the fool;
jtove, said the maiden;
Beauty, said the page;
freedom, said the dreamer;
Lome, said the sage;
Fame, said the soldier;
L
Equity, the seer;
Spoke my hear full sadly—
"The answer is not here."
Then, within my bosom,
f|g Softly, this I heard—
■ "Each heart holds the secret,
I Kindness, Is the word.”
—John Boyle O’Reilly.
SEEN FROM THE LIBRARY
WINDOW'
Jeanette Miller blushing. Could it
because Rex told her to call for
ie Round Square (there Is no such
Book).
Virginia Reeves reading and leav-
Burford alone.
lelma Wagner watching the li-
,ry window. Could it be someone
resting?
Mary Adele Roach passing notes.
|James Baumgardner sleeping, as
al.
,m Rlbble sitting across the isle
im Emogene Hole.
|Cecil Intercepting a note and being
night in the act. Did he feel em-
rrassed when a certain teacher
lought It was written to him.
Mary Hawkins studying in lost
Berlod study hall. How could she,
Ijahen someone sits right behind her?
" Everyone dusting their desks after
iNhe flood.
Mrs. Zeigler making Milton Gier-
lart move after talking to "Pine-
Knot."
Billie Cantrell running from Mrs,
I *
SSoifT’i
The assembly program last Fri-
day was in charge of Mr. W. Y.
Burden, manager of the Coca-Cola
Company in Shemrock.
He gave a picture show entitled,
"The Wheel of Chance.” The picture
showed the effect of drinking and
gambling while driving a car. The
picture also revealed some astonish-
ing statistics.
Last year there were 36,000 people
killed and 882,000 injured in car
wrecks. The driver of the car is
responsible for these accidents.
Three rules were given that a
driver should follow while driving.
These are preparedness, carefulness
and courtesy. The driver should be
prepared at any time to meet an
unexpected occurence. He should be
careful to avoid an accident, and he
should certainly be courteous in
driving a car. This means staying
on the right side of the road, driv-
ing with good lights, and giving the
other drivers the consideration due
them.
This was one of the most educa-
tional as well as interesting assembly
programs of the year.
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WE WONDER WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IF—
J. B. Zeigler didn't have so many
girls. (It’s Anaruth D., now.)
Some of the mothers of the sec-
ond period Latin class students were
to visit their class, as Mrs. Zeigler
suggests.
We didn’t find out something new
about Hugh Lyle every day — every-
one says he Is a grand dancer.
Pauline Isaacs weren’t to remind
us every day that Sam Lathon looks
like Ciark Gable.
F. H. King were to do his own
work in history.
Bonnie Belle Lisle weren't always
going up to the study hall 'the fourth
period. (Bill is up there.)
Part of the students of the last
period study hall were not to play
hooky every day and go up to the
Royal.
Josephine Coates and Jimmie
Braxton were not always smiling at
each other in commercial geography
class. You had better put some
strings on him E. M., if you keep
him.
Charlotte Dunaway’s wish, that
Cecil R. would ask her for a date,
would come true.
Robert Roach were to forgive us
for that remark we made about him
last week.
Everybody weren't always saying
"sqwrtantly.”
The band were to really get new
uniforms.
La Verne Schnell were to get ex-
cited for just onoe and talk fast.
Kloe P. and Billy G. Sherwood
were to call it quits. (They’ve had
another quarrel.)
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MUST ADO ABOUT NOTHING
The pamphlet entitled, "Infant
Care," is the most popular of the
50.000 books and booklets published
by the United States government.
It’s sale has reached more than
1.500.000 copies.
In 1822 an earthquake added 100,-
000 square miles to the land area
of Chile by permanently raising its
coast.
Japanese broker^ deal <n tele-
phone numbers, t,hc prices of which
are set by the influences and mean-
ings of the numbers. Lucky numbers
bring high prices while unlucky ones
cannot be sold at any price. The
number, 3742, which means “all die,"
is considered so dangerous that the
government will allow no one to
have it.
JUNIOR HIGH NEWS
8AI class met Friday, Feb. 6, with
their sponsor Miss Bagwell and
elected officers. They arc as follows:
Charles Sanders, president; Billie
Sims, secretary; James Ray Tindall,
reporter.
They discussed business and the
meeting was closed by the president.
Mrs. Sanders gave the 6AI class
a party last week. Games were play-
ed and the class, as * group, was
there. Refreshments were served and
a good time was enjoyed by every-
one. They wish to thank Mrs. Sand-
ers very much.
Miss Bagwell was ill three days
last week and was missed by every-
one.
The Dot Your Eye Good English
Club met Feb. 18. The minutes of the
last meeting was read. The only Im-
portant business was a motion for
a new constitution. This motion was
moved and seconded.
The program consisted of a tap
dance by Glayds Marie Morgan and
Arlene Reynolds. Billy Sims gave a
talk on George Washington, and
James Ray Tindall and Tom Risley
a debate of the civil war.
e Chatter Box English Club met
Since all life is movement, it bcomes necessary for us
to determine what kind of a life’s struggle we are engaged
in. It is certain that we must constantly strive for mastery
over contending forces if we would win; if we would win
success, if we would win an honorable place in the world’s
activities.
A great historian has said, “His-
tory repeats itself.” And so it does.
Last year at this same time seniors
were hustling around, checking their
credits, studying just a little hard-
er, or taking the consequences. To-
day, the same thing is happening
and you are really doing a good deed
if /ust to pat a senior on the back
When an individual constantly apologizes for what he i and’ tell him not to worry. Try it
Success in any field of adventure is best attained when
we go on the assumption that we are succeeding. There is
far too much defeat admitted, too many efforts are defens-
ive. If any effort and any achievement is justified, then
there should not be too much of a defensive. That clearly is
an admission of weakness.
History Repeats
Itself, Seniors
Are Discovering
SENIOR ROSTER
Lewis Clifton Williams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. A. Williams, was born
April 29, 1920 at China Flat. He be-
longs to the Gossip Society. His hob-
by is going to see Dorothy Jo and
his favorite subject is English, fa-
vorite sport is hunting. Clifton’s am-
bition is to be an anthropologist; he
will attend college at Antofagasta,
Chile, and major in Science.
Guynn Lyle Wofford, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wofford, was
born August 7, 1919, at Shamrock,
ASSEMBLY PROGRAMS
FOR SEMESTER MAPPED!
The assembly programs have been
planned for this semester; them
are two or three open dates before
the school closes.
The programs have been planned
in such a way that they are both!
educational and entertaining.
Miss McCurdy, Mr. Hilburn and
Mr. Truax are working on program*
that will be presented In assembly
soon.
Assemblies are held each Friday
morning, beginning at ten-thirty
Texas. She has belonged to the Pep ,0’dock' aIld P"*®48
Squad four years, the Latin Club vlted 10 attend these programs,
one year, and the Home Ec Club
is doing and explains why he has not done thus and so, that
individual loses prestige. There ought to be sufficient re-
sults in his life that his output would speak for itself. Oth-
ers will decide as to the results and most likely place the
right appraisal on his doings. We have too many battles and
struggles to fight to apologize for everything we do.
Always and in all ways the best way to achieve what
we would have is to work for it, never faltering, never turn-
ing from our course. Attacking the evil and clearing away
obstacles are necessities. They are not our main business
or our chief job in life. The most efficient people are those
who are going somewhere, and they always know where.
They do not stop to explain yesterday’s blunders.
one year. Her hobby is reading, fa-
vorite subject is typing and her fa-
vorite sport Is tennis. Guynn’s am-
bition is to become a doctor; she
will attend C. I. A. at Denton, and
major in Science.
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BOYS, GIRLS LOSE
IN COUNTY TOURNEY
SENIOR TEAMS END
BASKETBALL SEASON;
SOCIETY
Misses Mary Louise Begley and
Jeanette Miller entertained their
friends with a Valentine Party last
Friday night.
Games and dancing furnished the
entertainment for the evening. De-
licious refreshments were served to
the following: Ruth Tilley, Louise
Br.itt, Freda Holmes, Dorothy Hall,
Blanche Bowman, Jeanette Miller,
Virginia McPherson, Bernice Stev-
ens, Wanda Monroe, Josephine Mit-
chell, and Mary Louise Begley; and
Messrs. Roy Holmes, Royce Lewis,
Raymond James, Jack George, How-
ard Golson, Gene Caperton, Lyman
Benson, Jimmy Winchester, Hugh
Lyle, Cecil Reavis and Eldon Son-
nenburg.
Bits O’ Blarney •
and you will see.
Last year, and every other year
before this, teachers were making up
some harder questions than usual to .... „
give their pupils on six-weeks tests, j m!L„ LLl.™’
This year history is again repeating j
itself.
The boys and girls were unsuc-
i cessful in the county basket ball
tournament, last week end.
The boj's were defeated Friday
And as if those things were not
enough, the sandstorms are repeat-
ing themselves as unwelcome guests
to our school!
Tuesday, Feb. 16. After the minutes
were read and approved, it was sug-
gested that they have emblems.
They decided to have the Snap
(Continued on Last Page)
The following poem reminds us of
several girls in our school — to
many to list;
Why Bother
I know not how to keep a man
From kissing me, so slight am I,
And men so strong I never can;
I know not how to keep a man
From kissing me, so rather than
Create a scene, I never try.
I know not how to keep a man
From kissing me—and why
should I?
From the way we students have
been acting lately, we could build a
wall around the school house and
have a ready-made lunatic asylum.
We wonder who the boys were
with Nora Lee Brooks and Blois Nix
last Sunday night at the Baptist
church? They had a hard time try-
ing to find a hat to fit we are told.
We would like to find out whether
Lucille Thornton and Doris Mayfield
have any boy friends or not. No one
ever hears about them, if they do.
Something mysterious is in the
air (besides the sand). Kloe Pierce
promised B. G. S. she’d be good this
week and then the first thing Mon-
day, they had a quarrel because of
the Todd girl. Then Monday after-
noon Ed Hilton's car was seen at
Kloe’s house. To top all that, she
went with J. L. H. Tuesday night.
Oh well, why worry?
What has come between Mary
The girls were defeated by Briscoe
Friday night and played the Wheel-
er girls Saturday morning at nine
o’clock. They were defeated by one
point.
The Kelton boys won first place
and were presented a trophy. The
Wheeler boys won second.
The Mobeetle girls won first place
by barely defeating Kelton In the
finals.
Coach Rush officiated at all the
games.
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SIX GIRLS IN LAST
BASKETBALL GAMES
The senior basket ball boys and
girls ended the basket ball season
Monday night by playing .the Groom
teams at Groom.
The boys were defeated by a rath-
er one-sided score, but the girls won
by a margin of eight points. The
score was 28 to 20.
Both teams played hard to win
the last game of the season, this
being the last game some of them
will play for Shamrock high school.
RUSH HAS REFEREED
MANY CAGE CONTESTS
Monday night was the last time
Hawkins and Francis? Reckon it: that the following girls will play
could be Virginia Moore? (Of course,
that’s Just a wild guess.)
Last week Eulice Lee Winton told
us that she and Carl had had an
awful “bust up” all because of Ed
Hilton. But she must have been only
teasing because she and Carl seem
to be in love with each other more
than ever this week.
A black Chevrolet has been seen
at Laurie James’ house quite a few
times, recently. Could it be W. Z.
Baker's?
We hear that Ruth Morris of
Briscoe just can’t understand why
Bernice Braxton doesn’t come to
see her anymore. Is Ruby Dee all
that alluring, Bernice?
We wonder who the red headed
basket ball for Shamrock high
school:
Inez Gierhart, Betty Crabbe, An-
na Sue Williams, Bonnie Bell Lisle,
and Reba Wells,
These girls are all seniors, and
Monday night's game with Groom
closed the basket ball season for
this year. Each girl will receive a
sweater if she letters in basket ball.
WOULDN’T IT BE GRAND IF—
All students in high school were
as studious as Billie Jo Knutson.
Jimmie Braxton were as smart as
he thinks he Ls.
We could have a picture show ev-
ery Friday at assembly period.
Our high school could win the
boy is that Wanda Bearden makes \ interscholastic meet.
eyes at? Derwin Boland is red J We could go a whole week without
headed, you know. | a sandstorm.
Coach Garrison Rush ought to
know the rales in basket ball, since
he has refereed more games than
any other coach in the Panhandle.
Since December 15, Coach Rush
has refereed ninety-eifc|i), games;
he has refereed six tournaments in
the Panhandle, aside from match
games. Coach Rush has had an en-
gagement for every week end sines
the season opened. Now that the
basket ball season is over, he will
have time to visit some with his
young son.
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SOUTH WARD NEWS
The civic club of the fourth and
fifth’grades planned, prepared and
presented a Valentine program. An-
nette Parker directed the planning
and directed the program. The num-
bers were appropriate for Valentine.
Rosalind Tate and Fank Lummus
were elected the most useful citi-
zens of the week.
Annette Parker as Postmistress,
Billy Jeff Green and Harold Lum-
mus aS assistants handled a heavy
mail of Valentines.
Miss Maybell Veatch, Miss Edna
Wood, Little James Paul Parker and
Jimmy Green, and Mr. and Mrs Joe
Smith were guests. Ice cream and
heart shaped cookies were served at
the conclusion of the program.
The Good Health Committee Is In
charge of the program for the next
club meeting.
THE HORSE COLLAR
Published Weekly By Douglas Hardware
VOLUME 1—NUMBER 32
SHAMROCK, TEXAS
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1937
EXTRA
EASY TE^S
ON A
MAYTAG
Now...
An Independent Organ
Saying What We Dam
Please About Anybody
or Anything
KEEP A STIFF UPPER LIP
(An Editorial)
• A Maytag actually pays
for itself, not once but many
times over, because a Maytag
gives you low-cost washing
for more years. A Maytag
cast-aluminum washer is still
young after ten years of use.
Ask owners.
DOUGLAS
HARDWARE
LOCAL
ITEMS
Mrs. J. R. Jackson of the Sham-
rock home demonstration club was
the very first one to ask that her
club be permitted to write the Horse
Collar one week and you knew she
was sure on the job for she called
my house about 6:30 after the paper
was out last Friday.
Now if any of you club members
want to try this a whirl, I would
appreciate you letting me know at
least a week in advance. Now. you
do not have to write the whole thing
unless you just want to, for I can
always dig up some kind of news to
fill in the balance.
And this not only goes for the
clubs of Shamrock but any club
that is in the Shamrock trade terri-
tory or Wheeler county.
Now to the ones who mailed me
the Crupper through the mail last
week and did not put any name on
It, so I might know just who thought
that much of me, I Invite you to the
store £n<J you will see this well dis-
played btfr my desk where everyone,
entering may see it.
At the risk of readers threatening to break our necks,
or even starting to throw things, we are going to try to
inject a little note of optimism in this space. The way the
dust has already started to blow is discouraging, hut people
should not lose heart. Sand has been blowing in this country
a long time, but it doesn’t do much harm as long as we get
plenty of moisture.
And folks, this country is going to get plenty of rain
this spring. Our rheumatism and corns tell us so, and they
haven't ever failed us yet.
This Panhandle country is as sound as a dollar and has
the finest, most courageous, kindest hearted people in the
whole world. They have been through some tough years and
put up with some awfully dry weather without it putting a
damper on their spirits. They do some griping and some
complaining, it is true, but not nearly as much as other folks
would do under the same circumstances. But they go right
ahead planning and working and hoping.
All this country needs to put it over is one good crop
year—and this is the year, folks, this is the year.
Watch for The Horse Collar
In This Space Each Week
collectors that call on me the same
day and In tills way avoid the rash.
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. McCoy of
Magic City are sure mighty well
pleased with the New 1937 Kelvlnat-
or purchased this week.
Among the ones buying Maytags
this week are: C. L. Lowery of Mo-
beetie, M. G. Reynolds of Kelton and
R. L. Griffin of Magic City
Fay Bearden, who Just recently
moved back here from Arkansas, was
In the store yesterday buying har-
Virglnla Anderson was trying to ! ness, lister shares and other Items
tell me something yesterday about
the condition of my store and said
that above (ill things that I should
clean jt.iip and make It look a bit
better; that each first, when she
came In to collect that she could
hardly gel, from the front door to
the dffl^p. It finally dawned on me
Just Wit was the trouble. Now Vir-
ginia, if you will get up real early
the lsbrQf March and instead of go-
to begin farming and Fay says that
this country sure looks good after
being away for a year.
You know I believe that we have
the nicest assortment of gas ranges
that I have ever seen in anybody’s
store and I do not believe that any
lady could look at them without
wanting one the minute she sees
them. In fact, I would think there
ing to the office haye your bill mode I was something wTong with her If she
out the day before and come direct did not want one.
to the office you may beat the
one hundred and ninety-seven other
Bert Miller and A. P. Bumpers
were in the store this morning and
were talking over their family trou-
bles. Bert said that his wife sure
got mad each night when he went
to bed and turned on the bed lamp
and began reading, and Bumpers
said, “Well, they all have to fuss
about something, and it may as well
be that as something else." He said
his wife would get up each morning
and get breakfast and if he did not
get up and come and eat ft that she
sure would get mad and stay mad
all day, and that he believed that it
was her age that was causing her
to be this way.
Mrs. Ernest Baggs Should be
mighty proud of Ernest for he sure
bought her one of the nicest gas
ranges we had on the floor and two
new gas heaters, and is having a lot
of work done on the Inside of their
home.
Rules of the Gome
A kind hearted gentleman saw a
small boy trying to reach a door-
bell. He rang the bell for him, then
said, "What now, my little man?"
Small boy—"Run like hi axes, that’s
what I'm going to do.”
ABOUT
TOWN
Last week Carl Llnkey was in the
store and asked lor his bill and I
had already made It out and ad-
dressed and stamped the envelope
for mailing. When he called for it,
and I peeled the stamp off, you
should have heard him squall about
it, and the next day he came in and
I had a very small pleec of adhesive
tape across my nose and he readily
accused me of taking another stamp
off of some letter that I had started
to mall. Now Carl, I do not want you
to think that I was tight in this
deal, I was Just trying to be conser-
vative.
John Hrnciar of the Pakan com-
munity came in this week looking
for a knife for a food chopper that
he purchased in Chicago 21 years
ago and you know, to his surprise,
we fitted that chopper with the ex-
act knife for him and he was mighty
well pleased with it as lie had como
to town with the intention of having
this ordered.
Mr. E. S. Robinson of 105 East
Tenth street, was in the store yes-
terday and bought his son one of
those good Bicycles that we have
been telling you so much about and
that boy was sure tickled over It.
Specialisation
Lady (over the telephone): “Hello,
is this the game warden?"
Man: “Yes, ma’am.”
Lady: “Do you know any games
suitable' for a young man four years
old?”
Exonerated
"Here there, you've committed
murder I”
"Murder nothing, He committed
suicide. I told him I was going to
shoot, and he didn’t duck I”
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