The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED PRESS
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1943 WEEKLY FOUNDED 1930-DAILY IN 1934
VOLUME 14—NO. 31
Axis' Mountain Nests Cleaned Out
BOND SALE REACHES $381,725^ H«ko+w
Fighting Rages But
People Responding
In Splendid Manner
To Call For $660,000
Up to Thursday night Denison’s
bond sale had reached a total of
3381,725, according to figures
released by Secretary-Manager
W. O. Harwell of the Denison
Chamber of Commerce.
Denison, in its usual stride of
doing things in putting over spe-
cial! drives for financing the war
needs, got under way from the
first when it opened its cam-
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
by the editor
Parents ‘‘Don’t Give a Damn.”
It was stated iby a visitor here
recently who is interested in the
welfare of youth in referring to
the mounting absenteeism of
pupils from school and of their
tendency to making a problem
for schoolmen and police, that
the “parents don’t give a damn
about what thSir children are
doing.”
When a school principal is told
by parents that they let their
childlren remain out of school
when they want to, and when
students tell the teachers that
they can come to school or stay
away when they wish, and the
statement can be borne out by a
Kttle investigation, it really
seems that parents “don’t give a
damn.”
Something is radically wrong
when we lock the dog in door and
then turn the child out; when we of the Texas Folklore Society,
pay mm-e attentmn to seeing that April 22h24_ These fivCi Mary
Etta Parks, of Somerville; Doro-
thy Chatmas, of Hearne; M H.
Carpetner, of Wichita Falls;
paign to raise the sum of $660,-
000 in war bonds.
With two large markers in the
form of thermometers placed re-
spectively at the State National
and Citizens National banks, to
keep the public informed as to
the progress of the two cities in
raising their quotas, which are
the same, the people are finding
this unique device interesting.
Although Sherman started a week
earlier than Denison, this city
made a fine showing the opening
day, an,d reported for the first
day $158,000. Sherman’s report
after one week indicated their
total to be $382,000.
Heading the local campaign is
William E. Howell, who stated
that the workers, totaling near a
hundred, were meeting with suc-
cess.
The national slogan “They
GIVE their lives, you LEND
your money,” is being featured
in the drive. All Denisonians
are urged to have some part in
the campaign as all homes are
touched by the war with some
loved one at the front offering to
do his part no matter how costly
or hazardous, Mr. Howell! stated.
-V-
DENISON BOY ON STAFF
OF TEX. UNIVERSITY PAPER
Austin, Texas, April 22.—Lat-
est of University of Texas publi-
cations is the “Lazy E,” annual
magazine issued by students in a
class on Life and Literature of
the Southwest, taught by J.
Frank Dobie.
Five of Dobie's students will
read papers on Texas and South-
ern folklore before the meeting
a hog gets the right kind of1
feed to make him fat and at the
same time we kne 'r nothing of
dieting necessary for our own
offspring. There is real cause
for alarm when we see that we
get the pure strain of chickens
or the right kind of blooded hog
or calf, and at the same time
don’t concern ourselves much
about who sits in the parlor with
our own child or where they
may be going for their com-
pany.
The forming of character for
children is more to be found in
the kind of home from which
they come and that character
may be either marred or mould-
ed aright according to how the
parents have been. The parents
may be prodigal first, and then
the son.
Don’t blame the schools if the
child goes wrong or fails to make
good, as the teacher can only
build on and with what is
him in the way of raw material.
The first agency of our develop-
ment in life’s series of widening
circles is the home, and the
school is the second, with
vocation, state and church
lowing.
It Thit A Remedy?
In the recent meeting
here in which plans were
cussed to provide entertainment
for the youth of Denison with
the idea of proper guidance, the
report is that one plan is to se-
cure a public hall where dances
Betty Lincoln, of Dallas; and
Roy Scudday, of Sweetwater,
were chosen in a competition in
which the entire class participat-
ed.
These papers as well ast a num-
ber of others are printed in the
Lazy E. Editors of the; maga-
zine include Jack Maguire, of
Denison.
--Y-
may be held for the young peo-
ple with a small charge for ad-
mission. The idea was met with
both nods and frowns, with the
frowns on the side of the law en-
forcement officers.
In most of the places where
public dances are held as pro-
posed, no matter how well chap-
eroned, police find it offers them
more or less another problem, jtt
seems well enough, this idea of
preparing constructive activities
for the young people, but the
public dance is rather a question-
Green Lake in Calhoun County
is one of the largest fresh water
lakes in Texas.
able way out, most parents
think. As we understand it we
are now facing the problem of
the too close admixture of the
sex on the animal side, and
many parents will be hard to con-
vince that a dance contributes
sent more to stimulating thoughts of a
clean kind than it does of the
animal passion.' Those are plain
words, but in these days when we
print in our papers how the
young people are afflicted with
diseases that used to be unmen-
tionable, and our girls are preg-
nant while yet in their teens and
in school, plain words are need-
ful. If we say that the parents
are to blame, and they may be
on a larger scale than the young
we do not see how a public dance
hall for the young people can add
very much in the way of supply-
the
fol-
held
dis-
Standardized Christianity
The greatest Value of the Risen Christ is the fact
that he has made a personal appearance into our own
hearts. ;
To have the conscious indwelling presence of the
Christ is the sum total of spiritual experience and the
test of standardized Christianity.
The physical facts of his resurrection may not fill
an empty soul nor bring the abundant life, but the
“Christ dwelling in the heart by faith,” meets all the
needs of life and is all the proof one needs that “He is
risen from the dead as He said.”
We know from historical facts that such a man as
Washington or Lincoln lived> but we know from his per-
sonal, appearance into our oWn consciousness that Christ
is alive forevermore.
We worship not a dead Christ, nor do we go to an
empty tomb seeking mementos; we base not our hope
on ethical facts of His resurrection, although they
thunder in their testimony into our ears. Rather, we
worship the Living Christ whose habitat is within the
sacred confines of our own soul and who intones our
spirit with His Spirit and communes with us within the
chamber room of our heart.
That is the evidence to the Christian’s heart that
“He hath risen from the dead as He said.” The
empty tomb has given place to the full heart and it "is
no longer I that liveth but the Christ that liveth in me.”
Advance Is Steady
Newspapers Kept Faith
Of Visit Into Texas
Of President Roosevelt
Denisonians To
Attend Etex CC
Meet, Longview
A number of Denisonians,
| headed by W, O. Harwell, Deni-
son Secretary Manager of the
Chamber of Commerce, will leave
Monday for the Etex Chamber
of Commerce meeting at Long-
view, Tuesday. It is the 17th an-
nual meeting of the organization.
Among those attending from
Denison will be A. G. McRea,
Floyd O. Babcock, H. G. Webs-
er, who is on the reslutions com-
mittee, Ralph Porter and others.
A high light of the meeting
will be a trip in the afternoon to
the new plant of the Lone Star
Steel company, near Daingerfield,
a project instigated by John W
Carpenter, president of the Tex-
as Power and Light company.
ing a remedy much improving on
the so-called neglect of the par
ents. The idea of helping the
youth of Denison is a good one,
and any one who has something
to suggest is due that righ
granting they they have the pur-
est motive, but it might be possi-
ble that there are some other less
hazardous pastimes that might be
suggested, and at the same time
offer plenty of motor activities
and recreation hours that carry
less threats to the moral fibre of
the young.
The answer to why the city
was filled with soldiers, and cov-
ering all crossings and the plat-
form of the Katy depot Monday,
was answered for the general
public Tuesday when it was
learned that the boys of Uncle
Sam with full armed eguipment,
were here to see that the train
pulling [President Roosevelt had
safe passage.
Although it had been imparted
several days back to the Press
and other newspaper men by
Jimmy North, of the
gram, such information of
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa, April 22—Steady advance
into the mountain nes^s of U.e
Axis continues to be made by the
hard-hitting British Eighth Army
and bitter hand-to-hand fighting
with bayonet and knives is clean-
ing out the mountain holes, leav-
ing many dead.
In the attack of the Axis by
their tanks 27 were deployed out
of the 70 whi.-h were sen: into
the battle to try ana stay the on-
marching of the determined
British who gained three addi-
tional miles Thursday in the
bitter struggle.
A delayed messuge till- of the
Allies taking Takrouna, a point
three miles northwest of Enfida-
ville, and mopping up operations
were under way.
In the middle and northern rec-
tors the lines held by Americans
and British are making steady
advance and all counter attacks
by the Axis have been fought off
successfully when fire battal-
ions of the German crack troops
were employed.
newspaper ethics. This meant, of
course, that nothing would be
said of the visit until the dis-1
tinguished passenger had passed
safely by the destination.
Much speculation was indulged
in here and some few guessed topic the year around almost, ac-
secret movements of the govern- cording to Commissioners Ussery
ment were under way, but the an(j Flanery, when the subject
exact truth did not out until the was agajn brought up at the first
train had passed on several —------
ho}£*- , OTTO SCHIRMER
The tlain was here 15 minutes;
and was serviced for supplies
Trash In Alleys Of
Denison Offers Much
Concern Of City Dads
Following an illness of five
Star-Tele-1 but those rendering such service I months, Otto Schirmer, 60, died
the did not know who of importance at his home 725 E. Heron Tues-
president’s coming, the papers was on the train so
were asked to observe the usual guarded.
MATTER OF TRUANCY FROM
SCHOOL ENGAGING BOTH
POLICE AND SCHOOLMEN
He is survived by his widow, a
son Christopher, and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. R. P. Tucker, both of
mi ..... , , , ,. , , . , , , Denison, Brothers are William,! ery a^ded.
The little matter of boys and erat.ng, and during school hours Brenham> (;u lav Burton, Paul,
when a boy or g.rl who should be Con and Reinoldt of Deni.
in school attemts to buy a ticket,'
Trash hauling is the perennial regular meeting of the commis-
sion since Mayor W. L. Ashburn
took his oath of office, and
although Mayor Ashburn wanted
to do something about handling
the trash, the expense “would
cost the city $1,000 per month,”
stated Mr. Flanery, to which Mr.
Ussery nodded his head-
“If we tried to haul all the
trash from the alleys of the city
of Denison, including grass,
weeds, leaves and trimmings from
hedges and trees, and do it free,
it would break the city," Mr.
Flanery stated. “As for me, I
wish we had no alleys in Deni-
son, like Paris. There they place
trash in containers at the front
and there are no trashy alleys
such as we are having to con-
tend with in Denison,” Mr. Flnn-
closely: day morning. He had lived at
j that point 24 years. Born in
--Germany, Feb. 8, 1835, he was
the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilhelm
Schirmer. He was married July
17, 1912 at San Antonio to Miss
Vivian Loep. lie was a carpen-
ter by trade.
girls playing hookey from high
scrool is reaching a point where
Principal L. N. Sandlin Is taking
steps to get that trouble “out of
his hair,” and those who have
been hanging around pool rooms
or attending the movies when
they should be in school may
find thumbs down for them.
During the present term of
school more than 400 boys and
girls have dropped out for one
reason or another, but the pro-
tracted. absence leads all of them,
a total of more than one-fourth
being under that heading. Other
reasons are marriage, acceptiing
employment, death and leaving
the city.
A plan was worked out this
past week by Mr. Sandlin with
the moving picture heads dpop-
Mri. Patiion Addresses Club
Mrs. Arville Patison, home
economist for the Lone Star Gas
company, popular as a lecturer
on such matters, and who has
appeared in numerous cities and
towns of this section, addressed
the Denison Garden club Tues-
day afternoon at its tea. The
affair was in the club room of
the Kraft jbuilding. Mrs. Patison
spoke on “Life to the Years.”
The progiam chairman was Miss
Connie Tucker. Mrs- Luther
Iherry, president, conducted the
business session. Hostesses were
Miss Tucker, and Mesdames
J. E. Meador, W. D. Collins, F.
Jennings, F. F. Fowler, W S.
Hibbard, D. K. Jamison, M. T.
Bronstad, C. B. Sullenberger and
W. G. Langston.
Mayor Ashburn was inclined to
let the matter remain open, a lit-
... ^..«o vo uuy a WCKei, son Sisters are Mrs. Bertha . , " "
£» XL™ tUt ”“!Acl™, San Antonio. 2.',. 7. .1
have their parents attending with, Services were conducted bv
them or there will be “no soap.”| Rev. Martin Manning, from the
Recently a boy had been ab-, famil>' residence and interment
sent for several days and when a^ Oakwood with Short-Mur-
his parents were notified, they | ra^’ directing,
stated he was thought to be in
school' and it was added that he ^A L. McKINNEA
was being given his lunch money. Funeral sen-ices were conduct-j out boxes in the alleys and se-
daily. It was found the young ed Thursday for Mrs. Ida Lou- curing what they want and leave
fellow had been shooting pool in- vena McKinney, 75, who died at! the remainder scattered in the
stead of being in school and was , ber bome 41 g Shepherd gtreet, alley. Something would be done
spending the lunch money to do Mon(jayt gbe had lived in Deni-1 about this, it was indicated by
the playing- The repoit is that son years- Services were con-jthe police department
could not be done tibout it to
eliminate what he considered a
situation that challenged the per-
sons having dirty alley’s, but also
furnished a matter of health haz-
ard
It was pointed out that trash
pickers have a way of emptying
the younger set of boys is play- ducted by Rev L R Lamb
ing the pool rooms stronger than
usual of late. A state law sets
the limit for those who may enter
the pool rooms and the city police
department is making an investi-
gation of the matter with a view
of eliminating the high school
the Short-Murray chapel and
burial was at Fall cemetery,
Howe, her old home, with Short-
Murray directing.
She was born Nov. 26, 1867 at
Greenville, S. €., her parents
being Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
student from being guilty of tru-jFowk,„ shc Wiks educated at the
| schools of her town and was ery stated
ancy because of the game.
“It is most disheartening,”
stated Mr. Sandlin, “to find
some parents who tell me that
they inform their children that
they remain out of school if they
wish. In other words, instead of
th« child asking their parents if
they might do a thing, they come
and inform their parents that
they have already done it,” said Davis, Dallas, and MVs
Mr. Sandlin. McMahan, Van Alstyne.
Referring to a “tatement re-1 ----
Separate Cans From Tra»h
A plea was lodged with the
newspapers that citizens use
great care in seeing that all tin
cans are in separate containers
from the other trash left in the
alfeys. “It is a patriotic appeal
and we certainly hope the people
will give cooperation,” Mr. Flan-
married March 4, 1894 at Howe.
She was a member of Calvary
Baptist church.
Surviving are three sons, Geo.
C., Little Rock, and T. D and
M. L. McKinney of Hammond,
Ind. Daughters are Mrs. Marvin
Roach, and Mrs. Iva Doggett,
Denison. Sisters are Mrs. G. C.
Frank
cently made by a visitor here
who said in regard to the atti-
tude of many parents to their
children and what they are doing
to create a delinquency problem,
Mr. Sandlin quoted the party as
saying, “They don’t give a damn
about what their children are
doing.”
FLAG DEDICATION PAYS
TRIBUTE TO FORMER
STUDENTS DENISON HI
A total of 549 former students
of Denison high school now in
the service had tribute paid them
atj a special service flag dedica-
tion at the Denison high school
Friday night.
It was definitely stated, how-
ever, that those who think the
city is to haul off trash free
might as well start making other
arrangements to get rid of it.
A private hauler who would col-
lect a fee from each customer
who had trash to haul, was tried,
it was stated, hut most of the
parties eontaced held that it was
the duty of the city to do the
job rfnd they refused to “pay for
, something thq city supposed
to do,” it was reported back to
the city.
Mr. Flanery moved that the
city secretary notify all parties
who have complaints lodged
against them of not keeping
separate their tin cans from
trash and it was ordered.
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Anderson, LeRoy. The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 31, Ed. 1 Friday, April 23, 1943, newspaper, April 23, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth526642/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Grayson County Frontier Village.