The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 168, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 11, 1941 Page: 4 of 4
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?AGE POUR
THE DENISON PRESS
SAT.. JAN, 11th. 1941
Altruist Class To
Send Box of Cookies
To Orphans’ Home
Plans to send a box of cookies
to the Juiette B'owler Orphans’
home at Dallas and to buy soma
new cooking utensils for the
church kitchen were made Fri-
day afternoon at a covered dish
luncheon meeting of the First
Chrsitian church’s Altruist class.
Mrs. M. C. Porter and her group
•were in charge of arrangements.
The cookies are to be made by
class members and sent next week
to the orphans home. The lunch-
eon table was decorated with
bowls of sweet peas which were
later given to members as favors.
'Mrs. Ben F. Hearn, wife of the
pastor, gpfve the invocation fol-
lowing the luncheon and' Mrs. H.
M. Scott, class president, presided
over the business session.
Mrs, ,T. R. Roddv. devotions’
leader, gave *1 talk on “Faith”
and a readme, “New Year’.- V
sion.’’ was given bv Mrs. Porto-
Srtvrral of the members n'.an to
attend the Brotheritood Convoca-
tion to be held at the East Dal
las Christian church January Hi
and 17.
The meeting closed with
prayer by Mrs. W. R
Twenty-five members were pres-
ent.
ject, are cvordially invltd to at-
■ tend.
Church Activities
For Ensuing Week
ft-----------------ft
Waples Memorial—Rev. J. C.
Oglesby, pastor, ^
Prayer meeting Wadnesday at
7rl5 p. m-, choir practice at
7:15 p. m. Friday at the church.
South Side Christian—Rev. G.
C. Minor, pastor.
Monday—Ladies of the church
composing the women’s council
will hold an all day session in
ihe church.
First Christians—Wav. Ben F.
Hearn, pastor.
Women’s council Monday after-
noon at 2:3d at the home of
Mrs. T. W. H. Flynn, 716 W.
Gandy street for the mission
study on China.
Railio organ broadcast Wednes-
day at 4:15 p. m.
sand, crushed stone and shell used
in the construction of roads and
buildings. The tax would be col-
lected at the crushing plants, he
said.
To help clarify the heirship in
j estate settlements, Spacek said he
, would amend the marriage license
law to include on the application
) a complete record of the place of
_ i birth of both parents and of the
™ applicants, together with their
place of residence and occupation.
first place for the team ana’ top 'atser, Denison; Harold Cowley,
honors for themselves.
iFreer; Willim Daiwson,'Crockett;
In all cases they placed the No- 'Henry Hauser, Kerrville; William
1 animal in that spot but lost'Henderson, Houston; Charles
some points when they rated the 'Henke, Kerrville; Odell Herman,
second and third animals in the ^bilene; Marland Jeffrey, Fort
Arthur.
Jack Kimbrough and John
Kimlbrough, Haskell; Derace Mos-
(JHURCHES
Lutheran
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
''Divine worship, 11 a. m. Ser-
mon subject: “The Creation of
Man.”
Young people meet Sunday af-
ternoon at 2:30 at G2C W. Chest-
nut street.
;Fir*t Christian
Bible school at 9:45.
Morning worship, 10:45. Ser-
mon “An 'Unalterable Law.”
Young peoples circle at 6 p. m.
Evening service at 7. Sermon
subject: “I Have Sinned.”
wrong spot, although they had all
the top three in all of their se-
lections. What makes it all the
more remarkable is* that they had
to work from pictures of the ani-
mals in the entry list ana' not by
judging the actual cows. The ul-
timate winning cows were select-
ed by a committee of renowned
dairy show judges and their se-
V-Hn-ps comnared to those man1®
by the students of 29 colleges in
America.
er, S'tophenlville; Ray ‘Mulhollan,
Belton; Ernest Pannell, Waco;
Marion I high, Fort Worht; Leon
IRalm, Dayton; John Reeves, San
Antonio; Marshall Robnett, Klon-
dike; Joe Rothe, Hondo; Chi
Routt, Ohapel Hill; Martin Ruby,
Waco Howard Shelton, Hillsboro;
Pllvis ^Simmons, S'ommcrville;
Earl Smith, Frisco City, 'A'
Marshall Spivey, Lufkin; James
Farh of the four Ail-AWrlca" sterling, Panhandle; James
Aggie judges scored 36 of a ipos-
-ihle 40 noints and were the ®n1v
i®nm where oil memho'-s n'r’k®'1
the th>*op best caw-, as selected
'v 'he -nrofessinnal judges.
New Mevlcn Qltsfq nlaeed ce®-
nru} with a total of 1j1 points,
land Kansas State was third with
i no
Mitchell Pri-
Lutheran—Rev
l.fogle, pastor.
a ; Sunday school teachers
Milner, i Thursday evening at 7:30.
meet
Royal Neighbors
Install Officers
At Friday Meeting
Installation of officers was
held during the Friday business
meeting of the Royal Negibhoi.-
of America at their hall, 609 1-2
W. Main, presided over by .Mi
'F.ffie Strom, oracle.
Following the brief busi.ne-
ses-sion, Mrs. Strom relinquish'
her chair to Mrs. Eva Huskey, of
Greenville, state supervisor, who
acted as installing officer, assist
ea by the district deputy, Mrs
Bessie Wycht of Shennar, acting
as ceremonial marshall.
Officers instiled were as fm
lows)
’Mrs. Strom, oracle; Mrs. Ef
fie Newland, past oracle: Mrs. T
W. H. Flynn, vice oracle; Mrs.
Nannie ,Davis, recorder; Mr-
Mary Evans, receiver: Mrs. Laura
'Batson, chancellor; Mrs. W. K.
Hunter, marshal; Miss Madge
Phillips, inner sentinel; Mrs. Lo
nna Potts, manager for three
■yearn; Mi®s Jewel Maine, flat
hearer; Miss Genevieve
Sweeney, musician and publicity
chairman. Physicians named
were Dr. J. A. Mayes and Dr F
T . Hailey.
Following talks bv Mr«- Husk ■■
and Mm/ Wvrh® Mi — Sweenev
plaved “Cod Rle' Ameri.-a."
which was sang bv the greiv > in
unison. The next meeting
scheduled for Feb. 20 nt the hah
Denison Girl Will
Speak At Council
Meeting In Durant
| First Presbyterian—Rev. James
E. Spivey, pastor.
! Monday—All day session of the
Missionary meeting of the Wom-
an’s Council, beginning at 10:30
a. m. Covered dish luncheon at
112 noon. Rdview of the book
•'Dangerous Opprtunity.”
Elder's meeting at 7 p. m.
Tuesday—Loyalty Night ser-
: vice at 7:30 p. m.
Wednesday—Paris Presbytery
will meet at Cooper, Texas, at
10 a. m.
Thursday—Scout meeting at
7 p. m. Choir practice at 7:15 n.
m. I
Waples Memorial
Church school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 10?50. Ser-
mon, “Big Business.”
Senior and intermediate lea-
gues, 5:30 and 6:00 p. m.
Evening service, 7 o’clock. Ser-
mon “A Splinter and a Plank.’
(Second sermon in series on Par-
ablps of Jesus.)
South Side Christian
Bible school, 9:45 a. m.
Rev. G. C. Minor, the pastor,
will speak at 10:50 on one of the
pre-Easter series and his subject
is announced as “The Church and
Its Purpose.”
At the 7 p. m. hour the theme
is announced as “The Future of
the Church.”
Thomason, and Tommie Vaughn,
Brownwooa; Jackson Webster,
Sweetwater; and Euel Wesson,
Temple.
Cross country minor sports let-
ters were awarded to; E. W. El-
more, Dallas; D. W. Lancv, Port
Aransas; E. B. Mayer, Fayette-
ville; and Eugene Wilmeth,
Ebony,
I Freshman numerals were
awarded to 28 first year men as
|follows: William Andrews, Ama-
.rillo; Dennis Andrix, Brenham;
!Dudley Bell, Dickenson; T. A.
Oarlile, Temple; Warren Clifton,
|Sulphur Springs; Truman
reservoir, Arkansas.
Arkansas river basin—John
Martin reservoir, Colorado; Great
Salt Plains reservoir, Oklahoma;
Fort Supply reservoir, Oklahoma;
Canton reservoir, Oklahoma; the
completed Conchas reservoir, New
Mexico; Blue Mountain reservoir,
Arkansas; Hulah reservoir, Okla-
homa, and Optima reservoir, Ok-
lahoma.
St. Francis river basin—Wap-
papello reservoir, St. Francis riv-
er, Missouri.
White river basin—Clearwater
reservoir, Missouri; Norfolk res-
ervoir, Arkansas; Water valley
reservoir, Arkansas; Bell Foley
reservoir, Arkansas; Lone Rock
reservoir, Arkansas and Greer’*
ferry reservoir, Arkansas
Flight Training
Will Be Offered
Texas A. and M.
COLLEGE STATION, Jan. 11
__Flight training again will be
ofiered at Texas A. and M> Col-
lege during the second semester
of the present school year, begin-
ning Feb. 8, Giblb Gilchrist,
dean of the School of Engineer-
ing, announced here this week
Cox, und at the same time urged those
lOonna; Leo Daniels, Bryan; Jam- ! deairing to take the course to
Jackets Lose
To Wildcats
In Close One
Tiring badly in the final quar-
ter, Denison high school fell be-
fore Paris high 24 to 14 in Red
River Valley conference play at
Paris Friday night.
The Jackets led 7 to 6 at the
half time and 13 to 12 at the
.hira stanza’s end, but in the
final chapter the Denisonians be-
gan to tire and let the Wildcats i ----- -------~ -■ j , „ a
sharpshooters in for shots. Moran; J. S. Pytell, Houston; ;“d flying schools.
Denison meeis Bonham here *'■ UtkT' Be,toni Shelton Th* to" rj ..
Hip T.nekptq third I" a^ner» Yoakum; Earl E. W'hit- have been stablishen by the Civil
the season j worth, Bastrop; Robert Williams, I Aeronautics
fg ft pf Pt; jEldorado; F. A. Wolters, Lewis- the primary course:
ie Dawson, Crockett; Richard De-
Arment, Bessemer, Pa.; LeonarJ
Dickey, Alto; Richard Hill, Ama-
rillo; William Hodge, Somme r-
iville Ellis Hollis, Fort Worth;
Victor Kaspar, Houston.
James Kishi, Houston; D. R.
Luethy, Monahans; A. J. Mercet,
Temple; James B. Montgomery,
'Moran; J. S.
'Bert P. Utley,
make early applications.
I Both primary and secondary
courses* will be offered with stu-
1 dents in the latter section to be
selected from those applicants
! who have successfully completed
the primary C. A. A. course a’
Texas A- and M- or other npprov
requirements
Calvary Baptist—Rev. L. R.
Lamb, pastor.
Wednesday prayer meeting at
7:30 .Bible study and prayer.
Tuesday night monthly confer-
ence of workers of Sunday school.
O'ficers and teachers expected to
h® present.
Thursday night choir and orrh
Tuesday night in
conference game of
Denison
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| Carmichael, f ..
j Marshall, f ......
I Arndt, g ...........
Harshbarger, c .....
Rowland, c ..........
T. Newsome, g ....
J. Newsom®, g .....
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Administration for
First Presbyterian
Sunday school, 9:45 a. m.
Morning worship, 10:50. Ser-
mon, “Our Form, His Substance.”
Evening worship, 5:00. Sermon
“Sometimes A Light Surprises.”
Young people’s meeting, Tuxisi Hicks, g
society and Pioneer society at
6:15 p.m. I Totals
_ 7’aris
Calvary Baptist Carroll, f
Sunday morning the pastor Rev. Abbott, f
L. R. Lamb will preach on “Mem-
ory, one of God’s Greatest gifts.”
j jville; and Willard Woolverton, El Applicants must be citizens of
j, Paso. be United States; must have
^ i- uilsize All-America silver reached their ninteenth hut not
,j footballs mounted on ebony ped- ] thoir twenty-sixtli birthday be-
esvals were voted to John Kim- ' forp pyb. 1; they must neither
0 brough, All-American fullback; !i,0(d nor hf,„.p n pi|ot, certificate
0 and Marshall Robnett, All-Amen- :nf nrivfltp grnAe nr Pnp
0 can guard for their being select- j!f of„d>nto in the wt W
4 ed on one or more leading All- matriculated for a degree
n' American teams. It was the ,, . ... .. ,
6- I the participating institution and
can guard for their being select-
! od on one or more leading All-
' American teams. It was the
.second such award to Kimlbrough.
5 4 10 14 Joe Routt won the first ball in
fg ft pf Pta. 1937; Joe Boyd and John K m-
and
estra at
ively.
Friday afternoon and night coun-
ty-wide training union convention
at First Baptist church, Sherman.
D. Jones, c
O. Jones, c
Sunday night his topic will be The! Jacks, c
- - Sheffield, g
White, g
Mnv, g
I TVlcFadden,
8 o’clock respect- Man Whom God Called a Fool..
Investieation-
Jawn, Marshall
Not Only Aggies
To Win Honors
5 : brough won them in 1939 and
2 | this year it was Kimbrough and
0 | Robnett.
9 j Of the 31 varsity football let-
i'iters awarded, only 12 of the
| players will be back for the 1941
9 | team nnd those 12 include eight
juniors and four sophomores.
Totals
must have completed at least one
full year of accredited college
work acceptable to the college;
and those no longer in college
must have satisfactorily comp'd-
ed' at least two full , years of
accredited college work; they
must set physical requirements;
they must have written consent
f-om parents nnd guardians to
take the course; and must never
halve been disqualified from parti-
cipation in the Civilian
Pilot, Training Program by Ad-
fag the Civil War. . . .’Missouri
legislators age from Mo., they
want to be shown. Dissatisfied
with election results, the solons
called for a recount in the gov-
ernor’s race, won by a 3,000 vote
margin . . . Some congressmen
look on i DR’s present movements
as “the first step toward dictator-
ship.” T'hey cried that eight years
ago . . . Criticing on This Thing
Called Love one writer 3ays: “Mr.
Douglas pursues Miss Russell
around an attractive parlor.”
Managers of Buddy Rogers have
sued he and his wife, Mary Pick-
ford, for 300 grand, charging he
broke several contracts because
his wife pressured him by threat-
ening divorce unless he did . . .
Paulette Goddard is one of the
least liked actresses in Hollywood,
but even her enemies admit she
has exceptionally pretty gams.
That’s legs, buddy . . . The Ar-
kansas democrat cracks that a,
backward race is one which goes rike "v®1- Oie Heath ^rate results
for yedrs without starting a war
popultion increased slightly, but
not at a rate hiigh enough to
offset tiie improvement in tha
birth rate.
The increase in births in 1940
as compared with 1939 was not
confined to any particular sec-
tion of the country. The largest
proportional increase ccurred in
the Pacific States ana the smal-
lest in the West North Central
Stato and the most of New Eng
land. * | /
'lire statisticians point out,
however, that the rise in th •
birth rate, while important, is no!
large enough to influence materi
r.lly the "ultimate rate of nature
increase, which i3 very close to
the equilibrium level, that is, to
the point where the balance be-
tween fertility and mortality is
just adequate to insure continued
perptuation of the American
people.
“The explanation of this is
that the present excess of the
so they can share their neighbor’s
wealth . . . Hagerstown, Md., of-
ficials are wondering what the
dickens anyone is doing with the
three cannonballs swiped from
the park there. The things aren’t
even made anymore. No one has
yelled sabotage yet.
from a temporarily hgih propor-
tion of women in the cli'ilnlhPfiriTirv
aces. Actually, wo are barely
holding our own, as is soon when
VnrriMJtab'nns are carried out
making allowance for this temmo-
rnrilv high proportion of person®
in (he reproductive ages of life.”
Lester Golding, DHS cage men-
tor, tells us his boys really looked
good against Paris last night re-
gardess of their inexperience. Con-
fidentially the Jackets are gu:ng
to start rolling in a couple of
weeks and then look out . . . The
shoplifters at Dallas who swined
two mink coats despite close watch
of clerks weren’t minks in their
own right. ■ It was one of the most
daring hits of work reported in
weeks . . . Some writers believe
Lou Nova can whip Joe Louis af-
ter Nova’s showing against Pat
Comisky last night. He might
have to really pull some yogi
tricks to get over the Detroit ne-
gro . . . The Collier’s article rap-
ping Alabama U. subsidization of
athletes, has raised a howl of pro-
test from coaches all over the
country. “Purchasing” of players
has been known for years, so why
get in an uproar this time? . . .
John Bulla, winner of the recent
Los Angeles open, says it’s just so
much hooey he played with a 35c
golf ball. He uses regulation bails,
he says.
Increase In
Babies Might
Break Records
Klisura—
(Continued From Page Opel
dominate two of the main roads
of south Albania and had been
heavily fortified by the Italians.
The road from Klisura runs north,
to Herat, Elbasani and Tirana. Ajf*
banian capital. The road from
Tepeleni runs west to Valona, or.
the coast. Although they have naf
occupied Tepeleni, the Greek!,,
have laid siege to it and sent ad-
vance forces north and west of
the town.
wrm
‘Continued from page on®'
DURANT, Jan. 11—Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock the rei
ular meeting of the Woman
Council of the First Chi; >•
church, will be held at tho ohm
(building. Miss Mary Jane Hn>
den. of Denison, instructor. "
talk on Religious Art at the
'Monday meeting, and all »■»•
of the city interested in her suh-lpcr cubic yard tax
____ COLLEGE STATION, Jan. 11
j now, although taxpayers whose^—John Kimbrough and Marshall
; children go to other institutions Robnett, Texas Aggie football
; pay for the books. ;stars, were not the only boys al
The extension of the books to the college to win All-Arne i c
other pupils will no! cost the state fame this year as word received
| more because the hooks are nt the college by Prof. A. I.
nought on the basis of census tiarnell, dnriy judging team
enumeration, which includes all coach, reveals that hi- four—man
| persons of scholastic ages, whether Junior team ran off with to,p
I they go to public or private honors in the annual All-Ameri-
■chools. A similar amendment was on Holstein-Fresian
| ‘d'bmitted to the people six years ing contest,
ago and defeated. j D. L. Ator, Lipan; W. S. Fen-
Sparek said his resolution was nell. Gilmer; G. S Hutchings
lining framed with the aid of the Barker; nnd James A. Roming.
attorney generai's department so Eddy, all juniors majoring in
t will rot hit -nags of uneonsti- dairy husbandry at the college,
ulionality. I formed the team which scored
Spacek also said he was draft- 126 points of a possible 100 in
ng a statute that would cal! for selecting the three hest Holstein-
| 5c a barrel increase in the tax on
oil at the well, a $2.25 increase on
| $1.63 per ton sulphur levy, an
ncrease on natural gas, and a lc
on all gravel.
Lettermen At
Aggieland Are
Released Today
Fresian rows in America for
1940 and by doing so ran off with
COLLEGE STATION, Jan. U
—At a meeting of the Texas A.
and M. College Athletic Council,
varsity letter awards were ap-
proved for 31 members of the
1940 football team and four
dairy ,iudg- members of the cross country
tteam, as well as numerals for 28
| members of the freshman foot-
ball team. The council also set
| the date of the annual football
banquet for Friday, Jan. 24, at
which time all of the awaixis will
be given the players.
Football players receiving their
varsity letters included: Roy Bu-
icek. Sehulenherg; William Buch-
anan, Weatherford; William Con-
SOUTHWEST-
(Continued From Page One)
the Little Missouri in Arkansas.
“These are all multiple-purpose
projects and the three of them
would cost a total of aproximate-
ly $78,000,000, produce a tremen-' ters occasionally.
dous amount of power and would _I___
add vitally to the navigation and Cofoina Wright, Jr., (the junior
visory Board action.
FVERYDAY—
(Continued from pae® on®)
ing explosives gives one the
NEW YORK Jan. 11—The
1940 crop of American babies
bids fair to break a nine-year
record, for all signs now indicate
that last year the birth rate was
greater than in any year since
1931 according to the statistici-
jit- ens of a major life insurance
I company.
flood control of their respective
rivers,” said Ellis.
Under the proposed plan, the
authority would take over the
Denison dam and other govern-
ment projects in this area that are
either now under construction or
authorized by congress. The com-
plete list follows:
Red River basin—Denison res-
ervoir, Red River, Texas and Ok-
lahoma; Lugert-Altus reservoir,
North fork of Rod river, Oklaho-
ma; Black Bayou reservoir, Tsjui»-
iana; Bayou Bodcau reservoir,
SPEAKING OF CLEANING
i
own ou r home
EASY PAYMENTS . . .
. . . LOW CHARGES
Ittttt t rrr r i rl
Let Us Help You Finance ^ Home
for Your Children, too
DENISON FEDERAL SAVINGS
and LOAN ASSOCIATION
119 So. BURNETT AVE. PHONE 273
Member Federal Home Loan Bank System
Our claims sf perfection may sound a bit
conceited. . . .but we believe that we are
amply justified in. so doing. Here’s why
our two modern plants are scientific, our
personnel is highly skilled at t heir trade,
SEND YOUR CLEANING
TO THE SNOW-WHITE
AND YOU’LL AGREE
has us) says she's in films because
she needs work, her family has
been broke since the stock mark-
et crash. MLss Wright is prob-
ably the most pulchritudinous
deb ever to arise from society, has
socialistic oomph . . . Most inter-
esting story in weeks tells how a
British soldier, escaping from
Flanders during the German blitz,|
was sheltered, clothed and passed
on by French until he readied the
English channel where he was
given a rowboat, pulled his way
across the waters to Britain. His
Louisiana, Wallace lake resstvoir, j movements remind one of the un-
Louisiana and Blakely mountain i derground slave movements dur
Another boon to kitchen efficiency
I is this new type cutlery and wet
.. I rack. Since each implement ta
Wliilc the figures indicate that equipped with hard rubber handlat,
103 babies were born in 1940 for specially notched to fit over run* of
every 100 born in 1939, th®v rack* they ml’’’ 1 c >*P* '
also tena to show that
portion of deaths in the
they j
the pro-
general
place
WHY
1
ft
FOR YOUR HEALTH
Consider These
—only registered pharmacists fill
our prescriptions!
LfllinDPiY fr CL€flippy
■—Only quality chemicals are
used. No substitutions!
—Only a fair price
for quality work!
FOR QUALITY SERVICE IN PRESCRIP
JTION WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES
-HAVE THEM FILLED AT
KINGSTON
“HAS IT”
TAKE A
CHANCE
IT’S NO TOSS UP . .
Your health calls for only t^io best ol
foods prepared by experts who have a
refutation for tjhe excellent cooking
for which our place has been famous
for years. . . .Don’t take a charn-e
when yon know where you can til
ways get the best in the cafe line.
Special Service For Parties
SPECIAL DINNERS
Drink and Dessert
35c and 50c
SIZZLING STEAKS
35c to 60c
NooK
SANDWICH SHOP
UNION RESTAURANT
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