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Qh&SHAMiiocK Texan
:nty-seventh year
NEA & UNITED PRESS
SHAMROCK. WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 1921
SEMI-WEEKLY
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NUMBER 75
R STUDENTS ON
KEEPTIONAL LIST
IP PAST SEMESTER
IrINTENDENT O. L. DAVIS
|GIVES high school
HONOR ROLL
By JAMES HINER
students made the excep-
|\honor list for the first semes-
Shamrock High School ac-
a report of grades issued
by O. L. Davis, superinten-
if schools. These included the
who made an average of 90
•e on four subjects during the
six weeks terms which made
le first semester. The four
its are Beatrice Reynolds, Lois
•s, Rose Betty Biddle and Mrs.
Barkley.
jeral made the exceptional list
le last six weeks term. They
[Margie Austin, Beatrice Rey-
Lois Hodges, Lottie Shoe-
■ jl^ose Betty Biddle, and Mrs.
Barkley.
by subjects, the semester
roll follows; Geometry, Burt
s; Journalism, Margie Austin,
•ta Crosby, Beatrice Reynolds;
sh, Margie Austin, Beatrice
olds, Lois Hodges, Wlma Eng-
Ortis Porter, Lottie Shoe-
r, Katherine Kersh, Woodrow
Hughes Turnbow, Lorraine
,m, Jewel Martin, Jabe
nek, Rose Betty Biddle, Freda
Kathleen Lacy, Constance
efP Nulncz Wischkaemsier.
;a Agan, Leona Hilton, Mary
erine Lyle, Nina Mae Tinsley,
itory: Burt Banks. Beatrice
bids. Mattie Joe Hamilton,
[Betty Biddle. BUI Ledgerwood.
lance Setzler. Eldon Helm
|z Wischkaemper.
•a: VlrgU Conner, Wayne
irtls Porter. Newton Atkin
tega Agan, Rose Betty Bid
Lie Cude, Kathleen Lacy
Martin, Lorraine Ingram
Kersh. B1U Ledger-wood
Rose Betty Biddle. Kathleen
Martin, Margie Austin,
Joe Hamilton. Mary Banks
i: Roberta Crosby Short-
Helen Barkley, Anna
Lois Hodges, Lenora
Vera Williams Type
m. Helen Barkley. Harry
Is Hodges, Guyron Lay-
Porter. Bookkeeping
Barkley. Harry Pranks
Lois Hodges. Earl
Helen McBee
Science: Woodrow Sims
Wischkaemper. Theodore
Hay Mathews Biology
Atkinson. Vera Williams. A.
Martha Shaddtx
Wilma England
Reynolds Spanish; Wood-
Eddle Woodring. Anna-
Mary Katherine Lyle.
____A. P. Wischkaemper
nplete list of honor stu-
the third six weeks term
•menter. listed by subjects,
the following:
.a: VlrgU Conner. Wayne
pauljne Benson. Mary Kath-
OrtU Porter. Newton At-
tto Bergman. Helots Ro-
Agan. Rose Betty Bld-
Cude. Mary Lee Davis.
Lacy. Jewel Martin, Ray
John H. WUltara*. Lor-
KaUterine Kersh. Bill
0. L. DAVIS GIVES
REVIEW OF SCDOOLS
IN PAST SEMESTER
All Out of Children’s Wear; Hill
Seeks Champion in Growing Contest
$-
You can thank these two California Inventors for putting a little
variety in airplane fashions. Lieutenant William Burgess, above, of
Santa Monica, is shown in his sllpped-shuped ship which he hopes to
fly from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Below, John Hodgedon of Los An-
geles Is shown holding a model of his flsh-like airship, containing power
units In the wings.
17 DOCTORS HERE
IN MEDICAL MEET
i
GIN 6,232 DALES
LAST HALF 1930-31 SCHOOL
YEAR BEGINS MONDAY,
JANUARY 12
SHADDIX, HAMER ON PROGRAM
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT
BAPTIST CHURCH
25,900 BALES PRESSED AT
TRADERS COMPRESS
TO DATE
Seventeen doctors both from
Shamrock and surrounding towns
were present at a meeting of the
Five-Counties Medical Society,
which was held here Friday after-
noon at 2 o'clock in the First Bap-
tist church.
The group Is cbmposed of doctors
from Collingsworth. Donley. Hall.
Childress, and Wheeler counties.
Towns were represented by the fol-
lowing: Pam pa Doctors Wilier. Mc-
Cain, and Bellamy: Doctors
Townsend, president of the so-
ciety, and Jeter, secretary, both
from Childress; Doctors Clark and
Ooodall of Memphis: Doctor Fin-
ley from McLean: Doctors Lowry.
Williams. McCrary and MoOra'.h
from Oklahoma; and Doctors Ha-
mer. Shaddix. Beach. Zelgler and
Oardner of 8hamrock.
Luncheon was served the doctors
a': Ben's Cafe.
The following program was given
"X-Ray Treatment of Hyperthy-
’.old —Dr. H. L Wilder: "Dysentery
on Children"—Dr J. W. Shaddix;
"Albumin in Urine"—Dr. J. O
Hamer; "Clinic Phase* of Oodput-
Poeter lor Position "—Dr. Dick Lowry
President 8. H. Tbwnsend of Child-
ress presided over the meeting
The next meeting of the society
will be held In Clarendon, the sec-
ond Friday in February Doctors
Beach and Shaddix are among the
officers of the organisation
GKRAI,!) GEYER IN
COLLEGE ORCHESTRA
r:
nkj, Robert
nUton. Mar-
iffsr civics
Croeby. Lottie ■msmsW
Rose Betty Biddle Lorraine
Lhleen Lacy. Jewel Mar
Austin. Mattie Joe Ham
Banka. Cula Rar Nel
T Burt Banka, Beatrice
LotUe Shoemaker. MatUe
Betty BUldle
Kersh. Bill
8 e t s 1 e r.
el
4-H CLUB
SCATTERED
LT-HTlrU dulTTre ecatteml
[ a wide territory » *« *
meeting of the
trtaroe Motwwtle and
OeraJd Osyer of Shamrock, haa
been selected as a member of
"Prank Stone and his Collegians."
student orchestra at Texas Techni-
taftcal ooUege. Lubbock, according
to a cupping received from the stu-
dent new spat'"r He replaces Bu-
ford Dowell aa drummer
Be orchestra la one of the mosS
popular ones in West Texas It r -
csntly returned from a ten-day r *y
In Amarillo While there It pi /ed
a series of dances at the Country
club. wit, club. Pal Duro hotel and
broadcasted a number of prof rams
over station WDAO at the Capitol
hotel
Osratd It a ton of Mr and Mrs
O F. Oeyer and this is his tint year
at Tbch It la vary unusual for a
freshman to make * college orches-
tra hi* first rear in school.
NEW MEMBERS TO BE
GUESTS AT BANQUET
A total of 6,232 bales of cotton had
been ginned at Shamrock up to
date, according to figures compiled
by the Texan Saturday, and 25,900
bales has been pressed by the Trad-
ers Compress. The Compress ship-
ped 24,700 ^ales up to date.
The two Twltty gins reported a
total of 4.192 bales ginned, an in-
crease of 307 over the, last report.
Last week'3 report in Shamrock was
5.500 bales. Reports were not avail-
able from Lela. Only one Sham-
rock gin has closed down so far, but
the cotton is about all In.
Wheeler county as a whole had
ginned a total of 38,663 bales, over
25.392 of last year, according to the
last cotton report sent out Decem-
ber 13 by the U. S. Census Bureau
of the Department of Commerce
This made Wheeler county one of
two out of eight surrounding coun-
ties to record an increase over the
ginnlngs of 1929.
The total ginnlngs listed for the
state December 11. were 3.753.720
bale).
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BAND TO MAKE
AWARDS JAN. 31
Scbotarmhip Winners Must Comply
With Relea of Band.
Officials Say
The horns and music scholarship*
which the Shamrock Municipal
Band ha* offered for Able year, will
be awarded January 31. C. D. Clam-
pttt. announced Saturday.
Winners of the Instrument* may
become members of the band them-
selves. or may transfer the mem-
bership to anyone they wish, said
officials, but that parson must be
governed by the rules of the organ-
halion. and be passed upon by the
board of directors The offer has
bson made with the view of inter-
esting those who want to enter the
band and who are willing to com-
ply with the regulations a* to prac-
tice and other meetings The board
of directors will retain the right
to withdrew or transfer the scholar-
ship unless the person winning It
will lake lessons regularly and show
interest In the wort
Anyone interested In becoming
a member Is asked to enter his ap-
plication with the band official*
of the group band
nd Mayor O C
ay will be guests of old mem-
Band at a banquet to be given Mon-
day night at the M.*tlam> Hotel
The banquet^ an snn^affetr
BARN DESTROYED ON
G. W. BURRELL FARM
he beat farm buildings
In the county was destroyed last
week when the bam on the O. W
Burrell farm. IS miles northeast ot
town burned at 3:30 a. m January
l spread the alarm but
The first semester of the scholas-
tic year 1930-31, which ended Fri-
day, has been a reasonably success-
ful one, according to O. L. Davis,
superintendent of the city schools.
The new semester will start Mon-
day morning, January 1, with an en-
rollment of about 1040.
On the whole the enrollment has
fallen off this year by around 200
students, as in 1929 a total of 1290
was listed. The High School has
lost 70 and the Junior High 80 of
the 200. Since Christinas between
40 and 50 new pupils have been en-
tered in North Ward, and about 36
in the High School.
"We contribute the loss in enroll-
ment to the fact that many tran-
sients who were here a year and two
years ago, because of a scarcity of
Jobs everywhere, failed to come
back," Mr. Davis said. "The enroll-
ment now is more of a stable one
than it has ever been during the
oil boom and era of prosperity. At
that time, we had more trouble, es-
pecially with the free textbook
which the students would carry off
when their parents decided to move.
We lost around $1000 in books this
year and last.”
Few changes have been made in
the schools during the past semes-
ter. One new course has been of-
fered, Journalism, and an effort will
be made to get this affiliated in the
spring. The library has had a good
gyowth and $500 worth of books
were bought during the year.
Only two charges will be made in
the curriculum for the coming se-
mester when economics will be sub-
stituted for civics and advanced
arithemetic substituted for com-
mercial geography.
No new teaohers will be employed
for the new semester, but several
changes will be made. Monday. Mrs
John Olasscock will be transferred
from North Ward to take the place
of Mrs. J. H. Morris who has re-
signed her position in South Ward.
Mrs. Gerald Mayfield will take over
Mrs. Olasacock's room, her own stu-
dents in the high fifth grade being
transferred to the sixth grade in
Junior High. By these change* and
co-operation among the teachers In
dividing the work, the school board
hopes to cut expenses for the year.
Scholastic standing this year has
been high, and few fad urea will be
recorded in the high school, Mr
Davis says. The school will gradu-
ate around 25 seniors at the close
of the year, the smallest number
in several years. Last year there
were 52 seniors, but the class of
1931 has been small *U through high
school. Only one senior. Holmes
Brannon, will finish his work with
the close of this semester. He will
receive his diploma In May
"Sports and other aoUvtties have
measured up well along with
scholarship." Mr. Davis said, "and
we hope the coming semester will
be as successful.''
Whose children are the cham-
pions in outgrowing clothing?
Children's Clothing, First Aisle to
the Right, is all out, and Guy Hill
is thinking of beginning a contest
among fond mothers, so that the
outgrown wearing apparel may be
donated to the sadly empty shelves
of his "Charity Store.” Strange as
it seems, more clothing for adults
is contributed than children’s and
it is the latter which is needed the
most.
Shoes of all sizes, underwear and
durable outer garments are badly
needed, Mr. Hill says, and the styles
won't be considered at all in ac-
cepting any contribution. Needy
parents ask for warm clothing for
their children when they wouldn’t
for themselves, and it is a hard task
lor the members of the United
Charities, whose store it is, to keep
any on the “helves.
About the only time one can af-
ford to be sentimental is when
everyone is happy, and this year
isn’t the time. Few mothers can
resist the hiding of outgrown cloth-
ing in the basement when the three
or four year old has shot up into
school age. Now is the time to be-
lieve in fatalism, and that "the pur-
pose" behind the hiding was to save
the things for those who are needy
this winter. There, but for a strange
fate, m'ght walk yourself.
Even Alice in Wonderland this
time would change her song and
say: "The time has come, the wal-
rus said, to speak of many things:
Of shoes and socks and overcoats—
Instead of cabbages and kings.”
UNITED CHARITIES
DEGIN SOUTH SIDE
CLOTHING CANVASS
LIONS CLUB CUTS
INITIATION FEE
BIDS TO BE EXTENDED TO
SEVERAL BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL MEN
Initiation fee was reduced from
$20 to $5 at the weekly luncheon
of Shamrock Lions club Friday
noon and A. C. Hallmark, president,
received unanimous response of the
members when he asked for volun-
teers to confer with prospective
members. Several business and pro-
fessional men have been considered
and if they receive favorable re-
ports from the committee which
passes on candidates, invitations
Will be extended them.
Monthly dues of the club do not
exceed $5 as the result of recent
changes, and as a consequence sev-
eral old members are expected to
ask for re-lnstatement in addition
to several new members who are
expected to Join. Re-lnstatement
fee is $2.50
Friday's program was featured by
a reading and discussion of the by-
laws and constitution of the club
by Clayton Heare, chairman of the
entertainment committee. He an-
nounced the committee is working
on some good entertainment num-
bers to be presented soon. J. H.
Cox, Jr., manager of "M” System
Grocery, was initiated by Lion
Heare. assisted by Lion Guy Hill.
A. E. Drake of Amarillo, travel-
ing freight and passenger agent of
the Fort Worth and Denver, was
a guest of the club.
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LASSIES LOSE
TO WELLINGTON
WATER MINIMUM
IN CITY RAISED
HOME BEAUTIFICATION IS
SOUGHT BY COUNCIL IN
CHANGING SCHEDULE
The water minimum for domestic
consumers was raised from 3,000 to
5,000 gallons at the regular meeting
of the city council Thursday night,
Mayor G. C. Berkley announced.
The minimum charge remains $2.00
and the change becomes effective
after March 20.
This action was taken as a means
of encouraging beautification and
home gardening, said Mayor Berk-
ley, many property owners having
complained that they were unable
to pay for all the water needed for
these purposes according to the old
schedule.
Members of the council are hope-
ful property owners will take ad-
vantage of the new schedule and
beautify their premises this spring
and summer. The average consum-
er will be able to use sufficient
water for yard and garden without
exceeding the minimum very much.
This plan has been tried In sev-
eral cities and found very success-
ful. said the mayor. The city will
not lose any revenue and since there
is plenty of water available there Is
no reason why it should not be used
for public good, he said.
ENTER LIVING
ROOM CONTEST
MRS. JOE BARNHART LEADER
OF HOUSE TO HOUSE
CHARITY DRIVE
A house to house canvass will be
made in the south side of town this
week by a committee of women
working in co-operation with the
United Charities of the olty.. Mrs.
Joe Barnhart will be in charge of
the work.
Women of the town are asked to
look over old clothes and have ready
any which they would like to give to
the organization. Children's cloth-
ing is needed the worst, and any
serviceable garment will be appre-
ciated by the women. Household
equipment, shoes, caps, or any use-
ful article also will be taken up In
the drive.
Four women are in charge of the
Charity organization’s work in the
city, and each has been given a
separate part of the town to work
in. Mrs. Harry Mundy is in charge
of the northwest portion of the
city: Mrs. T. J. Potts of the north-
east; Mrs. Joe Barnhart of the
south; and Mrs. E. R. Tinsley of
the portion south of the railroad.
Drives for clothing end other ar-
ticles probably will be made in all
sections of the town soon.
Officials state that it is impos-
sible for the organization to buy
enough new clothing to take care of
the demand. Guy Hill, in charge of
the organization’s "store," states
that every precaution is taken to
give the supplies only where they
are needed, but even then, the
shelves often are empty.
Children's clothing Is needed most
badly, the women say. Almost every
mother lias a suppy of outgrown
cothing which poor ohtdren could
wear for months. Every housewife
Is expected to have ready some ar-
ticle to contribute when the drive
starts this week. If any house la
missed where clothing is waiting, a
call to committee chairmen, or to
Mr. Hill will bring someone to col-
lect It.
METHODIST BANQUET
DRAWS LARGE CROWD
-NO FAT" DEBATE HEARD BY
EX-SPEAKER OF HOUSE
ii. a mix
Entrants Scattered In Effort
Decide Beet Changes
Made By April
Irishmen Defeat Wheeler 18-1$
In Thursday Night
Game There
NORMAN IS NEW
HEALTH OFFICER
Ilia Appointment Is Annsmnred By
City ( onnrtl Saturday To
Sneered Dr. J. O. Hamer
Appointment of Dr. K. T. Nor-
man at city health officer by the
city council was announced Satur-
day hy Mayor O C. Barkley. He
will assume hit dutiee at once
He succeeds Dr J. O. Hamer,
who haa aerved In that capacity for
more than a year /
Doctor Norman it connected with
Shamrock General Hospital He
will take over the dutlea of health
officer in addition to hta regular
practice, the paellion requiring only
part l bn*
DR. NICHOLSON TO RE
COUNTY HEALTH HEAD
Iriah Lassies suffered their second
defeat of the season when they met
the strong Wellington quintet at
the local gymnasium Friday night.
The girls' basket-ball team has lost
only two games and has won four
this year. Lassie* were to Journey
to Childress Saturday to meet the
Chlldreee team If weather conditions
hod permitted.
The starting lineup for the Wel-
lington tilt waa: Crosby and Deer-
Inf. forwards; T. Robertson and
Hodges, centers: L Robertson and
Outharie. guards. Substitution*
were Drake for Deertng. Blackburn
for Hodge*. Hodges for F. Robert-
son.
Coach Perkin's Irishmen played at
Wheeler Thursday night where they
defeated the Wheeler boeketboll
team by a soar* of 38-10 The Fight-
tng Irishmen are proving to be a
strong quintet and putting in a
strong bid for the district cham-
pionship Practice games were play-
ed ai the High School Thursday
nfht with Kelton and Lela.
e
METHODIST GROUP
ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers far 1831 ware
he Young People * I
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No IV
Da
lent less
vs For 4-H
Pantry Group
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Eight living rooms were scored
Deoember 3 by Miss Esther Soren-
sen. home economics teacher In the
city schools, and Mrs. Dupreee. eco-
nomics teacher In the Wheeler
schools. In the living room contest
which Is under the direction of the
extension servloe of A. and M. Col
lege and the United State* Bureau
of Agriculture
The rooms have been seored be-
fore any work Is done, and a final
scoring will be made In April to de-
termine the winners in this coun-
ty, who Utter will compete in a dis-
trict contest Entrants in Che oon-
teet ore well-scattered over the
county: Mrs. Fern Finley and Mrs
Dotph Burrows of the Rsunsdell
Club: Mrs W. D. Key of the Mo-
brette Club: Mrs Charlie Oarner
and Mrs C-horUe Burkhart of Zy-
bach-Allison Club; Mrs R. D. Un-
derwood of Sweetwater Chib. Mrs
Clarence Robinson of Busy Bee
Cub; Mrs Jake Tarter of Going
Forward Club; and Mrs Lena Har-
vey of Bribe Club
The contest la held for the pur-
pose of encouraging Interest tn bet-
tor living roan* by making them
more comfortable and attractive; to
demonstrate the beet die of what
la an hand: to MNMMlrate the
wise expenditure of money; and 10
Approximately 70 men
ent at a get-together
in the basement of the First ]
dlst church Wednesday night Sev-
eral merchants, who were expected
could not be present because of in-
voicing. according to Reverend R.
N Kuckabee. but the
crowd proved that the
sUU successful.
The program for the evening was
announcement was made that the
primarily an Impromptu one. An
affair would take the form of a
meeting of the state legislature, and
H. B Hill was chosen speaker of
the house. A bill was introduced
to the effect that a law should be
ps seed prohibiting weight of mom
than 150 pounds and impoetng a
penalty on anyone who so Ignored
"hard time* ' as to let his weight
go above that amour*.
After a motion »l
oducr the bill by Clayton
and J B Clark, humorous
la for and against Its
caused much merriment dui
meal
«r the dose of the banquet, a
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