The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 69, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942 Page: 3 of 8
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hursday, January 8, 1942
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
f Stockpiles of Food for Peace
Fight Against Infantile
Paralysis To Be Climaxed
With Celebration Jan. 30
Wits End
THE OLD HOME TOWN
DALLAS—Marshalling of resourc-
es and human forces In the fight
against infantile paralysis will cli-
max in celebration of President
Roosevelt's 60th birthday, Friday,
January 30, throughout Texas.
State headquarters for the cele-
bration have been opened in the
Santa Fe building, Dallas, with W.
L. Clayton, Houston, the President’s
deputy Federal Loan Administrator,
as state chairman. The drive In
Texas starts off with more than
100 local chapters of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
and with a working nuclues in a
majority of the State’s 254 counties.
Announcement of opening of
campagin headquarters in Dallas
was made by George Waverly
Briggs, vice chairman in charge of
organization. Serving with Mr.
Briggs will be Mrs. George Pittman,
Dallas, and Mrs. Clara Driscoll,
Corpus Christ!, as vice chairmen;
W. Marion Newman, Dallas, secre-
tary; John E. Owens, treasurer;
Frank N. Watson, director of pub-
licity; E. V. Freeman, director of
organization and Arthur P. Dyer,
assistant to the vice chairman, all
of Dallas.
The 1841 celebration is hailed as
Here is what the U. S. Department of Agriculture means when it
urges farmers to help produce “stockpiles of food for use after the
war.” The upper picture shows barrels of dried milk, just as good a
year from now as today. The lower picture shows a warehouse filled
with huge drums of cheese, even better with aging. These farm
% products, plus condensed milk, dried milk, cured pork, and canned
meat and vegetables, constitute the stockpiles of defense food which,
says Secretary Claude R. Wickard, will be needed by hungry Europe
and “will exert the maximum influence at the peace conference table.
the “President’s Diamond Jubilee1 Nathan Adams, Dallas; Judge
Birthday” and will be observed! James V. Allred, Houston; Charles
throughout the mainlands and pos- IF. Ashcroft, Sulphur Springs; Mrs.
sessions of the nation. With the ad- | J. K. Beretta, San Antonio; Ross
vent of the United States in the Boothe, Gonzales; Dr. N. D. Buie,
war demands for the protection and Marlin; John W. Carpenter, Dallas;
care of children suffering from in
fantile paralysis is of vital Im-
portance to the defense of the
country.
Celebrations this year will take
on almost every known form of
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irter No. 7306
Reserve District No. 11
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF SHAMROCK
f the State of Texas, at the close of business on December 31, 1941,
published in response to call made by Comptroller of the Currency,
under Section 5211, U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
#. Loans and discounts (including $806.23 overdrafts) .......$375,893.00
2 United States Government obligations, direct
and guaranteed .........--......................... ^,721.62
3. Obligations of States and political subdivisions .......... 55,696.54
5. Corporate stocks, including stock of Federal. Reserve bank . 2,400.00
cash, balances with other banks, including reserve
balance, and cash items in process of collection...... 350,680.70
7. Bank premises owned $20,000.00, urniture and
fixtures $5,462.50 ...........-...............-.......... 25,462.50
8. Real estate owned other than bank premises ..........™- 2 00
Other assets ----------------------------------------------- 131.44
12. TOTAL
ASSETS ...............-.........................$885987.80
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships
w and corporations -------------.....................—$663,258.11
14 Time deposits of individuals, partnerships,
and corporations -------------------------------------- 56,751.10
15. Deposits of United States Government
(including postal savings) ........................... 4,028.16
Deposits of States and political subdivisions ............. 40,000.00
17. Deposits of banks —...........-.........................
18. Other deposits (certified and cashier’s checks, etc.) ------ 4,523.96
*1
TOTAL DEPOSITS --------------------------$772,361.33
i-
23. Other liabilities
31.90
25.
24. TOTAL LIABILITIES .......-............................$772,393.23
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock:
(a) Class A preferred, total par $15,000.00,
retirable value $15,000.00 ----------
(Rate of dividends on retirable value is 3%)
u (c) Common stock, total par----$35,000.00
„ , _____ 31,500.00
26- SurPlus .....-.................................... 27 094 57
27. Undivided profits ......................-................- 27’ua4“>7
28. Reserves (and retirement account for preferred stock) — 5,000.00
50,000.00
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ..........................$113,594.57
By
Virginia
Anderson
Mrs. Gerald Mayfield was looking
at the picture in LIFE magazine
last week of Churchill adressing
Congress and saw Congressman
Worley in the second row. We had
quite a time finding a copy but
finally uncovered one and it sure
looks like Gene in the picture.
W. L. CLAYTON, Chairman
vitatlon to all interested In giving
aid to infantile paralysis victims to
get in touch with state headquar-
ters.
Governor Coke Stevenson has ac-
cepted honorary chairmanship for
the State and heads the 1942 state
committee. Others named to the
committee by Chairman Clayton are
Movie actor Tex Ritter stopped
in Shamrock last Sunday en route
to Amarillo; he was hunting for
his wife and son. Ritter and his
daughter were in one car and Mrs.
Ritter and son were in a station
wagon. They became separated in
the traffic on Highway 66 and Rit-
ter arrived in Shamock hun)ting
for the other half of his family.
Evidently it came out all right
for we saw a story In the Amarillo
paper Monday about Mr. and Mrs.
Ritter visiting the Preventoriam
Sunday afternoon.
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OIL INDUSTRY HAS
BIG YEAR IN 1941
Is there anyone in town not wor-
ried oyer closing out books and
making out income tax reports?
We’re going to start work again
on getting our birth certificate.
648 WELLS COMPLETED AND
981 LOCATIONS STAKED
IN PANHANDLE AREA
Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth; R. B.
Creager, Brownsville; Col. J. W.
Evans, Houston; Abe Goldberg, Port
Arthur; I. E. Gross, Greenville; R.
E. Harding, Fort Worth; W. P. Hob-
by, Houston; Frank G. Huntress,
PAMPA—The year 1941 was one
of the most active in recent years
for the Panhandle oil field. A total
of 648 new oil and gas wells were
completed during the year.
ball teams were comp.enuy comuseu New locations staked during 1941
rr,,0ori0Tr oC wHatp thPir matches reached the total of 981. Nearly 100
Tuesday as to where their matci e drilling ahead but with a skeleton crew,
were to be played. Quail players | wells are^now drilling aneacL 2 m barrels.
The Quail and Mobeetie basket-
ball teams were completely confused
dependent operator with large hold-
ings in the Panhandle field, were
to leave for Washington, where
they plan to attend a price hearing
and also contact Petroleum Co-ordi-
nator Harold Ickes.
Tlie association representatives
will ask Price Administrator Leon
Henderson for an increase in the
price of Panhandle crude oil which
is 10 cents per barrel under other
Mid-Continental fields.
A total of 13 new wells were test-
ed and given open flow potentials
during the Christmas week, al-
Pampa office of the
entertainment. The annual balls |san Antonio; Burris C. Jackson,
will be held in cities and many | Hillsboro; Jesse H. Jones,JWashing-
of the rural communities. Athletic
games will be sponsored in the
schools and musicals and festivals
of variety will be sponsored by
church and social groups.
Texas state committee headquar-
ters have been set up at 511 Santa
Fe building, Dallas, from which in-
formation can be obtained relative
to organizing! celebration parties
throughout the State. Vice Chair-
man Briggs has extended an in-
ton, D. C.; I. H. Kemper, Galveston;
Roy Miller, Corpus Christi; E. L.
Kurth, Lufkin; Mrs. Edwin T. Phil-
lips, Fort Worth; Ross D. Roger,
Amarillo; Mrs. Volney W. Taylor,
Brownsville and Arch S. Underwood
of Lubbock.
Mrs. Pittman will have direct
supervision of women’s work
throughout the State. Permanent
chapters will be sought in every
county in the State.
thought the game was scheduled at
Mobeetie and Mobeetie players
started out for Quail, believing the
game was to be played there.
Both teams met in Shamrock and
the double-header cage game was
battled out on the local gym court
with Mobeetie boys winning over
the Quail boys’ team and Quail girls
defeating Mobeetie girls.
though the Pampa office of
Railroad Commission was working
with a skeleton crew. New oil to-
it is doubtful if many of the re- j taled 2,133 barrels,
maining “paper” locations will be- Hoping that drilling may be con-
come drilling tests because of the | tinued, Panhandle operators filed 18
It seems that more older men
want to join the army and navy
than younger men. The fellows who
were in World War I really wish
they could enlist; they feel their
experience would prove more val-
uable than that of inexperienced
rookies.
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new federal regulations. On paper j new locations last week Twelve
_ _ .. , „ «nnr InmoHrmo 11101*0 ill Hllt.P.nl
in the office of the Texas Railroad the new locations were in Hutchm-
Commission the locations can be ' son County, three in Gray Co'“n y
drilled, but unless material is made and one in Wheeler County. Dan-
available they can not be spudded.
Operators m the Panhandle are
waiting for clarification of the fed-
eral order. They feel that the 40-
acre spacing rule can not possibly
be meant for an oil field, such as
the Panhandle, where few 40-acre
tracts are still undrilled.
Ollie Herrman of Amarillo, presi-
dent of the Panhandle Producers
and Royalty Owners Association;
Ray Johnson, associate attorney,
and Harry Stekoll of Dallas, in-
ube Oil Company announced plans
for six new wells on their Sanford
lease in Hutchinson County.
Plural
Up until this week we would read
about the severe Russians winters
and feel so fortunate that we re-
sided in a temperate part of the
world. Temperate! Tempermental
is more like it. The Russian winters
couldn’t be this cold.
FREE BOOK ON
RECTAL AILMENTS
Here is good news. A new 122-
page, up-to-the-minute book on
Piles, Fistula and other related rec-
tal and colon ailments—will be
sent free for the asking. It may
save you much suffering, as well
as time and money. Write today-
naming ailments—to The Me
Cleary Clinic, 6100 Elms Blvd.,
Excelsior Springs, Mo.
.3U
CENTER
By Mildred Ogle
We are are sorry to lose Mr. and
Mrs. L. J. Prescott and daughter,
Juanita, who have moved to Mo-
beetie to make their home. We wish
them success in their new home.
Mrs. Berry Strange who has been
ill for the past week, is much im-
proved.
Delores Greenhil! who was ill
last week of influenza, is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell and family re-
turned home Sunday evening from
two-weeks vacation in the Rio
Grande valley where they visited
his father.
Peggy Kelley visited in the home
of Mildred Henderson over the
week-end.
-o-
hands it will take some time to get
it out.
PAKAN
By Dorothy Hrnciar
Notice!
SAMN0RW00D
By Mrs. C. W. Fritts
30. TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ......$885,987.80
!' • ” MEMORANDA
^1. Pledged assets (and securities loaned) (book value):
United States Government obligations, direct and
guaranteed, pledged to secure deposits
and other liabilities „____________________________ 101)00.00
(b) Other assets pledged to secure deposits and other
liabilities (Including notes and bills rediscounted
and securities sold under repurchase agreement) - 33,053.40
TOTAL...........................................$ 43,053.40
32. Secured liabilities:
♦ (a) ^“"Vts secured by pledged assets
* pursuant to requirements of law----..........---- 40,000.00
TOTAL _________________________________.....----$ 40,000.00
rfTATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF WHEELER, ss:
I, Chas. B. Perry, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief.
CHAS. B. PERRY, Cashier.
CORRECT—ATTEST:
m W. S. PENDLETON, J. F. SANDERS, JAS. F. SMITH, Directors.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of January, 1942.
WM. KYLE, Notary Public.
(SEAL)
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Charlie Austin of Denton visited
a short time last Tuesday with his
brother-in-law and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Carrell, and with
friends. Mr. Austin formerly lived
at Plymouth, he came up for a
truck load of maize.
Quentin Fritts took his sister Mae
Jean back to Canyon Saturday
where she attend W. T. S. C. Bill
Whitfield also accompanied them
and will work on an NYA project.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Morrow
and Mr, and Mrs. H. C. Morrow
Visited last week at Lamesa with
old friends.
Quentin Fritts leaves this week
for Lubbock where he will be in-
ducted ih the navy.
Theone Parker returned to Can-
yon Sunday where she is atteiiding
W. T. S. C. She spent the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Theo Parker.
Sergeant D. C. Clement of Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Carey Clement
and sons, last week.
Larry Sanders left for Canyon
Sunday where he is enrolled in
college. He spent the holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G.
Sanders.
Mr. and Mrs. Erb Brown of Can-
yon visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Throckmorten and fam-
ily, and his relatives. They attended
the funeral of Mr. Brown’s brother-
in-law, Willie Voyles, at Dozier last
Thursday.
There is quite a lot of cotton yet
to be pulled in their vicinity. With
the’ bad weather and scarcity of
Betty Ftak returned to her home
in Amarillo Monday after spending
the Christmas holidays with her
mother, Mrs. Anna Ftak, and broth-
er, Paul.
Paul Macina transacted business
in Wheeler Saturday.
Miss Sybil Gidden, former assis-
tant home demonstration agent, and
Miss Evelyn Plummer, new asistant
agent, were callers in the home of
Miss Dorothy Mertel Thursday.
Mrs. Christina Pakan and sons,
Edward and Dusan, were visitors in
Wheeler Friday.
Godfrey Cadra left Sunday after-
noon for Lubbock where he is at-
tending Texas Tech. He spent the
holidays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Cadra and family.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Frye and
family of Magic City visited irl the
John Hrnciar home Sunday.
Paul Macina and sons, Dan and
Bob, drove to Amarillo Friday and
Bob continued on to Lubbock where
he is a student at Texas Tech.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Johnson and
daughters of Lefors were callers in
the Hrnciar home Tuesday,
Due to war conditions, the government has found it ne-
cessary to place many restrictions upon the manufacture
of automobiles, tires, and automobile parts. This short-
age of materials has made it necessary for us to discon-
tinue our credit and collection system.
Effective immediately, all automobile
repairs, parts, and accessories will be
sold only for CASH.
BUT—We have arranged a plan with General Motors
Acceptance Corporation whereby all repair bills amount-
ing to $30.00 or more may be paid in easy monthly pay-
ments through the
Back to His Job
GMAC Budget Plan
You can now put your car in perfect
mechanical condition and
PAY YOUR REPAIR BILLS in INSTALLMENTS
Fortunately we have a large stock of parts on hand and
our factory-trained mechanics are BEST-FITTED to do
your work. We invite you to come in for our estimate.
A United States sailor, hurriedly
summoned to return to his post fol-
lowing the Japanese attack on U. S.
territory in the Pacific Ocean, kisses
his girl goodbye before boarding a
train at Pennsylvania Station, New
York City,
Montgomery Chevrolet
Shamrock, Texas
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 69, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942, newspaper, January 8, 1942; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528947/m1/3/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.