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1 TO FORM DEFENSE
• FIRE DEPARTMENT
\YOR WALKER CALLS MEET
FOR 8 O’CLOCK MONDAY
[g NIGHT AT FIRE HALL
AU able-bodied men of Sham-
Irock are requested by Mayor Bill
I Walker to attend a meeting called
[for 8 o’clock Monday night at the
~{fe Hall when an Auxiliary Fire
[Department will be organized as
[another step in perfecting a local
[Defense program.
The auxiliary fire group, identical
those being formed in towns and
6s all over the United States,
dll be separate from the regular
Volunteer fire department. It will
ave its own chief, marshal, and
Officers. Purpose of the auxiliary
|,ip of fire fighters is to assist
regular volunteer fire depart-
nent during emergencies which
night be brought on by the war.
“The need of forming a large, ef-
ficier
tlfe
ItAK time is very important," said
flayor Walker. “Most of us are
(inclined to think the time when we
■will need such an organization is a
[long way off but in the light of sud-
Iden moves by our enemies we cannot
IbPcertain of this by any means.
[Let’s get organized now and be pre-
I pared for any emergency. As the
old saying goes, it’s better to have
I something and not need it than to
|nwd it and not have it.
*'he plan is to organize four or
[five groups of auxiliary firemen and
[place each group in charge of a lo-
jcal fire man who has attended fire
[fighting schools held at Texas A
|cSj»M College. The groups would
Inmet about once a week for instruc-
Jtion and drills, and to get actual
[experience with the equipment. On
[completion of the instuction, the
[groups would become self govern-
Ti#
JESS SWINK ASKS
. FOR SECOND TERM
[POPULAR COUNTY SHERIFF IS
GRATEFUL FOR ASSISTANCE
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Given his office
J ®ess. Swink authorized announce-
Fmerit of his candidacy for a second
terrrrttt the following settlement to
voters: i •;
“I have no extended comment to
I cjfer,” was the sheriff’s opening
remark. “I feel that 1 have done
my best, under the existing circum-
stances, in every official act per-
formed by me since assuming the
duties of sheriff. My record is open
tfltyhe public and its careful exam-
ination is invited.
“The fine people of this county, in
my opinion, are capable of deciding
JESS SWINK
how I have served them as sheriff.
“Naturally, I hope their verdict will
be favorable to me, because I have
(£ed honestly and conscientiously
to serve them faithfully and trust
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ilGHTWATCHMAN TO
PATROL SCOUT HUT
In the past few weeks there has
been quite a bit of destruction at
j the Boy Scout Hut and upon com-
nts of the Scouts and parents,
nightwatchman will make reg-
> uiar rounds every night to guard the
’ property.
W. K. McLemore, city marshal,
stated today any person or persons
igMind at the Scout Hut after night
vffll be presecuted to the fullest ex-
tent of the law.
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CIVIC CLUB ENJOYS
MUSICAL PROGRAM
Misses Ruthie BuBose and Fon-
tilla Montgomery and Billy Ryan,
students of Mrs. Cabot. Brannon,
entertained members and guests of
Ihe Boosters Club at their regular
wlekly luncheon meeting Wednes-
day with piano numbers.
Rev. A. C. Haynes was in charge
of the program, and guests were
Rev. L. O. Leet of Dallas and Rev.
iP, Mathews.
TfteSHAMRUCK
TEXAN
VOL. 38
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THUSRDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942
NO. 80
METHODIST CHURCH
DEDICATION TO BE
CONDUCTED SUNDAY
BISHOP IVAN LEE HOLT WILL
BE HERE FOR SPECIAL
WORSHIP SERVICE
Cool-Headedness Averts
Explosion South Of City
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of Dallas,
Bishop of the Northwest Texas
Methodist Conference, will conduct
the dedication service of the First
Methodist church here Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock.
Many out-of-town people and for-
mer church members are expected
to be present for the ceremony
which celebrates the 41st anniver-
sary of the church organization.
A forceful speaker, Bishop Holt is
one of the Southwest’s most prom-
inent churchmen and Is a leader in
the national organization of the
Methodist church. A cordial invi-
tation is extended to the public to
hear Bishop Holt Sunday morning.
The special order of worship and
the entire ritual will be printed on
the church bulletin In order that
those attending may be able to fol-
low the service.
Special music by the adult choir
will include two anthems, “Oh God.
The Rock of Ages," and "Before
Thy Cross.”
A number of former pastors are
Heavy property damage and per-
haps serious injury to Mrs. J. C.
Tinsley and a lady companion, were
averted Sunday aftemon by the
quick thinking and bravery of John-
ny Needham, employee of the Star-
key Electric Co., of Wellington.
Needham was running butane gas
from his truck into a tank at the
residence of Neylon Morgan, son-in-
law of Mrs. Tinsley, who lives about
250 yards from Mrs. Tinsley’s home,
five miles south of Shamrock on U.
S. Highway 83, when a spark from
the motor on Needham’s truck ig-
nited a hose connecting the two
tanks.
Needham's truck was parked be-
tween the Tinsley and Morgan
I homes. Discovering the gas hose
j ablaze, he. raced to Morgan’s tank
On Draft Board
DEDICATION KELTON
METHODIST CHURCH
TO BE HELD SUNDAY
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HEALD RESIDENT
and cut the gas off, shouted instruc-
' tions to Mrs. Tinsley to extinguish
| all gas connections in her house, and
drove his blazing truck about 100
j yards away from the two houses.
Mrs. Tinsley sent a passer-by to
j report the fire to the Shamrock fire
department and flames were shoot-
I lng out 50 feet from the truck’s bu-
tane tank when the fire truck and
Shamrock firemen arrived a few
minutes later.
The blowing of a pop-off valve on
the gas tank is all that averted an
explosion, the flame dying out after
the butane gas was exhausted. The
fire has lasted 35 minutes. As soon
RITES FOR MRS. DOUGHERTY
HELD MONDAY AFTERNOON
AT CH’TttClI OF CHRIST
Residents of the Heald commun-
ity were saddened Sunday when
Mrs. Callie Louisa Webster Dough-
erty passed away at her home in
Heald. She was the wife of J. W.
Dougherty, who survives, and the
couple had resided in Heald since
1917, moving from Cook county.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Heald Church of Christ
Monday afternoon at 3 o’clock with
ReV. Jack Hardcastle officiating.
Burial was in the McLean ceme-
tery.
Pallbearers were Everett Watson,
Jack Bailey, Arthur Davis, Julian
Holder, Josh Chilton and Loyd
Hinton. Flower attendants were
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Weekly Texan
Makes Debut
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ROTARIANS HEAR
CHINA MISSIONERY:
% This hi the first edition of The
Texan as: af weekly, and we hope
yon like it
The newspaper is now being de-
livered through the postoffice, our
city carrier service having been
discontinued with the suspension
of our Monday edition. The Texan
is now being published on Thurs-
day and will be delivered to you
at the postoffice or by mail carrier
along with your other mail, Fri-
day morning.
Mail subscription prices for the
present are $1.50 per year, 85c for
six months and 50c for three
months. All subscriptions must
be paid in advance and if you
have not already subscribed for
the weekly Texan do so at once
so you will not miss'any copies.
City subscribers who were paid in
advance on the semi-weekly have
been given full credit on the basis
of prices being charged for the
new weekly.
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AMERICA WILL FIND CHINESE
PEOPLE TRUE ALLY, SAYS
FATHER FRANK LEWIS
“China is one of the best friends
that America has ever had, and
money that we have spent for relief
and development of that country
will now, during this war, come back
to us many fold.”
This statement was made by Fa-
ther Frank Lewis of Canadian,
Catholic missionary who spent eight
years in China, in an address at
the local Rotary Club luncheon
meeting Friday.
Father Lewis told of many Inter-
esting and amusing customs and
pecularities of the Chinese and
stressed the admiration and respect
that the natives have for America.
“The Chinese do not have mod-
em fighting equipment, but they
have a peculiar style of fighting
that, as everyone knows, has been
BRIDGE SCHOOL TO
OPEN MONDAY NIGHT
RUFUS STEELE, NATIONALLY
KNOWN CONTRACT EXPERT,
TO CONDUCT COURSE
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ONE-THIRD REVENUES
PAGE AD GIVEN BAND
One-third of the money paid by
Shamrock citizens for a page ad-
vertisement in today’s paper, con-
gratulating the First Methodist
church on its dedicatory service to
pe held Sunday, has been turned
over by the newspaper to the Sham-
rock Band Parents Association. The
band parents sponsored the page ad,
although persons solicited to take
spaces on the page were not inform-
ed of this as the band parents did
not wish to have the advertisement
considered a “donation”. The band
parents take this means of thanking
those signing the congratulatory ad.
The mefnbership of the Methodist
church had nothing to do with sel-
ling the ad.
<
The 1935 Forum club is sponsor-
ing a bridge school beginning Mon-
day night, with Rufus Steele, fa-
mous contract bridge authority, giv-
ing the instruction.
Steele conducted a school here
two years ago and it proved so pop-
ular that the Forum club decided
to have a similar class. The school
will be held five nights, Monday
through Friday, starting at 7:30
o’clock, and the classes will be held
at the South Ward school building.
Admission charge for the entire
five classes is $2 and persons wish-
ing to take the instruction are ask-
BISHOP IVAN LEE HOLT WILL
DELIVER SERMON ENDING
ALL-DAY PROGRAM
Dedication service for the Kel-
ton Methodist church will be
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock
by Bishop Ivan Lee Holt, accord-
ing to announcement made today
by Rev. Marlin G. Brotherton.
An interesting program has been
arranged in connection with the
dedication service with church
school opening at 11 o’clock. At
12 o’clock, Rev. U. S. Sherrill of
Quitaque, a former pastor of the
Kelton church, will deliver a sermon.
A picnic style lunch will be serv-
ed at 1:30 o’clock.
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt will deliver
the dedication sermon at 3 o’clock.
The Kelton church was construc-
ted In March of 1941 and the first
service in the new building was held
In April. This Is the only building
that the Methodist congregation
has ever owned in the Kelton com-
munity.
The building campaign was start-
Work Is Begun On
Edition Dedicated
To Men In Service
ft
Work is under way on the special Patriotic edition of
The Texan to be published next Thursday and dedicated
to the men of Shamrock and vicinity who are in the armed
services of their country.
Purpose of the edition is to “pep up” our young men
in service and to show them in an impressive manner that
the folks back home are proud of them for the sacrifices
they are making. A copy of the edition which will carry
scores of pictures and articles about the local soldiers,
sailors and marines, will be mailed by The Texan free of
charge to every local young man in service whose address
is obtainable.
Bishop Holt
P. T. Boston, owner and manager
of the local Piggy Wiggly store,
was last week appointed as a mem-
ber of the Wheeler County Draft
board. Boston will fill the vacancy
created through the resignation of ed during the pastorate of Rev. O. C.
H. B. Hill, who had served since ’ Coppage in 1940 and completed
the board was formed. Boston will during the pastorage of Rev. Bro-
serve with Tom Britt, chairman, therton.
and Oliver Elliott.
COUNTY BOYS BUY
REGISTERED CALVES
THIRTY-ONE HEIFERS TO BE
RAISED UNDER NEW FSA
DAIRY PROGRAM
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Thirty-one Wheeler County 4-H
dub Boys and Future Farmers- drew
names of calves this week which
they are to purchase under the Jun-
ior Dairy Improvement Program.
The program, which is being fin-
anced by the Farm Security Admin-
istration, with the cooperation of
Extension Service workers and Vo-
cational Agriculture instructors, is
being brought to this county as an
experiment in boosting the dairy
herds throughout the nation.
The 31 calves already purchased
and for which the boys drew this
week, were bought through the
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce,
which will later be reimbursed by
the Farm Security Administration.
The calves were purchased at Fort
Worth and are of the Zenith Sul-
tan, Agatha, Tormentor breeding.
All have more than a 600 pound
butter fat production record under
bonded test.
The boys will purchase the calves
and pay for them from the sale of
products. The calves will be han-
dled under direction of vocational
agriculture instructors and the
county agent and his assistant.
More calves will be purchased
when the program gets well under-
way.
Names of boys who bought calves
this week are:
B-6—Frank Mitchell, Wheeler;
K-10—R. L. Zybach, Briscoe; K-37
IEW W. DAVIDSON
SUCCUMBS MONDAY
All former pastors, members,
friends and the public are cordially
invited to be present at all the ser-
vices during the day.
Quoting from the' scripture, Rev.
Brotherton said: "Come thou with
us, and we will do thee good: for
the Lord hath spoken good con-
cerning Israel.”
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RITES FOR YOUTH WILL BIS
HELD FRIDAY MORNING
IN ELDORADO, KANS.
Funeral services for Lew W. Da-
vidson, Jr., will be conducted at
Eldorado, Kansas, Friday morning
at 10 o’clock. Young Davidson, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Lew W. Davidson,
Sr., of Dallas, passed away at 4:30
o’clock Monday afternoon at Che-
nute Field, Indiana.
Davidson had been working in
Shamrock for several months as a
tool dresser for the Elbor, Corp.,
and volunteered for service in the
U. S. Air Corps around December
1, 1941. He had worked in Sham-
rock once before, in 1939, and had
many friends here.
The popular youth’s death was
caused by pneumonia which devel-
oped following measles. He had
been ill three weeks.
Lew was 22 years old. Besides his
parents, he is survived by one sis-
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Selective Service
Office Be Open To
Public Wednesdays
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J. F. Taylor
Doing His Bit
For Defense
J. F. Taylor, state highway super-
The Wheeler County draft board
has designated Wednesday of each
week as a special day for the public
to contact the members on prob-
lems concerning the draft and reg-
istration
Tom Britt, chairman of the board,
pointed out that the members had
an unusually heavy amount of work
to complete each week and he urg-
ed the public to comply with the
request that they wait until Wed-
nesday to take care of any business
DAY OF PRAYER WILL
BE OBSERVED FRIDAY [ a two-hour session.
Taylor consented
The Woman’s Society of Christian
Service of the First Methodist
church will observe a World’s Day
of Prayer Friday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock at the church and the pub-
lic is cordially invited to attend.
All women of the vicinity who
would like to attend the special ob-
servance are welcome to do so.
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NOTICE
A representative will be in the
Shamrock Chamber of Commerce
office all day Friday to make out
applications on the rural health
program. If a sufficient number of
applications are made, the program
will be inaugurated in Wheeler
County within a short time.
intendent, is one man who is doing ’ witfi the board,
his bit for defense. Taylor, a Red No one board member can make
Cross First Aid Instructor, is spend- a decision, Britt pointed out, only
ing four nights a week conducting two or three members can decide a
classes in first aid and each class is I question. On Wednesdays there will
1 be at least two members In the of-
to conduct the 1 floe at Wheeler to work out prob-
Legion Auxiliary class and there lems confronting those who are in-
was such a demand for First Aid in- terested in the draft,
struction Taylor found it impossi- Britt stated that on the recent
ble to take care of all the various registration, order numbers would
groups planning to take the course, not be drawn until around the first
However he took on the Rotary of March and it would be some
class which opened Tuesday night, time after that until county men
The class Is meeting Tuesday and were classified.
Friday nights at the Red Cross -o-
headquarters over the Pendelton NOTICE
Drug store. Men interested are The Wheeler County Home Dem-
asked to contact any member of the onstration Council will have a spe-
Rotary club. There can be 25 mem-
bers in each class.
Anyway Taylor is devoting a great
deal of his time to defense and he
isn’t kicking because every person
who carries a first aid card means
greater safety for the public.
cial open-house and tea Monday af-
ternoon honoring Mrs. A. O. Krug,
the former Miss Viola Jones. The
tea will be given in the home of
Mrs. J. M. Porter at Wheeler from
2 o’clock until 5. The public Is in-
vited to attend.
Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of Dallas
will conduct dedication services at
both Shamrock and Kelton Metho-
dist churches Sunday, speaking here
at 11 o’clock Sunday morning and at
Kelton at 3 o’clock In the afternoon.
Bishop Holt is one of the state's
most prominent churchmen and •
forceful speaker.
Why Ration
Auto Tires,
Asks Royce!
Somebody managed to get two
new automobile tires here Satur-
day without the consent of the
Wheeler County Rationing Board
and while the board took the news
calmly, Royce Lewis, local Conoco
agent, Is pretty “het up” about it.
It happened the tires belonged
to Lewis and were supposed to go
on his pick-up truck. They were
stolen from Raymond York’s Con-
tinental Service Station storehouse
Saturday night. Entrance was
gained by breaking a window.
Raymond lost eight cases of
Conoco “Nth” oil, valued at about
$35, and is pretty mad since he
can’t get any more canned oil
when his present stock Is exhaust-
ed. Oil will be delivered in bulk
In the future. Raymond gets lit-
tle consolation out of the fact the
burglars passed up about 40 more
cases of oil. He figures they were
frightened away before they had
time to load the rest of the oil as
they had moved several cases over
close to the storehouse door.
Another purpose of the Patriotic
edition will be to arouse the folks
here at home to the Importance of
the tasks ahead and to show them
how they can contribute to the war
effort.
It will be the first edition of Its
kind to be published In the South-
west, as far as The Texan knows, al-
though a half dozen Eastern news-
papers have employed this means of
arousing the public to war con-
scienceness, with amazing results.
Most people will want to save their
copy of this edition for months and
years, and refer to it from time to
time as news is received about the
activities of our young men. Per-
sons wishing extra copies are asked
to leave their orders at The Texan
office at once. Copies will be 5c
each at The Texan or 10c each mail-
ed anywhere in the United States.
Postage to foreign countries will be
extra.
The Texan asks parents and
friends of the men in service to leave
their addresses at The Texan office
so we can mail them their free cop-
ies. The Texan will mail them free
to local men in service anywhere in
the world.*
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NOTED LECTURER TO
SPEAK HERE MARCH 6
SI
Dfe. CHARLES BARKER WILL
APPEAR UNDER AUSPICES
OF ROTARY CLUB
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Four million adults, three million
high school students, and probably
a naif million college students have
been inspired by the addresses of
Dr. Charles K Barker, lecturer and
teacher of the principles of health
and right living, in the quarter can- ’
tury he has devoted to this work.
Dr. Barkyr is coming to Sham-
rock on March 6 to give a series of
three talks under the auspices of
the Rotary Club.
Dr. Barker holds university de-
grees as doctor of hygiene and phy-
sical culture. While William How-
ard Taft was president of the
United States, Dr. Barker spent an
hour a day with him, keeping him
fit for his job. Then began his
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NEW PROCESS IS DISCOVERED
FOR MAKING CHILDREN’S
ARTIFICIAL LIMBS
A new process for making arti-
ficial legs and arms Includes the
use of plastic made from the stamp
pulp. The ink dye of the stamps is
extracted before the stamps are
pulped.
This new discovery has been of
great value to England as count-
less British children, crippled dur-
ing the war, can be supplied with
artificial limbs. All Americans are
urged to add used stamps to their
household salvage articles.
The coloring matter from stamps
is not obtainable from any other
English source and it is sold to the
British government, the proceeds be-
ing used to provide beds and other
necessities for the children’s hospi-
tal wards.
Just tear off the part of the en-
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BAND PARENTS WILL
MEET MONDAY NIGHT
Claude Montgomery, president of
the Irish Band Parents Assn., urg-
es all members to attend a meet-
ing at the Band House, called for
8 o’clock Monday night. He indi-
cated a financial report would be
made, showing the organization is
well on the way to raising its bud-
get for the year.
DR. CHARLES E. BARKER
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lecture work devoted to the young
people of the United States and
Canada and to their parents.
Millions of high-school students
and their mothers and fathers
have listened to his addresses on
the problems of youth and parent-
hood
hood.
Since going on the lecture plat-
form he has delivered over 11,500
addresses.
Without any effort at preaching
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ANNUAL CEMETERY
DUES MUST BE PAID
Bill
All lot owners of the Shamrock
cemetery are urged to pay their
annual dues to Mrs. D. F. Spruill,
treasurer of the organization, as
soon as possible.
Work on clearing the weeds from
the lots will start in March and it
is necessary that all lot owners have
their dues paid by that time.
Owners who wish to care for their
lots themselves are urged to do so
this spring so the entire cemetery
will be In better appearance.
The annual dues are small and
thooe why pay are relieved of the
necessity of oaring for their lots.
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