The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, March 9, 1944
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamrock, Texas
Page Three
THE CAMPUS MIRROR
Official Publication of Shamrock Public Schools
Thursday, March 9, 1944
WE SALUTE!
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
lute Of The Week
goes to Dallas Clynch. Dallas was
home last week, and It certainly
seemed natural for his face to be
cen. smiling through the halls.
I Dallas is stationed at Abilene, and
i is a Corporal in Uncle Sam’s Army.
) Corporal Clynch left Wednesday,
and we believe he will be sent over-
'eas soon.
We really miss you, Dallas, and
wish you were back playing foot-
I ball for dear old S.H.S. But, it
j won’t be long now until you and
! all the other boys will be coming
| back home to peace and happiness,
and we welcome that day, and hope
it will be very soon.
Best of luck, Corporal Clynch.
This week our salute of the week I May you ever make a perfect play
fop Uncle Sam, as you did when
playing football in S.H.S.
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In Memory Of Morris
We, the students of Shamrock
High School, grieved this week, be-
cause of the loss of one of our best
loved companions and fellow stu-
dents, Morris Staggs.
We miss Morris more than one
might think. We miss his smile
that seemed to be so much a part
of him and our every day life.
That seat across the aisle on the
front that was once so full of life
\seems so empty. It is hard to
think that it will remain so. Our
sympathy and understanding to-
ward his family cannot be express-
ed in words. It is with grieved and
broken hearts that we face the
weeks of getting use to his absence.
We, the student body of Shamrock
I Will Come Home
Again
Out here, I hope; out here, I
think.....out here, I dream of
their make-up won’t stay on. Say, Plash—Milton Gierhart is home
what am I saying? This is sup-1 on leave—It is rumored that he and
Jean Garritson will take that “won-
derful step.” Yes. they will prob-
High, hope that this poem will ex- ! Peace and coming home to my Job
press our feeling toward Morris and I.....and the girl I love —I will
might bring some comfort to those come home again!
most affected by his death.
The world seems somewhat dark
today;
The sun doesn’t shine so bright,
Because the day you went away
A beam was lost from sight.
It seems that God had need of
you,
But how we need you, too!
He searched the whole world
through
And found no one else would do.
deeds and your friendly
Your memory, though, still is
here,
Your
smile,
And we can thank you. Dear God
That we had him for awhile.
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High School Honor
Roll
Would your car take-off and fly with
100-0CTANE GASOLINE?
I had a strange dream last night,” said the en
A-Card Driver. "Somehow 1 got a tankfulof 100-octane
gasoline; and when I left the gas station, my 1939
puddle-jumper had such fantastic pep and power that it
; took-off and sailed right over the head of the traffic cop. ’’
ough_ Flying Fortresses to drop 600 tons of bombs
on Berlin daily. And soon the figure will be stepped
Strange dream is right! Because strange as it seems,
today's 100-octane aviation gasoline will not greatly
improve the performance of today’s cars. Your present
engine was designed for the gasoline which was avail-
able at the time you bought your car, and 100-octane
would add little or nothing to its satisfactory operation.
When victory comes, however, automotive designers
will undoubtedly develop smaller, much higher com-
pression engines which will deliver remarkable mile-
age and power with post-war super fuels,
When that day arrives, Phillips will be ready be-
cause Phillips was onetof the first, and remains one of
the largest makers of high octane aviation fuels. Phillips
present production of 100-octane gasoline could fuel
up to an equivalent of gasoline sufficient to drop 800
tons of bombs per day on the German capital.
Actually, this American super fuel is not gasoline
made by ordinary refinery processes. It is a true syn-
thetic chemical, made by chemical |
made by chemical processes which
rearrange the petroleum hydrocarbon molecules.
That is why we say: Every
time you see the Phillips 66
Shield, let it remind you that
Phillips refineries, in addi-
tion to producing gasolines^
lubricants, and fad oils ., j
are also gigantic chemicalpiano
pouring out weapons for
victory.
Phillips Pbtkoleum Co,
Bartlesville, Ohla.
CARE FOR YOUR CAR ‘
FOR YOUR COUNTRY
FOR VICTORY... Buy U.S. War Bonds and Stamps
18 points (First Honor Roll)
James E. Bentley, Margaret Bre-
land, Alice J. Bullard, Wayne Car-
ver, Billie Clark, Wilton Cole, Mor-
gan Eoff, Maxine Ebellng, James
Hergerson, Ervin Holeman, Betty
Jean Hill, Glenna V. Hefley, Gwen-
dolyn Hale, Harold Landrum, Har-
old Lummus.
Bill Joe Montgomery, Inalou
Norwood, Bobby Jean Newby, Don
Powell, Robert Price, Josephine
Parrish, Evelyn Rollins, Proctor
Rollins, Media Mae See, Joel San-
ders, James P. Strlbllng, JuneVear-
ner, Donald Vearner, Johnny Walk-
er, Willie Wilson.
15 points (Second Honor Roll)
Charles Boston, Donald Briggs,
Ola Mae Darrow, Jackie Douglas,
Charles Gragg, Faye Hail, Bedford
Harrison, Muerner Harvey, Carlos
McMurtry, Joe Snell, Cardla Lee
Spurlock, Don Tipps, Joyce Wall,
Lin Welch, June Wischkaemper,
Joy Williams.
Junior High School Honor Roll
21 points (First Honor Roll)
Melba Ann Clynch, Rose Marie
Oldham, Ray Lacy Zeigler, Jeane
Isaacs, Troy Pool, Glenn Reeves,
Harold Sanders, Betty Sue Snell,
Wanda Jean Daughtry, Flora Isaacs,
Emeltne Williams, Frances Jo Hen-
derson, Charles Perry.
18 points (Second Honor Roll)
Doris Nell Betenbough, Mary
Haufmann, Charlotte Stevens,
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But not until my brothers' eyes
no longer watch a red sun rising
on Batan; not until men I’ve
marched and eaten with no longer
sleep beside forgotten beaches; not
while men who bled and died for
me are unavenged. No, not yet—
before we strike down the enemy
and gut hts ships and strip his
guns and break his will to hate and
lust and kill.
I’ll turn to the Job I want to do,
when I’m done with a Job that must
be done. I’ll be home again, when
I’m free of war and the restraints
of war.....when I’ll be free to
plan a future of my own, free to
build an even better America, an
even better world than the one I
have always known. Free to work
and be honored for my work In a
land where there will always be for
me and every man liberty, secur-
ity, and dignity.
That’s what war is. That’s what
VICTORY will be. That’s what I
want—when I come home.
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posed to be a flash column I
nasn—’ -pp we have a love af-
fair between Margie Lll and Troy.
What will become of it is still un-
known, but we expect early develop-
ments.
Flash—Study Hr .i—Betty Jo sits
and stares into space. Suddenly she
smiles. Who would be walking in,
but that one and only Bob Blake.
Flash—R. L. Roberts, Need I say
more?
Flash—Wonder who Is letting out
the dope on two certain basketball
girls who are supposed to letter?
Why, I thought that was a military
secret? How did It get past the
censor?
i.blv be seen walking down the
aisle any day—THE AISLE OF A
LOCAL THEATER—to see the lat-
est western. Ha, fooled you, didn’t I?
Flash—How did everyone make
out on the leap-year dance? Yes,
that’s what I thought you said.
Wonderful!
Junior High School
New*
What’s this we hear about Rena,
and J. Adams? I wonder if they will
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1* S.H.S. Failing?
Storm In Florida blew a young boy
out of bed. Bet there are some
mothers who would appreciate such
storms every morning.
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Then there Is the fellow who had
to leave his job because of illness.
Tjie boss got sick of him.
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"Just a reminder, sir,
that your help Is needed."
-REDDY KILOWATT
Your Electric Servant.
When visitors step into the cor-
ridors of Shamrock High School, I
wonder what their first Impression
Is? Do they think this Is a fine
school, fine student body, and best
of all faculties? Let’s hope they
do; but, if they could visit a day
in S.H.S. I’m afraid their opinion
would change, at least about the
fine student body.
What's happening to S.H.S.? It
Isn’t the same school It was five
years ago. What Is becoming of
the young men and women of our
school?
A person can leave money or gum
In his coat pocket and within thirty
minutes, it will be gone, A teacher
can leave her grade book In her
desk and within six hours It will,
also, be gone. It Is getting to the
place where we dare not trust our-
selves. It didn’t use to be that way.
Why must students lower them-
selves to the extent to steal?
Why can’t our young girls Jive
clean and pure lives? Why must
they slip out, during their dinner
hour, and smoke and tell vulgar
Jokes? Is this going to be the
America that our boys are giving
their lives for? Is this what they
are fighting for, the right to throw
our characters away, and Indulge
In things that are wrong? I’m afraid
not. They are fighting for the
America with clean, pure, people.
They are fighting for girls, who will
become their future wives — nice
girls. Do you know what the word
nice means? Webster gives this
definition of the word: nice means
delicate, sensitive, refined. There
Is a deeper meaning. It means a
person who is loved by everyone
and respected for her viewpoints.
A person who is a Christian and
not ashamed to admit It to her
fellowmen.
Why don’t you students of S.H.8.
set a goal for the rest of the year,
and see how near you can come to
reaching It? Make this school
proud of Its students. Make the
city of Shamrock proud of
its school system. Make the boys,
the students of yesterday, proud of
It. If there was ever a time when
we should do our best, it Is now.
Now, when America Is crying for
its youth to stand up for what is
right. If we want this country to
remain a Democracy we must do
everything we can to keep its
character clean. It has been said,
“What profiteth a man, if he gains
the whole world, and loses his own
soul?” What profiteth a nation, fel-
low students, If It gains the riches
of the world, and loses ITS own
soul?
—I’ontllla Montgomery.
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"THE RED CROSS never has jailed the Ameri-
can soldier. It has helped him in his hour of
danger, it has sustained him in his hour of pain,
and it has comforted him in his hour of death ”
Gen. Mac Arthur.
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This leaves no alternative. The job of every West Texan is
plain. It is to donate as liberally as possible to the Red Cross.
“Crashing Society’
The curtain will rise on the junior
play ‘Crashing Society,” March 10,
at 8:00. This promises to be one
of the best play3 ever presented by
a high school class.
Characters are: Adam Dunnlgan,
the husband and loyal subject-
played by Ralph Collinsworth; Elsie
Dunnlgan, the wife and ruler of
the Dunnlgan home—played by
Ruthle DuBose; Marguerite, their
older daughter—played by Mar-
jorie Osborne- George, their son-
played by Clell Gierhart; Chris-
tabel, their younger daughter-
played by Barbara Laycock;
Scruples-Scruples, their butler-
played by Marvin Tindall; Miss
Gadgett, the tutor—played by Jo
Anne Draper; Mr. Van Witherspoon,
leader In New York society—played
by Gilford Nolan; Mrs. Van With-
erspoon, his wlfe-^-played by Lin
Welch; Agatha Mulrooney—Vir-
tuoso—played by Oven Hale; and
Miss Louise Miller, the reporter-
played by Betty Jo Burks.
Don’t miss this “play of ail plays,”
tonight at the Clark jl litorium.
Come and see how theMBltmlaans
"Crash Society.”
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War is a testing laboratory and out of its crucible
come many refinements. Only those things will
survive that can prove their worth.
ne railroads have withstood this gruelling test. They made
the transition from peace to war quickly, without confusion
... and their amazing cooperation with our fighting forces
has won the admiration of all. -
Some day-may It come soon!—the transition from war
to peace will be accomplished. For that day, too, the rail-
roads are preparing.
On the ROCK ISLAND we are pledged to carry on through
' war' v,9orous,y and resolutely...to provide even finer
Minnie Mitcvll
Flash! The weather Is
damp; every one has strf
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and
hair;
Of travel corf,fori never before experienced.
Every transportation refinement that comes out of this cruci-
ble of war shall serve peacetime America.
MORI WAR IONOI
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ROCK ISLAND’S to It purposa ft to
provide (fit lino,I h frettporfofiot
Rock islan
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 9, 1944, newspaper, March 9, 1944; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529014/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.