The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Thursday, January 18, 1944
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, Shamroek, Texas
Page Three
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BROWN-HALL NUPTIAL
VOWS READ AT SAYRE
Announcement has been made of
marriage of Miss Irene Brown
and Sgt. Jack Hall on January 6.
The wedding took place at Sayre,
with the Rev. Willie Voigt officiat-
ing.
The bride Is the daughter of J. A.
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Brown, 412 East 15th Street, Ama-
rillo.
The groom is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Coy Hall of Shamrock, and
has completed his work at Central
Instructors School, Fort Meyers,
Fla., and is to report to Las Vegas,
Nev. He Is an aerial gunner and
aerial engineer on a B-17.
Mrs. Hall will Join her husband
An Open Letter
About Conservation Of Clothing!
Dear Customer:
You have realized for many years that your
clothes last longer, look better because they are
properly cleaned. For that reason, some of you who
once sent only your finest clothes to us, now send
all your garments to us to be cleaned./ You realize
that quality cleaning is a smart and necessary
economy. You know that you can depend upon us,
that we adhere to our high standards . . . And we
appreciate your loyalty.
DO YOUR PART . . .
CONSERVE YOUR CLOTHES
WITH QUALITY CLEANING
Superior Dry Cleaners
Phone 343
Next Door to City Hall
BIT MAYFIELD, Prop.
at a later date after he receives
orders and is stationed at a new
post.
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STROUD-YOUNG VOWS
EXCHANGED AT SAYRE
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Evelyn Stroud
and Mr. Owen Young.
The wedding was solemnized at
Sayre, December 31, with the Rev.
McDaniels, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, officiating.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Wess Stroud.
Mrs. Ida Mae Hembree was pres-
ent at the wedding.
MRS. W. R. WOOTEN IS
FORUM CLUB HOSTESS
The 1935 Forum Club met at the
home of Mrs. W. R. Wooten Thurs-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Ralph Cobum was leader
of the program and Introduced the
speaker, Mrs. R. M. Barkley, who
reviewed, 'The Story of Dr. Was-
sell," by James Hilton.
The group voted to give $5.00 to
the Red Cross to be used to fill
kit bogs for the soldiers.
Refreshments were served during
the social hour. Members present
were: Mmes. Barkley, Coburn, Sol
Blonsteln, Rufus Dodgen, Shirley
Draper, Winfred Lewis, Gus Left-
wlch, Ansel McDowell, A1 Ryan, S.
Q. Scott and Jack Shull.
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MRS. L. E. DEPEW HEADS
20TH CENTURY GROUP
The 20th Century Club met at
the home of Mrs. Herschel Glass
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. L. E. De-
Pew was leader and gave the pro-
| gram on “Meeting Today’s Prob-
| lems Through Federation.”
Officers were elected for the new
year with Mrs. L. E. DePew, presi-
| dent; Mrs. George Miller, vice-
president; Mrs. Glen La Due, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. W. R. Doty,
corresponding secretary; Mrs. R.
Glynn Bell, parliamentarian.
Refreshments were served during
the social hour to two guests, Mrs.
Bill Chandler and Mrs. Richard
Harvey and to the following mem-
bers: Mmes. J. M- Adams, Robert
Baxter, C. R. Bock, DePew, Doty,
R. F. Fry, La Due, Miller, M. M.
Nix, Tlsdal and T. C. Williams.
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Home Demonstration
Clubs Meet
The Three-Leaf Home Demon-
stration Club met at the I.O.OF.
Hall Friday for an all-day meeting.
A covered-dish luncheon was
served at the noon hour.
Mrs. Walter Williams presided
over the business session. The
group sang “America” and repeated
the club prayer in unison. Roll call
was answered with “The Thing In
My Home That Has Proved Most
Useful Through The Year."
Plans were discussed for the aft-
ernoon programs for 1944. Mrs. O.
T. Glasscock and Mrs. T. E. Burk-
halter were appointed to fill out
the new yearbooks.
The first council meeting for 1944
for the county demonstration clubs
will be held at Wheeler on Satur-
day, January 29.
Those present for the meeting
were: Mmes. Williams, Glasscock,
T. E. Burkhalter, J. E. Wilson, R.
Ti Hill and G. H. Burkhalter.
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Locals
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Albert of Elk
City, visited relatives In Shamrock
the past week.
Mrs. Clara Tull of Oklahoma
City, Is visiting In the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Oliver. Mrs. Tull is
Mr. Oliver’s sister.
Mrs. T. C. Davis made a trip to
Childless Tuesday to take her
daughter, Mrs. Charles Allen, who
will Join her husband, Lt. Charles
Allen, at Lake Charles, Louisiana.
Mrs. J. M. Walker and Mrs. Lena
Beard of Port Arthur, Texas,
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Brothers the past
week.
her sisters, Mrs. Tom Clay and
Mrs. Frank DuBose.
Mrs. Norwood Lyle, son, Sam, and
daughter, Judy, of Dumas, visited
relatives in Shamrock last week-
end. They went from here to Brus-
sard, La„ where they will visit be-
fore returning home.
Mrs. Lyle Holmes, Miss Mary
Elizabeth Pendleton and Mrs.
Cabot Brannon made a trip to
Oklahoma City to attend the Os-
car Levant concert Thursday eve-
ning.
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Grinning Natives
Welcome Marines
On Remote Isle
Mr. and Mrs. Valta Tarbet have
as their guest this week, her father,
Ed Grogan of San Francisco.
Mrs. Elmer Knox Jones and
daughter, Janet, of Wellington,
were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
DuBose over the week-end.
Locals And Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Boatright and
son, Donnie, spent the week-end
in Oklahoma City.
Thurman Adkins who is with the
OPA district office at Lubbock,
was in Shamrock with his family
this week.
James Glasscock, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Glasscock, was ill with
Stuart Tlsdal, treasurer; and Mrs. influenza the first of the week.
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Take It From The Boys At The Front
POST WAR JOBS
ARE IMPORTANT
He’s seen sights alright—sights that have burned to his
very core, sights that he’ll never forget as long as he lives.
He’s learned why some men fight long after they are unable
to carry the battle to the enemy—he’s learned why others
have quit when apparently they had no reason for giving up.
The look in a man’s eyes when he has nothing to look
forward to isn’t at all pleasant to see, He’s a piece of clay
without body or mind, he’s lost before the battle is joined.
That’s why the home-front should start making plans
now, looking toward the future when the boys come home
again. That’s why plans should be laid to give employment,
create jobs, build morale for those men who are today fight-
ing your battle; across the seas.
HERE IS RURAL
ELECTRIFICATION’S
Post-War Contribution
In an effort to create jobs for returning serv-
ice men and, at the same time keep up with your
job of? furnishing electric power to rural users, the
Board of Trustees of Rural Electrification in Collings-
worth, Donley, Armstrong Counties have adopted a
plan which, when materials are available, we believe
will go far in solving post war problems.
tion for service, for line construction and the usual
$5.00 membership fee is all that will be required.
The plan is simply this: Persons who are lo-
cated within the area covered by the Greenbelt Elec-
tric Coop., Inc. lines, regardless of distance, and who
desire electric service, are urged to call or write the
Wellington office and make application. An applica-
SPECIAL NOTICE TO FARMERS IN GRAY
AND WHEELER COUNTIES
Although no farm homes are being served in
Gray and Wheeler Counties our lines will be
built into these counties if sufficient applications
are received. Once the Victory has been won,
those who make applications now will receive
service from 12 to 18 months earlier than those1
who wait until the war is over.
Greenbelt Electric Coop., Inc.
OWNED BY THOSE WE SERVE
For Further Information — Write Orval Couch, Wellington, Texas
Frank DuBose and daughters,
Lois and Ruthie, made a trip to
Amarillo Monday from which point
Miss Lois returned to Columbia,
Mo., where she Is a student in
Stephens College. She spent the
holidays at home with her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Monte Gossett are
ill with Influenza at their home
this week.
Mrs. Earl Jackson of Dallas, was
a guest last week in the homes of
Elders and chieftains of the Gll-
bertese on Abemama have formally
ratified Ihe Marines’ occupation of
their Island.
Abemama—“Land of Moonlight"
—lies only 80 miles from Tarawa,
but It Is difficult to Imagine that
they are In the same world. Tarawa
today lies a blasted shell with
hardly an Inch of its coral soli
unmarked by the surge of battle.
Abemama is the Hollywood direc-
tor’s dream, the perfect South Sea
island. One expectst to find a
movie star back of each waving
coconut frond and to hear the
tinkle of soft guitars from the
beach of each blue lagoon.
Twenty-five Japanese defenders
—a handful isolated by the an-
nihilation of their main garrison
on Tarawa—chose hara-kiri before
the Marines arrived, so that not
a shot was fired as the men waded
ashore. They were met by grinning
native families, eager to become
friends.
Major G. L. Holland, British di-
rector of education for the Gil-
berts, who returned to his post
with United States troops, told as-
sembled native chiefs: “The Japa-
nese told their men the Marines
could not drive them out In 100
years. They were right. They are
stlU there.” The natives, whose
sense of humor Is highly developed,
laughed and applauded for fully
five minutes.
The natives quickly set up the
"Gilbertese equivalent of a soft-
drink stand. A 13-year-old brown-
skinned boy rapidly climbed a coco-
nut tree and began throwing fruit
to the ground. One of the women
set up a sharp stake In the ground
and quickly stripped the coconuts
of their husks. Another cracked
them open with a single deft blow
of a native hatchet and passed out
the open cups for the Marines to
drink their fill. The Marines gave
the natives chewing gum, cigar-
ettes, malt drops—whatever they
could find In their rations.
It was the good-neighbor policy
at Its best.
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PORK AND BEANS RELEASED
About 440,000 cases (approxi-
mately 20 million pounds) of
canned pork and beans will be re-
leased to civilian consumers with-
in the next few weeks.
MORE TEA FOR CIVILIANS
About 76 million pounds of tea
; will be available to civilian con-
sumers in 1944—wartime limita-
I tlons on shipping space permitting.
■ This is about 16 million pounds
i more than civilians got In 1943.
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Women's $1.98^Shoes
ARE BACK AGAIN
OPA RELEASE
■Women’s Low-Priced
Shoes!
Un-fta(iened
SHOES
More Than 600 Pairs
From Jan. 17 to Jan. 29, the OPA has authorized us to sell 15 per cent of
our Women’s Shoes RATION-FREE provided we sell them at $3 or less a pair.
We have hundreds of pairs that come under this order, all sizes, all widths and
most styles of Women’s and Girls’ shoes. THESE ARE ALL-LEATHER SHOES!
Mothers, here is your chance to save money on a pair of shoes for your-
self and to save* your precious Shoe Stamp for the children. WATCH THE CALEN-
DAR AND BE HERE EARLY!
A large group of highl style shoes which formerly sold at $5.00, $6.00, $7.00,
$8.00 and $9.00 have been reduced in price to be included in this RATION-FREE
SALE at not over $3.00l
4 BIG PRICE GROUPS
ANY SIZE—ANY WIDTH-MOST STYLES
$1.98
NO COUPONS
OFFER GOOD ONLY JAN. I 7 to 29
Hunter’s Department Store
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1944, newspaper, January 13, 1944; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529016/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.