The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1944 Page: 6 of 8
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THE SHAMROCK TEXAN. Shamrock, Texas
Thursday, January 18, IS
THE CAMPUS MIRROR
1943 IDEAL COUPLES
Dance like—Taylor and Mary
Nell.
Get along like—Betty Jo and
Official Publication of Shamrock Public Schools
Thursday, January 13, 1944
AMERICAN HOMEMAKERS
(An Editorial)
More tanks, more planes, more I
sCrips, more guns, more ammuni-
tion, and more food—because food
fights for freedom.
To keep production up In our
factories and on our farms, it Is a
personal duty for each of us to eat1
right In order to work right.
There's no time now for colds,
fatigue, and Illness. Every hand
must be steady. Every mind alert.
Today we eat to work. How well
you do your work may go back di-
rectly to what you ate for break-
fast or lunch, and how many hours
you may sleep.
Safeguarding the health of our
war workers, farmers, and office
men Is the vital role of the Ameri-
can homemaker. She Is the one
person who can best guide their
eating—by planning nutritious,
testy, low-cost meals, containing all
those food substances which mod-
em science has shown essential to
sound nerves, a good appetite, and
the ability to thrive on hard physi-
cal work.
Shortage of food need not and
must not mean a shortage of nutri-
tion. With less food, it is more
Urgent to know the basic principles
at sound nutrition. America’s
strength, and never her weakness,
Will be nutrition.
is now to strive,
Because a secret will save many
men's lives.
If I had my wish for the war to
end,
I would start right now, and
save my friends.
—Bobby Jack Taylor.
Dallas.
Behave like—Gwen and “Doc.”
Look like—“Rosy" and Minnie.
Have fun like—Barbara Scott
coaches are Merrick, Haws, Part-
ridge, Morse, Marchbanks, and j and "Ogle" O’Gorman
IF I HAD MY WISH
If X had my wish,
My heart's best desire,
I wouldn't ask for fame
For others to admire;
I would wish just one wish
And wouldn't ask for more,
And the wish that I would wish
Would be the ending of this war.
And if I had my wish,
Many wishes would come true—
We’d have our husbands, dads and
boys
To begin this life anew.
But since I do not have my wish,
I'll stay at home and pray,
And work and do what e’er I can
To bring nearer Armistice Day.
—Douglas McLemore.
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F. F. A. NEWS
Senior Roster
mm
Wm
Name: Floyd Pepper.
Nickname: “Red.'
Age: 17.
Birthday: April 5.
Color of Hair: Red.
Color of Eyes: Blue.
Height: 5 feet, 9 Inches.
Weight: 170.
Favorite Actor: John Payne.
Favorite Actress: Betty Grable.
Favorite Movie: “Stage Door
Canteen.”
Favorite Orchestra: Tommy Dor- j
sey.
Favorite Subject: All of 'em.
Favorite Teacher: All of ’em.
Favorite Book: “Jessie Come
Home.”
Favorite Sport: Football.
Favorite Drink: Coke.
Favorite Food: Everything.
Favorite Hangout: Berten's.
Favorite Color: Blue.
Hobby: Sleeping!
Ambition: To be a pilot for the
duration.
In the past, the Shamrock Chap-
ter has always gbne on camping
trips every summer. During the
days when such was possible they
rented a school bus, truck, or pick-
up. We have camped from the
Panhandle of Texas to the Gulf of
| Mexico. We have visited Carlsbad
: Caverns, El Paso, Juarez, Mexico,
and many places of interest in
1 Texas and In New Mexico.
The plan is to do your own cook-
. -JF I HAD MY WISH
A man wishes for the end of war;
He buys lots of bonds, and quits
driving his car.
His son’s In the army, although a
private yet,
To hear dad talk he’ll be a ser-
geant yet.
ing, sleep in your own beds, and
provide your own shelter.
Since it Is so urgent to conserve
critical materials, the boys had to
do some planning such as they had
never done before. Why not take
a shorter trip to places of local
interest and go on horseback?
By the time school was out In
the spring all the plans were made.
Meetings were held during the
summer. In July the boys were
ready. Equipment was gathered,
ration points were wrestled with,
covered wagon was fixed, cooking
equipment was gathered, and many
other things were done.
The destination of the group was
Lake McClellan. With a wagon and
saddle horses the boys followed an
off-the-highway route that they
had previously mapped out.
At noon the group would stop to
rest themselves and their horses,
and to eat. The boys learned more
about each other on the trip than
they learned in a year around
school.
For two years the boys have gone
camping on horseback. Plans are
Terry. The coaches of the boys' In-
tramural basketball are Throck-
morton, Lummus, Staggs, Rouse,
Dodgen, and Brooks.
The football banquet Is coming
' up soon and all you can hear is
who Is going with whom. I can’t
forget that semester exams are
coming up this week, too.
Date a lot like—Robert Blake and
Emalou Moore,
Are cute like—Lois DuBose and
Calvin Montgomery.
Dress like—Laycock and Haynes
Write like—Homer Gene Ewton
and Lola Faye Pennington.
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Australia was threatened by Japa-
nese Invasion early In 1942, thou-
sands of Australian farm tractors
were conscripted for construction
of military roads and airfields.
Moreover, British and Australian
farm machinery manufacturing
facilities early in the war had been
converted to ordnance production.
-TEXAN ADS GET RESULTS—
TIGHTENS RATIONING
As a further move to stamp out
the black market in gasoline, OPA
has ruled that any local board or
special hearing officer, after a
proper hearing and a finding that
the tire or gasoline regulations
have been violated, may not only
revoke a gasoline ration, but also
may prohibit the use of gasoline
in the violator’s possession which
was obtained as part of thte ration.
’43 PRICE RISE SMALL
At the end of 1943, the genera
level of prices in wholesale ma
was two per cent higher than
the close of 1942, and the
of staples that families buy
tall markets for everyday
were up by about three and
half per cent. This price rlsef
smaller than in any year sinoi
1840, according to Frances Per-
kins, Secretary of Labor.
Orchids And Onions
Orchids—to Mrs. Norwood for be-
ing such a sweet teacher.
Onions—to Donna Jo for being
so mean to Scoot.
Orchids—to Chump for having a
date for the football banquet.
Onions—to Fontltlla for liking a
certain Senior.
Orchids—to Aaron for being a
swell dancer.
Orchids—to Chump and Ruthie
for going together three years Jan-
uary 27.
Onions—to Ralph for making
Billy Jean mad.
Orchids—to Mr. Burkhalter for
being so handsome.
Onions—to "Bag" who talks too
loud! Ssh!
Orchids—to Clydene for letting
her heart (Instead of her head) be
her guide about two certain dates.
1944 IDEAL COUPLES
Dance like—Aaron and Jane Ann.
Get along like—Robert and Betty
Jo.
Behave like—Gwen and "Doc”.
Look like—Velda and Kenneth.
Have fun like—Scott and Roach1
(“Tiger").
Date a lot like—'“Willie" and
“Drip.”
Are cute like—Clydene and Joe S.
Dress like—Laycock and Haynes,
Are popular like—“Chump" and
Ruthie.
Write like —Jean Garritson and
Milton.
Are swell like—Billie Jean and
“Collie" Collinsworth.
S.H.S. ALPHABET
KAMPUS KAPERS
A-thletlc—Walter O'Gorman.
B-ashful—Charles Boston.
C-alm—“Chump” Callan.
D-arling—Janet C.
E-legant—Pat P.
F-rlendly—Ina Lou.
G-ossip—Students.
H-edy Lamar—Avalon Smith.
I-ntellectual—June Wischkaemp-
We wonder why Sally caift make
up her mind? Is it Bobby Jack or
somebody else?
You’re as pretty as a picture—
Why don’t you hang yourself?
Would someone please Inform me
who has their claws on Kenneth
Wilson—he’s cute!! We hear it’s
Dorthey Ann. Lucky girl.
Say, whom does tall, dark, and
handsome Lummus go with? Well,
here I am, you lucky boy.
Does anybody have a date for
the football banquet? We hope so.
Has anyone but Burks ever
noticed Blake’s pretty blue eyes?
Alfred, a certain Junior girl is
nuts about you. Better investigate.
Has anybody seen that dream
boy walking down the halls? He's
got dark hair, brown eyes, and Is
the cutest thing in his red plaid
shirt. That’s right it’s Billy F.
Blake.
Whose wings does Miss Lamb
have?
J-ovlal—Bill Joe.
K-ute—Alfred (Lavcrt) Hale.
L-ovable—Jo Ann.
M-iracle—Passing all subjects.
N-avy—Jean G.
O-bliging—Mr. Burkhalter.
P-olite—The teachers.
Q-uaint—Gwen Hale.
R-azzle Dazzle—M. K. Morse.
S-peechless—Mr. Hllburn.
T-houghtful—Mothers.
U-nusual—Merner Harvey.
V-aluable—Gas Stamps.
W-oozy—Clydene.
'X-urberant—Jack Roach.
Y-ummy—Cake.
Z-ealous—Billy Jean Troxell.
r
“Man, you’re on our team!”
First Chump goes to Dallas then
LEND-LEASE FARM
MACHINERY
Less than 3 per cent of the Unit-
ed States production of farm ma-
chinery went for Lend-Lease be-
tween March 11, 1941, and Novem-
ber 1, 1943, according to the Presi-
dent’s thirteenth report to Con-
gress on Lend-Lease operations.
Ruthie. Why don’t they make con- j Allied need for farm machinery
nections.
Just Imagine Mr. Morrow with-
out his mustache.
Just Imagine June Ann without
Blake.
His son is shipping out for an un-
known port,
Son told dad, because dad Is a i
sport.
Dad told Iris neighbor, his neigh-
bor told his friends,
Dad doesn’t know he’ll never see
son again.
of this kind in the summer,
o-
PAY DAY BUY WAR BONDS
was increased because of military
j demands. American flying fort-
| resses now use airfields which four
years ago were among Britain’s
i best farms, thus necessitating re
| clamation of marshes and rough
I hill land for farm acreages. When
Dear Diary
Another year and in a few more
j months graduation. Football has
come In.
The intramural program has be-
j gun. The girls are playing basket-
j ball while the boys are doing box-
If you can keep a secret, the time ing and basketball. The girl
Notice, Taxpayers
OF MOBEETIE AND SHAMROCK
n BBB
As a convenience to the taxpayers of) these towns
this office will offer the following accommodations:
A representative will be in MOBEETIE on Sat-
urday, January 15, one day only, to receive tax pay-
ments. Those wishing to pay on that date may do so
at the First State Bank of Mobeetie.
A representative will be in SHAMROCK on Fri-
day and Saturday, January 21 and 22. Those who
wish to pay their taxes on these dates may do so
at the City Hall.
'
WE’LL GET YOUR FARM WORK DONE!
• War makes your farm equipment almost priceless. With
help hard to get and new equipment scarce, you have to
rely on your tractor and tools to get the big job done. And
you can rely on us to put your tractor and tools in A-l
shape and keep them that way. This is work we know
how to do because farm equipment is our business.
Our shop is loaded with work. It’s going to get worse.
But we’il take care of your repairs on the dates you set
if you’ll give us advanie notice.
We’re set up now to schedule your service work. We’ll
dojt eight with factory standard methods and genuine
IHC parts. Stop in and say when!
Your McCormick-Deering dealer...
Persons who have become 21 years of age after
Jan. 1, 1943, and beforp the time the elections are
held during 1944, also persons who were not a resi-
dent of this state on the 1st day of January, 1943,
but have since become eligible to vote by length of
residence, must obtain a certificate of exemption on
or before Jan. 31, 1944, if they desire to vote.
1944 is Presidential Election year. Pay your Poll
Tax so you may be able to vote your choiae for county,
state and national officials.
TISDAL
TRUCK &
IMPLEMENT CO.
T. L. GUNTER
307 E. Opal
Phone 99
TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR
WHBELER COUNTY, UEXAS
Such praise from the
war plant’s Big Boss
caused the Conoco
Mileage Merchant to throw out his
chest. His Conoco N*A oil...oil that
OIL-PLATES...is even more essential
for less essential cars, used only now
and then. The unavoidable acids of
combustion — mostly heated away,
before rationing, by prompt re-use
of the car —now loiter inside and
threaten to cause corrosion. But
“Your station deserves credit for a raft of
our men clocking in on time. The way you keep
their cars shipshape here is saving us man-hours—plenty—
or we couldn’t keep beating schedules. Our plant driver
brings the office car here—to keep it readier than a fire
engine. Even our laboratory scoffers rave about your giving
their engines internal oil-plating to hamstring damage
from engine acidst You’re helping cars live. Great stuff!”
you know of anti-corrosive plating
... like chromium plating. Just as
closely, protective OIL-PLATING is
surfaced to precious engine purts by
the “magnet-like” attraction that
Conoco Nth oil creates synthetically.
Resist acid’s appetite for your engine.
OlL-PLATE with Conoco Nth. Today.
Continental Oil Company
CONOCO
MOTOR OIL
“You mean
I don’t need
any coupons
for electricity?”
Reddy: That’s exactly right, Mrs. Higgins! No
pointssaio coupons—no ration ini; of electricity!
Mrs. Higgles: But, Reddy: I thought Electricity
was essential tb the war effort, so I supposed
there would be a shortage just like fcWere is in
food and'fuels.
Reddy: Because private., business-managed com-fj
panies like ours were *-.».i*i«~!
that changed our eounl
requirements to one l_,___________ „____
demands of war! We were ready for production.
Working under the system of individual initia-
tive—business enterprise—we move the wheels^
behind 80% ref all electrical energy needed ior j
the war effort.
Reddy: Right again, Mrs. Higgins!.Electricity is
essential! It has been rightly called the life-
blood of war production! Your electric company
is now serving Army Training Camps and war-
time industries, in addition to the many jobs it
does for millions of people like you.
Mrs. Higgins: Does that mean electricity is an item
that can be wasted?
Reddy: Indeed,.not! It’s a crime to waste anything—.
■ whatever, in war time, including government*
Mrs. Higgles: That’s a remarkable record, Reddy.
But tell me, how do you account for the fact that
there’s no shortage?
funds and payrolls. Even though there is" no
shortage of electric service in sight be-thrifty
and save on everything tb .encourage others to
get back on a firm foundation. Be as careful
v ith electricity as you are with your coupons^
Use allyouneed, but need all you use!
WfestTexas Utilities
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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/m1/6/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.