The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 87, Ed. 1 Monday, March 11, 1940 Page: 1 of 32
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SLPATRI CK'S
Celebration - - - Shamrock, - - -
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# MONDAY, MARCH 13th
|12:01 a. m.—Dance at U-Drop Inn, sponsored by Shamrock
Volunteer Fire Department. Music by Rhythm Clowns.
Admission $1.10.
|9:30a, m.—Band concerts featuring West Texas State Col-
lege Band of Canyon. Sound stage, corner Main & 2nd.
|10:15 a, m.—Presentation of distinguished guests by Clay-
ton Heare and Lewis Goodrich. Sound stage, corner
Main and Second.
110:30 a. m.—Address by Hon. Leon C. Phillips, governor of
Oklahoma. Bascom Giles, State Land Commissioner,
representing State of Texas, will present Governor Phil-
lips. Sound stage, corner Main and Second.
|11:15 a. m.—Irish Street Parade, forming on North Main
street and marching south across the Rock Island
tracks to Laville street. Bob Roach and committee in
charge. Details elsewhere in this edition.
NOTE: Colleens entered in “Irish Rose” contest will be
riding at intervals in procession. Watch for your favor-
ite Colleen and give her a hand.
*:15 p. m.—Visiting band members will be given free
lunch at American Legion Hut on East First street,
members of local Legion Auxiliary in charge.
1:30 p. m.—Marchiesta and Concert in which 2,000 mu-
sicians representing 40 high schools and colleges will
participate. Also coronation of “Irish Rose” by Hon.
J. E. McDonald. Denver Field. Glenn A. Truax, Irish
band director, in charge. Free Admission.
[2:00 p. m.—Dance at INDrop Inn. Music by Rhythm Clowns.
Admission 50c. *
}S|f)0 p. m.—Old Fiddling Contest preliminaries, Texas The-
atre. $30.00 cash prizes. No entrance fee. Admission
10c and 25c.
■00 p. m.—Boxing match between Shamrock high school
and Canadian High. Gymnasium. Admission 15c and
40c. Grady Box in charge.
■ 8:00 p. m.—Donkey Basketball game between Shamrock
school teachers and candidates for county office. Gym-
nasium. Admission 15c and 25c. W. C. Perkins in
charge.
|8f30 p. m.—Finals in Old Fiddling Contest, Texas Theatre,
Admission 10c and 25c.
—
CITY PREPARING JO ENTERTAIN 40.000
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HAM ROCK
Section One
Eight Pages
Texan
St. Patrick’s
Edition
VOL. 36
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEX A3,MON DAY. MARCH 11, 1940
SHAMROCK WILL BE
DRESSED IN IRISH
FESTIVAL ATTIRE
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FETE EXPECTED TO EXCEED
EXPECTATIONS OF MOST
CRITICAL SPECTATOR
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■ 9:00 p. m.—Dances:
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Street Dance, Main between First and Third. No ad-
mission.
Firemen’s Dance, Lewis Motor Co. building, music by
Musical Maids. Admission $1.10.
American Legion Dance, Chevrolet Motor Co. garage,
music by Capt. Billy’s Melody Five. Adm. $1.10.
Dance at U-Drop Inn, music, by Rhythm Clowns. Ad-
* mission $1.10.
Gigantic Parade To Be
Major Attraction Third
‘ Annual St. Pat Festival
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO FEED MUSICIANS
GROUP PREPARED TO SERVE
VS,000 BAND MEMBERS ST.
PATRICK'S DAY MEAL
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary, that group of women who
each war have the tremendous task
of providing the noon meal for the
personnel of ali visiting bands and
drum and bugle corps on the day of
the Irish festival, are prepared to
take care of their important job
aitain this year,
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appetizing menu, in such great
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Thanks, Kenneth!
To E. K. Caperton, general
chairman, is due most of the
jsedit for the successful organ-
Hati
,tion of the Saint Patrick’s Day
celebration. Heading the execu-
tive committee for the second
year, Chairman Caperton person-
ally planned most of the pro-
gram, devoting almost all of his
time for six weeks or more with-
out remuneration, Dictating hun-
dreds of letters, meeting with
this committee today and that
one tomorrow, he has kept the
{{ir-flung organization working
smoothly and efficiently. And it
is because of his tireless work
and executive ability that the lo-
cal show has become known as
the "smoothest clicking” celebra-
tion in West Texas. Shamrock
owes E. K. Caperton a vote of
thanks for giving the town the
biggest piece of advertising it has
ever had.
Spectators of last year’s St. Pat-
rick’s Day parade were impressed
by the beauty and color of the
five-mile procession and everyone
felt it could not have been im-
proved in any way. But this year
with more than 50 floats, 40 bands
and comic entries lined up for the
parade, it will be by far the most
spectacular event to take place in
the Panhandle.
Bob Itoach, in charge of the pa-
rade, asks ali captains of the 19
sections to be at their stations by
10 o’clock Monday morning. Bands
and floats must be lined up by
19:30 o’clock in order that the pa-
rade will start at 11 o'clock
promptly. The parade line-up is
as follows:
Section one: (C. W. Cardwell in
charge) Weatherford band, Ameri-
can Legion colois and guards, 40&8
train. Donegal club, City of Sham-
rock float.
Section two: (Bun Walker in
charge) Borger band, West Texas
Utilities float with Borger Colleen,
City Food Market entry, Colleen
Drum and Bugle Corps, Praetorian !
MARCHIESTA WILL
DRAW THOUSANDS
AGAIN THIS YEAR
BETWEEN 2,000 AND 2,500 YOUNG
MUSICIANS WILL PERFORM
IN MAMMOTH CONCERT
The major attraction during the
afternoon of Shamrock’s Third An-
nual St. Patrick's Day Festival, will
be tlie massed band concert and man of the St. Patrick's Day Asso-
WHh her green-and white ERIN
GO BRAGH and WELCOME signs
fluttering from street banners and
business buildings, Shamrock will
play host to an estimated 40,000
visitors at her colossal Third An-
nual Saint Patrick’s Day celebra-
tion on Monday, March 1*.
The entire city will be in her
Irish holiday attire on this day of
days when Donegal-bearded men
and gaily frocked lassies hope to
stage an ail-day show that will
satisfy the expectations of the
most critical spectator. In size,
color and thrills this third annual
festival is expected to top ail pre-
vious events, what with an entire
city of 4,500 having labored on it
for many weeks.
E. K. Caperton, General Chair-
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marchiesta at Denver Field, in
which between 2,000 and 2,500 young
musicians will perform with march-
ing demonstrations and musical
numbers en mass and individually.
The program will start at 1:30
o'clock and there will be no admis-
sion charge.
Between 35 and 40 uniformed
bands and drum and bugle corps
will take part in the mammoth en-
tertainment, during which the coro-
nation of this year's "Irish Rose,”
the fairest colleen chosen from a
bevy of beautiful entries, will take
place.
Bands and drum and bugle corps Sunday with a firemen’s ball at the
will gather in the east bleachers at
the football stadium at 1:30 o'clock,
Glenn A. Truax, who is in charge
of the affair said. The massed band
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PROMINENT LOCAL
MAN PASSES AWAY
elation, is jubilant over the possi-
bilities of the forthcoming show.
Serving as chairman for the second
consecutive year. Caperton, in a
quiet and seemingly unhurried man-
ner, has taken person charge of
many of the arrangements. With the
cooperation of various committees,
which he himself appointed, he has
arranged the show, from the big-
gest problem to the smallest detail,
in a manner which will make spec-
tators think it all happened because
it was just supposed to.
The varied program will begin
early—at one minute past midnight
U-Drop Inn, where dance lovers,,
will have the opportunity to trip to
the music of Hedrick’s Melody
Maids, an all-girl orchestra of Am-
concert will be presented from this ariik), until 4 o’clock Monday morn-
ill - a continuous line
of gaiety from then until the wee
hours of the morning Tuesflay.
At 9:30 o’clock Monday morning
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R, H. DENNIS, SR., HAD BEEN
RESIDENT OF SHAMROCK
FOR TWENTY YEARS
MISS MAl.REI N O’SULLIVAN AND HER IRISH SETTER
(Posed Especially For This Edition)
“ ’Tis the luck of the Irish’ —and
Maureen O'Sullivan, the little girl
who came from Ireland to play with
John McCormick several years ago
and then remain as one of Holly-
wood's stars, claims it is embedded
in. the shamrock itavlL
When the actress first came to
America she brought with her sev-
eral plants from Its native soil. It-
thrived in its new home and each
year on St. Patrick’s Day Miss
O’Sullivan sends tier Hollywood
friends potted plants of shamrock.
And each year some fan sends the
actress a plant on the Irish Saint’s
birthday. Last year the gift came
from New' York, the year before the
plant arrived from Florida.
“Even though I love America as
my own home now,’-1 couldn’t be
happy without at least one plant of
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STATE PATRDLMEN
TO DIRECT TRAFFIC
LINE WILL SEND
PATROLMEN TO
HELP LOCAL OFFICERS
Life Insurance company float and CAPT. JIM I.
Shamrock Steam Laundry entry. j UNIFORMED
Section • three: (Lee Gordon in
charge) Quanah band, F: and M.! ——
Bank float with Quanah Colleen. | Capt, Jim Line of the Amarillo
Country Neighbors Club, Barrel's division of the Texas Highway Pa-
Variety Store entry, Cheyenne band, j trol will send six or more uniformed
Scott Service Station, Helm Electric 1 members of his patrol to Shamrock
Co- on March 18, to assist local officers
Section lour: (Grady Box in in handling the traffic situation
charge) Amarillo band, Kelton floatI durln8 big St. Patrick’s Day
and Colleen. A. V. C. store entry, j Celebration, according to Mayor W.
Higgins band, P.-T. A. float and jH- Walker.
Negro comic entry. I Jess Swink has been appointed by
Section five; (Scott McCall in Itlle Patrick committee ro have
charge) Wellington band. Goat's i of ti score or fnore local men
Cafe of Wellington, Pox Rig and who he)P direct traffic in and
Warning!
Stay Off
Awnings!
DANCES DOORED AS
PART BE FESTIVAL
Tlie death of R. H. Dennis, Sr.,
Friday night, grieved the entire city.
The well-known and beloved Sham-
rock business man had been a resi-
dent of this community for 20 years
and had been prominent in this
area for many years.
iwjg
MEET THIS WEEK
FUZZ GROWERS WILL MAKE
PLANS FOR THEIR FART
IN ST. PAT PARADE
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Bit O'Mayfield. Supreme Fuzz
Grower of Shamrock, is anxious for
his Donegal crew to make an im-
Until ill health forced his retire- presslve showing in the gigantic 8t.
ment a few years ago, Mr. Dennis
took an active part in community
affairs, serving on the city council
and assisting in all projects for city
advancement. He had been in fail-
ing health for a number of years
but was able to manage his barber
shop and cafe up until ten days
ago when he suffered a heart at-
tack.
Hundreds of friends attended the
rites at 2:30 o'clock Sunday After-
noon at the Church of Christ, to
pay final tribute to Mr. Dennis. Nix-
Youngblood Funeral Home had
charge of the burial in the Sham-
rock cemetery. H. P. Cooper minis
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Patrick's Day Parade, and he will
call a meeting of all bewhiskered
gents sometime this week for the
purpose of working out plans for the
big day.
The growers of the ginny-gows
have always formed an amusing sec-
tion of the festival parade, march-
ing in their green hats anti coats,
twirling their walking canes. i
Mayfield wants every man wear- ]
mg a Donegal, who is not otherwise
occupied during the procession to
join his group of Irishmen in the
line of march. All men witi?'tVv’‘ory
culiar style whiskers adorning ’ 5
faces are wgeci to watch 3* /■
date of the meeting at which piahsP1-
for the parade will be made.
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Lumber Co.. Al’s Cafe entry, Keller
vilic band, Dozier float, Shamrock
Gas Company
Section six: (j. f. Shortt in
Charge) Dalhart band. Brad
through Shamrock throughout the
day of the celebration.
Capt. Line said, in conferring with
Mayor Walker Friday, that his de-
woitld make arrangements
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With the lives of scores of spec -
tators endangered in the two pre-
vious St. Patrick’s Day parades
Mayor Bill Walker has appealed
to citizens to refrain from stand-
ing on awnings and buildings dur-
ing the forthcoming procession.
“In order to obtain a point of
vantage during the parade, per-
sons by the scores have thought-
lessly stood or sat on wooden
awnings, severely overtaxing the j
strength of the structures,” said
Mayor Bill Walker. "It has been
a miracle that no one has been
seriously injured or killed and we
MUST not risk this again.”
SOME OF TERRITORY’S MOST
POPULAR ORCHESTRAS TO
FURNISH MUSIC
Shi ire, and there must be jlggin!
aplenty en St. Patrick's Day, i
the entertainment committee
seen to it that everyone can par-
ticipate in the entertainment to his
heart’s content when the Irishmen
celebrate the memory of the patron
saint of Ireland on March 1$.
The. firemen will literally start the
swing of things at 12:01 A. M. Mon-
day with a ball at the U-Dr>X3 Inn.
] The Rhythm Clowns, an ail-
[ girl orchestra of Amarillo, will get
in the groove and make it hot lor
the trippers' of the. light fantastic^
from 12 midnight until 4 o'clock'
Monday morning.
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The firemen have the Melody
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Thanks For Your Assistance
The staff of The Shamrock. Texan takes this op-
portunity to thank local photographers and out-of-
tewn contributors for their invaluable assistance in
helping make this second St. Patrick’s Day edition
possible, It is a difficult task at its best, publishing a
32-page paper devoted exclusively to Irish material;
it would have been impossible without the kind as-
sistance of a score or more of persons.
In particular we wish to thank Jack Shull, Cabot
Brannon, Mrs, Roy Carlton, Robert Trestle, Lloyd
Evans, Elmo Marlow and others for photographs of
last year’s celebration. We also acknowledge the kind-
ness of Miss M. Foley of Dallas, a native of Ireland,
who contributed several valuable articles and sugges-
tions, Robert Brennen, Irish minister to fbe U. S
and Patrick O’Dea, recording secretary of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians, both of Washington, D. C., for
helpful information, and all others who assisted in
any way in the preparation of this edition. Especially
do we wish to thank Walter Darlington, Jr., of Shani-
rnnt fra- the nw rvF hie
rock for the use of his library.
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