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Mercury Hits
Reason High
108 Degrees
Beginning its upward trend
£»inday afternoon and continu-
ing Its steady climb each after-
noon this week, the s mercury
reached an ait-season high of
108 degrees at 5 p. m. Wednes-
day.
j/kfter hitting 101 degrees Sun-
day afternoon, the thermometer
showed 102 degrees at 3:30 p. m.
Monday; 105 degrees at 4:45 p.
m. Tuesday and hit the summer’s
highest point of 108 degrees at
.'^'o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The previous high point of the
season was 104 degrees.
According to figures compiled
by Lone Star Weatherman Burl
Golson, Wednesday was the hot-
tllt July day since 1940, when
the mercury climbed to 108 de-
grees at 4 p. m. on July 9. The
hottest day in uly 1941 was 105
degrees from 3 to 4 p. m. on the
18th day of the month, while the
tdfrtperature climbed to 104 de-
grees at 4 p. m. on July 9 last
year.
SHAMROCK 'SKst
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TEXAN
VOL. 40
SHAMROCK. WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 191.?
No. 11
MOTORISTS MUST
ENDORSE COUPONS
IN NEW GAS BOOKS
RECENT OPA REQUIREMENT
TO FURNISH PROTECTION
FOR CAR OWNERS
VESPER SERVICES
HELD EACH SUNDAY
PUBLIC INVITED TO ATTEND
^jtOGRAMS HELD ON LAWN
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
A series of outdoor Vesper Services
are being held on the lawn of the
Fiwt Presbyterian Church on Sun-
da|P evenings at 8:30 o’clock. The
services are Informal, with a song
period led by Harold Barnett.
It is hoped that outside speakers
and other talent may be arranged
foijn order to enrich these meet-
ing and to stimulate a greater in-,
terest, Rev. Sidney O. Menk, pastor,
states.
"We extend a cordial invitation
to the residents of the community
to^ttend,” Rev. Menk said. “It
might be added that freedom of
worship is a worthless principle
among people who no longer wor-
ship, or who through their con-
tinued and studied indifference to
thagphurch and to the necessity of
common worship, make a mockery
out of what history has esteemed
the highest and most essential of
all human motives.
‘The desire to worship and the
icRfpof worship is that act which
nakes men more than beasts and a
iisregard among men of these things
draws -.hen! closer to the lower ani-
mals. A belief in God which Is not
actively manifested In the common
act^of men is not a belief at all,
and serves no purpose in the human
community beyond thut of egotistic
self-righteousness.
“It is possible that if men had
more time for worship, they would
S9 less need for war ships,’’ Rev.
Menk says. ...—
Motorists and all other gasoline
users are reminded by the Wheeler
County War Price and Rationing
Board that ail the coupons in their
gasoline ration books must be en-
dorsed immediately.
Coupons in new books issued aft-
er July 22, should be endorsed as
soon as they are received from the
War Price and Rationing Board.
In addition, usei*s should write en-
dorsements immediately on any
coupon now in their possession or
received before July 22.
In the past it has not been nec-
essary to write notations on coupons
until they were actually used to
buy gas.
Immediate endorsements are re-
quired- under a new OPA amend-
ment both as a convenience to the
r-public and as a help to OPA in-
vestigators in checking misuse ol
ration coupons falling into the
hands of persons not entitled to
them, the board chairman pointed
out.
“Under the new plan the motor-
ist by spending a few minutes en-
dorsing his coupons all at once will
save delay and trouble when he goes
to a filling station to buy gasoline.”
“The new requirements also mean
greater protection to the motorist
whose book is stolen or lost, since
the finder or thief will not be able
to pass off the coupons as his own
writing in hl$ own license number,”
the chairman added. “By cooper-
ating in making these endorsements
Crop Conditions
Best Since 1937
Five Inductees
Will Leave For
Ft. Sill Friday SHAMROCK YOUTH
Crop conditions in Wheeler County are the best since Five Wheeler county inductees
19317, when the area realized a bumper production, a survey w111 leave for the reception center
just completed by the personnel of the county agent’s office 'at Port S111, okla' Friday morning,
reveals. ’ according to a release from the
Generally speaking, farmers throughout the area have b°ard.
good stands and their crops are growing Agricultural Agent Th t entering service are the
‘[“tersaid .«“« week, adding that ifnly three
appear on the horizon of prospects for maximum production July 9.
As a precautionary health measure, the City of Shamrock
has announced a City-Wide Clean-Up Drive starting Friday.
Trucks will make a thorough canvass of the city starting
Friday morning, collecting all trash and garbage which has
been placed in containers in alleys.
^ouncil in a meeting Monday night ordered
n/r ' TUa 'lnVei on the -recommendation of City Health
urncer is. A. Zeigler.
Mayor Bill Walker emphasized that the Clean-Up cam-
paign is purely a precautionary step being taken to nmtwf
tho public health, H esnid there i» £, ep.Temic “ ShSct
despite rumors to the contrary. The City-wide Clean-Up is
an annual drive, 1
There has been one case of in-
fantile paralysis in Shamrock, City
Health Officer Zeigler reported, but
PATFQ U/llfl’Q 11/Un ,the general health 01 the common-
ll/I I Lu If MU U H nil !ty 18 g00d Frances Bechtol, daugh-
_ ter °f Mr- and Mrs. E. K. Bechtol
LIEUT. GENE CAPERTON W4 W °
OUTSTANDING STUDENT OF
A. & M. COLLEGE
™“Lrf®Ci™!_ar?.be8ri?n.insr to. need, ram, the flea hoppers j TOree others who took their phy- j X usted irth”i9«-43 edUton 0"
ivas „ reslde at 609 South Main
Street, is the only case of polio-
myelitis, the health officer said,
___ She was taken to Oklahoma City
Second Lieut. Gene B. Caperton, U Was sald her con'
not considered serious.
Q„ rici’nr, j_„n ■ ~ , . — , ,, I"--'-*- ----—ri—. — r ----------- ------ ----- t—- i was u:.(eu in me iuez-ez coition 01 PU<!, wldesPr®ad outbreak of
aTe 4 luimage 111 certain spots and the number of acres slcals at Lubbock at the same time Who’S Who Among Students ln 'hfantile paralysis In Texas and
planted to cotton IS below the average. were accepted by the Navy, but their American Universities and Colleges Ok,ahoma 'he City Council while
A good general rain would assure asslBnment, date was not announ- which. Is just off the press. emphasizing there is
Wheeler County of above-normal ced-
.............. no epidemic
The Who’3 Who listed 2nd Lieut. °.f any nature in Shamrock decided
LAST RITES HELD I pr°ductl°n’ Tarter stated. A few ,rhose who will leave tomorrow Caperton as an ou t standing "student rlgld clean-up measures should be
FOR WILLIAM HILL
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Gilmore Home Is
Destroyed By Fire
3 SMALL CHILDREN CARRIED
TO SAFETY BY GILBERT
JEFFERS, ICE MAN
STATE INCREASES
SCHOLASTIC AID
PAYMENT OF *25 PER PUPIL
JS* ORDERED BY BOARD
• OF EDUCATION
tphe State Board of Education has
ordered payment of *25 per scholas-
tic to school districts as the state’s
ald.^. to other than rural schools
for the next school year.
Besides the $25 per scholastic,
rural schools will receive approxi-
mately' *8,000,000 under a special
appropriation to equalize school op-
>cr%iit.ies.
The $25 payment is an increase
: this year’s payment of *22.50.
The larger amount was made pos-
sible by an act of the recent legis-
ature raising the maximum aliot-
neik to $25.
Despite the Increased payment, it
is expected that the state advalorem
A fire of unknown origin this
morning destroyed the southside of
the duplex at 202 North Madden
Street and all the household furn-
ishings belonging to Mrs. D. O.
Gilmore and five children.
The blaze was discovered by Gil-
bert Jeffers, ice man, about 9.45
o’clock. He entered the burning
house and carried three of the
smaller children, ranging ln age
from two to seven years, the only
occupants of the house at the
time, to safety. Mrs. Gilmore had
gone to the post office and the
two older children were visiting
neighbors when the fire started.
Mr. Gilmore is working with a
construction company in Canada.
Shamrock’s volunteer firemen
reached the scene in time to pre-’
vent total destruction of the north
WHEELER COUNTY RESIDENT
FOR 24 YEARS PASSES
AWAY TUESDAY
Funeral services were held at the
Fjrst Baptist Church in Shamrock
Wednesday afternoon for William
Furd Hill, 69-year-old farmer, who
rtesided east of Shamrock.
Mr. Hill, resident of Wheeler
County 24 years, passed away in
St. Mary's Hospital Tuesday morn-
ing at 10:30 o'clock after a lengthy
illness.
Rev. Edw. C. Derr, local Baptist
pastor, was in charge of the last
! small spots in the county have re- ; are:
ceived plenty of moisture, but as a Robert Tisdnl, Robert Edd John-
whole feed is beginning to suffer to ! son’ Marvin Montgomery, Rex Wll-
a small extent. loughby and Calvin Montgomery.
The Briscoe area is the only sec- Those accepted by the Navy were:
tlon of Wheeler County which could Clifford Hiner, William C. Groves
not use a rain to good advantage a!-d Lee Roy Pennington,
right now, Tarter said. About two Pour men were included in a
and one-half sections of crops just more recent call, and two of those
east of Briscoe were damaged by j selected went to Lubbock for the
hail Sunday night, however, he stat- ; Physical tests Friday, July 16, while
ed.
two others were transferred
True western neighborliness was
shown this week when members of
the I. O. O. F. Lodge, Rebekahs,
friends and neighbors gathered at
the home of Eueil Hardy, who re-
sides three miles south of Shamrock,
to plow and hoe his crop.
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy recently un-
derwent major operations and he
side of the duplex which belongs j is still ln bed. The group plowed
to Mrs. Stelia Wheeler. j 140 acres of cotton and row crop
Neither the house nor furnish- j and chopped 80 acres of cotton,
ings was protected by insurance. | Six tractors and one team and cul-
-o- ! tivator were used. Lodge members
STUDENTS MUST BE 1 who were unable to help hired men
TRANSFERRED IN JULY!ln their plices., Harry Mundy sent
his tractor and Minister J, Loyd
rites and interment in the Sham- i acres have been left standing. A
number of Wheeler County farm-
ers did not plant any cotton this
year, the county agent said.
Tarter warns farmers to inspect
their cotton for flea hoppers, and
dusting with sulphur should be done
immediately if limbs are found bear-
ing no forms at the joints.
Cotton cho{)|pers have not been
plentiful this year, but those work-
ing now should be able to cover the
entire county within another two
weeks, Tarter declared, -i
J.J. DYER TO HEAD
WHEELER SCHOOLS
FORMER SHAMROCK TEACHER
SUCCEEDS J..L. GILMORE
AS SUPERINTENDENT
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Jesse J. Dyer, acting Wheeler
County School Superintendent since
January, 1942, and former instructor
in the Shamrock High Schood, has
been named superintendent of the
Wheeler Public Schools. He was
elected during a meeting of the
school board last Wednesday night,
and succeeds J. L. Gilmore who
is now Physics instructor at West
Texas State College, Canyon.
Dyer has had 20 years teaching
experience and holds a B. S. de-
gree from E. T. S. C. at Commerce
and a M. A. degree from W. T. S. C.
He has an administrative certifi-
cate from the State Department of
Education. He is former principal
of the Twitty school.
The new superintendent of the
Wheeler schools is
Sections around Center, Mobeetie, othcr boards.
Wheeler and Locust Grove are the j Those who went to Lubbock were
driest spots in the county, while V.\’.Kr.ni Wiley and Lawrence Del-
the Davis and Kelton communities mcn' Lancaster. The two Inductees
received the last beneficial rains, transferred to other boards for In-.
After replanting ln 1942, cotton . duction were Rurle Austin Rose and'
acreage was below the AAA acreage I William Martin Powledge.
allotment for the county, and with I -o-
little replanting in 1943, additional j
rock cemetery was under the ar-
rangements of Nix Funeral Home.
Mr. Hill moved to Wheeler Coun-
ty in 1919, and resided ln the Bethel
community until nine years ago
when he moved to China Flat. He
Joined the Freewill Baptist Church
at the age of 23 and was a mem-
ber of the Odd Fellows Lodge for
30 years.
Survivors Include the widow, Mrs.
Millie Hill, one daughter, Mrs. El
len Smith, and two sons, Raneous
Hill of Route 1, Shamrock; and
Raymond Hill, Texola, Okla.; four
brothers, R. T. Hill, Route 1, Sham-
rock: M. C. Hill- Dozier; Jack Hill,
Alabama, and Lee Hill, California;
three sisters,. Mrs. Frajjk Ellenburgh,
Dora England and Mary England,
all of Alabama. Also surviving are
12 granddaughters and two grand-
sons.
Friends Plow,
Hoe Crop For
Sick Friend
DATE SET FOR 4-H
ANNUAL OUTING WILL BE AT
RILEY FARM, FOUR MILES
NORTH OF TWITTY
2nd LIEUT. GENE CAPERTON
of the Texas A. & M. College who
majored in petroleum-mechanical
and 29, Miss Betty Sue Bownds. as- | A’ 1 M’ ^\vars‘ty
sistant home demonstration agent, '6ttfr’ memb'r 11H" 'fafc' *‘u’
announced this week I dent engineering council. Sgt.-Major
of Engineering Regiment, secretary
! of A. I. M. E.
Immediately upon graduation
from Texas A. & M, College, young
Caperton attended'Officers Candi-
date School at Fort Belvolr, Va., for
13 weeks and was then shipped to
announced this week.
The arrangements were made by
th? 4-H Council at, a recent meet-
ing. The gathering will be at a cen-‘
traliy located spot half-way between
Wheeler and Twitty and is Just off
the highway.
Games, songs, a picnic supper, „ „ ... .. , ,
and a program are planned for the thc Bf“ sh his
first afternoon and evening. Hiking,! commission as Second Lieutenant,
games and some type of handicraft j He is wlth A™y engineering
win be among the activities for Icorp* somewhere ln England_
All 4-H Club girls in the county ! I inrDTV TUFlITDC
are eligible to attend but each group [ L| JJL|\ J | j | |\j.
must be accompanied by an adult |
sponsor, Miss Bownds declared.
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SERVICE MEN IN
NEED OF RECORDS
TO ADD EQUIPMENT
NEW SOUND AND PROJECTION
MACHINES BE INSTALLED
BY WORLEY THIS WEEK
World War I, being a member of
the 9th Division, A. E. F.
The Wheeler school board is mak-
ing an effort to hire a football
OLD PHONOGRAPH DISCS MAY Seibert Worley, manager of the
BE LEFT AT ANY DRUG Liberty Theatre, went to Oklahoma
STORE IN SHAMROCK clty Tuesday to make a persona]
- inspection of sound and projection
The second nation-wide collac- | equipment he has purchased which
tion campaign for old phonograph j wl!1 pe installed in the Liberty next
veteran of records is now underway with the week-
enforced for precautionary reasons.
The prevalence of house flies in
the summer constitutes a constant
threat to health, it was pointed
out, and the campaign opening
Friday is aimed at ridding the city
of breeding places for flies.
Beginning Friday morning trucks
will make a canvass of all alleys
in the residential district, removing
trash and garbage free of charge.
Residents are advised, however,
that all waste materials must be
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COTTON MARKETING
QUOTAS SUSPENDED
ALLOTMENTS NOT AFFECTED;
ACREAGE SHEETS MUST
STILL BE SIGNED
The 1943 cotton quotas have been
suspended, but it does not affect the
Agricultural Conservation program
in regard to cotton allotments, V. B.
Hardcastle, Wheeler Countv chair-
man of the AAA, announced this
week.
If a producer has more than 110
percent hi, cotton allotment
planted, then he mustqiay a penalty
amounting to 10 times the rate of
pay under the ACP program, how-
ever, the rule for being eligible to
put cotton in the loan remains the
same.
This means that if a producer
has planted above 11 percent of
his cotton allotment more than
three percent of three acres (which-
ever is the larger) then the only
cotton he can put into the loan
Is the excess cotton, or that pro-
duced above his normal yield and
that at only 60 percent of the loan
value.
There will be marketing cards
Issued and no penalties collected
when the cotton is sold regardless
of how much producer is overplant-.
ed on his cotton.
This news was received by the
local county agent’s office from the
state office at College Station In
the following telegram: “1943 cot-
ton quotas suspended. None indi-
cated 1944. Continue collections on
penalty cotton produced prior to
1943 and sold before August 1, 1943.
Cease issuing marketing cards. No
change in ACP or cotton loan pro-
visions therefore continue perform-
ance as instructed except no fur-
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JhfARN ARRIVES FOR
Transferring of students from- one jBlce ass*s?*d the group,
school district to another must be 'I'he Rebekahs served a delioioua
done during the month of July, ac- dlnner at the noon hour and kept
cording to an announcement Issued !loe 'water for the workers during
this week from the office of County |the afternoon.
School Superintendent.
All parents who wish to transfer
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RED CROSS KNITTING j their children from one 8Chool to j to Pam pa, Tuesday.
- j finather ln the county are urged to !-----
Mrs. T. M. Dickey, chairman ot, call at the superintendent’s office
hgfied Cross knitting, announces (rt Wheeler and make arrangements.
.hd'lrrlval of a new shipment of
Chas. DeShazo Post of the Amer- The theatre was closed Wednes- ,
lean Legion ln charge of the drive ! and Will re-open for matinee ther community performance meet-
in the Shamrock area. ISaturday with the new equip- j fugs should be scheduled. Continue
The slogan of the drive, which jment which Worley said is the execution of performance forms in
coach, Dick Craig, chairman, ststed. j closes. July 31, is “More records for 1 flnest obtainable under wartime county office."
Craig said that a definite date more fighting men.” I conditions. Worley announced when
had not been set for the school’s Persons having old records, be assumed management of the (Continued on Last Page)
opening but that It would probably i whether they are broken or worn Liberty several weeks ago he plan- ; __ -------o- ,4f 7J
This »iii do away with a last min-
ute rush and will be more con-
venient for all concerned.
Those interested in knitting
westers and mufflers can secure ---
arn by Calling at the Red Cross SERVICE MEN’S CLUB
R°°» TO OPEN AT 7 O'CLOCK
d - j -
The opening time for the' iocal
JLARK WILL ATrEND SB
aruruT.1 vnu ('(UUHFq Ce Men's Club was changed necessary farm building.
SCHOOL fUK U1AU1LB from 6 p. m. to 7 p. in. at a meet- This lumber is avaiable only to
^Olark, ^s^^atbleUc iS^ |
aco to attend the Texas High ^ rated by the fact that every mem-
hool Football Coaches School froth1 j her of the committee attended the
.ugust »-13- —
UAdditk-'n to attending the class-
CTark has been placed on the
’tertalnment program to, exhibit
tricks of magic. He has enter- -with the senior hostesses, and Miss
___ed for the school in past years j Louise Caperton was chosen cha!{-
nd for the last five summers lias man 0f t}le younger group.
start the 1943-44 term Monday, Sep- i out, are asked to donate them so
tember 6. t •; .* *• that rilw records can be made and
-o—-—— ^ ----—o—-—. | distributed to .the armed forces,
V. a'. F. Page um 8t, Mary's Hob- * Thef W be left at any drug
pital for treatment. store In Shamrock,
I Iri the first drive, 11,000,000 old
| discs Were collected. Tills made pos-
I sible the purchase of 370,000 new
records, for distribution to the Army
Navy, Marins Corps -and Coast
L^llinnt'r rear r nrm muirlmrS Guard, Requests ftm these armed
I services for new records, however,
__ ,737 . . - totaled 3,823,797 or mofi than 10
5sss ss. ssft ye I
ableto Wheeier County farmers ^certificate With his order to the ; around ln ^ nation’s attto, cl<2
mills to purchase the lumber. i and basements, and a goal of 1,000,-
Due to tlie shortage of lumber j ooo has been set for Texas for the
County Alloted 70,000 Feet
Lumber For Farm Building
County Agent Jake Tarter
ned to improve the equipment MUl
he immediately beggn searching for
new projection and sound machines, j
Othcr improvements will be made j
as quickly as possible, he said.
“We consider ourselves fortunate j
in being able to install the booth |
equipment for the bhdWihg Of ’Five |
Graves to Cairo,’ Saturday night;
preview, Sunday, Monday and Tues- ]
day," said Worley. ‘‘In my opinion 1 The Samnorwood sehaol Will open
this is the greatest picture released the 1043-44 term Monday morning,
this year and with the new equip- August 2, Superintendent Earl F.
ment we will be able to give the Ponder announced this week.
NORWOOD SCHOOL
JO OPEN AUGUST 2
TERM WILL BE DISMISSED
SIX WEEKS IN FALL FOR
COTTON PICKING
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it is highly important that produ- i month of July,
cers who anticipate the need of lum-
for a purpose that will help ln- ber to build sheds, granaries, wa-
crease the production of food crops
and add to the defense program.
There has been released to the
meeting which was held at the Ser-
vice Men’s building on West Second
Street It was decided at the ses-
sion to have Junior hostesses serve | among the counties in the state.
gon beds, etc. and for general repair
work around the farm should make
these applications immediately in
State War Board 16,000,000 board | order that the local dealt!#S may
feet of lumber to be distributed ’ ’'
K4 ed on a similar pftgram for
*>ma coaches. In 1938 he per-
for the National Football
action in Chicago.
The number of service men tak-
ing advantage of the Service Men’s
Club Is increasing daily, Miss Nell
Adams, chairman, stated today.
This county's quota is 70,000 board
feet.
Before this lumber can be secured
by the local lumber yards, they
must have a form signed by the
person desiring to purchase the
lumber and submitted to the county
be able to secure the lumber ln tkn«
for fall use.
The present 70,000 board feet
quota is for a period ending Sep-
tember 19, Tarter stated, and if at
that time it is anticipated that
more lumber will be required for
granaries and othej building, an
additional quota
The old records you contribute
are melted up and new recordings
made, which ln turn are given to
the armed services. Unless you do-
nate' your old discs, the boys in the
service will have to do without, so
the American Legion urges every-
one to collect their records and
turn them in this month.
When choosing berries, color is a
better maturity guide than size.
Make sure they are of uniform size
be asked for. so they will cook evenly.
public a splendid presentation of a
truly great story.”
The war has yielded many thrill-
ing stories for books, stage and
screen so far, and there will be
many more to come, but one of the
most lfltrigulng ideas yet filmed
seems to fse that contained in “Five
Graves to Cairo, Worley said.
The title itself is one to pique the
curiosity and from all accounts the
story lives up to the Interest it
creates, having as it does for back-
ground the titanic struggle in Af-
rica between the British Eighth
Army and Rommel’s Afrika Korps. per month additional for each year
The "Five Graves to Cairo’’ is Rom-
mel’s secret—a secret stumbled up-
on in the picture by a British tank
corporal in the person of personable
Franchot Tone.
This is the first school in this
area to announce an opening date,
but it is expected that others will
make arrangements to open on the
same day or shortly thereafter.
The term will continue until cot-
ton in the communities served by
the school opens, when classes will
be dismissed for approximately six
weeks, or as long as is necessary.
Salary increases of *10 ln basic
pay will be in effect, along with
an additional 50 cents per month
for experience. Including the amount
now allowed, this will give $1.50
of experience.
Several vacancies will exist in
the school, but an effort will be
made to fill these within the next
few days, Ponder stated.
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