The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1961 Page: 2 of 14
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PAGE TWO — SECTION ONE
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN. SHAMROCK. TEXAS
TCI RSDAY. DECEMBER II, 1961
SHAMRC8K WOMAN ALMOST KISSES BF.HEFJTS
--3V.
Hv Dim Jiill 10
Mildred Rook titered in di .belief
the doctor Littlng ncrow.t from
her. Uneonsclouily she twisted her
pretty blue imd white handker-
chief into a string ns the words
Mink In She would never he »lie
to work again. It whs well that
shi> whs seated liecnuse each word
cor »pike aff 'C'ted her
like ‘he thurderlng, slamming.,
pounding hammer against the iiiDs
driven Into the ground until the
end of time Had she not been
seated the words would surely
have felled her. Numbly, Mildred
Rook made her “thank-you", left
the office end nnr'e her v ay Into
the sun-sparkled sidewalk The hot
cloudless day was a resp te from
the doom that enveloped her, hut
onlv for a moment: because n
stark realization swept over her:
they had no money and r.elthet
she nor (Veil were phv»irallv aide
to work to earn it. How would
they eat? And pay their bills?
Attain, the thoughts came to he:
like th'> fpdl'vnt!, devastating
blow of the pile driver.
(hie day shortly after-.car Is, M .
Rook called on the social security
representative when he was in
Shamrock She was not supposed
to lie out Of bed, hut she had
heard that maybe jus' maybe
ind H en to sn ip
would fill tumor
awarded disability payments. nlng every n '
She was lucky Although she! a picture whic
had no record* of h<*r own, her i row's albums of yest*tryear.
employer was still available and i Yes. It Is a 1 1 i**1'! nov
her work and wages were unques- look upon Jhioe dty* with fond
I so that she memories One can do that a li t
I'aslir wh«n she has even a little
h.t i,f money coming In each
fionabiy sulwtanllat!
could receive Social Sccurdy ere
dlls.
We naked Mrs. Rook to re-draw
the curtain on the by-gone years.
She said that when Die came to
Shamrock there wasn't much here;
md no naved striets; on the oth-
er hand there were only about five
hundred people In the ptitlte city
to wr'k on them. Th*'- were twr
agon yards In town which serve !
a«- t'o t’ib of th" economic, and
sometimes social, life of the coin-
mun tv, Folia tethered their nor-
<es in the vard whin thev "am"
to town, Most of th- grocerrs
and fed were bou :ht in die jn,-
eery store built wdlun the fnm *•
month. Mrs. Rook knows she was
auir fortunate In this matter and
ihat is why it is that she says,
U rot a lot of help from the peo-
nle lit I he S win I Security Office "
Stir's r't'ht about that. She got
d! the help that was needed to
arrive at a determination: homo
,!„. vis not able to help herself
T|r I elp Mrs. Rook got whs no
more than anyone el'-r In the am
Hr ai stances would have receiv-
ed One -I the reasons our aid wa-
so effective was because of Mrs
Rook’s uncanny knack for remem-
bering things, she recalled in de-
tail ail the facts surrounding her
nrk of one of th1 wagon du s. pmp|oyment in 1951 when 'be bus-i
Of course those v°n v so lor g ,m , ,p(, ,.,s with changed hand*I
ago that one s-hoot bul'li’i: hoi is- ,,.x inn< mil her husband
in:: tin first ttrough the eleven hj|,Bl| stricken ill She recall
- '- .a,, -.|| <h 't was needed to
educate till of Shnmro-k's chil-
dren.
Mrs. Pool ’s hinntest r> codec-
t'nn« of ehd’t'iood were these days,
shoHlv after the tent show* had
come tn town Actors from the big
elt'es traveled around the country.
she could get disability benefits; set up a ramp site -nd nut on
and she knew that however little «hr»-t one or two act plays and eo
It might lie it would help. She is medics. For months afterward nil
getting benefits now. Mrs. Rook ’’ ' ’ ........a( te->-
gave the Social Security Adminis 'her and had tt’eir own tent s -ow
tration written permission to tell 1 M'l'h something like nostalgia,
her story: "In order to better ae- Mildred R'v>k recalled her edrl-
quaint People of the United States boo l vis '« to Grandma's at Jpe.
with the Social Security Act. with | kerv. In th- Se days one broupht
Ihe benefits rrovid'd by th-t Act.) • '-'m >, -ii'e„pk u* tp..
and with the services performed trnln. For th* trip her mother bnk-
bv the Serial Security Administri-. ! . i
I Steireely hart the family been
! ated th* ioop-ev when ftll-
ed t':<• amount of h- r wa ;es at the
time and tie' precise numbei of
weeks -lie wot feed and even the
exact day she left that employ-
ment It was h r vivid reeollee-
:• u of th ■ - feds vedfted bv her
forn-i" eutpl ivr that led to the
■bits’invnt of th" proper cre-
dit.
How could all of tills misery I
tip, i avoided? Well, if Mrs. IPiokj
had sent for n statement of her
cm pings at least oiv-e cvetv three
\ear> (lie error that was finally
eorrer'ed could have been caught j
in 195.1 or 51 It would have been
so i asv at that time, and then- i
rover .votild ha- e been the period
juuaauuaauaauuacaoa qaiaiaiaaaijiaa^agsggiaaaaaaaiawgasai:
Low price,s up and down every aisle mean low prices all Ihe
way down your checkout tape • and more low prices just
naturally add up to more cash savings for you. Come sec!
Come shop! Compare! I he tape tolal proves — a big carlful
of your favorite foods costs le- much less-at IH’CKKTTS
...the market with HOKE OK EVERYTHING, including
LOW CRICKS.
lion."
What Is so significant ibou' M s
Rook’s story? Well, for one thing
she does rot receive regular re-
tirement betie'ts, she’s much too
young for that: she receives dis-
ability payments. Second I -. She
receives these paymmus even
though originally some of the re-
quired credits to qualify for hunt-
f t* «cre not on her record. Un-
der the provisions of the d - ibiliiv
law a person needs to have twen-
ty quarters of coverage n.* of the
forty quai ter- imr.edi ,'pty nrc-
ceiling the time wh n sh- became
unable to >vor':. Kadi - -c yiiS
!(•*>K v is jvi,.* ..*y,*sj * 5 5a - -
a calendar quarter she was end t-
ed with one quarter of ,.
Her record indicated she had r -:h-
tcen quarters of coverage. That
was close, but not cDse enoj.h to
Qualify for and actually receive
disabitity payments.
Mrs Rook recalled that she had
worked in the enrlv 1950’s m,i ,
ESST£*2s,‘
n( anx’
claim
three vi
t ■<i-,
'’lilt, a
cert (et
'red P”d b«-> '-io!*: ; st-n-*ed cat-
n »e, - tj- s Tho** vv**v vv in terflil,
neereful '!■<•« hut they were not ' " n''
always th'>t way. * j \V- i
Uefnre emnln'’ to S'vimro")', view on
Mildred Rook lived |r> M'J’eetie | there on
b...... Fi t BHott was Port ERVOtt.
one rf the ntean*st. fntvdvst wagm
'•"itht e-nt*-| In th* VV«f„ V/t4*
r-,rp saH that P4nb,’eti.' was one of
’ tn"eh*',l t owns he had ever been
in, The town boasted the Fort it~
elf In whirh were billeted ma
'■ H,p— from
ety hefi
ns ,'inall
ars the
• rue an
in M s
re Mrs. Rook's
v allowed. After
-' ltute of limit i-
1 it is most (liffi-
Rook's ease, to
Souk times It
Longhorn
Bacon
2 Lb. Pkgs.
SHORTENING
3 Lit. CAN
im record,
r be done.
k'-rt Mrs R'lox for her
social security. She sat
the rotieh, pensive for a
I understand now the
11 gin by which I quali-
d-abllify benefits; but
r now. Isn't it?"
looked it tbs kindly woman,
s," I * lid, "it's over."
, 'ai Se-urity", Mildred Rook
'n> •. the most wonderful thin
moment,
narrow i
fled fm
t| -it's i \
T look
"Yi s," I
a .VS Cf inrti»n -m t,|,at ever httpix'ned to the Ante-
(f I, rt n fi"h,,n" | wan poonle. A lot of them won'
■o'diers. vth no more Indians to not have ri-euritv if it was not fo
-rht, fumed t^etr altei:'!on on ‘loeiaj Se.nu'ity."
"■<> chipp rs miPinp aff'imd town; |
- ho in turn sent their f-ee time i M'e at gi ld Mrs. Rook mad'
■n quest of th» I nil s derorating j R- M’e know it isn't too much sh-
the town’s twenty-seven saloons 'f'|f ■' will help, and she wit
I not I'.'tve to wo"rv herself sick
, ' ,rn °ne day a eyei > ■ hit Mo- erhat - now . without that worry
*ei n and left the town bereft she may even get < ell a rain
Of Structures. The jailhoos,
Wilsons
r\| r
W’i-JL-
Puckeffs Chuck or
»Arm Boast
R I Pirrlr^ft'
1 Jf i> 2 :i
rOl’NI) CAN
SUGAR, 10 Pounds . . . SI .05
HEINZ
was
was not on her record. In speaking
with her employer it turned out |
that the work had been performed
i tn- t th> employer failed to
topirt it This work provided th-
necessary additional two quarters
of coverage needed.
There was no question <hou' 'hr
proof of employment and wages the , jrne-s
employer gave: if there had been.
Mrs. Rook never would have been
„ v■ - - —- —....... but it
'"aiy d dn t matter anymore—the
town-folk had gone w ith the wind
A little ball survived that cyclone „ . ^
h'bb'h A ]nd> had given it to lit- Pprt |n Protect
tie t'lklred and she at ill has it „
The years rolUx) on and like' !y" C°*' formw,v of Shtun-'
anyone el-e's childhood and ns ; r”rk :'"t' daueht** of Mr and Mrs 1
hey l-mv the marks of hnpp- ‘ r n Fv-’ns of thi c tv has In- .
and sad ones. Sunday was *• meted members of th» junior I
iodak day. This meant young him
Former Residents
Shamrock Take
PoundS
B
HILI SOUP
2 CANS
35c
cintples strolled hand in hand, stofv
I;'
There’s no (lift like a Fruit
take hiked fresh at .Mrs.
Turnbow’s Kitchen.
• Birthday Cake, - Wedding
Cakes - Fruit Cakes - All
kinds of Pastries and Cook-
ies baked on special order.
MRS. TURNBOW’S KITCHEN
GO.) N. Wall Mrs, Mack Tuntbow BL 6-1718
TTX-A
etrts Scout troop 46 at Du-
mas in miking poodles.
One of the glr's participating in
the project was Bi'verlv Thaxton,
dfti'cbter of Mr and M’-s John A
"■hnxton, and granddaughter of
Mrs. J. E. Rioden of Shamrock.
Tn mnk'ns: the pemtles, th» gjrls
n-'t thn reoulrem'nt.s of the Dab-
blrr bnd*e-making something out
: of old and unused materials nri-
i ar'lv. Sixteen noold“s were made
.i ,,ri nnn-orlma'e c*rf or X'6 M'i-
i-r’aj in-"(i jnrbid"d clo'hes hang-
rr« ch“*ts. buttons rick rack, hiaek
felt nlastic bags Scotch tane elas-
tic tape and masking tape.
Mr. and Mrs Dick Oierhart were
in Pumpa Thumday to attend the
tuneral of their son-in-law, Lewis
Hubbard. Also going from Sham-
rock were Mr. and Mr.. Clell Gier-
hart and Mr and Mrs. Milton
Gierhart. J!
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Yellow
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SALAD DRESSING, Mortons, Qf. . 39c ^
HERSHEYS DAINTIES, 6 Oz. Pkg. .
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FLOOR, Puckett's Best, 25Lb.Bag. 51.59 I
PETER PAN CATSUP, 20 Oz. Uoiiie . 23c "
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FRUITS * rfccii' Drome(jary' Lb-Jar b,,£ HU. S NO 1 YELLOW COLO.
JONLONS
SANTA HAS ARRIVED AT WHITE'S
“Texas Ranger” 24 or 26-inch
MIDDLEWEIGHT BICYCLE
®jss.
YOI-R
CHOICE
This ruggedly built hike comes in boy’s
or girl’s colors and models and 21 or 26-
inch size to suit your needs. Has new.
strog canti lever frame and famous
1| Perry coaster brake. Two-tone contoured
saddle. Park stand, rear reflector and
1 / ' I chain guard.
uLmy/J PAYMENTS AS LOW AS
$1.25 WI EKLY!
Most Ccmpleie Select cn of Toys in Town
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SWIFTS ICE MILK, Vi Gallon . .
TOOTH PASTE, Pepsodent, 69c Size . 49c
SKINNERS MACARONI, 2 ■ Oz. Pkgs. 25c 1
Lb.
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9 C!
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BH am IM MM «B1 H|
U. S. NO. 1 RED McCLURE
OREO CREME COOKIES, 11-0z. Pkg. 37c ! ^ Lb. Hag
RITZ CRACKERS, Pound Box
35c
White’s Auto Store
N. MAIN STREET
......hi -i' *d>111 ii.—
It. C. HAWK, Manager
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SHAMROCK, TEXAS
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sca.estracaot
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DOUBLE TOP SAVINGS STAMPS EVERY
WEDNESDAY WITH $2.50 PURCHASE OR
MORE. THIS IS YOUR TOP STAMP RE-
DEMPTION CENTER.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 14, 1961, newspaper, December 14, 1961; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth529455/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.