The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1942 Page: 1 of 6
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VOL. 35 - NO 18
COUNTY-WISE DRIVE
STARTS FOR U. S. 0.
A COZY BERTH FOR LAND-FARING SAILORS
A free picture show shown on
he lawn of the Court house next
Saturday night in connection
with ’the Lion’s Carnival will
mark the beginning of a drive
in this county to raise funds for
’lie United Service Organization,
according to a statement made by
L. G. Daugher.y, who is chair-
man in this county for the U.S.O.
Appearing at this time will also
be a speaker from the world’s
largest bombardier college which
is located at Midland. He will
make a short talk of about fif-
teen minutes.
The quota for this county is
set at 20c per capita, which would
amount to about SI,240 basing
this quo:a on the census as taken
from the sugar rationing cards.
’lie amount of which was 6.200
Boys from this area in the
Army and Navy highly recom-
mend the tilings which the USO
provides. Anson Ramsey, who is
stationed at Fort Bliss; Paul and
Glen Sullivan, of Sheppard Field:
and Dr. C. Y. Murff, Jr.; at the
Naval Training in San Diego;
all have spoken with praise for
‘his organization which helps to
bridge the gap between the bar-
racks and the old home town. j
When men .join the colors they i
join the biggest club in the I
world—the USO.
The membership of United i
Service Organizations includes
every mother’s son in the light-
ing uniform of Uncle Sam. By
the end of this year there will j
be 3.600,000 of them.
Built at the very thresholds of
camps and training stations, USO
clubhouses welcome the off-duty 1
fighter to their roaring firesides,!
their lounges and social halls.
There are 407 clubhouses. With I
163 operations, they give com-!
fort and cheer, recreation and rest |
to all who shoulder guns or make
them. These operational units-
570 in all—are busy in 269 com-
munities of forty-three States. A
chain of sixteen rings the world
from Alaska to Hawii and them e I
to the Canal Zone and bases in
the Carribbean. From there the
chain stretches n rth to end in
Bermuda.
Manned by 1112 trained work-
ers, the many chapter houses of
this greatest of all fraternities,
chalk up a monthly total of
daily peak attendance well be;
yond 1,000,000 visitors, according
to Ray Johns, director of USO’s
field operations.
— ,y '•(Minn iiMitij>i(| %iiy —
Lions Elect Officers
For The Coming Year
An election of officers to servo I
in the Lions Club was held at
their regular meeting this week.
Ofl'iivi elec.ed will officiate
for the coming year beginning
the first week of July. The elec-
tion was held by nomination from
the floor with secret ballot on
candidates who drew opponents, i
Lestev Moffitt was chosen
president; Rev. J. 11. Crawlbrd.j
vice-president; A. B. Jinkins, so-1
cond vice-president; C. V. Shel-
ton, secretary-treasurer; H. C
Kyle, Lionlamev; I) II. Starling cn,n" program. •’**' ms! as ap-
Tailtwister; Raymond Parker and ,!|,n ice -camon at $21 ;i nonth.
E. G. Briggs, one year directors 1 lnco Bii tl,ui l’ ' completed,
while I)r. .1 I! Co it :mii R. li. they will be a ig.....i to -nr of
Davis were elected to two year thteo ollicct paining -chool with
direc orships. jlhe rank of Midshipman, paying
The retiring officers are Rov j a month.
K Shlflctt, president; Rev. J. 11 Thei<’ 1 authority for pay-
Volunteers From
Gaines County Is
Released By Board
“Several boys in this county
have been released by the local
Draft Board this week in or-
der to volunteer for the Army or
Navy, as the case might be,"
Chairman of the Board, T. F.
Lindley stated this week. Among
those are: John Lloyd Hanley,
who formerly worked here with
The Western Geophysical Co.,
volunteered for the Navy in Now
Orleans, La.; L. H. Sims, of Sem-
inole, who joined the Army at
he recruiting office in Lubbock;
Gerald C. Rhodes, of Seminole,
who joined the navy at the of-
ice in Lubbock: and Hoyt E.
Rounsaville, of Seagraves, who
also recrui. ed in Lubbock.
Louis Walker, of Seminole,
who volunteered some few weeks
ago for the Navy, has received
his call and left Thursday to go
to Dallas, and thence to Norfolk,
Va.
— Huy lloml* A —
L. S. Ivey New Mgr.
Of City Cleaners
Mr. L. S. Ivy, formerly of
Kermit, but who has been em-
ployed by the City Cleaners for
.he past nine months, this week
leased the shop and equipment
from Mrs, O. J. Daniel!, and
assumed full management of this
business. Mrs. Ivy will assist him
in his work there.
Mrs. Daniell wishes to than.;
her many customers, which the
firm has had the opportunity to
serve during the years, and
wishes to ask that you give the
same courteous patronage to Mr.
Ivy.
—:— liny Defrim? IIoihIk —: —
Married Qualified
College Graduates
Wanted In U. S. Navy
The United States Navy Thurs-
day opened i s V-7 training pro-
gram leading to commissions as
deck or engineering officers, to
married qualified college gradu-
ates between the ages of 19 and
27.
It marked the first time that
the Bureau of Nasal Personnel,
seeking 10,000 addi ional men in
duty on ships coming rapidly oil
the ways, had allowed married!
men to enlist as apprentice sea- !
men and begin a 120 day rigi 1
training schedule that would fit
them for duty afloat.
Lieutenant (j.g.) L. S. Poor, |
ol’licer-in-charge of the Dalle J
Naval Office of Officer Procure-
ment. said recrui ing would be-
gin immediately throughout Tex-
as. Enlistment will he made both
by the Dallas Office of Nasal
Officer Procurement and other
Navv Recrui ing services.
When acceptable college grad-
uates in the V-7 age group are
enlisted, they will be sent t->
Notre Dame Uiiivci.it> for .i
thorough 30-da; physical hard-
LIONS CLUB CARNIVAL -
PAGEANT STARTS TODAY
to find a home-
Tbos, lonna.a art ,Hodstations and bus tfrminals.
USO and in them soldier saiVor and ntments provided by local citizens committees of
troops-in-transit service is one of six'snlluai ' read a,ld. hlav the radio between trains. USO’s
Departments, over and above the nririnii Jri^"C* °fns a*s“med at the request of the War and Navy
USO’s six component agencies are the*Vnun»rMJ^m/hr*C«*ubs Trar .en,camPments and training stations.
Clean-Up Week Observed
By Seminole Residents:
Improves City Appearance
The town is taking on an ini- - -.......— - *.......
The town is taking on an im-
proved appearance as trash of
all kinds is being picked up
around private property and from
vacant lots. Loose paper, tin cans,
and the like, if strewn all over
can ruin the lie ks of any town,
regardless of the time and mon-
ey spent on beautifying yards
with grass, trees, shrubs, and
flowers.
It is hoped that all citizens
will take advantage of the op-
portunity they will have this
Friday and Saturday of ge ting
their trash hauled off free of
charge. This courtesy is
offered by the city.' Just
put the waste materials in a
convenient place on the street
or alley where a truck can pick
it up.
There will be a noticable lack
'I Ha - nd insects, and un-
plca eri odor may be added In
this list nt unde- irables, if every-
one will cooperate in this clean-
up pro; ram, The returns received
in hcali'.h and comfort more than
repays for the effort put out.
— :— lie. |)f - n»r lli.nil* —
General Lauds USO
Major General Richard Done
van, commander of the Eighth
Corps Area, lauded the list) ,s
Former Resident
Of Seminole Very
III In Lubbock
Mis. Ciuy Stark, an old-lime;
of Seminole, who moved with
her husband and family to Lub-
bock in recent years, is gravely
ill in a Lubbock hospital. Sev-
eral of her children who live
heie and the o.her children who
live in various places, have gone
to Lubbock to be with her A
major operation was performed
last Salurelay night, and she ha:,
[been very weak since Word was
• 1‘et'clvori Tuesday that she wa:
1 re.- ting quietly and all of her
many friends hope that she will
soon he strong and well again.
—■ fill.* hrfniop It.inrin A ''I.imps _
Mi.4 Doll Hi id vs oil left Sun-
day afternoon to go to San An-
b uio where he will \isii for an
undetermined length of time,
till. MHViim IIhiiUm A •*< imps _
building American unity "wlddi ,V,'i onH M,rS' Jm« Nil\ i,nd
1 Rolliii: trail acted will make certain our final vlrt- gn sdav ' Mi" v,!' ' " j
- ast Friday ary.” , ,
Board Of Equalization
Makes Tax Reduction
I At n meeting of the Board of
; Equalization last Tuesday. June
12nd a 50 reduction was made
j on the oil producing properties,
j Off hand this would com like
qni e a reduction in the county
j income, but this will be more
j than an overcome by the ;n-
I creased number ol oil wells in
this county over last year.
I he valuation ol these prop-
er ie in Gaines County last, year
j was a httle over million dol-
lars. in comparison with a valua-
tion of between twelve and thir-
teen million dollars for this year
—: - llin rtoml* ——
Palace Theatre To
Continue 2-for-l
Midnight Shows
Due to the many requests for
he two to!- one shows, the man-
agement of the Palace has book-
I erl in another set of picture;, to
he shown Saturday night mid-
night only. These will be run
and a 2 for 1 show m connec-
tion with the regular Saturday
; feature
I mis week the special feature
"Treat Km Rough” with Peg-
:y Moran and Eddie Albert. This
a melodrama that will give you
, plenty of laughs and thrills.
In connexion with the two
big features $5.00 in cash will
he given away at the midnight
preview.
*— Huy Ih'fniNc lloml* a stamp* _
Pioneer Resident
Of West Texas
Dies In Lamesa
H H. Barron, 67, a prominent
pioneer of Dawson County pass-
ed away last Friday morning
May 29:h. He suffered a stroki
last 1 hursday night in Hig Spriri"
and was rushed to a hospital
where he died
He and Mrs Barron came to
! Dawson County in 1905, Ihe yea;
the county was organized He
took an active part in worth-
while enterprizes in Lamesa and
in the County, contributing much
to its growth and development.
He was known as an excellent
I armor and business man
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon at the Fir t
Baptist Church, and burial wa
made in the Larne a Cemetery
with the Masonic Lodge in ehareo
lie is survived by In wif
and four sons and one daughter
all of whom live in Lamesa; 14
grandchildren, three bm'lvr- and
one • ister.
•— Htl> n**fi’n*r lloliil* A Nhtmp.
Texas State Fair
Will Not Open
no 1942
stnt
Crawford, vice-president; R. H
Davis, second vice-president;
lister Moffitt, secretary-treasur-
er, H C. Kyle, Liontamer and
Bob Lindsay, T iltwister.
Lions Ed At ain and A. R.
Kidwell were appointed by Lion
ShiTlett to arrange an appropriate
ladies night affair during the last
week of June at which time the
new officers will be installed.
—:— liny DpTniM* Homl* —: —
mont of allowances for Midship-
men's dependents in the Naval
Reserve. Each married candidate,
therefore must furnish a state-
ment signed jointly by himself
and his wife that hr dependent -
will be adequately provided for
while he is in training. Recruiting
officers will not enlist a candi-
date whose dependent, obviously
will not be properly provided for
while he is fitting himself for
commissioning as an Ensign. When
Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Hayhurst sworn in as an Ensign, the young
and little son. Jimmy, have gone officer’s pay will be $183 a month
to Austin for the summer. Mr. with allowances.
Hayhurst will attend school at j Unmarried college graduates
the State University this sum- who enlist in V-7 will he re-
mer. reauired to remain unmarried
— B«* iti-rmti- Hoiid- A M»rn|i« — until completion of Reserve Mid-
Miss Louise Click is spending j shinman training
this week in Abilene attending Naval officer
aid
manv
The Young People’s Assembly a young married college graduates,
delegate of the Seminole Metho-, heretofore barred from consid-
dist Church. Rev. J. H. C'raw- oration as deck and engineering
ford also attended the meeting officers, now would l.e able ' i
1he first part of the week, bu come into naval service and d,>
returned home Tuesday night. their part in serving America.
front find The Battle Front
the annual
■ The
no t health-
reached bv
after Ha; •
Manpower became a household
word in the southwest during the
last week as plans were announc-
ed for using manpower where
needed most on the Home Front,
as well as on the battlefronts.
We have become tough on all
fronts, anti have learned to take
it and to dish it out to dish out
more and more tanks and plane,
and ships and guns to lick our
enemies. And by doing without
tin the Home Front so our ma-
terials and our supplies tan g i
to war, we are going to take i;
so we can dish it out.
We are lighting a three side I
war, war under the factory roofs
and war on the farms, as well a;
an the field of arms. To win, wc
are raising a lighting force (if at
least 8,000,000 soldiers and sail-
ors, with a labor force of
20.000,000. and an ngricultur; I
| force of 12.000.000 -men and wo-
men.
If anv ol these armies fails, all
will fail.
The U. S. War Manpower Com-
mission ha been casting around
for a source of these armies. It
j estimates that 7,000,000 to
iB.OOO.OOO will come from suspend-
<’<i civilian industries, 400,000 »n
000,000 from the farms, 400,000
from the professions, 1,500,000
I rum the temporarily unemployed
and 2,000,000 from the home
The peacetime mechanic, the
mechanically-inclined farm hand
the retired workers, the woman
without children, hoys under the
draft age and girls in their late
teens are sought for enlistment
in the Army of the Home Fron'
If you fall into any of these
categories and want to do yom
j Part get in touch with the near-
;est Office of the U. S. Employ-
ment Service and see if they
have a war Job for which yoli
are fitted. If you have the apti-
tude hut lack the necessary train-
ing. there are 2,400 vocational
schools and 10,000 public school,
| shop- throughout the U. S which
joffei technical course; Or you
may he able to get a job in one
;of the 3,195 factories providing
j “in-plant" training for their em-
ployees teaching them while
they work.
The first rule of total wai is
not to waste manpowet Every-
one must be fitted into the task
for which he 1 best anted
there must he no square peg
in round holer
(hie of the n iticnl kill need-
ed is stenography and typing-
an opportunity for women and
girl everywhere Typist: and
tenographer; are needed to ">
to Washington to help do the
war job there. Pay starts at
$1440 a yea 1 Complete informa-
tion can hr* obtained at any fir.;
or second class post office, or by
writing the Civil Service Com-
mission at New Orleans.
Hen-- an indication of the
peed with which the home front
l n obilizing the U S Employ
* nt Set • ice plat ed 605 200 pel
on- in Jobs in factories, hin-
> arris, offices and on farms in
April, 19 per cent more than io
March At the arm* time job-
seekers on the record of the
buienu dropped to 4,400.000, 1 r
four per cent below March.
mere will
! Fair of Texas.
Dee 1 ion to loreg i
[ exposition, known
world’s largest and t
till State Fair”, was
11 a- Board of Director
ry L. Seay. Piesident ol the in-
titution, made a report on h
survey of condition, brought
about by the national emergency.
Lack of trail imitation for both
exhibit and patron.- derided ’hr
i- tie. Tire shortage, possible gas-
oline rationing and a scarcity of
shipping facilities influenced the
deeision Many of the leading
fairs of both tiie United stnt
and ( anada have been called ol!
for tin* duration.
Grounds and buildings of the
$15,000,000 plant if the stale
Fair of Texas have been tender-
ed the United States Govern-
ment for whatever use it may
ee fit to make of them, Mr
Sony announced
Mu* IWi’Mm- IIoiiiIm a
Visitoi in the Hugh Saunders
home lin week are Mr U. !!.
Fouche of Hobb N. Mex., Mi
Boh Walker of Seagruve* and
Mr and Mr Dave Arnold of
I zubboek.
H»l> b' f'MlM* It’Hill* A .
Ml and Mr Chester Brown
went to Lubbock Saturday to
visit Mrs Brown’s sister. Mis
Elmira Tayloi who i- in training
In a ho pit.d there to become a
nurse.
A festive spirit will reign i:
Seminole on Friday and Satur
as the Lions Club launch ther
Second Annual Carnival and fun-
fest. This year mark- a sligh
1 change in the usual run of tli<
mill carnival atmosphere due t
the war situation and as a resul
| the Club ha - adopted a plan tho
includes an unusual Patriotii
theme, having campaign booth-
erected for the benefit ol De
I tense Stamp Sales and Unn.ec
Service Organizations both o,
which are vital parts of the wa
effort. In addition to Carniv
rides, games, public dunkin
board and midway, a spectacul,
Patriotic Pageant will be un-
folded as the grand finale at ip
proximately eleven o’clock Sat-
urday night.
It is expected that many Inca
j citizens will be on hand to en
joy the event which promises t
surpass that of last year whict
drew hundi-eds of visitois to Sem-
inole. The street south of th?
courthouse vv ill he roped off m<
reserved ;e a full block of en-
ter ainment with bright light
strung abeve the activity.
Club members promise tha
some hint; will be going on ever
minute of the time on both even-
ing,- that will offer a delightful
time for tho public. A publii
dunking board will be in full
swing with a chance for every-
one to douce local citizens in
dipping vat of water. Populni
games and side shows will be *
operation in addition to the ride
Ilup Halsey and his Drug-t u,
Cowboys will furnish music iron-
an improvised platform from <
to 7 p m. for the enjoyment g
the public. A public address sys-
tem furnished by the Dutiagan
Sales Co. will be in operatior
so that all can hear as well 1
see all events.
— H'i> llufnut* HoiuIn it —
Eastern Star Lodge
Installs New Officer
»v
The installation ceremony hole!
for the new officers of the East-
ern Star Lodge was given Tues-
riay,evening in the Masonic Hall.
A rose and white color scheme
wa tastefully used in decorating
and also for the color of the
gowns worn by those who par*-
icipated Fresh cut flowers de
curated the entire Hall A beau-
tiful and impressive candle light
pri gram wa; pro; anted.
The in;‘allation officer wa*
.Fulia Heath, marshall, Vola
[Stark: organist, Laura Cox. chap-
lain. Ruylx Smallin.
The offici i . installed wen* a
follows Worthy Matron, Haze!
Anderson, Worthy Pa’run, I. J
Stanford. Associate Matron, Della
Jack on; Associate Patron. R !
•I me- , Jr . secretary. Louis-
Gao pi * I! treasurer, Grane Le
-lone . eotiduetrt Eunice Stark
associate conductre; , Lillie lien
1 v; or s, m 1 t, Mntsetta Sark, chap-
lain Ghri-tinc Miller: matshall
Ida Mem-el-: Adah Elina Blan-
ch :rd; Ru’ih, Dorolh Decker
I-'- her, Alpha Singleton; Martha.
Sylvia Pruett; Electa. Tandic
Fannin warder, Ima Kelly an-l
entinel. R. () Decker.
H»i.» It..ml* A *1 imp* —.
Notice By Local
Droft Board Of
Men To Be Located
The following men have been
declared DELINQUENT by the
Game- ( ounty lxxal Board and
have been mailed notice- to that
effect It they do not communi-
cate with the board by 5 p. M
•ftme 9 1!)42, they will f)e re-
fioi ed to The United States Dist
Attorney and he in turn will
notify the F B. I. to start look-
ing for them. Any friend or re-
lative of these men that know
where they are will he doinr
them a favor to no’ify this board
so that we way get in touch
with them and stop proceedings
They are
John L. Nichols
Glen Buford May;
< hristophci Columbus Wuldrum
John Calhoun Bush
Ollie Klau* Sim;
Bii) llrta-iiM- llmida J| siumpa —
■Mi Tommy Tipton, membe
of the Sentinel staff, became ill
Tuesday and has b<*en confined
to his h*-d all this w»*» k
PLAN NOW TO
ATTEND THE
LIONS CARNIVAL
Friday and Saturday
JUNE 5 & 6
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Gregory, Charlie & Gregory, Doris. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 4, 1942, newspaper, June 4, 1942; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth555835/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.