The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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36 - NO. 47
Seminole, Gaines Co., Texas, Friday, Dec. 24, 1943
its. For Phillips
lO-Octane Aviation
is Plant Here Named
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MmMmmmM&mmmmmwM Midland Air Base Hosp.
* 1 Is Given Piano For
| Use By Convalescents
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Gaines County Gen.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Terrell and Trilba Christopher,
children of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
<|eRt Of the the 100-octane Avi
ation gasoline project of the
Petroleum Company in;
linole field is A. F. Baker
headquarters at Seminole,
^>uvd Odessa. Mr. Baker is a long-
time employet' ol the Company
and has superintended the con- ^ recoverLng trom
atruction of gasoline facilh.es in | tonsiUeolomies. The Christophers
practically every f.eld of Fflilhps | m
oDeration He comes to Seminole _ . .
directly from the construction ol Mrs. W R a on win was
a Urge Phillips plant manufact- j hospitalized for severa a\s
Uring 100-octane aviation gaso- released Tues ay a ernoo
line at Kansas City. General Su- Mrs. Harry Stone, who has
perintemient of the Seminole
project will be L. T Huffman of
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the Com-
pany’s headquarters.
• Construction of the plant which
will furnish feed stock for avi-
ation gasoline urgently needed
by the Army and Navy is un-
der contract to the L. O. Stock-
er Construction Company. Eighty
miles of gathering line and 22
miles of gasoline line which will
connect the plant with Phillips'
main pipe line into its aviation
H*olLne maufaeturing plant at
Phillips Texas, will be laid bv
the United Construction Company
and the J. R Stewart Construc-
tion Company.
been in the hospital for several
days was discharged Tuesday
Billy Scott Middleton, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Middleton,
was hospitalized on Friday of
last week, but was discharged
that night.
Mrs. Carl Davis and daughter,
Peggy Sue, are still in the hos-
pital. Peggy Sue was born at
2:08 P. M. on December 17.
Mr. Homer J. Whitaker of
Seminole is in the hospital suf-
fering from an infection.
Vernon McKinney of Water
Valley, Texas, was hospitalized
several days last week, but has
now been discharged
Charles Ambrose, son of Mr
Hie Seminole Plant will re- • and Mrs. C. M. Ambrose of Don-
350 workers “bearing j ver City, was hospitalized one
during the next four i day last week,
month; to complete the project Mrs. Zelma Mclntire, who
on time or ahead of schedule. lives in Seminole, was hospiitaliz-
fhillip Petroleum Company is , id several days last week
1 producing enough 100-octane Elizabeth Clark, who is em-
ilino to fuel bombers to drop ! ployed in the hospital, has been
tons of explosives on Berlin I ill for a week. She was dlscharg-
jy When gasoline projects j ed from the hospital on Satur-
jeh the Company now has un-,day.
i way or authorized are com- Mrs. Nora E. Baze of Sea-
graves, who was hospitalized tor
several days, was discharged
Sunday.
II. C. Waitson, hospitalized for
was discharged
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Greatest Since
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iJ roic In 1918
Through the effort of Mrs. M
S. Doss. Seminole chairman o<
the Rod Cross Camp and Hospi-
tal Division, i piano has beer:
delivered to the recreation room
of the Midland army air basr
An epidenmie of flu reported hospital
by the U S Public Health is The piano was paid for by in
sweeping down upon us from dividals here and several otbes
the East. Th.- condition is the things, including ash trays and
*.SM 1 greatest we have experienced -mbs rip’ions to Readers Digcs.
, since the great epidemic in 1918 have been men for the new
jw I While not of the same se- entx. recreation room
! the death rate as increased about Although tin piano i- paid f«a .
J*A i> percent due t.» thi condition, funds are still needed for ttn.
U?*, At the first symptoms go to newly created Red Cross dm
I bed, keep warm, eat light foods,! on so that other necessary
•” drink plenty ot fluids, keep the things ran be d me for the has
?2X bowels open If you have fever pdal during the year Anyone do-
stay in bed until the tempera- u-ing to give to this fund should
ture has been normal for one i eontacl Mi Doss, co-chairman
oi two days Thli is a contagious Mrs Joe Anderson, oi County
W i disease, so isolate yourself, not j Red Cro.s Chairman Citestet
that it will help you but it Brmvni
{D j might protect your associates and
:we mu-sl keep the home front
Vjm , working
Don’t tiy to keep on working,
j you won’t help youi condition.
••M Y°lir r'btlnued presence with your
jot 1 continual sneezing, snorting, and
The Lions Club gave $25 to-
ward the p ino mil community
song books are being bought b>
the Bridge Club and by sever*
individuals Furniture in Room
condition and anything else suit
ihie for the recreation room wit
^ [hinj nothin) ksa than [ladly be wet pted
• •at ■ criminal and may (lose down Realizing the great neoesstt*
■feted. authorities estimate that
■ aviation fuel output will be
iffivient for dropping 800 tons
; bombs daily on the German
tpitol. Phillips and its contract- j sev eral days,
firms have pledged them- last week
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Hves ta bring p’.,Ji:_tion to t'.i
bint a) the eat i t pw Itole date
low well they are able to ful*
pi] their pledge will depend up-
their ability to obtain WOrk-
rs Worker on 100-octane pro-
ds carry a great responsibility,
nd their efforts have a direct
bearing on the rate at which our
growing air attacks on the Axis
Can be increased to the neces-
sary ferocity for victory.
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Outstanding Shows
Booked For Tower
To End Year of '43
Mrs. Ben W. Cole. Seminole,
recuperating if her home fol-
lowing several days in the hos-
pital.
John Cornett, son of Mr and
Mrs. E. T. Cornett of Soagraves,
was hospitalized several days |
last week, but is now ait his
home.
Jimmie Hayhurst, son of Mr.
and Mrs. M. R. Hayhurst, was
hospitalized last week.
Edward T. Post, yourtg son
of Mr. and Mrs. T. G Post of
Denver City, was hospitalized
last week, but has been dis-
charged from the hospital
Mrs. H.
who was hospitalized for sev-
eral days, is now resting at their
home here.
Mr. J. H Osborne, Jr., of Ker-
in it, has been discharged from
Baptist Brotherhood
To Hear Indian Army
Chaplain Tuesday
! foi providing recreation for con
D alescing service men, the new
division was created by the Red
Cross and i ■ meeting with *
splendid re p mse all over th«-
country
Recreation rooms are lictau:
no preai bin”, .provided in army hospitals all
hodi ( huich ,1VI,| the cotintay as doctors I'luws
morning or evening, but Sunday )hat k(n.pin,, th(, convalescent
C/i 1 • > mill iwi :H t • 1 /1 ■ i I riii*. i • . _
i occupied nnd happy arc just at*
important In their cure as med
ical attention Everyone who con
Catholic Services To I tributes -mothing to the camp
lie Held Christmas h" ran *» “
Catholic services will be held, thi,t h<> ls doin« a
in the District Court Room ilt! service to hi, country.
9am Dei 25 Rev Maurice
Mahon will officiate
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•*W an entire busine: - en’ rprLse
' Paul G Capps, M
Director
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yfjf No Services Sunday At
Methodist Church
^ There will be
*»W service at the Mcthodet ('huich
School will be held at the rog-
ular hour
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Chaplain Othpoby, Comman-, ,
vhe Indian of Hobbs Air Base No Service Sun. At
will be the guest speaker at lll‘‘ r'lmrrk
Baptist Brotherhood Tuesday, rfCSbytONOn GnlirCn
December 28, at 8 P M Chaplain
i tne nospuan ottipoby has the distinction of
K. Form, Seminole, |Inri;
The management of the Tower
heatre has announced an out-
tanding week of pictures for
he last week in 1943 . . . Sat- ______
rday Christmas day finds the thc hospital,
favorite Weatern star Charles Richard Kitchen, son of Mrs.
Starrott in “Cowboy In The | Maric Kitchen of Denver City.
■; Clouds”, the show will not open , was discharged from the hos-
|i Until 3 p. m. on this day. Sun- pital last week.
| ;4ay nnd Monday, Dec’. 2(1 and Mrs. L A. Hart in and son,
< ’ J7* one of the- outstanding mu- ocne Allen, were discharged
? Icals of thc year with that out- | from the hospital Monday.
Ipitanding cast — M;ckey Rooney Steve fioyd who works for
'and Judy G rland in “Girl Cra- j Carl B. King Drilling Company
j has been injured recently He
1 et Rye n iar Lan
Tmade - jj , c. A. Dumas, employed by
day, Dec. 28 and 29 finds a big j Carl 15 King Drill ng Company.
| program arranged for the last j was injured and hospitalized dur-
: bargain night of the year — “Sa- i jng last week
late For Three” is Che feature l Robert Ebert, Seminole, who
picture with another Issue of thc , employed by Superior Oil
March of Time. Portugal, Eur-1 Company, recently reported to
l ope’s Crossroad*”. — Thursday |,the clinic for an injury
being the first American Indian
to be appointed to the Chaplain-
cy in the United States Army.
He is a former professional ath-
lete, having played with various
professional basket hall teams,
and he also has engaged in other
On next Sunday there will lie
Sunday School as usual a* 12
o’clock, ut no preaching ser-
vices as the pastor will be out
of town. The Young People’s
League for Sunday afternoon and
next weeks Youth Recreation
Night have also been dismissed.
Greenwoods To Have
Out-Of-Town Guests
Christmas Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Greenwood
are expecting her niece and hus-
band, Mr and Mrs. Virgil Bryant
ot Artesia, N M., for thc Christ-
mas holidays Another niece and
her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Ce-
cil Cooper, of Roswell, N M,
will be Christmas day guests in
the Greenwood home
Other Christmas dinner guests
wil be Mr anil Mrs. T. A. Mc-
Kay, Mi and Mrs. Bill Roberts
and family and Mr and Mrs,
Johnny Spark.
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Stewarts Spending Months
Vacation In Okla. and N. M.
....... ----- —........— | Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stewart left
ana nc also nas engaged m omer i The pastor has just completed J Wednesday on u months vaea-
sports He is a member of the I his first year of ministry in your tion trip They fir.! went to
.. , , ... mirlat umnlH lik<* tn OLrl i 1/» t;ivit Vila
Reformed Church of America,
having held pastorate: in Nebra
ka. New Mexico and Oklahoma
In order that the public migh*
receive full benefit from the visit
of this outstanding speaker, the
Brotherhood has decided to make
this Ladies Might. The general
public is cordially invited to
hear this program.
midst and would like to take J Walters, Okla. to visit his par-
this opportunity of expressing enta. Mr:, Stewart will spend
appreciation for the cordial way1
in which he and his family have
been received, and to wish for
all a “Bright Christmas" and a
New Year with the Blessing and
Leadership of the Christ of
Christmas.
Homer Akers,
Pastor.
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Christma day with hei parents,
the 11 A Peltiers at Shawnee.
After a weeks visit in Okla., the
Stewarts plan to go to Red River
in northern New Mexico where
they will stay about three weeks.
They will return to Seminole
I about Fob 1
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4-H Girls Guests At
Christmas Tariy
At Pruett Home
Four-H Club girls of the 7t i
, and Hth grades of Seminole weie
! guevts at o Christmas p r‘.y at
talking and everybody laughin? j eum Company, has been treated ^' j^1 ^m.er" District' AitUumey1 \*T> ’Mrs Jack Holton anfl ,am' ' ni«ht T!.<- hon e w.v gall
Mr and Mr W ,1 Howell and
daughters and Mi W N Jack
son and daughter wen! l" Lub 1
bock Wednesday
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Rev F’reston Florence and son,
Max, visitixl in Lubbock Fri-
day.
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Mrs. Bobbie Pittman went in
Lubbock Friday
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Mr. and Mrs Jeff Crime and
daughter, Jean, visited hi , moth
er in Oden,a The Cram’:, also
visited Mrs Tom Ferrell, a sis-
ter to Crane arid his brother and
wife, Capt and Mrs Preston I
Crane
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Mr. and Mr: Fred Rollins and j
two sons, Pat and Mike, of El
Paso, are visiting in the home
of Mr. and Mrs C E Rollins
during the Christina.- holiday
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Mr and M: Jim* Aml'i n
TOWED
THEATRE ■■
Watch (Jur Program For The
Best Shows — We Have Them
Doors Open 7:15
SATURDAY
Dec. 25
Notice We will not open
until 3 p in. Christinas, day
CHARLES STAR RETT in
•COWBOY IN Till, CLOUDH*
plus
KINO OK THE MOUNTIK*
ope’s Crossroad*". - Thursday |,lhc clinic for an injury. j ,.n,.ri,ms The first program wa
and Friday, Dee. 30 and 31 T ai Ted Edmondson, Seminole. whl), :n,,(.nU,() b. |(ra) talent The
H picture will have the whole town . ,, working for Magnolia Petrol
The Baptist Brotherhood me!
on December 7 for the purpose R R Holme„ is Rnin8
of ieorganizing with nine men ^ Brownfield U) .spt,ncl the
l int Si^that n. ,0B
he o ganizaion ha enjoyed t • » Hf>lm<w Z\,
...., ..... Paul Nelm ; of Lubbock, is vis-
featured Truett ilin* in th“ ,?f
I
When”the quiet professor’s bri l 'j f0r an injury sustained some '.^Tahoka.’ Texarmi’guest’speak- ^
turns out to be the author ' time ago. C1. ^mjtii spoke to a crowd
t' e spicy book "As I Knew Par- Roger Harrold of Semmolc. (>f lwt.nty_om. men. Mr Smith’
is”, look out for trouble, and | employee of the Ohio Oil Com-| h{ a interesting le-
fun The swiftest, gayest romanc-1 .,any. was recently Injured on
<>()o
decorated with evergreens an I
other vuletide remem bra nees
visited in the home of Mr and
Mrs. E. D Cdfer of Seagrave
last Sunday
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Pfe. Walker lh’armg. Jr ,ir
rived hom" Tui day for a v |
with his pari -its Mi and Mr
B. W. Deanna lh a ring is from 11
Patterson Field, Ohio
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Mr. and Mrs C P Bennett
and son, Phillip, are vinting Mrs |
Bennett' parents, Mr and Mr
I. W. Fox ,f B "gc during the
C'lristmir holiday-
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Mins Doll Birdwell ind h« i
mother, Mrs W. 11 Birdwell, and ,
brother, (In , who have been r
Neal Martin of Perry, Okla-
homa, arrived Monday for a few
cs in many a day. Susan Peter
and Herbert Mar-hall in “Young
Ideas” Susan Peters rose to fam
overnight hi “Random Harvest”
Now she is here in her first com-
edy role.
The Tower Theatre has ar-
ranged a great show for the big
New Year’s eve party. "Dr. Gil-
lespies’ Criminal Case” will be
shown at this time only. For
this midnight preview, all seats
will be 50c.
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. . , . “ son on the “LENGTH, BREAD IH , and Mrs. Joe
the job and was treated at the , , ^ HpiICjHTH OK LJFE.” Oth- “^in Neal is a brother f»
hospital. , r quests at this meeting were l , M irtin
O’ S. Haywood Seminole, who; M R ^ ^ Kifk Rev R P Jo, Martin.
works for Carl B King reeenrtly, Ke„ Rov Rail(jan Ball, Rev.
offered an injury, from Which nrm,k a)| of Somino^ and
he i-
Geoum Dfmton of D< nver City
he was hospitalized, but
now discharged. m- ,,nt invitation is ex-
E. E. Hitt of A ired, recently ^ d a|! m„n attond the.„,
epon'ed to the dime auf.eHng Rr(. ,,rhood mw.*in?? at First
from an injury atu ed ■ ■ Bap ( ....... Tuesday
working for the Agey Dnlbn
Company.
Robert D. Peebler of Semin-
ole was recently injured while
Mr. and Mri. W. A. Martin
j of Lamesa arriv' d Monday for
| evening at 8:00 P. M
Maigarct and P<Try Bowen ar-
rlvf i Ihorfir Friday for a vi: i‘
with th< ir rnather. Margaret and
pr.rry hav h<-en attending col-
working for the United Geophy -
CAR OWNERSHIP NOTICE jcal Co’mpany.
Beginning January 1, 1914, no Ray prather, R"minolc, who ivunm
bo.i’d can hruc gasoline coupons wor|ts for Magnolia Petroleum; ___
for a vehicle that K.s chaa'c<l, Coropany, was recently injured:
owrersh'p after the clo e of bu 1- and reporlcd for treatment »t I ^ ” ,oN>r«
n-v D- mhrr 3! 1943 unh’,’ the clinic. and more than twW number
the npplicnr* ’'hmits the aupu- j ^ Ramsay of Denver C . y. ’
ente receipt lr»ned by the War wag injured Feveral days ago
pdre and Rationing Board, the W(,rg.ru for Williams Cam-
<Vf'«* of Price Adminirtrat on ^ „
•mo imwd «il. wea k (Continued on Back Pa**>
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2,9(W).0;X)..')0fl
ration token?, smaller in »ize
Games were played and the i San Antonio h r the past montt
girl each brought a rid of food j returned W'de«d:iv of I i-t week
wht"h the club pre: eritt I to a
needy family.
Refreshments were served to
12 g rls and to Home Demon
i visit with their son, Joe C.
Martin and family. Thcv will
• tay until after the Chri ma
holidays.
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Jimmy Oaies, udrn! at Tech'
in Lubbock, Is »p< nd’.og tho hol-
idays with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. N M. Oates.
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strut ion Agent Mary Grind:‘off.
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Mr . Jeff Crane wa ill >•' r
the weekend.
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M i: s M a r y Grind ' " will
Icava 1 lay for Sotai
,:hc will c;>cnd the holidays wl’li
her family.
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Mrs. Alvin B. a heai arrived I
home last Thursday for a visits
with her parent Mr. nd Mr ,
I E. Boykm Mr- B-a ' < nr
from T.iiH 'i'1' ’d > i h i hand
, >s In the armed forie
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El/ie Browne of Sen graven vis- !
lied his bio’ i. Chester Brov/ne
Monday.
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Mr. end Mr Joe Fnekson and
Druis slla Curry nil of Midland,
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Iter 28 and 27
Get your girl and go!
•GIKI, CRA’/Y”
with
MICKEY ROONEY and
JUDY GARI*AND
plus
Tommy Dorsey and hh*
Orchestra
TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY
Dec ”8 and 29
Anot ' i big bargain nigh! *}
“HAUTE I OR THREE” j
plus
MARCH OF TIME
Portugal, Europe's Crossroads
e-die , i' or ' • al plan, was
startr d V w* ■ < by Osbome
nReg- h Pvwi —
Register Co of Cincinnati
Rev. and Mrs. Ed Tharp wP!
visit their daughter, Mrs. E. R
McGee and family, over Christ-
mas.
Mrc Glenn Smythe left last
Friday by tram for Pnnville. | comnvr M transport
vbfkilll., where she is spending the fore being replaced by
Christmas holidays l|re
Mr. and Mr- M. J. n I will .* is-nd Oh- imio vvek-er
Sr. of Aw n arrived Tuerd y far
■ with tf idr son Dr. Me-
Swe'-n and fan !y.
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OPA •• I d truck
tire ir.-pecthm to see Uv ‘ every
tlr,» |n e gives its lad ;/ -
^ible mile of wear to c -er.tlal
with Mr. or.d Mr . B B. Curry
Mr. and Mr- Ray Peak am'
V -y Lovelady, oil of J.oon
pent last Sunday in the T F.
D ak orne
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Mr and Mr? G W Farrt
be-1 spent last week-end 1n Big
a new Spring where they attended u
(telephone company meeting
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
Dee. 30 and 3f
For our In fat picture of 1943
wt; bring to you one of the
be t stone* of the year. It
w, I hhve (he v u:!e town
taik.ng.
SUSAN PETERS and
Hi JIB Lit T MARSHAL!
“YOUNG IDE \S”
Su: in Peters m e to fame
overnight In '‘Random Har-
v< •t”. See her nev In her first
comedy role.
Plan now to see 'he old year
out arid the new year in at
ine Tower Tne ire's New
Year’s Eve show All seats
50r f»n* price only
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Gregory, Charlie & Gregory, Doris. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1943, newspaper, December 24, 1943; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth555841/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.