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Qh&SHAMROCK Texan
V Waldassen are
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IIRTIETH YEAR
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 1933
WEEKLY
NUMBER •
EXPECT 18 OR 20
LOCAL PLAYERS IN
GREEN BELT MEET
COLE CREEK GOLF TEAM WILL
DEFEND TITLE AGAINST
8 OTHER TOWNS
From eighteen to twenty mem-
bers ol the Cole Creek Country
Club are expected to enter In the
various events ol the Green Belt
[ GoH Tournament at Childress next
week. Shamrock's team of six will
1 be named the last of this week by
members of the sports committee of
the local club. Shamrock, as last
year's winner, will defend the title
against eight other teams. Billy
Holmes, local star, la the present
holder of the Green Belt title.
Local players are expected to
ave Sunday in order to be on
hand for the first rounds Monday
morning.
Holmes' title as champion of the
Owen Belt Golf Association will be
the goal of the ace shots of nine
«r more Panhandle cities when
Childress becomes the center of
attraction In Panhandle golf circles
June 12-18. The 20-year-old Sham-
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PROMINENT MEN TO
SPEAK AT MEETING
SPECIAL SESSION OK NORTH
FORK WORKERS' GROUP
HERE WEDNESDAY
20 ATTEND
JOINT PICNIC
Business And Professional Clubs
Of Shamrock And Pampa At
Ft. Elliott Sunday
Twenty members and guests of
the Shamrock Business and Profes-
sional Women's Club, met with the
Pampa club for a picnic at Ft.
Elliott. Sunday afternoon.
Upon arrival at the picnic
grounds, the group was served bar-
becued steak, prepared under the
direction of Miss Viola Jones, coun-
ty home demonstration agent, with
other picnic dishes. Impromptu
singing and phonograph music
formed the entertainment.
The local group Included: Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. McFann, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Graham, Mrs. M. Reyn-
olds, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hise, Miss
Louise Scott, Mrs. Ora Klzzlar,
Paul Zelgler, Miss Ve Maddox. Miss
Ruth Zelgler, Miss Nell Adams, Mr.
and Mrs. 8hlrley Draper, Mrs. Hel-
en Stevens, Miss Mary Smith, Al-
bert Jameson, Miss Allie Williams,
and Mrs. deer of Oklahoma City,
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SHAMROCK GAINING
HEADWAY FAST IN
BASEBALL LEAGUE
MAGAZINE CARRIES
HOFMANN ARTICLE
WINNER OF WHEELER BATTLE
SUNDAY; PAMPA AND
McLEAN LEADING
A recent "Letter to the Editor."
by G. Hofmann, which appeared In
The Shamrock Texan, has been
1 reprinted by Liberty, a religious
magazine of Washington, D. C„
under the title, "A Religion That
needs No State Aid."
The editorial comment on the
article was as follows: “We are
glad to know that men in all walks
Pa®pa “"j1 McLean are leading of ]lfe have 8 reaction that re
in !h«.,Co“on.;0“. *n,d llgion by law has always been a
blight upon civilization and a curse
to religion. A religion that needs
the support of the state to keep It
from perishing, Is not worth pre
serving.”
Shamrock coming to the fore, fol
lowing Sunday's games In which
McLean defeated Twitty, Pampa
beat Magic City and Shamrock de-
feated Wheeler.
The League standing now is as
WORLD FAIR TRIP
ON FROM AMARILLO
ALL-EXPENSE TOUR PLANNED
BY WILBUR C. HAWK FOR
PANHANDLE PEOPLE
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Rev. C. Y. Dossey, member of
the State Board of Baptist Evan-
gelists, Rev. C. V. Edwards, field
representative of Baylor Belton
College for Women, and Rev. C. E.
Lancaster of Pampa, are expected
hero Wednesday, June 14, and will
give the principal addresses on the
program of the Workers' Meeting
Of the North Fork Baptist Asso-
ciation.
The sessions will be held at the
First Baptist church with the pro-
gram beginning at 10 o'clock, ac-
cording to Rev. E. T. Smith.
This Is a special meeting of the
North Fork group, to be held in
place of their regular meeting to
give members of the Association a
chance to hear the three well-
known workers of the Baptist
church who win be In this territory
at that time. The Association In-
cludes churches from Wheeler, Col-
lingsworth and a part of Gray
counties, and the |HlRlng Is ex-
pected to bring between four and
five hundred delegates.
The program, as announced this
week by Rev. Bmlth. is as foUows:
10 a. m„ devotional. Kay Bryan;
10:15, "Evangelism, Our Way Out,”
Rev. V. M. Ldllar; 10:45, special
music by Shamrock group; 10:60,
address, Rev. Lancaster; 11:30, The
Hlble Basis of Evangelism,” Rev.
Dossey; 12:16, lunch hour; 1:15,
board and W. M. U. meeting: 2:00
,p, m„ "Baylor Belton College for
1 Women," Rev. Edwards.
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“Are you going to the world's
fair?"
Wilbur C. Hawk of Amarillo has
arranged an all-expense tour to
Chicago for residents of the Pan-
handle.
Reservations aboard this special
may be made now at any Santa Fe
ticket office, or with Mason King,
tour manager at Amarillo.
From Amarillo the cost will be
only $75.00.
That cost includes everything—
railroad fare, all meals, hotel bill,
admission to A Century of Progress,
sight-seeing tours, a big league
baseball game, two cruises on Lake
follows:
P
W
L
Pet.
Pampa _________
.. 4
3
1
.750
McLean ........
4
3
1
.750
Shamrock _______
.. 4
2
2
.500
Twitty .........
4
2
2
.500
Wheeler ........
.. 4
1
3
250
Magic City .....
. 4
1
3
.250
Shamrock took
over the
game
with Wheeler to
the
tune
of
21-4,
with Masterson continuing his good
mound work and the team rallying
LOCAL PEOPLE IN
UNUSUAL ACCIDENT
TWITTY 4-1 CLUB
MEMBER WINNER IN
BEDROOM CONTEST
6 DEMONSTRATORS COMPETE
IN SPRING SCORING
HELD RECENTLY
SERVICES HELD FOR
MOBEETIE WOMAN
to his support. Scruggs came to
bat like an old-timer, getting a
single, double and a home run,
QUANAH MAN DIES FROM FALL
ON SIDE OF CAR DRIVEN
BY HORACE SMALL
Clarence McNeese, 31, a resident
of Quanah and Aome for a number
of years, died late Saturday after-
noon in a Quanah hospital two
while Setzler also knocked a home hours after he *eU lnto the slde of
an automobile driven by Horace
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ARREST MAN WITH
10 BOTTLES REER
MEMBERS OF SHERIFFS AND
CONSTABLE'S FORCES IN
SERIES RAIDS HERE
(Oont nurd on post 4)
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TINDALL DRUG HAS
GAS
DRUG HAI
REFRIGER
A TOR
Tindall Drug store now has on
display one of the new air-cooled
Electrolux gas refrigerators and will
•ot as dealer of this popular line
to this territory. The air-cooled
ESeetrolux was perfected after seven
yekrx laboratory work and experl-
nent It uses no water, a tiny gas
flame alone circulating the refrig-
erant. Air—ordinary air—replaces
the water.
The Electrolux is noiseless and
absolutely safe. It can be operated
at a fraction of the cost of other
mechanical refrigerators, according
to the local dealer. You are Invited
to see the refrigerator which
“freezes by heat,” at Tindall Drug.
TWITTY RESIDENCE
DESTROYED BY FIRE
A frame house belonging to W.
M. Addison of three and one-half
miles northeast of Twitty was
burned, with a complete loss of
household furnishings and clothing,
in a blaze which started when an
oil stove exploded about 7 o'clock
Friday evening. The house was oc-
cupied by the W. M. Addison r.ud
Marlon Addison families.
Members of the families were not
in the house when the fire caught
and nothing was saved.
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YOU ARE INVITED
Dr. and Mrs. Olenn Walker of
.iobaetle are invited to be the
pests of The Shamrock Texan and
The Texas Theatre to see Eddie
Cantor In "The Kid From 8paln,"
Saturday night preview, Sunday,
today or Tuesday,
SHAMROCK HIT BY
FIRST HEAT WAVE
TOTAL .28 INCH RAIN ALONG
WITH ELECTRICAL STORM
SUNDAY EVENING
Shamrock's first heat wave struck
Sunday, with the highest tempera-
ture of the year registered at other
Panhandle points. With the heal
intensified by hot winds, the tem-
perature began a steady climbing
early In the morning and eased
over 108 at the hottest parts of
the day, by local thermometers.
An electrical storm which broke
shortly after dark Sunday night
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HOLMES HONORED BY
A. AND M. ENGINEERS
Worth W. Holmes, son of Mrs.
Hester Holmes of this city, was
elected president of the Student
Chapter of Civil Engineers for A.
and M. College next year, according
to a story In the “Battalion," school
paper. Holmes, who was secretary-
treasurer of the A. S. C. E. last
year, received the further honor
at the annual banquet held for the
engineers in the Mess Hall annex
May 26.
Holmes will receive his degree
from A. and M. College next year,
and is a prominent member of the
civil engineers group there. He has
been a member of the distinguished
students' group each term of his
college work, and last semester re-
ceived almost twice as many grade
points as was necessary to make
the honor group.
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PURCELL YOUNGSTERS
ENTERTAIN ON RADIO
Many local people tuned In on
Station KGKO, Wichita Falls, at
noon Wednesday to hear an Inter-
esting musical program by Imogene
and Thelma Purcell, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. John Purcell of Lela.
At the special request of the radio
station, Mr. and Mrs. Purcell took
the talented girls there to broad-
cast from 12 to 12:30.
Imogene, 11 years old, plays the
mandolin, and Thelma, 9, the har-
monica, and their programs are
worthy of much older musicians.
The youngest child, Maxine, 6, Is
also a promising musician. This Is
the second time the girls have
played over KGKO. The Purcell
family make their home at Lela,
where the girls have been enter
talnlng at neighborhood affairs for
a long period.
Determination of county author-
ities to enforce state liquor laws to
the letter regardless of laxity in
beer and liquor prohibition en-
forcement In many localities, Is
seen In a series of local raids
Thursday.
James H. Walker, who resides
south of the ball park, Is out on
bond awaiting the action of the
grand Jury which convenes June
19th, on a charge of possession of
home-brew for the purpose of sale.
He was bound over by Justice of
the Peace J. B. Zelgler. Officers
Small of this city on Highway 5
about 3 miles east of Quanah, ac-
cording to a Wichita Falls paper.
A short time before the accident,
a woman driving Into Quanah call-
ed officers there to report a man
standing in the middle of the pave-
ment had grabbed at her machine
as she passed and that she be-
lieved his life was in danger from
passing cars. Officers hurried to
the scene to find that the man al-
ready had been struck by the car
In which Mr.' and Mrs. Small were
riding and was critically hurt.
No inquest was held and Small
was exonerated after It was dis-
covered that several other drivers
had witnessed the man’s actions.
Small stated that he had seen the
man grab at several other cars
ahead of him, and had swerved his
own car off the pavement to avoid
hitting him. but that the man fell
face forward against the side of
the car as It came alongside him.
McNeese was taken to a hospital
and died about two hours later. He
had been an employee of the Acme
Inez Olerhart, bedroom demon-
strator of the Twitty 4-H Club Is
winner of first place In the county
bedroom contest, In which scoring
was completed recently. By spend-
ing $5.95, her scoring was raised
from 271 to 725 with much plan-
ning, work and help from the en-
tire family.
Beatrice Brown, demonstrator of
the Allison club won second place,
having raised her score from 281 to
655 and spending only $5.71. Ber-
nice Ray Copeland of Bethel was
third and Mary O. Attaway of the
Plainview club fourth, while other
contestants were Louise McRea of
Myrtle and Cleo Williams of Mo-
beetle. Four other girls entered the
contest but were unable to com-
plete their rooms for the spring
scoring.
“Oh, the 4-H club ts a wonderful
thing,
It teaches you to work while you
sing,
It helps to train the younger gen-
eration,
To help beautify the whole cre-
ation,”
says the winner In the story of her
bedroom work. She will compete In
the district contest and will receive
as a reward a trip to the Farmers'
Short Course, July 24-29. She con-
Funeral services for Mary Schnell
Oakes, wife of G. E. Oakes of Mo-
bectle, were conducted from the
First Baptist church of Mobeetle
Monday at 2:30 o’clock by the Rev.
Erwin.
Mrs. Oakes died suddenly of a
heart attack Sunday while she was
seated at the dinner table. She
was born In Switzerland In 1868
and came to Texas from there In
1886. She Is survived by her hus-
band and one daughter, Mrs. Emma
Elden of Amarillo.
Burial was In the Mobeetle ceme-
tery with Carnes Funeral Directors
In charge of arrangements.
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said they found 19 bottles of beer ____________________g _ ________
at Walker’s house. Walker d<?nlecl j mills a number of years until about
i ‘l'“ "••• two years ago when he started to
he had the beverage for the pur-
pose of sale.
Two other raids, one in the East
part of town and another in the
west outskirts, proved fruitless, a
diligent search falling to reveal
any beer or whiskey. Thursday's
raids were the third of a series.
Members of the raiding party were
Sheriff John Porter, Deputy Sheriff
W. W. Davis, Constable John Cox
and Deputy Constable Virgil Car-
ver.
District Attorney Lewis M. Good-
rick and County Attorney Clyde
Fillmore recently made a statement
that they considered It their duty
to prosecute whiskey and beer
cases to the fullest extent of the
law so long as violations came un-
der the scope of state statutes.
FORMER LELA WOMAN
CRITICALLY BURNED
Mrs. Eva Dennis of Plainview,
formerly a resident of Lela, still Is
In a critical condition as a result
of burns received when an oil stove
ignited at her home In Plainview
two weeks ago, according to word
received here. Mrs. Dennis’ mo-
ther, Mrs. A. W. Brown of Lela,
and sister, Mrs. Velma Holloway,
and three brothers, James, J. L.
and Eugene Coleman, all of Lela,
are with her.
Mrs. Dennis’ clothing was Ignited
work at Quanah. His widow and a
brother survive.
Mr. and Mrs. Small were on
their way home from Dallas.
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TRY-OUTS TO
BE HELD HERE
McLean and Dodsonvllle To Have
Boy Contestants In District
Public Speaking Meet
SHAMROCK GOLFERS
LOSE TO CHILDRESS
DRUGGISTS DEFEAT
DRY CLEANERS TO
TIE LEAGUE LEAD
HARDWARE CLUB HAS PLAYED
TWO STRAIGHT WINS IN
SOFT BALL TOURNEY
COLE CREEK PLAYERS TAKE
ONLY 6 OF 19 MATCHES
THERE SUNDAY
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SECOND OF SERIES
OF PICNICS HELD
ODD FELLOWS AND REBEKAHS
PLAN ALL-DAY AFFAIR
FOR JULY 4
The second of a series of sum-
mer picnics sponsored by the Odd
Fellow and Rebekah lodges of the
city, was held at Cole Creek Tues-
day afternoon and evening, with
more than fifty In attendance. The
picnics are annual affairs for the
Odd Fellow group, and are held
every two weeks during the sum-
mer months. The next is planned
for Tuesday, June 20, and an all-
day picnic will be held July 4.
Baseball games formed the cn-
Shamrock Cole Creek golfers were
defeated in their second match of
the season Sunday afternoon, when
Childress took 13 matches to Sham-
rock’s 6 on the Childress course.
The Childress group was paced
by Arch Blanton, Green Belt star,
who took low scoring honors with
a 70 for the 18 hole course.
Shamrock winners of matches
were as follows: Billy Holmes, San-
ders, 5-4; Cliff Hofmann, J. P.
McConnell, 3-2; C. L. Clement.
John Scott, 1 up; A. N. Holmes.
Heath Renfro, 3-2; R. H. Dennis.
Ollle Witcher, 4-3; Reynolds, O. L
Shoemaker, 4-3.
Losers to Childress were: Jim
Smith, Blanton, 4-3; Lyle Holmes
Mlchle, 5-4; Noel Woodley, A. J.
Brown, 3-2; B. P. Holmes, Cecl'
Pryor, 1 up; Flake George, Tack
Klutts, 3 up; Ted Rogers, John D
Glenn, 2 up; Ted Williams, J. H
Thorne, 2 up; E. K. Bechtol, Dick
Price, 3-2; H. Tindall, Sam Miller
2- 1; R. M, Barkley, C. E. Clark
3- 2; E. C. Hunter, Jerry Debsnport
5-3; Emest Hood, Fred Sherwood
7-5; Bill Walker. L. O. Raney, Jr„
5-3.
With two wins each out of tww
games played, the Druggist and
Hardware clubs are setting the paoe
In the city soft ball league. The
Utility and Grocery clubs are also
undefeated with one victory each
while the Dry Ooods, Dry Cleaner*
Garage and Barbers are sharing
cellar berths with a goose-egg a-
round, the Dry Ooods and Dry
Cleaners having lost two game*
each and the Garage and Barber*
one apiece.
Constant shifting In the person-
nel and steady practice, however,
are causing marked improvement
and with another week of play, U
would not surprise anyone If the
standing of the clubs turns right-
about-face.
The Utilities gave a licking to
the Garage boys last Thursday
night to the tune of about 28 to
10, and looked like a strong con-
tender loi the league champion-
ship. Jess Handley looked better la
the pitcher’s arena than anybody
who has worked out to date, and
the Utility crew gave him grea$
support. Pilot Kuhlman couldn’t
get his Garage club to clicking bill
he has plenty of material In the
raw, and may burn out somebody1!
bearings yet.
The Barbers lost to the Grocer*
by a scratch—32 to 33. Both club*
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LOCAL LIST OF CAMP
BOYS IS COMPLETED
The North Plains District of Fu-
ture Farmers of America will hold
the district public speaking try-out
at Shamrock high school Friday at
10 a. m„ according to an item from
A. A. Tampke, Instructor of the
McLean high school vocational de-
partment. This contest Is for the
purpose of selecting the person to
represent the North Plains In the
state contest at Huntsville August
1st.
Lavelle Christian of McLean will
be one of the contestants and the
other will be a boy from Dodson-
vllle. The speeches will be discus-
sions of improper taxation or some
other problem confronting the
farmer. Everyone Interested Is In-
vited to be present, as It is ex-
pected that worthwhile facts will
be brought out.
C. B. Harrison, Shamrock high
school principal, Is In charge of the
meet, and Judges will the Sham-
by a shower of burning oil about „„„
2:30 Thursday afternoon. May 25, j rock men.
when she started to light an oil | The Future Farmers of America
stove. Before her clothing could ig the national organization of all
be extinguished by other members vocational students of the country,
of the family, she was badly burned " -p
from the waist up, her arms and CLARENDON MEN TO
face the most severely injured. At
last reports her condition showed
no Improvement.
SPEAK HERE SUNDAY
Talks by two Clarendon men
who have been active In Laymen's
work In the Panhandle, will be
LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND _______________
B. P. W. CONVENTION.heard at the morning hour at the
- I First Methodist church Sunday,
Miss Nell Adams of this city and which Is being observed as Lay-
Mtss Robbie Wells of Wellington man’s Day by Methodist Episcopal
left Wednesday afternoon as repre- churches throughout the nation,
sentatlves of the local Business andi The men are D. R. Davis, district
Professional Women's Club, to at-1 layman leader, and Fred A. Btory,
tend the State B. P. W. Convention former Sunday school superlntend-
whlch Is being held In San Angelo,
June 8-9-10. They were accompan-
ied by Mrs. Jimmy Mltchner of
Wheeler who will visit there.
Misses Adams and Wells were se-
lected as delegates from the local
club at a recent meeting.
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ent. Both are Interesting speakers
and a large attendance is urged by
the pastor,
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Miss Ethel McCurdy left Monday
for Amarillo where she will attend
Dunning Normal before leaving on
vacation.
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DEFEAT TEXOLA
The Shamrock baseball team de- Mrs. Oleer of Oklahoma City re-
feated Tcxola In a seven-lnnlng turned to her home the last of the
game here Thursday afternoon, week after a vlalt with her mother,
with the score standing at 28-4, I Mrs. Ora Klzzlar.
John Smith was selected as the
twelfth member of the 8hamrock
quota for the reforestation groups
and the Wheeler county group Is
now complete. All of the local boys
have now been accepted at the
Amarillo recruiting station and are
In camp at Ft. Sill, as far as Is
known. Only one of the Shamrock
group has been sent to the regular
camp, Louie Walts, the first to go,
who Is now working on the Colo-
rado camp project.
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BENSON-HAMILTON IS
GRUNOW DEALER HERE
Announcement Is made In an ad-
vertisement this week that the
Benson-Hamllton Hardware and
Furniture Company has been ap-
pointed local dealer of the Grunow
electric refrigerator, models of
which are now on display. The
Grunow operates constantly below
atmospheric pressure In a vacuum.
The 4-valve rotary compressor Is
said to be the most simple of all
refrigeration compressors.
“Grunow efficiency and economy
are guarded by thick walls of dry-
zero," said Henry Benson, "and
tests by the U. S. Bureau of Stand-
ards show dry-zero to have the
highest Insulation value of all
commercial lnsulants. There are
no godgets or valves to get out of
fix on the Grunow and all trays
are fast freezing. You will appre-
ciate the snowy white Du-lux finish
which does not chip or crack,
maintaining Its beautiful appear-
ance always.”
PENNEY STORE
TO OPEN SOON
Fixtures Are Installed And Stock
Of Merchandise Arriving Daily
For New Establishment
AH fixtures of the new J. C
Penney store had been Installed
this week and a crew of employes
was busy unpacking and arranging
merchandise, preparatory to the
opening within the very near fu-
ture.
Goods Is arriving dally and J. O
Stribltng, manager, Is busily occu-
pied with details of preparing for
the opening. He expects all mer-
chandise to be here within a few
days. Watch the Texan for news
of the opening.
Mr. and Mrs. Stribltng and fam
Uy are making their home In the
house formerly occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Hubert Tindall on West
Third street. They came here from
Whitesboro, Tex., where Strlbllng
was manager of the J. O. Penney
store.
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SHAMROCK BAND ON
PROGRAM AT TWITTY
IS IMPROVING
Relatives here received word on
Tuesday evening that Mrs. Hal H.
Vaughan, who Is critically 111 In an
Oklahoma hospital, seemed slightly
better that day. Mra. Vaughan was
taken to Oklahoma City Sunday
night by Dr. J, W. Shaddlx and
underwent an emergency operation
for appendicitis. She was accom-
panied on the train by Mr. Vaugh-
an and Dr. Shaddlx, while Miss
Aline Vaughan, George Vaughan
and Miss Persls Norton followed by
automobile Monday.
The Shamrock Municipal Band
will furnish music for a carnival
and ice cream social to be held at
Twitty, Friday evening, June 23
according to an announcement this
week.
Cake, ice cream and cold drink:
will be sold, and a number of at-
tractions have been planned for the
event, including booths of various
kinds. Miss Viola Jones and Jake
Tarter are helping plan the pro-
gram, and the proceeds will be
used to send a 4-H club boy and
girl to the short course at A. and
M. College thl3 summer.
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NOTED FOOT EXPERT
TO VISIT SHAMROCK
A member of the staff of Dr.
Wm. Scholl, noted Chicago fool
authority, will be at Hunter’s de
partment store In Shamrock on
Tuesday, June 20th and any one
having feet trouble! Is asked to se<
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CONVENTION ASKED
FOR EARLIER DATE
OUTDOOR SESSIONS PLANNED
FOR TEXAS-OKLAHOMA
SINGERS’ MEET
Ouy Hill, secretary of the local
chaber of commerce, Is starting
communications this week with E.
J. Cooper of the DavU community,
vice-president of the Texas-Okla»
homa Singers’ Association, and H.
A. Henderson of Childress, presi-
dent of the group, asking that th*
1933 convention of the group b»
held here during the summer
months Instead of next fall.
Shamrock was selected as th*
1933 meeting place of the Associa-
tion in the two-day sessions la
Childress last October, when about
twenty-five Wheeler county people
attended the meet.
Hill is writing to officials and
directors of the Association to try
to get the date of the meeting ael
up to late summer, between th*
time the crops are laid by and
harvested. In order that more peo-
ple will have time to attend, and
also that the sessions may be held
outdoors. If he Is successful la
getting the dates changed, the sc*-
slons will be held In Elmore Park.
The Singers’ Convention will be
one of the largest groups to mee*
In Shamrock, as the organization Is
growing In popularity every year.
The estimated attendance In Chil-
dress last year was 4,500, with the
crowds so large that Childress’
largest auditorium, the MethodM
church, was overflowed at every
session. Even more are expected to
atetnd this year. Counties repre-
sented last year were: Oklahoma:
Harmon, Greer, Washita, Green,
Jackson, Kiowa, Roger Mills, Beck-
ham, Dewey, Comanche. Texas:
Hardeman, Wheeler, Hall, Foard,
Wilbarger, Wichita, Cottle, Motley,
and Collingsworth.
Two Wheeler county men, Cooper
and E. F. Rice, are officers In the
association.
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STATE MAN INSPECTS
ROADS OF PANHANDLE
Gibb Gilchrist, state engineer of
the Texas Highway Department,
was here for a brief visit Saturday
to meet representatives of the Pan-
handle division of the highway de-
partment In making a tour of th*
North Panhandle Saturday after-
noon and Sunday. The group made
a hurried Inspection of Panhandle
him for a free consultation. You roads now under construction
may call at Hunter’s now and maki
arrangements for a consultation.
June 17 to 24 is being observed
nationally as Dr. Scholl's Feet Com-
fort week and Hunter's store feels
fortunate In securing the personal
services of a member of the Chi-
cago staff for one day of the week
Earl Martin, A, and M. student
Is here to spend the summer
months with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. 8. Martin. Jack remained
to attend summer achooL
or
slated for Improvements, befor*
Gilchrist returned to Austin Sun-
day.
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HENLEY PROMOTED
TO NEW POSITION
Roy E. Henley, local
tlve of the Univ
ctdent Insurance
been promoted to dli
tendent of the company ...
quarters at Wichita Falls,
will assume his duties Monday.
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The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1933, newspaper, June 8, 1933; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth560774/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Shamrock Public Library.