The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942 Page: 6 of 8
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THE NOLAN COUNTY NZjWSt BWEETWATEH. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY I. 1942
Mustangs to Play Only 3 District Foes
Here; Coach Seeking 3 Others at Home
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Defends Canal
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The Sweetwater Mustangs will
play only three district 3-AA foot-
ball games at home during 1942.
The other four conference games
are away from home.
District games scheduled for
Mustang bowl are with Midland,
San Angelo, and Big Spring.
Coach Laurance Priddy is try-
ing to get three non-conference
games at home. He has already
arranged for a game with Brown-
wood here on Sept. 25. He is
looking for an opponent for Sept.
18 and one for Oct. 2.
No Schedule Changes
Expected changes in the Nov.
11 date between Sweetwater and
Odessa failed to materialize.
Odessa and Midland had previous-
ly hinted they would like to play
on that date, but no mention was
made of it when the coaches be-
gan working on the 1942 card and
Sweetwater will go to Odessa for
the annual Armistice day battle.
The district committee agreed
to sponsor a coaches and officials
association; the purpose to provide
more uniform officiating in league
games. This association is sched-
uled to be organized at a meeting
in Big Spring March 1, to which
prospective football officials will
be invited to attend.
To Select Officials Early
Coaches are expected to select j
officials for all their games at the
March 1 meeting, meet again be- I
fore the start of the season, then I
hold a third meeting after the
schedule opens to discuss any I
problems that may present them- j
selves.
Not a great deal of progress was j
made Saturday on the eligibility
bugaboo, which arose near the
close of last season. All schools
agreed to exchange eligibility
blanks by June 10, thereby giving
plenty of time to check the lists.
Another meeting of the execu-
tive committee is scheduled for
Aug. 29 at which time any eligi- J
bility questions are to be threshed i Two former Sweetwater young
out. ' men were prominently mentioned
District 3-AA Schedule : among the stars of Sunday's an-
The 1942 district 3-AA sched-1 nual clash between the national
Odessa Begins
Early to Talk
Of Grid Revenge
fentioned in Presidential Hint
g UN
Ponies Beat Wolves;
Play Midland Friday
!
m
Odessa is getting in its threats
early. The following story, under i g
the byline of Bob Nash, sports ■
writer, appeared in the Odessa
American Jan. 6 under the head-
line "Ponies Have Rendezvous
With Revenge on Nov. 11;
Strangely, Odessa Boys Remem-1
ber Courtroom Gestures of Last
Autumn:”
“The mistakes of the fathers I
are coming home to roost—to mix I
metaphors in a fine manner—in
the henhouse of the sons at
Odessa on Nov. 11, 1942.
"That is the date on which the 1
Odessa Broncs annually play the
Sweetwater Mustangs in 3-AA
titular conflict. Maybe the Mus-j
tangs arent aware of it, but they ^ Russ fishermen at work in the
have a rendezvous with revenge the peninsula jutting out from the ..... ...».........
scheduled for Nov. 11. Japan. At a press conference. President Roosevelt hinted that leasr-lcnd
aid might even go to Kamchatka. Bright boys looked it up in the atlas,
ordinary <lid sorm’ figuring, and came forth with the not-too-far-fetchcd Idea that
I U. S. bombers based on Kamchatka could give the land of the rising
■ i
I
WvJB
War M
The Sweetwater Mustang bas-
ketball team opened its district
3-AA schedule Tuesday night
with a 29-to-17 win over the
Wolves at Colorado City. It was
the second victory out of as many
start this season, the Ponies hav-
| ing previously defeated the Ham-
lin Pied Pipers, 18-13, in a prac-
tice tilt here. The Mustang “B”
squad swamped the Wolves “B”
team, 44-4, in the opener Tues-
day night.
As expected, the Abilene Eagles
| encountered stiffer competition
than the War Birds had expected,
and dropped their opener to the
San Angelo Bobcats, 28-32, in
what was a mild upset.
The Odessa Broncs marked up
an easy 47-to-26 victory over the
Midland Bulldogs and Lamesa
had an easy time defeating the
Big Spring Steers, 25-12.
the |
Heads U. S. Fleet
From now until Feb. 20,
Mustang quintet will play two [
league games a week. They make j
icy waters near Kamchatka, U.S.S.R.,! flrst home appearance in
e Siberian mainland to the north of ',_AA play friday night against
. — ........ .Mho Midland U..11.
Newly appointed deputy com-
mander of the Panama canal de-
partment, Maj. Gen. Karl Trnesdell
(right) pictured upon his arrival at
Balboa, Canal Zone. On the left is
Brig. Gen. Wallace Philoon, chief of
siafT, Caribbean defense command.
Sweetwater Boys
Star in Charity
I Pro Grid Game
No Ordinary Game
“It will not be an
j football game by any means. A (
peculiar set of circumstances load ' sun <|Ulle a messaSe
{the Armistice day engagement
with more drama than a Bette
Davis movie.
“To begin with, go back to
i Nov. 11, 1941, to sunny Mustang
i bowl in Sweetwater. A stunned
crowd watched in breathless
j amazement as the Broncs battered
the Ponies, 26 to 21.
J “Next, go back to Nov. 28 to a
| Big Spring hotel hall. The bleak
j face of Murry H. Fly, Odessa’s
t school superintendent, as he
[ walked out of the council told the
: bitter story.
“Odessa was summarily thrown
out of the race for using an in-
Sweetwater got
Admiral Earnest J. King, com-
mander in chief of the United States
fleet and in supreme command of
all naval operating forces in Atl-n-
tic, Pacific amt Asiatic waters.
above mentioned
L. W. Scott Announces Candidacy
For Re-Election as County Clerk
the Midland Bulldogs. The game j
is booked to start at 8. The “B”
teams of the two schools open the j ,, ,
program with a game at 7 o’clock. f°U‘
The Abilene Eagles, runners up; p ' _ . ,
to El Paso high for the 1940 state t ^ ™day n'fht, f°rA
title, are favored to wind up Feb. 0,0™,!, th dlstnct 3”AA
20 on top in the eight-team race, i p , ' , „.
Colorado City at Odessa.
San Angelo at Abilene.
other
race
L. W. (Doc) Scott this week
authorized the Nolan County News! richpy
to formally announce his candi- 1 VAlUIliy
Club Council
Meet Tuesday
Odessa, nudged out of the regional
meet last season by the El Paso
high state champions, has another
strong entry this season and might
upset Coach Howard Miller’s
plans for another title for Abilene.
Bobcats Look Potent
ule follows
Sept. 25 or Oct. 23
Odessa at Colorado City.
October 2
Lamesa at Odessa; San Angelo
at Midland.
October 9
Odessa at Big Spring; Colorado j water high’s football
City at San Angelo; Midland at j the terrific line play
Sweetwater: Lamesa at Abilene.
October 16
Sweetwater at Colorado City;
Abilene at Odessa; Big Spring at
Lamesa.
October 23
Lamesa at San Angelo; Big
Spring at Midland; Sweetwater at
Abilene. ^
November II
Sweetwater at Odessa: San An-
gelo at Big Spring; Midland at
Lamesa: Colorado City at Abilene.
November 20
San Angelo at Sweetwater: Abi-
lene at Big Spring; Midland at
Colorado City.
November 26
Lamesa at Colorado City: Big
Spring at Sweetwater: Abilene at
San Angelo; Odessa at Midland.
pro champions and a group of
professional all-stars. The game !
was transferred from the Pacific!
coast to the Polo Grounds, New
York.
Clyde (Bulldog) Turner, brother
of Virgil Turner, star on Sweet-
team, lead
, „ of the na-
tional pro champs, the Chicago
Bears, in their 35-to-27 win over
the all-stars.
Most of the all-star scoring was
the result of accurate passing by
G’ingin Sammy Baugh, who still
calls Sweetwater one of his
“homes.” When Baugh left the
game in the closing quarter he
was given a tremendous ovation
by the fans.
eligible player,
the plum.
“The Odessa officials them-
selves admitted that in their esti-
mation, Bronco halfback Jack
Wilkinson was technically ineligi-
ble on a hair-splitting eligibility
ruling.
"They were given a snow white
slate for playing Wilkinson in
perfect good faith. Neither he or
they knew he was technically in-
eligible.
Sad Case, Yes?
“This reconstruction of the sad
Odessa-Sweetwater case is merely
a preliminary to a very plain
statement:
"A good many Odessa boys
who might have graduated
this year will instead slick
around in order to fill that
Nov. 11 engagement
“In fact,
to
missing
dacy for re-election as county
clerk, subject to the action of the
democratic primary July 25.
Mr. Scott expresses his apprec-
iation to all citizens of Nolan
j county for the courtesies they
have extended to him and has
tried to repay them in a small
measure by providing them with
the most courteous, efficient and
most complete service within his
power to give them.
It is his aim to continue the
best service he is possible of rend-
ering if the voters see fit to re-
turn him to the office for another
term.
Baer Meets Louis
In Title Fight
Friday Night
ROBY.—The Fisher
home demonstration club
Roscoe Quintet
To Play Loraine
San Angelo’s Bobcats have
shown considerable strength in
practice games to date. The Bob-
I cats, along with the Mustangs,
j may surprise the two favorites,
ennnt I w*dl e'^er likely to knock over
county | the favorites when least expected
council i Lamesa, Colorado City, Mid-
met in regular session Tuesday at j land, and Big Spring have been
the district court room. I Picked to finish in that order be-
The following clubs were repre- j
sen ted: Avalon, Cross Roads, Hit-
son, McCaulley, and Rotan. The
meeting started by singing “God j
Bless America.”
The following committees chair-
men were then announced: j nn,„ ... , ,
Yearbook, Mrs. Morris Jean, , D Rcoves thls week formal-
Hitson; exhibit, Mrs. Bill Fancher, j1 y announced his candidacy for
McCaulley; education, Miss Mat- ’ re-election to a scond term as
tie Schick, Cross Roads; extension, I judge of Nolan county.
j Mrs. Glen Talbot, Newman; Before the primary July 25,
j finance, Mrs. Horace Arrington, Judge Reeves hopes to personally
I Rotan; recreation, Mrs. Ellis j contact each voter,
j Eivens, McCaulley; reporter, Mrs. I As chairman of the commis-
I Charley Ware, Rotan; 4-H club! sioners’ court, it has been the
I „n ■ , , _ . work, Mrs. F. E. Weems, Rotan; /aim of Judge Reeves to operate
. „ t“aI'y, 1 ,recelpts *rom ,Fr‘- J radio, Mrs. Wayne Nowlin, Rotan; Ithe county’s business within the
if all who can decide 1 befween^Tmkt^b b° a I Red Cross’ Mrs' BU1 Fa"cher, Me- budgut. He, through the assis-
stay, only five p£ers wiR be ChX^r Bu d/eaer in Ma'f Ca“,ley’ 1 ‘T* ,°f the —Sioners, has
Lamesa at Abilene.
Sweetwater's Schedule
Sweetwater’s schedule for the
remainder of the season follows:
Jan. 9—Midland here.
Jan. 13—San Angelo here.
Jan, 20—Abilene here.
Jan. 23—At Big Spring.
Jan. 27—At Odessa.
Jan. 30—At Midland.
Feb. 7—Colorado City here.
Feb. 6—Lamesa here,
heb. 10—At San Angelo.
Feb. 13—Big Spring here.
Feb. 17—At Abilene.
Feb. 17—At Abilene.
Feb. 20—Odessa here.
Delas Reeves Seeks Re-Election
For Second Term as County Judge
. Baer
oon Square Garden are to
Madi-
go to
the
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versatile Bronc eleven I the lu I sponsor a seed campaign. Each i budget, but has lopped off sev-
“The five are Fullback-Tackle sanitation which provfdes assist" IdUb ^ appoint a garden seed e^al thousand dollars of indebt-
(Pee Wee i Evans Tackles Talc J ' provides assist- committee to work with the Land i edness.
Evans, Tackles Jake | ance to needy families of men in |use p]anning committee. j He and other members of the
it . navy. The couneij VOfecj fu sponsor court have taken a number of
ever matter which has been
brought before him in any of his
courts. He has earnestly tried to
give the people of Nolan county
the kind of county judge they
j want and are entitled to have.
In seeking re-election to a sec-
ond term, it is administering the
financial and legal affairs in-
cumbent upon him.
He is always glad for citizens
to call at his office, to greet him,
to suggest any progressive plans
they have in mind.
CITIATION BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
To: M. E. Harris. Defendant,
Greeting:
You are hereby commanded to
appear before the Honorable Dis-
trict Court of Nolan County at the
Court House thereof, in Sweet-
water, Texas, at or before 10
o’clock a. m. of the first Monday j ?*. ,n ,
next after the expiration of forty- Kel’ “u w 1
two days from the date of the j
issuance of this citation, same be- i
ing the 9th day of February, A.!
D. 1942, then and there to answer
plaintiffs petition filed in said
court, on the 10th day of Septem-
ber, A. D. 1941, in this cause,
numbered 5120 on the docket of
said court and styled Anna Belle
Jordan Harris plaintiff, vs. M. E.
Harris defendant.
A brief statement of the nature
Df this suit is as follows, to wit:
Suit for divorce, plaintiff al-
leging that she was legally mar-
ried to defendant August 17th, pended
1920, and separated from him--
about March 1st, 1940. That she
has been for a period of 12
months prior to exhibiting the pe-
tition herein an actual bona fide
inhabitant of the State of Texas
and has resided in Nolan County
C months next preceding the til-
ing thereof. Plaintiff alleges that
defendant was guilty of excesses.
A double-header Friday night
between four teams in the district
6-A basketball league is to be
played at Loraine.
The Roscoe Plowboys play the
Loraine Bulldogs in the opener next mid-term,
and the Roby Lions meet the Mer- Can Come Back
kel Badgers in the second game.
Play in the league opened Fri-
day night in a double-header at
Roscoe. Roby defeated Roscoe,
31 to 26: Snyder swamped Mer-
Rhoades and James Clay, Tackle
Boy Ayres and Guard Kimbrell
Cook.
"Everyone else on the 1941
Bronco team can stay. There is a
list of 'doubtfuls’—nine players I Bomber in
who stand a mathematical chance
of graduation in June this year
but probably won’t get out until
MaIrBaberUSnthfchampfon a,n ,infanti.le para'ysis drive”" *‘eps to improve the courthouse
on his ear early in the fight, only
to be stopped by the Brown
later rounds.
Louis is reported to be looking
good in training for the Friday
night bout.
club is to have a party or program and courthouse grounds. He has
to get the communities to give to worked ardorously and success-
this worthy cause. j fully in obtaining highway im-
“Let every club and eommunity provements for the county ,and to
do their part," said C. J. Dalton, keeP highway 80 on its present
Housekeeping Aid
Project Delayed
“On this list, check the follow-
ing names:
"Jon Cowsar, than who there is
no better end in the state of
Texas.
"Billy Jack Anderson, a little
man with the heart of a giant on
the playing field. He plays guard.
“De Witt Fly, the canny quar-
terback who steered the Broncs to
eight victories in nine starts last
fall.
"Zane Grey, a lineman as rough
The annual Memorial day auto- and ready as some of the charac-
mobile races on the Indianapolis ters his famed author-namesake
speedway have been postponed wrote about
for the duration of the war. j “Paul McCollum, a hefty and
uniy once before have the races smart tackle,
been postponed. During World “Jimmy McCracken, ace triple-
war I the annual event was sus- threater.
i “Jack Scott, fiery reserve cen-
Memorial Races
Are Suspended
“Otis McKelvey, one
hardest hitting backs in
trict.
“Jim Bob Pharries, a large boy
in the backfield who came up
with a rush at the end of the 1941
season.
Ain’t It Awful
are of he
build in
After British Raid on Nazi Base
cruel
wa rd
rende
?nt
er insupportable.
That Plaintiff
and defendant
ren. two of whon
i are more than
sixteen years of ;
ge and one who
is 11 years old an
Plaintiff seek' he
d whose custody
fully shown by P
la intiffs Petition j
on file in this sui
t.
The officer exec
’uting this proc- j
Deputy
This radiophoto shows members of the British Commando force that
raided the German base at Vaagsoc, Norway, helping their wounded
comrades into one of their invasion barges as they retired from the
Norse isle after d'»Pmi»in? fj**--4-, rrarr* c r<(. and
r:“c* <—sui guns. They practically annihilated the German garrison.
“In addition, there
boys around whom to
1942.
"Little Leo Thomas, the shock-
j haired seat runner who delivered
lots of running punch at strategic
moments last fall, will be back.
“Chunky Andy Everest, the
young center who stepped from
junior high school into
of ‘Red’ Coats in one year and did,
a fine job of it, will be back.
"Keith Evans, Cowsar’s running
| mate at end and one of the best
j wingmen ever to perform in this
section, will be back.
"All down the line, and through
: the backfield, others w*ill be back
| to carry on for the legally las-
soed Broncs of 1941.
They'll Remember Mustang Bowl
“They’ll remember Mustang
| j bowl like the U. S. army is re-
! I membering Pearl Harbor.
“That’s why on Nov. 11, 1942.'
Sweetwater's chickens will flutter I
' down to the cool gray seats at Fly
| field.
“This is rfo doubt, going to be
j bad news for Sweetwater. But j
what’s that other prov’erb? They
: made their bed . .
The above sounds somewhat
like a certain European in-
dividual who sports a peculiar
mustache on his upper lip
and who addressed his sub-
jects before he sent his mili-
tary force against the Red
army. He is now singing a
different tune.
chairman of the celebration for
_| the President’s birthday, when he
spoke to the council. “Save the
lives of children by stamping out
of the! this dreaded disease and keep
the dis-' America strong and physically
I fit,” he said.
An officer’s training school is to
be held February 3 beginning at
10 o'clock, with displays from the sure cookers
club members of articles made ning centers,
since the last exhibit. A covered
dish luncheon will be spread at
noon, with the council meeting to
be held in the afternoon. Every
officer is urged to attend.
Housekeeping aid has been dis-
continued by the government
officials due to the present quota
Sweetwater and | ristrictions by the division of
employment, it is unable to un-
dertake any new projects.
It was active in Nolan county
several years ago, but was dis-
baned because of the carlessness
m use on the part of the appli-
cants.
Under more carefully organized
The following members were sPec*f'cafions the commissioners
present: Mrs. Chester Schick,; v°led an appropriation and filed
vice-chairman, presided; Miss a petition to set ud the ■
Mattie Schick, both of Cross Sweetwater waS to
Roads, Mrs. Cecil Parks, secre- ] sponsor and the
route through
Roscoe.
Judge Reeves has devoted all
of his attention to the affairs of
his office, considering carefully
turn in to the club meeting each
month.
The council voted to buy pres-
to assist with can-
members were
Standing ruies were read and \£T WiT BrowmIan^inThis'capacitrth^'
, approved. The Newman club was treasurer, both of Avalon; Mrs. I would furnish rent utiiiHo th*j
™ded jash Pme for hav- Joe Miers, president, and Mrs. I three uniforms a person ^
ing done the highest per cent of Bill Fancher, council delegate. From the proposed -,rr,
Iwork m 1941. both of McCaulley; Mrs. Morris ment. not less than 24 wn g<"
aeu .rom . « ^sy0‘ed tha> the point sys- Jean, president, Hitson: Mrs. Mar. were to be employed under
the shoes tem would be continued this year, vin Hedepeth. president of Rotan supervisor. Thi! employ^ XnnM
‘ Each Club ls to wr,te a demon- a"d Mrs. Horace Arrington, coun- consist of those wZen who aie
or^ooperater story and cil delegate of Rotan.
American Troops in Alaska
.------ »vv/iutii wiiu are
widows and have application for
aid for dependent children, these
children not exceeding the age of
New projects are remaining on
file until the quota is raised.
-, II,,S soumlphoto, which was taken somewhere in the i leak w ilds or
Alaska, shows United Slates troops landing at an tlavk n nosl to * "
.nr most northern frontier. These troops hate received special trai"ng
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Cooke, Robert W. The Nolan County News (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1942, newspaper, January 8, 1942; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth561011/m1/6/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.