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VOLUME 61, NO. 31
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1950
West School Pupils
Offered Insurance
LET’S TALK IT
OVER
Xeonard
Webb
Iinuis Garrison, veteran venli-
sorf .ventllatot, comes up with
the best hunting story of the
I season. This is not too unusual,
| but this time his story is attest-
ed Soy a party of four. Here it
Is:
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While hunting on the Roger
Gillis ranch near Del Rio, Bill
| Richardson, son-in-law of Gar-
rison, fired his first shot at a
buck. The deer fell in his tracks.
A second deer standing behind
the victim of Richardson's bul-
let, bounded a few feet and
dropped to the ground.
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Richardson, his wife, Gillis
I and Garrison hastened to in-
vestigate the kill and found two
bucks felled by the lone shot.
Stranger still the second buck
was standing to the right and
on Shill above the first. The
bullet passed through the first,
| struck a rock and ricochet into
the second debt’ . . . one shot
fired and an amateur hunter
gets Vis
The West Public Schools are
this year participating In a
school Injury benefit plan
especially developed for Texas
schools by the Security Ufc and
Accident Company of Denver,
Colorado. The plan, in addition
to hospitalization and accident-
al death benefits, provides
stipulated fees for the treat-
ment of accidental injuries suf-
fered by students while they are
under (School supervision and
arc in or on the school premises,
buildings, or other places of in-
struction used by the school.
The cost of this protection is
one dollar per student for the
school year. Participation In the
plan is optional with the child’s
parents who must pay the one
dollar premium charge if they
wish to have their child covered
by the insurance plan.
School officials believe the
plan is good and heartily recom-
mend that parents give It care-
ful consideration. The deadline
for participation in the plan is
at hand and application for
protection should be made as
soon as possible.
P-TAWillMeet
Thursday, Dec. 21
The regular monthly meeting
of the West Parent-Teacher
Association will be held here at
the High School gymnasium
next Thursday, December 21, at
7:30 p. m.
“Building a Sense of Honor
and Honesty in Children” will
be the subject discussed by Dr.
Ervin Shultz, guest speaker.
The first and second grades
will present a program at this
meeting. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
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FIRE DEPARTMENT GETS
$55.00 APPRECIATION GIFTS
The West Fire Department
treasury was $55.00 richer this
week, thanks to U. J. Lundy.
J. A. Sulak and Sons Gin, and
Louis Kramr.
The money was given to the
department in appreciation for
services rendered in extinguish-
ing grass fires at the Night Owl
Club, Sulak and Sons Gin, and
a county bridge in precinct 3.
Lundy donated $25.00 to the
local fire department for
answering an alarm at his firm
cn Thanksgiving Day. The fire
now I had been extinguished when the
available to West school child- j f[re truck arrived, nevertheless,
ren, covering any injury that Wr Lundy statcd he wanted to
might be sustained while the j sdow his appreciation to the
child is in school. As one mother j department for answering the
remarked, “Goodness knows oui« alarm outside the city limits,
grammar school children needj j A Sulak and Sons Gin
to be insured." The cost is only j contributed $25.00 to the dc-
$1 per student for the school j partment for extinguishing a
t,erm- t t | grass fire at their plant, and
It iis rumored that our public! County Commissioner Louis
Kramr gave the unit $5.00 for
work in putting out a bridge
James Park,
George Kacir, Frank Hlavaty,
Wendcn Montgomery and their
Pis limit!
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BlllI Town ley,
ge
dm
wives spent the past weekend
on deer leases in southwest
Texas. Hlavaty Is credited with
a buefi and Mrs. Townley drew
three misses. In several years
of hunting, this was Mrs.
Townley’s first shot at a buck.
She now has the fever and is
sure to go after game in a big
way in the future.
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Quail hunters are finding
tough going this season—not
because of a shortage of birds
but due to the extreme dry
weather. D::gs arc hard-pressed
to pick up the scent of birds in
the dry, dusty grass postures
and fields. Jerry Mashek and
Albert Vrana were seen coming
in evening this week with
a short bag. Mashek said the
dry weather was too hard on
dogs to even attempt quail
hunting. Like many others, he
is uniting on that delayed rain.
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Accident insurance is
schools may be relieved of their
capacity load in the not-to-
distant future. Losing any por-
tion of the district will certainly
hurt the West system, but this
loss can be expected. Failure to
provide necessary educational
facilities is inviting neigh-
boring_ districts to expand in
your direction. Just simple
arithmetic. And our county
school board knows how to add
—and subtract.
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Turn Harper, writing in the
Wato News Tribune, says: “Low
taxes are not everything. There
is a reasonable amount of tax-
paying In each community that
is necessary for a decent living
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fire in precinct three.
At their monthly meeting last
rnui, antii
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the latest, where they
. the University of
Anna hopes to
.among the y/o-
and Franklin
•natlc work,
$2.50 PER YEAl
CORN CHAMPION ... A happy Charles N. Fischer, who lives In Shelby-
ville, Ind., won the title of “corn king” for the third time at the recent
International Livestock Exposition In Chicago. He was champion In 1940
and 1949. Fischer says “good seed, good fertilizer, and good soli manage-
ment” enabled him to produce the prize winning corn. He exhibited a
10-ear sample of Indiana certified 844D yellow dent hybrid. Hundreds of
corn growers competed.
Letters to Santa
To Be Published
As lias been the custom in
the past, letters to Santa
Claus will be published in
our Christmas er’iition which
is to appear next week. All
letters to Santa should be
in our office by Tuesday,
Dec. 19th to insure publica-
tion.
Some letters may be re-
ceived too late for publica-
tion and if such is the case
the youngsters may rest
assured that their requests
have been forwarded to
Santa Claus.
425 Take Chest
X-ray on Monday
Four hundred and twenty-
five chest x-rays were taken
here at the City Hall on Mon-
day when the McLennan County
Tuberculosis Association and
Texas Tuberculosis Association
brought their mobile unit to
West.
Mrs. George Cooksey, McLen-
nan County Chairman of the
Tuberculosis Association, and
Mrs. John Ncmecek local chair-
man, were in charge of the
survey here. They were assisted
by Mrs. Rud. Janek, Wilford
Karlik, and technicians em-
ployed by the associations.
The films will be read in
Austin and reports of the ex-
aminations revealed sometime
after the first of the year. Re-
ports will be sent direct to those
taking the examination, accord-
ing to Mrs., Cooksey.
Purpose of the chest x-ray is
Tuesday night, local firemen | djSCover tuberculosis in its
voted to pay Frank Busby, John
Kubala and A. B. Berger $10.00
each for" their work in ex-
tinguishing a bur-pile fire at
Farmers Gin Company. These
three firemen fought the fire at
Farmers Gin at intervals for
almost a week.
early stage when it is most
curable.
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We never criticize a kicker
who kicks toward the goal.
Nerve Tonic is
Best Drug Sale
Most people in smaller com-
munities like to call personally
for their prescriptions at the
"corner drug," a University of
Texas professor reports.
A survey cf 1949 Texas pre-
scription practices by Dr. S. G.
Mittelstaedt and his College of
Pharmacl- students showed
drug stores in smaller towns
took only l-to-5 per cent of
their prescriptions by phone
while the state-wide average
was 32 per cent.
The survey also revealed that
70 per cent cf Texas pharmacies
handled veterinary preparations
and that 75 per cent were in-
dependently owned. Other
statistics pointed out that:
Jittery Texans took almost
twice as many prescriptions
containing phcnobarbital. a
nerve-soothing pharmaceutical,
as any compounded frem gen-
erally-produced drugs; the aver-
age prescription price was $1.58;
and an estimated 39,600.000 pre-
scriptions were filled in Texas
in 1949.
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ADAIR LONG BURIED
WEDNESDAY AT ELM MOTT
Adair Long, former Elm Mott
resident, died suddenly at his
home in Fort Worth this week.
Funeral services were held at
the Methodist Church in Elm
Mott on Wednesday.
Mr. Long was born in Elm
Mott and had lived in that com-
munity most of his life. He was
an untiring community work-
er, interested only in the best
and most constructive affairs of
his community.
Surviving are his widow; one
daughter of Waco; four sons of
NOBEL TRIZE WINNER . . .
Professor Thaddcus Kelchsteln,
Swiss chemist, shares this year’s
Nobel prize for psyslology and
medicine with two American doc-
tors, Dr. Philip Hench and Dr.
Edward Kendall of the famed
Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minn.
PATHOS . . . Alexander Ross ca-
resses his wife while he Is given
treatment at the Georgia street
receiving hospital in Los Angeles.
Ross was wourded when h" was
caught In crosstue between police
and a robbery suspect, who was
also wounded.
Jan. 28 is West Day
At Ft. Worth Show
January 28th has been set as
“West Day” at the 1951 South-
western Exposition and Fat
Stock Show in Fort Worth. The
West Longhorn Club plans to at-
tend the show in a body on this
date.
Miss Mary Cecile Nemecek will
represent West as Rodeo Queen.
She will be introduced as “Miss
West” at the Fort Worth Rodeo
arena on Jan. 28th.
West had a “day” at the 1950
Stock Show and helped to make
the show one of the most suc-
cessful in history. The 1951
show opens Jan. 26 and runs
through Feb. 4th.
JIMMY SNOKHOUS HAS
ART WORK ON DISPLAY
Jimmy A. Snokhous of West
has had some of his art work
presented in the Kappa Pi art
fraternity exhibit in the Baylor
Union Building.
The exhibit, which will be on
display until Dec. 15 features
still life life, oil painting,
tempra painting, pen and ink
drawings, pencil drawings, and
lettering and advertising lay-
Ft. Worth; several grandchild- outs,
ren two sisters and two broth- He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
ers, I Louis Snokhous of West.
Friendly Facts
By Roy L. Crawford.
Peace is where you make
it.
Christinas will mean what
you make it mean to you.
Philosopher Comes Out With Idea to
Save Expense of Dented Car Fenders
(Editor’s Note: The Aquillaihavc been comin out, with fen-1 fenders would be out of style,
Philosopher on his Johnson ders gettin bigger, stickin out|and after a while dents would
grass farm on Aquilla Creek is
ASKS BRITISH LEAVE SUEZ . . . Abdul Rahman Azzam Pazha (left),
secretary general of the Arab League, confer* with U.S. Secretary ol
State Dean Achcson In Washington In connection with Egypt’s demand
for die withdrawal of British troops from the Sues canal zone. Azzam
Pasha said that the presence of the British In Egypt Is causing ■
"vacuum" In the security of the middle east. Discussions are new
l underway between Calre and London w tbe question. ~ -
talking about automobiles this
week when he probably hasn’t
made the last payment yet on
his buggy, but that doesn’t seem
to stop him.)
Dear editar:
I was in town Saturday specu-
latln on a Christmas present for
ni y wife, I
ain't made up
ntlnd yet on
whether it. is *?,
to be a gift-
wrapped dish
pan or a box
of multi-color-
ed cup towels,
and while I
was standing J. A.
around I got to noticin the cars
at the curb.
Looks like nearly everybody
has a new car these days, but
about half of cm have dented
fenders and scratched bodies
and I been workln on an idea,
which I wish you would copy-
right for mo.
more, and all of cm just waltin j be the accepted thing, the
to be dented and scratched, and j sought-after thing. Ain't no
1 would like to sell a idea to j trouble at all to adapt human
the manufacturers. | nature to this kind of a slt.ua-
Whut they ought to come out | tion. I’ve done it for years out
with is a special ripple-finish j here on Aquilla Creek. At first
fender, a pre-dented style al-! impression, for example, you
ready specially battered and might think my saggln front
scratched, so when a man's'gate was an eyesore, but after
wife took the car to town and j you look at, it, fifteen or twenty
tried to push in between two [years it takes on a natural ap-
| other cars like a hungry steer j pcarancc, like it ought to be
shovin in between two other'that way, any other way would
steers at the feed trough, the be noticeable. And It ain't no
results would blend with the I trouble to crawl through a lot
car's factory-made dents. Or (fence instead of tryln to untie
say she is already parked and j the ballin wire holdln the gap,
decides for the sake of variety! I've dene it for years, got one
to come out at a right angle; gap that ain’t been opened
instead of a 45 degree angle, the: since 1921. You gel used to these
rlppin sound as the front fen- j things and any other way would
ders cave In would only be lm- j seem unnatural. It's only hidc-
provln the looks of the thing,'bound prejudice that says a
the same as what happens to stove pipe comin out
the back fenders would as she
kept on comin and smashed
into the car on the opposite side
of the street, which had no
business belli there anyway.
' i outiutd that'the new models | Tins way a uiuu with -mouth
of the
roof ought to be straight in-
stead cf leanlti. Mine has lean-
ed for years and I eat And sleep
as well as anybody.
Yours faithfully,
J. A. . .... . ...
Santa Claus Will Be
Here Today at 2:45
Over 1400 Gift Bags Are
Now Ready for Distribution
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West Takes on
Holiday Colors
F. A. Flowers
Buried Monday
F. A. Flowers, 80, of Eddy, was
killed In an automobile accident
last Friday night. Carl Simpson,
56 Valley Mills farmer and cat-
tleman, was also killed in the
collision cf a pick-up truck and
automobile three miles south of
Waco on the Temple highway.
Mr. Flowers was driving south
in the direction of Eddy when
the accident occurred. He was!of West.
If anyone doubts that Christ-
mas is just around the corner,
let him visit the business district
alone in his automobile.
He was a pioneer settler of
the Bruceville-Eddy community,
being a resident there for the
past 68 years. Before his death
he was the oldest manager of a
gin in Texas. He had been in
the cotton ginning business for
54 years.
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Monday at the Eddy
Methodist Church, Rev. Charles
L, Farmer, assisted by Dr. A.
Norman Evans, officiating.
Burial was in Oakwood Ceme-
tery.
He is survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. J. A. Urbanovsky,
Eddy; Mrs. O. C. Stanford Sr.,
Lorena, and Mrs, Robert Knight,
Eddy; two brothers, R. W.
Flowers, Temple, and Frank
Flowers, Myrtle Springs; ailso
three sisters and four grand-
children.
The city has taken on holiday
attire, with multi-colored lights
and other bright Yuletide
decorations reflecting a Christ-
mas-is-near atmosphere.
Police Station
Erected Here
The one-room frame structure
under construction on Main
Street in the park next to the
Katy railroad is to serve as a
police station. The building is to
be equipped with telephone and
heat, providing comfortable
quarters for local peace officers.
The building will be wel-
comed by night watchmen as
a place to thaw out after mak-
ing their round on a cold winter
night. No West firm remains
open all night, and in the past
CHRISTMAS ISSUE OF NEWS
The Christmas issue of
The West News will make
its appearance next week,
dated Dec. 22nd. This issue
will be larger than usual,
replete wflth Christmas fea-
tures, stories and Christmas
advertising and holiday
greetings from the mer-
chants to their customers.
officers on night duty have
escaped the cold weather by
brief warm-ups in their cars.
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Trojan Cagers
Play Two Home
Games Next Week
Counters and display windows
are stacked with gift merchan-
dise and buying has been brisk.
Everything points to a bright
Christmas season. In the homes,
Christmas trees both inside and
outside, are making their ap-
pearance daily. Beautiful ever-
green, festooned with silvery
cords, covered with gaily color-
ed light, bright red berries,
holly leaves and other Christ-
mas accessories are placed in
living rooms. On the outside
growing evergreens are similarly
marked to add color to the
homes.
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Peanut Growers
Vote Thursday
The county office of the PMA
has released a notice that
there would be only one polling
place in McLennan County for
the grower-referendum on pea-
nut marketing quotas to be held
Thursday, December 14th.
The only polling place in Mc-
Lennan County will be at
Gassaway’s Store in Gholson.
The office points out that
peanut growers will be expected
to vote in person, but that ar-
rangements have been made for
casting absentee ballots if an
eligible voter will not be able to
cast his vote in person. Such
On Wednesday night, Decern-, absentee ballots should be re-
bel- 20th, the West Trojans will Quested immediately from the
meet the Rosebud basketball! county PMA office in Waco,
team at the local gym. [ Wives of eligible voters are also
On Friday night, December eligible to vote.
22nd the Trojans play Itasca I Peanut growers will decide in
at the local gym. | the referendum if marketing
There will also be games by j quotas are to be extended to the
the B teams of the schools each i 1951, 1952, and 1953 peanut
night, the first game starting J C1-0PS, Quotas have been in ef-
at 7 o'clock. ' feet since 1949. A favorable vote
On Friday night of this week of two-thirds of the growers
the Trojans journey to Groes-l who cast ballets is necessary to
beck for a game. ! approve the use of quotas.
- Growers in all the other 15 pca-
■T/j ,J; nut producing States will vote
W/ ‘ tJl on the same day. The voters of
I { / ji/ all OtoMWlSH all growers — nationwide — are
1^ yAl counted to determine the results
■4' • *' —— t.f the referendum.
Outlaw Guns
By
E. E. HALIERAN
One of the finest Western se-
rial stories you'll ever read.
Crammed with suspense, mys-
tery, romance and stark
action. By the author of
"Prairie Guns."
START IT TODAY
Santa Claus will be In West
today, Friday, at 2:45 p. m.
. That is the announcement
made early this week by H. J.
Kozelskl, Chamber of Commerce
president. Mr. Kozelskl said ar-
rangements have been made for
a big parade as soon as Santa
arrives. The jolly old fellow will
lead the parade, seated on a
float.
The West Lenghorn Club,
high school band and school
children will participate in the
parade through the streets of
West and to the City Hall, where
Santa Claus will greet the
children and distribute pre-
Christmas gift bags.
Everyone is invited to join in
the Santa parade. Business firm
are urged to enter a float or
other decorated vehicle.
Fallowing the parade, a brief
program of Christmas carols
will be presented at the City
Hall and the school band will
play.
According to announcement
made by the Chamber of Com-
merce, more - than 1,400 gift
bags have been prepared for
distribution to children Friday
afternoon. So that no child will
be overlooked, Santa Claus asks
that children march through
the City Hall, single file, to
receive gift bags.
The pre-Christmas visit of
Santa Claus has been made pos-
sible by local merchants who
are members of the West
Chamber of Commerce. They
invite everyone in this trade
area to bring the children and
attend the pregram. Santa
wants to see all children in the
community and present them
with a pre-Christmas gift bag.
Coach Moon Gets
New Contract
Coach David Moon was given
a two year contract and an in-
crease in salary when the West
Independent School Board met
last week.
Coach Moon, a graduate of
S. M. U., came to West last
February. He conducted a sum-
mer softball program at tire
local high school and was well
acquainted with his football
prospects when grid training
started.
With almost a complete new
squad, Moon was given little
chance to keep his young Tro-
jans out of the conference cel-
lar. The 1950 Trojans proved to
be the surprise team of the
district and finished the race in
a tie for second place. Moon
produced a scrappy, well bal-
anced and well trained team.
He has won the respect of both
players and fans. Board mem-
bers expressed their apprecia-
tion for his services by their
action last week.
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A woman’s face is her fortune
only when it draws a lot of in-
terest.
FAMILY REUNION IN KOREA . . . P.F.C. Billy Gibson, firth marines,
snd tits sister, 1st Lt. Margaret Gibson, stage an impromptu reunion at
the lZlst army evacuation hospital in Hamhung where Margaret aerves
In the army nurse corps. The brother and lister barely missed an earlier
meeUng at Inchon. Gibson thought Margoret was atilt atatlonrd In Han
Franclsrs, where be last saw her In July before leaving for Korea, They
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