The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1948 Page: 2 of 8
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The Panhandle Herald, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
Friday, March 19, 1943
The Panhandle Herald
Established July 22, 1887
the race must be achieved in the South,
where there are so many more of them.
Printed Every Friday at Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
MEMBER: Texas Press A? jciation, Panhandle
Press Association and National Editorial Ass’n.
DAVID M. WARREN, Editor and Publisher
Entered as second class matter, July 22, 1887, at the post
Office at Panhandle, Texas, under the act of March 8, 1879.
Subscription Rates Carson and Adjoining Counties
Cine Year .................................................................— $2-00
fcix Months .................................................................... $1.25
Three Months —..........................-......................—---------— *1®
Subscription Rates Outside Carson and Adjoining Counties
One Year..........................................-..........—------------$2-50
Six Months ............................-......-.............................$1.50
Three Months —...............................—............................. -90
Advertising Rates
Obituaries, Resolutions of Respect, Cards of Thanks, etc,.—
2 cents per word.
SCHOOLS ARE EXPENSIVE
Education is becoming expensive. Texas
has found out in recent years how ex-
pensive education can become, especially
when salaries must be raised and other
expenses increase during these days of
inflated prices.
Community pride is one great reason
for high costs of education. Texas has
about 7,000 school districts. Many today
hold that most counties should have one
school district and it is reported the most
progress in that line has been made in
West Texas.
Progress has been made in Ector
(Odessa) county and Andrews county un-
der one single school system in the coun-
ty.
If the counties don’t use common sense
in handling their districts economically,
you can put it down that the time will
come when the state will make restric-
tions that will result in taking away aid.
Bringing this issue closer to home, how
long will Carson county be able to justify
three independent and many common
school districts for possibly 1,500 scho-
lastics?
I OOF HOME FOR AGED
The Odd Fellows Grand Lodge main-
tains a home for the aged at Ennis. In a
list of 58 inmates printed in a recent is-
sue of the IOOF News, it was shown that
only five were from West Texas or at
least west of a line running from Denton,
Fort Worth, Waco, San Antonio and the
valley.
The list of five from such a large area
in Texas may not mean a thing, but this
writer believes that it indicates a type of
fellowship and citizenship in West Texas.
It may be that West Texas health is so
good that earning power continues just
a little longer than it does in other parts
of Texas. It may mean that East Texas
people just give up earlier and apply for
the benefits of the home. It could be that
families and friends come to the relief
of the needy quicker and make application
unnecessary for institutions like the one
at Ennis.
Although the Odd Fellows and the En-
nis home for the aged represent just a
segment of Texas, it makes one a little
more proud of this part of the Lone Star
State to know that it is standing on its
feet just a little better in fraternity men-
tioned.
Excavators Discover
Hoard o! Gold Coins
Buried Wealth Found at Site
Of New School Building.
NEGRO PREJUDICE UP NORTH
Officials of two Texas negro colleges,
Paul Quinn of Waco and Sam Huston of
Austin, have issued statements recently
reviewing race prejudice in the North,
where some persons try to make it appear
there are problems only in the South.
These school officials have studied in
California, New York, Massachusetts and
have found pious mouthed politicians
throughout the North appealing for negro
votes, but have been quite slippery when
real help is needed.
Some persons are trying to cause trouble
in the South with negro education. But
negro educators say that practically all
negroes prefer to go to negro schools. So,
it is up to the South to provide schools
to give negroes the education they desire
and are capable of absorbing.
One Texas negro educator expressed
doubts of the ability of the negro race to
absorb much education rapidly. This edu-
cator spoke of the difficulty of learning
rapidly, believing that it is a race charac-
teristic not to be able to learn except at
a slow, methodical pace.
It is with some pride that Texans can
point to the progress that is being made in
the new Texas State University for Negroes
at Houston. Also, there is talk of a united
effort of several states to offer highly
professional work such as medicine, den-
tistry and other courses.
The North has done little for negroes,
so it looks like that the real solution for
-A
SPECIAL SESSION NOT NEEDED
Texans have the ability to solve their
problems when they try. For several weeks
there were cries that Texas had to call
a special session of the Legislature to vote
more money for public schools.
Special session advocates cried that
many schools would have to close early
because no funds could be obtained. Many
were using the troubles of a few schools
to air no funds could be obtained. Many
before the Legislature with the hopes that
such statements would receive more rec-
ognition.
During the past few days the need for
the special session has diminished. It has
shown that districts short of money can
use their credit. It has also been recalled
that Texas several times made good with
appropriations at the next session of the
Legislature needs that were not estimated
correctly in the previous session.
There may be problems that will de-
velop during 1948 to warrant a special
session, but they have not shown up yet.
Governor Jester should not let persons
wanting to use the Legislature for a forum
rush him into calling an unneeded special
session.
MONTEREY, CALIF.—Hundreds
of men, women and children were
“prospecting” with shovels, rakes,
trowels, knives, forks and even old
mining tools in a gold rush that
swept Monterey.
The “bonanza” is located in a 100-
by-100-foot school excavation site,
only two blocks from the main
street of this historic California city.
It’s not nuggets the “prospectors”
are after, but $20 gold coins. Al-
ready more than 125 of the coins
have been dug up by the treasure-
seekers. Their nominal value is
more than $2,500, but they are worth
considerably more because the
coins are collectors’ items.
One of the $20 pieces, dated 1895,
has a catalog value of $60. Most of
the coins thus far discovered were
minted between 1890 and 1900 and
nearly all are in excellent condition.
The coins were buried in the lot
nearly half a century ago by Will H.
Martin, wealthy Monterey property
owner who died in 1913.
The modern-day gold rush began
after the first coin of the cache was
found by Damon Burgess, employee
of a construction company excavat-
ing the site for a new music school
building. The word got around town
swiftly and the rush was on.
One of the first to reach the scene
was a man with a bulldozer which
immediately clawed 15 of the coins
out of the earth.
Martin’s nephew, Carmel Martin,
former Monterey mayor, bought out
a hardware store in order to pro-
vide digging tools for the amateur
prospectors and presided over the
treasure hunt.
James Metcalfe
Texans’ Guest at
Pittsburgh, Penn.
Another interesting feature of
the Texas Day dinner held in
Pittsburgh, Pa., recently came
from Mrs. Ralph Michaels, the
former Louise Elston, in a letter
to her sister, Mrs. G. F*. Gramer,
in which she wrote that James
Metcalfe, author, was among the
quests present.
Metcalfe is a famous FBI agent
and was in the group that shot
it out with John Dillinger, bandit,
in 1933. While he was staying in
hotel rooms on assignments, Met-
calfe began writing short articles,
which he titled Portraits.
These at tides are now syndi-
cated and published in many news-
papers. Metcalfe was in Pitts-
burgh at the time in connection
with a promotional scheme for
the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and
madt many personal appearances
before clubs and schools.
from S'unray east 10 miles; from
Jet. Hwy. 117 to 5.866 miles east
on Highway No. St. 152, FM 279,
281 & 119, covered by C’ 4 55-2-8,
C 727-1-5, C 727-3-2, C 794-5-3,
C 794-7-2, in Carson, Moore,
Sherman & Hutchinson County,
will be received at the Highway
Department, Austin, until 9:00
A. M., March 30, 1948, and then
publicly opened and read.
This is a “Public Works” Pro-
ject, as defined in House Bill No.
54 of the 43rd Legislature of the
State of Texas, and as such is
subject to the provisions of said
House Bills. No provisions herein
are intended to be in conflict
with the provisions of said Acts.
In accordance with provisions
of said House Bills, the State
Highway Commission has ascer-
tained the wage rates prevailing
in the locality in which this work
is to be done. The Contractor shall
pay not less than the prevailing
wage rates shown in the proposal
for Group 1 for eacn craft or
type of “Laborer,” “Workman,”
or “Mechanic” employed on this
project.
Legal holday work shall be paid
for at the regular governing rates.
Plans and specifications avail-
able at the office of James G.
Lott, District Engineer, Amarillo,
Texas, and Texas Highway De-
partment, Austin. Usual rights re-
served.
2t-March 12-19
H. H. SMITH
lawyer
Specializes in Probate, Admin
istration of Estates, Titles and
Taxation — Federal and State
-—phones—
Office 80 and 33 Residence 75
LEGAL NOTICE
CONTRACTORS’ NOTICE OF
TEXAS HIGHWAY
CONSTRUCTION
Sealed proposals for construct-
ing 37.490 miles of Seal Coat
from Hutchinson County Line to
Gray County line; from Sunray
to Sherman Co. line; from Moore
Co. line to 5.8 27 miles north;
Repentant Thief Returns
Loot Taken While ‘Tipsy’
CARMEL, CALIF.—Mrs. B. L.
Coates was dismayed when
someone burglarized her home
of a camera, light meter, a jew-
eled elk’s tooth, a fountain pen
and a few items of jewelry. She
was amazed a week later when
all of the loot was returned in a
parcel post package mailed from
Los Angeles. Also enclosed was
an unsigned note which said:
“I am returning your things
that I picked up one night while
intoxicated. This is everything I
found on my person when my
mind began to function properly.
Please forgive me for this awful
thing I have dene. I swear I’ll
never drink again.”
SLUG ’ER OUT, PALS
“There’s nothing like a good, jolly fam-
ily right to clear up tensions.”
That’s the advice of Dr. Reuben Lorenzo
Hill, pofessor of Iowa State College, in
a recent address at Dallas.
The professor said only three per cent
of the people of the United States have
been divorced, although he deplored the
(57,000 Texas divorces in 1947. Texas led
the nation in divorces, he said.
But his recommendation of an occasional
quarrel between married persons evident-
ly was given facetiously, for he was quoted
as “beaming with candlepower.’,
The professor gave some encouragement
by saying that 62 per cent of Americans
over 16 years are married and will stay
so—calling it a habit hard to break.
University To Honor
Military Graduates
With Better Grades
AUSTIN — The University of
Texas will recognize “distin-
guished military graduates” and
“distinguished military students”
by annual awards of gold and’
silver medals.
Approval has been given by the
Board of Regents, and the medals
will bear the University seal.
The distinguished military grad-
dates will be offered regular Army
or Air Force commissions. Ap-
pointment of the distinguished
military students will be made
from the cadet class finishing its
junior year. A silver medal will
be given those students.
Eligibility for the distinguished
military graduate gold medal and
regular commission will require
previous .designation of a student
as a distinguished student.
Basis for the two honors will
be exceptionally high standards
iLi leadership, moral character, ap-
titude for military service, acade-
mic peformance, and participation
in recognized campus activities.
Judge Discounts Vet’s Plea
Of Stealing for New Home
PHILADELPHIA. — A navy vet-
eran, who told the court he stole
in the hope of making a separate
home for his wife and 15-month-old
child, was sentenced to 11V2 to 23
months in county prison by Judge
Thomas Bluett.
The veteran, Raymond Slovenski,
21, pleaded guilty to robbing a
candy store of $53, after holding up
a 16-year-old counter girl, Juanita
Gififin, at pistol point.
Slovenski told the court he had
found his mother’s home impossi-
ble. He said he hoped to obtain
enough money from the robbery to
make a home for his own family.
Judge Bluett waved aside defense
counsel’s plea for clemency, how-
ever, and imposed sentence.
“As a navy veteran,” Bluett said,
“this young man should know how
dangerous a weapon can be.”
THE WIFE WHO
SAVED DIMES
She started with a few dimes that
quickly grew into dollars—then
her husband got the idea, too.
Today they own their home and
it’s modern in every detail. Your
savings can be a passport to the
hundred and one things that will
make living happier and easier.
THE
First National Bank
BANKING SINCE 1888
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP.
Atomic Danger Zone Posted
For Tests on New Weapons
WASHINGTON.—The atomic en-
ergy commission has posted a
“Danger—Keep Out” notice cover-
ing 39,000 square miles of the Pa-
cific ocean surrounding Eniwetok
atoll, site of forthcoming “tests of
military weapqns.”
“Hazards will exist” in a rectan-
gular area approximately 173 miles
north and south and 226 miles east
and west, the commission said.
The danger Will continue through-
out 1948.
Plane Crosses Ocean With
Dead Motor; Bishop Safe
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA. — An Aus-
tralian flying boat, carrying 29 pas-
sengers and a crew of 6, landed
here safely after flying 380 miles
across the stbrm-tossed Tasman sea
with one of its four engines dead.
Among the passengers were Episco-
pal^ Bishop G. Ashton Oldham of Al-
bany; N. Y., and his wife.
Railroads Improve Equipment
With New Box Cars, Engines
CHICAGO.—All railroads and pri-
vate carlines had 125,395 new
freight cars on order on December
1, the Association of American Rail-
roads has announced. The number
on order on November 1, 1947, was
126,213.
Of the total number on order De-
cember 1, Class I rails and railroad-
owned private-controlled refrigera-
tor companies had 110,882 new
freight cars on order. This was the
largest number on order at any
time since April 1, 1923, when the
total was 116,890.
New freight cars on order Decem-
ber 1 totaled 63,616 while on Novem-
ber 30 the total was 109,467.
Class I rails also had on order
1,180 locomotives. This was the
most since October, 1923, when
there were 1,242 locomotives on
order. On Decefnber 1, 1946, the
railroads had 364 on order.
Modern Metal Alloys
The wonders of modem metal
alloys are well known. But alloys
are not new. Men began using mix-
tures of two or more metals in pre-
historic times. ‘The earliest alloy
was bronze, probably (discovered
when copper and tin were acciden-
tally melted together and allowed
to harden.
Free Mail Privilege Sought
For Hospitalized Veterans
WASHINGTON.—Veterans organ-
izations are pressing congress for
action on seven bills calling for free
mailing privileges to former serv-
icemen suffering in veterans’ hos-
pitals.
Destitute hospital patients and
those who have income under $20
per month now are allowed a maxi-
mum of six cents in stamps per
week.
They may mail two first class
letters a week, provided t-hey don’t
use air mail,, and are given post
cards if they prefer them to stamps.
Thirty per cent of the 106,483 hos-
pitalized veterans receive no pen-
sions or compensation at all, vet-
erans leaders pointed out, and thou-
sands have no outside income.
Let Us Tell ’Em
About It!
Use The Classified
. . . It’s Direct
Got something you want
follks to know about? You
can reach the most people
for the least money through
the Classified Column of
The Herald. Gall 56.
THE HERALD
Someone Asked Us:
“Are you folks still in the Farm Loan
Business?’’
We want everyone to know that we are
making 4 per cent farm loans—up to 33
f
years to pay—Tailor made to suit your
purpose. No stock to buy. No appraisal
fee. No commission to pay.
COME TO SEE US
Carson County Abstract Co.
Insurance Counsellors—Abstractors of Land Titles
Phone 70
J. C. McCOLLOUGH CYRIL PINGELTON
1948
Auto Tags
Must be on all cars by midnight of April 1, 1948, or
owners will be subject to a fine, and must pay a penalty
for not buying their plates on time.
Highway officers are instructed to arrest those who
have not properly equipped their cars with the new
1948 license tags.
License tags are now on sale at the office of Sheriff
Clarence C. Williams, Tax Assessor and Collector, in
Panhandle, Texas.
License tags may be put on at any time after they
are bought.
License tags must be bought in the county where you
live.
!•; A!
You must have certificates of title for registration
or 1947 license receipt bearing same number as title.
(?IciSiettce G. Williami
SHERIFF, TAX ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR
Carson County, Texas
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 35, Ed. 1 Friday, March 19, 1948, newspaper, March 19, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591312/m1/2/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.