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VOLUME XI.
CORRIGAN. TEXAS. THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 1942
NUMBER 27
(From the files of "The Plain
Dealer”, published at Corrigan on
August 12, 1932.)
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C. H. Caskey was elected Exe-
cutive Committeeman of Polk
MAYOR EDENS RESIGNS
TO JOIN THE ARMY
JIM BEN EDENS LEFT SUNDAY
FOR CAMP PERRY, OHIO
Receiving his appointment as
Lieutenant in the Ordinance De-
partment of the army Saturday,
Mayor Jim Ben Edens prepared to
County by the State Republican leave immediately for his post In
Convention in Dallas last Tuesday, j Camp Perry, Ohio.
The Republicans nominated Or j The oath of office was admin-
istered by E. L. Knox and the
Mayor became 'Lieutenant' Edens
ville Bulltngton. lawyer and busi
ness man of Wichita Falls, as
their standard-bearer In the race
fop Governor in November. Great
before leaving home.
Accompanied by his wife.
and
hope is expressed by the party for j mother, Mrs. W. F. Edens, and
their entry should Mrs. Ferguson j and Mrs. Grover Hooks of Goose
be the nominee of the Democratic j Creek. Mr. Edens left Sunday
party in the August primary. j night. The ladies will return by
'32 train.
Highway patrolman E. N. Mar-; Jim Ben Edens will be sorely
tin sustained severe cuts and I missed in Corrigan during this ab-
bruises when his bike blew a rear! sence. In addition to his office of
casing between here and the river Mayor, he is also W orshipful Mas-
last Saturday" evening. Reports I ter of the local Masonic Lodge
from the hospital at Lufkin are j and has been a main-stay in any
to the effect that his injuries were [ movement for the betterment of
not serious and he is recovering! the community. We sincerely re-
nicely, I gret to see him go and our every
CAPTAIN RUSSELL M. EAGLE
CALLS FOR MORE GUARDS
Company F, 44th Bn. has lost
several men lately and want to
recruit at least 25 this week.
S.F.A.S.T.C. at Nacogdoches, get-
ting his degree from the latter
school in 1941.
About a year ago he volunteer-
ed for service in the Navy, and
I although his station and boat is
1 well known to this writer, we are
I asked by the Government to re-
l frain from mention of the boys
whereabouts now. Suffice it to
say that he and Dale Clarke had |
hoped to stay together, but, the
Navy saw fit to separate them amljm'en ^0"*“ toVingThe compaTiy
therefore Thomas was not on the' to ..war„ strength
J Lexington with Dale. i Cl>ptalll Russen m. Engle
I Above is a brief and more or
less matter-of-fact statement con-
TEXAS DEFENSE GUARD WEEK
BEING OBSERVED IN CORRIGAN
This week is deslguated as
"Texas Defense Guard Week” and
| officers of the Corrigan Company
| are endeavoring to recruit more
THE TEXTS DEFENSE
GUARD NEEDS YOU:
Able bodied
Ages of 16
must be good and 100% Amer‘
lean.
men between the
and 65. Character
cerning a young man that stands
as high in the love and respect
of this writer—and untold num-
bers of his acquaintances—as anv|
1. Texas Defense Guards are
responsible for the control of 5th
columnists in their defense area.
(Norway had no Defense Guard
and Norway fell from within
has without firing a shot.)
called for volunteers tn meet at j 2. Texas Defense Guardsmen
the Sub-Court Houst tonight at | are trained to combat parachute
j8:00 o'clock. [and airborne troops. (Holland had
Mr. Eagle was in Tuesday and ^ no Defense Guard and every criti-
j asked that we run the article by I cal installation and port was cap-
Major Gilchrist (see next column)
THOMAS ZANER PARRISH
(27th of
B. F. Adams of the Adams Mot-
or Company was a business visit-
or in Moscow Wednesday.
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A comparison of percentages of
the 1932 and 1930 firsA primary
votes between Ferguson and Ster-
ling shows that in 1930 Ferguson
received 29 per cent of the total
vote to Sterlings 20 per cent, and
tn 1932 Ferguson received 42 per
cent to 31 per cent for Sterling.
The comparison, compiled from
the official figures given by the
state democratic committee in Ft
Wbrtli Monday, follow*:
1930 1932
votes pet. votes pet
Ferguson 242,959 29
Sterling 170,754 20
Others 413,713 51
series of pictures of
good wish goes with him in his "Our Boys in the Service", print-
new job, ed through the co-operation of the
Before leaving, Jim Ben sent Citizens State Bank, with the Cor-
the following notice to The Press: rigan Press.)
To the Citizens of Corrigan: The 8Uijject Qf this weeks col-
I would like to take this oppor- umn is Thomas Zaner Parrish, son
tunity of expressing to each of 0f Mr. and Mrs. H. Z. Parrish of
you my sincere appreciation of Moscow.
the confidence you have shown Thomas was born on September
me by selecting me as a member c, 1919 and attended school at
of the City Council twice and in Moscow and Corrigan, finishing
the last election as Mayor of our High School in 1936. He attend-
wonderful little city. I realize ed S.H.S.T.C. in Huntsville and
better than anyone that, due to, . . _ ---------------------
the present world crisis, I have
not accomplished anything as
Mayor, but have felt that, in view
the!
<3 boy we, k"ow' In wrltl?S e | as an advertisement and asked
J ::rp allowing ourselves to say ,vhat the cost w0Uld bo We told
many things that wed like for Wm that waB t00 od to ,.un aa
fear of criticism, but having L ad we would u8e ,t as
known him intimately as a hlgh-|new> story wlthout (.M| t0 him.
school kid, a college boy, then as
City Secretary of Corrigan, as
teacher and later as Superintend-
ent of Moscow School, as Scout
Master and Sunday School teach-
er. and having watched him play
roftball like a veteran, fill the pul-
pit with credit and take an active
part in Masonic work, we feel as
proud of him as if he were an own
brother.
My friend, Tom Parrish, is one
of those boys that make this old
world a better place In which to
live.
cf the present conditions
402 238 421 whole--hearted effort of each per-
296 383 311 80n ahould *,e Put forth towards
263 995 27 i winning the war rather that the
development of our local comnuin-
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Our young friend, Roy Moyers, j ^
who has been visiting hts uncle, J It is with deep regret that ij
B. F. Adams, for several weeks j ask to be relieved of my duties as
returned to his home in Ft. Worth j Mayor, in view of my enlisting in!
Tuesday. Roy is possibly one of | the armed forces of our country, !
the P. D.’s most careful readers, i hut fee! under present clrcunt-
Never an item Is overlooked and j stances that I can better serve in
he got quite a kick out of our ref-l this capacity.
erence several weeks ago to Cor-: I believe that I could make a
rigan's getting more like New statement that is difficult for
York every day. Luck to you. Ro.v | most men to make and that Is-
and we will look for you next | I do not know of a single person
OFFICIAL UNITED STATES TREASURY
TEXAS
WAR BOND QUOTAS
FOR AUGUST
The Guards are anxious to re-
cruit men between the ages of 16
and 65—able bodied, good charact-
er and 100 per cent Americans.
It was interesting to learn from
Mr. Eagle, some or the advantages
of membership in the Guard to
boys who expect to be called later
as well as to those who are ex
empt or deferred. The training L.
E. Wratten got from Guard work
paved him some hot work on the
drill field and hastened the day
he was promoted. Another ins-
tance, Jim Ben Edens’ training in
the Defense Guard, coupled with
his knowledge of the automobile
business, made him particularly
well fitted for the Lieutenant’s
fob in the Ordinance Corps of the
army. Mr. Eagle is justly proud of
the part he has done and is doing
along this line.
spring.
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Contract was entered last week
between the Telephone Company
and J. F. Hollomon, whereby the
latter is to erect a suitable build
ing for the company.
Construction started early this
week and the move will probably
be made during October.
The Corrigan exchange has been
placed on the ‘Agency’ basis and
Miss Althea Kent will be their
agent. When the new building is
completed, Miss Kent and her
mother will live in the office,
which is designed especially for
within the boundaries of our City
that I do not consider a friend—
and so to each and every one of
you I wish you the best of luck
and sincerely trust that in the fu-
ture, under hotter circumstances.
WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 10.—Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,Secretary
of the Treasury, today announced the August War Bond Quotas for
the 3,070 counties in the nation totalling $815,000,000.
The August quota for the State of Texas is $27,250,000.
In arriving at the county quotas for August the Treasury Depart-
ment took into consideration major factors affecting incomes which in
turn cause significant variations in sales during the twelve-month
period. ,ng8’
Hereafter actual Bond sales in the various states will be com-
pared with quotas on a cumulative basis. The amount by which sales
fall short of or exceed quotas in any month will be added to or sub-
tracted from quotas for future months.
Quotas by counties are:
SCOUTS RETURN FROM
CAMP DON BEARD
Scoutmaster John H. Carter and
his ten boys returned Sunday af
ternoon after spending a week in
Camp Don Beard, near Cold Spr-
Anderson. $110,600; Andrews, $2.-
600; Angelina. $9j,000; Aransas,
$12,400; Archer. $i7.G0U; Armstrong,
$8,200; Atascosa, $35,000; Austin,
$45,700.
Bailey. $13,900; Bandera. $6,300;
living quarters and the office com ! in Hines. 111., on August 5th., fol-
bined. The building is being erect
ed between the Hollomon Hotel
and the cottage recently occupied
by J. C. Long.
The new arrangement will pro-
bably relieve some of the operat-
ors here, Lufkin having taken over
the handling of tile Long Distance
calls.
The telephone office lias been
housed in its present location for
some twenty-two years.
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Next week this column will
print items from the Plain Dealer
dated August 19th, 1932.)
D. L. VEAL SAYS ‘THANK YOU’.
I want to express my apprecia-
tion to the people of this precinct
for your vote in sending me hack
as your commissioner for another
term. I shall continue to do my
very best and I sure do thank you.
D. L. VEAL
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Our long time gooff friend and
former neighbor, Walter L. Brok-
er, of Diboll was in town last Sat-
urday enroute to Indian Camp
Springs for Defense Guard prac-
tice, and paid us a welcome and
substantial call. Thanks, Mr.
Broker for your $1.50.
you will give me the opportunity! Bastrop ^$51,700Baylor,^ $23,400,
$2.082,700: Blanco'. $9,800; 'Borden,'
$3,700; Bosque. $20,900; Bowie, $234.-
700; Brazoria, $144,500; Brazos, $97.-
500; Brewster. $26,000; Briscoe. $9.-
900, Brooks. $18,500; Brown. $106.-
GOO; Burleson, $36,300; Burnet, $26,-
600.
Caldwell. $70,900; Calhoun. $14.*
300; Callahan, $22,400; Cameron,
$199,500; Camp. $12,700; Carson,
$21,300; Cass. $62,500- Castro, $8.-
000; Chambers, $35,300. Cherokee,
$82,000; Childress. $43,900; Clay.
.$24.400; Cochran. $6,600; Coke. $6.-
200; Coleman. 505,600; Collins. $119.-
m t\r\ . O .It:....... nnn. ,
to serve in the capacity of Mayor
of Corrigan.
Sincerely,
J. B. EDENS
MR. FRANK CALHOUN
We regret to report the death
of Mr. Frank Calhoun, which oc-
curred at the Veteran's hospital
lowing several months illness.
Mr. Calhoun was about 50 years
old and had lived in or near Leg-
gett all his life. He was a member
of the Haptist church and also the
American Legion.
Funeral services were conduct I
ed at Cross Roads Cemetery Sun j
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, under |
the direction of Walker Seamens,
Rev. W. ft Wadsworth, officiating
Pail bearers were Dr. Flowers i
Lewis Sory, Jesse Tullos, Bill
Cox. F. R. I’erkins, and Cullen
Coogler.
He is survived by hts mother, j
Mrs. Emma Calhoun of Leggetl, i
Star Route; a sister, Miss Irla,
and brother, Fred, of Leggett and j
i twin brother, Charlie Calhoun,
of Laurel, Mississippi.
We appreciate receiving a letter
from Cpl. Leon E. Watson asking
that his paper be sent to him in
care of 23d Air Base Squadron.
A.P.O. No. 845, c|o Postmaster,
New Y’ork, N. Y. Thanks. Leon
and the address is already chang-
ed. Write more next time, fellow.
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Miss Loyce Fortune, who Is
400; Coliings worth, $28,900; Colo-
rado, $52,700; Comal, $49,700; Co-
manche. $33,000: Concho, $15,100;
Cooke, $67,200; Coryell. $41,900; Cot-
tle. $21,500; Crane, $10,000; Crockett,
$21,500; Crosby. $27,400; Culberson,
$12,800.
Dallam, $22,800; Dallas, $3,562,-
300; Dawson, $43,300; Deaf Smith,
$21,500; Delta, $19,300; Denton, $94,-
400; DeWitt, $70,600; Dickens, $25,-
200; Dimmit. $13,700; Donley, $19,-
200; Duval, $4(7.200.
Eastland. $88,400: Ector, $121,800;
Edwards. $8,600; Ellis. .$132,600; El
Paso, $502,300: Erath. $47,400
Falls, $80,000; Fannin, $32,500;
spending her vacation in Mt. Seq-
uoyah, Arkansas, reports that she
is having a wonderful time.
Fayette, $05,800; Fisher, $20,300,
Floyd, $29,000; Foard, $7,100: Fort
Bend, $87,100; Franklin, $11,900,
Freestone, $48,000; Frio, $14,900.
Gaines, $25,200; Galveston, $521,-
200; Garza, $20,100; Gillespie, $28.-
600; Glascock. $4,000; Goliad, $21,-
500; Gonzales. $55,700; Gray. S132.-
900; Grayson. $204,100; Gregg. $303.-
400; Grimes, $42,200. Guadalupe,
$60,600.
Hale, $79,100; Hall, $42,400: Ham-
ilton, $32,500; Hansford. $15,100;
Hardeman, $33,500; Hardin, $40,500;
Harris, $3,808,600; Harrison, $140,-
7C0; Hartley, $3,600, Haskell, $30,-
100; Hays. $49,700; Hemphill, $16,-
700; Henderson, $53,200; Hidalgo,
$267,200; Hill. $79,100; Hockley. $30,-
200; Hood, $10,700; Hopkins, $70,600;
Houston, $51,600; Howard. $109,700;
Hudspeth. $4,000; Hunt. $133,700;
Hutchinson. $78,600.
Irion, $3,000.
Jack, $31,400; Jackson, $30,000
Jasper, $38,200: Jeff Davi?. $3,100
JefTerson, $797,500; Jim II :;g, $21,
, 900; Jim Wells, $61,700; Johnson,
1 $88,400; Jones, $70,600.
Karnes. $46,400; Kaufman, $84.-
700; Kendall, $18,000; Kenedy, $5..
200; Kent. $4,200; Kerr. *54.400;
Kimble, $13,200; King. $1.10u; Kin-
$2^ 400? 1 °°: Klebcrg’ $45-20°; Knox,
Lamar, $127,300; Lamb. $52,100;
Lampasas. $27,400; La Salle. $15.-
100; Lavaca. $63,800; Lee, $20,400;
Leon, $30,200; Liberty, $90,500;
Limestone, $59,100; Lipscomb. $13,-
400; Live Oak. $17,200; Llano, $13.-
800; Loving. $600; Lubbock. $305,-
700; Lynn. $30,100.
McCulloch, $40,700; McLennan,
$459,000; McMullen. $1,300; Madi-
son, $24,400; Marion, $16,100; Mar-
tin, $7,500; Mason. $20,300; Matagor-
da. $53,700; Maverick, $26,100; Me-
dina, $30,500; Menard. $12,000; Mid-
land, $79,200; Milam. $67,200; Mills.
$15,90-9; Mitchell. $30,100; Montague.
$49,700; Montgomery. $66,100;
Moore. $7,700, Morris. $9,000, Mot- i
ley. $11,700.
Nacogdoches, $65,800; Navarro,
$116,700; Newton. $7,400; Nolan.
$76,600; Nueces. $602,300
Ochiltree. $26,100; Oldham, $1,900;
Orange, $97,400.
Palo Pinto, $66,000; Panola, $18,-
900; Parker. $43,800; Parmer. $15.-
300; Pecos. $27,700; Polk. $43,500;
Potter. $456.00(1; Presidio. $20,800.
Rains, $5,500; Randall. $17,500;
Reagan. $15,500: Real. $1,800; Red
River. $37,500; Reeves, $39,300; Re-
fugio, $40,600; Roberts. $3,100; Rob-
ertson. $40,700; Rockwall, $12,500,
Runnels, $69,700; Rusk. $159,700.
Sabine. $14,000; San Augustine,
$17,100; San Jacinto. $6,600; San Pa-
tricio, $88,400; San Saba. $10,700;
Schleicher, $8,300; Scurry. $39,700;
Shackelford. $18,900; Shelby. $51.-
700; Sherman. $3,700: Smith, $356.-
200; Somervell, $5,300; Starr. $14.-
900; Stephens. $53,700; Sterling, $9,-
600; Stonewall, $0,100; Sutton. $10.-
700: Swisher. $13,900.
Tarrant. $1,701,100; Taylor. $190.-
700; Terrell, $12,500; Terry, $24,600;
Throckmorton. $10,0(H); Titus, $43.-
500: Tom Green, $197,300; Travis,
$545,900; Trinity, $13,500; Tyler, $14.-
100.
Upshur. $44,800; Upton. $19,100;
Uvalde, $53,600.
Val Verde, $54,900; Van Zandt,
$58,700; Victoria, $144,200.
Walker. $49,100; Waller, $22,300;
Ward, $34,500; Washington. $49,700;
Webb. $134,100; Wharton. $115,900;
Wheeler, $28,000; Wichita. $519,100;
Wilbarger, $66,300: Willacv, $27,300;
Williamson. $112,000; Wilson. *23.-
600; Winkler. $36,200; Wise, S30.390;
Wood, $56,200.
Yoakum. $16,400; Young. $79,500
Zapata, $1,900; Zavala, $14,939.
Mr. Carter stated that the en-
tire bunch enjoyed every moment
of the camp and that It was really
worth the time spent.
The Scouts who attended the
camp were. Robert Edens. D. L.
Veal Jr., Charles Hughes, Douglas
McCluskey, Leland Largent, Jim
Bob Sherman, Mickey Reily, Ray-
mond Woods, Fred Jordan, and
Kenneth McCluskey.
REVIVAL AT PLEASANT HILL
Rev. K. L. Cooper of Nacogdo-
ches will be in Corrigan Sunday
and will begin a series of Revival
services at the Pleasant Hill
Church in the Knoxville commun-
ity that night.
According to Rev. Lee Emmons,
pastor of the Congregational Met-
hodist Church, they hope to have
services daily at 11 o’clock and at
8:30. Mr. Emmons stated that Mr.
Cooper is a very able preacher
and the public is cordially invited.
"Puncher's Ptg.” is the imprint
that spells quality in printing.
tured and taken from behind the
airborne troops.)
3. If, and when, attack comes
to the Gulf Coast area, Texas De-
fense Guards are to keep the
roads open, so that our mechaniz-
ed army can move quickly to the
threatened points. (France, with
the finest army in the world. was
strangled and forced off the high-
ways by her own panic-strickeu
refugees.)
4. If the enemy tanks and arm-
ored units find a weak spot and
break through America’s first line
of defense, Texas Defense Guards
will fight them at every bridge,
every cut and fill until they are
destroyed. The State Defense
Guards are the nation’s defense
in Depth.
5. Texas Defense Guards are
trained and versed in Gurrilla
Warfare. If this defense area is
ever invaded, the Texas Defense
Guards will not leave their own
area; they carry on the fight from
behind and from within the enemy
lines. (Reference:Red Russia.)
6. The 44th Battalion, Texas
Defense Guard, is the largest in
the State of Texas. Some inspect-
ors have commended it as being
the best trained. The following
towns have units in the 44th Bat-
talion: Lufkin, Corrigan, Nacogdo-
ches, Woodville, Livingston, Hem-
phill, San Augustine and Diboll.
7. No one group of people have
a corner on patriotism. The 44th
Battalion is composed of men
from every station of East Texas
life. It is truly the most Demo-
cratic organization in the State of
Texas.
8. The most disgraceful pages
ever written in any nation’s hist-
ory have been written into Ameri-
ca’s history by loud-mouthed, un-
trained, undisciplined American
American Militia and the most
glorious pages, the most valiant
deeds of heroism have been writ-
ten by American Militia that had
thoroughly trained and disciplin-
ed. The 44th Battalion, Texas De-
fense Guards, drill and train two
and three hours each week. Dis-
cipline is maintained. Military
customs are observed.
9. The Texas Defense Guai
needs you. See the Command*
of your local Texas Defense Guard
unit today. Enlist at once.
By authority of
MAJOR WELDON H. GILCHRIST
Commanding 44th. Bn. T.D.G.
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W. B. SKELTON IS NEW
PUBLIC WELFARE MAN.
W. B. Skelton of Bryan has ac-
| cepted the position of Senior field
worker for the State Department
of Public Welfare in Polk County,
succeeding G. W. Madden, who is
now stationed in Montgomery co-
unty.
Mr. Skelton will he in his of-
fice at the Sub-Court House in
Corrigan on the 2d and 4th Wed-
nesdays of each month from 9:00
until 12.00 noon. He will also be
in Livingston at the Court House
each 3d Thursday rrom 8:00 until
5:00 o’clock.
Mr. Skelton’s duties are to
help applicants in filing applica-
tions and assembling the required
proof of eligibility, appralsihg de-
gree of need in each individual
situation, and making a record of
all such evidence to be reviewed
by the area welfare supervisor.
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