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'An Independent, Outspoken, Country Weekly"
Volume XII.
Corrigan, (Polk County) Texas Thursday, February 11, 1943
10 Years Ago This Week
From the files of The Plain
Dealer, published at Corrigan
February 9, 1933.
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Editor of the Plain Dealer:
Corrigan, Texas.
In the last issue of your paper
I seed whur you wus inakin
Mrs. J. F. Ilollomon, presi-
dent of the first Corrigan Par-
lent Teacher Association, Mrs.
E. T. Sparks, Mrs. Carl Berg-
man and Mrs. D. L. Veal,
former presidents of the asso-
ciation, were honor guests at
the annual Founders’ Day
HELP FINISH THE JOB
Number 1
Our Boys in the Service DCousin’ Nat Patton Tens
President about Moscow
mention of bavin run the paper Program at the local grammar
fer a year without bein inter-(school auditorium last Thurs-
rupted by bankrupt proceedins day afternoon, February 4th.
or sheriff’s sale. An, as I ’loud IA letter from Mrs. W. T. Gross,
to Liza, you have done exceed- 'another former president, was
ed my expectations, for who read during the program,
would a thought sech a frail The program opened with
structure con'd have sech en- 'group singing of Auld Lang
durance. An 1 wus sorta brag Syne, Mrs. W. H. Caton was
gin on vou wlni L*zn spoke up accompanist,
an sed it 'peered to her that Miss Shirley Hale gave an in-
that feller you alius call Ben’spiring talk, “Why we observe
wus the one that kept the thing Founders’ Day’’, in which she
goin. An I asked her how she paid tribute to the founders of
figgered that. “Well,” she sez, j the state association and to the
“he does all the writln on that,former presidents of the local
crazy lookln contraption, and!organization, and to the many
then prints the paper and accomplishments of the Corri-
mails them out, and the Editor Fan chapter i n school and
jest does the rest.” “Well” I j community progress,
sez, “what is all the ‘rest’?” Of particular interest was a
She sez, “Nothin”. Now that sketch of historical highlights
jest goes to show you, Editor, i of the local association, which
how little folks know about, was organized by Mrs. J. F.
the paper business. Course, MejHollomon in 1919. Mrs. Hollo-
bein a man with lots of busines mon served until 1922.
ability, and knowin what it' Succeeding presidents were:
takes to manage a busines rite,Mrs. Jim Ilarrelson, Sept. ’22
and keep it goin, I can appre-jto May ’23; Mrs. Milton Huck-
ciate the struggle you are hav- abee, Sept. ’23 to May ’25;
ing and jest can’t resist drop- Mrs. E. T. Sparks, Sept. ’25 to
ping you a line congratulating May '27; Mrs. Carl Bergman,
you on holdin yotir nose out of Sept. ’27 to May '29; Mrs. J.
the water so far. I glory in your W. Cobb, Sept. ’27 to May ’31;
spunk. And if you don’t believe Mrs. J. F. Hollomon, Sept. ’31
my gang is with you, ‘jest ask to May '34; Mrs. D. L. Veal,
Liza.’ And if you need any good Sept. ’34 to May ’35; Mrs. W.
sound advice, cheap, jest feci T. Gross, Sept. ’35 to May ’37;
free to call on me. Mrs. W, B. Oliver, Sept. ’37 to
Yore friend, (May ’39; Mrs. John Carter,
Ezra Hoskins Sept. ’37 to May ’40; Mrs. J.
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After six weeks effort on the' Mrs. Vernon Bergman is now
part of the management of the I serving as president.
Plain Dealer to make a howl-j The following excerps are
ing success of the picture show: taken from Miss Hale’s ad-
business. it was decided on last dress:
Tuesday to close the institu-j “After the P.-T. A. was or-
tion until more favorable con-jganized, members began buy-
<litions- mg things that the schools
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Couileay Stockton, Calif. Record
Officers Seek Pair of Convicts
Who Robbed Store Here Tues.
Man Hunt is On in this
Section of East Texas
Weather conditions played a
major part in making the ven-
ture unprofitable on our part,
and. Mr. Bergman does not
needed, just as they do now.
“From 1919-’27 they bought
the first set of the “Book of
Knowledge” for the library
feel justified in neglecting his, The first, chart that was used
mercantile business to resume |in teaching the primary pupils
active management at t h e.was bought during that time,
present along with some of the first
Mr. Bergman will probably playground equipment,
have an announcement t oj “They sponsored all Hallow-
make regarding the opening je en carnivals. One of their
date in the near future. (money making schemes
was
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Work on Highway 106 is at
a standstill, due to the weather
conditions, and, delayed arrival
of parts for the rock crusher.
A clutch for the crusher has
been ordered for some weeks
and expected to arrive daily,
but officers of the Parmley
contracting firm were despon-
dent over the delay when we
talked to them early in the
week. When this part arrives,
we understand that all will be
in readiness to rush on through
with the work.
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Next week we will print news
from The Plain Dealer of Feb-
ruary 16, 1933.
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“Mrs. Miniver” will be at the
Corrigan Theatre Sat. midnite
Sun. and Mon.—No advance in
admission.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Maxey
and children, Jimmy and Mary
Francis, of Houston are spend-
ing this week with Mr. and Mrs
W. P. Maxey.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Harrison
and son of Nacogdoches and
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Crawford
of Houston visited Mrs. C. E.
Barnes over the week end.
an Old Maid’s Convention. Mrs.
Hollomon was the modern old
maid. She wore riding boots
and boot pants and rode a
horse in the parade. Mrs. Carl
Bdrgman carried a bird cage
and proposed to a Mr. High at
the depot.
“They had their musicians at
the convention. Mrs. Sparks
played the guitar and Mrs. Leo
Bergman, the accordian. Mrs.
Barron Thompson sang Sweet
Bunch of Daisies.
“Some of the other members
of the Old Maid’s Convention
were Mrs. Mary Knox, Mrs.
M. E. Hamilton, Mrs. James
Haralson, Mrs. Milton Hucka-
bee, and Mrs. Luella Hickman.
Mrs. W. H. Caton presided at
the piano.
“The clock system, which is
now used in the local school
system, was bought during
Mrs. Cobb’s administration.
“From 1934 to 1939 the P.-
T. A. spent most of their mon-
ey for the library.
The lunch room was organ-
ized in 1938. In 1939 the P.-T.
A. presented Corrigan Drum
and Bugle Corps with a gift of
$72.36 to help pay for uni-
forms. In 1940 the association
paid for $100.00 worth o f
shrubbery for the high school
Officers are searching today
for two men responsible for a
series of robberies in this sec-
tion of East Texas. The pair
are believed to be an ex-con-
vict and an escaped convict.
The parties believed to be re-
sponsible were said to be a life-
term man who escaped from
the Pen on December 7, and
his pal who was released after
serving his term, a short time
before, and, aided the life-term
man in his escape.
The pair are believed to have
broken into a store at Leggett
Monday night, attempted to
rob the Moscow store early
Tuesday morning, and that
night paid a visit to Largent's
Cash Store here and were try-
ing to rob a store in Lufkin
when officers flushed them.
Cigaretts, bread and gasoline
was the main loot taken from
Largent’s place here. The door
was opened with a prize bar
and locks on the gasoline tank
was broken. The robbers aban-
doned their Chrysler car when
officers got hot after them in
Lufkin and escaped in a pick-
up truck. Most of the loot from
Corrigan job was found in the
car they abandoned.
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Earl Pickel is here for a few
Robbers Attempt Raid on
Store at Moscow
days rest before going to work
at the paper mill in Lufkin. He
has been under medical care
in Galveston and Houston for
a couple of weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Reavis Hollo-
mon and James Reavis of Ho-
uston were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. J. F. Hollomon Saturday
An attempt to rob the Mos-
cow Mercantile Company store
at Moscow was made early in
the morning Tuesday.
A rock was thrown through
the front window, and Mrs. H.
Z. Parrish, who lives next door
to the store, heard it. When
she turned on a light to learn
where the noise came from the
robbers ran to their car, which
was parked nearby, and made
a hurried get away. Nothing
was taken from the store and
the only loss was the glass.
Landscape Specialist to be
At Hortense February 17
53d of a series of pictures of
“Our Boys in the Service” ap-
pearing in The Press through
the co-operation of The Citi
zens State Bank of Corrigan.
Buddy Bergman, above, who
dropped his familiar title of
Buddy” when he became one
of Uncle Sams soldiers is the
subject for this week.
Buddy was born at Corrigan
on November 4, 1922 and was
a member of the graduating
class of Corrigan High School
in 1941. He is the youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Bergman
of Corrigan.
He graduated from
Enterprises school in
in August 1941 and
tember went to work
solidated Air Craft
Aviation
Houston
in Sep-
for Con-
Corp. al
Miss Sadie Hatfield, Exten
sion Specialist in Landscape
Gardening, plans to be in Polk
County on Wednesday, Febru-
ary' 17. Arrangements are be-
ing made for a landscape dem-
onstration to be given at the
home of Mrs. L. A. Martin in
the Hortense community.
The meeting will begin at
10:00 A.M. and after a covered
dish luncheon at noon, the
group will tour the woods and
identify native shrubs which
are suitable for yard planting.
The demonstration is open to
anyone interested in yard
planning.
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Girl Scout News
and Sunday.
campus.”
At the conclusion of her ad-
dress, Miss Hale presented
each past president attending
the program with a beautiful
corsage.
Following the business ses-
sion, a social hour was held.
Refreshments were served by
Mrs. C. H. Redd, hospitality
chairman, assisted by Mrs. W.
A. Phillips, Mrs. Ellis Murphy,
and Mrs. Harry Day. A beauti-
ful two-tiered cake, embossed
with the date of the founding
of the local Parent Teacher
Association, centered the serv-
ing table.
A large number of guests at-
tended the program.
The Girl Scouts of Corrigan
meet every Friday night at 7
o’clock at the Sub-court house
We had a very nice attend-
ance last time. We elected new'
Patrols and Patrol leaders.
Carline Gross was elected
Patrol leader of the Beaver pa-
trol, with Mabel King assistant
leader. Mary Lazalier was el-
ected patrol leader of the Eagle
patrol and Billie Harrell assist-
ant.
We wish to invite all girls be-
tween the ages of 12 and 18
who are interested in Scouting
to join our troop.
Mary Lazalier, Scribe.
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We are mighty glad to see
Everett Bergman able to be
back at his job with Edens-
Birch Lumber Company store
after several weeks rest and
recouperating. He is not put-
ting in a full day every day
yet but hopes to be his old
self once more in the near
future.
San Diego, Calif. After eighl
months on the Pacific coast
he came back and attended the
Aero Engine School in Hous-
ton.
He joined the Army Air Corps
as mechanic on September 29.
last year and trained at Elling-
ton Field until January 11th.
when he was transferred to the
Air base at Lincoln, Neb.
Buddy is a brother of Clay-
ton Bergman, who has been in
the Navy for several years.
Scout Rallee to be Held
I he following is a copy of a
recent letter from Congress-
man Nat Patton to President
Roosevelt:
My dear Mr. President:
Every radio program brings
us good news from Moscow.
We have grown to sit silent in
expectancy when the announ-
cer calls the Moscow “date
line.”
I should like to advise you ,
that there is more good news
from Moscow-Moscow, Texas
This little East Texas com-
munity in Polk county has few-
er than three hundred men,
women, and children, yet 12
percent of the total population
's in the armed forces of the
t inted States. All of these boys
are doing a great job. Not one
has failed to gain at least one
promotion in the branch of
service in which he is serving.
Four of the young men from
| Moscow are commissioned of-
ficers: Lt. Kirby D. Walker of
the U.S. Marine Corps; Lt. Joe
R. Hatcher of the U.S. Army in
England, Signal Corps; Ensign
| Thomas Z. Parrish of the U.S.
Navy stationed in the Hawaiian
theatre of war; and Lt. M. L.
Vinson Jr., of the U.S, Army
Air force.
Moscow is buying its full
quota of war bonds, and they
are always among the first
communities in Polk county
in every scrap drive and sal-
vage campaign.
[ Yes, Mr. President, there is
good news from Moscow-Mos-
cow, Texas. I would appreciate
your recognition of this faith-
ful and patriotic community,
and I know that your personal
appreciation of their efforts
will commend their example
to the rest of the nation.
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Here Saturday Afternoon
Scouts from Livingston, Car-
mona, Goodrich, New Willard,
Camden, Moscow' and Corrigan
will meet here Saturday even-
ing at 2 o’clock for a Scout
Rallee’.
The events will be held in the
Gordon Reily pasture and the
general public is invited.
Originally the Rallee was to
be held last Saturday evening
as a climax to Boy Scout week
but weather conditions caused
this and most other districts to
postpone the event. Quite a few
scouts, not knowing this, re
ported last Saturday, and, they
were put through some of the
events.
The events consist of Com-
mando Race, Water boiling,
Rope Climbing and Flag Sig-
naling.
Each of these events will be
interesting to the public. For
instance, the contestants in the
water boiling contest will be
given a bucket of water, filled
to 1-2 inch of the top, and one
piece of dry wood and two
matches. He must not spill any
water, and he who kindles a
fire and gets his bucket of
water to boil over first, wins.
In reply to Congressman Pat-
ton’s letter, th following is a
”op.v of letter from Edwin M.
Watson, Major General, U. S.
Army, Secretary to the Presi-
dent:
(Dear Mr. Patton:
The President has asked me
to acknowledge your letter of
January 12 outlining the splen-
did contribution which the
| town of Moscow, Texas, has
made to the war effort. He
was interested to learn of this
outstanding record and has
I isked me to thank you for
| bringing it to his attention.
Although I am not familiar
with comparable statistics, it
seems apparent that in sending
12 percent of its total popula-
tion to the armed forces, Mos-
cow has established an im-
nressive figure which I do not
believe has been surpassed by
any community in this war.
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Farm Security Administrator
Runs a Good Foot Race
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Cpl. Arnold Maxey, who is
stationed in South Carolina, is
here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Maxey, on a fifteen-
day furlough.
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Mrs. J. W. Williamson and
son, James Alec, and Mrs. Pete
Hodges visited in the home of
B. H. Goodwin at Holly over
the week end.
S. B. Owens of Livingston,
the Farm Security Administra-
tor for this county, put up a
good foot race in Corrigan yes-
terday morning.
Someone wondered how fast
he might run if he should ever
get scared. His exhibition in
fleetness from the Bank to the
bus station made him eligible
for any mans track team.
Mr. Owens came in from
Crockett, where he had attend-
ed a district meeting to discuss
financing dairy cows, on the
bus and found he had a few
minutes to spare before his
bus for Livingston was due.
After a visit at the Press office
he stopped at the Bank and
while talking to Mr. Reily, the
bus came by. He made it with
plenty of time to spare.
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