The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944 Page: 2 of 4
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Thursday, December 7, 1 !)44
THE CORRIGAN PRESS, CORRIGAN, TEXAS
®be Corrigan Dress
"An Independent, Outspoken, Country Weekly"
Published every Thursday by VV. C. Fancher, under the direction of
Mrs. W. C. Fancher
Subscription $1.50 per year in advance
Advertising rates: Readers, 2c per word first insertion, lc per word for
each subsequent insertion. Display 40c per column inch.
Entered at the Postoffice at Corrigan, Texas as 2nd Class Mail Matter
under Act of Congress of March 8, 1879.
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* THE PRESS AGENT
* By W.C.F.
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Way out in West Texas sev-
eral decades ago, a committee
was endeavoring to interest a
railroad official in extending
arc attempting to buy favors
of him when he goes to Austin
.fjto the legislature f
< if ourse, had we over suspi-
eioned that a favor might
bought from Dave Head for
hundred or a million dollars,
we’d cut him off our exchange
rails to that section of the vast P*^ and mark hint down as
cow countrv. Imposing figures | disappointment to our judge
were presented to influence !«“■»( of human nature,
the road to build. _ ~
Finally the spokesman for! Hoes anyone have -an old
the committee started telling j broom .they .night donate to
about the multiplied thousands P«or( f) fellow- n^ Corrigan!
of cattle to be moved every
year.
The official stopped him.
“Why,” said the official, “The
cattle hauling! Ilell, man.
there’s nothing to that busi-
ness! No, just a string of emp-
ties going one way and a string
of claims the other!”
In the last bond drive, the
broom that was placed out-
side of Essie’s cafe was worn
down to the last stran of
thread. It was a handle with
about three inches of straw.
Mr. and Mrs. (.'handler got lots
of kick out of the comments
the broom (or what was left
of a broom) brought from the
This column is getting to be public,
like the railroader’s cow haul- No"-' however, Blackie says
ing business. We can’t get go- that they have finished wear-
ing good til we have to back - i»>g out that broom and he
up and apoligize for something don t have one to put
or other.
This week we have a big job
sure miff. How’re we going to
square off and get back into
the good graces of one David
Read, publisher of the Silsbee
Bee, is our big problem.
Two weeks ago P.-A. said
something about Dave and his
accepting a donation from a
certain group in Beaumont,
and the comment we made was
not intended to sound as it did
sound. Had it been made over
a cold bottle of beer at some
casual meeting. Dave would’ve
gotten a kick out of it. But,
in cold print, he could not see
the shy wink which would have
taken the sting out of the
statement.
Sorry, Dave, and we hope
you will accept our apology.
The Silsbee paper does not
charge for subscriptions to the
boys in the service (don’t un-
derstand how he gets by the
postal laws) and instead, he
accepts small donations from
local citizens to offset the
cost. Six hundred papers each
week, he says, are sent to the
boys and that’s a job to mail.
One good lady donates a day’s
work each week to help him.
He lists donations and the
donors, asking rather pertly,
if the Press Agent thinks they
out to
show that his place of busi-
ness has sold its share of the
sixth issue.
Sold! No, they have bought
the $1,500., and then some, to
meet the quota.
Blackie, darn him, he had
ns on the spot last week. He
read his paper, went to the
Roy A. Olivet M.D.
EYE, EAR, NOSE
•nd THROAT
«nd Fitting of Gillies
First National Bank Bldg.
Livingston
’Phones: Office 407, Res. 408
For Gifts
that will
be appreciated
N. C. HANNA
THE JEWELER
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An Ideal Christmas Gift
We hope that each and every one of our readers
will be able this year to give at least one $100.00 War
bond to each of their friends for a Christmas present.
To those, however, who may not be able to do this
may we suggest that you give a years’s subscription to
The Press. The cost will be only $1.50 for a year and
we will notify the new subscriber that you have paid
for the paper as a Christmas present for them.
No Christmas Cards
We are sorry to disappoint many of our friends at
this season of the year but it will not be possible for
us to print Christmas cards or personul stationery this
season. We have more work in the shop than we will
be able to deliver before the first of the year and this
will prevent our taking care of the orders for Christ-
mas cards and personal stationery that we usually
print in December.
Christmas printing is a nice business, with ‘long’
profits, and we appreciate it—hut. with our set up it
will he impossible for us to handle it this year. When
the wur is won and help is available, then, we will he
begging you for it—and we hope you will favor us as
generously as you have in the past.
THE CORRIGAN PRESS
bank and bought liis bonds,
and then jumped on this mem-
ber of the committee with
both feet for having assessed
his “little business” $1500. We
really felt sorry for him and
was tempted to go borrow a
few dollars and buy bonds for
his. credit. Then, when the
truth was finally learned, we
didn’t assess him as much as
we should. You ort to be ash-
amed, friend Blackie.
We will not attempt, to pub-
lish a list of the places of
business who have got their
brooms out this week. Publish-
ing two days ahead of time, it
will he necessary to leave lots
of items til next week. And, if
nothing breaks, the paper will:
be printed on Tuesday this!
week, and ye ed will he hob-!
liobbin with the big wigs in
Waeo all day “yesterday and |
today”
If we get away from home
early enough ‘yesterday’, will
probably get back home some-
time ‘tonight’. So, 1 guess it
might be fitting to hope I’ve
had a good time yesterday and
today.
-O-
“He used to be afraid of the
dark.”—Mother of Pvt. James
Mills, 21, Fort Meade, Fla., a-
warded Congressional Medal
of Honor for heroism.
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“It’s as hard to get F.D.R.
out of the White House as it
is to get Eleanor in!” — Bob
Ilopt, in Washington.
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“What ignorant ruffians the
men of the U.S. .Marine Corps
are!”—Broadcaster on Tokyo
radio.
|We have very little Merchandise )
• Not much Service, but /
/Plenty of time to listen to your fish tiles- (
( or, advise you where, how, and when for •
j you to fish. Come to see us
\ LARGENT CASH GROCERY
“To believe that capital and
labor are •natural euemics is to
commit national suicide.” —
Waiter B. Weisenburger, exe-
cutive vice president of Nation
a) Association of Manufactur-
ers.
“There is something special
about the German people."—
Gabby Goebbels, Nazi propa-
ganda chief.
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Don't Borrow — Subscribe!
Dont Borrow—Subscribe!
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HAY
ALFALFA OR
JOHNSON GRASS
I have a car of good hay at the gin in
Corrigan and if you will need some this
winter, see Mr. W. H. Fuller now.
P. E. MOORE
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A story that hasn't been told
AN AMERICAN WAR PRODUCTION RECORD
THAT DESERVES TELLING . . .
On December 14, at 3:00 o'clock
in the afternoon, the men and women of
Humble Oil & Refining Company will pause in their work
to commemorate, in appropriate ceremony, a feat
unparalleled in the petroleum industry: The production of
ONE BILLION GALLONS of finished 100-octane aviation
gasoline at the Baytown refinery.
This accomplishment merits special commendation,
because it climaxes 25 years of development, planning,
and teamwork of a great organization. The cooperative
effort of Humble employees has brought about a uniform
progress in all phases of the Company's operations which
has enabled them to establish remarkable records in
finding, producing, transporting and refining petroleum
during a critical period in the history of our nation.
Humble research and development, in progress for
many years before Pearl Harbor, made possible these
accomplishments and contributed greatly to the total
production of toluene, and the tremendous quantities of
finished 100-octane aviation gasoline required by our
Armed Forces.
Baytown Ordnance Works, first synthetic toluene plant
in the world, has supplied toluene for at least one out
of every two bombs used by tho United Nations since
Pearl Harbor. For this production feat, Baytown Ord-
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Navy "E".
Baytown Refinery has mode one billion gallons of fin-
ished 100-octane aviation gasoline—more thon has been
produced by any other plant in the world. The world'*
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In 1938. The alkylation process is the very bock bone of
100-octane aviation gasoline production by the entiro
petroleum industry.
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Humble Oil & Refining Company is the nation's largest
producer of crude oil, and Is currently supplying about
one-fourth of the increased production required for
war, as measured by the gain since 1941.
Through the facilities of Humble Pipe Line Company,
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OPEN HOUSE AT BAYTOWN REFINERY—DECEMBER 1447
So that one of America's great war plants may be seen
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The story of the refinery at war will be told by dramatic
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HUMBLE OIL & REFINING COMPANY
HOUSTON, TEXAS
HUMBLE
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The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 44, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 7, 1944, newspaper, December 7, 1944; Corrigan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645268/m1/2/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.