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Shelton
ihe Archer County Times
Successor to The Megargel Times
VOLUME 18.
ARCHER CITY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1943.
NUMBER 28
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3unnyatuff .
With the WAACS and WAVES,
and other female alphabetical com-
binations of the service, that setup
will make it possible for some man
to go down in history with the state-
ment that he regrets he has but one
wife to give to his country—Hill
City (Kan.) Times.
Who can recall the grand old-
care-free days when gasoline was so
unrationed that women could use
whole panfuls of it to clean their
kid gloves and have enough left over
to blow up their kitchens.—Hutchin-
son (Kan.) Herald.
There is one particular thing we
hope Mr. Henderson gets around to
rationing, and that is gossip.—Spar-
ta (111.) News-Plaiasdealer.
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Soap/ . . .
Speaking of this Rationing ..
—We were talking to Clay Ross, our
new jail deputy, and remarked that
if food rationing gets too severe on
us we may decide to come over and
board with him for a spell. Clay
replied that he, Sheriff Ikard and the
other deputies had gotton their
heads together and decided to place
some restrictions upon breaking into
their jail. They decided that any-
one cravin' to board with them
will be required to bring either their
sugar or coffee rations; and if they
want to make their stay aorta per-
manent like for a few days they
had hotter hrini both rations.
'18-MOLDS
IRE ASSIGNED
ORDER NUMDERS
Thirty-five eighteen-year-old
Archer County boys were regis-
tered from December 7, 1942, to
December 31, 1942, according to
the date of their birth. The fol-
lowing list includes all 18-year-
olds who registered. The number
preceding the name is the order
number assigned them, also ac-
cording to the da$e of their birth,
and the date following the name
and address is the birth date of
;he young man whose name pre-
cedes it. Men will be called to
illl induction orders in the order
in which their names appear.
However, Miss Margaret Brum-
ley, local board secretary, said
that boys who wish to enlist for
general service in the Navy may
volunteer until further notice is
given. Enlistment must be made
through the local board, and only
an extremely limited number will
be accepted.
Anew ruling, effective Febru-
ary 1, 1943, also was stresaed—
that thereafter all registrants
must at all times carry both their
registration and classification
oards. Also all persons who re-
port for induction must present
both cards. Heretofore only the
registration card has Been neces-
sary.
Another fact which must be
IRE NAMED FOR
PARALYSIS FIGHT
“ “1“’ COUNTY leaders
Old Stockings
In connection with the weekly
Bond and Stamp sale, held each
Thursday at the local school, a
drive is now being made for the
collection of old silk and nylon
hosiery. A first prize of two 25c
War Stamps offered by Mayor
Roy Heard, auctioneer, last week
was won by Elwanda Blakely,
who brought 5)^ pounds of old
stockings to school.
A second prize of one 25c Stamp
offered by Judge Joe E-. Shelton,
who substituted for Mayor Heard
last Thursaay, was taken by Bil-
lie DeMoss with three pounds
The drive will continue until 100
pounds of old hosiery has been
collected at the school.
Mayor Heard reports that the
sale of .camps and bolds is in-
crea .ng weekly, with Thursday’s
sales by Judge Shelton amount-
ing to $76.85 for stamps and one
$18.75 bond, making a total of
$95.60, at face value.
Heok! we’ll just stay at borne! Our
better half knows how to make a
little go a long ways, so we aint
complaining. Anyway, food ration-
ing should bold no terrors lor a
country editor's family.
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Our yNew JJudge . . .
Judge Earl P. Hail of Henrietta,
our new District Judge since Archer a Sunday or a legal holiday.
Celebration of President Roose-
velt's 61st birthday in the fight
against infantile paralysis is being
planned on a broad scale for Ar-
cher County by Mrs. Z. T. Bur-
kett, Archer City, county chair-
man. This announcement by the
county chairman comes along
with the appointment of a staff
consisting of Mrs. Ed Trigg,
county vice chairman in charge of
women’s activities; Judge JoeE
Shelton, county vice chairman
Mrs. J. A. Wilson, secretary-treas
urer; Mrs. J. J. Thomas and Mrs
C. V. Lough, Holliday; W. A. Mo
rath, Scotland; Mrs. Lucille Mos
ley, Dundee; Mrs. J. I. Branch,
Megargel; Ted Wolf, Winthorst,
executive committeemen and
community vice chairmen.
The fund raising campaign will
be conducted from county head-
quarters and will be carried to the
separate communities through
local organizations. Celebrations
(Mrs. Will Wakefield
'Dies Week After
Husband’s Death
Mrs. Will Wakefield of Belle-
vue, sister-in-law of Charles
Wakefield of Archer City, died
last Sunday morning, only a little
more than a week after her hus-
band’s death on Saturday, Jan-
uary 2. Mrs. Wakefield had been
an invalid for several years.
Funeral services were to beheld
sometime this week in Montague
County.
GOTTON PLANTING
SEED SUBSIDY
PROGRAM FOR ’43
ABOUT OUR
SERVICE
MEN...
ARCHER COUNTY’S
THIRD CLERGYMAN
BECOMES CHAPL’N,'“e d‘7 Md ni‘ht of ,an
Spread of the dread disease,
according to the county chairman
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Aootner iact wnicn must be has been accepted as a chaplain
present war, those who were born
on or after January 1, 1925, shal
be registered on the day they at-
tain the eighteenth anniversary
of the day of their birth; provid
ed, that if such anniversary falls
on a Sunday or a legal holiday,
their registration shall take place
on the day following that is not
\ has been divorced from naughty
Wichita county, was a pleasant cal-
y ler at the Times office Thursday,
and we discussed many things^-
even to “the Rule in Shelley’s Case”
—and think Judge Hall is a mighty
nice man. In fact, we decided that
even before he gave us the price of
a prescription for 52 doses of this
great purveyor of truth. (Judge
Wylie calls it the Weekly Prevari-
oator.) Anyway, we were pleased
to meet Judge Hall and invite him
to call again, anytime.
^/l 3~ls/i Story . . .
We didn’t see our friend Dan Fish
in town Saturday. Uncle Tom
Rowlett said Fish stayed home to
pick his geese. We’re kinda sore at
Brother Fish. He stopped us in
front of the postofflce real early one
cold, windy morning when we were
in a hurry to get to our workshop,
to tell us bis woes. It seems he al-
ways butchers his hogs come the
first cold spell. “So,” says Fish, “I
got up early the other morning and
decided it was cold enough to kill
my hogs. I got my scalding water
hot, my vat all ready and my butch-
er knivea sharp. Then I sent for some
fellers to help me. And picking up
my trusty rifle and old sticking
knife, I meandered out to the pens,
when I happened to think, by gum!
—I don't have any hogs!”
Far be it from us to question Mr.
Fish’s veracity, and one reason we
think be waa telling the truth is
because he had previously told us
he was aiming to fetch us a mess of
good old country sausage when he
killed hogs, and the said sausage
hasn't been forthcoming.
Mr. Fish ia a pretty good sort of
fellow, even if he does associate
with O. M. Wylie and this writer
occasionally and votes for Senator
O’Daniel.
10650, Claude Lawrence Slack
Holliday, July 12,1924.
10651, Elmer Lee Powers, Jr.
Archer City, July 17,1924.
10652, James Joseph Pennartz,
Scotland, July 18, 1924.
10653, Floyd J. Landry,. Jr„ Ar-
cher City, July 19,1924.
10654, Don Virgil Baughman, Ar-
cher City, July 21,1924,
10655, Cancelled.
10656, Alois William Schroeder,
Windthorst, Aug. 9,1924.
10657, Harvey Hugh Joiner, Arch-
er City, Aug. 16,1924.
10658, Florian Edward Linde-
mann, Windthorst, Aug. 29,
1924
10659, Emil Loest, Archer City,
Sept. 1,1924.
10660, Pat Young, Megargel,
Sept. 2,1924.
10661, Alexander Clark Meaders,
Anarene, Sept. 4,1924.
10662, Tommie Herman Moss,
Megargel, Sept. 11,1924.
10663, Clarence Adam Wolf,
Windthorst, Sept. 14,1924.
10664, Orman Lutrelle Escue,
Megargel, Sept. 16,1924.
10665, Bernard' Aloui Hoffman.
Scotland,Sept. 19,1924
10666, David Sanderson Ross,
Dundee, Oct. 2,1924.
10667, Harvey Edward Cooper,
Holliday, ct. 3,1924.
10668, Paul Herman Koblock,
Olney, Oct. 4,1924.
10669, Paul Thomas Maag, Wich-
ita Falls, Oct. 6, 1924.
10670, Thomas Lee Wyatt, Ante-
lope, Oct. 7,1924.
10671, Otmar Andrew Bohac, Me-
gargel, Oct. 9, 1924.
10672, Herbert Joseph Berend,
Windthorst, Oct. 20, 1924.
10673, James Lindley Rogers,
Dundee, Oct. 23,1924.
10673A, James Fletcher jMeek
Holliday, Oct. 27,1924.
Rev. Clovis G. Childers, pasto.’! demands an all-out 'support by
of the Megargel Methodist^ the people in every city and coun-
Church for the past 14 months, ty pithe nation.. Local chairmen
has been accepted as a chaDlain wirC~ mvrn\the support of nation-
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ROY KINDER GIVEN
(ENSIGN'S COMMISSION
Roy Kinder, son of Mrs. Lorena
Kinder of Archer City, has re-
ceived an ensign’s commission in
the U. S. Navy, and left Tuesday
morning to report on January 15
at Tuscon, Ariz., for active duty.
Bnsign Kinder is a graduate of
North Texas State Teachers Col-
lege, Denton, and has recently
been employed with Consolidated
Aircraft at Orange.
Texas cotton growers now have
a chance to improve their cotton
staple, which is very badly need-
ed, and at the same time they
can receive greater dividends, ac-
cording to C. W. Wilhoit, Archer
County farm agent.
Following is an outline of the
plan:
OBJECT: To encourage the pro-
duction of the better varieties of
cotton on a one variety basis and
to make pure planting seed avail-
able at a minimum cost.
ORGANIZATION
State Organization: The state or-
ganization, Texas Planting Cot-
ton Seed Association has been set
up. Its duties are to divide the
state into zones; to approve var-
ieties for each zone and make
subsidy payments to properly
organized communities.
Community Organizations: To be-
come a member of the state or-
ganization, a community must
organize under the state coopera-
tive law. A minimum of six farm-
ers with the cooperation of their
ginner, may form a community
association. Articles of incorpo-
rations and by-laws will be sup-
j plied by the state association up-
* OB reauest. (Coonerative Anns
JESSE GOODWIN, JR.
AT KELLY FIELD
(Cooperative gins
and Mrs. LJ.’GoodwiiTof Archer 1“^ becom/ * member under
whn has ^rjiresent charter,
l Jcuiift r ail's Air
uary 25th, according tola Distric
Methodist Bulletin. Rev. Mr.
Childers, one of the most popular
pastors ever to serve in Megargel,
will be the third clergyman from
Archer County to be accepted for
chaplainship, the first being Rev.
Francis Zimmerer, pastor of the
Windthorst Catholic Church, and
ice.
lasil O’Connor, president of
thl National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis, will open the
ipaign January 14 overana-
tioh-wide network by Columbia
Breadcasting System. The same
night the Mutual Network will
present a dramatic show featuring
the second, Rev. Guy Lewis, celebrities. January 15 National
formerly pastor of the Megargel
Baptist Church.
Besides his pastorate at Me-
Broadcasting Company will stage
a musical show. At other times
President O’Connor will speak
gargel, Rev. Mr. Childers also has a«ain an* before the campaign
been principal of the Megargel
Ward School since September.
It is reported that he and Rev.
Mr. Lewis will leave on the same
train for chaplain’s training
school, while Rev. Father Zim-
merer is already training at Cam-
bridge, Mass.
closes Eddie Cantor and Califor-
nia’s new governor will be featur-
ed by the Blus Network and Nat-
ional Broadcasting Company.
First Christian Church
Otto F. Marshall, Minister
Bible School 10:00. a. m.
Morning Worship 11:00 a. m.,2nd.
and 4th. Sundays, each month.
Evening Service, 7:30p. m.
Come to Church.
The friendly church with a spirit-
ual message.
E. A. Speer was a business vis
itor in Wichita Falls Tuesday.
0674, Clyde Joseph Morbitzer,
Scotland, Oct. 28,1924.
0675, Alton Lee Whatley, Holli-
day, Oct. 31,1924.
10676, Eldridge Aubrey Rogers,
Archer City, Nov. 7,1924.
10677, Ben Erby Potts, Archer
City, Nov. 12,1924.
City, Nov. 15,1924.
10679, John Boldon Kirksey, Jr.,
Mankins, Nov. 20,1925.
10680, Orval Stanley Bates, Ar-
ehet City, Nov. 28,1924.
10681, Bobby Dean Tanner,
Houston, Nov. 30,1924.
10682, Kenneth Francis Koetter,
Windthorst, Dec. 6,1924.
10683, Melvin Horany, College
Station, Dec. 24, 1924.
10684, Vearl Vee McDowell,
Archer City, Dec. 30,1924.
Love Washington Is
Buried in Oklahoma
Love Washington of Marietta,
Okla., who had many friends
among the old timers of Archer
City, was found unconscious at
Salt Lake City, Utah. His skull
was crushed, whether in an auto-
mobile wreck or by some foul
play is not known, he having died
without regaining consciousness
after being taken to a hospital.
The only means of identifica-
tion was a picture of his former
wife and her address in his bill-
fold.
The body was taken to Mari-
etta, for burial beside his parents.
A number of his friends were ex-
pected to attend from Archer
City. —Reported.
Transport Company for several
months and a reserve in the Army
Air Corps, has been called to ac-
tive duty and sent to Kelly Field,
San Antonio, for a three-month
basic training course.
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First: Select one of the varieties
that has been approved for your
(Continued on Back Paget
MEGARGEL COUPLE HEAR
FROM MARINE SON
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Vickers of
Megargel recently received a let-
extension of leave. Mrs. McDan-
iel. the former Miss Anette Pitt-
mon, was here with him.
TRANSFERRED
Pvt. Giles M. Boone, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Boone of 01-
ter, after a long delay, from their ney, formerly of Megargel, who
Elected President
At the regular meeting of the
Methodist Youth Fellowship last
10678, Roy Homer Baum, Archer Sunday evening Miss Peggy
Burkhart was elected president
to take the place of Bobby Pat-
terson, who has moved 'tti Fort
Worth.
New Arrival
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Berryman
of Archer City announce the ar-
rival of a new son, Jerry Edward,
born Sunday, Jan. 10, at 8:11
p. m. at Hamilton Hospital, 01-
ney. ________
son, Pvt. Leonard (Jiggs) Vickers,
who is with the Marines, saying
that he is stationed on a Pacific
island and that the reason he had
not written in so long was be
cause he had been on the fighting
line and couldn’t write. He said
while in the jungles his hair grew
long enough to hang on his shoul-
ders and his beard two inchts
long. He wrote: "Mama, tell
Papa he can’t call me e sissy any
more after what I have done to
these Japs.”
PROMOTED
Cpl. James R. Jones, son-in-
law of Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Meade
of Megargel. has been promoted
to the rank of sergeant at Shep-
pard Field and will leave soon for
an officers training school at
Gainesville, Fla. It is an admin-
istrative officers school to which
Sgt. Jones, former football coach
at Megargel, will go for twelve
weeks of extensive training to
graduate as a second lieutenant.
He is a graduate of the Sheppard
Field Airplane Mechanic School,
where he has been stationed for
the past seven months.
Pvt. Thomas F. Johnson, son
of W. O. Johnson of Archer City,
has recently been promoted to
the rank of corporal at Luke
Field, where he is now stationed.
was stationed for several months
at Sheppard Field, has been trans-
ferred to Jefferson Barracks, St.
Louis, Mo. He was sent from
Sheppard Field to a California
camp before his latest transfer.
Pvt. Boone before his induction
was a member of the faculty of
the Olney schools.
TO TRY FOR NAVY
Robert Haden, son of Mrs. Vi-
ola Haden, Megargel postmaster,
left Monday for Dallas for exam-
ination for enlistment the U. S.
Navy. If rejected, Robert will be
included in Archer County’s next
quota for the army.
HEAR FROM SON
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Meek have
received a letter from their son,
Cpl. W. R. (Bill) Meek, who is
in Western French Africa, stat-
ing he is well and has plenty to
eat and smoke.
RETURNS TO CAMP
Sgt. Charles McDaniel, son of
Mr. and Mrs- Fred L. McDaniel,
has returned to Camp Chaffee,
Ark., following an illness for
which he received treatment in a
Wichita Falls hospital. Sgt. Mc-
Daniel was visiting in the home
of his parents on furlough when
he became ill and was granted an
ON FURLOUGH
Sanford Morrison, with the
Marines at San Diego, is home on
a furlough visiting his mother,
Mrs- Alice Morrison, and other -
relatives and friends. He expects
to return to his station during
the week-end.
Pvt. Chester Doan of Camp
Rucker, Ala., is at home on fur-
lough, visiting his parents. Mr.
and Mi s. C. Doan at Megargel,
and his sister, Mrs. H. J. Sartin.
here.
Cpl. Nat Meade of Pueblo,
Colo., is home on a furlough vis-
iting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
T. T. Meade at Megargel. Pvt.
Thomas T. Meade, Jr., of Elling-
ton Field also is visiting bis par-
ent ft on a 14-day furlough.
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