The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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Taft tribune
Devoted To The Best Intercuts of Taft and San Patricio Coimfcy
iHUivot/A), JULl
bLUME TWENTY-TWO
New Rotary Prandtaist
L received orders to report for j
jllvo duty it> the Naval forces an j
leutenunt Junior Grade. wilt be:
Mimed from our midst and It j
h'< with regrets that the Board j
I Directors accepted hi* resits-1
|iton a* president nf the Cham >
L of Commerce list Monday1
felt! I'port hi* return from!
pry in defense of hi -, country, i
k will look forward to hi* cunt
lot ion of full tenure of office
I our president.
Clyde Andrew*, tr> mber of the
Taft F. F. A. Chapter, was award- .
; ed the Bono Star Farmer Degreu j
j and wan presented the cold em-l
! bleiri charm which only Slate
Farmer* are permitted to wear,
at the 8t»le F. F. A. meeting in
New Braunfels last week.
Thine are four degrees of mem-
bership in the Future Farmer*
of America organisation -"Green-
hand." ‘•Fiitt. - Farmer," "State
Fanner" and Amen. a:, Farmer"
Specific b-v*-is of attainment with
respect to farming, earning. In-
vestments leadership, and schol-
arship at'e set up for each tie-J
stree Local chapters determine
(ho Individuals advancement in j
tiie tit-fit two degrees, the Shit- j
determines the third, and the .\'a j
tiona; orysni/sllon i-or.fora the
fourth.
Clyde. senior in*1 year in j
high school and a charier mem l
her f tile Taft Chipler lot:- made .
;m ntitHiitnillny record in the or -:
unitization. He has tuke-: an a<-
CC; i,| . . S ... Ii.ilh-. U l l ie
dm pier and has won many hon-
ors dnrliii; his three vea'-« of
ntemhei flip He was advance,) t.,
the dcctee of Future Farmer at
the end of Pis first year of vo* a-
tiona! agriculture. During (he
second year h was Chapter re- have corn
per’ r sud completed a n»w«wT>t-
it.v course from A <y M. College
for which he received a recdfil'-
"ti- cf merit in re wswriting. He
has serve,) a* pr--blent of the
Tuft Chapter the past year and
a* historian of the District or-
ganizat ion.
Clyde ha* won many honor* In
dialrlct, area and state contents
for students of vocational agrlrul-
ture He won second place in
the district newswrl'lng, war a
member of the second place chap-
ter conducting team, won first
pace in thi' Area Wildlife contest
and was awarded a belt and buc-
kle tor lushest individual score,
lie was a member of the Wild
I .if. team winning the Stale con-
test as A, .v.',! College. He has
won the Iota! K F. A improve
nent content the past two years
*ipit whs nwardep - 'e pHpne
naming him "Sttfi- Farmer of the
Taft Chapter" Clyde placed see-
from Yale Divinity School, and
was then pastor for 2 year* of
the I'vulde Chinch. In 1J37 they
want to China u« mlssioic.irleis
lie and hi* family have been liv-
ing in Sooebow some miles In-
land from Shanghai, and he serv-
od under the Presbyterian mis-
sion. no* only doing mission work,
hut also war relief work Mr*.
Mint*) brought her two children
A. E. ft Olson, prorflJBpYi t ter-
mer and civic leader of tbe Taft
. rea, took the gavel Tu -sd*;. as
the u«w president nf the. floury
flub. succeeding Ed. L, Barrow,
who had presided the past year.
In presenting thy new presl-
dent to the cltib, the past-presi-
dent expressed his apprwcfetkm
for the splendid cooperation the
officers, committeemen and mem-
hors bad given him during the
president.
The Rev. John Minter, new
minister of the Presbyterian
Chinch. Mrs. Mtnter. and their
two s >ns, Fred and David, are
a most interesting family. It
was urtty In October .'of lfHT
The new omosiWE elected 9mm-
A. K. N«tae«, pt.’twMiati^jC-. il,
Meyer, via* sntMtut; 3- & CMS,
wl, tanmm at a***; 0§, «*».
Wither, Moratory. tfiw
are: A. ffi. JMwi C, .L »i
<5». Wither, J. W. A«4. *Sf8»-
Battle, A. C Tntt, on* m. fc
Borrow, putstdPrsd&aK. :
hi, Cut, Fcontfi are now re
avlng tlie scrap rubber dona
his at the Chamber of Com-
hree building and anyone car-
a to teavo this rubber fur them
ly !t*> ,- - tr« J of their apprei la
out of thi war zone to the I
it. in Nov.. '10. Suoe.hcw was ini
Japanese -occupied territory, and :
the tp'v soil Mrs M ipf-r were!
seeing, no 1 working to rr’.iev-
the result* of Japanese green am:
brutality, long before the people J
of America were shocked by the
almost incredible treachery of
pearl Harbor.
Mrs. .Winter, 1 harming and nt-j
tractive, wa« formerly Elizabeth!
Mangel, the daughter of Dr and 1
Mr*. Fred Manner. She was hot a 1
in China, finished high school in
'he .Shanghai American School in j
the International Settlement, came
to America, took her B. A. tie-j
gree a, link" l'diversity, and re-j
ceived her M A. degree from ;
year. The incoming
”A1" Nelson, expressed
preeiatiott of. the confidence re- A c’ T,
posed in hint by elect hi* him to lel,^ncp Ctml
>>10 tetpamifr? ..c?,Pl-m. awin,.»r,.
At a meeting ot the executive Aj&gn
committee held at hi* home the v-^wmirr
past week, a complete list ot man. Alien !
commutes were chosen and the ’
names were lead by the presl- Ctaaaificirttoi
dee* and a nummary of tho dn- Membership:
ties nt the committees wan given j CboJraan; C.
by Itoter-igi, -v. C Tt>»», ' thnawte*.
Guest* present at the meeting- Rotary *nfw
were: C. Burtt Potter, of Sintou, Chairman; Eh
'Mayor W. C. Sparks, of Taft. T. J. Meyer.
A Buckner was introduced as a- Maslc: J. \
new member of the club. j Community
The "Rattlesnake Quartet” of jin*. Chairman
the local troop of Boy Scouts. uitmil Crow,
was present as guest* of the! Youth Ren
..itlit PUn gave three good sou** , ssljti. CliiXimi
A. E. NELSON
Recently elected as presidovnt
of the Taf' Rotary Clue, for the
cttstiPB year, -Mr. Nclnon was is-
staled at the regular ‘user;:,,- «£
The club Tuesday.
Passing of Little
Pal Maurin, Jr» Was
Shock to Community
vICY JOHN -diNTLls
that be r tunu-d to the t’. S.
A. from missltmaiy work In China j
..oil they must have st-n and ,
been through many thic.-• --. this j
g, nainely consecrated couple who '
around the|
south Tt x:u, 1
•own th.it they may not have
known existed a year ago.
Tin- itev Winter graduated j
id Ue v cr puss Mat flag when
kperiy flown without rendering
I proper salute Any Scout > :ttt
Hruct you If ’ life not sure
Lt Is proper, t'siialiy the .sa-
il,- u given when parxing within
S pace* tor step* 1 of a prop-
iv flown flag: if in uniform the
^td or military salute is prop-
f ir in clvlian dress the head
I** placed over left breast with
flii hand. Ladies salute It)’ pla'
Hit hand over left hreata. eyes
[lit nr left facing flag while
psintr until out of distance
Taft Lodge Has
Annual Meeting
And Picnic
Dan Moody Will
Speak At Corpus
Friday Evening
Umm Sirwke* W0-".
Be Held Tfe f
Hot Smmem MmAm
The Taf! Lodge No. 1 TT of the
S.r.J R.T. held a regular meet-
ing in rflnton June kth at if
o'clock with fifteen members
present.
Gottfried Krteg called the nteet-
Ir.:t "dec. after which Hie
minute* of the last meeting were
read by Mrs, \v. J. Janc.a, the
Lodg" secretary, important btisi-
dlscussiop followed.
Dan .Moody
Former Governor
of Austin will speak at Artesian
Bark. Corpus Christ.!, Friday!
ever Ing, July 3. at R: 30 p. 0:.
In the Interest of his campaign '
for t'n'ted Stale* Senator.
His address will he ttroadeaat.'
oyer a state-wide network. Gov. j
Moody has a number of active!
supporters In Taft, who expect i
to attend the speaking tomorrow
night. It is hoped a large dele-
gation may go from here.
Tfbtett OVWlfeK set ItfetM ms
beer' ptemed by Ow Fr*«br«i4B»;'
Methodkt aw Step#* 'mttSw'
of Toft lor th« nMMtOta «Si' Shfa]
and August sad ptwalWy f» dm
mtme oi September. The M0Z
iota will its AttarsiMMuI o» JM
throe churches and with the
tw» albs mating In t%*
'Site /Irtrt of the aaVcw »trfid|I|,
is to be held *t the
dHMi next iuiaitey sifkt, $(0&
8. The ]m*t«r of the 3*emWI$?
rtsa Church, tints R**. Juhx. JSffe-
Utr. will he the preaehar an*
brie* « m«>aag« t«pua Cftjjfei
where he w.»« a mtawiMUcry
I9J6. The *or»ie0 wiB Mm
The great majority of ritpre-
iilatlve tiusim .. firms will oh-
rve July 4tl) on that date by
inainlng , i,1 .,..d not closing
mi. other dot*- thai has n»» eon-
family, were evidenced in the
numbers that, attended the fu-
neral. and the banks of beauti-
ful flowers that flanked the lit.
tb casket ai the church. From
Hie church, his body was taken
to the Taft Cemetery, where It
was laid to rest, under the direc-
tion of the Cage Funeral Home.
Little Pa Hie was little more
than a hahy. lacking a month
and 4 (lavs of being 3 years old
»1
Arte; the meeting the members!
joined ... numb 1 of Ruoste ai
Welder Hark where refreshments,
were served anil an enjoyable
time was spent the rest of the
IcMop therewith,
ft'lie past several days we f
[rids drift lug in to get on
found floor by helping to 1
is* the heavy f, *-d crop and
,ady to pick the finest crop
itton ever grown In this 5
M The Chamber of Commerce will
Si glad for each farmer to list
Bteir name* now giving the fol-
;*vv!itijr information: A<*reagtf
Dtton, nnmb*rr of hands wanted,
lid if other work is available
mil cotton iready 1 > tie nick
ite ihi* can lie done by postal
iml. A voluntary statement that
Lt. Walter Maxwell
Among 139 Who Win
Wing* At Air Field
old; hi* grandparents Mr. and
Mrs. Joe rotanel of BeevtUe, sev-
en aunts, attd bIx uncles. The
pallbearers were Wallace Toland,
Albert Toland, Boh Toland, and
Cas Maurla.
si bool and plans t
agricultural field
tends college.
Boy Scout* Have
Week of Activity
'Mmmm To Haw
Tribune Under
New Management
Fire Boys Call For
Full Attendance At
Thursday Nile Meet
Merchants Must File
Ceiling Price* With
Board By hily !*t
.j)pvpHat»‘«l. Your country opeds ...........—-—
he high grade* and the lower The Tuft Volunteer Fire De-
-ades clutter up and break the partruen: meets Thursday night,
•irket. there by making it a July * .» s t> nt. and especially
,flng game financially and rot urges ib.al all members possible
isdng our beat efforts to bring t,present
his war to ?,n early ending incur VVV are trying to get all old
'gvor, : members lnterestc.l again and are
— —— --------------—- working out a rv, program that
Mother Injured While "
* ; tcitaintng A on won r have a dull
doing To See Son | evening if you are there.
. -j , I Tli following members wer-
ln Hospital (,, ,, .an- !> meeting "'d
------------- • I Homer Ragel as our r.ew
lt i All Retail Merchants must have
0 that j their celling lisle on coal cf liv-
durins! lug commodities on file at the
lj# set.j local OPA War Price and Ration-
i Ing Board office at Hie Court,
me to House in Stntan by July 1st.
,, ^u,] Celling prices <>u services such
,t Mr, las laundering dry cleaning, gnr-
1 high-; age repairs, piano tuning, watch
circles! repairing or any other service
. herei connected with a commodity »r«t
ice "as j effeettre July 1st. However, pro
Is at fesxionwi services such *» barber
a. Kan! and beauty shop* are exempt
tubllsb-! from this provision ol the Gen-
uich la 1 era! .Maximum Ftt -e PeyoU'ion
sons, j After July 1st. each retail mer-
leave chant moat have available In bis
omeni: store « «»t or booklet or cate-
OKLAHOMA PRINTER
VISITS THE TRIBUNE
Jr" * ' | Crow, fttossfce* ni the. ffiaf 1
On^ Saturday evening 14 mm- j ^
horg of the trstop w»nt to r'.ftBU- j Nwtt_
pin creek for »ft alt-night twsap. Thor® wwit H bttytr'iSnlp
On Sunday morning tfcay had a * mb* «< **4*- 4te «*%
suurtfe servic-e which «ra« ccm-j lfeft m
ducted by Rev. j'oun P. iitetett.f c^Wefc- uomms, «*.**<«*,.
of the PNsbjteritt Church asd | Crow iAsrt. KStS
Rev. Virgil CPlvegper of tb*; werw I® s?fea'f>- »t® ■rsu.-v
.■vTetbesf.ist Ckual. !*► r-.Tsyi
After the swrim aarokw t«i®: r®W9, *®p**86
troop bad* » court of fctmftr atj ^'*** boyr
which Ko.owr H»aterw*«d tmlhl »UWu
ed h!» Su* b«4ee attd Iwegwi!
Hoummm* «.« Me scout »mi l Itot.-tomm. -»T JtlmEigreat
Ralph Sullivan linotype oper-
ator on the Bally Ardmorltc ar
Ardmore, Okla., was an appre-
ciated visitor at the Tribune of-
fice Monday. Mr. and .Mrs. Sul-
livan are here on a visit L his
brother, Roy Sultlvau and family.
LOCAL BOY IN TEXAS
UNIVERSITY HONOR ROLL
James 0. Parish was Hated on
the honor roll of the University
of Texas’ College of Arts and
Science*, recently announced by
1‘esn H T. Carlin
Lavrreacs McPfof! vni at bom*
i week to visit. He is saw an
: luytrtmtor 5b tbe Alt Fivld at
Linyu hie Life. iJowye. iB*f4S. fa*oS>
Rob jboJmJ Vvnldo.
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Blake, Bob. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1942, newspaper, July 2, 1942; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711125/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.