Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1941 Page: 1 of 12
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i Coleman County Chronicle
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COLEMAN COUNTY’S FAMILY NEWSPAPER
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Volume IX---NO. 43.
Coleman, Coleman County, lV.\a.s, Thursday, Cat. 16, 1941.
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1942 FARM PRODUCTION INCREASE IS ASKE
NONE ARE TEXANS
Coleman’s Flying Cadets From Sixteen States
Checking up on the 50 cadets at
Coleman Plying School it was found
that these young men have home
towns In sixteen different states.
However, none of them are Texans
which puts them all a long way
from home.
Alabama Is the most popular
state with the boys as 11 have
home towns there. Tennessee fol-
lows a close second with nine place-
ments
The cadets and their home towns
and states are as follows:-
Norman L. Abell, Prlncetown,
Indiana.
I eo Abtngton, Coushatta, La.
. Robert W. Adams, Decatur. Ala.
Richard H. Amidon, Montpelier,
Va.
John G. Baker, Boyce. La.
•Itsse W. Barnes, Ahoslcle, N. C.
J seph S, Bartlett, Ashville, N. C.
Char'es E Beall, Bunkle, La.
Hebert E. Best. Stmsboro, La.
Fred H. Bigelow, Detroit, Mich.
William W. Bonner. Knoxville.
Tenn.
Carson W. Bounds, Philadelphia.
Miss,
Forney W. Brandon, Jr,, Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Albert F. Bullard, Jr., De Funiak
Springs, Fla.
Wilbur H. Carlisle, Alexander
Ala
Charles r. Catanese, Rocnester,
Pa ________________
Carl F. Chapman, Macon, Ga.
Allen F. Clapp, Buffalo, Ala.
Thomas F. Ccnncll, Dora, Ala.
Sidney E. Conley. Vivian, La.
Cecil D. Cothre", Jr., Greensboro,
Ala.
James J. Cousins, Wetumpka, Ala.
William H. Davis, Cleveland. O.
Jack DeHaas, Cleveland, O.
Robert O. DeLaney, Etowah,
Tenn.
Newman C. Dendy, Horton, Ala
John J. Doktor. Cleveland. O.
Walter E. Dooley, Knoxville,
-enn.
Jo=cich J. Doyen, Hobart. Ind.
Marshall F Duncan. Lena Miss
Francis X Egan, Flushing, N. Y.
Ralph L. Frazier. Longdale, Ala.
Harold W Goad, Portsmouth, O.
Marshall E . Cj'oce, Peytonsburg.
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Julian W Guffin, Birmingham,
Ala.
William P. Harris, Lew<sburg,
Tenn.
J Edwin Heatherly, Atlanta. Ga.
Carl E. Helms. Carryton, Tenn.
Thomas H Higgins, Auburn, N, Y.
Edmund B. Hill, Jr., Andover,
Mass.
Haynes G. Huggins. Lockhart, Ala.
Franklin T. Johnson, San Ber-
nardino, Cal.
Stanton W. Johnson. Rlchton,
Miss.
Hugh L Johnston, Jr., Woodstock,
Ga.
John S. Lea, Knoxville, Tenn.
William N. Pace, Jr., Guthrie,
Ky.
Kenneth H. Pennell, Knoxville,
T< nn.
Samuel K. Smith. Frtendsville.
h.enn.
William S. Trobaugh. Atoka.
Tenn.
Edwin D. Yoakum. LaFollette.
Tenn. «4U
COLEMAN FLYING SCHOOL OFFICERS—All but ope of the commissioned Army officers
stationed at the Coleman Flying School to aid in giving primary* training to future Air
Corps officers include, left to right, Lt. Doyce M. Clark, medical officer; Lt] James E. .*
Knox, commandant of cadets; Lt. L. H. Dalton, commanding officer; Lt. Wesley. H. Hall, ’
supply officer and Lt. L. L. Crenshaw, adjutant. Lt. H. L Gerber, engineering officer, is
not shown. ~ .......
(Courtesy San Angelo Standard 1
Cotton Picking
Halted By
Heavy Rain
AERIAL WEST TEXAS GOT TOGETHER Wednesday when
Harry Himmill, left, operator of the Coleman Flying
School, inspected the Harman Flying School at Ballinger
with Fred Harman, right. Both schools are civilian'con-
tracted primary training bases for future Air Corps of*
ficers A (Courtesy San Angelo Standard)
Rodeo Ass’n
Take Court Seats
Due to the heavy rain Tuesday]
night cotton ricking In Coleman . /'"Nff*
county has once again been .top- QgCtS LjffjcgfS
ped. Gins were running
until the rain fell.
full blast
For ’42 Show
Coleman four gins report that to-
date they have ginned 4123 bales, Members of lhe Coleman Rodeo
of cotton. Picking^ will be resumed met Monday night at
as soon as weather permits.
Tailor Shops
Hike Prices
District Judge A. O. Newman
says that he is thankful that he Is
quite active or else he might be
definitely cm the Inactive list, as
a result of getting struck by a
car. He reports that when crossing
a street in Brady the other day
he was practically run down by a
car but managed to elude it.
The Chronicle has been handed
many complaints lately on the fine
sport page we have been printing.
We; appreciate these encouraging
remtwks and are glad th*< our
effot'Vare meeting with youi^ap-
proval.Y*fe believe that the sports
page 111?this week's paper is the
finest ms’haVe ever printed.
The quia programs conducted at
the ward schools during fire pre-
vention week were very satisfac-
tory and so Q. E. Dalton and oth-
er* responsible for this program
have decided to have a battle of
wits between students of 8outh
Ward and West Ward and Invite
the parents in to listen to proceed-
ings They plan to have this edu-
cational entertainment at the high
school auditorium in the near fu-
ture so watch for the announcement
Of the date and mark it on your
calendar. One hundred and thirty
new shtney nickels will be given
away at that time to those answer-
ing the questions correctly.
Merchants in Coleman have been
enjoying what they call three and
four Saturdays In one week. Mon-
ey Is definitely more abundant in
Coleman these days and when It
rains all the farmers come to town
and business tricks up right away.
an Page •>,
Due to the sharp increase in
costs of materials, five tailor shops
In this city have announced a rise ~ inters
in prices, effective the past Monday.
Aiv ad in this issue tells of the
rise in price and lists those tailor
shops where the rise is In effect.
It is explained that the materials
used by tailor shops have advanced
from 50 to 10O per cent.
The rise in price here is In
cordance with a rise all over
I country.
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the Chamber of Commerce and
elected officers for the 1942 show.
Old officers were re-elected. They
are: E C. Edens, president; John
Grammer. vice president; Rob
O’Hair, secretary; and C. F. Cavan-
augh. treasurer. Directors elected
are; Ralph Duncans Joe Heddles-
ton, B. B Nunley, Robert Home,
S. T. Cobb, George Beck, and Op-
REA Gets $70,000 For
120 Mile Extension;
Construction Starts Soon cam^i
ac-
t he
Food for Freedom
Campaign Starts
Coleman County farmer*
asked today to do their part in the
“Food-for-Freedom” campaign f I
increasing their production of
by 2,237.000 pounds and egg*
176.000 dozen In 1942.
Tentative production goals set fo
the county were announced by the
Coleman County USDA Defense
Braird as follows:
24.827.000 pounds of milk, increase L
of 2.257.000 pounds over 1941.
1.318.000 dozen eggs, increase of
176.000 dozen over 1941,
10 percent increase over 1941 In
number of hogs for market or to be
slaughtered on the farm.
1500 farm gardens for 1942, increa**
of 66 percent over 1941.
8900 acres of com for 1942, In-
crease of 100 acres over 1941.
Oats, barley and grain sorghum*,
8 percent increase over 1941.
200 acres of vegetables for sales
In 1942.
100 percent increase in peanut*
harvested.
8910 milk cows in 1942, increa**
of 240 head over 1941.
An Increase of 18 percent In beef
cattle marketed, including calve*
over 1941
Increase of 6 per cent In sheep
and lambs over 1941,
“TTiese goals are minimum rather
than maximum goals, G. E. Abbey,
(Continued on Page 8).
Queen To Be
Elected For
Supt. S. R. Hale, of the Coleman.----
County Electric Cooperative Inc.. | — _ _
was advised from Washington last; OOy bcOlltS lo
Friday of the approval of a $70,-j
000 REA allotment for extension of iQ3dtnCr And Sell
project lines in this area, known as |
section D.
Old Paper
The appropriation will be used to
construct 120 miles of extensions In
Colemafi, Ooncho, Runnels and Cal-
lahan • counties and will serve 200
additional members.
Contract will be let on the proj-
ect and the staking crews will start
work as soon as the contract has
been let, reports Mr. Hale. Engi-
neers in Fort Worth are now map-
ping section E. which will cover 150 ‘'‘TT* w"“'
nnri *00 ------„ m4>’ ^P081* °W P*™ ^ <*eSlg
Boy Scouts of Coleman will gath-
er and sell old paper, principally
newspapers and magazines, it has
been announced. The drive will
start immediately and everyone Is
urged to save old paper for the
Boy Scouts,
A canvass of the city will be
made and places where the citizens
miles and serve 300 customers,
which will be submitted to Wash-
ington for approval.
The cooperative now has 1325
members on 820 miles of line. It
was organized In 1938
nated at a later date.
All money that the Soout* make
from this project will remain with
the local troqpe and be used by
them.
Jimmie Lankford, -president, an-
nounces that a queen will be elect-
ed and crowned at the Lions carni-
val that is to be held here October
25. She will be known as the Cole-
man lions club carnival queen.
Nominees for the honor will be
representatives from the four class-
es In Coleman high school and
election boxes will be distributed
over the city, where votes may be
east at one cent each.
The voting boxes will be located
in the drug stores Names of the
candidates will be announced next
week.
Armistice Day
Program Planned
By Legion
Sponsored by the local Ameri-
can Legion, an Armistice Day pro-
gram with a patriotic theme is be-
iua planned for November 11. Use
program will be held in the morn-
ing at Hufford Field.
A full day’s schedule is planned
for this occasion. The program
will be held in the morning, a foot-
| ball game will be played that aft-
’ ernoon and a dance will be given
that night.
A prominent speaker will be se-
cured for the day. Contacts are be-
ing made now. All schools in the
|county have a special invitation to
participate in the patriotic event.
Several school bands are expected.
Justice James F. Byrnes, left, and Charles Wilson heads the commlt-
Juitice Robert Jackson, newest tee that is making plans for the
members of the Supreme Court of day. Others are: W. C. R&tjen,
the United States, are ahown for the Ben F Cox. A. O Edgerton, A. O.
first time in their robes of offlee as Newman. Hayden Hargett, Jim Dib-
tbry prepared to take their srats rell and Cecil Gray,
oa the bench. Jimmie White Wtt
speaking equipment for
and Kufford Field
date 5000 people.
SMALL DOG FINDS
DIAMOND BACK RATTLER.
A young Collie dog owned by
Tot Morris, who lives near the
south end of Commercial Ave-
nue, Is quite a hero. The dog
cornered a large size diamond
back rattlesnake under the house
Saturday night and summoned
his owner by barking. Mr. Mor-
ris kilted the poisonous snake
and found that the dog had
been bitten The dog was given
treatment and was feeling One
the next day.
Inch and Half
Rain Over County
Reports say that the rain that
fell in Coleman county Tuesday
night and Wednesday morning
averaged about an inch and a half.
Coleman city received 1.33 in-
ches. The rain fell slow.
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Joe Mayers who attends the Uni-
versity of Texas, spent the past
weekend here with his rather, Alex
Mayers.
New Comers
The Chronicle Joins with the
citizenry of Oolemsn in wishing
the following newcomers a cordial
welcome. .1.
W. H, Taylor, 204 E. 10th
Cecil H Segreves, 616 S. Frio.
L. O Quarrels, 814 W College.
H J Carter, 713 W. 8th.
Donald Baird. 505 Cottonwood.
E, Moore. 1200 N. Neches
Geraldine Cammack. 201 E, 9th.
J W. Scales, 301 Miami.
E. O. Burnett, 302 W College.
A J. Hardy. 306 East Elm.
RuaSsell Brandenburg. 306 East
Elm.
Jack Severson. 802 Commercial.
La Vem Roesne, *03 Commercial.
Robert Olsen, 802 Commercial.
Clinton Stanfield. 802 Commer-
cial
Mra. Mary Jtrslf or Oakland,
California, was a guest in the E
M. Orits home this past week.
The group decided to donate $50
to the Coleman high school band.
Tentative date ior the show will
be around July 15, it was decided.
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Aiiline Route Through
Coleman To Receive
Further Consideration
Fort Worth.-—The Civil Aerohau- j
tics Board will give consideration to j
the feeder airline problem within i
the next thirty days. This an-1
nouncement lias just been made by I
Thomas O Hardin, president of j
Southwest Feeder Airlines, Inc., i
whose company has filed for a sys- j
tem of routes which will include]
stops at Coleman.
Hardin, together with Paul A. j
Gareau, vice president of the com- ]
pany. has Just returned from Wash - ]
tngton, where a series of confer- As ^ attraction for the
ences were held with Civil Arto-; Rnnual Pour.H rally day. to
nautics Board officials and the, held herf ^ Saturday. October 25
company attorneys It is expected lht. ^ and Klrl, wlU get to see a
that the Board will call together: Qene Autrv ,how at artouced, .
applicants for feeder nr„,(. Bnnolinc, p D Steele alto I !“**
4-H Clubbers To
See Gene Autry Coleman
Show On 25th
County
Radio Program
Is Announced
Coleman County and the
the various
next
airline service within the
month and make plans for early
hearings Until now, the urgent
demands of the national emergency
have practically crowded the ques-
tion of local air transportation and
airmail service out of the Board’s
program.
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Selectee Exam
Plans Changed
Preliminary army physical ex-
aminations for Coleman county se-
lectees will be given 30 days before
they are called into service, it has
been announced by local drabt board
officials.
Heretofore, selectee* have not re-
ceived army examinations until re-
porting at reception centers for pos-
sible induction.
The new plan is due to become
effective after the November 7 call
is made, since the examinations are
to be taken 30 day* prior to induc-
tion
price, announce
Jean Day.
The show starts at one p m. at
the Dixie and all those who regis-
tered at the rally day and have
badges will be admitted at a_ re-
duced price
The Four-H club that has the
highest percentage of membership
present at the rally will receive two
plaques . Parent* are urged to at-
tend this event also.
market report.
(Submitted by Wilson Grain Oo.l
No. 1 wheat — - 95c
No. 3 oat*............ —----- 39c
No, 2 barley -- 48c
No 3 th. Milo, CWt -------- 90-95c
No 3 th Eegarl, cwt..... . .. 90c
Sound ear corn, bu ^ 55c-89c
be honored Friday, October 17,
a broadcast over Station KQKO
from Fort Worth.
The broadcast, to be arranged and
presented by Ted Oouldy, livestock
commentator for the ■
stif*!, the agricultural
particularly in regard to
in this county and special
will be made on the part tl
can be expected: to play
ing. clothing, and otherwise aiding
the nation in the present prepared-
ness program-
Material has been gatt
only from census and bus
veys but also from many
men and
county. A
jjp
Mrs. B. F. Davis returned Friday
from a two weeks visit with Mr.
Davis at
PEACH TREE BLOOMS.
Mr* E L McFadden. who
lives in the north part of the
city *t 615 West Ripley street,
reports that a peach tree in her
back yard 1* in bloom and (put-
ting on new leaves. It is very un-
usual for peach trees to bloom
this late in th* year. The tree
to of the Indian red
will be devoted to a short
of th* htotori - ' -----
county’s past,
into what
ranching
in th* ft
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Autry, Milton. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 16, 1941, newspaper, October 16, 1941; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth732369/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.