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Ooieman Oomnty Chronicle, OolemanQ Texas, Tkaa^lay, Aug. 26, 1943
COLEMAN COUNTY CHRONICLE .
■ Coleman’s Family Newspaper
Entered as second-class matter April 26, 1933, at the post oillce at
Coleman, Texas, under the act or March 3, 1879.
R. A. AUTRY
BXLUE MAYFIELD
MRS. r. a. Autrv
Mrs. Dunman Arrives
At 95th Milestone
In Fine Condition
Owner-Manager
. Editor
Society Editor
Mrs. Robert L. Dunman tele
1 breted her 95th birthday quietly.
Telephone 0901.
National Advertising Representative
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SSOCIATION
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SUQSCE1F 1 ION RATES.
One Year In County, 15c. Outside County, $125
Outside the state, $2.00
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Any erroneous ref x‘lion upon die character of any person or firm
appearing tn these columns wUl be gladly and promptly corrected upon
«*llta| the attention ot* the management to the article in question.
Wheat Farmers In Texas Vote
Third Straight Year
College Station.— Sometime be- j
fore June 10, 1943 Texas wheat
tamers voted In their third na-
tional wheat marketing quota ref-
erendum.
Purpose of announcing the mar-
keting quota proclamation at this
early date Is to get word out to I
all fanners now planning their
fall wheat seeding operations, B
F Vance, administrative officer of
the AAA in Texas, announced,
'With the present war emergen -
cy like It is and the urgent need
for certain types of commodities
other than wheat, I hope Texas
wheat farmers will divert as much
acreage as they possibly can to
other warcrops insofar as it is
-*e;ble." he said.
He explained that wheat U a1
valuable warerop, as shown during
the first World War when there]
wasn't enough of it. but that pres
ent supplies were so heavy that
the .nation, we-, herd pressed to
find adequate storage even though
large amounts were being fed to
livestock.
Diversion of Wheat acreage to
warfrops. storing wheat on the
farm and marketing it wherever
possible $n tin* lorm of livestock
and poultry were cited as special
ccntrifc-utfons wheat farmers could
make to the war program.
Quotas are announced for an
approach!):.: .-.ear whenever'it ap-
pears the total supply of wheat
will exceed a normal year’s- do-
mestic consumption ipd exports
by more than 35 per cent
Due to successive large crops
arid decreased i xports the 1943
Wheat supply noi only will exceed
domestic consumption and exports
by 35 tier cent but probate* will be
twice the size of these outlets,
Vance said
When you think of printing,
think of the Chronicle Phone 8901
tCCter
at heme last Sunday, without any 1
frills, it was just one of the 34,-
875 that she .has spent, many, ot j
them in the thrilling settings of
a pioneer days
She is typically a frontier wo-
man and has been one all of her j
days She was born In Liberty
county near the Chambers county ;
fine in the time when’ that coun- i
ty was one of the wildest In the
state Chambers county, today |
* ven though" between Beaumont and
Houston Is one of the least known
and most sparsely settled coun-
j tie.s tn Texas. She was born down
on those flats and never sawsii hill
higher'than an ant bed until, she
married and was on her way to
Coleman County.
Her people down there arc pic-
turesque, rich and rugged. On her
husband’s side and on her own they
were and art* today outstanding
figures in the counties where they
five some ef them are multi-mil-
lionaires, ? others great leaders in
their home counties, all of them
unusual people.
Her daughter. Mrs. Zee Halbert
reflects the picturesque setting ef ,
: her ancestors She is a typical [
daughter of the plains, whose
; girlhood beauty refuses to retreat:
i in the fact of coming years: a
brilliant conversationalist with a
tinge of that quick cowboy get
back that makes it, humorously in-
teresting. Mrs. Halbert explained I
that her mother, while in good
health did not feel equal to an
! interview and that she would act
as intermediator.
The Dunmans fretted by the
mosquito menace 'o livestock in
the sail water flats of Chambers
county moved to Refugio and rais-
ed a big herd of cattle Anxious
i ta tret out on the plains where
the buffalo and Indian made life
Interesting the Dunmans packed
up and.drove, their immense herd
j over the long stretch of land be-
tween Refugio and Coleman coun-
ty and settled down on a big ■
spread in the southwestern part
Of the county He sold his ranch
and cattle to the Concho Cattle
Company The famllv then bought
the old Hodden Ranch near Cue-
man. « ranch that the famous
Methodic Circuit Rider and Gun
Totlnc Mark Chtldres first estab-
lished.
Mi Dunman foreseeing a great
. future for horsks and mules bran-
ched out into that phase of live-
stock Industry and became a prom- \
' ment figure over Texas......
Mrs Dunman lived through a
i thrilling day .f Texas history in]
i its. frontier section and is rich 1
with memories of the 'last She Is '
i >n good health and her friends, j
i throughout the count • and many
adjoining counties are wishing that \
| she will And her first hundred ;
v i ars the easiest
Dale Smith Gets Small Oiler,
A & P Get Producer
p
On Harris 3 At Novice
WARTIME CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICERS—One of the most highly
specialized of all the forms of military serviee is the Signal (orps
which was established in the United States Army 82 years ago by
Brig. Gen. Albert H. Myer (upper left), who entered the Army as
a surgeon, in the late 60’s. On July 2, i860, he was appointed chief
signal officer with the rank of a cavalry major. .After the War
between the States he organized the U. S. Weather Bureau. Another
pioneer Signal Officer was Maj. Gen. A. W. Greely, soldier and
famous Arctic explorer (.upper right). Maj. Gen. George O. Bquier
(lower left) developed the efficient service of the Signal < orps during
World War. Maj. Gen. Dn\> n Dim dead (lower right), pro, -ot
Chief Signal Officer, heads the greatest military comVi’.mu*«tmn
system in history.
Anderson and Pritchard brought
in a small oiler on the Harris
tract, being No. 3 for the lease,
Tire well is doing 125 barrels and
was finally set at 3039 feet
Dale Smith got a small oiler in
the Morris No. 1-C The sand had
a show of gas und oil and on test
Y’as put on, production. The top
of the pay was 2043, This well is
in the Morris pool 12 miles north
of the city
Anderson and Pritchard Mat-
thews No. 2 went through the
Morris sand dry; the Gardner sand
dry and into the Gray and stop-
ped for further orders. The Gray-
sand did have a “pay day" color
and It Is likely that the hole wifi
be plugged and abandoned.
States Oil Corporation McClure
No, 1 is dry at 3015 and will tear
down.
Anzac, Eddington No. 1 north-
west of Burkett hit water at 1724
to 1731, drilled ahead to 1735 for
a seat, pulled out and set a string
of 8-tnch casing to case off the
water and will drill ahead when
cement sets.
Featheralone No. 2 1320 feet
south of No. 1 Is drilling ahead
at 2460
Feathers! one No. 3 1160 feet east
of No 1 is a location °
Ungren & Frazier 4 miles north-
west of Coleman on the M. • W.
Whitt Is going down full steam
j ahead. Depth not given.
Featherstonc Sells
Fourth Minerals Under
320 Acres for $6000
O B. Featherstonc, prominent
farmer and rancher has just sold
[ 1/4 pf the minerals under a 320
acre tract to Robert McKlssick
for a cash consideration of 16000
Mr. Featherstone retains tire oth-
re 3/4 ^
The tract is now under a devel-
opment lease and looks hcavljy un-
dershot with oil.
One well on the Featlifstonc
property produces a trifle® better
than 300 barrels of oil per dpr. This
is a good well In any coy
TIRE SERJCE
pooTL ANlYVVHZrr ,(W '1 V
PROMPTLY
BILL’S SERVICEMSTA.
Ml SIC MAN GOES FISHING
D. E. Lane, the music man, is
off to Marble Falls cm a Ashing
jaunt. Lane is a good fisherman
and each of his friends has been
promised a mountain cat. Lane ma-
jors in cat fish. He cares nothing
for bass, but if the Colorado holds
a prowling catflsn he will soon lie
on the music master’s hook and
fropi there direct to the trough of
ills friends.
In lii.s absence Ills music store
will be under the supervision of
hLs daughter.
FOR SALE
1939 Dodge 4 doer sedan. Export model, Quip-
ped with overdrive, heater, radio. 5 good tirepand
tubes, in A 1 condition. At a bargain.
D. P. ROCKMAKER
Phone 2931
Res. 12722
We Are Supporting
Billy Baker
TAYLOR ELKINS IS
REMINISCENT AND
TALKS OLD TIMES
FOR
Krippendorf-Dittmanns
Rhythm Steps - Fanchon’s
California Play Shoes
Tavler Elkins, cf that group I
that was tn Coleman when1 It was j
r. grass patch, remembers a 4th ;
j of July celebration on Horde j
; Creek In 1875 It was a ten-county !
flair with about 500 people pres- !
j ent They came in covered /wagons I
| horseback and in biiggie*. j, .
One enter rKtn' liquor dealer
j -ame and opened three barrels of ,
j vhlskev for ■ jtie frontier trade He
opened one - bartAl, placed a tin !
Clip on top of/it Any one who j
wanted a drink was supposed to
drpaout a dime on top of the bar- i
» drink the cup empty, refill it
and leave it full for the next cus- ]
tomer
"AH of that crowd of West Tex- j
-ns never reduced ope barrel more :
than six Inches." said Mr Elkins, I
’Now if that barrel was sitting out i
there on the streets with liquor at
ten rents a eup, how long would
it last, and where would the of-
ficer* put the drunks after the jail
was full?"
Mr Elkins thought in silence
for a moment and said 'Those old
pioneers were the best people on
earth They came out there to
build homes, churches and schools
to live in peace and raise,, their
children to be respect able citizens;
none of them Were afraid, but they
were not bullies The desperadoes
Stunned Coleman for they knew
that anv man tn town, peaceable
•a lie wm. W*a more dangerous
when wrought up than any of
them*
■V l
sh >
County Judge
BECAUSE
He is well qualified,jmd will serve with
distinction and efficiency.
Sleek New Shoes For Fall
AAA to B Widths
Top-rankingshoe favorites that give all out aid to your
new Fall costumes. They’re style wise and quality eonacioug
in a variety of dress-up and tailored styles-
Blacks.Browns,.-Navy*...Tarts'
S & H Dept. Store
V
R. 9 Shipman
Hayden Hargett
He is a young man who is entitled to ad-
vancement, and deserves our support.
Dr. R. R. Loveiady
With Rank of Major ,
Goes to Sam Houston
It is true he may be called into service
soon, in our enlarged war program, but
he should not be penalized for that. As a
civilian or soldier \ye ire lor him.
w
Dr R R Loveiady. prominent
physician of Santa Anna and con-
nected with the Seaiy Hospital
there for the past 23 years, ha*
been cwnmlitawned a major and
ordered to report to Sam Hous-
Houaton Hospital at flan Antonio.
August *1.
Orders came to a telegram Mon-
day. Major, Lovelace Is srranglng
his affairs a* rapidly as possible
as he win leave Santa Anna on the
3«h to report on time the morn-
ing of the 3lst
He will be greatly missed In
,AjMia.
VOTE FOR BILLY BAKER
ilteld Political Adv.)
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Mayfield, Billie. Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1942, newspaper, August 20, 1942; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth732511/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.