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The Only Coleman
Newspaper With
^ Audited Circulation
Coleman Democrat-Voice
FIRST IN NEW;, {advertising. CIRCULATION, READER INTEREST, COLEMAN COUNTY
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SIXTY-FOURTH YEAR
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COLEMAN, COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS. THURSDAY DECEMBER 27. 1945.
NUMBER 52.
County Buys More,
Christmas Merchandi:
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er COUNTY Oil, PLAY RENEWS Merlin ffagler
' ACTIVITIES AFTER LULL Gets Calf From
DURING THE HOLIDAYS
Brooke Herd
GOOD WILL AMBASSADOR
AT HI SCHOOL JANUARY 2
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Old man 1945,'staggering under a
voluminous load of historical events
probably never before equalled, is
making the last few steps into the
twilight of the years end. That's
good! The year 1945 has been a
rough one for most folks but in it
came tire world's greatest achcieve-
ment ... the restoration of peace
and the reuniting of millions of
' families . . the stilling of the mills
and factories which fashioned hor-
rible means of death and the recon-
version of these war factories into
marvelous means to provide the dif-
ferent domestic gadgets and mate-
rials for which all Americans thirst.
Yes, 1945 was a momentous year,
but one we're glad to see pass on.
And with great expectancy and
confidence we may all turn to the
New Year's dawning horizon. Be-
fore another issue rolls from the
pres* young 1945 will be making new
friends and with the strong virile good3i such as work clothes, if they
Coleman Countlans bought heav-
ily for Christmas this year, more
heavily than they ever have be-
fore. But they did not buy as much
as they would like to. nor as expen-
sive merchandise as they would like
to get. That is because it isn’t
available.
These are the opinions of Cole-
man merchants as the Christmas
shopping days ends.
"If I could just get more goods,’ j
every business man contacted, said.
Exhausting the supplies of tradi-
tional and more popular gifts, many
buyers are turning to items of house-
hold furnishings.
"We're not selling so many suits
of furuniture, for we don’t have
them, but people are buying a lot of
smaller items, like lamps and tables
and chairs, etc", said one man.
“I could have used twice as many
pictures and such that folks want
for small gifts if I could have got-
ten them," said another.
One dry-goods merchant laid
"They're buying everything you
cun offer. Clothes have been a
good item with men, and some peo-
ple w-ould have even bought staple,
Lt. Freii
I Compton Riley
Sunday School
Class Speaker
A sturdy Hereford steer calf six-
Foilowing the Christmas holiday months-old and weighing approxi-
. lull, Coleman county’s oil activity , mately 425 pounds was selected by
| resumed anew with several ver- i Merlin Hagler. Coleman High School
i diets nearing to spice the picture i Future Farmer, as the show calf he
1 will feed for showing at the Pan-
A saving effort is under way on i American Hereford Exposition next
the O. P Leonard of Fort Worth
No. 3 A. V. Livingston operation in
the Leonard pool in south eastern
Runnels county, two miles south-
The Rev. Compton Riley, recently west of Talpa. The operator is pre-
dischargcti from the Navy Chap- paring to perforate 5 1/2 inch casing
lain service, was guest speaker last between 2422-28 feet Previously
Sunday morning before the mem- there was a show of water in lower
bers of the Friendly Fellows Sun- j perforations. The effort is being
November in Dallas, Young Hagler,
accompanied by his fati*r and E.
W Scott, principal and vocational
agriculture advisor at the local
school, selected the promising calf
from the famed Brooke Hereford
Ranch at Brady.
Merlin, son of Mr. and Mrs! H. A.
! ijcis oi tne rrienaiy fellows sun-|K-"'“»“v“'1' me i-ncn is ucuis i .............. -.....
j day School class of the First Moth- made to find production from the j Hagler. and president of the Cole-
, odist church. The class meeting was ! Gunsight lime. The well is 1,980 jIIian Future Farmers of_ America
j held in the new educational build- feet from the south, 660 feet front j chapter, was awarded the calf by the
j ing and was attended by some sixty 'the east line of section 110. J. H.
linen; which included members of j Parramore survey, a quarter mile
west of the discovery well, Leonard
No. I Floyd Thompson.
Judge Weatherred's class.
Rev. Riley presented a beautiful
Christmas message, and one which
was a bit different in thought front
the usual trend. He lamented the
popular conception whih called for
pity and sympathy for the Christ-
| child Instead he pointed out that
the conditions which caused His j RJ- Co, Survey.
... „ . . „ , , , birth in a manger wrere heaven-sent. 1
and Mrs. Cecil A snail,who has and af{orded the Babc and the vh-
The Mohawk Drilling Co. No. 1
JBtwit, a 3,600-foot wildcat test, two
miles south of Talpa. Is below 3,-
050 feet. The operation Is 2,700 feet
from the north and 1,800 feet from
the west line of section 108. E. T.
Lt. Charles A. Faun, son of Mr.
Burnt* Mills for his past achieve-
ments as an FFA calf feeder. Last
year the youngster's senior wet fist
calf placed next to the grand cha
pion at the Abilene show; third
the San Angelo show and ninth
the senior class at the Southwest!
Exposition at Fort. Worth.
Hagler will feed his animal undi
the supervision of B. J Joyce voca
tional agriculture instructor at Cole-
jman High School, and Mr. Scott.
| recently been pittud
First !
determination the problems of our
Own complex domestic problems will
be tackled with enthusiasm. The
new year provides' that (indefinable
something—that necessary break in
daily routine when problems appear
too big for us to solve or overcome.
R’s an opportunity to begin anew,
to affect necessary compromise, and
to pause and take an inventory of
ourselves.
Well, young Master 1946, is our
champion of hope for a better world,
a happier home and more satisfac-
tory business year . . so let’s make
the best of it.
To all the fine business firms and
folks of Coleman, who through your
generous patronage during 1945 have
made the Democrat-Voice one of the
outstanding weekly publications in
the Southwest . . and to all others,
too, we are grateful, and we say
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• •
And with the advent of the New
Year, Democrat-Voice readers may
look forward to a right turbulent
and interesting political campaign
You know elections will be held dur-
ing the coming months for city, pre-
cinct, county, state and national
officers, so you better drop by the
tax collector's office and pick up
your poll tax. If we don’t vote,
we shouldn't be concerned how
things are run. Pay your poll tax
NOW! You might want to vote
against somebody.
* *
An authority says that 25 per cent
of the American people Incur month-
ly obligations considerably larger
than their incomes. Now there Is a
question about this: Is it better td
be without things we want, or Is it
best to go in debt for them?,Can
we be happier having what we want
while we worry over how we are go-
ing to get It paid for: or is it wise j
to do without pleasures, conven-
iences, comforts, and know that we
owe nothing to anybody
The answer to that question must
lie In the way wc will come out
when we are no longer able to work
for a living.' If spending now means
hunger and suffering later, then
present thrift is the wise system.
If by living now beyond our means
indicates that we will live to a time
when we will actually want, then a
wise use of money now is important.
If a larger per cent ot the Amer-
ican people come to want—and they
do—then it Is time to think about
thrift now.
Congratulations to the following
on their birthday and wedding an-
niversaries:
Dec. 23—Mr. and Mrs. Kirk New-
man, wedding anniversary.
Dec 25—Paul Smith Oouldbusk*
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had been available."
Other merchants found clothes
less of an attraction, and one com-
mented that he believed this due to
the fact that most men don't like
to pick clothes for the women of
their family.
"If I could have gotten the mer-
chandise, I could have made enough
this Christmas to retire on." one
merchant said half-jokingly. "It
has been a good Christmas season,
and a good fall as well," he added
seriously.
All merchants found this among
Christmas buyers: They an asking
for better merchandise th ,n In pre-
vious years and they are willing to
pay for it.
Druggists state their sales are
well above previous seasoas, and a
considerable amount of "luxury
goods" has been sold. In spite of
the 20 per cent tax on diamonds,
j rings have been a good item.
I ‘‘It's our first peace-time Christ-
mas in five years, and a lot of
people have relaxed from the ten-
sion they were under from Pearl
Harbour until last August. In a way,
I guess they’re making up lor some
of the things they wanted to do all
these years,” a local merchant guess-
ed.
gin Mary quiet and solitude instead
Lieutenant, is wt’^Anny Engj* j o^t^~noiMTor*'he**hmiday* crowd" aT[ ■ „ , „ „
rfiTtaPhil-1 IKn |Estate. This operation m the Mor
Another anil holding considerable
Interest in the Coleman area is the
Anzac ®1 Corp. No. 32-H Morris
peers stationed :
ippine Island. former j
Lt. Mary Ann I*, has, received
her discharge Ho. Arm; Nurses
Corp and is a ti . o otfser par-
ents in Pocatello. pres-
Cnt-
the nearby inn.
The speaker, son-in-law of Dr. J..
Kiwanis (ib
Officers ill|
Directors ?et
ns Field in the J. Harris survey on
the'Dr. E. L. Knox ranch, has ce-
mented easing at 2,238 feet following
a strong show of oil.
F. Gaines, also drew favorable com-
ment from his listeners when he
stated that America basically was
Christian and peaceful, and his per- T*l,! Anzac No. 2 Mary B. Alex-
sonal view was opposed to conscrip- j “Edpr A Quigley Survey i39. three
tinn of vnnt.h for military trnintne .miles southeast of Coleman. 1-' mak-
George Robey Is
New President Of
Fire Department
vaudeville he became entertainer 'in.
smart, hotels anct resorts: West Palm
Bead’, in the winter and Saratov;*
i:: the summer.
lion of youth for military training.
He pointed out that in his years of
j Chaplain duty he had yet tp find
| anything in the military service
| which was conducive to strength of
character and morals.
The annual or itlon' meeting*) Parish. T. C. Hall
of officers ti> ariBfcommit- Miss Rita Pullen.
ing hole below 1.650 feet.
Hughes & Fulwillel 's test between
Novice and Silver Valley, 660 feet
out of the southeast corner of sec-
tion 1, block 1, L. R. survey, had
„ ......... reached 3,300 feet. It is scheduled
by the quartet composed of Preston I to explore the Morris. Gray and
A. C. Hines and j Gardner formations below 3,600
A feature of. the class was music
William G. "Happy Bill" Cope, In-
ternational Ambassador of Goodwill,
will appear In Coleman High School
Auditorium on Wednesday. Jan. 2.
_ _ , , „ „ „ , ! 1946. at 900 a mv according t> an
George Robey, sheriff of Cole- announcement by . Student Conn-; He has played in England, Filiiice
man county. Thursday night was i(,., , unn Be!hum. and at tie’ 'iitir of the
Munich crisis was heading a revue
nnce. Before World War
Bern in England, he came to Can*
greatest 'of -the luxury lineA. sunk
early in the war by the Germans.
Cecil Home Is
President Rifle
And Pistol Club
tee chairman of Kiwanis Club
met today at iv man hotel to
review the obi : f Kiwanis In-
ternational ati ; Jans ffor the
coming year |»
President-eliet >■ Scot' fore-
cast that 1946 w ’cejgfcny op-
portunities off' ri COiBjpun Ki-
iub in » ■ alpfj'.e rer-
ight be rent the pity and
"comm unit' 1(1 challenged
the various comi chairmen to
maintain clos. «ttve contact
with their co-wo n order that
(he fullest. co-<»i :l am! bene-
ficial results ma; ‘btilnul
The dunes of mew officers
wre outlined at • today,
and all voiced 1Tf 4°r the
coming year's pic1 of Work.
given another duty for the coming
year when he was elected president t ~— — —»-------*:* —-------- in jjifc,
of the Coleman Fire Department, at ! aria a! an c^ri' age. and went West.; j, h Maste” of Ceremonies on
the regular election of officers held' lan*inR over the different provinces In of the
at the Fire Station j until World War I started. He vol- uu wnptess oi Britain, one or . me
’ Other officers named a! the ses- j untecred ln the Canadian army and
sion included the following: J. T j was iH France- January. .1915. He
Laird, vice-president: E. W Par- I •',Penl three years and nine months Cope has made dozens of trips
ker. fire chief: Fred Goss. 1st as-J 011 thp Ypress sector across the Atlantic: and in America,
sistant fire chief; M. B. Casey. 2nd He never seriously entertained the bj speedometer reading, Iras travel-
assistant fire chief: At Gardner, sec- idpa 01 becoming a musician before j Pcj a million and a half miles in the
class and Judge A. O. Newman is! i George Johnson one mile north rctar>' and treasurer; Bill Felty, 1st ,ll1- Dum... i.n tl..ic oault i;n. ,.j < tr> <: liiriimti.t
; qi s,nta Amn was ririHim. below icaptatn: A E Folkner, 2nd captain, j cf ?afhaitdale .n Flandets he found Ke play Slvphen Foster nmlodiCs
i "oo feet * it h'ili Phillin Zoella sur-1 and Rpv' Johu 3 Mueller, cliaplain. a uwndohn in a once-used German and populai folk songs on the Ban-
1 ' 1 Routine reports were heard and ; dugout a,ld- started to play for the.| jo. musical comedy and novelty
accepted at the meeting.
Nathan Cliett is president of the i
! feet.
Elgeun Shield oi Santa Anna No.
wanlwcli
vice ni 1
Um conn
teacher. Botli have issued an ur-
gent invitation to men not affiliated
with other Sufiday School groups to
attend the class next Sunday morn-
ing.
J. C. Gibbins and Sam Dibrell are
captains of respective teams in a
membership race, and tabulations
of standings will be announced next
Sunday.
Most kids ask for the wishbone
before they- eat their spinach, in
hopes they may get their Wish.
vey 21.
Coleman Road j Williams Rites
Pro ject Will Sunday At
tun of it. numbers on the Piano; and South
On his return to Canada, the American music, marches and popu-
Canudian Government sent hint tq-Jnr American music on the Piano
Be Let Jan. 10
We’ve always hada yen to return
a b’ill after making it "insufficient
funds."
Cecil Horne is tire new president
of the Coleman Rifle and Pistol
Club, elected at a meeting of the or-
ganization last week. He succeeds
Clovis Tyson, who has closed a most
successful term at the helm of the
club.
Other officers elected Included W.
L Law, treasurer: Hugh Metcalf,
secretary, and Fred.L. West, adju-
tant.
It was announc'd that the new
officers will be !nsta.'-d at the club's
regular meeting on th. first Thurs-
day in February—Thursday, Feb-
ruary 7. The session Gill be held
at the club range)
It was announced that a small
arms firing school will be launch-
ed by the Coleman club about the
middle of January. Mr. West will
be the chief instructor, and has only
recently qualified for the National
Rifle Association rating.
Gouldbusk. birthday.
Dec. 28—Helen
Dec. 28—Rush Jo
Dec, 29—Mrs.
Santa Anna,
Send In
12 ChildrEnjoy Christmas
Eve TurkWith Mother And
Dad, Bum Still Miss It
Stevens Chapel
Florida for his health and there tw
music bug hit him via the banjo.
He soon mastered it and his first e:i-
; gagement was in 'the George Mason
Hotel in Jacksonville From there
in went into vaudeville. From
Accordion
Cope s versatility, genial personal-
ity and superb showmanship have
made him a favorite with au-
dtencr.s for many years. His show
is truly different and enjoyable.
!.
It was Chrislm# l*lc
home of Mr. a *‘jRmes A
Baker in Burket ia? nfeht . . .
but. it wasn't ex; Yll*p'
tide legend with rI1®rc stir"
ring not even a “:;
were twelve cl
some of these br
families owr to '
a big Christmas E1
But there sti ^
considerable mor*
happy househc-i
Supplementing the good news car-
ried in the Democrat-Voice, last
week concerning the surfacing of
the highway north of the Coleman
county line on to Baird, comes the
announcement from Austin that an-
other Coleman highway will be let
j for (geonst. met Ion.
Listed among the items which wall
| hold attention of the State High-
; way Department at its important
i session January 10,'. 1946, f’ill be
[ opening of bids for the Highway
Mr, and Mrs. Grady Harris of Bur- I Farm to Market Road 53 from Cole-
kettv .
Joycee Christmas Party Huge
Success; Still Coleman Children
See Free Show, Receive Candy
Other sons and oi
get home for tfi <§§
of, Gofeman's
passed the firs:)®
several years, j
Present for tij
and Mrs C. >V
Mr. and Mrs.
Mr, and Mrs
Burkett; Mr. a
Coleman; Mrs
Coleman: Mrs
Coleman: Missj
man. and Bob.
ft*, been
dt the
ie four
couldn't
;ius one
families
liday in
Were Mr
oieman;
Burkett;
lUttgblood,
ri Baker,
Mrs. Norton Is
Purchaser Of
Beauty Shop
Mrs. C. V. Norton is announcing
• he purchase of the B. Morton's
Beauty Shop. 117 E. Walnut and
adjacent to the Dixie Pig. The
deal was completed early In Decem-
ber.
The popular beauty shop is com-
pletely sanitary and is modeynly
.equipped: Licensed operators to
care for Nse public's need are Thel-
ma L.vnch\nd B. Morton
| will constitute grading, drainage
structures and single asphalt surface
' treatment.
This will provide a much nedeed
road from the western portion of
the county, and will be fell in an
Funeral services for Kenneth Ray
Williams, 34. who succumbed to car-
bon monoxide poisoning Dec. 21, at
Donna..were held Sunday afternoon ;
from the chapel of the J. E Stevens |
Co., with the Rev. T, Lynn Stewart
conducting. Interment was in the
Coleman cemetery under direction ■
of the J. E. Stevens Co. ’ j
A former resident of'Coleman. Mr. j There is a Santa Claus and j ain't Ed Durham, theatre m.uw;>i.
Williams had been in Donna for | there's more than 800 bo? • and Gi l^vho earned on m splendid style
some time where he was associated I m Coleman county who'll bear wit- They irp*>rt vital the youngsters
with his brother. J. B. Williams, ness to the statement They are the 'were very orderly and well behaved
Both men's families were with them ones who last Saturday morning The urogram consisted of short.-
at the time of his death, and had 'crowded the Howell Theatre for the and comedies and pouiar caUoon
planned to return to Evant where I annual Yuletide party presented by features and following the screen
in ranch-j tne Coleman Junior Chamber ol attraction each young guest was
I Commerce in co-operation with the I presented with candy, nuts, fruits.
1 il monaaMtmii) aiul tllF iflllv tlllfl COOkll'S
1 man west to New Central School.,tilPV had ,)een en8aged
project calls foi 9 , miles and ^ waE a 0f t|le Baptist | Howiil management and the jolly , and cookies
church, having b«*n affiliated with ; tat man with the white beard The interest was so high over thi
the Coleman Junction church before Due to the pies? of holiday bin- SainMay party that Jayeee officials
it was disbanded. i ness Santa wasn't able to attend. | have indicated that next Christmw-
Survivors include hts widow. Mrs. j but he had fine co-oiicration from they will n*. ke i-lans to acrommo-
Fanny Williams; one daughter Dor- Karle E. Smith Jayeee president
increase of business from that fine 0,h-v Fa-V: 8 JplT-v W-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wil- j
[section of the county,
j Announcement was also received
with delight Uv Coleman citizens
that the stretch of highway between
Abilene and Baird would be paved,
thereby .providing another i
weather route to Abilene.
T!
Bob Harbour Home
With Discharge;
To Enter School
hams: a brother. J B. Wililams of j
Evant; two sisters, Mrs. Maxine
Bassett of Santa Anna and Mrs.!
Willie Belle Henson of Coleman
and a host of other relatives.
Pallbearers were Brady Hughes, I
; Jack Price. Max Price, Lonzo Bur-
rus. and Newton. Morris,
| Flower girls were Patsy Price. Earl Funeral services lor Mrs J W
I Jean Woodard, Docia Lee Meador Blrtl 63. who ditxi at the faimiy
and Mrs. Jack Price,
Mrs. J. W. Birdy
63, Laid to Rest
Last Thursday
‘ elate more than l.000 ycuhgsteis.
i siiMivm? include her husband.,
laitr sen?. 1 P Dempstv .Brown-
; wood: Hal Joe Dempsey, Elcujon.
Calif.; Dennis Dqmpsey. Lubljock,
! Texas and RoIkt* A. Dempsey, sta-
ll toned in Corn Liny with the Aimed
Forres; two brothers, W E Martin,
Fisk and Arthur R Martin, Dallas.
' St voi grandchildren also survive.
I Final Rites For
Mrs. Nortjbn calls attention to' the
ltf§IMaa,ne of the establishment Bob Harbour, son of Dr Jerry
Burton, r which will henceforth be known as Harbour, arrived Sunday after be-! Q D ’ g-t- RaffStlale
Calvert, the L4 Dell Beauty Shop. ling discharged fn*m the Marine j . ,^2 A • ° •
ker. Cole- j Mrs. Norton resides on Hollywood Corps. The young* man had spent ;Helu In AriZOIUR
win. Jer* | Drive and is a former ready-to- more than four years in the service, j Mrs J, N. Lcmpeotis received a
it home. j wear employee of Burr's Department*! and recently has been stationed on ] message Sunday stating that her
After January 1 site will Okinawa. !brother. S. Robert Ragsdale, a prom-
e Mr. and ; Stoic.
!r. and Mrs ! actively manage the shop
A cordial invitation Is extended to
all to patronize the La Dell Beauty
home, Coleman Rt. 1, WedafPly
morning; were held this uiternoon
j from the Primitive Baptist church
i at Santa Anna at 3 o'clock. The
| Rev C. H Richards conducted the
i rites and interment was in the San-1 ^ p
' ta Anna cemetery under direction ot ]
j the J. E. Stevens Co, j
1 Mrs. Irma Bird was born in Geor-
Talpa Folk Recover
From Auto Wreck
Oscar Hintnrr awl his sister, An-
nie, Talpa residents, are both recov-
ering rapidly from uijuries sustained
when the au
were riding
i > : v;'i i near l
r. and Mrs.
jgia wi July 6, 1882, and moved to j The
Bob plans to enter the University | lnent citizen oi Coleman some thirty j Coleman county in 1912. coming | failure
ot New Mexico after the first of the | years ago, had succumbed to a heart j from Tarrant county. She had been
year, where he will major in jour- [attack Saturdav night at his home a member of the Primitive Bapuat
Im Phoenix, Arizona 'church for raanv years
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