Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 136, Ed. 1 Friday, April 30, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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Swiiil lilies
Clubs Churches Parlies
All Am<
rican
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Borger, Texas
Friday. April 30 1943
P<ig<* 3
20lh Century
Club Holds Final
Business Meet
Mis. Hudson Davis and Mr.
Edith I oal wpiv h >stosses to the
linal bus ness mooting of the
Twentieth I’gntur duh held .
Hie surgical dressing room ui the
Red Cross.
Ol unusual intere- \ve;< ih
annual icourts ol the officers ol
the club offices.
The club has donated $80 to tl
war ellort. $40 t. the Red Cross
and .3 kit bags a nv>nth lor 8
months.
Plans for the soring luncheon
to be field May 11 m the club
n »ms were uls< made at this 1. .1
>early busine meeting.
Highlights of thi meeting wtv:;
"Tomci ow‘s Problems." discuss-
ed by Miss Lillie Hostettler.
, After the program and meeting, i
tountain reiicsiiments were sei s-
ed to:
Mesdames .J C. Balch, E. ('
Hell, (' A. Carlton, J. C. Cox. J.
H. Loftin, E. B. Reinbold. E. (I.
Stephens, Edith Teal, Ira Wil-
liams, T L Wright Hudson Dav-
is, W. E. Bristow, Melvin Peet,
R. G. Gough. T. A Sappingtun j
and Miss Hostettler.
Bevivaiis- Here
nUTH MILLETT
ck yard, so that fie
ifpii
Mrs. Dave Wilson
Reviews Book For
Literature Group
Mrs Dave Wilson oresented an
interesting book review ol Bcr,\
Fleming's "Colonial Epingham's
Raid" at the regular meeting of
the current literature group of
the A. A. U. W. held this week
This book of satire presents a
warning <•! present political con-
ditions in a representative sm-,II
town m the old South during die
political machine age.
Those ortsent were Mesdames
R V Mettz, G. G Marken. Dave
l\ ilsni) I (•' Si )mu per Alii'i ,
Kulis, Am'Id Pwrtzer. Thcod“,,
H; nd: II, and Misst - Velma Kuhs
and Margaret Elliott
-nr Hcv. I. e’errv Griffith,
We; ver, Texas will conduit a
two week revival a iihe 10th
Slreet Baptist Church begin-
ning Sunday, May 2.
Plemons 4-H Club
Holds Meeting
The Plemons 411 club met Ian
Tuesday morning in the auditor-
ium at Plemons with Mrs. Gra-
ham as the speaker.
She explained t< the group how
to plav and make several gam •
at home.
After the meeting, those pres-
ent ( lose sales, and plaved voile \
bail with Norma Lou Sedlac k
leading the winning team.
meat shortage.
The neighbors obieeled and tie
casi went to court. A Supreme
< i u11 |i i ice muled an injun
ta ti wsti.inmg the woman from
t' 'Uituinito a i Incken farm n
I aci . iirit of hei home.
: li: x »i:o.il a was; "We i iv
ell m lavoj ol hclu.'ig the war el
ort, bu i aismg chickens in For
1 Hills. >.UieciiS, is carrying pa
t riot ism a hit b >o bn ."
Au n t vce o--ing a bit toe snoot;,
considrring the times, when we
»i ide that ; person hasn't a
ru nt to keep chickens simply be-
cause he lives in a good neighbor-
hood'.'
The families who live in line
houses have to eat—just like uny-
i e else. And monev isn't enoug
to guarantee that they will have
.. i they \\ ant to eat.
Haven't they a right to 1o>k
< it for themselves to the extent
of raising chickens in their back-
yards?
Maybe Judge Is Right
Thy Victory Garden has been
accepted—even in the neighbor-
hoods thiit until tv w grew flow-
ers instead ol sweet corn.
Isn't it about time .ve also ac-
cepted chickens in even the be a
neigfil dihoods—not, perhaps, as
honored guests, but as a wartim*
necessity?
r maybe the judge is right —
and the time hasn’t yet come
when food is more important than
"in"—iy
out thi
*d of thin
heads. A
rom, Fan-
t imes that
es*ary to
u*i.
&
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m
Nav.v,
mot hi
[t..t if
WftAV-
EPH. M
Hall
i ■'
m)3
IftefP
•nd Mr;
William A
Phil, of Lulu,
’•t Wednesday
W i 1 -
Flashes
From Life
une
The
th E. Ilur-
Ai' recrui*-
ime ill the
May Gris-
second da;*
Lieutenant Harrington be-
ll.
postponed the drive.
i lay,
Auxi
•r l)
the
,Sp -'•V
-:sfl
P
*
! mmmm
-f-%14
Don " -euds of smoke billow upward from quayside in German-
•. ecu pied A ntw^rn -Per mri all American b-mbing force raided the
citv April 7 making ih*> Erl airplane engine wor •« their princi
pa' tdroot. Cr->wd- h®ld back in foreground watch the conflagra-
i-'T Ei-' >r> VAC fer T uftwaffe iP.issed bv RCA radio
con or in New York. NEA Telephoto)
Bv The Associated Press
Double Life
SALT LAKE CITY-It's pi rn
Steve Tornuy, on the swing shill
h< Ogden air depot.
Mornings it's Dr. Stephen C.
Tornay, Hungarian-born Unive;
sity of Chicago graduate, win
teai hts philosophy at the Univer-
sity of Utah.
New Vitamin B
Found In Liver
The discoverers suggest that the*
r 11 ■ v> i )v in wit viwhum .1.
which evidence have been re-
p"ited under three different
names in the past two or three
years.
One of these is folic acid, nam-
ed after leaves, in which it was
discovered by Dr. R. J. Williams
of the University of Texas. An-
other is the eluate factor, dis-
covered by W. II. Peterson, and
obtained from liver. The third
. n untianemia factor in liver
discovered by A. G. Hogan.
By HOWARD W. BL^KESLEE
Associated Press Science Editor
NEW YORK. April 30—Isola-
tion of .i new B vitamin from liv-
er was announced today in
It Takes Both
WAR BONDS
AND TAXES
To Win Victory
oration scheme of your house,
mould v *u become offended?
r> Is it : jrmissible to comment
Personals
keeping up appearances, and trv- j 0,1 an unusual piece of furniture I Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Williamson
mi; to maintain pre-war concepts
of suitability.
# Mini You: banners
vvi rk ol art in the home of a and children, Michael and Shelby
Borger El,, Scouts have con-
tributed over 200,003 pounds of
serrp metal to our war ellort
Test ycur knowledge of cor-
rect sccial usage by answering
the following questions, then
checking against the authorita-
tive answers below:
i. il a 1'nend takes you to a j
movie is it good manners to be |
extremely critical?
1 2. If you are invited to dinner;
I ct i \ (riiltiik ot ami then asked what movie you i
would like to see is it all right to 1
homo urn' • i should you say.
"Anything you would like is alt
right with me”?
3. If a friend has had her house I |d< using,
redecorated and asks your opinion ^* ( course not
a hi at it. i: it all right to tell her
what vou think is wrong?
4 If someone criticizes the dec-
Two-Week Revival
Will Begin At
lOih Si. Church
The Rev. T
Weaver, Texas, will conduct an
• dd-timo 11 ■ a' a’ th<. Ton* •
Street Baptist chun h bovanmn :
Sunday. 1\1 iv 2, and lasting
through May Hi.
During ihi revival, the song-
session will begin at 8 p. m. and
the reaching at 8:30 each night
during the two-weeks.
pers* n you dot ', knew very well.
What yould ycu do if—
You -ee a book in your host-
ess* l ’ong lonm that vou would
like to borrow—
f»' Comment on il, saying
th; veu mfend t'*' road it—and
see if she offers to lend it to
you?
(b Ask if you may borrow it?
Answers
1. No.
2. Il is all right to name one
there is something you want to
see.
3. Since she is not likely o
h.ni■ tIn■ iiib dime 1 ivta ui t*• <
at'C'v. if ;. binder 1" neoil oei i ■
features that you find particulav-
Lynn are leaving this afternoon
for Muskogee, Okla., lor a two-
weeks vacation with friends and
relatives'.
Pfc. R. L. Smith, Pic. Robert
Sutherland rnu Eg?. Ed We in of
! • Army Air Field visited
Barg?in
.SPRINGFIELD. Mo.—The park
board offered to sell a full-grown
lion, cheap, because of the meat
: hostage No takers.
The board offered to give the
lion a wav. No takers.
Now the board offers a 30-foqt
In n cage—also free with the lion.
Puzzled Palriol
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Aircraft
worker Le Roy Pixley, Valiev
Spring, S. D., decided to invest
58 per cent of his wages in war
bonds.
Furthermore, he said h'ed dou-
ble that if anyone else matched
it.
Mrs. Nellie A. Atkinson, from
Denver, matched if several days
ago.
Pixley is trying to figure out
Wt0$LAl
ZsffSF-
• SERIAL STORY
DARK JUNGLES
BY JOHN C. FLEMING Gr LOIS EBY
COPYRIGHT. 1943.
NEA SERVICE. INC.
TUB NTOIlYi Allison T»)i|iltuc>
XMli-t) Kiri, in olT In OmnintiuIn,
lu run hrr fnlhcr'n t-hlrlr plnnln-
tlon. Harry lirliiina him trlrtl
many llnirn lo diaaundr hrr. ,A I
Put-rfo llarrlon. Hrnalda, hrr fn-
thrr'n attorney, nl no Huron Alli-
son lo turn hark. Harry nrrom
P«
bark (rrk ihro
Ihc pin n Oi I ion.
rourniiF dornn'l drnrrl hrr until
thr rnd of Ihr Journry when a
nnnkr ntrikrn hrr niulr from un-
der h*r. Shr fnlnln In Harry’n
arms.
As they climbed higher and against the mountain side. In
higher above the jungle skirts ol front of each were displayed the
the Caribbean the trail becann owner’s wares. Thick blankets of
more strenuous. The palm trees ed, green and purple, baskets
exotic design.
Though you
might, explain the ef fect you wc. >
trying to achieve.
5. Yes. If il is a striking | ,e<
f'hi. .; .: obably accustomed In
comment on it.
Better 'What Would You D-"
scTulisn—(a) is best unless you
knew your hostess very well.
Baby Shower Given
Mrs. EiJene Lewis
MsCartfs Cuts The Cost Of Living!
mira Ihrm on Ihr ardnoua in ill r-
HIH I
Alllnon'a aluhhorn
(h Ihr Junielr to
vanished, sharp
dotted the slope
of the jungle dropped away and
ledges of rock woven in exotic design, silver
The fetid heat pounded into bowls and jewelry.
Jose rode over to an old Indian
I ,.iyl(
QUICHE COUNTRY
CHAPTER XI
JJARRY was awakened
by a
sharp knocking on his door.
the air was cool and clear. Vig- who sat in the shadows before his
orous pines, cedars and tamarack, tent. He spoke briefly in the sing-
■ rose like a vanguard. Jose pullee ong language of the Quiches. The
up at a mountain cascade of crys- old man pointed across the way.
fal clear water that sparkled in ~
the sunlight. He watered (he mule
first and then cupped his brown
hands to drink himself.
“Bueno” he grinned at Barry.
Barry found the water cold and i
dues he say?” Barry
What
1 asked.
“He says the chief and his coun-
cil arc sitting now in the large
tent over there.”
Barry took the letter from the
waterproof bag that Rcnaldo had
j0,,v given him and slid from his mule.
“We are ready, senor,” he said I said pointing, "is Santa Maria It Together the men walked to the
■ ‘ ’ ' chiefs tent. A young warrior
FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
2333 Lbs. Bananas, Golden Ripe Squash, while or yellow, Lb.- 7k
Strawberries, Pini Box------25c
Ehckeyed Peas, nice & lender 17c
Lemons, 360 Sunkisi, Dozen- 29c
Oranges, large Florida, Dozen 45c
In the half-light of early morning sweet,
he saw the towering figure of Jose. "That mountain ahead,’
quietly.
Barry
dressed quickly and,
strapping his automatic to his
thigh, came out of the estancia.
Jose was already astride his mule
and the two pack mules were
heavily loaded. Barry glanced
briefly toward the mam house and
then swung himself onto the mule, j bird dropped lifeless to the ground
He heard a door close and turned ! and with him Tecum, the Quiche
to sec Allison in pale yellow slacks thief, fell dead also. The Quiches
was near this spot that the Quiche, , . ..
tril>e fought the Spaniard. Alva- flK,m r<^ 10 entrance. Jose spoke
r:irin Thr>r<> wore nnlv a handful someJength. Finally he
of Spaniards against 12,000 In- j niU:'K ^ iLuIn-
dians. A giant quetzal, the most j V' sa^'s i^VuT,ies 1° not'
savage ot an the mountain birds, ! wh,,p T11Pn hnt Rpnaldo 18 thc,r
swooped down on Alvarado. He
put his lance through him. The
running toward him.
"You would slip away without
even saying goodby to a fellow,”
she said breathlessly.
"It was so early,’’ Barry said,
"I didn’t want to disturb you.”
Allison offered a small white
hand. “Good luck,” she said, her
eyes shining like misty flowers, i as*tcd'
Anzl if vnn'rn mrur hv tViie Ai"iu
lost the battle and many of them
were sold as slaves at public auc-
tion. They have never forgotten,
senor, and to this day they hate
the white race.” A look of fright
crossed Jose’s face as he spoke
the words.
“You are not. afraid?” Barry
And if you’re ever by this way “Going into Quiche country is
again, drop in and I’ll brew you always dangerous, especially with
' * * ” 1 a white stranger. You can look at
the old women but never look at
a pot of poison.”
"Lovely girl!” Barry smiled.
With that Jose shouted some- ! the young ones,” Jose warned. “It
thing in Indian and the mules is part, of the blood oath of the
started dow*n the jungle trail. I Chi#hicastenango. If they ever
Barry didn’t look back. If he had have anything to do with a white
he would have seen Allison walk man the sentence is death.”
slowly, thoughtfully, back to her “It is their mines that interest
estHncia and brush her hand mo,” Barry said firmly, "not their
lightly across her eyes where two j women.”
hot tears had suddenly sprung.
They had been moving along the
dark, soggy trail for about an hour
when the rain started down like
a solid wall. Rarry for a time
couldn’t oven see the outline of
Jose woo rode only a few feet
ahead of nim. The jungle was
still except for din of the rain
and ihe sucking noise a the mules
friend and he will speak to the
chief.”
Presently the Indian came out
and motioned them inside.
In the dusky light of the tent
Barry saw the dark ring of faces.
Jose spoke to the chief and then
took the letter from Barry’s hand.
The chief read it and nodded.
Jose spoke for a long time in
Quiche of all the things Barry had
told him. How the Americano del
Norte had gone to war with for-
eign devils to protect all men’s
freedom—they needed quicksilver
now and needed it. badly. They
would not molest this country or
its people. They would gladly
give them half of all they mined.
After he had finished speaking, the
chief taikod to his council. They
seemed excited and waved their
hands.
“What do . they say?” Barry
asked.
“They say Renaldo is their
friend but they do not know about
the white men from the north,”
'J'HE sun was bright as the men J Jose answered.
Stork shower was giwr
Mrs. Eilene Lewis at the
l of Mrs. P. Williamson
1 terdey afternoon. Mrs
Minear assisted as h"- o
Those present were
Mesdames T. W. Shane. B. B.
Power.'. Ned Hurst B b Kenned
J H. Dowel), O. L. Burton. L. E.
Courville, Roy Turner. Go, don
Pan is. W. L. Witt. J. M Wells,
Glen Wells, J. M. Wells, Jr., j
Sherman Cattre.ll, Ivan Balls. I
Jackie Minear, Roy Turner, Co |
ily Garrett, and M Dor th ' |
Williamson.
Sending gifts :.;,i n
ing the party were:
Mesdames Cleoru Marlin. G. D.
Davis, Jean Fat-is, W. B. Jamoi
sop. Joe Trailnr, Join Witt,
QLdy: William; a, R. 1. I:*.r! -■
Lorene Smith, (.’harles Menden-
hall, Zella Robertson, Ora Hol-
ton, and Misses Louise Glidn-
wall. Jane Bender, Lucille He:-
ring. Bernice Lindsey and Doro-
thy Mendenhall
Fresh Creamery
Pound
49
Marshmallow Cream, large jar
Macaroni or Spaghetti, 2 Ib. box
39c
15c
tten.
remounted their mules ami
started on up the winding trail but
the wind that swept, down from
volcanic peaks was cool. On the
narrow path they passed many
Quiche Indians dressed in the bril-
liant colors of their tribe. Their
lithe, strong bodies moved over
laboriously pulled their feet from the trail with incredible speed,
the heavy quagmire. A little after : They carried stout jumping sticks,
noon the rain ceased as abruptly
as It nad b. gun and the trail came
out of the jungle to a broad clear-
ing that rose gently toward the
mountains Jose held his mule
back until Barry was beside him.
“That is the end of the jungle,"
be said "We now start up to the
and swung themselves from rock
to rock with the : peed of deer.
The younger Indians paid no at-
tention to the white men but the
Finally the chief raised his
hands and beat them on the
ground before him uttering some
words.
“What is that?" Barry asked.
“He says the meeting is over, we
should stay as their friends tonight
and they will give us their answer
in the morning.”
One of the Indians It'd them to
a tent. Barry drew a blanket
around him and stretched out to
sleep. His head felt light, dizzy,
probably from the altitude. Jose
older ones looked at them darkly stood silently in a corner.
and sped on their way.
The orange rim of the sun was Barry asked him.
“Aren’t you going to sleep?”
“I will take my blanket and
silently slipping behind majestic
highlands. By sundown we should (mountain peaks as the weary cara- slrcp out under the sky,” he an-
reach the villagc-of-thc-market- ■ van came into the village-of-the- swered.
place. There wc will find the market-place. Long rows of Barry was asleep almost before
Quiche chief.” brightly colored tents, like strips ! the Mexican walked away.
Barrj- noddl'd. > of colored ribbon, were unfurled I VTo Be Continued)
Texas Weddings Too
Easy, Judge Asserts
HOUSTON, April 30 </[> li
too easy to get married r. Tex
If is ni l as easy to get a di
voice in this stage at it app<\.r
The oiler the engagemen
the shorter the marriage.
Av. TP.e jigt i t i < ison: rk n ,
iiiv ree. wile, 30' j years: hu -
band. 35
Ch idh s ei aides predominat
in the divorce courts.
rites, art' one of the findu
o| District Judge Kenneth McCal
!"• bn si -ii an analytical !.u
of 1,000 divi i c rases heard
his court.
"I am convinced that it is too
< a.-y to get monied in Texas,’
the judge said when making h:
findings nublit ' Right now it
even worse than usual with o
many soldiers entering wedlot t.
Many of them arc simply m;>
i iages ot conveniences.”
H • figures show that in 42 pc
cet'i diverges granted in ins
court the couple hud known caid
'tf • ■ le th n six months an
" M n r i nl the Hcquai'ltutKc
hud been k than a ve-ir.
pr> ximtaely one third .*f the be
trothais are of less than a monl
dural n well more than one
hall ait vi lets than six months.
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Burn Almond Cakes_______________88c
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Honey Orange Pecan Bars, 3 for_______10c
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Maple Nui Clusters_________________20c
for___________________10c
Drowmss,
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109
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27*
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Lunch Meat, assorted, lb.----------29c
I inkney's Pure Lard, 2 lbs.------------33c
"leaks, Zhb aud Loins, lb.---------41c
Rossi, center chuck, lb---------------33c
c viss S eak, Ib. -----------------37c
Pork Chens, center cut, lb.----------41c
Bacon Squares, \h. ----------------25c
Salt Pork, nice and lean, Ib._________25c
Country Sausage, lb._______________25c
Brisket Stew, Ib.___________________15c
Sweet Pickled Hams, half or whole, lb _ 37c
Salt Pork Jowls lb,________________17c
Baby Beef Liver, lb._______________31c
Fresh Fish, White Trout, lb____________19c
Milk Fed Fryers, Dressed or Live
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