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Timpson Weekly Times
VOLUME 55
TIMPSON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1940
NO. It
UTf MEMBERS
TIMPSON PUBLIC
SHOES BE-E1E6TED
nan night
The board of trustees of the
Timpson Independent Sehool
District met Tuesday night at
which time the following
teachers were re-elected for
the term of 1940-41:
High school:
D. P. Billingsley, principal.
Z. B. Crump.
R. B. Parsons.
Joe Langston.
Mrs. J. R. Nichols.
Miss Mary Beth Malone.
Miss Mable Martin.
S. R. Permenter.
Miss Johnnie Lou Weather-
ly.
Miss Tom Ed Stalling.
Miss Bernice Da-vis.
Superintendent G. D. Pruitt
and Robert Gillespie were pre-
viously elected.
Elementary:
Miss Mattie Mae KcMinn.
Miss Tosaie Needham.
Miss Joyce Ballard.
Mrs. Mack Taylor.
Miss Mildred HaU.
Miss Cletice Brown. >
Miss Irene Riddlesperger.
Miss Bessie Mae McNair
will be added to the faculty as
a result of the contract with
Oak Grove sehool.
S. R. Permenter and Miss
Johnnie Lou Weatherly were
elected for two years, in view
of the fact that their program;
do not close with the school
year. i
Colored high school:.
J. A. Alexander, principal
Ester Alexander.
Fred Lockett.
Marvin Robinson.
Lilly Parker.
Elementary:
Addie Clayton.
Picksey Corley
Louise Powell.
Gladys King.
COUNT! MON
ELECTS SUITE
DELEGATES
The Shelby county Demo-
cratic convention in session at
Center Tuesday afternoon
adopted a resolution instruct-
ing delegates from this county
tp vote as unit favoring John
N. Garner for President at the
State convention which meets
in Waco May 28th.
The following were elected
delegates to the State conven-
tion : E. J. McLeroy, Sr., E. J.
McLeroy, Jr., C. E. Avery, W.
1 Davis, J. W. Shotwell, Dud-
ley Davis, Howard Motley, H.
C. Parker, Dave McNeill, Jr.,
Lem Davis, Ben Holliday, Mrs.
Dannie W. Langhome, J. E.
Blankenship, Mia. Stroud Kel-
ley, Mrs. F. T. Cooke, W. F.
Corry, Rev. Chester Steele,
Joe Lafitte.
Mr*. Hawthorn Will
Present Pupils m
Recital May 14
Mrs. B. J. Hawthorn will
present her pupils in recital at
the high school auditorium
Tuesday night May 14th. The
SENITOO BILL Mil
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Milwaukee’s New Mayor At Home
(Henderson News)
State Senator Joe L. Hill of
Henderson, said Saturday
night that he would definitely
decide within a week whether
or not he will be a candidate
for the state railroad commis-
sion.
Senator Hill's name appear-
ed Saturday for the rail com-
missioner’s post on a.postcard
poll being taken tty the Tex-
as State Radio network. He
was listed with several other
candidates for the position.
“I am not yet a candidate
for the office of railroad com-
mission," Hill told the Hender-
son Daily News. “But, I shall
decide ‘yes’ or ’no’ on whether
I shall run during the next
week.”
Hill admitted he is consider-
ing the campaign and said
that friends had urged him to
make the race. He said he
had had solicitation from all
sections of Texas.
The Henderson solon since
his election to the State Senate
has been very active in state
oil hearings as a champion of
independent operators.
A bitter and outspoken
critic of Governor W. Lee O’-
Daniel, whom he supported in
the 1938 election. Hill has
been threatening to make a
state race for several moirt’ ,.
He: was considered a possible
candidate for governor during
the past session of the legisla-
ture and was mentioned many
times by state political writers
as a possible O'Daniel foe in
the forthcoming campaign.
Statements from Senator Hill
concerning oil matters are re-
garded as authentic in Austin
and are weighed heavily at
hearings in which he has been
interested since he went to the
Senate over five years ago. He
has been an “oil watchdog”
for the E-Texas field area,
which he serves, and never
misses a commission session in
which the East Texas field is
involved.
MILWAUKEE, WIk. . . . Cul T. Z*ldler (c*nt«r), tt-janiU Barer,
who rest* 119 at horn* after h!« notable victory in the recent mayoralty
conusat over Daniel W. Hoan, Socialist incumbent for trentyfemr
years. The mayor-elect scored heavily with his good baritone vrfee
tiering the campaign when he sang at hundreds of meetings.
SENIOR Plil ill
; FARMERS ANSWER
AAA QUESTIONNAIRE
HF PBFSFNTFD ' Collet Station, Texas.
DL ilUullLU What changes do you think
HflR NIGHT
■■■■"■ ■ | Farmers all over Texas and
Plans for the senior play to' the rest of the United States
be presented at the high are being asked that question
school auditorium Friday; in community meetings as the
night, are moving along nicely,! AAA makes ready to draft the
and indications point to a pack- j rales and regulations for the
ed house when the young peo- j 1311 program,
pie present their evening's pro-; Questionnaires sent from
gram. The play is a three-act [ ,he College Station state
comedy, “Girl Shy,” and the j headquarters of the AAA pro
cast has been busy for the past ‘ gram to the counties are being
three weeks with regular re-> ailed out at meetings of farm-
hearsals. j era. From the suggestions re-
The play, directed by Miss ceived in these meetings, each
Mary Beth Malone and Mr. Joe county committee will prepare
Langston, Mr. Billy Parsons
and Miss Tom Ed Stallings,
will have an admission charge'
its recommendations for sub-
mission, to the state committee,
composed of 12 Texas fanners
of 15c and 25c, with a small i and ranchmen. From a tabu-
charge-. of 10c for reserved Nation of all the-county recopi
seats:
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An Invitation to
Music Lover*
The Zend Avesta Club in-
vites all lovers of good music
to help them observe music
week and enjoy their program
and social hour on Saturday
at 3 p. m., at the Baptist
church.
Music Committee.
Social Security Board
Representative Hare
On Afternoon May 14
Julian C. Covington, acting
manager of the Lufkin Social
Security Board field office, will
be in Timpson at 4 p. m., Tues-
day, May 14, 1940, and will be
available at the post office.
The main purpose of the vis-
it, according to Mr. Covington,
is to assist claimants for old-
age and survivors insurance in
preparing their claims and to
contact employers in connec-
tion with completing certain
wage records on whieh inform-
ation is now lacking.
Mr. Covington stated that he
would be glad to furnish in-
formation to anyone interested
about the monthly insurance
payments provided for retired
wage earners over 65, their
dependents, arid dependents of
deceased wage earners, in the
amended Social Security Act.
He will also be glad to discuss !
the old-age and survivors in-;
surance provisions of the law j
with any employers who wish ■
information about their re-;
program begins at 8 o’clock j sponsibilities under these pro-
and a cordial invitation is ex- j visions.
tended the public. j -
—---- I Texas-made oil tools and
In the Texas Panhandle, 97 equipment are shipped to ev-
per cent of all producing wells ery oil-producing country in
■ are pumpers. — the world.
Work Started on extension
to Tomato Shed
Workmen have started con-
struction of 27x60-foot exten-
sion to the present 27x40-foot
packing shed located west of
tha depot here. The improve-
ment is being made in antici-
pation of increased tomato
shipments. W. W. Jackson
and J. L. Crawford are con-
structing the shed.
America’s 7,000,000 farm
families, constituting 25 per
cent of the population, are
educating 31 per cent of the
children of school age but re-
ceive only 11 per cent of the
national income. >
mendations the committee
will prepare its report to the
national conference of state
committeemen to be held in
Washington July 10, 11 and
12.
The questions asked are
limited to ehanges which
could be made without the ne-
cessity of additional legisla-
tion, George Slaughter, chair-
man of the state committee,
painted out. The action the
national conference takes will
depend largely upon the rec-
ommendations from the coun-
ties.
“It -sill be rather unusual if
all the recommendations from
any community or county are
adopted in fnll,” Slaughter
continued, “for it is usually
true that the recommendations
from one area are made with
the problems of that area in
mind and they may often con-
flict with suggestions of some
other area. AU.suggestions
must necessarily be considered
in the light of budget limita-
tions as well as present legis-
lation.
Dry holes and plugged oil
wells in Texas last year total-
ed 2,846.
It’s Spring in Philadelphia
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PHILADELPHIA. Pa----A quartet of 6aaoer» makes a pretty pietare
as they vent through their-rovtiiie on the broad steps of the Phila-
delphia Museum of Ait.
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Indications point to a large
attendance Saturday when a
two-hours’ program will be
presented at the Palace Thea-
tre in this city, beginning at
10 o’clock. First on the pro-
gram will be talks by County
Agent J. O. Moosberg and S.
R. Permenter, who will discus
and explain the proposed soil
conservation district law
which will be voted upon in
this district May 25th.
Z. B. Crump, adjutant of
the American Legion post of
this city, has charge of the
program, and states that the
entire time will be of interest
and pleasure to those attend-
ing.
From 10 :S0 to 11 a. m., a
free motion picture, “The Le-
gion Marches Again,” a color
film of the 1939 American Le-
gion convention will be shown.
From 11 to 12 another free
picture will be presented, title
of the production being “Joel
Gentry Goes to Hollywood.’
The program is free to all,
and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
School Declares War
On Foreign Propaganda
Binghampton, N. Y. (UP).
—School Superintendent Dan-
iel J. Kelly. has enlisted the
aid of school principals in.. s
drive against foreign propa-
ganda disguised as newslet-
ters- ^ ; _ . •
Kelley instructed principals,
particularly high school heads,
to seize “any foreign communi-
cations” and send them to him.
'“OH” BEGIN NRtSIIIN
OF LEM?
Nacogdoches, May 7. (UP)
—Louisiana is going to be in-
vaded tomorrow.
Twenty-four thousand
troops, members of Maj. Gen.
Walter Krueger’s Bed Army,
were massed in the pine
woods of East Texas today,
ready to dash across the Sa-
bine River.
Waiting for them in Louis-
iana was the Blue Army led by
Maj. Gen. Walter P. Short.
The “war” is only make-
believe, but it won’t be any
fun for the 79,000 soldiers
who eventually will be involv-
ed, with new troops going in-
to action every day aa the bat-
tle program is expanded.
The invading troops trying
to take Louisiana will have to
swim rivers to reach their ob-
jective. They will wade
through miles of underbrush
and slosh through countless
sloughs. For days they will
work and sleep in the insect-
infested woods. At least they
will work. Whether they get
any sleep far a question, be-
cause wars don’t go on sched-
ule, and this ■ make-believe
war is no exception.
The soldiers had a slight
rest yesterday, but last night
they were set to work and they
won’t get to rest again until
their commanding officers give
the word.
Umpires who watch the
games .. will evaluate evgry
move by every contingent The
“war” may be won or lost in
an hour, and the officers have
to take that into account in di-
recting their men.
Canadian Amaze British
London. (UP)—Why Cana-
dian soldiers prefer “cokes"
and other soft drinks of Amer-
ican origin to a “nice hot cup
o’ tea” is something that W.
Shove, manager of the new
Canadian Legion Club, just
can’t understand. “I once saw
a man drink two straight off,”
he said in amazement
Auto Wheal Crashes 2d Story
Chieope, Mass. (UP)—A
second floor room of a Chico-
pee house was damaged in an
automobile accident. An au-
tomobile wheel became de-
tached from the machine, cata-
pulted across the street, struck
a curbing snd then bounced
through the second story win-
dow of a house owned by Della
Ladue.
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
A friend said the other day:
I'Pick out 20 young men, and
not more than five of them are
making an effort to save mon-
__ M
ejr.
Not a very encouraging
prospect If true. At that rate
the poorhouae of the future
will have to be built six stories
high with folding beds in ev-
ery room. It pays to open an
account at our Bank and then
add to it That will help form
a saving habit that may plant
your feet on the road to suc-
cess. Try it
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS
! The Cotton Belt State Bank
I TIMPSON, TEXAS
Deposits in this bank are Insured by The Federal Deposit
Inanranee' Corporation of Washington, D. C., each
account insured up to 35,000.00.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, May 10, 1940, newspaper, May 10, 1940; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth811900/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.