Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944 Page: 5 of 8
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m scorn CAMPORE
IN TIMPSON, MAY
fflOCBN MUHGEB
Everything is in readiness
for the Boy Scout Camporee of
Shelby county district. East
Texas Area Council, Boy
Scouts of America, in Timp-
son, May 25-26. Local lead-
ers have been busy planning
for the event, and concluding
plans were discussed at the
Scout meeting in Timpaon
Monday night.
The program:
Thursday, May 25
4:00 p. m. Troops and pa-
trols register with Camporee
Chief. Set up camp.
5:30. Begin supper; prepa-
ration by patrols.
7. Supper. ~
8:30. Council Are. Be pre-
pared for stunt.
9:45. Taps.
Friday, May 26
6:30 a. m. First call.
7:00. Keveille and Color
ceremony.
7:30. Breakfast. (Inspection
of cooking.)
7:30 to 9:0C. Clean up. Po-
licing camp.
9:00 to 11:00. Patrol proj-
ects, gadgets, etc. Inspection
of camp and personal equip-
ment.
11:00 a. m. to 1:00 p. m.
Dinner. Cook by patrols.
Clean up.
1:00 to 6:00. Adventure
Trail.
6:15. Retreat.
7:00. Supper. Down with
tents. Pack op.
8:00. Camp fire and closing.
Announce awards.
Of the two scout troops in
Center, it is estimated that ap-
proximately ' 50 boys may be
expected to attend, we under-
stand. Jeff Fountain and'Roy
Wooley are scoutmasters of
the Center scouts.
Arnold Hooper: scoutmaster,
will head the Joaquin troop;
15 boys are expected to at-
tend.
The Timpscn troop is .under
the leadership of Scoutmaster
Mack Taylor and Assistant
Scoutmaster Tracey Hayes.
COTTON SEED—Have good
supply Stoneville No. 2 Pure
Cotton Seed for sale. Rufus
Barber, Rt. 1, Timpson. . w2p
Sgt. Harold (Pete) Smith
Arrives Overseas
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith,
Jr., are in receipt of communi-
cation from their son, Sgt.
Harold L. Smith, stating that
he is feeling fine and is now in
England. Sgt. Smith entered
tbe armed service on March
26, 1943, and spent his entire
period of training at Camp
Hood, Texas.
MOTHER’S DAY GIFTS
Nice assortment of appro-
priate gifts.
• • •
COLD PACK. CAN NEKS
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Fmlt Jars, Fruit Jar Lids,
Fruit Jar Rubbers
• • •
UNOLEUM RUGS
♦ • *
OIL STOVES
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ENAMELWARE
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Sprays for any kind of insects
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TIRES
For Trucks and Passenger
Cm
WCDD Auto
WfiDD supply
TIMPSON
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TANK Of EAST TEXAS
SWINE INTO ACTION TO
SALVAGE DAMAGED TIM
College Station.—Farmers in
six east Texas counties have
swung into action to make
their storm-damaged timber
speed victory. Lumber is a
prime wartime necessity and
pulpwood a vast reservoir of
high explosives which sink en-
emy warships and blow the
daylights out of Japs and Ger-
mans. But the job is a race
against time. Unless the sal-
vage is done rapidly, insects
and decay will make the tim-
ber worthless for commercial
uses.
Last January farm and oth-
er small tracts of pine, total-
ing about 115,000 acres cen-
tering around Nacogdoches,
suffered extensive damage
from an unusually destructive
ice storm. This represented
about one-third of the whole
area of injury, which also in-
cluded portions of national
forests and industrial lands.
The damage on the small
tracts has been estimated at
the equivalent of 300,000
cords suitable for pulpwood
and ten to twenty million feet
of saw lumber. This amount
of prostrate, leaning and
broken trees, largely six to 12
inches in diameter, is valued
at from $250,000 to more than
$1,000,000, depending upon
the method of salvage and the
kind of products made.
Upon the appeal of a com-
mittee of owners of forest land
in Angelina, Nacogdoches, Pa-
nola,. San Augustine, Sabine
and Shelby counties the U. S.
Department of Agriculture set
up a Federally-sponsored salv-
age program oyer the whole
area of damage.
Meanwhile, the' pulpwood
branch of the War Production
Board sent Frederick J. Shul-
ley, a former Extension forest-
er in Arkansas, to make sur-
vey. The situation, especial-
ly as related to labor, suggest-
ed an opportunity for county-
agricultural agents to take the
leadership in promoting salv-
age work on farmer-owned
woodland.
Employing the Extension
Service fundamental — the
method demonstration—coun-
ty agricultural agents organ-
ized these demonstration in
the six counties to teach effi-
cient means of salvage
John Moosburg, Shelby
County agent, found a good
demonstrator on Dwight
Campbell, who with his broth-
er owns 50 acres of damaged
timber, capable of producing
about 3,000 cords of pulp-
wood.
Wheeler Caver of Nacogdo-
ches County, who saw the pos-
sibilities of salvaging his in-
jured timber as early as Feb-
ruary, showed himself an ex-
emplary demonstrator. With
the aid of a Negro and work-
ing as a one man unit with
axes and bow saw, he cut 96
cords" of pulpwood on 40
acres and sold it for $408. Do-
ing this early, he is well up
with his.farm work and is hir-
ing out to his neighbors as his
farm work permits. His record
is two cords daily, working
alone.
A human interest note is in-
jecte.d through the example of
Latr.or Ponder, 15, member of
the Chumley boys’ 4-H Club of
San Augustine County. His fa-
ther, Curtis Ponder, turned
over to him the salvaging of
the pulpwood on the eight
acres of forest on the Ponder
farm, while he cut ties. Aided
by two brothers and two
neighboring boys working on
a labor exchange arrange-
rer.‘. Lamar had cut and sold
12 cords through March. He
believes another 24 cords can
be gathered, which would
bing him a total income of
$144. In addition be cut 26
ties.
Checking the records of 17
demonstrators during three
weeks spent in the six coun-
ties, Mr. Shulley shows that
their potential salvage is
about 4,450 cords of pulpwood
with a market value of $6,-
410. Some of these demon-
strators may expand their op-
erations. W. A. Norsworthv
of Sabine County, for example
may use his trucks to haul for
neighbors, or become a con-
tractor. J, M. Collins of San
Augustine bought a low-slug
wagon and with' one helper
cut and hauled 26 cords to the
railroad which bought him a
check for $212.
According to Texas Farm
Forester Simmons, cutting has
progressed faster than haai-
ing, notwithstanding that not
more than two percent of the
damaged timber on all small
holdings has been salvaged.
Rains and wet ground ave been
serious problems to truck haul-
ing.
From Tuesday’s Daily
Mrs. A. M. Neel went to Luf-
kin this morning for a visit
with her sister, Mrs. C. C.
Murray; also to visit her ne-
phew, C. C. Murray, Jr., who
is at home from a U. S. train-
ing camp for a visit.
Adam Dewe) Murray writes
his father, Tom A. Murray,
from Australia that he is line
and to tell all his friends hello
for him. The young man says
he plays baseball at odd times,
a pleasant diversion for the
men in service.
Mr. and Mrs. Holly Chap-
man of Welasco arrived in
Timpson Monday to be here
during the potato and tomato
marketing season. Mr. Chap-
man will be associated with the
M. £ M. again this season and
is encouraged over the outlook
for a good-sized tomato crop
in this vicinity. He states that
he had a successful marketing
season again this year at We-
lascc.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Mur-
ray and children, Maurine
and Dennis, and Mr. and Mrs.
Tom A. Murray spent Mother’s
Day in the Rose Hill commu-
nity,, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Leonard Powers and chil-
dren. ,
L. R. James, manager of the
Lufkin Social Security office,
was a Timpson visitor today.
The Lufkin office serves twelve
counties in East Texas, includ-
ing Shelby county.
Groceries, feed and field
and garden seed.
MIKE BYRN.
Twins Arrive at Home of
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Powers
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Pow-
ers of the Tennessee commu-
nity, are the happy parents of
twins—a boy and a girl—bom
last Sunday night. Mother and
little or.es are doing nicely.
Shelby Motor Company
Offices Rearranged
Offices of the Shelby Motor
Company have recently been
neatly rearranged and present
an attractive appearance. Sup-
ply shelving and parts bins
heretofore in salesroom have
been removed and are now lo-
cated in another section of
the building. The change gives
added space and light in sales-
room:
Sign In Pacific
Advanced U. S. Base, Cen-
tral Pacific. (UP)—The Ma-
son-Dixon Line has been ex-
tended into the Pacific, judg-
ing from the following sign in
front of one tent at this base:
“The Southern Gents—and
Three Damn Yankees.”
Shelbyville Will Bo Host to
Singing Convention No. 1
According to announcement
by Furman Hayes, everything
is in readiness for the Shelby
County Singing Convention
No. 1, at Shelbyville High
School building. Sundry morn-
ing, May 21st, beginning at 10
o'clock. "We are expecting
this to be a good convention,
as we have the promise of sev-
eral good singers and quartets,
including one of tbe Stamps-
Baxter quartets of Dallas, Car-
roll Campbell and singers of
Houston, E. A. Hubbier of Con-
verse, La., J. C. Johnston of
Oakgrove, La., M. C. Chapman
and others of Mansfield, La.,
together with all the Shelby
county and adjoining coun-
ties,” Mr. Hayes states.
Public dinner will not be
served, so all are requested to
bring lunch. The Parent-
Teacher Association of Shel-
byville will serve eats for all
that do not desire to carry
lunch.
There will be a singing at
McClelland Sunday night. May
21st. Furman Hayes.
Commissioners’ Court
Convened Monday
Tbe regular session of Shel-
by county commissioners’
court convened Monday. W. C.
Crump, of Timpson, Commis-
sioner precinct 4, attended the
session. Other members of
the court include: H. F. Camp-
bell, precinct 1; Coleman Ja-
cobs, ■ precinct 2; B. H. Fer-
menter, precinct 3; County
Judge Dudley Davis, presid-
ing.
TEXAN HELPS F1NG SUB
FOR REAL QUININE
Cambridge, Mass. (UP)—
Nearly a century’s search for
a chemical method of dupli-
cating quinine has finally met
with success, it- was disclosed
today with announcement that
two young Cambridge scien-
tists have found a synthetic
material identical to natural
quinine after 14 months’ re-
search.
Although it was uncertain
whether the synthetic anti-ma-
larial dug can be produced
immediately ou a large scale,
military sources were hopeful
that it will replace the vast
quinine-bearing cinchona tree
plantations in the Japanese-
heid Netherlands East Indies
—once the world’s chief
sources of supply.
Discoverers of the synthetic
drug were two 26-year-old
scientists, Dr. William Von Eg-
gers Doering, a native of Fort
Worth, Tex., and a Harvard
graduate, and Dr. Robert
Burns Woodward, of Qnincy,
a graduate of the Uassachu-
seits^ Institute of Technology.
GOMMENGEMOfT
EXERCISES COLORED
5TEH WMR GIN
MIS SATELLITES
Washington May 12. (UP)
—The United States, Great
Britain and Soviet Russia to-
day promised the Axis satei-
lies less rigorous peace terms
than "unconditional surren-
der” if they get out of the
war now.
At the same time, however,
the Allies delivered a virtual
ultimatum to Hungary, Ro-
o. s. subs m
14 MIME JAP SHIPS
Washington, May 12. (UP*
—American submarines haue
sunk 14 more Japanese ships,
including a destroyer and two
tankers, in their heroic battle
of attrition against tbe ene-
my’s embattled supply lines,
the navy disclosed today.
The successes raised to 558
tbe number of Jap ships sunk:
by CT. S. submarines alone
since Pearl Harbor, and to at
mania, Bulgaria and Finland . , ,
threatening “disastrous conse- Jea8t ^ t
quences” if they continue aid-
ing the Axis war machine.
The warning was a tri-par-
tite declaration by the "Big
Three” nations. It followed
separate warnings which the
United States, Great Britain
and Soviet Russia have been
issuing to the -satellites for
many months.
The substance of the decla-
ration was that:'
A crushing Nazi defeat is
inevitable but the satellites are
contributing materially to the
German war machine.
The satellites still have time
—a short time—to help hasten
the war’s end, diminish their
own sacrifices and contribute
to Allied victory by getting
out of the war now.
ponese vessels destroyed by-
American forces in the Pacific
war thus far. ‘The overall to-
tal does not include an esti-
mated 1,300 barges and scores
of lesser vessels.
Besides the destroyer and
two tankers, the latest catch
included one transport, two
medium cargo transports and
eight cargo ships. It was oat
indicated whether the trans-
port was carrying troops.
All the vessels listed as sunk-
in the navy communique were
of a type sorely needed by the
Japanese' to maintain their
far-flung Pacific outposts. So
severe has been the rate of at-
trition inflicted upon the Japa-
nese that for nearly a year
they have been compelled to
; rely upon barges for transport-
: mg troops and supplies.
Horse collars, collar pw1 ■ ___
sscovel bees, garden rakes. j Nice stock of groceries
W. F- CORRY. : stAp]- fancy. We w>
yottr business. MIKE BYRN-
Miss Dorothy Gebauer, Uni-
versity of Texas dean of wom-
en, is getting facts first-hand
on the status, duties and prob-
lems of women in war indus-
try. She is spending the --
month of May at Hughes Tori The largest artificial lake hi
Company plant m Houston,Tl' the world is Lake ■’Mead -aft:
the company's invitation. Boulder Dam.
The Great Lakes are con-
sidered the most important in-
land transportation system in
the world.
-Fit meet yea at the plant in an hear.”
' VO. pick up Smitty and If alter on the may
out. Thafll save just that much gas.”
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Says the O. P, A. in a special report ~wi
Civilian gasoline supply:
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Commencement exercises of
Timpson Colored School were
held Monday night.
Class roll has been announc-
ed as follows: Johnnie Raye
Alexander, Dorothy Ray Bus-
sey, Juanita Caraway, Thelma
Caraway, J. Howard Caraway,
Ollie D. Earl, Mildred Eaden,
Ledel Hooper, Willie Glenn
King, Alphonso Montgomery,
Mable H. Montgomery, Der-
velle Morris, Ollie Faye Mos
ley, Margie Ree Richard, Nora j
Lee Richard, Patna Mae Rob-,
erts, Maurine Senders.
Honor students: 1st honor,
Alphonso Montgomery; 2nd
honor. Johnnie Raye Alexan-
der.
John Alexander is princi-
t'ol of Colored High
School. 1
Gasoline available to civilians is naming tame
500,000 bands short >f the daily pre-war supply
gg military needs take ever-iaeteaang amounts and
production is urgent!, pressed.
Gasoline Powers the Attack
. . , Don’t Waste a Drop.
OIL & 3EFINING COMPANY
Sontmg year esseitfieJ tear tiles needs to4mr to
kalian yes metering pltastrts of tomorrow.
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Molloy, T. J. Timpson Weekly Times (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944, newspaper, May 19, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth812929/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.