The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942 Page: 1 of 4
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0LD8ERIES VOL. 4H
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DETROIT. TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 1. 1942.
NEW SERIES VOL. 15 -Nb. 6
A-V-A-L-O-N
ClfirUBvilltj, Texn
SATURDAY. MAY 9
TIM HOLT in
‘Come on Dander’
PREVIEW SAT. NITE 10 30
SUN. & MON. MAY 10-11
Dorothy Lamour & William Holden
iD “The Fleets In’’
TUES & WED. MAY 12-13
“SKYLARK" Wlth
Claudette Colbert & Ray Milland
THURS. & FRI. MAY 14-15
John Garfield, Nancy Coleman
and Raymond Massey in
Dangerously They Live
Lions Club Sponsor
the Sunshine Boys
Deputy Culpepper j USO Drive Opens
Reports Favorable | Sunday in R. R. Co.
Detroit, May 23 j for Detroit Schools
j The Lions Club at Detroit are | S. B. Culpeppsr, Jr., Deputy
, sponsoring a program to be given State Superintendent of District
by Bob and |oe Shelton’s Sun No. 7, who made an ofhcal visit
! shine Boys at the Detro t High to the Detroit school April 9. made
• School gym Saturday night. May i a verY complimentary report on
23 jour school to the State Depart
The Sunshine Boys are Radio ment
artists and are now being heard (tended the enlargement of the
over KWKH at Shreveport at,8u'^ance servtee for pupils and
7:30 a. m. They have given per- thc building of some new walks.
Red River County starts its
drive Sunday,May 17th, at Clarks'
ville with a gigantic patriotic rally
at 4 p. m.
In preparation for this county
wide drive Ross Hughston and F.
L Wolf of Clarksville met with a
number of Detroit citizens at the
of Education. He recom-, ffym this morning to explain the
FfAClab Nets $19
Profit on 2
i
The F. F. A. Club of Detroit
High School, sponsored by P. T-
Harvey, vocational teacher, sold
two hogs that weighed 200 pound*
each last Thursday to W. S. Ram-
sey for 14c a pound, bringing the
; formances at Detroit before, the
last time being last fall, when they
I were sponsored by the I iomzmak-
ing class of the Detroit High
School
Capture Wife Slayer
in Arkansas
Mrs. Wilton Clouse, 34, who i
was stabbed by her husband at the
home of a relative in Johntown,
last Tuesday, died last Wednesday
night in the Grant Hospital at
Deport.
Wilton Clouse, who fled from
Johntown, directly following the
tragedy, was captured at 2 a. m.
Monday at the home of a relative
Murfreesboro, Ark., by Deputies
Curtis Lemons and Jim Francis
and Arkansas authorities. He was
brought to Clarksville and placed
in jail to await the action of the
grand jury, which has been called
to meet Friday morning.
Paris Junk Yard
Closed by Gov.
Last Friday U. S Marshall S. C.
Stiles served papers on Ed Lan-
ders, junk yard dealer of Paris,
forcing him to sell his scrap metal.
The order was secured by the War
Production Board, who claimed
Landers had consistently refused
to sell his scrap metal at what they
considered a fair price. The pa-
pers were served at 1:30 p. m. and
the employees of Friedman Iron
and Metal Co. began moving the
metal immediately.
$400 in Property
Stolen at PJC
Tools, tires and other property,
total value of which was estimated
at $400, were stolen from the Paris
Junior College campus some time
Friday night, Paris police were in-
formed Saturday morning
Practically all of the hand tools,
including wrenches, pliers, ham-
mers, saws and similar equipment,
were stolen from the PJC work-
shop, while the thieves also stole
five batteries from the shop, five
automobile tires from the car of
Charles Eade9, PIC instructor,
School Services
Rev. Carroll B. Ray, pastor of
the First Baptist Church at Clarks-
ville preached the Baccalaureate
Sermon, the first service of com-
mertcement program of the Detroit
school, at the High School audito-
rium Sunday night. The theme
of his message was character build-
ing and was well received. Dr. W.
N. Mullins opened the service
with the invocation. Miss Charlcie
Barr sang, ‘Have Faith in God."
Miss |oyce Letcher played the
processional and recessional. Mem-
bers of the Junior Class acted as
ushers.
The graduating exercises for the
Elementary School will be held at
the H’gh School auditorium Fri-
day morning at 9:30 o’clock, with
Superintendent Leslie T. Griffin,
Sr., as principal speaker.
S. B. Culpepper Jr., Deputy
State Superintendent, will deliver
the address to the Senior Class at
the High School auditorium Fri-
and one tire from another car.
The Police Depattment was con-1 £*ay n‘8ht.
tinuing its investigation Saturday)
night. PJC President |. R. Me- Methodist Church Appointment
Lemore estimated the total value
of the stolen property at about
$400 Tans News
11 a
Southern I e Station Opens
The Southern l.c Station open
ed this week with G D Osburn of
Paris, local manager. Mr. Osburn ar,J 7 p. m
wi|l move his family here soon. I Rev. A. L. Roberts, pastor
First Sunday —Fulbright,
m; Cross Roads. 7 pm.
Second Sunday Detroit i‘ a m
and 7 p m. Liberty, 3 p m.
Third Sunday Bagwell 11 a. n ,
and 7 p. m.
Fourth Sunday Detroit 11 a m.
What Are Your
Requirements?
\Vhal«‘\ei the requirement
are railed u|h»ii to serve we are
to meet them. Our complete service
you emiM desire.
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the eomplete priees shown in
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room are ver\
SF.R\ ICES that will meet the needs of all.
Reynolds Funeral Hom^
Ambulance Service Phone 32-J
The text of the report is:
1. Philosophy of the School
a. The philosophy of this school
is well defined and leads to the ob-
jective of maintaining a child-cen-
tered school dedicated to the up-
building of the whole child.
2. Educational Program
a The cuirrculum is well bal-
anced.
b. The courses of study are well
balanced.
c. The pupil activity program
is adequate and very satisfactory.
d. Library service in the ele-
mentary school and in the high
school is very satisfactory. Many
new books have been added to
each library this year. This com-
mendable policy of enriching the
libraries each year should be con-
tinued.
e. Guidance service for pupils of
this school is carried on largely by
the superintendent, principals and
teacher. This progrem should be
expanded and enlarged as firf&nce
permits.
f. A review of high school ex-
hibits, and visits to high school
classes revealed that classroom in-
struction in the high school is of
very high quality. The supervisor
found evidences in each of the ele-
mentary classrooms of very high
quality classroom instruction.
Some very fine motivating and
stimulating devices are employed
by elementary teachers.
>g. Success of high school grad-
uates in college careers, in business,
trades, professions, and in the
services of the armed forces of the
United States, indicate that out-
comes of the educational program
have been, in the great majority of
cases, very satisfactory.
3. The School Staff
a. Assignments, salaries, quali-
fications, and teacher-pupij load of
teachers in this system meet es
tablished standards, and are very
satisfactory
b. The principal of the elemen-
tary school has his unit well organ-
ized and operating smoothly.
^ c The principal of the high
school has his unit well organized
and operating efficiently.
d. In the opinion of the super-
visor the teachers in this system
are efficient, conscientious, and co-
operative. They are doing good
work.
4. The School Plant
a. The school plant is adequate
and modern; however, some side-
walks are needed
b. School equipment is well
maintained and is adequate.
c. All school property is espe-
cially well cared tqr and well main-
tained. The superintendent and
principls. and teachers and pupils
are to be commended for this most
excellent care of school property.
5. School Administration
a. All school records are kept
up to-dale and are properly tiled
b The superintendent and school I
board are to be commended upon'
their most efficient management ofl
school finances, during the past
three years, around $10,000 in-
debtedness has been rep'red and
the school program has ncH been
in lured
c. The supervisor’s opinion is
that the superintendent is an effi-
cient school administrator. He
has dune a good job in thc admin-
istration! of this system.
purpose of this worthy task and to
organize the citizens of Detroit for
this undertaking.
Mrs. Boyce Campbell was elect-
ed general chairman for Detroit
and Richard Morgan as publicity
chairman. The co-worker appoint-
ments are as follows, with the first
name in each as chairman:
Lions Club — Claud Councill.
Donald Kerr, George Sharpe.
W. H. D. Club-Mrs. Donald
Kerr, Mrs. Henry Sharp, Mrs. C.
G Venable.
Woman’s Culture Club—Mrs.
Richard Morgan, Mrs. Leslie Grif-
fin, Mrs. Hamil Womack.
Methodist Church—Mrs. Boyce
Campbell, Mrs. C. V. Howland,
Mrs. O. I. Morris.
Christian Church—Mrs. W. S.
Ramsey, Mrs. J. L. Lawson, Mrs.
M. C. Melton.
Baptist Church— Mrs. E. B.
Lyle, Mrs. Frank Norris, Mrs. S.
J. Phillips.
Presbyterian Church—Mrs. T.
P. Guest, Mrs. Van H. Morgan,
Mrs, J. S. Kerbow.
Bridge Club—Mrs. Clifford Au-
brey, Mrs. W. T* Norris, Mrs.
George Reynolds.
D. J. Craig, principal of the col-
ored school, to represent the col-
ored people.
All persons listed are asked to
1536 Register for
Sugar at Detroit
When the teachers and helpers
closed the places of registration
Wednesday afternoon a total of
1536 p rsons had registered at De-
troit for sugar ration books and
only today left to complete the
registration. 1055 persons regis-1 c|„b $56
tered at the high school building j The boy, p.jd $7.50 each for the
Monday, 84 Tuesday and 74 yes-1 pjgS 90 days ago when they weigh*
terday, making a total of 121170 each andthey wetefcd a n-
white registrants while the colored1 tion & gj.ain amj mpfAO'
teachers reported 325 colored peo-1 in a «df-feeder under the SB-
pie had registered, making a grand ^vision of G. D. Pratt, son af
total of 1536 Detroit was expect-! Emmet Pratt 0 Rt No> 3. The
ed to register about 2000. feeder was built by the class. The
The stamps are good for as fol- ‘ fee<j j22, making a ^ of
lows only: The first stamp will per- $37f a 99.
mit the purchsse of one pound of * The oroifet was iin^nccd by die
sugar from May 5 to 16; the seo,dub. T^ hogsdio^d a gain of
ond will be valid May 17 to 30; 1130 pounds each of L4 pound*
the third for May 31 to June 13,
and the fourth, June 14 to 27. No
provision has been made for use of
stamps after the fourth. They can-
not be held and used after date.
Miss Alma Flippo Receives B.S.
Degree from L T. S. T. C.
Commerce. —Miss Alma F. Flip-
po, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.
R. Flippo of Detroit, has complet-
ed requirements for the Bachelor
of Science degree at East Texas
Texas State Teachers College.
Miss Flippo did her major work in
home economics and her minor
work in English and chemistry.
each per day.
limit Credit Buying
Stiff regulations controlling in-
stallment buying of nearly every
article in common use was put in
effect this week and charge accouf
rules, thc first ever issued in this
country, provide that an article
must be paid for by the 10th day
of the second month after the pur-
chase.
One-third mutt be paid down la
installment buying and die bal-
ance in 12 months, except automo-
biles, and payments of not lea*
than $5 a month.
Detroit WHD Oab
Nine members and four visitors
answered roll call with "Why 1
Mend Clothes," at the meeting at
thc home of Mrs. Henry Sharp
meet Saturday, May 9, at 3 p. m. ] April 23. “The life of a garment
at the Methodist Church for in- is half gone when it comes time to
struction, More information on
USO drive will be in next issue.
Allred and Moody
Enter Senate Race
Jas. V. Allred and Dan Moody,
both former governors of Texas,
have announced as candidates for
the United States Senate from
Texas in opposition to Senator W.
Lee O’Daniel, another former gov-
ernor.
The announcement was not a
surprise, as both had previously
stated they expected to enter the
race. Both are expert campaigners
and have strong followings. Moody
is 48 years old and Allred 43.
Do Not Slake Cows on the
Baptist Chu.ch Lawn
The public is isked to please
not tie cows un the Baptist church
|awn. We have had the lawn
mowed and want to keep it look-
ing nice but cannot if it is used
for pasture.
Baptist Missionary Society.
mend it,” Mrs. Hattye Owens
said.
After a short business session,
the meeting was turned over to
the new agent, Mrs. Hrttye
Owens, who made two demonstra-
tions on how to can strawberries
and beans. After the demonstra-
tions, a lovely refreshment plate
was served.
Visitors were Mmes. A. L. Rob-
erts, G. O. Srafford, Lon Blake
and P. T. Harvey and children.
Mrs. Donald Kerr will be host-
ess, May 14 at 2:30.
Lions Picnic Success
The Detroit Lions Club, their
families and guest enjoyed a picnic
spread at the High School gym
Tuesday night and everyone en-
joyed the social hour that follow-
ed.
Comity Officials b Service
Wives Named Deputies
County Clerk Austin Guest and
Tax Assessor-Collector Lindsay
McAllister were recently inducted
into the armed service of the coun-
try and Mrs. Guest and Mrs. Mc-
Allister were named by the com-
missioners’ court to serve as depu-
ties without pay.
Woodland Charge Appointments
Rev. G. C. Smith, pastor of the
Woodland charge has appoint-
ments as follows:
Woodland —First and third Sun-
day at 11 a m. and night.
Kanawha Second and fourth
Sunday at 11a m. and night.
Fanlkner—First and third Sun
day at 3 p. m.
Kiomitia — Saturday night be-
fore thc second Sunday, and the
fourth Sunday at 3 p. m
Addielon - Second Sunday at 3
p m at school house.
Strayed
One smooth mouth bay mare,
weight about 1000 pounds 15'v
hand high, small white spot in
forehead. Due to have a horse
colt. Notify
Bud Hamil, Bagwell, Rt. 1
3 rolls adding mac bine paper. 25c.
Use the cash system & save money
Remember Mother
ON MOTHER’S DAY
See Our Gifts for Her
New Shipment of Ladies’ Slack Suits
sis
Play Suits and Children’s Slack Suits
SVRSHINE HYDE PARK COOKIES, 1-lb.......... 29c
SUNSHINE HYDROX, 20 English Style Cookies .. 20c
SUNSHINE HI HO CRACKErS 1 lb...............20c
ARMOOR STAR PORK & BEARS, 1-lb., 15-ei. .....15c
BEL MORTE Country Gentlemin Corn, 1-lbM 4-ez. con 15c
DEL DIXI Golden Yellow Hominy, Mb., 13-ei. can, lie
RAMSEY’S STORE
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The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942, newspaper, May 7, 1942; Detroit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855173/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.