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To Hell With
Hiller, Mussolini
And The Mikado
The Panhandle Kedaud
Founded, 1887
Oldest Business
Firm In County
Vol. 59—No. 4
(Eight1 Pages Today)
PANHANDLE, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS* FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1945
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Price 5c
Victory Comes Over Japan
205 Subscriptions
For $1,552 Given
To Museum Fund
Air Captain
Reported As
Losing Life
Capf. Harry McGregor
Had Been Missing
Since August) 1944
Captain Harry Benjamin Mc-
Gregor, who was reported missing
August, 9, 1944, in a B-24 raid
over the Rhine Valley in Germany,
was officially reported dead, ac-
cording to a message received a-
bout ten days ago by relatives.
McGregor, son of Mrs. Cora Mc-
Gregor and the late Ben McGregor
who passed away June 7, 1942,
was born in Carson county. He
completed his high school work
here in 1937 and attended Hardin
Junior College at Wichita Falls.
He was 23 years old.
Captain McGregor entered mil-
itary service in January, 1942.
He was married in the fall of 1943. He Jacks much''of being, among
Two hundred and five persons
had contributed $1,552.50 to the
museum building fund of the Pan-
j handle-Plains Historical Society
■at Canyon through Saturday, ac-
I cording to David M. Warren, Car-
son County director, who is in
charge. of the camoaign.
These gifts averaged $7.57 each.
Seventy-seven persons and firms
contributed $10.00 each. Four
contributions of $50.00 and three
oL $25.00 were received.
Indications are that a non-res-
ident property owner, who lives
in Washington, D. C., will make
the largest gift for the museum
fund. In a letter received last
week, he indicated that he planned
to give $100 to the museum fund.
His widow, Mrs. Jean McGregor,
lives at Grapevine, Tex;, near Dal-
las.
Survivors besides his mother
are three brothers: M. S. McGreg-
or, Perryton, and Bobby McGregor,
who is in the Philppines. His
mother now lives in Amarillo.
Information that this Carson
the major property holders in the
county, owning about a section of
land.
$2,000.00 Goal Urged
It has been suggested that Car-
son county because of its wealth
try to, raise $2,000.00 for the build-
ing fund. The county is about
fourth of the 26 counties of, the
county hero was officially listed Panhandle in assessed valuations
as having given his , life for his and it is tenth in population.
country was received with sincere
regrets by his many friends.
.11 Inch Rain
Falls Friday
Carson County is still lacking
moisture. Some cloudiness has
prevailed, that has given hopes
of rain soon to come. On Friday
afternoon, .11 inch was recorded.
High temperatures have prevail-
ed throughout the week except on ge^. ^he Gulf and Carbon areas
Carson county had a population
of 6,624 in the 1940 census. A
subscription of $2,000.00 for the
[regional museum building fund
j would average approximately 30
cents per person. It is evident
that a larger number of donors
could soon raise the museum fund
j without a burden on anyone.
No reports were received last
week from Skellytown, White
Deer, and Groom as to whether
additional subscriptions have been
made. Henry Scha'fhr mailed a
check for $50.00 and it was credit-
ed to the Skellytown list.
North. Carson Aid Wanted
Warren said he was hoping to
August 7 and 8, when Panhandle
had refreshing 86 degrees as the
high for the two days.
. Even though citizens have wilt-
ed under the hot ■temperature,
eomparsion shows that last year
was much higher. August 13 a
year, ago 101: degrees were. regis-
tered. August 13 was the high
mark for the week.
The following high-low was
registered for the week.
White Deer Girl,
Friend Lost in
Palo Duro Canyon
m Northern Carson county to
assist in the campaign. He has
asked Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pundt,
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Marr and Mr.
and Mrs. W. D. Ferrell to assist
in the work.
Many persons have promised to
give, shortly, to the Carson county
fund. Warren said that these
museum checks should be mailed
to him at The Herald office in
order to end the campaign quickly.
High
Low
A check of the Panhandle area
August 7 ___L
______i. 86
68
discloses that, at least 20 more
August 8_____
______86
64
persons easily could contribute
August 9 ____
______90
62
$10.00 each to the museum fund
August 10__:_
___________ 93
68
with dozens able to give smaller
August 11___
______ 94
63
amounts.
August 12 ____
______ 97
68
Many Give To Fund
August 13___
___i ' 99
69
The large number of donors is
Thanks!
Museum Donors
GIFTS
First Week___
Second Week
Third Week..,
TOTAL -A
RECEIVED
$ 651.50
587.50
— 313.50
$1,552.50
Gifts made to the Panhandle-
Plains Historical Society museum
building fund for last week only
are published on page one of The
Herald this week. The complete
list, including subscriptions re-
ceived for the third week, are car-
ried on another page of The
Herald. Gifts received through
Saturday, August 11. follow:
$50.00
Henry Schafer, Skellytown
$10.00
Walter Lill
L. F. Cleek
C. A. Hawkins
B. L. Biddy
Paul Russ
M. G. Weeth , .
J. R. Sterling, Company
S. H. Kammerer
Mrs. Dena Southwood
Mrs. Rose Gordon
Lewis E. Williams
Producers Utilities Co., Groom
$5.00
W. K. Cottingame
Jimmy Hunter
A. D. Weatherly, Des Moines, N.
M.
most pleasing to the Historial Soci-
ety officials, as they believe this
shows an interest in the museum,
j Dozens of persons have said they
j planned to make another trip
there as soon as the war emer-
gency has passed.
I Warren said he would continue
the campaign until the $2,000.00
has been raised.
“Here’s . some money,” said a
man the other day. “I know I’ll
not . miss it next week.” He may
have been thinking of the old
saying: “What we gave, we have;
what we spent, we had; what we
An airplane was used Sunday
morning to locate Claudie Osman,
13, of White Deer and her friend,
Sadie Ann Fenoglio, 16, Pampa,
who became lost Saturday night
in Palo Duro Canyon south of
Claude.
About 1Q.30 p.m. Saturday,
Sheriff Clarence C. Williams, and j left, we lost.
Deputy Sheriff Belmont Slagle,] Another contributor
were notified that the girls were : always
lost. They; and Floyd Hubbard
joined a searching party of about
50 persons/ ,;
The girls became lost from a
picnic party as darkness overtook
them and decided the best thing
to do was to sleep on the ground.
They failed to hear sirens or see
lights.
Rudolph Campbell of Claude
flew a plane over the Canyon and
located the girls about 9 a.m. Sun-
day.
Slagle and Hubbard were the
first persons to reach the girls.
S. J. Lawrence
Perry Pullen
Rev. Joe E. Boyd
D. W. Osborne, Jr.
J. H. Cannedy
Mrs. A. M. Pemberton
Gary Simms
W. H. Lusk
Leo R. Studor, Conway
Earl Cummings
F. E. Peacock, Chicago, 111.
T. A. Hollar, Pantex Village
Walter Gripp
H N. Munro
M. D. Eagle, Jr.
C. A. Caidweli
L. A. Whiteside, Fritch
J. A. Broadaway
J. Floyd Howe
A. D. Bender
D. L. Beiderwell
D. C. Landon
O. R: Beddingfield
$3.00
C. V. Patrick, Conway
$2.50
F. J. Hollcroft
O. Z. Light
$2.00
Louise Huff
$1.50
Mrs. Martha Castlebury
$1.00
W. B. King \
John W. Homen
said: “I
take visitors to the mu-
seum and Palo Duro Canyon. We
have to build our own civilization
out here—-by our own bootstraps—
and we need a larger museum for
our cultural life.”
births
Mr. and Mrs. John Apel Jr.,
have a new son, John Thomas,
born at the home of Mr. Apel’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Mc-
Kenzie, July 31, at 11 a.m. The lad
weighed 10 pounds and 2 ounces.
Mrs. Apel and son went home
August 11.
BenGuill Talks
To Rolary Club
Lt. Ben Guill of Pampa, former
teacher in the Panhandle schools,
spoke at the Rotary Club lunch-
eon last Friday noon and told of
some of his experiences in the
Pacific. He is in the U. S. Navy,
but has worked closely with the
Marines and the Army.
His humorous stories of the war
proved most popular with the Ror
tarians and visitors.
Visiting Rotarians from Pampa
were DeLea Vicars, president and
C- P. Buckler, past president. Bor-
ger Rotarians present were Ralph
Johnson; A. A. Meredith, Joe
Cooley and C. S. Goldsmith.
Elsie Cunningham Appointed
State H. D. A. in New Mexico
Mable Hawley
Resigns Post
As Librarian
Accepts Appointment
At Army Gamp As
Assistant Librarian
Miss Mable Hawley has resigned
as librarian of Carson Free Li-
brary, effective soon.
On March 6, 1944, she assumed
the duties as librarian. Under Miss
Hawley’s direction the library has
made splendid progress. Due to
the interest of the public in non-
fiction books, the library was
crowded and needed more room.
An extension was made to the
building and a fiction department
was made. The clubs of the coun-
No. 3 of a Series of Old Time Carson County Stories
Pioneer Women of Panhandle
Mrs. Farlow Tells of Teaching Days, 1891-1893
i down he likely returned to his
| home.
Began Boarding
I wanted to stay at the ranch.
Mother was going to stay there. As
it was six or seven miles to the
school house, I knew severe win-
ter Weather would keep me from
school, so I had to board at a house
close by the school. I had been ac-
customed to attending many social
gatherings in Panhandle, so this
from the. first offered a dismal
prospect for a young girl my age.
Mr. and Mrs. Tabler and their
little daughter, Winnie, lived about
three miles from the schoolhouse
and their home became my home
for the three months I taught
school at the Turkey Track ranch.
Their house was a three-room
structure made of adobe brick.
MISS MABLE HAWLEY
ty furnished this new wing.
The entire library has been re-
arranged. New shelving and many
"new books have been added.
Miss Hawley will report to
Camp Livingston, La., for civil
service work, as senior library as-
sistant. This is considered a pro-
motion for Miss Hawley.
The library board will select a
new librarian in the near future.
The board consists of• Mrs. Fred
Surratt, chairman; Mrs. Earl New,
Skellytown; t Mrs. T- G. Fields,
Groom; Mrs. Marshal King, Mrs.
Hubert Lemons, Mrs. E- H. Grim-
es, White Deer, and h 0 n o r a r y
members, Mrs. Leta Gramer, and
Judge Reese Beddingfield.
Mrs. Minnie Garner and Mrs.
W. K. Cottingame will carry on
the service at the library until a
new librarian can be employed.
The library board met Friday
morning, August 10, and accepted
the resignation of Miss Hawley.
Mrs. Earl New resigned., as a
board member. She will recom-
mend a new member to take her
place on the board.
Greatest Rain
Of 1945 Falls
Tuesday light
Carson County and adjoining
territory have had ground soaking
rains. High winds and dust pro-
ceeded the first shower. Just a-
bout the time the news of the
Japanse surrender came oyer the
the radio, Tuesday afternoon, rain
began falling in Panhandle.
Panhandle received .08 inch
from the shower Tuesday after-
noon. The total measurement,
including Tuesday ofternoon’s
shower and the fall Tuesday night
up to * 7:30 Wednesday morning,
Was 1.8 inches.
From eight to nine, Wednesday
morning light drizzle continued.
Skies were still overcast at noon
Wednesday.
i§§! 1
Miss Elsie Cunningham has J
been appointed State home agent j
for New Mexico. j
Miss Cunningham came to Pan-
handle, August 23, 1943, as coun- |
ty home demonstration agent. Miss
Cunningham is a native Texan,
having lived at Wills Point, in Van
Zant County. At present her fam-
ily lives at Oklahoma City. She at-
tended high school in various
places and took her B. S. degree
at East Central State College, Ada,
Okla., and has done graduate work
in Oklahoma City University and
Colorado University at Boulder.
Carson County home demonstra-
tion clubs have made splendid pro-
gress under the direction of Miss
Cunningham. The club program
has co-operated with the war pro-
gram in every way, confining
travel to the minimum thus neces-
sitating the work being planned
around local units.
The .District Association of the
Home Demonstration clubs was j
held in Panhandle and was one of
the outstanding meetings during
Miss Cunningham’s administra- j been encouraged in Panhandle,
tion. Home recreation programs | Conway is carrying out plans for
have been planned, Park work has [ a living memorial to the boys in
iH
•m.
ELSIE CUNNINGHAM
service; Groom has also made ad-
vancements in this line, 4-H clubs
have been taught that a good time
can be had at home in camp work.
Outstanding records have been
made throughout the county in
home-grown and home-preserved
foods. Small orchards have been
started.At a county wide program,
Mrs. R. L. Campbell, district vice-
president, was brought to the wo-
men as guest speaker.
Miss Cunningham has been a vi-
tal part of the community in ad-
dition to her many duties connect-
ed with her work. She served as
Panhandle chairman for the 6th,
and 7th War Loan drives; has
served as president of the B. and
P. W. club; for two years she
served as county chairman for the
Infantile Paralysis work; at pres-
ent she is district Vice president
for the B. and P. W. Clubs.
Miss Cunningham will leave
August 28. Miss Wanda Kimbrell
will succeed Miss Cunningham and
will arrive in Panhandle Septem-
be 15. Miss Kimbrell has for 2 1-2
yearr has been home demonstra-
tion agent in Lipscomb County......
C. £. Ewing Will
Visit in Kentucky
Charles E. Ewing left Saturday
for Covington, Ky., where he will
visit relatives and friends of child-
hood days. Mr. Ewing moved to
Texas with his father, E. .E. Ewing,
at the age of 12 years. This is
his first trip “back home.”
Elmer E. Ewing, Jr., and Mrs.
Ethel Steinfort, Covington, broth-
er and sister of Mr. Ewing, have
visited in Texas several times.
Another sister, Mrs. Effie Zweis-
ler, also lives in Covington. He
will be joined in his visit by
Mary Eilzabeth Ewing, who has
spent the summer in Washington,
Ohio, and Kentucky. They plan
to return home August 22.
Pantex Ordnance
Plant is Closed
Order was sent through Wed-
nesday to close Pantex Ordnance
Plant. Only employes sufficient
to clean up the plant will be kept,
the order stated.
The ordnance plant in west Car-
son county has employed several
thousand workers and took about
15,000 acres of land.
As Told To
MRS. JOE E. BOYD
Panhandle school was typical of
the first schools in pioneer Texas.
It was not graded as schools are
today; a pupil’s success in school
was measured by the reader he
was in. I had attended school in
Burnett, Eagle Pass, Mobeetie and
had gone as high as the Panhandle
school taught. I was now ready to
take the examinations to secure
a certificate to become a teacher.
In the year 1891 I embarked on
my school teaching experience,
though I was really still a child,
myself. I am not sure of the exact
location of Parnell, but as I re-
member it was east from the Tur-
key Track ranch, perhaps it was
between Turkey Track ranch and
Canadian. Of one thing I am j Qne room was large; the other
sure, it was one of the coldest rides | two were very small. Their fur-
I ever took when I went to niture consisted mostly of neces-
Parnell to take the examinations
for a first grade certificate. I’m
not sure of the distance to Parnell;
perhaps it was lengthened in my
estimation because of the weather
being so cold. As I remember it
was about 25 or 30 miles.
Wrapped Up For Cold
I was wrapped up in as many
clothes as I could wear; mother
always saw to that. We got so
cold that we stopped several times
and made a fire and warmed. The
road was in the Canadian breaks,
so there ws plenty of wood along
the way. C. B. Willingham, a dis-
tant relative, accompanied me.
One of the cowboys went, along to
drive for us.
When we reached the Canadian
river, it appeared to be frozen.
Just as we drove’ on the ice, we
heard a cracking noise and one
wheel of th e. hack dropped through
the ice. tilting, it at a sharp angle.
Willingham jumped out and sup-
ported the weight of the hack as
he was afraid it would turn over.
The water was not very deep but
of course he got wet. I thought
that it would be sure to make him
sick, but he weathered the expe-
rience..
' Takes Examinations
Half frozen we arrived at Par-
nell and I began my examina-
tions. I was a good speller, if I
do say so myself. I was so strick-
en with fright that I missed seve-
ral words that I really knew how
to spell. One word, “phaeton,”
meaning a nifty open four wheel
carriage, was one of the words
I misspelled. I was SO excited that
I started the word with an “F.” I
made my best grade, 100, in
English. In spite of my fright, I
passed all the examinations and
secured my first grade certificate.
The school at. the Turkey Track
ranch was open to me and I ac-
cepted it. Since I wgs very young,
mother thought she should accom-
pany.me, -."Wei hired R. H. Stan-
hope, father of the late Mrs. p. H.
Hill, who was operating a livery
stable, to take us to the school at
the Turkey Track Ranch. The
weather was very cold; it was
sometime in January. My trunk
was loaded on the hack and mother
and Stanhope and myself started
on the cold drive. All went well
until we reached the Canadian
river. Red water swirled down the
channel but it was not high
enough to keep us from crossing,
we thought. Stanhope drove in
and the hack stuck in the middle
of the stream.
Jumped in Water
; Quick as a flash he jumped in-
to the cold water, unhitched the
team from the hack and got -on
one horse and led the other one
across. He tied one* horse to a
stump and rode back to the hack,
where mother and I were pre-
cariously perched. Mother in-
sisted that I get on the horse with
Stanhope and go to safety first.
Stanhope returned to the hack
and mother rode out of the stream
behind him. There was nothing we
could do except leave the hack
and the trunk in the stream and
ride bareback to the ranch, which'
was about 11 miles away. Mother
and I rode one horse and • Stan-
hope rode the other.
The next morning some of the
cowboys and Stanhope went to
the river to pull the hack out.
Many times vehicles had sunk out
of sight in the quick sand. How-
ever, the hack was still visible and
they pulled it out of the river bed.
The water had gotten in the trunk
and mother and I had a difficult
time getting the red mud out of
our clothes.
When the cowboys came back to
the house, one of them was carry-
ing a small dog. He said to me,
“Here is your dog,” The cowboys
had had a hard time trying to
catch him. The dog was in the
hack and evidently had slept there
the night before, so they assumed
he was my 'pet. When they tried
to catch him. he jumped out in
the water and swam until he was
exhausted, then he would come
back to the hack.
Each time they tried to catch
him he repeated the experience. I
think they finally roped him. I
told them the dog was not mine
that I never seen him before. I do
not remember what became of the
dog, they probably turned him
loose and when the river ran
sities, such as a stove, beds, bench-
es and a table.
Mrs. Tabler was a good cook;
our meals consisted jnostly of
plain, wholesome food. They al-
ways had fresh meat; my lunch
which I carried in a tin bucket,
was largely meat and bread, plus
a few other foods. Often I longed
for some fancy food.
Enjoyed Week-Ends j
Each Friday afternoon, one of
the Willingham boys rode a horse
over and led one for me to ride
back to the ranch. I sat and watch-
ed for the horses to appear over
the hill. When I could see the dim
view of two horses loom in the
distance, my heart did a double
beat. The week-ends were the joy
of my life.
After the first week of school,
I told mother I would not stay over
there any longer. “I just won’t
teach for any price; the children
get on my nerves,” I said. The
weeks, slipped by. and in spite of
my loneliness and dislike of teach-
ing I got along nicely with the
pupils.
There were seven children in
the school: Winnie, the little girl
where I boarded, and three child-
ren from the Johnson family and
three fro hi another family, whose
names I am not sure, but I believe
they were the King children. I be-
lieve these three families and Billy
Dixon were the only ones there,
besides the cowboys and the
Willinghams. Dixon, was not mar-
tied. I did not later have the op-
portunity to know his wife when
he married. At this time he was
postmaster at the Turkey Track
ranch.
Taughi Three Grades
The school building was a small
one-room log building. The equip-
ment consisted of a few books, a
blackboard, and benches.. The
children adored writing on the
blackboard. As I remember I
taught the firsts second and fourth
readers. We also had writing,
arithmetic, geography, spelling,
and grammar. The feature of the
week for the children was the
spelling match bn Friday after-
noon. There “was one boy in school
and the other six were girls. The
boy and one of the girls were good
spellers. All the children were in-
terested, they like to stand head
in the class and make headmarks
in spelling.
One of the older girls had brok-
en up the school the year before
so I made a special effort to handle
her. The patrons were well pleased
with the order in the schoolroom.
My salary consisted of $30 a
month and room and board.
Sanford Was Leader
J. M. Sanford later a brother-in-
law, of Mrs. Willie O’Neal, was a
leader in th‘e community. On Sun-
days we had Sunday school and
he taught the class. No ministers
found their way to this commu-
nity the year I taught there.
The school observed recess very
much as schools do today. Base-
ball was a fayorite sport. I played
with the children and enjoyed it
Rejoicing Is
Abundant As
Japs Give Up
President Announces
End of War at 6 p. m.
Tuesday at Washington
Panhandle joyfully received the
report at 6 p.m. Tuesday, August
14, by .President Truman that the
Japanese government had ac-
cepted surrender terms.
For 20 minutes the fire siren
blew and people went up and down
the streets in their cars, honking
the horns. A rain of .08 inch
about the time of the President’s
announcement added to the sat-
isfaction of local"people.
That night 1.72 inches of rain
fell, ’ the greatest since October,
1944, making , the joy of the
believe they were called straw | community complete,
bosses. The lovely week-ends Wednesday was observed as
broke the monotony of the week a holiday with only cafes being
of teaching; otherwise, I do not opened for business. Seldom has
Panhandle observed a holiday so
completely as was the Victory
over Japan holiday.
Although there were more per-
sons down town Tuesday night
than usual, the crowd seemed
restrained and there was little
shouting and undue noise.
Too many persons said they
felt they should be .away from
crowds. Many said their thoughts
drifted too much to the many
splendid Carson county boys who
glave their lives for their country.
Reconversion problems are ex-
pected to be outstanding in im-
portance * in the next few months.
End of rationing of gasoline, can-
ned fruits and vegetables, fuel
oil and oil stoves was announced
Wednesday. , .
as much as they did/ The recess
was a break in a monotonous day
for me.
Mr. and Mrs. Willingham had six
children, three girls and three boys
The girls were Lula, Grace and
Ada; the boys were Drew, Homer
and Harry. Miss Ward was the
private teacher for the Willingham
children. She was well qualified
as a pianist. The cowboys who
were interested in music came in
the ranch house and all gathered
around the piano with Miss Ward
playing, we sang to our heart’s
content. Mack Sanford sang well
and he often joined us when I was
there on week-ends. Cal Merchant
was another one of the cowboys
who came. He and Sanford were
bosses under Mr. Willingham; I
believe I could have stood three
months in that lonely place.
Relurned io Panhandle
Panhandle was a small town but
it really looked good to me, when
I returned. The trustees of the
Turkey Track ranch wrote to me
about teaching the next year, but
I did not accent their offer. I told
mother that I “wuuld not teach
there another year if they would
give me all of Hutchinson county,”
My sister, Ka(te. taucht in Pan-
handle the year I taught at Turkey
Track. She did not teach the next
year and I accepted her place in
the Panhandle school. Prof. Mil-
ler was superintendent of the
school. I had gone to him when I
was in school at Panhandle. Now
I was to be a teacher in school
with him. When I saw him Copae
put of the schoolhouse in a hurry,
it often reminded me of an inci-
dent that took place when I was
in school.
A high gale was snorting along
and took the flue off the school-
house, We heard the terrible crash
but did not know what caused it.
Miller ran out of the. house to see
what had happened and met a
brick that cut a large gash , in his
head. Of courseJfl soon,as he left
the room, the children followed
him. We met him with a gash in
his head and covered with blood.
Employed at Panhande
Jess Wynne and Uncle Ace Hen-
son were on the school board when
I applied for the school. I’m sure
there were others but I do not. re-
member their names.
One year ago I had been a pupil
in the school; now I was a mem-
ber of the faculty. Prof. Miller
taught the older children on the
top floor of the building and I
taught the younger ones on the
lower floor of the schoolhouse
located where the hospital now
stands. .
The following persons, who
were my pupils and still iive in
Panhandle are: Marion Cox, Beu-
lah Ware, who is now Mrs. J. N.
Garretson, Roy Carhart and D. C,
Texans to Vote
On Amendments
Texans will _ have a special
election Saturday, August 25, to
vote upon four amendments.
Amendments propose free votes
to returning soldiers; increase in
state senators and representatives
pay'from $10 a day for 120 days
to $3,650.00 a year; increase in
supreme court from three to nine
members and increase to $35,-
000,000 limit for assistance to
aged,* blind, and needy children.
Many old age advocates are
fighting the $35,000,000 bill as
they claim that will not give suf-
ficient funds. Some opposition
has been reported to the increase
in pay for legislators.
A surprise is that some wrang-
ling has developed about the free
votes to soldiers as a special sess-
ion of the legislature may have
to be called to enact enabling leg-
islation, should the amendment
carry.
Hagins Returns
Stone. The. late Frank Ware wai! „
also a pupil.: VTelby Gardener was f fOUl JlB FjTlSQH
another pupil; he . was really a
freckled face little boy.
Others were the late Earnest
Hartshorn, Vincent Shy, Vernon
Brown and his sister j Thomason
girls and Margaret Lill, who is
now Mrs. Wisdom, widow of the
late Dr. Wisdom of Claude. There
was a room full of children; there
were others whose names I do
not recall.
School Programs Given
The big occasions were pro-
grams at Christmas and the clos-
Cpl. Arthur S. Hagins, brother
of Mrs. H. H. Deahl and Miss Net-
tie Beth Hagins, formerly of Pan-
handle, visited friends here the
past, few days.//
Sam joined the tf. S« Coast
Artillery in 1940 and was reported
missing in action at the surrender
of Bataan and was not heard of
until Feb. 1945, having been res-
cued in January 1945.
He is wearing 7 gold bars for
3 1-2 years overseas since Pearl
ing of schooL These programs in- | Harbor, Presidential citation with
2 Oak Leaf clusters, good conduct
ribbons, Defense and Liberation of
the Philippines, Asiatic and Pa-
cific ribbons, American Defense
and Bronze Stars.
Sam spent the greater part of
his three years missing in action
in guerilla warfare.
Sam’s many friends are happy
over his rescue and are proud of
his many achievements.
eluded music, dialogues and
speeches. One time Prof. Miller
was in the dialogue, “Hands Von
Smash”. We thought he was just
about perfect as an actor.
I enjoyed teaching at Panhandle
more than I had my first year, as
I was among my friends and did
not have to fight that lonely spirit.
My experience of the previous
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Congressman Worley to Talk
To Legionnaires, War Dads
Congressman Gene Worley has
accepted an invitation to talk at
a joint meeting of Kit Carson Post
No. 441, American Legion, and
Carson County Chapter, Ameri-
can War Dads, at 8:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, Aug. 16, at the Legion hall.
Although Worley has a busy
schedule, for his short time at
home, he agreed to visit Panhan-
dle.
Legion officers will be installed
that night with a feed. Lou Rob-
erts of Borger, past state com-
mander of the Department of
Texas, will install the officers.
Jack Griffith, commander, said
that every service man who is
home on furlough, and every dis-
charged service man have cordial
invitations to attend the meeting.
Discharged veterans, whether
members of the American Legion
or not, are invited to be present,
Griffith said.
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