The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1942 Page: 4 of 8
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THE PANOLA WATCHMAN. Cartfca**. T«
Thursday, J—. h 1141,1
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Zb e ftaitola TRIlatcbman
Established 1873
Neal Estes. Publisher
IQatered as sacoad class nail matter at tkm
si uader tbs set of March Jrd, 1883.
vast office ts Carthage,
Aar erroneou* reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of
ear person or firm or corporation which mar appear in the columns of
the Panola Watchman will he gladly corrected upon being brought to the
attention of the publisher.
All obituaries. Cards of Thanhs and other llhe matter such as notices
•nr public gathering where revenue la expected or admlaslon chargee are
In be made will be charged for at the rate of S cents per word. Classified
advertising rates 2 cents per word for first insertion—no sd accepted nader
Kc Display rates on application.
BOY SCOUTS,of AMERICA
Build* CIMt«a«<iip"
Boy Scout Troop 209 mot Tuesday
■tilth t. December 30 at tbe Central
Baptist church. The 'meeting wu call-
ed to order at 7:00 o'clock by Senior
Patrol I^eader Roy Biggerstaff. The
basin*** of eheting new officers for
the neat six months was discussed.
Boy Biggerstaff was re-elected Senior
Patrol Leader. J. E. Bowen was re-
elected Scribe and G us ton Browning
was rt-elected Reporter. Patrol meet-
ings were conducted and Patrol Lead-
ers were elected. Guidon Browning
was elected leader of the Wolf Pa
trol. Carl Holt Thomas was re-elected
leader o fthe Flying Eagle Patrol.
Afterwards various parts of the busi-
ness section at town were assigned
to the Patrols for the purpose of col-
lecting waste paper. The Scouts then
played games which were followed by
dismal with tbe Scoutmaster’s Bene-
diction led by Vernoon Garrett, Jr.
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Texas Cotton
Allotments Set For
1942 __
Total cotton acreage allotment for
Texas in 1942 will be 9.864.569 acres,
as compared with 9.880.197 acres in
1901.
These figures Include various ad-
ditions to the basic allotment of 9.-
TM.972 acres the AA official said, as
provided for in the AAA program-
increased yields, a smaller nation-
al allotment and a decrease In num-
ber of farms growing cotton were re-
sponsible for tbe 15.528-acre cut in
acreage.
Under the AAA program, a farm
on which no cotton is planted for
throe consecutive yean lose* ita
ton allotment. In some sections of
the state, eepecally in East Texas,
many .farms are being taken out of
cotton production altogether, and. as
a result, the number of allotments
and total acreage in allotments has
been going down in those sections.
Off or Sting part of this ent la the in-
crease to number of farms growing
cotton in Other sections, notably West
Taxas.
United Gas Announces
All-Time High In
Gas Deliveries
Dallas independent operator, to Stan-
otlnd OH and Gas Co., at a figure
quoted at 1100.000,000.
Hunt haa thousands of acres of
producing and potential oil and gas
land in East Texas, North Louis-
iana nd South Arkansas. He is con-
sidered the biggest operator in Louis-
iana with most of bis holdings in
the Cotton Valley field of Webster
parish, at Oils and at Jena and South
Jena.
Moet o his East Texds. holdings,
scattered throughout the district,
are in the East Texas field, which
he acquired from C. M (Dad) Joiner,
the pool discoverer.
It was not learned whether the
holdings of Placid Oil Co., operated
mainly by Hassle Hunt, son of H. L
Hunt, are included In the deal, which
is said to have been in progress in
York for the past six months.
Governor Asks Plainer
Regulations On Tires
AUSTTIN. Texas —Gov. Coke R.
Stevenson today telegraphed to Wash
Ington for definite instructions on
the tire regulations
As soon aa these instructions are
received, he will follow them, Steven-
son said. At present, the Governor
has three conflicting advices on how
to proceed as "tire administrator"
and he wai frankly puzzled. *
The regulations are to be put Into
. effect Jan. 5. and Stevenson sought
—~ j immediate information so whatever
An all-time high in natural gas d*- g(St-up necessary can' be organ-
ized and Instructed fully before that
date.
Henry Ford Builds Plastic Car Body Jrom Farm Crops
This Is a picture of the world’s first
autoarabUe body. Made largely from ordinary farm crops,
it waa introduced recently at Dearborn, Mich., by Henry
Ford, shown (right) with R. A. Boyer, Ford Motor Com*
paay research chemist The plastic body marks a big
complete plastic f stride in Mr.
and
howeve
_____Ford’s intensive efiort to bring agriculture
industry into partnership. Ford official** point out
__ jver, that the plastic body still is in an experimental
stage and that substituting it for the conventional steel
body on a production scale may take several years.
Mlsa Bethel Hudson of Gsry visited [ Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Duiasey of
Mlm Eula Mae Hudson Christmas. i Dallas are here for the holidays.
Mr. Theron Turk. Miss Euls Mae Miss Agnes Boren of Sinton and
Hudson visited Betty Faye Ramsey m iw Norma Forsyth are visiting in
of Henderson Thursday. j Washington and New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Karlon Echols spent
Christmas with her parents Mr. and
Mrs. R. G. Brown.
Miss Audrey Van Sandt of Houston
was here visiting relatives and friends
for several daya the past week.
Marcus Hardin is visiting relatives
in Denver Colorado.
Miss Adelia Martin spent Christ
mas lit Coleman with relatives
W. 8. Chadwick, now teaching in
the Davy Crockett School in El Paso,
is with his mother Mrs. W. S. Chad-
wick for his vacation.
Miss Bary ‘Beth Malone is visiting
her mother here. She teaches in the
Sabine High School of Oludewatar.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hart and daugh-
ter. Joye. of Jasper wore gueets of
their brother and family. J. L Hart
for lha Christmas . season. Mias Joys
remained for several days and had
as her visitor Mr. Paschal Martin of
tiiadpwaler.
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llveriee was announced by United Gas
Pipe Line Company Tuesday when a
Check of the November Withdrawals;
of natural gaa showed that deliveries |
bad exceeded one billion cubic feet
Miss Mellle Vern Fite of DeRldder,
«*“ ----— -------- —— j Louisiana vlalfed her parents Mr.
daily for eight of the month’s 30 days., and Mrg Fr#nk Sr ,iurtng the
The largest withdrawals in the bis- holidays.
iory of the company came November ( _
25 when 1.093.125.000 cuttfc feet of! B«ty Barnett of Beckvllle
natural gaa were taken from the 84 WM * holiday guest of Mr* Gladys
gas fields on the company system PArkw.
Weather conditions alone were not
responsible
_______for the huge deliveries,
but rather the Increasing demands for
fuel by industries engaged in national
defense production which have been
enlarging their plants, and steadily
Increasing their production. This was
•bowa by tbe tact that fair weather
entered over a majority of the system
served by United more than 6.000; Mr a|><l
miles of pipe-line during these record-
breaking days. The previous record
of 1,068.600.000 cubic feet In one day
was made In January. 1940 when a
cold wave swept the entire country
creating the lowest temperature In
recent years.
Although these huge deliveries
still do not represent the maximum
amount of natural gds that United
can make available to Its city gate
and industrial customer*, the com
(mny has made certain of the contin-
uance of dependable natural gap ser-
vice through the present emengency
by adding to Its system new lines and
«s»mpre»»or stations where necessary.
Boon lo go into service is a new
compressor station at Tallulah. la.
and « 200 mile line running from the
gas fields of southern Louisiana to
Mobile to serve the growing indust-
rial areas in the Mobtle-Pwiaacote
area.
Mr*. Matt Parker of Lynn. Mas-
sachusetts spent Christmas here vls-
j iting Mrs. Gladys Parker.
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Miller of Ft.
Worth spent the holidays visiting
relatives and friends in the county.
Big Ftex Oil
Deal Reported
Mia hie retort* said today negotla-
a were reported under way for
of the vast oil properties thru
tbe Southwest of H L Hunt.
Mrs. S. E. Matthews and
family visited in Center Sunday.
George Young Bounds, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Cilsto Bounds spent the
holidays here. He is a studtnt In
San Marcos College.
Mr. and Mrs. lorry Phillips and
son of Marshall. Dr. and Mrs. Carl
W. Gerardy of Sea grave* and Joe W.
Gray and Miss Rose Harriett of
Port Arthur were Christmas guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gray and fam-
ily *
Mis* Betty Fsye Ramsey of Hen
demon visited Miss Kulv Mae llud
son during the holidays.
Miss EuU Mae Hudson and Retty
Fsye Ramsey visited Gsry during tbe
holidays.
Mr Therotl Turk of Shreveport vis-
ited bis parents Christmas.
Mr and Mrs. Neal Estes and chil-
dren have returned to Carthage af-
ter spending the holidays la Com-
merce and Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hudson and
family visited Mr Edgar Taylor Fri-
day
Happy
AT _ V««J
new Year!
WE WISH TO TAKE’OUR SPACE THIS WEEK
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SENDING HEARTY
NEW YEAR GREETINGS TO OUR FRIENDS
AND CUSTOMERS IN PANOLA COUNTY.
THROUGHOUT 1941 YOUR PATRONAGE
AND FRIENDSHIP HAS BEEN DEEPLY AP-
PRECIATED. WE TRUST THAT THE NEW
YEAR WILL BRING TO EACH OF YOU THE
BEST IN PROSPERITY, PROGRESS AND
GOOD CHEER. ___ . ——-
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M&M Grocery and Market
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 1, 1942, newspaper, January 1, 1942; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth891323/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.