The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1943 Page: 4 of 8
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THURSDAY, JAN. 7, 1943
Ilia newspaper might wish a
of good things for its readers
in 1943. Uppermost in our minds
course, is a victorious peace.
we express the added wish
a wealth of friendships—no-
thing is more valuable in this
life. Riches of fame and fortune
have never been so enviable as
the wealth of friendships. This
editor values greatly the good
will of many people, and to them
go our best wishes and friendli-
est greetings.
Powers that be in Washington
will restrict the use of news-
print used by papers and maga-
zines in 1943, but for the time
being will touch only the larger
dailies, and the cut will be 10'i
below 1942 consumption, with an
added warning that other cuts
maybe expected. It will not af-
fect weekly newspapers at this
time, and the publisher of this
little community weekly is heav-
a sign of relief over the decision.
With army registration of 18
year olds for the service, here-
tofore looked upon as just an-
other one of the children, they
are getting more attention these
days. There were’not as many
of this age group as had been
expected, but many of them have
already enlisted in the Navy.
Folk are also going to learn that
if the government thinks they
are old enough to fight, they are
also old enough to vote, and will
demand the ballot when this war
has been won.
m
This editor has had words of
condemnation for Ambassador
Joseph C. Grew because he had
believed he l ad not kept this
government informed of true
conditions existing in Japan, and
which permitted the surprise at-
tack upon Pearl Harbor. It now
develops that Grew had sent a
series of warning cables dating
back to 1932. One advised of
the contemplated surprise mass
attack of Pearl Harbor and was
dated Jan. 27, 1941. Our people
can now lay the blame for that
surprise attack upon the shoul-
ders of those in command at
Pearl Harbor, where it rightfully
belongs.
With gasoline rationing and
OUT light cars getting from 18 to
20 miles to the gallon, we little
fallows can pity the more weal-
thy, motorist and his heavy car
that idoes well to average 12
miles, How to get the most out
of a gallon is a favorite topic of
conversation these days. Some
fellows, before rationing days
Ujjht any-
i driving up to the highest
: (Mead pump in an effort to in-
otaaae tneir mileage. Coupons on
Wf flint page of A ration books
will not be good after Jan. 21,
holders of B cards will
their current Coupons no
[ after Feb. 22. Get a pencil
. brother, and start
; down the lead by figur-
how much mom mileage
left between Jan. 21
A lot of people have repeated-
ly ashed the question, “what do
you think of the war?” Far be
it from this little country editor
to set himself up as a prophet
and tell hi* reader:: all abmit it.
All he knows is what he reads
and hears, but he haj been get-
ting a full bait of that s nee Dec.
7, 1941.
He does know, far example,
that 1942 looked a lot brighter
at its close than at its outset. For
ten months the Japs whipped
hell out of us, but during Octo-
ber, November and -December
American victories “Have sup-
planted the humiliations of Pearl
Harbor and the Philippines.
Last summer German submar-
ines sank our ships, mostly along
our own shores of the Gulf and
the Atlantic, faster than we
could build them. Now the shoe
is on the other foot.
A year ago this country was
still in a state of unpreparedness,
our industrial system still turn-
ing out goods for domestic use,
many strikes, and it looked like
our country would never hit the
stride necessary to win the war.
A yepr later war production
had achieved incredible results,
labor troubles have nearly dis-
appeared, five million men have
been trained for the armed forc-
es, unemployment has given way
to labor shortage, a lot of non-
sensical new deal spending has
been and will continue to be
eliminated.
During the year America has
rearmed for war, and entered
hostilities upon many fronts. At
the present pace, victrry over
the Axis powers is assured. Yes,
1943 looks a lot brighter than
did 1942 a ear ago.
One of Texas’ greatest banks
used the following article in a
New Year’s ad. It more clearly
presents a picture and expresses
our thoughts on the New Year
than anything we have read. It
says: “A troubled world looks
back with sorrow on the year
that has just passed. Out of that
chaotic darkness a New Year
comes .... not a Happy New
Year, not a prosperous New
Year, but one which the world
fervently prays will bring a vic-
torious Peace. As we face it, let
us make and keep resolutions
that will call for sacrifice . . re-
solutions that for the moment
may pinch and hurt, so that in
the end pain and sorrow may be
eased. Let us resolve, too, to
make 1943 brighter and happier
by centering our hopes in Him
who said, ‘Be of good cheer. It
is I. Be not afraid1.”
..............mr*
DEPORT STATE RANK
At Deport, State of Texas, at the close of business on the 31st day
of Dpi*.. 1049 nnhlichpH in fVui Timoo #*
Report of Condition
puppi ■■
7.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Of Deport, in the State of Texas, at the close of business
31, 1942, published in response to call made by Comptr
— Dec., 1942, published in. the Deport Times, a newspaper print-
ed and published at Deport, State of Texas, on the 7th day of Janu-
ary, 1943, in accordance with a call made by the Banking Com-
missioner of Texqs, pursuant to the provisions of the banking law
of this state. ’
RESOURCES
Loans and discounts, on personal or collateral security- $70,735.71
Loans secured by real estate—..._________________________________ 8,872.58
Overdrafts ...............................‘_____.____ 121 Qg
Securities of tr. S., any State or political subdivision
thereof -------------------------------------------- ------------- 16,855.00
Other bonds and stocks owned, including stock in Fed-
eral Reserve Bank
15.900.00
2.600.00
5,000.00
2,500.00
7.00
Customers’ bonds held for safekeeping.......
Banking House ........................................
Furniture and Fixtures ......................................
Real Estate owned, other than banking house....................
Cash and due from approved reserve agents _____________ 140,132.43
Cash Items in Process of Collection 1,584.72
Other Resources (Itemize) Equities in Insurance Policies ’ 10.00
TOTAL ..............—-----------------------Zr$264,318.50
LIABILITIES
•apital Stock ................................................$ 28,000.00
Surplus Fund _______________:________________________________
Undivided Profits, net ........................ .............
Dividends unpaid ..........................
Due to banks and bankers, subject to check «
Individual Deposits subject to check, including tir
posits due in 30 days
Public Funds, including Postal Savings
Time Certificates of Deposit
Cashier’s Checks and Certified Checks Outstanding
Customers’ bonds deposited for safekeeping
TOTAL ........
18,000.00
5.200.00
1.400.00
426.39
162,243.76
22,368.59
23,943.08
136.68
2.600.00
$264,318.50
State of Texas, County of Lamar: We, Tom Jeffus, as Presid-
ent and Joe Grant, as Cashier of said bank, each of us, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowl-
edge and belief.
TOM JEFFUS, President
JOE GRANT, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 6th day of January
A- D- 1943. T. O. STOREY,
• Notary Public, Lamar County, Texas.
CORRECT—Attest:
STEPHEN H. GRANT
J. R. WESTBROOK JR.
J. R. HUTCHISON
Directors.
Father Stork started the New
Year with a big rush and appear-1
ed to favor boy babies—two of i
them having been born just af- I
ter midnight New Year's eve in j
Lamar county. From all indica-
tions he is going to do a land of-
fice business this year.
m..... g
came along, never bought
thing but white gas. They are
Unless the little merchant can
bring some real pressure to bear
at Washington he will soon be
out of the business picture. Con-
gressman Wright Patman, as
head of a Congressional commit-
tee, has recently investigated his
economic problems and insisted
that he be allowed his prorata
share of the merchandise per-
mitted to be sold. He complain-
ed to Donald Nelson of the un-
fair treatment accorded the small
town merchant and Nelson in re-
ply said the nation wasn’t in-
terested in keeping the small
merchant in business. Having
headed a great chain organiza-
tion for many years, he natural-
ly would not be. The matter now
appears to lie in the hands of the
small merchant who should turn
on the heat in Washington and
insist upon legislation that will
force manufacturers and jobbers
to sell him his pro rata share of
available merchandise. With gas
rationing and scarcity of rubber,
the country merchant is much
more necessary now than he was
before the war, and people liv-
ing in smaller towns and on the
farms should make their influ-
ence felt at Washington to see
that these small stores get a fair
deal, Dictator Nelson and his
chain store ideas to the contrary
notwithstanding._
Arthur A. Everts, Dallas jew-
eler, who was a schoolmaf ? and
a friend during her lifetime of
this editor’s mother, published
the following poem by an un-
known writer as his New Year’s
ad:
FOR YOUR NEW YEAR
A happy “UP” for every
“DOWN”;
A dozen smiles for every frown;
A bit of laughter for each sigh;
A rainbow for each misty sky; .
And thoughtful friends to keep
hours bright
And bring you cheer from morn
’till night.
EDITORIALLY
SPEAKING
BURT LOCKHART
in Pittsburg Gazette
With shortage of manpower,
rubber and gasoline upon us,
county, state and federal officials
having to do with regulation and
regimentation of food, gasoline,
rubber, and the AAA program
should be ordered to use the U.
S. mail in conducting this busi
ness. The AAA program will be
handled by mail if the farmer
insists upon it. But consider the
car and rubber saving program,
and it is to laugh. Unnecessary
driving to secure ration books
will total anywhere from 50,000
to 100,000 additional miles in
every county in Texas alone.
Think what it has meant over
the entire nation. Again this pa-
per remarks we need some men
yith just a little “horse sense”
up at Washington. A lot of those
swivel chair young attorneys
couldn’t give a satisfactory de-
finition of the word economies.
The governor says three hundred
thousand tons of rubber were ex-
ported from this country the past
year, which is another reason why
Texans are slow to fall for gasoline
rationing.
dollar bill for which send
A FREE COUNTRY
A notice at an office in a military
establishment in Scotland, where
civilian callers sometimes cause
draught, reads:
.“This is a free country.
“You may open or shut your eyes,
ears or mouth as you please. But
keep this door shut.”—Ex.
if. i.i 11 -i ..Hi....»n
We can at least make it a snappv
New Year.
Time and temper are two things
no one can afford to lose.
Next to starting a new year right
the most important thing is to end it
right.
The best hope of the allies ihis
yerr is that all the news will be
good news.
Taking two inches off our shirt
doesn’t disturb us, only if we can
save the rest of it.
Uncle Sam’s biggest job is down-
ing the enemy and raising foodstuffs.
No room for idlers now.
Remember, that in turning over
those new leaves one good turn al-
ways deserves another.
Let’s hone the world’s happiness
and peace next Christmas will not
be marred with the sound of bombs.
Robert Quillen looks at the bright
side. He says: “Maybe the Rus-
sians exaggerate, but 300,000 dead
Nazis still sounds good if you divide
it by three.”
Now that gas rationing is in full
swing, what are we hoping to do
with all'the time we usually spend
in the winter planning next sum-
mer’s vacation?
The world has but one great,
righteous task to accomplish. A sim-
ple glance at the headlines tells the
story.
Providing Northeast
Texas with
Motor Freight
SERVICE THAT IS
the Currency, under Section S211, U. S.
ASSETS * 4
Loans and discounts__________________________________$120,280.9$ ;
United States Government obligations, direct and guar- • >
anteed ----------------------------------------’ 00,190.00 i
Obligations of States and political subdivisions...... ..... 9,223.80
Other bonds, notes, and debentures ______7,000.00
Corporate stocks (including $2,550.00 stock of Federal
Reserve bank) --------------,---................4. ............ 2,550.00 f:
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve bal-
ance, and cash items in process of collection 164,54(k04
Bank premises owned $3,000.00 furniture and fixtures
$1,000.00 --------------------------------------.....________ ___________________ 4,000.00 __________
Real estate owned other than bank premises 1.00
TOTAL ASSETS ........................................................... $367,745-8$ 1
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships and cor-
porations _ —---------------------------------------------$243,053.99
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corpor-
ations 23,974.05-
Deposits of States and political subdivisions_________________ 8,024.03
Other deposits (certified and cashier’s checks, etc.) 671.95
TOTAL DEPOSITS ............................$275,724.02
TOTAL LIABILITIES $275,724.02
CAPITAL ACCOUNT
Capital Stock: Common stock, total par $50,000.00 _______ 50,000.00
Surplus ................ 35,000.00
Undivided profits 7,021.81
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 92,021.81
TOTAL LIABILITIES & CAPITAL ACCOUNTS $367,745.83
State of Texas, County of Lamar, ss: I, J. B. Griffin, cashier
of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above state-
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. B. GRIFFIN, Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of January,
1943. 1 T. O. STOREY, Notary Public.
CORRECT—Attest: /
MRS. J.,H. MOORE
W. L. BAUGHN
J. R. KELSEY
Directors.
Here’s good news for the kiddies;
There is less than one month’s sup-
ply of castor oil on hand in the Unit-
ed States.
Wouldn’t this be a grand and glor-
ious old world if everybody could
keep the Christmas anu New Year
snirit all the year round?
If you didn’t see the world on fire
ias* year, the job awaits you for the
new year. And there is plenty of
everything to stait the conflagra-
tion.
Father Time as 1942 emerged from
the scene a sadder but wiser man.
There were plenty of causes for his
wrinkled face and stooped figure.
War always leaves its marks.
Those philosophers who advise us
not to worry about tomorrow should
realize by now how wrong they are.
If America had worried more some
twenty years ago about Japan there
might not have been a Pear] Harbor
tragedy.
Mrs. M. Bybee
Buried Saturday
At Providence
Funeral service for Mrs. Margaret
By bee of Reno was held Saturday
by the Rev. M. C. Sooter, Methodist
pastor at Blossom, with interment
in Providence cemetery. Pallbear-
ers were Clyde Walker, Stephen By-
bee, Woodrow Bybee, John W. Win-
ters, James and Travis Bybeer'^all
grandsons.
Born Feb. 16, 1860, in Tennessee,
Mrs. Bybee died Friday at her home,
having lived in this vicinity 51 years.
She leaves these children: L. D.
Bybee, Elbert and Bobby Bybee and
Mrs- .Frank Reeder of Reno; Joe and
Jay Bybee of Deport; Bill Bybee of
Jayton and Mrs. Bud Walker of Rox-
ton, besides 109 grandchildren and
great grandchildren.
INSPECT
Our Merchandise
and get our prices before you buy. We have a large var-
iety of merchandise at prices that should please the Thrif-
ty Shoppers. Note these—
Men’s Work Shoes
in “Star Brand” Grade
$2.49, $2.98, $3.98
and $4.98
Men’s Shoes
Dress. Slippers, ‘Star Brand’
$2.98, $3.50, $3.98
and $4.98
WORK CLOTHES
Khaki Suits $3.47
Pants_____________98c
Shirts..............$1.59
Blue Work
Shirts ........... 98c
Dress Shirts
E & W BRAND—
98c and $1.49
Sweat Shirts 98c
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Men’s Hats
LION BRAND—
$1.98, $2.98, $3.50
and $4.98
We also carry STETSON’S
line of Hats—
$5.00 to $9.00
New Spring
Dresses, $1.98
I2’s to 52’s
Blankets—
$1.98, $2.98, $6.50
and $7.50
Bedspreads—
£.98, $2.98, $3.98
Spring Prints
New Case of Spring Prints
hate Juet arrived—
per yd. 35c
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 7, 1943, newspaper, January 7, 1943; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902541/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.