The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1941 Page: 2 of 6
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Weekly by The Talco
Pub. Co.. Inc., Talco, Texas.
C. HOLLOWAY..........President
HAHDIN.............. .........Editor
EDITORIALLY
SPEAKING
BURT LOCKHART
in Pittsburg Gazette
*ACH- SAM HASS •-
REMODELLED HIS df >
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SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
Titus, Franklin and Red River
Counties ,
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
ten Sent Elsewhere the Subscrip-
tion Price is $1.50 a Year
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
We can’t all get rich, but we can
tell the rich- what to do with their
money.
Second Class Matter
Mardh 20, 1930, at the poetoffice at
Tako, Texas.
Today has been defined as that
glorious tomorrow we raved about
yesterday.
No chaTge is made for publication
of notices of church services or other
gatherings where no admis-
is charged. Where admission is
rged or where goods or wares of
any kind are offered for sale the
regular advertising rates will apply.
Those who complain most about
money being filthy are those of us
who seldom touch it.
Human nature never changes,
which is probably the reason the
world is in such a mess.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1941
When you buy United States
defense bonds or stamps you are
t giving your money, you are
resting it. Uncle Sam wants
borrow your money, so he
can make weapons with which
A lot of us are still unconvinced
that putting a ceiling over high
prices will keep us from bumping
into them.
ROUNDUP PARTY GIVEN
FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
EGYPTIAN COTTON NOW
BEING GROWN IN
A roundup party was given by
Miss Era Pierce for her Sunday
school class east of Talco Monday
night. A stew supper with all the
trimmings was served to the follow-
ing: Misses Esther House, Merle and
Martha Penn, Geneva Smith, Alice
Oliver, Dixie Lee Holloway, Doro-
thy Jo Fussell and Vanoy Cates. The
party ended with a refreshing drink
at the drug store. A very enjoyable
time was reported by everyone.
An estimated 35,00 acres of Egypt-
ian long staple cotton is maturing in
the irrigated Rio Grande Valley area
near El Paso. Production is, placed
at 240 pounds per acre with a staple
length of about one and one-half
inches and an average price of 30c
per pound on the present market.
COULDN’T TAKE IT
EXPLAINED
Professor: “A fool can ask more
questions than a wise man can an-
swer."
Student: “No wonder I flunked.”
Two old settlers, confirmed bache-
lors, sat talking. The conversation
drifted from politics to cooking.
“I got one o’ them thar cookery
books once, but I never used it,”
said one.
“Too much fancy work in it?” ask-
ed the other. ^
“Yer dern tootin’! Every one of
those recipes began the same way:
‘Take a clean dish,’ an’ that settled
me.”
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to win this war. If he doesn’t
win it your money wouldn’t be
worth anything to you, anyway.
If he does win it. you will get
money back with interest.
Is and stamps may be
:ht at any post office or
This newspaper urges you
help your government with
dollars.
Estimates as to how long the war
will last vary from one year to ten.
Probably the determining factor will
be the three m’s—men, morale and
money.
THINGS
ABOUT TOWN
Nothing is more convincing to a
chap that he can’t do a thing after
he has once made up his mind that
he can’t do it. He believes himself,
but not in himself.
An appreciated Christmas card
reached The Times on Sunday
from Lieut. Col. B. Conn Ander-
son, F. A., Schofield Barracks,
Honolulu, T. H. It pictured Dia-
mond Head and was mailed on
Dec. 3, three days before Japan
delivered her dastardly surprise
attack on the 7th. Anderson is
i a Veteran officer, a product of
Leon Springs during the other
war, and a wizzard at math,
which made him a captain. Good
luck. Conn, and may the men
you have trained be pointing
those big guns in a way that will
inflict the greatest damage when
they get another opportunity.!
You can’t make psychologists be-
lieve it, but the old fashioned grand-
mother still contends that a little
switch, well placed, is better than a
300-page book on child psychology.
Evidently, Ananias has set up
headquarters in Tokyo. When it
comes to colossal lying and diaboli-
cal double crossing, Japan establish-
es a new record for international
perfidy.
The most interesting news about
town is the way local people are
getting into the Christmas spirit. In
spite of the gloom brought on with
our entry into the war, citizens are
not forgetting our old customs and
are going to make this Christmas
as bright as possible.
Every store has beautiful decorat-
ions and colored lights for the oc-
casion. The Chamber of Commerce
sponsored the street lighting and
erected a Christmas tree in the cen-
ter of the street across from the
bank. However, the tree was short-
lived, after a local driver collided
into it, breaking it down and burst-
ing the light bulbs. Just the same,
the Christmas lights will continue
to burn until after Christmas.
Weds Deport Boy
PHILOSOPHICAL
Don’t you think you have about
all you can do to live in the present
without spending so much time liv-
ing in the past and the future? Liv-
ing one day at a time, and living
that day well, is a he-man’s job.
Annual Christmas edition of
The Times will be published
next week one day earlier than'Pected
The lawmakers in Texas are dis-
appointed to the extent of $1,530,-
000 in revenue receipts. They ex-
the liquor prescription law
We have had a number of our
readers to agree with us concerning
the story in last week’s issue when
we said Talco had declared war on
Japan ahead of FDR. Their opinion
is that if Talco could get into the
war with the rest they would run
the aggressors right back against the
advancing Russians and between
the two armies, would end the war,
once and for all time.
the usual publication date, due
to the fact that Christmas comes
on Thursday. Efforts are being
made now to put the edition in
the mails on Wednesday, and
merchants may aid us greatly by
turning in their advertising copy
as early as possible. The staff of
this newspaper will burn some
midnight oil to put out an edition
worthy of its town and its read-
ers and to get it in the mails be-
fore Christmas. Cooperation of
all correspondents and advertis-
ers isi needed to make it possible.
to bring in $1,540,000, but it will
bring in only about $10,000, so of-
ficials state.
POLITIC? DO CHANGE
Texas officials are rapidly
forming plans for defense and
production in this government’s
war against the Axis powers.
State Health Officer Cox is urg-
Readertorials
By the Undersigned Reader
Sending in an editorial from the
Cooper Review, Miss Elsie Farmer
of Pattonville, says: These lines ex-
press my sentiments exactly and
should have a place in every true
American heart. It reads:
“If it is to don a uniform and
fight, do just that; if it is to work in
a factory long hours, do it without
“The game of politics isn’t what
it used to be,” remarked’ Senator
Sorghum.
“Why, doesn’t the crowd listen to
you?”
“Yes. They used to be satisfied
to shake hands and listen to a brass
band. Now, they pay so much at-
tention to my remarks that I have
to be careful what I say.”
A placid old lady who took life
philosophically sat knitting in the
drawing room. To her came rush-
ing her fifteen-year-old granddau-
ghter.
“Oh, granny, granny;” cried the
girl, “father’s just fallen off the
roof!”
“I know, my child,” replied the
old lady, without even raising her
eyes. “I saw him pass the window.’
The U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture has developed a hybrid popcorn
which gives a bigger and better pop
and is more tender.
When disconnecting an electrical
appliance, pull the wire out by
grasping the plug, never the cord.
SPECIAL
3 Days
CHRISTMAS
SALE
on DRESSES
One Lot $19.75 $4 C*
DRESSES for____X 9
DRESSES for
One Lot $10.98
DRESSES for ..
‘.95
All Winter
COATS and SUITS
REDUCED
Gifts, Hose, Bags, Papam-
as, Gowns, Jewelry, Slacks,
Robes, House Coats and
-nany other novelty gifts.
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MRS. JAMES GRANT
Formerly Lorraine Casey of^
ramento, Calif., who wed Lieut.
James Grant, Deport boy, at Mather
Flying Field chapel on Dec. 6.
Talco, Texas Rl, Box 37.
Dear Santa Claus: I have been
pretty good in my school work, so I
want you to bring me a stationery
chest, some fruits, candy and nuts.
Please. Your fried,
Sarah Alice Burks.
CHRISTMAS
NO DRIVER NEEDED
■afrsAW
Husband: “Confound it! I’ve lock-
ed the keys inside the car.”
Wife: “Never mind, dear. It’s
such a nice night we might as well
ride home in the rumble seat.”
ROBES
'Nice weather
First Communist:
we're having.”
Second Communist (grudgingly):
‘Yes, but the rich are having it. too.’
ing formations of organizations | complaint; or if to make a special
for first aid training,nurses’l
aides and emergency sanitation.
Fire Insurance Commissioner
Hall is asking for formation of
fire defense organizations to
work in cooperation with local
fire departments, and the form-
ation of air rail warning com-
mittees is rapidly assuming
shape. Civilians asked to serve
in such work should not hesi-
tate to do so. It is one of the
least things that they may do to
help their country in this emer-
gency.
effort to produce more food and ma-
terial do it. Nothing less will win
and nothing less would be worthy
of our people. But above all, let’s
accept the challenge as given. The
Japs fired the first shot, we’ll fire
the last. Remember Pearl Harbor.”
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BOTH CAME BACK
A Florida doctor invented the first
ice-making machine, the parent of
all today’s automatic refrigerators.
Frank: “My wife asked me to take
our old cat off somewhere and lose
it. So, I put it in a basket and
tramped out into the country for
about eight miles.”
Carl: “Did you lose the cat?”
Frank: “Lose it! If I hadn’t fol-
lowed it, I’d never have got back
home.”
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For All Your Loved Ones
A Tip from Santa
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TALCO, TEXAS.
These include fine quality satins and brushed
rayons in a splendid group for Christmas giving.
Assorted colors and styles, some have zipper
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Hardin, Paul. The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, December 19, 1941, newspaper, December 19, 1941; Talco, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth912455/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.