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VOLUME XX
STAMFORD. JONES COUNTY. TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER.24, 1943
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NEWS OF OUR
MENw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
[CAPTAIN HOLLIS HUGHES IS [Subscriptions IGOODSON SELLERS PRESENTED
AWARDED SILVER STAR FOR
GALLANTRY IN WAR IN ITALY
Travis Tidwell is
Again Heard from
In Japanese Prison
Mr. ami Mr*. J. L. Tidwtll had
a card from their son, Ffc. James
Travis Tidwell, prisoner of the
Japanese government in the
Osaka Camp at Tokyo, Japan. The
card was dated May, 1943, and
was signed in ink by Tidwell.
The card, an official form, said
he wns well and still working for
pay and varied by little frrnp the
only other curd that the Tidwell’s
h*ye received. The family was
especially delighted because he
signed this card and the signa-
ture on the first was typewritten.
Letters of not over 2tr words
may be mailed to him, Mr. Tidwell
■aid. The address is Pfc. James T.
Tidwell, Prisoner of War, Camp
Osaka, Tokyo, Japan, via New
York City, N. Y.
Warwick in Radio School
Robert W. Warwick, 26, son of
Mrs. R. W. Wurwick of Stamford,
was enrolled recently in n month's
radio refresher course at the Pre-
Radio Naval Training School lo-
cated at the U. S. Naval Armory in
Michigan City, Ind.
The Bluejacket’s radio ability
was detected in a series of aptitude
tests given during his" recruit
training. The short course in-
cludes the basic principles oL-elec-
.tyicity, algebra and slide-rule-fun-
damentals.
After completion of his present
ocurse Warwick will be sent on to
an advanced radio school where he
is eligible to win a petty officer
rating before beinff sent on active
duty aboard ship or at a shore
station.
,-, 4. Home on Furlough
’ Dallas — Pfc. Willjam B. Child-
fesa is spending n few days of the
holiday season with Mr. and Mrs
E. H. Childress of Rt. 2, Stamford.
Pfc. Childress is a member of
Army specialised Training Unit
No. 1809, stationed at the Medi-
cal School of the Southwestern
Medical Foundation, Dallas, Texas,
and his Christmas furlough is a
wtll-denerved Interlude In the busy
process of training to become a
medical officer in the Army of'the
United States.
Upon successful completion of
the Training program, Pfc. Chil-
dress will be commissioned a First
Lieutenant in the Medical Corps
of the Army of the United States.
Alexander Return* to Station
~ Sgt. Sidney Alexander has re-
turned to Kearns, Utah, after visit-
ing his brother, Walton Alexander,
and his wife and children in
Stamford , a#d his mother in
Stephenville. Sergeant Alexander
has been in the service over a
ye*r and this was his firdt fur-
lough. He was living in Ef Paso
when he entered the service.
Pvt George Lee Terry who is
stationed at Camp Swift, is spend-
ing his Christmas furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. H.
Terry. The relatives here will
also be joined by Mr. and Mrs.
Preston Morrow and family of Ro-
tan and Mr. and Mrs. Nick Guil-
lttto and family of Camp Springs
for Christmas.
Sgt. Dave Roves, From Ft Riley
Kansas, is visiting his father, E. T.
Raves of Lueders, and other re-
latives. His brother, Pvt E. T.
Revet, Jr., who is stations*-at
Keesier Field, Miss., was at home
recently, but has returned to his
- station.
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Materials for
Soldiers’ Kits
Received Here
Red Croas to Complete 150
Hags by January 15, 288
, Extra by May
The government is. already send-
ing materiuls to Jones County
al quota of soldier’s kits. By Jan-
Red Cross Chapter for its addition-
uary 15, 150 bags on regular quota
are to be sent in and the extra as-
signment of 288 must be finished
by May 30.
Recent pledges and donations
have been made for filling bags
from: Lueders Forty-Two Club; in
Anson, from Methodist Helpers
Sunday School Class, Woman’s
Club, Tuesday Study Club, East-
ern Star, Presbyterian Women’s
Auxiliary; in Stamford, from Bap-
tist ten-year-old girls class and
from Harvesters’ Class, from
Methodist junior class, Dorcas
Class, Wesleyan Guild, from Pres-
byterian Woman’s Auxiliary, East-
ern Star, Busy Hour Club, Pier-
ian Club, Jones County Home
Economists, and from Mrs. R. B.
Buie und Mrs. B. C. Burrow.
It will require more than $400
to fill soldier’s kits and contribu-
tions and pledges must continue
in order to get out Jones county’s
part. The government supplies ma-
teriuls; Red Cross volunteers make
the kits and donors furnish funds
for buying contents which help our
men on every fighting front with
everyday .essentials.
Mrs. T. L. Holland
Of Rochester Dies;
Is Buried at Anson
(Special to The American)
WITH THE FIFTH ARMY,
ITALY — Captam-Hollis M.
Hughes of Stamford, Texas, has
been awarded the Silver Star for
gallantry in action during the in-
vasion of Italy.
On the nigijt of September 13,
while in command of an infantry
company of the 36th Division,
Captain Hughes was wounded in
11 places by a high explosive ar-
tillery shell. He was given first
aid and despite severe pain, con-
tinued in active command of his
company and refused to be evac-
uated. However, he later was evac-
uated when he became unconscious.
At his own request, and contrary
to medical advice, he returned to
his company a few days later. At
the time, his unit was in m defen-
sive position near Mount Chirico,
Ituly. In spite of his wounds, Cap-
tain Hughes continued to command
his company effectively until it
was relieved from the engagement.
Captain Hughes has returned to
active service with his unit.
Mr.. T. L. Holland of Roohat^ “S £
mother of Bart Holland of this
city, died Thursday of last week at
Rochester. Burial was in Anson
Sunday afternoon. Rev. L. A
Doyle of Anson and Rev. J. M.
Lunsford of Rochester conducted
the service. Mrs. T. L. Holland, Jr.,
the, former Dorothy May Pratt, is a
daughter-in-law.
Mrs. Holland, whose husband is
a gin manager at Rochester, had
lived In Anson since 1904, moving
to Rochester with her husband
about two yean ago.
Survivors include her husband:
tlx son*, Charles, aviation cadet
stationed at Lubbock; T. L. Hol-
land, Jr., in the Navy stationed at
San Diego, California; Hub of
Anson; Bartlett of Stamford, El-
.mer of Hawley and George of
Rochester; two daughters, Mn.
Howard Roberts of Anson and
Thelma Holland, graduate nurse at
San Antonio; five brothers, Omer
Bartlette of Ronoke, Ala., Henry
BnrUett of Linevllle, Ala.: E. C.
Bartlett of Anson; A. R. Bartlett
of Post and Timothy Bartlett of
Rochester, and 12 grandchildren.
Galileo was the first to use the
telescope to observe the heavens.
Will See Son
Mr*. M. M. McBride left Wed-
nesday after receiving a telephone
call that htr top, Fred Hudson
McBride, would be at Long Beach,
California, for aaveral days. Ha
haa been gone for aeveral months.
McBride, seaman, second claaa,
. United States Navy, will visit for.
‘r*f’ a few days there with his Brand-
mother, Mrs. Sarah Moseley,.and
.* Mn. McBrids will Join them there.
On Honor Roll
• Miss Mary Wilson, junior from
Stamford in Texas Christian Uni-
versity, is one of 198 student*
whose names appsar on the
scholastic honor roil for the sum-
mer-fall semester, announced by
Re&l*trar 8. W. Hutton.
NOTICE—
to Subscribers
Effective January 1, the sub-
scription price of tho
STAMFORD AMERICAN
H will be
Farmers Prove
New Variety of
Cotton is Good
Noodle Community Associa-
tion to Plant Same Kind
Next Spring
By James M. Binion
County Agent
The summer was hot, the fields
were parched and as the cotton
harvest arrived the usual tran-
sient labor was not in sight. In
fact the labor never showed up to
materially assist with the harvest
of a short crop. However, the
farmers of the Noodle Community
were intensely ^interested in gin
results. A new variety of cotton,
DilCapine, was planted extensive-
ly for the first time by members
of the Noodle cotton seed associa-
tion.
Friendly arguments waxed
advantages of the new cotton be-
tween association members and
planters of better known varieties.
According to Ernest Spurgeon,
secretary of the association, gin
and market results finally caused
these friendly arguments and com-
parisons to boil down to y»e fol-
lowing general agreements:
1. Deltapine beat all big boll
cotton on yield.
2. Deltapine- -ran about the
same in staple length as other
cotton with the exception of the
short staple varieties, which it
surpassed.
3. Deltapine did make the loan
which some of the cotton grown
in the community could not make.
wSk/mm
( APT. HOLLIS M. HUGHES
Counties in This Area
Gin About Half as
Much as Last Year
Jones County had ginned 27,700
bales of cotton prior to December
1", 1943, as compared with 51,439
hales to the same time last year,
according tp the preliminary re-
port of the Department of Com-
merce through the Bureau of the
Census. The state of Texas had
ginned 2,583,210 bales, as com-
pared with 2,671,649 bales last
year.
Haskell county had ginned 29,-
016 bales as compared with 45.-
680 bales last year and Stonewall
had ginned 3 218 bales as com-
pared with 6,782 bales last year.
Dr. O. P. Clark Holds
Service at Mission
Dr. O. P. Clark, pastor of St.
John’s Methodist Church, conduct-
ed a devotional scrvicejgor, the
Junior R. A. Group at tl
ly-acqulred R. A. mission
night in connection with the even-
ing program. L. R. Jones is coun-
selor.
Packages of fruit, candy and
nuts will be distributed at the
mission Thursday night.
LETTERS
to
SANTA CLAUS
Rt. 2, Stamford, Texas
Dear Santa Claus: I think I
have been a good little girl. Will
you please bring me a blackboard
that will stand up and chalk, some
candy, fruits and $1 worth of de-
fense stamps. Sincerely, Opal
Doris Middleton.
Haskell, Texas, Dec. 9, 1943
Dear Santa Claus: Please bring
me some skates, doll bed, story
deltapine bolls were ™ pretty do„t
blackboard, monopoly game and
$1.50
A YEAR
$1 for 8 Months
•
Up to Deosmbor 81, now and
renewal subscriptions will bo
accepted at tha old prico of $1.00
If your subscription expires
sarly next yonr, you may, if
you desire, renew your subeeri
thm now si
5-lock bolls.
Undaunted by adverse com-
ments members of the Association
have already purchased and have
on hand one car load Of Deltapine
pedigreed seed for next year’s
plantings. In addition some of the
members are seeking approval as
producers of certified seed and
the chances are good that they will
have these seed available for 1944
plantings. ™
. It takes courageous men to pio-
neer but the members of the
Noodle Cotton Seed Association
went into their program with the
knowledge that years of experi-
mentation had proved the merits of
certain varieties, Deltapine, in-
cluded.
Sergeant Buttner *
President of Club
x Of Enlisted Men
Sgt. Vincent Buttner is president
of the Enlisted Men's Club, com-
posed of enlisted men St the Stam-
ford Flying school. Sgt George
Rollins is vice president; Cpl. Ar-
Murphy, secretary, and Sgt.
Earl Lindsey and Cpl. Jack Mc-
Clure are co-treasurers and book-
RKjWB. .
"Chief source of maintenance of
the American Legion Enlisted I Boone.
Mens Club is ths dances that aro
desire, renew your subeerfp-, time to time by the en-
new at the old rate of $1.00 gN men and “ small . monthly
..Tho. Amerlcan Legion Enlisted
Meni Olab, opens each evening at
7 pjb., except Sunday when It
opens at 8 p.m. One man is on
duty each night The club will have
I one scheduled meeting each month
and called meetings whan neces-
sary.
and von will receive the paper
one full year from, the time
your subscription expire*.v >
Positively no subscriptions
wQl be accepted for leas than
$1.50 a year on and after Jan-
uary 1, 1044.
Y^T* -•
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some candy and nuts and remem-
ber the other little girls and boys.
I have been a good little girl. Love,
Glenna Mae Schaake.
To The American
Are Pouring In
Over Seventy New Readers
Added in Week; Prices Go
Up January 1 ,
FIFTEEN-YEAR SERVICE PIN AT
WTU DISTRICT SAFETY MEETING
The West Texas Utilities Com-
pany district safety and educa-
tional meeting was held at the
, . . Stamford office Thursday evening
With only one week remaining ^ ,as(. week
Stamford, Tex,, Rt. 3, Dec. 20, 1943
Dear Old Santa: Please bring
me a pretty dolj. It will need a
warm blanket!' because it is very
cold where I live.
I’d like you to fill my stocking
with some good things to eat.
Please Santa, remember all the
other little girls and boya. Good-
bye, Mary Ann Gardner.
Staniffcrd, Tex., Dec. 21, 1943
Dear Sants: I am s little boy
15 months old and have been s
good boy this year, so, Santa,
please bring me a football, snooper1
dog and car. Also some fruits, nuts
and candy. Santa, please don’t for-
get my sisters and all other little
boys and girls. Love. 0. B. Boone,
Stamford, Tex., Dec. 21, 1948
Dearest Santa: I am a little girl
5 years old and have really bpen
a good little girl this year. Santa,
pleas* bring m* a do)l with curly
hair, desk, blackboard and soma
color books. Also some fruit, nuts,
and candies. Please remember all
the little girls and boys. Betty Lou
of the regular $1 rate for a year’s
subscription to The American, new
ur.d renewal subscriptions have
been received daily. More than 70
new subscriptions have been re-
ceived within the past week. The
rate will advance to $1.50 per year
on January 1.
•"ft portion of the subscriptions
received within the past week
follow:
Pfc. Billy Sandefer, Bryan
Mr, -and Mrs, J. E. Stigler, Mor-
gan Mill 'e
Mrs, E. Reber, Old Glory
Cpl. Vernon Reber, Blythe, Cali-
fornia.
Mrs. Lula Smith, Stamford
Mrs. J. T. Mims, Stanton
' Pfc. Ernest T. Pearson, C-o
Postmaster, New York
S-Sgt. Lawrence Pearson, Camp
Adair, Ore.
Pfc. Albert I. Pearson, Maxton,
North Carolina
J. A. Lungren, Avoca, Rt. 1
M. A. Payne, Hamlin
Mrs. L. B. Hardin, Amarillo
Mrs. George Short, Tahoka
Joe S. Smith, Abilene
S. A. Olson, Avoca
Pvt. Milton Olson, Lubbock
Mrs. J. C. Doss, Stamford
J. L- Ekdahl, Stamford
R. ,T. Lambert, Sagerton
G. A. Leach, Sagerton
Aug. E. Hahn, Sagerton
T. L. Thane, Sagerton, Rt. 1
Mrs. T. M. Smart, Lueders
Theodore Olson, Ft. Worth
Mrs. Joseph Castillo, Los An-
geles, Calif.
Herman Cox, Avoca, Rt. 1
W. T. Overby, Stamford, Rt. 1
Rill Davis, Elgin, Okla.
Hi Fuqua,' ffrwpwt '—
Mrs. Walter C. Chatwell, Hask-
ell, Rt. 9
J. L. Tidwell, Sagerton, Rt. 1
Claud Thompson, Anson Rt. 1
A. L. Hardin, Stamford, Rt. 3
Harold Bostick, Stamford, Rt. 2
G. L.'Laughlin, Sagerton
Mrs. J. E. Peck, Meadow
J. H. Sauls, Hamlin Rt. 4
Mrs. Lowell Smith, Dodge City,
Kansas.
Jack Garner, Stamford
Lt. Col. F. M. Locke, San Anton-
io
O. T. Martin, Stamford
Cpl. R. N. Bunkley, Stockton
Field, Calif.
Sgt. Earl Lindsey, Stamford
Mrs. J. M. Flemins, Stamford
Mrs. Lettie Hewett, Stamford
T. R. Elder, Orosbyton
Clay Lusk, Murfreesboro, Ark.
C. H. Seth, Avoca, Rt. 1
Lieut, and Mrs. E. H. Austin,
Waco
Blanche Baldwin, Stamford
A. L. Hughes, Avoca
Mrs. Gust Carison, Stamford
M. A. Wills, Stamford, Rt. 1
J. T. Evetts, Savanah, Ga.
W. N. Humphrey, Pasadena
Mrs. J. E. Ferguson, Stamford
Earl Oament, Stamford
Jane Brown, Austin
Mrs. Ray Burson, Kansas City,
Kans.
Vineta Ferrell, Houston
Mrs. W. T. McCulloch, Stamford
Mrs. Willis V. Lyon, Stamford
M. S. Thornton, Stamford
Dallas Neal, Stamford, Rt. 2
D. H. Potts, Anson, Rt. 3
E. J. BoOdeker, Stamford, Rt. 2
M. R. Sealy, Stamford, Rt. 3
V. L. Wood, Stamford, Rt. 2
Claud Huddleston, Stamford, Rt.
Floyd Price, Stamford, Rt. 2
Joe Vasek, Stamford, Rt. 3
H. F. Harwell, Stamford, Rff 3
T. J. Lovvom, Stamford, Rt. 3
Barron Lindsey, Stamford, Rt. S
S-Sgt. Edgar S. Quader-c-o Post-
master, New York
Eddie Kainer Sagerton
W. G. Wendeborn, Sagerton
Rubv Hanson, Stamford 4
H. C. Michael, Snyder *.
Mrs. Loree Bougher, Lueders
J. B, Burney, Stamford, Rt. 8
Ensign Raymond Austin, C-o
Flest Postoffice, Sen Francisco
J. M. Newcomer, Avoca ....
Eleeae Goree, Ft Worth
M. D. Smith, Stamford, Rt 8
Grady Baldwin, Stamford
B. Teague, Stamford, Rt $
K. K. Francis, district manager,
presented a 15-year service pin to
Goodsofi Sellers. Mr. Sellers has
been chairman of the safety
meetings for the patst year and
this was his last meeting’before he
leaves for servicp in the United
States Navy. He has been local
manager at Rule and was formerly
employed here.
" Ray Marshall, safety director, of
Abilene “Congratulated the district
on an almost perfect safety re-
cord for the past year.
Mitt Adams spoke on “Why we
Have Safety Meetings”. Mr.
Adams gave figures from the Bu-
reau of Safety bulletin for the
past 12 months pertaining to per-
sons who were victims or disease
and injury. He compared the
amount of money spent on hos-
pitalization each year to the
amount spent on the upkeep of the
American army. He mentioned as
principal cause for accidents,
working mechanically from habit
and not stopping to think.
Sarah Smith of Hamlin conduct-
ed a quiz contest on “Kash for
Kilowatt Knowledge” which was
amusing and instructive. All em-
ployees and visitors participated.
Opal Blankenship, the new Dis-
trict “C” storekeeper, was intro-
duced. Employees and their fami-
lies were invited to attend. Fol-
lowing the meeting at the office,:
the group went to a cafe for sand-
wiches, pie and coffee.
The following persons were pre-
sent: K. K. Francis, Earl Hughes,
A. L. Foster, C. D. Dickenson, L.
B. Tillotson, R. C. Lane, R. M.
Moore, O. L. Lindsey, Mitt Adams,
George. Spoon, LaVerne Grace,
.Opal Blankenship, and Mrs. Ear!
Hughes, Stamford; Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Marshall, Mrs, Virginia Col-
lins and Miss Lois Collins, Abi-
lene; Goodson Sellers, Bessie Mae
Sellers, Rule; B. M. Brundage, D.
C. Rogers, Sarah Smith, Hamlin;
L> Di- McAfee, Aspermont; Doss
Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Rae Eastland,
Anson; . C. B. Waggoner, Henry
Withers, Rotan; J. M. Waggoner,
Henry King, Mrs. J. Sides, Bessie
Mae Sellers, Haskell; Mr. and
Mrs. I. A. Ruhsell, Jay ton; W. R.
Weaver, Kash Powers. spVir.
Hinds Elected
As President of
Exchange Club
Wives of Members are Enter-
tained with Banquet at
Cadet Club
Annual “Ladies Night” was hcM
by the Stamford Exchange Club at
the Cadet Club Tuesday --night.
Wives of members and other
guests were present. __. . ^ ‘
A baked turkey menu was serv-
ed at banquet tables festively orna-
mented with poinsettias. i’rograss-
menu folders were printed in a
red, white and blue theme and fea-
tured a United States Flag and *
V for Victory emblem. ,
Otis Harbert, retiring president,
presided. Officers elected for tha
coming six-month period wen
Marvin Hiojjs, president; Roland
Kelly, vice president; Richard
, . , ...... Lane, secretary-treasurer. New
made since he predicted the 1929 mt.mbers of the hoa^ o£
»•»* n rb/it Avouh u oAor/1 i n rr r n a/iunneo _ . f • .
Babson Forecast
- For 1944 to be
Given Next Week
Startling Predictions of Fam-
ous Forecaster to be in
The American
Roger W. Babson’s forecast on
the war and the elections in 1944-
will be published in next week’s
issue of The American. Babson’s
i forecast this yeflr will contain the
most startling statements he has
market crash .according to advance
notice received by The American.
American business has no more
ihspiring personality than Roger
W. Babson,- internationally-known
business commentator *nd invest-
ment adviser. An outstanding fea-
ture of his philosophy has been
his life-long insistence on the im-
portance of religion in business.
Born in 1875, reared in an old-
fashioned atmosphere of hard
work and hustle
on a farm in
Glouchester, Mr.
Babson went to
the Massachu-
setts Institute of
Technology. Up-
on graduating in
1898, he turned
instinctively t o
financial and
business activi-
ties;
His exertions, however, under-
mined his health; he contracted
tuberculosis » and .he -Was sent
West “as good *s dead”! It was
while he was convalescing from
this dread m'alady that he worked
out some of the possibilities and
problems of business statistics.
That was forty years ago. Today
his weekly statistical and financial
reports are read by thousands of
business men and his research
work is carried on by a large staff
of workers.
Mr. Babson founded Babson In-
stitute for men; and, in coopera-
tion with Mrs. Babson, developed
Webber College for women,—both
nationally-known educational in-
stitutions. Here young men and
women may concentrate more in
the fundamentals and less on the
frills of business.
To millions of newspaper read
era, Mr. Babson is best known by
his familiar weekly stories on busi-
ness which appear in more than
400 papers throughout North
America. Of unbounded energy,
Roger W. Babson has probably
dene more than any other man to
bring statistics to life, to instill
,a broader vision in business men,
and to publicise the ups-and-downs
of the business cycle.
are Gordon Davis, J. C. Sham-
burger, J. M. Ashcrdft aod B.
Thaxton. Holdover members sort
Grady Bowdry, R. E. Johnson ami
Roland Kelly.
Roy Arledge welcomed tlM
guests and introduced the dnb
members, who, in turn, introduced
their guests. Later C. M. Lester led
the group in the singing of Christ-
mas carols, while Mrs. Lester
played the piano accompaniment
and Cadet Webber played the
steel guitar. Cadet Webber akin
played ’ several solo numbers- •
George Zachary gfcve the benedic-
tion.
Stamford, Tex., Dec. 21, 1948
.Dearest Santa: 1 am a little girl
six years old and in tha first
grade, and have also been, a good
little girl this year. Santa, please
bring m* a desk, blackboard, doll
with curly hair and fruit, nuts *nd
candy. Don’t forget mother and
all , tha other little
daddy and
girls and boys.
Boone.
Lots, Jo Ann
John Vahlenkamp, Old Glq:
Mrs. Maxine Zwsifel,
0. B. Teague,
Vahlenk
Ma:
Beach, Calif.
Long
Leo Ivy, Stamford, Rt 8
JU^.KBwka, Pittsburg f
Stamford
W. W. Farmer, Lueders, Rt 8
Mrs. N. E. Scott, Odessa
1. 0. Hughes, Stamford, Rt 9
Mrs. Leroy Kelly, Clifton ;
Mrs. Frank McFarland, Hous-
ton
(OmtUrast on PM* 4)
least one program oh post-war
planning in 1944.
Bide-A-Wee Bridge
Club Holds Party
For Christmas
Housing Needs
Of Farm Folk
Being Studied
Sufficient Native* Materials
To Meet Many of Needs
After War
Looking ahead to the post-war
era, home economists of the Texas
A. and M. College Extension Ser-
vice are thinking about the hous-
ing needs of rural Texans.
They are agreed that the need
for repairs and replacements of
rural homes is about as great now
as it was in 1934 when an exten-
sive rural housing survey was
made in the State. On the positive
side of the ledger, however, they
feel that there is suffjtint native
materials, sbeh as stone, gravel,
sand, logs, and rough lumber to
meet many of thy basic needs.
After the war, these home eco-
nomists believe, there will be a re-
serve of labor among farm fami-
lies which, under skilled direction,
could be used in repair and con-
struction programs. Likewise they
ftel that in some areas skilled la-
bor will need employment in many1
local communities after the war.
Extension workers and othew Christmas SUDDer
engaged in the field of rural edu- ~ ... . , ^ ,
cation and leadership can prepare Compliment tO Club
new for a post-,war housing pro- *»----* ' ** « -
gram by encouraging preparation
of a wide variety 6f plans for low
and medium cost houses, Bess Ed-
wards, assistant state home dem-
onstration agent, said recently.
Currently hero ar* some ways
Extension workers are helping In-
terest- farm and ranch families
in post-war planning.
They are encouraging rural
families to ear-mark war bonds
for post-war home improvements
and they are continuing the “re-
pair - the-house” demonstration.
The Texas Homs Demonstration
Association recently recommend-
ed that each of the 8,717 home dem-
onstration dubs in Texas have at
Gifts were exchanged at the an-
nual Christmas party of the Bide-
A-Wee Bridge Club ~ held last
Friday at the home of Mrs. G. E.
Hanson. A lighted Christmas tree
and bowls of" chrysanthemums
decorated the home.
War stamps were awarded to
Mrs. J. I. Moudy as high score
prise in bridge games. Fruit cake,
topped with whipped cream, and
coffee were served. 'Guests were
Mmes. Travis Bouchet$7 R. E.
Johnson, Bill Hatcher, L. M.
Thompson,H. J. Moreland, J. I.
Moudy and. Oliver Smith.
Eleven Cases of
Cigarettes to Go .
To Service Me&
Dr. Bunkley Addresses Ro-
tary Club, Opposing Social-
ized Medicine
Eleven cases of cigarettes will be
[provided for service men oversea*
as a result of the campaign con-
ducted by the Rotary Club, Bill
Braymer, president • of the dubt
announced at Tuesday’s luncheon.
(Contributions made by Rotariaas
and others and money collected in
I jars kept in various business
houses totalled $217.44 up to noon
■Tuesday.
Strong opposition to socialised
medicine as proposed in the. WaC"
ner Bill in Congitess was voiced \Hf
Dr. E. P. Bunkley, guest speaker
at Tuesday’s meeting. Dr. Bunk-
ley reviewed tbe grent progress
made by the medical profession ft*
the post fifty years and pointed
out that the present high stand-
ards have been attained thraugk
the system of free enterprise. Lite
expectancy has been increased dur-
ing the 50-yewr period from 4#
years to 60 years, he said.
Dr. Bunkley waa‘ thtroduced by
Dr. Dallas Southard, who was in
charge of'(he day’s program. Dick j
Rowland directed group singing et
Christmas songs. Visitor* at
meeting included Tony
the U. S. Navy, Lt. Ted
and Pvt. George Terry. •
Members, Husbands
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis TerrjF en-
tertained members of the Stitch
and Chatter Club and their hus-
bands Thursday night of laat week
with a Christmas supper. '
The Yuletid* theme was carried
out in all decorations. Gifts were
exchanged from the lighted Christ-
mas tree, after which games of
progressive “42” were played.
The following were present: Mr.
and Mrs. Rupert Raley, Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Westfall, Mr. and
trick, Mr. and
r. and Mrs.
Mr*. Olrnftmtf
Massey and
**.- ’ $ ■
Mr. and Mrs. Tsrry.
Stamford Guard
Unit Inspect
Company G, 10th Bat
Texas State Guard, was ins
Tuesday night by Major
Bryant of the Adjutant
office. Forty-six men an
officers were present for
spection. The inspect)^
made favorable comment
personnel of the comi
promised that the
receive additional equll
Major John Alvis,
commander, Abilene, and
ber of his staff scoop
Bryant here for the
G. M. Terrell
Died on Noi
The infant son
G. M. Terrell ■■
Sanitarium on No
lived only pine
funeral service
graveside at
conducted by
sator of the
inhey Funeral
funeral.
The I
parents, a
Dodson of
half brotknML
Oakland City! 1
Terrell, who is
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Huston, Cleburne. Stamford American (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, December 24, 1943, newspaper, December 24, 1943; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth973223/m1/1/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.