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TEAGUE, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAST THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1940.
Big Santa Claus Parade
^To Open Holiday Season
Here Wednesday, Dec. 18
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Washington, Dec. 5.—The posH
tion of the Vice-President of the
United States has been a peculiar
one for the past one hundred and
twenty years. The first two Vice-
Presidents, John Adams and
Thomas Jefferson, succeeded na-
tural ly to the office of President
because each of them had received
the second largest number of
otes when the President was
ected. Then the Constitution was
>anged and with it the method of
octing the Vice-President.
The post of Vice-President con-
ued to be an important one be-
wse, as Woodrow Wilson once
put it, “he may cease to be Vice-
lesident and become President.”
hat has happened five times in
,ne brief history of the United
States. That number of Presidents
>ave died in office and the man
■ho had been elected Vice-Presi-
'“t has succeeded him. That is
way Presidents John Tyler,
*ew Johnson, Chester A.
ur, Theodore Roosevelt and
n Coolidge reached the White
% Not one of them had any
xpection of becoming Presi-
|certainly not by that route,
>t more than one or two
n had any ambition to be
nt.
ie Confederacy
—— ie whole, the Presidents
’• reached that post by
i have turned out pretty
first of them, John
icceeded General Wil-
Harrison after the
toe had been only
% has the unique
ing been both
Ited States and
Egress of the
d to make
so many
1 wealth
■ing the
vhCD he
his lot.
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federate
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in 1844
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Demo-
id de-
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and
esf-
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j of the
ry to every
everybody who
spapers today knows
v A. Wallace became
mt by order of Presit
’elt, over the opposition
lly the entire Demo-
/ocuaed
>cuses attention upon
residents generally and
iident Wallace particular-
Wallace, so far, has done
to make him as famous as
his Democratic predeces-
homas R. Marshall. Mr.
was Vice-President under
; Wilson and Vhen he was
/hat the country needed
gave the perfectly truth-
ver: “A good five-cent
'hat made Tom Marshall
and popular.
Wallace is already famous
Secretary ot Agriculture
velt's two terms. It
said that he is pop-
ated the Agricul-
Administration
is operated all of
for the supposed
fanners since 1938,
vault that the latest elec-
The glad holiday season will be
officially opened in Teague with
n big parade at 3:00 o’clock Wed-
nesday afternoon, Dec. 18, accord-
ing to arrangements perfected by
E. O. Nicholas, J. 8. Heame, Jr.,
J. S. Erwin, and D. O. Aycock,
composing the Parade Committee
of the Chamber of Commerce. The
parade will be somewhat similar
to the one staged here last year.
Santa Claus, in person, will
head the parade in his red sleigh
drawn by reindeer atop a float,
from which he will wave a merry
greeting to all the boys and girls.
Other features will include the
circus calliope, clowns, funny men,
grotesque figures, chariots, music,
banners and flags.
Queen Joy, symbolising the hap-
py Christmas spirit, will reign
over the parade and the festivi-
ties. She will ride on a beautiful
float of green and gold and will
be attended by two ladies in wait-
ing. Another gorgeous float will be
that of King Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba, with attendants,
displaying the splendor of a Bibli-
cal scene.
Fruits and candies will be given
to all the children along the
parade thoroughfares by Old
Santa from his large float.
Supt. Notley has kindly consent-
ed for the school children to parti-
cipate in the parade, as they did
last year.
The public, and especially the
children, of this entire section has
a general invitation from the
people of Teague to come to town
and enjoy the festivities, and help
Teague officially open the merry
holiday season.
The Chronicle will publish more
of the details in next issue, which
comes out Thursday, Dec. 12.
IN THE COTTON MARKETING
QUOTA REFERENDUM, DEC. 7
tsstatiaat tiNiiiaNitiM
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1941 COTTON MARKETING QUOTA REFERENDUM BALLOT
Do you favor cotton marketing quota* for tha 1941 crop?
If III arc for quota, pat U roa are agalaat qaataa
"X" la tala box pol "X" tm Iblo box
YES NO
1 Cotton producers will have the opportunity on Saturday, December 7,
to decide whether cotton marketing quotas, which have been in effect
during the past three years, will apply to the 1941 crop. Every producer
of cotton should go to hit community polling place where he will be
given a ballot, like the one ahown above, on which to expreaa his opinion.
It is both a privilege and a duty of each producer to cast his ballot in
the referendum. Whether the referendum Is really representative of
the farmers’ thinking depends upon the number of producers who vote
on December 7.
vault mat me ibwbi eiec-
, Iko, that the Republl- ^ „ow€„
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Farm Leased By
Jan. 1 Is Goal
Of Farm Security
Louis W. Lee, Farm Security
Administration supervisor in Free-
stone County, is making hiB New
Year’s resolution early.
The resolution is that New-
Year’s Day will find every farmer
in the county having competed
arrangements for the land hi will
farm during the year. J
“This can be done,” Mil Lee
said, "if fanners who are laving
difficulty renewing thei* » lease
agreements because of yiccessive
debts will come to the ^tarm Debt
Adjustment Committe for help.”
This committee, te explained,
can help a farmer work out ar
agreement with his creditors re-
vising his debt structure so that
jt will be within his ability to
pay. “No farmer Bhould let a top-
heavy debt structure prevent his
renewing his land lease, or lose
his land by foreclosure if he has
an equity in it, or lose his live-
stock or equipment,” he stated,
“without consulting the Debt Ad-
justment Committee.”
Mr. Lee promised that after a
farmer’s debts have been brought
within his debt-paying ability, the
FSA will in most cases extend its
loan and advisory service to the
farmer so that his income can lie
increased and he can eventually
pay his obligations.
The Debt Adjustment Commit-
tee meets on Wednesday, Decem-
ber 11, at 10:00, in the FSA office
located in the Lott Building in
Fairfield.
CEMETERY FENCE REPAIRED
AND IMPROVEMENTS MADE
FOR HOLIDAY SEASON
The donations of 50 cedar posts
for the Greenwood Cemetery have
been secured, and the posts have
been set, making a much needed
repair on the fence at the back
of the cemetery.
The sexton will have the graves
and lots in good condition for the
holiday season, and lot owners are
“ * “ - * some special effort
or wreaths on
Parity Payments
Totaling $102,868
Paid In County
James M. Terrill, Secretary ot
the Freestone County Agricultural
Conservation Program, gave out
the following interview yesterday
morning: |
At this time, 2710 parity appli-
cations have been paid in Free-
stone County amounting to $102,-
868 with approximatery 100 more
applications to be paid amount-
ing to approximately $8,000.
On December 1,‘ 181 conserva-
tion checks, totaling $8,402 and
covering 101 farms were received
in the local office, whibft is only
a small portion of the expected
payments on more than 2,800
farms amounting to more than
$250,000.
While this large sum of money
is of untold help to Freestone
County, there likewise has been
a large number of soil-building
practices carried out, which in-
cludes more* than 30,000 acres of
peas, a vast amount of terracing,
and construction of 100 tanks and
reservoirs.
Former Dome Boy
Will Be Listed
In Who’s Who
Garland Turner of Donie, a
junior student at West Texas
State Teachers’ College in Canyon,
will be among the outstanding
students in the United States who
will receivp nation-wide recogni-
tion early next year when the
“Who’s Who Among Students” is
published.
Young Turner, the son of R.
C. Turner of Donie, will be among
those listed in the publication
which is issued through the co-
operation of more than 600 Ameri-
can universities and colleges.
Selection for mention in the
Who’s Who, which is a nominal
honor made entirely devoid of
politics, fees and dues, includes a
full biography of the chosen stu-
dents. The books are placed in
the handB of hundreds of com-
panies throughout the United
States each year and enable per-
sonnel managers to select out-
standing students for employment.
The purpose of the Who’s Who
is to serve as an incentive foi
students to get the most out of
their college careers, as a means
of compensation for students for
what they have accomplished, as a
recommendation to the business
Associational Meet
To Be Held Dec. 11
At Baptist Church
There will be a special Associa-
tional Meeting held at the First
Baptist Church in Teague on
Wednesday, Dec. 11, at which time
three visiting speakers . will ad-
dress visiting pastors aad church
officers from Freestone and Leon
Counties.
The speakers will be Harry P.
Wooton of Dallas, Dr. E. T. Miller
of Corsicana and Mrs. Frank C.
Mills of Dallas.
This meeting is one of 110 such
meetings being held throughout
the state between the dates of
Dec. 9-13.
Every general association of-
ficer, all Sunday School associa-
tion 'officers, all pastors, all Sun-
day School officers and teachers,
(Continued on last page.)
Tpss Of Coin
Decides Scene
Of Mart Game
A great amount of civic wrangl-
ing went for nothing late last
week when the officials of the
Teague and Mart high schools met
in Groesbeck, set the date, for the
Teague-Mart affair, and calmly
flipped a coin to see where the
game was to be played.
Although prominent Mexia citi-
zens, realizing the gate the game
would draw, vainly sought to get
the tilt set for that city the
school officials would have none
of it and promptly counteracted
all wrangling that civic - minded
Mexians had indulged in by flip-
ping the coin to decide where the
game would be played.
As the coin came Mart side up
the bi-district clash will be staged
Friday afternoon, December 6, on
the Mart field at 2:30 o’clock.
Shop In Teague
For Your Gifts
This Christmas
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It is an accepted fact that
Americans spend as lavishly as
their salaries will allow at Christ-
mas time, and the stores through-
out the country get in an unusual
supply of good stock in many
varied lines so that the discrimi-
nating shopper might find his
needs in the pre-Christmas rush.
N Teague is no exception to the
general rule, and this year finds
every store displaying a variety of
merchandise that will tempt any
buyer.
Gifts for every member of your
family and your circle of friends
will be found in almost any es-
tablishment you enter, and clerks
have been added to the stores'
personnels for the convenience of
the customers.
The farsightedness of the local
merchants in making these prepa-
rations have eliminated the neces-
sity of leaving Teague to do your
Christmas shopping, for here you
will find values that are excelled
nowhere.
When you trade with your home
town merchants, you are benefit-
ting yourself and your city.
Make this Christmas a “Teague
Christmas” by doing your shop-
ping at home.
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Teague To Meet Mart Againf
In Bi-District Bout Held In
Mart Friday, December 6 ;
First Draftee
W. W. Withrow, Alfred With-
row, Rodney Swanson and Truett
Godley spent Saturday in Dallas.
Street Paving Project
Will Employ Sixty-Two
Men For Eight Months
during the
*
Over $400,000 To
Old-Age Assistance
Fund From Liquor
The official organ of the Texas
Liquor Control Board, quotes an
editorial from the Karnes City
Citation, as follows: "The Board
has presented to the State a rec-
ord which obviously will meet with
the approval of every friend of
law enforcement.”
The magazine also gives the
following statistics on taxes col-
lected:
The Old-Age Assistance fund
was boosted $408,996.44 by prora-
tion of liquor revenue for October.
The available school fund re-
ceived $136,831.81.
Since 1935 the pension fund has
been given $21,923,783.96 out of
liquor revenues, and the school
fund has received $6,283,908.62.
In the same period tha general
fund was benefttted to tits extend
of $372,508.99 from li<
nues.
No statistics were
beer which has receivi
tional $1.00 per 31-gal
for National Defense,
tax now $6.00 per barrel, with an
additional state tax of $1.26 per
barrel. The tax on bottled beer is
54c per case of 24 bottles, accord
ing to the record. Jf
gor reve-
ven for
an addi-
n barrel
ing the
The following announcement
concerning the “Teague street pav-
ing project has been received from
the WPA district office:
A WPA project to improve the
forty blocks of streets in Teague,
has been announced by John C.
Stilley, district director of opera-
tions. This project started Novem-
ber 29, 1940, and will employ an
average of 62 persons with an
average payroll of $2500 each
month.
The work proposed is for the
construction of curband gutter,
gravel base and asphalt surfacing.
The project will require approxi-
mately eight months to complete
at a total cost of $45,689.61. Of
this amount WPA will spend $22,-
641.80 and City of Teague, offici-
al sponsor, will spend $28,047.81.
Work on the project will be in
charge of Ray Sewell, WPA assis-
tant superintendent.
BOSTON, Mass. . . . John E. Law-
ton, 21-year-old plumber’s helper
of Everett, Mass., is pictured
above shaking hands with Major
General James A. Woodruff after
winning the signal honor of being
the first man in the United States
to be accepted for the Army un-
der the selective service program.
fcy-
BAND CONCERT TO BE J
HELD ON DECEMBER 19
The Teague High School Band,
under the direction of W. J. Rot-
ter, Jr., will present a concert at
the Teague high school gymna-
sium on the evening of Thursday,
Dec. 19, at 7:80 o’clock.
The public is asked to keep this
date in mind and to be present
for an evening of good entertain-
ment.
(if
Teague Rotarians
Sponsor Benefit
Picture Show
A ~ ■
The Rotary Club of Teague vot-
ed at its Tuesday luncheon in the
Yoakum Hotel to sponsor the Star
Theatre’s annual benefit picture
show, to be held Saturday, Dec.
21, at 10:00 o’clock a.m.
It is the custom of the Long
Theatres to offer, the special bene-
fit show, wherein fruits, canned
goods or other foods constitute the
price of admission. ThiB is then
assembled and distributed where
most needed to the underprivileged
families and children of the city.
The sponsoring organization as-
sumes the responsibility of the
proper distribution of the foods
collected as admissions. These will
be assembled by the Community
Service Committee, composed of
Tom J. Anderson, chairman; Geo.
H. Woodruff, Dr. J. D. Davidson,
Floyd Faubion and Billie Peyton,
working in cooperation with Miss
Sallie MoungCr, whose O. M.
Roberts school organization acts
as a sort of clearing house for
proper and equitable distribution
of the foods for Christmas bas-
kets.
Another Community Service fea-
ture will be an address by Dr.
Charles E. Barker, who will speak
before the Rotary Club at noon
Feb. 3, 1941; he will address the
high school students in the morn-
ing, and to the citizenship of the
community in the evening^ 6r.
Barker is well recommended' as a
brilliant speaker and a high type
gentleman.
The program was in charge ol
the Rotary Information committee,
and W. M. Heame, committee
member, conducted a Rotary quiz
on Rotary administration, rules
and regulations, covering both
local - clubs and the Rotary In-
ternational. All members engaged
in the quiz until all missed out.
This feature was interesting and
instructive.
The membership was 100 per
cent present, and Alton Miller of
Palestine was the guest of Mar-
vin Senter.
Billie H. Webb will give a clas-
sification talk on phases of Rank-
ing at the noon luncheon on Tues-
day, Dec. 10.
Dec. 17, evening, The Inter-City
Committee will be in charge of
an Inter-City Meeting with the
Mexia Club, when the Annual
Ladiea’ Night will be observed.
All members expecting guests
should notify Chairman George
Woodruff of the Committee as
early as possible, for this meeting.
It’U be the Lions and the Panth-
ers battling it out for a bi-district
title wfien the Teague High l.iuns,
chumps of District 16-A, and the
Mart Panthers, formidable cham-
pions of 15-A, meet Friday after-
noon ut 2:30 on the Mart grid-
iron.
Meeting for the second time this
season the two clubs will he battl-
ing not only for lie honor of meet-
ing the other bi-district winners in
this region but to settle an old
score of warmer days. Fans anil
remember that Mart early in the
season took the Lions in a hard
feught tilt 19-6.
However, since the first meeting:
of the two teams this season hath
have improved. Although Matt
has lost one game this season andl
that to Hillsboro, a doUble-A club,*
by the meagre lead of 14-12, the
Panthers play an unbeatable brand
of ball. Of course, Teague and
Mart met in early season when
neither team was fully developed.
Teague fans will remember that
since the shellacking Mart handed
the locals the Lions have been un-
defeated except for Ehe exhibition
game staged one cold night up
in Ennis.
Coach Porter’s lads will meet
Friday afternoon a club that be-
lieves the best defense is a good
offense, for the Panthers rarely
Stop scoring as long as their op-
ponents give them the slightest
opportunity.
Well it* is that the Lions have
been drilling on pass defense for a
fancy aerial attack is one of the
mainstays of the Mart club. How-
ever, when the going gets rough
up above, the Panthers come down
to earth and can, if they are of
a mind to, unwrap one of the
sweetest running attacks youNn
ever seen.
The Lions are preparing to gw
to Mart with a complete aqond
unharmed by the Valley Mills ex-
hibition game here last Thursday
afternoon in which although the
locals played an inferior game at
ball wound up with the score 14-0
in favor of Bob Porter’s lads. At
the latest reports from the Linn
dressing rooms there were no
significant injuries and Porter was
expected to put a well rested, walk
drilled team on the field.
So far as is known at this date
the Lion line-up will start off as
it has, generally, all season. Ken-
Russ and Jim Gilmore at ends.
Jim Haws and Wylie at the tackle
spots, Rudasill and either Daniel
or Seely at the guard posts, Ray
Gilmore at center, and Long, ~
Stricklin, Guyton and Fawver m
the backfield with Elliot and per-
haps iBham checking in as relief
men in the backfield.
The Panthers will probably trot
out in this line up: Skillern and
Slavens at ends, Humphries and
Ramsey at tackle, Lowe and Cola-
man at the guard postB, Davis at
center, and Clifton, Mulling, Walk-
er and the pass slinging Smith in
the back positions.
Barbershop quarterbacks and
the smart boys at this late date
have the Lions hooked will on the
long end of some long odds and
to our mind the locals well de-
serve it after their final show last
week on Reagan Field. However,
we're assuming that the boys
won’t be fooling around tomorrow,
that they’re going after that bi-
dirt rict crown and are going te
put on a good show for the fans.
W
:
Mrs. R. W. Jones and Miss
Lurline Middleton returned Mon-
day from Houston, where
Jones had visited her sister,
Mayme Roth, and Miss
had visited Mrs. Allyne Dudley.
" 'SMtfefl
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Lewis
Sunday in Corsicana.
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