The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1941 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CORRIGAN PRESS
Thursday, October 30, 1941
Corrigan $ress
Published each Thursday at Corrigan, Texas by W. C. Fancher
Subscription per year Si,00
Entered at the Postoftice at Corrigan, Texas, as Second Class
Mail Matter, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1S79
DENVER CHESNUTT OF
KENEDY GETS WRITE UP
Sunday's Houston Chronicle car-
ried a feature story about S. D.
Chestnutt of Kenedy Advance, who
is also a member of the Prison
Board.
The Article was headed "Friends
are beginning to Wonder What
Chestnutt’s "Doing Time For" and
relates that he is at Huntsville so
much \viih his Prison activities
that friends in Kenedy nre fussing
about his being away so much.
Denver was raised at Lufkin
learned the printing trade under
Watford and Binion in the Lufkin
News office and according to the
Chronicle, he was born in Lufkin
more than fifty years ago and his
blood still is liberally diluted with
the turpentine of the tall pine coun.
ry.
His column in the Kenedy Ad-
away, If there is illness in the
family, her efforts are greater and
her interest genuine. Because she
is human, she has her faults; but
because her virtues so transcend
her frailties, she has the respect
and confidence of the household—
and that is why she is 'mammy' to
us all."
•SKIVERS'—ROOT
where it may puncture a tire, he ] Scapa Flow, an English quarter-
picks It up. The forty-nine think j master was posted on each vessel,
it’s none of their business. To one of these, leaning over a
The Fiftieth Boy is a good sport, rail, came a German sailor, who
He does not whine when he loses, said, "1 think nothing of your
He does notsulk when another wins ships." When there was no reply,
the prize. He does not cry when he continued. "And I think nothing
he is hurt. He is respectful to all of your officers" and then In dis.
women and girls. He is not afraid gust the prisoner spat over the rail,
to do right nor ashamed to be de_ | The Englishman turned and said.
Sunday's Dallas News carried a
good likeness of Mr. E. Root, known
to Corrigan citizens as 'Skivers', in
their Rotogravure section.
The story was about the activity
of the Game Department in trap
ping Beaver to be moved to better
locations. Two pictures show Mr.
Root catching a beaver and then re-
leasing it on the land of John B.
Stevens near -Mount Pleasant.
'Skivers’ lived in Corrigan for
several years and made many
vanee recently carried the follow, friends here. He operated the Root
Ing tribute to his negro cook:
"Emma Alien, (negro) cook, maid
and general factotum of our house,
hold, will have been on her present
job 21 years come next Sunday, and
I believe that is something of a
record for both Emma and the
Missus Chestnutt.
"Emma came to work for us
when the eldest of our children was
but 4 years of age, and has. there-
fore, had an important part in their
upbringing. Many's the meal
Garage in the old Magnolia station
for some time.
THE FIFTIETH BOY
By Dr. Frank Crane
lias cooked with Bill in her arms.
John on the drain board and Mary
Julia and Sam tagging at her skirt
making demands on her attention.
About one boy in fifty will re.
main after the feast and, of his own
accord, offer to help clear the
things up or to wash the dishes.
Do you know this Fiftieth Boy?
There are forty-nine boys who
she are seeking jobs; the Job seeks the
“When as little
needed fanning out.
them, and this situation continues,
you might say, to this very day as
occasional disturbances in the kit-
chen, when she Is getting orders
from several sources, attest.
"In all the years there never has
been a single question as to Emmas
honesty and her loyalty has been
steadfast. She has never taken un-
fair advantage to shirk a respon-
sibility. and she has never quit in
a huff. Company is her long suit
and she likes to prepare for it.
Parties never faze her and she
stays until the last dish is put
Fiftieth Boy.
The Fiftieth Boy makes glad the
heart of his parents.
The Fiftieth Boy smooths the
fellows they wrinkles out of his teacher's fore-
she fanned head and takes the worry out of
her mind.
All the grouches and sour.faces
brighten when they see the Fiftieth
Boy coming, for he is brave and
cheery.
The forty.nine "didn't think";
the Fiftieth Boy thinks.
The Fiftieth Boy makes a con-
fidant of his mother and a pal of
his father. He does not lie. steal,
nor tattle, because lie does not like
to. When he sees a banana peel
on the sidewalk, where it is liable
to cause someone to slip and fall
or a piece of glass in the road
cent. He looks you straight in the
eye. He tells the truth whether
the consequences are unpleasant or
not. He is not a prig or a sissy, but
he stands up straight and honest.
Forty-seven out of the forty-nine
like him. He is as pleasant to-
ward his own sister as toward the
sisters of other fellows. He is not
sorry for himself. He works as
hard as he plays. Everybody is
glad to see him.
Do you have that kind of a boy
at your house?
If not. don't complain, there are
not enough of them to go around.
—The Ameth Pemolayian
GO ON—GIG EM
"Now, look here! I don't care
what you think about our ships or
our sailors or our officers. But
don't you go spitting into our sea!”
CHESTER NEWS
By Zada Hayes
parents
several
Attention Fayette County frog
stickers: During the recent First
Called Session of the Legislature a
newspaper wire service sent out
an announcement that the Legisla-
ture had passed a law prohibiting
gigging of frogs in Fayette County
during the months of March. April
and May. You can fig 'em any
time.
I GIVE YOU TEXAS
By Boyce House
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
SHOULD READ
THE
DALLAS MORRING NEWS
DAILY and SUNDAY
<365 Days a Year)
The latest news Is not all! The Dallas News is full of special
features that every member of the family will read and enjoy
after he is through with the headlines and news items—Comic
strips Facts and Features,” a popular column for boys and
girls the helpful foods and fashion pages—complete agricul-
tural, sport, and financial pages make The News the ideal family
newspaper.
even more
—And in THE BIG SUNDAY NEWS is
—‘‘This Week" Colorgravure Magazine, a big comic
section in full colors, also Dr. Gallup's weekly poll
of public opinion.
Bruce Shulkey, assistant super-
intendent of Fort Worth schools,
used to be Olney superintendent
when I was editor of the Enterprise
He and I one evening set forth in
his flivver for a program in a rural
community. We had been talking
about vehicles getting out of con-
trol anq he had told about a fellow
who bought a motorcycle, learned
how to start it but not how to stop
in and so had to ride around town
wildly for an hour till it ran out
of gasoline. And then the motor of
Shulkey's flivver began to race and
he said, "It's running away." An
elbow turn was just ahead but he
switched off the Ingnition and we
made the turn, then to keep the
machine from stopping, he cut the,
engine back on: and after it again
started ruaning away, he switched
it off. and so on till we reache 1 I
a crossroads filling station where
the owner found that a pin was'
missing, put one in and charged a j
whole dime—and the rest of the j
journey was uneventful.
Governor Coke Stevenson presitL!
ed over he House as speaker for
two terms and over the Senate as J
Lieutneant Governor for a term and i
a half, more than 1.000 sessions In I
all. and not a single morning did
a session Htart as mueh as a minute |
late. Which tells more than a j
whole book would as to the calm,
systematic and steady nature of
Coke Stevenson.
George E. B. Peddy, Houston law-
yer. once made a speech about a
noted (or notorious) politician, of
whom Peddy said. “He Is so ae_
customed to rottenness that he
oeuld thrust his proboscis into the
snowy chalice of a lily and smell
corruption there."
Mrs. Earl Robertson's
from Tulsa, Okla.. spent
days with her last week.
Miss Alta Parks of Hardin visit-
ed her sister Mrs. B. B. Barnes Sat.
urday.
Miss Iris Evelyn Handley and
mother were Lufkin shoppers Mon-
day.
Mrs. Alice Lakey and daughter
Lu Nan spent the week end in
Hardin with Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Slack.
Mrs. C. O. Chandler. Mrs. John
Wallace, Mrs. Freeman and Miss
Mildred Barclay spent Wednesday
in Lufkin shopping.
R. F. Hayes, Mrs. Laura Hayes,
Mr. and Mrs. John Wallace and
Miss Zada Hayes met Mr and Mrs.
R. V. Hill of Bivens in Nacogdoches
Sunday for a picnic. Mrs. Laura
Hayes returned to Bivins for a
weeks visit with Mrs. Hill.
Mrs. C. O. Chandler and Mrs.
Geo. Green went to Beaumont shop-
ping Saturday.
The Yellow Jackets won the foot-
ball game with Newton Friday
night 21 to 6.
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Sutton are
gone on a vacation to Kentucky
and the Ozark Mountains.
Mrs. C. A. Seamons and mother
spent Friday in Sour Lake with
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Hayes.
Rev. and Mrs. Bob Thomas of
Winnie visited Mrs. Thomas’ mo-
ther and father Friday and Satur-
day.
Miss Laurette Smith spent the
week end with her parents in Hen-
i derson.
Miss Mollle Marie Adams spent
j Sunday in Colmesneii.
Enloe and Mrs. J. C.
in Lufkin shopping
Mrs. G. C.
Feagin were
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Fairchilds
and son Robert Lewis and Lewis
Wright Bush spent Monday
in Beaumont.
Mrs. Vernon Mills of Woodville
visited in the II. C. Fairchilds home
Saturday.
HOW'S THIS FOR GAME
The bobwhite is not the only
quail in Texas, In addition the
Lone Slat- State 1ms scaled quail,
commonly called blue quail, Mearus
quail and Gambol quail. All of
them are plentiful this year, as is
attested by this report from the
Game Manager of the Southwest
Texas region: A Game Warden on
a 14 mile drive along a road near
the McMullen-LaSalle County line
counted 105 coveys of blue quail
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Phone 34
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SCHEDULE OF BUSSES FROM CORRIGAN
SOUTH Bound:
4:10 a. m., 7;47 a.m., 10:57 a.ra.
1:47 p.m„ 3:37 p.m„ 5:27 p.m„ 8:47 p.m.
NORTH Bound:
12:19 a.m., 2:25 a m., 9:19 a m.
13:54p.m., 4:34 p.m., 7:55 p.m., 8:19 p.m.
Example of Low Fares from Corrigan
Livingston
Houston
San Antonio
Corpus Christf
O.W.
R.T.
OW.
R.T.
.50
.90
Nacogdoches
.90
1.65
1.90
3.45
Lufkin
.50
.90
4 90
8.45
Tyler
2.20
4,00
4.90
8.4"
8hre-, eport
2.65
4.80
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I’m in a lOder jn'OOd today
And feel poetic. 2:
4 fun I’ll just—off a line
& send it off 2 U.
I’m sorry you’ve been 6 O
Don’t B dlsconsol.8:
Rut bear your ills with 42de,
& they won’t seem so gr8.
long;
f/*tsr Ctffl/ROLfl 01 ^
Teach me that sixty m'nuteR
make one hour, sixteen ounces one
pound, and one hundred cents one
dollar. Help rn*» live so that I can
He down at night with a clear con-
science, without a gun under mv
pillow, and unhaunted by the faces
of those to whom I have brought
pain.
Ornnf that I msv earn mv meal
ticket on the square, end that. In
earning it. I may pot stick the gaff
in where it docs not belong.
Deafen me to the Jingle of tain-
cd monev and the rustle of unholy
skirts. Blind me to the faults of
the other fellow, but reveal to me
my own.
Guide me so that each night
when I look across the dinner table
at my wife, who has been a bless-
ing to me. 1 shall have nothing to
conceal. Keep me young enough
to laugh with my children.
And when come the smell of flow
crs. and the tread of soft steps,
and the crunching of wheels out In
front, make the ceremony short
and the epitaph simply—Here Lies
a Man!
(Author unknown).
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The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1941, newspaper, October 30, 1941; Corrigan, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth645975/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.