Coleman Daily Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 278, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 17, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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THE WEATHER
YJjar to partly cloudy, little
■■ utftige in temperatures
through Sunday. Widely scat-
tered thundershowers tonight
or Sunday. Lowest tonight
near 72.
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VOLUME II, NUMBER 278
COLEMAN, COLEMAN COUNTY, TEXAS, SUNDAY, SEPT. 17, I960
(WEEKLY VOL. 67), NUMBER 4
'Be Good and God Bless You. Daddy.'
COLLINGSDALE, I*a., Sept. 16—(UP)—Pfc. John McCormick is
dead. But the ideals he died for In Korea will live forever in a letter
he sent his two small daughters.
The girls—one three and the other six-years-old—are too young to
understand now. But Joan and Rose Marie McCormick will ever treas.
ure the words written by their father in a Korean foxhole under a
premonition of death.
Addressed to “Dear Joannle and Rose Marie,” the letter said:
“This is Daddy. I want you to listen and pay attention while Mum-
mic reads this to you. Just try and make believe 1 was there, talking
to you ....
'“If I have to go help God, you’ll know that the last thought I had
on this earth was for the two of you and Mummie," the 28-year-old
McCormick wrote in a Korean foxhole.
“There are a lot of bad men in the world," he wrote, “and if they
were allowed to do what they wanted to do, little girls like you wouldn't
be allowed to go to church on Sunday or be able to go to the school
you wanted to.
"So I have to help fight these men and keep them from coming
where you and Mummie live. It might take a long while, and maybe
Daddy will have to go and help God up in heaven.
“And if I do, 1 alwavs want you both to be good for Mummie, be-
cause she is the best Mummie In the Vhole wide world.
' The reason I am where I am today is because I am fighting for
what I think Is right. That's one thing I always want both of you to
remember. If your consciewe tells you something is right, always
stand up for it."
Then McCormick reminded bis little girls of all their mother had
done for them, and asked them to go to church each Sunday, to pray
for him, c"
“All my love and kisses," he concluded. “Be good and God bless you.
-Daddy.”
United Nations Troops Fight Way Into Capital
City of Seoul; Enemy Soldiers Surrendering
Coleman Firemen
Move—But Quickly!
When is a fire not a fire?
That's what Coleman fire-
men found out Thursday
night when they had torn
down their equipment for
cleaning.
Shortly before 8 o'clock,
the fire whistle blew. The
equipment had to he put
back and the men had to
move—fast! They did—to a
false alarm pre-arranged by
Eire Chief N. W. Purcell.
Purcell today reported they
came through with flying
colors. Elapsed time: a min-
ute and a half!
Texas News
In Briefs
The linlted Pren*
BROWNWOOD, Tex., Sept. 16
HUB—Funeral services were to
lie held today for Henry Mount,
well known architect who died
yesterday.
Mount, 76, was architect for
the Brownwood high school
stadium, numerous churces,
schools and stores.
AUSTIN, Tex.. Sept. 16. (U®—
Texas drillers completed 161 oil
wells this week, the Railroad
Commission reported today.
HOUSTON, Tex.. Sept. 16. (U.R)
—Curtis 0. Fisher, Baytown
steamfitter, was under a 60-day
jail sentence today after being
convicted on a charge of beating
his 7$-year-old mother.
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 16. <U.R)—
August retail sales in Texas
dropped fqur per cent below the
all-time high set in July, the
University of Texas Bureau of
Business Research reported to-
day. However, the retdil sales
totaling $575,700,000 in August
represented an increase of 22 per
cent over the same month a year
ago.
Vernon Moore
Hurt by Tractor
Vernon Moore, about 30, today
was in Overall Hospital recuper-
ating from a broken, bone on his
left between the knee and thigh,
it was reported today.
According to Sheriff H F. Fen-
ton Jr., Moore was attempting
to free a car stuck in the mud
with his tractor some six miles
west of Coleman when the trac-
tor ran over him.
His condition was' regarded
as painful but not serious at
the hospital.
World News
In Briefs
Tke Colled pt«m
A Real Reel!
AUSTIN. Tex., Sept. 16-(UP)-
A white-bearded confederate veter-
an. J. Frank Dalton, 102, who insists
he is the Real Jesse James rested In
an Austin hospital today as author-
ities worked to restore his name to
the state's pension roles.
EDINBURG, Tex.. Sept. 16—(UP)
—Came. officials estimated today
that some 30,000 hunters took part
In yesterday's opening of the white-
wing season.
Thousands of North Texans mo-
tored to the Valley today to take
part In tomorrow’s second day of the
brief season.
AUSTIN, Tex., Sept. 16— (UP)—
Cotton harvesting was delayed or
slowed down this week over most ol
the state’s cotton belt because ol
rains, the Texas Employment Com-
mission reported today. The TEC
said there were “very few” demands
for cotton pickers during the week
HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 16—(UP)
—Union leaders said today that a
strike at the big Hughes Tool com-
pany plant loomed as a definite
possibility If the company does not
meet union demands for a “cost-
of-living raise" of 15 cents an hour.
^ Democracy In Action
Company B, 142nd Infan-
try, last week voted Pvt. 1st
Claims Raymond Sendejes as
their\ Soldier of the Year.
Com. iTed White of the Na-
tional \Guard. announced to-
day. V.
The aw ird. given annually,
is based \ m merits, drill at-
tendance, \work at drill and
summer cajmp and general
esprit d’eor]
Sendejes.
horn In Cole
son of Mr. am
Sendejes. He
ployed wltl
ST. MALO, France, Sept. 16— (UP)
—A French weather observation ship
exploded and sank In the English
Channel today, and 47 persons were
dead or missing.
Forty-three survivors and 11 bodies
were dragged from the Icy Waters
Thirty-six others were missing.
BjAYTOWN, Tex., Sept. 16.
(UP)—A rifleman shot up the
neon sign jn the back of the
screen of a Baytown drive-in
theatre last night, but the
customers watching the mo-
vie didn’t know it.
The shots knocking out the
neon sign were fired during
a “shoot it out" between
screen characters in a wild
and wooly western.
Fellowship Club
Plans Campaign
A county-wide campaign to
raise funds for building a new
Coleman County Old Folks'
Home will be planned Monday
night when the Fellowship Club
meets at the Coleman Hotel Club
fXom at 8 p. m.
Lamar Evans, president, urged
all Fellowship Club members to
attend the session.
Letters appointing drive chair-
men in every county community
were mailed Friday, Evans said.
A preliminary campaign
among Coleman business men
has already collected about $7,-
000 for the new boarding borne
for Coleman County's aged men
and women, and quotas for the
remainder of the $25,000 needed
will be set at the meeting.
SHOWERS FALL IN COUNTY
Showers fell'generally, in spots,■
through- Coleman county Friday
afternoon and evening, with a
total precipitation at Coleman
of .19, it was reported today.
Totals were not received from
other parts of the county.
Directors Adopt Nine
To Combat Scabies in
LUTON, England, Sept. 16—(UP)
—Playwright George Bernard Shaw
94, held his own today in an uphill
fight against complications in his
recovery from an operation for a
broken thigh bone.
The venerable dramatist took a
turn for the worse yesterday when
an old kidney ailment started act-
ing up. Until then, he was making
a remarkable recovery.
Texas Sheep and Goat Raisers’
directors Saturday afternoon un-
animously adopted a nine-point
program designed to combat the
peril of scabies among sheep.
Meeting in the auditorium of
the Coleman high school, the di-
rectors capped its quarterly ses-
sion by'approving without a dis-
senting voice the .resolution
brought in by the scabies com-
mittee chairman, S. L. Stumberg
of Sanderson.
To push this program, a five-
man sheep sanitation committee
will be named by President Jake
Mayfield of Juno.
The points adopted in the reso-
lution’oinclude:
1. Study the problem to see
the "best and most practical
way” to fight scabies.
TOKYO, Sunday, Sept. 17. (U.R)
—A South Korean communique
said today that United Nations
troops had fought their way
rrcrrro (he- Han River and into
pital city of Seoul.
communique, broadcast
the Port of Pusan, said
fighting was underway in
ruthern ' jetion of Seoul.
was abandoned by the
Koreans in the face of the
first big Communist push of. the
war. /The U. N. forces which
I entered Seoul, according to the
: communique, were American and
j South Korean Marines. '
Americans in the southeastern
beach head also exploded an
offensive aimed in the general
direction of Seoul., Gen. Douglas
MacArthur was attempting to
I catch the Communist armies in
the jaws of a giant nutcracker.
Some 150. miles to the south-
jj; S. 1st Cavalry Division
j troops . setting the pace for a
: general offensive all around the
I rim of the Old beachhead broke
through Weso of Taegu. The
! troops and tanks, struck to the
! Naktong River, then wheeled
j northward toward the river town
of Waegwan.
Southward along the Naktong,
PROBABLE GOAL OF INVADING.MARINES—'Tbfi.JW.werf.ijJ. U.S. Marine task force which' enemy^c^to'ttTe rlwfiJ
landed at Inchon and began drive on Seoul probably has the retaking of the Tonne!' Yap'itfd! „j,t, ec. :• and advanced'toward'
of South Korea as its objective, (NEA Telephoto) * i the river everywhere. The Com-
[munists broke and ran west of ■
Changnvong. The tanks charged,
in. but so many enemy troops
were surrendering to them’- that-
| they were unable to travel the
clogged roads. ......
„,T.rpops. in the center and right
of the 2nd Division front gained
up to two miles. The same dis-
tance was credited to flank units
of the 25th Division on the south-
ern front below the Naktong.
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2. Recommend revisions, from | islation controlling them
Point Program
Texas Sheep
top to bottom, of personnel em-l
ployed by the state sanitation
commission as necessary,
3. Ask G«v. Allan Shivers aid.
4. Request addition legislative
appropriations.
5. Ask help of county commis-
sioners for extra help.
8. Ask cooperation of auction
rings and. if necessary, seek leg-
Duval Davidson, t-old the sheep
Pr0': and goat raisers that rigid regu-
lation of auction rings will eli-
Institute . educational
gram among sheep raisers.
8. Ask continued cooperation
of Department of Public Safety, minate scabies -He reported
to which it expressed apprecia- that 38 counties in Texas, chief-
tion. " | l.v Mills, Brown and Coleman,
9. Ask continued cooperation were affected by the outbreak.
9. Spend such funds as neces-j More than 100 directors were
sary to carry out program. I in attendance at the afternoon f
Ray Willoughby, speaking for business session, which followed
Important Matters Taken Up By Men Saturday
VATICAN CITY, Sept. 16—(UP)
—Pope Pius XII has a "slight throat
irritation” and will not be able to
address the usual Saturday audience
in St. Peters Basilica tonight, Vati-
can officials said.
“For the. next few days, the pon-
tiff will be obliged to rest his throat
aftd will speak only when absolutely
necessary,” a Vatican source said
Members ol TS&GR Association Auxiliary
Make Plans For State Contest in November
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Meet Your County Officials
A half hundred enthusiastic | Mrs. R. L. Walker of Fort
members of the Texas Sheep j Stockton presided in the absence
gnd Goat Raisers Association of the auxiliary president. Mrs.
Dolph Briscoe, Jr. of Uvalde.
GLAMIS, Scotland, Sept. 16.(U.R)
—Prince George of Denmark and
Viscountess Nanson, niece of
Queen Elizabeth, were married I
today in the tiny chapel of Gla-!
mis Castle, childhood home of the
British Queen.
National News
In Briefs
The muted Treat
Building Si
plies as a
past four ye:
ried and ha:
Sendejes, i
Company B 1
will be given
'he meeting at
P*t Monday ni
the company
furnish the pii^
and reel.
veteran, was
an and is the
Mrs. Charlie
as been cm-
the Duncan
vice and Sup-
umber for the
s. He is mar-
five children,
a member of
Ipfantry, and
h* award at
ithe Armory
rht at eight,
itself will
a $26 rod
Strikes halted production lines at
five automobile plants, idling 53,000
workers today, and a bitter inter-
union squabble threatened in the
farm equipment industry.
Labor disputes, chiefly involving
the CIO United Auto Workers, crip-
pled production at Chrysler. Mer-
cury, Dodge and De Sota plants in
Detroit and at the Studebaker plant
in South Bend, Ind.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16-<UP)~
House-Senate conferees were near a
final agreement today on sweeping
Communist control bill that goes far
beyond President Truman’s recom-
mendations. - ,
The measure, which is almost cer-
tain to go to the White House next
week, combines tougher features of
separate Ibllis passed earlier by the
House and Senate. A joint confer-
ence committee Is trying to compro-
mise differences between the two
versions.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16—(UP)—
The 12-natlon North Atlantic Pact
Council faced a showdown today on
an American-sponsored “single pnek-
(Continned on Page 6)
auxiliary made fpr-reaching
plans for the forthcoming “Make
It Yourself With Wool’’ and Mo-
hair’’ contest when they met Sat-
urday morning at the Coleman
High School.
While the women met in gen-
eral session, the directors of the
TS&GR Association held impor-
tant committee meetings to dis-
cuss such vital matters as sheep
scabies and the capital gains
bill now before Congress. Those
subjects, and others, were to be
taken up in general meeting Sat-
urday afternoon, while the wom-
en convened for committee ses-
sions.
A report from Mrs. £. S. May-
er of Sonora, chairman for the
state “Make It Yourself With
Wool and Mohair’’ contest to be
held in Fort Worth the latter
part of November, highlighted
the auxiliary session.
Style shows, scheduled to be
put on by Neiman-Marcus Octo-
ber 4, The Fair in Fort Worth
the same day and Frost Broth-
ers in San Antonio October 5,
will feature wool and mohair as
part of Texas Wool and Mohair
Week October 1 to 7, Mrs. Mayer
said.
The state style show will take
place during the Sheep and Goat
Raisers Association Convention
in Fort Worth from November
20-22.
Area chairmen reported plans
for area-wide style shows to be
held from November 3-18. Win-
ners in three divisions, the best
senior, best junior and best ori-
ginal design will com^gte in the
state contest.
Winners in the state contest
will go to Casper. Wyoming for
the national competition the first
week in l>ecember.
Address of welcome was given
by Mrs. W. Ford Barnes of Santa
Anna, and the response was
made by Mrs. H. C. Noelke of
Mertzon.
Contributions of $750 from the
Sheep and Goat Raisers Associa-
tion, $500 from the Texas Mohair
Association and $72 from Adolph
Stieler, "Goat King of the World."
from Comfort were announced
for prizes in the state style show.
Reports from the secretary,
treasurer and committee-chair-
men were made at the session.
“Wool Is a Natural for Fash-
ion" will be a keynote slogan
of the shows, it was decided
The business sessions followed
three social affairs held for the
visiting members Friday night
and Saturday.^-.Mr. and Mrs.
John Will Vance were hosts at
Golden Hoof Farms Friday night
for a buffet supper for out-of-
county guests, after which a for-
mal dance was held at the Recre-
ation Halls, sponsored by the
Coleman County Women's Auxi-
liary of the Breeder-Feeder As-
sociation and the Sheep and Goat
Raisers Association.
Saturday morning Mrs. J. B.
McCord was hostess for a cof-
fee at the Taylor Tea Room for
out-of-county women.
Approximately 200 women and
men 'attended a barbeque lunch-
eon at the Recreation Building
on the Rodeo Grounds'Saturday
noon.
Mayor Bill Jones tendered the
address of welcome, while the
Rev. Frank O’Hearn of the Trini-
ty Methodist Church gave the
invocation.
The session was expected to
close late Saturday.
Sheriff H. F. Fenton, Jr. Has Busy Office
Lois of Work; Does His Job Efficiently
invasion at Salerno, Italy.
(This is another in our series
of articles on county offici-
als. Today we visit the
sheriff’s office.)
The sheriff’s office down at the
end of the corridor at the court-
house is a busy place.
Any hour of the day—or night-
people rush in with their troubles,
to report a crime or a family
fracas.
And they always find a listen-
ing ear in the Sheriff, H. F. Fen-
ton, Jr. and his deputy, Raymond
Greaves.
newly-elected sheriffs. There
they got a. lot of training
since have kept on learning about
their jobs.
Born in the New Central Com-
munity twelve miles west of
Coleman, Fenton attended New
Central school and Centennial
High School..
Joined Guard
When he was 18, he joined the
National Guard, which was mo-
bilized in 1940, After spending
time in Brownwood at Camp
Bowie and at Camp Blanding.
Florida and Cape Cod, Massa-
After he was released from
service in August of 1945. he
went to Pampa, where, be worked
in the oil fields and with the
Carbon Black Smelting Compa-
ny. Then he served with the
I >,olice forcVn PamP« for almQ*t.l grandstand at the Rodeo
Grounds for three days starting
The sheriff, who is a .nan re- j chusetts, all the members of
luctant to talk about himself,
does his job with dispatch, effi-
ciency and care.
Only 28 years old, Fenton,
wjien he was first elected, was
the youngest sheriff in the state
of Texas He has just been re-
elected for his second term,
which he looks forward to with
enthusiasm.
Tall, nice-looking, Sheriff Fen-
ton wears the typical sheriff's
garb, boots, cowboy hat and of
course, a gun.
“This job is always different,"
the sheriff says. "We have a lot
to learn."
But the fact that he is willing
to learn is attested to by the.
knowledge that when he was first
elected, he and Raymond
Greaves went to Austin to attend
(the Texas Police Academy for.
142nd Infantry, Co. B , went ov-
erseas.
Fenton's war record is an
amazing chronicle of heroism
and bravery, but he refuses to
talk about it since “it's all in the
past.'’
However, the record shows
that he received the Distin-
guished Service Cross, the
Bronze Star. Purple Heart, the
Silver Star with a cluster, the
Good Conduct ribbon, a com-
mendation for exceptional merit-
tiriious conduct and a battlefield
commission.
It was >he who, under fire, re-
moved his friend, Travis Bohan-
non, from the battlefield when
he was seriously wounded.
He decided to run for sheriff,
he says, because people from
Coleman wrote to him suggesting
that he make a campaign After
a runoff e.lect%n in August of
1947, he became sheriff of Cole-
man County.
Fenton has an uncommissioned
deputy in addition to Greaves,
his small Mexican Chihauhau
and Pekinese dog. "Booger," who
accompanies him everywhere
and who fearlesslv attacks if she
thinks Fenton is in danger.
He is married to the former
Loretta Keeney. His. father. H.
F Fenton, works for Banner Ice
Company, and his sister, Mrs.
C. O, Morgan, lives in Coleman.
Two other sisters, two brothers,
and his mother live in Pampa.
A horse fancier, Fenton owns
his own horse and often rides
for relaxation after a strenuous
day.
His plans for the future?
To be sheriff of Coleman
County!
Picture of H. F. Fenton. Jr.,
Coleman County sheriff, ap-
pears on page 6.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. (OB
—Maj. Harold D. Banning, the
dapper army officer held in con-
nection with “misapplication” of
ROBERTA & MACK
Comedy is definitely a necessi-
ty when trying to lay out a
complete Grandstand show and
proper comedy has always fit
into a Program of this type.
There is no doubt but what the.
public and patrons of the Fall
Festival, will be pleased with
the crazy antics of Roberta &
Mack who present a new idea
in pantomine comedy, when
they are seen in front of the
September 28.
Strong Arm Methods!
HOUSTON, Tex.. Sept. 16.
(UR)—An 806-pound safe, hold-
ing $7,235 in cash and checks,
was hauled away from a
meat company last night,
police reported today.
Police said the burglars
entered the company through
a casement window on the
south side of the building.
They left a hand cart which
they brought to haul the safe
to an automobile.
J. H. Sullenger, owner,
said the loss is insured.
Judge Oughta Throw
The Book At Her!
Fenton was wounded at Vlettri, | a quarter of a million dollar®, spectacular five-car
Italy and hospitalized for about j was slated today to re”' ' *“ ~a“ *
a month. He served in the 36th j Germany for questioning.
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