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Paducah “The
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Shop In Paducah
Where Courtesy
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FORTY YEARS, NO. 19
8 pages
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1946
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY
WATER TEST
REVEALS NO
CONTAMINATION
Due to the outbreak recently
of several cases of typhoid fever
in the city some uneasiness was
felt by many the City Water
might have been contaminated,
but Paducahians may rest. as-
sured their water supply from
the city wells is pure.
On July 26 eight samples of
the city water were taken by
E. J. Howard of the State De-
partment and all samples revealed
no contamination.
Also on August 1 more sam-
ples were taken for testing and
the report too came back no
contamination”. .
City Water Superintendent,
Andrew Carroll sends samples of
water to the State Health De-
partment twice each month for
testing, but for safety during the
typhoid outbreak, testing was
made more often.
IMPORTANT RED
CROSS MEETING
IS SCHEDULED
Alton Farr, Cottle-King Coun-
ty Red Cross Chapter Chairman
has received notice from Mrs.
Henrietta I. Brocksmith, Corres-
pondent for the Chapter Service
of-the American Red Cross, that
Mrs. Kenneth Jameson has re-
cently been assigned to this
Chapter territory as General
Field Representative and will be
in Paducah from Monday, August
19 through Wednesday the 21st.
Mrs. Jameson has served as
General Field Representative for
the Red Cross in West Texas for
the past three and one-half years
and the main purpose of her
visit here is to become acquainted
with the local Chapter program^
On Tuesday evening August 20
at 8 o’clock all officers of the
Cottle King County Red Cross
Chapter are urged to be present
at a meeting at the City Hall.
SCHOOLLUNCH
IS PERMANENT
GOV. PROGRAM
According to information re-
ceived by City School Superin-
tendent, Alton Farr the school
lunch program which has operated
for several years on a year-to-
year basis has been made a per-
manent government program.
State and Federal government
will contribute to its support,
with Federal grants-in-aid being-
supplemented by funds and other
services within the state.
Primary purposes of the pro-
gram which has gained in popu-
larity and growth in the county
are to provide growing children
with wholesome foods they need
for maximum health and to create
and expand markets for agricul-
tural products.
Any public or non-profit pri-
vate school of high school grade
or under, meeting certain re-
quirements may participate in the
program.
As in the past, community
school lunch rooms will be op-
erated by local sponsors which
may be school board*., Parent
Teacher Associations, or other
civic groups. Responsibilities in-
clude seeing that necessary food
is bought and properly stored,
that the right amounts and kinds
of food are served, that each
child may have a daily lunch re-
gardless of his ability to pay, and
that there is no discrimination
between paying and non-paying
children.
4-H Clubbers Make
Nice Showing
At Encampment
Cottle-King County 4-H Club-
bers made a nice showing at the
Encampment held last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday at Camp
Perkins.
County Agent G. J. Lane said:
“It was the best District Encamp-
ment ever held in District Three,
and the good food which was
well prepared in ample quantities
and the absence of flies and
mosquitoes contributed greatly to
the success of the camp.”
Charles Smith of the Valley
View Club ^as second high point
man in his group in rifle shoot-
ing, with a score of 172.
Jackie Marshall of Cee Vee
was runner up in the junior
Brogd-Jump event and Elmer
Lee Parks of Delwin and Billie
Smith of Valley View were on
the softball team that contested
the winners.
High points of the program
were: the demonstration on treat-
ment of .timber for post and
recognizing different kinds of
trees, given by C. W. Simmons,
Farm Forester of the A. and M.
College Extension Service: pic-
tures showing conservation of na-
tural resources including wild
life, and control of external par-
asites on livestock.
Will Speak For
Homer P. Rainey
A number of citizens of this
county met in the court house
Tuesday afternoon and organized
a Homer P. Rainey for Gover-
nor club. Much enthusiasm was
manifested and quite a bit of
work will be done in his behalf
during the next few political
days.
While the meeting was in ses-
sion the organization got in
touch with Charlie Mathews of
Fort Worth who agreed to come
to Paducah Saturday afternoon,
Aug. 17, and speak in Mr.
Rainey’s behalf. The speaking
will be held on the east side of
the court house at 7:00 o’clock.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Mr. Mathews is a fluent speak-
er and will have many things to
say of interest in Mr. Rainey’s
candidacy for Governor.
LEST WE FORGET
A year ago Wednesday, August 14, Japan’s Uncon-
ditional Surrender ended ihistory's greatest and bloodiest
conflict. At 6 p.m. on August 14, 1945, President Tru-
man announced to a waiting world that the greatest
conflict in the history of mankind had ended with the
Unconditional surrender of Japan.
Immediately after the fire alarm had sounded about
6:05 p.m., V-J day arrived in Paducah. The fire truck
leading a parade of cars began circling the square and
socn a long stream of cars, trucks, bicycles followed the
procession with whooping and shocking of horns.
Churches over the city opened their doors at 8:30
p.m. and crowds gathered for thanksgiving. Downtown
on that night Paducah had a large gathering with a
street dance, lasting into the Wee hours of the night;
however, expressions of gratitude for the termination of
the most terrible catastrophe in the world’s history and
prayers for permanent peace were uppermost in the cere-
monies to which many responded quietly.
Yes, a whole year has passed and the words “Vic-
tory Day’’ rings hollow to our ears. Therein lies a chal-
lenge to every American to help realize the promise of
the First Victory Day. Now is the time to shake off the
effects of disappointments, frustrations and to work
harder than ever before for that peace and good will
era we envisioned a year ago.
RAINFALL IN
JULY LITTLE
OVER AN INCH
According to Mrs. E. H. Archer
official government rain recorder
a total of 1 a^d 9/100 of an
inch of rain fell in the city dur-
ing the month of July.
Dates and amount of moisture
received in July follows:
July 1: 1 and 4/100 inches.
Some of this moisture fell before
midnight June 30, but recording
was made on the morning of July
1.
July 12: 2/100.
July 29: 3/100.
Normal July rainfall is 1.7L
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Graves
and daughter, Mary Katherine,
and Mrs. R. Wiley, mother of
Mrs. Graves, are visiting in
FVanklin and Austin for a few
days.
Knights of Pythias
Lodge Is Staging
Attendance Contest .
The local Knights of Pythias
Lodge instigated a.n attendance
contest at the Monday night
meeting of the organization.
Due to the fact attendance
hhs been lagging through the
summer months -.it was decided
to elect Captains and stage a
friendly rival contest for the pur-
pose of increasing attendance.
Lee Wood was chosen Captain
of the “Blacks”, and Reece Tye
as head of the “Whites”. The
contest will continue for three
Monday nights and on the fourth
Monday night the losing side will
have to stage a big “feed” hon-
oring the winning side.
'So Knights if a brother angles
up' to you and says are you
“Black or White”, don’t take a
poke at him for he is merely
desiring your support in the con-
test.
West Produce
Is Winner Of
Softball Series
Leading the league ever since
the opening of the Softball sea-
son the Jack West Produce team
walked off the field Wednesday
night also triumphant in the
Play-off series.
Results of play-off: Monday
.night, West Produce defeated
Dunlap 20-12 and American Le-
gion downed Delwin 7-6.
Tuesday night West Produce
10. American Legion 3.
Wednesday night: West Pro-
duce 12, Legion 9.
Nephew of Bill
And Ocie Harrison
Accidentally Killed
According to Mrs. O. L. True-
lock, Paducah Post correspondent
from the Hackberry community,
word was received last week of
the death of Chester Harrison at
Morton, Texas. He is a nephew
of Bill and Ocie Harrison of the
Hackberry community.
Chester was accidentally shot
through the head with a .38 cali-
ber pistol and died a few hours
later Ln a Levelland hospital.
A number of Cottle Countians
attended funeral services at
Morton.
FIRST BALE
GINNED HERE
TOES. AUG. 13
The first bale of cotton for
the 1946 season was ginned free
of charge by the West Texas Gin
of this city' Tuesday, August 13,
The bale was arown by John
Geaslin on the H. E. Fox farm
in the Hackberry community.
The bale this year was
brought in some eighteen days
ahead of the first bale in 1945,
and according to J. T. Hodges,
Manager of the West Texas Gin
this is the earliest on record.
The first bale last year was
grown by Jack Story on the
H. E. Fox farm five miles west
of town.
Facts on the bale ginned Tues-
dav follows: Seed Cotton weight,
1800 pounds; Seed Weight, 900
pounds. Bale weighed out at 415
pounds and was purchased by
the J. G. Martin Furnture Store.
A premium of $86.65 was
raised by Paducah merchants and
presented Mr. Geaslin.
Christian Church
Young People To
Sponsor Sun. Service
A special ‘service, will be held
Sunday morning at the 11 o’clock
hour at the First Christian
Church, with the Young People
of the Church in charge.
It is urged that all members
be present, and a special invita-
tion is extended the general pub-
lic to attend.
Primitive Baptist
Report Successful
Meeting Here
B. L. Evers, Church Clerk
states the Panha,ndle-Oklahoma
Primitive Baptist Association
which met in this city last Thurs-
day, Friday, Saturday and Sun-
day, August 8th through 11th
met with wonderful results.
Three visiting preachers from
California and tw<j from Okla-
homa and others from various
towns of Texas were present.
Ten additions were made to
the Church by Baptism.
The entire membership of the
Primitive Baptist Church express
their sincere thanks to everyone
in the city who helped in any
way during the meeting of the
association here.
Mrs. M. M. Parker is visiting
in Chicago, 111., this week with
her son, A. E. Kilpatrick.
S. A. Day Dies In
Dallas Hospital
S. A. Day, about 55; husband
of the former Anna Lee Clower
who was reared in Paducah and
sister of D. T. and John Clower
who now reside here; died in
a Dallas sanitarium Monday morn-
ing and was laid to rest Tuesday
in a Dallas cemetery. Hemorage
of the brain was the cause^ of
death.
Mr. Day was reared at Mata-
dor. He had many friends and
acquaintances here, as he and his
wife made many visits here after
their marriage.
Cottle Coffee
Shop Now Under
New Management
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Baker,
Dallas, have moved to this city
and have assumed the manage-
ment of the Cottle Coffee Shop.
The Bakers have had some
eighteen or twenty years exper-
ience as managers of coffee
shops and dining rooms and are
fully qualified in this line of
work.
Field Auditor Of
Unemployment Com.
To Be In City
Unemployment compensation
taxpayers in the Paducah area
will have a chance to consult
a field auditor from the Ama-
rillo District Office of the Tex-
as Unemployment Compensation
Commission Tuesday, August 20,
1946.
The Amarillo office has an-
nounced that Mr. Donald W, Mc-
Caig will be available for con-
sultation that day for employers
in Paducah and the surrounding
area.
Mr. McCaig will be at the
Courthouse from 9:30 a.m. to
2:30 p.m.
This service is offered employ-
ers so they will not have to go
to Amarillo to get answers on
their tax problems. Employers
now subject to the Texas law, or
those who think they may become
subject, are invited to see Mr.
McCaig.
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle Wells and
son of Dodge City, Kansas spent
Monday and Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. C. E. Wells of Chalk.
CONTRACT LET
ON PAVING
’ROUND SQUARE
The City Commission has con-
tracted to Benson and McGann
of Wichita Fall's for the paving
of the north, south, east side of
the courthouse square, also one
block west on Backus, one block
west on Richards streets, includ-
ing intersections.
The asphalt and gravel topping
will be placed about one and
three-quarters of inch thick over
the present surfacing and work
will begin in about two weeks.
Work has just been completed
on four blocks of topping on the
Childfess-Guthrie Highway, be-
ginning with the corner of the
Dawson Reid Farm Supply, and
running four blocks south. This
project coupled with the contract
let by the City Commission will
place the paving around the
square in A-l condition.
Beginning next Monday morn-
ing it has been requested by the
Highway Department that auto-
mobiles be parked in the center
of the street on the recently com-
pleted paving project on the west
side of the square. Highway men
state by abiding by this request
for some four days traffic on
the outer edges of the new top-
ped street will pack the surface.
OIL NOTES
KING COUNTY—Ohio Oil Co.
C-3 W. R. Rose in the Ross pool,
section 83, block ‘A’ J. B. Rector
survey southeast of Guthrie, set
pipe at 5300 feet after drilling
saturated lime from 5305-35 feet.
Top of lime was encountered at
5281 feet.
Oatman Brothers
Install Concrete
Tile Plant Here
Oatman Brothers have recently
completed a concrete tile plant,
located two blocks east of Main
Street on the Crowell Highway,
and state they are .now ready to
figure building problems.
Elsewhere in this issue of the
Post in an advertisement in which
the Oatman Brothers are invit-
ing the public to- visit their plant
and inspect the building material.
Nice Fund Raised
For Cemetery
Last week a drive ■'yas made
for supplemental funds for the
Paducah Cemetery. Association
and an. amount of $243.50 was
raised by Tom Boley.
In speaking of this collection,
Mrs. J. M. Barron, president of
the association, wants to extend
her thanks to all who contributed.
She also wants to call attention
to the fact that a number of
deeds to lots have not been paid
for and urges neople to take
them up soon. “If everyone hav-
ing lots will do this,” said Mrs.
Barron, ‘“the cemetery will have
plenty of funds to keep it up
without having to take public
subscriptions.”
Dalton Member -
Of Magicians
Brotherhood
J. W. (Jim) Dalton has
qualified as a member of the In-
ternational Brotherhood of Magi-
cians, a world wide organization,
and will attend his first meeting
with the order at Austin, Texas
on August 31 to September 2,
a three day Conclave and Labor
Day meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Dalton will leave
for San Marcos on Thursday,
August 29 and on Friday the
30th “Jim” will give ■ the Lions
Club at San Marcos a thirty
minute entertainment at their
lunch hour.
“Jim” says he will be delighted
to perform before some of his
boyhood friends at San Marcos, j
his old' “stomping ground”.
Some of the best Magicians'
from all over the state will be
present at the meeting and Mr.
Dalton says he will probably
come home much wiser to the
Magic Art.
Grandfather of Mrs.
Grover Wilson Is
Buried At Coleman
T. D. Drake, grandfather of
Mrs. Grover Wilson of the Swear-
ingen community, passed away,
Sunday morning, August 4, at
a hospital in Breckenridge, Texas
and interment was made at Cole-
man, Texas.
Mr. Drake, a resident of Cole-
man county for the past fifty
years or more, had visited a num-
ber of times with his grand-
daughter at Swearingen, and was
well known by many residents
of that community.
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Wilson
and children, Grover Ray, Joe,
Ruth and Joyce attended funeral
services for Mr. Drake at Cole-
man.
Mrs. W. B. Williams, mother of
Mrs. Wilson, a resident of Colton,
California, attended funeral ser-
vices and is now visiting in the
home of her daughter. Mrs. Wil-
liams formerly resided in the
Swearingen community.
PLAINVIEW
BOWS TO WEST
PRODUCE TEAM
In a Benefit Softball game
played here last Thursday night
the highly touted Jack West Pro-
duce team toppled the Plainview
aggregation by the score of 17
to 5,
From the start to finish specta-
tors were never in doubt as to
who would be the winner as the
West team soundly outplayed the
visitors in all departments.
Proceeds netted a total of $58.-
20 and was turned over to Lois
F. Perkins who recently suffered
a broken leg in contested soft-
ball play. ■
WATER COM.
STATES PLANS
PROGRESSING
, Hubert A. Lee, head of the
softwater committee, working
through the local Lions Club and
other civic organizations state
plans are progressing nicely at
this time, and a more detailed
account of the workings and find-
ings of the committee will be
released at a later date.
Mr. Lee reports the City Com-
mission is willing to cooperate,
’out due to financial conditons
it probably will be necessary
within the near future for the
citizens of Paducah to raise by
public subscription a certain sum
of money to be used in sinking
test wells in areas where indica-
tions point to the possibility of
fnding soft water.
Naturally when tests are made
it will be essential for the State
Board-of Water Engineers to su-
pervise drilling, testing, taking of
samples and in determining if
enough water is available in areas
tested to supply the city’s needs.
Qaducah
■rattle
AL HINDS
LIONS HEAR YOUNG ARTISTS
The Lions Club had the privi-
lege of hearing two young artists
at today’s luncheon. Joe Powell,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Powell
and Tommie J. Boley, son of- Mr.
and Mrs. T. J. Boley rendered
several piano selections that were
heartily enjoyed by the Lions.
Mrs. Boyd Loar was chosen as
the Club’s new “sweetheart”, Hu-
bert Lee gave another report on
the Softwater project.
FORMER BAPTIST PASTOR
VISITED HERE WEDNESDAY
Rev. and Mrs. Aubrey F. Rus-
sell and children of Georgetown,
Texas visited in this city Wed-
nesday afternoon with Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Henry, enroute to
Alton for a three weeks vacation
with Mrs. Russell’s parents.
Rev. Russell, former pastor of
the First Baptist Church here
is pastor of the Georgetown First
Baptist Church.
KING-COTTLE
CO.BALLOTS
ARE NOW READY
The Cottle and King County
Ballots are now ready. The
County Democratic Executive
Committee placed the ticket in
the hands of the Post Publishing
Company early Wednesday morn-
ing of this week. Employees
“side-tracked” the paper, rushed
the ballot forms to an automatic
press and in a short while the
press was soon clicking out bal-
lots for the second primary.
Absentee voting officially be-
gan on August 5, but due to
the fact the County Democratic
Executive Committee failed to
receive a certified State ballot,
the “go-ahead” signal in the
printing was delayed more than
a week.
A sample ballot will be printed
in the next issue of the Post.
FARMBUREAU
WILL SOLICIT
MEMBERSHIPS
A Farm Bureau meeting was
held Friday evening of last week
in the Educational Building of
the Methodist Church for the
purpose of strengthening the
membership. There were about
35 in attendance.
Lloyd D. Barbour, state direc-
tor of the organization of Iowa
Park, was present and presented
an over-all view of the organiza-
tion and the good it is accom-
plishing. He pointed out many
things accomplished during the
past year for benefit of the far-
mers, one of which was keeping
the state legislature from placing
a tax on farm power gasoline.
Marvin Carter, who is with the
home office at Waco, made a
plea for more membership, esti-
mating that Cottle County should
have not less than 120 members
in the organization.
Floyd Mayes was elected gen-
eral chairman of the membership
committee; Grady Havens local
chairman for the Hackberry com-
munity; L. D. Goodwin for Del-
win; T. J. Richards, Paducah;
Roy Wall and Cecil Carr, Buck
Creek; Cliff Hill and J. T. Terry
Coleyville; John Chenault, Ogden,
and Horace Stallings, Salt Creek.
Mrs. Claude Campbell was
elected secretary.
A membership drive will be
staged for the next two weeks,
after which another general meet-
ing will be held and a complete
corps of officers elected.
1946SCH00L
TAX ROLLS
COMPLETED
The 1946 School Tax roll for
the Paducah Independent School
District was completed last week
by C. W. Pearson, Assessor-Col-
lector.
The total valuation of the
school district. is $2,334,000 as
against $2,312,000 for year of
1945.
Figures show the increase in
the total tax valuation amounted
to $22,000 over that of 1945.
What this scribe would like
to see is a little more “harmony”
and a little less “hominy” among
heads of our system of govern-
ment.
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August 14. 1946 was the first
anniversary of Victory Day. One
year ago on that date World
War Two ended. More than 300,-
000 Americans gave their lives
to break the last shackle of ty-
ranny which the unholy alliance
of Nazism, Facism and Nipponism
had visited upon the world.
Twelve crucial months have pass-
ed. They were months of ad-
mirable effort, here at home anct
abroad to save the promise of
peace while effecting a recovery
from the disolation of war. They
were also months of major frus-
tration, in which the ancient ene-
mies of man, greed, selfishness
and pride, released from their
wartime impotence emerged to
pose an alarming peril of peace.
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The preacher looked over his
congregation one Easter Sunday
and said: “I realize there are
many here today who will not
be with us again until .next Easter
so I take this opportunity to wish
them a Merry Christmas.
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One great weakness in most
proposed health legislation Dr.
Lowell S. Goin points out is to
use the term “medical care” and
“health” as if they were synony-
mous. Medical care is only one
part of the health problem. Health
consists of not being sick; medi-
cal care, on the other hand, con-
sists of efforts to cure or alle-
viate disease. The Wagner-Mur-
ray-Dingell Bill, now pending in
Congress, is guilty of this con-
fusion between “health” and
“medical care”. Its objectives, in
the opinions of many authorities,
are not possible at this time. It
would regiment the doctor; It’s
cost to the employer, worker and
taxpayer, would be enormous; It
would limit the individual’s free-
dom of choice in selecting a phy-
siciaij..
“Them thar are mighty purty
words”:—“Dear Editor, I have
bee,n missing the Post the past
several issues and am lost with-
out it—and we do love to read
the Post!” Mrs. R. W. Bridweli,
Levelland, Texas.
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It won’t be long now until
school bells will ring once again.
Young men and women who have
held down jobs during the sum-
mer, although receiving good pay,
should return to their studies.
Not so much the case here, but
a fact in many places—boys and
girls quit the school room during
the war-period for good-paying
jobs, and have failed to return.
Now is the time to complete that
education. We have heard high
school graduates say, “I think
I will work a year before enter-
ing college and a big percentage
of those who go that route never
take-up their studies again.
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DON’T TELL BING: A few
nights ago while Frank Sinatra
was warbling away at the Palace
theatre in a short feature—the
sound system went haywire, 'and
it was sometime the next day be-
fore Red Leathers, Manager, had
it ready for operation. Now we
wonder if the sound system just
couldn’t stand the Sinatra vol-
ume, or swooned away at the
sound of Frankie’s voice as is the
custom of the Bobby Sox follow-
Joe Schaded says the reason
he had the car wreck recently
near Aspen, Colorado, was due
to the fact Mrs. Schaded was
.not 'in the back seat to tell him
how to drive.
RECEIVES B. S. DEGREE
Kenneth Gibson of this city re-
ceived his B. S. degree from
West Texas State College, Can-
yon in the annual summer com-
mencement held August 13.
Revival Services
Begin Sunday At
Harmony Baptist
Revival services will begin
Sunday, August 18 at the Har-
mony Baptist Church at Buck
Creek.
Rev. Mclntire 6i Abilene will
do the preaching and services
will be held twice daily at 11:00
a.m. and 8:30 p.m.
An invitation is extended the
public to attend.
Topping of Four
Blocks Paving
Is Completed
Work has been completed by
the Highway Department on the
project of topping of the old pav-
ing beginning with the corner of
Reid "Farm Supply and running
south a distance of four blocks.
The asphalt and gravel topping
was placed about one and three-
quarters of a.n inch thick over
the old surface.
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