The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1946 Page: 1 of 12
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Shop In Paducah
Where Courtesy
Reigns Supreme
THE PADUCAH POST
Paducah “The
Friendliest Little
City In Texas”
FORTY YEARS, NO. 34
12 pages
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1946
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPT
American Legion
To Climax Their
Membership Drive
DECEMBER TER
DISTRICT COURT
OPENS MONDAY
Judge Lewis McWilliams will
open the Cottle County December
term of Court, Monday, Decem-
ber 2. Judge McWilliams is in
Paducah the first Tuesday after
the fourth Monday of each
month.
The jury commission met Tues-
day, November 26 and selected
grand jurors, petit jurors and
special venire, to serve at the
December term, 1946.
Grand Jurors include M. L.
Allison, Albert Axe, G. S. Barnes,
G. R. Bearden, E. V. Perkins,
0. L. Thomas, Wylie Jones, Wm.
R. Jones, Darrel Hanks, Wylie
Moffitt, B. H. Maws, W. C.
Tubbs, A. M. Grayum, Lavelle
Armstrong, W. L. Liedtke, T. T.
Millican.
M Paducah and Matador To Stage
Annual Turkey Day Tilt Thurs.
G. F. SANDERS
First Vice-Commander, 18th
District, American Legion
The American Legion is climax-
ing their 1947 Membership Drive
with a party on Saturday night,
December 7, 1946 at 7:30 o’clock
at the City Hall. All Veterans of
Cottle and King Counties are
cordially invited to attend whether
a member or not.
Bryan Handley, states there will
be fun for all with refreshments
served. “If an old member, and
have not renewed dues, or have
not had the opportunity to be-
come a member, you may do so
at the entertainment, but if you
do not care to become a member
at this time, come on to the
party anyway,” Mr. Handley said.
The program will get under-
way at 8:00 o’clock and is to be
highlighted by a short address by
G. F. Sanders of Childress, who
is First Vice-Commander, 18th
District. Mr. Sanders will be ac-
companied by h Contact Rep-
resentative of the Veterans’ Ad-
ministration y/ho will make a short
talk on Veterans problems. Follow-
ing the talk, refreshments will
be served, and an opportunity
will be given for the renewal of
dues, or to become a new mem-
ber. Veterans who wrork on Sat-
urday night are urged to attend
after getting off work, and get
in on the refreshments.
James W. Bullock Post No. 216,
of Paducah, has instituted a reg-
ular meeting night program for
fun and profit and Legionnaires
are urged to attend the meeting
and find out about details. Plans
are now underway to serve coffee
and possibly rolls at regular meet-
ing nights.
Veterans of both Cottle and
King County are urged to keep
in mind the December 7 meeting
and to be present if at all pos
sible.
K. L. Neeley
New High School
Ag. Teacher
Mr. K. L. Neeley-of McAdoo,
Texas is the new Argiculture
Teacher at Paducah High School.
He assumed his duties on Monday
morning of this week, taking the
place of A. L. Harris who recent-
ly resigned. , , . .
Mr. Nfeeley comes to the local
High School highly recommended.
He has a B.S. degree from Tex-
as Tech, M.S. degree from
A&M College. He is an ex-service
man, having received his discharge
from the Navy in • April of this
year.
Progress Being Made
In Paralysis Fund
Drive Campaign -Here
According to a repox-t made
this week by Mrs. H. C. Fanner,
Chairman of the Cottle County,
1946 Infantile Paralysis Founda-
tion Campaign, the drive is pro-
gressing nicely, and a repoi't on
the amount on the overall total
raised will be released at an early
date.
Mrs. Farmer pointed out that
funds collected in the drive wilt
go towai’d training technicians
and building up a fund which will
be used in establishing a Kenny
Clinic in Texas where the Kenny
method of treating polio, will be
available to all victims.
Those who have not made a con-
tribution toward this woi-thy
cause should contact the county
chairman immediately.
Revival Services
To Begin Sunday
At Assembly of God
Rev. W. B. Chase, Pastor, is
announcing this week that axx
old-time revival, will begin at the
Assembly of God Church, Sunday
December 1. Rev. T. R. Yaws will
be the evangelist in charge.
The public is extended a cordial
invitation to attend.
Local Firemen Attend
Meeting At Crowell
Friday Night
Fire Chief Sandlin, FirSt As-
sistant Chief, Howard Powell,
Nozzlemen, Jack 'Carr, and Red
Petty were in Crowell, Friday
night, attending a firemen’s
school.
Chief Williams, of A&M Col-
lege, was in chai’ge of the school
and demonstrated the latest tech-
nique in combating fires and the
handling of fire—fighting equip-
meixt.
Following the school the Cro-
well Fire Department served a
turkey-dinner at the Deluxe Cafe,
afterwhich the Fire-boys viewed
the Crowell-Olney football game.
All reported an enjoyable even-
ing.
BASKETBALL
SEASON OPENS
JANUARY 10
Paducah High’s basketball sea-
son will be ushered in on January
16, 1947, when the Dragons go
up against the Petersburg club
in the High School Gymn here, j
The schedule as released this
week by Superintendent Alton
FaiT follows:
January 10 :-Petersbui'g, here.
January 14:-Spur, here.
January 17 :-Floydada, here.
January 21 :-Matador, there.
January 24 :-Ralls, here.
January 28 :-Crosbyton, there.
January 31:-Lockney, there.
February 4 :-Matador, here.
February 7 :-Matador (to . be
determined).
District Meeting
Of FHA Held Here
November 22
A District Meeting of the
Farmers Home Administration
was held in Paducah, Friday, No-
vember 22, for the purpose of
discussing plans and procedures of
the new organization which is a
consolidation of Emergency Crop
and Feed Loan and Farm Sec-
urity Administration.
The meeting was conducted by
John D. Cunningham, District
FtHA Supervisor, Haskell, and
Bess Porter, Administrative Sup-
ervisor, Lubbock. ECFL Rep-
l'esentatives attending were M. P.
Bi*yan, Vernon, and D. H: Sand-
ridge, Spuxx FHA pex-sonnel pres-
ent included Interim FHA Super-
visoi*s Wilbur S. Patrick, Spur;
Julian J. Wright, Vei-non; Sam
Weatherall, Paducah; and clerks
Claynell Fowler, Spur; Tookie
Starrett, Crosbyton; Philo O.
Bowen, Vernon; and Juanita
Tomerlin, Paducah.
Photo by Carroll’s Studio
“Stormy Davis explains Buffalo weak pass defense at half-time during- the Petersburg-
Paducah clash.
LEWIS BRADY
KILLED IN
CRASH SAT.
Ira Lewis Brady, 46-year-old
driver for the Pepsi-Cola Bottling
Company, Childress, was killed in
an automobile accident at 3
o’clock Saturday afternoon on
the Paducah-Childress Highway,
about a mile south of the Pease
River Bridge, near the Arch
Dupriest and Scott Jolly fax'ms.
The accident occured as Bi-ady,
driving a Pepsi-Cola truck, at-
tempted to pass a pick-up, di’iven
by Benjamin Wallace Hicks,
(colored) of Dallas. In the
Pick-Up with Wallace was found
Jack Dugan, (colored),' who
works on the Jolly farm, near
the scene of the accident.
Brady was driving toward Chil-
dress when he attempted to pass
the Pick-Up. As he started a-
round, Hicks, driving the same
direction, started to turn left
across the highway to the Jolly
driveway. Brady’s truck struck
the front of the Pick-Up, and
the track dived into the bar-
ditch, swerved back onto the
highway, and then rolled over.
The Pepsi-Cola truck was al-
most demolished, but the Pick-Up
driven by the coloi-ed man 'was
damaged only slightly.
Ray Anderson, Childress, arriv-
ed at the scene of the mis-hap im-
mediately after the wi-eck hap-
pened, and brought the injured
man to the Richard’s Memorial
Hospital hei'e, but Brady was
dead upon arrival at the hospital.
Buck Creamer, Deputy Sheriff,
investigated the wreck and the
negroes were not held.
XMASUGHTS
GOING UP
Under the supervision of the
West Texas Utilities Company,
workmen are busily engaged this
week installing Christmas lights.
It will seem like old-times for
Paducahians to once again see the
gleam of colored lights at yuletide.
Some eight streamers of lights
running from a huge star atop
the Courthouse will illuminate
the business district.
Colored lights at Christmas-
time seem to open the hearts and
minds to the spirit and sincerity
of Christmas. They help us for-
get present difficulties and x*e-
news hope for the futux’e. Some-
how oi’ other the little beaxxxs of
hope, flickering from the illumin-
ated colored (bulbs, bxing out the
’best impulses of our nature, and
assist the character building of
the real lesson of the Christmas
season.-
Qaducah
■rattle
AL. HINDS
Photo by Martin Studio
The above picture was snapped during the Spur Tussle as Joe Edd Sandlin intercepts a
Bulldog’ pass. Let’s hope the Dragons intercept several of the Matador passes during the
Turkey Day Clash, in case the Matador' take to the air.
COMING TO CITY DECEMBER 4
UnionThanksgiving
Services Tonight
Union Thanksgiving Services
will be held tonight (Wednesday)
at the First Baptist Church with
L. Guy Ament, Minister of the
First Christian ' Church deliver-
ing the message.
All churches of the city will
assemble together for this special
service and everyone is ux'ged to
attend.
Doris Ann Keys
Crowned Queen
In an elaborate setting, Miss
Doris Ann Keys, was crowned the
1946 Footbail Queen, Tuesday
evening at the High School Aud-
itorium, by Captain Royce Lati-
mer.
A list of the Princesses, Dukes
and Duchesses was carried in
last week’s Post.
When passing the Swint iBroth-
ex’s Grocery Store, glance into
the display window and take a
peek at the funny little fellow
concocted from a cocoanut. Pat-
rons please understand that any
x’esemblance between the cocoa-
nut and Arlie is pux’ely coinciden-
tal.
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The third Annual appeal for
the Sister Elizabeth Kenny Foun-
dation opened November 18 and
will run through December 7,
1946. Money contributed to this
fund will play • axx important part
in the grim battle against dread
Infantile Paralysis.
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Believe it or not we caught
A1 Chambers working the other
day—He was building a new
clothes rack at his Dress Shop
and was playing a nice little
Rhumba tune with hammer and
nails—hit one, miss two, hit one,
miss two, etc. •
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This is the way we heax-d it:-
Recently while Mr. McDaniel, a
xxxember of the Cotton Council,
was speaking to: the local Lions
Club he related . the following
story: “A negx’o preacher was
delivering his sex-mon, on “The
Prince of Peace”, when another
dai’ky raised up and threw an
over-ripe tomato at the preacher,
stx’iking him in the face. The
old negro pastor, took from his
pocket a handkerchief, wiped the
tomato-juice from his face and
continued—“we are going to have
fifteen more minutes of the
Prince of Peace, and then there
is going to be the dad-gumdist
nigger fight ever seen.”
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Just 48 years late:-An elderly
woman handed a New Haven
Railroad conductor a ticket rec-
ently oix boarding a train at New
Rochelle, N. Y., and offered the
explanation that “I didn’t buy
it today.” The conductor agreed.
It was dated September 1898. He
honored the ticket, however, be-
cause at the time of the purchase
there were no time limits for its
usage.
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The McCalls, Ross and Mack and Their Dog and Pony Show
Rose and Mack McCall who
have one of the most outstaxxding
trained animal shows ever
brought to the South and South-
west will be at the Paducah
High School Auditorium on Wed-
nesday, December 4th, at 7:30
p. m.
They present “Spangle,” the
world’s most versatile trained
pony with a thrilling repertoire
of tricks, talking, posing and
pick-outs. They also Dxesent an
unusual dog act, using five white
Siberian Samoyedes and one Si-
berian Husky. These are artic
dogs, with a very interesting his-
tory, which Mr. McCall will re-
count. The dogs are ti’ained to
do most unusual feats, and the
audience will be shown how they
are hitched and driven.
This show- has been nx-esented
at various Sportmen Shows in-
cluding the Coliseum at Chicago
and the Municipal Auditorium in
Minneapolis.
In x’ecognition of professional
achievement with this px’ogram,
the McCalls have received the
Billboard Certificate of Merit,
first place.
All reports todate from the
Southwest have been excellent,
so Paducahians may be assured
of a fine performance.
W'hen the whistle blows, come
game-time, 2:30, tomorrow,
(Thanksgiving Day), the Paducah
Dragons and the Matador Mata-
dors will be fighting it out for
third position in District 4-A
Howevei", regax’dless of the stand-
ings, when the Matador and Drag-
ons clash, fans are assured of a
jam-up good football game.
At px-esent in District 4-A, the
Dx’ag’oxxs rest in third place and
the Matadors are in fourth, so
the winner of the Turkey-Day-
Tilt, will finish the season in
third place.
One of the largest crowds of
the season is expected to be on
hand to view the clash. During
half-time, Miss Doris Ann Keys
will be crowned queen iix an in-
formal ceremony.
Coach Davis states the Dragons
will be in fair shape for the game,
and no change will be made in the
starting line-up.
For the Matadors the follow-
ing list will be the starters: Bob
Rushing, Billy Joe Stephens, Tom
R. Edmondson, Boxxner Nelson,
Wayne Timmons, Hal Courtney,
Albert Marshall, R. C. Giesecke,
James Price, Norman Spray and
James White.
Since all of the teams in 4-A
were idle last week-end, getting
ready for the Thanksgiving dates,
there is no change in standings
as published in last week’s Post.
WILL NOT RUN
THANKSGIVING
According to an announcement
found in this issue all gins of
this county and the northern pox*-
tion of King county will not
operate Thanksgiving.
Farmers are warned to not take
cotton to the gin nor deliver cot-
ton or seed to the compress or
Quanah Cotton Oil Co., as there
will be no one present to handle
the products.
Farmers Offered
Simplified Cotton
Insurance Contract
Cotton fanners of Cottle coun-
ty are being offered a simplified
cotton insurance contact covering
"their iixterest in cotton crops
grown dux’ing 1947 according to
Dee R. Green Secx-etary Cottle
County A. C. »A.
Farmex’s who signed cotton in-
surance contx'acts for 1946 signed
a continuous contx’act and have
insurance for 1947, but thex’e
have been sevex-al changes in the
program for 1947. All farmers
who had a 1946 contx'act are
urged to have the '1947 contract
explained to them since thei'e are
certain choices they have in con-
nection with the 1947 program.
Fanners can choose between
three levels of insurance this
year x'ather than two as in 1946.
Thei'e are cex’taixx changes in the
amount of indemnity he collects
in case of loss at each stage of
cultivation. In view # of these
changes, it would be a good idea
for evex’y cotton farmer, whether
he’s insux’ed or xxot, to talk things
over with the county committee
or employees of the county of-
fice.
UP and ATOM:-The world’s
most powerful machine is ready
to go to wox-k smashing atoms.
The machine is the University of
California’s new cyclotron, located
at Berkley. In testing the ma-
chine produced beams of energy
ten times more powerful than
ever have been produced arti-
ficially before.
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Was Killroy thex'e? :-A series of
secret tests of a new type of
missle began at White Sands,
New Mexico proving grounds rec-
ently.
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Approximately
100 Present At
Father-son Banquet
Approximately 100 persons were
present at the Father-Son Ban-
quet' held Tuesday night at the
First Baptist Chux’ch Educational
Building, honoriixg members of
the football team.
A delicious meal prepared and
served by the ladies of the First
Baptist Church was enjoyed.
Paducah’s Magic Man, Jim Dal-
ton presented some of his tx’icks,
and the Rev. Geox-ge Wilson. Pas-
tor of the First :B'aptist Church
at Quanah delivered a very in-
spiring message centered on “The
Challenge of the World to Men
and Boys”. Rev. Wilson also pres-
ented slide pictures taken while
a Chaplain stationed iix India.
You may be next:-During the
first nine months of this year
'1,336 Texans have met death on
the highway, according to the
Safety Association. This reflects
a 36 per cent increase over that
of last year. Remember when
driving, accident is no respector
of persons.
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Influenza Outbreak Feared :-If
Influenza keeps to its schedule,
medical authorities predict a flu
outbreak will occur this winter.
The United States Public Health
Service makes these suggestions
for avoiding colds and influenza.
(1), Avoid people with colds
whenever possible. (2). Wash
hands often, particularly before
eating. (3). Avoid chilling. (4).
Eat well-balanced meals. (5). Get
plenty of rest. (6). Keep rooms
well ventilated.
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Well,dog-gone :-We read where
a fellow was awakened bv a dog
fight in his back yard: Muttering
about other people’s dogs, he
grabbed his shotgun and let loose.
Next morning he found his own
dog dead in the yard.
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More than one white cross to
each mile of our 26,000 miles of
state highways is the picture of
traffic enforcement in Texas
since 1940, according to the
Texas Safety Association. For
the first nine months of this
year 1336 pei’sons have met
death by automobiles.
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.Wife: “I think married men
should wear something to show
they’re married.” Husband: I do
—this shiny suit.”
Sun. Homecoming
Day At The First
Christian Church
Climaxing a week of services
the First Christian Chux’ch will
have Homecoming Day, Sunday,
December .1, with Brother Patrick
Henry Secretary of Texas Mis-
sions,* Fort Worth, Texas, doing
the preaching on that date.
A basket dinner wall be served
at the Church, immediately fol-
lowing the morning • sermon and
following the dinner there will
be a mass meeting again.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 28, 1946, newspaper, November 28, 1946; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1015032/m1/1/: accessed July 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.