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Paducah “The
Friendliest Little
City In Texas’"
The Paducah Post
Shop In Paducah
Where Courtesy
Reigns Supreme
FORTY-THREE YEARS, NO. 26
12 PAGES
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY,' SEPTEMBER 29, 1949
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPY
Paducah Dragons To Invade
Chiefs’ Camp Friday Night
The Paducah Dragons, fol-
lowing a week's “lay-off", will
take to the road tomorrow eve-
ning, September 30, when they
tackle the strong Crosbyton
Chiefs at Crosbyton, in the first
conference game of the sea-
son for the locals.
Crosbyton sports another fast
and heavy team this year and
fans may recall the Chiefs scalp-
ed the Dragons by the score of
14 to 0 last year. Despite the
fact Crosbyton lost the mighty
warrior, “Heap-big-do-it-all” Sim-
mons, the Dragons will have
their hands full.
Paducahians are still hoping
the Dragons will break into the
win column Friday night and a
large delegation will follow Is-
bell’s and Proctor’s proteges to
Crosbyton.
Probable starting line-up:-
Paducah Pos. Crosbyton
M. Guinn L.E. F. Dendy
H. Thompson L.T. F. Hash
C. Luttrell L.G. R. Savage
,D. Buckley C. B. Peel
K. Brooks R.G. C. McMellan
B. Seigler R.T. D. Brewer
H. A. Lee R.E. J. Stephenson
J. Clark Q.B. L. Hargis
K. Slover R.H. C. Wheeler
H. Stone L.H. S. Covington
P. Green F.B. A. Ratheal
With seven starters back from
last year’s team, Crosbyton has
a big fast, team. For instance
BUSINESS
CHANGES HANDS
Effective as of September 23,
Bob Mills became the ‘owner of
the Armstrong Grocery located
on south 9th. St., having pur-
chased that business from Bill
Armstrong.
Mr. Armstrong stated his
plans for the future were in-
-definite at this time, but had
several propositions in mind.
The new owner, Bob Mills,
needs no introduction to residents
of this area as he has operated
several businesses in Paducah,
with a number of years ex-
perience in the grocery busi-
ness. i. „ _
Cottle Coffee
Shop Under New
Management Oct.
Mrs. R. H. Floyd, and daugh-
ters, Marie and Ann, will as-
sume active management of the
Cottle Coffee Shop, Friday, Oc-
tober 1, according tb an v an-
a look at the weights 140, 180, nouncement made today.
160, 170, 160, 220, 170, 140, 170,
165, 170, of their starting line-
up, puts “teeth” into that state-
ment.
Billy Williford
Improved; Will
Go To Germany
Billy Williford, injured in a
car wreck, September 20, near
Hillsboro, Kansas, Is reported to
be getting along fine.
Mr. W'illiford, his wife, and
young son, James Thomas will
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Martin
have operated the coffee shop
for the past several months.
Dr. C. A. Burch
To Speak At First
Christian Church
According to an announce-
ment made today, by Rev. Glenn
Hutton, Dr. C. A. Burch, head of
the New Testament Department,
TCU, a former Missionary to
young son dames inomas win China will speak at the First
go on to Fort Hamilton, N. Y. pv.Hctian fh-irrh PaPv Dav Spr-
?nd will leave torn that point a Su&ayfotS-
tor Bremahaven, Germany, where o
they will be stationed. i °
HOSPITAL
NOTES
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Mrs. T. A. Lynch.
Mrs. B. W. Harper.
Mrs. W. W. Hardin.
.Mr. W. H. Brooks.
Mrs. J. G. Conner.
Mrs. J. A. Christian.
Mrs. Berta Baldez.
Mrs. Venson Brown.
Mr. Venito Reyes.
Earnest Grisham.
Mrs. Pet Scott.
Mrs. Steve Zomora.
Prentiss Fields.
Donald Mac Smith.
Mrs. Sylvesta Washington.
DISMISSALS
Syble Gray,
Donald Mac Smith.
Mrs. E. L. Ashley.
Prentiss Fields.
Mrs. Steve Zomora and baby.
Mrs. Pet Scott.
Earnest Grisham.
Mrs. Sylvesta Washington and
baby.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wash-
ington, a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Steve Zomoro,
a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Harper,
a daughter.
To Mr. and Mrs. Venson Brown,
a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. Baldez, a
daughter.
Amarillo Columnist,
News Commentator
Interviews Gibson
Miss Laura V. Hamner, wide-
ly known Amarillo Globe News
columnist and KGNC radio com-
mentator was a guest in the
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Gibson home
in Grow, Thursday and Friday
of last week.
Miss Hamner came to Paducah
especially to interview John F.
Gibson, pioneer Cottle Countian
who recently celebrated his 90th
birthday. She will use the ma-
terial from her interview with
Mr. Gibson, on her radio pro-
gram over KGNC within the next
few weeks.
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M. ACKERMAN
BURIED HERE
SUN.AFTERN00N
Final rites were held Sunday,
September 25, 3:00 o’clock from
the local First Baptist Church
for Miles Ackerman, age 55,
former resident of Paducah, with
Rev. J. R. Smallwood, officiat-
ing. «
Mr. Ackerman passed away
Thursday, September 22 in Mem-
phis, Tenn., and the body was
returned to Paducah for ser-
vices and interment.
Born, July 26, 1894 in Chicago,
Illinois, he was married to
Jewell Willett in 1917 at Quanah,
Texas. Mr. Ackerman resided
in Paducah some five or six
years and was employed by the
F. L. Briggs Implement Com-
pany. He left Paducah in 1937.
At the time of his passing he
was Sales Manager of the
Dempser Manufacturing Com-
pany in Memphis.
Survivors in the immediate
family include his wife, Mrs.
Miles Ackerman, Memphis,
Tenn.; two daughters, Mrs. Mary
Williams and Mrs. Jack Farris,
Memphis, Tenn.; two brothers,
Crawford Ackerman, Amarillo;
Ralph Ackerman, Arizona.
Pallbearers were:-Dawson Reid,
Jr., H. A. Bigham, Bruce Marrs,
Verne Marrs, Charles Pearson,
S. B. McClendon, Amarillo.
Out of town persons attending
services were:-Mr. and Mrs. S.
B. McClendon, Mr. and Mrs. J.
M. Hobson, Mr. and Mrs. E. R.
Bruce, Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Vaughn, Bobbie Collins, O. W.
Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Moore,
Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. W. H. Mc-
Adoo, Amarillo. Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Combest, Olton; Mrs. J.
Ross Bell, Childress; T. E. Lin-
dell, Beatrice, Nebraska; Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Willett, Mis§ Dorothy
Willet, Matador. >
Services were under the direc-
tion of the Norris Funeral Home,
and interment was made in the
Garden of Memories Cemetery,
Paducah.
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Relative of
Local Residents
Buried Thursday
Final rites were held Thursday
afternoon, September 22, at 3:00
o’clock, from the Baum-Carlock
Funeral Home, Mineral Wells,
Texas for Robert A. Miller, son
of Mrs. Ada Miller, and brother
of Mrs. Joe Smith of this city.
Mr. Miller passed away sud-
denly Tuesday afternoon, Sep-
tember 20, and interment was
made in the Woodland Park
Cemetery, Mineral Wells.
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Ruby Miller; two daughters,
Mrs. Bobbie Green and Mrs. Ed-
ward Brewster, Mineral Wells;
mother, Mrs. Ada Miller and
sister, Mrs. Joe Smith, Paducah;
three brothers, F. M. and O. E.
Miller, Graham; J. E. Miller,
Agua-Dulce, Texas. _
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A distributors crew, of the West Texas Utilities Company,
was in Paducah recently to set-up a 150 ft. aluminum tower,
under supervision of RCA Victor field men, Dallas to erect
antenna for this area's first television set, at the home of
Paducah's progressive retired dry goods merchant, 75-year
old Oscar Hall. The completion of his newest project is just
another proof of how Mr. Hall has kept abreast with Paducah's
growth.
Despite the fact Mr. Hall is retired from the dry goods
business, one could not speak of him as being “retired", as he
still maintains his office at the back of Hall-Scruggs, and
continues to look after his many and varied business interests.
Mr. Hall moved his dry good store to Paducah from Denton,
Texas, May 1, 1910 and was open for business the next morn-
ing and with his diligent efforts his business grew into one of
the largest of its kind in this entire area. He sold his business
to Tom Williams and Cecil Carr on January 1, 1947.
Mr. Hcdl credits much of his success to Mr. Williams who
joined his staff in July 1911.
Since the television set was installed, people have been
flocking to the Hall home to get a glimpse of the set. Reception
has not been too good, however since the nearest television
station is Fort Worth. Licenses have been applied for by Lub-
bock, Amarillo and other neighboring cities and since reception
is best within a 125-mile radius, Paducah will be benefited
when the other stations are established.
Pictured above are members of the crew, reading left to
right:-Dan Hunt, Guy L. Mills, Don Bradley, Louis A. Richardson,
Sidney Atchely, Phillip H. Blodgett, Tom Ferguson, foreman of
the crew and Mr. Hall. The picture at right is a view of the
Hall home with the 150 ft. tower and antenna. Near the top of
the tower, an American flag has been raised.
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Affirmed Judgment
On Monday, September 26, the
Court of Civil Appeals at Ama-
rillo affirmed the judgment
rendered in the county court of
Cottle County in the civil case
of W. E. Martin versus W. G.
Kirk, et al.
This was a suit for disposition
of certain monies pertaining to
the burglary of the Hanks Food
Store, Paducah, in 1948.
Austin Williams
To Attend Singing
Session, Sunday
Austin Williams, a well-known
and prominent singer, is expect-
ed to attend the regular session
of the Cottle County Central \
Singers Convention at the court- j
house here Sunday afternoon,
October 2. |
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Attend Funeral
Services For
Mrs. E. L. Powell
Out of town persons other
than the immediate family at-
tending funeral services Friday
afternoon for Mrs. E. L. Powell
follow:-
E. R. McDaniel and S. M. Jay,
Abilene.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Prichard,
Mrs. Eddie Combest and Mr. and
Mrs. L. Fasco, Memphis.
Mrs. E. Powell, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Powell ahd Mr. and
Mrs. Homer Powell, Amarillo.
Mrs. T. Nally and Loyd Glass,
Spur.
Mrs. Val Eblen and Mrs.
Charlie Walton and daughter,
Slaton.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Powell, Mrs.
Mildred White, Mrs. Coke Glass,
Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Maynard
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
and children, Mrs. Tom Cooper,
Mrs. T. S. Patton, Crowell.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Gunn, Lub-
bock. „ '
Pallbearers were Byron Shotts,
W. B. Handley, Jim Conway,
Jim Biddy, John Chenault, A.
C. Hageman, W. A. Bishop.
Lions Hear
Musical Program
Lions were favored with a
rare treat at today’s luncheon
session, when Rev. Glenn Hut-
ton rendered several numbers
on his musical saw. Also Rev.
Hutton led the group in sing-
ing and was accompanied at the
piano by Lions Sweetheart,
Pearl Loar.
Guests include^ Irvin Seland,
press specialist, Childress and
Jetty Clare, Olney.
Henry Brooks, Horace Stall-
ings and J. F. Powell were ap-
pointed as a committee to look
into the matter of sponsoring
Paducah’s entry in the Carlsbad
Cavern Route Association.
PROGRAM
SECOND ANNUAL HOME TALENT
RODEO
Oct. 2, 1949
OPENS WITH A GRAND ENTRY
1. Mayors Ribbon Roping Match:
Shank Walker, Mayor of Chalk teamed with Byron Shotts,
Mayor of Paducah VS. Jack Tippen, Mayor of Hackberry
and Levi Goodwin, Mayor of Delwin.
2. Matched Double Mugging:
Lennis Smith and Tom Sivells, of Ogden VS. Chan Smith
and Boy Hand, of Dumont.
3. Roping Match to rope off last year's tie (3 min.)
Pete Godfrey VS. Johnnie Summers.
4. Horse Race to determine winner of last year's musical chair:
Bill Heatly VS. A. O. Bennett.
5. Double Mugging Match:
C. R. Wilson and Howard Thompson VS. W. O. Jones, Jr. and
Burnett Richards.
6. Musical Chair:
7. Ribbon Roping Match:
Alvis Townley and Cy Wright VS. Harold Felts and Al Hinds.
8. Cutting Horse Contest:
9. Ribbon Roping Jackpot (2 loops) (expert ropers to carry
10 sec.)
Ropers Ribbon Snatchers
1. Doc Westbrook ................................................... Rex Keys
2. J. J. Gibson ................................................ Oran Mowrey
3. Carl Darr .............i.......................................... Joe Schaded
4. Grady Parr ........................................................ Doc Smith
5. Dwight Richards ............................................ C. R. Holder
6. J. C. Clary .......................................................... Ray Loftis
7. Jack Tippen ......................................................... Bob Wood
8. Wylie Boyle .................................................... J. F. Powell
9. Tony Davis ................................................C. L. Robertson
10. Hershel Stone ........................>.......................... Boyd Loar
11. J. T. Martin ................................................ J. P. Williams
12. Arch Latham ................................................ Paul Newsom
13. Truitt Smith .................................................. Bill Mulkey
14. Jimmie Wilcox ............................ Lawrence Drummond
15. Joe Meador ....................................................... Alton Farr
10. Junior Musical Chair Race:
11. Reining Contest:
12. Potato Race:
Gala Home Talent Rodeo To
Be Staged Sunday Afternoon
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-Photos bv Martin
Minister ■ and..Mrs. J. B. Tid-
more and sons, Bobby and Jackie
visited the first of this week
with relatives in Brownwood.
(By Grace Jones)
The wildest, wooliest, rip-
snortiest rodeo that has ever
been witnessed in West Texas
will take place Sunday after-
noon Oct. 2 at 2:30 o’clock in the
Cottle-King Livestock and Rodeo
association arena. It is the sec-
ond annual authentic dude
rodeo, in which the drugstore
cowboys of the two counties par-
ticipate in the daring contests
while the regular cowpokes
judge.
Since last year’s show, chal-
lenges and debates have been
brewing over many a cup of
coffee. Bill Heatly, the pro-
nounced winner of the musical
chair race, has to compete with
A. O. Bennett again to confirm
this title. Bennett has been con-
tending all year there was a
mistake in the decision of the
judges, so the program com-
mittee has consented to let Heat-
ly and Bennett have another
race to end all argument. They
are to run their horses to one
end of the arena, dismount, re-
mount, and race back to the
finish line.
Lennis Smith and Tom Sivells
of Ogden have accepted a chal-
lenge to team against Chan
Smith and Boy Hand of Dumont
in a double mugging event.
Another double mugging match
to be staged will be C. R. Wil-
son teamed with Howard Thomp-
son against W. O. Jones, Jr. and
Burnett Richards. Double mug-
ging is where the two cowboys
work together, each is allowed
a loop, one muggs the calf and
throws it while the other man
ties it, but the dudes have been
told by authorities, such as Joe
Meador and J. C. Clary, that
double mugging means you
mugg the calf and it muggs you
in return.
Pete Godfrey and Johnnie
Summers tied in a calf roping
match last year and have been
squabbling ever since as to
which is the better roper. They
intend to rope off this tie,
which was three minutes per
calf.
Immediately following the
Grand Entry, which will color-
fully open the afternoon show,
the mayors of Cottle county will
start the entertainment with a
ribbon roping match. Shank
Walker, mayor of Chalk, and
Byron Shotts, mayor of Paducah
will rope against Jack Tippen,
Mayor of Hackberry, and Levi
Goodwin, mayor of Delwin. This,
special event will be conducted
so that Walker and Tippen will
rope the stock, while Shotts and
Goodwin snatch the ribbons and
run to the judge for time.
As the challenges grow in
momentum, the story goes that
Cy Wright was challenged by
Jack Spencer of the 6666 ranch
to a roping match, but Wright
refused, ruling that Spencer was
not in his class and that he in.
turn would offer to rope none
other than Al Hinds of the Pa-
ducah Post. Hinds, who is mod-
est about his horseback riding,
failed to respond exactly as the
offer was stated. However, a
compromise has been instigat-
ed by the program’s committee
in which these two tenderfeet
may expose their abilities in a
ribbon roping match, each team-
ed with an experienced roper,
namely Alvis Townley
Harold Felts.
Burnett Richards, Wylie Boyle
and Alvis Townley, the program
committee for the show, have
added other events for any and
all of the drugstore cowboys,
young and old. There will be a
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ABC REVIEWS
BY-LAWS
Reading of the Constitution,
By-Laws, and the reviewing of
committees assumed most of the
noon-day session of the ABC
club Wednesday.
Harrall Bigham made a rer
port on the seating and light-
ing project at the football field,
and stated improvements in the
lighting would be made within
the immediate future.
Cottle County
Teachers Ass’n.
To Meet Oct. 4
The Cottle County Teachers
will meet at the Paducah High
School Auditorium, Tuesday eve-
ning, October 4 at 7:30 o’clock.
All teachers are invited to at-
tend.
HAVE YOU
SIGNED?
Are you in favor of free
city delivery mail service? If
so, why not drop by the drug
stores or bank and sign to-
day.
A check reveals only about
300 have signed the petition
todate.
Paducahians should fully
understand the first important
step to begin work for free
delivery mail service, is to
let .your Postmaster know how
you stand on the question—
and by signing the petition
is the only way he has of
knowing whether we want the
service.
The free city mail delivery
project is under the sponsor-
ship of the Lions club.
1.151 BALES
GINNED TODATE
Cotton began ftto move on a
much larger scale this week,
as a report reveals a total of
1.151 bales had been turned out
from the city, county, Grow and
Finney gins.
County Agent, Lane states
there is an ample supply of
labor at this time; however it
will still be several more weeks
as yet, before the harvesting
of cotton hits its full peak.
Open weather, the past week,
has seen many laborers trek to
and the “cotton patch”.
Thomas Jefferson once said:-
“I would rather live in a country
with newspapers and without
government, than in a country
with a government, but with-
out newspapers.”
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One has only to look over this
old world to realize that only
a few nations are blessed with,
a Free Press. Most intelligent
people will agree the Freedom
of the Press is the capstone of
the four great freedoms and
that once you lost this Freedom,
all other freedoms vanish. How-
ever, Freedom of the Press, as
we understand it, has become
such a common part of our
American Way of Life that we
simply take it for granted and
do not realize that this condition
does not exist for millions of
people over the globe.
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The Post celebrated another
birthday not long ago, and look-
ing back over our files the past
year one would be surprised at
the amount of space given Vet-
erans; industrial and agricul-
tural development; Girl Scouts,
Boys’ Club, band, music, street
marking, city beautification,
tax economy, better highways,
schools, hospitals, sanitation, fire
prevention, town meetings, get-
ting out the votes; church at-
tendance; rural electrification,
telephones and conservation; aid
to various relief organizations,
the American Red Cross, Anti-
Tuberculosis and Infantile Par-
alysis Drives, safety campaigns;
and hundreds of other projects
and programs that vitally af-
fect the daily lives of our com-
munity.
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For the good of the public it is
a healthy thing for newspapers
to have the right to criticize
public officials, because it is
so easy for our high officials
to become so surrounded by
“yes” men that they lose their
perspective and assume the di-
vine-right theory that they can’t
be wrong. An alert poxss helps
keep our poikicT -'■?* f * u
on the ground.
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Of course newspapers, especial-
ly the “home town” paper,
carries mostly only local news
and happenings — but if you
don’t think that it is a very
close part of your life, try this
simple experiment. When your
paper comes, just "set it aside
and see how long you can re-
frain from reading it.
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This newspaper classic by
Louis Taylor Merrill tells why
the home town newspapers are
so close to the hearts and
minds of their readers:-
Files On Parade
In the business vast
Of things that were,
Out of the past
The echoes stir
And live once more
Where the presses roar.
Who says that a paper can’t
feel and think?
Yellowed pages, ancient ink
Volumes dusty and touched
with mold
Yet how much of the life of
the town they hold.
Star-aimed faiths of the men
s who dreamed,
And hoped, and strove, and
surmounted trials—
All set forth in the musty
files—
Accounts of times when the
“eagle screamed,”
Accounts of days when the
town’s heart bled
Solemnly mourning heroic
dead,
Stories of triumph and stories
of pain,
Days of sunshine and of
rain,
Witty lines and common
places,
Old friends, half forgotten
faces,
Birth for youth, and death for
age—
Tidings that make folk weep
or laugh
Borne in column or para-
graph
Marching across the weekly
page.
Who says that a paper can’t
feel and think?
Yellowed sheets and anci-
ent ink,
Volumes dusty and touched
with mold—
Yet how much of the life of
the town they hold!
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With the exception of a tie
game, TCU and Oklahoma, we
batted 100 percent in our pre-
game predictions last week. As
we gaze into the crystal ball,
things look kinda’ muddled for
our pre-game guesses for this
week-end and likely as not some
upsets are going to loom up
and down the gridiron, come
Saturday. But anyway this is
way we see it:-TCU over Ark-
ansas; Baylor over Mississippi
State; Rice over LSU; SMU over
Missouri; University of Texas
over Idaho; Oklahoma U. over
A&M. Last, but not least, Pa-
ducah 13, Crosbyton 7.
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