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Paducah “The
Friendliest Little
City In Texas”
The Paducah post
Shop In Paducah
Where Courtesy
Reigns Supreme
FORTY-FIVE YEARS, NO. 35
TWELVE PAGES
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1952
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COFT
Soil Soaking Rains Drench Cottle County
1.27 Inches Falls Here;
General Over This Area
A conglomeration of weather which began Sunday with a
cold, heavy mist, 'spits' of sleet, slow rain through Monday, and
a hard downpour Monday night, turned to snow Tuesday
morning and brought a total of 1.27 inches here.
The cold blast of Arctic air,*'
which definitely brought a touch
of winter, tumbled the tempera-
ture to a low of 24 Wednesday
morning.
Sunday dawned dark and
dreary with the drizzle in the
morning turning into a slow,
ground-soaking rain Sunday
afternoon, Sunday night, Mon-
day. Monday night overloaded
dripping skies opened up with a
hard downpour, turning to flur-
ries of snow Tuesday morning.
The 1.27 inches of the much ap-
preciated, much needed, precious
liquid found a haven of rest over
dry, parched Cottle county.
The moisture, general over the
county, falling over the long
period, did not completely erase
all ear-marks of the drouth, but
definitely put a big dent into it.
Although bringing the harvest-
ing to a standstill, the rain
brought a new lease on life, es-
pecially to wheat growers, who
proclaimed the precipitation as
“ideal wheat rain.”
A total of 8,568 bales had been
processed from the current crop,
and 15,102 bales weighed in at
the compress Wednesday.
Former Paducah
Resident Dies
Of Heart Attack
Varying Degrees Of
Improvement Noted
In Sick Persons
Oscar Hall, who was carried
to the Richards Memorial Hos-
pital last Thursday after suffer-
ing a stroke, is reported to be
resting well.
' The condition of Tom Wil-
liams, a patient in a Dallas hos-
pital since November 9, is show-
ing marked progress, following
operation November 15.
Odis Holcomb, who had un-
dergone surgery the previous
week, was returned to the local
hospital Saturday for further
treatment. Returned this week
to the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. S. Holcomb, he is
slowly improving again.
Condition of Mrs. John Higdon,
Burt C. Brady, age 56, former
Paducah resident and manager
of the J. C. Penney Company
store here for several years, pass-
ed away Friday night at Brown-
field. Brady served as the first
J. C. Penney Company manager
for Paducah, having opened the
store here Sept. 6, 1929.
Brady, manager of the Deluxe
Motor Inn Tourists Courts,
Brownfield, suffered a heart at-
tack while attending the Brown-
field-Levelland football game
and was pronounced dead upon
arrival at a hospital in Brown-
field. He had been a resident of
that city for the past six years,
having moved there from Sey-
mour, where he had managed a
J. C. Penney store for a number
of years.
He was a 32nd degree Mason
and a member of the Methodist
Church.
Funeral services were held at
2:00 p. m., Sunday at the first
Presbyterian Church, Brownfield,
with Rev. Tom Keenan, pastor,
officiating. Burial was in the
Terry County Memorial Ceme-
tery; Masonic services were held
at graveside.
Survivors in the immediate
family include his wife; one son,
Brian and a daughter, Carlon
Brady, of Brownfield.
Sailing Date For
Mrs. Bennett Set
For December 6
Mrs. S. L. Bennett and her two
children, Barbara, age 2, and Sam,
who is critically ill in an Abilene j two-months-old, will sail from
hospital, remains virtually un- I New York on the liner, United
changed, after having received
eight blood transfusions over the
week-end, according to the latest
report.
No improvement is reported in
the unconscious state of Fletcher
Hood, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. T.
Findley, who was taken to the
Childress General Hospital Octo-
ber 11, following an accident on
a horse.
States, December 6, for England,
where they will join Captain
Bennett, who is stationed at
Weathersfield.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Ben-
nett, the Captain is a member of
20th Fighter Bomber Group, and
has been stationed there the past
seven months. Having served in
World War II, he was recall-
ed to service two years ago.
1,000 GALLONS PER MINUTE
Dan Bradford and Vernon Goodwin are "looking on" at
the 1,000-gallons-per-minute flow from the irrigation water
well ”brought-in" recently on the Ernest Goodwin farm 12
miles south of Paducah.
Cowboy Refuses
Reward Offered
By Ardry Sons
With the statement that he
was happy to be of what help
he could in their trouble, Porter
Myers turned down the $500 re-
ward offered in circulars
throughout the southwest for the
recovery of the remains of Robert
Lee Ardry, it was reported here
this week.
The sons of the aged man,
whose body was found by Myers
and Riley Thacker November 11
in the 6666 pasture, had gone to
Benjamin to thank Myers for his
help in the recovery of their fa-
ther’s body and pay him the of-
fered reward.
Officers said Ardry had ridden
a bus to Lubbock June 12 and
there had hired a taxi to take
him to Levelland, where he plan-
ned to visit his daughter. When
he failed to find the family at
home in Levelland, he had taken
a cab back to Lubbock. He ap-
parently was hitchhiking when
he was stricken ill.
W 23
L
SHOPPING
DAYS
Methodists To
Present Annual
Christmas Musical
The annual Christmas musical
program will be presented Sun-
day evening, December 14, at the
First Methodist Church, Mrs.
Boyd Loar, director, announced
today.
As has been the custom in the
past, the church will be decor-
ated in splendor for the special
occasion.
The choir, under the direction
of Mrs. Loar and organist, Mrs.
T. J. Richards, Jr., are already
working on numbers, and several
new and delightful renditions
will be presented.
The musical is one of the high-
lights of the Yuletide season.
Large Turnout
For Rodeo Assn.
Barbecue, Dance
Around 300 persons were pres-
ent for the invitational barbecue
supper and dance staged by the
Cottle-King Livestock and Rodeo
Association, last Thursday night,
November 20, at the new live-
stock barn.
Members of the association
and their wives began forming
long lines for “chuck” before the
seven o’clock hour and by eight
o’clock around 300 persons had
eased their hunger pains with
large helpings of barbecue,
beans, potatoes, pickles, onions,
bread, coffee and Cokes.
Alfred W. Davis served as
Master of Ceremonies, and intro-
duced officers of the Association,
and Arch Black, the barbecue
specialist.
Following “chuck,” a dance
was held in the concrete floored
barn, with Willard Neal’s west-
ern band of Childress and Elec-
tra furnishing the music.
JOHN WILLIAM
HOLT PASSES
AWAY TUESDAY
John William Holt, 52, died in
Richards Memorial Hospital at
4:15 a. m. Tuesday of cancer of
the lung.
In Indian Territory Oklahoma,
Holt was born December 29, 1899
to Sarah Melissa and Arthur
Perry Holt.
After moving to Cottle county
in 1934, Holt married Wilda Lem-
ons in 1939.
With his wife, he is survived by
sons, Billy Earl, 16, Robert Lee,
13, Johnnie William, 11, David
Daniel, 9, Troy, 2, and daughters
Wilda Sue, 7 and Sarah, 4.
His mother, Mrs. Sarah Holt, is
among immediate survivors' in
Paducah. Brothers include Oscar
Holt, Virginia, and Howard Holt,
Aztec, New Mexico.
Sisters are Mrs. Mary Auld and
Mrs. Luther Porter, Paducah, Mrs.
Mike Smith, Matador, Mrs. Ruby
Dillon, Quanah, Mrs. C. H. Chap-
man, Medlothian and Mrs. O. J.
Allen, Lovington, New Mexico.
Final rites were held Wednes-
day, 2:00 p. m„ from the Primi-
tive Baptist Church with Elder
Jessie Bass, Crosbyton, officiat-
ing. Interment was made in the
Garden of Memories Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Floyd Henry,
Wesley Gibbs, Howard Dillon,
Lawrence Auld, Vallery Hender-
son and Mike Smith.
SHOPPING FOR
CHRISTMAS IS
NOW BEGINNING
Christmas shopping will begin
in earnest next week with
Thanksgiving out of the way. Im-
mediately following turkey din-
ner day, municipal Yuletide dec-
orations will begin going up.
Shops and stores are bulging
with toys and bright useful gift
items expecting the rush. Some
“sooners” have already begup
laying away gifts in dark placets
to bring into the open on that
happy morning.
Of course, a few shoppers
with the stardust of far-away
places in their eyes will cruise
30 to 100 plus miles to shop in
stores no better and often infer-
ior to those in Paducah.
But one look at local mer-
chants’ counters and, windows
here is enough to prove th?^
Santa Claus need only look here
for the very gift to please mama,
.papa or the young gentleman
with the lollipop.
When the sun goes down on
this Thursday there will be only
23 shopping days left until
Christmas.
LAST RITES
HELD FOR MRS.
M. L. GARRETT
Mrs. M. L. Garrett, age 82, a
resident of Paducah since 1947,
passed away Friday morning,
November 21, in Richards Mem-
orial Hospital, following an ex-
tended illness. She entered the
hospital on April 6.
Born Mellie Carpenter, near
Boonville, Mississippi, February
10, 1870, she came to Texas at
the age of 12. She was married
to J. F. Garrett, at Benjamin,
August 22, 1890. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1920.
Mrs: Garrett resided at Du-
mont, King county, from 1916
until 1947, at which time she
moved to Paducah.
Survivors in the immediate
family include two daughters,
Mrs. D. C. Andrews, Paducah;
Mrs. Maude Johnson, Dermitt;
two sons, L. W. Garrett, Nara
Visa, New Mexico and Carl Gar-
rett, San Jon, New Mexico; two
brothers, Charlie Carpenter, Padu-
cah; R. L. Carpenter, Modesto,
Calif.; one sister, Mrs. Lena-Boh-
ner, Paducah; 21 grandchildren;
six great-grandchildren; one
great-great-grandchild, and a
number of other relatives and
friends.
Graveside services were held
Saturday, November 22, 11:00 a.
m., Dumont Cemetery, under the
direction of the Norris Funeral
Home. Elder Joe H. Wilbanks and
Rev. Roy Harper, officiated.
Pallbearers were V. M. Hand,
Roy Rankin, Pete Park, Jim Gage,
Willie Brady, Otha Smith.
Blood Donations For Armed
Services Scheduled Tuesday
ONE INJURED
IN TWO WRECKS
HERE MONDAY
Frank Rochelle was badly in-
jured in an auto accident on the
rain-slippery Guthrie highway
seven miles south of Paducah
Monday at 11 a. m.
He was found to have back,
chest and head injuries, broken
ribs and a laceration on one leg.
Pulling the car back on to the
road after a wheel went into the
highway’s soggy left shoulder,
Rochelld began skidding. The ’51
Ford slid sideways into a high
line pole snapping it in two.
After rolling sideways once,
the car ended over and finally
came to rest 75 yards from where
it left the pavement.
Rochelle has been taken from
Richards Memorial Hospital to
Lubbock for treatment.
Studebaker Smashed
In a second wreck at 12:20 a.
m. Monday, Harold Vandecar, 16,
narrowly escaped injury when
thrown clear of the ’41 Studebak-
er he was driving. Coming on the
highway from the Quanah road
east of town, Vandecar drove in
front of a large duai-wheel trail-
er truck going east. The car, be-
longing to Jimmy Durham, was
smashed beyond repair.
Except for minor lacerations,
Vandecar came through uninjur-
ed. Bumper of the truck was bent
but otherwise it was not damag-
ed.
PADUCAH TO
CLOSE SHOP
NOVEMBER 27
Paducah business houses will
“close shop”, tomorrow, Thurs-
day, November 27, in the obser-
vance of Thanksgiving.
Schools dismissed this after-
noon, Wednesday, November 26
and classes will be resumed
Monday morning, December 1.
The annual community
Thanksgiving service was held at
the local Missionary Baptist
Church, Tuesday evening, No-
vember 25, with Rev. James E.
Tidwell of the First Methodist
Church delivering the message.
HOSPITAL
NOTES
Mrs. J. M. Henson.
Mrs. Ruth Rosewaren.
Mr. Oscar Hall.
Mr. Ray White.
Mr. Lester Randolph.
Miss Ann Luther.
Mrs. James Lee.
Mrs. Louise Juarez.
Miss Osa Mae Holloman.
DISMISSED
Mrs. M. L. Garrett, expired.
Mr. John Holt, expired.
Mr. Acie Tucker.
Mrs. E. A. Summers.
Phyllis Garza.
Mr. Jackie Gilbreath.
Dickie Bates.
Mrs. Emil Hertenberger.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. James Lee, a
daughter, November 24.
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will
be set up ready for business
Tuesday morning, December 2, at
9 o’clock, Veterans’ Memorial
Building. Local backers hope
that it will have processed its
quota of donors by closing time,
3 p. m.
At least 250 pledged donors are
needed in order to get the mini-
mum 150 pints of blood which
the bloodmobile takes. Part of
these normally are unable to
appear and others are turned
down for medical reasons at
the station.
All blood taken will go direct-
ly to the defense effort. The Red
Cross acts only as intermediary
and cannot divert any of it to
civilian uses.
Persons who have ever had
yellow jaundice or have had ma-
laria within the past two years
may not donate. Their blood
would transmit the disease.
Cold sufferers may not donate
because it would weaken their
resistance. Trained medical as-
sistants will examine donors ut
the location to determine fit-
ness.
Persons weighing under 110
pounds may not give blood. This
is also for the donor’s protec-
tion.
Youngsters between the ages
of 18 and 21 must have written
consent of both parents before
giving. If married, girl does not
need written consent but a boy
does.
Pledge signers should not eat
fatty foods for at least four hours
prior to giving blood.
An hour and 15 minutes is the
approximate time required for
«' ingle individual to go through*
the. physical examination, with-
drawal and recuperation sta-
tions.
Only about 15 minutes is occu-
pied with the actual blood tak-
ing.
The blood is urgently needed.
As many as 75 pints may be
used in treating a single combat
casualty.
A local blood drive jumped off
prematurely here- last suummer
before state authorities were ask-
ed for a date for the much-in-
demand bloodmobile.
This is the real thing coming
here Tuesday, however, and
Drive Chairman Omard Harrison
is in hopes that Paducah citi-
zens will respond and help re-
lieve suffering in Korea.
TO UNDERGO EYE SURGERY
Mrs. J. B. Tannahill, Swearin-
gen, left this week for Oxford,
Mississippi, where she will un-
dergo eye surgery.
WINDING UP SEASON
Let’s be thankful, too!
In 1621 the Pilgrim Fathers set
aside a day of thanksgiving for
blessings received.
Looking back at the bleak days
the Pilgrims had endured, w e
might wonder what they had to
be thankful for. They had land-
ed on their “stern and rockbound
coast” the previous December,
and had lived through a winter
that carried nearly half their
number to the graveyard. They
had raised a crop so meager that
they had to ration supplies. They
existed on the fringe of an un-
tamed continent inhabited by
savages.
Well, why did they give
thanks? The only reasonable
answer is that they had a pros-
pect of living through another
year in the freedom for which
they had left Europe.
We still have that freedom.
Let’s be thankful for it, arid
guard it well!
Despite wars and rumors of
wars, the American way of life
lives on. We live in a country
where democracy still exists;
where, we can express our
thoughts, view points and ideas;
where we are privileged to wor-
ship as we choose and have an
opportunity to make a decent
living for our loved ones.
We should give thanks for lov-
ed ones, for friends, for health—
in fact we could go on and on
enumerating the things for which
we should be thankful for this
Thanksgiving Day.
It’s that time of year again
and we want to say thanks to
all the many, many Post sub-
scribers who have written in,
called or dropped by this office
and said: “Mark me up for an-
other year’s subscription.” If you
haven’t attended to that mat-
ter why not come by today and
renew for another year. Be sure
to watch the expiration date im-
printed each week on your paper
and renew before your name is
removed from the mailer.
A bright little scrap of paper
which challenged mankind’s
deadliest enemy almost half a
century ago has reached more
than a million Texans through
the mails. It is the Christmas
Seal. And it has powered the
campaign of tuberculosis associa-
tions throughout the nation to
bring under control the disease
which has taken more human
lives than all others combined.
Governor Allan Shivers has des-
ignated November 17 to Decem-
ber 25 as Christmas Seal month
in Texas, calling attention in his
official memorandum to the
“needless waste of human life
and resources” caused by TB and
its “staggering” cost to Texans.
It is’the forty-fourth annual sale
in Texas.
—o—
In our pre-game guesses in-
volving teams in the Southwest
conference and the Paducah Dra-
gons for last week-end contests
we batted G2V2 per cent, with
only one miss and one tie to
marr our record. For the coming
Turkey Day tilt and this week-
end games we pick ’em this way:
Texas over A&M; Baylor over
Rice, SMU over TCU.
WINDING UP THE SEASON—Ten-year-old Kenneth Merford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Shavor of Chalk, Texas, tries odt
his passing arm as the football season nears an end. Ken-
neth hopes to see action some day on the football field, once he
is cured at Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Crippled Children
at Dallas of the effects of polio. He is flanked on the left by
John McKee of Dallas, incoming Grand Master of the Masonic
Grand Lodge of Texas, and on the right by Lee Lockwood of
Waco, Sovereign Grand Inspector General of Scottish Rite
Masonry in Texas. The two Scottish Rite leaders will play im-
portant roles Dec. 2 at Waco when a new Scottish Rite room is
dedicated at the Grand Lodge of Texas building.
Arrest Made For
Liquor Transport
Lawrence E. Poe was found
guilty of transporting liquor into
a dry county in court here at 10
a. m. Friday and fined $350
plus court costs.
Deputy Sheriff Ted Jolley stop-
ped Poe three miles east of town
at 6 a. m. that day. A search
of his 1946 Pontiac uncovered
seven cases of whiskey.
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Hinds, Alfred. The Paducah Post (Paducah, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 27, 1952, newspaper, November 27, 1952; Paducah, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1017577/m1/1/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Bicentennial City County Library.