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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. 34
12 PAGES
PADUCAH, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1952
PRICE FIVE CENTS PER COPT
WITH OUR BOYS
IN SERVICE
John R. Clemmons
Receiving Training
At Fort Bliss
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PVT. JOHN R. CLEMMONS
Pvt. John R. Clemmons, son
of Mrs. Homer Clemmons of this
city, is now stationed at the An-
tiaircraft Artillery Replacement
Training Center, Fort Bliss,
where he is undergoing training
as an Antiaircraft Artilleryman.
Pvt. Clemmons will spend
eight weeks in learning how to
be a basic soldier. During that
time he will be instructed in the
care, preservation, maintenance
and rise of his individual wea-
pons and antiaircraft guns.
ASSIGNED TO CAMP ROBERTS
Pvt. Robert R. Corp of Btry D,
31st AAA (AW) BN has been
assigned to Camp Roberts, Cali-
fornia.
Pvt. Corp, whose wife resides
at Guthrie, has been assigned to
7th Armored Division at Camp
Roberts.
. This post, one of the largest
replacement training centers
during World War II, was reacti-
vated in August 1950 as a basic
training center, and is now the
home of the 7th Armored Divis-
ion.
VISITING PARENTS
Pvt. Billy J. Kinney is visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Kinney and friends at Hackberry.
He has been stationed at Fort
Bliss, but will report to Seattle,
Washington, December 5.
HOSPITAL
NOTES
r' ■ Mrs. M. L. Garrett.
Mrs. J. M. Henson.
Mr. John Holt.
Mr. Acie Tucker.
Mrs. Ruth Rosewaren.
A|k Mrs. E. A. Summers.
” Mrs. Emil Hertenberger.
DISMISSED
Mrs. J. W. Barker.
Mr. V. B. Austin.
Mr. Mac Tucker.
Rev. Cecil Guthrie.
Mr. John Henderson.
Mrs. Paul Martinez and daugh-
ter.
Glendell Smith.
Mr. Albert Barbier, Woody
Creek, Colo.
Mrs. Jackie Tidmore.
Mr. J. O. Holcomb.
Mr. J. M. Shives.
Suzette Browning.
Mrs. Otto Hughes.
Billy Mack Hughes, expired.
Mrs. Doyle Sargent.
Mrs. V. R. Boon and daughter.
Mrs. Paul Del Toro and
daughter.
BIRTHS
To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Martinez,
a daughter, November 14.
To Mr. and Mrs. Otto Htighes,
a son, November 15.
To Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Boon,
a daughter, November 16.
* To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Del Toro,
a daughter, November 16.
about the same
Condition of Mrs. John Higdon,
y a patient in the Abilene Hend-
ricks Memorial Hospital, remains
about the same, Mr. Higdon re-
ports this week.
SCOUT DRIVE
JUMPS AHEAD
OPENING DAY
A total of $958 was collected
in the first day alone as the Boy
Scout fund raising drive moved
into action Tuesday. This sur-
passed the total amount collected
during the entire campaign last
year.
The actual workers particularly
did a good job, according to
drive leaders, with a big majority
seeing their prospects and report-
ing in the opening day.
The drive opened with a kick-
off breakfast at the Cottle Coffee
Shop Tuesday morning. Scout of-
ficials and drive workers present
totaled 39.
T. A. Shahan, Western district
chairman, Jim Johnson, Scout
executive of the Northwest area
council and Morris Higley, fin-
ance chairman of the Northwest
area, made short talks at the
meeting.
Other Scout organizational of-
ficials present were Bob Bouse,
field executive of the Western
district, and W. S. Heatly, fin-
ance vice chairman for the
Northwest area.
LIONS BACK
BLOODMOBILE
VISIT DEC. 2
Carroll Robertson distributed
blood donor pledge cards to
members of the Lions club at to-
day’s noonday luncheon session,
and a good representation of
Lions ^signed as “Minute Men.’’
The bloodmobile will visit Pa-
ducah Tuesday, December 2.
Hours will be from 9:00 a. m. to
3:00 p. m.
M. J. Carmichael gave a short
report on the success of the Bov
Scout Fund Raising Campaign
now underway. A more detailed
report will be found in another
story on page one of today’s is-
sue of the Post.
Dargan Sims announced the
Lion’s Attendance Drive wIH be
staged in January.
A zone meeting will be held
Tuesday, November 25, at Spur,
with the program getting under-
way at 5:30 p. m. Members of the
Paducah club and wives desiring
to attend may notify Secretary
Alfred Cribbs.
Lions will not meet next
Thursday, November 27, due to
the Thanksgiving holiday.
Funeral Services
Held Monday For
Hughes Infant
Funeral services were held
Monday, November 17, at 4:00 p.
m., from the Harmony Baptist
Church, Buck Creek, for Billy
Mack Hughes, infant son of Mr.
and Mrs. Otto Hughes. Rev. Jerry
Speer, pastor, officiated.
Billy Mack was born Saturday,
November 15, Richards Memorial
Hospital and passed away Sun-
day, November 16. He is survived
by his parents and two brothers,
Jimmy Don and Kenneth.
Services were under the direc-
tion of the Norris Funeral Home,
and interment was made in the
Buck Creek Cemetery.
Son-In-Law Of Mrs.
G. W. Oatman Dies
In Peoria, Ariz.
Funeral services were conduct-
ed in Peoria, Arizona this week
for Horace Bell, 52, son-in-law
of Mrs. G. W. Oatman of this
city.
A former resident and World
War I veteran, Bell died at his
home Tuesday morning after
several years’ bad health. He and
his family moved from here in
1935.
His wife and two sons, Ray
and Aubrey, and four grandchil-
dren survive.
Mrs. Oatman, whose health is
not good, was unable to attend
services.
INDUCTED INTO
ARMED SERVICE
NOVEMBER 14
The following registrants were
forwarded to Amarillo for in-
duction on November 14, by Tex-
as Local Board No. 20, serving
Cottle, Childress, Briscoe, Col-
lingsworth and Hall counties:
Gerald J. Martin, Frank D.
Pena, Paducah.
Vester H. Holland, Jr., Bobby
L. Hammond, Childress.
Eric Melvin Fletcher, Jr., Ben-
jamin Carl Benton, Henry L. Fer-
guson, Cloy Thomas, Wellington.
William L. Toler, Silverton.
Billy M. Murphy, Harvey J. Jar-
rell, Barnell Landers, Memphis.
Jerry L. Nye, Newlin.
POST TO BED
WEDNESDAY OF
NEXT WEEK
In order that members of the
Paducah Post staff may enjoy a
much needed holiday, the paper
will go to press on Wednesday,
November 26, next week, instead
of the usual Thursday date.
Paducah will close shop
Thanksgiving Day, November 27,
thus advertisers, correspondents,
club reporters are asked to get
their copyTn not later than Tues-
day noon of next week.
Your cooperation will be ap-
preciated.
Scout Officials To
Meet Tuesday Night
Starting at 7:30 p. m., the reg-
ular meeting of Scout leaders of
Western District of Boy Scouts
and the Scoutmasters Roundtable
will be held Tuesday night, Nov-
ember 25, in the First Baptist
Church, Quanah, T. A. Shahan,
district chairman, announced
this week.
Graveside Services
Held Tues. Morning
For Diaz Infant
Graveside services were held
Tuesday, November 18, 11:00 a.
m., Garden of Memories Ceme-
tery, for Maria Dela Luz Diaz,
two-months-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. George Diaz. W. K. Cun-
ningham, Minister of the Church
of Christ, officiated.
The D?az infant passed away
Monday lifeht in Richards m-
orial Hospital. She is survived by
her parents, two brothers and two
sisters.
The Diaz family came to Cottle
county about six days ago from
Mission, to assist with the cotton
harvest.
TOM WILLIAMS DOING WELL
Tom Williams, who entered the
Dallas Medical and Surgical
Clinic November 9, underwent a
major operation Saturday. At
last report he is said to be re-
cuperating rapidly.
THANKSGIVING
SERVICES SET
TUESDAY NIGHT
The annual community
Thanksgiving services will be
held Tuesday evening, November
25, 7:00 o’clock, at the Missionary
Baptist Church.
Rev. James E. Tidwell, pastor
of the local First Methodist
Church, will deliver the message.
Order of the program follows—
Invocation: Rev. H. S. Morris.
Scripture: Elder Joe H. Wil-
banks.
Prayer: Rev. M. H. Mooberry.
Sermon: Rev. James E. Tidwell.
Benediction: Rev J. P. Steven-
son.
Special music will be presented
by the Melody Club.
Everyone is invited to attend
this special service.
RODEO ASS’N.
BARBECUE AND
DANCE TONIGHT
The invitational barbecue sup-
per and dance for Cottle-King
Livestock and Rodeo Association
members and their wives is to
be held tonight, Thursday, at
7 o’clock, at the association
grounds.
Williard Neal’s western band
of Childress and Electra will
provide music for the dance,
which will be held in the new
livestock barn with the newly
concreted floor.
In sending out invitations to
the barbecue supper and tjance,
several members were overlook-
ed, President Jack Tippen states.
Mr. Tippen asked that the Post
convey the message that any
member who failed to receive an
invitation card is invited to at-
tend.
Many Pints Blood
May Be Used For
Single Casualty
How many pints of blood are
needed by a wounded soldier?
As high as 75 pints may be
used in treating one casualty,
Jean Fitzsimmons told a recent
meeting called to organize the
Cottle county Bloodmobile drive.
Many persons suppose that one
pint is sufficient for every case
and therefore do not fully realize
the great need for plasma and
whole blood in Korea, said Miss
Fitzsimmons.
At least 250 persons will have
to sign donor pledges to make
the Cottle bloodmobile drive a
success. This will make allowan-
ces for those found not physical-
ly fit at the station to give.
Donations go directly to the
armed services; the Red Cross is
only intermediary in taking the
I blood. None of that donated
’ when the Bloodmobile comes
here, December 2, will be used
for civilian purposes.
Hunting Not Bad;
7 Bucks Bagged
Returning Friday fror- their
‘hunt near Magdalena, New* Mex-
ico, Lem Lowry, and his brother,
Buster Lowry of Rush Springs,
Okla., both brought back a 10-
point buck, John Bratton return-
ed empty-handed.
Of the others on a deer hunt
in the Gila River country of New
Mexico, Buster Tippen and Henry
Brooks were the ones who failed
to bag a deer.
Paul Newsom returned with an
eight-point buck, A. O. Bennett
with a six-pointer, Homer Biddy,
a seven-point; Arlie Brothers, a
six-point buck; and Bill Barrett
bagged a four-point buck.
Young Mother Blames
'Spells’ For Poisoning
Mrs. Olevia E. Gunn, 24, of'
Colorado City, wife of Earl Gunn,
former resident of this city, has
been charged with murder in the
death of her 11-month-old son.
In a story to the Abilene Re-
porter-News, Mrs. Gunn said a
“lifetime of spells just drove me
crazy” which caused her to pois-
on her family.
“We were so happy,” Mrs.
Gunn said as she described her
family before the poisoning Oct.
5.
The family of four became ill
on the afternoon of that day.
Still Disabled
The husband, Colorado City
Patrolman Earl Gunn, is still
disabled from arsenical poison-
ing, his hands and feet almost
useless from involvement of the
nerve ends. He left Colorado
City Thursday for the Veterans
Administration Hospital at Big
Spring, where he will undergo
further treatment. Another child,
Earlene, who will be 3 in Janu-
ary, will reside with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ivy Gunn,
of this city. She has recovered.
“It’s one of those things that
happen to somebody else—you
never dream it can happen to
you,” Gunn said.
Mrs. Gunn talked with little
emotion other than to complain
occasionally of a headache.
“I’ve had spells ever since I
was a little kid,” she said. “It
started about the time I was 12.
Mother and daddy used to have
to walk me around, and I would
get so bad I would chew my
tongue.
'Don't Remember Much'
“I was awfully sick that morn-
ing (of the poisoning). I don’t
remember much that happened
that' day.”
Mrs. Gunn said she left the
kitchen where she was preparing
dinner to go into an adjoining
room and tend to the baby.
“When I came back Earlene
had taken a bottle of shampoo
and the bottle of arsenic out of
the cabinet and had opened
them,” she said.
“I remember jerking them
away from her.
“I seem to remember dropping
some of the arsenic into some-
thing on the cabinet; I guess it
was the tea. I was so sick. I
remembered dropping the bottle
which was open and spilling
some of it.
“I knew I shouldn’t have done
it,” Mrs. Gunn said, burying her
head in her hands, “but I just
couldn’t help it.”
She said she filled the baby’s
bottle with tea and carried it to
the baby.
Drank It All
“He drank it all,” she said.
“He really liked iced tea.”
Asked whether she drank the
tea, Mrs. Gunn said, “I drank a
little bit of it. I never did like
tea very much.”
She said her husband was
drinking his second glass of tea
while sitting at the table when
he got sick.
“He got sick first. The rest
of us got sick about the same
time—about the middle of the
afternoon.”
The family was hospitalized.
Thomas Marion died shortly after
entering the hospital.
Mrs. Gunn said they kept
arsenic in the house to kill rats.
Funeral services were held
here, Sunday, October 12 for lit-
tle Thomas Marion Gunn, and
interment was made in the Gar-
den of Memories Cemetery.
An autopsy performed on the
child’s body indicated he died
of arsenic poisoning.
“Shooting Stars”
Draws Nice Crowd,
Many Compliments
“Shooting Stars,” the Eastern
Star Chapter home talent bene-
fit show of music and comedy
staged Monday and Tuesday
nights at the high school auditor-
ium, was well received by a
nice-sized audience both nights.
The audience agreed the cast
is to be highly complimented on
their performance and that the
unusual talent displayed was
hilarious.
Randy Pearce, 20-month-old
son of Mr. and Mrs*. Hansel
Pearce, was crowned King dur-
ing the “Baby Show,” Tuesday
night. The Queen’s crown went
to Donna Renae Thomson, 14-
month-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hanky Thomson.
The 16-month-old daughter of
Mr. arid Mrs. Prentiss Biddy, Con-
nie Dell Biddy, was declared
Princess, and Gene Paul White-
ner, seven-month-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Whitener, was
named Prince.
Presentations were made by
Mrs. Jessie Thomas, toast mist-
ress, and all entrants in the Baby
Show received a small gift.
Construction On
Northfield Road
To Begin In Dec.
Construction on the Northfield
road, from Tell to Northfield, is
expected to start in December,
it was announced by Palmer
Massey of Childress, district en-
gineer of the Highway Depart-
ment.
Contract for the all-weather
road, which goes through or into
four counties—Childress, Motley,
Hall and Cottle—has been let
to J. R. Fanning of Lubbock,
with low bid of $250,948.30.
13,691 BALE
WEIGHED-IN
AT COMPRESS
Cotton weighed-in at the Pa-
ducah Compress passed the 13,
691 bale mark, a check just be-
fore press time, today, Thursday,
showed.
A total of 7,851 bales had
been processed, at press time,
by the town gins.
A demand for boll pullers has
eased considerably at the labor
center here according to the la-
bor bulletin.
Special Meeting
Paducah AF&AM
Lodge, Mon. Night
According to Suttle Majors,
W. M., and W. A. Bishop, Secre-
tary, a special meeting of Padu-
cah Lodge No. 868, AF&AM, is
slated for next Monday evening,
November 24, 6:00 p. m., lodge
hall.
This meeting marks the 50th
anniversary of the Paducah
lodge,, and the 200th anniversary
of the initiation of George Wash-
ington as a Mason.
Officers in fhe lodge, founded
here 50 years ago, were J. W.
Tollison, W. M.; R. H. Ford, S.W.;
O. J. Combest, J.W.
Two masters degrees will be
conferred, plenty of eats have
been arranged for. All members
are urged to attend and visitors
are welcome.
E. GOODWIN
GETS GOOD
WATER WELL
Farm irrigation in Cottle coun-
ty took another step forward
Tuesday when a good producing
water well was brought in on the
Ernest Goodwin farm, 12 miles
south of Paducah.
The well, drilled by Don Box,
to a depth of 243 feet flowed an
8-inch stream of 1,000 gallons per
minute and marks the first in ir-
rigation wells in this particular
section of the county; however,
in the past year several wells
over the county have been drill-
ed for irrigation purposes.
As the county continues to
starve for the precious liquid—
more valuable than oil at the
present — a number of farmers
here are striving to ease the
pressure in their age-old depend-
ence on the weather through ir-
rigation wells.
A picture of the county’s new-
est irrigation well will be found
in next week’s issue of the Post.
HANKS FOOD
BURGLARIZED
SIXTH TIME
Hanks Brothers Food Store was
burglarized for the sixth time
since 1947 sometime after mid-
night Tuesday.
Two hams, 73 cartons of cigar-
ettes, a roll of dimes, a roll of
quarters and some loose change
were taken, totaling over $200 in
cash and merchandise.
An attempt to break into a
safe with a hammer and powder
taken from some shotgun shells
fell flat but damage to the safe
was $200. An expert from Wichita
Falls was called in to open the
battered strongbox.
The burglars smashed a win-
dow in the back of the store
to force their entrance. Authori-
ties are investigating the theft.
USO FUNDS "
IS UNDERWAY
Cottle county opened its 1952
campaign Friday for the USO.
County Chairman Johnie.- Folley
announced that within the next
few days the county will seek
to raise its proportionate share
of $593.00 of the Texas goal of
$740,896.
“We can no longer think of
our own boys and girls serving
in the uniform of their country
without thinking of the wonder-
ful job which USO is doing in
their behalf,” Mr. Folley said.
“The USO, in effect, has become
an unofficial branch of our arm-
ed forces.”
“We must strengthen all of
our defense efforts, and USO is
no exception, for the draft calls
will continfie to drair/ off our
young people and to place them
on duty on cold war fronts
around the globe,” the county
chairman said.
USO has established 104 new
units during the past 12 months
in the areas of greatest need at
home and overseas, bringing the
total number of clubs and loung-
es to 271. Seventeen of these are
located in Texas.
Bigham Appointed
Local Boy Scout
Commissioner
Harral A. Bigham has been ap-
pointed Scout commissioner for
Paducah, Field Executive Bob
Bouse announces. Price Sandlin,
who held the job the previous
year, will assist the new official.
During his boyhood, Bigham
was a member of the Scout or-
ganization here. He will serve
Boy Scout Troop 80, sponsored by
the VFW, Troop 81, sponsored by
Lions, Cub Pack 80, sponsored
by the Fire Department and Pack
82, sponsored by Knights of Py-
thias.
OSCAR HALL REPORTED
DOING VERY WELL
Oscar Hall is reported doing
well in Richards Memorial Hos-
pital where he was carried this
morning Thursday following a
stroke.
Paving Of Road 104
Near Completion
Work on paving the Farm-to-
Market Road No. 104 from Lazare
to Pease River in Cottle county is
near completion, according to
word received here. Hot topping
and gravel was applied to most
of the road surface last week.
The cpmpletion of this segment
of the road leaves about four
miles of the Quanah-Paducah 45-
mile stretch of road unpaved.
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AL HINDS
Two very important fund-rais-
ing drives are underway here'—
the; USO and Boy Scout Fund
Raising campaigns.
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The need for a strengthened
USO program was outlined in
last week’s issue of the Paducah
Post, and the county opened its
campaign for $593.00 last Friday,
as its pro rata share of the state
campaign goal of $740,896. Joh-
nie Folley heads the local drive.
The 111 young men and wo-
men in the armed forces from
Cottle county are the 111 best
reasons we should all support
the campaign of the USO in our
community this year. Not only-
must we give to bolster the mor-
ale of our own youths in the
service, but we must do what we
can to help the many hundreds
of thousands in the Army, Air
Force and other services who are
training here in Texas.
> —o—
Headed by Bernie Davis the
Boy Scout fund raising drive got
underway Tuesday morning.
Many who are well acquainted
with Boy Scout activities and
character building ideals have
already given or made their de-
cisions to give and give gener-
ously to maintain and increase
the movement’s effectiveness.
Your investment in the Boy
Scouts is needed to provide pro-
fessional leadership for the many
volunteers who head the local
program—to underwrite training
programs for these volunteers, to
establish, equip and maintain,
council camps for the units, to
provide council office operations
in records, advancement, financ-
ing, publications, supply service
and promotions, and to assure
successful activities iri Which un-
its can participate.
Many residents, perhaps ha\r<?
already been called upon ft.,/ “ir? -
Vestment” in Boy Scouts—but if
you haven’t been contacted don’t
pass up the opportunity to give
to this worthy cause—Answer as
a Scout does—“On my honor, I
will do my best.”
On Tuesday, December 2, the
“bloodmobile” will roll into Pa-
ducah. In a meeting held recent-
ly, Omard Harrison was named
Blood Chairman of the campaign
and Mrs. Roy Wall, Volunteer
Chairman, with the Veterans or-
ganization sponsoring the drive.
At least 250 pledged donors are
needed to get the minimum 150
pints of blood which the blood-
mobile takes. All blood taken
will go to the defense effort.
YOUR BLOOD may go to the
defense effort. This priceless,
painless gift may save an Ame-
rican life. Give to the National
Blood Program—the date, Decem-
ber 2—the place, Paducah, Tex-
as.
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We had a nice, long chat a
few days ago with our band in-
structor, Frank Wentz. Before we
go arty further, we think Frank
has done a most excellent job
with the band this year. Consid-
ering the small number of stu-
dents enrolled in the work—we
would like to add further, he has
done a “bang-up” job. We need
the same spirit by local citi-
zens in backing our band as we
do the football team. The next
time you see Frank, or a member
of the band give them a pat on
the back, encourage them in
their work. A few words of praise
spoken now and then will go a
long way in boosting morale —
and another thing, why couldn’t
some local organization like the
Lions Club, P-TA, Study Club,
Veterans’ organization serve as a
sponsor for the band? Some
strong organization back of the
band would certainly go a long
way in strengthening, planning
and building our band for the
future.
In our pre-game predictions
involving teams in the South-
west Conference and the Padu-
cah Dragons, we hit four and
missed one, in last week-end
contests. This is the way we pick
’em for the coming week-end
tilts:—Tulsa over Ark.; SMU over
Baylor; TCU over Rice; Welling-
ton over Paducah. Texas and
A&M are idle awaiting that an-
nual Turkey Day classic. In
that contest we take Texas.
Rev. Johnson To
Preach At Grow
Rev. Johnson, of Sweetwater,
will preach at Grow Baptist
Church, at both the morning and
evening services, Sunday, No-
vember 23. x
Everyone is invited to attend.
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