The Mullin Enterprise. (Mullin, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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NEWS NOTES
All divisions are getting ready
for the Mills County Spring Fair.
Exhibits will be placed by the
Future Farmers, 4-K Clubs, H. D.
Clubs, Homemakers, and the Wo-
men’s General Division. A num-
ber of schools will place exhibits.
Club calves may be weighed at
the Greathouse gin. Mr. Orest-
house will do the weighing free
of charge.
Livestock entries must be in
place by noon. Judging sheep
and hogs wllfbegln at 1:00 p. m.
Calves will Judged at 2:00 o’clock
and auction will follow the Judg-
ing.
Pens will be prepared for Club
bo^s and probably a few for “out-
siders.” Non-dub members
might bring panels for their bwn
pens.
Teachers bringing school ex-
hibits Saturday morning. Insect
exhibits, and handicraft exhibits
may see Supt A. H. Smith for
space.
The following managers have
been named by the Board of Re-
gents:
Club calves—Jack Kirby, 4-H
Club leader, Center City. *
Hogs—Mr. Coffee, V A. teach-
er, Ooldthwalte. h
Sheep: Mr. Burkes—V. A.
teacher, Prlddy. * ‘
General Livestock: E. D. Ro-
berson.
To assist the ladles division
Friday afternoon—Neal Dicker-
son.
School exhibits: Supt. A. H
Smith-
Handicraft, Insect, and taxi-
dermy: Jack Bandera
Miniature Aeroplane iJerby:
Lee R. Tesson.
Official broadcasters: Edgar
Purr 4nd Tbibert fmnmmr***?
contest that was sponsored -fey
the membership committee as a
means to Interest others In the
P-T. A. work of the MuUln
SchooL
The second grade was taken
to Brown wood Lyric Theatre
Monday to see “Hucklebeny
Finn" as a reward for their ef-
forts. The room mothers: Mrs. i
Henry! Mrs. Burdette, Mrs. Lodip
ridge, Mrs. Plummer and the tttef
teachers, Miss Bummy and Mias
Fletcher went with them.
figs on various important Mils,
•fee committees on Agriculture
to the Bouse and Senate report-
id favorably the measures aet-
Mhg Up a state soil conservation
3prajgMto I was a member of
,«e sub-committee which had
'vwuar MUa, and they appeared to
jflfe jB gaOd shape. One provision
.^WhMh was Incorporated requires
Sttis approval of 90 per cent of the
(Q&ud owners In the district before
land-use regulations can be
adopted These bills appear to
i Jkfs an excellent chance of pass-
1. Bash chairman mall be re-
sponsible for resetting, arrange-
lng and displaying exhibits of
designated department. •* '* ■'
2. Every exhibit must be in
place and properly Installed kg
12 o'clock noon Friday, tosh 24.
S. Three entries in each class
shall be required for competi-
tion.
4. Winning exhibits shall be
designated by ribbons: Blue, 1st;
Red, 2nd; White, 3rd. Cash offer
for first place only.
5. Exhibitors must claim and
remove all articles at the doss
Congressman Charles L. South
of Coleman, representative of the
21st district of Texas, recently
told listeners to National Farm
and Home Hour radld program
that “The proposed wool label-
ing bill Is not an effort to pre-
vent the sale of merchandise
containing wool substitutes, but
M measure that will permit the
purchaser to know what he Is
Rev. and Mrs. Bam Taylor of
8aba- visited her father, C.
M. Smith and her sister, Miss
Oma smith recently. They drove
out to the Smith farm while here
and visited Mr. and Mrs. W1H
Banders. Mrs. J. J. Cannady
Joined them on the visit to Mr.
Kid Mrs. Sanders.
Fred Wilson of West Tskas
*■"1“** a recent visit to his mother
lbs. J. K Wilson and other re-
latives here.
is; The Governor approved the
|U1 authorizing Issuance of 3900,-
000 worth of warrants to main-
tain payments to the old folks,
without reduction, until further
to venues can be authorized.
After another long hearing by
dui committee, the truck load
stfp bills were sent to a sub-
•cdjnmlttee of three, of which two
injhbn i are known to ha favor-
; aMfeto the bill, and the third is
’ also thoroughly fair.
Or sub-committee on finance,
oflKkh 1 am chairman, heard
t Texas State Teachers
| College on their budget. Several
members of the same committee
ipeard C. B. Wardlaw, President,
* and O. W. Cunningham, Secre-
' giry, of the Texas Sheep and
Goat Raisers Association In be-
PLACE TOO* ORDCB—
. Per Baby Chick* all light
breads, 7tt cents per chlsfc. Heavy
J. H. Dudley and his daughter
Mias Martha, were In town.«W>
cently from their ranch at 09990-
crat and engaged E. F. Smith to
repair and remodel one at their
ranch hooroe. Mr. Dudley has
one of the prettiest ranches in
his section of the county, and
still adores riding horaebnek .ovtt
the ranch. He rides straight1 gad
«nab and man. boys.and ladttg
Ht* tor his .poise In the saddle.
fealf of additional funds for the
Wool scouring laboratory which
fe pow located at AAM College.
♦. This same sub-committee has
jai lor hearing Thursday at two
ftttck the propasal for funds to
Inaugurate the experiment sta-
tion, for the cross-timber section
of, Texas, heretofore mWedrlzed
In a bill by Senator dW8 in
H. R. McDonald, Bp* has symp-
toms at the same disease, ac-
cording to the latt qsort from
the sick room. . ...
A new general mercantile store
has loeattd here In the Absher
buUdlng and plans to open at an
early data. The business Is one
of the Chaa Jeske of Prlddy
stores and the managsr Is Ar-
thur Meyers, who was reared a
few miles -east of here and well*
known. He and Mrs. Meyers are
welcomed hero.
4 Friday night, March 3 at the
ay, “Plain Jane ” IPs free so
lihe and laugh with us.
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Ml. and Mrs. A. B. Hodges and
children of Ooldthwalte visited
relatives here.Bunday.
Rev. Cullen Hawkins filled his
regular appointments at the
Baptist Church, Sunday,
Mrs. Noah Dattr of
; visited In the home
Ii. Chancellor, Sunday
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friends of Mrs. It. J SB-
an will fee glad to bear she
Is improving. she ha fought a
hard battle for health this win-
ter and like a. true soldier, is still
'on the Job trying to win price-
less health.
Sparkis Skaggs was here from
Oklahoma City, Saturday for a
brief vMt with Ms uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. Kemp
and the Casey brothers. He and
Mrs. Skaggs spent the latter part
of the week with her brother, H.
8. Casey In Brownwood, who Is
recovering from a recent opera-
tion. The Oklahomans report
their son, Sparks, Jr., U holding
a responsible position in a bank
In Oklahoma City.1
Mrs. H. R. McDonald. Jr., U a
victim of pneumonia, and Mrs.
“His labelling bill would act
upon the clothing trade much as
the Pure Food and Drug Act af-
fects .the sale of foods and medi-
cines. V
Representative South explain-
ed that the labelling MB Is a
that would force the
upoJlQ gff-
meats to place an their products
a tog, stosnfo.gr label stating the
exact percentage of wool In the
garment and whether It Is vir-
gin wool oy reclaimed wool gen-
erally known as “shoddy.”
The law, If passed, would be
administered through the Fed-
eral Hade Commission, which
wopld hare the power to enforce
tbfe provisions of the act.
Mr. South told of the many or-
ganisations favoring passage of
the bill. These, he said, Include
the national Grange, the toarm-
eFa'Baton, The Texas Sheep anjl
Goat Batters Association, Na-
tional Wool Growers Association,
ool Growers Asaocla-
. woiSfen’s clubs and . many
other organized groups.' Con-
gressman Martin of.Colorado Is
the sponsor of the bill.
He said the use of the reclaim-
ed wool In garments Is wide-
spread, but at present there Is no
method whereby the purchaser
can tell If he Is buying an article
made from high quality virgin
wool, or from the.“shoddy" re-
claimed rags and waste. '*
In 1936, the last year for
which figures are available, 220,-
000,000 pounds of virgin wool
were used In clothlr" manufac-
ture. The same year 111,000,000
pounds of reclaimed wool, 70,-
000,000 pounds of rayon, and 80,-
000,000 pounds of cotton were
used In garments sold as wool
garments. “We used. more. wool
substitutes than we did genuine
wool,” 8outh said.
Mr. South said that the use of
rayon and other synthetic ma-
terials, cotton, or other clothing
fibers, even if substituted for
wool, was often satisfactory but
the'eonsumer should know If he
was getting the substitute.
The wool labelling bill, known
as H. R. 944. was Introduced dur-
ing the last session of congress,
but the legislative body adjourn-
ed while the measure was still
before a committee. Mi. South
Vi g member of the committee
that was considering the bill.
Legislation toward a labelling
bill has been before the national
congress since 1932, he sa|d.
The proposed wool-labeling
bill, subject of Representative C.
L. South s talk over a na-
tionwide network, tt a
that would require labeling to
show: qoutont of virgin wool and
of reclaimed wool or fibers of
The P.-T. A. program was pre-
sented to a large group of ladies
Mrs. Dorsey Reed spoke to us on
the subject of “Magazines, Story
Books and Newspapers.” Bte
gave many Interesting facto to
us In regard to the advantaged
and disadvantages of the free
press, from which our children
are dally getting their mental
food.
Mrs. Mahan then directed a
long business session. The chair-
man of each standing commit-
tee was called upon for a report.
The program committee an-
r.ounced that the next P.-T. A.
meeting would be held Thursday
night, March 2. Mrs. LeU Smith,
Chairman of General Arrange-
ment Committee for Concessions
during the basketball tourna-
ment gave her report on financ-
es. Mr. Tesson, manager of th*
Basketball tournament also gave
a financial report. Mrs. Duran,
chairman of play night project,...
reported o® 1U activities. After
all business was finished,
Mahan offered
as P.-T. A. President. Many
us were disappointed at her
rltlnn
the resign a
dent. After both resignations
were accepted, Mr Patterson, the
parliamentarian asked that the
presiding chairman appoint a
chairman for the nominating
committee to fill the vacant of-
fices. Mrs. W. P. Duren. was
named as chairman. Mrs. Tes-
son was elected from the assem-
bly and Mrs. Giles as third mem-
ber.
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SECOND GRADE WINS
CONTEST
The second grade won the
theatre trip at the P.-T. A. con-
test, by having the majority of
mothers present at P.-T. A. at
two recent meetings.
Monday was gala day the little
folks, for "Huckleberry Finn" was
at the Lyric and they won the
trip, so off they went in the
school bus with Carl Tillman ef-
ficiently piloting them to Brown-
woed and safely home
There were 24 of the proudest
and happiest young folks In town
that enjoyed the free show.
The following teachers and
room mothers also enjoyed the
trip almost as much as the child-
ren: Miss Marsalete Summy, Miss
Lillian Deris Fletcher, Mmes. K.
B. Henry, John Plummer, Ray-
mond Burdette, and Mrs. Lock-
ridge.
1U35.
Our committee on constitu-
tional amendments has set for
hearing February 20 the bill by
Senator Sulak. authorizing a
sales tax for social security pur-
poses.
PENROSE B METCALFE,
Senator, 25th District.
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FUNERAL RITES MONDAY
FOR MRS. W. B. WILCOX
Funeral rites were held for
Mrs. W. B. Wilcox of Ratler,
Monday.
Interment was at Center City
tile old home of Mrs. Wilcox
When she was a girl.
She died at a Santa Anna hos-
pital where she, her physicians
and surgeons made a brave fight
for life.
Mrs. Wilcox’s aged mother,
Mrs. Scrivner and her brother,
Calvin Scrivner and children re-
side here. * Condolence Is extend-
ed the bereav
Condoler
»I SCOUT HIKE
Scoutmaster Jack Sanders and
U R. Tesson with the scouts of
Troop 48, celebrated national
scout week Tuesday with a holi-
day on the bayou to U. 8 Can-
yon.
19 boys were on this hike snd
they had valuable lessons of soil
formation, rock and moat grown
rock. They had lunch at the
canyon and after the long hike
none, not one eotnplained of no
appetite. They meet Thursday
night. The bw an eager to
miff llflfcFloTNy ooout suits.
BIRTHDAY SUPPER GIVEN
A surprise birthday supper was
given in honor of Mrs. George
Burkett, Feb. 16.
Mr. and Mrs. K. W Coleman
and family and Miss Katherine
Burkett came from Comanche
and brought a basket lunch. Mrs.
Coleman baked a delicious cake
with a “Happy birthday” wish
on the top. In the cake were
prizes and fortunes for everyone
Mrs. R D Swlnney baked an
equally delicious cake with white
frosting and small red candy
balls on the top forming the age
of Kirs: Burkett.
After everyone had finished
eating simple games were played
around the heater.
At a late hour the following
guests departed wishing the
honoree many more happy birth-
days and to receive equally as
many beautiful gifts.
Mr. and Mrs. K W Coleman
and family and Katherine Burk-
ett of Comanche, Mr. and Mrs.
R D. Swlnney and family and
Mr. and Mrs. Narvln Lavenee.
PRAIRIE NEWS
Misses Margaret Oden and
Jewel Carlisle spent the week
end with Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Wilson.
Mrs. Marvin Bowden la at home
after an extended visit at Chero-
kee.
Miss Rose Fletcher spent the
week end with her parents In
Mullln.
The cold weather has shorten-
ed the attendance at school. •
looking
of the show.
CULINARY
DEPA
Chairman—-Mrs. Jacob Saylor.
1. Canned Fruits
a. Best coUectlon of canned
fruits—60c.
b. Best coUectlon
and jellies—Me.
c. Best collection
vegetables—50c.
d. Best coUectlon of canned
meats—50c
e Best collection of
and relishes—50c.
3. Best Cake
a. Angel Food (light)—80c.
b. Layer (dark)—50c.
3. Best Plate CdoMee
< May be Assorted)—50c.
4. Beat Plato Candy
May be assorted or of one kind
-50c.
5. Plea
a. Double Crust—25c.
b. Single Crust—25c.
4. Yeast Broad T*
a. Rolls—29c.
b. Loaf—25c.
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HANDIWORK DBF 1 —B
Chairman—Mrs. Jno. Schooler.
1. Quilt
a. Pieced quilts—50c.
b Appliqued—50c.
2. Bedspread
a. Crocheted, knitted—50c.
b Tufted, chenille, or candle-
wick—50c.
3. Hand-Made Ruga—25c.
*i Afghans—50c.
5. Brsf ( 'c I lection of Embroider-
ed Articles
Three or more articles—50c.
4. Best Collection of Crocheted
Articles
Three or more articles—50c
7. Best Pair of Pillow ( ases—59c.
8. Best Article Made from Sacks
-50c.
9. Baby Department
a. Best group of hand-ma
baby articles—50c.
ART EXHIBIT DEPT—D
Chairman—Mrs. Marvin Rudd.
1. Oils
a. Copies
1. Landscape—50c.
2 StiU Life—50c.
b. Original
1. Landscape—50c.
2. Still Life—50c.
(Continued on page Two)
MRS. P. G. PALMER DEAD
As we go to press, news comes
of the death of Mrs. P. G. Palmer,
prominent Christian of Gold-
thwalte. She was endowed with
keen InteUect and abundance at
energy.
One of the pioneer teachers of
Mills county.
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Patterson, Mrs. R. H. The Mullin Enterprise. (Mullin, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 23, 1939, newspaper, February 23, 1939; Mullin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1060413/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.