The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1941 Page: 1 of 6
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WORTHAM JOURNAL
Volumn 48
WORTHAM, FREESTONE COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY OCTOBER 17, 1941
Number 26
L. D. Bounds, Native >
Of this Community
Died Tuesday
L. D. Bounds, age 67, died at the
home of his son-in-law and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Jones, three miles
north of Wortham Tuesday afternoon
at 5 o'clock after several months ill-
Mr. Bounds was bom and reared
in the Wortham community and lived
in this section all his life. He was
the son of the late Rev. and Mrs. J.
E. Bounds. His father served the
Methodist ministry 47 years, and his
'grandfather, the late Rev. Hill
Bounds, was a pioneer Methodist
minister who served the -Wortham
community as a preacher 67 years.
Immediate relatives surviving Mr.
Bounds are, one daughter, Mrs. A+B.
Jones; and the following brothers and
sisters, Mrs. J. W. Heflin and Mrs. R.
C. Cleere of Comanche, Okla., Mss.
D. R. Roberson of Fort Worth, Mrs.
John Calame of Sulphur Springs,
Okla., R. W. Bounds of Spanish Fort,
R. E. Bounds of Rice, C. E. Bounds
of Corsicana and W. C. Bounds of
Blooming drove.
Funeral services were in Wortham
at the Methodist Church Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o’clock. Interment
was in the Wortham' cemetery.
Mrs. T. A. Keeling returned Satur-
day from Overton where she spent s
few days visiting her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Graham Bar-
rington.
Mrs. John Sloan of Rice was in
Wortham Sunday visiting her parents
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Lewis.
~dark Craig, soldier of Camp Bow-
ie at Brownwood, is spending a few
days visiting home folks in Wortham
Wortham Bulldogs
Defeat Calver 18-0
Last Friday Night
The Bulldogs stepped out Friday
night and took an easy 18-<k decision
over the Calvert Trojans for their
Airst Conference game of the season.
The Bulldogs took the ball oa the
opening kick-off and marched 63
yards on successive line plays for the
first touchdown of the game. How-
ard, Miller, Frost and Davis alternat-
ing carrying the ball behind the per-
fect blocking of Stubbs, Magouirk,
Langston, Slay, J. Cherry, Bounds
and E. Cherry, carried the ball to the
3 yard line where Davis went over
into pay dirt for the touchdown.
The second score came about as a
result of a pass from Frost to Stubbs
in the end tone.
The third score was made by the
genial Curley Davis when he broke
off tackle behind perfect interference
and sped 63 yards for the counter.
Strunk, another fleet footed half-
back of the Bulldogs, broke loose
many times during the evening for
20, 30 and 40 yards runs. The Bull-
dogs rolled up a total of 526 yards
rushing to 41 yards for the Trojans.
The Bulldoge were penalized 150
yards and the Trojans 30 yards. The
Trojans never threatened the Bull-
dogs goal line and only passed the
mid-field stripe one time.
Mrs. Fred W. Horn, Mrs. C. G.
Masterson, Miss Jessie Mae Calame
and Miss Nell Haskins were in Street-
man last Saturday attending a meet-
ing of the Parent- Teacher County
Council.
Mrs. John Tucker and her son,
Robert Charles Tucker, of Houston
visited in Wortham last week-end.
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Wortham Bulldogs
To Play Coolidge
Y ellow jackets
The High School Bulldogs will play
the Coolidge High School Yellow-
jackets ih their second conference
game of the season on the local high
school athletic field Friday night Oc-
tober 17 at 7:45.
The Bulldogs are beginning to
move with some snap and drive and
are determined to win another Dis-
trict Championship this year. The
Bulldogs really looked like Cham-
pionship caliber Friday night in spots
and should they ever go to clicking
on each play as they did on some in
the last game, the remaining conftr-
ence opponents had better look out.
Because when the Bulldogs begin to
march it is tough on all oppisition.
The Bulldogs realize that they are
facing a different Coolidge Yellow-
jacket team this year from those of
the last few years, and are looking
for a rough and tough game Friday
night. The Yellowjackest have .a fine
new lighted football field this year
and other additions which have put
new life into them. In winning their
first conference game last Friday
night over the Bremond Tigers 6-0
they displayed lots of Spirit and
Drive. ‘ Coach Moody states that he
is well pleased with the way his" Yel-
lowjackets have developed thus far
and are expecting to go a long way
in the District 25 scramble.
The^ Coolidge High School student
body, Pep-Squad and fans are plan-
ning a big Pep-Rally sometime
Thursday in preparation for their
conference game with the Bulldogs.
The Coolidge students and fans are
planning to follow their team to
Wortham Friday night.
Red Cross Call
The Freestone County Red Cross
Chapter has a large garment produc-
tion quota and is behind in its com
pletion. The Wortham Red Cross
Chapter has accepted a part of this
quota and plans to meet on Tuesday
and Wednesday afternoons from 2 to
4 p. m. each week. Every one who
can sew o/ knit is urged to be at this
meeting. Sewing and knitting can
be done at home or at the City Sew-
ing Room.
This is an important and urgent
work. Come and give your time and
services to the Red Cross.
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President of T. F. W. C.
Visits Wortham
Study Club
Mrs. Joe Bates, Mrs. J. J. Creed,
Mrs. George Harrison and Mrs. Fred
W. Horn were hostesses to the Wor-
tham Study Club Tuesday evening,
October 6, at a dinner gprty in the
home of Mrs. Bates, honoring two
distinguished vistors, Mrs. Julius
Waring Walker of Plainview, presi-
dent of the Texas Federation of Wo-
men’s Clubs, and Miss Ethel Foster
of Sterling City, treasurer of the
Texas Federation.
Mrs. Gussie Weaver extended cor-
dial greetings to the club members
and visitors and expressed great
pleasure over the outlook for a sood
club year with tHe corps of efllcent
officers who have been elected to
work with her. She then introduced
Mrs. Van Hook Stubbs, a member and
past president of the Wortham Study
Club who has served as president of
the Third District, president of the
Bi-Stone Federation, secretary of the
Texas Federation, and is now State
Chairman of the Department of An-
tiques.
Introduced by Mrs. Stubbs, Mrs.
Walker addressed khe club members
concerning woman’s work in the Na-
tions defense program. The theme
for her administration is ‘‘Education
for Democracy’s Defense.” She said
that in the national defense program
the subject of nutrition is second
only to munitions and training of
soldiers. The government has been
aroused on the subject of mal-nutri-
tion since it has been found that
about 30 per cent of the drafted
men have been rejected on the
grounds of physical defects, many
of which are traceable to mal-nutri-
tion. This problem, Mrs. Walker
said, can be solved through educa-
tion in the American home and offers
a challenge to club women, most of
whom are home makers. The Texas
Federation offers a well-planned nu-
trition campaign, cqpies of-which are
available by local clubs.
Speaking of the value of citizen-
ship and moral training as means of
improving the American morale, Mrs.
Walker stated that the three great
needs of the United States today arfe
“an awakening from apathy, national
unity, and a new evaluation of spir-
itual values.” These needs, she said,
are a challenge to club women who
are for the most part intelligent
readers and influential leaders in the
community.
With pride Mrs. Walker told of the
work that is being done by Federa-
tion’s department of International
Relations which now has two girls
from Latin American Countries liv-
ing in the Federaton’s club house at
Austin and studying at the University
of Texas. Scholarships have bten
given to these worthy students as a
practical gesture of Pan-American
friendship. Through these students
our country and theirs may come to
understand each other better.
Club women were urged to sacri-
fice many luxuries in order to save
money and buy defense stamps. Mrs.
Walker then closed her brilliant and
inspiring talk )jy an appeal to eac^
club member to put forth every ef-
fort to make her club a worthy unit
in the Federation’s organized plan
to promote the defense program.
The federation, she said, is a “group
of leadng organized women who can
be depended upon to promote that
which leads to the betterment of life.
It is the individual member made
stdte and nation-wide.”
Mrs. Oliver Bounds honored the
club with two vocal solos, “God Bless
America” and “The Rosary.” She
was accompanied by Mrs. Dick Wim-
berly at the piano.
The new yearbooks were presented
and the programs for the year were
discussed by Mrs. J. G. Longbotham,
chairman of the yearbook committee.
All active members and two hon-
orary members, Mrs. Mary Stubbs
Sneed and Miss Grace Hackney, were
present.
The club adjourned to meet Octo-
ber 15 with Mrs. C. K. Bounds and
Mrs. O. D. Williams, hostesses. *
—Club Reporter.
Gary Summers
Former Wortham Man
Given Recognition
The following article is clipped
from the Terrell Daily Tribune and
gives an account of the work of Gary
Summers as County Auditor of
Kaufman County. Gary was reared
in Wortham and is the son of Mr.
andv Mrs. J. S. Summers. The Trib-
une says: -
From time to time this year, The
Tribune ha^. been grateful to County
Auditor G. O. Summers for his re-
ports monthly on the financial condi-
tion of Kaufman county. * 1 ^
Summers’ work has been com-
mended highly, not only in this coun-
ty but by auditors and governmental
officials in many parts of the state.
Through District Judge G. O.
Crisp, the Tribune learned thie-week
of an exceptionally high honor that
has been bestowed upon Summers by
the Municipal Finance Officers Asso-
cation of the United States and Can-
ada
Nominated for the coveted Louis-
ville Award made annually in recog-
nition of distinguished public service,
County Auditor Summers was cited
for his “constructive contribution” to
the citizens whom he is serving.
From the official report if the
MFOA, the following summation of
Summers’ activities was taken:
^ “During the year 1938, 1939 and
1940, Mr. Summers has made three
contributions to the financial admin-
istration of hii county: First, intro-
duction of a system of budgetary ac-
counting with monthly reports on the
status of all appropriations; second,
preparation of a new bond register,
which brought about a return to the
county treasury of money which had
lain dormant in accounts of fiscal
agents; and third, preparation of a
claim for highway re-imbursement,
involving search into memoranda and
engineering notes, which brought the
cdunty $284,841.45 from the state
for improvements made years ago
on roads subsequently incorporated
into the state highway system.”
Summers’ nomination was the only
er the United States or Canada. The
other nominations went to city audi-
tors, state officials and financial direc-
tors of large municipalities. Winner
of the distinguished service award
was Will E. Gibson, city auditor of
Portland, Oregan.
Summers’ most recent activity
aimed at aiding Kaufman county was
his vigorous work on the road bond
assumption act.
“I feel the citizens of Kaufman
county are entitled to know what
Auditor Summers is doing in their
behalf,” Judge Crisp said.
First Methodist Church
Notes
“Some people weep more over the
fatted calf than they do over the
prodigal son.”—Modern Proverbs.
A little brush ef winter remind*
us those balmy days may be about
over and that we should begin to look
toward the shut-in period of winter.
Somewhere there is an old fable to
the effect that on a cold winter*day
when the sharp wind was sweeping
down from the north, a grasshopper
applied^ an ant for food. The ant,
as is their custom, had worked hard
all summer storing Sway supplies to
tide him over during those cold days.
As a result he was comfortably
domiciled in his earthcrn home and in
his pantry was sufficient to keep hina
through all those hard days “as snug
as a bug in a rug.” When his neigh-
bor who had flown much higher than
he all his life applied for assistance
he said to him, “What did you do all
summer?” The grasshopper replied,
“I sang,” and the ant reported rath-
er cold bloodedly, "well now you may
dance.” All of which might incline
us to ask ourselves what we did with
our summer wages.
It will possibly be agreed by all
who were present-that on Tuesday
night of this week we enjoyed the
finest church-wide social wc have had
during the year. In the basement of
the church tables had been prepared
for the young and old, for the fat
and the lean, and they were there in
large numbers. More than twenty
baked hens had been prepared as the
women of Wortham are so capable
of preparing them and there was all
else in the way of “trimmings” to suit
such as old-fashioned chicken dress-
ing. There were 189 of these heavi-
ly laden plates, spread and what a
feast it was. After the feast came
the fun. Apparently every class in
the Sunday School gave humorous
song, reading or stunt of some kind.
There was variety epough to make it
possible for each one to choose for
himself and there was not a dull mo-
ment during the whole program. Af-
ter enjoying these lighter features,
one accorded a eounty official in etth- ~Bro. Tfc W. Williford gave a very
First Baptist Church
Notes
Dean Lide Spragins of S. M. U.
announced this week that Miss Win-
ifred Horn, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
Wred W. Horn of Wortham, has been
pledged to the Zea Tau Alps social
sorority at Southern Methodist Uni-
versity, Miss Horn, who is a fresh-
man, ia a speech major.
Bates Motor Company
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WORTHAM,
Mrs. David Boyd and her daughter,
Miss Martha Nell, of Kemp visited in
Wortham last week-end, and accom-
panied by Mr*. L. D. Lindley and
Mrs. J. R. Young they visited in Fair-
field Saturday night
“Recompense to no man evil fo
evil—Dearly beloved, avenge not
yourselves, but rather give place unto
wrath; for it is written, vengeance
is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.”
—Rom. 2:18-19.
“Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear
any grudge against the children of
thy people, but thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thy self. I am the Lord.”
—Lev. 18:19.
“Say not thou, I will recompense
evil, but wait on the Lord, and He
will save thee.”—Prov. 20:22.
The above is the admonition of the
Word of God to us. If we would be
a hearer of the word and a doer also,
we would save ourselves many heart
aches. No man has ever profited by
rfevenge. God is the the Savior and
will see that every unrighteous act
gets just recompense of reward.
God has always condemned those
that take advantage and use their
privileges to do evil to some one else.
Just as sure as God is in the Heavens,
His wrath is against those that seek
to avenge themselves. Many Bible
examples of such ungodly practices
could be given. Let us listen to the
following conseling and helpful words
from Apostle Paul.
“And to you who are troubles, rest
with us, when the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven with his
mighty angels, in flaming fire taking
vengeance oh them that know not
God, and obey not the Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ. Who shall be
punished with everlasting destruction
from the presence of the Lord, and
from the glory of his power.”—2nd
Thes. 1:7-9.
Afain, "For we know him that
hath said, vengeance belongeth unto
me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
And again, The Lord shall judge his
people.”—Heb. 10:80.
It is our hope and prayer that we
will learn the Word of God.
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splendid address on meeting our re-
sponsibilities. This brought the whole
occasion to a fitting climax and all
went away in a most happy mood.
As Methodists, we should again re-
mind ourselves that we are coming
close to the closing of the church
year and that with the greatest dili-
gence we should address ourselves to
the important task of completing our
reports at the earliest possible mo-
ment. Our delegates and others who
may attend the Annual Conference
at Fort Worth on November 5th will
want to carry such reports as will be
a credit to Wortham Methodism and
to the Kingdom of our Lord. Now
it is time for each one to help. There
is not doubt that we will “go over the
top” if each one helps just a little.
We should make Sunday a great d*y
in the Sunday School, in the preach-
ing services and in the Leagues.
The slogan is: We’ll see you Sun-
day. J. J. CREED, Pastor.
Central Presbyterian
Church Services
Sunday Services October 19:
At 9:45 Bible School. This is Ban-
ner Sunday; bring a friend.
At 11:00 a. m. Morning Worship.
Sermon, “How the Family Helps
God."
At 7:00 p. m. Evening Worship.
Sermon; “Burden Bearing.”
This Sunday is “Christian Home,
Sunday.” It is Family Day at church.
Come to Sunday School as a family—
the whole family; and then stay for
church as a family. Family religion
is good rcigion, and it is good for the
family. Where the family is faithful
to its God, God is the Preserver of
that home.’ What chance is there
for a broken or divided home where
both parents come faithfully to Sun-
day School and church, and bring the
children? None. Show me a home
where God is the Head of the home,
and I will show you a home where
there is happiness and loyalty to each
other. God made the family.- God
protects the family where it ia faith-
ful to Him.
Let us ail observe “Christian Home
Sunday;” and then, let us make every
Sunday “Christian Home Sunday."
M. S. PINKERTON. Pastor.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Jimmy Stewart of Fort Worth last
Sunday. Mrs. Stewart, is the former
Miss Ora Mae Evans, and daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Evans of
Wortham. Mrs. Evans is visiting in
F6rt Worth and was there when the
What baby made his arrival. The baby has
been named Jamas Floyd Jr,
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Satterwhite, Ed. The Wortham Journal (Wortham, Tex.), Vol. 43, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, October 17, 1941, newspaper, October 17, 1941; Wortham, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1111367/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Fairfield Library.