Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, May 16, 1941 Page: 3 of 16
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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1941
THE 8TEPHENVTLLE EMPIRE-TRIBUNE, STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS
PAGE THREE
SENIORS HONOR RETIRING SUPERINTENDENT
The Yellow Jacket, Stephenvllle Hitch School year book Issued annually
by the senior class has been dedicated to John E. Burnett, retiring super-
intendent of the local system. The year books have been completed and '
are being distributed to studnts this week.
COMMITTEES OF
AUXILIARY ARE
NAMED FOR MEET
Both Legion and Auxiliary Are
Making Plans for District
Convention Here in June
Committees have been appoint-
ed by the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the American Legion here for the
purpose of assisting the Ammon
Turnbow Post members in pre-
paring for the district American'
Legion convention, to be held in
TStephenville June 21 and 22.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
American Legion will hold its dis-
trict meeting here in conjunction
with the American Legion’s meet-
ing- ,
In addition to the Auxiliary com-
mittees now making plans for the
two-day gathering, thirty commit-
tee meipbers of the Legion post
are meeting each Tuesday night,
starting at 8 o’clock, and will con-
tinue these weekly meetings un-
til the convention is over.
W. J. Wisdom, post commander,
stated Thursday that (efforts were
bein£ put forth to make this con-
vention one of the greatest ever
held in Stephenville. Plans are un-
der way, also, whereby the local
citidenship, non-members of. the
organization, may take part in the
convention.
“We are very anxious,’’ Wisdom
said, “for non-members of Ste-
phenville and surrounding cpm-
munities to see just what the
American Legion and the Ladies’
Auxiliary are trying to do in this
vicinity.”
Committees Announced
Committees announced by Mrs.
D. S. Ray, president of the Ladies’
Auxiliary, to make plans for the
district convention are:
Executive committee—President,
vice president and officers of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Registration committee — Mrs.
Clyde King, chairman; Mrs. E. A.
Blanchard and Mrs. E. R. Moon.
Program committee—Mrs. Hugh
B. Smith, chairman; Mrs. Boyd
Lockhart and Mrs. Ruby Phillips.
Entertainment committee—Mrs.
F. M. Stiglcr, chairman; Mrs. W.
J. Wisdom and Mrs. G. A. Tun-
nell.
Luncheon committee—Mrs. H.
B. Garrett, chairman; Mrs. John
Watts and Mrs. Dan Evans.
Building committee—Mrs. R. Y.
Anderson, chairman; Mrs. L. E.
Bredberg and Mrs. W. M. Bellville.
Publicity committee—Mrs, Earl
Wright, chairman; Mrs. L. G. Rich
and Mrs. R. E. George.
Memorial service—Mrs. A. L.
Graves, Mrs. I. H. Teal and Mrs.
Joe Boyd.
Militia Uniforms
May Be Made By
WPA Sewing Rooms
The making of uniforms for
Texas Defense Guard units is now
an eligible activity of the WPA
Sewing Room, it has been announ-
ced by Bess B. Paddleford, Dis-
trict Director Division of Com-
munity Service programs. House
Bill No. 45, making the Texas
Defense Guard a unit of the State
Government, was recently passed
by the State Legislature.
Commanders of local units of the
Teras Defense Guards, county
judges or other authorized offi-
cials may request this WPA ser-
vice, provided arrangements can
be made with the co-sponsors of
the -local sewing project. The tex-
tiles for the uniforms to include
the pants and shirts cannot be fur-
nished by WPA but labor and suT
pervision for their manufacture
can be provided.
It is compulsory that these uni-
forms be made of khaki twill of
government specifications in qual-
ity and weight. When the requests
are received for uniforms, the lo-
cal sewing room supervisor will
be glad to assist in determining
the amount of yardage necessary
for the uniforms. The patterns will
be laid on 36-inch width material
with two or more pairs of pants
being cut at the same time to avoid
the considerable waste that results
when individual garments are cut.
Any Texas Defense Guard unit
desiring further information con-
cerning the making of their uni-
forms by the WPA Sewing Project
may contact Boss B. Paddleford,
507 Superior Life Building, Waco,
Texas.
Major league baseball lures about
10,000.000 spectators a year.
CHALK MOUNTAIN
(By Mrs. Ola Renner)
Kenneth Black of Glass spent
part of last week with his great
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. N.
P. Underwood. While here Ken-
neth and the dog, Ted, went hunt-
ing, leaving his uncle and the dog,
Sport, at the lake. Soon there was
the sound of battle in which Sport
hastened to join. The boy and dogs
returned in a short time bringing
a nearly grown raccoon. This was
a great event for the -11-year-old
boy.
Misses Sylvia and Juanita Ox-
ford, Mrs. W. A. McClure and
Mrs. Herbert Shannon were among
the shoppers in Stephenville last,
week.
Mrs. Hallie Jamison, Mrs. Ben- j
nett Shannon and children and L.
O. Parham of Stephenville, Mr. j
and Mrs. Hamic Ridgeway of Ok-
lahoma City, Mr. and Mrs.” Hill of |
Fort Worth, Mrs. H. Tyler and
children of Olustee attended the
cemetery working Saturday.
P. J, Underwood of Dallas spent
the week-end here.
Carl Cox of Carlton visited one
day last week with his nephew,
Herbert Shannon, and family.
Visiting recently with Mr. and
Mrs. G. E. Hamic were Mr. and
Mrs. Bruce Walton of Brazos
Point, Mr. and Mrs. Hamic Ridge-
way of Oklahoma City, Mr. and
Mrs. Mill of Fort Worth, Little
Ruth Annette and Joe Hamic, Jr.,
and Jake Hail of Dallas.
Mrs. Horace Tyler .and children,
Harold and Lois Marie of Olustee,
Okla.,' spent the Mother’s Day
week-end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. P. Underwood. All
visited Sunday afternoon with her
father and mother-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Tyler and a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Jess Jones at Hico.
Mr. and Mrs. Foye Locke of
Marthal Gap visited Monday with
her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
F. E. Warren who accompanied
them home for a visit Monday
night and Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E, Warren spent
Monday night and Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Foy Locke at Mar-
thal Gap.
Week-end visitors of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Hitt were Mr. and Mrs.
G. E. Hitt and Mr. and Mrs. E. A.
Jenkins and children of Fort
Worth.
Frank Reynolds and Mrs. Her-
bert Shannon and children were
fishing on the Bosque Monday af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Herbert Shannon visited
Monday morning With Mrs. Allen
Underwood at Rough Creek.
Mother’s Day remembrances
brought deep heart joy to the
mothers here and elsewhere, and
how kindly we should all think of
the mothers whose sons have been
called to the service of the United
States, in defense of our freedom
and our homes.
TOLAR FFA NEWS
Last week-end, the Tolar Chap-
ter of Future Farmers of Ameri-
ca went on one of its fishing trips,
which was highly successful. There |
were 15 boys who went on the
trip. However, the rain ran the
boys out before breakfast could be
cooked. During the week days, the
chapter studied on the building and
dimension of a poultry house and
of other things in the classroom.
Mrs. T. N. Bell a Visitor
Mrs. T. N. Bell, of Crowell, was
in Stephenville a few hours Sat-
urday after attending the annual
cemetery working near Morgan
Mill that day where her parents
are buried. She was born there as
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Gordon, but has lived in
Crowell for a great many years.
Mrs, Bell reports prospects for a
bumper grain crop in Foard Coun-
ty, and unless something unfor-
seen happens the yield will be the
largest since 1919. The Crowell
country is one of the greatest grain
producing sections of Texas.
Dairymen of 1
Erath County: |
• The forthcoming show, to be held in Stephenville
Tuesday of next week, and sponsored by the Extension
Department of A. & M. College, is an opportunity to
show what has been done in the past—and learn what
can be expected in the future.
• We have supported the dairy farming program in ev-
ery reasonable way over a period of many years and
would like to urge a large attendance at the show to
be held Tuesday.
The Stephenville j
State Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ben B. McCollum, President R. N. Pittman, Cashier
Thirty-One Erath
Students On Honor
Roll at Tarleton
Thirty-one Erath County stu-
dents were on the Honor 'Roll at
John Tarleton Agricultural Col-
lege for the second grade period
of this semester. This announce-
ment was made recently by Gabe
Lewis, registrar at Tarleton. To
be on the honor roll a student
must take a normal load and make
not lower than 80 on any subject.
“The honor of being on the
Tarleton Honor Roll is better un-
derstood,” Lewis explains, "when
one learns that fewer than ten
per cent of the students achieve
this distinction.
Nerma Ruth Moser of Stephen-
ville was one of the eight students
to be placed on the 90 honor roll
for the second preliminary.
Very few students ever achieve
this honor.
The Erath County students
making the 80 Honor Roll are as
follows:
Stephenville: James Adams, Har-
old Ammons, I.etha Mae Beaman,
Mildred Biedelman, Betty Jane
Burgess, Nona Dell Cleveland,
Knthlcen Collum, Wanda Dorris,
Richard Gaines, Leonard Garrett,
Elaine Garvey, Gordon Holt, Hazel
Ilulse, Cloyce Little, Mildred Mu-
sic, Jane Porter, Mildred Robinson,
Mary Rogers, Frances Schmidt,
Winnell Schrimsher, Marshall Sher-
rod, Eloise Stephens, Evelyn Stone,
Mrs. Leone Tate, Frances Taylor,
and Mary Lou Turner.
Johnsville: Margaret Adams,
Mrs. Ora Lee Pruitt.
Huckabay: Frances Smith.
Eliasville: Sam Gantt.
THESE ARE STATE CHAMPIONS
Program To Close
School At Center
Grove Friday, May 16
A program to be presented Fri-
day, May 16, by the pupils will
close this year’s work at the Cen-
ter Grove school, it was announced
here Saturday. *
Starting at 11 o’clock Friday
morning, the program will close at
noon when u basket picnic dinner
will be served on the school
grounds. Ball games will be played
in the uftemoon.
Mrs. Dolores Lee, who has been
employed at the Center Grove
school for the past nine years, has
been re-elected as principal there
for next year.
New Comer Likes Erath
Mrs. J. C. Gist, who recently
moved to the Stephenville coun-
try and purchased property, re-
ported the pust week that she
liked Erath Courity very much.
She came here from Abilene where
I she owned and operated ranch
I property for a number of years,
and bought the J. W. Biggs prop-
erty on the Alexander road which
will be turned into u stock farm.
1 She also purchased the Miller farm
j opposite the Biggs place. Substan-
) tin! improvements are being made,
| including a new house which she
Stephenville’s winning team In soil conservation at the State FFA "'** occupy.
Judging Contests at Texas A. & M. College, College Station. April 21.\
Upper left Is R. J. Kerr, high point man in Texas in soil conservation Baby Daughter Born
Judging at the State meet; upper right is Ersal Cain, lower left is Charles Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cunning-
Rogers and liwer right Is E. W. Scott, adviser of the Stephevnille FFA ham of Iredell, have announced
Chapter. This is the second time that a Stephenville soli conservation the birth of a daughter, Annie Sue,
team has won the State FFA Judging Contests in the six years that Scott on April 19, at 2:45 a. m. at the
has been vocational agriculture Instructor and FFA chapter adviser at Stephenvile Hospital. The baby’s
the Stephenville High School. weight was six pounds.
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