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TEAGUE, FREESTONTK COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940.
Vol. 34, No. 3K
This Week in
Washington
R. Dl
|No. 6
Washington, Feb. 22—It would
t going too far to say that
Events are bringing the United
Jitates closer to participation in
(he European War, but it is no
Exaggeration to say that the in-
ternational situation, in one phase
Ir another, is occupying the at-
tention of official Washington
[lore than any other one subject.
Probably i)o head of a govern-
ment has ever expressed himself
vigorously concerning another
>vernment with which it is at
eace as President Roosevelt ex-
tessed himself concerning the
Jussian Government, in his ad-
tess to the American Youth Con-
ress. The President’s denuncia-
of Russia as a dictatorship
Series of Articles Convinc-
ing That Comjnunities Are
Built by Home Patronage
Kotarians Receive
Invitation From
Palestine Club
Back To Classes
TO VISIT TEXAS
|id an aggressor against Poland
nd Finland was coupled with a
laming to the young people in
audience not to be led astray
Communist propaganda em-
nating from Russia. Short of
leaking off diplomatic relations
lith the Soviet Government he
^uld hardly have gone farther,
rustic Step
|The President’s remarks have
Even impetus to the demand that
Ee United States should break off
Nations with Russia by recalling
Ee American Ambassador. The
xlministration is not prepared to
|ke such a drastic step, especial-
in view of the large volume
trade between the United
lates and Russia. Russia’s im-
^rts from the United States have
en steadjly increasing for the
kst year and now run to more
|an $25,000,000 a year; This
rule is not lightly to be abandon-
nor do the President and his
Ivisers contemplate a step which
Ight precipitate the United
lates in to the European conflict.
|But by the use of all possible
measures short of war” as the
esident phrased it, the deter-
|nation to do everything possible
hamper Russia and to aid Fin-
|id seems to be shaping into a
Inite Governmental policy,
lere is little question now. that
lys will be found, without vio-
ling the letter of the Neutrality
It, to provide financial assis-
nce to Finland to enable that
He nation to strengthen its de-
sses against the Russian invad-
Finland’s greatest military
is are fighting airplanes and
ti-aircraft guns. The United
^tes is in a position to furnish
se and there is a feeling in
Eshington, growing almost to a
Eviction, that this Government
|ufd disregard legal technicali-
and come to the rescue of
Finns.
phe question as to how we can
that without becoming par-
Ipants in war is a touchy one
(which nobody yet has a clear
yer. Both the White House
the Capitol are warily mind-
af what officials regard as the
ale’s mandate that we must
get into Europe’s war. *
|king for Peace Plan
he Government is quite defu
|ly taking a hand in European
irs, however, looking toward
end of hostilities. No definite
ce plan has been offered, but
|the neutral nations have been
aded out to see if a basis can
found for peace proposals
|ch might be acceptable to all
belligerents.
pursuit of this objective, an-
U unprecedented step has been
m by the President. Besides
ing Myyon C. Taylor as his
l°nal representative to the
»n, in the interests of peace,
Roosevelt has sent Summer
Welles, Under-Secretary of
|e, to visit the heads of the
|cipal warring nations and
them out as to terms and
WALTER D. HEAD,
Presilent Rotary Internation-
al, to be in Dallas Feb. 28.
Wm. J. Stringer
Broadcast Census
Data Wednesday
pitions under which they might
billing to lay down their arms.
Ir. Welles is considered, with
|tical unanimity, as the ablest
»t in the service of the
States. He has been the
nment’s principal "trouble-
ntinued on last page)
William J. Stringer, supervisor
of District 6 in the census-taking
was a guest at College Station
Wednesday morning, where he
made a radio broadcast about the
census over Station WTAW on
the A. and M. College campus.
He explained,’ by means of a
question and answer interview,
that the business and manufactur-
ing census which began Jan. 2
will be completed about the sec-
ond week in March, and that the
population and agriculture census
i<? to be taken in April.
Answering question&_a*ked by
his interviewer, Supervisor String-
er said that the same enumerator
who calls at a farm home to
take the population census will
take the farm census, filling out
a different schedule for it. Ques-
tions on the population census
concern how many people there
are in the family, their names
and ages, how much schooling
they have had, what they are do-
ing if employed, and how much
tlidy earned in 1939. On the farm
census, information to be obtained
will be the number of acres a
farmer has, what crops he plant-
ed, how much of each he harvest-
ed last year, and what his farm
income was.
A person should give his cor-
rect age, says Supervisor String-
er, because planning for the next
decade or two on old age assist-
ance will depend largely on what
the census shows the need to be.
Questions on income are demand-
ed by a large body of selling and
marketing agencies in this coun-
try, whose only information comes
from statistics supplied by the
Census Bureau.
In Teague, Supervisor Stringer
reports, Enumerator J. E. Lam-
bert is working on the business,
and manufactures census within
the city limits now, and he in
due to be finished early in March.
Mrs. Stringer accompanied her
husband to College Station, and
they were luncheon guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jud Collier at their
plantation home at Mumford after
the broadcast.
You should buy from local mer-
chants because it pays you, as we
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have convinced you in the fore-
going articles of the series. It
means money in your pocket.
And it means money out of
your pocket if you don’t If you
made a practice of shopping at
the city stores of if you order
your goods shipped in by mail,
you have only to figuer up what
these goods have cost you, and
compare the total with what the
same bill of goods would have
cost at home.
For instance, the railroad fare
or auto trip, your hotel bill, the
time you waste, the goods you
buy that you don’t need, the high-**
er prices you pay on account ot
tHF*"Stupendoue overhead at the
city store—all these' things must
be paid out of your pocket in
addition to the value of the goods
fthem selves, plus a reasonable
profit.
Every dollar that goes over the
counter of the local merchants
pays tribute to the entire com-
munity. It conjes back to you in
fullest measure, the.,merchant has
the interests of the home ‘town
at heart. If from nothing more
than a selfish standpoint, he is
the best booster the home town
has, because the greater the well-
being of this citizens, the better
the pay they receive for their
labor, the more comfortable their
homes are and the better the
streets are kept, the more effi-
cient the schools, the better the
fire and police protection, the
more attractive does the communi-
ty prove for others seeking
homes, and therefore the greater
is the number of its possible cus-
tomers.
Buy of the home town merchant
and you assure your community
of a permanent booster. He does
not plan to stay here for a cer-
tain length of time, and then to
move to ...some other place-; he is
here to stay, for it is his home,
and the home of his children.
To maintain the leadership our
home town merchants must be
supported. They set the pace and
rally the forces of a good citi-
zenship. Go over a list of your
merchants and convince yourself
that this is so. The men in your
general stores, in your hardware
(Continued on last page.)
The Teague Rotary Club held
its weekly meeting at the Yoakum
Hotel, Tuesday, February 29, with
President J. Paul Boyd presiding.
An invitation was received from
the Palestine Rotary Club for the
Teague Rotary Club to be its
guest on the first Wednesday in
March, being March 6th. The
Teague club voted to accept this
invitation which meeting will be
ir: lieu of the Teague club’s, reg-
ular Tuesday meeting on March
5th. The Teague club will carry
the program with it to Palestine.
Rotarliifl Milbra Hearne report-
ed for the Community Service
Committee, stating that 15 milk
bottles had been placed in various
parts of the business district to
deceive funds for the feeding of
the children at the O. M. Roberts
school. He urged that the people
of Teague drop in a loose bit of
change now and then for a very
worthy caude.
This being Rotary Observance
Week, several intemation and na-
tional Rotary radio programs
were announced. The most impor-
tant program to people of this im-
mediate vicinity will be an ad-
dress by District Governor Char-
les W. Wooldridge of Palestine,
Governor of the 128th District of
Rotary International of which dis-
trict the Teague cliib is a mem-
ber. This program can be heard
over radio station WFAA, Dallas,
on Friday, February 23rd at 8:50
p.m.
Vocational Service Committee
Chairman Kirk D. Willingham re-
ported for his committee plans
had been perfected for the Teague
Rotary Club to have as Its mem-
ber a Junior Rotarian for periods
of six weeks each, to be a high
school boy selected by the Super-
intendent of the Teague Schools
and the E&incipal of the Teague
High School. This young-man is
to have access to the various busi-
ness of the members of tho
|Teague Rotary Club to learn as
much as possible about them. He
Is also to make one talk during
the term of his membership on
some current topic. Willingham
also reported his committee was
making plans for a vocational sur-
vey of the occupations of the
members of the Teague Rotary
Club, and that the purpose of
this was not to learn about one
individual’s business, but to learn
about the average for the state.
This survey will be summarized
Members ot&phool Faculty
Attend District Meeting .
State Teachers Association
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PRINCETON, N. J. . . . Donald
Herring, Princeton University’s
towering tackle, Is shown on the
.-ampus as he resumed classes for
the first time since he suffered in-
luries In the Brown game pn Oct.
S8 that later necessitated amputa-
tion of his left leg.
International Rotary
Chief to Visit In
Dallas February 28
(Continued on last page.)
Dallas, Tex. Feb. 21—When Ro-
tary International President Walt-
er D. Head of Montclair, N.J.
visits Dallas on Feb. 28th he will
-receive a royal Texas welcome.
Joining the Dallas Rotarians in
greeting their international chief
will be representatives of the 52
other Rotary clubs in the 128th
north and east Texas district.
The inter-club meeting will be
a dinner starting at 1 p.m. at the
Hotel Adolphus, Alfonso Johnson,
Dallas Rotary president, has an-
nounced. Harry Guy, president of
the Dallas club,' has beep appoint-
ed general chairman of arrange-
ments.
Mr. and Mrs. Head will be ac
companied by Mr. and Mrs. Edd
McLaughlin of Ralls, Texas, in
temational director, and Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Wooldridge, Palestine,
Texas, Governor of the 128th Djs
trict
The speaker’s platform will be
arranged in tiers with a special
table for past district governors
and their wives. Recognition will
also be given the visiting club
presidents. Before the internation-
al president’s address the Ro-
tarians will join In singing "God
Bless America”.
Mr. Head holds degrees from
Harvard and Columbia universiti-
es. He Is headmaster of the Mont-
clair Academy for Boys. Before
becoming president he was a
member of numerous Roatry In-
ternational Committees.
L. Notley, superintendent of the
Teague schools, was elected ex-
ecutive committeeman in the sixth
annual meeting of the Central
Texas Division uf the Texas State
Teachers, Association, which was
The Teague Business * Men’s held in Waco on February 0 and
Luncheon Clqb held its regular no. Mr. Notjefr has served as
bi-weekly meeting at Phillips president of the Tenth District of
Cafe, Monday, February 19, 19,40. the .State Association.
Roads and Streets
and Voc. Ag-Band
Committees Report
with President Noel Hollingsworth
presiding. Rev. M. S. Jordan had
as his guest Rev. Miller Smith,
Pastor of the First Methodist
Church, Franklin.# N. W. Bendy
Voice From The Past
C. F. SIMPSON, TAX
ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR
UNDERWENT AN OPERATION
C. F. Simpson, County Tax As-
sessor and Collector, who has been
in bad health for several months,
underwent an operation in Corsi-
cana Tuesday of this week.
His many friends in Teague and
all over the county will be happy
to learn that he is doing nicely
and hopes to be up and around
again sootu
Dr. and Mrs. R. F. Hallum,
Mrs. E. H. Tirey, and Mrs; M. W.
Kitchener were Dallas visitors
Tuesday.
Sf There are four things which I humbly conceive
are essential ••••To the existence of the United
L Spates as an independent- power,
r * First: An indissoluble union of the
t- States under one head .
•Second. A sacred reriard to Public Justice. 5
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'he adoption of a proper Peace
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: *Thi'. .
j Establishment.
ir < • Fourth.The prevalence of that pacif ic and
friendly dijpojilion attjotnJ the people of the
- United otatee which will induce them to ^4-
* forget their local prejudices and policies -
^ to maVe those mutual concessions which t 1
\r are requisite to the general prosperity,
• and in some instances to sacrifice
Er their individual advantages- to
' their community"
Georqe Washington
on hie resignation as
-Jg
commander-in-chief of
had as his guest Commissioner J.
S. Coburn of Donie; and J. Paul
lip yd had as his guest County
Treasurer Jack Alexander ot
Teague and Fairfield.
Chairman N. W. Bendy of the
Roads and Streets committee told
of his visit to Mexia to investi-
gate the street paving project
there. Bendy has been investigat-
ing the possibility of a street pav-
ing program through the W. P. A.
for Teague and stated his investi-
gations indicate an asphalt pay-
ment with rock base could be
laid with a cost to the city and
the property owner of $1.00 per
running foot. In other words, a
^•dperty owner with, j50 feet
frontage would be assessed $1.00
per foot or a total of $50.00. The
federal government would bear
the remainder of the cost.
County Commissioner T. E.
Martin reported the W. P. A. pro-
ject on the Donie road was com-
pleted in his precinct except for
tome two hundred yards and that
it would be completed in the next
week or so.
County Commissioner J. S. Co-
burn reported he had a project
for the completion of the road to
Donie which project is now in the
San Antonio office of the W. P.
A. and that work would commence
just as soon as a work order
could be issued.
L. Notley, Chairman of the Vo-
cational Agriculture and Band
building committee, reported the
N. Y. A. authorities stated work
on the building project would
start as soon as the project at
Mound Prairie, Texas, was com-
pleted. This means the worlc in
Teague should start about April
1st.
J. B. Hearne, Jr., invited the
attention of the club to the meet-
ing of the Texas Dairy- Product
Association to be held at Texas
A. & M. College on March 7th
for one day and urged all who
could make the trip attend this
convention. Hearne stated there
was a future for the dairy in
dustry in Texas, and those in
terested in dairying should take
every opportunity of learning all
possible about it. Several members
indicated they would attend.
PRECINCT 2 SECTION
OF DONIE ROAD IS
NEAR COMPLETION
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NATIONAL,
CONFUSION
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Commissioner T. E. Martin cal-
led at the Chronicle Office Satur-
day and reported that this pre-
cinct lacks only 300 yards having
its section of (he Teague-Donie
road completed.
The road, when entirely com-
pleted, will be an all-weather road
of which the County may well
be proud.
The work carries the road to
a point 214 miles from Doni$, the
boundary line between the two
precincts, and Mr. Coburn assured
Mr. Martin that the road would
be completed.
The gravelling was begun in
July, and Mr. Martin has, since
that time, graded and gravelled
8 Vs miles.
The first general session waa
held in Waco Hall of ilaylor Uni-
versity on Friday evening, with
W. H. Norwood of Corsicana, pre-
siding.
A musical program was pre-
sented by the Baylor University
school of Music. Greetings from
the Texas State Teachers Associa-
tion were extended by B. B. Cobb
of Forf WorthiKSacnatiary of T. S.
T. A. „■
Pat M. Neff, president of Bay-
lor University, then addressed tha
assembly.
Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary
of Labor in President Roosevelt’s
cabinet chose “Economic and Soci-
al Security in the Twentieth Cen-
tuiy” as the topic of her address,
relating government aids to labor,
business and the farmers of the
country. --------
The ■ Saturday division was
opened at 19:35 in the Waco High
School Gymnasium with a musical
program by^ the Waco High
School choruses.
An address, “An Interpretation
of the Work of the National Ed-
ucation Association” was given by
Miss Amy H. Hinrichs, president
of the Nationul Educational As-
sociation.
Dr. Walter B. Pitkin, professor
of Journalism at Columbia Uni-
versity, Ne'j^jYork, , author of
"Life Begins at Forty” addressed
the association, choosing as his
subject “If You Want To Go
Places”. Dr. Pitkin suggested that
“kids be taught to live the hard
way”, for the next 60 years will
certainly be hard ones, Dr. Pitkin
said.
Hr. J. Frank, Dobie, Texas auth-
or and lecturer and professor at
the Univesity of Texas, addressed
a sectional meeting of English
teachers Saturday, and told them
that Texans didn’t have to cross
the Mason-Dixon line for interest
in literature . . . that we had it.
Dr. Dobie is known to many in
Texas for his famed literature
about the Southwest.
In the Saturday afternoon ses-
sion officers were elected for the
Tenth District. E. D. Williams of
Hearne was selected’as president
of the Association. L. Notley of
Teague was elected as executive
committeeman.
Mr. Notley as the first presi-
dent of the Tenth District Divi-
sion of the Teacher’s association,
resigned because of ill health in
favor of his vice president. Mr.
Notley was largely responsible for
the organization of this district
of the State Teachers Association.
Attending the meeting from
Teague were L. Notley, Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Gregory, Miss I^iia'
Weaver, Miss Clara Gregory, Miss
Mary Lou McMichael, Mrs. May-
me W. Day, and Miss Sallie
Mounger; from Fairfield Miss
fihelma Carlile, County Superin-
tendent, and P. D. Brown, super-
intendent of the Fairfield School.
OLD TIME SINGING
TO BE HELD IN DEW
SUNDAY, FEB. 25
Mrs. Will Peyton and Mrs. Zena
King of Mexia visited Mrs. W.
R. Boyd, Jr., Wednesday morning.
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Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Cummings
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ben
White and daughter, Jean Flake,
of Waco, visited Mr. and Mrs. D.
Hoblit Sunday.
The singers of by-gone da
will sing at the Methodist Chur
ir Dew at 1:30 o’clock next
day afternoon, February 25.
The Dew community is
by paved mads from three
and everyone Is Invited. Come
listen to father and
favorite songs.
The yonng people will
ent to help in the singing,
beg the community to fill
house to capacity,
want to sing or listen, be
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