The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 48, Ed. 1 Friday, February 2, 1940 Page: 4 of 10
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E*AGE FOUR
THE OLNEY ENTERPRISE
Fxiday, February 2, $949
Figures Quoted to Show
County Club Achievements
Anderson Reports
On 22 Clubs With
465 Members Listed
'(Editor’s note: This is the sec-
ond installment of the annual nar-
rative report compiled on activi-
ties of home demonstration and
girls 4-H clubs in the county dur-
ing 1939 by Miss Velma Ander-
son, agent, and her assistant, Miss
Olive Sells. The detailed report
’will appear in the Enterprise.
The county plan of organization
"under the supervision of the home
'demonstration agents is carried out
through: 13 home demonstration
•clubs with ' 283 members enrolled
and 9 girls 4-H clubs with 182 en-
'rolled.
A Home Demonstration Council
chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-
creasurer, president and one elected
delegate from each of the 13 clubs
of the county; an appointed chair-
man of special standing committees
"with a membership of 35 including
sponsors, reporters group and mar-
keting group. The home demonstra-
tion agent acts in an advisory cap-
acity.
The Home Demonstration Coun- j
'eil and clubs work in close coopera-1
£ion to the county agricultural as-'
sociation and the community and
the county Land Use Planning com-
mittees and the 16 boys 4-H clubs.
County Conditions
In girls 4-H club work the spon-
sors help to make and carry out the
.year’s plan of work. Each local
Hub has a sponsor who will agree
to meet with the girls each time and
•attend sponsor's training meetings.
Extension work is firmly estab-
lished in Young county. Both town
and rural people are enthusiastic
.about it and believe that it offers
a real service which is indispensible
All-time High Reached by Kansas City
Life During Past Year, Drum Announces
Fifty-eight Vocational Ag
Students Reach Halfway
Mark in F. F. A. Contest
i
STATE
general agent for the O. Sam
Cummings Agency, is Mr.
Cummings above. This agency
is said to be the largest life
insurance state agency in the
entire South. Mr. Cummings
recently served as president of
the National Association of
Life Underwriters.
supply was selected by the Home
Demonstration Council because of
the interest shown by club mem-
bers in knowing more about meat
production, preparation and preser-
vation, and because the women
:o the county. Home demonstration realized Pie value meat *n
work is effective in raising the
standard of living and in developing
leadership, poise and culture among
rural women and girls. The achieve-
ment tour at the close of this year’s
work proved again the value of the
demonstration way of teaching.
Extension work definitely is a fac-
tor in developing good citizenship.
D. A. Adam, county agricultural
•agent, makes the following state-
ment about the condition of agri-
culture in Young county:
"The unified Land Use report as
prepared by area and cof.-l'rty Land
Planning committees of Young
vty reveals .that agricultural
tions have been growing stead-
Byworse since 1937, due to insuf-
daily diet.
Fifty-eight vocational class mem-
bers who are competing in “most
outstanding future farmer” con-
test of the Olney FFA chapter have
R. A. Drum, local Kansas City | reached the halfway mark; the
Life Insurance company representa- i contest closes in June,
tive, announces that in 1939, the j A three-part scorecard is being
first year of the presidency of W.! used to grade members—the entire
E. Bixby, new all-time highs were j class is enthusiastically participat-
reached in total assets and in vol-| ing in the contest—that was sub-
ume of business in force. , mitted by Elmo Neelley and' Milton
Kansas City Life is now the larg-' McWhorter and approved by the
est company in Missouri, and one of chapter.
the four largest life insurance com- Grades will be determined by the
panies west of the Mississippi River, following standards: Part one—in-
The company does business in 39 vestment in farming, 10 points per
states and the District of Columbia.1 $1 invested; labor income from
During 1939 company assets j farming program, 4 points per $1
reached $112,842,489.14. Business in' labor income; diversification
force now totals $447,507,267.
Six Boxing Matches With Graham Slated
Tuesday Following Basketball Game
Stamp Collectors9
Corner
THE U. S. POSTAL SYSTEM
The history of the United States
as a nation and the history of our
postal service have come down the
years together.
Six boxing matches with Graham
are carded for Tuesday night in
the local gymnasium, following the
basketball game with the county
seat quintet, announced John Lin-
go, boxing coach. The game will
begin at 8 o’clock.
While original plans were to com-
pote in the Golden Gloves tourna-
ment^ at Munday Monday night, it
The earliest Dostal enterorise inlfu'T lookf kke 01ney wiU n°t enter
r lft? ear.iiest P°stai enterprise m | that meet since Bob Long has been
of | the American Colonies was a pn-; j .fr
The farming program, 100 bonus points j vate venture by Thomas Neale in j f th k
company paid to policyholders and per project in express of three, pro-! 1691 under a monopoly granted by I MeT> "L season, at least. Billy
beneficiaries in 1939 the huge total j vided that the investment in each j William and Mary. Little demand Ad 0W other tighter
of $12,812,41.98. .project is $25 or more; continuation for the service soon proved dis- {COntesten/mCe
Kansas City' Life has operated 0f farming program, 100 bonus couraging to its founder and opera- j or ^ aw*
continuously in Texas for 35 years points for each project continued in tion was eventually taken over by
excess of one year and for each the crown. Under the management
year thereafteer. Qf the crown the service continued
Smith-Hughes Contests to operate fairly successfully
Miscellaneous assets, cash
insuring lives, providing annuity
incomes and investing its funds in
this state sice 1905. The company
has more than 200 employees in of-
fices and field in Texas.
Agents Report
Busy Week
Meat cutting, canning, agricul-
tural cut ant demonstrations and a
' Land Use Planning summary for
the Graham Rotary Club were in-
cluded on last week’s calendar
the busy county agent’s off’
^ yff
Beef and pork cutting' and can- 25 federatiori) 50; district, 75; area
nmg demonstrations /have been 100; state, 125 and national, i50.
lene or Wichita Falls meet now.
Dale Thompson, 95 pounds, who
fought for Seymour last year has
• 17m A J - TT - ana; returned to Olney and joined the
m in 1710 Andrew Hamilton was ap- koXing - -
bank, insurance, etc., 1-2 points per pointed by Queen Anne to the
$1. Sixth division lists leadership position of Postmaster General.
with points given as follows for
office in local FFA chapter: Presi-
dent, 50; vice-president, 45; secre-
tary, 40; treasurer, 35; reporter, 30;
parliamentarian. 25; - 'tah dog,
10; historian, 10 and- 'sofig leader,
10. For fedf«^4io& officers the
points are troubled. Five points are
givp^i /"too, for each additional of-
fice held in FFA organization or in
any other school organization. For
participation in leadership contest,
points are given as follows: Local,
held under supervision of county
agent and home demonstration
office during, the past month at the
W. E. Moren farm, Henry Chapel;
The kitchen improvement dem-1 J- W. Shephard farm, Loving, and
onstration was chosen because the j C. ,M. Gibson farm, Graham. Corn-
women felt a need of improving | pfete instructions were given under
their own workshops. This plan] supervision of county agent D. A.
included demonstrations on back . Adam with proper preparations and
grounds, curtains, sanitation and | utilization of pork and beef for
water system and saving time and j canning purposes. Other demon-
steps 'by arranging , the large equip-
ment properly,
Surveys made by the Land Use
Planning committees proved the
wisdom of the choice of the council
fbr it showed that 55 percent of the
kitchens of the county were fair
or poor and that 64 percent of the
rural families did not have beef
for home use while 44 percent did
not have pork.
A summary of the home food sup-
strations will be given at request.
The following people attended
demonstrations: Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Moren, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Glide-
Also listed in part one are: Parti-
cipation in Smith-Hughes contests,
local, 25; federation, 50, district, 75;
area, 100; state, 125 and national,
150; high individual in any con-
test, 100; high 10 percent of contest,
50. The committee of two also in-
cluded: Shows and fairs, 50 points
per project per show participated
in; certificate of merits, 50 for
each obtained in excess of three;
optional 100 points for outstanding
work not mentioned above.
Part two lists: Five points for
each 100 yards of terrace lines run;
well, Henry Chapel Mr. and Mrs. 25 p0jnts for each 100 yards of ter- lization came further developments 1 si°ned Jack Stanley, 142.
Sh?pard?PMr ’ and Mm J W. Shep-1 races constructed; 10 points for each j in our postal system. Free city deli- DOstai system in the W0I
With the end of the Revolution
came a new set-up in all branches
of the gqvermno^ so too, we
see a"Mew postal service under the
direction of Samuel Osgood as the
first Postmaster General of the
The early part of the nineteenth
century saw a great expansion pro-
gram extending our borders; taking last of
in npu; rocfinnc tVirn11rrVi c* T aiiip dGCision OVBT FOFGSt Y&HCGy, fOOt-
squad for workouts this
week. Another recruit added is
Ralph Crosthwaite who began re-
porting last week.
Honors were divided when Mun-
day fighters invaded the local gym-
nasium Thursday night. Each team
won four matches and one was de-
clared a draw.
Bob Long, 152, in his first and
the season, scored
in new regions through the Louis-
iana Purchase, admitting to the
Union the Republic of Texas and
claiming the Northwest Territory.
With the developing of these vast
areas came a need for faster meth-
ods of communication because of
the increased distances between im-
portant centers. Rapidly road, rail
and river transportation were press-
ed into use in furthering the in-
terests of the postal system, and
into this picture emerges the pic
ball star who tips the scales at 153.
Billy McDavid, 113, won a techni-
cal knockout when Raymond Car-
den did not answer the bell for the
second round.
Other results were: Troy Den-
ham, 145, of Munday knocked out
Graford Rogers, 143, in the second
round. Earl Southerland, 90, knock-
ed out Joe Lane, 90, of Munday
in the second round. Freddie Joe
Dunagan, 80, decisioned Robert
turesoue nonv exDress rider that i Horan, 80, of IVIunday . Herbert
gave ^soeedv Service across unde* Stodghi11’ 83‘ of MundaF decisioned
braving dangersUfrom, Kenneth Brock 90. Earl Edge. 90,
dawn to dawn but seeing to it that °f Mupday and Grover Rotts, 101,
“The Mail Must Go Through.” j f°ught *° a,draw' Jj%C}°PSn' 114,
With the period of Reconstruction!of Sunday decisioned Ralph Crosth-
f olio wing the Civil War and the Z/16’ 130‘ „the^
continued westward march of civi-; Thompson 143, of Munday d6ci-
world, and it
ricient farm income which is being, ply demonstration shows that out r • -rv.uiiK.ei. uioc mccuuga wcj.c
•-caused by the very low crop, yields. Gf an enrollment of 13 home dem-.also attended by Mr. Adam and; u d
; and lack of parity prices for farm j onstration clubs with 283 members: Miss Velma Anderson, agents, and war i e
commodities. This condition has 41126 pounds of meat cured; 875,- ” "" " J J x
oeen accelereted by the lack of ap-1957 row feet of vegetables plant-
u system. _r ree city aen- postal system
mZ W P Sanded' j *3 ri&^eeZgM^ spraadei! the “war Mween" the "y ofthTva":
demonstration were Mr. and Mre.; fflt buHetins); 25 points tor being
C. M. Gibaon and Mr. and Mrs. W., in » percent of class in
F. Kunkel. These meetings were! ^
Miss Olive Sells, assistant agent.
plication of soil and water conser-
vation practices, depleted fertility,
absence of livestock on many of the
-smaller farm units, and insufficient
rainfall during the past three years.
However, farmers and ranchers hav-
ing a sufficient number of livestock,
particularly cattle, are in a much
better condition due to the high
bevel of prices for the past . two
(years, even though the cost of pro-
duction has gone up, due to sup-
plemental feeding necessary. Young
county produced in 1939 less than
100,000 bushels of wheat and less
than 2,000 bales of cotton as com-
pared to a normal production of
■approximately 300,000 bushels of
wheat and 8,000 bales of cotton, re-
spectively. The economic conditions,
as they affect the farmer, in face
•of the above facts, would be much
worse however, without the agri-
cultural conservation payments that
amount to more than $200,000.”
Home Food Supply
The meat phase of home food
One Thousand Dollars
ed; 785 frame gardens built and
planted; 745 dairy cows reported;
29,350 quarts of fruits, vegetables
and meats were canned; 4,276
quarts of jellies, jams and preser-
ves canned; $7,981.20 total value of
canned products; 8,595 pounds of
fruits and vegetables stored fresh;
195 women studied Texas Food
standard and improved meats by
following it; 198 families provided
an abundant and economical sup-
ply and a variety of good meat for
the family and 200 prepared meat
according to approved method.
In the kitchen demonstration: 190
kitchens were improved or re-
arranged; 21 kitchens added; 49
windows added; 35 cabinets built in
or added; 8 cleaning closets added;
51. kitchens with work surface ad-
justed to comfortable height; 57
1 families obtaining labor saving de-
vices; 204 families improving treat-
ment of windows; 169 families im-
proving walls, floors and woodwork;
190 families improving appear-
ance of rooms in color and design
and $3,228.30 was spent on kitch-
en improvement.
Second Year Clothing
The girls in the county did ex-
cellent second year clothing work.
They studied grooming,
and selection and construction of
Agricultural cut ant demonstra-
Fifty points for making soil map
on home farm; 100 points for keep-
ing complete set of records on
tions were conducted under sup-1 home farm; 100 points for each
ervision of county agent’s office on. educational exhibit set up and car-
the W. E, Moren form and B. W. {ed for; 20 points for each news ar
Cox fruit farm at Fort Belknap.
County agent D. A. Adam and Roy
L. Huckabee were assisted in the
demonstrations by R. R. Reppert,
Extension Entomologist. The use of
carbon disulphide (high life) as a
tide written and published in lo-
cal o. daily paper; 25 points tor —£~,in£ n^niy
each registered animal owned andj„;i„ ^ ___---+ ____
states, the gay Nineties saw mail sues the Post office Department has
service extended to the rural areas seen fit to release in commemoration
and the incorporation of parcel of events.
post service with the regular mail -I--—-
to give added benefits to its pat-
rons.
With the turn of the century
and the world setttling down after
the chaos of the first World’s War
saw continued progress in speeding
up the mail service. Early airmail
flights lent encouragement to a
speed-conscious world and with its
inception in 1918 saw a program
carried as a project.
Twenty-five points for each acre
of crop planted and carried as a
control for agricultural cut ants j project using pedigreed seed; 10
was demonstrated by Mr. Reppert. j points for being a member of state
Four-H Clubs from Henry Chap-1 FFA swine or cotton improvement
el, Graham and Newcastle, Future j contest and five points for each
Farmer classes of Graham High extra supervised- practice job (over
city to city but continent to con-
tinent. ,
These few details can give only j 913 1-2 Indiana Aye.
a small measure of the colorful his- i Local Representative:
tory that is behind the greatest! Olney Enterprise.
15).
The third part of the score sheet
names the awards to be given the
first three place winners, with the
first place winner to receive choice.
Awards are: Represent chapter at
1940 state FFA convention, includ-
ing transportation, meals and room
at hotel paid; one registered dairy
registered breeding
: MAXIMUM BENEFIT
' PREMIUM $1.00 MONTH
Equitable life policy ages 1 to 70
years, company state chartered, j clothes.
■operating since 1924. Drop us card j One hundred and
for information.
Agents Wanted
WICHITA FALLS PROTECTIVE
ASS'N.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS
sixty - five
equipped sewing boxes; 153
scarfs; 100 hand towels; 222 cup
towels; 119 undergarments, paja-
mas and gowns; 18 robes or house-
coats; 20 coats and wraps; 187 ap-
rons; 299 dresses; 72 renovated
garments and 36 baby garments
and 87 1 miscellaneous garments
School and in addition 25 farmers
interested in control of agricul-
tural cut ants attended. It was de-
veloped in land use planning work
that these ants are very serious for
farmers up and down the Brazos
River and the results were that
the demonstrations in control were
given by the county agent. Others
attending the demonstrations were; calf and one
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Moren, Ed | gilt.
Reeves, Robert Bullock, Earl E. j Chapter members voted to set
Veal and B. W. Cox. j aside 15 percent of money received
-— | from all activities sponsored by
At the request of Graham Ste- j them to pay the awards,
wart, program chairman of Graham j
Rotary Club, county agent D. A. j
Adam and F. G. Wiley, chairman of
posture | County Land Use Planning com-!
mittee, presented a summary oni v\ |i rp
unified land use report as prepared, I fTY
by county and local committees) L
during 1939, last Friday. ! . , , , , , ,
Further details of land use plan- j last-day rush pushed the num-
within the near futrue, said Mr. j ker c:dY P0^ taxes paid to 516,
Adam. said Frank Alexander, city secre-
tary, Thursday morning. Wednes-
day afternoon marked the deadline
for poll tax payment.
Monday over 50 receipts were is-
sued at the city office while Wed-
516 Pay City
V
Notice to R. E. A.
Customers
We are now wiring houses on this line and would like to
give you an estimate on your job. We also have the mater-
ials that are required to do your job.
COME IN AND LET US QUOTE YOU ON THEM!
Myers&Moore
and articles made by 4-H girls
testify to their eagerness to learn
to sew.
Eighty - nine improved storage
space and 120 especially worked on'nesday 170 were written. Last year’s
grooming and posture. Clothing work total was only 277. This year,
was conducted at an estimated sav-1 which is a city election year, Ol-
ings of $776.50. j neyites will elect a mayor and other
Landscape improvement work j city officials when they vote the
had been conducted for two years! first Tuesday in April,
and the interest of the girls made I A count on the total of county
it important to continue it this! and state poll taxes had not ben
year. The girls courageously I received as the Enterprise went to
worked on their yards in spite of1 press.
the disheartening drought and s -
FOR SALE OR RENT
New and Second-hand Typewriters.
All makes of Portable Typewrites.
Easy Terms.
Exclusive agents for Allen Adding
Machines and Cash Registers.
All repair work guaranteed one
year.
WICHITA FALLS TYPEWRITER
EXCHANGE
Phone 3365
— Classified Ads —
NEW and used Sewing Machines,
Vacuum Cleaners. Irons, Fashion
Aids, Parts and Repair. SINGER
SEWING MACHINE AGENCY, 2
Doors North of West Grocery.
(47-4pdc).
FOR SALE — Six rooms and
bath. $3,500. $1,000 cash, balance
$500 annually.. 808 West Elm. In-
quire at Enterprise office. (48-tfc).
Portraits, enlarging, framing and
kodak finishing at Lasater’s Studio.
(7-tfc).
LOST — New brown leather
billfold at Westex Theater Monday
night. ROY. W. HUFF printed in
gold inside. Contained about $90
in Holliday Boiler Works checks,
driving, hunting and fishing licen-
ses and $8 or $9 in bills. LIBERAL
REWARD. See Olney Enterprise.
(48-lcc).
FOR RENT — Modem four-room
furnished house with frigidaire.
Garage. J. T. Temple, 1007 W Oak.
(48-lpdc).
their reward has been the know-
lede of how to make their yard
places of convenience, comfort,
and beauty. Naturally, they have
also learned about nature and
plant life.
One hundred and five girls
worked on foundation plantings
and screenins; 68 made necessary
walks; 120 grew properly located
flower gardens. The girls put out
254 nursery shrubs; 88 native
shrubs and 170 roses. Yard work
was done at a cost of $75.60.
Lynching is a decadent custom in
the South. The Southern states
hav.e met the issue—until there is
no issue left.
Mrs. James Sloan, who was grad-
uated from Orville’s Beauty Aca-
demy in Wichita Falls Jan. 15 and
who recently passed the state board
examination, is now employed at
Martha’s Beauty Shop.
STOMACH RELIEF
OR MONEY BACK
Adla Tablets help bring quick re-
lief from an acid stomach, pains
between meals, indigestion and
heartburn due to excess acidity. If
not, your money is refunded. Sold
at all durg stores. -
WANTED — Custom hatching.
Setting days every Tuesday and Fri-
day. Baby chicks for sale. OLNEY
FEED & HATCHERY. (44-4c).
FOR RENT — Two room furnish-
ed apartment, living room privi-
leges; also two room furnished
house. 312 W. Elm. (48-lpdc).
FOR RENT — Modem four room
residence with frigidaire and good
garage accomodations. 129 West Oak
St. (48-lcp).
PLUMBER for 17 years in Olney.
Your satisfaction is my best adver-
tisement. Phone 238. J. S. Cooper.
(46-tfc.)
FOR SALE — 1937 F12 Farmall
tractor with complete two row
equipment. Will take livestock on
trade. Inquire at Webb Service Sta-
tion or Creighton Mercantile, Ol-
ney. (47-ltfc).
REMODELING?
Let us give you an estimate at no cost! Need wallpaper? We
have a complete selection. Need paint? We offer best values for
your money.
MORRISON-SMITH LBR. CO.
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