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The Olney Enterprise
THIS IS YOUR TOWN_THIS IS MY TOWN—IF WE ALL SUPPORT Ii ONE H UNDRED PER CENT. IT WILL BE A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOWN.
VOLUME XXX
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY OLNEY ENTERPRISE
FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1940 | BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO.
NUMBER 23
Today's Though!
Three great essentials to happiness
are—Something to Do. Something
to Love and Something to hope for.
• * *
Silly but Fun
Do you know what the drowning
jitterbug said? “Hep, hep.”
and
Do you know who the Little Man
Who Isn’t There is? He’s the one
who turns out the light when you
close the refrigerator door.
Piddlin' Along
Via “Cupid’s grapevine” we hear
that JOE Clark wed an Illinois
girl, some two or three months ago
......The auditor who was here
checking Olney Federal books this
week has a ‘JON, who is a Canadian,
who is now on the high seas bound
for active duty in England’s Royal
Air Force............More dots and
dashes from Cupid: JEANETTE
Wilson, who formerly taught school
here, is to marry a hometown (Wax-
ahachie) man this month......For
NO good reason we suddenly
thought of the time HOWARD
Farmer was on his vacation and
asked for an Olney ENTERPRISE
in LOS ANGELES!........W. B.
BRYAN is looking forward to the
trip he’ll make next week back to
his homeplace near CALHOUN, La.
............JOY killer: Just about a
month of vacation left with school
strating Sept. 9.
* * *
Vacation Vagrants
From cool MANITOU Springs,
Colo., Mrs. George ROACH writes
that she is seeing lots of folks she
(See Personal back page, Col. 3)
Mrs. Atchley
Buried in
Friday Rites
Mrs. J. P. Atchley, 70, was buried
in funeral services conducted Fri-
day afternoon from the First Bap-
tist Church as death reaped another
pioneer from the thinning ranks.
Mrs. Atchley had lived in Olney for
33 years.
Mrs. Atchley died at her home on
West Oak at noon Thursday. She
had been ill for approximately two
years and had been seriously ill for
nearly two weeks.
Officiating for the rites were Rev.
W. H. Townsend, pastor of the First
Baptist Church. Burial was in new
Olney cemetery under direction of
Lunn Funeral Home. Pallbearers
were J. P. Alexander, Earl Gilbeit,
Ray Perkins, A. D. McMillan. Elbis
Wilbom and Morriss Hannis. Stores
and business houses were closed
from 4 to 5 o’clock during the ser-
vices.
Mrs. Atchley, who was born Nov.
1 1869, in Blunt county, Tenn.,
came to Texas in February 1893.
She was united in marriage to Mr.
Atchley Dec. 24, 1862, and to this
union eight children were bom, all
of whom survive.
Deceased was a devout member
of the First Baptist Church. She was
converted in Blunt county at the
age of 18 years.
Survivors include the husband,
four sons, Paul, Lee, Willis aud
Clifford Atchley, all of Olney; four
daughters, Mrs. Ray Ramsey of
Dallas. Mrs. B. B. Fitz of Odessa,
Mrs. C. E. Wright and Mrs. D. R.
Willard of Olney; 33 grandchildren
and six great grandchildren; two
sisters, Mrs. C. B. Chandler of Ol-
ney and Mrs. O. G. Seigler of
Bridgport, and one brother, J. D.
Leatherwood of Merrit, Tex.
Mattress Making
Waits Materials
Committee Gets
CC Applications
Six applicants have been inter-
viewed in person and approximate-
ly 25 written applications received
by the committee, headed by Tra-
vis Edwards, which will select a
Chamber of Commerce manager to
succeed C. C. Williams whose resig-
nation is effective Aug. 15.
Mr. Edwards said action prob-
ably would not be taken until
Sept. 1.
SCOTTY BOYD
GOES INTO
T. A. A. F. FINALS
Scoring a technical knockout in
the second round,, over Tommy
Washington, 1T0, of Wichita Falls,
Scotty Boyd, 112, advanced to the
finals of the district T. A. A. F.
tournament in., first rounds Monday
night in Wichita Falls.
Finals in the district tourney are
slated for Monday night, also at the
Seventh street arena.
Boyd was the only Olney fighter
to enter the Wichita Falls meet.
Billy McDavid already has earned
the right to compete at the state
meet in San Angelo.
Batter Up
'y
<3
Continental won in two straight
games over Olney Refinery in play-
off for city softball league title.
OIL BELT LEAGUE
Olney versus Tipton, Okla., here,
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock.
Standings
.857
.833
.666
.200
.200
.200
Team—
G.
W.
L.
Iowa Park
7
6
1
Tipton
6
5
1
OLNEY
6
4
2
Wilson Spudders
5
1
4
Bowie
5
1
4
Burkbumett
5
1
4
E. W. HUNT HEADS
LOCAL GROUP
ON INDUSTRIES
E. W. Hunt has been named chair-
man of the local group to co-oper-
ate in the Texas industrialization
program, according to. a communi-
cation from W. Lee O’Daniel, gov-
ernor.
Appointed by Mayor Bernard
Lunn to serve with this group are
O. T. Anderson, Harry Bettis, Roy
Graham and E. G. Thornton.
Gov. O’Daniel sent a copy of a
bulletin on industrial mobilization
for national defense to 227 local
committees which had been named,
at his request, by mayors of Texas
communities.
This bulletin lists hundreds of
items required by the Unitel States
army and navy departments in the
present emergency and the names
and addresses of procurement of-
fices through which Texas concerns
can bid on these contracts.
County Program
Marks Time; to Be
Resumed, Agent Says
Temporary lull in the county-
wide mattress making program is
being marked only while more
ticking and cotton is being awaited,
Miss Velma Anderson, home dem-
onstration agent, has announced.
Everyone originally certified will
receive a mattress although it may
be several months.
When the center opens again, ap-
plicants may check to see if they are
on the certified list. Applicants who
attended the demonstration schools
on mattress making held during
June by Miss Anderson and her
assistant, Miss Olive Sells, as was
promised before, are given first
chance to make their mattresses.
Outstanding work has been done
at the Olney center by Mrs. Ray
Spurgin and Mrs. E. P. Johnston,
chairmen. They succeeded Mrs. El-
gin Colburn who was forced to re-
sign on account of illness; Mrs. Col-
burn worked during the 2 1-2 months
applications were being filed.
Other chairmen are: Newcastle,
Mrs. Bob Wells; Jean, Mrs. N. Z.
Abbot; Loving, Mrs. G. A. Bills;
Graham, Mrs. W. L. Jordan; South
Bend, Mrs. Matt Harrell; Red Top,
Mrs. Frank Slater; Henry Chapel,
Mrs. W. E. Moren; Bunger, Mrs.
Orlo Owens; Murray, Mrs. S. P.
Wooten, and Monument, Mrs. Joe
(See Mattresses back page, Col. 2)
Cummings Checks
School Transfers
Olney schools will enroll 48 trans-
fer students from other Young
county schools during the. 1940-41
term which will open Sept. 9, ac-
cording to A. D. Cummings, super-
intendent ,
The total number of transfer stu-
dents is expected to reach 100, Mr.
Cummings said. He attended a meet-
ing of the county school board in
Graham Monday afternoon when
transfers were checked; Aug. 1 was
the deadline for filing transfers.
Other students will be transfer-
red from Throckmorton and Archer
counties. Mr. Cummings attended a
meeting of the Throckmorton coun-
ty board in Throckmorton Tues
day afternoon.
Word Expected on Airport From
Capt. Story, Now In Washington
W. R. Smedley
Rites Held; Dies
After Long Illness
After an illness of 2 1-2 years,
W. R. Smedley, 78, died Monday
noon at his home in the Orth .com-
munity. Funeral services were con-
ducted Tuesday afternoon from the
Orth Baptist Church. Officiating
were Rev. I. W. Lawrence of New-
castle who was assisted by Rev.
William Lawrence, also of Newcas-
tle.
Interment was in new Olney
cemetery under direction of Lunn
Funeral Home. Pallbearers were
Otto Burris, Frank Bailey, DRhea
Allison, Leo Bruns of El Reno, Okla.,
Walter Young of Megargel and Len
Brickley of Wellington; the latter
three are nephews.
Mr. Smedley was born in Athens,
Tex., in November 1861. After oper-
ating a meat market in Bowie he
moved to the Orth community in
1900. He was a retired farmer. For
many years he operated the Orth
(See Smedley back page, Col. 1)
Scouts Pass Class,
Merit Badge Tests
Three class tests and seven merit
badge examinations were passed by
Boy Scouts at the Monday night
Board of Review conducted by
B. F. Harbour who was assisted by
G. W. Jessup.
Mont Groves from Troop 84
.passed the Second Class test while
Jack Kerbow and L. E. Perkins
also from Troop 84 passed First
Class tests. Merit badges were
earned as follows: Jimmy Hollis,
bird study; Jimmy Hollis and Has-
kell Hill, first aid; Jimmy Hollis,
afety; Jimmy Hollis, civics; Jack
Kerbow and L. E. Perkins, farm
home and its planning.
San Antonio Officer Is Consulting With
Federal Authorities on State Plans; Three
Drawings on Proposed Sites Presented Story
ABSENTEE BALLOTING
BEGINS FOR AUG. 24 POLL
Absentee baloting is under-
way now for the second Demo-
catic primary scheduled for Sat-
urday, Aug. 24. Balloting for this
election will close Aug 21, three
days before the elgction._
Recruiting Officer
To Make Weekly
Visits to Olney
Regular weekly visits to Olney
are included now on the program
of Sergeant V. C. Sicola, army re-
cruiting officer wno headquarters
in Graham. Sgt. Sicola will be in the
Olney post office each Wednesday
from 9 to 11 o’clock.
On these visits he will take en-
listments for the regular army and
army air corps. He also plans week-
ly visits, on Thursday morning, to
Jacksboro.
Seven men have been accepted
already from the Graham office
since it opened a short time ago and
15 more are on the waiting list for
the air corps.
“Our national defense is most im-
portant now,” Sergeant Sicola stat-
ed. “George Washington thought so
150 years ago when he said: “I can-
not recommend to your notice mea-
sures for the fulfillment of our
duties to the rest of the world,
(See Army back page, Col. 2)
Word from Captain C. R„ Story
of San Antonio, now in Washington,
D. C., is expected the latter part of
this week concerning the proposed
airport for Olney, stated Mayor
Bernard Limn Capt, Story consulted
with officals in Dallas earlier this
week before continuing to Washing-
ton.
Three drawings of proposed sites
were presented Capt. Story by
Johnny Horany when he was in San
Antonio last week. The captain
sketched the plans to Mr. Horany
which calls for placing airports
over the state of Texas. A new pro-
gram which will embrace towns in
the population class of Olney is ex-
pected to be inaugurated about
Sept. 1. Plans now are for nearly
every town in Texas to have an air-
port. Towns will be divided into
several classes or divisions with dif-
ferent requirements for each
group.
MAGAZINES NEEDED
FOR EXCHANGE
Emptying racks at the maga-
zine exchange maintained by
the Chamber of Commerce in
the City Hall corridor are mute
testimony that magazines are
needed to replenish depleting
stocks. All types of publications
are welcomed.
Two Attend
Lutheran Meeting
Rev. P. J. Klenk and Ed O. Dei-
trich left Tuesday for Houston
where they are attending the state
Lutheran convention, This week-
long affair is being held at Trinity
Church.
Rev. Klenk, pastor of St Luke’s
Lutheran Church, represents his
church as pastor while Mr. Deitrich
is a delegate.
Rites Set for
Mrs. Spencer
Mrs. J. D. Spencer, 68, will be
buried in rites to be conducted at
5 o’clock this afternoon (Thursday)
from the First Methodist Church
according to plans as the Enter-
prise went to press.
Dr. F. P. Culver, pastor, will pre-
side for the services. Interment will
be in the family plat in the new
Dlney cemetery with McCracken
Funeral Home directing. Pallbearers
will be nephews of the deceased.
Mrs. Spencer died Wednesday in
Jacksboro in the home of a daught-
er, Mrs. A. T. Gray. She had been
ill for about a week but her con-
dition was not considered serious
until during the week-end.
REA Extension
Sent to Washington
Fort Belknap Electric Co-opera-
tive officials are awaiting word
from national REA headquarters in
Washington, D. C., on the extension
project which was mailed Friday.
Tlje project, bearing approval of
the REA district representative,
lists 323 separate members and in-
cludes 221.9 miles. Officials expect
Washington engineers tp slash
about 50 miles off the project, cut-
ting out lines in more sparsley set-
tld sections in the Throckmorton
ranching area.
Rules Drafted
For Cotton Prize
Looking Toward Owning Place.
J.D. Bryans Vote for Farm Life
(Editor’s note: This' is the eleventh and last in a series of “Farm Person-♦
ality” features which have appeared in the Enterprise during the sum-
mer months. D. A. Adam, county agent, assisted in selecting the interview-
ees who were considered representative of Young county farmers.
The group included “Corky” Jones, Chester Herring, W. B. Howard, Mose H.
--♦Alexander, Victor Kunkel, John
Castleman, Harve Hennig, W. F.
Bailey and W. A. Rushing. The
Enterprise wishes to express pub-
licly sincere gratitude and appre-
ciation to this group for their co-
operation in making possible this
series. The wives of these Young
county farmers receive our thanks
also for their assistance).
Through two gates and down a
cow trail. That was the route J. D.
Bryan followed on his first trip
to Olney. For while Johnny Bryan
is a young man, insofar as years are
concerned, he is a pioneer of the
Olney area since he has been here
since 1908.
Mr. Bryan came to Olney with
his parents, W. B. Bryan and the
late Mrs. Bryan, by wagon from
near Calhoun, La. Mr. Bryan had
selected his farm on an earlier trip
to this area when Dan Cusenbary
of Graham had showed the land
to him. This land is still rated high
in productivity, incidentally.
True to the pattern of other
(See W. B. Bryan back page, CoL 3)
Pankonins Among
First to Settle Area,
Came Sixty Years Ago
In referring to the historical edi-
tion of the Enterprise which ap-
peared last week, William Pankon-
in stated he believes he and his
father were among the first, if not
the very first, settlers in the Olney
area.
Mr. Pankonin, who moved here
when a small boy with his father
from Travis county, has lived in this
area for 60 years. It was through
correspondence of his father, L.
Pankonin, and the Kunkels that
the latter came to this county.
Miss Kathleen Latham stated
in her history of Olney that the
Groves, Bensons, Keens, Neelleys,
Junkers, Kunkels and Lebermans
were the first settlers but Mr. Pan-
konin states he preceded even these
families.
JULY NEWCOMER
LIST INCLUDES
SEVEN NAMES
July’s list of newcomers includes
seven names, the monthly compil-
ation by the Chamber of Com-
merce shows.
Newcomers during the month
were Mr. and Mrs. George Keller,
907 West Payne; J. W. Keller, 601
South Avenue B; Mr. and Mrs. F.
H. Knox, 715 North Avenue E; Mr.
and Mrs. J. W. Given, 703 Wtest
Payne; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Shirley,
107 West Payne; Mr. and Mrs. W.
M. Surles, Mark Campbell garage
apartment, and Mrs. Maud Dram-
ron, 308 North Grand.
Assisting in the compilation were
Community Public Service com-, and expose it to the elements,” it
pany, the city secretary and City has been pointed out.
Gas company. | Some regulations for observance
- for rural mail boxes are:
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Jackson of Fort Mail boxes in condition to prop-
Worth and the former’s mother, erly protect the mail placed therein.
Mrs. Minky Jackson of New York Name of the box owner inscribed
City, were week-end guests in the on the side visible to the carrier
home of Mrs. Ed Jackson’s parents, as he approaches it. Letters should
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Guimarin. Mrs., be an inch high, in black paint.
Jackson remained until Wednes- j Boxes and supports should be
day, (See Mail Boxes back page, Col. 1)
Inviting every farmer in the Ol-
ney area to enter the contest spon-
sored by the Chamber of Com-
merce, the agriculture commitee has
drafted final rules to govern the
competition to select the best bale
of cotton ginned here during the
1940 season. A cash prize of $50 is
to be awarded.
“This contest is not contemplated
to interfere with the marketing of
cotton in any way since judging will
be done from samples only,” it was
stressed. “Get your ginner to cut an
eight ounce sample from each side
of your best bale and leave it with
the Olney Chamber of Commerce
for final judging at the end of the
season,” the committee instructed.
Through co-operation of D. A.
Adam, county agent, cotton grading
specialists from the extension ser-
vice of A. and M. College will serve
as judges which will be done by
samples only.
The 11 rules drafted by the com-
mittee are:
The Olney Chamber of Commerce,
Inc., will act as the directing spon-
sor of this contest. «i
The directing sponsor reserves to
jits contest committee the final and
j absolute right to interpret these
j rules and to settle all questions in
j regard thereto.
The contest committee of the dh
Farmers and others living on a I sponsor will be responsible
rural mail route are being asked ifor conductmg the contest and may
to improve their mail boxes during iname the judges.
Rural Mail Box Improvement week | Cotton entered in this contest
which began Monday. jmust be ginned at an Olney gin
The post office department is anc* raised within 25 miles of here,
seeking to beautify the boxes as j Samples may not be less than
well as to have them located so as i e*ght ounces taken from ea&h side
to be of the utmost service to the j pt tile bale and securely wrapped
carrier. in strong paper, according to trade
“Rural mail boxes which are not I custom,
properly erected and neatly painted j Samples shall be taken and label-
detract from the natural scenic ed by the ginner and identification
beauty along the highways and are j of the gin placed within the sam-
not a credit to owners of homes pie on a separate piece of paper,
served through the boxes. Further- Samples should be deposited with
more, boxes which are not in good the Olney Chamber of Commerce
condition retard the delivery of mail | and an entry blank filled out, bear-
Eight Elected to
Wildlife Camp
Representing Young county 4-H
club boys who are outstanding in
wildlife conservation, Bobbie Joe
Shepard, Reeves Moren, B. F. Bar-
nett, J. O. Jordan, Donald Atwood,
Paul and Edward Harrell and Mar-
shall Sawyer attended the encamp-
ment in Kirbyville from Monday
through Wednesday.
They were accompanied by R. L.
Huckabee, assistant county agent.
These outstanding workers were
elected at the county encampment
last week in Graham. The boys
met on the Whittenberg ranch
south of Graham for their encamp-
ment.
Clubs represented at the three
club and conservation - encamp-
ments in Graham last week were
Olney, Tonk Valley, Newcastle,
Loving, Murray, Henry Chapel,
South Bend and Hunt.
Rural Mail Box
Improvement Week
Began Monday
(See Cotton back page, Col. 2)
BOND TO PREACH AT
INGLESIDE SUNDAY
Rev. J. M. Bond of Weatherford,
presiding elder, is to preach at the
rngleside Methodist Church Sun-
day morning at the 11 o’clock
hour. Everyone is invited to at-
tend the services. |
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, August 9, 1940, newspaper, August 9, 1940; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1128597/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.