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gftupljentriUe (Ewpice-fttibune
iMPIRg Vol. 58, No. 86; TRIBUNE, Voi. 88, No. (0.
STEPHtWYILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, AUGUST 1. 1941
SIXTEEN PAGES—Vol. 71. No. 31
ALMOSTlOOtC
TEACHERS HERE
AREA MEET
FFA, Soil, Livestock, Poultry
lapoovoment Contents la
Studied in Sorbs Psaols
71m State Board for Vooation-
*1 Education of Ana 4 began a
three day annual summer confer-
ence at John Tarleton Agricultur-
moat a hundred teachers of voca-
tional agriculture were present at
the opening of the conference, and
all of the twenty-six counties of
Area 4 wees represented. Boy B.
Mefferd, Tarleton profeeaor of Ag-
ricultural Education and supervis-
or of Vocational Agriculture of
Area 4, and A. J. Spangler, head
of tee Tarleton Division of Agri-
culture and area eo-adriier, are in
charge of the program of tee con
Y.CtWs Speed Law ::
StoSS'/SST” j 5 PCA GROUPS
SSSpSSjlUHi SCHOOL
hour spaed limit law. I *--
father, New Employees of All PCA
EMPLOYEES OF I m***'
spaed
Mayor J.
C. W. Clements,
,i Cove mall carrier,
dpi.
W. Clements’
nts, retired C
rrisr, and the
CoHMras
Hnayors
Killeen
^JSHSJSJPZtSt
with Mayor and Mss. Clements
Organisations An Trahsad
In Methods of Operation
7
r-—r
•elf with a ••lies of panels upon
subjects dealing with the duvefop-
faig score cards for tea moot out-
standing Future Farmers, soil,
ttvestoef, *nd poultry^
ment contests in Area 4,
project records.
Among the scheduled speakers
daring the three-day period are:
Henry Ross of Texas A. A M.
College, R. A. Manlre, State direc-
tor cf vocational agriculture, and
J. B. Rutland, state sapervisor
uf the Futurd Farmers of Amer-
ica.
Ag Teachers Attend
- Vocational agriculture teachers
attending are: J. I. Moore, Abi-
lene; B. L. Coalson, Abilene; C. E.
Hill, Albany; W. M. Oliver, Alex-
ander; Roecoe B. Dooley, Asper-
mmil Pfta Rui* Vircril
11IVIII) IWC vuillH. DBini, " n)?ll
P. Riley, Bangs: Clifton Thomas,
Blanket; Jas. M. Logan, Brad-
shaw; -I,. J. Starr, Brady; W. D,
Craves, Breckpnridge No. 1; Jim
Wilkerson, Bracken ridge, No. 2;
’ownwood; A. I.
•i Edwin Reese,
Candle,' Cisco;
J. H. Greenway, Coleman; R. S.
Moser, Comanch-; W. A. Morgan,
(jbmyn; 0. B. Edmondson, Cross
rMmr-Bd flit, DeLeon; «fal
madge Wood, Doole
—-Dublin
Mayor and Mr*. Giaments' new employees of the Wlch
having been driving over e Falls, Corsicana. Maria. Stamfi
' ‘ • ay, failed to and StephenrMe Production Cr
sar -~
City Polls mi an Osaa McMaine, manual arts building at John TArle-
the city hall, where a line waa Ip-1 TheJ school, according to Garland
posed. It was paid without com- Eubank, secretary-treasurer of the
plaint bnt with some amusement. Stephfenvffle Production Crodit
C. R. Clements wns accompanied Association, was held in order that
by his wife. The trio wore coming ‘all employees of the five partici-
into StephenviHe frees « trip <4e peting rurgenisatisne oho hod not
Yellowstone National Pate, Wy- attended a previous training school
oming, end to points of interest te might “catch up” with ether *m-
Colorado and Utah. ployees who 'h«i attended one or
* ^ r
Hold School
a 0. TtanUison ondT Roy
Prescott of the Production Credit
Corporation of Houston lsd the
discussions, which pertained to the
background and history, at well
as the management and opera-
Methodist Church
Orders Pipe Or#an
Delivered Oct. 15
An order haa been given for the
organ to the Reuter Organ
pipe organ to the 1
Co.. Lawrence. Kan., t
odist Church. It
; Ray Walker,
■ ! Kay w ■
v-Mu.Jn; M. B. Coffey, Goldthwaite;
J. S. Bridges, Gordon, C. B. Ed-
wards, Gouldbusk; R. E. Foster,
Graford• 0. B. Rose, Graham No.
1; Garth Baker, Graham No. 2;
H. L. Stone, Granbury; Gale Ad-
ams. Gustine; E. I. Bacon, Hamil-
ton; R. H. Campbell, Hamlin: Ho-
mer Neal, Haskell; ”T. E. Fam-
broueh, Haskell; M. D. Fox, Hico;
C. C. Rambo, Huckabay; Ralph
Bradley, Iredell; R. Puryear, Jacks-
boro.
More Af Teachers Here
• G. W. Mingus, Kopperl: C. A.
Wilkins, Lampasas; A. F. Vanddr-
Lawn; R. W. Simmons. Jr.»
E. L. Ross, Lohn; P. A*r
; James Gaines, May;
«. ... Melvin; Lester C.
Smith, Meridian; C. H. \Collihs-
worth, Merkel; Herman Wyatt,
MHlsap; W. W. Reed, Mineral
Welle; F. M. Lamer, Noviee; A.
L. Baggett, Olney; Lawrence Coyne,
Peacock; J. R. Cullman, Ptrrin;
management end opera
______ tion of production credit aaeocia-;
by First Meth-1 Hons. Employees were acquainted
___ _____ „ Is to— be I with the present plan of the or-
delivered by October 16. The cost ganications of making sound loans
of the organ, plus installation, will, to farmer* and stockmen,
be about $2800. Chimes could be Thirty-eight new employees of
added for $260. They could be glv- the five PCA organizations at-
en aa a memorial to some friend tended the three-day school. The
or loved ___________________
someone will be interested in such ciations
a a
the church------------ - - _ .. .
privilege to help with this worthy tion Credit Association serves 10
undertaking. There is something counties in North and Central
that every group can do to halp , Texas. . j
raise this money. The goal ia to ! 1
raise the entire amount and pay
cash for it when it ia installed. By
ao doing, we would save 6 per
cent.ai the total amount,--.'.
The morning service will be held
at 9:60 instead of 10:60 through
the month of August. The response,
so .far, indicates that the change
was worth while. Next Sunday
morning, the subject of the ser-
mon win be “The Tongue.” All
ages aw interested in -its use sr
misuse.
t *z»uu. tmmea couia ne i *****-jr-******. new employees
r $260. They could be giv- tee five PCA organizations i
memorial to some friend tended the three-day school. 1
one. We are hoping that territory represented by the asi
411 be interested in such ciations is composed of 36 coun-
1. Every organization in ties of the North and Central Tex-
i should consider it a as area. The Stephenvflle Produc-
tion Credit Association serves 1C
counties in North and Central
TgMlfr . ^
CONOCO TO HAVE
FREE SHOW 5TH
ERATH DRIVE TO
MET ALUMINUM
IS SUCCESSFUL
Coanty Campaign Last Waak
Results ia Collection of A
Grand Total of 2,150 Pounds
The aluminum collection
paign in Erath County last
reanhed in a total oT
pounds of alnminnm being dc
toward Urn nation-wide goal
20,000,000 pounds, Judge Wall
Soott, county chairman, repei
this waak.
cam
week
He,160
Ing donated!
of
Ivan P. Oliver, new superin-
tendent of the StephenviHe pub-
lic school system, who has laun-
ched Into his work here with en-
thusiasm and is already laying
rlai.a for the opening of the local
public schools in September. Mr.
Oliver com6s here ' from Jacks-
fcoro and is thoroughly experi-
enced. having actve'd as foot mil
coach, teacher, principal and su-
pnrfctt' ndent for many yean. He
holds B A. and M. A. degrees and
ia working toward the Pn. D. He
and Mrs. Oliver tnlu an active in-
terest in civic and church work in
addition to school activities.
A county truck from Hugh Wat-
son’s precinct, No. 8, carried a
full load of aluminum from here
to district headquarters in Fort
Worth Tuesday. The truck would
hold but 1,400 pounds of the de-
posit, leaving on the ground 710
pounds, including 200 pounds
brought here from Dublin, in the
large bin on the court house lawn
to take on a second load.
A county truck from Joe Jar-
ratt’s precinct. No. 1, carried the
remainder of the donated aluminum
to Fort Worth later. At Bluff Dale,
40 more pounds were picked up.
ERATH DEFENSE
BOARD NAMED
“Since agriculture is being call-
ed upon to increase production,
in dairy products, poultry, pork
and various kinds of vegetables,
it is an important thing to have
adequate farm labor supply," ac-
cording-Jtwj. L. Killian, chair-
man of the Erath County United
States Department cf Agriculture
> Board.
This service with all departments
participating, offers an opportuni-
ty for training in worship through
great hymns, outstanding passages
of scripture, and fellowship of all
ages. There is a universal inter-
est in worship which makes it pos-
sible for various groups to parti-
cipate in the same program with a
growing appreciation. ,
The Evening Service is at 8:00.
Defense
The Erath County Defense Board,
L. E. Osborn, local distributor of designed along lines similar to the
Conoco products, announced this Texas USD A Defense Board, is
week that a free moving picture composed pf tea * “
■how would be sponsored by 4ha bets:
agency at the PaJaee Theatre here
next Tuesday night, August 5,
ollowing mem-
jMpy M- - Ts, —..i
Members of Board
Sam S. Hanover, administration
officer, yiAA, StephenviHe; G. D.
Everett, Erath County agent, Ste-
phsnville; Margaret Blount, Erath
. , County home demonstration sgt.
ered andI thei teste to which it was. Stephen* jilt; E. S. Johnson, adm.
subjected before it was offered for | officer, " ~
sale to the public.
The general ]
attend the free
starting at 8 o’clock.
The Arm to be shown will explain
the methods by which the new
Conoco. N<h Motor Oil was discov-
bringing the grand total for the
county to 2,150- pounds.
Erath County commissioners, In
all four preqjncts, assisted in the
drive last week by collecting de-
posits of aluminum from owners
of co-operating places of business
throughout the county.
- Well-Pleased With Results
County and city committees sre
elated, Judge Scott said Wednes-
day* oxer the unanimous and spon-
taneous response the citizens of
Erath County made to the appeal
for contributions of aluminum dur-
ing the week’s campaign.
J. W. Clements, chairman of the
StephenviHe committee, reiterated
Judge Scott’s statements, expres-
sing appreciation for the co-opera-
tion of all local committees and
organizations, and to the general
public for assistance and contribu-
tions of aluminum during the drive.
“Those in charge here,” Mayor
Clements said, “feel like the cam-
paign was successful, although no*
goal had been set up—only the
nationwide effort to obtain 20,000,
000 pounds of aluminum for use In
building airplanes and other ma-
terials for national defense.”
r j officer, S.C.S., Dublin; Garland
---, , , Eubank, Production Credit Corp.,
public is inVReiT to’StephenviUe; H. M. Everett Sr.,
i movie and special Federal Land Bank, StephenviHe;
_lhe Evening Service is at 8:00. invitations are extended to mech- Harry F. Chestnutt. Emergency
!*nlC"’ tractPr ®.wner*‘ and Cron A Feed Loan, Cleburn«Sn
UcullATiC givJn to Se n": ww|m™ in this entire ^on of My«« Farmi Security adminis-
lSL
Tanksie
ticular attention given to the qua!
ity of His humanity. He is the out-
standing example of all time in the
the State.
Since its introduction to the
public a short time ago, Osburn
tration, StephenviHe; Roberta Mar-
tin, farm security adm., home su-
pervisor, StephenviHe; G. A. Tun-
11. 4. roweu, Kicniana springs;
Jack D. Gray, Rising Star; Elbert
D. Steele, Roby; V. A. Underwood,
RocheUe; Lester C. Burk, Roten;
F. W. Martin, Rotan (Dowell): C.
I.ittlepage, Roton (Hobbs); Edd
McMtnn. Rule: I. A. Howell, San
Saba* A. D. Pettit Jr., Santa An-
na; O. W. Myers Jr., Santa An-
na; Jesse L. Brown, Santo; Roy
Armstrong, Scranton; J~. B. Coop-
er, Sidney; J. K. Bradshaw, Spring-
town; E. W. Scott, StephenviHe;
L. W. Walker Jr., Swenson: W.
H. Ratcliff, Sylvester; G. L. Rich-
ardson, Tslpa; V. 8. Payne, Throck-
morton: W. L. Jameson, Tolar;
Tom J. Henry, Tuscola; f A. Faith,
Valera; W. H. H-artaill, Walhut
Springs; E. E. Turner, Weather-
ford: J. W. Young, Weinert; Gtnr
M. Harding, Woodson; Roy M. Mef-
ferd Jr., and N. A. Smith, Kant-
ian*. ________
-■ Jane Arnold Guest of Annt
Jane Arnold, young daughter of
Mr. amd Mrs. J. T. Arnold-of Hous-
ton, U visiting her aunt, Mias Em-
ma Buck, 794 West Long street,
whom, she will spend the re-
Houston to Fort Worth, whera aha
waa met by her aunt; the two ra-
ttening to StopihSnvilla tee after-
noon following her arrival in that
city. Her mother, the former Miss
Georgia Buck; was reared in Ste-
phenville and visits here often with
net sister and brother, Silas Buck
ut his ranch near Bluff Dale, whera
her little daughter also will visit
before returning to Houston.
Were Here Last Week Bad.
Mr. and Mrs. Casey Garrett and
baby daughter, Laura Ella, were
here last weak end from Ranger
for a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Garrett and other
relatives and friends. They came
to attend the funeral held Sunday
for Mrs. Jennie Davidson of Blnff
Dale, who died at her home there
service lasts about fifty minutes.
You are invited to come and. bring
your friends.
Summer time is the healthiest
time of the year, and offers one
of the best opportunities for fellow-
servfce
family
come
high-
— af fellowship
Wm. H. Cole, pastor.
Vaughan Electric
Company Moves To
Another Location
Electric Company thla
nee* its removal to a
new location on East College street,
directly east of tee Higginbotham
lumber yayd.
For some time the firm’s shop
was located at the residence of its
owner and manager, L. H. Vaughan,
on West McNeill street, but later
was moved to the building for-
merly occupied by the. Shannon
Supply Company, acroes the street
west of the Triangle Cheese A
Prodce Company. --------
Vaughan Electric Company spe-
cialises in all forms of electric
service and appliances. Those in
need of this type of servioe or
merchandise era Invited to visit
tee firm in ita new location.
oa I. A. Degree
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Frasier and
children, Marilyn and O. H. Jr„ are
spending the summer in Fort Col-
lina, Colo., when Mri Frasier la
working on his masters degree at
Colorado A. A M. College.
Mr. Frasier, who ti employed
as associate professor in the agri-
cultural department at John Tar-
leton College expeeta to receive
his degree in about three week# at
the close of this term Of sum-
mer school at Colorado A. A M.
Undergoes Major Operation
Mrs. C. R. Ward of the Ban-
yan community, who underwent a
major operation last Thursday at
tee StephenviHe Hospital, Is r»-
ported .recovering satisfactorily.
Mrs. Ward is the mother of Mn.
Ola W. Baber of StephenviHe and
Miss Jewel Ward of Fort Worth.
experiment station, Stephenv;lle,
and P. H. Carowitz, BAE, Steph-
enville. ' -
Ag Report Compiled
Through a questionnaire which
has been sent to all chairmen of
the County Defense Boards of
Texas, the State AAA office, Col-
lege Station, is submitting to the
racratozy of agriculture, Claude R.
Wickard, a report showing the in-
satisfied with the quality of this
lubricant. The new Nth oil is a
successor to Conoco Germ-Process-
ed Motor Oil and, while the new
oil also ia the Germ-Proceeaed va-
riety, it ia known simply as Co-
noco Nth.
Through the efforts of Osburn
and the many retafl Conoco deal-
ers in this vicinity, a large volume
of Conoco products is distributed
annually throughout this entire
area, as well as elsewhere over the
nation.
Former Well Known
Residents Of Erath
County Visit Here
Walter Kiker of Iowa Park, for-
"ifter well known resident of Ste-
phenville was here last week for a
visit in the home of his sister-ih-
law, Mrs. Virgil Ferguson and
was also a guest in the home of his
aunt, Mrs. H. A. Mothershoad with
whom he spent the past week end.
He was accompanied by his fa-
ther, B. M. Kiker of Handley, who
also i^ well known in this city
and iri many other sections of
Erath County where he resided for
a long number of years.
Walter Kiker was in business in
StephenviHe for several years be-
fore going to the North Central
section of the State, where he
has since made his home. He came
here from Fort Worth where he
had been visiting his daughters,
Mte. Dewey Erby and Mrs. James
M. Hill.
second cotton
-STOW MEETING
*.....................f HERE TUESDAY
StephenviHe motorists are warn-
ed to have their head lights and..______________
toil lights shocked and sae that' _ _ , „ .
their brakes we in good worktam AH Rctelkra, Clerks And
they be ertjoetad
condition,
to fines.
Law enfori
teat State
have informed
“ey w Wholesalers Urged to Hear
'5St.^X£|E"u" *•*■“ Kl’ub“d
ed tkem that they in-1 ^ .
on
lend to atert “cracking dexm" _. ,
motorists here who drive with no and
bail light, only one head light and grown and
with poor brake*. This la
»ry, patrolmen say, If tee nation-
wide movement for safety on the
highways and in cities and towns
ia to meet with any degree of suc-
cess.
Authorities point out that if a
motorist is picked up for one of
■a and !e charged in
Justice of the Peace court, his min-
imum fins would be (13.70—hence
the necessity for Immediate atten-
tion to head lights, tail lights and
brakes on all motor vehicles in this
vicinity.
p and their clerks*
era of American-
manufactured cotton
urgently request-
merchandise are
ed to attend an important
meeting to be held in the court
house In Stcphcnvlllc at I p n.
Tuesday, August C. A similar
meeting will be held at 6:80 o’clock
Tuesday in Dublin.
Paul Higginbotham of Stephen-
viUe, chairman of the Brnth Coun-
ty Cotton Stomp Committee, will
preside at the meeting bare. Speak-
ers will include William H. Mo-
Kelvey. area representative of the
cotton atomp program instituted
by the Federal Government.
In announcing the meeting, Hig-
ginbotham stated that aa far aa
possible not only merchants bob
their clerks should attend this Im-
portant discussion .of how merch-
ants may participate in th*> bene-
fits of the Supplementary Cotton
Stamp Program, soon to be launch-
ed in this arm.
He said that in order to be elig-
ible to accept cotton stamps for re-
demption from the Government,
merchants must first complete a
"retailer’s statement" form which
will be available and fully ex-
plained at the meeting.
'4515.000,000 in Stamps Ready —-~
Hifgtobotham added that $25,-
000,000 worth- ^of cotton stamps
are available for distribution to
cotton farmers during 1041, and
any merchants unprepared to sc- V.
cept these stamps in trade in the —
prescribed manner would be at a
distinct disadvantage.
“The simplest way for merch-
ant#-to fully understand the pro-
gram.” Higginbotham advised, “is
to attend this meeting. They will .
learn how they may get their share
of this additional business; what
year on the first Sunday in May,
usually Parents’ Day, at 3 p. m.
Outgoing officers were Carl Bird-
well, bre8ident; Welehsel Baxley,
vice-president, and Mrs. N. M.
Randolph, secretary.
Caravan Invites
Citizens To Hico's
59th Annual Reunion
A motorcade from Hico stopped
here Tuesday morning and present
sd a brief program on tee public
square. StephenviHe and Erath
County Citizens were invited by the
visitors to attend Hico’s fifty-nipth
annual reunion celebration August
6-0 inclusive.
A patriotic parade will open th*
program next Wednesday at 2 p.
m. Wednesday night a free show-
ing of “Cavalcade of Texas” ia
scheduled at the Hico City Paric.
An old-time fiddle band concert will
be Friday night, August 8.
Frae band concerts, will be giv-
en daily by the Hico band. Cam!-
attract!.
duction of tomatoes and beans for
canning, Killian said.
In assuring Erath County farm-
era of a labor supply adequate for
the production of essential farm
goods, th# Director of the Selec-
tive Service has aaked all local
dteUR boards to give special con-
sideration to deferment of
MODE DEI UNES
ARE ENERGIZED
recognized this already and a sub-
■teatisl proportion of the oconpal
tiOgal deferments has been mads
■ agricultura.I^H^^^^^^H
Sectioi
County
munlty
ing ene:
power
Into E
Tunnll,
the Era
lines in Comanche
D the Victor cosi-
rath County were be-
Wednosday and the
ted to be completed
County today. G. A.
superintendent of
ity Electric Co-opo-
s«W Wednesday.
This completes energization__
Dot Bosque County, on
Misses Eloiae J<
and Vir-
everything bu|
lines bum to date
on
they will
f£SiS3S^J&!
_____ _ _____________ «or hour ton where
▼ml attractions will be provided ** K0**4* 6 the home
rill visit Residents of a nu
and Tines are
n that county,
the address of welcome on open- ***** X*®ri**l Sewell
Ing day. Senator John Lee Smite
... _ ,--number of com-
munities not receiving rural elec-
tric service have been making re-
quests for inclusion in Section D,
TARLETON EXES
NAME OFFICERS
E. I. Bacon, Hamilton vocational
agriculture teacher, was chosen
president of Ex-Students’ Associ-
ation of John Tarleton Agricultur-
al College at s called meeting at
the Home Economics building of
the college Tuesday night at 8
o’clock. Bacon was a football star
at Tarleton in 1927-28, and was, at
one time, captain of the college
track team.
Other officers elected were Jack
Price, StephenviHe business man,
Kathleen Cathey, secretary to the
Tarleton registrar, who was choaen
secretary of the association. A
board of directors to handle the
financial affairs of the organiz-
ation was also designated.
Dean J. Thomas Davis spoke in-
formally to the association on the
subject of “Group Progress of the goods may be exchanged for
Institution and the Work of the "tamps; the rules and regulations
Tarletph Alumnae." He stressed , they must comply with in making
the practicality of a regular an- cotton stamp sales, and how to ra—
nual meeting date for the assocl- deem Jhe stamps for cash.”
ation and as a consequence, it was | Higginbotham went on to say
decided by the members that the! th«t bv aggressive merchandising
organization should assemble each methods pushing the sale of cotton
goods, not only to those using
stamps but to ^verv family in the
county, retail merchants will make
a substantial contribution toward
solving the problem of price-de-
pressing cotton surpluses and un-
der-consumption of cotton goods by
a large part of the people.
Two Criminal Cases
Tried Friday Ends
Term County Court
Two cases were set for trial in
County Court last Friday. The
State was forced to postpone one
of the cases, according to County
Attorney Clint Barham, due to a
legal defect in the drawing up of a
complaint, but the same cas** will
be tried during the hext term of
court.
The other case resulted in a con-
viction by a jury of a defendant
who pleaded nqt guilty to obstruc-
tion of a road by the erection of a
fence. A fine *f $25 and costa waa
ini cosed, Barham said .
These cases concluded the crim-
inal docket for this term of Coun-
ty Court, the county attorney stat-
ed, but the next session will start
Monday, August 4. A criminal jury
panel for the August term prob-
ably will be called, Barham said,
for the week of August 18.
County Board Will
Rule On Transfer
Protests Thursday
A meeting of the county school
board will be held next Thursday,
August 7, at 10 a. m., In the cfllnty
superintendent’s office here, for
the purpose of ruling on protest*,
by local school boards over trans-
fers to other districts of student*
who have finished the highest
des taught in the district*
L____ I______JI_L
MRS.TREWITT
MAKES SDCCESS
of Throckmorton la to deliver a
patriotic address at 8:00 p. m. Wed-
nesday and Hon. Coin Stevenaoti,
who in a few day* will become
Governor of Texas, will speak
Thursday night, August 7, at 8:00
o’clock.
B. J. Cheek is reunion
ger and G. M. Barrow
chairman.
Higginh
department at
inhotham’s
etore here is on a week’s vaca-
tion. Miss Jones, an employe In tee
Hotel Long, owned and
her brother-in-law
ration, one week of which she is
Were Guests
Mrs. D. B. Cox had as week-
end gueets her daughters, Mrs.
I. M. Herring and little sen, Mil-
ton of Sweetwater, and Mrs. J. B.
Brannan and little daughter, Jndith
Ann of Comanche. Mr*. Cox’s bro-
ther, J. A. Brlles of Role, is vis-
iting in her home while taking
treatments at the StephenviHe
Hospital.
ice at Ho
inaged by
d slater, 1
ng, also is
^.tion, one ui wnicn sne is
■Pending in Houston with her cou-
sin, and at Galveston. \ 7
Visiting Sister j *
Mrs. BonnU Baxley and sen,
Warren of Big Spring are here
visiting her sister, Mr*. Burt Cow-
an and family. Mr Warren Bax-
lay will ra-entor Texas Unlver-
rtty in September, when he will
begin his second year’s coarse of
study in that institution.
protect ntyerintendent siW^from
residents in Stephens Coanty,
emloh will be served by the Erath
and Comanche County Co-opera-
tiraa.
“Final m*ppinr~JiM wot -y*t
started on D Section," Tunnell ad-
de4L “asjt is hoped that when this
is begun everything will be com-
pleted without interruption and
that it will not be necessary to
make any changes in the mapping
Mrs. Turley Improving
Mrs. Myrtice Turley, assistant to
Coanty School Superintendent W.
B. Russell, is able to be up at her
horns after recently undergoing an
appendectomy at the StephenviHe
With a view of maintaining all
the ideals and professional ethics
established by her late husband,
B. I. Trewitt, Mrs. Trewitt is suc-
cessfully carrying on the busi-
ness she helped her husband to
establish years ago. The death of
Mr. Trewitt a few months ago clos-
ed a career that had, in a great
many ways, made an outatanding
contribution to the comforts and
general welfare of those in dis-
tress.
It was in 1906 when this sterling
gentleman first entered the furni-
ture and undertaking business. In
1918 he took the management of
the Hardin lumber interests in Ste-
phenville, wMeh- included a well-
equipped funeral home. In 1935
Trewitt "purchased the funeral
home, added new equipment and,
until his death, carried on the buai-
nets.
It was in 1927 that Mr. and Mrs.
Trewitt saw the need of a lady
assistant as a licensed embalmer
and, after attending school in Dal-
las, Mrs, Trewitt was granted a
certificate as a mortician. Since tfffet
time she has assisted In the ar-
rangefnsnts of funerals all over
this .....
Since Mr. Trewltt’s death, Mrs.
Trewitt is carrying on where her
esteemed husband left off, with the
fine equipment of tee Trewitt Fun-
eral Home, which includes two
modern ambulances, large stock ef
undertaking merchandise and a dig-
nified chapel.
Mn. Trewitt ia operating the
funeral home along the lines that
her late husband would have wish-
ed for and is making s success of
the business. She nas with her
capable assistants and under her
supervision, the Trewitt Funeral
Home is one of tee" piost modern
and efficient in this section of the
country.
- Her* en Vacation
Mr. and Mn. Cecil Davis and
children of Throckmorton have
been visiting relative* and friends
here and oteer pieces in thia Vi-
cinity during the past week. Mr.
Davis, who n on n vacation, is a
national defense project instruc-
tor in a shop 100atad in the Throck-
m
Er . Wk ^ ,
mer home, two years ago, moving
shop
morion High School building. The
family left Stophsnvills,
idinar.
their
first to Bracksnridge and later to
Throckmorton.
grad
whei _ _ __________
school. ~ - *
W. B. Russell, coanty school sup-
erintendent, states that the lew
snecifies that all protestn should be
filed in his office not later than
Tuesday, August 5.
The number of transfers this
year is about equal to those of
1940, Russell said Wednesday, al-
though most of the applicants fhis
year ce-operatod with the superin-
tendent’s office by filing their ap-
plications before th* last day or ao
before the deadline. July 81 waa
transfers can be made.
University Students Home
Charles Hill and
Univ
»f spent
end here with their parents, Mr.
John Higgs,
rsity of Tex-
as this snmmer, spent tee we*k-
stndents at the University of
and Mrs. Ellis Hill and Mr. and
Mn. R. F. Higgs.
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