The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1942 Page: 8 of 12
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The Olney Enterprise
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1
PAGE EIGHT
Partain
(Continued from page 1)
mountains. The one and only ad-
vantage of this foul weather is the
Iceland for here the marines are
doing the work and the army is
getting the credit, as you will no-
tice in all the magazines and pa-
pers back there. Where you read
pages and pages about what the
army is doing in Iceland, you have
been reading about what the ma-
rines are doing for the army.
Little Entertainment
The people here are not unfriend-
ly and yet it is very hard to get
acquainted with them. I do not go
ashore very often. (When I speak
of going ashore I do not mean
that I am aboard ship. Going
ashore is a term meaning going
on liberty or going to town). The
largest town, which is Reyjavik,
has a population of about 40,000.
There are only two picture _ shows
and all the shows are old pictures.
Outside of that, there is no enter-
tainment whatsoever. We do have
a show in our camp now which
makes things a little gayer. But I
sincerely do believe every man
wishes he were back in the states.
Outside of the foul weather, the
rugged terrain and the Icelanders,
Iceland could be a fair place.
One consolation, we are getting
plenty to eat and plenty to keep
us warm. Today we received some
gifts from the Red Cross. They
were very nice too. Mine was from
a chapter in Kentucky. The gifts
came from all over the states.
There have been a few promo-
tions here. I was promoted to ser-
geant in November. Due to this
promotion and lack of places to go,
I have been able to save a little
money. Someday after the war I
plan to come back to Olney to
make my home in or around Olney.
Some think that we will not see
action in Iceland for quite awhile
but there is no way one can tell.
I would like to be in the Pacific
now fighting with some of my bud-
dies. I know a few are there from
the old home town. Maybe it won’t
be long until I can join them.
Although we come under navy
regulations, we are a different sort
of soldier. We marines are proud
of our past history and are also
very proud of the outstanding fight
put up by the marines at Wake Is-
land and the other islands of the
Pacific. Our motto is Semper Fi-
delis—Always Faithful.
Pollard
(Continued troiri page I)
I am proud of my senior officers
and really like them.
From 4:30 in the morning until
9 o’clock at night our hearts are
with Uncle Sam, and from tap’s
until reveille our hearts are with
you folks at home. I think of you
citizens of Olney a lot. I am proud
to be from the best state in the
union, Texas. We licked our ene-
mies before, and we can do it
again. We will lay down our lives
for the U. S. A. We all have the
same feeling and ail realize this
terrible situation we are in. We are
all Americans, and are proud of
it. We are joined here together to
fight, whether it be Japan, Ger-
many or Italy. We will fight for
right, freedom and democracy.
Learn to Handle Bayonet
We realize you are doing your
part for this great nation of ours.
We are all joined together as bro-
thers and sisters. We hope that
you, as citizens of Olney, state of
Texas, and the United States, will
join us in prayer for those gallant
marines, sailors and soldiers that
are giving their lives each day for
Uncle Sam. I am proud to be in
the uniform of a United States
Marine, and will fight to keep the
Marines’ honor clean.
We are learning how to handle
the rifle and bayonet. A lot of the
boys are being discharged because
they could not make the grade. I
surely' feel sorry for them. Out of
a possible 60 merits, I have 30, and
would have had more only they
took me out of my platoon and put
me in casual platoon. I work at
the recruit depot here in San Diego.
Base dispensary is the place where
11 work. I really like it. This camp
is composed of Texans mostly. It is
said that about one-half to three-
fourth of this base is composed of
Texans, and the rest are from the
United States.
Our forefathers fought for Tex-
as and the U. S. A., and won their
wars. Now we are fighting and
will win, whatever the cast may
be. I can hardly wait until I am
called a “Sea Going Bell Hop.”
That is the name given to the Ma-
rines who go aboard ship.
Entertainment Planned
I sure miss you folks back home.
I am plenty far from home, and
you can guess how homesick I am.
A letter from home helps a lot
more than you folks can realize.
I have been in camp every since
I arrived in San Diego. We go to
church every Sunday morning and
to the show once a week. They
feed us good and give us any medi-
cal care that we may need. Since
I have been here I have taken three
typhoid shots, one small pox and
-one lockjaw (tetanus.) I am still
under quarantine.
I have ' found me a pretty Los
Angeles friend, but I prefer the
Texans. I sure miss my girl friend.
I am proud of the training I re-
ceived in the Boy Scouts and would
not take anything for it. I could
not have had any better scout-
masters than C. O. Hicks and L. E.
Robinson. I know that you folks
at home are backing us 100 per-
cent, and we intend to make you
proud of us. I have a gool rifle and
bayonet which I hope to use pret-
ty quick.
Well, I had better close now, and
I hope to see you in four years. In
conclusion, I want to add, “RE-
MEMBER PEARL HARBOR.”
Yours sincerely,
Private Edwin Pollard,
United States Marine Corps.
Personal
(Continued rrom page 1)
Who had his first puppy love af-
fair with the girl in the next
block;
Who worked for the neighbor-
hood grocer on Saturdays; and la-
ter had a paper route:
Who got a job at $4 a week after
finishing school; worked from 7:30
in the morning to 6 in the even-
ings on week days—and until 10
on Saturday nights, and was glad
of the opportunity to do it;
Who finally reached the mar-
velous earning power of $20 a
week and got married; and had
babies at $15 apiece;
Who finally scraped enough to-
gether to buy a lot; and then
build a little house; and then lived
in it for the first few years with
only the minimum of furniture
needed;
Who back in ’17, observed meat-
less, wheat-less, heat-less and
flour-less days scrupulously; and
who, in spite of inflation, managed
to buy some Liberty bonds and
stamps;
Who finally was able to buy a
Model-T a full 15 years after they
first began to jerk up and down
the streets;
Who finally managed to create
an income sufficient to put two
children through college;
Who never stopped to question
the right or wrong of the way the
boss ran the business because after
all, he was the boss and deserved
full and complete loyalty of those
on his payroll;
Who thought in the late 1920’s
that everything was going to be all
right; and who worried through
the 1930’s hoping everything
might be all right again some-
time;
And who looks all around him,
dazed, befuddled, irritated;
And who looked into the 1940’s
wondering just who, or what
caused the mess, anyhow; and if
we’ll ever come out of it with
anything like a decent, satisfac-
CASH
is
paid for
Scrap Iron
You probably have money going
to waste in your attic, yard or
garage.
Every farmer can help do his
part by bringing in all his scrap
Iron and Metal to
W. M. Creech
and really do a two-
fold purpose. x
1st. to help the De-
fense; 2nd. help your-
self by converting
your scrap iron into
Cash and repairs.
Typerwriters
For Rent and Sale
Good, reconditioned machines — All Real Bargains!
Remington Underwood
L. C. Smith Woodstock
Corona Portable
Priced from $25.00 to $115.00
Terms IS Besired
Also all Typing Supplies — Cleaner, Paper, Erasers, Carbon,
Ribbons.
OLNEY ENTERPRISE
PHONE 159
WE DELIVER
tory civilization.
* * *
Who am I?
Why I’m nobody.
Yet I’m everybody.
I’m the guy who will pay
for guns and tanks and plants
and ships—not only for my own
country, but for all the other
countries my country’s leaders
happen to take fancy to;
Who will furnish sons to fight
from the Arctic Circle to the
hot sands of Africa and from
France to Tokyo; and daughters
to raise more sons perhaps to do
the same thing in another quar-
ter century;
Who is supposed to run—or
help run—a business hamstrung
and dictated to by government
decree, and still wring enough
out of it to pay taxes on a
public debt of $100,000,000,000;
Who wants to be a good,
honest, loyal, 100 per cent
patriotic American, but doesn’t
know just what that is in these
days of selfish politics, busi-
ness and a labor enslaved by
racketeering bosses;
Who would like to see things
straightened out to where a
fellow could forget the woes
of a jittery world, but who
knows in his heart he’ll never
see the day.
* ❖ *
Who am I?
Why I am the guy who has a
five-year old radio that I go to
sleep listening to because, in the
evenings, I’m kinda worn out;
Who has a three-year-old auto-
mobile that needs new rubber on
the front wheels;
Who tries to live so he won’t be
entirely broke and who’d like to
put away a little money for his
old age if he could under topsy-
turvy economics.
Who goes to the picture show
twice a month and to church that
many times a month, too;
Who has one new suit a year
and who wears an overcoat for
seven;
Who cuts down on smokes and
would never buy liquor except for
holidays and anniversaries, maybe,
because it costs a lot to let the
youngest kid keep up with the
crowd at school.
* * *
Who am I?
Why, I’m the guy.
Whose pre-financial campaign
advice is never sought by the
city-builders and uplifters, but
whose possibility as a contrib-
utor is never overlooked on any
of the “drives;”
Who is never asked to make
a speech, or appear on a pro-
gram, but who is always ex-
pected to put in an appearance
to form “window-dressing” for
those who perform;
Who can’t understand the rea-
son for inflation, but who rea-
lizes there must be such a
thing as he adds up his month-
ly bills;
Who would like to see more
than two football games a year
but who can’t, because he
hasn’t the time to spare from
his job or the money it takes
to keep such a big business in
operation;
Who can’t understand the ne-
cessity of the various expendi-
tures for extra-curricular pub-
lic school events, but who digs
up the dimes and quarters,
somehow, so the kids won’t
miss anything—or be ashamed;
Who thinks his wife is as
unreasonable as Satan at times, .
but who thinks a lot of her
anyhow;
Who believes divorce is all
right for the other fellow,
but who never even considered
the possibility of breaking up
his own home, regardless of
circumstances;
Who wishes every Christmas
and Thanksgiving time that he
had just enough extra money
to take care of that tattered
little tyke who sells him an
occasional magazine;
Whose tax renditions are
always being raised, but who
manages to pay the taxes, to-
gether with his insurance pre-
miums, someway, somehow;
Who never had a chance to
buy anything wholesale;
Whose name appears on the
jury summons list three times
for every time the name of
1 the more affluent are listed
there.
* * *
Who am I?
Why, V mthe guy who carries
the ball for the very rich and the
very poor; for the President and
for tht pauper on the park bench.
Why, I’m the guy who carries
pending on to DO EVERYTHING.
You see, I’m just:
THE AVERAGE AMERICAN
CITIZEN!
COUNTY HAS
4,300 VOTERS
Just about the same number of
voters will have to be contacted
this year as were seen by candidates
in 1940, a check of the county tax
collector’s office shows.
Increase in precincts two and
three was reported to push the to-
tal to 4,300 eligible voters. Graham
precinct reports a smaller number
of qualified voters than in 1940.
Department of Agriculture scien-
tists have invented a machine
which will cut two tons of stapie-
length cotton into small pieces
hourly. The chopped-up staple is
used as a substitute for linters in
making smokeless powder.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Brown spent
jlast week-end in Breckenridge
visiting the latter’s mother, Mrs.
Sue Henderson, who returned to
Olney with them for a visit.
There are no “rookie” dollars
Send yours to the front! Buy U. S.
Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps!
W. L. Prewett, who headq'
ters at Lamesa, visited here Th
day and Thursday night in
home of Mrs. W. R. Farmer.
Billions for Allied victory ... or
for tribute to dictators? There is
only one answer: Buy U. S. De-
fense Bonds and Stamps.
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Baby Chicks
Delivered Every
Monday Morn'
ing
PLACE YOUR ORDER BY FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK
FOR ANY BREED YOU MAY DESIRE.
W. M. CREECH
Olney M'aid Feed For Every Need.
Olney National Farm Loan
Association
201-202 First National Bank Building, Olney, Texas
Federal Land Bank and Commissioner Loans on farms and
ranches in Young, Archer and Throckmorton Counties. Con-
tract interest rates 4% and 5%, Current rates 3i%.
OFFICERS and DIRECTORS:
EARL GILBERT, President,
D. R. WOODS, Vice President,
A A. COOPER, Secretary-Treasurer
G. H. ROACH
SAM BIRD
S. J. MARCELL
You Can’t Buy Tires
But you can Buy ...
INSURANCE
Tires and accessories will be stolen since tire sales have
been rationed by the government. Protect your automo-
bile with good insurance,
SONNAMAKER - CALVIN
Insurance Agency
Cooper Insurance Agency
"30 YEARS DEPENDABLE INSURANCE SERVICE IN
OLNEY."
FIRST NATIONAL BANK BUILDING
PHONES: OFFICE 133, RESIDENCE 73
• :■ wmm
Headquarters
for
Olney Maid Feeds
Olney Maid Feeds are dependable— our prices welcome
comparison. Let us help you get the most value out of every
dollar spent for feed. We carry a complete line of tested,
scientific feeds for every purpose.
W. M. Creech
— Classified Ads —
FOR SALE: Good used type.
writers, cash prices $17.50 to $53.00;
or low down payments and easy
terms on any typewriter. Olney
Enterprise.
FOR SALE: Real bargain in a
slightly used typewriter. Inquire at
Enterprise office. (43-tf).
FOR SALE—Almost any used
part for Model D John Deere. See
Wilbert Kunkel, 2 miles southwest
of Olney. 1-1 cp.
WANTED—Four passengers to
Bastrop, Texas next, Monday. See
E. F. Henry, Olney. 1-lcp.
HAMPSHIRES — Two registered
boars for service. You will like
these. Eugene Oatman, Loving
Highway 199. l-c3pd.
FOR RENT: Business building
and warehouse, together or sep-
arate, Main St., Olney, two doors
west First Natl. Bank. Want per-
manent, reliable tennant. Apply to
W. C. Harrell, Olney, for further
particulars. 48-tfc.
Portraits, enlarging, framing and
kodak finishing at Lasater’s ^Studio.
FOR RENT OR LEASE: One hun-
dred acre farm, all or any part, lo-
cated three miles north of Olney.
J. T. Richardson. 1-clp.
FOR RENT—Nicely furnished,
modern 3-room house. 312 West
Elm. 1-lcp.
NOTICE—Will the preacher, who
accused me slanderously, refused
my mail, submit his facts or truth,
or face the consequences. Henry
F. Bredthauer. 1-lcpd.
Repair and Prevent Waste . . .
Repair your roof to protect the interior of your home— as well
as to improve its exterior. We’re roofing experts with depend-
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1942, newspaper, February 20, 1942; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132630/m1/8/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.