The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1942 Page: 1 of 10
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The Olney Enterprise
THIS IS YOUR TOWN—THIS IS MY TOWN—IF WE ALL SUPPORT IT ONE HUNDRED PER CENT, IT WILL BE A ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TOWN.
VOLUME XXXI
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY
OLNEY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, JANUARY 9. 1942.
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO.
NUMBER 47
County Tire Ration
Quota Is Announced
Young 'county’s tire rationing program as announced Thursday by
the Office of Production Management at Washington will permit sale
of 51 passenger car, motorcycle and light truck tires and 43 tubes; 98
! truck and bus tires and 82 tubes.
C. V. Morgan of Olney, Charlie Daniels of Newcastle and Leslie Scott
of Newcastle have been appointed members of the county tire rationing
board. They will meet whenever and wherever necessary, according to
demands.
The senior class trip, field trips by the junior journalism class and the
vocational agriculture class as well as jaunts by the pep squad can no
longer be made in the school buses. According to the new ruling on
res, school buses may be used exclusively for transporting children
and from School.
The OPM fixed Texas’ January quota for passenger cars at 12,530
tires and 10,488 tubes and for trucks at 24,150 tires and 20,180 tubes.
Mark McGee of Fort Worth, former adjutant general, was named Thurs-
day by Governor Stevenson as state tire rationing officer.
Rationing under county boards became effective Monday, date of
expiration for the federal ban on sales of new tires. Local boards will
have no voice in determining county quotas since the figure will be
fixed by the OPM.
Quotas for other counties in this area for January are as follows:
Car, Motorcycles
and Light Trucks
Trucks
and Buses
County—
Tires
Tubes
Tires
Tubes
Young ...............
..............51
43
98
82
Wichita !.....
..............212
177
322
269
Archer
.............. 16
v 13
37
31
Baylor ...............
.............. 16
V 13
37
31
Jack .................
............... 20
.17
47
39
Throckmorton .......
............... 8
7
26
22
Olneyites 'who have been wondering how to make their tires last
longer— now that new ones aren’t available— can take 10 tips from
Uncle Sam on what they should do to get the most wear out of their
set.
OPM has listed 10 rules to follow in inaugurating a nationwide rubber
conservation campaign:
1. Have worn tires retreaded instead of buying new one. The cost of
retreading is usually half that of a new tire, and retreading will give
about 80 per cent as much 'wear.
2. Cut-out high speeds. Tires last twice as long at 40 miles per hour
as at 60 miles per hour.
3. Inflate tires weekly to recommended levels. Never let pressure fall
more than three pounds below recommended minimums.
See Tire Ration, back page.
Red Cross Room
To Re-open With
Arrival of Materials
Expected to re-open within two
Weeks is the Red Cross production
room with Olney area women to be
called upon to lend their fingers
for wartime garments to be worn
by the United States troops.
The production room will be
open each Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons from 1 until
5 o’clock, when the material ar-
rives. Mrs. Sid Perryman, chair-
man, said the arrival of the ma-
terial would be announced in the
Enterprise.
Tuesday the committee ordered
material for 280 hospital shirts, 90
operating gowns and 64 bed jack-
ets. Thread for army and navy
sweaters was ordered and the local
Red Cross unit will pay for this
yam. Government-purchased yarn
will be used in making mufflers,
sweaters and beanies. It is believed
that the last of the materials pur-
chased by the government by a
$50,000,000 appropriation is being
issued now.
For women who desire to work
now for the Red Cross there are
still scraps available for quilts and
yarn as well. These may be secur-
ed at the library.
It has been suggested that indi-
viduals may buy thread them-
selves and make it into sweaters
army and navy use.
four more olney
YOUTHS ENLIST
FOR SERVICE
Four more Olney filths have
volunteered in branches of the
United States armed fighting forces
and are now being trained for duty.
Jean Ray Smith" and Brinson
bmith, who are unrelated, left
Friday for the Great Lakes Naval
Training Base at Chicago, 111., where
they will be trained for service'
in the navy. Jean Ray had enlisted
eaxlier last week and was return-
ed home by recruiting officials who
stated they would advise him when
to report for training. He was home
overnight when he was instructed
to report for military service.
Monday Billy Marvin Smith and
Edwin Pollard enlisted in the Ma-
rines at Wichita Falls. They were
in a group of seven youths who
ere taken to Dallas Tuesday and
en sent to San Diego, Calif., for
raining. Edwin has a brother,
Douglas, stationed at Losey Field,
Puerto Rico,
Deadline Nears for
Return CC Ballots
With Thursday, Jan. 15, as the
deadline set for returns of bal-
lots, voting is now in progress to
elect six new directors of the
Chamber of Commerce. Balloting
is being conducted by mail with
post cards sent to chamber mem-
bers for their marking.
Nominating for directorships were
the following: Ed O. Dietrich, Ralph
Holter, J. F. Carter, Ray Horany,
Clay Simmons, Harry Bettis, Wal-
ter A. Cox, C. T. Wolvefton, Glenn
Spears, G. W. Jessup, A. S. Acker
and Dr. H. C. McKinney.
Orville Bullock Takes
■lob in Wichita Falls
Now living in Wichita Falls are
Mr. and Mrs. 'Orville Bullock and
children. They moved there last
week where Mr. Bullock has ac-
cepted a position as bookkeeper
with the Unemployment "Service.
The bureau formerly was operat-
ed by the state but was taken over
Jan. 1 by the federal government.
Harrell Townsend, son of Rev.
See Bullock, back page, ©pi 1
Thirteen Give
$33 More to
War Fund
Additional contributions by 13
persons to • the Red Cross War
Fund totaled $33, according to Joe
Benson, chairman, who indicated
donations will be accepted at any
time. Olney’s total donations now
stand at $1,666.73, surpassing the
$1,000 quota.
Donors, together with the
amount, include:
Modern Cleaners ...........$2
George E. Courtney ........$1
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Alsup .... $2
Young County Auction Sale. $10
Wilmer T. Swink ............$5
D. H. Rodgers ..............$1
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Heard ... .$2
Edgar Braune ..............$1
J. D. McCary ................$1
Margaret Kearse ............$5
Guy Greer .................$i
Mrs. J. A. Doyle ............$1
Mrs. Jot Redburn ............$1
In last week’s Enterprise it was
stated the Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the First
Methodist Church contributed $5;
this group contributed, instead, $10.
Fire Destroys
Blackburn
Occupied by Ellises
Frozen water mains added to the
threat to neighboring residences
Saturday night when fire of un-
determined origin destroyed the Z.
L. Blackburn residence on West
Payne which was occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. Ellis and children.
The fire began shortly after 8 o’-
clock.
All household effects and per-
sonal belongings were lost in the
blaze, cause of which was believed
to have been an explosion. Mrs.
Ellis said she and the children were
in the back bedroom at the time
of the explosion and almost simul-
taneously the entire house was in
flames. Mr. Ellis, in the bathroom
at the time of the explosion, had
his hair and eyebrows singed by
the blaze and was “scorched” slight-
ly. None of the other members of
the family was injured.
Delay in fighting the blaze was
made when the firemen discovered,
See Fire, back page, col 3
Seventeen T rophies
Ordered for Boxers
Golden Gloves
ENTRY BLANK FOR OLNEY DISTRICT TOURNAMENT
JAN. 30 and FEB. 2
(Open to all boys 16 or over who have never fought for money.
Entry fee. No fee of any kind. Golden Gloves button and free
admission to all shows to all who box in Olney district.)
Enter me in Class A which is for inexperienced boxers . .. . ( *)
Enter me in Class AA which is open to all amateur boxers. . ( )
Name ..........................................................
{W eight...... Age...... Occupation......................
Address ........................................................
(House number and street) (City)
Phone Number .......... Nationality ....................
Experience ....................................................
(Number of ring bouts) (Years of boxing)
Have you had any previous Golden Glove experience, and if so
when, where and number of bouts won.....................,...
In order to get into the State Championship Tournament in Fort
Worth Feb. 11-16 all boxers must qualify through , some district'
tournament.
Fill in the above blank and mail to COACH COTTON FRANKLIN,
Olney, Texas.
STORE DELIVERY
PTA POSTPONES
MEETING ONE WEEK
Postponement of the meet-
ing this week to 3:15 o’clock
Wednesday, Jan. 14, has been
announced for the Olney Par-
ent-Teacher association. This
action was taken due to the
continued cold weather.
■Next week the same program
will be presented as was plan-
ned for the regular session
this Wednesday, stated Mrs.
Gene Evans, vice-president
and program chairman.
Hickey Added to
Enterprise Staff
New member of the Enterprise
staff is Marvin Hickey who be-
gan his dutie^^Moncisry morning.
He will be employee! in both the
mechanical division and the front
office.
Mr. Hickey came to Olney after
SERVICE SLASHED I resigning his position with Lubbock
That luxurious habit of lifting
the telephone and ordering the drug
stores and grocery stores “to de-
liver it” is going to be sharply cur-
tailed. Effective now. Reason is to
save on now precious rubber tires.
Deliveries by the drug stores are
to be limited to medicine only. De-
liveries by grocery stores are to be
cut sharply, it was agreed at a
meeting Wednesday night. Grocer-
men did not set definite times for
their deliveries but are asking
housewives to , telephone their or-
ders as early as possible in the
mornings so that extra delivery
trips may be cut out entirely. As
one grocerman said, “If the house-
wives co-operate fully, then we
can continue our deliveries longer.
r3'"L if they don’t, then we will
But
have to
tion.”
take more stringent ac-
Auto No. 2, where he had been
employed in the service depart-
ment for about 15 months. Prior
to that he was service manager of
Firestone.
Mr. and Mrs. Hickey and son,
Max, arrived here Saturday morn-
ing. They have established resi-
dence in the N. D. Goldsmith house
at 206 North Avenue H formerly
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Glenn
Spears. Mrs. Hickey is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Len C. Warren.
Mr. and Mrs. Hilmar Braune re-
turned Thursday from a 10-day
holiday trip to Houston, New
Braunfels, Austin and Galveston
where they visited friends and rel-
atives.
Dude Bowden spent from Friday
until Sunday in Kermit visiting
his sister.
Standard, Advanced, Instructors*
First Aid Courses Planned Here
Advanced Class May Start Next Week as
Dr. Meredith Is Appointed Instructor
To Assist L. E. Robinson in Courses
Three more Red Cross First Aid
courses are slated in the near fu-
ture for Olney with the first one
to be an advanced course which
will be taught next week by L.
E. Robinson. Mr. Robinson is
teaching a course in Loving this
week.
Three Recalled
To Army Duty
Following the advanced
which includes 10 hours of prob-
lems and is open to persons hold-
Standard First Aid cards, there
will be an instructors’ course and
another standard course, Mr. Rob-
inson said Monday.
Persons desiring to enroll in
the advanced, standard or in-
structors’ courses are request-
ed to file applications with
Mrs. Clester Evans. Persons
registering for the course will
then be notified when the in-
struction will begin.
The advanced course of 10 hours
See First Aid, back page, col. 3
At least three Olneyites have
course,; been recalled to service in the
* ' United States Army during the past
week. All three had been honorably
discharged from the army after
being drafted.
Dude Bowden left Monday and
reported Tuesday at Camp Bowie
after he had been here six weeks.
Bowden had served his alloted mil-
itary service as had George Grey,
also recalled to Camp Bowie.
“Dirty Foot” Collins, who had
been here about 10 weeks, was
summoned for further duty at
15 hours of instruction for the in-
structors’ course. For the latter
See Soldiers, back page, col, 1
Trashless Paper
Sought by Scouts
Stressing that paper rather
than trash is being sought in
the Boy Scout-sponsored drive,
scout officials are asking that
Olney’s liberal contributors co-
operate further by giving news-
papers, magazines and other
paper that is free from dirt and
waste foods, etc.
It has been suggested ftiat
tying the paper in bundles will
expedite work for the scouts
Who are rather heavily burden-
ed since a few of the boys are
shouldering a major portion of
the work.
The town has been divided
for regular pick-up by the scouts
and if your home or business is
not being visited weekly, it has
been suggested that you call
either Gerald Groves or Clyde
Hicks who will make arrange-
ments for the Seoul? to collect
the paper.
purely
personal
"A Thought for the New Year”
'While the following may be
little late, in regard to time ele-
ment, still the thought is always
good; Henry Van Dyke’s the author.
“To be glad of life, because it
gives you the chance to love and to
work and to play and to look up
at the stars; to be satisfied with
your possessions, but not contented
wih yourself until you have made
-he best of them; to despise nothing
in the world except cowardice; to
be governed by your admirations
rather than by your disgusts; to
covet nothing that is your neigh-
See Personal, back page, col. 1
One Team, Sixteen
Individual Prizes
Are to Be Given
Seventeen trophies have been
ordered for presentation at the
close of the Golden Gloves district
tournament here Jan. 30 and Feb.
2, according to Coach Cotton Frank-
lin, who selected loving cups as the
awards this year since this will
probably be the last time for sev-
eral years that this type of prize
can be secured.
One large team trophy, eight in-
dividual awards for Class AA win-
ners and eight individual awards
for Class A winners were chosen
at a cost of $163. Of sunray gold,
the trophies have ivory bases upon
which are mounted figures of box-
ers. These awards will be on dis-
play here and in surrounding towns
preceding the tournament which
will be extended to a third night if
entries justify, it.
While Coach Franklin is urging
all towns in this area to enter as
many boys as possible in both di-
visions, he stressed the fact that
it will not be necessary to have an
entry in every division to win the
team trophy.
Two more entries have been filed
with Coach Franklin to make the
list now include five Olney boys
and one boxer from Graham. Reu-
ben Ickert entered the meet Wed-
nesday and was issued some train-
ing gloves. Reuben, popular boxer
here, plans to try to train down to
113 pounds to enter Class AA.
Releases by Draft
Board Earned on
All Activities
No information of any type on
the business or activities of the
board, dates of call or names or
number of men called for duty
can now be released by the Young
county Selective Service board.
Since information of this sort
might be of value to an enemy, an
embargo has been placed on all
releases of information, and all
business will be handled in strict
confidence until the ruling is re-
scinded or modified, said J. J. Gal-
laher, chairman.
Since the government desires that
no . Publicity be given draft board
activities, The Enterprise will co-
operate _ fully in the matter, al-
though it is regretted that no news
of departures of men for the
armed services can be made.
Releases of information on vari-
ous matters will be issued from
flTfih0 t™e by government
in^nrl^u °ffl+u W1^ co-operate fuljv
printing the reports.
Restrictions on recruiting infor-
mation so far have not been
posed On the Navy and
Corps.
im-
Marine
Five Candidates
Open Campaigns
By Announcing
Young county’s 1942 political pot,
frozen during the usual December
announcement period, came to sud-
den life this week with five cam-
paign commitments.
Miss Edna Easterling, county trea-
surer, has announced she will seek
re-election to her post and her
formal sfatement may be found
elsewhere in the Enterprise. D. D.
Cusenbary has stated he will be a
candidate for re-election to his
present position of tax assessor-
collector.
E. C. (Earnest) Tucker has an-
nounced for re-election as county
clerk and also tossing his cam-
paign hat into the ring is Nat Price
who will ask the voters for the post
of district clerk.
Still another official seeking re-
election is Raymon Thompson
county judge, whose campaign an-
nouncement was received too late
to be included in the regular an-
See Candidates, back page, col. 2
Olneyites Lag in
Boll Tax Paying j
With three weeks remaining in
which they may pay their poll tax.
Olneyites are traditionally waiting
for the eleventh hour— judging by
the slow trickle of receipts being,
issued— to rush the city secretary’s
office.
As the Enterprise went to press,
105 city poll tax receipts had been
issued. To avoid a last minute rush
and strain on the office force, it
has been suggested that Olneyites.
See Poll Tax, back page, col. 1
Volunteers to Aid
In Registering
Tentative plans now call for
of the Red Cross building11^ ^
istration in
from 20
w___Teg-
Olney Feb. 16 of men
to 44 who have not regis-
tered previously. Volunteer labor
and equipment —tables, chairs and
typewriters— will be used as in
the other two registrations held in
the past 15 months.
were that two adfi*ti« i
would be set— nA i 0na! dates
°f 18 and 19 year o]AegistJation
other for the 45-64 group.
preparing6 head«“k‘ers is
Which will develop ques^ont>aire
tion on Shim'S
President Roosevelt has Set Feb I heretofore. The purpose is tn i Su
16 for registration of this age I ^hat sPe^ abilities the registamS
group and thus far has made no
mentlon of those outside this groun
although the new Selective Service
Act provides for registration of
,cltl5fns. and most aliens aged
18 to 64, inclusive, although only
those aged 20 to 44, inclusive, are
subject to combat duty.
Unofficial reports, however
duJtries^oi^home deteS^o?" in'
^ not inducted in^aS
Officials estimated that i innnn
men would be mi ; l^0f>.Wn
available for th e lmmediata]'T
by the Feb m earmed service,
y ne Leb. 16 registration. Off:
See Registration, back page, col 2
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 47, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1942, newspaper, January 9, 1942; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132720/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.