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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 GENT TOWN
VOLUME XXXVI
OLNEY ENTERPRISE THURSDAY. NOV. 14, 1946
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO
NUMBER 40
Cubs Get
New Band
Director
The Olney schools this week
came to the end of the search for
a band director, with the an-
nouncement by Superintendent J.
D. Fulton that a man to fill that
position on the Olney High School
Staff has been named.
The new band director is Robert
D. Laney, who will come here
from Sherman.
Laney is due to arrive and take
up his duties Monday, Fulton said.
Temporarily, his wife and two
small children will remain in
Sherman while, the new Olney
schoolman seeks living quarters!
here for the entire family.
Laney is a native Oklahoman,
got his bachelor’s degree at South-
eastern State Teachers College at
Durant, Okla., and then did gradu-
ate work at North Texas State
Teachers College in Denton, and
at Oklahoma University.
He was band director for about
ifive years, holding that position
in Minden, La., and at McAllen
and Odem in this state.
He fills the vacancy created
when Rev. Almon Martin left here
to accept a pastorate in Sabinal.
Rev. Martin, in addition to his
ministerial duties, had served as
band director at the local school.
117HETHER they're teen-age inductees getting ao
” customed to Uncle Sam’s Army or experienced
Veterans returning to civilian life, the USOV the
place they like to go, as this pictorial evidence from
Seattle, Washington, clearly demonstrates. USO is
now campaigning for funds with which to serve both
the veteran and the GI through 1947.
Olney To Add Stop Light
To Protect School Pupils
........
P*OR example, youthful Private William Baker of
* Wichita Falls, Texas (left), is decorating the
dance hall of Seattle’s Second Avenue USO with
hostess May Hanson; while ex-Sergeant Norman M.
Shaffer of West Medford, Massachusetts, gets the
help of Mrs. Pearl J. Kendrick in sewing on his “rup-
tured duck’’ at the Army-Navy USO.
Veteran Night
Officer Dies at
Megargel Home
Funeral services for W. E. Dark,
veteran nightwatchman for the city
of Megargel, were held in that
town Tuesday afternoon.
Dark, who had held his official
post for the past 16 years, died of
heart attack early Monday. He
had worked Sunday night, and
gene home when he was stricken.
The officer had lived in Megar-
gel since 1930 when he moved
there from Collin County. He was
a native of Tennessee, born in
•Columbia on October 25, 1970. In
Collin County he married Miss
Meade Pratt, who survives him.
Also surviving are three children,
John Dark of Denison, Eual Dark
of Megargel and Mrs. Thomas
Whitson of Denison. A brother and
a sister in Tennessee and four
granchildren also survive.
Funeral services were held in
the Megargel Baptist Church, con-
ducted by the pastor, Rev. Hubert
Ballard. Burial was in the Megar-
V gel cemetery, under direction of
McCracken Funeral Home of Ol-
ney.
Pallbearers for the veteran offi-
I cer were E. E. Gentry, S. S. Jen-
kms, Bill Easterland, Horace Hale,
Charles Snodgrass and T.L. Holton!
Lion Christmas
Party Scheduled
The Olney Lions Club will not
meet Dec. 24, but will have a
Christmas party the preceding
meting date, Dec. 17, the club was
told at its meeting Tuesday.
Secretary L. E. Robinson re-
ported on the recent meeting of
directors and gave that informa-
tion. He also reported a final
check showed $916 profit from the
negro football game sponsored by
the club.
A new member, Lion Whetstone,
was mtriduced.
. ,BilJy Hill, program chairman,!
introduced Miss Juanita Kensey,
dean of women of Hardin College
at Wichita Falls, who presented
Harlm students in musical num-
. bers. The musicians were Betty Jo
Adams, Doris Welch, and Mary
Carolyn Carter.
Lutheran Pastors
Hold Annual
Session in Olney
The North Texas regional con-
ference of Lutheran pastors met
here in its annual session Wed-
nesday, with the programs held
in the St. Luke Lutheran Church.
Nineteen pastors were here from
out of town, reported the host pas-
tor, Rev. P. J. Klenk.
They were:
Rev. Hugo Hannusch of Pales-
tine, Rev. D. D. Dautenhahn of
Tyler, Rev. Robert Heiberg of
Texarkana, Rev. John Geisler of
Paris, Rev. M. J. Prifogle of Den-
;ison, Rev. Ralph Danielsen of
Denton, Rev. Luther Poellot of
Dallas, Rev. Elmer Klenk of Dal-
las, Rev. Geo. Heinemeier of Ma-
lone, Rev. Walter Bielfeldt of
Clifton, ReV. W. E. Dorre of Fort
Worth, Rev. P. W. Heckman of
Fort Worth, Rev. H. A. Moellering
of Grand Prairie, Rev. J. A. Birn-
baum of Vernon, Rev. H. F. Peiman
of Vernon, Rev. A. O. Rast, field
secretary of the Texas District,
Rev. A. O. Kaltwasser of Harrold,
and Rev. H. Schelter of Burkbur-
nett.
Meals were served the pastors
by the ladies of St. Luke congre-
gation.
Flood Of Cattle Here
Brings 500 To Auction
New Pastor Here
107 Olney Vets
Asked Aid of VA
During October
A total of 107 Olney area veter-
anh called at the City Hall during
October for assistance, of various
kinds, from the Veterans Admin-
istration.
The total was reported this week
y Robert D. DeViney, contact
representative for the Young
County VA office, who is at the
Olney City Hall each Thursday and
Saturday.
The majority of those calling
were seeking information on
schooling either under Public Law
?46, GLL*Bl11 of Rights, or Public
Law !6, for disabled veterans. In
addition veterans called for as-
sistance in reinstating and con-
verting insurance and terminal
leave, said DeViney.
Numerous letters and applica-
lons for building priorities were
written, and a great many were
seeking information on government
surplus property, he added. The
remaining veterans were seeking
information on assistance on sub?
sistence or pension checks, G I
loans, insurance, and other vetrean
problems, handled by the Veter-
ans Administration.
REV. CECIL ELLIS
The new pastor of the Methodist
Church here, and his family, were
getting acquainted with their new
home this week. Rev. and Mrs.
Cecil Ellis and their two small
daughter, Marlis, 5, and Dianne,
7, arrived here last Thursday.
They came from Cleburne where
Rev. Mr. Ellis was pastor of the
St. Mark’s Methodist Church.
Good attendance was registered
at the local church when Rev. Mr.
Ellis preached his first Olney ser-
mons.
Tuesday he was in Weatherford
at the district meeting of the
church.
♦ The biggest flood of animals
since the record 517-head sale the
week OPA controls went off, came
to the Olney Livestock Auction
this week, bringing 497 head of
cattle, three bulls and 15 hogs.
Stocker cows with calves were
in heaviest demand, reported Jack
Roach, co-owener of the auction,
and they sold strong, from $90 to
$140 bought by the head. Bidding
on these was fast, as buyers sought
animals to put on the winter wheat
graze to fatten.
The 15 hogs, by far the heaviest
movement of pork to market the
sale has had so far, averaged
about $15 per hundred selling. One
was graded down* to $18.60. The
other 14 sold from $24 per hundred
to $25.80.
City Packing Company of Fort
Worth bought the bulls before the
sale started, paying $11.50 to
$13.50. Buyers were here from
Fort Worth, Seymour, Throckmor-
ton, Jacksboro, Graham and Lub-
bock. Cattle came from Seymour,
Throckmorton, Jacksboro and Gra-
ham, besides Olney.
Good and choice fat calves
brought $14.50 to $16.50 with a
few heavies bringing $17 and over
per 100 pounds; common and me-
dium, $10 to $14; culls, $8.50 to
$10; choice stocker calves $16 to
$16.40; other stackers, $12 to
$15.50; fat cows $11 to $14.
Distrist Rotary
Head Is Here
District Governor Aubrey Steph-
enson professor on the Hardin-
Simmons University staff at Abi-
lene, was a guest of the Olney Ro-
tary Club at its meeting Wednes-
day.
He was introduced by President
A. D. Cummings and spoke on
Rotary’s organization and work,
and Rotary International’s role in
the international picture.
Special guests for the meeting
included Mayor W. B. Hamilton
of Wichita Falls and three other
FIRE FIGHTERS
TO MEET HERE
Fire departments of four cities
and towns will be represented in
a fireman’s training school and
inspection to be staged at the Ol-
ney Fire Station Monday evening. auu mner
““I i^pector] Wichita Falls men. Tom and James
Foley and W. B. Hamilton Jr.; W.
R. Griffin of Sweetwater, S. G.
McClintock, H. L. Thornton, L.
S. Young and John Hays of Gra-
ham and three Olney men: Rev.
Cecil Ellis, C. C. McNutt, and
Dr. J. P. Lovett.
Pheasant was served, the gift
of four Olney hunters, Dr. Lovett,
Dick Dailey, Ray Perkins and
Olin Calvin.
from A. and M. College, will be
here for his annual visit.
Guest firemen meeting here will
be from Graham, Archer City and
Newcastle. Olney’s firemen will
hoid their drill that night instead
of Tuesday night, Fire Chief El-
mer Strealy said.
Olney High’s Cubs are in dis-
trict action on their home field
r nday night, meeting an invading
eleven from Burkburnett.
Kickoff for the Cub Field clash
will be at 8 o'clock.
Last week the Cubs were out-
tussled at Archer City, and dropped
a 19-0 decision.
The same weekend, Burkburnett
was taking the short end of a
14-7 round with Crowell, and it
^ threw the Olney and Burk teams
i”tCL % tie—with .500 percentage
fn ?~f°rA sixth Place in the Dis-
2-A standings. Winner this
Fnday will stay in sixth while the
and Iowa Park clubs that to date
have dropped five district games
apiece and won none.
Seymour, lacking only a game
of having undisputed district cham-
pionship of the district, is favored
Frirfiv od<?s, take that win next
Frid^ie^nights, entertaining Val-
Should Valley View be able to
stage a wild upset and stop Sey-
mour, Archer City and Chillicothe
Ltuf q mathematical shot at the
title Seymour has lost one game-
two ap“eecre.tW0 ^ **
While Olney was losing to Ar-
cher City last weekend, Seymour
nif-Sn-deSatlng Iowa Park 26 to 6,
f7‘Cfy was nudging Holliday
l~ idte wlefcey WaS enjoying
Team—
Conference Standings
Seymour .......... g
Crowell ........... 4
Archer City ....... 3
Chillicothe ____... 3
Holliday ........ 3
Olney ............ 2
Burkburnett ....... 3
Valley View ....... 0
Iowa Park ......... 0
W. L. T. Pet.
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.667
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.600
.583
.500
.500
.000
.000
SEYMOUR WORKER
IS SERIOUSLY HURT
Oscar Cole of Seymour, while
helping dismantle a house, was
crushed by a falling wall Monday
and suffered serious head injuries.
He was brought here for treat-
ment and is in the Hamilton Hos-
pital.
BABY SON IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sonnamaker
are parents of a baby boy, born
Friday at the Hamilton Hospital.
He has been named Roy Robert.
BABY SON IS BORN
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Jenkins are
parents of a baby boy, born Tues-
day at the Hamilton Hospital. He
has been named Connie Kit.
Flower Show Is
Staged, Praised
By 135 Visitors
The Olney fall flower show, an
annual project of the Garden Club,
was staged last Friday at the res-
idence of Mrs. O. T. Anderson,
under excellent weather condi-
tions and with floral displays that
drew high praise from the 135
guests who registered during the
afternoon.
A day later, the club picked a
floral and vegetable display from
its arrangements and entered them
in the two-day Wichita Falls show,
and this week Mrs. Gus Kuehn,
club president, received word the
Olney entry won second place
there.
For the local show, downstairs
and upstairs rooms of the Anderson
residence were used.
Receiving Line
Guests were greeted by a re-
reiving line composed of Mmes.
Kuehn, John Davis, Charles Rus-
sell and B. V. Bogy, and tea—the
annual show’s program including
a silver tea—was poured by Mmes.
D. H. Rodgers, Ralph Holter and
E. G. Thornton.
Downstairs, the living room held
varied arrangements of irises,
crysanthemums, zinnias and mar-
igolds. In the sun room were ta-
bles of arrangements prepared by
Garden Club members, including
one table each of fruit and vege-
table arrangements, and minia-
tures.
In the dining room, tea table ap-
pointments were of pink pottery.
An arrangement featured pink
candelabra holding tapers, and a
pink bowl holding lavender mums,
on a lace tablecloth and with sil-
ver tea service. Buffet flower ar-
rangements included polyanthus
roses and dahlias.
Upstairs Display
Upstairs, two rooms were de-
voted to tables of floral arrange-
ments and tables laid for dining.
The formal dining table, contribu-
ted by Mrs. E. H. Griffin, carried a
centerpiece; of yellow and white
crysanthemums. An informal break-
fast table decorated by Mrs.
Charles Russell was set with Cal-
ifornia pottery and used a pyra-
canthia arrangement. The formal
breakfast table featured a single
Hoover rose and was the work of
Mrs. Frank Thomas.
Among most frequently noticed
flowers were roses, crysanthmums
and dahlias, and among many un-
usual arrangements were a castor
bean entry by Mrs. Jasper John-
son, a purple cabbage and cushion
mum arrangement by Mrs. B. V.
Bogy and a miniature stagecoach
and crysanthemum arrangement by
Mrs. George Rice.
On Program
Musical numbers and readings
were given on the afternoon’s pro-
gram. Piano numbers were played
by Mmes. Dick Dailey, J. D. Ful-
ton, Carl Ramsey and Walter A.
Cox and Misses Judith McClatrhy
and Gladys Drum.
A violin number was played by
Mrs. A. D. Cummings, with Mrs.
Ramsey accompanist, and a solo
was sung by Betty Jane Hollis,
accompanied by Rose Ann Cum-
mings. Accordion solos were given
by Richard Lunsford, and readings
by Miss June Warren and Jamie
Holter.
BABY DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Gatlin Jones are
parents of a baby girl, born Sun-
day at the Hamilton Hospital. She
has been named- Cheryl Ann.
" Council Studies
Traffic Hazard
On West Main
In a move to protect Olney
school children from incoming
speeding traffic on West Maii^
Street, the City Council at its
November meeting voted to in-
stall one or more traffic stop-and-
go lights at the west edge of the
city.
Vehicles, and especially heavy
trucks, come in off the Megargel-
seymour highway there at a dan-
gerously fast speed, do not slow
down properly as they come down
Main Street, the city officials de-
clared.
Commissioner Albert S. Acker,
police commissioner, brought up
the topic and urged purchase of the
lights and his motion was unani-
mously backed and voted.
No Delay
The council first voted to in-
vestigate costs, then changed to
immediate action after Commis-
sioner Paul Atchley argued that
since the need was for protection
against possible traffic death, no
delays be allowed.
He moved and the council voted
unanimously that Acker and Util-
ities Superintendent Em Corley
secure prices and order the stop
light, that if one such light fails
to slow the incoming traffic sat-
isfactorily a second light be se-
cured and put in operation one
block from the first.
(The first light was ordered by
the first of this week, City Secre-
tary J. P. Huey said; its delivery
date is not yet known.)
Siill Seek Physician
The City Council also:
Heard Commissioner J. F. Carter
report no physician yet has con-
sented to fill the vacant post of
city health officer, a non-paid job*
but that efforts to secure a health
officer continue. State Health De-
partment representatives were here
and urged the post be filled as
quickly as possible, Carter told
the council.
Heard Corley report on the wa-
terworks officials’ state convention
at Galveston recently, to which
the council sent him.
Granted R. D. West, taxicab
operator, renewal of a permit to
operate a ’40 model vehicle as a
taxi, after receiving satisfactory
inspection reports as to the car s
condition.
Raised from $10 to $20 the fee
for making water connection to
new residences. Increase in labor
and materials cost make the con-
nections far more expensive than
formerly, the council was told by
Corley.
Housing in January
Expressed dissatisfaction with
reported delay in beginning con-
structing a telephone line to the
city airport, a project the council
and Chamber of Commerce recent-
ly discussed with the telephone
company district manager, S. A.
Robinett. Projects Director W. S.
Whaley reported on the matter.
' Heard City Secretary Huey re-
port the veterans’ housing project
in southwest Olney will probably
have some units ready for occu-
pancy by sometime in January.
Mayor Charles T. Wolverton Jr.
told the council a called meeting
will be necessary before then, to
set up procedure for handling the
rentals.
Heard Whaley report on a trip
to Chihuahua he recently made as
a member of the Big Bend Trail
Association and urge that the high-
way improvement program can
mean much to Olney if this city
takes advantage of it.
Heard the local Home Guard
unit has been inactivated.
4-H Council Picks County Officers;
“Gold Star” Visits Set for December
The Young County 4-H Council club; Yearbook, Charlotta Robin-
met Saturday in the assembly j son> Indian Mound club; Exhibits,
room of the county agents office it*. T „ ’
with six clubs represented: Loving, I onme *^ean Reger, South Bend
* “ club; Recreation, Joyce Hazelton,
Loving club; Education, Nita Pau-
line Proffitt, Newcastle Jr. club.
Peggy Orr and Charlotta Robin-
son were appoined as judges rep-
resenting the 4-H Council to se-
lect the Gold Star Girl of Young
County. The judges will visit the
Gold Star candidates on Dec. 14.
The candidates are as follows:
Wanda Gay Young, Eliasville
club; Jonne Ownsbey, Loving
club; Sara Beth Strother, Newcas-
tle Sr. club; Virginia Pender, New-
castle Jr. club; Hollie Jean Her-
rins, South Bend club; Peggy Fra-
East Ward, Indian Mound, New-
castle Jr., Newcastle Sr., and South
Bend.
Nita Pauline Proffett was elec-
ted to act as temporary chairman
until a chairman was elected; then
the following county officers were
chosen: Chairman, Sara Beth
Strother, Newcastle Sr.; vice chair-
man, Joyce Hazelton, Loving;
secretary and treasurer, Virginia
Pender, Newcastle Jr.; reporter,
Charlotta Robinson, Indian Mound.
The chairman appoined the fol-
lowing as chairmen of commit-
tees:
Try an Enterprise Want Ad. j Finance, Peggy Carr, East Ward zier, Tonk Valley club.
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