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•Plan, Preserve,
Eat and Conserve
is
For Victory.’
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 XXXV
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT FOR OLNEY
OLNEY ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, JULY 27, 1945
V
BEST ADVERTISING MEDIUM IN YOUNG CO
NUMBER 24
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Union Revival Closes
With Good Results
Approximately 25
Additions - Reported
For Four Churches
I
The Union Revival, in which the
First Baptist, Methodist, the First
A Christian, and the Cumberland
Presbyterian Churches participated,
closed last Sunday ijight with re-
sults that were pleasing to each
of the four pastors.
a, According to the last reports,
^ there were approximately twenty-
* / five additions to the four differ-
ent participating churches.
W. W. Shannon, evangelist of
the trio, Wayne Hiebert, business
manager, and Bill Leach, artist,
left Olney enroute to Dallas, where
they were to report to the Eighth
Service Command to confer with
officials concerning different Army
Camps in this area where they
might hold services during the
next two months.
Paul Lundgren, soloist and di-
rector of music for the revival, left
the trio here and went to join his
wife in Denver, Colo. He has ac-
cepted a position as pastor of a
church in Chicago, 111.
These men were brought to Ol-
ney through the Moody Bible In-
stitute of Chicago.
Sunday night services for the
above mentioned churches will
continue being held jointly on the
Rotary Building grounds. Rev. J.
W. Sharbutt, pastor of the Metho-
dist Church, will have charge of
the Sunday night services this
week.
Botkin Is Promoted
To Master Sergeant
Word has been received of the
promotion of Horace Botkin to
Master Sergeant. He has been over-
seas for two years, and is now in
Belgium in the Headquarters
Spadron, 70th Fighter Wing.
M-Sgt. Botkin is on a leave of
absence from the First National
Bank where he was employed be-
fore entering the armed forces.
He is a graduate of Olney High
School and received a degree in
Business Administration at North
Texas State Teachers College,
Dentctn.
Doyle Farm Sold
To Ray H or any
The 320 acre farm that has been
Scouts Plan to
Attend Camp Perkins
Seventy Boy Scouts of Troop 84 1
are planning to attend Camp Per- i
kins, located a few miles north of
Wichita Falls, in the breaks of
Red River. j
The Camp has a mess hall, arrow j
lodge, swimming pool, rifle range, 1
and good camp sites. Merit badges j
are given for various activities at]
the camp. j
A. D. Cummings, district scout;
manager, is in charge of Troop 84’s
activities. The Troop has changed
its regular meeting night to each
Thursday night at 8:00 p. m., at
the Scout Hall. Mr. Cummings
urges all boys who are scouts to
come to the meetings and join the
fun.
W. M. Creech Sells
Theater in Strawn
W. M. Creech, former owner of
the Rex Theater in Strawn, has
recently sold the business to M.
M. Murphree of Brownwood. He
has been owner of the theater for
the past 18 years.
Frank Jones, formerly of Olney,
has been operating the show.
Rotarians Hear
Men From A.
Three men with the Civil Aero-
nautics Administration office in.
Fort Worth, who according to
Mayor Roy J. Graham, built the
Olney Municipal Airport, were
speakers at the Rotary Club lun-
me iszu acre larm tnat nas oeen cheon Wednesday. They were W.
in the Doyle family since 1905 was q. Karpenko, district airport en-
purchased last week by Ray Ho- gineer; C. G. I’Fiel, chief of CCC
rany from Mrs. S. A. Doyle. | engineers, and W. E. Willis, airport
In lhe aX?ra£e the^f, are 285 technical manager.
acres for cultivation, with 35 acres
of grass land.
The deal for the purchase was
closed by J. A. Doyle.
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Eastern Star Has
Obligation
The Eastern Star met Monday
night at the Masonic Hall for their
Obligation Service with obliga-
tions by G. M. Harris, Worthy Pa-
tron.
The Five Points, Mesdames Loy
Mitchell, V. W. Mayes, Foster A.
Richmond, Willse Edwards and
Claude Butterfield, had special
parts. Each had flowers for their
stations. At the conclusion of each
point’s part, a quartet made up of
Mesdames P. R. Gandy, Ralph
Woolsey, J. C. Taylor, and E. H.
Dishman sang a number, accom-
panied by Mrs. Dishman at the
piano.
After the meeting, refreshments
were served to approximately
members.
tend this special meeting.
Revival Meeting Will
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Young County Red
Cross Officers to
Be Elected Aug. 1
D. F. Ford, County Chairman of
Young County Chapter of the
American Red Cross has announced
-<the meeting of this chapter at the
municipal auditorium in Graham
jror August 1st, at nine o’clock
p. m., at which time officers are
to be elected to administer the
several departments of the organi-
zation.
Every person holding member-
ship in the Roung County chapter
is urged to be present at this
meeting. Mrs. Fredda Kennedy,
Field representative of this dis-
trict, will be present. Her several
years’ experience in this work will
enable her to give an mspiring | at Friie Friday
Night, July 27
The Pastorial Committee of the
True church is glad to announce
the beginning of a revival meeting,
beginning Friday night, July 27,
at the True school house, with Rev.
O. D. McDonald of Newcastle do-
ing the preaching.
Grove meeting will begin at 8:45
with the song service, led by M.
Baird of Newcastle, beginning at
9:15.
Cast thy bread upon the wa-
ters, Friends, time is'fleeting. Souls
are being lost. The world is drift-
ing away from God. And ere we
realize it, our little life shall have
been lived, and we shall stand be-
fore the Great White Throne to
render an account of what we have
or have not done to save the souls
of sinful men.
If you are Interested in your
own soul and the souls of other
men, come to the revival at True,
beginning Friday night.
Pastorial Committee
Guests at the luncheon were in
troducted by A. D. Cummings,
and included Neva Lou Evans,
guest of her father, Cluster Evans;
Thelma Joyce Dunagan, guest Ro-
tary Sweetheart in the absence of
Mrs. R. E. Daily; Pvt. Fred Webb.,
Rev. C. W. Estes of Whitesboro,
Bill Mahew and Fulcher Armstrong
of Wichita Falls, and Roy Stephens,
C. T. Gregory, L. D. Marton, and
S. C. McClintock all visiting Ro-
tarians from Graham.
Mayor Graham, in his short in-
troductory talk, told members of
the recent trip by Rotarians to
Wichita Falls to view the Helicop-
ters and their latest* trip to Fort
Worth to tour the plant of the Con-
solidated Aircraft Cororation.
Each of the three men from the
CAA spoke, and each commended
W. S. Whaley, manager of the lo-
cal Chamber of Commerce, for his
splendid job of boosting Olney,
both the City and the airport. Mr.
j Korpenko said the more time that
j is spent and the quicker citizens
3Q ’ start to work on the airport, will
! determine the success of the field.
Initiation services will come at' Wiliis’ in hi* talk’ said,tkis
the next meeting, on August 13, P°rt ^as really oversized for this
and Mrs. J. R. Lindsey, Worthy. +°U3LJ°? £°WXbmld
Matron, urges all members to at ’ " ™
Sheppard
Will Hold Open
House August 1
Observing Army Airforce . Day,
Wednesday, August 1, recently pro-
claimed by President Truman, ,
Sheppard Field is having an open-
house for the public.
In a letter to W. S. Whaley, man-
ager of the Olney Chamber of
Commerce, Col. E. R. Lohman,
commanding officer, has extended
an invitation to all citizens of Ol-
ney to come to Sheppard Field
Wednesday for the big parade and
especially for the Helicopter dem-
onstration following the parade.
Col. Lohman says the gates to
the Field will be open and the pub- j
lie may come and go as it please.
Army Airforce Day was so pro-
claimed in acknowledgment of the
accomplishments made by our air
forces throughout the world.
Big Gain in
Wheat Crop Over
Previous Year
The biggest wheat crop ever
handled by Wm. Creech Milling
Co. has been handled thus far,
and the total amount is still in-
complete.
Demsey Singleton north of Gra-
ham brought in his last load of
wheat Tuesday. The wheat tested
62 and brought $1.40 per bushel.
N. W. Williams of Padgitt also
brough his last load in Tuesday.
Oats are still being brought in,
the the majority is testing 30. If
they do test 30, the price will be
61c per bushel.
Mrs. J. A. Baker of Brecken-
ridge was here last Friday as guest
of Mrs. Vivie Hilton.
Olney Auction
Has Large Number
Outside Buyers
With some 275 cattle being sold
at Tuesday’s auction, another good
sale was chalked up.
Of the number sold, a large per-
centage was of the fat variety and
brought satisfactory to high prices.
There were, perhaps, more buy-
ers on hand for Tuesday’s sale
than for any sale so far held. With
this being true, people who con-
signed cattle were assured a good
price and a ready sale on all class-
6S.
The Olney Auction Sale has won
the distinction of being a really
good local market, and people of
this area area should not hesitate
to bring in their cattle, horses and
hogs.
Oil Activities In Olney Area Show
Good New Production Week By Week
Womack Purchases
Kunkel Property
Both Deep and
Shallow Production
Being Reported
report on the accomplishments in
the home land and on the battle,
fronts.
To have a greater knowledge of
your Red Cross is the purpose of
attending this meeting.
the city to meet the airport.
Both Mahew and Armstrong
spoke to the club on the import-
ance of having a good man to
manage the Municipal Airport af-
ter it is turned over to civilian
planes.
Olney Group
Tour Consolidated
In Fort Worth
Responding to an invitaiton from
William H. Wright, assistant to
the vice-president of Consolidated
Aircraft Corporation in Fort Worth,
a group of men from Olney were
in Fort Worth Friday to go through
the plant and see what makes it
work.
Included in the group were W.
S. Whaley, manager of the Olney
Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Roy
J. Graham, J. F. Carter, Paul
Atchley, H. C. Murrie, and J. C.
Taylor.
Mayor Graham, in telling of the
trip, said it was astounding to see
the number of planes, that as far
as you looked it was planes, in
their first stages of assembly right
on up to the finished product, the
big B-32.
Escorting the group through the
-plant was a guide who answered
all questions. Badges were
given to the men upon entering
the gates, and badges were to be
and worn throughout the tour.
One of the members of the group
lost his badge, and after much per-
suasion, the guard admitted find-
ing a badge, where, he wouldn’t
say.
The men came from the tour
tired, and still a bit dazed at the
immensity of the plant they had
CLAY SIMMONS ATTENDS
PARKER FISHING TRIP
Clay Simmons, local manager of
the C. H. Parker store, joined oth-
er managers of the company for a
fishing trip Tuesday night at Lake
Kemp.
Among the sixteen present was
Garnet Parker of Wichita Falls.
Pvt. Goodwin Finishes
Eleven Weeks Training
Pvt. S. W. Goodwin, who has
completed eleven weeks of basic
training at Parris Island, South
Carolina, came last Friday on a
furlough. He will report to Le-
Juene, North Carolina, from here
for further training.
He was met in Dallas Sunday
by Mrs. Goodwin and daughter,
Mary Charlene, Mrs. Billy Smith
and son.
Pvt. and Mrs. Goodwin and
daughter will leave Friday to spend
the weekend with Pvt. Goodwin’s
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Good-
win in Tampa.
Lt. Glenn Atchley left Wednes-
day for Mountain Home, Idaho,
where he is stationed with thel
Air Corps. He was accompanied
ti Fort Worth by Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Atchley.
Whaley, Taylor
Speak to Lions
Club Members
With W. S. Whaley, manager of
the Chamber of . Commerce, and
J. C. Taylor, guest speakers, the
Lions Club had their weekly lun-
cheon Tuesday at the Rotary
Building.
Other guests at the luncheon
were J. B. Hill, superintendent of
Olney public schools, A. D. Cum-
mings, A. H. Pritchard, of Newcastle,
and L. T. Johnson from the Lions
Club of Fort Worth.
W. C. Wilson presided at the
luncheon, and Glenn Shamburger,
who with Charlie Russell was in
charge of the program, introduced
Mr. Whaley.
Whaley spoke of the recent trip
through Consolidated Aircraft cor-
poration in Fort Worth by several
citizens of Olney. The visitors saw
the B-32 superfortress bomber in
construction from the beginning to
the finished product. According to
Mr. Whaley, he could only see
the planes’ surface, for he knows
so little of their mechanism, he
explained, but Mr. Taylor was able
to understand the planes better
because he can see in and beneath
the surface.
Taylor, In his talk went farther
into the mechanical structure of
the ship, giving the members first
hand information concerning dif-
ferent parts of the plane.
At the conclusion of Taylor’s
talk, Mr. Whaley read a letter from
Col. Lehmon of Sheppard Field,
Wichita Falls, extending an invi-
tation to the citizens of Olney to
come to Wichita Falls next Wed-
nesday, August 1, when in obser-
vanse of Army Airforce Day, as
recently set aside by President
Truman, the field will have anoth-
er Helicopter show. The field will
{See "Speakers" back page, col. 3)
since 1929.
Higgins-McCain
Purchase Three Lots
W. H. Womark has purchased Ray Horany No. 10 A H. J.
the business property one door west: Kunkel spudded in Saturday and
of the Westex Theater. The pur-! casing has been set this week. 1 he
chase was made from Charlie ■ No. 9 A. J. H. Kunkel, three mi es
Kunkel (north of Olney offset the No. 8
The building is 25x100 feet, and . A. H. J. Kunkel, was a good pro-
houses the Annette Beauty Salon , ducer. .
and Mrs. W. C. Reed Sewing Shop. | Standard Oil (Sohio) ojJ0-tB t
Mr. Kunkel has been the owner R. Carvey, m block 18q6, lE&u
j survey north of Farmer, is drilling
I in lime and shale formation at 4750
' feet. Caddo was picked up at 4443
! feet.
i The Lesco Inc. No. 1 Adam Furr,
—-------- ------- ------ | in block 317, TE&L survey, a
Three business lots South of Car- j 5_000 foot wildcat, three miles east
ter Chevrolet Company and front- ! 0f padgitt, is drilling lime at 4600
ing on South Avenue B were re- ! feek Top 0f Caddo is 4250.
cently purchased by H. W. Hig- j gix miles east of the town of
gins and H. D. McCain. Throckmorton is the Panhandle
The lots were purchased from | Refining Company No. 1 J. Kes-
W. C. Leberman through the W. | ter, block 2136, TE&L survey,
H. Womack Realty Company. topped Caddo at 4240 feet, drilling
Higgins and McCain are operat- , pme showing saturation to 4253
ing a garage business just South i |eet> priH stemmed with tool open
of the Bob Davis Motor Company, j n minutes gas showed in nine^
--- I and recovery registered 70 feet
D 'll B««***h**nsm of free oil, 90 feet of heavy oil-cut
rrmtt turenases mud and no water. Electrical sur-
9 vey was run and 54 inch set at
Magnolia. Station 42L5 T^Burns No. I M. P. Andrews
, , proposed 6,000-foot test about 7
Ernest Pruitt has purchased the miles northeast of olney, is lo-
Magnolia Service Station at 21- cated 330 feet from the south line
No. Ave. C, from Virgil Kirkland, and 467 feet from the west line
Magnolia Consignee, and will take of the w Lockhart survey A-264.
charge Saturday i Ray Horany No. 1 J. A. Kunkel,
For the past five years Pruitt shallow test in ,T Sanderford sur-
has been employed as bookkeeper 394 three miles northwest of
for Jones-Laughlin Supply Co. .1 ni„0,r ^ <-nnth Archer County is
A TEXAN’S PART IN THIS WAR AS
REVEALED BY GENERAL WAR RECORDS
Texan’s whose forefathers more
than 100 years ago carved tradi-
tion with outnumbered swords on
the bitter battlefields of San Ja-
cinto and at the Alamo, are writing
a new page of bloody history in
the war against the Japs.
The gigantic part which Texans
are playing in World War II was
stressed this week in an official
statement issued by the Navy. It
said:
“The Navy records tend to bear
out the Texans’ claim that the
state has sent, on a percentage-of-
population basis, more men and
women to the naval forces—the
navy, marine corps, and coast
guard—than any other state in the
union.
“This is attributable largely to
the fact that so many thousands
of Texans volunteered prior to
and early in the war.
“Since December 7, 1942, a to-
tal of 134,396 Texans have gone
into the navy as enlisted personnel.
This figure does not include 11,400
officers, the groups enlisted
through V-5, V-7, the V-12, and
3000 WAVES, SPARS, and women
naval ROTC units and more than
marines.
“Texans in the United States
marine corps number 19,570 en-
listed men and 322 enlisted women,
and a total of 1,960 male officers
and 277 women officers.
“In the coast guard, Texas has
sent 1,245 enlisted men, 229 en-
listed women, 294 male officers
and 20 women officers.
“A roster of the marine corps
shows tnat nearly 12 per cent of
the entire corps are from Texas.
“Of the marine garrison cap-
tured at Pegin, China, Dec. 8, 1941,
139 were Texans. Of the 162 ma-
rines on Guam at the time of the
Japanese invasion of that island,
15 were Texans. Of the 357 de-
fenders of Wake Island, 36 were
Texans. Of all the men who par-
ticipated in the bloody battle of
Tarawa, seven percent were from
Texas.”
Texans on the home front, too,
(See "Texans" back page, col. 2)
Grocerymen Attend
Ft. Worth Meeting
Attending an OPA meeting in
Fort Worth Wednesday from Ol-
ney were several men from the
different grocery stores here.
Included in these were Elmer
Strealey, Earl Partain, J. E. Tid-
well, Earl Williamson, and W. A.
Neal.
The purpose of the meeting
was to ask the OPA for larger al-
lotments of meats and fats for
this community.
He has also served as
Police for Olney.
C»ie| of Shd0£dCheat ^^feef
Bettye Parke Attends
Saltillo Summer
School in Mexico
Bettye Parke, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. S. M. Parke, left Dallas
Tuesday for Saltillo Summer
School, Coahuila, Mexico, where
she will be six weeks.
The Spanish course she is tak-
ing is sponsored by the Texas
State College for Women, Denton,
where Bettye is a student, major-
ing in Spanish. She will be a
sophomore in September.
In April she was chosen as For-
eign Councilor, and will have as
her roommate this fall a girl stu-
dent from South America.
Pvt. Key Visiting
His Parents in Olney
Pvt. Floyd Key is visiting hia
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Key, before reporting to San Fran-
cisco, Calif.
Pvt. Key has just been awarded
the Expert Infantryman’s Badge
for proficiency in weapons, tac-
tics, physical condition and lead-
ership at the Infantry Replacement
Training Center at Camp Fannin.
RELATIVES VISIT IN
THE E. D. EVANS HOME
Here this week visiting Mr. and
Mrs. E. D. Evans were J. E. Evans
and son, N. J. Evans, June Evans,
Mrs. Ted Snider, all of Jacksboro,
and Mr. and Mrs. PI. M. Lowe of
Cundiff.
Mr. Evans was seriously ill first
| of the week, but is much improved
I now.
Restrictions on Gas
Stoves Are Lifted
Restrictions have been lifted on
gas cooking and gas heating
stoves, according to word received
by the Office of Price Adhinstra-
tion here.
Mrs. Clyde Benson says all el-
igible for gas cooking stoves or
gas heating stoves will be promptly
granted certificates. Quotas estab-
lished in July are lifted and any
number of certificates may be is-
sued to eligible consumers.
Cpl. Cox to Return
From Southern Italy
Cpl. J. R. Cox, husband of Mrs.
Lelia Cox, has wired his wife that
he will be home about August
2, for a furlough.
Cpl. Cox has been in Southern
Italy for the past two years work-
with no shows.
Olney Men Earn
Infantryman Badge
Word has been received in this
office of the qualifying of Pvts.
James Gray, Jr., Lester P. Lee?,
and Floyd Key for the expert In-
fantryman Badge. These three men
are stationed at Camp Fannin ant
were awarded the Badge for pro-
ficiency in weapons, tactics, phys-
ical condition and leadership at
the Infantry Replacement Train-
ing Center there.
The Expert Infantryman’s Bad*.
rates $5.00 additional pay per
month to enlisted men, and is
awarded army ground force offi-
cers and enlisted men who qualify
successfully with several Infantry
weapons, complete arduous physi-
cal tests and such phases of infan-
try training as scouting and patrol-
ing and demontration leadership in
the field. ...
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Fort Worth Co. w ;
Gets REA Contract
A board meeting was held at
the Fort Belknap office Friday
night, according to M. J. Weaver,
manager, and a contract was Jet
for the construction of the 209.f»
miles of new electric lines.
The contract was let to the Eu-
gene Ash Electric Co. of Fort Worth
and work is subject to ihe appro-
val of the REA office in St. Louis,
f If the contract is approved there,
work will begin shortly as suffi-
cient material is already availa-
ble.
Although this 209 miles of new
ing with the pertoleum Distribu- ------------- -------
iton divisions. {line and extensions will go through-
Mrs. Cox has taught in the 01- j out the Fort Belknap project, many
ney schools for two years, but is: communities in this area, especi-
making her home in Fort Worth • ally will be benefitted. Among
for the summer. She is the daugh- j these are Megargel, Loving. Bryson,
ter of Mrs. S. M. Lamons.
Elbert, Newcastle, Jean, Woodson,
and Throckmorton.
Mrs. Mary Sprinkle is in Pine
Hill, Penn., visiting relatives. She j Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ward were
left last Friday and plans to re- business visitors in Wichita Falls
turn around the 22nd of August. Tuesday.
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