The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942 Page: 4 of 10
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PAGE FOUR
The Olney Enterprise
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 4, 1942
CED CCCJT
Red Cross Production room open
irom 3 until 5 o’clock on Tues-
day, Wednesday and Thursday aft-
ernoons.
Work is still underway on wo-
men’s blouses, and the Baptist
Homemakers class aided in the
.Red Cross work Monday afternoon.
Mrs. Morriss Hannis, production
chairman, announces that material
.for men’s pajamas will be received
in the near future. She requests
that helmets be completed and
unused thread turned in.
Academy Offers
Glider Training
Allen academy, Bryan, has been
duly authorized by the United
•States government to institute
Glider Pilot Training for the Army.
Glider training is a completely
mew and widely acclaimed field
•entered into by the Army. The
period of training is divided into
three stages, the elementary, the
pre-glider, and the glider. After
the two months elementary train-
ing has been completed prospective
gliders will receive $75.00 monthly
until training is ompleted at which
’time staff sergeant ratings will pay
$180 monthly will be granted with
the possibility of $245 salary and
commissioned officer rating.
During the period of training,
board, room, and transportation,
as well as text books will be fur-
nished free of charge to the
trainee. This is provided for un-
der the Army Air Corps Enlisted
Reserve corps.
Applicants between the ages of
18 to 27f nd who have previously
Tailed to Qualify on the Aviation
Cadet examination, but who made
between 65 and 80, are eligible.
Men between the ages of 27 and 35
who, at the present time, are
registered with their local draft
board are also eligible.
The military training and ground
work of this program will all be
done at the Allen academy, while
the flight training will be done
under the supervision of the Card-
well Flying academy on nearby
Coulter Field, Bryan’s municipal
air port.
This new program will begin
Persons Should
Warn Motorists
Of Low Tires
The old familiar hitch-hiker
sign—four fingers closed and
thumb up—may have a new mean-
ing when the educational cam-
paign for drivers just launched by
Texas Motor Transportation As-
sociation gets under way.
Intead of indicating that he
wants you to slow down and give
him a lift, a passing motorist who
leans out of his car and gives you
this signal will be warning you that
you are driving on a partially flat
tire.
Following suggestions of con-
servation-conscious members who
have been giving thought to every
angle of tire-salvage, the associa-
tion has endorsed this plan and
hopes to make the custom univer-
sal, not only for the duration, but
for peacetime as well.
Roughly speaking, the proced-
ure is for all motorists to keep a
weather eye out for tires on the
vehicle just ahead—whether it be
truck or passenger car—and if
there is indication of a partially
flat tire, make it a point to pass
such car when it can be safely
done, giving three short blasts of
the horn to attract attention, fol-
lowed by the “hitch-hiker” signal
whic will inform him of an im-
pending puncture or worse still, a
possible blow-out.
Automobile associations and
other transportation organizations
throughout the country will be
asked to cooperate in the move-
ment with the hope of contribut-
uting, by this means, to the tire-
saving program of the Office of
Defense Transportation and other
defense agencies.
In. its great war production ef-
fort, the steel industry of America
this year will consume about three
times as much scrap iron and
steel as it needed in 1938. HUR-
RY IN THE SCRAP.
immediately. The academy’s quoto
for the present is limited and in-
dications ade it will quickly be
filled.
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
Paint Supplies
Are Diminished
Before long, paints or many
types are going to become scarce.
Mrs. Bernice Claytor, specialist
in home improvement for the A.
and M. College extension service,
says shortages will be felt especial-
ly in paints, varnishes, and enam-
els for interiors. The reason is,
these require natural or synthetic
resins. For some time synthetic
resins have been ear-marked for
exclusive war use, and lately the
War Production Board has order-
ed a 50 per cent cut in the amount
of natural resins manufactured for
civilian purposes.
Here are some of the special-
ist’s suggestions for choosing and
using interior paints to the best
advantage.
Semi-gloss paint, which washes
well and is not too harsh in ap-
pearance, is suitable for kitchens
and bathrooms. Flat pjaiht gives
a “soft” appearance and is best for
large areas such as walls and ceil-
ings. It soils less quickly than gloss
paint, but it will not stand up as
well under washing.
Calcimine is the cheapest wall
paint available. Though it cannot
be cleaned, it can be washed off
entirely and a new coat applied.
The specialist cautions: “Don’t use
calcimine on smooth woodwork or
on walls which have been covered
with oil paint.” The coating even-
tually will chip off and make lat-
er re-painting far harder.
Enamel should be used only on
very smooth surfaces, for it makes
holes, chips, and scars more no-
ticeable. Homemakers who want
to avoid the trouble of sandpaper-
ing and planing uneven surfaces,
should use a gloss or semi-gloss
paint instead of enamel.
Fewer Members of
Military Peronnel
Die On Highways
Texas traffic deaths involving
military personnel decreased 12.2
per cent in the first six months
of 1942 as compared to the same
period last year, State Police Di-
rector Homer Garrison said to-
day.
In the 1941 period, 60 members
Mouth Disease Is
Highly Contagious
Dr. Geo. W. Cox, state health
officer, has released some inter-
esting information concerning
Vincent’s angina which was com-
monly called “trench mouth” dur-
ing World War I.
Dr. Cox states that Vincent’s
angina is a specific infection pro-
during inflammatory condition of
the mucous membranes, more
commonly those of the mouth, and
the disease is spread by indirect
as well as direct contact.
“Because of the readiness with
which this disease is transmitted,
it has been occasionally found in
evidemic form among school chil-
dren and other groups,” Dr. Cox
states. “Vincent’s angina assumed
epidemic proportions in the front
line trenches in 1914-1918 and it
was during this period that the
disease became generally known
as trench mouth.”
Although trench mouth is now
of the armed forces and 14 civiians
were killed in accidents which in-
volved military personnel eith-
er as drivers pedestrians or
passengers. In the 1942 period the
fatalities included 29 military per-
sons and 26 civilians.
The tire situation, intensification
of military training and removal
of troops from areas within driv-
ing distance of their homes were
credited by Garrison with holding
down the volume of unofficial mil-
itary and visiting traffic, thus af-
fecting a decrease jfh fatalities de-
spite an increase in the number
of military personnel in training
in Texas.
Only 40 per cent of the 50 fatal
accidents in the 1941 period could
be blamed on “the other driver.”
Twenty were collisions involving
two vehicles; 14 were with pedes-
trains; seven involved collision
with a fixed object; one car over-
turned in the roadway and 8 ran
off the roadway.
Injuries in the 1942 per . iod in-
creased 10.9 per cent, from 542
to 601.
Thus ,in six months, the mili-
tary forces suffered 298 casualties
in killed and “wounded,” while the
loss to civilian life was 368 cas-
ualties, most of them engaged di-
rectly in war production.
Civilian Health
Is Essential to
Winning of War
“Not steel, money, rubber, su-
gar, gasoline, nor any other ma-
terial equipment can win this
war without manpower,” declared
Dr. George W. Cox, state health
officer.
The backbone of the entire civ-
ilian war program is the health
and physicial stamina of the men
and women who stand behind the
machines, who mold the steel, who
conserve the rationed articles, who
volunteer for defense activities,
who earn the money that buys the
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SEE US FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES
New Crop
Sweet Potatoes
Lb.
5 c
Concord
Grapes
Basket
23c
Nice Firm Heads
Lettuce
Each
7 c
Seedless
Grapes
3 Lbs.
25 c
Hard Firm Heads
Cabbage
Lb.
2'/zC
432 Size
Lemons
Dozen
18 c
White Cobblers
Potatoes
10 Lbs.
' 29©
PICNIC
Shoulders
POUND
28c
FULL CREAM
Cheese
POUND
27c
KORN GOLD
Bacon
SLICED POUND
29C
Rolled Roast
Pound
27c
Ground Beef
Pound
23c
500 Size
Facial Tissue 15c
Lightcrust ’ 24lb♦ Sack
Flour 95c
6 rolls
Toilet Tissue 25 C
11-oz. Package 3 for
Post Toasties 25 c
world-wide in distribution, reas-
onable application of preventive
measures which are merely those
in line with approved personal
health practices will be found a
sufficient defense against this in-
fection.
According to the state health
officer the most common causes of
Vincent’s angina are neglected
mouths, broken teeth fillings, and
other types of oral irritation.
Daily hygiene, plus the periodic
visit to the dentist can be relied
upon as reasonable buffers against
this infection. However, persons
who are very careful regarding
oral hygiene can acquire this dis-
ease by using infected drinking
cups and eating utensils and other
personal articles; also by kissing,
though healthy gums and mucous
membranes have aa much superior
resistance to the infection than
does an unclean mouth.
Directors for Co-Op
To Be Elected At
October 3 Meeting
Nominating committee for the
Fort Belnap Electric cooperative
has named the following persons
as nominees for directors of the
association: W. F. Bailey, Orth;
C. C. Rogers, Elbert; J. L. Castle-
man, Bitter Creek; M. F. Gaw,
Padgett; W. B. Howard, Shearer;
J. N. Barnett, Monument; T. H.
Rutherford, Red Top; W. J. Kun-
kel, Cottonwood, and H. W. Prof-
fitt.
Throw Your Scrap Into the Fight
war bonds, who work the farms
and ranches that feed the fight-
ers and who look after the homes
and families that the military men
are fighting for.
There can be no doubt that the
protection and promotion of the
health of these people,then, is as
important to the outcome of the
war as it is to the lives and peace- |L
time warfare of the people thernfr *|
selves.
It is the state and local health ;
departments’ duty to help them
choose foods necessary for build-
ing strong bones and study resist-
ance to disease, to tell them about
immunization against certain dis-
ease, to urge periodic health check-
ups, protect water and milk sup-
plies, and tell them how to pre-
vent illness and accidents.
“There are many other serjl
that health departments can
are doing in their everj
work,” said Dr. Cox, and he urges
that the public make use of the
advice given to them by the health
authorities.
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE
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WELCOME TEACHERS
Both Old And New To Olney
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The Best Investment on Earth
Is The Earth Itself.
I have several farms, stock farms and some ranch land for sale.
Reasonable Prices and Terms.
A. A. COOPER
— Classified Ads —
HELP WANTED — Unencum-
bered middle-aged white woman
as housekeeper for elderly couple.
No children, no washing, no
nursing. Box 52, Olney, 29-Ice
SEED GRAIN FOR SALE—
Ferguson Red Oats and Super
Early Black Hull Wheat. These
are tested quality grains. J. P.
Knezek, Megargel, Texas. 28-6cc
Portraits, enlarging, framing anc
kodak finishing at Lasater's Studio,
WANTED TO BUY—Will pay
cash for pump or automatic .22
rifle. Mitchell Gas Station. 29-lce
FOR SALE—One lot on New-
castle highway, two Model A
Fords, one General Tractor, one
team horses. Inquire at Wainscott
Service Station one mile west of
Olney. 29-lcp
FOR RENT—Six-room furnished
house. 312 West Elm. Blanche
Patterson. 29-lcc
No* 2 Cans
Blackberries
3 For
25c
No. 2 Cans
Corn
2 For
25e
Tomato
Catsup
14-oz. Bottle
2 for
25c
I Carnation or Pei
Milk
G Small cr 3 Large
No. 2 Cans
Tomatoes
10C
Reg. 5c. Pkg.
Salt
3 For
10C
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Phone 68-J
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MflCie BURIAL ASSOCIATEOn
Safe, sound and dependable
Rates that you can afford.
Ambulance Service
TELEPHONE 1
McCracken Funeral Home
Lady Attendant
OLNEY MAID FEED
Is TOP Quality
Scientifically mixed in Olney to meet the
needs of farmers and poultry raisers of
North Texas, and our prices will really
save you money.
Feed OLNEY MAID and . . .
KEEP 9 EM LAYING!
W. M. CREEC
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Warren, Len C. The Olney Enterprise (Olney, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 29, Ed. 1 Friday, September 4, 1942, newspaper, September 4, 1942; Olney, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1132853/m1/4/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Olney Community Library.