Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 106, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 29, 1950 Page: 4 of 8
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Scout executive, e*~
appreciation for the
mce at tfe* meeting,
.veil brought the meet-
Those in attendance were: E. 3.
Howell, Reecle Jones, Frank Mooa-
berg, Neal Randolph Stephenvillej
Grady Pipkin and W. B. Pickens,
Eastland; J. A. Bates, Ranger;
John Bailey, Jodie Baker, Breck-
enridge; F. Y. Robnett, Carl Arns-
piger, C. L. Pounoey, Rio Cox and
J. D. King, Brownwood; Dr. T. C.
Graves, Goldthwnite; M. M. Ara-
merman, Dallas; Dean Shelby and
J, A. Shelby, Austin; G. N. Quirl,
Scout executive, Brantly Hudson
and Steve Potto, field executives.
The primary business of this
first board meeting of 1050 was to
bold the annual Council Charter
review. Each year the progress
of the council is analysed undyr
six different categories and then
iq,plication Is made to the National
Council of the Bey.Scouts for a
charter to continue operation dur-
ing the coming year.
President E. J. Howell, Stephen-
ville, called the meeting to order
and Yantts Robnett, member from
Brownwood, asked the invocation.
President Howell then presented a
calendar of dates which had been
set up for the coming year. Acting
upon a motion by Dr. T. C. Graves,
(ioldthwaite, the beard approved
The 38-year-old paratrooper vet-
eran of the last whr was brought
to a Fort Worth hospital earl^to-
day. “4
The accident occurred shortly be-
fore midnight last night. One bul-
let penetrated his head and lodged
in a wall of the clubroom._
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lags, “Cub Seoul Membership,”
“Boy Seoul Membership,” “Expfcr-
er Scout Membership/' "Training
and Advancement," “Caiiming. D"l
tars. Executives" and “MlscelUpe-
ous.” The board was very pleased
that Mr. Ammennan indicated that
Scouting had showed a marked im-
provement in many phases during
1049.
Dean J. A. Shelby, with the Bu-
reau of Extension of Ike Univer-
sity of Texan, was another visitor
at the board meeting. Doan Shelby
is one of the most outstanding
volunteer workers in Scouting
that Texas hap. He is a member
of the regional committe of Re-
gion 9, a member of the National
Council, also serves as a commit-
teeman for a scout troop in Austin.
Dean Shelby stressed that the big
job in scouting is to recruit, and
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RUFUS F. HIGGS
Publisher
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Member Texas Pres* Association and National Editor, a I Association
Air and Water Pollution
1 Too much attention cannot be given to steps to prevent the
pollution of the air and waters of the nation by industry. While
here are some commendable accomplishments against pollution,
the general opinion is that control will cost more than industry
can spend.
We should not overlook'the experience of Donora, Pennsyl-
vania. where twenty persons lost their lives and 500 became ill
in a heavy, poisonous, smoke-laden fog. This should be a warn-
ing to Erath county of the possible perils of polluted air.
It is well known practice of industry to pollute streams and
waterways by using them as a receptable for the wastes of chem-
ical processes. The extent of the pollution of streams is not al-
wavs recognized. The St. I.ouis Post-Dispatch says that 875
miles of streams in Missouri have been poisoned and constitute
biological deserts, with fish dead and water unfit for c*ttle to
drink.
Industries often inject into the air fumes, vapors and gases
that are objectionable even when not absolutely dangerous. This
practice has reached such an extent that there are many cit-
izens on guard lest the advent of a new industry brings with it
disagreeable dangerous and costly pollution of the air.
Starvation Threat In Spain
The Spanish Government has appealed "to any Country what-
soever” to acquire-500 000 tons of wheat; corn and rye between
March 1st and June 30th. in order to avert a famine until
Spain’s 1050 crops are harvested in June and July,
The public appeal was issued bv the official organ of the
Spanish Ministry of Commerce and Industry, with the offer to
pay in dollars, in convertible Spanish currency or by .a barter
agreement, whichever the supplier preferred. Other source*
point out that, in October. Generalissimo Franco appealed to
farmers to increase their wheat acreage because Spain is now
forced to import foodstuffs. Until recently Argentina was ex-
pected to provide the wheat and other grain but the commercial
treaty between the two’Counties has broken down.
In the general discussion of the Spanish appeal, newspaper re-
porters tell of an approach to the Soviet Government, which,
it is said, has been asked to send grain to Spain in return for
wolfram and mercury. The suggestion is made that the Spanish
authorities are potting out the idea that Soviet Russia may try
to establish contact with Spain unless there i* some iraprove-
mcnt^TtUrelations with the NVextern powers. This must represent
something like propaganda f rtf'foreign rending because it i*
contrary tc the idea that has been dinned into the Spanish
people by the present regime.
We are not interested in the political implications of the
Spanish appeal but we cannot forbear expressing the opinion
that, if the Spanish population Ts facing actual famine, some
way should be found to sell the necessary foodstuffs to the
Spaniards. While we thoroughly disapprove of the Franco re-
gime and think that the sooner it is overthrown, the better it
will bo for Siuiin and the world, we do not countenance the use
of famine and starvation as a-weapori to produce discontent and
rebellion.
While it is tragic for Spain to be faced with a famine, which
mav 1^* in large part due to the mismanagement of the present
regime, the population of the country is-entitled to the consid-
eration of the world" Certainly, political motives should not. and
do not. justify the starvation of innocent men. ,women and chil-
dren.
iFH
:HE TRAIL COUNCIL IN
1ST BROWNWOOD
hold more boys in the Scouting
WWW wttQUdwxvs w* .ar.aj
resident Howell brought the
Cleburne VFW
Commander Is
priticaHy Shot .
) FORT WORTH, Jnn. 28 (UP)—
J. D. (Ikie) Mirike, post comman-
der oi the Veterans of Toreiga
Wars at Cleburne, wa* In "ex-
tremely critical" condition today
after accidentally firing a hfillet
through his right temple while
demonstrating foreign-make ytotol*
at the VFW clubroom.
Name .
Address
Amount Enclosed
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We Americans are entirely too careless and w»e pay for it
with homiln lives.
Postpone a visit until everything
stay at home all vour life.
is "all set” and you will style* of the 1800s.
Anybody who pays for
buy in Stephenville.
it can usually get what he wants to
Almost any beggar, helped three times in a row, will get
miffed if the fourth trip is fruitless.
f77/ be waiting
for yofiir call”
That’* a phrase you’ll hear
every day from bminrtsraen,
housewives and well-dated
young people. Why? decausa
moat people just automatically
think of the telephone as their
ftrst line of communication.
Doing business, shopping,
snaking dates by telephone
are typical of the American
idea of swift, modern, efficient
ways of gettings things done.
The widespreatWs* of tele-
phone service is also one of
the best examples of an
everyday American lose
cost necessity that it a lux-
ury in the rest of tha
v. ^ world.
“By HARMAN V. Ml HOLS
United INvss Staff Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28 (UP)—
Roses are still red and violets-are
still blue, but . .
If the modern writers of Val-
entine verse pulled out the stops
like the old-timers did, the courts
couldn’t handle the breach of
promise Suits.
Take this one, I found in the
Congressional Library. It was pen-
ned in 1840:
“Tis Valentine’s Day, to the
church let’s away;
“No longer I’ll wait, let us
marry.
"You promised, dew maid, that
you would be mine,
“If X ’till this day would
--—to»ry."--------
Compare that to the crack a
young man made to a clerk while
buying a Y*lentine in a store here
last February.
"I don’t want to marry the girl,”
iie aaid “I just waat to aay ‘hello.’ ”
And take it from Jeannettey Lee,
supervisor oI creative art for the
Hallmark Greeting Card Company,
the boy* of today are pretty cau-
tious ami perhaps have influenced
the “poetsR who write Ate verses.
Onq of the popular rhymes fqr
‘hia year is printed on a plain
napei bag. It doesn't get the boy
n any mess. It says, simply:
“I gotcha a real sweet Valentine
"But 1 kept it too darned handy,
"So I sure do hope you like the
sack ...
”1 sure did like the candy!**
But while the verses have
changed, this year’s / Valentines
hark back to the qld-fashkmed
They're lacy, strewn^with hearts,
ome are scented, an<r cupid and
love birds are all over the place.
They run from a nickel to around
five dollars. A hundred yeArs ago
you could spend as much as 30
bucks on a Valentine.
According to the best informa-
tion in the files, the first Valentine
came out in 1650. It was a sketch
of Cupid shooting a dart into the
heart of a' medieval knight whilst
his swooning lady looked on.
But the historians believe that
the romantic customs attached to
Valentine’s Dsy dated back even
t>efore the Christian era to the
days of old Rome. However, pop-
ular customs connected with AU-
l.overs Day doubtless had their
“school hill
(Mrs. J. J. Wells)
Miss Jewell Brock Is working
for W. P. Eddlemon at fcinglovllle.
Billie Jack Hare was entertain-
ed with a birthday party on Satur-
day night. A large numbci at-
tended the party and Billie received
many nice presents.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Wood of Ste-
nhenviHe spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mr. -and Mrs. Jack
Hare.
Thera was a pie supper at the
school house Friday night. It was
for the benefit of repairing 1 the
building and the affair was very
successful. Forty-eight dollars was
netted from the pie supper.
Mrs. Herman Eddlemon and son,
8moky, of Odessa spent pert of
last week with Mr. and Mrs. Gene
F.ddlemoa.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Petty have
moved into their new home. They
moved last Friday. The old home
was destroyed by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ellison of
Stephenville visited Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Petty last Sunday.
We have several caaea of "Hu"
ip the cQimnunttg.—- - .
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hare, Mrs.
Preston Eddlemon of Lingleville
visited
origin in. France and England dur-
ing the Middle Ages.
Nature lovers noticed that the
birds began to hide behind the
leaves' and bill and coo during the
second month of the year. Feb-
ruary 14 seemed to be a logical'day
for young hym-n lover* to up and
choose a mate, also.
; Geoffrey Chaucer gave some rec-
ognition of Valentine’s Day in his
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"Parliament of Foules,” "He wrote:
“For this was on Seynt Valen-
tine’s Day
“When every soul, eometh there
to choose hia mate,”
In 1783, folks without imagina-
tion were offered help iji the form
of small beaks called “Valentine
writers." The volumes held a va-
riety of verse ef “petition and re-
sponse," which the folks quill-pen-
ned on home-made Valentines. Vix:
“On a sheet of paper I pen, of
this my petition a copy:
“Ah! Pray be my Valentine,
then: I trust there is nothing
to top me. X X X’’
The favorable answer suggested
was:
“In Cupid’s account-book ne’er,
my -name be with cruelty
----branded.
“No nevef—I’m yours, I declare
—your servant whenever de-
manded."
A negative reply also was ready
for the copying:
“My swain shall be post or deny,
to pot, then I cannot befriend
*you:
“And since I’m obliged to deny,
the foolscap I now recomptend
you.’ •’
Those must have been the days!
WEARING A “PAYCHECK"
—Pat Dodge, of St. Peters-
burg. shows how a working
girl can wear her “pay-
check” and still look good
on the beach. “Paycheck”
is the name chosen for this
blue and black satin swim
suit. It should “pay off" in
plenty of "oohs” and "ahs"
from the beach boys
Balmy Week-End
Texas Forecast
By UNITED PRESS
Rising temperatures wars the
vogue in Texas Saturday and a
fairly balmy week-end seemed in
store for much of the state with
fog conditions and low clouds hov-
ering over East Texas due to dis-
sipate.
Colder weather may pay a return
visit early next week,, but the
weather bureau said Saturday it
was too early to forecast what
effect a low pressure area now
forming ov#r the Northern Rockies
would nave on Texas.
St
CTO
HI
Scholarships and Politics
Th^re may be muph merit to th# program President Truman
[to expected tc recommend to Congr#aa, providing government-
financed scholarships and federally-guaranteed loans to de-
serving college students'on the bafis of need and ability.
We understand a bill to being prepared but no one know^ aa
this is written, what the ultimate cost of the program will be.
Dr. Earl f. McGrath, commissioner of education, has suggested
an annual appropriation of $300,000,00® and has estimated that
it would provide about 400.000 undergraduate scholarships and
about 37,500 graduate and professional school students with
funds. Tentatively, state quotas would be determined op the
basis of the number of high school graduates and the number
pi persons of college age in each Btate.
There may be considerable merit to the suggestion that d»-
serving students have an opportunity to go to college, regard-
less of their economic condition. Nevertheless, there to danger
that a program, financed by the federal government, would
become something of a political grab-bag, with scholarships
going in the direction of possible ballots*.
The advantages of hlfher education fee as many Americans
as possible arc obvious. Commissioner McGrath, estimate* that
there are at toast 2,000.000 parsons of college age who are not
enrolled and calls this a “standing reminder of the short-
sightedness of the richest nation on earth.” If some process can
be devolved which will prevent political considerations from in-
fluencing the granting of scholarships and loans, the program
might pay dividends to the nation he the years to earns.
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Stephenville Daily Empire (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 106, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 29, 1950, newspaper, January 29, 1950; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1133229/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.