The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1939 Page: 1 of 14
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
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BALLINGER, TEXAS. THt'RMDAY, MAT II. Iff?*.
First of Commencement
Programs Slated Sunday
Eighty Applications
Received for Office
direction of Ourthal Ollllitn will! A{ DTI) WrpfitrV
be prerented In a free concert at | Vfl D. t». V. JtXl vUU J
Commencement week will be
offtcially opened Sunday after-
noon at 3 o'clock when the first
program of six Is held The Bal-
linger Bearcat Band under
presented
the high school auditorium at
that hour. Local citizens have not
heard the band In a program
since their trip to the band con
concert
Sunday evening at 8 15 at the
Directors of the Ballinger Board
of Community Development met
-=*■=!:x'uSi r-'
position and attend to other bust-
. . nett
Balhnger Baptist Church the first ,
program In which the 1939 seniors Approximately 80 applications
will participate will be held with f°r the secretary s post have been
Dr D R Undley. pastor of the received and the executive eom-
Central Christian' Church of San "Httee was asked to examine these
Antonio, delivering the bacca- “t °nee. eliminate all but a few
lauifeate sermon Miss Mary Talbot K00*! prospects, and submit them
will be at the organ console to h> board at a called greeting
play the processional for the In the near future. Members of
entrance of the seniors In their the executive committee are J A.
new caps and gowns Members of Klllough. W B Woody. H. W
the high school choral club under
the direction of Mrs A McGregor
will provide the musical progam
Lynn. W. P. Jones. M B Healer
and R E. Bruce. They will con-
clude Investigations of the appll-
Dr. Llndley Is a prominent cants this week and be ready to
speaker and will bring a helpful make recommendations at a near
message to the class and all (date All directors expressed
themselves as being anxious to
secure a man as soon as possible
others attending
The only program on com-
mencement schelule for which an
admbislon will be charged will be
presented Monday evening at 8 15
at the high school auditorium The
senior class play. “Arizona Cow-
boy." under the direction of E
R Sublett. will be the entertain-
ment and admission prices will bo
15 cents for students and 25 cents
for adults. A strong cast of play-
ers has been thoroughly rehearsed
in the purts and there will be
plenty fun and plot for the play-
lover In the cast are a number of
students who have been members
of the cue and curtain club for the
past two years and who have had
experience in one-act pluys
Student Weavers, Dressmakers Stage Fashion Show | Rand Will Lead BfllHngCf
Group at Abilene Tuesday
Price-BeddoTest
Has Oil Showing
In Serratt Sand
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Ballinger will be wcU
rented at the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce convention in
Abilene next Tueaday. The Run-
nels county soil and water con-
servation committee will be there
full strength to take part In the
parade and local merchants are
„ preparing a decorated float to
Drilling was proceeding at 3 30 repre8ent the county ^In
this this afternoon on the Homer, eypnt of (hf. day the industrial
Prlce-J C Beddo No 1 a f t e rI parade
encountering the top of the Sit- , .____. . .___
ratt sand at 3.348 fee and getting igspd frum8chool ^ the
a fair showing of oil The work | Qf Community
’ ' Development will provide trails-
|B America, plan the fabrics, relret "»kt »breses. tbea weave the
sees through the ember, ere of the «r.» steps. Cooler; I ollefr girls measerteg and maauf at taring the vari-
,u. garmeaU. Right: The cample ted garmeet being modeled.
was slow only about one
| being made at a time, after which
the bit was pulled from the hole
and the bailer run
The structure is running higher
than In the other tests on the
Beddo farm and all Indications
are said to be favorable for a
producer
Drilling will continue Into the
sand the remainder of the after-
noon and evening until a well Is
brought In or the sand explored
completely
and get the work reorganized and
underway
Members of the budget commit
tee will make an active campaign
of all business houses in the city
to raise more money for the
organization, both through pledges
to the budget and by Individual
memberships A small amount Is
owed and the Income must be
Increased in order to carry on the
necessary work
The directors voted to provide
transportation for the Ballinger
Band to Abilene next Tuesday
and about 25 automobiles will be
required The convention and
good-will committee has charge
A joint program will be pre-, of this detail John A Weeks is
rented by ehoral clubs from junior chairman of the committee and
and senior high schools Wednes- any person who will take a ear
day evening at 8 15 Miss Talbot ar.d transport several band meni-
and Mrs McGregor have arranged bers Is requested to rec or tele-
numbers for this event and will phone Mr Weeks at once
Include a group from the American i Committee chairmen promised
Legion orchestra, composed of ^ t0 work hard while the orgamza-
junlor high school students 1 tion is without a secretary and
Thursday evening a class of attend to any business that
approximately 100 will be gradu- j comes up
ated from junior high school Rev Eighteen of the twenty-two
E. D. Landreth. pastor of the directors were present at the
First Methodist Church, will meeting Tuesday night and all
deliver the sermon to the class werP enthusiastic over prospects
Principal Jack McKay will certify for a live and useful organization
the graduates and Acting Super- ! ---
lntendent George Stowe will Pre- RATTLESNAKE BITE
Attendance at the 25th anniver-
sary celebration of the extension
service, held In city park here
Sunday afternoon, was smaller
than expected but a fair sized
audience of rural and urban citi-
zens heard the speaker and par-
ticipated In the observance
The Ballinger Board of Com-
portatlon for the 75 musicians It
Is planned to use private care for
transporting the band and this
will require between 30 and 25
automobiles, thereby giving the
city a good delegation in addition
to the county committee and the
musicians
The entire delegation, headed
by the band, will take part in the
parade and many West Texas citi-
zens will know that Ballinger is
on the map Runnels county Is
expeeted to be one of the highest
ranking In West Texas In the soil
and water conservation contest.
Terracing in this county Is well
above 200.000 arres with much
range terracing added In the
water conservation program.
The Ballinger band has been
# j assigned a spot on the program
the service has been to farm Mass meetings for landowner*1 Construction on the Ballinger-1 aIld Qurthal Ollllgan has
women of the county and some of have been scheduled at four Hro,ltl> highway is moving along advls<>tj by the convention
the major accomplishments places In Runnels countv Monday IIfcM- a'",rdl"* lo u * Hooper.. rommittee that It will be expected
Miss Imogen*' Pagan, of Norton, at 2 P m for the purp-a of nt Mat. hwhwuy ^ to play a one hour's concert on
representing the girls' -Ilf clubs complying with the new oil and Full ‘ r'"“ ' rt ^rad in ^ west o''”1' ,,d‘‘ral ,awn' be*lnnln« at 8
told briefly of the work done by water conservation act pa - d by Ills- uftfr,,°°n; Mr'
had it" leg Vailiy Creek Is progreasing satis |(iliiigai epted the lnvita-
Small Group Hears Ipour Meetings to be Held Ballmger-Bronte
Extension Service i n f , tn j Road Work Rapid;
Program at Park ByLandOWnerS of County To Surface Grade
them and the success It ha*
in this count\ under the able be held in
leadership of the present and mlssioner's
muntty Development has arranged prevjou8 h o in i demonstration The ciunim .mnci < or
pros Id. j agents. session Monday specified the
rent the diplomas
A large audience is expected at
the high school auditorium Frl-
VICTIM IMPROVING
Dirk Johnson, employee of the
day evening to hear the class Humble Pipe Line Company, was
address b y
Oeorge Oilks,
Brtgalder William
of Dallas, head of
bitten by a rattlesnake at his
home In the Pony Creek com-
the Salvation Army In six states munUy Sunday morning The
and chaplain of the Texas depart- t Snake struck him as he was reach-
ing into a tool box. the fangs
ment of the American Legion At
the conclusion of this program
eighty seniors wWl receive diplo-
mas.
SINGING SCHEDULED
AT CREWS
SUNDAY
striking a thumb Dr F M Hale
treated the wound thirty minutes
later and administered anti-venom
serum.
Mr. Johnson was very sick for
a time but was reported Wednes-
day to be Improving This Is the
second local person to be bitten
by u rattlesnake recently, Mrs L
E II Barnett being struck on a
finger last week
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M Skinner
Mrs
returned
The Tri-County Singing Asso-
ciation ronventlon will be held at
Crews Sunday afternoon begin-
ning at 2 o'clock Singers from all
over this section of West Texus
have been Invited p»d a fine pro- ]
gram Is being planned All who'
like singing are Invite dto attend home 8und*> from Menard, where
- she had visited relatives several
w
Sam Crowthcr. of San Angelo, days She was accompanied here
transacted business In Ballinger by Mr and Mrs Crawford Lrm-
Tuesday burg and daughter
11 Schools in This County
Pass Standardization Tests
a speaker's platform.
(IrlnklnR water and a public
address system The Ballinger
high school band opened the pro-
gram with a short concert after
which County Agent John A Bar-
ton took charge of the progrum
Rev E D ’.andreth pastor of
the First Met hodist Church,
offered the Invocation and Mayor
C P. Shepherd delivered the wel-
‘ come address
Mr Barton explained the pur-
pose of the meeting and similar
meetings being held all over the
nation and told of the beginning
of organized farm work In Texas.
The Smith-Lever bill passed by
congress In 1914 established the
extension service and made
appropriations for employing
county agents
Following the preliminary
remarks four speakers represent
tiiR the main phases of extension
service in.Runnels county were
Introduced.
P R Dietz, representing the
farmers of the county, gave an
interesting talk on some of the
outstanding accomplishments of
better farming in this county as a
result of the help given by this
service
Miss Myra Tankresley, county
home demonstration agent, told
of the women's and girls' club
work in the county and intro-
duced speakers for these groups
Mrs W W Mitchell, active
home demonstration leader of
Norton, spoke in behalf of the
each of the four com
precinct:
in
fol-
W idler Long' Jr 4 - H club boy lowing place: for ll" meet in ■ •
who'-4bc®lvcd a trip to Chicago precinct
factorily
Material.
have been received for
: tion and will have
hand
the band on
mall di'.image tructure: and pinns are to leave Ballinger
• ' ' about 9 o'clock Tuesday morning
•line tin grade us built When the
grade is completed it will have a
shallow topping of asphalt that
will make It practically an all-
weather road
»* !1 ' 'h. Ballinger
Mice have about completed plan* returning home
Band members have been
No 1 Dee Oliver com
last year, refe i oted the boys mlssi tier city hall in Ballinger
He delivered .. ; excellent talk on precinct No 2 l' D Bedford rom-
thelr work a: ! what they are missiuner Queen Theatre at Wm-
learnlug through the clubs ters. precinct No 3 Ralph Burns.
H w Lynn, manager of the commissioner Wingate and pre
West Texas Cottonoil Co mill at rlnct No 4 R A Perry commls-
Ballinger and an enthusiastic sloncr the Miles picture show
extension service booster, talked At each meeting a committee-
on the benefits this *civire has man wl;j be elected and the f"'ir'bi before the tutc highway com
had on business by making bet- wlp comprise the Runnels county j miasion in time for contracts at
ter farmer ■ and Improving the conservation advisory commute*- Jui <■ m< ting
soil and systems ol farming and This committee of four will] Th'' asphalt topping of the first
ranching meet to organize and designate ulne miles of this road from Bal-
Threatening clouds in the „ne of the member* to attend thejll,1K,'r u’ on*‘ nnl' of Valley Creek
morning kept a large numb*. dulrlrt meeting which will lx-1,s but wl11 no* s,ar,‘*<1
and arrive in Abilene In time for
some street and hotel playing be-
fore noon After lunch the dele-
gation will assemble for the
parade and the concert will be the
group
for the oak Creek bridge and
these will be sent to Austin soon
They probably will riot be ready
before the May lettings but will
program
from attending the
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136 CHECKS FOR *31.(Mu .6
FOR COt'NTY’S FARMERS
RECEIVED Tills WEEK
;n I befort
be
The county agent's office received
another shipment of conservation
checks Monday for farmers of
this county. In the shipment
were 136 checks for a total of
$21.046 76 Farmers having checks
in the lot were advised and asked
to come to the office and sign for
same
To date 2.767 checks have been
received for farmers of this county
for a total of >438.594 05 ft is
estimated that approximately 375
July The local engineer's
office will start soon prenarlng
plans for this work and have
them ready for consideration any
time after July 1 The money has s1ffrs
held at Fort Stockton on May
Tlie district meeting will
attended by delegates from 51
counties and at that meeting one
man will b** select#^ to represent
this district on the state board
The state board will be com-
posed of five members and will be
empowered with the administra-
tion of the law and tn carrying
out the work as set up by the art
It Is very important, leaders
point out that every landowner
attend these meetings and help House for the university
form the county organization on Bay festivities
the above date.
ad-
vised by school authorities that
they will turn in their books at
| the close of school on Monday on
account of being away Tuesday.
One program at high school also
was changed on account of the
bund being away The choral
clubs will present their programs
Wednesday night Instead of Tues-
day a* first announced
More than 75 bunds are expected
to be in Abilene Tu sday to take
rt in the contest.* and parade.
BRING TOP PRICES
AT AUCTION BARNS HERE
been set aside for the work which }
assure* It betng done in the 1940
» i Many bgywi were present at
Mrs w B Halley returned the Runnels County Auction Barns
Wednesday from Norman. Okla- , Tuesday afternoon and buying
home when- she was the guest
the
her niece Mis* Mildred Davis,
the Kappa Kappa Oamma
Mother’s
Mrs t> K Jacob visited in the
home of her sister. Mrs L I*
women of the county and par-
ttrulary home demonstration rlubHunday from Roscoe. where
work She pointed to the great aid had been visiting relatives
more cheeks are yet to be paid landreth of Abilene Monday and
which will likely push the total Tuesday-
well above half a million dollar.* ♦
^ , Mi M N Holt and Mrs Vt A
Miss Bessie Smith returned homr'Andrt o "'tend' d !• busiru : at
„lu- | San Angelo today
was brisk most of the session.
During the afternoon total sales
were about >2.300 and some fat
vearltngs brought as high as >8.60
per 100 pounds
Sales were made on 98 head of
Mrs W A Cabtness. of Temple ,5 sh„.p and 7 hogs
was a guest In the O K Jaco|> The next sale will be held Tues-
h..mo the past week-end j dav of next week, starting at 1
Mrs Roy Jacob left the past I1' m
week-end for Big Spring to Join
her husband who has employment
there They will make home at
Big Spring
GREETINGS TO THE IHOIHERS OF Rl NNEL8. COUNTY —
We have selected .i grand picture fnt Mother's Dav It w,.:
afford us a lot of pleasure to show to all mothers Sunday
matinee only at no churge
RITZ THE41Rl
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property
County Superintendent E C , or have some physical
OrtndstafT has received reports on that Is needed
the standardization tests taken by
a number of Runnels county
schools several weeks ago Satis-
factory grades were made by
eleven schools and these were
«4Sy( to the standardized list
Fkmr schools failed In the testa jot fen and Sweet Home
and seven schools did not take, RUnne|, county's record of 24
I schools meeting standardization
requirements and 11 without that
There are thirteen permanently
standardized schools m the county
that did not have to take tests
this year These are Runnels
Maverick. Bethel. Hagan. Barnett
North Norton. Independence. Oak
Creek. Baldwin. Victory. Blanton
them
The Franklin. Harmony. Groen-
wald Mazcland. Drasco. Dale No
1, Pumphrey. Benoit Spring Hill.
Hatchel and Dry Ridge schools
paaeed the 1939 tests Those that
tried and failed to meet all the
requirements were Red Bank. Dal*
No. 2. Millar and Marie Seven
did not take the tests at all
because for some reason or
another they could not qualify.
Boat* of thee* schools are among
Mm beat In the county and may
taaah one more grade than
rank Is above par In comparison
to other counties' common school
districts Some of this county's
schools qualifying this year will
be added to the permanent list
and will not be required to take
the testa next year
All schools are planning their
closing exercises and a group of
approximately 200 pupUs will com*
piste the work of the seventh
grade and graduate in a
bore on May 22.
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Calendar of Coming Events
Friday. May 12 Alumni banquet. Central Hotel. 8 30 p m
Sunday. May 14 Mother's Day. Ham
Ballinger high school band in concert. 3pm
Bar-alaureate service. Ballinger Baptist Church
8 15 p m sermon by Dr D R Llndley of San
Antonio
Monday. May 15 Senior class play. “Arizona Cowboy, high
school auditorium. 8 15 p m
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Wednesday. May 17 Junior and senior high school choral club* (,
concert, .senior high school auditorium 8 15 p m J
Thursday. May 18 Junior high school graduation exercise* <
senior high school auditorium Addres* bv Rev F. }
D Landreth
Friday. May Iff- JBenlor high school graduation exercises, senior
high school auditorium, 8 IS ;i m. Address by
Brigadier WUIlam O. Oilks
Rape Cases Continued;
8 Persons Convicted
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Mt a n d Mrs Herman Heine
d Mi Albert Monroe and
''. lighter of Roseoc, .s|>cnt Sunday
j i! the home of Mr and Mrs. Ross
| Smith
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Mr and Mrs W F. Kendricks
■ ind Mr and Mrs Dos* Herring
licit Tuesday lor Del Rio, where
Mi Kendrick.. Iraiiharted business.
Judge O L Parish granted a
continuance this morning in the
two cases of JefT Wiginton and
Billie Burke Indicted by the
grand Jury for rape Absence of
defense witnesses was the rausc
of the postponement
charges of driving while Intoxi-
cated and were assessed two-year
suspended sentences These wore
fiol Lockett Jr Carl Wheaton, B
T Walker and D L Leaton
Three pleas of guilty were
entered Tuesday morning Bob
a
The special ventre summoned Rildkett received a three year
. . . »I suspended sentence on a forgery
for the two cases In this term of Adum, received a
119th district court was dismissed ,UK
McCarver & Lynn
Isians - Abstract* - Insurance
Ballingrr, Texas
and no petit Jury will be on duty
the remainder of the week
Cases on the criminal docket I
were called Monday morning and I
trials continued steadily until
Tuesday noon at which time the
petit jury venire was excused
Right case* were heard by the
court and sentences passed In
each
After 10 minutes deliberation
the Jury returned a verdict giving
11 a two-year penitentiary sentence
in the only contested case Mon-
day W. A. Hancock, alias J. H
Davis, was convicted on a charge
of theft by false pretext
Four entered pleas of guilty to
charge
two-year suspended sentence on a
forgery charge and Verna Fcr-
(Contlnued on page 6)
$250.00 Reward
raid for Convletien of
livestock Thieve*.
Runnels County Uveotoeb
Association
Agnew-Wright Funeral Home
Dependable Funeral Service
at Moderate Coet
Ambulance Service
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 11, 1939, newspaper, May 11, 1939; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1159571/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.