The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 25, 1942 Page: 1 of 10
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
BALLINGER. TEXAS, TSVMMI, JUNE 25.IM2
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Runnels Countians Bring
In Huge Piles of Rubber
The collection of acrap robber
In Ballinger and Runnel* county
moved along at a fast rate this
week and huge pile* are being
accumulated at most filling
stations A check up early In the
week revealed most of the stations
bad already received from three
to seven thousand pounds e a e h
JJid all expected the final rush
Sis week-end to be the heaviest
Included In the rubber piles
here were all kinds of rubber
Tovs came In for a large share
of the small items while tires and
tubes made up most of the weight
One single tire sold to a local
station the first of this week
weighed 175 pounds and was said
to be the largest single piece
received here.
Station operators praised the
work of boys and girls in collect-
ing the scrap. Many old tires and
tubes were dug out of hiding from
vacant lota, farms, and some
from the bottoms of lakes.
If the drive Is falling here In
any respect. It Is because small
plcepe of rubber from Inside the
homes are not being collected as
expected Small Items from the
medicine cabinet, bathroom,
kitchen, and bedroom were not
brought In in such numbers as
anticipated and most of the piles
here were composed of larger
Items
A few people refused the money
for their scrap rubber and asked
that station operators turn the
selling price over to the USO to
be used in providing for American
boys in training camps or In
foreign lands. At Winters signs
were being displayed at all places
New Rubber From Old to Help Bridge Shortage
July 4th Offers
Double Holiday
For People Here
Woman is Killed
In Airplane Crash
where rubber was being bought aw ji £ | 1
asking donations lor the USO |>(*0tIlCr Ol liOCtll
drive underway and a report from
there the first of the week Indi-
cated a large sum would be
realized
The drive wUl close this week
and who have rubber scraps,
regardless of the size of the col-
lection. are urged to take them to
nearby nuing stations. At most
the scrap Is hauled away
deny and put In a warehouse
where K will be held until time
tor shipment at the order of the
government.
Early next week an accurate
cheek up will be available of the
number of pounds received In this
county. Oil companies cooperat-
ing In the move will tabulate the
total purchased as soon as the
campaign cloeea.
Arrangements Made
For Registering Men
In 18-20 Year Group
All arrangements have been
completed for the registration of
18. 10 and 20 year old youths in
the county next Tuesday. This
group Includes all men born on or
after January 1. 1922. and on or
before June 30. 1024
Ernest Caskey. In charge of the
registration In the county, has
arranged for booths at six places
In the county In Ballinger Mr
Caskey will be In charge and will
have ample help at the court
house to take care of all who
register here Other officials In
charge are E D Stringer. Win-
ters; J. M McCroskey, Wingate;
Dale Douglas. Norton; C W
Kopecky. Rowens. and J. I War-
ren. Miles
Mr. Caskey stated that all
supplies had been received and
were being distributed to the
towns this week Persons who will
be out of the county on June 30
may register In advance by visit-
ing one of the men named above
or at the office of the county
superintendent In Ballinger
Tills, the fifth registration in
the United States. Is expected to
provide approximately two more shops and projects in the county
Runnels county men for military j wm be suspended on June 30 This
ervice A number in this ageionjPr vull the large NVA
group have already volunteered workshop in Ballinger which has
for service and this may cut the; poen working on defense order*
.-j •- several months, making desks and
tiling cabinets tor Camp Bowie
A letter from Rod H Merrett.
area supervisor. asked permission
to leave machinery in the county
buildings on the court house lawn
Retailers Meet Tomorrow
To Plan War Bond Drive
Rush Red Cross
Knitting Asked
Of Local Group
total below the estimated mark
WhM tm umr the mIIn'i call far your scrap
reclaimed robber, mixed wMb erode aad served a* to br
which baa bsaa read, healed aad mimed befere baiag la
her carnet eat like spaghetti strings. At right te a pda tt
N.Y.A. Shop Will Close
Permanently on June 30
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County Judge F C Orlnd.stafT * is rv fir j
was advised today that all NYA ,\|| f |f6 WjUu^nS
To Meet Tonight;
Lectures Planned
The Red Cross production cen-
ter here has received instructions
for an emergency knitting quota
to be accepted at once and com-
pleted not later than August 15.
Tile work calls for in u k I n it 80
I helmets and 50 turtleneck sweaters
for the navy Production workers
I are asked to drop everything they
have on hand when the yarn
| arrives, and rush the quota
I through for emergency needs
Knitting supervisors are asking
that knitters working on garments
now speed up this work and turn
them In as fast as possible In
order to be ready to accept gar-
ments for the new quota It Is
announced that a display will be
shown soon In some local store of
all garments and types of knitting
being done for American fighting
men at this time
Some materials have been
received for the sewing program
it j r ffi which will begin soon Plans are
SPT I fir I niDOrniW being made for the making of
kJCl llfl 1 vIIlUI 1 Un approximately 1 ooo garments.
mostly cotton dresses and cotton
the dresses and cotton blouses
bfrr b wbat berime* ef It befere It beeemea
tbe shortage. At left yew *ee scrap robber
Ibreagb a toe screen te remove girl. Tbs rob*
robber scrap.
Legion Barbecue
()n 22nd Birthday
Everything Is all
Mrs.. J. Dexter BofT received a
message Saturday morrpng relat-
ing the death of her brotlTur.
Ensign Robert D. Jones. Jr., some-
where off the west coast In the
Pacific Ocean. No details of the
death were received other than It
was a plane crash
Ensign Jones attended North
Texas Agricultural College. Arling-
ton. where he took a civil aero-
nautics course Later he trained
at the naval air station at Orand
Prairie, Texas, then at Pensacola.
Florida, and completed his train-
ing at Alameda. California Hr
spent several days here about county
March 1 of this year while en desired
route to Alameda
On June 1 he received his com-
mission and was assigned to dutv.
and the fatal crash that took hts
I life occurred June 13 The last of
until transportation can
vlded to move tt to a
In Austin
Superintendents of this section j
were in a meeting at Coleman the
first of the week and learned
there that new orders originating
at Washington would cause all of
this type of work to end on June
30 and would not be resumed
Cuts In appropriations for many
Fire wardens will
city hall tonight 8'
the organization w$.
and others euijglrd
days in each bloek
me. ! at the
.in.;! time
be [st let ted
within a !u
in Ballinger
might will
Amer an Legion birthday party
tomorn w 1 Friday• afternoon und
event tin Manor Hays place
five miles south of Ballinger on
the Colorado River Goats donated
bv members have been butchered
and plac'd in cold storage at Bal-
linger Friday morning this meat
along with a purchase of bee! will
tie taken to the grounds and
burbecued over the open tire
Delbert Vaiictl is in charge of
the special entertainment and
bo pro- -n,,. wardens meetir ........
warehouse ,.ut.h a»,gIlwl , ternary and U,*-<l thr t,rs' ut U,e
secure helper, to make!8,1 rompletrd tor
asked to
up the complete organization
D O Posey reabrsts that per-
sons in every biota who will be
contacted within .'the next few
days, accept the appointments and
look after the work. The training
requires no study and is all given
in lecture courses Thr ftrst of
government agencies were m a d e ; thpjp wU1 ^ hpld on July , „
recently, practically stopping work|thp my h.„ vhrn ~curley Hays.
except on projects nearing com-', AbUene w,n l(emg
pletlon i Receiving stations for alarms
Judge Orlndstaff is investlgat- havp b0en srt up hrrP un a 24.
ing the poMiblllty of keeping all h(>ur basW a„d chpek tpsU arr
or part of theNY A equipment | romlng ,n far :i„ thr
alarms have been all-rlear' but
taking care of the entire member- i i Q „ „ junr 28 to July 25 and
ship of the post He added that i s,alT1p ft0 g will also br good for
A representative of every busi-
ness firm In Ballinger will meet
tomorrow iFriday) morning at the
city hall in a special session to
approve a plan for selling war
stamjw and bonds during July.
The government has called on the
retailers of the nation to use their
entire lorce of employees next
month to sell stamps and bonds.
Bach store has been given a quota
of 4 per cent of the total saten
for the month of July. 1941
J A Killough, secretary of thr
Ballinger Board of Community
Development, has conferred with
K E Bruce, county cliaiiinan of
bond sales, and the Ballinger com-
mittee composed of W. O. Wal-
lace. Sam Behringer and C. Fw
Stone, and a definite plan of
action will be submitted at the
meeting Friday If the plan Is
approved it will require only a
short time for the meeting tomor-
row morning
Featured m the plan Is a sug-
gestion that prises In war bonds,
be offered by the B C. D. to thr
three persons In Ballinger selling
the most for the month Each
store manager will also be asked
to post <inc or more prizes for the
employees selling the most during
the month
The July quota for Runnels
county has not been received but
it Is expected to be very heavy.
The June quota Is tar behind to
date and will b* ut the end of
| the morn h unless sales in the
j county this week exceed exjieeta-
tions
Those In chary of the cam-
jruigri to organize and see that all
retailers coopcratt In the plan
an anxious that a representative
j of every business house in Ilallln-
I gcr attend this meeting Thin
wall require only a short time and
I If .some are not there it means
No 5 will he good for two pound* lhat ((U„.r m,.n ,lMt pult
but the periixl will be twice as W(1Ih iUl(1 rnalgfl them Mr Kil-
lough said
Sus>ar Information
Given Consumers
By Rationing Board
The Runnels r o u n t y rationing
board ha received new Inst rue
tlot.x in regard to the issuing of
iigur for the next period Stamp
here to be used tnvncatlonul work
The buildings will revert to thr! ma). ^ rpPWVed any tllnr follow
Kim' were expected by ttie middle
of the afternoon and others would
find plenty to eat If they came
after store closing time late Fri-
day afternoon.
Those attending should go down
the Paint Rock highway to the old
Dan Liverman place, turn to the
left on the old Pony Creek road
and after about one mile again to
the left through a pasture to the
campsite on the river After leav-
ing thr Pony mad the route will
be plainly marked and easy to
for whatever
ol the Ballinger organt-
{ May he was married at Alameda
Ballinger will join other West | just before beginning hl.s service
Texas towns In observing the i as a naval officer
.jC
r =
V
Fourth of July as a holiday.
Stores will be dosed and nothing
will be open for business with the
exception of the usual service
stores that remain open on all
holidays and Sundays
There are a number of celebra-
tions In West Texas on Indepen-
dence Day but attendance from
Ballinger and Runnels county Is
expected to be smaller because of
the urge to save cars and tires
At Brady the btg July Jubilee will
be In full swing and is expected
to attract one of the largest
crowds m this part of the state.
The annual Cowboy Reunion at
Stamford will also be offering a
feature program and will draw Its
share of those who go away from
home.
Most local people plan outings
on the double holiday on stream*
and at nearby resort*. A large
number of local dUsens will be
tertalned at the Ballinger
mntry Club, where the annual
program, consisting of a golf
tournament, barbecue, bridge
tournament and other features
has been planned
J A Killough. secretary of the
Ballinger Board of Community
Development, made a canvass of
the merchants here the past
week-end and found all contacted
In favor of taking off for the day
even though It falls on Saturday
It was announced last week that
all stores In Winters would be
closed for the day
--♦-
o H Readier U seriously 111 In
the Shannon Hospital. San Angelo
The body will be sent back for
The local draft board received
notice this week that Dillard Adair
had been enlisted In the U S
navy reserve on June 23 Tilts
will unable him to complete his
education before being called for
service except In un emergency, at
w hich time he might be railed on i d()
burial at Arlington. Texas Mrs j short notice
EofT left Saturday for Houston toj »
be with her mother Mrs R D , .. . . . .
, . .. .. . , , J M House, district USO rhalr-
Jone.s. and await the arrival of .__, ... .. . ,
.. . . .. . man. was here from Midland Frt-
the remains of the son and i . . . .. . . i,„_ . , , .
day to check up on the drive In | mg that he hac
purpose I u a tpat
ration
Other attempt.' have been made
to form an organization here but since organizing
this has reverted bark to the No 8 in Texas
firemen and wm eliminate many I members
ies Those in Friday
he public it is1 hour
and that all)
are expected I-
This is the third birthday party
staged by the la-glon [*>st here It
also represents the 22nd birthday
overlapping d u
charge remind
wartime trail.,
asked to serv*
brother
Mr Jones has visited In Ballin-
ger a number of times and ts
known by a large number of local
people
J E Witt ha. received a letter
from a grand-- Roy Dec Witt
stationed at K ,ak Alaska tell
been made avla-
Runnels countv and visited a
number of communities before
returning to hts home
young man Is a-rving in the U
S naval air force
Little Cyrena Stowe is at home
after a visit with relatives at
Abilene
CEILING
FRIC-F
LISTS
MI ST BE MLF.D JUNE 3d
—
reminded
Nine Days Left in USO War
Fund Campaign in Nation
lion metalsmith third class The With only a lew days to go. com
mlttees are striving to increase
sales to go over the top and be
ready for the anticipated heavy
July quota
During the jiast week and up to
Wednesday, sale* aggregated $18-
Thc plan was not cora eivad
here but war. approved by Uw t).
8 treasury and 1* requested of
every city, town und vtliugo In
the nation It Is a dcmoi-tattr
way of enlist mg millions of sadto-
people in one of the beggest stat-
ing events ever staged and owe
that is expected to push Jaljt
quotas far beyond the set totals
-«--
County Club Boys
Get State Awards
At F.F.A. Meeting
special jwrmits for canning sugar 17
in 1920 as |K»st Industrial and Institutional user* Norbert Halfmann and Bruee
More than loti are those o|>eratlng rales, board Kennedy ol Runnels county were
arc expected to attend ini’ houses hospitals and similar awarded t ji e lame Blar Farmer
evening for the sui't* r places and have nothing to do, degrer at the state future Farmer
with canning permits (Tanning committee meetings held at New
♦ >: »aj In ■ ....... am ttw h u i lui
Tin hoard has been expenenc Chow-n from inori thari iW.IKIO
ing a rush and reports for the members of Texas them I.,d* arc
month will b* very heavy Tills is among the 175 Future Farmers of
the reason for taking Iwo days! the entire state wlio have reached
to give the office staff time to the highest degrr, <>f at tionv. ol
tabulate and makt out reports tins year that tiLay U awarded by
W the State A.smx latmn of Future
Farmers
two pounds between July 26 and
Auguat 2d.
Oacar Harber. chairman of the
county board, stated that the
office would be closed for any
business on June 30 and July 1
to permit reports to be made up
and sent to the state office On
these two day* no books or special
grants will be made
Mr Harber pointed out thatj
there Is considerable contusion In i
regard to the next slgn-up for !
industrial and institutional users
of sugar which started on June 20
und Is to continue until July 5
Some have till- confused with the
It AH IIIIM) s\l»> SHORT
SI*.35k loll THIS MOM II
Hales of war bonds and tamps
in Runnels county have mounted
to $45,249 23 so far this month to
meet a quota for June of $62 600
MM YORK SOI fill KS SEEK
PARTY ON R\N( II III R| In order to receive tint drgiec a
^ boy must be carrying on hit 1 hint
... , ... year farming program under the
In * lp,u,r„u- U,P *UU'L°1'^Hxupervulon of the v.vattanal agrt-
newspaper Mis* Marv Talbot. ^ u^her and his U,vro$-
employed by the USO at Brown-
Store managers are
that a complete 11*1 of articles In
their store* with celling prices are
to be posted with the rationing
board by June 30 Two list* arr
required In thl* regulation and
the June 30 date Is an extension
of time to permit all to properly
make out the long lists.
Oacar Harber. chairman of the
Runnels county rationing board,
said only a few lists have been
filed to date and that all business
houses who handle cost-of-llvlng
articles must comply
— a
MANY GRANS FIRES HERE
HAZARD TO PROFERTY
A number of gras* fire* recently
have caused the fire department
to be called on for help Firemen
point out that there are many
vacant lota In Ballinger high In
weeds and grass, that are reach-
ing the stage where they are fire
hazards
Property owners are urged to
pick still days and burn these lots
off If flrement are needed to
stand by In case tbe flames cannot
be controlled by the property
owner, they will be glad to do a*.
Boom lota are waist high In weeds
gad antes taken care of, say
caaae a serious Ere.
H C Wless. chairman of the
state UHO campaign committee,
sent all county chairmen telegrams
today urging every effort to be put
forth during thr remaining nine
days of the campaign His tele-
gram follows
"Our USo campaign I* at a
critical stage, with only nine more
days In which to see that Texas
goes over thr top and meets Its
I obligation to the men In service
and to the nation We In Texas
> have an unusual responsibility In
I this matter because Texas ts host
> to more soldiers than any other
| stale, and the UHO Is sprndtng
estimate of flna. report on July 4
Ballinger is ‘ .11 short about
$125 The count’ i* approximately
$1,500 short however several com
munity commltt-e* have about
completed aolirr,»tlons and made
no reports
A few contributions have been
received through the scrap rubber
campaign and llte Lone Star Oas
406 75 Sales previously reported wood asked that if possible a
in June totaled $26 842 50 week-end party be arranged on a
Reports by towns for the past ranch In this county for twenty
week were as follows i New York boys now In service at
Ballinger. $14.375 00 , Camp Bowie
Winters $2,025 00 Miss Talbot stated that the sol-
Mlles $1,763 00 dlers were extremely interested In
Rowena. $243 75 j Texas They seek all the Infor-
Durtng the next four days It will matlon they ran about the state
be necessary for Runnel* county and thetr one hip wish and
riti/ens to buy $17.350 75 tf the request of the UHO service Is to j
June quota Is met b«- allowed to spend one week-end
♦ | on a West Texas ranch
Mrs Myrta Harshaw and Mi** RnP said the boys would
merit in farming must
$250
He must h« active in F F. A
activities a leader m hit kx-.il
r ha pie i and be In tlx upper
bra< ket in his high arhool ■* hnlaA-
ttr standing No more than two
l>er rent of tin orgumsatloii'a
members may wawi The lone
star degree during any one yens,
however only about six hoys pet
1 000 met the minimum quallfWa-
lions this year
pay
Co. announced this morning that Marilyn Agnew left Wednesday f°t their own transportation to any
It would have il«>ut 2 000 pounds Brookville, Pa. where tjiey will j pgint that would be convenient
of rubber thl seek-end which visit relatives several weeks [and that passes could be arranged
would be sold d contributed to
this cause
An apt>e.il r iiade to every per-
son in this county to make a
much mote money here that wr|ronlrlbul|l a* poaaiMe
arr being asked to contribute As ...
county chairman and leader In
this ramtmlgn. you realise the
Important work United Service
Organizations will do to maintain
the morale of our soldiers and
sailors at the high standard
necessary for America to win this
war
Every person In your territory
should contribute to this organi-
sation. knowing that everyone
want* the hundred* of men from
that section to be given the best
possible care within the power of
the UBO We feel confident that
your county will make a food
but advise bp wire all
county chairman
<>r Harry Lynn.
Head donation-
Troy Rlmie- i
Ballinger
A McOrepo:
Ballinger
J D Motley or Dr Rov Maddox.
Winters
Hupt J I Warren. Miles
Duncan Ilenslee, Wingate
D W Turner Jr . Norton
MUlon Clayton. Talpa route 2
Henry Teplicek or First National five years
Bank. Rowena
Rev F M Kaminsky. Otfen
Any of these will accept contrt-
from any part of the
and sat that It goat Into
the county fund.
for nearly any week-end
RAI.I.IN(,FH W III RI Plans to thl* end are being
56 YEARS OLD MONDAY ma(ie jiere now and within a short
- time it Is expected that the entire
Monday will lx- the :>6Ui birth group will br Invited here and
day of Ballinger This year there jgiven the entertainment they
will be no celebration or program j want most
and the town will move along as
Mrs Tom Agnew :uid Mr* A. A.
Hrhnable were in Ablleiu n*. N«d-
neas Wednesday
Mrs. Gertrude Woods
INKI'RANCE
111 R. Eighth Street
Ballinger Texas
usual with stores doing regular
business Tbe First National Bank
I* observing It* 56th birthday,
being organized on thr day of thr
| town lot sale and operating con-
. tlnuously since
Back In 1936. plans were made
; to stage a celebration about every
on June 29. at which
time pioneers of the city and
county would be special guesta
The war has altered thoae plan*
and nothing ha* been planned or
will be until the preaent conflict
The Government Wants Tonr
SCRAP RUBBER
today and take tt to a filling station. They,
i for It and the government MI'RT HATE IT.
AGNEW FUNERAL HOME
Gather
will pat
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