The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1942 Page: 10 of 12
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Higginbotham’s
COST LOST
SIGHT OF
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THESE DRESSES
MI ST RE SOLI)
(* abort! in os
Spun Rayons
Fitfurod W ash
Silks
Alpacas
Jerseys
—in drossy dresses
and for sports
wear.
A few suits in
Corduroy and
Plaids.
SAVE
AM)
Rl'Y
MORE
BONDS
Fall and Winter Dresses
Right Now When Saving is the
Order oi the Day
This big price slashing — Pre-Inventory Sale conies
to your rescue — with prices on new seasonal
Dresses that are overwhelming - in reduction.
Think of it you can save $1.07 on a $2.9$ Dress and $7*07 on a $16.9$
Dress — others in proportion.
| AA|. thli list over — see what you Save. Ail Fall and
LUOa Winter Dresses must be sold.
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i Higginbotham Bros. & Co. f
} BALLINGER’S SHOPPING CENTER $
O OC DRESS
T**/J ON SALE AT
$1.88
$6.95
JSr $4*8
$10.95
0C DRESS
ON SALE AT
$2.88
$7.95
DRESS CCJiR
ON BALE AT
$12.95
C4 QC DRESS
ON SAL* AT
$1.88
$8.95
DRESS OC^gg
ON SALK AT
$14.95
Ce QC dress
tJ*7J OS SALE at
$3.88
$9.95
DRESS Cgjg
ON SALE AT yWVWW
$16.95
DRESS
ON BALE AT
DRESS
ON SALE AT
DRESS
ON SALE AT
DRESS
ON SALE AT
$6.88
$7.88
$9.88
$9.88
3 BallingiT Teachers
Resign Positions \ml
Ycrept Other Work
!*hrr*« m >rr If j her. h > v •
resigned front thr Halllr (f r
«rtw« I faculty and nr place U
'HCant at this time naktng I
total of four ti 'tt hfr. ; -ceded
Supt Nat Williams innounred
this week thr resignation of Our
dial Oilllgan. for thr past thrrr
frars band director and thl* yrar
Av> teaching military drill to thr
•uyi of yenlor high school Mr
Jtlllgan will go to Sweetwater to
b. an Instructor in thr Hweet-
•atrr flying school
Mr Williams stated Wednesday
'hat no plan, have been made for
tts successor and added that
sani of thla kind were hard to
•nd anti thr future of bard work
m thr Halllngrr school., will br at
ilair until a man is baind for
Alla p< ml lion
Mr Ollllgan s progress with the
Ballinger musical orgamaaUons
ha. barn more than satisfactory.
Ma bands having ranked high In
aiat. and national contests for
Hat past three years Not only
tea ha developed a concert band,
bad the stunts, parades, color at
and otter gather
bate attracMd much favor-
of mathematics and physical edu
t'alliM' at ui.mr high has resigned
to ■ opt a piMttiusi at thr liar
"•a T r i . t-g I "enter as an
tolrntor o. thr ground scluafi
oMHior t.i fu* work at Junior
I — hr Mat !»-rri i.v.u.tai l
.. h of thr regional champion
't ,» llrar.it football team
t •! g f sn I, Krlhsi Wright Iht
pii .t season
M.~s Mary f Wadc teacher of
in . .• m the senior high srhoU
lias resigned to accept a pisuUtUi
>n the W-.nk high srhoil faculty
HI nee her resignation Mrs rtfsl
Harman has been teaching this
subject btit cannot r o n t l n u e
indefinitely with the rosirsr
Hupt Williams stated that a
teacher svas sUII needed in high
srh<aii for bookkeeping and typing
This work is being handiest at the
present by Mrs Bob Undary on
a temporary basis
TOP THAI
BUY WAR BONOS
Amrriran Troop* ill Hrlpan (longo
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kmrrlra. traepa are aaw la ll»» betgtaa (Mg. I kltU a Ur •irsiegtr
at regntfl Belgian. leapaMvUle la aa Iwiparlaal < aaga
riser part. aa. the rbief rtty . UlM raggr. cavalry la Ibis ptrtare.
»M< k was lakra la I rspwi..IIW. tar Says art Uiss aisri fctaf ta ikr
tal.klru tf the lawa -
jkeep them up and not permit
them to run looir In the city
I bigs without pri>v license tag.
will be killed. It was said if they
are found running lunar
TWO W IHMVii ISSI ro
nv < nit r or roi.it e
Chief of Police J D McNutt
taauerl two warnings to residents
of Ballinger this week The first
mas In rrgard to double parktnk
and it was stated that tickets
an hi I<1 be issued for this violation
Special attention was railed to
the fact that Hutchings Avenue
Is a state highway and double
parking cannot ba tolerated on
UU. atraet
to
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tS OUt QUOTA
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Civil Air Patrol
Has Moetinj* Hen1;
To Form Squadron
Groups acre here Sunday from
the civtl air patrol squadrons al
Abileno and Stamford to meet
with those In Halllngrr eligible for
enlistment in thli service Sis
planes arrived from the two towns
shortly before noon and the men
were met at Hrurr Meld by about
fifteen local men Interested in
forming a squadron In Ballinger
organisation of an air patrol la
underway here and aa soon aa
enough enlistments are secured
thr squadron will br formed Eltgi
bliity includes pilots with certifi-
cates or licenses mechanics or
apprentice mechanics, radio oper-
ators. and ground arhool instruc-
tors
A check up rrvraled about 13 of I
20 men In Halltnker eligible for
enlistment and at prraent there
are about ten planes here with at
least seven that could be entered
in the service
M L Bird of Abilene, aif execu-
tive officer In the squadron there,
was here In his plane and Roy
Arledge Stamford squadron leader.!
was also here Thcar men were
in charge of the meeting and
aruwered question, regarding
requirements for tte patrol
At tea* two man
hoiiylit by Ballinger men Monday
and delivery will be made on
tin-a- shortly A number of local
men .tin adv have their pilot's j
license and others have about
enough hours in the air to take
examinations
Texas Farm Youths
lining Their Share
Of Work in Wartime
COLLEOK STATION Dec 10
Texas farm youth la carrying Its
• hare of the war effort In the
emergency of a labor shortage
Without fanfare the lads and girls
on the farms In many cases have
taken over the work of older
brothers called to the colors and
are doing It efficiently In other
instances they have stepped up
efforts to keep pace with Increased
wartime production Here s I. !•
Rockwell Jr, 17, of the Tell boys''
4-H club ffuldress county, who
pulled 3013 pounds of cotton In
eight hours one October day Ray
Grimes, his employer weighed the
cotton and several neighbors
observed the feat Milks In the
community think It a state record
L D came to Childrraa In the
evening and had hla picture taken
and attended a movie Was he
tired1 . . . "Well, not much'”
H. received 1X0 IS for tte day's
work plus a M bonus from Mr
Grimes Ills father added $10
-he bonus He plans to enter
At M t'ollcce m January and u
the money he earned picking ct
!<*n to |vav expenses
Mary Ellen l.umpkln. of Cli
county is a scholarship t II rl
girl and the only child ut hun
In th< labor shortage .she put h
ill tr ■ ilng to practical Use
helping with ttie plowing, hoetr
picking cotton, haying and olh
farm Jot* I hiring her five yes
of club work she has served
president of her club and been
poultry, clothing and bed roc
demonstrator Amid these actli
ties she found tune to hclfc ci
3.230 containers of fruits ai
vrgrtabies and raise turkeys (
account of her mother s health a
took more of the responsibility
the care of the home during t]
past year Her greatest "wan
was a piano and music lessoi
Again she drew on her tralnix
and the harvest front a plot
l«op<orn which she planted an
tended turned this desire In
reality
Mary Mien U a high sc ho
senior and hopes u> go to collet
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Head grocery ads and sav.
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The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1942, newspaper, December 17, 1942; Ballinger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1163413/m1/10/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carnegie Library of Ballinger.