The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1942 Page: 5 of 12
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
Bearcats Defeat Stamford
In Regional Championship
The Ballinger Bearcat*, playing
behind (or the first time Mils year,
came bark with a ttrrat passion
lame in the second half to defeat
the Stamford Bulldogs Friday
afternoon and b e r o m r regional
champions for tfic second straight
the three points
Midway In the third period
Htrtplln shot a 40 yard pass to
Batts but It wus brought back
because of a penalty A pass to
Hurville netted 33 yards and
would huvr been a touchdown but
Inspect Jap Tank* in New Guinea
year Coach Wright s men plated Harville stepia-d out of bounds as
the name without a substitution
and after trailim; 3 to 0 during
the drat half, came back to solve
he turned after the catch to start
his run on the next play itar-
vllle was well covered but Wilson
the stubborn defense of the Bull-, trailing a few yards behind him
iliiwa e o I I* ■ ■ X
dogs and lake complete charge of
the offense in the second half
and emerice with a 19 to 9 victory
over their opponents
A bin and powerful line had
practically stopped t h e Bearcat
runnUiK attack and duriiik t h c
first half Harville and Hatt.s were
completely covered with two and
thrug -men on each pass attempt,
buflp'lth Wilson and Kouth trail-
ing behind during the second
half, receiver.* wue ui the open
and the overhead game started
clicking with Strlplln hitting his
targets with hts usual precision
Stamford took the lead a few
minutes after the opening of the
second quarter with a field goal
from the twenty yard line It was
a long kick against a slight breeze,
the bull traveling 39 yards before
It dropped over the cross-bar for
Your first introduction
should tell you
WHY
BLACK-
DRAUGHT
BESl smite IAXAIIVE
all over the South
_______let*1 D »W*»'P»l_
was well open and t*«ik Staplin'*
heave for a touchdown lu place
the Bearcats in the lead, 0 to 3
Stamford received and on the.
first play threw a long pass down j
field which Strlplln went high In1
the air to Intercept On the next :
plav Strlplln passed to Wilson for |
a 30-yard gain and then shot one |
to Batts for flteen Striplm dropped 1
Ivuck and shot a pass to Harville I
In the end zone for the second j
counter. On the next play he,
charged over for the second .wore
Tills time Strlplln added the extra !
point and the score was 13 to 3.
In the last quarter. Uullmgrr1
took over on their own 20 yard i
line and started a passing and!
running drive down the field ITie
first heave was to Harville for 2d j
yards. Batts look the next one and
twisted and ran to the 9 yard line
before being brought to the
ground On the next play Strtpdn
dropped bark to pass but found
the left side of the field open and
turned the play Into a run. going
to the one foot line On the next
play he went across for the touch-
down. making the score 19 to 3
A few plays later Rogers con-
nected with Prcwett for a long
pass down the field which placed
the receiver m a clear Held for
the last score of the game
Aa*tr*li*n and American soldier. In.prot Jag war lank* Inn k. d uul
In Ihr New t.uinra Jungle, where lhe brawn Invader la helm- pu-li.-d
l*aik In hla beat h-headv alter advancing alnioal la Part Mao vlo Mice
tanka are lightly armed and very vulnerable.
SPORTS (i
Following ili«* I .
os a machine und the boys have
played no better game during
tluir high school nureer than Hu-
last.
eoe
It was Hie last game tor u
large number of the boys Fur
two years they have been one of
the best class A ball clubs In
Texas and fans hate to see them
pane on to college lootball or to
the war gioups
♦oe
Muring the game the Bearcats
had two more ires In the bag
Once bMIplin p .-ved to Harville
behind the goal line for a touch-
down but a clipping penalty
brought the ball back to nullify
'he cor<- Again the ball on
.Stamford > one yard line and a
fumble lost tin boll to Stain! rd
♦uA
Tin- season I- over except lot
upper, entertainment* and other
ich activities lor ttic UeurcaL*
given thi m by fans The district
trophy Will la- awarded and
lettermen will lu designated to
receive jackets
♦
MW Ilf POSITS Of (lYPSI’W
till Ml l\ Oil I I spit I III M V
Lions Will Hold
Christmas Party
And Ladies Night
The Ballinger Lions Club will
hold Its unnual Christmas and
ladies night party Friday evening
at 7 30 at the Central Hotel
President F C Orindstaff will be
maste r ol ceremonies for the eve-
ning und a program of muslr und
fun has been arranged There]
will be no speeches
At the conclusion of the pro
grain If W Karnshuw will be in j
charge ol Hu initiation of new
membe rs and a special program |
feature will lee- nn de of this work
Muring thi' past tew week* a nuni
t* i ot new nu mbers have be en
,.ci . pteoi to the club und they are
iniUate-d tomoriow
■CATION BOARD RECEIVER
NEW ORDERS THIN WRICK;
FORM It 555 DISCONTTNM
/tuy
VMK. ftONOS
T0» THAT \0V
v< uftmuKV.
A large number of Ballinger
fans followed the B e a r r a t s to
Stamford Friday where they saw
them win their second regional
championship In a row The fans
stayed with the team as never
before and left Stamford a happy
crowd after the game
♦oe
Too much cannot be- said for the
fine sportsmanship showed by the
Stamford fans and students They
supported their team until the last
whLstle and after the game was
over rushed on the field to con
gratulate the Bearcats and then
stand and sing their school song
only compliments were heard of
tin* Ballinger team and traffic
cops and other Stamford people h l m elf .Strip!,
were extrtmely polite- and rourte- spur keel the offense
AUSTIN I>e-c lfi A new source
of gypsum, useful in treating soil
and In manufacture of such pro-
ducts as plaster of pans was dLs
covered during the mineral
resource surveys conducted by tbe
' University of Texas bureau of
squad paraded through tin- .treel,* economic geology. Mr K H Sel
after the game, the Stamford lards, dlre-clor, lias announced
people stexvd along the sidewalks Thr burrau rrport „n a survey
and applauded them, although ,f o.llespie county estimated that
there were tears in th-ir eyes appr,,*,^^ 7.500 000 tons of
liad lost
; OILS tei tll<- Visitor-.
♦o#
As tli) Ballinge-r Ixmd and
because the Bulldog
AO*
Coach Walker of Stamford was
with tile- Bulldogs in l.:> last game-
lie was te> report to the- army
Monday morning a- I 'lu boy
hud dedicated their last name to
turn as a farewell gift Oils made
the NLalllford crew li, ;(>:> tough
♦ft*
There were- no wu .landing Be ar-
cats The- learn pl.iw-d the entire
game without a aub ’.’ itlon and
every man gave a c , • .tint of
and Harville!
with W Bux-
gypsum are present In the area
and easily available by oj>en pit
mining Tlie- citllespie- county
survey wu-. one of many which
the bure au has made to determine
Texas mineral resources und to
make the- Information available to
industrialists
lo In- officially
evening
Other program feature* uulude
M-ndllions by tin- boys' trio of the
lo< al high .sellout Composed ol Bob
Wright. Bob Richards and Troy
Smith
Mw Kay Evans ai.U Miss Luna
lle-lle Bear hum will be' presented
in u group of musical numbe-rs
M< *m Van 1 li re and Toni
Murphy will n -.ilcr a group ot Mr and Mrs
musical number- >n the accordion mer citizen*
iiiel violin and a tterbug contest parent* of Mrs
will be' he Id with a number ot
liK-al (lancers taking part
Ke-cognlMon of all key rnembe-rs
*11 be made during the evening
as well os making awards lor
special service In club work
Oscar Barber, chief clerk of Mm
county ration board. aniiounesd
Tuesday that Institutional oak
industrial users of sugar would be
able to secure certificates for pur-
chase between December 15 —4
January 5 The allotment tar
institutional users is 60 per oent
and for industrial users 70 par
cent All such consumers wra
urged to make application lor
purchase certificates b>-t w*» o
these dates
The use of OFA emergency
receipt form R 555 for the pur-
chase of ga.soluie was discontinued
on December 15 und will not be
used any more in the future exoept
m emergencies Involving serious
threats to life, health and vatu-
able property
Members of the ration board
are Still working full time In oa
effort to get all upplicatVNte
tor additional gasoline eitRur
approvtd or rejected As fast us
approval siije are received, boa**
are being issued und mailed to the
vehicle owners
MR AND MRS WOOD W I I.T“
OBSERVE bUTII ANNIVERSARY
it
Remember Baton
fain/
A Dime Out of
F«ery Dollar in
U.S.Wor Bonds
W B WisKl. for-
of Ballinger ajid
W A BndwcU at
this city, will observe their 6Ulb
wedding anniversary at the Dlaa
Wood ranch near Oeor getown
Monday Friends will call Hurra
during the afternoon and erecting
and letters und cards nldrrancd
to them in care of the Wood
ranch will be delivered Monday
Mr and Mrs Wood made hotirr
in Ballinger lor many yeara and
were engaged In the grocery busi-
ness here Soon after the flrtrt
World War they moved to Orangw
and have since resided there aiM
ut Oeorgetown. where two miom
lived
kenqs-r perhaps Hi. ..unwinding
i man on defense 1 wa a ball
pep game in which elci- n men played
r
Attention!
ALL NON-RESIDENTIAL
NATURAL GAS CONSUMERS
War Production Board order L-31, as amended November 12,
19-12, should have your immediate, careful attention because it
imposes restrictions on your gas company’s right to deliver gas to
you and your right to use it, in the event you
—Plan to move your business; or
— Plan to replace or install additional
gas-fired equipment; or
—Make application for gas service for
a new business or in certain cases
when yon apply for reconnection.
Application should be filed bv customer with the War Produc-
tion Board and certified by Gas Company in order to obtain gas
service under above conditions.
respectfully call this restrictive order
to tour attention so that you can make your
plans accordingly. The rei/rithomi apply only
to NON RESIDENTIAL COM MERC IAL
4HJ INDUSTRIAL Cmtomerr While we do
not anticipate any fuel shortage on our lints,
the purpose of this nation-wide War Pro-
duction Hoard order is to curtail additional
non essential gat consumption, because nat-
ural gas is vital to war production.
Th«ac new restrictions along with earlier
limitation orders on gas and gas appliames
affect many of our customers. We are sure
that some of you have questions to ask So,
in a co-operative spirit and to help you
undrrvtand these orders, we hase available
at our o(fne a qualified company employee
who will he glad to advise with you whether
under your particular conditions it will he
necessary to hie an application with the War
Production Hoard, in order to obtain gas serv-
ice under above conditions.
iun r
COMPANY
Am AHRtmHA OMrOmHmf Comp—f ei Dm ttmr Om Sfttmm
Whose Savings
Are Invested
ip—"WB
*JL
rz/WM:1.:
..in Your Electric Servant?
The list of stockholder* in this company ic
a cross section of West Texas Many ot
them ore women Others are retired persons,
and skilled technicians such as carpenters,
electricians, mechanics Some are farmers
and stockmen
Still others are architects, physicians,
nurses, bookkeepers, librarians stenocjra
phers, contractors, merchants, restaurant
owners, teachers, salesmen, mailmen, fire
men, policemen, railroad firemen, conduc
tors, and ticket agents Some are in the
Army, the Navy and the Marines
Besides these direct investors, there o'e
thousands more whose interest is "direct but
no less real Very likely your sovmcjs bonk
and other institutions such as lodges, col
leges, churches or your Me insurance com
pony, for example, have put a large part
of your money info sound electric securities
In a very real sense, Your Electric Com
pany represents the savings of the people
it serve* . . people who have entrusted
their savings to busmes* management unde'
public regulation the some business man
agement that has given the averaae West
Texas home twice or three times os much
electric service for its money in the last 10
to 1 5 years
This company is assisting with the heavy
burden on taxpayers by contributing
$1,200 000 in 1942 taxes to the various
local, state, and federol governments It is
co operating with America’s many other
electric companies, under free enterprise, to
provide over 90 per cent of the Nation’*
wo»t supply of power.
Wfest Texas Utilities
Company
(
IMVIST IN AMMICAI
ley Wmr feed* eek Stamp*’
i
“When Government
Goes Into Business”
i t ■ r - | ta f r, -n e» x-.it, • ip the
v #efe*w /iet.ee* Jirwrea,
A ret i red r;i lr*i»nl man* r >f I .it
tli flock Ark inviti-d t’>00 other
stockholder* of a local utilities
rom|iatis to attend a meeting to
-..•i- w ha’ w * at: it" tn protect our
■ ti h f> -,s it , at noiincr merit
that a hearing had Im-iH set on ap-
;.t .iti >i- • tu >i government proj-
ci ! - !> -art a }-V<legal jmivsiT «le-
velopmr'tit program.
Thi na- atul I hi other fi00
1 ,tt . I; k *torkholder* are a
n a ! part of the t< tal numlier of
citwe* «r :tig stock in theestkh-
11-heil utilities afTecteil by the hear-
ing 11 old i rigs of some of these no
doubt represented the savings of a
lifetime Thei know that their ae-
rurities are in jeopardy .. Thi* is
K A* *T not fancy ...
Tfu- |s»nit we want to make
that governnu gone
■ -■ far in j-" ng l>ig scale into husi
■ - tit ion with f ree enter
prisr- through direct ofn-ration or
through Milisidizat on
When government, through ad
ventures into business destroys
properties. wqM*s out the savings
of workers and the holdings of
financial enterprises in which sav-
ing* of workers and others an- in-
vested, it does sxs-m that it is qtiout
time th._people awaken to q realT-
tation that there is aomething
wn.i g with the theory tkat ills
remedy for our economic ilia ia to
destroy the enterprise* which have
made thi* the greatest country in
the world ...
—Soulhwtmtmm RnHwa/R
(Labor) Journal.
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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/m1/5/?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.