The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1942 Page: 7 of 12
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
RURAL
NEWS
• •
• •••••
• ••••••
IIKKKING
• | Sunday with Mr
* Kerbv
and Mrs Arthur
We are lmvtnif some very warm *
weather for this time of year *
which is musing a lot of bad
• • • •
• •••••
CREWS
We had 42
Sunday We
next
Regular rhurrh servleea were
in Sunday school atlfnd’‘d durln“ “*e w‘rk*
hope to have more ' .. , _ . . . . .. „ „
Sunday at our mular! R , J ^ '1 “ ,lhf U. 8
prwrhtng aervlre.s ro“t “uard at N, w •
„ returned to his post of duty toduy
Marion Kerb) u resting better after spending several days with
after recelvlnit treatment from a
specialist in Abilene last week
Several from here attended the
funeral of Mrs R L Wells at Nor-
wood last Friday 8he died In the
Mfaie of a daughter, Mrs Hazel
Hru. near Crews, Thursday
Pvt August F Powe In the air]
force at Tampa Florida, is home1
on a 14-day furlough
Samuel J . son of Mr and Mrs
3. P Brevard, who Ls somewhere
In Australia, has been promoted Falptt s^ut 8undmy wUh ** *nd
to corporal ^rs ^ ^ Walden
,, School will dismiss Friday for
Bwtng A Fuller, assistant thp chrUUnM hulldl4ys a pro-
his mother, Mrs Maud Fortson
Miss Zena Young and Mrs
Chester MrBeth spent Monday
with Mrs Milton Young at Olen
Cove
Mr and Mrs W W King visited
their daughter. Mrs Dave Crlm.
in Abilene Saturday
Mr and Mr? Dimer Brooker are
the parents of a new son, born
Sunday
Andy and J B Broyles, of
vrani and tree will be in the gym
Friday afternoon
A Christmas service und short
program will be conducted at the
Baptist church Wednesday night.
Tlie public is
Fuller, assistant
Instructor in the armored force
gunnery school at Fort Knox. Ky .
lias been promoted to private
first class
Mr and Mrs Rube Whitley and
Lois visited Mr and Mrs Dewey I Dtvember 22
McDaniel In Oxlen community mvlt,.d
Sympathy is extended the loved
Miss Naomi Davis, student in ones of Mrs R L Well* Mrs!
the Ballinger school, spent the Wells had been ill for several
week-end with her parents. Mr months and passed uway at tin
and Mr.s Herman Davis home of her daughter, Mrs Hazel;
Miss Lexle Brevard, of Ballinger. Uietz Thursday
spent the week-end with home Brn Hallford conducted funeral
folks services at the Baptist church Fri
Mr and Mrs Frank O'Dell, of I day afU moon Burial followed in
Talpa rural, spent Sunday with
Mr and Mrs Welby Fuller
Pvt. and Mrs Noel Hale, of San
Angelo, spent the week-end with
his paretns. Mr and Mrs W A.
Hale. Sr
Roy Fuller registered for mili-
tary duty in Coleman Monday
He is the only boy in our com-
munity to register in this group
for a year or more
Mr and Mrs Hazel Dietz spent
Ivy War loads
Ivory lay Day
* * *
lot's Double
Our Quota
V
Sam Behringer & Co.
SPECIALS
FR I D \ Y
Doc. 18
FRIDAY
Dec. 28
Our truck has just arrived with a big load of Fresh Fruit
and Vegetables. We have a complete assortment of Christmas
Fruits. Nuts, Candles.
SQUASH
217c
CAULIFLOWER Et
h 25c
BELL PEPPERS
2 iw 19c
LETTUCE • . <
head
TOMATOES
w 12»2C
BANANAS £SK -
» Sc
a WOWOM FIO Deliciouu—Winsnp
At I 1X5 Fancy box
$3-75
ORANGES -
$2.98
COCOA *......
2 w 19c
SALAD DRESSING '£3
.. 25c
fl/AOIf louutrv
LvVm
.... 37c
TING-TANG
- 5c
APPLE CIDER. I sallon. ', «allons. quarts
EVAPORATED APRICOTS. RAISINS, PF.ACHE8, APPLES, Also
WHITE RAISINS.
WTft—PECANS, WALNUTS. ALMONDS. RRA/.lldi. HAZELS,
CASHEWS. PEANUTS SHELLED AND IN HULL.
Howell’s Market
BEEF ROAST ,
> 27c
BOLOGNA
- 22c
LOIN STEAK ‘ ’
■*> 32c
fHEMF.
-ii*
BEEF CASING
- 15c
HOG CASING
- 5*c
Stalingrad, City of Steel, Flame, Glory
______
This Is My Fight Too*
Norwood cemetery
She is survived by her husband
one son. four daughters, and
several brothers and sisters
♦
■4a at tap, takaa ban a Germs* paapagaada magatlar. shawa a
at maltagrad »tn altar mass twtlai ky Olahsa. A* a prapa-
•aada pkate II waa a boomerug, tar all (he warts aaw Ion that Um
berate rity faagbl aa aad aa aad repaid the Nails with rempvuad later-
eat. Belaw: Phate fraei tame magaslne shews mra, women aad rhlldrea
who were driven from the Ruxaian til, by Get mao bombs. Tbe wrrt bags
at their hemes waa used by the (sllaal defenders.
Ev’rybody Ev’ry Pay Day
6,000,000 Women Enrolled in War Savings
Payroll Plan.
WASHINGTON I) C Women At War Week opening Nov 22 i!ur:ng which
women will seek to »eli Pie great* »t ilngle week a volume f W .r 1 ds and
stamp? will serve to put Uie ?i»ill ght on the mighty contribution » n er generally
• re making toward financing the war
S.s million women are on War Savings payroll plans Tin ir m. nthly dedue-
lion? total *70 ism mm
Th r cm turners 300 000
hoys who have sold more than $.30,000.*
(HA) in War Bonds and St,.n p are
mostly women
V«»luntrer • *'.:»» ncirly all
the H 'id Im« th» in tl. ?*t: fr M • fir
to Calif rma They »li art* sparking
thr W ir H<>nd »i« in retail •*’ r*s
Ralph tJ Knfelsinati A«n ci'ite Field
Director of thr payroll savings section
of the War SavinS.ifT. r« itliljr ad
miU that witln .it ti»* u| p«*rt - f v men
th** phrii *4n •» a l .t i<l f | . U s«v
tngs enrollment* would not have been
achieved Payroll savings plans ire
n«*w in operation in MM 000 bunne»»e»
and factories Employees • f twenty-
live Ui**u>.t!id of these firn.i are con-
verting at h ast 10 percent of gr«»ns pay-
rolls into War B nd* every payday
Associate Field Director Fngelsmsn
•ays that women have cont.-.buted di-
rectly and indirectly toward this rec
ord. When a man dev* ted 10 or more
percent of h;» pay envelope to War
Hi nds the woman .it hon e has had a
powerful voice in the decision Her
planning, her economies and her cheer-
fulness play their part in the success
of payroll saving*
The Treasury Department .» counting
upon this woman influence in its cur
rent campaign to “top that 10 percent
by New Year’s ’’ By the first ■ f the
vear the Treasury hopes t enr II at
t 3.000 isni women worker • in a pay-
POULTRY Ill’S BA N I) M \ N
SAYS EJ.IMINATI LOAFERS
AND SAVE LAYING MENS
COLLEGE BTATION. Dec 16
There's no place for loafers in the
poultry (lock ut the.se days, bay*
Oeorge I* McCarthy, poultry inis
bandmun of the A Ai M Collcgi
extension service Tile loafer can't
conceal he melt front an owner
who know* the .sign.? Before
finishing tltr laying year, site
looks slick, with glossy, oily
feathers On tile other itund tin
dry and frayed laying clothes of
thr hard-working well-fed lien
are easily identified The oil and
fat* from her feed went into egg
yolk.v Tlie loafer t>l<>pi>ed laying
and made feathers Her place Is
lu the stew pot
Another way to text 1* to
examine the bark and shank It
the hen belong* to one of t ii e
common yellow skin varieties and
is a layer, the color will be faded
or bleached out and tlie eomb
will tr lull of blood, red and
waxy If she's a loafer It will be
pule and shriveled Tlie akin of
a layer Is soft textured like a kid
glove A nonlayer ha* a hard, dry
skin a inch is relatively tight
Cull tlie loafers und save the
best layers lor breeding stock.
McCarthy says Next year their
daughters will help you produce
more food-iur-viclory.
Ml*s FERRY WITH FARM
LOAN ASSOC UTKIN HERE
Miss Iona Perry, of Miles lias
accepted a position with thr But- ,
linger National Farm Loan Asso-
ciation as assistant secretary Mt.v
Perry is the daughter ol K A
Perry, county commissioner for
the Miles precinct, .uid for some
tune hud been teaching commer-
cial subjects in a school near
Houston
She began her work here on
December 15 and will assist Paul
Trimmicr in handling the business
of tiie association in Runnels
county
MRS. ROY MILLER DIES
AT COLEMAN TUESDAY
Mrs Roy Miller died in the Cole-
man hospital Tuesday morning and
lunerul services were held Wednes-
day afternoon She had been U1
lor several da\s and a patient In
the hospital
Mr und Mrs Miller lived here
until a few week* ago, he being
connected with the Lone 8tur Gas
Company booster station at thia
place the past two years.
While here Mrs Miller was active
in club and church activities and
ha* a host ol local friends
iWnml
Ihw®5"
X
Proa4 ol har intfitmfM Ir lh»
• »» ut Ufa ond Mjuzlll i>r. uJ ul llie (t mt
of war produrllon on her fa* * snsf «rm? the
lad> la (Sir Women %« War W>rk
war
>OMI
Young lad> la (In Women %t W-r Week
p*»*ler ivatMlin («s of *lr . h.ef at ilt IU«g
of aumra at war
r<*!1 saving* plan tnd m »r#
mrn with t »t;»l deduct)* r * f r War
U if.da over ti»t 10 ^rcrul mark
!<■
UU'lf
J.mry c losed th«* )*« i1r«B m d'*cc
• rui 1< < krd it AI«*n*- ;it l ist1 Sim
thrt w Ink h* r Ii* ill and lu ated a
f
the mrnrr t*f ! «r « y»* .it tf v mirror
to s.u* Mhcth'r sin* really did look
Iik« llidy LaMarr Vuitc a l*»t, shi*
det id* d.
Arui now to Shr drew
forth from th** ix*tt«-m of iirr top
n an «iraw«T the * h« et of pink writ-
ing paper and the envelope that she
had tar n saving for this day She
sat down at th** table by the window
und dipped the i»en into the bottle of
green ink that her
sister Rose was
such u pig about
She wrote, with
beautiful a r u-
beaque*. "Dear
Mr Morgenthau,"
and held her head
ha* k to admire this
effort of the best
pupil in penmanship clas*
H» r** an r» y starnp'r for a bond
111.75 1 tarted . 11 t m • ma m1 cfe
1 t $. ■ '? t . uni t r n* , I
•
or rr.or»* d.t)* a ek at a J«* .il frrv
ittv * foi ■ 1 If;*, ( r«*ud to
sav I worketi 1 .»r«! to g* t it
Jan* \ ?t«, * «i • .it of t nd x at
Pet* r « i I \ r i .«t t e
big >.mt w er** the k' S were play-
ing hotball Sl»e he id her |>« n rle-
gantiv in air
' Sitting I * re l"«»king out the win
dow, lea pe.»* » fill little town, and
I wonder )• a the world < in he in
Such n turmoil arid the p* opir of this
world c an have mi< h hate f- r their
fellow men I’m proud to tend
these stamps because I kn. w I'm
helping to make the whole world
*ful again like our little town."
The little girl ti
rr.- *i* r •• * *".••
Now . M t ‘ • i '* ■’ ' he
Carrt w•• w r ite n letter ’
M.
•Why. of
Son g: ir:' ,1 1 A: <
it i>! .irn 1 ’"
‘ Well.’ BeUy
W-tlcr kicil ' I ■ .i>
l,.w- !o w t itc it
“All i K’t. tt <■’
* Idler,'* l.cr
slowly up ard
■'Iteaily’ 'Dear
The way 1 .*av*
Stamp buyir g
aruall houaehuld
ll»-t v j.' C r
you going to w i ne
! ' Nt , vbr %
it lo me (s: y
uil
I J
Pi k
i <■:,!
S<
15
t.i
V t' .....
t-r • i, wulkit g
■ Own tf.e re. in
Mr M> rgrntiiau
money t"t War
to .P er all tr e
ji b? ti n* ant n v
daughri-r. who is
e*tit>ear- rl
She 1. so keen
about huyu e War
1
know all the
1 • gbt
have paid to
- i i r,
ill go ti word Vic
Per '
,■. 'Win-
Apple?
trio 25
. *. . .,r - l ■ -nts
friun 1' c g.ifdcn,
p* of '1 bon
,, ■ c it., i * iit
•1 11 4! 24 Y' oi*
and Uien I II sign
g I ke a grampus
Pne tall, p.imatak-
1 hr.tvrly actova
■ r Gravely Mrs
I en to Sign
it be the pr per
at.
t!
peaceful again
She algned h
portant flourish, ..
apicuoua “Mi?. '
••Janey.” After
in
she had
letter "she went on atsnn
illy <
Overhead ane
not forgetting a con
front
It real!
of the
sraled the
out of the
was awriilly peare-
heard a plane go
through the aunny art-
windnw
ful
humming by
erruwin air
Tlien the voice of her best friend,
Belty, 1 ailed from outside “Jan-
ey,,r In an instant Janev was on
her fort and tearing down .t lira and
out She was not llodv LaMarr nor
a deep phili sopha r anv more, but
exaotly twelve years old
• 1 el»#r fri*> an *•» til »Hn*ii‘i'ii ' w Id
*.h* Mr* at W* Tre i n* Il»|Mf1o *f,| i
• • •
firawa ups and children alike
should all help the “brradw outer ' of
U»e family lo hadeel for War lloods
Let's ail jiMa a aasrall saving, plan
aad “top that if by New Year's."
( \ I •*•»•» f . 'if+nmrat
lad sad faaad eotamas a*
Takia newspaper, are rrawd
ad these days. Kvary time aa
Anaarteaa hays a War Band,
th# Japs taea laea. Bay yaar
M% awry pay day.
f:<r doing the
t rv w 'n-ri | i d ;
“Now moke «i
dow. Wished, '
i from
Emptied •
I .tnr.g 1 > ,!• -
erds Sind .!
hi Id re n f. r ?u»
» yard 10 rent*
lielpfullv, I hot *
it lit I) e I-
Betsy w IS I ,!'
from her lid-
ir g letters totter
the sheet of i u
Carson I k t» *•
"Mother, ».....
etinuetie if 1 ■ t It I
“Perfectly pi ; • r, 1 think Mr*
Carson snid » ' ut a smile, and
handed the pen I k to Betsy
(Letter Irani an actual •ommu-
nication in the Hies at the Tieasury
Department 1
• • •
F>ery member of the family
should Invest in America's future
Make certain .1 least It percent of
the family', lolal income I. pledged
fo vietory na later than New Year’s
Day. v i oeiwu
I
mm
/
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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/m1/7/?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.