The Lampasas Leader (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1940 Page: 4 of 4
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ts Vote forfa^Y Sheppard For Railroad Commissionei
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WHILE THEY LAST
New Low
Regular
Price
Price
$9950
$1445
Installed
Mr. and Mis. Walter F. Williai
Respectfully,
J. Tom Higgins
base corps.
VOTE FOR
he
M.
national
British children and transport them
VOTE FOR
indeed, seis may not enter.
WALTER E. GATES
For the 93rd District
• DEPENDABLE
He has served this district well during his first term.
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Mrs. R. E. Pace of Temple is here
visiting in the home of her daughter
and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harold
10 HURT IN McCULLOCH
COUNTY AUTO COLLISION
Hodges and
in Comman-
a reunion of
Lillie B. Brooks of Ft. Worth
visiting with her .son, Dr. R.
Mrs. Emanuel Meyers of Llano un-
derwent a minor operation Wednes-
day morning at the local hospital.
the
felt
Pony Pulliam of Briggs is. here
visiting with Miss Marie Morgan.
Miss Beatrice Casbeer has return-
ed from Temple where she has been
studying piano for the past six weeks
with Gilewicz of Baylor._
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Berry visited
Thursday in Austin. Mrs. Berry re-
mained for a longer visit in the homes
of her sisters.
Mrs. Paul Reed and children bl
Austin are here visiting in the hom<
of her brother and sister-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Smith.
D. M Robinson and Donald Pick]
ett were business visitors at the Jin
Herring Ranch at McGregor, Wedi
nesday. Mr. Herring owns registered
Hereford cattle. i
ap-
the
Miss Eleanor Garrett of Kosse h
returned to her home after spendii
i the past two weeks here with her u
ele and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. Nt
i Mainer. ________________
I believe in EVERYTHING to GET money and improve-
ments for Lampasas County, but I do NOT believe in
spending twice as much as we receive.
Harry Goodman was a business
itor Tuesday in Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Eoff and son,
V. B. Jr., of Blanket spent the week
end here in the home of Mrs. Eoffs
father, J. C. Griffin. Mr. and Mrs.
Griffin and Mr. and Mrs. Eoff spent
Sunday in College Station with Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Sherrill. Mrs. Sherrill
ia a daughter of Mr. Griffin.
Miss Audrey Sofge of Copperas
Cove underwent an operation Wed-
nesday morning at. the local hospital.
BILL PROPOSES V. S. SHIPS
SAVE REFUGEE TOTS
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee have re-
turned from Abilene where he has
been attending a convention for the
past few days.
planned
as
It is useless to talk about RAISING the tax rate with the
__present income as high as it is. This is ABSOLUTELY
UNNECESSARY.
* Mr. and Mrs. Earnest B. Jones
and daughter, Bobbie Doris, of Len-
ders have returned to their frome
after a short visit here with his sis-
ter, Mrs. Jasper Alexander.
• QUALIFIED
• CAPABLE
would amend
under which
has proclaimed
American ves-
He pointed out
to permit ships
Mrs.
is here
C. Brooks.
If elected, all FEDERAL projects, such as W. P. A., Sew-
ing Room, Commodity Relief, etc., will be continued SUP-
PORTED BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA—as
before. The County officials have NOTHING to do with
GOVERNMENTAL affairs—t his all comes through
WASHINGTON.
an interesting talk on
and the Children of
R. E. Bristol was a
tor Monday in Austin.
. Lieut, and Mj,rs. Lloyd Sith and son,
Richard, have returned to their home
in San Antonio after spending sev-
eral days here with friends and rel-
atives.
I also believe in keeping our school systems as up-to-date
as any in the State of Texa^, afad 1 intend to do so, if
elected.
said he
his pro-
Miss Olene Casbeer has returned
from Sonora where she has been vis-
iting for the past six weeks witty-fier
sister and brother-in-law. Mr. and
Mrs. “Buzzy” Stokes.
relaxed
Cross mercy supplies to
proscribed areas and
the relaxation should be
| Miss Pearl Jones underwent an
• pendectoriiy Tuesday morning at
■ local hospital.
Donald Pickett, son of Mrs. D.
Robinson, of San Diego, California,
Me. and Mrs. T. J. Eubanks of Hous-
ton, and a Mr. Clapper of New York,
N. Y’., are here visiting with Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Robinson and Mr. and
Mrs. L. D. Eubanks and Carl Eu-
I believe in keeping our own County-maintained roads in
FIRST CLASS Condition.
u >our total annual income.
one-half ®» ou
In 19& we owed over TWICE as much' as our yearly in-
come The sanual incoue itself was INCREASED approxi-
mated’ DOUBLE income of 1934. There is also about $17,-
OOO.OO per ycar *ncome from the terracing machine which
FINAL NOTICE TO TRANSFER
This * is the final reminder that
August 1 is the last day op which
applications for transfers can be made
in the office of ;the county superin-
tendent.
Those parents who have children in
a school which contractcs with an-
other school should see that all stu-
dents in the 8th and higher grades
are transferred on or before August
1. Those hcildren in the seventh and
lower grades, however, need not be
transferred since the contract applies
to students of the first seven grades.
Bobby Wayne LaBounty of Hous-
ton is here visiting in the home of
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Geor-
ge larBounty.
Judge at Littlefield. This would raise the receipts to
ubuut $103,500.00 per year.
fie demand for better improved and paved roads is grad-
ually increasing. With economy practice in 1934 and in-
creased finances we should be able to pave at least 50 miles
of road per year. J
Brady, July 23.—Ten persons were
injured in a head-on automobile col-
lision between Lohn and Doole in Mc-
Culloch County late Tuesday.
The injured, alt of whom were
brought to a Brady hospital, in-
cluded: W. C. McMillan, E. C. Bell,
I Tom Hogan, Clint—Holden, Andy
Harris, Milton Burrow, Muriel! Bet-
sill and Allene Betsill, all of Doole;
and Bill Johnson and Glenn Spark-
mann both of Freer.
I Tuesday night, physicians had not
determin’d the extent of—their—rrr-
juries.
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J. R. Key returned to Lam- !
a visit in Dal-
and son-in-law
Shelton.
Burnet
while with
Cook.
Mrs. Locklear’s
who is
the air
to
of
If pub-
its goal of
full employ-
be
the
the law was
bearing Red
enter
said he
extended -to refugee (vessels.
Hennings, a member of the House
foreign affairs committee,
would press for action on
posal.
The British Government
to evacuate as many children
PRESBYTERIAN AUXILIARY
The Prebsyterian Auxiliary met
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the
home of Mrs. Bessie Northington,
with 13 members answering roll call
with a Bible verse.
Before the opening of the meeting,
Mrs. Northington, assisted by her'
daughter, Helen, and Mrs. Clyde
Northington, served a delicious salad
course to the members present.
Mrs. Otto Rathman opened the
meeting with prayer. Minutes were
read and approved and dues paid.
Our annual donation to our health
center in Kentucky will be sent the
latter part of this week, and our boy
to the Tuscon Indian School in Arizo-
na, will be sent the first of Sep-
tember.
It was announced that the quar-
terly birthday social will be held next
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock in the
home of Mrs. H. B. Rollins. "
Mrs. W. E. LaBounty had charge
of the devotional for the afternoon
and used Job 23-1:10.
Mrs. Clyde Northington, secretary
of social education, gave a very fine
talk on being prepared to vote intel-
lectually at the polls next Saturday
for the candidate of our choice.
Mrs. Buchanan, leader for the af-
ternoon, gave
“My Religion
the World.”
Mrs. W. C.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A NUMBER OF NEW
FR1GIDAIRE ELECTRIC RANGES
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Lancaster spenl
the week-end in Adamsville with Mrs,
Lancaster’s jmrents, Mr. and Mrs. R.'
L. Harrell.
We have only a limited quantity — get one of these
Specials while they last. Here is your chance to
Save $50
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones of Tay-
lor have returned to their home after
visiting here in the home of Mr. and >
Mrs, Shaw Norris. ■
I
pasas Tuesday after
las with her daughter
Mr. and Mrs. George
' left Wednesday for
she will visit' for a
mother, Mrs. J. G
PECAN GROVE ITEMS
By Reporter f
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Bedwell and
little son arrived Monday from Gaso-
line and will visit with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wright.
Misses Aline Walker, Frances Ade-
line and Gladys Thornal, Billy Groves
and Roy Gale Thornal visited in the
H. W. Russell home, Monday.
______Misses- Patsy and jflarlcne Buck-
land of Lampasas are spending this
week with their grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lee Herrmann.
Mrs. Arthur Perkins and daughters
of Boling, Mrs. Sydney Bear of Wal-
lis and Mrs, -Ed—Boarspent Friday
night in the-Walter Ramsey home.—
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Herrmann of
Ogie were dinner guests of his par-
ents, Mr and Mrs. E'. F. Herrmann,
Tuesday. ’
Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
two sons spent. Sunday
che where they attended
the Hodges families.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mace of Lam-
pasas. were afternoon visitors in the
H. Craft home, Sunday...
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green visited
Friday afternoon with Mr. and Mi's.
Lee Herrmann.
Miss Olive Ramsey spent a few days
■ last week visiting with Miss Ruth
Lancaster.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Bear, Mrs. Ar-
thur Perkins and family, were visi-
tors for a short time Sunday in the
<Jho home of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Hodges,
where I Mr. and Mrs. Lee Herrmann were
hcr j guests Sunday in Slater with rela-
I fives.
Mrs. H. Craft spent one afternoon
last week visiting with Mrs. Claudia
.Karnes.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Butts and son
of Austin left Tuesday after spend-
ing the past few day
relieved P.
was taking his vacation.
Mr. and Mrs. Major Harper an<
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Collett of Auii
tin are spending several days her
: in the home of Mrs. Harper’s par
lents, Mr. and Mrs, Tad Parsons.
.1 •-
Mr. Butts
11. Cieekmore while
To the Voters
of Lampasas
“*ST
ToWWnFCF?P7S CT^ ) $58,000.00 $ 80,500.00
Total “ndEBtS^® *27,100.00 $117,370.00
a include $30,000.00 the State of Texas as-
Ihis the debt back to $147,370.00 if the
aumed wh,c* M
Cas Tax Lb<,s
possiblFto the TThlted States and
Canada but was forced to abandon
the project because of lack of ship-
ping facilities. Thousands of United
States families have sought to adopt
refugee British children for the
duration of the war but there has
been no way of bringing the children
across the Atlantic.
Mrs. Emma Cauthen, Mrs. G. F.
Coker, and Mrs. Maybelle Locklear and son, James, have returned fre
spent Monday in San Antonio with ia few days’ vacation trip to Dural
son, James Worth, Oklahoma, Ennis and Waco,, whe
in the mechanical division of they visited with relatives ai
friends.
Delbert Morgan and Boh Null left
Monday evenin'? for a two weeks’
vacation trip t> Mi/iouri-where they
wrll visit Mr. Null’s friends and’ rel-
atives.
He has demonstrated his ability to cooperate and will cooperate '
with the governor and other members of the legislature. <
He favors a natural resource tax on oil, gas, sulphur and carbon ‘
black. '
He favor* an increase in the 7,000-pound load limit on trucks. 1
He is an experienced lawyer, always sober, and thoroughly caps* <
ble of passing upon the many important matters coming before the i
Legislature.
If you believe in honesty and integrity in this, important office, ♦
and; X
If you believe experience means anything—then cast your vote T
on Saturday for Walter E. Gates.
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Frigidaire Ranges
SPECIAL
Washington, July 22.—Representa-
tive Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (Dem.)
of Missouri Monday introduced a bill
to permit United States ships to visit
British ports rin pick np refugee ^bantiT
D. T. Briggs and D. T. Briggs, Jr,,
were business visitors Wednesday in
Brownwood.
Gillen offered special
| prajjer for our missionaries on the
i foreign fields. The Auxiliary ad-
journed to meet in regular session
Sept. 10.—Contributed.
Houghton
Brownlee
For A Second Tenn As Your
State Senator
Lampasas Furniture Co
“The Best Place to Trade After AU”
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METHODS USED IN PUBLIC
I AID ARE CALLED WRONG
Washington, July 21.—The Ameri-
can council on public affairs, holding
that a long-range spending program
I was essential to a sound
| economy, contended Sunday that the
j Roosevelt spending program had not
| been successful because it. was be-
gun too late and had not spent
' enough.
The conclusions were advanced in
a survey by Arthur E. Burns and I to Americari havens.
Donald S. Watson of George Wash- i Herifiings’ measure
ington University. The council is a . the neutrality, act,
I pirvate research organization. President Roosevelt
. “The spending policy of the 1930s’” I combat zones which
' the survey said, “must,
' stand indicted, not for what it has
I done, but, rather, for its failure
: develop the potential strength
the new fiscal technique.
Llic spending failed in
^restoring relatively
merit, the responsibility must
| placed in large measure on
J method bf handling this policy.”
The writers contend that what-
ever prosperity may . result from
The-'prepafednesiT ‘program .depres-
sion i sinevitable. "The bigger the
war prosperity,” they said, “the
bigger the post war depression.”
TERMS AS LOW AS $2.95 PER MONTH
• See These Ranges in Our Window <
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