The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1942 Page: 4 of 6
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THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS
Fridayy January 23,1942
Turnabout in North Africa
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Dan P. English
Insurance
CONSULT US ABOUT
YOUR INSURANCE
PROBLEMS
Don’t Wait-ACT NOW!
W. A. Scott, Mgr.
Prevue and Sun.—Mon.
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TWO REGISTERED PHARMACISTS
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L-B Drug
“THE DRUG STORE IN KERMIT”
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A Glimpse Into
The Future
We Give You Suits, Not Alibis!
Quality Cleaners & Tailors
Bicycles
BEST STOCK IN
~ KERMIT!
Hundreds Are Buying Bicycles—
Join The Fun—Save Tires
And Get Needed Exercise!
See Them At
Safety First Film
To Be Shown Here
CONSERVE TIRES—
ENGINE-TRANSMISSION
—EVERY VITAL PART
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Carmen Miranda in
“WEEK END IN HAVANA”
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vices are available to all citizens of
Texas upon request).
McAdoo Motor Company
P. O. Box 47 Wink, Texas
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By CHARLES O. HUCKER
University of Texas Library
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Old Bank Bldg. — 2nd and Grant
PHONE 272
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Eyes examined, glasses fitted
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KERMIT
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Usry spent the 11
day in Wickett Wednesday. j
Chevrolet’s new "Car Con-
servation Plan” is designed
to help you keep your car
serving faithfully for the
duration; and invites your
cooperation on the follow-
ing points: (1) Observe the
simple, fundamental, thrifty
rules of car care, such as
keeping tires properly in-
flated, checking battery;
water, oil, etc.... (2) Get a
simple service "check-up”
at your Chevrolet dealer’s
now, and avoid major trou-
bles later. . . . (3) See your
Chevrolet dealer regularly.
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At present we have a complete assortment of Spring
samples to select from at 1941 prices, but we do not know
how long we will be able to get suits under these conditions.
Let us urge you to come in NOW and make a selection
of one or more suits before the ax falls as it did with tires.
We have one of the outstanding tailoring lines of
America to select from.
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CHEVROLET DEALERS SPECIALIZE
IN THESE "CONSERVATION SERVICES"
for All Makes of Cars and Trucks
1. TIRE SERVICE (fo conserve
rubber).
2. RADIATOR (fo safeguard cool-
ing system).
3. LUBRICATION
motor, chassis).
4. BRAKES (fo preserve lining;
’ etc.).
5. MOTOR TUNE-UP (fo conserve
engine and fuel).
6. CARBURETOR AND FUEL
PUMP (to save fuel).
7. STEERING AND WHEEL ALIGN-
MENT (makes fires last longer—
conserves rubber).
8. BODY AND FENDER REPAIR;
9. CLUTCH, TRANSMISSION;
REAR AXLE.
10. HEADLIGHT AND ELECTRICAL
CHECK-UP.
11. SHOCK ABSORBER SERVICE;
12. PAINTING, REFINISHING;
WASHING, etc.
Mrs. Ruth Duenkel
Leaves County Post
Mrs. Ruth Duenkel, deputy in the
Winkler County tax assessor-collec-
tor’s office, -worked her last day in
the office Wednesday and was to
leave for Odessa, where she accept-
ed a position with a bank.
Sheriff-Collector Ellis Summers
said the position would be left va-
cant, at least for the time being.
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Crude oil production brought Tex-
ans $485,000,000 in 1940, the Uni-
versity of Texas Bureau of Eco-
nomic Geology reports. This was
the largest mineral resourse of the
state. Natural gas was valued at
$65,000,000 at point of origination,
$150,000,000 at point of delivery.
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WHY BILL BARTON
LIVED SO LONG
Among the few old-time Texans
who were fortunate enough to live
very long lives was William Barton,
after whom Barton Springs in Aus-
tin was named. Yet, like most of
Many reports from the Russian the others> he had his narrow es“
i capes from, death. As a matter of
| fact, in his last days he must have
been convinced that he was still
alive only because he happened to
be Bill Barton.
His long life is particularly re-
markable in view of the fact that
he settled on the present site of
Austin when it was 'a wilderness far
out on the edge of the Texas set-
tlements—several years before Mi-
rabeau B. Lamar “discovered” it
in 1839. J. W. Wilbarger points out
that his life wasn’t a perfectly se-
cure and placid one in “Indian De-
predations in Texas,” which con-
tains some of the best adventure
yarns in the Texas Collection of
the University of Texas Library.
Even as late as 1842, for instance,
when Austin was already something
of a town, Barton had a dramatic
little set-to ‘with Indians. He had
sent his son to near-by Bastrop on
business and, the son failing to re-
turn when expected, set out on foot
one afternoon to. look for him
among the hills lining the banks of
the Colorado.
FORSAKEN BY HIS DOGS
In the midst of his wanderings, a
volley of shots suddenly rang out, a
rifle ball gave a brisk fillip to the
brim of his hat, and a company of
Indians came charging down upon
him from a thicket. Almost auto-
matically he raised his rifle, fired,
and brought down one of the sav-
ages; then, beginning to think, he
was off for home ‘at a hot run.
Now old man Barton, though al-
most 70 years old at the time, was
a man of amazingly nimble feet,
but he was hardly a match for his
pursuers and lost ground rapidly.
It was his nimble wit that he de-
cided to rely on; so he called for
his hunting dogs. To his great ne-
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I JUGOSLAV AIRMEN, relaxing against their seaplane, smile contentedly during a rest pause behind
the Allied lines in North Africa. Last spring they fought against hopeless odds in the Battles of Jugo-
slavia, Greece and Crete and were finally forced to retreat to the Middle East. But now they are on.
the winning side of the argument, and in the last few weeks, together with Allied Polish, Czechoslovak,
Free French, Anzac, British and Indian forces, they have not only recaptured most of Lybia from the
Axis, but in addition have smashed and wiped out the bulk of the German and Italian armies in Africa.
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lief, half a dozen of them soon
dashed up in a pack and gave the
Indians a momentary alarm. But
it was only momentary; for a deer
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> light, and Barton ran on disgusted.
“The old man’s ingenuity was
now taxed to the utmost,” the story
goes in Wilbarger. “There he was
by himself, deserted by his dogs,
almost within the grasp of the wily
sons of the forest who were thirsty
for fresh blood and another scalp
to dangle at their sides. The full
resources of the mind are never
fully developed except in such
stringent cases as this, and it was
just at this critical moment when
a bright idea struck the old fron-
tiersman, and he was none too
quick in availing himself of it.”
BARTON’S STRATEGY
He executed his bit of strategy
perfectly. When he got to the top
of the last hill separating him from
home—with the Indians now only
a stone’s throw behind—he stopped,
began to wave gleefully down the
homeward side of the hill and point
at the Indians, and cried out loudly,
“Here they are, boys! Come quick!”
It saved the day. The Indians,
completely bluffed, turned tail z nd
soon disappeared. But Barton even
yet did not feel quite safe and ran
the rest of the way into town. A
crowd, having heard the firing in
the distance, had gathered about to
await developments, and he stum-
bled right into the midst, panting
and exhausted.
“Boys,” was all he could say, “it’s
a good thing it wasn’t one of you
or you’d have been killed shore!”
tically no horse reserves on ■ the
Russian front. As they fell back be-
fore the German offensive, the
Russians were smart enough to take
all their horses—and today, horses
are mere valuable in the offensive
than are tanks.”
HORSES DISABLE TANKS
While the Germans plod over
narrow roads and through forests,
the Russian cavalry gallops around
the; wooded area and makes a swift
charge on the first tank or truck
of a long column. When the blow
is delivered, the cavalry runs back
into the woods. With the road
blocked by the disabled vehicle, the
long column is halted indefinitely,
for the other tanks and truckscan
not risk leaving the road, which is
banked by ice and snow drifts.
Major General John K. Herr has
long recognized the importance of
the cavalry. He writes:
“We have had a hard time in the
past two years trying to convince
the people that the cavalry is vital
to the modern army. There has
been so much talk in the news-
papers of the mechanized units that
the importance of the cavalry has
been overlooked. The cavalry is as
important today as it ever was, for
mechanized equipment can go along
roads but it cannot get ftcross coun-
try for reconnaisance the way a
horse can. They said our big 15-ton
portee trailers would not be able to
get over bridges with capacities of
five tons. They said they would get
stuck and laughed at them. Well,
one regiment went 5000 miles in a
recent maneuver, an average of
200 miles a day. There were only
seven horses injured during the
entire time.”
General John J. Pershing is a
firm believer in the military value
of the horse. He wrote in the Ca-
valry Journal that “The splendid
work of the United States cavalry
in the first few weeks of the war
(No. 1) more than justified its ex-
istence and the expense of its up-
keep in the years of peace preced-
ing the war.”
RACING IS URGED
CHEVROLET
^inv^phe. Simons of patriotic,
ward-looking Chevrolet owners-and,
.n fact all motorrSH-to |om w.th
Chevrolet dealers in a great national
"CAR CONSERVATION
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100 YEARS AGO IN TEXAS
“Ancient Fortification on the
Trinity.—The ruins of an ancient
edifice have recently been discov-
ered on one of the branches of the
Trinity, which has its sources in
the Cross 'Timber, nearly opposite
to the source of Noland’s river.
Only a fe!w portions of the walls of
the building remain. They indicate
that the edifice was of a square
form, each side being about eighty
feet long. The stones composing the
walls are very large, and are so
worn by the effects of rains, that
they seem to have stood for many
centuries. The building must have
been built long before any of the
‘old missions.’ ”
“General Memucan Hunt left this
city, on Saturday last, on his way
to the Seat of Government. The
Gen. is in fine health.”—The Tele-
graph and Texas Register (Hous-
ton), Dec. 22, 1841.
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battle field liken the present strug-
gle with early Indian wars in this
country. Losing their 'way in the
hidden field and wastelands, the
Germans become separated in for-
ests which are difficult for man to
pass. The Russians, on their horses,
skirt the forest and cut them off.
Officials of the Thoroughbred
Horse Association of Texas believe
the breeding of good horses should
be encouraged now as never before
and that the thoroughbred stock
farm has become a part of Presi-
dent Roosevelt’s “arsenal of De-
mocracy.” \
One of the best ways to stimu-
late thoroughbred breeding in Texas,
in the opinion of association offi-
cers, would be to legalize horse
racing. This would permit Texas
horses to stay at home instead of
being shipped all over the country.
Many Texas breeders lose money
every year but continue to operate
stock farms because they love the
graceful thoroughbred. The legali-
zation of horse racing would en-
able the breeder to expand his fa-
would be reimbursed for his ex-
penditures in operation of the farm,
cilities considerably because he
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A U. S. Bureau of Mines picture,
“Safety First,” will be presented in
the Texas Theatre at 7:30 p. m. |
Monday, it was announced this
week.
The movie, will picture safety
methods and dangers in failing to
observe them. J. R. Teague, superin-
tendent for the Texas & Pacific
Coal and Oil Company in this dis-
trict, is in charge of the showing.
The public is invited without charge.
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Clothes Rationing
Is Predicted,
In Near Future
CHICAGO, Jan. 19—The 28th
annual convention of the National
Association of Retail Clothiers and
Furnishers Monday was warned
that national rationing of clothing
is in prospect for the near future.
“It is quite likely that in the
United States, in a short time, a
man who wants to buy a suit will
have to prove he needs one,” said
W. O. Deifoy, retail counsellor for
the association.
(Copied From International News Service, Jan. 19)
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Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Barley and
children spent the weekend in big
Spring with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Barley and Mr. and Mrs
C. E. Read.
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Russian Horses
Are Victors Over
Germany’s Tanks
Russia’s rout of the Nazi’s power-
ful mechanized divisions is bring-
ing the horse back into the military
limelight.
For the striking arm of the swift
Russian offensive is the cavalry, the
shock troops on horseback which
’many “experts” said were doomed
to oblivion with the advent of
"mechanized warfare.
And since the best cavalry horses
are of thoroughbred stock (racing
blood), the initial success of the
Red Army is a shot in the arm to
thoroughbred breeding in the United
States. Once more the keen mili-
tary minds make plans for the horse
in battle tactics. Once more good
horses are listed as a vital factor
for a military campaign.
The Germans today are paying
the price for a premature conclu-
sion that horses had no part in
modern warfare, according to no
less an expert than the noted war
correspondent, George Van Slyke.
He writes:
“In respect to this transportation
situation the Germans have learned
another bitter lesson. They got rid
of more than half the horses in
their country—discarded the cavalry
as outmoded in this modem, me-
chanized warfare. They have prac-
At least one third of the Univer-
sity of Texas’ co-eds have ‘already
volunteered for civilian defense
Union and the District of Columbia | training and service, according to
attended the University of Texas Miss Dorothy
during 1940-41. j women.
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Review Of Book
Finished By Circle
Members of the Anne Lasater
Circle of the Baptist Church finish-
ed the book “Basil Lee”, at their
meeting this week, with Mrs. C. L.
Blakeney reviewing the last portion
of it.
Preceding the review there was
a short business session. Mrs. J.
E. Shirley gave the devotional and
a report of personal service was
given, which shewed $5.25 nad been
given to that work.
Mrs. Durwood Riddle was hostess
for the afternoon and at the close
of the meeting, served refreshments
to Mesdames Blakeney, Casey, Roy
Hcrner, Jack Kennedy, G. A. Shel-
ley, J. E, Shirley, W. K. Wharton,
and Marvin Marshall and one visit-
or, Mrs. Jack Euliss.
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Vermillion, Henry G. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, January 23, 1942, newspaper, January 23, 1942; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1227118/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.