Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. [33], No. 272, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 21, 1938 Page: 1 of 6
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-HALM MAKS JOBS”
iished in Johnson County
PRICE FIVE
, NO. 272
IS JOHNSON COUNTY FARMERETTE*
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Checking Up On ''Bossy
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Large Vote Predict
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part.
,U up every-
; the butter-
Local Soldiers
Get Taste Of
Life In Field
Monday Will Be
‘Spo r tin g “Goods1
Day in Cleburne
Guardsmen Back
From War Game
For Public
fey
Promises Early
Pension Payment
Another Record
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This Is the newrel
Of OommindT Ohs:
endahl. native son
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Testers Have Device for Finding
Butterfat Record of Each Animal
AUSTIN, Tex., Aug 30 (U.R>-
A belief that President Roosevelt
will be re-elected to a third
and praise of the Colorado
Authority for "a 83300.000 saving
to the people" were expressed to-
day by Attorney General William
Wednesday McCraw as he returned from a
trip to Washington and N«w fork
who e
In <
_ __ endorsements
switching back to the a
after more tober and th,
consideration." he said.
Fats Victorious
In Softball Tilt
Texas Traffic
UW _
' Casualty Picture
Binging of old time religious
songs tonight will make up the iPr(
program of the summer lyceuin be- thy
Ing prenentsd at the Main Street mu
------------1 Church each Bunday
‘ Hi lead In ffaj
. program defl
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NEW ROSEND AHL PHOTO
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Heavy financial losses and suf-
fering were seen by pdlire In the
reports showing that 1.4M persons
were injured in July accidents,
many slated to die from C.™
hurts.
A girl’s softball team managed
by Bumice Luck defeated a team
managed by Jay Gould. Saturday
night by the count of 37 to 33.
The girls will practice Monday
night at 8 p. m and will play
another practice tilt
jBgjfrt. '
Citizens Urged
To Take Part. -..Jg&SSS;
I TP J - a includes Baltery B was
-------* in hiding from the enent.
—;^nnKa» 7" .“fc*1
Z
Id do well to follow
Of other states and
to marriage
> their age (under
would facilitate the
of age for all forms
rtty pension, and em-
ibtilty at times tn the
I. One good
lay marriage
available to everyone only if each
takes his share of the responsibility
in its upkeep and improvement
Tickets are 35 cento each and
anyone who Xm“ not Wen contac|f
ed can secure tickets by calling
Mrs. W. F- Howard or Mrs. W Q.
Massenburg. co-chairmen of the
tournament committee, or the
chamber of commerce office. Pro-
ceeds of the tournament will be
used in improvements and upkeep
of the part.
LUCK TEAM WINNER
OF SATURDAY CONTEST
Extra avoirdupois is no Handl-
ctt>, I
A team of "fat’’ softball players,
evened the score with their ’lean-
brethren Friday night by taking
—y
park by a 35 to 19 count. It was
a seven-inning race with the fat
boys doh* much huffing and puff- i
,nJT »• they circled the bases.
" • f^rly C!°** one
their ev*n f "c°rtng wai the rula rath-
er than the exception The count
was 11-all at the end of the fifth,
and 13-all at «e end Of the sixth.
’nw found it an
rosy matter to hammer three lean
pitchers for an even doeen count-
«* he the final sterna. while yield-
W only eix. ■ -.....r
^*cy.J'l“>..raun3Kd d
w u* IBM BBl- t "
Legs, Who pteyed
the leans, provided
J aontest the Lobe
WBf oP Fort worth
fUalcup - Anderson
t Worth by her brother.
,. James. Jr.. and a large
__„ of Cleburne friend* The
presentation W1U be made at the
first show of the evening.
Singing on Lyceum
Program Tonight_______j
Drug St<
Week Will
Be Observed
Cleburne citisens are urged to
partieipatg in the game tourna-
ment for the benefit of the im-
provement and upkeep of the park
to be heM'Tuesday evening at 9
otlock on the concrete tennis
courts in the City Park. I
Players are U> bring their own
tables and games and toacc to
play, lights and chair* will be fur-
nished everjmnc. Any type of game
from Chinese checkers to chess
played and children a*
. adult* are invited to take
Prises are to be given for
high score winners in every type
of game played, those in charge
announce, and enthusiasm is run-
ning high for competing for the
priaas already submitted.
Tournament leaders stress the
fact that the splendid privileges
p en-ft ednductrf a search’ for'
f. the master fanner in District
r~ -Few of the Extension Service,
[ ; which includes 16 c--
W they wound up bv choosing r
f". Jchnsoh County farmeretter-
\ Mrs. B < Gifford whose place
EF’is three miles west of Cle- ■
|? burne The tap photo is a
kJ- landscape view of the bulld-
’ Ings on the farm The center
photo is the attractive resi-
Ldense of Mrs. Gifford, who is
L ' Mir wn below.
’ A contributton to the Johnson
County Red Cross Chapter for the
Texas flood victims has been re-
ceived from Venus. The Maids
and Matrons’ Club of that com-
munity forwarded a check for
W.
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McCKAW SEES THIRD
TERM FOR ROOSEVELT
Checking up on Bossy to see if
she is a producing asset or just
a liability is the purpose of the
recently -organised *Johnson Coun-
ty Cow Testers Association which
boast* of nine members who own
200 milk producers Cow-testing
is an approved method of accur-
ately determining the percentage
of butterfat which a cow produeea
and is in line with government
program:, urging fanners to keep
books and determine whether or
not they are operating at a pro-;
nt J :
The method by which the but-
terfat percentage is determined is
an Interesting and Ingenious one
A test tube, gourd-shape and with. ---, -------------
a neck in the same proportion io’-ord. Dairymen can take the flg-
that ot a giraffe, is used. In the
body-part of the small tube 17.6 ____ .
centimeter* of whole milk of the .cost of
cow being tested, is poured and
17A cubic centimeters of sulphur-
ic add arc added. ..
I Tlie sulphur acid eat
{thing in the milk ttR
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Airk-uHural Dutrlet «. which com- ” toember. of the Johnson oorntty
prises 16 counties, is not a farm-
W but i fartnerette. Mrs. B. I.
Gifford, who has a farm west of
Cleburne, was selected as district
winner by Miss Minnie May Grubbs
and G. W. Onns. district agents
detection is based on farm pro-
duction, methods, and residence
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THIS IS
DRUGSTORE WE
IN CLEBURNE
and his predecessor
■tame KtageAre top.
pre. jot dowp 'the price they re-
ceive. compare that against the
_f production and learn just
whether any on* cow ta a profit- , .
maker or Just an inefficient hay- Methodist
burner. ; night a -m.
^r-sas.
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Drug and fountain week WiU be
observed this week by druaUts of,
Cleburne, with each day being de-
signated for certain products. U.
A Anderson is chairman of actlv-
Mbnday will be ’sporting goods”
day with all dealers of sporting
goods taking part Fountain day
will be Observed every day during
t- .. the week with individual Stores
be patterned by i announcing specials
They certainly Tuesday will be “<
ve.'fte customer
». - Wednesday to
the show
TWO MEN STRICKEN
WITH APPENDICITIS
Two local member* of the Texas
National Guard remained behind
When the campers returned from
maneuvers at Osmp Bullis Satur-
day. Thep Were Hlrlam Powell,
who underwent an appendicitis op-
eration Tuesday and Ted Moore,
who was in the hospital suffer-
ing from a slight attack of appen-
dicitis Bom were r-*—
proving.
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Venus Club Donates
To Red Cross Fund
Miss James Is
Cleburne Queen
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Mto Ida Ruth James, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs John a James,
6o» williams Avenue, was select-
ed fr^m d ot 10c*1 beauties
by representatives of the Fort
Worth chamber of commerce last
week to represent Cleburne a* ita
Queen st the Casa Manana show
[p^th next Wednesday
_______ .. ■' ,r ll; Manager- y-
T.‘ Webster of the Cleburne cham-
ber of commeree. ;
Miss James will be introduced
to the Casa Manana audience
Wednesday night as the repre-
sentative of Cleburne on that oo-
casion. Sha wUl be accompanied
I to Fort * ■“
I John A.
group c.
( ommJatoner
Wise County
WALTER
County
F or commiaataner
Office
WILUAM H MCDONALD, East-. .
land County ,
ha.iCOM GILF9 Travis county- -
(i A JERRY 8ADIMR. G*W~-
county
For Anwciate Justice of th* Su-
preme Court ,.-?J
W H. DAVIDSON. Jeffersmr
County , *
RICHARD CRITZ Williamson
county -
For Judge of '"ourt *f Criminal
I service* tor Mr*. Mattie
98, who died Saturday
at 10:10 o’clock at the
her son, R. C. TldweU.
ifteld Street will be held
nvxxm at 9 O’clock at
tdge cemetery near Gran-
neral pHtoesston will leave
ut 13:30 o’clock
id well had lived here with
about two ...yean, Bur-
elude five sons. John of
■tat.. R. - C. of Cle-
Mu ef Meetra Luther of
ahd Moks for everyone,
were listed as hnlnor dlseomforte"
by the returning guardsmen who
reported the ticks the biggest nula-
aQM. - /; A?i
16 Counties Now Total 678
Hectric Cooperative. t7”w Baltey,
secretary-treasurer of the group,
announced Saturday
Maps for the project power line
are being completed and will bo
sent to Washington soon, w that
an allotment can be secured
“Farmers who. have not signed
up for the cooperative power ser-
vice are urged to do *o at once,"
Bailey said. "If there to some
problem to be worked out we will
be glad to confer ^iih prospective
members."
July records rise to 139 dead
While there has been b saving of
146 lives in the first seven months
of this year compared with 1937
figures, traffic experts of the
. safety, departiiiant . declared that
ruthlessneev. and recklessness have
snuffed out the llvta of 909 peo-
ple on Texas streets and highways
since January 1.
Because ot holiday and vacation
travelers causing crowded condi-
tions and additional L^™ :.— ' 4
during tlie month of July, there
was a predicted increase in deaths
and injuries, but the 1938 toll
fell short of the July. 1937. death
rate by 15. Still, the officials
pointed out. 99 per cent of these
Hlver ,*tal rr“he,i were unnecessary and
”Jvr could iiave been avoided.had driv- ,
ers followed simple rules of safe-
Cltlcs are allowing improved ac-
cldent records as only 3« deaths
occurred on city streets last
month. Theuc were 92 laid to
open highway traffic Intensified
enforcement, educational campaigns
and publicity programs were given
by state officers as the reason
for decreasing open highway crash-
es. However higher speed limits
■ bring about more serious collis-
ions. police said
Htate traffic recorders said C
80 ot fthe 139 killed tost, their
“ lives in accident* involving two
Obfervers See O’Daniel Endorsement
__Of Al Stinwlent for jftllofang
Johnson County political observer* predict that' 5,000 counO ’
era will go to the poll* in the second primary Saturday and vote
aFcandldate* seeking 10 state, county and precinct, offices R total
9,147 vote*’ were out ip IKe July primary.^
The surprise action of Governor-elect W. Lee O’Dante! is pub
ly endorsing candidate* in th* six state race* is cited by obgerver*
------—-----*the factor which will bring
the targe vote.
Without that action less I
lltoo vote* would have been
corded, observers say. Just *
Influence the endorsement*
have on the balloting to the q
Only one county run-off 1*
the ballot Commissioner G. <
Smith 1* opposed for re-etoe
by Roy Wyatt There are fl
precinct races'to be settled, f
The ballot is arranged u
tows . ... ■
For Lleuienaitt Governor
COKF R. HTFVENBON. KU
County
PIERCE BROOKS. DallU Ob
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G FRAIL C MANN D
AUSTIN, Tex.. Apg. 30—Texas-
traffic casualty picture remains
dismal in spite of regular monthly
decreases in death tolls, state po-
'a** today, as they watched the t
. .... t no rinari ®
eilgiun
distant
nt the <------- „....
ci. required that people
intention to wed three
orc tl>e ceremony, was
required the *ge of the
> the marriage oontract.
Mge folks sometimes do
> to wgit Jfcree «tan after,
jp^thrtr mind* to wed
«ted over to neighboring
ioh had no such law) the
have a birth cer-
not be an unwise
one. Cant tell
Livestock Market
At Fort Worth .
FORT WORTH. Aug. 30 <U.R>—
(USTAI-Uveetock: Cattle 300;
calves 300; nominal; for the week
25 lower to 35 higher; week's tops:
steers 036; yearling* -OSS; fat
cows 8; cutter* 3.76; calves 8.26.
Hogs 390; steady; - for the week
30-30 higher; week’s tops: top
butchers 8.90; bulk good butchers
8.30; mixed grades 7.15-8; packing
sows 6-660.
Sheep 1400; for the week nomi-
nal steady to 96 lower: week's
top spring lambs 6.50-7.50.
urtu ' _____ ,______________
machine resembling a dfeh-pan orwiiore reiiictes. Two were” killed
“ ' a Oenterfuge which, when ridlfig bicycles One lost hte life
' in a horse-drawn conveyance and.
another died after his car struck
livestock on .a highway Six were I " •-’•■RF •“,••• wj v<sa*sss|g
killed in rsllroad crossing crash- toe exhibitton contest at the city
Plans for a banquet and get- flee,
together for barber and beauty
shop operators of Cleburne on
Tuesday night. August 30. were
made at the meeting of the group
test week. .........start In 4ulii .early in 1939."
Approximately 30 shops were
represented at the meeting.
The program for the banquet
will be provided by children Of
the barbers with a speaker from
Dallas giving th* main address of
the evening.
Mta. Gifford has been operat-
ing th* farm three years.
"Many people think It is easy.’’
Mr*. Gifford say* “but thare arr
«o many different thingp to keep
owe btfly.”' ■’ ' ’
Mrs. Gifford’s home meets prac-
tically all of the minimum essen-
tials foe. the complete house. The
space In the liouse includes a
living room, dining room, adequate
kitchen space for the activities of
the farm house, at least one bed-
room for every two people, a bath
room, and adequate closet space.
She has a water system with hot
and" eoldSrater in the kitchen and
bath, In-door toilet, sanitary waste
disposal from kitchen and bath-
room There is an electric light
system, an Bectrolux refrigerator,
rowoeo COUU.- 9*'011rM‘ and coal stove* and fire-
traffic hasard* P1*" r°r heating, gasoline cook
stove with canopy over It. and
the house in good state of repair
The yard and adjacent areas
are drained to control moisture
and save the soil, there is a lev-
eled and sodded lawn with roads,
lots and livestock bedding areas
arranged so as to allow a maximum
adjacent area to be covered with
grass or other cover crops which
control dust and glare, and ajl tlie
premises are sanitary, orderly and
free from discarded implements or
rubbish. TViere are sufficient trees
and shrubs to assist in giving
inoming and afternoon shade for
the house, the poultry and the
livestock.
(Continued On Page Three)
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FORT WORTH. >
Payment of old age’
full" garly tn 1936 waa'"t>redic«
by W. Lee O'Daniel, today in
radio talk urging support f«r k
• preferred ’intr of -lx candid**
in run-off elections for state c
“By the citisens working) wl
i m*.” said the Democratic nomin
> for gotamoi-.'T finniy believe th
' we will be paying the old age pe
> Failure to present a solid fre
in state offices he warned mH
wreck the entire program becai
' “no progress la ever made In
i hops* divided against itself.”
During the press conference pi
ceding his radio talk, opam
would come first bh dhte 'MMM
program Hl* answer was an «
phatie "yta sir.” rt
Maximum pension possible un<
existing tews is 830 per month
a basis of need for those pi
65 years of age.
Many persons
"snap Judgment"
O’Danlel*
by not only the drug store*
the entire -town. If you need
a tcoth brusti. tooth paste or pow-
der buy it Tuesday.
Wednesday is "medicine bt\ost
and flrst-uid d*y.” On that day
citisens will be urged to purchase
first-aid supplies and stock up bn.
needed medicines.
’ Thvrsday for Men .I
Thursday will be “men’s needs"
day With raw ’blades, men’s lo-
JfeKugjAjaMte) itfU Wnr
ed. Thursday is the dav to buy
that pocket knlTe, bffifold, or bok
of cigars •
Friday will be picture day with
citisens urged to purchase cam-
eras and supplies on that dag,
■BliMMt will be "eosmetici d*y"
with all stores handling cosmetics,
pushing them. /
Automobile Week, which ended
Saturday was marked with sale*
increases according to, Tyson
Payne general chairman Local
dealers were reported well pleased
with th* results oi the concen-
tration of attention on auto sale*
and tarvices
MMM w _ . „——-
In Aperatton. swings Mkc a inerry-
go-round. It makes 72 revolutions
per minute. .After five minutes of
circling -enough 140-degree water
is poured In the tube to make the
butterfat rise -to the graduated
neck. Then th* Oenterfuge swings
the tube around two more minutes,
the tube Is taken out and put
into a bucket of no-degree water
and the heigh* to which the but-
terfat has risen in the neck of the
tube Indicates the percentage of
butterfat which the cow produces
The testing figure-multiplied by
ihc weight of milk the cow pre-J
duces dally give* the butterfat rec-
Clehurne's contribution* to the I
war game staged last week at I
Gamp Bullis near Ban Antonio— I
I Battery B qpd the Medical De- I
tach men t of the 133nd Field Ar- I
The two units found camp life I
'■ rowine'-a* Camp H nt err where the- -
gnaid assembles annually. The
, camp was cancelled this year In
favor of the war games and field
Me. -
The soldier* were sent out
the regulation packs” and
War-time rolling kitchen. /
, broad prairie served as bedtr
while out in field the smgll . ,
tent which accomodates two men.
' served M* shelter. At meal time
the campers lined up cafeterta-
1 style and passed by the mess truck.
While on maneuvers Battery B
’ moved at. night without lights so
as to remain unknown to “enemy".
airplane* scouting far the Brown"
army which included members of
the Oklahotn* National Guard and
.the regular U. B. Army. Th* air-
■ flare* attienafing
. The W*t
I F. A., which
HARRY N ORAVB8. Wllltair
son County
For (anwiwtinrr Frecinct No. I
ROY WYATT
’NDAY, AUG. 21, W8
Plan Protest Of
K O’Daniel Procedure
■ 'AVBTtN. Tex. Aug 30 (U.B-
An invitation to attend a protest
rally Sunday was Lssimd to the -
I "original O’Danlel's supportersT
.today The meeting wa;; called to
M protest a slate of six eandMatoa
L: ’ endorsed by O Daniel as Ills choice -
| in the second primary ‘•■’i?
I BHi-gSS'1 |
M Be Held Monday >
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im Funeral services (or W......
im Blake. 7.1. who died Saturday
M teruoon at 3 30 o’clock at ttW’W
ft"’ family residence '»* Rnvai Street,-
Sw will I* held Monday morning at
HIM 10 o’clock at the hbme. Inter- 3
inent will be In the Koppelt;®
BMl Cemetery. . Jra
IgH Mr Btake suffered a stroke «r"7S
WM paralysis Thursday
Survivors Include hi* wtfa; . a.-.d
H daughter. Miss Ola Blake of Ote- H
burne; a son. E. Cs- Blake at
Louis; one stater and two brother* ,
heaa ot Honey Grove and three grand- ,,
Bh0U ^ThrDeJrirJ'nXll Ohapef h**J
Estimatejade
On Cotton Crop
Observers Fitrunr. |
H County Will YieH
25.000 Bales
Johnson County’s, 1938 fo
errp will i reduce 35000 bale*
less, according to renorts gwtl»
from county agricultural bbs
ers. y._ ■ • ’ ’
rot and insect conditions coming
U'iu tot 1 emit I* Mu p*el*ae*« weti - HUrti*h said u
tmeH ere -blamed for the d*crease rtT
from the last year fteuro which
was approximately 29 000 bales
I The acreage for 1888 1* roughly
counvws, nM0 M compared |
I with 10(1.000 acre* cultivated last
year. *
Several kind* Of . iWecte are
pretty well over the county but
their activities has been spotted.
The tx>ll Weevil Is blamed by ob-
servers tor ths greatest, damage
with the boll worm dotng deadly
work in many place*. The flea
hopper and leaf worm have caused
seme tremble. Root rot ha* been
reported in many places.
Vieta) ‘
O,. I’YEATT
Precinct No 9 (Grandview)
For ConrtaMc
J S. LOWB • -A)!
F~°» XL Ji
ror runllc weigher . ■
M O. <Ma*) HODGM
ly Clerk J Frank <Ctark
J* He win X'""’bls’" I ninth
Ng M relative* in NaehvUle.
X the first time in «
They include several aumk
note. Frank will arrive in
id that while Frank has been
ng hte vacation he ba* been
tag ’a- song, of whioh one
FTw. “write me a letter
I am gone." But he denies
It Inferences
letoctlon of' w. Lee O’Daniel
burred interest in old age
be. And Often when a per-
adVanced years begin* try-
prove his age for x pension
Mon he has a difficult time
kt. A 70-year-old lady goes
t records to see her mar-
MA But it doesn't give
However, officials will
a neraon who has been
finlf-oentury was at
ran-iageaMe age at the
MB*, was issued When
ibet ’not hove a birth
In Tournament
r tf tlrtit-: gwear “*to "igl _ . "
_r ataflfimhg age.
* newdayt are recorded
to been In force since 1903.
the taw was first passed,
r, peogie were rather n«U
l recording births If you
ram later than isos and
parents were interested
to make It a matter of
you can secure a certlfl-
nm either the county clerk
county «»<i4Wur blrth' ,or
* Bureau b! Vital Statistics
Un. A certified copy of a
NritflcateA'OMt* W ft™
mty clerk or’50 cent* from
Mteu of Vital Statistic* at
* £
I to leave the V 8 soil
,i|t preeent a certified copy
r birth xwritffcate Many the park are to continue to be
echoola. nowadays, requll*
I ’Conies of BMh oertificatea
he child enroll* Many targe
Mom require that employees
certified aggtos of birth
SteJ with ippifcatian for
■sent. Mnoe the passage
Kola] Security Act the de-
fer birth certificates ha* to-
day after a record breaking
flight from Lw Angele* in hi*
already famous round the .world
transport plane. Hughes oom-
pleted the trip In to hours. 32
minute* and 30 second*. He
broke the former record of
Tommy Tomlinson for cross
continent transport night. Al-
ready Hughes held the trans-
continental, record for speed
plane*r-7 Hours, 39 minute* *nd
S^^qds wKlch be iet •«>. TK
WTT’
r .- ^We dldh’t go any higher
than 90.080 feet." he said
averaged shout 17.000 feet."
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Bacus, Roy. Cleburne Times-Review (Cleburne, Tex.), Vol. [33], No. 272, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 21, 1938, newspaper, August 21, 1938; Cleburne, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1306865/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Johnson County Historical Collective.