Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 145, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 30, 1940 Page: 2 of 6
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$9.95 up
Latest test equipment.
Pick up and deliver.
Quick Heating Models
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$3.98 up
MANY BARGAINS
For Everyone
bills ... to buy a car
By William
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CUT RATE AUTO
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Phone 323
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Plants grown in houses should be
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Telephone 394
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ROY MCX1HK
For Sheriff. Denton County
Your vote and influence appreciated
MRS (Oberlai HOMER KD WARDS
Few Re-efectfno
County Clerk
C W ORR
For CommUwloin'r Prectnct No 2
Your aupport appreciated
JOHN L MORRIS
For Conunlaalouex Pwuiul No. 3
Your support appreciated
JOHN UNDERWOOD
For CommlMlonrr. Precinct 3
Re -election
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McCoy Is Signed President's Ball
Tonight Climaxes
Paralysis Drive
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GERAID STOCKARD
Candidate tor County Judge
Your support. Influence appreciated
DALI JVM Ct’RTS 1 NOER
For Sheriff Re-election
W’Ul appreciate your support
EARI. L (OILMAN
Candidate for County Attorney
Your vote and Influence appreciated
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BEN W BOYD
Candidate tor District Judga
Your support appreciated
The average age of men married
in Wyoming in 1939 was 31 years,
of women 27 'ears.
of trouble free driving by
Iiavlng your car winterized
right away Let ua check the
oil. greases, battery, radiator
and anti-freere.
Sanger Girl in
I). A. R. Contest
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Miss Collins Heard
Dallas Program
WD.DON O CALHOUN
Candidate for County Attorney
Your vote and Influence appreciated
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Listen my children, to Benny Mc-
Coy.
The. Grandville Michigan, coun-
try boy.
Who rose overnight from a poor
farm hand
To a plutocrat with forty grand:
If you’d achieve success, says lie. I
Just get the Judge to set you
free
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J NO W CULP
For Judge I6th Judicial Di»trict
Will appreciate your support
GEO P H BERT
Candidate for County Judge
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MRS IMCX’.ENE BROOKS
For District Clerk < R.--election)
Will appreciate your vote
M I.- .’ '.rf;
L HAUXY
Candidate for County Clerk
Your vote and influence aollcltrd
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TOM M LINDLEY
For County Deaaurer
Your suppat appreciated
W T BAILEY
For Tax Assessor-Collector
Re-election second term
R I. (Jack) JACKSON
Commissioner Precinct No 3
Your vote and influence appreciated
PAUL ALI EN
For CoinmUMoncr Pre< met No 2
Solicits your support and Influence
nMxwy by buying u LATE MODEL USED CAR that
someone else has sacrificed by taking the depreciation
Our ears have thousands of unused miles. Buy where
20% DISCOUNT
Butane Systems and Appliances
*----- JANUARY
Miss Alta Fay Williams, senior
and outstanding student in the San-
ger High School. lias been selected
to compete in the good citizen pil-
grimage tn this county sponsored
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cither at Greenville
Denton—Boyer and Hill, for-
wards. Kearns, center; Martin and j
SUnpkins. guards
Greenville- Dawson and Wtnton, ! |
forwards. Brazil, center,
and Dougherty, guards
LEE FREBTON '
Candidate for Mayor
Re-election, second term
MARK WALDRIP MOTOR CO.
Phone 666 North Elm Street
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trfotic education committee of wlTTcii
Mrs E W Provence is chairman
The announcement was made by
Sanger school officials where the
contestant was selected by vote of
the senior class Each high school
in the state may compete, after
which county and then district
eliminations take place until one is
selected to represent the entire
state at the meeting of the Nation-
al Council of D A R in Washing-
ton. D C. in April, all expenses
paid
Miss Williams Is secretary-trea-
surer of the Sanger senior class and |
of the Sanger chapter of Future
Homemakers She U also captain I
of the girls volley ball team and !
was choscr. as a representative stu-
, dent in scholarship and leadership
h B team and varsity, go into
ion here tonight, against invtd-
OreeuyiUa Lions.
Im game in Denton High gym-
is slated for 7 o'clock, the
teams tq begin a curtain raiser
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^’■Effeets of a recent siege of in-
-flustm were apparent!) wearing
ot! japldly tor the Denton cagen
■•thta waek as Coach McAlister sent
• liik’faibn through offensive and de- 1 /
Tensive drills.
coach Dan McAlister's Bronoos.
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South Iwcost and Prairie
Phone 31W_____J. IL Jyctoon
By EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK Jan 30 —iTi—When 1
tonner President Hoover makes the
pnhcipal speech at the NPa York
baseball writers' dinner Sunday
night, hell tell of the bootng he
got in Philly at the opening game
of the 1931 World Series between
the Mackmen and a guy named
Pepper Mai tin Henry Armstrong
can pick up a guarantee of 320 000
by laying his welter title cm the
line against Milt Aron in Chisago.
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J 8 BOYDBTUN
Fir Co Commissioner Pree 4
Your support appreciated
WAt.TEH M PASCHALL
Fur Co. Commlasioner Prec. No 4
Your vote and influence appreciated
SID lOIll)
For Co Commissioner Precinct 4
Your vote and influence appreciated
1 D LEWIS
For Justice Peace. Precinct No. 1
Your aupport appreciated
J D DUNCAN
Fw Justice Peace Precinct No 1
| Your vote and support appteclaled
K B FLOYD
For Constatfle Precinct i No 1
Solicits your rote and influence
8TANI.EY ARRINGTON
For Constable Precinct No 1
Solicits your support and Influence
WILL WHITE
Coi NMkle Precinct No. 1
Your vote and Influence appreciated
A. E. I Alvin) HOLLINOBWORTH
For Conuntaaioner Precinct No 1
'Re-ejection second term
Moil Announcements
CITY OFFICERS
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no Alvarez looked
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hy the Benjamin Lyon Chapter. D j Gene Tunney authors a. piece in
one of the picture magazines <Look>
this week and describes just how
Jack Dempsey would have kayoed
Joe Louis in two and a half minutes
of the first heat The "meet .
Coach Meely dinner race almuni
are sponsoring promises to be the '
biggeet thing of its kind ever held 1
in Houston
ANSWER Ante mciidian. post meridian. Union of Socialist
Soviet Republics. Works Progress AAnmisiiution. intelligence Quo-
tient. Anno Domini
wards’ boxing class at TVachers Col-
lege will go to Gainesville Thurs-
day evening, to enter the bouts
slated for 8 p. m. at the Gainesville
American Legion post hall.
His entries. Edwards said, will be:
Marshall Mbore. featherweight; Al-
bert Coughey. lightweight; Jack
Malone, welterweight; Pat Allen
and Fritz Hill, middleweight, and
Fred Taylor, light-heavyweight
Eddie Davis will be charge of the
program that evening
At the monthly meeting of Uie
Denton County Baptist lirotiier-
I hood Monday evening in Hebron
I 105 were present and D A Franks
I of Dallas Methodist layman, was
.peaker of the evening Franks,
formerly a Catholic, spoke on tlie
Peculiarities of the Christ tan Re-
ligion .'' Women of the church
individuals | served supper Fred Freeman Jr..
. prerudent of lhe Brotherhood pre-
! sided The next meeting will be
! March 25. in Good Hope
i At the close of the regular meet-
! ing a brotherhood was organized
I in the Hebron Church, with 15
I members Officers el« ted are
President. Frank Reynolds, vice-
president. R T Davis and secre-
tary. Clinton Meadows
Benny McCoy and his mother
Mrs Elmer McCoy, look pretty wAl
pleased with it all—and why not?
Benny late Monday signed With the
Philadelphia A'hletics. the McCoy
____ signature on the dotted line mean- •
1 l*te Buick roopr .Umtard snip- ,n« SIOOUO pet
ped Deliver, In Denton fee only "J"‘ “
tlPM 4k Fwndler Motor Co_ Denton.
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bill* ... to make a payment on a home ... We invite
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Climaxing the drive in Denton
County tor funds to assist tn the
"nation-wide flght against infantile
paralyse will be the president's
balls this evening, which will be
staged in the Teachers College
boys' gymnasium here and in Pilot
Puhi.
Tile comprehensive program for
raising money In the county will
not close until Saturday afternoon,
however B W McKenzie, chair-
man of lite Denton County Chapter
of the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis, said Tuesday
These additional days will give
those persons who have not yet
until that time. Persons wishing to
use the coin cards may secure
them at the pest office or they may
give theu larger donations to any
member of the chapter solicitation
committee to be forwarded to
Washington
School Meet, Quota
First school in the county to fill
its march of dime cards and re-
turn them to McKenzie who will
send them bv insured mall to Wash-
ington was the school at Elm
Ridge The school was sent three
cards and three cards were filled
and returned Teachers in this
Chas Young and
Mrs Cecil Castleberry
The president's ball here will be-
t „_____ r .... ____i end al mid-
i night, with Floyd Grahams Tesuh-
; ers College orchestra to play lor
j dancing A floor show of novelty
| and specialty numbers has been
arranged for lhe dance Also the
I president s official birthday greet-
ings will be heard by the dancers.
McKenzie desertbed the drive
which ha* been conducted in the
county a* the most successful ever
attempted bv the chapter He ,
pointed out that more dime enve- |
lopes are passing through the post |
office here er. route to Washing-
ton than in previous years
We will be unable to determine
the exact amount contributed by | the
Denton County fcr some time yet.
but whether or not the total is as
large as recent years it is certain
yial this year more
have liad a chaixe to do their bit
in the fight against this dread
disease McKenzie stated
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J. W GRAY I
Candidate for Mayor
YOur support apprec la ted
J L WRIGHT
Candidate for Mayor
Your vote and influence appreciated
BRUCE DAVI8 *
Candidate for City Attorney
Re-election for aecond term
Tour vote and Influence appreciated
A. G MITCHELL
Candidate for City Marshal
Boliclta you, vote and influence
O. C. (Chaae; PAM
CMndldate for City Markhaj
Re-election, aecond term
/. L. (Jim Lae) WTtrfnmfw
Candidate for city Marahal
Your vote Win be appreciated
1 • "pprec I ale your r*ll|dk)li
J J ROBERAON
For City ConunlaaloiMr
He elecUou, Mcoud term w
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nu-sic teacher and
rs T E Collins 1423
North Locus: Street Mxss Collins
was a 1937 graduate of S C W af-
ter doing her freshman college work
in C A I in Kingsville where she
had a scholarship with Dasha Dow-
dy At 8 C W. she ha* studied
under Harlan Pettit and Lytle Pow-
ell, and last summer she studied
with Mark Wessel at the Univer-
sity of Colorado
In 1938 Miss Collins was the
winner of the piano contest of roe
seventh district of the Texas Fed-
t ration cf Women's Clubs She lias
appeared on, programs in Dallas.
Boulder Denton and other North
Now boys
The Texas papers say Lew Jen- j
kins' record 23-wcond kayo of Chl-
Alvarez looked so phoney It
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Cage Scores
<By Associated Pres*.
Oklahoma 35. Missouri 34
Michigan Slate 39 Baltimore 28
Iowa 24 South Dakota State 23. ’
Oregon State 45 Washington 2t>.
I Iowa State 58. Morningside 36
Tuisa 46 La Saile 36
Drake 46 Washburn 40
: Vanderbilt 40. Kentucky 32
1 Texas Mmes 75 Anaczra State 52. I
j Louisiana Normal 50 Louisiana
Tech 37.
New Mexico Teachers i Silver
City i 39 New Mexico Mme* 28
SAM W HARPER
Candidate for Local Representative
Solicits your vote and influence
Commissioner Edwin Atherton,'
the new Pacific Coast czar, ha* a I
three-year contract calling for 360.
008—ten g's salary and 10 g s ex-
penses per Lou Uova out of the
hospital, ha* started light training
Ml** Clara Mae Collins, gradu-
ate puno student, of 8 C. W was
a soloist on the first of a senes of
soloists to be presented in the Dal-
las Museum of Fine Arts Sunday
a'temoon by the Dalia* Smfoni-
etta. Mi*s Collins playing Uie last
two nwements of Gneg s Con-,
certo in A Minor "
A Denton ini
daughter of Mr>
Aggies Collide
Upsetting Bears
their score to a comfortable 25 Southwest Conference basketball
-J"1 • " '■ ----------------- race, come here tonight for a crack '
* "at Uie Baylor Bears whose chances
RlltAriF Cat ‘mJm are dlr" but who are to
DU lane V»as oaies m. teared by the best of them t I
•X Comoanv Thc AKS!e? ha,re 1051 two games.
the same number as the Rice Owls '
Has Moved Its Offiea <ho ,M>id second Plare because they 1
nas Jiovea its unite have pl<jed morT Bamw> lhan A
ROOM To . Texas, in the top position, h^
wv > 1 dropped » single game
k. 306 N. LOCUST • Defeat for the Aggie* would vir-
I tuallv eliminate them from the ti-
-• ' • PUnW VAI ' Ue hun! A beating for Bailor would
/ rnviWE, JOI I definitely push the Bears out of the
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i vear tor two years
plus a 345.000 bonus fcr the sec-
ond baseman given free agency
recently after Commissioner Lan-
dis' investigation of the Detroit Ti-
gers' farm system Eleven record
oSers were made by club* seeking
Uie real McCoy.
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FORMER TEACHERS COLLEGE
STI DENT MARRIES
Miss Dorothy Lee Kennedy of
Frisco a former student in Teach-
ers College and John Griffin Jr
of the Carney community were
marred Jan 21 in the home ot lhe
officiating minister, Rev W S. Mil-
ton according io announcement of
her mother Mrs EUwI Kennedy
of Frisco The couple will make
their home near Carney
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GRAND RAPIDS Mich. Jan M.
t——Connie Maok-s dream ol ana
j last great championship team may
' be realized in 1941. Earle Mack, aon
and assistant to the 77-year-ol<l
! leader of the Philadelphia Athletics.
I predicted today as he left for home
a winner in the most heated bid-
ding contest for a player major
league baseball has ever known.
In his pocket was a contract sign-
ed by Benny McCoy, the free agent
second baseman. obtained at a cost
of a J45 000 bonus and all agree-
ment for a 310 000 annual salary
for 1940 and 194L
McCoy signed for the
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I free agent along with 90 other De-
troit Tiger chattels
The previous high amount paid
a free agent was the $25,000 Catcher
Rick Ferrell collected from the St.
Louis Browns in 1938
Assurances Uiat he would play
* regularly was the factor that even-
: tuaily swung him to the A s. Mc-
Coy said
| Tlie Cincinnati Reds and the
Pittsburgh Pirates, both of Uie Na-
tional League were tlie other teams
McCoy considered joining when a
showdown was reached
"Asquisltion of McCoy completes
! what should be a grand young in- __________
! field says Earle Mack and we ! Zrtrool aie Mrs
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j At first base Philadelphia will I gll[ 8 p m and
'have Dick Seibert, who showed
much promise last season McCoy.
, who batted 302 in 55 games for De-
troit in 1939 will hold down second
while Bill Lillard, classy recruit
from San Francisco, will be at
shortstop Mack said Al Rubeling.
for whom the Athletics paid Atlan-
ta a healthy 335,000 is due to play
third.
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