Breckenridge American (Breckenridge, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 207, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 1946 Page: 6 of 8
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• PERCY MARKS
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dyr the wedding itself Guyle was
never able to remember very
~uch. For once, the brjde was'
nervous and the groom assured.
But it was a great occasion. That
much Gayle knew. Nate Kent had
come all the way from San Fran-
cisco to act as Bart's best mar
There were hundreds of miestv'
and, as Jinnnie overheard one ot
the town boys say, vuu wnuM
have thought there was a football
game on.
The flowers were magnificent.
Fbrtunately for James Kent, they
came from Sycamore. Mrs Biirt-
lett had telephoned to Mrs. Kent
•nd' asked permission to send
them. "We are overwhelmed wi'it
flowers right now," she said, "and
you will save them from dying on
their stems." The offer was s<>
graciously made that Mrs. Kent
accepted it without any argument,,
arid when Mrs. Bartlett arrived for
the redding, she was entirely pre-
pared to like her. But almost in-
stantly Cayle felt an antagonism
between her mother and Bart's.
Mrs. Bartlett swept in with her
m«>d, and the chauffeur following
with the luggage made the entry
practically ffctp a procession. Un-
fortunately. she was gracious
rather than friendly, and Mrs.
Kent at once became very formal.
Mrs. Bartlett responded by freez-
tng into the mistress of Sycamore.
"She's slumming." Gayle thought,
frightened by the situation and |
furious at the same time; "she's
limply slumming."
But Mrs. Bartktt's presence was
Strain added to a strain Gayle was
already I'muing almost unbearable.
She could never endure the wed-
ding and the reception, she
thought, if she didn't know that
she would be alone with Bart
TO EASE MISERY
OFCMIUftCOID
It's
YOU CAN OPEN YOUR
OWN STORE
The National Suttvss Plans makes
available thousands r,f irrtns nf fast
turning merchandise, modern fix
tares, and profitable merchandis
ing ahd . advertising assistance.
Protected territory frar.chises o, >-n
hi this area.
. NATIONAL HOME
AND AUTO STORES
ITth .Floor Life Building
Oa'las. Texas
immediately afterward. And
somewhere in the background
there was always Miss Holland, as
silent as she was efficient. Gayle
knew there were newspaper men
in town, photographers, even
newsreel photographers, but Miss
Holland and a representative of
Mime vague person named Joel
Dwight kept them firmly away
until Gayle arrived at the chapel
Then they were permitted to be
as busy as they liked, but by then
she was quite indifferent to how
many pictures they took.
• • •
CUT went through the ceremony
and the revertion in a ,
and she felt numb w hen she
kissed her mother and father
g.^Hlby,
She tried to relet once she and
H.tr: were in his fur and mvuv
from Calvm at U>t. she even tries!
to feel happy Hut she didn't leel
married; she Just felt tired and
nervous,
"Happy, dear"* he asked -oftly
"Tired, Bart—terribly, terribly
tired"
"Well. then, just rest Don't
even talk. We've #ot a iJihhI three
hours" drive ahead of us. and you
just rest." His hand snuetrtetl
hers. "OK*"
**O.K^' Sue let her head fall
buck againv. the seat, and within
art e«k minutes she was asleep
She did not wake until she felt
Bart's ki>s un her JTpS. "We're'
_there, sweetheart," he whimpered.
"There" was the summer home
of friends of the Bartletts on Lake
Erie. Bart and Gayle stayed there
for two weeks with a staff of
servants to anticipate their every
need. Gayle felt as if she were
floating in an incredibly lovely
dream, a heavenly paradise that
h^Id only her and Bart. In the
occasional moments when reality
awakened her briefly, she thought,
"This can't go on. You can't be
as happy as this and go on living." i
Then her happiness enveloped her 1
llurM Wes-sel Makes Good
N t: W I. O N I) O N, Conn.—The
ll-rst Wessel, a trim "Nazi ship
n>(.-il t:i train German naval of-
i 1 c ■ is in the Baltic Sea iturinx
\V. rid War fl. has been commin-
-i.,ii.The Kaide and is used for
a smiilar pui|-« se at the L. S.
Ci.asi (.uar l Academy here.
I oriies'are trainedt o drive sheep
in the Faeroe Islands, and to eat
fish heads for survival when grass
is scarce.
once more, and she was aware of
nothing but the heaven she found
in Bart's arms. *
• • •
TT was a long honeymoon. To
* escape reporters, they stayed in
autocamps and "motels" in coun-
try towns where "B. Bartlett and
wife" meant nothing to anybody.
Then they cut up tp Canada,
visited Banff and Lake Louise. At
Vancouver the reporters appeared
again, but the Bartlett-Kent mar-
riage was no longer big news. An
interview sufficed, and Gayle was
greatly impressed at the ease with
which Bart handled the news-
paper men. He was courteous and
friendly, and they In return were
kind. The stories that appeared
m She newspapers were very Bat-
tering. There were more reporters
in Seattle, Portland, and San
Francisco, but Gayle was learning
to be indifferent to them.
The honeymoon ended In a
completely delightful voyage from
San Franclsc6 to New York
through the Panama Canal. The
alr-conditioned suite made the
hent and humidity easily bearable:
the parties were fun; and It
amused her to see how daft all
the girls were over Bart She
didn't blame them; she didn't'
blame them a bit Ho normal girl
could help being daft over him.
Hut he was hers—hers, and she
Still couldn't believe it He was
the ' tenderest of lovers, and It
ne w and then she thought it must
have taken many women to teach
htm such skill in love, she put the
thought down and refused to let
It develop in her mind.
There were reporters again and
photographers when they reached
New York harbor, and there were
dozens of Bart's friends waiting
to greet them when they docked.
Eventually, howWhv' they' #ere
alone :n a hotel suije. Tfcn min-
utes later the'tetepwrne Ttmg.'
Gayle answered, Sycamore was
calling.
"Oh, Miss Kent—Mrs. Bartlett,"
a voice gasped. "Is Mr. Bruce
there? No! No! IH talk to you.
You tell him."
Gayle had recognized the voice
instantly. "What is it, Miss Hol-
land? lH tell him. Whot's
wrong?"
"Mr. Bartlett died an hour ago."
(To
OPA HAS PUT MTO PRUT TO MR
MORE THAN 11,*0,101 WORDS OF
By Frederirk C. Othm -
United hm SKrft Canaapoadant
Mole Ballet
It Isn't Sissy
WASHINGTON. Oct. 16.—The
old War Production Board once
sent to a businessman a question-
naire that' wtm 412 feet Ion*; t
came rolled up like a window shade.
It also was carefully wrapped.
He though somebody had sent him NEW YORK.—Don't call a male
t chacidar cheese. j ballet #!ancer a s i*9y until you ve
The OPA, which has shuffled j tried Ullet dancing J®*"™1*:
more papers perhaps than any1 "Thai * all I ask. said Barto .
>ther federal age|rv. Has put m j *fima_w. a dancing^ profewional
to one vltninin manufacturer in the Sfnder,
;hope of a document 20 feet lonj; * Maumaw. who sarved four years
ind four feet wide. It >ad so many i tn the Army, is starting a one-
Oo Your "Gums"
S*v>i1 Your Looks7
On« look at some "GUMS" 'J
'-louuh to upset anyone.—Driif-
• ■sis re.'und money if the fir*'
of "LETO'S" fails to satis;*
rn'VEN DRUG CO.
Goes to School
29 Years Just
To Meet People
, PITTSBURGH—School bells are
sweet music for Bl-year-old Mrs.
Margaret Dick.
Moving to Pittsburgh from New
Jersey 29 years ago, Mrs. Dick
longed for new friends. At the sug-
gestion of her late husband, she
enrolled in night school. She's been
a student ever since.
She has exhausted the curricula
of two night schools, having studied
■ bookkeeping, chemistry, dressmak-
ing, cooking, public speaking^ mil-
linery and commercial law.
Daylight saving time is illegal
in Kentucky by court ruling.
SPECIAL
uilts-Blaflktft
CLEANED THE
RIGHT WAY
—Bv—
THE WHITEWAY
dunks for him to fill in that he
!ieg«n chewing his own pills. Al-
most ate up the profits.
Wnen we were recruiting four-
footed soldiers one of the local
naster-minds produced a question-
naire for dogs, Lach pu[j was or-
dered to write down hia ruvme,
'ireed, weight, complexion and dus-
'losition. Then he was to take pen
>n paw and uffix his signature in
:nk. That did it.
Business and government agreed
hat if everybody, including homul
io|?*, had to spend must of tlieir
Ime at their desks answering ever-
ncteasing staeks of questionnaires
.*e qever woutu get the war won.
'ongress passed n law. President
Roosevelf signed it.'
The deal was that m> bureaucrat
ould question anybody about any
thing without %first getting his
uestions approved by the Bureau
>f 'he Budget. A, committee of
msiness leaders, called the advis-
ory committee on government
questionnaires, was established .to
help the budget bureau. Time pass-
ed.
The committee announced the
>ther day it had elected Earl Con-
itantine of New York, a leading
'fiaker of nylons, as its new presi-
dent. It «ent thanks to Dr. Stuart
Rice of the budget bureau for u fob
wet! done. And I thought I'd bet-
ter get up to questionnaire head-
quarters to see whether the ship
■instate was foundering still in a
■eii of revised C-SOOO forms.
The news is good. Dr. Riee has
hacked anil hncked some mol e until
l ow the government only hag «,000
-epurte questionnaires with which
to irritate the citizens. The adVis-
roy experts soid this is the milleni-
um.
Dr. Rice's first rule ior the rule
makers was to quit writing their
uestions on roller towels. He said
letter h^ads were big enough.
Many of their queries he vetoed
altogether as not ii. .the public
interest. .
Anybody in the government who
wards to ask a taxpayer a question,
even by telephone, must have ap-
proval of the budget bureau. If
he doesn't, with one exception, you
can tell him to jump in a tank of
itinieograph ink. The exception is
th Bureau of Internal Revenue.
It is about to mail some green-
■olored questionnaires rhout your
1!M7 income tax; those vou'd bet-
ter answer:
The questionnaire advisers had
some trouble with a cabinet mem-
ber (whose name I probably should
not reveal.) He shot out question-
naires without conferring with the
question experts. He blushed when
they mentioned Jail if he did it
again.
Some segment" of the govern-
ment still break the law occasion-
illy. asking people unauthorized
'Uestions, but as hosiery maker
;'on.stantine'i committeemen ob-
served. the government's curiosity
=eems to hnve been curbed. The
••'ay it wastes paper asking miss-
ions stiil is n caution, but seldom
anymore a crime.
man crusade to dispel the belief
that most ballet experts wear lace
on their collars.
"It's tougher than a football
game, or even ice hockey," he said.
"And you roust stay in condition
12 months oqt of the year. If you
let yourself go for two or three
weeks you're finished."
Mum wf who weighs 150 pounds,
loses from fine to Impounds every-
tinie he does a dance, but man-
ages to gain it.hack.
He will do a recital at the Car-
negie Chamber Music Halt on Nov.
24.
He w« with Ted Shawn's dan-
cers until the w r br?>ke- them up.
"There were eieht of us," he
said. "One was killed in action,
another se badly wounded that he
* j will never dance again, and two
others got married aert lost their
interest in the work. I guess that
means that I've got to start out
anew.
"I want to prove to. Americans
that it's legitimate for men to
dance- The.v have, the idea that a
man just takes a scarf and waves
It tn the air and looks dnintv. I'm
doing all sotts o? athletic (lances
•md I'm going to prove that you
•an dance, ami- still make it look
masculine." •
Hunmw confessed that he's a
terrible ballroom dancer.
"I need to take lessons," he said,
"I want plenty of room, and al-
waysrfcry to «xpress what I feel in
the music. Naturally, that makes
things difficult, for mv partner
FARM NOTES
By Grant Dtllman
United Fiiu Stott Corr«ipond«nt
WASHINGTON. —The National
Committee on Newcastle disease
believes there is "every reason"
to expect a practical solution to
this dread poultry malady short
of the wholesale slaughter of in-
fected birds.
After weeks of study the com-
mittee announced it is "imprac-
tical and inadvisable'' to try to
stamp out the disease this way
although it has been so eradicated
in England twice and once in Aus-
tralia.
The committee added, however,
that "all reasonable efforts in
keeping with the present knowl-
edge of the disease as it exists in
this country should be vigorously
pursued."
In certain cases, the committee
said, it might include killing all
infected birds in an area if it was
Certain the disease could be kept
out in the future. But it said that
was impractical on a national scale
because of the cost.
Since the last of July the com-
mittee has been urging poultrymen
to try to isolate the disease by
eliminating poultry shows in in-
fected areas and refraining from
shipping dieased birds from one
region to another.
It also has emphasized the dan-
ger of Rising unsterilized feed bags
and bird and egg efates which
might have been exposed to in-
fected poultry.
The committee is composed of
representatives of the Department
pf Agriculture, state veterinary of-
ficials, poultry pathologists and in-
dustry representatives. It was set
up last May at a national confer-
ence in Washington.
The committee pointed out that
the disease first was reported in
the Dutch East Indies ii;
Shortly afterward it appeared at
Newcastle, Eng. It was from the
latter outbreak that it received its
name.
Newcastle disease now is defin-
itely known to exist in 17 states
in this country and may have oc-
curred some time or another in
20 states.
"Whereever Newcastle disease
has appeared, except in the United
States," the committee said, "one
of its chief characteristics has been
a high mortality, always nearly,
if not actually, 100 per cent."
Midnjght Father HftW lORQ0 Mm b
To Live Depends Oa
Hh Personal Desire
And Cocktail
Mother Hit
CHICAGO—The "midnight fa-
ther and the cocktail mother" are
to blame for the rising tide of ju-
venile delinquency, according to the
Rev. Ralph A. Gallagher, S. J.,
head of the sociology department
of Loyola University.
The children imlti
tate adult life
DALLAS, Tex,, Oct. 19.—As far
as medical science is concerned,
the age at which a man wishes to
clie is his personal affair, accord-
ing to Dr. W. W. Bauer of Chi-
cago, director of health education
for the American Medical Asso-
ahout them and they are confused cjatjon
svarsrJsJK sw TSMSfitu
5SS? iAUXSi ZAZ;
u„,i ft.® have conspired Pro«re?s!ve public officials had al-
and the radio
against them."
Instead of buying alarm clocks
residents of Stockholm. Sweden
can pay the telephone company i
fee and lie awakened each morn-
ing.
most killed out the great mass
killers.
"There are many diseases fami-
liar tc older practioners, such as
typhoid, which medical teachers
today are having trouble in dem-
onstrating because they have no
cases," he said.
"If you don't want heart trouble,
nobody can do anything about it
but you."
Actually, doctors expect to have
more deaths from heart disease as
The death rate in this country
ranges from 10 to as high as 60
per cent. In addition to the loss
srtt^.'ssRSi ts < .•*«— *
production from four to eight
weeks.
Qualified scientists agree that
the disease is caused by a filtruble
virus simihtr to those which cause
distemper in dogs, cholera in hogs
or sleeping sickness in horses. It
attacks chickens, turkeys, pigeons,
geese and ducks.
One of the biggest problems in
combating the disease is that it
is difficult to diagnose since it
resembles several other lesser in-
fections. Laboratory tests requiring
skilled technicians are the only ac-
curate diagnosis.
death and make it possible for
more people to die of heart disease
af ter a long unit useful life, Bauer
explained.
Husbands! Wives!
Want new Pep and Vim?
ThuuMundH of couple* ar* wmik, worn-out, «*-
hatwu (l solely because hotly lucks iroo. Foe
new vim, vitality, try Ontrex Tonic Tablet*.
C ontuins iron you. too, may ueed for pep; also
vitamin bi- CieL regular $ 1.00 .size now only 89c!
At drug stores • everywhere in
Breckenridge &t Barnes-Williams.
Specialists Find
Aids Arthritis
Sufferers
Take Off Ugly Faf With
This Hone Recipe
Here fa an inexpensive home recipe for talc*
foe off ungainly weight and help brine
back alluring curves and grnroful Blender* I
nesa. Just set from your druggist, four
ounce* of liquid Barrentrate (formerly
called Barcel Concentrate). Add enough
grapefruit Juice to make a pint. Then jusfr |
take two tablespoonsful twice a «la>\ Won* !
derful results may bo obtained quickly. Nov*
you may alim down your figure and los
pounds of ugly fat without bnck breaking
exercise or starvation diet. It's easy to
mako and easy to take. Contain^ nothing
barmful. If the very first bottle doesn't
■how you the simple, en#y way to lose
bulky weight and help regain slender, more
graceful curves, return the empty bottle
- PHILADELPHIA. — The best
treatment for victims of rheuma-
toid arthritis is more exercise and
less rest.
That is the finding reported by
Pr„ George M. Piersol and Dr.
Joseph, L. Hollander, physicians
associated with the hospital and cnrv„. t
metrical schools ox the University uui set your mnn y back,
of Pennsylvania. ,i
They bued their findings on the
treatment of thousands of cases
of rheumatoid arthritis at army
rheumatic disease centers. They
said experience showed "remis-
sions m the disease occurred at
least as quickly on exercise to the
Irmft of the individual's tolerance
as on bed rest, and with much
rarer incidence of muscle atrophy
and contractures."
NOTICE
Leroy Meador and Gilbert Reed
Announce The Purchase of Henry
Electric. We Are Hej*e to Serve Ton
Ar.d Provide For Your Electrical
Needs.
—Wiring By Licensed Electrician*—
MOTORS & APPLIANCES SALES & SERVICE
YOUR PATRONAGE APPRECIATED
/
Meador- Reed Electric
Tt8 So. Court St.
-Phcne 37-
-Breekenridge
Denton Votes
Heovy Bonds For
There's no tax on safety—it's as
free as the air—but brother, there's
a tax on liccidenta and you pay it!
The government doesn't send us
an Accident Tax Bill—bat the tax
is there—in increased insurance
costs—in the price of the commodi-
ties we buy. The Texas Safety
Association predicts that the cost
of accidents for this year may hit
the million mark! Play Safe—anil
Save!
Kaxlc- Stuff Heap Good
SFMLVOLE, Okla.—Miller Lew-
is, i>2-yeai-oid full-blend Seminole
Indian, has become the first mem-
ber of his tribe to take an airplane
ride. Following a recent hop ;it the
municipal airpert here, Miller said,
"it's hokay."
3 For
JUST PHONE 709
SfFORt PICK UP AND DELIVERY
%0E WINTER REPRESENTATIVE
(HITEWAY LAUNDR
■OWNER BAYLOR AND WUJ1AMS M
—BRECKENRIDCE—
DENTON. Tex., Oct. 19.—Den-
tin voted Tuesday 12,420,000 for
the improvement of city projects,
•>f tbfs amount $.760,000 went to
the improvement of their electric
ijrht plant.
Other projects receiving funds!
'rom thi« heavy bond issue will be j
1,225,000 for enlargement of wa-
ter works; >225,000 for street im-
provement; $20,000 fir the pur-
chase and improvement of land for
city park; $15,000 for improve-
ment on city hall Jnd $35,000 for
the enlargement of the fire depart-
' ••lent.
"igllniVttfrHt^Ti rttruMtjfflm
keiMiii, lowof pep WMt ranvr.Xttlnviir
■IfSti,. w UtB^ -
Madadtn and aininM Vim
I mhi with ii—i tins sad I
tian nhows thai* is waathtox wronc with
♦onr kidney* or bliddir.
Don't wsiU Aikjoar draiiiit for Doan's
Pflb. a stimulant dluntie, imau nimufnllir
br miDions for orrr 40 yaars. Dinn'a «ive
happy rcllaf and will halp tha IS milcn of
ltd nay tubas flush oat poisonous wast* from
four
Inurtuba
ir blood.
G«t Doan's PUI*
A Wow Finish
, A
magra
Maid, No. 4, in Greyhound St Legvr at Wembley,
covered the 700-yard court* m M.N
fi-'
FOR MORE ENJOYABLE EVENINGS
0 Good tight and good company are a combination that makes
for a pleasant evening at home. Lamps property arranged bring
out the beauty of your living room furnishings, and create a
cheerful, friendly atmosphere radiating hospitality.
Now that new modern tamps are again available, visit a store
which setts tamps and select the styles which will enhance the
beauty and comfort of your home.
BUY NEW AT7R ACTIVE LAMPS NOW I
Now and attractive lamps are an inaxpai*-
sive way • dress up your living roam and
bedrooms. Goad light casts llttta, too, for
electric service Is ana of the smallest Hems
in Hie average household budget.
ELECTRIC SERVICE COMPART
W. W. ROGERS. Manager
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