The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1942 Page: 4 of 4
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Friday, August 16. 1942
THE WINKLER COUNTY NEWS
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STOP SPENDING—SAVE DOLLARS
THE DRUG STORE IN KERMIT
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Timely Hints for
Freight Shippers
when you buy your
share of War Bonds
Just Try
Our Work...
Bank close to home
—at First State Bank
money to
inflation.
40 c Haircut
25c Shave
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The Buffalo Trail Council’s second
Scout Camp at Mertzon will be led
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A dog can catch a freight train,
but what would he do with a freight
train?
Timely Hints for
All Travelers
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Careful handling of stockings will
ease the strain on silk supplies
and save you money to invest in
DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS! War
Needs Money !
M. H. Bonds was taken to a local
hospital Wednesday. He suffered an
attack of appendicitis.. His condi-
tion was improved Thursday.
Mrs. E. A. Russell, who was op-
erated on for appendicitis last week
was released from a local hospital
Thursday.
Order Freight Cars Properly
Load ’em Quickly
Load ’em to Capacity
Unload ’em Promptly
Unload ’em Completely
MAKE EVERY
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Russell Bya, who has been in a
serious conlition for several weeks
in a local hosoital, Wes reported to
be much impo»vo.
shows, the girls go on working despite enemy
bombs so as to keep up a continuous barrag4
against the marauders.
During the recent Nazi raids on Britain, these
girls have earned high praise for their coolness
under fire. One of them has already been killed in
action at her post.
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The new floor has a much greater
slant toward the rear of the thea-
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WE GUARANTEE
SATISFACTION
SUITS CLEANED AND
PRESSED .... 65c
DRESSES CLEANED
AND PRESSED .... 65c
TROUSERS CLEANED
PRESSED .... 35c
@ Plan your trip as far in advance as pos-
sible.
© Whenever you can, travel on midweek
days.
© Purchase round-trip tickets and save
time and money.
o Cancel reservation promptly if travel
plans are changed.
@ Allow ample time at the station to buy
tickets and check your baggage.
© Take as little luggage as possible, then
there’ll be more room and comfort for
everybody.
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day. It’s your badge of pa- ,
triotism.
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Are you entitled to wear a >
“target” lapel button? You
are if you are investing at i
least ten percent of your in- I
come in War Bonds every pay !
Take advantage of our LCL Pick-Up
and Delivery Service—store door
to store door, with popular
early morning delivery.
For Victory
Bu
United States
War Bonds and Stamps
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THANK YOU
On the Courthouse Square
Carl Perrie, Prop.
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Bank Bldg. — 2nd and Grant
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grace the festive board. ' Thru the streamlined college-grade Draughoe
Thus he was proud'this week to i
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MONAHANS, TEXAS
Today, Uncle Sam comes first.... Troop trains that transport our fine
boys to their own particular jobs, and important freight shipments
consisting of raw materials and finished products, that constantly glide
across the country for our fighting forces, naturally come first and we
know that is the way you want it.
ONEYDAY
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Preacher, Melon
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Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Turner and
son. Gene, of San Marcos, visited
in the home of Mrs. Turner’s par-
l ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Champion
i this week.
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WOMEN SERVE THE GUNS defending Britain
from enemy raiders by operating the predictor
apparatus. Into this complicated machine, they
feed data on the course, speed and height of the
enemy aircraft. Thus the men who work the guns
can fire at the right spot in the night sky.
Even while the guns are shooting, as this picture
Mrs. Clyde Barton and Mrs. | Cox,
Frank Lawlis went to Odessa Sat- Wickett;
I Courses and Southwide Placement Service, you
can step into a good income—be prepared tv
I patriotic service—three years sooner than, w
। other comparable careers. Starting in a vie
l government or business office, you can ea
$3,000 to $4,000 during the time thus saved
and be gaining experience that will be invalu-
able after Victory comes. . - 3,000 position.,
annually to select from. Mail Coupon NOW ,
for Special Time- and Money-Saving Plan.
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Many Expected
To Attend Scout
Camp At Mertzon
Mrs. George Clark of Wink, un-
derwent major surgery in a local
hospital Tuesday.
Marlon Self, Clyde Bone. Alfred by a capable 8roup of Scout lead-
Meers and Lavoy Hinkle returned ers. Among those to be present will
Saturday from a week’s vacation 1 be: Dr. E. L. Reed of the Biology
spent at the Boy Scout clubhouse I Department of Texas Tech, H. D.
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Mrs. Fred Hard Wright, Winkler
County librarian, is spending her
vacation visiting friends and rela-
tives in Mercedes.
These select horses cost from $100
to $165 and our crack cavalrymen
are expert riders and carry on the
traditions which have followed the
cavalry from the earliest days of
the Army. Purchase of War Savings
Bonds will insure. good mounts for
the Cavalry. You and your neigh-;
hors buying War Bonds and Stamps'
regularly every pay day can help
buy these horses for the U. S.
Cavalry. Invest at least 10 percent
of your income in War Bonds.
U. S. Treasv.^: Department
Theatne Rebuilding
Vork Progressing
Work of rebuilding the Kermit
Theatre was well along this week.
Rev. C. C. Elrod of the Commun-
ity Church of Kermit is like many j
another preacher before him—he j
has an eye for the finer things that
Miss Winnie Usry of LaFeria,
Texas is visiting Mr. and Mrs. H
B. Usry of Gulf Camp this week.
She is a cousin of Mr. Usry.
plan to cooperate with the ration-
ing program and use the buses only
for necessary school purposes.”
In New Mexico, all football sche-
dules of high school teams were
voided by action of a state body,
and schools were ordered to re-
schedule their games so as to avoid
longer trips.
Many Texas schools also have
revamped schedules in an attempt
to keep the teams close to home.
FOR SALE — 7-weeks old pigs.
Reasonable. Eli Long’s Dairy. Itpd.
FOR SALE — 4 room house 16 by
18 garage. 5 foot refrigerator in
Wink. M. W. Devaney. Kermit
20t2pd.
including all personal
FOR SALE — Living room suite,
2 bedroom suits, dinner room suite,
radio, G. E. Refrigerator, Maytag
kitchen range, Venetian blinds, rugs
and other articles. C. L. Austin at
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pryor and
son are visiting relatives in DeKalb
and Dallas this week.
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For Sleeplessness, Irrita-
bility, Headache, and
, when due to Nervous
le only as directed.
Mrs. J. N. Cannon and Mrs. Clif-
ford Casey, who have been attend-
ing the Baptist Encampment at
Paisano for the past 10 days re-
turned Wednesday night.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Mills, Mrs. Ethel -
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Moseley will spend the weekend in
Midland as guests of Mrs. Gene
Burnett.
be used for transporting the team,
Meek said. On the longest road trip,
to El Paso to play Bowie, the team
will make the trip by train, he
said, and on nearer trips players
will be taken in private automo-
biles.
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"We still have one bus that could i
j e used for carrying the team be- j
। cause it has no tires on it that were i
I obtained through the Rationing I
- Board,” Meek said. “However, we
Mr. and Mrs. Raliegh Sharp have
have moved to Monahans this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Copeland re-
turned from their vacation this
week.
LINE DRUG STORE—Now open.
Would like to see my old custo-
mers and plenty of new ones. Liq-
uor, Wine and Gin.. Also second
hand furniture. On the Square.
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Norris, principal of John R. Lewis
} School, Sweetwater, Texas; Ollie
T. E. D’Arcy,
CTOCKINGS and socks pulled
3 on and off by the toes wear
longer than when tugged by their
tops. Teach the "littlest one” to
treat socks gently—
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Kermit Gridders
1 To Play Schedule,
i But Without Buses
,rmit High School’s football
! team will play out its eight-game
1 schedule despite the rubber short-
for three consecutive weeks im-
mediately preceding said day of i
sale, in the Winkler County News |
a newspaper published in Winkler
County.
Witness my hand, this 6th day
of August 1942.
F. E. SUMMERS,
Sheriff, Winkler Cou y, Texas
ARE YOUR EYES TROUBLING
YOU—Then see Dr. Huneycutt and
see better. Lenses ground here.
Quick repairs. Next to Rio Theatre,
Odessa.
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Dubb Yarborough, who is sta-
tioned at the Naval Air Base in
San Diego, Calif., was a guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Tye this
week.
Jefferies, subject to any prior liens
of record and levied upon as the
property of Dr. T. J. Jefferies and
that on the first Tuesday in Sep-
tember 1942, the same being the 1st
day of said month, at the Court (
House door, of Winkler County, in
the Town of Kermit, Texas, between
the hours of 10 a. m. and 4 p. m.
by virtue of said levy and said
Execution, I will offer for sale and
sell at public vendue, for cash, to
the highest bidder, all the right,
title and interest of the said T. J.
Jefferies in and to said property.
And in compliance with law, I
give this notice by publication, in
the English language, once a week
j Lost and: found columns of
—2= Tokio newspapers are crowd-
= ed these days. Every time an
M American buys a War Bond,
1 4 the Japs lose face. Buy your
- 10% every pay day.
What WouuyNith
WAH BONDS
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Hitler found out that his high pow-
ered mechanized and motorized
army bogged down in the snow and
mud of the Russian . Winter. Al-
though our Army is largely mecha-
nized the cavalry horse is still a
highly essential factor in this mount-
ed division and in the Field Artil-
lery. The Army also maintains re-
mount farms where many cavalry
horses are bred and raised.
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show a 40-pound watermelon he
grew himself on a plot across the
street from the parsonage.
“I’ve got several more down
there almost this big,” he said.
“Also some big cantaloupes.”
“INSPECTORS, operators for sew-
ing machines, office assistants
badly needed. We instruct by mail
or at school here. Men or Women.
6 Weeks course. BIRTH CERTIFI-
CATE required. We secure Certi-'
ficates from all States. You need
it for defense positions. Our ser-
vice only $2.00 cash with your name,
age, sex, father’s and mother’s name,
birth places required. Write NA-
TIONAL DEFENSE SCHOOL, 605
West Sth Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Phone Day or nite Victor 0707.”
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homes Monday morning, Aug. 10,
by trucks starting at each end of
the Council and converging at Big
Spring or Midland, going thence to
Mertzon, 30 miles west of San An-
i gelo.
Scouts from Pecos, Kermit, Wink
and Grandfalls will meet at Odessa
Sunday night or before 5 Monday
and will arrive at Midland at 6 a.
., m.
Physical examination blanks and
registration fees are pouring into
the Scout office and a large crowd
is expected. The last day for regis-
tration is Friday. The camp begins
Monday at noon and ends Saturday, ।
August 15 at noon. Cost of the
camp, including transportation, is
$8.
with most of the floor laid
scaffolding erected for wall
ceiling work.
For a limited time/ the purchase of a $1 box of Dorothy
Perkins Face Powder entitles you to a $1 Dorothy Perkins
Treatment Kit without charge! This offer is truly unusual. Be
sure to take full advantage of it.
The Complimentary Kit Contains
Generous sizes of Cream of Roses, Rose Lotion, Cream
Delight, and Powder Base. You’ll be delighted with the
superb qualities of these Dorothy Perkins Preparations.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Tye visited
relatives in Floydada Sunday. They
were accompanied home by Mr.
Tye’s niece, Dorothy Tye.
FOR SALE—Living Room, Bedroom
and Kitchen furniture, including a
refrigerator and stove. For infor-
mation call Kermit 861 17t4p
SHERIFF’S SALE
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF WINKLER,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that by virtue of a certain Execu-
tipn with Bill of Cost issued out
of the Honorable County Court of
Reeves County, 7th day of July
1942, by W. E. Reeder, Clerk of
raid County Court for the sum of
Tive Hundred Sixty-Eight Dollars
and costs of suit, under a Judg-
ment, in favor of The Security
Ptate Bank of Pecos, Texas in a
certain cause in said Court, No.
i124 and styled The Security State
Bank of Pecos, Texas vs Dr. T. J.
Jefferies, placed in my hands for
service, I, F. E. Summers as Sher-
iff of Winkler County, Texas, did,
on the 15th day of July 1942, levy
on certain Real Estate, situated in
Winkler County, Texas described as
follows, to wit:
All the right, title and interest
of Dr. T. J. Jefferies in and to 7-8
W. I. Interest located in Section 4
Block B-5, Winkler County, Texas,
Naturally we are proud of our boys in the service, of the job we are
doing, and prouder still to be a vital part of America’s great transporta-
tion system. We are also proud of the way you are co-operating with
us in making our civilian transportation efforts less difficult. Your
patience and understanding of these problems are aiding us immensely
in our war effort.
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High Vitamin potency at low cost—
ONE-A-DAY Vitamin Tablets. A and
D tablets in the yellow box—B-Com-
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FOR SALE — L. C. Smith Stand-
ard typewriter. Old, but still types.
$18. Winkler County News. tf.
8= Try Alka-Seltzer for
Headache. “Morning After” Aching
Muscles, Acid Indigestion. Pleasant,
prompt, effective. 30$ and 60$.______1'
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Usry and their
guest, Miss Winnie Usry, and Lois
and Joyce Vann of Ft. Worth, who
are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Joe
Porterfield, visited the Carlsbad
Caverns Tuesday.
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Adults. $25.00, bills paid. B. F.
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got that for the school.”
“Yes, I know,” said the hobo.
“In fact,” said Meek, “I’m the
school superintendent here, and this
whole fine layout is mine to dir-
ect.”
“Yes, I know,” said the hobo.
“And just to think,” said Meek,
“I used to be a country boy from
Erath County.”
“Yes, I know,” said the hobo.
“And I used to be a hobo.”
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Vermillion, Henry G. The Winkler County News (Kermit, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, August 7, 1942, newspaper, August 7, 1942; Kermit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1418482/m1/4/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Winkler County Library.