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THE CANTON HERALD
PAGE EIGHT
THURSDAY, JAN. 27, 1944
CREAM LEVEL
LOCAL-
PAPPENING^
been
ill
visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank for the afternoon.
Jean and Mildred Lee Fugate,
{
a
$367,756.89
$409,124.22
$501,179.10
rand Total
$275,702.01
%
TUNDRA
ISSUE
$935,166.65
Grand Total
$417,482.38
$517,684.27
1
OLD BETHEL
I
CRADLE ROLL
By Mrs. W. F. Stout
I
of
Terrell spent Sunday with
We are glad to say
CANTON RADIO SERVICE
our community went to our
Lt. and Mrs. Jesse
Canton
IRIS GARDEN CLUB
Mrs. Hodges Hamilton.
Phone 44
-
dith.
The program will include a dis-1
4
Canton
Phone 112
of thes pring gardens.
Let’s all back the attack.
J. J. Meredith is spending Sunday with Press Pruitt of
Dallas.
Organizes Club
WE HAVE
TIRES
Mrs. Taylor served a delicious
MARTINS MILL
?"
foxhole thoughts
this
like
their way back to Nacogdoches.
ROCK HILL
spent the week-end with
Mrs. Susie Gentry
"77% CANTON, TEXAS
PHONE 115
WAR BONDS—buy them first per cent did not produce desir-
ed results.
Tire Information Headquarters
Ross Auto Supply Co.
Mrs. Ada Stone has been
for thep ast two weeks.
McMillan
relatives
were 1
Mrs.
Miss I
at her home Sunday. The cous-
ins were fourteen years of age.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Cliff Foster and family of Rock
Several from this commu-
nity had business in Mabank.
$705,666.65
135,500.00
94,000.00
E. D. HIGGINBOTHAM
At Rascoe's Service Station
If You Have
Matter of Any
Erwin Addy of Dallas spent Sat-
urday and Sunday here with his
parents.
Mary Rusk of this county and has
many friends here who will sym-
"Parliamentary
Mildred Duck.
County Wide ________
Road Dist. No. 7
Read Dist. No. 8
Lousiana spent the week end
with his wife and parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Wilburn.
$485,610.51
29,452.15
2,621.61
Riley
Myrtle
son, Lt. H. C. Mann, and wife in
San Angelo. Lt. Mann has been
Disbursements
$ 2,<641.06
52,338.52
136,796.98
9,827.50
5,105.69
56,872.64
50,400.00
15,034.56
3,693.49
53,942.62
9,966.94
57,483.61
5,970.00
41,105.49
Miss Dorothy McPhail cf Tyler
visited in Canton Saturday go-
ing on Sunday to Denver, Colo-,
to be with her sister who is very
ill there.
Saturday.
Mrs. Joy Tidwell of Dallas I
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Emerson
of Grand Saline visited in Can-
ton and Ben Wheeler during the
week-end.
Mrs. Edward Lehecka
Point.
week"end with D. J. Meredith
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Easley
of China Grove spent Sunday
evening with Mr and Mrs. J.
R. Meredith.
Mrs. Walter Windham is on
FUND
Jury
General
Receipts
$ 2,428.99
61,300.71
118,440.22
19,774.96
4,882.95
46,922.62
49,459.09
17,726.02
5,466.36
52,965.03
11,875.22
10,940.41
6,941.64
Windham, who has been home on
furlough from Florida.
day afternoon.
urtis Tyler and
Mrs- Virgil Hendley, Mrs. Lewis
Kellis and Miss Ophelia visited
in Kilgore Sunday.
(By Wilma Wallace)
Sgt. Paul Daniel and
girl friend were visitors
Church, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Riley spent
Tuesday in Dallas.
there for several months but is
expecting a new asignment in the
the near future-
R. & B. Special.............
County Wide Sinking
Highway Tax .............
Repair ........................
... 23,160.96
.. 142,620.48
.. 2,195.76
... 13,562.44
Hallmark of Myrtle Springci,
Sunday. Anetia Rose Flatt
returned home with them to
spend the week.
“Prevention of Diseases,'
B. F. Gray.
MRS. H. F. WILBURN
HONORS DAUGHTER
AND TWO NEPHEWS
ABSTRACTS
There will be a seed exchange,
| by all members.
Condensed Financial Statement
Of Van Zandt County
From
JANUARY 1, 1943, TO DECEMBER 31, 1943
IN THESE SIZES
6.00-16
7.00-15
6.25-6.50-16
7.00-16
5.25-5.50-17
5.25-5.50-18
4.75 5.00-19
4.40-4.50-21
STUDY CLUB MET WITH
MRS. SAM BEARD JAN. 19
Get the synthetic tire with 3 years’
EXTRA experience.
B. F. GOODRICH SILVERTOWN
REPLACE FRUIT TREES
TO INCREASE FRUIT
las spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Mrs. J. R.
Their wives joined them
this week.
c
them many more happy birth-
days.
/1
Albert Ackins and family
and Bonnie Jo Pruitt spent
Ambulance Service
Prompt and Courteous to
all
EUBANK BROS.
Canton Phone 136
* Includes bonds owned by Road District Working Fund
I hereby certify that the above statement is correct.
A. J. RILEY, County Auditor
Mr. and Mrs. Lavem Bar-
ber and son visited relatives ridge and daughters of Dal-
here. las and R. C. Ethridge of
Mrs. Lillian and John Paul California spent the week
Baskin of Dallas were visi- end with Jim. Flatt and wife,
tu^s here, Sunday. ( Darnell Gillispie and family
Mrs. Grace Fuller of Van aud Henry Gillispie of West
visited with her parents, Texas spent Saturday with
Sunday i A. Stout and family.
Mrs. Maud Mann of Van Mrs. Tona Stout of Ennis
visited with relatives, here, spent Sunday with Mr. and
Mr. and Mrs. Billie Brown •rs, D• Stout.
Barber of Marshall visited
with their parents this week:
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Geddie
visited in Dallas Saturday.
entertain the quilting club
Lext Friday January, 28.1
Visitors are invited.
Cpl. Roland Chamblee of I
Mrs. Kay Taylor has organized Spent Wednesday with Mrs. I
a forty-two club for service men’s Hardy Wilburn of Tundra. I
wives. The first meeting of the' Mrs. Lillie Hathcock of.
Net Indebtelness
Edgewood visited his niece, Beard Wednesday, Jan. 19. entertained
Mis. Clifford Wimpey. The meeting was called to or- her nephews, Loyd and Floyd
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wim- der by the president, Mrs. Reb Crabtree with a birthday dinner
! pey accompanied by Charlie Blackwell. Roll call was answer-
1 slasingame Visited Mr. and tennmembers guWe
. Mrs. Bill Phillips of Stone Den rown and uttte
Point, Sunday. Susann Turner
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sneed Mrs. Joe Hackney was leader
‘ Mrs. Herman Meyer and baby
of Wichita Falls were the guests
of Mrs. Lorn Parsons the past
week-end at the home of her pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Heard.
Their husbands, Sgt. Parsons and
Sgt. Meyer were buddies in camp
5n Florida and have now been
McMillian was
ness trip to Tyler, Wednes-
day.
Paris visited
last week- Mrs.
WARRANT AND BONDED INDEBTEDNESS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1943
her daughter and
I public. Under this plan, the de-
positor may not cash his bonds
with her before the war is over, except in
Springs visitors Sunday.
Henry Hoskins and son of
Grand Saline visited Mr. and Mrs.
Sid McCauley last week.
Burns, Bernice, Norma
• Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Watson
and Shirley of Marshall, Mr. and
1 Mrs. R- C. Crabtree of Jackson,
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Fugate and
Mrs. Terrell Ogletree, home away your position. You dip out
demonstrator of the Mt. Pisgah the sludge at the bottom of the
club reports that she has been hole with your helmet. If your
increasing her fruit production pal falls asleep and begins to
program by replacing trees snore you sock him. If you snore
I which had died in her young or- he socks you. If you don’t bury
chard and adding addional kinds the dead quick the bugs and the
of trees for a variety of fruit, birds and the lizards get them.
She is enthusiastic about cherries, In 24 hours they’re nothing but
Mrs. A. M. Gulledge of Ben
Wheeler visited her parents last
Wednesday. Her father, E. A.
Heard returned home with her
for a few days visit.
Mrs. John White has
quite ill the past week.
The Iris Garden club will meet,
A Land
Kind See
Miss Benja Sides of Tyler
spent the week-end at home.
And the bugs and mosquitoes
come around. And it stinks. The
i stink is horrible. Lizards slither
' through the brush, and you think
' they are Japs. Monkeys chatter
and you think they are Japs. You
don’t dare smoke, lest you give
John Beard and wife of
Balance 1-1-43
(
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Carpenter
have moved into the Bill Carpen-
ter home.
Tundra and the honorees.
Everyone enjoyed the bounti-
tiful dinner spread and wish
Sgt. and Mrs. Truman
were Wills Point and
Mrs. Steve Weaver and
assigned as a flying instructor
Emogene Pierce,
Evans, Geardene
there and help rebuild their own re-
Balance 12-31-43
$ 7,867.21
45,891.62
672.08 OD
9,947.46
22,938.22
132,670.46
1,254.85
16,253.90
1,772.87
6,462.06
6,047.85
17,766.80
1,378.39
6,122.40
Miss Beth Addy of Dallas
spent the week-end at home.
Sgt. Hardy Wilburn
Us.
Van Zandt County
Abstract Co.
R. E. Blackwell, Mgr.
North Side Square
his Mrs. Sally Barrin of Jack-
son is visiting Mr. and Mrs.
I Bee Downing.
I Mr. and Mns. Hugh Eth-
(By Bernice Fugate)
The fifth Sunday meeting
will meet with the Tundra'
Baptist Church Saturday and
Sunday. You are invited.
Sgt. and Mrs. Dick Burns
of Tulake, California spent
a few days with Mr. and Mrs.
A. O. Evans and family.
Lt. Adrain Windham re-
turned to his camp in Fla.,
after spending a few days
with Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Windham and other relatives
and friends.
. Miss Martha Rowan was
honored Saturday with a
birthday party. She received
several nice gifts. Everyone
went away wishing her many
niore happy birthdays.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Mere-
dith spent Sunday with Will
Meredith and family of Plea-
sant Glade. They were accom-
p.nied by Barney Hiten and
wife of Dallas.
Mrs. F. E. Umpress Jr. and
little daughter, Beth, of Can-
ton spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. A. O. Evans and
family.
Mrs. Nina Foster and chil-
dren of Rock Hill spent Sat-
urday night with Mrs. Dewey
Fugate.
Miss Erma Morris of Dal-
Sinking Funds
$220,056.14
106,047.85*
91,378.39*
Leo Prater of Tyler visited his
father, Rev. Prater, here last
week.
with Mr. and Mrs. R. F.
Chamblee.
Mrs. Lillie Flatt and Mrs.
Oree Foster spent Thursday,
and Friday with Airs. Corene
Eheridge of Dallas.
Mrs. Clifton Slider is visit-
ing relatives in Eustace.
Bonds and War- Cash and Seeuri-
rants Outstanding ties Owned by
Gordie Burns.
Mrs. Gladys Hargrove will quota in the bend drive.
Love Field spent the week Friday, Jan. 28, at 3 p. m. in ■BBMOHBD9
Mere-! end with his parents, Mr. the home of Mrs. R. E Blackwell.
End Mrs. R. F. Chamblee. -
Mr. and Mrs. George Fagile hope that these iron huts may
and Benjamin made a busi- serve them as barns and even
J — - — - as houses—after the Americans
are through with them.
end.
, Oddie Daniel i visited his daughter, Imogene, spent
family this week end. ! Saturday nioht and Sunday
Charlie Phillips of Dallas with"her "sister,vrsde
was a visitor here, Sunday / Wilson and family of Phalba.
Herman Hobbs of Tyler Jess Norrell and family vis-
Visited with relatives here. ited relatives at Pleasant
Mrs. Ruby Sides of Athens Glade Sunday
vsited with her parents, Mr. Rev. p H Pitts and Rev.
and Mrs. J. A. Lancaster. T. E. Walsh of Dallas visited
_ ’ in the home of A. F. Turner,
The gas supply to private Saturday
K. C. Meredith, wife and
shortage. Requests to household- Car Mewburn lost a good
ers to curtail consumption of 50 COW last week.
A. B. Brown, Jr- of Dallas
spent the week-end with his pa-
rents.
Mary Nell ।
and Evelyn'
sister, Mrs. Ernest Powdrell of extreme cases of emergency,
Louisiana went to Grante, Okla., such as sickness or death in the
for the funeral service of their family, in which case he will be
brother-in-law, Ben Buford, held permitted to cash as many of his
there Saturday, Jan. 22. Mr. Bu- bonds as are sufficient to defray
ford’s wife was the former, Miss such expenses..
transferred to Shreveport, La- nathize with er in her sorrow. —then buy what you need.
quite ill for several days.
Dr. T. R. Keahey was in Dallas
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week for the state dental . - 0., ,c
clinic Leing held there The meet- having had a few last year from bones-stripped and shiny as
ni were gin the Adolphus Hotel, young trees which had been put something in a doctors office—
in8S __P ‘ out only the year before. Though an we had to eat was dry dehy-
new club was held in her home Pleasant Glade spent Sunday
| on Friday evening of last week. - - -
Mrs. Everett Higginbotham and
children spent last week in
Jackson. IA
Mrs. H. F. Wilburn of Tundra •
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Roy Tippy
of Dallas spent the week-end
with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Brown.
________ •'
Mr- and Mrs. D. Compton* of
Denton and Wanda of Dallas
spent the week-end with rela-
tives here.
---------- EXCERPTS FROM
The U. S. army and navy have “THOUGHTS IN A FOXHOLE”
I begun monthly distribution of -----
packages of 30 "midget” editions I "Don’t sneer at those little
of modern and classical books to brown men” the sergeant was
overseas personnel. The plan saying. “They’re as smart as we
calls for delivery of nearly 20 are. It‘l be a long war. Nobody
million books during the next here seems to know what it’s
12 months. A new set of 30 like to stand in a foxhole for 24
titles is chosen each month. The hours, 36 hours? Have you ever
paper-bound editions weigh on an been afraid of the dark? I have,
average one-sixth that of the We all have. You stand in your
cloth-bound originals, and the foxhole in the dark and it rains.
.$ 8,079.28
36,929.43
County Wide R. & B.............. 17,684.68
R- & B. Warrant Int. & Skg......................
the week with relatives in Walton.
We still have several cases
-n noviri c,m, arp cherries are not commonly drated. You waited in line for
moving this week into Mrs Hem- grown here, Mrs. Ogletree thinks fod and then hated the food—
mo) gts"e house vacating they will be worth trying. In se- cocoanut flies come down in
the Walter’ Barnes house which lecting peach trees she has swarms—they settle on your food
S Wacruime Mr and Mrs. planned a variety of kinds that —were thick on the spoon-were
will De_ occupiea ny " ana will ripen successively from in your mouth before you can,
ave anuary._______ early till late fall. close it. Have you ever lived 18 They plan to hold regular meet-
Visitors in the E. A- Heard The scarcity of fruit last year months under a mosquito net? ings each week.
home last week were W. L. Sides and the high pdint value of com- The guy in the next bunk is cry- ro. T-,l......j . t___
and daughter Miss Lila, of Dal- mercially canned fruit made ing. He’s a guy with big muscles salad plate to her guests.
las and Walter Sides, Jr. of the everyone realize the value of and a tough face, who hasnt
ground crew of the air corps, sta- home produced fruit. Now is the cried since he was a boy. wa.
tioned at Topeka, Kansas, and time to plant trees and here are can you do? You are not so tar
of Wills some precautions given by the ex- away from crying yoursel. Your
। tension horticulturist: I nerves get worn thin. I’ve seen
I Examine the roots, removing the bloodiest fights (among the
Mrs Herbert Lovvorn and son the broken and damaged ones, and men) over nothing. Why should
of Waco have been visiting for cutting off the dried brown ends, we, make all the sacrifices...
several days with her parents, New roots will develop quickly “This boy’s foxhole thoughts
Mr and Mrs- H. W. Windham, from the root ends thus treated, were straight from the heart-.
having made the visit especially Do not dig holes too deep. If a you will meet others like tnis
to see her brother, Lt. Adrain deep hole is dug in clay or sub- sergeant, men who have now
' - ... . soil that holds water like a jug returned to revalue their nation
the tree may drown. Dig the with the cold, clear eye of men
_____ hole large enough for the roots who have come through a great
A sextet from Nacogdoches to be spread out if the soil is suffering.”—George Kent in the
college sang over a Dallas radio tight mix a shovel or two of December 1943 Reader s Digest,
station Saturday morning includ- rotted manure with the soil from .
ing Miss Ann Everett, daughter the hole. In planting set the tree
of Rev. and Mrs. Frank Everett I at the same depth that it stood Washington will receive fori
of Canton. The girls came by and in the nursery, and pack the soil safekeeping U. S. war bonds owned
visited with te Everett family on firmly around the roots. Just be- by Filipinos who will agree to I
• - ~ . fore the hole is filled with dirt, deposit them for the duration.
------ I add a bucket or two of water After peace is restored to the
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mann and then complete filling the hole Philippines, the Philippine govern-
children with their son, Irby with soil. Peach and plum trees ment will help depositors organ-
Love Mann, and family of Dallas should be cut back to about knee ize their own corporation to en-
their, height: apples and pears to be- gage in business or in
tween the knee and waist height agriculture. The government aims
at-time of setting, | through this plan to enable Fili-
pinos to invest these savings in
whole package of 30 books
weighs about six and one-half
pounds.
Clough and Martha Rowan of
spent Saturday night with j
relatives here. (
We are sorry to report
Grandma Peace being real , A baby girl, Nora Sue, was
sick with heart trouble. horn t0 Mr. and Mrs. John Leach
Clarence Tucker was at the am
bedside of his uncle, Harmon
Ayers, who is in a hospital in
Wade Carey and wife.' Tyler, Tuesday and Wednes-
Mrs. Floyd Stout entertain-. Cay.
ed the quilting club, Friday, * Our community met at the
with 16 present. Two quilts' school last Thursday in a
were quilted. Visitors from bond drive. Sgt. Charles Wil-
- - hout of California who is vis-
Victory and Withholding Tax........................
Officers Salary .............-.........- 7,439.65
Road Dist. No. 7 Skg.............. 4,139.57
Road Dist. No. 7 Working .... 64,310.00
Road Dist No. 8 Skg.......... 406.75
Road Dist. No. 8 Working .. 47,227.89
A
Drill,” Mrs.
E. J. of Tundra, Mr. and Mrs.
Mrs. Jessie Newton and sons of Pis-
gah, Walter Wilburn of Tundra,
“Our Neighbors and Their' Agnes Thurston of Old Bethel,
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. May- Methods of Improving Their Mrs. T. V. Chamness of Jackson-
berry of Pine Bluff, Arkan- Health Program,” Mrs. Joe Hack- j Also Misses Patsy Simmons,
sas and Mr. and Mrs. Lewis ney. Melba
Mayberry and son of Carroll- "The St ory. of Penici in, rs’
ton spent the week end with Lovelv refreshments were serv-
John Mayberry and Carme, ed by the hostess.
Mi-3. Johnnie Sanders and The first meeting of the new
Mrs. Lois Stout entertain- cussion of “International Affairs,” i
ed the Garden Club Wednes- by Mrs. M. G. Sanders; “How I
j Feed My Birds,” by Mrs. Owen
family Springer; and “Arrangements of
and Mrs. Sally Walsh spent' LTV,"4 Grasses," by Mrs.
the sick list. We wish for her I Sunday with relatives at
a speedy recovery. । Ventworth. | by all members. Everyone is
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Mere- Mr. and Mrs. Hally Brun-, urged to attend. Now is the time I
dith and Mrs. Garvin Morris son and son have returned to to get started with the planning
and baby of Dallas spent the California.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Brown
and family of Dallas spent the
week-end with the latter’s moth-
er, Mrs. Hamblin, who has been
The Philippine government in '
(By Laura N. t agile), The Wednesday Study club
Charlie blasingame Ot met in the home of Mrs. Sam
children of Dallas spent Sun- Study club year was held early
day in the home of John May- in January at the home of Mrs
berry and Carnie. i Erwin Addy-. At this meeting the
p, Folin Virk nf Tarrant club entered into their new year
Pic. Edwin Vick oi l arrant with Mrs. R E Blackwell as
Fleld spent the week end president; Mrs. Metta Hilliard,
with his family and mothei, first vice president; Mrs. Joe
Mrs. Kate Vick and family. Hackney, second vice president;
Mr. and Mrs. Irby Norrell Mrs. W. L. West, secretary and
and family of Dallas spent Mrs. Erwin Addy, reporter. In-
the week end with Mr. and teresting plans for a new club
Mrs. Robert Norrell. year were discussed at this meet-
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parks g‘--- ------------.
and family of Dallas visited SERVICEMEN in Iceland
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Parks, _____
bunday. i American servicemen in Iceland
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have found themselves in the midst
Nichols of Jefferson City of a civilization older than their
spent the week end with the own. Iceland has seven times as
laiters parents, Mr and Mrs. manybooksiper. capita.as. the
W.1 gioc United States. It has almost no
vaer r es’ ur n- , illiteracy. School children must
Mary Lou Williamson of learn four languages besides their
Tyler spent the week end own— English, German, French,
with her parents, Mr. and and Danish. In Iceland, the whole
Mrs. Frank Williamson. (American garrison is housed in a
Several from this commu- series of corrugated galvanized
rity attended singing at iron huts thatlookli kover-sized
1k, o 1 :04 water mains split in two, cuppea
V allace, Sunday night. against the ground and anchored
Cpl. Ervin Shinn of Camp to prevent the occassional 100-
Fannin visited in the home of mile-per-hour winter wind from
relatives Wednesday. blowing them away. Icelanders
ofMfluinaurrsommnnwiumIf You Have A Grade 1 Certificate
Tundra were, Mrs. Earl .j., , ,
Anderson, Mrs. Gertie Gil- itinghere was asked to make
mer, Mrs. Daphanee Wilburn, a talk on the war and buying
Mrs. Avis Rowen and Mrs. bonds. We are glad to say
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