The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1940 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 58.
THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940.
NUMBER 11.
Reflection From
CRIPPLED CHILDREN SEAL SALE
The Farmstead
Mattresses With Surplus Cotton
By W. O. FINCH
Baptist Church.
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cotton which is being se-
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F. F. A. News.
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MRS. DICK STEGALL.
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Bartlett,
of other relatives and friends.
of the tournament was to de-
pose
“Unchanging Need in the Home- was in this county
stronger interest and skill
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Read the Merchants’ display ads.
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Texas University
Students Enjoy
Barefoot Social
under the direction of Miss Hill.
The initial shipment of cotton
money made here, the other fifty
per cent is sent to the Texas So-
ciety For Crippled Children, and
even some of this is returned by
Here to Gather Family History.
Rev. White Parker of Oklahoma
or hospitalization,
sponsible for some
Try a Canton Herald and Chroni-
cle Want-ad for results.
The fifth Sunday meeting of the gram develops it will be carried
Van Zandt County Baptist Asso-into other counties in the district
De Emmett Bradshaw, president.
Woodmen of the World Life In-
H. Humphries spoke at the
lege assembly.
Fort Worth, friend of
ceased and family.
Mr. Bartlett leaves
300.0011 Woodmen
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Interment was in Hudson Ceme-
tery, near Fort Worth, with Lucas
undertakers in charge.
ROYAL SERVICE PROGRAM
TO BE PRESENTED MAR. 18
to summon aid for the two
jured men.
Improving from Recent Illness.
J. T. Hodges is improving from
his recent illness and is now able
to be out some, but has not re-
turned to his work at Nolen Bros.’
Drug Store, where he has been
established for many years.
tory of his family, the late Cintha
Anne Parker and Quanna Parker,
who are well-known in the history
of Van Zandt County. Rev. White
is a son of Quanna Parker, and
has been given a year's vacation
from his ministry to gather this
history of his famous Indian fami-
ly.
Hudson Etheridge Van Zandt County Selected As
Injured In Wreck Demonstration County For Making
Farm Parity
Bill Approved
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The Herald is authorized to an-
nounce the candidacy of J. Frank
Walters for the office of represen-
tative of the fifty-third legislative
district of Texas, subject to action
of Democratic Primary, July 27,
1940.
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nie Dowell, assistant chief of the
Athens Fire Deparment, has in-
vented a tool that will hold the
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Educating Public
anniversary. A nationwide mem-
bership campaign in now under-
way, to be climaxed by local cele-
brations in hundreds of cities on
June 6.
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eye doctor when a definite ail-
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Van Zandt County has been se-
lected as the demonstration coun-
to mourn
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east of Phalba, March 30. The and ticking to this county is suffi-
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correspondence, facts, figures and Nearly 300,000 members of
plans, and concentrating on Woodmen of the World received
games, newspaper and other in-'
grandmother, Mrs. F.
, of Whitton, and a
ciation will meet with the Big
Rock Church, three miles south-
passed away at his home in Fort
Worth Sunday, March 3, at 12:30
p. m. He had been ill for several
months, but had developed heart
'trouble in the later days of his
| illness, which took him away sud-
There will be services at the '
Texas Lions To
Have Annual Trip
for several
gathering his-
severed. The idea was concieved ' first semester. Billy Foster resign-
after an accident in which the ed the presdency.
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they are
President Kellis expressed con-
supervision of rural women train-
ed by Miss Peach.
This project, developed through
interest of Assistant Secretary cf
Agriculture Grover B. Hill with
the assistance of Miss Mildred
Horton, vice-director of the Exten-
sion service, as a means Of using
Attended Funeral of Friend.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wages at-
tended the funeral of Mrs. Philip
Shook, north of Terrell, Sunday.
Mrs. Shook was 88 years of age
at the time of her death and
leaves four generations of decend-
ants. They formerly lived in this
county and are very close riends
to Mr. and Mrs. Wages.
tricate work.
Doctors find that more
the de-
who will receive
problems of crippled children. In !
this sale Van Zandt County will
keep fifty per cent of all the
days last week
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Increased use of the eyes in the
home, business establishment and Sunday
Sunday.
10 a. m., Devotional, H. D.
Wyatt
10:15 a. m., “What Does It Take
to Constitute an Ideal Christian
and an Ideal Church," C. E. Bail-
ey and J. B. Trent.
11:15 a. m., Preaching, by mis-
sionary, Rev. D. H. Pitts.
1:30 p. m., “A Description of the
New Heaven and the New Earth,
and Who Will Be There,” led by
Rev. B. C. Dodd.
Adjournment.
Everyone is invited to this meet-
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great B. T. U. encampment at
Palacious. If you just don’t care
to hear any of the service except
the musical service, it will be
worth your time to come accord-
ing to the pastor. Mr. Johnston
will assist in arranging special
music for Easter morning ser-
vices.
Special efforts are being made
to have 200 in Sunday school at
Baptist Church each evening at
7:30 next week except Saturday
night. In this Pre-Easter revival
the pastor will do the preaching
and Berry Mitchell will direct the
music. Clarence Johnson will be
visiting in the pastor’s home that
week and will play the piano. He
is among the best church pianists
in the state and has several times
had the honor of planning for the
state conventions and for the
mattresses which
livestock, as well as the rodeo.
Our milk judging team competed ।
in the contests there, but the re-
turns are not known as yet.
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'F. A. program next Monday night.
Those who attended our last pro-
gram know that these are very
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Recently E. T. Burchfield re-
ported to Van Zandt County to
trap and kill wolves throughout
the infested parts of the county.
Those desiring to get Mr. Burch-
field’s information in regard to
wolves will write to him at Wills
Point, Route 3.
Tomato acreage in the area em-
bracing Van Zandt and Wood
Counties this year will be about
three times as large as any pre-
ceeding year. Wood County in the
vicinities of Mineola, Quitman,
Winnsboro, Alba and Golden is
really getting into car-lot produc-
tion on a big scale this year. The
former small patch pink tomato
farming of that section has spread
to almost every farm in many of
these communities and evolved in-
to a large scale green-wrap deal.
The pink patch of the past has
lived its day and served its pur-
pose in giving essential cultural
experience and a dip into the
cash income possibilities of car-
lot production. Van Zandt County
has grown into tomatoes on al-
most every farm this year and will
ship many times the tonnage of
last year. Edgewood, Wills Point,
Grand Saline, Van and Fruitvale
will soon have refrigerator cars
lining the sidetracks as a prelude
to another delightful seasonal cele-
bration of this great industry. This
completes the shipping line along
the T. & P. Railroad all the way
across the county just as we
started out to do six years ago,
and marks a farmer cooperative
achievement unequaled in tomato
production development in East
Texas. Not even back in the days
when the railroads employed many
agricultural agents to promote to-
mato production to increase their
car-lot shipping business was this
farmer promoted industry excelled
in volume promotion in such a
short time. The tomato crop of
the South Texas valley was almost
entirely eliminated this year by
the freeze, according to reports, and
our area will be faced with an op-
portunity to supply an unusual
demand and this coupled with the
industrial boom of the North
brings attractive price prospects.
the people
them under
Zandt children being able to walk
go to school and to be normal
children, despite the fact that they
were physicially handicapped. If
you are not asked to buy seals
personally, don’t make that an ex-
cuse, will you for not helping?
Find out who is selling seals in
your town, and go to him and buy
some or you may send check or
currency to the county chairman,
Miss Bessie Cox, Qanton, Texas,
and you’ll receive all the Easter
seals you want at one cent each.
Buy all you can. Our pennies and
i dollars invested in crippled chil-
dren seals pay guaranteed divid-
ends of happines sand satisfac-
tion. Easter ends this sale. Buy
early. Share your Easter joy. Help
crippled children.
Miss Henrietta James, county
school supervisor, is introducing
school packets into the schools.
This contains ten seals and a blue
rabbit to be pinned on the child's
clothe's. Let’s keep in mind that
crippled children are not so for-
tunate as to be able to run, play
and attend school, but by buying
a seal we are helping these boys
and girls to be educated and train-
ed to lead a useful life.
Charles M. Bartlett, age
A. C. Payne, an Athens negro,
who drove the second car involved
in the accident, escaped with
minor injuries and following the
smashup walked more than a mile
i on Easter
This number
had claimed the life of a bystand-
er.
Dowell’s hobby is inveting gadg-
ets. Acting on the idea, he got busy,
with the result that he has per-
fected a safety device that cuts
“hot” wires, and then holds the
heavily charged ends of the wire
until it can be safetly released.
The handles of the tool are made
of wood, which permits the oper-
ator to stand on the ground and
use it if necessary.
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Fifty-eight members went
his death: His wife of Fort
Worth; one daughter, Mildred
June; his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. C. Bartlett, of Myrtle Springs;
three brothers Joe Bartlett of
Lake Charles, La., Tommie Bart-
lett of Dallas and Cleveand Bart-
ett of Myrte Springs; Three
sisters—Nancy Bartlett of Hobbs,
N. M., Mrs. Wayne Denny and
Miss Willie Bartlett of Myrtle
that “better light means better surance
sight. , j Omaha, Nebraska, on June 6, 1890,
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denly.
He was born in Van Zandt
County Nov. 14, 1906, and lived in
this county until he was about
twenty-two years of age. At the
in places of amusement and re- ] would break a long-standing rec-
creation is gradually educating1 ord and would be • an inspiration
of the club. In basketball the club
won four games before being de-
feated in the semi-finals of the
club division. The next venture of
the club will be in intramural
baseball.
During the past semester of the
club has been active in social life
and intramural sports. Such
speakers as Jack Gray, Longhorn
basketball coach; John A. Mo-
Curdy, president of Ex-Students’
Association; Col. Hurt, director
of the Longhorn band, and Dean
T. U. Taylor, “The Grand Old
Man of the University,” have
spoken to the club.
will be received by the first 120
families making application who
qualify from the application of
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Results of Softball Turnament.
Twenty teams entered the soft-
ball tournament Saturday, spon-
sored by the WPA recreation proj-
ect. Canton won junior girls’ di-
vision, Clark won senior girls’ di-
vision, Jackson won senior boys’
division. Ben Wheeler and Canton
tied for first place in the junior
boys’ division.
There were 200 participants,
several coaches and spectators.
No awards were given. The pur-
In true Van Zandt custom the
University of Texas students from
that county made fun at their so-
cial Wednesday night by going
barefoot. As one ex-plow boy said,
“There is nothing that relieves
that old homesick feeling like
walking barefoot in the sand.”
One of the bright spots of the
evening was Ex-President Billy
Foster’s left big toe poking
through a hole in his sock. A
heated argument arose as to
whether Jo Jones, a naturalized
Free Stater, had flat feet. How-
ever, the members agreed that Jo
should be retained in spite of the
fact she is probably flat-footed
because she was one of the few
members who had paid dues.
Jim Kellis was elected president
at the last club meeting, the other
officers being re-elected as of the
entertaining, with music and
plenty of rough boxing. There
will be several boxing from out
of school or from other schools.
This will make the matches even
more interesting. The proceeds
from this program will go to the
chapter.
Johnson and Miss Kate Adell Hill,
district agents.
The meeting was attender by
representatives of all government
agencies of the county, including
the home demonstration council,
county AAA committee, commis-
sioners’ court, the county agent’s
department, and the land use
planting committee. The meeting
was held for the purpose of mak-
ing plans for distributing the cot-
cotton, making mattresses and or-
ganizing the program in general
which was given in information
by Mr. Johnson and Miss Hill.
According to plans, to be
able to receive the cotton and
ticking for a mattress, a farm
family must be certified by the
county AAA office as having a
total cash income of not more
than $400, one-half of which must
come from agriculture sources.
These applications will be received
by the home demonstration agent
and approved by the AAA, and a
further requirement is that the
family receiving the mattress
must contribute labor and 25c for
thread.
The supervision for making mat-
tresses and the program as a
whole will be under Miss Maggie
Peach, county home demonstration
the public to better lighting habits, i
Man today—working inside most of !
the daylight hours—uses his eyes
from one-third to one-half again
as much as even a century ago.
Normal use of the eyes today
means working at typewriters,
sewing machines, pouring over
spoke words of consolation to the
bereaved family.
His body was carried to the
Lucas Funeral Home, where it
laid in state until 10 o’clock
Thursday morning. Funeral ser-
vices were held in the Travis Ave.
Baptist Church at Fort Worth
with Rev. Matthews, his pastor,
conducting the services. Special
songs were sung by Roland Leath,
The Friendship Class of the
Methodist Church met Tuesday
night at the home of Mrs. Oliver.
Mrs. Peters gave the devotional.
The members then held a short
business session.
Following the business session,
the class enjoyed a series of very
amusing games. A delicious salad
and dessert course was then
served.
Members present were Mes-
dames Keahey, Maberry, Hilliard,
Dyke, Carpenter, Burnley, Dean,
Gibbs, Todd, Scott, Fincher, Mor-
ris and Misses Davenport, White-
hurst, Rowell, Lois Williams,
Others present were the hostess
and co-hostess, Mesdames Cole-
man, and Peters1, and the teacher,
Mrs. Geddie.
the Fat Stock Show in Fort 1 R. E. Walsh and W. L. Grammer.
Worth last Saturday. They reorted 11:15 a. m., Preaching. R. P.
a good time and saw a lot of good Campbell.
5 that is composed of nineteen
counties, and a meeting was held
in Canton Saturady by G. W.
Play at Myrtle Springs.
The Dramatic Club will sponsor
a play, “Beads on a String,” at
the Myrte Springs school Friday
night. Admission 5c and 10c.
Denton, March 13.—Miss Mae
Dell Harris of Canton has been
placed on the dean’s honor roll at
Texas State College for Women
for high scholastic standing in her
work last semester. Announced
this week, only the top ranking
eight per cent of the student body
qualified for the honor.
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Harris of Canton, Miss Harris is
taking a course in religious ser-
vice in the college and is a fresh-
man student.
Girls achieving this above-aver-
age scholastic rating were pre-
sented on “Honors Day” this
week, when Associate Dean Jessie
Mrs. Dick Stegall passed away
on Tuesday of this week following
only a few days’ illness. She was
a pioneer resident of this county,
her home being in the China
Grove community, south of Can-
ton. Mr. Stegall passed' away only
a few months ago.
Funeral services were held at
the Cool Springs cemetery at 0
a. m. Wednesday, conducted by
Rev. W. T. Fugate. Mrs. Stegall
is survived by several children.
seal time. Van Zandt County is
joining the national campaign to
help physically handicapped boys
and girls. There could not be a
more appropriate time than
Easter for this splendid cause.
Easter time today commemorates
the resurrection time of long ago.
Crippled children seals are sym-
bolic of Easter because they mean
the rebirth of hope in childish
hearts that are housed in crooked
bodies. The more seals that are
sold, the more care, cure, educa-
tion and prevention of crippled
children can be promoted.
Someone in each town of Van
Zandt County will be selling crip-
pled children seals. They are sold
at one cent each, in sheets of one
hundred for a dollar. The theme
of the 1940 seals, a fine Miss lend-
ing a helping hand to crippled
Jimmie, is symbolical of the help
of the good people for cripple chil-
dre everywhere through the pur-
chase of Easter seals. The money
derived from the sale of these
seals is used to carry on the pro-
gram for welfare of crippled chil-
dren in our state and county. Buy
all you can. Use them too, for the
use of them helps to create and
keep alive public interest in the
“South of The Borden, Down
Mexico Way,” the Texas Lions,
their families and friends singing
as they prepare for their annual
pilgrimage on a sight-seeing, good
will missior to the Lions of Mexi-
co, April 14-15.
This annual affair, sponsored by
the Fort Worth Lions and endors-
ed by the five District Governors
f Texas, is looming this year as
one of the largest and most en-
thusiastic of the three such events
in as many years. General Chair-
man Julien C. Hyer of Fort Worth,
Past International President and
in charge of the former trips an-
nounce that the Committee Secre-
tary Russell Fox has just returned
from a visit to the Southern Re-
public where he completed hotel,
entertainment, and amusement de-
tails, which included banquets
with the Lions of several of the
Mexican clubs, an overnight stay
at Taxco, a visit to the American
embassy and a grand ball to be
tendered the Lions of the Pilgrim-
age by the Lions of Mexico City.
Hudson Etheridge of the Jack-
son community was critically in-
jured in a head-on collision on I
the Dallas highway, nine miles I
west of Athens early Monday -
morning. He was in company with
Tom Castell of Mabank, who was
also hurt but is recovering. They
were carried to Athens from the
scene of the accident, and Foster
Hilliard’s ambulance of Canton
was called to carry him to the
hospital in Dallas. It has been re-
ported from the attendants at St.
Paul Hospital that he is in a
critical condition.
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time of his death, he was em-
ployed as an executive in the
this society, for they are giving ! Worth Mills at Fort Worth. He
children from almost every com- • was loved by all who knew him
munity in this county some care: and the many friends who called
and the lovely floral offerings
The Royal Service Program to
be presented in the home of Mrs.
Truett Hubbard Monday, March
18, at 2:30 p. m., will be as fol-
lows :
Bible Study, Mrs. M. L. Cox.
“Early Witness on the Home-
land,” Mrs. C. T. McCauley.
“Home Mission Beginning,”
Mrs. S. E. Cox.
“Changing Conditions in the
Homeland,” (Mrs. John Turner.
Washington, March 9.—The bil-
'lion dollar farm bill extending
$212,000,000 for parity payments to
agriculture, was formally approved
by the senate appropriations com-
mittee today.
The bill also carried a senate
committee increase of $85,000,000
for surplus commodities, and gave
the agriculture department author-
ity to borrow $90,000,000 for farm
tenancy program and rural electri-
fication administration from the
RFC.
An effort to sharply reduce the
parity payment fund was defeated
15 to 2, and a move to reduce the
total of surplus commodity funds
was similarly rejected.
Actual appropriatons in the
measure total $958,000,000 com-
pared with a house approxed bill
which did not carry either parity
or surplus commodity benefits.
The house bill called for a total
of $749,561,000. The authorizations
for RFC borrowing carried the
measure above the billion dollar
mark.
Under present plans of the Dem-
ocratic leadership, the legislation
will be considered by the senate
next week.
Saturday.
10 a. m.. Devotional, M. McLlel-
lan.
10:15 a. m., “What Kind of
Foundation Is the Church Builded
Upon and How Long Does It Last,"
checks during the past few days agent, with the cooperation of the
for their share of a million-dol- county agent, Ben F. Gray. The
Jar refund of payments. The cur- organization and local arrange-
half of our children suffer from rent refund brings the total crments will be in chare of the
eye defects, many o which origi- payments returned to members to' home demonstration council that
nated under the strain of improper more than 21 million do]lars a will appoint local committee chair-
lighting. It is true, of course, that record that is unsurpassed by any men w- „i --h ™
people cannot escape entirely the' . .. ... ,.
... . . (similar organization, according to
effects of severe use of the eyes,
but science has definitely proved
land,” Mrs. Alice Mitchell.
Home Missions." Mrs. Owen
Springer.
“It Happened This Way,” Mrs.
R. E. Blackwell.
“A Steadfast Home Base,” Mrs.
A. H. Travis.
a preventative measure it helps
young eyes to develop nomally and
poor eyes to see more easily.
sell lighting equipment that has jFIFTH SUNDAY MEETING' surplus
been scietifically designed for bet- j TO BE HELD MARCH 30 Corporaton and distributed by the
ter seeing. Lamps designed in ac-1 ______ AAA in each state. As the pro-
cordance with standards set by
the Illuminating Engineering So-
ciety may be relied upon to fur-
nish adequate lighting and to pre-
vent eye strain normally attributed
to improper illumination.
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12:15 .noon, Dinner.
1:30 p. m., “What Relation Do
Workers and Faith Bear Toward
Each Other,” James 2:18, P. L.
Brown and J. E. Tucker.
2:30 p. m., “Can a Person Live
a True Upright Moral Life While
They Are Unsaved," E E. Wann
and others.
3:30 p. m., Adjourn until 7 p. m.
7 p. m., Devotional, Allen Walsh.
7:15 p. m., Preaching, W. H.
Hobbs.
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