The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1941 Page: 6 of 10
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THE ELGIN COURIER AND FOUR COUNTY FARM NEWS, ELGIN, TEXAS THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1941
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NUMBER 24
EDITED BY THE PUPILS OF
VOLUME 7
THE ELGIN HIGH SCHOOL
ELGIN, TEXAS, MARCH 6, 1941
RAMSEY’S AUSTIN NURSERY
Established 1875
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Assistant Editor
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AG. BOYS ATTEND JUDGING
CONTEST AT MOODY SATURDAY
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Sports Editor ________ Edgar Ballard,
©eneral News Editor and Typist
FRIGIDAIRE
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WE HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF EXTRA FINE TREES
There was never a greater need for orchards, home or commercial.
and a half
rapidly.
ZENITH
RADIO
Pate ,and Gwendalyn Freeman
working on a junior team.
MAYTAG
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DECLAIMERS NAMED IN
JUNIOR DIVISION
NOTICE TO USERS OF
L. C. R. A. SERVICE
Lester Sanders
Josephine J. Pettit.
Low Down Payment—Low Interest Rate
See Us For Your
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Editor-in-chief, Neva Lynn Snowden.
When you sit down in your easy
chair, with your evening newspaper,
you want to relax and rest.... But
you can’t do it if you must strain to
see the newsprint.
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rather hard competition with
one years work and that year
NOTICE TO FARMERS
I have just received a car load of
SWIFT & CO., RED STEER and
P-H 7 FERTILIZERS.
Figure with me on your fertilizer needs
J. F. METCALFE
At New location west of Katy freight depot
die Morgan and family.
Mr. Edward Morgan spent Sunday
with Mr. and Mrs. Joe Glover and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Hobbs spent
Sunday with their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Heath, and family, of
Laneport. '
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is just as fatiguing
as a hard day’s wurk
We are now authorized to finance your appliance purchases
through the Electric Farm And Home Authority; a Government
controlled organization.
Payments may be pad with your electric bill each month.
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Davis, Mary Lynn
Marble winning 6-2, 6-4. Mr. Budge
beat Mr. Tilden the second match by
6-4, 6-2. The last match was a
doubles match with Miss Marble and
livestock contest there were 40 teams
entered with 120 boys competing.
In this contest Neale Lundgren of
Elgin had the second highest score,
for which he received a cup as an
award. In the poultry contest there
ELM GROVE NEWS
By Tennie Hobbs
ELM GROVE, March 3 — Well,
March is here again and the wind
has sure been blowing. I’ve always
heard it said if March began like a
lamb it would end like a roaring
There’s a simple way to be sure
that your home provides re-
laxing, eye-saving light.
PHONE YOUR DEALER NOW
for a carton of 100-watt bulbs,
and put at least one in every
reading lamp.
and they are gaining
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their daughter and sister, Mrs. Ed-
ward Morgan,1'and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hobbs spent
Sunday night and Monday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hobbs,
and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Hode Hobbs and son
Allen spent a while Saturday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morgan
and family.
Messrs. Edward Morgan and Ver-
non Hobbs spent a while Monday
morning with Mr.'S. A. Hobbs.
Miss Tennie Hobbs spent Friday
with her sister, Mrs. Berdie Morgan.
junior deciaimers in
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of discussion in the
grade and high school. . Mrs. Ruth
Miller is director of this division.
The elimination contest will be held
March 10th at 7:30 p. m.
Junior Boys, Seventh Grade.
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lion and if it began like a roaring Tennie, spent Tuesday evening with
Tilden beating Miss Hardwich
Mr. Budge by a score of 6-3,
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DEBATERS VISIT LEGISLATURE
Wednesday, February 26, the two
debate teams composed of Juanita
Carter, Neva Lynn Snowden, Lester
Sanders, and Edgar Ballard with
their sponsor, Miss Josephine Pettit,
attended a session of the House of
Representatives during which time
the question of sulphur taxation in
Texas was discussed. Through the
courtesy of Representative J. O.
Smith, they were able to sit near
the speaker’s stand, which enabled
them to hear everything that was
said in the discussion. The debaters
heard a discussion on the sulphur
industry by representatives from the
Freeport Sulphur Company and the
Texas Gulf Sulphur Company. These
men answered questions asked from
the floor. Information gained from
this debate will aid the debaters in
the preparation of their own speech-
es on the question of natural re-
source taxation in Texas.
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Junior Boys in high school.
Claiborn Carter, Donald Humble,.
William Pate, Wayland Ridings, J.
W. Sappington.
Junior Girls in high school.
Beverley Hicks, Marie Hobbs,
May Delle Ray.
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PLAY SELECTED FOR CONTEST
“Who Gets the Car Tonight?”
has been selected as the play for
the county tournament which will
be held March 9, at Smithville. The
definite cast has not been announced
but the following pupils are working
out for the production, Mary Ann
Lundgren, Margy Rae Davenport,
Hugh Edward Cottle, Bobbie Jar-
mon, Harvie Allen, Lonnie Roy Rice,
and Billy Bob Knox. Miss Josephine
Pettit is director of the play.
Wildcat
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hobbs of
Austin, are home for a week’s va-
cation, which they are spending
among relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Hobbs spent
awhile Sunday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon Hobbs and baby.
Those spending Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. H. A. Hobbs and family
were Mr and Mrs. Odell Morgan and
daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Theo
Smith and daughters, and Mrs. Ber-
PLEASANT GROVE
By Mrs. G. L. Waters.
PLEASANT GROVE,' March 3—
Everyone seems to be taking advant-
age of the beautiful sunshine today;
bedding out sweet potatoes seems to
be the order of the day around here.
Rev. Wilburn Gage filled, his
regular appointment ' at Pleasant
Grove Sunday and Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Morgan and
family spent a while Friday night
with Mr. and Mrs. Adell Morgan and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Hardin called
in the G. L. Waters home Thursday
evening. ..
Visitors a while Friday night with
Mr. and Mrs. T. O. Condron and
sons were Mrs. Bill Harrison and
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PE LEE NEWS
By Mrs. Lou Jensen.
PE LEE, March 3 — Mrs. J. R.
Nash, who has been here visiting
her daughter, Mrs. F. C; Smith, left
for her home in California last
week.
Mr. Adam Surdyk moved to his
trailer home last Monday.
Elder M. B. Butterfield is giving
some very interesting stereoptical
views and lectures on world events,
showing from the Bible that the
things that are taking place in the
world today, have been foretold by
the word of God. . The Elder has
just received a call from the Arizona
Conference this week and may leave
here soon.
Mrs. N. K. Neilson visited at the
Jensen home last Monday.
The writer spent last Monday
afternoon visiting her daughter,
Mrs. H. N. Smith. Mrs. M. B. Butter-
field also visited there and Misses
Maxie Whitley and Alma Warren.
It being such a warm day I began
to fear lest we were approaching
some bad weather, ha, ha. I guess
you know it is a sign (?) of change
in the weather when several women
turn out. See?
Mr. and Mrs. A. Prewitt of San
Antonio spent the week-end here.
A family by the name of Green,
of Austin, who spent Sabbath and
Sunday here is looking for a loca-
tion here. We are in hopes they’ll
get a place to suit them.
classes of homemaking three.
The girls will begin actual work
on these garments in the very near
future. This dress is one project
which will be used to determine
which girl will be sent to the State
Meeting in San Antonio in April.
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DANCE AND SOCIAL GIVEN
Dancing and table games were
enjoyed by a large number of high
school students Friday night, Febr-
uary 28, at the social sponsored by
the “E” association in the American
Legion Hall. An admission fee of
twenty-five cents for couples and
fifteen cents for stags was charged.
। This group plans to sponsor a
'social each month.
I have two Poland-China pigs for
my project, which I am raising for
pig production and will average
about one hundred and forty pounds
apiece. They are about 10 months
old. I have fed about two hundred
and two pounds of feed, not includ-
ing slop, weeds and maize tops.
Their regular ration is C. S. M.
corn, tankage, ground legune hay.
I have had them about a month
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PUPILS TO SEE FAMOUS
TENNIS STARS
Monday night Miss Nell Owens,
Elgin tennis coach, accompanied by
Billie Rae Davis, Melba Ward,
Lillian Ward and Charles O’Connor,
all Elgin tennis players, went to
Austin to see Bill Tilden, national
player, Don Budge, international
champion of men. Alice Marble,
international champion of women’s
tennis and Mary Hardwich, English
champion play in Gregory Gymna-
sium. The transportation was fur-
nished by Mr. Eugene Ward.
The first match was between Miss
TENNIS NOTES
Hard work for county elimination
in tennis has been taking place and
teams are taking shape rapidly.
The new cement court is a great
help and the players are not only
getting much pleasure from the use
of the court, but it is assisting the
teams in becoming more efficient.
Charles O’Connor and Oliver
Whitten are working hard on
doubles, Eugene Ridings is doing
some nice work in singles.
Edna Foehner and Lenora Lane
are putting forth some real effort to
win the county in senior girls
doubles.
Margaret Dannelley, Cora Mae
Condron and Melba Ward are still
trying to place in senior girls
singles.
Leon Keeble and J. A. Danklefs
are putting forth hard work to put
out a winning junior boys doubles.
Kenneth Rice is proving a real
champ in junior singles.
Billie Rae Davis will probably
represent Elgin in junior doubles.
No one has been selected to play
with her.
Juanita Owen may represent us in
junior girls singles.
Mary Nell Carter, Barbara Ann
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GIRLS TO IMPROVE ROOMS
Homemakers in class three will
spend several days improving the
comfort and appearance of their
rooms. Book ends, dressing tables,
shoe racks, rugs, book shelves,
waste paper baskets will be made to
fill the needs of every girl. Such
materials as apple boxes, orange
crates, cigar boxes, card board boxes,
beaver board and socks, etc. will
be used by these girls who are
learning to make their homes more
attractive and livable.
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HERE AND THERE
Winnie Beth, why are bus stops so
important?
Beware of Virginia and Marjorie
S. They have both been -?- lately.
Now girls, I’m, sure the closet was
your hiding place.
These teachers are really ener-
getic. Miss Pettit, Miss Oliver and
Mrs. Harrison probably know some-
thing about it.
What is this about the grocery
man? Now girls!
She thinks she is so smart. Now
-?-. There must be a mutual feel-
ing somewhere.
Lester gets so much fun out - of
“I hope” in shorthand.
Edgar has been having dinner at
the Tower. School teachers! Keep
the good work going, Edgar.
Lutie Ruth, don’t let marriage in-
terrupt your nursing career.
Who is the mysterious person who
can’t be trusted on the trip to San
Antonio?
CLASS TO PUBLISH HOUSE
ORGAN
The Commercial Department, un-
der the direction of Miss Mary
Louise Oliver is preparing a house
organ which will represent the work
of this department.
This book will contain the future
of all the commercial students and
also give an account of the ex-
commercial students and what they
are doing. Every commercial stu-
dent will contribute something to
this book. Neva Lynn Snowden was
elected as editor-in-chief, and Lester
Sanders, and Patsy Burns are her
assistants. Mary Bostic and Lenora
Lane will take charge of the memo-
graph work, with Mary Ann Lund-
gren, Dorothy Jean Willson, and
Joy Cole preparing the stencils.
This organ will follow the general
idea of such publications prepared
by business concerns such as Sears
Roebuck & Cmpany, • Coco Cola
Bottling Company, etc.
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PLAYERS ATTEND TENNIS
MEET
Last Saturday morning a group
of tennis players, some enthusiastic
“Tennis Fans”, Miss Nell Owens,
and Mrs. Edgar Ballard went to
Giddings to attend an invitation
tennis meet. The trip was made on
a school bus.
Four towns were present: Elgin,
Giddings, Thrall and Lexington, all
the matches of both girls and boys
divisions were played. ’ It was a
most enjoyable day and we feel that
much good was derived from the
pleasant contacts and friendly com-
petition. .. . ;
The following were the results.:
enior Boys Singles, .Elgin first,
played by Eugene Ridings and
Lexington second. Senior. Boys
Doubles, Giddings first, Elgin second
played by Charles O’Connor and
Oliver Whitten. ,
Senior Girls . Singles,. Lexington
first, Giddings second; Senior Girls
Doubles, Lexington first, Elgin
second, played by Edna Foehner and
Lenora Lane.
Junior Boys Singles, Lexington
first, Giddings second.
Junior Boys Doubles, Giddings
first, Elgin second, played by Leon
Keeble and J. A. Danklefs.
Junior Girls Singles, Lexington
first, Giddings second.
Junior Girls Doubles, Elgin first,
played by Billie Rae Davis and
Martha Helen Meyers, . Lexington
second.
completed. In the
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JUNIORS PLAN ACTIVITIES
The Junior Class held a formal
class meeting Wednesday, February
26, and made temporary, plans for
school activities for the rest of this
year. Billie Bob Knox, class presi-
dent. , •.
A food sale has been announced
for March 15 th for dressed chick-
ens, cakes, pies, sandwiches etc. .
Definite plans for the last of
school activities have not been made.
Sunday evening with Curtis and I.
B. Morrow.
Ray Gage of Austin, spent the
week-end with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Wilburn Gage.
Mr. and Mrs. Davis Hardin spent
a while Thursday evening with then-
mother Mrs. Bettie Hardin and
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell Morgan and
children spent Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Theo Smith and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Creel of
Elgin spent a while Monday evening
in the G. L. Waters home.
After services Sunday night, plans
for fixing the church house were
discussed. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stone
were appointed as a committee to
get some one to do the work. They
plan to get the work underway soon.
School Program:
Friday night, March 14, beginning
at eight o’clock, Jesse James and his
band of entertainers will, be at
Pleasant Grove School for two hours
of good clean entertainment.
Admission will be ten cents for
children and fifteen cents for adults.
Half of the proceeds go to the school.
Come and help a good cause.
The Agriculture boys attended the
Area VIII judging contest in Moody,
Texas, Saturday where 63 schools
were competing. There are three
boys on a team and the total score
of the three determines the winners
in each of the contests. The Elgin
boys had three teams Competing,
one in Livestock, one in Soil Conser-
vation, and one in Poultry. This is
the first year the boys of Elgin have
entered such a contest as it is the
first year Vocational Agriculture
has been taught in the school sys-
tem. There were boys in the con-
test who have been doing this judg-
ing work for as many as four years;
therefore, it placed our boys in
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Marble and Miss Hardwich , with year!
were three boys: Gilbert Elam,
Kelly Shaw, and Donald Humble,
and the team was second high team
in culling hens. The Soil Conserva-
tion contest was entered by James
Wilson, Arthur Thompson, and
Emil Mogonye. These boys made a
very nice showing even though they
did not win. Roy Rivers, Ned Fish-
er and Neale Lundgren judged i
the Livestock contest which is the
hardest fought contest of all, and to
win in such a contest is quite an
accomplishment. These boys are to
be complimented for their nice work.
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children, Rev. and Mrs. J. T.
Roberts and J. T. Roberts Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. John Weaver.
Mrs. Bud Harrison visited a while
Friday evening with Mrs. Wilburn
Gage.
Mrs. Tally Pate and Mrs. George
Abrahamson spent a little while with
Mrs. G. L. Waters Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Theo Smith and
children visited a while Tuesday
night with Mr. and Mrs. Odell Mor-
gan and family.
Mrs. Herman Reed and daughter
of Corpus Christi, spent last week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Carnline, and family.
Rev. and Mrs. J. T. Roberts and
J. T. Roberts Jr. spent a while Sat-
urday night with Mr. and Mrs. G.
L. Waters and son.
Walter and Barnard Parks spent
If you will plant fifty fruit trees or more (Peach, Plum, Pear, etc.)
write for special price for planting in February and March.
It will be too bad to miss this wonderful planting season, wait a
year, and pay more.
We have all kinds of trees and plants, fruiting and ornamental.
Write for free catalogue of information.
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Smith, J. O. The Elgin Courier and Four County News (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1941, newspaper, March 6, 1941; Elgin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1537754/m1/6/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Elgin Public Library.