Claude News (Claude, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, July 11, 1947 Page: 1 of 6
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In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
A Community Service
for Armstrong county
& Its Trade Territory
VOLUME 50.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY. TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1947.
NUMBER "4.
Bill Wisdom
Makes News
Unintentionally
Bill Wisdom, of the Wisdom
Electric of Claude, made the front
page of the Amarillo Daily News
Wednesday morning of this week
when the paper carried a picture
and story of him linding a disc
near the KGNC Broadcasting sta-
tion on the Claude to Amarillo
highway.
Bill stated that when he turned
the disc in at the Triplc-H Elec-
tric Co. in Amarillo he reported it
probably was the bottom out of
rome woman's wash tub but be-
fore he could turn around the
place was swarming with photo-
grophers and reporters.
Prom then on Bill says there
wasn't much he could do because
the reporters were after news and
his finding a disc seemed to be
news to them, since the nation is
"Plying Disc" minded.
The disc that Bill found turned
out to be just that, a radio re-
cording disc, probably discarded
from KGNC. At any rate, Bill en-
Joyed the news story, as did many
other Claude residents, and feels
honored that he was the first in
the nation to really have his "fly-
ing disc" confirmed as really being
a disc, so says the article.
Incidentally, this story has no-
thing what ever to do with another
"disc" story founcT in this week's
Claude News. The other was writ-
ten before Bill broke the front
page on the Amarillo News.
Flourscent Lighting
McFarland Cafe
Tuesday of this week the Wis-
NO PRINCE CHARMING . . .
When Albert F. Langc of North
Arlington, N. J., stepped off plane
in London, he announced that he
had arrived in England to marry
Princess Elizabeth. Officials
promptly shipped him back to the
United States. Lange said he has
seen the princess in a mist in his
dreams ever since he was five.
Series of Union
Church Services
to Begin Sunday
The churches of Claude are spon-
soring a series of union services,
the first to be held Sunday even-
ing, July 13th, at the church of
Christ.
Singing will begin at 8:00 p. m„
under the direction of Bio. J. D.
McDaniel. Bro. Bill Sniothermon of
the Methodist Church, will deliver
the sermon.
A quartett, composed of Bro. Mc-
dom Electric Company installed a j Daniel, Bro. Hollo Davidson, Bro.
complete set of Flourscent light-1 Andy Burks and Roy Rutherford,
ing fixtures. They are four light j wju render a special number.
air
the
40's.
They also overhauled the
* conditioner which will drop
temperature several degrees.
They have a complete set of
new cafe fixtures arriving and plan
extensive expansion.
New Officers For
Claude Lions Club
New Officers to be in charge of
the Lions Club for the coming
year are:
President - Clarence Blakcney
Immediate Past-President - Col-
lier Corbin
First Vice-President-John Knierim
Second Vice-President-Perry Wolf
Third Vice-President - Bryan Wag-
goner
Secretary & Treasurer - Charles
Reed
Tail Twister - Bill Brady
Lion Tamer - Bert Wooldridge, Jr.
Directors:
Bob Ashworth - Finance Committee
Lloyd Nelson - Program Committe
Chas. Stewart - Activity & Civil
Improvement Committee
Richard Morris - Constitution and
By-Laws, Attendance & Member-
ship Committees;
i All members and friends of the
four Claude Churches, Methodist.
Baptist, church of Christ and Chr-
istian arc invited and urged to at-
tend this special service
For singing and inspiration, be
at the church of Christ next Sun-
day evening at 8:00 p. m.
Call Meeting Of
American Legion
The American Legion is having
a special call meeting, Friday, July
11, at 9:00 P M in the Legion Hall.
Each membev is urged to be
present io make complete plans
for the coming Rodeo, July 25-26.
Advice to brides: Always eat
breakfast with your husband, even
if he prepares the breakfast.
Merchants Wise—Advertise
Moore's Cafe New
Flourscent Lighting
Sturday of last week the Wis-
dom Electric Company installed
four two light 20 Florscent light
fixtures in the Moore's Cafe which
brings out their new decorations
and equipment, with a cheery
evening atmosphere.
Flourscent lighting is very popu-
lar in Claude and no wonder for
they are the most attractive fix-
tures these days.
Wheat Loans
Now Available To
Armstrong Co.
Armstrong County ACA Office
announces Goveimment Wheat
Loans available to eligible produ-
ers at $1.80 per bushel. Producers
Note anl Loan Agreements secured
by Warehouse receipts are avail-
able at the AAA office.
Application for Loans on Farm
stored wheat will be available aft-
er the grain has been in storage
at. least 30 days.
The Commodity Credit Corpora-
tion offers to eligible producers, a
wheat purchase program. Commod-
ity Credit Corporation under the
agreement will purchase all wheat
at support price up to May 31,
1948, if agreements are signed
prior to December 31, 1947. We
expcct to have the Purchase Agree-
ments available for signing within
the next few days.
Free Fish To Stock
Local Farm Water
Since many farms and ranches
in Armstrong County have year
around supply of water, the County
Agent has received inquiries as
to where to obtain fish to stock
these tanks.
The Texas Fish, Game & Oyster
Commission maintains State Hatch-
eries and will furnish free fish
fingerlinks to Texas farmers and
ranchers by request.
If you are interested in obtain-
ing free fish, mail a penny postal
card to the
Texas Fish, Game & Oyster
Commission,
Walton Building,
Austin, Texas
and request an application blank
for fish. The application card will
be sent direct to you a fid you will
indicate on it the number of sur-
face acres you have, and the type
of fish that you want. This card
must be returned to Austin by July
25, if you expect to receive fish
this fall.
The hatchery makes only one de-
livery a year to the county, and
applications received after August
1, are usually held over to the fol-
lowing fall. The State hatchery de-
livers fish free to a designated
Post Office Building, and each man
requesting fish will be notified the
date the fish truck will arrive. He
must meet, the fish truck with
barrel? and water to take his fish
home.
For each surface acre of water,
the following species and number
of fish are recommended: 50 chan-
nel Cat. 50 Crappie, 100 Bream;
or, 100 Bass, 50 Channel Cat, 150
Bream; or 100 Bass. 50 Carpie, 100
Bream; or 150 Bass, 100 Bream;
or 75 Channel Cat.
Remember, if you want fish
this fall to stock your tanks, MAIL
that Postal Card today requesting
the application card, and BE SURE
to mail that application card to
WALTON BUILDING, AUSTIN,
TEXAS.
Dr. James P. Cornette
New President For
WTS College, Canyon
Canyon, July 11—Dr. James P.
Cornette, dean of Baylor Universi-
ty, will become president of West
Texas State College to succeed Dr.
J. A. Hill, according to an an-
nouncement by the Board of Reg-
ents of Texas Teachers Colleges.
He will take office as president
August 31, 1948, but will arrive in
Canyon next January, to serve as
executive vice-president until Sep-
tember.
Retirement for Dr. Hill will close
30 years of service in building
West Texas State College from a
1 building 16 teacher school to
its present prestige as one of the
leading institutions of higher ed-
ucation in Texas. When he leaves
the presidency, Dr. Hill will sever
a career which embraces the en-
tire history of his college, since he
Pioneer Couple
Die Within 10-
Hour Span
After nearly 50 years of married
life, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Minter
died within 10 hours of each other
at their home in Pleasant Valley,
North of Amarillo. Mrs. Minter
died at 11:20 o'clock Sunday night
following a stroke. Mr. Minter died
at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning.
He had been ill a long time. He
was 84 years old; Mrs. Minter a
year younger.
The pioneer couple moved to
Amarillo from Earth County in
1905, Mr. Minter to become as-
sociated with the Sanborn Estate.
In 1927 he was appointed justice of
the peace Place 2. Later he start-
ed a landscaping business, which
he operated until ill health forced
him to retire a few years ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Minter were the
parents of Norman Minter, former
court reporter for Armstrong and
other counties of this district. He
has many friends here who were
saddened to hear of his loss.
Other children surviving are J
Luther Minter, of Pleasant Valley,
who is associated with Norman in
business at that place, five more
brothers and a sister.
Joe Wilson
Receives Award
Lubbock, July 10 — Twenty-six
Texas Tech athletes have been a-
warded letters in track, tennis,
golf and fencing by action of the
Tech Athletic council in approving
recommendations of coaches. Doub-
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ASSISTANT SECRETARY . . .
Charles Saltzman, vice-president
of the New York stock exchange,
has been named by President Tru-
man as assistant secretary ol
state In charge of occupied areas
affairs. He succeeds John J. Hill-
drlng.
Claude Man
Reveal? Secret
of Flying Saiicer
A Claude New; R porter ,.\is
rushed t > the residence >f i Claude
man this week, to receive , he
exclusive storv anri secret of the
Flying Saucer The man •efu.'nd
to have his name disclosed for
fear of having his neighbors think
he's a little far on the left side.
The man stated that these little
saucers are a part of a large party
of space ships from the planet
Juniper and that each small ship
is consigned to a large platter ship
visiting the earth He stated that
each ship is controlled by little
men approximately one - half - inch
tall, who have highly developed
mental powers. For instance, and
we're still quoting, they don't talk
to each other as we do, but when
they start a conversation they just
think with each other.
In relating how these men from
Juniper look, he revealed that they
were a cross between a match with
wire legs and arms and a head
like bubble pum, which oscillates
when they procrastinate. They *alk
on their hands to keep their feet
from getting wet. They are black in
color with saucer like eyes and ap-
parently no mouth or nose.
He continued that when they
accident occured on the Fairview |first entered the world they were
road near the W. E. Robison farm' surprised to find monsters like
home, involving a pick-up driven us rovin!' the country; therefore,
by Mrs. Earl DeHart and a car |were afraid to reveal themselves,
Cav Overturns
Passing Pick-up
On Fairview Road
Tuesday morning about 9:30 an
driven by Eugene Bradley.
Mrs. DeHart was turning into a
road leading to her father's home,
as Mr Bradley was about to pass
catching her front bumper. As
A woman worries about the fu-
ture until she gets a husband,
while a man never worries about
the future until he gets a wife.
SIMILARITY IN LIFE
Similarity of many, patterns is
so obvious as to escape Interest or
consern. Pilots are trained to be
alert when the plane is making its
run to take the air. They know
there is a certain point, an instant
frought with destiny, when de-
cision must be final. Before the
point on the runway Is reached,
the plane may be turned and
brought back, but beyond it there
is no longer the authority of de-
cision. Life is a plane with each
individual as pilot. We are aware
of a fatal start and know the mo-
ment when we pass the point
where decision is drained of its
power. It may be another drink of i
amber liquid, one more hour of
association in imperfect friendship
or the empty shell of a forgotten
duty washed upon the putrid shore
of neglect.—Matador Tribune
le-Ts for fencing have been given
is the sole remaining member in jt0 s'x men, the f'rst fencing let-
service of the original staff form-1ters cver issued by Tech. Among
ed when the college was founded in the awards to the athletes is the
1910. He came here then as head : name of Joe Wilson of Claude.
of the history department. j
A native of Kentucky, Dr. Cor- August. First G. I.
nette went through the public . rv Jl*
schools and did his undergraduate' lnfUrance Deadline
college work in Kentucky Wesleyan Her's a date, only three weeks
College. Ills graduate work was | from now, that's important to
completed at the University of | 1,400,000 World War II veterans
Virginia where he received his M.' now living in Texas, Louisana and
A. degree in 1930, and at George • Mississippi. It's August 1.
Peabody College for Teachers where j Most veterans who have let their
he received his Ph. D. degree in g. I. insurance policies lapse have
1938, with majors in English and until August 1 to reinstate their
administration of higher education, j policies under present liberal reg-
| illations.
Whiteway Cafe Sold Until August 1 dead-!in<\ a phys-
. ... . i leal examination is not required
1 hur. La?t Week ill most cases. The Veteran has
Thursday, July 3, Bob Skelton1 °nly to sign a statement that his
sold out his half interest in the health is as good as it was when
Whiteway Cafe to his partner, Abe! the policy lapsed. Payment of only
Cole. They invoiced all night the two monthly premiums Is necessary 1
third and Abe took over July 4th. j to restore the GI insurance in full
Bob has gone back to Clarendon furce.
where he and his father, 'Luke'
Skelton, are making plans to go
on a long vacation down in East
Texas.
Claude will miss Mr.
i for Abe and Bob were fast becom- j
ing very popular cafe operators have reinstated approximately $350,-
here and it was all they could do j 000,000 worth of insurance.
to care for the large business dur- | Necessary reinstatement forms
ing the harvest. I ('an be obtained from the nearest
Mr. and Mrs. Cole and their j VA office or from service organi-
help, Juanita Gregory, Joyce Bar- ' zations.
ber and M. F. Stone are very popu-'
lar with the people of Claude and j j Garden
and have spent the past several
years endeavoring to learn the pec-
ularities of man, and will soon at-
tem| V to conquer him. Probably a
Red connection somewhere, he ad-
his car dropped into the barditch1 ded thoughtfully.
causing it to overturn. A passenger j °ur Informant further revealed
in the car, Ralph D. Dunlap ofl",;it these little people are migrat-
Borger. received serious head in- ; in£ to all planets of the solor
Juries and his condition was intern, attempting to find peace
thought to be critical at last re-1but are finding that they will have
ports. He was taken to Northwestj,0 indulge in a few more wars
be obstructed.
Since civic groups began cooper-
ating with VA in February in urg-
ing veterans to reinstate their in-
surance, more than 46,000 World
Skelton j War II ex-service men and women
., in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi I
are serving well. Good clean, hard !
working people are always appre- Planning
Glen D. Hughlett
Visits Claude
Mr, and Mrs Glen D. Hughlett
and children, Glenellen, Mary Beth,
and Robert Louis, of Chicago, 111.
arrived in Claude the 4th of July
for a two weeks vacation with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. L Hugh-
lett, and other relatives and friends.
Mr. Hughlet is employed with the
Kropp Forge Co. in Chicago, 111.,
in capacity of foreman. This com-
pany manufacture parts for air-
craft, automobile, etc.
You can't blame a man for not
being as interested in public spend-
ing as he is in the private kind.
Now is the time of year wheiT it
isn't unusual to find a chap with
a spring onion breath.
Merchants Wise—Advertise
Texas Hospital in Amarillo for before peace can he realized, mean-
treatment. | ing of course, the annihilation of
Neither Mrs. DeHart or Bradley the world people
were injured. The car driven by j further stated that, when the
Mr. Bradley was badly damaged. real Invasion starts there will be
Both men had been harvesting absolutely n , fraternization, because
wheat in the Fairview community, the little Junipers are sexless, so
and it was a general belief the are absolutely void of any real
dusty road caused their view t;o purpose in life They absorb their
food through their skin in a pro-
cess of osmosis and their main
food of course is Juniper juice,
i'l'he Juniper crop on Juniper this
; year was a failure due to the de-
cline of Junips, therefore, they are
in search of a better place to do
nothing but grow Junips and ab-
sorbe Juniper Juice and scare the
devil out of people throwing their
sauce around.
When our informant was asked
where he obtained all this infor-
mation, he exploded, "Hell, I've
known those little Junips a lonj
time. Yeah. I see them every time
11 take a drink or too. That's what
! t hey are here for, trying to steal
j my Juniper Juice."
Our reported retreated to the
News office to write the story, but
has failed to find the location of
planet Juniper at this writing.
Will there ever be enough money
in exchange so that a taxi driver
will always have change for a
fivft-spot?
elated by the good people of Claude.
We may live to see the day when
the parking of airplanes may be a
major traffic problem.
With the price of tomatoes a
pound, many a flower bed is going
to sprout tomato plants.
Buy U.S.Savings Bonds
REGULARLY
A FLYING NOAH'S ARK
Down, from the sky at Ontario,
Calif., recently swooped a Pacific
Overseas Airlines transport plane
that proved to be a modern Noah's
ark. Aboard were elephants, leo-
pards, bears, monkeys, snakes and
birds—all sent by air from Bang-
kok, Slam.
The flying zoo was assembled by
Coulson B. Gllck, a Los Angeles
collcctor, for disposal to various
zoos thruout the United States.
Among the animal passengers
were 2 leopards, 15 Oriental bears
200 monkeys, 40 pythons, 20 cobras
m
It isn't too early to start think-
ing about planting that fall gar-
den, say horticulturists of Texas
A. & M.
Now, while supply and selection
of garden materials are good, the
smart gardner will begin to plan
and lay In supplies of seed, inoc-
ulating dust, seed testing materials,
insecticides and fertilizers. Plan-
ning what to plant, when and how
much is just another wise step in
modern vegetable raising, the hore-
iculturists say.
Here are a few things to do in
the future fall garden site that
will start things off right. "Shave"
the plot where the garden will go.
Add well-rotted barnyard fertilizer,
applied broadcast, and plow or
spade it in near the top of the
ground. Keep the site well pulver-
ized, and watered, it needs mois-
ture. Start now controlling weeds
and grasses, to get a headstart on
the pests.
lSK where you WORK
Ask where you BAtfK
SAVINGS BONUS SALES QUOTA
FOR ARMSTRONG CXHTNTY FOR
JUNE AN1) JULY—$13,000
OPOSSUMS FOR PLAYMATES ... It Isn't every buy who lias eight
opossum (or 'possuml pups for pets, possibly because It Isn't ivery
boy who would want that many. But Jimmy Harris, 12-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert llarili of near Ccncsco, III., thinks It's great
fan. Some of llie eight arc t.hoivn licre as tiny cllarr to Ms tbthlr.j
and perch on his head. Ttcy v.tie cafturcd, villi their mother.
and more than 1,100 rare birds ' Rpf((r(1 for Sftvln|{s ]lflnds Sales
Their total value was $100,000, and
cost of shipping them to this coun-
try was estimated at about $18,000.
A man can learn any toungue,
| but his wife's.
Thus far in 1947:
January $10,720.00
February 5,525.00
March 5,100.00
April IS.7IS.7S
Three Minute Sermon
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
YOU CAN'T ESCAPE HISTORY
Christianity is inescapable.
If It were simply a system of
pious religious ideas, a man could
take it or leave It, as he wished.
But you cannot treat history that
way, and Christianity rests on
historic fact.
Jesus of Nazareth lived and died.
He lived a sinless life. He rose
bodily from the grave after death.
These are facts that are substan-
(See SERMON on Last Pace)
THEY STARTED THE WHOLE AFFAIR . . . Co-authors of the much-
debated labor bill which occasioned one of the hottest battle!) In mod-
em congressional history are Rep. Fred A. Hartley (Rep., N. J.)
(left) and Sen. Robert A. Taft (Rep., O.). Sponsors of the labor re-
form measure are shown here as they met on the senate side of the
capital lo discuss the final ahowdown on the bill which took place In
Ik* senate.
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