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A Community Service
for Armstrong County
& Its Trade Territory
®he tfUan&c Hetts
In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
'The Oldest and Best Read County
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Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
* VOLUME 55
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1946
NUMBER 2fr.
. TELEGRAM TO
*HOS. T. WAGGONER
•Quincey, Mass.. 4:4(1 P M
,*The Claude News
Claude Texas
'1 Invitations have been mailed to
• you for the launching of the U8S
•Charles H. Roan on Friday, March
15, 1946 at S: 15 A M., the Quincey
..-.Vartt Massachusetts ot the Bethle-
-he mSteel Company ship '.mllding
division.
Edw. O. Giehr
s Bethlehem Steel Co.
VLEGION PRESENTED WITH
: CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL
'! At iheir regular meeting Friday.
•March 1st. Mrs. Llllabel Roan
.presented the American Legion i.nd
Auxilary with the Congressional
Medal of Honor won by her son.
Charles. The Medal will be kept
in the Legion Hall The medal
Is incased in a mahogany frame
with a glass front. A mlnature
Htation of Chnrle's valor is at-
tached.
BROTHERS TO
RECEIVE DISCHARGE
Miss Lucille Gilley, who operates
the Ballard Service Station with
her sister, Mary, spent the week-
end In Elderado, Okla. visiting with
friends and relatives. It is believed
(hat her brother, J. C. Gilley, is on
his way home with a discharge
from about three years in the navy.
Another brother, Odls, arrived Mon-
day with his discharge from the
Navy. Odls enlisted Dec: mber 16,
a few days after Pearl Harbor. Both
boys have seen quite a -it ot ser-
vice In the South Pacific.
J. W. ALLEN HOME
J. W. Allen, Jr., son of J. W.
Allen, Sr., arrived home Monday
with an honorable discharge after
tyiree years in the armed forces,
part of that time being rpent In
the army of occupation in Ger-
many. J. C. married an English
girt while in England and is ex-
pecting her to arrive In the good
Old U8A next month
ON FURLOUGH
• Jack Tyler is home on a .-13-day
furlough visiting home folks and
irlends.' Jack soes to pre-fllght
training In Illinois on termination
of hit furlough.
NINE LIVES — SIX LEGS . . .
"Canita," the six-legged wonder ol
(he Bronx, N. Y., Is shown belli"
held by her owner, Mrs. Julia Cnr-
tez. The cat arrived at the Cortez
home from parts unknuwn and
adopted the household.
BOB CAMPBELL HOME
WITH D1S<HARGE
Bobby , Campbell rame in this
week after having received an hon-
orable discharge irom the army
after about three years service.
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
Call McElrov received his hon-
orable d^chtirge last Satin day, Fet.
9th, from the Marines and Is now
home .to stay. He and hLs brother,
Chester, were visitors at the Sto>U
allow In Amarlllo Tuesday
CAPT. JAMES ROIUSON
RECEIVES DISCHARGE
• Capt. James Robison, who has
(See TEXANS on Page 2)
New Electric
Shop Opens For
Business Here
Ernest and Bill VVi.-dom. both
recently discharged from I ho ser-
vice, opened an electric shop here
this week in the building :i door:;
East of the post office. The new
enterprise will be named Wisdom
Electric and they plan to handle
electrical appliances and repair
work for the people of this county.
At the present they .ire hand-
ling and installing flourescent
lights and doing all types of elec-
trical repair work on motors, ap-
pliances and house wiring.
They will handle Zenith and
Howard radios and plan to obtain
several other agencies as :eor. as
the products become available. At
the present time appliances have
been hard to get, hewever, they
will add to their stock as soon
as it can be obtained
They invite you to visit them
any time, and when in need of
repair work, electrical appliances,
or house wiring, or anything in
the electrical line.
Earnest Wisdom spent over font-
anel a half years In the army, two
years of that time in the European
Theatre of operation. Bill spent
about two years in the Navy, pari
of that time in the Pacific.
BUILDINGS TO STUCCO
"Dick" Aldridge, of Gainesville,
Texas, brother of the original Bill
Aldridge, came up recently to visit
relatives and friends. His C'oude
friends "nabbed" into hint and,
first, Paul Hood put him to work
finishing the u ncrete work in
the .nterior of hi! 50-foo front
grocery building Next, others sot
him to agree to stueco 5 (differ-
ent residences. Dick say;' Bill has
retired from work or this kind,
after 40 years practice at it
SCOUT NEWS
We met on March 5. liMf!
We had patrol meetings, and then
Mr. Jimmy Hooker, a returned
soldier, made a tslk abo'.'.f Saipan.
Then we discussed the swimming
meet We had 17 preen L and
three visitors: Mr. Men Nelson,
Mr. Chester Carr, and Mr. Hooker.
Carroll Brown
Announces for
Com. Prect. 1
Mr. Carroll Brown called nt the
News Office Monday and author-
ized us to make his announcement
for Commissioner of Precincc No
2, subject to the action of the
Democratic primary, July 27th.
Mr. Brown received his honorable
discharge lrom the army some
lime back and is now at home
He was born and reared in the
Goodnight Commissioner's District
hence needs no introduction at
the hand of the Claude News Edi-
tors. Having received all Ills edu-
cation in the Goodnight High
Schools, having managed the road
graders of that Precinct and know-
ing the values of lands there, ho
is well equipped as to the needs
of this district. Being well quali-
fied, he feels that he can serve
the people of the Goodnight Pre-
cinct to their best interest.
Mr. Brown will appreciate your
vote an Influence in fhe July nrl-
mary, should you feel that he can
serve you m this capacity.
More Return To
Civilian Life
More than 6.000.000 men have
returned to civilian lite from the
ranks of the United State;. Army
during the past nine months, the
War Department announced today
This is nearly 2,000.000 more th?n
the estimated number for demobi-
lization last September.
The February schedule called for
ilie discharge of 500,000 men, and
during the first wee,k alone a
total of 220,000 soldiers passed
through Army separation centers.
This indicated, Army officials said,
that February's estimates also may
be exceeded.
Preliminary figures show that,
the present strength of the Ar-
my is approximately 3,000,000. Nine
months ago it reached its peak
strength of 8,300.000.
Lieutenant Colonel Hardy, Dis-
trict Recruiting Officer for West
Texas, advises us that since Jan-
uary 1, 1946, there have broil 1184
veterans in West Texas District
who have reen'ilsted In the Regular
Army.
READ THE WANT ADS
Winners In The
Claude Show
Held March 2nd
Armstrong County Agent Charles
Reed has announced the results
of the Junior Fat Stock Show
held In Claude Saturday, March 2
John Baumgardner, Texas Tech,
was judge of 'he show. The fat
steers were shown In two classes
Senior Steers: 1st Curtis What-
ley. Groom; 2nd Wylafae Whatle;',
Groom; 3rd. Dale Hollliigsworth,
Claude; 4th. Dale Hollingswovth.
Claude, 5th. Fred 13l'own, Groom.
Junior Steers: 1st. Wylafae
Wliatley, Groom; 2nd Wylafae
What'ey, Groom; 3rd Curtis Wliat-
ley, Groom; 4th. Curtis Whatley,
Groom; 5th. Alvin Carr, Claude
There was a total of 15 calves
ir. the show.
Fat hogs, heavy class: 1st. Fred
Brown, Groom; 2nd. Howard Dye;
3rd. Howard Dye; 4th Howard
Dye.
Fat hogs, light class: 1st. Fr<x!
Brown; 2nd Fred Brown; 3rd. Ro-
bert Paul Whelchel; 4th. Jimmie
Whelchel.
Fat hogs, Pen-of-3: 1st. Fred
Brown; 2nd Howard Dye.
Sheep, Fat mutton: 1st. Donnie
Lee Whelchel; 2nd. Donnie Lee
Whelchel; 3rd. Robert Paul Whel-
chel; 4th. Robert Paul Whelchel;
5th. Jimmie Nlckell.
Curtis Whatley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. C. Whatley. Groom, ex-
hibited the Grand Champion calf
at the Claude sheiw.
Donnie Lee Whelchel, son of Mr.
anil Mrs. Paul Whelchel, exhibited
the Grand Champion sheep.
Fred Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. II Brown, Groom, exhibited
the Grand Champion hog. This
fat hog was carried to Amarillo
and won 1st place over all entries
at the Amarillo show in the Cross
Breed class.
Any toys between the ages of
10 and 20 who are planning on
feeding calves, sheep, and hogs
for the coming year may contact
the County Agent at Claude.
HF1NRY S. BISHOP
Bishop Candidate
For Re-election
Judge Henry S. Bishop has au
thorized the announcement of his
candidacy for re-election to the
office ol District Judge, 47th Ju-
dicial District of T< xns
Judge Bishop stated Monday
that he greatly appreciated the
support of his friends in Arm-
strong County in the past, and
will be most grateful for their
support and vote in the Demo-
cratic primary in July of this
year.
The district comprises Randall.
Armstrong and Potter Counties.
While the terms are now contin
uous in order that cases may be
taken up at any time, three (two)
regular terms are opened during
the year.
Judge Bishop says, "I have been
having a good time seeing the
people about my candidacy ever
since last Fall, and especially
since the first of this year, and
hope I may see every one before
the election. Visiting my old friend',
and meeting new friends, embraced
in 'electioneering', is not a bur-
den but a pleasure to me, which
makes making a campaign easier,
than It is to seme people. Arm-
strong County was my home from
1893, when I came here with my
parents and their large family,
till 1902. All the people of Arm-
strong County have done for me,
places me under a debt of grati-
tude that I cannot pay off, and
thank all for whatever you may
do for me this year.'
• YES, Tuesday was a real pretty
day. It would take a wlule lot ol"
this kind of weather to make a
man sick.
READ THE WANT ADS
Pan! Hood
Enlarges Local
Grocery Store
Paul Hood, v/ho recently bought
the Clauele Baker/ frwr Bud Bvitl,
has been busy witii carpenters the
past, week knocking down the wall
between his grocery store and the
bakery, r.nd in geneial, remodel-
ing: the stof'V Tills ren.odelinj will
give him aoout twice as much
tloor space and he has already
doubled nis produce str.ck and dis-
plays in the store.
The interior of the store has
been painted white and flourescent
lights are planned throughout the I
building.
Formal ope ning of the store will
be announced in the news soon and
Paul hopes to have most of the
reconstruction finished by then
In 10 days to two weeks he
plans to open a pastery and cake
shop using part of the bakery's
machinery, which will be housed in
the i ear of the former bakery
buildir.g Plans are 'o sell pies,
cakes ,.nd pasterios, through the
store us part of its stock.
With this increased floor space
and pastery facilities, Paul will
have one of the finest grocery
stores West of Dallas to serve
the people of this trade territory.
This speaks well of an enter-
prising business man oi Claude who
started out with a small stock in
the wood building now occupied
by the Worley's Cafe 23 years
ago. His present employees are
Owen "Chaney" Hood, John Cha-
males and Georgia Barber.
Paul plans to add two trucks for
hauling fresh vegetables directly
from the producer in tne valley,
to the consumer here However,
he feels thai it will be several
months before this is added clue
to the fact that they now have
their hands full remodeling and
arranging the store during which
time they have managed to take
care of all their customers with-
out closing.
SENATOR ON STAND . . . Appear-
ing before the Pearl llarbor com-
mittee, Sen. Thomas C. Hart (C'onn.,
R.) stated that he never had seen
the wind messages as Navy Capt.
I.. F. hafford had previously testi-
fied.
TOOK ELEVEN TENS TO SIGN BILL . President Truman is shown
w$h the eleven pen* he used to sign the full-employment bill, which he
oMccted to do riot being strong enough. Left to right, standing in back
rf President, arc Rep. Geo. E. Outland, Calif.; Bcp. Wm. M. Whittinglnn.
r.liss<; Stir. Geo; D. Aiken, TtlJ' knd Sen. Geo. L. RadclilTc, Md. The
President said that the act wa a step forward toward the gcal that hr
Lad set.
Our Joke Column
Following the termination of
World War I, Secretary of the
Navy Josephur. Daniels spoke at
the ceremony discharging the girls
from the Marine Corps.
Accustomed to adeiresslng sea-
faring men, the Secretary of Navy
apparently forgot he was talking
to a group of won.cn. Daniel's
(See JOKES on Last Page)
(By Cong. Gene Wor'eyl
The average American generally
does not have time to keep well in-
formed on what happens in ether
countries over the world. We are
naturally more interested in local,
state and national matters than we
are international. But in the brief
span of a few years we have fov'gln
in two World Wars and both wars
have come from things that hap-
pened overseas.
The greatest effort, in history to
prevent wars has come with the
creation of the United Nations Or-
ganization. Senator Tom Connally
of Texas. Chairman of the Foreign
(See WASHINGTON Page 4)
Manrel Guyn, meat cutter for
a big market at Corpus Christ!,
Texas said lie does not want to
be forgotten by the Claude Lions
Club Mansel sent the Lions a bar-
rel of fish and shrimp.
1946 License
Plates Are
Now 'Legal'
It's legal to put i946 liccnFe
plates on motor vehicles now. Dead-
line for having the new license
plates is the last day of this
month.
An unprecedented rush for plates
is anticipated by Ray Burton,
county Sheriff tax assessor and
collector.
Up to this week 140 pass<>nf.cr.
truck and trailer licenses had been
obtained. It is estimated that
there are 1200 vehicles In the
county.
In orrier to get a 194fi license
plate, owner of the vehicle to be
registered must have a Texas
Certificate of Title and a Texas
1945 license receipt. Persons driv-
ing out-of-state cars must acp'y
for a Texas Certificate of Title
and have a Texas license receitt.
Armstrong Co.
Winners At
Amarillo Show
Fred Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs C. H. Brown. Groom, shov-
ed the first place pig in the O-
ther Breeds or Cross Breed heavy
swine class. Fred Brown's hog
(Hampshire and Poland China
crossed), was selected as breed
champion over the Berkshire from
Clarendon. The total prize money
was $10 00.
Donnie Lee Whelchel and Robert
Paul Whelchel, had four fat mut-
ton sheep in the Fat Lamb Con-
test. Armstrong Ccur.tv had 13
fat Hereford steers in the Am-
arillo Show. These steers were
placed m the ,'hree groups accord-
ing to weight and quality;
Commercial Class: Alvin Carr's
steer weighing 745 pounds sold
for 21c. One steer weighing 830
pounds sold for 18 Vic. Curtis What-
ley's 810 pounds steer sold for
18'-ic. Bobby Wood's 350 :>ounf'
steer sold tor 18c.
In the Senior Class, Dale Hol-
lingsworth placed fifth with hir
900 pound steer. Curtis Whatley
placed 8th. and Fred Brown placed
24th.
In the Junior Class. Curtis What-
lc-y placed 18m.
Considering that theic was 360
calves entered in the; Amarillo
Show, the Armstrong County place-
ments and premium money made
a very creditable showing.
Curtis Whatley, son of Mr. and
Mrs G. C Whatley, Groom, placed
2nd with his group-of-live Here-
ford steers.
Herb Hogan of Fort Wotth was
judge at the Amraillo chow this
year —Charles Reed. County Agent
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Three Minute Sermon
By the Rev. Wendell P. Loveless
Member of Faculty Moody Bible
Institute, Chicago.
Hiding Places
"Thou art my hiding place and
my shield: I hope in thy word"
(Ps. 119 114).
Our hiding place Is a person,
Christ is the only hiding place from
God's wrath against sin. He is the
only hiding place from Satai's
power and wiles; from self with ail
its bondage: from worry anxiety
(See SERMON on Last Page)
Benjamin Franklin once said. 'A
house without a woman or firelight
is iike a body without soul or
spirit."
And another ot' his sayings was
"Beware of meat twice boiled or
an old foe reconciled."
Mrs Frank Shannon cf tins
Wharton Spectator says thai a lady
in that city has .1 veiv fire dasch-
shund that is taken to a Houston
veterinarian for regular checkups
and he advised that the dog's ton-
sils should be removed. W'll an ap-
pendectomy be next?
An ad in a Fort Worth paper.
"Eliminate inferiority complex with
electroysis treatments. Also removts
warts and moles.'
DeForrest Kline Oak Cliff Tri-
bune editor, has had a highly var-
ied experience in the newspaper
field, ranging from service on some
of the largest papers in the United
States to a weekly in Canada which
had 275 subscribers Kline covered
sessions of the British Parliament
and speeches delivered by World
War I Premier Clemenceau "Tiger"
of France. World affairs, it Is hard-
ly necessary to add, arp of special
interest to fjine and he writes his
interpretations of international e-
vents each week.
"Scholars have said there is no
humor in the Scriptures," a read-
er writes in: "How about this?"—
and he quotes Second Chronicles.
16th chapter, 12th verse:
"And Asa in the thirty-ninth year
of his reign was diseased in his
feet, until his disease was exceed-
ing great; yet ir. his disease he
sought not the Lord but turned to
the physicians- ane' Asa slept with
his lathers."
Bill Nye rivalled Caesar's "I came.
I saw, I conquered," in this report
on his visit to Washington"
"My friends and money gave out
at 3 A. M."
Farm Bureau
Membership Drive
What Is the Farm Bureau? An-
swer, A club of farmers. What
is it for? Answer, to help the
farmers.
We have been asked to double
our membership in Armstrong
County. If you believe in the work
they are doing help us in this
thirty day drive for more mem-
bers. Contact your director in your
community, or if you wish to help
a local cause give your dues to a
F. F. A, boy and let him turn it in,
and we will give his Club a com-
mission or a prl/e. Any of the
following Directors will sign you
up: Mrs. A. C. Duyle. Frank Bag-
well. Herbert Hunt. Scott Lay-
cock Louis Schmidt, Bud Bagwell,
Pete Morris. Clet Conrad. Carl
Wood, Harold Grimes or Eddie
Mahler.
"Man has never been able to
see through a woman,'' admits
Mr W. L. McClure. "until the
invention of the X-ray."
Ralph -Jones Has
Three Show Entries
Ralph Jones of Claude part-own-
er of Jones Brothers Rodeo Show.f ^
entered what he considers three ;<
outstanding studs and one mare
in the Amarillo Fat Stock Sha".*
March 4 to 7.
The mare, Rainy Drop. Is a
daughter of Wagner's Rainy Day
No. 13 The three studs Jones
showed, Clint Higgins No 17f>7:
Cheyenne, a 1945 stud colt; and
Me Too, 11 1945 stud colt are:'
from a Yellow Jacket more
In addition, Jones owi s two Yel-
low Jacket mares, one daughter
bred from Joe Hancock, one Will
stud, one daughter bred from Hir
ace Wilson, and one daughter bred
from Spark Plug
His rodeo stock which he fur-
nishes for the annual Will Rogers
Range Riders Rodeo Show held
'n Amarillo, consists of mure than
100 head
FOUGHT UNDER TWO FLAGS . . .
T/S Leonard Bernhardt, Garden
Cily, L. I., who served as honorary
chairman of "Red Army Week," Ir
effort to aid orphans of Russian sol
dkrs. He holds eight U. 8. deco
rations, including silver star. Bern
hardt also served In Bussian army.
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SANTA FE RAILWAY
Ferris M. Robinson, traveling a-
gent, Sanin Fe refrigerator de-
partment at Ft. Worth, today war
nppolnted traveling agent at Am-
tirlllo, succeeding A. C. Dcwhrict,
recently appointed assistant mnn-
' ager of that department at Chi-
cago. Norman H. Purvis, refrigera-
tor inspector at Argentine. Ktm- i
sas, succeeds Robinson at Ft TAXICADE OF WORLD WAR II VETS ARRIVES IN WASHINGTON . .
Worth Both appointments ire cf- ( To protest the refusal of Chicago authorities to grant them Uxlcal) II-
fective Feb 15, G H Nelson, censes, the Chicago taxi-driving vets arrived in Washington ti present
manager, announced | 1:1 Mr claims t-> the fcd-ral authorities. They say that marc thr-i !,'•"
1 .ct:."ar.3 tvsut to crcraf; taxieabs but due to monopoly they :.r; bar.;il.
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