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A Community Service
for Armstrong county
& Its Trade Territory
VOLUME 57.
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCT. 10. 1337.
rt 5.
Time To Think of Large Crowd at
Freedom Train or* District Farm
Columbus Day Bureau Meeting
An occasion as Columbus Day,
Oct. 12, gives reflection on the de-
velopment of the U. 8. fiince Its
discovery in 1492. It leads us to
discuss the Freedom Train, a pre-
sent innovation, composed of three
exhibition cars, that is to make a
tour into every state in the union
within the next twelve months.
Prepared by the American Heri-
tage Foundation, sponsored by the
Attorney General, endorsed by the
President, this Freedom Train pro-
poses to impress upon us the es-
sence of democracy, the sanctity
of the individual, our freedom and
liberties, hard fought for. Its cur-
pose is not to detract from a feel-
ing of internationalism, but to in-
still further pride in our way of
lfe.
The Freedom Train contain ; 131
documents and many flags that
mark the advance of liberty lit
America. The cars arc painted red,
white and blue, a fitting scheme
for the exhibition. Among the
documents, dated in order, there is
a letter written in 1493, by Chris-
topher Columbus, announcing his
discovery of America, through the
United Nations Charter of 1945.
Included is the Mayflower Com-
pact, Jefferson's draft of the De-
claration of Independence, Bay
Psalm Book, Washington's own
copy of the Constitution, Bill of
Rights, original manuscript of
"The Star Spangled Banner", the
Emancipation Proclamation, log-
book of frigate "Constitution", Da-
claration of Independence of the
Phiilipines, last message from Cor-
regidor, Japanese and German sur-
render documents, the flag raised
on Iwo Jima, and many, many
more interesting papers and flags.
We hope it might be possible for
every citizen to see this exhibition
on the Freedom Train.
I Large group from this county
1 attended the district Farm Bureau
Meetin; in Amarillo October 2nd.
Plans for the State wide member-
ship drive on Cctober 24th were
discussed along with other olans.
Attending the meeting from this
county were: Herbert Hunt, Wal-
ter Hunt, Louie Schmidt, Chas.
Reed, Henry Hamblen, Eddie Mah-
' Icr, Delton Dye, Lee Goodin, Clyde
! Cope, Lynn Boomer, Carl Wood,
Henry Finle.v, Mr., and Mrs. -3.
Doshier, Roy Dye, Newton iarrell.
and Mr. and Mrs. Scott Lay cock.
Talks were made by: Joe Hatton
'of Amarillo, director for this Dis-
trict; Walter Hammond of Waco,
State President, and Sen. Grady
Hazehvood of Amarillo.
Sen. Hazel wood, who is also a
Farmer, made an urgent ilea or
Farmers to get behind their or-
ganization.
Fire Truck For
Farm Use, Jack Co.
Hats off to farmers and ranch-
men of Jack county for doing
something about a bad situation.
Most of Texas h:ys mffered disas-
trous grass and woods fires this
hot, dry summer. Jack county had
its share, or more. On August 15
in response to an invitation i'rom
county agent J. W. Hulsey, farm-
ers and ranchmen had a meeting
to talk it over.
The Jn,cksboro fire department
has been quite helpful, but doesn't,
have enough equipment to send
more than one truck to the country
when fire broke out. By September
2, some 250 farmers and ranchmen
of Jack county, having decided to
tax themselves two cents per acre
of land owned, had raised $400)
for a new fire truck and equip-
ment, to be kept by the Jacksbot-o
fire department, but used on nil
rural fires.
Each rural community has or-
ganized a voluntary fire bri ;ade
The new truck will carry water,
and be able to pump it from ponds,
streams, etc. A new-type fog gun
makes ten gallons of log out of
one gallon of water, a device ef-
fective against grass fires.
k.
W. A. Hand Funeral
Held Tuesday
Funeral services for W. \ "Red"
Hand were conducted at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon in the N. S.
Griggs & Sons Chapel. Burial was
in Drenmland Cemetery, Canyon.
Mr. Hand was found dead in an
alley at the rear of 315 North Tyler
Sunday afternoon by Mrs. J. M.
Pittman, 319 North Tyler. A cor-
oner's verdict of death from a heart
attack has been returned.
Survivors are the widow: three
sons, W. L., Lee T. and W. E.
Hand, all of Amarillo; a daughter,
Mrs. Mary Roan, Amarillo; three
brothers. W. B. and H. H Hand,
both of Amarillo, and J. S. Hand,
McKinney and his mother, Mrs.
Eva Hand, McKinney.
Arrert Highway
Tornatc Tossers
Five Fort Worth high school boysj
who admitted throwing a tomatoe I
that sent broken glass slashing into j
the face of a Clarendon woman
were released without charges Fri- j
day afternoon after questioning by i
authorities.
The boys, who said they weie en- j
route to Amarillo from Fort Worth j
to attend the Paschal IIigh-Sandie|
football game at Amarillo Friday
night, at first denied having
thrown any missle, but later broke
down and told investigating of-
ficers they had heaved a tomatoe.
| A woman identified only as Mrs. j
Myers of Clarendon drove into |
| Claude and told Sheriff John W.|
I Moore several boys in a green con-
i vert able had heaved "some object"
| through the ventilator window of
j her automobile five miles west of
] Claude on Highway 287.
"Glass was sticking out of her
j face when she came to me," sher-
iff Moore said. "The whole left side
of her face and forehead was full
of tiny fragments of glass."
The woman drove on to Claren-
don to receive medical treatment
from a physician there.
Amarillo police arrested the
I youths on the outskirts of town,
! after receiving a call from Sheriff
I Moore.
II OTHER INSTINCT . . . Wlicn
Jesse O. Price of I.os Angeles,
iwner of Susie, the black cocker
spaniel, bought a recently born
pi?, the dog, which might have
heard about bow valuable pork is
these days, took over as mother,
lhe two lieeaine f:;st friends.
Jamboree Film
To Be Shown
The Jamboree films made by
Wallace Stewart on his trip to
France to attend the World Jam-
boree of Boy Scouts, will be shown
at the Baptist Church next Tues-
day evening, Oct. 14th. Other films
of the local Scout Troop will also
be shown at the same time.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and parents of Scouts are
especially urged to be present. The
show will start at 7:30 in the aud-
itorium of the church.
Claude News
Out Early
The Claude News was forced to
publish early this week due > >
the gas being cut off Thursday
from 1 until 5 o'clock in the after-
noon. Because of this several items
of local news are left out; however,
they will be published in next
week's Claude News.
Missionary To
Speak Here
Fredrick L. Rowe, Missionary
from Airier,, will speak at the
First Christian Church Monday,
Oct 13. at 7:30 P.M. Bro. Rowe has
spent 25 years on the mission field
and will have an interesting mes-
sage. All members and friends are
urged to come out and hear him.
Will We Be On The
Edge Of Dusf Bowl
Well remembered are the dust
bowls of the great western plains
that led to a national crises shortly
after the first World War. During
that war, farmers plowed up much
of the grassland because of a ov-
ernment urging need for food to
"help win the war". Now that >ve
need wheat for home consumption
and shipment abroad, again vast
acres of those plains that have pre-
viously been in grass, are bein:
plowed up for reaching the lew
wheat crop goal, set at 75 million
acres, by the Department of Agri-
culture. Is it possible that such
plowing may Le a national lolly,
resulting in another dust bowl
calamity?
Topping on Dodson-
Wellington Highway
.Wellington Leader—Laying of as-
phalt and rock on the farm-to-
market road from Dodson to Wel-
lington was begun Monday Sept.
29, Clyde Drake, resident highway
engineer, has announced.
The work will be completed just
as rapidly as gravel for the road
is shipped into Wellington, he con-
tinued. As yet, the Highway De-
partment lacks 111 cars of gravel,
and if all this arrives within the
next few days, the road should be
complete by tlie end of the week,
he estimated. At present, however,
the gravel is coming in at the rate
of three or four cars per day.
The road is 12 8 miles in length,
and the complete cost, including
grading, bridges, and topping, is
$143,000, Mr. Drake said.
£P®v
Union Services To
Be Held Next
Sunday Evening
The union services of the four
Claude Churches will be held at
the Christian Church next Sun-
day evening, October 12 at 7:30
Bro. J. D. McDaniel will preach
following the song service which
will be led by Bio. Andy Burks.
Special songs and congregational
singing is planned for the evening
and the public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
Bobby Wo od, Honor
Award Winner
Bobby Wood, Armstrong "ounty
4-H Club t oy really had an en-
joyable day at the State Fair o'
Texas in Dallas on October 4th.
Bobby Wood's 4-H Club projects
were selected as the lest of 17
Panhandle counties in District One.
This outstanding achievement des-
ignated Bobby as the only 4-H
Club boy in 17 counties to achieve
the Honor award at a special pro-
gram in Dallas.
Radio Station WFAA invited
Honor Award winners to appear
on the Early Bird Program at 7:15
Saturday morning followed by a
special program featuring the Dude
Ranch Bucheroos. Murry Cox on
his R. F. D. program at 3:15 de-
voted his entire program to inter-
viewing the Honor Award winners
and their parents. Bobby Wood and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D,
Wood, Lark, had £tfi opportunity
to broadcast on the radio. Immed-
iately following the program, the
Honor Award winners and their
guests had their pictures made in
the WFAA studio.
At 12 noon the State Fair of-
ficials presented an honor award
banquet for the District winners
and their guests. Bobby Wood's
guests were his parents, Mr. and
Mis. J. D. Wood of Lark, and
County Agent Charles Reed and
wife.
Throe Minute Sermon
By S. Maxwell Coder, Member
Of Faculty,
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
ACCUSES MIDDLEMEN . .
Housing expeditor Frank Creedoi.
told a special congressional inves
tigating committee that unneces
sary profits taken by middlcmci:
In the building materials market
are forcing up cost of homes
Fire Destroys
Baled Hay Stack
Woodburn Farm
GOO bales of home grown hay
caught fire early Sunday morning
on the J. D. Woodburn farm. The
cause was attributed to spontan-
ious combustion from the lack of
curing time before stacking.
The hay was stacked in a stack-
lot north of a shed which was
also destroyed by fire. The fire
would have destroyed other earns!
and buildings had they not pre-
vented Its further -pread. Friends
and neighbors assisted in its con-
trol. It was discovered about 5
o'clock in the morning oy a lucky
concidence r,nd would have des-
troyed a great deal of valuable
property had it not been checked
at the time.
GBAIN PRICES BOOST LIVING COSTS
Department ol agricul-
ture economists attributed soaring food prices, now at all-time high
level, to high Income, coupled with tremendous 'demand and prospect
•f small corn crop. Samuel Williams, a miller at the department's
Beltavllle, Md„ experimental farm, Is shown with bags of corn and
wheat, retailing for $3.05 and $2.98, respectively, per bushel. These
peak prices will cause poultry prices to continue rlilnf.
New President
Panhandle Lions
J. P. Smith formally relinquish-
ed the presidency of the Lions
Club at the tuesday noon lunch-
eon to Mason Lemons, former vice-
president.
Smith becomes director of Pan-
Tex Farm which is operated by
Texas Tech in coopration with
Texas A. & M, experiment stations
October 1. He will move his family
to Pantex Village as soon as hous-
ing facilities permit.
Dr. S. H. Condron of West Tex-
as State College, Canyon, address
ed the club on foreign relations,
speaking particularly concerning
the relations between the United
States and Rusr.ia. Panhandle
Herold.
Greyhounds Defeated
On Home Field
In a heartbreaking game that
proved that Fight and determin-
ation pi one could not win
jali contests, last year's, champion
Grt'vcr Greyhounds six man oot-
ball team tasted the necond defeat
i of this season on their own hom<
field. • The prospective egbna
ihampion Follctt big po.vcrcd siN
man _ aggregation ran over the
smaller and out-matched club of
Oruver at will und defeated the
defending champs 64 to 8.—Spear-
man Reporter. <
A "MUST" \VK CANNOT ESCAPE
Jesus said, "Ye must be born
again." Although He emphasized
the urgency of His sattement by
saying further. "Except a man be
born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God," there seems to
be many persons who never think
of applying His words to them-
selves.
There is no alternative, no other
way into God's cte: nal kingdom.
Call Christ's statement intolerant
if you will, but the fact remains
that He said it, and He jaid- it be-
cause it is true. We cannot escape
this "must." Either we have been
born-again, or we have not. If we
have not, we shall never see the
kingdom of God. We can ignore
Christ's words, and the testimony
of countless Christians to whom
the new birth is tile outstanding
experience and assurance of their
lives, but if His words are true,
there is no other hope.
St. Peter, in writing to the i>eo-
ple of the early church, addressed
them as having been "born again,
not of corruptible seed, but of in-
corruptible, by the word of God,
which liveth and abideth forever."
What part of the Word of God
brings about this transforming ex-
perience? "This is the word which
by the gospel is preached unto you,"
said Peter, and I Corinthians 15,
defines the gosi>cl as the revealed
truth that Christ died for our sins,
was buried, rose again, and was
iSec SERMON on Last Paget
OUTSIDE LOOKING IN . . . Ab-
dullah Kamel Eld, Egyptian na
lional and University of Oregon
student, was escorted out of U. N.
security council meeting after hit
outburst: "Lone live Egypt!
Down with Britain!"
Durwood Lynch Is
Injured by Gun Shot
Dunvood Lynch, 14-year-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. R D. Lynch of
Conway,and a freshman in Pan-
handle High School, accidently
shot himself in the left foot with
a .22 rifle last week. He was taken
the the Groom Osteopathic Hos-
pital.
Durwood's condition is reported
to be favorable,
Old Time Editor
Visits News Office
I. D. and Mrs. Divine of Strat-
ford, Texas were visitors in the
Claude News Office last Friday
afternoon.
Divine is an old newspaperman
and printer, and was established it
Texhoma,, Oklahoma for 22 years,
selling his paper last December and
they moved to Stratford where
they have lived this year. Divine
stated that he would probably re-
enter the printing business some
time this year. They had been on
a pleasure and investigating trip
down through the Texas plains
country and were on their way
home.
Should Use Care
In Burning Trash
Panhandle Herald—Fire Chief W.
A. Miller of the Panhandle Volun-
teer Fire Department requests ^hat
the attention of all residents of
Panhandle be called to the :ract
that a number of recent fires have
endangered dwellings and business
houses and to remind them ;hat
the now present low key rate on
fire insurance will be raised 15
per cent if Panhandle has another
serious lire.
Pioneer Plains
Lawyer Is Dead
Death claimed a pioneer Pan-
handle attorney ee,rly Saturday
morning in Northwest Texas Hos-
pital. He was Abrom Thornton
Cole, 77 years old, resident of Clar-
endon for the past 44 years.
He was a Mason.
[ Survivors include the widow, Mrs.
Willette Cole, Clarendon, three
daughters: Mrs. B. H. Williams,
iSweeney; Mrs. Ernest Kent, Clar-
endon: Mrs. Nancy C. Bell, Dal-
hart; one son, Abe Cole who op-
! perates the Whiteway Cafe in
Claude, and three granddaughters.
Other survivors are three broth-
ers, J. B. Cole, Amarillo, P. D. Cole,
Cleburne, Douglis Cole, Tlamo, and
one sister, Mrs. Ruth Smith o!
California.
Services were held at 4:30 o'clock
Sunday afternoon at the Cole resi-
dence in Clarendon with the Rev.
| L. A. Sartain, pastor of the Bap-
; t.ist Church in Clarendon, offici-
ating.
Burial was made in Citizens'
Cemetery at Clarendon.
Active pall bearers were Hous-
! ton Bell, Clyde Salavin, R. Y.
King, Simmons Powell Johnny
Johnson and Truett Behrens, all
of Clarendon. Honorary pall bear-
| ers were Dr. E. R. Jenkins, Dr. J
W. Evans. E. A. Anderson. M. E
Bell and members of the Panhand-
le's bar associations.
Fishing News From
Fox Hollow Camp
Possom Kingdom Lake, Sept. 25.
—John Watley caught a tagged
fish at Fox Hollow this date a
four-pound black bass, number 147.
worth between 125 and 150 dollars
The prize list will be mailed to
him this week.
Ed Carney, Paul Waggoner, Stan-
ley Lattu, Jim Byes, Ross Nix and
Charley Fields took home 46
pounds of dressed bass this week.
Blaine Thorp ftfid John Watley
have approximately 50 pounds so
far.
Fox Hollow Camp, Bunger, Tex-
as, E. B Bridges. Jr.—Groom News
Specalizing In
Individual Needs
Austin, Tex. Oct. 10—The child
and his individual needs are get-
ting more attention in public
schools, as emphases in elementary
education take new trends, Dr.
Cora M Martin, University of Tex-
as elementary education professor,
says.
"There are new emphases in el-
ementary education today, notably
toward teaching the child rather
than the subject, and in curric-
ulum. It is up to the teachers to
key their methods to developing
the kind of people we want Amer-
icans to be—free men and women
who can think for them .elves,
"Teachers will direct or uisdi
rect American'- course n civiliza-
tion It is a tremendous challeng<
to us all to com'.ine our for,es t<
fight the last great battle—that o'
living peacefully in a com; le
world."
Standards of promotion r.iu t b<
adjusted to the natural growth o
the individual, rather than to ef-
fort and achievement. Mrs. Martin
believes.
In curriculum, the needed em-
phasis is on science, social studies
and art. Major social functions
Grass Research
In The Panhandle
Austin, Tex., Oct, 10-—Studies of1
grasses in Texas in order to Seam
more about the morphology, phys-
iology, and envisonmental condi-
tions is a new research undertak-
ing of the University of Texas
botany department.
Under the general direction ol
Dr. W. G. Whaley, associate pro-
fessor, research is being done by
Dr. W V. Brown and Dr. Charlc:
Heimsch.
Some 250 grasses of 100 species
collected by Dr. Brown during the
summer, from Brownsville to the
Panhandle, and from Austin to the
Big Bend area, are now being us-
ed in research Other field trip:
will be ma,de into the East Texas
area.
The grasses are kept alive for
the studies, Dr. Brown said.
Tlie news you send in is appre-
ciated. Thanks.
should be interpreted and clari-
fied for the child in social studies:
science on the level of the child's
understanding is already being in-
troduced in elementary schools, and
should be emphasized. The arts,
she said, must be taught so that
children contribute to the art of
living.
Mustang? Upset
Groom ioi Firs'
Conference Win
The Claude Mu- tan^s broke into
the win c ilurnn last Friday night
as they walloped the favored Tig-
ers 12-0.
The Mustangs started early in
the first quarter when after a
long drive with Bagwell and Wil-
son making most of the yards they
reached the Groom 1!) yard line.
Wilson then lired one to Gilley
for the first six points. The try
for the extra point wa blocked
and the score was still G-0. The
Mustangs then kicked off to Gr orn.
Groom kept the ball for two downs
and they fumbled The first q ar-
ter ended with the core si'-: to
nothing. After a series' of fumbles
Claude got the bail on the Groom
28 yard line On the first play
Wilson ran off tackle behind ner-
lect blocking for another six points.
The try for goal was blocked.
Shortly after this the half ended.
The last half wa a thrilling one
with both team:; knockin , at ca,-.h
others goal line most of the time.
The Mustangs showed an im-
provement in blockin. Lut the de-
fence was a little ragged. Next
week the Mustang; journey to
White Deer to play the Bucks who
are picked by many to win the
strong District 1A Every one come
and help support your team. The
game time is 7:30 o'clock.
This win places Claude and
Spearman as the only teams with
a 100': standing in the conference.
As j t Panhandle has not played
a conference ga.me. They are favor-
ites to win the title er.sily. How-
ever, Spearman has a r,i inex-
perienced team that i-; coming
fast and is the "dark-horse" as
far as winning the district confer-
ence is concerned. On basis of
showing a record at this lime
Claude is probably third in rank in
the district with Groom, Vega and
Stinnett following in that order.
Rural Free Delivery
Important Service
Don't think the rural oostman
has a snap as he covers 'lis nail
route six days each .reek, as the
representative of your Uncle Sam.
He brings and collects letters, i ack-
ages, magazine:, and papers to the
outlying districts. A. good will agent
he is one of the links between the
country and the rest of the world.
He has a job to do from the time
he arrives at the postoffice to sort
and arrange his mail, until that
time when he returns with mail
picked up on the route, af'ir hav-
ing sold stamps, government cards,
envelopes, war bonds, money orders,
parcel post packages, registered
letters, collecting far COD mail,
besides the regular delivery serv-
ice. In all kinds of weather the
traveling postman makes his trips,
covers many miles of territory,
making often hundreds of stops.
He takes time to drive to rural
homes to deliver packages or get
signatures, hears a lot of neigh-
borhood gossip and has lots of ex-
perience.1: through his years of
service. The rural postman does
his best to have a regular schedule
and to keep it, but he can't al-
ways be on time. Those people he
serves would be more considerate
if they followed him for one day,
only as any Claude man can tell
you, it would be mighty hard on
the clutch of the family bus, or
your feet if you followed the postal
clerks in the local office. They are
to be thanked for the fne and un-
interupted ^ervice.
Merchants wise—Advertise
AMERICAN MUNITIONS EN ROUTE TO GREECE . . . Cases of
shells, grenades and land mines are shown as they were loaded from
• lighter aboard an army transport In New York harbor. Tliey wt re
part of the military supplies being nt ta Greece ta bc!p the Greek
army defend lhe little nation In tlu- event of a:t2ck.
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