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A Community Service
for Armstrong County
& Its Trade Territory
Cltftt&e sfetos
"The Oldest and Best Read County
§L
Seat Weekly in the Panhandle"
In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching
Growth of this Section
VOLUME 53
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG* COUNTY, TEXAS. MAY 26. 1944.
NUMBER 39
News About Our
Boys In The
Service
CECIL B. GIST
The promotion of Cecil B. Gist,
35, of Claude, from the grade of
staff sergeant to technical ser-
geant was announced recently
"somewhere In England" by the
Eighth Air Force.
Occupation prior to war Road
machinery operator, Armstrong
county. Sgt. Gist is a top turret
gunne on a B-17 Plying Portress.
• M/Sgt. and Mrs. Buford Hen-
derson of Amarlllo came down
Wednesday for overnight visit with
his parents Mr. and Mrs. I. S.
Henderson. Pfc. Bob Sells and
wife of Albuquerque, N. M. who
are here for a 2 weeks visit with
her mother Mrs. Lena Tucker and
other relatives, were also enjoya-
ble dinner guests in the Hender-
son home Wednesday.
Next Is Our
5th War Loan
Drive
FIFTH WAR LOAN DRIVE TO
START
We recently received word that
the Fifth War Loan Drive will
start on June 12 and run to
July 8. Armstrong County's quota
is $125,000. We realize that this
is an off-season with the far-
mers and lanchers income, but
we feel that we will all do our
utmost in cooperating with the
Fifth War Bond Sale. THIS IS
THE INVASION DRIVE. BUY
MORE THAN EVER BEFORE.
BRYAN WAGGONER, located
somewhere in Italy, writes home
folks again: A few paragraphs ta-
ken from his letter is as follows:
Well, Dad I Just keep think-
ing every day I would get a let-
ter from you and Cecil, but no
letter came. No mail to-day. But
I received a package from Lorene
full of candy, home made, also
clipper blades for my work in
our barber shop. Now I can do
first-class and satisfactory work
with ease and dispatch, much fas-
ter and with more pleasure to
my customers. It made my work
a pleasure to me. I received the
Claude News of March 3rd, over
3 months old and read Rupart
Tucker's letter. Rupart surely
writes a good letter, describing
Italy, her people and her ways
of life. It looks so easy to write,
after reading his letter. Some
time I am going to hide away
from everyone and try to write
something that will be of interest
to Armstrong county friends.
Here they keep chicken and
animals in the court yards. The
gardens are very beautiful in the
country. Rupart has seen some
things I failed to see. and I have
seen things he did not see. I
told you about getting to see Mt.
Versuvius and the ruins of Pom-
peii. It Is in a nude state of pre-
servation, more so than Carthage,
and I can understand why now.
I had an idea that it was cover-
ed with hot liquid lava that spill-
ed down the side of the moun-
tain, as a llood would, but if I
had stopped to think, that would
have swept and burned every-
thing away. What really happened
the wind carried the clouds of
smoke and hot cenders over the
town and volcanic cenders cover-
ed up the town 15 to 20 feet.
This weight mashed in the roofs
but some way held up the walls,
so it is a ruined city of walls,
Columns, and statues. So it is a
ghost city, of what wn.s at one
time a real live thriving town
of many thousands.
If I have it right, it was a
very stiong city many years B
C. when they had cities Instead
of States. Finally It became a
Roman city, before It was dls-
troyed, from Volcano ereptions,
the last time. About 16 years be-
fore It was dlstroyed by Volcanic
eruption, it was partially distroy-
ed by an earth quake, and was
still being re-built and growing
at the time the eruption destroy-
ed said city. It covers but 160
acres and was inclosed by a very
high wall. There are few open
spaces between the closely built
Moutaln, there was a place de
voted to the worship of Venus,
nnd further south a Greek tem-
ple; to the Southeast the great
Amphitheatre, almost like a mo-
dem Stadium, something like we
Americans know, in the Good Old
U. S. A., as the cotton bowl or
the rose bowl. It Is built in an
oval shape, out ol stone and ce-
ment. running from top down to
the tenter. It will seat over 20,-
000 people. It is said to have been
ouilt before building the under
ground passage thru which lions
and tigers and other wild beast
passed to get to the Threatre,
where men and beast fought and
were thrown into the arena for
wild beasts to devour, for the en-
tertainment of the public and
sometimes for a Heathern worship.
The main streets are paved with
stone size 1x2 feet thick. However,
the streets are very narrow, and
have very narrow side-walks. They
are wide enough lor one-way traf-
fic of chariots, and there are
grooves In the streets worn there
by constant traffic of these char-
iots. Now and then there are step-
ping stones across the streets, from
side walk to side walk, and the
chariot wheels must pass between
these stepping stones, as they go
down the <;treets.
Most shons are small, except
the more wealthy merchants, such
as ihe dealers in wool, clothing,
dying, cleaning and pressing. In
front I found the merchants goods
and in the back were the living
rooms, dining rooms, kitchen
sleeping rooms. In back of that I
noticed the court yards or gar-
dens, all inclosed by high walls.
Some small shop keepers have
living rooms above their shop In
the liner living quarters, I found
the walls plastered and highly de-
corated, tho roofs slant In to the
center, the opening being about
4 feet to let in fresh air and
light. Tiie roof edge was raised
sufficient to allow the water to
pass thru little chemicals down
out the mouth into a fountain, a
6-inch cement pool and from there
into the cystern. Must have been
a pleasant place during the rainy
season as the other rooms were
built around this one. Have just
learned that I can send home
my booklet and picture album, so
you can get all this information
from them. Goodnight, Goodluck
and Goodhealth,—Bryan.
Farm News From Parachuted
Your County
Agent
MAY GARDEN PLANTINGS
Spaces are appearing in the rows
of early planted gardens and gar-
deners are glvm; thought ta suita-
ble selections for replanting. With
the idea of simplifying this pro-
blem, Gene Barnett, Armstrong
County Agricultural Agent for the
Extension Service suggests setting
out or planting peppers, okra or
late tomatoes in the skips in cab-
bage rows.
Summer tomatoes can be plant-
ed directly in the row, sowing three
to four seed per foot. When six
to eight Indies high thin the
plants to one about every three
feet. The plants should not be
pruned or staked because the fo-
liage Is needed to protect the
fruit from hot sunshine. Porter,
Bison, Danmark or Cherry are the
best hot weather varieties.
late roasting ear corn may be
planted between the row A po-
tatoes which are about mature.
If desired, late g'een jeans, or
blackeyed, cream or purple hull
peas may be planted In the pace
after the potatoes are dug
SCRAP IRON URGENTLY NEED-
ED
There is an urgent need for
scrap iron in our nation's War
Effort despite the reported "eas-
ing" of the steel situation, but
the cold hard facts are that we
cannot afford to relax our ef-
forts in the salvage and colla-
tion of scrap.
Mr. J. P. Jasper is our local
dealer for scrap iron. He will
pay $6.00 per ton. You must weigh
your scrap at Weeks and Bag-
well's Elevator and the scrap iron
will be stacked east of the scales.
You must present a copy of your
receipt to Mr. Jasper, who will
settle with you according to the
receipt from Weeks and Bagwell.
ATIENTION 4-H CLUB MEM-
BERS!!!!!
If each 4-H Club member brings
in as much as 300 pounds of
scrap iron that h# desires to do-
nate to the funds of the 4-H j
Club, he will receive medal of |
appreciation. Your weight receipt I
must be presented to the Coun-
ty Agent's Office so that pay- j
ment can be made to the 4-H
Club Fund. The proceeds from
this scrap Iron will be used in
prize money for local shows, funds
for expenses incidental to our 4-H
Encampment, etc. Remember as
much as 300 pounds will win a
(Continued on Page 3.)
Over Wildest Part
Of India
JUNIOR CHESHER, WRITES
Junior Chesher, who was in the
thickest of the fight, when thou-
sands of shells were coming in
his direction from the enemy,
writes homefolks, at Miami, Tex-
as, the following letter:
They say we can tell about
our experiences In North Africa
so I'm writing some now. It's
rather a funny feeling to be go-
ing into a strange country and
don't know Just what Is there to
houses. On the Southwest brow of meet you. It wsa early in the
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mornlne. At midnight the ship
kitchen gave us coffee and sand-
wiches. Then we all got together
and received what we were sup-
posed to do. By that time the
ship had come to a stop, then
we were lowered off the ship by
a big crane. We couldn't see land
either. It was about as far as
from the white schoolhouse to
town is hew far out we were,
and so we started in. By the
time we were about 3 to 5 miles
to shore it wevs beginning to get
daylight and we were really get-
ting some hot lead coming our
way. There was plenty that didn't
get to shore. You could see the
red bullets going everywhere. That
didn't stop all of us, we came
on until it got too hot. There
were all kinds of machines on
the shore so we turned and went
back out in the water. Then a
big destroyer came up beside us
and said over a loud speaker that
they were going to lay a smoke
screen and there would be a
break in it and for everybody
to go through the break. So
there was the smoke and we all
went through. Then after we got
to shore you wished you were not
there. As we came In every gun
was going at full speed. There
were too many of us that hit
the beach at once so after we
got on and we started scattering
out and there were a few that
went out too far. They might
be safe, nobody knows. The one
in front of me stopped because
he heard a big shell coming. They
started to get out and the Assnt.
driver got a big hole through iris
helmet. We then set up our A
frame Uiat stuck high in the
air to unload the guns and the
Germans saw it and started
shooting at it. They were close
but not close enough. 1 was real-
ly scared too. Then, they said
there were tanks coming so we
all went to digging. Give the
Navy credit for stopping them.i
We were shelled for a few days
but they were soon pushed back
where they couldn't hit us.
That is all the space now. I
_ I just got a letter from Peggy.
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i Chesher.
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FIRST 'CHUTE JUMP SIMPLE,
EVEN AT NIGHT OVER INDIA—
BUT OH, THAT JUNGLE BE-
LOW!
WEST Lynn, Mass., May 20—
After meeting up with a para-
chute for the first time when he
Jumped In total darkness 7,000
feet above India, C. W. Bettcher,
Jr., General Electric technical re-
presentative servicing tuibosuper-
chargers with the U. 3. Army
Air Forces, has decided that what
you don't know about geography
won't hurt you.
In a recent letter to the G-E
servce engineering division here
Bettcher, 25, a native of New
Haven, Conn, and a 1941 graduate
of Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic
Institute, described his experiences
aboard a transport, plane flying
entirely by compass on a "black,
moonless night" over India. The
estimated time of arrival at a
landing field came nnd went and
passengers and crew, totalling six,
waited tensely as the radio oper-
ator called for Held lights but
was unable to receive a, signal
Needles on the gasoline gages
bumped zero.
"Transport planes don't always
carry parachutes, but we were
mighty thankful they were part
of our cargo," he wrote. "The
co-pilot jumped first, and the
sound as lie lilt the slipstream
pretty much unnerved us. The
crew chief was next. The first
time he jumped, the wind lurled
him right back into the plane,
but he made it on the second at-
tempt. I had made up my mind
to pretend I were Jumping into
a pool of water, and when my
turn came that helped a lot."
Although he landed in a dense
Jungle and injured Ills ankle
Bettcher managed to follow a
faint trail. Failing to make head-
way he used his 'chute as a
sleeping bag, but the rustling ot
the tall grass and the howling
of jackals kept him awake. Next
morning, he spotted a native far-
mer's ox cart moving along a
wide trail. At sight of the 'chute
draped over Bettcher's shoulder,
however, the oxen picked up what
speed the could muster and the
cart disappeared.
Presently an Indian in a British
lorry appeared, Bettcher got in.
and, at intervals of several miles,
they picked up three other occu-
pants of the plane. After 70
miles of "crazy" driving over the
rough dirt trail they reached a
railroad station and British rest
camp, and rescue parties even-
tually brought in the remaining
two passengers No one had been
seriously injured, but the plane
wa.s a complete wreck
(Continued on page two.)
Our Church
Women To Meet
In Counsel
COUNSEL OF CHURCH WOMEN
To meet In the basement of
the Baptist Church at 3 p. m.
Wednesday, May 31st.
Leader—Mrs. H. D. Grimes, Song
—, Violin solo—Mrs. D. B. Wil-
son, Devotional—Mrs. Alfred Reck,
Ouest speaker—Mrs. James Far-
well, Amarlllo, V&cal solo—Mrs.
Yeaman, Business. Social hour.
Three Minute Sermon
By Rev. Kenneth S. Wuest,
Member of Faculty
Moody Bible Institute, Chicago
HOW TO BECOME A CHILD OF
GOO
Test: "As many as received him,
to them gave he power to bo-
come the sons of God, even to
them that believe on his name."
—John 1:12
Let us study this wonderful
verse together. The Greek word
"received" does not speak of a
passive acceptance, but an active
appropriation. That Is, in order
Our Joke Column
Grady Tyler, In the army waa
being given a blood test by an
inexperienced young nurse who
Jabbed half a dozen times with
the needle before contacting a
vein. When the operation wac
finally completed, Grady made no
move to go on.
"Well, what are you waiting
for?" demanded the nurse impa-
tiently.
"The purple heart," replied Gra-
dy.
Every red blooded American cit
izen will rejoice in the spunk of, Jesus Christ save me, If He wants
Sewell Avery, the president of ■t0- <->ne must by a definite act
Montgomery-Ward firm, in de- j °* ^is will reach out his hand
mandlng freedom of the employ-1of faith and take Jesus Christ
ees. Avery was thrown out of as hls Savlor- J"31 a drown"
Sergeant Jap Wilson and gill
to' become a child of God, one jwere takln8 a sPln alon8 a coua'
cannot merely say, "I will let tr^ road. Nothing was said lor
PLANE
TALK
BY
Rowland Burnstaa
Since successful controlled flight
can now be maintained by the heli-
copter, there are three types of
heavier than air craft with which
the public is becoming familiar.
Thest- are the airplane, autogiro
and helicopter.
mechanically operated
■ fixed wing
Boat spare the water
Light sprinkling brings roots up to the surface. That's bad.
'■TlKMOUgh soaking pushes down to the roots, and keeps them
down where they belong. Soak only when the ground is dry.
The conventional airplane illus-
trated above is the type most com-
mon in the sky today. It differs
from the other two types in that it
is a fixed wing aircraft. It obtains
its forward motion by a mechanic-
ally driven rotating propeller,
known as the air screw. In flight
it is supported by the air flowing
over its fixed wings, which be-
cause of their shape are referred
to as the airfoil.
fk>ta t< mj av&qh.s
the business by soldiers of the
United States Army under the di-
rection of the Attorney General
Just when has the Judiciary stoop-
ed so low that It may command
soldiers to do the things which
it lias not the power to do with-
in own rights?
Few people expect Mr Avery to
win his fight against the govern-
ment. C. I. O. has the backing
of the President. The War La-
bor Board is dominated by C. I.
O. The courts ol the land have
beep packed by ardent New Deal-
ers during the past 11 years. The
ordinary business man hasn't a
chance against such odds.
Time was when the people look-
ed upon Henry Ford as a staunch
individualist who wo.ild fight for
his rights. But C. T. O. took his
rights. But C. I. O. took his or-
ganization over when the people
were expecting Ford to put up
a fight. However, this is a dif-
ferent case due to the fact that
Ford produces war materials, while
\Vard produces no more war ma-
terials than any business house
in Canyon.—Canyon News.
I GIVE
YOU
TEXAS
h
BOYCB
House
ing man takes hold of a life pre-
server.
To this person, the Lord Jesus
gives the power to become a son
ot God. The Greek word "power"
means power In the sense of a
legal right. Why must a sinner
possess a legal right to become
a son of God? Because he has
broken God's laws, and the law
has condemned him. God as a
righteous Judge cannot extend
mercy to a sinner when His law
has been broken and demands a
penalty. He can only act on the
basis of justice, and refuse the
sinner mercy.
But God the Judge loved sin-
the first ten miles. Suddenly he
stopped the car, turned to her
and said: "I'm a man of few
words. Do you neck, or don't you?"
"I'm a girl of few words," said
Nancy. "I don't, but you talked
me Into It."
"I want an E string."
Clerk (handing him the box of
srtingsi—"Would you mind pick-
ing it out yourself? I'm new 'and
ere, and I can't tell the 'ees
from the shees."
"What are you going to give
your husband for a birthday pres-
ent?"
"Oh, a hundred cigars."
"What did you pay for them?"
"Nothing! For the last few
months I have taken one or two
from his box daily. He hasn't no-
ners who puts his faith in the j tlced it and will be deUghted ^wlth
Lord Jesus, a legal right to His
mercy. The Lord Jesus procured
that legal right for man by His
death. When a sinner takes Him
as his Saviour, he possesses a
legal right to the mercy of God,
for the law of God has nothing
against him.
The Greek word for "sons"
speaks of a birth relationship. The
sinner who puts his faith in the
Lord Jesus is born again. In this
new birth re receives a new na-
ture. the divine nature, which
makes him a child of God, and
causes him to hale sin, love the
good, and gives him the power
to do what Is right.
Have you taken the Lord Je-
sus as your persona) Saviour, and
ire you born again?
my tact in getting the kind he
always smokes."
One man who had been a ser-
geant in the Army for more than
a year was challenged by a friend
w' >o inquired as to why he had
not become a second lieutenant.
"Remember the last war?" the
sergeant asked. The other did.
"Remember Sergeant York?" he
continued. The other man nodded.
"Okay," said the sergeant, "now
name just one second lieutenant
in that war."
Whatever has become of the
"human fly?" You know—a man
who made his living by climbing
up the side of the town's tallest
building with his bare hands while
the crowd gaped, got stiffness in
the neck ajid had a near heart
attack when he purposely "almost"
lost is hold on the ledge near
the top?
I never mLssed any free at-
traction that came to town during | ^ere sworn in together. * Their
TWINS HIRl LIFE TOGETHER
Even the war has failed to
keep the Inseparable Shreffler
twins apart. Lieut. Robert Shref-
fler and Lieut. Howard Shref-
fler, of TofSfeka, have been toge-
ther since they began life toge- i
ther in Jottet, 111., thirty-two years
ago. Finishing school they got jobs
with the Santa Pe railroad In
Chicago—In the same office. Ro-
bert was transferred to Topeka in
1935. Howard followed two years
later. There they worked In the
same building, on the same floor.
Army life proved to be another
series of pairing for the brothers.
Both were commissioned second
lieutenants the same day and
Next week we will explain th«
difference in flight characteristic!
between the autogiro illustrated
above and the airplane. "
my boyhood—the expert marksman
who put on an exhibition to ad-
vertise Peters' cartridges: the cy-
clist who rode a single wheel
standing up by way of directing
public attention to the superior
qualities of one particular brand
of bicycles; and the medicine
show, with the gasoline torches
luridly lighting up the platform,
the "professor" with his long hair,
high top hat, long-tailed coat and
marvelous flow of language; and
Sambo, who entertained with num-
bers on the banjo.
And did Buster Brown ever
visit your town? He was a mid-
get who looked like the once-
popular comic supplement boy with
the odd suit and the bobbedhair.
i He was publicizing a product).
Sometimes, the merchants would
bring In a special event for
trades' day—a slack-wire walker
or a daredevil, who leaped from
the top ot a high ladder into
little more than a tub of water.
Whenever a ml'.strel show came
to town, there was always a free
concert in front of the tent or
the opera house.
But of course the biggest event
of all was the circus parade.
Folks lined the strets for an hour
ahead of time—why, I never knew,
because no parade ever started on
time. But it was a real thrill
from the beginning—the proprie-
ter in a rubber-tired buggy who
bowed smilingly to right and left;
(the proprietor, not the buggy *
then the many wagons, a few of
which were open to show the
lions and monkeys; the bespangled
ladles on the elephants-the clowns,
—on to the very end, the calliope
(we boys called It "caly-ope") toot-
ing out noises amid which could ^
occasionally be detected a couple
of notes that suggested "In the 1
Good Old Summer Time." I
Them was the days! I
Army serial numbers are conse-
cutive. and after receiving their
order the same day, the two com-
pleted their training together and
then, still Inseparable, left the U-
nlted States on the same ship.
Now they are In the same camp
in India.
The minister advertised for a
manservant, and the next morn-
ing a nicely dressed young man
rang the bell.
"Can you start the fire and
get breakfast by 7 o'clock?" asked
the minister.
"I guess so," answered the young
man,
"Well, can you polish all the
silver, wash the dishes, and keep
the house neat and tidy?"
"Say, Parson," said the young
fellow, "l came here to see about
getting married—but If It's going
to be as much work as all that,
count me out now."
"Somthing tells me," believes Ed
Watson "that Florida Isn't going
to look as sweet to tourists who
have been stranded there by ra-
tion boards".
"The early bird used to get the
worm," says Mrs Robt. Lewter
"but today he gets his own break-
fast."
"Milk with the cream removed
may be called by any other name."
avers Hyatt Robison "but it U
still plain skimmed milk to us."
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