Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1931 Page: 1 of 6
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The Most Well Read
Newspaper
in Lipscomb County
LIPSCOMB LrlME LIGHT AMD
THe Follett Times
"BIGGEST LITTLE PAPER IN TEXAS"
, The Only Paper hi
Lipscomb County That
Gives a "Whoop"
About Follett.
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FOLLETT, LIPSCOMJJ COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1931
Vol. 19, No. 34
Offktul Pafter of Lipscomb County, Texas—Devoted to the Interest of Follett and Lioscomb County.
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WINNER
OF THIRD
Place in Essay Contest Held
June 12th by
on
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FOILETT'S FIRE BOYS
Entitled "What to Do, In
Case of Fire" Pub-
lish Below
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It is with pleasure we print the
story\>n "Fire Prevention," which
won 4^ird place in the essay con-
test sponsored by the Follett
Volunteer Fire Dept., at the dedi-
cation of the fire station and
new city hall which took place
on June 12th, Miss Leona Bozarth
of near Follett the winner.
Fire has always been one of
the most useful things with
which man has had to deal. Its
uses are many and varied. Its
most primitive use was to furnish
protection from wild beasts.
Gradually, as man experimented
with Are, he came to put it to
many more uses. He learned that
it would cook his food, warm his
body and home, and furnish him
with light and power for his fact-
ories and machinery. So he has
come to regard it as indispens-
able.
But fire has also been one of
man's most common enemies.
From a remote antiquity, where-
ever men have grouped them-
selves in communities, fire has
proved a source of destruction to
life and property, second only to
war and disease. So It was deem-
ed neccssary to find some method
of preventing fires. The first nec-
essity was to study the causes of
fire, and then to do away with
or counteract them.
The main causes of fire are
carelessness, lightning, defective
flues, pipes, etc., and explosions.
The first is by far the most com-
mon.. How many people, left
homeless and penniless In the
world after being visited by the
dreaded demon realize that a lit-
tle forethought, a little care,
would have saved them the hard
experience they have undergone!
A match or cigarette thrown
carelessly aside; a camp fire in
which a few live sparks are left;
matches in the hands of small
children; what needless destruct-
ion and waste these simple little
incidents can cause! More and
more we are coming to realize
the evils of carelessness, and we
are doing much to destroy this
enemy. Our government sends out
thousands of pamphlets and pos-
ters yearly giving information and
warning to the people about the
dangers of fire. Children In
schools are taught to be careful
with fire. One of the greatest
losses to the nation has come
through the heavy destruction of
forests by Are. Campers, by fall-
ing to extinguish the flames of
their flres, many times have
started huge forest fires which
have raged for days at a time
costing the nation many thous-
and of dollars. Rangers sent out
by the government, men whb are
trained for their work In guard-
(> ing against forest flres, keep
watch day and night to prevent
the starting of a flre.
Lightning causes a large per-
cent of flres In this, country.
Houses and other buildings may
be afforded a vltual protection
from It by being equipped with
Continued on Page S
A Boy 19
Is Killed by
Local Train
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Barton, of
this place, left Tuesday via auto
in response to a telegram they
received Monday which stated
that Alfred Weldon, age 19, who
is the son of Mrs. Barton's sister,
living at Shamrock, Tej^s, was
run over and killed on Monday by
a local train near Marlin, Texas.
It was reported that Alfred who
was accompanied by a chum of
his had been walking down the
railroad track and had sit on the
rails to rest for a short time,
the sun being warm he become
sleepy, Alfred laid across the
track and soon fell asleep, ft so
happened they were near a bend.
Anyway a train came running at
a terrific speed around the bend
so suddenly the chum was
unable to awaken Alfred in time
with the result, that the head was
completely severed and was
found about 20 feet from the
body. Words are useless but our
hearts go out in sympathy to the
bereavered relatives.
THE TIMES
FAMILY
Enjoy Weeks Outing in the
Eastern States
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY
Keeps the Party Thrjlled—
Go hack to Scene ot
Early Days
During the past week the Times
family slipped away for a week's
sight-seeing tour through many
states, namely, Oklahoma, Kan-
At Bruces
Nice Coun-
try Home
A pleasant day was had at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Price
Bruce, southeast of Follett, in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Bozarth and children and Mrs.
Bozarth's brother, Clarence Dix-
on, all of Wellington, Kansas. At
the noon hour a bountifuf table
was spread, consisting of fried
chicken and all the rest of the
"good eats" that go with it. The
rest of the day was spent In
games, kodaking and visiting.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Milton Bruce and daughter,
Gween Lee, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin
Crites and children, grandma
and grandpa Crites, grandma
Frazier, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Stan-
ton. of Oakland, California, Mrs.
And Follett
Won Again
Last Sunday
Follett wins from Overstreet
Sunday, with Beum pitching for
the first 5 innings allowing only
3 hits and 1 run. Teter starting
in the 6th allowing only 1 hit and
2 runs. While thq home boys
smashed out 9 hits and 11 runs.
Ending the game by a score of 11
to 3 in Follett's favor. The boys
were placed as follows: Teter,
3 B., Otis Brown, 2 B., Beum,
Pitcher, Smith, S. S., Glasgow,
1 B.; Orval Brown, R. F., Barton,
C. F., Sid Brown, L. F., Kahoe, C.,
Beum gets 4 strike outs and Teter
gets 3.
And say folks don't forget that
Sunday, July 12th, our ball toss-
ers will cross bats with the team
of Shattuck, Okla., at the Fol-
lett Ball Park, and remember to
be there and cheer loud--it does
wonders.
i 10 Year
Old Son is
Badly Burned
Robert Laubhan, Jr., 10 year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Laubhan, of this city, had the
misfortune of getting his left
thigh severlv burned last Thurs-
day, July 2nd, while he and a
couple of other boy friends were
making an attempt to melt some
wax in the ally, the brush, etc.,
that they had gathered failed to
burn, so the boys got a bottle of
some used gas behind the city
Tailor Shop. As soon as Robert
threw the gasoline, probably
dropped some on his clothes, his
clothes were on fire, being frigfrA
tened he started to run but Thur-
man Laubhan, a Uoy~" Scout,
caught him, threw him down on
the ground and smothered the
flre out with his hands. Robert
due to the quick work of Thur-
man Is getting along as nicely as
can be expected, but Is still con-
fined to his bed at home.
Near Pferryton
The little Misses Velma Grace
and Klberta Sumpter, of this
place, are visiting this week at
the home of Velma Grace's
garndparents, Mr. and Mrs. Ar-
pott, north of Perry ton.
s a s, Illinois, I o w a, Harry Fleming and children,
'John Bruce and children, Johnnie
Bozarth and wife, Eugene and
Theda Joy Bozarth, Clarence
Dixon and Oleta Bozarth and
Velma Crites. At a late hour all
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Alvin Crites in Follett, where
they enjoyed ice cream and at a
later hour all returned to their
homes declaring they had a won-
derful day.—Reporter.
Missouri, Nebraska and South
Dakota. It is the first
time in "many moons" when we
have had the wanderluss. Load-
ing up "Betsy Ann," we departed
from the cool breeze of Follett on
Saturday night just about 11:30-
how refeshing after the daily
grind to know that on the mor-
row that newer scenes from "type
lice," etc., would greet us. On up
through, Wichita, Kansas and
Kansas City, Missouri, which were
seemingly bee hives, with the go-
ing and coming of cars, out on the
highway where the fields upon
fields of yellow grain met the
eye, then the biggest thrill was
at Hannibal, Missouri, where the
"office devil" saw the big waters,
the Mississippi and looking below,
the boats going to and fro. in
fact its a wonderful sight to
just stop and marvel at the
handiwork of God and man. We
drive on and in a short
time were in the beautiful
city of Q u i n c y and of Mc-
comb, Illinois. At this place we
stopped over for a couple of days
at the comfortable home of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Ohnsman, who
are royal entertainers. While do-
ing some sight-seeing of the var-
ious places of interest there we
go on pass the beautiful country
home of one of our old friends,
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ullrich. Time
getting short we loaded up again
and hit the trail for Iowa
at Davenport we crossed the
Missouri River and at Des
Moines, the Capital which
can be seen for several miles is
truly a beautiful structure. In
this state onions grow like wheat
in this man's town and the fields
and fields of corn, make you
wonder just how in heck it grows
to be such maftimoth size. We
stopped at Perry, Iowa, where we
were greeted by the lovable sis-
ter of Daddy Skaggs, Mrs. Mable
Chubbuck and husband who left
nothing undone to make our stay
one that will be long remember-
ed. And then to West Side, Jowa,
where our mother spent her girl-
hood days to the printing office
that they owned in early married
life and other scenes filled with
memory of other days, we travel-
ed on to Sloan, Iowa located in the
Missouri Valley which Is a won-
der strip in producing food stuffs,
crops, etc., to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Ohnsman, who
accompanied us to Sioux City,
Iowa, where everything of inter-
est caught our eye. We departed
from this home which was filled
with pleasant surroundings for
the return to Texas through
Lincoln and other cities in Ne-
braska, with the intention of
stopping off at other small towns
In this state filled with memories
t h a t are cherished in the
hearts of the Times kids but ow-
Contlnued on Page 3
4-H Club Boy
Makes Good Re-
cord With Chicks
Lee Carter, 4-H club boy in the
Darrouzett club raised seventy-
nine pullets to twelve weeks old
at a cost of thirteen cents each.
Lee started in March with two-
hundred baby chicks which cost
him $20.00. He sold $38.52 worth
of broilers and fryers and his
feed bill was $28.90. Deducting
the $38.52 from $48.90 which was
the expense he was Tfot leaves
$10.38, the> cost of the seventy-
nine pullets he has on hand
which makes his pullets cost him
thirteen cents each to date.
Valuing the pullets at the same
price he received for the broilers
and fryers gives him a value of
$35.55. Then deducing the $10.33
from that leaves $25.17 for his
labor income from his poultry
demonstration. The above record
was made possible by practicing
good management methods and
feeding a well balanced ration at
all times.
LIPSCOMB
IN BRIEF
1 urned in by Our lie^ular
Correspondent
HERE AND THERE
About People You Know
Pithy Points— Paragraph-
ed to Please You
Lipscomb, Texas,
Mrs. J. E. Paine
er Wednesday!
July G
was in Book-
Omar and Ruth Owen,
Booker visitors Thursday
noon.
were
after-
Alex Barton Jr. and Geo. Thei-
sen, spent the Fourth at Cana-
dian.
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Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Boyd, spent
the week-end in Canadian with
relatives.
Miss Helene Thompson, spent
the week-end in Follett with her
parents.
Glen Turner, was attending to
business matters in Higgifi£ Wed-
nesday.
Miss Gladys Buckahan. of Can-
yon, spent
ends here.
the Fourth with fri-
Don't Miss
Hook,
Line
and Sinker
Friday and Saturday, July 10th
and 11th, for the admission of 10
and 25 cents, you will have the
pleasure of seeing and hearing
the "champ nuts of the universe"
namely Bert Wheeler and Robert
Woolsey at the Criterion Theatre,
where there are comfortable
chairs that you might rest in
peace and its cool, they furnish
their own weather, so they are
making it cool these sultry days.
You will laugh till you cry watch-
ing these comedians who are sup-
ported by Dorothy Lee and Nata-
lie Moorhead in "Hook-Line and
Sinker."
At Patton Home
Mr. Frank Reld, of Woodward,
Okla., took dinner at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. 'C. K. Patton
last Wednesday. Mr. Reld Is sales-
man for the Le-IJi ' wholesale
-^.^l Company.
Mr. and Mrs.* C. C. Duke and
son spent Saturday with Mr. and
Mrs. Gilbert Hill
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Hanson and
daughter, were visit in;v relatives
at Glazier Saturday.
Mr. E. B. Roberts, was attend-
ing to business at Spearman the
first of the week.
Mr. James Cessna and Lour-
wood of Higgins were seen in
town Saturday morning.
Mrs. Claude Wells and Miss
Thelma Webb, were shopping in
Follett Tuesday f\fternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Shutterly and
daughter, Vera, of Wichita, Kan.,
are visiting old friends here.
Mrs. Frank Bias and Miss
Edythe Rogers, were in from
Sand Creek Friday afternoon.
Col. and Mrs Lindbergh are
going to furnish considerable
light reading during the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Wright and
children, of Rolston, Okla , visi-
ted at the Glen Turner home Sat-
urday.
Mr. Jake Sells. Sr. who has been
at the Higgins Hospital suffering
with blood poison is able to be
at home again.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Hill accomp-
anied by Otis Hill and Miss Mary
Schneider spent the Fourth In
Woodward, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Hobert Johnson
and children, left Wednesday for
Mississippi after spending several
weeks with relatives.
Raymond and L. E. Jackson
who recently underwent opera-
tions for appendicitis at Higgins
are able to be home again.
Mrs. Lellian Meaker and son,
who have been making their
home, here for several months
left -tile first. They are planning
to go to California.
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Skaggs, Ethel J. Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 9, 1931, newspaper, July 9, 1931; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390395/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Higgins Public Library.