Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1939 Page: 1 of 4
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LIPSCOMB LIME LIGHT AND
The Most Well Read
NEW SPAI'EJI
In Lipscomb County
The Follett Times
Covers Lipscomb
COUNTY LIKE
The Morning Dew
BIGGEST LITTLE PAPER IN TEXAS'
Iferald—Vol. 4. No. 42.
FOLLETT, LIPSCOMB COUNTY, TEXAS, Thursday March 2nd, 1939
Vol. 27. No. 20
Official Paper of Lipscomb County Tr-ran— Jhvot,d to the Interest of Follett and Lipscomb County
flatf V iMalier
Johnson w Pierce
Club Met
Fri., Feb. 17
At
Ellison Home With
Members Present
All
WASHINGTON, D. C Feb. 27.
-—The rcsearcn crews of the do-
minant party in Washington are „
busy Retting up lull data on all the Improvement. Members responded
to roll call by giving plans by
The Live and Learn Club met
Friday, Feb. 17th., at the home ol
Mrs. L. E. Ellison, with all me-
mbers ipfesent but one. The less-
on for the month was on Hitch 3n
dirt
sible
thev can find against pos ,, , .
1940 G O P. Presidential w.hlch they. Plan to improve their
Vandehberg, Tart
i kitchens Mrs . C Cookman was
leader of the lesson study. Diff-
1'arm kitchens were discussed
The leader gave an interesting
demonstration on some home-
candidates.
Clark and Dewey's records have ,
already been gone over-15 ?rent _p!ann,nl.n^odei;n
months be lore convention time. •
The talk heard around places
where foreign correspondent* ,
Nazi-So- ma<*e Improvement that will help
modernize the kitchen. Especially
interesting were the stenciled oil
cloth cover for "Old Dutch Clean-
ser," an attractive matchholder,
' l and the enameled cans to be used
as containers.
gather indicates that a
viet rapprochement is not as re-
mote as generally believed. The
Nazi press concentration against
Democratic countries tends to
confirm rumors to the effect that
Hitler is beginning to see eye to ... , ,
eye with Stalin since both regime thMiss Ruby ^elch demonstrated
are based on identical ideologies-Vth® PH>Per selection ol kitchen
the suppression of personal liberty ^llnpapers, different types ot
LIPSCOMB
COUNTY'S
Annual 4-H Club Show To Be
Held at Follett
Saturday, March 4th
Everyone That Is Interested In
Better Stock and 4-H Club
Work Should Be Here
power by a
kitchen curtains, and an attra-
ctive oil-cloth shade.
Meeting was closed
with club
The annual Lipscomb County
4-H cluo show will be held In Fol-
lett tins week on Saturday, March
4. Heretofore this *show lias been
put on in Higgins, Texas, .but by
a unanimous vote the Higgins
Chamber of Commerce kinuiy
consented for the site this year
to be changed to Follett. This will
be the firsi time for the show to
be held here and the community
is cooperating in every way to
make the enterprise a success.
The show will be sponsored by
the 4-H club ol Lipscomb County
I under the supervision of ' the Co
lUhty Agent, Mr. Goule, in co-
operation with the Follett Cham-
County
Council
Had Meeting of H. D. Clubs on
February 22nd.
Mrs. Marvin Poland and Miss
of the
ber ol Commerce which under-
took to raise the necessary lunds,
and the business
of the
and the grasping o
few demagogues.
Attorney General (Murphy's next
move will be to order J. E. Hoov-; Prayer.
er's F, B I men to go after civil ,
liberty violators throughout ' the' ®ma mei W0IC BUCRts U1 community Who made the neces
country.' I " 1 • ' ' -dry contributions.
Maury Maverick ex-New Deal ' Refreshments were served dur-| A future which will be
ling the social hour, after which included in Ulc show thls weelt
members adjourned to meet with
Mrs
. | will be the judging and awarding
.... Sam Hamilton in March tor,of .izes for lwo classos o1
order to keep in ian all"day meeting. Mr. Walter, ;u ackiition the
a try at Congress in Schnelle, County Agent will meeij of calves
with the ladies and their hus
loud speaker is busy preparing a
political comeback. He will run
for mayor of San Antonio, his
home town, in
trim for
1940.
Washington is telling an amus-
ing story about Sistie Dall, favor-
ite grandchild of President Roose-
velt. The facts leaked out from
the school attended by Si'Stie, it
was revealed today by Look Maga-
Bine in an article on Mrs. Roose-
velt and her grandchildren.
Sistie, a White House resident
for three years, was sitting in
class, sticking out her tongue.
"Why Sistie, what are you doing?"
Asked the Teacher. "I'm I rying to
bands to discuss the Land Use
Program for 1939.—Reporter .
Had Birthday
Dinner Feb. 19th.
hogs,
customary judg-
At least eleven
calves will be exhibited by the 4-
H olub boys of Lipscomb County.
Entries in this division' are as
lollows: Bill Trenheld (1), Law-
rence Terrel (2), Dave Yauck <2>,
Gottlief Yauck (1), Leroy Becker
(■21, Solomon Siebenlist (1 >, Riley
Harris < 1), Willard Harrell (1
A group of forty relatives and ^ otherg
tnends gathered at the C L.
Treat home in the South Ivanhoe
district, about eleven o'clock Sun-
day, February 19th, to help Mr.
Treat celebrate his birthday.
touch the tip of my nose with' the' brou^ht ,wf ™led bas'
tlp of my tongue", replied Sistie, kpts- Those present for the occas-
unabashed. "My grandfather canjsi°" were^
do it, and my grandmother can Mr and Mls Asa SiePheic
do it and my mother can do it.|and three sons,
t nun Mr and Mrs Walter Shepherd
'and two sons,
Mr. and Mrs. Oden Shepherd
and family,
Mr. and Mrs. Ferman Shepherd
and son,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Copple
And now I'm practicing so
do it".
of the
Committee now passing on all tax
raising measures, stated this week
that "full hearings are being con-|
Nova Love and
great uncle
Full Hearings Are
Being Conducted
Perryton- February 25—Re- ! ar"* dauKhter,
presentative Max Boyer, who is1 ^r- and Mrs
Chairman of the Sub-Committee ' w° sons-
Revenue and Taxation. George Shepherd,
George Funk, a
lfrom Kansas,
Miss Ruth SJj^herd, Spring-
ducted on all tax measures and,dal5* „ . . , .
the people of Texas may be cer-! Mr. John Shepherd and lady
tain that the Committee will re- frIend , „ _ „
port no bill which would be de-' JJr. and Mrs. Delbert Shepherd,
Omental to the best interests Miss Lucy l^ardy and Mr. and
of the people of this State. Social |Mrs Treat and famlIy
Security problems must be met j
but care should be exercised ln jyj Q J-J Club
Met Last Friday
M. O. H. Club met at the
order that those who do not come
within the brackets of Social Sec-
urity eligibility are not severely
^ye'rwas of the opinion that j Winnie Smith. Frl-
the Legislature would provide suf- ^ Jeb- Ro11 ca was an-
flcient funds to adequately care,5™""1 wltKh a current event by
for the needs of old age assist-i®ach member. Topic for the af-
ance, Teachers Retirement and ternoon was when
other phases of the Social See-,™5 ^ interesting and help-
rincrram i,ul During the social hour the
y p I hostess served a delicious lunch
consisting of sandwiches, fruit
j salad, cake, and coffee. We ad-
journed early due to the bad we-
_ lather. Our next meeting will be
Congress and the states havej at the home Qf ^ Qenevive
forgotten to tax the air we Wrlght March 10.—Reporter,
breathe, but that is probably be-
cause they have devised no me-
ant of selling It lor taxes. , Want-Ads bring Results.
Forgot To Tax
Prizes will be awarded to the
first, second, and third place cal-
ves. These prizes, somewhat larger
than those given in the past, will
be as follows: $10 for first place,
$7.50 for second, and $5.00 tor
third. All other calves not win-
ning one of these prizes will be
given $2.50 as an appreciation of
their entry.
In each class ot the hog show,
prizes of $5 for first place, $3 for
second, and $2 for third will be
awarded. Entries in the hog div-
isions will be as. (follows: Lowell
Hennlgh (3 barrows) and Rush
(1 boar.)
The prizes given should en -,
courage the 4-H club boys in the
feeding and caring of hogs in
future years.
Calves and hogs will be on ex-
hibit all day Saturday in quarters
provided In the old Patton Gar-
age. The pavilion will be under
the management of Mr. John)
Gex. There will be plenty ol room >
for spectators, adequate light and
heat, and Mr. Gex and other
members of the Follett Chamber |
of Commerce will render every-:
thing as enjoyable as possible. At
two o'clock Saturday afternoon
the calves and hogs will be moved
to the central part of main street
and the Judging will take place
there so that everyone may derive
as much information from it as
possible.
The judge of both calves and
hogs will be Mr. Walter Schnelle,
the County Agent of Beaver Co-
unty. He Is an able Judge of live-
stock, and has a record of com-
petent and satisfactory service in
this function.
For the benefit of those who
may be interested In buying some
good calves and hogs It may be
mentioned that some of each will
be sold at auction immediately
Continued on' Page 4
The Lipscomb County Council
of Home Demonstration Clubs met
at Lipscomb for business Feb. 22,
1939, at 2:30 P. M Mrs. Max
Sucks, County Council Chairman,
presided over the meeting which
was well attended by the presi-
dents, council delegates, and 4-H
club sponsors of the various Home
Demonstration clubs recently or-
gani/ed in this county
A report from the year Book
Committee was given by Mrs.
Fritzlen. Copies of the Year
Cook will soon be available for
distribution among the Home
Demonstration Club Members ol
Lipscomb County. Mrs. Grace
Ha nes reported on the 4-H Club
work which is being started in all
parts ol the county Miss Frances
Weimhold gave an interesting re-
port from the County Committee
f< >r Ideal Home Planning.
The Council elected Mrs. Harry
Parker .as Reporter on Home De-
monstration Club work and ac-
complishments to the Commis-
sioners' Court.
The Council voted tor Lipscomb
County to enter the .canning con-
test of the Ball Brothers Com-
pany. This: will require each club
member to submit one quart of
fruit and one quart of a non-acid
vegetable lor counting in the aut-
umn.
Mrs. Suess appointed three me-
mbers to each of four standing
committees: Finance, Exhibit, Re-
creation, and Education.
BEAUTIFUL TEXAS was sele-
cted for the Home Demonstration
Club song of Lipscomb County.
The next regular meeting ot
the County Council will be the
fourth Wednesday. Mar. 22 at
2:30 P M.
Two Austinites
High in Classes
Two Austin students were
among the highest ranking
upperclassmen in the University
of Texas college of pharmacy for
the first semester of the 1938-39
session, according to the honor
roll announced Tuesday by Dean
W. F. Gidley.
Dorothy Baylis of Austin was
among the five highest ranking
upperclassmen, qualifying tor
group 1 of the honor roll and the
distinction of "Summa Cum
Laude."
Fred Borth of Austin was am-
ong the 12 highest ranking and
qualified lor group 2, "Cum Laude
Ampla et Magna."—-The Austin
Statesman
DARR0UZETT
HI-POINTS
Turned in By Our Regular
Correspondent
Here And There
About People You Know
Pithy Points—Parai iallied
1 o Please You
Winter's Worst
Blizzard Here
Late Monday at ternoon and
night Lipscomb County was visit-
ed by the winter's worst blizzard
for the winter. In the afternoon
the snow fell covering the entire
country side with about three to
four inches of Beautiful Snow,
later in the evening the wind
came up whipping and drifting
the snow into drifts that made it
impossible for (the school buses
here to make their regular rounds,
"the east bound train from the
west was several hours late due
to the big drifts in the cut a
few miles west of Follett, by We-
dnesday the trains were again
running on schedule time.
Honesty is the best policy ir you
are able to win out by it.
Darrouzett, Texas, February 27th.
Founders Day was observed
Thursday night at the regular
meeting of the Parent--Teaehe|
Association, The Choral Singers
gave several numbers The Assoc-
iation voted to pay lor the mak-
ing of costumes tor this grpup.
Miss Ashley gave an instructive
talk on Story Hooks, Magazines
and Newspapers" A Founders
Day pageant with ca: die lighting
ceremony. "Along Th< ,M'ay" was
presented by the program chair-
man. Mrs. Montgonu' v; Header,
Mrs. Geo. Russell; Spirit of 1939,
Mrs. Alex Wheat ley: Spirit or
1897, Mr.s. L D. Snxyock. Spirit
of 1906, Mrs. Geo McVicker:
Mrs. H. W Dcani'. sptru ol 1910.
Mrs. Ed McVicker, Spird Ol 1924;*-
Mrs. J T. Mosley, Spirit oi 1909:
Mrs. H. D. Lash, Spirit ot 1931;
and Mrs. Otis Travis. Spirit ol
1937. A large white cake was de-
corated with lorty-uvo blue and
white candles. i\ Founder's Day
ottering was taken, alter winch
the refreshment committee ser-
ved cake and lruit salad to' sev-
enty persons. Mrs. G A. Jen-
kins, Mrs. Geo. McVicker and
Mrs. H. w. Deane were elected
to serve on the nominating com-
mittee.
Mr. and Mrs. Carson Altmiller
moved into their new home, in
the west part ot town, the first of
the week.
'Mr. (-'has Hennmu. who re-
cently, underwent a major opera-
tion at the Shattuck, Oklahoma.
Hosipital, is -convalescing, at his
home, north of town
Mr. R t. Bridge o; Abilene.
District Red Cross Representative,
was a local visitor on Wednesday,
Dr. A W. Matthis conducts a
class in Red Cross First Aid, at
Follett on Wednesday nights.
A blizzard and cold wave struck
the Panhandle Monday The snow
plow began operating on the
highway, and the sun sinned on
Tuesday melted the drills. Most of
the school buses wer unable to
cover their routes.
Mr and Mrs W A Wilbanks
Who left here, late, in January on
a vagabond trip, sailed trom New
Orleans Feb. 25, for Puerto Rico.
They will visit the West Indies
and South America, returning by
way Of New York. During the past,
month they have been in New Or-
leans where they attended the
Mardi Gras celebration.
Declamation try-outs were held
Friday night, with members or
the Perryton faculty serving as
Judges. Winners were: Tiny Tots
Story Telling, Billy Clark; Grade
School Girls, Pauline Mont-
gomery; grade school boys, Char-
les Altmiller; Junior High Girls.
Euialia Altmiller; Junior High
Boys, Wesley Beck, Senior Girls.
Frances Bulrley.
Mrs. George Hennigh was hos-
tess to the Ladies Aid Thursday
at an all-day meeting. The day
was spent in quilting. Twelve
women enjoyed the covered dish
Continued on Page 4
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Skaggs, Ethel J. Lipscomb Lime Light and the Follett Times (Follett, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 20, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1939, newspaper, March 2, 1939; Follett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth390574/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Higgins Public Library.