The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, March 21, 1941 Page: 1
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V
Largest Circulation
in Hemphill County
3375 Readers
1125 Copies
Volume III
Homemaking
Students Give
Dress Review
The Horn em aU nj7 department of
the Canadian hgh school presented a
play and clothing review at the high
school last night to a large and
appreciative audience
The high school band under the
direction of Earl Othersallfurnished
appropriate music and the beautiful
singing of Betty Marvis was en-
joyed by all Margaret Nix the in
terpreter and Peggy ONeill ac-
companist contributed their ihare
to making this one of the best pro
grams ever put on in Canadian as
did Cla a Davenport in the role of
an Irish maid
The story opened with H A Hills
flute solo Spring Song and con
tinued with the help of the mem
beri of Homemaking Classes I II
and III Mrs E J Pickens tponBor
supervised the production
This WeekEnd
As we go to press we have the fol-
lowing job printing orders on the
copy hook to be printed over the
weekend
600 tickets for an entertainment
coming soon
1000 envelopes for a local church
6000 padded forms for a Canadian
business house
350 form letters for a local service
station
1000 envelopes and 1000 state-
ments for a Canadian professional
man
The News office is equipped to turn-
out almost anything In the printing
line quickly and economically
Mr and Mrs Jo Haynes have
moved to Amarlllo where they will
jTtKelFhotne
B M Bryant was In Pampa on
business Wednesday
Trade in Canadian n
FOR SALE
Cream separator in first
class condition Joe Pav
lovsky Phone 296
FOR RENT
TwoRoom Apartment
Hot and cold water Bills
paid 319 Kingman
FOR RENT
TwoRoom Furnished
Apartment Mrs H B
Splller Phone 171W
Expert Welder
Albert Bernson now located on
tfae highway can supply you with
anything from genuine Mobllub
tf cation to a flrstclau job of fender
repairtngy Mr Bernson is not only
am expert mechanic but an Al weld-
er ft well Ha aptdallyti In straight
coins and repakiifas damaged fesd
Sam Lisenbee
LET EVERYBODY SEE IT PUT IT IN THE NEWS
Wins First at
Celebration
Manjr Canadian people attended
the St Patricks Day celebration at
Shamrock Monday among those
present being Mr and Mrs Walter
Jones Joan Chambers Marilee Tepe
Sam Lisenbee Pat Williams Frank
Cole Webster Lee Mr and Mrs
Mike ONeill and daughters Bob
Tesson E C Fisher Bob Shaller
Charles Callaway Mrs Paul Bryant
Sam Lisenbee and Walter Jones
and daughter Martha Lou Strader
and Mrs Bobble Bayless
Most popular man at thd whole
commemoration was Canadians own
Sam Lisenbee who madeup and
dressed as an Irishman won first
prize over more than 25 other con-
testants from over this part of the
country
Mr Lisenbee has received an In-
v lflonlo appW at CIintbnrOkla
next month
Employed as Machinist
Raymond Newell son of Mr and
Mrs W S Newell who has been
attending an aircraft school for the
past two months is now employed
as a machinist by the Stearman Air-
craft Corporation of WUhita Kani
CHICAGO ILL Defense requirements plus ordinary peacetime
traffic may crowd Mr Average Motorist off the highways unless modern-
ization it done at once according to Taylor G Soper of Chicago left
executive secretary and Otto A Milburn of Rockford 111 president of
the Illinois Road Builders association
Flaming Peril Risked
To Save Extra Peg Leg
TULSA Ell Reynolds house
caught fire and he was badly burned
when he rushed back Into the flames
to save his leg
The leg an artificial one Reynolds
carved la his spare time to replace
the one that be considered too heavy
for comfort When his houn bland
the thug he worried about most was
that leg
He was trapped In the burning
house and neighbors dragged him to
safety after hearing screams
Reynolds la a 63yearpld former
cowpuncher Re lost his right lg
In New Mexico 33 years itgo when
cattle rustlers shot him In a gun-
fight
Lon Sanders of Jem City onder
went an appendectomy at jthe local
tftenwon at 1
hospital Wednesday
oelwk
CANADIAN TEXAS FRIDAY MARCH 21 1941
t
Sand Burr Now
Eight Years Old
The Sand Burr celebrated another
birthday this week Originally start
ed by Postmaster Paul Bryant and
ably continued by Albert Knollen
brg it has faithfully served the
community for eight years
TANKS
Stock tanks our special-
ty any size Windmill stor-
age tanks built to order
New 10gauge steel sheets
3x5 ft 500 per sheet
Phone 186 or write
H A Hawkins Tank Shop
101S Main St Borger Tex
rNj i dL
OPENING NEW
SWEETSHOP
Enid Shepherd is busy this week
supervising the painting and decor
ating of the old Carver Electric
building next door to the theatre
where he will open a sweet shop in
the near future
Mr Shepherd has already put in
one of the finest fountains in town
and additional fixtures are being
Installed To be known as the Blue-
Bonnet Sweet Shop it will specialize
in fountain drinks ice cream and
sandwiches No beer will be served
New Baby
Mr and Mrs Clem Gibson Flow-
ers of Perryton Tex are the proud
parents of a new baby girl born at
the Canadian hospital Sunday
LOCAL NEWS
The Rev E R Carver of Ama
rillo preached at the Church of
Christ Sunday morning
R B Miller has moved to the
Roth apartments
Mrs Earl B Smith of San
Antonio Tex is visiting in the B
F Tepe home
Mr and Mrs Clifford Roth and
son Dale spent the weekend with
relatives in Higgins
Who are you going to vote for
Turn to page 3 for the political
announcements
PLUMBING
Heating
Sheet Metal
I
ty
E HEMPHILL I III VII IEW
The Only Paper With Complete Coverage in Both City and Country
Town Auctioned for 103000
HOLT ALA A view down the main street of Holt which was auctioned to William H Hulsey of Birming
ham for the high bid of 103000 The sale intluded 379 houss 780 acres of land and a number of buildings
including the post office The Bale was made by the receiver for the Central Coal and Iron company which sold
the company property separately There are 1600 persons living in Holt
Aid to Britain
Our first naval aid to Britain will
probably be mosquito boats said
Secretary Knox Wednesday Read
about these miniature fighting craft
In this issue of The News upper
righthand column on this page
Attends Dallas Conference
Dr E H Snyder left Monday
aftrnoon for Dallas to attend the
thirteenth annual conference of the
Dallas Southern Clinical society The
conference attended by physicians
from many sections of the South
wesf closed yesterday
Deer Buffalo Cows
All Graze Together
FORT DAVIS TEXAS Deer
buffalo and Guernsey cattle graze
side by side and drink out of the
samewater tank on the ranch
here The cattle were brought to
the ranch years ago before the
Hereford s dominated the range
Deer are plentiful in the area and
about 27 buffalo roam the ranch
FATHER ILL
Mrs Rufe Richardson received
word here Monday of the serious
illness of her father Ben Wheeler
of Vinita Okla Mr Wheeler is also
the father of Dow Wheeler and Mrs
Phillip Allen of Canadian who left
Monday evening to be with him
Opening New
B
H <
usiness nere
Mr and Mrs M C Renfro have
opened a produce house on lower
Main street in the building formerly
occupied by the Flewelllng Hard
ware store Max is giving a cream
advance of 2c on his opening so be
sure to stop in and see him
Mrs Grace Spiller has been spend-
ing the week in Oklahoma City
NOTICE
I have all kinds of Raleigh
products at my home and
appreciate your patronage
R D Keech 407 Thirteenth
St Phone 144W Canadian
Tex Adv
Biggest in Town
The Texas Service Station which
carries a regular announcement in
these columns is the biggest and
one of the busiest stations in town
Ably managed by Frank Cole it
specializes in washing and greasing
with the best of facilities for this
purpose Drive in youll be pleased
Farmers
I have opened at Cana-
dian a Produce House to
pay market price for your
Farm Produce
Cream ADVANCE 2c on
my opening
Come in and inquire a-
bout Free PlckUp Service
on your produce
Good market on poul-
try qowl
M C Reafro
Off Established
Routes
150 Per Year-
s 5c Per Copy
Number 27
Mosquito Boat
Is Deadly Craft
Speedy 70Foot Vessel
Are Not Vulnerable
To Torpedoes
NEW LONDON CONN A ttar
armored sea sled which skims over
the water at 50 miles an hour pre-
senting an almost indestructible
target as it smashes at the enemy
with torpedoes depth charges and
anti aircraft guns may become on
of the navys most efficient and
deadly fighting units
Officially these sleds are known
as mosquito boats They are 70
feet long of shallow draft that per
mlts their safe passage through
mine fields and makes them invul-
nerable to torpedoes and are the
modern version cf the destroyer that
Is now more heavily armed man the
light cruiser of 30 years ago
Two dozen of these boats are be-
ing built by the Electric Boat com-
pany for the navy They are simi-
lar in pattern to those used by the
British for channel and coastline
defense
lias FoufTorpedo Tubes
The American mosquito boat
mounts two 21 or four 18 inch tor-
pedo tubes on its deck has two anti-
aircraft guns at least six depth
charges racked over the stern 1
equipped with smoke screen appara-
tus and Is the speediest and most
maneuverable boat afloat
It has a cruising range of 709
miles at 44 knots 1200 miles at 29
knots and more than 2000 miles at
9 knots It is so easily handled
and perfectly balanced that It can
countermarch over its original
course in slightly less than 15 sec-
onds about tke same amount of
time It takes a destroyer to begin a
turn
The mosquito boat can accel-
erate from 8 to 40 knots within 8
seconds and reduce speed from 40
to 3 knots in 3 seconds The quiet
acceleration is made possible by
haying the forward speed lift the
boat bodily from the resistance of
the water When the speed Is re-
duced the vessel settles back into
the water and comes to a quick
stop
Can SUeSUp Like Plane
Navy officials believe the small
craft virtually immune from aerial
bombing and machine gunning in-
asmuch as it is the only boat ca-
pable of duplicating on water the
sideslip of an airplane
An official navy bulletin regard
the new hitandrun ship in this
lightThese
These socalled mosquito boats
have a sting out of all proportion to
their size At a fraction of the cost
they carry the same deadly weap-
ons as their larger counterpart the
destroyer Without unduly stretch-
ing the imagination given the time
the place and the opportunity if
two torpedoes will seriously damage
a battleship two torpedoes will cer-
tainly sink a cruiser under ordinary
conditions Because of their shallow
draft the military assets of these
mosquito boats are further aug-
mented since they cannot be tor-
pedoed and can for the same rea-
son enter mine fields without dan-
ger of contact
These motorboats would be Just
as difficult to detect as a well hidden
scouting patrol on land under cover
of night or stealthily approaching
behind a smoke screen Wave after
wave of these tiny boats could be
sent to the enemy battle line each
succeeding wave laying a chemical
smoke screen to screen the boat
following
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Sunday school 940 R B Cro-
sier Supt
Morning Worship 1045
NYPS 630 Mrs Flora
Cromwell Sponsor
1 Evening worship 730
We invite you
C J CROMWELL faster
Hunter Misreads Sign
That Grants His Wish
HASTINGS MICH Michigan
conservation officers found a hunter
who without heed to who might be
watching was tearing a sign from
a post
The officers seeing that the sign
was one they had set up before the
season opened asked tbt nlmrod if
he realized what be was doing
Sure he replied Tm tearing
down these signs saying that yotr
cant hunt on land bought by the
conservation department
Did you read the sign one ofi
the officers asked
Sure was theJrrply
The sign rf ad unttai PermtW
ted
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Miller, Othello Ontje. The Hemphill County News (Canadian, Tex), Vol. 3, No. 27, Ed. 1, Friday, March 21, 1941, newspaper, March 21, 1941; Canadian, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth47186/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hemphill County Library.