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City Woman
jProwns In
California
7%e 5HAMRDCK
Mrs. Ester Lee Coldwell. 23-
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. S. O. Slow of Shamrock,
drowned in a lake near her home
in Merced, Calif., Saturday night.
The body, which was round
tUV’cdnesday morning after a three
Tday search, is being shipped to
j Shamrock for burial and will
j arrive at 2:30 o'clock Saturday
j afternoon.
; Funeral arrangements are pend-
ing. Clay Funeral Home will be In
charge.
Mrs. Coldwell was the wife of
Cpl. John David Coldwell of San
Francisco, Calif., who has been
in the Pacific Theater of operations
two years. The fatal accident
happened during an outing which
the young woman was enjoying at
the lake In a party of four.
Mrs. Coldwell was bom in Wheel-
er County February 9, 1922, and
attended Shamrock Schools.
Survivors Include the parents,
two brothers and three sisters:
Oscar and Otis Sloss, both of Sham-
rock; Mrs. Jessie Mann of Sham-
jjpek; Mrs. E. M. Parson of Lamesa
™hd Mrs. Bessie Treat, Atwood,
Okla.
TEXAN
VOL. 42
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, JULY 19,1945
No. 11.
_ vt. Holmes
Is Killed
On Luzon
Twitty Marine
Is Wounded In
n Pacific Battle
i
Marine Private First Class Clint
R. Westmoreland, about 20 years
old, was listed by the War De-
partment last Saturday as wound-
ed In action In the Southwest Pa-
cific area.
Clint Is the son of Mr. and. Mrs.
Clarence Westmoreland of Twitty
and a nephew of Mrs. M. West-
moreland of Uds city.
% The Marine has notified his par-
ents that he received a shoulder
wound but that It was slight and
that he expected to be out of the
hospital and back In service soon.
The Twity youth has been In
service about one year and trained
at San Diego, Calif.
He fought the Japs at Okinawa
and while there received publicity
through a picture released In news-
papers throughout lire United Sta-
>»S3. The picture showed Clint, who
Is small hi stature, along with
a big Marine Lieutenant, and the
caption read: “No Jap too big or
too little for them."
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Pvt. Carrol Eugene Holmes, son
of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Holmes of
northwest of Shamrock, was killed
in action on Luzon May 25, the
War Department has notified his
family.
Serving with a communications
unit of the 43rd Infantry Division,
Pvt. Holmes had been overseas only
one month. He entered service in
July, 1944, and trained at Camp
Rollnson Ark., and Fort Ord, Calif.
Pvt. Holmes was married to the
former Miss Edith Earthman of
Alanreed.
Besides the widow and the par-
ents who reside on a two-section
farm in the western part of Wheel-
er County, survivors Include two
brothers, Bill Holmes, veteran of
World War I, and S-Sgt. Duane
Holmes, who Is somewhere in the
Pacific; and two sisters, Mrs. A.
L. Farren of near McLean and
Wilma Holmes of Amarillo.
Pvt. Holmes was a 1941 graduate j
of McLean High School and was
employed ab the Consolidated Gas
Company compressor station west
of Shamrock before entering ser-
vice.
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Wheeler County To Get
Another Deep Test Well
A rig Is going up this week on
the J. B. Henderson farm, two
miles north and three-quarters of
a mile west of Twitty, for another
deep test well in Wheeler County.
The Slnclair-Pralrie, which re-
cently abandoned a scheduled
8,500-foot well at a depth of 4,754
feet, 11 miles east of the new
location Is to drill the well, which
is located in a 12,000-acre block
assembled by E. K. Caperton.
Exact location of the Slnclair-
Pralrie' No. 1 Henderson Is 660
feet from the north and west
lines of section 16, block A-8,
H&GN survey. Most of the equip-
ment has been moved to the scene
from the No. 1 Mills where drilling
was stopped three weeks ago.
It is believed the well will be
spudded in within a week or 10
days by the Oil Well Drilling Com-
pany which has the contract for
the sinking of the hole.
Much Interest is being shown In
the new wild cat, since It is in an
entirely unproved area. A small
producer, owned by Walter Pendle-
ton, Jr., is now pumping about two
and one-half miles south of the lo-
cation, while dry holes have been
drilled both to the east and west of
It,
Other locations In Wheeler County
last week included:
Smith Brothers Refining Com-
pany. No. 5, W. S. Walker, 1650
feet from the north, 33 feet from
the east lines of southeast quarter,
section 44, block 24, H&GN survey;
and Phillips Petroleum Co., No. 4
Alma-Johnson, 237.8 feet from the
cast 993 feet from the north lines
of the west half of the northeast
quarter of section 47, block 24,
H&GN survey,
Veil McRae
Goes Down
With Ship
IV
16-Year-Old Wellington
Youth Held For Murder
I
4 COUNTY SCHOOLS
MAY CONSOLIDATE
ROCK, KELTON, CENTER AND
DAVIS DISTRICTS WILL
VOTE JULY t»
COMMISSIONERS TO
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PICNIC LUNCH TO BE GIVEN
I BY HOME DEMONSTRATION
CLUB MEMBERS
Members of the Wheeler County
Commissioners Court will be honor-
ed with a picnic lunch on Monday,
•July 23, by Home Demonstration
Club women who are making ar-
-rangements for the lunch and pre-
iparing the program.
P The picnic will be held In the
I back yard of Judge and Mrs. G. W
Hefley, Mrs. Ernest Zybach, chair-
l-man of the County Home Demon-
stration Council, reported this week.
The semi-annual report of Home
Demonstration and 4-H ciuhs In
! Wheeler County will be given in
illustrated form Immediately after
the luncheon. The program Is be-
ing planned by the education com-
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o
(Many Familiar
'aces In WTSC
(Variety Show
Qualified voters of four school
districts In the east central part
of Wheeler County will vote Satur-
day, July 28, to determine whether
those districts shall become con-
solidated to form the Kelton Con-
solidated Common School District
No. 14.
Tty: districts considering the
consolidation are: Rock Common
School District No. 3, Kelton Com-
mon School District No. 14, Center
Common School District No. 33, and
Davis Common School District No.
38.
The elections will be held at each
uf the school houses.
Kelton formerly came under the
status of an Independent school
hut school patrons voted on June
£' to abolish Its independent rating
so that the consolidation with the
other three common districts might
be made.
The new consolidated district, If
a majority In each district favors
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Carl Ray Dearing, 16, Is being
held in the Oollinsworth County
jail in Wellington on a charge of
murder In connection with the
fatal shooting last Saturday morn-
ing of Mrs. M. A. Barton who re-
sides two miles northwest of Well-
ington.
Mrs. Barton, 51 years old, was
shot in the back with a J22 calibre
rifle as she was running from her
home toward her husband in the
fields nearby.
Sheriff Claude McKinney said
that Dearing made a statement to
County Attorney Morgan Tucker
admitting that he fired the shot.
Reportedly the shooting took
place when the youth became an-
gry because Mrs. Barton's dog kill-
ed his pet rabbit. As officers con-
structed the case, the boy hid near
the Barton home and waited until
Mis. Bar(on had gone to the
mall box a quarter of a mile from
the house. It Is thought that he
slipped Into the house and, when | vived by
Mrs. Barton returned, forced her' sisters.
at gun point to turn over her jewel-
ry and ready cash) then made her
write him a check for $40.
After the robbery, apparently
thinking she was safe, Mrs. Barton
made a run for the field where her
husband was working. The boy re-
turned to the house, got her gun,
end shot her in the back.
The suspect was picked up Sat-
urday In Wellington as he was try-
ing to cash the check.
Officers said tic probably would
!e tried In Juvenal, court.
Funeral services were conducted
for Mrs. Barton Monday afternoon
from the First Baptist Church In
Wellington, of which she was a
member, with Rev. Henry H. Kln-
kande, pastor, In charge.
Mrs. Barton had resided in the
Wellington area 44 years and was
a member of one of the county's
outstanding early day families.
Beside? the widower, she is sur-
■ four brothers and two
Marion Verl McRae, S l-o, grand-
son of O. D. Richardson of the
Locust Grove community, lost his
life as a result of enemy action on
May 4, while in the service of his
country.
McRae, 20 years old, was on the
USS Luce, which was sunk off the
shores of Okinawa during the heat
of the battle to take that island
from the Japanese.
Soon after the sinking of the
ship, Mr. Richardson was notified
that his grandson, was missing in
action. A month later, notice came
that lie was still missing. Sunday,
a telegram from Vice Admiral Ran-
dall Jacobs, Chief of Naval Per-
sonnel, advised “facts available lead
to the conclusion there Is no hope
for his survival."
Seaman First Class McRae was
bom December 24, 1925, at the
Richardson home In the Locust
Grove community. *His mother, the
former Miss Mary Richardson, pas-
sed away following the birth of the
child, and he was reared by his
grandfather.
Volunteering for service In No-
vember, 1943, he took his Naval
training at San Francisco and
Seattle, Washington. After being
home on leave In March, 1944, he
left for overseas service.
Verl was a nephew of Albert and
Everett Richardson, also of the
Locust Grove community.
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Tuesday On Raise
In School Taxes
®f S^amrock aPd. surrounding area will go to
the polls Tuesday to voice their opinion on an increase in
the school tax rate of Shamrock Independent School District.
24, at th0 Ci*y H“l "r
“FOR maintenance tax.
“AGAINST maintenance tax.”
The polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., with Henrv
Holmes serving as election judge.
Although Che ballot sounds simple, the future of the
entire Shamrock school system depends upon the outcome of
the voting, members of the boarc} of trustees declared this
SfS“f"!heh5i,Tr5“on 01 ,he *» «”>
Wounded Soldier
Convalescing In
i irooks Hospital
WATER SHOW WILE
BE HELD JULY 27
HUNDRED SWIMMING PUPILS
WILL TAKE PART IN BIG
FREE EXHIBITION
Friends Raise
Money To Work
Farmer’s Crop
County's 7th Bond Quota
Over-Subscribed $100,000
After being behind the “E" bond
quota $31387.50 a week before the
Mighty Seventh War Loan ended
on July 7, Wheeler County resi-
dents responded to a last-minute plea
and over-subscribed the figure of
*245,000.00 by $11,000.00.
According to the final report re-
ceived last week from the
by the Texas Theatre and 50 other
Shamrock business firms, the drive
in Wheeler County began to lag
and two weeks ago it seemed that
the quota would not be met.
"I am indeed happy to report
such a successful campaign,” Holt
declared this week, "I want to ex
, Press my deep appreciation and
„ : ! thanks to the people who worked
office by County Chairman Bob I ) .. . .
Holt. Wheeler County went over I “r,ng th® dylv? a?d everyone
it* „,„.Dn „„„ ; who purchased bonds. It was only
Through the neighborliness of the
good people of Shamrock and Twit- purchased so~ generously
ty. J, B. Stevens of Twitty, has a 1
The Shamrock Chamber of Com-
£rs*T swsas
Varehy Show of West Texas State
jv°a!5 shtn8edt0the
The group,
performance
which staged Its
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f^UB MEMBERsTjvn I
GUESTS HOLD PICNIC
' evening for a plmJ™ d
Guests of the Rotarians and their
Bedford
1 Cavart- Mrs, Don atevemon,
Barbara Aim Schaffner and Pam
and Cheramy Tisdal,
clean crop despite the fact that he
has been a very sick man the P«xt
three weks.
At a recent meeting of the Amer-
ican Legion and American War
Dads, the unfortunate condition of
Mr. Stevens was discussed and M.
A. Fillers was appointed to solicit
funds and volunteer laborers to
work the large cotton and feed
crop of the Twitty farmer.
Fillers stated Tuesday afternoon
that he had never before met with
such whole-hearted cooperation as
he raised $230.00 among the busi-
ness men of Shamrock and the
farmers of Twitty. The money was
used to hire negroes to hoe the
crop Monday and Tuesday. Several
Twitty farmers who contributed
to hire the hoe hands, pitched in
and plowed the crop.
Mr. Stevens, who lives on the
first farm south of Twitty, under-
went a major operation three weeks
ago. He had his crop planted when
he became 111, but was unable to
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10oZ)M ££ °* *345'000 0«^! through the splendid oopTrat on
$100,000.00, setting a commendable „f ,h. ,, ,
record for the patriotic citizens who 1, ? ^ citizenry that we were
purchased so generously ^ “** T * Wgh QUOta''
... „ y I There were three war loan drives
Alter getting off to a good start i during 1943 and 1944, but there
with the sale of $62,100.00 worth of j will be only one other during 1945
bonds through a contest sponsored1 officials have stated.
T-Sgt. Harris Has Purple Heart With Three Clusters:
Bob Clark Is planning one of the
biggest water shows ever presented
at the City Swimming Pool. The
shew will be presented Friday
night, July 27, and will be free to
the public.
Approximately 100 boys and girls
will take part In the contests and
exhibitions with the feature attrac-
tion to be a dive through fire by
some of Shamrock’s more skilled
swimmers and divers.
Another highlight of the eve-
ning will be a stunt by Clark, who,
with a coat on and both hands
tied behind him will dive from
the spring board. If everything
works out all right, he will be mln-
Technician Fourth Grade Jackson
Scruggs, son of Mrs. W. C. Scruggs
of Shamrock and husband of Mrs.
Curtis Scruggs of Olton, was among
returnees arriving at Brooks Con-
valescent Hospital, Fort Sam Hous-
ton, during the past week.
T-4 Scruggs served overseas 33
months as a member of the First
Battalion, 332nd Engineers, in tire
European Theater of Operations.
He saw camb-t in Normandy,
Northern France and Holland.
He was returned to the United
States on April 28, after being
wounded in Belgium. He wears the
European Theater of Operations
ribbon and the Good Conduct
Medal.
Scruggs entered the Army on
May 1, 1942, and received his basic
training at Camp Clairbome, La.
After processing in the Receiv-
ing Company of the Brooks Con-
valescent Hospital parents are
assigned to various companies, de-
pending upon the nature of their
wounds, where a company medical
officer personally supervises their
return to full health.
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2 Fighting Men
Are Listed As
War Casualties
Should a majority of qualified
voters approve the tax stipulation,
the school board can raise the tax
rate from $1.00 per $100.00 val-
uation to a figure not to exceed
$1.50 per *100.00. The hike In school
taxes was made possible by a re-
cent act of the Texas Legislature.
With the rising cost of living
making it necessary to increase
teachers' salaries and the depre-
ciation of the school buildings
necessitating additional money for
repairs and upkeep, members of
the Shamrock Independent School
District have known for some time
that something had to be done
to meet the climbing expenditures.
Other independent schools (those
which do not receive state aid) were
In the same boat and a state-wide
appeal from school officials brought
about the passing of the law allow-
ing the Increase in school taxes.
“It 1s not being done just to be
stylish and raise taxes but to con-
tinue our most vital Institution and
give the young of the community
the training to which they are so
Justly entitled,” members of the
school board point out In an ad-
vertisement on an inside page of
today's Texan.
B
The statement continues:
“Teachers are entitled to a living
wage and to at least as much as
they could earn by day labor. The
fact that we have had any school
at all has been due to the profes-
sional loyalty of the teacher group.
But they cannot longer live on
professional loyalty.
““ buIldto«s are not
kept up, they will seriously deterto-
ate and that Is poor business. There
are no funds with which to keep
buildings in repair.
“It Is argued by some to raise
values instead of rates, but this
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S
Two youths from this area have
been listed by the War and Navy
Departments ns casualties.
Among four Panhandle wounded
men listed by the Navy Depart-
ment was Sgt. Harry Lester Gar-
rison of tlie Marines, son of Mrs
Inez Kennedy of Wheeler.
Pfc. Glenn J. Blackwell, husband
of Mrs. Florence Blackwell, Dozier
Route, Shamrock, was listed by the
War^ Department as wounded in
the Pacific region.
NEW MEMBER ESA 4
COMMITTEE NAMED
''22'5‘^J'iSSK*
AND CLIFF BRADSTREET
_________________ Details as to the extent of the
us the coat when lie comes up. (He jwounds VV0!'e not learned.
SEAMAN HOWEY DIES
didn’t mention what would happen
if everything didn’t work out all
right.)
All boys and girls who have taken
swimming and diving lessons at the
poo! this summer will take part
in the show, giving demonstrations
on how to carry injured persons in
water, how to make floats out of
trousers, pillow cases, sacks, etc.
Various life saving tactics will be
exhibited.
The show will begin at 8:30 o’-
clock, Clark announced.
A large crowd gathered at the
pool Tuesday night to hear Major
Ed Chenette’s Irish Band. The
bend will make another appearance
at the pool next Tuesday nlgiht. mother-in-law. Mrs. J.
o
John D.
LAST RITES FOR HUSBAND OF
FORMER MISS ZEIGLER BE
HELD IN ALBUQUERQUE
Seaman Second Class A1 Howey.
husband of the former Miss Eliza-
beth Zeigler of this city, passed
t,na!a‘ ln Nor- I Fred Farmer of Wheeler Is special
ntiLv ’ Tuesday m°mlng at 10:15 joommirteman for G. I. Loans.
Lee Little, Wheeler County FSA
Baird of Kelton has
en appointed as a member of the
Wheeler County committee of the
Farm Security Administration to
'mTmK.al°nK Wlth two hold-over
A- p Bumpers of Sham-
rock and Clifton J. Bradstreet of
near Wheeler. ^ °f
reri«w1<!SH,0f the c°mmittee are to
appIicaU°hs for loans
through the FSA.
Baird was appointed for a three
year term and succeeds John
Hefley of Twitty.
Spencer B. Davis, who resides
east of Briscoe, will replace Clay-
ton Kelley of Northwest of Wheeler
as alternate committeman. The
alternate committeeman serves for
a period of one year.
Presented Bronze Star Medal
T-Sgt. Rcaford D. Harris, who
Mrs. A. L. Park, daughter, Billie
Fac, and son. Bobby Ray, of Ama-
rillo, and Opal Scrivner of Los
Angeles, Calif., are visiting in the
home of their parents and grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Roten-
berry. Bobby Ray Park, S 1-c, Is on
38-day leave, after 17 months of
service ln the South Pacific Area.
was wounded four times and holds
the Purple Heart with three clus-
ters, has been decorated again for
heroic service which he did more
than a year ago while fighting ln
Italy.
Reaford, who has been back in
the States for several months and
Is now receiving treatment for
wounds ln an army hospital at
Fort Bliss, El Paso, has been pre-
sented the Bronze Star Medal.
The citation accompanying the
award was signed by Major Gener-
al John E. Dahlqulst and read:
"For heroic achievement In com-
bat on June 11, 1944, In Italy.
“Sgt. Harris, a member of the
assault platoon of his company,
advanced over exposed, open ter-
rain in an attack against an enemy
stronghold. He and his comrades
charged the strongly entrenched
positions with fixed bayonets, filing
as they approached. They killed 20
of tlie enemy soldiers and drove
the others from the trenches.
"Sgt. Harris and the other pla-
toon members fought ln this po-
sition for several hours, dauntless
in the face of Incessant small arms
and mortar fire. The enemy was
completely dlsnipted, 113 prisoners
were taken, and the battalion was
able to continue its attack."
T-Sgt. Harris was attached to
the 142nd Infantry Regiment and
served in North Africa and Italy.
He volunteered for service January
14, 1941, and trained at Fort Sill,
Camp Bowie, Camp Blanding, Fla.,
and Fort Bliss, before going over-
seas April 15, 1943,
In addition to the Purple Heart
and three clusters and the Bronze
Star Medal, Reaford also has the
Qombat Infantryman's Badge. He si
the son of Mrs. J. D. Harris of 109 H
South Nebraska 8j
FORMER LOCAL MAN
SUCCUMBS JULY 11
Word has been received in Sham-
rock of the death of Dr. Robert
Hannah, who passed away at Don-
na, Texas, July 11, and was burled
there July 12.
Dr. and Mrs. Hannah were former
local residents and were charter
members of the Shamrock Eastern
Star Chapter, which was organized
more than 38 years ago.
Survivors are his widow and two
sons.
o’clock.
His wife and two children and
B. Zeigler
of this city, were with him at the
time of his death.
The body is being shipped to
Albuquerque, N, M., home of the
family, for burial. Arrangements
for the last rites had not been
learned here this moro’ng, J, 8,
Zeigler stated.
Seaman Howey had been ln ser-
vice about one and one-half years.
He was called ln from sea duty
last November because of 111 health.
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supervisor, states that there are
at present 74 applications on file
fer land ownership loans. He de-
clares that much interest is gen-
erated at this time of the year
for the farm ownership program.
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ABERDEEN CHURCH
TO HOLD REVIYAL
CAR WRECK FATAL TO
RELATIVE LOCAL MAN
A. W. Campbell, husband of the
former Miss Mattie Lee Harvey of
Shamrock, was killed ln a car
wreck between Los Angeles, Calif.,
and Long Beach, Calif., last Thurs-
day afternoon.
Mrs. Campbell, who Is a sister
of E. S, Harvey of east of Sham-
rock, was painfully injured In
the wreck and is receiving treat-
ment In a Long Beach hospital.
Funeral services for Mr. Campbell
were held ln Los Angeles Wednes-
day afternoon.
COUNTY RATION BOARD
HAS NEW CHIEF CLERK
Mi's. Audrey Pearce of Wheeler
began her duties Monday morning as
chief clerk of the Wheeler County
War Price Control and Rationing
Board. Mrs. Pearce, employee of
the Title Abstract firm for the past
several months, succeeds Miss Ger-
aldine Williams who recently re-
signed as clerk to accept employ-
ment in Borger.
A district assistant was In Wheel-
er last week helping with the
office work and getting .things In
order for the new chief clerk to
take over. Under new regulations
the office will be closed Saturday
afternoons. 7
SHAMROCK CIRCUIT
WILL BE IN CHA1__
TEN-DAY MEETING
PASTOR
A revival meeting will b?4„_
the Methodist Church of A border
on Friday night, July 20. Rev
non Willard, Shamrock Circu
Pastor, announced today.
Rev. Willard, who has p
the four churches of the
rock Circuit since tlie
the current conference ;
ln charge of the ,
The meeting, with ___
held each evening at 8:45
will continue 10 days, endh
Sunday night, July 29.
‘The public is cordially
to attend the meeting.” Rev
lard stated, “and I ask that rh<
erence year, i
services,
with services
work and pray that wc may ha
®n old-time revival ....... ■
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