The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1944 Page: 1 of 8
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SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS,
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1944
COUNTY EXCEEDS FOURTH WAR LOAN QUOTA
Charles Allen, former Irish grid
star, has been advanced from the
rank of Second Lieutenant to that
[ of First Lieutenant'. Lieut. Allen,
of Mni. L. W. Sullivan of
j I^ttlefield and son-in-law of Mrs.
Eva Davis of this city, joined the
Army Air Forces In May, 1942,
and received his commission and
pilot wings at Ellington Field on
January 14, 1943. He Is instructor
pfc>t on a B-26 Marauder, having
been stationed In Florida nine
months and at present at Lake
Charles, La. His promotion came
; oni February 8.
MARSHAL’S PLACE
HOLDS SPOTLIGHT
IN CITY ELECTION
SEVERAL JOBS ARE BEGGING
WITH OCCUPANTS SO FAB
NEGLECTING TO FILE
«
Promoted
With th? city election only six
1 weeks off, the City Marshal’s race
! continues the only one to draw
more than one entry: With a field
i of six candidates the marshal’s job,
'■ however, is creating sufficient in-
terest to offset the uncontested
I places. .
There h£s been ho candidate to
offer himself for three of the posi-
tions to be lllled in the April 4
election—City Recorder (or judge),
i City Attorney and City Health Of-
! fleer.
Candidates offering themselves
Large Group Of Inductees
Are Given Physical Test
A list «f registrants of Wheeler
County who either went to Lub-
bock on Saturday, February 12,
ifor their preinduction physical
examination or were transferred
Ito other boards for such examina-
tion was released by the Draft
Board this week.
None of the men who were
found qualified for service, re-
gardless of branch, will be called
for induction prior to 21 days
from the date ot mailing' of cer-
tificate of fitness to selectee,
Tom Britt, chairman of the board
declared. u i
Each man found qualified on the
examination was certified for either
who are in the last half of their
school year, may, upon receiving
nn induction notice, write the board
requesting a stay of induction un-
til the close of the school year. That
they are carrying a full course of
work and making passing grades
should be attested by their super-
intendent. Tills is a privilege grant-
! ed such students by an act of con-
I gress..
Physical examinations by local
i ipoapd physicians are now dis-
pensed with except in cases of ob-
! vious physical disqualifications.
: j Those who were sent to Lubbock
I ^riday for pre-induqtlon pxamina-
on, or weft transferred to other
The public is warned to be on tile lookout for four Ger-
man prisoners of war who escaped from the McLean prison
--camp, west of Shamrock, between 6 p.m. Tueadav and 7:30
No. 41 a.m. Wednesday.
1 u ^e®cr’Pt*ons the Nazi escapees have been released by
the Dallas office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
which announced the prison break yesterday morning
The Provost Marshal at the McLean camp asks that any
person seeing any one fitting description of the German
prisoners immediately notify his office, the Texas High-
way patrol, local peace officers or the nearest office of the
r Jol. , •
GIVEN FULL CREDIT
IN ALL-OUT EFFORT
j Members of the state highway patrol were rushed to the
I Shamrock area yesterday to join Iofcal dffiCers
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search for the missing Nazi quartet.
—i Discovery of the prison break Was
GOAL IS ALREADY TOPPED BY
$8,000 WITH MANY LATE
PURCHASES NOT IN
Asks Re-election
the Army or NaVy. Nava! Inductees | boards were:
, will go back to Lubbock, while Robert Harris Dennis,; Marvin
for City Marshal are: D. J. Bulls,; ^rmy inductees wUl go to Fort Sill, Jackson Simms, Troy Lester Bowen,
Jap Isaacs, J. G. Veazey, Sr., Jas- , as ]n me past. Francis Leroy Robinson, Zerold
i per Isaacs, T. J. Potts and C. F.: Non-fathers In the respective Eeen, /Benjamin Franklin McDon-
(Blue) Velvln. | groups will go ahead of fathers. -
Mayor W. H. (Bill) Walker and High school students In the group, i (Continued on last page)
City Secretary Ode Cain have filed ----j-
for re-election but at noon Wednes- nAttA » -....................njffm 1 < 1||>"1 Jtfi1 li |
Wheeler County was "over the
top" on its Fourth War Loan
quota by more than $8,000 on
War Bonds actually purchased
through county Issuing agents at
the close of business on February
IS, and the figure continues to
soar.
A last-minute flurry of local
purchases, together with non-
resident purchases allocated to
this county, swamped local and
regional bond headquarters and
County Chairman R. 3. Holt pf
Wheeler, said today bis records
showed a total of $374,2$9.50 Til ^
purchases of all types of I bonds,
(Continued on last page)
day Acting City Recorder W. G.
Mayfield. Acting City Attorney H.
B. HU! and Acting Health Officer
Joel Zeigler had failed to file their
, names for the city ballot.
; Aldermen will be named to suc-
I ceed R. C. Lewis, Buell Bradley and
j Jim Smith. These Jts'btltty a
| fourth member of tfie" council will
i be elected if B. F.*Risinger who Is
la holdover, Is called into military
j Sjervjce. R. F, Douglas Is the other
holdover member.
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YOUNG BOVS ADMIT
SERIES BURGLARIES
Sari! ode Eubanks, sen-in- Brother Local
In Plane Crash
Womtm Killed
j from rank of Second Lieutenant
I to First Lieutenant, according to
^release from the War Depart-
sent. Lieut. Eubanks is a pilot
[ with the 27 th Troop Carrier Com-
| mand overseas. He is a graduate
|pf Randolph Field and has been
service since January 1943. His
life and daughter, Gwenn Dale,
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
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HUMS PLANNING
FOR DAY OF PRAYER
Fort
Cajitain Dale B. Francis of
Worth, brother of Mrs. W. L. Mar-
tin of east of Shamrock, was pilot
ef the American Airlines trans-
continental plane that crashed into
the Mississippi last Thursday night
ONE YOUNGSTER IS SENT TO;
STATE SCHOOL AND. THREE
PAROLED AT HEARING
.Aperies of burglaries have been |
cleared up with the arrest and trial
of six Shamrock boys ranging In I
age from 12 to 16 years.
I One 16-year-old youth was sen-
tenced to a threq-year term In the
Oatesville State School for Boys
Where he had previously served a
sentence.
Three boys were given five year
paroles by County Judge D. A.
Hunt and charges were dismissed
against another youth.
The boys confessed to burglariz-
ing several filling stations and one
grocery store, taking an estimated
$80 In loot m all the Jobs. One boy
admitted robbing the Rock Island
ticket office.
SHAMROCK YOUTH
PASSES SUDDENLY
LAST BITES ARE HELD THIS
AFTERNOON FOB JOSEPH
C. (SHORTY) BEASLEY
HOMER MOSS ASKS
FOR RE-ELECTION
with 2$ pa-sons aboard. r J______
sal*withinseconds aftfrrt^hitthe j reSredPto°make>peSkrepms to COUNTY ATTORNEY PROMISES I q^Vthe
JUNG PEOPLE OF CITY TO
PRESENT PROGRAM AT
METHODIST CHURCH
water, witnesses stated. Only four j county Judge Hunt, showing good
bodies h#ve been recovered from; conduct and attendance at school,
the wreckage. Investigation of the burglaries
Captain Francis was 38 years old j resulting in arrest of the boys was
and had been on the same route j handled by Sheriff Jess Swink,
from Fort Worth to Memphis,
Tennessee, for about 12 years. He
had 13,000 hours of flying on his
record.
Officials In Memphis notified his
■lday, February 25, Is the World j wlfe ln Fort worth that only a part
of Prayer, and the ministers j of hls handbag was found.
Shamrock churches have piane was due to land ln
,ined a service to be conducted Memphis seven minutes after the
the young people as their part j tlme of the accident and Captain
Francis had talked by w?y of radio
to the Memphis ground crew nine
minutes before the crash.
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PUBLIC INVITED TO
SPECIAL SERVICES
the commemoration of this day.
The service will be held in the
ethodist Church at 8 p.m. Friday,
he cooperation of the several
pes has been enlisted. All citl-
Sns. both old and young, are cor-
dially! invited and urged to attend.
Plap for the World Day of The Asnmbly 0{ Qoa church is
aye? were made at a meeting of hRVing a week of spectai services
local ministers Wednesday ! wJth jjlterest increasing each eve-
irning. Those in attendance were: I n, Rev Joe Newby pastori an_
fHev Marvin B. Norwood■J1™' j nounced this week.
Church: Rev. Edw, C. Dm, T , „„,hVv,
Deputy Sheriff Charley Bock, Con-
stable John Cox and County At-
torney Homer Moss.
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Here to attend the funeral of
Joseph C, (Shorty) Beasley, are
Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Beasley and
son, Truman Lee, of Fort Worth,
W. G. Beasley of Venice, Calif.,
Pvt. Richard Beasley of Lincoln,
Neb., Mrs, Martin Price, Lindsay,
Calif., and Mrs. Earl Carter of
Venice, Calif.
TO SERVE TO BEST OF
HIS ABILITY
In announcing’his candidacy for
Funeral services were held at the
Church of Christ this afternoon at
3 o’clock for Joseph C. (Shorty)
Beasley who passed away ln hls
sleep Sunday night.
... The Shamrock youth was visiting
his brother, M. O. Beasley, in Fort
Worth and was apparently In the
best of health when he retired for j
the night.
J. Loyd Rice, minister of the
Church of Christ, was ln charge of
the last rites.
Pallbearers pere: R. L. George,
fJTommy Martin. James Wjestljrook,
! Arnold Kilpatrick, Etiell Hardy and
Ray Tuck. Flower attendants were:
Maurine Martin, Jane Ann Lane.
Lois Watts, Cora Orrlck, Mrs. W. B.
Poteet.
Interment was to the Shamrock <
Cemetery by- Ntx FUneral Home
Beasley, 27 years old. was the son
of W. G. Beasley of Venice, Calif, j
He was born In Miami, Texas, j
Jess Swink early this month
announced his candidacy for re-
election to the office of Sheriff
i of Wheeler County. In his state-
ment to the public, Sheriff Swink
stated that If re-elected he would
continue to do hls utmost not
only to enforce the laws but to
prevent crime as far as It Is with-
in hls power to de so. Swink was
City Marshal ln deamroek be
his election as sheriff.
before
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re-election to the office of County ■ March 18, 1916, and had resided in
Attorney, Homer L. Moss this week! and near Shamrock most of his life,
makes the following statement: j Besides hls father, he Is survived
To the people of Wheeler County :1 by three brothers and three sis-
“During the time I have had the | ters: M. G. Beasley of Fort Worth,
honor and privilege of serving in S-Sgt. Chester Beasley who Is a
the capacity of County Attorney of; prisoner of the Germans, and
Wheeler County I have tried to in-1 Fletcher Beasley, U. S. Navy; Mrs.
telligently and fairly perform the j Carl Pepper of Lindasy, Calif., Mrs.
duties required by law and custom. Martin Price, Lindasy, Calif., and
"It has been my constant practice j Mrs. Earl Carter of Venice, Calif.
to give the most careful and cour-1 -o--
- I Mrs. H. E. Nicholson of Wheeler,
(Continued on last page) ! was a Shamrock visitor Tuesday.
made at 7:30 am. Wednesday when
a routine check revealed their dis-
appearance. The men were believed
dressed ln either Blue denim work
clothes, with the Initials "PW” on
the back of their clothes, or ln tan
colored Afrlka Korpa ufilfonAs. \ \ j
Hi* four oseapeei Sand tMflr.de^ !
scriptions, as furnished local offi-
cers:
Luck J Heinz Weiner,1 2:
pounds, blue eyes, fair complexion, {
blonde hpir, sj^tk^jg good, i
English.
Karl Mueller, 27, 6’ 7V, 138
pounds, brown eyes, olive com-
lexlon, scar on right knee, a ma-
ne fitter by trade.
Kasche Gert, 22, S' 4 V, 138
pounds, brown eyes, ruddy com-
plexion, scars on left knee, left leg
and back of neck.
So far as public announcement
la concerned, this Is the first major
break at the McLean prison camp.
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King and Queen
Of Bond Drive
To Be Crowned
RE-ELECTION ASKED
BY ARTIE LEE HUNT
A Victory Night Show, Mg,'-
lighted by the doranatlon of the
king and queen of victory and the
runners-up In the Fourth War Loan
Drive win be presented at the
Liberty Theatre Monday night by
Vyvyan Boddy, Her Accordion and
the Irish Lads and Lassie.
A feature of the evening1 will be
the crowning of a boy and girl from
the class which has sold tjhe most
war bonds ln the current drive as
king and queen of victory and the
awarding of cash prizes' to that
class and the nest three classes
selling the most bonds.
The prizes are being presented
by the Liberty Theatre.
The all-girl chorus will present
the Victory Polka and by public re-
quest will again give the Patriotic
Review from the show presented at
the recent bond rally. •
Other numbers on the program
will be The Swingsters, the Irish
Band and Vyvyan Boddy and her
accordion. ,
The program Is dedicated to all
j boys and girls in the armed forces
| and to those who will leave to the
near future.
DISTRICT CLERK EXPRESSES
APPRECIATION TO VOTERS
FOR PAST FAVORS
KELLERVILLE BOND
RALLY SUCCESSFUL
lethodist
err, First Baptist Church; Rev.
|e Newby, Assembly of God
uj4h; Minister J. Loyd Rice,
Fu-Ch of Christ; Minister H. W.
Rev, J. J. Grubbs of Clarendon,
founder of the local church, Is In
charge of the services and is bring-
ing a series of Interesting sermons.
■We Invite you to attend and
Probst, I
Rev.
teneyTMenSmS?: j -ft.-R* *
j services next Sunday with the dedi-
j cation of the church being to the
J afternoon. Dinner Will be served on
i the ground and we invite you to
I come prepared to spend the day
with us,” the pastor stated.
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bv. Sidney G. Menk,
Had Church and Rev.
Bgrlm Holiness Church,
ieltfs, district superintendent of j
Ptigrim Holiness group,
Itof.
i’ECIAL SESSION^ OF
Joy Williams of Shamrock Is Named
County 4-H Gold Star Girl For 1943
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Artie Lee Hunt, well known both
here and through the county, this
week authorizes publication qf her
announcement as a candidate for
another term as district clerk, svp-
ject to the action of the voters (in
the Democratic primary on July 22.
She wishes to stress her deep ap-
I predation of, the confidence placed
in her by the voters of Wheeler
I County when they elected her to
was a |
(COURT TO TRY BONNER
CORRECTION
| special session of Thirty-First; jr, an article in last week’s
Court will be held at j Texan ib was incorrectly stated that
Monday, February 21, to ; Mrs, c w. Frltts of south 0f Sham-
onard Bonner of Shamrock, | r00k p]anted a black walnut as a
with robbery of the J. I. j memorial to her son in service. Mrs.
| Service Station, on Highway ■ Frjtts planted six of the walnuts
April. 1943. Judge W. R. j fr0m the famous 85-year-old tr«
wtll be on the bench. belonging to Judge R, E. Sparkman
pel of 40 petit jurors has | of Italy, Texas, and they were in
Bed. The first trial of Bon- honor of a brother and five
suited in a hung Jury. I nephews ln the armed forces.
Miss Joy Williams, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Milt Williams of
Shamrock, has been awarded the
honor of Wheeler County 4-H Gold
Star Girl for 1943.
This has been announced recent-;
iy by the Judging committee’ and
Betty Sue Bownds, county home
demonstration agent.
To be eligible for the award a girl j
must have been ln 4-H Club for at
least three years and must have
Imp* a complete record and history
of her work.
Joy Is a sophomore ln Shamrock j
High School and has been in 4-H
club work for five years. She was I
a member of the Twitty 4-H club
for four years and has continued;
with her club work since entering
Shamrock High School, She has
done outstanding club work during j
this time. She was garden demon- ;
strator for her club during 1943. j
The following is Joy’s own story j
of her 1943 work:
“As a firth year 4-H club member
pajamas, an* a skirt I started a i (bis office. Courtesy and accommo-
set of cuptowels and made a bib for j dation reveal her gratefulness, yet
a baby. I learned to care for chil-
dren as I took care of my year old
niece this summer.
“I also completed all of my gar-
den goals. Planted 20 kinds of vege-
tables canned 300 quarts from our
garden. My garden was 183 feet by
120 feet and we averaged getting
10c worth of vegetables each day
during garden season. The results
from garden were satisfactory, but
the year was a little dry.
“I also built a frame garden as
one of my goals. Since it was war-
time, I made a makeshift frame.
I got four large locust posts and
placed one at each end and side.
The dimensions were 6 feet by 15
feet. I took tin cans with ends cut
tl$b af-
: strong-
the careful and efficient rnamper ln
which she has conducted
(airs of the office bear the
est possible testimony to her ap-
preciation.
Mrs. Hunt pledges that, ’ if re-
elected, it will be her constant aim
and endeavor to give the same
courteous tad efficient service that
has made her many enthusiastic
supporters since taking office.
She will appreciate the support
and votes of all who feel that she
has rendered and will continue to
render satisfactory service as dis-
trict clerk of Wheeler County.
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CORRECTION!
Two errors appear In the Bill
MISS JOY WILLIAMS
I completed ail of my goals which
1 set. Last summer I made a drees,
1 out, placed them on some dirt and
i a layer of manure. I had an Iron j Porter Grocery ad for which The
pipe' sticking out connected onto j Texan apologizes. Tomatoes, No. 2
the tin cans, this was to water It. can, listed In the ad as 3 Tor 25c,
; I raised many fresh vegetables and j should have been 3 for 29c. And
- | Tomato soup. 21-oz. can, listed as
(Continued on last page) 2for29c, should have been 2 for 25c.
Approximately $11,000 worth of
war bonds were sold at a rally at
the Kellervllle school Friday night,
according to J. H. Thompson. BUI
Hughes and F. M. Shawver ar-
ranged the program which included
speaking by Major Fehlandt and
Captain Northan of the Mcl,
prisoner of War Camp and
by Mist1 Cuiiison and her
band. \
Thompson pointed out thit In
addition to the bonds sold at the
rally, bonds purchased through
payroll deductions to that j com-
munity will atnotint to between
$1.51)0 .and $2,000 per month.
School children at Kdlerville
have purchased $800 worth of war
stamps since the beginning of the
current term.
L’Wfff
dAnce to be held
AT CAMP SATURDAY
An Informal dance wiU be held
at the prisoner of War Camp Sat-
urday .night with dancing from
8:30 pm. until 1 a.m. All girls de-
siring to attend and who do not
have transportation are invited to
telephone Mrs. S. Q. Scott at the
chamber of commerce office.
This is an in-between holiday
dance, celebrating the birthdays of
Abraham Lincoln and George
Washington.
Ttie Camp plans a formal dance
for sometime to March,
of time and date will be
the near future.
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Montgomery, Arval. The Shamrock Texan (Shamrock, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. 41, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 17, 1944, newspaper, February 17, 1944; Shamrock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth528685/m1/1/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Shamrock Public Library.