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DISTRICT COURT
TO CONVENE FOR
'FALLTERMNOV.il
LIGHT DOCKEtf IS EXPECTED
WITH MOST CASES TO BE
OF CIVIL NATURE
The Fall term of thirty-first dis-
trict court will open on Monday
morning, November 11, with Judge
W. R. Ewing on the bench, and a
lUjt of grand jury members and
tmSse who will be called for petit
Jury duty was announced this week
from District Clerk Holt Green’s of-
fice in Wheeler.
A light docket is expected this
t^m, local attorneys state, with
most of the cases pending being of
a civil nature. Many civil cases were
continued from the last term of
court, however, and in the event
they all come up at this session, to
gjbher with the criminal cases, it
will take the entire seven weeks to
clear the docket.
As in the past, the first week will
be devoted to non-jury cases; sec-
ond week will be jury, civil docket;
tfcd week, criminal docket; fourth
week, civil docket, subject to crim-
inal docket; fifth and sixth weeks,
civil docket and seventh week, non-
jury.
The grand Jury will receive the
charge of the court on the morning
of November 11 and will dismiss and
convene intermittently, as they see
fit, during the remainder of the
term. Those on the grand jury were
announced as follows:
P. Mundy, J. E. McCathren, J.
F. Rathjen, L. S. Griffin, N. M.
Tipps, J. H. Caperton, Matt Lewis,
V. B. Hardcastle, J. C. Bradstreet,
Paul Macina, Harold Nash, W. S.
Plarmer, John Baird, T. M. Britt and
j;R. Benson.
Those to be called for petit jury
duty and the week they must ap-
pear are:
Second week—Edgar Newman, T.
I* Atwood, R. L. Roberts, Edgar
Ftynt, Oran Horn, C. C. Curlee, Jeff
Brewer, Winfred Lewis, W. M. Fow-
ledge, R. L. George, Fred Begert, A.
P. Bumpers, E. B. Davidson, Dusan
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SCHOOLCARNIVAL
. PLANS UNDERWAY
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ANNUAL HALLOWE’EN EVENT
TO BE HELD THURSDAY
NIGHT, OCTOBER 31
®The annual Hallowe’en carnival
sponsored by Shamrock high school
will be held tills year on Thursday
night, October 31, according to Mrs.
Earl Braudt, general chairman of
tUp arrangements.
TPlans are underway for a bigger
and better night of fun with many
new attractions scheduled for the
entertainment of the public. A num-
ber of shows which have been ex-
ceptionally popular with the patrons
oi the carnival in the past will be
arranged for this year’s celebration.
The most popular feature of the
carnival has been the six o'clock
dinner and Mrs. Braudt urges those
vQo have enjoyed this opening
event to make plans to attend again.
Booths and side shows will again
be packed with fun and entertain-
ment for young and old and all at-
tending the carnival are asked, if
possible, to appear in costume.
Remember, Thursday, October 31,
Is the big day so plan to celebrate
Hallowe’en at the school carnival.
LEGIONNAIRES TO
MEET IN BORGER
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PUBLISHED
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TEXAN
A BOOSTER
OF SHAMROCK
37 YEARS
COMMANDER OF LOCAL POST
URGING ALL MEMBERS TO
ATTEND CONVENTION
VOL. 37
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
NO. 46
Wheeler County Exhibit Judged ‘Most Complete’
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It doesn’t look like there was a drought in Wheeler County this year. Above is a picture of the county exhibit at the State Fair in Dallas
which was judged the most complete of more than 90 county exhibits at the annual event. Jake Tarter, county agent, and Wheeler county
farmers are proud of this booth of products and you can see from the picture that a little thing like dry weather doesn’t stop our agricul-
tural industry.
SHAMROCK PASTORS
ANNOUNCE SUNDAY
WORSHIP SERVICES
TWO LOCAL CHURCHES WILL
OBSERVE SPECIAL DAYS
IN MORNING PROGRAMS
Two hundred and forty Legion-
naires of Borger are working night
ayi day on one of the biggest 18th
District Legion conventions that has
ever been held. This convention is
assuming proportions of a state con-
vention and 3,0Q0 Legionnaires and
their wives are expected in Borger
i%ir. 2 and 3.
As a sample of the food that will
be served to all registered, the fol-
lowing is the menu: Chicken, pea-
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TEMPERATURE IS UP
WHILE GOLSON AWAY
ank Stell pinch-hitting for
therman Burl Golson reported
y he had succeeded in raising
1 a. m. temperature from 35 de-
i Tuesday and Wednesday mom-
to 40 for Thursday morning. He
sed to predict the first freeze,
ting that forecasting required
skill of Regular Weatherman
;e thought to your insurance
i. Don’t buy by the policy—plan
ill-rounded, adequate program,
lat way you start and continue
irly protected against financial
See Bill Walker. 46-2tc.
Pastors of the city announce
services for Sunday and two church-
es will observe special days in the
morning worship programs. Every-
one is urged to attend Sunday school
and church Sunday.
First Christian Church
Rev. J. F. Mathews will speak at
the 11 o’clock hour Sunday morn-
ing at the First Christian church on
"Revivalism” and Sunday evening
he will speak at the worship hour of
7:30 o’clock on “Evangelism.” t
Sunday school will open at 9:45
o’clock Sunday morning.
Episcopal Church
There will be services Sunday af-
ternoon at the St. Michael and All
Angels Episcopal church at 3 o’clock.
Rev. Edgar Henshaw of Clarendon
will conduct the evensong and ser-
mon. Members are urged to be pres-
ent and visitors are welcome.
First Methodist Church
Sunday is Missionary Day over the
entire American Methodism and
Rev. Lance Webb, pastor of the First
Methodist Church, will lead a spe-
cial service at the 11 o’clock hour.
Discussion on the World-Wide needs
in the mission field will be given.
Sunday evening Rev. Webb will
give the last sermon in the “Happy
Home” series with "Ten Command-
ments for Wives” the sermon sub-
ject. Rev. Webb will read groups of
commandments for wives written
by husbands. The Junior Choir will
be featured at this service.
First Baptist Church
In keeping with the South-wide
program of the Southern Baptist
Convention, the First Baptist church
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Applications For Buying
Land In Oklahoma Strip
Must Be Filed In 10 Days
Attention of all persons interested
in land known as the Oklahoma
Strip is called to the fact that they
must on or before October 27, 1940
file with the Commissioner of the
General Land Office at Austin, Tex-
as their application for the purchase
of this land, or be subjected to a
penalty of 10c per acre for late fil-
ing.
Because more delay than was an-
ticipated has been experienced in
supplying field notes by the desig-
nated surveyor, which delay is
through no fault of the land claim-
ants, the General Land Commis-
sioner has agreed to accept applica-
tion for purchase of land in this
strip, although the applications are
not accompanied by field notes as
originally required, If the field notes
have been applied for by the appli-
cant. Amended instructions to the
land owners are to the effect that
they should file forthwith their appli-
cations for purchase of the land, and
send the original application, toge-
ther with remittance of 15c per acre
on the estimated acreage and $1.00
filing fee to Bascom Giles, Commis-
sioner of the General Land Office
at Austin, Texas, so that the said
application will be received not later
than October 27. The application
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TWO CONFERENCE
TILTS SCHEDULED
McLEAN AND WELLINGTON, 2
UNDEFEATED TEAMS, WILL
PLAY FRIDAY NIGHT
MISS BOGLE PRESENTS
PROGRAM AT LUNCHEON
Miss Irene Bogle who recently
moved to Shamrock from Tennessee
to open a piano studio entertained
members of the Shamrock Boosters
club with three selections at the
weekly luncheon Wednesday. She
was introduced by E. K. Caperton
who was in charge of the program.
Lyle Holmes operating as Tail
Wringer in the abserfee of Clayton
Heare had a busy hour assessing
fines, the climax of which was a
two-bit fee levied against Cabot
Brannon on a charge of allegedly
posing as a member of Jehova’s
Witnesses to escape registration
Wednesday, in the selective draft.
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Get our prices before you buy job
printing. We can save you money
and get it out when you want it.
THE SHAMROCK TEXAN, phone
160; tfp.
Only four of the eight district 3-A
football teams will engage in combat
this week-end as the championship
race reaches the half way mark with
three teams still undefeated in dis-
trict competition. After the dust set-
tles from Friday’s battles only two
clubs will remain undefeated in dis-
trict play since two of them, Well-
ington and McLean, play each other
and the other one, the Shamrock
Irishmen, remains idle.
Naturally, the headliner in dis-
trict 3-A this week will be played
between the McLean Tigers and the
Wellington Skyrockets on Powell
field in Wellington Friday night
since both clubs will be fighting to
keep their conference record un-
marred and the two schools appar-
ently have very evenly matched
teams. Both teams have dropped all
their non-conference encounters to
date but have managed to hold up
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WORLEY IS BACK HOME
Eugene Worley, Democratic nomi-
nee for Congress, arrived home
Wednesday afternoon by plane from
New York City where he and John-
ny Campbell, 13-year-old Pampan,
appeared on a “We, the People” ra-
dio program Tuesday night. John-
ny made the trip to New York by
plane but is returning by train so
he can see "more of the country.”
Worley plans to spend much of his
time the next few weeks visiting
over the 28-county district.
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See Bill Walker for new and used
car financing. We make INSURED
loans which take care of payments
when you are sick or hurt. Let us
finance your next car. 46-2tc.
NEWSPAPER MADE
TYPEWRITER AGENT
COMPLETE LINE L. C. SMITH,
CORONA MACHINES NOW
SHOWN IN SHAMROCK
Appointment of The Shamrock
Texan as exclusive representatives
of L. C. Smith and Corona typewrit-
ers and adding machines in four
counties was announced this week
by Noel Boulware of Dallas, branch
manager of the company.
The Shamrock newspaper was as-
signed the counties of Collingsworth,
Wheeler, Hemphill and Lipscomb by
Mr. Boulware on a recent visit to
Shamrock. This territory had pre-
viously been served by an Amarillo
office supply firm with The Sham-
rock Texan having direct dealership
only on Corona typewriters.
A complete line of desk model L.
C. Smith typewriters and Corona
typewriters and adding machines
arrived at The Texan office Wednes-
day and is now' on display, together
with a line of Royal portables for
which the newspaper is also dealer.
The line is popularly priced and a
PRECINCT ONE TO
VOTE ON SALE OF
BEER, CTBER 2G
ELECTION WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER FOUR PER CENT
BEVERAGE CAN BE SOLD
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MAGIC CITY PARENTS
EXPRESS APPRECIATION
Members of the Magic City Band
Parents Club this week expressed
their appreciation to Shamrock peo-
ple and persons in the surrounding
territory for their help in making
the benefit dance such a success;
The dance was held at the Coun-
try Club house last Saturday night
and proceeds will be used to pur-
chase necessary equipment for the
Magic City band.
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Why not buy your office supplies
at home? We sell at the same prices
as Amarillo and Dallas firms and
can give you quicker service. THE
SHAMROCK TEXAN. tfp.
A beer election on whether beer
containing not more than four per
cent alcohol can be sold in justice
of Peace precinct No. 1, has been
called for Saturday, October 26, ac-
cording to County Attorney Homer
Moss.
Justice of peace precinct No. 1 is
comprised of the five voting boxes
of Com Valley, Wheeler, Stanley,
McBee and Allison. The precinct
voted to prohibit the sale of alco-
holic beverages on September 30,
1939, and the area has been dry
since that time.
The election for October 26, was
called by the Commissioners Court,
after a petition containing the sig-
natures of more than 60 qualified
voters had been presented the mem-
bers.
The ballots for the election will
read:
“FOR legalizing the sale of beer
that does not contain more than
four (4%) per centum alcohol by
weight.”
"AGAINST legalizing the sale of
beer that does not contain more
than four (4%) per centum alcohol
by weight.”
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Their Conscience
Hurt; Deserters
Back In Army Now
The sight of so many patriotic
young Americans registering for
the army draft Wednesday gave
two deserters from Fort Sill, Okla.,
an attack of conscience, or else
they were hungry, for they walked
into the city hall Wednesday and
made a clean breast of the whole
affair.
Mayor Bill Walker notified the
commanding officer at Fort Sill
that the boys were returning, fed
the two deserters and they left
last night for the Oklahoma army
post. They thought they were
tired of army life but after being
on their own for a few days were
more than glad to return.
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COUNTY SINGERS TO
MEET AT MOBEETIE
1,575 Register For
Military Training
A total of 1,575 men between the ages of 21 and 35
.years, inclusive, thronged the 22 voting boxes of .Wheeler
County yesterday, to register for a year’s military training
in the nation’s first peacetime conscription.
Five hundred and thirty-four registered in the two
Shamrock boxes, F. B. Craig, county clerk, who was in
charge of the registration, stated today.
The three-man draft board, which has opened an office
on the third floor of the court house, was busy today sort-
ing the registration cards. All cards of men who registered
in this county, but are residents of other counties or states,
will be sent to the office of Governor W. Lee O’Daniel, from
where they will be distributed to their respective home draft
boards.
Tom Britt of Kelton has been named as the third mem-
ber of the Wheeler County Draft Board, Thurman Adkins,
chairman, stated today. Britt will fill the position which O.
T. Nicholson, local banker, declined because of ill health.
Confirmation of Britt’s appointment was received this morn-
ing. Oliver Elliott of Moheetie is the other member of the
board and Miss Florence Merriman of Wheeler is secretary.
----------When out-of-county registrations
COUNTY COUNCIL
OF P-TA TO MEET
AT BRISCOE TUES.
MRS. C. H. CHANDLER, LEADER
OF ORGANIZATION, GIVES
PLANS FOR PROGRAM
The Wheeler County Council of
Parents and Teachers will meet at
Briscoe on Tuesday, October 22, ac-
cording to announcement today by
Mrs. C. H. Chandler of Mobeetle,
president of the organization. The
meeting will begin at 7:45 p. m.
Although complete arrangements
for the gathering have not been
made, Mrs. Chandler announced the
following tentative program:
Opening services — group singing
and prayer.
Election of vice president, secre-
tary and four precinct vice presi-
dents.
Other business.
“The President’s Package”—Mrs.
Colie Austin, Magic City.
“Room Parents, How Elected and
Duties”—Mrs. W. C. Sivage, Briscoe.
"Rural Youth”—Rev. Eugene Nau-
gle, Briscoe.
Mrs. Haul Stauffer, chairman of
the Wheeler County Coordinating
Council hai been invited to attend
and discuss plans to secure a county
library or bookmobile. This plan Is
being worked on by the Coordinat-
ing Council at this time.
Refreshments will be served and
a short entertainment program will
be given by the home economics de-
partment of Briscoe.
Everyone is invited to attend the
event.
IMP0RTANT1ET
BE HELD TONIGHT
have been seperated from those of
local young men, the cards of
Wheeler county men will be mixed
thoroughly and then drawn and
numbered, one by one, Adkins stat-
ed. The cards and numbers will then
be sent to the state headquarters
and from there to Washington, D.
C. where the lottery will be held.
A list of those who registered and
their serial numbers will be posted
on a bulletin board in front of the
draft board's office and will be pub-
lished in The Texan.
Drs. H. E. Nicholson and G. R.
Walker of Wheeler, have been ap-
pointed ns examining officers of the
county and will make all physical
examinations of those who are
chosen for service by the board.
R. H. Forrester, Wheeler attorney,
has been chosen as the appeal ag-
ent, and will plead those cases in
which deferment is sought.
The number of young men who
registered by boxes were as follows:
Mobeetie 129, Briscoe, 44, Wheeler
and Corn Valley 143, Allison 74,
Stanley 100. McBee 45. Porter 19,
Gracy 83, Heald 19, Lela 74, Center
37, Shamrock No. 12, 275, Benonine
15, Ramsdell 23, Locust Grove 9,
Kelton 63, Twltty 42, Magic City 60,
Pakan 21, Shamrock No. 21, 259,
Bethel 41.
ASSEMBLY OEM
REVIVAL TO START
REV. JOE NEWBY, BRIDGEPORT,
WILL DELIVER SERIES OF
EVANGELISTIC SERMONS
The Fall revival of the Assembly
of God Church will begin Sunday
morning with Rev. Joe Newby of
Bridgeport in the pulpit.
Evangelist Newby has been
preaching since he was 16 years old
and has had wide experience In both.
SHAMROCK BUSINESS PEOPLE
TO DISCUSS CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE PLANS
Business and professional people
are urged to attend an open meeting
of the Shamrock chamber of com-
merce called by President Gerald
Mayfield for 8 o’clock tonight in the
City Hall.
Purpose of the meeting is to dis-
cuss membership and a proposed
budget with view of employing a
full-time, experienced secretary to
take over the duties recently vacat-
ed by Bedford Harrison when he
purchased the Jack Martin insur-
ance agency.
“We invite former members and
non-members to attend as we want
your views,” said President Mayfield.
“It will be strictly an informal ga-
thering and we want as many bus-
iness people as possible to take part
in the discussion. If you have criti-
cisms of what the chamber of com-
merce has done or has not done in
the past and if you have any sug-
gestions of what we can do in the
future we want to hear them.
“The chamber of commerce wants
to do the wishes of a majority of
our citizens and we invite and urge
REV. JOE NEWBY
evangelistic and pastoral work. He
served as pastor of the Assembly of
God Church of Childress for three
years and comes to Shamrock from
Houston, where he has been pastor
of the Galena Park Assembly for the
past three years.
The young evangelist is a nephew
of Rev. J. J. Grubbs, pastor of the
you to attend this meeting tonight.” i local Assembly, and a cousin of Rev.
City Park Project
Receives Approval
Of State WPA Head
The monthly meeting of the
Wheeler County singing convention
will be held at the Methodist church
in Mobeetie Sunday, according to
Hester Dodson, Twitty, president of
the organization. The program will
begin at 2 p. m.
President Dodson extends a cor-
dial invitation to the public to at-
tend and enjoy the singing.
Mayor Bill Walker received a let-
ter from the State Works Projects
administrator at Austin, giving ap-
proval of the city park project for
Shamrock. The project will not get
underway for several weeks due to
a shortage of WPA labor, Walker
stated.
Cost of the park improvements
George Newby who conducted the
summer revival here. "I am sure you
will enjoy Rev. Newby’s messages,”
Rev. Grubbs declared.
Special music and singing will be
a feature of each service, the pastor
stated, which start at 7:30 p. m.
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LEE CASON EMPLOYED
BY WHITEHURST & SON
Lee Cason of Breckenridge has ac-
cepted a position in the shoe de-
partment at Whitehurst & Son,
gents furnishing store. Mr. Cason,
an experienced shoe fitter, has been
in the employ of the Pate’s Men’s
will total more than $6,000 and when ! Store at Breckenridge.
completed will be one of the finest i Whitehurst & Son handle Flor-
city parks in the Panhandle. The j sheim, Jarman, Fortune and
city of Shamrock will furnish its
part of the amount in labor, materi-
als and equipment.
Churchill shoes for men,
shoes for boys, and Justin i
com boots.
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