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The Panhandle Herald, Panhandle, Carson County, Texas
Friday, September 17, 1948
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Tale
Of A Mouse
By
M. J. COLLINS
QTAN JACKSON owned the serv-
ice station beside the pine
grove a few miles outside the town.
It was a good. location and Stan
made a fair living. He was a hap-
py-go-lucky sort and everyone liked
him, but he had one great fault.
He loved to talk. Once he got
started it was hard to head him
off. Mice were his pet subject
at that moment, £hd he claimed if
everyone started to catch them sys-
tematically, the country would be
saved a million every year.
This was Saturday and he’d been
busy all day, and so had the cash
register.
Texas A & M Day
To Be Held At
State Fair Oct. 17
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Air Force Day
To Be Observed
September 18
Air Force Day will be observed
throughout the Naton on Sept.
18. The date marks the United
States Air Forces first anniversary
as an autonomus member of the
Armed Forces.
Main theme of the day will be
“Air Power Is Peace Power.”
However, another objective of this
year’s program will be “Know
Your Air Force Better.”
The program, whch also wll be
observed at Air Force installations
overseas, will include special fl-
ights, aerial demonstrations, ex-
hibits of new planes and equip-
ment, “open house” at USAF air
bases, dinners, and radio and tel-
evision shows.
The Air Force Association is
official sponsor. But a number of
national patriotic, civic, and frat-
ernal organizations and the new
civilian Miltary. Manpower Com-
mittees, now being organized
throughout the United States,
also will sponsor community act-
ivities. There are now more than
600 committees.
Air Force Day will emphasize
the meaning and significance of
air power and the importance of
the Air Force to the security of
the Nation and to the peace of
the world. The yearly observance
also serves as an opportunity to
review the USAF’s contibution to
aviation progress and to honor
Americans who pioneered the dev-
elopment of air power and who
have served their country in the
air.
Air power, the USAF points
out, means an adequate Air Force
in' being, backed by a strong
Air Force Reserve and Air Nat-
ional Guard, and a continuing
program of research and dev-
elopment.
In underscoring the theme,
“Know Your Air Force Better,”
the Nation-wide activities will
stress that the Air Force is an
all-volunteer organization comp-
osed of some of the Nation’s best
young men, and that it offers
outstanding opportunities for
pilot and other training.
This year is the 41st of the
Nation’s first military air army,
which was established August 1,
1907, as the aviation section of
the Army Signal Corps. It is the
fourth observance of Air Force;
Day.
Minute
Fiction
on now?” High-
Clancy asked as
he stepped in.
Stan looked up
the corner where
he was bent over
fixing something.
“I’m trying to
Kumpus Room Is Good Spot
For Double-Duty Furniture
Double-duty sleeping equipment
ts a natural for use in a rumpus
room.
Today sofa beds and studio
couches are made in several differ-
ent styles and covered with a va-
riety of attractive fabrics, many of
which have a rumpus room motif.
An ideal arrangement would be
to use one or two of these in place
of a number of chairs scattered
around the room. This would pro-
vide plenty of seating space, yet
keep the floor uncluttered for
dancing, games and other recrea-
tional activities.
It would also provide daytime
lounging facilities where Mother
could take a nap or the children
could spend after-school hours.
Perhaps best of all, these double-
duty pieces would take care of ex-
tra guests by letting the rumpus
room double for a guest room.
Two studio couches or sofa beds
could take care of four guests with
ease as they are simple to open
and pull out, becoming well-built
beds which comfortably accommo-
date two persons each.
If a college student son or
daughter should bring friends
home for a week-end, the rumpus
toom could be turned over to them
and all their activities centered in
it during their visit.
There are any number of times
when an extra guest room would be
convenient so that family activi-
ties would not be upset by a doub-
ling-up on sleeping accommoda-
tions.
catch a mouse,” he answered, “and
having a time of it, too.”
“Trying to save a million dol-
lars, I’ll bet.” Clancy laughed.
"Listen, Stan,” Clancy turned serious.
"There’ve been, a lot of service stations
robbed lately. Don’t leave too much cash
around.”
“Oh, they’d never bother with
a place like this,.” Stan’s mind
wasn’t on Clancy’s warning. “Now
if I could only catch that mouse.”
Clancy fled.
The next few hours were busy
ones for Stan. The farmers, in
town for the evening, were his main
customers, but now they were gone
and he could close.
Hardly had he settled down when
there was a “snap.”
“Ah,” he cried. “I’ve got you
this time!” Jumping to his feet, he
rushed back to the corner. He
pushed the box aside, but the mouse
was gone, and so was the cheese.
Perplexed, Stan scratched his head.
This mouse had put it over him
for almost a week.
“I’ll get you yet!” he muttered
shaking a fist.
npHE CAR grinding to a stop woke
A him up. Hardly before he was
out of the chair, the door opened
and a man stepped in.
“Good evening,” Stan said.
The man looked hard and grim.
“Stand where you are!” The voice
sent chills up and down Stan’s spine.
“Put up your hands.”
An automatic’s snouj was pointed
where Stan had always considered
his heart was. Right now it was
pounding in his mouth. His hands
shot up with all possible speed. A
flashy girl came in and stood beside
the man.
“Wise guy,” the man sneered.
“Yeah, wise guy,” the girl said.
Stan’s eyes stole toward the cash
register. There was almost $200
in it.
If Clancy were only here. Stan’s
ears were straining for the sound of
the motorcycle.
“Here,” the man said curtly,
“hold the gun on him.” She took
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The man looked hard and grim.
The first Texas A. and M. Col-
lege Day at the State Fair of Texas
will be held Oct. 17, David A.
McMinn, special events director of
the Fair, has announced.
Gibb Gilchrist, chancellor of
Texas A. and M., and George
Smith, president of the Aggies
Ex-Students’ Association, will
participate in special activities.
The school’s board of directors
has been invited to attend.
The DallasA&M Club will serve<
as host on this day.
R. L. (Dick) Powell, president
of the Dallas A&M Club, and
Lambert Ballard, vice president,
has appointed a special committee
to arrange the registration of
Aggies and exes at a booth in the-
Siate Fair’s Agriculture Building.
The committee will furnish Texas
Aggie badges in the school colors,
maroon and white, and award at-
tendance prizes.
Sam Ellsberry Jr., has been
named committee chairman. Other
committee members are Bob
Frymire, Jimmy Lowdon, Asa
Hunt, and Lewis Streater.
Texas A&M will have one of
the most complete and educational
exhibits in the State Fair’s rev-
olutionary 1948 Agriculture Show.
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From where I sit... &i/ Joe Marsh
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it while he emptied the register.
The sight of his vanishing money
made Stan see red.
“Don’t try it, sap!” the woman
said coldly, motioning him back.
A pair of small, beady eyes stared
out of a hole in the wall. The mouse
started to run across the floor.
The girl screamed and, dropping the
gun scrambled up on a chair.
Cursing, the man turned. All the
fury in Stan’s fist crashed into his
face. He went crashing into the
wall and slumped.
In the excitement the sound of
the motorcycle had gone unnoticed.
Clancy stepped inside, surveyed the
scene and quietly asked. “What
goes on?”
Stan sighed with relief. “You’re
just in time.”
i “I think so,” Clancy said, dryly,
taking the gun out of the shaking
hand. “This might go off and dam-
age someone . . . even you.”
I After the two had been taken
away, Stan served Clancy coffee in
the rear. Clancy asked. “Hpw did
lyou get the drop on them?”
1 "Well,” Stan replied, "he handed the gun
to the girl. Mi-gosh, wait!” he cried, rush-
ing out front. In a few seconds he was
back. "Look at this,” he cri$d, holding
up the trap. The mouse was pinned by the
tail.
“Ah! Success!” Clancy chuckled.
“The mouse proved my argu-
ment,” Stan beamed, fayed toe
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FALL
FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD IN
Panhandle. Texas
September 24th and 25th
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CARNIVAL FOR KIDDIES ON GROUNDS BY NOON MONDAY, SEPT. 20th;
AND RUN THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT, SEPT. 25th
Friday, September 24th
Saturday, September 25th
12:00 Noon—Agricultural Exhibits
10:00 A. M. to 1:30 P. M.—Judging
of Booths
1:00 P. M.—Judging of Livestock
2:00 P. M.—Exhibits Open to the
Public.
3:00 P. M.—Merchandise Shoot to
be held at the Gun
Club’s Grounds in the
Northwest Part of town
8:00 P. M.—Football Game, Canyon
vs. Panhandle, Panther
Stadium.
10:30 A. M.—Parade
11:15 A. M.—Talk by Rep. Eugene
Worley
12:00 Noon—Barbecue
1:30 P. M.—Kid Pony Show, Hat
Race, Doughnut
Race, Flag Race, to
be held West of Bap-
tist Church
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Come and Bring the Entire Family
Business Hoiises Will Be Closed From 9:30 A. M. to 4 P. M. Saturday, Sept. 25.
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Warren, David M. The Panhandle Herald (Panhandle, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Friday, September 17, 1948, newspaper, September 17, 1948; Panhandle, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth570758/m1/2/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.