The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1923 Page: 1 of 8
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THE WEST TIMES Established 1889
THE WEST NEWS Established 1909
Consolidated January, 1913
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1923.
VOLUME 34
NO. 1*
RADIO TALK TO FARMERS
NEXT THURSDAY NIGHT
Hon. O. H. Cross and John Gorham of
f Waco, Will Deliver Address _
There Will Also Be a Musical
Program by Lead inf:
Waco Musicians
West is to have a feature radio
program Thursday night, March lo.
Hon. O. H. Cross and John Gorham
of Waco will deliver addresses by
radio to the farmers of Central Tex-
as, telling something of what mem-
bers of the Farm Association are do-
ing and planning to do to protect the
farmer’s business.
West will be one of twenty-five
towns to hear the speeches and take
part in the program.
W. R. Denton is the local chairman,
assisted by Joe Marak, in charge of
the evening’s program at West.
The K. C. Hall over the First State
Bank, has been secured for the meot-
1 ing. A large loud speaking radio
I will be installed for the occasion by
the Waco Electrical Supply Company,
free of charge.
Messrs. Denton and Joe Janek an-
nounce that everyone is cordially in-
cited to be present. It is the farm-
I ers’ meeting and they are expected j
to be present and hear the message
from the two well-known farmer-
speakers and business men.
A musical program given by lead- j
ing Waco musicians will be a part of
the evening's entertainment. A lo
cal program will also be given in ad
litjon to the radio program.
COUNTRY CLUB
ELECTS OFFICERS
The annual meeting of the Bold
Springs Country Club Association
was held Wednesday and the follow-
ing officers elected: T. B. Perry,
president; B. Garrison, vice-presi-
dent, and L. T. Smith, secretary and
treasurer. The stockholders have au-
thorized the directors to have a
swimming pool made in connection
with the other improvements planned
for the club grounds and property.
A new clubhouse is to be erected at
ONE “KNOCK”—TEN SMILES
TEN SMILES-SUCCESS
MARRIED AT
BAPTIST PARSONAGE
Miss Hazel McHargue and Mr. B.
Whittington of Byrome were mar-
ried here Wednesday, March 7th, at
the Baptist parsonage, Rev. B. 0.
Herring opciating. The groom has a
position in Arkansas, where he will
be located at present.
NEW GARAGE TO OPEN
J.W. Fortik will open in a few dr -sl
a garage and service station on (
ton Mill Street, in the build:ior-|
merly known as Mayo Grocery Estali- j
lishment. Mr. Fortik is well-known
in West.
IJkDIO PROGRAM
FOR 000 FELLOWS
Dallas, Texas, March 8.—A special
Odd Fellows’ Program will be put on
by WFAA, the Dallas News, Thurs-
day night, March 15, at 8:30 to 9:30
p. m. All Odd Fellows and Rebekah
fans are requested to tune in.
Geo. B. Latham of Dallas, a mem-
ber of the Grand Lodge Entertain-
ment Committee and one of the best
known Odd Fellows in Texas, wi.I
PHon. W. T. Savage, Past Grand
Master and General Chairman of the
Entertainment Committee, will speak
and give out special information on
the Grand Lodge Program, which
convenes in Dallas March 19th. Oth-
er prominent Odd Fellows and Re-
bekahs will speak.
Geo. B. Latham has also arranged
for a program over WFAA Monday
night, March 19th, 8:30 to 9:30, while
the Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. is in ses-
sion, for the Boys’ Band—string band
quartette, and readings by the boys
and girls of the I. O. O. F. Home at
Corsicana, who will be in Dallas as
guests of the Grand Lodge.
SCHOOL HAS FIRE DRILL
A fire drill Wednesday at the gram-
mar school cleared the building in
less than a minute and a half. The
drill was an inovation in the every
day school life, many of tne children
having never before participated in
the exciting exit from clas3 room and
building.
West
STATE BANK
HAS AUTOMATIC CASHIER
<1-
An automatic cashier machine has
recently been installed at the West
State Bank, as a part of the bank’s
equipment to facilitate business. The
machine is a wonderful piece of me-
chanism. It supplies correct change
from one cent to a dollar at the press
of a button. Should a patron stop
in the bank and ask for a dollar in
change all the accomodating bank of-1
ftcial would need to do would be to
touch the dollar change button on the
new machine and there would be a
round fifty cent piece, accompanied
by a silver “two-bit” piece and the
necessary nickles and dimes as the
tequiiou.o.U might be. The ma-
chine is used in moat of the larger
city banks now, it seas explained is
connection with the installment at
the West State
CELEBRATED FIFTH BIRTHDAY
Little Miss Ruth Garza, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Garza, celebrat-
ed her fifth birthday, Tuesday after-
noon, March 6th, at the home of her
parents, with a birthday party to
which a number of little friends were
invited. The afternoon was spent in
games. These included a contest
which called for skill in pinning the
horse’s tail on while blindfolded. Lit-
tle Miss Margaret Pass was the suc-
cessful one, winning as a prize a box
of candy.
Cake and cream was served dur-
ing the afternoon.
The guests invited to enjoy the
pleasure of the party and join with
the young hostess in celebrating the
happy occasion were Masters Donald
and Ray Ashley, Robert Prikryl, Bud
Woods, Samuel Pass and little Miss-
es Christene Hill, Ann Woods, Mar-
garet Pass, Nellie Lee Miller and
Lena Mae Taylor.
The hostess was the recipient of
a number of presents from her young
friends.
VISITORS TO FT. WORTH
AND BIG
SHOW
W. P. Cook, cashier, National Bank
of West, H. F. Ellis and H. V. Sma-
jstrla, assistant cashiers, Will Town-
ley of the Pioneer Gin Company, and
Charles Smajstrla of the Smajstrla
Drug Store, composed a party attend-
ing the Southwestern Exposition and
Fat Stock Show at Fort Worth this
week. They left West after banking
hours Wednesday and returned the
following day, taking in the horse
show event Wednesday night.
BURNED HAND WHILE
MAKING RADIO
SET
Isidor Berger, while making a ra-
dio set recently, sustained a painful
bum on the hand. The bum result-
ed from the tar used about the bat-
tery. Both the hand and radio set
are reported to be doing well.
COMING
I will be at Smajstrla’s Drug Store
in West, Texas, Friday, March 16,
1923, for the purpose of examining
eyes and fitting glasses.
If you are having eye trouble don't
fail to seee me. •»
Eyes examined scientifically.
Glasses fitted accurately.
Joe A. Reeves,
Optometrist
Waco, Texas
Patronise home merchants.
Read the home paper. WM
Someone who claims to be authority on
many things, claims that a knock is a boost.
Another authority—a philosopher, maybe—
claims that the world will never know you
are present if there are not a few knocks.
Knocks do not always sound well, neith-
er are they pleasant to experience, but one
likes the boost, also finds some satisfaction in
having the world know that they are present.
A jury gave a small boy a twenty thous-
and dollar verdict recently as recompense
for the loss of a smile. The lad had been
struck on the cheek by the broken end of a
live wire. The side of the face was paralyzed
and drawn, and while one side of the face
smiled, the other was hideously drawn—and
If a smile is worth twenty thousand dol-
lars after it is gone, of how much greater val-
ue should it be while we still have it.
We West citizens have twenty thousand
dollar smiles, and do not know it.
Let’s try using them often and investing
some of the twenty thousand. 1 wenty thous-
and dollars’ worth of smiles invested individ-
ually today in West, will make the income
tax man go crazy, and the old world better
.and brighter.
Abraham Lincoln, who was somewhat
of a philosopher, said that a man ought to live
so that the place in which he lived would be
proud of him; and again we have food for
thought.
Are we making the town in which we
live any the better for our having lived? A
summing up would sav, there are the smiles,
and there are the knocks, and there are the
things we can do to make our town proud of
us, and the world at large better because of us.
the jury took only twenty minutes in which to
value that lost smile.
What are we going to do about it?
PARENT-TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
ADOPTS RESOLUTION
Goes On Record as Disapproving the
Action of the School Board on
Present School Question
BRAZOS VALLEY
COTTON MILL BUSY
W. L. Steel, secretary and manager
of the Brazos Valley Cotton Mill,
bought seven hundred and twenty-
six bales of cotton Wednesday, which
amount he said finished out the sup-
ply needed to run the mill until Sep-
tember 1st. The mill has been marr'
ufaeturing about one hundred bales
per week, and the outlook is for a
continuance of this same output. The
purchase Wednesday gave th? mill
a sufficient supply, it is said, to run
on until the new crop is in. The mill
is running a day and night force to
keep up with the orders for the mill’s
products. Trucks loaded with bales
of cotton go daily to the mill, and the
same trucks carry to the railroad
bales of ducking and osenberg made
from the cotton.
Fledge Their Support to the
Re-elec-
tion of the Old City Commission
SOLE SPRINGS
ASSOCIATION MEETS
MRS. T0WNLEY
ENTERTAINS
On last Thursday, March 1st, Mrs.
Townley’s home was thrown open to
the White Rock Cemetery Association
meeting. The attendance was larger
than usual, there being thirteen to
answer to roll call.
After singing a hymn, the presi-
dent called for the minutes of the last
meeting, which were adopted as read.
The only reference discussed was the
hedge along the driveway, and the
immediate employment of a sexton,
as vegetation was showing up in
leaps and bounds. Members were
urged by the president to remind
their friends or relatives who had
loved ones buried there that the ex-
penses of keeping up this cemetery
was entirely done by love gifts; also
dues by the regular members who are
asked for only 10 cents per month or
|1.20 per year. So anyone wishing
to become a member may do so by
sending designated amount to the
president, seert-ary or treasurer of
this organization, or through the
West Bank.
One dollar was gratefully received
as a free-will offering from Wilks
Johnson of Fort Worth.
|8.75 on dues was received from lo-
cal members.
Disbursements for the month were
$3.00.
A card of thanks and appreciation
was read before the society, from our
beloved member, Aunt Sallie, for
flowers to our deceased member,
Uncle Henry Johnson, who had been
an honorary member for many years.
We shall miss him, but never forget
his geniality and co-operation.
The Lord’s blessings on his widow
is our prayer.
Next place of meeting will be with
Mrs. Agnes Thompson, first Thurs-
day in April. ,
“Gome and meet with us.”
Refreshments consisting of sand-
wiches, coffee, cake and tea wans
served after adjournment
LOCAL SLEUTHS
GUARD TREASURE
A large sum of money shipped to
a local bank March 2nd, a legal bank
holiday, was the source of some
watch-keeping duty on the part of
Chief of Police Bailey, and night po-
liceman Thompson. Officials of the
bank to which the money was shipped
say they were not expecting it on the
day it come, so it was consigned by
the local express agent to the watch-
ful custody of the local police officers.
Chief Bailey said this week, in speak-
ing of the money bags, that he got
suspicious of his own shadow. Two
strangers arriving in the city on the
same train with the bank funds add-
ed to his suspicions. The brass but-
tons on his uniform got on his nerves,
he explained as he recalled the long
hours of the night. He thought it
might be well to be a “Sherlock” in
disguise, so went home and donned
a noncommittal long raincoat to hide
the telltale buttons. The Chief is not
only guarding the city as an officer,
but is also proprietor of the West
Hotel, and when the hotel registers
carried the names of the strangers
whom he would shadow, he was
afraid to go home for fear of the
brass buttons. Morning came at last,
he explained, and the bank doors
swung open to receive the money
that had spent Independence Day
outside the heavy doors of the bank
vault.
On February 3rd, the Association
met in the hospitable home of Mrs.
Warren Neilson. The rainy after-
noon prevented a large number from
attending, but the few there felt
greatly repaid for coming. The or-
der committee was asked to secure
data on coBt of repainting the iron
fence enclosing the cemetery. Lot3
sold, offering, and dues, brought in
cash to the amount of $29.00.
Mrs. Skinner <vas a pleasant vis-
itor for the afternoon and assisted
the hostess in serving her guests a
delightful two-course refreshment
plate, first of sandwiches and coffee,
then peaches and cake. The guests
greatly enjoyed some sweet music
from Misses Mamie Neilson, Muriel
Scales and Margaret Skinner.
Reluctantly the members left, ex-
pressing their great pleasure in be-
ing in the home of one of our oldest
and yet most active members.
On March 2nd, Mrs. Ed Neilson’s
home was thrown open to the Asso-
ciation members. The beautiful af-
ternoon drew out a splendid crowd.
The decoration committee reported
flower seed had been purchased and
would be planted as soon as the
ground was dry. The order commit-
tee then submitted an estimate on
painting the fence. The cost of $128
seemed staggering at first, but it was
deemed best to spend this amount or
else suffer the iron to rust out and
lose many times that amount. Right
here may we drop the hint that back
dues and offerings will do much to-
ward paying this bill, so drop in on
our next meeting day or mail dues to
Mrs. R. Hurlock. Of course you want
to help attend the graves of your
loved ones.
Mrs. W. K. Lusby of Waco was a
welcome member of this afternoon.
Dues to the amount of $3.30 were
received.
At the close of the business ses-
sion, dainty sandwiches, cake and hot
chocolate were dispensed by Misses
Neilson. After which we adjourned
to meet the first Friday in April with
Mrs. T. B. Perry.
Whereas, for the past seven months
there has been a great controversy
between the Board of Trustees of ths
West Independent School District and
the City Commission of the City of
West, growing out of the location of
the school building site; and where-
as, the City Commission has at all
times acted within the law concern-
ing their rights and privileges and
have endeavored to erect a high
school building for the schools of
West; and whereas, the School Board
has, on different occasions, tried to
usurp the power of the City Commis-
sion by appealing to the courts, and
by injunctions have restrained the
City Commission from constructing
the building that is so badly needed,
and causing the tax-payers to pay
money out for the building which
they have not yet gotten, therefore,
be it resolved:
First, that the Parent-Teachers’
Association go on record as disap-
proving the action of the School
Board in getting out injunctions and
further delaying the progress of the
building that is now so badly needed.
Second, that we go on record as
approving the announcement of, and
pledging our individual support for
the re-election of the old City Com-
mission and also pledging our sup-
port to the three Trustees who are
to be elected and who are in favor
of constructing the building on the
site which the City Commission has
selected.
Third, that we disapprove the ac-
tion of the School Board in telling
teachers to quit teaching and In call-
ing for the resignations of teachers
at its own will and pleasure withont
a good cause.
Fourth, that a copy of these reso-
lutions be sent to the Waco News-
Tribune, and that a copy be given to
The West News for publication.
WEST’S FIRE
INSURANCE RECURI
MISSIONARY SOCIETY
The Ladies’ Missionary Society
held the regular meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon with Mrs. M. M. Chunn. The
study program dealt with the les-
son study, “Building With India.”
There was a good attendance and
much interest was taken in the pro-
gram.
Mortgages and Deeds st this office.
First-class Job Printing. The News.
WEST BOY SCOUTS
WIN FROM HILLSBORO
West Boy Scout Basketball Team
played the Hillsboro Scouts Tuesday
night, February 27th, on the City
Hall grounds, the score being 18 to
5 in favor of the West Scouts. The
Hillsboro team were at a disadvan-
tage playing on our open court, they
having been accustomed to an indoor
game. Plans are being made for a
game between local Scouts and Waco,
before the season closes.
Mrs. Pauline Blume has sold her
home to E. J. Jerabek. Mr. Jerabek
is connected with the Ray Motor
Company.
A statement showing that the loss
ratio of West for the years 1920,
1921 and 1922 is .250 has been filed
with and has been checked and ap-
proved by the State Fire Insurance
Commission. Under the provisions
for credit for good fire record of cit-
ies and towns shown on page 27 of
the 1922 edition of the Texas General
Basis Schedules, this record entitles
West to a credit of 15 per cent which
local agents are to deduct from the
Final Rate on ALL POLICIES WRIT-
TEN ON, OR AFTER, MARCH I,
1923, TO FEBRUARY 29, 1924, ON-
LY, and covering property located
within the corporate limits of Weet
Policies taking effect prior to
March 1, 1923, are not affected, or to
be disturbed, except by cancellation
in strict accordance with the terms
and conditions of the policy.
This credit does not apply to poli-
cies written on or after March 1 1924,
WILL SERVE DINNER
TRADES
DAT
Ladies of the Methodist Church
will serve a special chicken and hrfm
dinner Monday, March 12th, in the
old Hruska Grocery Store on Cotton
Mill Street, from 11:30 to 1 o’clock
p. m. The proceeds of the dinner
will be applied to the church building
fund. Monday will be “Trades Day”
in West and a good patronage is ex-
pected.
The News $1.00 per year,
A NEW HOME
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Bottom and
family moved this week into their
home on West Oak Street, purchseed
recently from J. A. Weet Tne nonae
he* been mpapered and
throughout ,
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Hudson, Estelle. The West Weekly News and Times. (West, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, March 9, 1923, newspaper, March 9, 1923; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth588390/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.