The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939 Page: 1 of 8
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WHEN YOU TRADE AT HOME
YOU BOOST YOUR SCHOOLS,
CHURCHES, AND ALL ORGAN-
IZATIONS WORKING FOR THE
BETTERMENT OF WEST.
©h £ 111 ret jXrius
Insurance
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Mrs. Almeda Watson
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WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939.
Volume 50. No. 22.
Walter Harrison
Newspaper Leader
tv ALTER
HARRISON
It is easy to understand why the j
comic section of the daily news-j
paper is moie widely read than any]
other department after trying to;
interpret front page war news of j
several dailies. We have five Texas |
publications to look over each day |
and their stories vary ti such an!
extent that we are sometimes in j
doubt as to who is actually at war.j
One will carry a screaming head-
line of what appears to be a great]
war story. The other may not even:
mention the incident. Hofrestly,|
folks, we would like to give a brief1
account cf actual war happenings]
in this column each week but are.
at a loss as where to start. When,
facts can’t be obtained we don’t
need any help in
other. No sir, we can
Just as tall as anyone. Flash! Chas. 11 5’0U worked
Smajstrla has the Bremen at home Hanison y u can lave a job on my
in his bath tub. newspaper."
. . That has been spoken dozens of
It is still generally believed that times by editors of newspapers in
England and France are at war great cittes to former reporters for
with Germany, but from that point The Daily Oklahoman and Okla-
on opinions vary greatly. Law- homa City Times. It is the estimate
makers in Washington have d ne of this lean-faced newspaperman
little to quiet war-troubled minds, bv men in his own professl n, where
One representative suggested the his measurements are best known.
U. S. adopt Hitler’s plan and grab Harrison’s fellow craftsmen know
off Canada and other allied pos- him as the possessor of those
sessions. Now wouldn't that be a qualities that mark the born news-
spiaidld example? In Texas we paperman—fast, straight thinking,
have institutions for those who writing with a punch in it, the
■ picture themselves as Napoleon— capacity for an Immense amount
some states send them to Wash- of work a machine gun vcice that
Within his profession, the finest
supplying the] said about Walter M. Harri-
make them 6011
‘ If you worked! under Walter
(WNU SERVICE)
Fire Demolishes
Bednar Residence
ington.
| punctures pretension and a rare
Billie Johnson
Weds at Houston
• * gift for training men. These quali-
Another congressman accused [les carrieci him several years ago
the Administration of '■inflaming t0 the highest, honor American
the people and making them war- editors could pay him—president
minded Still another discussed for two consecutive years of the
hanging Adolf American Society of Newspaper
Hitler “to a sour apple tree.’’ A Editors.
pleasant thought, but we must Harrison talks as he writes. His
stick to the facts, or is it fiction, give-and -take repartee and quick,
Isolationists continue to assail, siting wit have made him the tra-
Britain and France for defaulting ditional toastmaster of big annual
the war debts. Delay in congress- evcnts politicians and the bump-
ional action was expected and nous fear his tongue more than
there is possibly room lor debate on his typewriter.
the neutrality question, but when _)0(___
the lawmakers attempt to steal the
spotlight from leading comedians,
that is going a shade too far.
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COl. Charles Lindbergh seems to
be another lactor in this European
war. We recognize his right to an
opinion on any matter just as we
would that of any man. But we]
can’t understand why his state-
ments should be regarded as law.
After all, he is only an aviator who
risk his life for national fame and
won. Does that make his opinion
on questions of neutrality beyond
reproach? True, he met Hitler, but
so did the Texas girl dancer. Cor-
rigan and a number of others span-
ned the ocean. What is their
opinion?
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If automobile production keeps
up, we may eventually have two
cars for every filling station.
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FORMER
WEST GIRL
TO WED
IN WACO
Announcement was made last
week of the approaching marriage
d Miss Freda Christian of Waco,
, formerly of this city, to Mr. A. C.
McAdams, also of Waco. The wed-
ding will take place in Waco on
Saturday, October 28th. Miss Chris-
tian has been honored with several
showers recently by Waco friends.
Mrs. Will Jares, Misses Joephine
tended a shower in honor of the
bride-elect at Waco last Thursday.
Miss Christian is well known in
this city, having formerly been
employed at a local dry goods firm.
Her friends here extend best wishes.
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NEW ARRIVAL
According to information re-
ceived here this week, Miss Billie
Johnson of this city became the
bride cf J. W. Rochelle of Houston
in a ceremony performed at that
city on Tuesday, Oct. 17. The cere-
mony was performed by a Baptist
pastor, Rev. Mr. Murphy at his
home.
Witnesses, all of Houston, were:
Dorothy Mae Francis. Richard Con-
ner, Eddie Conner, Helen White,
Mrs. C, R. Conner, Mrs. J. W.
Rcchelle, mother ol the groom, and
the pastors wife.
The young couple were honored
with a shower given by Mrs. Con-
ner. and received many lovely gifts.
Mr. Rochelle is employed by the
Gulfland Corp. in Houston where
the couple will make their home
at 6738 Avenue O.
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P. T. A. MEMBERS ENJOY
MEETING LAST TUESDAY
Fire of unknown crigin almost
totally destroyed the home of Mrs.]
Lena Bednar in the north part of
town at about 4:30 p. m. last Sat-]
urday. Mrs. Bednar and Mrs.
Almeda Watson, only occupants of,
the home, were shopping in Waco,
at the time of the fire.
Apparently the blaze started near
the center of the house Interior,
neighbors failing to notioe the fire
until flames had spread through-
out the home.
Local firemen were summoned
and arrived in time to extinguish
the blaze before neighboring build-]
ngs caught fire, however the Bed-
nar home and all contents were
practically destroyed before the
arrival of the fire department.
According to Mrs, Watson the loss
was partially covered by insurance.
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WACO SYMPHONY SOCIETY
TO PRESENT 4 CONCERTS
The growing popularity of Sym- ■ WILLS FAMILY IN REUNION AT
New Special to
End October 31
Tuesday, October 31, will
mark the final date of The
West News bargain subscrip-
tion rate of $1.00 per year.
After this date the rate v/Ul
be raised to the original $1.50
per year and the paper dis-
continued where payment is
not made. We hope that it
wtU-Tiot be necessary for us
to stop the paper in any in-
stance. However we feel that
we have done our.part toward
retaining subscribers by re-
ducing the rate as low as
possible. The price is within
reach of all—we need your
name on our list and feel
sure that you will receive full
value in your local paper.
Come in and renew your sub-
scription before Oct. 31.
Charles Janek
Weds Praha Girl
The P. T. A. met at the Gram-
mar School October 17.
Mr. Samuel Pass gave a very in-
teresting talk on the Commercial
course in the high school.
An unexpected feature of the
program, and one which was en
Milberger and “Jo" 8majatrla atdJoyed very much, was the showing
The many friends of the family
will be Interested to know that little
Nancy Biggs Dobbins, (Nancy The
Fifth, in direct line,) arrived at
Providence Sanitarium on last Fri-
day afternoon.
Little Miss Dobbins is the dau- urgwi to Join the P. T. A. and co-
ghter of Mr, and Mrs. Sidney B operate in every way.
Dobbins and the granddaughter -0—
of Dr. and Mrs. U. E. Biggs of this A man who is clever enough to
city. Both the mother and little j b; boss in the home is also wise
Nancy are doing splendidly. enough not to brag about it.
of pictures of the West High Band
and Grammar School graduation
exercises taken by Supt. H. J.
Jackson last term.
A report of the county council
meeting was given by Mrs. Allen
Busby and Mrs. Carl Morgan.
Mrs. Willie Stalling’s grade won
the membership prize for the
month. This prize is given each
meeting to the room having the
largest number of parents present.
There has been an interesting
and instructive program prepared
for the year, and every parent is
phonic music and the public
awareness that the cultural life of
no city is complete without it, is
eloquently attested to by the fact,
that while there were but 17 orch-
estras in America 25 years ago,
there are 270 of them today.
Since Waco, the home of Baylor
University, is essentially a city basket picnic dinner was served on
which dedicates itself to the pro-: the spacious summer dining porch,
motion of education, culture and Those attending were: Mr. and
art, it was inevitable that It would j Mrs. W. D. Coleman and sons, Billie
HOME OF DR. H. W. WILLS
Decendants ol the late Mr. and
Mrs J. T. Wills, pioneer residents
:f West and McLennan county,
assembled Sunday, October 22 at
the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. W.
Wills and daughter, Miss Lela Mae,
for their family get-together. A
take its place in the vanguard of
the cities of the State and the Na-
tion.
Thus the Waco Symphony Soc-
iety is accounted for, with an
orchestra of 80 pieces, under the
skillful direction of Max Reiter.
The organization will present four
concerts this season with four fa-
mous artists. Antoine, Grainger,
Milstein and Muns. Season tickets
and Dan, of Victoria, Mr. and Mrs.
T. A. Coleman of Robs town, Mrs.
Martha Wills Wallis, Rockdale, Dr.
and Mrs. J. W. Wills, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C McAden of West, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Sams and daughter, Patsy
Russell, of Gainsville.
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GOLD MEDAL PLAY
BOYS LN WEST SATURDAY
Freund or H.
from
J. Jackson.
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are reasonably priced and may be] “f*« and entertainment will be
secured in this city from Hugo ^^^t^^n a^^BuTby
Grocery on Saturday of this week.
The Gold Medal Play Boys will be
present throughout the day to sup-
j ply a musical program. A brief
Portland. Ore., Oct. 24. —Peter] cooking school will be conducted
McIntosh of 8a n Francisco fell'in the morning and various con-
down at an Intersection Tuesday] tests will be staged during the day,
and cut his eye on his shattered prizes to be awarded the winners.
Miss Mary Griene of Praha be-
came the bride of Charles Janek
of West Wednesday morning, Oct.
18th, at the Praha Catholic church,
Rev. John Anders officiating. MLss
Isabelle Griene of Praha and Albin
Janek of West were the witnesses.
A wedding dinner was served at
the home cf the bride’s parents
following the church ceremonies.
The bride is the youngest dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Griene
of Praha and has many friends in
this section. The groom, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Janek of West,
is well and favorably known in the
Praha section, having been em-
ployed with Herzik Bros, for the
past two years.
The couple will make their home
at Praha. Their many friends ex-
tend best wishes for a happy mar-
ried life.
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WILLIE PLASEK RE-ELECTED
LABORATORY ASSISTANT
AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY
Willie Plasek, son of Mr. Joe
Plasek of this city, and a student
Trojans to Play
Gatesville Hornets
Playing thier first game away
from home this season, the West
Trojans Journey to Gatesville to-
night, Friday, for a grid battle with
the Gatesville Hornets. Many local
fans are expected to accompany
the team into Coryell county to-
night. hopefu! of a West victory.
Advance dope is very confusing,
as is usually the case regarding
the Gatesville team. Two weeks
ago they appeared to be among the
four strongest teams In the dis-
trict, but lost thFir standing iast
week when defeated by Mart Prior
to this game with Gatesville. Mart
showed to be weaker than the
Trojans. Whether Gatesville was
over-rated or Mart has greatly im-
] proved is a question. At any rate
the Trojans will be the underdags
and have their best chance of the
season to upset the dope However
their play will have to be much bet-
ter than that of last week against
Valley Mills.
Last year Gatesville came to
West with a team rated three or
four touchdowns better than the
locals. Yet at the half the Coryell
ccunty lads were trailing 7—0 and
were lucky to eke out a win in the
last period.
Injuries may prevent the appear-
ance of a complete West first string,
but if Nichols, Barber, Hahn, and
Stepan, injured last week, are In
the line-up we believe the Trojans
will win.
You are invited to accompany the
team on this their first game away
from home. Familiar faces on the
side-line will mean much to the
players. Let’s go!
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Special Program
at Tours Nov. 19
PLANS BEING MADE BY NEW
PASTOR FOR TURKEY MEAL
Rev. George T. Koen, newly ap- “
pointed pastor at St. Martin’s
church, Tours, announce* this week
that a big turkey supper, dance and
program, will be sponsored at Tours
on Sunday, November 19tb, fundi
received to benefit school and
church. Plans are being made to
make this one of the outstanding
events of the season in the Tours
community. A bale of cotton and
other awards will be made at the
supper, the dance to follow, with
music supplied by a well known
orchestra The turkey supper will
be served in banquet plate style at
35c per plate. Rev. Koen extends
an invitation to all asking that
at Trinity University, Waxahachie. j the date be kept in mind and be
Texas, has been re-elected to ar've present at St. Martin’s School Hall
in the capacity of laboratory as-1 for the entertainment,
sistant in the Biology depart! ent.l Rev. Koen replaces Rev. George
it was ann:unced by Prof F. B ouda as pastor at 8t. Martin’s
Isley, head of the biology depart-1 chnrch. He was formerly situated
ment. . i at the Sacred Heart chnrch. Little
Gaining scholastic recognition; y0rk. a surberb cf Houston. A na-
throughout his three years of ac- ] tive Texan he was bom at Conroe,
ademlc training. Mr. Plasek has Especially interested in the
been awarded various honors on splritual welfare of ^ and RirU>
the basis of aptitude and citizen- |Rev Koen devotes much 0l hU
Sw1P.,Hu l3* 0 time to the C. Y O organization,
the Alpha Chi fraternity, national |The Tours 0Tder holds bUnMnthiy
scholastic organization. ! meetings and arrangements are
Majoring in biology and minor- _ mfld ^nt wv
ing in the physical sciences, Mr I, th^ f .
Plasek will be graduated with the.
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BROKEN SPECTACLES
PUT 5 IN HOSPITAL
spectacles. The subsequent develop-
ments:
An ambulance called to aid Mc-
How many grains of com can a
hungry rooster eat? How much will
a Jumbo sack of flour weigh? These
Intosh collided with a passenger Jiuetvlons will be answered on Sat-
car driven by Thomas W Me Dan- urday at the local grocery. You are
lets, who was arrested and hospital- invited to attend the program and
ized for minor injuries. A. F. Tuck- join in the fun.
er, McDaniels' passenger, also was ->01--
ROY UPSHAW PLAYS IN
BAYLOR MUSIC RECITAL
hurt.
A second ambulance was dis-
patched and it was struck by a car
driven by William L. Zimmer. He
was charged with failing to give
the right of way and, with a pas-
B. 8. degree in June. After gradua-
tion he contemplates entering the
Baylor Medical School in Dallas,
Texas.
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EX-STUDENTS IN MEETING
• AT AUSTIN ON SUNDAY
A meeting of ex-student mem-
bers of Csech clubs of the Univer-
sity of Texas was held in Austin
last 8unday. Among those from
West to attend were: Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Kactr. A. W. Marchak.
Miss Ella Koeme! and Mis Lillian
Foil.
The Csech club of the University
has shown much progress in recent
years, with members in
every section of the country,
the meeting Sunday, Mr
Rev. Koen served two years In
the U. 8 Army as CCC chaplain at
Lufkin, Texas. He is still interested
in the CCC work program and
states that he hopes to see a camp
established in this section for soil
conservation work. A meeting to
discuss the possibilities of such a
movement is scheduled to be held
today, Thursday, at 8 p, m. at Tours
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WEST GIRLS ELECTED TO
TARLETON AGGETTES CMJB
Dorothy Sparks and Elizabeth
Sparks of West, have been elected
to membership in the Aggettes
Club at Tarleton College. This an-
almost nouncement was made recently by
At] Laura Heilman, professor of phy-
Kactr steal education, who is sponsor of
was elected president and Mr. Mar-j this club.
Waco, Texas. Oct 21—Roy Up-
shaw of West, pupil of Miss Roxy
Grove, head of the Baylor Univer-
sity School of Music, will play two
chak secretary for the ex-student
members.
CARNIVAL AT TOKIO
Unlike many of the clubs at Tar-
leton. the Aggettes is a
tion social and service club,
dition to the several social
every year, the club
servger. Dale A. Russell, was taken numbers on the first student re-]
to Emergency Hospital, | CftsU ofethe year,
A thtrd ambulance was called.] Mr. Upshaw will play “Improvlca-
Mclntosh was taken to Good 8a- ] tion” by MacDowell and “Im-
maritan Hospital. ! prompts" by Bartkiewiei
The Toklo P T. A. is sponsoring advance the interests of all
a carnival to be held at the Tokio. students at
gymnasium Friday night, Nov. 3rd. ]vi ties of the club
Lots of entertainment and many-with the
free gifts are promised. Everybody doing so
Is invited. needy families of
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, October 27, 1939, newspaper, October 27, 1939; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590399/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.