The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1938 Page: 1 of 8
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WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL X 1938.
Volume 48. No. 46.
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BEST THEATRE Ov-200 Attend
PROGRAM Cage Banquet
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TODAY AND FRIDAY
Sally Eilers
Harry Carey
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“Danger Patrol”
Also
GOOD COMEDY
SATURDAY — ONE DAY ONLY
ZANE GREY STORY
“Thunder Trail”
with
Gilbert Roland
Chas. Bickford
Billy Lee
Also Comedy
"MUSIC WILL TELL”
SUNDAY AND MONDAY
Ann Dvorak
Gene Autry
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‘Manhattan
Merry Go Round”
£ A "Sir Walter Raleigh" Needed Here
Tt> hnieelor
Also
Cartoon
and News
ftnwnAY AND WEDNESDAY
BIG BARGAIN DAY’S
Will Rogers
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“Judge Priest”
Also
SONG HIT COMEDY
West Band
Rates High
On Saturday April 2nd. the West
High School Band directed by Robt.
Kilpatrick, Journeyed to Mexia
where they compeed in a band con-
test The local organization won
superior recognition in eontem num-
bers sight reading, and marching.
A new high in social events of
the season was established here last
Thursday evening when well over
two hundred persons gathered at
St Joseph's Half where a banquet
was held honoring the West boys
and girls' basketball teams. The af-
fair was well planned and proved
to be a success in every respect.
Members of the P. T. A. arranged
! the meal and the home economic
girls of the high school had charge
of the serving. The menu consisted
of ham, prepared by Crlppins Bar-
becue Stand, green peas, potato
salad, tomatoes, lettuce, buttered
buns, coffee. Ice cream and cake.
Bupt. H J Jackson acted as
toastmaster for the evening, and
following the invocation by Rev
Frank Doblas, Introduced R. Wen-
drrf and Chas. Smajstrla, local
businessmen credited with promot-
ing the banquet,
Next on the program, five young
ladies contributed a song and dance
act to the evening’s entertainment.
A f er the meal the toastmaster
Inroduced Chas. Meeker, coach of
the bays team, who in turn gave an
interesting outline of the past sea-
eon’s games In which hie team par-
ticipated, alio presenting each play-
er, with a few words of worthy com-
ment on each boy.
Next Coach W L. Reed was called
cn to Introduce the members of
the girls team, which he did very
satisfactorily after giving an ac-
count of past season games. Both
the West teams had a very success-
ful year, winning several tourna-
ments each, also taking first hon-
ors In the county class A division.
Quite naturally both coaches were
proud of their teams and showed
their appreciation tn their remarks
Thursday night In return Edward
Wendorf of the boys team and Miss
Ruth Will Is of the girls team each
responded with a few well choaen
No Change In
Farm Program
FARMERS MAY PLANT SWEET
SORGHUM AN MILUT AS
FIRST INSTRUCTED
Tuesday, April 12, Will Decide
• Question—“Is West To Have Gym’?
Another mark for outstanding
achievement should lie chalked up
to the credit of this oommunlty this
week. Every tax paying cittsen
should share In this honor which
can be ours. Tuesday, April 12, I*
the day. Will we move forward by
remarks, thon presented the coaches ^bfneVgyLaTlum-audSm at
“ “ * our high school or will we pass tip
with a nice present as a token of
appreciation from the entire team.
Mike Brcmlbw, T. C. U, basketball
coach and line ooach of the Texas
Christian football team, principal
speaker for the evening, was next
to be Introduced by Supt Jackson
Mr. Brumlcw proved to be an able
?hl U *on°r 'ha‘COul^and interesting speaker His address
be awarded the local band and appwlat^'hy thp audlmc«
pUccd them tn a bracket wUh tend. | ™ basketball season
tha< have been rated above West. *
The local boys and girls have work-
ed hard and deserve this honor.
Four soloists won medals, Clay-
ton Edwards Jr , Dorothy Bennett,
Justine Schmaltz and Dorothy Stal-
ling1!
lit the sight reading the band was
given two minutes to look over a
piece of music they had never seen
before To rat* superior in this class
clearly shows the progress* made
here
The winning of these contests
had not been crowned with success
so far as victories were concerned,
Mr Brumlow was able to offer the
student players worthwhile advice,
dearly showing that to win Is not
the most Important part In any
game He was surprised in learn that
West had no gymnasium and took
‘the opportunity to urge that the
people construct one. defining the
many advanages afforded by a gym.
A number of candidates for var-
ious officer were present at the
permits the band to go to the finals banquet and each was Introduced
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In Waco to be held April 29th.
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COU) WAVE BRINGS
HEAVY RAINFALL
A cold wave swept this section
Wednesday night, preceded by hea-
vy rainfall, high winds and elec-
trical disturbance No damage has
been reported In tills immediate vi-
cinity, however prospects for freez-
ing weather Thursday night loomed good sportsmen and fine citizens
Earl Hunt, coach cf the outstand-
ing Tokio team, was among the
guests to be introduced.
Such was the spirit of the occa-
sion that E. C. Adams was moved to
rise and speak in behalf of the citi-
zens of West, thanking the coaches
for the good work they had done In
training the boys and girls to be
not only skillful players but also
few years or the inclusion of the
laboratories In another building.
Since the proposed gymnasium can
easily acoomodate these labora-
tories and can be converted Into
an auditorium, the problem cf plant
expansion Is solved. This Is Indeed
an Important consideration.
There Is no problem of financing
the construction of the building. It
has been found that no additional
school tax bill will be necessary
Both interest and principal on the
proposed bond Issue of $17,500 can
be met by the present tax without
this opportunity and stand in the
way of progress? To be fair with
ourselves, our school, town and
ccmmunity, there can only be one
answer-—vote the bond.
It has been clearly shown that |]mpartnK the maintenance and op-
no tax increase will be necessary nation of the school in any way.
for this work. Not a single reason At present 25 cents school tax per
has been shown why one should op-
pose this Issue. We have devoted
much time, as have a number of
our fellowcitizens, to bringing this
vote to the people. Now all arrange-
ments have been completed, every
detail worked out—It Is up to the
voters. We have done our share and
to disturb farmers and townsmen
alike, endangering corn crops and
fruits, as well as gardens. Rain fell
ttpwgh.iut Wednesday night, be-
lieved U) have amounted to more
than one Inch.
A rising vote of thanks was given
to Mr. Meeker and Mr. Reed.
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Mr and Mrs 8 H Hurlock of
Houston spent last week with Mr.
and Mrs. G. R. Hurlock of this city.
one hundred dollars valuation on
property goes to the payment of
the present Indebtedness Under
the new plan, 12 cents of this 25
cents will be applied to the new
bond issue. As explained in last
week’s News, both bond Issues can
he paid off In thirteen years wlth-
can only say that if the Issue falls out extra assessment.
It will be a problem to promote any becomes clear when one takes
future movement for the develop- lhese facts tnto consideration that
ment of our town or oommunlty. the on]y lMue left ^ voter ts
We can only ask that you con- whether he wants the gym. The
sider the issue carefully, forgetting high school program demands more
any selfish motive you might have, building space The physical educa-
and come In and vote your honest tion department cannot function
conviction. during the winter months without
We are constantly being remind- j the gym The school has no audit-
ed by the leading educators of this orlum. We can have the building
nation of the Increasing advisability without adding one cent to present
of a complete program of physical expenses. We can not long avoid
education in the public school* some kind of butlding expansion.
The function of the high school Why not avail ourselves of this op-
of two decades ago was merely the portunity to do our community a
Inculcation of isolated facts having real social service!
but little practical value infitttng ———,0(——“*
the student for life. As time went p*. *■* •
on, It became increasingly clear vJty I ClIIllS
Tours-West Open
Baseball Season
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BUSINESS INTERVIEW
Chooee your bank as you would choose a man for a
responsible executive position. You would find out his quali-
fications, his record, his character and his experience And
that's the way you should choose a bank, tor a bank can mean
more to you than just a place to deposit your money. If It
Isn't more to you than that, you are not using your bank to
fun advantage.
THE WEST NATIONAL BANK
TEXAS.
Tourney Planned
that the public school must render
a practical service, that It must not
only train young Americans in the -
Ideals of democracy but must also Plan* for a City tennis touma-
traln their bodies so that they might m«nt to be held W the near future
grow up physically fit to serve the are being made,
nation. The tourney will probably be held
Borne states are already requir simtiar to the successful tournament
ing a modern gymnasium In each thmt WM c*rrted on last spring. It
A class high school plant and at | „ that four divisions may be
no distant date the state of Texa* organized this year with a bracket
will undoubtedly make a like re- f0r men>s singles, boy’s singles, wo-
qulrement. The educational bull.- j men’s singles and girl’s singles A
tin already requires a list erf course* douW!> tournament might be con-
difficult to teach without a well|durted following the singles meet,
equipped gymnasium. A11 players of the city are urged
Bearing these facts in mind the .o playltlf and thus be in
local school hoard ha* hit upon a •
It will be a red letter day In Tours
Sunday when the Tours-West base-
ball team open* Its season with the
Reas Fence-Busters at 3:15 p. m
Before the game there will be
music and a short opening day ad-
dress by Postmaster R. J Marak of
West. Mr. Marak will also throw
the first ball, and the game will be
"on.” Several forms of entertain-
ment will be supplied the fans on
hand for the opening game.
A public address system anil be
used to name the players as they
lake their turn at bat.
This will be the third time these
two teams have met In the opening
day game In 1938 the Tours-West
nine won from the Fence Busters;
in '37 Ross defeated the Tours-West
teamr As they are tied this should
be a real contest. Both teams are
getting ready and beth are sure
they will win. This alone should
make It the game of games
The probable line-up for the T-W
team will be: C. Allen, second base:
Leathers, first base; Moore, short;
Mashek. third base; Easterling, cen-
ter fielder; Dvoracek, left fielder;
Pratka, right fielder; Welch, catch-
er; Leo Allen and Roman Hoi ace k
to divide mound duties.
R Holecek and Ed Dulock are the
co-managers and they extend an
Invitation to fans of Tours. West,
Ross, Leroy, Cottonwood and Pene-
lope to attend this gala opening
game.
A small admission charge will be
made. The largest opening day
crowd in the history of the little
city of Tours is expected.
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Mr. and Mrs. Louis Kramr and
son, Mrs. F F. Bilek and daughters,
Misses Albina and Mary Ann, Ben
Plsek and Robert NavratU. all spent
Sunday In Temple, guests of Mr
and Mrs. Roman Lichnovsky and
family.
Washington, D C., April 4 —Con-
gressman W R. Poage today an-
nounced that the Department of
Agriculture had given him assur-
ance that they would reinstate
their original orders which would
allow farmers to plant sweet sorg-
hum and millet on neutral acres.
Congressman Poage had brought
the subject up on the floor of the
House of Representatives earlier in
the day and had secured a state-
ment from Representative Marvin
Jones, chairman of the Committee
of Agriculture In answer to Poage’s
questioning that the Department
cf Agriculture “ought to correct the
mistake." which Poage contented
had been made
The regulation* first issued by the
Department of Agriculture allowed
the growth of sorghum and millet
and subsequently after most farm-
ers tn Central Texas had already
planted or prepared to plant sor-
ghum and millet, the Department
of Agriculture Issued orders revok-
ing their orglnal regulatans per-
mitting this. Considerable confusion
resulted due to the fact that firm-
ing operations In Central Texas had
progressed to the point where farm-
ers were for all practical purposes
unable to comply with the changed
regulations This last ruling of the
Department cf Agriculture hks the
effect of reinstating the original
order and Poage said that this
would be a great help to all Texas
farmers as the acreage allotted to
feed crops in Texas under the 1838
agricultural program Is very small.
Poage said that one of the most
Important features of a sound agri-
cultural pregram should be the pro-
duction of all necessary feed at
home. He pointed out that most
Central Texas counties would be
unable to do this on the general
crop’ or ‘feed’ allotment made this
year unless they were allowed to
utilize the neutral acres foe sor-
ghum. millet and sudan grass. Cen-
tral Texas farms can not grow
clover, timothy or other hays that
are available to farmers In the
Eastern States. Pcage said and this
action of the Department of Agri-
culture In permitting Central Texas
farmers to plant sweet sorghum and
millet on their neutral acres should
prove of real benefit to them.
High School
Honor Roll
Supt. H. J. Jackson announces
the high school honor roll for the
past semester. The students listed
below have an average grade of 80
or better for this period of the term:
Eighth grade: Edward Barton,
Ruth Rose Cocek. Helen Dvoracek,
Carl Freund. Charles Kilpatrick,
Helen Lastovtca, Dick Ledenham,
Dorothy Luco, Charles Miller, Do-
rothy White, James Williams.
Ninth grade: Stasie Kllmetchek,
Anna Laubert, Evelyn Marbmky,
Fred Pochyla, Virginia Webb.
Tenth grade: Bernard Cocek,
Lois Dvoraky, Clayton Edward*,
Doris Holasek. Helen Plsek
Eleventh grade: Lilly Peart Gold-
smith. Paul Lehmann, Ruby Luco,
BUI Sord, Aneta Spence, Leenora
Starnes.
happy plan whereby "two birds can
be kUled with one stone." The West
student body has grown so rapidly
in the last three years that the ex-
isting building is by no means big,
enough to take care of It. During j
the past summer the auditorium was
shape when championship play be-
gins.
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City officials Hied a W P. A. pro-
eliminated and this space was made; Ject this week calling for the paving
into a study hall Space Is still need-; of 30 Mocks of the city streets. Dte-
ed for a manual training work shop trict manager of the W. P. A. as-
In connection with the course injured local officials that the pro-
vocational agriculture and for the j ject would be approved. If so, it is
installation of a fully equipped likely that the work will be done
science laboratory. These needs will during the summer months, a gravel
require either an addition to the land squegee mixture being used to
present building within the next the paving.
PROJECT FILED BY CITY
FOB PAVING WEST STREETS
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1938, newspaper, April 8, 1938; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590575/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting West Public Library.