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Sixty-eighth Year—Number 21
Mineola, Wood County, Texas, Thursday, August 19, 1943
Eight Pages Todav
Manziel Field Has New
Well On Pump Now
Humble Prepares
Completion In
Hawkins Field
Wells Drilling
In Quitman
Field At Present
The Manziel field of Wood
county has a new oil producer
at Amerada No. 1 Mrs. Beatrice
Rogers, John Polk and Samuel
Burch surveys, 7 miles north of
Quitman.
In 24 hours it pumped 88 bar-
rels of 32.5-gravity oil. Total
depth is 6441 feet. String of
5^-inch pipe was set at 6439
Pipe was perforated at 6300-06
and 6308-29 with 96 shots.
Abandonment was indicated
for Shell No. 1 M. C. Sheppard,
Pnl^survey, where rig was re-
'ixsrEea being torn down. Total
plug-back depth is 6405 feet in
sand.
Also in the Manziel area,
Shell-Navarro No. 1 Lee and
White, Burch survey, is drilling
past 5026 feet in sandy shale.
Shell No. 1 W. F. Bailey, per-
forated 5-inch casing, hung
tubing at 6294 feet and is pre-
paring to swab. Total plug-back
depth is 6304 feet.
In the Hawkins area; Wood
county, Humble No. 5 B. A.
Wells Estate has perforated cas-
ing, total depth 4575 and is pre-
paring to complete well.
In the Quitman area. Wood
county, Sun-Shell No. 1 Kirk-
land-Kirkland, total plug back
depth is 6341, is preparing to
swab. Shell No. 6 Goldsmith is
shut down, total depth 6684
feet in sandy shale. Shell-Delta
No. 1 McIntosh-Goldsmith is
drilling past 4750 in sandy
shale. Amerada-Gulf No. 4 S.
J. White is drilling past 5,616
feet.
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R. C. Barnett Brings
In First 1943 Bale
The lid was officially kicked
off Thursday morning and once
more it’s cotton pickin’ time in
the Mineola territory. R. C.
Barnett, farmer living in Smith
County, south of Mineola.
brought in the first bale of 1943
cotton Thursday morning. The
bale weighed 495 pounds and
was auctioned off to highest
bidder in front of W. D. Kit-
chens & Son store by Mr. Kit-
chens to W. Z. English for 21
cents a pound. A premium was
made up during the day.
This year’s bale came in on
August 19, three days earlier
than last year.
Odeka Camp Fire Girls Collects Hose
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The Odeka Camp Fire Girls of Mineola have recently col-
lected and shipped 108 pounds of silk and nylon hose to be used
in making powder bags for our armed forces. The girls have
worked hard at the job and are to be commended. They have
ilso sold poppies on several occasions, as well as other worth-
while deeds. They are now at work studying for the second rank,
Mineola Business (Third War Loan
Houses to Close j ~ _
For Labor Day DriVC Starts 30011
Nation Asked to
Raise 15 Million
In September
Katy Railroad
Hearing Is
Reset for October
Labor Day will be observed
as a day of rest for themselves
and their employees oy Mine-
ola business houses, it was an-
nounced Tuesday following a
survey of the city.
Fifty firms announced their The Interstate Commerce
intentions to close and it is j Commission has postponed the
presumed that the postoffice hearing in regards to the pro-
will be closed also. Filling sta- | posed abandonment of the Min-
tions, drug stores and restau- eola-Greenville branch of the
rants will be open as usual. | M. K. & T. Railway, Sen. Joe
The following places will be
closed in order to have a two-
day holiday;
McNeill’s Print Shop, J. L.
Devenport & Co. Western Auto
Store, L. G. Stephenson, M. C
Jones, The Leader, Parker Bar-
ber & Beauty Shop, A & P
Store, Brookshire Bros., Brazel-
ton Lumber Co., The Brooks!quest was granted.
Shoppe, City Hall, Qtho Motor
Co., The Mineola Monitor, Ser-
vice Cleaners, Frank Rholes, Jr.
M. Moore, manager of the
Greenville Chamber of Com-
merce has advised local offi-
cials.
Originally set for September
3, representatives from towns
along the 54-mile line, have
asked for more time to pre-
pare their case and the re-
the Wood Gatherers rank, which will be given in the near future 1 ^rady R&pe, C. E. Revelle,;
at a Council Fire. Mrs. Max Aldridge is sponsor of this group and
Mrs. Sid Pillow is assistant. Mrs. J. L. Anderson is responsible
for the Camp Fire work being started in’Mineola.
In the picture, reading from left to right, are Dorothy Wil-
liams, sitting, Joy Blalock, Jeane Wooten, Sue Beth Byrum, Max-
ine Aldridge, Bengene Taylor, Mrs. Max Aldridge, Mrs. J. L. An-
derson and Pauline Henry. Other members of the group who are
not present are Betty Laura Donohoe, and Mary Ann Parish.
Mineola Schools
System to Open
On September 7
The Mineola Public Schools
will open their doors for the
sixty-first consecutive session
Tuesday morning, September 7,
it was announced by Supt. D.
E. Brooks Tuesday. The enroll-
Longview Civic
Leader Speaks
To Rotary Club
meeting of the club
Mr Shipp had as his subject,
“My Obligations to Rotary.”
He outlined the principles of
Rotary International, told of a
Mineola Citizens
Urged To Save
Waste Fats
Mineola citizens are urged to
save your waste kitchen fats to
make explosives. Mrs. B. A.
Parrish, chairman of the drive,
is very eager for Mineola to
do her part in this nation-
wide campaign.
“The need is urgent. War in
the Pacific has greatly reduced
our supply of vegetable fats
from the Far East. It is neces-
sary to find substitutes for
them. Moreover, fats make gly-
cerine and glycerine makes ex-
plosives for us and our allies—
explosives to down Axis planes, ment )s expected be about
stop their tanks and sink their ,
'the same as in the past.
Opening of school was post-
poned one day this year as it
coincided with Labor Day, mak-
ing it. possible for the local
business houses to enjoy a holi-
day.
Faculty of the high school is
now complete Mr. Brooks said.
New members of the faculty
are Mrs. Wesley Lott, transfer-
red from the East Ward school;
Wes Kennedy, football coach,
who comes here from Edge-
wood; and R. C. Gilbreath, vo-
cational agriculture, from Hunt
County.
A number of vacancies still
exist in the ward school fac-
ulty, it was said. H. E. Benthul
principal last year, has resign-
ed to accept a place in the
Vickery school, north of Dallas.
Registration dates and other
information concerning the
ships. We need millions of
pounds of glycerine and the
housewives can help supply
them,” the government states
in their urgent request for
waste fats.
Housewives are asked not to
throw away a single drop of
used cooking fat—bacon, grease
or meat drippings, frying fats—
every kind you use. The method
for saving these fats are des-
Grady Shipp,prominent Long-! cribed as follows; after you’ve
view civic leader, Rotarian and | got all the cooking good from
active in the Longview Cham- them, pour them through a
ber of Commerce, addressed the kitchen strainer into a clean
members of the Mineola Rotary • wide-mouthed can. Keep in a
Club at the Monday luncheon cool, dark place. Please don’t
E. H. Rowden Loses
Three Fingers
In Accident Monday
Revival Services
Begin Sunday At
Methodist Church
Rev. J. H. Malone, pastor of
the First Methodist church, in
Corporation, Ocie Fair, Perry j his announcement that the
Brothers, Tom Carroll, E. A. j revival serivees will get under
Reeves, English Funeral Home, way at that church Sunday
H. G. Puckett, J. H. Sharp & morning, stated; “the revival
Ethel Cowan, tax collector, B.
L. Chappell, Neill’s Style Shop,
H. L. Lott, Sanders Barber Shop
Jennings Shoe Shop, Southwes-
tern Gas & Electric Co., Safe-
way Grocery, Van’s Radio Shop.
W. L. Thompson, T. F. Castloo,
Nichols Dry Goods, United Gas
Son, Jumbo Grocery, W. D.
Kitchens, Flynt’s Jewelry, Pal-
E. H. Rowden, who lives west’ace Barber Shop’ Leo’s Beauty
Shop, First National Bank, City
Barber & Beauty Shop, T. A.
of Mineola, lost one finger in
an accident while working for
the State Highway Department
Monday morning about 3:30,
and two other fingers were so
badly crushed that they had
to be amputated later at Mother
Frances hospital in Tyler.
Mr. Rowden accidently got
his fingers caught in a pump.
He was rushed to town for first
aid and was taken immediately
to Tyler. At last report, he was
still suffering terribly and the
doctors said it would be many
months before he could work
again.
Collins, E. F. Brooks Motor Co.,
Collins Bakery, Collins Grocery
and Mineola Building and Loan
Association.
A -lumber of others may also
be closed. Labor conditions and
work piled up may force others
to remain open.
Wood County Red
Cross Chapter
Completes Quota
use glass containers or paper
bags.
When you have saved a
pound or more take them to
your meat dealer. He will pay
Rotarian’s obligations to his , you ^ per pound for your waste
community and to his fellow fats anc} get them started on .
Rotarians. I their way to the war industries of sch°o1’ Wl11 be re
The committee on the frozen | It will help him if you can de-,leased nex* week- was. sald-
food locker made a report of liver your earlv in the' The lootba11 schedule will al-
week, the dealers have stated. |80 be read>7 for release ‘soon-
Mrs. Parrish has contacted \ __-___.0_-____
most of the meat dealers in
Mineola and they are happy to Book Three Ration
Stamps Get Initial
Usage On Sept. 12.
their work during the past week
revealing that 378 persons had
signed up for the construction
of a modern food locker plant
in Mineola. It stated that at
least 500 lockers would be need-
ed here as many had not yet
been contacted and a large
numbei want from two to four
lockers each.
President J. C. Judge presid-
ed and Leland Long was in
charge of the program.
Among tthe guests presen j
were Dr. S. S. McKenney of!---0-
Tyler, district superintendent!^. . .
Of the Methodist church, and! Missionary and
cooperate in this vital drive,
but they say very few have
brought any fat to them as
yet. although the government
has been urging this for months j
“Mineola, it is time for you to ,
do vour part this time, as you|,„ . , .
' , . ,,12 for the purchase of meats,
always have m every other1
WASHINGTON — The brown j
j ration stamps in War Ration
Book 3 will come into use Sept.
worth while move.’
l. w. capie, employee of otho! Family Visit Here
Motor Company, who will move'
here to make his home soon.
Mrs. P. B. Riden’s
Nephew Killed
Buddie Rogers, 21, nephew'
of Mrs. B. P. Ridden of Mineola
was killed last Tuesday at
Waxahachie when a truck load
of lumber fell on him.
Funeral services were held
Thursday. Mrs. Riden attended
the services. Rogers is survived
by his wife and one child, his
parents and a number of other
relatives.
| fats, oils, butter and cheese, the
j Office of Price Administration
announced Monday night,
j The brown stamps will re-
! place the red ones in War Ra-
! tion Book 2 as the latter are
j used up. They will have the
Rev. Carroll R. Stegall and j same point value,
wife and their son, Carroll Jr., i Henceforth, OPA announced
and daughter, Virginia, spent! also. the meats-fats ration
last weekend with Mr. and Mrs. stamps will expire on the Sat-
J. B. Stegall. The Rev. Mr. Ste- j urday nearest the end of the
gall and w'ife are Presbyterian j month, with the new sets be-
missionaries in the Belgian! coming- valid on
Congo w'here they have spent i Sundays.
the past 28 years. They will re- OPA fixed the validity dates
side in Richmond Va. during! for the last red stamps in ra-
their one year’s vacation w'hich j tion book 2—stamps X, Y and
they receive after each five \ Z. These will expire on Oct. 2,
year period of service, but have | and w'ill become valid as fol-
Wood County REA
Approves Local
Food Locker Plant
The board of directors of the
Wood County REA Cooperative
has aouroved the request for
a modern frozen food locker
plant in Mineola, J O .English,
chairman of the Rotary Club
committee said this morning.
When the list was turned
over to the REA Monday a to-
tal of 378 persons had signed
up for membership and a large
nun.ber of others are said to
be seeking membership. It was
said that Mineola backers of
the move believed a 500-unit
locker plant "would be needed
here. • * T-
The request will be taken to
St. Louis by V. B. Shaw, mana-
ger of the REA, within the next
week for consideration in the
regional office.
Another quota of 39,000 Red
Cross surgical dressings have
been completed by tne Wood
county chapter, it was announ-
ced this week by Mrs. T. B.
Reed, chairman of the chapter.
This quota includes the work
done by Hawkins. Mineola,
Winnsboro and Quitman. A to-
tal of 126,000 dressings have
been made since the work was
started in October, 1942.
“Special mention should be
made of the nice work which
the women of the Humble
Camp at Hawkins are doing,”
it was stated. Bob Sloan, su-
perintendent of the camp, has
taken a great interest in this
Red Cross work and has pro-
vided a clean, sanitary, air con-
ditioned work room for the la-
dies. Mrs. Joel Moore is the
capable supervisor and is doing j
a splendid job. Since the Haw- |
kins work room opened on June |
18, 10,006 two by two and 5400
is at the Methodist church but
not for the Methodists alone.”
“We shall be very happy to have
all the people of Mineola to
attend, and enjoy, and con-
tribute to the revival. All are
cordially invited to attend.”
Rev. Karl O. Bayer, pastor
at Troup, will deliver the mes-
sages for the morning services
during the week. He will act
as dean of the entire meeting,
having had much experience
in this type of Evangelistic
work.
Rev. M. R. Turner, pastor of
the First Methodist church in
Gladewater, will be the preacher
for the evening services. He is
well known throughout Wood
county.
Rev. J. D. Weaver, pastor of
the Fair Chapel church in
Wright City, will have charge
of the music. Mrs. Weaver, also
an accomplished musician, will
assist and render special piano
and accordion numbers. Rev.
and Mrs. Weaver will also be
in charge of the Children’s
Services.
Rev. Herman Millican, pastor
at Edgewood, will be in charge
of the Young People’s Services.
He is well known and is very-
capable in this kind of work.
Rev. James E. Ferguson, pas-
tor at Van, will work with the
Prayer Meeting groups and also
in the visitation program.
S. R. Cooper Again
Named Chairman
For Wood County
The people of the United
States have been asked to buy
15 million dollars worth of War
Bonds in the Third War Loan
Drive which will officially open
on September 9, latest news
from Washington reveals.
Texas has been asked to raise
an amount which require a
purchase of $70 for every man,
woman and child in Texas, it
was said.
S. R. Cooper, president of the
First National Bank of Mineola
who successfully conducted the
Second War Loan Drive in
April, has again been named
chairman of the newly formed
War Finance Committee for
Wood County. Cooper said
Thursday morning that Wood
County’s quota had not been
set, but that he believed it
would be in the neighborhood
of $700,000. The last quota was
$605,000.
Invasion of Europe is near;
it may break long before the
drive actually opens, the big
push against the Japs is gath-
ering momentum in the Pacific
and the need for War Bond
dollars is more urgent than
ever.
Remember the slogan—Back
the Attack!
American Legion
Post Sponsoring
Drive For Smokes
The Luckett Cochran Post NO.
296, American Legion, is spon-
soring the drive for Cigarettes
for Service Men. in Mineola, it
was announced Monday by J.
L. Anderson, first vice com-
mander of the local post.
Service men enjoy cigarettes
too. reads the placard placed
on the jars which were placed
in many Mineola business
houses Monday. At least 48 of
the jars have been placed in
places which will prove con-
venient to everybody.
Under the plan a nickel will
purchase a package of cigar-
ettes and 50 cents will pay for
a carton. The sponsoring com-
Collins Takes Over
Pegues Grocery
promised a return visit to Min-
eola and give a lecture of their
experiences.
lows: stamp X. Aug. 22; stamp
Y, Aug. 29, and stamp Z, Sept.
5.
Martin Collins has taken over
the ownership and operation
of the Pegues Market and Gro-
cery, effective last Monday. La-
ter he plans to move the Col-
lins Bakery in an adjacent
successive building.
Collins plans to have a more
formal opening in the near
future and next week plans to
have an advertisement in The
Monitor.
He urges the former custom-
ers of the store to continue
their trade with him and in-
vites his friends to call on him.
pany will pay the cost of trans-
The Sunday services will begin 1 porting the cigarettes to smoke
at 10:50 a. m. and 8:30 p. m. iin in this way practically ev-
On Monday morning the service | cryone can help,
will begin at 11:00. due to the Start dropping your nickels
time of arrival of the bus. All i in the jars now. You don’t have
other week day services will be ' to stop at nickels or half dol-
at 10:00 a. m. and 8:30 p. m.jdars. Anderson stated. There is
“All of these visiting minis- j no expensive organization to be
ters will be busy in visitation ! naid. and therefore all the do-
four bv four dressings have Evange ism when not other- nated funds go direct to the
been completed. The quality of Wlse e:i”a§ed-” it was stated, boys. The letters of apprecia-
“Just one w'eek of work for the tion already received have re-
Lord. Please give the week to! paid Mineola businessmen a
Him, and the services of the! hundred fold for their invest -
their workmanship is of the
very highest.
Work is progressing nicely on
the August quota, which calls
for 39,000 dressings.
Recently the rule, concerning
the necessity of women chang-
ing their dresses after arrival
at work, has been changed.
This is not required if you wear
Church.’
Food Prices Down
Says Miss Perkins
ment. Now this plan gives cv-
! eryone. young and old, a chance
j to show their appreciation to
| the boys.
IV
Juinton Hearn, Jr.
a fresh dress, it was announced j rep^rti^ZT "t7o-1mhsjA First Lieutenant
of total living costs, declined! Quinton Hearn. Jr., son
Cars To Keep
Running-
America’s 30.000.000 motorists
have been assured by WPB that
sufficient new and recondition-
ed parts will bo made available
to keep the nation’s essential
cars rolling through 1944. Even
the country’s 5,000,000 vehicles,
ten years old or more, will be
kept on the road by necessary
replacement parts.
of
by 2.0 percent.” Secretary Fran- j Mr. and Mrs. E. Q. Hearn of
ces Perkins said recently in Mineola has been promoted to
discussing changes in the cost j First Lieutenant, his parents
of living from June 15 to July have been advised. Hearn is
15. “Clothing costs rose 0.5 per
cent Other costs, including
house furnishings, utility rates
and services, were stable or in-
creased moderately.” With meat
prices cut back by OPA and veg
etables seasonally lower, the
cost of living for city -workers
dropped 0.8 percent.
stationed with the Field Artil-
lery at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. A
graduate of Mineola High
School and Texas Tech in Lub-
bock, he entered Officer Can-
didate School over a year ago,
and in civilian life was mana-
ger of the Hilton Hotel in
Longview.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. [22], Ed. 1 Thursday, August 19, 1943, newspaper, August 19, 1943; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591192/m1/1/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.