The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1945 Page: 3 of 8
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The Mineola Monitor. Mineola. Texas, Thursday, April 19, 1945
PAGE THREE
1 Give You Texas
••••
By BOYCE HOUSE
Give me the individual who
can always see the bright side
Ol! things. Like old Granny
Metcalf, who would say, “I ain’t
got but two teec-h; but, thank
tiie good Lord, they hit.”
Mrs. Alford Williams
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Or like old Uncle Ned, who
never got downhearted, not
even that time when the train
cut off one of his legs. He re-
marked, “Thank goodness, it
was the one with the rheuma-
tism in it.”
and before anybody had had
time to take a bite, she’d look
over the table and say, “Well,
I believe we’ll have enough for
supper.”
But some folks brand of op-
timism has a pessimistic effect.
Like old Mrs. Spraggins. When
the harvesting crew would sit
down for dinner the first noon,
Did you know that “loud
speakers” were invented many
cep Luries ago? Because of the
huge crowds that attended the
ancient Greek tragedies, the ac-
tors wore high-heeled shoes to
make them appear taller and
used masks with a mouthpiece
somewhat like a megaphone.
CHARMINGLY RUFFLED
A challenging statement made
by William E. Gladstone, the
great Christian leader and
statesman of England:
“In almost every one, if not
in every one, of the greatest
political controversies of the
last 50 years—whether they af-
fected the franchise, whether
they affected commerce, wheth-
er they affected religion, wheth-
er they affected the bad and
abominable institution of sla-
very. or what subject they
touched—these leisured classes,
these educated classes, these en-
titled classes have been in the
wrong.”
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Ct:>'antes was 58 years old
lure he got around to writing
the first part of “Don Quixote,’
■ n: reby almost proving his own
saying, “By the street of By-and
Ey, one arrived at the house
of Never.”
Mr. Dooiey, who was Amer-
icas favorite humorist 40 years
ago, remarked that a strike of
financiers wouldn’t worry any-
body and that it is strange bu:.
true that the less pay a man
gets for bis work, the more es-
sential it is to the world that
he should keep on working. The
higher up a man regards his
work, Mr. Dooley said, the less
it amounts to.
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S. Johnson St.
Mineola, Texas
(Editor’s Note: The following
letters were received by Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Beall, in recognition
of the hospitality they showed
to a soldier, while he was ma-
rooned here during the floods)
Sheppard Field, Texas.
Friday Evening
4-6-45
Greetings and Salutations:
Well, I though I’d write “yo
all” o letter this evening while
I’m here doing some of my pun-
ishment for being late. (Note:
They only had me marked 6
days and 8 hours late!) They
were going to court martial me
but after I told my C.O. the
story of my wild and wooly ad-
ventures and proved it, they
decided to let me off lite for
I’m restricted for a week and
given extra duty during that
time, which consists of being
a runner for 3 days and 3 more
days of KP. I just finished be-
ing night C.Q. here in the or-
derly room so I won’t have to
pull KP in the morning. All in
all, I’m getting off very easy
for I’d sooner take what I got
than court martial any day. It
was worth it though, meeting
you folks.
What I really want to ask
of you is a favor and here it
is, I want you to check the
Railroad Express office in Min-
olea and see if they have my
bag or know of its whereabouts.
I spent a whole day in Dallas
and Fort Worth checking bag-
gage rooms but my bag is no-
where to be found and frankly,
I’m worried. I met a couple of
fellows who were also held up
;n Mineola and they said the
bags were checked in and lock-
ed up at the Express office,
will appreciate this very muchi
and will pay any expense on it
if you will ship it to me here.
Well, the “set up” here is
pretty good, nothing too hard
yet and I’ll only be here about
3 or 7 weeks getting ready and
so on then “over”. I will get
a three day pass when I get
off this restriction.
God bless you both and again
I want to thank you for your
“Southern Hospitality”. I’ll nev-
er forget it.
Your buddy and friend,
Dick Gangham
more thing for such boys as he
to take with him when he goes
over. The memories of people
and their kind deeds help to
make war more bearable for
them and some what less dis-
gusting fhen it comes to those
who forget to be so at times.
Here we seldom have an op-
portunity, for it’s such a small
place and no camp near.
expressive that stubby, wagging
tail, a writhing body and little
yelps of greeting. Yet someone
with no heart fed her poison.
There was another thing this
little dog did that could be
considered quite commendable.
She helped her master’s wife to
while away many of the inter-
minable hours that have pas-
been
sed since he left. Many of you
Dick said as yet he had not| know how long and ionely those
able to track down his hours can be. I somehow doubt
baggage, but I think it may that the person who committed
catch up with him. If he were that dastardly act has any one
a Scout as were his other close to him in the Armed For_
brothers, he’d have had every- ces. ^ if he does, I feel sure
thing with him, when he left he wastes no worry and anx-
the train. As he advances into , jety over the well-being of any
| of our boys who are giving so
much.
There are a lot of people in
the world who are not worth
combat he’ll come by that little
trick.
Again, let me thank you so
much. I shall remember you,
yours and your brother in my
prayers, and wish along with
you, an early termination of
the whole terrible “mess”.
Gratefully yours,
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Gangham
333 Belmont Street.
-o-
(Editor’s note: The following
letter has been handed to us
for publication, and we are glad
to print it. Any person who has
ever had a dog, or cat or any
other pet poisoned will say
“Amen” to Mrs. Holmes’ letter.
For too long, someone or sev-
eral someones in this city, has
had it in for dogs and cats—
the same person probably even
resents the fact that the grass
turns green in the spring, that
the sun ever shines, the flowers
ever bloom, or the birds ever
sing. Sometimes this is blamed
on rat poison, notwithstanding
the fact that there are poisons
that won’t harm any living
thing but rats. It seems to us
that anyone with a pet-poison-
ing complex, could consider!
other people and helpless pets
before doing something that
ends in horrible death.)
fighting for—perhaps dying for.
The boys in the fox holes know!
that, but they fight for theifl
loved ones and do not think
of those who are unworthy of
their valor. When my husband
finds out that while he is fight-
ing for his country, someone
at home is petty enough to
poison his dog, I feel sure that
he will fevently wish he had
this home front murderer on
the business end of his rifle.
The little fox terrier won’t
greet her master when he corns
home. And she will never again
sit at her mistress’ feet and try
to break into the thought that
keep traveling the great dis-
tances over the ocean. But she
will live in our memories during
the years to come—and may
God never forget the person
who killed that little dog. May
God see to it .that his crime
will not go unpunished.
Dorothy Holmes.
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The following letter was writ-
ten to the Bealls from the sol-
dier’s mother, who lives in Bell-
aire, Ohio.
Bellaire, Ohio
April 10, 1945
Dear Mrs. Beall:
As if your kindnesses were
not enough, you also wrote me
first. Before I go farther, let
me say I hope to hear from
you often.
Indeed, we did receive a let-
ter from Dick only today telling
us about his trip through Tex-
as. It was more of a nightmare
sprinkled with human kindness,
than a trip, I should say. He
went all out when it came to
relating how hospitable you peo-
ple were to him. It will be one
Mineola, Texas i
Monday, April 16, 1945 j
To the People of Mineola:
Today someone of you pois-
oned our little dog. She was a
little fox terrier who never both-
ered a soul and was always
glad to see anyone with whom
she came in contact. And there
is something else about this
little dog I think you should
know. She was waiting for her
master to come home from over
seas—her master is in the in
fantry in Germany fighting I
your war. j
Before her master went over-
seas, she used to sit and waiti
for him to come home in the'
evening, and when he got there
she left no doubt but that she
was overjoyed to see him. It was ■
always so refreshing to see
such unutterable happiness dis-
played—and what can be more
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Saturday, April 21
Donaki Barry and Ruth Terry
—in—
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Saturday Preview, April 21
Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce
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Sunday, Monday, April 22 and 23
Lana Turner, Loraine Day and
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Tuesday, Wednesday, Apri 24-25
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Thursday-Friday, April 26-27
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PLANT COCUMBERS
From April 5th to April 25 th
Try one acre in cucumbers and see if you don’t get more money out of it than any
other 3 acres planted on your farm to some other crop. . . The cucumber acreage signed
up to this date is fa* short of the acreage needed for the county. Let’s not drive the
W & W Pickle Company out of our county, for we will need them in the Postwar years.
The heavy rains have ruined some crops such as Tomatoes,
and Irish Potatoes. There is ample time for cucumbers. You
can plant cucumbers as late as May 1 with good results. The
Government is taking 40 percent of W & W Pickle Co.’s 1944
output
Seed and contracts are available at the following places:
MINEOLA: J. H. Sharp & Son; W. L. Thompson Hardware.
QUITMAN: R. J. Martin, The County Agent, Farmers Gin or
M. P. Matheson, Area Representative.
GOLDEN: Tom Bellomy.
All seed $1 per lb. cash. Secure your contract and seed at once
W & W PICKLE CO.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1945, newspaper, April 19, 1945; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth602403/m1/3/: accessed July 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.