The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 1942 Page: 1 of 8
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VOLUME XI.
CORRIGAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY MAY 7, 1942
NUMBER 13
10 Yeurs Aro Today
(From The
May G 1082)
Plain Dealer. dated
~’32
IF WE HAD OUR WAY
I would I were beside the sea,
Or calling In a boot.
With all the thing’s I’ve got
write—
WROTE.
OUR 3GYS IN THE SERVICE
I MOTHER'S DAY
K. P. Welker, ro; re ;c nting We i
Printing Company of Lufkin was
In town on buslncu Wednesday
" of this week. He paid us a fall
and before lie got away we bad
his subscription to the P. D.
Thanks Mr. Compteltor, hurry
back In about a year and we will
get your renewal.
—’32-
Jack McKIm of Kountze was In
Corrigan Sunday to visit his nep-
hew, J. W. McMIchael. who has:
been seriously ill. As we go to
press, regret to report Mr. Me-1
Michael's condition as not improv-
* ed.
—’32—
C. E. Seamons has installed a;
new boiler in his dry cleaning'
plant. The old boiler got stubborn j
* last Monday and tied them up un
til another was installed Tuesday
night.
—’32—
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Pool and Mr.
and Mrs. John L. O'Kelley were
Lufkin visitors Sunday.
—’32—
Mrs. Carl Bergman went to
Livingston Monday morning and
was accompanied home by her
aunt, Mrs. Saliie Davidson.
—’32—
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Struthers
left for Crosby last Friday to vis-
it Mrs. Struthers Sister. Mrs. Jno.
Saxon and family. They returned
Saturday and were accompanied
home by Mr. and Mrs. Saxon who
spent the week end here with Mrs.
Saxon’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Ayde-
lotte.
—’32—
Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Smith visited
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Smith in Stryk-
er Sunday.
—’32—
W. S. Rowe announces for Com-
missioner of Precinct 3.
—’32—
Mrs. Leo Bergman spent last
Thursday in Houston with her
son, Vernon, who had recently
undergone an operation for ap-
pendicitis at St. Joseph’s Infirm-
ary.
—’32—
(Next week we will print news
items that happened here May
13, 1932)
I would I were away from (own
As far as I could ?ret.
With all the bills I’ve got to meet
MET.
I would I were out on a farm
A basking in the sun,
With all the tilings I’ve got to do
DONE.
I would that I were far away.
Within some quiet spot,
With all lessons I've got to get—
GOT.
I 1 would I were on a mountain top.
Away from all this hunk,
j With all the thoughts I ought to
think—
THUNK.
I would I were along the shore
With all my searchings sought.
And ail the teachings I’ve got to
teach—
TAUGHT.
I would I were going on a long,
long trip
And had my passage booked,
With all the things I've gotto cook
COOKED.
By J. P. Horton
In Corrigan, like every city and
village in the nation, school teach-
ers have been busy this week issu-
I ing ration hooka.
13 t0, either on batUe fields or are pre- Some slxteen hun(i,.ed books
we have T,artag to go to battle. I am think-] were isBUed Monday and tile big
*1Q* lllff Of onp now who hna n Ron in ■ j.. . .
SUGAR RATION BOOKS
BEING ISSUED THRU TODAY
Corporal Homer Bishop Crain, | Sunday. May 10th. is Mother's
H ’’ort Logan, Colorado is tile sub- again. With few exceptions
* ject of our thirteenth write-up of our thoughts and prayers go out
tlie hoys in tile service. No apol- to those mothers who have sons
arty for assigning number
Corporal Homer because
heard him say that he liked ‘13’. I1"* °f one now who has a son In |rush is expected today (Thursday)
Homer was bom at Tom Ball.the Army, a son In the Navy, and I Reports from the schools are
on November 29. 1922 He is thelone preparing for the Air Corps. J that the public Is cooperating in
Mrs. J. B. Cliand- Thls ls 011 easY <ime to he
; youngest son of
j ler of Corrigan.
erao- every way and very little criticism
is ever heard from any one.
for them.j With the rationing of sugar and
for the | the ceiling prices that go into ef-
HOMER B. CRAIN
(13th of a series of pictures of
‘‘Our Boys in the Service”, print-
ed through the co-operation of the
Citizens State Bank, with the Cor-
rigan Press)
This is an easy time to
jtional.
He attended school in Corrigan As deeply as we feel
and finished with the class of ’39.) my greatest anxiety is _ = ____
During his school days he took an mother and father of the children! [feet on the 18th, the merchant is
active part in all sports, tennis, i They are in the formative period, to he pitied now. His job wifi not
j ,):lsp ball, and, lettered four years The turmoil, the emotional stress, i be easy when his best customer
in football. When the softball] and anxiety is leaving its markj forgets to bring her ration hook,
tad came along he was right in never to be erased. Are we as or she needs just a little more
the big middle of it and his serv-1 parents, equal to the task of guid-j sugar for a wedding cake, etc.
ices were in demand every night, ing them safely around the pit- The ceiling prices which will be
In 1940 Homer joined the Air) fails that lurk at every corner? effective on the 18th is the most
( orps and was assigned to Fort) I realize our relationship is a far-reaching of all regulations so
Logan. After ills training period, very tender one and it Is easy to1 far. The Press has a bulletin from
he saw most of his buddies leave become emotional, but the thing lithe OPA relative to this and we
for other duties but the officials j am most interested in is have we hope to study it and comment on
detailed hint to stay and help in j got the iron in our purpose to. its provisions next week. The
the training of other recruits. ! stand against the deluge of moral1 booklet is not available for gen-
He has picked up the nick-name I rottenness that is certain to coinejeral distribution yet but anyone
Of "Bish” instead of Homer since I during and immediately after this interested may examine our copy
joining Uncle Sam’s forces.
MR. WM. BURL RASBERRY
I would I were on a soft, white
cloud.
Tucked in a fleecy fold,
With all the stuff I’ve got to sell—
SOLD.
I would I were in some far clime.
Beyond hayfever’s zone.
With all the blows I’ve got to blow
BLOWN
I wish I never had to cook.
Nor wonder what to get,
With all the forced meals I have
to eat—
ET.
I wish that I could be sincere.
And honest as a child,
All the fake smiles I have to
smile—
SMILED.
I wish I did not fear to bring
Wrath down upon m.v head.
Then I'd get things I'd like to say
SAID.
1 would I were In a rocking chair.
My knitting In my hand.
And all the meals I’ve got to plan
PLANNED.
NAVY RELIEF QUOTA
GOES ’OVER THE TOP’
Corrigan's quota of $75.00 for
the Navy Relief Society was over-
subscribed last week.
Miss Emma Edens, chairman of
this drive reported to the Press
that $76.25 had been sent in from
Corrigan.
Miss Emma asked that we ex-
press her appreciation to Mrs. J.
H. Bergman. Mrs. Vernon Berg-
man and Mrs. Sam Davis for the
splendid work they did in making
the canvas of the town in this
drive. She stated that these good
ladies had put the drive over with
very little help of their chairman
and she wished to give them her
thanks, and. credit for the success
rf the drive.
The Press congratulates both
the chairman and her committee
and believe we express the feel-
ing of all when we say. ‘'Well
done, and. we-rhe public-thank
you kindly.”
U. S. O. DRIVE FOR $400.00
TO BEGIN HERE MONDAY
Solicitations will begin in Cor-j
rigan Monday. May 11, for $400. j
as our quota in the county's two-
thousand dollar quota for the U.S.
O.—United Service Organization.
Carey Cochran of Livingston ls
county chairman and Miss Emma
Edens is chairman of the Corrigan
unit.
This organization is a combina-
tion of several organizations for
service to the boys In the service
and is doing the work under one
branch instead of several. It has
the sanction of the President, the
officials of the Army and Navy,
and such organizations as the Y.M
and Y.W.C.A.. Masons. Jews, Cath-
olic, etc. No distinction can be
made now. We are all united for
one common end and it behooves
us and every other community in
the U.S. to put this drive over the
top right away.
war! Are we able to instill into] if you will call at The Press office
our small children deep and abid- -o-
Ing convictions of civic righteous- E- W. JONES OFFERS FOR
ness and moral cleanliness and STATE REPRESENTATIVE
religious honesty to brave the -
storm? What are we doing to fit To the Voters of Polk and Trinity
ourselves for that task? Are we Counties:
cultivating our own souls until; My deep interest in the public
we will have a right to feel pre-i welfare of our State and Nation,-
pared? It is a great privilage to and my belief that I can render a
be mothers and fathers but it is valuable service to the people,
also a terrible responsibility.
prompts me to offer myself as
fering Sunday.
We regret lo chronicle the death
of Mr. Burl Rasberry, which oc-
curred jit the Camden Hospital on
April 29th. He had been carried)
to the hospital after being kicked |
by a horse three day before while j
at work loading logs near Carmo-jl’d like to sleep,
I would my house a castle were,
A lovely, grand abode',
And all the lawn 1 have to mow-
MOWED.
A MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY
OF THE TREASURY
MRS. ADA STOKES
I would that I were ns free as nlr.
My duties all evaded.
And all the papers I must grade—
GRADED.
and sleep, and 1
Funeral services, under tlie di-
rection of Bergpian Funeral Home
was conducted by Rev. E. Wood-
ard at Union Springs cemetery on
Thursday at 2: on o’clock.
Survivors include his father, W.
G. Rasberry of Lufkin: mother,
Mrs. Rosa Rasberry of Carmona
two sisters, Mrs. E. Mills and Mrs.
A. B. Sailer of Carmona; and five
brothers, Fred and Raymond of
Woodville, Buster and Green
Carmona and Dealt Rasberry
Diboll.
Mr. Rasberry Was 28 years
and had lived in Carmona for
past 22 years.
-o--
Richard "Cotton” Jones of
lanta, Ga„ Mrs. Ruby Rniney
old
the
At-
of
Grapeland, and Mrs. Mary Brim
and son, Jerry Wayne, of Overton
visited in the home of their sister,
Mrs. A. B. Armstrong, Tuesday
evening. Mrs. Armstrong and son,
A. B. Jr., returned to Grapeland
with them where they will spend
a few days with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs, j. c. Jones.
sleep,
And sleep till I awoke.
And all the alarm clocks I’ve yot
to hear—
BROKE.
I wish 1 were n little hear
Out to have some fun,
And all the stuff I’ve got to do—
DONE*.
i wish Dame Nature would provide
Then I could loaf a lot,
With all the meals I have to get—
GOT.
I’d love each day to settle down
With needlework or book;
All necessary trips down town—
TOOK.
I would I had a printing shop,
With money worries naught,
And all the foreman wants to buy
BOUGHT.
I’d like to have a set of books,
Its entries all completed,
And all accounts, both in and out
RECEIPTED.
—Grace K.
Auxiliary.
Ewart, in Publishers
The SECRETARY or THE TREASURY
WASHINGTON
•iar 1, 1942
TO TilE PEOPLE OP TEXAS $
This w*«k a new carpAlf^ for t>» sals cf Ihr Pond* and Sa-rlncs
Star.ps la under way throughout, the Nation. It 13 the War Bond Quota
Ctispalgn.
It ia urgently noce3cary that you doublo the rate at which you
are new buying War P .nda and Stanpe. This will mean t.r,e sale direct
to individual Africans of War Bonda and SUiqps to the aacunt of not
leas than one billion dollars every ennth.
One-billion dollars a nor.th la the National quota. It le equal
to one-tenth the combined lnccoea of all Americans.
This money Is needed to buy tho toolj of war for your fighting
!ca. It will not pay for all of then. Our war expenditures now
aro at the rate of shout FOUR DILLIQV3 a nonth, and they a
> our beat;
forces* It will r, t pay for nil of then. Our war expenditures now
aro at tho rata of about FOl’R BILLIONS a month, and they are growing
dally* But a billion dollars a month direct from tho people will
make all-out production possible. Without it wo cannot do c
without it wo cannot put forth our AiU effort.
It is deeperatoly needed for another reason. Wo can’t fight a
wnr nr, 1 at the oarao tine livo and spend as usual. There aro not enough
goods to go around — the things wo buy with mcncy. If wo go on spend-
ing ot the 1941 scale, we’ll be robbing the fighting man to add to our
own comfort or pleasure. We’ll be driving up the cost of living for
all of us. No’ll be imposing dire hardships c
on our neighbors.
What is askod of you ls ten per cent of your earnings — a tithe
for liberty. It ia not a tax; it is not even a contribution; it ia a
loan at interest, for your uao and protection later.
Tour Government asks you to cut down your e’qjondituros, TO SAVE —
your boys on the firing line and in the training cai^jo, through your
2?V®C!??J?.ni*^a2,t_yc>u to °*Ye B0 nay lave what they need to
you — America asks j
and Stenpa up to not ]
oovej to SA7B TO WIN THE EAR;
>ss than ten per cent of your
win TOUR WAR for
to buy War Bonda
EsSfiT
Is Liberty worth it? Is Democracy worth it? Xt America worth it?
T think I know your answer.
Sincerely,
I think that it is particularly can<Jida.te for the office of State
fitting that we ask for our Golden Representative of District No. 28.
Cross offering on Mother’s Dayi I have resided in this district
for it is in the spirit of our moth- ( practically all of niy life. I have
ers that we take care of the un- never held a public office, and I
fortunate sick. Sickness and in-1 have never before asked for any
jury overtakes all of us and the. Public office; but through the
Church is always the one that j years I have had a keen interest
should come to the rescue of any,in our governmental affairs, and
man in trouble. Our Church Hos- have been a reader and observer
pital here in the Texas Confer- of the workings and doings of our
ence. this last year alone, gave Legislative Bodies. 1 am not a
away $34,552.00 in medical service; lawyer, but from close study and
for unfortunate sick people. The observation, I feel that I know the
Churches barely paid $6,000 in I proceedings and requirements of
Golden Cross money. You will be a representative In the making of
given a chance to make your of- laws.
! A large percentage of the vot-
- | ers, I believe, know me to be a
j life-long, consistent, substantial,
- | conservative Democrat. If you do
We regret to iear of the death not know me, please ask your
of Mrs. Ada Stokes which sad friends and acquaintances about
j event occurred at her home near me. I am familiar with ail parts
| Bering on Monday of last week, of the district, and I believe that
j She was 86 years old and had | understand the general needs of
been 111 several months. I (lie people of this district. It will
Funeral services, under direc- lie my desire to represent tile dis-
tion of Walker-Seantons Funeral trict ns a whole, and if I am el-
| Home, were conducted at the ected, I will diligently seek to
j Watts cemetery near Moscow, on learn the wishes and needs of the
j Tuesday evening at 3:30, with people, and I will at all times
Rev. C. M. Lang officiating. | work for and vote for what I be-
Pali bearers were M. L. Fore- Hove to be the best interest of the
I hand, S. M. Adams, A. J. Conner,' people as a whole.
J. H. Dodson, L. H. Brock and It will not be possible for me to
j Elmer Tripp. , make a complete canvass of the
I Survivors include one son, Rich-, district, hut it will be my desire
lard Stokes of Bering: a sister, and my pleasure to meet and talk
(Mrs. R. R. Tripp of Houston; and with as many of the voters as
|H brother, A. R. Myers of Houston j Possible before tho Primary. I
Mrs. Stokes w-as a lifelong resi- Hast that you will take this an-
Idem of Polk County, having been ! nouncement,notice as an earnest,
born within half a mile of where( Personal appeal and solicitation
she died. She lived in the same Trout me for your vote and sup-
community all her life ! Pact,
Mrs. Stokes was a good Christ-: Respectfully submitted,
ian woman, and was always kind I E. W. JONES,
and considerate to every one with -V-•
whom she came in contact.
———o-
YOUTH’S CRUSADE WILL
ENTERTAIN TONIGHT
The Youth’s Crusade of the
Methodist Church is entertaining
w. s. c. s.
The Woman’s Social Christian
Service met Monday, May 4, with
fourteen present. The group sang
"Faith of Our Father" accompan-
ied by Mrs. W. H. Caton at the
a group of young people at the; piano. Mrs. J. Bergman gave the
The above letter was sent to this newspaper by Secretary Mor-
genthau in Washington. We publish it In the interest of tiie War Bond
Quota Campaign and earnestly recommend that ail our readers do
their share in the tremendous job ahead of financing the War effort.
Recreation Hail Thursday night
at 7:30. Every young person of the
town is invited to attend and bring
a friend with you.
We especially want the mem-
bers of the Crusade to attend, as
there will be a business meeting] vicinity to attend
just before the entertainment meetings.
devotional, after which Mrs. P. A.
Strauss gave an interesting lesson
from our study course, "Christian
Roots of Democracy in America."
The Society takes this oppor-
tunity to invite all women of this
these weekly
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