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The Paducah Post
XXXV-
XI' M BKR 15
I’ADUCAH, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1941
ll
OPENS
RDAY
ounty’s contribution to-
ing an air force capable
in? the
nation will get
. Saturday when a drive
,crap aluminum for use
_ail nrosn^ni "1*‘ stait.
its light weight an
uninum is a vltal
the production of
^planes. A shortage
exists in the nation
f the stepped-up plane
rogiam, so th. nation-
LPMINUM
the slogan "Give Uncle,
niinura -o he mil give
leao." Cottle county s
drive will be in full
■ week-end.
e bin has been con-
on the west side of
'oust’ square, and
of this -eetion have
ed to bring any alumi-
icles th-.-y can spare
e them in the bin.
Byron A. Siio11> and
Judge 0. J. Kilty have
tenients uiv ng _ citi-
Paducah and Cottle
to join in the metal
Russia-Britain Sign Formal Pact
Soviet Foreign Commissar V. Molotov is pictured signing the Rns-
so-British pact pledging the two countries to an alliance against ‘Hitler-
ite Germany.” Behind him is Josef Stalin, Soviet premier, and next to
Stalin is Sir Stafford Cripps, British ambassador to Moscow.
PRICE FIVE cents
Cotton Stamp Plan To Start Soon
re to collect- the scrap
cted by Mayoi LaGuar-
lew V, rk, chairman of
n defense program,
will be made to col-
li,000 tons of aluminum
tion. suitiri- nt to build
liter or ’> ■ -motored
lane-.
Lee O’Daniel, state
cf the trivi . named
Ddge 0. J Riley - Cot-
tchairmn: m : : - drive
organize; '. bis di-
y Ptdui a : Scouts
6 a i.-'USf-t can-
he city for i- , ■ etion of
. Ali ri- del ’ • m e ask-
4 thei! conn :uutions on
t porches so it may lie
quickly. !•'. R. Shaw, dis-
commissioner. will di-
ca.ivass.
has been set up
est side of the court-
collection of the metal
dilution* will be placed
drive will continue
■ys, and rural residents
to bring their contri-
town and [dace them
i of aluminum or alumi-
articles are suitabe for
including pots and
“’es, old radio parts and
ther articles.
County Highway Widening
Appropriation Is Made
The Texas Highway commission has appropriated *15.733.98
for widening state highways in Cottle county. P. s, Bailey of
Childress, district highway engineer, has announced.
Present concrete1 [lavement will he widened two feet on each
tside
with
0 CHARGED
THEFT
Biut, l'j-y.• 11-. 1.i negro,
' held in th, Cottle coun-
try in coniiiction with
clothing from J. C.
jw., Inc., he: e Wednes-
inoon,
as caught by F. K.
nagcr of the -tore, after
of three blocks about 5
Wednesday afternoon,
a of ladies hose were
T"‘o other negroes, al-
th Blue, escaped with
uditional boxes of hose.
Charges were filed in
art Thursday by Coun-
R°y A. Jones. Ex-
™ had not been held
e.
lo gave his address as
he and his companions
nde to Paducah and had
.kf0wn al,ual an hc,ur
“ett was committed.
insurance
for 1942
Mtton insurance for
°p has been assured,
“ information received
ZtAAA committee.
^ '°n regarding the
-?received here,
that the plan
t0 the federal
ance program which
year.
»ann’for0ITerly a state
of tk Texas' W‘H be
of thp cotton insurance
US0 CAMPAIGN
ON SCHEDULE
Paducah and four Cottle coun-
ty communities had raised their
quotas in the county'’* USO fi-
nancial campaign today and chair-
men of committees in other com-
munities indicated they would
reach their quotas within the
next few days.
Paducah, Salt Creek, Chalk,
Valley View and iiackberry had
raised their quotas earlier in the
week and drives were continuing
on schedule in all other communi-
ties.
Cottle county has a quota of
$500. This money, and that se-
cured in similar drives through-
out the nation, will be used to
equip and maintain recreational
houses for young men serving in
the armed forces of the United
States.
C. R. Wood is county U. S. O.
chairman.
Plans for the local drive weft
marie at a meeting of committee-
men in the courthouse last Mon-
day night. Two communities,
Chalk and Salt Creek, had raised
their quotas at that time and
turned the money over to the
county chairman.
on the following sections
if road: U. S. Highway 70 from
the Motley county line cast 3.4
miles. U. S. Highway 83 from
4.o miles north of Paducah to
s.s miles north of Paducah and
U. S. Highway 70 from the east
end of the city pavement in Pa-
ducah to the east city limits of
Paducah.
Earlier the commission award-
ed the Public Construction com-
pany of Denton a contract for
leveling and resurfacing C. S.
Highway 70 from Paducah to
Crowell at a cost of $42,000.
Fifty working days will be re-
quired for completion of the pro-
ject, work on which got under
way about two weeks ago.
Hoydada Man To
Manage Local Firm
Ed N. Hall of Floydada has
assumed management of the C. H.
Elliott Appliance company in Pa-
ducah.
Mr. and Mrs. Hall moved to
Paducah last week-end, and Mr.
Hall took charge of the firm Mon-
day.
Sixty-nine" Farms
Measured by AAA
Sixty-nine Cottle county farms
have been checked for compliance
with the 1941 AAA program. J.
H. Shows, AAA administrative of-
ficer, announced Wednesday.
Eleven e r e w s are measuring
farms for compliance. Shows said.
Of the
’isrss
Di2P’ and wi» have
AR yelderman
°f'chridrerman- State
Who i, ,nst'an churches
eetinV0n?UctJ.n,? a re’
church If the First
Ler *t f, Paducah, was
fbursday 6 Ll0ns club
tnkin of Mineral Wells
MWe"8
re th y . ro Mineiv
they visited relai
King County Land
Measuring Complete
GUTHRIE, July 25—K i n g
county’s 106 fa r m s will have
been measured f o r compliance
with the 1941 AAA program by
Saturday, David F. Eaton, local
AAA administrative officer, said
today. Some of the farms will be
re-checked later.
Two crews have been measur-
ing King county crops for several
weeks, Eaton said.
Zane G. Brewer, local voca-
tional agriculture teacher, will
leave Monday for San Angelo
where he will attend the annual
summer vocational agriculture
teachers’ conference July 29 and
30.
J. H. Darby Buys
Gulf Cafe Here
J. H. Darby of Duncan, Oklu.,
purchased the Gulf Cafe near
the intersection of the Guthrie
and Ciowell highways from C, A.
Brooks Tuesday, July 15.
Darby, a veteran cafe man,
will operate the cafe.
REVIVAL WILL
BEGIN SUNDAY
Rev. Dallas Lee, pastor of tin
First Baptist church of Quanah,
will preach at a revival meeting
at the Paducah First Baptist
church July 27 to Aug. 10, Rev.
Franklin E. Swanner, pastor, an-
nounced today. . ,.
Miss Virginia Hagood, choir di-
rector. will lead congregational
and choir singing during the
’^Services will be hold twice
daily, at 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.,
in the air-conditioned church au-
d''Rev "Tec will arrive Sunday to
conduct the initial service Sun-
Ilk. t. have
attendance at all services, Rev.
Swanner said, “and all residents
of Paducah and Cottle county are
cordially invited to be present.
50TH DISTRICT
COURT OPENS
AUGUST 4
The summer term of Fiftieth
district court will open here Mon-
day, Aug. 4, with Judge Lewis
Williams of Benjamin presiding.
Lists of grand and petit jurors
were released today by Mrs. C.
C. McArthur, county and district
clerk.
The grand jury list includes:
H. W. G. Havens, R. B, Merrill,
A. B. Biddy, Tom Williams, H. D.
Fostei’, N. S. Galloway, Vernon
Carlisle, G. H. Brownlow, Rex
Keys, W. L. Liedtke, Homer Hood,
J. H. Beavers, S. E. Hamilton,
V. R. Osburn, G. A. Anglin and
Tom Sivells.
Petit jurors for the second
week beginning Aug. 11 are:
Doc Armstrong, C. A. Ryan, O.
L. Barnes, G. C. Bearden, Fred-
die Becker, D. Bennett, J. A.
Blount, W. C. B o y k i n. Irless
Brooks R. VV. Burks, \V. E. Bur-
l'ess, J. F. Cansler, D. T. Glower,
L. D. Cowart, B. H. Creamer, C.
W. Crump, J. E. Dobson, Glen
Eblen, J. C. Evans, T. C. Favors,
Hugh Frazier, Dewey Galyean,
W. W. Wilson, J. D. Miller,
Arthur Grayum, Ivy Gunn, C. R.
Hackler, B. R. L e w i s, J. L.
Howell, S. B. Kirby, J. D. Hutch-
inson, Hubert Lee, J. E. Lively,
C. Lytle, E. R. Monson and
Woodrow Martin.
Petit jurors for thl third week
beginning Aug. 18 'are: R. E.
Barber, J. S. Bayne,! A. O. Ben-
nett, E. J. Biddy, Roy Biddy, E.
J. Bigbee, T. J. Boley. M. C.
Brown, J. B. Cabiness Jr., Claud
Campbell, Cecil S. Can. D. E.
Carnes, W. J. Cobb, Paul Dorn,
A. E. Dumont, D. C. Emery,
Berney Fish, J. C. Franks, H. L.
Garrison, Edward Gilbreath, Ted
Grayum, J. S. Green, \\. E.
Hagetnan, W. A. Moffitt, Ray
Mitchell, Elmer Petty. Alton 11.
Irons, A. L. Jones, J. B. Lat-
timer, Boyd Loar, H C. Parks,
Harry Lynch, L. B. Lowry, G. A.
Mayes, Pat Love and H e n r y
Moore.
Another Link in U. S. Defense Chain
' ' ...........
King County Team Places First In
State 4-H Club Pig-Feeding Contest
For the second consecutive
year, a King county pig-feed
demonstration team placed first
in the miscellaneous team demon-
stration contest in connection witn
the state 4-H short course at A. &
M. College.
Dwayne Campbell and LeRoy
Shannon, 4-H club boys from the
Grow community in King county,
won first place in the demonstra-
tion contest last week.
In conducting the demonstra-
tion, the boys fed three PUT3
different methods for 77 hays
to determine which method w
best. They concluded that thres
ed milo maize and protein sup-.
SSSSffiTS
unprofitable method of feeding
f0rThe0rtkeamr°wast^‘"ached by King
C0$f» ffinRan0d Lynn W
last year.
USDA DEFENSE
BOARD PLANNED
Formation of the United States
Department of Agriculture State
Defense board is under way, but
the full roster of board members
has not yet been named, B. F.
Vance, chairman of the board,
has announced, according to in-
formation received from College
Station.
USDA Defense Boards are be-
ing set up in every county and
every state in the country by
order of Secretary of Agricul-
ture Claude R. Wiekard. Vance,
as administrative officer in
charge of the AAA in Texas, was
named chairman of the state
board. The county AAA commit-
tee chairman in each county will
act as chairman of his county
board.
Membership on the USDA State
Defense board will consist of
represen tatives of all USDA
agencies in the state, including,
besides the Agricultural Adjust-
ment administration, the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, Farm
Security administration, Soil Con-
servation service. Farm Credit ad-
ministration, Surplus Marketing
administration, Agricultural Mar-
keting service, Forest service,
Rural Electrification administra-
tion, and the Texas A. & M.
College Extension service. Each
agency will name its own repre-
sentative to be a member of the
board.
Member ship on the USDA
County Defense boards will con-
sist of representatives of all the
above-mentionel agencies which
maintain offices in the counties.
The boards will be charged with
the responsibility of seeing that
all food production needs for the
national defense effort are met,
Vance declared. Already greater
production of certain commodities,
such as pork, poultry products,
dairy products and certain veget-
ables, has been requested, and
other demands will be forthcom-
ing, he said.
Dr. C. C. Pate To
Do Graduate Work
Dr. and Mrs. C. C. Pate and
children. Jack and Leora, left
today for Rochester, Minn., where
Dr. Pate will take a post graduate
course at the Mayo Clinic.
Dr. Stanley of Matador will
care for Dr. Pate’s patients while
he is away. _
One barrel of sap is required
to make one gallon of maple
syrup.
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Another stride in American defense is this launching of the YF 286,
a combination mine layer and freight lighter. The YF’s keel was laid
only last December. The craft is costing t fully equipped: and
is one of 12 being constructed by the gov< •
Will Preach
Rev. Dallas Lee, pastor of
the First Baptist church of
Quanah, will preach at the re-
vival services to be held at
the First Baptist church here
beginning Sunday, July 27, and
closing Sunday, Aug. 10.
Comfort Program
For King County
GUTHRIE, July 25 — King
county’s cotton comfort-making
program will get underway Aug.
4, according to announcement by
County Agent R. O. Dunkle. Mrs.
C. A. Campbell will supervise the
work.
The center where comforts will
be made will be in the Lawson
Futch building between Grow and
the Futch Filling station on the
Paducah highway.
Mrs. Campbell, who supervised
the recent mattress-making pro-
gram, was trained for this work
by Pauline Hargrove, Cottle coun-
ty home demonstration agent.
Rex Keys Named
Superintendent
Rex Keys xvas named Sunday
School superintendent of the
First Baptist church this week,
according to announcement by the
pastor, Rev. Franklin E. Swan-
ner. Keys will assume duties Sun-
day morning.
“We urge everyone to be pre-
sent at Sunday School this Sun-
day and give Mr. Keys a good
start,” Rev. Swanner said.
Post Want Ads Get Results.
PADUCAH FFA
PLACES SECOND
The program of work of the
Paducah F.F.A. chapter placed
second in first-year competition
at the State Future Farmers of
America convention at Marshall
July 19. Waxahachie won first
place.
Paducah received a plaque
bearing the national F.F.A. em-
blem and the inscription, “Sec-
ond place, first-year chapter con-
test, s t a t e F.F.A. convention,
1941.”
Points considered in evaluat-
ing a program of work include:
chapter organization, supervised
practice, cooperation, community
service, leadership, earnings and
savings, conduct of meetings,
scholarship and recreation.
Zane G. Brewer is advisor of
the local chapter, which was or-
ganized last fall. Brewer, Lester
Moss, retiring chapter president,
and Cyril Holden, president-
elect, attended the state conven-
tion.
Six FFA chapters were named
.is outstanding among the state’s
047 groups of young farmers.
They were the Paducah, Cotulla,
Clarendon, Huntington, W a x a-
hachie and Banquette chapters.
They were designated Lone Star
chapters.
Brewer was a judge in the
state farm demonstration con-
test. Holden and Brewer were
members of a committee which
formulated a program for fores-
try and beautification for FFA
chapters in Texas. Brewer was
secretary of the committee.
The FFA convention selected
Harlingen for its next session and
named Roy Herman, 19, of Cald-
well president.
COTTLE WILL
GET ABOUT
$30,000
Operation of the federal gov-
ernments cotton stamp plan will
start in Cottle county soon after
Aug. 1, David G. Guthrie Jr.,
area representative of the Sur-
plus Market::,a administration, an-
nounced today.
Ih*s P*an "hi release stamps
- tely $30,000 to
. armer- in Gottie county for co-
operation with the program which
nas not been received heretofore.
Ali dry goods merchants in
Paducah have been certified to
receive cotton stamps, and a
number ot other merchants hand-
ling goods made from cotton will
Ui.so be certified.
“Ihe supplemental cotton
stamp program was urged by the
government for the rirst time
this year,” Guthrie said. “Each
farmer agreeing to cut his cotton
acreage i.-_ paid for this in stamps,
up to $25 it he is working one
• arm; up to $50 if he is working
two farms.
Approximately 90 per cent of
the farm operators in Cottle
county are cooperating with tne
government in this program.
The stamps will be issued in
books through the AAA office.
.\o stamps will be issued to a farm
operator, however, until his farm
has been measured for compliance
with the AAA program.
With this in view, it is believed
that all stamps will be issued dur-
ing August and September.
"it is most likely that the fam-
ilies getting stamps will exchange
them at local dry goods stores
within a short time,” Guthrie
said.
"This is putting about $30,000
in the county to be used during
a period in which business is
normally slack here. It should be
a stimulation to business as well
a.- a help to farmers,” Guthrie
said.
NEGRO FACES
FELONY CHARGE
Phillip Moore, negro, who is
charged with removing mortgaged
property from Cottle county, was
returned to Paducah from Green-
ville Monday by Deputy Sheriff
W. T. Stinson.
Moore, who was employed on a
farm in the Ogden community
last fall, is charged with leaving
the county in a mortgaged auto-
mobile.
The defendant is being held in
the county jail pending action of
the grand jury Aug. 4.
Dallas Man Named President of
Lions International at New Orleans
George R. Jordan of Dallas was
unanimously elected president of
the International Association of
Lions clubs at its twenty-fifth an-
nual convention in New Orleans,
which closed today. Jordan suc-
ceeds retiring president Karl M.
Sorrick of Springport, Mich.
J. D. Wilson represented the
Paducah Lions club at the con-
vention.
According to the report made
by Melvin Jones, founder and
secretary-general of the associa-
t i o n, the convention in New
Orleans concluded one of the
most successful years in the his-
tory of Lions International. He
reported the establishment of 453
new Lions clubs and the addition
of 9,680 members for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1940, and
ending June 30, 1941, which
raised the total number of clubs
to 4,082 and the membership to
147,407.
In accepting the presidency
Jordon said that Lions clubs in
eight countries would meet their
responsibilities as good citizens
and Lions during the year ahead.
He stated that these Lions accept
with optimism the challenge for
leadership in their respective
cities and communities during
these perilous times.
In outlining; the policy of the
Lions association, Jordan said
that it would be to continue its
expansion program, stress the ob-
jects of Lionism which are to
promote the theory and the prac-
tice of the principles of gooid citi-
zenship, and to take an active in-
terest in the civic, commercial,
social and moral welfare of each
community, courageously facing
the future, knowing that inevit-
ably peace, liberty and justice will
prevail.
An insurance man, Jordan was
born in Kemp, Texas, and re-
ceived his education in his home
state. He is married and has two
sons. One of his chief interests
is his farm, where he grows cotton
and corn.
W. A. PRESSLEY
FUNERAL HELD
Funeral services for William A.
Pressley, 86, prominent pioneer
resident of Cottle county who died
at his home in Paducah Wednes-
day night, July 16, were held at
the First Baptist church at 10
o’clock Friday morning, July 18.
Rev. Franklin E. Swanner, pas-
tor, officiated.
Interment was in the Paducah
cemetery with Norris Funeral
Home attendants in charge.
Pallbearers were Maurice Chris-
tian, Ray Loftis. Clifford Graves,
H. M. Nichols, John Chenault and
Dr. W. T. Payne.
Mr. Pressley is survived by the
widow, f i v e children and six
grandchildren. The children are
Mrs. J. F. Fischer, W. A. (Buck)
Pressley Jr. and Olen Pressley,
all of Paducah, Mrs. Almeda
Smyth of Gallup, N. M., and E.
N. Pressley of Seattle, Wash.
He was born in Alabama May
16, 1855. On Aug. 14. 1889 he
married Miss Rosa Krizan and!
they came to Cottle county in
1916. Eight children were born
to Mr. and Mrs. Pressley and
three preceded him in death.
Until his retirement several
years ago, Mr. Pressley was a
cotton merchant. He was a mem-
ber of the First Baptist church.
His health had been bad the past
few years and death resulted from
a paralytic stroke suffered July
All members of the family and:
a host of friends attended the
iinal rites.
BALDWIN DIES
ATCEEVEE
CEE VEE, July 25—The body
of 91-year-old H. C. Baldwin, who
died suddenly late Monday aft-
ernoon at the home of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. H. A. Gray, in the Cee
Vee community, was sent to
Honey Grove, his former home,
for burial.
Mr. Baldwin had made his home
with Mrs. Gray for several
years.
A native of North Carolina, Mr.
Baldwin came to Texas in 1901.
He is survived by four daugh-
ters, Mrs. Gray, Mrs. Gertrude
Dorsey of Childress, Mrs. Eva
Blair of Cee Vee and Mrs. J. F.
Edwards of Honey Grove; and
three sons. F. C. Baldwin of Cee
Vee Lynwood Baldwin of Morton
and E. C. Baldwin of Waco.
The first enclosed cabin air-
plane was built in 1912 by Ble-
riot, and was flown by Legagneux.
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