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Section One
Six Pages
Coleman Democrat-Voice ,2v
FIRST IN NEWS, ADVERTISING, CIRCULATION, READER INTEREST, COLEMAN COUNTY *' !wo Scttlon9
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FIFTY-EIGHTH YEAR
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN. TEXAS, Till KSDAY, MARCH .50. 19.59
Turkey Eggs
Bring Coleman
Farmers $4000
Coleman Count Ians have been
paid more than $4,000 during the
past two .weeks for turkey eggs,
according to County Agent C. V.
Robinson,
Last week some 10,000 turkey
eggs were sold by Coleman County
farmers to the Brady. Turkey .Co-
operative, bringing 18 cents per
egg or a total of $1,800.
This week some 15,00# eggs were
sold to the Brady concern at 17
cents each or a total of $2,550. The
eggs .are shipped to northern and
eastern markets.
About, 85 persons in this county
are participating in the sale of the
eggs. A truck carries them from
Coleman each Tuesday morning
and the same truck picks up eggs
at Santa Anna and. Rockwood while
enroute to Brady.
Mrs. Nora Van Dalsem Hayes
brought in 500 eggs Tuesday morn-
ing, for which she received $85.
She is also setting 100 eggs for the
purpose of raising ‘'baby beef" tur-
keys which will bring $1 each when
they are one day old.
No Appropriation
For Parity Payments
Made By Congress
The House of Representatives in
Washington this week refused to
appropriate $250,000,000 (two hun-
dred and fifty million dollars) for
"parity" payments to farmers.
Parity payments received by Cole-
man County cotton farmers on their
1937 cotton crop amounted to
around $250,000. (a quarter of a
million dollars).
Congressman Chas. L. South of
Coleman voted for the appropria-
tion.
Grand Jurors
Benin Work In
c
35tli Court
Spring term of 35th Judicial Dis-
trict Court began at ten o'clock
Monday morning with District
Judge E. J. Miller of Brownwood
giving grand jurors instructions on
the ferreting out of crime.
The Jurors were given six bound-
Winners In Kite Flying Contest
NO. Li
Jack Champion; Jury Indicts Him Farm Program To Be Explained
Indicted On ■ \ l Series Of Meetings To Be
-Democrat-Voice Photo
Winners in the kite flying contest recently sponsored by-the local
WPA recreation department are shown in the above picture. They are,
left to right, Vernon Ray, holding the largest kite; Robert Owen of Santa
Anna with smallest kite (he’s.holding it ill his right hand); Peggy Jean
Tune, only girl to enter the contest; Cecil Burrow, whose kite, gained the
greatest height in one minute's time; and Carl Haney, whose kite gained
over cases to investigate. They were i the greatest height in five minutes time,
cases on which Justice of the Peace | _
Barclay Martin. Sr.
Jack Champion r.f Brownwood |
, must taco trial in District Judce E.,
J Miller's 35th Judicial District !
Court on charge" of robbery and:
felony Chef- member of the Spring
term'-, grand jury decreed this
week. Champion was indicted late
Tuesday tn the two counts, in con-j
| nertirn with the theft of an auto- i
j mob'D from Dr. Jack Gordon of. ,
Coleman and in connection with
[ the highjacking of the Howell! s
Theatre of Coleman Both events
j occurred on Monday night, Feb. 27.
! Champion has been held in coun- .
i ty jail since his arrest at Brown-
j weed on the n’ght of the two events, I
1 His bond in the robbery case was !
' set at $4,000 White a $1,000 bond was
j required in.jhe auto theft case. j
The grand jurors returned a total'
I of ix indictments Tuesday after-1 automobile—by the 35th ,
j nc.cn. The others were against. Hu- ! District Court grand jury t-h
• ber> Lewi.' chicken theft; C. W i Tile offenses allegedly
McDonald, alias Jack McDonald, j
! bigamy;. Oscar Hanson, forgery; and i
[ T, E. Horton, driving while tdrunk. j
licit! In (loiintv Next Week
Rob-
! day. April 6 Coleman. Santa Anna.
Nonce Wlion, Leaday. and Burkett
It L important that farmers a:
; tend the meetings, said Mr Rot>-
lnson Bulletins on "How the AAA
Berm Program Works" will tie givei
'ne farmers and ranchmen
'om
JACK champion
Jack . Champion Bio-,
shown above was indicted
charges-robbery and the.;
.m-e farmers and ranc
mderstand the prot^ra
• hev ,tji* no? ablf r
\is or do soil-buildmt'
ordimr to Halations
oheduied ,ir
ofTic.p of C
tarm Inventory
Is Being Made
In This County
neeum
?ole«
udinal
i ’A • ' • K
V R. binson uT
I on Monday night. Fvbruar
Millions Being
Mailed Farmers.
Says Kingsberv
It. W. Kingsbery of Santa Anna.
tvHnber of the State Agricultural
Committee for the Triple-A, has
returned from, an extended visit at
College Station, where lie has been
assisting the rommlttee members
with distributing soil conservation
checks for Texas farmers and
ranchmen.
Despite the fact some one-third
el the ill is ill with influenza at
College Station; the Texas Triple-
A is ahead of last year's schedule
in the distribution of the checks.
Thus far this year some 25 mill-
ion dollars in soil conservation
checks have been distributed to
Texans while at the same time a
year ago only about 18 million dol-
lar, in cheek.-, had been distributed. W88 delighted at the
had held ex-
amining trials since the last term
of 119th Judicial District Court
here.
For the first time in years, there
was not a juror in the list of 16 to
ask to be excused. Judge Miller,
however, excused B B. Nunley of
Coleman. C. D. Baker of Burkett,
E. C. Coursey of Coleman Glen
Cove route, and C. F. Sappmgton
of Talpa.
J Lee Maves of Coleman was
named foreman of the jurors. Other
members of the body include, John
Grammer of Coleman, J. B. Mc-
Cord of Coleman. W. H Hudgins
of Santa Anna. J. W. Taylor of
Santa Anna. V. C. Newman of Santa
Anna. F. M Bryan of Rockwood.
Dewey Pieratt of Santa Anna. Bud
Wheeler of Gouldbusk, L. F. Wire-
man of Leaday, L C Jameson of
Talpa and George J. Beck of Valera.
Judge Miller discussed the oath
of a grand Juror at length. He
commented on the improvements
being made at the coun house.
News Here And There Over Coleman County
Allen Robertson, Jr., son of Dr.I Arthur Edwards of Burkett, sou; Minimum.Temperature here Tues-
and Mrs. H. A. Robertson, formerly
of Coleman and now of Del Rio!
has qualified to represent Del Rio
in the "My Home Town" contest | show last weekend,
to be staged at the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce convention
to be held in Abilene soon.
change being made.
Bailiffs include, J. W Dial, door;
Ken Storey, Walking; and John
Some 6.500 checks had been dis-
tributed daily until the Influenza
epidemic tilt College Station just a
few days ago. Even now about 3,000 j Pnwler, Riding
checks ’are being mailed out each
day.-
Texas farmers and ranchmen will
receive between 55 and 58 million
dollars lor taking part in the 19381^, j
soil conservation program, said Mr. I j | ()]'( J 1
| Approval Is
Kings be ry. i
S
Call For CCC
You 11 is Made
Largest number of Civilian Con-
servation Corps youths ever to be
called from this county will be ex-
pected to report for duty on or
about April 1.
». The youths are asked to make
applications at the office of Mrs.
Frankie Sedwick, county welfare
office, in front of Coleman High
School, as .soon as jwsslble.
Youths between the ages of 17
and 23 are eligible to enter the
CCC.
GRAIN MARKET
Following prices on grain were
quoted today noon as a courtesy
of the Charles R. Wilson Grain Co.
No. 1 hard wheat, 60c per bushel.
No. 2 oats, 26c per bushel.
No. 2 barley, 40c per bushel.
No, 2 threshed mite, 70e, 100 lbs.
No. 2 threshed hegira, 65c, 100 lbs.
County Schools
Are Praised By
Dist. Deputy
Miss Katherine Henderson; San
•Angelo, deputy state school .super-
intendent, had word of praise for
Coleman County schools while-visit-
ing in the office of County School
Superintendent W. T. Graves Wed-
nesday afternoon,
"General school conditions, here
aro quite good." Miss Henderson
asserted. “A majority of the teach-
ers have college degrees and all of
them show an Interest In their
work,” she added.
The district deputy pointed out
that many of the county's schools
are new and most of them are well
equipped. She has visited all of tjie
schools in the county at least once
since she has been serving In the
important position. Some of the
schools In this county she has visit-
ed twice and .others as many as
three times.
She was in the county Wednesday
on a routine inspection trip.
Creek Project
An invitation to a dinner honor-
ing E. B. Germany, chairman of
the State Democratic Executive
Committee, in Houston on April 1,
1939, Is acknowledged by the editor
of The Democrat-Voice. The ban-
quet is being sixinsored by . the
Young Democratic Clubs of Texas.
Rainfall on the Morris _ Ranch
was about an inch and a half last
Friday night, reports Press Morris.
Incidentally, the semi-amiual round
up is under way at the ranch,
District Attorney A, O Newman
was the subject of a biographical
sketch carried in The Yellow Jack-
et. Howard Payne College publica-
tion, last week. The publication Is
priming a series of articles on
prominent ex-students.
pf Mr. and Mrs. A, I. Edwards, took I day night was 38 degrees, accord- I
first place in the lightweight milk- inn to the J. .1. Slovens Company j
fed class of the Abilene livestock County Auent C. V Robinson be- |
He won the lieu the damage was slight, it'
my, to fruit and crops.
Over $169,000
In l. S. ( hecks
Arrive in Git\
uldb
A;
lam 5
Fisk.
aJ Bui-
) Echo
4 Sil-
ts Voss
Thur -
Checks aggregating. .$169,209'
i have been received by County Agei
prize witli the same calf that won | m. to fruit and crops. C v Robmson for c,(v„
the grand championship in the ; ty farmers and ranchmen who ,
Burkett and Coleman shows and J M Cio.y who r»* kU - tut o. * co-operating in the Fryvi t,
which also won in-its class, at the j :*•" CMeman-Olcn Cove road .says j ermnent's soil” conservation or
Houston show? : thundered late in February and that,
---; j we are liable to have frost late!
W. Hemphill j in April. Mr. Clo.;e was a visitor j
the city Wednesday afternoon.
Coleman-S water
, Road Project Is
Given Approval
:ne i
larke
toleman-
road in
Mr. and Mrs. C.
and John Grammer were in San
Angelo one day last weekend to
attend funeral services for John
Hemphill, son of Billie Hemphill
and a well-known San Angelo mer-
chant.
Wiliiam McCall, fie]
Clovis Tyson, local watchmaker,
has just completed a repair job for
a yotrng man who lives on Philli-
plne Island. He Is the son ol' G. L.
Davis of Bangs.
Approval of a Coleman County
project by the National Rivers and
Harbors Congress projects com-
mittee this week in Washington
brought pleasure to officials of the
Central Colorado River Authority.
Tile committee placed the con-
struction of a dam across Hord's
Creek, some five miles northwest
of Coleman, on its indorsed list.
S. W. Cooper. Chamber of Com-
merce manager and secretary-trea-
surer of the Central Colorado River
Authority, today said the recom-
mendation of the committee will
mean fnuch to Congress. Construc-
tion pf the dam will mean the im-
pounding of between 20,000 and
25,000 acre-feet of water.
Ttie lake proposed would be lor
water and soil conservation and
flood prevention purposes.
It is estimated the project would
cast in the neighborhood of $400,000.
Army engineers and other gov-
ernment engineers have made sur-
veys of the proposed lake site and
all of the opinion it is suitable,
WANTED: SCHOOL NEWS!
Scores of activities arc plan-
ned at Coleman County schools
during the next two months.
Graduation night 1 or.? of the
mast important occasions in the ^
life of a person—especially if
that person. Is receiving a grad-
uation certificate. It is impor-
tant to other students and, of
course, to all parents, relatives
and friends of graduates.
There are other events that
should be reported by school
teachers to their county news-
paper.
The Democrat-Voice cordially
invites all school superintendents
and principals to forward news
of commencement, baccalaur-
eate. plays, pageants and any
other school news to this Office
at once.
This newspaper makes an ef-
fort to serve ail the schools and
all of the county Cooperation
of the school leaders will be ap-
preciated.
-THE EDITOR
Howard Bell and Fern Mayo
caught about 18 pounds of fish out
on the Jim Ned last Sunday night.
Biggest of the catfish weighed six
and three-quarters pounds. Others
weighed four and two pounds, and
there were some smaller ones.
V. W Curry. Santa Anna route
two. was a business visitor In Cole-
man Saturday. Mr. Cilrry re-newed
his D-V subscription. Incidentally,
lie reports an inch and quarter of
rain cn his place last Friday night.
J L. P. Baker, who resides six
miles southwest of Santa Anna,
former county school superinten-
dent, was a visitor in Coleman on
Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Baker
states he has been busy with 20
white-face Hereford calves, con-
structing a half-mile long water
line from the creek to his home,
and in (lie construction of a large
cobble-stone chicken, house. Inci-
dentally he is raising 300 chickens
and thus far has last only seven of
the original 307.
Standardization tests will be held
Wednesday. April 5. in the Plain-
view, Mukewater, Leaday, Ander-
son. Wlion. Echo, Lass Creek. Line.
Folk and Trickham schools. Other
schools may take the tests. Teachers
in the various schools will exchange
places with teachers in other schools
on the day of examination.
Robert Jameson and
Evans both of Coleman, have ac-
cepted positions with the Fred
DeBerard Ranch at • Kremblimt,
Colorado. The two yonng men left
Sunday to assume their new duties.
gram, it was announced t.ida
Of that amount $18,800.2u. i
checks, was received at the c
I agent's office Wednesday :
' noon Some $16.340 10 was rcc
# supervw ’ v
K real ion ; fir Dl-'i'tW number ]
9. Mrs McCall of San Angel.,, and j
j Miss Frances Fox, field supervisor
of San Antonio visited Obleman. _ __ -----------“*?5
Aubrey Santa Anna and rural recreation I
units during Tuesday and Wednes-1,
day. Miss Fox will make a com-
pute survey of recreatiui projects,!
in district 19.
Inventory of all farms in till'
county wifi be made this year by
the Bureau of Agricultural Econo-
mics and with the aid of the county
agents office. County Agent C. V
Robinson announced today.
Every phase of farming and
ranching Is covered in a question,
naire being mailed Coleman County
farmers and ranchmen this week
by the county agent's office. Mr.
Robinson "SSks lor the co-operation
of the farmers and ranchmen in
answering the paper and in return-
ing It to the agpnt's office.
"Farmers and ranchmen should
answer as many of the questions
»• possible ,.iid Mr Robinson. It
is probable some of the questions
can be answered In his office and
each questionnaire will be checked
for that purpose,
When all questionnaires are ans-
wered and the lnlormation tabu-
lated a planned program can be put
into operation Mr. Robinson added
All information obtained in this
survey will be treated as eontiden-
n tr. regard to each individual.
i hi
Appropriation of $135,200 for a
5,4 miles extension of Highway 36,
between Abilene and Cross Plains
is one of the major immediate ob-
jectives of Judge Carl Hulsey and
members of the Taylor County com-
missioner's court, according to a
news story In The Abilene Reporter-.
News.
If you happen" to find a purse
next Saturday morning you had
Band Rehearsing
For Contest At
Abilene April 7-8
•au ut Public Roads.
an announcement
' ate Highway Com-
Iin Wednesday
oject in this county
-ading dramage
;ru- ures and surfacing on 3 1
mill from Coleman west
Orignal plan called for starting I The third city-wide Easter egg
i i t ■)' 'hi end : Walnut hunt sponsored by the City-County
^nm^n^oatUtoes to Sweet- WPA recreation department will be
hide
City-Wide Faster
Egg Hunt Planned
reel
Coleman High School's band
rehearsing daily for the band con-
George M. Johnson of Santa An-
na last week was named a director
of the Texas Telephone Association
at a meeting of the organization in
Dallas. Mr. Johnson and eight
other directors will soon elect the
association's officers.
A. C. Wiko ol' San Angelo copped
top bronc-riding honors at the Abi-
lene rodeo last week. Mr, Wiko is
well known here and at Santa An-
na. having participated fn rodeos
at both places. Slim Mettoor. also
known by Coleman and Santa Anna'
rodeo fans, took part in the Abilene
show.
County School Supt. W. T. Graves
reminds scholastic census takers
that Saturday: April 1, Is the, last
day on which they may make a re-
port of their work for the month of
March. Scholastics are supposed to
be counted during the month of
March.
L. F. Aston of Fort Worth, rep-
resentative of tile Midwest W-ol
Marketing Association, met with a
group of Coleman' County wool
be tie r ^be "a n't 11" ‘be fore picking"! i ** *f bestaged in Abilene, on April: NoVlCC High W1I1S
up. And if veu find an innocent!7 jnc* *• 158,1(1 Director J E. King
said today
appearing box in your way you had ; “
better think twice before kicking; cmr mombers of the local
it. For. next Saturday is April l,|^"d wkeJ*™ in 'lhi! «»'•-
tests—drilling Friday night, April
7 at Hardtn-Simmons University
fcotball field, and a concert the
Mail Carrier Job! Di.x is iorced j “ng "10,'nin« at the Ablto
A dress parade and inspection of.
tile local band will be held next
*■' by way oi Glen Cove a no | presented Saturday morning. April
Winter Part- of the route lias been j,8, at 10:30 o’clock according to Miu
constructed in Nolan- County. j Grace Wilheit, supervisor of recrea-
- • ——r- lion activities here.,
Every child of grammar school
i age m the city is invited to lake
i part in the hunt.
In Onp Arf Plnv The Easter 1>art1' wiU b,>
1U 'IK ilt l 1 *ul ? | given on the landing field, in South
Coleman Girl Wins
For. next Saturday is April 1,
"April Fool Day" and the pranks-
ters may be busy.
The Novice High School one-act
., lalr oromios, play, group won first place in the
to limp as he walk., about the city , a drees parade and insjxtetion oi cute-t staged at Coleman High
this week, flic limp is caused from , U)cal ^ wU1 ^ hrt(J nelil; 8cl>. t audu-onum,Wednesday night
.being hit by > io business end d a jMondav afternoon on a downtown, beft.ir iarge audience Coleman
seed fork, Ilv accident oc.curiM | strrp,„ Mr. King added. Ha.; . team took second honor's
wliile he was "doctoring" his cow |- Colt,man wiu bf! entered m cliiv, with Jimmie Ruth Brown scoring
iB competition with 17 other Wesi’-H^ place in individual honor >r
Mr. and Mrs Ross Russell 811(1 ' Texas bands girls .
Mi. and Mrs. S. L. Gilliam and Mins \ ji,e contests are spoa-ored bv ii,e h
Bernice Hough were visitors ta|Tm, state Band Association
Austin Sunday. Mr and Mrs. Gil- , , _________
Coleman.
neW Diary
News Happenings Over World
As Recorded From Day To Day
hum visited their daughter. Miss
Nitu Lee. student in the University'!
of Texas.
Fred Garrett, young filling station
operator here, i- reported improv-
ing an attack of influenza.
Little interest has been shown in,
the forthcoming trustee election
here. The election will be held Sat-
urday, April J. O.nly three names
growers at the county agent's office! are on the ballot and all three of
one day last week "and explained ! those persons are pow trustees here.
the association’s plaii of handling
and marketing wool and mohair
direct to New England mills.
Wiley Jones. El Reno, Okla, was
In the city Monday looking for polo
ponies for Fred Post of El Reno.
Mr. Jones and a Mr. Peacock, an
Englishman, visited the Morris
Ranch where a semi-annual round-
up is under way, while in this area.
They are Mrs Will Gay. Mrs. J A.
B. Miller, and Dr. J. F. Gaines,
Coming events at Coleman High
School include, senior class play on
the night, of April 21, and the
Junior-Senior banquet on the night
of April 28.
Large Delegation
From FFA Chapter
To Annual Meet
PARIS. March 29-Premier De-
1 ladier in an anxiously waited ad-
Puik- Ami dres> to France and the world to-
Fntche.s" while-Coleman presented j night offered to negotiate France's
Such A Charming Young Man." j difficulties with Italy, but, put It
' squarely up to Rome to make the
ncxi moye by clarifying her! de-
mands.
The program follows:
10.00 am.. Devotional and song
service. Louis Newman. Santa Anna
10:15; "Let’s Have Training Cour-
W. E. Melton, secretary-treasurer
for the Coleman Production Credit
Association, was ill, of influenza,
during the first part of the week
Mr. and Mrs. Ben O. Wilson. J.r.j anti four-yrnr-old registered cows
who reside on Congressman Chas. I 9?’m E O' Kothmann Ranch
L. South's place some three” miles !,t Mason While Ijere Mr MeLach
W N. McCulloch of Coleman will
attend a meeting in Brownwood on
April 7 for the purpose of hearing
the; Federal government's wheat In-
surance program discussed.
Richard Rozelle, 4. who has. been
critically ill at Scott * White Sani-
tarium. is reported to be improved
today. W. R. Hamilton, former
Coleman County sheriff, recently
gave the youngster some of his blood
In an effort to save the lad's life.
The boy's father, O. B Rozelle. Is
reported to be 111 ip a Temple hos-
pital today.
northeast of Coleman, were pleas-
antly surprised this week upon re-
ceiving 100 White Leghorn chickens
front Sheridan, Indiana. The twin
sons of William Moss, owner of
some land rented by the Wilsons,
sent the chickens as a present. While
out here last summer the young-
sters had promised the present. Ben
reports having received a good rain
out his way a few nights ago.
Two parties of Coleman rattle-
snake hunters killed a total of 25
rattlesnakes last Sunday. One party,
including Dr. Gaines anti his sons
and B B Nunley, went to the Mt,
View area, while the oilier pally,
consisting of Dr. R. Bailey. Johnnie
Warren. Dale Smith. C. D. Currie.
Charles Paddleford- and others, went
to the Voss area.
Coleman High Schools Future
Farmers of America Chapter will
be well represented at the annual
Area 4 FFA contests to .be held in
Stephenville- next Saturday _ April
1, according to J'mrnie Greenway.
vocational agriculture . teacher at
Coleman High.
Two teams from here will be en-
tered in the, judging contests Mem-
bers of the livestock Judging team
include. J P. Miller. Jr„ Ralph
Pridemore, Boyce Beverly, with Max j *K For Sunday School Workers In
Horne and Thurman Chapman al- j April." Rev. W. H. CoalsoiT, Bur-
, ternates k >
h ‘ ®nd ■Ml j’' *’ L K,»'«X.t W<'>r0 Members of the dairy judging 19:35. roll call • and oral reports j
s s us wtr .n ames c .ic i t,eam include. Eddings Ward, Clovis i m progress made during the month.
Ian. ranch foreman for Governor BUllngi and D P Sandej.,. vuth j Fatyre are requested to report the
I Ray Martin and Buster Goree al- j .number of conversions, baptisms,
ternates. | grqwth in attendance, and mlssioii
Some 70 schools from over this i offerings
| area are expected to send judging J 10:50, “Let’s Send Eggs To Buck-
teams to -the contests, said ' Mr. j iier’s Orphans Home In April
Greenway; [.Ed Bartlett.
On Saturday afternoc-u an FFA
meeting will be held'at John Tarle-
ton Agricultural College at. Ste-
phenvllle. Miller and Horne . are
the official delegates from the
Coleman High chapter to the meet-
ing.
IVottram Given
y | , ■ --
I) , * , ABILENE. March 20—West Texas
rOT ImDl lSl i rejoiced over a reprieve from a
j freezing weather sentence pronounc-
i | i n- ■ fd by weather forecasters yesterday
YIJ aa a 1 \ J \\ Ml j|) [u>r ,;his arpa and prayed far a full
spring iiaixion.
Program for the Coleman CXmnty ; WASHINGTON. March 27—Re*
Baptist Assoeiaiional Worker’s Con- ; publicans and Democrats joined
ferrnce. was announced today, 'Die j forces in the House Monday to
;;1 order by a huge majority a ‘thoro-
Thtir .Jay Apr ! 6 ' '.’ugh investigation" of the Works
Progress Administration, which for
months has been the target of
charges of maladministration and
undue political activity.
R. W. Leche of Louisiana. The gov-
ernor is an extensive land owner
'n Louisiana arid is stocking It with
registered Hereford rattie He re-
cently purchased a carload of three
ROME March 26—Premier Mus-
solini. Tn a militant speech stress-
ing force as the key of Fascial
policy publicly affirmed today thai.
Itai,vs colonial problems with Franc#
was her claims on Tunisia, Djibou-
ti, and the Suez Canal.
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 25
lan looked at ii bull owned by Rob-
ert Horne, Gov Leche had planned
to visit Dr. and Mrs. Knox but a
sudden attack of influenza, while
visiting in Mineral Well ;ore -c
him to change hb mind, return to
Baton Rouge.
Condition of Mrs. Roxie Dumont,
manager of a small grocery store on
West College, critically 111 for the
past day or so of, high blood pres-
sure and complications, is reported
to be about the same today
BEER ELECTION Kl MOKKI)
BI T PETITION NOT FILED
Mrs. W. H. Ransberger, long time
resident of Coleman County, lies
critically ill at the family residence
about two miles northeast of Cole-
man,. Mrs. Ransberger was stricken
with .paralysis Wednesday. She has
been in a coma for the past several
hours.
There's a rumor on the streets
that a petition will be filed with
the county cofffiftissioner's court
asking for a beer election at on
early date.
Up until today noon, however, 'no
such petition had been filed with
County Judge John O Harris.
The county would have to vote
"wet" as a unit before any town
or precinct in the county would be
permitted to sell beer, Judge Harris
believes.
11:®, special music arranged by
Rev. j], V -Bradley of Rockwood.
11:05. "Let's Have Vacation Bible
School This Summer," Rev. O. Dee
Carpenter, Talpa.
11:25. sermon-by Rev. Hart, pastor
of the Eureka Baptist Church.
12 15. p.m.. lunch to be served by
the When church.
130. song service. Rev. 'Carpen-
ter.
1:30. "Loose Him And Let Him
Go," Rev R. Elmer Dunham, Santa
Anna ' ,.
2:00. "Let's Get The. Part Time
Churcjies Interested’ ,In Missions
" Mrs ! Attorneys for Roger Cunningham,
i :13- whose crudely-drawn. map di-
rected officers today to the sewer
grave of his comely wife. Euroda,
indicated today he would fight a
murder charge with an insanity
plea.
POWELL. Wyo„ March 24-Ear!
Durand, renegade ranch hand, kill-
ed himself Friday after trying to
rob a bank In his home town while
more than 100 men cautiously
closed in on what they believed
was his hiding place on Sawtoot'
Mountain about 40 ml>“«
NEW YORK, J
And the April . Round-Up." Rev. | tical dynasty be
Bob Jenkins. Silver Valley. j by a blacksmith
2:20, board meeting and WMU
period. Request Is made that those
attending bring money for the dis-
trict missions. Mexican missions and
the McCorkle fund. - *
2 45, .adjournment.
fulness got hi
shoeing the cit<
sed today by th ■
heir. Tamilian’
James J, t.*'
years in
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 30, 1939, newspaper, March 30, 1939; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747634/m1/1/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.