Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1939 Page: 2 of 12
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1939
Rural Carriers
Re elect Mr. and
Mrs. John Dix
East Side Kids Model Latest In Informal Attire
All officers of the 21st Cotigres-
: nal District Rural Letter.. Car-
I ft's Association were re-elected at
a meeting of the organization held !
at City Park here Tuesday Member
of the 17th Congressional District
association met with the 21st dis-
trict group, swelling the attendance
to'125 persons.
‘ Ballinger Was chosen as the next
meeting place for the 21st district. I
the meeting to be held Memorial:
Day, 1840.
Officers of the 21st were re-Oeet£d.
They are: John Dix. Coleman presi-:
dent; Claude Reagan, Brownwood
vice-president; Walter Underwood, j
Winters, secretary-treasurer. Mr.
Dix was also elected delegate to the
next annual meeting oi the organi-
zation.
Officials elected by the ladies'!
auxiliary include. Mrs John Dix !
Coleman, president: Mrs A B Le-i
gale. Bailhiger. vice-president; Mrs i
H W Biglar, Miles secretary-treas-
urer; and Mrs. Oscar Skaggs Burnt
Rock, reporter
kobt I. Bowen Jr Chamber of i
Commerce president, delivered the! ’ hildi
address of welcome, and H E Fish -;
er. Dublin, made the response, for
both organisations represented.
Interesting and informative talks
were made at the meeting by W L.
Fletcher. Hamlin. treasurer of the
National letter carriers association
and by Earl Slater, editor of the
carrier s newspaper
Mr' Fletcher was among those to
make talks to the auxiliary
Chicken dinner was served those
in attendance
Yeah, It Was A
Snake, We Saw It
Shades of the Old West' We
had heard 3f it, We have feared
it would happen to us, but Tues-
day wa* the first time that we
actually saw it.
A chicken snake, about 2 1-2 or
three feet long, crawled into the
engine of John McCulloch's car.
I arked in front yl J. E Stevens
Store, and it took approximately
25 men and boys to act It out.
Is Named Advisor
Theo Griffis Has
Handled 350,000
Pounds Of Wool
%
w
I Thro Griffis, local banker and
| wool dealer, has sold more than
• 350.000 pounds of wool thus far this
| season and him approximately 100;-
009 pound# on storage in liis ware-
Voc.-Ag. Teachers
Name Officials For
1939-’40
Coleman County Federation of
Vocational Agriculture teachers
elected • officers for the 1939-40
| school term at a meeting in Santa
Anna Wednesday afternoon.
; Grady L Richardson of Talpa was
elected advisor. A, D. Pettit of Santa
i Anna was elected secretary, and C.
I It. Edwards of Moz'elle was named
reporter.
Vocational agriculture work is
taught at Coleman, Burkett, Talpa,
| Centennial, Buffalo, Novice, Santa
Anna and Mozelle High Schools,
all in Coleman County,
COLEMAN AREA RECEIVES
SHOWERS OCRING WEEK
GRADY L. RICHARDSON
OUTSTANDING 4-H CLUB
GIRLS WILL BROADCAST
Outstanding 4-H Club gills from
over the county will appear in a
radio program at Abilene on Mon-
day. June 5, under the direction of
Local showers have fallen in every
section of the county during the
past several days, reports. released
by the Southwesterrr-iSlates Tele-
phone Company revoal.
Last Saturday night Ballinger Jed
the area with amost an inch of rain.
Coleman received .73 of an inch,
Brownwood had a good rain and
Brady received a sprinkle.
For Tuesday night, of this week
the following report was made:
Brady, half inch; Brownwood, slow
rain; Coleman, light showers; and
Ballinger, none.
TAXI
10c
304
HOMER BOYD
PIIONE
Ti«. average price has been around!' ' ;l>" ;* ' ' ' / '■ 1 Coleman County
Grady L. Richardson, Talpa vo- ,
national nui multure r 'ructar. Wed-1 Miss Chrystene Trowbridge, county
■ .'(lav all.on w;r. named advisor home demonstration agent.
, - iound with the early! (•'•'deration of Vmatiynal Agriculture
girls wi !1 wear this ummi-r. ajf modeled at the annual fashion bringing closer lb 21 : 1' ''.hers The meeiing was held at
in a blue
children center m New York Left to right: Margaret Callahan „mlnd. Mo8t 0f his woo'
b te h pin:, -mi: Grace Callahan in a bine sun suit; Billy;]lfts gone to' Elxmann,Inc„ Boston.
Mr. Griffis believes the. season is
,11 Santa Anna.
white .•.lack:,, and cope. On
trouble
185 ]ier cent over.
(.01 n-i ORO ( OUPLK WED
Milt H.VI I ( ENTl'RY
BURKETT
Mr-. I X Bur
Mr: Veda Cowan and son, Biilv
[lei! Wednesday for Winters where
Biilv has emphryment with tiie RE
At Howell Today
years.
< < wjjfeono, ,Muv 3i Mr. and
Mft'. U. B.'.Uelyeu of Goldsboro June
ouM
. hi norees
enjoyed fol-
Hoapltahty of the City ,of Cole-
man and particularly the t'i,|ein:i: v
Chamber of Commerce was praised m-.
highly.
and 5!:
v Mr
A They ex|*
Mi ..and Mr
t hikbyn <.f Ti
with Urn (' E
bo a way three 1
Humi
II J McFerriii and
.* la silent Sunday
Bums family Mar.
I I on remained over,
:• : !-
STOP THAT
ATTIC HEAT
Our modern insulation ovei
the celling of YOl'R Iwr.u
or store building will stoj
the mam source of summei
discomfort.
It’s permanent, fire proof
and very reasonable in co-t,
Write or phone us for a
tYee estimate for INSi
DATING YOl'R HOME. No
obligation of course.
Jennings
Lumber Company
Abilene, Texas— Phone 4238
Mr ami.
Cl,: Mr
le A W
<■ Mary
Pittman
•!>(.. P-r-
•*r W
Per-
and fa mily of Crons
1 Sunday night str-
i of Christ
e NewUai underwent
any Saturday noui at <l>v-
tul. Coleman
and Winifred Calk spent
, to Friday of last wtwk
int. Mr - Maxwell of Cross
;ut.
Mis
tv -ili Allen of Coleman was1
lav guest o! the V I, Hands:
, a mil
M-:
W B. W.
on of lawn Is ex-1
- led ’ visit relative:, here soon
ile • now with M:.- Sam tiding-
: : Siinui Anna rural.
Duro; the absence of Baptlsi j
0* >i sort DRov Hams of!
hstU)
’.tuner s. e i\ a ;: :n -an
r. und, by tlx* force of tiie
nr by (he intiwur TUnHy dir-
:ol« im
WMt
I WMS
"■h»
‘Kept It Quiet ;t and 4 will celebrate the fiftieth
Mrs, Rail didn’t mention to any- • annin n ary of Wh-wedding with a
|one.that she could see until late family reunion.
Sunday, and then she did It very Eleven, children were Ixirn to the
• casually so-that, it wasn't until the couple, or whom eight are living
| early part rit the week that people [The* are Mr n. p McCorcle, Colo-
i began to talk. All day Sunday she redo City; Mi Ras Walton, Hos-
. ins', at in. her usual place ls.kuv k*H; Mi's I, C. Kimball, Luling;
f quietly about. i Mrs. Lora Wiseman and Carl Bel-
"I looked out the window and | V U. Ode a: Hubert .Helyeu, Sea-
saw a tree—it wax so pretty." } grave.; Mr:. H. Lamb and Miss Irene
The <nlv trees w hich slie can
; sec from her window are small
' locust trees.
j Early in the week, finding her
vision still undiminished, she he-j -—
gan to let her family know just
how well she could see: she asked
! her grandson why he was wearing
; dark glasses. She remarked about)
; the cap which her great grandson,
The program will be presented
over radio'station KRBC at 11:30
to 11:45 o’clock.
Gjrls to take part in the program
include, Doris Jean McKee, Brown
Ranch; Helen Taylor, Burkett;
Cathryn Smith, Gouldbu.sk: Joyce
Warning!
We have not had any one represent-®
ing us since July 1938—Mr. Collins,,
McDonald and Vivian Jewell both jibing the only one authorized to do
of Silver Valley; and Ora Mae Marrs
of Talpa.
BILL ATKINS BREAKS
ANKLE; IMPROVING TODAY
j Driven, Goldsboro.
There arc. 35 grandchildren and
‘ 17 great -grandchildren.
W. D. (Bill) Atkins, rancher re-
skiing some seven miles south of
Coleman, Is reported to be getting
along nicely today. ,He received a
broken left ankle Monday morning
at the bam at his place.
Mr Atkins started up a ladder and
fell over backward, turning and
breaking the ankle as he fell.
He had quite a painful time of it \
during the first part of the week but!
is resting better today.
business for this firm. We will ap-
preciate any information in regard
to any one fraudulently soliciting
business in our name. Mr Collins
carries plenty credentials—ask tor
them.
J. A. COLLINS
TYPEWRITER EXCHANGE*-‘
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Collins
211 'East Baker St Brownwood-
r
I W. Shepperd. Jr. of Alpine, was
wearing on the side of his head
in a picture received some 'time
ago. Finally no one doubted that
she could see.
;(overy of l.‘-r
iters, no doubt
• till retained
, i cn am cak*
1 •- ver, t
her iuc as aht. „ram
D'MehlTH'Y/
sandwid
I he Times Change
I Friends began coming in a steady
stream. Slip welcomed them all
| asking this or that particular one
iconic “so I can see whai she looks
I like." She was somewhat ^appoint-
ed over the way some of her friends I
B. O Ca
pm dau-|
P and J ]
Mr
and
hrn
Accidents
Mean suffering,' grief
and sorrow as well as
an economic loss, to
some one..
Five known serious ac-
cidents have occurred
in the county within the
past few days, one fa-
tal. Reasonable caution
on the part of some one
could have prevented
these accidents.
Member Federal De-
posit Insurance Cor-
poration which insures
$3,000.00 maximum to
each depositor.
Coleman
County
State Bank
Woman Totally
Blind 20 Years
Can Now See
an at-
iy in Civ is
tents of ice
ar,,; a drink j "That wav about each other"
.( die, i pro- J the familiar phrase describes Made-1 have aged since she last saw their
] line Carroll and Fred MacMum. j features.,
>a T in their new wring vehicle,! “I don’t like that little flat
'"Cafe Poci, ' the pietliri Is being I bat yr.u’rc wearing." slie rr-
a 01 I>' T. RIO.- , screened at the Howell today, Fri-i marked to one woman caller.
^ni,la ref°if.P .Y11clay al>d Saturday. j She wants to see her only ron.
)larr>’ Hall of Clovis, N M. and
tier great-grandchildren in Alpine.
|et you can feel, it there T kept mb*
pi'iR my eye Kvtrv time the Webb
i iiecl .wi.l away I < :,ukl little
||« :t(T 1'iiuiiiy it riuln't, (elite back
[a I all H
rec: ixing-treaU
meii: at Bealv hospital Santa Anna
77ie many :
ard Staly of Sar
"! Ill . imp"<iv<-| CMlldll
foli .'wing a recent iline-s which con-
fire ,1 ium lo his room.
301-0
'•: irrline
f tall 79,
i Veil Of 20 Years
In all tile years of her blindness
isl ty has never-before had any slight
* indication of stren^t-honing- .vision,
I slip says Her left eye has been f n-
I tirely sigh Man for years and still
UIO CITY- i . been the is With her right <ve. however she
> ibkn in Colorado Cilyjlhis been able to till daylight from
'u , inii'ac],- ■■( •.ion re- dark and to Ion u* the brighter
'le- ecs of Mi; Q D | windows in her room on a sunshiny
Abileni Ki porter New i '
ho ba lived for nearly si]day. She hasn't been able to dls-
'i'taj
nest
eulury in virtual blind- tinguish ilie features of her friends
•eeming only light andlor her family for more than 20
She's seen one of her three grand-
sons. Q. D. Shepperd of Colorado
City, and is waiting lo see the other
two, P. W. Shepperd.-Jr., of Alpine
and Riggs Shepperd of Stanton.
Mrs. Hall's only daughter, M>'s.
J, W, Shepperd Sr., died in Octob-
er. One of the first things Mrs.
Hall asked Co see was a picture
which was made of Mrs. Shepirerd
a short time, before her final ill-
ness. Mr. Hall died last year. The1
Halls came to Mitchell County In
1883.
Friend: "So you finally consent-',
ed to teach your wife fo drive?"
Man: "Yes, I need a new ear
anyway." '
Vol f.xcitetl
WTl ' ' "
. '■ ; ' S'. <■
iied over the matter, Mrs.;
remained calm and quiet |
'fid. Kbit a-s she was all
of her. blindness.
"I cl's don't make a fuss alanit
h it.”" iie insists. "I'm afraid lo
s.iv or think too mueh iiIkhiI it
for tear it will ro away.”
Hall ha'
and chcr
'the yean
i She has received her scores ofj
■ciii! r: at:! jj"- almost been “open!'
la.ure' at the Hall place since the;
(.news 'fait about in her wonted!
; Place bv tiie rial"i.-She hasn’t yet!
iattemi'.ted to leave the nxmi where;
blindnei has i "id her prisoner)
! for 10 years One gather: that she
I wants to stay accustomed to the
old ways so that if darkness re-
: turns .to her eyes, she will not have
'•» undergo again the pain of re-
i adjustment.
It happened, she says. Sun-
day morning at waking time.
| "When I opened my eyes, I noticed
: right off that the room seemed, unr
j usually bright," she explains quiet-
ly. over and over to all who ark
Something was happening to my,
.right eye. It seemed to come and go. !
No. it wasn't exactly like a curiam!
or. a mist. It was more like a, spider
webb.- you kni^w'how one can be in
front of you and you can’t see It,,
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We Have A Numb
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In several different sizes and types that
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prices. If you are in the market for used
ice refrigerator he sure to see what we
have on hand.
w*
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CO.
Substitute for ICE”
Phone
OOO For Delivery Service. Watch
OOO For The Orange Trucks
BICKLEYS
Right Reserved To Limit Purchases
GREEN BEANS
Stringless
pound
PINEAPPLE1"':
Fresh
TOMATOES
LETTUCE
LIMES
Vine Kiperibd
pound
Firm Crisp Heads
Each
Dozen
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each
Liplons
1-1 Ih.
Package
20c
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Medium (Ians
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650 Sheet Rolls
3
f’h ly- '
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I)e| Monte
Tail Can
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or llC
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Shortening 4 i 35c
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PORK CHOPS
LAMB CHOPS p«„,d
pound
CHEESE10,1 Crpam
pound .
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18c
Bacon
Sugar Cured
Sliced, Ih.
15c
Salt Pork
No. 1, Well Streaked
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1939, newspaper, June 1, 1939; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth747813/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Coleman Public Library.