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' Section One
Six Pages
Coleman Democrat-Voice
12 PACKS
FIRST IN NEWS, ADVERTISING, CIRCULATION, READER INTEREST, COLEMAN COUNTY
in Two Sections
FIFTY-NINTH YF.AR
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS. THURSDAY. MAY 30, 1940
7
NO, 22
58 Cases On
Docket For
119th Court
National Commander
There are 58 eases on District
Judge O- L- Parish's 110th Judi-
cial District Court docket, ac-
cording to the records in the
office of Mrs. Jack McClure,
district ctyrk.
The court is-to convene here
next Monday morning, June 3,
at 10 o'clock.
Cases to be heard include two
on the jury docket, 20 on the
non-jury docket, 28 on the ap..
pbarance dockctt, and eight on
the criminal docket.
' Several cases are to be in-
vestigated by the grand jurors
when they meet Monday mor-
ning at ten o'clock.
Flood Control
Survey Staff
To Be Hiked
Program In Honor Of American
Legion National Commander Is
Announced; Scheduled June 6th
Over $8,000 InCo“ n«w coach
iWheat Parity
Cheeks Arrive
Program to be held in con-party, besides himself, will be
Raymond
National American
It may be several weeks yet,
iurt there will be an increase in
the personnel of the flood con
trot survey staff here, according
to L. W. Harvel, party leader.
The survey is being, made by
employees of the Soil Conserve-,
lion. Bureau of Agriculture Eco-
nomics, and Forest Services of
the United States Department
of Agriculture.
Mr '.Harvel expects three men
to be transferred _ here to do
hydrologic work and two or
three others to come here as
Legion flood damage appraisers. Then,
ncction with the visit of Ray
mood J. Kelly. Detroit, national
. ! commander of the /American Le-.
gioii, here Thuisda'y. June 0,
Sam T. Cobb Is
Named Secretary
Mutual Officials
T Yob!
of Ode
Commander Ray Kelly of De-jseveral months later, four or
troit, shown- above, will speak! five more men will be transfer-
at the First Baptist Church, in
Coleman next Thursday, June
6, at two o'clock. The public
is given a cordial invitation to
attend. A luncheon in Mr. Kel-
ly's honor will be held at 12:45
next Thursday afternoon at the
church's educational building.
Tickets for the luncheon are on
Lou Robert sA 'ttorger. State le-
gion 'eon; m a brie r: W j. Dan-
forth, .Fort Worth, former State
coma slider. Merl Youns. Aus-
was announced today by W. C.j tin. Slate adjutant; Frank My-
(Billj Ratjen, publicity of fleer jers, Ft Paso, commander of the
for the local American Legion
post.
The Juneheon in honor of t'ne
Total of $8,196 34 in. wheat:
parity checks havj.- arrived at
the Agricultural Adjustment j,
Administration office here for
distribution this week
Thus Ian a Iota! ni I of the
cheeks hare- been received here 1
for distribution to Coleman i
sale, ai. e-ouiMiu s, raiwna, «m».«i...............— , |"' , “ , „ ., , ,|....." ...................
Grav-Harbour Company, 'until Much work has been done by come in behalf of the local by the Federal government are
- < ; i ____l . 4.. ff it Lnrfmi i A m i-s r- i /-> n T • i ir .n r\t wl' TA i Kt f H , • i I V ... • « U,, -,orAV\ontinc
at Coulson's. Bowens, and[the work here.
red here to make infiltration
studies on the various slopes,
soil types, vegetative cover, etc.
At present there are two cm-'
ployees of the Forest Service,
three employees of the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics, and
nine employees of the Soil Con-
servation Service employed in
are quite anxious for the people
in U i > Lor. of the State to
at two o’tloek.
cents each.
Mr and Mis Sam1*!’ Vobb
and Miss Buna Cathey of Ode-
man have returned from Dallas
where they attended a meeting
of the Texas Association of Mu-
tual Life Insurance officials.
They were accompanied by W.; , , i M
D. Beall of San Angelo, retiring ; LlVTStOCK INOltS
president of the organization 1
distinguished visitor will bp held
at the First Iftipti-A Church edu-
caional buildmgyfit 12:45 o'clock
to which tickets will be sold..
The main program will be
held in the First Baptist Church hear bis mcfcsage.
auditorium at two o’clock' is
free and is open to the public:
Program at the auditorium in-
cludes the following:
W. .A. Wilhite, Coleman, 21st
District Commander, master of
cerriionies; song, "America,” to r i- p> 1 ]
be lead by Ed Riedel. San An-j [^01110; r ielC!S '
gelo; invocation, Cecil Gray of | - J
Coleman: special music,. Mrs. J.|
• B. Howell and Wright Howell:i pimy i,;l- the establishment
address of welcome, Mayor E. P. , 0f an airplane landing field
Scarborough: address ' of wel-' bere that would be recognized
fifth division.
Mr. Kelly 'ha.; been quite ae
tiVe , a legionnaire and as a ( County fanners The latter will
city official during the past sev-j be notified when to ask for their
ml years He is a good speakeri cheeks,
and members, of the legion post —;-i---—
Committee Wants
Information Qn
Winners Of Style
Show Prizes Are
Announced Here
John Vaiur
Named Master
Farmer of 1940
next Tuesday afternoon. July 7, Abe local staff since it began the
They are 50: extensive survey early in Feb-
i ruary of this year.
W. A. Stroraan
esiufm ui me ui ge*in&*»uvi». i . ^ 1*1
within Coleman County j Candidate I'or
Dist. Attorney
C. Woodward, member of the
State Insurance Commission and
a resident of Coleman and Aus-
tin.
Mr. Cobb was re-elected, for J
his fourth term, as secretary Of
the organization.
J. L. Dickinson of Navasota,
who served as president of the
organization in 1936, was elected
to the presidency for 1940. The
--xt meeting of the group will
at Austin.
Mr. Woodward stated there is
American Legion' post. District! being studied by the aeronautics
Attorney A. O. Newman of Cole-’ committee ol' the Coleman
The cottori Style show prizes
have now all been given-.out to TdfcomeJ toThis'city from M^ar-
JAMES K. CLOYD
v
James K. (Jimmie) Cloyd,
shown above, will be in charge
of athletics at Coleman High
School next year. Mr. Cloyd
succeeds E.. P. Shelton, now
Coleman High School principal,
man: introduction of distinguish-
ed guests; and the address of
Mr. Kelly.
A group of legionnaires to be
Chamber of Commerce.
Members of the committee in
session at the Chamber of Cpm-
merce offices here Tuesday
the winners. I shall, Texas. He and Mrs. Cloyd
There were three different j f,^>ect 1() movc l0 Coleman in-
divisions in the style show : ,hl p.nc- part of the summer;
which was held in the Howell
Theatre on May 23 in celebra- ■ -s----—1---—~—<—•—~
t-ion of cotton week. They were:
street dresses, sport dresses, and j Da J ( yncc Fin VP
evening dresse- Tht » ily re- 1\CU v--IUoo L/IlVc
quirements were that the dress-
es had to be made by the wearer
and had to be made of cotton . .
material. There were three LontinUC Here
For -Funds Will
1
Jim Gill of When reports the |
sale of 11 polled Hereford bulls j
—yearlings and two-year.olds— j -
to Cartlediv & Valenzuela of j W A. (Bill) Stroman. who
the Big Bend Country. The (served in that office from 1935
brought $100 each.
' Mr, Gill states his wheat will
Mr. wooawaru siuteu vuctc io ...
, necessity for the mu«»l life I'Lltit SI
insurance business and that it
price was not announced but. is j to 1938, inclusive,^Saturday for.
reported as b-:n.; ,-,iti.-taetni y. I mally announced his candidacy
He also has just'recently sold a for 119th district attorney, sub-
couple of bull calves to L. 1).! ject to action of the Democratic
Van Cleve of Eagle Pass. They primary July 27.
The judicial district comprises
Coleman, Concho, Runnels and
Tom Green Counties.
headed by Mr. Wilhite; will meet] morning decided to write the pifzes in ^ each division.
National Command^ Kelly and aero,.a i'u division of the U ^^^t^drcls division. The Democrat-Voice and Har-
his party at Santa Anna and es-,s. Department .of Commerce to Machen won first place: getfs Man Shop wjll accept con-
eort him to Coleman. In this learn what spenheat.ons are re- ^ Ra- on[1 McElrath. sc,.re- tributions to the Red Cross fund
city, a parade willI be staged up quired lor a field and to learn | ^ {h Colemun Inriepen. and will forward such funds
I Concho Street and down Com- what procedure to take m ob-, ^ ^ Demonslration CTub. 0n to. the proper persons
mercial Avenue, and at Hotel taming Federal recognition. d and Mary Ahc, Evans. That there is great need for
While possible sites for the ^ • > such fands ,, obviou, to ail
i'T lakon Gladys Hanke,- representing persons who read newspapers,
definite ac , the NYA project house: Mrs. S. (hear radio programs or , who
by the commi - •* ’ fe j ^ Moredock, representing the otherwise are informed of the
' ,r ,, „ | Santa Anna Home Demonstra-1 war being waged in Europe
The members of the local J tion Ciub {all of whose clothes i The Coleman. County
Coleman County's master far-
mer for 1940 is John Will Vance
of Shields. . ■
Probably, the title could tie
expanded to include the word
rancher”—for Mr. Vance is
well known for his ranching
activities also. At any rate, he
was named master farmer by a
competent committee this week.
I He is chairman of the Cole-
man Cjounty Land Use Planning
Committee, a director in the
Coleman County Rural Electric
Co-operative. Inc., president of
the Santa Anna Wool Ware-
house Association, vice-presi-
dent of the jColeman County
Feeder-Breeder Association,
and a sponsor of a 4-H elub.
Mr. Vance is a long-time resi-
dent of Coleman County and
has one of the best improved
places in the county. He and his
seven-year-old son. Kenneth,
■and- his mother reside in his
almost new home near Shields,
His wife died several yea;.- ago.
Incidentally, his home is one of
the most attractive in the coun-
ty and is made of granite.
Local agricultural leaders are
boosting Mr. Vance for the po-
sition of district master farmer.
The two district agents, W. I.
Glass and Miss Maurine Hcarne,
judge all the entries in their
district, for that honor.
Coleman a short band concert
will be presented under the di-
rection of Bandmaster J. E-
King.
City of Coleman will be dec-
RAIN MONDAY NIGHT
TOTALS .41 OF INCH
orated for the affair, with the, me■ . • tion Club (all of whose clothes j The Coleman. County Red
decorations to go up next Mot -Jaeronaulics com ■ wcre coUon except for her hat): 'Cross Chapter has conducted a
day morning. June 3. jRay Gilliam. ' chairman,
In' the national commander’s!Warren and J. B. McCord.
acre, his oats made 30 bushels Mr. Stroman has been a rcsi-
is rendering a definite aid to
(he people of the Statc. He also
pledged his co-operation with
the view of protecting the in-
sured as well as the companies. 77 ' >.pU'u
__ j owns one of the original Busk
per acre, and he expects to get j dent of San Angelo since Dec.
about'30 bushels per acre from ■ 30, 1920. He is married and has
his barley. < ! three children.
In addition to being a former
Zoning Meetings
Are Scheduled
By Commission
.&V,
The City zoning commission
has announced its future meet-5
ings, which will all bfe held in
the City Hall at 8 o'clock in the
evenings.
All property owners within
the district to be considered are
invited to be there and discuss
the zoning law. It will be to the
advantage of property owners
to attend these meetings.
The first meeting will be held
tonight (Thursday), and will
cover the area from Fifth Street
to Walnut Str’eet. Commercial
Avenue eastward to the city
limits, between Walnut Street
and the railroad, will be dis-
cussed on Monday, June 3; Com-
mercial Avenue west to the city
limits, between Walnut and Live
Oak Streets, on Thursday, June
6. The last meeting will be held
district attorney, ‘ Mr. Stroman
was county attorney of Tom
horses,” according to his son, C. Green County from 1924 to
C. Peacock also of Gouldhu.sk. 1928, inclusive. He has made a
The .horse was first sold fcv the (special study of the law per-
late If. R. Starkweather 32 years | taming to the prosecution of
ago. Mr. Peacock has owned the j criminal cases and the causes of
horse for 23 years. The horse reversals of convictions in such
was used some in plowing last |eases in the Court of Criminal
year and While quite active for [Appeals of Texas,
his age is not being used this j His statement -follows: “I
year. The old Busk brand was [promise jo ^dedicate my time
"B-K.” and efforts toward giving the
i people an honest, just and
Earl Davis of the Talpa com- j righteous administration of the
munity reports about eight in-
ches of rain fell .-in the Oak
Grove area last week. Tprraces I partiality,
were broken but other damage' "It has been-wisely said that
was slight. jahe futurd may he judged by
* * [the past, and I trust that the
Oplin Saunders of ’Coleman ipeople of this district will look
has finished shearing his and i to my record and conduct of this
Coleman s Population Over
6,000 Mark But Still llndei
1930 Figure; Talpa Gains
and Doris Jean McKee, repre- campaign here just recently but.
sentative of the Brown Ranch ; there is the chance some would-
Home Demonstration Club, won be contributors were overlook-
first. second, and third places in fed. There may be other persons
the sport clothes division! who would like to contribute to
First place in the evening i the cause again,
dress division was taken by j RcchQjoss officials and manv
Miss Net Hagler.
■ch>Cfo:
ipersory/prominent in the activi-
| Mrs. W. F. Gipson. Mrs. R. B.
ties of 'the Nation arc making
A preliminary, announcement,
subject to correction, shows the
population of the City of Cole-
Damage Is Done
By Flood Near
affairs of this important office, P'j . \7 11
free from all prejudices and im- ijllVei" V clllGY
20 entered.
his father's sheep. They run
about 2000 head, of which be-
tween 1,200 and 1.300 were
sheared. The sheep produced an
office during the time that I
held it, as an indicator of what
I'll do when'! am again elected.
“I believe in and will practice
average of around eight and a j harmony and co-operation with
half pounds of wool. The father I the peace officers, grand juries
and son are growing several and the citizenship in general
hundred oct» sof grain this year, hut in no way- will try to direct
man on April 1, 1940, was 6,050,
according to figures released to-
day by H. H. Jackson, Coleman,
supervisor of census for this dis- j
trtet. pr _
Population of the city on I
April 1, 1930. was 6.078. Thus. | v r. r\ I
the city lost a total of only 28 n\|lC6 1 lOgfCSS IS
persons over the ten-year per-
Renfroe. and Miss Alva Webb ' ;‘P|xals for funds,
were the judges. Strong Plea Made
. There was a great deal of in- 1
forest shown in the cotton style; Mr. Hargett, chairman of the
show, but duo to the short time ; Coleman County Red Cross
for 'preparing the dresses and chapter, this week received the
the inclement weather on the , following telegram from Nor-
dav of the show only about 15 'man H. Davis, chairman of tty?
Total of forty-one hundredths
of an inch of rairr fell in this
immediate area Monday night,
with a greater amount falling
in other parts of the county.
A report from the Southwest-
ern States Telephone Company
shows the rainfall was general
in this area.
For once farmers are glad to
sec the rains cease so that they
might be able to get into their
fields.
The Monday night rain was
accompanied by an electrical
display and a small amount of
hail. .
News Review
National organization:
iod.
While Coleman was losing,
the town of Talpa gained
population. In 1930 tht
Made On Electric
Quite a bit of flood damage i non of "the wool city" was giv-
was done by more than ten in- en at 228 while on April 1, 1940,
popuia- j Plant Improvement
Among those damaged badly
fby-.hail- la'st 'wbeR, in northwest-
on Tuesday, June 11, and will Coleman County were
consider the territory from Live To«"™e “ers, local banker,
Oak Street north to the rail-1 Silvy, Val
road,
ches of rain that fell in the
vicinity of Silver Valley last
week, according to Mrs. Ross
Smith, Silver Valley Democrat-
Voice correspondent. Damage
was also done by hail on farms
northeast of Silver Valley.
Farmers have already re- here as they are available,
planted cotton on their places.
Grain on some of the farms, _
however, was ruined and can- To . Sing At Mozelle
the population was 254 The
gain was 26, almost as much as
the Coleman loss. Figures for
Talpa are also preliminary and
subject to correction.
Other figures’will be released
by the district census office
1 "When American Red Cross
[asked minimum war relief fund
(ten million dollars no one could
, forsee that in two short weeks
[greatest tragedy in. all history
would be unfolded. Impossible
to describe pitiful plight mil-
lions refugees in France. Sick,
wounded, hungry and homeless.
NEW YORK, May 29—Hard-
pressed Allied forces flooded
the canals surrounding Dunker-
que, their sole remaining port
of escape from Flanders, last
night in a final desperate effort
to block Adolf Hitler's victorious
forces dogging their retreat to
the sea.
the policies of any other office |nQt be rc_planted at this late |
or dictate to any grand jury as l
whether a bill of indictment some of those damaged by
Generators now supplying the[,‘K'F lI' oui t0 us 701 kelp. Will
city with electricity are to be need mufh mort' than ten 'im-
partially retired and new tur-i1*01) dollars, therefore quotas
bines and generators will take originally aligned should be re-
over most of their work. ! -u'fd onl'' minimum mi-
The reason for installing this n?t'd«tt' objectives. Chapters
new machinery at the city light sh°uld then go-on and where
plant is that the older machines Posf,b*c do,uble( ,(heir q.uolf ,s }n
do not provide a large enough f1 only limitation should be
reserve of electric power, for an tbe maximum generosity of
PARIS. May 28 — Premier
JL vnaud today announced that
"France can no longer count on
the Belgian army.” He said the
Belgian forces had capitulated
before the German advance.
King Leopold, he said, made the
decision against the unanimous
advice of his ministers.
should be voted or not
"The district attorney should
have all the pertinent evidence
LIGHTNING STRIKES
J. M. HINDS PLAICE
Lightning .. Monday night
struck the electric wiring at or
^ar the home of Mr. and Mrs.
M, Hinds, in the northeast
part of the city.
The electric charge blew some
fuses but caused little other
damage.
ley farmer-rancher. Several [and present it to the grand jur-
hundred acres of small grain ors, but in no manner should
and cotton were damaged. Like-j he direct their decision. He is
ly the cotton will be, if it hasn’t [there to assist the grand jurors
already, re-planted.
MANY PERSONS INSPECT
MRS. BEACH'S HOME
SEVERAL OFFICES
CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY
Between 600 and 700 persons
inspected the new home of Mrs.
A. G. Beach, in the 200 block of
Miami Street. South.Park Ad-
dition, Sunday afternoon be-
tween the hours of two and six
o’clock.
In observance- of Memorial
Day both of the local banks,
the post office, the Coleman
Production Credit Association,
the National Youth Administra-
tion offices, Farm Security Ad-
ministration office and part of
Works Projects Administration,
offices were dosed today.
On this day soldiers who died
in the wars of the past are
honored the Nation over,
:v - ' • 1
GRAIN MARKET
j in every way possible and advise
(them as to the law applicable
! to any case, and cannot, under
j the law, be present when the
! grand jurors are discussing the
ii.lvi.-vbilite'of, voting a hill of
indietmeniand when voting, on
a bill of indictment.
"The district attorney's office
is one of the important offices
that' are a gift of the people by
ballot, and I consider it an office
of the greatest trust and confi-
dence. It is an office of the peo-
ple, by the people and for the
people and as such should be
open to all the people to come
the flood and hail were -W. H 1
Flankin. Archie Champion, Al-
bert Gotcher, J. M. Snell, Tom- j
mib Saunders, a Mr. Jones, a
Mr Smith, .Joe Wilburn, John
Saunders, and Ray Killings-
worth.
16 HAVE QUALIFIED
FOR GOLF TOURNEY
A total of 16 'local golfers[
have qualified for the annual
Country Club tournament, it
was announced today.
Golfers may qualify through
Sunday, June 2..
Follpwing nominal grain pric-
es were quoted today noon as) .. ... ..^
a courtesy of the Wilson Grain |a,nd dlscus? matters pertainmg
Company:
No. 1 wheat, 68 cents per
bushel,
No. 2 oats. 26 cents per
bushel.
No. 2 barley, 3$ cents per
bushel.
i thereto without any restraint or
ir whatever.
During the campaign it will
NOVICE COMMITTEE
VISITS NURSERY HERE
| American people.
enit rgencj-. . I complete this campaign within
In the future these older ma- u , , ... , ■
, . „ .. . .shortest possible time.
chines will stand by as re:i
in case an enter-; A total of $549 has been corn-
serve power in case an emer-
gency arises. It is expected, tributed by Coleman Countians
that the new equipment will be to tfie cause since the beginning
used about 90 percent of the of th< local chapter's campaign
time. ■
The new machinery was
bought through A. M. Lockett
and company of Dallas. They
are Moore turbines. B. & W.
boilers, arid Westinghouse gen-
erators 750 kilowatts.
Work at the power plant is
expected to be finished by July;
last Friday morning.
Several Thousand To
Attend Singing Meet
At Mozelle, Sunday
PARIS, May 28—A great,
desperate offensive from the
south to relieve the „ northern
Allied armies—-Jeft ^with the
back of the'ir sesistance broken
by the surrender of the Belgian
army "almost1 in its entirety”—
was declared Tuesday night by
the French to be going well for
their army.
, We are expecting several
15. The work began several j tbousand persons at the singing
weeks ago. The improvements invention at Mozelle High
WASHINGTON. May 26 —
President Roosevelt warned the
nation tonight to be on guard
against the "undiluted poison”
of foreign forces which, he said,
seek to disunite the people and
to disrupt the preparedness pro-
gram by creating dissension.
• ....... >
J*
are expected to cost in
neighborhood of $80,000
the
School beautification com-
Ernesi Rippeloe
Ernest Rippetoe, Dallas,
be my desire and hope to see all
the people, but in the event any-
one is missed I trust that this
announcement will be consider-
ed as a personal solicitation.”
mittbe of the Novice Booster s'shown above, will take part in
Club visited the Coleman Nur-’ the concert to be staged at Mo-
scry Tuesday afternoon of this! zdte High School auditorium
week to obtain information on!next Saturday night. June 1, at
THE WEATHER
School next Sunday,” Gene
Bell, Fisk merchant told The
Democrat-Voice today.
The occasion is the annual
meeting of the Coleman County
Each week finds the tempera- [ Siqging Convention
lure climbing nearer and nearer ; Prominent quartets from over
-y___
mum temperatures for
several days include:
Max.
May 23 74
May 24 ____________ - 82
how the Novice school grounds j 8[30_o eloek. Mr, Rippetoe has! May 25 86
might be improved. [ hben conducting a ..free singing! May 26
Those visiting the nursery school at the school for the past!May 27
were Lester Oweh, Foy Tomlin- several days and many persons May 28
i
/
Min.
56
son, Harvey O'Neal, Mr. Walk-, in the Mozelle area have been
er, and F. M. Lamer. [attending that school.
Rginfall amounted
inch on May 28.
85
90
84
to
.41
52
59
60
64
54
of
the State are expected to be in
ttendanee as are other promi-
nent singers.
On Saturday night of this
week a concert is to be given
at Mozelle High School audi
torium. The small admission will
gt» to defray the expenses of a
singing school that has been
conducted in the Mozelle com-
NEW YORK, May 25—Allied
Generalissimo Maxirne Weygand
ousted 15 generals, including
some of France’s top-ranking
commanders, and replaced them
with new faees Saturday night
to bolster his hand' for the
rapidly-approaching show-down
with the Germans for the mast-
ery of the English channel.
PARIS, May 24 — French
troops, standing doggedly at the
extreme western rim of the re-
public in a great ami
show-down, were
c»Uy
munity for
weeks.
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