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White Deer Review
VOLUME XVI.
WHITE DEER, CARSON COUNTY, TEXAS. FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1939
NUMBER 19
ALL-DAY PICNIC
GIVEN FOR COMPANY
GROUP AND GUESTS
Employes of Skelly Gasoline
plant No. 1 east of Skellytown
were hosts to other employes and
their families from various
plants over the Panhandle and
three neighboring states at an all
day picnic recently.
Baseball games, swimming, div-
ing exhibitions, a grease pig race,
a fat men's race, bingo, turtle
races, croquet, horseshoes, and
tug-o '-war, furnished entertain-
ment for the many guests. A
dance held, at the company board-
ing house climaxed the entertain-
ment.
Guests included C. C. Herndon,
H. M. StaLeup, V. W. Vaiden, E.
H.Wiet, L, L. Byers, L. E. Hardy,
L. E. Greer, Bryan Morton, !Way-
ne Puet, C. T. Dickens, Ralph
Scott, Randall West, Leon Connie
Joe Turley, Woodroe Wilson, J.
•C. Miller, Ed Cheadle, Wayne Ar-
wood, J. B. Urban, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Puet, and Mr. and Mrs. Yar-
rnell Haslam of Tulsa.
Mrs. Helen Scott and children
of Oklahoma City, Mrs. Edith
Fisher of Palwhuska, Okla., and
Mrs. Ed Canady of Cunningham,
Kas., Andy Brazell of Burkbur-
nett, Clarence Lesher, Mrs. Pearl
Williams and daughter. Mr. and
Mrs. Francis Crist and children,
and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Randall of
'Fairfax, Okla.
Ray Coburn and M|r. and Mrs.
Virgil Cisco of Eunice, N. M.;
Ray Wilson, and Messrs, and
'Mmes. Mat Armstrong, [W. W.
Welch, Elbert Russell, G. L.
Craddack, E. L. Stone, Paul
Beardan, and E. R. Anders of
Rorger.
Tobacco Chanters Vie in Novel Auctioneers’ Contest
STAYING ON JOBS IS
EXPECTED OF WORKERS
TEXAS COUNTS 14 VIOLENT
DEATHS DURING WEEK-END
Workers in Carson County this
week were advised not to walk
off a job and expect to draw all
B. H. Thompson, supervising
their unemployment benefits,
examiner for the district, said,
“ Quitting without good cause
may result in a claimant’s being
assessed one of the stiffest penal-
ties of the unemployment com-
pensation law.rr
He explained that the penalty
for quitting without good cause
ranges from the loss of one bene-
fit check to the los of all benefit
checks.
“The intent of the law is to
help the worker who in unem-
ployed through no fault of his
own, “Thompson declared," and
it is not to be confused with old
age benefits or relief.
MERIDITH SEEKS
WPA CUT NEWS
The world’s first tobacco auc- for the unique contest. The auc
MANY EARLY WHEAT
ALLOTMENTS EXPECTED
COLLEGE STATION, July 20.
—Fulfilled this week was the A-
AA’s promise of an early wheat
program, as 1940 acreage allot-
ments sped to wheat farms in 24
counties.
Glenn D. Scott, who handles
statistical work in connection with
acreage limits, said all wheat far-
mers in Texas are to receive their
allotments by August 1.
Last year it was September be-
fore the first ones were issued.
Counties which had received al-
lotments by July 13 are Hemp-
hill, Nolan, Fisher, Young, Foard,
Somerville-, Hardeman, Potter,
Armsteong, Hutchinson, Oldham, i
Roberts, H ar 11 e v , Ochiltree,
Wheeler, Hansford, Wise, Clay,
Parmer, Knox and Wichita.
Randall, Lipscomb, Parmer,
Jess Watson, Young county
wheat farmer and vice-chairman
tioneer contesL-was held Tuesday
at Wilsons, N. C., in connection
with the North Carolina tobacco
festival. E. H. Valentine, one of
the contestants (indicated by ar-
row), is shown above practicing
tioneer travels down one side of
the long toibaeco row with re-
presentatives of the warehouse.
On the other side of the row are
buyers. One of the auctioneer's
most precious qualities is the
ability to catch the buyer's sign-
al, which may be anything from
raising an eyebrow, or twitching
a lip, to—as with the men in the
right foreground—a flip of the
thumb. ‘
WHITE DEER YOUTH
LGjNE STAR FARMER
Defends Bow Title
Alva Thornburg was notified
last <week of his selection as Lone
Star Farmer by the State Execu-
tive committee of the F. F. A. in
a meeting held in Huntsville re-
cently.
This is the next to the highest
degree awarded by the organiza-
tion and Thornburg was the only
member of the local chapter to
receive the honor this year. -
During his two years of F. F.
A. work, he has carried out
eleven projects, including sheep,
dairy cows, beef calves, pigs,
chickens, and wheat as the major
items.
Thornburg was graduated from
White Deer high school in 1938
but as a post-graduate. He plans
to attend college, probably Texas
Tech, and will continue his work
toward an American Farmer a-
(ward, the highest rank in F. F.
j A. work. J. R. Bertrand is the
of the State Agricultural Coni- ] only member of the local chapter
servation Committee, said every j who has already attained the
farmer who seeded wheat for American Farmer rank.
harvest in either 1937,. 1938 or 19-! -—
“39 or who intended to do so far 1 LIVESTOCK SHOW
1940 must be covered bv a “work FOR STATE FAIR
sheet" giving the l’ecord of his
farming operations.
The 1940 state allotment of 4,-
more than was for 1939.
■221.702 acres is 505,502 acres
Texas wheat farmers who plant-
ed within the prescribed limits
last fall have received approxi-
mately $2,974,080 in 1939 price
adjustment parents, >and are
scheduled to get ai'ound $5,500,-
!000 in 1939 wheat conservation
check besides $325,920 or so
which remains to be paid of the
price adjustment series.
Ag wheat harvest progresses
over the state, a number of com-
modity credit loans are being
made, Watson said. Last year
wheat loans amounting to more
than two and a half million dol-
lars were made in Texas.
OL-
IN
DALLAS, TEXAS, Julv 20.—
Plans are being made to have one Miss Jene Tenney of dear
of the largest livestock shows Springs, Md., iwomen's national
ever held in the entire South at archery- title holder for 1937 and
the 1939 State Fair of Texas, 1938, defended her championship
Oct. 7 to 22, it has been announc-!xn the national tournament open-
ed her by Frank P. Holland, dir- j ing Monday at the Minnessota
ector in charge of livestock. ! state fair grounds, St. Paul.
inPpSrUy1,aeVverye'ISS | ^0^ PROGRESS HAS BEEN
of livestock. Beef cattle alone has ! SHOWN IN GIRL SCOUTS
MRS. JARVIS LEADS
MEETING OF LADIES
AID AT SKELLYTOWN
A regular meeting of Ladies
Aid society was held recently at
the Community ehui*ch, Skelly-
town, with Mrs. J. C. Jarvis pre-
siding.
Mrs. J. B. Osborne and Mrs. H.
C. Boyd were appointed to serve
as a cimmittee to investigate
needy families.
Mrs. J. C. Jarvis led the lesson
and devotionals were given by
Mrs. Kell Sorenson and Mrs. J.
B. Osborne who dismissed the
group with prayer.
Present were Mmes. Bill Lott.
Kell Sorenson, J. C. Jarvis, S. C.
Dickey, Will Hinkley, J. B. Os-
borne, Jess Wvmore, J. C. King^
J. Ferris, and a visitor, Mrs. J.
B. Smith.
Mrs. Bill Lott will have charge
of the devotional at the next
meeting.
A. A. Meredith of
district Works Progress Admin-
istration chief, is in San Antonio
to learn how severly the WPA
economy ax will be welded in this
territory.
He and other administrative
WPA officers from throughout
the state heard State Adminis-
trator H. P. Drought announce
that within the next two months
17,260 persons will be dropped
from the WPA rolls in Texas.
At present the WPA rjjuota in
Texas is 84,120 persons. Drought
said the quota would be cut to
79,670 in August and to 68,860
in September.
tors that it was hoped that much
of the reduction could be affected
by complying with the new relief
law’s provision that all persons,
except war veterans, who have
been employed for 18 months or
more should be dismised for a
period of 30 days.
Talks to Baptists
PICNIC GIVEN FOR
BIBLE CLASS GROUP
Mrs. Roy Tribble returned to
White Deer the first of the week,
after spending the winter in sun-
ny California. She says there is
nothing like getting back home
among her own kind of people.
been increased to more than $20,
000, and one of the features of
the livestock show will be the
Hereford classification for which
$10,000 in awards will be made.
Due to the increase herds of
dairy cattle in Texas premiums
for this classification has been in-
creased to $7,500, as have the
awards offered rapidly forged t-
The Girl Scouts have met this
summer under the leadership of
Mrs, Travis.
The girls have gone on one hike
this summer.
Several tests have been passed
Some of them are out of doors.—
Members of the winning side
of the Ladies ’ Bible class were
entertained by the losers with a
picnic lunch northwest of Skelly-
town recently.
A softball game provided en-
tertainment for the evening.
Members and guests included
Mmes. J. B. Osborne, H. C. Boyd,
Kell Sorenson, Lahon Fulton,
Bill Adams, Wrinkle, Bill Lott,
Stella Tomlin, Howard Patton,
S. C. Dickey, Lonnie Feigenspan,
John Nichols, Ray Christopher;
Miss Gwendolyn Boyd, Miss Billy
Joyce Adams, Mrs. Bob McClure,
and Miss Gwendolyn Brown of
Houston, and Miss Opal Cham-
bers of Lebanon, Mo.
Fatal shootings and automobile
accidents accounted for nine of
the fourteen persons who died
violently in Texas last week-end.
Two were drowned, one died
from heat, and one was hit by a
train and one was electrocuted.
Juloi Ramos, 23, of Carcaos,
Venezula, was injured fatally,
and Armando Schwarrk, 19, also
of Caracos and Elmer Morrell,
23, of Berkley, California were
hurt seriously when an automo-
bile overturned 15 miles north of
Dalhart.
Other traffic victims were Mrs.
Paula R. Davis, 42, of San An-
tonio, killed at Schulemberg;
James Oscar White, 34, Corpus
Christi, killed near Banquete,
and A. B. Ellis, 45, Houston
architect.
Accidental gunshot wounds
brought death to Mirs. Louise
I Nitsch of San Antonio, and E.
Amarillo, H. Fairchild, 60, of Riockport. W.
A. Ray was shot fatally at his
farm home near Burleson and a
charge of murder was filed a-
gainst his wife. Rufus Johnson,
another farmer, was held under
$10,000 bond.
M. W. McVey, 45, Kilgore in-
dependent oil operator who was
vice president of the East Tex-
as Oil Ossociation, died of a gun
shot wound in the head, which a
justice of the peace said was self-
inflicted.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Box of Tra-
wick, Nacogdoches county,
drowned in the Sabine river near
Bon Weir. They were 23 and 24
years of age, respectively1. The
mangled bodies of Raymond:
Sparks, 35, was found on a rail-
road right-of-way near Farmers-
ville.
Howard Pickett, 30, power
company lineman was electro-
cuted at Lufkin, and at Houston
an unidentified man died from
what a justice of the peace in an
official verdict said was overheat-
ing.
O’DANIEL WILL BE
SPEAKER AT CANYON FETE
Fifty thousand delegates are
expected to attend the sixth Bap-
tist world congress opening Sat-
urday in Atlanta. Gov. E. D. Riv-
ers of Georgia will welcome the
confei’ees, holding their first
meeting since 1934.
METHODIST YOUNG PEpPLE
ENTERTAIN EL RIO UNION
Carol Winget, Imogene Russell,
Q - - Davis Crumpacker, Erlene Mathe-
head during the past few years son, Ouida Nell Overstreet, Betty
as the outstanding beef cattle Ann Fleming, and Philis Sher-
state in the entire union, and are
selling many animals of regis-
tered stock to farmers of the
South and the Southeast for
breeding purposes.
State Fair officials plan to in-
and interesting softball game be-
tween White Deer and Phillips.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
OF THE ESTATE OF JEROME
RAPSTINE, DECEASED.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Godsey --------- 1X1.
and family of Amarillo were here' vite many officials and visitors
Wednesday witnessing the close! from Southwestern states to visit
i the Hereford and other livestock
shows at the Texas Fair. The
governmental cotton program of
the past few years has neccesit-
ated the change of cotton acres
to feed stuffs and farmers in for-
mer cotton belts are turning to
livestock to dispose of these
crops.
‘ ‘ The Breeder-Feeder move-
ment has thoroughly demonstrat-
ed the fact that beef cattle can
be bred, fed and finished in Tex-
as or any other cotton state,"
Mr. Holland said. “The govern-
ment program has helped in this
and Texas and other cotton states
will be finishing more livestock
each year."
Notice is hereby given that or-
iginal letters testamentary upon
the estate of Jerome Rapstine,
deceased, were granted me on the
26th day of June, 1939, by the
county court of Carson County,
'Texas. All persons having claims
required to present the same to
me within the time prescribed
by law. My residence and post
•office address are White Deer,
County of Carson, State of Tex-
as. .
Mary Rapstine,
Independent Executrix of the
Estate of Jerome Rapstine,
deceased.
Homemaking: Doris Crumpack-
er, and Carol Winget.
Sports and Games—Carol Win-
get, Ouida Nell Overstreet, Doris
Crumpacker, Marilyn Brown and
Betty Ann Fleming.
Music and Dancing — Philis
Shuman. /
These are all on the Second
Class Tests.
Lahoma Russell is the only one
working of the First Class Tests.
Program for next week will be
on flowers, conducted by Eileen
Green and Lahoma Rusell.
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Minter and
children visited relatives in Okla.-
homa the first of the week.
RED RIVER DAM SITE
TO BE CLEARED SOON
DENISON, July 19.— Clearing
of 636 acres of timber land at the
The Methodist Young People
entertained the El Kio Union
Tuesday night, July 17th at the
church.
A program on the youth Cru-
sade was presented by the local
young people. After the business
session, Delores Bishop and Mil-
dred Haggerty led the recreation.
There (were 65 present repres-
enting Borger, Phillips, Panhan
die, Groom and White
Denison dam site will get under [Young people attended from the
way by Aug. 1, it was announced local department were Delores
here today after army engineers1 Bishop, Mildred Haggerty, La-
opened 15 bids on the work. homa. June Russell, Margaret
Schutt Construction Company ! Potter, Roberta Bertrand, Helen
of Genoa, Wis., apparentlv was j Powers, Carol Winget, Roberta
low bidder with a figure of $18,- j and Florine Nicholson, Nelda Bea
327. C. L. Schutt, co-partner of Walker, Mrs. John E. Williams.
CANYON, July 17.— Canyon
will celebrate the 50th anniver-
sary of the founding of this town
and organization of Randall
county on Wednesday, July 26.
Governor W. Lee O’Daniel and
his Hillbilly band have accepted
an invitation to be present. Other
speakers will be Colonel Ernest
O. Thompson of the State Rail-
road Commission; Harry Hines
of the State Highway Commis-
sion; and Dr. J. G. Ulmer of
of Tyler, president of the State
Board of Regents for Teachers
College. All are top-notch speak-
ers. **»♦&
Festivities will start early in
the -morning with a three mile
parade of progress at 10 a. m.
Bands and floats from six towns
together with floats from all bus-
iness firms and organizations in
Canyon will be in the parade.
Thirty beeves are to be barbe-
cued by John Snider of Amarillo
for the free feed starting at 11
15 a. m.
Station KGNC will broadcast
from .12 to 1:15 p. m.
Th<? speaking wil start at 1:15
o’clock, and will end at 2:30 p.
m. with the dedication of a monu-
ment to the pioneers.
The rodeo will be held at 2:30
in the afternoon and at 8 o’clock
in the evening at Buffalo Stadi-
um. This is the largest rodeo so
far assembled this year, and
there will be a complete change
in the program for the night
show under the floodlights of
Buffalo Field.
A street dance will ;end the
day’s festivities starting at 9:30
I p. m. Dances will also be held at
, I the American Legion hall and at
Burton gymnasium.
HONORED AT PARTY
ON RECENT BIRTHDAY
A. L. MEEK’S FATHER
DIES AT MERCEDES
A nice glass measuring cup is
being presented to all the ladies
who call at the office of the
Southwestern Public Service;
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Meek and
son, Delbert, left Sunday for
Mercedes, to attend the funeral
of Mr. Meek’s father, who died
of a heart attack Sunday morn-
ing.
Mr. Meek works for the Mag-
nolai Petroleum company at
Td hil fTiIy re' Clyde Cooper has gone to Cali-
SS®, °”ly laat we®k , from. a forma, He has regained his
“ Mercedes> at which time health and is now doing fine,
his father was seemingly in good I __
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the firm, said 100 men would be
employed for 90 days to. clear the
198 acre* on the Texas side^ and
438 acres in Oklahoma.
Bids will be opened hei’e tomor-
row for abstract work in buying
about 2000 acres at the dam site
in Texas and Oklahoma. Bids also
may be called for this week on
excavating 3,000,000 cubic yards
of earth for outlet works, to be
started about the middle of Sept-
ember.
Work on the $50,800,290 earth-
en dam itself, the world’s second
largest, is expected to get under
way early in the spring.
Rev. I. E. Walkei1, L. L. Potter,
Jimmy Russell, Olur and George
Alvin Bertrand, Horace Williams.
Bell Knorpp, and Cleo Nash.
The work sheets were graded
and Borger was awarded the ban-
ner. The next meeting will be at
Borger August 27th.
The Fairview Home Demon-
stration Club will meet in the
home of Mrs. E. C. Harris July
28 at 2:30 o’clock.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Ham and
daughter, Cora, and sons, Leon
and Jack from Healdton, Okla-
homa visited Mrs. Hand’s sister,
Mrs. L. L. Potter and family the
(past week. Mrs. Potter ’ and
daughter, Sarah Lee accompanied
them home. They will also visit
her mother, Mrs. W. L. Grizzard
at! Honey Grove, Texas.
Phillis Shuman was honored
with a surprise party on her el-
eventh birthday, Saturday after-
noon at her home.
After the gifts had been open-
ed and games of Chinese writing
and wooden shoes had been play-
ed, a birthday cake presented by
Gilbert Dickens was served with
ice cream to the honoree, Leatrice
Hull, Erleen Matheson, Vernelle
Crumpacker, Shirley Jean Evans,
Betty Ann Fleming, Ouida Nell
Overstreet, Jane Powers, and
Morlan Shuman.
George Faye Overstreet assist-
ed Mrs. Shuman in entertaining.
Mrs. Stubblefield—If my hus-
band should bring some friends
home to dinner tonight, are you
prepared ?
Cook—Yes, ma’am. My bag is
already packed.
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Simmons, W. W. White Deer Review (White Deer, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, July 21, 1939, newspaper, July 21, 1939; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth871976/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Carson County Library.