The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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by 4-H Club boys, hogged the pig
division contest at the Fort Worth
Stock Show Monday and Tuesday
when they Walked away with top
honors in both the boys’ and men’s
divisions of prize exhibit pigs, plus
a total of $128 in prize money
The boys entered a litter of big
bone Poland China pigs in the club
boys division of the show Monday
and won first place in the litter
division, first and seventh places in
the class of 180 to 220 pound porkers
and seventh place in the class of
220 to 260 pounds. Then one of the
winning litter was judged best in
the boys’ division and was award-
ed the coveted Grand Champion
honor. Those honors carried prizes
amounting to $63.
Next day, Tuesday, this pig was
entered in competition with cham-
pion hogs of all breeds in the men’s
division and was judged the Grand
Champion barrow of the show
which honor carried a $25 prize.
This is the first time, according to
Mr. Grogan, that a boy’s pig has
won first place in the men’s division
of the show. In this show, the pigs
also placed first in the 180 to 220
pound class, and the litter, first
place in the litter division of 6 or
more pigs, which carried prizes of
$15 and $25, respectively.
The pig that won Grand Cham-
pion honors weighed 216 pounds
and was one of the litter of the win
ning eight. Last year’s grand cham
pion pig sold for 82c per pound.
The Grogan boys are the sons of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Grogan of Rug-
by and are completing their fourth
year in 4-H club work, though this
is their first year to try their hand
with pigs.
The winning litter is from one
«f a bunch of 40 gilts purchased in
February, 1939, by County Agent
W. T. Posey and sold to 4-H club
boys. The pigs were raised in the
lot behind calves and fed according
to the county agent’s instructions,
being put on self-feeder for the last
60 days.
The boys’ father says they were
reluctant to enter the litter in the
show and only did so at the con-
stant urging of County Agent Pos-
ey, to whom they give much credit
for the development of the pigs.
Lamar Students Hurt
When Bus Overturns
Sixty Lamar county school child-
ren narrowly escaped death Mon-
day night when a crowded school
bus in which they were returning
from the Fort Worth Fat Stock
Show overturned two miles east of
Commerce,; when the driver, Paul
Wilson of Bogata, sophomore stud-
ent at Paris Junior College, lost
control of his machine and it rolled
over in a ditch. * He said he was
blinded by the lights of approach-
ing traffic.
Four were injured critically. They
were Junior Humphries, 18, of Lib-
erty; Juanita Fowlqr, 18, of Roxton;
Wheeler Watson, 15, of Roxton, and
Christine Brownlee, 17, of Blossom.
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940
For Congress
Chicken Stew
and Boxing
Matches
More than 250 people were pres-
ent at the high school gym on Tues-
day evening, despite the rain dur-
ing the day, to hear a concert by
Deport’s newly organized band, to
eat a splendid stew prepared under
the direction of Lee Lawler and
to witness three boxing bouts
among young men of this area.
Finns and Reds
End Deadly
W arf are
The short but historic war be-
tween Finland and Russia ended
Wednesday with 'the signing of a
pfeace treaty which gave Russia
more than She first demanded at the
outset of the bloody conflict. The
pact provided that hostilities cease
at noon Wednesday and that troops
begin wihdrawal from both sides
HOWARD SMITH
Howard Smith has announced his
candidacy for congressman from
First Congressional District. Mr.
Smith was born and reared in Hop-
kins county and has served two
terms in the Texas Legislature.
Among other things he favors more
farm home owners, prevention of
war, adequate assistance to the aged
and economy in government.
Young Democrats
of Red River Co,
A sk for Charter
Organization of the Young Dem-
ocratic Club of Red River county
was effected Tuesday night and a
charter has been applied for with
Pat Beadle, Criminal District At-
torney, as president. Other officers
chosen were Don C. Black, 1st vice-
president; Frank Matthews of Av-
ery, 2nd vice-president; Miss Fran-
ces Arnold, secretary-treasurer;
Rev. Wilson Cole, sergeant-at-arms.
Paul Ussery was named county
chairman and a partial executive
committee was Sam Hocker, John
Reece of Bogata, Oscar Legate of
Fulbright, Howard Puckett of An-
nona, C. J. Williams and Roger
Swann of Avery and Richard Mor-
gan of Detroit. Other committee
members will be named at a later
meeting.
HERRING CHILD
DIES SATURDAY
Mt Vernon Widens
Highway Street
West Main street in Mt. Vernon,
a part of the route of Highway 67
through that city is to be widened
anq 'improved under a blanket
•treat program which / will make
available $14,142 in federal funds.
Martha Nell, 15 months old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Herring
of Bogata, died Saturday in Grant
Hospital at Deport, where she had
been carried for treatment after ten
months of illness. She is survived
by her parents and a twin brother,
Morris Lee and her grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Sie Hpbbard and Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Herring.
Funeral services were conducted
at Morris Chapel on Sunday after-
noon by the Rev. J. E. Peaden of
Bogata. Interment was in the Mor-
ris Chapel cemetery.
The occasion for the party was j ^e treaty-created border at 10
a. m. Friday.
Though expecting peace because
the refusal of Sweden and Norway
to enter the war or to give free
to
to publicly award medals that were
won in the Deport basketball tour-
nament held here on March 1-2,
and the full list as reported in last
week’s Times, was presented by
Coach Morris, each recipient re-
ceiving a hearty round of applause.
Candidates were also invited to at-
tend the function, and nearly every
Lamar county candidate was pres-
ent.
Following several selections by
the band under the direction of Jno.
H. Crabb, a great wash pot full of
hot chicken stew was brought in
and served to those present, along
with bread, crackers, pickles and
coffee.
Thoroughly enjoyed was a special
song and dance number by the lit-
tle Misses Barbara Jean Morris and
Jean McCormick of Paris, accom-
panied at the piano by Mrs. R. L.
Morris.
All candidates were then given
an opportunity to introduce them-
selves to the gathering, followed by
three first class boxing events. All
of them were three round affairs,
with Pinkie Griffin the third man
in the ring.
The first bout between Pete Hud-
on of Deport vs. Ed Holmes of
Pattonville, went to Holmes who
was awarded two of the three
rounds. These boys weighing about
110 pounds, were a preliminary to
two heavier bouts which followed,
when Jackie Griffin of Deport,
tangled with Wade Ripley of Ful-
bright, and won by a knockout, a
hard blow to the chin. Griffin had
his man on the floor in a previous
round, but he gamely refused to
stay down thru a count of ten.
The third bout was between War-
ren Williams of Pattonville and
Dennis Temple of Fulbright, in
which Temple was awarded the de-
cision because of his work in the
second and third rounds, the first
going to Williams, a rangy left-
hander. These boys weighed about
160 pounds. All three bouts were
transit to belligerent troops made
their cause a hopeless one, the
Finns did not at first believe the
reports. Dispatches said the peace
terms caused disappointment thru-
out Britain and the general feeling
in Washington was described as in-
dicating the terms strengthened
Russo-German collaboration. Wild
rejoicing was reported throughout
the Soviet Union.
Bill Hammond Voted
Most Valuable Man
in Class B Loop
Bill Hammond, rangy Deport
athelete, has been selected as the
most valuable man in the Class B
division of the Lamar County In-
terscholastic League basketball by
league directors.
Hammond played center on the
Deport Tiger outfit that won the
Class B title and was defeated by
Jennings in the county finals. The
elongated youngster also held down
the center post on the 1939 Deport
quintet that won the county cham-
pionship.
The Deport center was one of the
League’s leading scorers. He made
a total of 287 points in the 31 games
in which he played. His height made
it possible for him to slap in many
goals for the Tigers.
R. L. Hudson, Jennings guard,
was recently announced as the most
valuable man in the rural division.
School Head Honored
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Wide Y
of Weather
This Week
L. T. JOHNSTON
Who was elected a delegate to the
State House of Delegates and sec-
retary-treasurer of small town
school administrators at the state
teachers’ meeting Friday and Sat-
urday at Henderson. The house of
delegates meeting will be held in
November at Ft. Worth. Mr. Johns-
ton was recently re-elected super-
intendent of the Deport High School
for three years.
Highlights of the teachers’ meet-
ing included a two-hour address by
Dr. Will Durant, celebrated writer
and lecturer, and an address by Dr.
Frazier of Colorado State Teachers
College.
Nobody who loves a variety in
weather can grumble at the
this section has experienced d
the week. For instance, there
warm, barefoot weather
rain, thunder and wind Tuenkjr,
and plenty of thin ice Wednesday
morning.
Though the warm sunshine was
appreciated by most everyone, the
rain was more welcome, since it
i was needed to insure germination
of recently planted corn that many
farmers feared would dry out with-
out additional moisture. It js es-
timated that less than an inch of
rain fell, but generally thought to
be sufficient to bring corn, truck
and gardens to a stand.
There was, however, not enough
rain to replenish the long dimin-
ished water supplies on surround-
ing farms, and it is hoped that more
rain will come soon.
Damage to early fruit and gar-
dens by the cold Wednesday,, has
not been estimated, though it Id
thought it will not be great.
The greater part of the com crop'
in this section has been planted,
according to farmers who say the
oat crop, due to late freezes, will
be shorter than usual.
Shadowland Woman
Buried Saturday
Mrs. F. B. Gaines, 54, died Friday
at her home in the Shadowland
community following a two weeks’
illness. Funeral services, directed
by J. M. Grant funeral home, were
splendid exhibitions and thorough-1 held Saturday afternoon at Fair-
Minter Juniors Win
County Cage Title
Coach David Brooks’ Minter jun-
ior basketeers won the Lamar
County Interscholastic League Jun-
ior tournament by defeating Hazel-
dell, 11-5, in the finals played last
week in the Midway gym.
The Minter quintet also won the
Class B junior championship March
5 at Fair Park coliseum when they
swamped Roxton, 25-7. On the
same night Hazeldell copped rural
division honors with a 24-11 victory
over View Point.
ntract for curbs and gutters has
1 let When these are complet-
State Highway Department
the entire street to 40
feet of concrete will
IQ feet of asphalt on
EASTER SHOWER OF EGGS AND
COOKIES SENT TO ORPHANS
ly enjoyed. Travis Furgerson is
sued a challenge to any heavy
weight, but had no acceptances.
Following the bouts Coach Mor-
ris presented medals to winners of
the recent basketball tournament,
which concluded the evening’s pro-
gram. A small admission charge of
25 cents was made, and more than
$50 was realized, which will -be used
to apply on the purchase of sweat-
ers recently presented the football
squad.
view church, with interment in that
cemetery.
Deceased was born Nov. 13, 1885,
at Van Alstyne and was Miss Sallie
McLemore before marriage. Sur-
vivors include her husband, five
sons, J. D., W. L., W. B., B. B., T.
G.; four daughters, Mmes. Nettie
Simms, Annie Jones, Bessie Poole
and Miss Imogene Gaines.
Work Starts
Raising City
Lake Spillway
Work was scheduled to start to-
day on raising the spillway at the
Deport city lake, according to Paul
Wood to whom the construction,
contract was let last Friday. The
work will include building a con-
crete dam across the spillway to
raise it two feet above its present
height and will be followed by
necessary rip-rap work.
Rock to be used in the rip-rap
work was secured from the old dam
on Brushy creek, which was im-
pounded to hold water in the creek
and pump it into the lake if neces
sary.
It is estimated that raising the
spillway two feet will increase the
holding capacity of the lake to more
than 50 per cent. This will neces-
sitate a greater watershed, which
will be cleared for that purpose.
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Price Furgerson,
Former Deport Man,
Dies at San Angelo
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Establishment Game
Preserve Completed
Mrs. Felix Hood has been quite-ill
several days.
CRACKING THE WHIP
Six crates of eggs and one hun-
dred and thirteen dozen cookies
were sent to the Reynolds Presby-
terian Hdme this week by the Pres-
byterian women of the Deport
church- Two crates were supplied
by the Bogata and Fulbright
churches and the. Rugby commun-
ity Sunday schooLTendbsan cook-
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With few minor exceptions the
preliminary establishment of a per-
manent state and federal game pre-
serve in Red River county was com-
pleted late in February, with the
active assistance of the Red River
County Wildlife Planning Board
and the co-operation of the State
Fish and Game Commission. The
project was completed in approxi-
mately one year.
Thirty-five wild deer, ten of them
adult does and forty-five wild tur-
keys were placed in the preserve,
an area embracing approximately
40,000 acres in North and Northeast
Red River county. This area may
be substantially enlarged, although
nothing definite has been undertak-
en thus far with this in view.
Funeral services were held Wed-
nesday, March 5, for E. P. (Price)
Furgerson, 67, at the Baptist church
in San Angelo, of which he was a
deacon. Deceased had been ill for
three years and death was ascribed
to heart failure and complications
He formerly lived in Deport, leav-
ing here about 25 years ago i
Angelo, where he followed his car-
penter trade until forced to retinr
bcause of ill health He was a bro-
ther of P. H. ^ud) Furgerson at'
Deport, who attended the funeral.
Other survivors include his wid-
ow and two daughters, Mrs. Cora
Luckett of Petty, Mrs. Ollie Kirk- :>v$i
ham of San Angelo; three sisters;
Mrs. Lena Jordan of Powderlyy Mrs.
Henry Culpepper of Anson and- MfS.
Molly Bayless of Arkansas. ..
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Deport Students are
Quick on Withdraw
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Spring fever, or whatever it is
that attacks school students at thi»
season of the year, might have gone ■,$
to the heads, but has not yet affect-
ed the feet of Deport school child-
ren, according to Sup’t.L. T. Johns-
ton, who says that a fire drill wan
held Monday in the school and the
building was emptied of students
in less than two minutes.
Sup’t Johnston did not state how
long it took to get the students bade-
into their class rooms.
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AGED RESIDENT OF RED RIVER
COUNTY DIES SUDDENLY
Mrs. Emma H. Bollman, 73, long
time Red River county resident,
died unexpectedly on March 7 at
her home in the Mabry community.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day at Austin, her birthplace, with
burial there. Surviving are three
sons and three daughters.
TEXAS COMPANY TO SUPPORT
itOPKINS COUNTY TEST
Texas Company is
have
reported to
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RED RIVER DELEGATION AT
REGIONAL TEACHERS’ MEET 'M
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Red River county teachers
represented at the District 8 CO*»
vention at Henderson during
week end by John T. Felts,
ville; Leslie Griffin, Detroit;__
Price, Fulbright; F. L. Branson, BN
gata and DeWitt Medford,
der. Delegates were choaan
meeting of the county
in Clarksville last week.
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BUSTER WALKER HOME
IN INDEPENDENCE
Fire, thought to have
a flue, completely de
Buster Walker home
Independence
household goods
was no insurance,
longed to Mr.
Walker of the Gf*g
munity, who plant ’
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