The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1941 Page: 1 of 4
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COMPLETE NEWS AND ADVERTISING COVERAGE OF THE GREAT TALCO OIL FIELD 1
VOLUME VI
Three Potential
Sites Chosen (or
Steel Smelter
Three potential sites were select-
ed Tuesday for the proposed steel
mill at Daingerfield, and indications
point to an early approval of the
project by the Office of Production
Management in Washington as part
of the defense program.
Directors of the company sponsor-
ing the $30,000,000 smelting plant re-
portedly had a representative in the
iron ore field all day Tuesday in-
specting sites for the location of the
plant, and three places were report-
ed selected, one of which it is said
will be decided on by the QPM at a
later date.
Each of the 'tentative sites com
prises a thousand acres, with an ad-
ditional two hundred acres nearby
for a housing project to accommo-
date the workers. An expert will
survey the locations to decide which
will be most suitable for the big
plant, and every detail will be taken
into consideration.
Auto Registration
Methods Explained
All Texas motorists who have pur-
chased their cars since October, 1939,
should have their title certificates
when they seek to register their au-
tomobiles for 1942, and they are
urged to obtain the title certificates
before Dec. 31.
If car owners purchased their cars
before October, 1939, they may pre-
sent their 1938 or 1939 registratio
receipts, it is explained.
Farmers are Warned
of Frosted Feeds
In an effort to prevent costly live-
stock losses this winter farmers are
being warned against allowing stock
to graze too early in feed crops
which have been frosted.
Several head of cattle are lost
yearly because they are turned up-
on frosted feed crops, especially sec-
ond-growth sorghums, it is stated.
These losses may be averted if live-
stock is kept away from the frosted
feed for a week to 10 days after
killing frosts.
Lamar County Agent A. L. Ed-
miaston says that any sorghum crop,
Sudan grass, soy beans, cq,wpeas or
Johnson grass will make good feed
after being frosted if put into silage
He recommended a french silo as
the most economical.
Winter Launche
Its Coldest Driv
Since January 19
Temperatures tumbled to a new
low for this season Monday when
the mercury dropped to 24 degrees
above zero, coldest weather experi-
enced here since last January 19
Previous low was 30 degrees on
Nov. 107
Frost every morning this week has
been very heavy and ice has been
much in evidence.
The cold wave was preceded by
heavy rains Friday night and Sat-
urday that put some streams out of
banks and generally delayed farm
work.
Farmers welcomed the cold, as it
killed green leaves on cotton and
will make what remains to be pick-
ed much easier to find. They also
took advantage of the weather to
kill their meat hogs, and many
smokehouses are now stoked with a
supply of meat for the winter.
Red Cross Drive
Gams Members
During Past Week
TALCO, TITl/S COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1941
Financial Report
of Trojan Games
for This Season
Talco Athletic Department, in its
financial report of the Mt. Vernon
game, announces the gate receipts
for the contest amounted to $93.08.
From this sum, the following ex-
pense items were deducted:
Mt. Vernon Contract .........$50.00
Officials 22.50
Lime for field ..............' 2.50
Printing tickets ............ 2.50
Federal tax 10.53
Cleaning of uniforms ........._...... 6.50
Mrs. Chas. Johnson 1/
Dies on Thursday \
Mrs. Charley Johnson, 37, died last
Thursday at her home northwest of
Mt. Pleasant and funeral service,
conducted by L. L. Gieger, was held
Friday at Center Grove church, with
interment in the nearby cemetery.
Surviving her are her husband and
three children, Shirley Jean, Mar-
tha Anne and Jimmy Ray; also, her
father, Rev. Jim Duncan of, Titus
county; two sisters, Mrs. Olive Bow-
ers and Mrs. Kathleen Davies, both
of Titus county and three brothers,
George and Jamie Duncan of San
Diego, Calif., and Bradley Duncan
of Mt. Pleasant.
Nevill’s Chapel Mai
Dies Sunday Night
Rufus B. Thornton, 78, died Sun-
day evening at the home of his step-
daughter, Mrs. Willie Mae Smith,
in the Nevill’s Chapel community.
Funeral services were held at 2:30
Monday afternoon at the Nevill’s
Chapel church and interment was in
the nearby cemetery.
A native of Georgia, deceased had
resided in Titus county for many
years and is survived by his widow,
two children, who live in Georgia,
and six step-children, only one of
whom resides in Titus county.
Cotton Ginning Report
for November 14
Cotton ginning reports show the
following number of bales ginned in
the designated counties prior to Nov.
14 from the 194! crop as compared
with number of bales ginned to the
same date last year:
Titus ..
Red Ri
Lamar
1941
1940
-----... 2,822
8080
19,352
-------B.727
34,036
Farm Scrap Metal
will Re Asked for
Defense Products
The Department of Agriculture
has announced that farmers through-
out the country will be asked to sell
their scrap metal for use in defense
production.
Secretary of Agriculture Claude
R. Wickard requested U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture Defense
Boards in each state to make plans
for their states immediately and en-
list the county defense boards in the
effort.
Mr. Wickard pointed out that the
Office of Production Management
has been putting on a drive to in-
crease the flow of scrap metal from
the cities. OPM has now requested
the aid of the Department of Agri-
culture in increasing the flow of
scrap from the farms.
Total Expense $94.53
Cost of lighting the field was not
included in the expense account.
The athletic department has found
that it costs about $100 to play a
game on the home field, so it usually
takes a top-notch contest, such as
the Mt. Pleasant game to get en-
ough fans out to put the Trojans in
the clear financially. The Trojans
netted above $200 profit on that oc-
casion, but on all other home games,
except the Hughes Springs game,
have suffered a slight loss. The
greatest loss was registered in the
Deport game, which amounted to
about $26.
Games on the road have brought a
slight profit. Food for the team
amounts to about $12 per trip and
cost of the pep squad averages about
$5.00.
Total gate receipts and contracts
for all Trojan games this year both
at home and on the road are as
follows:
The Talco Red Cross drive, be-
gun in Talco on Wednesday of last
week, is making nice progress with
John Cates of Housh-Thompson as
new committeeman.
Those joining from Humble Camp
are: V. A. Sockwell, J. Y. Foster,
John Grace, J. E. McConnell, L. O.
Holloway, Sidney Frugia, C. R. Sikes,
| C. E. Griggs, O. J. Carlisle, W. M.
Loggins, R. M. Doherty, G. N. An-
derson, C. C. Donohoe, R. E. Cain,
jj. W. Loe, W. E. Kirkham, W. E.
Chapman, F. G. Farrell, C. O. Boyd,
W. D? Moore.
Chairman George Massad, Mrs.
George P. Grout, Mrs. Chas. Holden
and Mrs. Renford Sikes signed the
following members: G. S. Barker,
Guy Dunn, J. L. Romine, Mrs. J. L.
Romine, Rev. M. F. Downing, J. B.
Osborn, Kenneth Westbrook, E. E.
Mansfield, B. L. Braswell, Mrs. Guy
Dunn, Dr. V. A. Dean, Farris Brown,
O. T Stephenson, B. J. Mayfield,
] S. Thornton, Mrs. W. H. Crawford,
The Talco Times, Dr, A. A. Smith,
Mrs. M. E. Jones, Rev. C. S. Wilhite,
Roy Gist. B. E. Dunagan sends in
the following from the school: B. E.
Dunagan, George P. Grout, Thelma
Wages, Pauline Lipe, Charlene
Crompton, Elizabeth Allums, Odes-
| sa Reed, Beulah Smith, Maurice Tur-
| ncr, Chas. Holden, Guy Leinmond,
! Venedia Neeley, Era Pierce, Martha
j Gene Rudd, Frances Cornett, Na-
j dine McClung, C. E. Walker, Chris-
tine Carter, Mary Ann Hargrove,
Gertrude Rogers, Morris 'Winkle,
Talco-Bogata Game
Has Been Called Off
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Coach Chas.' Holden announced on
Tuesday that the game with Bogata,
scheduled for Friday, had been call-
ed off. This ended the season for
the Tropans.
Bad weather had previously caus-
ed a postponement of the two games.
The Bogata school informed Holden
the first of the week that they did
not wish to play the game.
Trojans Put Steam
in Last Half; Beat
Mt. Vernon 14-12
Hughes Springs
$110.05
Deport
48.55
Mt. Pleasant
331.85
Clarksville
78.85
Mt. Vernon
93.08
Total Receipts
$662.38
Receipts of Games Away
Winnsboro
$50.00
Pittsburg ,
50.00
Gilmer . .... .
75.00
Paris
25.00
Total
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Explosion Victim is
Buried at Cuthand
Well Known Titus,
Co. Farmer Dies
Albert S. Lilly, well known Titus
county farmer, died last Friday
morning at his home near Mt. Pleas-
ant. He was 62 years old and had
resided in Titus county most all his
life. Survivors include his widow,
one daughter, Mrs. Vivian Curry and
a grandson, James Curry.
Funeral service, conducted by the
Rev. M. M. Pate, was held Satur-
day afternoon at Liberty Hill church
and interment was in the nearby
cemetery.
Funeral services were held Satur-
day at Cuthand for Roy J. Ely, who
died Friday at Ranger from burns
received Nov. 16 in a gasoline truck
explosion. He was the son of Mrs.
Mariah Ely of Paris, and survivors
include his widow, the former Miss
Ruby Wagner of Cuthand, their five
children and seven sisters and a bro-
ther.
J. W. (Pap) Case passed away at
his home in Mt. Vernon Thursday,
Nov. 20. He, is survived by nine
children, one of whom lives near
Talco. He is Roy Case, He was laid
to rest Friday near Mt. Vernon.
Many Cases of “Flu”
I Cause Warning to
I Guard Against It
Austin.—Fullfilling a prediction
! made several months ago by the
I State Department of Health, an epi-
demic of influenza in Texas is re-
presented by several times as many
cases at this time than that shown
for the same time in the preceding
seven years, according to Dr. Geo.
W. Cox, State Health Officer.
“Neglecting proper treatment of
influenza, or allowing the patient
to be up too soon may have disas-
trous results,” Doctor Cox warned,
“since persons suffering from influ-
enza are particularly susceptible to
other infections.”
Doctor Cox emphasized the impor-
tance of guarding against “flu”;
| drinking plenty of water, eating sim-
1 pie, nourishing foods, outdoor exer-
i cise, plenty of sleep in a well-ven-
tilated room, and sensible dress ac-
cording to the weather were stress-
ed as best precautions.
“Pneumonia, frequently resulting
from influenza, is a very dangerous
complication,’,’ Doctor Cox stated,
and advised that a patient go to bed
immediately upon the first appear-
ance of a cold and place himself un-
der competent medical care.
Hard-Hit Fanners
to Receive Aid in
Loans and Grants
The Farm Security Administra-
tion has directed its Texas-Oklaho-
ma administrator to issue up to $3,-
400,000 in loans and grants to relieve
farmers who had crop failures, Rep-
resentative Wright Patman said on
Wednesday.
The principal area to receive re-
lief, Patman said, was East Texas
where bad weather and insects re-
duced this year’s cotton crop to
about one-third the normal yield.
C. M. Evans, the Texas-Oklahoma
administrator, with headquarters in
Dallas, was authorized to spend
$100,000 in setting up an office force
to carry out the relief program, Pat-
man added.
“Farm security officials assure me
that full and adequate relief will be
provided every “ deserving farmer
with the allocation to be handled by
Evans,” the Representative said.
Meat, Eggs, Cheese
Short in England
Washington.—Some 250,000 tons of lookcd llke the dl'ive liad ended,
American food are reaching England j but the littlc fullback was not to
each month hi.t cn he denied that score. Quickly he
darted around end, and straight to-
Talco High Trojans staged a lash-
half rally to overcome a twelve-
point half-time deficit and rack up a
14 to 12 win in a District 19-A tilt
with Mt. Vernon High’s Tigers in
the Talco stadium last Thursday
night. Frank Lindsey, Trojan back,
accounted for all of Talco’s scoring
with two touchdowns and two con-
versions. Williams and Harris shar^
ed equally in the Tiger scoring.
Outweighed exactly twenty ppunds
I to the man, the Trojans had wrestl-
' ed their heavierf opponents for two
quarters with the going very much
in favor of their opponents, due
chiefly to two lucky fumbles which
the alert Tigers had pounced upop .
and followed up with touchdown
drives. Unfortunately for the Tig-
ers, though, they failed to make
those two extra points and in the
final results it cost them heavily.
Soon after the opening of the last
half, Clyde Holder, Trojan butter-
fly, set up the first Talco score when
he darted off right tackle, and,, find-
ing no opening, after crossing the
line of scrimmage, he quickly re-
versed his field and picking up per-
fect blocking by a now wide-awake
Tropan line, scampered 37 yards to
the Mt: Vernon 15-yard line. A
pass, Lindsey to Long, was good for
8 yards and Buchanan made a first
down around the Tiger left end. I
Three plays failed to gain and Cap-
tain Lindsey, who played his heart ,J
out all evening and climaxed hi«
high school football days with, the
greatest individual performance of
his career, faded to chunk a pass.
He couldn’t find a receiver open and
each month, but even so Secretary of
Agriculture Wickard says that an
average American could consume an
Englishman’s weekly ration of fresh
meat, bacon, ham, eggs and cheese
at one meal “without feeling he’d
overeaten.”
Agriculture department officials
said that English housewives can
buy all the flour they need and that
England was producing all the po-
tatoes and most of the vegetables
required, but they added it was this
country’s job to produce the meat,
eggs, and dairy products.
Streetcar Rails in
Paris are Taken Up
Fifty tons of steel will be salvag-
ed in Paris for national defense pur-
poses in a project which got under
way Monday. Thirty-nine workers
are being used to dig up rails on
abandoned streetcar lines in the city,
covered for years with an asphalt
topping. The job will cost $5,351,
with the city of Paris footing the
bill for $1,410 and the Works Pro-
gress Administration furnishing the
remaining $3,941.
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OUR WEEKLY LETTER FROM
Lonesome Bill
Dear Editor: I notice in the pa-|and go on set-down strikes, like we
pers that on account of the national1 are doing.
de-fence over here that there will be would he funny, wouldn’t it, if
a shortage of garden seed next they rUn °Ut °f iron and load ovcr
spring. First it was aloominum,
then it was silk stockings, next it
Quail Season Open
Dec. 1 to Jan. 16
Shooting season on quail, in both
North and South zones, opens Dec-
ember 1 and lasts through January
16. Bag limit is 12 a day and not
more than 36 in a week. If shot-
guns are used, they must not be
larger than 10 guage, and must be
permanently plugged to hold no
more than three shells.
In Franklin and Hopkins coun-
ties it is unlawful to take quail ex-
cept on Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays of each week, while in Camp
county it is unlawful to take the
birds except on Friday of each week
and legal holidays during the open
season.
there and had to start shooting ve
getables at one another. It makes
me kind of dizzy to think of pump-
was hair pins, then it was paper and' , lzzy , thlnk of PumP-
now it is Carden seed T *oii u,n. k Y .a.nd, watermelons and tomatoes
and blackeyed peas and sweet pota-
toes a flyjng through the air and
‘Not Too Late to
Join Red Cross
Were you missed by the Red Cross
roll call worker in your neighbor-
hood? And you still want to join?
It's not to late.
The drive closes Nov. 30. Until
that time, if you have not had op-
portunity to join, you may do so by
contacting your local roll call work-
er.
Mt. Vernon to Stage
Christmas Parade
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Plans are underway for the larg-
est Christmas parade ever held in
Mt. Vernon on Dec. 9. Bands from
Talco, Winnsboro, Mt. Pleasant and
Sulphur Springs have promised to
appear. Mt. Vernon merchants and
civic organisations are preparing
floats, mnay of them patriotic in
nature, and a group of horsemen
from Winnsboro will ride in the
parade. M. F. Fleming is general
chairman for the event.
now it is garden seed. I tell you that
I cannot understand heads or tails
about this here war going on over
yonder.
I always thought we growed en-
ough garden seed in this country to
plant over two or three times each
spring on account of the cut worms
and the plow a getting out of the
middle and ruining a stand. I also
figured that with a war going on
over in Europe they wouldn’t do
much gardening over there, so it
looks like we ought to have more
garden seed than ever instead of
less. It may be though that we are
going to let Great Britain have a lot
of our cabbage seed and mustard
seed and things to drop on Germany
so that when they come up they will
be a new kind of fifth column, caus-
ing the Crerman, people to quit eat-
ing w»od and stuff like they say
they eat and start eating vegetables
a
mowing folks down right and left.
If it ever comes to that, some smart
aleck will probably make a kind of
gas out of onion juice and spray it
through the air. But there is a kind
of gas in pinto beans that would do
more harm if it could be fixed right.
I hope they can get this strike busi-
ness straightened out for once and
all over here. If they don’t do it
pretty soon, I figure on writing my
Congressman and asking him to tell
our army boys to throw down their
guns, or brooms, or whatever they
are practicing with, and come on
back home until the government
gets gumption enough to strike the
strikers out. I figure it is like this:
If Santa Claus ain’t going to come,
there ain’t no use in us hanging up
our stockings. Yours truly,
LONESOME nn.T.
Man Found, Drowne
After 22 Year Search
. For 22 years relatives searched for
David Mitchell, 85-year-old farmer.
They found his body.
Mitchell was drowned last week
in a pool behind the home of Mrs.
Lilly Gossett at Mt. Pleasant.
Five days after the death, the body
was identified at a funeral home by
Mrs. G. C. McClanahan, Oklahoma
City, and Mrs. Ed Taylor, Musko-
gee, Okla., daughters of Mitchell,
and a daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. C.
Mitchell, Dallas. His widow and two
sons, C. C. Mitchell and Carl Mit-
chell, live in Dallas.
The aged farmer left his former
home in Lindale 22 years ago, rela-
tives said, and they had not seen
him since. They last heard from
him 16 years ago.
Cotton Growers to
Vote December 13
Farmers are reminded again that
cotton growers of the nation will
vote Saturday, Dec. 13, on accept-
ance or rejection of the 1942 cotton
marketing quotas.
Two-thirds of the nation’s cotton
growers must favor quotas to put
them into effect again next year.
ward the sidelines as the Tiger sec-
ondary moved over with him to cut
him off. He cut just as he reached
the sideline and smashed toward pay
dirt four yards away. Three Tigers
met him on the 3 yard stripe, but
he picked them up and carried them
over the goal line with him. A few
seconds later, he placekicked the ex-
tra point and the score stood at 12-7:
Mr. Vernon elected to receive and
Allen Ivy kicked out of bounds.
Taking the ball on their own 35
yard line, the Tigers found a fight-
ing Trojan line, led by Long and
Nichols, too tough to pierce and
kicked on fourth down. Lindsey al-
most blocked the kick, and the ball
came to rest on the Trojan 45. • Bu-
chanan, on a reverse, raced to the
50. Lindsey picked up three through
the middle and Holder passed to
Long for a first down on the Tiger
38. Buchanan made 3 more around
end. Holder picked up 2 yards off
tackle and then Lindsey crashed
through the middle for 16 yards and
a first down on the 17 yard line, as
the Talco stands went wild. Holder
whirled around end for 5 yards and
in two tries off tackle Lindsey
made a first down on the Tiger 6.
Three tries made only 2 yards, and
oh fourth down Lindsey took the ball
aud once more raced toward the
fdelin.es, Once more he cut just as
reached , the sideline and once
more the same three Tigers were
waiting for him. Once more he met
them with the power of a spe’eding
expiess train and hauled them over
the goal line with . him. Again his
kick from placement was perfect and
the score stood 14-12,
The remainder of the game found
the Trojans gallantly staving off a
dospei'ate Tiger passing attack.
Eight seniors played their last
game for the Trojans and their per-
formance will never be forgotten.
Long and Nichols were never better
at their end positions. Fox was a
demon at tackle. Jones and May-
field were great and were the only
guards in the district that were able
to handle "Williams. Mt. Vernon’s
200 pound fullback through center.
Captain Ernest Clark's blocking was
furious and his work on pass de-
fense, ip this game, as all of them,
will long be remembered.
The work of Holder and Lindsey
is a goal in itself for all future Tro-
jans to shoot at. Their spirit, d?*-
termination, and cooperation have
furnished the spark to speed the
Trojans on throughout the season.
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O- B. Hopwood, prominent Talco
druggist, will give an address before
Tuesday’s meeting of the Bogata
Lions club in the lunch room at the
school.
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