The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. [48], Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940 Page: 6 of 8
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TfOTSTAMFORD LEADER STAMFORD, TEXAS
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HQUBRMOLD SCRAPBOOK
mn on at St
lut Sunday
of Seymour,
wan put in
Carl Clement, die
a* a*ay. holding a
ir, where he i, the
m;
met have we heard
and out, based on
I'from the famous 23rd
Dm brothei did thjt
•d did it well, indeed.
Ia| hi* exvgesi* of the
m wan unique and
not heard often
True, Rev. Mr l*«tter-
ne ear-mark* of a mo-
all. He preaches the icon
father*; he preache* the
name people like St, and
are hot used to. He i*]
^perfect dir is ca*t
it came to a point of faith;
aa wiapped in hi* work thut
noth,nr that is about
»nwie 't^wt"
It people about till the pine
I Would echo and re-echo, away
pa hi the forests where nature
| dwelt for centuries untold. at
f aid Camp Meeting* of yore,
choir was'good. as . usual,
church ,making a point to
an up-to-date choir at all
which is well conducted and
iccompanied by the pipe or-
y oAl.Vr iHTi iMMa f\
b spirit* of camphor and nibWhf |A DEMOCRATIC PRIM ARY
the card gently This will rnator. ( r NO. 2 HELD SATURDAY
the newness ' — —— ,
. - ' | mjjnocnrti* primary No. 2 came
A Convention Hkh-Chair ' 'Uff laat Saturday and for the moat
.If you rttbher-tipped' door'stops part resulted in the prediction* of
are screwed into the leys of an the prognosticator*,
ordinary ehair, it will make an; For instance, one of those gent*
y:v ' y
ideal hiyh chair for kitchen work/ ,®ld u» that so jtnd so and so and
<o und so and ao would he elected,
j So they west*, these prophets,
T
‘4;
Quite often when one la in a 1
hurry to mail a letter, there will
be hut one stamp and U has no
mvsilaye on its back. In this pre-
dicament all necessary is to mo «ten
the raucllaye flap, on another en-jor for a small child,
vekipe, run the stamp oCer the, ■ ■ • <
dampened part quickly, then place \ Ink Stair- On Hand- • seeed to have their successes sewed
op the letter to lie mailed. ! A solution of peroxide of hydro- m a sole-leather bay. as i^were.
• , .. — -iyen containing a few* diip* of am-| We just have no, idea about how
Meadiay A Cracked Raaye | monia will remove ink stains from' they da it, hut they do. The only
A crack on the inside of a range! the hand*. I thin* they err on is the majority,
can be mended by using s filler ^
made of equal parts of Common
table salt and wood ashes, moist-
ened with water to the proper con-
sistency. The filler will dry hart!
and will be last in*.
[and you can almost tell who they
Anther Scores Dictionary- Abuse
‘For clear efective English and j
I are fat
: runs ah
by the way their favorite
lead, while the man or wo-
extensive vocabulary Iq- not neces-
; man they want defeated, ye* t!»e.v
(,i «*7—
The Har.yin*-Ra*het
A novel way*to water the hant-
iny-basket, without spilliny water
on the floolyis to insert a small
funnel in the diH. a* near the cen
ter of the basket*^ possble. and
sary. Style in speakiny and writing i know the>' wil1 not **- ‘4^v*n *
U achieved throuyh careful *o«l!«#11 mHr*a,n of vot^ spared
choice and not bv the'use of hi*rh- jto thrir Sorites.
But the primary last Saturday
was a quiet affair. People had
their mind* made' up |n(i they
soundiny words.
It is important to realize, de-
clares Mortimer J. Adler, author
of the eurrent host seller “How to
Read a Book,” in the September
Good Housekeepiny, that a definite
stuck to their yuns—rather their
favorite candidates..
The race that attracted top in-
—Ttmr ‘yi'TafF'h exist* between the gro
funnel with water ever>-NM^y, and
it will soak into the soil gradually.
I
was not a larye conyreya-
, there bras a very respect-
M MM, which is always In order,
ly «D orderly thinys are.
were no preaching services
at night, but tee leagues
held as usual.
Testing Coffee
A -wa>^ to test the quality ‘
coffee is to put a spoonful in a
glass of cold water and add a few
drop* of lemon juice. If the coffee
is pure it will remain nn top of the
water; if not. the water will be-
come brown in color.
Clyde Garrett was in thy office
und Sam Russell wanted what Clyde
had. and the only way he could get
thai place was for the people to
vote Clyde out. So, they voted
| Clyde out, who said, or is reported
to have said “There was (twimuch
of language and the grow‘h 'of
mind. As a child matures he see* 1
new objects and is affected by J
experiences, and in doing so he)
leaVqs the names fqr them. Th
same procedure, Mr. Adler believes,
should be\u*ed in acquiring a
vocabulary.Xword should not bei*”* mu*k for n“‘- thl'y b,,th
used until its^'wieaning is fully
.fcnMcRRjfcroT rTOKnmj
abilfnf reporter-news
MAKES EXCURSION
RATES
Thia seem* to be y 4uy of ex-
ruraion rale* and the Abilene
Reporter-Newa has joined those
whi are making those rate*.
Ycu can now get the AMIene
Reporter-News one year, every
day. Sunday included, fur the
small sum of *4.M. If you ai*e
a preacher or a teacher in the
schools, you may get it for *4.23.
It’s early to start thia. but that
hunch down there at Abilene
want- you to get the war new-,
the campaign new, and the elec-
tion news, so here’* year chance.
Further, they say. if yUu do
not happen to have the money
to -pare at the present. Just -ay
you want the paper and it will
come to you—-ay that to any
member «f The Stamford Lead-
er force. ■
The Stamford Leader is an
authorized ayent for The Ahi-
len< Reporter-New-. We hh»c
been deoHng wtrtr“‘TKrtf"T«lF
years, every day a pleasure.
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TICIDE
one was
AST MONDAY The nttun trip was throuyh Ran- and you want U write % bualaaaa
seriously injured.! Letter
nd you
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ter head*, whan they aw 00
FUNERAL FOR MJ
• ^aieasureyo - — g mriy mm w — ——--w— -■■■ ^ - , . _
> / im City, Mo.t Kansas, OkUu and letttr-wdl, l* ** “T
Abilene Reporter-News, Monday. (l>ack to RrofWtiwood. Lone* for yotie—The tamo
Funeral for Charles Kemletx. M.j Bony la, was selected as the ru- er, Phone 47
who ended hi* own life with a ahoi^preaentative of Jones County on
who rnaru mu own mr wun ■ imu'. iMw
yun blast early yesterday morninujjthl* trip. One boy from each of the
will be held at 2:30 this aftentoon 10 counties in District 7 made the'
at Laughter’s chapel. trip.
Members of the Kdmletx family
for several weeks had sought to
prevent Jiis suicide. They had hid-
den his yuns but he obtained one
about 7 yesterday morning and be-
fore his wife could yet help he use!
it.- Mrs. Kemletx and -a nriirhb»:
found Him on his bed with tho top
of hit head blown off. Thco Ash,
justice of peace, entered a verdict
of suicide.
The Kemletx family's home
cast of the Taylor county veteran’*
clubhbuae. Survivors besides the
wife inchile four aons, Floyd and
Albert of Abilene, (William of Odes-
sa and Auda V. of Stamford.
KenilcU had lived in Abilene 41
years. »
*
ad Brothers Wedding
Harry Bound* with hei*
iBdren, Mar}- Elisabeth and
My. left - Sunday for Denton
bare they will visit Mrs. Sounds
gents, Mr. and Mrs. W; W;
bight. la Ponder on Tuesday they
lawdad the wedding of her bj oth-
Noble Mounts Wri^bft.^d Miss
Mae Night. «cadu-
af MT8TC at Deqton and will
la the Mundav .school be-
this faU rn*#
la Colorado
H. T. Braun arid gfdnd-
Jean Braun, left Thurs-
day Denver, Colorado, where
will apend their vacation. Mr.
Mrs. A. C. Braun took tlUhr
and Mrs. Braun’s faiher
Falls where they made
trip to Colorado on the For!
and * Denvet Streamlined
on ita^ifiiti^J trip.
aod Mrs. J. A. Blackburn
gone to Fort Worth to visit
Blackburn^and will
lea visit relatives in Stephenvilfe
■d Hieo before returaipathome.
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Drat of the month is about
Ha vs you enough bill heads?
will ba glad to supply you.—
Stamford Leader, Phone $7.
The Patch Bae
A most practical patch bag can
be made from a yard or two of
mosquito netting. This enable* one
\o see the content? from the out-
side. and there is no necessity for
emptying • the entire content* to
find the exact piece of goods want-
ed I '
Pouring From Cans
The secret of pouring liquid
from a can is to make two holes in
the ten instead of one, about an
inch apart. The oho hole is for the
liquid to pour fr.>m, the other hole
to let the air into the can.
Writing While Traveling
When necessary to write while
traveling in an automobile, tjcain,
or bus, press the elbows into the
body fust above the hip*, and you
will find the task easy.-
-—TMc-Daar Key
That important door key wilti
not be evaaiig an$ mire when the
hioui«i<do returns from the groc-
ery. if she will sew a large-sized
<jress hook inside her handbag,
near the top. on which to hang the
key.
grasped.
Knowing words and rheaniny* i«
they appear; in a dictionary!* not
the sae ipt actumally kpowink>kem.
An effective vocabulary may-
obtained only when we use words
with the same.assurance as we d>
the name* of out friends; when
new meshings and synonyms dis-
play.different shades of expression.
A dictionary. Mr. Adler states,
is a great help as a compact en-’
cyclopia or as a guide to pK»- ■ h0r„„ ^ing raised
mincirtion, but it should nut In- used
a.« an »it)strument of word'learning
by itself, apart from the. normal
activities of thcsight arid' sin'etd*.
People who use dictionaries to solve
crossword puzzles sometimes en-
larged their vocabularies, but as
Mr. Adler points out. they seldom
improve their minds.
Texa, State Department of Health
Sewing Room Hint
Oil tl\c strips containing buttons
and button holes from discarded
garment, and use them under flys
in new garments. This will save
much time and labor. *
To Clean Playing Cards - ,
Soiled playing cards can bj
cleaned by dipping a small sponge
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prcNrats
sensational bfst sell
» of fittety Queen*’
The DUTCH SHOE
MYSTERY
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You will be held breathless by this h tart liny, fast-
moving story of murder in a modem hospital. Da-
inf, clever, extraordinarily exciting, this is one of
the most amazing adventures of Qie famous de-
tective. \
ae we want, you to know MercuTy Books (se-
and published by The American Mercury),
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well send you thia one—The Dutch Shoe Mystery,
by Ellery Queen-w-practkally free. We'll supply the . t
hook If you will pay 10c for postage and handling.
Out of more than 60,000 copies printed wir* have * *
lags than 3,000 left—and they’re going fast Hur-
ry and send a dime foTlhe complete copy of this
Intensely Interesting book. (Sorry*—only one to a
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Gca. W. Cox, M. d.. Health Officer
Austin. Texas, August 27.--*Dis-
ttvery in Texas of Mexican bed
•mgs (kissing buys infected with
trypanasoma cruxi, a parpsiie of
causing Chaya's llsease, was re-
potted this week* in the United
States Public Health Service Re-
ports. according to Dr. Oen. W Cox.
State Health Officer.
While no .human cases of Chaga’s
disease have been reported to the
State Health Department, the pre-
sence of the organism in the in-
sects that* transmit the disease
make it av potential public heph^
problem, Dr. Cox pointed out. U
Alviut «3 per cent of 15(1 speci-
mens of the bed bugs collectel in
one central Texas town were ftwnd
to b<* infected with the i parasite
trypapasonnt cruzq Experience . .
with the disease in the tropics has j M
indicated that adtilts are less sus-
ceptible to the disease than child-
ren and tba-t in some instances}
persons may harbor the para«iu
.if Chaga’s disease in their blood
strearii without the actual coni it,'op
of the disea«e being present.
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had bands with them, unles* we
are tertibly mistaken—well, Russell
see« to have received the most
votes. Those votes came from the
people, and in thi* country there
are no Diaz elections—that is.
Dial, in his day won, or he found
iHi what was the. matter and then
proceeded to, manufacture more
votes, which would put hfm in,
every timK He would vote whole
plantations, or fa'ms, er estate*
-—rather haci^hdn*. pronounced
ho«siendcrs, possimv on account of
oK. them. Yes,
ne would vote every mother’s s-m
of them on all the plantathaps, as
:he bosse* w ubj tell who
theic and worked there and
unci'led to vote, then vote for them
and go home to the hacienda tnd
b eak fhe news about as coarse i. :d
rough as a corncob that had Iain
in sun till it was good and dry.
Such WAS the way they did
down in Mexico in Diaz’ time. Now-
a-days they fight it out down there
with fists, those who have no guns
and knives and dynamite, while the
rie^pr politicians tickle their ene-
mies ’neath the fifth rihyXor keeps,
and thu* does another voter bite]
the dust. Or. they shoot them out
and have it over with
INCREASED VOLUME CAUSE
* BCICh I’ERSONNEL CHANGE
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Flint, Mich., Aug. 25.—Changes
ami promotions in the Buick field
ilales organization resulting from
the increased • sales volume pf this
manufacturer, were announced by
W. E. Hufstader, general shies
manager as the annual sales con-
vention got under way here today.
Effecting four zones in the
,outhe*'n region under the direction
of II. C. Gillespie. Sr., the change
will move six men int> new exec-
utive position* in l>allas, Memphis,
Atlanta and El Paso.
T. N. .Privette, formerly zone
man iger at Memphis became zone
manager at Atlanta where he at
me ime was an assistant. He suc-
ceed" E. E. Melndoo.
C C. Darby, formerly parts and
»rv e manager at Memphis is
promoted, to the managership of
that zqne. -
H. HLXgtcey, formerly assisrant
zone in.inagvr at <Dillas, has been
promoted to the Zone managership
at, FI Paso. sticiNteiling Henry C.
Gill*-pit*. Jr., who bps resigned to
bthiuic the Buick dealfct: in Corpus
Chri<ti, Texas. Succee<lmg Lacey
at Dallas is Carl Murphy, folrmerly
district manager in that zone;
A. L. Alexander, who former!;
was district manager in the Birm-
ingham, Ala. territory becomes as-
Some like commercial statement*
better for their bills. We have
them.—The Leader, 'Phone 47.
INSURE
—; exrnANfns-rtrir-—* -
W. G. Barrett presided «t thd
regular meeting of the Exchange
Club Fiiday at the Stamford Inn.
Henry Kinney and George Rollins
were appointed t» the program
committee for September. They
succeed J. M. Bird and W. C.
Leavitt.
Floyd Lynch, County Agent, was
s guest of the Club, and he intrq-j
duced Douglas Lovvorn who gave
an interesting.account °t hia two
weeks trip with the 4-H Club Boys'
through ten States. Thia £roup left
Brown wood, Texas August 3. They,
went through Fort Worth and Dal-
las to Hot Springs and Little Rock,'
Ark. After crossing the Mississip-
pi River at Memphis. Tenn.. they
went on through Nashville to
Bowling Green, Ky. After going
through the Mammoth 'Cave they
drove on to Louisville, at which
place they crossed the Ohio River
into India. Indanapolis was anoth-'
er of the cities they visited, and
then on' to Lake Michigan and Chi-
cago. They enjoyed the sights in
Chicago from a sightseeing bus.
Upon leaving Chicago they drove
across Illinpi,* to Iowa. Near Lis-
bon, Iowa while driving in’A heavy
fog the bus plowed into a curb.
ectric
r Sanding
at McClellan's Auto R Radio
Bprvlee
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Change the Winter
We think we a:e mor- civijigct} aiMtr.nt zone manager at Atlanta,
in this country, ami while we d<> AH thdi au n effected in the
transfers are-long time Buick cm-
ployus, each having been associat-
ed with the field sales force for
not crack skulls over our elections,
especially in the Squth, vet do.w--
use that be*t brand of sculdugtt-
ery. sdmetimes. abd elect the mts 'more than 10 years.
uit You
of our choicej V{^kber he be for
the people, by thejteople or against
the people.
The tabulated »t«tynuutt_m-id i
below a* to our recent primary.;
last Saturday, shows the way the
votes went, and never was there a
more peaceful lot of people at aoy
we a re sw, while th*
defeated candidates seemed to take
defeat in a way'that showed thepj
to la? good losers.
Hardy Motor Co. is local dealer.
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A CARD OF THANKS
I wish to thfeplt^the people of
Jones and/^Mteckelrhrd Counties
for the nAminatipn f received for
your RKfiresentdLke' o n
I m ill Iry . in ezmft wgy
the du/ies of ^HeV^fic*
Try The leader for ^jpb printing
and advertising.
Visiting cards? Plenty of them,
ladies. High quality, low priet The
leader. Our wJork~is not high, but
'he quality ’is.—The 'S'amfprd
Leader, Phone 47. T '
of mi abilit
trustytha^
Gimtefully
JH. S. «
have
hW:
Aug. 24.
to f ulffll
to the beat
justify the
llaced in me.
ZGERAL1).
Subscribe for The Leader. fL
WA are just p* cjjse to you as
your phone and that's a long
way closer than a wait on an out
of town printing order.—Tile Sta;n.
ford Leader, Phone 47.
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Inglish, George L. The Stamford Leader (Stamford, Tex.), Vol. 40, No. [48], Ed. 1 Friday, August 30, 1940, newspaper, August 30, 1940; Stamford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth992699/m1/6/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stamford Carnegie Library.