La Grange Journal (La Grange, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1943 Page: 5 of 8
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FEBRUARY 18, 1943
LA GRANGE JOURNAL
PAGE FIVE
THE RAMBLER—
(Continued from page 1)
Monday morning as we turned the
Filling Station corner.
Rambler admitted that he had; the
words of the broadcast were spoken
when domestic news was on the tapis.
The news in brief is that the “ad-
ministrator” has discovered that the
whole thing is in a* mess. •
This may and it may not be wel-
come. It has been the Rambler’s pri-
vilege to note that experts were re-
surrecting an endowment that they
did not believe or know was there.
Dread has been sliced in a neat man-
ner and the bread makes better toast.
• • •
Death of Jurist Has I-ocal
Interest to Many
The San Antonio Light gave a mer-
ited tribute to Judge Sidney J. Brooks,
aged 76, who died at San Antonio,
Thursday. Judge Brooks was the hus-
band of the former Miss Lila Moore,
and had served as Judge of the 57th
District Court.
His widow, a La Grange bom wom-
an, has a large number of friends in
this city, to whom the news of her
bereavement came as an unwelcome
tiding.
• • •
“Yes, We Have No Pies,”
Said She
Happened in one of the local cafes
Sunday, and the news was not at all
agreeable to the customer.
After scanning the menu and or-
dering a chicken dinner, the customer
was asked if there was anything else.
“Yes, I want a piece of pie and a
cup of coffee after I have properly
removed the chicken dinner.”
“Sorry, sir, but we have no pies.
Can’t get the sugar. We have some
fresh coffee cake, just out of the
oven.”
Coffee cake it was, and the pie
could wait. Pie eaters—not the poli-
tical moochers—have begun to feel
the pinch. Everyone knows that, after
having eaten a good dinner, a hunk
of lemon or apple pie and a cup of
Java help to make a good meal.
* * *
Memories, Agreeable, Spring
Back to View
Sunday afternoon, late, after Rev.
Guy B. Duff had spoken the ceremony
that united one of the Rambler’s
adopted daughters, Miss Elizabeth
Helmcamp, secretary to County Judge
Araim, and Lieut. Mattocks, Rambler
was at the postoffice and met with
one of the recent brides of LaGrange.
She was smiling and seemed to be
as happy as the bride.
“I see,” ventured the Rambler, “you
have been to the church and have
witnessed the wedding. Must have
brought back a memory.”
“You telling me,” and her' smile
broadened.
Happy youth and happy bride; this
one visioned what she did not have
the opportunity to vision at the time
because of her part in the event being
very essential as she, with her chosen
companion, stood before the minister
and softly answered “I do” when ad-
monished to bo say.
• • *
Dead Men Tell No Tales
Dormancy Awakens
This story is purely personal, and
Rambler is the victim. “Since you are
giving the news about the other fel-
low why not tell one on yourself,”
may be properly applied and full
well act as an apology for the men-
tion.
Bob Burns, the mountain comedian,
and wise sage recently gave one of
his weekly philosophies, abounding
with good humor and satire; one of
the brief stories he told was about
a playboy, so called after he had left
the hills and had become a city slick-
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
er, and had become enmeshed with a
pretty blonde.
Tiring of the fast life and the night i
visits to the cabarets, and “filled up" .
with the idea of having the blonde
at every visit to the show places, he !
sought to and did break loose. A year
later he met a very attractive woman,
a daughter of his employer; the an-
nouncement of their engagement fol-
lowed within a few months.
When the “society item” fell under
the eyes of the blonde, she removed
the cigarette from between her lips,
stepped to the clothes closet and re-
moved from one of the shelves, a pack
of letters, about which a tiny blue
ribbon had been fastened. “All here,”
said she, “and went back to her cig-
arette.”
Next day, in the office in whicji
the young man was studying a mass
of figures, the blonde came in, smil-
ing. “Well, Charley, are you not glad
to see me?” ^
“Can’t say that I am overjoyed;
may I ask the nature of your visit
this morning?”
“Sure thing, old boy; I have heard
that you are about to join the bene-
dicts, and that the lucky one is the
daughter of the big shot who owns
this business. Am I right?”
“Correct in this. Myrtle, what’s on
your mind?”
“Well, I got to thinking last night,
I have a package of letters in my
apartment, very endearing letters,
and each one of them is signed by
Charley Mandell. I was wondering
how much you would give for those
letters.” And she straightened up
and awaited the effect of her dyna-
mite.
Charley leaned back in his chair,
looked straight at the blonde and
here is his answer:
“Not a damned cent; you see, I
have a carbon copy of every letter
I wrote to you.” Curtain lowered on
the one-act farce.
Rambler thought of how smart
Charley was when “on his larks and
sewing his wild oats.” No comeback,
the blonde left to hold an empty
croker.
One day last week, an elderly wom-
an of La Grange, in conversation
with several, made the statement that
she had “so much old material and
relics in the garret but could not be-
cause of her age and crippled limbs
get them and destroy what should be
destroyed.” That reached the ears of
the Rambler’s boss, who also “had a
lot of rubbish to accumulate, placed
in boxes and put away from prying
eyes.” Sunday afternoon found her
assorting letters, some of them bear-
ing the age tint.
When Rambler appeared on the
scene she said: “Listen to this,” and
started to read a love letter. She
Woman—Do a Soldier's Job
JOIN THE
W A AC
GOOD PAY. FOOD. CLOTHING.
LODGING. ETC.
Apply at Army Recruiting Office
didn’t get far before she was told
“that is enough of the mushy stuff,
no one but a chump would write such
mAsh.” Handing the letter to the
Rambler she said: “Wish you would
look at the signature, you’ll find it
interesting to know who wrote that.”
Rambler did, was near “thrown
down” as he recognized the flourish-
ing signature and hastily gave the
missive ihe tearing episode.
Youngsters may tell the maiden a
lot of things and later deny he said
them; but when he writes them, and
the ink does not fade with the pass-
ing of the years; nuff sed! Ghosts
may not walk according to some;
others contend that they stalk about
the home like the unwelcome guest.
• • •
Sweatted But Got' The Gas
Tank Delivered
Opening of the new gravel pit dut
on the plum road, last week, caused
some worry to fall to the Texas Com-
pany distributor, Rudy Seeberger.
The crew needed a lot of gasoline
and the idea of driving to the city
each time, wasn’t in line with their
method of expediting matters.
Rudy Seeberger got busy, spent
some money telephoning and a lot
of patience and worry attached, but
he finally got things lined up and is
happy to add another big sale to the
general list. Even unto that there is
an annoyance connected with the gas
rationing and drum placings.
• • •
Meat Cutter At Minimax
Store, Houston
Max Rosenberg, meat dealer at La
Grange for many years, is now, ac-
cording to a letter received by the
Rambler, “meat cutter for the Mini-
max Stores in Houston.” Max says
that “occasionally he goes off on a
cattle buying tour” for the company.
Friends of Mr. Rosenberg will be
pleased to know that he is holding
his own, and is in good health.
• • 4
Brief Visit And Return To
His Houston Job
L. J. B. Rose, La Grange citizen
on South Madison street, who has
been at Houston for several weeks
where he has been employed by the
government, spent a part of Satur-
day and Sunday in his home town.
Mr. Rose states that he has taken
over the responsibility of overseer in
one of the government maintained
projects and is kept busy each day.
With his knowledge of building
and painting, he is in position to keep
an accurate check on all material and
supplies and see that the same is
properly used. *
• • •
Lamenting Already Because
There’s No Rain
Local gardeners, albeit those who
have cleared a spot for a victory gar-
den and read the news that tells of
how to make a garden and what to
plant, are asking: “When will it
rain?”
Rambler admonishes them to go
easy, it always rains at the right
time, whether late or early. Indica-
tions now are that vegetable gardens
will be late this year. At several
homes in and near to the city, onC
can see where the hired man or the
member of a family has been busy
with the spading fork and the rake,
moistened strips of land evidence
their willingness to keep the plant
encouraged.
We will have rain; remember, how-
ever, that the prognosticator contends
that there will be frost on Easter
Sunday. You still have the month of
March in which to plant vegetables
that are tender in frosty weather.
• 44
Former Citizen Diee At
Houston, Saturday
Julius Koester, for many years a
citizen of La Grange, died at Hous-
ton, where he had lived for twenty
or more years, last Saturday; aged
60 years.
Julius was a son of Dr. A. Koester,
for a quarter of a century the “coun-
try doctor” out at Cedar, at present
one of the “ghost” villages of the
county. The family was identified
with thp many musical and other so-
cieties prevalent in their prime, and
later removed to La Grange.
The notice that appeared in the
Houston Post tells that Julius Koes-
ter is survived by his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. Oral White and Mrs.
J. W. Gordon, Jr., and Julius G. Koes-
ter, a son, now in the navy.
• * •
TRANSFERRED
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jackson and
son Franklin have been transferred
from Goodrich, Texas, to the Shell
Station at La Grange. Franklin is
attending La Grange High School.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND
CREDITORS
What Is “Income Tax?”
Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, D. C.
•+
When, Where, And How Taxes Are! tor of internal revenue for the dia-
To Be Paid trict in which the taxpayer’s return
Taxes due on a return filed for the is required to be filed—-that is, to tha
calendar year 1942 may be paid in collector for the district in which i»
full at the time for the filing of the located the taxpayer’s legal residence
return on or before March 15, 1943.1 or principal place of business, or if
The tax may, at the option of the he has no legal residence or principal
taxpayer, be paid in four equal in- place of business in the United State*,
stallments instead of in a single pay- then to the collector of internal reve-
ment, in which case the first install- nue at Baltimore, Maryland,
ment is to be paid on or before March 1 In the payment of taxes a fraction-
16, the second on or before June 15,
the third on or before September 15,
and the fourth on or before December
16, 1948. If the taxpayer elects to
pay his tax in four installments, each
of the four installments must be equal
in amount, but any installment may
be paid, at the election of the tax-
payer, prior to the time prescribed for
its payment. If an installment iB not
paid in full on or before the date
fixed for its payment, the whole
amount of the tax remaining unpaid
is required to be paid upon notice and
demand from the collector.
The tax must be paid to the collec-
al part of a cent is to be disregarded
unless it amounts to one-half cent or
more, in which case it shall be in-
creased to one cent.
The tax due, if any, should be paid
in cash at the collector’s office, or by
check or money order payable to
“Collector of Internal Revenue." In
the case of payment in cash, the tax-
payer should in every instance re-
quire and the collector should furnish
a receipt. In the case of payments
made by check or money order, how-
ever, the canceled check or the money
order receipt is usually a sufficient
receipt.
COZY PROGRAM
FOR THE WEEK
TO THOSE INDEBTED TO, OR
HOLDING CLAIMS AGAINST
THE ESTATES OF CALLIE
SPEED. DECEASED, AND F. G.
SPEED, DECEASED.
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
COUNTY OF FAYETTE.
Notice is hereby given that letters
of administration, with the will an-
nexed, of the estate of Callie Speed,
deceased, were granted to me, the un-
dersigned, on the 21st day of Janu-
ary, 1943, by the County Court of
Fayette County, Texas,' in connection
with the probate of her last will, as
well as of and relative to the joint
estate of F. G. Speed and said Callie
Speed, who were husband and wife,
both now deceased, in the premises
and for all legal purposes, being
Causes Nos. 4257-A and 4257, Probate
Docket, said court, the husband hav-
ing predeceased the wife, and I quali-
fied as such on Jan. 23, 1943.
All persons having claims against
said estates, or either of them, are
hereby required to present the same
to me within the time prescribed by
law, and those indebted to said es-
tates, or either of them, are asked to
come forward and make settlement.
My residence and post office ad-
dress are Muldoon, County of Fay-
ette, State of Texas.
OREL FRANCIS SPEED,
Administrator, with the will an-
nexed, of the estates of said dece-
dents, Callie Speed and F. G.
Speed. (7)
THE OLD JUDGE SAYS...
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THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF FAYETTE
TO THOSE INDEBTED TO, OR
HOLDING CLAIMS AGAINST
THE ESTATE OF H. J. ALBERT,
DECEASED.
I, the undersigned, having been
duly appointed independent executrix
of the will of the estate of H. J.
Albert, deceased, late of Fayette
County, Texas, by the Hon. E. A.
Arnim, Jr., Judge of the County Court
of Fayette County, Texas, on the
25th day of January, 1943, and hav-
ing duly qualified as such, hereby
notify all persons indebted to said
estate to come forward and make set-
tlement, and those having claims
against said estate to present them
to me, within the time prescribed by
law.
My residence and post office ad-
dress are as follows: Fayetteville,
Rt. 3, Fayette County, Texas.
This the 26th day of January, 1943.
TONY ALBERT,
Independent executrix of the will
and estate of H. J. Albert, de-
ceased.
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“The Palm Beach Story”
Eighty-seven sninutes of comedy
for Wednesday and Thursday nights;
“The Palm Beach Story”—featuring
Claud?tte Colbert, Joel McCrea and
Mary Astor—tells of the girl who
wants a divorce, her husband is an
engineer; she runs off to Palm Beach
for a decree. Comedy and laughs,
awkward predicament and plenty of
entertainment. Renunciation and re-
conciliation follows and it all boils
down to a field day for comedy per-
formances by a dozen characters who
give you your money’s worth.
“Little Toyko,*U.S.A.”
Friday night another of the series
of spy stories certain to please all
typos of audiences as the plot does
not border on mystery, but is reveal-
ing at all times. It is the story of
a detective whose beat is little Tokyo
in the Los Angeles district. He smells
trouble brewing with the Japs near
the fatal date of Dec. 7. As he gets
hot on the trail of a secret radio
transmitter, he is stymied by a cou-
ple of slant eyes. Requires clever
manipulation and the aid of a pick-
pocket to keep the detective on the
job.
* * *
“Fighting Buckaroo”
Charles Starrett, Russell Hayden
and Kay Harris are featured in
another western thriller that holds
the attention of an audience from the
first flash on the screen. With the
usual plot and the efforts of the law
to abrogate the practice of the vio-
lators, coupled with enough romance
to make good a change of scenery,
the story is told in big chunks, fur-
nishing ample excitement, so common
with western plays. Starrett is again
seen in his clever riding and has good
support throughout.
• * »
‘That Other Woman”
Romantic drama for Sunday night;
Virginia Gilmore, James Ellison and
Alma Kruger have the leads in a
story that deals with the scheme of
a secretary to snare her skirt-chasing
boys. In the campaign she is aided
and sustained by a grandmother.
Failing to attract the romantic atten-
tion of the boss as the parade of other
women moves along, she reaches into
grandma’s past; she wins. She brings
her man to her and the loser with-
draws as gracefully as possible. A
romantic drama that carries mem-
ories.
“The Moon And Sixpence”
W. Sommerset Maugham’s best
selling novel dramatised, next Mon-
day and Tuesday nights. This picture
is apt to prove a sheer delight for
discriminating, artistry appreciating
audiences. The story is biographical-
ly that of a middle-class, talented
Englishman who deserts his family
to pursue a painter’s career. Loath-
some, cynical, tortured, he ultimately
finds happiness in Tahiti. Thera is
a strong touch of the estray tinea
that makes it all the more interest-
ing. Splendid cast protects the play.
DIED IN CONNECTICUT
“A lot of storekeepers in town are worry-
ing about being able to get help these days.
Judge. Men are mighty scarce and gettin’
more so all the time.”
“I know. Even the big companies are
having quite a job getting them. Yep, and
they need ’em too. Take the beverage dic-
tilling companies for example...they need
a lot of manpower. Though they’re net
making whiskey any more, they’re doing a
24-hour-a-day job of turning out alcohol fer
gun powder and synthetic rubber for the
governmenL
“Makes me think back to the days before
repeal when a powerful number of people
were making liquor, too...only they were
a bunch of law-flouting criminals doing it
behind closed doors. And the government
v asn’t collecting a billion dollar excise tax
< Iher. Ever stop to wonder where the gov-
< nment could get all its war alcohol today
if it weren’t for the beverage distillers?”
Conjerwne* oj Akohotic Hftnmg* /nduMirum. Inc.
Mrs. Sam Alexander, wife of the
oldest son of A. Alexander of lM
Grange, died in Connecticut, Sunday.
Mrs. Alexander, bereft of her has bend
mnny years ago, outlived her five
children. She was residing with one
of her grandchildren at the time of
her death.
The body will be brought to Hemp-
stead for interment beside her hue-
band. The funeral services will be
held at Hempstead, Wedneedey.
Newspapers To Carry
Message From U.G.C.
%
United Gns Corporation plans to of-
fer its services to the customer in
solving his wartime problems in its
1943 advertising prograni and, as
heretofore, newspapers principally
will he relied upon to carry the com-
pany’s messages to the public.
This announcement was made by
J. C. Dezelle, district manager of the
company, in a recent statement issued.
Through its familiarity with cook-
ing and other household services, the
statement pointed out, the company
will plan to direct its advertising so
as to offer whatever aid it can to gas
users in nutrition and conservation
matters. In addition, the program will
include a series of advertisements
giving interpretations of the free-
doms for which America is fighting
in this war.
“Our 1948 advertising program ia
based on the fundamental concept
that winning the war comes first,**
the announcement said. “Although
our company is engaged directly in
war service through furnishing gaa
to war industries, we recognize a fur-
ther obligation to offer our services
to our customers in their efforts to
cope with wartime restrictions, and
thus perhaps aid in upholding morale
on the home front.
“Our approach will be from the
standpoint that food is, and will be-
come more and more, one of the most
vital factors in war. Since it is our
business to provide fuel for cooking
in a large number of the homes in
areas served by our company, we feel
that we should do all we can to help
the homemaker solve her food prob-
lems.
“For example, point rationing of
many foods will be established in
February; also meat to be rationed.
While rationed amounts will be ade-
quate, and every American family
will willingly co-operate in order to
help win the war, nevertheless some
of the homemaker's problem remains
to be solved. The family accustomed
to eating more than two and one-half
pounds of meat per person per week
will be interested, we believe, in
knowing whether there is any way in
which that amount of meat can bo
made to go further through proper
cooking than it otherwise would go.
“Illustrating the point further, it
happens that the natural gas indus-
try has made In its laboratories ex-
tensive studies ofr meat shrinkage.
Through prolonged tests and experi-
ments we have found how beat to pre-
pare meat, how long to cook It, and
at what temperatures it should be
cooked in order to reduce shrinkage.
An improperly roasted piece of meat
weighing five pounds, for instance,
can shrink as much as 80% in the
oven.
But savings In the volume ef
foods through proper cooking is only
half the story. It is of even greater
importance, as we are told by the nu-
trition experts of the government, to
take care that foods are cooked In
such a way as to preserve their vita-
min and mineral content This ia ne-
cessary in order to build and main-
tain national health in wartime, when
health la so important Overdone—
and especially overboiled—foods fra*
quently result in destruction ef the
life-giving element* within thejn*
Underdone food, ef tours*, ia
inedible, and results in waste,
field also, as in many other*
to nutrition, the uciapaay foal* it
in position to help Ms customers
learn to attest and wok properly tfc|
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