The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1942 Page: 1 of 10
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The Hereford Brand <0
MAKE EVERY PAY DAV
BOM) DAY
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Publuhtd Every Fhuraday
Our Slogan—"Word People—Mora Forme"
42nd Year—Number 35
Rain Totals
500 Tons of
2.75 Inches
*
I
Members of the county
war
Evangelist
Siahts and Faces Seen
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f
lid
!
Six
with their pledges the county
»
in-
is
held
«
the-
i .said.
the auspice* of the Farm 'he American Farm Bureau Fed-
under
which was expected to be fairly i
which
m
St Anthony's Parochial School
ervisor. warned this week.
coming term and as ye:
fig- I game of the season with Dim-
ness minister. The local board
s
1
t
ti
s
a
Junk Pledged
By Farmers
Public School
•Faculty Shows
More Additions
War Price And
Ration Board
Sets Tire Dates
War Work For A
Just Peace Is
THDA Program
Wheal Crop Insurance
Deadline August 31
Legion Collects 620
Records—Will Still
Accept Contributions
Funeral Rites Pending
For Father of Glen Weir
f
f
t
t
month
menu
Smith
Lewis
railroad coounistionar. unexpir-
ed term
The county judge's race wu
the only contest left undecided
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of local farm problems will fol-
low the talks.
k
first of September will be
.teesed penalties 4 from 15 to
925
1
e
1
Haro
new minister!
. a..d
o
current problems will be discus-
sed
Featured speaker will be R O
PAGES
Electrified
Form Homer
"but one ISM in America—and that's AMERICAS ISM”
_______________—T—> Pw WqM!
men's. Duke reports 5.493 claims P«Wic schools, is expected
totaling 941.349 * —--
been Aid I
so far
Rev L B Rickman
the Christian Church a: Plain-
view who is now preaching at
tne Christian Church in a ser-
ies of Evangelistic services.
year how much is now
and
which >'annlng sugar is now need
rd
Mimp No X
Stamp N<» x i if. d for five
p ut.d* t ugar anv time fr in '
now until October 31 This five
pound ail wance d'»es not. how-
ever. lncrea.se he week.y allow-
ii."r of one-half pound for each
per.-wm as the 'tamp Is simply'
e "id for a longer period of ‘ime
than other stamp- have nee;. No
■her tamp and at 'his t:m<-
Benefield Sale Offers
Good Machinery Values
Ordered for local physical ex- him in classification IV-F by rea- .sand more are expected
mlnation were **“ *“—‘----* --‘ '—*“■ ' ** ---- —* '
W
If you want to insure your
1943 wheat crop, you'd better
hurry to your county AAA of-
is stated f;ee and get your name on '-he
war
Wil-
a report on
Mare Island ship vards >
IT-D
Ill-A
Doris Harding Myatt.
n-B
occupational
B V Armstrong of Borger
will b« acting railway express
agent in Heref<>rd until Sept-,
ember 1 while regular agent
Sank Ramey is on his vacation
Farm Meeting Attracts Farmers From
Four Counties Here September 2nd
Farmers from four counties of . the necessity for a strong farm
this area will hear latest re-' o^wu^., jind^ many^Iwr
ports on legislative and admin-
rative decrees affecting agri-
___ _ _ 10
P M. in the Deaf Smith Coun-
ty courthouse at Hereford All
Interested farmers are invited
■to attend.
The Hereford Bronct Hereford, Texas, Thursday, August 27, 1942
Buy Federal
Car Stamp Or
Pay Penalty
Minton. John Casebeer. Jesse D
* .Clayton. Seth E Clark
’ * IV-F
(Thus classified on army
amination) in effect
Otis A Jones Delbert C Knight Retained In Cla«s lll-A
and George H Murrell. Guy H Edwards, who request- insurance have been received in
Take Physical Exam i “* “ ----- "—* **
\«%Deaf Smith
B Service Board
I lowing men
Tuesday Bond
Sale Night At
Movie Houses
Miss Ara Lewis of Hereford,
survives
(> her survivors arc three sis-
ter- Mr- Birdie Petrosa. New
Mexico Mrs Rose Wheat and
Mr- Alice Bruster both of
Blanket. Tex
. l. , . . ... . .. ------------this year is the pre-i a wries of sub-district mee
was no.ified of his classification der the new plan In which the da *' ** the public schools, flight courae. which school auth- lings scheduled in the Panhan-
before he took his first physical producer insures his crops for the Father Nathaniel Madden an- orities said was filling up rapidly u,- nex.
"L : v' " 2‘_ _ ~ -7’ ye*r*' E R Duke. ‘hls wcpk- stalln8 that with upper-classmen ’_____
Football practice s'arts Tues | a world at war
Reports will be given by state
and national Farm Bureau lead-
ers on some of these issues fac-
ing agriculture today as brought
i whose forceful presen-
tation of agriculture's position
ha- made him a widely-known
and popular speaker through-
out the South
W M Deck ul FtmHBn. vice-
president of the Texas Farm
Bureau, will preside and dis-
cuss various points Brought out
at the Raleigh conference, and
G W Haggard of Waco, editor
• of Texas Agriculture. Will ex-
plain latest developments in the
move to increase the produc-
tion of synthetic rubber from
out aT the recent Southern re- grain A round-table^dtacuaaion
gtonal farm conference In Rai- ! ~* * " >-•— —
sigh North Carolina [-^— — - t M
Effects of ceiling prices on The meeting^ will begin at 3 30
agricultural commodities, the
farm labor situation, the all-;
;ut battle to maintain full pro-
■fetlon through parity prices.
duccrs who had crop losses have P°SRlble enrollment; though the
been receiving Indemnity pay- ' Pawhial 2ch.°o1' M well as the
_ L Z-2-----—. * _----1
123 bushels have ** some increase as the re-, ..
to Texas producers .“U®1 defense acUvltteteJn the at the high school
Until ttt* efnH rtf •
dressed
The V-Mail service provide- a
a special letter sheet form a
Large Number Gel Classifications
Under Selective Service Regulation
Classified lart week by the Clou A Kemp Anthony Hoff-
County Selective man Collins Arnold
were the fol-
I
Funeral services were
yesterday afternoon at the fam- -
ilv farm ih ini rthwe-t 4 Here- Tnfprpct f,nnn
ford tor Mr- Georgie Elizabeth Uol UUUU
old w ho d.ed * .
At Christian
Church Revival
Wm McGehee says he can't
get his candidates elected so he
is going into the onion business
There may be a companion
here but Mr McGehee was too
polite to point it ou' • Anyway
he really is successful at grow
tng onions and this week brough
m a 31 ounce specimen to prove
it
manufactures, 'he
offered is a good
time
Lloyd Otten is auctioneer and
Ray Barber sales manager
—-----o------
Biggest Senior Class
In History At HHS
Mrs Carl Cockrell went to
work last week as bookkeeper for
the Consumers' Fuel Associa- I
tion Mr- Cockrell takes he
place of Mrs George Miller who
has left to make her home in
Beaumont.
that post office authorities are Mr
still having some trouble with Ohio The widow, two other
New teachers named for the letters which are incorrectly ad
elementary schools are Mr- Hel-
en Pruett Carter. B M N T
8 T C. who will teach music
Miss Lillie Lloyd JacksiWi of Ab- conioina lon letter and envelope
rrnathy a graduate of W T 8 of uniform sUe and design -and
C who Will teach social studies, the message .name and addre.v
Miss Winnie Lee William.’ Chil- (of the addressee and return ad
licothe who holds a M 8 de- addrem of the writer are all in-
gree from W T 8 C. and Mis.- serted in a plainly marked space
Lsiutse Ma- er*. Sweetwa er. a on the inside of the envelope
graduate of T S C W who will There is also a place for the ad-
teach art and handwriting dress on the outside of the en-
New teachers previously nam- velope but this serves only to di-
ed include Miss Lucy Hedge- rect the letter to a port of em-
coke Miss Mary Katherine East- • barkatloi. where it is opened and
•r Mk» Georglne Falls. Mirs ■ the Inside message and address-
Charlotte Wheat Miss Mary Lou 'ea- lr photographed
Hawkins and O M Stewart , iContinued on Page 10>
Fill Out All Addre
Blunks r.n "V Mail
Lewis 66 rears old who died
suddenly M >nday af ern >on
Mr.- Lewis was m the yard
with her daughter M:-s Ara
Lewis, when she was stricken
Mirs Lewis was unable to move
her mother and had to get help
from neighbors Mrs Lewis died
almost immediately
A resident of Deaf
County since 1921 Mr
came here from Quanah
make it do -or
then. When
to the end of your
rope, tie a knot and hang on ”
Mrs Wilson, who will make re-
ports to all home demonstra-
tion clubs of the county, will
give specific suggestions as to
how tome demonstration club
members can carry out this pro-
gram
Recommendations of the con-
The campaign for records for vention Included one that coun-
fightlng men" in Hereford has ty judges be asked to name wo-
netted 620 records, which have men to serve on county ration-
already been shipped Command-
er J C Ricketts of the Ameri-
can Legton announced oday
However Mr
that the campaign
George C Moody, deputy col- '
lector of the Bureau of Inter-
nal Revenue, tagged about 100
can in Hereford last week and
and stated Monday that he would be
issue women revealed that there are here again some ime after Sept
Renfro announced approximately 500 tons of vit-
Meanwhlle. 1943 insured pro- r*l*a»ed on the mitt.
The senior band started prac-
tice last Thursday night and
sessions will be held each Tues-
day and Thursday night at « 30
I auditorium
until the start of school W
Mrs. Liston Wilson and Mrs R.
which began Sunday at L Campbel; delegates to Tex-
as Home Demonstration conven-
ed continue through Sunday night tion in Fort Worth last week.
“ .. .U. -u zw.lv >n» Han..h- services. Sept. « have returned to their home
3 j .... • ' u. .. . -zi Young people meet at 8 30 county club w ork with
Price Per Copy S'
Baird Heads Ticket
In County Judge Race
. ___________
I In a vote considerably .’mai-
ler than that of the first pri-
mary Deaf Smith County Sat-
urday elected Fred W Baird the
Democratic candidate for coun-
ty judge and reversed the trend
of the first primary by giving
James V Allred a plurality over
his opponent W Lee O'Daniel
who was renominated by an ap-
proximately 14 000 vote plurality
according to state-wide returns
of yesterday
.Mr Baird was elected by a
41 vote margin over his oppon-
ent. L H Foster, and Allred
lead O’Daniel by 40 votes in
this county I>at Smith voters
also gave Judge E C Nelson a
good margin in his race for the
civil appeal? bench, but Judge E
L Pitts of Lubbock was the vot-
er's favorite in the district.
Other state officers choaen
Saturday were John L. Smith of
Throckmorton County. Lieuten-
ant governor. Jesse James, state
pastor of treasurer, and Beauford Jester.
mobile tax stamp
About 6<) of the cars tagged
ip to their -alvaite' belonged to owners who had
later than Saturday purchased a stamp and had it in
date of the nation : their possession but failed to,
stick it on the windshield or
some other place where it would
be easily visible Ten owners
made affidavit that the
_ __ . stamp was lost or stolen and
ty and is a good indication of 22 owners bought stamps on the
secretary the wealth of scrap meta! which >rder of
he board, on every week-day is
from nine until
and on
n laiid in *mittee for the -plendid
the number of quarts tor help of the 120 volunteer work-
er- who assisted in th? canvass
last wei'lt and for the p.edges
■ f cooperation by farmers 4 he
territory
\ .1 Svhroeler said to-
day that persons - ishmg to
tontribute their scrap to the
.'ominunitv scrap pile can
leave salvage materials otj
the lol hack of the N E.
Milburn Servi.e Station
g .th toe him ■ "I a -co •
teac.net for the high school and
four more teachers for the eie
mentary grades the fa< ilty ot
the Hereford Public Schools was
c mptete his week as reg.s-
_ratu»n of huth school student-
started
New teachers named by Sup'
Ra.nfall at Hereford since las' ‘
'Thursday has amounted to 2 75
inches to bring the :otal for the
month to mure than six inches
However, the hard ram which .
fell here last Friday night was
spotted over the county, and not
all areas have received as heavy
rains as fell here .Moisture Mon-
day nigh, amounted to 145 in-
ches and war reported general
over the Hereford territory
Farmers, eager to get into the
fields and start fall planting j
operations, this week were ready II
for the rains :o stop, and potato J
growers report that digging has
been considerably slowed up by
the rains
Benefit to r >w crops has fleen
great and a good season provid-
ed for wheat by rains this i
month Forty year figures show
August to be the wettest month
in the vear in this area and 1942
is proving no exception
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Local Woman
Dies Suddenly
services. Sept. 4
Young people meet
o
cep' Saturday for a brief wor-
ship service preceding the regu-
lar preaching service which
starts at 8 45
Response has been good to
■lie messages ot Rev L B Rick-
man. pa-tor of the
Some unusually good values in
farm machinery and livestock
are feature offerings at the sale
tomorrow afternoon at 1 30 o'-
clock at the H L Benefield place
llx miles northeast of Hereford
on Highway 60
H L and .Mark Benefield, own-
ers are selling the equipment
because of the difficulty in sc-
aring labor to carry out farm-
ing operations and with the
-hor'age of new- farm machinery
equipment
buy at
College Round Up Set
For Early Edition
Going to college this year?
If you are. The Brand
would like Io have sour
name, the name ot the school
you will attend and your
classification, because this
year as in the past we will
publish a "round up" of col-
lege students and we want
it to be complete
So if you are going to
college call Mrs. John Mc-
Lean. society editor, at num-
ber 191. and give her the in-
formation she will need for
her story. Try to call with
in the next week as mans
enflegea start their fall term
by the second week in Sept-
ember and The Brand wishes
to publish the story a few
days before the annual col-
lege exodus starts.
And another Hereford citiz
eti who has been displa;. ng some
prise produce thus week ts H H
Hawkins who brought in a very
tine peach H«- did not give the
name >f the variety but if Mr
H.« whins raised very many
peaches like that sample he
certainly disproved the sat>-
iConttaued >n Page 10>
Interest wa.-r reported excel-
lent this week in the revival
meeting
the Christian Church and will
armed forces oversea* us now well Funeral arrangements were
Miss Hancock has a B 8 degree pe t the exprrlmen’al stage but [lending information from one of
from North Texas Sta •■ Teach- that post office authorities are Mr Weir's sons, who lives in
era college still having some trouble with Ohio The widow, two other son.’
and a daughter Mrs L F Lill-
ard live in Friona
with their pledges the county No penalty was charged those
will be doing its part in avert- who an acred the first call last
Renfro repeated the in mg a threatened slow-up of in- week but Moudy warns 'hat the
atraettons concerning applies- du*trial production because of owner of any car tagged after the
tion* for canning rugar stating .ack of raw and salvage mater- first of September will be as-
that applicants must bring the iab>
rationing bo..k for each mem- Vriin Streu A J Schroeter
her of 'he family mu*' k: .* A R Bateman and Leonard Fu?
how much fruit was canned last t<r express th' appreciation of Hereford Girl Appears
On Radio Program Sunday
rusting on America*
nine until 12 ace. rding to members of
Tuesday and county .--alvage committee
Petross.
Rose Wheat.
Bruster both
and one brother
Aaron Hulsey. Sulphur Springs
Rev Marvin B Norwinid was
in charge ot the last rites
‘Continued on Page IO>
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Around
Town
i tn
1 have returned to
at 8 30 county elub work with added
clock each week day night ex- enthusiasm for the home dem-
onstration mo.to. "all-out
work for a just jreace " Mrs
son sa.d today in
convention programs
Approximately 4.55 delegates
and visitors representing 171
pastor of the Plainview counties of the state at ended
Christ.an Church and evange- the convention which emphamr-
list for 'he meeting and Here- ed the club program of eat it
ford people have especially en- up. wear it out
joved the song service under the do without” and
direction of Rev S W Hutton you come
(Continued on Page 10»
The salvage canvass conduct-
Wednesday ed last Thursday by about 120
begin- Deaf Smith County men
The motion picture industry
has been designated spearhead
of th* September War Bond and
Stamp campaign and Hereford
Theatres will join with those of
the rest of the nation in staging
a "Salute To Our Heroes’ at
nine o'clock Tuesday night.
Sept 1. Manager Chas Hard
, wick said today
The show wil; stop, the colors
will be displayed and then will
come a brief talk urging the
purchase of bonds Mr Hardwick
states that he will give a free
theatre ticket to every person
who buys a bond through the
theatre
The theme of the campaign is
Buy a Bond to Honor Every
Mother's Son in Service." and
the plan is based on sentiment
and pride in the local men who
are fighting the war
Already sales of bonds through
?lrLS-<iLA!2.erlca their enrollment Tomorrow
is set for the enrollment of stu-
dents who failed to come in on
the day set for then classes and
by next week a fairly clear pic-
ture of high school enrollment
Miss Dorothy De» Wilde 12-
vear-old daughter of Mr and
Mr • Frank Wilde ot Hereford
will be presented in a radio pro-
gram Sunday afternoon at 3 45
o'clo k ver radio s ation KFDA
in Amarillo
Dorothy Dee a student of Mary
Rober's Warner of Amarillo has
also studied under Miss Mat-
tie Mac Swasher of Hereford and
has made an unusual record as
vocalist
She has appeared on other ra-
dio programs but this is the
first on which rhe will be he
V C Weir 82 years old father featured artist Last week Doro-
of Glen Wetr of Hereford died thy Dee entertained
P tma-'er J R Llpac >mb'his early Wednesday morning at his her mother s home demonstration
| Knox Kinard and the board of week i*"inted out that the V-Mail h >me in Friona .-tub and gm -.t-s with a vocal pro-
education include Miss Pauline erv.ce recently instituted for Mr Weir had lived in Friona gram when he group met at
Hancock, who will teach biology .communication with men in the since 1910 the Wilde home
and eheodatry in the high school armed force'oversea* i* now well Funeral arranoementa were o
man. Collins Arnold Wilkins.
Jack Knox. Vernon Charles Wof-
ford. Wallace H Mlles Burrice
Edwin Rhode.’ Edward Henry
Paetzoid. Earl Harte Rea. Wesley .
defer- Hoyt Coker. Roger Bicknell Reu-
ben Clinton McGilvary. Jr.. Wil-
Chris M Jacobsen <welder in Ham Eugene Miller. Wiley Hicks
Roberson, Edwin Ray Watson.
Benjamin Thurman Atchley.
Preston iJehova Wit- Garland A. Higgins. Woodrow W.
Carmichael and Bruce W. Jones.
I In response to some inquiries
■ Inducted into military service recently received M
on August 17. 19421 again that selective service regu- dotted line
Pete Madrid, Clarence Scho- lations now require that the reg- por Monday, August 31. Is the
fteid. Clarence W Stokesberry. istrant take a local physical ex- last day on which applications
Edwin R Skypala. Ollie C. Curt- amination before being classifl- for Federal all-risk wheat crop
•••< isivsxa >zi vitv wzvr«**swi> ••
price and rationing board will
be in their office at the court-
j house on Munday
and Friday afternoons
nmg at two o’clock to _
ir>' Criss Renfro announced approximately 500 tons of vit- 1 U» check again on car owner.'
today, stating that hereafter no ally needed scrap metal on the who have failed to buy or pro-
applications for canning sugar farms of the county and prop- perly display the federal auto-
will be taken on those afternoon* erty owners co-operated whoie-
Thi.s change is being made ti.heaitedly in pledging to deliv-»
enable the board to du its work 'er the scrap to their salvage1 belonged to
more efficiently Mr Renfro' dealer not 1 .
stales, declaring that there have August 29
Keen such large crowds in the wide junk rally
office on some afternoons that The 500 ons pledged last week
it has been almost tmput>ible to is at least twice as much as
get any work done (has been collected in all prev- have
Applications for canning sug- lous salvage drives in the coun-
ar will continue to be taken by t,.
Mi Ruth Bowsiier secretary ’he wealth of scrap metal which order of the deputy collector
of he board, on every week-day is ru*ting on America * farms. Ten other car owners failed to
morning from nine until 12 according to members of the appear on the first notice Moudy
o’clock and on Tuesday and county ralvage committee who aid and 'hese delinquent.' were
Tliur*day afternoons from one declare hat if all property own- assessed fines ranging from 45
until six The rationing board er* bring in junk in accordance to 425
office closes at noon on Satur-
days
Mr
ftoid. Clarence W Stokesberry. istrant take a local physical ex- ja*t day on which applications
R RlfVIlttlll XklYllIllltimy IvMllCf cljA.OLsiFI- ds-se* *11 wiete
Singer. William T Lewis. James ed 1-A Formerly the regirtrant insurance can be obtained un- *111 °P«'n Monday. Sept 7. the high school this vear is the pre
was noJfied of his classification der the new plan in which the
i «'»ix taw. wwewsm ssasa •••«»* p**s^a*wms 1 I 111,
examination but for some time next three j,
ex- the other regulations have been Texas wheat crop insurance~su"p- the Franciscan steters from"Ama-
•—; ervisor, warned this week. •“ ------ * “
To date 3.387 applications for «•»<»* ye»r. i...
‘ ,S».ter.AIlPsl“ w111 ** ln chantc have only a little more than a
will be ready Mr Kinard said culture at a meeting to be held Arnold, organization^director of
The senior class will number
approximately 75. school auth- Bureau in Hereford Wednesday era ion
oriries say. and the junior class y-.ptf>mb^r 2
which was expected to be fairly conference.
small will be considerably larger f ,; mPrs from Deal Smtih. Old-
than was anticipated potter, and Randall coun-
, Only new study offered at the :i,.5 wm participate, is one of
same date as the public schools night
S bw *» as * • a» —- —■ l — • W a ■ * — - - -
> an- oritiex said was filling up rapidly dp. next for a consldera-
“-**' -*" 3' _ I ti°n of agriculture s status in
. -----— Tvw.ww.. v w ■ w.-■
.’i, &* *** <’,’ar®p of the day. Sept 1. in charge of Coach!
“ ".** "• H. V Stanton and the boys will
vl., (> nwwwxu.*, wiiv injur,,- uiniraiirf nave oeen receiveci in S|ster Aloysius will be in charge have only a little more than a
ed that the local board place the state office, but several thou- of st Anthony's school for the week to get ready for the first
***“*“*" ™ coming term and as yes no fig-i game of the season with Dim-
the following son of his being a Jehovah Wk-1
ness minister. The local board
Charles R Higgins. James Dlx- placed the registrant in Class1
on. Bill Alexander Montgomery. III-A and the appeal board held
Paul Frank Lyons, Charles Lee that the registrant had been
Alexander. Millard Martin. Roy properly classified by the locsl
William Morrison. Lige Cawthon. board.
I
Ing boards, particularly sugar
ra torung. Another recommen-
dation had to do with home dem-
Ricketts stated onsrtration club members co-op -
_ _ is not yet erating with army authorities in
closed and that any persons who providing some form of organiz-
have records to contribute should ed recreation in new army camps
call him or L H Foster and where U 8 O facilities have not
Legion members or represents- yet been provided
tive will call for the collection From the reserve funds accu-
j The old phonograph records mulated from the nickel-a-year
collected are melted down and state dues of the members, the
i the material used for new re- association ha> purchased 92.000
cirding.s for American Service worth of war bonds. Mrs Wilson
I Men «i all the War fronu.
With the biggest senior claas
in history. Hereford High School .
enrollment today promised to be
considerably higher than last
year Supt Knox. Kinard re-
por ed today as freshmen start- '
have amoun ed to $18,000,000 and
(Continued on page 10>
St. Anthony's
School Opens
September 7th
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Gillentine, Jimmie. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 42, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 27, 1942, newspaper, August 27, 1942; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1317987/m1/1/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.