The J-TAC (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 16, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 28, 1941 Page: 4 of 4
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PAGE FOUR
THE J-TAC
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 19'
AMERICA LAUNCHING FIGHT
ON INFANTILE PARALYSIS
PREPARING FOR FAT STOCK SHOW
New York, Jan. 23.—From Maine
to California and across the Pa-
cific to the Philippines, millions
of Americans prepared this week
to launch the all-out offensive of
the 1941 "Fight Infantile Paraly-
sis" campaign.
Keith Morgan, National Chair-
man of the Committee for the cele-
bration of the President's birth-
day, declared that the first half
<?f the campaign had brought forth
a national response unequaled in
any previous drives against the
crippling invader.
Following the example of Gov-
ernor Herbert H. Lehman of New
York, the governors of many states
have issued proclamations calling
upon their citizens to give their
whole-hearted support to the drive,
Mr. Morgan said. Across Ameri-
ca, the "March of Dimes," the
"Mile-O-Dimes," "Home Parties"
and snorts events were rolling in
hundreds of thousands of dollars
with which to buy health and hap-
piness for victims of the disease
and to attack the virus in labora-
tories.
Oklahoma Town First
The town of Maud, Okla., be-
came the first community in the
country to complete its quota.
In fact, its war chest was filled
when the campaign opened, on Jan-
Majestjc
Theatre
Tuesday and Wednesday
"Michael Shayne
Private Detective"
with
Lloyd Nolan
Thursday and Friday
"The Westerner"
with
"Gary Cooper
Saturday
"The Bank Dick"
with
W. C. Fields
Sunday and Monday
"Comrade X"
with
Clark Gable and Hedy Lamar
Dr. J. S. Nutt
DENTIST—X-RAY
Qffice over A. & S .
Stephenville, Texas
Qffice phone 423
Kes. 419
Welcome College Students!
City Barber Shop
"We Appreciate Your Business'*
Across from Western Unign
CALL A
YELLOW CAB
Phone—323—Phone
"Yea, Plowboy"
uary 13. Closely following were
the counties of Conway and Gle-
vure, Arkansas,
Thy Sports Events Council, head-
ed by Grantland Rice, and the
sports events committee, with For-
mer Postmaster General James A,
Farley as chairman, informed Mr.
Morgan that 180 benefit contests
and exhibition matches will have
taken place before the campaign
closes on January 30, President
Roosevelt's 59tli birthday.
The enthusiastic "Mile-O-Dimes"
drive directed by George Allen,
former Commissioner of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, gained momen-
tum throughout the nation last
week as city after city, aimed at
the goal of at least enough dimes
to stretch a mile. Mr. Morgan dis-
covered that the number of dimes
per mile is exactly 89,872.34.
"March of Dimes"
The nationwide "March of
Dimes" supported by Eddie Can-
tor's "March of Dimes of the Air,"
continued to roll in unprecedented
contributions, according to reports
reaching national headquarters.
Meanwhile, the women of Ameri-
ca were busy with "Home Parties"
which raised thousands of dollars
for the war chest against infan-
tile paralysis. Mrs. Franklin D.
Rosevelt set the style for this
type of celebration at her party
for women campaign workers oil
January 14.
The great multiple-unit retail
establishments headed in the drive
by General R. E. Wood, chairman
of the board of Sears, Roebuck
and Company, all have reported
record-breaking contributions in
their stores.
Labor Unions Helping
Labor, under the chairmanships
of William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor and
Philip Murray, president of* the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions has conducted the most vig-
orous battle in the long war
against infantile paralysis.
The railroad systems represent-
ed by J. J. Pelley, president of
the Association of American Rail-
roads, this year have given their
unstinted support to the distribu-
tion of coin containers and greet-
ing cards in which coins may be
inserted.
Mr. Morgan also revealed that
during the year, the United States
has increased by 60 percent its sys-
tem of defenses against infantile
paralysis. These "fortifications," he.
said, are the chartered chapters of
the National Foundation for In-
fantile Paralysis which have in-
creased in number from 646 to 1,-
048 since January 1940.
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The main entrance to the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show is undergoing a face-lifting opera-
tion for the forty-fifth annual show, March 7-16. The architect's drawing shows a part of the §75,000 improve-
ment program to the stock show plant. A brick and stucco blockhouse type of ticket office is being built im-
mediately in front of the coliseum. Remodeling work is under way in the coliseum, which will be the scene of
cattle judging and the world championship rodeo and horse show twice daily.
"The discovery was later made
that the store clerk had carelessly
left a cartridge in the magazine
of the gun when he was demon-
strating it to the buyer.
"It has been said, and it does
seem true, that all the happiness
that had once glorified Mona's life
wc-nt into the making of her child
and left her completely."
I found myself looking from the
stranger to the woman and child
and back to the stranger. He looked
at. me with a look that told un-
numbered stories. "You wonder How
I know," he said; "I am her fa-
ther."
Norma Ruth Moser,
PERSONALITY PARADE
YES SIR!
The; way your hair is cut makes
a great deal of difference in
your appearance
MAJESTIC BARBER SHOP
Armstrong & Beene
LAUNDRY
AND DRY CLEANING
We Call for and Deliver
Army Consumption
Of Food Interests
Local Poultrymen
To give some idea as to the
quality of food being purchased
for soldiers in army camps, it has
just been learned that the follow-
ing- is -a sample order: Cases of
eggs, 9008; fryers, 25,000 pounds;
roasters, 11,059 pounds; hens, 46,-
415 pounds; turkey, 41,066 pounds;
duck, 1,434 pounds; butter, 219,-
000 pounds, and cheese, 29',714
pounds.
Contracts for these poultry and
produce items were awarded in
San Antonio to Texas concerns
by the War Department January
17. They are for the use of various
military units in the Eighth Corps
Area, but units located at Fort
Bliss {El Paso) and the camps
in Louisiana were not included.
The government purchases its ar-
my food supplies on a month~to-
rnonth basis. When all Southwest-
ern training camps receive their
complete quotas of men, the amount
of food consumed, it is reported,
will be tremendous.
The Texas Poultry Federation, of
which A. H. Demke of Stephen-
ville is executive secretary, states,
in a recent bulletin, that "this is
yot only 'food for defense' but it
also is 'food for thought.' This
consumption will have its effect
on our Southwestern poultry in-
dustry before very long."
Western Union
Crew Of Sixteen
Here For 30 Days
A crew of 16 men, located in
Stephenville, is engaged in replac-
ing old wires with new ones for'
the Western Union Telegraph
Company in this vicinity.
The local crew, in charge of
George Coffey of the Dallas West-
ern Union office, will work out of
Stephenville for a period of about
one month. Another crew is work-
ing in the vicinity of Lampasas.
It is believed that the company's
present program of improvement
;calls for stringing new wires all
the way from Brownwood to Fort
Worth,
Your Birthday? ....
Jan. 21 Ruby Lehman Sims
" " Elroy McWilliams
" " Marcella Paschall
Virginia Pullig
Jan. 22 Fanell Cotton
" " Lloyd Fox
" " Roland Van Roeder
" " Mrs. Nell Reynolds
Jan. 23 Texada Camrud
" " Dorothy Slaughter
" " Frances Daves
" " Mary Louise Poe
" " Janice Rogers
" " Leslie Sheldon
Jan. 24 Bette Logan
" " Nancy Lovett
" " Rudolph Mock
" " Louis Sherrill
" " George Moon
Merle Procter
Jan, 25 Edwin Carlock
' " Harry Haynes
" " Bill Riley
Jan. 26 Merle Calvert
" " Ben Cowling
" " Dot Farrish
" " Maxine McLeod
" " Samuel Clayton Jones
Jan. 27 Betty Joe Beene
" " Marjorie Wall
1' " Faye Stone
" " Raye Stone
Jan. 28 Clay Larry Allen
Jan. 29 Houston Lee Braly, Jr.
" " Odell Ramon Western
" " Clayton Warte
Jan. 30 William Bryant
" " Charles Edgar Curler
" " Mary Rogers
Jan. 31 —Jack Baker
" " Joy Gerald
" " Rachel Henderlite
" " Jeanne Jamison
" " Louis Montante
" " Leta Parham
THE STRANGER
The pale dawn sifted through
the leaves, and darkness lifted her
mantle from the shoulders of the
trees in the park beyond the south-
ern edge of the metropolis.
Because my sight is somewhat
impaired, I blinked my eyes; and,
looking again, I discerned a grey-
haired man about my age, I decid-
ed, seated on one of the greyish-
white stone benches so common to
parks. He leaned forward • on his
cane, one hand placed over the
other. He seemed not to be staring
but placidly looking at the ground.
As I approached him, he seemed
rather to sense my nearness than
to hear my footsteps. I greeted
him, "Good morning, stranger."
He smiled faintly as he replied,
"Good morning-. Won't you sit with
me here awhile?"
I seated myself beside him, and
I realize now that he graciously
accepted my tobacco pouch when I
offered it. As soon as onur pipes
were lighted, I noticed that day-
light had come.
People hurried down the path
in front of us—men going to work,
women rushing forth to do their
early morning shopping, and girls
scurring to the factory.
On the other side of the path
a woman dressed in black with a
brown kerchief tied loosely about
her head sat half-watching- a lad
of about six years. The beauty
of his blond curls and the blue
suit he wore was doubled as he
leaned over the lily pond to watch
the fish swimming there. I seem-
ed to see them suddenly,'"as if a
picture were flashed on a screen
before my eyes. I tried to look
away, to look at the people that
passed between us; but the passers-
by were only as transparent shad-
ows that moved quickly before me.
Yes, I tried to look away from the
woman and child, but the look in
her eyes that seemed to see things
and look past them too and the
happiness that gleamed in the
child's eyes held my attention as
nothing- else could possibly have
held it.
The stranger, made aware of the
spell, looked me fully in the face
and slowly said, "You noticed the
expression of her eyes, yes, and
the expression of his, the lad's too,
I daresay. Well, my friend, I know
them quite well. Would you like
to hear their story?"
I nodded energetically, and my
eyes, nearsighted though they are,
twinkled, I know, for I longed to
hear the story.
"Seven years ago Mona was
young and beautiful. Her hair
spread in golden tresses about her
face; the sparkle of her eyes was
rarer than that of a diamond, and
she often laughed the sincere
laughter of youth and happiness.
She was in love. The days were
few before she and Hartley were
to marry.
"Time passed on wings and the
wedding day had come. After the
wedding numerous gifts were
brought, so many that everyone
decided to wait until the follow-
ing night to open them.
"The following evening brought
many of their friends to the house;
and after a long evening of dining
and dancjng, yes, and drinking,
they decided the gifts should be
opened. Mona drank only one glass
of champagne, but Hartley emp-
tied his glass again and again.
They sat together on the couch
opening the gifts as they were
brought to them by Sam, the but-
ler. One of the presents, an ex-
pensive hunting gun, lay in a box
in Mona's lap. It had just been
opened; and as Mona lifted it from
the box for the guests to see, Hart-
ley in his drunken haste reached
out to take it from her. In this
second of confusion the gun was
discharged, and Mona screamed as
Hartley collapsed at her side.
We dedicate this week's column
to the fairer sex since it is they
would like to know
more about that'
wonder of wonders
and most incompre-
hensible personality;
— Dick Eddleman!
You know, the one'
with the 'grin thai'
rivals those in the"
tooth paste adds!
Though Dick may not recog-
nize himself when we get through
using him for cannon fodder in
this blitzkreig word sketch, we
still feel that the girls, especially,
would like a little insight into the
character of the tallest, darkest,
and handsomest tall-dark-n'-hand-
some on the campus so here goes!
Some folks may not realize it
but Eddleman really is good for
something besides an ornament for
admiring scrutiny, as his Tarleton
pedigree shows. He was "promot-
ed" from a last year member of
the Student Council to this year's
vice-president; from a last year
member of the Lords and Common-
ers Club to this year's president;
and from where every cadet starts
to this year's major of the 'first
battalion. Not bad, is it? He is also
a member of the Press Club and
director of after-dinner danccs.
Dick (his real n^me is'Richard)
was reared in Cowtown (Fort
Worth to those of you who aren't
familiar with Western lingo), and
graduated from Paschal High.
When he started growing up (phy-
sically, we mean of course, what
else?), he was ashamed of his
big feet; but since he came to
Tarleton, he's got over that—there
are plenty of other cadets run
ing loose o;i size eleven.
Steak about that ■:
thick is his favorite food, and g<
is his favorite sport. He play
left fielder in intramural baseb?
last year. And he said somethii
about tiddle-dewinks—can't remei
ber what. Probably just a han
over from his childhood days.
Eddleman won't incriminate hi]
self by saying whether he. lik
tall, short, or middle-sized gi]
best—he just likes girls—(His p«
iod was as emphatic as an exel
mation point!)
He plans to finish his educati
at Texas University. The partic
lar city he lives in when he e
ters business doesn't make a
difference to him, just so long
it's in Texas.
Before he was old enough to re*
ize how futile was such a noti<
Eddleman wanted to be a millic
aire. Now he's decided that b'ei
a banker is the next best thing
can do since at least he'll get t
feel of greenbacks as they s
through his fingers into the vai
If he fails in the banking bu
ness, we'd suggest that'he conti
a tooth paste publicity offi
Wouldn't it be fun to see D
grinning from bill boards all o1
the country?
Where Beauty is Made More
Beautiful
LUCILLE'S
Beauty Shop
Phone 246 West Side Squai
Start The
NEW TERM RIGHT
Trade At
Cawyer Drug Co-
"Nuf Sed"
C OX'S
For Quality
Clothing
Open 1941 Infantile Paralysis Campaign
HOT DOGS
Dr. S. D. Naylpr
Office over Cawyer Drug Store
on Worth Side of Square
Office Phone 130 Eea. 30
DAFFYNITIONS:
Skeleton—-A bunch of bones
with the people scraped off.
Blotter—What you look for
while the ink dries.
Death—Leaving to be among
those not- present.
Senior—One in the last stage of
torture.
Wind—Air in a hurry.
Weather—Something to talk
about.
Hat—Something on nothing.
County Line—Something you go
over to escape.
WPA—Willing Paper Assort-
ers.—Th Crane.
:
Join the Army of
smokers like yourself who enjoy
MILDER/ BITTER TASTE
President Roosevelt's birthday on January 30 will open the annual
"March of Dimes" campaign agahist infantile paralysis. Last year morr
''.an $1,450,0C0 was contributed. At tlie left is shown lovely Nana Gollner,
ar of Nov? York's Dallet tlira?cr, "hcprlrssly crippled" from infantilp
paralysis at the age of three. Efforts to restore the use of affected limbs
.re shown in pictures at the right.
he next time you buy
cigarettes ask for Chesterfield...
and join the army of Satisfied
smokers all over America who
are getting Real Smoking Pleas
ure from Chesterfield's Milder,
Cooler, Better Taste,
YOU CAN'T BUY A BETTER CIGARETTE
til
Copyright 1941, Liccett & Myehs Tobacco Co.
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