The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1948 Page: 3 of 8
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TUB GAMXWKLL NEWS
Canto Nailon, anti-aaioon and
aattaigaratto crusader, was known
u "The lady with the hatchet."
Thomaa Jefferson la often called
tha father of tho Democrat Party.
Tha distinguishing feature of
Gothic architecture is the pointed
arch.
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Chances To Win
Are Offered
Any Caldwell Hoy
Graduating Thin Year With
Good Record Can Enter
tía*
Real Hat Shop
Mia I^ena Wetter
209 South Main-
Phone 2-6475
-Bryan, Texas
COLLEGE STATION. Pa .. 13-
(Spl.)—Any Culilweil boy gradu-
ating from high school this year
with a good scholastic record and
i¡fed of finunciul assistance will
have u chance to win his own col-
li kc education in a competition bu-
inir conducted hy Texas A&M Col-
lege. Notice of the 1948 competi-
tion, with entry Monks for Cald-
well hoys who want to compete,
were mailed to the principal of
Caldwell's high school today by
It. li. Ferryman, secretary of the
Texas AdtM College scholarships
committee.
l illinK A Need
Filling the need of givjng every
outstanding Texas boy a chance
to earn his own college education,
in spite of possible financial hand-
icaps, the "Texas A<feM Opportu-
nity Awards" proKiam is now in
its third year. It offers boys grad-
uating from Texas high schools
cach year a chance to compete for
four-year college scholarships pay-
ing $'¿<10 to $300 per year, plu. an
.i.-:<urunce of student jobs sufficient
t<< earn other necessary expenses.
Sixteen Texas boys who would
not have been able to enter any
college were given their chante 'i
11*1(5, thirty more in 1947. Their
records in college have been ex.
ccllent. This year's announcement
felder lists twenty-eight separate
scholarships, with the probability
of more being made available be-
fore the close of the contast.
Scholarship, character, evidence
of leadership and need of assist-
ance are the points on which final
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WE'RE LISTING ONLY A PEW ITEMS HERE !
Axes
... TO CHOP WITH
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... TO WHITTLE WITH
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...TO SEE BY
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JIM MARTIN, Mgr.
winners are aetoatad by a collage
eommittoe. Application blanks, now
in tha hands of local high school
principals, must be filled out by
the boya and returned to the col-
lege committee by March 16. From
these applications, finalists will be
selected to enter a competitive ex-
amination to be held at the college
May 1 and 2. Winners will bo
named on the basis of this exam-
ination.
I'rovided by Gift*
Provided by gifts of thousands
of former students of A&M, with
additional individual scholarships
donated by leading Texas citizens
and institutions, the Opportunity
Awards give outstanding boys the
chance in life which the sponsors
believe they deserve. With the cash
scholarship, an outstanding boy
can earn enough money to com-
plete his college expenses, and
still be able to do excellent college
work. The winner is required to
maintain a personal and scholastic
record satisfactory to the scholar-
ships committee in order to hold
his scholarship from year to year.
Ten of the awards each year are
financed by gifts of former stu-
dents of the college, seven by gifts
of Mr. and Mr*. Jesse H. Jones
of Houston, two by gifts of Clint
W. Murchison of Dallas and two
by the Will Rogers Memorial fund.
Single awards are from gifts of
Wofford Cain of Dalai-, the James
Robert Astin Memorial fund, the
Albert Manta bequest, the Ruby
Korth Memorial fund, the Julia
liall Lee Memorial fund, the Cor-
nelia Cooke Smith ID-quest, and
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Burns A
Brownsville.
Leningrad has formerly been
called both Petrograd and St. Pet-
ersburg.
John Hay was the !J. S. Secre-
tary of State responsible for the
"open door policy" in China.
The largest Protestant donom-
inaSons in the U. S. are the Meth-
odists and thw Baptists.
Members of the Industrial Work-
ers of the World were nick-named
"Wobblys."
* Matsonian Theatre •
* Caldwell. Texaa *
e*****« aoe
Thursday - Friday, Feb. 19 - 20
Lizal>eth Scott and Burt Lancaster
In
"Desert Fury"
In technicolor
Saturday, Feb. 21
Gene Autry
"Public Cowboy Ño. I"
Smiley Burnetie - also comedy
Montpelier is the capital of Ver-
mont.
Firing upon Ft Sumpler in April
18fil, was the first military act oí
the Civil War.
Nathanael Green was an Amer-
ican general in the Revolutionary
War.
Woodrow Wilson was the first
president to leave the U. S. during
hit term of office.
Robert E. Lee and George Meade
were the opposing generals at the
Buttle of Gettysburg.
Jefferson Davis was the presi-
dent of the Confederate States oí
Americn.
Sun. and Mon., Feb. 22 - 23
Direct from the world premiere
"Albuquerque"
In color
starring Randolph Scott and
Barbara Britton
Tuesday, Feb. 24
Bargain Night
9c —— 25c
"Silver Stallion"
and Thurs., Fob. 25 - 2fi
Lee Bowman
Up"
Wed.
Susan Hayward
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The Caldwell News and The Burleson County Ledger (Caldwell, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, February 20, 1948, newspaper, February 20, 1948; Caldwell, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth175794/m1/3/: accessed May 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Harrie P. Woodson Memorial Library.