The Crosbyton Review. (Crosbyton, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, July 26, 1940 Page: 1 of 8
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CROSBYTON, CROSBY COUNTY, TEXAS,
JULY
1ILABLE NEXT
l^rm security Adminiatra-
bringing its farm purchase
1 to Crosby county for the
this year and tenent
aspire to own land
. application* from now
[ 31, 1940, it was aiuioun-
hy FSA Supervisor,
Jr.
blanks for these
under the provisions
ead Jones Farm'Ten-
be obtained at the
Office located at the Court-
, Crosby ton.
)ftlM are repayable over a
iwer period at three per cent
St A variable payment plan,
the payments ore smaller
or years and larger in good
ip provided. This method
^rm ownership <s
_ the au^rvlaoF 'Wild,
tgjag demonstrated by some
fanners in Texas who have
these loans and as a
have repaid more on them
come due. "No down
Is required, Mr. Reed
Voters Expected to
Over 2500 Ballots Sat.
Go To The Polls And
Yftte In Primary—
Saturday
There is a total of 2310 persons
in Crosby, county eligible to vote
in Saturday's primary election by
the poll tax franchise route, for
this was the number of poll tax
receipts issued. This number, how-
ever, does not take in the exemp-
tion re
CANDIDATE SPEAKING
BEGINS AT 8iS0 PROMPLY
HENRY A. WALLACE
""VicTn^eaTae^^Wmiriee TO
Democratic Partv
Candidate speaking-atCroa-
byton tonight in the District
court room will begin at 8:30
o'clock sharp, said Judge E. A.
Watson, chairman of the coUnty
speaking program said here this
week.
started
_ "with a national ap]
In 1937 of only- $10,000,-
j eover the entire United Sta-
i its success has been de-
this fund has been m-
The current session of
authorized $50,000,000.
to whom loans are
are chosen by a committee
farmers.
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FIRST CALL THIS
YEAR IS MADE
BT COMMITTEE
■We will fcegia on the dot
said the judge and if you want
to start with the program be on
hand at that time.
JULY MARY
ffrnahy.
well as Texas state candidates
are now on their last "roundup"
Today is on$ day, and tommorrow
makes two days in; which to
still suffer the agony dtf jmspense,
but by midnight "Si&tuifay night
the fun? will all be over. It's
too bad they all cant be elected
for they have all worked hard at it
and. all the Crosby cou£ty candi-
r^eipts and also the,overs,, ^ates have run a fine, ^ race
Following is the way the county
candidates who have opposition
will appeaar on th ticket:
For County Judge; r Ben F.
nicks, m. h. jamm.
For Dlstner c ftc; Mrs. Jessie
Davts, W. V. Hamea John O. In-
gram.
For Sheriff; Elmer H. Jones, R.
C. Wood, Roy E. Hillin.
Ear Aaaeaaor-Collector: burii b.
The cemet iry committee is
making the first call this yeivar
for funds to Continue work of a
caretaker at the Crosby ton ceme-
tery. The work has been taken
care of by a generous donation
from a church organization and
sale of cemetery lots. These funds
have" been exausted and it now be-
w«g family t „
nittvinv tina vi/ffk ) comes ncccsB&ry to &sk for don a-
REUNION THIS WEEK ^ ^ tQ contlnue
(T). Worley'and family of the
tHains is attending a family
at Whitney, Hill county
t week They left here last Fri-
the reunion was Tuesday
rweek. Many people from
nt section of the state were
inllr. Worley said. They also
fishing t
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fft FE CARLOAIHNG
I Afiftanta Fe Railway System
for the week ending
(0, were 22,118, as com-
. with 20,470 for the same
1939; Received from con-
5,269, as compared
for the same week in
The total cars moved were
1, as compared with 25,894
rlfee same weefc~fer-*939. The
handled "a total of 29,663
the preceding week of
VISITS DAUGHTER
[Mia. S. J. Dendy spent the week
i ia Lamesa with her daughter
McKinney who is ill
l> D^ea hospital. Her grand-
I Jerry McKinney accompaanied
is spending the week
Mra.vEarl Florence and
s, Danny, Jacky and
, spent Sunday in Slaton
Florence's parents. They
the way of Lubbock
Mrs. Clay Henry and
Clair, at Saint Mary's
Griggs and son Char-
r was the week
of Mrs. J. L. Young and
b,rf
H
ids' *HMeni Joyce and Gayle.
ipdayIIMERS
iQSTLY LIGHT
•RATUREHI
Of rain visited the ooun-
Sunday afternoon and
ged from a sprinkle to
Jn some localities iii the
. Portions of the county
k* received aa much as
was the report of far-
that community, and it
'''South-to the highway
measurements.
also fell in the Mt.
nmunity and on the
about three-quarter^
was reported. W. H.
he received three-
:«f an inch, while T. W.
■outh of town reported
\ Only .13 of an inch was
■t Crosbyton.
*e showers were very bene-
aeoording. to the farmers
.J®®** that it would revive
end also the young
VTBT, aOWivVr,
rain aoon If the
to yield very
have run high
week and two
tut (mired
' merk. Maximum
roe the week have
1 to 101.
the work for the remainder of the
year.
Those who have bought lota or
who anticipate buying lots can as-
sist in this commendable work by
the committee if you v/tU make a
payment if at all possible on your
lot. No assessment for any def-
firiatearnount£-has been made but
a generous donation will be ap
preciated.
D. C. Cure who has chaat-ge of
the work has the johnson gra3S
all killed out by constant care in
cutting it and both the old and
new addition is in excellent con-
dition; all trees, shrubs and flow-
ers have been kept watered and
cared far as evidenced by their
wonderful growth.
Please hand or send your dona-
tion to one of.the committee, F.
M. Dunn, C. L. Dyer, Mrs. W. M.
Rom an e and Mrs. W. M. Curry.
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happenings Abound the
theatre
which is estimated to be around
500, making the total voting stren-
gth of the county this year ap-
proximately 2800.
Candidates in the many county
races will finish up their campaign
tonight, at which time, they will
apeak in Crosbyton in the district
court room.
Full Vote Expected
Voting at the election here to-
morrow, is expected to bring out
almost full strength of the county,
it> the belief of those who are clo-
sely observant of election years.
Two years ago the greatest num-
ber votes cast for any one person
iir the candidate list was 2572 vo-
tes. The vote this year will pro-
bably exceed that.
There is 16 voting precincts in
the county, compared with 15 and
even 13 a few years back. Cros-
byton the largest voting box in the ,, Tfn,recruits were added to™th3
county polled 641 votes in 1938, j States AlW Lubbock
Ralls the next largest polled 607. Tuesday and sent to Fort Bliss (K!
be increased over iPaso) Texas' wher¥ they will be
Little, Clay Henry,
For County Treasurer: Tom L.
Davis, Lewis H. Benton, Mrs. Ada
Powell.
E. A. Watson for County At-
torney, without oposition. Emzy
Pieratt, for County Clerk, no oppo-
sition.Geo. E. Mayes, for County
surveyor, without an opponent
and Ernest Smith for County
Commissioner, without opposition,
and R. EL Karr for Justice of the
Peace, Prect. 2, no opponent.
In the District Attorney race,
Lloyd Kennedy, Burton S. Burn
State Senator, Hop Halsey,
Jack Douglas; Representative
to Congress, George Mahon,
C. L. Harris, M. D. Ramsey; State
Senator, - Marshall Formby, ATvin
R. Allison Dan Blair is running
for District Judge with no opposi-
tion.
TEN ARMY RECRUITS
GO FROM LUBBOCK
will probably
that of 1938.
Here is the way the county vo-
ted in 1938. when the greatest
number -of yotes cast, was 2572.
Ralls, 607; Estacado, 75; Cone
138; Mt. Blanco- 49, Pansy 166.
Rogers 20; Robertson 142; Crosby-
ton 6*1; Lorenzo 245; Kalgary 59
I New Home 84; Cap Rock 114;
Farmer 101; Big Four 50; Faii-
view 41; Pleasant Hill 39.
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election return at
nickson drug stoke
Jack Arthur, own er of the
Queen Theatre has just returned
from Dallas where he has been
Election returns Saturday night
will, as usual, be posted on a big
board up on the balcony in front
of the Nickson Drug Company
store on the corner. Bill Nicksoa
said here this week.
Election returnes should begin
booking pictures for the month of i tQ come |n partially between 9 and
August. For the first time in
months, Mr. Arthur, seems plea-
sed with the pictures obtained for
the whole months program. Fact
is Jack thinks that he has about
the most intertalning group of
movies that he has ever assembled
in one monthr
Back though to this week end.
Coming Friday and Saturday
night for the election special the
Queen is Double Featuring Gene
Autry in OH SUSANNAH, with
the out standing picture THREE
CHEERS FOR THE IRISH, star-
ring Pricilla Lane, Thomaas Mit-
chel, and Dennis Morgan. You
can see both these shows either
•FViday or Saturday nights for 10c
and 20c. There will be no tax
GHOST BREAKERS.
on adult tickets for this program
10 o'clock and by 12 o'clock coun
ty returns should be pretty well
all in sufficiently to determine the
county election and for those who
will have to make the runoff race.
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simmons team to
play wake sunday
[Paso) Texas,
assigned to the calVarv and medi-
cal department.
Frank Williams, Harvey H. Day-
ton, and Robeert JS...Andersen Aof
Kress, Ted L. TolliSoif of Herefor.:
Edward H. Eslinger of Stratford,
Dee O. Witt of Kalgary and Clar-
ence ScOtt of Ralls were enlisted
for the Calvary.
.—Theodore Cooper of Lel^ors, Ha -
inan L. Henderson of Brownfield
and Luie N. Norris of -Colerhan for
the medical department.
This station has many openings
for unmarried men of good charac-
ter betweefi the age of 18 and 35,
without any dependents. .They
must be sound physically and abie
to pass a fair mental examination.
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Mr. and Mrs. E. K. Jacob and
baby of McCamey have recently
moved here to make their home.
They are residing in the W. D.
Lamar residence on North Crosby
Avenue. Mr. Jacob is employed as
mechanic at Joe Johnston repair
shop.
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Mrs. R. L. Darnell received
Directors For Crospy
Fair Chosen; Se#t. 17-18-19
16 Varieties Of Agricultu
ttLEmdncte Narps.
- sary To Enter
W. M. Romane as President, W.
T. Dunn, Vice - President, and
and Frank E. White, Secretary-
Treasurer, were elected Saturday
at a meeting of the Crosby County
Fair Assooiation to serve as offi-
cers of the association in these
respective places. These men to-
fgether With Jack Arthur, W.
Young, Charley Parker, Be;f F.
Hicks, Ralph Howe, and J. T.
Singleton, constitute the directors
of the organization. Dunn, Howe.
Romane and Young, will serve for
two years, and White, Arthur,
Parker, Hifks, and Singleton will
serve for one yeaar.
Fair To Be Sept. 17, 18, 19 "
The date set by the board for
a fair this yaai
ber 17, 18, and 19,
Hie board agreed that 16 var-
ieties of agricultural, fruit and
vegetable crop would be required
of each community. Previously
the requirements were 25 varieties.
The committee appointed to di-
rect publicity and arrange-1940
catalog is Ralph Howe, J. T. Slng-
Mton, and Frank White.
Prizes to be awarded in the live-
stock and poultry division this
year will be open to all, was tne
decision of the board of directors.
Previous to this year it has bee.,
open only to 4-H and FFA club
boys and girls.
The next nfee^g of the board
will be held on August 3rd, at 2:
30 P. M„ secretary White stated,
and urged everyone who was in-
terested in the fair to attend this
meeting.
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RAY HALTOM IMPROVING I
BAPTIST REVIVAL
The Baptist revival will begin
here ^undflgr July 28, said Rev;
WoeW. Guioe, pastor of the local
church, hem this week. All the
people of the community la invited
to attend these services, Rev
Guice stated.
Services will be held each morn-
ing aat 10 o'clock at which time
Rev. Johnniee Cohen'will preach'
and sing. At the night service
the pastor, the Rev. Noel V. Guice
will preach.
TTie meeting is scheduled to last
for two weeks, closing on August
11.
U.
s. army recruiting
station lubbock, texas
IS BROUGHT HOMkM An -opportunity to earn $75.00
per month while learning to be an
aviator with all expenses paid by
the United States Goverment is
now available to young men of the
Nation.
Unmarried men between the
ages of 20 and 27 yeaf* are eligi-
ble to receive this tntijMjfe. They
must be citizens olf^aka1 United
States and must have two years
college work or pass a written ex-
amination in lieu thereof.
They also must be of excellent
character, sound physique, and ex-
cellent health.
Graduates of the Flying Cadgt
course will receieve commissions
Wiley Curry with his ambulance
and V. R. Haltom accompaning
him went to Teague Tuesday after
Ray Haltom who has been con-
fined there in a hospital recujie-
i ating from a broken leg sustained
in an automobile accident two
weeks ago.' They reported Ray
doing fine on their return Wed-
nesday mornliig.
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california visitors
The Simmons ball team will play
the Wake team at Wake Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, it was
announced here this week.
painful injury when she fell in her
apartment in the Collier building
while cleaning house last week.
She fell with her aim in a pan
of lye water burning her arm sev-
erely.
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A called meeting of the
County Land Use Planning
mittee wu held on Thursday
18, in the diatrict court room,
S. F. Starrett, chairman of
organization preaidning.
Members .and visitors
were: S. F. Starrett, Ralph
Mrs. DeWey Wells, W. H. Hamea.
H. P. TCiton. T. H. Holmes, Allan >
Smith, R, R. Reed, Mrs. H, T.
^nider. O. J. pSdIerr Roy J. Tcrrull
W. A. King, Mr. Reynolda, Chas.
O. Reed, W. T. Dunn. Miaa Caro-
lyn Dixon, Jack O. Bradshaw.
Communication from the State
Committee was read and a report
of the election of atate committee-
men at College Station was gtvwtt
by Allan Smith, official detogate
to the atate meeting from Crosby
County organization. |
The following aub-committeea
Legislation, W. T. Dunn, W. H.
Hamea; Land Uae Map, Jack O.
Bradahaww, R. R. Jonea.
Soil Diatrict Election: R. A.
Reed, W. T. Reed, Lielan Caddell;
Wheat Improvement: O. J. Edler,
L. D. Huckabay. R. L. Whaler: Joe
Catching.
A report-was given from each,
of the agencies repreaented at the
meeting outlining in some detail
the services offered from these
agencies to. the farm and ranch
families of the county.
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THERE SHALL BF.
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NOHUNGERUSA
Mr. and Mrs. Aubry Ely of Cali-
fornia spent Tuesday night her?,
guests of his cousin A. D. Bowen
and family.- Mr. Ely has been in-
Asia Minor the past four years
working for a California oil com-
pany.
He has some interesting exper-
ences to tell of his trip home
through the Mediterianneau sea. - . ...
One story is of an air plane drop-l^my Officers pay during this ser-
ping a bomb on his ship and a bale
Since the dawn oriflstory hun-
ger and the fear of hunger hias
driven men to war. And nalkwa
have had to have food to defend
themselves. No nation has ever
been so secure in its supply of food
and fiber as America is today.
Never has a nation been given
such a guarantee of abundance
aa that.aasured the.United St&to!!
by the American- farmer, *kays"
George Slaughter, Chairman Tex-
as Agriculturaal Conservation As-
sociation Committee.
Futher he says, tliat America's
granaries are full to overflowing
with food and fiber, for America
has the evernormal granary that
_- _ ,.L_ TT1, | stores the abundance of fat yeara
as Reserve c rs in 'against any possible scarcity in
States Air Corps. They will serve
to the extent permitted by Con-
gressional appropriations as Offi-
cers of the Regular Army Air
Corps, And will, recieve Regular
of cheese stoping the bomb pre-
venting great damage to the ship.
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Wiley Curry, Mr. and Mrs. Pete
Marsh and Mrs. J. A. Coward
made a business trip to Guyman,
Oklahoma Monday. Mr. Curry
went on to his old home at La-
Verne, Oklahoma.
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Mrs. Myrtle Dawdy, student
nurse at West Texas Hospital is
spending a two weeks vacation
with her mother, Mrs. A. B. Knott
and with friends at Claude.
OLD fSETTLERS MEET AUGUST 15-16
PAY TRIBUTE FOR HANK SMITH
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, rtnA Good Program Planned
rr^.1 I r„r two 1% oaY*
comedy for 10c to all. Preview
Sunday, and Monday, Bob Hope,
and Paulette Goddard, in GHOST
BREAKERS. You remember this
comedy j|team in THE CAT AND
THE CANARY. Well,_wher2
there ia HOPE there Is life, and
there ia plenty of Bob Hope in The
While waiting for the election
returns Saturday night rest ana
relax in comfort, at the Cooles-
spot in Town, THE QUEEN
T H E A T R E.
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Lige Ellison has returned from
his wheat farm near Hereford Mr.
Ellison said he only averaged 1
buahala of wheat to the acre. He
has completed harvesting and
plowing hia stubble land.
Q-
W. M. Wright of Dublin was
here this weak with k truck load
of fine peaches raised on hia farm.
Mr. Wright afeatea that they had
gia beei corn crop In M county
he had ever seen
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Jack Arthur made a business
trip to Dallas Tuesday. R. L. Or-
trip
man
accompanied him.
Barrett Martin Jr. tit LuUbock
waa the gueat Monday of Jamea
Roy Blliaon.
In Mid August
The fifteenth annual West Tex-
as Old Settlers reunion will take
place this year on Thursday and
Friday, August 15 and 16, at the
Hank Smith, Memorial Park tei B-Que Pit.
miles north of Crosbyton, R. B.
(Bob) Smith, manager of the or-
ganization said here Friday upon
his arrival here from hia home in
Lubbock. We are planning for i
bigger and a better reunion thia
year than we have ever had, he
said.
Mr. Smith waa having post
carda printed with a pioneer
catchet on them, also sticker* for
automobiles and more than 200
plackards to be distributed over
this entire section of the county
advertising the "event.
The Dudley Shows will again be
one of the main Attractions of the
annual event, Mr. Smith said, and
they have added to their carnival
many more attractions than they
have ever had before. "The old aet-
tiara dance isralwaya very popular
with old tlmara. Ttoeae dances
will atari -at 8 o'clock p. m. each
evening and ran ttr.. /
Speechea by * ploneera will
he held each day. Thoae
pioneers who were here in
the early day will tell of their ex
pgri*n< ft -ftad-jelate incident^ that
will be familiar to all the early
settlers of this country. Modern
dancing wilnhave a place and will
be held both nights of the reun-
ion. , And a big item of the reun-
ion will be Big Jim Robinson Bar-
Mr. Smith stated that the arbor
was being seated with new lumber
and other improvements being done
at "the ground.
ALBERT G. HINN
DIES AT PLAINVIEW
Albert G. Hinn, 59, chairman of
the board and principal stockhol-
der in the Harvest Queen Mill at
Plainview, died last Friday in a
Temple hospital He had lived in
Plainview for 32 years.
Hlnn's firm operates elevators
at Ralla, Lorenzo, Croabyton and
Petersburg. The Harvest Queen
Mm ig the largest industrial enter-
prise in Plainview.
He is survived by hia widow,
four children, Harold' and ..Robert
and Missea Virgian and Marian
Hinn. -
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MUM Francaa Oldham ttt visiting
college friends ait Cfcsyeen Wyom-
ing.
TWO DAY GARDEN SHORT
COURSE AT TEXAS TECH
A two-day garden short course
will be held at Texas Tech August
2, 3, under the joint direction of
O. B. Howell. Proffessor of horti-
culture, and Mi8s Clara Pratt,
Lubbock county home demonstra-
tion agent.
Garden club officials and mem-
bers, home demonstration agents
and others interested are invited
to attend. No fee will be charged
for the course.
A tour of gardens and wind-
breaks at the college and in Lub-
bock will be made in the afternoon
followed by a banquet at a down-
town hotel that night .
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ART SMITBL TAKES
SOB JUS CORPUS CHRISTI
vice.
During the period of training
with tactical units of the Air
Corps, the Air Corps Reserve Of
ficer has the opportunity to ob-
serve all various phases of avia-
tion and, in addition to build up
his flying experence toward the
objective of ever Air Corps Re-
serve Officer a total of 1,200 hour-*
flying time.
the lean years. The Ever-Normal
Granary is on millions of farms, in
thousands of roadside bins, and in
countless elevators.
Wheat and com and cotton to
feed and clothe the multitudes are
there. Three times the normal
supply of wheat has been put into
this storage, and added to the new
crop it gives us more than a mil-
lion bushels for the coming jpear-
half again as much as we would
normally consume, says Slaugh-
ter.
The Ever-Normal Granary for
corn holds three times the usual
A'j
This ^accomlished, he will be eli- carryover ,and the corn -means
Art Smith, who has been elictri-
clan for the Crosbyton Municipal
Light and Power Plant ainoe its
opening, will raaign the first, .of
August to take a simiiaar' piAcL
with the Broom Electrical Com-
pany, which has the electrical con-
tract on the big Naval Base, bull-
ding at OwpuS tihristl. He ex-
pects to take Wk new plaoe about
August first.
gible as to total flying time to se-
cure a rating from the Civil Aero-
nantics . Authority as an Airline
trnsport pilot.
At present Airline Pilots re
ceive an average of $600 per
month and co-pilots from $190 to
$350 per month.
In Addition to intensive flying
training the Air Corps Reserve Of-
ficers during his tour of extended
active duty, receives instructions
in Air Corps Navigation, Engi-
neering, Radio, and Armament.
This special training helps to
qualify the Air Corps Reserve Of-
ficer for administrative and ex-
excutive positions in the industry
Aviation leadera agree that the
best foundation for the majority
ef positions in the field of aero-
nantca is through pilot'training.
Eligible young men Interested in
i the opportunities offered to Flying
Cadets should apply in prson at
the U. S. Army Recruiting Station,
Room 217 Post Office Building in
Lubbock or at the Army Recruit-
ing Stations in Amarillo, Plain-
view, Childre8a, Pamp< Sweet-
water, or Big Springs, for physi-
cal examinations and application
blanks. j ^
These stations also have open-
ings in other branches of ,the Army
for young men not eligible to be
Flying Cadets or who are more
the Service.
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- Mrs. J. L. Tinsleey was down
voting an absentee ticket Tuesday
before leaving for a visit with
her daughter at Lubbock and tike
J, O. Tinsleys at Tahoka.
' PYmwiiai^ .C.
Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Tackett
sons of Tulsa Oklahoma were
w ek and guests of hia
J. a Tackett and family.
old-fashioned
pork and lard, beef and mutton,
milk and butter, poultry and eggs.
If there were a cotton crop fail-
ure, we should not go Without be-
cause the Ever-Normal Granary
now has more than a full year's
supply.
The American farmer ia thaC-^0
most efficient, on earth and he
now has the most, efficient storage,
system on earth. America's burs-
ting bins of food and fiber are the"
farmers' reply to the bursting
sheila in Europe. Come what
may the American farmer with hia
Ever-Normal Granary is ready tor
the defense. _ - —
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REUNION PICNIC
B1
There wilt be an
gefr-together, reunion and
for the ex-residents of Hill, ««■*«-
son, Ellis, Navarro, Bosque, Ham-
ilton and Erath counties at Buf*>
falo Springs Lake near Lubbock,
off the Slaton highway on 8afcu*
day August 3, it has been announ-
ced by J. Y. Boyd, secretary of the
committee In Charge.
There will be no Charges fbr the
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