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VOLUME 50
"Located In the Heart of the Panhandle"
CLAUDE, ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939.
"On the Rim of the Palo Duro Canyon"
NUMBER 33.
Billie Sockett
Bitten by {tattle
Snake Tuesday
Blllle Sockett, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Sockett, of Wayside, was
bitten by a rattle snake Tuesday,
April 4th, about 4 p. m. While the
little fellow Was climbing a hill
he fell and the snake, which was
a small one with 4 buttons, bit him
on the forefinger.
First aid was Immediately given
by John Morris and B. C. Woold-
rtdge. The wound was cut and
allowed to flow freely while at the
same time a turniquet was placed
on the arm to prevent the poison
from spreading to other parts of
the body. Billie was then rushed
into Claude and 30 minutes after
the bite, Dr. W. A. Carroll opened
the wound and used a suction pump
to remove the poison from the
wound.
The rattler was among the rocks
where Billie was playing at the
time. He was at a baseball game
being played in the canyon between
Claude and Wayside seventh grades.
John Moris and Le Roy Roberts,
the latter of Wayside, were super-
vising the game.
Billie remained at Dr. Carroll's
office until his parents came from
Wayside. They were notified as soon
as word could get to them.
After remaining at the doctor's
office from 4:30 until 6:15, his
parents removed him to his grand-
mother's residence In Amarillo,
where he was attended by Dr. J.
Ralph Carroll, who gave him a
special serium for snake bite and
attended him looking towards fur-
ther complications, He was doing
quite well at the time he left
Claude.
Mr. Morris, Mr. Wooldridge and
Mr. Roberts arc to be commended
on the quick work their did and
possibly saving Ills life.
It would be well for everyone to
learn what to do in case of a snake
bite as an occasion may present
its self at any time for the use of
this knowledge. These three men
knew before hand what to do and
thus possibly saved a life. The Boy
Scouts of Claude arc well trained
as to emergencies of Snake Bite
and will be glad to demonstrate to
anyone wishing to know, Just what
procedure to take.
As we go to press we learn that
Little Billie, after being carried to
Amarillo, was immediately taken to
the Northwestern Hospital, where
he received serium for rattle snake
bite. Dr. Ralph Carroll informed
this editor that he went to the
hospital to give him another treat-
ment later in the evening.
His arm was badly swollen and
it may be some time before he is
over the snake bite. Sometimes
such a bite from a rattle snake
settles in some part of the body
and it is years before they re-
cover entirely. His friends hope for
him a speedy recovery.
Snow and Rain
Visits This County
Wed. and Thurs.
Following a big rain throughout
the Panhandle country Wednesday
morning, we had something like a
two inch snow to look over Thurs-
day morning. It snowed practically
all day Thursday.
The rain seems to have fallen
from Chicago, 111. on down through
Texas as far as Dallas. The two
inch rain was very much appreciat-
ed. This snow reminds us that the
same date in April, last year, we
had a much heavier snow and a
severe north wind, in fact one of
the worst blizzards of the winter.
Stock suffered and some were
known to have frozen to death in
other parts of the U. S.
Wheat never looked better this
April. If the cold weather dosen't
bother It, there is a possibility of
one of the biggest wheat crops in
this county in many years.
It is hardly fair to keep a Claude
boy after school, Just because his
father worked the arithmetic pro-
blems wrong.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of the pres-
ident and president of the Texas
State Network, will speak at 2:00
p. m. Wednesday, April 12, on "A
Cotton Program for Texas." at
Dallas, Texas. Many will hear the
President's Son on this occasion.
After fighting for years to get in
the swim, some people around
Claude then start shouting for a
life preserver.
According to Brother Manchester,
there are many women who want
to go to Heaven Just out of
curiosity.
PIGEON EXPRESS
Margaret GlUen, 11 years old, a
patient In St. Clare's hospital, New
York, where she Is recovering from
two operation*, holds a pigeon which
lew from Elisabeth, N. I., recently,
bringing her a canary, the gift •(
I. N. (Ding) Darting, cartoonist and
enthusiast. The canary la
's
City and School
Elections Held
Sat. and Tues.
In Claude's City Election Tues-
day of this week, Mayor Doak was
re-electcd for another term.
In the alderman election only
two were in the race and two were
to be elected. They were J E.
Weeks and Ray Burton.
In the Claude trustee election,
two were to be elected and only
two were in the race. B. D. Walker,
present President of the School
Board was re-elected. Guydell Wood-
burn was elected as a board mem-
ber in the place of a. A. Mahler,
who refused to run again.
79th BIRTHDAY
Mr. C. O. Kight, Sr. had another
birthday April 1st and his may
friends and relatives remembered
him by sending presents, letters
and cards, reminding him that they
are glad that he is in the land of
the living on his last birthday,
April 1, 1939. Here is hoping that
be, a pioneer of Claude the past
half of a century, will see many
more birthdays in the City of
Claude.
Bryan Waggoner, owner of The
Wag-Inn, being an April Fool
along with Mr. C. O. Kight, Sr.,
had a birthday first day of this
month. He, too, has many friends
who wish for him many more
birthdays, and may his shadow
never grow dimmer.
C. R. Guyn says there is that
sort of fellow in every town, who
thinks he is a live wire because he
has everything charged.
Oil Booms Prove
Fatal to Some Towns
Suffering from Them
While an oil boom means wealth,
it also means mushroom growth1
and years of readjustment after the
big play is gone. It means that
city officials will find their fire
prevention equipment, their paving,
their water supply and their sew-
erage systems Inadequate. Bonds
will be voted to pay for improve-
ments and in the years to come
the payment of those bonds will be
burdensome.
Rural and city property will reach
undreamed of price levels, but those
levels will be reached only because
of feverish trading and when the
excitement has gone many will find
themselves holding the bag. Not
a few who thought themselves weal-
thy will find that they are bank-
rupt. Rents will be outrageous and
people will live in tents, shacks
and trailers. Many will find them-
•elves in dire poverty with wealth
ill around them.
Old friends will become enemies.
Tempted by the lure of sudden
wealth, some who have always play-
ed the game on the square will
commit acts of flagrant dishonesty
An oil boom means the coming
it undesirables. Crime will increase
\nd law enforcement will be un-
popular. Gambling will run wide
>pcn and liquor will be sold re-
gardless cf laws to the contrary
Men wlil be murdered and robbed;
vcmen will be assultcd. Leeches
langlng on the fringes of wealth
will crowd out the old-timers.
When the smoke has cleared and
the boom Is gone, you may have
an oil town and you may have a
ghost town. Whatever the result
you will not be happier.
Buch has been the history of oil
Booms—Sid McCubblns.
DR. KARL H. MOORE
Pastor of First Baptist Church
Brownwood, Texas
BAPTIST REVIVAL ENTERS
SECOND WEEK
Decision Day Services arc planned
for Sunday in the Intermediate de-
partment. A number of the mes-
sages from Friday through the
middle of the week will be based
on John's Gospel. Some of the sub-
jects discussed are announced as
follows: "The World Illuminating
Christ," "The Mivaculous Christ,"
"The Practical Christ," "The Soul-
Winning Christ," "The Sinner's
Christ," "The Light and Lifc-Giv-
ing Christ," "The Overcoming
Christ," "The Persecuted Christ,"
"The Crucified Christ," and "The
Living Christ."
All meetings arc being held in
the Methodist Church, except Sun-
day mornings. 7:45 p. m. and 10:00
a. m. is the meeting hours. Pray-
er meeting is held each evening at
7:15 and visitation groups are ask-
ed to meet at the church each
afternoon at 3:15. Services con-
tinue through Sunday the lGth.
All who play musical instruments
are invited to play in the orches-
tra. Mr. Floyd Panncl, leader of
the singing cordially invites all who
will, to help in the choir.
The messages of our visiting
evangelist are such as are calcul-
ated to bless all who attend, re-
gardless of denominational affilia-
tion. His chief interest is to bring
soul stirring messages from the
Bible that will help all who hear
him.
The public is cordially invited to
attend all services.—Baptist Church.
Armstrong Co.
Federation to
Meet Saturday
The Armstrong County Federa-
tion meets Saturday, April 8th, at
2:30 p. m. in the Court House.
The Fairview Club is sponsor-
ing the program on:
The Constitution of the U. S.
1. Origin of the U. S.
2. The Revolutionary War
3. The Articles of the Constitution
4. The Constitution of the U. S.
There is one thing nice in hav-
ing a grouchy and disagreeable
husband. You don't have to worry
nights when he stays out late.
Leo Patterson says he would like
to be the fellow they talk about
when they say, "he has more money
than is good for him."
iEaster
The pulpit and press, schoolroom
and platform have resounded thru
the many years with the words of
peace and love. There are Instances
when the echo has been heard,
that the need has been felt, that
the words have carried weight, but
this was only temporary and the
echo died away. The power of the
great of the earth is not equal to
the call. The heeding of the lowly
ones falls too far short to stop the
onslaught. What manner of man
will wc hear when he calls "Peace?"
One man said it, and the light of
an Easter morn brings its echo
again to us, a world in grave need
of its comfort. When a loving
voice, many Easter mornings back,
spoke the words of wisdom, "Peace
be unto you," the sound fell through
the ages to be repeated among the
peoples of the earth. But to what
avail! The love and fellowship of
man for man, has not vanished
from the world, it is there for us,
who are too engrossed to remember
that the wisest man has shown
us the way.
We arise with the radiance of an
Easter morning in our hearts, and
the lesson of an Easter teaching in
our homes. Is it not possible for
us to carry this lesson into the rest
of the year's Calendar? The resur-
rection and the rebirth, the chance
to live again, is given to us all.
There is no man in Armstrong Co.
who would not improve himself,
his morals, his entire existence,
when given another chance. Life
again, with its fundation based on
Peace, is a satisfying picture to a
hate-inspired world. It is Easter
that reminds us of the need to re-
make, remodel and remove. We
would wash the world clean and
purge ourselves of petty hates, un-
fair practices, smallness in deceit
and intrigue both individual and
international. We have wanted
many a time to remove the un-
pleasant and undesirable things in
our lives and to begin anew with
a fairer and wiser hand. Through-
out the year we slumber in self-
satisfaction and self-pity. We awake
on Easter morn to righteousness, of
love instead of hate, of a new life
in a rebirth. Must we be born
again to high aspirations with its
keynote of love and peace, to die
again until another Easter morn-
ing awakens our spirit?
For those of us who desire and
seek the answer of what lies be-
yond, for those of us who wish the
light and the truth, we have it
with us though we do not consider
it. Spoken by Him, "Peace be unto
you."
Memories...
By Sid McCubblns
MRS. J. LANDON DOAK
Director Claude High School
Band
CLAUDE BAND PLAYS AT
FAIRVIEW TONIGHT
The Claude Band, under the dir-
ectorship of Mrs. J. L. Doak, will
present a recital at Fairview to-
night. The band consists of 33
students. They will play Cinderalla,
Aggie War Hymn, Dress Parade,
Altamont, Western Spirit, Harvard
Special, Hearts of Oak and La
Rosieta.
THE FEUD
If Claude were In the Kentucky
hills, if a certain family had not
left there years ago, and if I too
had not acquired a case of itching
feet and gone elsewhere, today I
probably would be involved in a
family feud, the beginning of which
would be dimmed by the bloody
details.
Our home occupied a half-block
in Claude's north side. The other
half for a time was the home of
Ihe Dorsey family who came from
Cisco with a threshing machine. Mr.
Dorsey had three boys. Leslie the
oldest was just a little younger than
[, next was Buddy and then Mar-
shall, who was the youngest and
the toughest. By all the rules, these
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JASPER-SULLIVAN
Miss Ila B. Jasper, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Jasper of
Claude, and Harry L. Sullivan of
Panhandle, were married in Clar-
endon, Texas, Saturday evening,
March 25, 1939 at 0 o'clock at the
home of the Rev. J. Perry King.
Rev. King performed the ceremony.
The bride was attractive in a
pink lace dress with black acces-
sories. Misses Lola Mae Sullivan
and Thelma Jasper were bride's
maids.
After a short wedding trip to
Dallas the couple will be at home
in Panhandle where Mr. Sullivan
is engaged in farming.
DON'T SUPPRESS BIBLE
In spite of the fact that Ger-
many makes "Mein Kampf" by
Adolf Hitler required reading and
in the face of Nazi opposition to
all religion, the Bible is still the
"best seller" in Germany. Last
year, 200,000 more Bibles were sold
there than copies of "Mein Kampf"
Why is it that people who loan
you money always have the best
memories?
Mt. Pleasant
Tennis Team
Wins at Memphis
Misses Nellie Tyler and Blanche
Hess won the girl's doubles tennis
matches at the Caprock Relays in
Memphis, Saturday. They defeated
superior team from Memphis High
and defeated the Lakeview High
School team in the finals. This
team was the champion of the
Childress District last year.
Miss Elizabeth Ann Beverly won
second in the tennis singles. She
was defeated in the finals by the
district champion from Kirkland.
There is nothing makes a man
madder, according to Squire Nelson,
than have a family friend get mar-
ried and have to send a wedding
present when the automobile needs
a new tire.
Townsend Club
to Have Speakers
Here April 18th
Mr. L. A. Kennedy, Secretary of
the Townsend Club at Memphis,
Texas, writes that he and another
speaker will be in Claude Tuesday
night, April 18th, to deliver a lec-
ture to the Armstrong County
Townsend Club.
He also states that they are mak-
ing arrangements for Miss Roberta
Schale, the noted Townsend Lec-
turer of Garden City, Kansas, tc
speak at Memphis again. The last
time Miss Schale spoke at Mem-
phis most every business house in
town cloned up to hear her speak.
Mr. Kennedy will also try to get
her to stop off at Claude for a
short speech, when she comes thru
enroute to Memphis. She will pro-
bably be through here the latter
part of April. If she Is secured for
a speech at Claude, the public will
be notified as to when and what
hour she will make Claude. One
business man in Claude said he
would travel 100 miles to hear that
lady Speak.—W. E. Williams. Sect.
Townsend Club.
Public Health
Committee Meets
Saturday 2:30
There will be a meeting of the
Armstrong Cour.ty Public Health
Committee in the Court House
Saturday, April 8, at 2:30 p. m.,
for election of officers and for or-
ganization.
Dr. John M. Hooper, 'District
Director of Public Health, District
No. 1. of Floydada, Texas, and Mrs.
Georgia Stephens, District Advisory.
Nurse, will meet with the group.
Dr. Hooper will discuss the Public
Health Committee and its rela-
tionship to the nursing Service.
THINGS TO HATCH FOR
Wipers for rear windows of auto-
mobiles controlled from the dash-
board.—Steam radiator, weighing
40 pounds and 23 feet long, that
can be carried from room to room:
water in it is heated by electricity
from a wall socket,—A combination
office lamp and five-tube radio set.
—An aluminum tank to strap on
the back when learning to swim:
welded and water-tight, light-
weight and non-corrosive it sup-
ports the body in a normal swim-
ming position and does not inter-
fere with normal swimming motions
of the arms.—A new flat-bottom-
ed bathtub that lessens the danger
of slipping when stepping in or out
of the tub and prevents skidding
while takmg a shower.—Bumstead's
Bouncing Soap.
An optomist is a fellow who ex-
pects his umbrella to come home
some rainy day.
University Cadets Engage in Mimic War Games
The Texas Highway
Department Gives
Report on Fatalities
An 18% reduction in motor ve-1
hide fatalities in Texas for the
first two months of 1939, as com-1
pared with the corresponding period
of 1938, was announced today by
Harry Phillips, Traffic and Safety
Engineer of the State Highway De-
partment.
"51 lives were saved in that time" |
jthe Traffic and Safety Engineer
^aid, pointing out that 287 per-
Prcparalions for miniature war games by cadcis ot the Reserve Officers' Training corps at the University
of California at Los Angeles were held recently with modern anti-aircraft equipment moved in on the West
wood. Calif., campus. Cade!s enrolled in the coast artillery unit of the student corps were instructed in actual
operation. The equipment Included a three-inch anti-aircraft gun. director, height Under, searchlight, sound
locator and machine gun. Maneuvers nre part of a practical training corps.
sons were killed in traffic accidents
ir. the first two months of last
year, while there were 236 fatali-
ties this year.
Dallas and San Antonio record
the largest number of fatalities
for Texas cities, with 9 persons
killed in each city. Houston fol-
lowed closely with 8 fatalities, and
Fort Worth was third with 7. Aus-
tin. El Paso. Galveston and Laredo
each had 2 fatalities in the two
months, and Port Arthur, Corpu
Christi and Waco had 1 each
"Amarillo. Beaumont arrl Wichita
Falls were the only cities if mori
than 45.000 population that had
no fatalities," Mr. Phillips said.
NYA SCHOOL AID
A study Just completed by tlv
Texas State Headquarters of thi
National Youth Administration re
veals that eighty-seven percent n'
ill youths approved for NY A Col-
lege Aid Jobs in Texas' colleges an.
universities were from familic
whose yearly income Is less thai
$2,000. Fifty-two percent were froir
families with an annual income of
less than $1,500.
Out of a total of 14.076 approv-
ed applicants for NY A 8chool Aid
jobs, thirty-three percent were from
families certified for public as-
sistance.
py^^QPUM KIN/Wftt
Mary Sue Walker: "I don't see
why they ever released this picture.
The acting is rotten and I can't
make head or tall of the story."
Phil Walker: "This Is the news-
reel. Mary Sue!"
(Ho! Ho!)
Coach Bill Gibson: "How long
did the Thirty Years' War last?"
Wayne Bailey: "I don't know."
"Well, how old Is a twelve-year-
old boy?" ' '
"Twelve years."
"Well, then, how long did the
Thirty Years' War last?"
"Twelve years."
(Ho! Ho!)
Shorty Smothermon (to small boy
at Elwood Park in Amarillo) "Tell
me whether I can get to the park
through this gate."
Small Boy: "I guess so. A load
of hay just went through."
(Ho! Ho!)
One day we called Miss Annie
Smith to the telephone and the
following conversation took place:
Miss Annie: "Hello!"
Man's Voice: Hello. Is this you,
Annie?"
"Yes, sir."
"Well. Annie. I've called you to
ask whether you will marry me,"
"Yes; yes, indeed! Who Is this
'peaking, please?"
(Ho! Ho!)
J. D. Massie, Jr., was relating a
story of his adventures:
"I landed on the Island and start-
ed to explore," he said.
"When I got to the middle of
the island I saw the biggest bear
I'd ever seen in my life."
He paused dramatically, then con-
tinued: "There was one tree on the
island, and the lowest bough was
about twenty feet from the ground,
and I jumped for it."
"Did you manage to grasp it?"
asked Dick Smothermon.
"I didn't grasp it going up," re-
plied J. D , "but I caught it com-
ing down."
(Ho! Ho!)
Morney Wiegman: "Grandma, do
your glasses magnify very much?"
Mrs Wiegman: Why, yes, Mor-
ney, they do magnify considerably"
Morney: "Then will you please
take them off when you cut my
piece of cake?"
(Ho! Ho!)
Mrs E. P Berry: "It's so good
of you Doctor, to have come this
far to see my husband."
Dr. J. Ralph Carroll: "Not at all,
Mrs Berry, not at all I have a
patient down the road, and I
thought I'd kill two birds with one
stone."
(Ho! Ho!)
Miss Avent: Now, Thomas, why
did I call you a little idiot?"
Thomas T Waggoner, Jr.: "Be-
cause I'm smaller than you are."
(Ho! Ho!)
Mrs Guydell Woodburn: "Is a
chicken big enough to eat when
it's two weeks old?"
Jimmie Joe Cobb: "Certainly not"
Mrs. Woodburn: "Then how does
it live?"
(Ho! Ho!)
Patrolman "You're driving at
sixty."
Wayne Wallace: "But the sales-
man said I could do as fast as I
wanted to after the first hundred
miles.
(Ho! Ho!)
A colored selected man, marching
to a mobilizing camp in 1918, was
asked:
"Whah yo'all going, Rastus?"
"Ah ain't going no-whah. I's be-
ing took."
TEMPORARILY TAME
A
First quadrupeds to be born In the
San Diego too, these young ding**
(Australian wild dogs) will ion be-
come as viclons as their parent*
who were Imported from Australia
w* years ago. Holding them I*
jretty Evelyn Hayes.
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