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In the Interest of the
Farming & Ranching *
Growth of ttyis Section
A Community Service; :
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A & Its Trade* Territory
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"The Oldest and Best Read County
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NUMBER 38.
CLAUDE. ARMSTRONG COUNTY, TEXAS, JUNE 1, 1945.
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CPL. MORRIS B. OSBORN
WITH U. S. ARMY FORCES IN
NEW CALDONIA—Technician 5tli
• 'Grade Morris B. Osborn, of
Claude, Texn.s, Is one of 49 volun-
teer Instructors who have the
Job of teaching the more, than
1,000 servlcerrcn and women en-
-. rolled In the "University of the
Eouth Pacliic," first overseas
college ever concluded by the U-
, nlted States Army. Corporal Os-
'. borne, who works In the Adju-
tant General Pile Section of
Major General Frederick Gil-
breth's South Pacific Base Com-
mand headquarters, Is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Osborn, Route
2, Claude, Te;:a.s. HI:; wile, Mrs.
. Mildred Osborn. and son, Tomnite
Lee, also live in Claude.
Graduated In 1930 from Claude
High school, the corporal attend-
' ed Texas Agricultural and Macli-
anical College until he was called
to active duty in the Army in
May, 1943. In October, he was
ordeied overseas. Now, in ad-
dition to his regular duties, he
is an assistant instructor In the
, University's class in crop manage-
ment and soil conservator: -
Classes are held three nights a
week in the Base Command head-
quarters buildings, located on this
semi-tropical, French-owned l-land
| 1,000 miles northeast of Au':trllla.
"Ssudents," attending in ofi-duty
hours, include soldiers, sailors and
Marines—both officers and xnlisL-
ed men—as well as Army and
Navy nurses, Red Cross girts and
New Zeland civilian employees of
the Army. Some ol t'lem make
the trip from long distances ' up-
lsland."
Offering college and high school
credits in 26 different subjects,
the Uuiversity was established as
an adjunct to correspondence
cource.s available through the li-
nked States Armed Forces Insti-
tute. which furnishes the text- j
books for the South Pacific clas-
hes. The University enables many
to resume educations interrupt-
ed by the war. while others are
studying nqw with a view -to post-
war employment in some special-
ized field. V
In taking this step in tli4 in-
terest ol expanding reconversion
to |)eacetime economy, the Army
has cast itself in a new role. From
training Chilians to become sol-
diers, it has branched out to the
task ol training soldiers to be-
come civilians again, and th iir.st
evidence of this endeavor—the
University of the South Putilic—
proved so popular that more than
100(i applicants for the iirst ilx-
weeks' semester Jiad to be re-
jected because of limited facili-
ties.
John McCarty
S. W. Service Co.
Better Service
This week John McCarty, Mana-
ger of The Southwestern Public
Service Company, has been making
test runs on the new stand-by
power plant which has been under
construction (luring the past sever-
al months.
The new u"it Is Inuscd in :i
steel frame sheet ircn building
located across the street from tl"fi
old power plant. The unit con-
sists of a 175 II P six cylinder
Foos internal combustion engine
which Is directly connected to a
100 KW generator end exciter.
Oran Todd. Division Superinten-
dent of Power, believes that upon
the completion of minor operat-
ing adjustments .he new unit will
give sat'sfactorv stmd-by evvi:e
for many years Additional capacity
has been installed for futu.'e
growtli.
Claude regularly receives electric
service from the large steam tur-
bine plant in East Airarillo,
through the Panhandle-Claude
transmission line. V, hen present
plans are comp'cted iater this
\ear, power will also be available
from other Co.npany ov.ned r.t^am
turbine plants located i. Hutchin-
son and Wheeler Counties.
The old power nlant site has
been sold to The Nelson Grain
Company to enable them to ex-
pand their operations. This plant
contained a two cylinder Chicago'
Pneumatic engine which .as in-
stalled in 19*25 under the supervi-
sion of Andrew Smal'.ey, who act-
ively managed the local business
of Tin. Southwestern Public Ser-
vice Company from the time they
bought the Claude plant 'n April
1928 until his recent llness. Thr:
old engine eventually feiled in s?"-
vicc- last year.
Mr. McCarty is proud of his
Company's ability to erect the new
plant under war conditions, and
he invitc-s all who are interested
to see the new unit under what
he expects will be the final test,
run, anytime between two and
fix P. M. on Friday, May 25.
Joseph Steph-
enson Goes to
His Reward
OBITUARY
Joseph Stephenson
Joseph Stephenson was born on
March 29th, 1855 at Methley, York-
shire England, and departed this
life on May 21st, 1945.. age 90 years,
1 month, and 22days. He came
to the United States on Septem-
ber 25th, 1865, and located at De-
troit. 111.. Pike county, with his
parents. He is the eldest sdn of
John and Mary Stephenson. He was
married to Miss Perinolla Bunger
on August 25th, 137S. To this un-
ion ten children were born: si-:
boys and four girls, eight of whom
are living. His wile, Permelia, died
on April 23th, 1918.
Brother Stephenson united with
the Methodist Church at Detroit,
111., on August 25th. 1876, and re-
mained ioyal to the church until
Cod called him up higher. His love
and esteem for the church was
measured by hi j constant devo-
tion and support of the church.
He moved to Texas with three
other families and sotted in what
is known now as the Thornberry
neighborhood. Clay County,
1st Guessing Who
This Is Gets One
Year Sub.
Burlington Ry.
Improves the
Coach Service
A sensational innovation in rail-
Three Minute Sermon
By the Rev Harold L. Lundquist,
D. D.
Member of Faculty, Moody
Bible Institute, Chicago
It may be a surprise to many
to learn that coveting—or deslr-
road travel ,a streamlined car|'n8 what belongs to another—is a
with a glass-enclosed dome fromjs'n ^ ba.s become one of the
which pe.ssengers can enjoy a' "respectable sins" accepted in the
complete and unobstructed pan-
orama of the passing scenery, wi'.l
be placed in service on the Bur-
lington Lines next month.
This unique car, which the Bur-
lington calls the "Vista Dome",
has a raised compartment, built
into the roof, the top and sides
test circles and practiced by many
church people. "Thou shalt net
covet" is the tenth commandment.
It covers the sin which under-
lies all the others against which
the commandments speak.
The yardstick of success in the
world is the possession of wealth
Our Joke Column
At the zoo the other day, the
Hon suddenly let out a loud roar.
A little boy looked up at his father
and suld, 'My, that sound:; like
you."
"Now, Bill," said the Mrs.
sweetly "the night before last you
came home yesterday; last night
you came home today. Now this
evening if you come home tomor-
row, I won't be here."
of which are "laminated, heat andi'-ut this n°t God's way. Have
ray resisting glass. This air-con-1 V°u become a lover of money, or
ditioned "pent-house" Which is do y°" long to have what your
reached by a short stairway from friends own? "Take heed, and be
The lady whose picture appears
above lived at Claude many years
ago She moved away but has
returned on visits since. She was
September 2nd, 1890. His business among cur leading ladies as a
was farming and his general con- c'v'c advisor and did much to-
tribution to the community and j wards the betterment of our pub-
state consisted ol serving as Public | "c school. She was a leader
School trustee, Superintendent of mong our club women, and was
the Sunday School, County road I loved by most good citizens of
the main floor, contains 24 deep-
cushioned seats where passengers,
with heads and shoulders well a-
bove the train's roof line, may
ride in luxurious comfort while
enjoying a view forward and up-
ward as well as to the sides and
rear
The car, which has been creat-
ed from one of the Burlington's
stainless steel, Zephyr-type coach-
es during the course of routine
wartime reconditioning, embodies
the outstanding feature of the
startling "Astra-Liner" designs re-
cently conceived by General Mo-
tors. The addition of the "Vista
Dome" Increases the seating ca-
pacity from 52 to 5E passengers.
Mrs. Bill Wisdom says, "Many
males who boss the houshold are
just starting to school."
• Sgt Billle Joe Kerr. of. the ait-
corps, Is at home from Germany
after completing 65 missions. He
left Saturday night for St. Anna,
California, after a 27 day'furlough
with his mother, Mrs. Susie Kerr.
(Continued Bottom Next Column)
Want Ads Pay Bit?
• Ens. Alvin Ledwig, from N.
Carolinia, passed through Claude
Saturday enroute to san Fran-
cisco. Alviii and parents* Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Ledwig. spent ten yeais
at Claude, and his mother runs
an apartment hous; at Lubbock.
Mrs. Ledwig and two brothers ac-
companied him to Claude
T-SGT. RAYMOND GOODIN
T-S-t. Raymond J. Goodin lias
been assigned to the Ontario
Aimy Air Field in California. He
is an airplan maintenance tech-
nician at this Fourth Air Force
base T-Sgt. Goodin was graduat-
ed from high school in Claude.
Texas, in 1933 and later was em-
ployed by the Brunson Garage in
this city
He served In the South Paci-
fic from February 1942 until March
1945, and wears the Uuit Citation
with 5 bronze stars.
His patents, Mr. end Mrs. Emry
J. Goodin, resides in Claude,
Texas.
SCINOa Ailvi
overseer and many other offices
common to pioneer life. In 1916 he
moved to Claude, Texas, where his
wife died, and was laid to rest in
the Claude cemetery, where his own
body was placed.
In 1922 Mr. Stephenson was unit-
ed in marriage to Mrs. Kate Bled-
soe, and then moved bark to Wichi-
ta Falls. Texas, an settled at 1313
Polk Street, where they lived until
his recent serious illness when he
was brought back to Claude to the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Elbert
lleed, on March 2nd, 1945. It was
from Mrs. Read's lion that he
ascended to his home on high.
Brother Stephenson is sui-vived by
his widow, Mrs. Catherine Steph-
enson, four sons, Arthur T., Wil-
liam H., J. Fred, and Clarence of
Claude; four daughters, Mrs. C. J
Culver. Mrs. Elbert Reed, and Mrs.
C. L. Goad of Claude, and Mrs.
C. A. Osborne of Tulia; twenty
eight grandchild! en and fourty
great-grandchildren, and a host of
other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were conducted
at the Methodist Church by Rev.
Michael, pastor. Enternment ill
Claude cemetery by the side of his
first wife.
"Forever near us. though unseen,
The dear imnioita! spirits tread;
For all the boundless universe
Is lile—there is no dpad"—
—THOMAS
The Army
Answers Your
War Problems
Q. Would vou pleare tel! me
how points are given for the dis-
charge of soldiers?
A. To be eligible for discharge
now a soldier must have at least
85 points. These points must have
been earned before May 12, 194.'.
as follows: Service Credits—1. for
each month of service nince Sep-
tember 1G 1940. Overseas Credits—
1 for each month of overseas ser-
vice. Combat Credits—5 for each
decoration. 5 for ea:'h bronze star
i no credits given for theatre of
operation ribbons) Parenthood
Credit.-:—12 for each child under
18 (children above the number of
three and those born after May
12, 1945, may not be counted1-
Q My husband has b^en a
rocond lieutenant for 17 lr.cnths
His job ca'l; lor the rank he
holds. Does this mean that as long
as he is in this pesent position,
he can't be promoted?
A. No. Any second lieutenant
who completes 18 month? service
in that 'Jidae may be promoted to
first lieutenant regardless of tile
grade allotted to-his position, pro-
\ided he is qualified for and
worthy of promotion.
Q I am a discharged soldier.
I was 25 years and two months
old when I was inducted. How
much college training can I get
under the G. I. Bill of Rights?
A. Since you were over 25 when
inducted, you are eligible for ope
year of college. However, if in-
duction inteifered with your edu-
wition. you may be eligible for pi:
additional year of college for each
•.•tar spoilt in the service.
dleb h;k fo mlat least
Claude. Thr- first person phonning
or otherwise giving this editor
her name, will receive the Claude
News one year free. You must
not ask someone else.
MRS. T. J. PAGE
Was he picture appearing in
this column last week. Mr. and
Mrs. Page iived at Claude for
many ye&rs. Both were school
teachers. They reared a family of
girls. Mable Pags who married a
Eaptist preacher and with her two
children live in other part of
Texas.
Gladys Page, another daughter,
has been stenographer and book-
keeper for some wholesale tire
firm at Amarillo for some time.
Marion married a lumberman and
lives in Oklahoma City, Oklaho-
ma.
Anita Mae Page married Berley
Welch Kerrick. and lived on the
Kerrick ranch until he was killed
in his lot while trying to rope a
steer, while all his folks were
away from home. She, her son
and mother live in Amarillo, where
she is stenographer and book-
keeper for an auto firm.
At one time Mr. Page was cash-
ier ol the First State Bank of
Claude, and died at his home here
following his resignation f''om the
bank. The First State Bank, dur-
ing the time Mr. Crain was cash-
ier, was sold to B. C. Wooldridge
and family, Mrs. T. S. Cavins and
family thus consolidating these
two banks since which time
Claude has had one bank—The
First National Bank.
Those calling in last week,
giving the correct name were;
Mrs. Ely Hundley, Mrs. Sammie
Byrd, Mrs. Fat Hood, Miss Lela
Appling, Lloyd Nelson, Miss Wil-
lia Mae Luttrell, Mrs. C. T Bag-
well. Carroll Doshier, J. H. Weav-
er, Clias W. Stewart, Mrs. Lilla-
bell Roan, Mrs Flank Sewell,
Mrs. Merl Nelson.
We thank ell those who. called
in and ask that you do it again.
Mrs. Ely Hundley, the first to call,
certainly deserves The Claude News
one year, for she left a note under
the printing office door, another
note in the Editor's car saying who
she guessed, besides calling the edi-
tor first and saying who cr.e
guessed.
BEEF PRODUCTION PAYMENT
ANNOUNCED
The War Food Administration
has announced a beef production
payment. The payment as an-
nounced is 50c per hundredweight
effective on sales beginning May
19. 1945, on good and choice cat -
tle.
1. Owned and fed by applicant
at least 30 days.
2. Sold to licensed Slaughterer.
3. Weighing 800 lbs. liveweight
or mori
4 Sale price at least the amount
listed for minimum stabilization
range for good grade cattle
Keep all sale records of cattle
sold listed in the above category.
The production payment will be
made through the County ACA
Office
Ben K. Chamberlain. See'y.
Armstrong County, ACA
OVLY 2 CENTS
The Army and Navy furnished a
special post card for those in
the service to fill out, giving their
old address and new address to
change their home town newspaper
to the new address when they leave
one field to move to another.
Otherwse the P. O. Department
sends a post card to the editor
ordering the change in address lor
which the editor must pay 2 cents.
2 cents is little money; but when
the editor receives 1,000 past cars
from soldier boys ordering an ad-
dress changed, that means the
editor must pay $20.00: so please
get a card from the Department
and fill it out yourselt and send
for a change in Your Claude
News. t-f-c
t Ctwt YOU TEIfcS
AMD Tut
miai sommnt
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ware of covetousness for a man's
life consisteth not in the abun-
dance of the things which he po-
ssesseth' (Luke 12:15).
In verses 10-21 in this same
chapter, our Lord tells the par-
able of the rich man who made
elaborate plans to keep all his
wealth for himself. One wonders
what he had to say for himself
when that very night his soul
was required of him and he was
"Mother," asked little Mabel, "do
missionaries go to heaven?"
"Why, of course. Dear," her
mother replied,
"Do cannibals?"
"I'm afraid not."
"But mother," the little girl in-
sisted, if a cannibal eats a mis-
sionary, he'll have to go, won't
he?"
She was one of those nagging
wives. One night she attended a
lecture on "A Smiling Face Wins
Thiu." the lecture so impressed
her she decided to experiment.
Consequently, when her husband
came down to breakfast the next
morning, he was met by a beam-
called into the presence of God I in2 wife—and nc nagging words
to give an account of his steward- I ior being late.
ship, (v, 20). I P°r a moment he stood dum* -
Because covetiousness destroys j founded in the doorway, then coi-
the best in life, and separates us| 'apsed. "Holy cow!" he mumbled
from God, we should shun it! weakly. "She's got lockjaw."
like poison. This can oe done if
CO*i
eiicSWTft
we put our trust and confidence
in God. His children are to ta!:e
no anxious thought for the mor-
row. This does not forbid proper
preparation and foresight, but it
does rule out fretful anxiety. If
we trust the all-powenul One,
what occasion is there for worry,
or covetousness? Anxiety does not
help anyone, anytime, anywhere.
Worry never accomplished any-
thing. So why worry? God will
provide if we only trust Him.
When we get our eyes off things
and on the Lord life oecomes
simple pleasant, useful, confident.
Then God can bless us, and the
blessing of God far exceeds any-
thing the world has to offer.
Deciding to be extra cautious
a thrifty Chinese removed a brick
from the hollow wall of his house
and carefully deposited his hard-
earned savings in the opening.
Still hounted by the feeling of in-
security, he wrote across the
homemade safe: "No money in
this wall."
His astute neighbor, Wong, saw
th', telltal • writing rifled the
caihe and took the hoarding.
Fearing detection, he wrote on the
replaced brick: "The money was
not stolen ijy Wong."
One hot summer day a delega-
tion came to see the late Pesider.t
Tlieredore Roosevelt at his Oyster
Bay home and found him down in
his barn attired in overalls and
carrynig a pitchfork.
Shaking lands with the various
individuals in the little group
Teddy said, "Come on in the barn.
I'm busy putting in the hay."
A certain young man was re-
cently speeding merrily aiong th.;
road when he caught up with a
paity of children on their way
to school. He asked them if they
caret' to ride, and for an answer
they piled into his Ford until it
was so completely filled that one
little girl had to sit in the driver's
lap. She was a plump little thing
and the driver cuddled her close
to keep her s\ia\ from the steer-
ing wheel. "Do you like school?"
he asked her
"Yes sir," she lisped.
Then, glancing upward, he called
out. John. John! Where's all the I "Do you go every day?"
hay?"
"Sorry, sir," came a voice from
the loft, "but 1 ain't had time to
throw it back down since you
threw it up for yesterday's dele-
gation."
• Mr. and Mrs. a r Tolbert and
daughter of Clarendon spent last
Sundey in the John Tolbert home.
The three small grondchildren
went home with them to visit for
two or three weeks.
Want Ads Pay Big
"I haven't missed a ciay this
year," the little gir'. replied.
'Good little girl!" seid the dri-
ver. kissing her soft cheek. "Do
you liKe your te.icher?"
"Yes, sir," said the little girl,
"I'm the teacher'"
And the Ford nearly wen' into
the ditch!
"You can't find many doctors
today." observs Mrs. J. C Eu-
banks. "who advises against on?
eating too much meat for their
health's sake,"
'Maybe some folks go to ball-
games today," suggests Edd Rog-
ers. "for the meat they can buy
from the hot dog man."
• Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Crawford
,have a new baby girl. Sherrer. Ann.
born Thursday. March 26. at 1:25
A. M. at North-West Texas hos-
pital. Mrs. Crawford is the daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs. Fred Long-
bine f claude.
A wise man who had made a
fortune asked that this be carved
on his tombstone:
"All that I kept, I lost; only
that which I gave away, have I
kept."
It's funny how far some folks
will go in an effort to create "lo
cal color." When your columnist
was in New Orleans, they pointed
out the "Nepoleon house." I ex-
clamed :
"Why, I never knew that Napo-
leon ever lived in New Orleans!"
"Oh, he didn't," my host re-
plied, "but if he had, that is thej
house he would have lived in."I
And that calls to mind the chap
who said. "See that tig car over
yonder'? Well, it almost belongs to
me. I asked the man who owned
it to ghe it to me and he saU
No.' If he had said 'Yes', iff
would have been mine." I
On a \ is.it to the Bay View
citius development in the Lower
Rio Grande valley in company
with James Bowie, former presi-
dent of the enterprise, we cross-
ed that appeared to be a river—
a broad stream that lazily swung
around a bend. There were iish-
ennen out in boats and, on the
bank, was a beautiful lodge, with
i lawn that sloped to the water's
edge. A visitor would judge that
the stream had been there since
creation's dawn
Actually, the river once had fol-
owed that course; then something
happened and it cut a new chan-
nel. Years, decades, maybe a cen-
tury of two went by and dense
vegetation nnd tall tree? filled the
old bed Then man came and all
this was cleared away and the
ancient waterway has become a
canal to carry water for irriga-
tion.
In World War 1, an old-time
British army sergeant was dril-
ing a squad of lookies. Thev
seemed to be incapable of under- LT. K. S. PROCTOR | where he Is recuperating. "Books
standing the simplest order. At Lt. E. S. Proctor of Port Ar- and other material sent through
last, he called "At ease." eyed thur. who spent months in Axis j by War Prisoners Aid. the Nation-
them with a scorn a full time prison hospitals after being shot '■ al War Fund Agency, meant every-
and then said, "When I look at down over Italy, b:\sks in the j thing to the captive Americans
you. I feel like falling on my 1 smile of his small daughter. Re- in keeping up their moral," Proe-
- net s and saving. "Thank God for. becca Ann , at McCloskey Gen- < tor says.
the British navy." I eral Hospital, Temple. Texas, |
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