The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1951 Page: 2 of 12
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tv seminoi* seuttnti Thursday, ka. «. i»si Look Before You Volunteer
About Little Draft Deferments
This is directed to married men in the 19 25
age bracket, but those IS or tram 2*> to 35 might
take note, as well.
Has you# draft board been informed of the
birth of your children? The time might not be
too far in the future when some draft boards
will be forced to call married men. childless ones
first.
Some draft boards now require certified copies
of birth certifiv"ite» and most of the re>t of them
likely will if the time comes when married men
are called.
So. It might be wise, particularly if your draft
board is located several hundred miles from here
ami your child or children were born elsewhere,
to write now for a certified copy of birth certifi-
cates. This could avoid a later delay which could
put you in G! field shoes.
Houses with Measles
II your hcuse or garage broke out with what
looks something like Black Measles last week it
la nothing to be alarmed about.
This **ere merely the action of sour gas on
the lead content in the paint. Most houses in gas
producing areas are painted with fume-proof
paint, which contains no lead.
So, if you are forced to repaint, or plan to
repaint. Insist on having the house painted with
fume-proof paint which costs a bit more than
the ordinary lea&Ntse kind but will not a£<•
overnight.
Lead-bA^ paint discolors more easily when
there is a high moisture content in the air and
when it is cold. On last Tuesday night these con-
ditions prevailed.
Let us not be weary in well doing; for in due
season we shall reap, if we faint not. — Gala-
tians 6:9.
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OWeot Eatabtifthed Bunlne** Institution in
Gainm County
Published Weekly tvery Thursday at the Sentin-
el Building at 112 Avenue B SW. Seminole. Tex.
P. Q Drawer 8 Telephone. No. 88
Teen-age youths facing the threat of two
years or so of military service have a hard row
in front of them.
S«.nie of the-*,- boss still have a year or so
in high school, and are considering quitting school
and volunteering for one of the branches of
service.
Others are more or less letting their studies
slide for they expect to be in the army before
long, and don't see any good in putting forth their
best efforts toward getting an education.
It is not the intent nor purpose of Selective
Service system to take young men before they
complete a minimum amount of education. If
circumstances permit young men making satis-
factory grades will be allowed to complete col-
lege work although they may do this as part
of a college training program of some service
branch.
Boys who insist on dropping out of high
school to enlist, and their parents who allow
them to do so. are laying up trouble for future
years. As the men who had their education inter-
rupted in World War II know, it is hard to pick
up the broken strings of algebra, English, his-
tory, etc.
Young men should take some'thought of
their future beyond the armed forces, even
though it might be that they will be called upon
to make the supreme sacrifice for their country.
In the words of World War II veterans—
don't volunteer.
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These news items were taken
from the Seminole Sentinel of
Feb. 21, 1918—33 years ago.
NEW MEXICO I.ANDS TO
BE OPENED IN MARCH
More than 500.000 acres of land
in eastern Chaves county includ-
ing a portion of the Roswell land
district, have been designated
for entry March 11 under the
stock-raising homestead. Approx-
imately 250.000 acres are vacant
public lands; the remainder are
already covered by applications,
which have preference in right
of entry. The lands have been
classed as chiefly valuable for
grazing and forage raising.
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two dozen pillow cases. There Is
sufficient material on hand to
keep the members busy for the
next week.
J. E. Hughes was confined to
his room this week, he having
contracted lagrippe.
The American Way
Etotared as Second Class Matter at the Postoffioe
at Seminole. Texas, under the act of March 3,
1*79
LEWIS A REDDELL
MKLVIN STEAKLEY
Publisher
Editor
Any error*-'•us reflection upon the character of
any person er firm appearing in these columns
will be gladly and promptly corrected upon bemg
brought to the attention of the management
Loser Has Inside Track
It is beginning to look like Forrest Weimhold.
Levelland publisher who tried to buck the Lub-
bock jinx in the race for the Texas Legislature
from the 119th district last summer, wasn't so
dumb after all.
Weimhold carried only his home county and
was easily overwhelmed by young Waggoner Carr
from Lubbock, just as everyone expected. Nobody
thought an outsider would have any chance at
all in the Lubbock district.
But a redisricting bill as introduced in Aus-
tin would put Hockley. Cochran and Yoakum
counties in the same district—and who but Weim-
hold lias the inside track?
Along the same line, some favorite son from
Gaines County could have laid foundation for a
successful campaign in 1952 by joining Weim-
hold in the futile race last year; since it appears
likely that Gaines. Andrew. Dawson. Terry and
perhaps Lynn will be grouped in another district.
As it is, this latter race will be wide open—
but Dawson County will have the inside track,
you can be sure of that.
Rack to Weimhold-- he said last summer after
the first primary that he had had enough of poli-
tics. We wrote then that he would be back for
another try in 1952. and we repeat the prediction
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION RATES
In Gaines County $2.50^ -Outside County $350
All the world over it is true that a double-
minded man is unstable in all his ways, like a
wave on the streamlet, tossed hither and thither
with everv eddy of its tide - W. M. Punshon.
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SOCIALISM IS STAGNATION
Campaigning in the 1890's,
Senator John J. Ingalls of Kan-
sas told about the Osage Indians,
some 1500 in number, with $8
million in the United States Trea-
sury. He pointed out that if this
money and the land on which
they were living were divided
equally among them, each Osage
family would be worth $60,000.
Here is how the senator de-
scribed them:
"The government takes care of
their property and superintends
their education and religion, pro
vides food and clothing, protects
the weak from the aggressions
of the strong, and abolishes, as
far as it may. the injustices of
destiny. All have equal rights;
none have special privileges.
They toil not. neither do they
spin. The problems of existence
are solved for them. The rate of
wages, the hours of labor, the
unearned increment, the rapacity
of the monopolist, the wrongs of
the toiler, the howl of the dema-
gogues do not disturb them.
They have ample leisure for in-
tellectual cultivation and develop-
ment. for communion with na-
ture, for contemplation of art
and for the joys of home—
but they remain Osage Indians.
Senator Ingalls died in 1900 -
long before the Frankfurter eco-
, nomic planners took over at
Washington. During hi* lifetime
) he was the eloquent and impla-
| cable foe of Socialism and Com-
, munism—he hated the "Welfare
j State" schemes of his day and
generation. He took to the ros-
trum to stump vigorously against
j the demagogues of the waning
j > ears of the 19th century. Yes.
j it seems that even then there
j were demagogues What a field
day the senator would have were
he alive today! This statesman
who believed so thoroughly in the
i dignity of the individual, who so
i detested paternalistic, bureaucra-
tic government, would from the
public platform and over the
radio as yet undreamed of in
his time', vent his wTath on the
alphabetical array of arrogant
apostles of "Cradle-to-the-Grave"
i security.
Almost can I hear the good
senator repeating what he said
•50 years ago: "Socialism and
j Communism are the prescrip-
tions of those who have failed.
They are the hallucinations of
despair. They have been tried
and found wanting Instead of
being novelties, they are the
refuse and debns of history, Ovj
tization has been built on their
I rums."
And again I can hear the ghost
\ of the Kansas senator as it points
an accusing finger at our current
> crop of "brain trusters." say: "All
of the work of the hipia'n race
since creation, has been done by
individuals, and progress has
has been greater where man has
been most free. The inventions
and improvements which have
dignified humanity; the intellec-
tual triumphs which have en-
nobled and elevated it; the hero-
ism. the virtue and self sacrifice
which have consecrated it are
all the result of individual ef-
fort."
The late Senator Ingalls had a
definition of Socialism which hit
the natt squarely on the head:
"Socialism is the final refuge of
those who have failed in the
struggles of life It is the pre-
scription of those who are born
tired. It means the survival of
the unfit, and the inevitable re-
sult would be degeneration It
would deprive ambition of ita in
nenttve. Industry of Its stimulus.
eictUmn of Its supremacy and
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la contrast to this, the Kansas
the individual soul. Individualism
would lift all to the level of the
liighest. Socialism would drag all
down to the level of the lowest.
Individualism is progress and
life. Socialism is stagnation and
death."
And looking forward with pro-
phetic vision 60 years into the
future. Senator Ingalls must have
seen the "Fair Deal" for he said:
"Were all these panaceas enact-
ed into statutes, all barriers
thrown down, all burdens lifted
and the whole constituency lined
up for a fresh start, the result
would be the same, and in six
months more the rerormer of
the wrongs of society would de-
mand in the name of justice an-
other division of the wealth of
the country."
To all of which I say "Amen."
Senator Ingalls.
\ ision is the art of seeing
things invisible,---Swift
THIS RULING MUST BE
OBSERVED BY EVERYONE
The following rule issued Jan.
31 will be enforced:
"Wheat flour must not be sold
to consumers unless at the same
time customer purchases an
equal amount of cornmeal. corn
flour, cornstarch, hominy, corn
grits, barley flour, rice, rice flour,
oatmeal, rolled roats, buckwheat
flour, potato flour, sweet potato
flour, soya bean flour, feterita
flour. Housewives may use sep-
arate or mix. Dealers must sell
pound for pound. Sales are limit-
ed to H to % barrel except >4
to H in rural or foreign commu-
nities."
There were 212 poll tax re-
ceipts and four exemptions is-
sued in Gaines County this year,
a gain over last year of about 50.
LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE
NEXT WEEK
Governor Hobby has announc-
ed that he will call a special
session of the legislature to meet
Feb. 26 to pass legislation mak-
ing it a felony to sell liquor with-
in ten miles of any military camp
in the state, also a felony to
bootleg or bring prostitutes about
a military camp. Under his plans
and the amendments that will be
proposed by the pros it is safe
to say that within a few weeks
Texas will be under statewide
statutory prohibition.
morning for her home in Silver-
Ion. Miss Skeen had been teach-
ing n music class here toor the a
past several months. ■ » 1
RKI) CROSS INSTRUCTOR
TO BK HERE NEXT WEEK
Red Cross members are hereby
nolilii-d that there will be an in-
structor in the making of surgi-
ciil dressings up from Midland
Monday or Tuesday. All mem-
bers who can possibly b^ngsent
are urgently requested tWfome
"" "" vwirL-
and help in this line of \^ork.
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Every American soldie
or
sailor lost on the torpedoed trans
port Tuscania was protected by
the United States government in-
surance and government compen.
sation. Those who had not ap
plied for insurance were covered
by automatic insurance which is
payable to wife, child or widowed
mother. This amount is $4,300, at
525 per month for 240 months.
Miss Vera Skeen left Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Goode
passed through Seminole Friday
morning from their New Mexico
ranch en route to Stanton to at
tend the funeral of Mr. Goode':
father, who died at the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Willa Arnett
Wednesday.
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55"
From where I sit... Jy Joe Marsh
Sometimes Good
Intentions Aren't Enough
Rev. Ralph Hall, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church at Post ar-
rived here Saturday. He held
services at the Sawyer school
house Sunday and in Seminole
Monday night.
GOOD ATTENDANCE
AT LAST MEETING
The Red Cross work continues.
So many are responding to the
call for help. Monday there were
23 present, besides several junior
members. The following articles
were completed and sent to Mid-
land Tuesday: 24 dozen towels.
That fire at the Griffin place
didn't do much damage last week,
but Volunteer Chief Murphy was
pretty angry about it. Spoke to
some of us over dinner and a bottle
of beer.
"Griffin's farm is a good mile
from town," he said. "And by the
time we'd dodged all the people on
the highway who were going to
watch, we hadn't a minute to
waste.
"Then blamed if those sight-
seers hadn't parked cars right in
Griffin's driveway and there was
a mob of people milling around the
bouse—Just gawking. Joe, tell
folks a fire's no sideshow. Ask 'em
to think of the other fellow!"
From where I sit, some of us
need to be reminded occasionally
that even though our intentions
are good we may be unfairly inter-
fering. Whether it's blocking the
right-of-way of fire equipment or
criticizing a person's right to en-
joy a temperate glass of beer now
and then —the American Way is to
gire way, and give the other fellow
his fair "share of the road!"
Copyright, 19SI, L'ruted States brtv.cn h
Summary of Annual Report
of M. W. Jones, County Auditor, Gaines County, Texas
RECAPITULATION OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS
January 1, 1950 to December 31, 1950
S
Fund
Jury
Road and Rridge
Precinct No. 1
Precinct No. 2
Precinct No. 3
Precinct No, 4
Road and Bridge No. 5
Lateral Road
General
Officers Salary
fioapital
Permanent Improvement
Permanent Improvement Construction
Permanent Improvement Sinking
Road Bond Sinking
Road Warrant Sinking
Special Road Bond Fund
Permanent School Fund
Cash Bal.
Transfers
Disburse.
Transfers
Cash Bal.
1-1 50
Receipts
In
ments
Out
12-31-50
S 5922.53
S 1,808.99
5 2.987.48
$ 4.744.04
83.624.06
217.876.72
14.449.79
$226,000.00
61.050.99
18.433 14
4.509.59
$ 63.280.00
61.772.86
6,753.74
17,696.13
12.851..38
1.88251
63.280.00
51.348.14
24.298.15
2.367.60
9.087.96
210.54
49,720.00
42,116.61
14.460.95
2.440.94
55.54
49,720.00
32.407.12
11,760.55
5,607.87
211.84
64 22
22.500.00
22.516.14
259.92
8.470-29
10.989.32
19,459.61
103.108.05
135,058.19
76,128.95
40.000.00
122.037.29
11.36629
53.994.77
40.000.00
100.066.68
5.2943S
2.096.52
2300.00
1.810.94
2.585.58
4.65785
15935
203.43
4j613.77
50.000.00
43.267.00
6.733.00
24.725.29
35.01522
28,287.50
31.4S3.01
36.198.64
30,777.14
36.542.78
30.433.00
1.601.97
2.774.75
34.773 39
38343.00
807.11
1.554.27
10.187.10
10.150.00
1.59137
433.72
4.667.88
5,101.60
$324 399.34
$562.276 29
$323.27339
$562,398.42
$323,273.39
$324277.21
CHANGES
January 1,
IN TIME INDEBTEDNESS
1950 to December 31, 1950
Road and Bndge Warrants and Refunding Bond*
Precinct No. I
Precmct No 2
Precinct No. 3
Precinct No 4
TOTAL
County-Wide Road Bonds Voted;
Permanent Improvement Bonds and Warrants
Road District of Commissioners Precinct No. 1
Outstanding
11-50
$ 45,408.37
301.816 JO
61.925.27
43,748.48
Issued
S 76.375 19
21.217.48
51.130.6*.
Ret I ml
S 5.260,46
4,403.60
1,571.35
1,964.59
W52.898.42 SI 48.723.65 $16,200.00
228.000 00
237.266 18
10.000.00
59,672.36
18,000 00
21.000.00
10,000.00
Outstanding
12-31 50
$ 40.14791
373.788.19
78.571.40
92.914.57
S 585.422.07
210.000.00
275,938-54
TOTAL
$928,164-60 1208.396 01 $65,200.00
$1,071,360
CHANGES IN SECURITIES OWNED
January 1, 1950 to D«c*mb«r 31, 1950
Road Bond Sinking Fund
Permanent Improvement Staking Fund
Road District of ~
School Fund
Balance
11-50
$102000 00
9.50000
9500.00
73.20000
Purchased
$9,500.00
TOTAL
Principal
Received
$ 2,00000
9.500.00
2,00000
S194JG000 »-30000 $13,500.00
Balance
12-310
$109.50000
9.50000
71.W5.00
— H90.200.00
in the offices of the County Clork, District Clorfc
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Steakley, Melvin. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 44, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 22, 1951, newspaper, February 22, 1951; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth412295/m1/2/: accessed May 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.