The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1945 Page: 1 of 12
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45th Year—Number 16
The Hereford Brand, Hereford, Texas, Thursday, April 19, 1945
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Town
Sights and Faces Seen i
Troy Cole, S 1-C, was here
last week on leave and made The
Brand office one of his first
stops with the remark: “I want
¥ one of those Hereford Brand
9 *Cook Books.” Troy, son of Mrs.
Ocil Cole. Is cook on a U. S. sub-
marine tender and says that he
4 is really going to give the boys a
treat Tie says he got acquainted
with the recipes from his mo-
ther’s Brand Cook Book—and
has been wanting one ever since
he got his chef’s assignment in I
the navy. He has also been cook Conkwright, pioneer
submarine, which craft he Hereford community leader who
Reqionse Good jjere{or(j Mourns Passing of President
In Clothing
Relief Drive
on a
believes serves the best food in
the entire navy—fancier, any-
way.
died yesterday afternoon in an
Amarilio Hospital.
The old Oass residence Is not
the only landmark which has
been torn down recently. Ac-
cording to folks who live south-
east of town, that novel wind-
mill which Bob Fullwood put up
many years ago. has been torn
down to make way for the new
high line being built from Can-
yon. The windmill, which had business
wheel that rev ed on a «ort of
helicopter principle, has always
excited curiosity among pic-
nickers on the creek.
Death Claims
H. G. Conkwrighl,
Civic Leader
Really good used clothing—
and lots of it— is being turned
in here in the United National
Clothing Drive, It was stated to-
day by Bob Wilson, chairman of
, the County committee which
is in charge of the project.
‘The only thing of which
people need to be reminded Ls
the closing date of the drive,"
Mr. Wilson said, pointing out
that many persons plan to turn
in clothes but have been post-
poning the task. The closing date
Is Apr. 30, and all persons who
plan to contribute are asked to
turn in their clothing bundles
as soon as possible.
For the most part, people are
following instructions to turn in
only good quality used garments,
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Hereford Man's
Father Dies
Helen Ann Snyder of the
WAVES left Monday for Shoe-
maker, Calif., where she will be
stationed temporarily before
leaving for service in the Pacific.
She visited her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Olenn Snyder, last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Urlin Streu at-
tended a special showing of the
Parker Sales Co. of San Antonio
in Amarillo last week and an-
nounced that a new line of bet-
ter quality pottery will tmodded
to their present stoek. ^
According to some folks who
have been missing out on the re-
gular weekly cigaret supply, the
arrival of clgarets tn town on
Wed needs y ought to be announc-
ed by a stated number of blasts
on the fire siren. Of course, It
might result In a few peple get-
f'-\g trampled in the rush, but it
* jrld at least insure an equal
opportunity for everybody.
Funeral services for H. O.
Conkwright, prominent Hereford
man, rancher, and
[community loader, have been
scheduled for 3 o’clock. Friday
i afternoon, April 20.
j Mr. Conkwright died at 5:45
o’clock Wednesday afternoon at,,
; St. Anthony’s hospital In Ama- 1
rillo following a minor operation.
HLs condition has been critical
for the past 10 days, due to com-
plications which resulted from
the operation.
The death of Mr. Conkwright,
known to his friends as ‘‘Grata",
is felt not only in Hereford and
Deaf Smith County, but over the
entire Panhandle. Although he
never sought or accepted credit
for his deeds, Mr. Conkwright
was constantly working for the
hitmen of his friends, his
church and hie community.
While he seldom appeared in
the limelight, he was responsi-
ble for hundreds of community
and regimal movements.
Born in Clark County,
A PROCLAMATION
Whereas, on April "Jfi. representatives of the I’uit-
e,| Nations will assemble at San Francisco, California, to
draft a Charter fora World Organization to prevent future
wars; and
Whereas, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Ameri-
can Legion, Department of Texas, has recommended to ev-
er} Community in Texas, that all business houses he closed
during the opening hour, (from 10 A .M. to 11 A. M.) of
the San Francisco Couferenee; that services he held in all
Churches; and that prayer he offered to Almighty Cod for
divine guidance of those participating in this couferenee,
for the complete success of the measures there adopted in
the prevention of future wars; ami
Whereas, the Governor of the State of Tex a*, has issued
a proclamation designating the hour of 10 to 11 A. M. on
April L''»th, 1045, as an hour of prayer, as suggested by the
Foreign Affairs Committee of the American Legion;
Now , There!ore, I, F. S, Ireland, Mayor of the City of
Hereford, in compliance with the suggestion and request of
the American Legion, do hereby designate said hour, as an
hour of prayer, ami request that all business bouses close
their doors during the time, and that every citizen attend
such services as may he held in our City in carrying out the
purpose stated.
E. S. IRELAND, Mayor.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cave re-
turned yesterday from Ooldth-
waite where they were called
Saturday by the death of his fa-
ther, Thomas Cave, 72-year-old
Mills County pioneer.
Mr. Cave died Satuday follow- i
a heart attack and funeral
i services were conducted Monday
afternoon at the Chuch of
Baptist Revival
Starts Here on
Sunday, Apr. 22
Church Council
To Sponsor
Prayer Service
Rev. R. H. Cagle, pastor of the
First Baptist Church, announces
a series of revival services to be I the Presbyterian Church on the
A short program of prayer for
the success of the San Francisco
Peace Conference will be held at
held beginning Sunday, April
22 and continuing through Sun-
Christ.
Brides his widow he leaves dayT April"29,‘"with
morning at 10:30 and each even-
ing at eight o’clock.
Dr. A. Hope Owen, pastor of
the First Baptist Church of
Shawnee, Ok la., will be preach-
er for the revival and his ap-
pearance here will be welcomed
by many old friends. Dr. Owen Is
a brother of O. P. Owen of Here-
ford and ls well acquainted in
this community.
Joe Trussell, an evangelistic
singer who has been In Hereford
many times, and whose wife Is
a daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Connell, Hereford pio-
neers, will lead the singing dur-
ing the revival.
The church nursery will be
three sons. Frank of Plain view,
Clarence of Graham and Clyde
Cave of Hereford. He also leaves
one daughter, Miss Ruby Cave of
Goldthwalte.
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Thompson Heads
7ih War Loan
b This Couniy
morning of April 25, at
o’clock.
The meeting Ls being spon-
sored by the Federated Council
of Church Women and the pub-
lic is urged to attend and have
a part In the prayer service,
Mrs. Henry Hastings, council
president, has announced.
| Announcing that Robert L.
Ken- Thompson has been named as
tucky on April 22, 1877, he moved county bond sales chairman for
to Hereford in May, 1907. On the Seventh War Loan, members
October 1, 1907, he returned to of the county war finance com-
Wlnchester, Kentucky, and mar- mlttee this week urged that the open during every service, Rev.
rled Miss Mary Lisle. They re- public give Mr. Thompson sup- . Cagle announces, giving an invi-
tumed to Hereford and settled port and cooperation during the tation to the general public to
Haile Drug is proud of the new on the old A. J. Thompson ranch,;drive.
system of serving fountain
drinks which they have started
this week. Paper cups will be
used for everything except Ice
cream and sodas, and the cups
come from a sanitary dispenser
which will insure that your1 along
fountain drinks are really germ-
proof.
fifteen miles northwest of here,; “The Seventh War Loan Drive
to make their home. Mr. Conk- Is now on," the committee an-
wright started as a stock far- nouncement states, continuing,
mer and rancher on this place, "bond sales to date amount to
which he still owned and operat-
ed at the time of his death,
attend the revival meeting,
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South western Public Service
Company offices are undergo-
ing a redecoration Job which is
nearing completion this week.
Walls have been painted, and
floors, and woodwork are also
getting a new paint job.
Lt. Bill Montgomery is one
Hereford boy who has carried
his boyhood hobby right on to
the battle zone with him. For
Lieutenant Montgomery, an Ar-
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Relatives of
POWs Invited to
Meeting Apr. 26
Emphasizing that attendance
at the meeting for next-of-kin
and other relatives and friends
of prisoners of war is not limit-
ed to residents of Deaf Smith
County, the POW Committee of
the local Red Cross Chapter
stated this week that Invitations
have been sent to residents of
Parmer, Oldham, Castro and
Randall counties and that a lar-
ge attendance Is expected at the
meeting which will be held at
the county court mom next
Thursday afternoon at throe
o'clock.
Every effort Is bring made by
the local chapter to make the
meeting one of real practical
value to the relatives of bmd now
with extensive other
holdings which he has acquired.
Several years ago, the Oonk-
wrlghts moved to Herefod and
later built their present home at
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Hopson Chosen
To Head Youth
Organization
$18,056.25, and your committee
urges you to call at the usual
place and make your purchase
without delay." j
E bond quota for the county j
during the Seventh War Loan is _
$250,000. Quota, for other series Hitting the entertainment
bonds has not yet been announc- [ gong a solid blow, the 1945 senior
Senior Play Hits
Enteriainment
High of Season
Nai'l Music Week
Will Be Observed
National Music Week will be
observed in Hereford with a pa-
triotic program presented by
members of the Music Study
Club at the Federation of Wo-
men’s Clubs meeting scheduled
for Apr. 27, at the Baptist
Church.
The program was arranged by
Mrs. H. L. Broad we 11 and will
be under the direction of Mrs.
J. C. McCracken with Mrs. El-
lis Coombes as accompanist and
will appeal to all music lovers,
both young and old.
The regular Federation lunch-
J eon program will be held in the
, Fellowship Hall of the church
|starting at one o'clock; and at
'2:30 o’clock the Music Week pro-
I gram will be given tin the main
(auditorium at which time the
Community Memorial Service
Held Here Saturday Afternoon
Hereford people joined the nation Saturday in solemn tri-
bute to the memory of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who
died Thursday afternoon of a cerebral hemorrhage at the "Little
White House,” Warm Springs, Ga.
The local observance took the form of a community memorial
service held at the Baptist Church Saturday afternoon during
the hour from three to four when all business houses in the city
remained closed in response to a proclamation by Mayor E. 8.
Ireland. Many government offices had remained closed through-
out the afternoon of the day named by President Truman as an
occasion of national mourning. The usual Saturday crowds were
In Hereford, but the town was unusually quiet as people gathered
in little groups to discuss the loss which had shoe Ice d the nation.
Rond Issne
Sold at Low
Interest Rale
The community memorial ser-
vice was opened by a prelude of
organ music, played by Miss
Thelma McMlnin and following
the singing of "America the
Beautiful," Rev. 8. E. Eldridge
pastor of the Assembly of God
Church, invoked the help of God
for the nation in its hour of
crisis
Rev. R. H. Cagle, Baptist pas-
tor, read scripture and compar-
ed the work of Franklin Roose-
velt to that of Moses, who also
The $40 000 City Bond Issue vo-
ted last week at a city election,
was sold Tuesday to C. Edgar
Honnold of Oklahoma City, It
was announced yesterday by
Mayor E. S. Ireland, who says. was not permitted to enter the
that the bond Issue will bear an promised land toward which he
interest rate slightly under two ; had led his people, as in the case
per cent, with the purchaser to
pay costs of the Issue.
The Mayor and Commissioners
are pleased with the low inter-
est rate on the Issue and state
that ain engineer is in town this
week drawing up plans and
specifications for the new well
and other improvements to the
city water works which will be
financed by the bonds.
ed.
Oldest Besidence
In Hereford Hakes
Way ior Pragma
V C Hopson, Hereford high
school senior, Saturday was
elected president of the new
Hereford youth organization, I oldest
winning a clear majority of the , were gone this week as a wreck-
79 votes cast. V. CT received 40 lrig crew completed their Job
votes to the 27 polled by Oale of tearing down the old D. R.
Rogers, Marcella Blue and Bev- j Qfua residence at the comer of
The scrollwork "gingerbread"
trimmings, many gables and
lightning rods which were the
architectural markings of the
residence in Hereford
play, "7 Keys to Baldpate," was (general public ls Invited.
! erly Fraser, the other three can-
didates for the president’s post.
Other officers—Joe Bishop,
vice-president, and Jessie Ann
Aflna Wayne O'Keefe of Ama-
rillo win be Hie speaker, and 11m
aleo hopes to have
a loealjnan. reosotty ]
tnma
Fourth Street and Miles Avenue.
The house was built in 1899 or
1900, recalls N. E. Gass, son of
the late D. R. Gass who operat-
Buckner, secretary—were elected | ed one of the first general mer-
chandise stores in Hereford.
However, part of the building
dates even earlier than 1099,
Mr. Oass states adding that the
middle rooms were part of the
first Dawn school building which
stood near what Is now the Tom
Ivey place, east of Hereford.
The old house, originally cos
of the showpieces of Hereford,
was the scene of much old-
fashioned hospitality back In
the years soon after it was built,
and Mayor R. S. Ireland recalls
without opposition.
The temporary steering com-
mittee having done Its work, or-
ganization will now be under
the leadership of The president
of the youth group Is ex-
pected to call a meeting in the
near future and announce his
appointments to the youth com-
mittees. He will also call a gen-
eral meeting of the officers,
youth committees and adult
committees, the adult com-
mittees to name their chairmen,
who will serve as advisors of the that in 1900 he rode a bicycle
corresponding youth committees
under the accepted constitution.
The chairmen of the adult com-
mittees will also be members of
the amoral council, which will
be to charge of operation of Ibe
youth center.
Thie council should be able to
from Dimmltt to Hereford to at-
tend a party at the Oam home.
and Ito. D. R. Oam Heed
at that old home ttwadwt
their lifetime, and it was occu-
pied by Mr. and l*s. Old R.
Brown for mml years until
presented to a capacity Audi-
ence here last Friday night,
when the senior cast turned In
universally good performances
in a production which rolled off
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OillWVlil/ IAS ucicivf); mm; mmu-
mum in both laughs and sus-
pense.
The play, a melodramatic far-
ce, was well cast in both the ma-
jor and supporting roles. Billy
London and Naomi Brurnley
turned In good performances In
the romantic leads—and Charles
Skelton gave a real Humphrey
Bogart touch to a tough-guy
role. Beverley Fraser was out-
standing in the part of the lady
blackmailer; and as the assort-
ed group of "crooks" who arriv-
ed at Baldpate Inn, convincing
touches were put in by Lloyd
Manjeot, V. C. Hopson. Deimo
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The program wil consist of
trios, sextettes, club ensembles,
duets, hymns, and In conclu-
sion the official songs of the o’clock, Saturday afternoon, Apr.
U. S. Services will be featured 121, at the county court room,
with the club leading and the • The change in time from four to
audience Joining In the Navy, five o’clock is being made in or-
Army, Coast Guard, Marine and der not to conflict with the Red
Army Air Corps songs climaxing Cross home nursing class now in
with “America." isession.
of Moses, a new Joshua will ap-
pear to lead the American peo-
ple, Rev. Cagle declared, urging
the orayerfui support of our
new leadership.
Rev. L. W. Bridges, pastor of
the First Christian Church, dW-
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Scoots Work lor
Record in Scrap
Paper Collection
With am excellent opportunity
to win individual and group
awards for collection of scrap
paper, members of Hereford Boy
Scouts this week appealed to
people of this area far assist-
ance. In addition, they pointed
to the critical need for waste
paper in the war effort.
The goal for March and April
paper collections 1m this county
ls an average of 1,000 pounds of
paper for each boy. At present,
Troop I has 20,000 pounds col-
lected and needs another 15,000
pounds to secure the award—
with two weeks to go. In case the
goal is reached, the troop will re-
ceive a shell, personally auto-
graphed by General Eisenhower.
In addition, each member of the
troop will receive an Eisenhower
medal.
In this connection a city-wide
paper drive will be held in Here-
Mrs. Liston Wilson, president! ford Sunday, April 29—at which
of the County Federation of Wo- I time all residents are asked to
men’s Clubs, announces a board j stack their paper om their
meeting to be held at five (porches for collection.
Freak Weather
Brings .37
Inches Moisture
A total of .37 inches of mois-
ture was reported in Hereford
on Sunday and Monday, when
almost everything in the wea-
therman’s bag of tricks came
on display in a freak combin-
ation of winter and spring.
Ushered in by a thunderstorm
early Sunday morning, rain, hail
and sleet fell and the temper-
ature dropped to the 20's. On
Sunday, light snowfall was re- >
ported throughout the territory
and more rain on Monday!
brought the total precipitation
to .37 of an Inch.
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Federation Board to
Meet Saturday P. M.
Airmen Listed as Missing
Mrs. George Guinn
Breaks Hip in Fall
MTs. George Oulnn is recov-
ering from a recent fall at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. J. J.
Dimmltt, 2409 Hayden Street,
AmarlUo.
Mrs. Oulnn went to Amarillo
to spend Easter with her daugh-
ter and family and on Monday
after Raster Sunday too was
preparing breakfast for her
Oeorge L McClendon,
and slipped and fell on toe kit-
Pictures above are Capt. Louie K. Wedel, left, and Staff
Sgt. Robert Bicknell, Jr., Army Air Corpt member, both lifted
as missing in action. Air medals were awarded laat week to
Captain Wedel's wife and to Sgt. Bieknell'e mother.
Captain Wedel, bombar^ver on a B-29 Superfort, haa beta
aliasing in action since last utoguat in the Asiatie-Paeifie area.
Sot. Bicknell, a glider pilot* haa been
since he took part In a miasma to land me
hind tha Jap Baas in Burma, i* March, IBM.
All rural resident* are asked
to bring their paper to the rear
door of Streu Hardware, where lt
will be accepted for the drive
and secured later by scouts.
‘We want old magazines, news-
papers and catalogues," they
said. “There are around 15 tons
of catalogues in this area—end
many more tons of newspapers
and magazines. We cannot
handle wrapping paper, writing
paper, cardboard or other small
scraps, so please confine your
donations to magazines, news-
papers and catalogues. They are
desperately needed—and we will
i be glad to have them."
Death Claims Marias
Cpl. Garland
R. (Bob) Wolf-
in gton who was
killed by acci-
dental gunfire
in the Aleu-
tians op March M
28. Cpl. Wolf- J
ington, a vete-
ran of the Ma-
rine campaigns
on Guadalcanal
and new Gui-
nea, Bougain-
ville and Tarsi
the Purple Heart far
received In aotian.
A son of Mm. Laaln
tog
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Gillentine, Jimmie. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 19, 1945, newspaper, April 19, 1945; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth821903/m1/1/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.