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Decorated Third Time:
Sgt Scoggins
Is Presented
Frying Cross
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TEXAN
VOL. 40
SHAMROCK, WHEELER COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1943
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For the third time tn less than
five nunths Sgt. Max F. Scoggins,
son of M. L. Scoggins of Lela, has
be^ decorated for courageous ser-
vicP In attacks upon the Japanese
In the Southwest Pacific.
The most recent decoration was
the Distinguished Flying Cross
which was presented for "extraordi-
nary achievement while partlci-
paRig in aerial flights in the South-
west Pacific Area from January 8,
1942 to April 12. 1943.
The local youth had already won
the Silver Star and the Air Medal
foi^rartlclpation In two sensational
attreks on Jananese shipping dur-
ing the March 2-4 battle of the
Bismarck Sea, In which an entire
22-ship Japanese convoy was de-
stroyed.
l^ird of the presentation of the
Distinguished Flying Cross to his
son was received by Mr. Scoggins
last week through a letter from
Lieut. Gen. George C. Kenney of
the Fifth Air Force. The letter read
ln#)rt;
. "Your son took part in more than
200 hours of long-range bombing
missions during which hostile con-
tact against enemy installations,
shipping and supply bases, and aid-
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COUSIN OF LOCAL
* WOMEN IS KILLED
LIEUT.-COL. W. A. AUSTIN
DIES IN PLANE CRASH
| IN FLORIDA
Word has been received here that
Lieut.-Col. Walton Anderson Austin,
son of Dr. and Mrs. George L.
Austin of Stevenson, Ala., was killed
0i airplane crash at Daytona
each, Fla., on Saturday, July 3.
Col. Austin was a cousin of three
ocal women, Mrs. T. E. Burkhalter,
. R. T. Hill and Mrs. W. L. Or-
ck.
Cm. Austin served aboard the
orktown until a few days before
t was sunk by the Japanese in the
c, having been shot down with
plane. Upon recovering from his
unds, he returned to the United
talfc and was training air pilots in
anding and taking off from car-
'ers at the time of hts death.
He was completing the lnstruc-
on of a class preparatory to his
ge, which was to have been
n JUly ,10.
Death of Col. Austin occurred a
ear after that of his brother, Geo.
Austin, Jr., who was killed in
ctlon In Australia on July 2, 1942.
THiJee other sons of Dr. and Mrs.
ustJn are In the armed services. |
They are:
Lieut. Henry D. Austin, U. S.
ny Air Corps, Lieut. Ben R. Aus-
n, U. S. Army and Pvt. Owen W.
us,0i. only recently Inducted into
e Army.
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OCAL YOUNGSTERS
ON ANNUAL OUTING
POWER HOOK-UP RY
UTILITIES COMPANY
WILL PROTECT CITY
AMPLE SUPPLY IN CASE OF
Consolidated Gas Co.
Constructing Second
Compressor Station
INTER-CONNECTIO
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A surveying crew of the. West
Texas Utilities Company this week
began work on the route of a power
line from the Shamrock plant to a
point near Magic City where an
Inter-connection is planned with the
Southwestern Public Service Com-
pany which will build a line from
its large Mobeetle plant to the Junc-
tion point.
Purpose of the lnter-connectlon
of'lines by the large companies Is
to assure all cities of this area serv-
ed by either West Texas Utilities
or Southwestern Public Service an
ample supply of power in case of
an emergency on either line, A. C.
Hallmark, local West Texas Utili-
ties manager, said.
The West Texas Utilities is served
by three huge generator plants at
Lake Pauline, Abilene and San An-
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW $700 GAIN
OVER ’42 FIGURE
Construction of a 1,500 horsepow-
er natural gas compressor station
was started this week by the Con-
FARMERS WARNED
TO WAGE WAR ON
COTTON HOPPERS
INFESTATION OF FLEAS IS
REPORTED IN COUNTY’S
EARLY CROPS
City Takes Steps To
Guard Public Health
To safeguard the public against a possible outbreak of
infantile paralysis which has already struck in Amarillo,
Plainview, Lubbock and many other cities of Texas and
Oklahoma, the City Council today announced the closing of
j the Municipal Swimming Pool and called on citizens to exer-
___ -ise extra precautions against spread of the dreaded disease
No. 10 1 to this community.
-! Mayor W. H. Walker announced the precautionary steps
today after conferring with City Health Officer B. A Zeig-
ler and members of the City Council,
i "There are no cases of infantile
Agricultural Agent Jake Tarter
solldated Gas Utilities Company, announced this week that early cot-
Slte of the new plant is the former ton Is already Infested with flea
to
to
DuMar Oil and Gas Lease, 18 miles hoppers and warned farmers
lorthwest of Shamrock. make preparation Immediately
H. C. Houk, chief engineer of the wage war on the pests.
POSTMASTER SAYS INCREASE
DUE CHIEFLY TO LARGE
NUMBER BOXES RENTED
compressor station at Twltty since
i It began operation four years ago,
“The hoppers seem to bear down
on the cotton when It begins to
has been made construction super- ; form squares and Is in the bud,”
intendent of the Consolidated Gas Tarter said, "and producers should
A gain of almost $700.00 In local
posjfal receipts for the quarter
ending June 30 over the same
period last year was announced
this week by Postmaster Flake
George.
Total receipts for all classes of
mall posted at Shamrock and box
Utilities Company, and is In charge
of the project.
Houk stated this morning that all
material available Is being purchas-
ed locally and that local labor is
being used. Wheeler County will
realise at least $150,000 through ma-
terial and labor, he declared.
The compressor station will be
SGT. HARRY CLAY
WOUNDED IN ACTION
SHAMROCK YOUTH
JUNE 30 IN SOUTHWEST
PACIFIC AREA
(paralysis in Shamrock and we are
taking this action solely to guard
against the disease, said Mayor
Walker. "We have been exercising
every possible caution In the oper-
atlon of the city swimming pool—
INJURED addlng cMorine to the water, scrub-
bing the pool weekly and permitting
It to “sun out” one day a week. But
tl - health of our citizens comes
first and we are taking no chances.”
(NOTE:—An advertisement ap-
A letter written by Sgt. Clay on
July 2 and 3, was received sinoe^®
the following story was written, ' °n Page °f today's Texan
gelo, while the Southwestern Pub- sponBlng period last year. This is
lie Service line Is hooked up with \ an exact gain of $699.12.
rent paid during the past three I similar to the one built and put
months amounted to $5,386.88, com- Into operation at Twltty four years
pared to $4,687.76 for the corre- ago. About 25 men will be employed
examine their stalks carefully and
often to make sure that the
structive Insects are not making
headway.”
Tha county agent pointed out
that early cotton is the best grade
and staple, brings farmers the most
money and should be carefully pro-
tected. Last year's production was
cut many bales due to the hoppers,
he declared.
The West Texas Cottonoil Com
in which the young Shamrock
fighter states that his Injuries con-
sist of an ugly shrapnel wound
and chip fracture on his left fore-
arm, sustained when a bullet hit
and destroyed his camera.
Sgt. Clay said he was wounded
. | on his first flight and that he ex-
pected to be back in action within
two weeks.
Sgt. Harry Clay, 21-year-old son
plants at Mobeetle, Amarillo and
Borger.
George attributed the gain chief-
ly to box rent, stating that the post-
Each company will build the line office now has more boxes rented
half-way to the connecting point than at any time since city delivery
near Magic City and construction was started.
Is expected to be started as soon as “Of course, more letters are being
possible aftfer the survey has been written,” George said. "There Is
completed.
The Shamrock area Is now served
by the Lake Pauline generator plant
with the local plant serving as a
stand-by in case of emergency.
Jim Longley of Abilene, transmis-
sion superintendent for West Texas
Utilities, is in charge of the survey
now In progress.
Here Is How
To Cure Your
Potato Crop
more money now and better times
always brings an Increase In the
number of letters written. Gasoline
rationing, too, has had its influ-
ence. With families visiting less
and less, they correspond more.”
Letters to the men who have en-
tered the armed services In recent
months has meant some Increase,
but this could not begin to account
for the total gain, the postmaster
dvlared. Nor could the mall sent
in construction of the plant which pany has stocked sufficient amounts
will require about 60 days, Houk of sulphur and other poison mater-
said.
The Consolidated Gas Utilities
Company takes gas from the field
northwest of Shamrock and now
serves both war industry and civil-
ians in Oklahoma and Kansas, their
line running through Enid, Wichita
and Hutchinson. -
Location of the station Is three
miles west of the Magic City road
and three miles north of Highway
66.
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July 15 Is
Deadline For
stating the swimming pool was open
had already been printed when the
Council decided today to close the
pool.)
Citizens are asked to cooperate
In the disposal of garbage and
trash. They are urged to procure
garbage containers as dogs, cats
and mice spread loose garbage and
create flies. Damp garbage should
be wrapped In old newspapers to
prevent flies from spreading germs,
until trash collectors can pick up
the containers.
Newton Kugelmass, M. D„ Ph. D„
Sc. D. says the following about in-
fantile paralysis:
"The virus of Infantile paralysis
tals to supply this area, Tarter said,
and is releasing sulphur for 2 cents
per pound.
"A few communities have dusters
and others are borrowing them. |
Some farmers are making simple 1
sack dusters, which If correctly con-
structed, will get the job done,” I
Tarter stated. "A sack duster Is;
made of cheese cloth and should'
be about 12 Inches wide. The sacks
should be filled with sulphur and j
placed on the farm implement In !
use so that they will swing over j
the rows of cotton.
If swung loosely, the vibration |___
from the Implement will release of Mr. and Mrs. Matt Clay of this 1 hal!,
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FOOD PRESERVATION
PROGRAM HELD HERE
DEMONSTRATION ON CANNING
AND DRYING IS ATTENDED
BY NINETY WOMEN
SGT. HARRY ©LAY
laieu. nor couia me mnu sent 44 4 yy i
out by the families who have moved L\ f| rYnnlfC
here and work at the McLean In-1 n
temment Camp.
sufficient sulphur to be effective,”
he declared.
city was wounded In action in the
Ninety women attended the Food
Preservation Demonstration given
by the home demonstration club
women and 4-H Club girls Saturday,
July 10, In the Shamrock I. O. O. Ft
The guests were greeted at the
door by Mrs O. T. Glasscock and
Fanners are urged to check their according to a telegram from the
cotton, and begin fighting the in-
Wheeler County farmers and vic-
tory gardeners Wave produced a
good potato crop this year and
YOUTH’S BOOK CLUB
IS BEING PLANNED
persons having "A” gasoline i ***** at 1116 flrst •*«» °* tafesta-
turn
l ration books should complete their
renewals and turn them In to the !
! County War Price and Rationing |
Office of the Adjutant General,
Washington. D. C.
The first demonstration was given
| by 4-H Club girls on canning fruit
Board by July 15, members of the
local panel, announced this week.;
"Be sure your application is com- i
every care should be used In curing! PLAN WILL ALLOW MEMBERS I pletely filled In,” they urged, "as i
TO READ 12 BOOKS FOR
PRICE OF ONE
LOCAL SALE CAR
USE STAMPS SLOW
them and preventing their rotting,
Jake Tarter, county agent, stated
this week.
Tarter listed the following steps
In caring for potatoes:
those that are not completed will
mean a delay in receiving the new j proceeds
gasoline ration books.”
Tha young people of Shamrock! At the same tlme the appllcatl0'1
are beginning a book club similar j for the new 130011 is tumfid *n> the
. i, ..... . hart mwor nf tho “A” irac hnoV nnv
FROM STICKERS
PLACED DIRECTLY INTO
WAR EFFORT FUND
The telegram advising the parents ! They f °*ed,thl! «uests how to pro-
of the injury of their s«n was rC'
celved Tuesday and stated:
regret to Inform you that Sgt. Mas
ton H. Clay, Jr., was slightly wound-
ed in action on the 30th of June
vent darkening of such fruits as
r^e preaches, apples, pears, and apri-
cots by dropping the fruit as it Is
cut into a solution of the Juice of
one lemon to two quarts of water
"Store In dry place for *wo weeks, | to the one Just formed by senior i138011 cover of the “A” ®as book now
not more th$n five Inches deep, readers, the volumes of which were;in 1186 and the tlre lnspectlon cer"
"Sprinkle lime over the potatoes placed on the shelves of the Sham- ^Bcate should be mailed or carried
In sufficient amount to make them
white.
"Potatoes may be sacked within
two weeks, but If they are sacked
that soon, they should be arranged
rock Library last week.
Five youngsters have
j to the office in Wheeler,
already Cooperation of the public In get'
The sale of the third auto use
stamp has been slow and many peo-
ple still have not purchased one
- ■ m aCCOrding t0 P08t' ( THOSE WHO DID NOT APPLY
hbrefy toard1UabrmoTn^rStod°i.the I placedTn ‘ oTilZ ta
master Flake George.
Although the stickers were to be
_______________________ Anyone of teen age who would of will be greatly ap-
to permit air to circulate like to Join the club should call Preciated bY the rationing office.
through them freely. It is better to at the library, select a book and
allow potatoes to cure longer than leave his name. As soon as the
two weeks, and they will keep in- 1 titles have been placed, the books
definitely if not sacked at all.
“They should be observed often
to see if they are keeping well.”
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NAMES OF RECENT
INDUCTEES LISTED
will be ordered. Then each member
pays for his selection. As soon as
each member has read all 12 books,
^SWIMMING CHAMPS
LISTED BY CLARK
in Southwest Pacific area. You will ^es^nsT^ltUfed^ f gli*
Ion of water and letting the fruit
remain in this solution until enough
pieces were peeled to pack In the
jars. This method also prevents the
loss of vitamin C by excluding the
air. However, they did warn against
letting the fruit stand in the water
longer than 30 minutes.
The China Flat Home Demonstra-
tion Club ir ibers canned green
string beans racking them raw
In the jars and a. ’pg boiling water
then steaming pints 0 minutes and
War Ration Book HI Is being re- q„arts 15 minutes. After thls the
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RATION BOOK 3 TO
BE VALID IN FALL
BETWEEN JUNE 1-10 MAY
DO SO IN AUGUST
beans were pressed down and tha
one
A dumber of Shamrock young
eoplo are attending the annual en-
mpment at Ceta Canyon this
eek.
Includ ed in the group are Barbara
a Margie Lil Norwood, Nancy
.allmark, Louise and Janet Caper-
n, June Ann Nix, Billie Hugg,
e Ann Lane, Don Heath and
errod Reavis, John Hal Chrlst-
r, Louise Partridge, Ila Louise
no# Karen Kromer, Iris Lee Lile
id Gene Hamill. -
They were accompanied by Rev.
arvln B. Norwood.
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1 they become the property of the
I library for general circulation.
It has been suggested that a book
I club of technioal books be formed,
and anyone Interested is asked to
Names of Wheeler County men j call at the library and leave his
who were sent to Lubbock last selection, and as soon as 12 selections
Thursday to take their physical j have been made, the books will be
check preparatory to Induction into i ordered. This plan gives the group
CHARLES GRAGG HIGH-POINT
MAN IN CITY-WIDE MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
the armed services were released
this week by the draft board.
Included in the group were:
Hubert V. Sims, Thomas F. O’-
Gorman, Needom Robert Tlsd&l
George Wm. Bowden, Clifford H.
the advantage of 12 books for the
price of one.
Members of the board declare that
Charles Gragg was high-polnt
man in the city-wide swimming and
diving contest held at the Municipal
Swimming Pool Friday afternoon.
Bob Clark, pool manager, announced
this week.
Young Gragg, competing
use by July 1, only slightly more
than 800 of the little yellow stamps j celved here by persons living In
this wrek" Ahntit Mond*y. ot thls countY who made ^Plication ; i1(JuW brought t0 approximately
this week. About 1,500 were sold last between June 1 and June 10. Those lnch above the beans and the Jar
year George stated. j Who have not made application will
The money received from these ( have time to do so before Fall when
stamps go into a quick war effort j books become valid,
fund, one hundred per cent toward j Those who did not have a per-
winning this war. They are just as manent address between June 1 and
Important to the car owner as his j June 10, and_service men have been
state license and It Is a federal of- j asked to wait until August to make
fense not to have one displayed on their applications. Information con-
your car, George declared. j cernlng the manner in which these
The first of these stamps cost the j groups will apply for the book will
car owner $2.09 and expired June be announced at that time.
30, 1942, the second was $6,00 and j Mailing of the books is being done
expired June 30. 1943, and the third j by the volunteer workers from the
was $5.00 and expires June 30, 1944.1 Office of Civilian Defense In Dal- j
sealed. Then they were put In the
pressure cooker and processed at 12
pounds pressure for 30 minutes for
pints, and 35 minutes for quarts.
Another group Of 4-H Club girls
showed how fruit may be dried In
home made sun driers. The girls
recommended that the fruit be sul-
phured before drying to prevent
darkening of fruit and also to help
to prevent souring and infestation
by Insects.
The Three Leaf Home' Demonstra-
tion Club, Shamrock, demonstrated
Thomas R. Willoughby, William C.
Groves, Maurice Roger, Jack Mob- ( FORMULA IS GIVEN
ley, Bryant Franks, Thomas Calvin
Montgomery, and Lee E. Penning-
ton.
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CANNING PLANT TO BE
These stamps have been on sale! las and the process will require a method of food preservation which
. .. ... ------ - — P—, in the each time at the post office about, time. Validation stamps arc being; ls becoming quite popular-that of
Interest In the library Is Increasing h-16 year-old bracket of the meet, j 30 days before the expiration of the used on the books at the Dallas f drying vegetables. They exhibited
with 2 973 borrowers taklna advan- rang up a total of 60 points, 44 In | last one. j center and no further procedure is dried green string beans, beets, new
“There Is a penalty of a fine or j required after the consumer re- , potatoes, greens, carrots, corn, okra.
Imprisonment, or both, if these j ceives his book through the mall. j They sliced and steamed each vege-
stamps are not displayed on your j Book III is a replacement of War j table before drying it.
car. There has been a checker for Book I and II and instructions con-
the Internal Revenue Department j cernlng the use of the stamps will
here- following the sale of these ! be given when it becomes valid in
with 2,973 borrowers taking advan-
•*** of uie facilities of the muni- j diving and 16 in swimming, Clark
Hiner, Robert E. Johnson, Marvin | cipal set-up during the past five ; stated
W. Montgomery, Newton D. Wells, I months.
<y
Results of the meet:
Boys, 14-16 years old, swimming:
, first, Charles Gragg, 16 points; sec-
CLOSED UNTIL AUGUST
ETHE
IOW)
HOMECOMING SUN.
There will be a homecoming at
e Bethel Baptist Church on Sun-
y, July 18.
. J. W. Lummus of Shamrock,
Re;
rmi
i™ pastor, will preach at the
nlng service and a basket lunch
U be served at the noon hour.
Rev. H.
(enry of Twltty, will
:h at 2 o'clock In the afternoon
ice will follow. Stng-
by Mrs. Dick Sher-
cordially invited to
T v; M
Due to the small number of per-
sons taking advantage of the facili-
ties of the city canning plant, the
place has been closed until August
1, Mayor Bill Walker announced
this week.
The plant was opened two weeks
ago and the number using It has
not been great enough to continue
operation, Walker stated. If anyone
wants to use the equipment be-
tween now and August 1, O. B. Tug-
well, operator of the plant who re-
sides at 302 South Oklahoma Street,
will open the building for him.
It Is believed that by August 1,
many local residents will have more
garden products than they can han-
dle in their homes and will make
use of the city’s canning equipment.
FOR POISON GRAIN I ond, Aaron Isaacs, 14 points; third,
-r I Billy Blake, 10 points; diving, first, j stamps before and we suppose there jthe Fal'' the OPA announces.
Many requests for the formula Robert Callan, 50 points; second, will be one this time. You will have —_o-
for mixing poison grain has been : Charles -Gragg, 44 points; third, ! no warning as to when he is com- BAPTIST BROTHERHOOD
received at the agricultural build-
ing at Wheeler, and County Agent
Jake Tarter gives the following in-
formation, pointing out that the in-
gredients should be mixed in the
order given:
One ounce of strychnine (alka-
loid), one ounce of soda, one ounce
of borax, V4 ounce sacchrine, one
pine of water, one pint of syntp, 20
pounds of maize, kafir, hegarl or
wi sat.
Mix well, let set two hours, stir-
ring after one hour to prevent cak-
ing.
Tarter warned that the above
Billy Blake, 41 points.
I Ing, so get these stamps now and
I “To remove odors and stains in
| the pressure cooker use the juice
| of a lemon, or two tablespoons vine-
: gar, or a handful of Irish potato
I peelings with 2 quarts of water and
| process at five pounds pressure for
mixture, In sufficient.amount, will
kill children, horses and cows, and j ntrs in each division,
that it should be handled with all
precaution.
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Boys, 11-13 years old: first, Fred save yourself some money and trou-
Wright, 18 points In swimming, 22 ble later on,” George warned,
points In diving; second, Roy Don ' ---------0-
ST’i^iSS "wT’S.S Devices are held
Anderson, 7 points In swimming,
third. Robert, Parsons, 11 points In
diving.
Girls, 11-13 years old: first, Jane
Ann Lane, 20 points in swimming,
17 points In diving; second, Martha
Ann Montgomery, 12 points in swim-
ming.
Boys, 10 and under: first, John
Clark, 14 points.
Medals were presented the wtn-
Shamrock visitor Tuesday.
Minister O. M. Reynolds of the
North Amarillo Church of Christ
Rev, H. H. Henry of Twltty was a will preach at the local Church of
Christ this evening.
FORMED MONDAY NIGHT; flve mlnut®s." the Magic City Home
_ Demonstration Club told guests.
Tolley Brothers was elected pres- other mcmbers the Magic City
ident of the Baptist Brotherhood!club demonstrated how to store
at the meeting.
Other officers elected were: Lee
Newman, membership chairman;
Funeral services were held at the
Shamrock cemetery Wednesday aft-
ernoon at 4 p. m. for Claudine Gris-
wold, Infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. O. Griswold. The Infant was
bom' at St. Mary’s Hospital July IS.
Nix Funeral Home was In charge
of Interment.
Survivors Include the parents, one
sister! Jo Nell, and two brothers,
James and Jerry, and the grandpar-
ents, Mr, and Mrs. R. W. Griswold.
W. B. Sammons is quite 111 in the
hospital at Wheeler.
keep
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Duard Price, program chairman, and WHEELER COUNTY
Charles Green, secretary-treasurer, j OVERSUBSCRIBES MAY
Paul Briggs, educational director ( AND JUNE QUOTAS
of the First Baptist Church of Pam- | --
pa, and Mr. Colthrace, president of Wheeler County exceeded Its war
the Baptist Brotherhood of Pampa, bond quota In May and June, R, J.
were present and Mr. Briggs spoke
on the subject, "Those Tbinp Which
Cannot Be Shaken.”
A social hour followed the meet- whit "'‘he Ju
ing and ice oream and cake we*<t/ f
served. Fifteen men attended* 1 I OUT V/»ta
meeting.
Holt, county chairman, announced
this week. More than $47,000.00
worth of bonds were sold in May,
whli'Vjie June sale exceeded *40,-
for July has been set
he stated.
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