The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1935 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME 41
CORRIGAN, POLK COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1935.
NUMBER 12
LIVE-AT-HOME Edens Motor
PROGRAM FOR i Co. Dealers
YEAR OUTLINED For Plymouthj
Early Gardening Difficulties
by A. B. Chapin
PRIZES ARE OFFERED 11
EACH COMMISSIONER'S
PRECINCT
Announcement was made
this week by Mr. Jim Hen Ed-
ens, manager of the Edens Mo- j
tor Company that his company I
A program for the recon- j had accepted the dealership
struction of agriculture has lor DeSoto and Plymouth auto-
been worked out by farmers
and business men in co-opera-
tion with County Agent W. S. j
Childerss, which has for its
purpose the restoration of •veal s>
prosperity, self-respect, and
independence of the farmers
of Polk county, and announce-
ment is hereby made for the
year 1935.
This program is to be car-
ried out through community
clubs, which are now being
organized in each of the Com-
This company has maintain-
ed a large garage and service
I station here for a number of
and this expansion in
their business as distributors
of this popular line of automo-
bies is an evidence of their
faith in the future of Corrigan.
They now have on display
two models of the 1935 Ply-
mouth, the two-door and the
four-door sedan.
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CHURCH SCHOOL WORK-
ERS TO MEET THURSDAY
missioner’s precincts. Each
club will be made up of at
least 12 members. A member
may be the whole farm family
or any member of the family There will be a zone meet-
who wants to enter either one, ling for workers in the church
two, three or all of the clubs, ischool at the Methodist church
it is not inteded that persons I in Livingston Thursday night,
entering these clubs be called ;7:15. Dr. A. J. Weeks, editor
to make any immediate invest-1 Southwestern Advocate, will
ments in high bred stock and 1 be present to address the meet-
poultry. The stock already on|jng. All workers in the church
hand should be used to the
greatest advantage and the
prizes will be awarded on this
basis. It is hoped that these
organizations will increase the
quantity and improve the qual-
ity of feeds used in producing
livestock and poultry in prepa-
ration for the successful hand-
ling of the pure breds hoped to
be introduced by the clubs. In
addition it will be noted that
a plan for adequately feeding
the farm family is included in
the club program.
Four prizes of value will be
awarded in each Commission-
er’s precinct. In the poultry
club 24 pullets and two cock-
rels of good breeding, the
breed to be chosen by the mem-
bers of the winning club, will
school are urged to attend. 1
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BUILDING WAREHOUSE
( VV. B. T. AND S. MAKES
Work was started this week . “TOUCH” FOR $260,000
on a warehouse for the Leo i
Bergman hardware, and gro- I be following Associated
eery sfore. The building will | Press dispatch appeared in last !
be 48x20 feet and will connect Friday’s daily papers:
‘The interstate commerce
BUSINESS MEN
HOLD MEETING
LAST WEEK
FARM PRGRAM FOR 1935
IS DISCUSSED AT_
THIS MEETING
with the store from the rear
entrance. When completed this
store will have considerable
more floor space. The work is
being done by Contractor John
Henry.
ROCK ISLAND DEMON-
STRATION CLUB MEETS
The Rock Island Home De-
jmonstration Club met Friday,
be given to the memberscoring March 8 at the home of Mrs. ; Weldon,
highest. Each member will be
benefited by the obligation of
the winner to trade setting
eggs with every other member
until all members of the win-
ning club have a flock of pure
bred chickens equal in number
to the orignal prize flock.
The pig club winning in each
precinct will be awarded a
pair of pure bred pigs. From
the members of the club the
individual scoring the highest
v :!1 be elected custodian of
the pigs. This member will ex-
c i "nge pigs of equal market
value until each club member
has a pair of pure bred pigs
at which time the original
commission Thursday approv-
1 ed a loan by the public works i
! administration to the Waco, j
j Beaumont, Trinity and Sabine
j railway for improving its facil-
I ities.
j “The road was authorized to
I borrow $260,000 to better its
facilities between Trinity and
Texas, where
SCHOOL DISTRICT
GETS FEDERAL AID
A telegram from Repr-
esentative Carl Bergman
at Austin yesterday, to
Mr. H. A. Morgan, presi-
dent of the Board of Trus-
tees of Corrigan School,
states that application of
this school has been ap-
proved for $1550.00, this
amount to be used for la-
bor on the auditorium.
Work was started on the
building last week.
FORMER RESIDENT IS
AUTHOR OF BOOK
It will be of interest
friends in this section of Mrs.
Bun Bates Brusse to know that
announcement has been made
by Banks LIpshaw and Com-
pany of Dallas, Texas, of the
publication of “An Activity
Program in Action,” written
l by Mrs. Brusse with co-author,
Dr. Fred C. Ayer, of the Uni-
versity of Texas.
The book covers some of the
theoretical aspects and broad
philosophy of an activity pro-
gram and has received an en-
The regular semi-monthly
meeting of the Corrigan Busi-
ness Men’s Club was held last
j Thursday night at the high
school with a good attendance
of local business men and sev-
eral farriers present.-
The purpose of this meeting
was to discuss the “Live-at-
j Home” l ivin program planned
for this year, a full outline of
I which is contained in another
| column of this week’s issue of
the Press.
President Adams introduced
Mr. J. M. Walker of Moscow,
j who gave a short talk urging
the farmers and business men
to co-operate in putting over
the program.
Mr. Walker, in co-operation
with Messrs. Adams and Chil-
derss, has been very active in
the work among the farmers
of this section, and pledged his
co-operation and assistance
again this year.
County Agent W. S. Chil-
derss was the next speaker,
and held the attention of his
audience for an hour while he
explained in detail “A Program
of Farm Relief that Teaches
Self-Reliance.” This program
provides for the organization
of a series of community clubs
I in each commis.\oner’s pre-
(0 cinct of the county. There will
be a pig club, poultry club,
dairy cow club and beef cattle
club, and members may join
either or all of the four clubs.
Messrs. Childerss and Walk-
er were made honorary mem-
bers of the Business Men's
Club at last week’s meeting.
The next meeting of the club
will be held on Thursday night
March 22.
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a new
ZONE MEETING AT
CHESTER TUESDAY
F. F. Fuller. This was our first
meeting without Miss Causey.
We had a demonstration in
tufting. We will begin our first
spreads before our next meet-
ing. There were nine members
present., and we also had one
new member.
Our next meeting will be on
March 22 at the home of Mrs.
A. Loving.—Reporter.
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MRS. MARY BURDEN
JOB TO CUT
FOX’S “BABOONA”
oil field has been developed. TOUGH
The company expects to use
$16,200 for widening embank- ~ T ,
9!;Vrn^Eni,5,,?uWSV» «y> ~»A?. «"■' ......n
$54,744 for ties; $27,936 for li^-f^ture mayJn- iVmrd one ed ' ‘ ’ ’
other track material; $68,429
thusiastic acceptance of its
m rits by many of the outstan- Tho women of the Mission-
ding educators. I ary Societies of the Methodist
Mr. W. A. Stigler. Director
of Curriculum of the State De-
partment of Education, read
churches in Zone 4 met in
quarterly session at Chester
Tuesday with a good repre-
sentation from every charge in
the zone.
Mrs. Josephine Feagin of
Livingston, was charge of the
session. At the 11 o’clock hour
Rev. C. E. Peeples, pastor of
the Livingston church preach-
boose's o fc o m but ati o n' ba g it age day nights. But when it comes late Mrs. Brusse upon her book ed from the subject: “The
boosts ot combination baggage (o «s)aujrhtering.. ; go.non f,,pt and its publication. I Work at the Home Base, a
for laying track and surfacing;
$9,000 for purchasing three
second hand locomotives, and
$3,000 for buying three ca-
its publication, saying,
says Truman Talley, editor- “There is a crying need for
in-chief of the new Martin just such material; it is the
Johnson African saga, “Ba- best I’ve seen for the teachers
boon,•i," which plays the Corn'- of Texas,
gan Theatre Friday and Satur-
We should like to congratu-
Services were held Monday i
afternoon at 2 o’clock for Mrs. j
Mary Burden, age 78, who
died suddenly last Sunday
morning at her home in Barn-
stock becomes the property of jes. Services were conducted by
the custodian. I Revs. Wadsworth and Dawson I
In the dairy cow club the of Livingston and Rev. Davis)
members will use the stock al- of Kountze.
ready on hand. The purpose of) interment was in the Enon
the club is to encourage cor-: cemetery Monday at 2 p. m.,
rect care of the cow and me i under the direction of VV. W.
raising of plenty of feed and Bergman, undertaker,
pasturage for dairy animals. | Mrg Blirden had been a rosi_
St KrAlftf SSfiTS "'this »■<■««„ for many
years, and was a member of
j and passenger cars.
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hull calf, will be awarded in
each precinct to a member of
the club who has been selected
by all members of the club
with whom breeding terms
have been agree! upon by the
club for the use of the club
members. The bull circle plan
will be used to revolve these
animals to prevent inbreed-
ing.
The beef cattle club of not
less than 15 members will he
handled in the same manner
as the dairy cattle club, with
a prize of a hereford bull calf
awarded to the winning club
in each precinct. Breeding
terms will be handled in the
same manner as above stated a party of farmers from
in (he dairy club. Corrigan will visit the Lone
A program of fair and im- Star fertilizer plant at Nacog-
pnrtial judging will be arrang- j doches Saturday, March 16.
ed by (he county agent. A ! All farmers wishing (o make
score card for each project is the trip, come to Leo Bergman
-• j store by 9 o’clock. Trasporta-
(Continued on page 2) Ition will be free.
the Missionary Baptist Church.
Mrs. Burden is survived by
her husband, S. P. Burden, of
Barnes; a daughter, Mrs. Ger-
sta Morrison of Lufkin; two
sons, E. P. Burden of Corrigan
and Roy Burden of Barnes:
a step-son, Clyde Burden, of
Chester; two brothers, J. R.
Wallace of Chester, and R. L.
Wallace of Camden; a sister,
Mrs. Tom Vansau of Lufkin,
and nine grand-children.
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FARMERS WILL VISIT
NACOGDOCHES PLANT
TRUSTEE ELECTION TO
BE HELD ON APRIL 6
An electon will be held in
Corrigan Independent School
District on Saturday, April 6
for the purpose of electing
three school trustees for this
school district. The members
who are now serving, and
whose terms expire soon are:
Dr. W. O. Pullen, Elmer Knox
and (he president of the board,
Mr. II. A. Morgan.
Owing to the many improve-
ments started, and now under-
way by the present board,
these gentlemen have been so-
licited to stand for re-election
to another term, and no oppo-
sition is anticipated.
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NIGHT CONTRACT CLUB
150,000 feet [and its publication.
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CLUB MET
re- STRYKER
MONDAY AFTERNOON
of thrills and adventure in
i der to bring a film to the
quired length, that’s even
tougher.
“To take this sweeping rec-
ord of Mr. and Mrs. Johnsons’
latest adventure,” says Tallev, hlohn Hamilton Monday after-
timely and inspiring message
| on the missionary task of the
church.
Those attending the meeting
The Stryker Home Demon-1 £on£ran :
xtration Club met with Mrs. ^ '^ °Abs’ McMich-
ael, Mrs. John Sirmon,
“in which each scene literally noon with eight members pre-
battles for inclusion in the fi- sent.
mil release—and banish a Miss Causey gave a demon-
large part of it to the cutting stration on how to make a bed.
room floor, is, to say the least, Those from our club attending
‘u mattress school at Corri-
Tuesday were: Mrs. Will
Three tables of Contract
Bridge were delightfully on- selves,
tertained at th ohome of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Ben Edens Tues-
day night _
The St. Patrick’s color
scheme was carried out in ev-
ery detail. Miss Winifred
j Thompson was a guest of the
club. High score for ladies was
j awarded to Mrs. W. T. Bates,
Jr., and high for men to Mr.
L. W. Atkinson.
an unsatisfying task.
“Every foot of film as it
flashed across the screen con-
tained something 1 hated to
omit.”
The first cutting only made
matters worse. The best the ed-
itor could do that first time
was to bring the whole down
to 15,000 feet—and that was
more than twice the footage
custom permitted.
“Well,” Talley added, “all
that I can say is that each cu!
was like one inflicted on our-
the
gan
Reinhardt, Mrs. Joel Smith,
Mrs. John Hamilton and Mrs.
John Broom.
The next meeting will be
with Mrs. Will Reinhardt on
Tuesday, March 26, and the
club will make a bed mattress.
All absent members, don’t for-
get the date.
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WEDNESDAY CLUB
Mrs.
Alice Rittiman, Miss Eva Ritti-
man, Mrs. Robert Josserand,
Mb's. Jackson Kennedy, Mrs.
Edgar Hickman, Mrs. A. W.
Phillips, Mrs. Tillie Day, Mrs.
W. F. Hawkins and Rev. D.
Townes Windham .
The Chester women served
lunch at the church at the noon
hour. The next meeting will be
held in Corrigan.
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WAKEFIELD PLAY SUC-
CESSFULLY PRESENTED
The Wakefield school post-
poned their play from Friday
night to Saturday night on ac-
count of the rain. However,
the play, “Rube and His Ma,”
was successfully presented to
a nice crowd and was enjoyed
by all. There were a number
of Corrigan people present, al-
so a group from Alabama
Creek.
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TRUCK GROWERS NOTICE
i Mrs. N. C. Edens was hostess
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson spent 1 be Wednesday Contract,
twenty months, flew 60,000 (Jub :lt her home yesterdayy
miles and recorded 250,000 j afternoon,
feet of film in making “Ba- j Spring flowers were most
boons.” attractively arranged, and St.
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Carmona tomato growers j cards were used. Shamrocks
will meet at the Carmona and pipes were given as fa-j The East Texas Truck Grow-
sehool building Monday night, vors. Mrs. John Lowe Kent ers Association wil hold their
March 18, for the purpose of was a guest of the club. Mrs. 1 meeting on the first and third
discussing plans for a tomato M. T. Potts was awarded high; Tuesday nghts of each month
Favors were shamrocks for shed for Carmona, and for score. instead of Saturdays as here-
the ladies,and horns for the transportation to the Corrigan Molded lime fruit salad, sal- tofore. The next meeting will
men. A dessert course and eof- shed. All Carmona growers tines, cinnamon rolls, pickles be Tuesday, March 19 at 7:30
fee was srved. are urged to he present. |and coffee were served. p. m.
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Gilbert, J. R. The Corrigan Press (Corrigan, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 14, 1935, newspaper, March 14, 1935; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth646407/m1/1/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.