The Canyon News from Canyon, Texas • Page 1

SUPREME circulation advertising reader interest community service Con yon Items FOR 45 YEARS Devoted entirely to the building of a community which stands for education and citizenship. FORTY-SIXTH YEAR Uncle Sam Needs Defense Bonds CANYON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 Uncle Sam Needs Defense Bonds NUMBER 27 Farm 1942 Program for Is Outlined New Officers Named For the School District Serious Penalty to Those Who Over-Plant on Wheat Acreage This Fall The 1942 Farm Program was the subject of discussion at a district meeting of county representatives held in Amarillo Monday. Randall county was represented by R. B. Gist, Chairman of the County AAA Committee, John Bedenk, W.

Turpin. W. H. Upchurch, County Agent and Ina A Stewart, Secretary, The meeting was in charge of C. Thomas of Pampa, who is a member of the State Committee.

Several important changes in the program were announced. Some of these changes which were not recommended by the local committee were considered necessary by the National AAA organization in Washington. Some are being made by the State Committee for Texas. One of the most important changes which has definitely been decided is a new rule in regard to overseeding wheat acreage. Under this rule there will be no tolerance for overseeding and no credit for acreage in excess of the allotment plowed up.

The county committee will have no choice in the matter of deductions from payments for overseeding. A graduated penalty will apply on all excess acreage regardless of the amount plowed up after measurements of seeded acreage are established The penalty will be ten times the per acre rate for each acre of overseeding A similar rule will apply lo parity Advance notice is being given to Randall county wheat growers because of the fact that this new rule will entirely wipe out the wheat 1 part of the payment for any farm which is found to be as much as 10 per cent overseeded Other changes in line with the i National Defense program will be I announced soon It is expected that an increase in feed crops will be encouraged Buffalo Squad Light But Fast W. T. Prospects Good Only One Man of 200 MiSS Is Game Freshman Squad NCW iCQCnCr In Buffalo football squad has jW. T.

This Year the best spirit I have seen in West Texas stated Coach Jack Curtice yesterday. will be the lightest team turned out here in years, but what the boys lack in size is made up in fighting Curb of Happy is the only man on the squad of 27 men who weighs as much as 200 pounds. Football candidates reported to Coaches Curtice, Leslie Van Meter and Leo Cooper last Friday morning. Two stiff daily practices are being held getting the men in condition for the first game which will be played at Buffalo Stadium on next Thursday night. The best freshmen squad in years is holding daily drills with the var- I sity squad.

The freshmen group was cut to 30 men yesterday, and nearly all of these will be held on the freshmen team. Among the players are some of the outstanding high school football men of the I Panhandle. The coaches are high- ly pleased with this fine group In spite of the loss of 10 first MISS MAUDE CUENOD string men from the Buffalo squad Miss Maude Cuenod of Austin (Continued on page will become an Instructor in business subjects at West Texas State College in the fall term opening September 16 She is a graduate of the University of Texas and of Baylor University. The department of business administration has become one of the largest in the college, with courses leading to two-year diplomas, the degree of Bachelor of Business Admmistra- tion. and qualification for the C.

A examinations. Defense Stamps at Retail Stores "Take Your Change in Stamps" During Retail Week, Sept. 15-20 Nearly all retail stores in Canyon will put Defense Saving Stamps on sale next week offering them to their customers. More than a million stores throughout the nation are stressing the sale of stamps, and urging customers to accept their change in Defense Stamps. The week set aside by retailers to urge the sale of stamps is Sept.

15 to 20. Teacher Named For Education Department WT Happy Birthday September Mrs. Earl Robbms Jack MeBroom, Jr. Monroe Horton S. Donald GEORGE COX At a meeting of the school trustees Saturday night, George Cox resigned as trustee.

Dr. A Neblett, vice president, succeeded Cox as president. Mr Cox has served on the school uth board for seven years and has been president most of this time. At the same meeting Saturday Cundiff was elected assistant secretary. Dr Harris Cook is secretary.

Man Lost in High Weeds in City Is Report Officers chasing a man lost him in high weeds the other night, states Night Watchman Jim Cheyne. He and Chief of Police John Guthrie were after a man, who dropped out of sight in a patch of weeds. The weeds extended over such a large area that a man could easily get away from the officers. Weeds should be cut at once owing to the great fire hazard which will result this fall. Flies and mosquitoes are the worst in years around Canyon because of the prevailing weeds.

A real weed cutting and burning campaign is needed in Canyon, according to Mr. Cheyne. Rape Charge Is Filed Men Are In Jail IVo Amarillo men are being held in jail on charge of rape which was filed Monday by a 17-year old Amarillo girl. The assault is alleged to have occurred Sunday night in the north part of Randall county. Four young men picked up two girls in Amarillo, bringing them for a ride into Randall county.

Doyle Freeman and Lors McDaniels are the men. The former is said to be 25 years of age and the latter 22. Nadine Sparks is the girl filing the charge. HUMPHREYS HAVE GUESTS Mr and Mrs. Thomas A.

Shriver and family of Tennessee are visiting here this week in the parental J. Humphreys home. Mr. shriver was just last week re-elected as Chancellor or Judge of Part 1, Chancery Court of Tennessee, for an eight-year term. GOES TO PAMPA Ray Robbins, teacher of band at Clarendon for the past six years, has accepted a similar position in the Pampa High School.

Mr, Robbins, who will assume his duties at pampa this week, takes the position vacated recently by Winston Savage. Edd Brooks September Mrs. Jim Cabe Lisle Re it a Westhoff Peter Meyers, Jr September 14th Carl Schroeder, Jr Ida Martha Pierle Day Prichard Mrs Forrest Hill Mrs. Campfield Mrs Gordon Beck Mrs. Frank Scales Mrs.

Breitling September Ellen Root Geraldine Skarke Speer R. A Henson A Michael Mrs. Earl J. Davis Arthur Walton September Burnell Campbell Peggy Stewart Bishir Mrs. Irene Sloan Christina Lee Sikes Mrs.

Levi Cole K. Currie Bennie Mack Abbott Mrs. Wm. Dickerson J. G.

Gafford September Harley Burrus June Carolyn Davis Elaine Cundiff Mrs. B. Campbell, Jr Mrs. W. F.

Read Work To Start in Demonstration School Tuesday Tuesday, Sept. 16. will be registration day for students at the Demonstration school of West Texas State College, announced Supt. Savage this week. The school will run on Mondays through Fridays instead of Tuesdays through Saturdays, as it has in the past, in order to co-operate with the Canyon Public School and with students riding the busses, stated Mr.

Savage. Students will meet classes next Wednesday. Cold Wave and Rain Hits the Plains Tuesday The first breath of winter hit the Plains Monday night. The temperature dropped to 45 degrees above zero. Snow was reported in Denver being the earliest snow that fallen along the Rockies in 12 years.

A light rain amounting to .21 of an inch fell in Canyon Monday night. This is the first rain that has fallen since August 23. Farm operations are moving slowly, according to reports from over the county Many farmers Changes Made In High School Faculty This Week Wesley Cox was elected coach of i Kress still have wheat which has not been football team and teacher in the Canyon high school at a of the school trustees Sat- I urday night. Cox was assistant coach of the Perry ton high school I Young People In Car Wreck Are Injured Sunday Kenneth Erwin of Claude is in a critical condition suffering from internal injuries, and Miss Bam Woods, who has worked in Canyon during the past year, is suffering from a broken hip and face lacerations sustained when a car in which they were riding was struck by another car at a highway intersection near Woodward, Sunday afternoon. Other occupants of the car.

Misses Mickey and Anna Ruth Schmitz were uninjured. The four had attended a rodeo at Woodward and were about a mile out of the city on the return trip when the accident occurred. Their car was hit broadside and turned over by the impact. Mr Erwin is in a Woodward hospital but Miss Woods was taken to the Plainview hospital in an ambulance after receiving treatment at Woodward. Her home is harvested and are trying to save it from the mass of high weeds.

Row crops are uniformly good throughout the county. In spite of the decreased acreage, Randall county will make a much larger row crop this year than has been made in several years. Wheat planting is being started by many farmers who have succeeded in clearing their land of the heavy growth of weeds caused by the rains of this DR LLOYD N. SMITH A new member of the West Texas State College faculty is Dr Lloyd N. Smith, a specialist in the field of elementary education He is a graduate of the University of Missouri.

His duties will begin at the opening of the fall term Sept. 16. Two Years In Jail Given In Assault Charge G. W. Gunter 32, has been sentenced to two years in jail as the result of an attempted assault on a 5-year-old girl recently.

Gunter plead guilty and was given the maximum punishment. HLs parents state that Gunter has been feeble minded since childhood, and an attempt is being made to place him in an institution at Austin, Hospital Notes Sept 3, Meade Michael, but resigned Monday to accept his I dismissed Sept. 4 tonsil- Canyon Hardware (lose This If eele to 6- ear Old Peach Tree Has 4 Bushels Mrs Harvey Burrus reports that she has a seedling peach tree. 6 years old. which bore 4 bushels of peaches this year.

The peaches are Alberta and of excellent flavor new coaching job. Cox graduated from the Canyon high school five years ago. and was captain of the Eagles squad. He was a star football player at A. C.

at Abilene during his college career, Mrs Guy Tabor was named teacher of junior-senior English and teacher of journalism when Jim A Hart resigned. Another English I met3tcal. teacher will be named by the end of this week. 1 MOVING Sept. 5, Gene Hollabaugh, tonsil lectomy, dismissed Sept.

6. Sept 5. Clara Frische, medical, dismissed Sept. 6 Sept. 6, Dick Barrett, tonsillec- been tomy, dismissed Sept.

7. Sept. 8. Mrs. R.

Francy. maternity. girl, Ruth Ellen Sept. io. Mrs.

Henry Gerdsen. West Texas Will Open On Tuesday Large Attendance Is Seen By Registration Feature Defense Program A curriculum revised somewhat in line with defense and the presence of young men taking training in aviation and aviation mechanics will remind West Texas State College students that a world war is under way and that a national crisis is at hand But indications are that enrollment next week will not be greatly affected by the international situation Demands for living accommodations are above normal, according to Dr A. Hill, president. Cousins Hall, dormitory for girls, very few rooms not reserved. Co-operative dormitories and college-owned boarding houses have long waiting lists.

Private sources indicate a similarly strong demand for rooms and board. Stafford Hall, dormitory for men, has several choice rooms still available. Freshmen will register September 16 and upperclassmen on the following day. Faculty members will assemble for conferences on September 15. Vocational studies will be emphasized in the coming term by many departments of the College.

Most of the new course will be the fields of industrial arts, business training, agriculture, and government and economics, but most departments will offer one or more classes especially related to national needs, A pre-nursing program for young women will be offered for the first time Pre-medical, pre-law, and pre-engineering training has been stressed for several years. More than 75 members ot the West Texas State College faculty, most of whom have had a vacation since the close of the summer term, will re-assemble here on page 5 Hopper Poison Is Available Free Donald Trolinger will close Canyon Hardware Co this week He announced a closing out sale All Pflfmf'I'C recently and most of the -took has Registration in the schools this week, but will not be completed until the busses start to run next week. Mr and Mrs. Chas, Franz are moving to Turkey this week Mr Franz has a ranch near Turkey. The family household good1 are being stored at the home of his mother in Amarillo until Mr.

and Mrs. Trolmger find a new location They have rented their new home at 1200 Sixth Avenue to Mr and Mrs. Holmes Smith I I I Ki AIK OKPs Sam A Thomas Jr left He has been manager of the Tierra day to enter the air service. He i Blanca Stock Farms for the past will be stationed at Lowry Field, 10 years, resigning recently in order to look after his ranch. J.

C. Bellah and Foust returned Tuesday night from a business trip to California MAKKIIGE LICENSES Weldon Bright and Miss Irene Thompson, Sept, 4 Mrs. Fred Sorgee returned Sun- Jack Fogg and Miss Frances day from a visit with her sisters at Crawford. Sept, 6 Stamford and Burkburnett. Colorado, having been accepted in aerial photography.

Miss Lillian Chambers returned yesterday from a vacation trip to Colorado and New Mexico. Bomber Base Is Possible Million' of grasshoppers are spreading over Randall county and many land owners are putting out poison in an attempt to stop their destruction of winter wheat when it is planted The mixing plant is opened daily in charge ot Otto White The government furiu.hes free oi charge saw dust, bran and poison. Land owners must do their own mixing. Some farmers buy molasses to add to the mixture, but this expense must be paid by the farmers. The mixing plant will continue opened as long there is a demand for the poison.

Mrs. Sarah J. (3aler Is Buried I lore on Canyon Laundry Has Moved Location The Canyon Steam Laundry has moved from its former location 1419 Fourth Avenue, to the building which has been occupied by the Troy Laundry at 2310 Fourth. The Canyon and Troy laundry are co-operating in the future. The machinery is being set and will be in operation this week.

To Be Located In North Part Randall County Announcement was made Tuesday in Amarillo of the provisional acceptance of a site for a giant bomber base near Amarillo. It was reported yesterday that the site is largely in Randall county, adjoining the helium plant. Army officers have approved the location, and have recommended to Washington that the base be built at a cost of $10,000,000 Five sections of land are required, largely in Randall county. The city of Amarillo will raise the money to buy the land Potter and Randall counties will be asked to build a three-lane highway from Amarillo to the site. A meeting was held yesterday in Amarillo of citizens interested in the new industry.

G. B. Heath, county commissioner, represented Randall county. As an inducement for the army to approve the location, the facilities of Randall county were listed by the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce. These included the facilities of West Texas State, the museum, Palo Duro Park and Buffalo Lake It is stated that if accepted by the government the base will be permanent and that 4,000 to 5,000 men will be stationed at the base permanently.

New Manager of Texas Utilities Arrives Here Cemetery I ssociation Tax Rate For Met Saturday County Is Set- State Lower Rate Randall county taxpayers will pay less taxes this year than they have lor several years The county tax rate was contin- Canyon as follows Ball, Jeif 90 cents on the $100 valua- At the Saturday afternoon meeting of Dreamland Cemeterj Association acknowledgements were made of a $1 00 donation from Mrs Obera Burgan Zaehry and a barrell of gasoline each from the various oil commission agents in Mr Sarah Jane Caler 88, buried at Dreamland Ceni was tery died at 1 er daugh- where she George a pioneer had many settlers ot Happy Wallace, Felix Pierce, Hassell Rhoades and Clyde Davis The gasoline is used for pumping water for irrigation purposes at the Cemetery. It was pointed out that Potters Field at the Cemetery was very pretty now with petunias. The Mexicans in Canyon have done much work in this portion of the Cemetery and much of the beautification is due to their work. It Gl ESTS RECENTLY Mr. and Mrs.

John Nicholson and John Bright of Tulsa were tion, but the state tax rate wa lowered from 69 cents to 58 cents per $100 valuation Burch Campbell is typing county tax rolls for Tax Collector Cantrell The rolls will ready for tax collections on the first of October A 3' discount will be allowed on 1941 taxes tf they are paid during October. Mrs Lee Hurfess Died at Mission Mrs Lee 73 died last guests here in the Marion Bishir Monday night at her in Mu GORDON LYONS George Stallworth and family left of Mr. and Mrs, W. H. McAtee S.

D. Allen has returned from a brief fishing trip to Buchanan company to Fairfield Dam. He was accompanied by Mr Abbott. yesterday for their new home at Levelland, where Mr Stallworth Help Keep Canyon Clean! has been made district manager I home four days last week Here for the week end with the Bishir family was Miss Mable Eddlemond Missouri; and Saturday guests New manager of the Texas-New of Miss Peggy Bishir were Winifred Mexico Utilities Company in Can- Rammage, Juanita Humphreys. Roy yon is Gordon Lyons, Jennings and Vernon Lewis all of Mr and Mrs Lyons arrived from Borger.

Fairfield this where they have lived for two years. Mr, Lyons was Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Payne, manager at Farwell and Muleshoe Miss Billy and Mildred Mills and before being transferred by the Mrs. Velma Price were Sunday slon.

The funeral was held Tuesday at Mission where the family ha lived during the past four years. The family lived in Canyon for several years, Mr. Burgess being employed by the late Reiser in the land and cattle business. Surviving are the husband, one son, Burgess and one daughter, Mrs. Harry Starr Mrs Tilton has returned Sunday afternoon.

Sh( Kempner at the home ot 1 ter, Mrs Baird, had lived for two years The widow of the la Caler the deceased was of Randall county anc friends among the earlj Rev. Ed Hawthorne conducted the services at the Bap- 1 tist Church in Canyon, assisted by Olie Brown Interment followed in Dreamland Cemetery by the s.de of her husband Surviving are three daughters, Mr Baird Mr Knox of Happy Mrs Knox of Canadian; three sons, T. Caler of Mt. Bauiion. Calif Caler of Las Cruces, Caler of Belleview 20 grand children, 45 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren DIES AT LCBHOCK Mrs Jim Green, former resident of Canyon died at a Lubbock hospital Tuesday morning of pneumonia following an Illness ot only one week.

Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock I at I.ubbuck Mrs Green is survived by her husband Jim Green of Ralls Mrs, F. I Boyce Mrs Albert Brown and two daughters returned Sunday from an extended trip thru the east and south They were gone four weeks and traveled 4500 miles going through 12 states They spent much tune in Tennessee, New Orleans La and Galveston. supper guests in the home to Canyon to resume her work as Mr and Mrs Lou Davis of Flov- Libranan in the Canyon high dada spent Friday in Canyon visit- school, She is staying with Mr ing in the parental Henry Bradford Mr and Mrs Savage are on and Mrs. J. Madison Daugherty at home and with her sister, Mrs.

vacation trip to New Mexico. their home north of Canyon Black.