The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 9

Pcide Nine THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL Monday April 17 1939 116 Allendale Club to Meet April 25 Shreveport High Schools Winners The Allendale Improvement clnb will hold a meeting April 25 in the Allendale school auditorium according to announcement Monday All future meetings of the club will be held in the school auditorium lb Byrd First Fair Park Second at Normal Meet -0 --3 1 tx------ -9 MMVAIIIIIV 3 Byrd high school was first in general excellence and literary events at the annual rally and Fair Park of Shreveport was second in class A schools The Byrd students amassed a total or 1941i points in both divisions 130 in literary and 6412 in athletic events Fair Park made 164i points 102 in literary and 62 in athletics Merryville high school took first in general excellence and literary in class schools with 79 points 53 in literary and 26 in athletics Singer was a close second in the lower bracket of schools with 78 points 36 in literary and 42 in athletics More than 2000 prep school students from 57 high schools in 15 parishes of North and Central Louisiana participated in the two-day rally here to make it the largest of its kind ever staged in this section of the state I Strickland of Mansfield is president of the rally association and Avery of the State Normal college administrative staff is secretary-treasurer 'of II lis Storm ruts Church From Face One: 64 ground" said Sip Roper veteran i) resident of the community "Dead are just lying around everywhere" asserted Count Judge Bell after visiting the A tornado sector 41- 1: ri i tt) "Timber was just twisted every way" reported Quincy Downey Dermott undertaker "Rescue work era had to cut through timber with axes and saws to bring out many 0 of the injured It was awful muddy and terrible walking" x- tAf- 4 If the storm had struck a few y''n! ZV5W4' v- minutes sooner the death toll k' might have been larger Two hun- dew14441 --'f'- drerd persons had gathered in th Center Point church for funeral services but many departed before the twister struck Four Injured May Die Four persons in the Monticello hospital were not expected to live Co 200 Edwards street Herrin hey were Mrs Myrtle Ray Mrs Motor Lines 120 Caddo street Birdie McCone Fletcher McCone First National bank building in and Clifton McCone Four others in lobby: Ricou-Brewster building inIthe hospital were hurt seriously but lobby Texas Co filling stationlit was believed they would recover Louisiana and Line avenue Pitts-1 The identified dead at Center burgh Plate Glass Co Cottort andPoint were: collector of revenue for state inl Virgil Phillips 34 his wife 34 Atlas building and their 7-year-old son Billie The kegs are painted and pre-1 Cleon Phillips 15 pared for distribution by Johnnie Audie Lee Phillips 17 Long the sheriff's department! Darrel Ray 17 picks up the tin foil and it is! Pete Matter 23 peeled by the firemen at the CenH Wilson Brown 23 tral fire station The amount of Elbert Hart 50 tin foil collected to data has been' Lywanda Ray 12 enormous according to members of Beacham Jones 66 the Broadmoor Men's Bible class I Charles Drewitt 45 '-'t i5: i I 46 1- i A I ri 'i '-t i 4 4 -t- ''---'5" 7 4- --4 Good Good High Toll Cross also was early on the scene Ts 7-7-- to offer assistance 'Hits West Part of Town 7 The twister struck first on the sss -es area of Dr Lee Waller's home et and Coleman's store located on -3- s' the west part of town and traveled slistaipss ssss i 7I northeast cutting a path about a block wide destroying approximate- -4 -ssS- 11adtN ly thiry dwellings of white per- l'-i: '-s--Sl i 1' sons Greatest damage was done in 74110014 ss 'tsssIN -s an area about one mile in length is ik 70 Traveling northeast from Cole- man's store the twister destroyed 74 '4' the Pentecostal church and houses ss!" in that area These included the li homes of Stelzig Miss Win-a ') sssss nie Camp and Guy Dawson Also i In its path were the To Hender- frSO' 1 son Lumber Co the Haynesville Ice Co plant the highline substa- tion and emergency generating sta- tion and sheds over the sossssis works 41s -S 4 Miss 'Winnie Camp was in Corpus ssfss-ss: Christi Texas attending a church meeting when the wind struck her 161P home Four persons escaped in- 3 "t'Ss'" 4i4z "slass-sisSW' jury in the Dawson home In the house at the time were Mr Daw- SSIOss ''''WaSsatr son his aged mother Mrs Mary Dawson and Mr and Mrs St ssrsX- Kenner Stelzig one of those -s 'ss: killed was Mrs Dawson's son-in- law His home was just in the rear of Mr Dawson's Other homes damaged included Tin-Foil those of II Sherman Guy Tay- lor Camp Sr Jack 'Waters Collections Mayor Tom Henderson Hugh Mc- The keg collection of tin foil Donald Bud Waller Several barnssPonsored by the Broadmoor Men's1 and negro houses on the property 1Bible class in Shreveport for the of Mr McDonald and Mr Waller icrippled children of the Shrine hos-I were also destroyed pital has grown in popularity since' Damaging and destroying several -its inception two months ago Pic-1 negro houses a little further north tured above are Johnnie Long east the twister halted its path (left) and Charles Kneipp (right)' of destruction dumping some of the keg collecOne of the most miraculous es-itions capes from injury was that of Mr! Bright silvery-colored keys have and Mrs Joe Bedenfield who alsolbeen placed In stragetic places went through the Minden tornado over the city many requests been made that The Journal pleased to again publish a list of of several years ago without relhav ceiving a scratch Hearing the i IS powerful roar of the tornado heithe places where these kegn have! called his bird dog into the houselheen placed and tin foil may be and grabbed his wife All of the! depositd therein 1 walls of the house were blown Kegs may be found at the follow- i away leaving only the floor a ing places: I stove and ice box Mrs Bedenfieldl Bridgeport Machinery Supply' Ct 831 Louisiana Hughes' Tool" received a few scratches but he svas not touched ICo Sol Lake Peerless Sup- The area in which the twister i ply Co 601 Cotton Leonard truck hit is about two blocks from thellines 119 Beach Dairyland cream-1 depot near the Shongaloo roadieriess King's highway and Carrie It missed the business section by (17 Brock Trucking Co 823 Lou- two and half blocks and also theIsiana Sheriff's office court-main residential section lhouse: Cotton Belt Freight office Soon after the twister hit Commerce Herrin Transportad detachments of CCC from near-by ition 101 Beach street Cunning-! areas were called to assist in work Machinery Co 735 Ricou of clearing the wreckage and debris Nipper real estate office 301 'Ool as well as search for the injured ckley drive Pelican Well To and dead I Supply Co 901 McNeil Mid-I Upon receiving word of the torContinent Supply Co 601 Lake nado Dolph Frantz editor of The Oil Field Material Cos: Journal and an honorary citizen of s604 Lake Continental Sup-' Haynesville extended his and ThePlY Co 618 Lake Republic Sup- Journers sympathy and regret P1Y Co 624 Lake Caddo parish: through two staff members ho McNeil street Palace lwere rushed to the area Rupert barber shop 410 Milam street Peyton and Brooks Jr 1Campbell-Boutte Radio Service 321 3 Mrs Market Wilson Packing Co 18 Phillips The Journal's! Haynesville correspondent a Commerce National Supply Co Lake Frick-Reid Supply Co Robert If Curry II Ilaynesville citizens and his per-I 3927 Mansfield Road Ogilvie sonal friend Hardware Co 225 Jones Builders! Many inquiries coming to The Supply Co foot Third street Cend journal were answered among Itral Wholesale Inc 1527 Southern! iCo them being one from Miss Viriginialaverlue: Perfaction Oak Mooring Curry daughter of Mr and Mrs Levy street Broadmoor Golf Curry who is attending ub Red Ball Motor Freight Co Franklin: Municipal Farmers' and who stated other Tin-Foil Collections i I 1 1 1 1 I tl: 32'- t----Z--X' 7 k6 1 7: ---s i 'i 118144 3--lon- lu A a s--rtr4 oe ii --4- t-17 -e i 1 l' -ii- SS -N-ms- -kx-4(1 :44 i''' AkrPo- i s44'' i----0- 9' $4 0 7At MA 1 "ell -t 10- 'i4t11 I r--- -i rr- -A-- a NW 774' -0 -414 4 40 0 z- 4 t-t- -k Ai '474 41t4 I A '6''' val 4 11 a "RA -2i- :::::0 MIfigitigtOr -) agi 111 s' 7 4 do 4 -i? zks'" 4 rit tr' iiet--- v4 rr i -1g 4 4' foeif i '''''04vt r-A i44:" I 4442 do '9' 7'1-1 11 71 4 '411o4011P 1 1 )iO 1:: :4 le 410000411" 4)-- 110 ::5: Tootorniwo "4:07 A a 04177r" r4-- 41::::: 100! 7 5 A114:" 4 'tree $01010P t''i i I 1 er'K -r- 7 sr 'e'01" 1 4i'''' ''''7 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into the air CCC workers from a near-by camp joined rescue work The Rev Thomas West was From Page One among the dead at the Center Point church Nearly two hundred attended the service but many had left when the tornado hit Rain of near-cloudburst proportions accompanied the winds In Arkansas where nearly a dozen communities in all were struck The mud It left made rescue work precariously slippery Flood warnings were issued for the Ouachita and Petit Jean rivers In Louisiana seven persons were killed when a twister whipped at Haynesville residential and business property leveling a score of homes and tearing away portions of a brick power plant Texas counted six at Pine Creek two at Gladewater and one at Athens One person was killed at Ti liar Ark yesterday and in Northwest Oklahoma early Saturday seven -persons died when a tornado struck Capron and its vicinity Every building at Capron was wrecked Damage was estimated at $500000 Meteorologist A Dyke at New Orleans said the heavy winds all were related to a low-pressure area which moved slowly eastward Sunday At Collins Ark County Judge Bell said the Center Point area death toll might reach 30 A general store at Collins was converted into a mortuary Through the night rescue squads trudged through mud to bring out Injured and bodies The Injured overflowed facilities at Monticello Crossett and the CCC camp A list of the identified dead: At Wren Braden 47 Mrs Rigdon Dennis Carter Mrs Georgia Bolin Stelzig Dewey Bolin 17 Pat Norton negro At Center Point Phillips 35 his wife and 5-year-old son Charles Druitt 45 Elbert Hart 50 Deacon Jones 86 Leo Phillips 18 Larmar Morter 23 Nelson Brown 23 Doyle Ray 19 Audle Phillips 17 Beechom Jones 66 Lywanda Ray 12 At Tillar A Gabble At Gladewater Texas Steve Chartless 55 negro Henry Clay Hasking 43 negro At Athens Hubert Skinner At Pipe Creek Clay Harry Steelman and 11- month-old Frank Steelman Reported Injuries included 24 at Haynesville 24 at Athens Texas n3 at Capron Okla 44 at Texarkana Ark 3 at Rison Ark: 12 at Dumas Ark 2 at Marked Tree Ark: 3 at El Dorado Ark 2 at Bradley Ark: 8 at Pipe Creek Texas 4 at Richland Texas 12 at Jefferson Ark and "more than two score" at Center Point barket 2135 Greenwood road Norveil-Wilder Supply On 617 Lake street: Oil Well Supply Co 90S McNeil: Interstate Electric Co 650 Spring: Gardner Hotel smoke shop Milam street Commission 3 1 dents besides herself were anxious They were given information that removed mktch of the anxiety Another inquiry was from the son-in-law of Mayor Tom Henderson who with his wife was driving from livrommtw-mkno-- 'Sales Co G20 Lake Mullins Stor- Longview to Henderson when first flash of the Haynesville disasterlage Co 925 Commerce reached them Service corner Edwards Rnd Tra vis streets Black Motor Lines 85 Red Cross lobby Fannin street Ward building Victor Simons' office court-From Page One housc railway shops' ment immediately to round up her forces Tri-State Transit So Within a short time Mrs Lee dis'hus depot: Ozark Motor Freight ines patched Miss Elsie Jones executiveL 925 Commerce Slattery secretary of the chapter to ibuilding lobby freight of- scene where she conferrd with the Spring street Southwestern lice Haynesville relief commit eiGas Electrical Co Arsenal Hill Claude White of Homer is chairman'and warehouse Dixie Mill Supply of the disaster committee of the! Claiborne parish chapter a dtligh Winds Mayor Tom Henderson of Haynes-1 1 ville is chairman of the Haynesville From Page One chapter 'where A crowd gathered at the Floyd Hodges member of the corner of Egan and Highland Caddo chapter's disaster relief corn- where a big tree fell mittee headed by 13 IN-piss left A signboard at King's highway Shreveport immediately with ma and Youree drive was blown over Simmons of tb0 Warren drug store at Dixie north of the city reported the wind blew the roof from the Dixie mercantile store at 6:30 An automobile driven by Thomas Hanks 1546 Garden street driver of fire company No 4 was blown front the highway four miles from the storm center at Haynesville when he was returning to Shreve-up port 1 HOICGgg PRODUCg CoP 5130G 1 0 011(1 I I 1 71(g) 1 1 VICII 1) Itits 4 0 Al 4 a44 I-- 41 i I 1 11 1 i i 1-a--- A- 7- 7' tit -'1 1 k'''o''''' 40- '1'411 'tilt s-''' Ittibr'101AiL'71 '''l $7 '1 ::1::: l' I 46 1 ir 4t' 1 Lott i 'V0 A iH 0 1 i cit I Js IN NI 'fi: 'As 4 td i 1'-' '''1'c-'' I '''0- r' '1 1' --t A 1: ":::::4 ii': tz 1 0 L-''s 1 (rail HOICIOcjg PRODUCg ft (30 C710 c79 iN 0 gT) i Wreckage in Wake of Haynesville Tornado Haynesville Storm Above three scenes in the path of the tornado which struck with such fury and destructive effect at Haynesville Sunday afternoon Residences in the northwestern section of the town were reduced to splinters It was arnid these ruins that sevendead and two-score injured were found after the storm---(Photos by Grabill) nfl3 From Page Ono by Mrs Phillips main at the hospital and a record of their names was not kept These Included two dozen lanterns one and one-half linZPn flashlights Guard Patrols Area batteries and kerosene Twenty members of company Capt Paul Armstrong of the Red 156th Infantry Louisiana national Cross food committee headed by Ed WilP and several Salvation Army worker A went hurriedly to the scene taking -with them 20 pounds of coffee to serve Red Cross headqaurters were set UP at the American Legion hut at Haynesville Mrs Lee later communicated i- 1 1' A 44 with Red Cross authorities In Wash The Red svr-wi 111nm ti tst ILIVZ5 Ill 11 Jinn- terials requested by Mrs Phillips These included two dozen lanterns MIA and one-half dozen flashlights batteries and kerosene Capt Paul Armstrong of the Red Cross food committee headed by Ed Wile and several Salvation Army workers went hurriedly to the scene taking with them 20 pounds of coffee to serve Red Cross headqaurters were set at the American Legion hut at 00 FUNERAL FOR 0 40' guard from Minden under command of Lieut A Life patrolled the storm area Monday having arrived on the scene Sunday afternoon Boy Scouts from the two locat troops patrolled the area until the guardsmen reached the scene guard from Minden under corn- mand of Lieut A Life patrolled the storm area Monday having ar- rived on the scene Sunday after- noon Boy Scouts from the two Jo- at troops patrolled the area until the guardsmen reached the scene before the disaster and none was needed from Shreveport 1 Emergency needs of the victim were met by the Red Cross 1 Mayor Sam Caldwell sent a mes-I sago to the Haynesville mayor1 Tom Henderson offering assistance 1 1 Cross had already start-1 non led its survey to decide upon reliefIFt andthey in turn dispatched and Its rebabilitationi MI" Jmne Per" of Alexandria program th Shreveport chapter state I I representative to te I reported quickly Haynesville Sufficient hospital facilities doc- I The light and power plant tol The ilgra and power plant to ANOTHER CLAIM PAID NO QUESTIONS ASKED Ahearn Benge Funeral Home 1506 Marshall Street Shreveport Louisiana Gentlemen: We cannot express in words our heartfelt thanks and appreciation for the most unusual service promptness and honesty in settling our three hundred dollar ($30000) Burial Service claim on my husband Mr Henry Gahman mho passed away at the age of 52 Oa March 21 1939 Mrs Lilian Raines your state licensed agent wrote THY husband an application for a Burial Policy with the Ahearn Benge Burial Service Insurance Company Inc Twenty days later my husband passed away with a heart attack W-fi called the Ahearn Benge Paneral Home They came immediately and allowed us the full three hundred dollars (S000) funeral for which we paid only forty-five cents WO We warit to thank you azain for the dienified sympathetic service the beautiful metal casket and the promptness with which this claim was handled You are to be highly commended Sincerely yours (SIGNED) MRS HENRY GARMAN AND FAMILY Money I Can't Buy Letters Like Thisr( to the neighboring city ae Haynesville SterlingtonI torg nd nuraes wer nn tho seene was put out of commission 'OE NE EN ENE MI NE ME 11111 NMI ME NE ME IMO MI ME 11 was repaired and was back in serv-I at 10 Sunday Lack ofil KNOW THE COMFORT OF I electric current prevented immedi-1 ate taking of x-rays at the hospitalln to determine extent of the hurts!" 'sustained by some of the injured Ia EXPERTLY FITTED GLASSES I I Caddo Red Cross from Shreve- 0 I port was quickly- on the Job and yr--- i 7-77Tr r7r7T rushed help to the stricken city kkiw -i Doctors and nurses came from 1 Homer Arcadia and Emerson Arkff ''flt--- r- The Claiborne parish health unit 11 '114 II' V-- 7 1 s' 1 came on duty Sunday The local i It 'i''''' I Boy Scout troops did yeoman serv- I '4ft -t II lIce having patrolled the devastated 1:: '''4--- 4 -4 I area until the guard unit arrived II Executive A Gaskin as- LET OUR EXPERTS CHECK 1 YOUR GLASSES i sistant Executive Fred Vantrease I 11 1 and Scoutmaster Jerry Ivy all of Shreveport reached the scene Sun- I Call For a Sight Examination' I day afternoon Floyd Hodges mem- br of disaster relief of the Caddo 6 Red Cross brought a number of DR SCHNITT DR LASKER DR VOSS 1 II 1 and flash lights that were 1 of immense value in view of li ell Examination by Experts Low Prices li 1 fact the power was off until 101 'pm and Captain Paul Armstrong' 1 Correct Fitting Easy Terms 11 1 the Caddo Red Cross food 'mittee who is head of the Shreve-I com-1I 111 I EYEGLASS REPAIRING AT MINIMUM PRICES 111 i 1 port Salvation Army hastened to 7 'the SCPTIP to establish a food ota-! tion and Miss Elsie Jones opTicAL co secre-11 I tary under direction of Airs AI souTHE -14 n' Lee president of the Caddo Red!" 1 1 UTHERN OPTICAL COM SO THIS COULD HAPPEN TO YOU OR ANY MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY ARE YOU PROTECTED 7 Inspect Our Plan Today of Shreveport's Lowest Burial Insurance Rates Call or ViAit WARNING The Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act which was approved on June 25th last year goes into effect on June 25th this year Don't make the mistake of waiting until the last minute to revise your labels and cartons And don't make the worse mistake of waiting until after June 25th to do anything BRYAN BRYAN ADVERTISING NEWSPAPER TRADE JOURNAL MAGAZINE OUTDOOR DIRECT MAIL RADIO PICTORIAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMMERCIAL ART NOVELTIES COUNSEL SUITE 430 GIDDENS-LANE BLDG TELEPHON 5 2-7130 I' 7130 I I AMEAAJRN EEKGIE wr tQl MP MEV MI NEW Mm mu BURIAL SERVICE INSURANCE CO AFFILIATED WITH EYES I rt 2 4 I GLASSES I I- 1 1 EYES GLASSES OPEN TONIGHT AHEARN 8: BENGE FUNERAL HOME AMi LOW IRICES REPAIRS FITTED 1 I 4a7' 617 TEXAS STREET I and every night this week from 6 to 9 Booth's Kentwood House Drive to King's Highway and Ardmore where you will find sign to direct you 1506 MARSHALL IPhone 6918 I SHREVEPORT.