The Duncan American (Duncan, Okla.), Vol. 35, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 1935 Page: 2 of 6
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The Duncan American
The Duncan American short shavings
MARION B CARLKY Editor
DUNCAN OKLAHOMA
Published Every Thursday By
CARLEY & McCORMICK
Telephone 110 Office 115 N 7th
Duncan Oklahoma
Entered as Second Class Matter at Duncan Oklahoma under
Act of Congress March 3 1879
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Watch The Elms
The warning sent out by the U S Department of Agriculture
a few months ago that the "Dutch elm disease” now threatens to
sweep the country is being repeated for now it has become a seri-
ous matter and one nation-wide in scope The extent of the rav-
ages of the disease in the New England states is astounding Al-
ready it has been necessary to destroy 37000 fine elms in New
York and workers are busy felling 175000 others that have been
killed by this pest
The large planting of elm trees In Duncan recently should be
carefully watched to determine If the "Dutch elm disease” has
put In its appearance What steps the government will take to
prevent a nation-wide spread of It Is not known But the request
Is being made of everyone In every part of the country to be on
the look out for this destroying agent and to notify the U S Dept
of Agriculture at Washington the moment any trace of It Is dis-
covered A
Most people don’t favor child labor They oppose the Idea that
a big-17-year-o!d loafer Is a child
A
- Some men who boast a woman never made a fool of them may
bebragging about ther own ability
Professional women to see the ALMA SCHOOL REOPENS:
Giving Grandma and Grandpa $400 a month under the Town-
send act will solve one problem The grandchildren won’t be clam-
oring for Jobs
A
A lot of men think the world owes them a living but they are
too lazy to try and collect it
A
Many a man’s greatest mistake Is to marry a girl who never
remembers that she wanhs a drink cf water until she gets in bed
I am prompted this week to
dedicate my corner to the big-
gest family in Duncan — a family
that works in harmony The big
brothers and sisters members of
this special family are alert and
exceedingly courteous to the
adults who In turn have the
youngsters Interest at heart
Before further describing traits
of this fine family please allow
me to present Rev and Mrs F
O Rodgers and the members of
the First Baptist Church in Dun-
can constituting said family
featuring our Corner in this
issue
A recent census revealed that
this particular congregation
proudly boasts of a membership
of 2000 nine hundred and forty
six of which are enrolled in
Sunday school
The Bible school department is
fortunate In its functioning un-
der the able leadership of Mr
C E McConnell who is serving
as its superintendent
This family is exceedingly fort-
unate as several noted musicians
are numbered in the circle Mrs
L A Morton who performs so
efficiently at the pipe organ is
trulv an acquisition to the church
It would be almost an endless
task to go Into detail relative to
the constructive work being done
by the pastor and his devoted
help-meet and the members in
general So making a long story
short the First Baptist Church
Duncan Oklahoma is a working
Lynn Coirsey
J R Palmer was driving to
Oklahoma City a few days ago
In the early morning He picked
up a young man off the highway
he knew very’ well so In the
run of the conversation the
young man told him It was his
intention to go to the city and
get a Job which paid more money
He guessed he would get married
he had become so popular that
he could not protect himself any
longer
"Barney” Barnett paid a cafe
In advance for two meal tickets
when he started to leave the
manager Invited him back Don't
you worry said Barney "I will
be back since I have tickets paid
for In advance" and you had bet-
ter be here too"
Jack Cohen a local "Chew
Poy” tells the following one on
his "boy Triend” Adolph Hitler
a German gentleman It seems
Mr Hitler was anxious to know
Just how his people felt toward
him so he shaves off the mous-
tache and disguises In other ways
and goes to a show which was
showing him In the news reel
when all the people arose and
gave him the Nazi salute on the
screen he sat and paid no at-
tention when one of his neigh-
bors punched him and said stand
up you d fool I feel Just
like you do but why make that
so and so Hitler cut your head
off?”
I told Dr Llndley that Mr and
Mrs Jack Ross had taken Mrs
Coursey to the "Fat” Stock Show
the Doctor asked in his blandest
and most innocent way if I
thought she would win a prize
Mr Jack Ross said he did not
pay so much attention to the
stock in general but there were
certainly some very pretty ‘calves’
there (Fort Worth Is terribly
windy
Little Kelly Little of North 9th
street tells me of a new "indust-
ry” Kelly is a rather close
mouthed young man and he said
he would not tell me who the
party Is who Is operating this
new business only thing I could
get out of him Is that about 30
other little Bbys knew who the
party is who Is operating this
new business' and that it is a
lady who lives near him But
to explain the new Industry It
seems Kelly is the owner of a
very fine Bantam hen known to
all the kids by the name Sue
Well Sue disappears for four or
five days and young Mr Little
j finally found her In this lady’s
pen and naturally he wanted to
take her the lady sprung the
Industry on him She told him
he owed twenty cents for the
food Sue had eaten and he must
pay before he could take her
away Young Mr Little paid
the twenty cents and offered the
poor lady a tip of five cents and
asked about tne egg output from
Sue while she was held for ran-
show free Josephine In the front
ranks ready again to see the
same show On being told she
had seen It once she replied
“This is the first time I haye
seen it free”
"Mlstah” Ben Owen says there
is only a few of the beys in this
country who are pure bred stock
in fact very few" axe “registered”
Duncan lost two real people this
past week when Jno and Nella
Klrksey moved to Pawhuska
where Jno will assume the man-
agement of the L C Burr store
there and Nella will continue to
manage Jno Mrs Coursey says
they are real "folks” however
they are not from Georgia but
they are nearly as good being
from Alabama At any rate they
are from a place where a "color-
ed gentleman” is called a "nlg-
gah” A very pleasant argument be-
tween Adolph "Hitler” Weiss and
one Jack L Mosier the trend of
the argument as best I can gath-
er by the way Weiss Is waving
his hands is that Jack thought
Weiss In altering his trousers
had cut them “too long” WeLss
contending that they could not
be cut "too long” there being
no such condition or state as
being cut "too long” each oper-
ation would naturally be a short-
ening process — and another thing
why In the h don’t you roll
them up If I cut them "too
long” ‘’Well" said Jack "I still
maintain that they are too 6
lcng”( Guess I had better ring
off account of that argument is
killing me)
SUBSCRIPTION PLEDGED
Alma school closed its doors
last week after the teachers and
bus drivers had worked three
weeks without pay and with no
visible means for any future fi-
nance The good citizens of this pro-
gressive community realizing the
seriousness of this action got
busy and in less than 48 hours
raised a sufficient amount to
carry on the school
The school reopened Tuesday
with full assurance of continuing
for the regular term of school
Ray O Sutherland county su-
perintendent is of the opinion
that all county schools needing
additional funds will receive same
from state and federal sources
in the very near future
Talk may be cheap but you
wouldn’t think so after hearing
of the big salaries paid some
radio announcers
A New York father slapped his
four-months-old baby jo the Judgt
slapped a four months sentence
on the parent
You don’t need to worry about
daughter if she still thinks her
Dad is a wonder and her Mother
is a queen
church
r som Ibis the lady did not satls-
1 foh! factorily explain (Well Kelly I
will pay one dollar reward for
statement— not Jlidging alone by
the rows and rows of cars seen
parked for blocks around the
church every Sunday morning
but I accidently followed in the
tread of a group of Baptist work-
ers who we say lets no grass
grow under their feet
any one of your "thirty boys” who
will be first to tell Mr Abernethy
of the Duncan Banner or my-
self who this person Is who holds
a childs pet chicken for a twenty
cent ransom)
A P BuTns of the Southwest-
With a committee from my ern Light & Power Co said if
own particular church I started j his company could only hire
out making calls on new-comers “Waldo" (Homer) Manning to
to our town— prospective mem-1 work with their young wonder
bers After calling in various : boy Dallas Holley the companys’
homes we had to give the early ice business would be assured
bird laurels to the "Baptist" In Jno L Davis asked me if I
other words while we slumbered thought his hand was any good
the Baptist were working They1 said he had two queens to draw
had— to a man— preceeded us in to— Mrs Clary and a blonde per-
welcomlng the strangers and in son called Lucille I told him
It Doesn’t Change
Customs and environment are
always changing but human na-
ture never does The same ele-
mental impulses passions hates
and loves pass from generation
to generation Ycai may think
that the young folk of today are
different from the young folk of
earlier years but they are not
They are traveling the same road
but they are going 50 miles an
hour In a high-powered car while
an earlier generation tried to urge
old Dobbin up to six or seven
miles an hour
Older people may criticize the
youngsters of this generation for
not wearing more underwear and
for wearing fur pieces In sum-
mer rather than in winter But
If they could turn time backward
they would see their' mothers In
their heavy uncomfortable hoop-
skirts bustles and trains and
corsets laced so tight that it was
almost impossible to draw a
healthy breath Those things were
outlandish and far less healthful
than the styles of today All of
us are now wearing things we
will laugh at tomorrow Few
people dare to be themselves for
fear of the Jeers of the populace
But don’t let anyone tell you
that the present “younger gener-
ation” Is any worse than the one
of earlier years The fact of the
business is— and oldsters who
want to be fair will admit it — the
younser generation of today Is
the healthiest and happiest this
nation ever produced And taken
as a whole it Is Just as rich If (
not richer in morality and com-
mon sense
Happy Washdays
Are Here Again
Give wash-weary penny wise women
an extra day each week
JOIN THE IIArTY WASITOAT CLUB
All you hare to do Is pick up your phone call and
tell us to call for your bundle And do it any day Then
call up your friends and arrange for a table of bridge or
a day of shopping Tell them you can do this every week
For you’re going to have the whoTe day for yourself after
this And when the laundryman carries ycur bundle away
forget It Your clothes will be washed carefully thorough-
ly in rich warm suds They will be rinsed In gallons of
rain-soft water They will be returned to you ready to
Iron And here’s the happiest part of yobr happy washday
You only pay 50 cents for a 18 pound bundle and 3 cents
for each additional pound Vhen yen can have all this
done for so tittle would you think of dohvj your own wash-
ing? Of course not !
Duncan Laundry Co
SOn’ WATER — PURE SOAP
109— N— 7 th
Phone t4
Why doesn’t some bright con-
gressman at Washington conce-
ive the idea of a billion dollar
appropriation to keep the tax-
payers from going broke?
BARGAINS
In Shoes For The Entire Family
Give us a trial in shoe repairing
We guarantee satisfaction
RASH’S SHOE STORE
4 Doors East of Palace Theatre
nine cases out of ten had been
successful in winning new re-
cruits for their great army In
they would beat the deck even
If he took them and stood pit
Pearl the colored manager and
their ardent fight against sin ( head marble shooter of "The man
and the devil
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Hat Special
FOR FRIDAY and SATURDAY
A bountiful lino of t lit newest Spring
Hats including the late straws felts and
crepes in many colors just from the
makers
$195 and $295
New hats arriving overv daw You can
alwavs find the liewot lines here We
should he glad to show you
Gayle Hat Shop
Mrs Leeman Mrs Price
19 South 8th Street
D J Newburn’s
North 7th and Oak
Over 18 Years In This
Location
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called Luke" Porter’s barber shop
overheard the following conver-
sation between Ollie Shriley and
one Rough Boggess: Ollie — Rough
what about a shampoo? Rough-
No the sand blows too bad no
use Ollie— Well son the wind
j may blow sand into ycoir fair
' tresses but wind don’t blow dan-
! druff into it Do you want a
1 shampoo? Rough— "Hell yes”
i ‘Tumbler” McCasland has
caught a new one A young
banker from Madill Okla one
Norman Brillhart Mr McCas-
land's method Is this: He will
pay for coffee and sinkers never
miss grabbing the check and the
poor sip thnks old Howard is
going to grab ‘them all So he
rradily orders in the evening
"Fumbler" will pay and after the
big steaks are eaten "Fumbler”
sits and sits until finally the
poor sap gets so sleepy he has
to take the ticket
Harry Brown a big Tenth St
grocer was asking a lady why
she traded with the A & P
store She asked Harry If he
would credit her Harry said yes
2 ! as long as those birds do and
“ maybe longer
Speaking of the A & P store
I a boy friend of mine one Chas
Ketchum said If he could get the
I A & P store to put (Alt a few
matches put In a phone and
n : have a little Ice water and a
q few such things as the "saps”
who run the independent store
give the customer he would ap-
1 predate buying his cigarettes
there and not have some "heel”
cursing him out for picking up
a "few” matches
Nora Reich a very charming
brunette who Is connected with
the Halliburton Co tells a pretty
good one on a "burning barn”
blonde a Miss Josephine Sandlin
It seems Josephine had paid her
own money as the negroes al-
j ways sav to see one of Jack WH-
j bern’s shows so then next day
1 he Invites all the Business and
Hamburgers— Chill
Short Orders
Cold Drinks— Candy
Cigars
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Steaks Chops and g
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Foods a
STANDARD SERVICE
Because we like our work — because we know what
motorists want — because wo handle the best products ob-
tainable— we set the standard for service in Duncan Drive
in today— whether you come in for gasoline or Just air
for your tires you’ll be served promptly and courteously !
ROCKILENE and CRESENT GASOLINE
Tires Tubes and Accessories
FRUITS AND CONFECTION
BRANCH’S SERVICE STATION
BRANCH & SON
1103 Bois d’arc : : Duncan
Duncans
Leading Caje
832 Main
Phone 122
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(M$L THE TELEPHONE
LICENSE CONTRACT
Last year we i'CDt a’ moat a million
dollara to find better methods of
giving you good telephone service
We paid it to the American Tele-
phone k Telegraph Co parent
company of the Bell System For
it we received as one of the 24 as-
sociated companies of that System
the service of AT&T'a great Half
of telephone experts and engineers
Staff Services of Coif
The ATk T bas provided inli
aUntially at coat the many services
this staff performs In fact in the
last few years it hat takeu an actual
lot 1 on the work it bas done for the
oerating companies
The yearly lee we pay is equivalent
to about jf I O of one per cent ofoir
investment in telephone plant Stated
another way less than a cent and
a halfof every dollar we receive from
telephone customers
Vat without it telephone service as
fast as dear and as low in cost as you
now receive would be quite unlikely
YVe have passed on to the telephone
user in the Southwest the benefits and
savings of this staff work in the be-
licf that in an undertaking planned lor
(he long run like the telephone ser-
vice such a policy w ill in the end
bring us the sounJer more enduring
success
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
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