The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 261, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 31, 1940 Page: 2 of 6
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Many Guests Entertained
At Yukon
BY TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT
YUKON, Dec 31—Mr. and Mrs.
Spencei* Barnhill and daughter,
Elisabeth Ann. of Tulsa returned
to their home Thursday after
having spent Christmas here with
Mr. Barnhill’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. C. Barnhill, and Mrs.
Barnhill’s parents, Mr. and Mis.
J. W. Every, AOkarche.
Mrs. Pay Porta and father.
W. H. Gibson, entertained with
a family dinner Christmas day
when guests were Mr. and Mrs.
F. C. Oakes, Mr. and Mrs. Antone
Jacobson and daughter, Jean
Anne. Mr. and Mrs. Gibson Oakes
and son. Billy Francis, all of
Edmond, Mr and Mrs. Ben Oakes
of Hollis. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick
Oakes of Altus, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
B Russell and Yvonne Porta of
Dallas.
Mrs. G D. Spindel returned to
her home in Kingfisher Thursday
after having spent Christmas here
with her son and daughter-in-
law Mr. and Mrs. O K. Spindel,
and family.
Mr and Mrs Archie Treadway,
and family, had as Christmas
dinner guests Mr and Mrs. Orlan
Fletcher and Mr. Fletcher's par- i
ents. Mr. and Mrs. O. T. Fletcher,
of Ponca City, Mr. and Mrs. A
Major of Chicago. 111., Mr
and Mrs Sam Mujur, Mr. and
Mrs Roland Major, daughter, Glo-
ria Dee. and son. Jerry.
Fred B. Russell returned to his
home In Dallas Wednesday night
after having spent Christmas here
with W H Gibson and daughter.
Mrs Fav Porta. Mrs. Russell and
Yvonne Porta will remain for a
week's visit.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Thomas
Matthews left Friday morning for
Fort Huaohuca. Ark., where Lieu-
tenant Matthews has been trans-
ferred to the 25th infantry.
Mr and Mrs B B. Bennett
spent Christmas day in Anadarko
with Mr. Bennett's parents. Mr
and Mrs. L. I. Bennett
Guests Christmas day of Mr
and Mrs. A. T Zachary and
daughter, Verna, were Mr. and
Mrs. C. T Zachary and family
of Arcadia, Mr and Mrs. Arvel
Zacharv and son, Tommy, or El
Reno, Mrs. John Ridley and daugh-
ters. Margaret and Mrs. Carl Riley,
of Oklahoma Cltv, and M S
Zachary of Lawton.
Mr and Mrs. D. O. Smith and
son. Douglas, of Fort Smith. Ark .
■Pent Monday with Mrs Smith's
father. W T Beeler, and Mrs
Beeler.
Misses Carrie and Florence
Moore spent Christinas dB.v in
Oklahoma City with their brother-
in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
N O. Johnson.
Mr and Mrs W. T. Beeler had
Christmas dinner with their son-
in-law and daughter, Mr and
Mrs. Ted Cox. and family In Okla-
homa City,
Large Group Entertained
At Dance
BY TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT
CALUMET. Dec. 31—Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Penwright entertained
Saturday evening witli a party and
dance at the V. F. W. hall in
El Reno in honor of the latter's
sister, Mrs, Mabel OBrian, and
son, Jimmy, of Denver, Colo.
Those attending were Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Penwright and daugh-
ters, Mrs. Earl Penwright and
daughters, Vernon Rush, Mrs.
Edith Pemberton, Mrs. Guy Cub-
bage. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pon-
YESTERDAY: Embarrassed
and angry when Mr. Bailey tells
him Andre is taking Ronnie to
the dance, Wes hurries away,
then decides to go to the party
anyway. He finds Una Mon-
toya, also alone, stays with her.
Suddenly lUmnie breaks in an
their conversation: “I thought
you liad a date with me to-
night.”
* * *
stings. The Montoya girl is love-, unnoticed by any of the other
y. all right.” Icohegian* present, even though g
"But Miss Bailey, you don't un- J few and girls did
demand!" Wesley was appalled. j say heUo
■Wfute or
say hollo to Lana, and
I So you ve Started 'Missing' me spoke to Wesley and as
again! Shall I go back to ‘Dr i they left the room
TrSds1 th0U8h( We httd becH *»** ** *>*#• WUnvited. Me
* * * was a trifie white *t the corneas
^ . .. i of hi* mouth, but he turned to
1 is doubtful if ever a young Lana and forced a sort of genial
suffered any more acutely vvplf
ANDRE MFFTs hUNFFiUKATV ^an '’or*c suffered during "Peppery kid, Ronnie" he be-
MfETh a0W®BE**Te j thk -dance. His distraction inevi- gan "M^tntuke ke7 JSU£»
CHAPTER X jtably caused him to stumble, too. Una Wt ir^p. ^
HPHE sudden appearance of Ron- Twict he stepped embarrassingly narrowed ever so sliahtlv Andre
* lea beside him, looking down on Roidt:a's dainty slipper, not giyr^ opjckly around
with frank but quizzical eyes, left ™“ch' but 100 much- even so Despite the unfortunate uersonal
Wesley York momentarily speech- wheJ* Ule dance was over she had element here, this was precisely
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Penwright of Denver, Colo., Mrs.
Ray Whitacre and son. Gordon,
of Kansas City, Mo., Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Garrison of Okarche.
Tommy McCabe of Fort 8am
Houston, Tex., Doiielda Penwright
of Norman, Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Emberson and Mrs. J. E. King of
Oklahoma City, Fred Cubbage of
| Corpus Christl, Tex.. Carmen Moya
of Chickasha. Mr. and Mrs. Irvin
Penwright, Mr. nnd Mrs. Barney
McCabe and children, Mr. and
Mrs. Lawrence Higdon. J. W. Tav-
lor, Ronald and Beverly Laugh-
lin, Frances Cornell, Mr. and Mrs.
Ross Cubbage, Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Murphy and son, Jack, L. D. Todd,
Edward Jung and Henry Lewis.
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Gambol of
“I—I—you—good evening! I-" *nlmfc0 ipicion* from no one. **“
"But Wesley. I thought you'rm ^,‘ry you^'aw*'injured" ’’Sb W * '««»•
1 * ~~ “ *
ed once at the Mexican girl. culating
Oil! Oh no! No. Ronica. I—1 "Rudeness sems to be conta-
pardon me. Miss, uli, Miss Mon- gious,” Lona suggested, in flat
tone.
Belancad Diet Is Found
To Add No Extra Cost
AMHERST. Mass., Dec. 31—(U.R)
—Wise spending, more often than
k large Income, determines the
quality of a family diet, says Miss
May E. Foley, extension nutritionist
At Massachusetts State oollege.
To obtain a well-balanced diet
tor a minimum expenditure. Mias
Itoley suggests that each child be
altotted one quart of milk daily,
and each adult, one pint This in-
cludes, fluid, dry or evaporated
milk used in cooking, and also ice
cream and Cheese
Flan four or five serving* of
vegetables and fruits for each per-
son daily, include at least one
■wving of potatoes, tomatoes or
Citrus fruits, leafy green or yellow
vegetables, and fruits.
Adults Should have three to five
igs weekly, and young children,
five to seven each Meat, fish or
poultry should he served five times
weekly, daily If possible. One cereal
daily and bread and butter at
every meal are recommended
toya, Miss Bailey, and—uh—"
"This is Andre Girardeau. Miss
Montuya, and Dr. York I thought
daddy said you and Andie came
together and so knew each other,
Wes. But I’m all mixed up about
everything, it seems.”
Lona Montoya had only nodded. d*d hear him ask
Andre said nothing but looked onj^8”06*
coldly. For a long moment no-1 011!
body else spoke, either, and after! . R'easf Wesley put In
“I don't think I understand."
"Is—being wealthy, and famous,
and getting shot at on the border,
enough to make everybody over-
look rudeness, Miss Bailee? Was
not Dr. York sitting with me? I
fellow Wesley York was prphably
just some passing whim of Rppl-
ca's, a boor not to be taken seri-
ously. Now. here at hand was this
beautiful Mexican girl who was.
in addition, carrying the very
badge of intrigue he had been told
to seek. The crutch at her side
was definite proof that she was
wurking for his own employers in
the precarious business of espionage.
But—perhaps she was not I
Perhaps her crutch was a co-
you to j incidence, her sprained ankle
| genuine. Suddenly realization of
now,
to say something, Ronica sudden-! _Andre Interrupted, sarcastically,
ly smiled. Music resumed at that i 0|1, no indeed' ladies and gentle-
instant, and so she took Wesley's! men‘ Let s ad Piclt daisies! Now
hand and put her arm around ser*°usly, Ronica, let's get this
him. j straight. I want to know who—
Sailors Studying
In Inland School
rd first to form a background. Tills
information is followed by practical
instruction In which the men are
liowii the engines In various stages
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Dec 31- <UP) °f it,m »1P N* blue-
prints to the final test in the labora-
tory.
—Sailors from the U, 8. fleet are
learning about Diesel engines in a
•school heir the only one of its, . _
kind In the nation. lo t,1e Browing nei-d for Diesel en-
At present, 20 engineroom men Klm‘ oppra,ws *■ the program of
from the navy are taklnr a course "I W ldp <oust ruction." Tliew said,
that covers intricacies of giant oil- '""’her If ihe recommissioning of
burning engines. "'d ubni.irlnes undertaken as part
The men spend five, eight-hour1 °f "M' def*nse program."
days weekly for six weeks in learn- _
ing the operation of the engines
before returning to the fleet.
The course includes such details
of Diesel theory and operation ns
the relation of pistons to scaveng-
Ing parts, timing of Injection, heat
of compression, comparison of
DAILY LESSON
IN ENGLISH
Mr and Mrs A F. Major re-
turned to their home In Chicago
Thursday after spending Christ-
mas here with their son nnd
daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mis. Ro-
land Major, and children
WORDS OFTEN MISUSED: Do
not say, "We then drove over
steam with Diesel power and other ,U‘ bllllMP " Sny- "Wt* U*n drove
operations. across the bridge."
The men will go on a*,moments OFTEN MISPRONOUNCED'
on Diesel-powered surface boats at Moses. Pronounce mo-zez, not mo-
tile end of the current course, and /es, e as In bet unstressed
a new class will replace them.
Lieutenant Commander
Tliew. previously the comma,vjj'"“U*h prowuneed may-'av
of the submarine Pike, directs the RYNCNYMS: Hue, tint, tinge, j
course. , tone, shade, color.
"Tile demand for Diesel engine WORD STUDY: “Use n word
operators has doubled and tripled 'bice time and it is vours." Let
Mr and Mrs. Tve Bledsoe nnd I dle *af,l venr.' Phew said, "Manu- 0s Increase our vocabulary by
soil. Charles, are visiting their : torturers an co-operating with the mastering one niord each day. To-
“On- of the factors contributing j Mrs. Bertrand Crump departed
Sunday for her Home in Perryton,
Tex. alter spending tlie holidays
witli her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. O. Moon.
Miss Ruby Ridgway of Still-
water is visiting her parents, Mr.
I and Mrs. Maywood Ridgway.
Price Thompson departed Fri-
day for St Joseph, Mo., where he
was called by the deatli of a cou-
son, Roy Feuquay.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee King return-
ed Friday after spending the I
Christmas holidays win: the lat-1
ter's parents, Mr. ana Mrs W C
Miller, at Chickasha and with rel- !
atlves in Lindsay.
Miss Mary Frances Wynegar of |
8tlilwater was a week-end visitor I
of her father, Charles Wynegar. |
Miss Arnillda Thompson of J
Oklahoma City spent Tuesday
night witli her mother, Mrs. Les-
lie Thompson, and brother. Mar- )
vin Thompson
“Let’s dance, then talk, Wesley ! w'° Vi,', ^VS!’' Ronlca’s words J spice!"
Watonga, Mr. and Mrs. Charles | waiting for Wesley to stop point-1 lel s not misunderstand anybody’s,
Gambel. Mrs A L. Gambel, Miss Ing awkwardly at her and trying ufl' intentions. I am sure that—'
Birdie Gambel and Alton Gambel
of El Reno and T. D Gambel were
Wednesday dinner guests of Mr
and Mrs. Elmer Gambel and son,
Tommy.
Mrs Paul Bolden and daughter
of Mulberry, Ark., Mr. and Mrs.
Prank Yohe, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy
Dean of Oklahoma City, Lovell
Powell of Hamiltonvllle! Calif., Mr
and Mrs. Cluude Moberly and
children were Wednesday dinner
guests of Mr and Mrs. J. P. Pow-
ell and children.
Mrs. Mabel O'Brlan and son
Jimmy of Denver, Colo., departed
Sunday ufter spending several
days with their sister and aunt.
Mrs. Lee Penwright, and family
that possibility rather frightened
him He wondered if he ought to
look about town for another per-
son with a lone crutch But no-
no, he could at least test this girl,
delicately, and make sure of his
ground.
"Pepper kid. you call her,” Lona
was saying. "I think it is spoiled
Orang’g Third Baby
Behaved New Record
PHILADELPHIA, Dec Jl—ai.R)—
The PhiUtoelnhie Zoological Qar-
iiefts—more familiarly known as the
wo—has established a new record
with the birth of a baby orangu-
tan.
The newcomer is the third baby
born to Guar ins Gwioa's other
children are Cinderella, born Jan.
21. 1835. and Ivy, born June 13,
1837
•Hie previous record for the spe-
cies was two, held by a at Louis
orangutan.
A11 ri„ht?., were clipped now and
|went up, a signal Andre Girar-
.. J , yes! We must_I am j deau at least recognized from past
ainud I dance very poorly Indeed, experience. "We're all sparring
I you see, I dance only a very
little, for courtesy's sake at the
breath and ventured one studied
look at his face For a long mom-
ent she said nothing. Then—
"That is* a—pretty ring. Yes?”
“Your crutch must be a nui-
sance," ventured he.
Her Ups tightened, and her voice
her thin -Don't take her seriously." An- dropped t0 8 whisper.
university affairs, and-
"You’re doing beautifully. It’s j this dance. He came for
just an easy one-two one-two
step, easy as walking. We won't
try any frills if you don’t want
to. Can you tell me what hap-'
dre was fumbUng In his pocket.
There, he carried the ring with
, .. the chrysQColla stone
lv Herefwff *° ^ ^ ‘ “alrls du ®st*xl men from
Heres what- , I/ma Montoya, senor!"
Dr. York asked to take me to i • * *
£™«,dhT' He ,iameA for me' ? A NDR* laughed He liked her'
know, but somehow Andre man-, A spunk H, )jked lhe f
aged to shoo him off. I still don't lurf of ^ obvlously VPry an.
. , w gry. With a definite little zest of
peed now? Didn't you r e« ily jl did have a^date^lth him and X ihind^The S' ^ Mt
have a date with me?" won't deny It. If he wants to jilt j middle S Z rariS
Ah. Ronica !" 7 '?h ^ T BUt he and I casualness he fingered it with his
.She laughed then, dancing very 1 wld have words first, and we're j rjgbt |_____
Close to him. “You are sure it'clkoing to start right now! Andre,; Lona
tiiat bad?" I you stay here; Wesley and I are rin(f
* "No. I mean—I did think I had! «0l'ig off to stroll in the moon-1
a date, but—" j light!”
Ronica sighed elaborately.j * * *
0k‘iv’ pal 110 hard feelings. Ilf OLA and Andre watched them(Andre’s gaze her expression chang-
1 11,1 1 Ket 11 even though ltl*-2 g„ Mttle cjasjj jlad passed|ed completely. She took a deep
Fool!” She almost spat it.
“Why have you waited so long?
Thees crutch drive anybody cra-
ze*, and—the high ones are de-
mand action from us at once!"
iTo Be Continued)
I right hand.
glanced
down, saw the
l Slowly, her eyes widened 8he[
j looked up at the crowd quickly, j
She looked right and left. Before!
DANCE
K of C HALL
NEW YEARS EVE
From » TiH-?
GOOD 8-PIECE ORCHESTRA
parents, Mr. and Mrs C. N.
Norris and Mi and Mrs. J. t
Bledsoe. In Marlow
Rov Hale and Fred Mlrirk trans-
acted business in Enid Wednesday
Miss Lois Kinsey of Lawton
spent Tuesday night with her sis-1
ter. Miss Lola Ktnsev
Mr and Mrs J. C Barnhill
accompanied Mr and Mrs. War-
ten Barnhill and son. John WUUs
of Oklahoma City, and Mrs Barn-
hill's mother. Mrs Agnes Mihter,
of Pocasset to El Reno Wednes-
day Thev were dinner guests of
Dr and Mrs W P. Lawton.
Mr. and Mrs. Randell Mason
and son. Wallace, spent Christ-
mas in Port Cobb with Mr Mit-
eon's parent*. Mr and Mrs W
C. Mason
Historic State Markers
Stolen For Scrap Metal
HARRISBURG. Pn . Dec. 31—ug)
— Rising metal prices have placed n
new problem on Pennsylvania police
Despite heavy mountings, thieves
are taking metal markers placed at
historic sites throughout the state. ,
To combat vandalism, the state i
Histoij.ul society has notified the I
stoic motor police to keep a close I
watch on metal sales. Recently the
commission photographed all the
markers so they can te easily traced.
This new plan romb'nej with local
vwllaner and prosecution of buyers
of stplen metal, is expected to solve
thk problem
government in taking men Into the dn> s word: PANEOYRI8T; a
plant where they can see the en- euloglzer. i Pronounce pnn-e-JIr-lsi,
glues in every stage of construe- u ns In pan. e ns in me un-
llC'‘ ,, t .stressed, both i’s as in it, accent
Tliew said that theory Is explain-'third syllable.)
185,000,000 Deads Used
In Single Mile Of Hoad
THE SCOREBOARD
• PROBLEM A DAY
;Of 24 lbs of salt water, 12":
la Mil How many pounds of pure
water must be added In order
to have a solution that contains
salt?
ANSWER
W ,h* Itoplaiiatlon- Multiply
b^012 by 100; subtract from this
«»ult the product of 24 and
divide by 4
4;
BY H ARRY GRAYSON
NEA Service Simrts Editor
T'HE Yankees get ’em. Scout Joe Devine says the New York
dub has another Joe IliMaggio in Lloyd Christopher, who
played with the Oakland Coasters in 1940 and is supposed to re-
main there another season.
In case of an emergency, Christopher ran be brought up sooner,
nnd Devine tells Ed Borrow that if Joe McCarthy finds himself
hard pressed for u right-hand hitting outfielder, his latest dis-
covery will be the man.
Devine insists it won’t be long after his Yankee debut that
Christopher, only 20, will have Yankee Stadium fans and those
around the circuit talking about his skill,
Christopher stands six feet, two and a half nnd weighs 188
pounds.
Devine describes him as being ns fast as a streak and having
a powerful arm.
14 \s n flcMcr, Christopher is one of the finest prospects I’ve ever
, 'xu""* <!"* foxy forager. "The boy is a dead ringer
for Bob Meusel. He doesn’t throw quite as forcefully as Long
Bob did but there’s not much difference. Bob, you remember,
had the best throwing arm in llio American League."
Devine Confesses that Christopher is not now as good a hitter
as Lou Novikoff, the Russian flyrhnser coming to the Cubs from
Los Angeles, but luistrns to ndd that he’s going to be a better one
Some changes were made in Christopher 'a style last summer, and
they Improved hia bulling.
Devine consider! Christopher Just ns good a prospect as Joe
DiMuggio was, and It was he who urged Die Yankees to take a
chance on the knee Injury Unit threatened the current New York
•lugger a career while lie was with San Francisco.
gCOUT DEVINE tells you to ask Lefty O’Doul or any Pacific
Coast League manager, player or dub owner about Christo-
pher. He says they’ll tell you lie can’t miss making good.
Christopher's batting average with the Oaks was .278, but Da-
v'n* 1•*Ptolna that he is a much more formidable batter than the
Indl| utcv He drove In HU runs, and his average was above
•S(»i for the greater part of the campaign,
Christopher began with Akron in 193H nnd was moved to Joplin
and El Paso. Jn 1839 he was with Wenatchee, Wash,, and was eo
good that be advanced to AA company,
. u°*i disnivciod Ida latest prize in 1837 ... in high
ichool at Richmond, ^alif. *
The Yankees get 'em young and break 'em In right
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Dec 31-
(U.R)—The latest scientific approach i
to the problem of night driving
safety made by the Indiana high-
way department involves glass
beads—millions of them.
The beads are tiny nnd round,
and when they are sown on
freshly-painted center stripes that
Indicate no-passing zones on the
j Hoosier highways they become u
galaxy of winking, flashing gams
under the headlights of a car
Their sparkling brilliance help-
the motorist to stay on the right
side of the narrow stripe.
The highway department reports
the idea works like a charm
and construction workers are busy
putting it into effect on all the
state's highways.
TTie department coats renter
stripes with a special binding paint
then applies the beads before It
dries.
Ordinarily, a gallon of pntnt and
six pounds of beads account for
300 feet of stripe Since the beads
rome about 1.800 000 to the pound
roughly 185.000.000 of them are
required to lay a carpet of blink
ers a distance of n mile.
NEW GAS HEATERS
•
af Rrntllv ruduml
prio4‘H! D ii y now
anil Nuve!
ROUSH
PLUMBING SHOP
Two Shoppers In One Act
Uharacters in the Play
Mrs. Black, who has $.% to spend
on a new spring suit.
Mrs. White, who also has $35 to
spend on a new spring suit,
Ad 1, Scene I
Mrs. Black enters store, "just looking" for a suit . . . any
suit . . . "had nothing in mind." Leaves store baffled and
exhausted ... and empty handed.
Art 1, Scene 2
Mrs. White enters store. Consults newspaper clipping in
handbag . . . Tries on suit she saw advertised. Likes it as
much as she thought she would. Buys it, and leaves store,
radiant with success and satisfaction.
This play has a moral. Consult these columns for your best buys!
They will save you much time ... countless steps ... and g whole
lot of money.
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