The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 186, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1940 Page: 7 of 10
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,1940
EL RENO (OKLA.)' DAILY TRIBUNE
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TENT WINDOWS CLOSED AGAINST DESERTS STINGING SAND
Custer Ginners
Fear Reduction
Ezzie Palmer Is Married
To Dave McFarland
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BY TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT
CALUMET, Oct. 3—Mr. and Mrs.
Norman Palmer have announced
the marriage of their daughter,
Miss Ezzie Palmer, to Dave Mc-
Farland, son of Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. McFarland, northwest of Calu-
met.
The marriage occurred Thursday
evening, Sept. 26. In Geary with
Father F. X. Neville performing
the ceremony.
The newlyweds are residing In
Oklahoma City where the bride-
groom Is employed.
The junior circle and the senior
circle of the Methodist church en-
joyed a joint meeting Thursday
afternoon at the church parsonage.!
After a business meeting, the j
remainder of the afternoon wasi
spent quilting. !
Members attending were Mrs. Tom |
Hurst, Mrs. Nelson Eckelberry, Mrs. j
James Morrison, Mrs. William
Combs, Mrs. Rufus Meschberger.
Mrs. A. T. Steiger, Mrs. George
Laughlln, Mrs. French Laughlln,
Mrs. Tam Golden, Mrs. C. E. Mc-
Coy, Mrs. Max Shaw. Mrs. John
Snyder, Mrs. R. E. Poarch, Mrs. j -
John Gardner, Mrs Ed McVey, o f, f Cl,rjmn peeler8
Mrs Pete Stewart. Mrs. Myrtle j OOUinpori Onnmp I CUCrb
Clayton, Mrs. Johnnie Brannon and
Mrs. Edward Haley.
Mrs. J. A. Hamilton departed
Sunday for Telephone, Tex., where
she was called by the Illness of her
lAother, Mrs. J. E. Alexander.
Mrs. Max 8haw departed Sunday
for Thomas to visit her grand-
mother, who Is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Swaffar
entertained Sunday with a family
dinner. Those seated at the table
were Mr. and Mrs. Howard Oordon
and children, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
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CLINTON. Oct. 3—(U.R)—Custer
| county ginners arc keeping one
; eye on this year’s ginning and | important agricultural county
crease In production will be small.
It was pointed out that the ]
purpose of the cotton improve-
ment efforts is not to attempt
to pass wheat as the major coun-
ty crop, but to bring cotton up |
to play an important part in an I
HOSPITAL IN SAND STORM—Red Cross and Italian flags top this huge tent set up as an Italian
field hospital in desert south of Libya. Picture wa s taken during sand storm, with hospital windows
closed against stinging particles. Passed by Italian censor.
| the other on the 1941 season
which they fear may bring a
[ drastic reduction in AAA ‘ cotton
! acreage allotments for this coun-
i ty for failure to plant little more
j than half of the total allotted
; acres in 1940.
One ginner pointed out that this
! county was allotted 40.000 acres
for cotton but that a little more
than 20.000 acres were planted to
the crop.
"In all probability," he said, “wc
face a severe acreage allotment
slash unless we can be assured of
a better response in 1941, A big
| portion of our unplanted acreage
: may be given to other counties in
i Oklahoma, or even to other states,
and then our chances of building
cotton as one of the county's
j leading farm products w'ould suf-
I for another setback."
; Interest in cotton has been im-
j proved some this year by a cotton
council contest. However, the in-
Last year the county produced
about 4,200 bales, very small com-
pared to state cotton-producing
counties. This year the ginning
is expected t0 total around 5,000
bales.
SCOUT CIRCUS PLANNED
CKEMAH (/P)—M. L. Rountree of
Ckcmah has been appointed gen-
eral chairman for the Creek Na-
tion Boy Scout circus to be held
here Dec. 6, it was announced bv
Jay B. Yeager, area executive,
of Okmulgee. It will be the first
time the area circus, expected to
attract some 1.000 youths, has been
scheduled outside of Okmulgee.
BUT, COWS CAN’T READ!
VINITA (fl’i—A rail crossing sign
on the outskirts of town reads:
"Parking on railroad track pro-
hibited—Police Department."
Are Paid On Spot
SOUTHPORT, N. C.. Oct 3—(U.R)
—The fishing village of South-
port is on the "nickel standard"
—the coin, not the metal—but a
thriving business goes on here just
the same.
The nickel, in fact, is a mast
important coin here and it is not,
j at all unusual for a merchant to
T*Vand daughter",■.‘“.ndMV:'and **> * basketful of groceries, or a
Mrs. Fred Sand and son, DeWayne. dress or a pair of shoes, and be:
Mr, and Mrs. Floyd Butler of paid with a handful of nickels
Outhrie and Miss Arllene Brinkman
of El Reno were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harley
Brinkman.
Miss Juanita Brannon, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Brannon,
departed Tuesday for Washington.
D. C.. where she has accepted a
civil service position.
Miss Grace Clapper of WelUton.
Miss Margaret Clapper of Rush
Springs, Mr. and Mrs. Max Rollins
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Clap-
per. northwest of Calumet.
Miss Corrine Power spent Friday
in Oklahoma City where she visi-
ted her aunt, Mrs. W. R. Miller,
who has been receiving treatment
In Polyclinic hospital. Mrs. Miller’s
condition Is very much improved.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McComas of
Oklahoma City. Mr. and Mrs. Nel-
son Eckelberry and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. C. V. Eckelberry spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr and
Mrs. Harley Brinkman.
Mr and Mrs. Mox Holzen and
daughter. Anita, were business visi-
tors in Oklahoma City Saturday.
Mrs Roscoe Smith of Kingfish-
er was an overnight guest Mon-
day In the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Smith.
Miss Pauline Wallace and Bart
Ludwig of El Reno. Mr. and Mrs.
Earl McVey and daughter were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Andersen
of Beaver were week-end visitors
of the former's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Louie Andersen.
Marching Still Is
Part Of Training
LAWTON. Oct. 3—(U.R)—Despite
Increasing mechanization. foot
marrhlng still is an Important
thing In the Hrmy.
Beginning Oct. 4. Major Oeneral
W. 8. Key, commanding officer of
the 45th division, Intends to sec
that cross-country foot travel Is
given Its place in the training of
12,000 national guard troops at
Port Sill. The first hike will be
made on that'date, and oltiers will
follow at weekly Intervals until Key
believes the troops have lieen
sufficiently toughened.
The first hike will cover 10
miles. Hie others will be Increased
to 12 miles.
Everyone will take tlie hikes—
from top-ranking generals to the
lowliest privates. Staff officers also
will go along. The marches will
begin in the morning*. After five
miles have been covered, the troops
will stop for lunch and then make
tlie return trip hi the afternoon.
Each lroo|ier will carry a lunch
and light kit.
Tlie cross-country marrhlng had
lieen deferred until tlie new shoes
of the soldiers had lieen broken In
sufficiently.
Mr. and Mrs. Lutner C. Oadbcrry
and daughters. Ann and Jane. 1012
Houtli Wllllmns avenue, departed
Wednesday for Louisville and Phil,
Ky„ where they plan to spend two
weeks.
Some of the leading business,
men of Southport take water
buckets full of nickels to work
with them in the morning for
their daily transactions.
Southport, at the mouth of the
Cape Fear river, is an important
shrimp port, and although the in-
come average is not high, there
Is lttle unemployment and virtual-
ly no dire poverty.
System Seems Best
Yet many of these workers are
paid a nickel at a time and wage-
hour experts from Washington
who shudder at the necessity of
discussing wages on a 5-cent basis
have been unable to devise a bet-
ter method of compensating the
shrimp picker
The shrimp boats leave South
port at dawn to drag thier nets
around the mouth of the river
Early in the afternoon they re-
turn to their shrimp-picking houses
and as they come in sight the
negro pickers hurry to the docks
Men, women and a few children
line up on each side of the big
troughs into which the shrimp are
dumped Each one grabs a bucket
and the "peeling” begins. When a
bucket Is filled the picker Is paid j
off In nickels, Immediately, on the
basts of the amount picked.
Some Earn $2 In Day
Until the shrimp supply Is ex-
hausted the picker makes trip
after trip to the trough, or until
the worker has all the nickels hr |
needs. A good picker can earn as
much as 40 nickels during the
afternoon.
Bill Wells, who operates one of
the largest shrimp parking houses.1
said no other method of paying
has proved so satisfactory. In the
first place, he says, It’s part time
work and until the boats arrive no
one knows how much there will be
to do. And In the second place, the,
pickers like to come and go as they;
please.
Some of the pickers work be-'
cause they are bored with sitting |
around the house. A few nickels
usually suffice. Sometimes a Negro'
child will work hard until the first
nickel Is earned and then the elilld 1
heads for the nearest store for
candy.
I WALLPAPER ft
CANADIAN i
LUMBER ( OMI’ANT M
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LOOK
THIS WEEKS
Service Special
Wc Will Completely
Overhaul Your Brakes
Inrludliig Purl., and Latmr
For Only
$9.95
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BODY A PAINT DEPARTMENT
Our Hcrvlee Department Open
7:30 a. in. to R;3(l p. m
— Trade In Cunfldenee With—
vffucA tfurn&r
YOUn PORD DEALER
ink North Rork Island Phone 3
NO PENALTY
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You run no risk of losing out on a bargain when you trade here
100%—It is our policy to give you all the Town’s Best Buys!
FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND MONDAY VALUES.
FOLKS! TAKE A TRIP IN OUR STORE
Here’s a trip that’s easy to take . . . one that needs no planning
and costs you nothing! We invite you to tour our store, travel
- . through wide aisles and view the bargain scenery. You’ll like the
A/ little trip and you’ll profit by seeing that you can reduce food costs
*3 10 to 20 percent by shopping here 100%—we’ll have all the town’s
best bargains whether or not they are listed in this advertisement.
MALTED MILK
Candy Bars 2Ur,t
|-lb. Can
Kraft’s
I Chocolate'
llershey'H
I)urox
<(uarl
25c
Cain’s Coffee, lb____19c
Bleacher
Windex
Okra, No. 2
Bird Seed 2
Green Beans 2
5
III. Till
Wander
$1.09
Oranges
Onions
Head
Lettuce
Medium P
Crisp . wG
344 Count
Calif
Utah
Yellow
Chula
Vista
Regular
Size
Tin
L. I).
Boxes
French's I
No. 2
SALAD DRESSING-RELISH SPREAD
Fresh Salted
PEANUTS, lb. 10c
MARVEL
MADE
Bread 3
Large
18-oz.
Loaves
Tins
MATCHES 6
Ho. 2 TOMATOES 4
KRUNCHEE S 1
Super Suds
cans
Hand
Pack
Red Box Small
Regular lairgr
Blue
Hot Small
Cone. Large
ms\
SOAP 5
Giant Bars
Crystal While
II). bag
Kunmald
Seedless
RAISINS
PINEAPPLE
PINTO BEANS
SUGAR
GREEN GIANT PEAS
WILSONS CHILLIS
3 CANS N
Box Ctn.i
Belle Isle
Buy This On Your
Eronomy Trip
Pancake Flour 3
lb. bag
II. Time
Buckwheat
Mackeral
Sardines
Gr. Crackers
Libby Beets
Trailer Peas
Bisquick
Softasilk
3
3
2
Cut
.Merit mn
Cake Flour
Rrg, Size
Libby’s
Tlri Bit or
Cruxhed
Buffet Tins
Limit 2 Cans
each
CORN, KIDNKY
RED BEANS ..
Oh So Healthful—National
Oatmeal 18c
Jello.5c--Vigo "1 5c
Swift & Co.—Dog Food
Pard 3,KTL 25c
Woodbury's
Facial Soap
4 IT 26c
Kirk's Hardwater
SOAP
Barsi
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Dyer, Ray J. The El Reno Daily Tribune (El Reno, Okla.), Vol. 49, No. 186, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 3, 1940, newspaper, October 3, 1940; El Reno, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc920130/m1/7/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.