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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1943)
SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 25, 1943 THE BATTALION Pacre 5 “Feed A Fighter” Is Slogan of 4-H Club Texas boys’ 4-H clubs have reached new heights in enrollment and production this year, accord ing to L. L. Johnson, state boys’ club agent for the A. and M. Col lege Extension Service. A total of 41,000 farm boys are carrying on their work under the slogan “Feed a fighter in ’43.” V Reports from the counties in dicate that many of the boys are fulfilling this pledge. Rayford Kasch of Caldwell County, for in stance, produced pork and milk in the past 12 months equivalent to the food budget of 28 soldiers for one year, and Hershell Crawford of Bell County produced enough food to maintain 22 fighting men. The Army has taken the lead in recognizing the fine food produc tion record of Texas 4-H Club boys. Major General Richard Do novan, commander of the Enghth Service Command, wrote a letter to Calvin Kocurek of Burleson County commending his production of meat. In further recognition, General Donovan arranged for vi sits of more than 600 club boys to 12 army airfields and army camps over the state. Boys who had pro duced enough food to feed one or more fighting men were grouped by districts and honored as guests for a day at the nearest army air field or camp. They were shown how the soldiers live and are being trained, the equipment • they use, and how the food the boys had a part in producing is prepared and stored. The contribution of Texas 4-H Club boys to the war effort is di versified. A total of 511 from 69 counties acted as insect reporters during the cotton growing season. They matfe weekly reports to A. and M. College on infestation of cotton fields in their communities. This information aided the U. S. Department of Agriculture in ma king efficient distribution of in secticides. Cochran County club boys this year fed out and sold 152 dry lot calves. The animals weighed 145, 033 pounds and brought $23,712. CUB SCOUTS REORGANIZE AND RECEIVE AWARDS At the recent monthly meeting of Cub Scout Pack 102 at College Station it was decided to consoli date Dens 1 and 2 because so few boys of Cub Scout age were left in their territory this year. Under the new plan all Cub Scouts living west of Highway 6 will be enrolled in Den 2 while those living east of Highway 6 will be enrolled in Den *. An unusual feature of the pack meeting was a contest in present ing a proposed radio talk on “What Cubbing Means to Me.” One Cub from each of the three Dens prepared and presented his talk on this general topic. Bill Wil liams represented Den 1, Jason Ma gee represented Den 2 and Homer LaMotte represented Den 3. Each gave a very interesting and indi vidual explanation of what they got from cubbing. The judges found it difficult to make a select ion. Finally, Homer LaMotte was designated to represent Pack 102 in a two-minute radio presenta tion on Station WTAW, on Tues day, September 21, 1943 in con nection with Boy Scout Week. The following awards were earn ed and delivered at this meeting. Graduation certificates from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts to Bob Mar shall and John Gordon Gay. Lion pin to Bob Marshall and John Gordon Gay; Bear pins to Bill Munnerlyn and Ide P. Trotter, Jr. Wolf pin to Bob Barlow and Lloyd Gay; Gold Arrow points to Bill Munnerlyn and John Gordon Gay, were awards made. A number of other Cubs have completed their work for awards but could not receive them because their parents were not able to be present at that time. The prospects for a good year in Cub Scout work in College Sta- GOOD CLEANING and PRESSING Lauterstein’s WELCOME FRESHMEN ★ We welcome you to the campus of A. &; M. and invite you to use the facilities of our shop in assem bling you wardrobe of uniforms. Only the best of materials and the greatest of skills go into the mak ing of our uniforms. We will be glad to outfit you for the semester. ★ UNIFORM TAILOR SHOP Mendl & Hornak North Gate tion are very good. All parents and | GERMAN BOMBERS SINK interested friends are urged to en courage all boys nine through ele ven to enroll early and help make the work a success and enjoy the Cub Scout Program here. TWO ITALIA NSHIPS LONDON, Sept. 15—German bombers have sunk an Italian bat tleship and a cruiser in a con tinuing attack on a naval forma tion that escaped from Spezia and was raiding Nazi ships between Corsica and Sardinia in compliance with Allied orders, radio Berlin said today. Welcome to Aggieland We welcome you to A. & M. and hope that you will find success and happiness in your school work this semester. When you come to Bryan we want you to visit our store and fill your needs from our stock. You will be pleased with both the price and quality. STATIONERY GIFTS NOVELTIES BOOKS --- RECORDS If you like the latest tunes—you can find them in our big library of Columbia, Decca, Victor and Blue Bird Recordings. HASW ELL’S BRYAN “HE’S RIGHT WITH YOU” Yea, Freshmen . . . welcome to Aggieland! We know that you’re going to like it here and we know that you’re going to like trading with Loupot... he’s right with you. Now about those books ... you can save as much as 50 per cent by buying second hand books, but the supply is limited and they won’t be available long, so you better hurry. We also have slide rules, drawing instruments, T - Squares and drawing boards and the rest of the things you will need for the coming se mester. Remember—try Lou’s first! Buy Your Books Now-- WRE-'-’- SAVE 33i% TO 50% WE KNOW WHAT YOU NEED LOUPOT cua aggie tradition We’ve been in Aggieland long enough to know just what you’ll need in your courses . ; .. so bring your troubles to Lou. We will give complete refunds on any purchase of books until September 29th. How’s that for being fair, in case you buy something that you don’t need. % I’LL BUY WHAT YOU DON’T NEED! Lou’s always in the market for school supplies and other items you don’t need— so bring what you have to sell around and we’ll pay you top prices. By fair trade and the right prices Aggies have made LOUPOT’S the largest used book dealer in College Station. You can’t go wrong. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST “TRAD# WITH LOU - - HE’S RIGHT WITH YOU”