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THE BATTALION
Thursday, August 16, 1951
Martin Dies
May Represent
Marshal
Wives
Marshall, Tex., Aug. 16 —
UP) — Marshall’s rebellious
housewives talked to former
Rep. Martin Dies last night
about taking their case in a
fight against paying social security
taxes for domestic help.
Thirteen housewives here re
fused to collect social security tax
es from their domestic servants
for the first quarter; taxes due
April 30. Nineteen others said
they refused to do so for the sec
ond quarter, due July 31. They
say it is unconstitutional to expect
them to.
Dies, who came here from Luf
kin today, said he would take the
housewives case “if it can be fin
anced satisfactorily.” The former
Texas congressman is an attorney.
In congress he was much in the
public eye as head of the House
Un-American Activities Commit
tee.
The government has issued war
rants and taken more than $50
from the bank accounts of the 13
women who refused to collect for
the first quarter. Processing for
the second quarter returns isn't
complete. But Ellis Campbell, Jr.,
head of the Dallas office of the
U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau, has
said agents will go back to Mar
shall again if necessary each three
months to get unpaid taxes.
Dies said he believed the house
wives had good legal ground for
their attack on the constitutional
ity of the social security tax col
lection sysem.
Marshall City Commissioner
Charles Spangler, whose wife is
one of the rebellious group, said
he and his wife wanted Dies to
represent them if they could get
him, so they invited him here.
Spangler said he invited the
housewives to the Spangler cot
tage on Martin’s Lake near Mar
shall to meet Dies. The conference
lasted several hours.
A reporter asked Dies whether
•—if he accepted—he thought it
would affect any political plans he
may have next year. He said it
would not.
Grass Fire Put Out
No Damage Done
The College Fire Department
answered the call for aid in fight
ing a grass fire at the 1104 block
of Ashburn Street yesterday at
4:30 p. m. The fire caused no pro
perty damage.
Three American Boy Scouts in Indian costumes walk through the
legs of a huge “cowboy,” which serves as the gatt, as they enter
the American camp near Bad Ischl, Austria, where the world
scout jamboree was held. Other American scouts look on.
‘Old Timer"Scorns
Modern Cowhands
Austin, Tex., Aug. 16—CP)—
Modern-day cowboys, with their
V-8’s and airplanes are a bunch
of sissies.
“The real, tough and rough cow
poke has gone with the winds,”
says 84-year-old Jefferson Davis
Dillingham—as “tough a critter as
came along in my day.”
Dillingham, who saw the in
famous Sam Bass dying of bullet
wounds, is a Central Texas pion
eer who “grew up” on a horse
before turning to railroading as
a career. He’s retired now and
living here.
- “In my day roping and tying
steers and breaking wild horses
was a popular sport.
“You could see a roping contest
or horsemanship touraament then
nearly as often as you can see a
movie now,” he chuckled.
And Dillingham said the con
tests were a far cry from present-
day rodeos.
“There were no calves in
volved, just big sturdy longhorn
steers that could run like a
freight train.”
Although he didn’t participate,
the tough old man—still as hard
as nails attended Austin's first
rodeo July 4, 1888.
Another sport Dillingham re
members is the test of cow horses,
a 34-foot rope was tied to the
horns of each horse’s saddle, and
on a given signal each horse and
Second Annual Celebration
Denton Old Maids Honored
With Parties and Presents
Denton, Tex., Aug. 16—CP)—
Every old maid in Denton who up
ped and declared herself an old
maid got presents yesterday.
“Why, everybody I know is get
ting gifts,” said Miss Dorothy
Babb, the Denton college instruct
or who started it all.
This was Denton’s second annual
celebration of Old Maid’s Day.
“Why Olive Honeycutt was
downtown in the store and made
such a haul that she came out
piled up with packages like
Christmas,” Miss Babb said.
And the lettei’s—“stacks of them.
Proposals, too, fi’om men.”
One of the Denton old maids,
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WORLD’S MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
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Miss Bessie Brown, suggested that
they help the men who enjoy the
state of unmari*ied bliss to set up
an old bachelors day.
Miss Babb scoffed: “Let ’em
set up their own day. I’m just not
interested in them if they’re as
old as I am and not married.”
Miss Babb won’t tell her age.
She has gray hair, a trim figure,
and gray eyes. She beams good
will.
The old maids day was her idea.
Last year she wondex-ed aloud—
and on the front page of news
papers—why old maids don’t get
some recognition.
She said they pay out a lot of
money for wedding, baby, and
anniversary gifts for married
folk, but get no such gifts them
selves.
The upshot was a party Aug. 15
last year, and the one today—
official by proclamation of Den
ton’s mayor.
Miss Babb gave herself a gift
for Old Maid’s Day. She bought an
air conditioner for her Denton
home.
“Bought it yesterday,” she
said. “Had to buy it on time, and
the salesman wanted to know
how old 1 was. Wouldn’t tell him.
He said he had to put something
down and how about 33.
“I said sure, put that down.
That’s good.”
Six of Miss Babb’s friends gave
her a chest in which to put her
flat silver. With it was a card
saying:
“Knock, knock
“Who is there?
“Why you silly old maid
“Who is there, to cai’e?”
She got gloves, nylons, and a lot
of other gifts.
Denton men civic leaders—all
married—gave an afternoon tea
at the country club for all the
old maids. No married ladies
admitted.
Only the men who were such
things as the mayor or president
of a civic club wei’e allowed in.
Joe Bux-ks said he worked real
hard to get to be president of the
Rotary Club this year just so he
could go to the tea.
Miss Brown, vdio says she is a
career girl, said she felt:
“The public has failed to show r
appreciation to the bachelors in
the public sexwices they have ren
dered.
“Like old maids, the bachelors
have to give wedding, birthday,
and christening gifts but get
few themselves. I don’t think it
would be amiss to let old maids
clubs Sponsor parties and invite
the bachelors so everybody will
know who is who.”
There was a big cake for the
afternoon tea; enough for 200 old
maids. Also on the program was a
theater party, and corsages for the
spinsters.
Some 200 old maids attended the
tea and giggled at the dozen men
with signs around their necks say
ing, “I’m married.”
W. D. Bax-low, a Denton business
man, poured the punch and Denton
attox-ney Fred Minor cut the cake
to serve the “girls.”
Another businessman, J. Holfox-d
Russell, welcomed “you beautiful
gix-ls” to Denton.
When Russell called for the
oldest old maids, two spry little
sisters from Strawn, Tex., an-
spered Jula Marshall, 73, in a
blue lace dress and a red hat,
and Miss May Marshall, 76, in
a lavender lace dress and black
hat.
When Russell called for the
youngest, nobody answered. Final
ly someone said, “here’s someone
35,” whereupon another woman
shouted, “why I’m 34.”
Then Blanche Griffin of Denton
said she was 23.
“That’s what I intend to be—an
old maid,” Miss Griffin said.
Random questioning showed that
all the women preferred the term
“Old Maid.”
“It has more charactex-,” said
one.
They all said ’’why not admit it.
We feel no shame.”
Miss Babb showed them a
handful of letters which she said
were proposals that had come to
her.
“You’re welcome to them,” she
said. “I won’t want them.”
“Here’s a Florida widower who
owns his own home and a 1949
Dodge. Here’s another Floi’ida man
who wants a wife who was born in
April. Here’s a California man,”
she added, “who wants one who
weighs less than 150 pounds.”
Miss Caroline Currie, Denton,
said, “It’s not easy to stay an
old maid, but by firm determin
ation and high resolve, we can
carry on.”
Last night the old maids were
guests of honor at a Denton thea-
tx-e whex-e drinks, candy and pop
corn were free. Denton mex-chants
contx-ibuted gifts to lucky ticket
holdex-s.
rider would depart at full speed in
opposite directions.
The steed not thrown by the
violent impact would be declared
winner.
Dillingham was born in Flor
ence, Texas, in 1866 and moved
to Merrilltown in 1876. In 1899
he went to work for the old Aus
tin and Northwestern railroad as
a brakeman. In 1900 he became
a conductor for the Houston
and Texas Central which was
later absorbed by the Southern
Pacific Railroad. He retired in
1933.
“One day in Round Rock (July
19, 1878) while unloading fodder
in a livery stable, I saw the sher
iff and one constable approach
thx-ee men (one of them Sam Bass).
Shooting followed and I dived
into the stable. The next day Bass
was brought into Round Rock
dying of bullet wounds.
“I saw him on the counter of a
tin shop with a doctor attending
him. His six-shooter was on the
counter neai*by. He died the next
day.”
Girl Scouts Study
For Merit Badges
A four day nutrition school is
being conducted by the Lone Star
Gas Co. for the local tx-oops of
the Girl Scouts of America.
The pux-pose of the school, which
began yesterday morning at 9 a.
m. in the Girl Scout Meeting House,
is to give the girls an oppox-tunity
to win their merit badge for nu-
tx-ition.
Under the supervision of Miss
Rodine Benton, home economist for
the Lone Star Gas Co., 13 gix-ls
fx-om the local area are taking ad
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basic fundamentals of nutrition.
Attending the course are Lelia
Henderson, Sandra Dickey, Mary
Ann Linn, Doris Vazra, Judy von
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