Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1943 Page: 2 of 10
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE. COLEMAN.
THURSDAY, MARCH 4. 1943.
New* About Loyal, Patriotic Men In Armed
Service* of United State*
Abo-.ttf'Tfi?: BpvH fft SN'nrtcfe tb TTir Coleman Democrat-VDtce,
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OnDutyAbrdad
Two Coleman men are bud-| A biographical sketch and
dies at the Visalia Airdrome at picture of Chaplain Reiner E.
DeLoach, former pastor of the
First' Christian Church here,
appears in the Feb. 19. edition
of The Fort Meade Post, soldier
newspaper published at Fort
Visalia, California They are,
left to right, Pvt. G, W (Sheet
Jackson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
■ W. J ark son, of Coleman, and a
brother of Mrs. Sam Slate of
Coleman; and Pvt. Burvel A.
Day, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. J-
Day of Coleman.
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Pvt. George W Ray, son of
Mrs. Telitha Ray of Talpa. mem-
ber of the U. S. Marine Corps
is stationed at San Diego. Cali-
fornia. He volunteered on Oct
p, last, and likes his work fine
Mr. and Mrs. WzE. Melton of-
Coleman have two sons in the
armed forces and another an
gaged in vital defense work Z<>-
lan :s in the Seabees and is sta-
tes eel at Norfolk. Va. a si ■ '
has just recently completed his
basic training as an aviation
mechanic at Sheppard Field.
Texa-. Arvin is visiting with hi:
parents here for a few days be-
tween jobs with a construction
company.
Sgt. Leon P. Whittington, 25,
who is with the Detached Medi-
cal Department, Station Hospi-
tal, Fort Bliss, Texas, is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. I. C Whitting-1
ton of Glen Cove. He has been'
in the service since February
Mi tide. Maryland. An editorial,: 12, 1941, and is training now]
Victory For Brotherhood, for surgical technician. He has
which was written by Chaplain been at the one station since
DoLc
Sgt. Roy Jamesons Plane Forced
Down On Tiny Pacific Island But
Flies Back “Home’ Month Later
W T Oliver,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jameson
! of Coleman Saturday received
J an interesting letter from their
I son, Staff Sergeant Roy E. Jame-
| son, who is located “somewhere
I in the Pacific theatre of war
| operations’ and who recently i
j was given the air medal for tak-1
ling part in an attack on Wake;
Dotty'officer, Island.
Addressed to '“dear
rae-
samejwar began.
Pvt J:
appears in the
t he newspaper.
; assisted his father on his
inies C. Strickland has j * ’ *
-ii red from Kearns,] Pvt. Joseph H Rainey, son of
radio school at Sioux Mrs. R. M. Rainey of Santa
ill: Dakota Mrs. Strick-! Anna, is attending signal Corps
________________ first class, in the Navy, who is
After graduation i on foreign service. H5s Tidme isj folks’’, the letter follows:
C'.i.-yj! ha!Coleman. His wife, the for- “i v.™,, v, k„
ranch.! mer Miss Virginia McDottglo, is
t mployed in Dallas.
r.ed Sunday from
her husband
>ave next week
in South Dakota
from Coleman High School he] Coleman. His wife, ^the for- I hope von haven’t been too
worried over my not writing
j earlier. I've been gone! I suppose
i you read in the papers all about
the raid on Wake Island. Guess
Ardell Smilh/Sotv OfMi. j pj] own the place when we do
take it.
“The papers stated the Jap
Zeros concentrated on the Co-
lonel’s plane, and it was badly
damaged and had to be left bo-
j Pvt
! and Mrs.
Roe Smith of Cole-
school at Camp Crowder.- Mis . „
and souri. The young man was man Route Two, has re-joined
to be drafted in September and sent his company in Virginia follow-
to Sacramento, California, in i»K a visit of several days with
December. He was a farmer at i his parents. A brother, 0. T,, ,is
Harbour
H
lias been
am Lexington,
lcramento. Cali-i
the U S. Army j
is. Harbour and
are with him j
Artesia, New Mexico, before go- als0 stationed with thd'Sftme out- j behind
mg into the armed forces.
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Walter F. Gilliam, son < i
. and Mrs, fay Gilliam of
bbock. formerly of Coleman
now stationed at Pampi
cas. He is a grandson of W
Gilliam of Coleman and o!
A. Vanderford of Shields
G. H. Patton, Jr., AMM 3/C,
son of Mr, and Mrs. G. H. Pat-
ton of Coleman, has returned to
Adlameda, California, where he
Vr. ;n p, M. May now gets I has been made a section leader
•Vi;jnail > Sitka. Alaska, in-1
a id <> Seattle, Washington. He
the on of Mr. and Mrs. John
lay of Coleman
... -------— Well, that particular
fit in Virginia. ^ . plane was mine. We have been
out on a secret island, about the
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. Downey ; size of your back yard, doing
of Hill have three sons in the | major repairs with practically
armed forces. Warrant Officer no tools at all. However, we
, Glyn O. Downey i$ at Randolph | flew the old crate in yesterday
and shop leader. He likes the! ney is at Glendale, Calif., and
west fine and the farther west Pvt. Malcolm M. Downey at
Camp Barkeley.
of Camp Ed-
returned to
after
Cpl. Ed Graves
wards. Mass., ha. ..
Camp Edwards, lllass;.
having visited with his wife
and child and other rela
and friends here
hen you purchased
your home
—you wanted it for comfort
and as an investment — not
for speculation and risk.
Then why speculate with it
now?
inadequate inaurance Is
speculation with fire. It
leaves your invelt’fhent
exposed to danger of loss.
Safeguard yoursetf with
adequate stoi* r<
insurance--today
J. M. MDONALD
irhed
Riley.
■d at 'Sa
The young man grad-
rom Doolv High School.
L • n in the Navy since
• 20 and received his
m the Seabees. at
Bradford. Va.. He
>0 pr
he goes the better he likes it
He likes Alameda, having been
stationed there for font- months| j. p fRud) Miller, Jr., son of
Mr, and Mrs. J. P. Miller of
Field. Pvt. Sherwood M. Dow-! and are really a happy gang.
My beard was almost down to
my chest and my week's supply
of clothing looked pretty dirty
after nearly a month
chanical work.
"I'm glad to get back with
all my buddies and clean
clothes, but will never be j
satisfied out of active combat |
until this war is over
“I have really been patted on j
the back by everyone. You see,'
since I was the engineer on the l
home! P,an< * dad complete charge of
i all the work done on it. We|
j completely tore down one en-1
; gine and part of an other and;
put them back together. When!
wo started up on the test flight]
the pilot asked if I was afraid j
to go. I said ‘no’. He said that]
if I trusted my life with myj
work he would too. So wei
went. She flew.
“The next day we came home, ]
almost ten hours in the. air;
and everything was fine. 1 know i
now that I'm really and truly j
qualified to fill my duties. It is]
the first real test I've had. |
“Now don't you worry - one
minute about me. If there is,
any worrying done, let me do;
it. Write often. .
“Love,
“Roy.”
S/Sgt. Jameson is a tail gun-]
net inVhe U. S. Army Air Corps.
SWENSON STOVALL
GETS PROMOTION
(Special to the Coleman
Democrat-Voice).
SAN ANGELO, Tex., March
3.—SWbnson E. Stovall, 211
North Frio, Coleman, has been
promoted to corporal at the
San Angelo Army Air Field
bombardier school, it was an-
nounced today by Col. George
M. Palmer, commanding of-
ficer.
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
G. Stovall of Coleman, he was
a hardware clerk in civilian
life. Entering the service last
September at San Antonio, he
was transferred here from
Dodd Field.
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Tli Greatest Motker jpi
in tkeWorl
1 CM 3/C U ls4l0r,*-v afu‘r entering Ihe Navy
if Mr and Mrs. jctianic0 , , , Coleman, today received his call
Novice, is now] ... , ,, „. , to riDort to Dallas for duty with
1 Francisco. Cali-! * 1?f Ma*elle High; the Naval Air Corps. He will j
School faculty have compiled a, rep01t at Dallas on March
list of the former students who; Young Miller has b attenri.
are now serving with the armed, ing Texas A&M Co,| for th(.|
forces. The listing includes the: past two s
name of Ensign Herbert Me- . * , •
wh° Presumably died in! Pvt Gerald Ragsdale, son of!
plain clash over Lake Michigan. \fr and Mrs. Jim Ragsdale of] ed somewhere in Australia, son
James McClure Describes Two Of
Australians’ Customs In Letter
To His Parents; Cousin With Him
the
imp Bradford,
to the Yaw Qt
jnds when he| P.la’“’ “'ash 0WI Michigan;
service and t,ton Rose, missing in action in
the Pacific theatre; Clarence
Horton, prisoner of the Italian
government; and Robert E. Har-
rell, prisoner of the Japanese!
government.
Pfc. James R. McClure, station-
A cousin, H.
:M 5/C, son of!
ulloch of Waco.!
er Valley, is at:
The boys went
the same time I
Coleman, is now stationed
Camp Howze, Texas.
rn.
Fie
He
Lt. M. D. Norris, son-in-law!
: of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. R !
C. Miller has been transferred j
1 to Drew Field. Florida, where ;
he's commander of his squadron, j
Mrs. Norris, the former Miss
Dorothy Miller, is with her!
Humble Ads Will
Show Part Texas
Oil Has In War
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. McClure
of Palpa Route One, describes
two interesting customs of the
Australians in a letter to his
parents.
After church services in the
evening the Australians have a
tea party, at which they serve
tea and cake and then sing
hymns for an hour, writes
James. The songs at the party
are similar to those sung in
church services “back home”
but those sung in their church
AGENT
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1 PRANCE THAT
■ford of Rock-
•ith a medical
i' stationed at Hensley
hand Prairie. Texas.
• tl like- it He is a Dorothy Miller, is with her' No state in the Union is more 0„,,6 ll( M„_t,
• 1 V' ,.n i Mr* Thomas husband and making her home endowed with natural re-: services are more like poems,
nf Santa Anna a1 Ta™Pa Fla. ] sources vital to war than Tmc-
‘ • * * * ; as; and in the long list of these
d Mr- Nolan Barmorc T M. Johnson Wednesday i "sources oil is by far the most
Valley have heard subscribed to 'he Democrat- I important. 'Io tell the interest -
(The boys are Voice, to be sent to his son, Pvt ' mfi story of the essential part
F Barmorc. who is1 Sammie H. Johnson at Camp Texas crude is playing in
Good fellow Field. Howze. Texas. Friends of Sam-!thc. war cffort the Humble Oil
an aviation me- mie who are also at Camp Howze
1 Pvt Milford N are Pvt. Calvin Ingram, Pvt.
ire. who is stationed Chick Dobbins and Pvt Charles
■ Air Forces Techni-; Rozzell.
i! Command at St. ] * * *
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PAYS
Ida. The lat-
everything is
Mr and Mrs Barcus Ravmer
of Voss have two sons serving
Uncle Sam. Pfc. Luther Raymer
is at Sheppard Field,
taking an advanced course
&■ Refining Company will pub-
lish a series of newspaper ad-
vertisements, it was announced
today by the Company’s Adver-
tising Department.
The first of the series, “There
goes Tex' again” appears in this
issue. It concerns itself pri-
Texns i nia<lly wl,tl Texas manpower
in ! ^ere at home and in bat-
At ten o'clock the party is
adjourned when all present join
hands and hear the pastor’s
prayer.
There’s almost a ritual in at-
tending the movies, which in-
cidentally. are old to most of the
Americans stationed in Aus-
tralia. The natives usually buy;
a quart of soda water before go-
ing to the show (usually double]
features). At intermission they ■
go out for another quart of soda
water to sip on during the per
formanee.
Young McClure writes that his,
cousin, Leiden Bollinger, also
of near Talpa, has rejoined his]
outfit after having been away
for a few davs. The two young
men have been together for;
several years now.
Pvt. William P. Stnnphill is
at March Field, California, and
his brother, Pfcr Coleman E.
Stanphill, is stationed at Camp
Edwards, Mass. The young sol-!
diers are the sons of Mr. and
Mrs. W. T. Stanphill of Cole-!
man.
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WAR FUND 1943
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Now as never before the Red Cross
needs our dollars
Let s Give Double
1 his year and let our boys know that
they can always depend on 1 he Great-
est Mother in the World”. And don’t for-
get that you can always depend on
Burr’s to have it if it can he had.
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■ Coleman, Texas
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Soramouth, Blacklenoi for B .• den. Hemorrhagic-Septi-
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VETERINARY SUPPLIES OF
ALL KINDS.
FIELD SEEDS
PLENTY OF 16% DAIRY FEED
(Get Our Pric*)
For the best in poultry feeds get
BEWLEY’S RED ANCHOR
Growing Mash — Chick Starter
Egg Mash or Chunkets
‘ We are buyin? CLIPPINGS7DEAD
WOOL, PULLtD WOOL
Geo. D. Rhone
Warehouse
‘A Complete Service for the Ranchman”
WOOL - COTTON - GRAIN
West Side of Square
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aviation mechanics, and Pfc. j Others to follow will feature
Alto* V Ravmer is in the in- tlolu?,n* ingredient of
fantrv and is located at Camp !!eadIy : h)gh P0,4301’ avia‘
Edwards, Mass. Luther hasj 'lon fias°line for fighter and
been in the Army since Septemf; tlainer planes; launching
ber of last year while Alto has ] peases.for ships; solvents, ma-
been in for two years,
getting along fine
Both are
Cpl W F. Wilson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Wilson, has been
made an instructor in the ad-
vanced radio repair and main-
tenance at Drew Field, Florida.
Mrs. Burton Miles left Aus-
tin Saturday for Washington,
D. to join her husband, Ma-
jor Miles, who is now stationed
in that city.
fine paints, Rust-Ban protective
coatings, stratosphere greases,
waxes; lubricants and fuels of
all kinds. The list is practically
endless.
The series of advertisements
is not unmindful of the feature
role that petroleum plays in the
factory and on the farm of the
home front.
"There are 2,150 employees
in uniform," the announcement
says. Backing them up are 12,-
557 loyal Texas employees unit-
ed in the war effort."
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Pkg of 12
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Wherever Soldiers Go,
Red Cross Goes Along.
Wherever families are left behind, Red Cross is there too,
Your generous contribulfion to the 125 Million Dollar War
Fund will let our boys know that they can always depend
on “the Greatest Mother in the World.’’
Coleman County State Bank
Member F. D. I. C.
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 4, 1943, newspaper, March 4, 1943; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748111/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.