The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1989 Page: 1 of 10
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Your Community Newspaper...Serving Local Folks, and Local Businesses For S3 Years
54th Year, No. 23
TALCO, TITUS COUNTY Thursday, July 6,1989
Geese War Collection
Makes Past Live
By Nanalee Nichols
There has already been one
column on this subject, but as
time goes on, a few more of these
serious philosophical questions
Jiavc arisen.
These arc dcfinitly important
questions, things that need to be
answered!
For instance...why won't the
soles of feel or the palms of hands
tan? Just think about it! It doesn't
matter how much sun they get
exposed to, the soles of feel and
palms of hands still remain pink.
Why? For what reason? As a
secondary question...how come
they don't blister? They never
seem to. Have you ever met any-
one walking tenderly because the
bottoms of their feet were sun-
burned?
How come we don't have hair
Ipn our eye I ids...but have hair
Jabovc them and on the very edges
of the luls?
On the less biological side,
more on the mechanical side.
Has anyone ever seen an ex-
tension cord that all three plugs
worked on? How come two out of
three.work, but one is always
dead? And how come with a two
out of three chance to plug in to
one of the two working plug
openings, 99 percent of the time
it's the non-working one that gets
tried?
The next section is kind of a
mechancial-biological section. It
concerns the rcporduction of non-
living things! Like needles and
pins. What is it, some kind of
chemical reaction that every time
a pin is dropped into carpet it
begmas to multiply?
Needles...how do they crawl. Tiny
little slivers of silvery metal, they
have no arms, no legs, no hooks.
But one put down on an ordinary
surface can move two to three
feet with seconds!
G1 uc is another of those myste-
rious things. How in the world
can glue slick it's own container
shut, pull human skin off, dry into
a solid mass that has permanently
affixed some object where it
doesn't belong...and yet, when
applied to hold two pieces of
plastic, paper, or metal together,
proceed to absolutely refuse to
hold anything?
Mysteries. Mysteries, if not of
the universe..at least of ordinary
life. Oh, I know that no think tank
scientists arc receiving grants to
try and solve these burning ques-
tions, but 1 do suspect that in the
wee small quiet times most of us
regular humans have pondered
on them. If not specifically these
questions...at least similar ones!
By Mollie Williams
If anyone would like a glimpse
into the past, specifically the second
World War, Harold Geese can pro-
vide that glimpse.
Hiscollcctionof memorabilia from
World War II includes guns, flags,
letters, German and French money,
pictures and much, much more. In
fact, the collection included enough
items to cover a large antique dining
table.
During the war, Mr. Geese was in
the United States Army, 4th Platoon,
Company A, in the Engineering
Regiment.
Although the war is many years
past, Mr. Geese describes with ex-
treme clarity each person or event he
rccallsas he thumbs through his thick
picture album.
With the same expertise he most
likely initiated in the 40’s, Mr. Geese
mounted a grenade launcher to the
about many items of interest, and his
pride and his devotion to his nation is
strong and inspiring.
After a visit to his home, after
talking with someone whose patriot-
ism has been tested in the sternest of
tests, it is impossible not to ponder on
the men and women who fought so
bravely for the liberty that each and
every American enjoys.
Mr. Geese was amogn the fortu-
nate ones who lived to come home
from that war. Those memories are
branded forever in his mind.
Somehow, it is doubtful that he, or
other veterans, secs fit to consider
burning the flag dial they fought for
as a "form of free speech". For him,
the flag and the collection of war
memorabilia,arc very real reminders
of a desperate time when freedom
was at slake. It isn’t something they
take lightly.
end of his old army rifle, explaining
with surity just how it was done, and
the uses it had during war time.
Among the most fascinating things
in his collection is a diary, kept from
1941 to 1945, his service years.
Scanning the handwritten pages is
an almost magical journey back to
those war days. All the anxiety he and
others felt as thebombers flew over-
head, attacking the camp.
The sadness he felt as he wrote
about the many Americans he saw
killed, while fighting for freedom,
the loss of friends, all are revealed in
this day to day account of life during
a turbulent, difficult time.
At the end of the diary, the lone
changes, and the exuberance and pride
Geese felt as he recounted the victo-
ries and his final days of wartime
becomes stronger and stronger.
Mr. Geese generously explained
Army from December, 13,1941
toSeptember, 1945. (StafTPhoto
by Mollie Williams)
HAROLD GEESE is pictured
with his large collection of
memorabilia from World War
II. He served in the United States
Hearron)
with a variety of activities and
studies. (Staff Photo by Grace
TALCO ASSEMBLY of God
Bible School was held last week
Some News Delayed
Because Of Holiday
Several news items were delayed
because of the July 4 th holiday. These
items were received after deadline,
and will appear next week.
BRETT CASTLE displays the
radio for the Talco Fire Depart-
ment and EMS. These radios
were bought with personal
funds- but the patches for the
radios will be purchased with
funds from the annual benefit
supper. The new radios will
permit the fire departmew nt and
EMS to communicate with the
hospital in Mt. Pleasant.
^ People & Things \
MEMBER 1989
The WM A District meeting at First
Baptist Church in Talco was changed
to July 20 at 7 p.m.
The local WMA of First Baptist
Church of Talco will meet July 10 at
the church fellowship hall. For infor-
mation, contact Bro. Gary House at
379-3321.
The Amateurs girls softball team,
ages 6-9, will participate in district
play begnning at 7 p.m. in Winns-
boro on July 7, against the Sulphur
Springs Americans. Everyone is cn-
courgcd to corned support local girls
as they vie for a place in the district
meet.
The Rookies girls softball team,
ages 10-12, will participate in district
play beginning at 5 p.m. in Sulphur
Springs on July 7. Everyone is c*£
couragcd to come and support the
local girls, who play Winnsboro.
The senior adults of Calvary Bap-
tist Church are planning a trip to tour
Jefferson. Little walking will be in-
volved for those who don’t like to
walk or arc unable to. For informa-
tion, call Bro. Brett Castle at 379-
3981.
ACCIDENT-A late model Chev- Gene DufTie, also of Talco, on was Texas Highway Patrolman
rolet, driven by Janice Blackwell Wednesday, June 28. The mishap Frank Munsinger. (Staff Photo by
of Talco, was involved in an acci- occurred on N.W. 5 in Talco, a 1 homas Nichols)
dent with a service truck driven by county road. Investigating officer
^.ASSOCIATION
By Nanalee Nichols
How can anything so very small
be such a very big problem? But with
the abnormally wet spring, and the
continuing rains of this summer, the
mosquito is very definitely a big
problem.
The fierce, persistent, armed, as
everyone knows, with a blood-suck-
ing "beak" and the desire to feed, is
everywhere this summer.
Few things are as frustrating as
trying to sleep with the irritating whine
of a mosquito fading in and out as it
zooms in closer, then backs off. Small
enough to evade being spotted, the
mosquito nevertheless, leaves behind
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Nichols, Thomas & Nichols, Nanalee. The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 6, 1989, newspaper, July 6, 1989; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth923170/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.