The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1944 Page: 12 of 16
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,T, JUNE a, 1H4
From
News
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■m-irii I, ii m h .......... i mirnnfr
love and respect to the one who
cared for them, and to whom
they owe everythin* they are or
eer will be. I am going to take
my picture today and will try to
send it to you.
Hope you had a grand Moth-
er’s Day today and some of the
boys could be home with you.
Sorry X could not be there, put
maybe I can be by next Mother’s
Day 8ure hope Jerry got the
roses X asked her to get for you.
LETTERS FROM ILLS CO.
SElfWf REM AM KOREA
TO THE SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN
COUNTRY:
Lieut
Oeorgeto
the hom
I family.
With hli
J. B. **
Meaty.
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led the
!| mission
’I was th<
Berlin «
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tempor
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' danger
fighter
‘ damag
8 in fori
" Nazi f
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“ avoid
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n
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Bown
WUlll
the even of Invasion tell how
England is sagging under the
weight of vast piles of war ma-
terials. When the Allies hit the
beaches of Hitlers European
“Fortress'" they will be the best
equipped soldiers in the wofld.
Guns, explosives, war-medi-
olnes, tanks, their protective
’•■nbrella” of planes—all the
equipment necessary for the
Is so hot you can hardly think
about what you are doing, but
after last winter, which. X spent
over here, I will not gripe about
It getting hot. We had only a
lew really bad days last winter,
FORM T-4 ROY W. WILSON
The following letter was re-
ceived by George Hammond
from Weldon Wilson who la
overseas:
HeUo Everybody:
It is indeed a pleasure and a privilege to it
opportunity of sending' a word of greetings, bv
The Eagle, to all of the fighting men and woi
gaged in the noble task of fighting for Freedo
are doing a magnificent job. V
I want you to know I am
proud of you today and every
day. Mother. You, who has done
so much for me. I do not feel
worthy of such a wonderful
Mother, but I thank Ood for
giving me a Christian Mother
like you. I can never repay you
for what you have done for me,
but I do hope that some day I
can make something of myself
that will make you proud of me.
Anything that I ever make, the
credit goes to you and to God,
whom you love and prayed to for
me. I want to take this privllage
to thank you for all you have
meant to me and for what you
mean to me now, and will mean
In the years to come. It is not
possible for me to put into words
my love for you, but am sure you
understand with a Mother’s love.
May God's richest blessings be
with you.
Your baby son,
k. I am fine and hard to keep up I receive the Eagle often and
with like I used to be. and you sure do enjoy reading It. It tells
know how hard that was. so many things of Interest that
I can see you working like lit- no one’ ever thinks tp write me
tie bees. Be sure and don’t let about. I sure do like to read the
the weeds get the best of you. letters from all the service men
that wouldn't do at all. and women, too. We are sure
Say, about that snake you scattered to the four comers pf
killed. I believe I know what you he earth, aren’t we I am
were talking about because proud of what Goldthwalte, and
when I was about so high to a Mills County are doing for the
duck it seems like I had a little effort. It sure sounds good and
battle with one. I would spell it helps a lot to know the folks
for you but it would take up too back home are backing you In
much room. I will be lucky If I the struggle for victory,
fill It up any. But there is just I believe I have told you about
one snake I want to tangle with the British chaps in our outfit,
and I guess you have a dam Anyway they are a swell group
good Idea who I mean. Then of fellows. You would really be
make a block and be at home, surprised to know how well we
that is the kind of block I’m get along together and what fun
looking for and r don’t mean we have talking with each other,
maybe, either. We exchange Ideas from home
And about the dame, It U life to who Is doing tbp.most tn
English, I mean she Is. I don't the war, and of course we have
see any French, well nothing but the advantage on thg latter. The
Mills County has tried to express sthat feel
gratitude by buying extra War Bonds and re
her quota on the opening day of each war lost
paign. The Three Freedoms for which you arei
a full measure of sacrifice shall be ours in the
rows to help rebuild a war-tom world.
few—are all dependent on the
fats salvaged frpm the American
kitchen.
"Texas is still behind Its quota
for this vital salvage. ’ accord-
ing to A. Patrick Flood, State
Salvage Manager of the War
Production Board. More kitch-
en fats must be saved by the
Texas housewife to bring our
state to'the top of its production
quota. We have sent our men
and It would be nothing short
of criminal to send them to
battle lacking sufficient quan-
tities of some equipment that
You may be interested to know the reactioij
Day on the folk back home. There was a preti
spirit of anxious waiting. Church doors were oji
and the people assembled to offer a prayer forthej
cess and protection of those engaged in the stn
against,evil. We shall continue to offer those prjjj
We believe we shall triumph with our trust in G
May vve so order our lives and .conduct that He i
continue tn lead* us to victory. In the brighter (i
when you have finished your task, and return tol*
and loved ones, may you receive the rewards youl
so nobly earned—love, success, and security.
things we talk about is the gov-
ernment, and the prices of
thing in England and back
there. The more foreign coun-
FROM SGT. O, P. LAIRD
The following letter was re-
ceived by Mrs. O. S. Laird from
her son, Sgt. C. P. Laird, who Is
serving with the armed forces
somewhere In'Italy:
Italy,
Dearest- Mothef:
Just a few lines, this leaves
I me in fine shape and hope you
are still In good health, also the
rest of the family.
| Mothers Day has come again,
the second one over, here, and I
think all of the boys over here
are thinking of their best girl,
their mother. The day seems
Just a little brighter, and the
flowers smell just a little sweet-
er. Maybe It is because I am only
thinking of you and the thou-
sand of things you have done
for me in the years gone by. I
can only hope and pray that I’ll
see you before another great day
comes again. Some of the boys J
iheir mothers flowers, blit i
I wasn’t that lucky. I could only 1
send you a telegram. But X knew
you will be happy to know I am
thinking of you always, and just
living for the day I see you!
again. So be sweet and write me
a long, long letter. For I’d rather
have a letter from my mother
than any other person In this
world. I was reading an article
m the Stars and Stripes for all
n Mill*
th Four
Son* in
vices:
"The Texas housewife should
save every drop of grease not
necessary for her own kitchen
needs. Pour it in a rSn'and when
full take it to the butcher or
store-keeper Our lads have
what It takes in all other re-
spects. It's up to us to see they
have what they need in neces-
sary equipment" he concluded
and things last Sunday. We have been
Jumping around so lately that j
right about even the Chaplain has a hard j
>uld bet my time keeping up with us. That I
dollar old E. was the first Sunday I have
missed in some time, though.!
ig you the Am sure you are attending
itchy to get church regularly back there and
e wrenches j enjoying your church work,
go jump in There has not been any mall
while when for the last two days, so natur-
ne old trac- ally I have not heard from you
since I last wrote you. You have
ound him a no idea how* hard it is trying
there were- to find something to write
re. Well, it [ about; especially if you don’t
me long if i have a letter to answer. I sure
larter, Jr
in Army.
Sincerely,
in Army.
Marines.
PFC. ELAM B. HORTON
DECEIVES AWARD
With the Americal Division on
Bougainville— Pfc. Elam B Hor-
ton of Goldthwalte, Texas has
been awarded the Combat In-
F. W. ROGERS,
n Army.
in Army.
Kortdk was Inducted August
24, 1942 and has completed his
16th month overseas He Is serv-
ing with a veteran division com-
manded by Maj. Gen Robert B
MoClure of Palo Alto, Calif.
He attended Waeo High
School and before induction, he
worked fer the Jo tits County
Farmers Co-operative Bank
Air Corps,
NavV,
Marines,
Army.
JOHN PRESTON
Army,
in Navy,
Mrs. Cecil Hoogendorn and
little daughter, Cecilia Anne
were called to Corpus Chrlstl
last week to meet her husband,
Pvt. Cecil Hoogendorn pvt.
.Hoogendorn has recently re-
turned from overseas where he
spent over 14 months in the 36th
Division, serving in Italy. . also
North Africa. He was awarded
the Purple Heart for wounds re-
ceived in action. Tney are ex-
pccti in Goldthwalte for a
visit before he reports In San
j Antonio on July 5th.
| Cp! Jack R. Cooksey of Camp
1 Meade. Md., has been transfer-
ed to Camp Shelby, Miss.
loksey
Ls In Army,
in Marinei.
son.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
c-imer worton C. C. M.. who Is
with the Seabees In England,
writes that he Is receiving the
Eagle now and certainly enjoy#
reading It, especially the soldier
l Renfrd
ns in Army,
tn Navy.
lia Taylor
| P L EDGE ALLEGIANCE to the
- of C.e United States of Amer-
ica and to the Republic for which it
stands. One Nation indivisible, with
Liberty and Justice to all.”
is In Navy
is to Army
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Wilson, Ernest E. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 1944, newspaper, June 23, 1944; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1091086/m1/12/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.