The Talco Times (Talco, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 43, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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COMPLETE NEWS AND ADVERTISING COVERAGE OF THE GREAT TALCO OIL FIELD
THE TALCO TIMES, TALCO, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945
NUMBER 43
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With die Men
p| in Uniform
Geo. Anderson, who is in the
Army Air Force stationed at Hono-
lulu, has been promoted to Corporal.
Chester Temples, WTl-c, arrived
Tuesday to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Temples.
Petty Officer and Mrs. Sam Grimes
are spending a few days with the
latter’s mother, Mrs. Lucy Oliver.
Three Are Injured
When Car Overturns
Tuesday Night
Sybil Gene Duffey is in the
tarium of Paris from cuts lA^eived
when the car in which she^as rid-
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Evans
from the
. Evans
Factured ver-
Ivans, recently
service, has a
/ans and daugh-
~not seriously in-
John Paul Jones, J. R. Cole, Flo>
Smith, Donald Thomas and Ed\T
Dixon left Thursday for San Diel
Calif, for Naval service.
Sgt. Sonny Gage of Camp Shelby,
Miss., spent the week end with his
mother, Mrs. Chas. Nicholson and
Mr. Nicholson.
Yeoman Kenneth Sikes spent his
furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Jessie Sikes and has reported
to New Orleans for further dutj^r
Kyle Leftwich has received a dis-
charge from the Coast Guud and
is spending some time with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Leftwich.
A daughter, born to Pfc. and Mi
C. C. Blalock Monday Dec. 'B at fne
Grant hospital in Deport, hak Imen
named Billy Jo. She weighedmine
pounds.
overturned a fe
Evans store in
is suffering froi
tabrae and Erm
returned from a
twisted foot. M.
ter, Janet, were
jured.
| The Evans family with Sybil Jean
Duffey, were on their way to the
(E. C. Duffey home about 7 o’clock
I Tuesday evening when the accident
I occurred. The car lights failed and
they were driving by flashlight, go-
ing about ten miles an hour when
I they came to a soft shoulder in the
I road which crumbled and the car
overturned.
Fred Hymon, son-in-law of Mr.
and Mrs. L. O. Holloway, has ar-
rived in the States and expects to
receive his discharge at Camp Fan-
nin this week.
Pfc. Onita P. Caudle of New York
City,, recently discharged from the
U. S. Marine Corps Womens Reserve,
is spending a few days with Mr. and
Mrs. A. C. Jones.
Sgt. Harold Bonham returned Fri-
day from 28 months in the Pacific
area with the Signal Service Co.
Mrs. Bonham met him in Dallas and
accompanied him home.
Lowell H. Parsons recently
listed in the navy and is stdtion^d at
San Diego, Cal. for boot filming.
Lowell was freshman in PJC and
college bus driVer from Talco, prior
to his enlistment.
Kenneth Dikes, nephew of Mrs.
W. G. Canter, arrived Wednesday
from 34 months in the Pacific with
the Marines. After a few days with
relatives here, he will go to the
home of his parents at Lake Charles,
La.
Jewel T. Smith, Hospital Appren-
tice 1-c of a Naval Station at San
Francisco, Calif, is visiting his wife
and baby daughter at the home of
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Par-
rish and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. J. Smith.
Renford Sikes returned Tuesday
from Nebraska with his disrfiiarge
from the Air Corps. His wire and
baby daughter were with him and
accompanied him home.
Buck Thomas returned Friday of
last week from two years overseas
duty in the ETO. Helhas been re-
leased from serviPw arid is visiting
his mother, Mrs. Sue T^bmas and his
brother, Jackie Thoma!
Floyd Crowdston I.amb, CMlc, R2
Talco, received an honorable dis-
charge from the Na^y a Norman,
Ok., on Nov. 17. He ayived over-
seas in the Pacific for 31 months, and
his last duty station was as a mem-
ber of the 76th Const. Bn.
Lindon Reed Y 1-c and Mrs. Reed
arived Tuesday from Coronado, Cal-
ifornia, to spend his furlough with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. L.
Reed and Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Spru-
ell. Yeoman Reed will report to Dal-
las for further orders when his lib-
erty is over.
Ernest Dwight is tl e name given
the 8'4-pound soiFxboi-n to Mr. and
Mrs. M. L. Brown at'Grant hospital
at Deport Wednesday, Nov. 28.
Ready!
• • • •
This Bank is prepared to help you establish
yourself for post-war action . . Whether you
want to
BUILD A HOME
BORROW MONEY, or
OPEN AN ACCOUNT
we want to do business with you.
A HEARTY WELCOME AWAITS
YOU AT THIS BANK
Talco State Bank
TALCO. TEXAS
Officers:
FELIX JONES,
President
A. A SMITH, V.-Pree
DICK RODGERS,
Cashier
Directors:
NELLIE D. WARNER
MRS. FELIX JONES
R. F. LINDSAY
A. A. SMITH
FELIX JONES
Murder Charge is
Filed Against
C.W. Anderson
C. W. Anderson of McCrury, sur-
rendered to Lamar county officers
about 8 p. m. Sunday, and was re-
moved to jail at Clarksville Monday
morning, a charge of murder having
been filed against him in connection
with the death of Frank M. Stephen-
son of Hamilton, former Bogata
resident.
Anderson told Lamar county
cers that he and Stephenson j^d a
fight after an altercation at
Hioon about 5:^o’clock,
Anderson^iad gone
rd. Whetf he learned
had died of
whilc/feing taken to
ent, Anderson
urrendered. Sher-
y said a murder
Sunday after
and that he
home afterw
later that SI ephensoj
head injuries
Bogata for
went to Paris e
iff Taylor M4
Trojan Quintet to
Meet Mt. Pleasant
Tigers Friday
Talco basketball quintet will meet
our nearby rivals, the Mt. Pleasant
Tigers in the first basketball games
of the season Friday evening at 7 p.
m. Both A and B teams will play.
The loss of Donald Thomas and
J. R. Cole, two letter-men from last
ear’s team, has somewhat dampen-
ed the hopes of the Trojans for a
championship basketball team.
The Trojan gymnasium has been
completely refinished inside and re-
stored to its original beauty.
We beat them in football, let’s
beta them in basketball.
County Paying Off
Scrip For General
Fund For Thin Year
County Treasurer D. C. Morgan
reports that Titus county now has
funds available for paying off scrip
on the general fund.
Sufficient cash is available for
paying all scrip in this fund which
has been issued this year and also
for previous years. This is the first
sues are cashable before the next
sues are cahable before the next
year, and if holders will bring in
their £Crip the books can be cleared,
according to Mr. Morgan.
Dept. Annoi
Chas. Tanner
Assumed Dead
charge had been filed against An-
derson at Clarksville.
Stephenson, 54, born and reared
at Bogata, was there on a business
trip.
The funeral was held at Bogata
Church, of Christ Tuesday at 11 a.
m., and burial was in the Bogata
cemetery. Pallbearers were Gus
Swaim, Nort Gibson, Frank Setzer,
John Lee and Bill Wilkinson.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. I.
W. Stephenson of Bogata;'his wife,
the former Miss Virginia White,
whom he married in 1911, and four
children, Mrs. Eula Mae Lobstein,
F. M. Stephenson Jr., Mrs. Verla
Nell Overly and James Edward Ste-1
phenson, all of Hamilton, and sev- I
oral Y.others and sisters, including
Des Stephenson, Lester Stephenson
Isaac Stephenson and Mrs. L. C.
Hawks, all of Bogata.
5th Grade Entertains
Talco School with
Radio Program
Titus County Lags
In Purchase Bonds
To Pay For Victory
Titus county is far behind in the
purchase of E bonds in the Victory
Loan campaign, accoAing to repo,
received by the locafl War Fi
Committee.
The state as a wh
to come up to exp*
Campaign leaderj
understand why Tit
are not responding
failing
e is a
tatiq^s.
at loss to
county people
to the govern-
ment’s urge to provide necessary
funds for the return of the men from
overseas duty and provide for their
mustering out from the armed ser-
vices to civilian life and the bene-
fits to which they are due unless it
is because-of heavy investments al-
ready made and those planned in a
business way.
Special efforts are being made lo-
cally to sell bonds this week.
MRS. SPRUILL HOSTESS
BOOK LOVERS CLUB
Mrs. M. J. Spruill was hostess to
the Book Lovers Club Friday. The
liying room was beautifully decor-
ated with fall flowers. The resigna-
tion of Mrs. T. L. Barton was pre-
sented by Mrs. W. A. Cmar and ac-
cepted. A report on thiyYouth Club
was given by Mr^Spri/ll and plans
made for the Chriamaa party.
Mrs. B. Y. GiegeX and Mrs. E. W.
Smith were awardeVjy lovely prizes
in the very interesting games. De-
licious refreshments were served to
Mmes. R. R. Kelley, J. B. Osborn,
W. A. Cloar, B. L. Gieger, L. L. Reed,
E. W. Smith and the hostess. The
next meeting will be at the city hall
on Dec. 14 for the Christmas party.
Everyone is urged to be present.
The fifth grade, under direction of
their teacher. Miss Nadine McClung,
presented a program for the school
Wednesday afternoon. It was car-
ried out in the form of a radio pro-
gram with Jerry Worden as an-
nouncer, Freddy Rodgers as the
sponsor and Jackie Louise Wim yts
director of songs:
“Remember Pearl Harbor—JSroup.
“Old Black Joe”—Grou
Reading, “Myi Stomach—Wanda
Clark.
“Dark Town / Strufcfer’s Ball”—
Group.
“Froggie Wedt a /Courtin’ ”—Dedi-
cated to Miss Gei^rude Allums and
Mrs. Haynes with solo parts by Jo
| Ann Moore, Gerald Harris, Nelda
J Easley, Patsy Swope, Sally Taylor,
j Patsy Coe, Edna Cox, Mary Price,
Betty Ramsey and Eugene Warren.
“White Christmas”—Jo Ann Moore
and Jackie Wim.
“Sentimental Journey”—Group.
“Mammy”—Duke Wyatt and Bob-
by Martin.
“Jingle Bells”—Nelda Easley, Sue
Elliott and Wanda Clark.
“Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe”
—Group.
“Animal Fair”—A round group.
Reading, “When It’s Just Three
Weeks to Christmas”—Clara Hoff-
pauir.
“Down by the River Side”—Gerald
Stansell, Gene Worthington, George
Ford, Bobby Martin and Duke Wy-
att.
Visitors present were Mmes. A. C.
Whatley, Bob McClung, D. B. Lee,
W. W. White, Roy Moore, Jack Wim,
Edward Cornelius, Charles Worden, Mrs. Hershal Kelley, Jr.. spent
John Price, J. C. Van Winkle, W. T. tile Week end with her grandmoth
Calloway, Cox, W. W. Ramsey, A. crj Mrs. Jno. Bowman and her aunt.
C. Hopper, G. D. Stansell, C. E. j Mrs. Doyce Davis and family in Mt.
Smith, D. Cox, H. A. Hoffpauir, A. j Pleasant.
The Navy Department advised Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. P. Allen of Dallas,
former Bogata residents, on Dec. 1
that their son, Charles Tanner Al-
len, Yeoman 2c, U. S. Naval Reserve,
who has been missing in action for
more than a year, must be assumed
dead.
He was born in Bogata Oct. 12,
1924, graduated from Bogata High
School in 1941 and was attending
Oklahoma A. & M. College at the
time of his enlistment in the Navy,,
which was immediately following
Pearl Harbor.
He took boot training at Great
Lakes Naval Training Station, was
I sent to Yeoman’s school at Toledo,
|ohio^-find served in the B«re*u of
Na/al Personnel, Washington^}. CL-
r a year. He went to sea jn July,
1943, aboard the destroyer U. S. S.
1 Hoel. The ship was sunk on Oct.
27, 1944, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf,
second battle of the Philippines, and
he was reported missing as of that
date.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by three sisters—Mary El-
len, Charlotte and Barbara, and they
have the deepest sympathy of many
friends in this area because of their
great loss.
Elections Saturday
To Name AAA .
Committeemen
Hot Report Follows
Frosty Weather Here
Here’s evidence that inspiration is
not, as Edison calculated, 90 per
cent perspiration.
The recent frosty weather brings
out a story of a man in this area who
I become so chilled by the cold wind
I and local option enforcement that
| he turned off his radio, crawled un-
--- I der his car, turned on the radiator
AAA committeemen elections will :mc* drank his anti-freeze,
be held Saturday, Dec. 8, 1945. Poll-I Reporters of this incident say
ing places open from 8:00 a. m. to .they were tolrt il was witnessed by
5:00 p. m. Any farmc/who parti- ’several reliable, though cold and
cipates in the« agricultural conserva- ! dry, witnesses.
Insurance pro-
tion, or Federal Croc
gram may votii
Five farmers^Will be chosen as
committeemen in each community |
-—three regular committee members |
and two as alternates. Also elected
will be a delegate to the county con- j
vention to be held later, where the
county committee of three members
will be elected.
CHURCH HONORS RETIRING
MINISTER FRITTS
The mothers of the Boy Scouts
sponsored a box supper at the Amer-
ican Legion hall Friday’night of
last week. The proceeds WTiich was
over $150.00 will be usqtf for the
benefit of the Scouts. *
L. Rodgers, T. B.
thington and Mr.
Parker.
S. F. Wor- —
Mrs. R. V.
Members of the Church of Christ
honored their retiring minister, W.
L. Fritts and Mrs. Fritts with a sup-
per at the Humble Recreation,Hall
Monday • evening at 7 o’clock They
were presented with a beipmful plat-
form rocker.
Mr. and Mrs. FUttfTleft Thursday
for Paris, Ark. where they will make
their home. They were accompanied
by their daughter, Mrs. Joe B.
Hopwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sikorski have
returned from a visit with the for-
mer’s parents in Bryan.
Our Variety Store is
HEADQUARTERS FOR
SANTA CLAUS
We Have a Good Stock of
TOYS
And many articles suitable for Christmas Gifts for
any member of the Family. Plenty of
CHRISTMAS CARDS
and Paper and Ribbon for Christmas Gift Wrapping.
We invite you to come in and “browse thru” our
store. You are sure to find something you want.
COKER’S VARIETY STORE
TALCO, TEXAS
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New Patterns In
WALL
PAPER
We also have plenty of Good
PAINT
VARNISH and
ENAMEL
HALL LUMBER and
MATERIAL C0.
J. W. Patterson, M*?r.
TALCO, TEXAS
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