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Number 10
All the Local News While It Is News
Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, Thursday, October 5. 1944
Volume 21
Five Cents A Copy
Dr. Ling To
speak
be held
of
Her-
lease
High
ar-
pub-
Levelland
Lt.
of
will be Decem-
that
to attend the funeral ser
and
♦ he
next
in the Navy
visited
spent
Lawrence
was
Fun-
1904.
his
the
31,
the Boys dub In his memory.
C. O. Brooks and If. P. Tugwell
Buy Mon War Bonds
SERVING LEVELLAND AND HOCKLEY COUNTY FOR TWENTY YEARS
he was most high-
officers and men
was buried in the
Division cemetery
only
the
duty to assist in
artillery weapons.
which required a
Intelligent person.
was pre-
Simpson,
last war
by nearly
Boyd Hogue, Magniloa
wholesale agent of Lev-
a part of the federal
project in Ropesville
military
at Fort
the In-
Chemi-
E. Collins will move to
and will be president of
train-
before
son of
Cooper.
human nature hss,
at least, reversed th*
The Wm. E. Evans Post Ameri-
can Legion and Auxiliary are spon-
A8
K5,
Security Administra-
a deed to Mr. Thur-
ceillngs and
through the
as a matter
any Jobe of
He is
high
DON’T FORGET NEW “A"
COUPONS WORTH FOUR
GALLONS GASOLINE EACH
loan
$5,-
Fort
with
drive
that
and
citi-
this
been
been
where
17. i
his
his
JOHN NORMAN HERE
THURSDAY OF LAST
WEEK FOR VISIT
Mr.
of
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Clark and
little daughter returned recently
from an eighteen day trip to points
In East Texas and Oklahoma. While
on their trip they visited in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John Bell,
formerly of Levelland, who now
live on the North Canadian river
in Oklahoma.
local Plains Funeral Home
charge of the services.
months.
Levelland
session
Mr. Roy
Miss Pearl Howerton, employee
of the Consolidated Aircraft Com-
pany of Fort Worth, is spending
a two week vacation with her pa-
rents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Hower-
ton, of near Whiteface.
Washington, D. O.,
received a promotion,
ployed tn the offices
Arnold, Commanding
2-C
the
re-
11 is
NEW SHOE STAMP
TO BE VALID NOV. 1
shoe trade can
and to let con-
can count on a
winter.
the
1m-
one
was
The Byers Shows and Carnival
will be in Levelland Monday, Oct-
ober 9th through the 14th under
the auspices of the local Company
D, of the Texas State Guard.
The show will consist of rides’
and concessions and will be located
in the southeast part of town.
for the wounded veterans of World
War II now at McCloskey hospi-
tal at Temple.
Persons desiring to send gifts to
the wounded veterans are request-
ed to leave them at the local
Southwestern Public Service office i Sunday i.. _____
or the W^st Texas Gas Office. The j School with M. E. Patton, Lubbock
gifts will be wrapped by members
of the Auxiliary.
program
held to-
Rodeo To Be
Here October
6th, 7th and 8th
Supt. Elmer Moore
Is Guest Speaker At
P.-T.A. Meeting
American Legion
Sponsors Drive For
Gifts For Veterans
Ropesville Woman
Mrs. Martha Nail
Buried Sunday
Plans Progressing
For New Bank To
Be Located Here
will
Ra-
Sixth War Loan
Campaign To Be
Started November 20
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
Nail, 75, who died at her home in
Ropesville early Friday, were held
in the Ropesville High
Mr.
re-
Former Smyer Boy
Is Now In England
With Air Force
UWC of Texas
Drive To Open
October 10th
was very
the States
leave visit-
Hotel Coffee Shop
Moved To New Location
On West Side Of Square
Harold Reeves Is
Program Chairman
At Lions Meeting
Mrs. John Hernandez
Sundown Resident,
Died September 30
Ger-
Italy.
high
Texas
Mr. and Mrs. H. Bilbrey
Have Three Sons In
The Armed Services
Court House At
Matador Burns
Last Wednesday
Darwin Ingram
With Railroad
Battalion in France
Beverly Ray who is employed in
has recently
She is em-
of General
General of
Plans are now complete for the
three day rodeo that will be held’
in Levelland, Friday, Saturday and
Sunday of this week, October t,
7, and 8. Performances will be given
Friday night, Saturday afternoon
and night and Sunday afternoon.
The Levelland Rodeo Association
is sponsoring this event which Will
feature Troy Fort, famed roper
and rodeo performer.
Lawrence Boggs
Returns To California
After Ten Day Leave
Ernest Boggs’
relatives at
of this battalion, and qs
was his
up the
was one
‘A’
Of
indefinitely.
November 1.
stamps 30,
good for five
Mrs. Rufina Rioaz Hernandez, 16,
died following the birth of her
daughter in Sundown last Sat-
urday. September 30. She was the
wife of John Hernandez. The baby
was named Josephine and Is doing
satisfactorily.
Funeral services were held Octo-
ber 3. Tuesday, at 5:30 oclock in
Sundown.
Besides her husband and daugh-
ter. she is survived by her father
who lives in Michigan and who was
unable
vices.
The
was in
nounces. Veterans do not
J. E. Garnett Now
Stationed In Pacific
J. E. Garnett, C.M. 2-c received
his new rating September 1. He
is now a second class petty offi-
cer in the Seabees.
J. E. entered the service on June
19, 1943 and received his train-
ing at Camp Peary. Virginia, Gulf-
port, Mississippi and Port Hueneme,
California. He is stationed in the
Southwest Pacific and has been
overseas nearly eleven months.
CM 2-c John E. Garnett is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gar-
nett of route 4, Levelland. He
attended school at Ropesville and
graduated with the class of ’42.
Department is
war loan
Is evident
does need
need every
Blue
A5
No
made in the Ropesville ceme-
under direction of Rex
Home.
Miss Lurene Howerton of
Worth, spent the week end
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P.
Howerton of near Whiteface. Miss
Howerton is employed at Montgo-
mery Ward in Fort Worth.
S 1-c Harry McKee
Returns From 14
Months Overseas
Elmer Moore,
the
The United War Chest of Texas
Drive will officially open next Tues-
day, October 10. Plans are under-
way to make Hockley county on of
the first counties to reach their
quota which Is $4,500.
T. O. Petty, county chairman,
stated that the official county
and city organizations will be an-
nounced at a later date with the
complete plans for a successful
campaign.
Harold Reeves was program
chairman at the regular meeting
of the Lions club last Thursday,
September 28. Program guests were
Mrs. Joe Tunnell and Mrs. Eugene
Luker, violinist and pianist who
rendered two numbers: “Somewhere
A Voice Is Calling” and "Beauti-
ful Ohio.”
who
Ev-
fine
you
A 72nd District Court jury Sat-
urday afternoon returned a ver-
dict in favor of the plaintiff in
the suit of Grady C. Thurman
against John D. Watts, for pos-
session of 240 acres of land which
formerly was
government’s
community.
The Farm
tion executed
man and closed the transaction on
September 14, 1943.
Watts was occupying this farm
under lease-contract which was
transferred to Mr. Thurman by the
Farm Security Administration. It
was alleged that he failed to make
payment of rents to Mr. Thurman
and Mr. Thurman entered suit for
collection
farm. The
cellation
holder to
serve more customers more
ciently than they were In
past.
Sgt. and Mrs. can H. Bilbrey
of Stuttgart, Arkansas, were en-
route to Levelland to spend a fur-
lough when Mrs. Bilbrey became
ill and underwent an emergency
appendectomy in a Waco hospital.
Sgt. Bilbrey later came on to
Levelland to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. H. Bilbrey. Sgt. Bilbrey
Is in the Army Air Corps.
The Bilbrey’s also have two other
sons in the service. One. Pfc. Will-
iam Glen Bilbrey, is also in the
Army Air Corps and is stationed at
La Junta, Colorado. He has
cently spent a furlough with
mother.
The third son is Seaman
Vernon H. Bilbrey who is in
United States Navy and Is station-
ed overseas. In a recent letter to
his mother, he stated that he was
receiving the Hockley County
aid regularly.
interest alike. It was
WASHINGTON—Secretary Mor-
genthau announced last Thursday,
September 28, that the Sixth War
Loan will start November 20 and
that the goal will be $14,000,000,000.
This is $2,000,000,000 less han the
goal of the 5th War Loan, which
was $16,000,000,000. Tentative clos-
ing date of the drive
ber 16.
The goal of the
was over-subscribed
000.000.000.
The treasury secretary said
new subscriptions for bonds through
payroll
toward
ceeded
Banks
December 31.
Troop 24 of the Boy Scouts of
America is being forced to dis-
band their organization because
enough adult leaders are not avail-
able to continue the work.
They wish to sincerely thank
the citizens of Levelland for their
contributions, cooperation and help
that has been given them In the
past. They also extend thanks to
the city, and to the Rotary club
who has sponsored them.
Their greatest thanks and ap-
preciation are given to “Ike” John-
son, Harold Clingan, Jr., J. G.
Stacy (all in the armed services)
and C. D. Bass present scoutmaster.
There will be a few boys who
will continue their work as Lone
Scouts despite the disbanding
the organization.
chairman for the meeting
day, October 5.
A directors meeting will
tonight.
On October 26, Lee Johnson,
Governor of District 2-T will be
the guest speaker of the local Lions
club. Mr. Johnson is superintendent
of the Wink schools.
Field, Fort
resident
he
pearing in last Sunday’s Fort
Worth Star Telegram.
Flem Hall discussed In the arti-
cle the hardships of the railroad
battalions and the Important work
they were doing.
Ingram has been overseas sev-
eral months, stationed in France.
deductions will be counted
the drive if they are pro-
through the Federal Reserve
between November 1
"Remember that your new
coupons are worth four gallons
gasoline,” OPA Rationing Execu-
tive, Ely Fonville cautioned today
after reports Indicated that some
customers are receiving just three
gallons for their "A-13” coupons.
In the old “A” books eight cou-
pons, each worth three gallons were
validated each three months. In
the new books, six coupons, each
worth four gallons, will be validated
each three months. "But the
RATION REMINDERS
MEATS, FATS—Red stamps
through Z8 and A5 through
good Indefinitely, No new stamps
until October 29.
PROCESSED FOODS —
stamps A8 through Z8 and
through R5, good
new stamps until
SUGAR—Sugar
32, and 33 each
pounds Indeflnintely. Sugar stamp
40 good for five pounds of canning
sugar through February next year.
FUEL OIL—Period 4 and 6 cou-
pons and new period 1 coupons good
throughout coming heating year.
school.
While
time on
Guinea.
Hawaii, Eniwefolk, Majuro, Tarawa
and Apamama.
Byers Shows To Be
In Levelland Next
Monday, Ovtober 9th
AN 8th AIR FORCE SERVICE
COMMAND STATION. England—
Sergeant Ellis W. Scott, son of
William W. Scott of Carlsbad. N.
M„ is a propeller specialist at this
sub-depot repair base where bat-
tle-damaged B-17 Flying Fortresses
of the 8th Air Force are repaired.
Sgt. Scott was graduated from
Smyer High School in 1939, and
prior to his entry into the
service on October 13, 1942
Bliss, he was a miner at
ternational Minerals and
cals, Inc., Carlsbad. He has been
stationed in the European Theatre
of Operations nine months.
Sgt. Scott’s brother, Earnest,
a private in the army, stationed
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.
October 17
Dr. Ling of Lubbock will
in Levelland on October 17 in ob-
servance of the 33rd anniversary
of the birth of the Republic of
China. The official date of the
anniversary Is October 10, but
(Dr. Ling was unable to accept an
invitation to speak here on that
date.
Dr. Ling will speak on Tuesday
evening at 8 o’clock p.m. at the
Methodist church. The 1926 Study
Club is sponsoring this lecture
Which Is entitled “Current Events
In China.”
There win be no admission charge
and everyone Is Invited to come
.and here Dr. Ling lecture.
’ A wave of enthusiasm for
nationwide observance of this
portant date in the history of
of the United States’ allies
set rolling by the formation of
local committees and their draft-
ing of blueprints for community
events that will fittingly mark the
day. Mrs. Jess Boysen Is county
Chairman of United China Relief.
Announcement was made
week that a Charter had
granted by the State Banking
Board for a new bank for Level-
land. The name of the new bank
will be the Levelland State Bank
and the bank will have capital
of $50,000,00 with surplus funds of
$25,000.00. The bank will open as
soon as a suitable location, fix-
tures. and supplies can be secured.
Those interested in the organi-
zation of the new bank include J.
O. Gillham, President of the Brown-
field State ,Bank, Brownfield; D. E.
Collins, vice-president of Farmers
National Bank. Sulphur, Okla.;
W. B. Collins, Lamesa merchant;
E. E. Ellis, manager for Chas. Baird
of Kansas City; Tom Cobb of
Cobb’s Department Store of Lev-
elland; W. B. Little, Manager of
Cobbs Department Store, Level-
land: W. L. Smallwood, Ginner of
Levelland:
Petroleum
elland.
Mr. D.
Levelland
the new bank and in active charge
and Mr. Gillham will be chairman
of the Board of Directors. Other
officers have not been selected but
will be announced later.
Mr. Collins will arrive in Level-
land In the next few days to as-
sume active cfyaygg ,o£ the arrange-
ments for opqtiing the bank.
Mr. Gillham stated that a ma-
jority of the stock in the new bank
would be owned by people who will
be residents of Levelland and the
bank will be largely a home owned
bank.
Announcement concerning the lo-
cation will be made within the next
few days.
ATTEND WTCC MEETING
IN LUBBOCK WEDNESDAY
Bob Hester, George Stallworth
and Jim Mansfield attended a dis-
trict meeting of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce Wednesday
afternoon from 2:30 to 4:30 In the
Hilton Hotel.
Officers attending were Jed Rix,
Fort Worth, assistant manager of
WTCC, D. A. Bandeen, Abilene,
WTCC manager; M. C. Ulmer, Mid-
land, president of the WTCC and
of Texas Bankers’ Association and
Mrs. Clara Cooper, WTCC secretary.
the
War Manpower Commission an-
need
statements of availability In order
to change Jobs, they may be hired
by any employer without referral
by the United States Employment
Service, they may be hired without
regard to employment
In seeking employment
USES they are entitled
of right to referral to
their choice without regard to es-
sentiality or priority status of such
Jobs.
FREE JOB CHOICE
FOR VETERANS
All manpower controls have been
removed Insofar as veterans of the
present war are concerned,
The first two days of this WMk
the local First National Bank ha#
been swanmed by heavy number#
of bond' holders eager to take ad«
vantage of the first opportunity
to turn in bonds and get cash With-
out delay.
Fred Barker, cashier, stated that
he had cashed approximately 19,000
worth of bonds in the first tWd
days. This Is a total of more than
were cashed In the entire month
of September by the local bank.
The original Treasury Depart-
ment order was intended to caUM
increased bond buying by provid-
ing a single plan for redemption Of
bonds, but
temporarily,
result.
The new
solely as a
who of sheer
bonds. It is
possible for
bonds longer
will be at <
system was organised
convenience for those
■ necessity must cash
intended to make ft
them to hold their
because their money*
once available upon
actual occurrence of any necessity.
However, citizens of this county
[ Monday and Tuesday flocked to
| the bank and enthusiastically col-
lected the money they had loaned
the government before the end of
the war.
The Treasury
planning a sixth
In November. It
the government
will continue to
zen's money for the successful
prosecution and completion of the
war. The new system makes waf
bonds as negotiable as a govern-
ment check and war bonds are
still the most patriotic and safest
way to hold interest earning money
for any future need.
John Norman of Lubbock
in Levelland Thursday of last week.
Mr. Norman Is a former
of Levelland. While here
manager of Furr Food.
Mr. Norman stated that
son was slightly wounded In
battle of Saipan and Is now recov-
ering In a hospital.
The Hotel Coffee Shop, has been
moved from its former location in
the Levelland hotel building to the
building on the west of the square,
formerly occupied by the local Red
Cross chapter.
Gene Aycock, owner and manager,
stated that In the new location
they would have considerably more
space and therefore be able to
effi-
the
tember 19 offer 14
the southwest Pacific.
He stated that he
glad to be back In
and will spend a 30 day
ing friends and relatives before
reporting to Norfolk, Virginia.
He entered the service on May
14. 1942 and received his
ing at Great Lakes, Illinois
going overseas.
Mrs. Harry McKee has
making her home in Dallas
she is employed at North Ameri-
can Aviation.
Another shoe ration stamp
become valid November 1, the
tionlng Division of the Office of
Price Administration announced.
In addition, both of the cur-
rently valid shoe coupons—Airplane
stamps 1 and 2 in War Ration
Book III—will overlap the new
stamp and will continue to be
good Indefinitely.
Early assurance that another
stamp will be validated Is being
given so that the
prepare its stocks
sumers know they
new ration before
is
as
Hoyt Morgan was acting tail-
twister in the absence of Kenneth
Harper.
Guest of O. W. Marcom at the
last meeting was Harry LeMaire,
director of the local school band.
Jim Preuitt will
Hockley Bond
Holders Cashing
In At Bank Now
Seaman 1-c Harry McKee
rived in Levelland Sunday to visit
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. E.
McKee. His wife accompanied him.
McKee arrived in the States Sep-
months in
Church of Christ minister, offi-
ciating.
She is survived by two brothers,
James E. Spear of Ropesville,
Claude Spear of California; one
son, Walter Nail of Bowie; one
daughter. Mrs. W. D. Nabours of
Ropesville; six grand children and
eight great grandchildren. Burial
was
tery
eral
Lack Of Adult
Leaders Forces
Scouts To Disband
Brother of Local
Woman Reported
Wounded Recently
In a recent release from
Eighth Naval District Public Rela-
tions Office of Dallas. Seaman 2-c
Ralph Edwin Robinson is listed as
wounded.
Seaman Robinson is a member
of the U. S. Naval Reserve. His
sister. Mrs. Louis Baldwin, lives in
Levelland. His mother. Mrs. Rubv
R. Weathers, resides at Kress.
The release stated that the
of kin had been notified.
overseas
the following places: New
Bara Bara, Honolulu,
The West Ward - Junior
P.-T.A. met in the music room of
West Ward school for the first
meeting of the year, Friday, Sep-
tember 22. Mrs. John Morton,
program chairman, introduced the
guest speaker,
superintendent
schools.
The business
sided over by
president. Several committeees were
appointed to carry on the P.-T.A.
program of the year.
To help create student and parent
voted to
give a $2.00 prize to the room from
West Ward ahd Junior High hav-
ing the most parents and teachers
present.
During the year, the P.-T.A. plans
to hold sandwich and cookie sales
during the noon hour on each
meeting day. The parents are urg-
ed to cooperate with the children
on this, as it will be the means
of raising the money for the asso-
ciation.
A very interesting program has
been planned for the year. The
next meeting will be held on Thurs-
day, October 19.
and possession of the
lease was subject to can-
upon failure of
pay rent.
Thurman Wins Suit
In Land Case
In 72nd Dist. Court
Sgt, James Brasher
Sends Article From
Stars And Stripes
Stars and Stripes recently
lished a small article concerning
Lt. Joe R. Holloway, who Is In
the same company as Sgt. James
Brasher, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.
A. Brasher of Levelland. The arti-
cle read as follows:
“Time stood still Friday for 1st
Lt. Joe R. Holloway, a Ninth Air
Force P-47 pilot from Shreveport,
La., while he was dive bombing
German fortifications at Brest.
“I made a dive and pulled out
so fast my watch stopped,” he
said. “Then I made a second dive
at a target and when I pulled out,
darned if my watch didn't start
again. I guess I'm the first pilot
to make two bomb runs In nothing
flat.”
Lawrence Boggs, Seaman 1-c RM,
left last Sunday night to return
to California after spending a 10
day leave in Levelland visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H.
Boggs and friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. Boggs and sons,
Garland, Donald and Lawrence,
spent last week in Denison, visiting
wit li Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Boggs and
thev also visited Mrs.
mother and other
Waxahachie, Texas.
Lawrence has been
for 16 months and has been over-
seas th° past 7’6
a graduate of
^Commanding Officer
Of Marine Battalion
Praises Everett Witt
LUBBOCK—Mr. and Mrs. Doug-
las Witt of Lubbock have receiv-
ed a letter from Lt. Col. Douglas
E. Reeve, commanding officer of
the Marine Corps battalion in
■which their son, Pfc. Everett Jack-
son Witt, was serving on Saipan
Jwhen he was killed June 15. The
letter commended Pfc. Witt and
supplied details of his death.
The letter read In part: “Your
son was a member of the survey
section
8U"h it
setting
His Job
very steady and
and it was for these qualities that
.Everett was selected to perform
’these duties. Members of this
organization, including your son
landed on Saipan just after noon
on June 15. Everett had begun
his duties with the rest of the
men in his section. The unit was
receiving artillery and mortar fire
at this time, and it was from frag-
ments during this fire that your
son was killed instantly. According
to his companions and his sec-
tion leader, your son demonstrated
up to the time of his death,
coolness and courage under fire,
and a desire to carry out to the (
Lt. Lyle Grume
Awarded Air
Medal In Italy
15th AAF IN ITALY—First
Lyle L. Crume, 22, whose wife, Mrs.
Jaunlta Williams Crume and
daughter, Lynn, live at Lometa,
Texas, was recently awarded the
Air Medal for “meritorious achieve-
ment while participating in aerial
activities against the enemy.” The
presentation was made by Col.
Fraderic E. Glantzberg, Fresno,
California, his group commander.
Lt. Crume has flown 35 missions
to date. As a pilot of a B-24 Liber-
ator bomber he has participated in
the attacks on such important Nazi
targets as the oil fields and oil
refineries at Ploesti, Romania; the
air fields and aircraft factories
near Vienna, Austria; and the rail
yards at Budapest. Hungary* also
numerous other vital communica-
tion centers in Yugoslavia,
many, France and northern
A graduate of Levelland
school and a student of
Tech in Lubbock, Lt. Crume was
employed on the production line
at the Vega Aircraft Corporation's
plant in Burbank, California be-
fore joining the AAF during Jan-
uary of 1943. He received his wings
during December 1943 at Freeman
Field. Indiana.
Mrs. Crume and Lynn are mak-
ing their home with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Williams, for-
merly of Levelland, now of Lom-
eta. Texas.
All county records were believed
saved last Wednesday night, Sep-
tember 27, after fire destroyed
Motley county’s two-story court
house that morning.
The blaze destroyed all the struc- '
ture except the lower floor walls.
The building, constructed mostly
of native materials was written off ,
as a “total loss,” however.
Adequate insurance was reported
carried on the building and office
fixtures. The structure was built
at a cost of $25,000. Faulty wir-
ing seemed the logical explanation
for the fire.
The county’s first court house
was destroyed by fire in 1893 and
the present one was built in
IT. GARVIN COOPER
TRAINING AS FIGHTER PILOT
AT FORT SUMNER, N. M.
2nd Lieutenant Garvin W. Coop-
er. 24, of route 1, Levelland, is now
training as a fighter pilot at Fort
Sumner Army Air
Sumner. New Mexico.
Lieutenant Cooper,
and Mrs. William L.
ceived his wings in June.
The Commanding officer of
fighter pilot’s training school is
Colonel Fred Feasel, who himself
is a pilot.
T-5 Darwin Ingram, formerly
Levelland was one of the Texas
utmost the duties which had been men mentioned in an article ap-
asslgned to him. His loss is keenly '
felt by his section and by his bat-
talion in which
ly regarded by
alike. Your son
Fourth Marine
■ on Saipan. A fine memorial service
Rwas attended by all ranks, dedi-
cating this cemetery to those
gave their lives to gallantly,
verett was a grand man and a
Marine. I wish to extend to
my deepest sympathy.”
Pfc. Witt was born December
1924 in Amarillo. He began
schooling in Levelland where
parents lived .from 1930 to 1938, ' soring a drive for Christmas gifts
at which time the family moved
Lto Lubbock. He graduated from
nLubbock high school in 1942 and
entered Texas Tech for the fall
term in 1942 as a language and
piano major. A talented musician,
' Everett started piano lessons soon
after starting to school in Level-
land under Charles Fike and con-
tinued through high school under
Mrs. Myrtle Dunn Short. He gave
his senior piano recital at the same
I time as graduating from high
■cbool. He was a member of the
[First Baptist church qnd sang in
the choir there several years.4 He
volunteered for service in the Ma-
rine Corps December 13, 1942, at the
age of 17, just four days before
his 18th birthday. He received
boot training in San Diego, after
Which he was sent to Camp Pen-
dleton, Oceanside, Calif., where
he was assigned to the artillery
lag recorder of Instrument section
End attached to the Fourth Divl-
|aion. This division was sent over-
Mas in January, 1944. He was
With this division when this fa-
I nous group attacked the Mar-
shall Islands Feb. 1, 1944 and suc-
lOMsfully accomplished the task.
After this operation, there was
a rest and training period for this
group. Everett was assigned to
the Fifth Amphibious corps dur-
Upg this training period. He was
Raced in Corps artillery in the
I Instrument section, still operat-
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Weimhold, Ruth. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1944, newspaper, October 5, 1944; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1193415/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.