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HUSBAND OF BRADY LADY—
Lieut. Joseph G. Hill Tells of Hazardous
McCulloch
GOOD SHAPE
FOR YEAR ’45
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“I started out on life with the
idea that the world had an op-
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two Brady boys -
met up in T
happened when Bill
ally caught up wi'
James u
England
spent a mighty I
with one another,
or
been
this
fifth
been
most
flying
point
the
at
rocky
engendered
ranchers
likewise
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NEPHEW OF BRADY ITES—
Experiences of U. S. Soldier In European
Theatre Is Vividly Told By Corp. Joe Embry
An interesting letter of his ex-
periences with the United States
Army n the European theatre of
operations has been received by
but thou
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have
two
past
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at
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—either it does or it doesn’t; ei-
ther way there’s nothing to worry
about, aomeiiincs th“ ’•ork was
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Meet Soon To
Method and Place For
Determining Title
SUNDAY EVENING—
Memorial Service For
Late Rev. J. T. McCaa
Memorial services will be held
JHR now.
I climbed back to j the
trouble
months
period
night
which he evacuated hundreds of
wounded partisans, stranded pi-
lots and some women and child-
ren.
“Despite the fact that we land-
ed on abandoned corn or wheat
fields, on short strips of sod, my
eventful
a
in
mountains
beachhead.
DIES HERE TUESDAY—
John Franklin Elder
Is Rnried Wednesday
Funeral services were held at
the graveside at Camp San Saba
Wednesday afternoon at 5 o’clock
for John Franklin Elder, 65, a
District i resident of McCulloch County for
Gloves Tournament is about 40 years, who died at his
conducted January 31, February 1 home in Brady Tuesday night at
and 2 at Memorial Hall in Brown- 10:20
wood.
The tournament, sponsored
to be
jump.
It Will Be Happy One
If Victory Comes, Aver
Citizenship; Busin ess
Brisk Throughout ’44
Gems in the collection include;
From Enosburg, Vt.:
“Here lies the body of our Anna,
“Done to death by a banana.
“It wasn’t the fruit that laid
her low
“But the skin of the thing that
made her go.’’
From Medway, Mass.;
“Beneath this stone, a lump of
clay,
“Lies Uncle Peter Daniels,
“Who too early in the month of
May
“Took off his winter flannels.”
From Chicago:
“Dead by the kick of a cow.
“Well done, thou good and faith-
ful servant.”
From Sheffield, Eng.:
closet, and lets
merrily. Sezzee:
a few of the
rs in this area
that no edition
nis week. And
ft, all said the
[ginning with,
m with weekly
edition will be
week, etc.” We
his used to be
30 or 40 years
I weekly news-
ip an issue at
Id to be claim-
I needed a week
lest from their
prs, but in the
b sure that it
I hand composi-
Ige sobered up
(year’s work .
An “Alligator” amphibious tank
in charge of Lieut, (jg) Clarence
A. Rohde of Brady, is credited
with selling $25,000 in war bonds
during the Sixth War Loan Drive
at Palm Beach, Fla., furnished by
the Na,al Air Station at Miami,
Fla., and in charge
of Lieut. Rohde, operations’ sal-
vage officer in charge, the dem-
onstration attracted thousands of
persons.
I
morning one getting up. before operating
le aving the house, we liad to have later, th
our cup of tea, and the same rit-
ual every night before going to
bed, a very pleasant English cus-
tom, almost necessary in the coM
PFC. HAROLD J. HAGEMAN—
Brady Soldier Is
Wounded In Germany
Pfc. Harold J. Hageman was
wounded in action in Germany,
December 13, his wife who lives
' with her mother, Mrs. Leo Vick
was notified here Saturday. He
I been overseas about 16
months and this was the second
ful of what pleases him.—Ex. i time was wounded. Pfc. Hage-
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(~)NE OF THE ROADS to success j jg jn infantry’and was
has as its gn’de ~*** the
knowing of what to say, when and t|,e jnvasjon jn France.
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guage instruction for my com-
pany and also gave lectures on
Frances to the whole regiment,
especially to the officer training
most of the day kept many voters
from the polls.
Construction of the airport,
which will be located at the edge
of Menard, is expected to begin in
the very near future.
Vlllivo «*••?*
plane, such aa bring-
■or »»■<«.. wounded and live civil* ------
ians out of the front lines where wood
they were stranded, or getting scene,
trefck. A wrecker from
was dispatched
and rail service fro
nard was returned
ternoon at 5 o’clock.
Coach Stevens has
two basketball games with
Angelo. The Bobcats’ A and
teams will play in Brady the night
of January 12, and the return
games will be at San Angelo Jan-
uary 16.
Validation Of Next
Shoe Stamp Delayed
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30.—The
OPA announced today that the
next shoe ration stamp “probably
will not be validated until some-
time next summer.”
The validation date previously
had been planned fdr May 1.
OPA emphasized, however, that
cancellation of outstanding shoe
stamps “is not being considered.”
“Although increased military
demands are cutting into civilian
supplies, they are adequate to
honor stamps now outstanding,”
the announcement said.
t’ostponement of validation of a
new stamp rules out the two-pair-
of-ehoes a year policy that
been in effect up to now.
With his fir-* wounds he stayed
in the hospita, irom July 17 until
September 19. Mrs. Vick’s broth-
er, Cpl. Leonard Lee Rogers, who
is in the same division, has
with Pfc. Hageman all
time.
Mrs. H. Thomas of Brownwood,
Mrs. J. H. Towell of Eden, Mrs.. f
And Louis and Jim finally did
meet up—on the battleground in
Germany, and they shared a bot-
tle of wine on that occasion. But
whether it was the bottle that
Louis saved for the occasion, or a
new one, the letter did not state.
^SERVICE T
•Phone, Bring, Send or Mail All The News Items About
“Our Boys In Service” To The Brady Standard.
mail service Tuesday night being
the only ’•casualtv”. Nn was
***** when mb* engine, tenner
and all cars of the train left the
Brown-
to the
BRaDY BOXERS ELIGIBLE—
Brownwood To Hold
Golden Gloves Meet
Boys of Brady and the sur-
rounding area are eligible to com-
pete for the finest list of prizes
ever offered in an amateur boxing
event when the annual [
Golden Gloves Tournament
In a recent letter to Mrs. Car-
men Mitchell, Louis Airheart,
then stationed in Italy, wrote that
he was trying his best to catch up
with Jim Mitchell, and that he
had a bottle of wine he was sav-
I STOPPED
wet westhec. U*T|
g w»ter ,or <Md |
Ldosu, diarrhoea
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citation was presented in
November, while Staff Sgt. Car-
son returned to the states in
September.
reared
and has visited^ in Brady a num-
-2 ------ to entering
Cpl. George H. Coffey of the U.
“~ ‘ 2_ stationed at
Puget Sound Navy Yards* accord- qelebrate the meet-up with,
ing to word received by friends in
Rochelle, where he formerly re-
sided. He had returned from two
years overseas and enjoyed a fur-
lough with his mother, Mrs. Win-
nie Coffey, now living at Oak-
land, Calif.
Robert O.
Mrs. N. B. Embry
nephew, Corp. Joe Embry. The J equipped
• letter was dated November 5 and more
ber of times. Prior f ‘
the service he was a college pro-
fessor in Minnesota. His letter
follows:
“In case I haven’t written
in a long time. I’ll go
o’clock. He had been in
failing health for the past year.
Mr. Elder was a native of
the Brownwood Junior Chamber of | Grayson County, but had lived the
CAGE OFFICIALS
PLAN SCHEDULE Flight From The Balkans With Th?ck "lee
—— —— — i Talk about veterans of combat, men on board, including my nav-
j sweetheart.
“It was on the night of May 1,
, the night of the big push
by the Fifth Army. Our mission
was to fly supplies to this hole
in the mountains. We went in at
15,000 feet to get into the val-
ley, and made the drop from 5,-
000 feet altitude.
“We were coming back at 1:30
a. m. when ]
10,000 feet and suddenly we hit
icy conditions. We had no de-icer
equipment. We flew at that alti-
tude for about 20 minutes when
I found we were losing altitude
because of the accumulating ice.
We were directly over the rocky
peaks. There was a heavy mist
which froze on the windshield
and on the wings. We went up to
14,000 feet, thinking we could
get out of the icy conditions as
sometimes happens. We came
back to 10,000 feet. The situa-
tion was getting worse by the
minute. I gave no alarm to the
iences, there is one incident that Williamsport, Pa. (now at Hon-
stands out in the flying of 65
combat missions over Italy and
the Balkans by Lieut. Joseph G.
Hill, now an instructor pilot at
Bergstrom Field, Austin.
Lieut. Hill, whose legal resi-
dence is Brady, where his wife,
’ the former Priscilla Brock, was
i reared, says he never had engine
at ail during his 16
overseas or during the
of hazardous flying at
over the Balkans during
food and clothing for i
much more so than the French
Belgians. I honestly 1
have had more hardships and
rlffcea to make than probably
any, one else in this war, i. e., of
the peoples I have been in contact
with so far—American, French
Belgian and German, with the ex-
ception of the Poles of course, for
I have already handled some of
them left high and dry on this side
of Germany. While in England we
had a so-called training program,
rather dull in general with a few
bright spots. A part of the pro-
gram was language training, but
that didn’t go too well, because
it was considered to be more or
less of secondary importance, and
attendance was irregular, since
men were elre-dj- being puII84 out
for other more important jobs
such as KP (especially the detail
of 8 days solid officer’s mess du-
ty), motor maintenance, consist-
Stolen From Carlson
C. L. Carlson didn’t mind some-
one borrowing his 1942 Chevrolet
coupe early Wednesday morning
and burning up all his gasoline.
He didn’t particularly mind a
ruined right front wheel, and the
loss of a Mauser .82 caliber auto-
matic pistol. But what upset him
was the theft of a carton of cig-
arettes from his car.
Carlson, flight instructor at
Curtis Field here, rooms at MO
Crothers Avenue, with the Georg*
Wilson family, and Wednesday
morning. MnMhr be*ore 1 lAHK
a thief or thieves drove his car
High, formerly
schools until the
to Austin. He had been
about two months.
Young McInnis’s father, Pal-
mer C. McInnis was employed
here several years ago.
Coaches and school representa-
tives of DistrLt 8-A will meet j
shortly to arrange the schedule
for the 1945 basketball
and to determine the method and
place for deciding the champion-
ship.
Schools of this basketball dis-
trict which are expected to par-
ticipate the impending season in-
clude Ballinger, Brady Coleman,
Comanche, Cross Plains, Lake
View, Mozelle, San Saba and Win-
ters. Cross Plains is the defend-
ing sage champion.
Without a letterman on the
squad, the Brady t<am this year
is not expected to be a contender
for the district title. Coach Bill
Stevens’ youngsters, however, will
be fighting in every contest sche-
duled. The Bulldogs are partici-pla ie, a troop carrier C-47*.
pating in the Howard Payne Col- named for my crew chief’s girl
lege invitation tournament this friend back in Kansas. The ship’s
week-end, drawing Comanche in,name was ’Sugar Poop Wilm’,
the opening round Thursday af-. named for Wilma, the Kansan’s
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scheduled ;
San 1944,
B by th
noying, especially when I’d see
soldiers getting down in ditches
and slit trenches, but you soon got
• 11 | Talk about veterans of combat, men on board, including my nav-
Deride w,th the,r hair-raising exper- igator, Lieut. Robert C'haapel of
do), the radio operator, the crew
and a Yugoslavian dispat-
cher. The alarm, however, might
have to be given so everyone
could Jump. When a ship gets
iced up and loses altitude steadi-
ly over rocky mountains, tne
feeling engendered is anything
but safe.
“So I asked the navigator to
give me a direct course that I
could use to get out over the Ad-
riatic,
point,
rection
mountain
S .. &
REPAIRED THURSDAY—
mem cropping aruunu irom vunc —_ • —
to time. At first it wm a bit an-|Fnsco Freight Tram
jg Derailed Tuesday
_____ The Frisco freight train was
us*d to the fireworks and adopt derailed between Whiteland and
Menard Airport Is
Approved By Voters
MENARD, Dec. 30—A proposed
850,000 bond issue for construc-
tion of an airport at Menard was
earned by a majority of 44 votes
in a special election here today.
The vote was 220 for bond issue
°* I and 186 against A driszling rain
Commerce, is open to boys of' greater part of his life in the
this district, 16 years of age or! Camp Sen Saba community.
older who have never fought for C—LL .._...i
money. i two children, a son, Thomas Elder,
Prizes comparable to those in and a daughter, Mrs. Len Lagel,
the past will be given to the j both of San Angelo, and five sis-
champions in eight weight classes. ^®rsl ??rs^,,^ara*’ Hardin of Voca,
In addition to these prizes, the win-
ners will receive fine trunks and
robes which they will wear to state
tournament in Fort Worth around
the middle of February. Winners
at Fort Worth will make up the
state team appearing in
"Tournament of Champions”
Chicago.
Every boy who competes in the
district tournament at Brownwood
will receive some form of prize.
Win or lose, contestants other
than the flf3t*and second place
winners will receive handsome
tokens.
Pat Cagle, chairman < '
Junior Chamber’s Athletics Com-
mittee, has predicted the event in
Brownwood will be the greatest
amateur boxing show ever held in
West Texris.
"The field is wide open and
any boy who is handy with his
fists and has a determined fight-
ing spirit will stand a good chance
of sharing in the valuable prizes,”
Mr. Cagle raid. “Win or lose, the
experience will make him a stron-
ger contender in future tourna-
ments.”
Entries may be addressed to
Pat Cagle, 2415, Austin, Brown-
From reading the foregoing, it
can readily be seen that Brady
has already accomplished most of
v.ese utsiraoie unuertaxings.
_rue, we couiu use more pa»e.d
streets, «uv*v * —• —--(
cipal auditorium would be a mighty j
n«ce i
same. -----
aider plans for the futuret
arises the
providing
which lies east of that
so we could try that dl-
to get away from the
peaks. We had been
headed south for our base at
Brindisi, in the heal of the Ital-
ian peninsula.
“I told the navigator we would
fly the new course for 15 minu-
tes to see if we could break out
of the overcast. I flew the 15
minutes and lost more altitude.
We were now down to 7,500 feet
and still in the overcast, with the
ice getting so thick we couldn’t
see out of the windshield at all.
“So, I decided to fly 15 minu-
tes more in the same direction.
Surely this would do the trick.
“Tnls time it worked. As we
kept losing altitude, we were
soon down to 4,000 feet. Then I
had a big feeling of relief. I
could see the ice melting slightly.
“I began a gradual letdown at
slow speed. Down and down. We
should be over the Adriatic Sea
Suddenly, we broke out of
overcast at exactly 2,800
feet and we found ourselves out
over the water.
“We charted a new course,
then, and flew to the home base!”
Lieut. Hill says the adjutant
of his group, the 60th troop car-
rier, afterwards told him he has
been awarded the DFC for his
mission. However, the orders for
the award have not caught up
with Lieut. Hill. He has been at
Bergstromg Field since November
5. having arrived in the United
States September 1. He already
wears the Air Medal and one Oak
Leaf cluster.
WITH THE START of the New
Year, planning for the fu-
ture is timely—both for the in-
dividual and for the community.
But this is the ONE year when
most everybody is willing to lay
aside everything else for the big
plan of winning, and ending the
war. -and tnat uiought ana idea
has become more firmly rooted in
tne minus of patriotic Americans
by reason of the recent enemy
gUvce8ses on the Western front.
Bank deposits in Brady
show an increase of nearly
million dollars during the
12 month’s period; thus bearing
evidences that business In gener-
al during the war year of 1944
was above the average, and that
there will be a lot spend when
civilian production is begun af-
ter victory.
Deposits in the two Brady
banks at the close of business
December 30, 1944, totaled $«,-
290, 697.76, as compared
$4,402,603.84, at the close
business December 31, 1943,
an increase of $1,888,093.92.
Deposits at the Commercial
Nationa Bank in the final report
for 1944 amounted to $3,787,-
971 70, and in the Brady Nation-
al Bank they totaled $2,502,726.-
06. Both banks showed a big in-
crease over the past six months*
period. On June 30, 1944, the
Commercial National Bank had
on deposit $2,710,025.04, while
the Brady National Bank’s depos-
its at that time were $2,178,152.-
49.
McCulloch County citizens
could add several thousands in
bond purchases to the above fig-
ures. for that matter, since every
bond drive held has gone over
the quota by a wide margin, the
Sixth War Loan Drive in Decem-
ber going over the top by more
than $100,000.
All tn all, the year 1944 waa
a prosperous one for McCulloch
County, farmers receiving a good
price for their products, although
there was a considerable labor
shortage, especially among farm
workers, while ranchers
ceived top prices for their
stock, wool and mohair,
business men enjoyed a splendid
year, in speaking of sales of mer-
chandise, although many items
are still off the market.
Christmas business in this sec-
tion was nnimpalty good, Trtti
all Brady merchants reporting
brisk sales during the fall season.
It will be a long time, however,
before lots of stock will be re-
plenished in some lines.
xWith a good season in the
ground, farmers and
are hopeful that 1945
will be a good year, and that the
new year not only will be a pros-
perous one. but that it will be a
happy one, and that victory will
belong to the Allies.
experience was
dropping mission to a
a valley between the
east of the Anzio
’ he says. “My air-
, was
Rin Hmm.
with the U. S. Navy, reported in
a letter to his parents, Mr. and
' Mrs. C. O. Bingnam of Brady,
that he enjoyed Christmas with a
good dinner and no work. He
■ection, cleaner alleys, sys- telephoned his wife, who also
tCl..Ouv gurDuge collection and lives in Brady, on New Year’s
disposal, a municipal airport and a night, telling her that he was o. k.
The War Department this week
notified Mrs. Challis H. Huff that
I her husband, Technician
grade Challis A. Huff had
wounded slightly in action in Bel-
gium on December 16th. Mrs.
we courn ura ^uff formerly of Brady> ig now
ts, more v'a^’ ™ htv residing with her husband’s par-
audiconum would be a mighty jen Q R HufP at
BWh^1it comes time to con- Hobbs, N. Mex, where she is em-
nlans for the future, there P*oyed in a hospital,
problem not only of
niucn-io-oe-aesirca >m-
‘ provements, but their maintenance
S wflii*
• • • .
'As Sauce sees it, one of the big-
gest contributions to future pros-
perity of town and country will be
made In the paving and improv-
ing of roaaa—and their mainte-
nance—in ail sections of the coun-
ty, We have come a lonfr way in
tnis oirecuon in the past couple
decades—but there is still room
for further improvement.
Major James Doyle, who is sta-
tioned at Camp Hood, is here for
a week’s leave with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Doyle. He was
accompanied to Brady by his wife
and small son. Major Doyle was
reared at Fife and received a col-
lege degree at Oklahoma Univer-
sity at Norman. He has been in
the service some three years.
While here he will visit with his
brother, Roy Doyle and other rela-
tives and friends.
The following McCulloch Coun-
ty registrants were recently ac-
cepted at the Induction Station,
and heve reported for active duty
in the armed services: A. War-
ren Hinchman, Jr., Charles E. Mc-
Clain, Charles W. Stone and Hen-
ry C. Sitton.
Can you imagine the big thrill
boys got when they
England? That’s what
Uy Jackson fin-
ing ht up with his brother,
after the latter had been in
two years, and they
happy four days
■. After only two
three weeks in England, Billy
was sent across to the front in
Europe. His most recent letter to
his aunt, Mrs. J. W. Jackson, Jr.,
said in part: “Am now in Ger-
many, in front lines, but am safe,
as can be expected. We have a
pretty good deal here.’’ He added
that it was quite cold where he
•SB, with 10 inches of snow on
the ground. And ■ his commusmB(|
wm that his relatives and
i just can’t write too often.
Rtaff. Hgt. JsTk Canon, now
In Aviation Cadet Center. San
Antonio, has been notified by his
former group adjutant in Italy,
Mrf and Mrs. G. C. Ory have The
just received a picture of their
son, Cpl. Willie B. Ory stationed
in England in a frame made by
him of plastic, rifle shells and
metal holder. He also sent home
a photo showing a wedding party
in which he took part in October.
S. Sgt. C. R. Mason has mailed
to his nephew, Tracy Byrd, a Ger-
man garrison cap, from Germany.
The cap of oxford gray, has a
patetit leather bill with orange
piping, and a silvery-like metal
eagle holding a swastika, and be-
low an insignia of a division of
service. Sgt. Mason took part in
the D.-Day invasion and has been
with the advancing infantry as
supply sergeant since.
WINNING THE WAR brings to
mind the sayings and doings
• of our gallant men in uniform.
, Some day, ‘somebody will under-
take the compiling of a book, or
a series of volumes containing
the sayings, doings, experiences
and accomplishment" of hoy* in
Mrvice—and what rich reading it
will provide.
As n candidate for place in this
book-to-be, we offer the story of
the Texas soldier in England who
was giving some illustrations of
* size of his home state. “You
Jk board a train in Texaa at
* /*SUn, and 24 horrs later you’re
■till in Texas,” he drawled. ’’Yes”
■cid one of the listen*™, “we’ve
got trains like that here too.”
8. Sgt. Victor P. Squiera write*
from a hospital in France that he
underwent an operation on his
Rk lew on December 6, and Com*
would be on crutches for awhile.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Embry and groups. We went into garrison in
r from their | a town in England, where we were
the invasion, and
and sat around
hoping and .waiting for the inva-
sion, feeling cheated when it
started with us still sitting there,
but we didn’t have to wait long—
leaving less than two weeks after
it started.
We landed on a beach in Nor-
mandy and though we missed the
big fireworks of the beginning,
we had enough to suit us—espec-
back " to tally after we were attached to an
i j. was
MALCOLM R. McINNIS—
Former Brady Boy
Is Reported Missing
Malcolm R. McInnis, son of Mr.
pnd Mrs..P. C. McInnis of Austin,
formerly of Brady, is now missing
in action, relatives have been in-
on November 26, following a raid
over Germany.
McInnis, a graduate of Austin
High, formerly attended Brady
family moved
overseas
CAR IS RETURNED—
Pfc. Robert L. Mullins Cigarettes, Pistol
Decorated In India
Pfc. Robert L. Mullins, whose
parents, Mr. and Mra. Claude J.
Mallins, reside at Fife, has been
awarded the Purple Heart for
wounds received in action several
months ago in North Burma, ac-
cording to a recent announce-
ment from Major General W. E.
R. Covell’s Services of Supply
Headquarters In the India Burma
Theater of Operation.
Mullins is a member of a
Combat Engineer unit which saw
plenty of action against the Jap*
this yea? during the battle for
the stmtegfc north Snrrna town
of Myitkyina.
Prior to entering the Armed
Fore* at Fort Bliss, in December
1»42. Pfc Mullins was employed
by the Tolliver Furniture Co., la
One in particular that came to
Sauce’s attention concerned an am-
bitious isxas town—not as large
m. -- wwll nmwree«ed Rrndv,
bLt witn city-aiaoilions, neverthe-
*>y the news-
jlans included
paved streets, clean-
inuroiAies in tne dusi-
OVER GERMANY—
Grandson Of Ballous
Is Missing In Action
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ballou re-
ceived the message Wednesday
Lydia Teague of Brady, and Mrs. 18^and8on. 8- Sgt. Ivan
D. Williams of Camp San Saba. '^WUthes, 20, son of Mr. and
Roy O. Wilkerson A Son had 8 .
‘ artre of funeral arrangement Oladfc’ Fla - "‘’sing in
action over Germany since Dec-
ember 17. He was a gunner on a
B-17 Flying Fortress.
The Ballous received a letter
from him dated December 15,
and postmarked the day he was
reported missing.
Sgt. Hughes was based in It-
ay, being a member of the 15th
Army Air Force. He received his
gunnery training at Pyote. He at-
tended grammar school here sev-
eral years ago. and flushed his
high school work at Shreiner In-
stitute Kerrville. He attended
summer school at Texas A. A M.
College before entering the ser-
vice.
Previously, when everything was
going well with the Allied Armies
tnere was big talk about future
^kis . - • reconversion of indus-
to peacetime pur-
stnts; city-planning and building;
aDsoroing tne returning veterans
into useful employ.nent, etc.
home even made ambitious plans
for cities and communities.
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May 2. 1810, and Heart O’ Texaa ***** (j, thj. BKaDT E.ntirpkiM
News, November 2.1942. Published TWICE-A-WEEK, TUESDAY and FRIDAY!
Brady, McCulloch County, Texaa, Friday, January 5, 1945 8 PAGES TODAY Whole Number 6347
BRADY BANKS SHOW INCREASE IN DEPOSITS
the battalian command
and even closer to the
'front! The Jerries didn’t have
living ■ anything like the artillery we did,
very but toe much for comfort even so,'
in forces, considerably
be
t
rpHE SUCCESSFUL MAN does
A as he pleases, but he is care- mor
• , Lime ne w«s wuunueu. nv. n«ge-
’ ; man, formerly of Ft. Sam Hous-
guide post the the troops landing in
Aw wm m • — *« Zb n W Z ■ . _ * ■
jUidftere. Supplementing that, there
the times when it is best to
Tray nothing whatever. Illustra-
tive of which is the statement at-
tributed to the famous humorist,
Mark Twain. At a dinner party
the subject of heaven and hell
came up for discussion. Mark
Twain, who ft^as present, said
nothing. A lady sitting nearby
asked: “Why don’t you say some-
thing?” Twain gravely replied:
"Madame, you may excuse me. I
*am silent because of necessity. I ----- -------- — — -----
am afraid I have friends in both at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
places.” [Sunday evening at 7:30 o’clock hy
♦ • ♦ [ Rev. H. E. Moreland, Vicar, hon-
From that point it it just a step' oring the late Rev. J. T. McCaa
to the subject of grave humor, the who died December 31st after an
last word in which comes to us1 iillness of several years.
from the scrap book of epitaphs Friends of tb«» late Rev. Mr. Mc-
assembled by a lady in Cincinnati. I Caa are invited to attend this ser-
G«nts in the collection include; vice.
you
MH _ „ were attached to an
England.' I lived in Manchester infantry division and worked up
for about a month, billeted in a around
private home, although eating in posts,
a mess hall some miles or so from
my billet. The family I was 1
with were lovable old folks
solicitious about their boys: every and until we had night fighters
_ • * - - * A.*__ *- _____ ____1^— VI—,
nightly strafing by
planes was a bit disconcerting to
say the least, especially when the
pounding bullets started drum-
_ming in your direction. While with
damp climate there.' And I wa* the division most of our work was
colder there in April than I have getting rid of dead animals which
ever been anytime in Minnesota. > were a health hazard when they
The English have been pinched onlatarted to putrefy, especially
a long time,1 those in and around th* command
i* French or I post and mess tents. The numbers
believe they [killed were almost unbelievable,
dps and sac- the artillery and bombers taking
so great a toll. My job was to
hook on to dead cows and hopes
and pull them wt*'^ a jeep up to
a shell crater or bomb hole into
which we pulled them from the
opposite side. It was a bit comical
at times—pulling dead animals a-
round in the middle of a field with
shells dropping around from time
their | a town in England, where we were
. J for
- ’ training
was written somewhere in Bel-
gium.
Corp. Embry was
Sherman and Springfield,
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