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Thursday, Oct 14, 1943,
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Classified Ads
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Aviation Cadet Robert H. Sol-
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FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 14
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FEED PROTEIN WISELY
Muenster Giri’s Husband Hero
Of Greenland Air Rescue in May
COTFONSEED MEAL, concentrated pro-
tein backed by years of successful use, it
first choice with thousands of feeders.
tion to jump on Berlin, but states
“if we don’t hurry it looks like
the Russians will beat us to it.”
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of AVAILABLE nortiit fttO
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Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Winters, 623
North Morris street, has been
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McDaniel, superintendent of the
Denison public schools, knowing
the value of scout training to
every boy, suggested that the
camp be held this fall. The coun-
cil consulted Supt. H. O. McCain,
of the Gainesville public schools,
who agreed that Scouts could be
excused from school for this type
and primary at Ballinger. He was
serving as sergeant at the Ballin-
ger field at the time of his trans-
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Lt Waters’ cooperative and
skillful work was praised as ex-
emplary by the commander-in-
chief of the Atlantic fleet. He was
co-pilot of the rescue plane.
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glad to grant them an excused
absence.
SERVICES OF HIGH EXCEL*
LENCE COST NO MORE
THAN ELSEWHERE.
ed in Gainesville, and is a grad-
uate of the local high school.
Two men from Gainesville are
included in Perrin field’s new
aviation cadet class which began
O’Brien, W. C. Robinson, John S.
Hardy, and L. A. Wilke, acting
with the general chairman, will
establish community and district
quotas, and will choose commit-
tee chairmen for each community
and ward.
Of each dollar contributed to
Bros.
Hides, per lb.__
"Women!"
Here is a name
to remember
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Gainesville Boy Killed in Action
Praised by Col. James Roosevelt
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Johnson be with the Raider battalion and
Candle Eggs, No. 2, dozen
Cream, No. 1, lb._________
Cream, No. 2, 1b._________
Hens, 4 lbs and over______
Hens, 3 lbs. and over_____
Spring chickens, 2 lbs and
over ___________________
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A 62 year record
of 2-Way help*
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those
in our
high school at Nocona and the
College of Marshall and Baylor
university. He left Baylor in 1941
to take naval flight training and
was commissioned December 5.
1941 at Pensacola Naval Air sta-
tion. He received his wings De-
cember 12, 1941.
• Keep your eyes on this space each day for outstanding
, food bargains.
Wagon receipts for Tuesday.. 137
Wacon receipts for season-_ 7,877
Cotton selling today, 17.00 to 20.25
Cottonseed to fin, ton______$50
HAYS, Oct. 12—The Liberty
Baptist church in the Hays com-
munity will hold homecoming
services, Sunday, October 17, at
the church. Rev. Fred V. Parnell
is the pastor.
Sunday school services at 10:15
a. m., under the direction of Don
C. Cooke, superintendent, will
open the day’s observances. Dr.
J. D. Brannon of Fort Worth,
district missionary, will deliver
the morning message. Rev. C. M.
Thomas of Gainesville, former
pastor of the church, will speak
in the afternoon. Other former
pastors to speak will be Rev.
W. E. Moore and Rev. E. G. Pen-
nington, both of Gainesville.
Special music will be offered
by Gene and Ruth Martin, and
other young people of the church.
All former members are cordial-
ly invited to be'present on this
occasion.
Ladies of the church will serve
dinner at the church at the noon
hour, Sunday.
“It so happens that I remem-
ber your son very well and while
I haven’t been successful, as yet,
in getting many details of the
action, I do know that he and
the whole battalion performed a
really marvelous job in gaining
the victory for our country at
New Georgia.
Seeking More Details
“There is, of course, not much
comfort to you in what I can now
write to you, but I do hope you
will feel that all of us who knew
your son considered it a privilege
to serve with him and I hope you
feel, as we do, that there is some
comfort in knowing that if he
had to. die, he died for the things
in which he believed and in the
manner which he would have
chosen. I am making every effort
to get more details and shall for-
ward them to you as soon as I re-
ceive them.
“Perhaps you did not know
that the battalion was under the
command of a different officer
during the action of New Geor-
gia. I had been invalided home
and then sent to make landing
at Kiska with another group.
However, my heart will always
RECEIVES COMMISSION —
George L. Parker, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. C. Parker of Cleburne,
formerly of Gainesville, who re-
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This popularity is one reason you may not
be able to get al of the Cottonseed Meal
you want...and why you should use it
carefully ... to do the best possible job
with every pound fed.
GAINESVILLE
OILMILL
A. BAKER, Mgr.
Thrasher’s
: Daily Specials
Arby D. James
rietta, Okla, an4
THE OLD RELIABLE
If you need a good laxative or cath-
artic to relieve headache, biliousness,
or that lazy tired feeling when due to
temporary constipation, ask for and
be sure you get
HERBINE
Watts Bros. Pharmacy
omon, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. E. Solomon, Valley View, will
soon receive his silver pilot’s
wings and officer’s bars at the
army’s twin-engine advanced fly-
ing school, Pampa, Texas, army
air field. Prior to his appoint-
ment as a cadet in May, 1942, he
was employed by Consolidated
Aircraft corporation at San Di-
ego, Calif. He received his pri-
mary flight training at Mustang
field, Okla., and his basic flight
Sinclair-Prairie Oil Company
No. 1 McDaniel, block 80,, on 58
acres in Walnut Bend field, flow-
ed 139 barrels of oil within four
hours on test A well is being
drilled to east on McDaniel Unit
Thrasher’s
: Grocery & Market
, 735 East California Phone 214
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who ministered to us
hours of deep sorrow.
ner school to receive instructions
as a member of a bombing team.
Dale E. Wyatt, son of Mr. and ,
Mrs. L. M. Wyatt, 328 North Tay-
lor street, has been admitted as
an aviation cadet for primary
flight training at Hicks field, Ft.
Worth, after which he will be as-
signed to one of the army basic
flying schools foF further train-
ing.
Cpl. Newsome W. Cox, who
has been stationed in North Af-
rica, with the U. S. Army air
corps, is now located in Sicily,
according to word received by
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. N.
Cox of Gainesville.
, mer months with the Weber fam-
ily.
Mrs. G. S. McCutcheon is in
receipt of a telegram from her
son, Sgt. George McCutcheon,
who is stationed somewhere in
Italy with the 36th Division, that
he is safe and well. This is the
first word from him since Sep-
TRANSFERRED—Aviation Cadet
Charles E. McWilliams, son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. McWilliams, 1339 N.
Dixon street, was recently trans-
ferred to Goodfellow Field, San
Angelo, where he will take his
basic training. He was a sopho-
more student at Texas A&M Col-
lege last April 24, when he en-
listed in the Air corps. His pre-
Kaden, 714 South Denton street, serving with the U. S. Army Air
forces in England, has been pro-
moted to the rank of captain He
is the second son of Mr. and Mrs.
Plaintiff Wins Verdict in
Forcible Detainer Suit
A verdict for the plaintiff, in
the case of Mrs. S. W. Gibson vs.
Mrs. Sally Bass, for forcible de-
tainer, was returned in county
court Thursday, Taking of testi-
mony was started Wednesday.
Truck Owners Warned
To Obtain Allotments
The gas rationing board has
announced that any truck owners
who have not received their al-
lotments of gas for the fourth
quarter should do so within the
next few days or their allotments
will be cut.
Verdict for Plaintiff
in County Court Trial
A verdict for the plaintiff, in
the case of Mrs. R. M. Field vs.
Jimmy Harpole, for forcible de-
tainer, was returned in county
court Friday. All testimony was
heard Thursday, but the jury was
unable to reach a decision and
was called back Friday morning.
fer. Cadet McWilliams was rear- promoted to corporal and is serv-
ing his company as mail clerk at
his station. Camp Rucker, Ala-
of Gainesville have received a
letter from Lt. Col. James Roose-
velt of the United States Marine
corps, praising the performance
of Pvt. James Walter Johnson,
17, their son, who was killed in
action in the South Pacific.
Col. Roopevelt had formerly
been commander of the battalion
in which Pvt. Johnson served.
“I have just returned from
Washington,” Col. Roosevelt
wrote from San Diego, Calif.,
where he is a member of the
Amphibious Training command.
“I have been trying to get more
details about the loss of your
son and the others who lost their
lives in the Fourth Raider bat-
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training this week. They are
“Keep on working on your post
victory plan until you have one
that everybody in town will be
opposed to,” he said .“Then you
will have a plan with vision.” He
said that after this war the air-
plane will be as common in usage
as the Model T was after the last
war.
“Towns will have runways
along the highways so that planes
will land on the fields and taxi
right into town to load and un-
load,” he said. “The city of Hous-
ton has just paid $250,000 for an
old interurban right of way that
could be used thusly.”
In post war planning Mr. Gil-
christ urged a return to the first
article of the Texas constitution,
providing for the return of Texas
to its people.
gins, Myra, is convalescing nice-
ly from an accident which oc-
curred several months ago while
on duty with the U. S. army in
India. He suffered broken bones
in both limbs, and other injuries.
He writes his parents that he is
able to be up and get around
nicely in a wheel chair.
Pfc. Hubert E. Case, stationed
with the 36th division in Italy,
made his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. F. Case, Route 1, Gainesville,
very happy Monday when he ad-
vised them that “I am well and
safe. Please don’t worry.” It was
the first message from him in 42
days. He is attached to an ord-
nance company.
Mrs. Randall Mitchell, 519
Gladys street, was jubilant Mon-
day over news from her husband,
Pvt Randall Mitchell, who is
fighting with the 36th division
overseas. He advised her he is
well and promised to write soon.
He is attached with the medical
detachment, and is a son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. P. Mitchell, Route 1,
Gainesville. . .
Lt William Culp, Jr., is visiting
his parents and other relatives in
Gainesville. He graduated re-
cently from the Marine Air corps
training school at Daytona Beach,
Fla., and will leave soon for San
Diego, Calif., for assignment He
is pilot of a dive bomber.
Mr and Mrs. D. L. Reevas re-
TONSEE
MEALE
training at Strother field, Kan- ’ ceived a letter from their son,
sas. , Pvt. Jesse Raeves Monday, who
Pvt. James B. Wilson, son of is some place in Italy with a
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse W. Wilson of parachute division. He states he
Gainesville, is now stationed at is well and says he has run across
Outing Postponed
Front’Last Summer on
Account of Polio
G. D. Bell, district camping and
activities chairman, announces
that the Red River Valley Coun-
cil Boy Scout Hi-Adventure camp
will be held at Lake Murray Oct.
24-31. This camp will be a full
week of specialized training in
Scouting skills that the U. S.
army calls “Battlefield Life In-
Old roosters, 1b._________
Turkeys, hens, 1b._______
Turkeys, toms, 1b._______
Turkeys, old toms, 1b.___
Wheat, bushel__________
Oats, No. 2, bushel______
Barley, No. 2, bushel ....
Shelled corn, pushel ____
Ear corn, bushel ________
Popcorn, 1b._____________
Oat straw, ton__________
Prairie hay, ton_________
Johnson grass hay, ton ..
Alfalfa hay, ton_______
LOCAL COTTON
STRAY cow, brindle white-ta. ed
at my place about month.
Branded 14 on left hip. See T. G.
Lewter, Dexter, Route 1. and pay
COMPLETES BASIC TRAIN-
ING—Aviation Cadet Bill Mar-
shall Brooks, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marshall Brooks, has just com-
pleted his basic training at the
Merced army air field, Merced,
Calif., and will go to Luke Field,
Phoenix, Ariz., for advanced in-
struction. He was employed by
the United States engineers here
before his acceptance as an avia-
tion cadet. His wife, Mrs. Char-
lene Brooks, is residing at Lyn-
wood, Calif.
Cpl. Raymond Weber has re-
turned to the Liberal Air field.
IN LIBYA—Pfc. John Turner has
advised his parents that he is sta-
tioned in Libya. He is attached
to a service squadron in the Army
Air Corps, and has been in the
Middle East for sometime. He is
the younger son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Turner, 316 S. Taylor street,
and is a former carrier-salesman
for the Daily Register. He wrote
his mother recently that he has
mailed her a Bible purchased in
the Holy land, and wants her to
send him pictures and scenes in
and around Gainesville. He re-
ceives copies of the Daily Regis-
ter, and enjoys them.
Sgt. Roy H. Speake has arrived
safely in Italy with the U. S.
paratroopers, according to word
received by his mother, Mrs.
Greta Speake, 1022 East Broad-
way.
maintenance and repair of air-
craft and the training of air de-
pot groups.
Pfc. Lee S. McCool, son of
Price McCool of Fort Worth,
formerly of Gainesville, has just
been graduated from the Scott
field. Ill., air forces technical
fak, Texas, AAF pilot school re-
cently. He is a graduate of Gaines- m
ville high school and attended
Gainesville Junior college.
Joseph G. Peters, son of Mr. » >
and Mrs. H. B. Peters, 718 North
Grand avenue, has been pro- I
moted to private first class at '
Love field, Texas, with head-
quarters for the Fifth Ferrying ,
group, ferrying division, air
transport command. Prior to en-
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tering the service April 21, he
was employed as display man-
ager for a Dallas wholesale mer-
chandise company. His wife re-
sides in Dallas.
Aviation Caet William Brad-
ley Spires, son of Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Spires, has successfully
completed the flexible aerial 2
by his parents.
Garland Smith, Daily Register
reporter, who is a member of
an infantry unit of the United
Jesse. F. Blount, 25, son of Mr. states army somewhere in Ha-
waii, has been promoted from
private first class to corporal.
First Lt. Peyton B. Sparks,
brother, Cpl. Percy C. Sparks,
Jr, who is also stationed some- - .
wfertn-Engeand. have visited Plan Homecoming
Cpl. Andrew J. Higgins, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Hig-
WE DESIRE to express our
heartfelt appreciation for the
many kindnesses and comforting
words of our neighbors and
friends in the death of our dear
daughter and sister. Miss Nina
Mae Reed. We also appreciate
greatly the beautiful flowers and
Gene Hellman, son of Mrs. Ben
Weber of Gainesville, has en-
listed in the army air corps, and
is taking his basic training at
Sheppard field, Wichita Falls.
He is the 16th grandson of his
maternal grandfather, S. J.vMar-
tin, to enter the armed forces.
spent with relatives and friends , When the camp was canceled
in Gainesville, I—L . 1 :elin. P
Lt (jg) Nathan F. Waters of
Nocona, a naval aviator, who was
recently decorated with the dis-
tinguished flying cross for his
part in the rescue last May of
seven survivors of an army Fly-
ing Fortress, is the husband of a
Muenster girl, the former Miss
Barbara Harrison.
Mrs. Waters is a daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alford Harrison of
Muenster. She taught last year in
the Muenster public school and
will teach there again upon her
return to Quonset, R. I., where
she is visiting her husband.
Lt. Waters was decorated for
his part in the hazardous snow '
landings and takeoffs which were
necessary to fly out the men who
had been marooned since their
plane crashed last November.
Two of the stranded army
fliers died and three of their
would-be rescuers perished in an
effort of a sort never before at-
tempted in the history of avia-
tion.
Lt. Waters, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Noah A. Waters of Nocona, as-
sisted in the control and opera-
tion of a naval patrol plane of
the Catalina type, when three
successful wheel-up landings and
takeoffs were made on the snow
fit the ice cap.
On each landing and takeoff,
there were survivors rescued
from the wreckage of a.-17 be-
longing to the army, which had
been forced down in the desolate
place.
state planning for a long time in
1920, attended . the future.
___________________,__- ______ surance," and Scouting
Liberal, Kansas, after a furlough “Preparation for Living.”
Mr. Martin has returned to Ft. of training and that he would be
Worth after spending the sum- - - *
flight training was taken at Kelly, tember 1.
Pfc. William R. Winters, son of
He is a lot of boys from home. He
•a- states it is their their one ambi-
Legal Records
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COUNTY COURT
Marriage Licenses
Kermit B. Brittell, 25, Camp
Howze, and Jeanne K. Sayles, 21,
Brushton, N. Y.
John W. Fletcher, Jr., 20, and
Betty Jo Blakemore, 18, Denison.
Nathaniel Jones, 25, Jackson-
ville, Florida, and Wilmus Al-
len, 26, Clarskville, Tenn.
Eugene F. Barnes, 24, Camp
Howze, and Julia Mae Earle, 24,
Danville, Illinois.
Charles Lynn Smith, 30, Camp
Howze, and Geneva Black, 34,
Mt. Carmel, Illinois.
Johnny H. Cox, 35, Westville,
S. C., and Minnie Mae Woodall,
18, Allen, Okla.
Albert E. Vanden Bosch, 21,
Camp Howze, and Betty L. Py-
man, 19, Ann Arbor, Mich.
David L. Stevens, 29, Camp
Howze, and Therese M. McIl-
henny, 23, Montclair, N. J.
Lorentz H. Kuntst, 21, Camp
Howze, and Winifred Hanson, 18,
St. Peter, Minn.
Joe Camacho, 21, Camp Howze,
and Eufemia Nava, 23, Dallas.
Charles J. Haines, 21, Camp
Howze, and Olive Jane Mary
Duffney, 19, West Orison, Pa.
Dillard D. Harries, 22, Gaines-
ville Air Base, and Alline Elbert,
18, Childress, Texas.
Clarence W. Scott, 21, Camp
Howze, and Agnes E. Martyne,
19, Austin, Texas.
Jack Hunt, 23, Gainesville, and
Oletha Truitt, 18, Jayton, Texas.
Clarence Pritchard, 21, Camp
Howze, and Katie E. Bryant, 20,
Lincoln, Pa.
Reuben Claude Tayler, 21,
Camp Howze, and Geneva Lo-
rine Hancock, 18, Hugo, Okla.
C. W. Links, 21, Hood, Texas,
and Virginia Ware, Woodbine,
Texas.
Warren , D. Rice, 21, Camp
Howze, and Dorothy Dean Wal-
ker, 18, Ardmore, Okla.
Jewell K. Shonk, 31, Camp
Howze, and Evelyn Cheely, 19,
Oklahoma City.
Buryi E. Bender, 21, Camp
Howze, and Marvel E. Freed, 18,
Tamas City, Missouri.
goes to the support of the United
Service Organizations, which
maintain chibs, such as the four
in Gainesville, to meet the rec-
reational needs of men of our
armed services all over the
world.
The remainder of the money
will go to relief of citizens of
united nations, including Russia,
China, Great Britain, Greece,
Poland, Yugoslavia, France, Bel-
gium, Czechoslovakia, The Neth-
erlands, Norway and Luxem-
bourg; to the U. S. Committee
for the Care of European chil-
dren; and to the United Sea-
men’s service and War Prisoners
aid.
The war chest thus combines
16 appeals in one and coordinates
them with those made annually
for local agencies. The national
goal is $125,000,000.
Governor Coke Stevenson is
honorary chairman of the state
campaign, and George A. Butler
of Houston, is campaign chair-
man.
P. C. Sparks, Sr., 719 North
Grand avenue. He and his
ceived his wings and second lieu-
• the United War Chest, 48.9 cents tenant’s commission at the Mar-
Paris and Lamar
County Plan for
Post-Victory Era
Gainesville Men Hear
Head of State Planning
Commission Tuesday
Lamar county has a post victory
program to afford jobs for return-
ing soldiers, making the coun-
ty the “Little Wisconsin” of tne
south, members of the Paris
Chamber of Commerce were told
Tuesday night by Herbert Ord-
way, retiring president, in his
message to the 39th annual meet-
ing.
A group from the Gainesville
Chamber of Commerce, composed
of President Ray Winder, Chair-
man Claude Jones and Morton
Smith of the planning committee
and Manager L. A. Wilke at-
tended the meet. Gibb Gilchrist,
dean of engineering of the Texas
A. & M. college and chairman
of the state planning commission
was the principal speaker.
Mr. Gilchrist urged his listen-
ers to “quit trying to sell Texas
to someone else," and stressed the
importance of city, county and
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training command radio school. A
During the training period, Pfc. j | I
McCool received instruction in . 9
radio operation and mechanics, ®
and is now qualified for duty as a
a member of a fighting bomber 3
crew. He will be sent to a gun- d
War Chest Drive
To Be Made Here
November 2 to 16
G. D. Bell is Named
General Chairman of
Campaign for Funds
The annual financial campaign
of the United War Chest of Tex-
as will be made in Gainesville
November 2 to 16, it was decided
at a meeting of civic leaders held
Tuesday afternoon in the Cham-
ber of Commerce office.
Meeting with local business
men was Ralph Collins of Fort
Worth, regional “field representa-
tive.
Claude Jones will be chairman
of the special gifts committee;
Leroy Robinson is treasurer; and
Morton Smith, publicity chair-
man.
A committee composed of Ro-
land A. Wilson, Randolph
gunnery course at the army air ,
forces flexible gunnery school,'
Laredo army air field, Laredo, |
Texas. He has received the rat- j
ing of aerial gunner and will
continue his training as naviga-
tor or bombardier in another
training post.
The six Gainesville Scout
Troops are now preparing to go
to camp. The troop committees
are securing adequate equipment.
Each troop will be accompanied
by its scoutmaster or other
adult leader. The council will
furnish a well-trained staff of
adult scouters who will work
hand in hand with the troop
leaders. The staff will be head-
ed by D. L. Finch, of Denison,
who has been*camp director for
three years. Mr. Finch has been
a very successful scoutmaster for
ten years and is now district
commissioner. He holds the
scoutmaster’s key and has had
special training at the National
Camp Directors’ school.
Scouting skills, physical build-
ing, and a character building and
citizenship training experience
that can be given only at camp
await over two hundred scouts
who will attend. It will be a
week of invaluable specialized
training.
Mlakela
FORT WORTH GRAIN
FORT WORTH, Oct. 13 (P) —
Wheat No. 1 hard, 1.60 to 1.65;
barley No. 2, 1.30% to 1.31; sor-
ghums No. 2 yellow milo, 2 32 to
2.37; No. 2 white kaffir, 2.34 to
239; corn No. 2 white, 1.2612;
oats No. 3 white, 89% to 90%4.
FORT WORTH LIVESTOCK
FORT WORTH, Oct. 13 (P) —
Cattle 3,200; calves 3,000; steady;
beef cows 8 00 to 10.00; fat calves
8.25 to 12.25; stocker steer calves
8.50 to 11.50; heifer calves 50
cents to $1 below the steers of
similar grade.
Hogs 1,500; unchanged; good
and choice 150 to 175 pound ayr
erages, 13.75 down; pigs 12.00
down.
Sheep 10,000; mostly steady;
fat lambs 13.00 down; slaughter
ewes 4.25 to 5.50; Stocker lambs
5.00 to 9.00.
POULTRY AND EGGS
GRAIN AND HAY
Quotations furnished by Berend
Nat Piott, 86,
Pioneer County
Citizen, Is Dead
Funeral Services
Probably to Be Held
In Myra Friday
Nat Piott, 86, one of the best
known pioneer residents of
Cooke county, passed away at
his home in Myra Wednesday at
1 p, m., following an extended
illness.
Funeral services probably will
\ be held Friday afternoon at the
Myra Methodist church, with
burial in Reed cemetery under,
the supervision of George J.
Carroll and Son Funeral home of
Gainesville.
Mr. Piott is survived by his
wife; four sons, Luck Piott,
Houston; F, S. Piott, Gainesville;
Virgil R. Piott, Decatur; and
George Piott, Denton; seven
daughters, Mmes. J. J. Bell,
Woodbine; Joe Fulton, San An-
gelo; Harry Miser, Fort Worth;
Edna Park, Tahoka, Texas; Chas.
House, Lubbock; Harry Jones,
Corpus Christi; and Ruth Gas-
ton, Kansas City, Mo.; and a
number of grandchildren and
and great-grandchildren.
Mr. Piott was born October
17, 1857, and had lived in the
Myra community 43 years. He
was a faithful member of the
Methodist church there, and was
also a member of Myra Masonic
lodge. ,___________________
the men in it, and I know from
the reports that the team which
we trained and took out to the
Solomon Islands was as good a
team as has ever left the United
States. I really mean it when I
say I considered it a great priv-
ilege to have been on that team
and a friend of men like your
son.”
Letter From His Corporal
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson also
have received a letter from Cpl.
Jack H. Dufford of Pvt. John-
son’s company, telling of his
death.
“Johnny was hit by a bullet,”
the letter stated, “the round pen-
etrated his head and he died in-
stantly. There were no last words
and above all there was no suf-
fering. He died just as all of us
have professed we would like to
go when and if our time should
come. Your boy lived and died as
a marine, and no greater com-
pliment and tribute could be
paid any man in this topsy
turvey world of ours than that.”
Details of the attack in which
he participated and where Pvt.
Johnson was buried, had been
censored.
Cpl. Duff ord concluded:
“Captain Luckel, our com-
manding officer, asked that I en-
close his heartfelt sympathy and
the officers and men of the com-
pany as well as our entire bat-
talion do the same. Johnny’s
death was certainly a great loss
to you, but I would like you to
know that we, too, feel the loss
greatly.
“Your boy did not die in vain,
just as our many other buddies
did not die and get maimed and
wounded in vain. I won’t attempt
to console you or add my feel-
ings, as I know words will never
help. We are all working and
praying for the only goal we
know—the war’s end.”
ford, 19, Breathwaite, Okla.
Elmer Tupin, 27, Healdton,
Okla., and Leona White, 19,
Healdton, Okla.
John R. Peters, 28, Columbus,
Ohio, and Myrtle Hancock, Fort
Worth.
16TH DISTRICT COURT
New Cases Filed
Robert R. Spoon vs. Lucille S.
Spoon, divorce.
Bertha Stevens vs. Wright W.
Stevens, divorce.
Ernest L. Hanks vs. Pearl M.
Ranks, divorce.
Wallace C. Feig vs. Mary Feig,
divorce.
Ola Higgins Williamson et vir
vs. Mrs. Ada Mosier, et al, parti-
tion suit.
Application of F. S. Piott for
letters of administration upon
the estate of Mrs. W. H. Bell, de-
ceased.
16TH DISTRICT COURT
Divorce Docket
Luther H. Jackson vs. Alice
Jackson, divorce granted.
New Cases Filed
Edna Truax vs. H. J. Truax,
divorce.
L. T. Bailey vs. Nell Bailey,
divorce.
R. R. Cree vs. John W. Cree,
divorce granted.
L. T. Bailey vs. Neil Bailey,
divorce granted.
Joseph Newton Puryear vs.
Billv Jean Puryear, divorce
granted.
Rita Fallis vs. Russell Fallis,
divorce granted. It is further or-
dered by the court that the plain-
tiffs former name of Rita Mc-
Cormick be, and the same is,
hereby restored to her.
Erma L. Dennis vs. Walter L.
Dennis, divorce granted.
Mary J. Taylor vs. J. T. Tay-
lor, divorce granted. It is fur-
ther ordered by the court that
the minor child be and hereby is
awarded to defendant for care
and custody.
Margaret Goerliski vs. Joseph
Goerliski, divorce granted. It is
further ordered by the court
that the plaintiffs maiden name
of Margaret Louise Lantz, be and
the same is hereby restored to
her.
Criminal Docket
State of Texas vs. Omer Posey,
possession of whiskey for the pur-
pose of sale. ».
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To Be Held This
Month at Murray
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