The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1969 Page: 7 of 8
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the heavy, unpleasant odor* en-
gulfed the log and the entire
area.
The elite group of CHR spec-
ialists had a classic mission to
accomplish: Decontaminate their
mascot. They attacked their work
with fervor, scrubbing the whin-
ing dog from head to foot with
tomato juice and vinegar. Grit-
ting his teeth, Chester reluctantly
accepted the ordeal as necessary
punishment for earning a Purple
Heart and not a Silver Star for
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A MISSION FOR CBR SPECIALISTS - Sgt.
Fred Jones of Salt Lake City, Utah, Sgt.
Burt Thomas of Mineola, and 1st Lt. Mel-
vin Beck of De Queen, Ark., have a dog-
gone serious problem trying to decon-
taminate SSgt. Chester II, their unit
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But a group of curious soldiers
and civilians gathered around
the men at work with the scrub
brushes and laughed and joked
about the scented mascot. Losing
a fight to a. skunk was one thing,
but ridicule from nonsympathiz-
ers was too much for any canine
staff sergeant to tolerate, In a
moment of frustration, the dog
got his revenge. ,
“Look out — 'he’s going to
shake!” yelled one soldier.
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Hainesville Club
Honors Hostess
Mrs. Mary Williams was the
hostess for the Jan. 23rd meeting
ft the Hdinesville Home Demon-
Iteration Club, in her home, with
the club members honoring the
hostess on her birthday.
; Mrs Dell Williams, Vice presi-
dent of the club, was in charge
ft the meeting which was opened
with the singing cf “Onward
HD. Ladies.*'
Mrs. Sheila Wiams, secretary
and treasurer of the club, read
the minutes of the last meeting;
and Mrs. Annie Penix, Council
Delegate, gave a report.
Mrs. Mary Williams gave the
program, on Parliamentary Pro-
erdure.
Refreshments were , served to
three - visitors. Misses Saundra
and Margaret Williams, and Mrs.
essie Taylor of New Hope; and
to twelve members: Ida Penix,
uid Dyess, Evelyn Robertson,
Dessa Yancey, Annie Penix, Es-
telle Turner, Dell Williams, Ola
Minds, Hazel Mosby, Sheila Wil-
Aiams, Decie Williams and Mary
Williams.
According to Mrs. B. F. Mosby,
dlub reporter, the next meeting
will be at 3 p.m. on Feb. 13th.
in th* home of Mrs. Dorothy
Morris in Mineola.
Rites Sunday For
Othie Tennyson Sr.
Funeral services for Othie Ten-
nyson Sr , 67. of Route 1, Mineola,
were held at 2 p.m, Sunday, Jan.
26. in the Rock Creek Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church with
the Revs. O. B. Johnson and
O. J. Freeman officiating.
Masonic graveside rites were
held in the Flewellen Cemetery,
Smith County, under direction of
English Funeral Home, Mineola.
Mr. Tennyson, a retired farm-
er, was a native and lifelong res-
ident of Smith County. He had
been a member of a Methodist
Church for many years.
He is survived by two sons,
Othie Tennyson Jr. of Mineola,
and Alfred Tennyson of Dallas;
two daughters, Mrs. Annie E.
Calip and Miss Pauline Tennyson,
both of Mineola; a sister, Flor-
ence Daniel of Marshall; six
grandchildren, and two great -
grandchildren.
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try Club was held Tuesday nisht, tivities and expressed his and the
gJan. 36, with dinner served to
FORT HOOD — “Put on your
protective masks, Men! We’ll
need them for this job.”
First Lt. Melvin Beck of De
Queen, Ark., Old Ironsidos’ 3rd
Brigade chemical officer, and his
selected team of Chemical-B i o .
logical-Radiological (CBR)Spec-
ialists donned their protective
masks, armed themselves with
several cans of tomato juice, a
quart of vinegar, several scrub
brushes, and then assaulted their
objective. It wasn’t going to be
a pleasant job.
SSgt. Chester II, the 3rd Bde.
“Bulldogs” famous bulldog mas-
cot in the 1st armored Division
emitted a low whine as the three
man CBR team led him to an
area down wind from the com-
pany area.
“Wow! What a smell!" groan-
ed Sgt. Burt Thomas of Mineola*
Hq and Hq. Co. CBR NCO.
“Chester must have thought it
was a cat and chased it,” said
Sgt. Fred Jones of Salt Lake
City, Utah, the third member of
the team.
“I doubt it. He’s afraid of
cats.” said Sgt. Thomas.
“Yeah, and he should be afraid
of skunks, too, after last night,”
added Lt. Beck.
The fat, friendly bulldog that
has roamed along Battalion Ave.
for more than two years had
located, engaged in combat, and
lost a savage fight to one of
Ft. Hood’s most undesirable visi-
tors — the Texas skunk. No*w,
SERVICE DRUG SAVE!
the members at 7:00 pum. pre-
'ceding the meeting
, Nine members had been named
a candidates for the three di-
rectors’ posts to become vacant
at the meeting, with three of the
i nominees being ladies. Nominees
! wore John Brumbaugh, Mrs. Ben-
ny Castloo, D. M. Hosea, Walter
Judge, R. L. Lipscomb, Mrs.
M E. McDonald, Mrs M. W.
Mullins, N. O. Rappe, and James
Hhodes. ..
' Chosen as new directors, for
three year terms, were Alice
Ann (Mrs. M. W.) Mullis, the
first lady director, Dr. R. L
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by Mrs, M. G. Yancey
Mrs. p. L. Vermillion attended' .
ithe funeral of S. D. Patton st
Lone Star, Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. James Coleman
of Longview were guests of Mr. I
and Mrs. C. L. Turner over the
weekend
Mr. and Mrs. Hobb Pennington
of Sanger spent the weekend
heve.
’ David and Tracy Rountree of
Mineola were guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Preston English and Mr.
And Mrs. Virgil Gilbreath last
) week.
> Mrs. M. G. Yancey attended
the funeral of Jerry Pearce at
Providence last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Williams
and Kevin, and Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Williams, of Dallas, visit-
ed Mr and Mrs. Floyd Williams
members a detailed financial res
port for fiscal 1968. \
mascot. Chester, mascot of Old Ironsides'
(the 1st Armored Division's) 3rd Bde.
"Bulldogs," tangled with a skunk that
wandered into the brigade area and lost
the fight, it seems.
(U.S. Army Photo by Sp4 Wolfgang Witz)
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Lipscomb and Jim (Dr. James
L.) Rhodes. Rhodes was ejected
again to the board. his term of
office having expired with this
meeting,, as had those of Ray
Watts and Bob Maddox.
Directors with two more years
to serve on 'the board are C. £.
Barbee, T. W Benham and Jim
Flynt. With an additional year on
the nine-member board are Kel-
ley Bruce, J. L. Ingram and Bill
Pickens. -
At the board’s organizational
meeting, Rhodes was chosen as
president for 1969. Assisting him
will be Jim Flynt, who had been
president for the past two years,
new vice preidient; T. W. Ben-
ham, re-elected treasurer; and
Eugene Mallory, also re-elected
as board secretary.
During the annual meeting of
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Serving
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his Masonic Lodge. ,
Gabler Gets' MS
From Texas A&M
Jim Gabler, graduate of Haw-
kins High School and TJC, re-
ceived his Master of Science De-
gree in Computer Science at
Texas A&M University on Jan.
18th.
Jim is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Mei Gabler, formerly of
Hawkins and now living in Long-
view. On March 3rd Jim will re-
port for service in the U. S.
Army, having enlisted for a three
year hitch. During the interval he
will be utilizing his knowledge of
computers and math working for
I Shell Oil Company in Houston.
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civilians scrambled into 64th St.
and Battalion Ave. to escape the
pink spray being flung in all di-
rections by the dog.
Then, satisfied at silenging the
laughter, Chester II sat down (
quietly allow the CBR team 1
finish its work.
"You just don't mess with thi
dog and get away with it,” one
soldier said. 1
“Yeah, but II get the last
laugh,” said MSgt. Robert Tur-
ner of Alvin, Chester’s first ser-
geant who had failed to escape
the pink shower of tomato juice
and skunk perfume.
He strode off Into the company
orderly room to type out the fur-
ry staff sergeant an Article IS
while the CBR team completed
its- work.
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Mrs. Pope’s Rites
Held On Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs.
Rhonda Lillian Pope, 84, were
held at 3 p.m. Saturday,. Jan. 34,
in the Salem Church of Christ,
near Alba, with Tiltt S. Teddlie
officiating. < , .
Burial in Salem pemetery was
under direction of the Wilson
Funeral Home of Alba
Mrs. Pope, a native of Bowie
County, came to Alba as a child
and lived there most of her life
before moving to Commerce sev-
oral years ago. She was a mem-
ber of the Commerce Church of
Christ. Sha died in a Commerce
nursing home on January 23rd,
after a lengthy illness.
She is survived by two sons,
Travis A. Pope of Alba and Dr.
Curtis L Pope at Commerce;
two daughters, Mrs. Walter Loon-
ey of Commerce and Mrs. Me-
Buel Gibbs of Abilene;. four
sisters,, Mrs. Joe Dawson of Atoka,
Okla., Mrs. John MeCanless of
Fort Worth, Mrs. Bill Scott of
Durant, Okla., and Mrs. Rex
Walker of Conowa, Okl.; two
brothers, Sam Dollar of Saa Jose,
Calif., and A. K Dollar of Sg-
Unas, Calif; nine grandchildren;
and 11
reat — grandchildren.
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’ We wish to express out deepest
appreciation for all the wonder-
ful expressions of love and sym-
path during the illness and less
at oua loved one, with special
thanks" to Rev C. M. White, of
the Hawkins Liberty Baptis
Church, the Rose Hill Cburch
Choir of Mineol, the doctors apd
staff of the Mineola General
Hospital for their consideratipp
far beyond the call of duty. We
pray God’s richest Mornings for
those at you who helped us in
thia trying time. -
Uto wite and childven' a
of the late
Thomas M. Bennett
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Peacock, Dan. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 46, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 29, 1969, newspaper, January 29, 1969; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493306/m1/7/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.