The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 18, 1945 Page: 1
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Volume 36
Schools
Infantile
observing the March of Dimes and
the Presidents birthday celebrations
to raise funds for waging
the buttle against tlhe dtead home
front enemy infantile paralysis
Among American fighting men
in Italy the appeal will lie the
Kilometre of Dkcis George Wu
vcrley Briggs of Dallas Texas
vicechairman has been notified
A iMarch of Rials will be staged in
Iran where the rial worth about
eight cents is the coin of nearest
value to the American dime At
other foreign posts military personnel
will hold card parties
shooting contests dances and other
vents i or the campaign
Through the appointment of
Major Joe W Lisman of the Eighth
Service Command at Dallas
as director of army participation
in the command area Texas becomes
the focal point for fundraising
efforts among the service
forces in Texas Oklahoma New
Mexico Arkansas and Louisiana
This appeal is especially close
to the hearts of the armed forces
said Major Lisman because last
year during the second worst
epidemic of iniantile paralysis in
Continued on back page
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Series of Farm
Meetings Are
Scheduled
There is to be held a series of
meetings starting Thursday night
January IS at Vigo Park nnd to
be continued m the following manner
through January 20 Love
Jan lJ Price Jan 22 Kress
hi 23 Center Plains Jan 21
Iulia Jan 25 in connection with
the Farm Buieau Meeting and at
Happy on Jan 20 Tho diifeiont
ng sneics Soil Conservation Service
Farm Security Administration
Home Demonstration Agent
County Agent Swuhcr County
KEA Tulia National Farm Loan
Association and a repiesentative
of the County Agricultural Con
ervation Association will give
brief talks on their ipliuis of helping
tho farmers loach their 1915
crop goals These agencies would
like for as many farmers as possible
to attend these metetings as
they feel Uhal each one will benefit
from these meeting
Lt Elvin L Sims
Missing In Action
Over Hungary
LT ELVIN L SIMS
Lt Eh in L Sims son of Mr
and Mrs M J Snrs of Happy
has been reported by the government
to be missing in action over
Hungary since December 26 He
was the copilot of a B24 and
was making his fifteenth mission
into enemy territory from a base
n Italy the report stated
Lt Sims is the husband of the
ormer Miss Opal Evans daughter
of Mr and Mra Henry
Evans of Tulia
THE TULIA HERALD
and Clubs To Aid In
Paralysis Drive Here
James T Hulc was appointed j
this week by K V Miller Swish j Paul W Miller
er County Chapter Chairman of t DI C J
the National Foundation of Infnn aP prisoner oenas
tile Paralysis to ihcad the March Parents Post Card
of Dimes Campaign in the rural
areas of the county and in all of
the countys schools to raise funds
for combating infantile paralysis
Those wishing to centrioute to
this worthy cause are requested t3
mail or bring contributions to
James T Hale or K V Miller
Beginning soon the Grand Then
ire will feature a 3hort subject
pertaining to the March of Dimes
campaign and n collection will betaken
up after each performance
it was announce by Thomas Edwards
theatre manager
Texas servicemen nnd women
stationed throughout the world
will join the folks bade home in
SOT PAH MILLER
Mr ami Mrs A S Miller receives
a post card this week from
their son Sgt Paul W Miller
who id being held a prisoner b >
tin Japanese in the Philippines
since the fall of Batumi and Cor
regsdoi in 1912
The card was the first wotd the
inircntu had lcceivod from thcli
son since Merch 1911 and merely
stated that he was doing fine and
hoped they would celebrate Ohiist
mas at his expense The card
came from the Philippine Prison
Camp No
County Jersey
Show Will BeHeld
April 7
Members of the Swisher County
Jersey Cattle Club met in the dis j
trict courtroom Jan 11 to discuss
plans for the annual county
dairy thow to be held on April 7
Tho local show will have the same
qualifying divisions as tho Pan
handlePlain i Dairy Show which
will hj held one week later
The club voted to send a herd
of Swisher County Dairy cattle
to the Ft Worth Fat Stock Show
Kaeh member agiectl to take cut
a menibeiship in the Texas Jersey
Cattle Olub and appointed B F
Kreig to apply for the membershipsS J Payne picsident of the
locnPIeisey club outlined the 1915
dairy piogram as given at the
Texas Jersey Cattle Club Convention
lecently
Tulia Swisher County Texas Thursday January 18 1945
Swisher County
Farm Bureau
Meets Thursday
The Swisher County Farm Hu
reau will hold its reguliy meeting
Thursday Jan 25 ut K p in In
the district courtroom
The program will > c made up
of n report on the Mate Convon
tion by S J Payne chairman of
the local club a loport on the
Xatiotul Contention by J V C < >
a discussion of the 1015 ngneul
tj al program by members of the
De artment of Agriculture in
wisher county ami other faun
mean bushiest
All members are urged to
nresetiL Iloficshnuiits will
sirved
be
be
Appleton Talks On
Ben Franklin Al
Kiwanis Club
Sam Appleton was in charge of
the program at the Tulia Kiwanis
Club Tuesday at noon and tnlk
nl > n the life ol Benjamin Finnk
i i as i pent Ameiiean and
vt > usiren
Miss Hutchinson a field ropro
entatlvo with the American Ked
ioss made a short talk on the
fi rthcomlng Hcd Cross War Fund
Drive which will begin on March
1 George Childress has been
named to head the campaign in
Swisher County this year succeeding
K C Goodman Hcd Cross
War Fund chairman for the
past two yenis
Following the program Dr K
P Stewart secretary of the club
assigned ten members of the
club the responsibility of writing
to one of the ten honorary members
of the Kiwanis Club which
includes Lt Col Carl T Dulniy
Major K J Gee Lt H A Win
gert Ensign Chns W Weisen
burg Ensign II M Uaggarly
Sgt Hoy Hollzclaw Sgt Hoy
Rogers Maikham Waddill Seaman
2e J Thornton Musick A
S and Dr H L Hi own merchant
marines
Milk Payments
Due For November
And December
Payments aie now being made
n milk produced duriiiK tlie
months ol November and December
19H Everyone should bring
their stubs to the Swisher County
ACA Office as payments cannot
be inside for these two months
alter February 2H 1915 The
i itcs of payment will be the same
as lor the months of Septembei
and October Everyone should
keep in mind that January February
and March pioduetioiis will
all be paid together beginning
April 1
ie
B T Kirkpatriclc
Receives Promotion
To Lieutenant jg
Mr and Mis Hen I Kirkpatnk
of Tulia leurid this week that
their con H T Klikpntriek Jihad
been pn noted ti Lieutenant
J K
H T is with the Naval Transport
Command and U ttnlinuco in
tlie Aotulralty Inland group lie
wen his gild pilot wings upon
completion of the proscribed flight
tunning coinsi at the Navttl Air
Training Center Pensacola Fin
in October 1H III and was oidei od
overseas early in 1911
I T has a brotlei Knxicti
Stwart Klrkpatrick who if also
a pilot in the Naval Air CoipH
Though coincidence the In others
met at a Soutn Sea Inland Naval
base and were tcgether ChiixtiiiiiA
Day i il I
Swisher County
To Have Exhibit
At Army Display
I Swisher count Mill lake an
hibit featuring Jer y cattle
I rigation and allyear pnstuie
the Amarillo Army Ait Field
1 dustrial confeunce to be held
x1
I
to
ill
ill I
the Crystal ball room of the Hor
ring Hotel on Jan 2125
I The two day program of din
cupsion will fciitiui agriculture
I products to tlie fullest extent pe
troleum carbon black and theii
byproducts Idnerals textiles
water and traiispoi Ution
bilities and picrcnt industrial facilities
Everyone Is invited to
attend th < meeting mid inspect
Continued on back page
Sgt Roy Preston
fs Awarded The
Bronze Star
Sg Hoy ti Iltstiii son of Mr
and Mm K V Preston of Vigo
Park him been nwarded the llrnnru
Star for meiiti riotts conduct while
nrving with the Fluid Aitllleiy
of the I S Army In Jormauy
during Uie period from Oct Il
ll Itll
He icreived the citation fur cet
vlce as a ennnoiicer with a tank
destroyei t > attalioii cugiifd In
giving uutitaiik protection to an
infantry nssiuill foice During this
period several eountyriittnck vscrn
liuinched by the eiiMiiy and flic
from the ciieiu tanlu hi ought tlie
gnu einpliiciinii nt Wider dlieef
fire ninny turns but Sgt Pi union
and hi coiuiMiios Ilmiimcd rcno
lutely at their posts Largely asa
resul of Sgi PuMtoiV unswci
ving devotion to duty the ilotei
mined offnit of tin memy uic
ni ulfiii and it loan otto hostile
tank d stroyod It was stolen In
the citation by L S Ilolbs Major
Cciicrnl U S Aiiiiy iiimiiiidlng
Sjt Pieiton Is a giminute of
Tulia High School and unlisted
foi itilllUiiv him vice in New Mexico
Ho litis been tivmsotiH since Inno
I HU I II wire is tho form i
Mirs Louise Fudge and in touching
in Lhv school at Mauvoll New
Mexico
Pvt Jenrgo K HuHer who in
stationed at Kelly Field Sin Antonio
Iiiir bo ii visiting hm piiiei Is
Mr and Mrs Mike Hiber ol the
Kaffn coninitiuiiy
James Chas Ford
Receives Rating
Radioman 3c
James Initios Foul sou of Mi
anil Mis lumen S Ford of Tiilln
baa leeelveil a piotnolion from
miiiiuui 2i to mdnimiin I i with
the enntinuiurnliiin team of ritilm
wotk on a inert hunt ship mxitil
ing in the Pacific
Young Foul enlisted in the U
K Navy on Sept III Mill He
leciiived his > uot induing al San
Dioho Calif and was latei mint
to Texan A At
M college fot > i
t inn si in iiitlio tlmn traim
ferietl to Oronnsldit Calif to nn
otlipt school ami was otdeiod
iiviiRcns on May 21 I1MI
After being mint ovuihisih he
letelvid mid cniuplutnil his tuiln
Ing In viiice radio at Pisiri llnr
Ioi He nt a PMil gtnduiite of
Tulia High School
Methodists To
Hear Talk On
The Church
The lliv lames H Ilartoll fas
lot of the FiinI MolJuMlint Cluitch
will liiing i seiinon In hN u n
giegatlon Sunday uioiiiliig on
Seek the Loul ItiHiilU The
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mirle of seuitiiiM the piistnt In
Pleaching dunng Jamiiiy on The
dliuvh
I auU Weilnimliv fimn H to K fi
> 111 pi l mint if all iilei n eel nf
the clltJith fui it pi in I ol > oiik
n iver m oliMXHHiM and
stndj
SmsiiiI iniimt for Suiidny mhum
oiitiiiiiid mi Inn k jii i
Swisher County Boys Return Home From Overseas Battlefronts
CIL
GEOKGE
SCIIAFEIt
Cpl Geo Schafer
Spends Furlough
With Parents
Cpl George W Schafer is
spending a 30dav furlough with
his parents Mr and Mrs H C
chafer of ViKo Park He has
the European theater of operations
participating in all of thi
major battles in North Africa
and was in the first battle when
the allies took Oran
Cpl Schafer has four campaign
stars and tho Purple Heart which
he was awarded for wounds he
received while in battle action in
Italy on Jan 27 1911 that kept
him in the hospital in Italy for
lbO days
Schafer will report to Fort
Bliss for reassignment upon the
termination of his furlough
K
Dave Edwin Hutson S
2c
Dave Edwin Hutson
Receives Medical
Discharge From Navy
Dave Edwin iHutson seaman second
chits of the U S Navy is here
visiting rehtives after receiving
been overseas since May 1942 in a medical dischaVgc
Hutson entered thj service early
in 1014 and after a morth of boot
tilining at San Diego Calif he
was assigned to a ship and has
been in service in thj Southwest
Pacific since March 19 M
His family includes two brother
in tho Army Pvt Elvin Hutson
anJ Cpl Melvin Hutson a father
M T Hutson of Foresbburg Texas
and the following brothers and
sisters in Swisher county Mrs
Chris Christensen Mrs Semmic
Vaughau Ben Lawrence and Val
ton Ilutson
Sgt Trotter
Returns From
Overseas Duty
T gt liffmd L Trotter on
cf Mr and Mi L D Tetter of
Kiss is hume on fiiilougii afti i
fpondug viijI months m Li v
lard with the Eighth A V I
Homber iroup and when he m
1 jilt ted many missions ovu U
cc tit inert
he ten ived tb Ditm I
II mt roM the A r M < I tl >
lir ii 1 isUth I Jin > i i
and the P T 0 offun i and d >
fi iv < ribbon
sgt Trotter and hi piret t
wtri in Tulia Mon hiy whi u he
h > ttkin out a nernbn hip in t > <
MeKenie Post Votennn of Foi
eign Wars Upm the expiration
of ihis furlough he will go to La
1 redo Texas for reassignmunt
Sjogren AMM 2c
Returns Home After
17 Months Overseas
Carl Stanford Sjogren A M M
2c left Friday for Oakland Calif
after spending a 10 dnj furlough
wih his parents Mr and Mm
C F Sjogren of Krc < n
SJoigrcn enlirted in April HM2
and was anion tho firt boys to
theater
leave Swisher oninty Ho has
seen 17 montlu of combat service j ton Texan and was sont
in tho Southwest Pacific war Hams Field Arizona
Iris Gicso and Famne Bvll
Whitaker who are attending school
at E N M C PorUles N M
visited in the home of Mrs Carl
L Hale Jr over the weekend
i Lt Jess Edwards
I Home After 18
Months Overseas
J Fiist Lt Jtni H EdwitnU i
Hpcnditg a tf 1day fuilcivh with
hi parent Mr und Mrs Howard
JVwards of Tulm He ha just
recently returned from the Europ
enr war theater wihore he was with
the Aimy Air Forces He n
based in Enghfd with a H21 Lb
berator Bomber group
Lt Edwardr ciliMod in the Air
Corps in June i ll it Ft SUck
to Wil
He was
j transferred to the cadets in May
11912 and w nt to Santa Ana Calif
for preflight draining He rocelv
I ed his basic training at Pecon
Texas and primary at Ft Stockton
Ho completed his advanced
training at Marfa Texas where ho
Continued on back page
Sgt Robert Potter
Spends 3 Years
In S W Pacific
liill Hubert Potter lelurnexi
home lust week a tor utmost 3
year 01 nwr < ns < Juty with tlie
t > i Eititioers in tho Kritithwcst
Patific
He 1 the son of Mr and Mrs
lemy Cotter pioieer tesidents of
Tuba and the husband of Mrs
Ma jlle links Potter who resides
here
Potter entered tho suryicus in
May 1011 and was sent to Australia
In February 1912 and was
stationed for u tune in Now
Guinea nnd on other Islands in
tho Southwest Pacific
He has a 21day furlough nnd
upon Its expiration will go tn abase
in Louisiana for reassignmentThose Boys Need mx
wmmomi
In I I Pin uluy Jan
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Number S
Drizzle Brings Beneficial Moisture IVWheat
A slow drljulc which started
trly yesterdw brougbt 25 lubes
of inoistuic tci Juli i and U >
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To V F W Meeting
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Nephew of Local
Woman Killed In
Battle of Leyte
Mf l > II ThoiiiiMKut hi n
reived word Ihnl her in phi v
A Uiiitliiiigton It wai lulled In
actiiiii en Layte in tit Philippine
Islnnd giouti on Dirinnlici I luM
Woithlugton enteieil tin ncr
vlro ii t a moiitli after tin Jiim
truck at PenrI llailmr anil wiut
Iniluetisl at Paitipm wluire he wan
employed by an oil cotnpanv Ho
Is Uio nn of Mr and Mti V A
Wnrtliiiigtou of WiuiiHlioio IVxas
American Legion
Post 214 Holds
Annual Meeting
Appioiiuiutcly It ui < iikbcii and
gilents were pit Kent at the legion
Hull Monday night when tin Post
M of thi American L < ginii ImIcI
their annual purly and meeting
A flir a short l ulni us icnsiois
which was piiniiled over h T J
Itolth couililindui dlnnnl wui seiv
oil
CountyWide
4H Club Meets
Saturday
Then in to he a rnei ting of tho
i niinty Wide tII Club Siihtnluy
afli i noon iL 2 M > In the illntrtut
imi ti nun All iiiiinlii Im aie urg
I lo he ptcnent an the iiutting
mI iiinslit of a visit to nil club
tuny ji niiiintiiiliiiim tatisl C C
Miook luer County Agent
Agriculture Maices
Plans To Function
For G I Bill
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and Hew Mexico heud from II W
Hudgens Vashlnuton FSA A
stxiate Aciiniiiiitritor of the part
FS will play in the Ol program
The luw ptovide that the go
wirunent through ii Vetemn
Adiiiinistrutioii urirantee a
maximum of 20io i ut in no
< ase more than 51 ptKint f any
loan made to fan ty a
pnvauj or other hi ing oune
The VrlPiuns Ailmun trat on It
larantee the luiti upon uiom
incndutlon of the Certifying Committee
n tne respective luunty
tliat 1 tho procoeds of such
loan will be used In payment for
real or personal property puchas
ed or to be puchaeed by the veteran
or for repairing altering
or improving any building or
equipment to be used m bona
fide fanning operations conducted
by him 2 that such property
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Miller, R. V.; Sprowls, Ed W. & Reynolds, Willis. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 36, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 18, 1945, newspaper, January 18, 1945; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42881/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.