The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, November 2, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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FIFTY-SIXTH
YEAR OF SERVICE
Sta Most
Watch the date on your
paper. If the figure* 10-45
appear just folowmg your
name tt means your time
is out 10 month, 1st day,
1045. and you must renew
If you want the paper.
9Z.N PER YEAR
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER Z, 1045
VOLUME 54, NO. M
Wm. Townley Chair- Eaker-Seat Rites Are Held Legion Sponsors
___ _ * ------i uhers were Billie Joe Akins. Jake H • I I 1
man of War Loan
West Meets Quota
In Chest Drive
. >
West’s quota was $2250.50, and we
made it — with $21.02 to spare! The
West Mills Inc. and their em-
ployees turned in $519 this week.
The Mills and their employees have
consistently done their share. The
Mills sponsored a big War Chest ad, “jgegt artlC)> aays that you
and when everyone else seemed to . bondl__you don't. You
Bill Townley is the chairman of j
the last war loan drive in West.
As yet no plans have been made, J
but Mr. Townley says that next
week some committees will be ap-
pointed, and some definite reports
will be given to the West citizens
about West’s quota, and West's
progress in this last War Loan
drive.
I read an interesting article on
the back of this months Readers
<UiU WUV»* -----
feel that since the shooting is over,
their cpntrtbutlon could be smaller,
they once again gave West the
needed boost that made us reach
our quota. Our hats are off to you
you've done a wonderful Job!
All of you that made contribu-
tions to the War Chest Drive, should
be well rewarded in remembering
that it is your money that is helping
some war victims keep warm, and
helping them to keep from starving
to death. Too. it is your money that
did not let our service men down.,
SI
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do not buy bonds—you don’t. You
are getting your dollar to work for
you, to make money for you, to
save money for you. You don’t buy
anything when you buy a bond, you
are getting something, you are in-
vesting your money in the safest
thing in the world—your country’s
banks Beside that you get $4 for
every $3 you invest. Where else
could your money draw such In-
terest? Where else could your
money do so much good?
I have heard many of youssay, “I
ishers were Billie Joe Akins, Jake
Tucker and Hulen Pass.
Following the ceremony a recep-
tion was given at the home of the
brides parents. The brides table
was laid with a lace cloth and cen-1
errd with an arrangement of white
Chrysanthemums. Candles burned1
!n crystal candelabra Mrs Robert
J. Fulwiler. cousin of the bride pre-
sided at the punch bowl and Mrs.
Roy L. Crawford at the tiered wedd-
ing cake Other members of the
house party were Mrs. I. H. Skip-
per Misses Dorothy Stallings and
Jimmie Mae Cook. Miss Ruth Seat
was in charge of the brides book.
When the couple left for a wedd-
ing trip to California, the bride
was wearing a gray wool suit with
a aqua blue blouse and brown ac-
Armistice Day Parade
LA VEGA WINS M ’
The Methodist Church* of W1
was the scene Friday evening Oct.
19th of the marriage of Miss Ka-|" -■
" , V* , w„ cessories. Her corsage was of or-
thertne Seat, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs.GordonW. S;at to Lieut Boyd,cn,as- J _
F. Eaker of Camp Cook. California. Mrs Eaker Is a graduate of West
The bridegroom is the son of Mr.; High school, and has her B S. de-
and Mrs. George F, Eaker of Spgr-1 (free from N T 8.T. College at Den-
tanburg 8. * 100 Texas-
West lost to LaVega. 6-0. Accord-
ing to Jinx Tucker West was badly
outplayed, to the tune of 20 first
downs to 2, but from what we ga-
thered the situation was far from
that.
The two teams were fairly evenly
matched, neither having scored be-
fore this year. LaVega punting was
poor in comparison to Wests, and
La Vega's passing attack- was nil.
LaVega made their only score af-
ter a series of plays that brought
them to the goal and then they
went over center for the 6 points
that won the game. At one other
time LaVega threatened to score,
but thanks to Raymond Cervenka
the LaVega player was stopped
cash. Your bonds can be cashed in
at any time you need th%m, there
is no delay—but if you keep them;
10 years you get more money, for
your money.
Some people have even said, ‘‘I’m
not going to buy bonds because
they will just keep the soldiers
overseas that much longer.” Logic
will tell you that isn’t so. We need
money to bring the boys home, we
need money to give them their mus-
tering out pay, we need money to
support the G. I. Bill of Rights, we
owe those boyse that were wounded
the best that money can buy, we
owe for planes, tanks and ships and
all those weapons that won this
war for us, yes, even for the atomic
bomb. You will lend the Govern-
r*
did notf f7 can’t of ford to buy bonds. I need
For much of It Is being spent toen ^ „ Everyon#s answer t0 thls is
you OKI "■>• “ »«y
Kona, and boa* « «..»
should well repay your generosity.
East Texas C. of C.
Will Meet Nov. 7-8
Approved methods of securing
new industries and expanding those
already operating will be discussed
at a two-day Industrial conference
in Corsicana, November 7-8, accord-
ing to word received by Will Thom-
son, president of the Corsicana
Chamber of Commerce, from Hu-
bert M Harrison, vice president and
general manager of the East Texas
Chamber of Commerce, under
whose auspices the meeting will be Yqu wm lend tne UOvern-
held. John M. G mao a finent your money,“tmt at any thne
the industrial research an^e -; th™ne<>d your money
opment department of the East GoVernraent will give it back to
Tt»,. Chamber. ».U a.rec, the eon- £ ‘Kuthe be,.
ference. . ! investment you can make—so get
Attendance is promised from El drive than
lis. Hill, McLennan. Limestone.! ^ ™^
Freestone, Leon, Navarro » «, VICTORY LOAN. Don’t forget you
and Henderson Counties. lh® area are not buylngi you are getting—
to be served at this, the seventh of a mnnev can get
«*» - i x r e
out East Texas. _0_
Local chamber of commerce in-1 , , _ «
dustrial committees and represen- | 1VA 111 |gX2S.'
tatives of utilities and banks, rail-
road Industrial men, and others in- 1
terested in industrial development
have been Invited.
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Funeral Services
Will Be Held Sat.
ForT.Schroeder
Mr. Theodore Schroeder, a resi-
dent In the Tours community for
the last 63 years, passed away on
Oct. 31, 1945. Funeral servicec will
* be held from the residence at 9:30
A. M. and at 10:00 A .M. from St.
Martin’s Church on Saturday, Nov.
3, 1945. Rev. H. T. Schroeder, Mr.
Schroeder’s son, will officiate. In-
ternment will be at St. Martin’s Ce-
metery.
Mr. Schroeder was born in Co-
logne, Germany. At the age of nine
he moved to the Tours Community.
He was born on Nov. 24, 1873 and
was 71 years, 11 month, and 7 days
old at the time of his death.
Mr. Schroeder is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Mrs. Ben Upt-
mor of Tours and Sr. H. Henrietta
of Tulsa, Oklahoma; four sons, Ro-
bert S. and George W. of Tours,
John H. of Dallas, and Rev. John H.
The Rev. Roy L. Crawford p|r-
formed the double-dug ceremogy.
and traditional wadding music Mas
given by Miss Jimmie Mae Co4k
organist and Mrs. Roy L. Crawlold,
soloist, who sang "Because” and*‘I
Love you Truly ” Qreen foll«e
formed a background for the cere-
ricuiwj H!"
JS.T. Hail.
Legionatre*
The American Legion Boyd-Sy-
kora-Schiller Post No. 478 held a
regular meeting October 1®, 1945
in the St. Joseph’s Hall. Guests
were Capt. H. J Kozelskt, and Li.
H M Lednlcky of the Texas State
Guard and Mr. Hugo Freund re
presenting the SFJB.T.
There ware sixty-five
present.
Capt. Koceitki. Capt. Holasek, and
Lt. Lednicky spoke in behalf of the
State Guard asking some of the
members to join the State Guard.
Some six or eight new members
were recruited for the Guard as re-
sult of these talks.
The Post elected to sponsor a
dance in the SPJST. Hall on Satur-
day night. Nov. 10 1945. Adam F.
Lehr Louis J. Soukup Louis J.
Bezdek. Ernest J. Chudej, ami J. D.
West reached the one yard line | Wilkinson were named to a com-
twice in the game. Both times they , mlttee to make arrangement* for
had two downs to make the one j the dance.
1 ...... ” The members present decided
Lt. Eaker is a graduate of Spar-
tanburg High schcool Prior to en- , ... ..___
ter'r.K th, Uni,State, An,, £!gZfZgS
attending doling. In S. C. H, muM l.«, ,h„ did get do,,’
recently returned from duty over-
sea with the 20th Armored division
in the European theater of opera-
tions.
Lt. and Mrs. Eaker will reside in
mony and floor urns held arrange-, u ana Mrs tUKer wlil rc5lue m
ments of white chrysanthemums Cal| | rnla whUe the bridegroom
White tapers burned in tall canfe- ^ slatloned there.
Inhen
a black crepe dress, Milgrim m
■trimmed in gold with n
hat. her other accessories were
black. Her corsage’was red roses.
Everett Eaker, brother of the
groom, served as best man
Pfc. Joe E. Skerik Awarded
Bronze Star Posthumously
Buy Texas License
Austin October 30,—Hnundreds
of Texas residents are operating
their automobiles Illegally with li-
cense plates secured In other sta-
tes where the plates may be ob-
tained at a lower rate than In Tex-
Colonel Homer Garrison, Jr., Di-
rector of the Texas Department of
Public Safety, has advised that
there will start immediately an en-
forcement program to see that all
persons who are residents of Texas
properly register their automobiles.
Thousands of dollars are going in-
to the revenue of other state trea-
suries when it should be going in-
to the Texas treasury for the main-
tenance of Texas highways.
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Tokio School
Carnival, Sat.
To raise money for the school a
carnival will be given in Tokio
Saturday night, November. Bingo
will be played, they will also have
a cake walk, country store, fish
pond, grab box. and lunch stand
______________ . at which you may buy hamburgers
Schroeder of Lott; 1 sister, Mrs. j and hot dogs.
Louis Steinberger of Muenster, Tex-. “The Tokio School has been hav-
as; two brothers, William J. Schroe- I |ng a carnival for the past several
der of Windthrost and Albert T.1
Schroeder of Corpus Christi, Texas,
and five grandchildren.
The palbearers will be: Messieurs
Frank Deiterman, Anton Berger,
Anton Podsednlk, Ed Weidman, Joe
Dulock, and Herman Grimm.
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Better luck next, time.
Ken Sykora made a very nice run
on the return of the kick at the
half. Almost sixty yards, and then
Willie Ferguson made a forty yard
run on the return of a punt. At
another time In the game West
made about seventy yards in four
downs. The football boys say that
lots of credit should go to N. C.
Whitt, Jr. This is really the first
game that Whitt has ever been in—
he has played a little before this
year, but not enough to count. In
this game he was in on most Of
the tackles. Jaska, too, deserve
praise. He got off some sixty and
seventy yard kicks. That counts in
any game. This was West’s best
game. They made some good runs,
they blocked and they tackled.
The starting line-up was: Ends—
Sykoraand Willis, Tackles—Glomb
•after Barijor, OUcieds Snokh„U8 ml
McCoy, Center-Poteet, Backfield,
Nelson, Horn Jaska and Ferguson.
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SISTERS ENTERTAIN
Misses Mary and Helen Smajstrla
entertained their sister, Martha
(with a surprise birthday party, Sun-
| day afternoon, at the home of their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vaclav Smaj-
j stria. The honoree received many
! lovely gifts. A delicious lunch was
! served to Mr. Hollis “Pete” Neill of
exposing himself to the hostile tank ^aco, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Klaus
[ fire, successfully evacuated the cas-
1 ualtles in a minimum of time. Pri-
vate First Skerik was killed In ac-
labra.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father the bride wore a blue
creps dress. Milgrim model, a blue
hat with jewels and ostrich trim-
med her other accessories were
black. Her corsage was of orchids.
For something “borrowed” she
wore a cameo pin, which belonged)
to her aunt. For "something old" itr < * l n
she carried a handmade lace hand- }j}j 2,11(1 1)
kerchief, which was carried by her;
mother on her wedding day.
The bride’s only attendant was ;
her sister. Miss Ruth Seat she wore „ ... . „
: The West “B” team will play
r>°mfnrrt Thursday. November 1,
Out of town guests for the wedd-
ing were. Mrs. Robert J. Fulllver,
Lt. Melvin D. Jones, Mr. and Mrs.
W. O. Hill Mrs. Hardy Hay of Wa-
co. Texas. Mrs. 1. H. Skipper of San
Antonio Mr. Rankin Pace of Win-
ters and Mr. Everett W. Eaker of
Spartanburg, South Carolina.
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Teams to Play
on a local field at 7:45. _
play Groesbeck in
night, Novem-
West will
Groesbeck Friday
and | ber 2.
and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Ruzicka and family, grandmother
—----------- Ruzicka, grandmother Smajstrla,
tion In a subsequent engagement.” j Mr and mfs. j0hn Polansky, Mr.
i The decoration will be forwarded ’ and Mrs. V. J. Urbanovsky and
to the Commanding General, daughters, S-Sgt. and Mrs. Alphons
j Eighth Service Command, Dallas, j urbanovsky, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph
i Texas, who will select an officer to p0iansky and family, Mr. and Mrs.
! make the presentation. The officer Emji Klaus. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Po-
! selected will communicate with you iansky and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Package Inn—things are getting to
I concerning your wishes in the mat- j Hoiy and family, Mr. and Mrs. Jim j very post-war. There U defi-
ter. Sinkule and sons, Mr. and Mrs. j nRe news that nylons will be her*
My deepest sympathy is extended Franlt Kubacak and daughters, and , for Christmas if all goes well, and
to you in your bereavement. I-- —j •*— *—i.... . ... —j---.
Sincerely yours,
EDWARD F. WITSELL,
Major General
that since Armistice Day falls on
8unday and since we haven't cele-
brated a peace-time Armistice four
years, then we should celebrate
with a holiday and a parade on
Monday November 12, 1945. A pro-
clamation will be issued asking ail
business houses to close on that
day. BUI Girard Bill Holy, and Rud.
J. Janek were appointed to serv*
on a committee to make all prepa-
rations for the parade.
Several members discussed the
question of reorganizing the Ladles
AuxUiary and then decided to do
so at the next regular meeting on
the third Thursday of November.
All mothers, sisters and daughter*
of the Legionaires arc urged to
come to this next meeting.
J. D. (Buddy) Wilkinson,
Post Adjutant ,
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REPORT ON COTTON
GINNED THIS YEAR
Up to last Saturday thefe were
3192 bales of cotton ginned In West.
This figure Is much lower than was
expected due to the heavy rains
that we had at the first of the
month. However the fanners are
finding that they will be able to sal-
vage much of their crop that they
had counted as a total loss before.
With New
Businesses
In West
With the new Ford in town the
New Chevrolet soon to be here, and
F. G. Gerlk’s new refrigerators that
are on display at T.P. and L. and the
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Skerik received
a letter from the war department
dated October 12. The letter reads:
Dear Mr. Skerik:
I have the honor toinform you
that, by direction If the President,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Nemec and sons.
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Denton, Texas — Among the
j twenty-seven North Texas State
—- ! college co-eds who recently became
Acting The Adjutant General members of the Senior Current Li-
Pfc. Joe E. Skerik received his ^^ Cl? Mrs^W
first bronze star for heroic achieve- daughter o . '
ment in combat on January 21,1944 Seat o Wes . *t
in Italy. Surlng the operations on stated in a rad^nalcan^eUght
the banks of a strategic river, Pfc. cwmof 'n,the Mary t
- C‘“” Skerik was a 1een driver instructed Mi5S Seat U a 8611101 stu<3ent ma*
the Bronze BXu Medsd and one ®k^acuate inter patients from the J®** in elementary education at
Oak-leaf Cluster, indicating an ad- Hattfllinn station the North Texas State^
ditional award of the Bronze Star
Medal, have been posthumously a-
warded to your son, Private First
Class Joe E. Skerik, Medical Depart-
ment. The citation is as follows:
BRONZE STAR MF.DAL AND ONE
OAK LEAF CLUSTER
"For the heroic achievement In
combat on November 5th, -1944 in
xxx. When an enemy tank began
Friendly Facts
By Roy L. Crawford
As long as there is religion
there will be saints and sinners;
and as long as there are sinners
• n; and as long aa
“ sre will he
ssrS
years and those of you that have
attended have always reported hav-
ing a marvelous time—so be sure to
go again, and take your friends—
that way spending a pleasant eve-
ning, and helping the school too!
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SOPHOMORE PARTY (
The Sophomores will have a party
at the High School Gym on Novem-
ber 9,1945. The sponsors of the class
are Miss Mary Dvoracek and Miss
Opal Mosher. The chaperones will
be Mrs. W. E. Krlzan, Mrs. I. Webb,
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Nelson, Mrs Mate
Pomykal, Mrs. Floyd McCoy and
Mrs C. Lott,
3rd Battalion aid station to the North Texas state„
rear. In preparation for an attack
against the hostile positions, he
reconnoitered a narrow, muddy
road to a point 100 yards from the
river. When the attack was launch-
ed and numerous casualties were
Those That Gave
jTo the War Chest
if all goes well, and
that is good news!
Bill Pareya finally had time to
chat awhile and tell us about his
new domino parlor and cafe. The
cafe will be opened soon, and the
domino parlor already has been,
in the building next door to Pola-
sek’s Hardware store. Bill is having
a hard time selecting a name have
you any suggestions? The domino
parlor and the cafe will be side by
side only connected by a door. So
those of you that want some of
Bill’s good hamburgers and don’t
care to play dominoes will be more
than welcome. Alphonse Grimm Is
associated with Bill Pareya and he
will be very glad to serve you.
The Tip Top Cafe, that has been
owned for the last three years by
sent back across the river, he drove West MilK Inc and their , ^ wag recently boUght out
along the hazardous road under employees------------------“ by Mr. Jess Harper and his son, Jes-
i ■ — — - * “--. ._
continuous enemy artillery and Freshmen Class —--------------
xxx. wnen an euemy laim ucgttu j mortar fire evacuating the wound- Sophomore Class---------------
shelling a house occupied by friend-1 ed. By his determination and fore- Junior Calss--------------------
ly troops, the building was set afire,! sight he greatly facilitated the eva- Senior Class ...........—------
and two soldiers were seriouslly in- cuation of casualties. West Elementary School.......
Jured. They managed to crawl to a Joe enlisted with the 36th Divi- Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Robinson
nearby house and there waited to sion, Med. Det., West Co. in Novem- Mrs. Lady B. Fulbright .......
be evacuated. Private First Class j ber, 1940. He was sent overseas in Mrs. Charlie Jones--------------
Skerik, a jeep driver for the 3rd1 April 1942 to Africa and then to H. W. Johnson-------------------
Battalion Aid Station, drove a group j Italy. He was awarded the Go-d Clarissa Nelms .......—.........
of litter bearers toward the build-' Conduct Medal, Bronze Star and Mrs. Lucille Majors------------
lng The hostile tank continued fire- i Cluster, and Purple Heart. Joe was Willie M. Christmou---------
ing down the road and Into the sur- j killed on the 21st of November, Troy L. Odems ---------------
rounding houses. Although lt had 1944. He has three brothers in the Vernia M. Odems---------------
service; Cpl. Frank in the Air Corp, Lillie M. Butler-----------------
stationed at George Field. 111. Cpl. Emmett Griggs-----------------
Henry, was last heard from In Ger- Mrs. Dora Sullivan ----------
many, and his parents hope he Is Rev. H. K King---------------
homeward bound, and&Frt. Willie Mrs. Annie Walker
who is stationed at Miami Beach, Mrs. H. J. KogeteM ---,
IfYeipt Lin®
been planned to leave the Jeep In
a sheltered position and hand-lit-
ter the wounded back to it, Private
First Class Skerik, aware of the
critical condition of the injured
diers, fearlessly drove his
Class Skerik, aware of the many, and his parents hop
1 condition of the injured sol- homeward bound, andjPvt
fearlessly drove his vehicle] who Is stationed at Miami
tt into die sheBed area and. ‘ Florida.
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14.72
14.17
2.00
1.00
50
50
.25
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55
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sie G. Harper Jessie G. recently re-
ceived his discharge from the army.
He was in the army for four y«
11 months and eight days. He
with the 36th Division, Me'
Corp. Texas Company and saw i
ice in Africa and Italy.
Mr. Harper bought the
from Mr. Will Steele and 1
the cafe from Mr. Twitty.
the materials are available there
will be some extensive
done, Mr Harper says. Je
that they are going to l.. .
day dinners, good ones, so let’s i
drop In and try one soon! f
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