The Sunday Record (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 42, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 16, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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CTOKY
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BONDS
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The Sunday Record
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ESTABLISHED IN 1929 AS THE WOOD COUNTY RECORD
Fourteenth Year—Number 42
Mineola, Texas, Sunday, January 16, 1944
Four Pages Today
fourth War Loan Drive
Opens Tuesday, Jan. 18
Rotary Club Has
Committees Named
For Business Part
County Quota Set
$660,000, Mineola
Quota $186,250
The Fourth War Loan Drive
Will get underway throughout
W°°<i County on Tuesday. Jan-
uary 18, with the county quota
■ set at $660,000, according to S.
Cooper, chairman. Mineola
been assigned a quota of
86,250, according to Cooper.
\ Once more the Rotary Club
has shouldered the task of help-
ing put over the drive in Min-
eqla. Block workers were as-
signed at a meetimng held at
the City Hall Tuesday after-
noon.
Other quotas in the county
inelude: Winnsboro, $195,500; j soft bed.
Quitman, $139,500; Hawkins, -
Sgt. John Stedry
Tells of Australia
Sgt. Johnny Stedry son of
Air. and Mrs. Fred Stedry of
the Concord community, writes
his parents from Australia that
he enjoyed a fair time Christ-
mas. Stedry has been in Aus-
tralia for several months, re-
ports that the nights in his
section are comfortably cool,
and that he always uses one
blanket. He said that he would
sure enjoy the Monitor.
The young soldier evidenced
a keen interest in the prob-
lems of the farm back home,
asked about the wheat that
had been sown in the orchard
and wanted to keep informed
on the progress of his father’s
work during 1944. He had re-
cently had a three day pass
and reported seeing some real
farm land. He also said he en-
joyed spending two nights on a
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John David Lambert
| Wounded In Action
; In Italy Recently
wKwm Alba, $37,250 and the!
®pSSUy"°?«.ooocharse of Land Cruiser of
Navy In Mineola
Next Thursday
indsey, $41,000.
Block workers in Mineola are
as follows;
Southeast block, Ocie Fair, J.
Thomas and Milton Usry;
[orthwest block, Ray Neill, Joe
a?dK, I?nt1,d, Slarn£;| T1« K®eral PhWic, as well as
Northeast block MUes Caudle, ent.a] recraits is lnvited t0
J. O. English and W. H. Prim; , t the ... d Iand
Southwest block, R. H. Carra- [
way, J. B. Selkirk and T. A.
Collins; Outying parts of the the lnterest of
business district, Otho McKaig | for
and Joe Smith.
“cruiser” which will visit Min-
eola Thursday, January 20, in
recruiting men
navy’s Ship Repair
Bureau of Public Rolatmns U. S War Department
LIGHTNING REPAIRS OF BOMB DAM AGE—Sometimes it is merely a matter of minutes aftei
enemy aircraft bomb an airfield until U. S. Army Aviation Engineers are on the job repairing the
damage. The portable steel landing mat is replaced and the runways are available for American
planes in the shortest possible time. This scene ac Guadaeanal is typical of the efficient work in
pestering a shattered airfield. The Seabees, naval counterpart of the Aviation Engineers, have made
splendid records in this theater of operations.
___ _ . ... . _ . i Units, men for general service, on
The drive will close on Feb- and wom0n fQr th0 1 North Dakota- 311
ruary 15. Bonds bought be-
tween January 1 and February
29, inclusive, will count on the
quota. '
Naval Aviation Is
Seeking 19 to 26
Year Old Men
The “cruiser” will drop an-
chor here at 9;00 a.m. and is
scheduled to “shove off’* at 8:00
January 21. The land-going
“vessel” consists of a large four
wheel trailer, towed by a truck.
The trauer is equipped with
modern facilities, including an
office for handling applications
for enlistment, living quarters
for the crew, and a public ad-
dress system.
Patriotic music will be pro-
The Navy, beginning immed- v*ded over the loud speaker
iately, will enlist qualified system> and literature and in-
young men from 19 to 26, in- j formation on Ship Repair Units,
elusive, in its aviation cadet WAVES, and general service will
program under an increased be §|ven freely and without ob-
quota for Class SV-5. Hereto- j ^afion- 4
fore, only 17 and 18 year olds. Navy recruiters manning the
with high school education ve^lcIe- which among others
were eligible for flight training. 4ias visited every state in the
Lieut. Comdr. G. W. Cook, Jr., jnation> will accept applications
officer-in-charge, of the Dallas ror enlistment in ail male
Office of Naval Officer Pro-1 ^ ouiJS- Accepted applicants in
curement, Allen Building, said | *hcse groups will be furnished
the expanded quota probably i transom tation to the nearest
'recruiting station for final ex-
amination and completion of
enlistment Information only is
available to women interested
in the WAVES.
Everyone is aware of the
current need for women to
serve in the WAVES, and the
story has been told over and
over again of how youth is the
backbone of the navy. However
the Ship Repair Units is a
brand new branch of naval ser-
vice. Men enlisted in this
Four Camp Fannin
Soldiers Settle
Dad Draft Squabble
Uncle Sam has settled the
argument over drafting fathers
at least as far as four trainees
in one company here are con-
cerned. The four have a total
of 21 children among them.
Pvt. Jose D. Leyba, 36, of
Conjillon, New Alexico, has six
children and draws $208 a
month with the dependency
alotment. Pvts. Frederico Ne-
grete, 37, of El Paso, Texas.
Leonard Cozad, Sr., 27, of An-
adarko, Oklahoma, and Anton
Kombeitz, 31, of Karlsruhe,
have five
children each.
They are all in Co. A, 61st
Bn., 13th Regiment.
Mineola Wildcat
Fails to Find
Any Paluxy Sand
Quitman Pool
Boasts a New
Producer
Many Texas Drivers
Licenses Expiring;
Should Be Renewed
Austin — Approximately 450-
GOO operators licenses of the
current issue have recently ex- ]\j0 further word lias been re-
pired State Director Homer Gar-! ceivecJ
rison said today. These licenses j Be }S the son of Mr. and Mrs.
bear serial numbers from one | j p Lambert of Mineola. He is
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Word was received from the
War Department on Christmas
Eve by Airs. Margaret Lambert
that her husband, John David
Lambert of Tyler, had been
slightly wounded in action on
December 5th while in Italy.
to 300,000 and 1,000.000 to
150,000.
Some final data was released: Garrison urged drivers to
Friday on the Roeser & Pen- I check their licenses which ex- i Brown wood
dleton, Inc. No. 1 D. B. White, pu-e two years from date of'
John David Cowan
Now Reported As
Lost In Action
26 years of age and has been
in the Army for three years.
He was trained at Camp Bowie.
Camp Blandin,
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eep wi dcat drilled west of, issue, so that the licenses can, Massachusetts before being
Mineola and abandoned earlier1 be renewed prior to expiration,
in the week. A failure, the hole j When a person’s license ex-
was abandoned dry at correct-1 pires, the law considers him as
ed total depth of 7,165 feet, a new driver, and he must take
elevation 392 feet above sea a driving test,
level. The well never found the
Paluxy sand and the Woodbine
was very low. Operators were
reported dismantling rig at the
location, one and three quar-
ters of a mile west of town.
Two and one-half miles south
west of Winnsboro in the Lee
survey, Gulf No. 1 Brewer, wild-
cat with elevation 479 feet is
coring past 8,240 feet. It was
reported good porosity with
Funeral Services
Held Saturday foi
Mp». Ben Bruner
resulted from tightening of de-
ferments for civilians under 22
years by Selective Service.
Comdr. Cook believes a large
number of these young men
will be interested in applying
for training as an aviation ca- ‘
det and being given an oppor-
tunity to earn a commission as
an Ensign, U. S. Naval Reserve,
or as a U. S. Marine Corps
Second Lieutenant. He asked
that they write his office for
full details.
Hig school graduates, physi-
cally qualified for flight train-
ing, may be considered for the
program if they are from 17 to
26 years old.
The Navy will require those
6' 19 and older to have at least
one year of college training.
They will be permitted, if en-
H listed, to complete their cur-
rent college term if enrolled as
a full time student.
These young men will be or-
dered to duty at one of the
levy’s selected flight prepara-
tory schools to begin the 16 to
18 months’ training necessary
to win the Navy Wings of Gold
Seventeen and 18 year old
boys who will graduate from
MgH school not later than July
1, 1944, will receive 8 months’
additional education in the
Navy ,V-12 program. Then they,
too, will be "ordered to flight
training.
Ensign John David
U. S. Naval Air Corps, previous-
ly reported as missing in ac-
tion in performance of duty,
was reported as lost in action,
according to a letter received
by his mother, Mrs. Ethel Cow-
an. Friday morning. „No details
were released for publication
by the Navy Department.
John David, regarded by all
as one of Mineola’s finest young
men, was reared here, the son
of Mrs. Cowan and the late
John Cowan, well-known news-
paperman. He was the grandson
of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Kitchens.
Entering service in June, 1942,
following his graduation from
Baylor University, he received
his wings and commission as
an Ensign later that year in
Corpus Christi.
Ensign Cowan went overseas
in June of 1943.
Last rites were conducted
Saturday afternoon at the First
Baptist Church for Mrs. Ira
p „ 1%^ 011 or gas at 8’000-08 feet,G. Bruner. 64, with the pastor,
Cowan, after running survey. Base ofjRev> R. E streetman officiating
branch will fix damaged ships; Mineola’S Gen, Giles
Now Air Chief, Says
WACs Badly Needed
at advanced naval bases, or
follow in the wake of task
forces, to repair all but major
damage on the spot.
Needed in the Ship Repair
Units are such skilled trades-
men as carpenters, electricians,
welders, metalworkers, riveters,
radio engineers and technicians
and many others. And age lim-
its embrace a wide scope—from
18 to 50 and a half years.
Precinct Three
Singing Sunday
It was announced this week
by S. B. Richardson that Pre-
cinct three Singing will meet
sext Sunday afternoon, Jan-
uary 16, at Mt. Pisgah. The ser-
vice will begin at 2:30 and all
singers and lovers of singing
ate cordially invited to attend.
Major General Barney M.
Giles, one of Mineola’s twin
In a conference game at the
Quitman gym Tuesday night,
the Alineola Yellow Jackets
were trounced 34 to 18 by the ^ A0?* trace "as
Quitman Bulldogs in the first jand“ 1942 a h*ht snow visi
conference defeat of the first ed th® afea’
half title chase At Austm the state caPt
Previously the Jackets had!city was visited by rare 8110
chalked up three victories, in- 1 ^a^ be*ng recorded at seve
Countv Ms a new producer in i T TT’ j eluding a forfeit from EdgeJ mches The last snow repor'
-4. . L ! famiJy home on West Patton | WQod and the defeat of both|m Austin of any consequen
Street Wednesday. Death cameiKaufman and canton. 'was in 1940 and that was
the massive anhydrite was cal-
led at 7,796 feet.
Quitman Producer Tests
the Provi-
Interment was in
dence cemetery.
™ _ .. , Mrs. Bruner, the wife of B.
The Quitman pool. Wood p Bruner passed away at the
sent overseas.
His wife, who resides in Fort
Worth, is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Forgerson of
Tyler, formerly of Mineola.
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Quitman Eagles
Defeat Mineola;
Play Van Next
Heaviest Fall
In Four Years
Visits East Texas
Temperature
Falls to 24 On
Friday Night
Mineolans were privileged to
witness Nature in one of her
grandest spectacles Friday and.
Saturday. Snow started falling
early Friday and continued in-
termittently until Friday night.,
This region was blanketed un-
der about six inches of snow
Saturday morning and the sun
glistening on the glittering,
white snow created scenes that
East Texans seldom see except
on picture postcards and
Christmas cards. To the few
Mineolans reared in colder,:
northern climes, the scene w?
reminiscent of childhood days
and winter sports.
The thermometer fell to abou
24 during Friday night an
roads were icy and dangerou
Many people finding travel
dangerous Friday aftem
halted here and spent the nig"
in local hotels, it was repor
The weatherman promised f‘
and warmer weather for Sat<
urdav and Sunday and if
prediction holds true the sno
will probably be gone Sun
By Saturday noon, it was
ready melting.
Texas Highway Patrolm
Saturday issued w£
against unnecessary trave
Cars without chains are he
less on the ice and very tz
East Texans bother with chs
Only a few minor mishaps ha
occurred in this area.
The last snow of any co_
quence in this section was
1940 when about four or fl“
inches of snow fell. The
sent fall is believed to be abo
the heaviest since 1929.
the making at Shell No. 1 Nel-
lie Kirkland in the Goodsir. sudden]y> aithough Mrs. Bruner
While testing, it flowed eight
hours at the rate of 1,344 bar-
rels of pipe-line oil, no water,
daily through quarter-inch
choke on tubing from 6,346!
A failure in this field is!
Shell No. I M. H. Cox in the
Barfield survey. It was aban-
doned dry at 6,654 feet.
South of Tyler, Phillips No.
1 AIcAIinn, wildcat in the Long
survey, ran Schlumberger to
8.056 feet, total depth, after
finding oil and gas showings
in the upper part of the Glen-
rose, where it was reported to
have at least five feet of por-
osity. It showed some oil in pits
at 8,000-50.
Arkansas-Louisiana No. 1
Marsh, operation in the Haw-
kins survey in the Sand Flat
area, topped the Woodbine at
4,840 feet and the sub-Clarks-
ville at 4,561. Elevation is 317.
Sun Oil No. 1 Patterson in
had been in ill health for a
number of years.
She was a native of Van
Zandt county and the daugh-
ter of the late G. M. Hilliard
of Canton. She was born Sep-
tember 22, 1879 and resided in
Van Zandt county until about
eighteen years ago when she
moved to Alineola.
Besides her husband, B. P.
Bruner, she is survived by six
children, Airs. Maynard Car-
lisle of Eldorado, Arkansas, Mrs
Norman Fulcher, Mrs. O. M.
Brockman and Florence Bru-
ner, all of Mineola; George
Bruner of Terrell and Carl
Bruner, now serving in the
armed forces at Culver City,
California Four grandchildren,
survive aiso.
She also had three half-
i brothers, F. M. Hilliard and G.
H. Hilliard, both of Canton,
Major George M. Hilliard of
Wednesday night the Yellow fils^ in *9 years except
Jackets face the Van Vandals traces- At Austin the histo
in a postponed conference tilt. 1 caPital witnessed an unus
The game was originally sched- scene aa state officers fo
uled for Friday night, but was t^leir dignity and prominen
canceled because of weather ITexans- including Govern
conditions. The game will be in Stevenson engaged
the local gymnasium.
The team entered the Glade-
j water tournament Saturday
and are also slated to play
Tuesday night here against
Wills Point.
generals, chief of staff, Army the Flores survey, also in the Br00ks Field and. a half-sister,
Air Forces, stated Sunday in
Washington, D.C. that the
need for Women’s Army Corps
personnel in the Air Forces is
increasingly acute “as we move
from the fringes of war to the
center of the conflict.”
A native of the Mineola com-
munity, Gen Giles has joined
in the drive to recruit thou-
sands of additional WACs dur-
ing 1944, and said at his head-
quarters in the nation’s capital,
that as the Allies press the of-
fensive, the AAF is increasing
the number of combat units
Sand Flat sector, is drilling be-
low 6,731 feet after halting to
repair small leak in surface pipe
at forty-one feet.
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Opportunity
For Veterans
Returning war veterans may
enter virtually any of the 30,-
207 apprentice training pro-
grams in the United States. Age
restrictions and other limita-
tions have been especially fit-
ted for veterans in many ap-
prenticeship standards so they
in training and the number.! may obtain training for skilled
being sent to theaters of op* work, according to the
eration.
training
ting to
J Manpower Commission.
War
Mrs. Jack Kellum of Canton.
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Fannie Marchman
First 1944 Meeting
Next Wednesday
The Fannie Marchman Gar-
den Club will begin a new year
of work next Wednesday, Jan-
uary 19th when they meet in
the home of Mrs. Howard Lott.
Mrs. Lott, Mrs. Milton Usry,
Mrs. Ned Moody and Mrs. B, L.
Chappell will be co-hostesses.
All members are urged to be
present. The new officers will
be installed and the year-
books will be handed out.
Dr. Mary Mims
Will Address
Ward School PTA
Dr. Mary Mims, of the Louis-
iana State University, will ad-
dress the members of the Ward
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion on Monday, January 24, it
was announced this week by
PTA officers. Dr. Mims will
have as her topic, “Some Hu-
man Gains in Spite of the War”
This meetlhg will take the
place of the regular monthly
meeting of Ward School group,
usually held on Tuesday, and
scheduled for the following
snow fights. The governor
was greeted coming and go
with snowballs and peppe-
his secretaries like a vete~
One snowball knocked off
big white hat.
Dr. Homer P. Rainey, Unive
sity of Texas President, a fo
mer baseball player, got in
tight too, when someo
chunked one down his ear.
No mention was made of ho
the governor’s ever prominer.
pipe came through the scuff
The city of Austin was pra
tically paralyzed because of
snow. Schools an offices we
closed.
Even San Antonio got near
an inch of snow. On the co
at Houston and Galveston
was raining as it was all alo
the warmer Gulf Coast Regio
In Mineola young and old
a few snowball fights and so~
of the kids rigged up w’
faintly resembled a sled
hitched it up to a car.
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Civilians
day.
aii mothers of the city, not' More Tea For
only of the Ward School but'
of the high school PTA and
other interested persons are
urged to hear Dr. Mims. She
has appeared here on previous
occasions.
The meeting will be held at
the Ward School Auditorium
at 3:45 pm.
About 76 million pounds
tea will be available to ch
consumers in 1944—ws
limitations on shipping
permitting This is about
million pounds more than
ilians had in 1943.
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