The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945 Page: 4 of 12
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HOES - RAKES - SHOVELS
PRUNING SHEARS • GRASS CLIPPERS
WATERING HOSE - NOZZLES
SOIL SOAKERS - GARDEN SEED
ALL KINDS INSECT POWDERS
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APPLIANCES or TIRES
Jitlmny (.and W rit<> l cry Much ibout
I he Elect and His Hart in H ar Hut 11* '*
In There Hitching. Sailor's Latter Reveals
Hoy Williams Jr, KM-3c, sends say llial his ship wus under »t-
i his mother, Mrs. Huy Williams Sr., tack; thut he saw a Jup plane dive
an interesting letter from aboard down on him or that he shot it
ship in the Pacific, the letter be-1 down. He can’t mention cusual-
mK mimeographed lor all the boy:- • ties or damage to his ship. He
and written by Phil Heisler, wai can’t talk about his weapons or
correspondent of the Baltimore about some of the thrilling res-
Sun. The letter follows; j cues and actions he has seen.
U. S. Pacific Fleet He can complain about the food
but most guys aboard ship don’t
find anything to write home
about on that subject.
Of 1-uui.w all of Johnny’s let-
ters are read by Navy censors be-
fore they are mailed. However,
Johnny knows that his own safe-
ty, as well as safety of others, de-
pends to some extent in keeping
a lot of information under his hat
so he is usually his own most
strict censor.
That leaves Johnny with very
little to talk about in his letters.
Since Johnny can’t tell you
what he’s been doing, I’d like to
give you a hint (if the censor does
February 1945.
Dear Folks: This is a letter
from the men of the fleet. Some
ol tne guys out here asked me to
write it for them because right
now they are busy with some ra-
ther important business up in the
gun turrets.
From the letters you’ve been
receiving from the men themselves
you may have been getting the
impression that they spend their
time just cruising around tropi-
cal waters; sunbathing on the deck
and occasionally putting into a
lagoon to visit with the native
girls.
Or maybe when you receive
. n newspaper. One othe. Ihi tg
welcome and most guy »t ate
ft named to esh for It; clear fin-
iieni.m pohtth. They tell n»o it
I comes in handy for coating brass
, ornaments to keep them from tui •
niching under the salt air and also
i for polishing the beautiful sea
shells which everyone collects.
One of the biggest reasons lie
writes as otten as he dues is so he
I wiu get more mail in return. And
| there's no censor to prevent you
from writing all about yourself;
i where you’ve been; what you ve
been doing; and what Johnny's
old friends are doing. Just to
read old furuiliur names of peo-
ple and places from back home
».ives him many hours of pleasure
that neithei he nor I can express.
Vouis. JT.il.
Reporter Ads Get The Grapes!
STOP THAT ITCHING
If bothered with Eczema, Tetter,
Ringworm, Athletes Foot, Prickly
Heat, Poison Oak, Itch, Sores on
Children, Prewitts Drug Store will
sell you a jar of Black Hawk Oint-
ment on a guarantee Price 50c
and 85c.
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Provide For Your Soldier
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their short notes that don’t say i no1 mint|)- 11 he s ^A*trifjiT^r
you can bet your bottom dollai
that he’s seen plenty of action.
He has been shot at and he has
done his own share of shooting
GET YOUR NAME ON OUR
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• When radios, bicycles and small
electrical appliances are freely avail-
able—and it may be sooner than you
think — we expect to have a limited
supply. Of course, there will be a
terrific buying rush, so we’ve worked
out a simple plan to help cur
customers avoid it.
EARLY BIRD” LIST
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much more than hello-how-are-
you, I’m-well-and-hope-you’re-the
same-goodbye, you may get a lit-
tle disappointed and think that
the least the guy could do is to sit
down and write you a long let-
ter telling you all about himself.
Well, don’t blame the guy. And
don’t think he’s having a South
Seas picnic.
always coming out on top in the \
scraps. He has been in typhoons
that toss a 45,000 ton battleship
around like a cork and he’s been
in tropical lagoons that look just
! like something out of a Dorothy
Johnny can't give you much Lamom* movie,
dope about where he is and what
All you need do is drop in at our store and sign our "early bird” list
to signify your desire to purchase a specified item when we get it.
Then, when these things come in, we make them available to
customers in the order their names apocar op the list. Get this per-
sonal "priority'’ today. Drop in and sign up. That's ail there is to it.
HO OBLIGATION TO !HJY„.. JUST TH£ CHANCE TO BUY FIRST!
GAITHER MOTOR COMPANY
PHONE 36 — ROCKDALE. TEXAS
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BUY WAR BONDS—AND KEEP THEM!
he’s doing. If he tells you where
he is he’ll be telling you where his?
ship is and what its doing. And
if you know what his ship is do-
ing you may get an idea of what
the fleet is doing.
Keeping the enemy guessing is
one of the most important parts
of sea warfare. As part of the U.
S. Fleet Johnny is playing one of
the most important and dramatic
games of hide and seek in history.
Anyway, Johnny can’t tell you
anything about his location or
any information that would indi-
cate where he and his ship are.
That alone cuts down on what he
can write about. He can’t tell you
if he's at sea or in port. He can’t
tell you he met Sam, the kid down
the street, who is now aboard the
USS Elixir, because that would
show that the Elixir and the
Greenspring are at the same place.
He can’t get too specific about
the weather—and weather in the
Pacific is something to get spe-
cific about sometimes, especially
when a typhoon bounces you out
of bed or the steaming tropical
sun turns your ship into a float-
ing furnace.
Even when he gets into battle
he can’t tell about it. He can’t
AT THIS EASTER TIME....
Easter speaks to us of better things, and we are
rent itided of the supreme excellence and beauty of the
life of the gospel. It is hoped that those who are not
already members of some church will consider earn-
estly the fitness of the occasion to join themselves in
closer communion with the Master by entering into
church relationship at this time.
You are cordially invited to attend
Sunday School and Worship Service
Every Sunday. Attend the Church
of your choice.
Find Solace and Peace in Church
HALEY PRODUCE CO.
HOWELL'S GRO. & MKT.
PREWITT DRUG STORE
HENRY'S GARAGE
HENRY'S SUPER SERVICE
JONES GRO. & MKT.
LOEWENSTEIN'S
GAITHER MOTOR CO.
PEARSON'S
THE ROCKDALE REPORTER
B. REGENBRECHT
VOGEL'S VARIETY STORE
FAIRMONT CREAMERY COu
BREDT FEED & PRODUCE CO
ALFORD SERVICE STATION
STRICKERS VARIETY STORE
JIM & FRED EADS
LOUIS G. GEST
HALL SERVICE STATION
RAWLS-JONES LUMBER CO.
DUKE'S DRUG STORE
NACO OIL COMPANY
It’s not unusual for him to tra-
vel thousands of miles a month.
He has worked until he thought
he didn’t have strength enough to
ever move again—and he didn’t
get time and a half for overtime.
Every now and then he gets
ashore, takes a swim and gets a
couple bottles of cold beer or rare
old Coca Cola.
If he went to church regularly
when he was a civilian he is pro-
bably doing the same thing now
because every ship and shore es-
tablishment has regular religious
services.
He really doesn’t need many
things he can’t get out here. Those
little pocket editions are always
welcome and clippings from 1he
OLD PAL
By C. O. Nottingham
iIn memory of Mr. W. B. Summers)
Each morning, and all through
the day,
It’s so lonely since you went away,
Your room, your bed, and your
chair,
Even your picture you left here.
1,1 seems, we can’t understand why
tjYe could live and you had to die,
Memories you left to remember
you by,
So many tears, so many sighs.
God called, you had to go,
At the very time we needed you so
He called, it had to be you,
Being His will, nothing we could
do.
We put you away with tender care,
Among the pines away out there,
Beneath a lonely mound of clay,
Watching and waiting for us some
day.
Our lives together seemed so short
a time,
Fate to us was rather unkind,
We all loved you so, and always
shall.
To each of us you were a “Grand
Old Pal.” up.
•oper
Farm Lands Are A
Second Front
A plowed furrow is your battle line . . . your tractor is a tank ... you are
the commander in your share of the battle on the home front. Our army in
uniform gets the best in equipment, knowing that good work can be done
only with good tools. So, too, at home, the Army on the farm needs the
best in the Food for Freedom fight.
LOOK TO GEST FOR REPAIRS
Under trying conditions, we have done and are still doing our best to keep
the farmers, and all of us here on the home front "rolling." We recogniie
our responsibility and pledge anew our best efforts to serve you in anyway
Bturq
we can.
Keep your cars and trucks well serviced ...
And they will keep serving you well!
Louis G. Gest
Chevrolet Dealer
ROCKDALE. TEXAS
Let’s raid the icebox... Have a Coca-Cola
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... a way to make a party an added success
A. home, the good things of life come from the kitchen. And one of the good
things is ice-cold Coca-Cola in the icebox. Have a Coke are words that make
the kitchen the center of attraction for the teen-age set. For Coca-Cola never
loses the freshness of its appeal, nor its unfailing refreshment. No wonder
Coca-Cola stands for the pause the, refreshes from Maine to California,-ha.
become a symbol of happy, refreshing times together everywhere.
aomte on... Autuom, or coc.cou co*r*NY ay
COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY . Cameron, Texas
O 1945 Th« C-C Co..
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Cooke, W. H. The Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (Rockdale, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945, newspaper, March 29, 1945; Rockdale, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth694938/m1/4/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.