Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1943 Page: 10 of 24
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ON CITY
|R LISTS
GET LEnERS
At least half of the men serv-
ing from Sweetwater and Nolan
county in the armed forces of
America are receiving regular
letters of encouragement, and
the prayers af church congrega-
tions from the churches they at-
tended and held membership.
,A complete survey of Sweet-
water churches shows all pas-
tors and congregations giving
special attention to men from
their church groups, and a less
complete report from churches
in Roscoe and other towns of
Nolan county shows that var-
ious means are being taken to
keep in tourh with the fighting
men and women from their com-
munities.
Men who were inducted, and
the estimated 300 men and wo-
men who volunteered have shar-
ed alike in the work preserving
links with the fronts.
Approximately 700 men affil-
iated with some one of the
churches of Sweetwater have
gone into service. A draft hoard
estimate would place the num-
ber of Sweetwater men at 1100,
which puts the ratio, in Sweet-
water at. least, in favor of the
churches. An argument for
membership before induction is
seen in the following survey, as
there is not a church which does
not remember its servicemen by
letters, by gifts or by special
services, and these “arms of fel-
lowship” extend to the visitor
if he registers his name.
The service flag of the
First Methodist church,
which now carries !M) stars
is to lie revised to total
nearly 135. There is an
honor roll also which lists
the men bj mime, .lust af-
ter the close of the year it
If oil Call service was held.
The Rev. T. M. Johnston,
pastor, endeavors to keep In
touch by personal letters
with all men front the
eliureh and with visitors.
The Church of Christ, I.. N.
Moody, minister, has more than
(it) names on the roll, which is
soon to be revised to include
new names. A service flag flies
outside the building. The church
sent Christmas gifts to all the
men and have held one roll call
service. Whenever a serviceman
writes home to the church, as |
one did recently from North Af-
rica, his letter and he are given
special recognition with pray-
ers.
The First Baptist church has
cards on which a soldier writes
his hime address and these are
then mailed by the church sec-
retary to the parents. For those
at Avenger Field, after they
i have once attended a meeting,
f the church paper is sent each
week.
Approximately 165, The Rev-
■ crend J. M. Sibley states, have
. gone from this church to the
armed forces and approximately
35 to the defense service- To
both groups Mr. Sibley writes
personal letters at intervals. To
all of these also is sent a book-
let, issued quarterly, which i-
titled “On Duty For God nd
Country,” which is especially
prepared for soldiers. There is
. a service flag in the church au-
; ditorium, and a roster in the
foyer, which includes the names
of members in both defense
work and armed forces. The ser-
vice flag is for armed services
only. As a member goes from
the congregation he is given an
i icntification card which is titl-
ed “commissioned” carrying the
thought of a soldier for Christ
; as well as for country, This is
signed by Mr. Sibley.
In the organizations of
the church definite service
time has been set aside tor
Red Cross work on Tues-
days and projects, such as
the letter writing to all on
the service roll by the
Blanche Rose Walker < ircle
arc undertaken from lime
to time.
At the First Christian Church,
the Reverend Hugh Warner
pastor, a service roll is in the
foyer and a flag in the audit
iurn for men of the armed fo-
res only'. Mr. Warner writes let-
ters to the men and a new plan
announced March 21 will give
the tnen on their birthdays a
personal greeting from the
morning service, a hymn espec-
ially dedicated to that boy will
be sung. There are 38 name- <>r
the service roll.
The Christian church has also
been participating in the Sun-
day morning coffee hour at the
USO along with other churches
of the city. This hour precedes
regular services in the churches
and invitations are given to the
boys served to attend. Regular
Red Cross volunteer work is
done by many members.
The First Presbyterian churh.
Reverend Clifford Williams
ter* Nolan Churches Keep Links With Men At War
t
HORACE CAR-
PENTER, r. s.
army air force,
was at Bataan
and was repor-
ted to his fath-
er. K. H. Car-
penter. miss-
ing in action
after fall of
Cor re gido r
May 5, 11M2.
it
hHHRR
uniform regularly are invited
to dinner by members of the
church.
Lamar Street Baptist
through the Rev. T. J, Sptik-
man has been distributing Ser-
vicemen’s testaments, through
the Gideon Bible society to all
soldiers whom it contacts, and
have none. Mr. Sparkman, w-ho
left with his family, March 22
for DeLeon has been asked by
the society to carry on this
same service there, about 50
testaments were left with the
local church for immediate dis-
tribution. There are approxima-
tely 35 men in the armed ser-
vices and their names, with pi
Hires, are on a plaque in the
auditorium of the church. Sin-
ce so many of the veterans of
| World War i. have sons in the
service, the pictures of veter-
ans also are included. These are
men who served in 1018 and
the pictures include those taken
in Germany and France and are
all of that date.
The plaque, which is under
glass, is about three by four
and one half feet. At the top -is
a picture of Oscar McDonald,
who was the first casualty from
Nolan county in World War J.
Above are the words "On Duty
For God and Country."
Visiting servicen en got spe-
cial public recognition and an
invitation to spend the day or
have Sunday dinner with some
member of the congregation.
The Missionary society meets
every Wednesday at. the church
to do Red Cross sewing.
At the Highland Heights Me-
thodist church, the Reverend J.
E. Shewbert, pastor, during the
recent dedication week a spe-
cial altar prayer service was
held for the boys in service,
who number 31, with one W. A.
A. C. Parents of the men at-
tended with members of the
congregation.
On February, when Tommy
Bibb and Cecil Stracener were
in the city, a special service was
held with parent of the soldier
group as invited guests. Eigh-
teen or twenty responses to
. ■ 11.i• 35 Christmas boxes were
ri:.(1 to the congregation. These
“thank you' continue to come
to Mr. Shewbert’s desk, one re-
cently from North Africa, in
which the boy told lfow rare
the candy really was and that it
we- being shared at the lime
of writing.
There is a service roll,
glass covered, in the ehurch
proper. Young People’s clas-
ses have kept up a corres-
pondence with the service
men on it. All the service
men are remembered otieh
Sunday as a group in the
pastoral prayer.
Letters go out each week
witlr a,personal message from
the minister in the church bul-
letins. There arc approximatly’
eight families who have been af-
fected by defense service.
At the Holy Family Catholic
chore i, the Reverend Father
Joseph Ratlarin, pastor, mass Is
::,*t at 11 o’clock with service-
iron primarily in mind. Trans-
portation for men from Avenger
field was arranged with the
bus company while it function-
ed here as that seems to be
one of the biggest problems con-
fronling men there. The Sweet-
water parish includes five
churches in three counties, Scur-
ry, Mitchell and Nolan, with
Sweetwater as the center. From
these churches Father Ballarin
estimates there are 80 names on
the service rolls. There is an
honor roll placed inside the
church bearing the names.
Every day special prayers for
ihc soldiers and for peace are
said following the Rosary ser-
vice. A similar service is held
tit the church of the Reverend
Eat her Raymond, pastor of t ho
Mexican Catholic church here.
Other churches and denomi-
nations keep in touch with their
servicemen by Idlers and have
service rolls and flags display-
ed, whose Individual programs
could not be procured.
In the four organized colored
churches of Sweetwater, a rofl
of over 40 names was called
at a recent patriotic meeting.
Many of these men are seeing
foreign service. Each church
membership tries to keep in
touch with their individual ser-
vice men. Pastors are the Rev-
erends W. L. Green, F. K. Wil-
liams, Lang and T. W. Moore.
The Reverend Clifford W.
Williams, president of Sweet-
water ministerial association,
says, “It can well be said that
no serviceman who attends or
has attended a church in Sweet-
water goes- unremembered.
MkMMMawttaM
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PVT. A VERILL SMITH, r<‘-
poiti'd missirg 'll action allci
■ In- capitulation of Bataan anil
( on cgidoi in M.t> HM2j, is
the son of Mr. ami Mrs. Jnd
Smith. Hr vollintcci cd for ser-
vice in March 21, lit 11. ami
was assigned to (lie 2bbih roast
artillery, sailing for the Phil-
ippincs Kept. Itt-ll. Pvt. Smith
was stationed at Manila anti
moved to Luzon alter the fall
ol the city. He \v>is educated
in New Mexico schools. ,
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STAFF S(.T.
JIMMIE A.
Owen, son of
Mr. and Ml'S.
G. B. Owen.
volunteered to
ihc l . S. Army
, |*l:58. ami was
'stationed at FI
p.tso for three
years before
being sent to
the Philippines. After the la-
pa m si bombing he was moved
fr om Manila to Bataan. He was
reported missing in action af-
ter the tall of Corregidor May
5. 1!M2.
AT
rag- *
.!. P. BOYD, sou of Mrs. S. V.
Boyd, was inducted into the
l . S. Army Feb. !!, l‘M0. He
was stationed at Fort Knox,
Ivy., and sailed Sept. J), 11)40
for Manila. When reaehinj? the
Philippines lie was nssigned
to the 17th Ordnance division*
His mother has been notified
that fie is a probable Japan-
ese prisoner.
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ttend
ersonal letter |
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service man j
is held every j
i the recrea-|
church from
ck Sponsored j
class created j
the Sunday|
*d by various
tuples and by i
There K a sem ice roster
i to he posted in the foyer
whieh will have :>8 names
find an honor roll i" hung
in thf ServHirman-Fel low-
ship class also. The service
roster has also the names
of girls who have joined the
service.
In the minister*- personal let-
ters small tract and church news
always arc included. Visitors pi
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VETERANS WHO SERVE
UNCLE SAM AGAIN
Throughout We; 'or plants have sprung up to meet the emergency and they're doing
c fine job.
But, just as important are the 'Veterans/' well-established industries that have served before. These
plants again are enlisting their valuable expen equipment already in place—trained per-
sonnel in the service o' Uncle Sam.
“SIMMONS” MILLS ARE
VETERANS In SERVICE
Tiuiy "warplants" and "veterans in service" are the Simmons Mills of West i exas.
in fiie war. Every bale of LINTERS we produce goes to
war—one bale makes powder to fire bullets. All of the OIL helps to meet the United Na-
sons' reed for ENERGY foods every pound of COTTONSEED CAKE, MEAL an HULLS we can
produce is quickly going into the making of "Pood for Victory"--meat, milk and other products to win
the war.
Simmons Mills are proud ti> serve—in wa nd’ pc and pledge themselves always to serve as only
"veterans" can.
SWEETWA/
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Cotton Oil Company
R. M. SIMMONS, General Manager
Planters Gin Company
Mills Located At--
38 Plants Sen in :
Siveetwater
I he Farmers Of West I exas |
Rolan—’Hamlin
T. S. MONTGOMERY, .stunt L xm A
1 t. i ER 1 OX, Assistant Manager
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 81, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1943, newspaper, March 31, 1943; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth709967/m1/10/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.