Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 5, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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You’re in the army now—
Charles Robinson—and does he
know it by the snugnesn of the
a B-25, seeing natives, Jungles, belt lines—and 14 pounds. Pret-
ty delectable food Uncle Sant
tdshed up in the first 10 days
‘fronts’* and sub-sighting in the
rationless Caribbean. Swede ad-
mits two “kills." One an enemy
sub—the other a whale—what a i
the private was a doughboy. Is
the world small? Ask Cpl. Tom
whale of a difference a whale 1 Headrick who. for lack of any-
makes in telling a whale of a | thing else to do drifted in to an
good storv like Swede did at the ; Algiers movie-then came the
Lions club. l payoff—Avcngei1 Field trainees
_ I on the flight line — activities
I humming in his old home town
A Scotch box supper, held at
the Club Cafe Wednesday night
honoring men of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce soon to
leave for the armed force, was
a sponsor of the Junlorettes.
Preceding the supper, done up
in fancy boxes, were a series < f
games. Mrs. Edith Dement and
Charlie Burke proved most pro-
ficient in pinning on a donkey
rih-h-h- It’s a secret the seven ,
pheasants Mattie Lou and Miio and his very own wife—pretty . . , ,
Rmh haVe all frozen in their ica- j brunet Helen Bacon Headrick, i tail and were rewarued wltn
box The donor is Dell Pad-1 flashed a smile all the way from J prizes. Mrs. Billy Martin cop -
gett of Shenandoah. Pa. and the i tne Texas prairie to the narrow I ped first place and a favor for
minting ground was Wood- j streets of the languid country having the most beautiful box.
socket, N. D.. in ease you're now 1 where “Joes" live nowadays. • Bingo also was enjoyed.
about starved to death for a - ' Present were Messrs, and
pheasant dinner. ... Those iride-1 Handsome O. B. Freeman Mmes. Cecil Workman. Clif \\ d-
scent greenish hiue feathers would tackle anything—remem- ilams, Henry Rogers. Jr., Billy
would trim up a mighty gay hering his Mustang football days Martin, Troy Dement, Bill Rice,
-nring bonnet. Mattie Lou. ! and the time “his side" won the George Thompson, and Charlie
J_ tilt with the Abilene Eagles 45-; Burke. Ross Thompson, Elea-
And it's not an autumn leaf, •>—and lately he and a lot of, nor Rogers and Peggy Burke
that drifted on the shoulder of
Harold Hansen these days—it';
a real golden oak leaf that make;
him a majority in any army—
and'especially to his wife, Polly.
The name is Scott—not Scotch—
even though John Q. did invade
Italy at Salerno and advance five
miles before plunging into a
creek to escape Hun’s shells . .
and did spent 11 months over-
seas spending only a thin dime
It's going to sound like a tall
story to his three kiddies when
lie starts telling them about the
time when — when pop had a
grand time in a handful of for-
eign countries for only 10 rents.
other husky Marines tackled the
Invasion of Rol . . . with the
same score? Now lie writes hom>
all alKtut it . , and thinks the
Pacific ocean is nearly ns big as
Texas . . and he knows life on
Ho! as swee^Pt' of all — yeah,
after facing death In so many
“near misses."
wore guests.
There’s something added and
it's and M before the sergeant
to Bonnie Lngow's rank—Bet.-
uie’s making headlines these
days in the North Africa—hav-
ing Tils picture In LIFE recent-
ly. Now he’s got what even
non-com dreams of—the tip ton J stuff that wins wars!
of the enlisted man's rank lad-
der.
11 V Gossett, Petty Officer 2-
l\ feels like he's been from “Mo-
bile to St. Jo’’ since enlisting in
the Seaboos and serving In the
British West Indies. Fresh from
tlie steam of the jungle he dash-
ed home to the chill of Rhode
Island’s snowstorm . . and it
looked like a West Texas sun-
set to a fella wlin’d been away
from America two years. Anti
we love the Texas “spunk'' of
lads who lay wounded in the
desert hospital of North Africa
and write home to their moms:
"Don’t worry about mo" The
Gl'ITERRRZ REPRIEVED
AUSTIN— (UP)— Juan Guiter-
rez is alive today. A state par-
don board changed its decision
against a reprieve and has grant-
ed sixty days for a study of Gui-
terrez’ mental condition.
The Mexican was to have been
electrocuted before daybreak
Saturday in Huntsville prison
for the pistol slaying of Hidalgo
County Deputy Sheriff Alvin M.
Albrecht.
(Co||inued ><rorp .p^ge l)
fast on the morning of the
drive, aajtt past years ^but wor-
kers wiR veet Tuesday,night for
T 'Jf !&'i 80CU „
captain for workers who wUl
ptatlon, city hospital, postoffice,
and telephone company. His
workers are Ollie Cox, R. C.
Hoppe, A. G. Lee, Judge A. S.
Mauzey, John Pinson, B. L.
Clayton. Johnny Hubbard
W. H. Whaley.
J. Fred Howard is cnptaln for
the residential team, includini
the Rev. J. E. Shewbert, Ei
Neinast, the Rev. Clifford Wil-
liams. and S. P. Gaskin.
Six team captains and their
workers will cover the business
area. Captains and teams follow:
P. I,. Ullom—Ed Darby, Tom
Akins, Arnold Dressier, George
Abbott, Sam Shaw, Herman Phil-
lips, Bryan Buck, Paul Comolli,
Vernon McMillan, Vincent Irons
and Rupert T. Ezell.
Paul Brown — Buddy Roy,
Leon Nunn, A. L. Trowbridge,
Curley Johnson, R. E. Amos,
John Meyer, Jr., Charles L.
Nunn, the Rev. J. M. Sibley,
the Rev. Hugh B. Warner, Moye
Smith. Bill Rice, Burk Johnson
and Horatio Bardwell.
Kirby Kinsey — Guy Morris,
Henry Rogers, Jr„ Tom Marsh,
Charlie Burke, Paul Cain, John
B. Darnell. Ed Mays, Sid Wells,
Pop Broughton, Ace Forgay
Rill Morion, Rig Edwards, I. w
Harp, the Rev. T. M. Johnston.
M. C. May and C. P. Hilsted.
A. B. Crowder — W. S. Black-
62 Pupils On High
School Honor Roll
Preston C. Llghtfoot, Newman
high school principal, is an-
nouncing honor students for the
first six weeks of the second se-
mester.
There are 17 straight A stu-
dents and 45 A and B pupils list-
ed on the honor roll.
Senior A students: Elmarte
Bo
B1
lake, Anna Mjae __________
cllle.Lee, Patsy Llghtfoot, Ada
ollng, Von-
Belie Steele and Billie Marie
Young. A and B: Rae Char-
micheal, Helen Justiss, Geraldine
Latham, Towner. Leeper, Jackie
Mizell, Janet Moore, Lelta Moore,
Wilna Muns, Milton Peeples, Sue
Poe.
Wanda Pittman, Catherine
Ray, Mildred Shook, Barbara
Shedd, W. 0. Shultz, J. O. Steele,
Retty fiwnim, Mary Ila Ullom,
Joyce Walker and Tootsie Whit-
aker.
Junior A students: Nettle Ants,
Bob Brown, Theda Kerby, Bob-
ble Smiley. A' and B students:
John Berry, Bettye Sue Curry,
Norma Jeanne Edwards, Mfcry
Joe Flanagan, Dale Marie Miaell,
Wanda Partain, Marian Pender-
grass, Ann Martin, Betty Iris
Smith, Mary Alice SptllorB.
Sophomore A students: Anna
Belle Flanagan Fisher Mays,
Clayton Travland, Dorothy Ty-
ler, Betty Earle Webb, Elsie Wil-
lis. A and B pupils: Luz Acos-
ta, Dorysc Banks, Esther Kay
Berman, Velrle Bugg, Dorothy
Clay, Polly Dismuke, Annette
Forgay, Clara Ilanna, Dorothy
Harrell, Mertha Jennings Sam
Pate, Billy Pool, Zane Schubert,
Harry Tansil, Richard Thompson
and Joy Younger.
Margaret Kelly was a straight
A |K>st graduate student.
burn. O. E. Bellomy, Bill Scott,
I^>uie Geldert, 11. C McCall, De
las Reeves. E. L. Langley, lis-
ter Turner. O. O. Harris, John-
nie Neal, and Carl Pratt.
, J,1™ V‘a> groups—Aviation Enterpri-
>hn Majors, I»r. P. T. vjuast, SP(, Lid., United States Gypsum
Bob Mills, B. B, Dixon, H. G.
Kaiser, H. A. Walker, Dr. E. A.
Dann, R. O. Caldwell, George
Thompson, D, A. Clark, Garland
Vinson, Leon Butler, Jim Huff-
man, Demp Kearney, C. C. Tar-
.ver, Cliff Boswell, and Henry
Reitman.
Bob Cooke—Clark J. Matt-
hews, B. C. Pace, General Will-
taker, Johnnie Brookshire,
Claude C. Carpenter, and John
Aycoek.
T. P. Johnson, district mana-
ger of Texas Electric Service
company, is captain of a team
of workers assigned to the indus-
land to PievtsM
NAVAL INSIGNE
t Depleted* to-*3 Planet
signe of Patrol #0 Crimson
-2--,U. Ml Misapply in
naval aviation ust
Hitch-hiking In earnest—Cpl.
T-5 Harris Polk from the land of
the Eskimo should have hi?
thumb insured for a fortune—
it’s engaging "follow through"
brought him home via aircraft
See a ROUND CORNER. Page tl
IS Huge vat
14 Esteem
15 Lamprey
16 Helps
18 Hindu
VERTICAL
1 Station
(abbr.)
2 Who? (Fr.)
3 Untia
I company, Sweetwater Cotton Oil
Company, Gulf Oil Corporation.
His worker* include Ed Rose,
garment
19 Caters
Bterpillar
hair
20 Wood sorrel
6 Ellipsoidal
7 Roman
emperor
gs lo us 8 Three timet
5bolu- (abbr.) (comb, form)
26 Any 9 Us
27 Area measure 10 Look askance
19 Steadfast
4 Doctor (abbr.) 21 An
5 Legal point 23 Boat paddle
22 Beheld
23 Belong
24 Obolus
24 Music drama
28 Calumniate
28 Acknowledge
29 Hymn
31 Removed
33 Swiss river
37 Tardy
46 Mast
47 Cotton fabric
49 Brasilian state
50 Male sheep
51 Boundary
(comb, farm)
52 Air raid
precautions
(abbr.)
53 Taka supper
Frank Kerr. T. H. Kassner, R. M.
Simmons, .1. D. Shackelford,
Tom Beene, Chas. E. Paxton, jV
Raymond Smith, and C. S. Hud- i/
I gins.
i Johnson had charge of a mass
meeting of the employes and of-
ficials of these industrial groups
at the USO Thursday night. Rep-
resentative Harlpy Sadler made
the principal talk. Helen Raines,
, a WASP trainee who was with
chairman, announced this week
that one rural chairman, A. H.
Hutchins of the Cottonwood and |
Ada communities, has already :
reported his quota over-subscri-
lied. (Junta assigned the two com-
munities was $210. Hutchins re-
ports $231 already in.
Chairmen and quotas for the
entire county are given hy
Chairman Anderson as follows:
Bitter Creek, Mrs. Bill Boyd,
$95; Hlackland, Henry Ray bon,
S2i0: Blackwell, Bob Jordan,
$750; Brownlee, Albert Rannc-
feld, $40; Cottonwood and Ada,
A. H. Hutchins, $210; Divide, B.
B. Shelton, $850; Highland school
district, Mrs. It. R. Wright and
Mrs. David Burrow, $1,360; Hyl-
ton, G. B. Sliger, $250; Plum
Creek and Stamper, Irl Favor,
$110; Itoscoe. Dr. T. D. Young,
$1,700; South Boseoc, Mrs. Her-
man Heine, $225; Sweetwater, J.
Holbrook, $12,000; Wastella,
W. Wiman, $275; Weaver
Springs, Clarence Demerc, $50;
White Flat, A. H. McElmurray,
$325.
lacgueline Cochran’s first exper-
imental women’s ferrying group
Ja*l Received!
2. Author', urn... M. Ml.)»f"J*“ ’"“SSKX.
Guido’s scale 40 Needy 58 Upward
17 Scrutinize 45 Employs 59 Senior fabbyi
'ADONNA" UNDIES
A quality you’ve known and bought lor
>'rnr«! Three popular style* of Panties.
Still at our lou price
49<
REGULATION ARMY SHIRTS
With or ulilioat shoulder strap*- Pocket flap*,
tine tailoring llii-oughoiil. Mend one to jnnr Imi>
in service. or buy one for yourself
3.49
MEN'S WINTER UNIONS
Natural color, knit to fit! Tight fitting wrist* anil ankle*.
Medium
W eight
1,10
Heavy
Weight
1.29
'BRENTWOOD'' FROCKS
(abbr.)
3f) Flower
32 Peruses
34 Sprite
35 Wine vesnel
36 Shoo ling
weapon
39 Fourth month
41 One (Scot)
*2 Like
43 Universal
language
44 Symbol for
thulium
45 Indian f
46 Suo loco
(abbr.)
48 Spinning toy
50 Girl's name
52 Gorillas
54 Uncommon
57 Members of
thh- unit-
Dart of the
U S. Navy’s
.air arm
Ln England, told of the work be-
ing done hy the Rod Cross In
England. Five other trainees
from the field sang.
Larry llubbanl is chairman of
radio Station KXOX. School con-
tributions will tic In charge of
Supt. Ross Covey and Principals
P. ('. Llghtfoot and Rufus Wal-
ker.
Carl Anderson, serving his
second year as county war fund
Cheer Up*,
Your
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Cl’HTOM TAILORED
CLOTHES FOR MEN
and LADIES
The new Spring Samples
ju*f arrived. Let us lake
your measure and make
yiiur Easier Hull.
Turner’s
< LEAVERS
ion l,oru*t
TAILORS
Ph. BUS
\ nice »i'leethia in nd**r»
.uni women's size*—
It.-iymi* and < otlon* .
1.98
EARLY SPRING DRESSES
lln Our "Kniureil Price" llark
2.00 , 6 00
Kiker-Knight
BURIAL ASSOCIATION
HOME OEEIt E
ABILENE, TEX AS
IN UNION THERE IS STRENGTH
l our I’olley with the KlkEH-K N It.llT III flitI. AS-
SOI IATION run be SERVIC ED by any of the El N-
EllAL HOMES tisfeil below.
Their year* of evperlenre, their complete establish-
ments, equipment anil personnel are at your service
—at any lime neeilei! . ,
KIKER-KNIGHT FUNERAL HOME
Abilene. Texas
LORAIN E
JOHNSON
Funeral ‘Hume, I,online
Ennernl Home, Hm ret water
SPILL BROTHERS
Ennernl Home. Winters
PATTERSON
Enneral Home, Clyde
JENKINS & HODGE
Funeral Home, Tuscola
TAYLOR
Ennernl flomr, Moran
This association has thousands of member* in this
territory.....every claim has hern paid in full,
promptly.
Sport Coats
New Spring Sportcoat.- for men, young men and
boy*, in the season's latest color* and material'
Combination* of herringbone and check*, plain gab-
ardine and plaid combination- Also solids in chock
and plaids Tlte.se all wool coats are Juit the thing
von have been looking for in Spring apparel
Priced
13-95 22-50
l&d&foVi&SliM
^vtulT- d- till - Imhi
— And parfact wit-motes' Buffi ad Of smartly
toilorad blootat with a famous noma, in dainty
raybn thaan or crepat of aacaptional quality. So
many delightful stylat lo chooio from! Prints, poiteh
and planty of sparkling wMta with long or short sloavas.
la sura to notica tha tailoring I In slias 37 to 40.
1.98 «s4 3.9#
ontgomery Ward
113 East 3rd Hlreel
Dial 411
$
Sunday, March 5i 1944
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ale!
ST SEAT COVERS «
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4.95
Solid
Coop*
"Supromo Quality" covars ... sola priced! Extra heavy twW
fiber, lacquered to resist fading, soiling. Artificial leather trim,
7-Oi. matching cotton cloth on sides and back of seats. Care*
fully tailored for superior fit, For most cart. Sole ends
Saturday... so act NOWI
Salel Split-back coup#..........................4.47
Hale! Sedan
NONI FINUt THAN
fUMUMI QUALITY!
*J0« Par Gal
in your
lux Included
Why pay more than Wards low
price? You can’t buy belter oil,
no matter how much you payt
100%pure Pennsylvania...triple
filtered and double dewaxed.
Free-Bowing and long-lotting.
TNI MVHKMDB M-S
If A GOOD TIMI
16.35
eea-ie
M.Tp.
If you get a Ration Certificate for a Orode I Tire—you wW, pi
course want o good tire. Riverside First Quality GR-S synthetic ie P
good lire... already proved so in actual use by thousands gi
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time driving restrictions... end your Riversides wiN give you Iheo
sands and thousands of satisfactory milesl
3-Year
For Ford 1935-1933. 30%lenget
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and exhaint acidt.
Wards "Wlnter-Kinp". 49 heavy
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long4if», woad-gltrs In-.ulatlen.
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the store. Or shop h) phone—from the catalog pages!
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Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 55, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 5, 1944, newspaper, March 5, 1944; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth710990/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.