The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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NEWS OF
MEN IN
SERVICE
Taft Tribune
Devoted to the Best Interests of Taft and San Patricio County
VOLUME TWENTY
FOUR
TAFT, TEXAS, THURSDAY,MARCH 29, 1945.
NUMBER FORTY-SOT,
POOR RICHARDS'
Huntin' and Peckin’
Has Completed 154
! ® transport Missions
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Newman of Taft were advised
in a message from Washington dated March 24, that their
son, Pfc. Leonard D. Newman of the United State* Ma-
rine Corps, was killed in action on March 3, 1945, in action
at Iwo Jima Volcano Islands in the performance of Ms
duty and service of his country.
•5C This Taft Marine bay wtt
the youngest eon of Mr. and
Mrs. Newman, and was born In
the Taft community on April
27th, 1428. He attended the
West Portland and Taft school*,
Leonard joined the U, S. Ma-
rine Corps in January, 1944. and
j received hie basic training la
j Sau Diego. California. He was
j transferred to Camp Elliott, front
j where he left for overseas ser-
i vice in June, 1944. He was on
Guam until some time In Febrn-
i ary or this year, when he went
| into action on Iwo Jima.
Leonard is survived by five
! brothers and one sister in ad-
| dition to his parents. The
brothers are Staff Sergeant J. T.
Newman,
/'If II,nn, c. Hi,-harm
Local Board No. 1, San Patricio County, has released to
the county press a list of 58 men who were inducted into
the armed forces during the month of March, together
with another list of 51 men to be inducted during the
month of April, making a total of 109 men to fill San Pa-
tricio County’s quota for Selective Service for the two
months. The list, including men transferred from other
boards and men transferred to other boards, follows:
: Emerson Etheridge Klutto,
Frank A. Vanecek, George Alfred
Patterson, Wilton James Sullin
ger, Haul C. Amador. William
Dies In Action
On Iwo jima
Services For Mrs.
I A. E. Nelson Held
[Here March 27
910th. a unit of lhe sr.ib
f Division, normally
un with the .liftii “Poiar
CAPTAIN FRED W. MOODY
I long time and beloved
I RESIDENT OF TAFT DIED
IN MEXICO CITY MARCH 22
Funeral services for Mrs. A. E.
Nelson, who (lied March 22 in
Mexico City, were held Tuesday
•March 27th, at the Fitst Meth-
odist Church in Taft, with the
pastor, the Rev T. N. Barton,
officiating.
Dora Anna Treptow was bom
February IS 1883. She and Mr.
Nelson were married on Decem-
ber 10. 1913, since which time
they made their home in Taft.
The Rev. Barton furnished The
Tribune with the following In-
formation :
"Since their marriage, Bro. and
Sister Nelson made their home in
Taft. To this union five child-
ren were born, two of them pre-
coded their mother to the better
world, passing on while very
email.
“Sister Nelson is survived by |
i or husband; three daughters.,
Mrs, Peggie Browa, Misses Jane!
! and Louise Nelson. Besides these,
iter mother, Mrs. Sginaa Trep-
tow, of Libertyvitlu, Hi.; two sis-
ters, Mrs. Alma Timmerman, of
r.ibertyville. III., and Mrs. A. E. j
Kinder of San Antonio, and one
brother, ohn C. Treptow, of Lib-
ertyvllle, ill, survive her passing.
“Sister Nelson was a member
of the Eastern Star aud of the
-Methodist; Church. She was a
faithful wife and a wise and
helpful mother. Her cheerful and
(tunny disposition made her score
upon score of friends. It can be
truly said of her that she was a
devoted Christian and that she
rendered a fine service to her
.Master in all her church rela-
tionships and service. It also
J5* Regiment
jL battalion came ovetseas in
Ky, 1941, landed in North
sml joined th« Fifth Army
Ally in March
^Btsry A fired tin- first mis-
J|«r April 194 1, registering
wL road Junction In the Min
sector along the Garlgli
MRIvcr. Laying down a 45-
jBtt preparation at H Hour of
Bps*! Rome offenive of last
Hike Olflth era*ej a number
Ifcrtiy installations aud great
fitits of enemy equipment
the path of friendly dough
then annihilated great
era of attai king Germans
I artillerymen passed thru
, SANTA ANA. Calif.—Captain
Fred W. .Moody, son of Ollic J.
Moody of Taft, Texas, is current-
ly assigned to the AAF Redistri-
bution Station No. 4 at Santa
Ana Army Air Base.
Captain Moody, a pilot ar.oard
a (.'-47 and B-I7 Flying Fortress
in the Southwest Pacific, entered
the service February 22, 1942.
and went overseas in June. 1943.
He lias been awarded the South-
west Pacific Theater Ribbon with
two Battle Stars, the Air Medal
with three Oak Leaf Clusters,
and the Distinguished Flying
Cross.
Captain Moody has completed
154 transport missions.
At this redistribution station,
an operation of the Personnel
Distribution Command. combat
icturneos of the AAF receive
complete medical examinations,
classification interviews and re
assignment to domestic stations
of the Army .Air Forces,
’Civet) "Mr truth of the state-
ment It has frequently come to
toy mind during the past couple
of year- when there has been so
mot li talk itid writing, and news
and picture shows on the subject
->i juietiiin delinquency." which
developed during the past two
years into a national problem.
Hut it is definitely NOT a prob-
1 h-m here in Taft -there is no
“juvenile delinquency here In
this model little city, and white
w.- want to give the youths their
chare of the credit and a well de-
served compliment upon their
1 oeport merit and general attitude
tow i:i| jvilized society, we must
admit that the absence or at
h ■ st eompa'atfve absence of so-]
< ailed “juvenile delinquency"—is j
a condition for which credit must j
fie given the adults of this town, j
The parents, the teachers, the ;
!< aders of '-tir community are
re)Using (he benefits of the un-
e lfish efforts they have put ,
forth and the interest they have j
Mown in the youth of Taft—and |
the examples they have set, be-
fore Ho- boy . and girls Our
churches and schools, their lead-
ers and teachers, share in the
.-.e-iit whi< Ii makes it possible to
point out this community as a
place where the citizens are Just-
ly proud of the young people who
live In this community.
The leaders and workers in be-
half of each organizations as the j
Girl Remits anil the Hoy Scouts.!
and the loyal support ami en-j
couragement of such nrganiza- j
tions by the men and women of j
Private First Class Ev-
erett Newman, both in the South
Pacific and also serving with the
•Marines; Ernest. Jack and James
Rav «n<4 bis ■(•ter Dorothy- 7|s
iB also survived by bis grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Board
of Sinton.
PRIVATE FIRST CLASS
LEONARD O. NEWMAN, USMCR
Born in Taft Community; Died
On Iwo Jima March 3. 1848
Capl, Claud Haisley
At Miami Beach
For Reassignment
MIAMI BEACH. Fla. -Captain
Claud C. Haisley, ?*, ()f Taft.
Texas, has arrived at Army Air
Forces Redistribution Station No.
2 in Miami Beach for reassign-
ment processing after completing
a tour of duty outside the conti-
nental United States.
.Medical examinations and clas-
elfication interview* at this post,
pioneer of several redistribution
stations operated by the AAF
Personnel Distribution Command
for AAF returnee officers and en
listed men, will determine bis
new assignment. He will remain
Transferred To Other
Boards For Induction:
Avie Max Grobe, William Bay-
ard Stokes, Ralph Wells Abbott,
Jack B. Chumley, Rufus Loggins.
John William Crull Daniel Fred
Russell Robert Merrill Elliott,
Orville William Giibert, Andrcz
Rodriguez, Randolph Buck Scar-
borough.
DIVISION IN MANILA.-Award
of the Purple Heart Medal—
America’* oldest military decora-
tion—-has been made to Private
First Class Alfcutse A, Jurena, 22,
Taft, Texas, for wounds suetahtedi
in action Against the Japanese.
A machine gunner in the 129th
Infantry Regiment, Jurena vm
wounded in the left forearm by
a shell fragment while taking'
part in an attack at Fort 8 tot sen-
burg. Luzon island. His regi-
ment, daring the rapid. nraep
from Lingayen Gulf to Manila,
secured Clark Field by knocking
out enemy resistance to the tort
area.
After Clark Field, the 1129th
slugged it out through tire streets
of Manila, the action cuiminatiag
in an amphibious assault sga.lR.si
he was j the old Walled City that resulted
| in capture of Fort Santiago—*
Taft Student Made
Member National
English Fraternity
BELTON Texas.--Miss Mary
Eunice Roberts, daughter of Mr.
<.nd Mrs Wrne Roberts of Taft,
was recently in. ated into Sigma
Thu Delia, national English fra-
ternity at Mary Hardin-Baylor
College. Belton.
Transferred From
Other Boards:
Ysidro Reyes Castillo, Leonard
Floyd Ponder.
LIST OF MEN TO BE
INDUCTED IN APRIL, 1945
Harry Clarke. Robert Maurice
Roberson, Jerry Michael Hayes,
Eldred Estel Jackson. Ernest
Manual Koonce. Roland Valintlne
Walden. Raul Ruiz Campos. Wel-
ter) Leon Fain, Pedro Plata Can
deiaria, Audiey Madison Weather-
ly, Augustin Gonzalez. Medardo
Grimaldo Molina, Robert Horace
White, R. E. Gilstrap, Charles O.
Robert, Nichols Soto Hernandez,
Charlie Elmer Wrinkle, Conrado
Rodriguez, Edwardo Arangua,
Jose Aivarado Benivamonde. Wil-
liam Nathan Yardley, Edward
Carlton Reynolds, Hershei Thom-
as Martin, Manuel Gonzales Bena-
vides, Joyce Fischer Raws, Gar-
Smith, Walter Ferrell
DOROTHY TUTT ELECTED
SOCIAL CHAIRMAN AND TO
BOARD CAMPUS LEAGUE
AUSTIN -Dorothy Tutt of Taft,
was recently elected social chair-
man and to the Board of the
t .ititpus League of Women Voters
at the University of Texas.
The League has charge of po-
litical discussions among the
group, arranging for speakers to
give talks to the entire campus,
end sponsoring certain reforms m j
James F. Davis, who
Itotn stationed at Klamath
t Oregon, has been visiting
(Continued On Page Five.)
Eight
student government.
land Ray
Barnes, Woodrow Parr Crumpton.
James Bryant Webb. Houston
Doyle Perkins. Benjamin Wallace
Clift, James Willard Eakin. Wil-
ber Cummings, Ramon H. Garcia.
Jose Gonzales Hernandez, Angel j
Reyes Duarte, Jack A. Butler, Sil- j
vestre Vasquez Barrera, Thomas j
Villerral Longoria. Isaac Alberto
t tail ceres Eiut.erio Trevino Mar-
Celebration of Pan American Day
To Be Held At Presbyterian School
For Mexican Girls Saturday, April 14
aft ‘Buddies” In Service Overseas
Pvt* T. W. Grower
Being Examined For
Preaviation Cadet
KEBSLBR FIELD. Biloxi Wins
j —Having arrived at Keeaiur
j Field Mies.. Pvt. Thomas Wiliuswt
Grazier, son of Mr. and Mr*.
Francis T. Orozler. Box 398. Taft.
Texas, is now being examined fey
the AAF Training Command sta-
tion Medical and Psychological
Transferred From Other
Boards For induction:
LeRoy Harmon. Bradford John
Allen.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
TO DOG OWNERS
E. L. Barrow To
Speak at P .*1 * A
Meeting March Tl
At the regular meeting of the
| Parent-Teacher Association to be
Dr. Spring of Corpus Christ!,
veterinarian, will he in Taft OH
j Monday April 9, at (he City Hall.
* from noon until late in the eve-
ning for the purpose of vaccinat-
ing dogs. The attention of Tafl
dog owners is hereby called to
the city ordinance which requires
that all dogs be vaccinated and
tagged. Dogs are not permitted
to run at large without these re-
quirements being met. AH dog
owners are hereby warned that
the local dog low will be strictly
enforced
THE CITY OF TAFT.
ceasing be is undergoing M Sffijjgl
Reealer Field. A aerie* of
vsl and psychologic*) tests; aflj,
indicate the type of air rsraw
. i Lining tor width it® I® bent Sjgfilj
suited by aptitude <*»« yermtOS -tlgSjK
characteristics. while etfeer ■•'AmI
ai'ication testa will oMnavr*
technical skills and aptR*#**,/
The period of his star !t*r» f® jfgg
also include a number of jtoRiw*|j
of military training, and wist* Ifor&iaMg
qaslifloatioaa have been Sms
mined he will go to tiM pw*«r
Army Air parata TraiMai ifeiUb;, '$$$
Tiiaoj a cation to begin Safe
air crew training.
Mr. and Mte. Kurt Antonwtt
spent ih» wMk-swd rtwwMJ*
Camp Hood, w>*r* RMf
tbefe- ana, Pvt, *Sri% SjjifafriMfc'yqfe
sflw w in a*
■there, fwiwwiw*#*..
wn--! *# i»
|j|| Legion News
Wednesday, April U. at lh,rf
.1, l:o i auditorium. Mr. c.- ■* ■
w, principal speaker, wil!
(or his subject. “Recreation
The regular monthly meeting
of the local American Legion
Post was held Tuesday night,
March 27th, at the Legion Home,
with a very representative gath-
ering in attendance..
Chairman It. E. Ferguson of
the membership committee re
ported 113 members for the new
year, which is the all high for
the post.
The Legion now includes nine
members, honorably discharged
from the present war. It was de-
cided *o t»ld an Initiation of
HfUR«G SALDANA. JR.
Hiiarir, saidan, jr
Saldana s- a
L- Saldana, ami jr
r <>f i.,,
**■ Patlblo n»!V:
*v® furnished Tin
*' Picture.-- or ,j
’Ts Wh<) are trim,
..... Army
1;L-- The parent
l?*0*' 'I'M letters J
® far iudlcati- that
11 the be;-.: i„.
PFC. PABLO FLORES
His friend, Pa Mo, was in New j
Mrs v, lie!) hot heard Dorn anal
Fab I «nr- writing cheerful letters to)
•Tore* i Parents and friends back in j
; U,ift Tin two boys have been I
... ; Ml.-a- Hi, lift fur n lour time, and!
. 1' ,ul1' I they wa re happy in the service
1 togeth»-j for a tiut,- and then lie- j
t airie separated. Tiieir parents j
s.iy they are “good kids from the |
best town in Texas, and we all j
lope to have them back here
with us again soon.” They havej
written letters of "greetings and;
test regards to all their friends
in Taft (This information by
We Hllario’a sister. Pilar Sal- j
daua. and Doiorez Florez.)
Patfofltov Yeur Hsm* M»«»HA?tt!
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Richards, Henry C. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 29, 1945, newspaper, March 29, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth712069/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Taft Public Library.