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Hooooeeeey and hello summer.
It did finally shore ’nough git here.
Temps ain’t got
to them triple
digits yet, but
that dadburn
thermiddity in-
dex or whatever
they call it shore
'nough has. I
wish they’d
never invented
that gadget. Wouldn’t feel near so
hot. Course, most of that’s in yore
mind. Yea, right!
These columns I write every
week contain “words,” layin’ out
the thought of a purty simple
mind. Larry Huse from down to
Clifton sent me this little deal
about the use and mis-use of
words. It mentioned that words
are a “cheap commodity.” Vol-
umes can be, and have been, writ-
ten about many controversial
subjects. But remember, it ain’t
how much ya say, but what yore
words mean is what counts, and so
it is throughout life. Take just a
moment to consider the following
facts.
The Lord’s Prayer contains 56
words. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Ad-
dress had two hunnerd and sixty-
six. The Ten Commandments two
hunnerd and seventy-nine. And
the Declaration of Independence
has three hundred. But, a govmint
order setting the price of cabbage
has an amazing twenty-six thou-
sand, nine hunnerd and eleven
words. Ain’t no wonder our
govimint, state and federal, have
so dad-burn much trouble gittin’
stuff done in a timely fashion. They
think they got to use too many
words.
I know all y’all seen these “pri-
vacy notices” in some of yore
mail. No matter hardly what
kinda bidness ya git mail from. It
would be interestin’ to have some
idea of what this rule costin’
American bidness. Ya can bet
them folks gittin’ the jobs to print
all this mess is happy though.
And another thing ya can bet on,
the cost to bidness will shore
’nough be passed on to us citi-
zens. Bidness ain’t gonna absorb
all them costs alone. >,
From what I understand, if’n
ya go to a hospital to visit a sick
friend, they may not even admit
that yore friend is in their facil-
ity. What? Tellin’ ya may violate
this “privacy rule.” As an ex-
ample, the Sunset Home down to
Clifton had to quit printin’ names
of folks admitted, released, died,
etc. Maybe not even s’posed to
have name of occupant on the
outside of their door. Can ya be-
lieve that? What a shame. An
unnecessary shame.
This ain’t got nothin’ to do with
the “privacy rule,” but several
years ago, Harry Blue was in one
of them hospitals down to Waco,
and Bet and I went by to visit
him. Stopped by the receptionist
and asked what room Harry Blue
was in. She checked her records
and said, “We have no one here
by that name.” I said she got to
be kiddin,’ told her he was bound
to be there and that he was from
Cranfills Gap. She checked again
and said, “We have a Herman
Blue from Cranfills Gap in this
room. Would that be him?” Told
her we’d go see, and shore
’nough found Harry Blue. Men-
tioned this feller registered as
“Herman” and he just laughed.
Now, I’d knowed this feller since
I was a pup, and never had a clue
that his name was actually
Herman. I‘ve since run into a
bunch more folks what didn’t
know that either. Come to find
out, he’d had the nickname of
“Harry” might nigh all his life,
and it just stuck.
Had a similar experience while
down in the Houston area on
bidness several years ago. I
knew Butch and Shirley Thomp-
son lived down in that neck of the
woods somewhere, and since I’d
finished by bidness fer the day,
was gonna give ’em a call. I
searched through a humongous
phone book lookin’ fer “Butch
Thompson.” Wasn’t none in there
that I could rind, so I just went
out to eat and crashed fer the
night. Now, Butch’s dad, Buster
Thompson, owned a garage in
Morgan at the same time my
Dad, Si, owned a garage here in
the Gap. And, he married one of
my classmates, Shirley Huse.
They finally retired back up here
to the Gap, and until they moved
back, I didn’t have a clue that his
given name was “Fred.” Y’all
ever run into deals like this?
Nicknames is great, but they
shore can be mis-leadin.’
See Ya Next Week,
Marc,
Marc at the Gap
Rhoades Served In Medical
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Corps In Pacific During WWII
CLIFTON — Charles H. Rhoades, the son of
Charlie S. and Fannie Black Rhoades, was born in
Hico on Feb. 1,1920. The family settled in Clifton and
Rhoades graduated from Clifton High School in 1938.
In January 1942, Rhoades went to Waco and en-
listed in the U.S. Navy. The last thing he remembered
seeing on the day he left home was his father wav-
ing to him from the train station as the train pulled
away.
Rhoades trained at the Naval Training Station in
San Diego and was assigned* to the Medical Corps.
He was stationed in the Pacific and served at the
Pearl Harbor Training Hospital and the Naval Oper-
ating Base at Midway Island.
Rhoades was transferred to the U.S. Marine Corps
as a hospital corpsman and went through boot camp
a second time. He eventually sailed for Pavuvu Is-
land in the Russell Island Group and was assigned
to headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Ma-
rines, 1st Marine Division in January 1945.
He was in the landing on Okinawa in April 1945 in
the second assault wave. Rhoades saw heavy action
with the enemy forces and at one point had the heel
of his boot shot off. During the initial assault, the men
did not bathe or change their clothes for 40 days,
except for their socks which they washed out in their
helmets.
As a hospital corpsman, Rhoades needed to keep
his hands free in order to transport the wounded off
the battlefield, so the only weapon he carried was a
.45 revolver worn in the side holster.
Once when he was assisting during an operation
in a field hospital, the tent was hit by enemy fire, and
when the smoke cleared, everyone was dead except
him. Many civilians on Okinawa attempted to pass
through the lines with many soldiers in disguise.
Even some women were found to be carrying satchel
charges and grenades.
After the campaign in Okinawa, Rhoades sailed for
China aboard the USS Chilton and served with the
occupational forces at Tsien-tsen for several months,
returning to the States in November 1945. He was
discharged in January 1946 after 31 months of ac-
tive duty.
Rhoades signed up with the inactive reserves and
returned to Clifton Junior College in February 1946
graduating later that year. He went to the Univer-
sity of Texas College of Pharmacy in Austin and
graduated in 1948 with a Bachelor of Science degree
in Pharmacy.
He went to work at Weaver’s Pharmacy in Fort
Worth in 1948. He had been corresponding with
Margie Bertelsen since their first blind date in 1944,
and in December 1949, they were married in Fort
Worth. Rhoades was called back to active duty in the
SERVING IN THE PACIFIC DURING WWII — Charles
H. Rhoades, the son of Charlie S. and Fannie Black
Rhoades, graduated from Clifton High School in 1938
and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in1942. After Medical.
Corps training, he was stationed in the Pacific. Once
while assisting on an operation, the field hospital tent
was hit by enemy fire. He was the sole survivor. *n .
Navy during the Korean War. He served as a medical
corpsman at the San Diego Naval Hospital until His
discharge in 1952.
Rhoades and his wife returned to Fort Worth, arid
he returned to work as a pharmacist. He began work!
at St. Joseph’s Hospital in 1960 retiring after 22 years
of service in 1981. He continued living in Fort Wor$i,
until his death in November 1994. He is survived by
his wife, Margie, and their daughter, Alice Jane
Rhoades.
(Gloria M. Hewlett has been collecting the stories
of Bosque County veterans for a book about World
War II which she will be taking to her publisher in
July. The book will be in stores to be announced at a
later date in November or early December.)
Margo Richards
Texas Lakes Trail Reg. Coordinator
Lakes Trails Head
To Address Today’s
Chamber Luncheon
CLIFTON — Texas Lakes Trail
Regional Coordinator Margo Ri-
chards will be the guest speaker
at July’s monthly Clifton Chamber
of Commerce lunch meeting. The
meeting will be held at Clifton
Lutheran Sunset Home at 12 noon
Wednesday, July 9.
The Texas Lakes Trail Region is
one of five active trail regions in
the Texas Historical
Commission’s Heritage Trails
Program. The program began in
1997 when the Texas State Legis-
lature asked the THC to begin pro-
moting heritage travel within the
state. The Heritage Trails pro-
gram is based on the Texas De-
partment of Transportation’s 1968
TTavel Trails program begun by
then governor John Connally.
Bosque County is at the south-
western corner of the Lake Trails
area. The Lakes Trail Region’s
mission is to promote and pre-
serve unique heritage, cultural,
natural, and leisure resources of
the 31-county region.
Cost of meal is $7 per person, and
advance reservations are required.
Contact the Chamber at (254) 675-3720
or by e-mail
(difton.chamber@hteomp.net) for in-
formation or to make reservations.
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