The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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Mrs. Tommie Hammett of Glen-
'4ale, was a guest Tuesday of her sis-
ter, Mrs. C. E. Cathcart.
Mrs. Silas Morgan and Mrs. Char-
lie Randall were guests Wednesday
of Mrs. Morgan’s sister, Mrs. John-
nie McLemore at Deport.
Miss Mima Cotten of Big Spring,
and Mrs. Bert Ortiz of San Diego,
Calif., came in last Tuesday to visit
their father, W. J. Cotten and other
relatives and friends. Mrs. Ortiz
^will leave Wednesday for her home
in California, but Miss Cotten will
remain for a longer visit.
— Mrs. E. B. Abcock of Manchester,
spent Saturday night with Mrs. Bar-
ney Alsobrook.
Miss Ruth Griffin spent Thursday
night with Miss Merle Jean Han-
cock at Bogata.
Mrs. Luidie Emerson and daugh-
ter, Mrs. Jess Badgett and son, Bob-
bie of Paris, were guests Saturday
of their sister and aunt, Mrs. Tom
J.emens.
Mrs. Tom Harmney and daughter,
Patsy of Manchester, were guests
Saturday night of Mrs. Polk Also-
fcrook.
Mrs. R. L. Fennell of Bogata, Mrs.
Murry Franklin and daughters, Nor-
ma Jean and Delores Ann of Deport,
Mmes. Earl Grogan, S. B. Griffin,
Carl Wood, May Bell, T. J. Lemensi
J. A. Griffin, Jim Garrett and Doug
Alsobrook and Misses Elsie Wood,
Mattie Chesshir and Doris Bell ga-
thered Friday at the home of W. J.
Cotten with a covered dish and spent
the day honoring his daughter, Miss
Mima Cotten of Big Spring and Mrs.
Eert Ortiz of San Diego, Calif.
Patsy and Nancy, twin daughters
-Cf Mr. and Mrs. Doug Alsobrook,
Misses Shirley Jean Eaton and Mary
Ann Alsobrook have been ill with
chickenpox.
Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Moore, Mr. and
Mrs. Jeff Hancock of Bogata, were
guests Sunday of Mrs. S. B. Griffin.
Mr .and Mrs. W. H. Edwards, Mrs.
Carl Wood and Miss Mattie Chesshir
were guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Clipper at Hooks. Brenda
Joyce, daughter of Mr. and* Mrs.
Clipper, has been quite ill with in-
testinal flu but is improved.
Mrs. Steve Gray and children,
Tfoy and Miss Sarah Agnes, and
Miss Mary Grace Gray were guests
Sunday of Mrs.- Gray’s sister, Mrs.
E. L. Fennell, at Bogata.
Mr. and Mrs. Dixie Lawler of De-
port, were guests Sunday of her sis-
ter, Mrs. B. F. Craven and Mr. Cra-
ven.
Mrs. Maggie Chesshir, Misses Mi-
ma and Verah Cotten were guests
Sunday in the home of their broth-
er, Willie Cotten and family at
Johntown.
Miss Mary Grace Gray of Chan-
nel View, came in Sunday ! to make
her home with her aunt, Mrs. Steve
Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ward, Mr. and
EIrs. Bill Wright and daughter of
Halesboro. were guests Sunday of
Mrs. Ward’s sister, Mrs. T. J. Lem-
George Ripley, Raymond Dugger,
Punch Massengill and John Henry
Kelley were business visitors in Dal-
las last week.
Mrs. Edgar Hooker spent the week
end in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
'Mack Glover at Bogata.
Mrs. Gilbert Huddleston of De-
port, visited over the week end with
her grandmother,. Mrs. A. W. Kelley.
Brother Parker of Talco, preach-
ed at the Christion Church Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock to a full
house.
S. O. Jeffus and Miss Iva Rollins
of Deport, visited Mr. and Mrs. Sam
Smith Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Tom Burrus of Wichita Falls
whose home is in Fulbright, is ill
with pneumonia. Mrs. R. B. Fisher
had a letter Monday saying she was
improving.
Wesley Thompson who has been
employed at a Paris hospital, was
inducted into the army last week.
Mrs. Bazzell of Deport, spent Sat-
urday night in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Luther Rozell.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulric Legate of Mil-
ton, spent the week end with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Legate.
Jim Cantrell and his daughter
Mrs. Woodley, and Stella Snellgrove
have moved to Fulbright.
Mrs. Vernon Shuford of Patton-
ville, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. J. Jackson.
Morris Lassiter of Stinson Field,
near San Antonio, and his wife of
Paris, visited his mother and sis-
ters over the week end.
Buck Smathers and Will Wilson
were business visitors in Paris Mon-
day.
Mrs. Lynn of Cunningham, has
been spending the past week with
Mrs. Wyatt here.
Harrell Wyatt of Sanada, is visit-
ing his father, who is ill.
Mrs. Newt Bryson of Bogata and
Mrs. A. G. Skaggs and children of
Clarksville, visited their mother,
Mrs. M. B. Lee, Friday night.
James Covey of Durant, Okla., vis-
ited his wife and children here over
the week end.
Roy Thompson of Camp Barkeley,
Abilene, is at home visiting his par-
ents.
Norman Scaff of Little Rock, Ark.,
has been transferred to Norfolk, Va.'
He spent Sunday in Clarksville. Mr.
and Mrs. Mack Glover, Mrs. Edgar
Hooker and Ed Scaff went to Clarks,
ville in the afternoon to visit him.
Mr. and Mrs. Kit Adams are the
proud grandparents of a daughter,
named Betty Jane, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Burchinal of Ari-
Ex LlbnS.. • B William Sharp
WILTON
home last week after spending sev-
eral days with her daughter, Mr, and
Mrs. Marshall Grant at Hooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Buford Legate of
Port Arthur, are spending a few
days with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Buster Watson.
Mr. Whitaker who has been ill for
some time, is still unimproved.
Miss Katherine Matlock of Dallas,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Matlock.
| Mr. and Mrs. Earl Womack and I
J children of Biardstown, spent Sun- j
j day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs! I
j Bob Watson. |
, Mrs. Melvin Jackson spent last 1 ^ W3S flooded on
week with her husband in Oklahoma I thr t ^ h°*Vyt ralnstorms> and
where he is employed Mrs Jackson 1,travelcr was obl‘£ed to break
| . .... i yea. Mrs. Jackson ; hls journey at a village. He made
NO NEWS
IN THE BATTLE OF THE
PHILIPPINES,"
CORRE GIDOR.
WAS DEFENDED FOR 4 MONTHS BY
9.000 MEN WHO LIVED IN A TUNNEL
HARDLY MORE THAN ONE
BLOCK LONG ... /
GoL
CARLOS P.RQMULO,
tke last man off
Sjotaott, made his
■esca/ie in a
COULD NOT RISE MORE
THAN 76 FEET ABOVE .
THE WATER.../
Until the final surr£nd£a, f/upwo
Aim AMERICAN SOLD/ERS ON BATAAN,
EXHAUSTED. RIDDEN WITH DISEASE
AND LACK/NQ EQUIPMENT.
STILL MANAGED TO KILL EIGHT
JARS FOR EVERYONE OF WEIR OWN.-!
1 SAW THE
FALL OF THE
PHI UPPINES
&
Carlas
to that place this week.
Miss Bettie Jackson spent the week
end with her parents at View Point.
Edgar Rogers has been confined
to bed with chickenpox this week.
Mrs. Weldon Denison and child-
ren are expecting to leave for Hous-
ton soon, where Mr. Denison is em-
polyed.
Glenn Lawler is able to be back in
school at Deport after several days’
illness.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter Smallwood
and children of Paris, visited her sis-
ter, Mrs. Weldon Denison and child- i
ren during the week.
Dick Bennett returned to St. Louis,
after spending several days with his
mother, Mrs. J. B. Bennett and other I
relatives here.
Rev. Koontz filled his regular ap-
pointment at the Methodist church
Sunday morning ,and night.
Mr. and Mrs. Jud Shuford spent
from Friday until Monday with their
daughters, Mr .and Mrs. Roy Bal-
lard and Mr. and Mrs. L. J. Mc-
Counth at Port Arthur.
Mrs. Boss Gray returned to her
inn, and said to the waiter there, “It
is like the Deluge.”
“The what?”
“The Deluge. Haven’t you read
about the Deluge—Noah and the Ark
and Mount Ararat?”
“No, sir,” said the waiter, “we
ain’t had no papers here for three
days.”
Try Us First
F" the benefit of my
customers who have sick
ones at home, I will be here
Monday Through
Saturday
WILLINGHAM’S
HELPY-SELF
LAUNDRY
State Health Officer
Reports Many Cases
Social Diseases
having a
ens.
Cpl. Jack Rollins of Ft. Hancock.
N. J., came in Sunday for an eight-
day visit with his mother, Mrs. S.
B. Griffin. His grandmother, Mrs.
J. H. Ripley and daughters, Misses
Baker and Lucindy of Deport, visit-
ed them Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie McLemore
and sons of Deport, were guests
Sunday of her sister. Mrs. Silas
Morgan.
Mr .and Mrs. Amos Morgan of Ful-
bright, were guests Friday of her
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Jess Garrett.
Mrs. Essie Chesshir is
new cistern dug.
Brother Roberts, the Methodist
pasior, filled his appointment at the
Methodist church Sunday.
Austin. — According to an an-
nouncement by Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer, some type of
treatment for venereal diseases is
now available to every citizen of
Texas.
In view of the startling number
of selective service draftees who
were found unfit for military ser-
vice because of \ onereal diseases,
incieased effort is .jeiag exerted by
health authority., all over the nation :
to control the spread of these dis- I
eases.
“War time conditions favor the in- I
crease of prostitution, which leads ’
immediately to an alarming increase
i:i t:'<' "■ Fur. , : ypi:i 1 i . and g,,e
orrhea." Cox stated.
| According to figures compiled by
| the State Healtli Department in a
1 six month’s comparative report, pub-
lic clinics in Texas between July 1
and December 31, 1942, treated a to-
tal <>1 15,870 new eases of syphilis in
addition to a patient load of 150,924.
Nov cases of gonorrhea treated num-
bcied 6,996. At. the present rate of
new cases admitted, plus the regu-
lar patient load, approximately 465,-
621 treatments are being administer-
ed in a six month’s period. During
the last year, over one-half million
tests for syphilis were made by the
State Department of Health.
TOO MUCH MOVING
“Marry me, and I'll make you the
happiest wife in 48 states."
v,i! a I e ire 1<. live in
■ trailer."
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McDonald of j------ ” wim ner lamer,
Clarksville, were guests Sunday of W' Cotten and other relatives and
l-ii-,r' unoL, d i\if /____i ■, . . frionrlc
Mrs. Annie Mitchell and Dickson I
Hale, whose home was destroyed by
lire two weeks ago. Twenty-nine
guests were present with forty-five
gifts registered in the book. Those
present fro mout of town were Mrs.
Mack Mitchell, Mrs. Veda Montgom-
ery, Mrs. J. A. Chesshir and Mrs. R.
L .Fennell of Bogata and Mi.ss Mima
Cotten of Big Spring.
Homer Patterson of Bisbec. Ariz.,
spent Monday night in the home of
W. H. Edwards.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kilgore of Bis-
I bee, Ariz., were guests Tuesday of
her sister, Mrs. T. J. Lemons.
Mrs. Bert Ortiz left Wednesday
for her home in San Diego. Calif.,
after a week’s visit with her father,
her uncle, B. M. (Grandpa) Also-
brook, in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Barney Alsobrook.
Doug Alsobrook has received no-
tice from the War Department that
his brother, Pvt. Wayne Alsobrook,
has arrived safely overseas.
A shower was given at the com-
munity center Tuesday afternoon for
friends.
AT FIRST
SIGN OF A
_ USE
*66 TABLETS. SALVE. NOSE DROPS
HELP OUR WAR PROGRAM
GIVE THOSE BABY CHICKS A
REAL START IN LIFE WITH
SPECIAL X CHICK STARTER
And then follow up with CHICK SCRATCH and
SPECIAL X GROWING MASH. These will help insure
raising your entire flock, Early Broilers and Fryers, and
Early Layers this fall.
BUY IT AT LOCAL DEALERS
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
FOR
WAR STAMP HOLDERS
“When yon buy me—whether
I'm • 1W W«r Savings Stamp,
or one worth 25tf, SOf, $ 1, or
•5—you do a patriotic serv-
ice. And your money goes to
work for Unde Sam imnu di-
ately.
“BUT—I can’t give you any
interest on your money until
you contract me into a War
Bondi
“So—be sure your money
goes to work for Uncle Sam
and you—both. Get 94 for
every $3 you put in—a 33%
percent increase on your in-
vestment when the Bond ma-
tures. The .afrit investment
in the world!
“Do it by filling up your War
Stamp Books quickly—and
then converting them into in-
terest-paying War Bonds!”
This advertisement is a contribution to America’s
all-out war program by
fRjTri
Paris Milling Co.
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Deport State Bank
DEPORT, TEXAS
PARIS, TEXAS
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Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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now is the time to buy vour new
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still get smart, quality merchan-
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In pastel plaids, tweeds and sol-
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BLOUSES
Long or short sleeves in floral
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a few solid colors. Ideal for cas-
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1943, newspaper, February 11, 1943; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902070/m1/3/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.