The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 28, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Wjw-^v week with John Mac, who is
' stationed at Kelley Field.
Pvt James E. Woodson has re-
cently been transferred from Syra-
’ fi cuse, N. Y., to St. Joseph, Mo., ac-
cording to his parepts, Mr. and Mrs.
*W. O. Woodson of Pattonville Rl.
.Sam Westbrook received a letter
on Jan. 26 from his son, Donald,
.'Which was mailed in North Africa
an Jan; 15, stating he was fine and
T' had been promoted from private to
L private lirst class with a raise in
teered in October, and entered ser-
vice on Dec. 23, 1942. He is the son
of Mrs. Claude Parkess and was mar-
ried on Dec. 12, 1942, to Miss Marie
Chandler of Pattonville, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Chock Chandler.
A letter from Jess Kilgore of Bis-
bee, Ariz., states that he received a
letter from his son, Jess Jr., now in
North Africa, saying he was OK, and
they were having some busy times
now. Jess Sr. also enclosed a snap-
shot he took of the two-man Jap
submarine that was captured. It is
being sent around over the U. -6. for
people to observe, and was in Bis-
bee Jan. 6. He says it is 83 feet
long and some sight to see.
Donald Clifton, who is a quater-
master in the U. S. Army at Ft. War-
Ten, Wyo., wrote his parents, Mr. and
|lrs. Fred Clifton, that it was plen-
. ty cold up there. He states they
—Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dickson re-
ceived a V-letter from their grand-
breakfast and the tempera-
as 85 degrees below zero.
son, Cpl. John R. Dickson, on Jan.
17, which was mailed in England
On?. 83. He stated he was fine and
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JAN. 28, 1943
NUMBER 51
. With the Men
inUniform
i
Cpl. Dkk Burden of Sheppard
Field, spent the week end with his
father, W. F. Burden.
Ira D. Norman has been transfer-
red from Camp Pickett, Va., to In-
diantown Gap Military Reservation,
Penn.
Mrs. S. W. Coyle orders The
Times sent to Staff Sgt. Grady Coyle,
stationed at Will Rogers Field, Okla-
homa City.
Srt. and Mrs. Warren A. Cooper
of np Maxey, spent the week end
w Irs. Cooper’s parents, Mr. and
'j o. R. Nance.
Earl Westbrook, son of Sam West-
brook, stationed at Camp Gordon,
Ga., has been promoted from private
to private first class.
Billy Grant, son of Mrs. Ocie
Grant, was called to Paris Monday
for his final physical examination
for the armed services.
Sgt. J. D. Dale of Brownwood,
left recently for an unknown destina-
tion. Mrs. Dale is the former Miss
Dorothy Gooch of Deport.
Claude Alvin Puckett of the U. S.
Navy, stationed at Norman. Ok.,
spent the week end with Miss Max-
ine Gooch of Independence.
Seaman Edgar Bryson returned to
Pensacola, Fla., on Tuesday after a
two weeks’ visit with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs- R- H. Bryson.
Mrs. Coy Hughes received word
that her husband, Pvt. Coy R. Hugh-
es, has been transferred from Camp
Livingston, La., to Camp Bowie, Tex.
Cpl. Jack Bell will return Thurs-
day to Kelly Field, San Antonio, af-
fer a two-weeks’ furlough spent with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bell.
Worth Hood and Lowell Read who
were inducted into the army this
month, have been transferred from
Mineral Wells to Camp Phillips,
Kans.
Mrs. Jim Westbrook received word
that her brother, Donald D. Marcum
cf Camp Carson, Colo., has been pro-
moted from private first class to cor-
poral.
Cpl. Mac Webb, stationed at Camp
Crowder, Mo., arrived Tuesday for
a few days’ visit with Mrs. Webb
and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Webb.
Wickard Calls On
Town Folk For Big
Victory Gardens
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard, national food administra-
tor, has called on every town, city
and suburban family with a suffici-
ent plot of ground or access to a
community or allotment type of gar-
den to join in the 1943 Victory Gar-
den program.
By growing a home vegetable gar-
den, he said, any citizen can make
a worthwhile contribution to the na-
tion’s total fooc1 supply and thus help
win the war.
“Victory gardens offer those on
the home front a chance to get in the
battle of food,” Secretary Wickard
said. “While farmers broke all pre-
vious records of food production in
1942 for the third consecutive year,
needs are now practically unlimited.
We need more food than ever before
in history—we need it for our arm-
ed forces in action on world-wide
fronts, for our men and women in
training and for our fighting allies.
We need it to keep those at home
healthy and strong.
“We are asking farmers to produce
even more food in 1943 than last
year and they will do their best to
meet their goals. Every farm fam-
ily will be expected, of course, to
have a garden for its own use, and,
where possible, to send extra sup-
plies of fresh vegetables to nearby
markets.
“At the same time, the residents
of towns, cities, and suburban areas
who have suitable garden space
available can make an important
contribution toward supplying our
total food needs by growing Victory
Gardens. The vegetables they pro-
duce will provide nutritious food for
the family table, lessen the drain on
commercial food stocks and ease
transportation burdens. Home can-
ned vegetables also will insure a re-
serve food supply for family use.
G. L. Skidmore, fireman second
class, returned Saturday to Orange
after a ten-day leave spent with his
mother, Mrs. G. L. Skidmore of
Blossom and his sister, Mrs. Joe
Monk and Mr. Monk and other rela-
tives.
Recently promoted to seaman first
class, Pride. Weaver has been assign-
ed to patrol duty. A former student
of Paris Junior College, Seaman
Weaver is the son of Calvin Weaver
of Pattonville. He enlisted in the
navy last June.
January Bond Quota
For Red River Co.
Increased to $41,300
Frank Scofield, War Bond Admin-
istrator for Texas, has notified B. B.'
Black, Red River County War Sav-
ings Committee, that Red River
county’s quota for January has been
placed at $41,300, an advance of $3,-
700 over the December quota. No
official report has been made for the
month, up to this time, but it is
known that bond sales are much low-
er than during the fall month.;, and
unusual efforts must be put forth
by all bond selling agencies if the
January quota is met.
Cpl. and Mrs. E.
turned Thursday to Mineral Wells,
after a few days’ visit here with
Mrs. Cannon’s parents, Mr. and Mr:;.
Roger Bell.
S. E. Wimberly, AMM3c, station-
ed at the U. S. Naval Training Sta-
tion at Norman. Okla., accompanied
by Mrs. Wimberly, are expected here
L. Cannon re- I Feb- 1, on a ten-day leave to visit
Mrs. Wimberly’s mother, Mrs. Sam
Holloway and Mr. Holloway and
other relatives here and in Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. John Lindsey of
. Lake view, honored Wesley Myrl
■Wright with a party Saturday night.
He is to be inducted into the army
sometime soon.
Mrs. John Mac Shuman and Miss
1--/ Shuman returned Saturday
__j San Antonio, where they spent
: week with John Mac, who is
Hattie M. Seals of Paris, daughter
of Mrs. Emma W. Thornton of Bo-
gata. has begun her training as a
member of the Women’s Army Auxi-
liary Corps at Fort Des Moines,
Iowa. She has been assigned to a
receiving center company for a
week’s elementary military training.
William Hobert Parkess, second
class seaman, is stationed at Camp
Growers Offered
Added Payments
For War Crops
Secretary of Agriculture Claude R.
Wickard Monday outlined a broad
program to increase production of
vital war crops by offering growers
$100,000,000 in incentive payments
for meeting or exceeding greatly ex-
panded production goals.
The new program will apply to
soybeans, peanuts, grain sorghums,
flax, sweet potatoes and dried peas,
which Wickard said were greatly
needed in the war effort to meet de-
ficiencies in vegetable oils and pro-
teins for animal feeding as well as
human consumption.
Growers of these crops will re-
ceive extra payments for each acre
they exceed 90 per cent of their farm
goals up to 110 per cent of the goal.
Wickard said .the incentive pay-
ments were part of the department’s
program to assist farmers in pro-
ducing maximum amounts of essen-
tial war products.
Sgt. James Vickers
Dies of Accident
Alas’an Area
Mrs. Elbic MeHam of Blossom re-
ceived word Monday night from the
Adjutant General's department.
Washington, D. C., notifying her of
the death of her brother, Staff Sgt.
James S. Vickers, as the result of
an accident, Jan. 23, in the Alaskan
■a. No other details were given.
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. T. L.
Vickers of Blossom, he was born
there July 13, 1920, and graduated
from Blossom High School in 1937.
He attended Paris Junior College,
1938-39, and entered the Army Ait-
Forces, Dee. 10, 1941. He received
his training at South Carolina fields
and at Scott Field, 111., being trans-
ferred to Alaskan territory last Oc-
tober as a radio operator and aerial
gunner.
He was a nephew of J. 'L. Wilson
of Blossom and of Miss Jimmie Vick- j
ers and D. I. Vickers.
He was also a. relative of the Phil -
ley and Jackson families of Deport.
T. T. Jeffus was in Dallas Sunday
and Monday on business.
Fire Destroys
Home of Dixon
Hale at Rugby
Fire destroyed the home, garage
and storeroom of Mr. and Mrs. Dix-
on Hale at Rugby Sunday afternoon.
The flames began coming through
the floor and went all over the
house before Mr. and Mrs. Hale
knew there was a fire, which caught
from the grass, set fire by children
l Dying in the yard.
A garage and storeroom combin-
ed, also burned. In the storeroom
were the meat and lard from three
hogs recently killed, which was all
lost, as well as everything in the
house, except two mattresses and a
few quilts. No clothing was saved.
There was no insurance on house nor
contents.
The barn, a chicken house and a
shed were saved by the Bogata fire
department which was called.
STATE HEALTH
OFFICER WARNS
OF INFLUENZA
Thirty Car Loads of
Scrap Metal Shipped
From Red River Co.
Red River county people gathered
30 carloads, or 2,578,430 pounds of
scrap metal during 1942, according
to Roy M. Erwins civilian defense
commander.
These figures do not include cop-
per, brass, zinc, lead and aluminum.
Old rubber collected in the form of
tires, tubes, and other rubber goods
amounted to 150,000 pounds, and
over 500 tire^_ were turned in by
automobile owners in excess of five
tires for their cars.
Funeral Services for
Mrs. A. E. Ball Held
Saturday Afternoon
Austin.—With the incident of in-
fluenza in Texas reaching new highs
as winter advances. Dr. George W.
Cox, State Health Officer recently
issued a warning to the public to
guard against exposure to this dis-
ease.
"Influenza patients should be iso-
lated as nearly as possible to avoid
spreading the disease,” Dr, Cox said.
"The germ is believed to be spread
from person to person through dis-
charges from the nose and throat.”
To protect yourself and others
from this disease, here are some
things to be remembered:
Influenza is highly infectious.
Practically everybody is susceptible
to it. No matter how many times
you have had the disease you may
contract it again. Therefore, keep
away from people who are sneezing,
coughing, or sniffling or who are act-
ively ill with colds, influenza, or
pneumonia. Keep away from crowd-
ed places. Have your own towel and j
always wash your hands before eat- j
ing, and sneeze or cough into your ;
handkerchief.
Keep fit by drinking plenty of |
water, by eating simple nourishing
food, by some exercise out of doors !
every day, by dressing according to ]
the weather, by having plenty of
sleep in a well ventilated room, and
by keeping the bowels regulated.
Don’t neglect your “cold.” If you
ihave the slightest suspicion of fever,
go home, go to bed immediately and
call your physician. Stay in bed un-
til he tells you that you can get up,
and follow his advice implicitly.
Capt. DeBerry Wins
Army Air Medal For
Kiska Heroism
Capt. Pat Martin DeBerry, native
of Bogata, has been awarded the Ai£
Medal for daring attacks on Japan-
ese planes over Kiska,
Previously the flier, who is 22 and
only recently promoted to a cap-
taincy, had figured in a number of
heroic air exploits.
One of the first reports concerning
him told how he and three other of-
ficers aboard a bomber over the
Aleutians cut loose at the same time
on a Jap Zero and blew it to bits in
midair. The next day he was per-
sonally credited with shooting down
two Jap planes in the same theater.
At another time DeBerry and a
second fighter pilot took after a
whole company of Japs on a Kiska
hillside, chasing them down the
mountain and peppering them with
machinegun fire as they ran. In a
third foray he led an attack on 14
enemy fliers that became so intense
all the Japs had to jump out of their
burning planes at 50-foot altitudes.
Captain DeBerry, a nephew of for-
mer State Senator Tom DeBerry,
was born in Bogata, living there un-
til 1931, when he moved to Austin
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. M.
DeBerry. Educated at Austin High
School and the University of Texas,
he was accepted as an aviation cadet
March 15, 1941. He took all his train-
ing in California, getting his wings
and a commission as a second lieu-
tenant in December, 1941.
Texas Blue Norther
Visits This Area
Sunday Night
DEPORT DEFEATS BLOSSOM
35-25 FRIDAY NIGHT
Deport’s Tigers downed the Bios- j
som Bulldogs, 35-25 at Deport Fri-
day night in a hotly contested game.
Lawler, Tiger guard, led the scor-
ing with 17 points, while Whitten
sparked Blossom with 10 point;;.
In a preliminary game the Deport
B team won a 22-19 victory over the
Blossom reserves.
Mrs. A. E. (Elihu) Ball, 86, former-
ly Miss Lucy Jane Yancey, passed
away Friday at 3 p. m. at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. D. T. Elliott
at Minter, after several years' ill
health. Born April 30, 1857 at Biards-
town .she had lived all her life with-
in a \v miles of her birthplace, ex-
cept ;r five sears spent at Brooks-
ton and Paris. She married on Jan.
25. 1873. Her husband died several
years ago.
The funeral, conducted by the Rev,
J. L. Koontz, Minter Methodist pas-
jtnr. and the Rev. Carter MeKemy j monlinR. " and ' Monday
; of Deport, was held Saturday after- !
j noon at the home , of
Ball, with interment in Evergreen
| cemetery, Pal is. Pallbearers were
John Roddy, Tom Jeffus, Austin
Hefflefinger, Bob Denison, Lewis
Jeffus and Paul Crawford.
Mrs. Ball leaves three children.
Mrs. Elliott, Johnnie and Albis Ball,
all living at Minter. Another daugh-
ter, Mrs, Abert Martin, died several
i years ago. There are also 11 grand-
| children, six great-grandchildren
j and two great-great-grandchildren.
People in this area were given a
real taste of the sudden changes in
Texas weather Sunday night When
the temperature dropped 62 degrees
'tiring the night.
The temperature rose to 81 de-
grees Sunday afternoon, two degrees
below the high marl; on Saturday,
and then a Texas blue norther blew
in Sunday night bringing the mer-
cury down to 18 degrees on Monday
afternoon
, sleet and a fine mist were falling
son, Albis ; antj fm.zjne- bringing the tempera-
ture down to 16.
Tuesday morning the sun came out
and sent the mercury up, and at
press time Wednesday, people were
enjoying warm, springlike weather.
Two Bogata Girls
Enlist in W A AC
HELP FINISH iHE JOB
Small Business
Should Be Saved
Director Says
m
Perhaps the greatest single threat
to the preservation of democracy
and individual liberty and initiative
growing out of this war is the “ap-
proaching flood of failures of small
business units,” Dr., A. B. Cox, dir-
ector of the University of Texas Bu-
reau of Business Research, declares
in his annual report on the work of
the Bureau.
“The reduction of such failures to
the very minimum is one of our
I major immediate problems and falls
squarely in the field of business re-
search,” Dr. Cox points out. “If we
can save our civilian industries and
enterprises now, we will have a
working basis when the war is over
—and we must save them if Texas is
to have its rightful share of the na-
tion’s post war industry and com-
Saturday Last Day
Pay Poll Taxes
Midnight, Saturday, will be the
deadline for the payment of 1942 poll
taxes and the last date to pay pro-
perty taxes with penalty and in-
tere8t V
Jan. 31, the legal deadline for pay-
ment of poll taxes, falls on
|hiaygar.
Miss Margarette Thcdford and
Miss Martha Kate Stanton were two
of the full platoon of 50 members
of the WAAC, sworn in on the stage
of the Majestic Theatre in Dallas last
Tuesday, and are now at home await-
ing orders to report for training.
Miss Thedford, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. V. Thedford, is a graduate
of Bogata High School and of a Dal-
las business school, and has been
employed in the office of the Com-"
munitv Public Service Co. in Bo-
gata.
Miss Stanton, daughter of Mrs. G.
B. Stanton, is also a graduate of Bo-
gata schools, and of Texas Techno-
logical College, Lubbock, and is
teaching in the grade school in Bo-
gata.
Credit Buying of
Gas to Be Halted
Washington. — The petroleum ad-
ministration Thursday prohibited all
credit buying of gasoline and other
petroleum products for private motor
cars, effective Feb. 1.
The order provides that retail gas-
oline marketers or suppliers may not
“grant, accept or participate in the
granting or accepting, directly or In-
directly of credit in connecton With ;;
but makes exceptions for sale to
oral, state or local govemmen
commercial use of motor boats,
motor vehicles. displaying “T*
tion stickers. ^
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