The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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Mrs. Hoyle Lemens and daughter,
Martha Jan of Merkel, spent from
Thursday until Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. T. J. Lemens and other relatives
here and at Fulbright. Billie Tuck-
er of Denton, spent Saturday night
in the Lemens home.
Weldon Murphy and family of
Paris, spent part of last week with
Mrs. Murphy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Couch.
Miss Martha Kate Roberts was the
honoree at a birthday dinner Sun-
day in the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Roberts. Those pres-
ent were Mrs. Tom Slaton and fam-
ily, Weldon, R. L. end Miss Ollie of
Deport, Mr. and M ;. Thomas West-
brook and son V s Fred of Lone
Oak.
Miss Ruth Griffin spent Saturday
night with her sister, Mrs. Jim Fort-
ner at Bogata.
Miss Geneva Rodgers of Deport,
was a guest Thursday night of Miss
Louise Solomon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Alsobrook and
daughter, Reba, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Stevens and Edna Mae, Mr. and Mrs.
Doug Alsobrook, Nancy and Patsy,
Mr. and Mrs. Murray Franklin, Nor-
ma Jean and Delores Ann, Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Wood and Nancy, Mrs.
Harley Vaughan and Mrs. Jack Rol-
lins attended a 42 party Thursday
evening in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
R. L. Fennell at Bdgata, honoring
Pfc. Leonard Riggs, who has been
overseas for eighteen months, Har-
ley Campbell who left Monday for
induction into the Navy and Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Fennell of Lamesa.
Miss Louise Griffin spent Satur-
day night with Miss Ruth Hunt at
Bogata.
Mrs. Travis Solomon and children,
Doyle Wayne and Miss Louise, were
guests Saturday night of Mr. and
Mrs. H. O. Solomon near Clarksville.
Their daughter, Mrs. Charles Early,
who was burned last week when the
back of her gown caught fire from
the draft door of a heater, was rest-
ing well. Her back was burned to
the waist. She received treatment
at Red River hospital.
Mrs. Hollis Barker spent from
Tuesday until Saturday with her
aunt, Mrs. Wallace O’Neil and other
relatives and friends at Dallas. Mrs.
O’Neil returned home with her and
spent Saturday night v^ith her bro-
ther, Guy Stevens and family.
The Rugby school enjoyed an Eas-
ter egg hunt Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milt Summers and
son, Glen of Bogata, Mr. and Mrs.
John Willis Bennett and children,
James Warren and Joan, of near De-
port, spent Wednesday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ed-
wards.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie McDonald of
Clarksville, were guests Sunday of
her uncle, Ben Alsobrook, in the
home of Barney Alsobrook.
Polk Alsobrook and family, Jess
Alsobrook and family were guests
Sunday of Mrs. Lillian Riggs at Bo-
gata.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Franks and
daughter, Jan, were guests Sunday
of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Clifton at Bogata.
Charles Ham of Deport, spent the
week end with his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. M. C. Ham, in the home
of his aunt, Mrs. Dick Hale.
Mr. and Mrs. Doug Alsobrook
made a business trip to San Antonio
the first of the week.
Mrs. Sallie Tipping:
For County Clerk
In today’s issue of this paper you
will find my name as a candidate for
County Clerk.
In making this announcement I
have considered seriously the duties
and responsibilities of this impor-
tant office. I feel that the experi-
ence and training that I have re-
ceived during the past twenty years
as Deputy County Clerk has quali- j
fied me to fill this position effici-
ently and to your satisfaction.
I was bom at Cuthand and have
lived in Red River county all my life.
Due to wartime restrictions it will
be impossible to visit each of you in
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Ar. and Mrs. Pete Watson and
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kelley were
Texarkana visitors Tuesday night.
Mrs. Reul Parker is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arch Roberts.
1 She fell from the doorsteps last
| week breaking her leg below the
knee. ——;—1—
TfSgt. and Mrs. David F. Scaff
have gone to San Antonio, where
Sgt. Scaff will be stationed at the
Aviation Cadet Center station hos-
pital:---1—
James Burkett is" visiting relatives
in Fulbright.
Mrs. George Ripley and Mrs. Rosa
Jaynes visited over the week end
with Mrs. Ed Hignight at Texark-
ana and Misses Lucy and Bertha
Ripley at Hooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kelley and dau-
ghter of Texarkana, visited his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Kelley,
over the week end.
Mrs. Woodley, Mr. Cantrell, Peggy
Snellgrove and Mary Joe Martin
were week end guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Brim at Hooks.
Mr. and Mrs. Alec Mangrum, Miss
Wilma Mangrum and Mr. and Mrs.
Ward Baker spent Friday at Gor-
man, Ark.
Mrs. Weldon Dugger and children,
Nick and Donna Ann of Sweetwater,
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. V.
N. Dugger.
Mrs. Hoyle Lemens and daughter,
Jan of Merkel and Billy Tucker of
Denton, visited Mr. and Mrs. Will
Tucker Easter Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Mitchell and
Mrs. Earl Legate were called to Sal-
tillo Monday morning to attend the
bedside of Miss Beulah Mitchell who
had an attack of appendicitis. She
had an operation at the Grant hos-
pital in Deport Monday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lowery of Sher-
ry, visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Han-
nah on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Matlock of
Milton, visited their son, Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Matlock, over the week
end.
John Temple visited his son, Tal-
ma Temple at Lubbock last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Storey and
daughter, George Ann, visited Mrs.
Storey’s mother, Mrs. Ann Kelley,
Sunday night.
An'Easter program was given at
the Baptist church Sunday evening.
Will Wilson visited his brother,
T. D. Wilson at Texarkana Sunday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. David Anderson and
children, John, Bill and James, vis-
ited in Bogata Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Wyatt were
Cunningham visitors Sunday.
your homes as I would like to do,
but I earnestly solicit your vote and
influence in my race.
MRS. SALLIE TIPPING.
(Political Adv.)
Everybody is far behind with farm
work here. Those who have trac-
tors kept them on the run both day
and night until Saturday, when an-
[ other rain fell, which will put the
i farmers on the “rest list” again for
[ a few days.
Everyone is invited to be present
; here Sunday, April 16, when we will
reorganize Sunday school at 10 a. m.
Cpl. Blaine Smith and Cpl. Hawk
Shaw of Camp Maxey, are to sing
at the Hoovertown school house on
Thursday night, April 13. Fifteen
and twenty-five cents will be charg-
ed, which Will go to the Red Cross.
A number of egg hunts were en-
joyed in this community Sunday.
Leroy Wright underwent an oper-
ation at the Grant hospital in De-
port Thursday and is reported doing
fine.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryant and
Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Bradley of El-
dorado, Ok., visited Miss Minnie Lee
Booth Friday.
Mrs. Willie Howe is reported ill.
Miss Bertha Thomas spent Sunday
at Blakeney.
Mrs. Helems has been very ill, but
is improved.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Bowman
, have been attending their brother’s
I two months old daughter at Mor-
1 gantown.
Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Hignight Spent
! Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Willie
Wood at Stark$ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Dawson
have been attending her sister at
a Paris hospital.
M[r. and Mrs. Edgar Van Deaver
of Minter, visited Mrs. Van Dea-
ver’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Buster
Crews, Sunday.
Miss Earlene Hignight entertain-
ed the j'oung people with a party
Thursday night.
John Frelan of Paris, visited his
brother, George Frelan, Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Chumbley
spent Wednesday night with Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Sout at Blossom.
Everyone was grieved to learn of
the death of Mrs. Alice Turner, for-
merly Miss Alice Roland of this
community. She was well known
in this community and was laid to
rest at the K. of H. cemetery at
Blossom on Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurbert Stout
spent Sunday night with her mo-
ther at Catonville.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Griffin and
Miss Earlene Hignight and father
attended the county-wide singing at
Blossom Sunday.
Miss Minnie Lee Booth received
a V-mail letter from her brother
who is in England, saying he had
been in the hospital for some time.
An Easter egg hunt was enjoyed
by the children at the school house
Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Clement spent
Sunday with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Elzie Williams at McCrury.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Bal'lard and
sons spent Easter Sunday with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. May Bennett
at Biardstown.
Pvt. Deal George and wue of Ty-
ler, spent Sunday with his brother,
Tom George, his grandmother, Mrs.
Tom George and his aunt, Mrs. Earl ■
Watts. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Potteet1
of Jennings, also spent the day with
Mrs. George.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pierce and
sons of Biardstown, were Sunday!
visitors of her sister, Mrs. Florence!
Bryant and family. j
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Cheatham and
Mr. and Mrs. George Cheatham and
children visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dee Ward at Biardstown
Sunday afternoon.
Children in the school here had \
their pictures taken last Friday. ,»
Relatives and friends gathered at j
the home of Albert Tucker on Sun-
day and enjoyed a nice egg hunt.
Mr. and Mrs. Lidge Harris of
Biardstown, spent Sunday with his
brothers, Elbert and Albert Harris.
Mrs. Bernice Curtis was ill sev-
era! days last week.
Junior Crafton of Cross Roads,
spent Saturuay night with his grand-
mother, Mrs. Bettie Clement.
Young Harold and Darroll Holmes
of Minter, spent the week end here
with their uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. Dick McDonald.
Several in the community are suf-
fering with bad colds.
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The ancient Greeks did not have
family names; the Romans usually
had three.
A woman in Wisconsin wants to
divorce her husband, a retired naval
officer, “because he insists we sleep
in a hammock.” She has lipped to
the floor 16 times during their 23
years of marriage, she told the court,
“and I’m getting too old.”
GROW PENICILLIN
IN LESS TIME
Two young scientists in India have
succeeded in achieving the maxi-
mum growth of penicillin in three
days, the India Information Services
say, as compared to the 12 days that
are needed for penicillin mold to
grow fully in America and Eng-
land, it is reported.
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 13, 1944, newspaper, April 13, 1944; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902563/m1/3/: accessed June 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.