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VOLUME XXXVIII
Burglar Loots
Cash Drawers of
Deport Stores
Thursday, Feb. 7, was burglar
jht in Deport. Three business
L^es were entered, three cash
vers emptied, and about $15
*Ken.
The stores were the Hayes &
Sons grocery and R. E. Nobles
Grocery & Market on Main street,
and the J. A. Thompson grocery
in west Deport.
Entrance to Hayes & Sons store
was made through the rear door,
a part of the glass having been
broken to allow passage. About
four dollars were taken from the
drawer of the cash register. Exit
was made by way of the rear
door.
At the Nobles store, entrance
was made by crawling under an
opening of the door in the rear of
the building. Mr. Nobles says less
than $1 in small change was tak-
en from the cash drawer.
The J. A. Thompson grocery
was entered by way of a front
window, a cracked glass of which
was removed for entrance. Mr.
Thompson reports about $10 in
small change missing from his
cash drawer, along with keys to
his oil drums on the outside.
unstable Pick Anderson and
bis officers are investigating
burglaries.
This is the second burglary in
less than a week, the W. F. Bur-
den & Son store having been en-
tered Saturday night, Feb. 2.
New Assistant
County Agent
Is Appointed
Albert H. Karchcr Jr. of Gid-
dings, rhas been named assistant
Lamar county agricultural agent.
He was appointed by the County
Commissioners Court, effective
Feb. 1.
Karcher, who was graduated
from Texas A. & M. College in
1939, is a veteran with four years
and seven months of active ser-
vice in the Army, 26 month of
which were served overseas.
A company commander of the
Reconnaissance Battalion of. the
First Armored Division, Karcher
participated in the African and
Italian campaigns. He was dis-
»rged Oct. 17, 1945.
assistant county agent, Ear-
ner's principal activity will be
| assist Lamar County 4-H Club
Members, in addition to working
with County Agent Monroe U.
May in other phases of the coun-
ty’s agricultural program.
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DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946
NUMBER 2
More Servicemen
Given Discharges
Army and Navy
Judge M. L. Wren of the Red
River County draft board fur-
nishes a list of men recently giv-
en discharges from army and
navy service. Those from this
area are:
James W. Hays, Bagwell R1
William F. Kuykendall, Bogata
Francis M. Foster, Bogata R2
Marshall W. Wilson, Cuthand
Dan Tom Seay, Blossom
Volley G. Garrett, Blossom
William B. Hancock, Bogata
Milt Summers, Deport R2
James H.'Barnes, Bagwell R1
James E. Woodall, Deport
Carl W. Williams, Bogata '
Rubert Lee Sulsar, Bogata R2
Martin Bee Scott, Detroit R1
John A. Holdaway, Cuthand
John W. Hindman, Bogata R2
Cecil T. Robinett, Bagwell R1
Jack E. Mathis, Bagwell R1
Jessie D. Evans, Bogata R1
Geo. W. Thomas, Johntown
Charles Davidson Jr., Deport
Roy E. Pimberton (col.), Deport
Clyde Grant Jaynes, Fulbright
Robert Murl Roach, Johntown
Rojf Earl Linton, Bagwell
Clovis T. VanDeaver, DetroitRl
Iff® NEWS OF OUR
MEN«w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
TSgt. C. G. (Bud) Nobles has
been transferred to Kearns, Nebr.,
from San Antonio.
Billy J. Ward, whose address
is Rt 3, Clarksville, enlisted in
the AAF, with duty in the ETO,
last week.
CpI. and Mrs. A1 Belous of
Wichita Falls, were Sunday guests
in the home of her aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. John Thompson.
Jathrel Eugene Lawler of Blos-
som, son of William T. Lawler of
Pattonville, has enlisted for a two-
year period in the Navy.
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Phillip* of
Pattonville, have received word
from their daughter, ' Mrs. An-
drew Moore of Clarendon, that
her son, L. P., had returned home
from thp Pacific, where he has
been serving in the army for the
past two years.
Electrician’s Mate lc John W.
Price, R1 Biardstown, recently
was honorably discharged from
the Navy at Shoemaker, Calif.
Terms of 66 School
Trustees in Lamar
Expire April 1
Terms of 68 Lamar county
school officials, 66 of which are
trustees, expire in April, accord-
ing to J. G. Brunson, county school
superintendent.
Qualifications of trustees, Mr.
Brunson states, are that they be
able to read and write, have re-
sided in Lamar county for six
months, and in the state for a
year. Trustees are required to
take the same oatli of office as
the governor New elections wit
be held >, lirst Saturday in
April.
Trustees whose terms expire
include:
J. H. Rollins, Lone Oak; Less
Webb, Byrdtown: C. O. Bench.
Hazelde'.l; Calvin Carpenter, Pat
tonville; and Tulley Temple, Min-
ter; A. R. Garner, Liberty; Clyde
Hammond, Biardstown; C. C.
Rainey, Ashland; Joe Antone,
Hoovertown; E. D. DeQueen. Ti
gertown; H. D. Pomroy, Cross
Roads; Douglas Petty, Independ-
ence; Neal Yancey, Burnett; Bur
rell Harvey, Milton, and Martin
Clifton, Martin.
Hercll L. Black, Bogata R2, has
enlisted in the AAF and will serve
in the ETO, the U. S. Army re-
cruiting office at Paris has an-
nounced.
Pvt. Wilburn Kilgore, station-
ed at Oakland, Calif., is here for
a 15-day furlough with his wife
and son, Allen and his mother,
Mrs. Jesse Kilgore.
Bob Thomas Young, MM3c, of
Pattonville, has reported back to
Dallas for re-assignment, after a
SjSgt. John W. Phillips return-
ed to his home last week at Ft.
Towson, Ok., having received his
discharge at Ft. Leavenworth,
Kans. He served with the Army
Air Forces in India 18 months.
He is visiting his brother, Bill
Phillips, and other relatives here.
Radar Technician 3c Chester
Sam Crawford, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J F. Crawford, R2 Paris, has
written his parents that he ex-
pects to be at home in two months
with a discharge from the service.
He has been in the service for
four years and stationed at Pearl
Harbor for 3)6 years.
Lt. Zelma Anderson, stationed
at Camp Robinson, Little Rock,
Ark., came Friday for a 10-day
leave with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. G. Anderson, and other
relatives and friends. Lt. Ander-
son entered the army following
her graduation at the Paris Sani-
tarium School of Nursing:
CpI. Ollie W. Finch landed in
Deport Tigers
Win Consolation
In District 16A
B’ leating the Talco Trojans
37- .aturday night, Coach Rob-
ei i Lee Maddox’s Deport Tigers
won consolation honors in District
16A at Clarksville. The games
marked the end of basketball for
these teams this season.
In previous games of the tourn-
ament. Deport defeated Winns-
boro 37-28, but lost to Mt. Pleas-
ant in a -smoking 28-24 contest.
Mt. Vernon emerged first place
winner by eliminating second-
place Mt. Pleasant with a 36-28
score.
Coach Maddox will lose Bell,
G. Salters and Hulett through
graduation, but will retain Sal-
ters, all district-forward, Thomas,
forward and Floyd, guard, who
will form the neucleus around the
incoming regular B-string play-
ers.
The Tigers have made a splen-
did showing this season, Coach
Maddox says, considering the fact
that all games were played away
from home because of the de-
struction of the gym by fire, and
they lost much valuable practice
that might have put them much
nearer the top.
Jack V.HuIen
Dies Thursday
Grant Hospital
Jack V. Ilulen. 30. of Deport,
djffjd Thursday afternoon at the
Typhus-Carrying
Rats Found in
Cities and Farms
day leave with his parents, Mr. , New York Thursday after serving Grant hospital, following a short
Four Candidates in
Race for Governor
Announcement of Lieut. Gov.
John Lee Smith that he would
run for governor in the 1946 pri-
mary makes it four candidates in
the race thus far, the others being
Jerry Sadler, Caso March of
Waco and Minton of Sherman.
Gov. Coke R. Stevenson has de-
ferred stating his plans for the
present.
Other probables are Homer P.
Rainey, former president of Tex-
as University, Sen. W. Lee O’Dan-
iel, Bob Calvert of Hillsboro, Rep.
Lyndon Johnson, and former Gov.
James V. Allred.
June 1 is last day for filing for
.place on the democratic pri-
Vry ballot.
ree Plantings As
Memorials to War
Dead Encouraged
AUSTIN. — Dr. L. A. Woods,
state school superintendent, in a
letter to teachers of the state has
urged tree plantings as memor-
ials to World War II dead.
He asked full cooperation of
schools in Arbor Day exercises
Feb 22 in accordance with a pro-
clamation by Gov. Coke R. Stev-
enaqn.
Arbor Day is being sponsored
by the Department of Education,
the Texas Forestry Association,
and the Forestry Service of Texas
1L College.
Wk
Fourteen Hurt in
Ardmore Tornado
ARDMORE, Okla — At least 14
persons were injured, two critic-
ally, in a tornado which struck
this southern Oklahoma city of
20,000 early Wednesday strewing
homes in its path and disrupting
telephone and power lijses.
Houses were demolished and a
number of others were unroofed
or otherwise damaged. The storm
hit the east end of the main thor-
oughfare, partially wrecking one
brick building, tearing bricks from
others and littering the street with
signs.
Most of the streets in the center
of the storm area were blocked by
fallen trees, telephone and power
poles. Lack of lights hampered
fescue work.
J. E. PIRIE HONORED BY
HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Awards for 25 years or more of
meritorious service have been
presented to 17 Texas Highway
Department employes in behalf of
the American Association of High-
way officials. They include: J. E.
Pirie, district engineer, Paris.
FATHER OF SIE HUBBARD
DIES AT BLAIR. OKLA.
A telegram was received Mon-
day by Sie Hubbard from Blair,
0k., notifying him of the death
of him aged father, John Hubbard,
who was 98 years old. The deceas-
ed reared his family here, having
lived in the Morris Chapel com*
munity a number of years ago.
and Mrs. Thomas Young
Among army enlistments at the
Paris recruiting office last week
was Curtis W>. Towcry of Deport.
He will serve in the ordnance
branch of service in the ETO. I
Pvt. Billie J. Norwood of De- I
port R3. has begun his fifth week !
basic training where he is now' ■
stationed in Aberdeen, Md. His'
wife is the 'former Miss Elaine:
Stoddard.
six months in the Pacific. He has
! been in the service for over three
illness.
Funeral
service, conducted by
years. He w ill go to Ft. Knox,.I the Rev. Harry A. Fisk, was held
Mrs. J. J. Gray has received
word that her Son, Sgt. Overton
Perry, has arrived in California j Alps and says that
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Ky.. where he will rteeixe his dis-
charge, His wife resides at Mad-
isonvillc, Ky., and his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Finch, live at
Pattonville.
Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Guest have
a letter from their son, Pvt. Clias.
R. Guest, who is with Hq Co. in
Berchtesgaden, Germany, saying
he has been sent to Rosenheine
for an operation to have his ton-
sils removed and is doing fine. He
reports plenty of snow in the
as .soon as
from Japan and is expecting a spring comes he will visit the
discharge. He has also seen ser-
vice in the ETO.
Mrs. Forrest Grogan requests
the address of The Times being
sent to her husband, Ens. Forrest
Grogan, changed from Seattle,
Wash., to the USS Yellowstone,
c o Fleet Post Office.
Pfc. Steve Womack has re-en-
listed in the army and left Wed-
nesday for Ft. Sam Houston for
assignment. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. T. Y. Wofnack and has
been home for the past 90 days, j
Pvt. Robert Lee Taylor has re-
ceived his discharge from the
army and returned to the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Har-
old Taylor at Minter. He has
been stationed at Denver, Colo.
Mrs. Kenneth Wright received
radiogram Monday from her
husband, Cpl. Wright from Ber-
lin, Germany, saying he was leav-
ing for the States. Cpl. Wright
has been overseas for the last 15
months.
Pfc. Billy Wright has received
a discharge from the army at the
McCloskey General Hospital at
Temple, where he has been under
treatment. He saw service in the
Pacific area, and is the son of
Henry Wright.
famous hide-out of Hitler. A let-
ter from another son. Smith Guest,
with the Border Patrol, El Paso,
states he has been sent on a 60-
day special detail to Calexico,
Qalif., and says the climate is
wonderful, with cool nights and
shirt-sleeve weather in the day-
time, but he w’ill be back in Texas
soon, and adds he finds no place
like Texas.
Heart Attack
Fatal to W.W.
Hughes, Saltillo
W. W. Hughes, 89, died Tuesday
at his home in the Saltillo com-
munity following a heart attack.
Mr. Hughes had been ill for some
time but was able to be up and
had gone to the barn when he
passed away. Funeral service will
be held Thursday afternoon at
Saltillo and burial will be in
Pleasant Hill cemetery, near
there.
His wife, three sons, Andrew
Hughes, Jack Hughes, Alva Hugh-
es, all of Saltillo, one daughter,
Mrs. G. C. Smith of Brashear, sur-
vive. Supt. W. T. Hughes of De-
port, is a grandson and he with
his family were in Saltillo Thurs-
day for the funeral service.
at the residence at 3 p. m. Friday.
Buri il was in the Highland ceme-
tery.
Survivors include his wife and
two children, his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. R. B. Hulen, and one brother,
M. P. Hulen of Deport.
Pallbearers were Forrest Parks,
Hobart Lovcn, W. I Kuykendall,
Rob Bryson, Henry Wright and
Dick Burden.
Grant Funeral Home bad charge
of arrangements.
Austin.—The majority of build-
ings in cities, on farms and in un-
incorporated communities contain
rats which carry typhus germs,
spot tests of the State Department
of Health reveal, Dr. George Cox.
state health officer, declared in
warning that typhus could become
a major health problem.
Ninety-four percent of the
buildings in towns and cities and
80 per cent of farm and unincor-
porated village buildings harbor
rats carrying the disease, thb
checks disclose.
Sixty.per cent of the rats tested
in urban areas and 44 per cent of
those taken from rural areas car-
ried typhus.
More than one four of the rat
fleas checked by department’s ex-
perts harbored typhus.
A total of 1,833 c^ses of typhus
fever were reported to the depart-
ment last year. Dr. Cox said.
Washington Day
Program Planned
by Deport Masons
A George Washington Day pro-
gram has been arranged for the
evening of Friday, Feb. 22, at the
Deport Masonic Lodge. It will be
an open house occasion for mem-
bers and their families. War vet-
erans and families arc also in-
vited.
Ramey A. Smith, district attor-
ney of Sulphur Springs and Dis-
trict Deputy Grand Master of the
7th district, will" be the principal
speaker. A musical program is
being arranged, and a bountiful
su; per v. ill he served in the lodge
room at the conclusion of the pro-
gram.
Seven Lamar Draft
Board Men Awarded
Congress May Vote
On New Farm Bill
Congress may vote soon on a
plan to remove all farm credit
agencies from the Agriculture
Department and consolidate them
under an independent bipartisan
board.
A committee report filed with
the House says the proposed eon
solidation will keep agricultural
credit out of politics and help to
assist qualified veterans, farm ten-
ants, farm laborers, sharecrop-
pers and others to become farm
owners.
Funeral Service
For Curt William*
Held Saturday *
Funeral sorvices were held at
2:30 p m. Saturday at the Rosalie-
Methodist Church for John Cur-
tis Williams, 59, contractor and
carpenter of Rosalie community.
H«. died at 1:30 p. m. Friday at a
hospital in Paris.
Mr. Williams had been taken to
the hospital Monday, seriously ill
with a heart ailment. He had
been in poor health for six years.
Ser\ ices were conducted by the
Rev. R. E. Porter, pastor of the
church, and burial- was made in
Smith cemetery at Rosalie.
Deceased was born at Rosalie
Dec. 3, 1887. He spent his entire
life at Rosalie, where he worked
as contractor and farmer. Unit-
ing with the Methodist church in
boyhood, he was an active mem-
ber, having served as Sunday
school superintendent and stew-
ard until failing health caused
him to retire. At the time Of his
death he was trustee of the
church. He was married to Ida
Kidd on March 27, 1910, who sur-
vives. To this union four child-
ren were born, Paul and Robert,
Mrs. Tom Watkins and Mrs. Wil-
liam Brown, all of Rosalie, two
grandchildren, Jimmy and Stan-
ley and one nephew, Hubert Wells
of. Beaumont.
Pallbearers were Marcus Gib-
son, Herbert Lowry, Kirb Lowryt
Henry Lowry, Marvin Lowry and
Granville Sales.
Out of town people attending
the funeral were Jess Wicks, An-
nie Kidd. Mrs. Annie Hancock,
Margaret Hancock, Mrs. Elizabeth
Williams. Virgil Tver. Mr. and
Mrs. P.ny Perry of- Clarksville,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brown of Tal-
co. Hubert Wells and family of
Beaumont and Mrs. Leo Town-
send of Tulsa. Ok.
NO FOREST FIRES IN RED
RIVER CO. IN JANUARY
Seven Lamar county draft
board members received Selective
Service awards Friday at Bonham.
They are Van D. Anderson, for-
mer member, Jerome McKinney,
Dr. L. B. Stephens and E. L. My- _ , _.
, n , , , T „ . Red River county again set a
ers of Board 1; and Lee Caviness, „ , . ,. , . T
_ perfect forest fire record in Jan
Ern Weaver and Quinn O Connor ’
uary. Only one other Northeast
Texas county, Panola, had as good
a record for the month.
The Texas Forest Service Pa-
trolmen in Red River county. W.
J. Leatherwood of the Negley
lookout tower, and J. K. Wray of
the DcKalb tower, sincerely thank
the citizens of Red River county
for this splendid record and hope
that it may continue throughout
the year of 1946.
of Board 2.
Awards were made to men who
had served two or more years on
draft boards. Carter Anderson,
currently the third member of
Board 1, has not quite served two
years, and hence was not eligible
to receive an award.
Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Bonner of
Blossom, visited in the home of | GOVERNMENT PLANS EARLY
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Young re-1 REFUNDS ON INCOME TAX
cently. Mr. Bonner and Bob
Thomas were stationed on Saipan r^le government plans to make
together and each has recently income-tax refunds promptly to
Storeys Make Heady
to Open Grocery
Pete Storey and son, Rufus Kel-
ley. who have purchased the Mar-
tin Clifton grocery, state that an
inventory of stock will be started
Friday and that they will be open
as soon as possible. Their open-
ing advertisement will appear in
next week’s Times.
Inside walls and front of the
store have been repainted, a par-
tition built inside, and a fruit
stand with mirrored background
has been built. Stock will be ar-
ranged for greater convenience of
customers after the inventory is
completed.
Red River to Erect
War Memorial
ANDERSON ON TRIAL FOR
MURDER OF STEPHENSON
Trial of C. W. Anderson of Mc-
Crury, for the murder of Frank
M. Stephenson of Hamilton, for-
merly of Bogala. was begun Mon-
day in district court at Clarks-
ville. The fight from which Mr.
Stephenson died, occurred in ear-
ly December at McCrury.
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FORMER BLOSSOM
RESIDENT IS DEAD
Mrs. W. H. Irvin of Westville,
Okla., died on Feb. 3. Mr. and
Mrs. Irvin lived for some ten or
twelve years on their farm three
miles northeast of Blossom and
moved to Westville last year.
returned home.
James Jackson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Boyd Jackson of KenneJ
wick. Wash., has enlisted in the
U. S. Navy and will receive bis
boot traihing at San Francisco,
Calif. Re is the grandson of Mr.
taxpayers due them. In 1944, 21,-
000,000 taxpayers in the nation
were refunded $1,000,000,000. Re-
funds are expected to go even
higher this year.
Janie, small daughter of Mr.
and Mrs: Curtis Cheatham, is
rnd Mrs. John Jackson of Deport, confined to their home by illness.
£im
r,
Post No. 45 of the American Le-
gion at Clarksville, wants the
name of every Red River county
man who has died in this war, re-
gardless of color or rank, to per-
mit the compiling of an honor
roll. This roll will occupy a per-
manent place in the memorial to
Red River county’s war dead,
which the Legion plana to erect
PATTONVILLE MAN FIGURES
IN COLLISION IN PARIS
A car driven by Lewis Henry
Armstrong of R1 Pattonville, and
one driven by William H. Self of
Direct, collided in Paris Feb. S.
Damage toll to both can liras es-
timated at $125.
Former Minter
Resident Dies
At Texas City
Mrs. Fannie Margaret Hoover,
87, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, at
tfje home of a daughter, Mrs. Dona
Dee Harper at Texas City. She
formerly resided at Minter and
was the widow of the late Samuel
Preston Hoover.
Funeral service was held Sat-
urday at 2 p. m. at the Shady
Grove church, the Rev. Harry A.
Fisk officiating, and interment
was in the nearby cemetery.
Survivors include two sons.
Buck Hoover of Paris, and J. B.
Hoover of Dallas: three daughters,
Mrs. Donna Dee Harper of Texas
City. Mrs. Claude Whitney of Par-
is, and Mrs. E. F. Jacks of Dallas;
one sister, Mrs. Alice Manning of
Paris; 24 grandchildren, 21 great
grandchildren and two great-
great grandchildren.
She was a member of the Hill-
crest Baptist Church in Dallas.
J. M. Grant Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Ground Hog Gains
New Disciples
The ground hog superstition is
taking fresh root among people
in this section.
To date there have been only two
sunny days since Feb. 2 when, it
is said, if tho ground h(og sees his
shadow he retires to his hole and
six weeks of bad weather follow.
Feb. 2 was a bright, sunny day.
So were Sunday and Monday.
Rain has fallen every day since, »
with a flurry of snow Saturday 4
night to break the monotony. • m
Rain Tuesday and Tuesday
night measured % of an inch* J
which brings the 1946 total to
7.49 inches.
Rain will further delay prepare <p
ing land for spring planting. Two
weeks will be required tor land
to dry sufficiently to be plow*
assuming no more rain falls.
Last February 9.75 inchaa of
rain fell; thus far this month tho
total is 3.37 inches.
—
Mrs. Fred SkMmore orders A
Times sent to her son, ftUly i
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