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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
5
Three Halpin brothers see action over a wide territory with duties in three operational areas. One brother served aboard a ship that landed in Kwajalein after its capture. The text notes a connection to Roxie Halpin who lives with their mother on West Twelfth.
Ada Sergeant John F Boone awarded the Purple Heart for wounds from January 30 at Anzio Beachhead Italy. He was wounded by a sniper while on duty and treated at field and evacuation hospitals before being returned to Brooke General Hospital. He praised the Red Cross for overseas service.
Joe Fullerton son of Mr and Mrs Tom Fullerton of 220 East Fifteenth arrived Friday morning amid Navy duties. The two referenced pages note his rank as 2/c P E and mark the occasion as a welcome surprise for rent and family.
Staff Sergeant Dewey J. Northam, 23, radio operator and gunner on a Liberator bomber with the 15th Army Air Force, receives the Air Medal for meritorious achievement in aerial flight during sustained operations against the enemy in Italy. A Vanoss High School graduate, he previously worked for Benedum and Trees company.
One pound of shellac requires six months of work from 150 000 insects the laccifer lacea native to India. These insects secrete the substance used to make all true shellac and the figure highlights the labor intensity behind the product.
Pfc John C Holden enlisted September 16 1943 and began training at Fort Sill in October He completed basic at Buckley Field and earned a marksmanship medal His promotion to private first class followed He served at Lincoln Nebraska Air Base and trains now at Clovis New Mexico in a B 29 school for the Second Air Force
Pvt. Rusbon K. Estes, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Estes of 730 West Nineteenth, earned expert marks on the machine gun with one of the highest scores in his company. He joined the service March 14, 1944 and trained at Fort Knox Kentucky after Ada schools.
Second Lt. Lloyd V. Gouge arrives at Randolph Field Texas to attend the Central Instructors School. The RAF Central Flying Training Command program trains selected pilots to teach aviation cadets at various flying fields nationwide.
Pvt. Fulton is stationed in New Orleans, Louisiana. His wife and their young son moved to California where she works at the Kaiser shipyards in Richmond. Fulton is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bass Fulton of the Peacan Grove community.
Pacific Pvt Roy V Lawson joined the army in September 1943 and trained at Ft Riley Kansas before sailing to the Southwest Pacific. He is one of five Lawson brothers in military service, and he worked at the McSwain Sandwich shop before enlisting.
Marks Time Pvt. Millard H Lawson joined the army August 10 1943. He trained at Camp Fannin Texas transferred to the Seventh Armored Infantry in March 1944 stationed at Fort Benning Georgia last heard from at an embarkation camp. He is son of Mr and Mrs C E Lawson Ada and husband of Virginia Lawson 801 North Hickory. He previously worked at Hodges Grocery.
Wounded S Sgt Hubert Lawson, a former Field Artillery National Guard member who joined the 45th Division of the Fifth Army, lies in an Italian hospital. In a letter to his parents, he says he expects to return to fighting in a few weeks. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C E Lawson.
In Italy Cpl Sam Buddy Lawson enlisted June 8 1942 and trained at Camp Robertson Little Rock Arkansas. He has served overseas for months taking part in North African Sicilian and Italian campaigns joining actual combat duties.
Mrs. Wilma Lawson learns on Saturday that her husband, Cpl. Lawson, has been wounded in action as fierce fighting rages in North Africa with American forces advancing into Italy and joining the Fifth Army. He is the son of Mr and Mrs C E Lawson of Ada Rt 2.
Pvt Raymond Bob Lawson trained at Fort Bliss Texas after joining the army in January 1943 at age 18. He is the youngest Lawson son in service, with two other brothers and six sisters in the family, and remains stationed in Texas alongside Mrs C C Lawson.
Petty officer Keith H. Jared known as Pete is spending a 15 day leave with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Jared, east of Ada. A Pontotoc county native from Byng, he trained at San Diego and served on a battleship in the Pacific, earning four battle stars for Tarawa Kwajalein Kiska and Attu along with four campaign ribbons.
Pfc Raymond Tidwell enlisted April 6 1942 and spent 10 months at Fort Lewis Washington and a year in California camps. He acted in This is the Army in Hollywood for six weeks before ship departure to Hawaii April 8. His wife Patricia Polk lives in San Diego and his mother Mrs Louise Robinson resides in Coyle Oklahoma.
Cpl. Russell R. McNinch stationed in Italy with the Fifth Army has mailed a poem to his sister Mrs. J. J. Chambers. He has served about 20 months overseas and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. T. McNinch of Stratford. Read the Ada News Want A
Captain Clare H. Royce of the Seventh AAF Liberator hopes to return to the United States on leave after 14 months of aerial combat. He led missions over Gilbert and Marshall islands and survived heavy anti aircraft fire and close calls, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. His wife Beverly Royce of Ada and mother Bertha Royce of Langdon, Kansas, are noted.
Mr and Mrs Henry D Johnson learn their two sons Henry D Johnson Jr and William Floyd Johnson were together three times recently in India Both have been overseas for several months First Lt Johnson Jr recently promoted and Cpl William Floyd Johnson both served overseas long durations Another son Cpl Pep Johnson is stationed at Lincoln Nebraska
First Lt. Frank L. Miller stationed at Western Signal Corps Unit Training Center Camp Kohler qualified as sharpshooter with the .30 caliber rifle scoring 164 of 195. Miller of Ada is married to Sonia D. Miller of Sacramento and is the son of Mrs Rank Miller of da.
Staff Sergeant Paul W. Shipman of Ada Oklahoma receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from the Tenth Air Force Headquarters in India for extraordinary achievement in heavy bombardment missions totaling over two hundred hours. He served one year six months in the Army Air Forces and has been in India seven months with the Seventh Bombardment Group of the Tenth Air Force in the Allied Strategic Air Force.
Chaplain Bonner E Teeter of the U S Army is promoted from first lieutenant to captain. Former pastor of the Methodist church at Ross before enlisting in November 1943, he now serves at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Mrs Teeter and children Edwin Earl and Paula joined him in January. He completed junior and senior college work at East Central State College graduating in 1940.
Second Lt. Phillip E. Witherspoon son of J G Witherspoon has been transferred to Rosecrans Field Mo to attend an advanced pilot training course He was commissioned at Kelly Field Texas in November 1942 Before service he worked as a civilian pilot for the Texas Aviation Co His wife resides in California.
Second Lt. William A. Ryan Jr., pilot with the Eighth Air Force Flying Fortress, received the Air Medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement against enemy-occupied Europe. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ryan, reside at 425 East Fourteenth, and he previously attended Ada High School.
Lloyd W. Stephens rises from private first class to sergeant at an RAF fighter base in England. An Ada High School and East Central College alum, he excelled in football and basketball. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Stephens of Ada.
Two Ada soldiers arrive home under the army furlough rotation plan after extensive overseas service. First Lt. J. F. Musser Jr. returns to Jefferson Barracks Missouri after nine months abroad with the air forces and will visit his mother Mrs. J. F. Musser. S/Sgt. Benton I. McCauley arrives after ten months in the Mediterranean theater and will visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. N. D. McCauley of Vanoss.
Sgt. Truman Odell of Byars Rt 2 is overseas and has completed a special combat training course, son of Mr and Mrs Nate Odell.
Pfc. Paul Ray Fisher, grandson of Mrs. C. D. Murphy, is overseas in England with the Aircraft section of a large air service command depot. He helps keep combat planes ahead in the skies over Germany by adding up to date improvements after new inventions are perfected.
Sable Stokes advances from second lieutenant to first lieutenant at a Fiji Islands air corps base. He serves as a weather observer and has been overseas for eight months.
Thomas F. Paxton owner of the 1000 acre Blue River ranch in Johnston county near Tishomingo expands clover and Bermuda grass pastures to boost beef pork and milk. He develops a conservation program with the SCS including soil testing and new grasses like blue panicum big panic grass and Weeping Love grass.
The East Central State college sing song series draws a large crowd in the first event. The program favors patriotic selections and the school song On East Central introduced by the late A L Fentem, with attendance optional and expected to grow.
The Council of Social Agencies schedules a business meeting in the Home Demonstration Agent's office on Monday June 19 at 8 p m. Members are invited. Fitzhugh Home Demonstration club met last week at Mrs Pat Burnett's home. Some gardens spared by recent hail are thriving.
Mrs Beasley reported good cauliflower climbing cucumbers Indian huckleberries and celery not common in home gardens. Members present included Mrs A P Young Mrs Edgar Heatley Mrs Ruth Adam Mrs Lillie Beasley Mrs Pat Burnett Grandmother Slocum and Burnett's mother who has been blind for 20 years. Mr Morgan led a sewing machine cleaning and adjusting demonstration.
Vanessa Home Demonstration club met at the home of Mrs. Naoma Bradley for an all day session. Present were Mrs. Sara Williams Mrs. Florence Brewington Mrs. C W Lowe Daphna Bradley Beth Brewington and Mrs J P Walker. The H D A gave an adjusting and cleaning demonstration on sewing machines.
Mrs. Morgan judged a Coalgate exhibit by 4-H and HpD clubs of Coal County with pressure cooker lids collected daily for safety checks. A lid from Coal County’s first pressure cooker, brought by Miss Pearl Black now Mrs Slade Norman of Ada, was among those displayed.
Washington June 17. WPB chief Donald N. Nelson relaxes aluminum controls to pace reconversion while war continues. He signals approval for building a postwar product line including autos or refrigerators and promises further steps to protect civilian output by trimming nonessential war protections.
Dr. Dale S. Henry a prominent Okemah dentist and brother of Dwight Henry Ada died Thursday night in Okemah. He came to the state from Kansas in 1900 and was a former commander of the American Legion post. OKLAHOMA CITY June 20. Chairman Ben T. Childers and J. Dewey Clements of the state highway commission begin an inspection tour of major west side roads tomorrow.
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