Plastic surgery miracles in wartime hospital ward
In a wartime hospital ward a veteran and others receive reconstructive work, grafting skin from the body to form ears noses and lips through staged peticle growth. Pvt Joe Caudill of Cadiz Kentucky reenforces the human cost and progress as patients walk with repaired features amid recreation areas shared with nurses and WACs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tem
Wac
Burns
Joe Caudill
Cadiz
Kentucky
North Africa
Kascerine Pass
World Championship Rodeo Set for Midland June 7 10
Midland prepares the World Championship Rodeo to be staged June 7 to 10 at Midland. The Midland Army Air Field band will boost War Bond sales and perform at the show. Roy Parks of Midland Fair Inc announced plans with Major Russell Brow. The Midland High School band will join the event and the Junior Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a Cowgirl Sponsors dance June 9 at the Crystal Ballroom. Russell Howard says the JayCees plan a major social event. The rodeo parade is set for June 7, inviting riders. Everett Colburn plans to ship calves for roping events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Midland Army Air Field Band
Roy Parks
Midland Fair, Inc
MAAF
Russell Brow
Parks
Harlan Howell
Midland High School
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Crystal Ballroom
Scharbauer Hotel
Russell Howard
The
JayCees
Everett Colburn
Methodist Church Fund Drive Begins Rebuilding Campaign
The local Methodist Church launches a fund drive to rebuild after the April fire. A brick, full-equipped building is planned. The committee includes Thos. D. Hamilton, J. Lee Smith, Guy McGill, F. E. Price, S. Norman Galloway, Mrs. D. M. Pinnell, and Mrs. Nola Fisher with Miss Fannie Mathews as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos. D. Hamilton
J. Lee Smith
Guy McGill
F. E. Price
S. Norman Galloway
D. M. Pinnell
Nola Fisher
Fannie Mathews
Pvt Turnbow Reports War Station Near Switzerland
Pvt. Turnbow writes his parents that after 16 months in Oran Africa he was sent to Italy in December 1944. He describes time in Naples and Christmas in Rome and now serves with the 10th Division stationed near Austria and Switzerland in a snowy mountainous region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Turnbow
Herman Turnbow
Pvt
Turnbow
Oran
Africa
Italy
Naples
Rome
Austria
Switzerland
Mountainus Regio
Captain Gordon Weatherby Visits Parents Here
Captain Gordon Weatherby, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Weatherby, who has served in the Transport Service in the European Theatre of war, arrived in Andrews Wednesday after landing in New York on the 24th following over three years away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Weatherby
O. G. Weatherby
Andrews
New York
Miss Virginia Brown Leaves for Alpine
Miss Virginia Brown departs for Alpine to attend an event or function, identified by her title and destination. The brief notes her travel for a community or social engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Brown
Alpine
Man Undergoes Eighteenth Plastic Surgery Patch
A patient endures his eighteenth operation to move hair to his temple creating sideburns while awaiting more grafts. He bears large scars from skin removal but remains proud of the improvements and plans to marry in weeks, crediting plastic surgery.
McMurry Chanters Boy Choir Concert at Local High School
The McMurry Chanters from McMurry College performed a varied program at the local High School Auditorium on Thursday evening May 30. The group of 24 students and three faculty members, led by Mrs Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wiley, were hosted by the local Methodist Church with a basket picnic at Court House Park. The concert featured classical works and light numbers with a traveling string trio adding three pieces. An audience salute and reception followed, with several Chanters and sponsors expressing thanks. Vo Miss Erlene Stovall Miss Darlene Brock Miss Norma Jean Davidson were in Midland Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McMurry
McMurry College
Gypsy Ted Sullivan Wiley
Court House Park
Chinese Missionary Blanche Groves to Speak at Andrews Baptist
Miss Blanche Groves a longtime China missionary will address the Andrews Baptist Church Sunday morning June 17 at eleven o'clock. Her wartime experiences in China refugees Japanese occupation and later imprisonment after Pearl Harbor are highlighted as a message of faith and victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
China
Blanche Groves
Baptist Church
Miss Groves
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Bridgeport
Texas
Eugene Brand
Commencement Exercises Notables and Scholarship Honors
Commencement exercises for 14 high school graduates and 45 elementary pupils were held in the high school gym Tuesday before a large audience. Dr. Walter Adams of Abilene Christian College delivered the address titled Postage Stamp. Awards for perfect attendance and high honors went to numerous students, with scholarships to Hardin Simmons ACc and McMurry among recipients. Several local residents were noted for newsworthy activities and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Adams
Abilene Christian College
Thos. D. Hamilton
Bob Brock
Jimmy Clack
Betty Cooke
Joe Gasaway
Mary Edith Greer
Beth Hobson
Jeanette Ward
Billy Moxley
Florene Story
McMurray
A.C.C. Hardin Simmons
Hardin Simmons
James Rice
A.C.C
Lola Mae Turnbow
Joe Weatherby
Scout Court Honors Scouts as Water Shortage Looms
About fifteen Boy Scouts and one Cub Scout attended the district Court of Honor at Odessa Court House. Awards were given for progress and camp conduct, with prizes including a blue ribbon from Big Spring Camp. City officials work to relieve a drought caused water shortage by laying 4 inch pipe to a nearby well and planning larger water mains and potential options at Humble Camp or Means field, at an estimated cost of $150000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Court House
Fetor
Andrews
S. P. Echols
Frank Story
M. O. Woolam
School Board
Roberts
Humble
Ward Notes on May Admissions and Discharges
The Wood Clinic and Hospital News lists patients admitted in May for various procedures. Included are Mrs Matthews for minor surgery with rapid improvement, John Henry Burns for tonsillectomy, and Mrs Bailey for medical attention. Discharges range May 27 to May 30 with improving or good progress noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
John Henry Burns
Baily
A. V. Hallman
W. L. Parrish
James Jackson
Ruel Lowe
W. R. Doster
Seminole
Bob Holeman
W. H. Montgomery
Herman Mootz
H. W. Hanes
O. G. Weatherby
Ration Calender and Military Stock Terms
The document lists ration categories SUGAR MEATS AND FATS PROCESSED FOODS SHOES with stamp validity dates and point values. It notes expiration and revalidation dates for various stamps and booklets along with gasoline coupons tire inspection rules and fat salvage values. It also records May 22 23 24 treatment notices for several workers from drilling and construction firms.
Flight Officer Barnes Home on Furlough
Flight Officer Leo Barnes was home on furlough visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ed Barnes. Sgt. and Mrs. Bill Jones and daughters visit Set. Jones' mother Mrs. Dudley is visiting this week. Set. Jones is stationed at Stewart Field New York. Miss Fern Heath left Thursday for Phoenix Arizona to do home mission work with the Chinese. Miss Lillie Myrtis Ingram of Odessa guests of Mrs. Weldon Ingram. Miss Betty Burkett and Miss Cecelia Story left Thursday for Abilene to attend the Southern Assembly of the Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Barnes
Mrs
Ed Barnes
Bill Jones
Jones
Dudley
Set
Stewart Field
New York
Fern Heath
Phoenix
Arizona
Weldon Ingram
Lillie Myrtis Ingram
Odessa
Betty Burkett
F'cella Story
Abilene
The
Methodist Churenh
Injury Report Notes Worker Treatment At Local Drill Site
W H Bigham employed with TC G Drilling Co. received treatment for an abrasion and contusion of the left foot and a burn in a local medical visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. McBurnette
Superior Oil Company
J .D. Thames
Arrow Drilling Co
W. H. Bigham
T. C. G. Drilling Co
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Methodist Start
Pfc. Corps
San Combat
Stroup
Ie Burg
Leath
Ryukyus
High School
Baptists Start Bible School
First Baptist Church
Ira McCulloch
WPB
Niggaes and Strange
Erlene Stovall
Darlene Brock
Norma Jean Davidson
M. Kenneth St. Claire
Andrews High School
Denton
North Texas State Teachers College
Ruth Wiliams
Cisco
Juanita Nixon
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Sam M. Smith
Mary L. Jobe
Big Spring
Nancy Burrus
Ackerly
Virgil Brooks
T. Spear
C. H. Pettis
Theo
Pete) Hooper
E. L. Hooper
George Wharton
el Paso
Army
Patsy Jones
Kermit
Zula Boyd
W. L. Stell
Frank Price
Doris Braswell
Bill Betenbough
Ted Stilwell
D. E. Denny
N. E. Watkins
McCamey
Wood Clinic and Hospital News
Industrial News
N. F E. Wolfe
Davidson Drilling Co
W. E. Petty
Sawyer Drilling Co
Arthur Newe
Withay Williams Construction Co
Peter L. Rozzell Wo
Corbett Drilling Co
Bill Arp
L. O
Barnes
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