Personal Notices Highlight Local Movements And Visits
Local news lists residents leaving for Navy duty and trips for business or visits. Names include Cooper, Herby Russell, Ike Parks, T O Morgan, R V Garrett, Orie Garrett, G H Holt, W P Sandlin, E L Kersey, Paul Boedeker, L L Diddle, Helen Jo Wright, C R Cook, Patricia Cook, Barry Eastin, Cid Mann, Ogden Clarke, Ben G ONeal, W W Bailes, Marvin Harris, Margarite Lee Wright, J E Shelton, Opal Culp, Minnie Laney, and many others visiting relatives in Dallas, Fort Worth, Wichita Falls, Corpus Christi, Ada, Vernon, Hobart, Norman, and Camp Perkins relations noted.
Local Service Men and Families Update
Mr. and Mrs. C A Lowrie and Dale visited Bruce Lowrie who is in the Army Air Corps stationed in Monroe Louisiana. A report notes L E Dodson returned from Pearl Harbor after defense work. Coast Guard member L D Carlile returned on 10 day leave to Port Arthur to visit his mother and wife. Richard Golden, now in Chicago, writes home after Pearl Harbor service. Mrs Lewis McLeRoy and son LeRoy with Mrs Donald Mann and son Joel spent Friday in Fort Worth visiting Mr McLeRoy. Hallie Keller of St Louis visits her mother Mrs W M Keller. The News received a letter that Corporal E O Moody Jr reported missing is now prisoner of the Germans.
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C. A. Lowrie
Dale
Bruce Lowrie
Bruce
Army Air Corps
Monroe
Lowrie
U— L
G. H. Golden
Richard
Chicago
Coast Guard
Pearl Harbor
Lewis McLeRoy
LeRoy
Santa Barbara
Calif
Donald Mann
Joel
Fort Worth
McLeRoy
Hallie Keller
St. Louis
W. M. Keller
Lewis E. McLeRoy
California
Civil Aeronautics School
E. O. Moody
Pearcy
Ark
War Department
Cpl. E. O. Moody, Jr
Listen Girls Try This Amazing New Facial Bath At Home
An advertisement touts RADOX Facial Beauty Bath as easy to use at home. It claims a two tablespoon dose in hot water cleanses skin without soap leaving it oil free and velvety. Offers double your money back if not delighted and promotes Slaughter Drug Co as supplier.
Ringgold Soldier Recalls D-Day Horrors in Letter
Ringgold resident Mrs. J W Anderson received a letter from her brother F O Sam L Pemberton describing D Day details. He recounts fear facing death and twenty four hours of hard fighting as gliders were flown into the peninsula. He recalls mangled bodies of American and German soldiers and the chaos of battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Anderson
Ringgold
Sam L. Pemberton
Bowie Native Joins Eighth Army Air Forces Service Command
Private Jamil Dorough of Bowie serves at an England based fighter repair depot supporting the invasion force. He enlisted April 2, 1943, trained at Sheppard Field Texas and Fort Crook Nebraska, with prior welding work at Richmond Shipyards California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army Air Forces Service Command
England
Jamil D. Dorough
Bowie
Lillie Dorough
N. Lindsey Street
Dorough
Shepnard Field
Texas
Ordnance Automotive School
Fort Crook
Nebr
Coropy
Richmond
California
Bowie High School
Joan Johnson Celebrates Fifteenth Birthday at Home
On Wednesday evening June 28 Joan Johnson enjoyed a surprise party at her home with twelve friends. Yard games and refreshments followed, with attendees including Sybil Rhyne Betty Jo Briggs Betty Grace Roberson Cynthia Daley Clara Ruth Smith Doris Williams Joann Johnson Leslie Shannon Virginia Johnson Clifford Wall Bill Jack Evans Gordon Heard Glenn Chambers and Jack Lovette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Johnson
Sybil Rhyne
Betty Jo Briggs
Betty Grace Roberson
Cynthia Daley
Clara Ruth Smith
Doris Williams
Joann Johnson
Leslie Frances Shannon
Shreveport
Clifford Wall
Bill Jack Evans
Gordon Heard
Glenn Chambers
Jack Lovette
Virginia Johnson
Littell's Liquid Patent Medicine Ad
An aid in relieving itching from minor skin irritations prickly heat eczema and bites of non poisonous insects. Price 50 cents Griffin's Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin’s Drug Store
Notable Anecdotes and Trivia Snippets
Mrs. Ivan H. Wlatt of Chickasha Oklahoma visits her aunt Mrs. A M Latham. A flag raising custom began in May 1812 at a log schoolhouse on Catalo mont Hill Colrain Massachusetts. In 1362 Norsemen reached Minnesota, with a dated inscription found in 1898. Medieval maps depict the earth as a flat disk with Jerusalem at the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan H. Wlatt
Chickasha, Oklahoma
A. M. Latham
Catamount Hill
Colrain
Mass
Minnesota
Earth
Jerusalem
Warning Issued by Health Officer On Flies
Austin July 3 millions of flies cause illness and death in the United States. Dr George W Cox state health officer urges strict screening of windows and doors keep flies away from food and utensils and cover outside privy vaults in rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
United States
Texas
George W. Cox
Tucker Visitors From Fort Worth Forestburg This Weekend
Mr and Mrs W M Tucker hosted visitors this week end including Mrs L O Tucker and son from Forestburg and Mrs Loren Palmer with Mary Nell and Gene Lee from Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Tucker
L. O. Tucker and Son
Forestburg
Loren Palmer
Mary Nell
Gene Lee
Fort Worth
Mrs Latham Returns Home From Oklahoma Visit
Mrs. A. M. Latham returns home from Chickasha Oklahoma after a two week visit with relatives. The article recalls the U S regular army origins dating to June 14 1775 when Congress authorized ten rifle companies. It notes the Alaska purchase for 7200000 and the Louisiana territory sale for 15000000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Latham
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Regular Army
United States
Congress
United Colonies
Mayflower Ship Carrying 102 People to New England
The Mayflower of the Pilgrims measured 180 tons and conveyed 102 persons to the shores of New England, marking a pivotal voyage in colonial history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
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Cooper
The
Navy Ay
O— Herby Russell
Navy
Mrs
Ike Parks
Dallas
O— Mr. and
Mrs. T. O. Morgan
R. V
Orie Garrett
G. H. Holt
Wichita Falls
Mrs. W. P. Sandlin
E. L. Kersey
Ft. Worth
Paul Boedeker
L. L. Diddle
Moody
Paul White
T. E. Davis
Hollis
J. B. Weisel
Shirley
Bellevue
C. E. Hill
Jimmy
Corpus Christi
Helen Jo Wright
C. R. Cook
Patricia
Barry Eastin
Camp Hood
Mrs. R. Husfeld
Lake Charles, la
Cid Mann
Lawton, Okla
Ogden’ Clarke
Turner Falls
Okla
Ben G. O’neal
W. W. Bailes
Marvin Harris
Bob Harris
Margarite Lee Wright
Hobart
J. E. Shelton
A. J. White
Opal Culp
Decatur
Culp
Ben Franklin School
Robert Glenn Trout
Glenn Trout
Camp Perkins
L. L. Hickey
S. R. Huffstater
Vendor Reeder
Barbara Nann
Vernon
J. P. Trout
Pauline Pigg
R. A. Pigg
Miss. Pigg
Minnie Laney
Handley High School
Ned Marcum
Nedra
Ada, Oklahoma
F. L. Carmichael
Lucie Lee Carley
Vernon Brown
Lone Star Gas Company
Guy Hickey
Austin Boyd
E. A. Boyd
Marjorie Brock
Una Way Free
Iris Cure
Roy Jones
Norman
Bruce Sanders
J. W. Sanders
Redlands
T. W. Sanderson
Tommy
Sam
Jerry Leon
Weatherford
J. E. Lucas
O— Pvt
H. C. Miles
Paris
Allan
Southwestern University
Georgetown
Josephine Hopper
Houston
Jerry
M. L. Gleason
J. W. Lucas
Jacksboro
Sherwin-Williams
America
Sherwin-Wi
Lyon & Matthews
Building Counsel
Bowie, Texas
the Bowe News
L. E. Dodson
Ami
Ray Beal
Nocona
Montague County
Southwestern Life Insurance CO
Jamil Dorough
Littell
Slaughter Drug Store
Martin
Jesse E. Martin
Neely
Cox
State Health Department
Alaska
Russia
Louisiana Territory
France
Garrett Produce
Newfoundland
U. S
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola
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