Medical Corps Captain Mondrik's Career and Family Ties
Capt. Frank V. Mondrik son of Mrs. Frank C. Mondrik, a Yee High School 1925 graduate, earned a BB A from Texas in 1930 and a medical degree in 1934. He lettered in track, held multiple fraternities, served as Henry County health officer, and rose to captain in the Medical Corps. Married 1929 to Migs Bramlette. they have daughter Beverly, 12, in Dallas. His unit served on maneuvers in Louisiana and he held posts from Marshall to Camp Polk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V. Mondrik
Frank C. Mondrik
Frank C Mondrik
Capt. Mondrick
Yee High School
University of Texas, Austin
University
Phi Kappa Psi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Alpha Delta Sigma
Daily Texan
University of Texas Medical School
Phi Beta Pi
Alpha Ome
Alpha
John Sealy
Galveston
Markham McCree
Longview
T & ? Railway Hospital
Marshall
Army of U. S
Harrison County
Mondink
Camp Barkley
Abilene
Camp Howze
Gainsville
334Th Infantry
84Th
Carlisle
Pennsylvania
34Th
Camp Polk
Mondrik
Louisiana
Migs Dana Bramlette
Beverly Dana
Mendrik
Dallas
Drevel Drive
Two Badly Injured In Highway Crash East Of Milano
A Friday night crash on the highway east of the Milano underpass left two people, Clay K. Taylor and Mrs. Louis Davis of Lott, in Newton Memorial Hospital with serious injuries. Joe W. Grabner of Roger was also injured. Deputy Carl Black investigated noting night driving and highway misjudgment as factors.
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Milano
Clay K. Taylor
Louis Davis
Lott
Joe W. Grabner
Roger
Carl Black
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Davis
Mr. Taylor
Newton Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Lewis
Grabner
Bryan
New Georgia Island Taken by Americans
Allied forces report the seizure of New Georgia Island as Jap resistance ends on the Solomons front. MacArthur’s noon broadcast says remaining Japs hold a weakened position. U S Navy cut communications. Solomons campaign continues with heavy air and land operations. Moscow urges a second European front. RAF and U S bombers strike Nuernberg and Ruhr. Italy faces strong resistance and rail targets are bombed. Central Burma heavily bombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Georgia Island
South Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
Solomons
Moscow
Europe
Red Army
RAF
Nuemberg
Ruhr
Italy
Burma
Retail Beer Dealers To Close Sundays
Cameron beer retailers announce Sunday closings due to rationed supply. Grady Little of the Cameron Wholesale Distributors Association says local dealers lack enough beer to meet demand and Sunday closure supports the ration program while giving a rest day. Sale on Sunday begins tomorrow, August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
the Herald
Grady Little
Wholesale Distributors Association
Absence of Publisher Delays Weekly Herald Publication
The weekly Herald was issued late on Saturday due to the publisher's absence. The Midget was produced efficiently by employees in that period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald
Mr and Mrs Clarence Mowdy of Hanover in Cameron race
Mr and Mrs Clarence Mowdy of Hanover were in Cameron Tuesday for a social or community event, with no further details provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs
Clarence Mowdy
Hanover
Cameron
Local Servicemen and County Updates in Milam County
Pfc James Buck Wilkerson of Branchville now serves in the US Army Air Corps after enlisting March 16 1943 and earning his first stripe May 5 1948. He trained at Sheppard Field and attends mechanical school at Lincoln Air Base. He is a Yee High School 1942 graduate and a former football letterman. Also Lottie Boone resigns as Milam county Negro Home Demonstration agent to study at Prairie View. W Rowan to replace her from Prairie View.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Buck) Wilkerson
J. A. Wilkerson
Branchville
Uncle Sam
United States Army Air Corps
Pfc
Wilkerson
Sheppard Field
Wichita Falls
Lincoln Air Base
Lincoln
Nebraska
Pfc. Wilkerson
Yee High School
Milam County
Lottie Boone
Prairie View
W. Rowan
Colored Home
Nurse Lieut Wolle Stationed at Fort Bliss Army Hospital
Lieut Tuanita Helen Wolle is stationed at the Fort Bliss army hospital in El Paso Texas She completed Sharp High School in 1937 then King Daughters Hospital School of Nursing graduating in 1940 She trained at Mother Frances Hospital Tyler before enlisting in March 1942 The Wolle family notes her brother Pvt Lawless L Wolle serves with American forces in North Africa or Sicily
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lieut
Tuanita Helen Wolle
Army Hospital
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Wolle
Sharp High School
King Daughters Hospital School of Nursing
Tyler
Mother Frances Hospital
Vom
Army
Wolfe
Lieut. Wolle
Fred G. Wolle
H. F. Lange
Near
Sharp
Pvt
Lawless L. Wolle
North Africa
Sicily
Doctor Newton faces prison after Lamb County jury verdict
Dr W R Newton was found guilty of assault with intent to murder for the May 1942 shooting of Dr Roy Hunt near Littlefield. He drew a seven year sentence and appeals were being prepared. Mrs Newton, ill, was unable to attend trial and postponed to November 15 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Newton
Cameron
Palainview
Camp & Camp
Lamb County
Funeral Services for Mrs Rob Fuller Friday
Mrs Rob Fuller 88 died at 9 30 a m Thursday at the family residence in Cameron Funeral services will be at 4 p m Friday at the North Elm Baptist Church Rev H E Crone pastor Christian Church of Rockdale will conduct the services She was born in Alabama in 1854 and long lived with her husband in the North Elm community Also noted visitors Mrs John Howard and friend Mrs Fairley of Lubbock visiting Mrs Howard's sister Mrs Perry Wilkerson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rob Fuller
Cameron
John Howard
Fairley of
Lubbock
Mrs. Howard
Perry Wilkerson
Bellville Nurse Goes To War In England
Lieut. Bethina Caldwell of the Nurse Corps United States Army has reached England to serve in the war effort. Her family ties include French ancestry, a World War One veteran brother, and sister Yacqulin Caldwell also in training. A cousin, Lieut. Caldwell of the Navy Air Corps, flies the Marauder in combat duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethina Caldwell
England
Lieut. Caldwell
United States Army
C. G
Woody) Caldwell
W. T. Caldwell
France
America
Bellville
Michigan
Yacqulin Caldwell
U. S. Navy Air Corps
Over 2000 Bales of New Cotton Received at Cameron
More than 2000 bales of new cotton were received in Cameron by Saturday noon, as the Cameron Compress Company reported. Dry weather and steady production push receipts. county yield may hit about 50,000 bales. Farmers expect roughly $125 per bale, with basis around 20 cents and Trigg’s company weighting about $107 per bale after seed, marking the highest price since World War One era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Cameron Compress Company
W. O. Trigg
Triggs Cotton Company
Tin Can Drive Here Has Slow Beginning
Cameron's response to the tin can collection was poor for the first date. City trucks produced only a small load for the entire city and Temple's drive also drew a weak response. Regular dates will be announced. Canned goods shortages may keep supplies limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Herald
Temple
Lieut Haygood Promoted to Captain at Marfa Air Field
Lieut John Calvin Haygood of the United States Army Air Corps has been promoted to Captain and is stationed at Marfa air field. He has served as an instructor for over two years, previously in California, and was in Cameron earlier this year. Mrs. Haygood, formerly Katherine Mode of Cameron, has visited often since their 1941 California marriage. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Haygood of Temple, with the family once living in Cameron where his father worked for the Railway Express Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Calvin Haygood
United States Army Air Corps
Haygood
Marfa Air Field
California
Capt. Haygood
Cameron
J. W. Haygood
Temple
Mr. Haygood
Railway Express Company
Raymond Allison Killed in Action with Marines
Raymond Allison Jr died in the South Pacific while serving with the United States Marines. A War Department telegram to his Buckholts, Texas family said he was missing in action and presumed lost, with no further details available. He was 22, a Yoo High School graduate, and the nephew of Frank Heitmann of Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Allison, Jr
United States Marines
South Pacific
War Department
Allison
Buckholts
Pvt
Yoo High School
Marines
Dir
Raymond A. Allison
Frank Heitmann
Pec Mary Criswell Visits Cameron First WAC to Tour
Pfe Mary Criswell the first WAC to visit Cameron spent Sunday with a brother at Camp Hood and stayed with Mrs N H Butts. Her husband Cpl Louis A Criswell serves overseas while another brother Paul Powers is at Camp Eustis. Her mother Mrs Mary Powers lives at 1201 Liverview Avenue, Steubernville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
WAC
Pfe
Mary Criswell
Foster Feild
Texas
Camp Hood
N. H. Butts
David Powers
Paul ¥. Powers
Camp Eustasia
Cpl
Louis A. Criswell
Mra
Mary Powers
Liverview Avenue
Steubernville
Wae Criswell
Leing
Burns returns to Corpus Christi base after Cameron visit
W. N. Bill Burns now stationed on a Texas coast island near Corpus Christi completes a short visit with wife Mrs. Burns in Cameron and relatives. He resumes duties at the naval base where radar development and flying duties are part of his growing responsibilities. Burns earned an engineering degree at Texas Technological College Lubbock and volunteered in 1942 leaving a half stake in Marek Burns Funeral Home and Burial Insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. N
Bill) Burns
Texas
Corpus Christi
Bill
Navy
Uncle Sam
Texas Technological College
Lubbock
Cameron
Marek Burns Funeral Home and Burial Insurance Association
Tom Anglin Found Dead at Sharp Home
Tom Anglin aged 73 was found dead in bed at his farm home near Sharp. His mother, 92, used a plow point signal to summon help for three days. A prior 1890s murder case involving Anglin and his brother Lee was noted, with a suspended sentence and Confederate Pension details. Funeral services were held Saturday in Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Anglin
Sharp Friday
Walker
Lee Anglin
Tom Anlin
Anglin
Justice McDonald
Jeff T. Kemp
Sharp
Mrs Rebecca Fleischer Dies In Cameron Home
Mrs. Rebecca Fleischer, 78, died at the home of her son Abe Fleischer in Cameron at 7 45 p m Saturday August 21 1943 She was born in Austria and had lived in America 50 years and in Omaha 20 years where her husband Rabbi Fleischer pastored a Jewish church She had resided in Cameron for six years Funeral services were held Monday at 11 oclock at Wilkerson Hatch Funeral Chapel Waco with burial at Aghadath Jacob Cemetery in Waco Surviving children include Mrs A L Frank New York Mrs L Finkelstein Oklahoma City Mrs Lee Worth Cameron Abe Fleischer Cameron and Max Fleischer Litchfield Illinois
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca Fleischer
Abe Fleischer
Fleischer
Austria
America
Omaha
Nebraska
Rabbi Fleischer
Wilkerson-Hatch
Waco
Marekurns Funeral
Cameron
Charles Blumenthal
Aghadath Jacob
A. L. Frank
New York
L. Finkelstein
Oklahoma City
Lee Worth
Max Fleischer
Litchfield
Ilinois
Mrs. Nabors Beats President in Fishing Luck
Mrs. J Nabors of Cameron hooked a 23 1 2 pound catfish from Spring Lake with a worm and line. The catching mirrors a presidential display as both used simple tackle to reel in a sizable lake fish, providing a feast with no ration points required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Nabors
Mr. Roosevelt
J. Nabors
Cameron
Lake
Spring Lake
Spring Lake Fishing Club. Like the President, Mrs. Nabors
Nabors
Hoyte 4 H Club Holds August Meeting
The Hoyte 4 H Club met August 11 at Mrs Coward s with seven members and one visitor present. Miss Reese reviewed yearbooks as stories of the year s work were shared. Refreshments were malted milk and cake. next meeting set for August 25 at Mrs Peed s. Miss Marjorie Brown of Mexia visits with sister and Ralph Mitchell family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyte 4-H
Mrs
Marjorie Brown
Mexia
Ralph Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yeoman Fights
James (Buck) Wilkerson
Liuet
Juanita Helen Wolle
DR. Newton
Lieut. Haygood
Raymond Allison
Sharp Home
HOYTE
Club
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