Army Engineer Capt William L Olbrich Advanced in 1943
Capt William L Olbrich of Burlington received a promotion to captain in March 1943 after enlisting in June 1941. He trained at Fort Leonard Wood Virginia officer training camp and served at Fort Knox and Camp Sutton before command overseas. He is a Baylor and Yee High School graduate, son of Mr and Mrs John Olbrich, with brother Lt Roy Olbrich in the Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Engineers
William L. Olbrich
Burlington
Capt. Olbrich
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Virginia
Fort Knox
Kentucky
Camp Sutton
North Carolina
Oldrich
Yee High School
Baylor University
Rockdale FSA Farmer’s 1943 Production Record
The Julius R. Whiteley family of Route 3 Rockdale reports sales of 343.46 from 200 hens with 75 pullets forthcoming, 28 pigs from five brood sows with two more litters due, hog income 719.70 with 60 hogs and 2 for home use, and cattle sales 555 with seven calves on hand and five more calves expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julius R. Whiteley
Route 3
Rockdale
Whiteley
FSA
Suspended Sentence Given to Milano Man for Assault
J C Richards of Milano was convicted on a guilty plea in district court last week for assault and intent to murder in an attack on his wife. The court imposed a two year suspended sentence after the plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Richards
Milano
Richards
Thomas Cheeves Dies in Home at Marlin
Thomas Cheeves a Cameron native and Marlin merchant and banker died at his Marlin home early Friday. He was brother to the late S W Cheeves of Cameron and was once involved in the Cheeves Bros stores across Texas. His sister in law Mrs S W Cheeves and nephew Frank Cheeves are named in Cameron relations. A separate item notes three year old Bobby Johnson of Cameron underwent a tonsil operation early Wednesday. John Thweatt of Maysfield visited Cameron Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cheeves
S. W. Cheeves
Cameron
Marlin
Frank Cheeves
Cheeves
Cheeves Bros
Texas
Bobby Johnson
Mrs. Johnson
Rotary club hears Col. Albert Tuckers prison camp talk
Col. Albert Tucker commander of the Hearne military prison camp spoke to Cameron Rotary Wednesday. He described camp life under Geneva rules and noted most prisoners are Tunisian and trained soldiers. He emphasized discipline and good treatment and urged no visitors to the camp to avoid embarrassment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col
Albert Tucker
Hearne
Rotary Club
Col. Tucker
Cameron
J. M. Boehnex
America
Colonel Tucker
Tunisia
Lionel Tucker
United States
Tucker
German Escapees Captured Near Austin After Breakout
Two German prisoners Ludwig Jung and Harold Stalleicken who fled North Camp Hood with others were captured 20 miles west of Austin in hill country. They planned to reach Mexico, hid by day and moved at night. Captured after a Cedar Park witness alerted station operator P. E. Hannett and R. Faubion. They had been at liberty five days and were to be returned to Camp Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Jung
Harold Stalleicken
Camp Hood
Austin
Mexico
P. E. Hannett
R. Faubion
Cedar Park
Hannet
Hennett
Family Succeeds With FSA Funds In 1943 Egg Enterprise
The David V Small family of Rockdale Route 2 used FSA funds to buy baby chicks and feed. In the first four months of 1943 they sold 551.40 dollars worth of eggs from 265 hens, spent 220 dollars on feed, and posted a net profit of 331.40 dollars or 1.25 dollars per hen. Mrs Jack Henderson is recovering after an operation at Newton Memorial Hospital. Frank Henley of Duke Ayres made a business trip to Marlin and planned to return Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David V. Small
Rockdale
FSA
Jack Henderson
Newton Memorial Hospital
Frank Henley
Duke & Ayres
Marlin
Air Corps Volunteer Leo Majek Missing From Duty
Leo Majek joined the Army Air Corps in January 1949 and was stationed at Moffett Field California. He was reported as still at the field but may have been transferred. Majek born at Marak is 20 years old and entered service before the Selective Service Law and before Pearl Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
Leo Majek
Army Air Corps
Moffett Field
California
Majek
Sgt. Majek
Marak
Armed Services
Pearl Harbor
Roughnecks Fight and Stand for Red, White and Blue
A wartime poem praising enlisted soldiers over domestic or civilian life. It contrasts mothers who shelter boys with those who train in all weather, asserting pride in the roughneck volunteers who serve under fire. Dated signoff: PFC Robert Spalding. Scrap Metal Department, Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PFC
Robert Spalding
Scrap Metal Department
Cameron
Reunion in France at Cameron Theatre with Crawford
Joan Crawford stars in Reunion in France directed by Jules Dassin and produced by Joe Mankiewicz. John Wayne and Philip Dorn lead as Dorn and an escaped RAF prisoner as Nazi occupied Paris tests a French girl’s loyalties and romance. Bruce Jennings returns home improved from Newton Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Dorn
Random Harvest
John Wayne
Joan Crawford
M GM
France
Cameron Theatre
Paris
Dorn
Warren Johns Funeral Held Here Friday
Warren Johns aged 60 died suddenly at 6 p m Thursday June 10 1948 from a heart attack at the home of his daughter Mrs Clifford G Swift in Cameron He moved from Tyler two months ago for heart care with Dr Swift He is survived by his widow son Herndon Johns daughter Mrs Clifford G Swift and three grandchildren Funeral services were held at 5 p m Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church in Cameron with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Johns
Clifford G. Swift
Mr. Johns
Cameron
Tyler
St. Louiso
Johns
Herndon Johns
Clifford Swift
All Saints Episcopal Church
Oak Hill Cemetery
Marek-Burns Funeral Home
Funeral Services For Mrs Virginia Foster
Mrs. Virginia Carolyn Foster 40 died June 1 at Cameron Hospital after a major operation. Funeral held June 12 at 3 p m in Rice Community Cemetery. Survived by husband I L Foster and three children Dorothy Les James Clayton and John William Foster plus several siblings. Rev C W Sanders presided. Interment at Rice Community cemetery, old family burial ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginie Carolyn Foster
Cameron Hospital
Rice
Fort Clark Native Seth Newton Corley Enlists
Seth Newton Corley is stationed at Fort Clark near Del Rio Texas. He volunteered for the army in November 1942 and joined the Quartermaster Corps reporting to Fort Sam Houston. Corley, 26, Baylor University graduate, is from Buckholts and is the son of Mr and Mrs S M Corley. He is a cousin of Lt Frank Newton a prisoner of the Germans. Lt Newton was shot down in the Mediterranean aboard the Fortress Bomber San Antonio Rose with most crew lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
Seth Newton Corley
Fort Clark
del Rio
Texas
Army
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Sgt. Corley
Baylor University
Buckholts
S. M. Corley
Yee High School
Frank Newton
Newton
Mediterranean Sea
San Antonio
Hermman F Stoebner’s Burial in Burlington Details
Funeral services for Herman PF Stoebner 81 pioneer who came to Texas from Germany at age 18 to settle in Manor were held June 2 1943 with interment in Lutheran Cemetery Burlington He died at his Cameron home at 1 30 am June 1 1948 after a period of illness Services were at Lutheran Church Burlington Rev Kalkbrenner conducting He was born in Posan Germany in 1862 He was survived by four sons Fritz William Adolph and Join Stoebner and three daughters Mrs Arthur Lange Mrs Robert Lange and Mrs Walter Senkel Two sons Herman and Walter preceded him in death Pallbearers included six grandsons and numerous named attendees The obituary also lists many honorary pallbearers and local names, with several connected to Burlington and Cameron, Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman PF. Stoebner
Pioneer
Texas
Germany
Manor
Burlington
Mr. Stoebner
Cameron
R Kalkbrenner
Erwin Stoebner
Johnnie Stoebner
Julius Lange
Edwin Stoebner
Herman Stoebner
Ernest Senkel
Grady Allen
Bert Nicholson
John Muse
Fred Trojan
Andrew Esslinger
Arthur Longmire
Claude Triggs
Chas
Hicks
August Helpert
Frank Johns
Ernest Grimm
R. ©. Zander
BE. Diekman
Wil Knipple
A. E. Hensel
Chas. Litzman
Fred Folschingky
B. Slocomb
Jeff T. Kemp
Bill Alex Bonds
Graham Gillis
Carl Black
Remember Him Clifford Guess A Cameron Football Hero
Clifford Guess popular Cameron football star under Coach Carre has joined the Navy after graduating from Yo High School. He and wife Nila Fae Allen of Ben Arnold reside in Corpus Christi where he is stationed. Friends recall his fame and ask to spread word of his activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Guess
Cameron
Wits
Carre
Wood
New Navy
Corpus Chvisa
Guess
Louisiana
Navy
Nila Fae Allen
Ben Arnold
Corpus Christi
Yee High School
Marlin 10 Gets Navy Hospital Belief Here
The United States Government will build a 10 percent bed Naval Hospital at Marlin, with Congressman Poage backing Marlin to receive the project. Senator Connally and Poage presented to Admiral Hand, arguing Marlin’s favor, while Houston and Waco also sought the hospital. Local mineral waters are cited as a boost, though Milam also offers similar waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marlin
Poage
Temple
Cameron
Tom Connally
Admiral Hand
Houston
Waco
Herald
Milam
Service Man Nichols at Camp Hood in Quartermaster Unit
Nichols, 24, stationed at Camp Hood with the Quartermaster Corps, has seven years in the Army since enlisting in 1986 at Fort Sam Houston Set. He is married to Marie Lea and accompanies her at Camp Hood. He is one of three Nichols brothers in uniform, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. V. Nichols of Cameron, born in Leon county and educated at Sharp. The family moved to Sharp years ago and still resides there. The other two sons, J. R. and Frank Nichols, are in the Navy. Miss Betty Jo Smith of Austin, visiting her grandmother Mrs. N. H. Butts, will teach at the summer Bible School in Austin at the First Presbyterian Church starting Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Set
Nichols
Camp Hood
Quartermaster Corps
Fort Sam Houston
Marie Lea
San Antonio
Armed Services
P. V. Nichols
Cameron
Leon County
Sharp
J. R
Frank Nichols
Navy
Betty Jo Smith
Austin
N. H. Butts
Miss Smith
First Presbyterian Church
Milam FSA families boost farm production across eggs milk and meat
Ninety nine Farm Security Administration families in Milam County report sharp gains in eggs and poultry sales totaling $18 281 15 and $482 40 in poultry plus 713 pigs from 212 s ons with 149 more to come. They expect 8 18 pigs to feed out and 275 to butcher for home use along with $1 749 52 in milk sales and $3 590 52 from cattle. They also project 45 calves for home use as they expand production for family use and market.
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Fighty
FSA
Milam County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rockdale Fsa
Martin
John Thweatt
Maysfield
Rotary
Bruce Jennings
Cavilla
Virginia Foster
Sgt
Hermman F. Stoebner
Congress
John L. Lewis
Jim Hogs
John H. Reagan
Jas Hincton É News
Clifford
Navy Hospital
Robert Lee Nichols
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