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ICLARENDON, Oct. 27.Lt. Cmmdr. Joseph Hunt Bourland of Clarendon is ; presumed to be lost in the j Pacific. The submarine he commanded, the Runner/was reported by the Navyj today to be lonp over-due and presumed lost.Commander Bourland is the second man in the family lost in this , war. Lacy Bourland. a brother, died last November in California. He was serving in the armv.Three other brothers are in the service Fred Bourland is in the ! army; Jimmie is a Dfettv officer on a mine sweeper in the Pacific, and Lt. George Bourland is serving in the navy at Pearl Harbor.Commander Bourland had a long chat with Lieutenant Bourland j shortly before the Runner departed on its mission. Up until the official announcement. Lieutenant Bourland had held hope that the Runner would be reported.Commander Bourland had been in the navy since his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy 12 years ago. He was born in Clarendon and attended school there; he received his academy appointment upon graduation from the Clarendon High School. Lieutenant Bourland is also a graduate of the Naval Academy.Commander Bourland was a son of Mack Bourland, prominent rancher living near Quail. His mother died several years ago.Survivors besides the brothers in service are the father, two brothers. Ra’ph Bourland of Quail and Jack Bourland of Sunray; two sisters. Mrs. Carroll Baldwin of Lamesa and Mrs. D. R. Davis of Beaumont; the wife and two children.Commander Bourland married Jerry Pettard of New York City seven years ago. Their children are Larry. 3 years old, and Joan, one year old.There are three uncles and two aunts. The uncles are Frank Bourland of Clarendon. Jim Bourland of Painpa and F. H. Bourland of McLean. The aunts are Mrs. O. L. Jenkins and Miss Annie Bourland, both of Dallas.Commander Bourland had been in submarine service about 10 years. At the outbreak of the war he was an instructor in submarine warfare. Later he served on a submarine and still later became commander of the Runner, a new ship which carried a normal crew of 65 officers and men. She was finished last year; she was a 1,525-ton ship.Commander Bourland visited in Clarendon three years ago. He flew to Fort Worth last November to attend the funeral of Lacy Bourland, the brother who died in California.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo, Texas, US
Wed, Oct 27, 1943
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