Bonds fall short of Collingsworth quota during drive
Collingsworth County nears end of Victory Loan Drive with only 105,262.26 of bonds sold toward an 165,000 quota while December E bond sales add to credit. Chairman John Forbis urged residents to buy bonds as Christmas gifts to aid service members and veterans and warned committees may resort to aggressive measures if targets aren’t reached.
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Collingsworth
John Forbis
Mr. Forbis
Collingsworth County
Captain Jones Receives Alton Ochsner Fellowship
Captain Elmer Knox Jones, on terminal leave, earned a one year fellowship from the Alton Ochsner Foundation in New Orleans to study internal medicine. He will begin January 1 and later take the American Board exam after completing the fellowship.
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Elmer Knox Jones
Army
Alton Ochsner
Dallas
Army Medical Corps
Baylor Hospital
56Th
United States
Fort Sam Houston
Elmer K. Jones
Alton Ochsner Foundation
New Orleans
Longtime Texan and Wellington Resident C D Burger Dies
C D Burger a 97 year old retired farmer died at 2 10 a m Thursday after a stroke on Thanksgiving day He was born March 20 1868 in Jacksonville and lived in this county 31 years He moved to Wellington over 15 years ago and was active in community affairs Funeral services were held at the Methodist Church with Rev Co Armstrong officiating Interment was in Wellington Cemetery Survivors include his widow Verda Burger a San Saba brother Jim IE Burger a sister in law and several nieces and nephews
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Cc. D. Burger
Mr. Burger
Jacksonville
Wellington
Mr. Burgers
Methodist Church
Rev. Co. Co. Armstrong
John Forbis
Ernest Tate
Ike Rogers
Earl Alexander
Lee Roark
Jack Lowry
Patsy Roark
Joann Rountree
Faye Jolly
Sterle
O'Donnell
Creed Burger
Waurika
Okla
Dona Tolleson
Lyleene
Oklahoma City
Avil Brown
Temple
Etta ‘Archer
Eden
Will Brown
San Saba
Flora Brown
San Angelo
B-29 Gunner Recalls Pacific War and Missouri Surrender
Cpl Tim Baird of Dodson recounts three years in the Army Air Force ending with B 29 duties over Japan. He flew eight missions with the 20th Air Force from Tinian and served in the Peace Day formation near the battleship Missouri. He earned the Bronze Star for heroism during a mine laden plane crash rescue in June 1945. He is visiting his wife Faye Howard in Wellington en route to Pam pa before returning to Dodson to see his mother.
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Cpl
Tim Baird
Dodson
Army Air Force
Japan
Missouri
Baird
United States
20Th Air Force
Pacific
Tinian
Truk
Okinawa
Wellington
Pampa
Faye Howard
Yvonne Marie
Ola Johnson
Santa Claus Most Popular Man In Town
Dozens of boys and girls from over the county have written letters to Santa Claus to be published in The Wellington Leader before Christmas. All youngsters who have not yet written are urged to do so, as every letter will be printed and sent to Santa at the North Pole.
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Santa Claus
Wellington
North Pole
Santa
Veterans of Pacific Service Get Discharges
Russell Hopson, discharged at San Pedro after serving at Area Navy Hospital Pearl Harbor for nearly two years, later joined Nowlin Wholesale Co. in Wellington. He entered service in May 1942 as a hospital apprentice and, as fire marshal at Pearl Harbor, collected island photos. He notes island industry dominance by a few families and dislikes the lack of competition. Frank Cook, AMM 2-c, discharged November 19 after 87 months, served in Pacific tours with Naval Air Transport Service as ground crew and instrument specialist starting in Honolulu and the Admiralty Islands.
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Russell Hopson
Phmic
Navy Hospital
Pearl Harbor
San Pedro
Wellington
Nter
Nowlin Wholesale Co
Hopson
San Diego
Navy
Honolulu
Admiralty Islands
Army
Herrington Trio to Perform at Norwood December 6
The Herrington Trio from KWFT Wichita Falls will appear at Sumner wood Thursday evening December 6 at 8 15 p m. The program promises good clean entertainment and is open to the public, reports Merle Walker superintendent of schools.
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Herrington
KWFT
Wichita Falls
Sumnerwood
Merle Walker
Jackie Strong Returns Home From Army Hospital Furlough
Pfc. Jackie Strong came home to Wellington on a sixty day furlough from Dibble General Hospital at Menlo Park California. He was wounded on Cebu on April 28 and later transferred to Leyte before medical care began. He left the United States May 20 for plastic surgery and improvements, with further treatment planned after furlough.
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Jackie Strong
Wellington
Dibble General Hospital
Menlo Park
California
Strong
Cebu
Pacific
Leyte
United States
Norwood Suffered Stroke at 85 in Sumnorwood
S. W. Norwood of Sumnorwood is on the road to recovery after a light stroke on Tuesday night November 27. He lies in St Marys Hospital at Shamrock for treatment. At 85 he was among the county's earliest settlers and has lived near the town that bears his name for over 50 years. His granddaughter Mrs BE K Jones resides in Wellington.
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S. W. Norwood
Sumnorwood
St. Mary’s Hospital
Shamrock
Norwood
BE K Jones
Wellington
Fresno
Dodson
Rolla
Salt Fork
Aberdeen Church To Sponsor Pie Supper
The Aberdeen Methodist Church will host a pie supper on Friday December 7 to benefit the church. Mrs Elmer Willard urged all ages to bring pies and join the event for a grand time.
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Aberdeen Church
Aberdeen
Final Rites For J H Birchfield Held In Wellington
Final tribute was paid J H Birchfield a 77 year old rancher in services at the Kelley church on Wednesday November 28. He died Monday November 26 at age 77 years 8 months and 9 days. Burial was in Wellington cemetery with Ellis Funeral Home in charge. Birchfield’s life spanned West Texas cattle history from drives to Wyoming to Herefords.
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J. H. Birchfield
Kelley Church
Don Culberson
Childress
Dodson
Mr. Birchfield
Charlie Eddins
Will Eddins
Windell Eddins
Miller Puke
Dewitt Vardy
Lee Vardy
Lena Jackson
Ava Thomason
Christine Scott
Lee White
Lera Mae Hightower
Evelyn Carter
Dewey Malone
E. J. Smith
Hugh Painter
Orville Vaughan
Mat Lewis
Wellington
Ellis
West
Texas
Wyoming
Mill Iron Ranch
Cottonwood
Seymour
Continental Land and Cattle Company
William E. Hughes
Birchfield
Estelline
Laura Josephine Rhddins
Mill Iron
East Texas
Collingsworth County
Page Hight
Funeral for Mrs. J. R. Brewer Held Sunday
Mrs. J R Brewer longtime Wellington farm woman died after a prolonged illness. Born in Tennessee September 14 1882 she lived in Col lingsworth County for many years. She was a Nazarene church worker and active in farm women groups.
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J. R. Brewer
Wellington
Brewer
Collingsworth
Tennessee
Lillie Pearle Dickey
James Louis
Sarah Ann Dickey
Arkansas
Mr. Brewer
Collingsworth County
Church of the Nazarene
Crash And Romance A Part Of Italian Tour Of Duty
Staff Sergeant Paul Thompson survived a crash over Allied lines during a two engine bomber mission in Northern Italy. He later married Lt Elizabeth Wickwell, an Army nurse, after a hospital stay and 58 missions completed by war end. Thompson earned multiple medals and citations for his overseas service.
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Paul Thompson
Wellington
Thompson
Albert Thompson
Air Force
Eighth Army
Italy
Villa Franca
Elizabeth Wickwell
California
United States
T. D. Thompson
Vernon
Poultry Show Cancelled for Winter 1945 County
The annual county poultry show is not held this winter after a Saturday meeting on December 1. Lack of coop availability and absence of vocational ag poultry projects led to the cancellation. A tentative date in December 1946 is planned with a fundraiser to buy coops. W. H. Lindsey re-elected superintendent and Charline Hyer named secretary-treasurer.
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W. H. Lindsey
Charline Hyer
Lindsey Wins In Kansas Show With Six Birds
W H Lindsey. six White Crested Black Polish bantams entered at the Kansas State Poultry Show in Topeka. He won first and second prizes on hens and cockerels and third and fourth on pullets. Birds now shown at Oklahoma State Poultry Show in Oklahoma City, then Madison Square Show in New York from December 26 to January 1.
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Topeka
Kansas
W. H. Lindsey
Mr. Lindsey
Oklahoma City
Mrs W G Hite Improves After Critical Illness
Mrs W G Hite, confined at St Josephs Hospital since November 16, shows improvement after major surgery on November 21. For several days her condition was critical as four children visited at her bedside: Ethel Garrett and Sue Garrett of Sacramento, Cora Mae Garrett of Artesia New Mexico, and J H Garrett of Fort Worth.
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W. G. Hite
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Ethel Garrett
Sue Garrett
Sacramento
Calif
Cora Mae Garrett
Artesia
N. M
J. H. Garrett
Fort Worth
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E. K. Jones
Nuremberg
Germany
C.D. Burger
Veterans of Pacific Service
Army Hospital
JH. Birchfield
J.R. Brewer
Lindsey
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