Victory Bond drive tops quota amid county shortfall
Countywide Victory Loan totals reach 212000 dollars with 165000 dollar E bond quota satisfied statewide progress shows Collingsworth at 58.7 percent while Armstrong leads at 116.1 percent Lipscomb 113 percent and other counties ranging from 101.5 to 36.1 percent Bonds for Christmas offered through banks and post offices through Monday to credit December purchases to the county quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Island Railway
Collingsworth
John Forbis
S‘riday
Forbis
Armstrong
Lipscomb
Potter
Childress
Gray
Hall
Donley
Hemphill
Hardeman
Wheeler
Cottle- King
Midnight Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church
Reverend B J Binversie announces midnight Mass at Our Lady of Mercy Church on Christmas Eve with a pre service program by the church choir and Sisters of St Joseph's Hospital starting at 11 30 p m Masses follow at the convent of St Joseph's Hospital on Christmas morning at 6 30 and 7 80 a m Everyone is welcome to attend the church or convent services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church
B. J. Binversie
Sisters of
Binversie
City Schoolgirl Makes Friend In Alaska By Letter
A Wellington, Nebraska girl and Clara Eyub in Igloo Alaska have exchanged letters for three years. Patsy Roberson writes about basketball and sports while Clara describes ice skating and dog sled rides. Clara mentions mission school choir and piano playing and skates with friends near Mary's igloo four miles away.
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Wellington
Igloo
Alaska
Patsy Roberson
Otis Roberson
Clara Eyub
Clara
Mission School
Helen
Mary’s Igloo
Enterprise School To Be Sold By Sealed Bid
Trustees of the Enterprise School in the county's north part announce the building 24 by 60 feet will be sold to the highest bidder January 1 1946 Sealed bids must be submitted to County Superintendent B W Beaird by December 31 Students from the district will transfer to other schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise School
B. W. Beaird
Veteran medic Strong Jr. returns after 46 months in two theaters
J M Strong Jr one of the county’s few to serve in both European and Pacific theaters comes home after 46 months of Army service. The son of Mr and Mrs J M Strong, he was the second of three brothers to return from combat with Eddie and Jackie also en route. Strong trained at Camp Barkeley Fort Bliss and Camp Shelby before overseas duty starting February 7 1943. He recalled serving as a headquarters clerk with a medical corps unit attached to a B 17 bomber group in North Africa and Tunisia and later handling casualties from Corsica and the Italian fronts.
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Set
J. M. Strong Jr
J. M. Strong
Jackie
Sgt
Eddie Strong
Set. Strong
Camp Barkeley
Fort Bliss
Camp Shelby
Miss
Oran
North Africa
Setif
Algeria
Medical Corps
Air Corps
Strong
Zagahoun
Tunisia
Corsica
Billy Walker
Strang
Page Hight
Ends Prison Labor at Traders Compress
Local labor availability grows as Traders Compress releases twenty Italian prisoner of war laborers who worked about six weeks at Childress stockade and nearby-town compresses. Manager J W Langford says the men were inexperienced but good workers and got along well with guards and interpreters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Childress
J. W. Langford
Mr. Langford
Californians Visit Relatives Here For Christmas Holidays
Mr. and Mrs. John Fuller of Huntington Park California are visiting his mother Mrs T C Fuller and sisters Mrs Bryan Denley and Mrs Escie Bartlett with their families for the Christmas holidays. Fuller formerly served as county clerk and lived in Shamrock and Olton before moving to California where he has worked for Bethlehem Steel Corp for ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fuller
Huntington Park
Calif
T. C. Fuller
Bryan Denley
Escie Bartlett
Fuller
County
Shamrock
Olton
California
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Farm Program For Next Year Outlined in Collingsworth County
Collingsworth County allocates 106244 dollars to support conservation practices in 1946. Millard Brown announces the program as the ACA committee selects terraces, drainage, ditches, wells, contour farming, cover crops, grazing rules, and other measures. Producers must obtain prior county ACA approval to earn funds, with careful accounting for the county allotment. The county committee, chaired by J. G. Emmett with local members, will administer the program for 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collingsworth County
Millard Brown
ACA
Alfred F. Knol
Sumnerwood
Ben F. Farmer
Quail
A.” Shinnery
Hunter L. Peters
Earl Yarbrough
Dan Howard
B.’’ Dodson
Ernest E. Nipper
William IE. Brewster
Emory C. Alexander
C.” Rolla
Levi W
Bronze Star Winner Is Home With Discharge
T five Leroy Harris a Bronze Star recipient and Presidential Citation unit member returned from nearly five years of Army service and reached Wellington on November 28. Harris 63rd Division fought 129 days in the European Theater and led actions near Strassbourg through the Colmar Pocket culminating in the last French town recaptured. He described drawing enemy fire from a jeep with a 50 caliber gun aiding a push to Jepsheim and the pill box then town. Wounded February 25, he survived until April 17.
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Leroy Harris
Wellington
63Rd
386Th
Harris
Strassbourg
Colmar
France
Agai
Jepshiem
Page Five
Count y Buys More Better Christmas Merchandise
Collingsworth Countians rush Christmas shopping as Wellington merchants report strong demand for smaller items and furniture pieces. Shopkeepers credit limited stock but note high sales of clothes, lamps, tables, chairs, and luxury goods despite a 20 percent diamond tax amid a postwar consumer rebound.
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Collingsworth
Wellington
Tftl
Tf T
Pearl Harbor
Santa Asked To Put New Items In Sleigh Or Boat
A 1945 San Diego letter from a 17 year old serviceman requests seven discharge points and asks Santa not to bring battleships or major ships. He notes Navy service since age 15 and asks also to bring Charles Battle Jr. about 20 points. The humorous plea illustrates postwar sentiments in a Christmas note.
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Santa
Tam
Uncle Sam
Navy
Jimmie Pate
Adm
Charles [Attle Jr
Mrs. O. O. Adams Improves After Long Illness
Mrs. O. O. Adams 71, longtime Collingsworth County resident now in Wellington, is reported improving at home after a lengthy fall illness. Her daughter Miss Hazel Adams recently moved to town with her, while another daughter Mrs. William Jevers of Bakersfield arrives to be with her mother. Sons Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Adams of Amarillo and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Adams of Dallas, along with sister Mrs. Lena Keller and niece Miss Helen Keller of Mosquero New Mexico, are visiting from out of town.
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O. O. Adams
Wellington
Adams
Collingsworth County
Fresno
Hazel Adams
William Jevers
Bakersfield
Calif
Gordon Adams
Amarillo
Clyde Adams
Dallas
Lena Keller
Helen Keller
Mosquero
N. M
Plans Underway To Recover Money Lost In Philippines
Major John Coleman states the Claims Section currently has no plans to initiate claims for money lost in the Philippines. A plan is being worked out and will be handled directly between the soldier and the government. Air Force personnel seeking more information should contact the Brook General Hospital liaison officer at Port Sam Houston Texas.
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Philippines
John Coleman
Air Force
Affpdc
Brook General Hospital
Port Sam Houston
Texas
Death of Retired Farmer M L Roberson
M L Roberson 66 retired farmer died December 19 at 10 30 am after five months illness. He lived in Collingsworth and Wellington later years, born Moses Lafayette Roberson in Tennessee May 21 1879. He moved to Texas as a boy, married Lou Poff about 43 years ago, and farmed in Fresno and Collingsworth County. Funeral held at Assembly of God with Rev A A Daly and Rev W T Stallings guiding pallbearers named.
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M. L. Roberson
Texas
Collingsworth County
Mr. Roberson
Fresno
Midway
Wellington
Tennessee
Moses Lafayette Roberson
Grayson County
Lou Poff
Roberson
Whitewright
Methodist Church
Assembly of God
A. A. Daly
W. T. Stallings
Bob Bowen
W. E. Hall
Floyd Killough
Tom Caldwell
Gordon
Kiwanis Installs 1946 Officers in Hollis Wellington
Kiwanis officials from Hollis Okla and Wellington were installed at a December 18 banquet in a joint ceremony attended by 115. Dick Beyers a Republic Pictures singer performed three songs and is noted as Bruce Langsley. Norace Clark retired Wellington club president acted as toastmaster and Rev Henry Kinkeade gave the invocation.
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Kiwanis
Hollis
Okla
Wellington
Dick Beyers
Oklahoma
Uctor
Bruce Langsley
Republic Pictures
Nelson Eddy J
Norace Clark
Wellington Club
Cameron Beam
Henry Kinkeade
Pearl Harbor probe figures in Jap code tale from Calcutta
Vernon Brown, a 14 month radio intercept operator, recalls intercepting Japanese messages from Burma and India. He explains decoding was done at higher HQ in New Delhi and by Pelhi, with four shifts and about 40 men. He notes the Calcutta unit faced harsh conditions but received many signals daily.
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Pearl Harbor
Vernon Brown
Calcutta
India
Brown
New Delhi
Pelhi
Myitkyina
Bhamo
Burma
Siam
Asia
Set
California
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McClendon
Eldridge
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Branum
China
Sgt. Blayne Branum
CBS
Sgt. Branwa
ATC
Kunming
Chengtu
Tezgoan
Dacca
Ranikhet
Sioux Falls
S. C
Miami
Blayne Branum
San Diego, Calif
ML. L. Roberson
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