The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1945 Page: 1 of 6
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The Citizens Journal
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0m U.S.WAR BONDS
sixty-sixth year
"Spike "
—m.n.h.
. . . My, My! How time does
fly by. Summer is here—so is the
weather. The Irish potatoes are old
enough that the "potato bugs"
won't have to be picked off again
—it's blackberry time and just 214
days until Christmas.
ATLANTA, CASS COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1<J45
fi<* U.S.WAR BOHM
NUMBER TWENTY-TWO
Now that it's one day until June
1st, school has closed for summer
' vacation. Most of the Moms de-
serve to hold some sort of activity
record. Managing a home without
help4-house work, washing, cook-
ing, Ironing, piano lessons, dentist,
church work and commencement
exercises—not mentioning the
many other things she would like
to find time to do in this busy life
.—surely she must feel l\ke a per-
petual spinning top. Moms deserve
lots of credit which they never re-
ceive. She not only has to see af-
ter all these activities but she's
our Mom who we usually go to for
everything— because she's
"MOM!"
Bond Rally Held
Tuesday Evening
The first rally for the Seventh
War Loan Drive was held in At-
lanta Tuesday evening on Hiram j ,
! The Atlanta singing convention
meets next Sunday afternoon in
Atlanta Singing
Convention Meets
Scouts and Lions To
Play Soft Ball
street. The crowd was smaller than
expected but $164,000 was sold.
Atlantas quota is $271,000, so if
you harven't bought a bond do so
today. Back up our boys fighting
the Japs. The war is only half over
so don't quit bnying bonds.
Major H. R. Safford Jr., of the
Red River Ordnance Plant, Tex-
arkana, brought the band and or-
chestra under the direction of Mr
Laing who put on a wonderful
show following the bond sales. It
was composed of band and orches-
tra music, interspersed with vocal
so!os, duets, quintets, skits and nov
elty numbers. We greatly appreci-
ate these men coming our way and
rendering this fine show.
Abb Brabham, local chairman,
acted as mas'er of ceremonies, and
introduced Judge Sam L. Hender-
son of Linden as guest speaker for
the evening. Judge Henderson gave
a stirring patriotic address, plead-
ju.st j ing for everyone to buy more and
bigger bonds.
Weatherby and tiny daughter News From The
make these days. Tena was wear-1
ing a most unusually cute "old j
fashioned bonnet" and sure "enuf"
it belonged to her Mom who wore
it when she was about Tena's age.
The M. H. Nunnallys
County Agent
Thousands of tiny grasshoppers
are hatching out now and promise
recently to do lots of damage to crops.
the Methodist church at 1:30 p.m
We have the promise of some good
out of town quartets, among them
is the Noble Bates quartet from
Texarkana, Landrom quartet, of
Texarkana, Smith quartet of Na-
ples, and a number of others.
If you like good singing and will
come and spend about two and a
half hours with us, we will try to
give you the best.
Our thanks to Rev. John Fergu-
son, Rev. Dean Elkins, Rev. Ches-
ter Harris and Rev. W. S. McNutt
and also to the Citizens Journal
for their support in helping us to
make this the best singing in Texas
Come early for a seat.
Mrs. Roy Wicks Sr.
Presented Medal
Mrs. Roy Wicks Sr., of Rt. 1,
'liivins, Texas, was honored in re-
treat ceremonies at Barksdale
Atlanta Needs
An Air Marker
W. L. (Beer) Smith, iof Mar-
j The Boy Scouts of Atlanta have
challenged the Lions Club for a
soft ball game to be played at the , g ,
baH park Thursday afternoon June ' airplanes to
7 at 0:15. Tickets will go ^ sale g nday Coon SaPnders> jn_
structor at the Marshall airport,
Monday June 4th. This game prom
ises to be exciting and full of
thrills and spills.
Line-up for the scouts: catcher,
Eddie Bluestcin; pitcher, Harold
Murdock; 1st base, Harold Clem-
ents; 2nd base, Russell Alexander
3rd base, Billy Nichols; short stop
Joe Denny Hefner; short stop,
Larry Smith; l.f., Don Walker; c.f
Robert Warren; r. f., Chappy Long
Members of the Lions club and
positions they will play are:
Fred Self, lb, 2b, rf; Bill Stef
Mr. I'aden and others will also be
here for the day. If you are inter-
ested in taking airplane instruc-
tions, meet them at the local air-
port, west of town on Linden hi-
way.
Harold E. Wise, manager of the
Texarkana Commercial Airport,
is in Atlanta Tuesdays and Sun-
day* giving instructions. He states
that Atlanta needs a marker to
let flyers know what town they
Ottice Wall Killed
Accidentally
Ottice Wall, age 17, was killed
instantly Monday afternoon at the
home of R. P. Willis Jr., at Mc-
Leod, when he was accidentally
shot with a pistol. He is survived
by his parents Mr. and Mrs. T. L
Wall and two sisters: Sybil and
Oneta, all of McLeod.
Services were held Tuesday May
29 at 3 p.m., at the Good Exchange
church. Burial was in Good Ex-
change cemetery under direction
of Hanner Funeral Service.
, . .. ,, ... , , .. , ,, . are over and also given distance
fey, infield, outfield, pitch; F. A ... .. . „„
c,. . , .. v . ,1 i and direction to other ports. He
Simms, catch, pitch, infield; Wil- . , . . , v _ ,,
v ' j i* _ ov a n 1 has complete instructions for mak
lie Kennedy, If, rf, 3b; Alton . i. „ i j .
iir li • i* ij \t- i i i ig such markers and any civic
Waschka, infield, outfield, pitch;, * interested in pladnf/one or
D,ck Rogers, lb, 2b, 3b; Phillip markers in Atlanta are
Fouche, grandstand, bleachers, and . . . . . . , ...
bench; John Caver, catch, lb, 2b; j'-equested to get in touch w.th him
R. A. Brabham, lb, 2b, catch;L. Fj _ . ~ .
Allday, captain, 2b, 3b, ss; Leon J nu/lQ \fpp()
Blakey, cf, If, rf; James Coney,' lo ►3lvvU
catch, pitch, lb; W. L. Cook, 3b, i
Sarah Stanford
Serving In India
Somewhere in Assam—Miss Sar
ah Beth Stanford, American Red
Cross worker from 3704 Avenue G,
Fort Worth, Texas, sees American
airmen off on their dangerous
journey "over the hump" into
China. Operating a Red Cross can-
teen, Miss Stanford serves at an !
Air Transport Command base some I
where in the wilds of northern
Assam.
Troubles shooting
in difficult
r t „ , „ wv,it - P(i I""'"" — — | Camp C'aiborne, La.—Chaplain surroundings has become a habit
Colonel Robert Whitney presented f f f Bill Hughes, water r, 1 „ ... I
T 4lw. a;« \i,wl.,i nn,l nob- . ° - 1. . L,'
had a most pleasing surprise when | Weedy turnrows, fence rows, and
they became grand-parents again! bottom pastures next to cropland
should bo examined to see if there
is a heavy crop of hoppers. They
can best be controlled on the hatch
ing beds with a poison bait. Use
100 pounds iof millrun bran and
three parts by volume of sawdust,
cottonseed hulls, or peanut hulls,
The horse you saw Hunter Mc- and 16 pounds of sodium fluosili-
Williams riding Wednesday morn- caet or paris green or white arsenic
with "twin" boys arriving Wednes-
day, May 23, to Lt. and Mrs. J. D
Nunnally, at Marshall, Texas, hos
pital. The boys names are James
Jeffrey and Joseph Wyatt. Lieut.
Nunnally is at present in Italy.
catch, pitch, lb; W. L. Cook, 3b, ¥ vj i 1 •
2b, pitch; Hershel Hanner, lb ss,' ] 0SI Lll&PlJUn
, If; Oval Harden, catch, If, rf; R. C *
Field, Louisiana, on April-22, when Hardy, catchi pitch> cf. D Har.
Colonel Robert Whitney presented. reuf \{f cft rf • gju —
ier with the Air Medal and Oakiboy'. i>'aui'jac'kson( ]
,eaf Cluster for hjr son. Staff U B. j()r(iani catch,
Sergeant Ro-y Wicks, killed in ac- j,,|lnson assistant water boy and j 1,'j™r p sletrfriedt" who wasT re-
tion. As Superfortresses droned j bat b,y; Abe Mayg> catch, pitc.h, cf tran,S"d I' Camn Maxev
overhead, the Colonel pinned the, Tola-nd Meredith, conversation dis-1 >pexag ' * ' bat troops in the Himalaya moun-
rmdtte^klw'ingcotton" i Chaplain Steed, a member of the j tains n?ar Kashmir. Her assign- i
,ewis S. Sti^d has been appointed with Miss Stanford. She arrived in
lb, cf, 3b; Dr. | Cam)) daii^rne Post Chaplain as J India over eighteen months ago,
If, rf; David] BlK.(.essor to Chanlain (Lt. Col.) I went to work as program director
citv club. From there
in a large
she moved to a rest camp for com-
I). I',
. , ., i — -'arker, assistant bat boy and! Chanlain Corns for almost three' merit in northern Assam began ten ;
"For mentonous achievement while bench Raymond Stuart, 2b i sUUoned aE Camp! months, ago. i
participating in sustained bomber Ig^ short stop
operation over Germany and Ger- ' v
man occupied countries. The cour- n • 1
age, coolness skill displayed by j KP/JCnilC fOr Nfm
this enlisted man upon these oc- llCa&Ullft 1U1 ^UU
ing belongs to daughter Mickey
who doesn't only have a new horse
This should be mixed thoroughly
while dry and then enough water
but has a new English saddle also, j added to make it moist. Two dozen
* * ground lemons or oranges or some
The old saying, "I should have | molasses may bo added to the wat-
been listening instead of talking" jer to make the bait more tempting,
is quite true in many cases. One
usually pays high for the things | Sudan grass may be planted for |
said, intentionally or unintention-( valuable summer pasture. Plant i
ally, sooner or later, so being as j about one acre for each head of
casions reflect great cr.dit upon
himself and the armed forces of
the United Staees."
Sergeant Wicks was killed at
the waist gun position on his B-17
flying fortress while <>n a volunteer
mission over Gel-many.
White Registrants
Inducted May 17
C!airborne for the past year and| Daughter of W. T. Stanford, Lin i
was formerly assistant to the Postj'len- Texas, Miss Stanford is one I
Chaplain. He has served as chap-!of five of hf,r family serving in i
lain with almost every group or- j the war. One brother, Capt. John i
ganization at Camp Claiborne. 11'* Stanford, served as a bombar- j
In addition to his newly ac-M'er with the 12th Bomb Group in j
. quired administrative duties, Chap' North Africa and is now instruct- i
It is important
that we conserve and
fertility of the soil, oume ui >■•'« ducting services at the Kith Group j
important reasons for offering pub chapel, the Station Hospital, the,the Atlantic Fleet; i-.ai. ■
lie assistance are: Many farmers Enlisted Detachment and the Post I Stanford with the Navy Medical j
do not have income sufficient to j Stockade. ' ! School, and BKR 2 c Ed T. Stan- j
observation
to the Nation'fain Steed continues his regular! 'nK 'n the States. Thrse other broth
d maintain the, religious program on Sunday, conjers aro with the Navy. They are:
. Some of the, (luctinp services at the 16th Group Lt- O'ff) George L. Stanford with
A S Earl C.
, White registerants that were in i
we are all a mechanism of habit stock. If stock do not keep it down tjucted into the Armed Forces, May |
it's a very good policy to have mow it to keep it tender and green ^ 1945; Claudie Lee Fraser, Will
giood thoughts. Nearly every move; I js Emmitt Scott, John William Earl j
we make is inspired by habit. Idle; If you are considering putting ! Henderson S. G. Nichols, Charles
pay the expenses of carrying out Chaplain Steed has everv inten-
I the needed practices. Farmers gen tion of continuing the excellent re-
| erally have not experienced the:ijgjous policies of his predecessor,!
j benefits to be derived from some foot he has also planned several' M'ss Stanford received her B. S. j
important practices, and feel that j other new activities for the reli"--1 ('eKree 'n health and physical ed-
ford stationed at a Navy air field j
on the west coast.
Prior to joining the Red Cross,
they
own
cost
cannot afford to risk their
funds in tearing
of carrying them
many farmers feel that they will
ious program. He hopes, with the I ucation at the Texas State College
the total interest of some men on the post'^nr Women, and served as Health
out; and iWi,0 have musical talent, to start !and Physical Education Director of
gossip is a habit and a very bad lime on some of your land, by all, William Dell, Richard Loye Coulter j tenefits°and *"'• the,v"iflUS ^nomina-
one, at that. Saying unkind things; means have the soil tested before 1 james Franklin Yates. Jessie 1°" , serY'°-s 4hcltd €ach, Sunda>''
* ■ — ■ | tney cannot aiiorci to near me neej fje a]so p]ans to try and procure
I ed practices.
The stability and security of the
a new choir to provide music and I the Y. W. C. A., in Waco and Ft.
Worth, Texas.
about people easily becomes a ha- applying the lime. Bring a sample
bit. Habits are acquired by the way ' or samples of soil to the County j poas Hyrum, Marlon Gavin Jones,
we think, so that to gain the habit] Agent's office and we will test it | Clinton Charlie Foster, Ira Leo
of thinking many happy things and
saying them, may become not only
easy but one of the most profitable
* * *
Mr. Edgar King tells us while
Major Rabb was stationed at
Brownwood two years ago, a com-
pany soldier gave Major Rabb a
puppy, named "Victory" and it
for you.
J. E. Manning
Rotary Leader
J. E. Manning was leader with
- ... . , an "Ask Me Another One" pro-
was sent to the King home to live. Lrrani ]ast week. The questions were
A few weeks before V-E Day, pertaining t,<> Rotary, humorous or
"Vicky" as the dog was called, was . otherwise instructive.
run over by a car. Returning from Misa Mary Cook Kave notice
a stay at the hospital she was able gjle wag taking a long week end
to hobble about but as time went | an(, could not serve lunch The i
by, grew worse and a few days. has held four meetings al-1
after V-E Day Vicky s life canleiready this month.
Daniel, Claude Powell, Delbert I . ,, .
more movie films of a religious
nature, held during week for men
ono„i William T?nv Hielc« linval INation and its future generations of various faiths. "The doors of
Sneed, William Roy Hicks, Koyal | depend upon the fertility of the the
Ray Roberts, Elvin Humphrey, 8oj) It> therefore, is a matter of!,"
Warner Osal Witt. ^ | pUh][c interest to see that the soil!...
Navy: Charles Harris Long, Wil j is conserved.
Lane Arnold
With Truck Co.
School Lunch
Rooms In County
Cass County schools reached a
new high this year in the com-
munity school lunch program Mr.
J.D. Betts, county superintendent
of schools, has announced.
According to the latest reports
6 schools in independent districts
and 17 schools in common school
districts have been serving ade-
quate noon-day lunches daily to
about 1710 school children. The
schools already liave rounded out a
successful year.
Without the help of War Food
Administration, most of these lunch
rooms could not have operated
this year, Mr. Betts said. Much of
the year'a success also must go
to local sponsors who have worked
untiringly in seeing that school
children were served well-balanced
meals.
School lunch agreements are
signed jointly by WFA and local
sponsors who assume complete re-
sponsibility for keeping lunch-
rooms in operation. WFA's part is
to help local sponsors operate the
program efficiently, reimburse
them for part of the operating cost
and distributed perishable foods
bought from farmers under price
support programs as directed by
the Congress.
Reimbursement from WFA this
year totaled about §22,825.00 This
plan of sharing expanses has made
it possible to serve well-balanced
healthful foods to school children
for an average of only 8 cents per
meal, he explained. No discrimina-
tion is made hstween children who
are able to pay for their lunches
and those who cannot since one
of the purposes of the school
lunch program is to provide health
ful mid-day lunches to all school
children, be continued.
Perishable foods bought from
farmers and distributed in the
county by War Foo^j Administra-
tion include apples and carrots.
Most of these foods were cooked
and served immediately in daily
lunches and some were canned for
use later.
In addition, other perishable
foods in local abundance also have
been bought direct from county,
fanners, wholesale and retail firms
Mr. Betts said lunchrooms equip
pod t,o can foods will be eligible
to receive available perishable com
modities this summer for use in
preparing well balanced lunches
n,?xt year.
Thur I
A healthy soil makes
I liani Archie Cantwell, Willie
man Pool. I food, healthy livestock and healthy
I Marines: W. D. Philpott, and | pPOp|e,
Earl William Brooks.
Edward Sullivan
Army Stevedore
With U. S. Forces in Belgium-
Billy Hughes
Navy Radar Man
Home from the sea—and 31 bom
bardments—is sailor William F.
to an end.
• •
Happy Birthday, June 1st,
Mrs. Houston Edwards.
• * *
Happiness becomes more beau-
tiful through sharing your joys
and there's no one quite so happy
in Atlanta as Mrs. Lane Arnold,
whose's husband, Lane, telephoned
her from San Antonio, Tuesday
evening, saying he would be home
today (Thursday) after serving
overseas 25 months.
• • •
Lieut. Kenneth Whisenant and
wife, Mary, who are visiting with
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Whis-
enant, after having completed his
missions in European war theatre,
was ten pounds under weight on
arriving home for a visit but now
his weight has increased (10 and
more.) Just shows what Mom's
There will be no meeting today.
... ... . ...
New Church at
Hughes Springs
Oontract has been let to W. J.
Hardy of Marshall for the construc
tion of a new Baptist church in
Hughes Springs. Construction has
already started, with foundation
laid and brick work started. This
building will replace the one re-
cently destroyed by fire.
New Bus Line
For Atlanta
Atlanta has a new bus line which
will start operating Fiiday June 1
giving service from McLeod to Na-
cooking will do. All the Whisen- pies, with stops at Piney Grove,
ants are to attend the graduation | Douglassville, Carmichael Store
j Performing one of the most im- (Billy) Hughes, radar man second tist College.
: portant and dangerous supply jobs ■ c'ass. The 19-year-old Navy man
in a major Belgium part, men of |'s the son of Mrs. Willie Hughes,
the 305th Port Company unloaded 717 Olive street, Stationed aboard
chapel," he said, "are wide
open to anyone who wishes to With a Fifteenth Air Force Ser-'
ome and visit. Reading rooms and vice Command Air Service Group—
I religious material are provided for Italy: A truck company command-
healthy 1 the use of the men, and 1 encour-1 ed by Capt. Robert W. Smith has j
I age them to make use of these j been awarded the Meritorious Ser- I
| facilities." vice Unit Plaque for meritorious j
Chaplain Steed is presently re- and outstanding service in support!
[siding with his wife and family at! of combat operations, according to
Glenmora, Louisiana. Prior to his | an announcement by the Command- !
military service, he was pastor of 1 ing General of the Fifteenth Airj
the Baptist church at Rodessa, La. Force Service Command.
He is a graduate of the Southern ! The truck unit has been actively j
Theological Seminary and r9ceived! engaged in support of combat op-1
his A. B. Degree at Ouachita Bap- —" " J'
Barnes Callicoatte
Awarded Cluster
drums of gasoline, oil and lubri
cants for combat troops on the
Western Front while V-bombs were
exploding.
On one occasion during the Dec.
offensive launched by the Germans
a V-Bomb scored a hit less than
75 yards from where the port
company men were. Debris dropped
around the U. S. soldiers and in-
jured several Belgian longshore-
men. A first aid station nearby was
destroyed in the explosion.
Acting swiftly, the Army steve-
dores under First Lt. Richard O.
Finiels, of Washington, D. C., and
Staff Sgt. Vincent Garguilio, of
a heavy cruiser, he has been over-
seas since Sept. 1943. He participat
ed in action at Tarawa, the inva-
sion of the Marshall Island, raids
on Yap, W.oleau, and Palau, the
Kuriles, Paramusiro, the bombard-
ments of Wake Island and Marcus
Island, the second battle of the
Philippines and the preliminary
bombardment for the invasion of
Iwo Jima. "Iwo was the roughest
the most rugged of them all," he
said. "The whole island was one
hell iof exploding shells, rockets,
dive bowibers, hazy smoke hanging
over the island, mortar fire falling
Ennis Griffin
In Anti-aircraft
6th Army Group, Germany—
"Sometimes we almost wish the
Luftwaffe would come back" say
soldiers of the 439th anti-aircraft
automatic weapons battalion who
are guarding fighter fields in sup
port of General Devers' 6th Army
Group.
It's been a comparatively dull
life since the Luftwaffe vanished
erations in the European and Medi- j
terranean theaters since May 1943
Since being overseas, company
drivers have traveled 2,000,000
miles without a major accident or
injury to personnel. In June 1944
Brigadier General G. H. Beverley,
former commanding general of the
Fifteenth Air Force Service Com-
mand, sent a personal letter of
commendation to the company for
its services in Africa and in Italy.
Hauling of bombs, food, clothing,
Air Corps equipment and person-
nel are included in the company's
transportation activities. Among
those now authorized to wear tht
Meritorious Service Unit patch
wreath on the sleeves of their gar-
from the. Allied-controlled skies
on the Western Front. But before | ments are: Corporal Allen G. Plum
that the battalion's guns had mer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
and Naples. The new line will be j and drove it away.
operated by Hub Motor Coach
lines with headquarters at Mount
Pleasant.
exercises of Anne Morgan in Hous
ton, Friday evening.
m * m
Riley—and not Ripley—This is
another fish story from our fam-1 v
ous fisherman's paradise, Caddo Vacation Bible
Lake. While fishing for white ] ^ .
perch with Jim Crow and Noah^CnOOI at 151V1I1S
Porter on Kitchens Creek, Mr. Ri-I There will be a week's vacation
ley broke 25 large hooks pulling! Bible School at Bivins Union
out brush. Messrs. Crow and Por- church, week of June 3-10. Chil-
ter have found a whale hook to
give Mr. Riley on their next fish-
ing trip and state that Kitchens
Creek will then be free of all
brush and logs.
___. ... u _____ around tanks and troops as they J knocked out "Oh, 15 or 20" Jerry 1 Plummer, Hereford, Texas; Corp
New York, gave first aid to the! charged up the beach." | planes out of the air in France, oral Robert L. Batts, son of Mr.
injured Belgians. When a vehicle| Hughes volunteered in June, 1943 , Italy and North Africa. land Mrs. Herman L. Batts, 800 E.
burst into flames near a pile of ant^ received training at San Diego, In Italy the battalion had another j Avenue B, Sweetwater, Texas,
gasoline drums, Sgt. Kenneth 1). an(' San Francisco, Calif. He at-
experience it remembers six weeks Corporal Lane Arnold, son of Mr.
3n,|t'^nj'e{i Baylor University, Waco,^ infantry, holding a two-battalion j and Mrs. J. H. Arnold and husband
front, just below Pisa. "It was of Mrs. Jean Arnold, all of Rt. 1,
McDaniel, of Seattle, Washington. _
climbed into the burning vehicle I Texas.
r. At the completion of his 23-day just a defensive action, but, broth' Atlanta, Texas, and Pfc. Edwin
When the company, commanded (leave he will return to his ship at;0r> that infantry job is tough" the j Humphries, son of Mr. and Mrs.
by First Lt. Wesley B. Dean, of! San Diego. man say. For their work they were Fell Humphries, Rt. 1, Palmer,!
! commended by General Mark Clark, I Texas.
| then commanding the Fifth Army. ▼
I They came into France Sept. 15,1 ¥7 1 l*f i-*
1 two weeks after leaving the lines MUStiail
at Pisa. They protected Seventh!
Hunt at Salem
Church, Sunday
There will be Sunday School and
church services at Salem Baptist
church Sunday. Bro. Paul Hunt,
new missionary, will preach. The
general public Is cordially invited.
T —
Cpl. James B. King, Fort Leon-
ard Wood, Mo., is visiting relatives
in Atlanta.
dren will be enrolled from 3-16
years of age. The enrollment and
parade will occur on Friday morn-
ing, June 1, 9 to 11 o'clock. Rev
L. L. Burkhalter, Rev. and Mrs
Paul Hunt and local talent from
the S.S., will conduct the school.
There will be no text books to
be purchased and no tuition. All
children will be welcomed.
District Court
The following divorces have been
granted in district court:
Richard Larry vs. Peraly Larry.
Caldonia Jamieson vs. Jury Jam
ieson.
E. N. Fowler vs. Ollie Fowler.
BUT AN BXTBA BOND
Parsons, Kansas, was first assign [
ed to the Belgian harbor, men of
the unit helped U. S. Engineers in
repairing port equipment. When un
loading operations began, the men
shifted to their regular duties as
stevedores and longshoremen.
Men of the company include: Pvt
Edward E. Sullivan of Atlanta.
I. C. Hornsey
Squad Commander
J. C. Hornsey, youngest son of
Mr. Will C. Hornsey of our city,
has recently been promoted by his
superior officer to the rank of
Little Johnnie Ruth Zilks went j Squad Commander in the U. S.
to Alexandria to spend the sum-
mer vacation with her grandmoth-
er Mrs. Tom MacMillian. Johnnie
Ruth is happy to report her daddy
Sic William Wesley Zilks back in
the States. He has hopes of com-
ing home soon. She will be a hap-
py little girl to see her daddy
once m,ore.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Gilbert
were very happy to have as guests
over week end their son and wife
TiSgt. and Mrs. Ralph W. Gilbert
of Alexandria; Mr. and Mrs. A. G
Lundy, Johnnie Ruth Zilks, Mrs
Tom Zilks, all of Atlanta.
Navy, at San Diego, Calif,
J. C. Hornsey's high score in his
mental and physical tests in the
drill marches, his accuracy as a
marksman in the rifle team, his
skill in throwing hand grenades,
his alertness in the use of the gas-
masks, his courage and expertness
as a swimmer and his manifesta-
tion of leadership has won for him
one of the high honors as a Naval
boy.
J. C.'s many young friends
throughout Cass county will be de-
lighted to learn of his winning
this honor in Unclo Sam's great
Navy at San Diego, Calif.
Army installations and guarded]
airfields of the 1st TAF after that. |
Their score of enemy planes down-
ed rose, too, for they hit several
raiders in Olsaco.
Awarded Badge
With the 43rd Infantry (Wing-
led Victory) Division on Luzon—
On the second anniversary of Pfc- Earl L. Mustian, front line in-
their coming overseas, April 29,, fantryman in the 43rd Infantry
the battalion is formally launching (Winged Victory) Division, has
the "43S th Association," an organi ,(een awarded the Combat Infantry
zation of all members of the unit. Badge for exemplary conduct dis-
The idea is to carry over into played in combat against the Jap-
civilian life friendships formed in'anese on Luzon. He is ehe son of
the Army. ! Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Mustian of
One of the stories they will tell Rt. 3, Atlanta, Texas.
is of the two Luftwaffe pilots who! During 32 months overseas, the
got tired of it all and landed their 43rd Division has participated in
JU-88 on an American field and' four campaigns; Guadacanal, North
435th Troop Carrier Group, France
—Capt. George B. Callicoatte of
Atlanta, Texas, has recently been
awarded the second Oak Leaf Clu-
ster to the Air Medal for meritor-
ious achievement while participat-
ing in aerial flights within the
European Theater of Operations.
A C-47 pilot and flight commander
with a squadron in this group,
Capt. Callicoatte exhibited superb
airmanship in the continuous de-
livery of ifessential supplies to Al-
lied armies advancing against the
enemy and in the air evacation of
wounded. During the desperate
German counter-offensive in the
Ardennes salient, the 435th Troop
Carrier Group delivered vital com-
bat supplies to the encircled 101st
Airborne Division at Bastogne.
Their skill, courage and devotion
to duty were instrumental in en-
abling our troops to nepell the
attack of the enemy.
The campaigns for which Capt.
Callicoatte and his unit, the vet-
eran 435th Group, haive received
bronze battle Stars, include Nor-
mandy—for which the group was
cited by the President—, Southern
France, Rome-Arno, Northern
France, and Germany. Commanded
by Col. Frank J. MacNees of St
Paul, Minn., the 435th has flown
more than 35 million pounds of
combat supplies to forward strips
011 the continent. During the month
of April alone, one million and one
half gallons of gas, in addition to
14 million pounds of other vital
supplies and equipment, were flown
to the armies of Patch, Simpson,
Patton and Hodges.
Overseas 20 months, Capt. Calli-
coatte's unit is part of Maj. Gen.
Paul L. Williams" U. S. Troop
Carrier Forces, air component of
Lt. Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's First
Allied Airborne Army.
GRAVE YARD WORKING
There will be another grave
vard working at the Y cemetery
Tuesday. June 5. Oome and help
finish the job.
ern Solomons, New Guinea, and
Luzon.
surrendered to the 439th men there
Members of the 439th include:
Sgt. Ennis C. Griffin of Queen City
Arch Moore Ellington is visiting
All colors ot caraooard at thai his grand parents Mr. and Mrs.
I Joaraal Office. John Ellington from Hope, Ark.
H. V. Sparkman of Corpus
Christi, visited with his family and
attended the graduation exercises
of his son Donald; also Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. Itowen and Mrs. G. E
Ware and son G. E. Jr., aunts of
Donald, attended the exercises.
Pfc. Jim B. Eaves in here. He
start in 36th Div. Camp Bowie,
Texas, and has been overseas 2
years and wounded 3 times.
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Harrell, D. P. The Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 31, 1945, newspaper, May 31, 1945; Atlanta, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth336155/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Atlanta Public Library.