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lapt Otie C. Cousins
Warded Silver Star
iCnntain Otie C. Cousins the
sbn of Mr. and Mb W. I. Cou
sins of this city is a member
sf the 86th (Black Hawk) in
fantry Division which arrived at
fort Sam Houston tins weeK ior
SO-dav furlouffh before .they
IreassemMe at Camp uruiber uk
jlahpma for duty in 'the Pacific.
The 86th was activated and
trained at Camp Howze in Lie-
Ember. 1942. for the Pacific'war
tout hurriedly transferred to Eu-
Ibpe by the critical turn ot
Wents on the western front last
Winter and is a segment oi mo
1st combat division from tne
kO to be redeployed to the Pa-
b via the United States.
Britain Cousins was awarded
LSilver Star the highest
fd won bv a Black Hawk tor
action ivpvu xoin m tne
fnr Priorie. Germany
. his small task force vviped
kfive enemy emplacements
were holding up the ad-
fa wife Valerie resides' in
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fcal Author's Work
Wished In
tibnal Anthology-
Brown Publications of New
i-City announce today the
Saition of a volume oi con
trary poems an'd lyrics The
ry Anthology Of Verse"
includes the work ot Mrs.
.Lindemann route 1 of
It.
"boeik represents the best
and lyrics of writers from
state in the Union and
To have won a iplace
is nationally known anMio-
"marks a step forward in the
prary career df its contribu-
Another anthology of poems
iyncs is now weiiia wiuiJi.cu
. authors interested in com-
fcbur for a (place in this new
plujhe are invited t: enter.
V JReceives Promotion
Puerto Rico -Harold F. Hinze
ISo.noJ Mr. arid Mrs. (Willie Hinze
Ihasitheen promoted to the rantel
"of ' Corporal it was announced by
'i&nHlles Department Headquar-
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k -Corporal Hinze entered the ar-
w;. ;; r TTiihrnnrv "1043 and has
FSserved in the Caribbean area
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1 GirlScoui News
:??' tphfi Girl Scouts of Trodp No.
(' 1 met at the W. 0. Matejowsky
' 1 iome on June 20 1945. We had
vrttMra. ;Boff. Sandra Moore and
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Guardsman Joins
llbye To Pacific
Coast Guardsman John Fro-
nek. Chip's cook third class son
n Mr. Betty i1wneK oi route
une. is moving aboard a Coast
lluarikmanned LCI to the Pa-
elfi'c corribat area after exten-
sive European operations. Young
Fronetc haa a. score to. settle with
yfcha Japs. His brother Joe is a
'nriffoner of the Nips. His ship
"hit the invasion beaches of North
p Africa Sicily Salerno and Nor
mandy prior to tnis new assign-
Hjnent "
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"Remember 3?earl Harbor
"Merchandise Scarce"
Says Local Merchant
A. Gersbach left fofSt. Louis
last Sunday. He is buying
goods for present needs as iwell
as Fall merchandise. Merchan-
dise of all kinds according to
Mr. Gerslbach is harder to buy
'than at. anytime since the war
started. "We just have to go
after it they are not going to
(bring it to you" said Mr. Gers-
baoh. "Either Mr. Harris or my
self expect to go to market every
3 or 4 weeks this Fall' and Win-
ter." V
Bartlett Fresh Meat
Quota For June Used
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The fresh meat quota for the
imonth of June has been used by
both local markets and' Bartlett
will be forced to go meatless un-
til the July quota can be started;
One of the markets Bridges
& Latham has cosec until
(Monday. The other Red &
White will remain cpen in .order
to sell other merchandise they
have on hand.
Mrs. E. C. Brune
Entertains Friends
Mrs. E. C. Brune entertaine'd
friends with two tables of
bridge Friday at her home.. Al-
ihea daisies and gladiolus were
used throughout the house.
A sala'd .dessert course was
served with a mixed bouquet of
white bachelor' buttons and col-
orful Tom Thumb 'zihnisfs cen
tering the" refreshment trays;
Uuests were : Mrs. Curtis Cow-
art of Sherman; Mrs.- Kirk
Knight Mrs. R. C. Herman. Mrs.
jO. L. Lan'ge Mr-;." G. C. Cor-'
many Mrs. C. 0. Richards. Mrs.
E. Via and Mrs. George M&stro-
vich.
Mrs. Lange held high score.
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Former Bartlett Lady
Dies At Moody Texas
Mrs. Hermine Anna Moeller
76 former Bartlett residenet'
died at Moody Tuesday morn-
ing June 19th at the home of'
her daughter Mrs.' Louis
fSchmidt where she was visiting. I
'Mrs. 'Moeller apparently died
in her sleep as. she was found I
dead in hed when the family in-
vestigated wnen sne lailed to
gt up at the usual hour. Her
husband preceded her in death
two months ago .on April 16th.
A nfltiivp. nt in'nnar.rv fixas.
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I irs. Moeller was loom uctdoer
23 1868. She had lived in Cle-
urne Texas since 1936 and
a as a member of the Methodist
:Church.
Funeral service were held on
Wednesday at 5 pi m. at the Dil-
iion Chapel in Cleburne with
he Keverend Herman Boyd of
ipini11no j n00-on Aiiin. f
Moody officiating.
SurviV:rS include three sons;
Willie aroeller of Cleburne;- Jes-
;e and Lee Moeller of Ifortlett;
three daughters: Mrs. Louis
Schmidt Moody; Mrs. Paul Heise
of Elgin-an'd Mi-s. Gubert Kauit-
zsch Kjf Bartlett; eleven grand-
children and one great grand-
child. Pallbearers were W. J Still-
well E. W. S'amra 0. S. Poteet
S. P" McGee Oscar Meals and
Willie Jeschke-. Burial was in
Cleburne.
Attending funeral services
from Bartlett were Mr and Mra
Jesse Moeller Mr. and Mrs Lee
Moeller and son andVMr. and (Mrs.
Gilbert Khuitzsch
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ILincoiln Clemeons and daugh-
ter Anna Belle and Mra. Dug
Thompson and daughter Shirley
Ann visited in the L. 'D. and H..
M4 Clemons homes last week
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Mrs Wilson Franz and son are
visiting in Giddiags Texas .
BARTLETT TEXAS
"Texas Weather Nice"
Writes Bartlett Soldier
From India
While you are sweltering in
good old Texas summer heat
just consider the Indians and
be glad you are in Texas. Mrs.
Mary Riddle had a letteer from
her son Conporal Jack .Riddle re-
cently who is serving in India
stating that the temperature
was 125 to 135 degrees there
arid he wished he had s:me of
Texas' nice weather. The sol-
dier is a 1-c cook in a station
hospital and advised ihe was well
and doing fine.
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Bartlett Soldier
Now Serving On
India-Burma Front
From activation in the heart
of the corn belt at the Sioux City
air base to 'participation in jun-
igle warfare in the Jap-infested
(Burma theatre of operations in
spproximately eight months'
time is in brief .the stdiyof the
309 airdrome squadron .wfiiich
jusi a year ago was engaged in
undergoing the first phases of
its training as a unit at the air
'base here afterjbeing activated-
'here early in April 1944.
After the 'highly concentra-
ted period of flight line and air
field training which lasted less
than four montihs the squadron
was transferred the first 'week
in August to Salino Kansas for
two months of "getting acquain-
ted" work on B-29 Superforts-
Tho first week in October
'found the unit as a port of em-
barkation awaiting the start of
a boat trip that ende'd at a port
in India. Since arrival there
the squadron has .been stationed
at a base with most -.f its per
sonnel engaged in a rotation sys-
tem of duty at forward bases in
Burma.
As a part of the First Air
iComim'ando Group wihich opera
tes in India and Burma the un
it is attached to. one of the mostf tlie bays did in prison camps
famous American outfits of .thee SF? there H1 he dst of
war an organization originally
comlposed of volunteers who took
Ipart in last year's airborne in-
vasion of Burma which started
the Jaips on their long run out.
Qpinten N. Dusek formerly of
(Bartlett is a member' of the
squadron. His wife and young
daughter whom ihe has never
seen reside near Bartlett.
Local Student Gets
Reader's Digest
Award
OEsterleen jMaller valedictorian
of the graduating class at Bart-
lett High School has been giv-
en the Sixth Annual Award of
The Reader's Digest Association
for students who by their suc
cessful school work give prom-j
ise of attaining leadership in ttie
community it was announced
today by A. L. Peay Supt.
Miss Miller win receive an hon-
orary subscription to The Read-
er's Digest for one year an'd an
engraved certificate fr'.cn the
'Editors "in recognition of past
accomplishment and in anticipa-
tion of unusual achievement to
tome." '
Since 1937" The Reader's Di-
I'Tfst Association has ip-reserfted
these awards yearly in senior
''igh schools throughout the Un-
tted States and Canada to the
llhighest honor student of i)he
iDrraduiitirfo' class.
The award to Miss Miller iwho
is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
OS. C Miller of tfne Goodeville
community waa made possible
'thr:ugh the cooperation of Mr.
'peay and his: teaching staff.
They selected Miss Miller to re-
ceive the award designed to stim
'ulate scholarship citizenship
r J continued contact with goofl
j.'ing after graduation.
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Remember Pearl Harbor
Friday June 29 1945
'Two Years In Prison
Plenty Tough" Says
Bartlett Soldier
(Temple Telegram)
A survivor of the ill-famed
"death mardh' 'in Germany Pvt.
0. T. Morgan of Bartilett is home
on 60-day leave. The 500-mile
march through Germany ahead
of Russian armies climaxed
nearly two years of imprison-
ment and was as morgan con-
servativelyput it "plenty tough."
As a member of a Comipany
in the 36t)h division Morgan
weathereid the African cam-
paign and hit the Salerno 'beach-
head with invasion troops. He
was captured by the Germans at
Alta Villa on September 15 1943.
He .'Was moved with other
prisoners into the interior of
Germany and Stalag 2-B at
Hammerstein became his base
ioger. From there -wltft a group
of 21 other American prisoners
he was sent out on "commando!'
to do farm labor He did gener-
al farm work on a 3123 acre
;arm which was the individual
property of a German. Potatoes
and rye were the main crops
with (barley oats sugar beets
and turnips grown extensively.
His group lived in a prison bar-
racks on the farm. One guard
stayed with them and they work
e'i toy day with civilian Germans
who allso served as guards. There
were 128 laborers in all onN the
farm. He stayed there from Oc-
tober 20 1943 until February 20
1945.
"The civilians were fairly easy
to get along with" Morgan re
lated "but we hau a tough-
guard." Their raenu consisted of
Black bread potato' and "turnip
is-o uip and two or .three times a
Iweek they were given .skimmed
milk. "And I mean it was reallv
skimmed"' he added. They rig-
ge'd up a large wooden t'Uib for
a bath tub and heated water on
the stove in their barracks. Mor.
!gan considers that they fared
better on the farm than many
pienuiui crops
tne Kod was
scarce.
"We have the Red Cross- to
thank for everything done for
us" he said. "We 'were iuc-ky
enough to get Red Cross parcels
every week fhat we were on the
farm and mail came through pret
ty weir due to the Red'1 Cross.
They also sent us clothing."
On Feb. 20 ( the Germans
started m;tving 'them ahead of
the advancing Russians and 1600
American prisoners- o'f war in 3
columns started on the 500- mile
"death march". The men march
ed from 25 to 30 miles each day
sleeping fn barns and farm build-
ings at night. There were 500
men to the column. An old Ger
man Captain was in charge of
Morgan's group. He treated the
men with consideration as far as
he was alblo.and chose fa remain
(with tihem and surrender to the
American armies.
Many of the soldiers fell out
on the long hard march Mor-
gan stated and were left at what
was called hospital-. The men
iliald to carry ail of their equip-
ment blankets clothes and all
their .belongings. The; lived on
German rations except f:r what
few vegetable's they could trade
('for or steal along the way.
As the Americans closed in
most of the guards remained and
surrendered to the' Ninth; army.
Morgan came home by boat
in a convoy. He will report to
Fort Sam Houston for reassign
ment at the end of his furlough.
Private Morgan's wife and son
uive at Bartlett and 'his parents.-.
Mr. and Mrs P. 0 jMorgan live
on route 1 Belton.
AC. J. E. Moore Jr. of San
Antonio spent tho week end with
rel'atiyes. Mr an'd 'Mrs-. J E
'Moore Sr. Miss Lorraine Moore
and. Mrs. J E Mo: re Jr. and
children Accompanied him back
t.o San Antonio Sunday.
Lt. Curtis Young
Sends Rife As
War Souvenir
"cyri
-Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus Young
have received a German rifle
f rom. their son Lt. Curtis F.
Young iwho is serving with the
9th engineering corps in Ger-
many. Lt. Younor is now nt Mentz.
where he has recently been mov
ed rrom near Berlin.
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M-Sgt.A.T.Hanzelka
Returns From England
GVf-Sfft. Allphcnse T Hanzelka
soni of Mr. and (Mrs. Louis Han-
zeilka has.' returned from 17
months in England where he
served as chief of a B-24. He
was awarded the Brnnzft Rfcir
medal m September of last year
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ior meritorious service.
After a 30 day furlough With
his wife in Taylor and his (par-
ents and other relatives Sgt.
Hanzelka will report to Ft. Sam
LHouston for further asignment.
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Firemen Make Run
Volunteer firemen made a re
cord run Monday morning an'd I.
extinguished a baze in a negro
house in Salt Lake before the
fire had gained' much headway.
rne nouse caught fire when an
oil st-cve exploded.
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Sgt. Horace L. White
Returns To States
Sgt; Horace L. White recent-
ly .returned from overseas ser-
vice is visiting his parents Mr.
and Mrs. M. L. Whit'? Sr. on fur-
iougft. sgt. White served in the
ETO with the1 air forces for 17
mdnths; and will report to San
Amton-io for asignment at the
end of his furlough. His-wife
of Temple is visiting in Bartlett
also.
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Miss Elizabeth Fox
Gives Highlights Of
World Peace Conference'
Bfies Mary Elizabeth Fox of
Granger- was greeted at the
Methodist church on Sunday ev-
ening with a fair sized audience
Iwhen .she spoke for 45 minutes
on "thehigihlfghts and sidelights
of the World Peace Conference"
hei'Jd at 'San Francisco.
Miss Fox represented the Aus
tin Statesman at the Conference
and' in her talk gave a clear anal-
ysis of the -crganization and per-
petutity of the United Nations
peace parley. She spoke most
interestingly of the part Rus-
sia's representative Mojotoff
took in the .proceedings. She al-
so gave many interesting side
lights on her experiences- in meet
ihg and conversing with the dif-
ferent representatives of the con
Terence.
Bartlett citizens are deeply i
deb-ted to Miss Fox for bringing
them first hand news of the im-
portant historical event 'A'hich
Cias held the attention and inter-
est of the entire civilized world.
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GUEST SPEAKER
ENTERTAINED
Mr. and Mrs. Cy Young enter-
tained Miss Mary Elizabeth Fox
of Granger last Sunday evening
folio wing her talk at the Metho-
dist Church
Refreshments of ice cream and
cake' were served on the lawn to
the honor gUest 'iMr. and 'Mrs.
James Bailey Sam Young of
Corpus Christi and the hosts.
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George W. (-Bill) Hair of Long
iBeach Calif. arid Mrs. Reed Tur-
ner and daughters of Bryan will
arrive this week end for a visit
with their mother Mrs. George
Hair Mr and Mrs Joe Beasent
of Texas City will arrive Sunday
for 'a. visit with Mrs Hair'.
NO. 40
J. W. Hightower Funeral
Tuesday; Burial In
Belton Cemetery
Funeral services were heldotr
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock-at
the family residence for James
W. Hightower 74 conducted by
the Reverend Edmund Heinsohn
of Austin. Intetrment was in
the Belton cemetery.
Mr. Hightower died at Mc-
Closkey General Hcspitai at 2il0-
p. m. Monday af tter an illness'
of about three years. For the '
past year he had (been confined
to his bed.
Born in Fair Mount Ga. m
1871 he came to Texas when a
young man settling in 'William-
son Goumty. He was married to
Miss Vena Holzgraf in Bartlett.
They have two.- sops bofti of
whom are in service. Lieut.
James W. Hightower is some-.
where in Germamy and Charles
Hightower "the younger son is .
in a naval hospital in St. AfJbans
N Y.
Mr. Hightower (ras in the-
hardware and lumber business
in Bartlett until 25 or 30 years
ago when he engaged in farm-
in guntil iH health forced his re-
tirement. Besides his wife and sons he
is survived by two sisters three
brothers: Sam and Charlie
Hightower .of Georgia and' A..
B. Hightower of Brownwood
Texas. ' V
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WAR BOND QUOTA
ALMOST IN SIGHT
We reported a totail of $107
860.50 in the 7th War v Load
Bonds sold uip ifco Friday June
22nd. This ig a fine showing
but is stifl 'short qfiour quota
by ab:ut ?32v000-00-
There are sti"l'atteays' left
and A'e want toiurfrelravervoiie-
Lwho can to pleaseb'uyjbas many
bonds as you are able.ito.buy. If
you think you mfghfobetable to-
buy some bonds withm-'tbirF&or
sixty day. let us suggestmjfsc.eV
your .'banker and it migKtlS
possible that he cnuld hejf you
xmance tnem until such reason
t?J?JP would W' th
s available.
We are so near our ouota it
seems a shame not to go over the
top. 1 here wi' 1 be only one more-
bond drive in 1945. Let's put
this one- over.
W. F. Blair
Community Chm'n.
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AEV. v. b. BREAZEALE
TO RECEIVE RELEASE y :
FROM WAR DEPARTMENT .
Reverend V..B'. Breazeale re-
turned to Bartlett Saturday afi
ter serving almost one aiTd one-1
half years in the' Pacific area-
as chaplain. He was in the ser-
vice. 2 1-2 years. He filled the-
putpit ait the First B&iplKsfc
Church at both morning and pyv
ening" services last Sunday l
Althqughi the war depart-
ment has accepted Reverend
Breazeale's amplication for inac-
tive service he has n-.t yebepij.
released from the service and?
was called to San Antonio on
Monday where he hoped to re-
ceive his release.
Jle has accepted the c.'1' of the
Baptist- Church as pastor and
will assume his duties in full;
upon his release from the" sec--vice
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C. OF C FIREMEN ENJOY
WATERMELON FEAST .'
After the' business meetings
of the local Fire department and
the Chamber of Commerce Tues-
day night both organization
gathered on the grass .by the f ire
station where delicious water?
melons were cut and served.
This (meeting did a great dpal
toward bringing the; $wo grouper
cl-ser to gather. Tha.v are 'im-
portant cogs in the Bartlett
wheei cf 'progress and by ft more
thorough understanding uf-cfu
Uihi ami responsibilities -much
gcod can l?e derived.
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Jones, Johnnie & Jones, Mrs. Johnnie. The Bartlett Tribune and News (Bartlett, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 40, Ed. 1, Friday, June 29, 1945, newspaper, June 29, 1945; Bartlett, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth81695/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bartlett Activities Center and the Historical Society of Bartlett.