The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944 Page: 1 of 4
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VOLUME XXXIII
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BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 19, 1944
Commenceinent (or Grammar School
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Bogata Seniors on
Friday Evening
Commencement services for the
Bogata High School will be held
Friday evening, May 19, beginning’
at 8:30 o’clock, when diplomas will
be presented to 28 students. They
are—
Carl Anderson
Catherine Bryson
Lawrence Bell
John Bartley
Jessie Lou Bonds
Berneda Cranford
Margaret Clouse
Lucile Davis
Ruth Elson
Glyndora Forester
Billie Jo Harbison
Johnny Hanley
Granville Jones
Billy Leggett
Virginia Lee Lawson
Roy Earl McCrury
Sarah Morris
Joy Pike
Martha Roberts
Nancie Ragsdill
Hermit Stogner
- Johnny Somerville
Ruth Suggs
Bobbie Dean Sullivan
Jean Wells
Doris Welch
Kenneth Welch
Mary Jo Ward
Baccalaureate for
Senior o Snunday
School Gym
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Baccalaureate services for the I
senior class of Bogata High School *
were held at the school gym Sunday j
morning, May 14. Rev. Curtis Hoov- |
er, pastor of First Baptist Church,
brought the message to the twenty-
eight members of the class and a
large audience.
Special music and songs were giv-
en by the junior class chorus, direct-
ed by Mrs. Gordon Allen Allen. Rev.
Reagan gave the invocation and the-
Rev. Carl Irby the benediction,
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Diplomas Presented
Thursday Evening
Bogata’s grammar school gradu-
ates received their diplomas at the
close of exercises held at the school
gym Friday evening.
Members of the class presented a
patriotic program entitled “The
Land of Freedom,” which consisted
of a discussion of amendments of the
Constitution and patriotic songs.
Processional and recessional were
by Mrs. Gordon Allen. Valedictori-
an of the class was Pansy Bonds,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. R.
Bonds of Bogata. Her average was
94.44. Salutatorian was LaFerne
York, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.
N. York of Bogata. Her average was
88.67. Other members of the class
include:
Billy Mac Cooper
Nina Ruth Corbell
Joyce Dean Guess
Barbara Ann Hobbs
Marzella Hughes
Carylon Jones
Mary Ruth Jones
Betty Jo Kennemore
Sarah Dear Kirkley
LaNell McAlister
Billy Mac Morris
Daisy Lee Richardson
Wayne Setzer
Euel Leroy Simmons
Bonita Smith
Doyle Wayne Solomon
Paul W. Thornton
Anna June Troutt
H. R. Upchurch .
Fred L. W lkinson
Bill Wright
Wanda Jean Wright
Herman Wright
Dies at Paris
Linda Kay Pickering, infant dau-
ghter of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Picker-
ing of Pattonville, died of pneumon-
ia Saturday at 10:40 p. m. at a Paris
hospital. The chilld was born at
Port Arthur, May 28, 1943.
Miss Nannie Lee Osbourn and Mrs.
Lit Martin Jr. of Dallas, spent the |
week end with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. F. Roberts and Mrs. Eli-
za Osbourn.
Ensign Branson Weds
Faye Wade of Dallas
Ensign Frank L. Branson Jr. of
Bogata, and Miss Faye Wade of Dal-
las, were united in marriage Wed-
nesday, May 19, at the Fourth Pres-
byterian Church in Chicago, by the
Rev. Kenneth N. Hildebrand, pastor.
The bride is the daughter of the
late Rev. E. E. Wade of Dallas, and
attended ETSTC at Commerce.
The groom, son of School Super-
intendent and Mrs. F. L. Branson,
is a graduate of Bogata High School,
attended PJC, received his B. S.
degree at ETSTC and received his
Ensign’s commission last week after
graduating from Northwestern Uni-
versity's Midshipman’s School.
They are guests of his parents in
Bogata for a short time. Best man
was Ensign Loyd George Willing-
ham, classmate of Frank Jr.
With Our Boys
In the Service
Bring or Mail All the News
About “Our Boys in the Ser-
vice” to this Newspaper.
Wilford Lowery, S2c, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Kirb Lowery of Rosalia,
has landed safely overseas on the
New Hebredes Islands. '
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T|Sgt. John Perry Body (col.) is
here for a visit with his parents, Doc !
Body and ,wife. He is stationed in I
a camp in Virginia.
M|Sgt. Selsus Reese writes his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Reese of
Bogata, that he has landed safely
in England. He says he never felt
better in his life and likes the coun-
try fine.
Mrs. Lucy Peaden left Friday for
a three weeks’ visit with her son,
Chaplain Carol Peaden at Key
Field, Meridian, Miss.
A son who has been named Her-
man Wayne, was born Saturday at
the Grant hospital to Sgt. and Mrs.
William McMichael of Detroit. Sgt.
McMichael is stationed at Camp
Roberts, Calif.
Mrs. Gerald Perry left Thursday
to join her husband, Sgt. Gerald
Perry, who is stationed at the Army ,
Air Base, Rapid City, S. D
Pvt. Samuel C. Jenkins, son of
Mrs. W. B. Jenkins, is now serving
overseas. His APO is New York.
He has been in the service since 1942.
Mrs. Garland Parker who has been
with her husband at Camp Meade,-
Md., left Tuesday for Sulphur
Springs and Dallas to visit friends.
Born to Air Cadet and Mrs. Thom-
as Paul Wilkinson of Bogata, May
11 at Grant Hospital, Deport, a*dau-
ghter, grandchild of M*. and Mrs.
Jap Chesshir of Bogata. The father
is stationed at the Air Base at Oma-
ha, Neb.
Truman C. Lassiter, Phm. 2|c, sta-
tioned at New Orleans, who spent
a week in Bogata with his mother,
Mrs. L. W. Lassiter, has returned to
his duties.
Billy Joe Pope who left recently
for the armed service, is now sta-
tioned at Sheppard Field, Wichita
Falls, with the ground forces of the
Air Corps.
Gwynne C. Pike, Sic. USNR,
U. S. S. West Virginia, arrived Sun-
day night for a aseveral days’ visit
with his sisters, Mrs. John Coats,
Miss Joy Pike and his grandmother,'
Mrs. Scott McKinney. His address
has been co FPO, San Francisco.
Harley Campbell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Campbell, who recently
entered the Navy, has been made
Petty Officer, third class, and is ex-
pected next week for a visit with his
wife and daughters, Karen and Kay
at Bogata and his parents at Deport.
Condensed Statement of Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK
BOGATA, TEXAS
At the Close of Business April 13, 1944
Loans and Discounts .......................... $163,332.79
726.74
3,000.00
1.00
1.00
Overdrafts
Banking House
Furniture and Fixtures
Other- Real Estate
Cash and Due
from Banks _____________$283,374.41
U. S. Bonds .................. 83,350.00
Other Bonds and
Securities ________________ 19,434.55
CCC Cotton Loans ______ 33,848.73—$420,007.69
TOTAL________________________________________: $587,060.22
Capital Stock__________________________________$ 50,000.00
Surplus & Undivided Profits ---------- 24,858.39*
DEPOSITS _______________________________________ 512,210.83
TOTAL__________________________________________$587,060.22
First National Bank
Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Directors:
GRADY HIGHT
H. H. WILKINSON
J. A. UNDERWOOD
ROY GIBSON
J. M. PIKE
Pfc. Ira R. Ballard has written
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Bal-
lard, that he has sailed from San
Francisco, Calif., to an undisclosed
destination.
Mrs. Carl Wims and son, Durwood,
spent the week end at Camp Wol-
ters with Pvt. Carl W. Wims and at
Weatherford with Mrs. J. A. Cum-
mings, sister of Mrs. Wims.
Pvt. Jimmie Lee Caldwell, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Caldwell, is
home on 11-day Jeave. He has been
stationed at Camp Fanning, but is
being transferred to Ft. Jackson,
S. C.
S|Sgt. Malcolm Wright, son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. A. Wright has written
his parents that he has returned
from a seven-day leave somewhere
in England, had a fine time and was
still O. K.
Robert Earl Temple c-f Jackson-
J ville. Ark.; son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
! W. Temple, left Thursday for naval
[ service, and is in San Diego, Calif.
! His wife and son, Mike, have return-
' ed to Deport to make their home
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh
Griffin.
Mrs. Leon Huddleston received a
cablegram Tuesday from her hus-
band, Leon Lee Huddleston, Sic,
saying he and his brother, Petty Of-
\ ficcr 3c Ballard A. Huddleston,
' whom lie had not seen in two years,
spent Sunday, May 14 together.
They are both in New Caledonia.
Mrs. Floyd Bell ol Bogata, receiv-
ed word this week that her nephew,
Cpl. Averial Tidwell of Albuquer-
que, N. M., had been awarded the
Purple Heart after being wounded
in action over Italy on Jan. 21. Cpl.
Tidwell’s mother was the former
Miss Grace Wilkinson, sister to Mrs.
Bell.
1st Lt. William V. Humphreys at Home
After Sixty Forays Over Hitler’s Europe
1st Lt. William V. Humphreys,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Bunch Humph-
reys of Bogata, who has had sixty
missions as pilot of a B-26 over
Europe from England, and who
wears the Distinguished Flying
Cross, Air Medal with nine clusters,
including a silver one, which repre-
sents five, is at home for a thirty-
day leave.
He will return to England upon
expiration of his leave. Fifty mis-
sions are required for a furlough,
but Lt. Humphreys served in sixty.
He volunteered in January, 1942,
trained at Randolph Field and was
awarded his wings at Lake Charles,
La., in September, 1942. He went
to England as a B-26 pilot in Janu-
ary 1943, and arrived in Dallas on
Thursday of last week.
This newspaper hopes to be able
to publish an interview from him
next week. He was out of town the first part of the week.
ANNIE LEE WILSON
BUYS JAKE'S CAFE
J. H. Armstrong has sold his cafe,
known as Jake’s Eat Shop, to Miss
Annie Lee Wilson, who assumed full
management Saturday morning.
Mr. Armstrong has been in busi-
ness in Bogata for the past seven
’year and in the cafe business since
last September. He and his family
will continue to make Bogata their
home.
Miss Wilson has been employed
at the cafe since last September and
has an ad in this issue of The News
inviting her old customers and new
ones to visit her.
and Mrs. Jirn Ed Ragsdill of Rosalie,
has been transferred to Algiers,
New Orleans, La., station of em-
barkation from North Base, Norman,
Ok.
F O Royal II. Taylr.-r who is in
England, writes his wife, the for-
mer Nancy N. Patterson, he has vis-
ited a number of castles, also the
place of Robin Hood legend, known
as Sherwood Forest, and saw where
Robin Hood hanged the sheriff.
Pfc. Kenneth Wright, with the Ma-
rines and recently returned from
overseas duty, is here for a thirty-
day leave with relative's. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wright
of Dallas.
Travis Hale, son c-f Mr. and Mrs.
R. F. Hale and Grant Walker, son
of Mrs. C. T. Walker of Clarksville,
I left Thursday for induction into the
Navy. They were sent to San Die-
go ,Calif.
Pvt. Jack Gibbs, in the service two
years, overseas since December, is
the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Gibbs.
He was stationed at Brownwood for
some time before being sent over-
seas.
Mrs. Ida Rodgers received three
dozen roses for Mother’s day from
her son, Sgt. Fred Rodgers, who is
in New Caledonia. He trained at
Love Field and San Antonio before
going overseas. Fred has recently
been promoted from corporal to ser-
geant.
J. W. Mullins, A S, 44-238-USNTC,
San Diego, Calif., wishes his friends
around Bogata, Clarksville and Cut-
hand would write him. He is in
boot training. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Forrest Mullins of Ben
Wheeler. His sister, Mrs. R. L. Mil-
ler, 809 W. Ferguson St., Tyler, is
the former Mrs. Erwin Smith of Cut-
hand.
Cpl. William H. Forester who has
been overseas for the past eight
months, writes his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. ‘John Forester from Italy that
he has met Cpl. Ben Ward Jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ward of Hales-
boro, Cpl. Jesse Kilgore, son of Mrs.
Jesse Kilgore of Bisbee, Ariz., and
Pvt. Eunice Brown, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. D. Brown of Glendale. The
four boys are cousins. Bill says The
Bogata News reaches him regularly
and keep shim informed about the
other boys in service.
Eighty-Seven White
Men to Army-Navy
Red River County
Eighty-seven ' white registrants
were recently inducted into the arm-
ed forces from Red River county,
35 sent to the Army and 52 to the
Navy. The following are from the
southwestern part of the county:
Carl Wilkie Wims, Bogata R1
Oliver James Dean, Detroit
Jim Gray Patterson, Bagwell
Arthur Clinton Johnson, Bogata
George W. Moncrief, Detroit R1
James Archie Pryor, Bagwell
Tommie Lee Miller, Bogata R1
William Robert Bristow, Bagwell
Hershel Clay Tittle, Clarksville R3
Ragsdale Garrison, Detroit
F. Eugene Garrett, Bogata
Joe- Lee Betterton, Deport R1
James Wesley Childers, Cl'ks R3
Ralph B Harbison, Bogata
Claud C. Mayes, Bogata
Wm. Lloyd Burchinal, Blossom R1
Robert Earl Temple. Deport
Robert L. Williams, Bogata
Travis Dean Hale, Bogata
Rex Marvin Craddock, Paris
Milt Summers, Bogata
Howard Ed Bryson, Bogata
George Golden, Detroit
Marvin Julius Sartain, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl M. Sartain, R2 Bogata,
was enlisted in the U. S. Navy as an
apprentice seaman on May 10. Sar-
tain attended school at Antlers and
Colbert, Ok.
We will appreciate your printing
j orders—large or small.
John Newton Keith, sc-n of Mrs.
W. H. Keith of Bogata, and Bill Mar-
cum, son of Mrs.-Mitt Marcum of
Hooks, formerly of Bogata, met
somewhere in Italy recently. John
Newton has been in the service three
years and Bill was the first home-
town boy he had seen. He wrote:
“We sure did some fast talking dur-
ing the .time-we'had together.”
T[Sgt. Thomas G. (Pe-Wee) Jef-
fery, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Jef-
fery, is now somewhere in New
Guinea, according to word received
by his parents. He a graduate of
Bogata High School and has been
in the service for the past two years.
William A. Ragsdill, son of Mr.
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Yes, folks, we are really forced to move some of
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with Springs, Cedar Chest Chifferobes and plenty of
Odd Tables.
Also better come by and get your Ice Box while
we have a large stock of both New and Used. And, folks,
remember we have a complete stock of Hardware, Sweeps,
all sizes from 6 in. to 30 in.
Red Jacket Water Pumps, Cream Separators, all
kinds of Stove Parts, and here is a little special for this
week—FLY SWATTERS __________________________________3c each
1000 rolls of Beautiful New Wall Paper for only v 20c Roll
Big stock-of Paint just in. Plenty Screen Doors. We
also trade for any piece of Used Furniture you have to
dispose of and can arrange for you to buy on East Terms.
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The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 33, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, May 19, 1944, newspaper, May 19, 1944; Bogata, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1107547/m1/1/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.