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THE BOGATA NEWS, BOGATA, TEXAS. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1945
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Murder Charge is
Filed Against
C. W. Anderson
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C- w. Anderson of McCrury, sur-
rendered to Lamar county officers
about 8 p. m. Sunday, and was re-
moved to jail at Clarksville Monday
morning, a charge of murder having
been filed against him in connection
with the death of Frank M. Stephen-
son of Hamilton, former Bogata
resident.
Funeral Tuesday
For Pioneer
Pattonville Lady
Mrs. Mahala Merritt, 90 years old,
wife of the late W. H. Merritt of
Pattonville, passed away Tuesday
morning about 6 o’clock at the home
jOf her son, V. A. Merritt at Patton-
'ville, following a short illness.
| Funeral services were conducted
by Paul Matthews, minister of the
j Church of Christ at Deport, Tuesday
Andarson told Lamar county offi-, afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at the Mt.
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fight after an altercation at McCrury
Sunday afternoon about 5:30 o’clock,
and that he, Anderson, had gone
home afterward. When he learned
later that Stephenson had died of
head injuries while being taken to
Bogata for treatment, Anderson
went to Paris and surrendered. Sher-
iff Taylor McCoy said a murder
charge had been filed against An-
derson at Clarksville.
Stephenson, 54* born and reared
at Bogata, was there on a business
trip.
The funeral was held at Bogata
Church of Christ Tuesday at 11 a.
m., and burial was in the Bogata
cemetery. Pallbearers were Gus
Swaim, Nort Gibson, Frank Setzer,
John Lee and Bill Wilkinson.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs. I.
W. Stephenson of Bogata; his wife,
the former Miss Virginia White,
whom he married in 1911, and four
children, Mrs. Eula Mae Lobstein,
F. M. Stephenson Jr., Mrs. Verla
Nell Overly and James Edward Ste-
phenson, all of Hamilton, and sev-
eral brothers and sisters, including
Des Stephenson, Lester Stephenson,
Isaac Stephenson and Mrs. L. C.
Hawks, all of Bogata.
RED RIVER COUNTY COTTON
CROP IS VERY SHORT
There were only 6,473 bales of
Pleasant -church and burial was
made in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
She is survived by four sons, John,
Joe Bill and V. A. Merritt of Pat-
tonville, A. I. Merritt of Klondike,
two daughters, Mrs. Mollie Carter
and Mrs. Julia Tqw of Pattonville,
38 grandchildren, 26 great grand-
children and 6 great-great grand-
children. Grandsons were pallbear-
ers.
Deport Tigers Open
Basketball Season
With Bogata
The Deport Tigers will open the
1946 basketball season Friday night,
Dec. 7 at 8 o’clock when they meet
the Bogata Bulldogs at the Deport
High School gym.
|n the curtain raiser the Deport
B team will play the Bogata B at
6:45. As in the past, Coach Mad-
dox will match a game for his B
team each night the Tigers play.
The Tigers began their basketball
drill last week with the following
boys reporting: Ed Salters, Harvey
Bell and Glen Salters, lettermen
from last year; Lawrence McDowra,
Boyd Bailey, Jerry Westbrook, Kel-
ly Floyd and Fred Hulett of the 1945
traveling squad. Other prospective
boys are: Charles Short, Bill Robin-
son, Johnny McLemore, Bill Baker,
Bobby Carrell, Floyd Whitney, Tal-
cotton ginned in Red River county !ma Powers, Babe Kilgore, Johnny
prior to Nov. 14, 1945, as compared ; Temple, William Wright, D.^L. Wil-
with 16,027 bales to Nov. 14, 1944, !son.
reports G. B. Terry, special govern-
ment cotton statistician. This year’s
crop is much less than half a crop,
according to these figures, but later
ones should make a better showing
as little cotton was ginned last year
after Nov. 14.
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Bogata Bulldogs were defeated in
the first game of the season Tuesday
night by the Talco quintet, the score
being 37-15. Bogata boys have only
had six workouts but showed a
courageous spirit. Although there
were no outstanding plays by
either team, all played a good game
and a large number of fans were
out to see the game.
James
Crawford.
Merritt and Prentice
Farmer Up with Work,
Gets Set for Santa
Ahead of his farm schedule and
getting set for Santa Claus is Earl
Grogan of the Rugby community.
Mr. Grogan has gathered his crops
and plowed all his land, except about
six acres planted to peanuts onto
which he has turned his hogs for
the triple duty of fattening them,
disposing of the gubers and turning
the soil.
He made 18 bales of cotton on 43
acres, and reports a fair corn yield.
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This Bank is prepared to help you establish
yourself for post-war action . . Whether you
want to
BUILD A HOME
BORROW MONEY, or
OPEN AN ACCOUNT
With Our Boys
In the Service
Bring or Mail All the News
About “Our Boys in the Ser-
vice''' to this Newspaper.
Twenty-Three Red Eighty-Four More
River County Men Red River County
Enter Service
The following white Red River
county registrants were recently ac-
cepted by the armed forces:
Hassell Jqnior Pratt, Bagwell R1
Clovis Dale Hall, Bagwell R1
Paul Thomas Hall, Bagwell R1
Marshall G. Northcutt, Avery R2
Dalton Bearden Moore, Avery R2
Charles E. Steele, Bagwell R1
Charles M. Aikin, Clarksville R4
Raymond E. Greer, Clarksville
Harold Dee McLeroy, Avery R1
Charles D. King, Clarksville R2
Walter R. Trussell, Clarksville
Ralph J. Hutson, Bagwell
Geo. Junior Harvey, Annona
Bobbie Joe Compton, Avery
Billie James Peek, Avery R1
Oral Dean Kenemore, Deport R2
Billy Gene Bell, Bogata R1
Oscar Lee Sims, Bogata
Billy Ray Puckett, Bogata
Four colored registrants were also
accepted.
Walter Lee Bell, ARM3c, writes
his mother, Mrs. Lee Bell, that he
has enough points and thinks he will
be home soon.
Billy Gene Bell, Billy Puckett and
Oscar Sims who were recently in-
ducted into the army, are now- sta-
tioned at Ft. Sam Houston.
Pvt. Don Childers, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Childers, is now in Tokyo,
Japan, according to letters received
by his parents and other friends.
Cpl. Marvin Shows, who has been
stationed in the Philippines, writes
his wife, Mrs. Ivy Shows and his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Shows,
saying he ia now in Japan.
A daughter, named Billie Joe, was
born Monday at the Grant hospital
at Deport to Pvt. and Mrs. C. C.
Blalock of Talco. Pvt. Blalock is
stationed at Gergstrom Field, Austin.
Wayland Ward, MOMMl-c son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ward, called
them Sunday saying he had landed
in the States and expected to be
home in a few weeks. He has spent
28 months in the Pacific.
Pfc. Paul LaMaster, who has serv-
ed four years in the army and is
still overseas,, has re-enlisted. He
left for overseas Oct. 24, 1944. His
wife is the former Miss Lou Eva
Hubbard and makes her home in Bo-
gata.
Cpl. R. F. Harvey, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted i^Iarvey, former Bogata
residents, hak been transferred from
Boise, Idaho, to San Francisco, Cal:,
according ,to word received by his
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M. A.
Ferguson Sr.
James H. Gifford, S2c, statoined
at San Diego, Calif., spent a five-
day leave with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. A. A. Gifford at Houston. James
has just finished his boot training
and has reported back to San Diego
for re-aaslgnment.
Marine Pfc. Mervin R. Childers
arrived’ home Saturday night for a
30 day furlough with his parents
and friends. For the past 14 months
he has been on the Caroline Islands.
He wears American Theater, Victory
Boys Discharged
Eighty-four more Red River coun-
ty servicemen are reported discharg-
ed by Judge M. L. Wren, secretary
to the Draft Board. Those from this
area are:
Eldon Edward Shoffner, Bogata
Frank Watkins, Bogata
John Ramsey, Fulbright
Chester Lee Deuvall, Johntown
Marvin Wayne Melton, Detroit
James Edward Castleman, Bogata
Eugene Donald Spears, Detroit
George Burl Leftwich, Talco
Jessie Lewis English, Deport
Carl Wilkie Wims, Bogata
John Nowlin Gibson, Bogata
I. M. Anderson, Bogata
John Limmie Allums, Johntown
William T. Tompkins, Deport
Travis Eugene Shoffner, Bogata
Boyd Wayne Griffin, Deport
Haskell Harvey Summers, Bogata
Harry Lee Crawford, Deport .
William Donald Moore, Bagwell
Jimmy Lee Caldwell, Bogata
James Aubrey Cooper, Johntown
Paul Nelson Glover, Bogata
George Turnbow Jr., Detroit
James Delmar Wright, Bogata
Ribbon and Asiatic-Pacific ribbon
with one battle star. After his fur-
lough is over, he is to report back
to Santa Barbara, Calif., where he
will receive his discharge in the near
future.
Sgt. J. I). Jones and wife of Mont-
gomery, Ala., were guests of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Jones, this
week. Sgt. Jones who has served
five years in the army, has re-enlist-
ed and will report for duty at the
end of a 90-day leave.
Cpl. E. G. Burgess, accompanied
by his wife, arrived this week from
Gainesville, Fla. where he recently
received his discharge from the army
after serving 3 years. He has re-en-
listed and will report back for duty
at the end of his furlough.
Kenneth Hancock, CMM. of the
Seabees, has received his discharge
at Camp Wallace and is now at home
here with his wife and daughter,
Linda Gale. He served 2 1-2 years
in the Pacific. He is the- son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lucian Hancock.
Pfc. John H. Childers, student of
University of Texas Medical School
at Galveston, and Miss Christine
Drake, nurse of John Seally Hospi-
tal in Galveston visited in the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John
Childers from Thursday ’til Sunday.
Dept. Announces
Chas. Tanner Allen
Assumed Dead
The Navy Department advised Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. P. Allen of Dallas,
former Bogata residents, on Dec. 1
that their son, Charles Tanner Al-
len, Yeoman 2c, U. S. Naval Reserve,
who has been missing in action for
more than a year, must be assumed
dead.
He was born in Bogata Oct. 12,
1924, graduated from Bogata High
School in 1941 and was attending
Oklahoma A. & M. College at the
time of his enlistment in the Navy,
which was immediately following
Pearl Harbor.
He took boot training at Great
Lakes Naval Training Statiort, was
sent to Yeoman’s school at Toledo,
Ohio, and served in the Bureau of
Naval Personnel, Washington, D. C.,
for a year. He went to sea in July,
1943, aboard the destroyer U. S. S.
Hoel. The ship was sunk on Oct.
27, 1944, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf,
second battle of the Philippines, and
he was reported missing as of that
date.
In addition to his parents, he is
survived by three sisters—Mary El-
len, Charlotte and Barbara, and they
have the deepest sympathy of many
friends in this area because of their
great loss.
Mrs. Julia House
Dies Thursday at
Home of Son
Mrs. Julia House, 73, wife of the
late T. U. House, died Thursday
morning at the home of her son, R.
L. House in the Cross Roads com-
munity. Funeral services were con-
ducted by the Rev. Curtis Hoover of
Bogata Friday afternoon at 2:30 at
the Mt. Pleasant church and inter-
ment was in Mt. Pleasant cemetery.
Besides her son, R. L. House, with
whom she made her home, survivors,
are one grandson, S|Sgt. J. R. House,
stationed in Panama; one sister, Mrs.
Bob Womack of Dawson; three bro-
thers, Billy Wilson of Hamlin, Hen-
ry Wilson of Trent and Alvis Wil-«
son of R2, Paris.
Pallbearers weer Earl, Austin and
Harold Wilson, Roy Powers, Johnny
Williams and Houston Steel.
Juanita Yancey and
Weldon Oats Wed
IV^iss Juanita Yancey, daughter of
Curtis Yancey of Pasadena and
granddaughter of Mrs. G. C. Hobbs
of Deport and Weldon Oats, son of
Cecil Oats of Cunningham, were I
united in marriage Noy. 13 at Cun-
ningham by Mark Malone at his'
home there.
The bride was attending Cunning- j
ham High School and the groom has i
been in the service, having received \
his discharge. The couple are mak- I
ing their home at Cunningham for |
the present.
Three Are Injured
When Car Overturns
Tuesday Night
Sybil Gene Duffey is in the Sani-
tarium of Paris from cuts received
when the car in which she was rid-
ing with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Evans
overturned a few yards from the
Evans store in Talco. Mrs. Evans
is suffering from a fractured ver-
tabrae and Ernest Evans, recently
returned from army service, has a
twisted foot. M. Evans and daugh-
ter, Janet, were not seriously in-
jured.
The Evans family with Sybil Jean
Duffey, were on their way to the
E. fC. Duffey home about 7 o’clock
Tuesday evening when the accident
occurred. The car lights failed and
they were driving by flashlight, go-
ing about ten miles an hour when
they came to a soft shoulder in the
road which crumbled and the car
overturned.
, A son, named Jerry Ward, was
born Saturday at the Grant hospital
at Deport to Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Hutson. Mr. Hutson arrived home
Friday night, having received his
discharge from the army. Mrs. Hut-
son, the former Miss Pauline Ward,
has been making her home with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ward at
Halesboro.
R. C. Jones. Pfc. Jones has re-
cently been discharged from the
army after more than two years,
nine months of which was spent in
a German prison camp. He has re-
enlisted and will report for duty at
the end of his furlough.
Hot Report Follows
Frosty Weather Here
Here’s evidence that inspiration is
not, as Edison calculated, 90 per
cent perspiration.
The recent frosty weather brings
out a story of a man in this area who
became so chilled by the cold wind
and local option enforcement that
he turned off his radio, crawled un-
der his car, turned on the radiator
and drank his anti-freeze.
Reporters of this incident say
they were told it was witnessed by
several reliable, though cold and
i dry, witnesses.
Wiley J. Mathena, S2c, sent his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Ma-
thena, a telegram Tuesday, saying
he had landed at San Diego, Calif.,
aboard the USS Mobile. He has
been in the service thirteen months
and nine months in the Pacific.
Cpl. D. W. Shelton has received
his discharge from the army and he
and his family have been visiting
relatives in Deport, Talco and Den-
ton. They expect to move soon to
their home in east Deport. Mr. Shel-
ton will resume his teaching job at
New York University next February.
Pfc. Bobby D. Jones and wife of
Marshall, have returned there after
visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
GONE TO DALLAS
Our Mr. Troutt is combing the Dallas market again
this week for needed merchandise, and every day sees
new items added to our stock.
We invite you to do your Chistmas shopping at our
store. There are hundreds of items that will make suit-
able and useful Christmas Gifts.
Many Items in FURNITURE
LIVING ROOM SUITES
BEDROOM SUITES
DINETTE SUITES
CHEST OF DRAWERS
KNEE HOLE DESKS
PLATFORM ROCKERS
EXTRA CHAIRS
MORNING GLORY and
SEALY MATTRESSES
PYREX WARE
RADIO TABLES
COFFEE TABLES
COCKTAIL TABLES
END TABLES
LAMP TABLES
ASH TRAYS
SMOKING STANDS
LINOLEUM RUGS
One used 12-gauge Shot Gun in perfect condition.
We are expecting a shipment the latter part of the
week of Guyberson Oil Heaters.
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