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STEPHENVILLE, ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1944
BOND SALES TOP
QUOTA;ERATH IS
COMPLIMENTED
Sales Las! Saturday
Total $544,768.25 On
Final Tabulations
Erath county again entered the
charmed circle of government sub-
divisions that had gone over the top
in War Bond Drive sales. For the
sixth time, dtixens of Erath re-
sponded with bond purchases that
far exceeded assigned quotas. , t
/ Government officials were quick
to extend compliments. Likewise,
congratulations were extended to
Chairman E. C. Carter, who in
turn passed on,the tributes to dis-
trict chairmen and workers who
helped to make the drive success-
ful. > l
.In speaking of the drive Chain
man Carter expressed appreciation
and gratitude for all who helped.
"It was a wonderful display of
patriotism and, of course, we are
proud of what happened,’ said
Carter.
Series E Sales High 1
- When the campaigif was first
organised for the drive in the 6th
War Bond Sale, Chairman Carter
was apprehensive about the heavy
quota assigned here for Series E
'Classification. jy
However, the heavy quota of
$<40,000 was not only met but sur-
passed. Saturday night tabulations*
showed Series E purchases totaling
$260,143. Other sales of Series E
bonds, not yet completed, will run
the final figur# far above the latest
tabulations it 4s believed.
Figures from all districts in the
county were not available this week
but Chairman Carter believes that
a large number of the communities
met their full quotas.
All-DISTRICT '9-AA Largest Yule Crowds
In History Crowd All
Stores; Sales High
SECOND TEAM
Player and School—
Bill Lambert, Brownwood
Left Tackle Wayland Loudermilk, Brownwood— 179
Left Guard . Charles Gallagher, Breckenridge___160.
Center. _— Richard Rowan, Breckenridge_____175.
Right Guard Danny Wolfe, Stephenville_____170
Right TackU Harrell Hartman, Breckenridge 235
Right End—Dan Collins, Cisco__168
Back —--Bailey Woods, Ranger__170
Back-----Bobby Adair, Brecke
Bobby Adair, _________________
.Bill de Leleu, Weatherford
Back----Foy Dickinson, Brownwood
FIRST TEAM
Left End — Leonard Arterburn, Ranger..
Left Tackle Melvin Nobles, Cisco______
Left Guard. Milburn Haydon, Weatherford
Center--Jerry Hamrick, Brownwood_,
Right Guard Billy Reyes, Brownwood
Right Tackle Paul Stone, Breckenridge.__
Right End—Wayland Reid, Breckenridge.
Back-Dock Moon, Breckenridge—__
Back--Mitford Johnson, Cisco .
Back..
.160.
Class
.Senior
-Senior
..Senior
..Senior
Junior
-Senior
Senior
..Senior
..Senior
.Senior
.Senior
.160.
.Senior
-Senior
-Junior
.Junior
-Senior
-Senior
-Senior
—Junior
Homer Tompkins, Cisco-
-155-
186-
Senior
Senior
Senior
Back-Wayne Lancaster, Stephenville.
HONORABLE MENTION
(Number of points in parenthesis)
Ends—Slaughter, Brownwood (10); Johnson, Weatherford (5);
Spurgeon, Mineral Wells (5); Ford Breckenridge (10); Jones, Ste-
Peters, Weatherford (10); and
Spurgeon, Mineral Wells (f); Ford
pnenville (6;) Dawn, Ranger (6);
Dickinson, Mineral Wells (5).
BOND CHAIRMAN
HIGHLY PLEASED
E. C. Carter, named chairman of
the 6th War Loan Drive, issued a
statement Tuesday expressing his
gratitude and deep appreciation for
the fine co-operation on the part of
committeemen from all parts of
Erath county.
The statement from Carter fol-
lows : ,
"The quota given to Erath Coun-
ty for the Sixth War Loan Drive
is reached in the alloted time
Guards—Tobey, Brownwood (10); Ramsower^ Cisco (6).
Centers—Ward, Weatherford (10); Bacon, Stephenville (5).
Backs—Ford. Ranger (16).; Ware, Mineral Wells (16); Willing-
ham, Stephenville (15); Langford, Brownwood .(10); White, Breck-
enridge (10); Payne, Breckenridge (10); Kenip, Brownwood (5);
Keller, Mineral Wells (6).
Weight Claes ■ r-r— —— I,
(SEE STORY ON PAGE TWO) -
Methodist Home at
Waco Makes Request
for Contributions
Dear Friends of the Methodist
Home- Each year the month of
December is the time that all
Methodists make their offerini
«e i
ipo
all of us. It is a call that does not
•ing to
the Methodist Home at Waco, Tex-
as. This is an important call on
need very much urging to get us
to give to so worthy an institution.
There are now 460 children in
At Home Again in Stephenville
Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Chaney and
children, Jo Ann and Donna Ray,
are back in Stephenville to make
their home permanently. Mrs. Cha-
ney and the youngsters joined Mr.
Chaney in Santa Fe, N. Mex., last
August and have since resided
there. They are house hunting in
Stephenville, and hope to soon be
settled down with Jo Ann and Don-
na Ray in school. Mr. Chaney has
been connected With the Robert E.
McKee Construction Co., and has
not remained in any one city for
long at a time.
Marine Officially Commended
Marine First Lieut. Frank S.
Baker, Jr., son of Frank S. Baker,
Sr., and husband of Mrs. Rose
Marie Baker of Bluff Dale, has
the home. They are growing
‘ ing “ ■; : ___
fully trained at the home which is*-1 part in the receiving recording and
and being well cared for and eare- j been officially commended for his
"'part in the i
possible by your gifts, and dispatching
■fly i
made possible by your gifts, and dispatching official communica-
the gifts of a great host of friends 1 tions during the seizure and occu-
who share your love for homeless pation of Peleliu, Palau Islands,
children, This is their only home., from September 16 to October 20
You and your gift stand between this year, despite intense enemy
them and the dark circumstances fire and difficult conditions. The
from which they came. Those are i letter, signed by Major Gen. Wil-
your children 1 j liam M. Rupertus, commanding
The total number of homeless | general of the First Marine Di-
children grows alarmingly, due to , vision, pointed out that Baker was
the war-borne conditions. Some | serving as communications assis-
children are In the home due to the ! tant to the chief of staff of the
fact that their fathers have been division, during the action. Baker,
FLEMING TEST ■
HAS SHOMNG
(De Leon Free Press)
H. J. (Jimmie) Cox, independ-
ent oil operator, announced this
week that the H. J. Cox-W. R.
Fleming well he is drilling seven
miles north of De Leon, has now
reached the interesting forma-
tion, with several showings al-
ready encountered. The last show-
ing has been over A depth of 90
feet, with both oil and gas being
present. It is believed that this
showing would make a commer-
cial well, if shot and acidized.
However, Mr. Cox stated that
the well would be drilled to the
2,800-foot level, where an old well
was drilled by cable tools in 1920.
The earlier well made consider-
able oil and gas and headed over
the derrick. .That well was .lost
by failure to pull pipe off the bot-
^tjjjm before being shot by a large
mtro charge.
Work at the present Fleming
well is progressing rapidly, with
given to us by the Treasury De-
partment. I want to take this op-
portunity to thank all who in any
way assisted in making the drive
the success it has been. To all the
chairmen of each school district,
especially to those who got their
quotas in full. The city sales chair-
men, G. O. Brown for Stephenville,
and Dick Harbin for Dublin. To
each committeeman in the county.
To Mrs. Dean Cox for the fine work
with the women of this city, and to
each woman who took time out to
make a house-to-house canvass of
the city. Each has done well, and
for it all, I gm most grateful to
you.
“The Stephenville Empire-Trib-
une and the Dublin Progress for
the wonderful publicity given. All
of the correspondence was done in
the main by L. W. Phillipfr and his
secretary, Miss Doris, of the Cham-
ber of Commerce.
‘The Treasury Department has
extended the time limit until the
31st of December whereby those
who have not purchased a bond
may de so in the Series E class. All
that is bought between now and
then will be added to the total that
we now have. Remember that every
dollar we can put into these bonds,
means more supplies for the boys
at the front. Buy an extra War
Bond today!
“To all the corporations outside
of our county for the very fine,
liberal support given has helped
greatly in putting the drive over so
successfully. To each, you have my
sincerest thanks for the' splendid
way in which you have co-operated.
—E. C. Carter, chairnian, 6th War
Loan Drive."
'Exceptionally large crowds are
thronging the stores and streets of
Stephenville this week as the mad
Christmas rush soars toward a cli-
max which is expected to set an all-
time record here today and Satur-
day.
From all parts of this trade terri-
tory families are flocking into this
shopping center and jbining the
Scramble for loads of holiday mer-
chandise from stores well-stocked
despite the many shortages in some
lines.
Additional clerks have been en-
gaged to help take care of the
crowds of holiday buyers, yet* all
are working at capacity in an ef-
fort to meet the demands of eager
stujppsn.
Probably the best crops in years,
combined with higher prices re-
ceived for them, are responsible for
the flush pocketbooks of Christmas
shoppers this season, resulting in
local stores continuing to set new
records for volumes of sales trans-
acted. This condition is reflected
not only in just a few stores and in
a few lines, but in all local places
of business and in all lines.
Post office clerks are literally
“snowed under" with packages,
greeting cards and other pieces of
mail this week as long lines wait in
the lobby to send or receive mail to
and from out of town relatives and
friends. Postmaster Moon expects
this rush to continue through the
last minute and probably a day or
two afterward until weary clerks
can work their way through the
stacks of Christmas mail being re-
ceived daily at the local office.
Although a tinge of sadness is in-
termingled with the yule season
this year, because of the war and
its heartaches, there still is a touch
of the genuine spirit in 4he greet-
ings of relatives and friends, and
regardless of what the weather is
next Monday, Stephenville and
Erath county can truthfully and
hopefully look forward to a “White
Christmas."
working day
r said that
killed on the battle field, and their who is 23 years of age, was com-,
mothers were unable to provide a missioned a second lieutenant on
home for them.—Elmer C. Carter, Sept 26, 1942.
Pastor
Miss Micky McNeil
two crews
night, and the operator
he hoped to reach the 2,800-foot
formation, where the 1920 well
produced, before Christmas.
The Fleming well is located
on the De Leon-Desdemona high-
way just across the Leon River.
Miss Lallafc Wright, who has
—, - I been in Stephenville for several
who had weeks visiting
Home From California
... _ ffl; vrho had weeks visiting her parents, Mr. and
lived at Fort Stockton for the past Mrs. J. R. Wright, other relatives
in the end friends, will leave immeliately
Ship- after Christmas to return to Pharr
three years as an employee in the end friends, will leave immeliately of several weeks, was reported
office of the Pollock-Stockton Ship- after Christmas to return to Pharr
building Co., has returned to the i j„ the Rio Grande Valley, where
home on Frey street of her parents, 8he is employed by a concern in a
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McNiel. clerical capacity.
Dublin Doctor Improvinng
Dr. W. H. Guy, seriously ill in a
Fort Worth hospital for a period
iks, was repoi
greatly improved Tuesday. He has
been located at Dublin for the past
twelve years where he operates the
Guy Hospital.
Erath Percentage High
The War Finance committee in
the Fort Worth region issued a list
of counties in the one hundred per
cent list as of Saturday, December
19th.- In Series E Bonds, Erath
ranks 111 per cent. The overall per
centage is 103 per cent. E. C. Car-
ter, bond sale chairman, said Wed-
nesday when final tabulations were
in these percentages would probab-
ly be a great deal higher.
. Mrs. Alice Coffer has been in the
city since last Saturday visiting in
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Collier. Sne is now making
her home in Shawnee, Okla.
Announcement of
Graduation at SMC
of David W. Bryant
Announcement is piade of the
graduation of Lieut. David W.
Bryant, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude
W. Bryant, Tarleton avenue, from
the Southwestern Medical College,
Dallas, receiving his M. D. degree
on Monday evening, December 18.
At that time he also received his
commission as a first lieutenant in
the Medical Corps of the Army of
the United States. Lieutenant Bry-
ant earned his commission as a
trainee in the Army Specialized
Training Program.
Lieutenant Bryant is on an in-
active duty status in order to com-
plete his internship of nine months"
at Kansas City General r Hospital,
Kansas City, Mo. After successful
completion of his internship, Lieu-
tenant Bryant will be called to ac-
tive duty in the Medical Corps df
the Army of the United States.
Mr. and Mrs. Bryant were in
Dallas to attend the graduation
exercises and to witness the com-
missioning ceremonies incident to
their son’s elevation to the rank of
lieutenant. The graduating class
numbered 57 candidates for de-
grees.
Lieutenant Bryant is a John Tar-
leton College graduate, and also
finished the work for diploma from
the College of Mines at El Paso.
Fitzgerald Buys Home Here
Joe E. Fitzgerald closed a deal
last week whereby he comes into
possession of the W. R. Hickey
home, north of the city on Highway
108 and will occupy the place In the
Spring of 1945. The home, better
known as the Murray homestead,
will become headquarters for the
Fitzgerald Nursery, although the
nursery farms and orchards will
continue to be maintained at their
location southwest of tbe city. The
Fitzgeralds plan extensive im-
provements of the property.
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I Hood County Man
^Extends Aid to<*
i
Local Boy Scouts
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Friday of last week a cash con-
tribution of $50.00 was made to the
Stephenville Boy Scouts, unsolicit-
ed. The donor was C. J. Davidson,
who operates a ranch four miles
east of Bluff Dale.
The contribution was received by
Winston Welch, member of the
executive committee of the local
troops. It will be used to improve
the scout house located at the City
Park. * r-r*
Mr. Richardson has been inter-
ested in scouting for a numbed of
years and cjpnates where he be-
lieves there is" a need for extra
cash.
There are now about 60 boys en-
likted with scout work here and
they are exceedingly grateful for
the contribution because it will en-
able them to go ahead with plans
they have been discussing in recent
months.
Arch Evans, Jr., scoutmaster,
who leaves today for induction into
the service, has done a wonderful
job for scouting here. He has been
ably assisted by the executive com-
mittee consisting of the following:
Oren H. Ellis, Ivan P. Oliver,
George Shiels, and Winston Welch.
Senator-Elect Brown Here
Hon .Buster Brown, of Temple,
was in Stephenville Monday for a
few hours greeting his many
friends around the down town area.
He is Senator-elect in the 21st
Senatorial District, ^composed of
Erath, Bosque, Hamilton, Coryell
and Bell Counties, and during the
political campaign last summer be
edme well acquainted and popular
peopl
says that he is “anxious to get into
with the people of this county. He
harness and be
for you people."
doing something
SIXTEEN PAGES—Vol. 74, No. 60
DAN W. LANE DIES
SUDDENLY AFTER
HEART ATTACK
Short Illneiw Fatal
To Prominent Farmer
And Business Man
Dan W. Lane, 47, prominent
Erath county landowner, business
man And city official, died at his
home late Monday afternoon fol-
lowing an acute heart attack. Fun-,
eraL services were held at the Gra-
ham Street Church of Christ Wed-
nesday afternoon, with Max R.
Crumley, minister, officiating. He
was assisted by Rev. H. Marshall
Smith, of the First Baptist church.
Higginbotham Undertakers com-
pleted all arrangements.
Interment followed the church
services at East End.
Besides his widow, he is survived
by a son, Dan W. Jr., a sister, Mrs.
Dee Paschal, Nome, Texas; a bro-
ther, J. Chess Lane, Stephenville
and three' half sisters, Mrs. Ellie
White, Morgan Mill; Mrs. Pearl
White, Stephenville and Lela Yan-
cy, Morgan Mill. All wore pres-
ent for the last rites.
■■ Pall bearers were Jack Price,
Joseph Chandler, Emmett Moon,
Chas. Neblett Jr., Frank Carltoh,
Harold Woods and Joel Watson.
Flowers Attest Popularity
Mr.’ Lane was known throughout
this area as a gentleman of" strong
character and excellent business
judgment. The flower banked chan-
cel attested to his ‘ wide acquain-
tance and popularity.
For more than twenty years he
has been engaged in the general
insurance business, but also oper-
ated a large farm northwest of
the city. For the past two years he
has been a member of the City
Council, representing Ward 3. His
latest civic interest was in the de-
velopment of the municipal airport.
In company with two other mem-
bers of the council he had spent
much time and thought in working
out plans that have been under
consideration for a number of
years. As a member of the City
Council he was chairman of city
parks and had their supervision
.under his direction.
He took deep interest in promot-
ing a good roads program in Erath
county, and supported every move
of this character that originated
here. Although of a quiet and un-
assuming nature, Mr. Lane was
perhaps classed as one of the most
civic-minded men in the county. He
was extremely generous with his
time and means toward permanent
improvements where the good of
the public was inyblved.
Church Member Since 1912
Mr. Lane was married .to Miss
Corrine Vaughan in 1934. They
have one child, Dan W. Jr. Tn 1912
he became a member of the Gra-
ham Street Church of Christ and
has been a loyal and consistent
member all these years.
Mr. Lane was a native of Erath
county and was born at Patillo in
1897. His parents, J. Tom Lane
and Mrs. Angie M. Lane, passed
away several years age. The Lane
homestead, owned for several
veers by the deceased, is considered
among the choicest farm properties
in this area.
Sf
the auditorium was filled to over-
flowing. Both ministers paid high
tribute to the sterling qualities of
Mr. Lane.
I'll tell the
World!
By
Rufus F Higgs
Lt.Whitacre Thrills Nation With Radio Broadcast
le from all walks of life at-
tended the funeral Wednesday and
department wants
greetings of the
to ex-
fHIS
to aEl its friends and acquaintances,
especially those who are serving
with the armed forces—wherever
they may be. The year now dos-
ing has, in many ways, brought
sadness and disappointment into
many homes. Yet R seems the part
of wisdom to enter into the joys of
Christmas with all the sincerity
we can muster. Next Monday will
be the 24th time these greetings
have been issued by this contribu-
tor. None have had more serious
thought than what is being said
today.
THIS department feels deeply the
loss of one of its staff memben
this year—Miss Sue Belle Hol-
lingsworth. She has been III for
months and as she reads thsss linss
every member of this organisa-
tion withes for her speedy recov-
ery. For many years she was news
editor and handled that assign-
ment in a very capable manner,
helping In many ways to establish
ths Empire-Tribune to whatever
high standard it has claimed. Mias
Belle never shirked a duty or shied
(Continued en Page t)
Relatives and friends of First
Lieut. John A. Whitaere, Jr., son of
Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Whitaere of
Stephenville, were delighted to hear
this young Army Air Force officer
spfcak to the Nation over an NBC
national hook-up recently. Lieuten-
ant Whitacte, a pilot with the 15th
Army Air Force in the Mediter-
ranean theatre of operations, has
completed 60 missions aboard a B-
<4 Liberator bomber. Following the
radio program over the national
hook-up, ne answered numerous
questions propounded by NBC an-
nouncers. The interview follows:
Announcer: As the cool Novem-
ber days roll by the thoughts of the
American people frequently wander
from the tragedies of the war to
the brighter side of two typically
American institutions — football
and Thanksgiving. And the many
young Americans who are doing
the fighting in foreign lands are
thinking of these things too. A
thinking of those things too. A
typical example Is First Lieut. John
A. Whitaere, Jn. the twenty-one-
r-old son of dr. and Mrs. Jdfcn
TiauiTfirsfc
in Major Gen. Nathan M.
ig’s 16|h Air Force In IUlj.
year-old
A. Wtil
Texan. As
erator In
TwiniDig’s lj
Lieutenant whitaere bhs
pated in many bombing attacks on
strategic targets in occupied Fu
rope. Just how many sorties have
you flown, Lieutenant? «
Whitaere: I’ve flown thirty seven
so far—and still going strong.
Announcer: And some of them
quite rough ones?
Whitaere: Yes, but I’ve been
lucky. We—that is, my ship and
crew—haven’t been shot up, and
nothing particularly serious has
happened to us. WeTve seen enemy
fighters but they haven’t tangled
with ns yet Flak la what bothers
us most.
Announcer: From all I hear, flak
is dangerous enough to satisfy any-
body looking for a thrill.
Whitaere: It certainly is danger-
ous. And the worst of it it that you
can’t do anything about It It’s just
there—all over tne place. You have
to take your chances—and keep
praying that you won’t get shot up
so badly that you are forced down.
Announcer: What was your
roughest mission?
Whitaere: They have all bean
rough enough, but probably the
wont ones were the attacks on the
Ploesti oil refineries. A big part of
Germany’s oil used to come from
there, and naturally they had lam
numbers of antiaircraft guns de-
fending the place. Those guns
could put up a flag barrage that
was really terrific. If you could sit
off on a cloud and watch the show
It would be a thrilling thing to sea,
b«t to fly through it la far from
pleasant.
Announcer: The wear and tear
on both you and the plane must be
bad.
Whitaere: Yes; once we came
back with twenty-five holes in the
plane, but our luck still held—no
one was hurt.
Announcer: I suppose even the
easier missions are grim enough.
Whitaen: Yes, but we do have
a little fun. * '
Announcer: For instance?
Whitaere: I get a kick out of list-
ening to the conversation of crew
members on the interphone when
we are leaving the home base and
on the return trip. Some of the
boys are always looking for girls
down below. Trying to flirt with a
girl on the ground when you are
twenty thousand feet in the air can
be funny.
, Announcer: Now don’t tell me
yon cruise around making passes
at the girls.
Whitaere: Oh, no. We streak for
home as fast as we can, and we are
always glad to get back.
Announcer: what do you do
with yourself when you’re on the
ground?
Whitaere: I sleep. In this cool
weather the old sack is a nice,
warm cosy place to be.
Announcer: But you cant sleep
all the time. Do you havo any hob-
bies?
Whitaere: My hobby ia building! Announcer;
model airplanes, but not having the Thanksgiving
tods and materials, I can’t do much big game.
along that lina now, so I do Quite
e bit of reeding. We also have to
tudy up for the next mission. And
whenever we can we go in for
sports—volley ball, basketball, and
football. .
Announced: You're having good
football weather now.
Whitaere: There’s only one thing
wrong .with it; the rains have made
so much mud that football playing
it out for a while.
Announcer: What’s a little mud
to an ardent football fan?
Whitaere: It’s more then a little 1
And tills Italian mud is so thick
and gooey and what one might cajl
adhesive. It reminds me of the mud
back home in Texas.
Announcer: Did you play foot-
ball at home?
Whitaere: Yes, I did, I’ve always
liked football.
Announcer: For whom did you
^ Whitaere: I was on the high
school team in Stephenville, Texas.
They were pretty good, too. My last
year we were District Champions.
Announcer: What did you do
after finishing high school?
Whitaere: I attended Texas A.
and M. for two years.
Announcer: And played football
there?
Whitaere: I didn’t make the Var-
sity team, but I played on the
Freshman team.
And t suppose
was the day for the
Announcer: What will you do to
celebrate the day this year?' -•
Whitaere: It will be pretty much
like any other day, and we will
probably be flying a mission. The
thrill of the football game will be
replaced by another kind of excite-
ment.
Announcer: And the turkey dln-
ner?
Whitaere: We will still have that
The army is sending over turkeys,
and we have a good mess sergeant.
With that combination we will be
well taken care of. My part of
Texas is great turkey country, and
maybe I’ll get hold of a drumstick
that haa strutted through good
Texas mud I
Announcer: I could go for one qf
them myself. When you have stop-
ped gorging yourself, what are you
going to be thankful for?
Whitaere: One thing I can be
thankful for is that Ploesti has
been taken and we have one less of
the roughest targets to worry
about. I can also be thankful for
my good luck in this war.
Christmas Spirit
Borne on Chimes
From Church Organ
People in downtown Stephenville
sloyed down their mad rush, and
mothers hushed the crooning songs
to little babes in their arms, and
men and women, bowed under a
weight of time and memories of the
Christmas seasons of other years,
raised their heads and smiled
through tears when sweet Christ-
mas chimes floated softly on the air
throughout the length and breadth
of the town Tuesday afternoon.
Sponsored by Lucy King, organ-
ist, the Methodist church has ia-i
stalled an amplifier system, and
several times daily Miss King plays
beloved Christmas carols and othar
compositions appropriate to the
which in 1944 cannot be
’Ye Merry Christmas,’’ but the
brought
rest and peace by the
spirit can
has the power of
savage breast.”
ht to a certain
music, which
“aeothing the
Recovering From Pneumonia
Mrs. Nod Davis was in Stephen-
ville Tnesday from her home In
Fort Worth, on business in connec-
tion with the farm, located in the
f ... .....---- Jtray community. During a brief
Announcer: The world et large[call at the Empire-Tribune office,
Mrs. Davis reported the convale-
Whitacre: That’s right It wae *
big day in general—tne excitement
of the game and later • good tur-
key ail
linner.
can be thankful for the good job
being done by the young men of
America and her allies. Good luck.
Lieutenant and good hunting.
Ladies, and gentlemen, you have
been listening to an interview with
Lieut John A. Whitaere, Jr., of
stephenville, Texas, pilot with the
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces.
This record was made in the Medi-
terranean Theatre of Operations.
ipor
scenes of her nusband from a
vere attack
nurse
of pneumonia. Shi
by profee *
husband during
M
■ion, cared for her
mng hie illneaa in their
home. Mr. Davis has many friends
in Stephenville and Erath county
who will be happy to learn that he
is safely on the road to recovery.
Bay War Bonds and Stamps.
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Stephenville Empire-Tribune (Stephenville, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 51, Ed. 1 Friday, December 22, 1944, newspaper, December 22, 1944; Stephenville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1120378/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dublin Public Library.