The Ballinger Ledger (Ballinger, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 24, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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THE BALLINGER LEDGER
UALUNGER. TEXAS. THI'KHIIAY. JINK U. IMS
Instructor and Student
Killed in Plane Crash
The Comforts of Home Under the Sea
Business Houses Will
Aviation Cadet Anthony RufTIno
were killed in an airplane crash ‘
Wednesday mominf about 0
o'clock, five tulles southeast of, |
Melvin
Tlie pair were on a routine
Close Monday, July 5
For 4th Celebration
flight from Bruce Held when the
ent occurred Officers at the
It was announced Wednesday
that Ballinger business houses
Held were notified shortly wou|d remain closed Monday. July
«rd and sent ambulances to' 5 f„r the annual observance of
Fnc Tlie bodies were brought
to Ballinger late Wednesday after-
noon to be prepared for burial
Independence Day This action
was taken In order to give the
customary holiday for employee*
Instructor Kemp was 2.1 years of and Monday
taken
age and was born In this county because the Fourth comes on Sun
\
Ballinger. Ills home is near the
field. He took up flying about a
year ago and after receiving htj
license as a pilot took a course In
army flying and became a civilian
instructor at the primary train*
Ing school here He was Just
finishing cadets In class 43-J when
the fatal accident occurred Prior
to becoming a flying Instructor he
was associated with his father in
the operation of the Kemp Dairy
here He was a member of the
First Baptist Church and a
graduate of the Ballinger high
school
Funeral services were held this
afternoon at 5 o'clock at the First
Baptist Church. Rev Clarence A.
Morton officiating Interment is to
follow In Evergreen Cemetery.
Surviving relatives Include the
wife, his parents. Mr and Mrs O.
E Kemp, a brother. Elliott Kemp,
also a flying Instructor here; his
grandparents. Mrs B F Kemp
and Mr. and Mrs J W Park: an
uncle. Frank Kemp; and his
father- and mother-in-law. Mr
and Mrs Russell Bonser, all of
Ballinger.
Pallbearers were Byron Appleby.
Oscar William Routh. W L Burks.
Melvin Patterson. David Batts and
J M Williams
King-Holt Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Anthony Rulf lno. 23, of Rochester,
New York, was a member of class
43-J. due to graduate here Satur-
day. He only had a few more
hours to fly before completing
primary training and being ready
to move on to a basic field. He
had been at Bruce Field for eight
weeks.
His parents. Mr and Mrs Eugene
Rtifflno. 11 Hilton Street. Roches-
ter, have been notified of the
death of their son and the body
will be shipped there tonight, leav-
ing hero on a Santa Fe passenger
train at-JO 35 o'elock
Agnew Funeral Home is In charge
of arrangements.
IV
Action of the local store mana-
ger* will provide a double holiday
and give enough time for visits
fishing trips and other outings for
those who have enough coupons
left In their "A" gasoline books j
Members of the trade commit-
tee of the Ballinger Board of
Community Development made a
canvass of the merchants Monday j
and Tuesday and reported that
everyone contacted was in favor
of closing A few were not seen
but are to be called on later by
the committee
The only planned celebration
here will be the annual party und
barbecue for members of the Bal-
linger Country Club A committee
is arranging the details and has
secured plenty of food for the day
Nearby rivers and creeks, favo- 1
rite fishing streams, will provide
entertainment for many others
Bruce Field Enlarging;
Will Start Night Flying
Twelve Vacancies
On Local Faculty;
Need 2 Principals
Kupt Nat Williams has been
devoting much time lately in
trying to locate twelve teachers
for the Ballinger schools This is
The t’SS Collie Ash. • mudrrn submarine, was built U pi.,, id. i umlorUhlr quarters for Its errs as urll
as U raise hatur with the eueiny Its la* tittles in. Iu4e a rnrptiun room, shuuer. and radios used solely for
amusement At left, a reumau beeps retards la the subs oner those rei ords show that the t utl Irtish
has sunk one Jap warship and three Jap men hanl ships allhsuch ll uas la am bed rerr rerenUy. Al ien
ter la the < tea’s quarters, and al right, the rook smile* as be prepares lartel for dinner The spai lous engine
room and other < ■mpartmenls of this sub belle Ihe visions of i ramped tiling . ondlllons so often asso, laird
allh submarines. The l utile Osh la puwrred with lltracl rug lues and has Ihe latest safely developments in Its
escape hal<h.
1 An enlargement program at tb«
I Hannan Training Center. Brum
1 Field, Ls underway and will .toon
I be completed This improvement
; includes one new barrack, one
1 new building to be used o-s an
I addition to the ground school,
enlargement of the cadet louuge,
enlargement of tlie 1 omiiuwidiant ■
iflire.s mid one new hangar Ihe
work l* progressing fast
Instructors have been receiving
esiu 1 lally- (lifTlcult to ■ a use o'f" the SU,,M‘ mK"1 ,ly,nK thw wwk •**
varum-1. camr-d by n •. nt r*,.... ‘"nicl night flying will be started
nations next Monday, with class 43-K the
The latest resignation were t ,ll 't nw,w *uch lr“»‘u‘K <**
I Km- ..id pru.eipi.lo! the ..tutor “*»u *>»* •
high - ho.,1 anil Mr- Kincaid 1,1 u’v tur Uw ,irs1 °*
•sixth grade teacher Mi Kincaid U“'' *,ven * * r uc-Uvrs the
will go to Sweetwater where he l’a’st W,,K
will U employed in the ground M, rnber's ul fias’s 43J w‘u
s.1.,,,,1 at Avenger Field beginning W"rk und «r-du“tw
jujv j Huturdu\ I! lu.s not t*'en staled
j supt Williams IS also looking for A'"‘ Uw wl" “-aW or
a man to uceee.l Bob Lindsey ,h,'> W,U ** •s‘-,d ,or ba-'i‘r *"»*■»-
'high sch.u.1 principal who resigned A ,,irmal graduation dance la
to beeome guperlntendent at Roby l>< ,l< ld l,“ Army a,,d Navy
Other vucuncie- th. senior nub u,n“,rr,,» 'Friday, evening,
thigh school Includi silence home ™««n™ctng at 8 30
The new class to arrive the first
1,300 Runnels Countians
Now in Armed Services
SKKYIM; UNCLE SAM
Letters received by friends of
Vember D Taylor son of J C
I the weik will be 44-A The mm
next week
economies, business administra
lion English and speech teachers
-In the junior high school besides due to begin training her*
J prtnci|iui a music and English
I teacher Is needed Ninth grade
English, seventh und eighth grade
language und arts and mathe-
matics teachers also are needed
in the colored school a home
Taylor of Ballinger stated that he ,-.-uiinmlrs teacher is needed
had been promoted from master Mr williams stated that there
Runnels county h-'W ha appp.xi a* 1, » 10
,Vw Hand l/irccior
FORMER BALLINGER Glltl. • tv: . . \ tick up hi th. in’.
HONOR! II AT IIOI STON dra,t -,rd ,,1:' '*" * rei. .. • :
about that number serving In the
_ .. . ... 'various branches of the army and
Betty Rhar|>e. daughter of Rev
and Mrs Dwight A Sharpe, for-
mer pastor of the First Presbv
terian Church of Ballinger h a t
to first lieutenant on,
Lt Taylor is 111
^wn g'»od prospects for at least
Withholding Tax
Of 20 Per Cent Ls
Effective July 1
navy
j Early in April the exact t->tal|
credited to the county Was 1 102,
and since then a number oil
Employed for Next
School Term Here
All employers will b>-gm wtth-
hcr work there this spring at lin-
age of 13 with straight A grades
for two years and without missing
a day from school She Is also
president of the National Junior
Honor Society and editor in-chief
of the "Mazda. ' school paper
She received the American
Mr and Mrs Ed SpUl. of San
Antonio, are here for a few days’
visit with relatives.
Supt Nat William- annour.' cd
i "r1;*;' ’’'“v- :ir, r
., r.v in n„.r ,r, =•......-■ •
junior high school she comp eted
* quotas are being arranged and a
large group was sent to Abilene
today for physical examinations.
Those accepted will be ordered to
report for Induction U. make up
quotas which the county failed to
meet
Tlie check-up also disclosed that
practically all single men and all
Legion award, a four-ounce bronze niarrl,^ mrn without children
medal, for being the outstanding j have been called If large quotas
student This Is a surprise award |arr M.t m thr nrar futuIr ,hry
and the pupil is not advised until wlU ,,ave to be tilled by fathers. ■ h'* ,!'
a member or the Builmgrr sell * 1
faculty for the next term and
have charge of tlir nigh sell,
band
Mr Joiner ws- here thi- week
looking for a place to live and
plans to move his wife and rhll-
dren here about August 1 Mr-
sergeant
June 1 i,i i aymr is in .-sew s(x ,d jh*-M- positions but the
(lulnea and ha.- been in the South others are -till being sought In
*’•' ’! *al i :' " ■ n> the group abov. rmni i IUU-1 for holding 111 iwr rent of all .salarkm
'•’fl ' |: t!'' . r'lnr band instruct!. ■ h ,< n l: believed paid employees les the stipulated
' • -‘ i l: hi- ict • r he aid thi p-.-it, .- r..-i ts fli.e.-. t»> tli< dedueta.n commencing with Uie
eel flrst pay period in July Ttie ;> per
- 1 l!l1' time I.t IaMot other -< ho.il in this territory cent vn tory tax which has been
’ ' f>*' 1 r !l,‘ jr,,l> Jlf * r,’< '"r a. -o ,a- k tear tni anti with withheld from pay check.- will be
. number >! year -. -ervlng many entering -om. kind of included m the 20 per cent tux.
niei;’ is! : Pearl defen a work the la -k of fllliny atiil thi is all that Is to be taken
Harb"t He wa.. stationed In va. ancle* is a big problem from pay checks except the regu-
Malne when he eiubarketl tor duty i^j a* ial security payments
overseas Fvt (' A Long of t.’amp \Aol-
I he treasury dt partment has -ent
Mineral Vt....- P1 i t the mstruetinn.’ to all employers aiwl
Ballinger friends of Lt Wm P P- ' week end with relativ. and (mullaK,., are requested to maty
Hill- William received message* (fnenda m Bollinger ,hr provision* and tx- ready U.
Wednesday that he duxl .n North withnold Uie uni tax payments on
Africa on June 10 Lt William* Walter Trlmmier i-at horn from July 1 A UMikkeeping system will
th< L’niversity f T» xand be established tn every ttrin
ho* <» member the marine whereby th* amount of loses
..me to Ballinger with . .a.v- 42-1)
tfie first to train at Bruce Held
Joit:er a i .-o is an accomplished bom*- *as at Ncrantia. Pa corps He will rej« rt Juh 2 at th. withheld ran be reported at regu
musician * ,r eighteen weekends hejL’nlver ty of Colorado Boulder lar interval* ax railed tor by the
Hefore Koing to McAdoo Mr "•*' *;Ul l"''al ,rlr,lds and since for i>*- ial training in the engi new law
Joiner directed school bands at th*M r, tljr,irtl ,,,r vUiU be | neering division
IzOVinicUm
mm* onf of thr brat kfujwn cad«*t> (
Mexico He fia- been \er\ *u • - ' 111 :ral'1 '“.-re H.e war. j. j „ k ,, <-rul,g , ,j annv beck* amounted on June b to
ful .n this work and developed (1"p’,r,!n**'uw‘ n" d,*l“,!’s "lhrr I air for., formerly at Bruce Held WMtt.3W.523»
excellent bauds at all Uie pla< e» t,la' h« *a. dead and tl.* , r r« U r n «• d to Shaw H* 1 Deductions fr* m -atari*- h*t*»r*
! Sumter H. utb Carolina after ’be If* * ;•*■? cent tax ls taken allow
(a:..!.: .1 f.v> leave *12 a week for .ngl* yiersons $24
Clark i Durham N < with hL- brother
Roller of Big Spring w. re w.ek i,'urp c ari t, Crunk
end guests of Mr and M: Rufus | crunli
Allen
H w - announced that th* 5 per
■ .nt victory lax taken from |>ay
to the outstanding student.
railed to th*- rostrum to receive children were b>-rn prior
It A certificate accompanying Hie 15j,.ptember 15 P*42
award sets out courage, character., I)rat[ cmplovres stated
service, companionship and thjl the reglstraiton of 18 vrar-
seholarshlp characteristics to pre-|olds was slow and a majority of
servatinn and protection of pjeni were tx-ing d*-Irrr*<l breau-v
s<x’iety as necessary quallflcattons of w-CUpatt„nal ground-
for thr award A button was al*.. w lld War N> , lex, than
presented by the Legionnaires to Runnels county men were in
be worn on her coat Die Harris- p,(. a r tn i d -*-ivi .- ami at the
tmu; pO*t No 4.2 i’,\i . the ..Wald ., .. . C*1 ttM
total in thus war will soon t>e
twice that number Tills county l*
j well represented In all branches of
. the .service thr regular armv and
navy marine corps, roast guard,
seabees and air forces each get-
ting their proportionate share.
Runnels county youths are in
practically every corner of the
; globe at this time, ready to meet
-- j the Axis or already fighting th#
J Zappe. Runnels county been saving tin to bring thr cans Hitler Muw :im llirohito gang
Two volunteers were reported by
the local b«>ard this week Joe
Salvage Groups Asked
To Redouble Efforts
•alvage chairman, stated Monday t(> warehouse
that special calls were being made
*nr all kinds of salvage und all
ufV k are urged to redouble their
rfTi
concentration centers
E. E Kirkpatrick, chairman ol
thr Texas salvage committee, has
announced a one day sulvugr
clinic to be held at Sun Angelo
It was announced last wrek that
trucks from Ooodfellow Held San lVr*’' Arellano went into the army
h v are urgeu u. reuou«e w.e.r An|,r|o Wl(U,d roVfr a numbrr „f as a specialized w iker and Ben,-
olik to get scrap of all kinds to W(.gt Texas counties in thr salvage hard Martin Jacob wa- accepted
neeftlration centers drive The main purpoee for thU »«> »nny aviation cadet and is
Is to pull III heavy Iron and steel j««» reserve awaiting call to a pre-
flight center
Major Emmett C Le* of the
induction center at Abilene, wa*
scrap
Women are urged to rontinue
on June 26 Chairman and other *•»“>* f“u “»d •» **»> ■* * <•*»
workers In a large number of « bx take It to a meat mar
Weet Texas counties have been krt have It w-eighed and be paid
asked to attend and have other ,or “ A ‘‘““V «,,al °* l,np ‘“blr
represent all ves present Every man •sP'H,n ful1 waste fat has been
and woman interested In salvage tor woman tn the United
Is invited to be present
Mr Zap|>e stated that tin cans
were badly needed right now tn
here this week for a visit with the
States
Tires and tube* which are past
repair are essential Items needed
order that the shipment of 30.000 now and thr committee is anxious
pound* ill one car be made The to receive all such rubber |*»ssible
flallene^iku,!* are lo be taken to and shipments will be made often
the warehouse on Ninth Street Miner the flrst big drive* there
next door to the Patterson Shop ha* been a let-down in scrap col-
Thls building has been donated a* lectTng and chairmen have been
x tin ran warehouse by O C told they must put forth more
dykes and as there are no funds effort to make citizens conscious
available for gathering cans. Mr of thr need to continue war pro
Zappr asks that all who have duetton
Mr and Mrs II W Doherty
have had as guest- in their home
the past week Mr and Mr- Wll-
aon Boynton, of Houston Mr and
Mrs Reid McMillan, of Winters,
and Mr and Mrs Johnny Ivey
Mr and Mrs Ivey have just
returned from a vuit In Seminole
with Mr Ivey's parents They
wrrr accompanied home bv Mr
Ivey’a brother Hobtov
where he ho-- l>»-en employed
A gradual*- o! TeXa- 1* 1
logical College Lubbock Mr
Joiner ha* a master’s degree w.'l.
a major in instrumental niu.-i
Mr Williams I.as beer,
tact with Mr Joiner t r several
weeks but final detail- : the
contract weir til ! completed until
tills Week Hi, C..Hung to Ha.lin-
ger will assure ' ontlnuance >>1 the
Bearcat Hand fhc group has
been without a director Mtict
tiurthal Ollligan lell here in I > b-
ruary to become ground a ht*ol
instructor at Avenger Field Swe.-t*
water
♦
Mosquito Control
Campaisjn Will he
Conducted in City
J A KiHough has wi ’te- F
dat>
Flight Officer and Mi-
ami Mt
I t Adeline Simecek (laugtit*-r ol
Mi and Mr John Mim< >k w.»
al home for a short visit the pa-t
we*-k end She le ft Mond.i. f F’
Bus El Paso w t. *• r *• lie
stationed
j lluta-rt Wuidn j
; Mi H w vs u
-tail*/
Idahi
2*th
11 j
Past
Pvt J I) Rene a u came in
Mon nay Ir-'in Eort Jarkvin North
Carolina, lor a short stay at home
In the Fort Jackson hospital for
several weeks Heneau ls recover
mg from surgery
Ollbert R Shlller son of Mt
and Mrs W II Hhiiirr of H
has been appointed u naval avia
t ion cadet and Irun.-frrred to
Pensacola Florida (or immediate
flight tiaming latte in February
hr was sent to thr naval air
F Holder of the * t a t •• health * enter at Memphis Tennessee
department asking him t come where he completed the first
to Ballinger lo help pla- and put pin* - -d his training
in operation a mosquito . o-tr -■
at my
former
t* am
son nt Ml and
d r o p. i> now
• at tiro-** n K . id It< i-i
\ 'at! s«Tgi-ant with tii<
• itnburdler group during ttie
few montli- in lia* (lad
I mov* Before rntering
Hub* r! wa., a star |*rr
tin tii* H*-arcat ftwitba
*r u man .>-.<! wit* anil $*. ter
) flu ! ih-jieiioeiit 1 i.bi*, are
provided m tin iristru* lion -fh- t-
toi b. monthly monthly quarterly
i, I annual d*durtlon lor tluee
w- r*-< • .* t (. » it pay on these
ba.si-.s
Pvi Aiieit !. Oreei. of Cam;
liark< l*v |.ent !h< w* *-k * ml In
Bailing*-! visiting his parents and
si l* r Mr ') N Clark and familv
Mr and Mrs K M laiw-rv*
received a telegram tri,m then
son Robert lowry at Camp
Kob*-rt.- Caltforna ’atlng that
h*- would te dlM hargrd In>m tin
army and would leave if., latter i
part of Jum lor V\ »-.* t Point New
York w tier* li*- i- lo *iil*-r .!:•
mlhtarv academy on July I
Mi F r «■ <1 Vetterlcin lornwily
M Hits.* Lvnn i- at laimc with
fi*-t pannt Mr and Mr- Harry
I - ll*-r fn. tiaiid who had Im’civ
stationed .it Fort BILs* liar la-ei.
iTd«-’i-*t t*, fon-ign a-rvic. .umI
M: Vetterleu. * x|H'< t- to in here
for fh< duration
Corn -did M- R (* Hi.rvi* g of
Sai Ang* Mi Ho.su 111... kinon
i-1 amldau:-liter M. H*r.noe
Mat , B!a< kmon of Waco were
w,-k end guest: of Mr and Mrv
Arch llrookxhlci
Mrs Hilliard Walaon, of Lufkin
program Mr H 1er wa- ' ■ •
week in compel:v with armv "
rers Kwiking after thr condition in
and around Hr ice Field At that
time he dated that he w old b*
glad to return to Ballinger and
aid tn a camt»aign in thr residen-
tial section- of the cltv
Directors the Ballinger Ii-,ard
of Conununitv Development voted
A.ex M.Oregor vm i>; Mi and
Mr A M r (1 r e g o r has b**r n
assigned to the ordnance division
for training at thr ordnance
replacement center al Abrrdren
Maryland He was inducted into
the service from A A- M College
The U K area engineering office
at Han Angel** announced the past
Mr* Gordon Hrook.shier has
returned horn* from Han Angelo.
Wti*-’< she n-id been at the l»rd-
Mtie of a nice* wlio was critically
ill Tin nicer was unproved when
Mr Hrook.sliict left her
♦
M: and Mi R 1. I *, id tin Mr Bonin* Winter visited
ountv received .. m« sag. tin friend* at Coleman Sunday
i ■ • > Robert ♦
F. U. Lad arrived safely at -mm Mi and Mr- Georg. Kirk and
foreign i*irt Mr and Mrs 1-e. daughter of Austin, are her* lor
have a ..s olid son Harvey l.e* In „ visit with relatives and friends
North Afru-a and a third son Mi Kirk Is taking his
Jess*- l+i'. in thr Fiji 1 lands vacation
ftummrr
REMEMBER
RITZ SCHEDULE
flatwrday and Nxndav rontinuous showing from 1 15 p m
Monday. Tneeday. Wednesday. Thursday and Friday show
starts premptlv at 1:3d g m Bet oilier remains a pen
until till and a complete show after 1:1$.
Nlghl show starts promptly at f:M Bet offlrr remains
open anil! Id p. m. and a complete shew after that
last week to cooperate with the
city and date health department *r«k r,,d that *rvp,‘ Runnels
tn any control measures that **>>» h*d brrn •«*!>«*<» by
would b.- isiuible here Mr lhp "W engineer* corps Th.«r
, Holder U exited here vunr time enlisting were John S Durant,
who had been here several weeks M>un and at thal time i.,mmittcc ' Faikar 1. Johnson for I. IV»*oi
lor a visit with her mother Mrs out be formed to carry on the tjPonard N Perkin*. Jr D>ul* I>
Mattie Holliday and other rel« ' campolgiy ,-vrrv sect, i f tl * Wertenberger Edmond l» W.xkI
live*, left Tuesday night h*r her city ■ Hiomaa J Seal*. Jr
bf'fBe ] A *urvry of claterng will he
* made and I’ f..u■ d i •* ,te<l Hoy Neal. Uuitrurtor af Bruce
Mrs J H Ooas <*f Abilene olkk!f wUI be treat*-*! Held received a letter this week
$250.00 Reward
raid for Conviction of
Uveslork Thieve*.
Kunorl* (ountv IJvestoek
Association
Mrs. Gertrude Woods
INSURANCE
111 H. Eighth Street
Ballinger Teams
'spent the week end with
daughter Mr- Ttoy Mimpnnn
hpf A search will he made for tag from one of thr cadet* who wa*
Small Nancy F.telle ami Mia*
Ruth Fetterman of Dallas are
here for a visit with Mr and Mrs
Fred Hannan
♦
K B Thomas left Wednesday
nlghl (of Houston, for a visit with
hk parents. Mr and Mrs Joe
Thomas
nant p*«>l- whrre drain water m 43 B here, stating thal he wa*
stand* in yard* and also for tin now with a fighter .squadron In
ran* with water In them AlongiChina, flying a P 40 The former
the creek and rivet pools of cadet alao mentioned that he had
water will be located and treated seen Major J C Tipton first com-
Keaidenl* report moaquitoe.* mander of Bruce Held, several
already bod In a number of places
In the rtty and Mr Holder staled
that if all the cltiaena would
cooperate, the pasta contd be
eliminated In abort order
times since he left the States and j
that the major was flying g
bomber He aaid Major Tipton waal
envious of him tor flying a pursuit 1
ahtp
The Policy that
Covers the Whole Family
Dismemberment clause Premium waiver
Double Indemnity.
AGNEW FUNERAL HOME
Tmlrphon* 440
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