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Office of Publication Opposite County Jail
McKinney, texas, Thursday, may 25,1944
Vol. 58, No. 32
12 PAGES—SECTION ONE
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OF JUSTICE
Lionel Lindley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
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Theme: Be
Moody Named
Chairman Of
Demo Parley
Club Women
Meet in McKinney
Letter From Down
In East Texas
Pro-Roosevelt Forces
Lose First Test Vote
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Collin County 4-H Club
Pig Winners Announced
That is The Amount of
5th War Loan Citizens
Are Asked to Buy
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Memorial Day Program
At Ashburn
Pioneer Farmer
Southeast Collin
Buried at Royse City
Former Princeton Man
—J. M. Woods Has Five
Sons in Service
Sixteen Countries Reepre-
sented—Visit Ashburn
General Hospital
Luther Truett, Assistant.
Willena Herndon, Assistant.
Jim Cantrell, Clerk.
/Jean Rae Button, Assistant.
DISTRICT COURT
Tom Suggs, Judge.
for
Fri-
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Community
Canning Center
To Open Monday
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This Morning News
From Front
80,000 To 125,000
Auto Tires Lost
iri-
of
Class-Eighty Two
J. M. WOODY.
Nine Operations
Open Up Throat
Of Tube Breather
Home Demonstration Ordnance Depot
Burns-Several
Million Dollar Loss
Collin County Quota
One Million, Hundred Graduates 54th
Sixty Thousand
Eighty-two happy young graduates
of Boyd High School listened to a
splendid sermon by Rev. Gerald P.
McCollum, pastor of the First Meth-
odist Church, last Sunday night. The
services were helld in the Walter B.
Wilson auditorium. There was a large
attendance. Rev. McCollum’s theme
was “The Test of Life’’ and presented
in a most interesting and impressive
manner.
New Suits
Floyd McAdams vs. Beatrice Lucille
McAdams, divorce.
Claude L. Walls vs. Mildred Walls,
divorce.
Louis J. Lipscomb vs. Mary Lips-
comb, divorce.
Suits Disposed Of
Albert Crawford vs. Leslie B.
ens, et al, order of distribution.
COUNTY COURT
H. H. Neilson, Judge.
W. C. Hagy, Clerk.
J. S. (Red) Hand, Chief Deputy.-
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Frank H. Forman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Forman of Plano.
Frank D. Graves, son of Mr. and
Chief of Police Ed Blakeman and
Phil West went down into Southeast
Collin to attend the funeral and burial
of their old friend,. E. M. Williams,
who was buried at Royse City last
Wednesday.
Mr. Williams formerly Jived in the
Burrow community. He was a cousin
of Bill and Dink Herndon and fre-
quently came up to McKinney to at-
tend to business.
dricks,
Jeanes,
Jones, Dudley
The Dallas News front page head-
lines read:
Record Day Sees 7000 Flights
Against Nazis.
Americans Sever Appian Way 25
Miles from Rome.
Atlantic to Balkan Offensive Strikes
Berlin Two Times.
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Two Most
Attractive Heads
We have a letter from our long time
friend, J. M. Woody, who used to live
near Princeton and owned one of the
prettiest and best kept farms in that
section. We received a letter from him.
this week which we are printing in
full, though he did not expect us to
do so. Mr. Woody is a good farmer, a
good provider for his family and a
good writer. The letter is as follows:
9:45 Sunday school.
11:00 Morning Worship.
The Innkeeper.
8:00 Evening Worship.
Yourself.
Mrs. Isaac Griffin*, Choir Director
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A. C. George W. Cave, who is in
training at Childress, in Northwest
Texas, sends $1.25 for Examiner tor
six months. He is in the Air Corps.
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Mrs. W. J. Baxter, Mrs. Harold Bax-
ter and baby Frieda Carolyn, and Mrs.
Woodrow Renfrow, all of the Bloom-
dale community were shopping in
McKinney Tuesday. Mrs. Renfrow’s
husband is in training at Camp Car-
son, Colorado. Is keeping well. She
reported crops in the Bloomdale com-
munity as looking fine.
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Show Down Battle
In Italy Today
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NA-
PLES, May 24—Massed Allied armies
on the Anzio beachhead and on the
main Italian front have launched sim-
ultaneous offensives touching off a
great battle which may determine the
fates of both Rome and of the Ger-
man Tenth Army within the NEXT
FEW DAYS.
Paced by a terrific aerial onslaught
which rained thousands of bombs on
Nazi troop concentrations and com-
munications, American and British
troops of the Fifth Army lashed out
from the beachhead less than twenty
miles from the outskirts of Rome un-
der the personal direction of Lt. Gen.
Mark W. Clark, who has established
field headquarters in the battle zone.
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New Communist Group
To Support Roosevelt
LUU! KDU&’&O, U
■ ,a, Dwight Whitwell, District Attorney,
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, IL
Recently a Personal Affairs Divis-
ion has been set up by the Army to
relieve the soldier of the personal dif-
ficulties which may worry him and
interfere with his efficiency as a
fighting man.
The Personal Affairs Officer acts as
the representative of the soldier and
his family. Lt. McCormick will give
assistance to any military personnel
or their families when called upon.
He may be contacted at Ashburn Gen-
eral Hospital. This service is not
charity, it is a right.
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Throughout history June has been
the decisive month in war.
Did you ever notice that Lost and
Found are just about the most attrac-
tive head lines you run across? Well,
Tom Hughston of the Collin County
Cotton Oil Co., has an ad in the Ex-
aminer on Page 8, headed “Lost” and
goes on to say:
1,500,000 Bales
740,000 Tons of Cottonseed.
Collin County has been given a quo-
ta of $1,160,000 in the 5th War Loan
Drive which officially begins on June
12th throughout the Nation.
In the last. War Loan Drive Collin
county had a quota of $961,000 and
raised $1,300,000. Tom Hughston, gen-
eral manager of the Collin County Cot-
ton Oil Mill was' county chairman for
the 4th War Loan Drive and has been
named again to put over the 5th W'ar
Loan Drive. He is the man for the
job, as the work of general chairman
requires a lot of time and McKinney
and Collin county recognize Mr. Hugh-
ston as one who can get co-operation
all down the line.
The Examiner is sure that everyone
will co-operate in helping out in this
drive.
She enjoys all the news
North Collin, especially.
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Mrs. Bradley Hoover has returned
from Toledo, Ohio, where she visited
her husband, who is in the Naval
AUSTIN, May 23—Texas Democrats
who seek an uninstructed delegation
to the national Democratic conven-
tion won a test-vote victory over pro-
Roosevelt forces in the state Demo-
cratic convention, electing former
Gov. Dan Moody for temporary chair-
man over former Gov. James V. All-
red.
Tabulation of votes showed 940
7-12 votes for Moody to 744 5-12 for
Allred.
The vote for Moody carried with it
a tabling of the proposal of pro-Roose-
velt leaders to require a pledge from
convention participants to support the
November Democratic nominees who-
ever they are.
Rival caucuses last night of the pro-
Roosevelt and uninstructed factions
drew about the same attendance and
enthusiasm.
The pro-Roosevelt group heard the
president lauded and endorsed Sam
Raybum of Bonham foi/yice-president.
The uninstructed groupr accepted
the advice of John Crooker of Hous-
ton to put their efforts on three
thingls—RETURN to TWO-THIRDS
PARTY RULE, PARTY CONTROL of
its MEMBERSHIP and a CURB ON
BUREAUCRATS.
R. H. Cantrell
Dies Suddenly
Colorado City
County Agent Jack McCullough an-
nounces that the following named
4-H Club boys have each won a reg-
istered pig given by the Sears-Roe-
buck Co. in sponsoring the Cow-Sow-
Hen program of farming throughout
Texas.
Winfred Leach, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. CL Leach of Allen.
C. L. Reynolds Jr., son of Mr. and
Mrs. C. L. Reynolds, Sr., of Allen.
John Butler, son of Mrs. John N.
Butler, of Rt. 3, McKinney.
Dick Coldwell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. P. Coldwell, of Plano
Lionel Lindley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Y. Lindley of Royse City.
Met with Avery Dowell and we Were
talking of the improvements that have
been made in McKinney during the
last 56 years. The building in which
J. P. Dowell, his father, conducted the
business that is continued by his sons,
Avery, Jim, Ed and Clifton and sis-
ters was a one story frame. Later a
two story. Avery had run across a
bill for the brick that went into the
present big 4-story building.
The Dowells have contributed much
in the way of substantial improve-
ments to our city. They are now
overhauling and fitting up the fine
new one story building about 100x150
feet, on S. Kentucky Street, to be
used by the U. S. O. and are now fit-
ting up and remodeling another build-
ing on South Tennessee street, where
fire burned out the Patterson Cafe re-
cently. The new building is going to
be one of the prettiest cafe buildings
in the city. In keeping with the spir-
it of making our city one of the pret-
tiest in North Texas.
Then we invested a dime in some
8-penny ' nails to take* out for our
grandson to begin improvements on
his chicken ranch, which he allows
granddad and grandmother to run for
him, now that school is out.
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LT. ALAN G. McCORMICK
APPOINTED PERSONAL
AFFAIRS OFFICER AT ASHBURN
Colonel James B. Anderson,
Commanding Officer of Ashburn Gen-
eral Hospital, extends an invitation
to residents of Collin County to visit
,the hospital Tuesday, May 30, at 3 p.
in. (Memorial Day) to hear the con-
cert to lie presented by the Eighth
Service Command Concert Orchestra
and to witness the Formal Retreat
Ceremony. This orchestra is known
throughout the country as one of the
best musical organizations in the ser-
vice.
Officers at the hospital, enlisted
men of the Medical Detachment and
the Reconditioning Unit will all par-
ticipate in the Formal Retreat Cere-
mony, on the parade grounds at 4:45
p. m. Chaplain John 'T. Jenner will
offer prayers and deliver a brief Me-
morial Day address.
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G. J. Hornbuckle of Nevada, will
read Examiner for one year. Welcome
to our list Mr. Hornbuckle. ____
My Saviour.”
Scripture reading, Rev. McCollom.
Duet. “Jesus Lover of My Soul,”
Mesdames J. A. Dyer and L. D. Rob-
Cotton,
. ___ _____ __ ___________... This is
the costly “tax” that American Cotton
Growers pay annually to INSECTS.
Read the story.
Mrs. M. P. Graves of Melissa.
Troy Maynard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. G. Maynard, of Wylie.
Doyle Vandergriff, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Vandergriff of Anna.
The boys were required to write an
essay on the advantages of the Cow-
Sow-Hen type of farming. The win-
ners were also required to have a
hog proof pen, plenty of shade, wa-
ter, and'feed, and if possible, a pas^
ture and hog wallow.
The boys will compete in a county
contest, and the winner will show at
a district contest and will win a reg-
istered Jersey heifer. The rest will
win chickens or turkeys. The boy
who won. the registered boar will also
compete in the district contest and if
he wins first, he will win a registered
Jersey heifer. If less than first • he
will win baby chicks or turkeys.
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Notices For Central
Presbyterian Church
Elkhart, Texas, Rt. 3, Box 45
May 14, 1944.
Editor Clint Thompson
Dear Friend:
I had intended writing you some-
time ago, but first one thing and then
two kept me too busy.
You requested that I write you a
letter for publication but I feel that I
couldnt write an interesting letter to
your readers from this part, so I shall
not undertake it. However, I want to
write you a personal letter as there
are a few things I want to tell you
about. In the first place, I want to
tell you about my boys. I am enclos-
ing a sheet of The Palestine Herald-
Press that has four of my boys’ pic-
tures in it under the heading: “Fight-
ing Faces.” but I have FIVE boys in
the service and have not secured the
other one’s pictures yet. He is in the
Southwest Pacific area. All these boys
were born in Collin county, near
Princeton.
I have twelve children living—six
boys and six girls, but they have all
flown the old nest except my baby
boy, 12 years old. His mother died
when he was born so you see I have
been living a rather lonely life, though
a very busy one, as 1 have put all the
kiddies through high school except my
baby boy. And some of the girls
have been trained for nurses. But J&
am not boasting about this. Have
only done my duty.
We have had a very unfavorable
Spring for farming—lots of rain and
about two weeks ago we had 15 inch-
es of rain in three days—8 1-4 inches
in one downpour. And it almost wash-
ed everything away. I have been try-
ing to repair the damage done to my
terraces', fences and other things' I
was very glad to get your letter and
to know you had pulled through your
spell of sickness and I hope you may
remain at the steering wheel of the
old Examiner for many years to come
—“just opposite the jail.”
Must say in conclusion that you
have given me a lot of inspiration in
life in my trials and tribulations.- You
have encouraged me. to go on arid not
falter. You know a man can’t live to
himself alone; he must have help and
encouragement to get over the rough
places without a tragedy.
Let’s put forth all our efforts and
do everything in our power to try to
bring this awful war to. a speedy and
successful close. Then let’s join all
other nations and peoples of the world
and demand that there be NO MORE
WARS!
Pardon me for taking up so much
of your time—but you know its been a
long time since I got to UNLOAD on
you.
J hope this finds you well and at'
your post. And REMEMBER in about
40 to 60 days those old East Texas
watermelons will be turning RED.
My patch is not quarantined against
you Collinites.
irison.
Sermon. Rev. McCollom.
Benediction.
Recessional, Mrs. Caldwell.
The Commencement exercises
the class will be held tomorrow,
day, night, May 26 at 8:30 o’clock.
Dr. Erwin Montgomery, associate
president of Texas Christian Univer-
sity, will deliver the class address.
Dr. Montgomery is a former gradu-
ate of Boyd High School.
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Finds Bill For Brick in
Big Three Story Building
Class Roll
Sara Lea Kitchens, Charles William
Bradshaw, Benna Charlyne Davidson,
Joe Edward Settle, Ruby Lee Abrams,
Hilda Lena Aston, Tommie Baugh,
Mary Ella Bolton, Loiyola Box, Cap-
itola Dorice Bradshaw.
Doris Janelie Brock, Charles Dyon
Cantrell, Leon Clay, H. L. Cody, Lois
Elizabeth Combest, Avalee Cottle,
Frances Lee Covington, Onita Lorene
Crank, John Martin Crowder, Theda
Fae Crowder.
Ella Jeane Davidson, Bobbie Jo
Deal, Mildred Dent, Patsy Anita Dick-
enson, Mary Ann Dillard, Willie G.
Drake, Charles D. Dunn, Mary Eliza-
beth Eldridge. Alma Ellison, J. D.
Emerson.
Betty Jo Flannery, Judge George,
Mary Frances Giles, Elizabeth Ann
Goostree, Greta Griffin, Marie . Louise
Hamilton, Ruby Louise Hamm, Jack
Harris, Betty Jane Hedgcoxe, Faye
Heifner.
Doyle Hendricks, Ruth Marie Hen-
Bud Holcomb, John Julian
Leta Mae Johnson, Rosa Lee
" " ’ Kerby, Ouida Jane
George Perry Leigh, Martin
Lenderman.
Marion Frank Lewis, Charlotte
Elizabeth Marshall, Billye Joyce Mc-
Mahan, Billy Ray McRae, O. L. Miller,
Geneva Lucille Montgomery, Doris
June Morrow, John Brown Murphy
Maudine Myrick, James Parker, Wil-
liam Benge Quesenbury, Doris Gene
Ray, Marie Rogers, Betty Jean Roper,
Clyde Robason Scott, Paula Katherine
Smith, Nelda Jean Speck, James Clar-
ence Stewart, Robert Marcus Stroup,
William Thacker.
H. B. Thompson, Miriam Thompson,
Charles Thurman. Jesse Thurman,
Juanita Townley, Bert Wayne Walt-
hall, Norma Jean Wood, William
Ward Worthy, Jr., Mary Gwendolyn
Wright, Robert Sutton Boyce.
The members of the class were; in
a space reserved for them by Stew-
art Cowan and Felix Smith’, officers
of the Junior Class. Girls of the class
were ushers for relatives and friends.
The program was as follows:
' Processional.
Hymn, “Love Divine.”
invocation, Rev. McCollom.
Anthem “Some Day You Will Need
Mrs. Alice Wilson passed away at
her hofne on North Church Street at
11:45 Tuesday night, after having suf-
fered a stroke Friday.
Alice Roberts Wilson was born Nov.
•12;r 1859, near Melissa, the daughter
of Andrew Jackson Roberts and Eliza-
beth Ann Nichols Roberts, who came
from Illinois. She was married to
Crockett C. Wilson in 1878. He pass-
ed away in 1885. One child, Ernest
Wilson blessed their home. Mrs. Wil-
son reared two grandchildren, Mrs.
Mary Alice Wood of Goosecreek, and
Capt. James Ernest Wilson, now with
the armed forces in England.
The son, and two grandchildren
survive as does a sister, Mrs. J. C.
Jones of Brownwood and a great
grand daughter, Judith Wilson.
Funeral services were conducted at
5 p. m. Wednesday at the- First Chris-
tian Church, by her pastor, Dr. C; S.
Weaver. Interment in Pecan Grove
Cemetery. The Massie Funeral Home
had charge- of arrangements.
Pallbearers were nephews, C. R.
Osburn, Jess L. Osburn, of Melissa;
Jack Roberts, of Celina; Joe Burks,
of Whitewright; Frank Douglas of
Van Alstyne and Tom Morgan of Mc-
Kinney.
Mrs. Wilson’s death is deeply re-
gretted. She was active in affairs
the First Christian Church, and was
present at all services as long as her
health permitted.
Her son, Ernest Wilson, has for
many years been connected with the
McKinney postoffice. The Examiner
extends deepest sympathy to the be-
reaved ones.
One of the most complete and effi-
cient community canning centers to
be found in Texas, has been completed
and will be ready for use Monday at
the Municipal Coliseum, in McKinney,
according to Prof. J. T. Rollins, voca-
tional agriculture teacher, who has
promoted the project.
With grams of money made- by the
State, the local school, the City of
McKinney and Collin County, and
with the aid of the J. P. Dowell Co.,
Prof. Rollins and the Vocational Ag-
riculture Department of the High
School, have ben able to equip the
Center with all the most modern can-
ning devices. There are .steam can-
ners and electric sealers, and all other
equipment necessary for putting up
your garden and farm produce.
The Canning Center is just what it
is called—a Community Center. All
persons are given permission without
charge to partake of its benefits, and
to use its equipment. The canning
devices, tables, etc., are completely
screened in, thus making it 100 per-
cent efficient. It has been inspected
by demonstration agents from various
counties and has been pronounced
THE BEST THEY HAVE SEEN.
Mrs. J. W. Alexander will be in,
charge and give technical aid to those
who bring their produce to can.
Prof. Rollins is being congratulated
for his fine work. He has been aided
greatly by the J. P. Dowell Company
who furnished canning devices and
otherwise gave help. This company
has been leading in promoting can-
ning in Collin county for several
years.
A phone is listed as “Canning Kitch-
en’’ that you may be able to call for
appointments.
The Texas Home Demonstration As-
sociation of District 4 convened in the
Chamber of Commerce auditorium
Tuesday, May 16, with more than 350
ladies present. Counties represented
included Collin, Cooke, Dallas, John-
son, Kaufman, Denton, Ellis, Fannin,
Grayson, Hill, Hood Hunt, Navarro,
Parker, Soxneivell and Tarrant.
The program consisted of sing-song
—Mrs. R. A. Vestal, Grayson county;
devotional—Navarro county; welcome
—Collin county; recognition of visit-
ors; roll call; panel discussion—Mrs.
W. G. Middleton, Hill county; special
music; Cooperation—Post war plan-
ning, Judge Loy, Sherman; lunch.
4-H report, Cook county; skit di-
rected by Mrs. Neely Huffines, Dallas
county; recreation—Tarrant county;
remarks, Board-Extension; resolutions
—-Mrs. Chas. Dilley; reading of Min-
utes, Miss Bryan, Sec. ''Collin county.
Miss Ella Calfee, district chairman,
presided. Among the visitors were
Miss Bess Edwards, Assistant State
Plome Demonstration Agent, and Mrs.
Leverenez, foor specialist, of College
Station.
Mrs. Viola Poole McGee, who was
the first Collin County Home Demon-
stration agent, was also present for
the meeting and given a real welcome,
for she was one of the pioneers in the
work here.
Following adjournment the visitors
were shown through Ashburn General
Hospital. The Civic committee of the
McKinney Chamber of Commerce pro-
vided the cars to take the about 150
ladies to the hospital, where they were
welcomed by Colonel James B. Ander-
son, Commanding Officer.
The crowd was divided into groups
with nurses of the institution direct-
ing .the visitors through the various,
buildings.
The members of the Cvic commit-
teee arranging transportation to the
’hospital included L. (D. Robinson,
Clyde Horn, Jeff Wharton, Jimmy
Foster, Jim Cantrell, Frank W. Smith,
Leon Burk, Billie West, Jack Ryan,
W. E. Button, Roy Brockman, Jim
Dowell, Ramsey Harris, Ed Blakeman
and Drs. J. C. Erwin Jr., H. L. Shoap,
and W. Hammond Moore.
Funeral Services
For Mrs. Wilson
AUSTIN, May 23—Mrs. Alfred Tay-
lor of Austin led a bolt of the pro-
Roosevelt Democrats from the regu-
lar Democratic state convention this
afternoon.
The bolt came after the faction
seeking an uninstructed delegation to
the national Democratic convention
elected former Gov. Dan Moody for
•permanent chairman.
R. H. Cantrell, 43, died suddenly at
his home in Colorado City, last Fri-
day morning at 1:30 o’clock, having
suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Cantrell was the son-in-law of
Mrs. P. Less White, of McKinney, hav-
ing married her daughter, Miss Mary
Leslie White.
For a number of years Mr. Cantrell
was coach of the football team at
Colorado High School and a member
of the faculty. The large stadium
in Colorado was named in his honor,
‘’Cantrell Stadium.”
Mr?.. White and her sister, Mrs. Wal-
ter Price left early Friday for Colora-
do to be with their daughter and niece,
and attend the funeral which was held
Sunday.
Survivors are his wife, a sister, Mrs.
Robert Morrow of Alton, Ill., and two
brothers, Frank Cantrell in the navy
and Spence Cantrell of Los Angeles,
Calif.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, May 19—Long-
suffering 11-year-old Jeannine McDon-
ald today could sing again—because
her “tube-breathing” days apparently
are over after nine operations.
The sixth-grader, once a “superior
soloist” in school contests, is well on
the road to recovery after more than
a year of eating through a tube in her
throat and breathing through anoth-
er in her neck because the linings of
her throat grew together.
Physicians, dentists and dental me-
chanics have worked together on the
case of Jeannine, who, after the re-
cent removal of both tubes, can eat,
talk and breathe—and
sing.
That’s a far cry from times when
her mother had to wake her to keep
her from smothering; when she could
partake only of liquids because of a
tightly closed throat.
Her major operation was the re-
moval recently of the meal mold in
her throat. The next—and final op-
eration—was removal this week of a
windpipe tube.
Troubles for the daughter of the
Rev. and Mrs. Erwin McDonald of Ar-
kadelphia, Ark., began in 1941 when
she had a tonsilectomy.
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Jas. Rickerson is a new reader of
the Examiner. Gets it on Rt. 1, Allen,
care Chaffer Jones.
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Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Bare and son,
Blanton Ray, of Wylie, were hero
Tuesday and called in to renew fox*
the Examiner to 6-1-45.
Marriage License
Parfirio Mata and Lydia Garza.
E. J. Toleston and Maggie Green.
Probate
Nina May Green has made applica-
tion to probe-te will of Mrs. L. L. Sims,
deceased.
Walter Yeager has made applica-
tion to probate will of H. M. Yeager,
deceased.
JUSTICE COURT
The Sheriff pepartment filed 17 ar-
rests with ,Judge Doyle’s court the
past week follows: 8 for burglary;
Vr 7 for felony Uieft; 2 for drunkenness;
and one for wife and child desertion.
-*■ The Constable Department filed
one arrest for drunkenness.
TEXARKANA, May 24—Fire of un-
determined origin swept through a
great warehouse at the Red River
Ordnance Depot, fifteen miles west
of Texarkana, Wednesday, destroy-
ing at least 100.000 prewar tires and
a number of motor vehicles. Unoffi-
cial estimates ranged from $1,000,000
to $5,000,006.
Fire broke out at 8:3 a. m., and was
not brought under control until noon.
Equipment from Texarkana, Ark.,
and Texarkana, Texas: New Boston,
Texas, and the Lone Star Ordnance
Depot that adjoins Red River, -was
called.
The blaze was reported to have
flashed over the 150x50-foot building,
enveloping it in flames, quickly.
Although there was no report oi
any suspicion of sabotage, Colonel
Bodine immediately appointed an
' vestigating committee composed
Army officers.
NEW YORK —The 25-year-old
American Communist Party dissolved
Saturday, giving way to a Non-party-
Association for Political Education
which will support President Roose-
velt for re-election.
'General Secretary Earl Browder,
who was the Communist candidate for
president in 1936 and 1940, made the
formal motion which was unanimously
adopted, and the convention latei- ap-
plauded loudly Browder’s declaration
that “THIS CONVENTION WILL
SUPPORT ROOSEVELT.”
A report drafted by the resolutions
committee said “to guarantee victory
in the 1944 elections it is necessary
for all PATRIOTIC Americans to in-
sure the continuance of Roosevelt’s
leadership and to secure the election
of a VICTORY CONGRESS support-
ing the President.”
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Spring, Howard county, sends $2.00
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Thompson, Clint & Thompson, Wofford. The McKinney Examiner (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 25, 1944, newspaper, May 25, 1944; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1238382/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Collin County Genealogical Society.