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Number 33
Roxton, Lamar County, Texas, Friday, January 8, 1943.
A Lamar County Instit'ut'lon
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I Am Convinced
By JOSEPH B. HADEN
Of the 116 American flyers lised Sinton; Lieut. Duke E. Cummings,
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I had quite a voyage for my first
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this is Open Season on the Japs— Ralph Smith, Mrs. W. T. McAmis.
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wedding were Miss Dorothy Jones ing of live stock and poultry was
included in the discussion.
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Party Plank Will
Hit Loan Sharks
wheat, oats, rye, barley, grain, sor-
gums, dry field pets, clover, corn,
are conducted by the agricultural
workers assisting the Community
Victory leaders and teachers. Lead-
ing in the meetings will be the
personnel of the extension service,
Farm Security, Soil Conservation,
by the collection of usurious inter-
est raging from 100 to 300 Per cent.
“These millions of dollars are be-
ing taken not only from those least
Victory Meeting
At School Arditorium
Program Committee: Mrs. Clovis
Cooper, Mrs. C. E. Duncan, Mrs. R.
ML Watson, Mrs. George Crawford.
Spiritual Life Group—Mrs. Leon-
Finance Com.—Mrs. C. D. Cooper,
Mrs. W. B. Rose, Mrs. C. P. Rahl,
A NEWLY DEVELOPED
CONCENTRATED FOOD
16 TOMATO JUICE
DRIED AND
REDUCED TO
FLAKES
With Seabass
loan shark out of bus
State.”
This Navy chaw munt be O.K. after
all. /
Well, there are lots of things I
would like to tell you but I know
Do not anticipate the happiness
of tomorrow but discover it in to-
day.—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
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Lieut. Daniel F. Derrick '
In The Thick of The Fight
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A NEW.MOTORTZEV SCOOTER, STRDY
ANV MANEUVERABLE FOR NARROW/
AISLES, 15 BEIN6 U6ED BY KEY
PRODUCTION MEN GOING FROM ONE
JOS TO ANOTHER |M LARGE WAR.
PLANTS
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GLASS BLOCKS REQUIRING NEITHER
NAILS NOR FASTENERS MAKES
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CHANGED IN SIZE
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SUBJECT OF A RECENTINVENTION
WERE "HEEL BUMPERS',' METAL CLEATS
DESIGNED TO FIT ON THE INSIPE HEEL
OF SOLDIERS' SHOES SO THEY CAN
SNAP TO ATTENTION WITH A CLICK
An AIRCRAFT
1 PPANY GRINDS
WALNUT SHELL'S
TO MAKE THE
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AND DIES IN
AIRCRAFT TOOLING
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Seattle, Wash.
days making the complete voyage. ■ cracy in foreign countries, are being
We landed in the Solomans Dec. systematically robbed annually of
19, The longest we sailed without. millions of their hard earned dollars
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A MESSAGE FROM HON. ALFRED E. SMITH
in the raid on Tunis, second 45g-
gest of the war, twenty were Tx-
ans, a compilation showed.
Besides pounding docks and other
objectives at Tunis and Bizerte the
big Fortresses knocked down at
least ten German planes in coe of
the hottest air battles of the NGih
Of KNOWLEDGE
Flower Com.—Mrs. Brooks Wright, I
Mrs. R. C. Caldwell Jr., Mrs. R. L.
Holcomb.
Membership Com.— Mrs. R. E. Ma-
son, Mrs. S. E. Warner, Mrs. Roe
Graham, Mrs. J. A. Boyd.
Fellowship Com?—Mrs. Hunter By-
waters, Mrs. Claude Duncan, Mrs.
Wight Maness.
Com. on Status of Women.—Mrs.
E. 0. Williams, Mrs. Nellie Haw-
kins, Mrs. Rufus Watson.
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five hours, since about seven this
evening. Be glad to goHthrough
Cuba, through the Panama Canal,
and am how in the Salamon Is-
lands at Guadalcanal, near Hender-
son Field. After I boarded the first
ship in Norfolk, I stayed on it 67
days before I ever got off, then I
was transferred to another ship for
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seeing land was 28 days'. And be-!
lieve it or not, I didn’t even get
sea sick on the whole voyage.
I don’t think the Tropics are go-
ing to be so bad if we can only
avoid the fever. I believe we will
make it O.K., although it is plenty ,
hot here now—and is just the be-
ginning of the Summer and rainy
season. The misquitoes are so big
come something that is difficult.
E Ty t —Coee
man on’one occasion, a called his
ben an exodus of loan sharks into
Texas durisg the last few years.
These leeches in society are plying
their nefarious business in this St
to the extent that the poorer people,
including many of the the thous-
ands of soldiers who are being train-
ed here to fight the battles if demo-
i walk in merely on account; of the
■ door being open. We’ve put a man
in your garden watching .your back
entrance. Me and ’im ‘asbeen ’ere
trip at sea. I boarded the
and harvesting of crops, and the
care and management and feed-
get letters from anyone who wishes
to write. You don’t realize how
mcnths, Billingsley is a machinist
Texas Democracy that the 48th Leg-
islature shgulwenaakasdneuamn
and bad they even fight back at us
when we try to kill them, ha,ha!
I still know how to trade a little,
(almost as well as Jay). They put
me on the wood-pile yesterday. In
a few minutes some natives carde
along, so I gave them a package of
cigarettes and they choppe.d up a
whole truck load fat wooa for me.
Pretty good trade, don’t you think,
since our cigarettes only cost 5c a
packoge.
So far we haven’t seen any ac-
tion with the exception of air raids,
then is when we made good use of
our Fox Holes—although we are al-
ways on the alert for anything
might happen.
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF SLOMED
able to bear the burden, but the
money is being diverted from the Frank Billingsluy of High, receixod mate second class, with the Seabees,
legitimate business channels of the ' -—---._____—______
State. j
“Our people are taking themselves 1
multiplied millions for social secur-' ■
ity purposes to help the poor and i
helpless but, under present condi- .
tions, a large portion of this tax
money goes to the loan sharks in
usurious interest.,
“Therefore it is the sense of the
W indom and Pvt. Scott Siddle, son , AAA, Vocational Teachers, REA,
of Mi. and Mrs. W. H. Siddle of Farm Loan Association and Produc-
Roxton were married December 24 l tion Credit and Seed Loan. The
Siddle i‛ a raduate of Roxton High, green peas, fruit, and all garden
School and attended North Texas , vegetable®. The method of produc-
State Teachers College. He is now l tion soil conservation, growing
ing up of the individual. I ack-
nowledge the sway of heredity, but
proper treatment of the individual,
beginning in his infancy, will over-
come the influence of unfavorable
ancestry.
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I am more convinced every year
that the most pleasure and the most
profit I have received from books
have come from those that were
hardest to understand. After sev-
eral readings and much study the
meaning would break into my mind!;
theft would come the joy of achtieve-
ment, the joy of discovery and the
“Have you searched inside?” ask-
ed Father.
“Oh, no, sir!” The policeman w|as
shocked. “We ’aven’t a warrant,
We can’t go barging into people’s
’omes without a legal paper. That’s
againstche law, sir.”
“But the door wasn’t locked,”
said Father.
“Makes no idtifference,z replied
iel F.
Travis
Lieut.
W orth ;
for the past two years has been
principal of Tulip School Pvt..
ale of the men in the service and
that means a lot at a time like this.
I will try o answer all the letters
I can. Since we have a job to do
every day and we can’t have lights
at night, we don’t have much time
to write. Well, they tell me here
'tse bobby. “We aren’t allowed to
— In order to finance the War and to upholdthe hands "
of. Pr esident Roosevelt in his fight against inflation, we have
all been -sked to invest 10% of our earnings in War Bonds.
Aside from the undisputed fact that it is a very sound
investment our government is merely asking us to protect our-
selves bythe investment of this 10%. Compare that to what
is being done by the-Axis nations to their own people. There is
poireuest for investment there; they simply take the money away
from their citizens, to say nothing about what is being done to
the occupied countries where all forms of property have been
seized.
There is no doubt about our ultimate victory but if
you do your share you are helping to bring the War to a close
before there is too great a waste of money and material, to say
nothing about our boys who are at the front battling for the
liberties that we have enjoyed in our country down through the
ages • '—
A victory meeting was held at
the schoil auditorium Monday night
under the auspices of the
County War board, for the purpose
of explaining the food goals set up
foor the county for 1943. A. L. Ed-
maiston is the educational director
of the county war board. These
meetings are being held over La-
mar county this week and they
Monday afternoon the Wom.un
at 11 p. m. at the home of the Rev. government is requirig increases in
Mr. Williams, Methodist pastor in the production of beef, poultry pro-
Roxton. . | ducts, pork, dairy proucts, staple
The bride is a graduate of East ’ cotton, soy beans, flax seed, pea-
Texas State Teachers College and nuts, Irish and sweet potatoes,
=4 and Owen Siddle of Roxton.
VOLUME 34
Every year I live I am more con-
vinced that good resolutions made at
the beginning of the new year should
be kept, and not made with crossed
fingers. I woul not say that it is
better not to make New Year's!
resolutions than to make and break
them. But to me my own promises
are so sacred I do not make them
when under the influence of the
New Year lest I suffer the humilia-
tion of breaking them.
All promises should be regarded
as sacred, whether made at the
time of the New Year, at the marri-
age altar, at the voting places
where we solemnly promise to sup-
port? the nominees of the political
party with which we are affiliated;
or ait some other place and on some
other occasion.
Every year I live I am the more
deeply convinced that that which
causes the difference between one
man and another, the good and the
bad, the weak and the strong, is the
difference in home life, the differ-
ence in training and environment,
the; difference in the general bring-
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rell, Mrs. Wight Maness.
Christian Social Relations—Mrs.
E. C. Duncan, Mrs. Otis Ellis, Mrs.
H. A. Burtner, Mrs. J. P. Creed, ’
Mrs. O. J. Rutherford.
Parsonage Com.— Mrs. Hunter By-!
waters, Mrs. Harry Terrell, Mrs. i
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attention t o Browning’s poem,
“An Epistle,” and inquired whether
he had read it. He said he had
not, and that Browning was too
difficult for him to understand. I
was surprised, and wondered how
j a person so mentally lazy could
get through college.
And I am more deeply convinced
every year that the waste of life
lies in neglect. We neglect to do so
many things that would make life
better, happier and nobler. So
often we neglect to give, I am not
talking now about money, we ne-
glect many times to give love and
sympathy and kindness, little
words of cheer and comfort, and
little fibs of politeness! that keep
us from falling over one another.
Well, I made no resolultions at
the 'beginning of this year, yet
these are some of the thoughts that
rushed in and took possession of
me.
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the ’ouse with you now, sir, if .you
_lAuamna , plesure 'and profit of having over-
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Cooper-Siddle
(Wedding Dee. 24th
Miss Mildred Cooper, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Cooper of
I find hope renewed for a decent
i world each time I think of him.. —
Princess Alexandra Kropotkin in
The Reader’s Digest.
Expectation that the new legisla-
ture will take action against the
loan shark evil has been expressed
by oficials of the Texas Consumer
Credit Committee, who adds that
impetus has been given to the
movementby the plank adopted by
the State Democratic Convention.
Rep. S.* J. Isaacks of EI1 Paso,,
who worked, diligntly on behalf of
apti-loan slaark legislation two
years ago, was sponsor of the resilu-
tion which was adopted by the
State Democratic Convention with-
out a dissenting vote. The resolu-
tio declares:
"On account of most states having
. We thought as ’ow the premises
might have been broken into.”
Luling; Lieut. James C. Sargent,
Ben; Lieut. Warren E. Church,
Colaredo City; Lieut. Pilar L. Gar-
cia. McAllen. :
Sergt.. Harold J. .Dunlevy, San
Antonio; Sergt. Walter Keck, San-
ford. -
Ray O. Weeks, Waco; John I.
Fisher., Fort Worth.
Lieut. Derrick is. a son of Mrs.
Emma Derrick, a reader of The
■ Roxtons New!. In fhe show win-
dow, at a local drug store, we
stood before it and admired the
exhibition of Texas manhood shown
by the photographs therein; Yels,
we silently paid tribute to Roxton s
-contribution to the war effort and
concluded that if the small towns
of the entire‘United Statels, could
match this peerless and' distinguish-
ed bunch of potential warrioiss, all
the forces of the world could not
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Uncle Sam Needs
Your Worn Ho#
Derrick, Roxton; Lieut
C. Green, Raymondvilk;
Bobby M. Godwin, Fort
Bring your worn silk, nylon
and rayon hose to L. F. Fry’s
Dry Goods store. They are need-
ed of War Production. Wash
the hose before bringing them
in. Remember, these hose are
used to help fight the Axis.
The Federation of Women’s
Clubs is sponsoring this salv-
age in Fannin county.
““rsdepaFted, both having
refused tips but accepting glasses of
beer. “Seeing as ’ow we are going
off duty now,” they told Father.
I went out and gazed at our front
door. I trotted round to the garden
and studied our back door. Neither
appeared to be especially massive,
yet I saw them now with a new
understanding of their strength. For
they were English doors. The law
had fortified that place, however
humble, which you called home.
Your body aand your soul are safe
behind an English door.
Over a century and a half ago this
' great concept was brilliantly stated
by William Pitt, Earl of Chatham,
shm it passed laws that have practically
2 put them out of business, there has
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Champ, Bud and me are still to- Society of Christian Service meta
gether. Champ was laughing at me the Methodist Church for a bus’
last night, he said I was fat. nesis meeting. After plans for the
enough for the killing now. When I year’s work, the Pres. Mrs. E. B
I boarded ship I only weighed 167, I Brasherars gave the devotional. The
feet and all—now I weigh 192 lbs.' following committees were read:
in the Army Air Corps at Waco,
Texas. Only attendants at the
■ England cannot enter; all his forces
[ dare not cross the threshold of the
ruined tenement.”
The constable at our door led me
to appreciate the heritage of person-
al freedom. How scandalized he
was even to think of imposing his
authority over our private rights!
। I have remembered him through
' the years, whenever I heard doubts
, pronounced concerning England’s
democracy. Now in these dark days
you understand why I can’t. Give , ard McNeal, Mrs. S. E. Warner, Mrs.
all the home folks my regards— C. A. Graham, Miss Mattie Weaver,
and that I would be very glad to Mrs. C. L. Caldwell, Sr.
Woman’s Society o‛
Christian Service Met
Even The King
May Not Enter
Many years ago, in a modest
brick villa near London, we were
living the unharried life for which
my parents had taught me to have
deep gratitude—for Father was an
exile from Russia, and had known
What it is to be under surveillance
by the Czar’s secret police. One
evening we went to a political
rally. The meeting lasted until
neaarly midnight. At our front
door, when we reach home, stood
an officer of the law.
I was terrified. I had believed Fa-
ther’s freedom couldn’t be threat-
ened in this democratic land. But
the sight of tsat constable made
me certain that even here implac-
able tyranny had caught up with
us again.
And then I learned a great less-
on about England. I heard what
that bobby said.
“We was walking our rounds, and
we saw your front entrance open
sir. We rang the bell, and there
didn’t seem to be anyone at ’ome.
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Texans who participated- in the
raid were: -g
Lieut. Horton K. Hoerster, ’ KS
dalia; Lieut.. William S. McConnell
Jr., Denton; Lut, Edward M.
Slack, Marfa; Lieut.; James. dM;
Shaw, Adilene; Lieut. Otis E. Alli-
son, Warren; Lieut. Will S. Arnett,
Madisonville; Lieut. Fred A. Bide-
sp ach, W ac'o; Li eu t. € 1 hu, "gH.
Bridges Jr., Iowa Park; Li is I. on-
January 3, 1942.
Dear Mr. Kean:
Well, here I am up in Washing-
ton, and a little lonesome to hear
from the folks there. Here’s the
dough, so please send me that good
old Ladonia News regularly.
Wish I could rave been there for
Xmas holidoys. However, it won’t
be long until I get a furlough and
I sure will be glad, too. How’s
everybody down in that part of the
world? O.K. I hope.
I am getting along fine, lots of
work and plenty of good food. I
work in the mess hall, and do I like
it, and how.
Seattle is a beautiful city and
the people are wonderfully nice to
the Southern boys, and they can
tell by our talk that we are from
Texas. Sometimes I try to fool
them, but it is rather hard to do.
Yours very truly,
P. C. Delwin D. Witt
Hd. Btry. 2nd Bn.
63rd Coast Artillery (AA)
Seattle, Wash.
a Chrismas message from their son,
Jess Billingsley who is in - the
Aleutian Islands, saying “all is
veil.” In the navy foo seven
FROM BOYS in
SERVICE
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Tuesday Dec. &, 1942:
Dear John:— Dc
I just received your letter yester-
day and was really ^1M to hear
from you. I hale ohly had two
chances to get mail in the. past
three months and -1 have received
71 letters and threegsood old, La-
donia News. I really did, en^oy
reading all the letters and the pap-
ers. I know from reading my let-
ters that $ have lots, more mail
some place yet but it willtakea
little time to get it all.
“The poorest man may in his cot-
tage bid defiance to all the force of
the Crown. It may be frail; its roof
----------may shake; the wind may blow
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Kean, George. The Roxton News (Roxton, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 33, Ed. 1 Friday, January 8, 1943, newspaper, January 8, 1943; Roxton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1424826/m1/1/: accessed July 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Honey Grove Preservation League.