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WOODBINE
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SGT. GARLAND SMTH.
ville hospital
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krieg
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against no enemy opposition.
European theatre.
Tries to
k Out
Baker, 21, Camp Howze,
irothy Anita Schoel, 21,
Grand Island, Neb.
.O’Neal
to aid in financing the program
t
will come from current revenues,
Fund
drives.
publicity.
James
able to concentrate
their
aircraft, Sgt
Gilbert
in the county and area, and col-
MYRA NEWS
J
Strugglin
ness, Sgt.
checked his
chute, dragged him
release his
man and pulled his
of
the
Bewildering cries
holds the
seen action
in Italy, Germany,
Mrs. J. H.
wire entanglement, but the cap-
South‘Moriis street, Gainesville.
around the end where there was
dalagan in central Negros.
mg,” Pfc. Walker said.
‘ve cap-
of
tured several hundred
the war, including
teel
little more
as
war.
Churchill
losses were
in
Greenwood Sunday.
a
Cpl. J. Mathews, that he had
$,
3
WAR
$
fouination of sound
Rovaltv Deeds
Segin
fee survey, abst. 223
ly
am.
Williams, 40 acres out of A. D.
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abst .757: three acres out of the
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com.
abst 757; 3 acres out of the Rob-
WMBWM mumsmsum
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Pfc. Loyd A. Walker Tells of Jap
Captain Cut Down Near His Foxhole
110 Junior Red Cross Volunteers
Serve During 1944-45 School Term
Ka
of
to the camera hatch and clutch-
ing him, jumped from the burn-
ing plane. Not until he was cer-
tain that hit wounded comrade’s
chute was opening did Sgt. O’Neal
Romania, and Bulgaria. He en-
tered the ai r corps June 26, 1940.
Sgt. O’Neal’s parents, Mr. and
presidential unit citation with the
oak leaf cluster. He has served
overseas for 11 months, having
“He must have had more than a
dozen bullet holes in his stomadh
was preparing to bail out that
the severely wounded waist gun-
ner was unal ole to leave the plane.
In spite of h: s own weakened con-
dition, he selflessly went to the
acres
survey.
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Walker for more than two years
in the Pacific.
Members of the Junior Red
Cross chapter of Gainesville were
quite active during the 1944-1945
season, with 110 volunteers who
served under the sponsorship of
the Latin clubs with the coopera-
tion of the Girl Reserves and the
music department.
Working in a supervisory ca-
pacity were Mrs. E. C. Thompson,
Miss Theo Bagwell, Miss Virginia
the celebration of a Chinese new
year," he added.
Easy Loan Tei
TO HELP YOU FIGHT 1
ON THE FOOD FRONT.
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JUNIOR RED CROSS MEMBERS—Pictured here are several
chapter at work at high school on Red Cross projects.
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Heevy-DutyTm
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The 716th battalion I
Camp Howze in Febru
after maneuvers in Lou
mained at the encamps
May.
Shortly thereafter
sailed to New Guinea,
uary 9 landed at Ling
in the initial invasion!
After fighting for a
months in the-mountain
ern Luzon, the 716th
joined the 40th division
vasion of Panay.
Commander of the b
Maj. Harold D. Wood, a
of West Point, who as
duties in the field on L
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4
lecting contributions during the
War Fund Drive.
A total of 7,000 articles were
completed in the production room
no wire.
• “As he fired no weapons, he
was almost on top of us before
anybody saw him.
mission to destroy important mar-
shalling yards in Romania. Flak
fragments struck Sgt. O’Neal shat-
tering his heel and ankle. Des-
spite his severe wound, he hero-
ically continued to photograph
the area until the camera, struck
by another flak shell, was blown
out of the hatch. Completely dis-
regarding l is own safety, he
crawled to tie waist window, re-
paired the ammunition belts and
commenced 1 iring at the oncoming
enemy planes contributing to the
destruction of 40 enemy lighters.
James Henry Jenkins, 67, El
Reno, Okla., and Mrs. Nettie Inez
Thrailkill, 64, El Reno, Okla.
Leonard M. Gault, 21, Camp
Howze, and Helen M. Rocco, 28,
Marshall, Mich.
Roy T. Johnston, 33, Camp
Howze, and Cecile Watson, 26,
Gainesville.
Sam De Arman, 62, Paoli, Okla.,
and Mrs. E. C. Witcher, 58, Nor-
man, Okla.
Harold R. Fullwood, 26, Camp
Howze, and Carole Barbara Stu-
‘ pfel, 22, Salem, Ore.
16TH DISTRICT COURT
New Cases Filed
Virginia Frances Little vs. Ken-
neth Robert Little, divorce.
WOODBINE, May 29—There
will be preaching service at the
StTw schorliw
enIS, MT- aDa Mrs.
now reside.
of the Junior Red Cross
By SGT. J. GARLAND SMITH
Register Correspondent
TALISAY, Negros — Climaxing
Ellis county produces the larg-
est amount of honey of any Texas
county, with 439,406 pounds
survey, abst 628.
McKenna, Inc., to Eileen Me-
inna, et al, west 40 acres out
the E. A. Clubb survey, abst
guez survey, abst. 680; and 4312
acres, being 34% acres out of the
Fielder of Wichita Falls visited
friends in Myra Sunday.
Mozelle Bragg of Belleview is
visiting Miss Johnnie Beth Har-
rison.
Mrs. Norma Warner of Dallas
spent the weekend visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Payne.
, Mrs. L. N. Almon and children
of Whaley Chapel visited Mrs.
John Ware Sunday.
Mr. nd Mrs. John Wright of
Cleburne spent Sunday with Mrs.
J. T. Biffle, Sr.
W. C. Kirkpatrick of Gunter
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Doyle Dees.
Messrs. Doyle Dees and Arthur
Dees visted their brother, Earl
Dees, in Fort Worth last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hudson vis-
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Gainesvile (Tex.) Weekly Register, Thursday, May s, G
company to Kenneth D. Blanton,
et ux, part of block A, Clements
addition, Gainesville.
Quit Claim Deeds
E. H. Dove, et al, to Alden E.
Dove, 20% acres out of H. Cof-
fee survey, abst 223.
Mrs. Louise Dove, et al, to E.
H. Dove, 694 acres out of H. Cof-
ert Ekey survey, abst 356; 3%
acres out of the William Slingland
survey, abst. 897; and 2% acres
out of the Carl Sagers survey,
abst. 938.
31 acres out of the William
Slingland survey, bst. 897; and
21 acres out of the Carl Sagers
Survey, abst. 938.
Joseph Fleitman to W. T. Lucas,
100 acres out of the Justo-Rodri-
feet
m
IOANS FOR FARM IMPROVEMENTS,
LOANS FOR CARE AND REPAIRS,
LOANS TO PAT FOR NEW___
AND FOR OTHER FARM NECESSIT
' Tank Battalion, Trained at Camp
Howze, Spearheads Pacific Drive
Gainesville Girl
Is Baylor Grad
Miss Jewell Maurice Holcombe
Qf Gainesville is a member of- the
spring graduating class of Baylor
university school of nursing, Dal-
las.
Comemncement exercises will
be held Tuesday evening, May 29,
at Gaston Avenue Baptist church
in Dallas. A distinguished mem-
ber of the nursing profession, Miss
Katherine Densford, president of
the American Nurses’ association
and director of nursing education
at the University of Minnesota,
will give the graduation address.
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his head and then around his an-
kles.
“Next, a Browning automatic
rifleman opened fire. The Jap
looked as if he had been hit, but
he still moved forward with the
fury of a madman.
“Two other soldiers, one with
a Garand and the other with a
carbine, failed to bring him down.
Cat Down by Tommy Gun
“I saw one of our men stand up
and fire a tommy gun. It looked
as if the men were standing face-
to face. The Jap fell.”
The infantryman who stopped
the fanatical Jap was Sgt. Martin
Morasch of Endicott, Wash., a
Browning automatic rifles, Gar-
ad rifles; carbines and I—2'
BACOLOD, Negros .Thetzista
Oday
and Doi
Sgt. Albert Bensky, 26, Camp
Howze, and Minnie Louise Baker,
—• 20, Camden, S. C.
-- Guy Leon Mask, 21, Dexter, and
Mollie Frances Henry, 20, oes-
field.
Thomas J. Engle, Jr., 21, Deca-
tur, Ala., and Martha Jo Etchie-
son, 24, Norman, Okla.
Ratification
Mrs. F. L. Thomson to Sinclair-
valleys and highlands of Mt. Man-
dalagan. Walker explained.
“From the flash of machine
guns, rifles and grenades,” he
said, “we could tell wounded and
dead Japs were piled high—
trapped in the wire.
Captain Advances
Infantry division's blitz-
drive from Pulupandan to
are producing •
J keep your R
ault with us today. M
nn a-- a. .a - - - ■____ —
arrived back in the states. Cpl.
Mathews has been stationed in
the front line experiences of Pfc. wounded echoed throughout the
Loyd A. Walker; formerly of - ......." "
Gainesville, Texas and nephew,
of Sheriff Carl Wilson, during
British Casualty
List Up to 1,128,315
LONDON May 30—Prime Min-
way things looked we had a feel-
ing the Japs would pull a ban-
zai.”
Exactly as the infantrymen had
predicted, the Japanese about 10
p. m. attacked the perimeter in
force.
“Like all of the other men in
the company,” Walker continued,
“I lay in my foxhole—waiting. I
had a carbine rifle, and my fin-
ger was on the trigger.
. “The" Japs pushed against the
wire. Empty ration cans which
we had tied to the wire rattled
like the rioise of a billy goat eat-
ing through a trash dump.”
The 40th division infantrymen
at this point. Walker said, went
into atin with machine guns,
279
McKanna, Inc., to Eileen Mc-
Kanna,. et al, west 50 acres out
of the E. A. Clubb survey, abst.
• • 279
- McKanna, Inc., to Eileen Mc-
Kanna, et al, 22% acres out of the
J. DeGuire survey, abst 341.
Ross W Suggett, et ux, to Tok-
- 2lan Royalty Corp., 320 acres out
of the W. H. Daniel survey, abst
1660; 80 acres out of the William
Parks survey, abst 831.
J. T. Mooney to James L. An-
derton. 70 acres, out of the A. C.
— C. Bailey survey, abst. 44.
J. T. and W. M. Mooney to
ited Mrs. Hudson’s mother
Farm-to-Market
Road Program Set
AUSTIN, May 30—A $60,000,-
000 post war farm-to-market road
program in which $30,000,000 of
state funds will be matched with
federal funds, was announced by
the State Highway commission
yesterday.
The commission, by its approval
of this program, commits the state
to the construction of 5,830 miles
of farm roads and maintenance
of an additional 1,375 miles of
surfaced farm roads.
Counties will not be required
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Burks
and family moved to Gainesville
Friday.
“Not one Jap came through the Tom Gaston of Denton: Mrs.
- . . . - Edna Fielder of Linn; Mrs. Mary
tain, quietly and slyly, slipped storey, Floresville, and Miss Ruth
“By transferring this tremen- the group were production room
dous financial burden from the , work, programs, “lights up” for
county government to the state, both the infantile paralysis and
government, the counties will be ( Wr Fund drives, publicity,
able to concentrate their local packaging of supplies, shipping of
funds on the roads remaining un- : finished articles, office work,
der county control and should be1 making movies of Junior Red
able to make great strides in im- cross activities for publicity use
proving these farm roads,” the ■ - - * ...... .
commission stated.
“We found the Jap officer it
wu-3 daylight only two feet from Sgt
hand Morasch s foxhole, Walker said.
100 acres out of the Justo Rod-
g- -R, —77 T-* m t w riguez survev. abst. 680; and 43%
E H.DoXe» t0 Mrs. L. M. acres being 34% acres out of the
McKinney and Williams survey.
“After a full day of close fight- * “First, a soldier next to me
«” Dfa Welkep eoid “re con- trained a machine gun on him.
But he still came on, swinging
66 months of the war was only a
1 : than a third as large
that of he British empire in
the 52 months of the first World
Application of Luther D. Turner
for letters of administration, with
the will annexed, upon the estate
, of Ida Turner Rollins, deceased.
New Cases Filed, Criminal Docket
State of Texas vs. Hosey Dil-
lard, theft of over $5 and under
$50.
State of Texas vs. Adolph Schu-
macher, possession of liquor for
the purpose of sale.
Birth Certificates
Ruth Belle Danton, George Ben-
jamin McBroom, Earl Smith, Jr.
Edward Noah Batis, Vinnie Mae
Sullivan, John Henry Hoff.
Lillie Bell Zornes, Oro Mae
Buck.
Mary Iva Wilson.
Walter Robert Glenn, Johnnie
Ruth Stansbury, Edith Estelle
Brown.
COUNTY COURT
Marriage Licenses
Alfred E. Foyant, 31, Camp
Howze and Helen Elizabeth Jones,
26, St- Louis, Mo.
OUTPOINTED
SPOKANE, Wash. J
wife of Clarence Ma
fighter known in the ri
Montana,” doesn’t waz
“sparring partner.” I
court seeking a div
Blanche Mathison testi
son hasn’t (ought pr
since their marriage I
said that he beat her
rious occasions. *
grenades.
“THe fireworks sounded like
“Before dark we stretched the
barbed wire around the perime-
ter as a precaution against an
enemy night attack. From the
survey, abst 223,
Mrs. L. M. Williams to.H.
Dove, south half of 41 acre tract
out of H. Coffee survey, abst 223.
Dennis Zimmerman to R. L.
Davis, one-fourth interest of the
undivided interest of R L. Davis
inth estate of w. H. Davis, de-
Gainesvillle Man at
Longview Hospital
Decorated Recently
T-Sgt. Jai nes A. O’Neal, for-
merly with the 449th bomb group,
15th Air force, now a patient at
Harmon Generar hospital, Long-
view, Texas; was presented' the
Distinguished Service Cross at a
formal retreat ceremony recent-
ly by Col. G. V. Emerson, com-
manding officer of Harmon, for
extraordinary heroism in action
over Romania, April 4, 1944.
His citation reads as follows:
Robert Ekey survey, abst..356; thsinyaionoaanai deslanded
at Pulupandan on Negros He is
entitled to wear the Philippines
Campaign Ribbon of Liberation
with one bronze star, the Asiatic-
Pacific theater ribbon and the
DSC Presentation
Made to Sergeant
James A. O’Neal
field.
In Panay Invaion
Pfc. Walker was among the
first troops ashore March 18 in
This airstrip had taken a worse
pounding than any airfield mem-
bers of the 716th battalion, and
40th division infantrymen had
found either on Luzon or Panay.
First Stiff Opposition
At the Magsungay river cross-
ing the Americans encountered
their first stiff enemy resistance.
The Magsungay river flows one
mile south of the city limits of
gunner, Bacolod.
barbed wire imported from Japan, the saber round and round. The
— - * “ captain whirled the saber over
■ I v ■ warumne vurns am or.
ganie BMrW ah ackeleratd nte. An’-ra-wi
aceofcothonaJulydytayuse dhe SST-J
heat energy of 40 b,„1>u.u
To < £
it from erosieisthegpeatege sngj Arf
O’Neal, live at 714
ister Churchill announced yester-
day that the British empire armed
forces had Suffered 1,128,315 cas-
ualties during
307,291 killed.
The reported death toll for the
MYRA, May 29.—Mr. and Mrs.
Lon Blanton and Mesdames John
Blanton and Parker Fears were
visitors in Sherman Teusday.
S-Sgt. and Mrs. Jake Guon
Biffle of Mission are spending his
furlough with Mr. and Mrs. Jake
G. Biffle, Sr.
f Mrs. Frank Needham went to
Fort Worth Wednesday for a few
days’ visit.
Sgt. and Mrs. Leon Mitchell left
Thursday for Garden City, Kan-
sas for a visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dees moved
to Myra Thursday from Corckett,
Texas.
Mrs. W. S. Duggan left Thurs-
day for her home in Hobart, Ok-
ahoma, after a visit in the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Johnnie
Biffle.
Mrs. Lennie Wheelis went to
Fort Worth Friday for a week-
end visit.
I C. L. Maxwell arrived home
Friday morning from Biggs Field,
Texas. He has an honorable dis-
charge from the army.
aid of
where articles of 14 different
varieties were made. Workers
contributed 1,900 hours or more of
volunteer service.
Awards have been earned by
52 workers, basis of the awards
being at least 25 hours of service,
or 15 hours of service and five
varieties of work. Insignias for
37 hours each have been awarded
to Rose Robertson, Troy Long,
Sara Lou Brooks, Maida Flowers,
Earl Gleim, Norma Jane Estes,
Warren Davis, Katherine Carter,
Dick Stark, Yvonne Snider, Er-
nestine Scholz, Margie Sherer,
Bill Agnew, Phillip Crawford,
combat infantryman’s badge.
Walker is a former employe of
MeKinne-nG-wim, “ oil company at Gainesville.
MeKinney, Williams, survey. He workedin the wheat harvest
“As photographer of a B-24 type
aircraft, Sgt* O’Neal was partici-
pating in a particularly dangerous
_________________-___p.g_____ Kimbriel and Miss Layuna Hicks,
and the state’s share of the cost who directed the Junior Red
wili Jume 1cn cuicui evenues. Cross workers in a variety of ac-
said the commission’s statement. tivities. Among the activities of
Prairie Oil company, 210
out of John MeKerley
abst. 639.
_____ .___ Distinguished Flying
Cross, the Air medal, and the
I The Japanese temporarily halt-
ed the advance with machine
guns and mortars. Enemy ma-
L THIIIIS MOTOR i
own rip cori. (T-Sgt. O’Neal has
exemplified the highest traditions
of the mili tary service and re-
flected great credit upon himself
and the a -med forces of the
United States.) Sgt. O’Neal also
chine guns barked on e
of the highway.
During the first ion
Commander Sgt. Paul R7
man of Homstead Par
whose gunners fired a
mately 600 rounds at enen
tions, said, “We have
this kind of fighting, and
it. Those Japs are hard
but we must have got 2
them. They aren’t talk
more.”
Infantrymen arrived <
scene before sundown te
lish a perimeter. They p
dangerous game of tag th
the night with Japanese!
ing to infiltrate and cut
the front lines.
The Japanese under e
darkness applied the t
most of the buildings t
occupied in Bacolod.
Early next morning i
men, supported by 76
fought their way into B
from dugout to dugou
house to house.
Some enemy troops set
positions in air raid1
which Filipinos had <■
American bombers first]
the Philippines last Sept
in report ng to commons, Mr.
---c1.‛1 i laid that additional
Japs Flee Coast
Japanese troops occupying Pu-
lupandan had fled when the in-
vasion armada lingered off shore
before dawn.
Riflemen, machine gunners and
mortarmen climbed aboard the
Sherman tanks and sped north-
ward down the concrete highway
toward Bacolod.
The white steel bridge across
the Bago river was still intact
but littered with aerial bombs.
Detonators had been removed
but the bombs still were unex-
ploded.
Fortieth division infantrymen
earlier had surprised the Jap-
anese, disarmed the bombs before
the enemy had time to set off
the charges. •
Enemy Dead Numerous
Enemy dead, overturned native
carts and slaughtered carabao
near the bridge were material
evidence of previous action.
The tanks pulled around_ the
bombs, moved ahead without de-
lay.
Three miles farther. north of
the eity of Bago, leading tanks
fired .30 caliber machine guns,
leaving another dead Japanese in
his “spider” hole and a bullet-
riddled helmet in the roadway.
The Americans found Bacolod
airstrip, frequent target of me-
dium and long range bombers,
full of craters resembling a fresh-
ly plowed Cooke county wheat
farm.
yey, abst. 36; 80 acres out of the
I. A. Biggs survey, abst. 71; and
160 acres out of the William Brunk
at Era in 1940. Before entering
the army June 13, 1941, he was
custodian for the Littlefield, Tex- s
here his par- 2
Cui Walker, 2
• «
ling to retain conscious-
:. O’Neal noticed as he
inflicted upon the ci-
vilian population of Britain by
enemy bombardment. He said
is reported doing nicely. .. at caxp -
I Mrs. Joe Potts and children of March 29 spearheaded the
Durant, Okla., visited her moth-; 40th Infasitry division's .blitz-
. er, Mrs. E. 14. South last week. krieg uxve a.u- —
I Mr. and M rs. M. A. Smith and this Vasayan city, capital of Oc-
' children of 1 Kilgore, spent Sun-1 cidental Negros and home of a
day with her parents, Mr. and Japanese army headquarters.
Mrs. Jess Wilson and daughter,1 ----*------d ee-hal hi
One Japanese attem
knock out a tank drive
Joe J. Homola of Fa
Minn., with a pole chain
exploded prematurely. J
The Nipponese leaped
building into the streetj
ately in front of the tM
was impossible for hid
the brakes, Sgt. Homolai
the Japanese, splatteringj
the body on the wall 9
story house. R S
After the smoke had
special cleanup squads!
every alley, house and
Bacolod for enemy trod
At high noon they sea
division headquarters fl
sage: “Bacolod is secum
and chest.” m
Walker is a veteran of three in- ■
vasions and as many ensuing land "
campaigns in the Philippines He
landed Jan. 9 at Lingayen gulf on
_____ Luzon, participated in the battle
W. T. Lucas to D. L. Monroe, for caves and tunnels of the Zam-
— - - - bales mountains dominating Clark
three months of combat in the
Philippines is the story of the
seemingly invincible Japanese
captain.
Brandishing a long saber of fine
steel, the captain advanced
through four lanes of fire before
a 40th division infantryman cut
him down with a tommy gun.
The action occurred within 25
feet of Pfc. Walker’s foxhole in-
side an overnight defense peri-
meter on the slopes of Mt. Man-
- - .....
tall, blond machinegun section
leader who has served with Pfc. Iceland for two years.
Within six and one-half hour
Miss Prudence. after the first waves landed at
Mr. and M rs. Merlin McCorkle pulupandan the tankrinfantr!
and family of Oklahoma City, vis-' team brought Bacolod under se •
ited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. I an-a21 hours later the Yanks pro-
George McCc rkle last week. | claimed it American-held tern-
Miss Clara Ford, teacher in Rad tory.
Ware school, returned to heri Tbis push of 18 miles from the
home at Forstburg to spend the । nrjginal beachhead in less than a
summer. 'full working day ranks as one of
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Smith of I the swiftest military advances in
Denison, spent the weekend with j the Philippines campaign,
his mother. Mrs. Ettner Smith. I Jumping across Guimaras strait
Alvin McKee received his dis-1 from Panay, where they helped to
charge from army service andiclean out Japanese occupation
arrived home Saturday morning j troops in nine days of close.fight,
to be reunited with his wife and ing, the 716th battalion landed
baby, after many months in the with the infantry at 9:30 a. m.
survey, abst. 80.
Deed of Trost
X H. Briscoe to F. M. Johnson,
lot of land being a part of block
81, Gainesville.
Georgia D. Jarrett to B. B.
Cowan, lots 2, 3, 4, 5, and part
of lot 6, block 2, Frick and Guth-
rie addition, Gainesville.
George Bayer, et ux, to Sterl-
ing C. Evans, trustee for the Fed-
eral Land bank of Houston, 47%
acres out of lot 6 and 100 acres
out of lot 5, John Barnett survey,
abst. 42.
D, B. Benson and W. E. Benson
to Jess M. Fry, trustee for the
Continental National Bank of Fort
Worth, 484 acres out of the S. P.
R. R. survey, abst. 980.
Mechanic’s Lein Contract
J. E. Blakely and A. E. Blake-
ly to Henry J. Luke Lumber Co.,
160 acres out of the John McDon-
ald survey, abst. 765; 77 acres
out of the S. S. Hale survey, abst.
1387; and 20 acres out of the T.
Toby survey, abst. 1050.
BUI of Sale
Mary Elizabeth Wade to A. V.
Wade and Milton Wade, an un-
divided one-sixth interest each
in the State theatre, 200 East Cal-
ifornia street; Ritz theatre, 108
North Commerce street; Plaza
theatre, 109 South Commerce
street; and the Texan theatre, 300
East California street.
Quit Claim Deed
Mary Elizabeth Wade to A. V.
Wade, et al, lot 4, part of lot 5,
block 18, original donation to
Gainesville.
E. J. Clement to J. H. Pettit,
lot 12, block 6, Sevier & Gribble
addition, Gainesville.
Release of Lien
Emma McCormick to J. A. Hall,
2% acres out of the M. W. Estes
survey, abst. 352.
Muenster State Bank to Lo n
Blanton and Z. L. Pittman, lot 6
and south half of lot 5, block 19,
Myra.
Mrs. Florence A. Koon to Clar-
ence T. Brown, lots 7 and 8,
block 2, Hahn’s addition, Gaines-
ville.
Assignments, Oil and Gas Leases
E. B. Cox and J. L. Hamon to
Sinclair Prairie Oil company, 1
acre out of the Thomas William
Ward survey.
T. R. Couch to Blackwell Oil
and Gas company, 100 acres out of
the J. T. Bloomfield survey, abst.
35; 80 acres out of the I. A. Biggs
survey, abst. 71; and 160 acres out
of the William Brunk survey,
abst. 80.
Release of Oil and Gas Leases
Quintin Little to J. R. Dick, et
ux, 100 acres out of the Robert
Furnash survey, abst. 368. .
Quintin Little to Josie Dick, et
al, 40 acres out of the Jacob Eber-
ly survey, abst. 360; 7 acres out
96the Jecob Eberly survey, abst.
Roy L. Blanton to Abe Cox, et
ux, 80 acres out of the I. A. Biggs
survey, abst. 71; 100 acres out of
the J. T. Bloomfield survey, abst
35.
Roy L. Blanton to Abe Cox,
et ux, 10 acres out of the William
Brunk survey, abst 80.
R. H. Lynn to John Bayer, 100
acres,- part of block 1, John Bar-
nett survey, abst 42.
B. L. Fain and O. C. Dickson to
J. B. Pace, 50 acres out of B. F.
Carpenter survey, abst 228; 285
acres out of N. R. Reed survey,
abst. 869; and 575 acres out of
Erastus Yeaman surve, abst
1173.
Release'’ of Deed of Trpst Lien
Lincoln National Life Ihsurance
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James L. Anderson, 163 3/5 acres
out of the A. C. C. Bailey survey,
abst. 44.
Clarence Giles to C. O. Ander-
son, 40 acres, more or less, out of
the William Moore survey, abet.
628.
James L. Anderson to C. O. An-
derson, 40 acres out of the Wil-
liam Moore survey, abst. 628.
Oil and Gas Leases
Ludie C. Brittain to John L.
Balderidge, 311 acres out of the
B J. Thompson survey, abst.
1006.
Stell Locke, R. O. Locke and
W. B. Locke to John L. Bal-
dridge, 177% acres out of the
H. Nail survey, abst. 790,
Mary Proffer, et vir, to John
Baldridge, 316% acres out of the
B. J. Thompson survey, abst. 1006.
John Bayer to R. H. Lynn,
108 85 acres of John Barnett sur-
vey, abst. 42.
John Bayer to B. H. Lynn,
north five acres out of J. W. Lit-
tleton survey.
Oil, Gas and Mineral Lease
Fred E. Wankan, et al, to Kay
Kimball, 180 acres out of the
James Izod survey, abst. 518.
S. L. Williams and Mrs. L. M.
Williams to Standard Oil Co.
of Texas, 40 acres out of the A. D.
Kendall survey, abst. 555; 26 acres
out of the H. Coffee Survey, abst.
223; and 3% acres out of the H.
Coffee survey, abst. 223.
Abe Cox, et ux, and Roy L.
Blanton to T. R. Couch, 100 acres
out of the J. T. Bloomfield sur-
Baptist church Sunday.
W. R. Cunningham, who under-
went an operation at a Gaines- __________________
one day last week. Tank battalion, former} Sh-e-7,
; nicely. 'at Camp Howze, Gainesyie,
Charles Howard, C. W. Lee, Ber-
delia Robinson, Electa Arrington,
Leta Faye Keel, Lillian Bruns,
Catherine Lowe, Ann Russell. Jo
Ann Blanton, Frances Winder,
Palma Purgason, Betty Dicker-
man, Shirley Beall, Blanchie Mc-
Whirter, Joan Thompson, Jean-
ette Townsley, Norma Weatherly.
Service bars for two and three
years of service were awarded to
Joyce Blevins, Bill Carroll, Fred
Brown, Betty Lou Hurley, Pau-
line Lark, Mary Ada Robinson,
Gene Ray Robinson, Ruby Wil-
hoit, Dorothy Jean Cowan, Von.
<ille Cochran. Junior high school
awards have gone to Edna Mc-
Coy, Jeannette Thompson, Vir-
ginia Sewell, Virginia Roberts,
lien Cox, Charles Murrell, Rosa-
mund Strickland, Mary K. Win-
der and Patricia Standifer.
Bill Carroll led the entire group
in hours served. He contributed
between 65 to 70 hours. Earl
Gleim has served the group as
student chairman.
Oregon F. Strong' vs.
Marcelle Strong, divorce.
Rosmary Bond vs.
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Homer Bond, divorce.
Mrs. Maude Della Paul, et al, vs.
Joe Gallagher, et al, partition and
division of land.
First National Bank vs. Homer
‛ Arthur and Lee Welch, suit for
debt and foreclosure of lien.
Cases Disposed Of
Ex Parte, Joyce Smith, writ of
habeas corpus granted, releasing
plaintiff from Gainesville State
Phillips Petroleum company,
..... et al, vs. Robert A. Jones, clear-
ance of oil, gas and mineral lease;
f judgment rendered in favor of
V i. plaintiff.
School for Girls.
Justice Court, Felony Complaint
State of Texas vs. Bill Walden,
forgery.
Myrtle Stanfill vs. Marion Stan-
fill, divorce granted, custody of
minor child awarded to plaintiff.
M. C. Hughes VS. Mary Ann
Hughes, divorce granted.
Edith Dills vs. Archie Dills, di-
a ’ • l vorce granted.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Warranty Deeds
. M , R. W. Brown, et ux, to J. H.
Briscoe, lot of land, being a part
of block 81, Gainesville.
C. H. Leonard to Howard K.
Simmons, lot 2, block A, Ernwood
addition, Gainesville.
Harry W. Holliday, et ux, to
J. W. Homer, part of lots 1 and
2. block 4, Scott’s addition,
Gainesville.
। C. C. Goggin, et ux, to Mrs.
Eula Spence, 50 acres of land off
the west side of survey 66 of the
Cooke county school land.
George P. Midkiff, et ux, to
Hattie Turner, a part of block 85,
Gainesville.
J. C. Rainey, et ux, to W. A.
Tyler, a part of the B. F. Carpen-
. , ter survey, abst. 228.
Warranty Deeds
Robert A. Green, et ux, to Mar-
tha Helen Myracle, part of lot 2,
block 9, Clement addition, Gaines-
ville.
John Rivoire, et ux, to F. H.
Greenwood, et al, a parcel of land
out of the Sarah Smith survey,
. abst. 913.
Z. L. Pittman to Lon Blanton,
un. lot 6 and the south-half of lot 5,
block 19, Myra.
L. H. Saunders, et ux, to R. L.
Moyers, et ux, lots 1 and 2 and the
east half of lots 7 and 8, block
3, Hahn’s addition, Gainesville.
Lucille Hudlow to J. B. Whit-
ley, lots 2, 3, 4, and 5, block 18,
Belmont addition, Gainesville.
J. J. Sandlin, et ux, to J. H.
" Homer, lot 12, block 6, Sevier &
Gribble addition, Gainesville.
J. L. McCombs, et ux, to Leia
. Steed, one acre out of lot 11, Fan-
nin county school land survey.
C. J. Berend, et ux, to Isidore J.
Berend, et ux, a part of John
Walker survey, abst. 1151.
John Bayer to George Bayer,
147% acres out of the John Bar-
..... nett survey, abst. 42.
Mineral Deed •
- ■ L M. Orsburn, et ux, to G. W.
Bugg, 17.98 acres out of Thomas
Rutledge surver, abst. 866; and
40 acres of Thomas Rutledge sur-
- < - vey, abst 666.
T. I. Sanders to F. C. Blagg, 40
acres out of the William Moore
Kendall survey, abst 555; 26 acres
out of H. Coffee survey, abst 223;
3% acres out of H. Coffee survey,
abst. 223.
E. H. Dove, et al, to Mrs. Louise
Dove, 69% acre} out of H Coffee
civilian casualties totalled 60,585
Mrs. Dorothy Mathews received nfdupwsards »
telegram from her husband, injured.
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