The Canton Herald (Canton, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 11, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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he Canton Herald
Has Served Canton and Van Zandt County For Over 58 Years
THURSDAY, FEBUARY 11, 1943
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NUMESRR 6
VOLUME 01
II. H. RILEY
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ARMY SENDS
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NAMED BY
CREW AFTER
WAR BOARD
COUNTY JAIL
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the splendid cooperation tendered
Captain George
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LIEUT. WILEY LOUGHMILLER
Atlanta,
Wilton
cutting imple-
Daniel
Grace
BANQUET SPEAKER Emerson School
RED CROSS
Revenue Man
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BY ARMY WILL
Lions Dedieate
STARTSUNDAY
A
Meeting to Scouts
stamp with your order.
The local Lions club
"Stamp
among members of
poSSeSS ; cub scouts and leader, Paul Stan-
war
Zandt county
following
in
Enterment was
pallbearers
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will
a
en-
service for some time.
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In addition to
CARD OF THANKS
We take this method to thank
destroyed
part of leather, and all rub-
Fincher House Burns
will be in training i
East Texas State at all times,
- Remember Pearl Harbor-
eluding artics, gaiters, work, drese.
ordinary men’s overs. Shoe repairs are not
slippers.
ballet
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and girls will hold
seinblies Friday as
already
plans
coordinator when he visited Can-
ton this we* k to conclude all ar-
known
com-
To Aid Filling
Tax Forms Here
unused shoes, including all types
of boots and sho s made in whole
Ga.— Wiley
Canton,
to
of
ments, 18 girl’s dresses, 29 pairs
men's pajamas, 14 pillows, 7 small
section
there.
the
to
and
good
as-
to
c metery.
George
regular meeting held Monday at
the Dixie Hotel paid honor and
steel <
steps
of the city at
council held on
His
Wages.
Weldon.
Although
young women
WAACS Begin Schooling
At Commerce March 1
the
at .
or in
her
Van
$7,050.
This
urged
pledge,
clothe
The Red Cross war fund drive
will start March 1.
The national goal has been set
at $125,000,000.
part in winning thje war
home front.
Mr. Reeves of Terrell
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| men’s hospital robes, 5 girls bed by army and college administra-
j jackets, 5 children’s sleeping gar- tive officials.
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are to be complimented on their celved word that his
egs
rationing board for a
Special Assemblies
To Be Held By Clubs
a.
a family Uv- (
Above is a picture of Ralph H. Sanders, chairman of the county
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war i they have played an outstanding
club girls in the raising of bigger
and better gardens.
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of officers and men to commence ) east coast harbor but has seen
dismantling activities in Canton active sea duty during the past
February 15. | months
nishings belonging to his son, work shoes, hard soled moccasins
Ray Fincher, and wife who were and casual play shoes. fall within '
occupants of the house was de- this definition and are rationed.
mothers can use their stamps to i organization. The troop with Scout
buy shoes for their children. master, Mr. Galloway. Also the
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in our
profession and was also employed
government employment
G- H. Hilliard Resigns . J Roy Norman nascompieted nis
As Mayor ot tanton his officers training at Aberdeen
Shoe Rationing
Is Explained
District Chooses j WAR DRIVE
a second lieutenant
______ — I Big Spring to Midland He states I
livestock. especially pork, and the j that he likes his work fine and
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i been so good to help us
All great loss when fire
a climax
last year and we emphasize the
has been
1 ordinary Munns and family
as special Odom and family
in Canton and
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ization and help from everyone.
CLAUDE RILEY.
County Chairman
is quite an increase over
about 1.30. The fine started from and hard soled house slippers and
a flue in the kitchen. Their many boudoir slippers, infants soft soled clog and toe rubbers and lumber-
friends are indeed sorry to hear shoes, L_.. “,i__, .___-___ " — "
of their loss. water-proof rubber footwear, in- rationed."
The government, however, is
urging all who have scrap to sell ]
SCRAP DRIVE
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“Th steel bunks,
The Emerson school district
held an election and voted unan-
imously to consolidate with
Martins Mill high school.
result from the dismantling
“Persons who do not
for the aimy. Your scrap metal
is needed now.
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of George Jasper Loughmiller,
With Our Boys i
In The Service
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on the
our home end all in it except four
quilts May God be with you all
if sorrow comes your way.-J. W.
and other scrap
ments.
County Judge L.
farmer, and attended the Univer-,
sity of Texas. He enlisted in the
made from the best steel obtain- marine corps in July, 1942.
Witte, ! --
able," assesrted
community center
national 4-H mobilization week,
Witte, assistant
county to the government is typi- serving in the army air corps sta- )
cal of its inhabitants for, in 1942, tioned at Winfield, Kansas, flew |
the war production board awarded home Tuesday of last week and
a pennant to its 31,000 residents spent two days here. His brother,'
for having collected 100 pounds Cpl James K. Todd, also in the
of scrap iron per person air corps, stationed at Waco met
in line with the new policy of him for the visit with their pa-
providng the necessary labor and rents, Mr. and Mrs. j K Todd.
steel bars and steel
Mrs. D. W Compton and
FINAL RITES FOR
E IL BARNES HELD ing in the same household and j dedicated the meeting to the local
related by blood, marriage, or Boy Scouts in the observance of
Funeral service for Lecil Barnes adoption For example, fathers or I the 33rd anniversary of their
February 6 to 14. Each club is
segregation and removal of scrap
and fully equipped with trucks, j , T
1, i j . , , I Loughmiller,
cranes, blocks and tackles, air . .
. , commissioned
compressors, oxy-acetylene torches
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and Edward
mu~h of the campus will be reduin
sitioned have not been revealed a rent house owned by Claud ber soled shoes. All
approximately 600 Fincher and the household fur- types, and such types :
for f .0
------ I by the
raising all the extra food possib e se:iec
in 1943. That is the one important
way farm youth can do their ) James Couch, serving in the ma-
part in the war effort. The club chinists division of the army air
boys of the county have taken an corps, has been transferred from
active interest in the feeding of
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Cox. You are urged to get in
touch wth them as soon as pos-
sible.
in the
contribution by the citizens
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with Clyde
Ayers, W. A Bass and Curtis
Knight and District Attorney
Paul Stanford greeted Captain
Witte at the county court house I ried to the former Miss
and later accompanied him on a Elizabeth Hodges. He is the son
tour of inspection of the jail.
is good for one pair of shoes
between February 9 and June 15
in any store that sells shoes if
। you buy by mail, enclose the
the new girls’
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membership drive
“If a person needs to buy shoes mad- in honor of the local troop,
and has no stamp 17 in his imme- j Especially mentioned was their
diate family which he can ""
I he may apply to his local
rolled will work on
to take
“I’ll try
Colonel Julius Dorenfield, Jr.,
coordinator of salvage and special
representative of Major General
; tion is liberal There are only
four main points for consumers
i to remember.
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feed and Dale Palmer, well
a fighter and myself” throughout the county has
- This slogan is a good mark to , pleted officers training i
shoot at as it is impossible to ant-nircraft
raise to much food in 1943. ' Camp Davis, North Carolina, and n PEFUFT pEn
" j At these assembles to be held , received his commission as a sec- ULU DE ’ ni—l mL-
by all the clubs over the county, i and leutenant. Lt. Palmer before CROSS REPORTS
be entering service was a teacher by 1 • ______
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rangements for dismantling the
jail so patriotically donated to
the government as a scrap metal
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transferable
transportation to remove scrap ____—
{ metal for those who patriotically j B T Sanders, Jr., has been
donate it to the government, the given a petty officers rating in
army is sending a complete unit the U.S. navy. He is now at an
F. Sanders,
launched. Members
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County Commissioners
work was confirmed this w< ek
Beginning in October w have
i finished and turned in the fol-
l lowing Red Cross articles: 17
Van Zandt county.
Tons of steel arc expected
use, work in the war effort for which
r ration book I may apply for ford, were special honored guests
- --sh at a local war pr ce and at a very delightful luncheon and
numbers of interesting talks were
"All retail sales on rationed
shoes were stopped from Sunday,
February 7. until Tuesday morn-
ing, February 9 This freeze pe-
riod let the dealers sort out ra-
tioned shoes from unrationed
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On Monday, Feb 15. a repre-
sentative of the treasury depart-
ment internal revenue service will
be in the county courtroom im
Canton to assist the citizens im
working out their income taxes
and in filling out their forms
Walter Barnps of Denton.
-----—— women’s army for training pur- i all who attend.
Stop scrapping b tween your- poses. Which buildings or how
,, selves and do all your scrapping
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G. H. Hilliard resigned as mayor has received his commission as a
a meeting of the । second lieutenant in the U. S. ;
Monday night. The ] army, serving in the ordnance
aidermen indorsed C. A. Groves to department and has been stationed Miss Theda Richards. Before en- at
fill the vacancy. 1 at Greenville, South Carolina. He tering the service he was a pop- groups, which will remain for sx
Mr. Hilliard has served the city was here last week for a visit ular teacher in the schools of the weleks of instruction Wi be s ag-
in this capacity for the past six with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. county. Mrs. Norman also taught gered, three hundred WAACS re-
years and has rendered a valuable David Norman, andother relatives, and had charge of the WPA hot porting every three Wee and
service in financing ths affairs of He was accompanied to his new lunch program in the county for three completing training every
the city. quarters by his wife, formerly some time. three weeks.
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the jail by an army unit, the first
of its kind in the United States,
specially trained in the collection I
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more they would understand how His preliminary training was
vital it is for them to get in Camp Bowie.
their scrap. ---
This contribution by Van Zandt Pvt. William T. Todd who
stroyed by fire Sunday afternoon "These are not rationed: Soft
Completion of plans for the col-j
lection of the remaining scrap
in Van Zandt county was com-
pleted this week, Judge L. F.
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“and citizensof Van Zandt county) Andrew Haynes has just re-[
son, Leon
donation. If more peple realized , Haynes has landed safe-ly over
how the acute shortage of scrap sheas and doing fine.Leon is serv-
metal in the steel mills is slow- ing in the U. S. army and has
ing up our production then the been in service about 9 months.
Appointment of H. H. Riley as
community service member of the
Van Zandt county war price and
rationing board was anounced Feb.
1 by B A Mitchell, chairman of
the board
“We are fortunate in having the
servi: of Mr Riley on the board,
with his appointment approved
j by the office of price administra-
tion.’ said Chairman B. A. Mitch-
ell "All informational material
from the OPA, for the public and
for merchants, on point rationing
and on future programs will be
distributed through him.
"He will also be the publicity
representative for the local board,
giving the news of its activities
to the papers of the county, along
, with such information as the dis-
trict office of price alministratioa
j gives him for publication.
"H H. Riley will also represent
the local board and the OPA in-
i formation division in their rela-
1 tions with local organizations,
I clubs and volunteer groups which
assist in getting information to
the public on price control, ra-
tioning and rent control, and the
reasons for regulations issued.”
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Richard Donovan, commanding ... ,,
general of the eighth service 1,' 7
command, was highly gratified at ' ‛ed*a, 3
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types Beginning Tuesday morn-
ing. any man. woman, or child
can get shoes by presenting Stamp ।
17 in war ration book 1. The book
is the same one used for coffee )
and sugar rationing
“Stamp 17 will good through
June 15 Anyone entitled to war
ration book 1 who hasn't been
issued one may get it from his
local board
“The plan is simple and the ra-
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in the U. S. marine corps and will • — •
undergo final phases of the ARMY GETS A JAIL—The government, through the Eighth Service Command, is now the
rugged officers' traning course at proud owner of the former Van Zandt County Jail at Canton. Citizens of the county trans- !
Auantico, Va., before taking to ferrod title to the building, which contains tons of fine steel, to the Army. On hand to ac
thetfield leathernecks in cept the title was Capt. George Witte, assistant co-ordinator of salvage for the Eighth
Lieut. Loughmiller, 29, is mar-' Service Command, Dallas, who is the man in uniform with the group in front of the building.
Zandt county's quota is
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importance of a thorough organ- | “Stamp 17 in war ration book I ■
Reasor, prominent young people’s defense council announced Wed-
speaker, who will address the nesday. The army has moved in who Passed away at his home in
approximately 50 men with trucks the Mill Creek community on
young pi opes nque at e to travel the rural routes of the 1st Tuesday was held the folow-
— ,Hugh Denson, serving with the Baptist church Friday, February county for metal, ing day at the High cemetery this book at
it to their nearest dealer who has armv engineering forces, wrote 12, at 8 p. m. The army will begin its work, .. . . . ,
the necessary equipment and per- Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reynolds in i Mr. Reasor has been in young sunday, Feb. 14, and all patriotic with Rev. Lyle Price, pastor ° rationing poar
sonnel to process it an I who will Canton this week stating that due people’s work for qute some time, van Zandters are asked to put the Church of Christ of Wills
then ship it to the mills where it to censorship that he cannot dis- having served as B. S. U. presi- all the scrap metal they have at Point, conducting. Mr. Barnes had
will be rushed into production, i closc his location but that he is dent at Baylor University in 1940- their mail boxes for the army to been in failing health for several
Arrangements were made with out of the United States. The fact 41. He was elected to “Who’s pick up. The metal is not being months and he was stricken sud--
Judge Sanders for one section of that he states that he is trying his Who" among college and uni- b0ught by the army, but it is to mont sand tti"a i a cei at pri certificate
the army mobile collectingqsaggehand at skiing is evidence thatversity men for the year 1941, be “ direct donation l° the army, hes home abott %30 a m Tu“- ' eqpur simp isthe procedure Mr Rmv„ o emei we ,
unit to be quartered at the Van he is experiencing much colder and has won acclaim on numer- Those persons knowing where was almost sudden. th. store sells shoes ’ <Lsonsrna •
A ■ climate than we have. He refers to Ous occasions as a banquet spsak- there is deposit of metal too the f the Tuesdav February 9 : 1 1 "enter,
d , Sam pAa MRipley special," that hegisin er who 18 both entertaining and heavy to —V to .he mall box atMSandtse J Barnes „ T Knntn omectdstamp,17 “o thehystt a number o
Jones, commander of SamRusse tune with a radio station at San aspiring. should leave a note beside the box wer, lione , . sidents of th -0 _ — c ... ificat f,„ each , t S c.
Post 303, American Legion, in Antonio and that it is coming in Ray Ingram, pianist from Tyler, directing te soldiers whre they . . on 4 1R77 _pa_ wills < ,, 1 I II.5
Wills Point, to house the second He asked that his will also be present to render mncrin 567 " ‘ sale of a singlepair ofshoestse week a very beautful re-dedication
in the legion building p V . • the Heraid not special music for the occasion He , , Point. When only young id Save all stamps and certifi ceremony was held at the local
address bePu ’ Ia p -muscno M1SS Manomne Judge Sanders emphasized the family moved near Canton which cates collected from your cus- Methodist church on Sunday even-
knowing that < g Canton who will sing a fact that there will be no tin has been the family home since tomers. Do not pass them on to ing and their activities for th*
i restricted our domg so in ord- Sd of C t drive and that time .He was married to Miss your wholesaler or supplier. You week win beclimaxed with a
। to hear from some of his C n soo. Otl er numherssuprssesbmn that Miss Henrietta James chair- Anna Lee on January 12, 1913, and will be informed what to do with n raising ceremony at th.
friends. , in Alaska for a Zn andssevermlssurrrs8 m man of the tin can collection for to this union threc children w re them in the near future school assembly or Friday morn-
Hugh had been in Alaska develop in the course p the county, will make an an- born who with his wife survive. IYou may continue to buy from ing
,, i more than a year. He has man 8ram nouncement on this project at a Mrs. R H Yantis of Abilene, your suppliers with a complete ______
Van Zandt county. cu) as. friends in Canton and we suggis All of the young people of Can- later date. Bruce Barnes of Dallas and Jesse fre dom except that you will owe BROTHER TO COUNTY MEN
S ' ) that they see Mi Reyno s an ton and surrounding communities In the towns, the army trucks Barnes of Canton Also two grand- him stamps and purchase certifi- DIES IN CORPUS CHRISTI
, get his address and give him are invited to this special pro- will go down every street for children and seven sisters. Mrs. cates for every pair received. You _____
what we know will be a welcome gram. Tickets may be had from collection of scrap and citizens of Laura Fowler of Muskogee, Okla., may receive any shipments that Word was received here Sun-
line from folks at home. Bill Grubb, Betty Stovall, Mary the towns should plce their do- Mrs. Donnie Compton. Mrs. Ella were in transit as of 3 p. m. day announcing the death of C.
Katherine Grant, and Patsy Ruth nated metals at convenient places Johnson, Mrs. Ida Waggoner, and February 7, without regard to ra- C Shaw of Corpus Christi, for-
near the road for collection. Mrs. Sam Waggoner of Canton; tioning. merly of this county The tele-
Mis. "Keep records of all shoes re- gram stated that he was hit by
, ceived and sold after the order a car on last Thursday and died
High becam effective. Sunday following the accident,
were "At any time before February 12 Mr. Shaw was 62 years of age
J. R. Travis, members of the trade may delivei and is survived by his wife and
Commerce, Feb. 9. -That a con- Wilson Weldon, Paul Barrier, or ship to consumers shoes that several children The family left
tingent of WAACS will report to Chester Ogletree. Harry Groves had been ordered by them and this county about 37 years ago
East Texas State Teachers college and A w Pittman. had been wrapped, marked, or but returned here on frequent
March 15 for traning in clerical ------------- set aside for delivery before Feb visits and will be remembered by
SINGING Al BAPTIST ruary 7. In these special cases, many friends here. Three broth-
CHURCH HERE THURSDAY the shoes may be delivered without ers .B L N. A and H p Shaw
collecting ration stamps, all of this county survive.
There will be singing at the “Within a short while,shoe re-
dormitory and the boys’ dormitory Baptist church in Canton Thurs- tailers wil be required to open a
which will be vacated by stu- day night, Feb. 11 Everyone is ration banking account and to de-
dents to provide living quarters invited to attend. The singers posit therein all of the stamps 17
for the women's auxiliary army , have been meeting at this place and shoe purchase certificates each and everyone who
corps, other buildings on the every two weeks and interest and they have coll cted.
campus will be turned over to the enthusiasm is being expressed by “Here is what is rationed
quilts or lap spreads, making a
; total of ninety-fivie articles in all.
keeps two airplanes in mechanic il : Mrs. R F. Chamblee is chair-
condition for the air corps. He is man and Mrs. Jim Flatt is co-
the son of Mrs. Rebecca Couch, chairman.
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