The Denison Press (Denison, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 22, Ed. 1 Friday, November 19, 1943 Page: 1 of 6
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The Denison Press
representative of the united press
DENISON, TEXAS, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1943
VOLUME XV—NO. 22
Berlin Given Its Heaviest Bombing
ALONG THE
NEWS BEAT
BY THE EDITOR
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The Poppy Sale
Denison owes a lot to those
fine women who annually con-
duct the poppy sale. Each year |
they siell all that are sent them
many times running out of pop-
pies at the noon hour. This year
the amount sent them was near-
ly double anything ever received,
the number being i5,000. Two
days were spent in spiling them
and the last poppy was sold at
the football game Thursday
night when the soldier boy.',
(God bless them) pitched in and
helped sell the last ore of
them. (How any one '-a a fail to
purchase one or more poppies
each year is beyond the thinking
of all patriotic people, and the
Ibird who always drags out a
poppy that is five years old and
shows it to t(he sales ladies to
try and dodge his part is some-
thing that no man with a drop
of red blood and loyalty to the
boys could think of doing.
ALL DENISON TO GIVE THANKS £reat ,^ires
c • T . . .-.----.T-. .7 ... ^ - Rage, Many
Services lo
Be Held In
Honor
Young Indians
Get Life Terms
InAtokaMurder
Schwartz, Killed Holidays To Be n. . m; .
In Auto Crash, Is 0bserved Here riant S Hit
'ay
The Sailor’s Prayer
A sailor has written to his
mother a copy of tbs Sailor’:-
Prayer which he found belonged
to the traditions of the sailor
shortly after he joined the serv-
ice. The mother sends a copy
to this column and we reproduce
it as indicating the lingo of the
sailor as he offers his evening's
devotions:
“Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray the Lord, my soul to
keep; grant me that before I
wake, no other sailor my shoes
and socks will take. Lord, watch
over1 me in my slumber, and sec
that my hammock stays on its
number. See that no clews or
lashings break to let me fall be-
fore I wake. Keep me safe
within thy sight, and let’s have
no fire drill tonight. In the
morning, let me wake, breathing
scents of sirloin steak. God
protect me in my dreams, and
make this better than it seems;
grant the time may swiftly fly
when I shrill rest with Thee on
high; In a soft and snowy bed,
where I long to rest my head,
far away from all these scenes,
from the odor of half-done
beans. Take me hack into the
land where they don’t scrub
down with sand; where no demon
typhoon blows, and the women
wash the clothes.
“Lord you know of all my
woes, feed me in my dying
throes take me back—I promise
then, never to leave home
again.”
Denison this year is to cele-
brate Thanksgiving day yjjth a
union service in which the
churches of the city forming the
Pastors Association, and backed
by the Laymen's League, will
have a part and the citizens of
Denison generally are called on.
to join in the event which is to
be held at Waples Memorial
church with Rev. Ben F. Hearn,
pastor of the First Christian
church, as the main speaker.
The service will be at 10 a. m.
The music will be in charge of
the choir of the Waples church,
and presiding over the service
will be the pastor of the church,
Rev. .1. C. Oglesby.
As usual, the offering which
may he received will go for char-
itable purposes and applied to
cases of need in the city.
Buried Ft. Worth
Two Indian youths who were
the objects of search by Gray-1
son county officers some time! Funeral services were conduct-
hack when they were thought to ed ,n Ft. Worth Tuesday for
By Various Ones London, Nov. 19—In what is
declared to he the heaviest raid
All Denison business houses, yet made on Berlin by British
along with many industries, and j heavy bombers, that city suffered
all schools are slated to be closed j the worst destruction of its war
for holidays and the day are, plants yet endured, according to
have fled in this direction after,Dave Schwartz, Denison business j Nov. 25, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, it1 estimated results as revealed by
slaying brutally a service station, ^an and head of the Cinderella :js announced. The vacation per- volumes of fire and smoke that
4 , 1 t a a\7 y. m am k. Alt .... .. — .. _ __ 1
man in Atoka, Okla., were given
life terms in Atoka in Judge
Roy Paul’s court this week. The
hoys are Clarence Carnes, 16,
and Cecil Berry 18. Their crime
was committed July 26th.
The Indian youths were
brought from the state prison
where they were being held for
Womens Wear store here and ;0(j 0f (foe sch00]s will last for a went high into the sky. The
owner of a store in Sherman. He period of eight days, however,! cl°udy w'eather prevented an ac-
made his residence in Denison. school opening on Jan. 3rd. curate estimate, but the destruc-
Mi. Schwartz met his death The days the business firms tion was no doubt great,
when the family car he was wj|j observe are to be Thanksgiv- The ldan °f attack was evi-
driving turtled on a wet highway inP) Christmas and New Year’s dently made on a large scale so
a short distance south of Denton day as to call out every available de-
when the family was on a Sun- Merchants will start their late fonse of tho Germans in order
day trip to visit in Ft. Worth Christmas closing hours about that the most destructve results
where Mr. Schwartzjat one time the 20th of Dec. it is believed!could be obtained.
The loss of British planes was
less than five per cent and the
safe keeping, to the Atoka court
for trial when they decided to| operated a store. He was driv-jand the hour will he 9 p. m.
plead guilty. j inpr the machine and in the car ___y_
The hoys sscaoed from the with him were his wife, his son
Atoka county jail two weeks Milton and wife and little boy j jq TPtiX
after their capture after heating j Ben, eight years old.
Jailer Jim Stewart, but were Nr. Schwartz was thrown from, ¥? 'J p J? otTf H 111 H f”
captured in the afternoon of the|the car on ,he pavement and met ■uimtlliailiuai
day they escaped. j instant death. Mrs. Schwartz and 1 QQ
Wayland was shot through thejher daughter-in-law sustained! 1
-V-
head by one of the boys when he
resisted them as they entered his
filling station and demanded his
money. They were captured less
result is declared to be entirely
satisfactory.
The attack on Berlin followed
a three day massive operation
my RAF and American squadrons
concentrating on vital sectors of
the Nazi war machine.
As usual tile German broad-
only slight injuries as well as the The tax rate for Denison for
who was suffering from'a p£S-j{£ old" f!guJ7of"s" accord- t0 haV? preventJd
. ----------------------- cal handicap from old injuries ing t0 actjon by tJ raiders coneenmmng on. the
than two hours later at String-! received in his football days, wasj ,ioners f0]lo^n‘ an estimated h' fUP n ' •
DpA PvnCC Hoc town at0P “ freight train wjiich severely injured. He sustained a .....
Ked Gross Haslthey had ridden out of Atoka. Ibroken pelvis and broken houl • 'rtan” raTce^Uem 7^'^
placed in a Ft. Worth hospital. ] if J f.'aler P' Le; ies °f Korosten and Rechista, fur-
m | , 4l. niching a furthei threat to the
ll*0Ct JXIil '• V .an<. •llS, V<1 *>u M Besides those in the car with W,T *)( required^ to fi- \azi garrison at Gomel, which
® lll,v °VP1 ‘l (IVI u 111 11 lp' I Mr. Schwartz wBo survive him nance the city for the coming lias been cut off from three sides.
Same Locals In
Judge Paul held a week’s term
of criminal court at Atoka last
All Denison representatives on
the Grayson County Red Cross
organization were renamed here
at a meeting held last week at
the Chamber of Commerce rooms. AlftlCleS F I*Om
The Denison group has served:
since last February.
Named for Denison are work-
Call For Many
Articles Froi
City Mission
ers of known ability and leader-
ship and they l ave done a fine
l are two brothers and a sistei V081'- It is also the maximum
I who reside in Springfield. III. rate f°r (he city as provided by
| The funeral was held in Ft. (he charter.
j Worth with interment there and The tax value of the city wa-
I several Denison friends joined the estimated as being $11,461,335.
store employes here to attend the Tax.es estimated to he due the
services. city before midnight Dee. 31
Danisonians attending the fun- ,cd,d 'he 'unl of $203,543.61.;
Future Farmers
Given Training
For Crop Needs
of Mr. Schwartz in
_ „ ,. , , , The future farmers now being
Ft. Collections have been almost 90 trai(ied jn the Denigon hiffh
mater-' Worth Tuuesday were Mrs P. W. PC1 cent <v tic pa>f few year sc^00| un<jer the leadership of
1 -- — ' • « i. and on that basis collections
“If anyone in Denison has any eral
clothing, shoes, bedding mater-
piece of work for the organiza- ial or other articles that may be'Tapp, Mrs. Hasie Riddle. Mrs. a"u "" LUi11 nasi.- collections Dov,e williams are being given
tion. The Denison group con-, used by needy families of Deni-j Daisy McClusky, Mrs. Bobby |idl0uld ''ring the city something: instruction 0f a practical kind
sists of Miss Jennie Jackson,'son and which can be spared to Acree, Mrs. Thelma Elsworth, llke *185'i000- Collection have needed to meet the risinjf demand
Ralph Geisenhoner, secretary our worthy needy in and near (Mrs. Charlsie Green, Mrs. Myrtle!,>een runaroun,i th? 80 l1' of more and better food produc-
treasurer; W. T . Ashburn, Mrs.) Denison, we will be glad to re- Jefferson and Mr. and Mrs. Ben|ien( level- , tion on the farm- of Texas.
Ben Munson, Jr. Other members ceive
Chance for Young Docto.'a
A picture of a young Ameri-
can doctor in Algiers at work
putting malaria germs on the run
and making a big ronPib’jtion,
to the people of that country,
along with a wonderful chance
to improve "his own knowledge
of his chosen profession, has
been received by the Press. With
it is a call for more young
Americas doctors to enter the
service. Wihat a chance for our
young doctors to really make a
contribution to their day and
hour. And what a pity so many
are choosing to remain at home.
No young man who can make
the grade of entering the serv-
ice, whether he be preacher, law-
yer, doctor or other profession
vfliich may be afforded prefer-
ment, can afford to take advan-
tage- of it. On the other hand,
it shows him the way to make
an offering that will do more to
show his real worth than it is
to choose to stay at home and
see his boyhood friends leave
jobs, homes, loved ones and go
to the front.
We opine it will he a great
deal harder for the ones who so
choose to stay at home and let
their friends fight for them, to
face their friends of pre-war
days when they return. They
will tell of battles won and
hardships undergone, and of the
need for medical care and spir-
itual advice and encouragement,
and of the shortage along those
(Continued on Tagc 6)
are John Revel!, Sherman, presi-
dent; Frank T1 ompson, Sherman,
vice-president, Mrs. J. R. Ever-
liearf and Miss Evorie Dillingham,
Sherman; Miss Inez Rh?ay
Whitewright; Mrs. J. E. Carpen-
ter, Whitesbori, Mrs. C. H.
Lackey, Toni B 'an, and W. W.
Blassingame, Van Alstyne.
The group will serve until next
regular election time when the
by-laws provide part of them
shall he replaced by new ma-
terial.
T1V meeting was hipjhlighted
by the visit of the field represen-
tative Mrs. Hallie McCartney
from the St. 1 ouis office.
During the past year a total
of 2,678 cases were handled, ac-
cording to tho annual report by
Mr. Geisenhonc ■. the report cov-
ering from Mardh 1 to Nov. 1
this year.
(Mr. Geise honor reported the
chapter received through the wav
fund $10,948.18, which was 28
per cent of the amount collected,
and had on hand $6,548.58,'
which was collected from dona-
tions to the chapter and supplies
for Red Cross programs. Funds
paid for ei .ergency financial as-
sistance to servicemen and their
families an l funds deposited for
remittance to service men and to
pay account; amounted to $4,-
856.06. Thee was $8,496.16 dis-
bursed in n eting the chapter’s
wartime s Tvice, particularly
home service, which includes giv-
ing aid to service men and their
it at the earliest
oppor- Label.
Batson
tunity," declared “Ma’
who, with her husband, conduct,
the Denison City Mission.
Mrs. Batson states that there
are several cases of which she is
familiar where urgent need is
now existing for many articles.
Food in some cases, is sorely
j needed. Some are compelled to
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The city’s bonded indebtedness
to he taken care of out of thi-
fund is placed at $45,574.96.
sleep (
enough
i the floor with
bedding material
not
estimated to be about $47,000.
On the basis of the usual collec-
More Boys Join
NaVY Through ('on' gencml nroif
___:ii <p.’- ooo oo
Local Station
With the acute food situation
now existing as to need for milk
, , products and farm products, Mr.
Fixed expenses of the city are.Williams is takinR his cliWS
fund
will receive $67,832.38, the
school fund $59.169 05, and the
public library fund $2,465.38.
Announcement is made through All collations above the 86
andlthe recruiting office
for the| pCr cent level will he placed ‘" the
with the winter weather just|U' S' Navy that pipht additional (he general school and library
around the corner, sickness and bo>’s havo ll0CT ,'(,ceiv0,, into ,h ’ funds.
service. All of them are from _____y_______
Grayson except one* Willard Lee! .
Jones, Of Meunster. PelloWS Of Abounded' DenUon Dam
death may follow unless
eases are cared for.
Murray Named
through a carefully prepared pro-
gram which will equip them with
the know how for the farm work
i of tlie coming season.
Proper pastures, methods of
feeding, production of meats
crop production form some of
instruction being given the
vocational agricultural work giv-
en By Mr. William-.
-V_
Sherman hoys enlisting are!
Hugh Edward Hall, Jr., K?nneth| /> A Vt < «ipv At*P7|
Bernard Norris. Allie Boyd Mat- lllvu
“I am astounded at file pro-
portions of the Denison dam. 1
had heard of it but had no idea
it was tho huge thing it is. It is
something that is bound to at-
Head Rod. Gun ^ST^-Name Officers
** *:.......... - *• cr
River Valley Odd Fellows and Paris business man who was here
of the Denison Rod and Gun, Montgomery,
club, the present incumbent,J
Verne W. Murray, was reelected|
president of the organization ^0l ;r\^1o , 'lA ■ • *
the next year. It was his thirdjUdcly i CSllllg
term as head of the organization.: yvr TVJrxov
Others named to succeed them- W 611 ixICUl
Rehekas association which
here Thursday night at Wood-
Durant, Okla.
selves were Ross W.
vice-president, Byron
secretary.
Board members elected at the| A "e11 in Cumberland oil field
stockholders’ meeting in October;near Durant in which several
are C. M. Esler, R. M. Johnson,| Denson parties are interested, is
Sam Stowers, W. J. Smith, A. G. being watched as to its develop-
•McRae, Millard Cope. Further, ment, and the report comes this
plans for the organization are to| week that testing of Pure Oil’s
he considered at a meeting to bo No. 11 Little 106 will be delayed
held at an early date, it is an- a' least a week,
nounced. The well in lie se se of 34-5-7,
families. For production and
lllirsing. $1 H) 86 was dislribu- MU* Crook. Return, to City
ted. The remittance to national (A* Office Secretary for Simmon*
headquarters, together with A former Denison young lady,
equipping ar.l maintaining offi- Miss Erma Crooks, who has been
ces, utilities, janitors, personnel in Ft. Worth for some time with
and supplies, totaled $4,642.
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High School Teacher Resign*
Denison lost one of its high
school teachers this week when
Miss Celia Bridges, instructor in
biology ami general science,
turned in her resignation to the
school hoard She has accepted
a position with the Mugnoliuni
Petroleum company as chemist
She lives in Ladonia.
the soils conservation service
office, has returned to Denison
as the office secretary to Lee
Simmons in the Denison dam:
power office. The office has
been permanently located in
rooms upstairs at 301 Woodard
and offers prospects of being an
extension of the field to the
southeast. Tools stuck in the
hole near the bottom cause the
delay of the test. Drilling had
reached the Oil Creek sands.
The well was already indicated
as a good producer in the upper
sand, hut tertine of the lower
sand will await completion of
the fishing job. The well on the
edge of the oilfield dyke will
proye an area well to tho south-
east of present production and
street.
Miss Crooks is a graduate of, may result in Pure jumping the
the Denison high school and is. dyke to drill to the oast of the
the daughter of Mrs. Maggie; new Washita channel in tho near
Crooks, 821 N. Chandler avenue.j future.
v,Pt Tuesday and visited the dam.
Another Paris gentleman.
Lloyd Robinson, declared after
men hall. Among them "in see{nfr (jle dam ej never had any
Dr F. R. Busby, named first jdea was 0f SUCR proportions
vice-president; Mi- Mno Irtish- as it really is. One will have to
kamp. secretary. f see that giant wonder of man's
Other officers named werj creation made in the past five
H F Nix, Durant, president; years to really appreciate it,” he
who succeeded Mrs- G. W. M - stated.
IMi'lan of thL- city. Fred Call " ----
way, Durant, second vice-presi- Named New Director
dent Ml'S. Olivel LemnnS". Dll-! Chamber to Replace Porter
The weancy on the hoard of
directors of the Denison Cham-
of Commerce caused by
were Mis
rant, treasurer.
Installing ofiicers „v.„ ,
C. \V. Rader and Mr- Walter el
I.ebrecht. both of Denison.
Ralph Porter entering the coast
About fifty were ir attend-.
guard service, was filled by nam-
ing W. J. Rylee, manager of the
;,nce The address »f wckome gouthern Tcp company t0 thp
v as civen hv D” Busby wtth the llace The vacancy caused bv
invocation by P S'. Scohry, iDen- tilc recent death of S. R. Rishop
'son- j will not be filled until later
Refreshments of coffee end when an election is to he held,
doughnuts were served. since Mr. Rishop’s term would
Visitinsr officers were present- have expired in a few weeks.
id hv Mrs. Roli-echt, including -V— ——
Mrs Francos Calloway. Durant,! Cotton Report A* of Nov. 1
past president of* the Oklahoma! According to the Grayson
Roi.ekah Assembly: Di Bushy i county report as of Nov. 1, this
grand patriarch of the Texas on.I year made by G. O. Peterson,
(amnment- Austin Kernedv Du- county statistician, a total of 24,-
v,pt district dft utv and Mr-.! 459 bales had been ginned. This
Puxhv, Kutside eiiardian, Texasl eompares uiih _$,699 hale'' on
R^hekah Assembly |tbe 5,3,116 date last >,ear'
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