The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1944 Page: 6 of 8
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THE CAMERON HERALD, THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1944.
Serves In Cuba
ST MARLOW SATURDAY
Funeral services wre held at the
Marlow Baptist Church for Wade
Tindall, Saturday June, 21,1944, after
a long illness. He was the son ol
the late Samuel Tindall and was born
and reared on the same farm and
made his first move last Friday when
God called him to his heavely home.
He was married to Miss Mae llnl-
pain of the Marlow community, and
is survived by his widow and one
daughter, Rosa Lee, five brother*,
H. 0., John. E. B. and Regie Tindall
all of Cameron, Dick Tindall ol
Waco; two sisters, Mrs. B. B. Short,
and Mrs. John Hobson of Marlow.
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. C. W. Sanders, and the pall
bearers were: Ernest Pratt, Giles
McDermott, S. J. Henry, R. J. Griffin,
Albeit Griffin and R. L. Ballinger.
Flower girls were June Tindall, Mar-
jorie Tindall, Ruth Tindall. Katherine
Tindall, Buna Tindall and Ruth Haw-
kins Burial was made in the Marlow
Cemetery.
LUCE-JETER RITES HELD
Miss Kathryn Luce, daughter of
Mrs. Bob Luce of Cameron became
the bride of Aviation Cadet Thomas
Barclay deter, son of Mrs. Tom Jeter
of Cameron, Saturday at 4:00 p. ni.
in the post chapel of Perrin Field, in
Sherman.
The chapel was decorated with
white gladioli and candles lighted
with gleaming white tapers. The
bride wore a blue suit with brown ac-
cessories and her corsage was of
gardenias.
Miss Doris Shelley, the bride’s only
attendant, wore yellow and a corsage
of white carnations. Aviation cadet
Joe Hudspeth was best man.
The brid • is employed at the War
Price and Rationing board in Cam-
eron.
KMCHTETO
BE BURIED AT RICE
Mis. Mary Adeline Choate, 37,
resident of Milam county for many
years, died at 7 p. m. Tuesday,
June 27, 1944, at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. John W. Tindall at
Marlow.
Mrs. Choate had been ill for about
3 weeks. She had made her home at
Marlow for some time with her daugh.
eer.
Mrs. Choate was born in Columbia
county, Arkansas on May 15, 1867.
Funeral services were to be held at
4 p. m. Wednesday, June 28, 1944,
at Rice School House with interment
in the Rice Cemetery.
Surviving are the following chil-
dren: Mrs. John Tindall of Marlow,
Frank Choate of Silsbee. Texas.
One brother, Ben Baker ox Marlow
survives and one sister, Mrs. George
Pratt of the Rice Community.
Sfft. Jerry Krenek May Never Walk Again In
Normal Way; Both Feet Shot Away In Action
Over German Skies; was On Fortress Bomber
HENRY SIKBMAN
First Class Petty Officer
United States Navy
After 27 months in the Navy, Henry
Siebman, First Class Petty Of fie or,
hopes to return to his home in Cam
eron for a few days furlough.
At present Si liman is stationed at
a large naval supply base in Cuba and |
has been there for more than a year. |
He entered the service on March 6, I
1942, as a store keeper and has ad- |
vanced in rank to become a Chief
Petty Officer.
From Cameron he went direct to j
San Diego, Calif., and later to Eureka, |
Calif., for his training. He completed |
his work at Norfolk,.Va. lie was then I
sent to his Cuban base where he has
since served. He was home in Oc-
tober of 1943, for a few days visit j
with his wife, the former Miss Dell
Horstniann, with the Citizens Nation-
al Bank.
Recently Siebman and Lt. Stanley
Swift, U. S. Navy, had a pleasant
visit in Cuba. Lt Swift is stationed
at Balboa it) the Canal Zone.
Before entering the service Officer
Siebman was Chief Clerk at the Texas
Powei & Light Co.
Sgt. Jerry Krenek may never walk
again in a normal way. Both feet
have been shot away in an air battle
ver German skies, it was learned
here Monday.
Twice within a month Sgt. Krenek
’ received wounds. This time very
ious. According to information
l.ich has come written by Sgt.
ry Krenek, he says both feet were
;>; rtiullv shot away and both heels
o badly injured. “I may he able
i walk again, but it looks doubtful,’
Sgt. Krenek is reported as saying.
According to information reaching
’ he Herald Monday he was wounded
■i June 13, 1944, on a bombing mis-
■’ ovei Germany. Sgt. Krenek has
been stationed in Italy in the Midi-
: cancan theatre of air.
He hits been overseas 6 months
with the 15th Air Force in Italy. He
was an engineer gunner of a B-24
Liberator bomber.
Sgt. Krenek was inducted into ser
vice on November 9. 1942. He gradu-
ated from Kessler Field, Mississippi,
and later at gunnery school at Har-
lingen in Texas. He completed his
combat training in Muroc, Calif. He
is 27 years old. Before entering ser-
vice he worked for the Zak Motor
Company in Texas City.
What is believed to be the largest
mass baptism of American troops in
Italy occurred when 30 soldiers from
a front line infantry division filed
down to a beach on the Tyrehenian
a and sat on their upturned hel-
mets at the water’s edge while Capt.
LeRoy W. Raley, Cameron, Texas the
regimental chaplain, ran through the
preparatory service. The Baptists
, '•vote immersed in the sea while the
Methodists were springled with
drops from the chaplain's helmet.
JUNE IN HISTORY
June 24, 1497—John and Sebastiur.
Cabot sighted the American Continent
at Cape Breton, Labrador.
June 25, 11*42—General Dwight
Eisenhower took over European com
mnrul.
Mrs. G. F. Layne of Milano was a
neron visitor on Tuesday, and
i ■ •tight in a nice collection of maga-
Tes for the boys at McCloskey Hos-
pital.
Lt. Col. Bob Massengale of Wash-
ington, D. C., is here on a visit with
his mother, Mrs. H. L. Massengale at
Maysfield. Col, Massengale was
reared at Maysfield and attended
Yoe High School where he graduated.
Mrs. Bob Barnett and three chil-
dren who have been visiting her mo-
ther, Mrs. L. Bigbee for several
weeks have returned to their home
in Baytown.
Miss Maurine Hollas who holds a
position with the Southwestern Bell
Telephone Company in San Antonio,
spent the week end with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hollas of Buckholts.
Mr. and Mrs. James Fikes and
daughter of Houston visited relatives
and friends In Cameron over the week
end.
Pvt. Dierr entered military ser-
vice in August 4942. He is the son
of Fred W. Dierr, College Station.
and all poultry will do better with
the regular use of
Poultry Tablets
In the drinking water a*s an intes-
tinal astringent and disinfectant.
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Pvt. Clayton Dierr
Commended For Heroic
Action In Air Corps
Pvt. Clayton Dierr, is a member ol
the P-47 Thunderbolt Group recently
commended by Lt. Gen. Janies K.
Doolittle for “extraordinary heroism
in rescuing a Bombardment Wing
from vicious and persistent attacks
by enemy fighter aircraft.”
Pvt. Dierr, former football player
at Yoe High School, amateur golden
gloves boxer, is a member of the air
group to which Lt. Warren Brashear,
is attached.
Led by Col Gienn E. Duncan, a
25 year old Texan with 17 victories
over the Luftwaffe, this Group is
one of the outstanding fighter units
operating in the skies over Germa.iy.
Amone the first to engage in low
level attacks on Nazi ground instal-
lations the Group introduced dive-
bombing by P-47’s in the European
Theatre of Operations.
Marking the Group’s first anni-
versary in foreign service. Col. Dun- '
can, in an order of the day, paid high '
tribute to the members of his coni- 1
mand:
“Out success in the air has been !
made possible by the men on the
ground,” he declared. “Hours of
preparation and hard work are be- ,
hind every victory our pilots have j
scored over the Hun.”
LT. AND MRS. MELVIN
A LLD A Y EN TER I’A1N ED
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Allday of
Rockdale entertained with a barbecue
at their Country Home on Sunday,
June 25, 1944, honoring their son,
and his wife, Lt. and Mrs. Melvin
Allday of Mildand.
Close relatives and friends who at-
tended the occasion included: Wra.
Alvin Allday of Buckholts, Mrs. Bet-
tie Bush of Texas City, Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Allday, and Misses Julia and
Clyde Allday all of Franklin, C. E.
Allday and son Charlie of Cameron,
Mrs. W. A. Bonds of Cameron, Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Duke and sons Tommie
and Billie of Rockdale, Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Jennings of IJavilla, Mr. and
Mrs. He -- Key and sons, Tommie and
Kenneth of Rockdale and Mrs. Dale
Warner of Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Judg and Mrs. John Watson had
as. week end guests their children,
Sgt. and Mrs. Bassett Watson of
Denison, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Watson
and little daughter, Paula of Taylor;
and Mrs. John Baldwin and small
daughter, Madie of Goose Creek.
Their older daughter, Mrs. Donald
Kilgore of Dallas, could not be pre-
sent. All of tl em have returned
home excepting Lt. John Watson and
wife, and Mrs. John Baldwin and
daughter; who remained over for a
longer visit.
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dollar into the purchase of War Bonds and Stamps,
fiiat there may be ample funds for the purchase of tanks,
planes, ships and other vital equipment necessary to
Victory. So, let’s all "Back the Attack’’ by buying extra
War Bonds during the Fifth War Loan Drive, while
continuing to buy Bonds and Stamps consistently. You
will find War Bonds and Stamps on sale at any district
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White, Jefferson B. The Cameron Herald (Cameron, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 29, 1944, newspaper, June 29, 1944; Cameron, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth560520/m1/6/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lucy Hill Patterson Memorial Library.