The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944 Page: 8 of 8
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FIFTY FIFTH YEAR OF SF.RVIT
THE WEST NEWS
OCTOBER 8, 1M4
Separation Camps
To Prepare GIs
For Civilian Life
i
Tckio School
To Have Carnival
The annual carnival of the To-1
kio School will be stage in the!
school gymnasium on Friday night,
October 13.
In addition to the regular earn!-!
discharge^ ^ val features ^ bingo, country store,
cat rack, fish pond, cake walk and'
CpI. Uptmore Asks
Parents to Pray
For End of War
Fieshmen to Party
At Gym Friday
sports corner
— The.
WASHINGTON Sept 27
soldier about to be
back into civilian life is sent to a
separation camp at army
across the country.
There, his papers are checked
and he is given a record—called a
separation qualification record — jthe jc^ool invite the public
of his civilian and military occupa- present
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camps ;Jood booths, a twenty-five dollar
bond, a serviceable comfort and
other prizes will be awarded.
The faculty and the students of
to be
The freshmen class will have a
pary Friday night. October 13, at
the West High School gymnasium
beginlng at eight o'clock. The
Cpl. Ernest Uptmor, In a letter to chaperons will be Mrs. Johnny Re-
his parents, Mr and Mrs Frank. cek Mrs L M Webb Mrs. C. C.
which was written In France, says ^rtbur and Mrs. B. Vrba. The spon-
"Hope you all went to church j sors are Mrs. Gertrude Petts and
The game last Thursday night
l between the Trojans and the Waco
Kittens turned out to be a 0-to-0
affair, with the Kittens having the
tional tralrftng.
Which means: The kind of Jobs
he had done in civilian life and the
kind of jobs he learned to do in
the army. It is intended to help
his readjustment to civilian life
and for this reason:
The record will be the veteran's
official army introduction to fu-
ture employers, educational au-
thorities or any civilian agency
with which he deals for a Job.
The soldier attends lectures, the
last he will hear In the
today and prayed for this war to
end. We didn't have church out
here today. Last Sunday we were
near a town and the lleut. let us
all go to the little French church.
It was very beautiful, and the peo-
Cpl. Whalen Is
Manager of Tailor
Shop in England
AN AIR SERVICE COMMAND
DEPOT IN ENGLAND—Corporal
William Lee Whalen, son of Mr.
Preston Whalen, West, Texas, Is
army j n0w managing the post tailor shop
about his return to civilian life and at a large Service Command air-
his new responsibilities He Is also craft assembly and repair depot in
told about his rights and benefits j England.
as a veteran. j "Business is always brisk In our
He turns in all his equipment.; ta.il0r shop,’’ said Corporal Wha-
The army takes back everything jen • The average American soldier
Miss Myrtle Tipton.
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No Hope for More
Cotton Goods Until
Germany Collapses
still rather weak.
Although we seem to be running
the local team down a notch or two,
we still believe that with a lltJJe
edge In the first half and the Tro- j more hard practicing and more ef-
jans in the second half, but with
neither team making a serious
threat to scorq,
The Kittens had a light but
smart team, which had the Trojans
guessing for the first half. The
West line, which still did not learn
to charge, was penetrated by the
Waco bunch at will almost during
the whole firs thalf. During the
second half, however, the West boys
evidently got sore and kept the Kit-
tens blocked out.
The Kittens took to the air In
the late first and the second half,
completing about five passes for as
except one complete uniform, one
extra shirt, gloves, ties, socks, un-
derwear. towels, toilet articles and
personal belongings.
He is permitted to wear the uni-
ts fussy about his appearance and
wants to look his best during his
off duty hours. Besides cleaning
and pressing hundreds of uniforms
we also make a lot of alterations.
form 90 days after discharge al- Army chow seems to agree with a
though most veterans probably 0j jjgyg >•
pie were all very happy to have
American soldiers in their church.
"After Mass they surrounded us,
kissing us and shaking our hands.
We had to refuse their Invitations! The supply of cotton goods is
to dinner, but did manage to eat i "tighter" now than It has been any
two eggs and drink some wine. We \ time during the war and Is expect-
really had to run to get back " | ed to remain “tight" for from one, h M d , b t had
With the letter Cpl. Uptmor en- to two years after the collapse of .. 1 . p L
closed a poem to his mother. Itj Germany, the Office of War mfor- three passes tatercepted'
is a follows: I matlon reports, on t’lje basis of
I lift my eyes toward Heaven, j facts supplied by the War Produc-
Now that Victory is in sight, i tion Board and the Foreign Eco-■ seven flrst downs each. In the
And pray that God watch over you nomlc Administration. ! PeuaM*8- however, the Trojans out-
Ithroughoift each lonely nighl.. Production Is Insufficient to meet Tr°‘
And when the battle Is over, I military and civilian demands, and . p , ‘ “ *or a '
And I sail for home once more, the market u short in basic types most everything in the book, and
of cotton fabrics used in low-cost “ *tod|
earments The Pacific war will re- about ten passes’ comPletin* tour i
garments, rne pacific war will re d baving thrce intercepted. West:
quire more cotton as the basic mill-1... _______,
tarv clothln* stanle whereas wool tried nine’ comPletin<? four and i
tary doming staple wnereas wool ha Interceptions.
has been heavily used in Europe. ! „ , ___
Had West shown the amount of j
improvement that we expected, the J
game could have easily ended In aj
fort out on the field against the
opponents, It can develop Into one
of the best football squads that
West has had In a long time.
Some of the highlights of the
game were as follows: Mlkeska's
beautiful • runs around ends for as
much as 20 yards; Winkler’s fine
boots—one was good for 63 yards;
Jake Tucker’s interceptions, block-
ing and fine quarterbacking; Pu-
stejovsky’s hard drives; and Adam-
son's good tackling.
This week the Trojans face their
best opponent, Gatesvllle. If they
play like they did last week. Gate-
svtlle will beat them at least 14
points If not more. However, If
In the first down department, ithere 18 a decided improvement in
the two teams were tied. Both sides their game, they should be able to
hold the Gatesvllle group and even
beat them.
will wear it only until they get
civilian clothes He can, of course
wear it thereafter upon special oc-
casions.
He is given a physical examina-
tion, If there is anything wrong
with his body or teeth that can
be corrected, his discharge may be
delayed until the condition is re-
medied at a government hospital.
He can waive such treatment If he
wishes.
I know I’ll find the same, sweet
mom
I loved so much before.
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At this depot, the largest air-
craft assembly and repair base in
the European Theater of Opera-
tions, thousands of skilled soldier
mechanics and technicians are
working on a 24 hour schedule,
readying our fighting and bombing
planes for the final aerial assault
against Germany.
Corporal Whalen entered the ar-
my in August, 1942, and has been
overseas snee December, 1943.
Before entring the service he was
Drug
Garrison, Recently
Promoted, Visits
Parents Here
War Chest...
(Continued lrom page 1.)
Dutch Dobbins
To the Rescue
Trained army specialists can give
him two kinds of advice at these employed by the Skillem
separation centers: Advice on his company of Dallas.
personal affairs, like insurance and -o-
war bond allotments; and advice
on getting a job.
Finally the soldier signs his dis-
charge certificate and draws the fiercely and bravely against a bru-
money due him; This includes his tal enemy-to protect us and the
back pay. travel money for the trip lhings we hold dear,
home, and a minimum of $100 in ^ kast Wg cau do ^ an_
mustering out pay which discharg- lee them every support that it u
ed veterans get unless they have (within our to lyeJ
served less than 60 days. | xhe National War FmA campaign
Before he leaves the center the ta Xexa£ will * officially launched
discharged soldier is given a pock at 9 30 p m Monday night with a
et-sized booklet - gift of the war 30.mlnute radio program to * car_
department - called: "Information; ried by all Xexas networks and in_
for Soldiers Going Back to Civilian dependent stations. Governor Coke
“k’ Stevenson, high-ranking army and
navy officers, Judge Ben H. Powell,
UWCT president, and other leaders
will take part In the broadcast.
Their Ieaderhip will be backed
up by county and community lead-
Whsn bad weather caused Allied ers in every portion of the state-
pilots to drop supplies for air-borne the "war fund commandos” who
troops outside their lines recently, will put the campaign over the top.
Dutch farmers got out their horses Governor Stevenson has called on
and carts, picked up the supplies all Texans to give—and give gen-
and delivered them to their air- erously—to their county war funds,
borne Allies. Aneta. official Nether- Newspapers have taken the lead in
land News Agency, reports. publicizing the National War Fund
--o- | drive, with the result that every
Sugar for Small I
-a i the true need that is back of the
• effort.
j There is little doubt about the re-
Sugar for making home-made sult Texans must—and will—an-
fruit butters, jams jellies and other swer the ca" ^ words of the
processed foods for sale—even tho- campaign slogan:
ugh these products are ration-free Sure, 111 Give a Texan’s Share!"
—may be obtained by farm fami- “ ° *
lies housewives and others to the (jirarCl ...
extent that they used sugar for , . _. , ,
this purpose in 1941 or to the ex-| (Continued Irom Pa«e «
tent of 250 pounds, whichever is snakes and mosquitoes are always
greater, OPA says. Prior to Sept, present.
27, sugar was not authorized for When Capt. Girard first arrived
home-processing non-rationed or! in India, the situation was even
point-free foods for sale. Applica- j worse. They lived in tents with
very
War' part of India. At night they placed
lighted lamps on the floors to keep
the snakes out. During tilts time
candles and lamps were the only
lights. Even now there are no vege-
Pri- tables, no transportation except G.
I trucks, no women and no place to
Louis E. Garrison, Jr„ who was
recently promoted from an ensign
to a lieuU nant junior grade at Ot-
tumwa, Iowa, arrived in West Sun-
day for a seven-day leave with his
parents. ,
A member of the Naval Air Corps
about fourteen months, Lt. Garri-
son trained in Dallas and New Or-
leans before he was commissioned
an ensign. Since then he has been
an instructor in Kansas and at Ot-
tomwa, Iowa.
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Cotton fabrics such as certain de- j
nims and chambrays will continue
to be needed by the military, and for them. But |t ^ that|
; cotton duck Is now on the urgent ^. were gctting as;
jllst’ * much as ever. There were a less \
During the first six months after number of fumbles, and the passing,
the fall of Germany the United j seems to have improved some, but
Nations Relief and Rehabilitation the blocking for the ball carrier is
Administration is expected to ask| ______
for 300 million yards of cotton tex-
tiles, and the food industry must
depend upon cotton bagging duel
to a shortage of jute from India.
QUICK RELIEF FROM
Symptoms of Distress Arising from s
STOMACH ULCERS
due to EXCESS ACID
FrooBookTellsof HoweTreotmenttliot
Most Help or H WIN Cost Yoo Nothing >
Over two million bottlesof the WILLARD
TREATMENT h»ve been »old forrellefof
iymptom« of distress arising from Stsmscn
and Duodenal Ulcers due to txesss Add—
Poor Digestion. Sour or Upset Stomach.
Oosslnoss. Heartburn. Sleeplessness. •**,
Veterans to Have
Schools Overseas
After the
education
defeat
Free Job Choice
For Veterans
Miss Ray Is
Married in Miss.
tStfSShft IftipWj&SS
exulelm thi. treatment—tree—tl
OLD CORNER DRUG STORE
WEST DRUG STORE
I In a double ring ceremony per-
i formed by Rev. T. E. Nicholson In
! Summit, Mississippi, Miss Stella
... _ . . , Katherine Ray, daughter of Mr. and
All manpower controls have been Mrs R g Ray became the bride of
removed insofar as veterans of the Joe L Galey prlvate Qf the y s
present war are concerned, the War; Army The ceremony was witnessed
Manpower Commission announces ; by Qn,y a few close fr,ends among
Veterans do not need statements of
of Germany, avadabiiity in order to change jobs,
W for
• „• « „°r p^tical traininS lur they may be hired by any employer
civilian jobs will be offered soldiers without referral by the y g Em.
in the army of occupation and those pioyment service. They may be
awaiting shipment home, the War hired with regard ^ employment
Department says. Soldiers may CemngS and jn seeking employment
choos? the phases of the program through the USES they are entitled
they desire, but they will be encou-!as a matt€r of rlght to a Nferral
raged to select activities having j to any jobs of thelr choice, without
bearing on their individual post- r d t0 essentiality or priority
war plans. Academic curricula will, status of such jobs
range in level from the sixth grade I 0
through second year college and will' MISS KOCIAN HAS
Include courses in liberal arts, sclen. j party FOR FRIENDS
tific and pre-professional fields. |
Special classes will be provided for Miss Hattie Kocian recently gave
soldiers whose ability to read and a Party for a number of friends,
write is below fifth grade standard. Those present were Misses Mary
In mechanical and technical cour- j Lee Kostecka. Josephine Popp. Tra-
ses and in pracitical training for; cie Kocian, Lillian Kocian and Mar-
trades and vocations, equipment of tha Kocian. Also, Pvt. Willie Hu-
corps and ordnance departments tyra. Bernard- Kocian and Edmont
will be used.
It’s a wise girl who “noes” what
she really wants.
Marek.
Before you pass judgment, hear
the other side.
‘Jams Sellers’
whom was the bride’s mother, Mrs.
R. S. Ray. The couple will make
their home in Magnolia, Miss.
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RED CROSS BANDAGE
ROOM OPENS NEXT WEEK
Because the material for the ban-
dages played out, the members of
the Red Cross bandage room re-
cessed for a few days. Work, how-
ever, will commence next week on
the same days—Wednesday and
Thursday afternoons and Thurs-
Thursday night.
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An atheist is a man who has no
invisible means of support.
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As a candidate sperads his bunk,
so he will lie.
DR.J.R.KUBALA
Dentist
PIIONE 182
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216 OAK ST.
WEST, TEXAS
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Get on analysis of your
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SOLAR A SVACEK
WEST. TEXAS
ff»pr«s«nfing
Sou,i>-d2ife,Li''
i worse. They lived in tents
tlon for sugar for this purpose wooden floors In a very desolate
should be made to the local
Price and Rationing Board,.
FVT ROBINSON^MEMBER
OF WACs. TRANSFERRED
FORT OGLETHORPE OA
vate Billie L. Robinson. West. Texas,
who has been stationed at the
Third Training Center of the Wo-
go except the army theatres. What-
ever beer they received, came dur-
men’s Army Corps here, has been ing the past few months. Since
there was no Ice, the pilots usually
took the beer with them on their
flights. When they landed the beer
was always cold and often even
frozen.
Capt. Girard, a member of the
Army Air Corps since March 7, 1940,
first trained at Chanute Field and
Randolph Field for a post as a crew
chief. Upon attaining this post, he
went Into cadet training and was
commissioned a pilot at Luke Field,
Phoenix, Arizona, after training at
Victoria and San Antonio. He then
assigned to 461 AAF BU, LE MOORE
AAF at Le Moore. Cal.
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PVT. GRACE D. STACT
TRANSFERRED TO COLORADO
FORT OGLETHORPE. Ga.—Pvt.
Grace D. Stacy of West, who has
been stationed at the Third Train-
In* Center of the Women’s Army
Corps here, has been assigned to
Lowry Fi^ld at Denver, Colorado.
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Raymond Hruska and Mrs. John
Hruska. Sr., last week attended the
funeral s rvices of Rudolph Hruska, I trained at various other fields until
40. who was a victim of an auto j June 7,1942 when he was sent over-
accident near Granger. Mr. Hruska jseas.
is survived by his wife and two ehil-1 Upon the termination of his fur-
Hr was a salesman for a pro-1 tough, Capt. Girard will report to
dren
duce house in Au
Nashville, Tenn. for reassignment.
DANCE
WILL BE GIVEN AT
CHICKEN HOUSE CAFE
AT “Y” WEST, TEXAS
Saturday, October 7th
MUSIC BY
KOHUTS ORCHESTRA
Admission 75c per couple
(TAX INCLUDED)
Dine and Dance at Chicken House
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Vanzura, Albert T. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, October 6, 1944, newspaper, October 6, 1944; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589418/m1/8/?q=waco+tornado&rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.