The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1944 Page: 8 of 8
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Abbott News Items
Misses Bonnie and Brownie Ken-
nedy are visiting their parents, Mr
and Mrs. John Kennedy, and other
relatives.
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Miss Martha Jo Harwell spent
Saturday night In Waco with Miss
Dorothy Knix.
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Mr. and Mrs Moncie Morgan and
daughter have moved to West. A
daughter, Miss Buetla Kaye. Is
malting her home with Mr and Mrs.
R. C. Morgan and chldren
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Miss Bettie Griffin of Dallas
visited Miss Bernice Acton over th
weekend.
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Miss Jlmanna Standphill of Dal-
las spent the weekend here with
friends and relatives.
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Miss Joe Elian Lott of Waco
spent the weekend with Miss Billy
Jo Kuykendall.
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Mr and Mrs. Linnard Morgan of
Waco and family have moved into
the home vacated by Mr and Mrs.
Moncie Morgan.
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Mr and Mrs. Curtis Herring and
son are visiting relatives and are
on a fishing trip this week.
Life on Aleutians
Isn’t Much Fun,
Pfc. Kaska Says
After 28 months of service, twen-
ty-four months of which time he
spent on the Aleutian Islands, Pfc.
Theodore Kaska. son of Mrs. An-
ton Kaska. was granted his first
furlough. This furlough was termi-
nated last Friday when he left
for Camp Haan, Calif.
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After training with an anti-air-
! craft unit at Camp Roberts, Calif.,
i for fourteen weeks, Pfc Kaska was
shipped to Dutch Harbor and then
to the Aiakh and the Amehttka Is-
lands, where he participated in one
battle Since that time he has been
helping to guard it e islands and liv-
ing the life of a forgotten man nn
, the barren, deserted Islands
A thoigh Pfc Kaska is noi !h'
complaining type of a person, he
emphasized that the extreme cold,
the ice. rains and small amount of
vegetation on the islands was not
! much of a scenic country nor quite
the place a person would want to
call his home.
Good Care Makes Bedding Last Longer Congressman Poage The Stork Says:
;; Praises Bravery
DEDD1NG is too scarce to handle
carelessly these wartime days,
since civilian supplies of sheets,
blankets, mattresses and pillows
have been cut to meet military
needs. But beds can stiU be com-
fortable and neat looking if given
good care, Mae Ferris points out
in the Rural Home Section of na-
tionally circulated Capper's Farmer.
Here is her advice on how Mam-
ma, Dad and the Kids can cooper-
ate:
"Pillow fights may be fun, but
feathers are scarce. The govern-
The only women :ie srw in that
Mr. and Mrs. D* A. McMahan re- f0untr>- durlnS ttie tWo >'ears or
cently heard from their two sons. ] r^ore wcre the twenty-four rn’mes
Murl and Burl, who are parttcipa-; * at were recent*y sert is"
ting in the fighting in France They 1-'nd-s t0 care fpr ltK‘ soldiers They
wrote that they were doing fine vvtre a rta* treat ljr *,mc^ °*
and asked them not to worry. j homesick GI s, h° su'd.
MRS. LESLIE HARWELL pfc- Ka-ska wears the Asiatic-
___. Pacific ribbon with one bronze star
J. C. Hubbard returned from St. and the Good Conduct Medal.
Louis, Mo., Tuesday where he spent
several weeks with relatives and
friends.
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Dr. and Mrs. F. D Sims of Rusk
spent several days here visiting
friends. , R J£J
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Cpl. and Mrs. RudysJanck of Ft.
Lewis, Wash, are visiting here with
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hykel.
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Misses Marie Ann and Frances
Pustejovsky, S Sgt Ladis Tumak
and Steve and George Neckar went
swimming on the Bosque River
Sunday.
ment has duration claim on all good
ones such as goose and duck. Mary
and John are old enough to under-
stand that beds are made to sleep
in. They can romp elsewhere.
‘‘Don’t keep the wringer running
if distracted. Shut it off before at-
tending to Junior's nose or answer-
ing the telephone—then sheets have
no chance to get twisted. Care-
ful laundering can add months
to the life of your linens. Strong
soaps and excessive bleaches will
weaken the fibers and make sheets
more prone to wear thin and tear
"Sitting on the side of the ^ed
breaks down the mattress side
walls, to say nothing of the outside
coils in spring units. The chair or
stool at the side of the bed is for
putting on shoea. The metal to be
used for civilian bedding was cut
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie H Blahuta's-
boy, named Daniel Lee, was born
at the 8t John's Hospital In Corpus
Christ! on August 13. He weighed
seven pounds and fourteen ounces. „
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Mr and Mrs. William Campbell
| of Hillsboro are happy to announce
___. . . .. ,_ the birth of an infant daughter,
praises the work of their son, Sgt. jnamed Janneette. was bom at a
Johnnie J. Uptmore, Jr. Hillsboro hospital on Aug. 15. Her
Sgt. Uptmore was awarded the father, known as “Son” Campbell
Purple Heart decoration for wounds 1 In West, Is with the Navy at 8an
Of Local Soldier
Mr. and Mrs. John Uptmore re-
cently received a letter from Con- j
gressman W. R Poage In which he
received In action in Italy and re-
cently was awarded the Combat In-
fantryman Badge for participating
in the fighting In Italy.
Diego. Her grandmother Is Mrs.
Tom Motis.
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Mr. and Mrs. George Mllberger
_ are proud of their first child, a boy
ongressman Poage s letter Is as | weighing seven pounds, who was
Hows: * have just learned of the Ln on August 18.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harwell are
follows
fine work of your son, 8gt. Johnnie
J. Uptmore, Jr., in participation
against the enemy In Italy, for
which he was awarded the Combat
Infantryman Badge.
"He is indeed to be commended
the proud parents of a baby boy.
The father Is with the U. 8. Amy
In France.
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Mrs. W. W. McCoy visited her
for his bravery, and I want you to new grandson ln Waco Sunday at
know that It Is certainly a pleasure the Providence Hospital He has
to offer my congratulations to you
at this time."
from 300 thousand to 50 thousand
tons last year. What we have must
last."
jS.p. J. S. T. Gives
$50 t oMcCloskey
Recreation Fund
The convalescing soldiers of Mc-
Two of Pfc. Kaska's brothers are
also ln the service. Cpl. Jerome A.
Kaska Is with the U. S. Air Corps in
India, and Seaman Second Class
Anton L. Kaska is serving in the
Pacific area. The other members
of the family are Edmund Kaska of
Dallas, Steve and Alfons Kaska of
West and Mrs. Jack Woods of West.
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Milton Morgan
Writes from Italy
j
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Harwell visit-
ed with R. L. Plunkett Sunday.
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Frankie Beseda, the son of Mr.
Italy
Dear Editor:
Just a few lines to iet you know
that I have started receiving the
West News and just to let you know
I appreciate the
Gobs Get New
Powdered Soap
DALLAS, August 25—A new pow-
dered salt water soap, developed in
the laboratories of the Bureau of
Ships, will make easier the Job of
laundries aboard ship and will save
space, fuel, and fresh water in the
fleet.
Offlcials of the Bureau of Ships
Tours Men Meet
Again in Chapel
in England
This may be a small world after
all. At least, it may seem to be one
to two former Tours boys.
Pvt. Lawrence Huber and Pvt.
Ernest Wiedemann, who were old
been named James Richard. Lt.
William A. McCoy arrived this week
i from Camp Wallace, Ga., to be with
them. Both the baby and Mrs.
McCoy are doing nicely.
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Methodist Church
Roy L. Crawford, Pastor.
Next Sunday morning at eleven
Closkey Hospital will have more °’clock the Pastor will speak on
i than old furniture and games to i, The Baptism of the Holy Spirit.”
help them pass away the time be- Bpedal music. There will not be
fore they arc abk to go into active services In the evening as the Pas-
duty again or to enter civilian live. tor wil1 be In a revival at Lakevlew.
Thanks to the local lodge of the 8.1 Sunday school at 10 o'clock Sun-
J. S. T.. the members of that orga- day molning.
nization and the members of the ~ -*
Kohut's Orchestra.
During the recent drive in this i
community, conducted by Mrs. I
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far more important is the fact that
its use will enable vessels to carry
less material for the laundries a-
board. A virtue of the new product
is that it does not deteriorate fa-
brics.
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a!:p piendectoni"ipera1101 f "aT't he J™ Lme town"RiJhi n“w ^
Providence Hospital Sunday. KftSS.?
Miss Josephine Barton of Ft. 10 me j water soap and bluejackets have
Worth snent the weekend here with j 1 have received three copies and heaved a bucket, attached to a line
her parznU, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bar- have rea<| them from the front to over the side and drawn up salt
ton. Miss Barton is working, for the back twice and still glance over , water with which to do their laun-
Consolidated Aircraft plant in that hem when I seem to get somewhat j dry ^ new product has been dev-
lonesome. It really helps a guy out'
♦ too.
Mrs. Johnie Pustejovsky and i was reaiiy shocked to read the
Misses Frances and Mane Puste- news about F. J . Reznicek be ing kill-
jovsky gave John a surprise party ed in action. All I can say is-the
Jerries will pay for every life—and
soon, too.
All of you ought to be congratu-
lated. Keep up the good work, and
keep the News rolling.
Sincerely,
Milton "Poone" Morgan
say that the new salt water soap j neighbors in the Tours Community
makes washing more rapid. But
for a number of years, haven't
seen much of each other since they
entered the army, and probably
figured they would have to wait
until after the war before they did.
Fate, however, had a trick up
John Boggess, to get old furniture |
i and games to help furnish the re-
creation rooms of the McCloskey
Hospital, in addition to the many
pieces of furniture, the top con-
tribution came from the 8. P. J. s.
T. No. 54.
The members of this lodge, the
members of the Kohut’s Orches-
tra and the lodge contributed $50.
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WHERE IS YOUR SHARE?
, Of the eight million tons of pa-
her sleeve. They ran into each other ^ler needed f°r salvage in 1944, the
in a Chapel In England very un- I ^ar Production Board says 38 per
expectedly on August 13.
Ernest has two brothers
( cent is In hiding in American homes
ln the an<* ^arms> while the other 62 per
service Freddy is
France and Frank
North Carolina.
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somewhere
is stationed
at the home of O. J. Pustejovsky
Sunday. Those present were Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Cinek and son, Mr.
and Mrs. Chas. Dolezal and son,
Mr and Mrs. Albert Sulak and fam-
ily, Mr. and Mrs. Jo© Adamcik and
daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Vac. Smaj-
strla an daughters, Mrs. Ed. Klaus
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Aug. (Editor’s Note: Thanks a million
Pustejovsky and son, Mr. and Mrs. for your complimentary letter, but
Walter Plunkett. Mr. and Mrs. Emil our work here is nothing when com-
Klaus, Hollis “Pete” Niell, S Sgt. pared with the wonderful job you
Ladis Tuma of Camp Hood, Steve leilows are doing in Europe and in
and George Neckar of Lorena and the Pacific. The reports from over-
seas show that the life of every
West man to date has been reveng-
ed a hundred times at least. Three
cheers for the Texans and especially
the fighting Westonians.)
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Cpl. Barton Gets
Gunner’s Wings
After finishing several weeks of
training at Kingman, Arizona, Cpl.
Eddie H. Barton was awarded the
aerial gunnfcr*s wings and was
transferred to the Lincoln Army
Advance Training Base at Lincoln,
Nebraska.
While en route, to Nebraska, he
stopped in West for a ten-day visit
. with his mother, Mrs. J. C. Karlik.
August Pustejovsky His finance, Miss Ernestine Wallace,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Wallace of Lubbock, met him here.
Henry William of Dallas.
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Pvt. Emil Popp, Jr., of Camp
Hood spent the weekend at home.
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Mrs. Ed Skopik and Mrs. Tom
Fajkus spent several days in Hous-i
ton with Mrs. Leslie Crovch, who
recently underwent an operation.
FRANCES PUSTEJOVSKY
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LUD DOBECKA FETED
WITH BIRTHDAY SUPPER
Mrs. Lud Dobecka and son, Ro-
bert, honored their husband and
father with a supper, consisting
of sandwiches, pies, cookies, and
soft drinks, on his birthday last
Wednesday. Those present were
Joe Halamik and family, Ivan
Svrcek and family, M. W. Svrcek
and family,
and family, Anton Dlabaja and
family, Eugene King and Lud Syko-
ra and family.
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MARGARET MAZANEC HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Mazanec of
loped for use In the laundries par-
ticularly. A great many vessels, par-
ticularly the larger ones, are equip-1
ped with modern laundries.
With the new salt water soap,
the need for alkali builder and sour,
is eliminated and separate blue-
ing and bleeching operations are re-
duced, the officials say.
Kelon Busby Gets
Conduct Medal
in cent is to be found in the files and
[A store rooms of American Industry.
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It is estimated that thre are
more than 10,000 mineral springs
ln the United States.
EVERY WOMAN
WHO WORKS
ought to plan for the day
when she must retire
-e e e-
SOUTHWESTERN LIFE offers
an inexpensive, practical way to
assure financial independent lot
that day.
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KOLAR & SVACEK
WEST. TEXAS
StpriKnffng
Sout
rn Life
Hitherto, it has been necesary to
First Sgt. Kelon Busby, serving!
with the Army’s Service of Supply 1
forces in New Caledonia, has been
awarded the Good Conduct Medal
for exemplary fidelity and effl-'
ciency. N
Sgt. Busby, who is a first ser- j
geant of an engineer base depot
MAKE McGHEE’S GROCERY
Your favorite place to buy Fancy and SUple Groceries—
• CANDIES •AERL’S ICE CREAM
• CIGARS •TOBRACCO
• CIGARETTES
MRS. BAIRD’S BREAD AND CAKES
distill quantities of salt water to! group, is serving with a unit that1
make fresh water for laundries on ships all kinds of engineer equip-
shipboard, but the new develop- ment to the combat forces on the
ment will make possible the saving fighting fronts.
West, Route 1, Sgt. Busby entered
the Army in September, 1942, and
left for foreign service in May, 1943.
He served in the last World War
and was with the Texas National
Guards prior to coming Into the
Army in 1942.
SHIRLEY GREY DETTERMAN
HAS BIRTHDAY PARTY
Shirley Grey Detterman, son of
„ _ . . . .__i , Mr and Mrs. W.' J. Detterman,
Waco entertained toeir daughter^ celebrated his tenth birthday anni_
Margaret, with a birthday party versary a party at hia home
August 19. Games were played and
refreshments were served to 20
young guests.
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at their home Saturday night
Those present were Mary Muska,
Lillian Jezek, Marie Mazanec, and
Adolph Muska, all of West. Other
guests were Cpl. Don L. Stevens of
Camp Bowie and a group o! avia-
tion cadets from the Waco Army
Air Field.
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SMAJSTRLA GETS NAVY
HONORABLE DISCHARGE
Edward H. 8majstrla, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ed. Smajstarla. returned
fills week from San Diego, Calif.,
after serving about fix weeks ln
Naval boot training. He was given
an honorable discharge from the
Navy.
of several thousand gallons of fresh j The son of Mrs. Osia Davidson of
water daily on the big ships of
the Navy, and thereby will also re-
duce consumption of fuel used in
the distillation.
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Tift
! the, 'T'oAmi
y BURTON WILLIAMS
Simple Range Shelter
THIS is the year to make every
A piece of equipment that we now
have on the farm keep going, every
acre and cow and hen produce its
best, every day and every lick
count.
Our fighting men need plenty of
food, and we must produce it. One
soldier, for instance, needs enough
meat to equal 500 pounds of broil-
ers each year. That means that'
more broilers are going to have to
come off the farm than ever before.
Now that the broiler raising
season is getting into full swing,
many fanners are faced with the
problem of providing range shelter
for flocks. Illustrated below is a
cheap range shelter for 6-wreek-old
broilers, which helps the flock get
green feed and gives them elbow
room.
BUY TICKETS -
When possible, please buy tickets before boarding cart.
This helps the Operator, also helps the Agents showing and
helps maintain schedules.
DR.J.R.KUBALA
Dentist
PHONE 182
RES. PHONE 226
216 OAK ST.
WEST, TEXAS
He helps keep trouble from
happening
To Voters in Hill
County,
PRECINCT THREE
ERNEST ZAHIRNIAK PROMOTED
TO STAFF SERGFANT IN FRANCE
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Zahimiak
were recently notified by their son
that he had been promoted to staff
sergeant in France.
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The existence of Neptune was;
discovered and iU orbit accurately;
computed 6jy astronomers befeire!
the planet was ever observed Its'
Presence was detected through Its'
gravitational effect mi other pla-
nets.
The shelter is simply constructed
and requires a minimum of labor
and critical materials. It is made
of asbestos cement board applied
on a V-shaped frame, with wire
stretched across the open ends. A
small door covered with wire is
used on the front. Sines asbestos
board is rodent-proof and weather-
proof, the shelter will last a long
My father J. G. Weatherby,
candidate for commissioner
of precinct three, Hill Co., is
thoroughly qualified to re-
present yon in the capacity as
commissioner and will show
his appreciation by rendering
honest and most efficient
services possible under present
conditions. Your vote and in-
fluence will be appreciated.
H. H. (Red)
Weatherby,
Adv. p.)
He’s the Central
Office Maintenance
Man—and a vital part of
good telephone service.
The speed and accuracy
with which he does his job
have a great deal to do with
keeping telephone service
flowing smoothly—espe-
cially these days when the
wires are needed for war.
“F;c«jd limit ywir esti to I minute*"
uheo L$b$ C:.!i,Ke circuit**r*crowfofl.
south w:sr:
tit miPHONI COMPANY
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Vanzura, Albert T. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, August 25, 1944, newspaper, August 25, 1944; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth589818/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.