The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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FIFTY - SIXTH
YEAR OF SERVICE
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Watch the dale on yom
paper. The figure follow-
inf your name indicatm
the date of expiration.
Leonard Webb
jp.M PER YEAR
fLETS TALK IT
(over
I Leonar
There is a lot about world affairs
with which we are unfamiliar, but
until more convinclve proof is of-
fered we will continue to look upon
Winston Churchill's address of
Tuesday as one of the crudest ever
offered the American public by a
foreign d.plomat. Churchill asked
fiA a U 8.-British military alliance,
declaring that the Sovtat Union
constitutes a growing challenge to
Christian civilization.
• * *
We still recognize Russia as an
ally who gave much of her life’s
blood to defeat A common enemy.
No nation sacrificed more than
Russia In bringing about the de-
feat of Germany The pattern fol-
lowed by Russia since the war ap-
pears natural under the circum-
afSnces If Great Britain Is being
pinched in some localities, we see
no reason for alarm in this country.
lt|nay be that European countries
under Russian influence are not
getting on as smoothly as desired.
But on the other hand, things
cot^d b: better In India—much
better.
• ♦ •
flopped in at West Mills Inc.
tlm week and saw for the first
time an assortment of finished
cotton material, originally manu-
factured at the West mill. Never
lKfe w; seen a more attractive dis-
play of printed fabrics, all designs
aitfl colors. Superintendent Jack
Moses tells us the goods Is shipped
from the West mill to the Incor-
porations finishing plant at Phll-
■4lp"burg. N. J„ where the material
lPtyed. The central plant at New
Jersey handles the distribution of
tills finished material and the dis-
play at the local mill is only to
show workers the finished product.
♦ ♦ ♦
Most of the service men return-
ing-from foreign soli bring various
souvenirs. One of the nicest we
have seen is a portrait brought
hofoe from China by "Sonny" j
PoJaaek. The picture is that of hls|
young son, drawn by a Chinaman
who used an ordinary photograph
for* his model. The portrait is
drawn with pencil on a piece of
ailtt cloth and is perfect in every
detail. We are no student of art,
but feel certain the Chinaman
could do well by himself in this
coi^ptry. j
v
tlmunittees
WEST, TEXAS, FRIDAY. MARCH 8. IMS
Miss Nancy Boggess
Weds Wade Webb
VOLUME M, NO. «Z
Miss Nancy Catherine Boggess.
daughter of Mrs. J. W. Boggess andj
the late Mr. Boggess of this city,
became the bride of Wade Hill
Webb, son of Mrs. William Walter
Webb and the late Mr Webb of
Hillsboro in a ceremony performed
here Saturday afternoon. Rev. F. E.
Wright officiated at the double-
ring ceremony at the home of the
bride’s mother.
Vows were spoken before an im-
provised altar arranged with spring
blossoms, palms and ferns. Cathe-
dral tapers burned at either end.
Mrs. Dorthlyn Griffin Smith of
Waco, violinist, offered nuptial
music. |
The bride wore a bridal creation
fashioned of mousseline de soie and
made along princess lines. It was
designed with a sweetheart neck-.’
line and tight-fitted bodice from!
which a full-ruffled skirt extended!
into a short train in the back. Her!
fingertip veil of imported illusion!
was crowned with Chantilly lacs!
and orange blossoms and her show-
er bouquet was centered with!
gardenias.
Miss Jimanne Boggess attended
her sister as maid of honor, while
Billy Joe Mallard of Hillsboro was'-
b:-st man to Mr. Webb. j
Mrs. Webb attended the Hills-
boro Junior college and received!
her degree from Texas Technology j
cal college at Lubbock. She re- j
cently returned from Bremen. Ger-I
many, where she was a member of
the special service staff. The grand-1
daughter of the late Professor and
Mrs. Albert Boggess of Waco, Mrs.
Webb’s late father was prominently
identified In central Texas.
Mr Webb attended Hillsboro
Junior college and Texas Tech-j Mrs. Ellen Sulak, daughter of Mr.
nologlcai college. He returned to: and Mrs. Adolph Grellhesl, became
the United 8tates last October after the bride of John 8chroder, son of
serving for 45 months In the China- \ Mrs. Mary Daves of Wichita Falls
Burma-India theater, where he in a ceremony performed by Rev.
Red Cross Drive is on;
$1950 West Quota
Popular Couple
Wed Here Tuesday
i
BUNS ON PARADE—Rolls—-thousands of them—pass in review
each day under the critical eye of an American Red Cross worker
as she supervises food at a Manila Red Cross club where hungry
GIs find cheering food and comforts.
Cpi. Vernon Da nm Declared
Dead by Secretary of War
Mrs. Ella Sulak
Weds J. Schroder
was a member of the "Lost Bat-
talion,” the 131st field artillery. He
will re-enter Texas Technological
college this coming June.
A reception for the immediate
families and a few close friends
followed the ceremony.
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collecting annual
dues for the West Chamber of
Commjrce announce that several
business firms refused to subscribe
the Small yearly assessment on the
ground that “nothing is being
done." Checking the list of those
refusing to cooperate shows they
seldom attend a C. of C. meeting
or Assist in any way In seeing that
something is done. More surprising
is the -fact that those refusing to
pay stand to benefit most from
Chamber of Commerce activities.
♦ ♦ ♦
Mrs. Clement Kolacek received
■word this week that her husband,
Marine “Rake” Kolacek, is on his
Wendorf - Scott
Wedding Set
Robert D, Scott, formerly
Denver, Colorado, announces
! engagement of his daughter, Ens,
John T. Geiser at St. Martin's
church in Tours at 8:30 a. m. Mon-
day, March 4. t
The bride, who was given in mar-
riage by her brother, wore a suit of j
light blue and carried a corsage of j
white carnations. Witnesses at the !
ceremony were Emit Kucera of Ab-
bott and Anton Grellhesl, brother
of the bride.
Following the wedding a recep- i
tion was held at the home of the
bride’s parents. Those attending ohi°. received
were Rev. Geiser, Mrs. Mary Daves, War Department last week advising
01, mother of the groom, Lawrence and ,that a finding of death had been
the Ernest Schroder and Mary Jane recorded In the case of her hus-
Schroder of Wichita Falls, Mrs. band, Cpl Vernon Damm, son of
The marriage of Miss Margaret
Hutyra, daughter of Mrs. Anna
Hutyra, 407 South Reagan 8t. of
this city, and Alfonce Cocek. son
of Mrs. Julia Cocek, 508 North
Roberts Street, also of West, took
place Tuesday morning at 8:30
o'clock at the local Catholic church.
Rev E J Poicak read the marriage
vows.
The witnesses were Walter Hu-
f tyra. brother of the bride, and Em-
| mett Barton, cousin of the groom.
The maid of honor was Miss
| Evelyn Hutyra, sister of the bride.
| Bridesmaids were Misses Bridget
j Hutyra. another sister of the bride.
! Leona Cocek. Genevieve Jurek and
i Georgie Barton. They were ac-
j compained by Tommy Hlavenka,
j Otto Wrbas, Johnnie Sulak. Ernest
jHutyra and T/Sgt. Clarence Faw-
cett.
Tlw bride wore a wedding gown
| of white satin, fitted bodice, with1
long sleeves which came to a point
; at her hands, and a sweetheart
neckline. For "something borrowed” j
j she wore a string of ptarls belong- !
ing tp Mrs. Leo Girard: for “some-j
thing old” she wore a pair of silk;
hose belonging to Grandmother
Sulak.
Her corsage was of white carna-
tions and tulle.
The maid of honor wore a gown
of pink satin and net with a match-
ing crown of pink net for hair
dress. Her corsage was of white!
carnations.
The bride's maids wore gowns of!
taffetta and net with rainbow)
colors, aqua tjlue, yellow, lavanderj
and nile green, with matching)
crowns of net hair dress. Their!
corsages were of pink carnations.
Breakfast, dinner and supper
were served to the guests at the
home of the bride’s mother. A wed-
ding dance was held at the SPJST
hall. After the dance the bride
and groom left for Dallas on a
Mrs. Vernon W. Damm of Athens,! short honeymoon. The couple will
a message from the make their home in West.
• Mayor George E. Kacir, chairman
; of this year’s annual Red Crow
drive, announces that West ha*
been asked to raise $1950 in the
current campaign. Committew
have been appointed, according to
Mr. Kacir, and collections were
being solicited in the business dis-
trict this week. It Is believed that
the campaign can be completed
here within a two week period.
Fanners of the community will
be asked to contribute through the
local banks, as it will be impossible
to send committees into the rural
districts. Red Cross collection com-
mittees will establish booths in
each bank for the next two Satur-
days and those who do not con-
tribute elsewhere are asked to leave
their donations at the banks.
It is further pointed out that the
house-to-house campaign in West
will be omitted this year, the com-
mittees urging everyone who is not
contacted to make their contribu-
tion* at the local banks.
Committee members pointed to
the need for continuing Red Cross
services to able-bodied troops in
this country and abroad, to those
in hospitals, and to veterans, as
well as to families and dependents
of all who have worn the uniform.
The organization faces an ex-
panding peacetime program more
widespread in scope* than In years
prior to World War II. Having ctd-
lected more than 13,000.000 pints
of blood during the war, the Red
j Cross is putting Its experience to
use in building a civilian blood
donor service. Expanded programs
of instruction in first aid, water
safety, accident prevention, home
i nursing, nutrition, and other sub-
1 jects are being launched.
Red Cross volunteer activities
which reach out to every hamlet
in this nation, have also geared
their programs to postwar con-
ditions. Surveys of local needs have
been or are being made and pro-
gram adjustments are being de-
termined from their findings.
Marjorie Scott of the Waves, to Emil Kucera and son of Abbott Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Damm of this
Lt. (j. g.) Edward G Wendorf. j Mrs Anton Grellhesl, Mr .and Mrs community. The date of death was
USNR. son of Mr. and Mrs. R-j joe Grellhesl of Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. 'officially set as February 18, 1946,
I Frank Sulak and family of West, the day following the expiration of
of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Hennig and 12 months absence.
family and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Cpl. Damm was lost in action in
Hennig and daughters, Agatha and ,he Pacific area while flying as
Delores, all of Rockwall. 1 engineer gunner cn a B-29. He was
A dance was held at the SPJST! reported "missing in action” on
Five Injured
In Auto Wreck
Mrs. Anna Kolar
Claimed by Death
Mrs. Anna Kolar, age 88.
j Thursday, February 28, at
died
the
Wendorf of West.
The bride-elect Is a graduate
Colorado Woman’s College, Denver.
The prospective groom is a grad-
uate of West High School and at-
tended Texas University In Austin.
The wedding will be an event of
April 10 In the chapel at the Naval j
Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. \T /I jl i* rti i
Ens Scott and Lt Wendorf are on IMGW lElllOllC UlUFCll
j duty In Pensacola.
| hall at West Monday night.
———o-
Feb. 15, 1945, no other information
being received until this week.
According to the War Depart-
Five persons were injured shortly
before noon Sunday in an auto-
mobile-truck accident seven miles
south of this city on the Waco high-
way.
Mrs. .Woodrow Gotcher, West,
route one, received a broken pelvis
i and slight Injuries to her head and
Irene Zahirniak
way^home. The manner in which «t j IITj
Mrs Kolacek received this message f TRIliA V OiclW
At Abbott Sponsors
Social Here Sunday
home of her son, Joe Kolar
Funeral services were held at the
Church of Assumption at 9 a. m.
Saturday. Rev. E. J. Poleak of-
ficiating Burial was In the Catholic
cemetery.
Deceased was born in Czecho-
slovakia. She came to this com-
munity some fifty years ago and
had resided here since that time.
Pallbearers were Charlie Kocian,
Bill Kucera, Emil Kucera. Tom
kgs. Woodrow Gotcher, also of
ment’s communication,Cpl. Damm’s ]Ve8t, drl.ver automobUp. had Faikus, Edd Skoplk and Joe Horsak.
aircraft was returning from a mis- f"0 f™c,tur*d f and a ear
sion to Nagoya. Japan when ^; Mias Jetty Harris. West route one,
craft established rstdio eontact with’. d aeefa. lon's andbnVsef°n2’erjall<1 Mrs Demis Vavra from Ennis,
me Wing Ground Station, *P- “ * L f and Mrs. Louis Cmelka from
parently indicating its position, and j ^ released from Hinerest NavasoU Mr and mnk
Those from out-of-town who at-
tended the services included Mr.
is interesting, if not unusual. The
message, probably from China;
"Kake” was stationed, was
seni*Vy short wave. It was picked
up by an amateur radio short wave
operator at Corpus Christi, who in
turn notified Mrs. Kolacek. It is
lilfrtv that site will receive a radio-
gram of the official message also,
but the Corpus amateur operator
was first.
» « «
Miss Irene Zahirniak, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Zahirniak of
West, and Findley Votaw, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Votaw ‘of Waco,I
were united in marriage in a single
ring ceremony Friday, Feb. 22. at
the home of Rev. Lavendar in Waco.
The couple was attended by Mrs.
Billie Robinson, sister of the bride.
The bride wore a light weight
ac-
The Altar Society of St. Ludmila fuel to last approximately
'and St..Joseph lodges of the newly hours and forty minutes. Upon
organized Catholic church at Ab-! hearing the aircraft was In trouble
j bott will sponsor a social here at a thorough air search, which proved
St. Joseph’s hall on Sunday after- fruitless, was initiated In the
noon at 4 o'clock, March 10th.| vicinity where lt was presumed
Proceeds from the social will be
treated for minor injuries.
R. R. Markum of Fort Worth,
driver of the truck, later went to
Providence hospital, but was only
treated for slight Injuries and re-
Joe Drobik from Shiner and Bill
Kucera from Dallas.
-o———
Bailey Pierce, colored, of Shreve- Plnk woolen dress wlth brown
port, La . formerly of West, believes cessories. Her corsage was of white
that a debt should be paid no mat-j carnations.
ter how old it may be. Pierce left She is a graduate of West High
West*"some 20 years ago and return- 86,1001 and for tlie Past. sewral
ed this week. One of the first years has »*«> employed by a Waco
John concern
added to the building fund of the
Abbott church.
The public is invited to attend
the gathering here Sunday, and
thus help promote construction of
the Abbott church.
At a meeting held at the Abbott
gymnasium last Sunday the lodges
mentioned above were formed. Vine
b) Jake Hargrove Jr.
Taken by Death
Jake C. Hargrove
old son of Mr. and
Jr., two-year-
Mrs. Jake C.
Basketball Season
Ends for West Tearns
things he did was look up |
Thorn, local negro, and pay a $1.50
debt of twenty years.
* • • •
Todate we have had little re-
sponse to the suggestive editorial
related to a hospital in West. Would
like t» rfbar from the public on this
matter—what do you think? A
general meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held this month.
Be on hand if you are interested in
promoting o* discrediting this pro- j
poral.
that the plane would have ditched, eased‘
or attempted to ditch when its
gasoline supply ran out.
No information was obtained
the department to show that any
member of the crew survived, there-
fore the presumptive finding of
death was recorded.
Cpl. Damm is survived by his
wife and daughter of Athens, Hargrove'srTof WieoTwTmyj dlaMet play at Clifton,
the parents at 10;30 p m Sunday. Death was ^uilla
The basketball reason was
brought to a close for West teams
last Thursday night when the
Trojanettes were defeated in their
first game of the district tourna-
ment held at Itasca. The Trojans
had previously been defeated in
Mr. Votaw is a discharged vet-
eran who served nine years in the
Army, forty-two months spent .j
overseas. He is a graduate of Wfccol*-
High School and Is now employed
in Waco. The couple will make
their home in that city at 918 North
10th Street.
DU&atoi
laving a
pr Franco seems to be
having a hard time to persuade
the democratic nations that he
i been a good boy all along.
Friendly Facts
Usually when you are late
you had not seriously consider-
ed getting there on time.
A sacrifice is not something
you do without, but something
you do with for a worthy cause.
Urbanovsky was named president Ohio in addition to cue parent at 10:30 p m Sunday Death was ^uilla won the girl’s district
of 8t Joseph’s lodge; Otto Hanak, m s community. attributed to an attack of acute championship at Itasca and will
vice-president, and Ludvlk Hykel,: Another son of Mr. and Mrs J. E. mdigesUon, the baby suddenly be- take part in the State champion-
secretary-treasurer. Damm Lt. Julius Damm. was UUed ,oming U1 and dying tefore a doc- ship race at Hillsboro this week-
Officers of St. Ludmlle lodge are ; m action in the Burma-India . Wr could * rearhed j end. The Hill county lasses, coach-
theater in October, 1944. He piloted. ^ ^ ^ young,ed by John T Cox> worl the state
o ' i son were spending the night in Ab- croWn 1451 season and favored
TWO WEST STUDENTS bott with his parents when the)*® rePpat the performance this
GET DEGREE AT TEXAS baby was stricken. They were rush-, l*41'
Austin, March 6—The University inS him i° West to a physician Sincp basketball equipment has
of Texas conferred 526 degrees this’ w,ien be <Ued enroute. 1 been stored away, the Trojans are
president; Mrs. Ed
Mrs. Fr.
Ondrej, secretary-treasurer.
At the ^meeting Sunday plans
were made for erection of the Ab-
bott church as soon as material is
•r
M
available. The brick structure, esti-i”*---- •**” ***w*toi h.k> nracticine
mated to cost $50,000, will be located Iweek- encUns the winter semester! Funeral services were held at the; l" . *
on property facing the new high-!of 1M5*« Included among this. Baptist church at Abbott at 10 a.
for the Spring track
is believed that West will
way west of Abbott and will extend
east to the city limits.
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If half of the remedies adver-
tised for common colds were
as good as they
be no colds.
number were 21
three doctor di
missions or d<
V-12 students.
Graduates l
master degrees, m Tuesday, Rev. F. E. Wright of-|
and 130 com-, delating. Burial was in Bold Springs
of NROTC or! cemetery
! produce a fair track
to com-
pete with district rivals.
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Webb, Leonard. The West News (West, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 42, Ed. 1 Friday, March 8, 1946, newspaper, March 8, 1946; West, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth590948/m1/1/?q=waco+tornado: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting West Public Library.