The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. [8], Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1943 Page: 1 of 8
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Sttfe iHutenla Monitor
NortI| Aui) hast 3exaa’ J^oremnat Hrrkln Neroapapcr
Sixty-^i ghth Year—Number 1
Mineola, Wood County, "exas, Thursday, May 13, 1943
Eight Pages Today
Legislature Makes
Change In Courts
Adj
Both Houses
journ Session
On Wednesday
Minick Issues
Statement to Clear
New Court Set-up
The present State Legislature
which adjourned Wednesday
after a final 25 hour session
which saw the clocks stopped
in order that all business
might be finished, not only set
some new records for new taxes
and staying within the 120-day
limit, but made some changes in
the Seventh Judicial District,
the District Court set-up in
This district is one of the old-
est in the State and citizens
will have to adjust themselves
to the new changes.
Local Boy Meets
Cousin Recently
In North Africa
In a recent letter to his cou-
sin in New Hampshire, Tech.
Sgt. R. C. Dean Jr related what
he termed as the most thrilling
event of his life. He stated
that one morning as he sat in
the office there in far off Af-
rica, a man came rushing in
and told him that there was
a cousin outside in a troop
train who wished to see him.
Of course he hurried to the
train and found his first cou-
sin, Pfc. Harold Franks of
Marshall, whom he had grown
up with and loved like a
brother, since there is only one
year difference in their ages.
He added that there was a
happy reunion for the very few ;
minutes before the train pulled
out again He says you never
The May term, which was! know just whom you will meet
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Superior Plans to
Spud Wildcat Soon
Released by U. S. War Department Bureau of Publie Relations
WRECKAGE OF AXIS SHIPPING—This scene is characteristic of the ports of North Africa where
shipping lies half submerged beside broken quays following the Allied attack. Stones in the fore-
ground are all that remain of store buildings which held supplies for Rommel’s army.
scheduled to open on Monday
at Quitman, has been abolished
and the jurors have been noti-
fied not to appear, as this reg-
ular session will be held in July
Court will be held continuously
in Wood County from now on,
that is when cases are ready
to be tried, the courts will be
available.
In order to clarify the situa-
tion, County Attorney G. D.
Minick issued the
statement this week:
1. As to Special District
Court: Amendment to House
Bill No. 503.
„ 1. Extends jurisdiction of
Special District for Smith
County to cover Smith and
Wood Counties.
Court’s Authority ends June
15, 1945.
2. Terms in Smith County:
First Mondays in: January,
April, July, October.
3. Terms in Wood County:
First Mondays in March, June,
September. December.
4. All terms continuous—That
is continue until the next one
opens.
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Rev. J. W. Shoemaker
Will Preach Sunday
At M. E. Church
Rev. J. W. Shoemaker will
be in the pulpit Sunday morn-
ing at the eleven o’clock hour
to deliver the sermon at the
First Methodist Church, ac-
cording to the pastor, Rev. J.
H. Malone, who will deliver the
Baccalaureate sermon at Gol-
den that morning.
All the members are urged
to attend both services Sunday.
Rev. Malone will be back for
the evening service.
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Hawkins Man Freed
Following Hearing
Wesley Laverne Faulk of
Hawkins was released on his
own recognizance after a hear-
ing in Tyler Tuesday before
United States Commissioner Ed
L. Taylor on a complaint of
having violated the Selective
Service Act by failing to keep
his board at Mineola notified
of his correct address.
Faulk is a seaman in the
Maritime Service.
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Attend Funeral
Mrs. L. N. Kennimer and
Frank Kennimer attended the
funeral services near Winns-
boro Sunday afternoon for Mrs.
S. O. Moore, who passed away
Friday, May 7 in Austin.
Mrs. Moore, widow of Dr. Sam
Moore of Winnsboro, was a pi-
over there as he met Major
Moss from Fort Worth on a
street a few months ago.. Moss
was formerly dispatcher for the
T&P railroads here.
Pfc. Franks had learned be-
fore he left the states the ex-
act location of Dean and al-
though he could not leave the
train he was determined to get
at least a glimpse of him.
Dean, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
following ] r. c. Dean, was in England for
several months before being
sent to Africa.
No Sunday Record
This Week End
The Sunday Record will not
be published this weekend, it
was announced today. It will
be necessary to do this in or-
der to make some needed re-
pairs on equipment.
War Bond Drive
Must Continue
States Official
AUSTIN' — The Second War
Loan Drive has been written
off as a success but the Texas
Retail War Savings Committee
has no intention of letting the
public become lax in its pur-
chase of Stamps and Bonds
regularly. Dr. W. J. Danforth,
committee chairman, announ-
ced Saturday.
Instead of risking a letdown
such as usually follows a leng-
thy campaign of this sort, Dr.
Danforth announced that he is
calling a meeting of the state
wide group Tuesday afternoon
at Austin. At this meeting the
sixty odd representatives of the
fifteen leading trades of the
state will review their previous
efforts and make plans for ex-
panding and exhilarating the
sale of Stamps through all re-
tail stores.
Governor Coke R. Stevenson
will be the guest of honor at a
dinner to be given Tuesday
evening, at which time he will
address the committee.
Dr. Danforth said the meet-
ing would be held at the Dris-
kill Hotel and would begin at
2:00 p. m. During the session,
addresses will be made by Frank
Schofield, State Administrator
War Savings Staff; C. E. Brown
ing. Executive Secretary for the
committee; Albert L. Walters,
Retail Consultant; and Leopold
L. Meyer of Houston. Syd Ma-
han, of Washington, Associate
Field Director for the War Sav-
ings Staff, will make the prin-
cipal address and outline the
new job of Active Retailers.
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Insurance For Soldiers
All soldiers can get financial
protetion through the national
service life insurance program,
if they act before midnight of
August 10, the War Depart-
oneer resident of Wood County, j ment has announced. Maximum
Burial was at Ebenezer. I policy is $10,000. The payments
--o--i will be made to beneficiaries
J. A. Phillips of Dallas was in only in monthly installments.
Mineola Monday greeting old ---o-
friends. Miss Geraldine Parr of Dallas
-o--and Lieut, and Mrs. W. J. Parr
Mrs. W. R. Davis of Marshall Jr. of Brown wood spent the
Is Visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. C. weekend here wihs his parents,
Pressure Cookers
Must Be Secured
Through AAA
Pressure cookers have been
placed under rationing. Only
150,000 will be made this year,
while the probable demand will
be about 500,000. The object of
placing pressure cookers under
rationing is to route them
where they will be put to max-
imum use in preserving this
years food supply.
Any one living in Wood
County, who wishes to make
application for pressure cookers
can do so by calling at the
AAA Office in Quitman, or
write for application blank.
“We would like to have your
application on file by May 31,
as the ationing Committee will
meet on that date to pass on
all* applications on file,” it was
said.
The rationing Committee is
composed of th following: J. F.
Dial J. W. Kennedy, and C. L.
Shamburger.
The Advisory Committee to
the Rationing Committee is:
Miss Grace Lawrence, Miss
Grace Patterson, Miss Edna
Dial Easterly, Mrs. Joe Park,
Mrs. John Shamburger, and Mrs
H. A. Bowdoin.
Contact any one of this com-
mittee for information in mak-
ing your application.
Final Report Made
On Army Scrap
Drive In County
A final report on the scrap
drive conducted here by the
United States Army was made
this week by Capt. E. T. Fant,
Jr., of the Eighth Service Com-
mand, Who was in charge.
A total of 987,000 pounds was
collected in Wood and Rains
Counties, he stated. Of this
amount 833,720 pounds was col-
lected in Wood County and
153.000 in Rains County. The
group placed 372,000 pounds at
the Mineola location.
All of the scrap here and at
Emory has already been loaded
and the group is now loading
at Winnsboro.
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Arthur C. Bailey
Visits Parents
Arthur C. Bailey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. D. Bailey of Route
1, has been home on furlough
from the U. S. Naval Training
Station at San Diego, Calif.,
where he was sent two months
ago.
He is a brother of Pfc. Mel-
vin D. Bailey, who is reported
Former Golden
Boy Training
To Be A Cadet
Floyd Don Bradshaw, son of
Mrs. Annie Mae Bradshaw of
Dallas, has been enlisted as an
Apprentice Seaman, Class V-5,
for future training as a Naval
Aviation Cadet. He will remain
at home on inactive duty until
he is either admitted to the
new college training program
or is called to active duty as a
Naval Aviation Cadet after
reaching his eighteenth birth-
day.
Bradshaw graduated from the
Golden High School in May
there. He served as
of the Senior class.
treasurer
Open House at
Camp Fannin On
Sunday, May 16
Visitors Will Be
Allowed to Drive
On Camp Roads
CAMP FANNIN, TEXAS
(Special)—All roads of East
Texas will lead to Camp Fan-
nin Sunday when this newest
military training center is
thrown open to the public gaze.
Though the camp, concentra-
ted in 15,000 acres of eastern
Smith County, is not completed
enough buildings are finished
to enable the visitors to visual-
ize what the entire area will
be like. Colonel John A. Bob-
enson, camp commander, de-
clared in a statement inviting
the public to visit here between
the hours of 9a.m and 5 p.m.
Visitors will be free to drive
over all completed arteries and
will be guided through the
buildings holding especial in-
terest; large cafeteria style reg-
imental mess halls, chapel,
classroom administration build-
ing and both officers and en-
listed men’s barracks.
There will be no ban on j ^ n rp ' h rps I cost increased from $101,942 to] Birdwell, Lacy & Wise No. I
sight seeing, but cameras Wl11 *,,7 vlf^ w>,pr n°H JL 1 $103,736. The grant average of stone-Johnson, 1,333 foot south
11c more than the outpost to
Alba Well Now
Drilling With
Guards At Site
New Wildcats
Announced for
Manziel Field
The derrick has been erected,
and all machinery rigged up at
the site of the Superior Oil
Company No. 1 Benny Carlisle,
four miles southeast of Mineola
and operators are expected to
spud in within the next few
days. It was reported Tuesday
1942. He was a member of the j the well would be carried
basketball team and track team !on Wednesday morning, but due
to unforseen difficulties, it has
been delayed.
The test is scheduled to go
to 8,500 feet if necessary and
is on an 8,000 acre block. The
operator is said to have ex-
pressed faith in Woodbine pro-
duction. Operations will be
“tight” it was said.
Alba Well Guarded
It was reported from Alba
Thursday morning that the B.
B. Orr No. 1 Rainwater was
drilling ahead and believed to
be in the neighborhood of 6,000
feet. This well is one of the
“tightest” operations ever con-
ducted in this area. Sight-
seers and “sweaterfe” are not
allowed on the premises which
are being protected by guards
at all times. Many believe pro-
duction is a sure thing.
Test Staked
A new 6,500-foot Paluxy wild-
cat for the Manziel field was
announced Wednesday by Am-
erada Petroleum Corporation,
which pians to start immed-
iately at its No. 1 Mrs. Beatrice
Rogers on a tract in the John
Polk and Samuel Burch surveys
seven miles north of Quitman.
In the Quitman field, Shell
No. 4 Goidsmith is due to start
testing Thursday. It bottomed
at 6,414 feet and set 5 1-2 inch
Old- Age Pension
Cost Continues
To Rise Higher
AUSTIN — While the num-
ber on the Old Age Assistance
rolls contnued to decline during
April, the cost of the program
continued upward, figures re-
leased today by the State De-
partment of Public Welfare re-
vealed. The rolls dropped to
183,092, a net loss of 101. The
department added 1,833 cases to
the rolls, representing 1,674 new
cases and 179 reinstated; 945
were removed from the rolls
because of current ineligibility
and 1,009 died during the month
Increased living costs brought
10,258 raises in grants in 15,897
reinvestigations of active cases.
The net result of all changes
was an increased cost of 45,655
over April, the department dis-
tributing $3,564,681 in an aver-
age payment of $19.47 which
compares with the average last
month of $19.21. The everage
authorized grant is $3 above-the casing at 6,300. Shell No. 1 Bla-
average payment. I lock-Blalock is coring sandy
a prisone, of war In the Pacific J™*'8!? CafS *’ere a«ed ‘0; shale below 4.380 feet. Shelf
Islands. He states that he hopes! ® L ' / : b"nf*S* total-No. 1 Kirkland is drilling past
I to be among the force that | Wind beneficiar«* to 4 364 cases 4,066.
Dean here this week.
j Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Parr, Sr.
Navy Seabees
Seeks Skilled
Tradesmen ,
“Carpenters, plumbers, con-
crete workers, electricians, and
general construction workers
are urgently needed by your
Navy. If you are classified as
3-A or 1-A by your draft board
and have had as much as two
years experience in a skilled
trade, then you will qualify for
a rating in the Navy Seabees.
Your salary will range from
$122 to $189 per month, plus
all living expenses,” a Navy
spokesman said this week.
Now is your chance to make
a good salary and follow your
chosen trade and also serve
your country during this Nat-
ional Emergency. The Army
also has opportunities for spec-
ialists in the Engineering Corps.
For further details, consult
Navy Recruiting Officer Percy
Andrews, in charge of the Tyler
recruiting Station. Andrews will
be in Mineola at the Post Of-
fice each Tuesday from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m., he stated.
not be allowed within the res
ervation, Colonel Robenson re-
vealed.
While thousands of visitors
are going through the camp,
hundreds of officers and enlis-
ted men now stationed here
will continue their normal du-
ties, since in time of War Sun-
day is a day of duty in the
Army.
Lt. Col Edward S. Thomas,
post engineer, is aiding Col-
Robenson and the open house
committee in the preparations.
The committee in charge con-
sists of Major Louis H. Berry,
camp internal security officer,
chairman; First Lieut. Thomas
R. Ainsworth, assistant post
engineer, and Second Lieut.
Gordon J. Neilson, camp pub-
lic relations officeer.
Ration Reminder
Ration Book No. 1
COFFEE—Stamp No. 23 good
for one pound through May
30.
SUGAR—Stamp No. 12 good
for five pounds through May
31.
SHOES—Stamp No. 17 good
for one pair until June 15.
GASOLINE—Stamps No. 5 of
A-boks good for four gallons
each, through May 21.
Ration Book No. 2
Blue stamps, G, H, and J
good through May 31, for
canned and processed vege-
tables and fruits.
Red stamp G (meats, fats
and cheeses) becomes valid
May 9; H, May 16; and J,
May 23. All expire midnight
May 31.
cue his brother and also an
uncle, who is reported missing.
He will leave Friday to return
to his base and he said he was
anxious to get back as there
is a big job ahead for him.
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Camp Fannin Street
Named for Lindsey
$23.77 is lie more than the outpost to Lacy No. 1 Stone-
April average. 1 Johnson, Hazard Anderson sur-
The Aid to Dependent Chil-' vey, is making progress near
dren rolls and costs remained 4,280 feet The Lacy well ex-
practically static during April,1 tended Quitman field produc-
there being a net increase of 33 tion 1.1 miles to the north erf
cases and decrease of 14 chil-1 the discovery,
dren. The cost rose only $346 • _o_
Memory of 17 of the hero
dead of World War II of Smith
and six surrounding counties j $21-34.
will be retained in street
names at the new army post
near Tyler, Camp Fannin, it
revealed this week.
One df the streets is named
in honor of Ensign Charles
Vinson Lindsey, U. S. Naval
Air Forces, killed in action
somewhere in the Pacific more
than 15 months ago. Ensign
Lindsey, son of County Supt.
and Mrs. C. S. Lindsey.
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0a“ P.r2ersiaSs- rTehp«!l Funeral Services
senting 27.175 children receiving | Held Saturday For____
$159,634 ir. an average grant of ]\f R Richardson
Jack Payne Heads
Class at TWC
Jack Payne of Mineola, and
a freshman student at Texas
Wesleyan College at Ft. Worth,
was elected president of the
sophomore class of next year
at a class meeting held on Mon-
day. The new officers will be
installed May 17. This is quite
an honor for young Payne.
Mrs. Lowell W. White and
children, Dona, Billie Sharon
and Wayne Rodgers and Mrs.
Jessie Beil Stephens and son
spent the weekend with rela-
tives in Bonham.
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Mrs. R. E. Notestine and Miss
Grace Landers spent Monday in
Dallas.
Funeral services were held
Saturday afternoon for M. K.
Richardson, 72, who - passed
away at his home in the Cot-
tonwood community on Friday,
May 7 after a lingering illness.
,, , , I Mr. Richardson was bom in
Members of the Rotary Club Alabama on February. 14, 1871.
heard delegates to the recent
Rotarians Hear
Reports On
District Meeting
j
district conference of Rotary
held at Longview, report at the
Monday meeting of the club.
Leland Long was program
He moved to the Cottonwood
community 31 years ago, and
has lived there since that time.
He was united in marriage to
. . , _ „ Miss Mary Angie Orlds nearly
“d years ago. He was known as
Uncle Mark by most of his
j friends.
j He is survived by his wife,
I three sons, A. D. Richardson
j and D. B. Richardson of Dal-
I las and J. H. Richardson of
: Turrell, Ark., and three daugh-
Neill and Mr. Long gave their
impressions of the conference.
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Soldiers Get Lots of Mail
United States soldiers over-
seas receive over 20,000 pieces
of mail a week, or an average
pf fourteen pieces per soldier.
This is four times as much as
the AEF got at the peak of
the World War. Twenty per
cent of the mail sent overseas
is V-mail.
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Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Creech
spent Sunday in Dallas with
ters, Mrs Vera Combs of Oke-
mah. Okla.; Mrs. Oleva Hogue
of Alba; and Mrs. Rose Reese
of California and 31 grand**
children and 18 great-grand-
children.
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Lieut, and Mrs. W. C. Du-
ller mother, Mrs. R. R. Rouse. . Bose gpg.-^ last weekend here
Lieut. R. E. Notestine has re-;wlth hls mother’ MlJ W‘ C*
turned to the hospital at Long- i DuBose and grandmother, Mrs.
view. His wife joined him Mon-
day. They had been visiting her
mother, Mrs. D. A. Landers.
J. G. Chappell. They have re-
turned to Georgia, where he is
stationed.
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Carraway, R. H. The Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. [8], Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1943, newspaper, May 13, 1943; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth591162/m1/1/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.