The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945 Page: 1 of 8
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Taft Officer
Taft Tribune
Devoted to the Best interests of Taft and San Patricio County
VOLUME TWENTY
NUMBER KWm
TAFT, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945
Taft Boy Scouts Win Awards and
Advancements At Annual Camp
Yooisg Lt. Col. From Taft Is
Cammantlmg Officer of Bomb
Group lie Joined In. Spring of *43
receives wings
Thirty boys, members of Taft Troop No. 43, Boy Scoots
of America, recently enjoyed their annual camping ac-
tivities, spending ten days at the big 40-acre Boy Scout
Camp near Junction, in the famous “Hill Country” of
Texas. The hikes, swimming, campfire ceremonies and
the invigorating climate of the higher altitude gave the
boys energy, enthusiasm and a greater love for the fine
principles of scouting. The Tribune regrets that we do
not. have a detailed account of the activities of the boys,
but we feel sure that the ten days they spent at camp
was valuable to them now and in the future. Scout-
master Lloyd Kirk reported that a number of the boys
received awards and advancements.
* Awards wen- made to the fol-
ni wv , • , lowing member.* of tlie troop:
Banco baptist Sr™,"" °"M
Association Meets 4t *z£z t “
ill 1 II Bobby Curtis for outstanding
imh Church Here f0r
Delegations Present U. L. Woodson recognition f
From Wral , g-nera) all around good sport*-
minstnp and good scouting.
The Wolf Patrol won the camp
contest as first patrol, based on
advancement, promptness at. for-
mations and camp decorations.
The following merit badges and
advancements were earned at the
camp:
MERIT BADGES
Bobby Curtis, athletics.
Homer Easterwood, Tom Kirk.
Wachter Olliff. D. L. Woodson,
and Lloyd Kirk, life saving. |
James Roy Pyroti, cooking.
Ben Bickham, Eugene Childers,
Bobby Fnssell. Millard Harvey,
Clyde Krueger, Raymond Pal
raoud and Sonny Richards, swim-
ming
Roy Floerke and Bobby Fnssell,
pioneering.
Edwin Barrow, bookbinding.
ADVANCEMENT
Bobby Curtis, second class.
Buddy Richards and Roy Floer-
ke. first class.
Millard Harvey. Adrian Krebs
and Clyde Kdueger, Star Scouts.
D. L. Woodson, Life Scout.
Tommie KM; and Lloyd Kirk,
Eagle Scouts.
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■ CAPT. JACK L JONES
j^utgirter* 3h-'d
Franc*. Oipt J tc v.
to,, «on °i Mr and Mrs. Vv
Jaws of Taft, gradual' ■! I
^ & M. o May I1'
C*«ay b< '• •"••s'.'ittcil
b diploma
Lad I/ :' ' •
! ' poll t Put
T.v- Texas War Food Adminis-
tItl,ion Waste Board has extended
'!;*■ closing date tor the •voting on
the “siabllshment of specific
• a ceilings m cotton picking to
•'•*<’* J'lh. states I) A. Adam.
, • > in ip. officer or the board.
hi • ‘ w f 'he excellent turn-
in the Nueces, Sail Patricio,
•bm Welb. oid Kleberg Counties,
• ' vi pticc.ally (vht vote casi
n t!a Valley sectiafi the board
. , • v> - in order to he fair to all
1 o;di ' cue, rued, that this ex-
’ ’i. i i; of time I* justified.
Tie- I. ard in . hciking Into the
ii 1 ' vote in the Valley hccU n
piun-i that, more than SO per cent
n! tin- farmers did not have en-
ough in.nrmstlon to intelligently
dei i • - whether they are for or
lust wage ceilings. There-
:<,:•- arrangements have been
made with radio stations and
newspapers in the Valley to assist
In conducting an intensive radii
.itnl educational program begin-
ning June 20th. County agents.
Triple a groups, farm bureaus
and others are being solicited to
assist In :h!s program.
Tie extension of time is ap
pllcatde to both the Coastal Bend
:»ii Valley counties Any fame
>’s who have nut expressed their
nplni n and wish to do so In
either section, can do so by call-
ing at any county agent office in
any county.
Farmers are urged to express
their opinion, whether they are
tor nr against the program. The
T. v War Food Administration
Wage Board will bring the ad
ministration •< the program as ii
claim* in adjustments that may
In- nei -unary to cotton picking
rate and the matter of investiga-
tion of evasions directly to Ihr
county involved The board has
adopted the policy of giving im
mediate attention and action to
the matters mentioned above
through :ht use of local person-
in! and farm anti labor advisory
5 now
Trd ns-
Ci- iff
LTf.f 14 yea
I FnnM with
tr* JVi.ib
| Personnel.
LIEUT. ROBERT N. ALLERT
A graduate of advanced pilot
training clus*- 1f,C. Robert ,V, Al-
b.'i. of Tuf*. Texas, recently re-
ceived his wings and commission
rs a second lieutenant in the
Army Air Forres, at the Douglas
Army Air Flf-11, Arizona. Lieut
Alien, I he son of Mr. and Mrs.
William S, Ailert, g:aduated from
Taft High School. Before enter-
ing military service, he was a
student at Taft High School, His
brother, Lt. William J. Ailert, Is
in the South Pacific with the
Marines.
d live..'
3th fidco
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE LIBERATOR STATION,
ENGLAND.--Lt, Colonel Schmidt of Taft. Texas, suc-
ceeds Colonel Troy W. Crawford of El Faso, as command-
ing officer of the 448th Bomb Group. Lt. Colonel William
A. Schmidt of Taft, husband of Mrs. Madge M. Schmidt
of Taft, was recently named commanding officer of the
446th Bomb Group by Major General William E, Keprasr,
commanding general of the Second Air Division. He sots-
reeds Colonel Troy W. Crawford of El Paso, who wohi
down over Germany early in April. Colonel Crawford!
was recently liberated by American troops.
In the above picture, left to right: Major General
William E. Kepner; behind General Kepner, Brigadier
General Edward J. Timberlake, Jr.; head of a Lib Com-
bat Wing; Lt. Colonel Schmidt; and right, Colonel Troy
W. Crawford.
Taft Sailor Serve#
On Gallant Destroyer
Of ‘Sheepdog Fleet*
ABOARD THE DESTROYER
MURRAY IN THE PACIFIC.--
Juin>s Columbus Pariah, Jr.,
seaman first class. IJSXR. son of
James C. Palish. Sr.. Taft. Texas,
Is serving aboinl this gallant de-
stroyer of Uncle Sam’s “Sheep-
dog Fleet," which h s taken part
in more than a dozen major Na-
val e sa-tementa in Pacific wa-
ters »ln>f- b. -Im; commissioned
two year* ago.
She first went into combat
when she t.x>k part In the big raid
on Wake Island in October,
1942, Later she participated in
. tkns at Bougainville and Ra-
haul.
In November. 1943. she joined
the Gilberts invasion force In
lime to go into Tarawa with
it. While there, she gave burial
at sea. with full military honors,
of the marines killed l«
Oil return
The Brotherhvod heartily ap-
proved the proposed plan to buy
the missionary to the Latin
Americans a new car.
The next meeting will lie held
in Portland in September.
itt mi
New Greyhound
Buses To Operate
Through Taft
A somewhat brighter picture
for both bus companies and their
passengers lias developed in re-
cent weeks due to- their acquisi-
tion of a number of new buses,
according to F. VV. Tibbetts,
president of the Southwestern
Greyhounds Lines. Inc. His com-
pany, operating in nine midwe&t.
ern and southwestern states, have
received ninety-three new bases;
this amounted to about twenty-
five percent of their total equip-
ment as Southwestern Greyhound
Linen operated approximately
three hundred buses last year.
Ten of the new buses will op-
erate through Taft on the regular
San Antonio-Corpua Christ! sche-
dules.
New equipment, of course, has
been practically nonexistent since
the start of the war and this fact
coupled with the tremendous in-
crease In passenger traffic pre-
sented tremendous new problems
of maintenance and operation.
The job of preservation and con-
servation of equipment lias been
of prime importance.
Tibbetts hastened to point out
that ibis does not mean the end
of 1 ravel congestion at this time,
but that it would provide some
relief.
The new equipment is of the
latest type built and is similar to
the last pre-war models. Tibbetts
stated that Greyhound have ex-
tensive plans for a “post-war"
bus which will set new highs in
comfort and efficiency, but this
equipment will, of course, have to
wait until after Victory.
Now ‘Over There’
Visitor From Tulsa
Honored at Luncheon
Mrs, William Crawford of Tul-
sa. Oklahoma, was named hon-
oree at a luncheon Monday in
the Morocco Room In the Robert
Driscoll Hotel In Corpus Christi,
by Mrs. W. S. Cunningham.
Mrs. Crawford is the guest of
her sister, Mrs. Bolin Mahaffey,
this week.
Guests at the luncheon were,
Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Mahaffey.
Mrs. John Mlnter, Mrs. George
Taggart Mrs. C. C. Boykin. Mrs.
Miller Harwood, Mrs. Fred Wil-
liams, Mrs. A. J- Gudin.
|Vtm h**
Hujshft* »>f
y i ommaml
■rv with Lt.
<1 Army
CHILD CARE PROGRAM
IS HEARD BY CLUB
PORTLAND. — Roll call was
answered by giving “an incident
of my childhood" at the meeting
of the Home Demonstration Club
Wednesday afternoon at the home
of Mrs Madelyn M. Stone.
Childhood pictures of the mem-
bers also were displayed. The
program was on child care.
Mrs. Stone gave a report of
the Home Demonstration Club
plt-nic held in Sinton recently.
Members voted to cooperate with
the other community organiza-
tions in supporting the Youth
Center.
Mary Louise Duckworth sang a
song, and Nadeane Stone played
a piano solo. Refreshments were
served during the social hour.
JNE GOES THROUGH
TO THE MARIANAS,
SERGEANT WRITES
MARIAN AS ISLANDS.
June 12, 1945.
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WMe send The Taft Tribune
*e at. the .-w A. P O. and
pwu belo* In the future.
Ta* Tribune is coming th-u
bn, and I enjoy every word ot
Kb espy. I have no record of
w **p-rxtiOn date of my sub-
kwftpr. »0 please keep me In-
kutd In order that I may re-
to some
the beach assault.
The Murray struck close to the
Japanese mainland in February
of this year, acting in a screen
for the carriers making strikes
on Tokyo. T« celebrate being in
sight of the snow-capped moun-
tains of the enemy homeland, the
captain. Commander Paul L. De-
vos. Miami. Ariz., ordered a
special treat of ice cream for all
hands.
Taft Doughboy With
First Regiment To
Land On German Soil
qTH A R M Y GROUP. GER-
MANY First 36th “Texas" Di-
vision troops on German soil
were doughboys of the J41st In-
fantry Regiment who. in 10 Mays,
battered the Wehrmachf from
strong positions along the Modor
River through the Siegfried Line. J
Cpi. Robert L. Jones of Taft j
member of the regiment. j
in bitter honse-to- j
city of
j\ s. Seventh
broke out from
* 2 It « j- ’I?
The following letter w*a imp .
celved by O. J. Moody of Taft
from hiB son. First Lt. Javncxn 0.
Moody, who Is now In the Mart-
anas Islands. Lt. Moody’* In-oftte-
er. Captain Fred W. Moody, **►' jjf|
cently received an honorable
charge after gallant and distbP- .
guished service overseas: Sis
Sincerely,
II•:-cites, !<4216501
faft Aces Bring Baseball Fame to the B!a:hland City
*• E. Mires. Jr,, of the U. S.
visiting recently in
^ h&rre of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
PI
| is a
Engaged
! bouse fighting In the torn
jlLigenau. these
I Army infantrymen
a small bridgehead across the Mo-
dor clashed with German rear
guards and finally knocked out 35
pillboxes and forts in cutting
through the Siegfried Line.
The doughboys, commanded by
Col. Charles H. Owens of Wal-
lace, Idaho, have left landmarks
t„ a defeated Retch from Salerno.
Italy to the Rhine In Germany In
352 davtj of conflict with the ene-
my. Among the most veteran in
tantrymen in General Jacob L.
Devers’ Sth Army Group, they
captured more than 6,«0i^ Ger-
mans in France alone-
Nazi leaders have been added t
their bag i'1 Austria.
Ti?0V w^iv t*H& Afsw •
to assault now-crumbled Fortress
Europe with the Salerno !*»<«»«»
and later fought to the «»tdd
River’s famous “Battle of 0
below Casslno The moimtato
city of Vellotrl fell to them when
they took part to »he ajmetocular
3«th Division infiltration maneuv-
the German i«h AW ««
ll«r. Other battle.
rugged warfare to th*
Mountain* the defense of Colmar
a*4 a*ala»t -ar-
paiwea. awn %g*winx»t. Ida*
m»n» emlKaced 1® »**
after SttoJub-
: l*'j
(Continued Or, Pago S)
Wednesday, Muy 36. 7:15 P ME.
Dear Dad and Naomi: '
Just, a few lines to tot fm
know that finally l am ’•vnm ’ -'X|
here." it lau’t at all -bad, eitho*1,. ."ii
It look* like | will be wwklajf *'
pretty hard in the next emfto
day*. 'We are not bothered wffSi ,--;S
malaria. *o that is », gsmmt IM;N :|
They spray the island every «w ,4-
and then to kill all the mUb-
quifoes.
We have electrtcUy, »nd *m ?, ’’Hi
few day® will have njnstoj a'sv
ter. We have a PX. too. AH i*x ' ?vl
all. It la mighty alee for «a »*•'; ' :;M
vanced base.
1 had a very nice trip m
way over. We (tow over Afpc' 1
*KiS rode Isa wtyto. Oar' f®8a* 3m
was one of time tvat-*«ts}m
tranaa-arta wftb plaafe mSe.
•was really a fine trip, with
ttfal weather. Our wHfet to
catedi in t.fee MMtenu. Itt* k
long way from beans, bat I *»«« . %
we'll be able to make tt ». to, .aj^p
uai.11 we get the war «**r wtfto.'V^|
tiled, sue what y«es «« :4
about taUto« TMtt
ss-'rt to y*ms. tvmm vim
yaw the «mmmm «r
th* eaet wtM tee, I toeaW
to •m'-Bmk Wtoto to ttolne-
m wtrti mm*.
r*ii «a <*« sv<m m*
*rtm .*'•. JSs-’ip.sB
“Swing-Inn" Is New
Recreation Club For
Taft T(een- Agers"
A group of teen-age boy# and
-Iris inet at the Girl Scout Little
House Friday night, Jwrte 8, io
form a Junior recreation center
which is to be called ‘•Swing-
Inn." it Is sponsored by the "B-
nior 'Woman’s Club and the Wo-
man’s Club fe Taft, and is open
to all boys and girl* between the
ages of 13 and 20. It will be
open each Friday night from 8
to 11 o’clock.
Officers were elected for the
club. They are: President, Joann
Jonas; socretavy-treaaureir, Agne*.,
Cummins; tnuww, Pbyitte Tati..
Club does will be the ifteb tJtemi
months.
Anyone who Is HUtrsiM to
Joteing sinmld be at th*
Scout Little H«m 5Vid».r toUM,
.tom# 15 Th« toman of the
club will astwft n pmf.e
*t S:W.
V. Cortina*, first haueman; Juan
Chaves, pitcher: A. Rios, catcher.
LOWER ROW. left to right:
Juan F. Cuevas, center field and
iDo secretary-treasurer; M, Sali-
nas, left field: Fide! C*5»tu, sec-
ond base; J. Gonsntles, right
field; B. Gonzales, abort stop;
N. Garcia, catcher and third
ta*«,
Tha Ace* are makinj effort* to
bring « goo,] team to Taft tor
Awbto hqndar gam,** July Rk
Nuevo Liredo, Mexico, AHJadorea.
Bishop Brahma*, and the Sinton
rardirfla.
The above ph-tur* •■■l the T8fl
AC-5, taMbxli club w*» made this
#«»«*«. The member* are, real-
in* from left to right:
TOP ROW: Dor Garcia, pitch-
er had entcBer; Pet* Garcia.
catcher aM.rlgkt B*W*r; Felix
Trevlwx. pltdw »d
----- IMMUtfW;
The Taft Aces, crack
team baa tnude a record till*
,e"*o.i that any team should not
be ashamed of. The tea:.', h*
member* attired in •ttncHn
Wttormto ha* PlW«J
ds.e winning t-1 UelJ*
two and toeing ^ i>ur~*ad
arriur-s-S
O Vh‘k4?rH, who was
in Taft. vlsiUng hlt< wife
®Bt*- oftor returning from
'. m now Ht.ttl.mcd at an
hospital is. Hollywood.
3. recovering from »rm
f injuries tin received
*Bly He was vilh the
r®31”' Depot Co., in New
■ where he served since
•*t*- He arrived in Baft
May K.
2>MN Trdrtao,
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Richards, Henry C. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 5, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 14, 1945, newspaper, June 14, 1945; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711892/m1/1/: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.