Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 18, 1941 Page: 4 of 16
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THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE. COLEMAN, TEXAS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1941
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Mrs. Ben Dunn has returned
from a visit of several days with
her sister, Mrs. Evelyn Brasel-
ton, at Ada, Oklahoma. Before
returning home she visited in
McAllister with a neicc, Miss
Nell Louise Braselton and in
Fort Worth with her son, Louis
Dunn.
At Pearl Harbor His Ship Is Sank Given Promotion
Mr. and Mrs Edgar Lewis! Mr. and Mrs. Claud
and two children of Lubbock ; Clelian plan to visit through the
visited last week end with Mrs. j Christmas holidays with their
Lewis’ parents, Judge and Mrs. j daughters in Dallas.
J. K. Baker. j ' -
- i Mrs. Fred A. Lucksinger of
Mrs, Roy Howell visited last j Rising Star visited Wednesday
week end with relatives in Dal- ] with relatives in Coleman. She
las i is moving this week to Kilgore
- ! to join Mr. Lucksinger. who is
Wayne Brown and Garvice | an employee of the Railroad Worth luesday pight.
place.
I .. „• 4“ 7Z j i ^nd daughter, Kay, of Canton,
Mrs. Birdie Hindman left ^1SS wjji arrive the first of
J.^Kizei an-^ Tuesday for the C hristmas holi- tlrx^ week for the Christmas
holidays with their parents, Mr.
Boyle of Abilene
tiVes and friends
last week end.
visited rela- j Commission,
in Coleman ;-«i
Billie Maurinc Stepp, student
at Mary Hardin - Baylor col-
leges Belton, will arrive Satur-
day for the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Stepp.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Stepp at-
tended the Oratorio of the Mes-
siah at Seminary Hill in Fort \
Mr, and Mrs. M. K. Witt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. W
nounce the birth of a seven-[ days with her children in Vic-
pound boy. Bobby ' Glenn, on j toria and Houston
Tuesday, Dec. It! at the Overall i
Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Lon Love left Wednes-
day morning for El Paso in
and Mrs. E. P. Scarborough and
Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Witt.
Miss Merle Lewis will arrive j response to a message that her
Friday for the Christmas holi- ’ son-in-law, Johnnie Carroll, was j Christmas* vacation
days with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Hugh Lewis. Miss Lewis is
teaching in the public schools
at Spur.
in a hospital in that city for a
major operation.
Little' Miss Ann Young of
Dallas will visit' through the
with her
i grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
! T. Blair.
J.
Mrs. R. G. Anderson and
—--• j baby have returned from a
We spent ail night counting visit with friends in Abilene,
lambs to give vou a good iamb
roast. E. A. Jeanes
Groceiy. T. C. Ayres of Kermit and
Six ; daughter, Mrs. Donald Hunter
ana son of Abilene are visiting
a few days in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. II. Hayes.
Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Dimock
of Ann Arbor. Michigan, will
arrive the latter pdrt of this
week for a visit with Mrs.
Dimock's sister, Mrs. H. H. Jack-
son and Mr. Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Shep-
herd and daughter, Ann
Houston are to visit through
Miss Julia Hard:n of Ballin-
ger is planning to visit through
the Christmas holidays with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Mr. and Mrs. LcRoy Watsomf the Christmas season with rela-
Hardin in Coleman. i and son of Hobbs, N M.. Mr. | tives in Coleman.
- and Mrs. J. B. Freeman and1 M nrfvLli
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Cox were ‘ >wo children of Amarillo, will !,„ mTsr yuTi
visitors in Dallas Tucsdaj^md ] visit through the Christmas *Mrs' ^ ”
Wednesday. f I holidays with their parents, Mr.
- - -/ | and Mrs, H. H. Hayes.
Mrs. Evrett McKinney, the • -
former Miss Nancy J,m Gels',n. j Misses Belle and Irene Hen-
is reported* to be recovering1 dersen of Ran Antonio will ar-
niceiy in a Lubbock hospital, j r,ve tins week end for the
following a serious li Incss. j.Christmas holidays with their
- j parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F.
Miss June Hyer, student at Henderson.
DAVID HARBOUR
David Harbour, Army Ail
Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.
t i ante Harbour of Coleman, is
located at Peail Harbor, Ha-
waii. Neither he nor a brother,
Bill, who is a sailor aboard the
aircraft carrier U. S. S. Lexing-
ton, was injured when Hawaii
was bombed by the Japanese
warbirds on December 7.
A third brother, Bob, until
recently a student at Texas
Tech, has made application for
a place in the United States
Relatives of David
Texas State Colllege far Wom-
en, Dcntf.n, and Miss Betty fly-
er, student at Texas Tech. Lub-
bock, will arrive Satuiday for
the Christmas holidays with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
K. flyer.
Jeaton of Amarillo,
Maddox of Hcustrn
j and Patti Polk Perry of Ada,
j Okla. arc visiting with Dr. and
| Mrs. R. Bailey. Mr. and Mrs.
Clegg Perry of Ada, parents
j of Patti Polk, will arrive Sat-
, urday for the Christmas holi-
days and, Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Salter of Amarillo will arrive
Tuesday and Mr. Maddox will
I arrive the first of next week for
- ! the holidays with Dr. and Mrs.
Miss Lula Belle McMurrey ‘ Bailey.
end Jack Maddox, students at i • -*—•
the University of Texas, Austin, No bones for Rover in our
visited last we, k end with Mr. • rolled roast. E. A. Jeanes Gro-
Maddox' mother, Mrs. C. G.
Maddox cf Houston, who is i
---' I guest this week of Dr. and Mrs.;
Mrs. C. E. Fletcher of Chd-jR. Bailey,
rire s visited Tuesday wi'h , her I ' ———
cousin. Mrs. J. K, Baker and' Botty Hyer, Frod Gipson. Bill
Mrs. Maggie Owens. Dirk Hickman, Robert Jolley,
--- Charles Freeman, John Dris-i
Mrs. Maggie Owens left today kill, all of Coleman. Kaye and
0f t Marines,
Tuesday received a cablegram
from David in which he said
he had just married but the
message was garbled in trans-
mission and details of the mar-
riage were meager.
Leon Bartlett—
(Continued From Page 1, Sec. 1)
eery. Six
Mr. and Mrs. Aug H. Oisyi
were in Sen Angelo last Thurs-
day to attend the Dallas Sym-
phony orchestra, conducted by
Jacques Singer.
Mrs. W. D. Allerr and Miss
Dorothy Scarborough left this)
ior Wa’D for a visit with re! -; faye Stone and Marjorie Mayes morning for Austin, where they'
.iv. v From there she v/ul go j i., c.k of Ta!o.\ all students at' are to meet Mrs. Allen's daugh-1
to Glen Rose to visit with Mis Texas Tech, will arrive the lat- ter, Mrs. Charles Shenherd and ;
Zella Kno\ of Fort Worth, who • ter part of the week for the j daughter. Ann, of Houston, who 1
is recciv.ng medical treatment Christinas holidays with rela- ~y> tn =nend the Christmas
there. , twos in Cclcmun. 1 holidays here.
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charge from the U. S. Army,
has been recalled and left Mon-
day for El Paso to rejoin his
company. He was accompanied
to El Paso by Mrs. Knox and
son, Beck. ^
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McCord
have received a message that
their son, Pvt. J. B. McCord,
arrived Friday at Camp Lee,
HARBOURS. KELSONS
SERVE UNCLE SAM
Uncle Sam’s armed forces
lias a fascination for two Cole-
man families.
The Harbour boys, three
sons of Mr-, and Mrs. D. Frank
harbour, believe in variety so
David is now serving with the
Army Air Corps, Bui is wnh
the Navy, and now Bob, young
rexas ieeh student, has made
application for a piace in the
Marines. David and Bill v/cre
both stationed at Pearl Har-
bor when the Japanese air
force Struck without warning
but neither was injured..
Coleman's other family rep-
resented so well in the arm-
ed services are the Nelsons.
Chief Turret Captain Jack
Nelson, son cf Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Nelson, has been in the
Navy since January 1923.
(Mrs. Nelson is the daughter
of Mrs. Lena Wheeler of
Coleman). Jiick was tn the
U. S. S. Arizona but it is net
known whether he was aboard
when it went down in Pearl
Harbor on Dec. 7. Incidental-
ly, he served in the Army
from 1916 to 1919.
Grady Nelson, Jr., nephew
of Jack, was also on the Ari-
zona and no Wol d has been
received here about him since
that ship went down. He h:;d
been in the service for six
months.
Buck Nelson, brother of
Jack, was in the Navy frOru
1920 to 1922. Master Sergeant
Herbert Nelson, brother cf
Buck lyul Jack,- is with th ■
Army Air- Corps * at Sacra-
mento. California.
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Bowens Drug Store
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EUGENE SMITH
Wrhen the Japanese warplanes
struck Pearl Harbor a dastard-
lyblow on December 7 they
were able to sink several ship?
(see chronology of the war on
this nage) and to damage sever-
al others. Among the ships sunk
was the U. S. S. Shaw. A mem-
ber of the shin’s crew was Eu-
gene Smith, shown, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Doss Smith of Silver
Valley. Young Smith visited his
relatives here and at Silver Val-
ley several weeks ago and dur-
ing the visit he was suddenly
called back to service.
Squadron. Scott Field, Illinois.
Harold L. Wilhite, Company
B. West Point, New York.
Sgt. G. M. (Bill) Crosley is
with the Marines at Pearl Har-
bor. He is a brother of Mrs.
Frank Barnes of Voss.
Lucian Love, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lon Love, recently went to
the West Coast with the 144th
Infantry, 36th Division.
Capt. James Padgitt recently
wasTransferred to San Antonio.
Mark Joseph Brannon, Jr., of
Coleman, has been ordered to
rtpoi t to his Class V-7 naval re-
serve officers’ training school
at Annapolis on January 9.
Billy Rutherford and Bill
Crow are both at Mather Field,
California.
Arnold Williams, formerly of
KARL WALLACE
Lt. Col. Karl Wallace of Camp
Bowie, formerly of Fort Worth,
is now in charge of the 142nd
Infantry at Camp Bowie, suc-
ceeding Col. Nat Perrine. Col.
Perrine was transferred to the
141st Infantry at the Brown-
wood camp. ^
Coleman, and Larue Jeanes are
at Victorville, California.
Jack Newman is now at Mof-
fett Field, California.
Foster and Bob Miller, sons
of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Bob
Miller, are both in California.
The former is at Murdoc Field
and the latter is at Taft Field.
Graydon L. Ddncan is at
Pearl Harbor.
Rockwood young men who
are serving Uncle Sam include:
Navy, Theodore Hodges, John
Will and Davy Bryan, J. Seth
Bell, Eugene Smith, Conrad Mc-
Creary and Jack Williams; Air
Corps, Harold Steward, Charles
and Jack Caldwell, Donald Wil-
liams and Pete Cooper; Army,
Glen Blackwell and B. B. Fow-
ler, Jr.; Coast Artillery, Jack
Rutherford jmd Noble Smith.
R. r’^jTTma nf Coleman this
week joined me Navy. Lester
Sumrall Gray, Coleman, thii
week joined the U. S. Marines.
Bob Harbour, son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. Frank Harbour of Cole-
m a n, this week made ap-
plication for a place in the U.
S. Marines.
Pvt. James H. Griffin, Signal
Headquarters and Headquart-
ers. Second Interceptor Com-
mand, Fort Lawton, Seattle,
Washington.
Pvt. Ornold K. Barsch, Det.
OMC (BFT), Brooks Field, Tex-
as.
Lt. Carroll D. Cooper, Com-
pany C, 54th Battalion, Camp
Wolters, Texas.
Capt. Pat R. Warren, 142rj|d
Infantry, Brownwood.
Pvt. Grover Lightfoot, Head-
quarters Company, 36th Divi-
sion, Camp Bowie, Texas.
Ralph Langston, Third Army
Headquarters, San Antonio,
Texas.
Lt. John T. Williamson, Jr.,
Third Army Headquarters, San
Antonio, Texas.
Pvt. Earl Stoup, Third Chem-
ical Company Maintenance. Fort
Sam Houston, Texas.
Don McClellaii, 46th Aerial
Squadron, Randolph Field, Tex-
as.
Pfc. Robert F. Davis, Jr., 23rd
Pursuit Squadron, Ponce Air
Base, Ponce, Puerto Rico.
John W. Hornsby, 32nd Pur-
suit Squadron, Ponce, Puerto
Rico.
C. Turner Weaver, E. Divi-
sion, U.S.S. Houston, Asiatic
Station, care of Postmaster, San
Francisco, Calif.
Herbert Lee Martin, Hq. &
Hq. 25th Bomb Group, Air
Corps, Borinquen Field, Puerto
Rico.
R. H. Sedwick, 27th Recon.
Squadron, Borinquen Field,
Puerto Rico.
Charles Hickman has just re-
cently been transferred to the
Fort Grant, 111., at Fort Grant
111.
Most members of the old Cole-
man and Santa Anna National
Guard companies are still sta-
tioned at Camp Bowie, Brown-
wood.
Milford May, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John May, will Se induct-
ed Into the Navy on January 2.
Now a student in the University
of Texas, Milford will spend the
Christmas holidays in Coleman.
Robert Cleo Benton will
graduate from a naval training
school at San Diego, California,
on Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Breed-
love and son, Charles, Dorothy
Herd, and Mrs. Alton Reese
were Fort Worth visitors Tues-
day.
Buzzy Olson, student at the
University of Minnesota, Min-
neapolis, will arrive this week
end for the Christmas holidays
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Aug. H. Olson. He will ba met
in Fort Worth by his parents.
Mrs. Raymond Dunn left
Sunday for Lubbock to be with
her husband where lie is em-
ployed with the B&B Food
Store. Mrs. Dunn has been em-
ployed by the J. C. Penney Co.
for tiie past four years.
» Hollie Bennett of New Boston
spent the week end with rela-
tives at Valera.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Bennett
and Bobbie Lou visited with
their son, Bill, at Camp Bowie,
and their daughter, Madge, also
at Brownwood.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Abbey
and family of Echo, Orian Hoo-
ver and family of near Valera,
Hollie Bennett of New Boston
and oth*ff relatives were dinner
guests in Ihe- W. P. Blackwell
home Sunddy.
Miss Dorothy Ayers relumed
Saturday to her home in Breck-
enridge, following a visit of
several days with Mrs. H. E.
Jernigan.
Mrs. G. A. Stocrmcr is visi-
ting in Houston with her
mother, Mrs. A. L. Lay,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Strick-
land announce the birth of a
10 pound son. Robert Curtis, at
the Overall Memorial Hospital
on Sunday, Dec. 14. Mother
and baby are doing nicely at
their home on West Elm St.
Roberts Byers, senior in the
University of Tgxas, will arrive
Saturday to spend the Christ-
mas holidays with his mother,
Mrs. Meek Byers.
Dr. and Mr.-’. E. L. Knox are
visiting this week in Dallas and
in Shreveport, La.
Phone 2221
Va, with his address given as,
Co. C, 5th, Med. INC, Ln.'
j 1634.
.Pvt. James A. King of Fori
: Bragg,;Ky. is visiting until De-
cenioer 22 with his parents, Mr
! and Mrs. J. C. King at Glun
I Cove.
H. L. Bentley of Glen Cove
i route has a son and grandson
with the U. S. forces on the
'west coast. The son, Staff Sgt.
' Ray Bentley is with the U. S.
Air Corps at Portland, Gfe-
. gon. teeently sent there from
; Arizona. The grandson, Weldon
iSa Voweti is in the U. S. Navy
M School, studying pharmacy, at
™ I Sari Diego.
Sgt. Jack N. Pate, Cliftcn,
; Arizona.
Sgt. Jack.N. Scott', 74th A r
Base, Luke Field, I’hocn.X, Aif-
j zona.
Pvt. Weldon Davis, Battery
I D, 51st Field Artillery, Camp
1 Roberts, California,
i Pvt. Robert D. West, Com-
pany B, 27th Batallion, , Engi-
neer's Replacement Center, Fort
1 Leonard Wood, Missouri.
1 Pvt. Luke Pricer, 51st School
Squadron, Air Corps Gqnhery
'Schobl, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Wilbur Clarke >s receiving
medical treatment in the gov-
|ernment hospital at New Or-
. leans.
Otis Griffith, 12th
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Extract frcm speech made by President Roosevelt December 9, 1941.
”A review this morninq leads me to the concl usion that at present wo shall not have to curtail
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who aro fighting on the same side with us.
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