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FIRST IN NEWS, ADVERTISING, CIRCULATION, READER INTEREST, COLEMAN COUNTY
In Two Sections
8IXTY-SEC0ND YEAR
THE DEMOCRAT-VOICE, COLEMAN, TEXAS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1943
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NUMBER 47
Have You Contributed To The National War Fund?
^ Farmers, Ranchers, Local People
Scan Skies In Search Of Badly
Needed Rain; Water Supply Low
Coleman County farmers and
ranchmen as well as the people
of Coleman are beginning to
look at the skies each day and
wonder just when rain can be
expected.
The farmers are worried be-
cause their Winter grain is dy-
ing in big patches because of the
continued dry weather, and the
activities of the green bugs.
Ranchmen have their ranches
and the shortage of stock water
to worry about. People in Cole-
GOOD WATER WELL
DRILLED ON MORRIS
man are faced with forced water MILLER S RANCH
was broken, as a total of 5.51
inches of rain fell in the county
during that month. Little stock
water was obtained, the rains
were local in nature and, unfor-
tunately, little of that water fell
on Lake Scarborough water-
shed. People of Coleman de-
pend on the lake for their water
supply.
rationing unless the voluntary
plan now being tried is success-
ful or a rain is received.
This year has been one of the
“dryest” in a long time. The
average rainfall here is 27.62
inches but thus far this year
only 14.62 inches of rain has
fallen. Thus, 13 inches of rain
will have to fall, between now
and January 1 if‘this year is to
reach its “quota.”
Some “dry” years in the past
include: 1937, when 19.11 inches
of rain was received here; 1933,
18.87; 1921, 18.54; 1917, 12.74;
1912, 19.20; 1910, 14.56; 1901,
19.76; 1879, 17.99; and 1857,
16.64 inches.
There was some hope in Sep-
tember that the 1943 drought
L. N. Coles Get
Purple Heart
Award of Son
He s Commended
Former Gouldbusk jS-Sgt. R. G, Blackwood Back Home
Man Is Seriously j For Rest After Seeing Action
Injured In War ! On Guadalcanal; Has Decorations
Reported Missing Coleman Still
Short Of War
line.
was
SEAMAN WISENER
Word has been received here p n m. ,.i.„ a o, .
%£%££$ yjsag- «>v«•'
was =’eriouslv injured in Italy t furloueh af,(-‘r having able to advance 1,000 yards
on Oct 26 y J ™ ”a y bpf'n statlont'd in PaK° Pago, through the jungle of Guadal-
Son of Clay Row of Gould- Guadalcanal, and New canal one day but the company
busk, who now is empolyed Whjle he is a husky
tacked from the air 57 times in
11 days and nights. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Wise-
A water well has been drilled
on the Morris Miller land,
northeast of Coleman, the water
sand being picked up at 218
feet. Over 100 feet of water is ner of Coleman,
in the well.
Windmill is not needed at the
well, but a small pump has been
placed in operation there.
next to his was unable to ad-
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California He moved from orlu Marine blouse is fairly South Pacific points he has had
Gouldbusk in 1932 oi 1933 ij™11 covercd with decorations malaria fever 17 times Out in
‘' I he has received since entering spite of that his weight increas-
He was injured in the side, the Marines on Aug. 24. 1940. ed from 155 pounds to his pres-
He had been in the Service of While he also wears the qual-|ent 185 pounds,
ceptional bravery.” He rode a |his country about 18 months. | Hving medals to which he is1 Morale of the Marines is
merchant ship into, the Mediter-[ -
ranean war zone which was at- SANTA ANNA MAN Js
Benjamin Franklin Wisener,
seaman first class in the Navy,|
has been commended for “ex-.
Fund Quota
With less than a week to go,
Coleman County still lacks
$2,728 of meeting its quota of
$9,078 in the National War Fund
drive.
Pfe. James L. Carter, son
Mr. and Mrs.
REPORTED INJURED
IN N. AFRICA BATTLE
Most of the shortage is in the
City of Coleman, according to
Cecil Gray, Coleman, chairman
t ^ of of 1be ^ar ^und campaign for
Jim Carter of tbis counf-v- chairman ex-
en t it led,'such" as being a sharpl highland they are now‘getting ^hon. is reported missing in ac-
shooter and an expert with the plenty to eat, although the lat-jtlon sl™:e S?pt;,13’, ,SpV<;!'a of;cial drive is to be conducted^
rule and bayonet, he is really ter could not be said at Gua-! b,sbudf“2 m lhe °ld Balllnler:Coleman^^Flying School and ha
proud of the National Defense'dalcatlal until the Jaos were Natlonal G“ar,d company who, ar an ur^nt ao^al o*
bar. the American Theatre of kicked out of there. Cigarettes were rePor1ed mlss,nff havp: ' 8 8 appeal to
There was plenty of water in
the creek on the place but the
banks were too steep for the
cattle.
Piggly Wiggly
Store at Santa
Anna Burglarized
From Temple, Texas, comes War bar, the Asiatic-Pacific bar, I lighters and letters from home since been reP°rted t0 be pris' i contributions 2t
---------*-------- — r---------------- -..... |are the things the boys want oners of the German govern-
other persons here to make their
once.
They Both Serve
ed with San Francisco
years beginning in 1928.
eight -
county have raised their quotas.
Total raised in the county
thus far is $6,350.
the news story that S/Sgt. Lon and the President’s Citation. UUvs wain - c . . . ,, ,.
SSAMc°ul - hirslp-Ll
He was a member of the dalcanal. In fact, he took part da Laverne Plant, are visiting kllled' somc were injured and,ot .he rural communities in the
Philadelphia Athletics baseball in two of ,he battles on the fa-!his grandfather, H. H. Doss, and,wer® fap‘u^d;. but thc. “ ’r *
Club in 1926 and 1927 and play- mous island. other relatives here. Fighting 36th held the ground
He carries a shrapnel scar on S/Sgt. Blackwood was born; won ’n tbe hitter struggle,
jhis left foot, but that was a in San Saba, Texas, on Aug. l,j
I minor wound in his estimation.11922, but lived there only about, ^ ~ . . i \i M •
! He said the boys who come back [eight months. He attended11 I Williams Nfl 1 NnVlfP
'home minus a foot or an arm;school in Lee County, Texas,! "Rualllj 1 3U. . iiCai livVICC.
lare the ones who deserve the!but spent much of his life in' » i t p J D J
|Purple Heart medal insofar as Coleman, working for Hotel /\np3rCntlV iS \jOOU I rOQUCCn
i he is concerned and that he had Coloman and the Western Union i J^ ..
!refused to let any sort of appli- Telegraph Company. j \LW I nralinn SfylrpH Kv Pnillinc
cation be made for that medall He served three years withiiiCW LjULdllUIl tJldlVCU L)V 1 IlllIlJJo
CCRA Plans To
Buy Drag-Line,
Manager States
1.0YD
be made for that medall
| for him. the old Coleman National Guard I
| Sgt. Blackwood spent a long unit before going into the Ma-
Au' 36 hours dn the front line on one; rines.
. occasion, although he normally’ S/Sgt. Blackwood was the! this week in the Hunter &
Calif., and formerly of ha,s bren authorized to investi- is in iixQ quartermaster depart- principal speaker at a meeting Hunter of Abilene C. C Wil-
i Coleman, is receiving treatment ^ate he of buyin6 a ment. | of the Lions Club at the Amer-ihams No. 1 well, near Novice.
Central Colorado River
, . ou ujuia uu uic Hum line un une,‘
Pfc. Francis M. Pace of Oak- , on.ys ma^'inery committee oc.(.;lsjon although he normally
Cokmannd have roceiv^d^the'tb8 store was opened by cu,tting
Purple Heart award, that justylvets on one of the doois
recently was given theit ibh, iand by smashing the door with
Cpl, Harry A. Cole, by the War a heavy implement.
Department for “military mer-
Approximately $300 and a
quantity of checks were taken
from the Santa Anna Piggly
Wiggly safe by a burglar or|
burglars on Sunday night of 'and’
this week. iColer.JI*, ,0 v...e ; drag-line S W Cooner secre
Entrance to the building wasi island Cahf * hospUal1' follow-1 tary-mana8er of the organiza-
in<ia nuttino q >inl» in thoi ’ ’’ ’ tion. announced todav.
ing two years of service in the
Pacific, part of which time was j in taking
-spent on Guadalcanal. R. T.
Loyd, fireman, 2/c, in the Navy,
Much interest is being shown; vey, Sect. 4, on the Dunman
gained by cutting a hole in the]
roof of the store. The safe in'
Resnects Jap Infantry
While he has contempt
ican Legion Hall today noon.
| tion, announced today. j wnue ne nas contempt lor r\ 11
The drag-line would be used their bombing operations, stat-, l/PQlllv V OllPCtOlf
taking the silt out of tanks ing the air field is the safe i v
To Give Aid On
Stobaugh of Coleman and W. H.i
it,” according to Mrs. Cole.
Cpl. Cole. 22, in the Service.Thate of Comanche,
of his country for seven years, I Sheriff George Robey and
was injured Sept. 13, in Italy,'Deputy Sheriff Bob Miller are
while in battle with the Ger- investigating the case. They
mans. A bullet struck him in1 believe the burglary is the work
his back and came out through j0f professionals who have burg-
his stomach. I larized a half dozen or so stores
He has written that he is in West Texas during the past
“still in one piece” and has been few weeks,
transferred from a hospital in
tanks, ing
in the county, and for other pur-j place to be when the Jap planes j
poses. come over, he respects the fight- j
on duty in the Pacific is a Fusibility of building some ing ability of the enemy infan-.
The store is owned by W. P.jbrother of Mrs. Clyde Thomases'8” b^^nvUigateT'by Uiel^The Japs don’t form a line of
of Coleman. jCCRA. ibattle but have their strength
This Thanksgiving Day—1943
-<$>
Income Tax Forms
A deputy collector of Internal
Revenue will visit Coleman on
The well was cleaned out Mon-
day and from midnight to eight
o'clock Tuesday morning the
hole filled ud with a thousand
feet of fluid. There is also a
good gas production.
Tubing was run Tuesday,
storage tanks were placed for
as beer
testing the well. It hasTaeen es-
Ranch, near Novice.
Hunter & Hunter of Abilene
are drilling at 1400 feet on
their B. Taylor No. 1. section
282, Jason & Murray Survey,
about two miles west of Cole-
man.
j Brannon & Murray of Abi-
lene are drHTfng at 2600 feet on
their White Eagle well, on the
Dibrell Ranch, near Echo.
Hightower Oil & Refining
picked up at 3720-60 feet.
the date and at the place indi-l also j?. being
.........f the location which was staked
timated the well would makei Company of Brownwood is
from 40 to 50 barrels of oil daily j drilling at around 200 feet on its
natural. The Gray sand was; No. 1 J. M. Duggins, J M. Dug-
gins tract, Marv Ann Fisk Sur-
vey, a short distance east of
this week
Petroletum
bv the Phillips
Company near
Third Son of Ed
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Creels Enters
Italy to one in Africa, and is
improving.
Cpl. Cole’s wife is the former
Miss Willie Mae Watkins and
now resides with her parents, |
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Watkins, of;
Ballinger. He formerly was nLuTieU lOrCCS
employed by the City of Cole-
man and at one time was with
the Lone Star Gas Company.
An interesting letter from
Cpl. Cole fo his grandmother
here will be found elsewhere in
today’s paper.
Housing Survey
To Be Made In
Coleman Soon
Whether more housiing units
should be built in Coleman will
be determined by a survey
•which is to be made in the near
future.
The survey will be made in
The third son of Mr and Mrs.
Ed Creel of Coleman just re-
cently entered the service of his
country and is now stationed in
boot camp at San Diego, Cali-
fornia. He is Pvt. Alfred L.
Creel, and he is in the U. S.
Marines. He is a termer Cole-
man High School football star.
He follows Edwin Creel, who
reportedly was lost on the U. S.
S. Peary in February of 1942,
and Sgt. Robert W. Creel, who
entered the service on February
3 of this year.
After completing his basic
training in Florida, Robert was
sent to Mississippi where he
finished the airplane mechanic’s
school at Gulfport' He later
went to Las Vegas to attend an
aerial gunnery school: He has
cooperation with the Homes now gone to Salt Lake City fol-
Registration Office here and if
more units are found necessary
efforts, will be made to obtain
Federal approval of a project
to secure more such units here.
' Need of houses here has be-
come more acute during the past
few days because of the arrival
of three crejvs of engineers, all
of whom are engaged in making
a survey along Hord’s Creek.
Chamber of Commerce Secre-
lowing a short visit with rela-
tives here.
J. B. Hilton Moves
Insurance Agency
To 111 E. Pecan
Announcement is made today
of the removal of the J. B. Hil- (
ton Insurance Agency from the;
tary S. W. Cooper believes more rear of the Zweig building
units will be needed if this city’s 111 East Pecan street, first door
population continues to increase,east of the Stokes Paint & Pa-
as much in the next few months per Shop.
as it has during the past few. I The move is made in , order
Johnnie B. Howell is in charge, to obtain more, space and more
of the Homes Registration office convenient quarters for his cus-
here.
GRAIN MARKET
Following buying prices on
grain were quoted today as a
courtesy of the Charles R. Wil-
son Grain Compapy:
No. 1 wheat, $1.38 per bu.
No. 3 oats, 88 cents per bu.
No, 2 -barley, $1,25 per bu.
No. 2 milo maize, $1.95 cwt,
No. 2 hegira, $1.95 cwt.
tomers and himself, Mr. Hilton,
owner of the concern, declared
today.
ATTEND MEETING
AT WINTERS
John O. Harris, Bob Ellis and
Mike Wright, all of Coleman,
and Hardy Blue and D. D.
Byrnes of' Santa Anna attended
a Lions Club district conference
I at Winters on Tuesday night.
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Santa Anna.
Anzac Oil Corporation et al
of Coleman are drilling at 1869
feet in black shale on the Theo
Griffis No. 1, J. H. Peoples Sur-
1943" (Form 1040-ES).
Date: Dec. 1, 2 and 3, 1943.
Place: Coleman Hotel.
cated below for the purpose of
j j assisting Federal taxpayers in ’
‘he Preparation of their “Decla- nV*£‘in thc "southeast corner
ration of Estimated Income and of the Walter Sm inkles 240-acre
Victory Tax Calendar Year, tract, gh&H Survey, Section 46 vey 295, seven miles south-
The location is a direct offset to - west of Coleman,
the States Oil Corporation’s! F.anchot & Ball of Coleman
Walter Sprinkles No. 2 and island New York are drilling at
Every individual who desires west from the latter well. j 11.35 feet on the No. 1 H. C.
assistance of a deputy collector! Northern Ordnance Explora- Michie, J. Luckenback Survey
in preparing Form 1040-ES Dec-j tion Company of Tulsa is drill-1 258. northeast of Coleman,
laration of Eestimated Income ing at 3.300 feet on the Lester | Lou Wentz et al- are building
and Victory Tax, must have, West No. 1. Sect 36, BBB&CRRia derrick on the wildcat to be
available the following informa-j Company Survey. The well is to j drilled on the McCord land, near
tion: ] be a tes* *o the Ellenberger lime. Glen Cove. The location is out
1. A copy of his 1942 Income1 if necessary. I of the southwest comer of the
iTax Return.- Auto Ordnance Company of McCord & Lindsey Survey No.
2. Cancelled checks or other Dallas is drilling at 2225 feet on 20, three miles west and one
evidence of Income Tax paid on ds Dunman No. 1, T&NO Sur-i mile south of Glen Cove.
March 15, 1943, and June 15, --------—»----
1943. |
deL“mVrL°'w.4r/J“;Se(‘()n(] Place Honor Awaits
1943, to June 30, 1943. j
4. Estimate of Withholding
i Tax deductible from wages
I July 1, 1943, Dec. 31, 1943.
5. Definite estimate of Net
'income (Gross Income less al-
lowable Deductions) from all
sources for the calendar year
j 1943.
Winner of Coleman-Brady
Football Game 8:15 Tonight
Canned Goods Are
Taken From Lunch
RoomatRockwood
Second place in the District 65
9-A standings awaits the win-166
ner of the football game to be'67
played between the Coleman 68
High School Bluecats and the 70
Brady High School Bulldogs at 72
Hufford Field here at 8:15 76
o’clock Wednesday night, Nov.!79
24. 180
Each team has been defeated!
by the champion Ballinger High
- - School Bearcats. Since Cole- following:
l For the second year, now, the; man lost to the Bearcats by a No.
- Rockwood school has beenharger score, the Bluecats will 45
1 burglarized. The lunch room
was the victim
sion.
Last year it was a refrigera-
tor.
This year, the canned goods.
Glasscock
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171
Jacobson
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165
Hanson
.. —T
168
Mayse
G
140
Embry
E
153
H. Jones
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120
Da sc us
.-_T
141
J. Jones
B
184
White ,
T
145
Coleman Players
Coleman players include
tho
go into the Brady game us the 48
on each occa- underdogs. j 27
. I Everything is in readiness for 29
Sheriff George Robey, who is the final football contest of the 43
investigating the case, believeslSeason for ^e local squad, 41
some one had a key to fit the I Coach Gian Frazier declared to- 38
lock on tht> lunch room door | day An the members of his 49
and that entry to the building: team are in good condition and 23
i was made by use of that key. Jar;e expected to give a good ac- 42
Notice to the burglar: There s count. of themselves when they 37
meet their traditional rival. ! 24
Brady Players ' 34
Members of the Brady High 32
a new lock on the lunch room
now. «
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We’re thankful we live
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exemplified in our - form of government, We are thankful for our free institutions and our way
olunteiily,
of life, We are thankful that vye are able to buy War Bonds vi
a personal and direct band in bringing him back to us sooner,
safe for us. /
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MONDAY, Nov. 29: Coleman]54
County Forum to meet at the)56
so that we may have District Court room at the k 58
God bless him and keep him'county courthouse. Subject ‘
("Subsidies.” Time: 8:00 p.m
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School squad include:
No. Player
La rrc more
Owens
Nelin
Lew a Hen
Smith
Sessom
Spiller
Selman
120
Pos. Wt, 26
.—T 119 35
-B 16647
_____B 166 30
— B 110,21
- B 13131
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Donald Jones
R. P. Haun, Jr.
James Smith ,J
Dan Pratt
Alford England '
Raymond Hayes
Ted Hatcher__
Mayo Marrs
Herbert. McNutt
Huddy Justice .
Dan DeRusha ..
Vernon Ray
Leonard Ehrler ...
Paul Watkins
Wayland Holland
T. J. Coats
Jack Dibrell _______
Delrrva Cory-_______
Richard Pridembre
James Laird
Dohald
George
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Pouns, Joe B. Coleman Democrat-Voice (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 25, 1943, newspaper, November 25, 1943; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth748254/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.