The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1944 Page: 5 of 8
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Mm Eunice Kowlmi like, Hugo Mill
ler, AIp* Be.luielder, Gilbert Kothmuii
|Mm. l.iim Mllller, Mm niellmli We I
"(’heater Pi htielder, II. Cohrad Bi hn I
der, II C. Keene, Lorlne lllrk, Mm.
Mm> Draco, Rudolph Jedllckn, A! *
Hardin, W II. llohmau, Mis. Soplil i
.Hohmann, Robert Kppsp, Obed Rode,
'Ernst Feldler, Mrs. Tlilrza Feldler,
Alvin Schneider, Herbert Wend d,
Edgm .1 Moss, Jr., Jim Hyatt, Mrs
Opal lb Hand, Mrs. Juanita Hyatt,
Ruby Blrk, Vance Walton, Alim Hit
lift'. Carl Moss, Walter Milliorn, Mrs.
Nora Milliorn, Mrs Klsle Millougi I,
Mark A. Moss. A. C McDougal, Clive
Btovnll. Mrs Hindi s Smith, Mrs cl
Garrett, Irene Schmidt, Mrs. Lola
Onrrett, Mrs. Pauline Maddox, Mrs
Hattie Hohmann, Mr*. Ellen Rteket-
son, Henry Hohmann. W F GrlfHs,
Mrs Vesta Morris, Mrs Knile Mor-
ris, Waldemar Oehler, Jim Draeo
Mrs OHIe McGee, Clarence Light,
Mrs Lola Moore. Myrtle Wood, E1-
tiert Ratliff, Elisabeth Hoffmann, Hen
Lang. IV. F. Krug, Caroline Oest-
releh, Mrs Katie Keng. John Banks
A D Coble. Mrs. Amy Osbourn, Will
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men will be BowH I|Ur U Cairo.
> Baaed at Ottawa. AmtHein flying
fortresaes specially ieflulred for Ull
job will taVe off liden with mill
tuiga, croaa lb* Atttntle to tha
potted Kingdom an! from there
Other RCAF flier* '#111 tnke the mall
on to Cairo. Naplei.dnd anywhere
else In the near eaiiflrn war theatre
where Canadian Army. Navy or Air-
men are flghtln*.
Oldest of the Americans flying the
mail, Is 40-yenr-old Flying Officer
Norman C. Cathcart of Paradise
Valley, Nev., with 1,950 flying hours
to his credit.
Thirty-one-year-old Flight Lieu-
tenant W 0. Proudfoot, of Dobbs
Ferry, N Y , Joined the RCAF In
July, 1941. Since then, liIs opera
Ilona) service Ivaa Included 800
hours of flying In Labrador and
N» wfoundland.
Another American on the RCAF
mall run Is Flight Lieutenant Ray-
mond A Niles from Omaha, Neb.
Niles, like Proudfdot, has been with
the RCAF heavy transport com-
mand since Its Inception His 1,900
hours of flying have Included coast-
l '-const tripe In the P S. and opera-
tional flying In Chanda. Labrador,
and Newfoundland.
Nebraska Is also represented on
the new rquadrofl hy Flight Lieu-
tenant B O Smith, a native of Nor-
folk Neb F/L Smith enlisted In
the RCAF In December, 1940, and
lias flown 2,100 hours
From Billings, Montana. Is Fly-
ing Officer Janies Robert Burton.
D P C who enlisted In the RCAF
In 1941. He was commissioned In
1042 and is 25 years old The one
non-eommlssloned officer of the
American groups Is Flight Sergeant
Edmund James Webb, 23, of Easton.
Maine He Joined the RCAF In Julv,
P'41
Flying with these Americans In
the new service which was estab-
lish'd because of the length of time
it took ordinary mall to reach men
on the fighting fronts will be Ca-
nadians from all parts of the Do-
minion. many of them with consld-
i ralile operational experience both
In Canada on the northwest staging
ri ute and on the east coast freight
run*- Many like (he Americans
h i * ‘been In tlie RCAF since the
l>-ginning of the war but have never
In ert able to get Into actual combat
duty Now they will find them-
selves In Canada one day and thou-
sands of tulles ocross oceans the
next.
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Julius, Flint, Matt Deei, W A. Haro-
skrm, jArtdrr* Wisdom, Oellfr GsrMI
Frank Rengor, |va Vest, Mrs Nell
Mt DermoM, Fuel Moore, Mrs. Atitilf
Smith, M. IV. Borders. Matt Kelley
I’Hge, Terrell Finds, Mnrkle Living
Turhlvllle, Mrs Enin Cartwright,
I'nrfls ('ar;er, Clifton Rragor, Rpen-
< r Welter, Doro hy Moore, Calvin
Tumllnson, Mrs. Lois Hardy, J. C
tone. Jr, Ben Donop, Mrs. Lula
Summers, Charles Ratliff, Walter
•tanner, J. I) Buie, Dave llaekworth,
Tom F, Lotelsdy, W. H. Koon. Mr:'
Rich Young, Manuel Crider, Nolan
Talley, p. V Wnrne. Narrle Maaon,
Wilfu l Stephenson, Charlie D Man-
ning. Walter Shilling, T. D. Bair.I, E.
Emma Zimmerman, Mrs. Maymie
Brown, Mrs. Eula F. Rlcketson, Mrs
Beulah Lehror, Miss Mabel Bu(tev>,
Franrls Williams, Mrs. Boss Orr, D
Leverett, Mrs. Gladys Ki'ller, Mrs.
Lillian Treadwell, R. R. Treadwell,
Mrs. Pearl Murchison, KInley Mur-
ehlson, Oscar Murchison, Mrs. .Willie
Mae Murchison. A L Arrington. Mi*.
Ola Templeton. Howard F. Lang,',
Mra Oeheti herrymait, Mr*. Mildred
Malerfl, Ltd tot ForrhMMl, Mr* AMtnt
ovent||eii 4i, %rjii|rikrrill. Ohii
horrid rtuihmers, RlnfML Hein*, Roy
W Kothmsn, Mrs Cors Alien CpW
Earl fft’rrltlke, Euntee Alba Writ.
Maud Allen, Mrs Elsie Alien, Mrs
Mary Halliburton. W H. Allen. A V
Allen, Damon Smith, Travis BawcoM
Mrs. Verna Powell, Clifford Martin.
Russell Ahrlett, Mrs. Susie Alulelt,
W T Hyman, Mrs. Mary Rho 'des
West Bweatman, Mrs Sara II Kuhn,
Mrs. Cordelia Smith, Oeorgi Kuhn,
Mrs Ella McDougal, Mrs. Mari Do
lianan, Mrs Annie Keyser. Opal
Simpson, Vernelle Radelsky, \gn"s
Weston.
In addition to the Llano p* <>pio
giving blood during the ttir- < dnj
there were 74 San Saba people in
Mono yesterday afternoon I give
pint of their blood each to the
Red Cross blood bank.
Reservations had been mad* (nr
50 from Ran Saba and when the num
her was Increased nearly 50 | t rent
It was Impossible to tnke blood fro n
all Hie Llano county people who had
Arthur Ahrens, Mrs. Faye Stewart, j come to the fir, hall
aft 3
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These four Amerfesn pilots, who joined the Royal Csnadisn Air Force
early In the war. are among thole who have been selected to fly mail to
Britain and the front lines in a new aervice set up by the R.C.A.F.
They are. left to right: Raymond A. Nile*. Bassett, Neb.; Dalten Ritael,
Evanrvllle, Ind.; Normsn Cathcart (standing), Piradise Valley, Nevaua,
and W. G Proudfoot Dobba Ferry, N. Y. (Inset) Wing Commander
Bruce Middleton, who skippered the Flying Fortress making the first
nen-stop flight on the new service from Ottawa to Britain, Is shown
with the squadron mascot, "Stupid.” (Top) With its four powerful
engines turning over, this Flying Fortress takes the runway at Rock-
cliffe Station, Ottawa, on the mail squadron route to Britain, then on
through the Mediterranean to Cairo.
What they have been living and I through the formation of the new
longing for has come to them ! air mall squadron.
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Pell Dpt on. Janus D. t’pton, C
Tucker, Flmott ‘Stewart. Wit
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W. Walker, H*
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PAT MARSCHALL
PHONE 18
Halliburton, Hazel Cite it,
T. J. Moire, Dan Hack worth, Miv.
B-r-1** I ouroo, Ernest Si hueupler,
Mrs. Addle Lee Strum. \ .Mrs. Ger-
trud • Schrank, Mrs Alffi'-da IK!***,
tlib h .t.’ffrey, C V. Roldm- n, W .!
Ro.intseh, B C Grot con. Leo D. II ■ r 1 v
J:*.• k Waller, Mrs. Florence Moran.
Wednesday
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Notice to Al! Butane Gas Users
of Llano and Community
Our service man will be in Llano Next
Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 9-10 to
take care of any adjustments or other cer-
vice on your equipment-
No charge for service to our customers
Leave ycur calls at Stolz Hdw. or Pinkey’s
Grocery & Market.
BUTANE GAS & EQUIPMENT CO.
Burnet, Texas - San Antonio, Te a>
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Mrs Ar>.-r! > rally, Mrs. Eva
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Walton, Mrs Dokl.. iH-.its, l.eo Me-1
Donald, Airs. M y .farmer, Carlos
Ashley, Mrs. Ltii lb Si d*. Alice Will-j
k<*r, Wilma Duni 01. Mrs Annie Mae
Hopson, Mrs. Nell Wade. Mrs. Marie
Ruckle, John ( Buttery, Mrs. Laura
Light. Mrs Lein V Raines, Ann H u-
Meet your friends at
IDOL
Where the Beer is always cold
and the Food is always good.
M. Curd, M
ii-(.ish'iurn, Mrs Mary Cr’inveL
Mrs. I.anie Rttlllven. Lein Lopez. Mrs
1 ■ I Ks s, Mrs. Minnie Rnilift'.
Max Otto, GUIs Halliburton. Hairy
Marsrhnlt. Mrs. Bernice Beesley.
Mra. Beatrice Ross, W. E. Wooten
Mrs. Fay Bniveom, Mrs Joyce Ca.
ter, Errol Hodv s. Mrs Fowler Mae
Light, Mrs Ruby Levensaller. L >•-
kin Renlck, Mrs. Mary Putman, Mrs
liessle Fenstemaker, June Grider. A.
R. Weber, A D Hardin, W. B. Put-
man Mrs. Lillie Walker, Ernes*
Prewer. Mrs Alma Howard, Mrs
I Mary Gage, Bill Scott, Jr.. Mrs. Lois
Henry. Mrs. Nettle Kuhn, Mrs. Bes-
^ -; l * * Bragdon. John Holland, Jnm“s
1 Rttarhe, J. M Hardison. Albert Lehni-
j iierg. C. R Stolz, Mrs. I.o' l,. Ade
I Mrs Evelyn Roberts, Mrs Mildred
Hendricks. Mrs. Loren e Schlaud*.
Mrs N It!- IP tide)' otH Mrs Kate
Robinson, Phillip Caknupp, Mrs. Rina
Tane Moore. Viola Ar;nstrong. AD i.
Slambrn Gray, T. E. Clondennen.
Jim Raines, Dudley Battle, Mrs. El-
| s|e Fr.rle, Mrs Irene Ellason, Johnny
I Raines. Oscar Strange, Jerlene Bun-
_ I tyn, Richard Staedtler, Clarence
\\ illi the Stfirs and Stripes
Fill in Today and Mail to The
LLANO NFAN’S, Llano, Texas
Full Name of Set* .ice Man
Date of Mirth
Parents* Name ami Address
Place of Mirth
Make Your Home Modern and Beautiful
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We can help you lo remodel the
will bo your deugtt and your
neighbors’ envy. Papering and
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SPENCER-SAUER LUMBER COMPANY
A. a. warn, Marngtr XPlKCBt WBlBa, AM. Mfr.
List Brothers arid Sisters, (living Address
If Service Man is Married, (live Name of Wife and Children and Addresses:
F.DFCATION OF SERVICE MAN:
Grade School (Where) , High School
Graduated H. S. When? College
Occupation Before Induction or Enlistment
When Entered Service ..... here
Branch of Service (Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard)
Stationed Where at Present
List Promotions to Date .......
List Service Record Prior to Induction, if Any
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Dated
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to be used as county men take part in various phases of the war. Fill oul
the above questionaire and bring or mail it to The Llano News soon in order
to make the service file as complete as po*ible.
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Collins, Will. The Llano News. (Llano, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1944, newspaper, February 3, 1944; Llano, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth817162/m1/5/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Llano County Public Library.