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OLD8KRIES VOL. 52
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DETROIT. TEXA8, THURSDAY; AUG, 30. IMi
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SATURDAY. SEPT. 1
‘TRI86ER FUSERS'*
with TIM McCOY
PREVIEW SAT. NIGHT 9:30
SUN. A MON SEPT. 2-3
“I0B HILL*'
in Technicolor
with George RAFT, Joan BENNETT
TUES. & WED.. SEPT. 4-5
“6.1. NOREYMOOH"
GALE STORM PE1ER C00KS0N
THURS. A FRI., SEPT. 6-7
TOMORROW THE WORLD"
wiih Frederic MARSCH
Betty FIELD
Paul Matthews to Preach at
Tabernacle Sunday
Paul Matthew-, n inAter of the
Church of Chnst at Depart, will
preach at ,he tabernac e in De-
troit tin t i >f ern^nn Sept. 2,
at 3 o’i. - . Lvtryou iy we'corm.
^Mr. Matthews JJivrred the
Bicca1. ur.ae Sermon for the
Detroit Ugh School last spring
ani has hem guest speaker at the
Li^is Club
Ltesville
Sister Detroit Women |B. N. Sport Dies at
Dies in Oklahoma
Mrs. Jim Dotson and Mrs D.
K.King were called to Willow,
Olcla , last Thursday night by the
death of their si-ter, Mrs Ernest
McCaffity, who parsed away at
the family home that morning.
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon at Willow
Mrs McCaffity, 38, formerly
Miss Ada Hankins, was born at
Cross Road:, near Detroit, and
family moved to Oklahoma when
she was five years old.
She is survived by her husband,
five children and two orphaned
grandchi'dren. whom she was rear-
ing, and seven sisters: Mrs. Mat-
tie Farris, Mrs Jim Dotson and
Mrs D. K King of Detroit; Mrs
Bagwell Sunday
B. M. Sport, one of Bagwell’*
oldest settlers, died at hi> home
there Sunday afternoon at 3:45
o’clock Funeral and burial ser-
vices were held at Detroit ceme-
tery Monday afternoon at 3
o’clock.
“Uncle Bud” Sport as he was
famiiliary known, was born Feb
21, 1861, at Florence, Ala. Came
to Texas at the age ol nine and
livfed in and around Bagwell prac
tically all the time since. He had
been active agent for the Dallas
Morning News at Bagwell lor 23
years ago up to three months ago
when declining health forced him
to resign
All his relatives preceded him in
Demie Shelton. Wright’s City | death except one grandson, Ward
Okla.; Mrs Annie Barnett, Val-j Sport, in Greenville,
liant, Okla ; Mr-. Cordie Roden,
Petersburg, and Mrs Ollie Bram- Baptist Workers Council Meet
lctt- [>aris U1 Detroit Tuesday, Sept. 11
Mrs Farris was not able to at
tend the funeral. The monthly Workers Confer-
ence of the Lamar Baptist Associ-
ation will meet with the First Bap-
tist Church at Detroit Tuesday,
Sept. 11. Morning and afternoon
sessions will be held and lunch
will be served at the church by the
ladies of the church.
Enteitaiu with Buthday Party
Mrs. Leon Kilmer entertained
with a party Thursday afternoon,
honoring her daughter, Joyce, on
her seventh birthday.
Games were played and pic-
tures taken. Cake, punch and
watermelon were served to the
following: Mary Hudson, Johnny
Garner, Betty Sue Melton Sally
Hudson, Mary Lee and Faye Beth
Carrison, Ollie Jean Plant, Julia
Mrs. J A. Malcolm and daugh-
ter, Maynon of Texarkana visited
friends in this community last Shirley Beth Peterson. Maxine
and Eddie Simpson, Brenda Kay
ames Edwin Shamlin of Dallas Stafford, Merlin, Terry, Fannie
Kiting here • and Roger Garrett, Geraldine Cox,
Pvt. Hollis Topping of Ca mp: Ann Venable aud Joyce Melton,
od is on a furlough visiting re I-I Others present were Mrs. Ross
atives 1 Roach, Mrs. Pete Hudson, Mrs.
Hemy Hanley of Dallas is visit- 'o T. Fllison, Mrs. Cremeen, Mrs.
ing his brother, Prank Hanley, at j Lillian Stafford, Mrs. G. W. Gar
Manchester Jrettar.d Mervyn Mason of Paris.
Mr. Topp-ng and family- visited ;--
his sister, Mrs Ncims, this week Qri,iian Church S rvues
end
Mrs. Floyd Draper visited M s
Gtfcrle Saturday f
Mrs Ola Last of Dallas is visit
ing relatives and friends here
Rlineral services were held at
Woodland Sunday for Clarence
Clark who died last week
Weems S. Dykes, Minister.
Church School—10 a. m. v
Morning Worship—11 a. r .
Church servers First at J Third
Sundays
Everyone is always wel ;ome.
Will Ringwald is on the sick j Baptist Church Services
Mrs Floyd Draper visited Mrs.
Willaf i Whittle Monday.
Mr, and Mrs. iviymond Turner,
Rev. T. W. Mathis, the pastor
will preach at the Baptist church
next Sunday at 11a. m. and at
Mr. and Mrs Jim Turner visited j niRht- , SunJay Bchoo,. at 10 a ,m;
Mrs Wasren Berry at Hooks last
week Mr*. Turner’s daughter jvervone
Post Oak News
Those visiting in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Lee Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs.-Bert Bailey of
Grant, Okla ; Mrs. Floyd Bell and
children of Pauls Valley, Okla.;
Ann Cremeen, Ann Shirley Roach, jmi Lee and family, R. T. Stevens
and family and Grandma Lee all
of Cross Roads; Mrs Cora Mills
ot Paris and Miss Geneva Low
and Erbie Stevens .and family of
thL communitv.
Kelley Barnett and family spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs Ross
Mills cf Givens.
Mrs. Jaunita Clack of Paris
spent the weak end with Miss
Charlene Stevens.
Newman Low spent the week
end with his brother, Asa Low, of
Dallas
Mr. and Mrs J H. Mills End
Edd Ramsey and family visited
Dock Ferguson and family of De-
port Sun Jay. •
Mr and Mrs. Burt Bell and
Mrs Floyd Bell, and children vis-
ited Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Lee
Monday.
Floyd Gibson arrived here last
week from Europe, Where he serv-
Soldiers Returning
from Foreign Service
Sgt. Floyd Gibson received his
discharge from the Army at Fort
Sam Houston, San Antonio, last
Tuesday and joined his wife and
baoy here Thursday.
Sgt. Gibson was recently re-
turned home from eight months
Service with the Field Artillery in
Europe. He had previously serv
ed twenty one months in the Aleu-
tians. Gibson had seen seven
years in the service
Tech. Sgt. Glenn Mason of Par-
is, brother of Mrs. Leon Kilmer
of Detroit, arrived in the states
Aug 19, after 12 months ser-
vice with a tank division in Eu-
rope, and he arrived at home last
Thursday.
Pfc. Eunice A. Proctor, who had
been oversea since December with
the Engineers called his wife at
Clarksville from New Jersey that
he had just arrived in the states
and he was on the way home. I !e
is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Proc-
tor, east of town.
Mrs. M. H. Harrison received a
message Tuesday from her hus-
band, First Sgt. M. H. Harrison,
in New York, saying he had land-
ed in the states. He had been
oversea since December and has
been in service more than three
years.
Raymond J Mathis, storekeeper
3rd class, has received his discharge
from the Navy. Mathis entered
the Navy in October, 1942. His
storekeeper rating kept him in the
States for sometime, but he was
transferred to Pearl Harbor, where
he spent 8 months before returning
to the States.
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2 Amendments CarrY
2 Lose in Red River
The vote in Red River county
Saturday on the four constitution-
al amendments was extremely
light, just over 20 per cent of the
primary vote. Two of them car-
rying in the county and two losing
Over the state all carried except
legislature pay increase.
The total vote In the county:
For Soldiers vote 825, against 207;
hr legislators pay increase 143,
against 890; for supreme court in-
crease 375, against 636; for pen-
sion increase 529, against 499.
The vote at Detroit was:
N Box S Box
Soldiers vote: For 46 30
Against 9 4
Legislators pay: For 14 2
Against 40 32
Supreme Ct.: For 28 16
Against 24 18
Pensions: For 34 17
Against 22 17
At Midway only 6 votes were
cast
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45c
Morton’s Ejtjr Noodle
2 Sc
Lnjjiislt Reas- No. 2 can
13c
Wolf Brand Chili, 4 points
40c
Blackexed Peas. No. 2 can
10c
A co^a, invitation is extendrd
Mrs Hattie Mathis has gone to
j Dallas to visit her daughter, Mrs
Helen Blankenship.
! Mr and Mrs. Olan Lee and son
took .-.upper‘with Mr. and Mrs
Maroney Sunday.
1 Mr and Mrs. Edgar Low vis.t/
led in AddieJuu SunJ ly afternoon.
Miss ludith Wo fe ha> been vis
it ing in Little Rock, Ark •
PAY CASH AND SAVE
Your Friendly Store on the Convenient Corner
CECIL LATIMER
Reynolds Grocery
Hardware and Undertaking
Friendly ami Accommodating
Friday, August 31st
Last Day for No. 36 Sugar Stamp
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Wc expect enough Sugar to redeem all No. .30 Stamp
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Don’t let them expire Bring them in.
Blacksmith Shop For Sale
Want to sell t lease my black-
smith shop in-Detroit or will ar
I range with smith to work in oi
* | operate shop. Electrically equip
p. d 1’lenty tools
F L Kitchens
Lion* Club Meets Wednesday, Sep 5
Fol owing the summer vacation
the Detroit Lions Club will resume
in.- ting at the high school voca-
tion ii building Wednesday, Sept
5, a: 3:39 p. in. R C. Morgan w II
sponsor the program. ^
C H Thompson and family are
m iv ng this week to the Dr. H R
Soi1 h ffidenre.
Mr and Mrs L. E. McElhar.on
returned this week from Cheyenne,
Wyo., where they had been living
for the past thtee or four years.
Mosley
Those enjoyiug dinner in the
home of Mr. and Mrs, W. M.
Garrett Sunday were Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Garrett and sons of
Bisbee, Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. Char-
lie Phillips and sons of Stringtown;
Mr. ^nd Mrs. Alex Baker and
daughters of Hooks; Mr. and M^s.
Jodie Steward and children of
Cher^r; Sgt. J. E. Garrett of To
peka, Kans., and Miss Texie Lee
Garrett.
Those enjoying dinner Sunday
in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Os*
car Vliller were Rev. Norris of
Blossom, Mr. and Murice Miller
and son, Mrs. Coe and son and P.
F. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee and
son of Bagwell visited Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Hammer and Mr.
and 'Mrs. Phil Bettist Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Morgan
and daughter of Rugby visited
Sunday with her mother and sis
ter, Mrs. Addie Latimer and
Maudie.
Miss Maudie Lftimer spent |
Saturday night with Mr. and b rs
Edward Morgan and J lughter.
Mr and Mrs. Ollie Byrd and1
sons and Mrs. Byrd and Mr. and
Mrs Bob Crews visited Sunday,
with Mr. and Mrs. Albert Crews.]
Mr. and Mrs less Chandler had
as guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs.
Jake I tastings.
Mrs. Ollie Wright, Mrs. Garii-
san, Mrs. Ruby Slipinger and chil-
d en, Mrs. Jim Hannah and \‘r
a id Mrs. Etic Gable visited fc Y
and Mrs. Tom Garrett and Sgt J.
E Garrett in their parents, Ml.
and Mrs. W. M. Garrett.
R« v. Nortis of Blossom is hold-
ing a Baptist revival at Mosl* y
sciioc Ihouse. Everyone is invited
to come.
Mosley school opened Monday
w.th Mrs George Hill, teacher.
W. M. Garrett, Altx Eaker and
Sgt J E Garrett went to Clarks-j
viile Monday.
Kiomitia
Mrs Zelma Boulware and daugh-
ter, Carolyne, returned Friday
from a visit to friends and rela-
tives at Fort Worth and Dallas.
Pvt. George Pullins, who has
been stationed at Camp Wolters,
was home on a 10 days furlough
and left for Fort Ord, Calif., where
he will be stationed.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Turner of
Hooks visited at Kiomitia this
week end.
Mr. and Mrs Howard Brock
visited her sister, Mrs. Neil An-
derson, of Reno Sunday and they
all went to the park.
Mrs. Walter Garrison of Dav-
enport and son | ames, who was
discharged from the army on
points, were visitors of Mrs. Gar-
rison Monday.
Mrs. Bertha Carrett will meet
her husband, who is stationed at
Foster Field, in Dallas this week
end.
June McAfee went to Fort
Worth last Wednesday. He is
employed by Strickland Freight
coflipany.
Glady; and Doris Funderburg
of Detroit spent the week end
with their aunt, Mrs McAfee.
Mrs Pullins shopped in Paris
this week.
Miss Lou Brock shopped in
Paris this week
Mrs. Minnie Peterson and son>
James, have returned from Okla
homa'and Dallas, where they spent
a month vhiting relatives and
friends.-^
Mr and Mrs. Frank Nctris and
wife were visitors of Mr. Peterson
this week.
Read The News-Herald.
JAs/UsodofJiijm
“Cast thy bread apaa tbs1
fsrfta* shah had It after
days.”—Ecclesiastes 11:1.
The abave waa aa aHasiaa
saw tag af rkt aa
with water aai trsddsa ie by tilde;
ittkas leak real aad prefaced a
harvest
Giviag alas lath* paar wfli ba
sacd saws aa gaad prsmi ail yea
will after asaay days receive it with
akaadaat iacrease.
The wary is ia seed af apMaal
feed, which is the bread ef Hfe, tht
ward af Gad. The charch is sap-
posed la carry this bread tf life er
the ward af Gad to the haagry worU
aad ia so daiag wa will receive a
spirited harvest.
Ga to charch Saaday aad help te
cast this bread af life apaa the wa
ters.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. T. W. Mathis, Pastor
Married in Clarksville
Miss Zella Johnston, daughter
of Mr. and Mrt. Huburt L. John-
ston, and Theron Ray Fisher, sen
of Mrs Lloyd Moore, were marri-
ed in Clarksville Tuesday, Aug. 28.
The bride wore a teal blue suit
with black accessories.
Mrs. Fisher was a student of
Detroit High school, and Mr.
Fisher has recently recently re-
ceived an honorable discharge from
the Army on points, after. 29
months service overseas.
They will make their home here
with their parents for the present.
Receives Promotion
Mts. E. B. Stribling received a
etter from her son, Bobby Strib-
ling, who is In the Southwest Pa-
cific, telling her that he had been
promoted from Seaman First Clata
to Coxswaim. Coxswaim Stribling
has been in service one year and
three months, having enlisted be*
fore he was eighteen.
To Receive Masters Degree
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Temple and
Miss Patsy Jane Holcomb go to
Huntsville Friday, where Mr.
Temple will receive his Master of
Arts degree Friday evening, Aug.
31, from Sam Houston State
TeBchers College, majoring in vo-
cational aggiculture. Dr. Harmon
Lowman, president of the College*
will deliver the address.
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Little Miss Shirley Beth Peter-
son of Kiomitia spent Thursday
and Friday nights with Little
( Mis* Eva Joyce Kilmer.
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We Have Some New Dresses
A Few Large Sizes
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The Detroit News-Herald (Detroit, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1945, newspaper, August 30, 1945; Detroit, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth855205/m1/1/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.