The Texas Mesquiter (Mesquite, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, July 19, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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Geo. E. Vanston Rites
Held In Denison
Funeral services for George E.
Vanston, 76, of 'penilQIU who died
Tuesday at 1 p.m., were htild Wed-
nesday, 4 p.m. at Denison, where he
had made his home for more than
a half century.
Vanston is survived by his Wife,
Mrs. Etta Vanston; 7 children, 4
sons and two daughters; 8 grand-
children and one great grandchild;
and two brothers, J. J. Vanston, Tex-
arkana and Sam T. Vanston, Mes-
quite. ■**
Born in Ireland, February 6, 1870,
he came to. this country with his
parents, James T. and Anna Vans-
ton, at the age of 6 years. He left
home at. 15 to become an apprentice
with the Katy Railroad at Marshall.
At 19 be was married and Boon mov-
ed to Denison where he worked for
the railroad until his retirement as
foreman of the machine shop 7 years
-ago. ; ..... ,
His first wife died and 81 years
ago he married the wife who sur-
vives him.
Hood in call session to raise the
club dues and to consider filling
membership vacancies.
Refreshments were served the.
guests, Mesdames C. G. Parkeif, Ferd
McWhorter, G. R. Porter, \u. D.
Florence, Bedford Galloway, /f. B.
Agnew, A. J. Kincaid, Rex,Range,
Guy Berry, John E. Davis, W. jL. Wil-
kinson and Mrs. H. T. Edwuuds. sis-
ter of the hostess.
He was a steward in the Waples
Methodist Church, Denison, and was
president of the Men's Bible Class.
His brothers, J. J. Vanston of Tex-
arkana, who will be 80 years old
, Au -September^ end 8am*4fc.aeton;aml
his wife, and daughter, Mrs. J. M.
Lorraine and J. M. Jr. attended the
funeral.
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Naughty Marietta
Begins Monday
Reaching the half way mark of
what promises to be the most out-
standing season,, in its flVe-year his-
tory, Dallas' Starlight Operetta has
gone back into the files of musical
favorites to choose Victor Herbert's
heroic and musically thrilling
"Naughty Marietta” as its sixth pre-
sentation of th« year. This work will
begin Monday night, July 22, and
rontlma* throughout the week.
“Naughty Marietta”, set in the
era when the French wort attempt-
ing to settle their then now colony,
N"W Orleans, will star vivacious ao>
prun'd SdSYfcam Spencer ln «e utle
rota, with Donald Clarke, person-
able, young stage and ooncert singer,
cast opposite her as the dashing
American frontlerman, Captain Dick
Warrington.
“Naughty Marietta” follow! the
popular Fair Park production of Ru-
dolph Frlml’s “Katinka”, which will
continue at the Casino throughout
this week: The large and appreciative
audiences that have attended “Ka-
tinka” added to those that have en-
joyed the four preceding open-air
musicals, have caused the Operetta
management to predict that, minus
disagreeable weather, the 1946 sea-
son will be the greatest ever pre-
sented, both from und audlence and
talent viewpoint.
The MhkkUous score of “Naughty
Marietta** contains some of the most
tuneful light opera music ever com-
posed. come of the songs being, “Ah
Sweet Mystery of Life,” “I’m Fall-
ing in Love With Someone,” “Thine
Alone.” “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp,*’
and others. The plot of the operetta
likewise adds up. to a full evening of
Womans Club Meets
With Mrs. Charles Hood
The Mesquite Woman’s Club met
Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Chas j Industrial Engineering Department
at 8MU - and a resident of Gar-
land, has leased the south portion
of the Brown building facing Davis
Street, from the City of Mesquite,
for occupancy by the Minoralite Com*
/p«iy. *
The new business, owned by Mr.
Goff, manufactures building mater-
ials and specializes in synthetic mar-
ble tile. It is understood that the
company plans to produce an Insul-
ating material of extra high quality.
Masons Honored At
Picnic Tuesday
Members of the Mesquite Chapter
of Eastern Star and their brother
Masons and their families, number-
ing approximately 200, gathered at
Ferris Park Tuesday night to partici-
pate in an old fashioned picnic and
get-together. The Eastern Star ex-
pressed thanks to the following men
who contributed in making-the-even*'
ing of entertainment a grand success:
W. Bacheler, mgr. Ferris Brick Co;
John McDaniel, Bi E. Thompson, G.
R. Porter, Haskell'Wagoner, W L.
Watson and M. W. Weakley, who
prepared the delicious barbecue
Mrs. Clayton Anderson
Back In Hospital
Mrs. Clayton Anderson, who un-
derwent a major operation at Baylor
Hospital in April, is back at the hos-
pital under treatment to overcome
an acute attack of appendicitis.
Mrs. Anderson became ill Satur-
day, was transferred to the hospital
Sunday, 6:30 p.m., where she was
given glucose and penicillin. Her con-
dition Wednesday was improved and
physicians hope an immediate opera-
tion may be prevented. -
Her sister-in-law, Miss Stella And-
erson. who was in Denver with s
patient, returned Tuesday and Is with
her. '
enjoyment, dealing with the ad Yen- fit sale,
tures that befall lovely Counted
Marietta when she rubs away from
home and disqulses herself as one
of the marriageable “casquette” girls
the King of France Is sending to the
French settlement in America.
A unfolding to a rousing con-
clusion, the story cf the operetta re-
lates .how Marietta is befriended by
and falls in love wKh Captain War-
rington, how she schemes to heap
her true Identity as a countess con-
cealed, how she is almost tricked by
Xllllanous Etienne Grandot into mar-
rying him, only to be saved at tbe
last minute by Captain Dick, who
tarns the tables on the ‘sly Etienne
and wins the fair Marietta himself.
Supporting the two leads in this
fast-moving, romantic story is a
highlyN qualified cast ef singing,
dancing and acting experts. Betty
Kean, comedy star of the three shows
directly preceding this, Will return
as Llxette, the casquette girl, while
other roles will be handled by popu-
lar comedian Curtis Cooksey, out-
The Boosters Class, of Jhe Metho-
dist Church with H. J. Beadle as
teacher, drove to..Ferris Park Thurs-
day evening and enjoyed games of
soft ball and finished the evening of
fun with a watermelon feast. Thirty-
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Carlton Gsuid, and a strong line-up
of other Operetta favorites.
In line with its policy of speeding
■p productions so ts to accommodate
out-of-town attendance, the Fair
Park has announc'd that Monday
night’s Operetta will start fifteen
jbRmMm earlier - at 8115 p.m. i-er'*
.Will he completed shortly after 13:00.
Miss Louise Snoddy
Undergoes Knife
Miss Louise Snoddy; member of
the Mesquite faculty, is recuperating
froom a major operation at Baylor
/Hospital. Miss. Snoddy should be
able to leave the hospital in V few
days.
She looks fine and is receiving
company.
Mineralite Company
Leases Brown Bldg.
Walter E. .Goff, instructor in the
Chamber of Commerce
Drive Progressing
The membership drive for the
Chamber of Commerce which began
among the business firths Monday
is progressing, and the merchants
are reported to be vef^ interested
In a busy schedule1 of activities for
the new organization, the committee
reports.
The Chamber of Commerce will
make an announcement soon about
a very Important event to take place
In Mesquite.
Fiday morning at ten o’olock a
H group of people will meet at the City
Hall to discuss plans for a Fair,
which, if held, will receive the en-
dorsement of the Chamber of Com
merce. Announcement of this, and
the other big news, will appear in a
forthcoming issue of the Meequiter,
R. H. Wagoner, president, and A.
G. Beardon, manager, will announce
other plans for the membership
drive next week.
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C. J. Glenn To Speak
At Truman Monday
Marion Snyder and his quartet will
furnish tbe music at a program at
Truman Monday night. C. J. Glenn,
candidate for County Commissioner,
District 2. will speak.
At a community get-together Wed-
nesday night on the lawn of E. C.
Cogburn, more that |60. was raised
from the sale of cakes and drinks
for the Macedonia Baptist Church.
Cogburn reported an attendance of
some 200 people. J: Frank Agnew
and J. W. Price assisted at the bene-
Mesquite Volunteer
Firemen On The Job
The fellows from the Mesquite
volunteer firs department are getting
a lot of practice ....... they answered
a call near the home of Gary Austin
east of town Tuesday and found a
grass fire......no damage to the home
..... A hay field^^pposlte the_
Farrier home on New Market
caught fire list week and Mesquite
firemen were summoned to extin-
guish it,...,... On July 11 a two story
house on the Lucas farm, Whitley
Road, filled with hay, caught fire
and completely burned to the ground.
......A few days before in the wee
hours of the morning, the fire siren
called the firemen from their beds
to race to the Lupton farm north of
town where a large barn, reported
as containing 200 bushels of oats,
a new threshing machine, three fine
saddles, 75 spools of barbed wire
and bog wire, and farm implements,
was totally destroyed by fire. It was
reported a truck parked Inside was
brought out of the burning barn
Baptists Visit
Summer Encampment
Mr. and Mrs. A. J: Kincaid, ac-
companied by Mr. and Mrs. B. E.
Thompson and daughters, Esteen
and Linda, and J. E. Thompson at-
tended the Baptist encampment at
Latham < Springs Sunday. More than
525 intermediates had registered at
the camp through Sunday. Dr. T. C.
Gardner, State Training Dnlon Presi-
dent, delivered the inspiration! mes-
sage for the day. Mrs, Kincaid said
there were more than 1000 reglster-
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Boosters Have Party
At Ferris Park
Mrs. Fred Burnet, Pecan Heights,
w^s surprised Wednesday when she’
arrived at the home of her mother,
Mrs. W. W. Lindsey, to find a birth-
day dinner waiting for her, including
a cake with all the trlnukligx Mrs.
Basnet • is the former Hylma Lind-
fey............r---------V
and saved.
Frank Reports On
Work Done On Roads
Street and road Improvement in
District 2, reported by Commission-
er Buck Frank, includes 15 roads
which have been widened, seal coated
asphalted or Improved for comfor-
table or heavy traffic use. _______
TSoads which hats been improved iifa ^ the \\t» nt m. mother,
lncltfde the "New Market
Road to
Tosch Drive; San Augustine Road
from Scyene Road to old Kaufman
Road;' Alexander Road from the Belt
Line to the old Kaufman Highway;
two miles of Masters. Drive from
Lake June Road to the old Kaufman
Road; Elam Road from Masters
Drive to St. Augustine; Home Gar-
den Blvd; Poppy Lane; Potter Road,
connecting Peach Tree and Tosch
Drive; Betty Ann Lane; *Horton and
Leroy Road; and the Hickory Tree
Baptist Church.
Lake June Road to Old Kaufman
Road was seal-coated with a light
shot of asphalt. Walker Street In
Mesquite was asphalted to thef New
Market Road.
As soon as the right of way de-
partment can get the right of ways
the Mesquite Valley Road (by tbe
Templln farm) ! will be widened,
graveled and asphalted. It has been
announced.
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ler Rites For
Vanston’s Mother
Funeral servioea for Mrs. AdreUa
Blackburn, who died Monday at tbe
bom? of a daughter,-Mrs.N Peyton
Carnes in Fort Worth, following a
year's illness, were held at the Meth-
odist Church in Tyler, Wednesday,
2 p.m.
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of Mrs.
t,:.ker
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> Mrs.
Bkrney
husband,
Vansfon; in Ft.
Worth ana^aSn^ Fred Clabaqgh,
Houston; and six grandchildren; two
sisters and a brother j* ,
Hrs. Ed F, Vanston, Mrs. .WHED
Joy and Mrs. W. B. Hailey attended
the funeral in Tyler.
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Looks Like Little
Thought To Politics
. In a straw vote taken on the 6ov-
ernor’s race. John E. Davis said he
contacted 81 people in Mesquite
Tuesday.
--Homer P. Rainey led the list with
28 votes; Beauford Jester received
12 votes; Jerry Sadler, 8; Grover Sel-
lers, 7; and, John Lee Smith, 6.
Davis said 8 people were undecid-
ed In the governor’s race; 7 not in-
terested and 5 had no poll-tax.
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Poignant Memories Of
Gpam Told By Butler
“We were going about our busi-
ness as usual when bombs began to
rain on Guam at 8 in the morning -
we were frantic,’* said C. C. Butler,
resident of the Island for 85 years,
in an Interview In the Meaqulter of-
fice Saturday. Butler and famtlg
flew in an army plane from Guam to
California where they visited their
daughter, Mrs. Clara Mae Champion,
wife of a Major with tbe army In
Africa, before making tbe trip by
train from California via New York
to Jfesquito to visit his brother, H.
L. Butler and family on Route 1.
tiling plant on Guam,
employing 60 natives, prior to the
war. All these businesses were des-
troyed by the bombs be stated.
In a calm papuer Butler des-
and his capture when he and others
were forced to surrender and were
cribed the details of the bombings
carried to a prison camp at Kobe,
Japan, where they were held cap-
tive for 45 months. They were per-
mitted to speak -to their families 6
days before they were taken to
prison. Mrs. Butler underwent ter-
rific whippings at the bauds of the
Japs trying to force her to give in-
formation concerning an American
who supposedly was hiding on the
W. L Corbin
In Divs Into Pool
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RHSP9^mmhM
W. L. Corbin, former grocer in pi _ ___j. T._
Mesquite, was critically Injured Mon- Meredith, 50, _ _
day of last week when he dived into ville hospital Tuesday
too shallow water off a high spring
board in a Terrell swimming pool.
Corbin, acoompanled by his family
and Mr. and Mrs. David Forbess, had
driven to Terrell fur a plonjc and a
swimming paily. They had been in
the\^ter only ien minute,, accord-
ing-to Mrs. - Forbess, sister of the in-
jured main when the accident occurr-
ed.* .
Co£bl'uv was rushed to a Terrell
;Jho*pfUkJ,*but^shortly afterwards was
transferred to a Dallas hospital,
serious head lacerations, and xraye
where xrays were made. He had
revealed a cracked vertebrae in hla
neck which will require hospit-
alization for five weeks or more, ac-
cording to biB sister. Mrs. Forbees
stated her brother would be placed
In a cast after five weeks, and it will
probably be six mouths or more be-
fore he can be back at work.
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Miss Davis VisitB
Roosevelt Estate
Miss Margaret Davis, member of
Mesquite School faculty, writes from
New York, where she Is attending
Columbia University, “I went up, tor
day, to tins Hyde Park estate of
President Roosevelt. It was a most
wonderful experience. I wish I were
where I could tell you everything
about it, or better still, I just wish
everybody I know oould have the
privilege of seeing it. It 4s such an
interesting house - net the most
elegant hosse at all, but very sweet
and livable. The grounds are most
beautiful too.”
their own More and had hidden In
holes in the ground and feared for
their lives daily.
The Swiss Consul ioojked after the
affairs of the prisoners, providing
them with reading matter, including
department American and British magazines. A^ ^ . ______________
ted a pop- ] Japanese paper Kept them Informed Wiit; Both? J6e Anderson, Shelty,
current activities- They were per- Buddy and Mary Ann Riggs, James
niitted to write one letter each mouth | Futrell, Hope Lawrence, Helen Lang,
but his family said they received j Nan Thompson, Marlene Tosch, Mar-
ine a lengthy
Thursday at 8:30
Baptist Church,
Rev. 4. Perry
^ Mrs. Meredith
1896 in Tennesse
as and located at
gifl of 14. She we
Meredith May 28, 1
were tbe parents dir three children.
Mrs. Meredtth^was a flower enthu-
siast and before 111 health pvtfVttited
she could be found almost anp day
working among her flowerdr Her
neighbors said she was a good neigh-
bor and was always willing to lend
aid to thbse who needed it.
Survivors are one son, Earl Roy
Meredith; one daughter, Mrs. C. D.
Copeland, both of Mesquite; three
brothers, Roy' Glowers. Mesquite;
Jim dowers, Dallas; and Ivan Glow-
ers, bf California; three sisters, Mrs.
L. A. Paul and Mrs. John Mitchell,
both of Dallas and Mrs. T. L. Potter
GeinsVUle; mother, Mrs. Mattie
Glowers, Dalian; two grandchildren.
Buddy and Ruth Ana Copeljmd, Mes-
quite, and several nephews and nieces
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Pallbearers were Leroy Futrell,
Cheney Miller, Bd Rouse, Ernest
Lane, Henry Copeland and Ray Lind-
sey. Interment was la Mesquite ceme-
tery with Anderson Clayton Bros t*
charge of arrangements.
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Treasure Hunt Far
Pilots Union
A lively group of Baptist Interme-
diates from the Pilots Union with
their leaders and sponsors enjoyed
a “Treasure Hunt** at the Bull farm
ea*t of town Tuesday evening. A
picnic table laden with delicious
food proved to be the gdiatsst treas-
ure tit all, they reported.
Attending were Charles Howser,
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_ Island. Mrs, Butler's brother, bis Dorothy, who graduated fro in the
Wife and 14 children, the youngest
dragged from their beds at 2 In the
morning, he was thoroughly beaten
three times a day and ijall were
thrown into Jail for a week.^in an ef-
fort to gain information they pos-
sessed. Mrs. Butler wai forced to
operate the store for tbe Japs and
James, her son, operated the bottling
only six letter during the 45 months
he was in prison. ——■—”~’r
On the 8th of September the pris-
oners were released after the order
“Coase Firing” was given. A plane
carry physicians, nurses and supplies
flew into the camp wherq* all the
prisoners were processed, ip*ny were
found to be in pitable conditions.
Butler stated they were flown to Yo-
kohama, thence to Okinawa on to
Manila where they were kept In an
Army camp 88 days and flown to
Guam where his family awaited him.
During this time, a daughter,
garet Burgess, Denton and Beth Bas-
sett, Bobby Humphreys, Vernon and
Michael Stark, Bngene Sprague and
Mrs. Jewel Tosch.
Sacred Heart Convent in Menloe
only 6 weeks old, were roughUt Pnrk^ California, la June-thia year,- for Ttome tirne bsYe Been thinking
was pursuing her education while her
sister, Beatrice, was employed la Baa
Leandro, California, and both were
spared the actual horrors of the-war.
Butler said Guam will never again
have the tropical splendor it once
claimed as the island wilt be rebuilt
In m modern manner. He hopes to re-
witbin two
Youth Supt. To B*
Chosen Sunday
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The question of an appropriate
superintendent for the Youth group
of the Methodist Church will be set-
tled at a meeting of the MYF at the
church Sunday evening.
The group feels the need of the
guiding hand of a person Interested
in tbe welfare of their age group and
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The food they received while pris-
oners included rice gruel, sea weeds
and fish cakes, made of ground beads
and bones of fish, whickj was most
unpalatable, Butler said. He, fortu-
nately, only lost 45 lbs, while many
of the men lost 100 lbs and more.
The prisoners outwitted their cap-
tors and kept in touch with the out-
side world in a manner upknown to
the Japs. A B-29 crashed over the
quarters where the men were im-
prisoned. The quick-witted Ameri-
cans crept out to the plane and sal-
vaged enough radio ports to assemble
a receiving set equipped with ear
phones and installed It in the attic
of the barracks. A man was placed
IS Tool-pui and warned^SSe boys
when the guards approached and the
radio was - quickly concealed. The
prisoners knew Japan could Hot hold
out much longer by the reports they
received. This broke the monotony.
The radio and the cutting^ of wood
to keep them warm were the only
qua* J»od. Thar were-mxt
Baptist Church was entertained at a
picnic on the lawn of tbe E. C. Gog-
bum home at Truman, Friday even-
ing. Eight department officers and
45 juniors attended the affair and
reported a wonderful time with all
the ice cream and other delicacies
thef could eat. *
subjected to heavy labor of any kind
and were provided with warm army
clothing by the Red Cross for which
they were very grateful. In the mean-
time jyhlngs were not progressing so
nictil^ on the home front, be found
out later. His family was forced to
live on food they had taken from
build his home there
t years. He Snd bis family are living
in temporary quarters built from ma-
terials salvaged from the debris of
their theatre, by his wife and s loy-
al group of Sea Bees.
In speaking of tbe physical char-
acteristics of the island. Butler stat-
ed the roads were built of lavs erup-
tions from volcanoes, mixed with
tar, and proved to be very satisfact-
ory for travel. Fouft lane highways
form a network of roads and rank
high In convenience.
The Inhabitants are Malajfa and
speak the Chamorro language. The
young ladies dress in stylish cloth-
ing comparing favorably with the
clothing worn by tbe American girls.
99 per cent of tbe people are of
Catholic faith and the island claimed
one of the .most magnificent. Cathe-
drals in the world, Butler Bald.ju, '
Mr. and Mrs. Butler and daugh-
ters expect to leave late this week
for San Leandro where they will con-
tinue their visit with Mrs. Champion
before they return to their borne on
Guam. Dorothy and JB*a*xlea win re-
turn to Guam with their parents and
will be employed at their father’s
bottling plant which re-opened for
bualneas July J. It Dorothy concedes
to her father’s wishes she will re-
turn to the states to attend college
4n California.
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Mrs. Birdie Edgar left Thursday
of an individual with these qualifi-
cations.
The young people are doing wool-
lent work despit? the hot weather
and planned a swimming party for
this week for a part of their social
activities, at the Sunday evening
bualneas session. The party will bo
held at
WATCH THIS 'PAPER FOR fMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! cT
HUH Lake Clift Poo! Thursday
and each member la to bring a guest
for the occasion.
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Allen Canfield
Weds Illinois Girl
Mr. snd Mrs. Aaron F. Kelley, De-
Pue, HI. have announced the mar-
riage of their daughter, Miss Artie
Mae Kelley and Alien B. Canfield,
son of S. L. Canfield, Forney, for-
merly of Mesquite.
The marriage was solemnised May
17, 194! .In the First Congregational
Church In DePue with the Rev. Llew-
ellen Jones reading the marriage
rites.
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Sgt William Cobb
Home From Germany
Sgt. William J. Cobb, 21, sob of
Mr. and Mrs. Bd Cobb, formerly of
Mesquite, has returned from Europe
where he served as instructor in a
signal corps school with the Army of
Occupation in Germany.
He expects to resume his studies
at AAM this fall. Before entering
the army of occupation, Sgt. Cobb
was attached to tip tilth Artillery
Observation batalllon of the First
Army.
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Jeon Lindsey, Ft Sam Houston,
tbe week-end with his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Lindsey.
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