The McGregor Mirror and Herald-Observer (McGregor, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, July 9, 1943 Page: 3 of 8
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living in muddy, mosquito-infest-
ed fox holes with nothing to eat
but something out of a can and
onlvy hot water to drink while
dodging enemy fire.”
“But they don’t get used to
hearing about strikes among de-
fense workers ’back yonder,”
They get fighting mad when they
read about a closed-down war
plant.
“If you feel your morale slip-
ping, just take a trip through a
general hospital or a mental in-
stitution where some of your
fightng men are and have a look
at things. You’ll see what you
have to be thankful for and feel
ashamed of your lagging
spirits.”
Lt. Everett is from Pierre,
South Dakota. After having
spent a year overseas, he came
to the Temple hospital last May.
The young officer was married
only two weeks before he left the
states and has not seen his wife
since returning home. “I don’t
like it either,” he remarked.
Sgt. C. II. Booth, owner of the
Purple Heart, was the other
visiting service man. This 22-
year-old soldier was at Pearl
Harbor during the sneak attack
and lost his right leg leading his
sixteen men (none of whom were
wounded) in a fight at Guadal-
canal on the night of November
11, 1942, incidentally the birth-
day of a brother who is serving
in Africa.
“We went on patrol duty late
that afternoon and ended up in
a Jap-lield jungle,” he related.
“We settled in fox holes and
started picking nips and mo-
squitoes large enough to carry
off your BOP bombs. They say
a Jap likes to die for his coun-
try—well we kept them happy
that night.
“About 1 o’clock that morn-
ing I was hit. We fought on
till 7 o’clock the next morning
when I was taken to an aid sta-
tion two miles away.”
The Charlotte, N. C. hero will
have been hospitalized in Tem-
ple six months July 11th.
Both soldiers consider them- -
selves lucky to be back home and
in as good a condition as they
are. Each has seen fellow fight-
ers riddled before his eyes. They
are glad to be alive.
“If you had to see your bud-
dies blown to bits right under
your nose, you’d buy all of the
War Bonds you could get your
hands on,” Sgt. Booth said
fiercely. “All the boys in my
company bought bonds-—lots of
them and no stamps.”
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Pick Up Gas Forms
Application forms to renew
present A and D gasoline rations
are available at places announc-
ed by local ration boards. OPA
urges car and motorcycle owners
to pick up copies of the appli-
cation and mail them to their ra-
tion board immediately. Present
A books expire July 21.
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When the colorful grand en- bull or wild bucking horse. The fessional rodeo performers,
try of McGregor’s Fifth Annual
Rodeo circles the local arena, at
nine o’clock every night of July
15, 16 and 17, many of those pic-
tured-^bove will be ready to take
off on an undisciplined brahma
Bluebonnet Rodeo Club, which
held the show photographed in
this cut during March, will con-
tribute greatly to the entertain-
ment, since they have come from
all sections of the nation as pro-
to
enter into defense work. The
officer in guard uniform*is Sgt.
Carlton Smith, who holds volun-
teer contributions made by spec-
tators at the. show- on Bluebonnet
grounds. (Photo by Bluebonnet.)
STATE HEALTH OFFICER | sons is the chief factor in the
WEEKLY NEWS LETTER spread of infantile paralysis and
Austin.—With the current in- j since carriers are difficuult to
cidence of poliomyelitis in Texas | determine, it is advisable to re-
SOUTH PACIFIC WAR VET-
ERANS SPEAK BEFORE THE
BLUEBONNET EMPLOYEES
being somewhat over the seven-
year median, Dr. Geo. W. Cox,
State Health Officer, is urging
the public to cooperate in help-
ing to prevent the spread of this
crippling disease.
“Children should not visit
homes where poliomyelitis or
symptoms of this disease are pre-
sent. Promptness in diagnosing
poliomyelitis is one of the most
important factors in its control”
Dr. Cox declared.
“Direct contact between per-
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it’s thrifty
duce to a minimum all human
contacts during any outbreaks
of this disease.”
Dr. Cox stressed the fact that
a rigid program of sanitation is
advisable since it has been sus-
pected that flies and other sea-
sonal insects may convey the
virus or germ of poliomyelitis.
He added that insect transmis-
sion has not been scientifically
demonstrated but pointed out
that sanitation is always advis-
able in controlling disease and
that filth is likely to prove dan-
gerous.
Early symptoms of infantile
paralysis are headache, fever,
vomiting, unusual drowsiness,
and irritability, followed by
stiffness in the neck and back.
Children under five years are
most susceptible and all children
under twelve years should be
watched for suspicious sym-
ptoms. Dr. Cox urged that a
physician be called immediately
if infantile paralysis is suspected.
If the disease is definitely diag-
nosed local health authorities
should be contacted immediately
and patients isolated for at least
21 days.
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THE S. AMSLER COMPANY
Two young veterans of this war
hospitalized home, came to Blue
bonnet Ordnance Plant last week
to tell the workers there of the
horror and discomforts of the
soldiers life in the South Pacific
and to urge war workers to stay
with their jobs to produce muni-
tions so that the boys left over
there will get home as soon as
possible. Lt. David B. Everett
of Sterrgis, South Dakota and
Sgt. Q. H. Booth, Charlotte, N.
C. left ithdir 'quarters at \Mc-
Closky General Hospital at Tem-
ple to bring this message to BOP
folks.
Maj. Iv. W. Kennedy, Com-
manding Officer, secured these
men for this visit and he and L.
B. Sanderson, General Manager
of National Gypsum Co.„ accom-
panied them through the Hines
and to all departments to intro-
duce them. The young soldiers
were guests, at an informal re-
ception held in the Officers Club
on Wednesday evening.
Tears and cheers greeted the
impressive words of Sgt. Booth,
\ hose crutches inadequately re-
I laced the leg he left at Guadal-
c inal, and of Lt. Everett, who
tad survived attaet after attaet
of malaria, yellow juandice and
dysentery bat who was thankful
that Jap bullets had not marked
him.
“The bpys over there,” Lt.
Everett said, “worry more about
the morale of the folks back
home than they do about their
own discomforture, ” the Lieu-
tenant told Bluebonnet workers.
“They don’t like what they have
to put up with, but they know
(there’s nothing they can do about
»it. Soldiers grow accustomed to
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