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VOLUME XXXIV
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1942
NUMBER 37
With the Men
in Uniform
Pvt. Rube Gotten has been trans-
ferred from Ft. Louis, Wash., to
Camp Haun, Calif.
Frank Hall Jr., son of Mrs. J. I.
Lawler, who recently enlisted in the
Navy, will be stationed at Kingsville.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Tucker of Ful-
toright, request The Times mailed to
their son, Pvt. Alex D. Tucker, who
is in foreign service.
Pvt. Elbert Nance, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. R. Nance, has been transfer-
red from Camp Crowder, Mo., to
Drew Field, Tampa, Fla.
Sfc Sammie E. Kinsey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Sam Kinsey, has notified
his parents that he is being trans-
ferred to foreign service.
Pvt. William H. Forrester of Camp
Forest, Tenn., and Miss Earline Land
spent Saturday in the home of his
aunt, Mrs. E. R. Sullivan.
Pvt. Roy Lee Hutson, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Tim Hutson, has been trans-
ferred from Camp Wolters to Camp
Gurber, Ok., near Muskogee, Ok.
Corp. Wallace King, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Clay King of Paris, for-
merly of Deport, has been transfer-
red from Camp Barkley to Camp
Houze.
Over Four Tons of
Scrap Collected
Tuesday Afternoon
Deport merchants closed their
doors on Tuesday afternoon and be-
gan a drive for scrap metals and
rubber into the rural areas of this
community. There were many vol-
unteer workers, including the Boy
Scouts, and an estimated four and
a half tons of old iron, steel and
rubber were recovered. A better
job could have been done had more
trucks been available, according to
Frank Griffin.
Recovery on this drive amounted
to only about one-fourth of the scrap
available, according to the Rev. Car-
ter McKemy, and owners of scrap
who were not seen are urged to
bring it in to add to the present
stock pile.
Many Fine Saddle
Horses at Deport
Stock Show
Dean Oliver Has
Position of State
Tire Inspector
Pvt. B. Garrett who is stationed at
Sheppard Field, spent the week end
in the home of his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Garrett, northeast of
Deport.
Pvt. Wilburn (Buddy) Kilgore,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jess Kilgore,
has been transferred from Fort
Leonard Wood, Mo., to Salt Lake
City, Utah.
John D. Aikin, son of Mrs. A. M.
Aikin Sr. of Paris, army air force
radio technician, has been transfer-
red from Keesler Field, Biloxi, Miss.,
to Chicago for training.
Pvt. Bill Forrester, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Forrester of Bogata, who
is stationed at Camp Forest, Tenn.,
spent last Week with his parents at
Bogata and friends in Deport.
Pfc. Forest Parks, who is stationed
at Bradley Field, Windsor Lock,
Conn., returned Tuesday after spend-
ing his furlough in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sid J. Parks.
Dean Oliver left Wednesday for
Ft. Worth, where he has a position
with the Office of Price Adminis-
tration as State Tire Inspector. With
the coming of gasoline rationing,
regulations will require inspection
of tires and Mr. Oliver will call on
those designated to inspect tires.
He will make his headquarters in
Ft. Worth and hopes to be able to
return to his home in Deport on a
portion of the week ends.
Pvt Clyde Williams who recently
enlisted in the Army Medical Corps,
is stationed at Camp Barkeley, near
Abilene. His mother, Mrs. Zeb Wil-
liams, orders The Times sent to him.
Ben Grogan, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Okla Grogan of Dickerson, has en-
listed in the army air corps and is
stationed at Drew Field, Fla. The
Grogans are former residents of this
section.
G. L. Skidmore, brother of Mrs.
Joe Monk, who graduated from navy
pier training school at Chicago on
Oct. 9 with a diploma in diesel mo-
tors, has been transferred to Ports-
mouth, Va.
J. H. Philley will leave Friday for
Davisville, R. I., for two months of
training with the Seabees before be-
ing sent overseas. Mrs. Philley and
baby will remain with her mother,
Mrs. H. C. Bailey, at Detroit.
Many Red River
County Men Enter
the U.S.Army
The following named white regis-
trants from southwest Red River
county were recently inducted into
the U. S. Army:
Edward Quinlin Mays, Bogata R1
Leon Choate, Detroit R1
William Lee Beck, Deport R1
Frank Watkins, Bogata R 2
Roy L. Williamson, Deport R2
Earl Lee King, Bogata R2
Elmer Hutson, Bogata R2
Paul Haskell LeMaster, Bogata
Brooks Pullins, Detroit
James G. Presswood, Bogata R1
Howard Wade Reaves, Detroit R1
Jessie L. Gallender, Bogata R2
Albert Worley Cotten, Deport R1
Pete Riggs, Bogata R2
John McDaniel, Bogata R1
Kenneth Van Smith, Bogata R2
Randall Edward Hunt, Bogata
John Wm. Hindman, Bogata R2
Carious Carlton Clipper, Bogata R2
Lloyd Martin, Bogata
Deport’s Stock Show held last
Saturday brought a good crowd and
many entries, especially in the sad-
dle horse division. It was opened
with a parade at 11 o’clock, led by
Sheriff Reb H. Burks of Lamar coun-
ty and Sheriff Jim Geer of Red Riv-
er county, with the Deport High
School band supplying the music
and color. The sheriffs carried large
American flags and both rode beau-
tiful horses. There were about 75
saddle horses in the parade.
J. C. Miller, Deport agriculture
teacher, acted as secretary of the
show and supplied the following list
of winners in the various contests:
Registered Beef Cattle
Heifer calf under 1 yr.—P. C.
Grant.
Heifer calf over 1 yr. Guy Smel-
ser.
Heifer over 2 yrs.—Troy Grant.
Cow and calf any age—P. C.
Grant.
Bull over 2 yrs.—1st P. C. Grant;
2nd George Fuller.
Champion bull any age — P. C.
Grant.
Champion cow any age — P. C.
Grant.
Grand champion any age or sex—
P. C. Grant.
Registered Dairy Cattle
Cow 3 yrs. and older—F. B. John-
son.
Dairy bull under 1 yr.—F. B.
Johnson.
Dairy bull over 2 yrs.—Joe Kel-
sey.
Champion bull—Joe Kelsey.
Champion cow any age — F. B.
Johnson.
Grand champion of show—F. B.
Johnson.
Horses and Mules
Jack any age—Jud W. Mauldin.
Saddle colt under 1 yr. on halter
—1st Dickson Hale; 2nd C. M. Hind-
man.
Saddle colt, 2 yrs. old, under sad-
dle—1st Guy Smclser; 2nd Virgle
Wood; 3rd Dickson Hale.
Colt on halter, under 2 yrs.—1st
Lewis Dickson; 2nd George Fuller.
Draft colt, 3 yrs.-—Othor Pearson.
Draft colt, 1 yr.—C. M. Moore.
Mule colt, 2 yrs.—Joe Kelsey.
Suckling mule colt — J. W. Hig-
night.
Saddle horse, any age—1st Robert
Harvey; 2nd J. L. Dickson; 3rd Vir-
gil Wood.
Pair work mules—1st J. W. Hig-
night; 2nd W. S. Cheatham; 3rd Cur-
tis Cheatham.
Single mule—1st J. W. Hignight;
2nd W. S. Cheatham; 3rd Curtis
Cheatham. ^
Draft mare any age—1st Bill Meds-
ker; 2nd J. W. Hignight; 3rd Joe
Kelsey.
Saddle stud animal — 1st Walter
Wood; 2nd Mack Mitchell; 3rd Dr.
George Grout.
Saddle mare—1st Dean Oliver; 2nd
Ben Warren; 3rd Sammie Kelsey.
Saddle animal—1st Robert Har-
vey; 2nd Dean Oliver; 3rd Walter
Wood.
Pony rider (rider not to be over
12 and mount to weigh not over 650
pounds)—Berldine Harvey.
Saddle horse 3 yrs. or under—1st
J. L. Dickson, J. H. Rollins, Mrs. Guy
Smelser.
Potato race on horseback—1st race,
Clyde Harvey; 2nd race, Burl Har-
vey and Alvin Wood tied.
Lamar Voted Dry
Saturday Balloting
On Beer Question
Lamar county voters went to the
polls last Saturday and voted the
county dry by the unofficial figures
of 3,156 against beer to 1,913 for it.
Official figures will be announced
when the commissioners’ court meets
next Saturday to canvass the re-
turns.
Beer is being sold at present in
Justice Precinct 1, which includes
the city of Paris. For several years
it was also sold in the Blossom jus-
tice precinct, but was voted out two
years ago.
Paris beer dealers will be allowed
to sell the beverage for thirty days
after the official vote is announced.
Seven of the eight voting boxes
in the Paris precinct voted for beer,
while the remainder of the county
was dry.
Total of 4,872 votes was cast in
1934, with 2,526 votes cast for the
sale of beer, and 2,346 votes cast
against the sale of beer, for a “wet”
majority of 180 votes.
In 1936, the total vote was 5,484,
of which 2,932 votes were cast for
the sale of her and 2,552 votes were
cast against beer, for another “wet”
majority of 380 votes.
Following arc the figures of un-
official returns in 36 of the voting
boxes in Saturday’s election:
Ag’nst Boer For Beer
Deport 173 28
Biardstown 51
Taylortovvn 42
South Blossom 119
Miner 30
Cunningham 39
Pattonville . ........ 77
North Blossom . 112
Precinct 1 96 1
Precinct 51 ......... 120 1
Precinct 45 ... 74
Precinct 2.......... 72
Precinct 52 ______ . 99 1
Precinct 46 66
Brookston . 66
Ambia 12
Milford 16
Roxton 217
Howland 14
Atlas 20
Precinct 3 146 1
Precinct 53 126
Precinct 47 41
Norvell 19
Chicota 93
Direct 17
Mays Prairie 20
Precinct 4 183 2
Precinct 50 116 1
Precinct 48 168
Faught 32
Spring Hill ' 23
Faulkner..... 23
Post Oak ..... 26
Arthur City ________ 14
Powderly ......... 82
May Order Fruit
Trees, Berry Vines
Co-Operatively
People of Red River county will
haye the opportunity to buy all vari-
eties of fruit trees, berry vines and
pecan trees at attractive low prices,
if they buy co-operatively as in the
past.
The county home demonstration
agent ' s agreed to sponsor the or-
der. A county committee will han-
dle the funds and assist in compil-
ing the orders.
A recent list of all varieties of
these trees suitable for this soil and
area has been received. You may
come by this office at your earliest
convenience and make your order,
announced Hattye G. Owen. Oct.
31 is the deadline.
Boyd Goes to Ft.
Smith as Pastor
2nd Methodist
FRANKLIN CO. COTTON
GINNING REPORT
Ffc. Clyde Barham Jr. of Camp
Hood, returned to his outfit on Wed-
nesday after a short visit with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Bar-
ham. Another son, M. S. Russell
Barham, stationed at Greenville, was
also home for the week end.
Pvt Johnny Gill, stationed at
Sheppard Field, spent the week end
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C.
Gill at Fulbright. He also visited
his sister, Miss Betty Gill who is a
patient at the Grant hospital follow-
ing an appendectomy last week.
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Mr. and Mrs. Will Dickson have
, received a letter from their grand-
ton, John Ralph Dickson, stating
that he was in foreign service in
England, and had been made cor-
txiral since he had been there. This
Census report shows that 1,633
bales of cotton were ginned in
Franklin county from the crop of
1942 prior to October 1, as compared
with 1,253 bales for the crop of 1941.
RED RIVER COUNTY FARM
BOUGHT BY BYRON BLACK
A high bid of $4,800 bought Red
River county’s 250-acre farm near
Avery for Byron Black at an auction
sale at the farm site last week.
W. B. Hart of Paris, former De-
port druggist, has received word of
the promotion of his son, Capt. W.
H. Hart, Headquarters, Army Ground
Forces, Washington, D. C., to Major.
Major Hart entered the Army three
yean ago as a private and was, at
the time of his transfer to Washing-
ton ih June, attached to the 645th
Tank Destroyai1 Battalion at Camp
iwMamdaiP
Home Nursing Class
Completes Work and
Has Certificates
Several Men From
This Area Drafted
Into U.S. Service
The Red Cross Home Nursing
Class finished the required course
Wednesday. Thirty members en-
rolled, twelve dropped out. These
will receive certificates: Mmes.
Russell Grant, Walter Grant, Frank
Griffin, L. H. Igo, Carter McKemy,
Jarvis C. Miller, John H. Moore, A.
C. Nixon, Marvin Nobles, Gus No-
bles, Dick Owep, Lowell Read, Geo.
Thompson; Misses Mattie Ellen Dick-
son, Mary K. Flake, Ophelia Mason
and Virginia Ryan.
The class is sponsoring a program
of immunization in the Deport
school community. It wishes to
thank the Legionaires for the use of
their hall in which the Red Cross
classes were held, conducted by Mrs.
Dorothy Fowler, a Lamar county
public health nurse, and Mrs. George
Fuller. Mrs. Fowler became ill dur-
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Lamar County Draft Board an-
nounced the names of 12 more men
who have been inducted recently
into the U. S. Army. Men from this
section include Adron Herbert Wood-
son of Pattonville Rl, white; and
Charles Thomas, Blossom and John
M. Woods, Deport R2, both colored.
Those enlisting in the U. S. arm-
ed forces during the past week in-
clude 41 men and one woman. Thir-
ty men were enlisted in the Navy
and 11 in the Army. The one wo-
man, Mrs. Katherine Thomas of
Paris, joined the WAAC’s. Army
enlistments from this area include
Roy C. Leftwich, Bogata R2; Cody
M. Holloway, Avery R3; John R. D.
Buzbee, Bagwell; Burl H. Diffie and
Jim B. Roberts, Johntown.
Navy enlistments from this area
include J. E. Futtrell, Detroit and
J. A. Evans, Bogata.
Rev. and Mrs. A. N. Boyd will
leave Thursday for Ft. Smith, Ark.,
where he will become pastor of the
Second Methodist Church in that
city. It will be with deep regret
their many friends in Deport learn
they are leaving. They have done
a splendid work during their two
years in Deport, and take with them
to their new home the sincere good
wishes of a host of friends.
The Rev. Boyd came to Deport
from Wichita Falls, where he was
associate pastor of the Floral
Heights Methodist Church. Prior to
that time he preached at the Aledo
Methodist Church at Aledo, which
was his first regular charge.
He is a native of Arkansas, his
home town being Lavaca. He holds
two B. A. degrees, one from John
Brown University, Ark., and one
from SMU, Dallas. He also holds a
B. D. degree from the SMU School
of Theology.
The Methodist conference now in
session at Dallas, will announce a
successor to the Rev. Mr. Boyd on
Sunday night.
Two Months Old Son
B. F. Allens Dead
George, two-months-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. F. Allen, died about 4
p. m. Wednesday, as his parents were
taking him to Paris for medical
treatment. The funeral service was
arranged for 4 p. m. Thursday at
Rockford, conducted by Mart Nelson.
Surviving besides the parents are
Mn. E. B.
Teague Named Mgr.
Maxey Post Exchange
Appointment of Lawrence F. Tea-
gue as manager or steward for the
Camp Maxey post exchange system
was announced Saturday by Major
John S. Moran, Post Exchange Of-
ficer.
Teague will serve in a general su-
pervisory capacity over all the ex-
changes at the camp, Maj. Moran
explained.
The new exchange manager, now
credit manager for Perkins Bros.,
will assume his new duties soon.
Cunningham Youth
Killed by Falling
Tree Thursday
Killed Thursday by a falling tree,
19-year-old Joe Warren Harrison of
Cunningham, was buried Friday af-
ternoon in Highland cemetery at De-
port. Cleon Lyles of Paris, minister
at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ,
officiated at the service at Milton
Methodist Church.
Interment was made by J. M.
Grant, Deport funeral director.
The youth, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Roy Harrison, was in the woods near
their home, between Minter and
Cunningham, helping two brothers
cut wood. He was crushed under a
falling tree, death being apparently
instantaneous. Inquest was held by
Ed Terry, justice of the peace, ver-
dict Npf accidental death being re-
turned.
Surviving are his parents and t v
en brothers and sisters.
Lamar Gas Ration
Board Named by
Judge E.F. Harrell
Lee Yancey, Paris insurance man
and former Deport merchant, has
been named chairman of the Lamar
County Gasoline Rationing Board, it
was announced Saturday by Judge
E. F. Harrell, chairman of the coun-
ty civilian defense coordinators.
Named to aid Yancey in the task
of deciding who shall receive addi-
tional gasoline rations in the county
are the following eight men:
Tellous Outland of Blossom, Ros-
coe McClure of High, Tom Jeffus of
Deport, Lee Caviness of Chicota,
John House Jr. of Paris, A. Hutchin-
son of Paris, E. H. Maddox of Paris
and Earl Hooker of Paris.
Date for the first meeting of the
board will be set as soon as the
members receive their commissions
and are sworn into office, Harrell
said. Nov. 9 has been set as the date
for gasoline rationing registration
and Nov. 22 as the effective date of
rationing.
Application Forms
Gasoline Rationing
*»ooks Out Oct. 27
Application forms for gasoline ra-
tion books will be available in post
offices, consumer centers and other
places Oct. 27.
Registration will begin Nov. 9 at
schools and other places designated
by local rationing board. Register
preferably at the school in your area,
but you can register in any county
or state if away from home.
All car owners will receive A ra-
tion books on registration. Books
good for larger quantities than four
gallons a week will be issued later
as need is shown.
Gasoline rationing will begin Nov.
22. On and after that date, no gaso-
line can be bought for highway use
except with a ration coupon.
Help for Owners
Trucks, Pickups
Deport, Paris and Roxton are the
three designated places in the county
where farmers may have their truck
and pickup certificates filled out.
These certificates are now in the
hands of otvners of pickups and
trucks, and this work will be done
in Deport on Thursday, Friday and
Saturday at the Kelsey Motor Co.
THREADGILL LOSES
TEN YOUNG STEERS
Lamar county sheriff’s department
has been notified of the theft re-
cently of 10 head of cattle from the
farm of Marshall Threadgill, near
Minter. Each animal was branded
on the right hip with the brand “T.”
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Farm Transportation
Committee Formed
For Lamar County
Formation of a Lamar County
Farm Transportation Committee has
been announced by A. L. Edmiaston,
county agent. J. P. Maxwell is
chairman of the committee and other
members include A. E. Ball of Min-
ter, D. J. Preston of Howland, Lloyd
Steele of Brookston and Frank
Griffin of Deport. Alternates for
the committee include Bryan Gray-
son, Earl Bryant, Heston William-
son and R. T. Russell.
Purpose of the committee is to
aid the county’s farmers in prepar-
ing their applications for certificates
of war necessity and to approve
these certificates to the County War
Price and Rationing Board. The cer-
tificates must be possessed by farm-
ers for all commercial vehicles, in- it
eluding trucks, pick-ups, tractors
and other fuel-powered vel
ing tires. Farmers must
certificates in their
Nov. 15. No gasoline, tires <
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