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Lt. W. R. Whitten
Wins Distinguished
Hying Cross
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE BOMB-
ER STATION, ENGLAND. _ First
Lt. William R. Whitten of Bogata,
B-17 Flying Fortress bombardier,
has been decorated with the Dis-
tinguished Flying Cross for “extra-
ordinary achievement” on bombing
attacks on enemy Europe.
Veteran of more than a score of
combat missions, Lt. Whitten has
taken part in aerial assaults on Ber-
lin, Stettin, Dessau, Hamburg, Leip-
zig, Munich, Peenemunde, Anklam
«and other important enemy install-
ations.
The citation accompanying the
award read in part: “The courage,
coolness and skill displayed by this
officer upon these occasions reflect
the highest credit upon himself and
the Armed Forces of the United
States.”
Lt. Whitten, 23 years old, wears
the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters. A graduate of Bogata high
school in 1938, he was a student at
the University of Texas when he
entered the army in December, 1941.
His wife lives at 1410 Nickerson St.,
Austin. His parents are Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Whitten of Bogata. They
have another son, Sam G. Whitten,
in the navy.
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEX^S, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1944
Pyttonville Soldier
Officially Dead ^
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Secrest of Pat-
tonville, have received a routine let-
ter from the adjutant general, Maj.
Gen. J. A. Unio, stating that their
son, Pfc. Wayland W. Secrest, re-
ported missing in action, Sept. 18,
1943, is now listed on the War De-
partment records as officially dead.
His parents were notified last Nov.
4 that he was missing after being
on reconnaissance duty with an in-
fantry unit of the 36th Division in
the vicinity of Nocera, Italy.
NUMBER
NEWS OF OUR
MEMw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
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Grady Wright Tells
of Home Town Boys
A letter from Grady Wright, some-
where in the Pacific, says:
“Dear Editor: I would like to say
hello to you and all the fdlks back
home. We G. I.’s don’t have time
to write all of our friends personal
letters, but we want you to know
that we think of you, and the fine
job you are doing. I would like to
tell Lonesome Bill hello, wherever
he is, and as for getting the women,
we could get all we want for a car-
ton of cigarettes, but, strange as it
may seem,-no one ever trades for
one.
“I have met up with Lowell Read
George Bird and Worth Hood. All
the boys call Read “Horizontal
Read. He has worn out a dozen G.
I. cots the last two months. I don’t
blame him; I would myself if I could
get away with it. But they have
my number. Hood is known as
“Gold Brick Hood.” He moves al-
most two grains of sand each time
he takes a scoop with the shovel,
. which is an average of one every
five minutes. Bird is known as the
perfect G. I. He never complains
about anything but being overseas
and in the army.
“I would like to say hello to the
folks back home and the boys in the
army again, and when we get back,
well we’ll open some new records
in flying without wings and play-
ing gopher. You get scared and
go for a hole; if there isn’t any hole
you mfike one, the easy way—just
•dive off of a log and hit on your
, head. If you don't make a hole, you
don’t need to worry.
"Well, I will sign off for now. Good
luck to all of you. We fellows en-
joy the paper very much. G. W.”
A daughter named Carol Jean,
was bom Saturday at the Grant hos-
pital in Deport to Pvt. and Mrs. F.
C. Jackson of Talco.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Davis received
a letter Monday from their son, Pi,:.
Delbert Davis, saying he had landed
safely in France.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Whitney of
Brookston, have received word from
their son, Sgt. Sam Whitney, that he
is now somewhere in India.
T4 Grade Overton Perry, stationed
at Camp Cook, Calif., who was called
to Dallas by the death of his infant
son, born Monday of last week,
spent from Monday until Wednesday
visiting his mother, Mrs. J. J. Gray.
Private Edith M. Gooch of Deport,
who has been stationed at the Train-
ing Center of the Women’s Army
Corps at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga„ has
been assigned to 465 AAF base Unit,
Paine Field, Everett, Washington, D.
Capt. and Mrs. J. R. Brittain of
Hooks, spent the week end with her
sisters, Mraes. R. E. Nobles and R.
L. Maddox and families.
CpI. Jerrell Barham, stationed at
Ft. Ord, Calif., arrived Monday night
to spend a 20 day furlough with his
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Barham.
The War Department has notified
Mrs. Sarah Zelma Howland of
Clarksville, that her husband, Pvt.
Cecil C. Howland, was killed in act-
ion in France July 28. He had pre-
viously been reported as missing in
action.
Cpl. Ripley Helps
Feed Many Soldiers
AN 8TH AIR FORCE SERVICE
COMMAND STATION, England. —
Technician 5th Grade Malcolm L.
Ripley of Deport, is serving with
the Administrative Division at this
strategic air depot where battle , Club was presented Friday niBht*at
stored® f Vbr°r b°mbers are re-|the Methodist Church to a small
or urther combat against the , but appreciative audience The chor-
Denoyt hS°h 0fKMrs: J„H Ripley of i uses- under the direction of Mrs
b* bas been ln England since J. L. Hyde, were of varied typj
Hilda s ' h °f DCP°rt I Wlth the negro sPi»tual, “I Krow
High School he farmed for thirteen j the Lord’s Laid His Hand on Me”
years prior to entering tim service j being sung with more zest and fee’l-
“ ing. while “Alice Blue Gown” was
rendered in a more artistic manner.
| Deport Choral C _
Presents Program
j Friday Evening
The program of the Deport Choral
•J.
He attended Abilene High School | Miss Marie Crews, daughter of Mr
joined the army air forces reserve WACs at Dallas, volunteering Mon-
Sgt. Mac Webb who has been sta-
tioned at Camp Crowder, Mo., has
been transferred to c|o P. M., San
Francisco. Mrs. Webb has returned
to Deport where she will remain
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ro-
ger Bell.
T|Sgt. Jack Griffin left Sunday
for Lincoln, Nebr., for re-assignment,
PFC. TOM (DUB) JOHNSON, son after spending a 23-day furlough
of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Johnson, route with his wife and parents, Mr. and
2, Abilene, is stationed at Biggs Mrs. J. B. Griffin.
Field, El Paso. | _ j
Information has been received
SaVSSTrr-JS
Charles Jones, lives at Bagwell, has
been wounded in action while serv-
ing in the European Theatre of Op-
erations.
and attended John Tarleton College
until his 18th birthday when he re-
ceived his call to report.
day of last week.
He trained at Sheppard Field and KOCh' tslationed at
as Vegas army air field where he 1 ^ f°rtb’ fWas a guest ovcr the
week end of his wife and son, Ter-
ry Lee in the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Hulett.
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Total September
Rainfall of 1.70 Inches
Recorded Last 2 Days
Total rainfall for September was
1.70 inches, all recorded on Sept. 29
and 30. It was the first rainfall
since Aug. 31, when the rainfall for
that date brought the total rainfall
for the month of August to 4.01 in-
ches, the most recorded for that
month since 1937.
Up to Oct. 1, the total rainfall re-
corded for 1944 amounted to 37.05
inches as- compared to 21.56 inches
for the same period last year.
Las Vegas army air field where he
received his gunnery wings June 24,
this year. Johnson reported at Biggs
| Field Sept. 3 and has been assigned
' to a crew as a turret gunner and
assistant engineer
Sixteen Red River
County Men Enter
Armed Forces
The following white Red River
county registrants were recently, in-
ducted into the Armed Forces:
James Byron Exum, Clarksville
Jas. Archie UpchufCh, Clarksville
Harvey Hillard Jones, Annona^
John Ross Wright, ftoup
Pat Curtis Gray, Turkey.
Marvin E. Faulkner, Negley R1
Charles Edward Phelps, Avery
Curtis David Curry, Detroit R2
Charles Croley, New Boston
Aubrey Dean Poe, Quitman
Oscar Emery Armstrong, Avery
David Tad Craddock, Bogata
James Harold Greer, Clarksville
James Douglas Wall, Annona
Gerald Dean Gordon, Deport R1
John Albert Mays, Clarksville R2
!unningham School
Opening Announced
T|Sgt. Warren Denison, stationed
at Galveston, is spending a few days
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Denison at Minter and his brother,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Denison.
James William Evans, son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Evans, who is sta-
tioned at San Diego, *Calif., for his
boot training in the Navy, volun-
teered his services instead of being
inducted as was reported in last
week’s issue of The Times.
The War Department announces
that Pvt. Henry G. Merritt, son of
Joseph W. Merritt of Pattonville, has
been wounded in action in the Me-
diterranean Theatre of Ope^tions.
Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Marable of
Clarksville, have been officially no
James Loven, who has been in the
Navy for several months, has re-
ceived a medical discharge and re-
turned to his home here Sunday
night. His wife and children, Larry
and Marta Ruth, have been making
their home with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Lewis Jeffus.
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Annual Swine Show
at Paris Oct 12
, The third
t ---,---- swine show,
sponsored by the Pads chamber of
Commerce will be held Oct IX En-
tries are efpected front Red
The faculty of the Cunningham
School met in regular study sessions
each day during the week of Septem-
ber 25-29th. The purpose of this ar-
rangements was to help the faculty
become acquainted with the guid-
ance program in the school system
and also to make a' previous study
of pupil problems in the school.
Registeration of high school stud-
ents was held Friday, Sept. 29. Grade
school students registered Oct. 2.
and regular classes began on that
day. It is believed that attendance
will b’ hindered for a while due to
the fact that many will be needed
on the farms.
A continuation of the guidance
program begun six years ago will be
in evidence again this year, and a
regular conseling period will be pro-
vided for all high school students.
Hot lunches are served each day.
Tickets are punched for two dollars
which entitles one to twenty meals.
Warren Anderson, C|M, left Wed-
---------- ..„vc „,xltlally no. neday for San Francisco, Calif., after
tified by the War Department that a weoks v’sit with his parents; Mr.
their son, Lt. Paul D. Marable Jr., [and Mrs- Maurice Anderson. He will
" a prisoner of war in Germany. j ^.e Rationed with the Merchant Ma-
-- i rines, and has completed a three
Pvt. Julians F. Varner, son of Mrs.1 months’ course at a Merchant Marine
Sudie • Varner of Clarksville, has scbool at Pass Christian, Miss.
been wounded in action while serv- --
ing in the European Theatre of Op- lst Sgt- James Holmes, son of Mr.
erations, the War Department an- and ®^rs- J- C. Holmes, has been
nounces. ’ transferred from Camp Howze,
---- Gainesville, to c|o Postmaster, New
According to information received ^ork- His wife and small daughter
from the War Department, Pfc. Mon- and her sister, Mrs. Pat Carbone,
roe Golden, son of Mrs. Eddie Potter have moved into an apartment in
of Bogata, has been wounded in act- ! home of Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
ion while serving in the European Nixon-
Theatre of Operations.
S|Sgt. and Mrs. Jim Palmer mov-
ed Saturday from an apartment in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. John An-
Cpl. Dick Burden is now overseas,
according to his father, W. F. Bur-
den of Deport, who received a new
mailing address last week. The ad-
toine to Brownwood. Sgt. Palmer !dress is c|o Postmaster, N. Y., indi-
has been transferred from Cox Field j cating Dick went to the Atlantic
to BrOWnWOOd. theatre rif nrapatinn, xj«---------1
in June, 1941. Helping to feed the
m technicians at this de- , miuerea in a more artistic manner
!!!lC r ,RlP ey 18 °n dUty 35 3 i The tonal quality and shading of all
ln e uge mess hal1 at this ■ the numbers was fair Of all the
depot He has taken advantage of j specials including, the duets trioS
his furlough time and visited many puartettes, and etc., the solo by Sgt’
historic SDo.s SmtlanH I Warren Tempi,-fta D“er<
was enjoyed the best by the audi-
ence. “We Pray for Peace” was an
effective number by the woman’s
sixette.
Accompanist for the program was
Mrs. James Perkins, who contributed
her share to the program’s success by
the understanding and feeling she
used in following the mood of the
singers.
The church was beautifully decor-
ated with bowls of roses and tall
baskets of other fall flowers, due to
the effort of Mmes. Pete Storey,
Henry Johnson and B. W. Gardner,’
who composed the decorating com-
mittee Officers of the club are, Mrs.
Dean Oliver, president, Maurice
Anderson, secretary-treasurer, with
Mrs. J. L. Hyde as director. They
are well pleased with the first public
program and the manner in which it
was received.
Music in this community has been
neglected to a great extent, and
other than the efforts made through
the various choirs of the town, noth-
ing is done. It is true at commence-
ment time we do on short notice
work up two good choruses, then as
heretofore we have done nothing
more until the next spring. The aim
of the choral club is to have regular
rehersals, so that at any or all times,
music of this type can be presented
when it is needed.
It is not necessary to have a train-
ed or cultivated voice to sing in a
choral club. Some hidden talent has
been uncovered. You can help out
if you enjoy music. Rehersals will
continue on Friday nights at 8 o’clock
and work will begin on new songs
at Friday night’s meeting.
PVT. JESSIE JAMES POPE, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Bud Pope of Bo-
gata, who is back in a hospital in
England, sends his wife, Lorene
Pope, the former Lorene Kincaid,
the Purple Heart award he receiv-
ed for wounds in action against the
enemy in France on July 31. He
writes he is getting along fine and
has good nurses and doctors.
Mrs. Coy Coker
Former Resident
Passes Away
Mrs. Coy Coker passed away
10:30 Wednesday night of last week
at a hospital in Mt. Pleasant, after
a brief illness of tetanus infection.
Deceased was 39 years of age and
is survived by her husband and three
children, Margaret Ann, Charles Dan
and Mary Elizabeth. She also leaves
her father, S. D. Stark of Denver,
Colo., and a sister, Mrs. H. B. Saun-
ders of Roswell, N. M.
Mrs. Coker was well known here,
having lived here several years ago.
Her many friends were shocked and
grieved to learn of her untimly
passing.
From Cpl. Malcolm L. Ripley, with
the army in the European theatre,
there comes to this editor a copy of
theatre of operations. He received
his training at Sheppard Field, Wi-
chita Falls.
Sgt. C. L. Shields in the Medical
V.UIIICO IU lilts eunur a copy OI ill MIC IHCUIVill
the English edition of the "Stars and | Corps, just returned from 18 months
Stripes.” It was very interesting, overseas in the European and Medit-
tl________ prranpan ____at___
and thank you, Malcolm.
H. A. Hoover, S2c, left Tuesday
erranean Theatres of Operations,
will arrive approximately on October
; 15, at Fort Sam Houston prior to
for Camp Peary, Va., where he re- vis*tin2 bis wife in Paris. He is the
ceived his boot training and will be son Mr. an<* Mrs. C. L. Shields of
re-assigned, after spending a 10 day Amarillo, formerly of Deport and
leave with his wife and daughtei,; p>ar*s-
Margaret and other relatives. | -
- Billy R. Kyle of the U. S. Navy
Pfc. Ben B. Storey, son of Mrs. writes bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Bennie Storey of Clarksville, has ! °scar Kyle of Ralls, formerly of Bo-
been wounded in action while serv-!gata- as be was driving along the
Auto Accident
Fatal to Former
Deport Resident
Mrs. Erian Fagan of Ardmore,
Okla., formerly of Deport, died from
injuries received in an automobles
accident Thursday night near Gains-
ville, enroute to her home from Dal-
las, where she had been to purchase
merchandise for a department store
where she was employed. Funeral
services were held Friday at 4 p. m.
at Ardmore and interment was there.
She in survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Edwin LeRough of Seminole,
Oklahoma. J. M. Grant and Joe Grant
were in Ardmore to attend the funer-
al.
----Exam who was inducted
into the armed service last Monday,
has been assigned to the Navy and
sent to San Diego, Calif., for his boot
RESTRICTIONS ON FARM
MACHINERY LIFTED
-......trainin*
road a Jap took a shot at him, and
when he tried to speed up his truck
ing in the European Theatre of Op-
erations according to information re- ” ,,c *■* w apeeu up ms xrucn
ceived from the War Department got stuck. He says all that saved him
- was the Jap didn’t shoot twice. Billy
has been in the Navy about six
months and has been overseas about
four months. He will be eighteen
years old this month. >'
The largest spring ih the world is
Silver Springs, located six miles east
of Ocela, Florida. The great basin is
Constable Anderson
Nabs Whiskey Still
North of Deport
Constable Pick Anderson seized a
day afternoon about six miles north
of Deport. No arrests have, been
made.
He brought the copper coil and a
small keg to Deport Monday. Mr.
Anderson said he was alone when
he discovered the whiskey-making
Campaign for War
Chest Drive Gets
Early Start
A campaign to raise money for the
United War Chest Fund of Texas
gets underway in every county in
the state next week. County chair-
men have been named and county
organizations perfected.
Lamar county’s quota has been set
at $62,000. The sum of $34,000 will
be retained in the county, while
$28,000 will go to the State War
Chest Fund.
In eastern Lamar the following
chairmen of the various communi-
ties have been named as follows:
Deport—Tom Jeffus; Blosom—Mrs!
Reece Pyron; Milton—Mrs. Buryi
Harvey; Minter—D. T. Elliott; Pat-
tonville—Mrs. Austin Eudy; Reno_
Mrs. Frank Deweese.
W. W. Bullington is the county
chairman for Red River county. The
quota is $14,302.50, and community
quotas have been assigned. Bogata
is asked for $650 and the committee
is F. L. Branson and Mrs. Cooper.
Fulbright is $300 and A. V. Price
is committee chairman.
Halesboro quota, $75; Miss Jean-
nette Parks, chairman. , ,,
Glendale, quota, $75; Mrs. Rofr7.?4^
Leftwich, chairman. -iN
Rugby and Shadowland, quota,
$125; Mrs. Rena Bryson and Fred a
Swint. ^laF
Mosley, quota, $50; Mrs. mel M8SfflL
Hale, chairman.
McCrury, quota, $110; Mrs. Pm*. ®
line Hutson, chairman. , 5
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HAVE SINGING AT RENO*
Quarterly singing of the North«MI
District of the Lamar County I
ing Convention will be held
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h* u CTred, ** whiskey-making «t Reno, George Ford,
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The Deport Times (Deport, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 5, 1944, newspaper, October 5, 1944; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth902183/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Red River County Public Library.