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VOLUME XXXIV
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1942
NUMBER 2
Men Registering
Monday Placed
at End of List
Washington. — Selective Service
headquarters announces that men
already registered would be subject
to call to military duty before the
9,000,000 registering last week end
and Monday.
Reversing a previous announce-
ment officials said it had been de.
cided that the new names should be
listed on draft rolls behind those of
men previously enrolled.
The anticipated effect is to defer
the prospect of an early summons
for men aged 20 to 44, inclusive, who
were required to register by Mon-
day night.
Earlier, it was said officially that
names of the newly enrolled men
would be “integrated” with those of
the-more than 17,600,000 previously
listed, so that all would possess an
equal chance for a call to arms.
District Attorney
is Drafted; 7 Called
from This Locality
Burnell Waldrep, district attorney
of Clarksville, was among the 28
men drafted in Red River county
this week. Mr. Waldrop announced
his candidacy for re-election several
weeks ago.
Men from this community who
were drafted arc: Sam Ragan, Ful-
bright; E. G. Guess Jr., Bogata R2;
Herbert Tuck, Cuthand; Jack Gibbs,
Bogata Rl; J. Wheeler Bryant, Bo-
gata R2; James Cook, Bogata Rl;
Melvin Cawley, Bogata.
Postmaster Selects
Friday, the 13th to
Move Postoffice
Rain Hinders Work
on Highway; About
25 Men Employed
Although rains, have hindered
work on the Johntown highway cut-
off F. L. Stephenson of the State
Highway Department reports that
some clearing and grubbing is be-
ing done.
At present only WPA labor is be-
ing used with about 25 men report-
ing. As soon as more of the prelim-
inary work is done additional men
will be employed. It is expected
that C. W. Hable, contractor, will be
able to use his heavy machinery on
the job abbut the middle of next
week, under the superintendency of
W. T. Todd.
When the work on the project
reaches its peak about 75 men will
be employed. Most of tb ‘se men will
be local people.
Deport’s Donations to
Red Cross $209.79
Mrs. J. H. Moore, Red Cross chair-
man for Deport, reports total con-
tributions amounting to $209.79.
Contributions not previously report-
ed were:
Mrs. Nellie Crosson............. 50
Joe Antone......................................$2.00
Joe Threadgill................................$1.00
From Fruit Jars ............................$1.41
Deport’s quota was $300, and
others who have not done so are
asked to leave their donations at
either bank.
Postmaster C. H. Nobles consid-
ers Friday, the 13th, a lucky day.
Either that, or he is not the least bit
superstitious, because he started
moving the postoffice last Friday
from the building it has occupied
for three years, bne door south to
the building owned by Miss Brodie
Bell and occupied by the S. H. Bell
grocery. Mr. Bell moved his store
two weeks ago to the building which
housed the Deport Beauty Shop, one
door south of the First National
Bank.
The building vacated by the post-
office, which was owned by Jno. G.
Wright, was purchased last year by
The Deport Times, and its plant will
be moved to that location after some
painting and remodeling has been
done.
Former Rosalie Man
Instantly Killed in
Crash Wednesday
Frank Bartley, 52, was instantly
killed when the car he was driving
collided with a cattle truck on the
outskirts of Grapevine, near Dallas
Wednesday afternoon.
Bartley’s skull was fractured, one
side of his face was crushed and his
shoulder was broken. He was alone
in the car at the time of the accident.
The driver of the truck w. s not in-
jured.
Funeral services were held Thurs-
day afternoon at the Rosalie Metho-
dist church with Rev. V. V. Voss of-
ficiating. Burial was in the Smith
cemetery at Rosalie.
The deceased, who was the son of
Mrs. J. P. Bartley of Rosalie, was
born in Missouri. He had lived at
Grapevine for four years prior to
his death.
He is survived by his wife, two
children: John and Mary Frances,
six brothers: Robert and Paris of
Clarksville; Byron, Mt. Vernon; Rus-
sell, Amarillo; Charles, Slaton, and
Raleigh, California; and three sis-
ters: Mrs. Victor Malm and Mrs.
Rupert Dowell, Hereford, and Mrs.
Jesse Proctor, Clarksville.
Griffin Stopped in
Third Round of
Semi-Final Match
Deport Masons will J^ts eLceUed
for War Effort
Cunningham Wins
Tournament in Her
New Gymnasium
Fate brought victory to the Cun-
ningham Warriors when they met in
battle with the Deport Tigers for
first place in a two-day basketball
tournament held at Cunningham on
Friday and Saturday. Every play-
er proved himself a star in this
game which was a fight to the fin-
ish. Deport won the runner-up cup
and Maple the consolation.
Twelve schools representing six
counties participated in this first
tournament ever to be held in Cun-
ningham. Visiting schools included
Maple, Cuthand, Sulphur Bluff, Sa-
voy, Klondike, East Delta, Hazeldell,
Direct, Deport, Midway and Chicota.
Deport’s Jackie Griffin, 155 lb.
middle weight champion of the Deni-
son Golden Gloves tournament, was
eliminated in the semi-finals, which
preceded the finals Monday night at
Fort Worth.
J. D. Kirkpatrick, 160, Petersburg,
won over Griffin by a technical
knockout in 30 seconds of the third
round. In the finals ' .patrick
dropped a close decision to Eli Kal
tich.
Griffin won a decision Saturday
night over John Gurley, 157 lb. La-
mar county boy, representing Camp
Bowie, in three rounds. It was the
feature of Saturday night’s program.
A number of Deport people wit-
nessed the bouts of the sixth annual
state tournament completed Monday
night before a roaring throng of
6,500 people.
Those from Deport attending the
tournament were Pinky Griffin,
Ford Baughn, Millard Igo, Edgar
Hood, Hugh Dickson Evans, Paul
Denison, Dick Haydock, Jack Jeffus,
Ray Rhodes, Charles Davidson Jr.,
Frank Hall, Bill Phillips, Robert Ed-
wards, Kelley Brownlow, Frances
Griffin, Harold Martin and Gerald-
ine Philley.
Honor Washington’s
Birthday Monday
Deport Masons will hold a meet-
ing on Monday evening at the lodge
room to which all Masons, their
wives, widows and children are in-
vited, the occasion being the annual
observance of Washington’s birth-
day. Supper will be served at 7
o’clock, and all are asked to be
present at that hour. A. F. Swint
will act as toastmaster and State
Senator A. M. Aikin will be the
principal speaker.
There will be music by the Crabb
orchestra, and address of welcome
by F. E. McGahan with Rev. M. E.
Wyatt responding.
This is an annual occasion by Ma-
sonic lodges throughout the nation
in honor of “George Washington,
the Mason,” and is particularly ap-
propriate just now with this nation
in the greatest conflict it has ever
experienced.
Fire Destroys Storey &
Evans Cotton Office
A small frame building belonging
to the J. R. Westbrook estate and
used by Storey & Evans as a cotton
office, was destroyed by fire about
C p. m. Friday. The flames were
bursting out the windows and door
before the fire was discovered.
Cause of the fire Ivus not determin-
ed. Deport's volunteer fire depart-
ment made a run to the building, put
out the blaze, and protected'adjoin-
ing property.
Damage to the office and fixtures,
which was total amounted to be-
tween $41)0 and $500, and there was
no insurance, according to Mr.
Evans. Typewriter, adding machine
and other office supplies were burn-
ed, but the greatest loss was a large
truck tire that had just been re-
treaded and had not yet been plac
ed upon the Evans truck wheel.
Lamar County Interscholastic Lea-
gue activities for the remainder of
this school year were cancelled Sat-
urday at a meeting of county teach-
ers, called by Director General Lynn
C. Denton.
This action was taken due to the
necessity of teaching on Saturdays,
the scarcity of tires, and the need
of an increased war effort on the
part of the schools.
The basketball double roundrobin.
which has reached the final stages,
will be completed before the new
policy goes into effect.
If schools wish to compete with
their neighboring schools as in the
past, it will then affect only a few
schools.
Students and teachers are urged
to put the savings thus effected into
defense stamps and bonds.
Deport Chapter
FFA Has Farm
War Program
The forty members of Deport FFA
chapter have signified their intent
to go all out for national defense,
not by words but by deeds. On Sat-
urday, Feb. 14, members purchased
$7.80 worth of defense stamps and
had 100 per cent member participa-
t ion.
A movement is now on foot among
the boys to cl '
and son oanquet and divert the
Men Between the
Ages of 20-44
Register Monday
Third registration of the nation’s
manpower for possible service in the
nation’s armed forces was held on
Monday, when men between the
ages of 20 and 44 answered ques-
tions, blanks were filled out by regis-
trars and the men issued cards show-
ing they had registered. Most of
the registrations took place either at
regular voting places or school
houses.
Ninety-four men registered at De-
port, according to Mayor W. I. Law-
ler, who was in charge here, assist-
ed by J. R. Hutchison, John H.
Moore, T. T. Jeffus, Russell Grant,
Archie N. Boyd. M. E. Wyatt, Car-
ter McKemy, Mrs. Sam Holloway,
Mrs. Brownlow, J. B. Griffin, Dean
Oliver, L. T. Johnston, Millard Igo,
L. L. Morris, Robert Maddox, A. C.
Spencer, Frank Griffin and Dr. J. R.
Brittain, who worked in three shifts.
In the age group which register-
ed Mayor Lawler found the follow-
ing interesting information: There
were 13 men in the 44 age group,
11-43, 7-42, 15-41, 6-40, 12-39, 10-38,
3-37, 7-21 and 11-20.
All men between 37 and 21 had
registered in two previous calls.
Farm Program will
Help Win War
College Station.—Establishment of
Victory farm and ranch demonstra-
money to be spent in this mannerj lions to run for the duration has
to national defense bonds. Each boy | been announced by the Texas A. and
has pier ged himself to buy at least
one def nse stamp each week in or-
HUTSON PLEADS NOT GUILTY
IN COUNTY COURT
HUTSON CAR STOLEN
AND LATER BURNED
Father of Mrs. Haynes
Dies at Clarksville;
is Buried at Detroit
Fire Damages Talco
Theatre and Grocery
Fire gutted the Strand Theatre
building in Talco late Wednesday
evening; damaged the Renford Sikes
grocery on the east and a vacant
building on the west.
Fire departments from Bogata and
Mt. Pleasant answered an alarm
when it was feared the entire block
was in danger, and assisted by the
local department, soon had the blaze
under control.
BAND CONCERT AT SCHOOL
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT
Deport High School band gave its
second anniversary program at the
school auditorium on Friday night,
charging a small admission. A splen-
did program was rendered, and
should have been heard by more
people. Th* sum Of (9.86 was
W. M. Coleman, 77, died at his
home at Clarksville Friday at 9 a. m.
after a stroke of paralysis and many
years’ illness. He was the father of
Mrs. J. E. Haynes of Bogata.
Mr. Coleman was born in Ken-
tucky, later moving to Arkansas, be-
fore moving to Red River county
about 40 years ago.
Funeral services were held at the
Church of Christ at Bagwell Satur-
day, and burial was made in the De-
troit cemetery.
He is survived by three daughters
and two sons.
Jack Jeffus Donates
to Tiger Jacket Fund
Jack Jeffus, cashier of the City
National Bank of Wichita Falls, and
a graduate of the Deport High
School, has sent a personal check
for $10 and $7.50 from friends in the
bank, as a donation to the Deport
Tigers’ jacket fund.
ISk son, Jack Jeifi» Jr., is a mem-
A car belonging to Dewey Hutson
was stolen recently and later found
burned on the highway near Patton-
ville. Front casings on the car,
which were nearly new, had been
removed.
Dewey Hutson of Deport, pleaded
not guilty before a jury in county
court at Paris on Monday to charge
of a liquor law violation and was
found guilty by the jury, which as-
sessed his fine at $100 and court
costs. The defendant indicated that
the case will be appealed.
Hutson was arrested by Sheriff
Reb Burks at Deport last fall.
T. J. OLIVER BURIED SATURDAY
Mr. and Mrs W. L. Baughn, Mrs.
J. M. Jackson, Mrs. Nell Oliver, Mrs.
Ford Baughn and daughter, Suzanne,
were in Mt. Vernon Saturday to
attend the funeral of T. J. Oliver,
80, who died in a Port Arthur hos-
pital. He had been a resident of
Mt. Vernon 70 years, and a steward
in the Methodist church for 45 years.
dcr th; t the program may be con-
tinuou:..
In addition to the purchase of
stamps, project programs have been
altered to produce a miximum of
food for freedom. As projects for
1942 the FFA is carrying 34 head of
beef cattle, 13 head of dairy cattle,
18 head of pigs for pork production,
8 head of brood sows, 2 head of
lambs, 50 head of fryers, 50 acres of
corn, 20 acres of cotton, 18 acres of
hay crops, and two acres of grain
sorghum.
Each boy is pledging to his com-
munity and his government that he
will care for, to the best of his abili-
ty and knowledge, these foods for
freedom. With this attitude on the
part of farm families there need be
no doubt that America will be fed
in 1942-43.
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Blizzard Breezes in
on Tuesday Night,
Temperature 18
Coldest temperatures for this
month prevailed here Wednesday
morning when a blizzard from Colo-
rado blew in before midnight, and
the thermometer skidded to 18 de-
grees. It pushed back fruit buds
which had begun to swell from wea-
ther of the previous week, and we
hope, caught a lot of insects of the
crop-destroying variety.
Some seed potatoes were planted
last week, most of the farm land has
been bedded in the black land area,
and when the ground dries suffici-
ently some will probably be plant-
ing corn next week.
Bill Parr Named
Deputy Sheriff
Bill Parr, Lamar county’s traffic
officer, has been chosen as a deputy
sheriff because of the additional civ-
il and criminal work expected as a
result of the construction of the La-
mar county army camp, County
Judge E. F. Harrell states.
Roy Caviness, Emberson, former
county commissioner, was selected
by the Commissioners’ Court to re-
place Parr as traffic officer.
M. Extension Service.
The demonstrations will be de-
signed to stimulate the participa-
tion of Texas farm and ranch people
in war activities related to agricul-
ture and homemaking, Director Wil-
liamson explained, and will bring
increased emphasis to the USDA
Food for Freedom drive.
County agricultural and home
demonstration agents will establish
the demonstrations. A Victory
demonstrator, doing his best to help
win the war, will:
Produce food, feed and fiber for
home use and for distribution to
meet war needs.
Repair and take good care of farm,
and home equipment, buildings, ma-
chinery, furnishings and clothes.
Purchase necessities wisely and
eliminate unnecessary buying.
Buy defense stamps and bonds. De
his part in other war activities, such
as collecting scrap iron and junk,
assisting in air raid warning sta-
tions, guarding water supplies and
public health, preventing and con-
trolling fires, etc.
Assist in relieving farm labor
shortages. ,
Conserve human and natural re-
sources by good farm and home
management.
Understand and help others un-
derstand the “why” and “how” of
adjustments rural people must make
to war-time situations.
Build the kind of family, com-
munity and national life which is
worth defending, which will main-
tain morale, and which can meet the
difficulties of post war reconstruct-
ion.
Deport Wins from
Blossom 42 to 19
Ordnance Worker
Killed by Auto
Paul McGill, 23, of Clarksville,
died en route to a hospital Saturday
night shortly after being struck by
an automobile on Highway 82, while
returning from work on the Red|
River ordnance plant at New Bottom
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Deport High Tigers walked away
with a cinch for second place in
Lamar County Interscholastic Lea-
gue basketball Tuesday night by de-
feating Blossom 42 to 19 in the De-
port gym. Fendley led the Tigers
with 12 points, Reese followed with
11 and Holmes 9.
The Deport B team defeated Blos-
som B 27-21.
The Tigers will play Midway Fri-
day night at Midway, and should
they win, will be tied with Midway
for first place. Midway defeated
Deport early in the season by a dOM)
score. ..
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FEBRUARY RAINFALL
After a very dry #start Feh
finally brought a nice rain,
and Monday the precipitation.1
community reached .76 of
With the .05 at an inch w$
during the first part Of thl
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