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Pvt Larry Philley
Alive and Liberated
From Prison
German Radio Say
Adolph Hitler Dead,
Doenitz Successor
An Air Mail letter, dated April 18
from Pvt. Larry E. Philley to his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Philley
in Dallas, was received Saturday. He
could not tell them where he was,
but reported that he had been liber-
ated and that his wounds were im-
proving under the care of an Ameri
can doctor. This is the first definite
news he was still alive, as the letter
written from the German prison
camp M-Stammlager PID, Dortmund
Westfalen, was undated, account of
which was in last week’s paper. The
Red Cross reports the above camp
has been liberated.
Larry was born in Deport and
moved with his parents to Dallas
several years ago. He graduated
Arlington High School and was em-
ployed in Dallas when he enlited in
the Air Corps in September, 1942
He received his training at Majors
Field, Greenville and Boc4 Raton,
Fla. It was from this field he was
selected with a group of twenty, to
take a special engineering course at
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pa.
The class was transferred to the in-
fantry in 1944 and trained at Camp
Claiborne, La., going overseas in
September, 1944, landing first in
England and transferring to Hol-
land in November. He was in the
84th Division with the Ninth Army.
This is the division the Germans call-
ed the “Hatchet Men,’’ from their in-
signia and the ferocity of their fight-
ing. As the Ninth Army has been
shrouded in secrecy until recently,
little could be learned of what hap-
pened, but newspapers report this
division’s first battle was at Geelen-
kerchen. ’Ijhey also saw heavy
fighting around Aachen and it
presumed this is where Larry was
wounded and captured.
The last news from him was
Christmas cards dated Nov. 30 and
postmarked in Germany. These were
received after the message from the
War Department notifying his par-
ents, Dec. 27, that he had been miss-
ing in action since Dec. 6. No report
has been received on the extent or
nature of his wounds but the Red
Cross and the War Department have
been notified of receipt of these let-
ters and it is hoped that his parents
will soon be able to contact him.
Lamar County Dogs
Under Quarantine
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A quarantine of all Lamar county
dogs has been issued by the Live-
stock Sanitary Commission of Tex-
as, effective April 26. It requires
all dogs to be kept upon the prem-
ises of their owners and to be vac-
cinated against rabies.
The order was issued upon coqi-
plaint of health authorities and
dairymen and stock owners who
have lost a number of cattle during
the past few months.
The quarantine will remain in ef-
fect until revoked by the Livestock
Sanitary Commission.
Hamburg radio on Tuesday an-
nounced the death of Adolph Hitler
and Adm. Karl Doenitz his successor.
Doenitz broadcast an order of the
day pled" ng continuance of the war
and demanding the same loyalty
which the Germans had sworn pre-
viously to Hitler.
Skepticism was expressed imme-
diately over the report of the Fueh-
rer’s death.
British 'officials accepted as fact
that Hitler was dead, but decried
the idea he had died a hero’s death.
British newspapers, meanwhile, sug-
gested that any German surrender
and V-E Day had receded as a re-
sult of Doenitz’s emergence as the
new Nazi strong man.
Last Saturday Gestapo Chieftain
Heinrich Himmler tried to surrender
Germany to Great Britain and the
United States but not to Russia, only
to be rebuffed.
Thete was a great stir among the
people when the announcement: was
first made over the radio and A. P.,
along with the modification that the
report was not official.
NEWS OF OUR
MENw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
Mrs. T. J. Harbison
Buried Tuesday
at Bogata
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T|Sgt. Thomas L. Jeffery is here
on leave from an army camp in
Utah, visiting his mother, Mrs. T. L.
Jeffery.
Pvt. Jack Ray of Camp Maxey,
spent the week end in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Obe Wright.
J. Scott Furgerson
Died Wednesday
Wichita Falls
J. Scott Furgerson, age 53, died
Wednesday morning in a hospital at
Wichita Falls, where he had been
a patient for some time. Burial will
be in Deport. Funeral arrangements
were incomplete late Wednesday,
pending arrival of his family from
El Paso.
Furgerson, a former banker and
insurance man of Deport, is surviv-
ed by his ,wife, the former Elnora
Blanche (Bob) Grant of El Paso; two
daughters, Mrs. Siegfred Erickson
and Mrs. Ralph Marsden of Wash
ington, D. C., two granddaughters;
his mother, Mrs. W. T. Furgerson,
three sisters, Mrs. C. C. Miller and
Mrs. Russie Mooro Weaks of Deport
and Mrs. Pearl vvimberly of Dallas;
three brothers, Will of Enloe, Travis
of Tonopah, Nev., and Rush of De-
port.
Mis. Joe McGill of Deport, has
received a letter from her son, Pfc.
Sherman M. Lee^ saying that he is
now somewhere in Germany.
James Wm. Evans, S2c, who is at-
tending school at Norman, Ok., spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Evans and with other
relatives and friends.
Vernon Shiver, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Shiver, has been promot-
ed from private to private first class.
Pfc. Shiver is somewhere in the Pa-
cific theatre of war.
James Perkins, S2c, who has com-
■ pleted his boot training at San Diego,
Cadet None Maurine Murphy, sta-1 Calif., arrived Sunday for a 5-day
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tioned at Shreveport, La., spent the leave with his wife and daughter in
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week end with her
Bertha Murphy.
Marlon Faucett of Detroit, has re-
ceived word that his son, S|Sgt. Ben-
nie W. Faucett, has been missing in
Germany since March 26.
mother, Mrs. | the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Westbrook and with his
mother, Mrs. T. J. Perkins and other
relatives and friends.
Gerald Nicholas, Sic, has arrived
at San Pedro, Calif., after serving
eight months sea duty, according to
his wife who makes her home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sin-
gleton.
Mix. Will Dickson has received a
letter from her grandson, T|Sgt. J.
R. Dickson, who is in the European
theatre of war, saying the war there
seemed most over and he hoped to
be able to come home soon.
S|Sgt. Steve Koch has been trans-
ferred from Ft. Meade, Md., to APO,
New York, indicating he is going
overseas, according to a message re-
ceived by his wife, the former Miss
tyargie Lane Hulett, who with their
son, Terry Lee, are making their
home here for the duration.
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Mr. and Mis. Frank Henderson
received a telegram Saturday say-
ing their son, Pfc. James Henderson,
was wounded in action on April 10
somewhere in Germany. The ex-
tent of his wounds is not known by
his parents.
Mrs. Obe Wright received a pack-
:e Friday from the Aleutian Is-
mds which was mailed to her in
1943. It was from her brother, Cpl.
Richard B. Lindsey, who has been
back in the States eleven months. It
had been to several different places
and contained a long letter telling
why it had been delayed.
Mrs. Robert Dykes
Passes Away at
Johntown Home
Mrs. Minnie Bell Dykes, age 61,
died at her home at Johntown at 10
o’clock Thursday night following „
cerebral hemorrhage on Wednesday.
She was the wife of Robert L. Dykes,
who has been quite ill following
stroke three weeks ago.
Funeral services were conducted
Saturday afternoon at the residence.
Mrs. Dykes was bom in Arkansas
August 24, 1883, and with her hus-
band, came to this section eight
years ago. She was a member of
the Baptist church. Survivors in-
clude a niece and nephew, Lois and
John Kelly, and one brother, J. B.
Roby of Durant, Ok.
*'uneral Services
Irs. Jesse Merritt
Thursday Afternoon
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Mrs. Gus Ball Buried
at Paris Friday
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Mrs. Jesse Merritt, 56, died at her
home at Pattonville Wednesday
morning about 6 o’clock, after being
ill some time. She was formerly
Miss Ida Farmer.
Funeral service will be held on
Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock
at the Christian Church, conducted
by Elder Martin, Primitive Baptist
Church minister from Texarkana,
and burial will be made at Highland
Cemetery at Deport.
Mrs. Merritt leaves her husband,
four daughters and two sons.
Pfc. James E. Blankenship, who Is
in the Philippine Islands, has been
in several campaigns. Said he was
well and hoped to be home soon. He
sent in some news sheets of the 34th
Infantry^, It was highly praised for
good missions.
Wilburn Kilgore, son of Mrs. Jesse
Kilgore, reported Sunday to Camp
Chaffee, Ft. Smith, Ark., for re-as-
signment in the army. He was ac-
companied to Ft. Smith by his wife
and small son, Allen, his mother and
his sister, Mrs. John Eudy and dau-
ghter, Adelia Jane, who returned
home Sunday night.
Mrs. Tom J. Harbison, age 66, died
Monday morning about 6 o’clock at
the Grant hospital in Deport, after
suffering a cerebral hemorrhage and
stroke on Thursday night, April 19,
at her home in Bogata.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Bogata Methodist Church by the
pastor, Rev. R. E. Porter, assisted by
Rev. T. L. Darby, pastor of Deport
Methodist Church. Interment
in Bogata cemetery.
Pallbearers were Walter Grant
and Edgar Hood of Deport, Chas.
Wilson, Jimmie Lawson, John Lee
and Buck Howison of Bogata.
Josephine Ragsdill was born Oct.
17, 1878 near Bogata. She was mar-
ried in 1900 to Tom J. Harbison and
to this union were born three child-
ren: N. A. Harbison of Bogata, Mrs.
George Grant of Deport and Mrs.
Dan Wilkinson of San Francisco, Cal.
Other survivors are four grand-
children: Jerry and Neal Harbison
and Josephine and Jeannine Grant;
her step-father, Robert Lawson of
Bogata, a half brother, John Dodd
Lawson of Amarillo, three half-sis-
ters, Mrs. Lewis Hancock of Bogata,
Mrs. C. L. Calloway of Friona and
Mrs. Jessie Bell of Dallas.
“Miss Josie,” as she was familiar-
ly called by those who knew and
loved her, was a devoted mother, a
loyal friend and a good neighbor.
She spent her life serving her child-
ren, her husband and her friends and
had a warm welcome for everyone
who entered her home. She was a
member of the Methodist church and
took an active interest in church,
school and community affairs in her
younger days and was always ready
to minister to others in time of need.
Two New Features
For Dairy Show at
Paris May 22
Two new features for the second
annual Lamar County Dairy Show,
to be held May 22 at Paris Junior
College, have been announced by
Jerome McKinney, chairman.
A junior judging contest at 9 a. m.,
with prizes of $10, $7.50 and $5 for
winning teams, is open to each FFA
chapter in Lamar county and the
Extension Service may enter one
team of three boys to be named from
4-H Clubs of the county.
Second feature is the payment of
$1 per head for each animal actual-
ly shown. This payment, a trans-
portation allowance, was adopted to
help exhibitors meet cost of moving
their animals to the show.
Work on the ring and stables is
proceeding under direction of Bed-
ford Harlan. Maj. A. F. Kuhlman
of Camp Maxey and G. G. Gibson of
Texas A. & M. College will be
judges.
Entry blanks have gone to 150
dairymen, but anyone who wishes to
enter is invited, whether he receives
one of these or not, says O. B. White,
registration chairman.
Deport FFA Wins
Two Firsts, Third in
Judging Contests
Drew Wilson Buried
In San Francisco
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Bellotte of
Avery, have just received a tele-
gram from the War Departmenf,
saying their son, Pfc. Walter E. Bel-
1 e, died from wounds received on
L mi n on Feb. 8. He is a brother
of Mrs. Walter Ward of Deport.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Hutson have re-
ceived a letter from their son, S|Sgt.
Roy Lee Hutson, who is somewhere
in Italy, saying he was in a hospital
suffering from his legs being injur-
ed and did not know when he would
be able to walk again.
G. -L. Skidmore, MMMlc, serving
with the Navy in the Atlantic, is
here for a 14-day leave with his mo-
ther, Mrs. G. L. Skidmore of Blos-
som, who has been seriously ill. Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Monk of Lone Oak,
spent Tuesday visiting her mother
and brother.
Sgt. Dixie Walker who was
wounded in France, landed in New
Xork on April 17 and was was flown
by plane to Santa Barbara, Calif.,
to a hospital for an operation on his
left arm. He said it was good to be
back, as he could lie down and
go to sleep now without a worry.
He hopes to come home on furlough
soon.
Sgt. Slam Westbrook left Monday
for San \ Antonio for re-assignment
in the army after spending a 45-day
furlough With his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Top Westbrook and other rela-
tives and 'friends. Sgt. Westbrook
has been imthree invasions, the Af-
rican, Sicilian and France and was
overseas for\30 months before re-
turning to the\States.
Drew Wilson, who lived at Cut-
hand during his boyhood, died in
San Francisco and was buried in that
city Tuesday of last week. He left
Cuthand twenty-five years ago and
went to New York, where he spent
several years before joining the
navy, after which he continued to
make New York his home.
A few years ago he was transfer-
red to San Francisco and, since the
beginning of the war, has been en
gaged in transporting supplies over-
seas. He is survived by his wife and
one son, now serving in the navy;
his mother, Mrs. J. B. Wilson of Cut-
hand; two sisters, Mrs. Erbie Sale of
Clarksville, Mrs. Emmett Moore of
San Francisco; and one brother,
Woodrow Wilson, who left Clarks-
ville for service in the army a few
days ago.
Cpl. and Mrs. J. C. Anderson and
little daughter, Treva Lyn of Sher-
man, visited in the home of her sis-
ter, Mrs. Willie Legate and children
on Sunday. Other guests were her
mother, Mrs. Cora Walker, Buster
Walker and family and Mr. and Mrs.
Austin Eudy.
Sgt. Horace W. Walch, who is still
in a hospital in Paris, France, after
receiving a shoulder wound in Ger-
many in February, has sent his twin
sister, Doris, a box of gifts, includ-
ing perfume, a bracelet, his service
ribbons and several interesting pic-
tures made in France.
Word has been' received recently
by friends that Pfc. Bennie William-
son has been wounded while in act-
ion in Germany. He was shot thru
the shoulder and chest. Pfc. Wil-
liamson is a 1943 graduate of the
Deport High School, having enter-
ed service in January 1944 and is
at present in the 23rd General Hos-
pital. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Williamson of Del Pasff
Heights, Calif.
Dead Line Set
For Cover Crops
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former Paris resident who died
San Antonio, was held Friday morn-
ing at Paris, the Rev. Walter G.
Horn of Central Presbyterian Church
officiating. Burial was made in Ever-
green Cemetery, and pallbearers
dagjjj Albis Ball, Bryan Ball, Edgar
rfmm
_ sponsored by
the Service Study Club, featuring
the Paris Junior College Choral
Club will be held Tuesday evening,
May 8 at 8:30 at the high school
auditorium*. Proceeds will be used
for the Bed Cross. An advertise-
ment announcing this program ap-
curcmwtc HI Ullo iroue lnvil-
ing and urging the public to attend.
Pvts. Floyd and Loyd Allen, 26-
year-old twin sons of Mr. and Mrs.
B. F. Allen, who entered the army
in December and received their boot
training at Camp Hood, are at home
for a visit with their parents before
going overseas. They will leave on
Sunday for Camp Meade, Mr.-
M|Sgt. (Pilot) Lester R. Sloan,
son of Mrs. Dessie L. Page, R3, De-
port, is a member of the 72nd Liai-
son Squadron, serving in Germany,
and is entitled to wear the golden,
yellow cloth wreath on his right
sleeve, denoting award of a Meri-
torious Service Plaque to his outfit
for’ “superior performance of duty
in the accomplishment of exception-
ally difficult tasks during the period
August 15, 1944 to December 31,
1944, in France.”
Mrs. Felton Voke has received
word that her husband has landed
in France. This is Pvt. Voke’s sec-
ond trip overseas. He spent 27
months in the European treatre and
was hi! the States six months before
going back. He has been in ser-
vice four yean and eight months.
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Mrs. Dessie Page of Cunningham,
has received a letter with pictures
of her son, Pvt. Vester Sloan, who
is somewhere in Germany, saying
that he was doing fine. Pvt. Sloan
is with an engineer company that
built the first bridge across the
Rhine. He has been in the army
for 6 years, receiving his training at
San Antonio, Ft. Bragg, N. C., and
ft. Jay, N. Y., and overseas for 19
months. He has a brother, M|Sgt.
Lester R. Sloan, who is also in Ger-
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Farmers who planted winter cover
crops in the fall of 1944 are requir-
ed to report such plantings to the
AAA not later than May 15 to quali-
fy for soil conservation organiza-
tion. Winter cover crops eligible for
payments include such seedings as
vetch, burr clover, Austrian winter
peas, rye grass, rye, fall oats and
barley.
Cover crop plantings were rela-
tively large in the county last year
and might have been larger had the
manpower situation been less acute.
Some farmers who planted them
have already filed necessary reports
with the AAA. Those who happen
to miss the May 15 deadline will also
miss payments allocated for cover
crops in the 1945 AAA program.
Deport Vocational Agriculture
students were outstanding in live-
stock judging contests at the annual
FFA Mt. Pleasant District Livestock
Judging held' at Mt. Pleasant on
Thursday. Deport FFA students won
first place in the judging of dairy
cattle and first place in hog judging.
They also won a third place in the
judging of beef cattle.
Those winning the first place ban-
ner in dairy cattle were Fred Hu-
lett. D. L. Wilson and Lawrence Mc-
Dowra. Those winning first place
banner in hog judging were Bobby
Rheudasil, John Wright and Charles
Short. Those winning third place
banner in beef cattle were H. R. Up-
church, Charles Bybee and Donald
Haire.
This makes the second year in
succession that Deport students have
won the hog judging contest. Con-
sidering that there was only three
classes of livestock to be judged and
winning first place in two of them
and a third on another indicated
these boys must be good in the se-
lection of good livestock. Thirty
teams competed in these contests.—
Klein Westbrook, Reporter.
Heart Attack Fatal
to F. A. Men;
Burial at Milton
Urge Farm to Market
Roads in Red River
F. A. Hulen, 69, died of a heart
attack Saturday morning at 3 o’clock
at his home here, where he had mov-
ed a few days ago from Milton com-
munity.
The Rev. T. L. Darby, Methodist
pastor, and the Rev. Harry Fisk of
the Baptist church conducted the
funeral Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock at Milton Methodist Church,
and burial was made in Milton ceme-
tery. Pallbearers were Sid Parks,
R. L. Loven, Oral Terry, Burrell
Harvey, Manley Lawler and Pleas
Denison.
Mr. Hulen leaves his wife, one
daughter, Mrs. Earl Stone of Deport
and a son, E. W. Hulen of Paris.
Commissioner Raymond Dugger of
Precinct 1, Red River county, Judge
John P. Aubrey of Clarksville, and
other commissioners of the county
were in Austin Sunday and Monday
attending a meeting of commission-
ers and in the interest of farm to
market roads for the county, which
will be built after the war. These
roads are badly needed by the peo-
ple of this area.
Two new tractors have been pur-
chased by the county for use in Pre-
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Tom Grogan Died
Wednesday; Burial
Thursday Bogata
Tom Grogan, 36, died Wednesday
morning about 4 o’clock at Austin
where he had been in a hospital sin*
1919. He is survived by his mo-
ther, Mrs. Edna Grogan, two sisters,
Mrs. J. A. Brunson, Irving, and Mrs.
J. A. Griffin and one brother, Earl
Grogan of Deport.
Funeral arrangements were incom-
plete pending arrival of the body
and out 6f town relatives. Burial
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