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VOLUME XXXVII
DEPORT, LAMAR COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 3. 194t>
NUMBER 48
Commissioners Ask
Rodgers for $4321
Or Will Sue
Lamar County Commissioners Sat-
urday demanded payment of $4321.62
by Assessor-Collector Clarence Rod-
gers assertedly due Lamar county
from Rodgers’ office.
Rodgers was given 10 days from
date of formal notification of the
demand in which to make the pay-
ment.
Failing this, the Commissioners
authorized John T. Hutchison to in’-
. stigate suit for the collection of the
sum.
Action was taken by unanimous
vote of the three Commissioners
present: Sid J. Parks, R. T. Perry
and J. C. Roberts. Commissioner
Maurice Shipman was not present.
County Judge Cedric Townsend did
not vote, since his vote is required'
only to break a tig.
The Court adopted a resolution
calling for payment of the money
and for notice to be served on the
surety of the Assessor-Collector on
his official bond.
Commissioner Parks made the mo-
tion for adoption of the motion.
Commissioner Roberts seconded.
As set forth in the motion, the
$4321.62 is owned the county by
Rodgers’ office from fees collected.
It was said that Rodgers has collect-
ed $3692 62 in conned ion with de-
linquent taxes, and that only $331.50
had been paid into the county treas-
urer, leaving $3361.12 due Lamar
County. It was said further that he
had collected $960.50 for Certificates 1
of Title, and that none of this had
been paid into the county treasury.
The Certificate of Title funds were
assertedly collected from Jan. 1
through Nov. 26 of this year.
It was stated to the Court by
County Auditor John Baker that the
delihquent tax suit fees referred to
covered the period to Nov.* 1. and
dirt' not include November and De-
cember. The auditor declared his
figures showed an additional $169
due the county for November, but
this figure- was not made a part of
the motion.
Deport Tigers Will
Play Blossom on
Friday Night
The Deport Tigers will tangle with
the Blossom Bulldogs at Blossom
Friday night at 8:00 o'clock. The
Deport B team will play the Blos-
som B at 7:00 o’clock in the curtain
raiser.
This is a practice game for the
Tigers in preparation for their con-
ference game with the Gilmer Buck-
eyes at Gilmer on Jan. 8.
The Deport team worked out in
the Paris Junior College gymnasium
two days during the Christmas holi-
days, and played their first confer-
ence game >of the season at that
place Wednesday night against the
Clarksville Tigers. The outcome of
the game hpd not been determined
when this paper went to press.
No work has been done toward
repairing the Deport High School
gym which was damaged by fire on
Dec. 6, and all games originally
scheduled to be played here will
have to be played in other nearby
gymnasiums.
AHEWS OF OUR
MEN<w WOMEN
*'• IN UNIFORM
Mrs. N. Howard J. W. Betterton
Passes Away After
Two Weeks Illness
Mrs. Norman Howard, 30, passed
Dies Suddenly
Tuesday Afternoon
Joseph Washingtqp Betterton, 74,
Cpl.
N. Y„
week.
Tom S. Traughber of Ft. Jay,
visited friends in Deport last
Will someone please supply The
Times with the correct address of
Pvt. Junior Baumgardner?
Famous Firsts of
Memorable Year
of 1945
Former Co. Official
Buried Monday
Funeral services for Wiggins Var-
dell Hancock, 73, former Dallas cot-
ton man and former justice of the
peace and Tax Collector of Lamar
County, who died Friday, were held
Monday in Dallas.
Born in Lamar county, Hancock
entered the cotton business on re-
tirement from public office and was
credited with helping to develop a
long-staple cotton market in North-
east Texas.
He continued in the cotton busi-
ness with offices in Paris, Pilot
Point and Gainesville, then moved
to Dallas in 1920.
The old year of 1945 should be a
well-remembered one in history, for
it saw a number of momentous, first-
time happenings. Among them:
For the first time, a President was
inaugurated for a fourth term . . .
For the first time, a President died
in the midst of war . . For the first
time, a President assumed office
while the country was at war.
For the first time, atomic energy
was successfully utilized . . a con-
quering army landed on the Japan-
ese homeland . .. Britain turned a
prime minister out of office on the
eve of victory in war . . a non-stop
flight was made from Japan to the
United States . . French women vot-
ed . . an international tribunal was
set up on a vast scale to try “war
criminals.”
Ernest Lee Canterberry, who is in
the Navy, is here for a 30-day leave
visiting his grandfather, Sam Fos-
ter, and other relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Wright re-
ceived a telegram from their son.
Luther Wright, BM2c, Christmas
day, saying he had landed at San
away Tuesday morning about 7:30 j died suddenly from a heart attack
at the Grant hospital where she had ! about 1 o’clock Tuesday afternoon
been a patient for a week. She had | while plowing a garden at his home
been ill for about two weeks. They j in Deport. He was engaged in farm-
had recently moved from the Inde-
pendence community to Minter.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the
Diego, Calif., and would see them j Chin ch of Christ at Deport bv Paul
soon, as he had received his dis- | Matthews, minister. Burial was in
Highland cemetery.
| Mrs. Howard, the former Miss
charge.
James E. IMrllam, Sic, arrived
Sunday from the Pacific area for a
30-day leave with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Earl McHam at Pattonville
and with friends at Deport.
Pvt. John T. Gilbert, son of Mrs.
Annie Gilbert, has received his dis-
charge from the Army after being
in service over three years, 22
months of which were spent over-
seas. He wears five battle stars and
all the ribbons at time-of his dis-
charge.
MjSgt. Robert Franklin is spend-
ing a furlough with his wife and
James E. Blankenship, who re-
turned Dec. 22 from Japan, is visit-
ing his parents. Mr. and Mrs. John
j Blankenship at Ector. He accom-
„ . .. „ . . . , panied his sister, Mary Ader, to Cun-
children at Detroit. He has rejoined i • . - . .. ... ’
., , . . .. .... ningham for a visit with his grand-
the army and is stationed at Perrin
Field, Sherman.
A son, named Billy Wayne, was
born Tuesday at the Grant hospital
in Deport to Pvt. and Mrs. Billy
Gene Bell of Bogata. Pvt. Bell is
stationed at Ft. oam Houston.
parents, and other relatives at Mt.
Vernon.
M Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Franklin
of Detroit, Olen Franklin of Sher-
I man and Mrs. Buster Walker of De-
j port, spent from Wednesday until
j Friday with their brother, Eddie
j Franklin and family and sister, Mrs.
Lt. and Mrs. Phil Brooks of Shep- Paul Flemings and family of Chilli-
pard Field, Wichita Falls, have re-« cothe.
turned after a short visit with her _
parents, Mr. and Mrs. S'anley Bell, j 1st Lt. Samuel T. Hastings was a
and other relatives and friends. j holiday gu -st of Miss Janice Grif-
- [fin in the home of her parents, Mr.
Pauline Johnson!*is survived by her
husband, one son, Gerald, one dau-
ghter. Linda Carol of Minter. her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred John-
son of Deport, a brother. Arthur
(Pete) Johnson of Bogata and a sis-
ter, Mrs. Buford Floyd of Amarillo.
J. M. Grant Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
Pallbearers were Lester Grimes,
A] Parks, Ernest Johnson, V. C.
Howard, Chandler Howard and Ter-
ry Johnson.
Kilgore. His wife, son, mother and
brother, Jess-Jr., accompanied him
to Roswell, N. M. Mrs. Kilgore an^
Jesse Jr. returned home and Mrs.
Wilburn Kilgore and son, Allen, re-
mained for a longer visit with her
mother, Mrs. Ora Allen at Roswell.
Deport Man Slaughters
665 Pound Hog Jan. 1
Prize size hog reported killed in
this area was one slaughtered Tues-
day by W. I. Kuykendall. It tipped
the scales at 665 pounds. This huge
hunk of good-to-eat was of the Po-
land China breed and was 2xk years
old.
Incidentally, the hog was bigger
than any bale of cotton Mr. Kuy-
kendall has turned out and probably
worth more in money.
Lt. and Mrs. Sam I,. Evans re-
turned Thursday from El Dorado,
Ark., where they visited several
days in the home of his aunt, Mrs.
A1 Herndon and Mr. Herndon.
Pfc. Deryl Westbrook, stationed at
Ft. Bragg. N. C., is expected the
latter part of the week for a visit
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
Westbrook, and sister, Miss Patsy.
Pfc. Billy G. Evans left Sunday
for Baltimore, Md., where he is a
medical student at Johns Hopkins,
after spending the holidays with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Evans.
A daughter was born Friday at the
and Mrs. Frank Griffin. Lt. Hast-
ings is, on terminal leave at his home
at Meridian, having just returned
from the ETO. where he spent
eighteen months in Belgium and
Germany.
Airs. D11I011 Franklin of Detroit
R3, received word Saturday morn-
ing that her husband, Pfc. Dulon
Franklin landed in Washington Fri-
day night from India. He has been
overseas about 15 months. He is due
home some time after the first of
the year, when he will get his dis-
charge.
Robert E. Temple, Cox., received
his honorable discharge at Norman,
Grant hospital in Deport to Pfc. and Ok., Monday, after serving in the
Navy for 19 months. He spent 15
months of the time on sea duty in
the Pacific area. Mrs. Temple and
son, Mike, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Grif-
fin and daughter. Miss Bobbie, were
in Norman to meet him.
T5 Gilbert A. Huddleston called
his wife, the former Miss Bonnie
Ruth Williams of Fulbright, Mon-
day night, saying ho bad landed in
the States from ETO. He has been
in the army for 31. years and over-
seas 2',i> years. - He will go to Camp
Fannin, T\ h r. -for his discharge in
I a few dm .. His- parents. Mr. and
Mrs. I, Huddleston iormcrly of
Fulbi igh:. are now residing in Tex-
arkana.
Airs. I. AV. Teague has received a
picture of her grand.- eg L, Col Ce-
cil L. Brewer. Santa Monica. Calif.,
as he receives the Bronze Star me-
dal "For meritorious ac.iievcmonl in
connection with military operation-
against the enemy" from Major Ge
II. T. Burgin. commanding' genor,
CPBC. He has returned to t!
States from Oahu and Honolulu am
is with his wife and children in
California. He expects to receive
his release in Februai
son of Mr. and Mrs. C.
of Los Angeles, Calif.
ing in the Shadowland community
until a few years ago when lib mov-
ed to Deport.
Mr. Betterton was born April 2,
1871 in Old Town. Miss., and was
married to Miss Hattie Viva Ashford
on Oct. 4. 1896. He is survived by
bis widow and seven children, Har-
inon. Marvin, Joe Leo Betterton,
Mrs. Wylie Gifford. Mrs. Jess Gif-
ford and Mrs. Arthur Barnard of
Deport, and Tildori Betterton of
Texarkana. 17 grandchildren and
five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. Harry A. Fisk Wednes-
day afternoon at 4 o’clock at the
Baptist church and burial was in
Highland cemetery.
Pallbearers were Other Pearson,
Buck Mathews, Will Gifford, Jim
Shiver, LutHqr Cheatham and Har-
ley Massey.
J. M. Grant Funeral Home had
charge of arrangements.
. He is the
L. Brewer
Mrs. John R. Womack of Cunning-
ham. She has been named Linda
Carol. The father is in the Pacific
arcau
MALCOLM WRIGHT AND
THELMA VICKERS MARRY
DeporVs Banks Pay .
Malcolm Wright and Miss Thelma
Stockholders Dividends i Vickers of Bogata, were united in
-- marriage last Wednesday evening at
Deport’s First National Bank paid *7:30 at the Methodist parsonage in
its stockholders a dividend of 4 per j Deport. The Rev. Ansil Lynn, per-
cent on Dec. 30, which with a simi-j forming the ceremony,
lar dividend on June 30, made 8 per The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs.
cent for the year, according to Vice Phillip A. Wright of Bogata, recent-
President and Cashier J. B. Griffin. I ]y returned from overseas service Mr and"Mrs.’ Boss Gray and'other go to San'Pedro, Calif., where
Deport State Bank paid its stock- j and has received his discharge from
holders a dividend of 5 per cent,, the Army. The couple will make
which is its usual yearly dividend to | their home at Bogata, where the
stockholders. Employees were also j groom is employed.
given a month’s salary as Christmas -—-
presents, according to President Tom ' BROKEN STEERING GEAR
Cpl. Claude T. O’Neal arrived
Dec. 24 for a 15-day furlough with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. T.
O’Neal, Deport R3. He has been
stationed at Hammer Field, Fresno,
Calif.
Harry R. Lower, aviation ma-
chinist mate lc, received his dis-
charge from the Navy recently after
spending four years in the service.
He just returned from the Pacific
where he has been stationed in the
Admiralty Islands and Philippines
for 17 months. He is the son of Mrs.
Floy Dickson Lower, 1946 Lamar
Ave., Paris, „
Jeffus.
SERVICE HELD TUESDAY FOR
HARVEY RALEY INFANT
Rev. Norman conducted services
Tuesday morning at 10:30 at Cun-
ningham for the stillborn infant of
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Raley of De-
port, born Monday at the Grant hos-
pital. Burial was at Cunningham.
Surviving are the parents and a bro-
ther, Robert Lee Raley.
PUTS CAR IN DITCH
WEINER ROAST GIVEN AT
PATTONVILLE PARK
A weiner roast was given at the
Pattonville park Tuesday night in
honor of Miss Glyn Ray of Manches-
ter. Those attending were Nona Fay
Kuykendall, Bob Day, Kathryn Bea-
cham, Lewis Russell, Bettye Cotten,
James Day, Helen Wadley, Hoover
Day and Junior Towers of Paris. An
enjoyable evening was spent
Mayor Paul Wood and Dixie Law-
ler of Deport, escaped serious injury
Wednesday morning about five miles
north of Pittsburg when the steer-
ing gear of the Wood car broke.
Leaving the road for about 60 feet
and going over a bar pit embank-
ment, the car, partly suhmerged in
water, caught on the embankment.
Other than being scared, neither of
the occupants was hurt. They were
enroute to Pittsburg on business.
Frank M. Hall, EM2c, who is in
the Navy at Brooklyn, N. Y., and
his wife spent the holidays with
relatives at Vesterberg, Pa. He is
the son of Mrs. J. I. Lawler of De-
port. \ -
- i John Eudy., AMM3e, called his
Pvt. Waylen Gray has returned to wife Monday that he had landed at
Chanutc Field, 111., after spending San Francisco, Calif., following 161
the Christmas holidays with his wife months overseas duty. He has been
and daughter, Betty and his parents, in the Navy for 19 months. He will j
he j
relatives. will receive his discharge, before
- ' coming home for a visit with his [
TSgt. Wesley Hall, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Hall of Ft. Smith, Ark.,
[ formerly of Deport, has been in the
j service three years and served over-
j seas in the ETO for 17 months. Sgt.
Hall landed'in France on D-Day with
j the First Army. He. received a
wound then and was later wounded
ion Nov. 7, 1944 in Germany. He
j returned in January to the States
and has since been station at Har-
mon General Hospital at Longview
and is now at Wm. Beaumont Hos-
l pital, El Paso. He is spending a
21-day furlough with his wife and
| son and his parents at Ft. Smith,
j He wears the ETO ribbon with two
stars, the Purple Heart with^a Clus-
ter and Good Conduct medal.
Westbrook Buys
Building for Frozen
Locker Plant
Vernon Westbrook has purchased
the brick building formerly occu-
pied by Nobles Cafe, from the De-
port Building Co. and will remodel
it lor a frozen food locker which he
will install t. rein.
The building was constructed as
I the home lor the p'Medico about
I thirty-five year.-, ago and was used
j as such until it v. a-; moved into the
1 nnhiina which is now the home of
The Di port Times. «i ut m ven years
ago. Ii was owned by W. L. Bau-
gh n. I. L. Read. Dean Oliver and
Mrs. Walter Nobles.
Such a p'ant means an investment
of a large sum of money, and Mr.
Westbrook states that more than
naif the boxes l'or the plant have
been engaged.
Two New Wells for
Talco Field
Two new wells are getting under-
way in the Taleo field, both in prov-
en territory on the west end. The
Texas Company is moving in for t ie
-Barker No. 23, I. Remington survey,
with McCutchcn doing the grilling.
Bvrd-Frost is moving in on the
Evans tract.
Elmer Sparks has received His dis- wife jind daughter. Adelia Jane, and
charge from the army and is now
visiting his wife and daughters: He
was in the service 22 months and
served overseas in the Hawaiian Is-
lands for 14 months.
his mother, Mrs. J. 11. Eudy.
Sgt. Earl Westbrook arrived Wed-
Efnery Ifowe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Howe, arrived home Monday,
Dec. 24, from Memphis, Trim , where
he received his discharge after be-
ing overseas 33 months of the three
Sgt. Grady W. Wright of Deport,
has left Japan to return home under
the Army demobilization program,
after serving 25 months overseas
with the famous 34th Infantry Regi-
ment. This veteran infantryman
Has taken part in five Pacific cam-
paigns—New Guinea, Biak, Leyte,
Lubon and Mindanao. At the time
of his departure Sergeant
SLIGHT INJURIES WHEN
CARS SIDE SWIPE
Rufus Kelley Storey and Pinkie
Griffin of Deport, suffered slight
cuts and bruises Saturday night
when the Storey car and one driven
by Mr. Winters of Reno, side-swiped
on the highway near Pattonville
creek. Fog was heavy at the time
and both cars were damaged about
$200 each.
RUSSELL LAWLER OPENS
CONOCO STATION
Russell Lawler will open a service
Wight station Saturday on the east side of
was engaged in occupation r dies ■ ^oukl Main street. He will handle
on Shikoku, where the 24th ivis- j 0 c,,mPU'k' lm<> of Conoco products,
ion. now a member of Gen. t, alter f,x flil,s ;md do cashing and greas
nesday from Ft. Sam Houston, where years he spent in the Navy. He has , .
he received his discharge from the two brothers in the Navy, Billie Rex Kreuger s Sixth Army, landed after t| nine'and invite
in New Orleans and W. I eighteen months of combat. Ser- |to a nounce ,lH oprmng and invite
army. Ho has been serving over-
seas in the Pacific. He is visiting
his wife at Paris and his father, Sam
Westbrook, and other relatives here.
Howe, Sle,
B. Howe, Sic, in California, who will
receive his discharge soon.
CWO J. D. Maddox, brother of
R L. Maddox, has returned to the
States after having served twenty-
four months overseas in the Pacific
Red River County
Gets New Wildeat
Sgt. William E. Johnson came
home from India Dec. 30. He land-
ed in New York on Dec. 24 after
being overseas two years and two area with the 349th Field Artillery,
months with the 198th Hospital. He He is to report to Camp Robinson,
is visiting his mother, Mrs. Ben Tid- j Ark., Jan. 16, where he has been
well and sister, Mrs. A1 Parks. ! temporarily assigned. CWO Mad-
dox enlisted in the army in June
A Red River county wildcat test
for oil is H. W. Snowden and H. C.
Owens No. 1 Southern Pine, Samual
Pew survey, twelve miles north and
west of Clarksville. Surface casing
haa been set and hole is being made
below 1,200 feet
..V V..: . . ,M.
Sgt. Rusnell Hulett has called his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgle Hulett,
that he had arrived in the States
from Germany and was enroute to
the separation center at Ft. Sam
Houston for his discharge. He is
1935 and was stationed at Fort Sill,
Ok., before the war.
geant Wright's regiment has been
cited for its outstanding perform-
ance in the Philippine campaign and
fought at Bataan and Corregidor to
become the first American troops to
I return to the historic battlefields.
Sergeant Wright is the son of H. C.
Wright, Deport. He wears the Asia-
tic-Pacific and Philippine Liberation
campaign ribbons with three battle
stars, the Combat Infantry Badge,
the Good Conduct Medal and the
Victory Medal .
| ing. He is using space in this issue
■ nou i
j patr lage.
•
Pvt Wilburn Kilgore has return-
ed to Ft. Mason, Calif., after spend-
ing a furlough with his wife and
expected to arrive home thi» week. {son, Allan, and his mother, Mrs. Jess
1J ... .
RED RIVER COUNTY
COTTON GINNING REPORT
Houston Hurst of Lone Oak, came
Monday to attend the bedside of his
wife, who is ill with pleural pneu-
monia at the Grant hospital. She
waa improving late Wednesday.
There were 8,221 bales of cotton
g*inned in Red River county prior to
Dec. 13, 1945, as compared with 16,-
345 bales to Dec. 13, 1946, accord-
ing to G. B. Terry, agent.
PARKS WILL SEEK RE-ELECTION
Sid Parks, Commissioner for Pre-
cinct 1, Lamar county, said Saturday
he will be a candidate for re-«lMj>
ion in next summer’s Democratic
primai ’ea. His formal announce-
ment will be made later.
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