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A GOOD WEEKLY NEWSPAPEK DEDICATED TO COMMUNITY SERVICE
ISSUED ON FRIDAY
WAVARRtO COUNTY
KERENS TEXAS
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1945
'CHAMPION COTTON CITY"
VOL 53—NO. 10
WITH THE MEN
IN THE SERVICE
Sgt. Odis Veech of Oklahoma
City retlrned to his base Wednes-
day after a few days visit with
his uncle, O. F Spurlock^ and
family.
- Pfc Clifford R.* Baynes returned
t0 the University of Texas at
Austinfollowing a mid-term vaca-
tion with his parents1, Mr. ®tnd
Mrs L C Hjaynes, of Trinidad.
* * * * .
Lt. Grady L. Cumbie of Athens,
recently returned from the Europ-
ean Theatre of War; fisited his
sister-in law, Mrs Charlie Baker
and family Monday.
*****!)=
Phm. 2 j c Stoner Baker left Mon-
day for his base at Norfolk, Va.
after spending a few days in Ker
ens with his family.
* * * *
W H Hilliard S 2|c of S M U
is spending a ten day leave at
home with his mother Mrs M K
Hilliard.
******
6*h ARMY GROUP FRANCE—
High in the French Alps along the
Franco-Italian border, A Field Ar-
tillery Battalion of the 44th Anti-
Aircraft Brigade—part of Lt. Gen,
Jacob L. Devers' 6th Army Group
Is waging a' relentless duel with
enemy guns From forward ob-
servation posts on lofty crags, ar-
tillery observers can literally look
down the German throats, ja,ttest-
ing to the pin-point accuracy of
the battalion's firing.
Today, it is giving active support
t0 the infantry by laying harassing
£ire on the enemy ? directing
rouMs against hostile personnel,
vehicles, pillboxes, buildings mor-
tar and artillery emplacements.
The Krauts have been o-n the
receiving end of the battalion'
shell-fire many times1 before. In
Italy, during the Allied advance
towards Cassino, it gave the en-
emy plenty of bad news by send-
ing out round after round of
shells for a % period of three
months. Later, when the drive on
Rome began in May 1944, it lay-
ed down a barrage that permit-
ted the division it was supporting
to break through German defenses
(and began its advance northward.
After the fall of Rome, the bat-
talion wals withdrawn to prepare
for the invasion of Southern
France During D-Day operations,
one of the battalion's landing craft
was bombed by enemy aircraft.
The week that followed found the
battalion supporting the 36th "Tex-
as" Division. A short time later it
was relieved and attached to an
Airborne Task Force, giving ar- .
tillery support for the eastward j
drive along the coast into the
French Alps and the Franco-ItaL.
ian border.
Among the members of the
battalion are James E. Wells^
Lt. Booth Tarkington'
Death Confirmed By
War Department
s
Mr and Mrs A B Tarkington, Rt.
1, Kerens, recently received a
letter from the War Dept. confirm-
ing the telegram received several
days ago? which stated that their
son, 1st. Lt. Booth Tarkington, was
killed in action in Germany Jan-
uary 21, 1945.
According to a letter received by
his wife from his Qa.pt., Lt. Tark-
ington was wounded on the morn-
ing of January 21 and died almost
instantly.
At the time of his death, Lt.
Tarkington had been in service
over four years, having been in
the National Guard at the time it
was mobilized in Nov. 1940. He
was with the Kerens Battery of
the 36th Division at Camp Bowie,
Brownwood and Camp Bliandimg
FJia. before attending Officer's
Candidate School at Ft. Sill, Okla.
He was later stationed in Ciamp
Curtis, Mich., Gamp Phillips, Kians.
Camp Forrest, Ten,n., (a,nd Camp
McClain, Miss., where he served as
an instructor.
After applying for overseas duty,
he left the States August 1, 1944,
and had been stationed in England
1 and France. A brother, Cpl. Tom
Tarkington is also stationed in
France, having been overseas one
year.
Lt. Tarkington is well known in
Kerens having lived there all his
life. His wife Mrs Frances Tarking-
LT. BOOTH TARKINGTON
EASTER REVIVAL AT
METHODIST CHURCH
The Easter Revival of the local
First Methodist Church will begin
on Sunday March 25th -Palm
Sunday- and will close Easter
Sunday, April 1st.
The pastor, Maggart B Howell,
will do the preaching, while the
Rev. Fisher Blanton of Dallas will
direct the music. The revival will _
be preceded by Visit^atiop Eyiange- jton resides in Dallas,
lism March 18-25th. Methodists as
well as all Christians are invited
to engage in prayer that God's will
may be done in this meeting and
the spiritual life of the entire
community greatly enriched.
The pastor will be in the pulpit
next Sunday at both the 11:00 A M
and 7:30 P M services. Holy com-
munion will"be observed after the
sermon at the 11:00 A M hour.
The Sunday School exercises
will open at 9: 45 A M with J C
Clayton superintending. Ea,ch mem
ber of the Sunday School and
Church are cordially invited to be
in your class Sunday and hear
your teacher in the exposi-
tion of the Truth. Visitors ore
cordially welcome.
The Methodist Youth Fellowship
will meet at 6:30 P M. Virginia
Grant will be in charge of the pro-
gram which will consist of a de-
bate. After Church, thl^M Y F will
be hosts to some young people
from Corsicarta, in a special Hour
of Fellowship at the Armory Hall.
All youth invited. The'public is re-
ceived with a cordial welcome a,t
the Methodist Church where
Christ is preached as he hope of
Christ is preached as the hope of
TRINIDAD MAN DIES
SUNDAY MORNING
Funeral services for L C Strick-
land age 7'3, who died at his home
in Trinidad Sunday Feb.25 at 9:50
A M, were held Monday at 3PM
from the Methodist Church in
Trinidad with Bro. Rubal Moore,
pastor conducting the services.
The deceased is survived by his
wife, two daughters, Mrs Ray
Gould, and Mrs A M Osburne of
Trinidad; three sons, Paul Strick-
land of Sunland, Cal.; Russell of
Gettisburg S Dakota; Sgt. Donald
B Strickland with the 1-st Army in
Belgium; seven grandchildren and
one great grandchild.
Funeral arraingements were un-
der the supervision of P N Stock-
ton Funeral Home.
FUNERAL RITES
HELD FOR JOHN N.
ADAMS
Funeral services for John N.
Adams, who di§d Feb. 20th in a
Navy Hospital in Virginia^ were
held Saturday morning at 11:30
o'clock at the P N Stockton Funer.
al Home with Rev. J W Ousley
officiating.
John Adams was' born. Oct 19,
1926 and died Feb. 2<t, 1945 at *8:15
A M,
He lived in Navarro County all
his life and attended school at
Rural Shade. He entered the Navy
January 10, 1945.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr and Mrs E J Adams; two
brothers, Levi of Rural Shiade, and
Aaron Dixon Adams now serving
heroically in the armed forces
being located in France at the
present time; two sisters, Mrs
Rastus Willie Lowe and Inez
J
Adams and a host of other rela-
tives.
Rail Bearers were members of
the local State Guard.
Clifton Curington and J T Cun-
ningham representing the State
Guard and Stoner Baker Phm. 11 c
and Charlie Galser, body escort
stood as Guards of Honor during
the service. Interment was in the
Ma brink Cemetery
Annual RedCross
Drive Now On
Kerens, with the rest of the
county and nation, started Thurs-
day to raise its 1945 Red Cross
quota. This privilege of finan-
cially helping a great? world-wide
humantarian organization is offer-
ed but once a year, and therefore
great stress is laid upon giving
liberally during this period.
A nation-wide quota of $200,000,-
000 has been set; Kerens' quota is
$2000: This may seem high to some
cm
MOW!
GIVE
MORE!
COURTESY SUBJECT
TS G MEETING
Military Courtesy wias the sub-
ject ,0f an interesting discussion
last-Monday night during the
drill period^ Sgt. J. T# Cunning-
ham made a very informative talk to homeles8 refugees
SERVICE OF RED
CROSS IN STATE
REPORTED
AUSTIN, Feb. 26 (AP). —The
1,440 052 Red Cross members in
J
Texas volunteered more than 10,.-
974,083 hours of service through
251 chapters in 1944, Governor
Stevenson said Monday.
Stevenson, who recently pro-
claimed March as Red Cross Fund
Month, said the
tional Red Cross has officially
commended the record of the
Texas Red Cross chapters in fur-
thering their programs of serv-
ices o the armed forces and the
home front."
Among outstanding achievements
of the state's Red Cross chapters^
Steveinson cited: Collection of 223, _
357 pints of blood from volunteers,
production of 44,394,640 surgical
dressings, assistance rendered to
2153,WO servicemen, 26 100 ex-serv-
icemen, land 12,700 civilians and
their families; 68,701 certified
nurse's aides; 201,010 kit bags
fitted for distribution to hospi-
talized servicemen and those en-
but in comparison with the tasks
our men In uniform are doing, our
share in this war is easier, no
matter how much money we give^
The Red Cross is supported
solely by free will offerings. There
is no government allocation for it.
It is your money that makes their
varied activities possible.
A list of the tasks performed by
the Red Cross w0uld be practically
endless Ten thouciand men and
women wear the Red Cross uni-
form overseas. They have followed
our fighting men in every theatre
of the war. They were close be-
hind the allies in every invasion,
tending the wounded and spread-
ing cheer at base hospitals. Send-(route to overseas duty; made 239,-
ing food and medicine to war pri- 697 knitted and sewn garments for
G. W. WEATHERRORD, Minister
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Mr G W Weatherford, minister
of the Church of Christ, be£im his
work with the church in Kerens
"American Na- 'last Sunday. Mr Weatherford has
been a' minister 0f the Gospel for
20 years^ He was with the Church
at Chiliicothe, Texas for three
years before coming t0 Kerens.
Tillet S Teddlie, "of Dallas will
conduct the summer meeting
which will begin Sunday, June 24.
Everyone is invited to attend all
services at the Church of Christ at
all times, la friendly place to wor
ship.
Bible School 10': 00 A M
Preaching 11:00 A M
Preaching 7:30 P M
Wednesday night Bible Class 8:00
Ladies Bible Class Tuesday 4: 00
soners is another big job they
have done. On the home front,
they have collected more than ten
million pints of blood for plasma,
prepared surgical dressings for the
wounded, and sent warm clothing
PVT. CURTIS E. COOK; BAN LIFTED ON
BACK FROM E.T.0
. .Pvt. Curtis E. Cook, who return-
ed to the States the first of Feb-
ruary from the European theatre
of war, is spending a 2 8-day fur-
lough in Kerens with his wife and
children.
Pvt Cook, who was attached to
the 3rd Army was wounded in
combat and spent several weeks
in a hospital in Europe, after
serving six months in foreign ser-
vice.
His wife is the former Rutn
Miles 0f Kerens. Following his
furlough here' he will report
a camp in Colorado.
to
s
KEITH JENNINGS
BACK IN STATES
Keith Jennings SK 3]c arrived
in Kerens Tuesday night from
Seattle, Wash. t0 spend ia 30 day
leave with his parents Mr and Mrs
Fred Jennings and fiamily^ He
landed at Seattle recently from 11
months service on the Rudyiard
Bay C V E 81 operating in the
central Pacific.
TEXAS FISHING
AUSTIN, Feb^ 27 (AP).—Texans
may fish for bass and white perch
legally after March 1 under terms
of a new law signed Tuesday by
Gov. Coke Stevenson.
The measure abolishing the for-
mer closed season (March and
April generally) on all species of
bass and white perch whipped
through both Houses with a mini-
mum of opposition and the gov.
emor's signature Tuesday made
the enactment final. Because of
the heavy majorities, the new law
goes immediately into effect.
In addition to abolishing . the
closed season, the new law loKyers
the legal minimum size limit on all
species of black bass from 11 to
seven inches, and complete J abo-
lishes minimum size limits on a,ll
other fish^ "
It repeals scores of local laws
relating to clsoed seasons and bag
limits, but has no effect upon local
laws governing licensing and num-
ber of hooks and lines (allowed
fishermen. It does not preclude
passage of local laws in -he future
The new law was sponsored by
the game, fish and oyster depart-
on the subject in which he point-1
ed 0ut that military toourtesy is
akin to polite manners in the
home, then gave actual demon-
strations of how it is carried out#
The Rifle • Platoon practiced
aiming and sighting which is pre-
paratory training before the fir-
ing on the Range. Some of the
16 and 17 year olds were right on
the beam. This training should
enable them to earn Markman..
ship Badges^
Machine Gunners were Field
Stripping the guns while blind-
folded and soon will hold the
contest in which each man is
timed in that operation and the
competition is for a cash prize.
The next Drill Night, which is
March 5th, will find the Platoons
engaged in Riot Control Forma-
tions, Inflantry Drill with Rifles,
Machine Gun Drill and Company
Mass, formed for Field Inspec _
tion. ' All Non Corns are reminded
t0 see all members of their
Squad before the drill hour_
All Guard sir 1*1 whose Packs are
not rolled, wil report early Mon-
day night with all the paraphernal-
ia with which to roll. them. Good
It is expected that our quota will
be met in a short time, as the
town has always done. Don't wait
to be asked! Take or mall your
contribution to Dare Mabry or the
First '.National Bank.
In war as in peace, the Red
Cross has never failed, and the
Red Cross is you!
S|Sgt. Nathan Crawford of Scott-
field, 111. and Miss Hortense Sim-
mons of Dallas, were dinner guests
in the J C Cliayton home Saturday
of last week.
PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Sunday School and worship ser-
vices will be held at the usual
time Sunday morning^ with Dr
Matthew Arnold of Corsicania, for
the evening service.
Young people will meet at 6:30
at the church
the armed forces^ 9,109 children's
items, and packed 97,200 Christ-
mas boxes. j
Th^s Governor i said that -the rec-
ord s^t by school children in Red
Crss service is one to be proud
of. "More than 285,965 articles f»r
servicemen aud child war victims
were produced by 882J230 Junior
Red Cross members in 5,254
schools. They also completed
courses in home nursing, first aid,
water safety and nutrition "
Nineteen Red Cross camp and
hospital councils of the stlate^ in-
which 190 chapters took part, fur-
nished equipment for 251 day-
rooms and 86 sunrooms at military
stations and hospitals.
weiathe will
Maneuvers.
invite Bivouacs and
BAPTIST GIRLS
CHOIR CONCERT
MARCH I?™
The Baptist Girls' Choir announ-
es that its spring concert will be
presented Sunday ' night, March 18
at 8 o'clock^ in the auditorium of
A recent letter from Tim Peters j the Baptist Church. There will be
no preaching that evening and the
GETS PROMOTION
FUNDS BEING
RAISED FOR
MCCLOSKEY
T-SGT. ROBERT E.
MILLER WOUNDED
INACTION
Mrs Robert E Miller received a
telegram Feb. 9th stating that her
husband T|Sgt. Robert E Miller
was seriously wounded in action in
Germany January 27. No word ha,s
been received to date as to his
condition Mrs Miller stated. He is
with the 102nd Infantry and has
won the Silver Star for bravery in
action against the enemy.
Jr. states that he has been promo-
ted from Pvt. to Cpl. He is serving
with a Tank Destroyer Group in
Germany. He was doing fine the
7th of February, when the letter
was dated. Had been seeing plenty
of snow and ice. He's always gla,d
to hear from a,ny of his friends.
This address will reach him.
Cpl. Tim Peters Jr. A S N38480239
Hq. Co. 2nd. T. D Gp
A. P. O.. 339 c|o P M
New York, N. Y.
ment, whose experts have come „o
the conclusion that L will promote
_ better balance of fish population
in fresh waters.
entire service will be one of sac-
red music presented by the Choir
and its special groups. Everyone is
proud of these girls and the splen-
did work they are doing, and all
have been eagerly awaiting this
announcement.
In the presentation the group
will use new vestments which are
furnished by the Churchy Mrs Ford
Ivey, president of the Adult Choir,
has promoted the project and Mes-
dames Grover Crawford, R E Ford,
and Cleo Archer have made the
robes.
Star this date on your calendar
—March 18 th— and come and
LEGION- AUXILIARY
MEETS MARCH 13
Members 0f the American Le-
gion Auxiliary, in collaboration
with the American Legion, have
placed jars at strategic points
throughout the town as reposito-
ies for donations of the local cit-
izenship for funds to be used in
various purposes at McCloskey
Hospital.
The funds may be .used to pay
for telephone calls made by wound
ed servicemen^ it may be used to
assist a serviceman in visiting his
parents upon arrival from fighting
fronts and it may be used in beau-
tifying the Hospiflal grounds.
If used in any one of the above
mentioned projects, American Le-
gion and Auxiliary members con-
sider that it will be money well
spent, and are requesting the local
citizens to bear in mind the object
of the glass jars as they proceed
with their shopping^
The next meeting of the Legion
and Auxiliary will be March 13th.
...
BAPTIST CHURCH -
Two dates of unusuul Im-
portance are this coming Sunday,
March 4, ancl^next Tuesday Maycb
6. In 25,0013 Baptist ~ churches
throughout the South, this Sunday
is to be a special day in Sunday
^School. Baptist churches are (asked
to reach a record attendance in
Sunday School. In the local church
of Kerens, every teacher and offi-
cer is urged to contact every pupil
and prospect by visit, telephone or
letter, encouraging them to d©
their best to be present Sunday
morning at 9:45 bringing someone
else with them.
Tuesday? March 6, over 900 Bap-
tist associations in the South will
be meeting to bring reports and to
lay further plans for enlistment
and for reaching '' a million souls
for Christ in 1945." The Baptist
Sunday Schools of the Corsicana
association will meet at Richland
Tuesday night at 7:30 A large
group from Kerens is expected to
attend. The Kerens church will
furnish special music and also the
pastor has been asked to deliver
the closing message-
In this Centennial year Baptists
are urged to rally to the cause of
Christ as never before with every
Christian seeking to become a
personal winner of souls. Last Sun-
day night, seven followed Christ in
the waters of Baptism, and ten
the; Sunday night before^ Through
earnest prayer, pure living, per-
sonal soul winning, and public
preaching, it is hoped that this will
continue throughout the year.
Services at the Baptist Church
are as follows:
9:20—Prayer services for teach-
ers and officers
and officers.
9:45—Sunday School
11:00— Morning Worship
6:40— prayer services for T U
leaders and officers.
7:00'-— Training Union (all ages)
8:00— Evening Worship
9:00— Fellowship Period for Inter-
mediates and Young People
A most cordial welcome awaits1
you at the Baptist Church. Come
and bring others!
Pfc. Charles Miller
Gets Distinguished
Flying Cross
bring your family and friends! A
cordial welcome awaits one and all
at the Baptist Church!
AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND
BASE, ASSAM, INDIA—Pfo. Char-
les A. Miller of Kerens, Te^as? is
shown receiving the Distinguished
Flying Cross from Major Vilos C
Rice, his commanding officer
TEXAS RETAIL SALES SHOW
16 PER CENT RISE
AUSTIN, (AP) —Texas 'inde-
pendent retailers, excepting de-
partment stores, reported a' 16
per cent gain in business last
month compared with January
1944.
The University of Terns Bureiau
of Business Research said Austin
led the list with a 25.3 per cent
increase Stan Antonio was second
at 24.4, Dallas third at 21 per cent,
Fort Worth fourth at 13 per cent,
and Houston fifth at 12 per cent.
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