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HE MERIDIAN TIUNI
Devoted to the Upbuilding of Meridian and Bosque County
52ND YEAR, NO. 21
MERIDIAN, TEXAS, OCTOBER 5, 1945
PRICE: $1.50 A YEAR
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With Our Boyd
Short items about Bosque county men
in the armed forces are welcomed for
publication in this column. Due to cen-
sorship regulations, complete addresses of
men overseas cannot be published.
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Due Home Soon.
★ Bob Bible, after 3 years and 9
months service with the Navy in
the Atlantic and Pacific, has re-
ceived his discharge and will re-
turn home in a few days.
Leonard Neely Home.
• Leonard Neely, who recently
arrived in the States after two
years service overseas in North
Africa and Italy, reached home
this week. He has received his
honorable discharge.
Registrants Enter Service.
* Bosque County registrants en-
tering service recently have been
sent to the following installations:
Clovis S. McAda to the Navy at
San Diego, Calif.
Carl J. Landon, Wilbert W.
Miiller and Thomas D. Offutt, Jr.,
to the Army at Ft. Sam Houston,
Texas.
Jewel Reierson Gets Discharge.
★ Master Sergeant Jewell Reier-
son has arrived home after two
years service with the Army air
corps in the Pacific with an honor-
able discharge, and has joined his
wife and two baby girls, who have
been making their home at Mor-
gan. Upon arrival, Reierson saw
his younger daughter for the first
time. He completed six years
service in the army.
Sgt. Sonntag, Back.
★ Sgt. Edwin H. Sonntag, who
went to Germany early in the
year as an Infantry Replacement,
after serving two years in the Al-
eutians, has returned to the States
and is spending a 20-day furlough
here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Sonntag. Sgt. Sonntag re-
ceived a chest wound soon after
arriving overseas, but after spend-
ing six weeks in the hospital, was
able to return to active duty.
Expects to Be Home Xmas.
* Mrs. Earl Landtroop, of Meridi-
an, Rt. 1, received a letter from
her nephew, Clyde Dennis Cox,
stating that he expects to be home
by Christmas. “Clyde has served
18 months on the USS Ashland,
and has been in eight major bat-
tles. Many of the married men
from the crew of his ship have
been discharged. Clyde is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Cox, of
Byers, who lived at Walnut
Springs for many years. He was
in the Phillipines when the letter
was written.
Promoted to Staff Sergeant.
• Harmon Field, Guam—Ovie M.
Canuteson, son of Mrs. Annie L.
Canuteson of Clifton, Texas, has
been promoted to Staff Sergeant
at this Western Pacific air base,
according to Colonel 0. F. Carlson,
commanding officer of the Guam
Air Depot. He recently received
a meritorious unit citation badge
and a bronze campaign star.
Sergeant Canuteson enlisted in
December, 1941, and since Novem-
ber, 1944, has served as a plexi-
glass specialist here.
His wife, Mrs. Juanita Wright
Canuteson and baby son live at
Meridian.
Three Hadaways Serve Country.
• Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Hadaway
furnish a report on their three
sons, who have so faithfully serv-
ed their country.
The oldest, Staff-Sergeant Ivian
C. Hadaway is in the Pacific, hav-
ing just left the States, and in his
last letter said he had almost com-
pleted his voyage, which was to
Manilla. Ivian will have been in
the service five years Oct. 13.
Master-Sergeant Glenn W. Had-
away spent last week-end with his
parents, after he had received his
medical discharge from the Army
Air Corps. Glenn has spent five
years and 10 months in the air
corps, all the time being spent at
. Randolph Field, Texas.
Pfc. Alwyn M. Hadaway is sta-
tioned in the Pacific at this time.
He has been in service almost
three years, the greater part of it
overseas, over one year being in
the China-Burma-India theatre.
A late letter from him stated:
“I have a little more good news
for you and also for me. I rode
to work with the Col. today and he
happens to be from Texas also
and he went to A. & M., so I asked
him if he thought we would get
there for the Thanksgiving game,
and he told me “yes.” He said
they were fixing up some V-Mail
for us to send saying not to send
Xmas packages, and also that
there were some stating to have a
big Thanksgiving dinner ready as
we would be there to get one. I
don’t know when we will get there,
but am planning on being there
for Thanksgiving so you had bet-
ter cross your fingers and hope
me luck as more than likely I will
need it too. But everyone thinks
that we will be there by then so I
wouldn’t be wrong all by myself.”
Meridian Man Honored
At Ceremonies Aboard
U.S.S. Minneapolis
Sailors from the U.S.S. Minnea-
polis sent word back to Texas re-
cently through the governor’s of-
fice at Austin that a flag sent to
the ship by Gov. Coke Stevenson
was run to the masthead during a
Texas celebration aboard the bat-
tle-scarred cruiser somewhere in
the Pacific.
The ceremonies were on the oc-
casion of an award of a ribbon to
Johnnie Erick Groeschel, husband
of Mrs. Marcyle Kerlee Groeschel,
of Meridian, for outstanding per-
formance in the Gilbert, Marshall,
Caroline and Marianas Islands.
The flag raising was supervised
by Com. Archie T. Wright, of El-
dorado, Texas, and had former
Texas assistant attorney general
Dick Stout of Dallas as yell leader.
Seventy - four Texans were
aboard the Minneapolis. Mrs.
Groechel has received a photo-
graph showing her husband being
congratulated by ship’s officers up-
on receiving the award.
Pfc. Surgent in China.
* Pfc. John A. Surgent, husband
of Mrs. Mildred Surgent, the form-
er Mildred Olson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Obie Olson, has been
stationed in China for the past 13
months. He is attached to the
First Combat Cargo Squadron,
widely known throughout China
and Burma for the great work they
have done in supplying the allied
troops with food and other sup-
plies.
Surgent has been in service
since 1941 and was stationed in
Waco, Texas for two years, Fred-
erick, Okla., 1 year, then going to
Bowman Field, Kentucky from
where he left for overseas duty.
He is a native of Hazleton,
Penna., where he graduated from
High School, later going to min-
ing and mechanical Prep School.
In 1939, he played profession-
al football with the Hazleton
Redskins, a farm team of the
Washington Redskins, later play-
ing with the Paterson Panthers in
1940-41. He also played Profes-
sional Basket Ball with the Hazle-
ton Blue Jackets which won hon-
ors in 1940 in Penna.
He intends to go back to Pro.
Football and basketball after his
return home.
Surgent is well-known as the
“Russian.” His friends say he is
one of the greatest athletes ever
turned out of Hazleton.
He is due to return to the states
soon.
While overseas he has seen some
parts of the world which he never
thought he’d ever see. He was
stationed in Burma and in India
for 4 months.
Stay at Home—See Him Sooner
The quickest way to see your
son or husband being returned
from overseas, to be discharged
from the Navy, is to remain at
home.
That was the sage advice offer-
ed today by the Navy Department
to relatives who are anxious to
welcome their “boys” coming back
to the States for release.
In the first place, if relatives
travel to debarkation ports it is
highly improbable that they will
even see their sailors because the
Navy demobilization plan calls for
returning men to separation cen-
ters in their own Naval Districts.
In consequence, men will not be
free to visit their families at
coastal ports, but will move with-
out delay to their own districts.
Secondly, travel by dependents
will only crowd the already over-
loaded transportation system and
hamper the orderly operation of
discharge.
And last, living accommoda-
tions in coastal ports are not and
will not be available.
Mrs. G. A. Young and Mrs. Joe
Thannisch, of Ft. Worth, visited
Ed. S. Nichols and family, Thurs-
day. __
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hix, of Fort
Worth, are guests of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Homer Brown, and
family.
Miss Betty Bigham, who is at-
tending business college in Ft.
Worth, spent the week-end at
home.
Whitney Dam Construction to
Affect Farms, Roads, Railways
Boy Scout Program
To Be Discussed at
Meeting Here Monday
A group of citizens representing
the several communities of Bosque
county have been invited to meet
in the District Court room here
next Monday night, Oct. 8, at 7:30
p.m. to consider the formation of a
Boy Scout organization. Every-
one is welcome to attend.
J. A. Gaskins, scout executive
of the Heart of Texas Council, of
Waco, accompanied by four of his
staff members, will be present to
furnish full information.
The Heart of Texas Council
stands ready to extend field and
office service to Bosque county if
an operating district committee is
set up. The Boy Scout organiza-
tion is a character-building and
citizenship-training program for
boys from 9 years to maturity, and
Bosque boys who are not privileg-
ed to take part in Scouting are
being deprived of something valu-
able to their future welfare.
Ryan Gets Starting Berth.
Joe Ryan, Meridian boy playing
with the T.C.U. Horned Frogs, re-
placed Capt. Merle Gibson, injured
team captain at left end early in
the game played at Waco last
Saturday, and proved a capable
replacement. Ryan is slated to
start the game when the T.C.U.
eleven meets Arkansas University
at Little Rock next Saturday.
Turkey Ceilings Higher
Ceiling prices for this year’s
crop of turkeys will be slightly
higher than last year, C. A. Bit-
ter, food price specialist of the
San Antonio District OPA, an-
nounced Tuesday,
Live turkeys, Bitter said, will
have a ceiling price of 46 cents
per pound in group 1, 2, 3 and 4
stores; feather-dressed turkeys
will be 51 cents in group 1, 2 and
3 stores, and 50 cents in group 4
stores, and drawn turkeys will
sell for no more than 61 cents in
group 1, 2 and 3 stores and 60
cents in group 4 stores.
The prices will stay ir
effect
until the first of the year,
added.
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Mrs. I. E. Lumpkin and Frank
Woodruff arrived home Tuesday
from Winslow, Ark., where they
had spent the past several weeks
at Mrs. Lumpkin’s summer home.
Jackets Play
Iredell Eleven
Here Friday
The Meridian High School Yel-
lowjackets, winners last week over
the Tolar eleven 14 to 0 in their
first conference game, will meet
Iredell here Friday night at 7:30
o’clock in their second conference
contest.
Iredell shows a decided edge
over the Jackets in the pre-game
dope, but perhaps this edge will be
dulled by the fact that the Jackets
will be playing at home.
To insure another win for Me-
ridian, a complete turn-out of lo-
cal backers of the team is need-
ed. Don’t disappoint the Jackets
and the school—be there and sup-
port your team.
Mrs. Ina Morgan, of Lubbock,
is spending the week with her bro-
ther, A. S. Lomax, and other rel-
atives.
Mrs. W. A. Walk was in Ft.
Worth Monday to meet her hus-
band, 1st Sgt. W. A. Walk, who
has been stationed at Shoemaker,
Calif., and is at home on a six-
weeks furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Lawson and
little son, Larry, spent Sunday in
Denton with their daughter, Bet-
tye, who is a student at T. S. C. W.
Planning and designing of the
proposed $20,000,000 Whitney re-
servoir 19 miles east of Meridian
is now in an advanced stage and
an early date has been set by Col.
D. W. Griffiths, U.S. district en-
gineer, Galveston, for the com-
pletion of this phase of the major
post war project. The engineers
will be ready to begin construc-
tion by next July 1, if Congress
appropriates the necessary funds
this fall.
The project has as its purpose
the provision of flood protection
and hydro-electric power, regula-
tion of stream flow, and the de-
velopment of recreational facili-
ties. Development of the recrea-
tional facilities will be under fed-
eral or state control, and when the
time comes for the public to begin
using the recreational facilities,
the shores will be zoned and sites
leased by the engineer depart-
ment, as has been the case with
Lake Texhoma near Denison, in
order that the advantages of the
area may be preserved for the
public benefit.
Even if construction starts, it
will be late in 1946 before resi-
dents and farmers in the reservoir
area will have to move. Residents
will be progressively moved be-
ginning with the lowest areas over
a period of 24 months. Only at
the damsite itself, and on routes
of roads, power, communication
and rail lines will earlier changes
be noted.
One of the first tasks, Col. Grif-
fiths said, will be the relocation
of Highway 22 between Meridian
and Whitney to a new route which
will cross the dam. It is hoped
this may be started early in order
that the road may be used to haul
materials to the site.
Other relocations will include
the M-K-T and Santa Fe railways,
and county roads in Bosque, Hill,
Johnson and Somervell counties.
The reservoir will extend 68
miles up the Brazos from the dam,
to a point four miles beyond Glen
Rose, and varies from one-sixth to
one and a half miles in width.
The 573-foot elevation of the
flood control area extends 4.1
miles up Rocky creek, 6.1 miles
up Cedron creek, 6 1-2 miles up
Steeles creek, and 10 1-2 miles up
Nolands river, and embraces 51,-
190 acres. This is the area which
would be covered in case of a
flood which completely filled the
reservoir. The permament lake
covers a smaller area of 15,800
acres. The flood control storage
provides 1,630,500 arce-feet,which
is approximately 32 per cent great-
er than that required to control
the greatest floods of record.
The permanent lake for power-
storage provides 387,000 acre-
feet
Installed hydro-electric capacity
planned at this time will be 22,-
500 kilowatts, Colonel Griffiths
said, approximately the same cap-
acity as that provided at Possum
Kingdom dam.
Whitney dam will be constructed
of concrete and earth—540,000
cubic yards of concrete and 2,-
000,000 cubic yards of embank-
ment. The structure, which will
tower 163 feet in the river sec-
tion, will require 2000 tons of rein-
forcing steel and an equal amount
of structural steel according to
engineering estimates. It will be
over three miles long, of which
the river or concrete section will
be 1554 feet.
Bosque H.D. Council
Holds Monthly Meet
At Library Here
Bosque County Home Demons-
tration Council met in the Library
at Meridian, Sept. 29.
Reports on the picnic and en-
campment were made, with sug-
gestions to help make them better
next year.
The yearbook chairman report-
ed that 1946 yearbooks were made
up, awaiting the election of of-
ficers, delegates and demonstra-
tors. The two main demonstra-
tions are to be on “Orchard” and
“Clothing.” Under orchards, a
study of fruits, frozen foods, nu-
trition and attractiveness; under
clothing, it will be mainly con-
struction. The Council voted to
pay for yearbooks, and will sell
them for 1.0c each.
Miss Jo Garland, county home
demonstration agent, reported that
so'far she had reorganized four
4-H girls Pubs, with, seven more
to be reorganized, to mrAc - total
of 11 clubs. These will be in nine-
schools over the county, two
schools having a senior and junior
4-H club each. Anyone who can
spare the time is requested to vol-
unteer as a 4-H club sponsor.
Mrs. Nivin introduced the first
and second 4-H scholarship win-
ners.
The educational chairman re-
quested all who wish to have their
home water tested to report to the
next council.
Remember, it is time to begin
making plans for club achieve-
ments events in November.
The annual council meeting,
with reports of officers, commit-
tees, clubs, etc., also election of
officers, will be held at 10:30 a.m.,
Saturday, Oct. 27 at Clifton, and
will be an all-day meeting.
Mrs. M. B. Jameson was elected
vice-chairman to finish this year.
Mrs. C. C. Stryker was elected
general chairman to superintend
an informal banquet and program
for council members, and the com-
missioners court and their fam-
ilies.—Chairman.
MERIDIAN METHODIST
CHURCH.
World Communion Day will be
observed at the Meridian Metho-
dist Church next Sunday, with
special music and sermon in keep-
ing with the occasion Sunday
morning. An offering will be tak-
en for overseas relief work.
You are cordially invited to at-
tend all services. Sunday school
at 10 a.m. Evening worship at
7:30 p.m. Young people’s fel-
lowship following evening worship.
Marriage License.
Henry W. Anz and Miss Dora
Buro.
State Hi'way 67
Absorbed By
Highway 6
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WELCOME HOME
Major Bill Cureton Describes Visits to
War-Torn Areas in Italy and Egypt
A letter from Major W. E. Cure-
ton, who is stationed in Germany
with the Army of Occupation,
gives an interesting description of
worn-torn regions:
“Kaufbeuren, Germany, 11 Sep-
tember, 1945—Dear Folks: I
have just returned from Cairo,
Egypt. We had to pick up some
supplies in Cairo and Col. Hayes
suggested I go along-because I had
not had a leave since being over-
seas. We left here in a B-17,
crossing the Alps near Brenner
Pass. We circled above Venice
and Rome and landed at Naples.
The take off time here was 10 a.m.
on a bright sunny day. We circl-
ed to gain altitude and headed for
the Alps at about 14000 feet.
The climate on this side of the
Alps is always cool and the coun-
tryside is lush and green. The
other side is seer and brown and
hot. Italy is mountainous from
one end to the other, there is little
level land. It is tortureously rug-
ged and as dry as California in the
summer without the cool breezes.
We flew over Venice and Rome
at about 500-feet. You could see
the canals and gondolas plainly.
At Rome we looked down into the
Colosseum and the Vatican, At
Naples we circled Vesuvius.
“Naples is just one vast slum.
I have ever seen such abject pov-
erty and so much filth in all my
life, The dirt and filth is inde-
scribable. It smells to high heav-
en even when you are riding along
in a car. I saw almost no modern
buildings and cannot imagine it
(See Cureton on Page 2)
The Emblem pictured here is the badge of
an honorable discharge from the Armed
Forces of the United States of America.
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The following Bosque County
registrants have recently received
Honorable Discharges from the
Armed Service:
Wilfred M. Polleim, Valley
Mills; James R. Lawrence, Ire-
dell; Preston C. Anderson; Clif-
ton; Sherman M. Nystel, Rt. 3,
Hico; Robert R. Burns, Kopperl;
Vaden B. Clark, Meridian; Albert
N. Petterson, Clifton; Birt Cap-
pers, Clifton; Cecil W. Scott, Rt. 2,
Valley Mills; Oliver A. Christen-
son, Clifton; Everett E. Timmons,
Morgan; Tony F. Williams, Valley
Mills; James E. Waller, Morgan;
Johnnie O. Dunn, Rt. 3, Meridian;
Aaron J. Hardwick, Meridian;
Grover G. Yocham, Iredell; Leslie
C. Chapman, Jr., Morgan; Billy
Joe Pumphrey, Meridian; Hubert
A. Bernhardt, Clifton; Paul D.
Hoyt, Walnut Springs; Jewell R.
Rierson, Morgan; Harold A. Ol-
son, Meridian; Jackson L. Sowell,
Valley Mills; Millard A. Nelson,
Rt. 3, Hico; William L. Outlaw,
Clifton; Thomas L. Jenson, Clif-
ton; Pope A. Bonds, Clifton;
Thomas Carlson, Rt. 3, Meridian;
Elvis W. Callan, Mosheim.
Bosque County Asked to Repeat
Last Year’s War Chest Support
Ross Taylor, Freed
From Jap Prison, Now
Reported Missing
The joy brought to relatives of
Ross Taylor, son of Joe Taylor, of
Iredell, when his liberation from a
Japanese prisoner of war camp last
week was announced by the War
Department, was short lived.
Another message received last
Thursday stated that Taylor, who
had been a captive of the Japs
since the fall of Corregidor, was
missing when a plane carrying lib-
erated prisoners disappeared be-
tween Japan and the Phillipines.
It is sincerely hoped that Taylor
and his companions will yet be
found safe and well.
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JOOSQUE RATION OFFICE
TO BE COMBINED WITH
WACO DISTRICT OFFICE
The Bosque Cou to, Pation
Board office is to be consonuted
with the ration office at Waco alt
ter Nov. 14, along with the ration
offices of Bell, Falls, Coryell and
Limestone counties.
The consolidation has been an-
nounced as a step toward final
liquidation of all OPA activities
by next June.
Deeds Filed With County Clerk.
R. C. Langston to A. D. Green,
2 tracts of land out of the W. H.
King survey in the town of Clif-
ton, consideration, $3200.00.
Mrs. Susie Alexander et al to
Mrs. M. W. Borland, lots 1 to 10,
block 4, FV addition to the town
of Walnut Springs.
J. E. Seljos to Simon Jorgenson,
S1 lot 4; block 9, KG addition to
the town of Clifton, consideration,
$600.00.
R. F. Warren to T. L. Warren,
20 acres out of the W. H. King
survey, consideration, $3000.00.
C. C. Porter to F. W. Riser, part
block 64, WHK subdivision to
the town of Meridian, consider-
ation, $3000.00.
C. C. Porter to F. W. Riser, part
block 64, WHK subdivision to the
town of Meridian, consideration,
$25.00.
Lucy Bagley et al to I. E. Watts,
263 acres out of the H. Lee sur-
vey, consideration, $2937.29.
ST. OLAF LUTHERAN CHURCH
Cranfills Gap.
Sunday, October 7: 10:00 a.m.,
Sunday School and Bible Classes,
11:00 a.m., Morning Worship.
7:30 p.m., Senior League. Hosts,
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Jenson, Miss
Cora Johnson and Miss Clara
Johnson.
Monday, October 8: 7:30 p.m.,
Male Chorus.
Each Saturday: 10:00 a.m.,
Junior and Senior Confirmation
Classes.
A sincere and a cordial welcome
to study the Word of God with us
in the Sunday School and Bible
Classes; to attend our meetings;
and to worship with us.—Ben-
jamin R. Maakestad, Pastor.
The highway running through
Valley Mills, Clifton, Meridian
and Iredell is no longer State Church of Christ
Highway 67, but henceforth will
be State Highway 6.
The State Highway Commission
last week ordered the designation
of State Highway 6 extended from
Waco via Meridian, Dublin, East-
land and Breckenridge to U. S.
Highway 183 south of Throck-
morton. It also ordered designa-
tion of State Highway 67 from
Waco via Meridian, Dublin and
Eastland to Breckenridge be can-
celed and that desgination of State
Highway 157 from Breckenridge
to a point south of Throckmorton
also be canceled.
This in effect places Meridian
and the other Bosque towns named
on a through highway to the gulf,
as State Highway 6 already ex-
tends from Waco to Houston.
Confusion resulting from the
similarity of the names of State
Highway 67 and Federal Highway
67, the latter running from Dal-
las through Cleburne, Glen Rose,
Stephenville and on southwest to
the Big Bend region, prompted
the elimination of the “State High-
way 67” designation.
Bro. Marvin Harper, superinten-
dent of Morgan school, will preach
for the Meridian Church of Christ,
Sunday, Oct. 7, at 11 a.m. and
7:30 p.m. Everyone is invited
and urged to attend each service.
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Callahan
spent the week-end in Fort Worth
with Dr. and Mrs. Carl Bryenton.
1st Lt. Burrell N. Word spent
Wednesday with his father, Judge
B. F. Word. He was accompanied
by Flight Officer Sam Stone, of
Chattanooga, Tenn. They are sta-
tioned at San Antonio.
Thomas Edward Riggs, 38, bro-
ther of Mrs. 0. R. Conger, of Me-
ridian, died suddenly of a heart
attack at his office in Waco at
5:50 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral ser-
vices were held from Central
Christian Church in Waco Thurs-
day afternoon at 3 p.m. His
widow, two sons, his mother, and
another sister survive. The sym-
pathy of her many friends here is
extended Mrs. Conger.
Poage Proposes European Nations Free
Western Possessions as
A proposal that the United Stat-
es acquire the European colonial
possessions in the Western Hemis-
phere by having them apply their
holdings on their debts to this
country has been made by Repre-
sentative W. R. Poage of Waco,
in Washington.
The United States then would
return the colonies to the residents
so they could set up their own
government, with this country re-
taining rights to any military bas-
es considered necessary for the
defense under the Poage plan.
Poage also proposed that the peo-
ple of Puerto Rico and the Virgin
Islands be given their freedom.
Calling his plan a program to
bring the Monroe Doctrine up to
date, Poage said the time has come
when the United States should say
to the European nations: “You
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shall not maintain colonial empires
within the Western Hemisphere.”
Great Britain, France, The Nether-
lands and Denmark now hold col-
onial possessions in South and
Central America and the Carib-
bean.
Poage, in offering his plan in a
speech on the House floor, remind-
ed his colleagues that last May 4,
he sought to call attention to the
importance of then beginning
negotiations for transfer of the
sovereignty over the colonial pos-
sessions of European nations now
held in the Western Hemisphere.
He also called attention to a
concurrent resolution he introduc-
ed several months ago asking the
State Department to enter into
negotiations to see what could be
done in the way of freeing all the
peoples of the New World.
Bosque county citizens are be-
ing asked this week to match last
year’s generous oversubscription
of their United War Chest quota
as groups of volunteer solicitors
opened what has been announced
will be the final National War
Fund campaign.
With a goal last year the same
figure as this year, the people of
this county contributed 141% of
the $5112 quota. Realizing that
the needs for the work carried on
with United War Chest funds are
now more urgent than ever, lead-
ers of the Bosque county cam-
paign believe the citizenship will
respond to their appeal with indi-
vidual contributions at least as
generous as last year.
Every dollar contributed to the
United War Chest is divided on.
the following basis:
Service agencies: USD, 53c;
United Seamen’s Service, 4.2c;
War prisoners’ Aid, 2.5c. Total
service agencies, 60.6c.
European Relief Agencies:
American Relief for Czecholslova-
kia, .9c; American Relief for
France, 3.1c; American Relief for
Tolland, 2.3c; American Relief for
Stary .2.9; American Relief for
Norway, 1e; Belgian War Relief
Society, 12€,Friends of Luzem-
bourg, .1c; Greek War Relief As-
sociation, 3.2c; Polish ’ War Relief,
2.1c; Refugee Relief Trustees, 3.2;
United Lithuanian Relief Fund,
.5c; U.S. Com. for Care of Euro-
pean Children, .2c; United Yugo-
slav Relief Fund, .8c. Total Eu-
ropean Relief Agencies, 21.5c.
Pacific Relief Agencies: Phil-
lipine War Relief, 1.4c; United
China Relief, 10.5c. Total Paci-
fic Relief Agencies, 11.9c.
Administrative and Campaign
Expense, 1.1c. Emergency Fund,
4.9c.
Local Drive Starts Friday.
The Meridian War Chest Drive
will get under way Friday, Miss
Mary Wintz, local chairman states.
Every local citizen will be asked
to contribute the same amount
given last year. Many here con-
tributed “two days’ pay” and more
last year, and this will be the in-
dividual’s quota again this year.
Names of all contributors and
amounts given will be published
in The Tribune, beginning next
week.
Holt Hospital Items
Mrs. Bill Wester was dismissed
from the hospital Monday of this
week after having had several
days treatment.
Robert Ragsdale, Walnut
Springs, was admitted to the hos-
pital Oct. 1 for major surgery.
This date he is doing satisfactor-
ily.
A girl, Ethel Earline, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lumpkin,
Fort Worth, September 29.
Mrs. E. Bateman, Kopperl, re-
turned home September 30 after
having had several days medical
care.
A boy, Walker Larry, was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Walker Pullin,
Walnut Springs, October 1.
Mrs. C. E. Lawler and baby re-
turned home October 1.
Florula Strickland, Walnut
Springs, had a tonsillectomy Sep-
tember 27. She returned home
the following day.
Cecil Johnson, who has been in
the hospital for several weeks was
dismissed September 30.
Miss Ruby Sellers remains in
the hospital, and at this date she is
doing satisfactorily.
Miss Nell Seidel, of Fort Worth,
and Miss Dorothy Seidel, of Dal-
las, were week-end visitors ,with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Seidel. -
SEEN AND HEARD
—fee k, 0
at
MAIN
and
MORGAN
SEEN: New dishwasher at B
& C (modern electric one)—pe-
cans beginning to fall from court-
house trees—Jeffie Hanna with
$50.00 war bond awarded by C.
of C. for bringing in year’s first
bale (and Jeffie says he is grateful
to everyone)—overcoats making
appearance at night football game
—Jake Smith minus his teeth—
big domino game in progress un-
der peach tree at rear of office
building—more rain (and wel-
come, too).
HEARD: Frank Woodruff ar-
rived home from the Ozarks just
in time to solicit your War Chest
donation—local women say Me-
ridian needs a bakery—light bulbs
popped out by cold rain at last
Friday’s $42.00 worth game ate up
gate receipts—U.S. Reclamation
Service men surveying Bosque
river for possible dam construction
above Meridian—City received
proposition from Highway Com-
mission on street, curb and gutter
project—the traffic heard on local
streets Wednesday night was the
annual Junior - Senior hunt in
progress.
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