The Celina Record (Celina, Tex.), Vol. 41, No. [37], Ed. 1 Thursday, March 11, 1943 Page: 1 of 4
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CELINA, TEXAS, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1943
Status of Men 38 to 45 I Judge E. W. Merritt Dead;
Is Changed By New Order Prominent Collin Citizen
. WASHINGTON.—Men over 38 lost
their special draft classification Sun-
day.
Selective service ordered local
DoardQ to put no move 38 to 45-year-
old men in class 4-H and to transfer
men now in that classification into
the regular classes (such as 1-A, 3-A,
4-F, etc.)—but not actually to draft
them.
The action has the effect of estab-
lishing an order in which men over
38 would be inducted “if and when
the armed forces determine they can
be used in the military establish-
ment,” as the War Manpower Com-
mission put it.
The men in 4-H are to be reclassi-
fied on the same basis as younger
men but with special II designations.
Some will thus be put in 1-A (II), 2-B
(H), 3-A (II), and similar classes.
This procedure, the Manpower Com-
mission explained in a press release,
means that men “who have no cause
for deferment other than age will be
placed in class 1-A.”
A chief aim of the new order is to
induct men over 38 to go into farm-
ing. The order provides that any man
over 38 who farms now or who takes
up farming by May 1 shall be reclass-
ified promptly into the farm defer-
ment classes, 2-C if single and 3-C if
married, if he meets the other farm-
deferment qualifications. Other men
ever 38 are to be put into the regu-
lar draft classifications as soon as
possible after May 1.
The order did not make it clear
whether it would be too late after
May 1 for a man over 38 to get a
farm job and a farm deferment. The
apparently intended inference was
that he ought to do it by May 1,
which is roughly the beginning of
the heaviest season of farm work.
The effect of Sunday's order is il-
lustrated in this case:
Mr. B., who is 40 and classified 4-
H, is told that he will be reclassified
under circumstances which hint of a
possible military call. Mr. B is single
and in nonessential work. He knows
that he is due to be rec .ssified 1-A
(H). Then, if drafting of 38-year-olds
were resumed, he would he one of
the first to go. But if he gets a farm
job by May 1, however inexperienced
he is, he is promised a classification
of 2-C (H) which would make his
drafting much more unlikely. If he
were married, his taking a farm job j
would make him 3-A (H).
Judge Eber W. Merritt of McKin-
ney died Saturday night at his home
in McKinney at 8:45. Judge Merritt
was born east of Melissa April 6,
1877, and was 65 years and 11 months
old at the time of his death. He was
one of Collin County’s most promi-
nent men and ranked among the
county’s most useful citizens. He was
a man of exceptionally fine charac-
ter. He was a member of the Collin
County bar and served his county as
judge for two terms. He was an ac-
tive member of the First Christian
Church of McKinney.
in
Judge Merritt was united m raar-
| riage Jan. 22, 1929 to Miss Lorene
King of McKinney. No children were
born to the couple.
The funeral of Judge Merritt was
conducted at 3 p. m. Monday at the
Massie funeral home in McKinney by
Dr. C. S. Weaver and Dr. R. L. Cow-
an, McKinney pastors. The body was
interred in Pecan Grove cemetery in
McKinney.
Judge Merritt is survived by his
wife and a borther, J. H. Merritt,
who is a prominent McKinney citi-
zen of fine character and a success-
ful business man.
Chrismons Doing Their I Celina’s Red Cross Goal
Part to Aid the Allies Was Completed Saturday
First Lieutenant Harold L. Chris-
mon, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C.
Chrismon of Denton, is home on a
six-day leave from Pierre, S. Dak.
Lieut. Chrismon is a graduate of the
Denton high school and attended
N.T.S.T.C. two years before going in-
to the service to train for a pilot Jan.
5, 1942. The Chrismons have two oth-
er sons in the service. Air Cadet Hen-
ry Carl Chrismon Jr. is training for
» pilot, at Maxwell Field, Ala.; Jack
M. Chrismon is with the TJ. S. Navy
and is in training'at San Diego, Calif.,
while H. C. Chrismon Sr. is a me-
chanic at Harte Flying Field at Den-
ton. Mrs. Chrismon is in a defense
The goal of $750 for Celina in the
Red Cross drive to raise the annual
fund for support of the organization
was completed Saturday and more.
This despite the fact that Chairman
G. V. Bray, who has the duties of
G. V. Bray has the duties of
mayor on his shoulders and was in
the midst of moving his stock of dry
goods from one location to another, is
not a bad record. This quota is more
than double the one for last year, the
need being greater as the war pro-
gresses.
An auction of articles donated was
conducted on the square Saturday
afternoon, some of them beeing re-
ALLA NEWS
2 Miss Death Here Monday
By No More Than 6 Inches
A truck driven by Coy Preston of
Ben Wheeler, Texas, was struck by a
southbound Frisco troop train at the
crossing just south of the Frisco de-
pot between 1 and 2 o’clock Monday
afternoon, the train going south at a
lively clip.
Had the truck stopped 6 inches
short of where it did the train would
have cleared it. As it. was the bumper
was taken off and the radiator and
front fenders were damaged.
Preston had gone to the Bateman
Clark farm east of town to get a load
of corn and he and Amos Clark came
to town to weigh the truck in order
that they might know how much tare
to deduct. They weighed the truck at
the T. ,J. McAdams scale and had
started back to the Clark farm when
the accident occurred.
The train did not stop, a witness
informs the Record. Another said the
locomotive whistle was sounded al-
most constantly as the train passed
through the city.
Frisco Claim Agent W. G. Cook was
here Tuesday investigating the acci-
dent.
PLEASE!
Every copy of The Record
mailed with a wrong address is
returned to us by Uncle Sam at
the rate of 2c each. During the
course of a few months time
this runs into money, and we
are requesting our readers to
immediately notify us of any
change in their address. If you
know your address will be
changed a week beforehand,
write us then. It will prevent
you from missing a copy of the
paper and will save us 2 cents
for each copy we send to the
wrong address. Please!
The Alla community is trying to
do its part in raising funds for the
Red Cross. Since the Alla school dis-
trict is a common school district, the
residents of the community are ex-
pected to help raise part of the quota
for all the common school districts
of Collin County. This quota amounts
to $1,750. Those who have not yet
contributed to the Red Cross and
would like to, can pay their dollar or
any amount to T. N. O'Dell, Claud
Loftiee, S. A. Miller or W. H. Mose-
ley.
Next Monday night, March .15, an-
other community sing-song will be
held at the school house. The com-
mittee working on program arrange-
ments is composed of Mrs. Solon Den-
nis, Mrs. Jim Thompson, and Mrs.
W. H. Moseley.
A committee consisting of T. N.
O’Dell, Claud Loftiee and S. A. Mill-
er spent three days of last week at
the Alla school aiding the farmers of
the community in making out work
sheets which are required in next
year’s farm program.
School trustees election supplies
have been received by school officials.
This year three trustees of the local
district are to be elcted. Two county
school trustees will also be voted on
in this election.
Miss Dortha Baker, Miss Eva
Boyd, and Miss Geraldine Manes were
week-end visitors of Mr. anti Mrs. J.
D. Mattes and family.
Mrs. J. R. Burkeen has been
brought home from the Wilson N.
Jones hospital in Sherman where she
underwent a major operation.
Sunday visitors of Lillie Mae
Markham were Mary Nell Thomason,
Roland Bennett. Jimmie Eldon Pars-
ley. and Billy Joe Bennett.
Mr. and Mrs. (1. W. Terrell were
Spnday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Logan.
Mr. anti Mrs. M. M. Pinion and
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Taylor were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs. J.
T. Ferguson.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Miller Were
Sunday visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Claud Melton and family.
Miss Lavern Compton was the
guest of Miss Helen Oujesky Mon-
day night.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller and
daughter, Billie Maurine, and Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Stiles went to Denton Sun-
day afternoon to attend the Denton
County singing convention.
school learning to build equipment turned many times to the auctioneer,
for the boys to use in training camps turned many times to the auctioneers,
and on the battlefield. The Rev. Clarence Bounds and Sher-
Mrs. Chrismon is a sister of Mrs. rod Peterman, who pinch-hit for Hugh
Joe Moses and a daughter of Mrs. G. Peterman, who was ill.
N. Mallone, who live a short distance A quilt donated by Mrs. R. M.
west of Celina. The Moses family j Marsh was auctioned over and over
and Mrs. Mallone visited their Den- again at various prices as high as $1
ton relatives Tuesday.
Contract Let March 4 For
More Hospital Buildings
and as low as a dime and the bidding
was finally closed with the quilt back
in Mrs. Marsh’s possession. She again
donated it to the Red Cross after it
had brought the Red Cross fund $48
'in cash.
From McKinney Courieer-Gazette. Mrs. Frank Allen, chairman of this
Ihe district engineer of the U. S. tdrive in Celina’s residential district,
engineers' office at Denison, announ- expresses thanks to the following
ces awarding of a contract on March [ ^ who solicited funds: Patti Ut-
4 to the Reid-Kane Construction
company for construction of six
buildings at the Ashburn General
Hospital in McKinney, for an amount
less than $50,000.00. First Lieutenant
Charles Bertrand of the Denison area
office makes the announcement, ac-
cording to President C. Hansford Ray
and Secretary W. Hammond Moore
of the McKinney chamber of com-
merce.
It is understood the six buildings
boff, Mary Ann McKnight, Margaret
Lowe, Emma Jean Ownsby, Mary Al-
ice Tilleerson, Doris Jean Hays, Bil-
lie Joy Hooten, Ann Meachum, Pat
O’Brien, Mary Ruth Ownsby.
Riggs Praises Schools
For Aid in Rationing
Elton Riggs, chairman of the Col-
lin county War Price and Rationing
will be for the Post Engineer’s de- Board, has- nothing but praise for the
partmeot fo*. warehouse and lumber line assistance rendered the War Ra-
yard. They will be built near the tlon program by the schools of Collin
water tower on the site of the hos- county.
pital in McKinney. Mr. Riggs said. “Every school su-
perintendent and principal has read-
Old Bulldog Cafe Property iIy «*P<Med to every request we
I C 1J L r CL i. ! have made for assistance, and all of
is oold to urover sheets their work ,ia8 been higrhly efficient.
A deal was closed a few days ago
in which the old Bulldog cafe build-
ing and the lot on which it stands
were transferred from O. Q. Gresham
to Grover Sheets. Mr. Sheets now
owns all of the business property
from the alley south of his shop north
to Pecan street and west to the lot
between Mallone’s poultry house and
the brick building occupied by Perk-
ins and Glendenning.
blue ridge airman lost.
BLUE RIDGE.—Flight Officer Al-
bert Dalton Braswell, son of W. D.
Braswell, was one of a crew of six
believed killed in the loss of a me-
dium bomber which took off Feb. 26
from Atlanta, Ga., army air base.
Wreckage of what was believed to be
Braswell’s plane was found Sunday
at St. George Island, near Panama
City, Fla.
Buy more War Bonds and Stamps.
We could have never completed the
sugar, gasoline and No. 2 book pro-
gram without their help.”
ALBERT HOWELL NOW'IN ARMY
Albert Howell came up from San
Antonio last week-end to spend a few
days with his mother, Mrs. Tom How-
ell, and his sister. Mrs. Sherman
Stumpp. and baby. He returned to
San Antonio Wednesday and if his
affairs went according to schedule,
he is now a member of the U. S. Ar-
my, as he was to be inducted into the
service on the day following his de-
parture from Celina. Albert has been
a fireman in San Antonio since leav-
ing Celina some months ago. Mrs.
Stumpp’s husband is in the service
and she is with her mother here.
Mrs. C. S. Nelson went to Galves-
ton Tuesday to spend two or three
weeks visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
H. P. Clark.
PVT. GREEN TO FLORIDA.
Pvt. Herman L. Green, son of Mr.
and Mrs. B. L. Green of Grand Prai-
rie. formerly of the community south
of Celina, radio technician, has just
competed a term in a radio school at.
Madison, Wis., and was on Feb. 27
sent to Boca Raton Field, Fla. He
will have more training there and
then will probably be assigned to a
squadron. The Record was sent to
Herman by a former neighbor. Mrs.
E. R. Brandon, and he enjoys it very
much.
Mrs. Charlie Merritt of Dallas vis-
ited her daughters, Mrs. James Moore
and Mrs. Ray Hamilton and their
families last week-end.
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Graham Stelzer Writes
Mr. and Mrs. Thomasson
Here is a recent letter written to
Mr. and Mrs. Hulon Thomason from
Graham Stelzer, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Stelzer, who is now in New
Guinea, which will probably be of in-
terest to his friends here.
New Guinea.
Dear Mr. and Mrs. Thomason:
I have been intending to write to
you ever since I have been over here
but have just kept putting it off. I
wrote to Les several times and he
! never did answer. What happened to
I him besides getting married? It sure
has been a long time since I last saw
any of you and it looks as if it will
be some time yet before I get back
to that part of the world, even if it
does look like the Japs and Germans
are getting the pants knocked off
them in everything that they try. I
sure would like to see all of you but
as I said before there is not much
chance of that for some time yet, so
I will do the next best (write) and
hope that you answer soon.
I have seen some action and find
the Japs are by no means the fight-,
ers they imagine themselves. In fact,
the only way they seem to be able to
win is by superior numbers and they
don’t seem to have that now. I have
lots of Jap equipment and am saving
that for souvenirs. They don't seem
to like the way we play with them—
it’s a little rough for their pleasure,
and another thing they don’t seem to
like are our tracer bullets. They look
just like a ball of fire coming at you
and they just can’t like the idea.
How is everyone in that part of the
world? Have Les and Edwin got any
kids? Mother and Dad sure are proud
of their grandbabies. They sent me
some pictures of all of them and you
should see the expression on Dad’s
face when they took his picture hold-
ing all of them after he had just fin-
ished having a big romp with them.
He looked as if he had been on a big
drunk and thought that he owned the
world. I suppose that I would think
as much of them too, if I had a
chance to be with them for a while.
But no such luck for me. They say,
“No rest for the wicked.” Boy! I sure
must have been a rotter in my day,
for I have been over here eight
months and I haven’t seen a thing I
liked about it yet. The people are all
right, but they live just like we did
a hundred years ago. Australia was
not so bad as this place, for there is
nothing here but cocoanut, pineap-
ples, jungles, swamps, mosquitoes and
natives. It is a good place to save
money though, for there is no place
to spend it. And 1 am really laying it
away as fast as I can gel it. I have
every penny that I have made for the
last six months and then some. I nev-
er would do that in the States, but 1
sure intend to have something when
this is over. My intentions are to
have enough money to be able to vis-
it till the people that I want to and
not have to go to work as soon as I
get back or to have to take the first
job I can find. I have a lot of living
to do and I don’t think that I am
about to have a job or anything else
and kids for a while,
keep me from being with my wife
Well, as I can think of nothing
more to say, I will close for this time
and hope that this letter finds you
in the best of health and enjoying
prosperity. Write if you ever find
time for the kid that used to almost
live at your place. Fuct is, it was a
second home for me and I had a time
making- up my mind which place to
go first when I came home for a visit.
Love to all. Graham Stelzer.
Ten Per Cent More Cotton
Permitted to Be Planted
Cotton farmers will be permitted
and are urged to plant ten per cent
more than their cotton allotment for
1943, says Jack McCullough, who has
just returned from College Station.
In conversation with Mr. Lester
Young of the state AAA office, Mr.
McCullough states that Mr. Young
advised him that all farms with a
Cotton allotment will be allowed ten
per cent more cotton acreage without
penalty. The payments will, howev-
er, be based on the old quota. The
government is very anxious that all
farmers take advantage of the in-
crease. which will help in a small way
to solve the shortage of oils and pro-
tein feed.
I f a farmer's col ten allotment for
1943 was 32 acres, he will be permit-
ted to increase this ten per cent which
would be 3.2 acres additional, making
a total cotton allotment for 1943 of
35.2 acres, that he could plant with-
out penalty instead of 32 acres.
Ensign Vance Stallcup Is
Made Lieutenant Jr. Grade
Dr. and Mrs. W. II. Stallcup are in
receipt of information that their son,
Vance W. Stallcup, has been promo-
ted from eensign in the U. S. Navy to
lieutenant junior grade. His base is
on the west coast.
Law Governs Sale of Any
Type of Seed for Planting
In a statement regarding the sale
of dry beans, peas and lentils, point
free, for planting purposes, Chair-
man Riggs of the Collin County War
Price & Rationing Board, said “There
are definite laws governing sale of
any type of seed for planting pur-
poses, and before any seed store or
merchant can sell beans, peas or len-
tils for planting, point, free, they
should be certain that the Texas seed
law is complied with.”
Ross Perkins arrived here Satur-
day morning to visit his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Perkins, and was here
until 9:20 Sunday night. Ross is a
member of the Army medical corps
and works in the station hospital at
New Orleans.
ERNEST SNODGRASS ILL.
Ernest Snodgrass was taken from
his borne southwest of town to the
McKinney hospital in the Helms am-
bulance Monday afternoon. Mr. Snod-
grass spent some weeks in the hos-
pital a few months ago and had for
some time? been up and about, but
again became ill.
J. V. BROWNING EXPECTED
TO VISIT HOME SOON
J. V. Browning, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Browning, who served a
long stretch with the Marines on
the Samoan Islands, was brought
back to the United States ill and has
since been in an Oakland, Calif., hos-
pital. He now writes his parents that
his condition continues to improve
and that he expects to be able to
come home soon. He has been in the
hospital since before Christmas.
SCHOOL TRUSTEE ELECTION
TO BE HELD APRIL THIRD
Saturday. April 3. is the date set
by law for holding the annual school
trustee election. The terms of Pres-
ident Jim Meachum and Mrs. Bennie
O’Brien expire as trustees of the Ce-
lina schools.
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