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Any Excuse You Can Find For Not lipping Your Bond Buying Will Please Hitler cmillc dimes BACK UP YOUR BOY1 Intrtait ytor payroll tavlagt to fm family limit FIGURE' "IT OUT VOtlKSflf Volume 35 Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, Thursday, August 5, 1943. Number 24 Lieut. Willis Carlisle Killed In Overseas Air Combat Bomber Pilot Dies in Raid Of Hamburg Former Kerrville Youth, Tivy High Graduate, Loses Life in Battle on Continent. TWO CASES POLIO IN KERR; COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER SAYS NO CAUSE FOR ALARM Rapid spread of the dread disease, poliomyelitis, or infantile paralysis, throughout Texas has resulted in the discovery of two cases of the malady in Kerr County, Dr. John D.

Jackson, county health" officer, announced Wednesday. Kerrville friends were shocked and saddened by the death of a courageous Army Air Forces officer, First Lieut. Willis C. Carlisle, 23, former Kerrville youth, who! went to his death on July 25 during the sustained raids over Hamburg, shipping and industrial center of the Hitler government. Friends here were notified by "members of the family after the parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. C. Carlisle of Houston, received notification from the War Department that their son had been killed in action. Up until a year ago the Carlisle family lived in Kerrville, residing at 1704 Rawson Street.

Young Carlisle graduated from Tivy High School, played tackle on the Antler football team and was one of the most popular students in the school. He later attended Schreiner Institute, where he was a member of the orchestra and glee club. Lieutenant Carlisle took his preliminary and basic courses at Randolph Field and was graduated with honors from the Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field in September of 1942. He soon was assigned to overseas duty and turned up in the command of Ira Eaker on bombing missions over France, thei Lowland countries and the German Reich. i A member of the First Methodist Church in Kerrville, Lieutenant i Carlisle was the first of 107 men of i that congregation now in the armed services to make the supreme sacrifice.

The story of Lieutenant Car-1 lisle's heroic death is best told in the words of a United Press correspondent in England. His story follows: "The Flying Fortress Judy named for the baby daughter of Willis C. Carlisle, 23, (Continued on Page 8) Fifth Annual Cowboy Camp Meet Opens The fifth annual Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting was scheduled to open Thursday evening at the tabernacle, near Mountain Jfome, and will continue through Trhursday, April 8. A record crowd is being expected for the four days of worship services, according to T. C.

Hall, president of the Hill Country Cowboy Camp Meeting Association. Preaching for this year's camp meeting will be done by Dr. P. B. Hill, now pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Victoria, and one of the organizers uf the Mountain Home tabernacle project, and Dr.

L. U. Spellman, superintendent of the Corpus Christ! District, Southwest Texas Conference of the Methodist Church. The following program for this year's meeting has been announced by the committees in August to 8:30 p. open discussion led by Rev.

A. J. Carson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, Kerrville; 8:30 to 9 p. young people's meeting in xharge of Mrs. A.

J. Carson; 9 p.m., fcermon by Dr. P. B. Hill of Victoria.

Friday. August 6--8 to 8:30 p.m.. open dscussion led by Rev. Paul S. Van Dyke, pastor of the First Church.

Kerrville; The two cases of the disease found at a summer camp in the Kerrville area early this week. After tests had been made, the patients were removed, one to a hospital in Temple and another to a hospital in San Antonio. In announcing that infantile paralysis had been found in Kerr County, Dr. Jackson Wednesday urged the public not to become panicky since the disease has been prevalent throughout the State for several weeks, and cases are mounting daily in the larger cities. The county health officer asked the public to keep calm and observe the following suggestions made by Dr.

George W. Cox, State health officer: "Until recently it was generally believed that this infection is transmitted by means of discharges from the respiratory tract. It is now believed that poliomylitis is primarily another of the several gastrointestinal infections. Therefore, control measures must emphasize cleanup campaigns and improvements in sanitation. "Strict sanitary'measurcs must be observed in all communities.

Stringent efforts should be made to eliminate the house-fly and to destroy its breeding places. All mosquitoes and mosquito breeding places must be eliminated at once. Every effort should be made to institute approved garbage collection systems immediately. Safe water supplies must be assured. Where adequate municipal sewage disposal systems are not in operation, it is vitally important to promote and maintain sanitary septic tanks and outdoor privies.

"All swimming pools should, under rigid supervision, 'maintain those standards approved by the Texas State Department of Health. This necessarily includes maintenance of proper chlorine level. Where J. J. Lancaster Taken by Death Funeral services for Jesse J.

Lancaster, 80, veteran of World War and a resident of Kerrville for the past seven years, were held Tuesday morning in the chapel of Smith Funeral Home, with Rev. W. R. Swinney, minister of the Church of Christ, and Dr. J.

W. Darby, evangelist of the Christian Church, officiating. The body was sent to Ennis for burial. A native of Texas, Mr. Lancaster served as a corporal in Company 31st Infantry in the last war.

He moved with his wife to Kerrville seven years ago and the. family residence here was at 1424 Broadway. His death occurred Sunday at the Veterans Hospital, Legion, where he had been a patient for some time. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Coralee Lancaster, Kerrville; a daughter, Mrs.

W. D. Anderson, San Angelo; four sisters, Mrs. F. W.

Lauderdale of Dallas, Mrs. Nicia Hanson of Ennis, Mrs. E. W. Gunn of Lawton, and Mrs.

H. W. Hardy of Idabell, one brother, E. E. Lancaster of Childress.

Cafe Man Gets JVo News From Africa Censorship regulations from overseas do not permit a great deal of information to come from the war front. The boys on the front line have caught the idea. And the following letter shows the extent to which such standards are not maintained, the boys on the fighting front will those pools should be closed imme-1 go to prevent a leak, diately. i This letter was received Sunday "All raw foods and vegetables! by stark manager of the should be washed thoroughly before! Manhattan Cafe, from Master Ser- use and protected from flies, filth geant Don Carroll, who is on duty and insects. All eating and food with the American Air Forces handling establishments should ad- Somewhere in England: here strictly to the State law con-1 Cares (Continued on Page 8) Girl in WAACs Transferred To Camp Crowder, Mo.

Auxiliary Allie M. Reeves, daugh- tef of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Reeves, who has been stationed at the Third Training Center of the Woman's Auxiliary Corps at Fort has been assigned to the WAAC Detachment, Signal! Turps, ut Camp Crowder, the Relations Office at Fort Oglethorpe has announced.

Auxiliary Reeves has sister, Technician Fifth Grade Opal Reeves, stationed with a company uf WAACs at Camp Robinson, Ark. brother. Pfc. Orbriu Reeves is y.ationed at an Army Camp in San Fernando, Calif. cerning the sterilization of dishes and utensils.

In the present emergency, those restaurants with insufficient personnel to maintain approved sanitation should close one two hours a day so that employees can assist in maintaining cleanliness and high sanitary standards. "Every effort should be made to secure approved milk. Rats and mice should be eliminated. Every effort should be made to maintain in the home the same sanitary standards that are necessary in community life. Particular attention should be paid to personal hygiene.

Excreta from cases and contacts should be handled and disinfected with the same scrupulous care as in typhoid fever or bacillary dysentery. "Over-exertion in children should b'j avoided. Children should not visit home's where there is a sick cliitd. Cases should be quarantined fiii' 14 days and adults who work in food establishments should oo particularly instructed in personal hygiene. Early reporting of poliomyelitis affords the opportun- it.v for investigation at the stage when such effort is productive and affords the opportunity for early treatment by Kenny or other methods and use of orthopedic appliances made available through the Crippled Children's Service, State Department of Education.

It is advisable to reduce to a minimum all human contacts especially in children during an outbreak uf this disease. It is not advocated that schools, churches, and theatres be closed. "Early symptoms of infantile paralysis are headache, fever, vomiting, drowsiness, followed by stiffness in the neck and back. When suspicious symptoms appear a physician should be called immediate- Name It. "Dear Uno Hoo: "After writing last night, I read the new regulations regarding censorship, so I conceded the fact, that no doubt my letter to you from here has gone astray.

Therefore, I write what may be called an O. K. letter, or rather a censors' dream. "After leaving where we were, we left here and, not knowing we were coming u'om there to here, we couldn't tell whether we could arrive here or not, but neverthe- (Continued on Page 8) Admiral Thud Thomson Vacationing Near Hunt Real Admiral Thad A. Thomson has been spending the past few days with his family on a vacation trip in the vicinity of Hum.

Admiral Thomson, a resident of Austin, formerly was commandant uf tiie Eighth Distric'. with headquarters at New Orleans. More recently he has been commandant uf Ihe Naval Unil al Rice Institute, Houston. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS Kate Remschel to Edw. W.

Tale and wife, lot 9, block 2, Oak Hill Addition Kerrville; $5, etc. G. R. Grisham and wife to H. R.

Coate and wife, lot 9. block 1C, Weslland Place Addition tu Kerr- villu; $10, etc. W. N. Hatch et ux.

to W. E. Petty, lot 1. Evertson Addition to Kerrville; $10. etc.

W. E. Petty to Margaret Wall Petty, lot 1. Evertson Addition to Kerrville; $10, etc. Percy H.

Dunbar to G. C. McCoy, el al. 15 acres (less right of way) Survey 120; $10, etc. A.

T. Whetstone and wife, part of block 85 Tivy Addilion to Kerrville; $10, etc. E. Galbraith tu W. G.

Blake and wife, part of block 63 Tivy Addition to Kerrville; $400. W. M. Miranda to L. L.

Burton, et 19.16 acres out of Survey 267; $10, etc. Pat Washburn and wife to Lawrence M. O'Bryant and wife, lot 17, block 9, Lowry Addition to Kerrville; $10, etc. Camelia E. Minsch, Executrix, tu Chas.

W. Henry and wife, 1 acre out of Survey 120; $10, etc. John L. Pampell to J. D.

Mahaffey et lol 9. block 40, Westland Place Addition to Kerrville; $10. etc. W. A.

Fawcett and wife to Francis Scott Fawcett. part of siles No. 1 and 2 in block 63. Westland Place Addilion lo Kerrville; $1.00. etc.

W. A. Fawcett and wife lo W. A. Fawcett, pan uf site No.

2. in block 63. Westland Place Addilion lo Kerrville; $1.00, etc. W. A Fawcett and wife tu othy Fawcetl Wumack, parl of site 1 in block 63, Weslland Place diliun to Kerrville; $1.00, etc.

DIES A HERO Court Hearing Motion For Venue Change in Cerda Case Lieut. Willis C. Carlisle, former Kerrville youth and a graduate of Tivy High School, died a heroic death In a raid on Hamburg, German Industrial and shipping center on Sunday, July 25. Lieutenant Carlisle was the pilot of the Flying Fortress "Judy and was killed in action over Ham- burr. Geo.

P. Freeman, Pioneer of Hill Country, Dead Nonagenarian Succumbs at Medina, Burial in Glen Rest Funeral services for George Pierce Freeman, 92, Hill Country pioneer and a resident of the Medina community for the past 64 years, were held Saturday from the Medina Baptist Church, with Rev. Will Price of Medina and Rev. Paul S. Van Dyke, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.

Kerrville, officiating. was in Glen Rest Cemetery under direction of Smith Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Fletcher Layton. W. O.

Baker, Will Keene, Leonard Keene, Marlon Moffett and Frost Adams. The venerable gentleman passed away last Friday at the ranch home of his son, Cliff Freeman, near Medina. He was a native of Macon, Georgia, and moved to the Hill country of Texas in 1879, spending the greater portion of his long and useful life in this section, being engaged in ranching and farming. Surviving are two. sons, Lon Freeman of Fort Stockton and Cliff Freeman of Medina; a daughter, Mrs.

Ora Miller of Medina; one brother, W. C. Freeman of Loveland, (Texas. Seventeen grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren also survive. Defense Asks Trial Transfer Out of County Judge H.

P. Green Orders Instructed Verdict for Oliver Goss an Maiming Charge A motion for a change of venue was before the 38th District Court when Judge K. K. Woodley at 6 p. m.

Wednesday ordered an adjournment until 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning. The case before the court is one in which six Latin-American youths. Jesus Silvas, Alfredo Perez, Pascual Guerrero, Mike Gonzales, Mario Madrid and Refugio Gonzales are charged with murder in connection with the slaying of Jesus Cerda. 52, captain of a sheep- shearing crew. One other, defendant charged in the indictment with murder, is Joe Lozano, 24, Mexi-' car: youth.

Still another defendant in the case, Charlie Benson, 24, negro, has already been convicted of murder and assessed a term of 25 years in State Prison. Judge Woodley returned to the bench Wednesday morning to hear the defense's motion for a change of venue in the case of the six defendants. The presiding judge was called to Sabinal Monday on account of the critical illness of his (Continued on Page City Schools Will Open September 13 Vacancies on Faculty List To Be Filled RATIONING REMINDERS Man Charged In Attack on Small Child P-TA Open House Set for Friday Open house will again be held nt the Tivy gymnasium on Friday evening at 8 o'clock when an added attraction to the program will be a local orchestra. i Mure than ever in wartime, recreation must be assured for children and youth through full use and expansion as needed, of all public leisure time activities. Parents and business people of the city have expressed their desire to the Tivy Junior-Senior Parent- 1 Teacher Association that the recreational program, started this summer may continue throughout the school term.

The programs are well and chaperoned, i Oscar Neunhoffer, Jr. Is Honor Student at Texas A. M. College; Oscar Neunhoffer, now in the; Field Artillery and stationed at Fort Sill, has been listed among the distinguished students at Texas A. M.

College for the past semester, according to a communication received from the col-' lege by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Neunhoffer. The letter signed by Dean E. J.

Kyle of the School of said: "I consider that your son deserves special commendation be- caus.e last semester we had many, many distractions due principally -to the war situation. It was hard for students to apply For this reason, your son has reflected honor not only upon himself and his parents, but the college as well." Young Neunhoffer, a junior student at Texas A. M. College, entered the Army at Camp Wolters last May 22 and later was transferred to Fort Sill. Building Program Making Splendid Progress and Supt.

H. A. Moore Says Plans Satisfactory School bells will toll the knell of vacation's end for 1,600 Kerrville school children on Monday, September 13. The date for opening of the 1943- i 44 term was announced Tuesday by Supt. H.

A. Moore, who said that i the restoration plans for the high school building destroyed last November were making splendid progress and that the building would be ready for occupancy by the start of the regular fall term. Due to wartime conditions, a number of vacancies exist on the school faculty, Mr. Moore said, but these openings will be filled with capable teachers when the board holds a meeting late in August. "All schools are faced with the problem of filling vacancies," Superintendent Moore said, "but we are fortunate here in Kerrville because many teachers want to come to this section to reside.

I have no fears that we will have a most capable staff when the school term opens," Tivy High School for the past several years has gained recognition from the Texas Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges and also from the Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges." DAUGHTER TO CASSIDYS Dr. and Mrs. W. A. Cassidy are the proud parents of a daughter born Sunday morning at Santa Rosa Hospital, San Antonio.

The youngster weighed eight pounds, four ounces. i Dr. Cassidy is chief of the medi-l cal service at the Veterans Hospital, Legion. McCraw Promoted To Captain Rank Kerrville friends this weel: were apprised of the promotion of First Lieut. Lynn W.

McCraw. Medical. Administrative Corps, U. S. Army, to the rank of captain.

Captain McCraw, who is stationed in New Orleans, formerly was a member of the faculty of Schreiner Institute. He recently was married to Miss Matilda Real, daughter nf Mr. and Mrs. A. W.

Real uf Kerrville. New Dental Chief On Duty at Legion Dr. George J. Gisin arrived in the city Saturday and has assumed his duties as chief dental officer at the Veterans Hospital, Legion, Dr. Frank B.

Brewer, manager of the hospital, announced Wednesday. Dr. Gisin comes here from the Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, Washington, D. C. He succeeds Dr.

Harry Smith who recently retired as chief dental officer at Legion. Dr. Smith and family are now residing at San Fernando, Calif. book coupons No. 7, good for four gallons outside the East Coast shortage area, must last through September 21.

All gasoline coupons in the possession of car owners must be endorsed with the owner's license number and state of registration. No. 13 good for five pounds, through August 15. Stamp No. 14, good for five pounds, becomes valid August 16 and remains good through October.

Stamps Nos. 15 and 16 are good through October 31 for five pounds each for home canning purposes. Housewives may apply to their local ration boards for more If necessary. stamps no longer required. Meat, etc.

Red Stamps and now vald, expire August 31; is valid August 8, expires August 31; is valid August 15, expires August 31. Processed Blue stamps remain valid through August 7. Blue stamps 1 became valid August 1 and will be good through September 20. Miss Kincaid Is Ensign in Waves Miss Beatrice L. Kincaid of Kerr-1 ville has been commissioned ensign in the United States Naval Reserve, the Waves, and has been assigned i to active duty, the Public Relations Office at the Naval Reserve Midshipman's School, Northampton, announced Monday.

Miss Kincaid is the daughter of Mrs. G. H. Kincaid of 1522 Jefferson Street. Ensign Kincaid is a graduate of the University of Texas with the bachelor of arts degree.

Before entering the Naval Service, she was a clerk in the military intelligence department at Laredo. Prior to entering the government service she was an instructor in social studies in the Kerrville Public Schools. She is a member of the Chi Omega fraternity. After a brief visit with her mother in Kerrville, Ensign Kincaid left Monday to report to her! assigned station at New La. i John W.

Constable Held For Criminal Assault on Seven Year Old Kerrville Girl. Rev. Stewart Matthews To Teach Bible Class City Playground Program Will Close Next Tuesday The playground program, sponsored through the cooperative efforts uf several civic organizations and which has been i in progress on the Tivy High School campus since the middle of will close next Wednesday, August 10, Director Paul Snow has announced. Approximately 200 boys and girls from seven to 15 years of age have been participating in the playground program during the summer season. Mrs.

Beverly Rhyne, a member uf the school faculty, has been assisting Director Snuw with the supervision of activities. Mrs. Klnne has had charge uf the girls' division. As tile prugram swung intu tile final week Director Snuw announced thai the Comanches were lead-! I ing the Tejas tribe in puints by 733 lu 724 puints. Tile final' standing uf the two tribes will be announced Saturday, August 7.

at 8 p. in. 1 Elruy Bude was announced Tues- day as winner of the season's ping- pong tournament. The champion is a member of the Tejas tribe. Leslie Ottinger, of the Comanches was the runner-up.

Janet Sommers uf the Comanche tribe won the croquet singles matches, with Louis Romero of the same tribe in second place. In the croquet doubles Louis Romero and Janet Sommers finished in first place. Duris Ramsey and Anna Russell of Ihe Tejas placed second. The finals in Ihe tennis tourney, both singles and doubles, are being played this week and the results will be known after the title matches which are scheduled for Saturday. August 7, at 7 p.

in. Director Snow, on behalf uf the 2UU children participating in the playground programs, Wednesday expressed his sincere appreciation In the following sponsors: Kerrville Kiwanis Club. Kerrville Rotary Club. Kerrville Junior Chamber fit Commerce, City of Kerrville, Parent-Teacher Organizations, Blue Bonnet Bible Class, and the Kerrville Public Schools. (Cuminued on Page President Philip Swayze of the Blue Bonnet Bible Class announced that Rev.

Stewart Matthews. Rector of St. Peter's Episcopal Church, would speak to the class Sunday morning. The class meets at each Sunday morning in the Blue Bonnet Hotel, and has a standing invitation to men who have no other Sunday school affiliation. Rev.

Emmet V. Rodriguez, pastor of ihe Mexican Bapiist Church here, taught the Bible Class Sunday. Troop 155 Boy Scouts On Trip to Frio Canyon Six members of boy Scout Troop 155, Boy Scouts of America, left early Wednesday for a two-day camping trip to the Frio Canyon cijuniry. The group was in charge of Rev. Paul S.

Van Dyke. Scoutmaster of Troop 155, and Nurman J. Luther, assistant scoutmaster. Tlie troupers, who were selected for their attendance and achievement records during the first part of this year, included the following: Louis Romero. Mike Michun.

Day Ion Erseh, George Collier, Sam and James Coltun. Son of Kerrville Man Receives Commission In Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet James E. Nicks, 23, 5107 Grant wood Boulevard. Houston, son of Sam R. Nicks of Kerrville, last Thursday completed his advanced training course at the Army Air Forces School, Frederick, and received his commission as second lieutenant.

Lieutenant Nicks enlisted in the Army Air Forces at Randolph Field, took his preliminary training at Ada, Oklahoma, and his basic course al Childress, Texas, before entering the Advanced School at Frederick. The father of the young Army Air Forces officer is linotype operator for The Kerrville Times. Dr. Irvin Rosenberg To Be Nviv Member Legion Medical Staff Dr. Irvin E.

Rosenberg is expected to report within the next week as a member of the Veterans Hospital medical staff at Legion, Dr. Frank B. Brewer, hospital manager, announced Wednesday. Dr. Rosenberg has been transferred lo Legion from Ihe Veterans Hospital al Memphis.

Tenn. He will replace Dr. John C. Herrick. who is soon to be retired after 25 in the Government medical service.

ON VACATION MARRIAGE LICENSE Fry James Delman Emma Stilt. Adele Humphries, secretary to Dr. Frank B. Brewer, manager of Ihe Veterans Hospital. Legion, is on vacalion leave and has gone lo Galvesion.

Mrs. Humphries will be away and Mrs. from her posl of duty for about one moiuh. A white man approximately 30 years old was charged Wednesday afternoon in a complaint filed In Justice Court, Precinct 1, with criminal assault on a seven-year- old Kerrville girl. The complaint was filed at 1 m.

by Constable Jeff Duncan and City Policeman Floyd Daniels. The officers said that the man, a member of a religious sect which places religious tracts on the streets and in Kerrville homes and claims emption from military service on account of conscientious scruples, lured the little girl into his room on West Water Street, where the criminal offense occurred. He was questioned for several hours before filing of the complaint. According to the mother of the child, she was told of the attack and immediately notified officers, who stationed themselves at a point on West Water Street and took the suspect into custody when he drove his car, without lights, into a driveway at a house occupied by himself and three other members of the organization, A preliminary hearing on the felony complaint was scheduled to be held Thursday afternoon. Jaycees Will Give Barbecue Monday Night Members of the Kerrville Junior Chamber of Commerce will hold their annual barbecue and ladles' night meeting next Monday night, August 9, at the Kerrville Country Club, President Joe Pacheck announced Tuesday.

The Jaycees each year give a barbecue and invite their wives and ladies of the organization to help celebrate the success of the outstanding project of the year, the Hill Country Championship Rodeo, It has become the custom for the Jaycees to invite the directors ol boys' and girls' summer camps in the Kerrville area as guests for this occasion. Talent from the various camps will provide the entertainment feature. Chas. Johnson, chairman of the committee on arrangements, and his co-workers have arranged for an unrationed Spanish goat barbecue with all the trimmings, and refreshments will be served. The barbecue will be served on the clubhouse lawn, weather permitting.

Following the barbecue and program, a dance will be held. On account of wartime restrictions and a sincere desire to aid, in food, conservation, it is urgently requested that all who plan to attend the Monday barbecue either mail in their card or call Chairman Charles Johnston at 222 not later than Saturday night, advising him huw many will attend. This is necessary in order that sufficient food may be prepared for all guests without any waste. Pruspective members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce are especially invited. President Pa- check stressed Tuesday.

New members recently enrolled in the organization are Fred Sample and Michael George, employees of the Veterans Hospital at Legion. Allie B. Burton, Jr. Enrolled as Aviation Cadet in U. S.

Army Enrolled in the pre-flight school at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center with the latest class of 424 cadets from Texas is Allie B. Burton, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B.

Burton, the Public Relations Office at the Cadet Center, announced Tuesday. Representing the pick of American yuuth. the at the center are being siibjei'ieu! tu intensive scholastic. ph.v:.ii\il and military training. A(UT Miccesaful completion of their studies, they will be on i.

moiv training in flying and finally will be awarded the silver wings of a pilot in the Army Air Forces. Cadet Burton is a graduate of Tivy High School and has been attending Baylur University at Waco..