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TTTE CORSICANA SEMI-WEEKLY LIGHT, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1945. THREE CASUALTY LIST FOR CENTRAL TEXAS OF BOTH ARMY AND NAVY Army-Navy war casualties released Saturday throuph the Of- fice of War Information included men from this vicinity as follows Army Dead. European Regons. Pfc. Louis J.

Clark, husband of Mrs. Edith L. Clark, Malakoff. First Lt Gordon M. Heap, hua- i band of Mrs.

Marguerite K. Heap, 1821 Algonquin avenue, Waco. Army Wounded. European Regions. Pfc- Raymond H.

Arlow, husband of Mrs. Lessie B. Arlow, 2420 Washington avenue, Waco. Cpl. William O.

Beilefeldt, son of Henry Bielefeldt, Malone. Sgt. Vernon P. Kindle, husband of Mrs. Berry J.

Kindle, 413 Lantrip street, Kilgore. S-Sgt. Frank Zhanel, son of Anton Zhanel, Route 2, Ennis. Pfc. Curtis R.

McVey, son of Mrs. A. McVey, Route 2, Madisonville. Army Missing. European Regions.

Pvt. Byrd Rhodes, son of Mary E. Rhodes, Route 1, Box 191, Kcsse. Army Prisoners of War. Germany.

Pvt. Paul Adams, son of Mrs. Neil Route 2, Long- Pfc. William H. Driskell, son of Hahlan Driskell, Route 1, Waco, Navy Wounded.

Cpl. John V7. USMCR; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vaulton Jvl.

Davis, 1100 Live Oak, Marlin. All repeats based on prior notification tc next of kin. Pvt. Lloyd Armstrong Of Blooming Grove Killed In Action Pvt. Lloyd Armstrong, aged 19 years, infantry, U.

S. First Army, was killed in action, April 1, in Germany, according to a war department telegram recieved Thurs day by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pruitt Armstrong, of Blooming Grove. He had been in the army about a year.

Surviving are his parents, three brothers, Buford Armstrong, Corsicana, and two small brothers at home; a sister, Mrs. Letha Mae Saunders, Blooming Grove, and Other relatives. He a nephew Of Mose Armstrong of Corsicana. Blacksmith Coal Quality- AVm. CAMERON CO.

Corsicana. Texas. UNIFORM 1 DALLAS, April rell Gray, of Corsicana, Texas, who is now serving in the United States Navy, was recently advanced in rate from Seaman Second Class to Seaman First Class. He is now attached to one of the new large aircraft carriers serving somewhere in the Pacific. Hie wife, Mrs.

Helen Margarite Gray, is now liring in Corsicana while her husband is overseas. CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOLS SELLING MOST BONDS COMMISSIONED Harbert W. Burkhart, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boyte, 19.

mate third class, USNR, 1022 West Tenth avenue, is aboard a USS LSI in the Pacific, according to announcement by the Navy public relations department. It is this typo vessel that put ashore troops In addition to the achievement banner that is to be awarded the Navarro county school selling the i most bonds in the Seventh War Bond drive, a certificate for meritorious service will be given to the individual room in school sells thb most bonds during the drive, it was decided Thursday at a meeting of school supei- intendents of the county held in the Chamber of Commerce office. I The certificates will be signed by Joe E. Butler, county war bone. drive chairman, and by J.

C. AWARDED BRONZE STAR Watson, county superintendent of. WITH MERCHANT MARINE Raymond A. Pittman, 18, is now agttnsfizes? Beaton Street, received his silver. Lieut.

James A. Mayo, Kerens, is picture! above being presented thei Butler and Watson called the Bronze Star Medal by Brig. Gen. meeting to perfect plans for cn- Will'ston Palmer, artillery general Misting every school chud in the of the Seventh Corps, First U. county to sell bonds to parents, I Army.

The colorful ceremony oc-1 reiatives and friends during the Paul F. Harwell, seaman, second wings and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Armyi Air Forces upon completion of his USNR, advanced training at I preparing for ser ice this Top Texas unit of the AAF 3 growing amphibious force Central Flying Training Command, Now stationed at the Atlan.i curred recently somewhere in many. (U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo).

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When Harwell completes his preparation at Little Creek, exclusive traning ground for LSM crews. Aged Man Selling Pencils Questioned By City Officers An old man of patriarchal ap- his shipmates pearance and with flowing white beard was arrested by police in take over a built landi the business district Tuesday. He shiP- was carried to the corporation; Harwell entered the Navy in court at the city hall for question- vember, 1944 went through re- jng i cruit training at Great Lake, 111. Said to be worth $85,000, the man His brother. J.

Vernon Harwell, is carried a cane and wore dark i a 1st Lt. in the Marines and is now glasses. For the last two days he; stationed at San Diego. The two has been selling pencils here in men are the sons of Mrs. Jennie violation of the city ordinance: Harwell, 1431 West Collin street, which requires a permit or license, i Corsicana.

police stated. Police believe the! man is only partly blind. He toltj; AN AIR FORCE the court he was harming no BOMBER STATION, England that he had a right to sell pencils £he promotion of Kenneth Oden or accept gifts. 21. son of Mrs.

Lena Oden, 621 West Do you have an old age pen-! Avenue, Corsicana, Texas, thb rank of Second Lieutenant to First Lieutenant, was announced recently by Lt. Col. Lewis P. Ensign, Paso, Texas, commanding officer of the 398th heavy bomburdment group. Lt.

Oden is pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress drive. The following school heads were present: J. T. Black, superintendent of Blooming Grove R. C.

Marshall, superintendent at Zion's Rest; J. L. Cox, trips to European capitals and superintendent at Barry; V. othoT places of interest are really i Harrison, superintendent at Frost; he says. I Roy Cloud, vocational agriculture Pri'ate Pike, son of Mrs.

Nellie teacher representing G. H. Wile- Mae Pike, visited the division restjmon of Kerens; S. P. Wilcox, camp fc- a few days.

rest superintendent at E. camp is the closest thing to homejC. Butler, superintendent at Emit hat. reports. "The'house; A.

Garland, superin- i Red Cross girls make each and tendent ai Mildred, and R. on his second voyage overseas with the Merchant Marine following a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs Ernest W. Pittman, and sister, Oneta, of Corsicana. His first voyage was tc Italy and Greece.

Pittman attended Corsicana High School before entering the Merchant Marine service, Nov. 19, 1944. every feel as though are the-ir they Pvt. Carson A. Wilson, U.

S. Ar- my Air Forces stationed at Brownsville, is at home on furlough visiting his wife and infant son, I Handel Carson (Randy), born April 13. Entering the service at Dallas I in July, 1942, Pvt. Wilson is now at coverage of the county, he Brownsvillo BAAF as a TRO on a B-26. Waller, superintendent at Dawson.

All the school men present agreed to put the program for selling bonds into effect in their schools at the earliest possible date and to direct the campaign in the entire area in which each of their schools is located, Butler said. This will give com- 4-H CLUB NEWS Sgt. Roy Shields has returned to Fort Bennirg, Ga-, after spending a 14-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T.

L. and sister, Kay. Chief Bruce Nutt asked. give me the old man replied. expect you have more money than any of us Nutt said.

what if I have." the old man countered. The stranger said he had been arrested in, Dallas but the city found it could v'aJ graduated from Corsicana not atop him from selling the pen cils or from accepting money given him on the streets. 25-Year Button For J. S. Beauchamp High School in 1941.

Before entering the Army February 24, 1943. he was student at Kilgore College, Texas. I Pfc. Jack Harvard, whose wife, Mrs. Rita Harvard lives at 1525 presentation or a zo-year veier -1 West Third Avenue, was in a lead button to J.

S. Beauchamp I platoon of 14 men which was tlw featured the regular meeting of f'rst to land and start attacking Corsicana Lodge No. 63, IOOF, i the city of Iloilo, second largest of DeLuxe Welding Radiator Shop Are you having trouhle with your car radiator? All makes of radiators cleaned, flushed and leaks repaired. WELDING All kinds of acetylene and eleetric welding. Portable equipment if needed for the job.

Day and 304 South Beaton Street. Phone 824. Thursday evening. The presentation wa3 made by John C. Hughes, district deputy grand master and former trustee of the grand lodge and IOOF Homes of Texas.

The initiatory degree was confer- led on one candidate. Lieut. Ralph Sawyer Wounded In Action Army casualties released Friday through the Office of War Information included men from this vicinity as follows: Army Wounded. European Regions. Lieut.

Ralph Hugh Sawyer, of Mrs Millie R. Sawyer, 720 South Fourteenth street, Corsicana. Cpl. Mozee Thompson, Jr-, son of Mozee Thompson, 312 Dorrance street, Palestine. Army Missing, Pacific Regions.

Capt Samuel M. Carr, son of Mrs. Leona Carr, 330S Acree street, Waco. Army Prisoners of ar. Germany.

Lieut. Harold T. Brooks, husband of Mrs. Etoile S. Brooks, 410 Craig street.

Hillsboro. Sgt. Albert C. Walding, brother of Mrs. Lorenda Harding, Palestine.

Route 5. All reports are based on prior notification to next of importance in the Philippines. He is with the 185th Regiment, 40th Infantry Division. Landing in a surprise move on Panay, March 18, these men participated in bitter fighting at Molo, east of Iloilo. Here they were subjected to enemy rifles, machine- guns.

mortar shells and land mines. They the large port and rail center March 21 after serving the 18fth point in the assault. Filipinos lined the streets to shower kisses, flowers and handshakes and to stage an informal parade. These of 51 days continuous fighting on Luzon have been awarded Combat Infantry Badges CharMe Wayne Johnson, a graduate of the Corsicana State Home, is stationei with the Navy in Honolulu. Cpl.

Rawson son of Mr. and Mrs H. H. Crawford Rice, is somewhere in Germany. He entered the service in February, 1943, and has been overseas since January, 1M4 His brother, Pfc.

Worsham Crawford, is stationed on Jamacia Island. Worsham was graduated from Corsicana High school. T. E. Jordan, seaman firet class, 701 North Third street, Cor- I Kicana, a member of a Coast landing boat crew that I helped put the assault I troops ashore at Tap-held Okina- only £30 miles from the Jap- janese homeland, according to in- 'formation received from the U.

S. (Coast Guard public reiations office. The seaman is quoted as saying that the toughest obstacle wels the coral reefs and as far as lie could determine there a casualty in the first waves. Christian School April 29 May 3,1945 FIRST METHODIST CHURCH CORSICANA, TEXAS Directed By Methodist Churches of Corsicana District Officers and teachers of the Church School, officers and members of the W. S.

C. parents, and other Christians should take edvantage of this opportunity to grow in Christian knowledge. Tho following courses will be offered: Use of the Bible wijh by Mrs. Erwin F. Bohmfalk.

and Young by Rev. J. B. Holt. Church's Opportunity in Adult by Rev.

Erwin F. Bohmfalk. Teachings of by Rev. Finis A- Crutchfield. Life of by Rev.

A. W. Gordon. The opening session will be Sunday afternoon, April 29, 3:00 5:00 The remaining four sessions will be held Monday through Thursday nights, 7:30 9:30 S-Sgt. Johnr.ie Chirafis, S.

Army, is home on a furlough from European battlefields, ai riving Thursday afternoon. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Chirafis of Corsicana. During his high school days, Chirafis was all-district 10-AA football guard, and lettered as a freshman at the University of Texas before entering the armed forces.

Re has seen action in Tunesia and throughout the Italian campaign. Chirafis was wounded in Itily late last year. When P-47 Thunderbolts took off recently from the first U. established on German soil, the ground crew personnel that formed a spontaneous cheering section alongside the runway iwas Sgt- Billy D. Murphree, son jof Mrs.

Zelma Murphree. 1521 Eighteenth street. Sgt. i Murphree was graduated front High school in 1941, ii. the army in Novem- iber, 1942.

He works in the communications section of his AMBULANCE SERVICE Call 223 utlierland-McCammon Funeral Home Modern Chapel With Pipe Organ. Our prices are never higher often less. Service is a Sacred 420 est 6th. Avenue. John Edward Varley, 517 North Fifteenth street, is an aviation cadet at the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center, where potential pilots, bombardiers and navigators are receiving pre-flight training to prepare them for serial instruction and duties as aircrew members in army air forces.

S-Sgt. William Allen of BIS North Fifteenth street, is a member of the 376th fighter-bomber group of the Ninth Air Force which received recently a Presidential Unit Citation for its part in the 1944, aerial campaign when the air power co-operated with the U. S. ground forces to immobilize, corner and pursue to the Siegfried Line remnants of the German Seventh rind Fifteenth armies WITH THE FIFTH ARMY. Martin L.

King, son of Mrs. Amanda King, 634 West Sixth avenue, is a member of the 13S8th Engineer Combat Group, which is maintaining 67 miles of vital hikhway feeding the Fifth Army front in Italy. Other current operations of the group include working a huge rock quarry, dispatching men to the front to mark off limits of minefields and maintenance of three 400 -lciI- lowatt generators. Retired Henderson County Farmer Dies ATHENS, April Thomas Harris, aged 84 years, retired farmer, died at his home in I Brownsboro Thursday morning. Surviving are his wife of Brownsboro: three daughters, six sons, 28 grandchildren and 17 grandchildren.

One son, E. D. Harris, resides at Kerens. Sgt. Fox H.

Brown Wounded in Action Sgt. Fox II. Brown, who Is with the First Army in Germany, was wounded in action Feb. 9. according to information received by his aunt, Mrs- W.

J. Tramel. Since going across in October, 1944, Sgt. Brown has been stationed in England, Bel- g'um and Germany. He is in a hospital in England at Forme Wortham Soldier Freed WORTHAM, Texas, April relatives and friends of Sgt.

John B. Stubbs of Ft. Worth, have been informed by his wife of Ft. Worth, that he has been liberated, and is safe and sound. Stubbs was first reported missing in action since Jan.

9th, 1945. A prH 10th 1945. he was repeated a prisoner of the Germans. John was born in Wortham, and received hin early schooling here. He is the son of Mr.

and Mrs. Roy Stubbs, now of Ft. Worth. Mr. Farmer Bring us yonr hens, fryers and We wiO pay you the highest market price in cash.

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explained Butler yesterday r.amed S. J. Miles chairman of a retail merchants committee for the Eeventli War Loan. The committee will push the sale of war bonds by retail stores, Butler said Dorothy Garnett Of Uvalde Lieut. Brvan WORTHAM.

April 2, pi) Miss Dorothy Garnett, i of Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Garnett of Uvalde, became the bride of Lt.

Bryan Frost, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. Frost of Wortham, at a ceremony performed recently in Sen Antonio at Riverside Baptist Church. Pickett Club.

Tomato seeds were distributed for planting to members of Pickett 4-H Club at a meeting of the group April 198 at Pickett school. Miss Williams gave a demonstration of how to make a lingerie box. The group plans to make gifts for Day. Thirteen members and one visitor attende d. The organization is collecting clothing for the wa devastated countries.

-------------v-----------Former Worthamite Died In Lampasas WORTHAM Texas, April services for Mrs. Allen Mathison, 73, who died in hospital in Lampasas, were held Sunday atternoon, in the First Baptist Church of Wortham with interment in Wortham cemetery. Deceased was born Nancy Jane Thornton, at Cotton Gin. Freestone County. She lived in Wortham and community the major part of her life, moving to Lampasas a few years ago.

Immediate relatives surviving are two sons, Rev. Roy Mathison of Lampassas and Pfc. Ray Mathison, of Miami Beach, Fla one OVERSUBSCRIPTION FOR CRUSADE FOR CHRIST CAMPAIGN A totM of $26,040,749 has been raised up to April 9th, in a campaign to raise $25,000,000 in the Crusade fcr Christ Campaign, recently inaugurated by the Methodist Church o) the United States. Of this amount over $11.000,000 has been raised in cash of which $10.000,000 was or. deposit with the World Service treasurer of the church cfficial figures were pub lished the April 19th issue of The the national weekly organ of the Methodist church, and were released by Bishop Ralph Magee, director of the Crusade.

It was also stated that when all returns are in the total sum will far exceed the $26,000.000 mark. Bisrop Magee remarks that it truly had been a great achievement of the church in raising this sum for others. The Eishop pointed out that while all of 1945 had been set aside to raise this fund that the sum this early in tlie year had already been ra'sed. Other phases of the Crusade as outlined by the last General Conference will be taken up in the future. Wortham Soldier Gets Citation WORTHAM, Texas.

April 21 and Mrs. Quay Miller of Wortham, have received news from the Fifth Army in Italy that their sen, Techinical Sgt Otha Miller, has been cited by the 338th Infantry Regiment of the 85th Division and awarded the Combat Infantry Badge for actual in combat against the enemy in the Fifth Army Front in Italy. Tiie decoration is awarded to the infantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in combat. Sgt. Miller was one of the survivors of the S.

S. Princeton that was lost, in the Pacific War Zor.e. Naval Flyer Is a Reported Missing In Pacific Area Liput. Elbert S. Heim, 26, S.

navy fighter pilot, is miss- jing in action near Japan, according to a telegr im received by hie ms, Mr and Mrs. W. J. W. Foster of Corsicana, from parents.

Mr. and Mrs. Elbert S. Shreveport, La. A graduate of the U.

Naval Academy at Annapolis, Lt Heim was decorated late in 1943 for the sinking of a Nazi ling submarine in the Atlantic, and wore a Navy Cross, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and a presidential unit citation. Entering the service in June, he three month." at I the naval air base at Corpus Chris Texas; attended 'he naval air station. Pensacoia. and Miami, He received his commission as a naval flier June 30. 1942, and served the remainder of that yeai the Pacific Coast, and then 1913 in the Atlantic area.

He returned tbe Pacific area in 1944 Lient. Heim was on duty iwith the American and Allied contingents when the t'rst landings effected in North Africa. jLt. Heim served on naval carriers Ithroughou; his active tour of jin both Easy. Convenient, Cheap your wart ads to 163.

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The rnaid of honor was Miss sister, Mrs Bill Spates of Worth- Glenn Mannering of Alamo three Mothers, Macon Thorn-, the attendant was Lt. Travis Hatih of Camp Polk, La. Lieutenant and Mrs. Frost are at home in El Paso, where he Is stationed. The bride was graduated from Howard I-ayne College and taught in the Mercedes School.

Lient. Frost h-is been on duty in the Pacific and received the Purple Heart with two Oak Leaf Clusters, having bean wounded in major battles at Attu, Leyte and the Marshall Islands Witnesses In Athens Court E. B. Dawson, district clerk, and C. O.

Curington, sheriff, were summoned as witnesses in court at Athens Friday morning. ton, Joe Thornton, and Dozier Thornton, all of Wortham, several and nephews, and one grand daughter. Sun Want Ads Bring Results. WANTED Bring us your Fryers, Hens and Eggs. VVe Pay Market Prices at All Times! Come to see us when in Corsicana.

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