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The Liberty Vindicator from Liberty, Texas • Page 5

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Liberty, Texas
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Thursday, September 6, 1945 The Liberty With Liberty County Newt Page Fift FIGHTING MEN AND WOMEN Burl P. who served 30 months In the Pacific with the 61st Battalion of the Seabees, is spending a 30-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Burl Lee, in Liberty. He is to report to Galveston. Pvt.

Barrett Sampson, phew of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Biirrett of Hardin, is serving with the infantry in the Phil- service seven months, Private Sampson trained at Camp Hood be- SAMPSON fore going overseas two months ago. He is a 1942 graduate of Liberty High School, and was employed in Houston before entering the army. great contribution of cadre-supervised Italian forces toward the completion of the Italian campaign Since the end of the in Germany, troops of that country have been used under the same plan set up for the Italians.

John Greak, 22-year-old son of Mrs. Nannie Greak of Lib. erty, has been serving aboard a Coast Guard.manned vessel operating in the Pacific since June, Seaman Greak enlistid in the Coast Guard on October 21. 1942, and trained at Groton, LaPorte and Galveston before shipping overseas. A brother, Joe, is with the Naval Air Corps stationed in Trinidad, after going overseas in December, 1944.

Both servicemen attended Liberty High School. Major Walter Clark, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E.

Clark of Liberty. is a member of the 2698th Technical Supervision Regiment (Overhead), which formed to supervise the activities of approximately Italian troops in the performance of services of supply tasks for the Peninsular Base Section. P'rom its activation in August. 1944. until the final finish of the campaign in Italy, the Techni.

cal Supervision Regiment furnished trained cadres for the control of large forces of the Italian Army, the release of many thou, sands of Americans for frontline service. The noteworthy success of their efforts is reflected in the Methodist Revival Has Large Crowds Large are attending the revival in progress this week at the Liberty Methodist church. In point of interest and good accomplished. the present series of services is said by many to transcend any previous revival conducted at the Methodist church in years. The messages are being delivered by Rev.

Homer T. Fort, pastor Of the First Methodist church. Beaumont. an outstanding Methodist minister. Congregational singing is also proving to be one of the high, lights of the meeting.

Services will continue through Sunday night, at a. ami 8:00 p. according to the pastor, Rev. Karl O. Buyer.

NEWS MRS. J. T. STERLING Buy A War Bond Today! When You Think of Piece Goods FOR ALL PURPOSES of Of course we have EVERY material at exactly the time you iret ready for it, but we maintain a Kood selection of Seersuckers, Prints, Woolens and other piece goods that you netnl for your late-summer and early-fall sewintr. Since new goods are arriving almost daily, it will pay you to shop frequently at one of stores satisfaction is ALWAYS S.

N. ABRAHAM Stores at Hull and Daisetla FOR ALL WIZARD BATTERIES Quality and endurance comparable to much higher priced batteries, plus your iron-cladl Western Auto GUARANTEEI 6.85 For most cars, etjuipment type, KM) amps 45 plates. Now Only With Exch. For Ford, Zephyr, Mercury, 1940-42. Exch Ask About Our 4 Convenient Purchase Plans: 1.

CASH 3. THIRTY-DAY 2. LAYAWAY 4. BUIXJET Plan EITIiKK SAVE! For Satisfaction Buy It at Western Auto Associate Store Lowry S. Fox, Owner LAURENCE AT FRANKLIN Ernie fornier coach at Hull-Daisetta.

has been named head coach at Franklin High School. The former Rice Institute end coached at Cedar Hayou before he went to and more recently has been assistant football coach and athletic director at Conroe High School. LOCALS Lt. Miller Rarrier is spending a short leave with his parents. Mr.

and Mrs. Clyde Petligo of Hull. (ierald Hinea returned Saturday to San Diego for reassignment, after a visit with his parents here. Electrician Mate Carleton Welch arrived Tuesday for a twenty-one day leave with his mother and sisters here. He luis been stationed at the Small Craft Training Center in San Pedro.

Calif. Mr. and Mrs. E. Getaz have returned from San Antonio whtye they went to meet their son, Corp.

Emil Getaz, who has received his discharge after three and nine months in thp service, three years and five months of which he served overseas. Emil took pjirt in the campaign at about the time the goint; was really tough and 12 days in a foxehole without coming otif. Mrs. CiPtaz and Emil are visiting in Prairie Lea. where he is enjoying the society of schoolmates of the intermediate days.

Emil now tips the scales at 22.5. Mrs. William Martin and son. William Ray, of Jiuna spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs.

Orville Martin. and Mrs. S. P. Baillio and sons.

liob and Paul, spent Monday in Willis with their father and sister. Mike Graybill and Mrs, Mike Peacock. Dr. and Mrs. N.

Bevil of and Miss Dorothy iJene rU'vil. who Is employed with the on a very important to Friedman's Back-to- SCHOOL SALE! COATS 8.95 to 12.95 Rayon DRESSES 3.95 All Wool SWEATERS 2.95 Poll Acrobat SHOES Kayon 39c Cotton SLIPS Cotton SOCKS 25c One Lot of NON-RATION ED SHOES Use Our l-AY-AWAY for any item.H you wish to hold until later. state Health Department in Austin, spent the Labor Day weekend with their parents, Dr. and Mrs. Jack Bevil.

They joined in the celebration of Dr. birthday Monday. Mrs. Darrel Smith and son. Darrel Frank, of Houston spent the Day week-end in the Frank Crabtree home.

Mrs. Bertie Parker of Houston spent the week-end with her sisters, Mrs. Prentiss Hall of Dalset- ta. and Mrs. C.

O. Purvis of Hull. Miss Juanita Abshier of Houston and Mr. and Mrs. Troy Carmichael and daughter of Port Neches, spent the week-end In I he home of their mother.

Mrs. Roy Abiibler. Mr. and Mrs. (irady of Beaumont week-end quests in the home of their sister and brother-in-law, Mr.

and Mrs. John Fai ris. Mr. and Mrs. J.

W. Barclay and son, Phillip, have returned from a recent visit with Mr. and Mrs, J. Tiarclay in Vintcm. Guests in the M.

Goolsby home over the week-end included Mrs. Maddox and Mr. and Mrs. William Blevins of Houston, and Miss Juanita Gee of Beaumont. Mr.

and Mrs. Walker and children of Brown visited last week with Mrs. Murray V. Pahner. Captain and Mrs.

Kenneth Koehler returned to Daisetta last week, where Mrs. Koehler will remain while her husband reports to Ft. Ord. C'alif. for overseas duty.

Bob Baillio is home from San Diego on all day leave finished Radar school at his California base At the end of his leave he v.il! for assignment in the East theater. Mrs. Asby tif Lonjiview' spent the week-end with ami Mrs. H. N.

Ashy, Ensign Asby, her husbantl. is now stationed in Hawaii. Motor Transport To Get Many Men Of Armed Forces The motor industry in Texas has prejmred itself to handle the return of more than 10,000 experienced employees from the armed forces without any reduction of current personnel schedules, Lynn B. General Manager of the Texas Motor Transportation Assoclaticm, said here today. industry has worked short, handed throughout the war Shaw said, motor carriers are confident that the employment situation will rapidly stabilize itself with the return of war veterans who, because of their military experience, will be better prepared to face the reconversion Shaw said plans were being wor.

ked out to guide and counsel the returning veterans and bring them up to on the industry's postwar problems and opportunities. Fleet supervisors courses will be held next March at M. College in conjunction witfc other motor transportation izations, intensive safety rams are to be staged, and T. M. T.

is cooperating with the versity of Houston in planninir for driver training courses to be heM in December. James Doolittle was the man to fly across the continent in one day. Sugar Outlook Is Not Encouraging Charlie DeJohn Is Claimed by Death Charlie of passed away in a local hospital Tuesday night after an illness of five months. He had lived in this section for the past years. Funeral services were conducted by Rev.

Paul Mlchalka at the Church of the Immaculate Conception Thursday ntorning at 9 o'clock, with interment in the Catholic in Liberty. Pace.Stancil Home was in charge. Mr. iVJohn is survived by bis wife, DeJohn of Dayton; sons, Norwood. Earl, ('harlle, Joe.

Rock, and Ray- inoml, all of Dayton, and and Albert of Houston, One son. Frank, was killed in action in Italy last year. He is also survived by two daughters, Mrs. Lena Tun- don of Houston and Miss Pearl DeJohn of Dayton; bis nuHher. Mrs.

Lawrence DeJohn of liaton Rouge, 1 sisters, Mrs, Mesina, Oindousas, Mrs Pearl Mrs. Mary Vince and Mrs. Victoria Ropfiolo. all of Baton Rouge; 2 Frank aiul De.lobn of Baton Uouge, ami six grandcbiblren. Toilay the Fnited has the least sugar bad since the last war.

Our sugar reserves i)robably cafi't be rebuilt tintII 17. says a frotii the A Extension Service. As you probably know only abotit one-fourth our sugar is grown in the 4S states. So when the war started our stigar troubles began. Not only the United States, l)Ut our allies cut off from sugar in the areas except fnnn Hawaii.

And likely many more months will pass before most of the producers will ship sugar to us again even from the Philippines. In the meantime, our allies who were formerly on home grown sugar and on sugar from the Pacific have had to obtain some of their sugar from the Cari- bean area That less sugar for the United States, With less sugar to buy on the world market and more people to buy it, our national supplies have gradually dwindled. In the face of that, we useil 450,000 tons ntore sugar for Ixtme canning purposes last summer than we actually needed for the food we put up. With the money to buy it and the to eat it, we jHobably used some of that canning simar for cookies, lemonade arul the like. Now we have jiractlcally no re.

nerve stocks of sugar to fall back on. Unfortunately Cuba has suffered from the worst drought in Hi years The sugar crop in Cuba was tons short Ions Fortunately, more sugar were planted in the Slates this year but not enough to balance other shortages we much In supply for many nuinths. A news put out by the University of Texas law s( hool has a new the of Already by butulreds of sttHlents of the law school. It goes by to Vale and Harvard law libraries. Eight hundred typewritten panes Wfre to net the de- t.iils of the part in DDav.

Irving Herlin, who has more than kouks has never had a lesson or leanu'd read music. New Shipment of Gas and Oil Stoves flinn Our Gas Stoves Feature Such Well-Known Makes CALOKIC NORGE WELBILT MODERN MAID with Heat Control $89.50 and up Keropas Oil Stoves, featuring both table-top and cabinet style. S49.50 and S54.50 MES FUilTUllE He.nt Save your waste paper Friedman's I friiisToiii or pmoMi. iiRvtci Dayton Lardent Btore I JpJUTAN OF INDIA. CAN SWAIUOW OBJICTS SUCH AS A ruu.

GROWN CAT, A rowi OR A tt 6 or mutton 15 tASILV ANO USELO TO KCfP TMt And PlACtS CLtAN Use ycai! doctor in of illiM but reiiieiiiber thal first of defense against ill Dens ult your physician lurly' Bring your piescripiions us purest, frenh drugs, com pouncied Just uh your dixtor tribes. IN OBSERVANCE OF Hashonoh OR JEWISH NEW YEAR FOLLOWING STORES WILL BE CLOSED SATURDAY, SEPT. 8 The Grand Leader The Fair Store Kay's Q-P Store IBERTY, TEXAS rieaman's Kline's Q-P Store DAYTON, TEXAS The Q-P Store in Liberty and the Q-P Store in Dayton will be open from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m..

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1896-1978