Ellingsworth Helps Record WWII Memories

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VOLUME 67 NUMBER 7 ALLEN, PONTOTOC COUNTY , OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION (USPS 543600) 50¢ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2013
The Story of the Daredevils
Ellingsworth Helps Record WWII Memories
Most local folks are familiar
with stories of the heroes of the
famed 740th Tank Battalion
Daredevils, the most decorated
tank battalion of World War
II, which included several local boys: Meredith Robinson,
A. J. Vinson, Carl Vinson and
others.
Carl’s grandson, Jonathan
Ellingsworth, has grown up
with a deep and sincere appreciation for these Veterans,
has attended several of the
740th annual reunions with his
grandfather and visited with
many of his fellow Daredevils,
and become close friends with
Allen’s Newest Graduate!
one in particular, Mr. Harold
Bradley of Texas. The following is Mr. Bradley’s personal
account of those Daredevil
days.
Everyone knows that war is
hell, but a person cannot possibly know how hellish war
really is until he or she has
been there. The men of the
740th Tank Battalion, most of
us boys at the time, who fought
the good fight in World War II,
were there. We are qualified to
speak – But, you know, most
of them don’t. Speak that is.
About war, until we get together, then how the words flow.
We can’t seem to get enough
of each other’s stories. At least
that’s the way it is now when
the tankers who are still alive
and kicking get together, which
a lot of us do each year when
the 740th tank Battalion Association meets, usually around
the Labor Day Holiday.
Of course, there are fewer
and fewer every year, something like it was during the war
after each clash with the Germans. Always a few who didn’t
make it back. What kind of
people were these young men
of the 740th in World War II?
Many will never know if they
do not tell their stories where
their families can remember
the brave men that fought to
preserve the freedom we enjoy
today. This is my story!
continued Page 3
Jonathan Ellingsworth proudly shares Harold Bradley’s World
War II experiences with our readers. The two have met at numerous Daredevil Reunions and have become very close.
James Thomas left Allen Public Schools at the age of 17 in 1949. He was sent to boot camp
in Lousiana where the recruiters discovered he was not 18. He was asked to sign a waiver to
enlist because of being under the legal age to join the Army and so, Mr. Thomas joked, saying
that he had to change his date of birth to serve his country.”
Mr. Thomas served from 1949 to 1952 during the Korean War. He was honorably discharged as
a corporal in the Army. Mr. Thomas petitioned to receive a Veteran’s Diploma from the Oklahoma
State Department and asked to receive his diploma from Allen Public Schools and Superintendent
Harman and the Allen Board of Education were honored to present him with this diploma during
the Veterans’ Day Program at the school auditorium Monday, November 11, 2013.
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by Bill Robinson,
Publisher
Monday I had the privilege of attending Veterans Day ceremonies
at several area schools. Being around so many heroes is an experience I will never forget.
I had attended several World War II reunions with Dad before
his death and I am so thankful I had that opportunity. There are
many heroes that I know personally and then there are many that
I do not.
There was one reunion held this year that I would have loved to
witness but have obtained a picture and story about . . .
The cup of brandy that no one wants to drink. Is America today,
what she has become, worthy of men such as these? On Tuesday, August 13, 2013, in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, the
surviving Doolittle Raiders gathered publicly for the last time. They
once were among the most universally admired and revered men in
the United States. There were 80 of the Raiders in April 1942, when
they carried out one of the most courageous and heart-stirring military
operations in this nation’s history. The mere mention of their unit’s
name, in those years, would bring tears to the eyes of grateful Americans. Now only four survive. After Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, with the United States
reeling and wounded, something dramatic was needed to turn the war
effort around. Even though there were no friendly airfields close enough to Japan
for the United States to launch a retaliation, a daring plan was devised.
Sixteen B-25s were modified so that they could take off from the deck
of an aircraft carrier. This had never before been tried -- sending such
big, heavy bombers from a carrier. The 16 five-men crews, under the command of Lt. Col. James
Doolittle, who himself flew the lead plane off the USS Hornet, knew
that they would not be able to return to the carrier. They would have
to hit Japan and then hope to make it to China for a safe landing. But on the day of the raid, the Japanese military caught wind of
the plan. The Raiders were told that they would have to take off from
much farther out in the Pacific Ocean than they had counted on. They
were told that because of this they would not have enough fuel to
make it to safety. And those men went anyway.
They bombed Tokyo, and then flew as far as they could. Four planes
crash-landed, 11 more crews bailed out, and three of the Raiders died.
Eight more were captured; three were executed. Another died of starvation in a Japanese prison camp. One crew made it to Russia.
But the Doolittle Raiders had sent a message from the United States
to its enemies, and to the rest of the world: We will fight. And, no
matter what it takes, we will win. Of the 80 Raiders, 62 survived the war. They were celebrated as
national heroes, models of bravery. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer produced
a motion picture based on the raid; “Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo”, starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson, was a patriotic and emotional
box-office hit, and the phrase became part of the national lexicon. In
the movie-theater previews for the film, MGM proclaimed that it was
presenting the story “with supreme pride.” Beginning in 1946, the surviving Raiders have held a reunion each
April, to commemorate the mission. The reunion is in a different city
each year. In 1959, the city of Tucson, Arizona, as a gesture of respect
and gratitude, presented the Doolittle Raiders with a set of 80 silver
goblets. Each goblet was engraved with the name of a Raider.
Every year, a wooden display case bearing all 80 goblets is transported to the reunion city. Each time a Raider passes away, his goblet
is turned upside down in the case at the next reunion, as his old friends
bear solemn witness. Also in the wooden case is a bottle of 1896 Hennessy Very Special
cognac. The year is not happenstance: 1896 was when Jimmy Doolittle
was born.
There has always been a plan: When there are only two surviving
Raiders, they would open the bottle, drink from it, and toast their
comrades who preceded them in death.
As 2013 began, there were five living Raiders; then, in February,
Tom Griffin passed away at age 96. What a man he was. After bailing out of his plane over a mountainous
Chinese forest after the Tokyo raid, he became ill with malaria, and
almost died. When he recovered, he was sent to Europe to fly more
combat missions. He was shot down, captured, and spent 22 months
in a German prisoner of war camp.
The selflessness of these men, the sheer guts . . . there was a passage
in the Cincinnati Enquirer obituary for Mr. Griffin that, on the surface,
had nothing to do with the war, but that emblematizes the depth of his
sense of duty and devotion: “When his wife became ill and needed
to go into a nursing home, he visited her every day. He walked from
his house to the nursing home, fed his wife and at the end of the day
brought home her clothes. At night, he washed and ironed her clothes.
Then he walked them up to her room the next morning. He did that
for three years until her death in 2005.”
So now, out of the original 80, only four Raiders remain: Dick Cole
(Doolittle’s co-pilot on the Tokyo raid), Robert Hite, Edward Saylor
and David Thatcher. All are in their 90s. They have decided that there
are too few of them for the public reunions to continue. The events in Fort Walton Beach marked the end. It has come full
circle; Florida’s nearby Eglin Field was where the Raiders trained in
secrecy for the Tokyo mission.
Do the men ever wonder if those of us for whom they helped save
the country have tended to it in a way that is worthy of their sacrifice?
They don’t talk about that, at least not around other people.
The men decided that after this final public reunion to get together
once more and open the bottle of brandy. The years are flowing by
too swiftly now; they are not going to wait until there are only two
of them.
This past Saturday, November 10th, three of the four surviving
Raiders met again, this time at the US Air Force Museum in Dayton,
Ohio, and filled the four remaining upturned goblets and raise them
in a toast to those who are gone.
“May they rest in peace,” Lt. Col. Richard Cole, 98, said before he
and fellow Raiders - Lt. Col. Edward Saylor, 93, and Staff Sgt. David
Thatcher, 92 - sipped the 1896 cognac from their specially engraved
silver goblets.
Hundreds who had been invited to the ceremony, including family
members of deceased Raiders,
watched as the three each called
out “here” as a historian read the
names of all 80 of the original
airmen.
The fourth surviving Raider,
Lt. Col. Robert Hite, 93, couldn’t
travel to Ohio because of health
problems, but his son Wallace
Hite said his father, wearing a
Raiders blazer and other traditional garb from their reunions,
had made his own salute to the
fallen with a silver goblet of wine
at his home in Nashville, Tennessee, earlier in the week.
Hite is the last survivor of eight
Raiders who were captured by
Japanese soldiers.
A B-25 bomber flyover helped
cap an afternoon memorial tribute
in which a wreath was placed at
the Doolittle Raider monument
outside the museum. Museum
officials estimated some 10,000
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LT. COL. JAMES DOOLITTLE AND HIS CREW BEFORE THEIR ATTACK ON
JAPAN.
THE FOUR SURVIVORS OF THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS: LT. COL. RICHARD COLE,
AGE 98; LT. COL. EDWARD SAYLOR, AGE 93; STAFF SGT. DAVID THATCHER,
AGE 92; LT. COL. ROBERT HITE, AGE 93.
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Stories of the WWII Daredevils
History tells us that in Sep- opening was still available and
tember 1939 began World War he would have his wife call me
II – The bloodiest, most terrify- if I had the job.
ing war in all history. It was a
Monday morning came
war that before long would sear around, Dad and my brother,
the Globe.
Overton, went to the broomIn 1941 I was still in high corn field, and I stayed at
school at Elmore City, Oklaho- home. Mother asked me if I
ma when the Japanese attacked was sick or was I going to the
Pearl Harbor on December 7, corn field, and I told her that I
1941. I was only 17 years old, was expecting a call from Mrs.
a farm boy, knowing our coun- Paul to see if I had a job in
try was alPauls Valley.
ready close
She told me
to joining
that she didn’t
the war. We
think that she
had only
would call
committed
me. I told
to sendmother if she
ing war
didn’t I would
supplies
only lose
on loan to
$1.50. About
the Allied
10 AM, the
Forces,
phone rang. mainly
It was Mrs.
Great BritPaul, and she
ain, France
told me if I
and Ruscould get to
Mr. Harold Bradley
sia. WithElmore City,
in days,
which was
Japan’s
about four
allies, Germany and Italy, and half miles NW of Pauls
declared war on the United Valley, I could ride with her
States. December 7, the “date into Pauls Valley that evening.
which will live in infamy,” So I put some things together
brought us into World War II. and I walked to town, and
Many young men in our I went to work for George
school started enlisting in the F. Wackers Warehouse the
Army, Navy, Marines and next day. At that time I did
Army Air Corp. I was fortunate not have a place to stay but
to stay in school, and graduated a young man about the same
in May of 1942. In July of that age as I who worked at the
year I turned 18 and registered Warehouse invited me to stay
for the draft, not knowing how with his parents. I stayed there
long I would have before I over a month until I went to
would be called to serve my stay with Roy and Baby Mulcountry.
lins. They had three boys and
It was harvesting time on the twin daughters but they made
farm. Broomcorn was the crop room for me. I had no idea
that had to be cut, it was a cash how long I would be workcrop for my Father and Mother ing at Wacker’s, but I didn’t
to help clothe us for winter. I let that worry me, I wasn’t
joined the other farmers and cutting any more broomcorn.
started cutting for 15 cents per In September while attending
hour. Late in the harvest time, the Garvin County Free Fair, I
Bill Paul, a senior when I was a met a couple, George Machtolff
freshman, was working at G. F. and Earleen Cobble. Earleen
Wacker’s Warehouse in Pauls had a sister who was riding the
Valley. Bill was married to swings and she saw me talking
one of my teachers, Carmoleta to Earleen and wanted to know
Vaughn Paul. My neighbor had who I was, and Earleen told
a car and one Saturday night her she thought I worked at
we decided to go into Pauls Wacker’s Warehouse. A couple
Valley to see a movie and I ran of days went by and I was on a
into Paul and he asked me if I break at a Drug Store, where I
would like to come to work at met Kathleen Cobble.
Wacker Warehouse in Pauls
One Saturday night just beValley. I told him that sure fore Halloween, Kathleen and I
would beat cutting broomcorn. went to the show and I walked
Paul told me that he would find her home for the first time. She
out Monday morning if the lived about a half mile from the
theater and I lived over a mile
from the theater. I got lost the
first time I walked her home the project was not used by us, Ardennes, the Ruhr Pocket,
and I must have walked two the training was of great value and both of our penetrations
miles before I got on the right in our combat operations in the
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street and found my way back
to town, but before long I knew
my way around because we
started going steady.
Cars were hard to come by
back then and most of the time
we had to walk just about everywhere we went, but one day
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like to go to church with her
and her mother and sister and
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I told her I would love to. After
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serving our country. Not me
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Overton and I were in World
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We were nomads, traveling
from one hotspot to another,
doing maintenance while on
railroad trains, picking up and
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kinds of vehicles on the fly.
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Threads of Life
by Cleo Emerson LeVally
Recently the Chickasaw Public
Library had a class where people
could meet together and get information and help in writing their
life’s story. I have done research
on all the lives of my family and
the lives of my children’s ancestors and written some of their
stories. The amount of material I
have is astounding.
The story of my life is my story,
but in some ways it is not my story
at all because it becomes the story
of all the lives that are intertwine
in own lives and the lives of our
relatives. The stories become real
to us and begin to take on characteristics that we recognize in our
own lives.
Historians seem to make a great
deal of the male progeny and
how we descended from them.
Families attach a great deal of
importance to carrying on the
family name but as I do research
I find many times the name of
the female ancestors are lost and
as I think of them, the life they
led and the contribution to the
lives of these men whose names
we are careful to record, I realize they are more important than
the male members of the family,
because mothers shape the lives
Service held for
Evelyn Foster
Evelyn (Mecca) Foster passed away on November 7, 2013 in Hold-
enville, Oklahoma. She was born on June 29, 1927 in the community
of Non, Oklahoma to Pete and Florence (Duke) Mecca.
She attended Non Public Schools. She worked at Seamprufe in
Holdenville until her retirement after 27 years of service. She was
married to G. L. “Georgie” Foster. The couple had three sons, Jerry,
Larry and Clifford.
Evelyn was active in her church, the Pentecostal Holiness Church
of Holdenville, and was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary group.
She worked at the Queen Bee Restaurant in Holdenville prior to her
employment at Seamprufe. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, gardening,
cooking, canning but most of all fishing. There was not a chance she
would miss to go fishing. Her family and friends enjoyed many delicious meals she prepared for them with love.
Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, husband Georgie, and
sons Jerry and Clifford.
Survivors include her son, Larry Foster of Holdenville; grandchildren and great-grandchildren, Mark Foster and wife Nita, Teresa Foster
and children Matthew and Porter, Larry Foster Jr. and wife Samantha
and daughter Harlea Michelle Foster, Kelly Foster, Brian Foster and
wife Cara and children Tori and Alec, Michael Foster and wife Karen
and daughter Kaity, and Dava Hines and husband Scott and daughter
Clara; daughter-in-law Renee Foster of Holdenville; sister-in-law
Delia Hawkins of Bakersville, California; as well as a host of nieces,
nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Funeral service was held 10:30 am on Monday, November 11th, at
the Hudson-Phillips Chapel in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Rev. Rick
Madron officiated. Pallbearers were Ryan Wilbanks, Shelby Burchette,
Darrell Burchette, Joe Ellis, Joshua Caudill, and Michael Hamilton.
Honorary bearer will be Don Kimrey and Jerry Greer. Interment followed at Non Cemetery in Non, Oklahoma.
Services were under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home
in Holdenville, Oklahoma.
My Story
of children. Maybe that is how
the words, Mother Earth came
in to being. The birth process
is through the female or mother
and thus all life comes into existence.
We go through life thinking that
we are only average people and
that no one would be interested in
what we think or do, or even what
we have been , but each of our
actions of the past and present are
what and who we are. They make
up the threads of our life and what
we are is in our mind and heart.
That is the soul of our being.
We are such private human be-
ings that we neither do nor always
want to reveal or express what
we are thinking but what we are,
we have made ourselves. We are
what we will in the final analysis
present to God. To God only, we
will be revealed in all our being.
In that vein, if only we had daily
records of the lives of those who
have gone before us, would some
great revelations be known to us
today.
Some of the stories that we
tell do not reveal who we really
are. There are some thoughts of
our lives that can be revealed to
no person. However, it is very
important to reveal somethings
in order to leave a heritage for
your children and their children
and for those who come after. We
need to make some contribution
of our lives to the world. It may
be literature, a beautiful quilt,
a painting or a work of art or, a
reflection on life. God gave each
one of us a unique talent and it
is up to us to find it and make a
contribution to the world for the
good of mankind.
I have spent many hours and
visited many places researching
the background of family members. Each time I work with family records, I wish that I had asked
more questions of my parents and
relatives. Would my own story
change any?
The Allen 4H and The Material Girls Quilting Club have teamed up to make the Woodland Hills Nursing Home Christmas Party a success this year! We are inviting anyone that would like to join us!
There are donation boxes at The Allen Food Center, The Allen Public Library, Dave’s Diner, and Prairie
Notions Fabric Shop. Items that are of need for the residents are: Body Wash, Lotion, Deodorant, After
Shave, Brushes/Combs, Nail Sets, Nail Polish, Shampoo/Conditioner, Make up, Cards, No Slip Socks,
Pencils, Paper Pads, Candy, Sugar Free Candies, Puzzles
A special big Thank You from the Allen 4H kids and parents to the Material Girls for teaching us to
make the pillow cases for the Nursing home goodies to be delivered in! We had an awesome time with
you!”
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was a World War II veteran. He
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their survival were one in a milthat he enjoyed. Here is one of
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I was stationed on Leyte during
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the thousands of hours I will be
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Acting Air Force Secretary
on Earth.”
was secure, sometimes the enemy
Eric Fanning said America was
Organizers said more than 600
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One Pharmacist’s View
T he old run-down building sits there in the center of
town—empty. And it looks
empty, abandoned and in poor
repair. Not a hint that it once
housed the busiest drug store
downtown providing a center
of gathering, a place to enjoy a
banana split, or buy some cosmetics or have your prescription filled. It was a brightly lit
place that was a centerpiece
of Allen and a place to gather.
Central Drug Store was a landmark ran by a popular pharmacist named Otho Butler. Otho
was a civic leader whose wife
was the church pianist down at
the First Baptist Church. Otho
was also a citizen soldier.
C ommanding officer of
Company G, of the 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Division
(Thunderbird) U. S. Army,
Captain Butler probably didn’t
plan on actually going to war
nor did the other Allen men
of Company G. But they did.
Called up to active duty before
the Japs attacked Pearl Harbor,
Veterans Day in Allen
the Company was sent to Texas
for advanced combat training.
Eventually they would all wind
up on an Island called Sicily—
the toe of Italy. A famous general named Patton was charged
with clearing the island of its
occupiers—the Germans—and
that’s what he did. But it came
with a cost—a horrible cost.
On July 25, 1943, on a hillside near Palermo, Sicily,
General Patton’s advance was
slowed by some German machine-gun-nests. Patton ordered the guns taken out and
the order went down the line
and landed in the lap of one
Captain named Butler and his
Company G—a unit made up
mostly of Allen area soldiers.
They were pinned down and
I imagine the Allen guys had
already given moments such
as this some thought—“How
do I leave a secure place, stand
up and charge a machine gun
emplacement that’s already
shooting at me?”
Captain Butler was a leader.
That’s why he was where he
was and he made his plans,
picked his men and they went
over the top, and after a few
minutes General Patton had
been notified that the hill had
been cleared off—but it had
been a hard fight. Captain
Otho Butler, Pharmacist and
part time soldier now lay dead
on the side of a now forgotten hillside in Sicily. For his
heroism, Butler was awarded
the Silver Star. It was well
deserved.
As far as I know, Otho and
his widow, Lola Dell Butler,
had a daughter, Bonita. Lola
Dell sold the store to Bill and
Liberty Orick and they continued to operate it for many years
under the name “The Central
Store.” Lola Dell continued to
help out with her piano duties
Could it be that God is trying to communicate a message to us? He has spoken
to us through His word in the
Bible, but have we listened and
obeyed? No! All of us, like
Eve and Adam have listened to
the voice of disobedience. We
are like the Child who fails to
obey his parents when they tell
him to not take drugs because
they will enslave and destroy
Mark Legg,
him. When the child disobeys
Allen church of Christ
his parents, he should not be
We have seen the pictures shocked or blame his parents
and heard the stories of the because he becomes an addict,
terrible destruction and loss steals to support his habit and/
of life from the typhoon that or loses his mind or ends up
hit the Philippine Islands. It in jail.
tears at my heart, seeing people
Likewise, it is our disobeand property ravaged by such dience to God that has sepastorms of nature. It makes me rated us and our world from
ask, “How can God be a god God’s care and protection. He
of love and permit us to suffer warned us that the “wages of
so greatly? How can this be an sin is death” (Romans 6:23),
expression of God’s love?
but we have not listened. So,
how can we blame God when
we suffer such tragedies and
death? It is not God’s perfect
will that we suffer such things,
but since we chose to disobey
Him, perhaps He is now trying to show us the terribleness
of the things that can happen
when we do not trust and obey
Him.
He has also told us that there
is a place where things much
worse will happen to us. It
is prepared for the Devil and
his angels (Matthew 25:) and
He is trying to keep us from
going there, but if we choose
to disobey Him and listen to
the Devil, we will go to that
place with the Devil whom we
have followed in disobedience.
Maybe God wants us to know
that if we do not like suffering
in such storms on earth, we
really won’t like the suffering
to which we will be exposed
in hell. If God has gotten
our attention by such storms,
perhaps we need to change
our ways and begin trusting
and obeying Him. You don’t
want to die while living in
disobedience and unforgiven
of your sins.
Light from God’s Word
Pre-K student of the week from
Mrs. Laxton’s class is Brailee
Davis.
Brailee was born March 19,
2009 in Ada, Oklahoma. Her
family is Mom, Dad and sister.
Her favorite book is “Sam the
Cat.” Brailee’s favorite food is
spaghetti and apples. Her pet is
a cat named Kris.
Her friend is Breanna. Brailee
likes to play and learn.
Someday she wants to drive to
Chuck E Cheese and play. Brailee is excited when daddy comes
home!
P re-K student of the week
from Mrs. Mills’ class is Olivia
Fuller.
Olivia was born October 21,
2008 in Ada, Oklahoma. Her
family is her brother, uncles, aunt,
Dad, Grandpa and Grandma.
Her favorite book is “Tinkerbell’s Lost Treasurer.” Olivia’s
favorite food is pizza. Her pet is
a guinea pig.
Her friends are Anaya, Kyra
and Joanie. Olivia likes to play
with her friends..
Someday she wants to be Dr.
Olivia. She is excited about starting at her new school!
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and worked as a teller at The
Farmer’s State Bank before she
retired and passed away. And
yes, he is the same Captain
Otho Butler whose name is
on the highway signs between
Ada and Calvin. I’m glad his
name is there as I don’t want
the people of this area to ever
forget him and the men of Allen who marched off to war a
long time ago.
The Allen band under the
capable direction of Spencer
Cody played several pieces at
Monday’s Veteran’s Day salute
to our veterans. Sometimes
these programs are boring to
kids but not this time. After
Rio Jones led our Pledge of
Allegiance and the band had
finished its medley of music
honoring the services, guest
speaker Will Maxwell shared
with stunning clarity his experiences in Iraq. Will held
the kids spellbound with his
eye-witness accounts and his
declarations of patriotism. A
highlight was the presentation
of a high school diploma by
Supt. Harman and high school
Principal Ward to Mr. Calvin
Thomas. Thomas fought in
Korea—entering service before he could earn his diploma.
Congratulation, Calvin, and
thanks for your service to your
country.
T hanks to my readers for
writing. I enjoy hearing from
you and enjoy reading the stories many of you send. Have
a good week and if you enjoy
your freedom, thank a veteran.
And be sure and go to church
this Sunday.
Wayne Bullard, DPh
[email protected]
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of the Siegfried Line. Our
ability to hit anything we shot
at, coupled with our previous
extremely aggressive training,
made a combination that accounted for the destruction of
fantastic quantities of German
equipment, the killing of well
over 5,000 of the enemy, and
the capture of over 62,000,
with an extremely small loss
of ourselves.
Never having trained in the
so called conventional tank
tactics, we contrived our own
tactics as we went along. Our
standard operating policy was
that each tank platoon did what
it thought was best at the time.
It was instilled in everyone the
idea that it was his job to outsmart the enemy. If we couldn’t
hit him from the rear, or from
all sides at the same time, we
hit him so hard and so fast from
the front that captured German
reports often referred to the
operation of one platoon as
that of a battalion, and we were
frequently credited with being
a brigade. When Jerry knew we
were going to attack and knew
the direction from which we
were approaching, we hit him
before he thought we possibly
could. The more confused and
obscure the enemy situation
was, the harder we attacked
and the deeper were our penetrations, our belief being that
if we didn’t know what was
going on it was doubly certain
that the enemy didn’t. Being
surrounded meant only that
we had more target area to fire
at, and we were not hampered
by indecision, or proximity of
other troops.
Throughout the war we
hauled all of our own ammunition, fuel, and supplies, evacuated most of our wounded ,operated our own hospital which
we leap-frogged forward, procured our own clothing when it
was available, and placed practically no burden on Divisions
we supported – except that
of publishing citation orders
for gallantry in action. This
fiercely independent attitude
was one of the great contributing factors to our success in
battle. We thought that there
was no situation that we could
not meet. We felt that no enemy
could stand up to us and live.
Very few did.
The 740th Tank Battalion
(M) was born at Fort Knox,
Kentucky on the 1st of March
1943. Its parents were the
7th Armored Division and
9th Armored Group, and its
Godfather was General Scott.
The Officers and non-commissioned officers who formed
the cadre of this outfit arrived
at Fort Knox on the 27th of
February 1943 from Camp
Polk, Louisiana. Its battalion
commander, Major Harry C
Anderson of the 9th Armored
Group, Camp Campbell, Kentucky. The battalion was quartered in the wooden buildings
located between 1st and 2nd
Avenues and between 21st
and 24thStreets, Fort Knox.
While the cadre was setting up
housekeeping, cleaning up the
old dilapidated buildings and
policing up the cigarette butts,
other things were happening.
At the same time that we
were being processed at Fort
Sill, a group of young men
from Texas were going through
the same thing at Camp Wolters, Texas. When this group
of men from Oklahoma and
Texas were being processed,
the Transportation officers at
both camps were making plans
to ship us all out of Oklahoma
and Texas for a place that we
would soon call home, and that
was Fort Knox, KY. There we
were met by a group of officers
and non-commissioned officers
who formed the cadre of this
outfit and had arrived at Fort
Knox earlier. We soon learned
that we would be placed in the
740th Tank Battalion. We arrived on the 7th of March 1943.
We wondered what the world
was coming to.
On the 15th of March basic
training got underway, and
we soon learned the terrible
penalties for unbuttoned shirts
and un-shined shoes. We also
learned to love the Fort Knox
weather. However, those who
thought the weather was bad
at that time soon found that we
had seen nothing yet, when,
on the 3rd of May, we started
driving instruction. Two companies at a time bivouacked in
Area 19. During the period of
this driving instruction weather
reports read, “Cold, rain, with
some snow.” The pyramidal
tents that we lived in looked
like mounds of mud. For the
tanks we were learning to
drive, driving instructions went
something like this: Start the
engine at 7:30 AM; warm the
tank up; start driving at 8:00
AM; get stuck in the mud at
8:15 AM, spend the rest of the
day pulling the tank out, spend
most of the night washing the
mud off. Repeat the process
the next day. During this driving period most men found
out what we wanted to do, and
all were placed on “Table of
Organization” jobs.
On the 12th of May, 1943,
the Battalion was relieved
from the standard tank battalion and assigned to Special
Troops, Armored Force, and
was assigned to the 8th Tank
Group. Here again we went
into basic training where we
made ourselves familiar with
all the jobs in the battalion
nomenclature and functioning of weapons and the various echelons of maintenance,
which was concluded on the
14th of June. Then the battalion
entered upon its unit-training
program. This training started
with a 4-day period spent in the
field where the basic elements
of maneuvering were outlined.
We had daily instructions in
the field by companies. Small
problems in minor tactics were
finally worked out. On the 5th
of July the battalion underwent
simulated gas attack from the
air. From the 12th of July to the
7th of August 1943 the battalion began to find out how hard
it was to hit the “bulls-eye”
with a government weapon.
Tank crews fired the 75 mm
gun, sub-caliber machine gun,
as well as the 30 caliber coaxial machine gun. Everyone
fired sub-machine guns and
pistols. No one was surprised
when nearly every man qualified with his weapon.
Although the battalion was
sublimely unconscious of the
fact, great things were cooking in Washington, and on
the 7th of August “Manna
from Heaven” was dropped
on the battalion in the form
of furloughs. Fifty percent of
the Battalion could be gone
at one time and the furlough
period was to be completed
with everyone back on the job
by the 30th of August. There
were handshaking and admonitions to “have a great time and
“don’t forget to come back” as
we left for our homes.
Kathleen and I kept in touch
with each other with our letters
from the time I left in February until I came home on a
furlough. That was the longest
train ride I ever took while I
was in the Army, it seems like
the train stopped at every cow
track coming from Fort Knox
to Oklahoma, but I finally
made it and even though the
14-day furlough was short, I
bought an engagement ring and
asked Kathleen to marry me
and she said yes and that was
the beginning of something
special.
One Saturday mother and
dad came to Pauls Valley to do
some shopping and they knew
that I had met Kathleen before
I entered the Army but they had
not met her. She was working
at Willis Variety Store, so Dad
decided that he would go and
meet her and he walked in and
Kathleen didn’t know him
from anyone else. He struck
up a conversation with her as
if he had known her all his life,
and while they were talking
he just happened to mention
that he was my dad and it took
Kathleen by surprise, but she
was really glad to meet him
and from then on they were
good buddies. While I was on
leave and our folks learned that
we were engaged, mother and
dad had a family get-together
on the farm so all of the neighbors and relatives could get to
know Kathleen, so we had one
big feast before I had to return
to Fort Knox.
After all of the men returned
from their furloughs, the Battalion found out that furloughs
for everyone had a catch. The
catch was that, unknown to
the members of the 740th
Tank Battalion, they had been
selected to participate in one
of the Army’s most closely
guarded secrets. This had been
planned by the high command,
that as soon as the unit training
was concluded, the Battalion
would be moved out to Area
“X” and be confined there. We
all knew that some kind of a
secret project was being carried
on out there. From then on the
project was called a “Special
Training Group.” We knew that
other armored units had come
to Fort Knox for this training
but no one could find out. Like
most anything, rumors and
speculation was flying and that
was only confusing, and those
that knew would not tell.
The guessing came to an
abrupt end for the members
of our battalion, when on the
7th of September 1943 we
moved lock, stock and barrel
to Area “X”. There, in a “hushhush” meeting, the battalion
learned that our name had been
changed to read “740th Tank
Battalion (Medium) Special”.
At this time all members of
the battalion held up their right
hand, took the oath of secrecy,
signed a book, and then heard
the details of the project. Instructors outlined the plans in
mind and stressed the need for
secrecy. Demonstrations of the
use of this special equipment
were attended, and technical
classes were soon started.
No one was allowed to leave
Area “X” for any reason for
fear that somehow this closelyguarded secret might leak out.
This ironclad security came as
a shock to many because they
had their wives in Louisville,
or at least nearby. This meant
that they could not see them.
A PX was set up where beer
was doled out, and an open-air
theater was built. The interest and speculation
in classes, everyone agreed
that it held great promise and
might revolutionize warfare
wherever tanks could be used.
We worked around the clock
in training, and were anxious
to try it out. The school at
Fort Knox was technical, but
a camp was being built in
the Arizona Desert where the
technical principles involved
could be tried out in a practical
manner. In September a place
was selected, which was a valley about 10 miles wide and 30
miles long, entirely surrounded
by high mountains. This place
turned out to be Butler Valley,
located about 20 miles east of
Bouse, Arizona.
The camp was finally built
and our battalion boarded the
train on the 12th of October
and left Fort Knox, KY on a
train ride that took two days. We arrived at Bouse at about
midnight and trucks from the
camp were waiting at the railroad station to transport us to
our new home. For most of the
men, this desert wasn’t one of
God’s special places, but it was
going to be where we must live
and train in the secret project
as long as our high command
wanted it for us.
Lieutenant Colonel George
Kenneth Rubel was given command of the 740th special Tank
Battalion. Colonel Rubel had
commanded a tank battalion
in the North Africa campaign
and his battalion took a beating
and when he came to the 740th,
he told us about the loss and
he promised that would never
happen again, so he started us
on a training program that put
us at the top of all tank battalions that had taken the kind
of training that we were going
through. He adopted a motto
that we would do everything
first and do it better than anyone else.
While we were in the desert
training site, we had an APO
number for all our out going
mail and all of it was censored
and we were not allowed to let
our families know what was
going on. Even after we finally
got a chance for a weekend
pass we had to go in group of
three to make sure that no one
would speak to anyone about
what was going on out in the
desert. About half of each
company would be allowed to
go into Phoenix for a weekend
and then the next week the rest
of the company would have the
weekend. This worked out real
well and as far as I know, no
one ever got out of line because
if they did that would mean no
more weekends off and that
would also mean someone got
into trouble.
Training was resumed about
the 5th of November. The morale of the men was very low
and Col. Rubel wanted to start
a new kind of training in hopes
that he could build up the morale of the troops. Col. Rubel
knew the approximate training
level the Battalion had reached
and also most of its past history. He knew why the state of
unrest and low morale in the
battalion existed. He told the
General what he thought part
of the trouble was and what
he thought the cure would be.
General agreed and the next
day details were cut from over
300 men down to around 105
men. After talking to the officers, Col. Rubel called a meeting of the battalion and told us
what he thought the trouble
was, how we could cure it, and
that he had been ordered by
General Pierce to produce the
best Battalion in this special
training group in record time.
He had a couple of days to decide whether he wanted to take
the battalion and had received
a promise from the General
that he would stay with it, and
would not be relieved as soon
as it got on its feet. This had
happened at Camp Campbell
where another battalion, which
appeared to be going on the
rocks, lost its battalion commander and he had been sent
out on the same mission – to
stand it on its feet. He wanted
to stay with that battalion but
they said “nothing doing” – he
had to come back as Executive
to the Group.
During the time that he commanded the other battalion he
had tried out several different
ideas for training and had come
upon one that not only held
the interest of the men but had
produced good results. He
was determined to try it out on
the 740th. It was not exactly
conventional training and he
knew he would have trouble
answering questions if it failed.
He outlined this system to the
officers and NCOs of the 740th
and it sounded to them like a
good idea. Over that much of
a hurdle safely, he said “Let’s
go” – and every man in the
battalion jumped into it. The
Staff worked day and night
to keep ahead of the training,
and within a week heads were
high and chests were thrown
out. The Battalion had not only
regained its pride, but it walked
with the air of a vindicated
man. Together, we reviewed
the basic principles of driving,
and firing, and learned how to
live together. We spent about
three days cleaning up vehicles
and getting them in shape to
run. The tanker became inseparable from his tank. He
drove it everywhere he went.
He drove it day and night, with
and without lights, and over the
roughest terrain.
After this special training, we
passed the battalion crew test
with an average score of 83.73
percent, the highest record in
the entire Armored Force at
that time.
During our stay in the desert the battalion had taken
on a feeling of fierce pride in
itself. We had hung up new
records in target practice for
the rest of the Armored Force
to try to beat, but more important than that—we developed
confidence in our selves. We
proved to ourselves that we
could do anything we made up
our minds to do and could hit
anything that we shot at and
we had confidence in our ability to meet any situation, the
way we carried ourselves, not
only in parades but when we
walked down the street. After
our first combat we found that
our training in the desert had
been along the right lines. We
knew that no man could stand
up to us and live.
As our time was drawing
to a close and the talk was
that our next move would be
to Europe, but first of all we
had been in the desert for six
months. The most important
thing about the desert train-
ing, we were there on a secret
special project where all our
mail was censored in order
that they could keep it a secret
and we never were able to use
this special project. What a
waste of government money,
but that is the way the Army
was and we did not question
the way they handled the Government’s business. Today the
way things are handled there is
no secret to what is going on.
Our newspapers, radios and
television reporters are given
information that they report
everyday and our enemies
can see what we have to fight
with and they know just about
where and when we will use
it, even before our fighting
men know where they are going. For instance, the U.S. sent
troops to a starving Nation to
try and save that Nation from
starvation. The TV cameras
and reporters were already
waiting for the troops to land
and it ended up hurting the
U.S. more than it helped. As a
former newspaperman I understand that the Media wants to
get their reports out there but
I believe there must be some
restraints in order to protect
our Freedom.
Although we had never been
issued special equipment, we
felt that we would be able to
use it. During the end of our
stay at Camp Bouse we did use
it. A General from the War Department paid us an unexpected
visit. The other battalions that
had trained with this special
equipment had left camp or
were in the process of leaving.
Those that were left didn’t
want to risk trying to put on
a demonstration, so our Commander jumped at the chance.
Well we got one day and a
night to become familiar with
the equipment. The following
day we put on a show for the
General that no one else would
do and again the 740th proved
that we could do anything we
set out to do—and do it well.
Before we could close Camp
Bouse, the Battalion received
word that every man would be
given a 14-day furlough. This
was a time Kathleen and I had
been looking forward to so
we could make plans for our
wedding. On a weekend pass
into Phoenix, Arizona, which
was about 125 miles from
Camp Bouse, I called Kathleen to give her the good news
about my leave. It was around
midnight in Pauls Valley and
a cold night in Oklahoma,
and it was like summertime in
Arizona. Kathleen told me she
just about froze talking to me
but she soon warmed up when
I told her I was getting a 14-day
leave and for her to start planning for our wedding. I could
not tell her when I would get
my leave, so she started the
next day making plans. She
had to change them three times
before I could give her the date
I would be home.
In March 1944 our dreams
and plans came true. On March
29, 1944 we were married in
the First Christian Church in
Pauls Valley with Rev. Charles
H. Nininger officiating. My sister, Ileana Bradley Cagle stood
up for Kathleen and Raymond
Johnson stood up for me. We
had a very short honeymoon
as we traveled by bus to Chickasha, OK. Not knowing where
my next assignment would be,
my leave came to an end much
too quick and I had to report
back to Camp Bouse, leaving
Kathleen not knowing when or
where we would be together
again. But our faith was strong
enough to see us through.
After all the leaves were
finished, our battalion would
stay at Camp Bouse, police the
area and salvage as much of
the camp as possible and then
off to Fort Knox, KY, where
we would draw clothing and
equipment in preparation for
the coming excursion to Europe. When we got the word
that we would be making a
stop at Fort Knox, I got word
to Kathleen that we would be
at Fort Knox and all the rest
of the married men in the battalion did the same thing. As
we closed our camp at Bouse,
Arizona, we bade good-bye to
our jackrabbits, rattlesnakes
and all those desert cactus, if
any were left standing or survived our time there. When we
learned to drive the medium
tanks in the mud in Kentucky,
to driving them to perfection in
the dusty Arizona Desert, we
were proud that we knew how
to use a tank as our protector
from the Germans.
We boarded the train on
April 24, 1944 and headed for
Fort Knox, KY. By this time
our wives knew about when
we would be in Fort Knox and
they had their plans made to be
at Louisville, KY a day or two
after we arrived at Fort Knox.
I made plans to be at the train
depot to meet Kathleen and
also some of the other married
women that were coming in
from Oklahoma with Kathleen,
and I was there to let them
know where they were to meet
their husbands and where they
would be staying. It was a good
thing that Kathleen came in on
the train when she did, because
I didn’t have a red cent in my
pocket to buy a bus ticket back
to where we would be staying
while we were at Fort Knox. I
had rented a one-room place in
a little town called West Point,
KY located about 200 yards
from the Ohio River. It wasn’t
the best in the world, but that
was all we could pay for, you
see $78 wouldn’t go too far
even back then. This little
old lady had fixed this utility
room with a bed in it, and that
was what we called our home
while we lived in West Point.
It didn’t have a bathroom so
we had to do what I had done
when I grew up on the farm, a
number 2 wash tub to bathe in
and we had to use an outdoor
toilet but that didn’t make any
difference to us because we
were together. No matter what
we had, we were happy even if
it wasn’t what we would have
liked, we made the best of what
we had.
When we left the desert
we only expected to be in
Fort Knox not more than two
weeks, but shortly after we arrived at Fort Knox we were informed that our shipment date
had been postponed and that
instead of leaving within 10
days for Port, we would have a
longer stay than anyone would
have guessed. In the meantime
we had to have some extra
money to live on while we
were living there, so Kathleen
got a chance to go to work on
base at Fort Knox. She was assigned to work in the quarters
where the nurses lived and help
fix their breakfast and lunch
each day. There was one nurse
that had the rank of a colonel
and some of the other nurses
told Kathleen that she was a
tough person to satisfy in how
she wanted her food cooked.
Kathleen went to her and asked
her how she would like her
meals fixed. She would make
them the way she wanted, and
bless your heart, Kathleen did
it the way she wanted and she
made a friend with the Colonel
until the day Kathleen had to
leave to go back to Oklahoma.
With Kathleen working on the
base, that helped us out with
our meals. We were able to
ride a bus that ran between
where we lived and the base
free of charge and we would
eat our breakfast and lunch on
base, and then for our evening
meal we would just have an ice
cream Sunday; we loved to eat
butterscotch Sundays and they
were only 10 cents each.
After the Allies pushed Mussolini, Hitler’s puppet, to surrender, there were a lot of
prisoners of war from Italy and
a lot of them ended up at Fort
Knox. At first they didn’t cause
any trouble but the longer they
stayed there, they started to
believe that they could do what
they wanted to and get by with
it. One day they started to brag
about how many tanks they
knocked out while fighting in
North Africa and how many
men they killed and when they
started doing that sort of things
we had to bite our tongues to
keep from starting another
war.
We had troubles of our own.
Although far from Utah Beach,
three of our young men were
killed and 19 wounded when
contrary to all regulations, one
man brought a dud from the
firing range. While we were
taking instructions on the firing range we would take a
truck and go out and mark our
targets that we had fired on,
and this was when a member
of Company C picked up this
37MM high explosive projectile and he carried it back
across the rough road with
several men, including me,
on the same truck and it was a
thousand wonders that it hadn’t
exploded enroute back to the
instruction site, but we made it
safe. But that didn’t last very
long when he started pecking
it in the dirt and rocks where
we were taking instructions
and all of a sudden the darn
thing exploded, killing Sgt.
Richard Fomby Wimberly a
close friend of mine from Pauls
Valley. His wife was the former
Lucille Coffman and one of the
women that came to Fort Knox
with Kathleen. The young man
that had the dud had both legs
and both arms blown off and
his insides filled with small
pieces of lead that was broken
into pieces. He lived long
enough to get to the hospital
before he died, also another
man died in that same accident.
I was among the 19 that had to
be transported to the hospital
for treatment. I was sitting
within arm length behind him.
I had my mess kit buttoned to
my Army Uniform and the explosion blew it in all directions
from me. And I was wounded
on the thumb. The wounded
was taken to the same hospital
that Kathleen was working. By
the time the wounded began
to arrive at the hospital word
had been received about the
explosion at Company C, and
Kathleen was wondering if I
was among the wounded. She
was on her way to the emer-
gency room when a Lieutenant
stopped her. She told him that
her husband might be one of
the wounded and after a short
time, the nurse that Kathleen
was taking care of came by
and told the Lieutenant to step
aside and let Kathleen see if
her husband was one of the
wounded. Sure enough I was.
I received a tetanus shot, which
this Colonel Nurse gave it to
me in between my ribs and
boy did it hurt. She told me
it would take effect quicker.
They dressed my thumb and
released me to go back to the
company.
How ironic was that day at
Fort Knox. It was the day that
the Allies made the invasion
of Normandy, June 6, 1944.
As we soon learned, the reason
that we stayed this long at Fort
Knox was due to the planning
for the invasion of Normandy
and they needed all the available shipping to make the landing, so we got to stay in Fort
Knox a little longer. This was
good news for all of the married men in the battalion and
their wives, this gave us more
time together. We all knew that
the time was coming that we
would be called on soon to take
part in the fighting in Europe.
It was July, 1944 when we received word the time had come
when we had to start making
plans for Kathleen and other
Oklahoma wives to return to
Oklahoma before we had to
pull out and head for Port of
Embarkation. J. D. Keen’s
wife lived in Oklahoma City
and they had an old car, so they
invited Kathleen and two other
women to make the trip back to
Oklahoma. The nurses where
Kathleen worked tried to get
Kathleen to stay and continue
to work for them, but Kathleen
had not been away from home
without me so she chose to go
home and work and wait for the
time that I would come home.
As the time came for us to
leave Fort Knox, we were restricted to our quarters and the
night before we left, some of
the men slipped out to say good
bye to their wives. As for myself I chose to stay in my quarters and avoid any punishment
by not obeying the orders. On
the 19th of July we boarded the
train for Camp Kilmer, New
Jersey. While we were getting
settled on the train, our wives
had gathered at the station to
wave good bye.
We had some great times
while at Fort Knox, the best
one was planned for me, when
Kathleen planned a birthday
party for me and things didn’t
work out the way she had
planned. I didn’t make it because I had to stand guard on a
soldier that was absent without
leave after he had been given a
weekend pass. It all worked out
in the long run, because he was
credited with saving my tank
and about 20 men during an
ambush by the Germans—you
see he was my radio operator
and I had an extra 30-caliber
machine gun mounted on top
of our tank for him to use and it
came in handy that day and we
only lost one man and a tank.
Kathleen told the story that
as they headed back to Oklahoma, the old car they were
riding in had a lot of trouble
when they were traveling up
the mountain highway coming out of Kentucky. She said
more than once the car would
quit before they got to the top
and Dorothy Keen would let
it roll back down the road and
then they would try again.
Finally they made it back to
Oklahoma. Kathleen found
work back in Pauls Valley and
she lived with her mother and
father and saved our money so
if and when I returned home
we would have a start as a
civilian.
We boarded the USS General Mitchell on the 24th of
July and then on the 26th,
5,000 additional troops came
aboard and we moved out. A
few miles out of New York
Harbor we joined a convoy
of 15 troop ships and 16 fast
tankers and one destroyer and
eight destroyer escorts. Then
we pushed out to sea on our
way to England.
Over the next 16 months I
will attempt to trace my footsteps that I played in the War
and what a war it was. By this
time my brother Overton was
already in the Armed Forces.
He went into the paratroopers.
He joined the 101st Airborne
Division. So this left mother
and dad short to work the
farm.
On the morning of Aug. 4,
1944, we were running in the
Irish Sea and if it hadn’t been
for the thick fog, we would
have been able to see Ireland
on our right and Scotland on
the left. As we came near a
port in England, we dropped
anchor in the river just before
Liverpool on the night of August 5th.
Arrangements had been made
for us when we docked at 11:00
AM the next day with plenty of
trucks to take us to our camp in
England. After we had loaded
our trucks with equipment and
the men, we were in a truck
convoy headed for Glynderwyn, Wales. We arrived at our
new camp at Rosebush where
we were attached to the 9th
Armored Group. There wasn’t
much training that we could
do while we were at this camp,
due to the hills, rocks and the
nature of the terrain. So we got
permission to move to Castle
Martin, a British tank training
center that was located right on
the Sea. At this time we had a
chance to visit several nearby
towns. During this time I found
out that my brother was also in
England and we were able to
get together for a day, and that
was the last time we saw each
other until after the war.
While we were training, rumors came down that we might
never use our Special Project
and that we might be converted
back to a Standard Tank Battalion in the very near future. Well
the rumors came true and we
were converted back to what
we were best in, that we hit
what we were shooting at.
On October 29, 1944, our
Battalion was loaded on LST’s,
crossed the English Channel on
30th of October and boy was it
a rough crossing. We arrived at
Utah Beach but could not land
because the Sea was running so
high so we had to wait until the
next morning, November 1.
Utah Beach liked a lot to be
desired in the way of comfort,
cleanliness and facilities. We
left Utah Beach on the morning
of Nov. 2 without any orders,
and by the time we got near
Paris, France we received our
orders. We would be assigned
to the First United States Army
and indicating our destination
as Aubel, Belgium. We travContinued Page 8
eled through several towns
in Belgium on our way to the
village of Neufchateau; we
had a pretty good idea of the
problems that confronted the
wartime soldier in World War
II.
Up to the time of our arrival
in Belgium, our conception of
war had been entirely theoretical. We had expected to fight
but it was a far away proposition. Now we were on the
fringe of war and it was hard
to tell whether our spirits were
high or low. Our Battalion arrived at Aubel, Belgium on November 6 and set up camp for
the night in an apple orchard,
near Neufchateau. Just as we
were getting settled in a German V-1 flying bomb, trailing
orange flames, roared a few
hundred feet over our heads.
Awe struck, we watched in
horror as the motor cut out, and
a nerve-wracking wait began
for the pilotless craft to dive
for the ground. Fortunately, the
explosion came some minutes
later, well past the encampment. During a jittery night,
we counted at least 50 more
of the monsters as they roared
overhead. The best guess was
that the rockets were headed
for Leige or Antwerp and that
our bivouac was directly in
the fly path. ‘Devilish things’
we never knew when one of
them would go wrong, turn,
and dive right into our midst.
It was something that we never
really got used to. And that
was our welcome to the war
in Europe.
We pulled up stakes from
the miserable conditions of the
countryside and moved to billets in Neufchateau itself and
in the neighboring village of
Montroux. We were about halfway between Liege, Belgium
and Maastrich, Holland—a
mile or so east of the Meuse
River and just north of the
Ardennes. The Ardennes—a
somewhat mountainous and
heavy forested area that was
shortly to become the site of
the fiercest battle of the war
and our baptism of fire.
Written orders came shortly,
relieving our battalion from
our general assignment of the
European Theater of Operations and assigning the 740th
to Lt. Gen Omar Bradley’s 12th
Army Group, specifically to
Lt. Gen Courtney Hodges First
U.S. Army. We were placed
in Army reserve and our first
combat was expected sometime after the first of the year.
Not being involved in the fighting set George Rubel’s teeth
on edge. Finally, on December
14, he decided to pay the 99th
a visit to find out first hand
what was going on. Enroute,
he got side tracked and ended
up back in camp, suddenly,
things began to pop. Instructions awaited the Commander
to report to the First U.S. Army
Headquarters at Spa, Belgium
immediately, if not sooner.
Enemy patrols and activity
in general were escalating. But
First U.S. Army Intelligence
was not overly concerned, just
taking precautions. Could it be
a spoiling attack? The Germans
were certainly in no shape to
launch a major offensive, least
of all through the Ardennes.
They had taken quite a beating
during the fall Campaign. And
the Allies were hoping for a
winter slowdown, so that supplies could catch up.
The Fall Campaign had been
costly to our troops as well. As
November turned into December, the winter snow and sleet
descended on the action at
the front. The First and Ninth
U.S. Armies, fighting side by
side, had lost 57,000 killed or
wounded and another 70,000
to battle fatigue and exposure
to the wretched weather. Five
hundred fifty tanks were lost
in the First Army alone. Still,
with the British, Canadian
Armies, the U.S. First Army
and the U.S. Ninth, all in all,
the Allied High Command was
feeling pretty good about the
situation. All was quiet on the
Western Front.
Then all hell broke loose!
Although Hitler found himself with astounding loses in
both men and equipment and
backed up to his own border
on all sides, he still had some
ten million troops in uniform.
The draft was soon extended
to 16 to 60-year-olds. In total
secrecy, the German Fuhrer
had amassed his powerful
forces for the breakthrough.
Two Panzer Armies of 24
divisions were poised and
ready to strike out of the mist
and fog of the Schnee Eifel, a
heavily-forested and protected
area adjoining the Ardennes,
with additional army on each
flank, to take up the slack.
At 5:30 AM, December 16,
1944, a dark Saturday morning broke bitterly cold in the
Ardennes. A six-inch blanket
of white snow covered the forest floor. All up and down our
60-mile “Ghost Front,” from
the quaint little community of
Monschau on the German side
of the Belgian border in the
north to the antiquated Luxembourg town of Echternach in
the south, the Ardennes came
alive.
At first, whistles in the distance alerted the American
outpost that something unusual
was happening. But suddenly,
after the alert, pinpoints of fire
flickered from afar, and the
German artillery opened up
and came whistling in at the
main points of attack. In the
distance, the sky lit up like
the fourth of July from the
explosions of the German big
guns, and the breakthrough of
our lines was in motion. My
battalion was in reserve north
of where the break came. We
knew that our time had come,
but we didn’t have any tanks
to fight with. We had nine
tanks that we were using to
train with. We were ordered
to deliver them to the 745th
Tank Battalion; that left our
battalion with 2,105 assault
guns, 3-M5A1 light tanks, and
with that kind of equipment we
couldn’t fight our way out of
the mud if we had too.
The breakthrough of the German Sixth SS Panzer Army
Kampfgruppe Peiper, was created to spearhead the attack.
Joachim Peiper was personally
chosen by Hitler to lead the
Sixth SS Panzer army’s main
attack. We learned that Peiper
had significant combat experience in Russia and a reputation
for both ruthlessness and heroism in battle.
Breaking out on the second day of the Blitz, Peiper
overran one small town after
another, by passing strong
points and heading hell-bent
for the Meuse River. His tanks
and troops took no prisoners,
shooting even civilians who got
in the way. We were told as the
column clawed its way toward
Malmedy, Peiper’s troops ran
headlong into a passing convoy
of American field artillery observers at a little road junction
at Baugnez. The atrocity that
followed came to be known as
the “Malmedy Massacre.”
After he shot-up the convoy, he took over the vehicles
that were not destroyed, then
disarmed some 130 survivors
and crowded them together in
a nearby field. In short order,
shots rang out and a number
of Americans fell. No more
than 46 were able to scramble
to safety. The chilling news of
the German rampage through
the Ardennes began to echo
through the rear echelons the
next day.
We were still billeted in the
homes and with the people of
Neufchateau and Mortroux in
the vicinity of the Meuse – and
getting along famously! The
Belgian citizens very much
appreciated their newly won
freedom and the safety provided by the presence of our
troops, and the GIs recognized
the heartache and suffering
our new found friends had
been through and valued the
warmth and acceptance of the
citizenry.
But life for my Tank Battalion was about to change,
drastically. On December 18,
orders flashed through from
the First U.S. Army Headquarters which turned our
citizen-soldiers’ world upside
down. We were to field a reinforced company immediately.
We were ordered to move to
the ordnance vehicle depot at
Sprimont, Belgium, equip ourselves with whatever combat
vehicles were available; and
advance to Aywaille. There
on the Ambleve River, just a
few miles southwest of Spa,
we were to take up defensive
positions and slow the deadly
German thrust. Company “C”
of which I was a member,
commanded by Capt. James
D. Berry. As we prepared to
move out and climbed into GI
trucks, we couldn’t help but
wonder at the turn of events.
We left body-and-soul afraid.
Where was the armor with
which we had trained? Where
were those prized Sherman
Tanks that fit us like a glove
that we knew like the back of
our hand? The 75mm Cannons
that could tear out the side of
a building, hiding the enemy?
The 30 caliber machine guns
that would chop to splinters
any place a sniper could secret
himself? The 50s that could
ravage all but the thickest German steel? This kind of equipment was nowhere to be found.
We were tankers! This was
no way to go into battle. Life
and death against an enemy
force so powerful that it was
spreading panic up and down
the front and literally crushing everything that stood tall
enough to get in its way. How
could we be expected to fight
the enemy without tanks.
We arrived at the Ordnance
depot to grab what armor we
could find. In the meantime,
Col. Rubel took off with his
liaison officer for Aywaille
on the Ambleve to report in,
then scout out the area to be
defended. He quickly learned
that an armored task force was
coming our way and was in fact
no more than a dozen miles
away and we still did not have
any fighting machines.
The Ordnance Depot at Sprimont was sheer bedlam as
we worked desperately to
make something to fight in
from leftover tanks we found
there. There were perhaps 25
tanks of different types in the
depot. But only three were in
any shape to fight. Fortunately
these three were M4 Sherman’s
Medium tanks in which we had
trained. Unfortunately, even
these were without essential
equipment. What was left in
the pile ranged from M5 and
M24 light tanks to the old M7
and the open-topped M10 assault gun motor carriage and
even an M36 tank destroyer
with the high-velocity 90mm
gun (which strangely enough, turned out to be a blessing in
disguise). They all had parts
destroyed or missing.
We worked throughout the
night taking parts from one
vehicle and putting it on another. It was demoralizing,
backbreaking, heart wrenching work and for a while it
looked like there was no light
at the end of the tunnel. By
the next morning we had put
together anything that looked
like a tank company and Capt.
Berry shouted, “All right let’s
move ‘em out!” and our untested young tankers headed
for Remouchamps and thence
the destiny in the Ambleve
Valley.
Our ragtag column of tanks
clattered up to the command
post. We were briefed and
ordered into the attack, and
the ground steadied under our
feet. We had been assigned to
the 119th Infantry Regiment of
the 30th Infantry Division on
December 19 and they needed
help now – before the infantry
was completely overrun.
The Third Platoon (my platoon), Commanded by Lt.
Charles B. Powers was to
spearhead the attack, with
the first and second platoons
to follow. The Commander
of the 119th was notified that
our battalion was coming in
to help. We were equipped
with anything that looked like
a tank company. As we rolled
past the Regimental Command
Post where the staff was grinning out loud but shouting
encouragement, Capt. Berry
was heard to say, “They’re
bastard tanks, but we’re shooting fools.”
A chilling rain-drenched
fog and long lines of battlescarred troops working their
way wearily to the rear slowed
our column of tanks to a crawl
as we moved toward the front.
All up and down the line we
were told we were crazy to go
up there. “It was a slaughter,
a bloodbath, and the German
tanks still come.” Even as we
rolled forward another American tank company was falling
back, withdrawing from the
fight. “We’re low on ammo and
fuel. One tanker shouted.” “Its
holy hell up there, guys,” called
out another. “Good Luck.” The
first tank we encountered was
abandoned in the field. Meanwhile my platoon, led by Lt.
Powers led our platoon around
the stalled tank.
When our column reached
the front, the 119th began to
filter into the forest abreast of
our tanks. Dusk came early in
the winter in the Ardennes, and
the gloom and fog of late afternoon played tricks with our
eyes. Just short of Stoumont
Station, Powers and his loader
were standing with their heads
out of their turret hatches when
a German tank was spotted. Jack Ashby, Lt. Power’s gunner, fired a round that hit and
ricocheted downward –a lucky
strike considering the Panzer’s
thick armor – and the German
tank exploded and burst into
flames.
Minutes later, Powers spotted another tank, again Ashby
got off the first shot, this time
the shot ricocheted up and
spun away. Then Ashby’s gun
jammed. Powers signed his
No. 2 tank Command by Staff
Sergeant Charlie W. Loopey
to move up. Loopey and his
crew were in an M36 tank
destroyer with the big 90 MM
gun. As the German tank was
moving forward trying to get
into position to shoot, Loopey
told his gunner to fire, the first
round hit in the gun shield that
kept him from getting down on
Loopey’s tank destroyer. They
threw several more rounds and
blew up the tank.
With all of the trouble that
Powers’ crew had, they finally
got everything cleared up and
he resumed the lead, only to
face a third Panzer Tank on
the opposite side of the road.
Ashby’s first shot miraculously
blasted the muzzle brake of the
German’s cannon; and he kept
firing as the tank tried to back
away, finally setting it on fire.
Our Tank Battalion was right
smack dab in the middle of the
war. Together with the 119th
Infantry’s First Battalion, we
continued the attack into the
darkness and blunted the main
thrust of Hitler’s First SS Panzer Division’s Kampfgruppe
Peiper, gaining back over
1,000 yards of bitterly contested front given up earlier
that day. We held the line that
night at Stoumont Station,
most of us sleeping as best we
could in our tanks.
With our beat-up tanks we
stopped the best Hitler had,
and from our stand point we
felt like we had prevented the
Germans from retaking Belgium. We soon learned that our
rag-tag tank company was no
match for the firepower of the
German tanks so we had to out
smart them and when we did,
we were able to knock out our
share of the German Tanks. From our first battle in combat
and after we won this one, we
never backed away from a fight
the rest of the War.
One of the first captured
German Mark VI Tiger Royal
Tank at Spa, Belgium. It was
quite a monster of a fighting
machine. This machine we
knew we couldn’t knock out
by firing straight on, so I used
a lot of smoke screen shells
and so we could out-flank the
monster and then hit it from the
side and rear. Life Magazine
was on the spot taking pictures
and reporting on the battle of
the Bulge. One such picture
appeared on the newsreel in
the movie house back in the
States. One of my cousins saw
it and she thought it was me
standing on the tank and she
was so sure that it was me that
she had them repeat it to make
sure and sure enough it was
someone else.
The battle for the town of Spa
and Stoumont, Belgium, was
one of the fiercest battles that
we had encountered so far in
the breakthrough in Belgium.
On December 21st our attack
had bogged down and we lost
three tanks that day and the
casualties were running high
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The Allen Masonic Lodge
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Monday, November 11th .
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screened students. Prevent
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over twenty years to provide
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The parents of any child
displaying vision problems
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concern was detected. A
professional eye examination
will recommended for any
child determined to have a
vision problem. The Prevent
Blindness of Oklahoma
organization will follow up with
any family that makes contact
with the school following a
thorough eye examination by
a professional.
Allen School appreciates the
efforts of the Allen Masons to
provide this service to Allen
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Mustangs open play-offs with defending state champs
Allen travels to Laverne to face Tiger team on 24-game winning streak
By Herman Brown
Allen correspondent
The good news for the Allen
Mustangs is that the Fox Foxes
are in the rear-view mirror.
The bad news is the Laverne
Tigers are up next.
Coach Kenny Deaton’s AHS
football squad wrapped up
the District B-2 campaign last
Friday with a punishing 50-8
setback at Fox. With the loss,
Allen slips into the fourthplace spot in the district playoff
pairings. The reward is trip to
Laverne to play the defending
Class B state champions on
their home field.
How good is Laverne? The
Tigers bring a 24-game win
streak into the first-round
showdown. Coach Tim Allen’s
seniors have a combined record of 45-4 during their prep
career at Laverne.
The Tigers were a perfect
14-0 in 2012. They returned in
2013 and posted 10 more wins
to the growing streak. Here
is a list of victims beaten this
season by the Tigers:
09/06 - Shattuck, 44-18
09/13 - Canton, 38-14
09/20 - Covington-Douglas,
54-6
09/27 - Ringwood, 62 – 0
10/04 - Medford, 54-6
10/11 - Waukomis, 60-10
10/17 - Garber, 60-6
10/25 – Merritt, 46-0
11/01 – Seiling, 64-14
11/08 - Pond Creek-Hunter,
40-6
That is what is facing the Allen Mustangs this weekend in
Laverne. It’s a classic ‘David
vs. Goliath’ showdown on the
football field. On the bright
side, David scored an upset
victory in the Bible story. Mustang fans will be praying for a
similar outcome.
“Nobody gives us a chance,”
said Coach Deaton. “For that
reason, we do not have any
pressure on us. We need to go
play and do our best. If they
beat us, we can live with that.
But I told our kids that eventually someone has got to beat
them. How do we know it’s not
this weekend? That is why you
go play the game.”
Even with the difficult challenge this week, Coach Deaton
is all smiles.
“We’ll be one of only 16
teams in Class B still playing
football,” he said. “I don’t
want the kids to forget that.
We earned the right to be in
the playoffs. These (Allen)
kids are being rewarded for
what they have already accomplished during the season.
I could not be more proud of
them. Let’s go play this game
and see what happens.”
For those who are unable to
make the trip to Laverne, the
football game will be streamed
live on the Internet from Woodward radio station K100.1 FM.
See information at the end of
the article to learn how you
can listen live to the playoff
game.
As for last week’s game,
Coach Deaton was not pleased
with the performance. Allen
struggled in the ground attack
in the 50-8 loss. The Mustangs
ran the football 32 times and
gained only 4 net yards. The
only real production came in
the passing game where Justin
Deaton completed 11 (of 24)
throws for 113 yards and one
touchdown.
“We could not get anything
going,” the Allen coach said.
“That was very frustrating.”
Fox countered with 234
yards rushing and 3 scores on
40 carries. The Foxes added
180 yards in the aerial game
with a near-perfect 15-of-18
showing for 180 yards and 3
touchdowns. The other FHS
touchdown came in specialteams action on a kickoff
return.
Fox exploded for a 22-0 lead
with three touchdowns in the
first quarter. The Foxes passed
for a 30-yard score, ran in a
54-yard TD, and passed for
a 35-yard scoring toss. They
added conversion runs on two
of the TDs to secure that 22-0
cushion.
Allen finally answered late in
the first quarter. Colton Browning caught a 35-yard touchdown pass from Justin Deaton.
Dalton James followed with a
successful conversion run to
make it 22-8.
Fox blew open the game
with three more touchdowns
in the second period. A 69yard kick-off return opened the
scoring spree. A 44-yard running play garnered the second
tally. The third TD came on an
18-yard pass play. The Foxes
connected on 2 of 3 PAT kicks
to help built the advantage to
42-8 at intermission.
After half-time, Fox added
a safety and a touchdown to
finish off the scoring. The
Foxes recorded the 2-point
safety when AHS running back
Dalton James was tackled in
end zone. The defensive play
extended the lead to 44-8.
Fox put up one more TD
when Taylor Townsend raced
15 yards for the score later in
the third stanza. When the PAT
kick failed, Fox settled for the
50-8 lead, which would be the
final score.
Fox ended up with 18 first
downs and 414 yards of offense. Meanwhile, the visitors
were limited to season lows
in first downs (6) and total offense with 117 yards.
Dalton James was the workhorse on offense with 25 carries for 35 yards. However, the
rest of the rushing total lost
31 yards on 7 carries – which
pulled the total down to only 4
yards of rushing.
Justin Deaton spread out his
11 completions to four different Mustangs. Dakota Nickell
had 5 receptions for 52 yards.
Colten Browning added 2
receptions for 45 yards and a
touchdown. Thirkiel Wedlow
followed with 1 reception for
17 yards. Dalton James rounded out the list with 3 receptions
for -1 yards.
Allen had two bright spots
in special-teams play - both
on kick-off returns. Gunner
Holder had a return for 25
yards. Colten Browning added
a return of 16 yards.
On defense, Cody Lively
was the leading tackler with
10 stops. Just missing out on
double digits were Gunner
Holder and Dalton James with
9 tackles each. Colten Browning was active in tackles with
8. Dakota Nickell was next on
the team with 7.
Coach Deaton is hoping to
put last week’s game behind
the Mustangs.
“We need to forget about the
Fox game,” he said. “It will be
critical to come out this week
and play our best football of
the season. If we do anything
less than that we could be in
big trouble in a hurry.”
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TO LISTEN TO THE
ALLEN-LAVERNE
football game streaming live on the Internet
Friday evening, please
visit the 100.1 KWFX
radio website in Woodward. …
Click on the listen online tab at the top of the
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game’s pre-game show
will come on the streaming broadcast shortly
after 7 p.m. on 100.1
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com
Dakota Nickell wrestles the ball carrier to the ground
Fox 50, Allen 8
Allen - 8 - 0 - 0 - 0 - (8)
Fox - 22 - 20 - 8 - 0 - (50)
Fox – Frank Davidson, 30 pass (pass failed) 6-0
Fox – Taylor Townsend, 54 run (Seth Argo run) 14-0
Fox – Seth Argo, 35 pass (Seth Argo run) 22-0
Allen – Colton Browning, 35 pass from Justin Deaton (Dalton
James run) 22-8
Fox - Trayvon Davidson, 69 kick-off return (Seth Argo kick)
29-8
Fox – Frank Davidson, 44 run (kick failed) 35-8
Fox – Kamricks Buycks, 18 pass (Taylor Townsend kick)
42-8
Fox – safety, Dalton James tackled in end zone, 44-8
Fox – Taylor Townsend, 15 run (kick failed) 50-8
--TEAM STATS
Situation
Allen
Fox
First Downs
6
18
Rushing Yards
4
234
Passing; C-A-I
11-24-0
15-18-0
Passing Yards
113
180
Total Offense
117
414
Fumbles - Lost
3-2
1-1
Penalties - Yards
3-25
11-85
Time of Possession 19.34
28.26
Punts – Average
3/25.3
1/27
--INDIVIDUAL STATS
Allen rushing
Justin Deaton, 4 carries for -12 yards
Dalton James, 25 carries for 35 yards
Team carries, 3 carries for -19 yards
Team totals: 32 carries for 4 yards
--Allen passing
Justin Deaton, 11-24 for 113 yards, 1 TD
--Allen receiving
Dakota Nickell, 5 receptions for 52 yards
Colten Browning, 2 receptions for 45 yards, TD
Dalton James, 3 receptions for -1 yards
Thirkiel Wedlow, 1 reception for 17 yards
Team totals: 11 receptions for 11 yards
--SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY
Kick-off Returns
Gunner Holder, 2 for 25 yards (long: 25)
Colten Browning 2 for 20 yards (long: 16)
--DEFENSE
Player and total tackles
Cody Lively, 10
Gunner Holder, 9
Dalton James, 9
Colten Browning, 8
Dakota Nickell, 7
Ty Brown, 3
Thirkiel Wedlow, 3
Auston Hamilton, 3
Tommy Peay, 2
Justin Deaton, 1
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Senior Cody Lively man-handles an offensive lineman during a recent contest.
on both sides, we lost two more
tanks and the Infantry Battalion
had lost nearly 200 men.
We had been trying to call
in air strikes, but the same
old story was given - poor
visibility - so the strike was
cancelled. On the night of December 22nd Jerry sent over
a good many transport planes
and we feared that they were
dropping paratroopers, but it
turned out they were dropping
ammunition, fuel and rations
for Colonel Von Peiper’s German task force, to whom we
had given a beating. Some of
the fuel and ammo fell in our
laps so the German task Force
came up a little short.
One of the best fighting
Infantry Divisions we were
attached to was the 82nd Airborne, they worked well with
us and our relations continued
wherever we were fighting together. During our fighting for
Spa, Stoumont and La Gleize,
Belgium, we counted over 175
vehicles that had been knocked
out during the Battle for the
town. We lost six tanks, ten
men were wounded, but no
one killed.
On December 27th we had
accomplished our mission.
We destroyed Task Force Von
Peiper, and by doing this we
stopped the threat of a German
Penetration to Liege and the
encirclement of Spa. During
this fighting, Company C was
awarded the Presidential Citation for a job well done.
Boy, was it getting cold in
Belgium. It was still snowing
and the temperatures hovered
between zero and 10 below,
and the snow was about a foot
deep and our tanks were having
trouble staying on the roadway.
Steel tracks on the tanks just
couldn’t cut the mustard, so we
set out to fit all our tanks with
rubber tracks. Our maintenance officer had trouble finding the tracks, but somehow
he came up with enough to
outfit our Battalion. But to find
Grousers was a little harder
to get, so we set out looking
for knocked out tank destroyers, they had thought more
about the future. By the first
of January we were equipped
with Rubber tracks and grousers and we were ready for our
next assignment. On January
3rd my Company received 12
new Tanks and we had trouble
getting these new tanks back
to our staging area. The reason
was the cold weather, and the
snow just kept falling and each
tank was equipped with steel
tracks and it took two days to
get the tanks to us.
Our next mission jumped
off with A and B companies
attached to the 325th glider
Infantry Battalion of the 82nd
Airborne Division. Company
C remained in reserve. Boy,
was it noisy on January 4th
as the 504th Parachute Infantry had a mission to take the
high ground southeast of the
village of Mont de Fosse. By
doing this it would permit the
82nd Division to dominate all
crossings of the Salm river in
the vicinity of Grand Halleux.
It took until midnight, but they
did it. The quality of the enemy
forces opposing us was rapidly
deteriorating. The German SS
troops were busy pulling out
by Von Rundstedt, and less
important people were being
put in and by this time the German air attacks had practically
stopped.
Our next mission came on
January 7th south of the town
of Arbrefontaine. My company
was given the job of supporting
the 508th Parachute Infantry
when my Platoon joined the
Third Battalion of the 508th
during the attack. My tank
crew destroyed an A.T. Gun
(antitank gun) after a severe
fight. The objective, Their du
Mont, was taken, and we set
up defensive positions. The
next operation for us was on a
line extending from the town of
Malmedy, south to St. Vith, and
we were to drive to the northeast, pierce the Siegfried Line,
and hold the position until relieved. Word came down that
the Germans were beginning a
counter attack north along the
line on the road that was leading from Herresback. With our
tanks and the continued force
of the 82nd, we caught the German column by surprise, we
opened fire with all guns and
within a few minutes, we killed
65 Germans and captured
201, and no Americans were
scratched in this battle.
We were still fighting the
weather as well as the Germans, with snow and sleet
about three to four feet deep.
We ran into some small German fighting units, but the
fight in the German soldiers
was almost gone and they had
orders to use all of their ammo
and then give up if they didn’t
get killed in the process. We
moved through the small towns
in Belgium and we got our
orders that we were to drive to
the Siegfried Line before the
spring thaw.
On January 31st the temperature rose several degrees. This
meant double trouble for our
tanks. It would mean that we
were again road-bound if we
could get out of that forest to a
point where there were available roads. By nightfall the
snow had stopped and all of a
sudden the snow had changed
to knee deep slush. By the
time we were getting used to
moving our tanks on the frozen
snow, we had to learn to drive
our tanks in the mud. This
was the way that we learned
to drive those Sherman tanks
back in Kentucky.
Once the thaw had set in,
from our map study of the
defense of Udenbreth and
Neuhof, there appeared to be
one road leading from the main
highway near the railroad to
the gate through the Siegfried
Line. Had the ground remained frozen we could have
fanned out on a front of about
3000 yards, but now we had
to attack in a column down
the road and we knew that the
losses were going to be heavy,
both vehicles and men.
The Battle of the Ardennes
was declared by Supreme
Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces which commenced on the 16th of December 1944 and ended, for the
purpose of the record, on the
28th of January 1945. It was
officially declared a campaign
and the participants were entitled to a Bronze Battle star.
While I was doing battle with
the 740th Tank Battalion in
Belgium, my brother, Overton,
was also fighting the Germans
in and around Bastone with
the 101st Airborne Division.
Lady Luck ran out on him
while his patrol was moving
into position, and he was hit
by a German sniper under his
left shoulder while he was
falling to get into position to
fire his rifle and he had to have
medical attention. The action
was in the area where Bastone
was encircled. That is where
a German General wanted the
101st to surrender, but General
Anthony McAuliffe, at the Bastone Garrison, responded to
his request by simply “NUTS”
and they stayed and fought until help came and the German
attack was repulsed and all of
the injured were evacuated and
my brother was sent back to
the States.
On February 1st my Company was committed with the
Third Battalion of the 325th
Glider Infantry of the 82nd
Airborne. My platoon led
the attack and we moved in
to Udenbreth, we shot up the
town for 30 minutes, and during the battle a good combat
friend of mine, Corporal Jack
Ashley, was killed when a
German 88-mm round struck
his tank. In that attack, our
battalion was badly battered
and we hoped that we would
have a few days to reorganize
and draw more tanks. We were
told to spend the 6th of February on maintenance and that
night and until noon the next
day, no sleep, and regardless of
how tired we were we always
serviced our tanks before we
went to bed. The reason for this
was, if the tanks ran and our
guns would fire we felt like that
was our protection and maybe
they could save our lives.
Our Battalion maintenance
platoon rounded up several
fairly good tanks while this last
battle was going on, we were
trying to scrape enough crews
to replace the ones that we lost.
While we were getting a break
from the fighting, a messen-
ger ran into our headquarters
and delivered a message that
our Tank Battalion had been
transferred to the VII Corp and
attached to the Eight Infantry
division. Immediately and we
were to move to the vicinity
of Gressenich. This was to be
a secret move and all markings on our tanks were to be
removed and covered up and
we were not to reveal our Battalion’s name to anyone.
Once more any thought of
rest flew out the window, and
we were saying good bye to
the 82nd airborne Division
in hopes that we might fight
with each other again. Gencontinued Page 14
This World War II era tank is just one of many set throughout
Belgium as reminders of the valiant Americans who fought for their
freedom. It brought back many memories for Mr. Bradley.
Our WWII vets remain heroes to the Belgium citizens
with many monuments and sites dedicated to their sacrifices. Above, a young Belgium boy gets autographs from
the Daredevils. Pictured left is Dick Clark, shown right is
Harold Bradley.
Maria Bosch, who was a young girl in Belgium in 1944 when the battalion stayed in the area,
shared a moment with Dick Clark (left) and Harold Bradley.
During a trip back to Belgium the men of the Daredevil unit met with the mayor of AubinNeufchatuea. Pictured left to right, veterans Dick Clark, Larkin Dilbeck (seated), the Mayor, and
Harold Bradley.
Calvin FFA members for 2013-14 are pictured above. Seated are T.J. Fugitt, Sarah Jennings and Emily Carter. Standing are Principal
Tricia Marlow, Patricia Spray, Brooke Schumacher, Rebecca Kiogima, Blake Fulton and Kaden Turpin.
Calvin Bulldog Basketball Update
breaker to Caney 38-32 in tied at 9 after the first quarCalvin dropped a heart- overtime. The game was ter. In the second period
Calvin was ice cold and did
not score a point. They went
into the locker room trailing
16-9.
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Robert Attkisson led Calvin in scoring with 12 points,
followed by Blake Fulton
with 10. Teddie Yonker
scored six points and also
hauled down a game high
10 rebounds.
Rounding out the scoring
was Michael Lacey with 4.
Friday night the Bulldogs
fell to Vanoss 65-34.
They couldn’t get their
offense going in the first period. Vanoss increased their
lead to 33-6 at half.
In the third quarter Calvin
made a comeback and cut
the lead to 44-22. The fourth
period was all Vanoss as they
rolled up 21 more points to
the Bulldogs 12.
ESTATE AUCTION
Robert Attkisson led Calvin with 14 points and 6
rebounds.
Michael Lacey and Blake
Fulton each had 5.
Teddie Yonker and Kaden
Turpin added three apiece
as did Wesley Bain. Justin
Holman rounded out the
scoring with a free throw.
LADY BULLDOGS
The Calvin Lady Bulldogs
will be looking for their first
win at their homecoming
game Friday night.
In their past two games
Calvin fell to Caney 52-29
and lost to Vanoss Friday
night 70-40.
Lindsay Carter led Calvin
in scoring with 11 in the
Caney game followed by
Emily Carter with eight.
McKenzie Blaylock added
six.
Rounding out the scoring
was Sara Jennings and Amber Harden with 2 apiece.
Ashley Gillean led the
Lady Bulldogs in scoring
against Vanoss pouring in
14 points. Emily Carter
added 12.
Other scoring for Calvin
were Lindsay Carter 6 and
Sarah Jennings 4 and Brooke
Shumacher and Amber with
two points each.
Friday night Calvin will
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Second Suspect Surrenders
in Cattle Theft Case
Suspected cattle thief Larry
Gene (Snag) Smith, Jr. (48)
surrendered to the Pontotoc County Sherriff’s office
in Ada Tuesday, November
12th. Smith appeared with his
lawyer to turn himself in at
the Pontotoc County Justice
Center around noon. He then
appeared before Judge Steven
Kessinger by video and a not
guilty plea was entered on his
behalf. He is being held on
$500,000 bond. Smith is due
back in court on December
19th.
Smith and an accomplice,
David Wallace of Atwood, are
charged with the theft of 99
head of cattle belonging to Jet
McCoy. The theft was discovered the first week of October
in Allen. Special Agents with the
Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry
began searching for Smith on
October 31st and agents have
worked with the Pontotoc
County District Attorney’s Office to pursue charges. Smith’s attorney said he
turned himself in because he
was tired of running. He didn’t
do it sooner because he had to
put some things in order before
he was incarcerated. Smith
also said he no place to go.
Jerry Flowers, chief agent of
the law enforcement division
for ODAFF, said, “Nobody
would have anything to do
with him because harboring a
fugitive in this state (carries)
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November has officially arrived now that the season’s first
Arctic front has swooped in. It
may have something to do with
Santa looking at his calendar
and suddenly realizing that
Thanksgiving and Christmas
is right around the corner.
Oh well, a bowl of good hot
soup on a cold, rainy day is not
a blessing to dismiss lightly.
Neither is snuggling into a
favorite chair later on that
evening with an afghan and a
good book.
Joyce Searcy sang
“Wilt Thou Be Made Whole?”
as the special music selection
this Sunday. She was pinchhitting for James Hammonds,
but you would have thought
she had been practicing all
week.
Rev. Karch’s message was
from the 17th chapter of I Samuel and was titled “How Can
We Find Victories in Life?”
Most of us have been familiar with the story of David and
Goliath since we were children.
It is probably on everyone’s list
of favorite Bible Stories, and it
has taught us much about facing challenges. In today’s sermon we see
that when David arrived on
the scene he saw that the battle
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was between God and the
Philistines, not just a contest
between Goliath and some
unlucky soldier in Israel’s
Army.
David’s response to the situation provides a blueprint that
shows us how to serve God and
live life victoriously.
First, have no fear. David
stepped up to do what needed
done.
Second, have confidence.
David had faith. God had
helped him protect his sheep
from a lion and a bear, he reasoned. God would help him in
this situation, too.
Believe firmly that you can
do what you need to do. Don’t
entertain thoughts of defeat at
all.
Third, be prepared. David
had a plan, a sling shot, and 5
stones. You can prepare for the
challenges you meet each day
by praying for God’s guidance
and reading your Bible.
In the story Goliath laughs
at David and launches into a
long speech designed to completely undermine him. David
responds with courage, confidence, and poise. He simply
looks Goliath in the eye and
states that God will be delivering him into his hands that very
day. End of statement. [No
brag, just fact.]
Fourth, know that God is on
your side. If you are trying to
do God’s will, He is on your
side, and who can stand against
both you and God?
Back to the story, though.
David whirls the stone that flies
straight to Goliath’s forehead. Goliath falls, and David cuts
off the giant’s head. His victory is complete. This restores
the Israeli soldiers confidence,
and they destroy Goliath’s
brothers and defeat the rest of
the Philistine Army.
Several thousand years later,
David’s victory plan and the
words in Philippians 4:13 still
help us win victories over the
challenges we face.
“I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me.”
Without Christ everything is
hard. With Christ we can win
victory after victory as we
serve God by defeating whichever giant we’re facing today.
a stiff penalty, and that’s what
we’ve been telling folks. If
anyone harbored him, they
were going to wind up getting
in trouble right along with him,
and it just wasn’t worth that.”
According to the report filed
in October by Jet McCoy, who
is the caretaker of the cattle
owned by Randy Heflin, 99
of the 179 steers, weighing
between 500 and 700 pounds
and pastured on leased land
near Allen, had gone missing. Agents invested the theft
and discovered at least 43 of
the steers were sold through
the Atoka Livestock Auction.
ODAFF Agent Ricky Rushing wrote in his affidavit that
David Wallace had previously
worked for the owner of the
land but was fired in September.
“Under Miranda, Smith confessed that he did steal steers
from Heflin/McCoy Ranch
and was accompanied by Wallace,” Rushing wrote. “Smith
explained how it was Wallace’s
idea since Wallace had worked
on the ranch and had a key to
the gate. About two or three
months ago, Wallace called
Smith asking him to haul some
calves for him.”
Smith also stated he and Wallace had made numerous trips
to Atoka Livestock, hauling
“about six to nine stolen steers
each trip during the months
of September and October of
2013.”
Investigators reportedly discovered evidence that the men
had sold steers and were able to
track down the steers at various
ranches around southern Oklahoma, confirming they were
the missing steers belonging
to Heflin.
Special Agents with the
law enforcement section of
ODAFF are available to investigate livestock theft in every
county of the state. Cases may
be reported to 405-522-6102.
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eral Gavin, Commander of
the 82nd, presented a letter of
appreciation for our splendid
performance while we were
attached to his division during the attack to pinch off the
Ardennes, salient, destroying
the 62nd Volka Grenadier Division. Following that, we had
advanced into Germany to the
east, penetrating the Siegfried
Line and seizing the key defenses at Undenbreth.
On February 8th we moved to
Schlich, Germany, a small village about a mile from Duren,
Germany. It would be indeed
difficult to anyone to describe
the area around Duren. Nearly
every building in most of the
town had either been smashed
flat by bombs or was shot up
by Artillery. The surrounding
fields had been churned by
artillery and mortar fire and
there was hardly a square foot
of ground that had not been
hit. The usual dead horses and
cows dotted the countryside.
Many of them had been killed
by artillery or mortar fire, some
had stepped on mines, most of
the horses remained hitched to
the wagon or other machines
they were pulling when hit.
They were bloated and smelled
to the high heavens.
While we waited for our next
assignment, we were near a
railway station so we decided
that we would cut some railroad
tracks in about two foot pieces
and spot weld to our tanks for
extra protection in hopes that
the German AT guns wouldn’t
penetrate our armor.
The crossing of the Roer River was postponed for 24 hours
due to heavy rains that flooded
the entire Rhineland and also
because the Germans were
still in control of the large dam
and they could open the flood
gates, flood the river and wash
out any bridge that we could
make, and if we got anyone
across the river we would be
cut off from the rest of the Division without a paddle. While
waiting, we got surprised again
on the evening of the 11th that
the attack had been postponed
indefinitely. On this day we
had some replacements sent up
to us, but these men were not
combat ready troops and our
only hope was that we could
teach them something about
combat. The training of the
new troops would have to wait
for now, and all of them would
have to learn on the job so to
speak, so the men were assigned to the tanks that needed
to make a full crew.
On the 23rd of February the
attack started to cross the Roer
River, and it sounded like the
world had suddenly begun to
explode. It stopped about one
hour later and during the 24th
most of the elements of the attacking force had crossed the
river and the town was cleared
by nightfall and we left the
town of Duren behind. It was
said that before the war the
town of Duren had 14 residents
of Duren who were worth a
million dollars each, but you
could not tell by the look of the
city - not one building escaped
the fire power of our troops.
One exception, the large Cathedral, was left standing.
The attack across the Roer
River was costly to Company
C; we lost three tanks, three
men were killed, and eight
other men were wounded. The
Company moved into the town
of Modrath and on March 2nd
we set up defensive position,
and hoped to repel any counterattack Jerry might dream up.
We arrived in the town just
in time to come under heavy
enemy artillery fire. As dawn
broke on the morning of March
3rd, we were ready to attack
the town of Frechen that was
the last strong point before
the drive to Cologne. Things
were generally brighter all up
and down the line. We could
see the tower of the Cathedral
in Cologne, and we knew that
our objective was just about
reached. We had rough going
all across the Rhine Valley and
we wanted to get the job done
and close up along the Rhine
River as soon as possible,
and we hoped that once this
happened we would get a few
days rest.
Somehow or other the 9th
of March seemed like Sunday.
There had been no rest for anyone since we had jumped off
from Duren on February 23rd.
We had been going day and
night and we were all bordering on exhaustion, but the rest
and time to try to get our tanks
in shape for another run at the
Germans all came to a quick
stop when we received orders
that we were being temporarily
attached to the Seventh United
States Army for operations
in the vicinity of Morhange,
France, no later than the 15th
of March.
This job that we were to do
for the Seventh Army involved
breaching the Siegfried Line
for the second time. The only
thing that we knew for sure
about temporary assignment
was that we were to be there
no later than the 15th of March.
After a meeting at First Army
Headquarters it was decided
that our tanks would be loaded
on flat cars at Aachen, Germany and the crew member
would ride in the boxcars
which would be placed ahead
of the flatcars and all the other
wheeled vehicles would march
over land. The overall distance
from where we were to our new
location was about 350 miles.
Our Battalion arrived at
Morhange, France on the 15th
of March. We were attached to
the 70th Infantry Division, and
plans were made for us to support the Division’s proposed
attack through the Siegfried
Line to capture Saarbruken.
But before any fighting could
start, we were detached from
the 70th and attached to the
68th Division who was set
up at Auersmacher, Germany,
some 20 miles south of our
present location, but about 40
miles away by the road.
On the second day after we
arrived at our new assignment,
we moved to Aursmacher
and we found out that our job
was to drive a hole through
the Siegfried Line defenses
through which the 6th Armored
Division could pass through
and exploit a breakthrough. The Siegfried Line at this point
consisted of large dragons teeth
in front of which anti-tank
ditches had been dug, roads
going through the line had been
blasted forming huge craters,
and standing guard over these
road passages were several pair
of enormous concrete bunkers
with walls five to six feet thick,
some equipped with 75 MM
high velocity Anti-Tank guns.
Our job was to pulverize these
and some 30 or 40 other pill
boxes that formed the defense
of the Siegfried Line. Jerry
had perfect observation on
Emsheim, where our command
post was located. Ormeshiem
and Ommersheim is where my
company had settled in for the
time being.
A part of B Company crossed
the Siegfried Line and this
advanced our front line and
enabled us to bring fire on
two larger pillboxes. Enemy
artillery and mortar fire was
extremely heavy through this
area. We used a lot of Smoke
Screen to protect our tanks
as we made our advance. My
company was able to move to
Ommersheim.
On the 20th of March we
made an attack of the higher
ground. By this time two holes
had been cut through the Siegfried Line the day before, one
of these holes north of Ensheim
on the Ensheim-St. Ingbert
road. The other was north of
Omnersheim on the Ommersheim---Ober-Wurzbach road.
This would allow us to go
through in two columns and
would make the capture of the
high ground possible.
Over at Ommersheim, where
my company had been operating, the Infantry took their
objectives without receiving a
shot for some reason - no one
had remained to do any shooting - the enemy had gone. Company C and its tanks returned to
Ommersheim and were alerted
for possible move.
On the morning of the 28th of
March we received orders from
the 12th Army Group, ordering us to return at once to the
First United States Army and
the 8th Infantry Division who
were at the time attempting to
capture the town of Siegen on
the southern edge of the Ruhr
Pocket. We were not too eager
to go back - fighting was not
so rough down here. Well, on
March the 31st we loaded our
tanks on the flatcars again and
headed back North, and April
1st we were due to unload our
tanks at Aachen, Germany but
our destination was changed
and we unloaded at Odendrof.
By this time we were near the
Rhine River before we got orders that we were being moved
to Southern France. We had
been going day and night from
the Ruhr River and during this
time we had received several
replacement troops, and my
tank was no exception. I had
received a gunner on the tank
with no experience.
One day we were chasing
the Germans and they were on
the run all through the Rhine
Valley, and as we approached
a small Village a horse drawn
vehicle came up from a side
road and he turned away from
us. I told my gunner to fire his
30-caliber machine gun at him.
What you don’t know is the
75-mm gun and the 30-caliber
gun switches set side by side
and operated by the gunners
left foot, and the inexperienced
gunner stepped on the wrong
switch. He got a direct hit and
he blew that horse and man sky
high and in the process I was
wounded, nothing too serious,
but had to have medical attention. I pulled my tank over to
the side of the road and got out
to wait for the medical team.
While waiting, five German
SS troops came out of a bunker with their hands over their
head and surrendered. They
had all the fighting they wanted
and I was sure glad they did. I
received my medical attention
and we were back on the road
again. I received the Purple
Heart from this action.
We were told that there was
only one bridge still operational across the Rhine River.
As I told you earlier in my
Army life, we were a Special
Tank Battalion. We used it only
one time while in training and
that was a demonstration for
a General while we were at
Bouse, Arizona, well we still
never got to use it our selves,
because the terrain had to be
level and smooth for it to be
effective and the battle fields
over there was no place to use
it. I believe it was used one
time by another tank Battalion
on the Rhine River to protect
the bridge from getting blownup with mines.
In our push to the Rhine our
Battalion was the tank battalion due to spearhead across
the Bridge, but we finally got
the needed rest and we were
pulled back and let some one
else do the crossing. The battle
for the Rhur Pocket was over
and in many ways it was a
steeplechase. From our standpoint it was a hundred miles of
spearheading and a grueling,
exhausting battle. We had lost
as many tanks here as we lost
in the battle of the Ardennes.
After we crossed the Rhine
River the fighting began to
taper off and most of us could
feel like the war was nearing
the end, but there were a few
hot pockets that popped up
now and then, and we still had
to keep our guard up and be
ready to defend the areas that
we had captured.
On April 18th the 13th Infantry Regiment in which we were
attached to had been ordered
to assume the responsibility
for the Province of Dusselforf, Germany and our main
job here at Dusselforf was to
establish law and order and
gather up prisoners of war as
well as enemy weapons and
ammo. Then on the 19th of
April my company moved to
the city of Cologne, Germany
where the POWs continued
to give up and also many displaced persons. There were 58
displaced camps in the area,
which held from 10,000 down
to 500 or so. Then on the 25th
of April we received orders that
we would be moving from our
present location and we would
be assigned to the second British Army for operations. This
involved about 350 miles.
After the overland march to
Bohlenn, Germany, our Battalion was again attached to our
favorite fighting machine, the
82nd Airborne Division. The
way things started out was the
82nd was to forge a crossing of
the Elbe River at Bleckede and
another one five miles south to
Barskamp. Having secured the
bridgehead, this permitted us
to attack toward Schwerin and
veer to the left and go to the
Baltic sea at Wismar. Things
were moving real fast and it
looked more and more that
we could see a light at the end
of the tunnel and the war was
about to come to an end.
As the month of April came
to a close, we had moved a
total of 760 miles and had
fought under three armies, the
First and Ninth U.S. Armies
and the 2nd British Army. On
May 1st we started our final
assault against the Germans
and in most cases resistances
were with a little artillery fire
and a little small arms was also
met. On that same afternoon
with my tank and Lt. Tompkins tank loaded with Infantry
troops on the back of our tanks,
we headed for a little town of
Zeetze and we took the village
without resistance. We moved
about 500 yards further and
met very heavy resistance. Lt.
Tompkins tanks were knocked
out. One of his crew was killed,
the rest of the crew scrambled
for cover. The battle lasted
about one hour and half. After
Lt. Tompkins tank knocked
out, I pulled my tank around
his and ordered my crew to
start firing everything we had
to protect the rest of us.
That day we were in a wooded area and I was concerned
about using my 75 that some
of the shells would explode
and injure some of the other
men on the ground. A few days
before this, my radio operator
had asked if I could get him a
30-caliber machine gun and
have it mounted on top of the
tank. We did and boy it came
in handy. The other machine
guns jammed and it was up
to him to keep the Germans
pinned down so we could get
everyone back safe and sound,
and he did. As it turned out,
we only lost one man and no
other was wounded. This was
the same soldier that cost me a
birthday party while we were
still at Fort Knox, KY. For our
action, he and I were awarded
the Silver Star, the third highest
Medal the Military presents for
heroism. People call us heroes,
well at that time I guess we
were, but when things happen
that fast you do what you can
do to survive and save as many
of your buddies as possible.
After all this fighting and
moving from one end of the
combat zone to the other, German prisoners started giving
up and began to march forward
to us, and the roads became so
jammed packed we couldn’t
get our vehicles down the road. Pvt. T. J. Woodress, the soldier
who was my radio operator
and loader of the 75-MM gun
that saved our lives on May
1, went out one day and came
back with a company of German soldiers and they all still
had their weapons, so he had
them come to attention and
open their lines and he took
a sack and had them put their
weapons in the sack. Then he
sent them on their way to a
POW camp.
So on May 8th the day that
we had been looking forward
to ever since we arrived here
had come to an end. During
our battles through Belgium,
France and Germany we had a
large number of vehicles, guns
and equipment destroyed or
captured. We destroyed a total
of 69 tanks, 178 other enemy
weapons, 550 miscellaneous
vehicles, 246 airplanes and 77
miscellaneous items, such as
Pillboxes, machine gun nests,
river barges. Machine gun positions on the Siegfried Lines
were not counted.
While we were overseas
and doing battle against the
Germans, our tank Battalion
was what many considered a
separate tank Battalion. We
were never attached to any
division very long at any one
time, when the call came out
that a division needed armored
support we were ready to go.
All in all during the time in
Europe, our Tank Battalion
was attached to 24 different divisions, Armies, Army Groups
and Corps while fighting for
the freedom we enjoy today.
If I had to pick only one group
that we fought with, I would
have to go with the 82nd Airborne Division.
On the 27th of May, the
Battalion was sent back to
Schwerin, Germany where a
memorial service was held for
all the tankers who had fallen
in battle. During the battles
we were in we had 40 soldiers
killed in action and many more
wounded, some serious enough
to them they were sent to the
states, while others like myself
stayed to fight another day.
A few days later we held
a formal parade in the ETO
where General Moore of the
8th Infantry division presented
Distinguished Unit Badges to
the members of Company C.
I was a Tank Commander of
a tank crew and several other
men who were attached to C
Company when we stopped
Von Rundstedt’s drive in the
Ardennes. I believe that every
man deserved a medal for valor
for his part in the defeat of Germany. There are innumerable
deeds of heroism that were not
recognized.
Orders were flying around
about what units would move
and what units would stay
where they were. We had
hoped to stay at Schwerin,
but we knew that we would
be moving somewhere else,
because according to the occupational zones being drawn
up the Russians would be moving into Schwerin for army
occupation. Our future was
very vague; we didn’t know
whether we were going to be
shipped immediately to the Pacific War or whether we would
remain in the ETO as an Army
of Occupation force. We soon
learned that we were to become
an Army of occupation and we
were ordered to move to Witzenhausen, which was a nice
size City about 30 miles East
of Kassel and the border of the
U.S. occupation zone.
We had an education program as well as athletic and
special service programs set up
for most of us to take part in,
we had a chance to play some
baseball and several other
games while serving as the
occupational forces. When the
month of August rolled around,
we saw the beginning of the
point system for discharge.
If we had so many points we
could get a trip to the states
and be promoted to civilian
status. So I was one of those
who had enough points to be
able to start packing for a trip
home. If I remember correctly
12 points were given for each
child under 18 years of age,
not to exceed three. One point
was given for each month of
service since Sept. 1940. One
additional point was given for
each month service overseas.
Then we were given five points
for each battle star and for each
combat decoration, and when I
added them all up I had a total
of 85 points. I wrote the folks
back home and told them it
won’t be long now.
When V-J Day was announced
on the 2nd of September 1945,
we again encountered the same
anti climatic condition that had
confronted us on V-E Day. For
some reason, we couldn’t get
into the spirit of celebration,
we just went on about our business, but we did breathe a sigh
of relief and a great weight had
been lifted from our shoulders.
We knew that World War II was
over. No soldier likes to fight
a war. Soldiers stop wars; they
do not start them.
Victory in Europe came as
an anti-climax to us. There was
no hilarious celebration as at
home. For one thing, we were
too busy gathering up prisoners. Then, too the war had really been over several days as
far as we were concerned, and
the radio announcement was
not news in any sense of the
word. We knew there would be
an announcement, but we wondered when it would take place.
Rather than celebrate, we felt
more the way a builder would
feel after having completed a
house - this job is finished, now
let’s get to the next one.
We did have some cognac
and wine which had been donated to us through the courtesy
of the German Post Exchange
Service, but we drank most of
that on the nights of the 2nd
and 3rd of May, and had very
little left for the official 8th of
May.
For most part, V-E Day on
the banks of Schwerin Sea
passed about the same as the
others. We tuned in on the
BBC to hear Prime Minister
Winston Churchill tell England
that the war in Germany has
ended with their unconditional
surrender. Across the lake the
Russians put on a good fireworks display by shooting up
all their flares, but this had
been going on for several days
and as we found later, continued for a good many more. Just
to the north of us the Seaforth
Highlanders got rid of their
remaining flares, and not to
be outdone, some members of
our battalion threw a few handgrenades, for we had no flares
to begin with.
There was an unexplainable detached feeling in the
Battalion about the German
surrender. The folks at home
and the people in England had
heard and read of the victory
but we had actually seen the
complete disintegration of the
enemy before our very eyes.
It hadn’t come overnight. It
had been a gradual process,
more and more discernible as
time went on. We had not only
witnessed this breakdown, but
had considered ourselves instrumental in accomplishment
of it. If an impartial observer
looked at the Germans and
the U.S, soldier on the 2nd of
May, he might have had quite
a bit of trouble in telling who
looked worst. About the only
difference was that we still had
the guns in our hands when the
shooting stopped. As a matter
of fact, we probably appeared
to be more on the verge of collapse from sheer fatigue than
the Germans, for we had been
driving forward day and night,
and they, for the most part, had
been sitting at home eating,
drinking and sleeping.
My darkest moment during
my tour of duty in Europe was
in the early part of the battle of
the Bulge when we had been
fighting for seven days. We had
never seen any fighting until
that time, but it doesn’t take
long for a man to learn what
is meant by the word “scare”.
We were drawn back after the
seven days were up, but not to
rest, just to get ready to draw
some more tanks. After we had
drawn our tanks, orders came
down for us to attack. Well,
we knew a little of what was
going on. We were to jump off
at 0600 hours the next morn-
ing. I was tank commander
and it was my first time at it
in combat. I didn’t know what
my reaction would be. The
time came and we were on our
way. The ground was covered
with snow and it had frozen.
All our tanks could do was slip
and slide all over the road, but
nevertheless we had our objective to take before night. As
we moved along we picked up
our Infantry. We had our plans
worked out for the way to attack, but things didn’t work out
so well. We had a little bad luck
- one of our tanks hit a mine
and was disabled, so it couldn’t
go any further. So now we had
to go on with our other four
tanks. We advanced a half mile
when a tank destroyer came up
from the side road and pulled
out in front of our lead tank
and Jerry had that spot zeroed
in and it exploded, trapping the
rest of our tanks and we could
not go forward, so we started to
back our tanks up. And when
that happened, Jerry started
to throw some rounds at our
tank in the rear and he would
had have the rest of the tanks
trapped, but we kept moving
back. The gunner of the 88
must have been off, because
he started firing at my tank. My
tank was the third one back. He
started throwing them at me. I
could look over the side of the
tank and see those 88s plowing
up the dirt along side of my
tank. I counted seven or eight
of them and each time every
one seemed like it was getting
closer. One did get so close that
it covered me up with dirt in
the turret of my tank. I didn’t
know that a tank could move so
fast in reverse but I finally got
my tank under cover. We were
lucky that day and we lost only
one tank and the TD. All I can
say is that, My Lord must have
been riding with me.
From the day that the Japanese surrendered it was a long
time before I finally got my
orders that I was going home.
It was nearing Thanksgiving
1945, and it was beginning to
look like I would spend another Christmas in Europe, but
things began to move a little
faster and I soon was on my
way to France where I boarded
a troopship and I spent Thanksgiving day on the high sea. I
got so sick I couldn’t enjoy my
Thanksgiving dinner, but after
a couple of days out at sea I
began to feel better knowing
that I would soon be back in the
good old United States.
After seven days and nights
at sea, battling a strong storm,
we arrived in New York safe
and sound with my feet planted
on the ground. Debarking at
New York, I was taken to Camp
Kilmer, N.J., where I began
processing out of the Army
life back to Civilian life. The
Army personnel, whose duty
was to try and sell you the life
in the Army, promised me a
commission to 2nd Lieutenant
if I would re-enlist. I told them
that I had enough of the Army
life and I would love for them
to get on with the processing
and make me a civilian as soon
as possible.
While I was waiting for my
orders to be processed I had a
few hours leave. I went into
New York City and it was here
that I saw my first television,
and boy was it small, but we
all know now that it was only
being tested and it wouldn’t
be long until that little picture
would be gaining in size.
My processing was completed on the seventh of December
1945 and I arrived at the separation center at Camp Chaffee,
Ark, on December 8th. At the
Separation Center I received
my honorable Discharge and
received my mustering out pay
which amounted to only $300
total, but I only received $100
at that time and was told that
the rest of my money would
be mailed at a later date. I also
received $14.30 for travel pay
and that was supposed to buy
my bus ticket to Pauls Valley,
OK. They had it all figured
out and that travel pay got me
home on December 10th. I
was on a bus heading for Pauls
Valley, arriving there around
midnight. I took a Taxi to 129
N. Chestnut Street, where my
wife was expecting me. For
the first time in almost three
years I was a civilian and looking forward to spending some
quality time with my wife and
families. And having a Merry
Christmas.
While I was off serving our
Country, Kathleen was working and living with her mother
and dad, Floy and Earl Cobble.
Kathleen was trying to save
all the money she could so we
would have a little start when I
got home. Also she was keeping a scrapbook of all things
that was going on. The following are some of the articles that
she kept for me. This one here
came from President Harry
Truman, who became President after the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt: “Harold G.
Bradley you answered the call
for your country and served in
its Armed Forces to bring about
the total defeat of the Enemy. I
extend the heartfelt thanks of a
grateful Nation, as one of the
nation’s finest, you undertook
the most severe task one can
be called upon to perform,
because you demonstrated the
fortitude, resourcefulness and
calm judgment necessary to
carry out that task, we now
look to you for leadership and
example in further exalting our
Country in peace.”
Kathleen received a letter
from Major General Bryant
E. Moore, commander of the
8th Infantry Division. The letter stated that “On the 29th of
May 1945, I have just awarded
the Silver Star Medal to your
husband, Sergeant Harold G.
Bradley. This award was made
by virtue of Gallantry in action.
Permit me to share with you
the pride, gratification that this
award must bring you, and to
congratulate you on your contribution through your husband
to the success of our Military
Operations.”
The General orders from
the Headquarters of the 8th
Infantry Division, states, “By
order of the President of the
United States, the Silver Star
is awarded to Sergeant Harold
G. Bradley of the Armored
Forces, Company C, 740th
Tank Battalion for gallantry in
action on May 1, 1945 in the
vicinity of Zeetze, Germany,
when the platoon leader’s tank
was put out of action by Enemy
fire, Sgt. Bradley immediately
led his tank into the lead position and directed the fire of the
entire platoon, thus preventing it from being encircled.
Through his leadership and
sound judgment, the enemy
counter-attack was repulsed
and the supporting infantrymen were given covering fire
while they maneuvered to other
positions.”
I believe that every man in
our Battalion could be called
heroes, but there were 40 men
that didn’t live to be called a
hero, but nevertheless, they
died in combat that those of
us that did make it through
the war could enjoy the freedom that we take for granted
today.
After returning to the United
States and receiving my discharge from the Army, I would
have loved to have had more
time to take life easy, but that
would have to come later,
because I had to start looking
for a job and that was my top
priority, it was time for me to
get back to work as a civilian.
The first place I checked for
work was my former employer,
G. F. Wacker Stores. They told
me when I was drafted that
they would make room for me
if I wanted to go back to work
for them. After my visit with
the boss he offered me a position in the retail store in Pauls
Valley, and I started to work in
the store after the first of January 1946. My wife was already
working there. Working at a 5
and 10 cent store was quite a
change from the jobs I had just
finished.
My time in the Pauls Valley
Store was short lived Another
store needed someone to manage a small store in Monahans,
TX and they wanted to know if
I would be interested in making the move to West Texas. I
jumped at the chance. Before
we could make the move, we
had to buy a car. We shopped in
Pauls Valley but couldn’t find
anything. Kathleen’s mother
and dad took us to Oklahoma
City and we found what we
could afford, a 1939 model
four door Ford. That was our
first car. On our way home I
noticed the car was burning
oil and at one point we didn’t
know if we were going to make
it to Pauls Valley. On Monday,
Kathleen’s dad took the car to
a friend and he pulled a ring
job and had it ready to go in
a couple of days, and by the
weekend we were packing
what we could carry with us
and we headed out for West
Texas where the sand storms
were a way of life out there.
A day after we arrived in
Monahans, I met with Joe Vandiver, who was the manager
of both stores. He filled me in
on the position and what he
wanted me to do. I hit the work
force running and Kathleen
was working along my side. I
also had two other sales persons. One of the largest jobs we
had to do was go through the
store and all merchandise that
was made in Japan we had to
pack up all the items and take
them out of circulation, due to
the war with Japan.
Our first child was born in
February, 1948, a son. That
year, Kathleen’s dad passed
away and we moved back to
Pauls Valley where I went to
work for the Pauls Valley Daily
Democrat and 37 years later, I
retired in 1986. Our son, Phillip, enlisted in the Air Force
in 1966 after graduation from
High School, and spent four
years serving his country. After
leaving the Air Force and starting his family, Phillip fell from
a cable television tower to his
death in 1979. In 1997 health
problems in my family made it
hard for us to live in Pauls Valley, we moved to League City,
TX. to be near our daughter
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
WITHIN AND FOR
PONTOTOC COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. JD-2012-13
In the Matter of HEATHER A. NAYLOR, DOB: 12/26/06; ZOEY NAYLOR, DOB:
9/21/2008; RONNIE NAYLOR, DOB: 5/23/2010; Alleged Deprived Child as Defined
by the Laws of the State of Oklahoma
Summons and Notice
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF PONTOTOC TO:
Mother: Brandi Herrera – Address Unknown
You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS has
been filed in the above styled and numbered case, alleging that the above named child
has been adjudicated deprived, and that the State alleges your rights parental rights
may be terminated under Title 10A under the Oklahoma statutes. The attached Petition
is hereby made a part of the Notice and incorporated by reference.
That this matter will be heard at a hearing upon the Motion on the 6th day of January,
2014 at 1:30 pm in the District Court for Pontotoc County, located at 120 W. 13th St.,
Ada, Oklahoma, before Judge Martha Kilgore at which time and place you may appear
and show cause, if any you have, why order and judgment in the proceedings should
not be entered as in the Motion prayed, and you are hereby summoned and notified
to be present at said time and place.
You are advised that the respondent parents, guardian or custodian, and respondent
child are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of the proceedings and if the parties are unable because of lack of present financial resources
to obtain an attorney, they are entitled, upon demonstrating this fact to the Court’s
satisfaction, to a Court-appointed attorney at no expense to such parties.
Failure to personally appear at this Hearing constitutes consent to the termination of
your parental rights to this child or these children. If you fail to appear on the date and
time specified, you may lose all legal rights as a parent to the child or children named
in the Petition or Motion attached to this Notice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 day of November,
2013.
Karen Dunnigan
Court Clerk
By: s) G. Pingleton
Deputy
(SEAL)
(Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
OF PONTOTOC COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. CV-2013-147
TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, OKLAHOMA, A Non-Profit Corporation,
Plaintiff,
vs.
BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, also known as BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, if in existence, and if dissolved, its unknown members and
successors; WALNUT VALLEY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH of Blanchard, Oklahoma,
and its unknown members and successors; PAT LEDFORD, MATTIE LEDFORD, W.M.
LEDFORD, and LILLIE LOMAN, if living, and if deceased, their unknown successors;
and THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, ex rel. THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION; and
The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, and Assigns, and the
Unknown Successors of MARY RACHEL “MOLLIE” DAGGS, SARAH ELIZABETH
SWEENEY, OPAL LEOTA BARRINGER, JAMES W. DAGGS, BATY DAGGS, DAISY
L. SANSEVERINO, ELIZABETH KING, and CATHERINE DAGGS, all Deceased; and
ZELDA R. SANSEVERINO; Defendants.
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:
BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH OF ADA, also known as BETHEL PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, if in existence, and if dissolved, its unknown members and
successors; WALNUT VALLEY PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH of Blanchard, Oklahoma, and its unknown members and successors; PAT LEDFORD, MATTIE LEDFORD,
W.M. LEDFORD, and LILLIE LOMAN, if living, and if deceased, their unknown successors; The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, and Assigns, and
the Unknown Successors of MARY RACHEL “MOLLIE” DAGGS, SARAH ELIZABETH
SWEENEY, OPAL LEOTA BARRINGER, JAMES W. DAGGS, BATY DAGGS, DAISY
L. SANSEVERINO, ELIZABETH KING, and CATHERINE DAGGS, all Deceased.
TAKE NOTICE that you and each of you, have been sued by the above named
Plaintiff in the above entitled action in the District Court of Pontotoc County, State of
Oklahoma, and that you must answer the Petition filed by Plaintiff in said cause on or
before the 27th day of December, 2013, or said Petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered accordingly in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendants above named
in said action, quieting title to the following described real property located in Pontotoc
County, Oklahoma:
All of Lot 2 in Block 50 of the Original Townsite of the City of Ada, Oklahoma,
AND
A tract of land in the NW/4 of NE/4 of Section 32, Township 4 North, Range 6 East,
more particularly described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of Lot
2 in Block 50 of the Original Townsite of the City of Ada, Oklahoma; thence West 50
feet; thence North 140 feet; thence East 50 feet; thence South 140 feet to the place of
beginning, being a tract 50 feet by 140 feet.
WITNESS my hand and seal this 6th day of November, 2013.
Karen Dunnigan, Court Clerk
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
By: s) B. Myers
Deputy
(SEAL)
Barry G. Burkhart, OBA#14092
120 South Broadway
Ada, Oklahoma 74820
(580) 332-2800
(580) 332-2811 (fax)
Attorney for Plaintiff
(Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 21 and 28, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
WITHIN AND FOR
PONTOTOC COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
No. P-2013-81
In the Matter of the Estate of IMOGENE FRYE, Deceased.
COMBINED NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF HEARING
To: All persons interested in the Estate of IMOGENE FRYE.
You are hereby notified that on October 14, 2013, the petitioner, Dennis Franklin Frye,
of Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County, a
Petition for Summary Administration. The petitioner has alleged that IMOGENE FRYE,
age 89, died testate on September 23, 2013, domiciled and residing in Pontotoc County,
Oklahoma, and that the total value of the decedent’s property in Oklahoma is less than
$175,000.00.
In an Order for Combined Notice entered on October 29, 2013, the Court found that
it should dispense with the regular estate proceedings prescribed by law, appoint a
Personal Representative, order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon
the Petition for Summary Administration, the final accounting and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution.
Pursuant to the Order for Combined Notice, all creditors having claims against
IMOGENE FRYE, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all
security interest and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to such
claim, to the Petitioner, Dennis Franklin Frye, c/o Kurt B. Sweeney, P.O. Box 190, Ada,
Oklahoma 74821-0190, on or before the presentment date of December 7, 2013, or the
same will be forever barred. The claim of any creditor now shown in the Petition will
be barred unless the claim is presented to the Personal Representative on or before
the presentment date.
Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held on the 2nd day of January, 2014, at
11:00 o’clock am at the Pontotoc County Courthouse, before the Judge of the District
Court. At the hearing the Court will decide whether to approve the Petition for Summary
Administration and the final account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees
and devisees and distribution of the estate by the Petitioner. The final account and
petition for determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution will be filed
on or before December 12, 2013.
You are hereby advised that you must file objections to the Petition for Summary
Administration and the final account and petition for determination of heirs, legatees and
devisees and distribution at least ten (10) days before the hearing and send a copy to
the petitioner’s attorney, Kurt B. Sweeney, P.O. Box 190, Ada, Oklahoma 74821-0190,
or you will be deemed to have waived any objections. If you have no objections, you
need not appear at the hearing nor make any filings with the Court.
If an objection is filed at least ten (10) days before the hearing, the Court will determine at the hearing whether summary proceedings are appropriate and if so, whether
the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed.
s) Dale Rex #31199
for Kurt B. Sweeney, OBA#17544
Sweeney, Draper & Christopher, P.L.L.C.
1320 Stone Bridge
P.O. Box 190
Ada, Oklahoma 74821-0190
(Published in The Allen Advocate on November 7 and 14, 2013)
The Daredevils
from Page 15
and her family and Kathleen’s
doctors in Houston.
Many years had passed and
the 740th Tank Battalion had
been having reunions, but I
was never able to attend. In
1997, several members of the
Battalion traveled to Europe to
retrace the tracks we had left
behind at the end of WWII.
They returned from their sojourn to share their accounts
of old friendships renewed and
the many memorials they had
visited in Belgium which were
situated at various locations
in tribute to the many allied
soldiers who had fought and
died there. To their surprise
some even bore mention of the
740th. Subsequently, at the
annual meeting of the Association in September 1997, it was
suggested that since so many
units had placed monuments to
memorialize their comrades, it
would be fitting for the heroes
of the 740th to be represented
as well.
The membership favorably
received the idea of a monument project. A campaign was
initiated for raising funds and
immediate discussion ensued
concerning preliminary sketches. Following the January 1998
Board meeting, designs for
our monument were reviewed.
There was a monument in Dumas, TX, that was dedicated by
the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and it was suitable in design
to what our organization had
in mind.
Contact was made with our
friends, Marcel and Mathilde
Schmetz of Clermont, Belgium, for researching monument manufacturers, comparing their capabilities, materials,
credibility and pricing. As to
the location, our primary concern was that the monument be
place in any one of the many
areas where the Battalion had
been stationed or engaged in
combat and that the particular
site be properly maintained.
The Battalion also sought authorization from the city government to conduct a formal
dedication at a convenient time
of the year. Marcel and Mathilde dedicated themselves to
our project, spending countless
hours in obtaining the particulars as well as contacting the
various city heads. After several meeting with Mr. Dewez,
Mayor of Dalhem/Neufchateau, we were advised that the
ground had been designated
for the monument. By this time
the monument dimensions had
been finalized and submitted to
the selected Monument Company for a final quote. So compelling was the enthusiasm, that our generous membership came through with the
necessary funds in just a matter
of months. On April 24, 1999,
our 20-month effort culminated with amazingly beautiful
results. The dedication of the
monument embodied in stone
and granite the lasting bond of
love among patriots.
The monument was funded
through generous, voluntary
contributions of Tankers and
their families. Tanker widows
and their families and family members of those killed
in action, all members of the
740th Tank Battalion Association. The memorial’s main
structure stands nine feet in
height and ten feet in width.
It is cut of Belgian blue stone
and black granite, constructed
and installed by the Pesser
LEGAL NOTICE
WITHIN AND FOR
PONTOTOC COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. JD-2012-13
In the Matter of HEATHER A. NAYLOR, DOB: 12/26/06; ZOEY NAYLOR, DOB:
9/21/2008; RONNIE NAYLOR, DOB: 5/23/2010; Alleged Deprived Child as Defined
by the Laws of the State of Oklahoma
Summons and Notice
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, COUNTY OF PONTOTOC TO:
Mother: William Naylor – Address Unknown
You are hereby notified that a PETITION TO TERMINATE PARENTAL RIGHTS has
been filed in the above styled and numbered case, alleging that the above named child
has been adjudicated deprived, and that the State alleges your rights parental rights
may be terminated under Title 10A under the Oklahoma statutes. The attached Petition
is hereby made a part of the Notice and incorporated by reference.
That this matter will be heard at a hearing upon the Motion on the 6th day of January,
2014 at 1:30 pm in the District Court for Pontotoc County, located at 120 W. 13th St.,
Ada, Oklahoma, before Judge Martha Kilgore at which time and place you may appear
and show cause, if any you have, why order and judgment in the proceedings should
not be entered as in the Motion prayed, and you are hereby summoned and notified
to be present at said time and place.
You are advised that the respondent parents, guardian or custodian, and respondent
child are entitled to be represented by an attorney at each and every stage of the proceedings and if the parties are unable because of lack of present financial resources
to obtain an attorney, they are entitled, upon demonstrating this fact to the Court’s
satisfaction, to a Court-appointed attorney at no expense to such parties.
Failure to personally appear at this Hearing constitutes consent to the termination of
your parental rights to this child or these children. If you fail to appear on the date and
time specified, you may lose all legal rights as a parent to the child or children named
in the Petition or Motion attached to this Notice.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 7 day of November,
2013.
Karen Dunnigan
Court Clerk
By: s) G. Pingleton
Deputy
(SEAL)
(Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
WITHIN AND FOR
PONTOTOC COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. PB-2013-62
In the Matter of the Estates of DOXIE COLBERT and MARY FRANCES COLBERT,
Both Deceased.
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ORDER ALLOWING
FINAL ACCOUNT, DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, FINAL SETTLEMENT, DISTRIBUTION AND DISCHARGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Gregory Dewayne Colbert, Personal Representative of the Estates of Dixie Colbert and Mary Frances Colbert, both Deceased, having
filed in this Court his Final Account of the administration of said Estate, his Petition for
Order Allowing Final Account, Determination of Heirship, Distribution and Discharge
of said Personal Representative, the hearing of the same has been set by the Judge
of this Court for Monday, the 16th day of December, 2013 at 9:00 o’clock a.m. at the
Pontotoc County District Courtroom, Pontotoc County Courthouse, located in Ada,
Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified to
then and there appear and show cause, if any they heave, why said Account should not
be settled and allowed, the heirs of said deceased determined, said Estate distributed
and the Personal Representative discharged.
DATED this the 4th day of November, 2013.
Thomas S. Landrith
Judge of the District Court
Kenneth R. Johnson
130 East 14th, Drawer 1690
Ada, OK 74820
580/332-2558
Attorney for Personal Representative
(Published in The Allen Advocate on November 14 and 21, 2013)
Pierres and Marbres, of Aubel,
Belgium. The protectors of
our monument are Monsieure
Desire and Charles Wiels of
Dalhem/Neufchateau.
On April 24, 1999, members
of the 740th Tank Battalion and
citizens of Dalhem/Neufchateau and the surrounding area
dedicated the monument to the
members of the Battalion who
gave their lives for our country
and to the citizens of the area
who took our members into
their homes and comforted
them during the dark days of
November and December,
1944, prior to the battalion’s
entrance into combat during the Battle of the Bulge.
Although the monument was
late in becoming a reality, our
members often wished that a
marker of some kind could be
erected in Belgium dedicated
to the effort and struggle they
encountered there. Due to the
fact that our members were
raising families, making a living and dealing with life, the
monument was delayed until
this time.
I was not able to make the
trip for the dedication of our
monument. Those who made
the trip had the dedication ceremony videotaped and a gold
medallion made so that those
unable to attend could remember this special occasion.
The 740th Tank Battalion
now has monuments erected
at Camp Bouse, Arizona, Fort
Knox, Kentucky and Dalhem/
Neufchateau, Belgium.
In July of 2004, I had the opportunity to return to Europe
with a tour group of 29 people,
and we honored the men killed
in action at the Monument with
a special program. This was
the first time I had returned to
Europe in 60 years and will
be the last time. The years are
creeping up on all World War II
Veterans. There are reports that
1000 vets are dying each day.
How many are there left that
haven’t told their stories?
2 004 was NOT the final
return to Europe for Harold
Bradley. Harold made several more trips with the battalion, including a trip in 2011
when, at the age of 86, Harold
climbed on top of a Sherman
Tank in the middle of Bastogne,
Belgium. And in June 2013, I
was privileged to be traveling
buddies with Harold Bradley
on our trip to Germany and
Belgium with the 740th Tank
Battalion.
Harold’s energy and enthusiasm will surprise one; and if
one thinks Harold is an average old man, one would be
wrong. Harold is anything but
average. He is a gentleman,
patriot, Silver Star winner,
writer, father, grandfather, and
a widower. Harold is ready
at all times to pass down his
wisdom of life experience and
his war memories for those of
younger generations (like myself) that haven’t experienced
the things he did.
I was privileged to get to
sit beside him as we traveled
across Belgium and Germany,
but more importantly I’m privileged to call him my friend.
~ Jonathan Ellingsworth
Atwood Church of
the Nazarene
Since Sunday was the day
before Veterans Day, we honored our veterans in our morning service. After Sunday
School, we said the flag salute
and sang patriotic songs in
the congregational singing. Our children sang “I May
Never March in the Infantry”
and Kelsey played “America
the Beautiful” on her violin. We then watched a video entitled “God Bless America,”
which highlighted all the
branches of the service. We
recognized our veterans that
were there. Jennea read a
poem and our group sang a
medley of patriotic songs. Bro Larry’s sermon taken
from Deuteronomy 6: 4-5;
Genesis 1:1; and John 1:1 was
entitled “One God or three?”. There is only one God. In the
ancient world many gods was
the norm. Through divine revelation Israel learned that there
is only One God. He is the
Creator, Sustainer, Provider,
Protector, Leader, etc. The Bible is the story of God at work
in this world. In the Bible God
expresses Himself as Father,
Son and Holy Spirit. The one God is worthy of all
our affection. We are to love
Him with all our heart. Our
love for Him is to be greater
than all other loves. We are
to love Him with all our soul. All that we are and ever hope
to be is wrapped up in Him. We are to love Him with all
our strength. This reminds us
that we are created to serve god
physically. There are things to
do in the kingdom that requires
us. Witnessing, ministering,
building, and helping others. God has no hands on earth but
our hands. Without intentional
effort many things will come
first before God. Anything that
comes before God ultimately
damages everything else. We invite you to attend
church with us. Sunday we
will have our Thanksgiving Lindsey Laxton was the lucky winner of the door
Dinner after services. prize and collecting $100 of books and goodies.
Sorority Has Super Time
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!....was that Superman?? Allen was super safe Monday, October 21st,
with all the Super Heroes in town attending Beta Sigma Phi’s Halloween party hosted by “Spiderman” Janice Deaton. While enjoying hero sandwiches the group was surprised by the arrival of “Super Santa” Joy
Anderson. “The Hulk” Brenda Johnson, “Elasta Girl” Jill Kaminski, guest “Super Shakespeare”
Jan Moore, “Bat Girl” Tammy Frederick, “Super Man” Cindy Davis, “Super Nan” Tanya Caldwell,
“Super Man” Sue Boyd, guest “Flash Gordon” Terry Riddle, “Super Mom” Jennifer Smith,
“Super Granny” Cindi Sanders, and guest “Super Memo” Thelma Goddard had pumpkin and a
variety of other flavored cheesecake, pumpkin roll ice cream and delicious homemade cookies
for dessert while sharing who their real life heroes are. Plans were finalized for the carnival cakewalk and the Super Heroes sped off into the night
returning to their regular lives.
Hughes Co. Court Records
MISDEMEANORS
Ashley Nicole Cross—
driving under the influence
by a person under 21
Sherwood Ray Jackson
Jr.—domestic abuse-assault
& battery
Jennifer M. Martin—driving a motor vehicle while
under the influence of alcohol
Tony Ray Sands—driving
a motor vehicle while under
the influence of alcohol aggravated
Chad Sinclair—public
intoxication
Bradley Ray Williams—
driving a motor vehicle
while under the influence of
alcohol
MARRIAGE
Arthur Lee Green, McAlester & Karen LaDonna
Albrighth, Lamar
DIVORCE
Casey Bear vs James
Bear
Stephen Hearn vs Felicia
Hearn
Samantha Jo Lambert vs
Jeffrey Lambert
CIVIL
State of Oklahoma/Oklahoma Tax Commission vs
Carl Wayne Nester—tax
warrant
Cavalry SPV I LLC vs
Lacey Davis—indebtedness
SMALL CLAIMS
Steve Bauman vs Liz
Roach—damages
Anna Marie Hubbard vs
William Spars—entry &
detainer
Muscogee Creek Nation
Housing vs Kesha L. Piza—
entry & detainer
Muscogee Creek Nation
Housing vs Eliza Barnett—
entry & detainer
TRAFFIC
Nowell Leann Aguilera—
failure to comply with compulsory insurance law
Chasity Austin—speeding
1-10 mph over limit
Amber Nichole Bryant—
speeding 1-10 mph over
limit
Kenneth Gabriel Carter—
driving under suspension-3rd
offense
Brent L. Dahle—driving
under suspension-1 st offense
Bryan Scott Fitzgerald—
driving under suspension
Max Ellig Frye—driving
under suspension-2 nd offense
Michaela Gayler—speeding 1-10 mph over limit
Mary Ellen Gewitsch—no
seat belt
Michael Tanner Goforth—
limit
Patrick Taylor Goodwin
II—driving under suspension-1st offense; speeding
1-10 mph over limit
Shawn Allen Gray—no
seat belt
Madison Greenwood—
limit
Donna K. Harjo—no seat
belt
Jacob Lee Hopper—driving under suspension-1 st
offense; speeding 1-10 mph
over limit
Micha Jackson—no seat
belt
Arthur Johnson—no seat
belt
Kaylin Denise Kellogg—
limit
Jamie Wayne Lassiter—
limit
Jennifer M. Martin—trans-
porting open container-beer
Logan Kyle Dontae Miller—no seat belt
Kenneth Daniel Mooney—
Kyle D. Pipkin—operating
motor vehicle without valid
driver’s license
Shellie Kaye Rogers—
failure to stop at stop sign;
failure to comply with compulsory insurance law
Bret Allen Stapp—speeding 21-25 mph over limit
Anthony Ross Thetford—
Brandon Vaughn Tinsley—
operating motor vehicle in
manner not reasonable and
proper
Matthew Trump—speeding 1-10 mph over limit
Mario Josue Velasqez—no
seat belt
Tymber Nicole Ward—no
seat belt
Adam Eugene West—no
seat belt
William Thomas West—
no seat belt
Allen Book Fair Continues
until Sunday
The Allen Public Library is hosting an “Oasis of Reading”
Scholastic Book Fair this week. The Library/Fair is open from
8 am until 6 pm on Thursday, Friday and Monday (November
14, 15 and 18) and 1 to 5 pm on Sunday, the 17th.
Book Fairs benefit both the public and school libraries. Come
in and shop!
Allen Pre-K teacher, Ms. Laxton, won the big prize for previewing the Book Fair this year. She is the recipient of $100
worth of books and goodies. Other winners of $20 in books
were Ms. Mills for Pre-K; Ms. Laden and Ms. Scroggins for
1st grades; Ms. Johnson and Ms. Pitts for 2nd grade. Classroom
wish lists are posted for you to shop for your favorite teacher.
Craft Show Saturday
at Ada Church
Ada Faith Assembly of God Women’s Ministry is having a Fall
Bazaar on Saturday, November 16th, from 9 am to 3 pm. There will
be crafts, quilts, house wares and food. Come shop in the Fellowship
Hall.
The church is located on the J.A. Richardson Loop, west of Nichol’s
$ Saver grocery store. The fellowship hall entrance is the side door
next to the church’s north entrance.
Tupelo School Reunion
The annual Tupelo School Reunion will be held Saturday,
November 30th, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m., in the school cafeteria.
Sandwiches will be furnished and those attending are asked to
please bring a dessert.
Theme for the 2013 reunion is “Golden Oldies” and guests
are asked to bring school memorabilia that is 50-years or more
old.
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Brent Graves, Texas Broker 0497549.
IRRIGATION • CREEK
Texas Auction License #13507 or the office in Holdenville at 323
BERMUDA GRASS • TIMBER
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Holdenville, OK 74848
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(405) 645-2457
AUCTION
Make your financial future a
priority.
Taylor P Howard
Financial Advisor
For Sale
FOR SALE — 3 Bed, 1-1/2
bath brick home with double
carport. Will consider trade
for land of equal value. (580)
320-3266
.
1500 Hoppe Blvd Suite 11
Ada, OK 74820
580-436-1632
www.edwardjones.com
&
JACK SHERRY REAL ESTATE
& INVESTMENTS
101 N. Hinckley
Holdenville
405-379-3977
Jack Sherry
cell:405-221-1325
Nancy Sherry
Cell: 405-380-6517
Jack Sherry
Owner/Broker
Nancy Sherry Michelle Miller Faith Fullerton
Broker Associate
Sales Associate
Provisional
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State, National & Global Exposure
Michelle Miller
cell:405-221-1070
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Cell: 405-221-6132
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For Sale by Owner
205 Oak Lane, Allen, Oklahoma
new roof in 2007, stainless steel appliances, New HVAC (3.5
ton) in 2012, 20x32 shop, RV cover, Hot tub, Privacy fence,
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on a 140x135 lot
Call (580)559-9303 for information
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FOR SALE — 2012 Impala
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Only 9,000 miles. Call (580)
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FOR SALE — 2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LS 2WD
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Garage Sale
GARAGE SALE — 207 N.
Cleveland St, November 15 &
16. Friday 8 to 4; Saturday 8
to 12. 57” oak desk & hutch,
glass top coffee table and end
tables, Hoover vac, men &
women clothes, Home Interior, small appliances, fishing
misc, Christmas misc, shoes,
storage containers, cookbooks,
new carpet cleaner, dishes, 27”
RCA TV
TIRE
500 East Main - Ada
AUCTION
SAT., DEC. 7, 11 AM
119 CR 2380 BAGWELL, TX 75412
(ON SITE TRACT #1)
546 ± ACRES
RED RIVER COUNTY
BAGWELL, TEXAS
BEAUTIFUL HOME
IRRIGATION • CREEK
BERMUDA GRASS • TIMBER
(580)332-5145
OPEN HOUSE DATES: Nov. 24, 1-3 PM
& Dec. 6th, 1-5PM
TRACT 1: 346± Acres. TRACT 2: Home & 10± Acres.
3,000± Sq. Ft. brick home with 3 bedrooms, 2 Full Baths
& 2 half baths. TRACT 3: 190± Acres 30’ x 60’ metal
building; Barn Master 36’ x 36’ horse barn w/6 stalls.
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RICK’S TANK TRUCK SERVICE
Is looking to hire qualified drivers in the Calvin area
to drive at night. Yard is located south of Calvin
on Highway 75. You must have a Class A CDL, be
21-years-old, and have at least one year tank truck
driving experience.
$16.25 per hour
Average 60 hours
Benefits Available
Please call Stacy Butler at (580) 399-7514
Scott McCormack
Cell 580-310-4389
West of Ada on Hwy 3W • (580)436-5033
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Stockers & Feeder • Pairs, Cows & Bulls
Wednesdays starting at 9:00 a.m.
Average Report for 11/6/2013
Total Head: 817
Steers
350-378 .............................$215.00-$229.00
403-435 .............................$201.00-$215.00
450-498 .............................$195.00-$208.00
485-490 .............................$180.00-$186.00
510-545 .............................$179.00-$191.00
560-570 .............................$168.00-$170.00
604-638 ...........................................$162.00
608-641 .............................$152.00-$155.00
770-788 .............................$148.00-$155.00
HEIFERS
300-328 .............................$195.00-$203.00
370-398 .............................$189.00-$198.00
405-446 .............................$180.00-$189.00
465-475 .............................$163.00-$175.00
518-540 .............................$158.00-$161.00
550-587 .............................$147.00-$157.00
594...................................................$144.00
612-629 .............................$144.00-$146.00
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WORLD’S LARGEST GUN & KNIFE SHOW!
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REAL ESTATE
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379-3331
CONTRACT
JAMES WELCH, BROKER (405)380-7988
Brenda Welch, Sales assoc.
(405)379-8044 Cell 380-8188
CONTRACT
Office is located at 100 N Hinckley • Holdenville, OK
CONTRACT
& Associates
Mary Terry - Owner/Broker ................................ 320-3165
Sherry Hickman- Bro/Asc .................................. 421-4881
Boogie Evans ...................................................... 399-4357
46 ACRES — Come relax at this 2 bed 1 bath home with
a cozy front porch. Enjoy the outdoors while sitting by the
pond. 18330 CR 3470 in Roff. $145,000 MLS#50836
*****
3 BED 2 BATH — on 10 acres. Fabulous horse place. 40x30
shop, 5 stalls, loafing shed. $250,000. MLS#50616
*****
3 BED 2 BATH — on 10 Acres with a pond. 3802 US Hwy
377. $89,000. MLS#50534
*****
2 BED 2 BATH — Two mobile homes on 6.62 acres. 21276
CR 1555. $79,900 MLS#50594
*****
3 BED 1 BATH — 413 S. Sydney, Francis. $34,900
MLS#50442
*****
2 BED 2 BATH — With a walkout basement. 1616 Keith
Road (CR 3540) $80,000 MLS#50082
*****
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CONTRACT
409 NW J.A.
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Ada, OK
(580) 332-8933
www.maryterry.com
Scott Ward - Bro/Asc .......................................... 272-3343
Shelby Heck - Assoc. ......................................... 320-3780
Rebecca Terry - Assoc. ...................................... 399-9418
Theresa Stewart - Bro/Asc ................................. 320-2136
*****
22.68 ACRES in beautiful Paradise Hills. $90,720
MLS#50154
*****
7.85 ACRES in Paradise Hills. $62,000 MLS#50178
*****
3 BED 1 BATH IN BYNG SCHOOL DISTRICT — 431 N.
Thomas. $29,000 MLS#50166
*****
2 BED 1 BATH IN BYNG SCHOOL DISTRICT with a nice
shop. $25,000 MLS#50167
*****
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*****
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*****
180 ACRES — Nice creeks running through. Lots of
potential. $255,000 MLS#50125
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Out & About
Community Thanksgiving
The annual Allen Community Thanksgiving Service will be
th
A aron Finney and Betty held Sunday evening, November 24 , 6:00 p.m. This year’s worFriday, out & about from Charlie, were Martha and ScotTulsa for the weekend, was ty Files, Dennis Files, Desiree Finney attended the 7th Annual ship service will be at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist
Diane Miller. While here and Isaiah, and Betty Finney. Singing at Johnson’s Chapel Church.
Joining in that visit were Mr. in Citra this past Saturday
she spent a night with Fay
Rinehart. Joining in that visit and Mrs. Leon Knighten of night. The singing is held in
memory of Sister Sue Walton.
were Sarah Randell and Carol Tupelo.
401 E Hwy 1 • (580)857-1234
T he Manuels are former Also attending were Randy and
Roebuck. She also visited in
the home of Jearl and Linda Allen residents who recently Rhonda Nation.
Drive thru - walk up - outhouse
celebrated their 73rd wedding
—O&A—
Knighten.
Mrs. Miller spent Saturday anniversary.
Several from the Allen United
—O&A—
Pentecostal Church attended a
night with her brother and
Tyler and Raiden Harrington Ladies Retreat, which was held
family, Stormy and Debbie
came to Allen on Saturday and in Tulsa this past weekend.
Rinehart and Jesse.
- Banana Splits
Attending were June Vinson,
Others she visited while here spent the afternoon visiting
were Mike and Tammy Lawler, family. They spent time with Debbie Vinson, Sandy Leal
- Shakes
Joanie Harrington, Glenn and and Gina, Shirley and Michelle
Kayla and Lauren.
- Sundaes
—O&A—
Joetta Harington, James and Riley, Joyce Reich, Sylvia,
Hours
2 to 4
Visiting in Ada recently, at Charlene Summers, and Adam Autumn and Kylie McNeely,
- Floats
10-10 Sun - Thurs
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. and April Burris.
Andre Pegg and Sue Sanders.
10 - midnight
- Dipped Cones
C. Manuel and their grandson,
—O&A—
Other family members and
Fri & Sat
friends joining them at the retreat were Gladys Moore and or use our convenient
Golf Cart Entrance
Syvilla from Petrola, Texas;
and Charlotte and Tammy Vinson, Natalie Sommers, Stepha*JV Boys Game at 5:00 pm/HS Games at 6:30 pm
nie and Phoebe Sharp, Pam
Nov. 21
Calvin
Away*
We are opening a new store in
Bennett, Rhonda Pachucki and
Nov. 22
Asher
Away*
Francis, Oklahoma!
Londa Litke.
Dec. 2-7
Pontotoc Conf Tourn @ Calvin
Come
see
us at 22270 CR 1475
—O&A—
(2 miles east of the Francis Post Office)
Dec. 10
Wanette
Away*
Out & about, visiting at the
(580)332-0839
Dec. 13
New Lima
Home*
Gary Vinson and Carl Vinson
Dec. 17
Roff
Home*
homes has been Randy Vinson
Dec. 19
Weleetka
Home*
and Dawson from Tupelo, MisOffer Expires November 30, 2013
Jan. 7
Tupelo
Home*
sissippi.
Jan. 9-11
Moss Tournament
Jan. 14
Kiowa
Away*
Jan. 16
Hartshorne
Home*
Jan. 20-25 Pott. Co. Tourn @ OBU-Shawnee
Jan. 30
Sasakwa
Home*
Jan. 31
Vanoss
Away*
Feb. 4
Wetumka
Away*
Feb. 7
Stonewall Home*
Feb. 11
Bowlegs
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adult t’s in
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the
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Allen High School Basketball
Schedule
Bryant Pecan Co.
10% Discount with this coupon
Basketball Season is coming soon...
Fall Bazaar Saturday at Ada Church
Ada Faith Assembly of God Women’s Ministry is having a Fall
Bazaar on Saturday, November 16th, from 9 am to 3 pm. There will
be crafts, quilts, house wares and food. Come shop in the Fellowship
Hall.
The church is located on the J.A. Richardson Loop, west of Nichol’s
$ Saver grocery store. The fellowship hall entrance is the side door
next to the church’s north entrance.
sleeve ts &
hoodies
2 designs - 2 colors - something for everyone!
Orders being taken until next Tuesday - Order forms will be
circulating around town or call Julie Mills (580)272-3107 or
Linda Baber (580)421-5182
Thank You
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The Treat family would like to thank their
friends and neighbors for their kindnesses
during Bob’s recent surgery and recovery.
Your calls, visits, cards and gifts of food
were greatly appreciated.
Bob & Joyce Treat
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• Thanks •
The Allen 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade
want to thank Jimmy & Rita Nix for
sponsoring their trip to the pumpkin patch.
Also thanks to Stephen Caldwell
for volunteering to drive the bus
for us.
We had an awesome time.
Thanks
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Open Sundays
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