Megargel High School - Mustang Yearbook (Megargel, TX)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1929 volume:

AFTER SIXTY YEARS lt has been a long tlme smce we were all together dressed rn our caps and gowns ready to recelve our hlgh school dlplomas and complete a very 1m portant stage rn our lrves Many of us have not seen each other smce graduatlon Some have gone on before us and some who are st1ll l1v1ng cannot be Wlth us for thls reunlon but our thoughts and memorles go out to them We want to thank each and every one who has contrxbuted the1r part IH makmg thls occaslon pOSS1blC A resume of your l1fe the past slxty years w1ll be of great mterest to all of us A speclal thanks to O V Hampton for hrs rdea 1n maklng th1s posslble I-Irs many hours of work and effor 1n contactmg all of us gathermg lnfor matron makmg all arrangements for our meetmg place food entertamment and all that makes th1s possrble To Cleat Cockrell of Cockrell Prmtmg Company who d1d all the graphlcs prmtmg and publlshmg of thls brochure and donatlng lt to us we thank you X' ft! xffa R-4PM L 5'i yh5tt,oruol:'yY 05' , - , 1 . 4 . . . . 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A' A 7 CLASS OF 1929 MEGARGEL HIGH SCHOOL Presrdenl VICC Presrdent Treasurer Reporter hdegargel Texas CHHHCERS Baxter Rue Turner Kunkel lnez Ferguson Mary Frames Walsh SPONSORS Mr and Mrs G L Beleher Velma Hay den ILNTIU RTAINMENT COMMITTI' lx Burl Walker Ayres Babe Brown and Clephane Cross VALEDICTORIAN Homer Ragle SALUTATORIAN H F Harmel, Jr 9 Secretary ............................... A 7 r . , V . MEGARGEL SCHGOL The Megargel School started on Aprll 19 1910 mth thls Drspensatlon lt IS ordered by the court that school dtstrlct M4 tB1ttermoundJ be sub d1v1ded lnto two dlstrlcts where by a new school dlstrlct shall be known and created as Megargel School Drstrlct 927 The frrst school house was a framed two room burldmg bu1lt rn 1910 ln the summer of 1913 two more rooms were added to the north slde of the bulldmg This bulldlng was torn down 1n 1917 and then a two story brlck burldmg was put up rn tts place The frrst class to graduate rn Megargel School was tn 1918 In 1927 the present Hrgh School bu1ld1ng was bu1lt and the class of 1928 was the frrst to graduate 1n rt The class of 1929 was the second class to graduate rn the present Hlgh School butldmg and the 12th class to graduate rn Megargel School The graduatrng class of 1929 started IH September 1928 mth 28 puprls rn the class There was 12 boys and 16 grrls Only 23 graduated 11 boys and 12 glrls Helen L1v1ngston marrred Nolton Jolley and dropped out of school She IS now deceased Ada Belle Mounce marrred Lawton Blshop and dropped out of school She IS now deceased Margarette McLarty marrted H T Duncan and dld not graduate Velma Hayden broke her leg and she had to mrss qurte a b1t of school and graduated tn the class of 1930 B W Bradshaw Jr moved out of town The other 23 students graduated We want to welcome you to the 60th Graduatron Anmversary of the Class of 1929 It IS w1th great pleasure that we have been able to gather a short hrstory of the lxves of most of us We appreclate the Interest and cooperatlon that you have shown to make thrs publrcatron posstble . 7. . . . . , . . . . 44 ' v N s ' 'S . .x . .H ,, . , . . . . . x - v . . . r . . 5 . . . . x . . 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IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US SAM HOUSTON BISHOP Houston Blshop was born rn Young County Texas January 6 1911 to Horace and M11l1e Brshop farmers Houston was the thrrd son and thlrd chlld born to Mr and Mrs Bishop Houston flfSI attended school at Olney Texas and then when he was rn the S1XIh grade hrs famrly moved to Archer County about three mlles northwest of Megargel Texas where he attended school untll he graduated He stayed home w1th h1s parents and farmed and drove the school bus untll he marrled Burtrum Freeman He then moved to Megargel drove a school bus farmed and worked 1n the o11 freld Houston was drafted rnto the army ln 1942 and spent four years there He fought ln the Battle of the Bulge ln Germany among other battles HIS army Serlal number was 38059653 and was 1n the Half Track Armored Inf D1v1 reason called back 1nto the army and sent to Camp Forest New York He was dlscharged as Flrst Sgt U S Army After the war he worked for Repubhc O11 F1e1d Supply H1s last job w1th Repubhc O11 Freld Supply was 1n Snyder Texas where he dled February 22 1981 He IS burled 1n Restland Cemetery at Olney Texas fwrztlen by O V Hamptonj BURL WALKER AYTES Burl Walker was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Walker We do not have the date of b1rth of Burl but was probably 1910 or 1911 She marrled Raymond Aytes before she graduated but went ahead and graduated Burl was kllled rn an automoblle accldent somewhere near Fort Worth Texas I don t have the date or where she was burled. fwrrtten by O V Hampton! - . ! 9 9 , . . , , . 3 7 3 ' ' 3 9 sion. He was sent home and discharged on Points, but was then for some , . 3 1 9 . , . , . , . , . , . HOMER RAGLE He was born November 18 1907 m Snyder He went to Lawton OK w1th h1s famlly 1n h1s early chlldhood and l1ved there unt1l he was ln h1s mrddle teens H1s father was a m1n1ster and the famlly l1ved 1n varlous towns 1n Texas after thelr return from Oklahoma Ragle completed hrs hrgh school educa t1on at Megargel and then attended ACC He transferred to North Texas State College where he met Mlss Leona Norrls a student m the college They were marrled August 19 1933 and l1ved ln Megargel durmg the flrst four years of the1r marrred l1fe They moved to Taft where he was employed by a lumber company He worked 1n the Taft Post Offlce for Taft Cotton O11 Co Reynolds Metals Co and Prrtchard and Abbott before dec1d1ng to go back to college and prepare hlmself for a school teachlng career He enrolled for h1s senlor year at A 8: I College where h1S younger son Verne Ragle was a freshman student He was a member of Alpha Chl at A 8a I College He recelved h1s B A degree ln 1960 and later returned for one summer for speclal courses m mathemat1cs He and Mrs Ragle taught ln Allce and then returned to Taft where she had taught durmg the years he worked 1n that town They taught m Taft schools for two years after whxch Mrs Ragle accepted a f1rst grade pos1t1on xn Odem and he taught for two years 1n Mathls He accepted the math posrtlon 1n the Smton school system ln September 1965 They made thexr home ln Odem from the t1me they left the Taft schools Ragle was a member of the Church of Chrlst and at the t1me of h1s death was an elder 1n Park Avenue Church of Chrlst 1n Odem He dled January 28, 1966 and h1s wnfe Leona dled ln July 1981 They had two boys and one g1rl 1 ' 9 9 3 ' 7 ' 9 . , ., -a a 1 s ' 9 3 , . , . Y 7 Y ' LIN N IE GRAY ESCUE L1nn1e Gray was born 1n Young County Texas to Mr and Mrs J1m Gray After graduatlon she stayed home and helped her parents w1th the work on the farm She attended school at Bxtter Creek rn Young County attended Olney School and one year attended Megargel Hrgh School where she graduated L1nn1e Gray marrred Bermce R Escue on January 1 1934 and made her home 1n Olney Texas Her husband worked 1n the o1l frelds around Olney L1nn1e and Bern1ce Escue had four chlldren three boys and one g1rl L1nn1e dled June 28 1984 and IS burled 1n Restland Cemetery at Olney fwrztten by O V Hamptonj TERRELL CLEAMON KIMES B HSV 1f.Q Terrell Krmes was born Aprrl 11 1912 ln bu-b-be-ck Texas Hrs father was Robrn Thomas Klmes and hrs mother was Mary Alta Stewart Klmes Terrell was 1n the graduatrng class of 1929 and attended busmess college IH Wrchrta Falls after graduatron We do not know anythxng about the lrfe of Terrell after graduatlon Hrs death certrfrcate shows that he was a wrdower and an electromcs salesman He dred rn Da-l-las Aprrl Q 1985 Mfbbocf , . . . 7 ' 7 3 ' 9 9 , . . , . 3 7 1 Texas. a C ,' 9 9 ' . , , . ' Q TO OUR DEAR FRIEND LILLIE FAYE QBABEJ BROWN Babe Brown was born near Megargel Texas She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs H E Brown Mr Brown was a farmer and was the lirst Postmaster of 'Vlegargel Post Office Don t have the birth date of Babe Brown but was probably 1910 or 1911 She spent her entire school days in Megargel School Not long after Graduation she married Dave Hughes a musician and actor Red Jones a nightclub ow ner in West Texas or New Mexico Babe and Red had one son Babe lived in England at one time where her son was living and working Babe is now in a nursing home somewhere in California and her mind and body have deteriorated to where she doesn t know who she is or where she is fwrztten bv O V Hampton! 1 . , . . , . V , . . with the Haverstock Tent Show. Babe and Dave later divorced, and she married , Y . I . 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Q 5 -f 'x if er-5 .- '14, li MABLE CLANAHAN TAYLOR I was born to Allen and Nelhe Clanahan January 2 1911 rn the Brtter Creek commumty rn Young County I had three brothers but only one rs l1v1ng now My mother and father are both gone so my brother and I are the only ones left IH our famlly We moved just 1ns1de the Spr1ng Creek school d1str1ct so my oldest brother and I walked or rode a horse the two m11es to school We attended school at Sprung Creek untll school was out then to Bltter Creek School for two months I had a lot of frlends ln both communrtres We attended Smgmgs at Brtter Creek School House every Sunday nrght People from everywhere came to smg and lrsten We had a wonderful trme We also had partles Everyone knew everyone else we were all good frlends My oldest brother and I drove a Ford to Olney Hrgh School He flnlshed hlgh school ln 1928 My parents then rented a room rn Megargel for Lmnre graduated rn 1929 In 1932 I marrled Ray Taylor and moved to Graham Texas We have two boys One l1ves 1n Graham and one lrves ln Arlrngton Texas In 1964 I lost my husband I went to nlght school and worked all day to send my chrldren to school I kept books for about 15 years Then I took a job carlng for a drsabled person for about frve years In 1976 I closed my home and went to lrve wrth my son 1n Arllngton to help hrm w1th hrs four chlldren 12 6 3 and 7 months I started three 1n school and stayed for twelve years At the end of school May 31 1988 I moved back to my home 1n Graham Texas My youngest grandson comes and stays all the tlme he has out of school I am now gorng on my 79th year feelrng good except a plnched nerve rn my back and a few old age complalnts whlch I get aggravated about because I can't do everythmg I want to do Gray and I. We did our own cooking, and attended school in Megargel, and ' 7 ' 5 3 CLEAT COCKRELL Born August 6 1911 at a farm house at Westover Texas Started to school at age s1x at the new school butldmg 1n Westover I walked a m1le to school down a d1rt road 1n all kmds of weather ram sleet ICC and snow along w1th pretty sun shlney days After f1n1sh1ng the 9th grade I transferred to Megargel To get to school l walked one and a half m1les across Mr Rrchardson s pasture to catch the school bus dr1ven by Mr Hampton We had about a ten mlle route on muddy roads before we reached the school house I was one of the graduatmg class of 1929 In September of 1929 I went to W1Ch1la Falls and entered Draughons Buslness College After f1n1sh1ng college I got a Job as bookkeeper wlth the Graham M111 84 Elevator ln Graham After workmg there almost 2 years 12 to 18 hours a day SIX and seven days a week for S60 00 a month I asked for a ralse All I got was a laugh from the boss I gave h1m two weeks notlce and qult I must have been lucky because one week later I was employed at General Mllls rn W1ch1ta Falls startlng at S90 00 per month workmg forty hours per week Boy was I 1n Hlgh Cotton Wh11e workmg for General M1115 I met the prettlest l1ttle brown eyed 1935 she became Mrs Cleat Cockrell In 1938 when W Lee O Damel fThe H1l1b1l1y Flour Mani was elected governor of Texas he was in need of an offlce man to handle hrs flour accountlng and personal busmess I was transferred to Fort Worth by General M1115 to take over th1s asslgnment One year later the flour company closed and I moved to Austm I contlnued to work for Gov O Damel and worked nn the State Audltor s offlce Whrle l1v1ng ln Austm I attended the Unlverslty of Texas at n1ght takrng advanced accountlng and personnel management Durlng th1s t1me I recelved Greetmgs from Uncle Sam I was rnducted ln the army at Fort Sam Houston and was asslgned to the Elghth Servxce Command where I spent my tour of duty After my dlscharge from the army I returned to Fort Worth I went lnto partnershrp w1th a pr1nt1ng company I remamed w1th the company for seven teen years Durmg that tlme 119471 the stork VlS1ICd us and brought us a 11ne baby boy In 1963 I sold my mterest 1n the prmtlng company and ln January, 1964 I started my own busmess wlth one small prmtmg press My wrfe was book keeper I was the salesman and our son was dehvery boy and jamtor after school hours J i ' . . . 5 . , , . . . . . , . , - - 5 . l . , 7 9 ' 3 ' ' L6 ' ii . brunette girl I ever saw. We dated for a year-and-a-half and on September 11, , . . . . . , . . . . . ,S . ,, . , . . . It was tough sleddmg after our son graduated from TC U He was 1n R OTC w h1le rn college and was commrssroned as a 2nd Lreutenant ln the Army upon graduatron He had two years mlhtary duty one ln the U S and one rn Vletnam After hrs return he became an actrve partner rn the busrness and we began Worth John our son IS marrled has a lovely wlfe a teenage daughter and a n1ne year old son He has a very mce home ln Fort Worth John IS now presldent of Cockrell Prrntmg and dolng a wonderful job I am a Mason and a charter member of South Hllls Lodge 1389 I am a Shrmer and a hte member of Moslah Motor Corps a past presrdent ot my Lrons Club past presldent of the Prrntmg lndustry ot North Texas and now presldent of my Sunday School class for the second trme I am now semr retrred I go down to the shop when l want to My wrfe and I spend a lot ot t1me travelmg tryrng to see some of thrs world When that rs done, we come back to Megargel and on out to our barn house on the farm near Westover rlght back where th1s hfe started We enjoy every mmute of 1t l . . 9 C T 1 . . - . 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Today we are the second largest sheet-fed printing company in Fort 9 5 Y 9 7 9 CLEPHANE CROSS I was born to Joe J and Ehzabeth Cross 1n 1908 They came to Megargel rn 1905 I had four brothers and two slsters Joe and Lllhan are S1111 l1v1ng After attendlng school m Megargel and North Texas State and graduatlng wrth a B A Degree 1n 1936 and a Master s Degree 1n 1938 I started teachmg and coachlng m North Jr Hlgh School 1n the fall of 1937 untll 1942 From 1942 43 I was an lnstructor 1n the Arr Force School Chanute and Sheppard F1e1d Back to North Junlor 1943 Waco Hlgh School coach and teacher 1944 46 bulldlng buslness 1 year Back to coachmg ln Smlthvllle Texas 1 year then to Texas Clty 1-I1gh School In the Fall 1948 untll retlrement ln 1974 In 1941 I marrred Theresa Woodward We have two boys and one g1rl Joe Bobby and Mary Joe IS ln Azle as Counselor for Church Alllance and Unrted Way He IS marrred to Susan Cummmgs They are both Baylor Graduates and have one son Matt who IS a freshman at Baylor Bobby IS marrled to Sharon Varley and they have one son Robby who IS a sophomore at John Tarlton They IIVC ln Texas Clty Mary IS marrled to Davld Wrrght They have two glrls Sarah and Juhe and 11ve rn Tyler Theresa and I 11ve near Waco between Ross and Gholson on Rogers H111 Rd , Rt 5 Box 1097 Waco Telephone 1 817 829 1876 . . , . . . . , . - y , - 9 9 1 ' 9 1 ' 9 s 9 - , . 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ANNA RENE DALTON I was born to Mr and Mrs T L Dalton on September 1 1911 I started to school rn Megargel Texas and fll llShCd rn the same school rn the ftrst class to graduate ln the new bulldmg I went on to beauty school fmlshed and worked a year I marrled my husband Dave Turner and was blessed w1th two mtelllgent and beautlful daughters They gave us SIX grandchlldren and as of now two great grandchrldren What else could you ask for except all of them are Chrrstlans I have hved most of my tlme rn Texas and rlght now am IH Graham Texas I have been assoclated wrth Stanley Home Products Inc for thlrty flve years and could not thmk what II would be hke wlthout II I have won lots of excltmg trtps and awards for hard work and long hours but lt has pald off m new cars and a n1ce retlrement I stlll thmk we had a good hfe ln Megargel Hlgh School When I walked m the cafe not knowmg who I was lookmg for to help plan th1s I looked over to the right and saw four men no women I dCCldCd that was the place Some of them I had not seen slnce graduatron You know what I was very comfortable w1th those guys that tells you somethmg trme doesn t change everythmg I d hke to dedrcate what tmy b1t I have rn thls to my frlend, Babe Brown . . . . , . 1 ' s s 9 . . . 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VELMA HADEN I was born to W J and Donnle Haden January 8 1912 ln Ballmger Texas My father was a farmer at Megargel on Ollle Hayter s farm then moved to Megargel and ran the newspaper The Megargel Post untll he d1ed I started school at Bltter Mound Country School between Olney and Megargel then moved to Megargel m thrrd grade Mrs J E Branson was my flrst teacher I graduated 1n Megargel and got marrled the same year to B J Jones We have three chlldren two boys and one glrl One son Dale dled January 12 1988 I have erght grandchlldren and fxve great grandchlldren I now l1ve rn Olney at 1402 Mockrngbrrd Lane Apt 10B Olney Texas ZELMA IRENE HADEN and Donnre Haden I went to Brtter Mound Country School untrl the thlrd grade I went to Megargel School unt1l I graduated rn 1929 After graduatlon I went to work for the Haskell Telephone Company I also worked Wlfh Southwestern Assoclated Telephone Company and General Telephone Company for 15 years I worked at the Megargel Post Offlce for three years and was also bookkeeper for the Magnolra Petroleum Company I was later employed by South Western Publlc Servrce Company out of Plamvrew Texas for 17 years I also worked for Proneer Natural Gas For I0 years I was c1ty secretary for the Clty of Kress Texas whrle helpmg my husband w1th hrs msurance busmess I marrred July 6 1945 My famlly conslsts of two grrls Margo and Anna I have no grandchrldren I retlred w1th my husband February 1 1979 We now lrve 1n Kress Texas, Box 244 400 East Ma1n ' 9 7 ' 9 9 ' I was born Zelma Irene Haden at Ballinger, Runnels County, Texas to W. 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A A CZ K , .!67,X'A, A ,f 4 'ff SUPERXNTENDENT l , V, 47 ,E f K, 1 4,2 If ff PRINCLPAL ALVA GERTRUDE HALE WORMINGTON Alva G Hale was born May 7 1910 in Red River County Texas near Clarksville Her parents were Jim H and L1ll1e Maude Tucker Hale They were farmers Alva first attended school in Red River County before her parents and family moved to Archer County about 1916 or 17 When they first came to Archer County Alva and the other children in her parents family attended school in Bitter Creek The rest of her grade and high school years she attended Megargel Schools After graduation from high school Alva went to Greenville Texas Methodist was at McCormack then she taught in Westover Megargel 13 W years in Iowa Park School 2 years m Graham Texas schools at East Ward Alva married Leonard L Wormington in 1941 After the war began Leonard Joined the U S Air Force and later on Alva joined the WAVES and served in Louisana and elsewhere After bemg discharged from the WAVES Alva went back to teaching school and retired in 1964 She then bought the family farm at Westover and tried her hand at farming She left the farm in 1985 and moved to Archer City, where she lives at the present time College, where she received her teacher's certificate. Alva's first teaching job ! ' 9 EMMA HAMBY MCLEMORE I don t have many recollectlons or memorles of my early chlldhood I was born at Munday Texas I don t know how long we Cmy famllyl hved there We hved at Round Tlmber later for several years I suppose as my two younger ststers were born there I hved most of my l1fe ln and around Megargel I attended school there all my school years except one half term I went to school about a half of a term at the small one teacher school at Klckapoo north of Megargel Even though I enjoyed It there I was glad to get back to school 1n Megargel where we had a lot of good teachers I have a DICIUF6 of our hlgh school faculty I don t know how many of our teachers are stlll l1v1ng or where they l1ve I lost track of the students even after graduatron I saw Olaf Halle several tlmes as he was pastor of a church at Roartng Sprmgs I beheve I also saw Zelma Hayden a tlme or two when she came to Plamvtew Several years after I f1n1shed school I went to Dllby Texas where my sxster Jessle l1ved I hved and worked there unt1l I marrted m 1942 We then moved to Houston then to Raymonvxlle and moved mto town I went to work at F W Woolworth s where I worked unt1l the store closed 1n 1972 I worked there for seventeen years I later went to work for T G 8LY and worked there thlrteen years untll It closed ln 1986 Smce then I have been retlred whlch for me IS harder than workmg any tlme I loved betng busy I probably would st1l1 be workmg lf the store hadn t closed I thmk Walmart caused several stores to go out of buslness I have one daughter who has spent most all her I1fe and school years m Pla1nv1ew She graduated from Pla1nv1ew H1gh School and went to Wayland College Th1s 1sn t a very colorful or lllterestlng hlstory of my hfe, but as I sa1d I dont remember too much of my early hfe I lmagme some of the other members of our 1929 class w1ll have more tnterestlng hlstorles All of my famlly and relat1ves are gone from Megargel now We have had two or three famlly reunlons there at Olney , . . . , . . ' 9 . . , We later came to Plainview and started farming. After we left the farm ' 1 , . . . . . . , , . . . ERNEST MATTHIAS HALE 1 Ernest Matthias Hale, born October 2, 1911, is the youngest of five sons and one daughter tyoungest childl of William Henry Hale and Florence fRileyJ Hale. The Hale family moved from Grandview Texas to Westover Texas CBaylor Countyj in 1905 They lived four miles northeast of Westover on a dryland farm where they hauled water from Godlln Creek on the Bar X Ranch My dad said I could live in the wagon until I could build a two room house with a lean to Dad wintered lus work horses the buggy mare and milk cow COld MIHHICJ on mesquite beans and praxrle grass gathered by hand before winter set in I started to school in Westover in 1917 I graduated from hlgh school in Megargel in 1929 and walked six miles every day to attend school After high school I worked in the oil fields south of Conroe Texas Longview Texas and Hobbs New Mexico during the winter months and helped my dad farm the rest of the year I married Anna O QBobb1eJ Russell ln Lovington New Mexlco on July 24 1939 Bobbie was born March 28 1914 at Farmersville Texas to Andrew Bruntson Russell and Anna Mae Uonesj Russell We moved back to Westover to farm in 1940 on the John Dormler place I worked in local Oll fields and farmed until 1942 When the Japs hit Pearl Harbor December 7 1941 I went to Abilene to enlist in the U S Marine Corps the next day I was not immediately accepted COn account of age and marriedl but I was accepted July 16 1942 Cwith age San Diego California I was given the rank of Corporal the last week of boot camp to become a D I fDr1ll Instructorj there being a shortage of qualified men to train marines Bobbie came to San Diego before I finished boot camp and began work in the Consolidated Bomber Plant as a riveter I trained recruits until accepted as an officer candidate I then went to Quantico Virginia June 1943 to receive my officer s training and Bobbie went with me I completed O C S and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant U S Marine Corps Next I completed R O C and was sent to Medium Tank School Jacques Farm California Bobbie went with me and worked in San Diego until I fl1'1lShCd training and flew to Guadalcanal and then to Pavuvu fRussell Islandsj 90 miles north of Guadalcanal to form and train an armored amphibians unit CTh1rd Armored Amphibious BHIIHIIOIID This unit was assigned to the First Marine Division to assault Pelelieu Island 3 3 3 ' 3 3 . u . , 3 3 3 3 3 . b . . . , . , 3 ' 3 3 3 3 , . - 3 3 3 . . , y . and marriage status waivedj. I finished boot camp at U.S.M.C. Recruit Depot, , . . . , . . . . . . , 3 3 3 . . . . , . . I a 0 o o I Q , . . i . . . , 3 3 Second Lreutenant Hale Executrve Offrcer A Company was rn the frrst wave of armored amphrbs that led the Frrst Marme Drvrsron onto the beach on Pelelreu on September 15 1944 where they encountered the frercest frghtrng yet rn the Pacrfrc Lt Hale was wounded rn the face and left shoulder by bullet splrnters on the 27th of September 1944 but recerved frrst ard and returned to hrs unrt the next mornrng Pelelreu was secured after twenty erght terrrble days and after some 10 700 .laps were krlled by actual count The Frrst Marme Drvrsron lost 1 121 Ckrlled rn actronj 6 336 wounded and 73 mrssrng Lt Hale s battalron had only two operatronal Amphrb Tracts left after the operatron Lt Hale and 200 men of hrs battalron went back to Pavuvu sometrme late rn October 1944 where they got new replacements and began trarnrng to take Okmawa Before gorng to Pelelreu the 3rd Armored Drvrsron sent an offrcer to Pearl Harbor for therr whrsky shares whrch they drd not recerve untrl after the Pelelreu operatron Each offrcer had wrlled hrs share to hrs buddres just rn case Lt Hale and two of hrs tent mates Lts Robrnson and Varley recerved 9 shares all told C30 Qts per sharej together and havrng no offrcer s tent flys Lt Hale agarn was rn the frrst wave to assault Okmawa Aprrl 1 1945 as Thrrd Platoon A CC O J commander Okmawa was secured fmally on June 22 1945 Lt Hale had recerved hrs promotron to lst Lt when on Okrnavta He returned to Guam where he was berng sent home on pornts when the war ended He was promoted to Captarn on September 10 1951 and retrred the 8th of May 1957 wrth the rank of Captarn U S M C R lst Lt Hale was separated from actrve duty February 17 1946 and returned to the farm at Westover Bobbre became a L V N Ernest served as Countx Commrssroner C1964 19721 Durrng hrs term a new Court House and Hosprtal were constructed Ernest and Bobbre strll resrde at Westover where they farm and rarse a fevs cattle He has been an outdoorsman all hrs lrfe and has krlled over 140 bucks whrch mrght be some sort of a record They both love Brrttany Brrd Dogs and have rarsed at least a dozen of them Ernest loves to hunt quarl wrth dogs mostly enjoys workrng wrth and watchrng the dogs He and Jake Cockrell burlt one of the frrst coyote callers just before World War II They were qurte successful rn callrng and krllrng scores of coyotes and bobcats Had they patented therr caller they mrght be wealthy now srnce varmrnt callers are so numerous There are only Ernest Vrrgrnra and Whrt left now of the Wrll Hale Famrly Ernest and Bobbre have retrred now, strll lrve at Westover and rent therr farm out Telephone IS Megargel 563 3457 g - , . . 7 9 5 Y 1 a n s , - 1 . v n , 9 D Y ' ' 9 3 . 1 4 L as 1 ,, n I 1 stu . ,, . . . . , . , . . . , ' 5 club, stacked it in their tent, causing them to have to sleep nearly under the , 4 u 1 , p ' . 9 9 l , , . . . . . 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O V HAMPTON I was born three m1les northwest of Megargel Texas ln Baylor County on March 31 1912 My parents were John and Joseph1ne Riley Hampton They were farmers and thelr farm was on the l1ne of Archer and Baylor Countles My f1rst two years of schoolmg were at Seaborn ln Baylor County between Megargel and Westover two and one half mlles southwest from where I llved We walked the dlstance to school I then attended school IH Megargel unt1l I graduated The flrst years at Megargel we rode ln a buggy but later on we rode the school bus whlch my father drove After graduatlon I stayed home and helped my parents on the farm unul I marrled I marrled BCSSIC Maye Baker of Olney Texas on June 25 1934 m the parsonage of the Flrst Baptlst Church m Jacksboro Texas by Bro A R Brllberry who was the pastor of the Flrst Baptlst Church at that txme fWe v1s1ted Bro Blllberry ln Jacksboro on our 50th weddlng annlversary J After we marrled we made our home ln Megargel where I worked at the cotton gm d1d other odd Jobs and worked 1n the o1l field 1n the Archer County area In early 1936 I went to Ada Oklahoma and worked m the o1l f1eld there In the later part of 19361 went to Monahans Texas and worked there and other parts of West Texas as well as Hobbs New Mexrco In 1942 I came back to Megargel where I bought a house and lot from H T Halle and contmued to work m the o1l f1e1d and odd jobs I was roughneckmg and l1v1ng 1n Graham Texas when I was drafted 1nto Walters Mmeral Wells Texas Iwas then sent to Fort Bhss at E1 Paso Texas where I tramed ln Radar and Search hghts m the Ant1 craft I was then sent to Camp Stewart near Savannah Georgla where I tramed 1n twenty mllhmeter guns I was then sent to Fort Jackson at Columbla North Carolma tra1n1ng ln the lnfantry then was sent to Fort George Meade near Washmgton D C I then went to Camp Mlles Standash m Mass We salled for Germany 1n December 1944 out of Boston Mass After seven days at sea we landed m Llverpool England rode a tram to South Hampton and crossed the Englxsh Channel on a Hmdu boat landmg at Le Harve France I saw my flrst combat ln the Battle of the Bulge w1th the Flrst Army Nmth D1v1s1on 60th Regt wh1ch was the Walkmg Infantry I was wounded by rlfle f1re1n the leg on February 28 1945 Just after crosslng the Roer Rwer on a foot pontoon brrdge on a dark mght I was sent to the 203 General Hospltal ln Parls France After I was released from the hospltal I rejolned my outflt whrch was 1n the Hartz Mountams 1n Germany When the war wrth Germany ended I was 75 mlles from Berlln. From the tlme the war ended m Germany to December 1945 I served m the Army of Occupatlon . , . y x - - 9 9 , - - - . . u ' . 9 . 9 , . . . , , , . , , . . . . y . 9 ' 9 9 9 ' 9 9 , . 9 ' ' 9 . . . . , , . the Army in February 1944. I spent the first two weeks in the army at Camp 9 . 9 ' . 9 9 , , . , . . . . ' 9 9 , . . . . 9 9 9 ' 9 9 9 9 ' ' C6 99 ' . . . . . . U . ,, , , . . . 9 . . . . . y , . 9 9 9 ' When I came home I landed rn New York Clty at hrgh noon January 1 1946 After three days rn Camp Krllmer New Jersey I was sent by tram to Camp Fannm Tyler Texas where I was dlscharged as a Buck Sergeant After berng drscharged from the Army I went back to my home tn Megargel dorng odd Jobs and workrng rn the o1l freld On August 15 1952 I went to work for L T Burns O11 Company as a roughneck On January 5 1953 I went to work for the same company as a roustabout rn productron I work ed as a roustabout and gang pusher for four and one half years and then started pumprng on the D L Btshop lease frve mlles northeast of Megargel for the same company I started pumpmg on July 5 1957 and worked as a pumper unt1l Burns O11 Company retrred me on March 31 1977 In 1972 I bought four acres of land out of the southwest corner of the George Key place just outsrde of the northeast corner of the town of Megargel I moved the house that I had bought from H T Halle for the four acres and added on to rt We moved rnto the house rn January 1973 where we are l1v mg at the present trme BCSSIC Maye and I have one son R11ey V Hampton born October 25 1939 ln Odessa Texas Rrley graduated from Megargel Hrgh School as Valedrc torlan of hrs class on May 24 1957 Exactly 28 years after I graduated rn the same school Rtley attended college 1n Denton, Texas and Baton Rouge La He has a B A and a Masters Degree Bessle Maye and I plan to celebrate our 55 weddrng anmversary on June 25 1989 9 9 9 ' 9 9 9 9 9 - 9 9 ' 9 9 . . . , , . . , - 9 , . , . . . , ' 9 9 ' 9 - 9 9 9 ' ' , . . , . , . H. F. HARMEL, JR. I was born in Megargel, Texas on August 6, 1911. I lived in Megargel until I graduated from school in 1929. I went to business school in Wichita Falls in the fall of 1929. In 1931 I took a bookkeeping job with Auto Spring 84 Supply Co and stayed there until 1935 when I moved to Oklahoma City and worked for Armour 8z Co until January 1936 I moved to Vernon Texas in 1936 and put in a Parts store which I ran for two years In January 1938 I moved to Seymour Texas and went into the wholesale gas and oil business where I stayed until December 30 1988 I still l1ve1n Seymour but I am retired at this time In 1934 I married Maurme Bradburn in Wichita Falls and we raised two sons who married and each have one son and one daughter giving us four grandchildren at this time TURNER L KUNKEL I was one of ten children born to Fred W and Mattie Kunkel on our farm about seven miles northeast of Megargel Texas Birthdate September 20 1911 I was named after Turner Lee Anderson our rancher neighbor on the south side of our farm The first two or three years of my school days were at the old Eureka school about three miles west of our farm In about 1920 my family moved to Megargel where my dad built a flour mill and was in that business for quite a number of years until he retired The rest of my school days through high in high school I was quite active in football basketball and tennis I was also a member of our high school band which was directed by Tom McCarty who was to become my future brother in law After graduating from high school I was very fortunate to be able to go to Texas A 8L M where I graduated in 1933 with a B S Degree in Electrical Engineering Since I was in the ROTC at A 8: M I became a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coast Artillery Reserve upon graduation Those were the depression days and Jobs were not easy to get at that time I worked with my dad at the flour mill for several months until getting a Job with Texaco in their Geophysical Division in February of 1934 The next several years of my working career with Texaco were on a seismograph crew in south Louisiana In 1935 I married Claudean McCarty and our first home together was in Morgan City Louisiana Being on a seismic school were in Megargel, where I graduated from high school in 1929. While crew we moved qulte often to varlous locatlons 1n Loulslana MISSISSIPPI and N E Texas After about three years wlth Texaco I became Party Chlef of our selsmograph crew and we were located at Mt Pleasant rn N E Texas when I was called mto the Army 1n early 1942 My flrst asslgnment 1n the Army was at Camp Callan ln Southern Cahforma Durlng the next four years I travel ed back and forth across the Umted States From Camp Callan we moved to Ralelgh North Carolma to Camp Stewart Georgla to Orlando Florlda to Long Island New York to Columbla South Carolma to El Paso Texas back to Gamsvxlle Florlda and I was fmally relleved from mllttary servlce wxth the rank of Lleutenant Colonel 1n 1946 Whlle 1n Orlando Florlda our one chlld a daughter named Dene was born on February 18 1944 Upon leaving the Army I lmmedlately went back to work wrth Texaco as a Party Chlef ln the Panhandle area of Texas In 1950 Texaco moved me to Ft Worth where I was made Supervlsor of our selsmograph operatlons ln West Texas New Mexxco Colorado Kansas and part of Oklahoma promoted to Ch1ef Geophyslclst and 1n that Job had respons1b1l1ty for Texaco s geophyslcal operatlons ln the Unlted States and Canada In 1960 I was made Manager of our West Coast exploratlon and produc mg operatnons whrch lncluded Alaska My headquarters was m Los Angeles ln 1970 I was promoted to Asslstant to the Semor Vlce Presrdent 1n Los Angeles and had varlous respons1b1l1t1es m our EXCCUIIVC Department unt1l my retlre ment m early 1976 after 42 years wlth Texaco In 1972 we moved to the suburban c1ty of West Covma whlch IS about 20 mules east of downtown Los Angeles After retlrement I jolned the Covma Llons Club and have been qulte HCIIVQ 1n that as well as tn church act1v1t1es My most avld hobby IS playlng golf The greatest dxsaster happened to me when I lost my wonderful wrfe Claudean ln early January of 1988 after belng together for nearly 53 years I contmue to llve at 2605 Evergreen Avenue tn West Covma Callforma and am fortunate to have my daughter son 1n law and granddaughter l1v1ng wlth me at thrs t1me I also have a grandson who rs ln the A1r Force and presently located at Dyess A1r Force Base ln Abllene, Texas 9 7 9 , . . . . , . - , . - , . ' s ' 3 ' 1 - , - I ' 7 9 9 5 9 ' 1 t 3 . . . . 1 ! 7 ' In 1953 I was moved to Houston, Texas, where shortly thereafter I was Y 9 , . . . . . . , . . , , - - BAXTER CLEBURNE RUE Baxter Cleburne Rue was born May 29 1910 at Krum Texas to Peter Ray and Pearl Jane Rue He attended school at Krum At age 11 years moved to Denton At age 13 he moved to Young County Olney area Baxter f1n1shed hlgh school rn Megargel rn 1929 He was engaged 1n football basketball and track Due to the depresslon Baxter was unable to attend college He engaged ln odd jobs such as farmrng constructlon and o1l freld Baxter marrled Clara Mae Drpprey March 26 1933 He bought land began ln agriculture and ranchrng wrth o1l productlon They have flve chlldren Joyce Rue Green Cleo Rue Rogers Ray Rue Lubbock Kenneth Rue Albuquerque New Mexxco and Carroll Rue New York They have eleven grandchlldren and erght great grandchrldren Baxter retlred ID 1983 Hls present address IS 1116 West Payne Olney Texas Telephone 564 2280 My grandparents came to Texas from Germany about 1880 and settled rn Central Texas My parents were Gus and Alwrna Symank They were born 1n Texas and were farmers I was born 1n Coryell C1ty Texas on October 28 1908 My first school was a German Lutheran Church School 1n Coryell C1ty We moved to Megargel ln Archer County 1n January of 1918 and farmed north of there I was nme years old and couldn t speak very well you mlght say I learned to speak and read at the same trme The teacher helped me a lot to catch up w1th my language problems and studles I thmk the teacher s name was M1ss Hodges After graduatlon I worked wherever I could work 1n cafes and 1n homes I worked rn Megargel Olney Jacksboro and Altus Ok ln cafes before 1 marrred Jay V Taylor 1n 1940 at Tyler Texas He worked the o11f1eld and he had two teenage sons They both went to school ln Megargel Loyd was kllled Oct 24 1944 He was m the Navy and on the shlp Blrmmgham at the tlme the Prmceton was hlt Jay and I went to Orange, Texas 1n 1942 and worked for Contmental Shlp yard unt1l 1945 We couldn t get the boys enrolled rn school there because they were so overcrowded so Mother and Dad kept them for us so they could FREEDA SYMANK HUGHBAN KS go to school 1n Megargel Kenneth graduated ln 1945 He IS marrled and had three sons but the oldest drowned 1n 1965 Jay and I stayed 1n Megargel the summer of 1945 then we moved to Horatlo Arkansas where we d1d farmmg and ranchlng for several years We also had a laundry there In 1951 we moved back to Megargel Jay agam worked 1n the Ollfleld productxon Mother passed away m 1947 so I kept house and helped Daddy Wllh hrs gardemng and chlcken and egg project Daddy passed away rn 1960 Jay and I then moved to Archer Cxty 1n 1963 After Jay retrred In Aprrl of 1964 we moved to Mltchell Oregon then 1n 1965 we moved to Pr1nev1lle Oregon where Jay passed away ln 1967 He IS burled m Pr1nev1lle Cemetery I worked 1n a cafe m Pr1nev1lle most of the t1me that I l1ved there I met Clarence Hughbanks at the cafe where I worked and marrred h1m on Jan 23 1969 He was the cook there Clarence had one daughter whlch I never had the pr1v1lege of knowlng and he has two lovely granddaughters that are the greatest Both of them l1ve rn WHSh1HgIOH state In 1971 we declded to take a long vacatlon We went from Pr1nev1lle to see all of our relatlves and also a frlend ln Brownvllle Texas We also went over m Old MCXICO and toured around We travelled most of Arkansas and dlfferent places rn Oklahoma and Kansas We bought an old run down cafe just short of the Kansas l1ne flxed rt up and got ll started and I guess the old boy thought we were makmg too much money so we sold lt Moved to Medford Ok and drd the same thmg there Then went to Rmgwood and Canton Ok where we sold and ret1red and moved to Wakrta Ok where I strll l1ve Clarence dled March 23 1977 He IS buned 1n Rest Haven Cemetery 1n Anthony Kansas That IS where he was born and ralsed My address IS P O Box 287, Waklta Ok 73771 My phone number IS 14051 594 2914 , . 9 9 , . ' 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 - . , . . , 9 , . , . ' 9 . , . . , . , . . , . , . . . , . . JIM J. TAYLOR Jim J. Taylor was born to Jim J. Taylor, Sr. and Grace Taylor, in Olney, Texas December 25 1908. Jim J. Sr. died in 1909. Moved to a farm at Megargel at age four with mother and stepfather Joe and Grace Dunnam Megargel schools were only schools attended He went to work in the oil fields after graduation He married Irene Crawford May 15 1931 and they have three children Mur1elCG1bsonJ Donald and Keith 12 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren J 1m lived and worked in Wichita Falls and Archer City until 1952 He moved to Monahans with Reno Oil Company and retired in 1975 Jim s address IS 101 Nevada Monahans Texas 79756 Phone 19151 943 5624 MARY FRANCIS WALSH I am Mary Francis Walsh Thompson I was born March 30 1911 in Murray Texas Young County My father James Sherrod Walsh was a farmer and my mother Allie Clark November ll 1918 My father bought our property in 1917 and it had a school on this land So that was the first school I attended Later the school was consolidated into the Megargel School District In 1919 I attended school in Megargel with my two brothers Sherrod Thompson Walsh who passed away in December 1979 and Silas Lee Walsh who still lives ln Megargel I finished high school in May 1929 In September of the same year I attended North Texas State University In January 1931 I met L D Thompson in the library at North Texas We became engaged later on that year In 1931 1932 I taught expression Cspeechl and had 20 23 students in my class in Megargel L D and I were married June 20 1932 At the time of our marriage my husband was a fireman In 1934 L D began working for the American Na tional Insurance Company out of Galveston. He worked both as a salesman 9 9 9 9 9 Q - ' . , . . , , . . ' 9 9 l 9 , . 9 9 9 9 ' Thompson Walsh, was a housewife. We moved to Megargel Community on , . 9 9 9 9 9 ' , . , , . . . D . . , i . . y . , . . ' 9 and travelled as an mternal audltor I-Ie worked for them 41 years untxl retlre ment 1n 1975 Our daughhter Mary Lynn was born 1n August 1936 We 11ved 1n Denton untll 1937 when we moved to Dallas and resmded there for three years In 1940 we moved to Shreveport Loulslana In 1943 we moved back to Denton Mary Lynn marrled Melvm AUSIIH ln June 1957 They had a wonderful daughter Cheryl Lynn ln October 1958 They l1ved ln Ft Worth Melvm and Mary Lynn were dlvorced at Christmas 1965 We moved to Colorado rn September 1966 L D Mary Lynn Cheryl and myself We bought a home ln October 1966 ln whlch we stlll reslde 2485 Klme Lakewood Colorado L D and I lost our daughter Mary Lynn 1n February 1975 due to dlabCI1C comphcatlons Our granddaughter marrled Davld Kowxng 1n October 1976 They have three chlldren Dan1e1 Patrlck, and Shella We enjoy our granddaughter and her husband and our three great grandchlldren We attend the Country Dmner Playhouse regularly flrve mus1cal dlnner showsj and are actlve ln 50 Plus a senlor s group and have a pleasant 11fe w1th our frlends 1n our church the Lakewood Umted MCIhOd1SI Church I keep busy also w1th my mvolvement wlth the Woman s Club I ve been a member of the Federatxon smce 1933 when we canvassed the nelghborhood back ln Denton to collect books so as to start Denton Llbrary on the campus 1n Clty Park We are very much looklng forward to agam seelng my classmates of 1929 1930 9 9 9 - 9 - 9 9 ' 9 , , . . . , . 9 9 9 -9 9 . , , . 9 9 - - - 9 9 9 , . 9 9 - - 9 . . . . . , 9 9 9 . . . , , 9 4 -is CQ' l A L 's,. - T B W Bradshaw Aus n Jim Taylor, Houston B'shop, Homer Rag e C ephane Cross C ea Cotkre Rue, ht: Baxter ig Left to r C Kunk Cl' Ha e, Turn F. Harmel, O. V. Hampton, Ernest g: H Sittin N yr i +6 XX 1.3 Q --1 nys-Wi, fu- o you remember the Sen or P cn c Where are you Cf as Fra Bur Wa ker Stoop ng - ce Patty Mah e C anahan YI' M OH Da CHC R Hfla A eda Symank TC F r 'ght: 0 Stand'ng left t nez Ferguson e en L'vingston, Babe Brown K X O 435 I 465' ,,.. Wai' 1' if fl pi Q uv F4- nl' Muni an-50 W. fin- .1uQ.lQ4- '.- WW if A 3 Y-1 ' QQ 6 H,35ii53i Jake Cross Tay or Ld Q 5 2 az D co erRage Rbbe Om H ch on row Joe Bran bous e Fr A Edd e W Bradshaw B d C0 gen WP al' 777 HOW W F0 Mdde CI' L Belch G ch Coa Cross CI' Wa Hlggmbo ham 'VW Alfred