Megargel High School - Mustang Yearbook (Megargel, TX)

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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 ' ' , . . , . , .

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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 '

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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