Volume 10 , Issue 17

1944- Hopeton News

This July, 1944 article in the Woods County News was written by Mrs. Frank Rolf concerning the news of Hopeton, in northwest Oklahoma.

Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hass and famly of madison, Wisc., came Tuesday morning via train to visit at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Haas, and mr. and Mrs. Fred Haas and other relatives.

cpl. James Nusser will report back to Temple, texas, Saturday after spending several weeks with his parents, mr. and Mrs. Charles Nusser and family and his wife's parents mr. and Mrs. Crate Heaton north of Alva. James was granted a month's leave from the hospital at Temple to help in the harvest here. Mrs. Nusser and small daughter are making their home with Jams while he is stationed in Texas.

Pfc. Jake Haas, Jr., Marries California girl. A recent announcement has been made of the marriage of Pfc. Jake Haas, Jr., to Miss Betty Hunt of California, which occurred July 11 (1944), at Camp Beale, Calif. where Pfc. Haas has been stationed.

He is the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Haas of Hopeton community and his many friends here are happy to offer congratulations and best wishes. Walter Hufford and Everette Nelson delivered a combine to boise city one day last week.

Miss Willa Walker is spending a few days with her sister and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Chester Alexander.

Stanley and Eugene Hufford visited Wed. afternoon with Billie Percival. Gary Nelson is visiting this week with his grandmother, Mrs. Ezra Butler of Byron. mack nelson spent two weeks there recently.

Bill Haltom was an Oklahoma City visitor this week. Mrs. Otis Haltom left last week for San Diego to visit her husband, who is stationed with the navy at that place.

Mrs. Everette Haltom and Marva Janelle are visiting this week with Everette at Corpus Christi, Texas. He is at naval training at that place.

Kenneth Deinlein is doing relief work at the Depot in Dacoma this week. Mrs. Deinlein is attending to depot interests here during his absence. Everyone is pleased with the rain which fell in Woods county Sunday. it brought relief from the sweltering heat of last week and will enable farmers to plow wheat ground. Prospects for a feed crop are much better than last year.

Bundle threshing was in full swing last week. Alfred Haltom has been threshing in this community.

Leslie Eckels had the misfortune of having a vein in his arm pierced by a pitchfork tine while he was pitching with the threshing machine. The accident necessitated his taking tetanus serum.

cpl. marvin Haltom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wes Haltom, who is a radio operator on a bomber, was among the first in the Pathfinder group to carry paratroopers to France during the invasion on D-Day.

Chester Alexander is recovering from an emergency appendectomy last week. A fire on the ernest Gottsch' place, which originated when J. N. W. Haltom was burning the wheat stubble in a field nearby, did considerable damage to trees about the farm site. The fire occurred the afternoon of July 4 (1944). Several neighbors helped in extinguishing the fire.

Among those attending the races at Woodward July 4 were Claude Lisman, Frank Kolf, Roy Baxter and Harry Whittet.

Mr.a nd Mrs. Homer Hofer and family of Hutchinson spent a few days last week with Mrs. Hofer's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wes Haltom. Billy Hofer who has been visiting his grandparents for some time returned home with them. Evelyn Ensor visited Thrusday and Friday with Marva Janelle Haltom.

Bonnie Baines was a guest last week in the home of her grandparents, mr. and Mrs. Jim Baxter.

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Percival and son; Mr. and Mrs. Chet Percival and son; Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Cabb and sons Billy and Roland and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Quinn who are all employed in defense work at Wichita have returned there after spending the harvest in this community.

Mr. and Mrs. Bob Zacher have moved into their home in Hopeton which they purchased from Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Abbott who have moved into the Martin property.

Dr. Ensor is at his office again after attending the Republican convention last week in Chicago.

Trouble at the POW camp reached into the Hopeton community last week when one of the escaped prisoners found his way to the Lancaster home. He was said to have cut the ground wire of their telephone to prevent their calling help.
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