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VOLUME 8: NUMBER 6
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1945.
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CPL. BOBBY HAWKINS, located
at Cherry Point, N C., is spending a
16 day furlough with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. George Hawkins at
their home on Glenn street.
HAROLD COOK son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. A. Cok of this city, has been
promoted from coxswain to boat
swain mate 2!c in England where he
has been on duty nearly three years.
CPL. STEVE D. REEVES, station
ed at Fort McPherson, Ga., spent the
past weekend in the home of his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Reeves on
Milligan street.
ENSIGN AND MRS. WILBUR
HIX, JR., of Boston, Mass., is spend
ing this week in the home of Mrs.
Hix’s parents Mr. and Mrs. Hal
Kohn. Ensign Hix is taking a special
course in Radar at Harvard Universi
ty and Mrs. Hix has been attending
art school in Boston while her hus
band is stationed there.
SECOND LIEUT. HAL KOHN,
JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. Hal Konn,
has been promoted to the rank (f
first lieutenant. Lieutenant Kohn is
stationed in St. Louis, and is a mem
ber of the Photographic Department
of the Army.
CPL. EARL EARGLE, who return
ed to Newberry last week after be
ing on duty in Panama for the past
three years, is spending a SO-day
furlough with his father, J. H. Ear-
gle in the Hartford community prior
to ieporting to Miami, Florida for
reassignment.
MR. AND MRS. ANDREW THOM-
ASSON recently received a letter
from their son. EDWARD ARTH-
MUR THOMASSON which was writ
ten in France on May 10th saying
that he was doing fine and had been
issued new clothing, and probably
would be home soon. He was a Ger
man prisoner 19 months.
Another son, C. F. THOMASSON,
is now spending a SO-day furlough
here with his parents.
JOHN H. DAVENPORT. S l[c,
U9NR, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Davenpijrt, live at 1906 Col
lege street, was aboard the Essex,
aircraft earlier, when her planes bat
tered Okinawa prior to the Marine
and Army landings.
With other units of the Pacific
fleet, this ship sent out her planes in
a long series of sweeps and strikes
that blasted enemy aircraft, shore
installations and shipping from the
Ryukyu Islands to the Japanese
homeland.
Besides doing her primary job of
servicing its air group, the carrier
put in a few lickes with her own
guns, destroying one enemy plane
and helping down another.
SSGT. PAUL WHITAKER, a
member of the Infantry, who landed
in New Orleans, La., last Friday af
ter being on duty in Panama for the
pst 34 months, arrived in Newberry
Tuesday to spend a 30 day furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D.
Whitaker on Nance street, prior to
reporting to Miami Fla., for reas
signment.
His wife the former Helen Parrott,
of Pomaria, will also visit in New
berry while her husband is home on
furlough.
LIEUT. JACK L. HEIB, son of
Mrs. Elizabeth Heib, 3861 Detronty
street, St. Louis, Mo., has been ap
pointed Base Photo Officer at the
Sixth Air Force base in the Falapa-
gos Islands.
Lieutenant Heib whose wife, the
former Lyda Vera Rowe, resides at
1124 Hunt street, attended Missouri
Military Academy. Mexico, Mo., and
Washington University in St. Louis.
Prior to entering the service as a
second lieutenant in December, 1941,
he was photographer for John-Ruth
Studio, Sullivan, Mo. He has been on
duty in the Panama area since Feb
ruary, 1942
SGT. ROBERT C. BRAZEL, air-
-plane mechanic, is a member of the
Second Bombardment Group B-17
Flying Fortress unit, of the 15th Air
Force, stationed in Italy, which
traces its origin back ♦o World War
I recently flew its 400th combat mis
sion in World War II. The group
accomplished this number of attacks
in less than two years first putting
bombers over an enemy target from
a North African base on April 28,
1943.
This group participated in the Tu
nisian campaign, the invasions of
Sicily, Anzo and southern France,
the February 1944 plunder of Axis
aircraft industry the great air battle
of Ploesti, the first shuttle mission
to Russia and in attacks against oth
er vital enemy installations. The
climax of 23 months of combat fly
ing for the group was its participa
tion on March 24. 1946, in the rec
ord-breaking 15th AAF Fortress
mission to Berlin the longest bomb
ing attack ever flown in the Euro
pean or Mediterranean theaters.
The group has been awarded the
Distinguished Unit Citation, and its
members hold thousands of decora
tions from the Distinguished Service
Cross to the Air Medal.
THE FOLLOWING letter was re
ceived by Mrs. T. E. Davis last week:
HEADQUARTERS
80TH TANK BATTALON
APO 268 CARE OF POSTMASTER
NEW YORK NEW YORK '
28 April, 1946
Mrs. Thomas E. Davis
725 Caldwell Street
Newberry, South Carolina
RE: Thomas E. Davis 0655666
Dear Mrs. Davis:
In behalf of the officers and men
of this Battalion, I wish to extend to
you our deepest sympathy in this
hour of bereavement for your son,
Thomas, who was killed in action by
tank and antiairerft fire on April 4,
1945, during an attack in the vicinity
of Lippsbdt, Germany. He was buried
in Margraten Military Cemetery in
Holland, by a Protestant Chaplain,
according to his preference before his
death.
Thomas was conscientious and al
ways out forth his best efforts to
ward completing the task he set
forth to accomplish. For that rea
son he was held in high esteem by all
members of the command, a nd truly
recognized as a leader . I wish there
were something I might say to light
en your burden or to relieve your sor
row, but words cannot adequately
convey the loss felt by both the men
and the unit. We cannbt forget him.
At times it is hard for us to un
derstand, but it is only through such
sacrifices that our loved ones can re
tain the privileges and honors of our
Country. We all must meet death
at some time, but Thomas died for a
great cause.
Very sincerely yours,
Thomas R .Taggart
WOJG USA
Personnel Adjutant.
CLAUDE DOMINICK has been
liberated from a German prison
camip, according to notification re
ceived by his mother, -Mrs W. E.
Dominick of route 1 Silverstreet,
through the Red Cross -Saturday af
ternoon.
T 5 GEORGE R. REEVES returned
to his base at Fort McPherson, Ga.,
Sunday after spending a ten-day fur
lough; with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Reeves and sister, Mrs. F. J.
Harmon on Milligan street.
LIEUT. EMANUEL STRAUSS ar
rived in Newberry this week to
spend a sick leave with friends. He
came from Augusta, Georgia where
he has been in the Oliver General
Hospital shortly after his arrival in
the States last October when he
landed at Charleston. After being
at Stark General hospital there he
was transfered to Oliver where he has
been recuperating from wounds re
ceived on August 19, 1944 near Phris
in combat. Lieutenant Strauss, son
of the late Martin Strauss and Annie
IBobb Strauss of Newberry county,
graduated from Clemson college in
’42 in Mechanical Engineering and
shortly after volunteered for the ser
vice going overseas in April, 1944.
He was in action in the European
theater of operations in the Infan
try of the United States Army and
wears the Oak Leaf Cluster and the
Pui-ple Heart, being wounded Aug
ust 19, 1944, the Bronze Star a n cl
the combat Infantry band besides
other decorations
While here he will be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Holloway, the J.
H. Lominicks and the Jeter Youngs
and other friends, before returning to
Oliver General hospital where he
will undergo another operation on
his left leg.
NEWBERRY PROFESSOR
TAKES NIS OWN LIFE
Charles L. Trabert aged 74, a pro
fessor at Newberry college for many
years, died early Monday morning in
the bathroom of his home as a re
sult of a self-inflicted gunshot wound
It is believed that Prof. Trabert end
ed his life in a moment of mental
derangement since he had made plans
for the day ahead on the night be
fore his death. However, his death
came as a distinct shock and sur
prise. Prof. Th-abert was a man who
seemed to enjoy life and good living.
He was a connoisseur of fine wine
and grew his own grapes from which
to make it. He was of a jolly nature
and his friends were numbered by his
acquaintances. Although dignified in
manner and bearing he was altogeth
er human and was known among his
students and close friends as “Uncle
Charley.”
Charles L. Trabert was a native of
Pennsylvania. He received his A. B.
degree at the local college and after
a lapse of years in which he was en
gaged in the timber business, he re
turned to Newberry and to the col
lege teaching staff. In 1894, shortly
after finishing college here he mar
ried Miss Harriett Wells and they
celebrated their 50th anniversary last
year.
Mr. Trabert is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Thompson Price, who
lived with her father and who dis
covered his dead body, and 2 grand
sons, Maj. C. Trabert Price and W.
T. Price.
Mr. Trabert was buried in Rose-
mont cemetery following brief reli
gious services at his Nance street
home by his pastor, Prof. R. A. Good
man.
YOUNG GIRL DIES BY
OWN HAND
Evelyn Franklin, seventeen-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. B.
(Pet) Franklin died Sunday night at
the county hospital from the effects
of a self aministered drug. She told
her parents that she did not want to
live as she “hated life.” She was
said to have been employed in the
cotton mill at Goldville. The young
girl said in a note she left to her
parents that she was “going to see
Thelma and Boyd”. Her reference
was to a dead sister and brother.
She also said in the note that she
“might go to hell" (as a result of
her self-destruction) but that “it
couldn't be much woise than here on
earth.”
Miss Franklin was buried at Belh-
Eden church of which she was a
member. Rev J. C. Rice and Rev_. J.
B. Harman conducted last rites over
the deceased.
MRS. IDA STROHER WEBB
DON’T GO to an Atlantic port or
to any Army reception station to
see your returning soldier. It’s time
wasted
That is the advice of Colonel H. G.
Williams, transportation officer,
Fourth Service Command, to wives
and relatives of American soldiers
coming back from the European thea
ter for a visit at home and a spot of
training before going to the Pacific
to finish off the Japs.
Your soldier says Colonel Williams,
will be given plenty of time to visit
home but until he goes through the
necessary routine of the reception
station he will not be permitted' to
leave his unit, this procedure speed
ing up the time when he will be free
to “go home and see the folks.”
When he arrives at an . Atlantic
port he goes with his unit to a “stag
ing area” and there his outfit if
broken down into reception station
units each of which will be transport
ed by special Pullman trains to the
nearest point to the soldiers’ home.
At the reception station, each will be
given a railroad ticket to his home
and return, plus meal tickets All
units will be processed in 48 hours,
giving no time for visits with wives
or relatives. From the reception Sta
tion he will go home.
Efforts of wives or relatives to see
the returning soldiers at ports or re
ception stations will only delay the
time of the soldier’s arrival home.
This unnecessary travel will further
clutter up the overtaxed rail lines. In
addition they can’t find hotel ac
comodations. So, if they’ll just stay
home, they wont have long to wait
for their soldiers, further states Colo
nel Williams.
Mrs. Ida Strother Webb, 75, wid
ow of W. A. Webb, prominent resi
dent of Saluda county, died Monday
morning at the Greenwood hospital
after a long illness. She was the
daughter of the late John and Jose
phine Culbreath Strother of Saluda.
She was a member of Chestnut
Hill Baptist church.
Surviving are two sons: John S.,
and W. A. Webb; there daughters,
■Mrs. L. M. Keith, Mrs. Pat Cole
man, Miss Ida Frances Webb, all of
Chappells; one brother, Harry C.
Strother, Johnston; three sisters,
Mrs. J. R. Webb, Saluda; Mrs. Ben
T. Paysinger, Newberry, and Mrs. E.
L. Cook of Columbia, and nine
grandchildren survive.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning at 11 o’clock at the
late residence with Rev. G. R. Petti
grew officiating. Inerment followed
in Chestnut Hill Baptist church
cemetery.
THE RITZ IS SHOWING
WAR BOND PICTURE
A twenty minute picture called
“All Star Bond Rally” will be shown
at the Ritz theatre today (Friday)
and tomorrow. It is said to be the
greatest bond selling picture ever
produced by the industry. This big
entertainment feature has among its
stars, Bing Crosby, Linda Darnell,
Betty Grable, Jane Haver, Bob Hope,
Harry James a nd His Orchestra,
Fibber McGee and Molly, Carmen
Miranda, Frank Sinatra, and many
other top stars.
/Be sure to see this great picture
at the Ritz today (Friday) or to
morrow.
MR. AND MRS. C. E. WICKER
was notified last Saturday through
the War Department that their son,
PVT. HOMER L. WICKER, had
been liberated from a German pris
on camp where he had been a prison
er four months.
Private Wicker arrived in the city
Wednesday morning to spend a 60
day furlough with his parents.
CPL. ANSEL DOMINICK left
last Friday for Philadelphia where he
will report for reassignment to a
Marine Base, after spending a 30
day furlough with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frederick Gardiner on
Caldwell street. Corporal Dominick
was returned to the States last Jan
uary after 29 months duty in tr.
Pacific theater area.
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF
PERSONAL INTEREST
Mrs. Mary Donn, of Greenwood,
spent several days last week in the
home of her grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. Fredrick Gardiner on Caldwell
street.
Mrs. C. E. McCoy and son,' Frank
lin and Mrs. Flora Witt, of Green
wood, were guests last Sunday in
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fredrick
Gardiner.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tinsley a nd two
daughters Bebe and ’Margaret, Mr.
and Mrs. G. V. Clamp, were Sunday
visitors in the home of Mrs. H. T.
Long in Greenville.
Mrs. Glenn Gleason, the former
Margie Mclntire, of Reading, Penn.,
is spending a month’s vacation in the
home of her parents Mr. and Mrs
J. N. McEntire on Milligan street.
THREE ARE KILLED
IN NIGHT SHOOTING
Mrs. Lewis Shealy spent the week
end at Fort Bragg. N. C. with her
husband, Private Shealy who is sta
tioned. there.
H. L. Shealy was a weekend visi
tor in the home of h» daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Floyd Shealy and two
children in Spartanburg.
Mrs. Mae A. Aull and two sons,
Cpl. Julian and Phil Aull. spenr Sun
day in Laurens with Mrs. Anil's sis
ter, Mrs. W. T. Reeder and Mr.
Reeder.
George Hipp returned, to his home
on Harrington street, Thursday
night after spending a month in Peru,
Indiana, with his daughter, Mra.
Harry Hedgepath and Lientenant
Hedgepath. He was aCCompa.iied to
Peru by Mrs. Hipp who will remain
two weeks longer and then will be
accompanied home by Mrs. Hedge-
path for a visit.
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Mrs. James Talbert and daughter,
Angie, of Spartanburg, were guests
Friday in the home of Mrs. Jesse
Dickert and her mother; Mrs. Kate
Leavell on Harrington street.
Mrs. Pat Coggins, of New York,
has arrived in the city to spend the
summer months in the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Monts
on Main street.
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. L. Aull, their
young grandson, James Creighton
Edwards, of Columbia, and Anita iDa-
vidson Aull, who is stationed at Pa
tuxent River Naval Air Base, Md. in
the WAVEs, spent Tuesday in the
home of James R. Davidson, 3112
Calhoun street.
Mrs. J. C. Spivey (Rachael Mower)
of Columbia is visiting here with
her mother, Mrs. Frank D. Mower
and her sister, Mrs. Helen Suber,
who is living here while her husband.
Major Thomas Suber, is overseas.
A gun battle in which three men
lost their lives, cost the town of
Whitmire two of its three law en
forcement officers. The shooting
took place some time after midnight
Friday in the town hall at Whitmire.
The dead officers a re Rion Gilliam
and W E. Evans, policemen, and
Mack Dill, said to be a n employee
of the cotton mill at Whitmire.
Mack Dill a nd his brother, P. L.
Dill, were taken into custody on a
wreckless driving charge by the two
officers and Deputy Elmore Suber.
P. L. Dill was placed in jail, as he
was the driver of the car, while Mack
DiH was to wait in the car outside
until the officers got around to him
for disposition; they thought possibly
to take him home. The officers
found the car had disappeared when
they returned a nd proceeded to Mack
Dill’s home where they found him.
It is understood that they told him if
he would remain quietly at home
they would not arrest him.
The two policemen and Deputy
Suber then returned to the jail ^nd
Gilliam was in the act of making a
fire when Dill’s bullet snuffed out
his life. Apparently Mack Dill left
his home to attack the officers soon
after they were out of sight as but
little time elapsed between their
leaving the house and the shooting.
Officer Gilliam was shot first, 3
times. He did not get to use his
weapon; it was still in his holster,
the flap unbuttoned. Officer Evans
was shot once and his assail
ant twice. No one actually saw the
shooting but it is believed Dill shot
Gilliam first and then shot Evans
who returned the fire, or was him
self shot by Evans first but was able
to inflict a fatal wound on EvAns
before he died. -
The three men were found a short
time after the shooting, sprawled on
the floor of a room in the city hall.
All had aP4>arently died soon after
being shot.
NEGRO OUTFIT FIGHTS
AND FIGHTS WELL
LAUDS SLAIN OFFICERS
PATIENTS IN COUNTY
HOSPITAL
Judy Edwards, Rt. 2, Newberry
Mrs. Edgar Paysinger, Newberry
Mrs. C. H. Cannon, 712 Wright St.
Mrs. Coy Willis and baby son,
Whitmire. ‘
Mrs. E. L. Dawkins and baby girl,
Route 1.
Walter L. Buzhardt, Route 4.
Milton Abbott, Saluda.
Mrs. S. N. Crayne, 1203 Third St.
Mrs. Clifton Smith, Route 4.
Mrs. Ray Rinehart, Route 2
Mrs. Joe Dixon and baby son, Kin-
ards.
S A. Bedenbaugh, Route 1.
Mrs. Lila Satterwhite, Route 3.
Mrs. Agnes Wedaman. Pomaria.
Barbara Ann Warren, 700 Green st
Mrs. Luther Fellers, Route 2.
Mrs. H- L. Adams, Chappells
Miss Dbrothv Ross, 824 Drayton st.
Mrs. J. J. l(ibler, 1326 Pearl St.
CLARENCE M. SMITH
Clarence M. Smith, 63, died early
Wednesday morning at his home at
Kinards He had been in declining
health for some time but had been
confined to his bed for a few days.
Mr. Smith was bom near Kinards.
October 15, 1881, and had spent
his entire life in that community.
He was the son of the late Eulalia
Adams Smith a nd James William
Smith.
He was a prominent farmer and
merchant in the community in which
he lived. He also operated a large
ginnery at Kinards. Mr. Smith was
a devoted and faithful member of
Bush River Baptist church and he
had served as deacon of the church
for more than 20 years.
He is survived by his wife who
before marriage was Miss Agatha
Carolina Smith of Spartanburg:
two sons, Lt. Clarence M. Smith, Ji,
William Wade Smith 1 !! the following
brothers and sisters; Janies William
Smith and William Pinckney Smith;
Mrs. Hayne B. Workman, Mrs. J.
E. Senn, Mrs. W. J. Swittenberg and
Mrs. W. M. Buford; two grandchil
dren and a number of nieces and
nephews survive.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day afternoon at 4 o’clock from iiis
residence a t Kinards with Rev J. W.
Middleton conducting the service. In
terment followed in the Bush River
church cemetery.
To The Editor: '
The Town of Whitmire, S. C. and
vicinity suffered a distinct and ir
reparable loss on Friday night in the
violent and untimely deaths of two
trustworthy a nd courageous police
men, Rion Gilliam and Bill Evans.
Shot in cold blood by a disgruntled
citizen who met his own death in the
act of killing two men—one was
quick enough to fire a fatal shot at
their assailant—the tragedy will be
long remembered and is of itself a
stronger sermon than could be
preached with words against the
“evils of drink.”
These two men were well-known
here and far and wide for their un
flinching courage and for their posi
tive attitude in the matter of law en
forcement. Equally wellknown were
they locally, for their kindly courtesy
and patience in the 1 many matters of
doing “small favors” that the public
is forever asking and expecting of
its policemen.
Their places will be hard to fill.
The heartfelt sympathy of the en
tire population of Whitmire goes out
to the bereaved families.
Reader.
S. T. MATTHEWS
Samuel Tillman Matthews, 77, died
late Friday night, May 18, at his
home on Pauline street after a short
illness.
He was the son of Richard Furman
and Pamelia Caroline Clark Mat
thews of Saluda county and came to
Newberry around 35 years ago.
He is survived by his widow the
former Miss Elizabeth Moore; two
sons, C. B. Matthews, Newberry; E.
G. Matthews, Long Beach Calif.;
four daughters, Mrs. D. G. Bouk-
night, Mrs. G. S. Leslie, Newberry;
Mrs. J. C. Coward, Calhoun Falls,
and Mrs. B. F. Crow, Spartanburg;
three sisters, Mrs. T. G. Goff, Mrs.
Picken Lake, Saluda ard Mrs. Em
mie Long, Batesburg; 13 grandchil
dren and four great-grandchildren.
DON’T WORRY, MOM!
An excerpt from a sailor’s letter to
his Mom:
“You know, Mom. if every man
would have his .nother’s wish—to
stay out of action—there wouldn’t be
anyone to fight the enemy. Every
time a crew of ts fellows aie trans
ferred to a ship, we relieve men that
just came back from battle, so that
they may rest up. I know you will
want someone to relie/J •'0 after a
while . .
MAKE EM LONGER'
A lot of soldiers and sailors bit
terly complain that letters from the
folks at home a re too short. But the
last man in the world who could
register such a complaint is Marine
Corporal Joseph Murphy of Jersey
City. New Jersey
When Murphy ar.swerde mai! call
the other day in the South Pacific, he
was handed a 27,000-word letter from
his girl friend. It was 44 pages
long.
She hadn’t been sure of his ad
dress, so she kept on adding to Jier
letter until she heard from him.
By Andy Rooney
Stars and Stripes Staff Writer-
First Inf. Div. HQ., Mar. 29—
There was nothing extraordinary
about the job the platoon did, con
sidering it was a First Division pla
toon, since they volunteered to join
the Infantry.
The 43-man platoon joined the 1.8th
Regt. in Bonn. Baker company’s CO,
Capt. William Cushun, of Johnstown,
Pa., asked veteran Platoon Sgt. Cas
per Koch, of Beaver Dam, Wis., if
he wanted the Negro platoon.
“I told him I didn’t care who they
gave me as long as they had rifles,”
Koch said. So they gave him the
platoon.
Four days after Koch took over, the
outfit saw its first action in a l\ftle
German crossroads town.
“We gave them only eight or nine
houses on one side of the street to
clean out, just to see how they work
ed,” Koch said.
“It went like clockwork They got
11 Jerries out of the first house and
left three dead inside. They moved
down that row of two-story houses,
working in teams of four When they
finished the nine houses they had
63 prisoners and there were more
dead Germans than that inside the
houses.”
Night Patrol
That night 11 men of the platoon
under Pvt. Howard L. Fletcher, of
Dayton, Ohio, who took a bust from
staff to join the infantry, moved out
on a patrol which took them more
than a mile into German territory.
They got back without losing a man
No one knows how, because the fol
lowing day a battalion had a stiff
fight getting through the same ter
ritory.
The battalion CO, Lt. Col. Henry G.
Leamard, of Alexandria, Va., lias
only one complaint with the Negro
platoon. They have already lost men
■because of over - aggressiveness,
which more experienced doughs
might not have had.
When their first job was done,
Koch knew he’d made a good choice
when he took the platoon. The men
were from port battalions and truck
ing companies, and 11 took busts to
join the infantry as privates.
In accepting transfers to the In
fantry, the men were aware they
would be privates for the duration in
all probobility. None of them, even
after a few battles under their belts,
were sorry they quit their rear-
echelon jobs.
Thought Everyone Fought
“When I got drafted,” Pfc. Joe R.
Reager of McNeil, Ark., said. “I
thought everyone in the Army
fought. I guess pretty near every
body thought that. I didn’t know sol
diers did work like loading a nd un
loading ships, and stuff like that.
That’s one reason I wanted to get in
the infantry.”
While most of the Negro boys ad
mit they were moved by idealistic
reasons, they also said there was
“too much brass” in the rear eche
lons.
“I got sort of mad the way an of
ficer put the thing to us.” Pvt. Al
fred W. Curry, of New Haven, Conn.,
said. “We had a formation one
morning and this officer said ‘Okay,
now lets see how tough you guys
are.’ Then he laughed a little and
said, ‘Who wants to volunteer for
the infantry?’ Almost everyone rais
ed his hand.”
Looking Down
MEMORY Lane
TWENTY YEARS AGO
ROTARY ELECTS OFFICERS
Six directors' for the ensuing year
were elected by the Newberry Rotary
club at the last meeting of the club.
The directors later met and named
new officers to begin their terms the
first meeting in July
Frank Sutton, wholesale furniture
dealer, was elected president; Pickens
Salley, vice president; Hal Kohn. re
elected secretary and treasurer for
the 25th time.
Directors elected by the club at
the regular biweekly meeting at the
Newberry Hotel were, Dudley French,
James Kinard, Hal Kohn, Don Rook,
Pickens Salley and Frank Sutton.
BOND PREMIER AT THE
WELLS WEDNESDAY
With P. K. Harmon as superinten
dent and corps of efficient teachers
the school has made wonderful prog
ress.—‘Prosperity News.
Miss Carolyn Epps spent the week
end in Columbia with her parents.
An interesting feature of the Hi|jh
school commencement this year will
be the presentation of a medal, the
Harriet Jones Mayer medal, by the
Jasper chapter, D. A R. to the elev
enth grade pupil meeting specified
requirements. This is the first year
the medal has been offered, and is
named in honor of Mrs. O. B. Mayer
of this city in recognition of her
faithful services in the Jasper chap
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Peterson of
Spartanburg spent the weekend with
relatives in Newberry. On their re
turn they were accompanied by Miss
Sue Ella Peterson
Miss Annie Blake, of Ninety-Six,
is visiting Mrs. John M. Kinard.
All the while that we sit at our
typewriter we are facing Nance
street a nd it is so sad to think that
this street is to be paved all the way
from near its beginning to Mrs.
Wells, near a mile and this little gap
left. It is such a pity, and then we
have to face it, day and night. Mr.
Mayor, can’t you figure out someway
to have this little bit of work done?
Please put on your studying cap and
help us out. V 0 u know Ward 4 is
behind in improvements anyway and
this little would help to make up.
OLD CAROLINA RECORDS TELL
AMAZING STORY
Dig a dollar bill, or maybe a five
spot,, out of your pocket and take a
good look at it. Then read this story
and weep. It’s from an old ledger
sheet, yellow and brittle with age,
that was recently uneprthed in the
Seaboard Railway’s station at Thel-
m, N. C. The prize entry is as fol
lows:
GASTON HOTEL—GASTON, N. C.
MARCH 31, 1840
To Raleigh and Gaston Railroad
Company, Dr.
Captain, Engineer, Trainband—
breakfast and dinner for each $ .75
Extra Engineer and Fireman—
breakfast for each 25
Total $1.00
Petersburg Railroad Company, Dr.
Captain, Engineer Fireman,
Mail Clerk, Trainband—din
ner, supper and breakfast for
each and two lodgings $1.88
Extra Engineer—supper, lodg
ing and breakfast 38
Total $2.26
Grand Total $3.26
We hate to rub it in. Gentle Read
er, but that $3.26 covered 24 robust
meals and three lodgings! And ra
tioning didn’t mean a thing in those
golden days.
The purchase of a war bond of
any denomination is the admission
price to the premier showing of “To
morrow The World” at the Wells
theatre Wednesday, May 30th, begin
ning at 8:30 in the evening. Admis
sion to see this picture will be by
the purchase of war bonds only. The
bonds may be bought at the S. C.
National bank or from the Newbery
Building and Loan association and
tickets to the show will be issued by
these firms. Tickets may also be
had at the theatre the night of the
30th by the purchase of a war bond.
The picture to be shown is an out
standing one and will be shown on
this occasion only. The V-12 band
will play in front of the theatre for
half an hour, beginning at eight
o’clock, end may possibly parade
thru the city aslo. It is hoped that
several of the boys who have been
war prisoners will be on hand for
interviews on the stage of the show-
house.
KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN
PARISH
J. B Harman pastor.
Summer Memorial—10:30 a. m.,
churh worship with sermon.
11:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. Mr
E. Shealy, supt.
6 p. m„ Luther League.
Bethany—10:30 a. m., Sunday
school, Mr. E. B. Hite Supt.
11:30 a. m., church worship with
sermon.
12:30 p. m., Luther League.
ABOUT TOWN
GEORGE SCRUGGS sitting in
window in P. O reading a letter he
thought to be from his son, hut turn
ed out to be one for his daughter,
from a boy friend of hers—MRS.
GUS HOLM buying War Stamps
with 900 pennies she had saved with
in recent months and remarking they
accumulated quickly — CONGRESS
MAN BUTLER B. HARE in the city
Thursday morning to attend a meet
ing at Newberry college—MRS. F. G.
HARTLEY all excited over her
nephew ARTHMUR THOMMASSON
coming home a nd saying that she
and Arthmur were going to get in
plenty of fishing while he is home
on furlough—MARY ANN DAVIS
home from Winthrop college for the
summer months and helping her dad
at his place of business—ANNA
HART a Converse student home for
the summer—MRS. EUGENE S.
BLEASE shopping for graduation
gifts—MRS. B. V. CHAPMAN say
ing that she had recently lost over
40 pounds since being on a rice and
vegetable diet—Birthday anniversa
ries through Friday, June 1: Lieut.
Harry Hedgepath. E. L. Rodelsperger
and R. W. Culbertson, May 27; Avia
tion Cadet Buzz Purcell and Mrs.
Verona Dominick, May 28; J. T. Den
nis, Mrs. James Smith, W. O. Wil
son, Mrs. Ruth Longshore, Mrs. F.
B; Dawkins and Linda Cole, May 30;
John C. Goggins, Jr. and Susan
Nichols, May 31; L. G. Eskridge and
Mrs. C. J. Me Whir ter, Jane 1.
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