The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 24, 1942, Image 8
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Thursdoy, December 24 # 1942
AROUND THE TOWN
„ Incidents, Unusual and
Ordinary, Gathered On
Our Rounds.
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Friends of G. R. DeSHIELDS will
be interested to know he has betn
promoted to the rank of corpoVal.
Cpl. DeShields is attending an armyj-
engineering school in Lexington.JCy.j
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Neal hav£ re
ceived word that their’ son, SGT.
WILLIAM CARSON NEAL, has ar-'
rived safely at his destination for |
foreign service with an air fo^ce
bombardment squadron, j
Every day we hear of other good
deeds that genial Santa Claus per
formed while in tovt-n.dn addition to
visiting a little sick girl, he also call-*
ed on several older “shut-ins" and
little WILLARD JONES, infant son
of Capt. and Mrs. Willard L. Jones.
Although too small to talk, the tinyj
lad expressed his evident delight by!
cooing and smiling.-
Firing for record on the recently
completed rifle range at the fleet ma
rine force training center. New River,
N. C.. PVT. OSWALD COPELAND,
of Newberry, qualified with the .30
calibre rifle and earned the T'-ight to
wear the silver bar of marine
‘‘marksman.” In addition to his rifle
record,/ he qualified as expert with
the ’ bayonet. He will receive nd-
vanced combat training with a unit
of the fleet marine force or be as
signed to one of the many marine
corps specialist schools. Pvt. Cope
land is the son of Mrs.. O.'O. Cope
land of Newberry, the former Miss
Gertrude Hipp of this ..city, and has
many friends and relatives here who
will be pleased to learn of his ex
cellent record.
Acquaintances here of 1st SGT.:
CHARLES A. LEAMAN. former stu
dent at Presbyterian college, son of;
Mrs. J. E. Leaman of Cross Hill, and
•a nephew of Frank E. Miller*of this-
city, will be interested to know he is
on duty with an anti-aircraft unit in
North Africa. Sgt. Leaman, who has
been in training almost two years;
with a national guard unit, was
among the first U. S. troops to ar
rive in Africa.
Friends of LT. THURSTON GILES
of Camp Pickett, Va., will be pleased
to know he Las been promoted to the j
rank of , Crst 'lieutenant. Lt. Giles is 1
the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Giles. I
ROBERT McLEES, son of Mrs. Zee|
Wright McLees, has been promoted
to the rank of staff sergeant and is
attending an officers candidate school
in Miami, Fla. His friends will be
pleased to know of his advancement.
Mrs. J. B. Nabors has received her
first letter from her son, WILLIAM
HERMAN NABORS, since he landed
in Africa. Herman, who is in Algeria,
writes of his safe arrival and sends
greetings to friends here.
DAZZLING BRILLIANT
SELECTION
A GIFT FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY
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Local friends will note with pleas-1
ure that SGT. JUDSON BREHMER,
son of Mrs. Janie Brehmer of near
here, and brother of Mrs. Hubert
Todd, of this city, has completed a
special advanced course in aircraft
technical training at the Douglas
plant, Long Beach, Cal., and has been
assigned to a combat training field
as crew chief and instructor at Cas
per, Wyoming.
Many Clinton relatives and friends
will be interested to know CALD
WELL W. WIER, JR., son of Sheriff
and Mrs. C. W. Wier of Laurens, and
grandson of Mrs. B.' F. Copeland of
this city, received his gold bars and
commission of second- lieutenant and
pilot's silyer wings of the army -air
force last week in exercises at Fos
ter field, Victoria, Texas. Mrs. Wier
has returned from Texas, where she
attended the exercises. Lt. Wier has
been assigned to the air force navi
gation school, Hondo, Texas, for final
training.
The Chronicle is in receipt of the
following letter from PVT. JAMES
O. CAMPBELL, son of Mrs. J. H.
Campbell, in foreign serv-ice with the
148th infantry:
"I take pleasure in .writing to Clin-;
ton friends and loved ones in hope
that you will accept this letter as a
greeting frorfi me and remember that
the .boys in service are doing their
part to lick-those dirty Japs, and you
< an bet your boots that weTL do it."
All the wives, mothers and sweet
hearts of boys in service should keep!
their chins up. Soldiers who have as,
much to fight for as we dp will be
hard to lick. This is an open letter;
to every one of my friends because
1 haven't time to write each one, but
I'll be thinking of home and loved 1
ones and I wish for all of you a
merry Christmas and the happiest
New Year you have - ever had. In
closing I will say I believe w r e Will
have victory— and the armed forces
are ready to back up that statement.
Sincerely yours, - -
PVT. JAMES O. CAMPBELL,
Co. L, 148th Infantry,
^ A. P. O. 37, care Postmaster,
San Francisco, California.
From PVT. CHARLES HUGHES,
somewhere in New Guinea, comes
ing The Chronicle which, according!
to a letter to his aunt, Mrs. Ethel
Chaney, he reads from “cover to!
cover.” Charles stated he has had his)
first pay day since being in foreign)
service (about four months) and
since- there isn’t much to buy, or
'much chance to shop, he has more
money than he knows what to do!
with. «
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