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Page Two THE CLINTON CHRONICLE, CLINTON, S. C Thursday, October 21/ 1943 AROUND THE TOWN Incidents, Unusual and Ordinary, Gathered On Our Rounds. ^ Friends of H. M. ROWLAND,' JR., will be interested to know he re ceived his wings and was commis sioned an ensign in the naval air corps at Pensacola, Fla., the. past week. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Rowland, attended the exercises and were accompanied home by their son for a brief visit. Ensign Rowland left Sunday for Melbourne, Fla., for further training as a fighter pilot. COMMANDER W. M. SCAIFE, U. S. N., was recently awarded the medal of The Legion of .Merit for materially assisting in an outstand ing manner in the occupation and assault of ; also for conduct throughout in according with the highest traditions of the United States naval service. He was in com mand of a destroyer. Commander Scaife is the son of Mrs. Eliza Mc- Caslan Scaife of Haverford, Pa., and 1 the late H. L. Scaife, formerly of Clinton, and has many relatives and friends here who will be interested in the recognition accorded him. The medal was presented by the admiral commanding the Northwest Pacific fleet and is the same award which was given by the president to Gen- 1 eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek and Ad miral Lord Louis Mountbatten. Of interest to relatives and friends will be the promoton of WYMAN SHEALY, SR., of this city, to the rank of chief petty officer in the navy. Petty Officer Shealy, who en listed in the naval construction ser vice six months ago, is stationed at Port Hueneme, Cal. On Monday afternoon MRS. A. E. SPENCER realized a wish of long standing—at 72 she enjoyed her first plane ride. She had always wanted to go up, she stated, but never had a good opportunity. The ride was given Mrs. Spencer by C. C. Giles, oper ations manager, at the Laurens-Clin- ton airport, who upon hearing of her desire issued an invitation for her lirst flight in his plane. In Mrs. Spen cer’s own words, it was “just lovely.” making her home here with them, ey have moved to a residence on e college campus on S. Adair street. LT. MARION “MANNY” MOORE, graduate of Presbyterian college, ar rived at his home in Rock Hill Mon day for an eighteen-day leave after two years in the air corps, one being in combat areas. He returned with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the African campaign Air Medal with three stars showing service in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, and 11 clus ters. Lt. Moore has - been on fifty missions. The mission in which he got the DFC is his favorite story. While stationed in North Africa, the 82nd fighter squadron went out on a sweep. It ran into some German bombers with a fighter escort. All the boys pitched in and Manny bag ged two of the bombers. The “cross” really came for his turning back to help out a boy in his flight who was stranded with an enemy fighter. Friends of MR. and MRS. B. L. WOOD, JR., will be glad to know] they have returned to Clinton to make their home. Mr. Wood is an instructor in math, physics and chemistry at Presbyterian college, of which institution he is a graduate. Mrs. Wood is the former Miss Bessie Fortner, a graduate of Thomwell or phanage and Presbyterian college. Her sister. Miss Ruby Fortner, is also Friends of LT. J. W. MILAM of of the navy, will be interested to know he has recently been promoted from lieutenant, junior grade, to his present rank. Lt. Milam, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J^ W. Milam of this city, enlisted in the navy more than a year ago and is serving with the Pacific fleet. Even in foreign lands the Ameri can “doughboys” haven’t forgotten the good old American custom of cel ebrating birthdays. The following in cident goes to prove the Yanks can take everything in their stride. 1ST SGT. WILBUR W. WEIR of this city, now in Sicily with an anti-aircraft unit, was given a surprise birthday party on September 23 by the men in his outfit. When he entered the mess hall the group started singing “Happy Birthday” and the dinner was complete, even to chicken. A chicken leg stuck through a sheet of paper formed a place card for the guest of honor. A number of young men of the town who enlisted several months ago in the Sea bees, naval construc tion, ^ind quite proud of their branch of the service, are at home this week on leave — E. C. TAYLOR, JR., and WILLIAM WEIR, of Camp Endicott, Davisville, R. I., and TALMADGE SIMMONS of- Camp Peary, Va. Wil liam is visiting his sisters, Mrs. David Word and Miss Marie Weir here, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Weir, in Bamberg. Also at home is EDWIN HILL, who recently returned to the States from foreign service and is stationed at Camp Endicott. boy from the school in foreign ser vice, using two chickens for three cans. OBSERVED: CAPTAIN CARL M. TURNEH, very chipper on Tuesday, and fairly bursting with pride over hi$ new son, and preparing to send out clever announcements appropri ately following a military note . . . The erection of new concrete street markers, which should enable people to read street names easily and with out standing on their heads . . . DR. ROGER L. COE, whose slogan, “A goodly city of godly folks,” was se lected for Clinton, is a contest and puzzle fan and a frequent winner ... MRS. E. H. HALL serving tea to the English tennis stars, Miss Mary Hardwick and Mrs. Dorothy Round Little, between sets of their match here . MRS. R. E. WYSOR look ing very charming and wearing a corsage of orchids sent by her son, LT. ROBERT E. WYSOR, from Ha waii. They were sent by special de-, livery air mail on October 1.2 and j arrived here the 16th. Training Program For Local Merchants For the past two weeks a course of study, “Hov? To Train ah Employee,” has been given the majority of the department, variety and grocery stores of the city. The program is be ing given by the Distributive Educa tion division of the state Department of Education in cooperation with the local schools and is sponsored by the Clinton Chamber of Commerce. This short intensive study course is intended to aid businesses in meet ing the wartime problem of on-the- job \ training, and de&ls solely with the problem of how to train new and experienced employees so that they can perform their Jobs more quickly and efficiently. The training is being done in small groups, and is offered only to man agers,' department heads and key salespersons. The instructor is Mrs. Delle Putnam of Laurens, of the state department. Those interested are asked to con tact Missions Blakely, secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. SPECIAL— Lini MAGAZINE One year .. Two years list I7.M JAMES W. CALDWELL Anything In the Way of Magaslnee Farmers Of County Buying Limestone Interest continues among Laurens county farmers in the buying of ag ricultural ' limestone, says County Agent C. B. Cannon. Over 6,800 tons have been bought through the AAA and privately since the beginning of the year. Good results still show from the application of lime. A check on the farm of J. T. Cul bertson, Ware Shoals, showed an in crease of 1,784 pounds of seed cotton in favor of limestone. On the farm of T. J. Copeland, Laurens, there was 362 pounds of seed cotton per acre Increase in favor of lime. j On the farm of M. A. Wilson, Gray Court, peavines yielded as much as three times more in favor of linte. Canned chicken seemed to be a favorite item for packages for the service men overseas. The home economics department and faculty of Bell Street school sent a can to each i CASINO THEATRE THE BROADWAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY, October 25 and 26 MONDAY AND TUESDAY, October 25 and 26 Lt. William Blackwell Promoted To Captain Friends of Lt. William Blackwell will be interested to learn of his pro motion to the rank of captain. He is company commander of an infantry unit in the southwest Pacific, where he has been stationed for the past fourteen months. He is a native of Florence and was graduated from Presbyterian college several years ago. Mrs. Blackwell, the former Miss Evalyn McCrary, makes her home here with her mother, Mrs. R. J. McCrary. Dr. Sims To Preach At Baptist Church . Dr. Charles F. Sims, promotional secretary of the state Baptist con vention, Columbia, will be the guest speaker at the First Baptist church on Sunday morning. Dr. Sim? for-, merly was pastor of the First Bap tist church in Greenwood. Rev. J. LeGrande Mayer, pastor of St. John’s Lutheran church of this city, will occupy the pulpit at the evening service hour, 8 o’clock. Rev. W. N. Long, pastor of the church, is conducting services at the Thomas Memorial church in Ben- nettsville this week. « _ PETER LORRE Brandi HmtaT RAOUL WALSH ■Cr.'fiA.M SC plus WAIM SOUTH CAROLINA'S VDOBV RADIO tERYICR ANDERSON 'WATCH ON THE RHINE" LATEST NEWS. ' 10c and 30c Feature begins 2:08,4:08,7:08,9:08. 10 A. M. Show MONDAY. NEWS FROM THE BATTLE- FRONTS OF THE WORLD. SELECTED SHORTS. 10c-25c Feature begins 2:24,4:24,7:24,9:24. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, ' October 27 and 28 "ALL BY MYSELF" With ROSEMARY LANE, EVE LYN ANKERS, NEIL HAMILTON. Feature begins 3:01,5:17,7:33,9:50. "MEXICAN SPITFIRE'S BLESSED EVENT" With LEON ERROL, LUPE VE LEZ and WALTER REED. Feature begins 2:00,4:16,6:32,8:48. plus —— “INA RAY HUTTON 1 and HER ORCHESTRA.” 10c and 30c 10 A. M. Show WEDNESDAY. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. October 29 and 39 WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, October 27 and 28 "ALASKA HIGHWAY" With RICHARD ARLEN, BILL HENRY, JEAN PARKER, JOE SAW YER and EDDIE QUILLEN. Feature begins 2:17,4:53,7:29, and 10:05. 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