The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, January 12, 1945, Image 7
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NEWS of
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Hftmpcl, pilot.
iout William F.
I lAtayett® street, this city, has
.„ swiu-ded the Distinguished Fly-
CroBB according to announcement^
Rrl* ’oen. Williams H. Tunner,
Tinaudtng general ^ t^India-
ina dlTlsion, Air Transport com-
\.A Lieut Hampel is the husband
the former Miss Jane Allison Camp-
II daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Her-
rt' Campbell, 118 Lafayette street,
rh© award, made for the period of
•vice between Jan. 29 and May SI,
s for flying at night as well as by
_ at high altitudes over Impassable
(untainous terrain through -hreas
aracteiiied by treacherous weather
nditlons necessitating long periods
operation on Instrument
Marine Priyate First Class Roger
Gregory of Kershaw, was awarded
B Purple Heart for wounds received
action in the Marinas last summer.
I© proieDtation, a mass affair during
ilch 400 men of the same r^tlment,
eeired the decoration was held in
e South Pacific. Brigadier General
tnklin A. Hart, assistant diTislon
mmander of the Fourth Marinefthls city
vision, in awarding the presidential
tation sUted that the men won un.
lag fame at Saipan by capturing 60
T cent of the island in one of the
oghest operations of the war.
T.-Sgt James C. Jordan, son of Mr.
)d Mrs. C. J. Jordan of DuBose Park,
If flown his 50th combat mission in
la U. S. A. A. F. He is an engineer
inner with a 16th AAP 3-24 Libera*
tr bomber group which has partici-
ited in some of the most outstanding
erlai blows of the war against the
[ui and their Balkan satelHee. He
wks back on bis oombat record with
inch satisfaction for in the course of
h fifty missions he has segn action
ver such hlidtly defended (argeU as
be aircraft factorlee of Wiener Neu*
tadt, Munich, Swechat, Vienna, the
ah centers of Budapest, Bucharest,
^errara and Bologn, the harbor instal-
itioD at Nice and Toulon and the oil
cflneries at Ploesti.
Cadet Edward N. McDowell, Jr., son
if Mr. and Mrs. E. N. McDowell, ISIS
diD Street, has successfplly compleL
d the basic flying training course at
he Army Air Forces base unit at the
iariana Army Air Field at Tuscon,
trhona. Cadet McDowell attended
he Cam^n High School and before
•Dtering The serrice was a member
if the grouAd crew at the Southern
kviation School here. He has been
raasferred to Luke Army Air Field,
u Phoenix, Arlxona, for advanced p^
ot training.
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Second LieuC Dani^ L. Thames. 15,
■on of Mrs. Nannie B. Thamea, route
1, Camden, has reported for duty as
assistant quartermaster supply officer
of the Convalescent hospital. A.A.F.
Personnel Distribution oomihand. Bow
man Field, Ky., where he has been
assigned to the 1077 AJk.R. Base unit
He was formerly statioPbd ai Maxwell
Field, Ala., Randolph Field. Texas,
and the,,AjLF. Convalescent hospital
at Nashville, Tenn. He married the
former Miss Josephine Miller of Bowl
ing Green, Ky.
tail gunner. His wife, Aileen, resides
at 1405 Broad street.
Pfc. Walter Peake. Jr„ son of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Peake of route 1.
Blaney, has bqen returned to the
States by air after being wounded In
action in New Gninea last July. Pfc.
Peake had the distinction of shooting
four Japs with bis ELAR, one of the
doughboy’s moat dangerous weapons.
‘ Private Clybum Melton, 23, of the
Watefee Mill village, who has been
a truck driver In the European thea
ter. and who has now been assigned
to the Army Air Forces Redistribution
station at Miami Beach, is s son of
Nettie Bfeiton of Sumter and husband
of Doris Melton of Camden.
Private William Dennis Russ, son
of Mrs. Lhmie Britt of HHs city, has
Just completed two years of doty over
seas. His wife. Mrs. Ruth Ross and
daughter, Sylvia Kay, age 2, live in
It was announced this week that
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Rhonda Paul Brown and Wade Clar
ence jHolley of this city enlisted in
the navy in November.
Arthur J. Beideman, 205 Haile St.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Beideman,
has been promoted from private first
class to the rank of corporal. Corporal
Beideman is a gunner on an anti tank
gun and a veteran of the Bougainville
campaign. He was in the bloody bat-
tie for Hill 360. He has been overseas
eight months.
Private John H. Harris of 810 Lau
rens street, has been admitted to the
M^|ore General bpspital at Swannanoa,
N. C., for treatment. He served in
the ^ropean theater of operations.
Albert Kirkland, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Kirkland. 700 Fair street,
is a member of a mess hall stafLjbt an
English base and helped to celobrate
Christmas with a wing, a drumstick
and a, Tuletide prayer. He helped
prepare the Christmas feast for mem
bers of an Air Service command depot.
John Hubert Reese, 612 Laurens
street, is a member of a class of po
tential pilots, bombardiers and navi-
gatori . aL the San Antonio, Texas,
cadet center.
Corporal John Ira Byrd, husband
of Mrs. Daisy Helen Byrd, who en
tered the service from Kenfhaw, has
received two fold honors, a promotion
and a r^ommendation frtmi the Com
manding General of the MeditMranean
Allied Tactical Air Forces and the
12th Air Force a member ot a
signal battalion for its work 4|urlng
the Invasion of Southern France.
Corporal Julius E. Campbell, Jr., a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Campbell,
400 Park Circle, has reported to the
Gulfport Army Air Field for training
as a radio operator. Prior to induc
tion he was a student at Clemson
college.
Captain Edward Johnson Saars of
1207 Mill street, is attending a atan-
dardisatlon course in military train
ing at the San Antonio, Texas, avia
tion cadet center.
Pfc. Edward W. Vereen of ihia city,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Vereen,
1SS6 Halle street, has been promoted
to the rank of corporal and is now a
clerk with the ATC Ferrying division
of the four-engine training school at
Homestead, Fla.
Stanley E. Walts, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Allen B. Watts, route 3, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the army. He is a graduate of the
Camden high school and attended
Ersklne college. He played with the
Elrskine football team.
First Class Private William T, FaUe
of Kershaw, is now wearing a Dis
tinguished link Badge, signifying that
he ia a member ot the 12th Air Force
B-26 Mitchell bombardment group. He
is a medical technician. His mother
rqpides in Kershaer.
Bfarine Corporal Willard L. Kelly,
Kershaw, route' 2, wean two battle
scars, one on his left arm and the
other on the right. Corporal Kelly is
a s^n of George H. Kelly oC Kenhaw.
Private First Class George Sanden
of Westville, has been awarded the
bronse star for heroic achievement
in action on Oot. 26, 1944. He is serv
ing with Lt. Oen. Mark W.^ Clark’s
Eighth Anpy in Italy. His wife, Clemie
Sanden, reaidee on route 1, WastTUle.
Staff Sgt. Eugene W. Carey of this
city, is wearing the Dlstlngaished Unit
ba^e signifying he is a member of
the 12th Air Force B-26 Mitchell
Bombardment group. He serves as a
Notice of Sale
On Tuesday, January 23,1 will sell
to the highest bidder, for cash, all of
the personal property of the late Lew
is Coley WUliams, induding livestock
and farm equipment The sale to be
held at home pUce, at 10 o’clock, lo
cated about twojDiiks north of West-'
MBS, tEWlS C WILLIAMS
S.-Sgt. Ralph C. King,-a B-24 gunner
in the European theater of war an^
son of EMdle B. Klng of Boykin, has
been assigned to the Army Air force
Redistribution ststl(« at Miami Beach.
Pfc. Thomas F. Catoe, whose home
is on route 2, has peen cited by the
35l8t Infantry regiment of the 88th
Blue Devil divistott- for actual partici
pation in combat against the enemy
with Lt. Gen. Mark Clark’s Fifth army
in Italy. Only infantry soldiers who
prove their fighting ability in combat
can receive a combat decoration.
Marine Corporal Edward C. Wil
liams. son of Mrs. M. Williams. 814
Fair street, has been graduated from
Rlflemao class in the training com
mand ar Camp Lejenne, N. -C.
Edward Boykin Beard of 1506 Lyt-
Ueton street, ia one of 12 South Caro
llnians in a class receiving pre flight
training at the San Antonio Aviation
Cadet center.
Maxie L. Beri^ of this city, has
heeded the Navy’s Urgent appeal for
shipbuilders to construct ships for the
Battle of Japan, and* has begun work
at the Charleston Navy yard.
First' Lt. William R. DeLoach. MC,
of Camden, who received bis M. D.
degree at Vanderbilt University, has
graduated with a large class of offi
cers from the Medicar Field Service
school at Carlisle Barracks, Pa.
Pvt. Samuel Nelson of .route 4, Cam
den, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Ike
Nelson, is a member of the combat
support wing outfit of the Air Force
Service command stationed in Eng
land.
Lt. Harold W. Hough of this city, is
a member of an engineering company
which has moved into a major channel
port on ihe heels of the Allied assault
to repair and prepare the p6rt for the
use of the Allied navy.
James H. Bruce, husband- of Mary
E. Bruce of this city, has enrolled for
an intensive conrup st the Electrical
Naval Training school at St. IjOuIs.
Pvt Alberta C. Weathers of Pitts
burgh, wife ot Leroy Weathers of this
city, is taking basic training at the
Third WAC training center at Fort
Oglethorpe, Qa.
Miss Virginia M. Tarborough, daugh
ter of Mrs. Alice R. Tarborough of
West DeKalb street ia now a full-
fledged WAC. having graduated from
the First WAC training center at Des
Moines. Iowa.
Phrivate Willie Reed, o<Uored, whose
parents reside here, has been assigned
to the army service force training cen-
ter at Camp Plaucbe, New Orleans, for
basic training.
Marion Yates, colored, a private in
the medical corps, and with 28 months
of service in the Central Pacific, has
left to rejoin his command after an
extended furlough which he spent with
bis grandmother, Florence Reynolds,
near Rembert.
Leaders AM
The WAC Cause
“The list of prominent people in
various professions who have investi
gated and endorsed the recruiting
campaign for WAC medical techni
cians to care for Am^ican casualties
ia the best way to illustrate the need
lor 4be8«- W0meD,“. lL-8gk wnijam P,
Carpenter, PRO for the Charlotte Ile-
m'uiting district said recently as he
pleaded fOr more women to join the
WAC as medical technicians.
Among the prominent government
officials who have publicly endorsed
the WAC medical technician program
and urged Osrolina womdn to join.
Sgt. Carpenter saM, are Oovemora
Bronghton and Johaston- of North and
South Carolina, Mayor H. H. Baxter
of Charlotte, Mayor Fred D. Marshall
of Colombia, Mayor B. Ekiward Web-
man. Jr., Charleston, Mayor B. B.
Boyle of Sumter, and Mayor Francia
K. McCoi±le of Camden.
Prominent medical men and women
who have base ached CaroUna women
to becmde medical technicians are Dr.
Oren Moore, president of the Meeklen-
hurg County Medical Society; Dr.
Maude Pressley of the Charlotte City
Health Department: Dr. Kermit
Brown, president ot the ^noombe
County Medical Society of AshevUle;
and Dr. W. W; WoMio, Chief of Otolary-
When Your
Buck Hurts
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Camden Girl
Dies In Florida
CAMDEN MARINES RETURN—Shown aboard the ship that brought them
to San Francisco from the Pacific war tones are these two Camden
Marines, veterans of more than 30 months combat overseas with the
First Marine Division.
Left to right, they are: Sergeant Malcolm F. Anderson, Sarsfleld
Ave., Camden, and Corporal Willard L. Kelly, Broad St., Camden. The
two Leathernecks are ndw home for SO-day furloughs after almost
three years of battle. Both veterans participated In the assaults on
Guadalcanal. Cape Gloucester and Peleliu.
Mrs. Mand Williams
Boasts of Four
Sons In Service
Mrs. Maud Williams of 814 Fair St.
ia the proud mother of four sons who
are now in the service ot their coun
try.
They are: Private James Willis'ms
Irthe ariny air corpa, now etatlonod
at Maxton,. N. C.; Corporal Edward C.
Williams, U. S. Marine corps, station,
ed at New River, N. C.; Lawrence
Harold (Buck) Williams, in the U. 8.
Navy in the South Pacific, and Wil
liam B. (Billy) WillUms, S.l-c, United
States Navy, stationed at Balnbrldge,
Md.
“Billy’’ Williams is reported to be
serioasiT ill at the Naval hospital at
Bainbridge. Cpl. Ekiward Williams
has been in the service for three years
and recently visited his mother when
on furlough when he received a year
rest period in tha. States. He now goes
to the Port of Ehnbarkation and re
turns to forehfn service.
Corporal Ekiward was on the ship
that picked up the survivors of the
U88 Lexington. He has been in New
Eeahrad su'd Ouadsloanal. Himitiner.
ary after leaving Guadalcanal took
him to Noumea, New Calidonla, New
Zealand, Paga Pago. Samoa Islands,
Solomon Islands, Fiji Islands, New
Hebrides, (Nflifomla, Panama, North
Africa, Sicily. At the latter place he
kxA part in the initial landing. He
was among the first to enter Naples.
Removing Plaster
To refnove court plaster painlese-
IPt Mturate witin oil of winteffremi.
Final rites of Mrs. Margaret Bil
lings Mackey,.who died FTtday at Day
tona Beach. Fla., were held Sunday
at 4 o'clock from the Kornegay Fiin-
eral home here. Interment was in
Quaker Cemetery. The Rev. J. B.
Gaston and the Rev. Henry Collins
officiated.
Survivors include her husband, El
mer R Mackey and an infant daugh-
ter, Margaret Catherine Mackey; two
(oster uncles. M. Billings and L. Bil
lings. both of this city.
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BRONCHIAL IRRITATIONS
tASI ACCOaOlMO TO LAMk OIRICTIONV
DeKalW FhaitMcy
HAVE YOUR HOUSE
PAINTING DONE BY
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CAMDEN, S. C
Homm Paiatiiif Coatracton
OnS EUBANKS, Mgr.
Duke Hospital, Dur-
ngology Dept.,
ham.
Well-known ministers who have
publicly .requested that women become
medicaJ technicians are the Most Rev.
Ehnmett M. Walsh, Bishop of Charles
ton; Dr. Howard P. Powell, president
of the Cbariotte-Meckienburg Minis
terial Association: Dr. Ralph Herring
of. Wl&ston-Salem; Rabbi Sydney E.
Nathanson of Charlotte, and BisTiop
John J. Oravatt of Columbia.
“No woman.’’ Sgt. Carpenter said,
“could go wrong by joining a program
which has been whole-hearti^ly en
dorsed by such a prominent group of
men and women."
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