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PAGE EIGHT THE KEWlfcSKiiT SUN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1941 OUT AMONG THE PEOPLE (Continued from front page) . . . Out in front recently has been the group of young musicians from the high school and they’re good. The leader is not much more than a high schooler himself in size and age. Con fidentially, we hear he isn’t even reg istered for the draft—wa'sn’t old enough last July. This is his second year teaching a t Newberry. He has done wonders with the band. Buying uniforms is the " major undertaking of the group at present. The major ettes already have theirs and are at tractive in their blue and white satins as we recently witnessed on two oc casions—the Armistice Day parade and the horse races. . . . For the first weekend since the Carolina maneuvers have been under, way, hardly any soldiers were in the city the past Saturday and Sunday. Newberry made for herself a name for being nice to the men in arms and those that were here the first two or three weekends in October managed to find their way back to Newberry each weekend regardless of the ever mceasing number of miles between their base camps and here. But now that maneuvers are on the last round up, the men are probably having to stick close by for the grand finale. It seems as though Newberry and Winnsboro got the soldiers votes for being the most welcoming towns of the fighting area. Ah, shucks, we were just being nice in our usual way and we liked having the boys in our homes as much as they seemed to like being here. • * * • • . . . The subject #f the Saturday races keeps coming to the front, but can you blame us. There is much to say and write about thjs unusual and nov el event here. However, this para graph is to relate an incident—a hum orous one too good to pass up. A bit of local breeding was allowed to come to the front in the fourth race of the day—The “Amisoka”—which was a slow mule race v^th the .•st mule wo come in winning first prize of $5.00. Having entries were Howard Lip scomb, F. M. Scurry, S. C. Paysinger, Chalmers Brown, Buck Risdisell, Bill Reid and Jake Wise. We didn’t know We, being in a land not yet anguished by destruction and hate, can take stock of our blessings and be most grateful for the friendships we enjoy. Let’s make plans to enjoy this coming Holiday Season, We have had many ask what the workmen were building on the lot in rear of the store we will tell you that it is new shelves and tables to take care of new Christmas merchandise that we are getting placed in stock this week. These gift items are even more beautiful than we have ever offered you before we are asking that you come in, if you haven’t already done so, and get an idea what you will be wanting to buy for yourself and the special friends for Christmas. BECAUSE We liked Heisey’s Glasswear better than any after in vestigation of the different lines, we decided to sell it all the year ’round, and you can get any piece of it as well as many other brands of lovely crystal items. The store, as you probably know, is full of Coats, Hats, Dresses, Blankets, etc., you will be wanting. Come around for a shopping visit with us. It will be to our mutual benefit. CARPENTERS until Saturday that Jake owned a mule, but we hear that it was wished off on him at the last moment. Any how Jake’s mole along with several others certainly knew how to obey commands. If was an exciting race, the mules were slowly galloping down the track and having made the final turn were going at a flve-mile-per- hour speed down fEe stretch to the finish. Within a few yards of the finish, the animals came to a dead stop. Tricksters from the grand stands had yelled “Whoa.” It was quite comical to watch those from the stands yelling Whoa and the judges and officials from the reviewing stand on the other side of the track yelling “Go on”. Both animals a nd the col ored bareback riders were completely mystified, but finally they started up again and finished the race. Such in terference had no effect on the win ner however. That mule was too far behind the others to ever hear the crowd yell “Whoa”. Miss Virginia Hayes, a student at Lander college, Greenwood, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hayes. Mrs. O. O. Copeland returned to her work the DPW office Monday after being confined to her home for a week suffering with a broken rib. Clayton Smith of Fort Jackson, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith on Main Street. Mrs. F. D. McLean of York visited relatives in Newberry last Thursday Miss Carolyn Young of Whitmire was a visitor in the city Thursday. Mrs. J. D. Luther of Prosperity spent last Friday in Newberry. Mrs. J. W. Hipp of Whitmire was a visitor in town last Friday. Miss Corinne Martin of Greenwood spend last weekend with her mother, Mrs. Martin. Mr. and 1 Mrs. Wyche Dickert and daughter, Dorothy spent Monday in Columbia. Miss Julia Kathryn Ruff, a teacher in the Lynchburg school, will arrive in Newberry Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving and the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruff. i$r. and Mrs. D. J. Williams and son Cecil, will leave Newberry Wed nesday for Lovette, Ga., where they will spend Thanksgiving Day with their daughter, Mrs. Walter Lovette and family. 1 Lewis Floyd, of Charlotte, N. C., spent the weekend in the home of his brother, R. C. Floyd and family. Mr. and Mm. “Bitt” RidgeK of Batesburg visited Miss Margaret Paysinger Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis and niece Mary Ann 1 Davis, visited Tom Davis and Paul Westphal at Clemson col lege Sunday. Young Westphal is from Hollis, L. I., New York, and a friend of the Frank Davis’. Tom Davis and Paul Westphal will spend Thanksgiving holidays in Newberry with Tom’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Setzler and son, Tom, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Shealy Setz ler, Newberry, Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Setzler of Pomaria, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Gordon in Kings tree. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cromer and children, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Cro mer of Geenville, spent Sunday with Mrs. Olia Summer. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Paysinger and two children, Mary and Edgar, Jr., and Jackie Culclasure visited Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Hill in Charlotte, N. C., Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson L. Moore of Walterboro and Miss Mary Elizabeth Moore of Atlanta, Ga., were weekend guests in the home of Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Moore in the county. Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Anderson will spend Thanksgiving in Charlotte, N. C., with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Argo and will attend the Davidson-Citadel game to be played there. Kirby Lominack of Atlanta, Ga., spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lominack. WITH BATTERY C ON THE N. C. MANUEVERS Mrs. Rena Kinard, of Denmark spent several days this wc-ek with her son, Jas. C. Kinard, who is a patient in the county hospital suffering from bruises icceived in an auto accident la^t Thursday morning. Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Tindall of Wins- boro spent Sunday with Mrs. Tindall’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hutch inson. James Evans, of Radford, Va., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Everette Evans this week. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. McGhee of Bris tol, Tenn., spent the weekend with their daughter, Mrs. C. A. Calcote and Rev. Calcote. A SON Mr. and Mrs. John DeHart an nounce the birth of a son, born at the Newberry county hospital Sunday, November 16th. Mr. • and Mrs. Claude Lathan re turned to their home in Newberry fast week after spending, ten days with their daughters, Mrs. Agnew Page in New Albany, Ga., and Mrs. E. J. Locke in Bredford, Ga. RITZ Thursday, Friday Robert Young, Ruth Hussey —In— “MARRIED BACHELOR” NEWS COMEDY Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30c Saturday Dennis Morgan, Jane Wyman, Wayne Morris —In— “BAD MAN OF MISSOURI” COMEDY Chapter 13 “Riders of Death Valley” Adm.: 9c & 25c all day Sat. Nile Owl Show—10:45 P. M. Charles Bickford, Evelyn Anders —IN— “BURMA CONVOY” Adm.: 9c & 25c Special to The Sun. Many of the men who make up the personnel of Battery C, 107th Sep arate Coast Artillery Battalion (An ti-Aircraft) spent the weekend of October 2, 1941 in the city of Newber ry. These men, who were visitors in this city, were called oack to their camp at noon Sunday to go into ac tion against the Red Army. (As most of you already know, this outfit is a member of the Blue forces.) The men were back in camp and ready to -move as ordered. Trucks and men with their personal equip ment were loaded and everything was made ready for the time when “March Order” would come through. Men on trucks waited all Sunday afternoon and Sunday night but no notice to move was sent out. They then pro ceeded to wait throughout Monday and still no “March Order” but Mon day night at 8:20, the order finally arrived. C battery moved out full strength under a blackout to take up positions in the vicinity of Aber deen, North Carolina where the Blue Army had its supply bases and gaso line dumps at that time. We were sent there to furnish anti-aircraft protection for these bases. Our men and guns were in .position and ready to fire just a few mintes after ten oclock Monday night, which is record time for any unit. It has been said that the army stops anywhere. Well, the man who made that statement just don’t know how true that really is. The Battery C communications section set up its switchboard in the ' Aberdeem ceme tery. The switchboard operators were Pfc. Lonnie Franklin, Jr., Pfc. James Darby and Pfc. Eugene Per- ing these fellows, they can well Ima gine just how much sleep they got when they were off duty. Being in the cemtery was *a very interesting experience though. To the World war 1 veterans, the name of William Hines Page may sound somewhat familiar. It should. He was ambas sador to Great Britain during the last war. The switchboard was set up and put in operation next to his tomb. Naturally if we operators had known that a grave was that close at hand, we would never have tried to get to sleep. To us, being in the cemetery was enough but then being next to a grave doesn’t make anyone feel quite so well. Around midnight Tuesday night, the operators were in the “pup tent" when a call came in reporting a red light burning nearby. Just a few seconds after the flare was found, an aeroplane came directly overhead. A warning had been issued to be on the look-out for parachute troops m that sector so it is assumed that this flare was lighted by some agent of the Red Army as a means of telling enemy aircraft the exact center of operations for the anti-aircraft net work in that area. Thanks to the fast thinking of Corp. James Clamp, this flare was quickly extinguished and no j information was given the enemy as was planned. Wednesday afternoon, Battery C was again given orders to move into another position. This time they were ordered to positions along the PeeDee river to protect two stragetic bridges. These bridges were on the Blue’s main supply route. Batteiy C again showed that they were always on the alert. They were in position and had the guns down and ready to fire fif teen minutes ahead of schedule. This time we were to furnish protection against mechanized units as well as Monday. Tuesday Tyrone Power, Betty Grable, John Sutton —In— “A YANK IN THE R. A. F.” NEWS COMEDY Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30c KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN Wednesday Marjorie Weaver, George Reeves, Steve Geray —In— “MAN AT LARGE” COMEDY ■Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c & 30c Rev. J. B. Harman, Pastor Bethany: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. E. B. Hite, Supt. 11 a. m., Church Worship followed by Luther League. Summer Memorial: Sunday 10 a. m., Sunday school. Mr. M. E. Shealy, Supt. 6 p. m., luther Leagues and Church Workers Conference. 7 p. m.. Church Worship. aircraft. The job was again handled as well as it could be. On Thursday, the Newberry battery got orders to move back into the base camp at Hoffman and so we were “off to the races” again. This time, we used lights. Our army had pushed the enemy back 85 miles so blackout was unnecessary at this time. The Battery arrived at the base camp tir ed, hungry, and as usual, dirty. But steaks were on the griddle and every, one promptly forgot the fight and started rounding up the mess gear. To the mothers of the men in this Battery: There is definitely no need for you to worry about your son get ting cold while sleeping out on the ground, etc. Most of the men were well prepared for the cold spell. I can speak for the switchboard opera tors. We had 3 comforts and 9 blan kets with which to keep warm not counting the 3 heavy overcoats which were used also. That, I think, applies to every man in the outfit. Take it from me. thev wore all well prepared. Lonnie Franklin, Jr., HAL'S ADLETS— PANSY PLANTS. Shipment every Thursday. They are fine. Despite higher prices we are selling them at 50 regular size plants, giant type blooms, for 50c, 25 very large plants for 50c. English daisy (bellis) plants 25 for 25c. Treat same as pansies. WEDGEWOOD and IMPERATOR Dutch iris bulbs, very fine and they multiply. 70c doz. King Alfred daffo dil bulbs $1.50 doz. Bone meal, Vigoro, sheep fertiliz er for your fall plantings. 25c and larger sizes. Late in Nov. or early in Dec. we will have 750 2 year old, top grade, rose bushes, in varieties WE KNOW bloom well in Newberry. 3 for $1, cheaper in dozen lots. Visit our nursery. Many are sel ecting plants out there. Carnations, large chrysinthemums, gladiolus and other fresh c it flow ers. Abundant stock, $1.50 doz. and up. Paperwhite narcissus, to grow in water, 35c doz. Verna & r. J Kohn WELLS THEATRE Thursday “LETS GO COLLEGIATE” Frankie Darro and Marcia Mae Jones Added—Selected Shorts Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c A 30c Friday and Saturday “ELLERY QUEEN AND THE MURDER RING” Ralph Bellamy & Margaret Lindsay Added ANDY CLYDE comedy and JUNGLE GIRL Admission—9c & 25c all day Monday and Tuesday The Season’s Funniest! “THE DEVIL AND MISS JONES” Jean Arthur and Chas. Coburn Added—Mickey Mouse and News Mat.: 9c & 25c Night 9c A 30c Wednesday “THREE GIRLS ABOUT TOWN" Joan Blonde'll and Robert Beneftley Added—'MARCH OF TIME Matinee 9c A 25c Night 9c A 30e OPERA HOUSE Saturday “RIDIN’ SUNSET TRAIL” with Tom Keene Added—DEVIL HORSE and Stranger Than Fiction comedy Admission 9c and 20c Wednesday —BARGAIN DAY— “SECRETS OF THE LONE WOLF” with Warren William Added—THE IRON CLAW Admission 9c and 15c all day 22 Miles per Gallon Record Is Made by New 105 Horse-Power All-Fluid-Drive DODGE! Local run shows surprising economy of new 1942 Dodge THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES! In a trip over hilly country from Newberry to Hickory, N. C., 121.1 miles, only 5.5 gallons of gasoline were consumed, giving an average of 22 MILES PER GALLON 720 New DODGE All - Fluid - Drive Sedans Average 21.64 Miles In NATION-WIDE TESTS! PER GALLON OF GAS Sworn Affidavit Supports Statement Accompanying Mr. J. W. Smith on the trip was Mr. R. C. Floyd, member of the city council who checked the mileage and saw the gasoline measured. A SWORN STATEMENT SUPPORTS THIS FACT. YOU CAN ENJOY THE BEAUTY AND ECONOMY OF THE NEW 1942 ALL-FLUID-DRIVE DODGE! SMITH MOTOR COMPANY MAIN STREET DODGE AND PLYMOUTH DEALERS NEWBERRY, S. C.