The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 21, 1941, Image 8
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!
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