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YOUR BOYS WILL TELL YOU That the Red Cross means more to him than any other army organiza tion. It is a contact between him and home in tinies of emergency; its services are a comfort to him even if he never has cause to use them. THE RED CROSS DRIVE Will be welcomed by parents in the service as an opportunity to contrib ute DIRECTLY to the comfort and happiness of their boys. The Red Cross helps ALL soldiers—every day. VOLUME 6—NUMBER 48 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1944 WEEKLY—$1 PER YEAR WITH THE FLAG Arrives In England Pfc. Elton W. Eargle has notified his relatives that he has arrived (safely somewhere in England and was doing fine. Home Over Weekend Pvt. Jack Sease, stationed at Shaw Field, spent the past weekend in the home of his sister, Mrs. Claude Mills, 1908 Vincent street. Visiting Mother Pvt. William Graham, stationed somewhere in Mississippi, is spend ing a 15 day furlough with his moth er, Mrs. Catherine Graham of Po- maria. Spends Weekend At Home Cpl. Otto F. Armfield, stationed at Fort Eustis, Va., spent the past weekend in the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. F. Armfield at Gil- dercrest. T. L. Sease, boatswain mate, is spending a 15 day furlough with his sister, Mrs. Claude Mills, 1908 Vin cent street. He has been in the Na vy for the past six years and was in Austrailia prior to his furlough. Visiting Relatives Pvt. Morris Singley, stationed at Greensboro, is spending a 10 day furlough with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John P. Koon at 408 Crosson street. PERSONAL ITEMS Promoted To Staff Sergeant Clayton Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith, Main street, was promoted to the rank of Staff Ser- geant on March 1st. He has been in j the service two years, is stationed ^reet last eek, E. B. Lowery returned to Eutaw- ville last weekend after spending two weeks with friends in Newberry. Mr. and Mrs. Boyd (Soupie) Camp bell and son, Billy, of Florence were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. Caimipbell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Campbell on Harrington street. Mr. and Mrs. K. O. Mims and son, David, of Shaw Field, Sumter, were Sunday visitors in the home of Mrs. Mims’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. S._ C. Campbell. Mr. and Mrs. Wyche Dickert of Columbia spent Sunday in New berry with relatives. Miss Virginia Graham, secretary to the manager of James L. Tapp Co., in Columbia, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gra ham on Martin street. Fire Chief and Mrs. Burton Wells of Camp Gordon, Augusta., and son, Burton Wells, III, who is stationed at the Aerotech Army Training school near Augusta, spent Tuesday afternon with Mrs. H. B. Wells. Mrs. Milton Moore spent a few days last week in Charleston with Miss Florence Wicker at 96 Church street. Mrs. George Handy returned to her home in Westover, Md., last Fri day after spending three months with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Fischer on Col lege street. Mr. and Mrs. Roland Felker at tended a beauty show which was held in New York the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Reeder of Laurens, spent the weekend with Mrs. Reeder’s sister, Mrs. Mae A. Aull and other relatives. Mrs.‘Jack Workman, who has been on an extended visit with Mrs. Phil Wilkinson in Lexington, Kentucky returned to her home on College The Carnival Of Death and at Stewart Field, West Point, N. Y. Spends Wednesday With Parents Richard “Dick” Rodelsperger S|2-c stationed at the U. S. Naval Air Base, Jacksonville, Florida, spent Wednesday in the home of his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rodelsper ger. Visits Parents LieuL T. Roy Summer, Jr., sta tioned at Stuttgart Army Air Base at Stuttgart, Ark. as instructor, spent Monday night and Tuesday with his parens, Mr. and Mrs. T. Roy Summer on Main street. Visiting Relatives Capt. J. T. McCrackin, Jr., sta tioned at Fort Lewis, Washington State, is spending a 15 day leave with his wife, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Thad McCrackin on College street. Stationed At Newberry College Billy Mcllwain, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. Forest Lominick is stationed at Newberry College. Billy volunteered for the Navy V-12 some time ago, and has been stationed at Newberry for the past two weeks. Lands In New Guinea The . parents of Pvt. William Me Kissick have been notified by him that he has landed safely in New Guinea. Private McKissick is a member of the ground crew of the air corps. Promoted To 3-Class The friends of Fred K. Moon will be glad to learn that he has been promoted from 1-c to 3-c seaman. He is stationed in the South Pacific theater of war with the Third Ma- Mrs. O. W. Long and Miss Myrtle Long of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Miss Margaret Long of Washington, D. C., arrived in the city Thursday to visit friends and relatives. Madison Pitts, Jr., grandson of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Pitts of Newberry, who had the misfortune of breaking his leg some time ago, ait his home in Denmark, was reported today to be doing nicely. Miss Agnes Templeton of Laurens was a weekend guest in the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield. Dr. and Mrs. William M. Corbett, Jr. of Columbia, visited Mrs. Cor bett’s parents, Dr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Senn, Wednesday afternoon. Returns to Panama Sgt. F. J. Harmon left last week for New Orleans on his way back to Panama where he is stationed with the anti-aircraft, after spending a month’s furlough in Newberry with his wife, the former Mildred Reeves and other relatives. Home For Weekend Aviation Cadet “Buzz” Purcell, stationed at the University of South Carolina, spent the weekend here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell. Visiting Relatives Pvt. Clyde Amick, stationed at Shreveport, La., is spending a 13 day furlough with his wife, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Amick at their home in the Belfast community. Pri vate Amick is a member of the M. P. Military Police). Don’t Like Bean Sandwiches Pfc. W. M. S. Boulware, who re cently arrived in England, writes that he has had tea with an English family, and that he likes the Eng lish people, but never will learn to like bean sandwiches which are served in so many places over there. Promoted To Sergeant Grover A. Mayer of Little Moun tain, stationed at Sedalia Army Air Field, Warrensburg, Missouri, has been promoted to the rank of ser geant. Prior to going in the armed forces he wag with the Electric and Gas Co. of Parr Shoals. He is a graduate of the Pomaria High school. His wife makes her home in Pomaria. Price Boys Make Good In Service Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Price will be pleased to learn of the military record of their three sons, all volunteers. Captain Julian R. Price, Head quarters 47th 2M Groun, APO 308 care Postmaster, New York, is now somewhere in England. Joe Price ARM 2-c, Patrol Squad ron Vp62, care Fleet Postmaster, San Francisco, California has just been promoted to Second Class Petty Officer and is somewhere in the Pa cific area. Hahn Phillips Price S2-c USN A-T®; Beach Party Pool (9C), Fort Pierce, Florida, has recently been promoted to Second Class Seaman. In Egypt Pfc. Reuben Boyleston, son of Mrs. Bertha D. Boyleston, is now station ed in Egypt, where he has been since the firgt of the year. He is a mem ber of the ground crew of the Air Corps. Writes Between Firing Mrs. Sims Brown recently received a letter from her son, Pvt. J. C. Brown telling her that his “out-fit” was in the invasion of Anzio Beach in Italy. He also gaid that he was “so busy that he only had time to write betwen firing”, and was “sur prised to learn that he could tell her exactly where he is stationed”. Pri vate Brown is a member of an Ar tillery crew. Maxie Shealy Promoted Maxie H. Shealy,son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Shealy of Little Mountain, has recently been pro moted to the grade of Staff Sgt. Shealy, joining the armed forces in August, 1942, took his basic in California, filter joining the 78th Div., then stationed in North Caro lina. At present he is on Detached Service from his division, and assign ed special duty with the 17th Air Base Division. Brother Meets Brother In England Sgt. Luther Aull and brother, Pvt. Julian H. Aull, finally made connec tions in England and spent the week end of March 4th together. Ser geant Aull hag been in England near ly two years. He is a member of Headquarter’s Company, 831st Engi neer Batallion, and Private Aull who landed in England sometime the past October is a member of Company D, 110th Infantry. They are the sons of Mrs. Mae A. Aull, College street, who also have two other sons in the service. Sgt. E. H. Aull stationed at Keesler Field, Migs. and Pvt. Fran cis Aull stationed at Hobbs Field, New Mexico. “They have sown the wind, they shall reap the whirlwind.” More than 1,600 American planes roared over Berlin again yesterday, blasting the Nazi capital with tons of explosives and engaging in air battles that knocked down at least 123 of the enemy’s fighter craft. And in this country a voice of mercy arises. Twenty-eight promi nent clergymen and national leaders aippeal for a halt to the “oblitera tion” bombings of German cities— “this carnival of death.” Thus the hard reality of war is made to clash with Christian prin ciples and practicality with moral idealism. And who in this thunder ous time shall judge or decide? William Tecumsch Sherman, the most brutal commander perhaps of America’s own Civil War, once said; “War is cruel and you cannot confine it.” Later he wrote: “War at best is barbarism.” And then he succinct ly summed wp the two in a terse statement that lives as the one best commentary of mags human conflict: “War is hell.” And hell it is. It was hell to the innocent people of Rotterdam, care fully, meticulously charting their neutral course through a politically troubled Europe, when the German Luftwaffe roared overhead to oblit erate a section of their city and heap up the dead as a calculated demonstration of the potency of a rearmed Reich. Hell it was, too, to the gallant de fenders of Warsaw, caught in the jaws of a bloody military machine, as they fought and died for 3 weeks under the German terror in the skies. And hell, also, for the British of bomb-rocked London, suffering out uhe air blitz, and for those of historic j Coventry in the horn's of stark bor row when a city fell, crushed, burn ing, and bleeding while the Luftwaffe winged aloft. War at best is barbarism. Nothing truer has ever come from tongue or pen. It was a truism to confront the German people as they went to work with determination to manufacture the armaments, create the Nazi sys tem and plot the destruction of the peace of Europe and the world. Where in that lar i was the voice of mercy —-the appeal to reason then? There are several possible replies to the 28 American clergymen and national leaders who with Christian principles a nd sincere mercy, now protest the carnival of death. It might be said that the Germans started the war, therefore they must stand the consequences. It also might be said that an inexorable jus tice is now at work, beyond, perhaps, the sense of man to understand or interfere. But more to their line of thought, it can be said that the German-in spired war is still on. And it is to tal war, waged not alone by uni formed men in battle phalanx but by every man, woman, and child able to lift a hand to fashion an instrument for the death of someone else. It is on in Berlin and Stuttgart as well as at Anzio and Cassino. The dead in German cities are no less horrible than the dead along the fighting lines. The carnival can be stopped. The Germans can stop it overnight. They can do so by the very simple pro cedure that on some unpredictable day they will confront as a strict necessity. They can quit fighting. They can surrender and stand the penalties which studied justice will proclaim for their crimes against Christian principles and decent civi lization. They can halt this war as abruptly as they started it. What he 28 men who have seen fit to protest our military policy at this grim juncture fail to appreciate is this: The bombers roaring over Ger many are not there to hand out i brutal punishment. They are there, simply and certainly, to help in win ning the war. They are there to de stroy the plants and factories where death is being devised for Americans and to speed the time when peace can reign again, not for two decades but for ages. Criminal and un-Christian now is the continued determination of the German people to resist—a flagellant decision by a people who have sown the wind to reap the whirlwind. They deserve no mercy. They shall have none. 37 Called For Army Service The following 37 white men will re port to Fort Bragg, N. C., for active service in the Army on March 24th. They recejjfcly passed their pre-induc tion examination at Fort Jackson. Board 58 is sending the following 25: Thomas Everette Connelly Charlie Carson Humphries Charles McCullough Gaffney Colie Eugene Lever Jolh-n Sampson Nichols Akin John Caldwell Edward Eugene Brock John William Felker Harrison Thomas Summer Claude Vernon Matthews Brown low Jeff Brotherton Charlie Allen Knight Joe Miller Spotts Thompson Orville Livingston Thomas Earl Lewis George Clarence Shirey Grady Martin Dennis Woodrow Crosby Oriel Thomas Boulware, Jr. Oliver Gordon Wilbanks Phillip Lee Roddy George William Hesson Robert Campbell Lake, Jr. James Alvan Brown Donald Louis Norman Roddy (transfer). Board 59 are sending the follow ing 12 white men: Marvin Eugene Mayer James DeLeon Hall Larry Jones Bouknight Joseph Otto Moore Heyward Larry Fulmer Cecil Abner Bundrick Rallie Marshel Avery Bennie Franklin Sinclair James Wilson Longshore AHen Furman Hannon Mfcyes Wilson Derrick Nelson Bennett Connelly Henry Parr Baker Musing In Action Mrs. Henry Parr Baker of Green wood received a message from the War Department early Wednesday morning informing her that her hus band, Lieutenant Baker had been missing in action since February 28. Lieutenant Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baker of Newberry, was a member of the “Jolly Rogers” squadron, stationed in the New Guinea area. He had completed about half of his missions and anti- ciipaited on being home by Christ mas. Young Baker’s outfit had distin guished itself on many dangerous missions against the Japs. He re ceived his commission June 26 of last year a nd left for foreign duty Octo ber 8th. Lieutenant Baker was married last August to Miss Dorothy Lee Whar ton o fGreenwood. He was a gradu ate of the city schols and of Wash ington a nd Lee university. J. P. Leopard, Jr. Killed In Action DOWN MEMORY LANE 20 YEARS AGO Mrs. R. D. Wright and Mrs. H. L. Parr attended the convention of the League of Women’s Boyers in Colum bia last week. Mrs. Wright was elected recording secretary of the state organization. PATIENTS IN NEWBERRY HOSPITAL Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Sineth of Prosperity, a daughter, on Tues day, ; March 14. Mrs. Sineth was! he frol j' July 1942 until Au- Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Leopard of 1112 Senn street, were notified Sat urday morning that their son David Pinckney Leopard, Jr., Gunners Mate, second class, was killed in ac tion in the performance of his duty and in the service of his country. He was buried at sea with full mili tary honors. “Pete” a s he was known to his friends, was reared at West End. He was a member of the West End Baptist church, and also a mmber of the Boy Scout Troop 69. He fin ished Newberry High school with the class of 1938. He volunteered for the navy in August 1940, and received his boot training in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a member of the crew of the" U. S. S. California until the attack of Pearl Harbor, after which he was trangfered to the east coast, wihere formerly Elizabeth Adams, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Adams. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Kin- ard of Kinards, a daughter, on Mon day, March 13. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brock'uf route 3, Newberry,' a daugh ter, on Thursday, March 9. Born to Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Wil lingham, 1206 Graves street, a son, Thursday, March 9. Other patients include: Mrs. Mag gie Davis Messer, Laurens; Mrs. C. E. Barbee, Goldville; Mrs. E. M. Lackey, Whitmire; Dowain Earwood, route 2, Newberry; John Clark, Newberry College; Mrs. L. K. Long, roote 2, Newberry; Mrs. Charlie gust 1943, and was then transferred back to the west coast where he was at the time of his death. LAWRENCE PARKER MARTIN Mr. and Mrs. George Martin an nounce the arrival of a son, Lawrence Parker, born at the Newberry hospi tal, Tuesday, March 14. Mr. Martin is manager of the Farmers Ice & Fuel Company here. JULIAN PRICE MAY OFFER FOR TREASURER Friends of Julian Price, now lo cated in Charlotte, have learned that If citizens would cooperate with officers of the law in the efforts to stop the traffic in liquor the situa tion would soon get better. When our good ladies and gentlemen real- ie that drunken drivers are a danger and menace as they meet • them in their reckless dash along the high ways they will help the officers in putting a stop to it. It is coming. It doesn’t look so much like the hard times we are hearing so much about to see the many automobiles crowding the streets and the great number of wagons hauled out of town loaded with fertilizer. What’s the matter with the county? Newberry-Summerland Luncheon On Friday Newberry and Summerland col leges will lunch ogether at Craven Hall Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock. All graduates and former students are invited to the luncheon. Dr. S. J. Derrick, president of Newberry, and Dr. P. E. Monroe, persident of Summerland, will preside at the luncheon. Those desiring tickets should get in touch with either G. M. Eleazer at the county court house or William A. Shealy, assistant state superintendent of education, in the National Loan and Exchange Bank buihiing.—The State. Mr. Ira Armfield, editor of The Saluda Standard, and Mr. Grady Hazel were visitors to Newberry Thursday. MISS REBECCA GARY Miss Rebecca Kate Gary, 85, died Tuesday at her home on Glenn street after a lingering illness. The daugh ter of the late Dorsey L. and Jane Craig Gary, she had spent her entire life in the county. Surviving is a sis ter. Miss Annie Gary; four nieces and a nephew. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock at Leavell’s Funeral home, conducted by Rev. A. T. Usher, assisted by Rev. J. Aubrey Estes. Interment follow ed in Rosemont cemetery. Douglas, Drayton street; Luke Mc-J^ 16 anticipates returning to the coun- Call, Whitmire; Miss Marion Sligh, I ^ to offer for the office of county route 4 Newberry; Miss Aeleene | treasurer - . Mr - Price wa s a member Cause, route 3, Newberry; Mrs. John , „*he legislature from this county Weathes, Goldville; Mrs. S. J. Ar thur, Newberry; Mrs. Henry Sanders, 1608 First street, Newberry; Henry C. Fuller, Strothers; Miss Wanda Hancock, 1808 Harper street; Miss Katheleen Kinard, route 3, Pros perity; Harold Bowers, Silverstreet; Mrs. Charles C. Rollins, Whitmire; Mrs. Thurmond Bowers, 209 Glenn street ;Miss Evelyn Fee, Blairs and B. Luther Hamm, 1320 Milligan street. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH J. B. Harman, pastor. Bethany—10:30 a. m., church wor ship with sermon. 11:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite supit. It is hoped that every member will be present Sunday for services and to attend to a very important matter of business. Summer Memorial—Friday, 4 j>. m., Catechetical instruction. Sunday, 10:30 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 11:30 a. m., church worship with sermon. 6 p. m., Luther League and Wom en’s Missionary Society meeting. Visitors are invited to worship with us, TAKES JOB HERE WITH GILDER & WEEKS Dr. P. A. Fulmer has arrived here to take a position as druggist with Gilder & Weeks drug store. He comes here from Greer where he has lived for several years. Dr. and Mrs. Fulmer have two children and will take up their residence here shortly. IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL before accepting a position North Carolina city. in the FARM SCRAP DRIVE EXTENDED TO MARCH 31 Owing to weather conditions and inability to get scrap iron hauled in, the County Salvage committee, has extended the drive to March 31. All schools are asked to contact every farm that has not been con tacted to date, to collect all scrap iron possible and to send in their re port of farms canvassed, number of pounds scrap iron collected, and num ber of pupils enrolled no later than March 31. Please send in a written report because, these reports will have to be turned over to a committee to de cide the winner of the three cash Transfered To Goldsboro Pvt. Claude P. Summer, Jr., has been transfered from Keesler Field, Miss.,to Goldsboro, N. C. His wife, the former Virginia Jackson of Ash land, Ky., is visiting her mother-in- law, Mrs. Claude Summer at her home on the cut-off. DR. BOYD JACOBS out again and greeting friends after being a pat ient in the Veteran’s hospital in Columbia for the past two months. —HENRY CHAPPELL feeding a couple of baby goats with a milk bottle he swiped from his little granddaughter KAY WADDELL who with her mother are making their home with the Chappells while Mr. Waddell is in the army.—Mrs. “BOO” SCURRY and Mrs. FORREST SUM MER patiently waiting to get help on making out their income tax.— HACK WALLACE remarking that he is expecting to get his notice for prizes offered by the Salvage com- , induction mo s t any time now.—DR. mibtee. I RICHARD LOMINACK and small ■ I son, RICHARD, taking a stroll Sun- The friends of Mrs. V. L. Huff- da y afternoon. — BOB BRUNER The many friends of H. H. Ruff will be sorry to learn that it waa necessary for him to enter the Co lumbia hospital Monday where he will undergo treatments. Prisoner Of War Broadcast Message Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Willingham received the following telegrams on March the 8th. The first was received early Wed nesday morning: Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Willingham 719 Daisy street Newberry The name of Burton Willingham has been memtioned in afei enemy broadcast as a prisoner in German hands. The purpose of such broad casts is to gain listeners for the enemy propaganda which they con tain. But the army is checking the accuracy of this information and will advise you as soon as possible. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service Federal Communications Commission. The second one was received late Wednesday night, which follows: Following short wave broadcast from Germany has been intercepted. “Dear Mother. Am well and okey. Tell Nellie hello and to keep her chin up. Write very often. I love you. Signed, Burton Willingham.” Thig broadcast supplements previous official report received from Interna tional Red Cross. Gullion Provost Marshal General. stetler, 1504 Evans street, will be sorry to learn that it was necessary for her to undergo a tonsileotomey in the Laurens hospital Monday. Miss Sadie Kibler spent the past weekend in Columbia with her sis' ter, Miss Anna Margaret Kibler. Home For 10 Days - Bill Turner, Machinist Mate 3-c will return to his base in Miami, Florida, Friday after spending a 10 day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Turner at their home on Main street; Bill was stationed in Dutch Harbor four months prior to returning to the states about three weks ago. SHOULD WE ENLARGE OUR COUNTY HOSPITAL This is the topic for consid eration at monthly Forum meet ing tonight (Thursday), 8:30, at Newberry Hotel, private dining room. Z. F. Wright will preside. ROTARY CLUB TO MEET The Rotary club will hold regular meeting tomorrow, Friday, at one o’clock a t the Newbery Hotel. WRIST WATCHES—We have a limited supply of wrist watches for ladies and men. Sears, Roe buck and Co., 1210 Caldwell St. Phone 430. looking for income tax blanks, and saying that he wanted just 2 more after which he was through for the year.—ELLERBE SEASE doing a bit of. banking.—MRS. MAE AULL and MRS. DAISY DENNING enjoy ing a dish of ice cream.—MRS. GEO. K. DOMINICK buying groceries and telling the clerk she had so much on her mind that she didn’t know what she was doing.—LT. ROY SUMMER in the city for a day and looking neat and trim in his unifonn.— BURTON WELLS, Fire Chief at Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga. in the Sun office one day this week, and saying he was running the fire de partment at Gordon just like he al ways wanted to run one.—TOM SUMMER, who has already receiv ed his notice to report for induc tion at an early date saying he was “working on borrowed time.”—Mrs. C. J. McWHIRTER and Miss ETHEL DERRICK always so jolly and friendly.—MRS. SETH MEEK vow ing to slay this scribe unless we leave the final S off her name. Birthday Anniversaries through Friday, March 24: Mrs. McBeth Sprouse (Polly Summer) March 18; Jim Purcell and Raymond E. Blair, March 19; Harry Dominick, D. W. A. Neville, Wm. Harris, C. W. Bowers, Mrs. E. B. Setzler, Miss Sudie Mae Dickert and J. C. (Fox) Boozer, March 20; Z. F. Wright, March 21; Miss Louise Harmon, March 22; Mrs. Frank- Mower and Mrs. L. D. Nichols, March 23.