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BACK UP YOUR BOY Increas* yon payroll savings to yon family limit BACK UP YOUR BOY latnaso yon payroll savings to yon family limit VOLUME 6—NUMBER 50. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1944. WEEKLY—$! PER YEAR WITH THE FLAG Transferred to Shreveport Pfc. Clemson E. Bowers has been transferred from Fort Ord, Califor nia, to Shreveport, La. where he is on maneuvers. His address is Pfc. Clemson E. Bowers, ASN 34645790. Battery A 738 F.A. Bn. APO 20, Care Postmaster, Shreveport, La. Arrives in N. Africa Mrs. Maxie H. Morris has receiv ed a cablegram and also letters from her husband, Cpl. Maxie H. Morris saying that he had arrived safely somewhere in North Africa. He got his basic training at Atlantic City, N. J. From there he was sent to a radio and mechanics school at Scott Field, 111. After graduating from radio school he was sent to Tuscon, Arizona for a heavy bom bardment group training. Before go ing overseas he was stationed at McCook, Nebraska, where he was radio operator. While there he was awarded the Good Conduct medal. He is with the second air force and has a brother, Pvt. Joe E. Morris, in the Air corps, stationed with the^ Base detachment at Muskagee, Okla. Vet Returns To Take Up Work He Left Two Years Ago A wounded veteran has returned to Newberry to take up where he left -ff July 20, 1942. He is Private James Edwin Nichols, son of Mrs. Olin Nichols of 1330 College street, and he hopes soon to resume work Says Slackers Should See Human Wrecks In Hospitals. (By Doris Armfield) Hearing fro'm Newberry thai sev eral persons have shown some inter est in previous articles makes me feel that my attempts at writing a column might be worthwhile. It had as a weaver at Mollobon mills where ' been my intention that the column he was employed when he entered, should be somewhat regular in its the army. (appearance, but two weeks on my Private Nichols was a member of ] back in the hospital, coupled with the 871st Engineers, Aviation, and a doubly busy office when I return- left tbii'S country in May 1943 and ed to work, have prevented further landed in Australia. He was there! items until now. To those of you who have shown interest, may I say thank you ? Receives Promotion Guy V. Whotener, Jr., has recently been (promoted' bo Seaman First only three days When he was sent to Port Moresby in New Guinea. After six weeks at Moresby he was sent to a point only 50 miles from the, wheT , the w ^ Dl . ive Jar stronghold of Lae where he work-J b l here th he , ed helping bu.ld airfields, and it was for our , h ^ seemed enorm ^s. at thts station that he received a eg : with the final tall on Febru 29 injury in line of duty which resulted 1 in his being given a medical dis- (habge. F'rom the time of his inj'ury in August, until October he was in a hospital in New Guinea and was then sent to a hospital in Australia, and back to this country. Private Nichols underwent an op eration on his leg at the McCloskey General hospital in Temple, Texas in January of this year and received his medical discharge March 24. For Local Boards Now Control Farm Exemptions Colonel Lewis B. Hershey, direc tor of Selective Service, has issued an order canceling the unit system of farm deferments, and placing the responsibility for deferring farmers directly in the hands of local Selec tive Servfce Boards. Hereafter the deferment of farm ers will be based on their worth as actual producers of vital products. Ther * is widespread dissatisfac tion throughout this county over deferments granted so-called farm ers iod Selective Service officials here know it. However, they have not heretofore been able to do much about it. Under the unit system all reoruary sv.! that was necessary for a farm de- however, the goal was reached and i „ j passed by over $10,000. I think it is interesting to note that with the exception of about $3000, the re mainder of the bond purchases were made by military personnel. If war 1 bond drives in all parts of the na-‘ tion were as successful as this one, Americans are certainly showing their patriotism. Of course there are the well known .slackers, but we’ll leave the editor to deal with bis services in the army Private, them. I might add this to his com 1 ^ t n i _ i . j _ j yi I . _ . _ _ Class His present address is Nav-| ™ ™ Asiatic i^outnwesx „i Unit No. 5.; Pacific) Medal and the Veterans of Nichols was awarded the Good Con duct medal, the Asiatic (Southwest al Combat Denvdlition Unit No. 5, Care Fleet Postoffice, San Francis- fco, Ga/iifomia. Guy is attached to a Naval Demolition Unit which is trained as Airborne Troops, under water work, as well as combat and demolition work. He is at present somewhere in the Southwest Pacific, and has seen active duty in that theatre of war. Now At Fort Benning Staff Sgt. Henry R. Fellers was transferred the first of the week from Fort Jackson where he has been a record clerk in the Station hospital for the past three years, to Fort Benning, Ga., where he will receive a course in paratrooping for combat duty. In Hospital Pvt. LeGrand O. Livingston, of Prosperity, route 2, is now conval escing in the McCloskey General hospital, Temple, Texas. He was one of a number of enlisted men who returned recently from over seas duty in the Southwest Pacific war theatre. Foreign Wars Medal. He has brothers in the service. two merit though; if those same slackers could see the condition of the boys ait army hospitals who have return ed from doing their duty overseas, I ferment was a few chickens and pigs and many became farmers overnight. Farm deferments hereafter will be the full responsibility of the local Boards and it may be assumed a lot of “farmers” in this county will soon be doing their planting with a gun. London’s Famed River No Larger Than The Broad At Columbia LUTHER AULL GIVES WORLD’S GREATEST CITY ONCE OVER DOWN MEMORY LANE Report For Duty Completes Gunnery School Sgt. James E. Foy has just sue- The following white men from Local Board No. 58 have been order ed to report for active service in the , Army on April 15th after having wonder how they would feel . Many, , > . lKSec | the preinduction examination: nf John Gibson Williams of these men are physically and mentally broken for Life. Only today I was reading a report of one of c^sful'ly completed Aerial Gunnery soldiers who had both hands f^d Mre F ^ W: Fl °r ida ' He I bIown ° ff b y a bomb explosion over- j' F ? y ainved the city .seas. I would like for those draft- th f d !(' esday Spend / few days in dodgers (to give them a nice name) home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- j to picture the physical and mental son Dennis near the city. Receives V-Mail Letter Mrs. M. E. Yorborough received a V-mail letter from her son, Pfc. Branan Yarborough Friday morning from overseas. This is the first mes sage that she has received from him since the cablegram when he first landed, about two weeks ago. He says that he is well, and gives his address which is: Pfc. Branan I. Yor borough 34656182. 74th General Hospital. APO 507. Care Post master, New York, N. Y. Cpl. DeVore In New Guiena Opl. Carroll DeVore, a member of the 757 Engineer Parts Supply is now located in New Guiena, where he landed on Februapr 28th. And Cpl. Roy DeVore is with headquarters I. R. T. C. and is stationed for the present at Camp Fannin, Texas. They Visiting Here George William Connelly, S 2|c N. A. T. T. C., stationed at the Naval Srente^Mr. ^andMMrs? J/Rjir* the sons of Mr. and Mrs.'Frank 11 finally came to the conclusion that I condition of that man. Having finally niasti^ed my pho bia of the Pennsylvania station in New York city, and deciding to ven- ture into other parts, I thought I would see if New York’s famous Automats were all that I bad heard. I was disappointed. I dropped a nickle in the slot expecting to see a cup of coffee automatically appear from somewhere, and what happens ? Instead of a “cuupa coffee” some one’s head appeal's thru a little op ening and says “you want black coffee?” Overcoming my surprise I meekly answered yes. On to the little boxes where .pies are enclosed, I drop my three nickles in for pe can pie, but to no avail. I turn tb“ handle, the nickles are returned. Next I decide in raisin pie, and af ter losing a few of my “subway” nickles, I succeeded in getting it. Steven Sylvester Giles John Calhoun Walker William Boyd Clamp Ernest Carrol Taylor Gordon Neville Clarkson Walter Hunt Dorrity Roy Allen Gaddis John Earl Hayes Robert Henry Inman, Jr. Boyd Manuel Duckett Howard Olin Bailey Edward Livingston Curtis Duane Wicker William Marion Sizemore These men will be forwarded to the Reception Center, Fort Bragg, N. C. and Mrs. DeVore is a member of the Medical Coips and is now located in a Station Hospital in England. Conmelly, having been called home on Ip. DeVore, Boundary street. Private j New York with its modernism was account of the illness of his brother, Elliott Dawkins, a son-in-law of Mr. a little ahead of me, and that for James, who -was accidently Shot last 1 Saturday afternoon. George will complete his advanced training in Jacksonville in about two weeks af ter which he will be stationed there as instructor. He is a graduate of the Newberry High school in the class of ’43. His friends will be pleased to know that he led his class at the Naval School in Jacksonville. His brother, J. B. Connelly, Jr. H. A. S l|c, stationed at the U. S. Naval Hospital, Bainbridge, Md., is also visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Connelly this week. Home On Account Of Illness Pfc. Wayne Martin, who was called home last week on account of the ill ness of his father, who has been con fined to his home for the past two weeks suffering with pneumonia, a time at least I had best take it easy, and a little at a time. '.Iy main obective at the present is to learn something about the subway system—enough so that if I want to so to the Bronx I won’t end up in Brooklyn. Speakng of subways, it was either on the qadio or in the newspapers will return to his base in Alliance, ' about the gentleman on the subway Nebraska, Friday. Lominick Overseas Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Lominick re ceived a cablegram from their son, Lieut. Kirby Lominick last Thursday Promoted To Third Class Petty Officer Seaman First Class Robert Curtis tbia,t be bad arrived safely Hamilton, who is serving the U. S. " 1 looking at a newspaper upside down. Someone standing nearby mentioned the fart to him hut, the gentleman ignored it. Again the interested on looker said “Pdrclon me, but you are reading that newspaper upside down.” The first party glared 1 at Nlavy in the Charleston Navy Yard, was recently promoted to Specialist (Shore Patrol), Third Class in the Petty Officer grade. He is the son of Lula Mae Hamil ton and Mr. Robert Farfield of Whit mire. His wife the former Miss Lucy Roller, is with him in Charleston. somewhere overseas and was alright. !'t" 11 } a then said you think His wife and small son, Eddie, are. ls easy . visiting Mr. and Mrs. Lominick on | Mayer Avenue. i A Southern negro is something 1 that is hard to disguise, even up in these Northern' parts. I looked up Sgt. Miller Very 111 Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Miller received ! from my desk the other day to see Receives Promotion The friends of Morgan Randel will te glad to learn that he has been promoted from the rank of Ensign to Lieutenant (jg). Lieutenant Ran- del has been stationed overseas for the past year. He was in the inva sions of Sicily, Italy and Selemo. His wife, the former Julia Smith, is mak ing her home here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith. Ensign Lambeth In Virginia Ensign Danny Lambeth who has been in various Government hospi Dais for the past several months, has been discharged from a hospital in California, and is now stationed at Little Creek, Va., where he is await ing further orders. His wife, the former Lucy Smith, who has been visitang her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith on Main street expects to join her husband soon for an ex tended visit. Transferred To Oklahoma Virginia H. Anderson S 2lc, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Roy Ander son, Harper street, has been trans ferred from Hunter College, N. Y., after finishing her indoctrinal train ing, to Yeoman School at Stillwater, Oklahoma, which was formerly A & M CcVege. Miss Anderson will be assigned to duty after finishing the three months of school there. a letter from the War Department, 1 (Monday morning, informing them that the condition of their son, Sgt. Cole L. Miller was “serious and un satisfactory.” Sergeant Miller has been confined to a hospital in North Africa since being seriously wounded in line of duty on February' 2. If you would like to send him a card or letter his address is: 1st Sgt. Cole L. Miller-6385965. Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 7th Inf. 2628bh Hospital Section. APO 698. Care Postmaster, New York, N. Y. Promoted To Rank Of Captain The friends of First Lieut. T. J. West wil be interested to learn that he was recently promoted to the rank of captain at Vellejo, California, be fore being transferred to Camp Haan, California. His wife, the former Elizabeth Purcell is making her home here with her mother, Mrs. C. J. Pur cell for the present. a very neat looking negro (who re minded us of Mrs. Minnie Bleases’ cook, Harry) standing there. He was applying for a job as cook. At first glance I thought to myself “he’s from the South. On investigation it was learned that he was horn and reared in Charlotte, North Carolina. Incidentally, he’s proving to he a very good cook. Visits Here TICpL James Oscar Barr, stationed at FYirt Bragg, N. C. spent a few days furlough here last week with rela tives. Returns To Base Sgt. and Mrs. Sheely Setzler re turned to Hattisburg, Miss, this week, where Sergeant Setzler is sta tioned, after spending a 15 day fur lough in Prosperity with Mrs. Setz- ler’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Singley, For the fii-st time, this March I discovered what wa« meant bv the expression “March Winds”. If any place has March winds Long Island certainly has. The past few days have been warm, however, and once aigain (for about the fifth time this writer) I’m hoping that spring is here. (The 'preceedine paragraph was written on Saturdav and now it’s Monday. I awoke this morning to find everything covered with snow, and the radio announcer sayinc that we would have snow, sleet and rain all <fay long. I’ve stopped mabrne predictions of the weather. Tis enough to make a person want to catch the first train down south. Forum Meeting The forum meeting for April 20th will be given over to a discussion of new industries for this county. From a recent poll taken at a forum meet ing the need for new industries re ceived many votes and it was decid ed to dedicate the April forum to this important subject. Frank. Sutton will have charge of this program and along with him as chairman the following have been asked to serve: Wright Cannon, D. W. A. Neville, Mayor Ned Purcell, Charles L. Trabert, Dr. R. A. Good man, R. P. Medley and Harry Vigod- sky. Any person having any ideas along the line of new industries for this county would do the committee a service to communicate with them either in person, by phone or by mail. Those who attend will have an opportunity to advance their ideas. The public is invited to attend all forum meetings, which are planned to stimulate the thinking along defi nite and constructive lines. Mr. and Mrs. Wilton Todd, and daughter Mary Ann, and Miss Mar garet Welboime, spent Sunday in Goldsboro, N. C., with Pfc. Bob Todd. ★ ★ W/uU you Buy With WAR BONDS Powder Monkey On board ship and in the artillery their buddies call them “powder monkeys.” Not disrespectful, just a personal, intimate term between friends. Civilians call them gun crews. During a battle the crews of “powder monkeys” must work like trojans bringing the ammunition to Mrs. R. D. Wright returned to her home in the city Tuesday night after snendmg several months in Miami, Fl-rdia with her son and daughter- in-law, I ieut. and Mrs. Downs Wright. She returned borne with Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Brown, who spent several davs with Lieutenant and Mrs. Wright in Florida. .50 calibre shell or a broadside from the 16 inch guns of a great battle ship, but in either event the “pow der monkey” must pass millions of dollars’ worth of ammunition to make the gun effective, and your savings in War Bonds are necessary to supply the financial ammunition that provides the shells. U. S. Treasury Department Somewhere In England March 19, 1944 It is now two days later than the date erf this letter, and I can’t re member at the moment just what was the reason for my not finishing or even starting!) it at the time. However, one day has gotten to be much like another, and paper is sort of scarce, so I didn’t bother either to change the date or to start a new sheet. The Sunpaper has been coming through pretty regularly, and' I don’t have to tell you that I enjoy getting them, and that I read them through from cover to cover. This afternoon I took off for an hour or so to go in with the mail man. I stopped off in a little town not far from camp to se if I could pick up a few cards suitable for a wedding invitation. One of the boys, or I should say, another of the boys ^ is getting married and wanted me ‘to print him some announcements. I tried to talk him out of it, as we are not exactly set up for that type of woifk, but he was insistent that we should do the job, so I told him we would do what we could. I got the cards, but what I started out to say was that I had carried in a cou ple of Sunpapers for the old gen tleman at the little print shop at which I had 1 the business to look at. I have found that the printers over here as a class are swell folks, and have always been willing to help us out any time they could and in any way. I have found very few shops equipped with linotype machines, however. They are always glad to get any publication that was pro duced in America. Even after the “in vasion” most of the English still have the idea that the United States are like I heard an announcer on the radio describe it this -morning: “the fabulous States.” They find .particularly marvelous such jobs as our “Life” magazine and our 32 page dailies and 72 page Sunday editions. Doris wrote you some time ago, I see by the Sun, an interesting story on New York. At the time it occurred to me that you might like to have something on the same order about its counterpart on this side, London. Tbs first time I was in London was nearly a year and a half ago, at which time I was there with a WAAF, who was stationed not far - from where I was at the time, and with whom I had made a date to go "up to U>wn,” $nd she had agreed to show me the sights. She was a n„cive of the city herself, by the way. We went first to Big Ben and the Houses of Parlimenlt, of course. I got off to a bad start with her, though, by trying to make out the Latin inscription around the tower just under the face of the clock rather than going into ecstasy about the world-renowned Big Ben or waxing eloquent on the Mother of Parliments and the building that housed it. So we turned left across the river, and about halfway over the bridge we stopped to look at the river. “This,” she said, as her chest swelled with evident pride, “is the Thames river." To which I replied that I wais not impressed. It was not as wide as the Broad river at Columbia, and I was disappointed. I have learned a lot since then, though, among which is the fact that these people are proud of their Thames river. Anyway, she gave up the struggle after that and we went to see a show. , After tiiat experience, I went to London on my own when I had the time off, and have since seen most of the sights, and exhibits that have not been buried for the duration. For a time I had the impression of London as a series of pretty nice railroad stations connected by a hole in the ground, as most of my travel ling was done via the subway—the Underground, it is technically known as, or “tube” as it is familiarly call ed. The subway is a very efficient and quick means of transportation, and I have been told by these who were familiar with those in New York that London’s undergiound is far superior to New York’s. Per sonally, I wouldn’t know, never hav ing ridden any underground except London’s. Since then, though, I have gotten into the habit of walking if that is at all practical, and since I have had several occasions bo take official transportation into town, I have learned my way about pretty well. I can get in and out of Lou don from two differerft directions by ar, aud that by the way is no mean feat. At first glance the taxis in London would bring a smile. I felt that way about them, at least, until I took my finrt ride in one. You have probably seen them in the movies and know what they look like. But hat is one cf the most maneuverable vehicles I have ever seen, and the way the drivers handle them is a marvel to behold. Last June was ny first experience. I had occasion visit the London Times office (Continued on page eight) 20 YEARS AGO Mr. Furman Reagin went to Col umbia Wednesday evening to see his brother, Horace, who had undergone an operation for appendicitis and was doing well. Newberry welcomes Mr. Roy And erson and family from Greenwood. The Anderson brothers are good merchants and citizens. Miss Edith Wilson from Green ville Woman’s college is at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Wilson, in Johnstone street, for the weekend. Runaway Horse Runs Into Auto On Monday morning about 10:30 what might have been a serious ac cident occurred when a runaway horse and buggy without a driver ran into the rear of an automobile driven by Mrs. Janies L. Aull, which was standing in front of the ]>ost- office. One shaft of the buggy struck the car slightly, sending the horse reeling to the sidewalk where he fell. The buggy was considerably damaged but the horse was appar ently unhurt. For a long time we have been pleading for the improvement of Boundary street so that the street would be as good as least as a high way. Mayor Wallace says that the street force is now working on this street and it is the purpose of the council to make it better than any highway in be county. That is good news to the residents of the street, and to all who have occasion to go out this way. Glenn street is now in good condi tion and so is College street, and the next one council should give at tention to ir, Caldwell from the in tersection with the highway down to Friend. Pity that Boundary can not be | made wider at some places, but the ' mayor says that the purpose is to widen it just as much as the proper ty owners along the way will per mit. Some parts of it is entirely too narrow. But if the street is put In good condition that will be such an improvement that we should all be satisfied. CHURCH NOTICE There will be Communion services at Colony next Sunday, p. m., April 2nd. Sunday school at 3 o’clock and the sermon at four. AH members -are urged to be pres ent and visitors are always welcome. MOATES-SLICE Miss Dorothy Geraldine Moates and Jacob William Patrick Slice were married on March 25, at the residence of the officiating minister. Rev. J. B. Harman, in the presence of a few friends. Mrs. Slice is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Mcates of Newberry route one. She attended Bush River and the Newberry schools. Mr. Slice is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Slice, 2805 Milne avenue, New berry. He attended the schools of Newberry and is now in the employ ment of the Oakland cotton mills. After a short trip they will make their home at 2805 Milne avenue. LAMAR DOMINICK about the only person left who smokes a com cob pipe.—“HOP” HALFACRE say ing that his ambition was to see his name in the Sunpaper.—MRS. MAY STUCK carrying an armful of groceries.—R. M. LOMINACK say ing that his son, Lieut. KIRBY had landed in England.—W. E. LONG and “SWEDE” CARLSON kidding each other across Main street—Mns. M. O. SUMMER and daughter MRS. MtBETH SPROUSE shopping for dress materials.—Interior of Ex- ohange Bank building getting much needed fresh coat of paint.—BILLY McILWAIN, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. FOREST LOMINACK looking nice in his blue navy uniform.—BEBE PURCELL and MRS. DANNY LAM BETH enjoying a coke in a drug store—SOLICITOR B. V. .CHAP MAN saying that several people tried to steal his “Chamberlain” um brella during the downpour about 1 oclock Wednesday.—MRS. T. ROY SUMMER buying groceries and re marking that she could get along all right if she didn’t have to . eat.— From all reports BILL TURNER and DR. H. M. BIGBY are catching most of the fish at the lake these days. Both say they got nice strings a few days ago. Birthday Anniversaries thru FYi- d^iy, Arrril 7: Jake Wise and Mrs. Bertha D. Bayleston, April 1; Fred Hayes and Oliver Cromer, April 2; C. T. Summer and W. H. Dickert, April 4; Miss Virginia Senn and Katheryn Whitener Ousley, April 5; Mrs. E. O. Hentz, April 6; Mrs. E. E. Stuck, and Emma Riser, April 7.