Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EIGHT THE NEWBERRY SUN PKIUAT. DEC. &. 1M4. NEWBERRY MUSIC CLUB TO HELP OBTAIN HOSPITAL SHIP MUSIC TL* N•wherry Music club will pre sent a sacred Christmas program at the First Baptist church on Sunday evening, December 17, at 8 o'clock. At this time the citizen?- of New berry county will have an opportun ity to contribute to a fund for buy ing musical instruments, records, and sheet music for hospital ships. The drive is being sponsored by the South Carolina Federation of Music clubs. Sidney Lanier, a great American poet, said that “Music is love in search of a word." Certainly no one who appreciates music needs to be told of the warmth and comfort it gives to the spirits of wounded and convalescent American fighting men on hospital ships as they are being transported from the fighting fronts to hospitals in this country. THURSDAY and FRIDAY Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Boris Karloff, Gale Sondergaard IN “THE CLIMAX” COMEDY—SUPER MOUSE FOX NEWS SATURDAY Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Eugene Pallette, Mary Nash —IN— “IN THE MEANTIME DARLING” COMEDY—ANIMAL TRICKS UNIVERSAL NEWS MONDAY and TUESDAY Lana Turner, James Craig, John Hodiak, Frances Gifford IN “MARRIAGE IS A PRIVATE AFFAIR” M.G.M. NEWS WEDNESDAY Priscilla Lane, Betty Field, Richard Whorf, Lloyd Nolan, Jack Carson IN "BLUES IN THE NIGHT” COMEDY—MOVIE PESTS FINDS A BIT OF (Continued from page one) impression. The only signs of war that can) be seen are in the Place de la Concorde, which got shot up a bit when the Germans strafed it just af- ter de Gaulle entered the city and was speakirtg to the people there. He narrowly escaped death, you may re member from the papers. The streets too, are full of U. S. Army trucks and vehicles, and the M-P.’s we al ways got of course. However, this is only the surface. It is necessary to look deeper to dis cover the real sufferings of the peo ple during the four years of German occupation. One of my friends hers is Joseph Verschuere, born in Brus sels, was wounded in the last war and carried to England to recuperate, learned to speak English while there, and from the end of the war until 1925 was linotype operator on the London Daily Mall. During the last war he was one of the linotype op erators who helped set the type for the original Stars & Stripes, and he is back at that job now. During the occupation he was a member of the underground with the special jo of being one of the contact men who helped the Allied fliers get back to England after being shot down over Europe. He told me it was absolute ly impossible to describe his state of mind during those four years. when he was afraid to answer the door for fear that it was the Ger man police; how every minute he was awake he was tormented by the fear of discovery ;and worst of all was the mere thought of his country be ing occupied. Furthermore, food is very scarce and of inferior quality. We are told that is the reason Paris is off limits to us. Other scarcities includes to bacco, rubber, leather, gasoline, and the Black Market flourishes all but openly. I have been offered as much as $1.60 per package for cigarettes, and gasoline is even worse. That’s easy money, but personally I don’t need it that bad. I have been told that the bicycle tires we have on our vehicle are worth $125.00 each. Things like kodak film, iperfume, jewelry, and the like, however, seem to be in plentiful supply at the mo ment, and that is what most Ameri can soldiers are interested in buy ing. With our pay, though, we can’t buy a whole lot of anythihg. We get paid in francs at the rate of exchange of 2c per franc. But be cause of the inflated condition of the currency the franc is worth not more than 1-2 cent. We were among the rich people in England, but it’s dif ferent here, I am having to finish up with the old ink-stick since last night when l had access to a typewritew the lights went out and by the time they came on again I was out of the notion to write any more. Anyway, it was too late. Hope you can make this Oqt. There’s not much more of interest anyway. It has rained steadily for a week and everywhere the mud is like soup. I’ve seen harder rains than I’ve seen in th past 2 1-2 years, ■ but I can’t remember having seen such a continuous downpour. I I’ve seen only one copy of The Sun i since I have been in France, and I ; read it through two or three times. But that’s the situation of the mail in general, and it seems to get worse instead of better. We are doing the same kind of work here that we spent two years doing in England, with the exception that we are at present engaged in undoing a little job of the Eighth Air Force. They all but completely demolished the place. This is the field also which all the big shots seem to use. De Gaulle is a fre quent visitor. He always has his brass band and what loks like a whole regiment of police to give Urn a welcome or a send-off. Gen. Mar shal, Jimmy Byrnes and party also landed here when they came over a 1 few weks ago. There was a lot of brass around. then. . This thing is getting too long!" Pll be looking forward to hearing from you. As ever, LUTHER AULL. T. M. Rogers & Son Jewelry Store Will be OPEN FROM NOW ON Week days 9 AM to 6 PM Saturdays 9 AM to 8 PM T. M. Rogers & Son Jewelry and Watch Repairing anu an extra one tor the pot! Messoge Sponsored by Whitener Lumber Co tike every good American, you’ve bought your share of War Bonds. You’ve bought ’em to help build the tanks, ships, planes, and guns. You’ve bought ’em to back up our fighting men. You’ve bought 'em for every conceivable reason to help speed the wirning of a very tough war, and as long as that war goes on you’ll naturally keep on buying Bonds. BUT ... Next payday, even if it pinches, why don’t you buy an extra Bond —just for yourself? There are a hundred and one ways you could use some extra money a few years from now. Buy that extra Bond—tuck it away— and you’ll have that extra money! If you’re going to want some thing extra out of life -now's the time to get if. When you're cook' 'g up some coffee, it's that extra spoonful "for the pot” that makes a ric' - r, better brew. Put an extra r Bond in the pot—and let it make a richer, better future for ) ou! Make Your Application Now for a Frozen Food Locker 1 have just closed a contract with the Atlanta Office of the Froozen Food Locker Con struction Company to install a complete'amd modem plant of 250 lockers, in connection with my new store on Boundary street extension on the Greenwood highway. Under government regulations it is necessary for 60 per cent of the capacity of this plant to be rented before WPB will grant a priority for erecting it. There will be two types of lockers available: one type at $15 per year and a smaller one for $12.50 per year. The Commercial State Bank of Whitmire, S. C., C. C. Hutto, president, has agreed to act as escrow agent, and all locker rental pay ments, which must be paid yearly in advance to comply with government regulations, will he deposited with the escrow agent, and held in trust until the plant is in actual operation. SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS FOR LOCKER SPACE ARE NOW OPEN! You know the value and convenience of frozen locker apace. Make application now for your space before they are all taken. Each School District in the county will be given its proportionate share of space in the locker plant, according to population of the School District, PROVIDED APPLICATION IS MADE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS. There is no other charge than the above rental prices of $ 1 5 for the large locker and $12.50 for the small, other than the usual 3c per pound processing fee, which covers wrapping, freezing and storing., APPLY NOW FOR YOUR SPACE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE! AT THE SQUARE GROCERY ON MAIN STREET ar C. Paysinger NEWBERRY, S. 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