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M' ********* »-* * * Those Boys teed 1 ^^ ■s 1 : ; ***♦*«♦«*** ************** KEEP FMTH \wifhut—\ \by buying'-. WAR BONDS VOLUME 7; NO. 37. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945 $1.00 PER ANNUM 1 WITH THE BOYS IH SERVICE SGT. LOUIE F. SPEARMAN, of Florence Army Air Base, spent Christmas weekend at his home in Chappells. SGT. JAMES S. PRICE, with the 3441st Ordnance MAM Company somewhere in France, was recently promoted to sersreant from the grade of Corporal. Sgt. Price’s wife is the former Miss Ruth Clary of this city. LT. C. D. COLEMAN and Mrs. Coleman (Bebe Purcell) of Jackson ville, Fla., accompanied Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Purcell home afer they had spent Christmas in Florida with the Colemans, for a brief visit here. is a graduate from Whitmire PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GRADY (Grade School. Pfc. Hiller, has been WILSON, son of Mrs. Julia Wilson, employed a t Aragon Baldwin Cotton who lives on Route 1, Chappells, Mill, Whitmire, S. C. South Carolina, has been promoted to corporaL He is a squad leader with a quartermaster unit of the Fifth Army in Italy. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WIL LIAM II. HILLER, 23, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally heroic achievements against the enemy in Germany and France. He is the husband of Mrs. Betty Joe Hiller, residing at General De livery, Whitmire, South Carolina. He has been in the service two years and " T|SGT. MARVIN E. MAYER now stationed at Camp SiMbert, Ala. spent last weekend with relatives in New berry. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose Mayer of Newbery, Route 3. A|C NAT GIST, son of Mr. and Mrs. Nat Gist of Columbia, and nephew of Mrs. May Stuck, has com pleted his basic training at Shaw Field and has reported to Valdosta, Ga. f where he will receive his pri mary training as a bomber pilot.. LT. COL. GEORGE L. EPPS cabl ed his mother, Mrs. George L. Epps, Sr., last week from Southern Eng land that he had arrived safely. Col. Epps is in the Medical Corps with the 66th Division. LT. ROBERT PARKS writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Parks, from a hospital in France that he was slightly wounded in Germany on December 19th and was getting along all right. HERLEY D. SHIREY, corporal in Ordnance Aviation has returned to this country from the South Pacific area to visit his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Lindler in Whitmire. Cor poral Shirey has seen 58 months service in this area. SCRAPING THE BOTTOM, soldier writes us: “They must CAPT. WM. T. (BILL) KING has been temporarily assigned to the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station at Asheville, N. C., awaiting reassignment to duty. Captain King has just re turned from 31 months overseas in the southwestern Pacific theatre of operations, and earned battle stars for the Papuan, New Guinea, and Netherlands campaigns. He has been awarded the Combat Infantry badge. While at Asheville, Capt. King will undergo several days of physi cal and occupational examinations, following which he will be free to enjoy the recreations offered in and around Asheville. With Capt. King at Asheville is his wife, the former Miss Macie Da vis of this city. — MAY 4-FS PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WIL LIAM D. SUMMER, JR., son of Mrs. Mattie M. Summer, whose home" is on Route 2, Pomaria, has been cited by the 11th Armored Infantry Battal completely wiping out the infantry _ _ over there. They are pulling thejion of the First' “a mo red "’DTvilk.n cadre out of these fields like hot and awarded the Combat Infantry- cakes. Two mors left from this sta- man Badge for actual participation tion today. In my section they have five cadremen left to take care of 1500 men. You can see by that how many men they need; closing down mess halls, taking off buses—get ting every man they can for the in fantry. 400 guys left the first of this week and I tell you it was a sick bunch.” GPL. LONNIE FRANKLIN, JR. writes from Camp Livingston, La. that he is now in charge of S-3 Training Aids Sign and Silk Screen Shop. “It is our job” he says “to produce charts for all IARTC units.” And as proof of his activities Lonnie writes his letter on a very nifty letterhead which he produced via the silk screen process. Silk screen is a comparatively new process in print ing and while much slower the equipment required is minute as compared to the letter-press method. in combat against the enemy with Lieut Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army in Italy. Standards for the badge are high. The decoration is awarded to the in fantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in combat. The badge consists of a silver ri fle set against a background of in fantry blue, enclosed in a silver wreath. SGT. JACOB A. GREEN, has been awarded the Good Conduct medal at Fort Bragg, N. C., where he is based with the First Troop Carrier Com mand. Sergeant Green, son of Mr. and Mrs. Noah B. Green, Whitmire, is assigned to a tactical squadron at Fort Bragg. CAPTAIN GEORGE W. HAR MON, son of Dr. George Harmon of Prosperity, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman’s Badge for ex emplary conduct in action against the enemy by Major General Horace L. McBride. Capt. Harmon is with the 80th In fantry Division somewhere in France. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS WIL LIAM M. DOMINICK has been cited by the 6th Infantry of the First Ar mored Division in Italy and award ed the Infantry Badge for combat against the enemy. This badge is awarded to the infantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in combat. SGT. WILLIAM CHARLES RUFF writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Ruff that he arrived safe ly somewhere in England. Mr. and Mrs. Ruff received the letter on Christmas Day. Sergeant Ruff re cently spent a furlough at his home here after being on duty in New foundland over two years with an anti-aircraft unit. When he report ed for assignment he was trans ferred to the field artillery. LT. COL. THOMAS H. POPE, JR. will leave this weekend for Fort (Bliss, Texas, where he has been tem. porarily assigned to the anti-air craft Officers Replacement Pool. Having returned from 28 months overseas service in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy, Col. Pope has been spending a 30 day furlough with his mother, Mrs. T. H. Pope, Sr. in New berry, and in Columbia and Asheville. Mrs. Pope, and daughter, Waties will join Col. Pope in the near fu ture. PRIVATE FIRST CLASS EARL H. WAITES, has been cited by the 11th Armored Infantry Battalion of the First Armored Division and awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge for actual participation in combat against the enemy with Lieut. Gen. Mark W. Clark’s Fifth Army in Italy. The decoration is awarded to the infantry soldier who has proved his fighting ability in combat, and the | support vessel during the actual as- standards for the badge are high. sault and capture of two large enemy Pfc. Waites is the brother of Ethel held islands during June and July THE FOLLOWING letter has been received by Mrs. Florence Davis Crump of this city: My dear Mrs. Crump: Information has just been received in this Headquarters that a Purple Heart has been awarded to your son, Private First Class Ezekiel L. Crump, Jr., who was wounded in action in the performance of his duty and service of his country while serving in the Marianas Islands. The award was made on 20 October, 1944. Your son will no doubt communi cate with you in the near future in forming you of his welfare, if he has not already done so. Please keep this Headquarters advised of any change in your address. Sincerely yours, F. Belton, Major, U. S. Marine Corps. Pfc. Ezekiel L. Crump, USMC, is the younger brother of First Lieut. Charles Douglas Crump, who was killed in action in Sicily July 15, 1943. LT. (J.G.) AND MRS. VIRGIL C. KESTER are visiting his parents, Rev. and Mrs. M. L. Kester at Lees- ville. Lt. Kester has just returned from 22 months duty in the Pacific with the Navy. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with this citation: “For distinguishing himself by meritorious achievement a s Com manding Officer of a close in fire WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—A plan to force millions of 4-Fs into mili tary or war-supporting tasks was proposed today by War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes, in case oresent manpower measures prove inadequate. Laws to put teeth into War Labor board and manpower edicts also were suggested by Byrnes in a mas sive report to President Roosevelt and Congress, which he elaborated at a news conference. He predicted increases in draft calls, beyond the jump of 20,000 men monthly which went into effect to day, to fill gaps in the ranks qf the fighting forces and man new. Navy ships. And, in the jarring report on his administration of the Office of. War Mobilization and Reconversion, Di rector Byrnes swept the reconver sion phase into the backgropnd and decried last summer’s “too jearly start” on peacetime production. “The truth is that our soldiers at the front today are not short of ammunition and supplies as a result of any produlction failures,” he said. “However, they maiy be short a few weeks hence if we fail.’ If recent actions to tighten the war production effort fail, "Byrnes said he believed Congress snould 1 clamp controls on those found dis qualified for military duty, so “they may render their war service in es sential war activities. Byrnes said he referred to 4-F men not now in war work, fie sug gested they be drafted and then either used for limited service the armed services or channeled where needed into war industry. He declined to give details, saying Con gress should work them out. Expanded reconversion activity must wait, the report declared "un til victory is within *ur grasp, un til our military men tell us they LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST Grady Caldwell of , Greenville spent a few days during Christmas with his sister, Mrs. Robert Ruff. Misses Mary and Edna Paysinger returned Sunday after spending a week with their aunt in Columbia. Oscar Freestrom of Charleston, spent a few days Christmas with his parents. Hiss Margaret Ellis of Darling ton, spent the weekend here with Miss Elizabeth Boylston on Calhoun street. , Misses Mary McIntyre and Grace Attaway, who are employed in de fense work in Charleston, spent Christmas in Newberry with their families. Mr. and Mrs. Price Padgett and daughter, Miss Nancy Padgett, have returned from a holiday visit with Mr. Padgett’s relatives in Waiter- boro. Rev. and Mrs .John A. Sanders and children of Palins, Ga. are visiting Mrs. Sanders’ mother, Mrs. J. B. Halfacre and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cheatham and son of Greenville, and Capt. and Mrs. John Kelley of Florence, spent Sunday with relatives in Newberry. WEIRD WEAPON A U. S. Fighter Base* France, Jan. 1—The Nazis have thrown some thing new into the night skies over Germany—the weird, mysterious “foo-fighter,” balls of fire which race alongside the wings of Ameri can Beaufighters flying intruder missions over the Reich. U. S. pilots have been encounter ing the eerie “foo-fighter” for more than a month in their night flights. No one apparently knows exactly what this sky weapon is. The balls of fire appear suddenly and accompany the planes for miles. They appear to be radio controlled from the ground and manage to keep up with planes flying 300 miles an hour, official intelligence reports reveal. “There are three kinds of these lights we call “foo-fighters,” said Lt. Donald Meiers, of Chicago, 111. “One is red balls of fire which ap pear off our wing tips and fly along with us, the second is a vertical row of three balls of fire which fly in front of us and fly along with us, and the third is a group of about 15 lights which appear off in the dis tance—light a Christmas tree up in the air—and flicker on and off.” The pilots of this night fighter squadron—in operation since Sep tember, 1943—find these fiery balls the weirdest thing they have as yet encountered. They are ccmviiiUed that the “foo-fighter” is designed to be a psychological weapon as well as military although it is not the nature of the fire balls to attack LOOKING DOWN MEMORY LANE TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO J. D. Wheeler Retires As Clerk of Court J. D. Wheeler, who has served Newberry county efficidhtly as clerk of court for the past four years, has retired from the office with the closing of the old year, his office being* taken over by Dr. Hugh K. Boyd who was elected to the of fice at the last election, Mr. Wheel er not offering for re-election. Mr. Wheeler will be greatly miss ed from his accustomed place at the court house ,for in addition to his ability, be is possessed of an origi nal personality, and a keen sense" of humor which are felt at all times. Dr. Boyd, who succeeds Mr. Wheeler, has familiarized himself with the work of the office by mak ing a practice study of the business since his election ,and is well quali fied to take up the duties of the of fice. In the ranking of hotels in the State as announced by J. H. Wood ward, state hotel inspector, the Newberry hotels stand high. The score for the Newberry Hotel is 950 and for the National, 876. Miss Margaret Kibler of Columbia, spent the Christmas holidays with : her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kib-i'Pluhes. in ! ler, and other relatives. I “A ‘foo-fighter’ picked me up re- Icently at 700 feet and chased me 20 Miss Mildred Werts, after spend-1 miles down the Rhine valley,” Meirs ing the Christmas holidays, with her mother, Mrs. Viola Werts, returned Tuesday to her school in Lancaster. Miss Lillian Kibler, teacher at Converse College, Spartanburg, spent have enough supplies and that we the Christmas holidays here with her 4-—I»— —» — —J»A — “ ' — 1 . *w . sr v* - S * | mother, Mrs* J. M. Kibler. L. Graham, Pomaria, route 1. CPL. LAWRENCE A. LACKEY, son of Mr. John Lackey, Whitmire, has been awarded the Combat Infan tryman Badge for actual participa tion in combat against the enemy. The badge consists of a silver rifle set against a background of in fantry blue, enclosed in a silver wreath. Corporal Lackey is a member of the First Armored Division stationed in Italy. TECH. FOURTH GRADE FRAN CIS S. MARTIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Martin, Route 1, Sil- verartreet, is a wardmaster with the Army’s 6th General Hospital in Italy. Sergeant Martin has been over seas for the past 22 months. He wears the Mediterranean Theater lUbbon with one Battle Participation Star, and he has been awarded the Good Conduct medal. His wife, Mrs. Helen C. Martin lives at 2341 St. Johns Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. LT. CARTER ABRAMS returned to Camps Lee, Virginia Monday after spending a 10 day furlough with his wife, the former Aletha Half acre, and his mother, Mrs. C. R. Abrams. Lt. Abrams recently suc cessfully completed Officer Candi date School at Camp Lee and was commissioned second lieutenant in the Quartermaster corps. At present he is assigned to an officers replace ment pool. CORPORAL FRANKLIN ARM- FIELD, JR., son of Mr, and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, cabled his wife (the former Miss Agnes Templeton of Laurens) on December 30th that he had landed overseas safely and was well. Prior to going overseas, Cpl. Arm- field was stationed at Camp Maxcy, Texas, as radio operator with the 1267th Combat Engineer Group. No word has been received to date as to where Cpl. Armfield is now station ed. IN OUR last issue of the Sun we stated that Chaplain V. A. Cameron had been transferred to Columbia from Texas. We wish to make a cor- ection: Chaplain Cameron left Amarillo Army Air Field, Texas, last Septem ber for foreign service. He is the Assistant Air Force Chaplain of the China-Burma-India theater with headquarters in Calcutta, India. For two years Chaplain Cameron served as the Post chaplain of Amar illo Field, prior to that he served a year at Keesler Field, Miss. Chaplain Cameron is the son of Mrs. Mary C. Cameron of St. Phil lips community. During his absence Chaplain Cam eron’s wife and sons, David and Richard, are living at 1517 Columbia College Drive, Columbia. PRIVATE JOHN C. NABORS, whose mother and wife reside at Box 126, Route 2, Kinards, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action several months ago in north Burma, accord ing to a recent announcement from Major General W. E. R. Coveil’s Services of Supply Headquarters in the India Burma Theater of Opera tions. Nabors is a member of a Combat Engineer unit which saw plenty of action against the-Japs this year during the battleJ^r the strategic N. Burma town ^Bifyitkina. (hie day the unit wa^*orking on the Ledo Road and the pext day they were flown to a foi and informed they live up to hteir na: Engineer.” And the: account of themselves. yd air. strip L abgut to “Combat good 1944. While under hazardous navi gational conditions he constantly ex posed himself and his ship to enemy fire without regard to his personal safety. He closely supported with barrage rockets and gunfire the ac tual landing of assault troops. The vigorous and gallant offensive dis played by his command is a reflec tion of the leadership of the Com manding Officer. He performed his duty in an outstanding and courage ous manner and contributed greatly to the sutecess of the operations. His conduct throughout distinguished him among performing duties of the same character.” After thirty days leave Lt. Kester will report to Norfolk, Va. for fur ther assignment and Ms. Kester will return to Washington, D. C. SGT. JAMES CLAMP writes the following V-mail letter to his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Clamp, from England: Somewhere in England December 16, 1944 Dear Mom and Dad: Wonder what you are doing this a. m. I’m getting along fine, but would feel much better if I had a letter from you. Seems ages since I ve heard from you, but expect the mail will come in soon. The country here is beautiful except for foggy days. All unplowed fields are planted in grass and the houses are real nice. The only thing is ration- ing. These people here have been bit hard by the war. Wish some of the folks in the states who complain about rationing would have to live over here for a while. They would certainly change their minds. Most all the children and lots of the grown ups are wearing wooden shoes with leather tops. There isn’t much eews that I can write about. Our barracks are comfortable and we are getting along o. k. Tell all the folks back home hello for me. Any time vou want to send me a box I certain ly will appreciate it. Sergeant Clamp was on duty in Newfoundland for 31 months a mem ber of an Anti-Aircraft unit, prior to returning to the states nearly a year ago. After spending 20 days at home on a furlough. he reported to Neiw Jersey for reassignment and was .transferred to the Field Artil lery, Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Cooley and T. F. Cooley, Jr., of Elkin, N. C. spent part of the holiday season with Mr*. C. J. Purcell, Mrs. Cooley’s mother, at her home on Main street. can afford to reduce production, “When one of our enemies is de feated, then and only then cap we lessen our effort,” the report warn ed. Byrnes said Congress' should give War Labor board rulings statutory authority, so that WLB could “en- -force its decisions in the courts without resort to seizure. Less than a week after army seizure of Montgomery Ward prop erties for non-compliance with WLB rulings which Ward’s chairman, Se well Avery, declared unconstitu- . tional, Byrnes observed that seizure ^ l ?! es + All £. e Laur , la ’ T is “an inadequate remedy in many and Master Fred Riley of Lad.on, cases ». ! s P ent two days of their Christmas holidays with their grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. Gardener Riley and children of Charleston, spent Christ mas Eve and Christmas Day with Mrs. Gardener Riley’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Perry. cases. “Congress, I am sure can draft a law which wil treat the Averys and the Petrillos alike,” he said. The latter reference was to the head of the AFL musicians union, Jaipes Caesar Petrillo, whose protracted ban on recordings was in defiance of the War Labor Board. GEORGE E. HALFACRE M. M. 2!c and wife of Washington, D. C., are spending a seven day leave with relative sin Newberry. PROMOTION TO SERGEANT and award of the Air Medal to George W. Martin, 20, son of K. L. Martin, 1000 Boundary St., New berry, have been announced by Maj. Gen. Howard C. Davidson, Command ing General, Tenth Air Force, EAC. A radio operator for the Second Troopi Carrier squadron of the Tenth Air Force that operates against the Japs in the India-Burma theater, Sgt. Martin iias been in the armed forces 18 months, having spent the past three months in this cheater of operations. He has amassed a total of 71 combat missions and 286 com bat flying hours. The newly-awarded sergeant at tended Newberry High school and Newberry College, where he was a student before entering the army. Mrs. Viola Werts. Miss Anne D- Jones, who is host ess at a Winthrop College dormitory, has returned to her position after spending the holidays here with her father, L. W. Jones and Mrs. Jones on Main street Mr. and Mrs. Alan Johnstone and their daughter, Miss Martha John stone, of Washington, D. C., spent the Christmas holidays at their home here on Johnstone Court. Miss John stone returned to resume her studies on January first, but her parents will spend ten days longer in Newberry. Mrs. O. F. Armfield is spending a week in Florida, at Winter Haven with Mr. W. C. Armfield and family, and at Boca Raton where she will visit her son, Pvt. William C. (Billy) Armfield, who has recently been transferred from Chanute Field, Illi nois, for further training in com munications at the Army Air Force Training Command Technical School. CPL. CARL E. LONG, whose wife and parents live in Newberry, South Carolina, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for heroic service in aotion on the 44th Division front in France. Cpl. Long, a medical aid man with an infantry company, was in a for ward position with his company dur ing an intensive German artillery concentration. When he saw a sol dier! wounded about 100 yards ahead, he left his own place of safety and went to the wounded man’s aid, de spite the intensive enemy fire. No sooner had he treated and evac uated this man, when he observed a soldier fall in an adjoining company area, 800 yards away. Although that company was not his responsibility, he moved unhesitatingly to the wounded man, running the entire dis tance under heavy German fire. He then treated and helped evacuate the second wounded man. His official citation reads in pert: “In performing these actions, at great hazard to himself, and with utter disregard for his own safety, Opl. Long clearly demonstrated his fearlessness a nd unselfish devotion to duty.” He is the husband of Mrs. Cather ine Long, and son , Edgar Long, all Long was a high " fore his induction- Mr. and Mrs. £erry. Cpl. ea< ’ ag Mrs. Ford Kurtz and son, Peter Kurtz of New York, accompanied her mother, Mrs. J. M. Chappell, home and enjoyed the holidays here with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Chappell. Mrs. J. M. Chappell has been spending some months in New York with her daughter, but will remain here for the winter with the Jack Chappells. Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Bryson had as holiday guests Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson (Margaret Burton) of Charlotte, N. C., Mr. and Mrs. R. Brice Waters (Code Burton) of Washington, D. C., and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Clary (Dorothy Bryson) of Beaufort, where Mr. Clary is a mem ber of the U. S. Marines at Parris Island. said. “I turned to starboard and two balls of fire turned with me. I turn ed to the port side and they turned with me. W« are going 260 miles an hour and the balls were keeping right up with us.” “On another occasion when a ‘foo- fighter’ picked us up, I dove at 360 miles per hour. It kept right off our wing tips for awhile and then zoomed up into the sky. “When I first saw the thing* off my wing tips I had the horrible thought that a German on the ground was ready to press a button and explode them. But they don’t explode or attack us. They just seem to follow us like will-o-the- wisps.” IN COLUMBIA HOSPITAL The many friends of Mr. Keister Willingham will be sorry to learn that he is in the Columbia Hospital for observation and treatment. Mr. Willingham had been sick at his home for about five weeks before going to the hospital Monday. AUDITOR BEGINS ROUNDS OF COUNTY Auditor Pinckney N. Abrams this week began his annual tour of the county for the purpose of assisting taxpayers with property returns. He is at Chappells today (Friday) and will be at Hollingsworth store and Kinards Monday, Prosperity Tues day, Little Mountain Wednesday, Glymphs store and F .L. Ruff A Bros, store Thursday and at Peak Friday, the 12th. Mrs. Milderd Harmon will be in the Auditor’s office during his ab sence and will be employed there regularly in the future. Mrs. Har mon held a responsible position with the government at Charleston for several months and wap formerly employed here by John F. Clarkson. REV. AND MRS. J. B. HARMAN REMEMBERED The Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Harman had as their guests on Christmas Day their children, grandchildren, and in-laws. They were as follows: Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Mathews, Prof, and Mrs. C. W. Bowers and children, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, Jr., of Columbia; r. and Mrs. B/ F. Haw kins and children, Mrs. Doris Hipp Smith, Miss Sara Mae Hipp and Master Harman Hipp of Newberry; and Mr. and Mrs. John S. Riddle and children of Charlotte, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Porter and daughter, Emily, of Greensboro, N. C., and Mrs. J. W. Perrin (Sue Por ter) and daughter ,Miss Sue Alice Porter, of Florence, were guests in the home of their brother, Smiley L. P<*ter and of their sisters, Misses and Georgia Porter on Har- n street. * ) The Summer Memorial congrega tion presented their pastor, the Rev. J. B. Harman, and Mrs. Harman a nice gift of money for a Christmas present. They were also recipients of other gifts from individuals of both congregations. They appreciate these and all other kindnesses shown them from time to time. PASTOR REMEMBERED During the Christmas season, the congregation of the St. Paul’s Parish remembered very graciously their pastor and family. Bachman Chapel presented us with a very generous nurse and other use ful gifts. A lovely table lamp was given, by the Willing Workers Circle of St Paul’s, with many more individual gifts. A liberal pounding consisting of canned goods, fruits, meats, linen and other useful things, together with gifts of money was presented by St. Philip’s. For all of these, and the kind re membrances throughout the year. Pastor Roof and family are most grateful. May God continue to bless each of you daily. J. E. Roof. The joint council of St. Paul’s Parish, Pomaria, will hold its regu lar meeting Jan. 7, 3 p. m., at Bach man Chapel. All couhdlmen are urged to' be present. Miss Tarsie Singley and Mr. Thompson Dennis were married on Sunday, December 28, 1924 at the parsonage of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Dr. C. A. Freed performing the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Singley of the Bush River section, and the groom is also of this county holding a position with the Mason Construction com pany. •, Miss Elizabeth Dominick was the guest of Mrs. Thomas P. Meetse for several days while in Lexington for the Efird-Barre wedding. Dr. and Mrs. E. O. Hentz had with them during the past two weeks their childern. Miss Elizabeth Hentz who tcajches in Darlington, Olin ' Hentz, a student at the Charleston Medical College, Mrs. G. H. Houck of Elloree, Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Daniel and children of An derson, and Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Hentz and children of Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wilbur of An derson were also guests of Dr/and Mrs. Hentz during the holidays. Dr. and Mrs. S. J .Derrick at tended the Efird-Barre wedding in Lexington Saturday.^ Miss Sue Ella Peterson was car ried to the Columbia hospital Satur day for an operation for appendicitis, and her friends will be glad to know that she is resting well at the last report. Miss Rose Hamm, supervisor of music in the Anderson City schools has returned to her work after spending the Christmas vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Hamm at Silverstreet. SGT. JAMES K. EARGLE, son of James H. Eargle, Route 4, New berry, recently received promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant at the Harvard Axmy Air Field, Ne braska, where he is an aerial radio instructor. Prior to being stationed at Harvard, he received training at Sioux City, S. D. and Truax Field, Madison, Wisconsin. Before entering the service, Staff Sergeant Eargle was employed by the R. D. Smith Grocery Co. here. He has three brothers in the ser vice, Pfc. John C. Eargle, who has been stationed in New Guinea for three years; Cpl. David A. Eargle m training at Boca Raton Field, Fla.,, and Cpl. Earl T. Eargle, serv ing in Panama. Mrs. J. M. Kibler and her daugh ters, Misses Julia and Lillian Kib ler, went to Aiken to spend the holi days with Mrs. Kibler’s daughter, Mrs. Henry Holley, at whose home other 1 members of the family gather ed for Christmas, including two of Mrs. Kibler’s grandsons, who are in the service. •■OUT TOWN M Wi LT. CARTER ABRAMS and REV. C. A. CALCOTE walking up College Street—DR. E. H. KIBLER going to lunch—-MRS. MILDRED HARMON going home after her first day of work at the Court House—FUR MAN REAGIN remarking that he thought it was colder here Tuesday than up North—DR. O. B. CANNON in Post Office—MRS. CLAUDE SLATON returning to Western Un ion office after lunch—BILL SMITH member of Navy V-I2 school at the University of South Carolina, in Bus Station—C. C. HUTTO in Sunoffice —MISS JULIA DICKERT walking down street with an arm full of pa pers—PROF. T. E. EPTING walk ing to College—Birthday anniversar ies, Jan. 1 - 5; L. F. Paysinger, Jan. 1; Capt Kirby Lominkk, Lt. Carter Abrams, Jan 3; Miss Juanita Hitt, Johnson Hagood Clary, Jan. 5. . ' ; m