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VOLUME 7; NO. 37.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1945
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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
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| 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.
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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. *
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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
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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.
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