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Those Boys Need^!^ ************** KEEP FAITH \mt/ius—\ \by buying'- WAR BONDS VOLUME 7; NUMBER 40 WITH THE BOYS IH SERVICE GEORGE BROWNING KILLED Mrs Nellie Adams Browning: re ceived word Monday from the War department of the death of her son, Lieut. George Blalock Browning, 22, who was killed in action on the Bel gian border January 4. Lieut. Brown ing was a student at the Citadel in Charleston and would have graduated in the class of ’44 had he continued his studies. He had been overseas since last September with the in fantry. His father, Jas. L. Brown ing, of Goldville, died just before Christmas. Surviving besides his mother is a sister, Miss Violet Browning, a student at Furman uni versity, and his grandmother, Mrs. M. E. Browning. His mother makes her home here with her sister. Miss Mattie Adams, on Wilson street. NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA,FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1945 $1.00 PER ANNUM GILLIAM KILLED IN ACTION Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Gilliam have been notified by the War Depart ment of the death of their son, Pfc. Floyd V. Gilliam, killed in action in Belgium on December 28. Pfc. Gilliam entered the service on October 25, 1943 and received his training a t Camp Wheeler, Georgia, and Fort Meade, Maryland. He went overseas in March 1944, and landed in France two days after D - Day as replacement to the Second divis ion. There he met his brother, Pfc! John D. Gilliam who was serving with this infantry division and they served together until his . death. A third brother, James M. Gilliam is also in France. Besides his parents, he is survived by five sisters and four brothers. RAT KILLER Ummmm 1 JIMMY SEASE S 1-C R. D. M. with headquaters in Philadelphia, Pa., is spending this week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Sease on Nance street. CLAUDE T. IBUZHAitDT, has been promoted from the rank of Store-keeper 3-C to Store-keeper ?- C at Little Creek, Va., where he is stationed. He is the son of Mrs. Elpsie Buz- hardt, 708 Boundary street. LIEUT. RAY ,BOUKNIGHT writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Bouknight, that he has been trans- fered from a hospital in France to England and is doing nicely. Lieut. Bouknight, a member of the 101 Air Borne division, 501st Paratroops, was wounded in Belgium December 19th He would like to get letters from friends at this address: DOP US Army Hospital PI. 4208, APO 598, care Postmaster, New York. LIEUT. AND MRS. CHARLES E. RAGLAND are spending this week in the home of Mrs. Ragland’s par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Summer on Main street. Lieut. Ragland is sta tioned at Arlington, Virginia where he is a member of the Signal corps. PFC. BILLY DOMINICK recently reported to New River, N. C., after spending a 30 day furlough with his grandmother, Mrs. Fred Gardiner, at 701 Caldwell steet. Pfc. Dominick is a member of the First Marine corps. He was on duty in the SW Pacific theatre of operations 26 months prior to his furlough. He jwas awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Palileu Island on September 21. He has also been awarded six Silver Stars for com bat duty. HARRY BUZHARDT writes his mother, Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt that he was promoted from captain to the rank of major on January 13 in the Pacific theater of operations. He is only 25 years old. PVT. SHELTON PROCTOR re cently arrived at Welch Convalescent Hospital, the Army’s new condition ing center in Daytona Beach, Florida, j The carefully-planned reconditioning Major Buzhardt recently returned pr °* ram convalescence to the Pacific area after spending a an £ aSS ' 3t ^ ratun to ^d health 30 day leave in the states with his „ Pnv r ate g roctor ’ Mr - and mother, and wife, the former Keller Mrs - Lem Pn>ctor ’ 1101 Fair street - Young of Whitmire. Dr. and Mrs. O. B. CANNON re cently received a letter from their son. Lieutenant Olin Cannon from a hospital in England where he has been transfered from France, saying that he had been awarded the Purple Heart, “but that was one medal he didn’t care to get.” He also stated that he was doing fine and would soon be up and about in a rolling chair. His address is 1st. Lt. Olin B. Cannon, Jr. 0-460090, 4188 U. S. Hospital Plant, APO no. 209, in care of Postmaster, New York, N. Y. CAPT. NEWTON RALPH LES TER has been recently awarded the Bronze star for “meritorious duty” .performed from July until Novem ber 1944 as liason officer with Chi nese Troops under combat condi tions. He has also been awarded the Infantryman’s Combat badge. Capt. Lester is a Clemson graduate and has been in the China-Burma India theatre of operations for more than a year, and is now in China. MRS. FRED GARDINER has re ceived a letter from her grandson, PFC. JACK DOMINICK. It was written last week from Belgium and was the first word she had had from him since Dec. 1. He said “I am writing this letter on Christmas day from the home of an old French couple who have been very nice to me. The old French lady is now cooking a Christmas dinner for me.” GPL. E. A. DOMINICK, who is on duty in the SW Pacific theatre of operations has sent his mother, Mrs. Fred Gardiner a box of Japanese souvenirs which he gathered up in the Pacific area. The box contained a money belt, a box of pencils, a Jap flag, post cards and several other articles. Cpl. Dominick has been on duty in the Pacific for the past 28 months. He writes that he hopes to get home before very long. entered the service in March, 1944 at Fort Bragg, N. C. His wife, Mrs. Mae Padgett Proc tor a nd daughter, Virginia, are mak ing their home in Saluda. CAPT. ELMER E. EPTING ar rived in the states about ten days ago and was sent to a General Hos pital in Thomsonville, Ga. He ar rived in Newberry Wednesday to spend a leave with his wife, the for mer Noami Ruff and son, Gene, who have been making their home with Mrs. Epting’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Holland H. Ruff in the county. Capt. Epting was wounded in France some time ago and was awarded the pur ple heart. He had been on duty overseas about a year when wounded. WHEN EIGHT JAPANESE soldier* infiltrated to within ‘three hundred- feet of a Marine aviation bivouas area recently PF’C. BENJAMIN'LEE KILGORE, 23, spotted their hideuot an died a patrol of the Army’s 81st (Wildcat) division to the spot. The eight Nips were killed and Kilgore brought back this Jap rifle and flag to show for the afternoon’s activi ties. A graduate of Newberry college in the class of 1943, Kilgore en listed in December of the same year and has been overseas four months. Pfc. Kilgore is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Kilgore, route 2 Newberry CORPORAL HEYWARD BOOZ ER son of Mr. and Mrs. Blair Booz er, route 1, Silverstreet, is a member of the maintenance crew that keep the huge tansport planes flying out of AAF Air Transport Command’s Miami Army Air Field. Not many of the crew have been higher off the ground than a dou ble-deck bunk, and their glory comes second-hand But they form the ground crews whose industry and in genuity play a big part in the records ATC is setting evey day in carry ing high-priority material and per sonnel to war theaters all over the world on such runs as the famed Fireball Expess between Miami and India. CLARENCE M. SMITH, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence M. Smith of Kinards, received a commission as second lieutenant in the medical administrative corps a t Army Ser vice Forces Training Center, Camp Barkeley, Texas, Officer Candidate School graduation on January 18th. Lieutenant Smith is a graduate of Newberry college and Harvid Uni versity and did post-graduate work at Duke University. When he en tered the service in July 1942, he was assistant professor of history at Newberry college. SGT. WILLIAM C. AMMONS, SR. is! with an engineer fire fighter unit, which was recently commended by the Commanding General of the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces and the 15th Air Forces, and by the Commanding officer of the AAF En gineer command, for alertness, ef ficiency, and courage at a time of great danger. The unit, assigned to an air base to combat plane crash fires, arrived on the scene shortly after a battle. Part of the bomb load had scattered and exploded, but the remainder was still in the wrecked, burning plane. Facing great danger, Sergeant Am mons a nd the men removed the trapped crew members from the blazing wreckage and put the fire under control. Sergeant Ammons joined the service in July 1943 and has seen nine months overseas ser vice as a utility section chief with the aviation engineers. His wife, Mrs. Sybil Lee Ammons and their two children, Betty and Cecil, Jr. live at 1919 Nance streete. SjSGT. HOWARD E. (GENE) HEIRS has been awarded the Com bat Infantryman badge for superior performance of duty on the front lines in France. Sgt. Heirs is a member of the 6th Army, 398 Infantry, 100th Div ision which went through the bap tism of fire, an experience few sol diers forget, and they have special reasons never to forget theirs for they went into action for the first time in one of the tougnest sectors of the long Sixth Army Group front in Eastern France. The enemy had prepared positions in dense forests. Their dugouts were deep, covered with logs, and well camouflaged. Their artillery was placed on the mountain heights that rose above the forest level. Tank traps, booby-traps and land mines, many of the latter ingeniously fitted with trip-wires, blocked the narrow routes and paths through the for est. Still against military obstacles like these, against a fanatic enemy, and in weather conditions that in cluded rain and snow and ankle- deep mud, the 398th proceeded with out delay to help take Baccarat, to cross the swift, flooded Muerth rivet and to press the Nazis back toward the Rhine. Sergeant Heirs has been in the service nearly three years and over seas three months. His wife, the former Gladys McAlpine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols, and their daughter, Rebecca, are making their home here on Main street while Sgt. Heirs is' overseas. LOMINACK BUYS GROCERY Frazier Lominack has bought the stock and equipment of the Square Grocery from Edgar C. Paysinger, and will take personal management of the business which is located at Main and Nance streets. Mr. Lomi nack has been a salesman for' a wholesale grocery house at Laurens for the past nine years and has made his home in that city. How ever, he is a native of the county and will be welcomed back home by many friends. He and his family will live in an apartment on Cald. well street. CRUSADE RALLY CANCELED LIEUT. ROBERT H. PARKS whites his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Parks from a hospital in Eng land saying that he is doing fine and expects to be sent back to duty about the middle of February. Lieutenant Parks, a member of the 501st Parachute Infantry, has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in Belgium on Dec ember 19th. FRANCIS SCURRY IN HOSPITAL AT NEW YORK The Crusade Rally for Newberry Methodist which was scheduled for Wednesday night at Central church with Bishop Clare Purcell as prin cipal speaker, has been called off by the Conference Crusade Council in compliance with government efforts to conserve gasoline. WATTERS HAVE DAUGHTER Lieut. a nd Mrs. J. S. Watters an nounce the arrival of a daughter, Elizabeth Laurie, born at the New berry Hospital! on January 11th. Lt. Watters is on duty in the Central Pacific. Mrs. Watters is the former Mary Elizabeth Moore, daughter of Dr. a nd Mrs. E. H. Moore. V-MAIL ALWAYS GOES BY AIR—regular air mail does not. That is one of the reasons why the Army is constantly urging the public to send V-mail. “Mail that is ear-mark ed ‘air mail’ does not always go by plane for the simple reason that the increasing overseas trop strength, urgent demand for air cago space coupled with adrese flying conditions during the ■winter months does not give promise of improvement in the transportation of overseas a ir mail,” states Lt. Col. Hartley B. Dean, Fourth Service Command postal of ficer. He further stated: “Some people do not understand why V-mail re ceived in this country arrives in the original form and not microfilmed. John Francis Scurry, son of Mr. This is true because times when the and Mrs. John B. Scurry of Chap- planes are returning to the United pells is in the Doctor’s Hospital at States they have more cargo space New York where he underwent a available than on the outbound flight, major operation last Wednesday. Thus V-mail delivery becomes even His condition is reported to be sat isfactory. quicker when time doesn’t have to be utilized for microfilming.” LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST Miss Betty Tinsley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Tinsley, Boun dary street is staying with her aunt, Mrs. W. D. Renolds in Greenville while undergoing treatments for her ears and nose. A. H. Counts, connected with the Internal Revenue department in Greenville, is attending a school for Deputy Collectors in Columbia this week. Mrs. O. O. Copeland and Mrs. W. |C. Schenck attended the funeral of | Mrs. Copeland’s uncle, John T. Blakely in Clinton Tuesday. Mrs. Wyche Dickert of Columbia spent last week in the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Prof, and Mrs. Charlie Bower® on Johnstone street. Mrs. Sara Wallace of Columbia was a business visitor in the city Tuesday. Miss Brantley Pelham of Columbia spent the weekend with her mother, Mre. W. E. Pelham on Harrington street. Miss Elizabeth Harman attended the Georgia' Ice Association meet ing held in Atlanta last week. Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Nichols spent last Friday and Saturday in Char lotte, N. C., where Mr. Nichols at tended the Board of Governors meeting of the Southern Textile As sociation. Miss Eva James Davis, Mrs. F. G. Hartley, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Car lisle and son Jimmy of Lyman, were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Graham in Ro chelle, Georgia. They were accom panied back to Newberry Sunday by Mrs. M. P. Davis who had been on a three week’s visit with her daugh ter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Graham. Charlie C. West, of St. Louis, Mo. is spending a few days in the city witt. his mother, Mrs. Corie West, on Boundary street Mr. West, now in the insurance business was an employee of the late Col. Aull Among his first jobs as a “printer’s devil” was feed a press on a 50,000 run of booklets for a life insurance company. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wallace will leave today (Friday) for St. Louis, Mo. where Mr. Wallace goes ' on business for REA. Mrs. Cecil Williams is spending a few days in Columbia with her sis ter, Mrs. Clinton Brandon. Miss Stella Senn, a teacher in the Great Falls schools spent the week end in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Senn, on Col lege street Mr. and Mrs. David Williams and son, Jimmy, of Hartsville were weekend visitors in the home of Mr. Williams parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Williams on Mayer Avenue. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith, of Orangeburg were weekend visitors in the home of Mrs. Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Ruff in the county. LOST: Child’s bracelet on Main street, Wednesday, Jan. 27. Name on bracelet, Eleanor. If found noti fy C. I. BOOZER or telephone 120J and receive reward. Griffin Coleman spent the week end in Jacksonville, Florida with his brother and sister-in-law, Lieut, and Mrs. C- D. Coleman. FOR SALE: MILK COW with calf. Call George E. Stone at 93-W. The following young people were received into the communicant mem bership of Summer Memorial church last Sunday: Helen Doris Corley, Guerry Alvin Fulmer, Dewey Ger ald Golden, Henry Edwin Gause, Aileen Gause, Betty Jean Gause, James Ralph Hamm, Patsy Ann Har man, Betty Lou Hipp, George Ben- net Shealy, Ellen Elaine Turner and Olivia Turner. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, Jr., of Columbia visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Betchman and Rev. and Mrs. J. B. Harman, here last Sunday. Mrs. Thos. H. PoPpe, Sr., left Wednesday for a visit with Mrs. Frances Furman in Abbeville. Mrs. Funnan was formerly a resident of Newberry and was connected with the firm of Haltiwanger and Car penter, as milliner. Mrs. J. C. Peery, who has been a teacher in the grammar schools of the city for some years, has re signed her position to take up church work with the United Lutheran sy nod and left this week for a visit with relatives in Hickory and Cata- waba, N. C., before proceeding to Detroit, Michigan where she will be located. Mrs. Peery has been a res ident of Newberry for many yeas and has a host of friends who re gret her departure. NEWBERRY PUBLIC CORDIALLY J INVITED TO ATTEND NAVY V-12 REVIEW SATURDAY AFERNOON As a special feature of the New berry College Mid-winter Festivities on Saturday, January 27, 1945, the Navy V-12 Trainees will have military review on the athletic field of Newberry College at 1430 (2:30 p. m.) weather permitting. The citi zens of Newberry are cordially in vited to attend this review. The Navy V-12 Program has been >n existence at Newberry College since its opening on July 1943. Its personnel has included young Ap prenticed seamen of the Navy from all sections of the United States. Many of the trainees have had ex tended service in combat zones of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceana aboard battleships, airerft carriers, cruisers, destroyers and other craft of our Navy in all the zones of Naval Warfare. Newberry College has rendered a great service to the nation and to the Navy in preparing these boys for advanced training in both general service and aeronauti cal division. Many of the Trainees who have gone through Newberry College have now taken their place® as officers in the various activities of the Navy. The City of Newberry has been benefited by having as their guests, this highly selected group of men in their midst, who in the future will look back upon Newberry as their home during their Navy train ing. The Review on Saturday af ternoon will present an opportunity to the city to see these Trainees as a unit. They will be entertained by a beautiful Mid-winter dance in the gymnasium by the Social Council of Newberry College from Saturday evening from eight to twelve. Following the Review the Quarters of the Trainees in both Smeltcer Hall and Men’s dormitory will be open for inspection of tNe public from 3:30 p m.. to 5:00 p. m. LOOKING DOWN MEMORY LANE TWENTY YEARS AGO Mrs. James Browning and child ren of Goldville spent several days last week with her mother, Mrs. John C. Adams. Mrs. Oscar Summer left Friday for Charlottesville, Va., to visit her sister, Mrs. B. W. Archer. Mrs. J< W. M. Simmons is visiting in St. Petersburg, Fla. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Summer are he parens of another sweet little daughter, who arrived Wednesday. Miss Harriet Mayer left on Thurs day for a visit to friends in Spartan burg. Miss Mattie Adams spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Columbia. Mrs. T. P. Richardson, Mrs- Jas. A. Richadson and Mrs. J. W. Rich ardson, and Mrs. J. W. Richardson of Pomaria were visitors in the city Wednesday. WILLIAM LOVE McGILL William Love McGill, 60, died sud denly at his residence on Main St. Monday night. He was a native of North Carolina but had made his home in Newberry for the past quarter of a century. He was a lum berman but had been eemployed by a local department store for the past two years. Mr. McGill is survived by his wife, one son, Wm. L. McGill, in the armed services; one daughter, Mrs. Florence Crump; also several bro thers a nd sisters. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon and burial was in Rosemont cemetery. “CATS AT WAR” (By W. A. Ridgeway) Cats help train doctors and nurses, doctors and nurses help save our wounded boys. The collection of cats is being sponsored by the 4-H Clubs in most of the schools of New berry county. All stray or undesir able cats can be used if they meas ure 16 inches or more in body length. The following schedule of collec tion has been arranged. Others are to be included later. Johnston, O’Neal and Stony Hill school—Thursday morning, January 25th. C. N. and L. Depot, Prosperity— January 27th. Eclipse Saturday Newberrians, along with the rest of the country, are looking forward with interest to the eclipse <Jf the sun Which is due to occur Saturday of this week between 8 and 9 o’clock in the morning. The eclipse will be total at New York city and extend across New York State to Buffalo and thence northwestward. A par tial eclipse will be visible south ward from New York. Birthday Party For Mias Elizabeth Boylston In celebration of her 13th birth day, Mias Elizabeth Boylston in vited about 12 of her classmates and friends to an informal after noon party Tuesday afternoon at the attractive bungalow of her mo ther; Miwr^heed C. Boylston, on Boundary street. The young people spent a merry afternon playing games of various kinds, and late in the afternoon block cream was served. PATIENTS IN THE COUNTY HOSPITAL Milton Abbott, Saluda; Mrs. Rob ert Nance, Columbia; Thomas Har rison Green, Newberry college; Mrs. Leland Boozer, route one; Mrs. Car rie McWhi^ter, 1004 Main Steet; Mrs. James Cromer, route thee; Mrs. Alice Livingston, Newberry; Mrs. Henry Dill Whitmire; J. Bailey Wicker, Prosperity; Mrs. Clarence Maness, Whitmire; Mrs. Horace Bouknight, Kinards; Jas. W. John son, Newberry; Mrs. W. S. Alewine, 609 Drayton street; George Martin, Newberry, M. C. Newland, Rock Hill; Mrs. John Glymph, 206 Cald well street; Mrs. J. S. Watters and baby daughter, Elizabeth Laurie; Mrs. J. G. Haile and baby daughter; Mrs. Levi Koon and baby son, Wal ter Henry. AB00T TOWN LANGLEY ENTERS ARMY William Langley, manager of the Little Star Food store on Main SL for the past two years, left last week! to report to the army for ser vice. ATTENDED GIFT SHOW W. M. Fennell, proprietor of the Fennell Jewelry store here attended the Gift Show in Atlanta, January 22 through the 25th. He also made purchases for his store while in the Georgia metropolis. ACCEPTS POSITION AT THE WISEMAN HOTEL Mrs. T. J. West (former Elizabeth Purcell) has accepted a position at the Wiseman hotel as office assist ant, while her husband Captain West is on duty overseas. MARTIN UNDERGOES KNIFE George Martin, manager of the Farmers Ice and Fuel company, un derwent an appendix operation at the county hospital Tuesday morn ing. He is said to be doing nicely. GEORGE BROWN walking up College street Saturday with one arm full of groceries and the other loaded with dry cleaning—MRS. E. B. PURCELL receiving an envelope of English money from her son, LT. KEITT PURCELL from overseas— MRS. R. M. DUCKETT, Whitmire, carrying a lovely red blooming pot ted plant up the street—'MRS. H. M. BRYSON getting into her car with a floor mop—KIRKSY KOON pinch hitting in Johnson-McCrackin’s store while JIM JOHNSON is ill-J. L. WELLING saying he is kept so busy all the time he hardly knew what to do next—C. E. HENDRIX and son, GENE “killing time” waiting for theatre to open—It’s beginning to look like Sundays arouad town on Wednesday afternoons since most of the stores have started closing again for half holidays—FRAZIER LOMINACK busy taking stock at his new place of business—MRS. T. J. WEST calling out bus stops, and JOHNNY KINARD saying she is getting the “hang” of it—MAGIS TRATE LONNIE M. GRAHAM “studying up on the law”—Birthday anniversaries through Feb. 2: J. B. Coward, Jan. 27; Judge Eugene S. Blease and Mrs. J. B. Coward, Jan. 28; Mrs. B. R. Pickens (Laura Nance McCaughrin) and Mrs. R. C. Williams, Jan. 29; Mts. B. E. Stock- man, Jan. 30; John T. Norris and Houseal Norris, Jan. 31; Mrs. Hugh K. Boyd and Mrs. C. E. Hendrix, Feb. 1; and R. C. Williama, Feb. 2. i