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Those Boys Need^foy wmBom i »#*******★•*♦*♦ KEEP FMTH \wthus—\ tybHjmgl WAR BONOS VOLUME 7; NUMBER 50 NEWBERRY. SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1945 $1.00 PER ANNUM WITH THE BOYS IH SERVICE LIEUT. R. W. HOUSEAL, JR., son of Major and Mrs. Robert Hou- seal of Durham, N. C., has been transferred from Camp Barkeley, Texas to Camp Edwards, Mass. His present address: Co. A, 9th Bn., Conv. Hosp., Camp Edwards, Mass. MAJOR DALE L. VINCENT, bat talion executive officer of the 91st Mortor unit in the European theater of operations, has been awarded the Bronze Star medal for meritorious service in the battle of Germany. His wife, Mrs. Mildred H. Vincent, is making 1 her home at Silverstreet while he is in the service. SISGT. JOHN NEEL, stationed at Shaw Field, Sumter, spent a three day pass this week in the home of his parents, Deputy and Mrs. J. C. Neel. LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST CPL. RAY CORLEY, route one, Prosperity, is a member of the 897th Field Artillery battalion which has poured 7,300,000 pounds' of steel into German positions facing the U.’ S. Seventh army. CLAUDE BUZHARDT, S. K. 2!c, stationed at Little Creek, Va., and Mrs. Buzhardt of Norfolk, Y»-, spent last week in the home of Mr. Buzhardt’s mother, Mrs. Epsie B'uz- hardt, on Boundary street. PFC. WILBUR O. BOUKNIGHT, son of Mrs. George Bouknight, New berry, has been awarded the Combat Infantryman’s badge in the Pacific theater of operations where he has been on duty for the past 16 months, according to information received, by his wife, Mrs .Mable Bouknight of this city. LIEUT. ELIZABETH BANKS JACOBSON arrived in the states last week after 18 months of over seas dirty. She spent a twenty-four hour pass over the weekend with her sister, Mrs. Ollie Sligh in the John stone community. At present she is stationed at Rome, Georgia. ENSIGN and MRS. T. L. SENN and son, Dickie, spent la-. Wednes day night and Thursday in the home of Ensign Senn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Senn, on College street, enroute to New York, where he will be stationed, from Norton Heights, Conn. Griffith Named To Circuit Mrs. O. H. Dickinson has returned to her home in the county after a six weeks visit with relatives in Miami, Florida. Enroute to her home here she stopped over and spent one night over the weekend in Charlston with her daughter, Mrs. W. L. Shipman and Lieutenant Ship- man. 1 LIEUT. BILL BLALOCK, who is spending a 27 day leave here with his mother, Mrs. J. D. Wicker and Mr. Wicker, spent the past weekend in Charlotte, N. C. with relatives. FLIGHT OFFICER S. D. PAY- SINGER, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Paysinger, who is stationed in the European theater of operations with the 714 Air squadron, has been a- warded the Air Medal and an Oak Leaf Cluster for meritorious achiev- ment against the enemy. ' Flight Officer Paysinger says, “I don’t think it will be much longer before I’ll be coming home, at least, I hope not. £|SGT. CLAYTON SMITH writes his parents, M r . and Mrs. R. Derrill Smith that he has safely landed in the Hawaiian Islands. His wife is making her home in Newburgh, N. Y. with her mother, Mrs. Schofield, while her husband is overseas. Miss Rose Hamm of the Fine Arts Division of Alban College, Alban, Mich., spent her spring holidays in the Carolines with her brother, the Rev. L. Boyd Hamm of Burlington, N. C. and her sister, Mrs. W. R. Mc- Elroy of Ashboro, N. C. and with her mother and family, Mrs. J. D. Hamm of Silverstreet. Mrs. Charles Ruff left Tuesday for Hartsville to spend the week in the home of her brother, John Stev. enson and family. Dr. R. A. Goodman and Mrs. Good man have as their guests during the week, Dr. Goodman’s father and sis ter, J. A. B. Goodman and Miss Er nie Goodman of Mooresville, N. C. Mrs. Thomas H. Pope left Monday to visit her sister, Mrs. Sidney Ea son, and Lt- Col. Eason in Philadel phia, Pa. MRS. H. C. FELLERS received a telegram from the War Department last Saturday mornihg- informing her that her son, SISGT. HENRY RALPH FELLERS has been liber ated from a German prison camp by the Russians. Sergeant Fellers was reported missing September 18 in the invasion of Holland. This is the first infor mation that Mrs. Fellers has received from the War Department since her ■cn was reported missing, although ehe did receive a card from him while he was a prisoner, during February. LIEUT. HARRY HEDGEPATH writes from Peru, Indiana, where he is stationed: “After exiperiencing a couple of weeks of early spring, we are in for a bit of rough weather here now. Radio reports from five mid-western states experiencing the heaviest snow (April) in 17 years! Gee—I have seen enough snow al ready this winter to last me a life time! “The folks at home wrote of a beautiful Easter—I caught duty Eas ter Sunday beginning at 0800, and put in thirty-one and a half hours at base ere I could leave. It was the first Easter Sunday I had missed services in God’s house in a long, long time!” DR. AND. MRS. H. K. BOYD .re ceived a telegram frqhi their son, LIEUT. KING BOYD, early Monday morning which read: “Am well and fit. Hope to see you soon. Will keep you advised.’ Lieut Boyd was recently released from a German prison camp by the Russians. MRS. G. L. WISE received u card last Thursday from her son, SGT. GRADY L. WISE, JR., dated Jan uary ninth, stating that he was a prispner in Germany. Sgt. Wise had been missing since December 16th, 1944. He was serving with Co. M, 422 Regiment, 108th Infantry. He graduated from Glemson college in June, 1943 and was immediately call ed into the service. LIEUT. EMANUEL M. STRAUSS who was painfully injured in the left leg and also received a slight injury in the right leg In the Euro pean theatre a few months ago, is a patient in the Oliver General hospi tal, Augusta, Ga and is reported to be improving nicely. Hie address is “Ward One, Oliver General hospital, Augusta, Ga. Mrs. Emmet Williams of Green- v.ille, spent a couple of days here last week with her college class mate Mrs. C. D. Weeks, at her home on Harrington street. Mrs. Osborne Long of Silverstreet, was a business visitor in Newbrry last Friday. Mrs. Horace Shealy, of Prosperity, spent Friday in Newberry on busi ness. Mrs. J. B. Frontis, of Clinton, was a business visitor in the city last Friday. Mrs. Frank Anderson and Mrs. Hazel Suber of Whitmire, spent Fri day in the city on business. Mrs. Harry Buzhardt, at Whitmire, spent last week in the home of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Epsie Buzhardt, on Boundary street. Judgeship On First Ballot (The State, April 12) Steve C. Griffitn, member of the house of representatives from New berry county, yesterday was elected judge of the Eighth judicial circuit in South Carolina to till out the un expired term of Judge C. C.Feath- erstone of Greenwood who died about two weeks ago. When the two houses of the gen eral assembly met in joint session for the election, Senator O. L. Long of Laurens nominated Representa tive Jamee H. Sullivan of the same county. Senator M, E. Abrams of Newberry then nominated Repre sentative Griffith, and, after numer ous seconds to each nomination had been made, the two houses voted. Mr. Griffith jccehmd 106 votes and Mr. Sullivan 46. and so Mr- Griffith was declared elected. The new judge of the Eighth cir cuit is a lawyer, a member of the firm of Hlease & Griffith at New berry. He was born in Saluda county, October 13, 1898, son at R. C.Grif- [.fith and Mary Campbell Griffith of ' Saluda. He attended the University of South Carolina and was graduated from Georgetown university with the degree of LL. B. and LL. M. 1922-1923, and moved from Saluda county to Newberry in 1924. He married Miss Bertie L. Hambright of Clover, February 4, 1931. He served in the house 1943-1944, hav ing been elected November 9, 1943, to serve out the term of the late J. Kess Derrick. In 1944, Mr. Grif fith was elected to a full term in the house, both elections having been without opposition. The new judge ie a brother of Solicitor Jeff D. Griffith of Saluda. Senator Calhoun AL. Mays of Greenwood had been endorsed by the Greenwood Bar association from the judgeship but withdrew from the race before the joint session was held. A special election will be neces sary to name a successor to Mr. Griffith in the House. THE GRIPSH0LM RETURNS RENEWED DRIVERS LICENSE South Carolina good for four yean driver licenses, s, expire on June SO, 1946, and renewals will be accept ed on April 16th and after, accord ing to information today from J. W. Martin, county patrrimsn. All re newals are paper licenses, due to the war shortage of metals, and Che price of the license hi fifty cents. Drivers who fail to renew the cur rent license before July 1st must, be examined as new appltoantta. Newberrians may obtain licenses in the basement of the county court house, opposite the office of the county supervisor, every Wednesday afternoon from two o'clock until five ok lock and on Thursdays from nine o'clock in the morning until five in the afternoon. GEORGE JULIUS BUNDRICK Mrs. Colette Allen, of Columbia, spent Friday in Newberry on busi ness. ENSIGN RONALD CALCOTE, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Calcote of New Orleans, La., and nephew of Rev. C. A. Calcote of Newberry, has been reported missing somewhere in the Southwest Pacific theater of operations, according to a message to his parents, from the War De partment. Ensign Calcote, a member of the Naval Air Coops, was overseas only four months when reported missing. He will be remembered by many friends in Newberry when he visited his uncle and aunt, Bev. and Mrs. Calcote during his holidays while he attended the PreAyterian Junior College at Maxton, N. C. PFC. EDWARD E. BROCK was reported missing in action in Ger many on March 24<th, according to a message received from the War De partment by his wife, Mrs .Edward E. Brock. Private Brock entered the service in 'March 1944, and received his basic training at Fort McClellan, Ala., and Fort Meade, Md., prior to being sent overseas in September 1944. He was serving with the Ninth Army Infan try when missing. Hia wife and two children are mak ing their home here with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Liv ingston, while he Is serving his coun try. T-5 EDWIN O. NESLEY, son of Mrs. S. O. Nesley of 724 Boundary street, has recently been promoted to Tecnkian Fourth Grade. Ser geant Nesley was inducted into the Army at Fort Jackson, in May 1$42 and received his basic training at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was la ter transfered to Fort Ord, Califor nia and then overseas to the Aleu tian Islands where he has served for the past 21 months. Sergeant Nesley graduated from Carlisle Military Academy in Bam berg, ''and friom Glemson College. Prior to his induction, he was em ployed by a local grocery store here. PFC. JESSIE C. SMITH, (color ed), route 2, Whitmire, is a member of the 4067th Quartermaster Service company. Recently this outfit loaded tons of food supplies into freight cars, raced the freight train by mo tor convoy and were present to un load at the new location which help ed maintain a flow of food to units of the Seventh army. FRANKLIN ARMFIELD, son of M r . and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, was recently promoted from Corporal to the rank of Tech. Fourth Grade in England where he is stationed with tme 1267th j Combat Engineers as Radio operator. Sergeant Armfield has been in the service three years and over seas since the first of December 1944. JOHN B. UNDSAY, who was re cently inducted into the service, has been accepted for the Navy and' is now stationed at Bainbridge, Md. Hiss address is: “Co. 4096, Bks. 415- U, USNTS Prior to going into the service Mr. Lindsay was manager of Maxwell Bros and Quinn furniture store here. His wife and daughter, Molly, are making their home on Chapman street while he is in the navy. S-SGT. GENE HIIRES was re cently promoted from that rank’ to T-Sergeant in Germany where he is stationed with the 7th Army, 100th Division. Sergeant Hires has been overseas six months. His wife, the former Gladys McAlphine, and daughter, Rebecca, are making their home here on Main street while Ser geant Hires is overseas. COL. EDGAR H. KIBLER, JR., son of Dr. E. H. Krbler of Newberry, has been awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service in con nection with military operations "om April 13, 1944 to August 1, 1944. Colonel KiWer, who is Mainten ance and Supply Officer, Ordnance Section, of General Omar N. Brad ley’s Twelth Army Group, was laud ed in the citation accompanying the award for “founding the outstand ing supply procedures which were of inestimable value in subsequent operations on the Continent.” Recently promoted from the rank of huetenant colonel, Colonel Kibler has also received the Croix de Guerre from the French Government. He ** , a graduate of the United States Military Academy and received a Master of Sciense degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technol ogy. His family lives in Colonia, N. J. Miss Lucile Mills, a teacher in the Estill schools, was a visitor here over the weekend. Mrs. Wade Smith ,of Kinarda, spent last Saturday in Newberry on business. Mrs. W. W. Cone, of Southern Pines was a visitor in the city Sat urday. Mrs. H. E. Counts, Jr. (Baibara Abrams) spent Tuesday in Prosperi ty with her father and mother-in- law, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Counts. Miss Beth Orowder, a teacher in the Fair Forets schools, was a week end visitor in the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Crowder, near the city. Mrs. Bernice Werts, of Columbia, spent the weekend in the home of her sister, Mrs. J. D. Wicker, on Cline street. Mrs. Elizabeth Blalock Cole, of Miami, Florida, is expected to ar rive in the city Friday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. J. D. Wicker. Mrs. B. A. Buddin and little daugh ter, Barbara, are visiting in the home of Mrs. Buddin’s father and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Buddin in New Zion. WESSINGER-THOMSEN Mrs. Oscar Wessinger of Prosperi ty, announces the engagement of her daughter, Elizabeth Dominick, of Prosperity and Columbia, and Lieut. Ralph R. Thomsen, United States Army Air Corps, of St. Louis, Mo., and the Columbia Army Air Base. The wedding will take place in (he late spring. MISS LOMINICK HONORED AT PARTIES A number of delightful parties were given during last week for Miss Genevieve Nance Lominick, whose marriage to S. Jenkins McWatters took place Saturday evening. Among the friends complimenting her were Mrs. Aubrey Davis and Mrs. Harpld Hendrix, who entertained Friday 'at the home of Mrs. Davis. The hon- oree was presented with several pieces of crystal in her chosen pat tern. And after cards the hostess served a salad course. Mrs. Marion E. Smith, Mrs. Nan nie Yarborough and Miss Ruth Can non entertained for Miss Lominick with a shower Wednesday evening when esch guest brought a piece of crystal in her chosen pattern. Her place was marked with a corsage of white carnations and after the games a salad plate was served Another lovely attention for Miss Lominick was the party given last week by Miss Dorothy Long. Funeral services for George Julius Bundrick, 90, who died suddenly Wednesday at the home of his son, Thomas O. Bund rick, 1fere to be held Thursday at four o’clock from St. Paul's Lutheran church with the Rev. J. E. Roof officiating. He was a native of Lexington county and had lived in St. Philip’s community a number of years. He was married three times; first, to Miss Ellen Boyd; second, to Miss Mattie Metis; and third, to Mrs. Lena Florence Kingsmore. All are deceased. Surviving are one son, Thomas O'. Bund rick, WHAT YOU CAN SPARE THEY CAN WEAR Across the barren wastes of war- tom countries, wander multitudes of dazed and destitute people. Their appaling number, in Europe alone) is 126 million, of which more than 30 million are children. They are liv ing in the ruins of tehir homes. They are working in their ravaged fields. They are kept alive more by courage than by food; warmed more by hope than by clothing . . . working and waiting—even as we—for total Peace. As you already know the drive will last through the month of April, but don’t wait get busy right how and gather up all the old clothes that you are not using and call the local chairman or take them to 'the building next to Sear sRoebuck and Company on Caldwell street. WALTER H. DAVIS Someone has said we esteem noth ing so much in. this world as a real friend. “Uncle Walt” Davis, who died a year ago the 15th of April, was such a friend. A true, honest friend of everyone. Mr .Davis was a man of kind, gentle nature. A man whose devotion to his family was a beauti ful thing to see. I pause at this point to say tribute to this good man. Newberry and his host of friends miss him and feel we will not soon look upon his kind again. We have a special closeness to the return of the Gripsholm which dock ed February 21 The American Jun ior Red Cross, as you know brought toys, games and books for the child ren of American interness. and Miss Martha Vance Ellesor who used to be with Eastern Area and the Junior Red Cross was one of the Red Cross workers aboard. The ship sailed in January, fully lighted, with its exact iqcation wired to belligerents daily. On the out ward trip, its burden was German prisoners unfit for combat and Ger man internees from this country to be exchanged at the Swiss border for American prisoners also unfit for combat duty, and an equal number of American internees. Miss Ellesor rode to the Swiss bor der where the exchange itself took place. One episode of that exchange we feel you might be amused to hear. The American prisoners of war, leaning out of their train, spotted Miss Ellesor on the platform and shouted: “Could you be an AMERICAN girl?” “Sure could,” she called back. “By Golly! And she’s from the South.” A great change, Miss Ellesor said, was apparant in all who had been either German prisoners or intern ees; as they gained weight and re laxed, even their facial expressions changed The G. I.’s, one and all, loved the children, so that at almost any hour of the day, one could come on deck and find a G. 1. with a child on his knees. One even came to Miss Ellesor, asking to buy a toy (which of course was not possible) because he wanted to make a very special gift to one he considered a very special child. When the boat docked in this country, the families and children (with the National Children’s Fund gifts packed in ' their bags) were taken to the New York chapter head quarters of the American Red Cross, there to meet their relatives and friends and life in America.—Ameri can Junior Red Cross Bulletin. Miss Ellesor, daughter of Mrs. P. G. Ellesor of this city, of National headquarters staff, Insular and For eign Operations, was responsible for Red -Cross service to returning civi lian repartiates on the Gripsholm. LOOKING DOWN MEMORY LIRE TWENTY YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn and Hal, Jr., left Wednesday night for Char leston to visit Magnolia gardens. Little Mary Birge Kohn is in Co lumbia with her grandparents while her parents are in Charleston. Thomas Duckett Johnson is the name of the fine young son who ar rived Thursday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Johnson. The old Pifer house, corner Boun dary and College streets, the prop erty of Mr. Z. FZ. Wright, has been tom down. This house was an old landmark in the town, but the old must give way to the new, and al though Mr. Wright has not decided what he will erect on the site, in accordance with everything else he does, it will be all right. Little Evelyn Carlisle, the 8-year- Id daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Carlisle, was struck by a Ford car Wednesday morning, but was not seriously hurt, suffering only a bruised leg The car was driven by Mrs. Fred Weir. Work is progressing on the new picture house comer of College and Main street, and within a few weeks it is thought it will be ready for opening. Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Allison, Miller Allison and Dr. and Mrs. A. T. Nee ly spent several days last week, in Charleston visiting Magnolia Gar dens. Mrs. Charlie Paysinger has pur chased the home of Mrs. Mary West in Cornelia street, and will move within a few days. Mrs. West and Misses Carabel and Tilla West will move this week into their beautiful home in Main street. Mrs. C. M. West and son Thomas, left last Monday for Charleston where they will make their home. Miss Katherine Swittenberg and Miss Sara Cromer have returned to Newberry after a visit to 'Miss Grace Bowles.—Index-Journal. BRIG. GEN. JAMES ALLEN LESTER, a native and former resi dent of Prosperity, now of Columbia, has been promoted by President Roosevelt for promotion to Major- general. General Lester, a graduate of the Citadel and West Point, was in the first world war, serving with rank of major. He has been in the Pacific since February 1942 and has participated in a number of island campaigns. He was awarded the Bronze Star medal and other awards last year. General Lester is widely known in South Carolina, and has three sis ters living m Columbia, Mrs. J. D. Quattlebaum, Mrs. James F. Davis, Mrs. G. G. Caughman, and a half- brother and sister, Dr. E. N. Kib ler and Miss Blanch Kibler of Pros perity. Rings that seem to say, 'This speaks of our love'. Created by a firm that has made quality rings for 95 years. A*k for M Tlie irido's Silent Secretary with Diamond Ring Guide". L LIEUT. WILMA ABRAMS has landed safely in the Marianas Islands and is thought to be stationed on Saipan, according to a letter receiv ed by her mother, Mrs. C. I. Abrams last weekend. She went by ship to the Hawaiian Islands and flew by plane to Saipan. Lieutenant Abrams, a graduate of Winthrop college, received her train ing at Walter Reid Hospital in Wash- nigton, D. C. She has been a mem ber of the Nurse’s Corps about two years. PFC. WILLIAM L. (BUDDY) LAVAL, JR., who arrived in the states recently, is now spending a month’s furlough here in the home of his parents, Coach and Mrs. W. L. Laval on Cornelia street, after be ing on duty in the European theater of operations for the past three years. Private aval was with the Tank Division, and a member of one of the crews of the Sherman Tanks He has been in the service, four years. STAFF SGT. ROBERT C. HOL- LANS is a member of the U. S. General Depot G <26 in England that retreaded more than 20,000 tires in 90 days at the ordnance re pair shop in operation there which has equipped armandas of trucks that carry gasoline, bombs, parts nd supplies to Army air and ground forces on the Western front. Tires that cannot be replaced are rebuilt at this shop regardless of their condition. Many of them have large holes in the tread or part of the sidewall has been torn away. After the expert tire savers have carefully cut out the damaged part and added a new coat of rubber the tire is ready to roll again. The company has also turned but thousands of rubber crutch tips, washers, full-circle curing tubes and section curing bags v that easily equalled and in many instances sur passed the quality of commercial ones. Sergeant Holland is in charge of shop on one shift. He was formerly employed by Laurens Tire £ Recap ping Company. His wife resides at 1230 Summer street. W. E. TURNER PVT. GRADY GOGGINS writes his parents Mr. a nd Mrs. W. B. Cog gins, from Germany where he land ed about two weeks ago saying: “I feel like a million dollars. I am in Germany now and I really feel good. I am staying in a nice house with all the comforts of home. I just got out of a bath tub and feel clean for the first time in a long time. Over here when they take a town the Germans move out. We came in here, told the Germans to move out and in about half an hour they were gone. There really is some nice furniture in the house I’m staying in. I am sitting here writing on a nice table with a big light by it. Just like down town. I was stopped on a road yesterday and a truck passed and I recognized a boy from Newberry. His name is John Layton from West End. I just saw him didn’t get to say anything to him but I’m sure it was he. Private Goggins is a member of Headquarters Battery, 404th F. A. Bn., APO 450 care of Postmaster, New York, N. Y. MARTIN-DORROH Miss Marjorie Elizabeth Martin and Griffin Olin Dorroh were mar ried Saturday, April seventh by the Rov. Hugh Cannon at his residence, the Methodist pasronage in Saluda. Mrs. Dorroh is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Martin of Silver- street, where she graduated from the high school. Mr. Dorroh is the son of' Mrs. Mary Senn Dorroh and the late Al fred Dorroh of Newberry county. ABOUT TOWN MISS TILLA WEST carrying , an arm full of packages to her parked car—JACK OHAFPELL taking ibis day off Tuesday to work in his gar den—JOHN WILSON wearing two pairs of eye glasses and telling someone that old age was creeping upon him—“UNCLE BURR” LElTZ- SEY in the city Saturday greeting friends and looking well—FORREST LOMINAOK being kidded about staying at a hotel while his wife was a"'ay o na visit to Atlanta, Ga., instead of staying with his relatives who were kind enough to invite him —JAKE WISE ali dressed up in a new suit a nd hat and this writer not recognizing him across the street— JESSE DICKERT able to be out on the streets again after a recent ill ness—L. G. ESKRIDGE home from Savannah, Ga., for a week’s vacation and MRS. ESKRIDGE immeditely putting him to work cleaning off the lawn—PHIL AULL thinking about getting a few hives of bees, saying he believes that will be an easier way of making a living than" the printing business—DR. CONNELLY walking down College street with a pair of shoes in one hand and some kind of glass frames in the Other- Birthday anniversaries through Fri day, April 20th: Lieut .Keitt Purcell and Lieut. Ted W. Bremer, April 14; Catherine Connelly, April 16; Mrs. Willie Mae Long, April 16; Mrs. J. H. Summer, Mrs. Cannon Blease, Sgt. Gordon (Red) Clarkson a nd Mrs. Virgil Ruff (Dorothy Weir) April 18, and Mrs. Elsie Pitts Nichols, April 19th.