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VOLUME 8; NUMBER 4
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, ERIDAY, MAY ll, 1945
With THE BOYS In Service
MORE ARE GALLED FOR
THE ARMED SERVICES
TELLS OF LOCAL BOY S
DEATH IH HUH PRISOH
ARMY PAYS HEAVILY FOR
DEFEAT OF HITLERITES
OPL. CARROLL DEVORE, based
at Daytona Beach, Florida, is spend
ing a 21 day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. nd Mrs. Frank DeVore, at
the Wiseman hotel.
GEORGE HALFACRE, M. 2|c,
stationed at Little Creek, Va., spent
a few days this week in the city with
relatives.
JAMES H. PHIBBS, JR., S 2-C,
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Phibbs,
has been transfered from Boca Chica,
Florida, to Poinsett Point, R. I.
His address is: N. A. S. Asdevlant,
Poinset Point, R. I.
OPL. DICK MIMS and Mrs. Mims
of Fort Bragg, N. C. spent from
Thursday until Sunday with rela
tives and friends in Newberry.
PFC. KENNETH PRUITT spent
a few hours over the weekend in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Pruitt near the city. Private
Pruitt came by plane to Greenville
and also returned to his base at
Smyran, Tenn. by plane.
LIEUT. CARTER ABRAMS is
spending a 14-day leave in the city
with his wife, the former Alethia
Halfacre, at their home on Caldwell
street and other relatives enroute
from Camp Lee, Va., to the West
Coast.
OPL- BOBBIE HAWKINS return
ed to the Marine Base at Cherry
Point, N. C. Wednesday where he
is stationed, after having spent a
five day furlough here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. George R. Haw
kins on Glenn street.
GPL. WILLIAM C. (Billy) ARM-
FIELD reported to the Greensboro,
N. C. Air Base Tuesday, after spend
ing a 16 day furlough with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield.
Corporal Armfield recently com
pleted a course in Radar Counter
Measure at Bocar Raton, Fla.
PFC. J. M. SHEALY, JR., a B-29
Gunnery Operator, returned to the
States last Friday after two months
duty in Cuba, and is now spending a
nine day furlough in the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Shealy
at Pomaria, prior to reporting to a
base in Kansas.
AC E. B. (Buzz) PURCELL left
Tuesday for Memphis, Tenn., where
he will receive orders to report to
Pensicola, Fla., to receive his ad
vanced training in the Naval Air
Corps, after spending a two week’s
leave here with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. B. Purcell on Main street.
OPL. JULIAN H. AULL, who was
taken prisoner in Germany on Dec
ember 18, 1944, “has been returned
to Military Control” on April 12, ac
cording to notification received by
his mother, Mrs. Mae A Aull, from
the War Department Thursday night.
Corporal Aull was a member of the
Infantry and serving in Luxembourg,
Germany when taken a prisoner.
CALVIN DENNIS, S 2-C has land
ed in the Philippines according to a
letter received by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. T. Dennis, Thursday
morning. Seaman Dennis sailed from
the States on March 6 and landed in
the Philippines April 12th. His ad
dress is: T. C. Dennis, S 2-C; Acorn
47, Navy No. 3291; c!o F. P. O.; San
Francisco, Calif.
GEORGE EDWARD HALFACRE,
36, mailman, second class USNR„
ha* been transfered to the Minecraft
Training Center, at Little Creek, Ya.,
Halfacre reported from Washington,
D. C.
His wife, the former Helen Ren-
wick and his mother, Mrs. J. B. Half-
acre, live in Newberry.
Halfacre graduated from Newberry
College in the class of 1931 with the
bachelor of arts degree. Prior to
entering the Navy in October, 1942,
he was employed at the local post
office.
A. T. FORCE has been missing in
action in Germany since April 15th,
according to notification received by
his mother, Mrs. Nolie Force, of Sa
luda, Sunday morning from the War
Department.
Mr. Force was a member of the
Glsder Infantry, and had been over-
aeas since February of this year. He
entered the service in July, 1944.
His half-brother, Charlie A. Force
lives on Harrington street, New
berry.
OPL. MANNING MERCHANT,
son of Mrs. Lessie Merchant, Kin-
ards, is entering his 4th year of con
tinuous overseas duty with the vet
eran 32nd Infantry Division in Pan-
gasinan Province, Luzon, P. I.
Corporal Merchant, who holds the
Distinguished Unit Badge and the
Combat Infantryman Badge, is a vet
eran of five operations against the
enemy in the Southwest Pacific, and
is now in the section, with the 32nd,
«n Luzon in the Philippines.
Entering the Army in October,
1941, Corporal Merchant left the
United States for overseas duty in
April, 1942, with the famed 32nd
■“Red Arrow" Division.
COL. LEGARE TARRANT returned
to the States April 30th after 15
months duty in the India-Burma the
ater of operations. He spent a few
days with his wife a nd two children,
iKelia and Joan at their home in
Garden City, N. Y. prior to report
ing to Washington, D. C. for re
assignment.
Colonel Tarrant, son of Mrs. R.
L. Tarrant of this city, was with
the American Air Forces in India-
Burma, where he organized the Anti
Aircraft units that command.
CAPTAIN V. W. BRADLEY, mem
ber of the Amphibious Corps, who re
turned to the states in March and has
been a patient in a general hospital
in Memphis, Tenn., is spending a 30
day leave with his mother, Mrs.
Voctory Bradley on Second street.
Captain Bradley has been in the
service 16 years and was on overseas
duty nine months, where h<f was in
the invasions of Leyte and Sanfar
islands in the Philippines. At the
termination of his leave he will re
port back to Memphis.
MARVIN K. CARLSON, Navigator
on a iB-25, has been promoted to the
rank of First Lieutenant in Italy
where he is stationed with the 12th
Air Force. He went overseas in
January 1945, and was stationed in
Corsica prior to going to Italy. He
was recently awarded the Air Medal
for “meritorious achievement” in
combat.
His wife, the former Mary Lou
Werts, is now making her home with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E.
Werts in Chappells.
Before Lieutenant Werts went
overseas they lived in Columbia,
where he received his training at the
Army Air Base.
MR. AND MRS. J. C. MARTIN
received a letter a few days ago from
one of their son’s squadron mates,
and the following prayer written by
Carl just before his last mission, and
found on his radio desk was enclosed.
“An Airman’s Prayer”
“Master bf the land and air,
Keep us in thy gracious care
Through the battles, dim and roar
Let o«r plane in safety soar.
Bless our flying floating fleet
Shield our country from defeat
God be with ps in Thy might
Lead our forces, guide our flight.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin have receiv
ed quite a few nice letters from
boys in Carl’s outfit.
Carl was reported missing in the
Pacific theater of war on February
Uth, 1946.
PFC. WILLIAM D. HATTON was
seriously wounded on Mindianao,
March 22nd according to notification
received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. D. Hatto. (Pomaria) from the
War Department.
Pfc. Hatton has been overseas
since February, 1944, and was serv
ing with the Medical attachment,
162nd Inf, 41st Div. He is now in
a hospital in the Philippines and is
making normal improvement from
gunshot wound in the left shoulder,
according to a late report by his par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Hatton have a daugh
ter, EDWINA HATTON, Y 1-C, sta
tioned at the Naval Air Station, Mi
ami, Florida. Youman Hatton has
been a member of the WAVES near
ly two years.
SGT. THOMAS SUMMER is
spending a 45-day furlough in the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Summer near the city. Ser
geant Summer arrived in the states
about two weeks ago after being on
duty in the European theater of op
erations for the past 33 months,
where he took part in the invasions
of North Africa Sicily and Tunis,
and also served in Italy and Germany.
He wears four stars representing the
four different campaigns he took part
in, the Infantryman’s Combat Badge,
the Good Conduct Medal and five
overseas stripes.
Sergeant Summer left Newberry on
February 10th, 1941 with the Nations
Guard Unit.
Mr. and Mrs. Summer have anoth
er son, LIEUT. CHARLES P. SUM
MER, who has been on duty overseas
for the past 18 months. He is now
stationed in Germany with Headquar
ters 635 Automatic Weapons.
1ST LIEUT. JAMES W. COUNTS,
a member of the First Army Group
in Germany, was among the first
Americans to haul ammunition
across the Rhine River to the Seventh
Army bridgehead force of General
Jacob L. Devens’ 6th Army Group.
These men drive their 2V4-ton
trucks on a round-trip of 180 miles
to carry tons of vitally needed am
munition to forward dumps. There
combat units picked up the shells
and hauled them to artillery tanks,
and tank destroyers which pounded
the way for swift advances that kept
the German forces reeling.
Formerly anti-aircraft batterymen,
these Americans guarded the ports
of Oran and Casablanca, North Afri
ca. They went into Southern France
as truckers, quickly adapted them
selves to their new task, and finally
effected round-trip supply hauls of
1,600 miles from Marseilles to the
front.
The following men are to be for
warded for preinduction physical ex
amination on May 18, 1945, from
Board] 59:
George Wilson Suber, Jr.
Pierce Morris
Joseph Vernon Taylor
Carol Bedenbaugh Connelly
Berlie Edwin Wicker
Belton Rogers Taylor
George William Stockman
William Oliver Dominick
William Eldred West
Henry Walter Werts
Robert Carl Riser
Julius Curtis Sharpe
Pierce IButler Banks
Bannie Cathcart
Leon Carl Boland
Albert Duane Gilliam
Grady Blease Wicker
To be forwarded for induction on
May 18, 1945:
Henry Calvin Stone
John David Leitzsey, Jr.
Jacob Alfred Bundrick, Jr.
John Henry McNuer
Virgil Omerle Bundrick
Dewey David Kingsmore
George Willie Wicker
Henry Harold Wicker
William Pinkney Bowers
Thomas Edward Hawkins
v.
NEW SIGNAL SYSTEM
ON SEABOARD LINE
In the interest of speeding up traf
fic and improved safety and service
for patrons and employes, the Sea
board Air Line Railway is currently
engaged in a major project that cov
ers installation of automatic electric
color light signals along its line from
Monroe, N. C. to Atlanta. This sig
nalling apparatus has recently been
placed in service between Monroe and
Chester, S. C., a distance of 45 miles.
Work is progressing rapidly over the
remaining 225 miles of completion of
the entire? job is expected in the late
summer of this year. Total cost will
approximate one and a half million
dollars.
The railroad has constructed its
own pole line along the 270 mile
length of trackage. These poles are
spaced 200 feet apart and carry the
circuits that furnish power to the
signal units. 75,000 rail joints are in
process of being electrically bonded,
or wired, so as to provide signalling
control. The primary batteries that
supply current needed to operate the
system are housed in stout concrete
boxes alongside the track. The visual
signal itself comprises a series of
colored lights—green, red and yel
low—and not semaphore arms.
In addition to its other advantages,
the layout under construction also
provides greatly improved interlock
ing crossing arrangements with some
of the other rail lines that intersect
the Seaboard from Monroe to the
Georgia capital.
SGT. JAMES EFIRD KINARD is
spending a 10-day furlough here
with his parents, Dr. and Mrs.
James C. Kinard. After his furlough
he will report to Camp Beale, Cali
fornia for further service.
SI SGT HARDIN KEITT, who re
cently returned to the states after
being on duty overseas with the
AAF in Italy for 16 months, is
spending a month’s furlough with
his father, T. E. Keitt, in the Mt.
Bethel-Gannany community.
CLIFTON G. STADLER has been
promoted from sergeant to first
sergeant in the Fifth army front in
Italy. He is serving with the 27th
Armored Field Artillery Battalion of
the 1st Armored Division.
His wife Mrs. Martha Stadler re
sides at 904 Pope street.
SGT. ROBERT H. FELLERS, was
recently presented an Oak Leaf
Cluster to his Air Medal. The award
was in recognition o£ “meritorious
achievement” while participating in
bombing attacks on German military
industrial targets.
Sergeant Fellers is the chin tur-
rent gunner and aircraft armorer of
an Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying
Fortress in the 385th Bombardment
Group commanded by Colonel George
V. Jumper
He is the son of Mrs. D. O. Car
penter 2804 Fair Avenue. A former
student of Clemson college where he
studied textile engineering when he
entered the Army Air Forces in Sep
tember, 1943.
SGT. WINFRED E. KUNKLE, son
of Mr. and Mrs. James Kunkle, form
erly of Newberry, has recently ar
rived at Welch Convalescent Hospi
tal, the Army's new reconditioning
center in Daytona Beach, Fla. The
carefully planned reconditioning pro
gram there will speed his convales
cence and assist his return to the
best of health.
Sergeant Kunklei received his basic
training a t Camp Bulass, Texas, and
has since served 19 months in the
European theater of operations,
where he was awarded the Purple
Heart for wounds received in com
bat.
Sergeant Kunkle has a brother,
Willie Kunkle, also serving with the
Armed Forces.
MRS. G. L. WISE received the
following letter Monday, May 7th,
from a friend of her son’s, written
from a hospital in New York, and
who was in a German prison camp
with her son, SGT. GRADY L. WISE.
JR.
“Dear Mrs. Wise,
“Having taken care of your son in
his last illness, I am writing this at
his request.
“He was very brave and his last
thoughts on 10th March were of the
folks at home, having spoken of you
all many times and he wants you to
carry on the same as before.
“It was his wish that you think of
him—not aS dead—but as being ‘just
away’.
“His personal belongings were
turned over to the Government Reg
istrar’s Office and I hope by the time
you receive this letter they will be in
your receipt.
Sincerely,
S-Sgt. Walter L. Konetsco”
Ttyis is the first information that
Mrs. Wise has received of the death
of her son, Sgt Grady L. Wise, Jr.,
who was taken prisoner in Germany
on December 16, 1944.
•Mrs. Wise recently received two
cards from Grady written on Janu
ary 9 and 21st asking her to send
him food.
Sergeant Wise, who was 24 years
of age, was a member of the 422nd
Infantry Regiment when taken a
prisoner. He volunteered for the
service shortly after graduation from
Clemson College in the class of ’48.
Mrs. Wise had another son, S-Sgt.
David H. Wise killed in Normandy
on July 22, 1944. He was a member
of the 83rd Infantry Division.
Another son, Pfc. Charles E. Wise,
twin brother of David, is now sta
tioned somewhere in the Southwest
Pacific with the Air Corps.
FARMERS BONDED WAREHOUSE
DAMAGED BY FIRE WED
NESDAY AFTERNOON
The fire Wednesday afternoon
about 6’oclock at the Farmers Bond
ed warehouse on Caldwell street,
owned and controlled by Johnson-
McCrackin Company, was said to
hj*.ti -slightly damaged the ware
house and from 200 to 300 bales of
cotton partially destroyed by fire
and water. '
It was not known how the fire
started.
The loss is covered by insurance.
KING URGES PEOPLE
TO CONTINUE WORK
George VI Praises Britons For
Valor But Sees Tasks Ahead
London, May 8—King George VI
called upon his peoples in a special
V-E day broadcast, from Buckingham
palace today to “give thanks to God
for a great deliverance", then turn
their thoughts to the world-wide
tasks “which peace in Europe brings
with it.”
The ruler of the world’s great
est empire praised Britons for their
courage, sacrifices and endurances
through nearly six years of war, and
urged them to remember that to
tal victory has not yet been won.
“Germany who drove all Europe
into war, has been finally over
come,” he said. “In the far east we
have yet to deal with the Japanese,
a determined and cruel foe.
“To this we shall turn with the
utmost resolve and with all our re
sources.”
After paying tribute to the Al
lied fighting forces and to the dead
who will not return, the King ad
ded:
“Our cause was the cause not of
this nation, not of this empire and
the commonwealth only, but of ev
ery land where freedom is cherished
and law and liberty go 'hand in
hand.
“In the darkest hours we knew
that the enslaved and isolated peo
ples of Europe looked to us. Their
hopes were our hopes, their con
fidence confirmed our faith.
“We knew that if we failed or
faltered the last remaining barrier
against a worldwide tyrnny would
have fallen in ruins But we did
not falter and we did not fail.
“We kept faith with ourselves and
with one another; we kept faith and
unity with our great allies. That
faith and that unity have carried
us to victory through dangers which
at times seemed overwhelming.”
ST. PAUL’S PARISH
Services of thanksgiving will be
conducted Sunday, May 13 in St.
Paul’s Parish since Victory in Eu
rope has been officially declared.
Bachman Chapel, 11:30 a. m.
St. Philips, 4:00 p. m.
St. Paul’s, 8:30 p. m.
Pastor J. E. Roof.
MRS. MARGARET DEAN '
Funeral services for Mrs. Mar
garet Neel Griffin Dean, who died
suddenly Tuesday afternoon while
visiting in Columbia were held
Thursday morning at’ 11 o’clock at
the graveside in Rosemont cemetery
conducted by Rev. H. C. Ritter.
Surviving are two sons, Neal Grif
fin, overseas and Herbert E. Grif
fin of Columbia.
732,270 Casualties In All Sectors Of
Europena Battle
Washington, May 8—The fight to
bring Germany to her knees cost the
U. S. Army 732,270 casualties, in
cluding 139,498 dead, up to about
April 1, the War Department report
ed today. /
In addition to those killed, 467,408
were wounded and 72,374 are miss
ing. This toll includes the cam
paigns in the Mediterranean area
including North Africa, on the con
tinent, in the Middle East and in
the Caribbean sector.
The department said that the
figures do not include all the men
taken prisoner by the Germans al
though many of the missing were
taken prisoner. Neither do the fig
ures take into accounts the prisoners
liberated by the Allied armies.
In a tabulation released last
Thursday, American losses in all
theaters since Pearl Harbor exceed
ed 950,000.
A week) earlier, the Army reported
that through March 31 it had suf
fered 514,865 casualties in Europe
and 167,074 in the Mediterranean,
including North Africa, Sicily and
Italy.
In Euorpe the dead were listed at
that time at 96890, wounded at
330,506, missing 55,873 and prison
ers 31,597.
For the Mediterranean the Army
reported 35,167 killed, 100,882 wound
ed, 11,094 missing and 19,931 prison
ers.
The Navy does not list losses by
theaters
Total Army casualties in all thea
ters through April 21 were placed
at 170,407 killed 520,203 wounded,
80,364 missing and 77,110 prisoners
—848,089 overall. The Navy at that
time reported 40,271 killbd, 47,739
wounded, 10,123 missing and 4,250
prisoners, a total of 102,383.
LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF
PERSONAL INTEREST
Miss Mary Johnston of Charlotte,
spent the past weekend here with her
mother Mrs. P, Duncan Johnson, Sr.
Lyon Fellers of Prosperity, who
has been very ill in the Columbia
hospital returned home Tuesday.
Holland H. Ruff, who has been a
patient at Newberry hospital for the
past week returned to his home Tues
day.
Mrs. Eugene S. Blease is a patient
in the Newberry hospital where she
will remain for ten days undergoing
treatmetn.
Miss Jeanette Connelly, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Connelly,
O’Neal street, who underwent an ap
pendix operation Monday of this
week, is reported to be doing nicely.
Mrs. E. H. Kibler Jr., and two
daughters, of Colonia, N. J., are
spending this month here with her
father-in-law,’ Dr. E. H. Kibler, Sr.,
Guests for last weekend in the
home of James R. Davidson were his
daughter Mrs. Jas. L. Aull and his
granddaughter, Miss Elizabeth Reed
Boylston of Columbia.
Pfc. Carroll H. Counts, of Camp
Blanding, Fla., and Capt. E. E. Ep-
ting of Thdmasville, Ga., are visit
ing Mrj and Mrs. H. H. Ruff, Naomi
Epting and Gene Epting.
Jim Wheeler who received an hon
orable discharge from the service a
few months ago, has joined his
brother-in-law, W. E. Denning, at
Hot Springs, Ark., where he expects
to receive medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Manning,
Major Charles Manning and Mrs.
Heyward Pickell were guests the past
week of Mr. and Mrs. Ben T. An
derson, also Major Heyward Mahon
and Mrs. Jamie Morgan of Green
ville, S. C.
Mr. and Mrs. James Clary (Doro
thy Bryson), who have been spend
ing some time here with their par
ents, leave soon for Greenville where
Mr. Clary has accepted a position.
He was recently given an honorable
discharge from the U. S. Marine
service on account of physical dis-
ibility.
The Rev. Oscar F. Blackwelder,
D. D., of the Church of the Reforma
tion,' Washington, D. C., spent sev
eral days here with his sister, Miss
Ruth Blackwelder. He came to Co
lumbia to address the Conference of
Chaplains of the Carolinas and Geor
gia, and came to Newberry from
there.
Miss Ruth Doris Armfield and sis
ter Mrs. Constance McHargue, re
turned to Washington Sunday, April
29, after a visit with their parents,
Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, and
brother Cpl. Billy Armfield, at Gil-
dercrest.
Miss Armfield has been working
as secretary in the office of Con
gressman Comtion I. White of Idaho
since the first of the year. 'Mrs.
McHargue has accepted a secretar
ial position with Congressman John
C. Kinkle of Pennsylvania.
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KEEP FAITH
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\by buyingS
WAR BONOS
$1.00 ‘ PER ANNUM
SEVENTH WAR LOAN
MAY BE THE LAST
The Seventh, and perhaps the last,
War Loan Drive officially begins
Monday, the 14th. The government
expects to sell 7 billions dollars
worth of E Bonds to the public • This
is a far larger quota of E Bonds
than in any former drive and local
managers of the drive agree that it
will take the efforts and cooperation
of everyone to raise Newberry’s
quota, which is $777,000.
All who bought bonds in the First
War Loan drive will undoubtedly
want one or more bonds from this
last offering. The war is not over
and when it is over it will take a lot
of money to pay the GI Joes what
the country owes them for their de
votion Billions of dollars will be
spent in educating and helping the
returning veterans get back on their
feet and Chairman Ned Purcell feels
that all Newberry people will come
forward and buy bonds for this pur
pose.
This 7th War Loan will without a
doubt supply the war materials for
the final quick knockout of the in
human Jap and all will want a part
in that final blow.
Mr. Purcell asks that everyone dig
down deep and bring up every pos
sible dollar to put Newberry over
the top quickly. The boys doing the
fighting know what we are doing on
the home front. They will know if
the bond drive goes over quickly, or
whether it drags. Let’s give the
boys a lift by doing the job quickly
and completely.
BENEFITS TO VETERANS
ARE VERY LIBERAL
1. Question: Am I eligible for fur
ther education under the G. I. Bill?
Answer: You a re eligible for edu
cational benefits under the G. I.
Bill if:
a. You have served in the ac
tive military or naval service of
the United States between Sep
tember 16 1940, and the end of
World War II.
b. You weren’t dishonorably
discharged.
c. You have served in the arm
ed forces 90 days or more; or,
if you were discharged because
of injury or disability incurred
in service even though you serv
ed less than 90 days.
d. You were not over 25 years
old when you were inducted; or
if your education or training was
impeded, delayed, interrupted or
interfere with by your military
service.
2. Question: How long can I go
to school under the G. I. Bill?
Answer: Every veteran who is eli
gible for education under the G.
I. Bill is eligible for at least one
year.
If you complete this first year
satisfactorily, you are eligible
for a period of study equal to
the time you spent in active
military service between Septem
ber 16 and the end of the war.
If this eligibility expires when
you have finished most of a se
mester, you may continue to the
end of the semester. But,, the
period of education can’t be long
er than four years, and you must
do satisfactory work, according
to the standards of your school.
3 Question: How much will I get
paid while I’m going to school under
the G. I. Bill?
Answer: The government will pay
you $50 a month subsistence if
you have no dependents. This
will be paid for the time you’re
in school and for regular holi
days and leaves pf up to 30 days
in any one year
You’ll get $75 a month on the
same basis if you have one or
more dependents.
iBesides this allowance, the
government will pay for tuition,
laboratory and other fees, books,
supplies, and necessary equip
ment (up to $500 in any one
year.)
4. Question: How do I apply for
educational benefits under the G. 1.
Bill?
Answer: You apply to the Vet
erans’ Administration. For further
information and assistance in
making your application, see
Mrs. Wicker veterans employ
ment representive in the United
States Employment Service of
fice, 1015 Caldwell street.
5. Question: Am 1 eligible for a
home loan under the G. I. Bill of
Rights?
Answer: You are eligible for a
loan if:
1. You have served in the ac
tive military or naval service of
the United States between Sep
tember 16 1940, and the end of
World War II.
2. You weren’t dishonorably
discharged.
3. You served in the armed
forces 90 days or more; or, if
you were discharged because of
a service-incurred disability, even
though you didn’t serve 90 days.
You must apply within two
years after discharge, or the end
of the war whichever is later.)
To secure a loan you must be
able to give reasonable indication
that you’ll be able to pay it back;
also that the amount of money
invested is not too high for the
property involved.
6. Question: How can I apply for
Looking Down
MEMORY Lane
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Lieut. V. H. Wheeler, U. S. N.
with Mrs. Wheeler and little daught
er, Dorothy, are visiting at the homi
of Mrs. Wheeler’s parents, Dr. an<
Mrs. J. M. Kibler. Lieutenant Wheel
er has been transferred from New^
port, R. I., to the Philippine Islands.
'
To Leave Newberry
Mrs. N. II. Bowles, the efficient
stenographei- at the Chamber of ComJ
merce. has resigned her position and
leaves Newberry on May 16 for New
Smyrna, Fla., to accept similar work
with the Florida East Coast Railway
company. The Chamber of Commerce
regrets very much to lose Mrs]
Bowles. |
Nineteen To Graduate At Newbei
High School
Ttie graduating class of the Ne
berry High school is composed of
boys and eight girls. The class r<
as given out by Prof. O. B. Cann<
is as follows:
John Frank Adams, Mary Ben
Lizzie Mae Blair, Nannie Lam
Boozer, Sara Mae Bowles, Kate Er
Culbertson, Sudie E. Davenport, Pa
Merchbank Denning, Edwin Carlis
Kennedy, James Melvin Linda*
Forster N. Martin, Jr., George
Martin, Robert Haskel Mims, Minr
Morris, Edward S. Schumpe:
Charles J. Wallace and Janie Eug
nia Willingham.
PATIENTS IN COUNTY
HOSPITAL
E. J. Adams, 1616 First street;
Mrs. Henry Padgett, Newberry; Mrs.
John C. Kibler, 826 O’Neal * street;
Mrs. C. H. Alewine Route 1; Barbara
Ann Warren, 700 Green street; A.
N. Duval, Helena; Mrs. Willie Me-j
Nure, Kinards; Milton Abbott, Sa-1
luda; Irby Richardson, 117 Glenn
street; Mrs. Lila Satterwhite, Rout*]
3; Virgil Huffstetler, 1504 Evans
street; Mrs. J. J. Kibler, 1326 Pearl j
street; Mrs. L. B. Davis, 1205 Acad-'l
amy street; Mrs. Charlie Griffin,
Whitmire; Mrs. Agnes Wedaman,]
Pomaria; Mrs. P. D. Johnson' Jr.,4
1516 Boundary street; Mrs. Alien 1
(Barron and baby son, Allen DeKalb, 1
Jr., Goldville; Mrs. Hubert Long and
baby son, Route 3; Mrs. R. L. Ep
ting and baby son, Kery Lamar,
Prosperity.
•
Lt. Hamilton Long Killed In
Burma Area
Lieut. Hamilton Long, son of Dr.
and Mrs. Roy Hamilton Long of Car
lisle, and nephew of Mrs. E. M.
Evans also of Carlisle^ formerly of
Newberry, was killed in action in the
Burma area on April 29th.
Lieutenant Long, a fighter pilot
on a P-51 Mustang had been on duty
overseas since September, 1944.
His wife the former Elizabeth
Warren, is making her home in Mon
roe, N. C. with her mother, Mrs. J.
B. Warren.
Another son, Cpl. George D. Long
is now stationed somewhere in Eng
land. 1
PUPILS MAKE APPEARANCE
Miss Vivian Ellis will present her
music) pupils in a recital at the High,
school auditorium, Friday evening.
May 11th at 8 o’clock. The public
is cordially invited
ABOUT TOWN
WILL WATERS saying that
RALPH HAILE was the biggest nui
sance in Newberry—H. C. HOLLO
WAY walking down Main street
carrying a basket of egg s—'Pie
Newberry Hospital to observe Na
tional Hospital Day Sunday— Every
thing very quiet around Newberry
on V-E Day and most of the folks
going to church—MAYOR PURCELL
paying Policeman HUFFSTETTLER
a visit at the county hospital Wed
nesday afternoon— ANNE COOK
boarding her bicycle to ride home
just around the corner from her.
place of business on College street—
The newly painted names of the
streets in the city looking nice after
a much needed freshing up—MRS.
JACOB BOWERS expecting her hus
band, SERGEANT BOWERS home
from overseas duty most any day—
MR. and MRS. SETH MEEK mov
ing into the ELLISOR ADAMS
home on Hamper stj-eet—“ROCK”
DAVENPORT warning this writer
that she would get fat eating can
dy—MRS. MARGARET FOUCHE
getting off the bus.
Birthday anniversaries through
Friday, May 18th: Mrs. Lelia ' B.
Williams, May 13th; Walter Gustave
Houseal, May 14; Miss Pearl Amick,
May 16; Mrs. Olgie Shealy, May 18.
a home loan under the G. I. Bill?
Answer: You should apply to the
lending agency of your choice.
The Veterans Administration will
guarantee fifty 'percent of a loan
up to $4,000, providing you meet
the eligibility requirements.
7. Question: How many mantha’
military service must I have had to
be eligible for benefits under the G.
I. Bill?
Answer: You must have served 90
days in the armed service; or,
have been discharged because of
a service-incurred disability.