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*«*++*♦***+ ***♦#*★* KEEP FAITH i with us— \ \by buying'- ?4... WAR BONOS ********* *_* * * Those Boys Need WMBQm VOLUME 8; NUMBER 24 NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1945. $1.00 PER ANNUM With THE BOYS In Service WALTER WALLACE. S 2 c. re turned to Bainbridge, Md., last Fri day, after spending a nine day leave here with his mother, Mrs. Sloan Chapman and Mr. Chapman at their home on College street. Seaman Wallace finished his boot training at Bainbr'dge, prior to his leave. He reported back to the same base for further orders. FIRST LT. JACK B. WORKMAN, who served 26 months in the Euro pean theater as a pilot, has arrived at the San Antonio District AAF Personnel Distribution Command. He will spend approximately two weeks there undergoing records and physi cal processing in preparation for a discharge or reassignment to duty in this country. LIEUT. ARTHUR H. McCARREL, USMC Engineer, who has been sta tioned on the Aleutian Islands for over two years arrived in the city Monday night for a visit with his wife, the former Rook Kinard, and their young daughter, Margaret, at the home of Mrs. J. M. Kinard’s on Calhoun street. > Lieutenant McCarvel received his c'i charge prior to reaching New berry. ERNEST LONGSHORE received his honorable discharge from the Army at Fort Bragg, N. C. last Sat urday and arrived at the home of his wife, the former Frances Spotts, on Vincent street Sunday. Ernest, the son of Mrs. Ruth Long shore, was in the service eight years, three of which he was on duty in the Southwest Pacific. CFL. WILLIAM S. MILAM re ceived an honorable discharge from the army on September 23 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and he and Mrs. Milam have returned to the city. Mr. Milam was employed for some time with the late Claud Senn at his grocery on lower Main street, and at the time of his entry into the service, worked with the Thomas and Howard wholesale grocery. CPL. FURMAN A. MILLER land ed in New Orleans, La., Monday from the Pacific theater, according to a telegram received from him by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Miller, the first of the week. Corporal Miller has been in ser vice over three years, two of which he was on duty in the European theater, and after V-E Day was transferred to the Pacific Area. He is expected to receive his dis- chare and arrive home soon. LUTHER A. FRANKLIN, S l!C, USNR was aboard the USf? Wad- ligh, a destroyer, when she sailed into Tokyo Bay in the vanguard of American occupation forces. The Wadleigh, commissioned in October, 1943, took part in action at Aling- lapalap and Ebon Islands and Mille Atoll, in the Marshalls, Rio and Sai pan in the Marianas, the Palaus, Okinawa and the Kyushus, and was part of the task force to hit the Jap homeland. FIRST SGT. OTIS L. WHITAKER received an honorable dischare from the Army at Fort Bragg, N. C. 'Thursday, after being in the service • 42 months as a member of the Ord nance Corps. Sergeant Whitaker sipent 38 months in the European theater of operations. He is expected to arrive in the city this weekend to be with Lis parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Whitaker on Nance street. He will resume his business connections here where he left off prior to going into the service. THE STREAM of Motor Trucks flowing into China via the Stillwell road to rebuild highway transporta tion in China has come up against a shortage of drivers and mechanics. But the new Driver Training School of Chinese Service of Supply is rap idly eliminating the bottleneck by turning out hundreds of Chinese soldier graduates in truck operation, mechanical maintenance, a nd convey procedure. FIRST LIEUT. ROB ERT E. HANNA, JR., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Hanna, 2112 E. Main street, is an instructor in this school. Lieutenant Hanna is a graduate of The Citadel, and at present is acting as Adjutant of the driver’s school. LIEUT. COL. JOHN C. BILLING SLEY, husband of Mrs. Wava Bil lingsley, 329 Clairmont street, Jack- son, Mississippi, and son of Mr. J. C. Billingsley, 203 Beech street, Gor don, Arkansas, recently returned to his outfit in Italy from a seven day tour of Switzerland conducted by Special Service Mediterranean thea tre of operations, U. S. army. Colonel Billingsley has been over seas 37 months and wears the Amer ican Defense Ribbon a nd the Mede- terranean Theatre Ribbon with three battle participation stars. He is a graduate of the University of Mich igan and prior to entering the ser vice was with the U. S. Forestry service at Newberry. He was a member of the local National Guard unit and served with that contingent ■overseas until it was broken up. CAPT. EUGENE PARKER, pilot in the Army Air Corps, has been missing in action in the Pacific area since August 12. Captain Parker will be remembered in Newberry where he lived with his aunt, Mrs. J. H. West a nd attended Newberry col lege. LIEUT. FRED A. STEWART and Mrs. Stewart (Betty Bridges) ar rive this week to visit Mrs. Stewart’s grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Lathan on Main street and her par ents, the T. L. Bridges in Rock Hill before going to Cleveland, Ohio where they will live. Lieut. Stewart has recently returned from overseas and received his discharge. MR. and MRS. SIMS BROWN had a telephone call Tuesday from New York City from their son, J. C. Brown, telling them he had arrived from overseas. He has been overseas more than three years,'and is expected to re port to Fort Bragg, N. C. where he will receive his discharge. SjSGT. PAUL WHITAKER, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Whitaker, Nance street, left Camp Wheeler, Ga., Tues day for Alabama, where he will re ceive an honorable discharge from the Army. Sergeant Whitaker was inducted into the Army on April 7, 1942, and was a member of the Anti aircraft, receiving his basic training at Fort Eusta, Va., and was later sent to Panama, where he was trans ferred to the Infantry while stationed there. He was on duty in the Pana ma Canal Zone nearly three years. He is expected to arrive in the city this weekend to visit his .parents, and his wife, th£__former Helen Par rott of Pomaria, who arrived in the city Tuesday for a visit. They ex pect to make their permanent home in Newberry. 1ST LIEUT. McBETH SPROUSE, son of J. M. Sprouse of Charleston, arrived in the city Monday night to spend a 45 day leave with his wife, the former Pauline Summer, at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Summer on Mayer Avenue, Lieutenant Sprouse landed in the States on October 5th after being on duty in the European theater 21 months, a member of the Signal Corps, attached to the 9th Air Force. He has been in the service nearly 3 years. He wears the ETO ribbon, four Battle stars and the Belgium Four- rage re decoration. At the termination of his leave he wil report to Fort Mammouth, N. J. for further orders. Ti5 WILLIAM D. HATTON has been awarded a special citation, ac companying the Bronze Star medal for meritorious achievement in con nection with military operations against the enemy in the Netherlands East Indies, and the Philippine Is lands from May 17, 1944 to March 22, 1945. Hatton during that period was serving as ar aid man with an infantry regiment. The citation states that he rendered invaluable service in the treatment and evacua tion of the wounded. Without Invi tation he always moved forward into dangerous areas to treat the wounded and arrange for rapid evacuation to the aid station On one occasion, it states, he was serving with a front line com pany when heavy enemy fire caused a number of casualties. Moving for ward under heavy fire he treated the wounded and directed evacua tion to the rear. While treating one of the wounded he was himself wounded, but in spite of this com pleted the necessary treatment. Mr. Hatton is the son of William D. Hatton of Pomaria, former star athlete and pitcher for the Newberry college Indians. ROBERT M. TARRANT, late of the Third Division of General Pat ton’s Third U. S. Army, is again wearing civvies, following his honor able discharge after almost four years in service. He and Mrs. Tar rant have just returned to their home in The Pines, after a visit to Sgt. Tarrant’s old home town of Newberry, S. C. Probably Tarrant has had as col orful experience as any of the re turning GIs, inasmuch as his divi sion was trained in North Africa; suffered thirty-four thousand casu alties—eight thousand dead—at An- zio beachhead in Italy; and was at Adolph Hitler’s mountain retreat ap proximately sixty miles from Mu nich, at the time Germany col lapsed. Tarrant participated in five ma jor campaigns and his unit receiv ed the Presidential Citation and the French Croix de Guerre. The Hick ory man gives great cerdit to the regimental commander, General “Iron Mike” O’Daniels, who won the admiration of Nazi military leaders because of his demonstrated ability as a strategist; and because of his resourcefulness in emergencies. The Hickory man has 343 days of combat to his credit. At Anzio, and throughout most of their Italian campaigns, Tarrant said the Americans who wanted ra dio entertainment were compelled to listen to “Axis Sally,” who was COTTON CROP SHORT TO MARKED DEGREE Columbia, Oct. 8—Heavy rains during September reduced South Carolina cotton prospects for an Oc tober 1 production forecast of 635,000 bales. Federal-state agricultural statis tician Frank O. Black said this is 35,000 bales, five per cent less than prospects a month ago and 85,000 bales a nd 12 per cent below the in dication of 720,000 bales on Aug. 1. Adverse weather also has dam aged the grade of both lint and seed with considerable reduction in value of these products, Black said. A crop of 635,000 bales would be the third smallest since 1892, com paring with the short crops of 400,- 000 bales in 1941, 492,000 in 1922 and the relatively good crop of 864,000 bales last year. “The indicated yield is 301 pounds lint for each harvested acre which compares with the record yield of 384 pounds last year and the 10- year average of 280 pounds per acre,” Black said. The Bureau of the Census report ed 161,000 running bales ginned in the state to October 1, or about 26 per cent of the prospective crop, which is the slowest ginning since 1929 when only 19.5 per cent of the crops was ginned to October 1. Smallest Since 1934 Washington, Oct. 8—An official estimate that this year’s cotton crop is the smallest since 1934 raised the possibility today that growers may be allowed another year of uncon- troMed production The Agriculture department plac- (Continued on Page 8) an expert propaganda artist for the Germans She provided the kind of songs and music which the GI lik ed to hear, and in addition she at tempted with every possible propa ganda means at her command, to destroy the morale of the Allied sol diers. For a time while Tarrant was seeing action at Anzio he was at tached to the British Naval organi zation as a “spotter” in assisting ships bringing additional supplies and reinforcements, to land. Tarrant brought back a large number of souvenirs which he pick ed up in many countries where he visited. He has an absorbingly in teresting story.—Hickory (N. £.) Record. Mr. Tarrant is now employed in the personnel office of the Sliufc”d Mills in Hickory, N. C. OSWALD O. OPELAND, after three years ' in service, received his honorable discharge at Parris Island Marine Base on October 5th, 1945. It was three years to the day from the time he left home. He was sworn into the Marine orps Reserve on Oc tober 6, 1942 and after eight weeks boot training, he sailed for the Pa cific area where he has been since until landing in' California August 7, 1945. Oswald has had plenty of harrow ing experiences. On finishing boot training he received high marksman ship bar and was made Pfc. His outfit received more jungle train ing after getting to the Pacific and in March 1943, he volunteered for the Marine Raiders and was with this unit in the invasion of Bougain ville in November of 1943. With 650 of his unit and paratroops, he was in the first reconnaissance mission here and instead of running into a handful of Japs they found a well fortified unit. The Navy was to pick them up after a few hours of recon- noitering at a certain hour but things were so hot their rescue was delayed and they were hemmed in with no assurance of rescue. Another New berry boy, Neal Davis, was also here with the paratroops but one did not know at the time the other was there It was here about December 1st that Copeland was hospitalized about a week from the effects of be ing buried under a truck due to driv er having to drive with dim lights. In the spring of 1944, the famous 4th Marine Regiment was reorganiz. ed, being made up of Raiders which comprised four of the bloodiest ba- tallions in Marine Corps history. His batallion was one of those forming this regiment and was in the in vasion of Emirau. He was made corporal in May of 1944. Then in July was in the initial invasion f Guam. On April 1, 1945, his Regi ment was with the 6th Marine Divi sion landing at Okinawa and he says he sipent a long 98 days there. His Division covered the major portion of the island there and was in the tight spot at Sugar Loaf Hill, Naha, and Oroku Peninsula. He is quite proud of the fact that his Regiment was the one chosen to make the land ing on Imperial Japan. It is with a tinge of sadness that he mentions Vassall Gallman, another Newberry boy with his Regiment, who made the supreme sacrifice at Okinawa. He states taht along with some bad breaks, he was lucky in that he was able to run into a good number of home boys, and that is a real treat. Copeland was awarded the Asiatic. Pacific ribbon, four battle stars, the Navy Unit Citation for Guam and Presidential Unit Citation for Okina wa. Oswald is now at his home here with his mother on Main street. Newberry College Alumni Initiate Drive For $100,000 In keeping with post-war plans Newberry college is looking to the future and at an Alumni meeting Monday night advanced a step fur ther in educational circles when a program was launched, looking for ward to the raising of $190,000 to be spent as an improvement program for the college. At the outset it was stated that no church canvass would be attempted, but a good beginning has already begun. The plans are to erect a new library and completely overhaul the girls’ dormitory, making it up-to- date in every respect, and thereby adding additional quarters for teach ing facilities. The Alumni took the advice of Dr. Sidney J. Derrick, who admon ished them to take courage and go forward . The venerable educator, probably one of the oldest instruc tors actively engaged in teaching told them that it should be no dif ficulty for the over 2,000 gradu ates to put the program over in a grand finish Dr. Derrick is 78 gnd actively engaged in teaching at the college. Dr. James C. Kinard, president of the Lutheran Institution, brought the encouraging news that the col lege is now out of debt and that the college is no longer looking in the past but is casting an eye to the future and it is with this in view that an improvement program is being undertakne by the Alumni of the college. The campaign took on new life U. S. WILL NOT DIVULGE WORLDS GREAT SECRET Tiptonville, Tenn., Oct. 8—^Presi dent Truman declared unequivocally tonight that the secret of the atomic bomb will not be shared with addi tional nations. That secert, he told a wholly un heralded press conference, is the in dustrial know-how, since other na tions have access to the scientific knowledge that led to it develop ment. Great Britain and Canada, he as serted, share the industrial know how, and while he has not discussed his decision with them, the President said he was certain they will agree its secret will not be shared. The President said flatly that none of our allies has asked for the secret of the atomic bomb. HILL FAMILY REUNION A reunion of the Hill family was held Sunday, October 7 at the home of Mrs. George P. Hill, 1320 Wheel er street at which the following were present: Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hill, New Orleans, La.; Mr. and Mrs James J. Hill and two children of Augusta, Ga_; Mr_ and Mrs. Frank P_ Hill, Prosperity; Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Dowtin, Jr., and daught er, Troy, S. C.; Mr. and Mis. Tabor L. Hill and Rion Hill, of Newberry, and Tabor C. Hill of Columbia. The family spent a very enjoyable day together, after an interval of 10 j years when the last such reunion was held.' at the start with a gift of $1,000.00 being donated by the family of Dr. R. A. Goodman, professor in the college, and supply pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, during the absence of the pastor. Rev. E. Bryan Keisler, who is serv ing as a chaplain in the armed forces. Dr. and Mrs. Goodman had the misfortune of losing a son, Bennett Goodman, in World War No. II. Following on the heels of the Goodman’s gift were two for $750.00 each, another for $500.00 and others for $100.00. It was believed by the Alumni present that every Alumni of the college will make a donation to the college and thus help in a very im portant move the college has un dertaken in the building of a li brary and bettering the condition of buildings already constructed on the campus The meeting was in charge of Gary Paschal of Columbia, presi dent of the association, and Philip Kelly, secretary. Mr. Kelly is also a teacher in the college. Those taking part in the program besides Messrs. Paschal and Kelly were: Dr. James . Kinard, Dr. Sidney J. Derrick, Andrew Jackson Bowers, Dr. Davis of Augusta, Ga., and Major Elizabeth White a graduate of the college, and who during the war was in charge of a hospital in the states for a year and later in charge of one in England for two years. Miss White is visiting her mother here in Newberry. ENLISTMENT TIME FOR ARMED FORCES FIXED Original enlistments and reenlist ments may be made in the Regular Army for periods,of 18 months, two years or three years for male per sons 17 years of age or above. Honorably discharged men who have had active service of at least six months may be enlisted for periods of one year, 18 months, two years or three years. The enlisted men wfio have 20 years of active service may be retired from the Regular Army and be plac ed in the Enlisted Reserve corps un til their active time period equals 30 years. All active service in Army. Navy, Marine Corps or Coast Guard counts toward retirement. Men honorably discharged and en listed within 20 days will be promo ted to highest grade, permanent or temporary, held at time of dis charge. Men discharged under points may be promoted to rank held at discharge if they enlist by October 26, 1945. Reenlistment furloughs will be granted to those men who reenlist within 20 days of discharge on a basis of 30 days fo reach completed year or service not to exceed a total of 90 days furlough. A reenlistment allowance of $50 dollars for each year of completed service since payment of last pre vious enlistment allowance, if any, will be paid men if they enlist or re- ! enlist within 90 days of discharge. LITTLE NEWS ITEMS OF LOCAL INTEREST Mrs. James Leavell and Mrs. But ler Holmes were business visitors in Columbia Tuesday. Mrs. Sara Davis Wallace spent the weekend in Greenville with her daughter, Miss Fiances Wallace. Mr. and Mrs. David L. Hayes spent last weekend in Atlanta, Ga., where they attended a Cadillac automobile show. Mr. M. L. Connelly and daughter, Mrs. Louise MacAdams of Chappel, were business visitors in Newberry Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. William Eddy of Co lumbia are spending a short vaca tion here with Mr. Eddy’s mother, Mrs. Lilia Eddy on College street. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Cook and son, Harold Cook B.M 2|C spent a few days the first of the week in Wil mington, N. C. with Mrs. Max Cook. Mrs. Francis Barety left Wednes day for California to spend a while with her husband, Captain Barety, who is stationed there. Mrs. William Weber, of Summer ville .spent a couple of days the first of the week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom G. Graham. Mrs. F. D. McLane, of York, spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the home of her parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Bowman. Mrs. T. E. Wicker, of Aiken, is visiting in the home of her sister, Mrs. H. O. Stone and other relatives on Caldwell street. Miss Ethel Cromer, of Greer, is expected to spend this weekend in the home of her cousins, Mrs. H. O. Stone and Miss Mary Wicker on Caldwell street. Miss Mildred Werts, a member of the Lancaster school faculty, spent the weekend at the home of her mother, Mrs. Viola Werts on Hunt street. Miss Elizabeth Boylston of Colum bia, is spending a few days here with her mother, Mrs. Bertha Boylston. Miss Boylston expects to visit in Florida while on vacation. Miss Wilhemena Douglas of Winnsboro, and Miss Stella Senn, both teachers in the Great Falls school, were weekend guests in the home of Miss Senn’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Senn on College street. Mr. and Mrs. John Kunkle, and Mrs. H. O. Stone spent Sunday and a few days the first of the week' in Rome, Ga., with Sgt. Maxcy Stone, who is a patient in the General Hos. pital there. They found him much improved. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell F. Wilson of Detroit, Michigan, ^re visiting Mr. Wilson’s mother, Mrs. Vernon C. Wilson, 1920 Harper street. This is Mr. Wilson’s first visit home in 1 three years. He has been living in Detroit fifteen years. Looking Down MEMORY Lane TWENTY YEARS AGO Rev. J. B. Harman went over ta Newberry last Tuesday to be present at the opening of Newberry college. —Edgefield Advertiser. Miss Nell Kohn of Columbia, is visiting her brother and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Kohn. Hon. Jeff B. Griffith of Saluda, was a business visitor in Newberry on Tuesday. W. C. Bynum, who has been spend ing several weeks with his sisters, Misses Annie and Lula Bynpm, leaves Saturday to resume teaching duties at Georgetown. Major J. D. Folk and Mr. C. M. Wilson of the State Department of Education, were visitors in Newberry Tuesday. Mr. W. H. Dreher of Chapin spent Wednesday at the home of his nep hew, B. V. Chapman. Mrs. P. G. Ellisor, Mrs. R. D. Wright and Mrs. Butler Holmes are with a party touring Florida this week. Miss Sadie Goggans, assistant superintendent of the Parker dis- trit schools is sipending the week end with her parents in Newberry. —Greenville News. Misses Bertie Mae Inabinet, Ruby Kinard, Frances Dominick, spent the weekend with Misses Annie and Ruby Banks. Miss Grace Summer has been sig nally honored by being appointed to serve as page at the general UPC convention which meets in Hot Springs, Arkansas in November. THOMAS H. POPE TO ADDRESS VETERANS Thomas H. Pope will address the Veterans of Newberry county at a banquet November 12th, which will be held at the Armory. The banquet will be served by members of the Auxiliary. An invitation will be extended t* the veterans' of all wars and men in service whc may be home on fur lough. About 700 veterans are expected to attend this banquet. KENDALL MILLS LUTHERAN PARISH J. B. Harman, pastor. Summer Memorial — 10 a. m., church worship with sermon. 11 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. M. E. Shealy, supt. 11 a. m., program by Luther Lea gue. 6 p. m., meetings of the Luther Leagues. Bethany—10 a. m., Sunday school, Mr. E. B. Hite, supt. 11 a. m., church worship and Holy communion. 12 m., Luther League. PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL MRS. NANCY COOK WICKER Mrs. Nancy Cook Wicker, 84, wid ow of T. Jeff Wicker, died early Friday morning, after a long illness. Funeral services were held at her late home Saturday afternoon’ at 3 o’clock. Interment followed in the Colony cemetery. Mrs. Wicker was a devout mem ber of Cannon’s Creek A. R. P. church. In the absence of a pas tor, the funeral services were con ducted by the Rev. J. W. Carson, D.D., of Newberry, with the assist ance of the Rev. W. D. Haltiwanger, the Rev. C. J. Rice and the Rev. M. L. Kester. Mrs. Wicker was the daughter of the late Samuel Cook and Caroline Moore Cook She is the last of the immediate family. Surviving are five nieces and six nephews. —SOUTHERN FARM VERSE- FOOD We’re giving you the thoughts of folks Whose numbers are like seeds of oaks— Whose struggles are from day to day To eke a living in God’s way; Fighting hard with brain and brawn Hoping for a better dawn. Total figures tell it straight, Idle farms now dot the state. Thought it best to let you hear That more and more will disappear. Less of profits, less reserves, Not to mention jaded nerves, Are forcing many of the best To seek employment with the rest. Ceilings fixed too near the cost— Not a chance when crops are lost. Thus it looks to many growers. Plugging still on shaky floors, That old man Hunger stark & clear May out of somewhere yet appear. CIVILIAN BUTTER SUPPLY TO EASE — > Army Releases 80 Million Pounds For Civilian Consumption Civilian supplies of butter soon may be increased more than 20 ner cent because the Army Wednesday released 80,000,000 pounds to the Ag riculture department. This butter is in excess of military requirements under the demobiliza tion program. The actual amount of the increase in the civilian supply will depend largely upon how much of the Army butter is in good condition and on how much is produced dur ing the coming months of seasonal ly low output. If all the butter is good, it would raise the civilian allocation for the last quarter of the year from about 400 million to 480 million pounds, or about 20 per cent. Officials would make no predic tion as to the possible effect of to day’s action on butter rationing pending further study. Since July the points required have been re duced from 24 to 12 per pound. There is some question whether production during the last quarter will be at a level sufficient to meet the 40,000,000 pound allocation. In a report issued today the agriculture department said production de creased sharply during September due to heavy diversion of cream and milk into other food uses. Shortages were reported in re tail outlets on the Pacific coast. MARY JO DEVORE Sgt. and Mrs. Carroll Devore an nounce the birth of a daughter, Mary Jo DeVore, born at Newberry hos pital on Monday October 1st. Mrs. DeVore was the foimer Marise Be- denbaugh. Mary Jane Hanna, a student at Winthrop College, spent the week end at her home here on Main street. She was accompanied by Misses Mary Bowen Aull, Anne Stan ton, Peggy Walker, Norma Crutch field and Margaret Crosby Patton, all college mates. Mr. and Mrs W. T. King and son Walter, are spending a while in New berry in the home of Mrs. King’s mother, Mrs. W. H. Davis on Hunt street. It is understood that Mr. King will shortly go to Atlanta to resume his studies in the Presbyter ian seminary, interrupted when ' he volunteered to serve his country. Mrs. Daniel H. McHargue (Con stance Armfield) who has been living in Washington, D. C., is here with her parents, the O. F. Armfields, at their home, Gildercrest, awaiting the arrival of her husband, T-Sgt. Mc Hargue, who is returning from over seas. They intend to spend a month’s vacation in Florida before accepting a position. Miss Christine Cook has accepted a position as beautician with the Newberry Beauty Shop. Miss Cook has had six years of experience in this work. Prior to coming to New berry she was employed at a beauty shop in Saluda. She will make her home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam A. Cook on Thompson street. Miss Rosemary Bowers has return ed to New York City to resume her studies in Social Science at Colum bia University, where she will com plete her degree this session. Miss Edna Louise Bowers, her sis ter, is in Concord, N. C., where she is organist and choir director in the Lutheran church there. These talent ed young women aer daughters of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Bowers, Jr., May er Avenue. Mrs. Dorothy Fulmer and baby son, route 2 Mrs. Marise Devore and baby girl, Kinards Mrs. Julia Williams and baby girl, route 1 Mrs. Oline Short, 1300 Fourth St. Mrs. J. W. Saber, 930 Cline St. Mrs. Lila Gresham, Goldville Mrs. Cora Foster, Whitmire Mrs. Eva Jones, 709 Wright St. ‘ R. A. Murphy, City E. J. Shealy, Prosperity Mrs. James C. Lindler, Chapin Mrs. Naoma Counts, Little Mtn. Crumton, Master William, Route 3 Mrs. Anna P. Dennis, Kinard St. Mr. George W. Bush, 1414 College Mrs. Bessie Wicker, Route 2 Mrs. Willie Wicker. 2019 River St. ABOUT TOWN The stores closing on Wednesday afternoons, which makes the clerks very happy—GUY V. WH1TENER saying that his son, GUY V. WHITK- NER, JR., telephoned him from Cali fornia this week immediately after landing, but didn’t know when he would be able to get home—MRS. F. D. MeLANE of York, in the city and purchasing a new bonnet—MR. and MRS. JAMES LEAVELL on way to church services Wednesday morning, and Ella remarking that she was the only one there Monday morning —MR. & MRS. DRAYTON NANCE celebrating their 25th wedding anni versary last Saturday. Birthday anniversaries through Friday, October 19th: Judge Steve C. Griffith, October 13; David Le* Carter and Mrs. O. F. Armfield, Jr , October 14; Pete Coleman, Mrs. James S. Watters (Mary Elizabeth Moore), R. H. Wright, and Mrs. J Frank Wilson, October 16; Callie Boyd Parr, Mrs. H. O. Swittenburg and C. F. Sterling, Oct. 18; Tom Dor- rity and Mrs. R. G. Carroll, October 19th.