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VOLUME 8; NUMBER 24
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1945.
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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.