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SATURDAY, JANUARY 29. 1944 MAROON AND GOLD PAGE THREE BY BACIL “FLASH” STEED Former Elon Athlete Serving As P T Skipper Our Elon star in the service this week is none other than JOHN HEN RY PEARCE Pearce is now in the United States Navy, serving as commander of one of those fast and deadly P T Boats, those boats that have the sting of an angry wasp. John was an outstanding player in basketball at a time when ATH LETICS at Elon were hard to handle. He played on the football team in 1937, ’38, ’39, ’40; basketball ’38, ’39, ’40, ’41, and was the captain of the team in 1941. PEARCE was really “on the b^” in the game of basketball. He played center for four years and could be counted on to shoot a goal when it was needed. Here’s to you John Henry Pearce, a fine example of the contribution that Elon athletes have made to the win ning of the war. WITH ELON MEN IN THE SERVICE LT. STEPHENS RECEIVES AIR MEDAL Many of us remember Jimmy Light- The Air Medal for meritorious ser- bourne of Burlington. Jimmy is al- vice has been awarded to 1st Lieut ready a veteran with service in the ' Craton G. Stephens, Jr., of Garner, Air Corps Headquarters for the 325th N. C., now servmg as bombardier at Fighter Group Command during the an outlying Sixth Air Force base in carnpaign in Africa; and he is now in Caribbean area, according to a Italy somewhere helping send j press release from the headquarters some of the war Hitler started back where it originated. It pleases us to report that the inventor of “Total War”—dear little Adolf—is finding the total iBore than he estimated. Here are some lines from a recent letter sent by Jimmy to Dr. French: “You might be interested to know that while in Africa I ran into Artie Greenwald. At the time he was mess sergeant of an anti-aircraft unit as signed to guard our field. We had several long conversations about Elon and old friends, and suceeded in mak ing ourselves quite homesick. I trimmed him in a few games of ping- none—still a favorite sport of mine. Neither of us has had an opportunity to play tennis, although there were several courts in Tunis and vicinity. “Evidently the chap who described Italy’s climate as invigorating is some what of a Charles Atlas or a damfule. The only action to which the winter stirs me is toward the conical stove in the heaven of our tent. Winter is rather terrific, especially in view of our living conditions. But there are certain aspfects of the change from Africa to Italy distinctly in oup favor, for whereas the French and Arabs made us the goats of a sudden infla tion, charging exorbitant prices for Members of the Ministerial associa- souvenirs. foodstuffs and laundry, the meeting Mon- Ttalians show indications of remain- ^ January 24, in Lecture Hall, mg reasonable m their demands. meeting was opened with a song “On arriving at a new location one I service under the direction of Spike of our first moves is to locate a place I Harrell. Following this Bob Graham where we can have dirty clothes ! led in prayer. laundered. In Africa the prices were Walstein Snyder, who was in charge Panama Canal department. Lt. Ste phens graduated from Elon with the flass of ’39. Stephens was cited in the award far “meritorious achievement while participating in long range patrol flights over wide stretches of open seas, hazardous jungle terrain, and shark-infested waters in the areas.” He joined the AAF as an aviation cadet at Charlotte, N. C., in January, 1942, and was graduated as a second lieutenant in July of that year win ning his wings as a bombardier. Following his graduation from Elon, Stephens was a science teacher at the Garner high school, in Garner, where his wife now resides, and was also employed by the North Carolina State Highway Soil Laboratory. Lt. Ste phen arrived in the Caribeban area nine months ago. His promotion to first lieutenant came in February, 1943, while stationed at Tuscon, Ari zona. Hood Sporting Goods Co, IS ELON COLLEGE’S NEAREST SPORTING GOODS STORE SCHOOL SWEATERS and JACKETS BICYCLES and BICYCLE REPAIRING (Bikes Painted Like New) PAD LOCKS FLASH LIGHT BATTERIES KEYS MADE LOCKS REPAIRED BABY CARRIAGES TENNIS RACKETS RESTRUNG FISHING TACKLE HUNTING CLOTHING IRONING CORDS POCKET KNIVES BUY A BOND And Spend The Difference HOOD’S Where Your Investment Pays,Most in Health—in Life 205 W. FRONT ST. OPPOSITE FIRE STATION DEAN KRAFT TO SPEAK TO MINISTERIAL GROUP ELON STUDENTS -o—0- three times those common in the ‘'tates—here they are half that of the States. “When the war is over, unless some "nforspen obstacle presents itself, I r>lan studvine under Dr. H. Shelton Smith at Duke, probably in the field ' of ^Viiolosphy and Religion. j “Please give mv best to your fam ily and friends at Elon. “Yours. “JIMMY.” ?(25th Fighter Group A^O 525 care Postmaster New York, N. Y. of the program, led the group in a discussion of its interpretation of heaven and hell. Plans for the next meeting were made. It was announced that Dean Kraft will be the principal speaker at that time. FRESHMAN S. C. A. TO HAVE PROGRAM JOHN HENRY PEARCE Comedy From The F^eld Of Sport “T haven’t heard a word about Elon Kinc* I left home in February—yes, I did too—hasn’t the air corp taken over or something? I know things have changed there, but the memor ies of ol’ Elon will never cha»ge or be forgotten. You can’t imagine how much a fellow can miss his school and 1 the friends he found there: I think ; everyone at Elon feels the same way ' at one time or another.” CPL. CHARLES N. JONES ' 1881 Eng. Bn. Co. I APO 929 care Postmaster San Francisco, California WE APPRECIATE YOUR BUSINESS Make Our Filling Station Your Headquarters Sandwiches, Drinks, Ice Cream, Smokes and Candy -o—o- College Service Station BEN WHEELEY, Prop. HUMOR IS THE BACKBONE OF POPULARITY OF ATHLETICS AMONG THE AMERICAN PEO PLE. I would relate to you some of the ; Interesting aiid humerous things that this old writer read in Esquire this ^ month. I “A CATHOLIC went to a confession and selected for his confessor the old Irish priest. This priest absent-mind- ly that day had taken into the con fessional a piece of chalk and, absent- minedly too, as various infractions | were related to him, made a mark | with the chalk on the sleeve of his : cassock. I The young fellow said, “Father. I | have been guilty of a rather serious j thing. I lost my temper.” | The priest made a mark on his sieve with the chalk and said, “Loss of temper, my boy, will cause you to lose many friends, lose money, perhaps lose a job.” The young man answered, “I know that Father, but that isn't all. The other day I knocked a fellow down, and when he was down, I kicked him in the face. I know I shouldn't have done it.” The priest, making another mark Avith the chalk, answered, “You have a serious problem, my boy. Place it before you. Analyze it. Break it down. You’ve got to conquer this im pulse or you will bea social outcast.” The boy replied, “That isn't all. Father. Last Saturday afternoon I bit off a felolw’s ear.” The priest made a heavy mark on liis casocks and said, “That’s inexcus able! What on earth made you do such a terrible thing?,” “We were just playing football,” the boy said. “Who were you playing?” asked the priest. “The SOUTHERN METHODISTS,” muttered the boy. Brushing the marks off his sleeve, the priest replied, “Well, of vourse . . boys will be boys.” —Jim Conzelman, St. Louis Browns. I'll close with his little item . . . There was the case of the moron who filled the Gym with waier because the coach said he was going to send him in as a SUB. ELON COLLEGE “ALL-STARS” WIN OVER ASSOCIATED TRANSPORT FlVE This from a letter from Ike Perry, who is stationed at the Technical School at Gulfport Field, Mississippi. “It sure does seem good to receive mail from dear old Elon. I sure have thought a lot about school and every thing lately. Wouldn’t it be great if all the gang were going back this year? 1 “This is the first day I have had off in seven. I have had K P every day, and it sure is one pain. It seems I like it has been so long since I have had a day off that I'll miss those dear old greasy pots and pans. I start school next week and it will be one big relief to start doing a little ‘brain work’ instead of all this ‘muscle work’ I have been doing.” Is Dancing Sinful? Should th« 6. C. A. sponsor daJiCT ing? What's should we danca? For answers to all these questions please co«ie to tlie S. C. A. Tuesday, at 8:80 p. »., in tlie Society Hall in Alamance. There will be an open forum discussion. | j For the last two weeks there has been fun playing interesting games at ; ; the Freshman S. C. A. This has | brought about much rising interest, 1 and we intend to bring better and more interesting program.—so every- ; body come. The S. C. A. had some- j thing for you and we know that you ' have something for the S. C. A. C. A. LEA Phone 777 Bus and Taxi Service Call 777 For Quick, Dependable Taxi Service To and From Burlingt n And Elsewhere West Front Street Burlington, N. C. / An Elon All-Star basketball team defeated Associated Transport of Burlington, 24-21, Wednesday night on the Fairchild Recreation court in Burlington. Paced by the sharp shooting of “Big” Bob Lee, and the fine defensive play of Davis, and the play of Fred Register, the scrappy Elon squad were on the move the entire game. The line-ups: Pos.—Elon (24) F—Register, 10 F—Weston, 2 C—Lee, 8 G—Davis, 2 G—Howard, 2 Associated (21) Bacon, 12 Jones, 3 Sorrell, 1 Dixon, 1 Garrett, 4 HEY The Gang’s All Here Elon Soda Shop Have a Coca-Cola = Let’s be friendly ...a way to win a welcome wherever you go There’s friendliness in the simple phrase Have a “Coke”. It turns strangers into friends. In both hemispheres, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that reJreshes,—\xdLS become the high-sign of the good- hearted. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY Burlington Ceca-Cola Bottling Co.. Burlington, N. C. 3 u IS It*» natural for popular names to acquirc friendly abbrevia tions. T*hat*8 why you hear Coca'Cola called “Coke”.
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