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POINT-CREST
MAY, 1945
NEWS OF OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN SERVICE
Theo Suggs Liberated i Horace Gore Killed
the Pre- : in
M/S(iT. WKSLKY IIL'TCHKNS, former third shift overseer
paratory Departiiient, is now stationed at Florence, 8. C., and is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. 15. I). Hutchens. Mr. B. I). Hutchens is an eniplojee of Hillcrest Throw-
ins C'onipan.v. «
I’VT JAMKS K. WINDHAM, fonner third sihift warp hanger of High Point
Weaving entered the service September 2, 1943. He went overseas June, 1944 and
is attached to Q.M. Trk. Co., somewhere in Cierniany.
PVT. OLIVER A. PICKETT, former third shift bobbin boy, is now some
where in the Pacific. While home on furlough recently he paid us a visit here at
the plant.
We were very happy to hear that
P\'t. Tlieo W. Suggs, who has been
reported missing in action, is now free
after having been interned as a prison
er of war in Germany.
'I'he old saying that everything hap
pens at once is true in this case, for
within a period of minutes recently,
his parents received three separate
! messages regarding his welfare,
j The first of these came as a tele-
I gram from the war department stating
that their son was a prisoner of the
I Germans. Shortly thereafter, the mail-
' man happened by with a post card
from Thco written on January 12th,
stating that he was in good health and
a German prison camp. In addi-
Excerpts From Service Men’s Letters
C. L. Misenheimer, former Com-1 ^ eURY, F 2/C:
inissary clerk, now serving somewhere! j “Point-Crest” every
in the South Pacific, writes, Gee, but where some Hillcrest or High; ho[°c I get home as quick as this letter
does”
tion to this, there was a letter in this
mail from the same source written just
a few days after Easter saying that the
American army had liberated him and
that he was hospitalized in France and
hoped to be home soon.
We quote ,a portion of this letter,
. . It surely was a happy Easter Mon
day for me—the Americans came in
about eight o’clock and boy, that was a
beautiful day. I have lost weight, from
167 to 122 pounds, but it won’t be
long now until I am fat again ... I
I get homesick once in a while. I got pgij^}- Weaving ex-employee became a
one of the mill papers yesterday and i,j j-ijis fight for freedom,
decided to sit down and^ write you peo- j j j^j^qw you are all proud of those
pie a word of thanks.—I’ve been seeing ^re doing such a wonderful
a lot of interesting things out here and | ^^g proud of you
have several souvenirs. I cant tell you ^^gj. home, too. We appreciate
just
pretty
before
vou. Gee, but I am sure waiting for ^jgg^ {.^g hack home.
We share the sentiments expressed
ir* the sentence above and look forward
to seeing I'heo soon.
Briles Wins Air Medal
W'
could accomplish nothing.
I'OM HILL, S 2/C:
It sure doesn’t seem like a year si.’ce
the first copy of “Point-Crest” can'f:
the mui . (?r. done or is doing. If only; off the press. I have kept all the copi'‘"'I‘^J^cph L. Briles tt- 1 n • i-
” of it sii^ce I came into the Navy andl'Vlrs. E. M. Bnles, route High Pomt,
that dav ’.
in a recent letter from Sgt. Maivin
D. Hepler, who is stationed at Liberal,
Kansas, l>e states, “Always I hear of
some to the community that
iii . (?r. done or is d(
all the business houses and manu
facturing plants would stick to the
fight as you have done, the men doing
the shooting would feel more gratitude
and determination. It seems that High
Point Weaving hasn’t slackened any
even to sending those morale building
letters and newspapers to each of the
men absent.” ^ _
Cpl. James Brown who is somewhere, always like it.
in Germany writes^ “I am now some-'
where in Germany and ha\'C been re
ceiving the “Point-Crest” regularly and i noticed in your letter of April 10
Headquarters, I'enth Air I'orce
Public Relations Office
U. S. Army, APO 216
IIOS. I'ENTH AIR FORCE IN
BURMA—Award of the Oak Leaf
Cluster to his Air Medal for Sgt.
22, son of Mr. and
PRIVATE (JOKE
have looked at them many times.
CHARLIE SCARBORO Al' FORT
BRAGG:
The Army is really a fine place to be.
Maybe it is a little early to be saying
I like the Army, but unless I find it a
N. C., has been announced by Major
General, Howard C. Davidson, com-
m;'Tiding general of the 10th Air Force.
S"t. Briles, a B-215 gunner with the
“Earthquakers”, the 12th Bomb Group
of the 10th, has completed $8 missions
over enemy territory since coming to
lot rougher than I have already, I willi^*’^]'^ Burma sev'cn months ago.
- - A graduate of Irnuty high school,
Briles was a spinner for the Hillercst
RANDALL WOODELL, SKV 2/C: Throwing Co., before entering
enjoy reading it very' much. I can tell i that you were going to give pins to the
from the paper that you are doin^ your
share toward the war effort. 1 he
“Purely Personal” column is my
favorite for it makes me feel right at
home.”
In a recent letter from Pvt. I'olger
C. McKinney, who is somewhere in
the Pacific, he states, “I received the
“Point-Crest” and sure enjoyed read- CPL. CHARLF.S CRAF'I' IN
ing it. It really helps a guy out here to PACIFIC:
hear from liome and his friends and all | I am glad to hear of the men forni-
the boys he used to run around with I ing a softball team, and I wish both
and work with.”
We received a \ery interesting letter
employees who had been there five
years. Seems like a good idea.
Your letters are really enjoyed in this
corner, and as for the paper—it’s super.
Since I don’t take the paper from
home, you supply me with practically
all the news.
'I'HE
ser\ice months ago.
Word was recei\ed here Sunday,
April 29th by Mrs. Ruby Elkes Gore
that her husband, Pvt. Ilorace Gore
was killed in action on April 13th in
Italy. Horacc was ser\'ing with an arm
ored task force at the time of his death.
He left for the service on September
16th, 1940, with the National Guard.
After serving a year in the States, he
was discharged and then afU/.'-^Pearl
Harbor was inducted into tl'/iQ %nlar
army. Then he was sent to Irinidad
and ser\'ed there more than 2 years. On
I returning to the States, he was sent to
Fort Sill, Oklahoma, then oii Lu CduxiJ
Chaffey, Arkansas. From there he was
sent to Italy in March of this year. His
last furlough home was in Jj’^Jiuary
when his brother was repor, Py miss
ing in action, but his brother jater
found in a prison camp.
Horace was employed in the Warp
Department as service man.
We wish to extend our sympathy to
his wife. Ruby and his parents and may
our Creator guide and sustain them
in their hour of sorrow.
He served with General Hodges
First Army in France, Belgium, and
the I Germany. He was a former beamer
helper here.
Army-Navy Meet In Commissary
from Cpl. Jerry P. Slawter recently
who is somewhere in Germany, and in
commenting on receiving the “Point-
Crest”, he states, “Only yesterday I
received my March issue of the “Point-
Crest” and I have read every column
with interest. Not only does it bring
to me the local plant news, it also
gives me recent information about
other friends in the service who are
serving in the many theaters of opera
tions and with whom I have no cor
respondence. I would like to say hello
to everj'one, especially to those in the
'Phrowing Department who remember
me. All is fine with me and I hope to
be seeing you soon.”
teams success and hope that both
teams will come out on top of the
league. Softball is the favorite sport
over here. We have several Inter-eom-
pany teams and one team that plays in
the Island leagues. They have been
very successful so far.
PEG. CHARLIE PARSONS writes
from the Philippines: “I was talking
to a native girl a few days ago and
asked her where she managed to find
such nice silk over here to make
dresses, and she said it was made out
of a discarded parachute; so you can
sec that they arc still good after hit
ting the ground. I see and use products
made by Burlington Mills over here
every day.”
Our former first and second shift Commissary clerks, Pvt. Paul Men-
dejihall and Carl Misenheimer, S/lc., at Hig^h Point Weaving, recently paid
us a visit and are pictured here at their old job. Both men have reported
back to duty which will probably carry them to scenes of action. '
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