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November 22, 1943 THE MILL WHISTLE Five ON THE JOB FOR UNCLE SAM A Corner For Our Boys in the Armed Forces. BROTHERS BROTHERS: The fcur soldiers jhown above are sons of C. . erguson, of Leaksville, and the late Mrs. Ferguson, and brothers of Mrs. Harold F_ Matthews of the Bleachery. From left to right are: CpI. Walter R., Pvt. Coy H., Pvt Russell J., and Pvt. James E. Ferguson. Waller i-3 at Camp Chaffee, Coy m Pacific, Russell is at B.T.C. No. 4, Greensboro, and James at Fort Custer, Mich. W. B. Combs, 5 3/c, is a son of VIr. and Mrs. Jas- oer Combs, Draper. Brantley has been )ver-3eas about six •nonths and is now ;omewhere in the 'Jorth Africa area, your host of friends ;end you their wish- 2s for the best of luck, sailor. Pvt. Thomas J. Warren, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. War ren, is now training at Grenier Field, N. H. (Is it cold up there, Thomas?) He worked in twisting department at the Rayon Mill and the lads over there send you best wishes, Thomas. V . . . — The smiling sailor ij Garnett Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith. Gar nett trained at Eainbridge, M d ., and is now station-] ed in Florida. (Wish we were, too). Be fore entering serv ice he was employ ed at the Finishing] Mill. V . . . — Pvt. Roy W. Hall writes us from out in Arizona and says h= likes it very well. The nearest town is 30 miles distant. Must be Icresome, Roy. He worked at Fieldale for four years be fore entering the service. Good luck, fellow. ^sm m COULD EE BAD ERROR A candidate recently began a review cf his accomplishments by tailing his audience: “Now, I am going to tax your memory—” “Gee whiz! Has it come to that? interruped the voice of a taxpayer in the rear of the hall. “There’s something odd about you Ihis morning,” said Hitler to Goering. “Yes— I know what it is. For the first time since I’ve know you, you have left off ycur medals.” Gosring looked down at his che-3t. “Great heavens:” he cried. “I forgot to take them off my pajamas.” The brothers shown above are sons of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Carter, of Leaks ville. Carl R. is a seaman second class, has been in the Navy over a year and is stationed at Norfolk, Va. He’s a for mer employee at the Bedspread Mill. Artis C., right, is A.M.M. 3/c, ha-3 been in service nearly nine months and is now in Jacksonville, Fla. Artis former, ly worked in shipping department of Karastan Rug Mill. V . . . — % Sgt. Melvin T. and Calvin R. Smith S 2/c, (1. to r.) are sons of Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Smith, of Spray. Melvin is now at home on 30-day furlough after spending 3% years in ths Panama Canal Zone. He’ll be stationed some where in the U. S. A. ■ Calvin also spent a short furlough at home recent ly. He’s been in service a little over fcur months, completing his training at Great Lakes and now is stationed at Little Creek, Va. V . . . — S 2/c E. Haywood Meeks, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. G. Meeks, of Spray, entered service shortly after grad uating from Lees- McRae college in June, 1943. He re. ceived his training at Bainbridge, Md., and recently spent a nine-day furlough at home.
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