Taylor Bros. ’Phone
Parents From Japan
It was 2 a.m. at the T. R. (Buster)
Taylor home on Washburn avenue, in
^Pray. Mr. Taylor was at work on the
third shift. The telephone rang and
Taylor awoke and ran to the
Phone without turning on a light.
The call was from Japan. The Tay
lors two sons in service had met and
^ere calling home. S/Sgt. Aubrey M.
Taylor of the Marines, stationed at
McGill Field in Japan, and A/2c Lon-
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^/2c Lonzie D. Taylor, left
and S/Sgt. Aubrey M. Taylor
Reunion in Japan
D. Taylor who had just left Indo-
*“hina, talked with their mother for
several minutes. They told her they had
^ot been able to write lately so they
arranged to telephone.
The boys said they were well and
doing fine and they inquired about
''arious friends and relatives. They
®®Pecially wanted to hear about their
l^sther and their two grandmothers,
John Taylor and Mrs W. L. Chand-
both of Spray.
IWrs. Taylor (Carrie) said the call
'^arne through clearly and without in
terruption. She said her main impres-
sion was “how beautiful their voices
®°unded to me.” She was overcome
'''ith excitement once and her third
Son, Wallace, 14, took over the phone.
In Indo-China
Mrs. Taylor said the call was particu-
^rly welcomed since the parents had
^ot heard from Lonzie in many weeks.
explained that he had been “pretty
°^sy” as one of the first 200 U. S. Air
orce technicians flown into Indo-
*“hina some time ago.
, The parents learned their sons had
“®en in communication with one other
*'®cently and when Lonzie went to Ja-
from Indo-China he looked up his
brother and they were given special
f'^sses for a four-day visit together.
, Aubrey volunteered for the Marines
1949 and was in Korea during the
^pstilities there. He since has travelled
''•rtually around the world. He plans
° make a career of the Marines and
Monday, august 2, 1954
expects to return to Camp Lejeune in
the late spring of 1955.
Lonzie, who is married to the former
Miss Marie Clark of Martinsville, Va.,
graduated from Leaksville high school
in 1951 and volunteered for the Air
Force in July 1952. After his service
in Indo-China he was stationed briefly
in Japan and is now in the Philippines.
He enlisted for four years and expects
to be back in the States next March.
Telephone Changes
In your Fieldcrest directory, the Do
mestics Designing Dept., J. B. Lamar
and Allen Bobbitt are listed at 7316.
Please mark your book to show that
they may now be reached through
either 7316 or 7314.
“A man who’s been growling all day
is mighty apt to feel dog-tired at night.”
REMODELING JOB—Members of the Bedspread-Karastan Plant Service Dept, are
shown taking down the piping in the former boiler room which is being remodeled
to make room for a new continuous scouring unit to be installed at the Karastan rug
mill. Charles Hall, mechanic, is using a blowtorch to cut the header of the
boiler which was removed several years ago. Standing on ladder is S, S. Burgart,
second hand, while L. O. Fulcher, foreman, is at lower left.