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THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1981 i TTjT tli n j c Mather Thanks Dead Son For Providing Her Home OAKWOOD, Va. (* The mo ther of a Korean war hero said today her son paid with his life on the battle line to give his destitute family food, clothing and "the only home we've ever owned.” “Raymond was a good boy, who Just never had a chance in life,” said Mrs. Charge Gilmoip. "He would be happy to know we have this place.” ' The stout, 43-year-old woman rubbed work-worn. hands over her graying hair as she proudly sur veyed the white frame home-cafe grocery the family bought with $4,800 of her dead son’s SIO,OOO GI , insurance policy. “Now we can live like humans,” said Mrs. Gilmore, explaining that the remainder of the money would go to buy her children food and the school clothes that Raymond never had. Raymond, one of an invalid coal miner’s eight children, quit school in the sixth grade and trudged from this Cumberland Mountain mining hamlet as a stocky, ragged youth of 16 to “join up” so he might help his poverty-stricken family. FAMILY WAS HUNGRY He didn’t like seeing his five brothers and two sisteis hungry, his mother said, and he didn’t like the jokes schoolmates made about his tattered clothes. A few months later the army discovered Gilmore was only 16 and sent him home. But the sandy haired, blue-eyed, youth changed his first name to “Knots” and re enlisted. “Knots” Gilmore, 19, was fight ing on the Korean front last March when Communists charged his pla toon’s position. A hand grenade was tossed at the feet of two of his buddies. Gilmore grabbed it ,to throw it away, but the grenade ex ploded, killing him The army will send Gilmore's body home Sunday for burial with full military honors at nearby Rlchlands, Va. Col. William Hodes, ALWAYS IMPORTANT! GOOD EYESIGHT! H. M. SMITH OPTICIAN Dunn, N. C. ONLY WilKfix Point fIEEEnC OC ready-mixed IlirEKu CQ factory-matched DECORATOR COLORS in a trouble-free. one-coat interior slot finish ! - ' ' • ■ ■■' , m • TRUE DECORATOR'S FLAT . , . JBMUj tk NO SHINE, NO GLARE! • COMPLETELY TROUBLE-FREE EVEN FOR BEGINNERS! • PURE OIL-BASED ... NOT A /||| RUBBER-WATER MIXTURE! * / • SELF-PRIMING...GIVES REAL /^^|WWf|L/ ONE-COAT COVERAGE! /||| / Vi N NEfeV MIXING ...OR HL. > I ADDING! 1 Pfij | J • EASILY WASHABLE! - | , ,» . w, . ii.yuuin 93 wommme ram * vwoi one, —“".j the chief of the Virginia Military District, will present a posthumous i citation for the Distinguished Ser i vice Cross, the nation’s, second hlgh ’ est military award,-to the family. “He never had a chance,” said i Mrs. Gilmore tearfully. “I don’t 1 know what all this business about medals means. But I do know I had a good boy.” The elder Gilmore, who has been confined to a wheelchair for 10 years by a back injury, looked at his son’s smiling picture on the wall and said the presentation of the medal would take place in the home. “Raymond would want it that way . . . he’d be proud of this place.” Negro Leaders To Meet Soon Within about a month, City Manager Oliver O. Manning is planning to call a general meet ing of the. Leadership committees just appointed among the colored residents of Dunn in order to plan cpoperatlve activities .in communi ty betterment. The City Manager feels that- all of the problems of the communi ty can be better solved by cooper ation on the part of every citizen. Working through these commit tees, everyone will have a chance to share in solving community problems. For this reason, Mr. Manning urges all those interested in any of the problems, to get in touch with the committees in order to offer them ideas and help. The committees and their func tions are 'as follows: Street sign and house number ing committees, Chairman, John Brockington, C. C. Ray and D. T. Toon; Home beautification and JUDY GARLAND BACK ON STAGE SINGER-DANCER Judy Garland registers joy against a background of congratulatory telegrams in her dressing room at the Palace Theatre in New York where she made her “comeback” all over again. The actress shows no trace of the nervous exhaustion that sent her to a sanitarium for four days. Judy was greeted thunderously by a typical first-night audience at the former mecca of vaudeville. - (International) Mantle Says That He'll Do His Best COMMERCE, Okla. —(IF)— Mod est Mickey Mantle, who bettered even the dreams of youth by mak in gthe long jump between a Class C club and the New York Yankees in one hop, had another fairy-tale honor within reach to day. The 19-year-old was heir appar ent to the outfield spot once played by the great Joe DiMaggio. * “I sure hate tq see old Joe leaving the game,’’ he said. “It won’t seem the same without him around.” Told that Yankee manager Casey Stengel had named him a likely successor to Joe, Mantle replied, quietly: ’Til never begin to fill the shoes of Joe DiMaggio. All I can do is my best and I’ll sure give that.” garden club committee, Chairman, Mrs. E. L. Codrington, Mrs. Laura J Surles, Mrs. Petie Massey, Mrs. Fpnnie S. Dafford, Mrs. G. H. Led better, Mrs. M. J. Crowe, Mrs. Nina Baldwin and Mr. L. L.Culbreth. Recreational committee,' 1 Mrs. Mayme Hargrove, Chairman, Mrs. Eva M. Minter and Mrs. T. O. Sat terwhite church membership cam paign, Mrs. C. S. McLean, Chair man, Rev. A. M. Minter and West Smith; garbage and rat control committee. Professor C. C. pay, Chairman, John D. Culbreth and Samuel Rhodes; library committee. Miss W. E. Allen, Chairman and Mrs. Fronnie Thacker; safety and street light committee, R. W. Thacker, Chairman; Benjamin Smith and Dr C. B. Codrington. IS> DAILY RECORD. DUNK, M. & Cub's Phi Cavaretta Tells About Boseboll . And Manager's Views By ED FITE ’ (United Press Sports Writer) l DALLAS, Tex. —OH Phil Cav . aretta is a major league baseball manager without any particular philosophy about how his jOb should be done. 1 “I haven’t had enough experience to form one," says the young Chi [ cago Cubs’ playing boss who took i over late last season as Frankie Frisch moved out. r Os course, the 35-year-old Cav- • r aretta referred to his brief span , as a manager. For he’s been in baseball 17 years without ever be i ing outside the majors, breaking in i to the big time right out of high school. “I do know you have to handle ball players differently now than 1 back in the days when I was a ’ rookie.” he said. ‘‘The boys coming up are better educated and therefore more intel ' ligent Baseball playing is a busi ness with them and they’re trying so stay in at the top aa long as pos sible in order to command top money. “We don’t have as many ‘prob lem children’ and carouaers as the managers had to cope With in the years gone by. ; i r > “I don’t mean that baseball has turned into a ‘panty-waist’ gamp, however. The game is just being played smarter as a result of the better background of the players,” GAME' IS CLIPPING Cavaretta, however, i expressed some worry about the tendency, of football and basketball to crowd baseball into the background 'at many schools as wed as the ftwind ing supply of sandlpt players. He has some ideas of fightntg this decreasing interest in the game. . • . “I want to start an indoor base ball school here in Dallas for boys .between the ages of 11, and IS/’ he said. “That’s the age when' we qould plant the baseball bug in these youngsters and when they are most susceptible to absorbing the fundamentals of the game.” “I love kids, love to work with them,” he said, mentioning without a bit of chagrin that he had three of his own and that they all are girls. “I want to play as much as I can next season,” he said, “I got in 85 to 90 games last year and wound up hitting over .300 despite a back ailment , . . “We have a fine prospect coming up in Dee Fondy from Los Angeles, and Vm counting on him a lot at first base. . “But Tin going to be to playing condition just in case."' Respect For Thorpe, SPOKANE, wash! MI £ The Spokane- Athletic Round Table has Invited famed Indian athlete Jim Slwrpe to spend a free In, Spolfane at (he’ s4me Uihe Imp National Amateur Athletic Union ht«W* lWusa converttiion here. The AAU recently refused for thq eeoond time to return medals Thorpe wain in the 1913 Olympics. They said the great athlete had lost hit amateur standing by play inf aemfpre baseball. OH PEACE HONOR ROLL * Two totaote from this area, Ann T&rlimtoo of Dunn and Qleoe Pleasant* of Angler, were among the 48 students who attained the The «wtTjimj)E|^|||||i batM JU for Montreal ?v , - . I .*■ .1 I Everyone Appreciates Use- SHOP I They Convey Your Message FBIIB If BP BP Os Love Longer and Better. EARLY M ■ TBBinMHl''SSlc" 'mil .prices. * ' " | READY-TO-WEAR FOR THE MEN f AND GIFT DEPTS. JBL in your life : j (Second Floor) (Ist Floor) .T " | ONE RACK J Wings White Shirts S BMIh • Wings Sport Shirts ajid Jackets' 2 $lO 95 • Fruit-of-the-Loom White Shirts ... 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