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Mr, and Mrs. Pa\il Cline of Lawndale, Route 2, announce the birth of a dau^ter, Cerecia Ann, on Thursday, June 7th. Mrs, Cline is the former Miss Mildred Lee Powell of Lawndale, Mr. and Mrs, Talmadge Ledford announce the birth of a son on Simday, May 20th, Mrs, Ifidford is the former Miss Beatrice Richards of Lawndale, ■K- ^ ^ : I ' I LOCAL BOYS UBERATED FROM GERMAN PRISON ^ . i % , .Pvt. Everett O^itey) McNeely has arrived at his home ne'ar Ljawndale after being a prisoner of the Germans since February 19A-3. V/hitey is an infantryman and was cap tured in the North African Campaign, since'then being confined at Stalag-2B. He sailed from France on/June 11th, making the homeward crossing in six days* Whitey was em ployed by the‘Cleveland Mill St Power. Company before his induction into the armed forces. Pvt, McNeely has one brother who lives here, ”Chelly".McNeely and one sister, who lives ne/ir here. Pvt, Newton Neely of Spindale has written his sisters that he has be^n liberated from a German prison Camp and hopes to be home real-soon. Prior to his induction in ‘ the Army Neely "irvas employed by Dr, Fred Falls, as manager of the Lawndale Drug Store. He was captured in Tunisia in FeSruiary 1943 and was liberated May 4, 1945 in a small village;near•the Baltic Sea. V/hile Neely is not a Lawndale boy, ho made a host of friends while he worked here, who will all bo happy to learn of his expected return to the-States in the near future. ‘ S/Sgt, Nathan Floyd of the Palm Tree Community has also arrived at his home after being a German prisoner for over two years. Sgt, Floyd worked for Cleveland Mill & Power Company prior to entering the Air Corps, The writer has not had the privilege of seeing Pvt, McNeely or Sgt, Floyd but feels that she speaks for the entire community v/hen we say in a groat big way, "Wel come ^ome," boys, wo*re awfully glad you're back and come by to see all of us - its been a '*long time, no see,'* as Charley the Chinaman would say.
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