Six
THE MILL WHISTLE
August 28, 1944
Facts and Fancies from Fieldale
Fieldale New»
By Faye P. Warren
Dear Servicemen and Friends:
News is really awful scarce but
maybe the small amount I have to tell
you this issue will be of some interest
to you. I hope so.
Erneot “Buck” Merriman, of the U.
S. Navy, .spent a short leave with his
wife last week-end.
Lawrence Wray of the U. S. Navy,
who has been in the Southwest Pacific
for several months, is spending a leave
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Wray. Incidentally, Mr. and Mrs.
Wray are the parents of six sons who
are in the services of Uncle Sam. The
other five sons and the branch of ser
vice of which they are a part are Pvt.
Clouzell T. Wray, of the Army Air
Corps, now stationed in England; Pfc.
Roy T. Wray, of the U. S. Navy, now
stationed in Italy; Audrey Wray, Sl/C,
of the Navy, is now somewhere in the
Southwest Pacific; Pvt. James H. Wray
of the U. S. Army, stationed at Fort
Sill, Okla.; Everett J. Wray, A/S, of
the Merchant Marine, who is stationed
in New York. Lawrence, the son who
is now visiting at home, was stationed
at Pearl Harbor when war was de
clared. Best wishes to you fellows.
Sherman Hale, of the U. S. Navy, re
turned last week from the Southwest
Pacific, after being in that zone for
several months. Seaman Hale was giv
en a medical discharge after serving
in the navy for 13 months.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Sawyers, of
Newport News, spent the week-end
with relatives and friends.
Miss Bessie Beheler, of Cleveland,
Ohio, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
H. E. Beheler, last week.
Earle Bullard, of the Navy, spent a
leave here last week with relatives
and friends.
Bill Harlowe returned home last
week from Sheepshead Bay, N. Y.
when he was given a medical discharge
from the Merchant Marines.
Cpl. Bernard “Pie Face” Griggs, of
Camp Breckenbridge, Ky., .spent a fur
lough here last week with relatives and
friends.
Pfc. and Mrs. Akens Fulcher an
nounce the birth of a son on August 5.
Eugene Arnold, of the U. S. Navy,
spent a leave here with his parents
recently.
Pvt. Ted Martin visited his mother
and other relatives for several days last
week.
Mrs. Robert Lee Morris, of Ports
mouth, spent several days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Perry, last
week.
Tommy Haynes, of the U. S. Navy,
spent last week-end with his parents
and friends.
Miss Edress Looney has returned to
Washington, D. C„ after spending a
week with her parents.
Raymond Purdy, of the U. S. Army,
better known to his friends as “Crank
shaft”, spent a furlough with relatives
here last week. Pvt. Purdy has been
in a foreign zone for the past two and
a half years.
Well fellows, it seems that’s about
all the news except the “Town Drag”,
so until next time may I say for ev
erybody back home, may God bless
you all. FAYE WARREN.
“TOWN DRAG”
Ruth Atkins seen walking up the
street with that fellow of hers.—Vir
ginia Compton getting her picture in
the Mill Whistle.—Emory Hundley and
all the insurance men standing on that
familiar corner every Thursday.—Na
than Harlowe taking a trip to Stanton.
•—Daisy Slaughter losing a bet to
George Merriman.—Pauline Merriman
observed walking to the post office.—
Mildred Fox and Margaret Few look
ing forward to becoming Navy nurses.
—Mary Turner and Marie Wade get
ting those packages from California.—
Rosella Cannaday taking that nice va
cation.—Mr. Ripple having a lot of
luck on that last fishing trip. Nice go
ing, Mr. Ripple; your luck seems to
have changed. — Albert Lyons buying
hamburgers.—Gaither Overby praising
that new paint job at the “Y”.—Coy
Campbell looking forward to that trip
to New York.—O. D. Fox’s pal, Otis,
visiting him last Saturday. — That
Fieldale officer, John Johnson, buying
wooden eggs. — Miss Mullins playing
another game of bridge.—Fieldale win
ning over Covington in last Saturday’s
game.—Mrs. R. I. Morris getting an air
mail letter from Ridgeway, Va. — Kyle
Perry taking that trip to Portsmouth
and Virginia Beach.—“Pieface” Griggs
still working crossword puzzles.
V . . . —
Brother Of Fieldale Man
Reported Killed In Action
It has been reported that Walter
Crawford, of Paston, South Carolina,
has been killed in action while engag
ed in combat in France. Pvt. Crawford
v/as 22 years of age and had served two
years in the Infantry and had been
located for the past twelve months in
England and France.
His brother, Samuel Crawford, has
been employed in the Hosiery Mill for
a number of years.
The fact that this soldier wore his
dogtag (identification number) over
hi-3 heart accounts for his being alive
today. He is Pfc. Joseph Carl Clark,
of Elon College, whose parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Clark, live in Fieldale. Three
sisters, Blanche, Mary, and Mrs. Harry
Martin, are employed in the Hosiery
Mill there. According to an account
in The Greensboro Daily News last
Sunday, Pfc. Clark was slightly wound
ed on July 4th in the fighting around
St. Lo. Returning to duty the same
day he was in active combat until
July 10th. But let him tell it:
“I had just received a letter from
my wife, Allene Young Clark. Out on
the battlefront the first thing we do
when we get a letter is to tear off the
address, so that in event of capture
by the enemy they will not be able to
identify our outfit.
“Well, just then something struck
me in the chest and knocked my
breath away. A medical soldier came
over, tore my shirt, and found a Ger
man bullet had just punctured the
flesh over my heart and was imbedded
there. But it would have gone through
me if it hadn’t been for the aluminum
dogtag I was wearing.”
Pfc. Clark is now in a hospital in
England but expects to be sent back
to active duty at any time now.
V . . . —
“And what is the first thing you do
when cleaning your rifle?” asked the
sergeant.
“Look at the number, sergeant,” re
plied the private, smartly.
“Look at the number,” snorted the
sergeant, in surprise. “Whatever for?”
“To make sure I don’t clean one for
some other guy.”
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