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THE HILLTOP, MARS HILL COLLEGE. MARS HILL. NORTH CAROLINA.
April 24, 1946.
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Big Increase
Is Expected
DR. & MRS. R. L. MOORE
Fifty-two veterans have regis
tered during the current school
year and a greatly increased num
ber is anticipated for the Summer
and Fall sessions. Out of this
number eight have withdrawn.
Twenty-six of these men are for
mer Mars Hill students.
A glance at the service records
of these men will certainly be of
interest to all on the Hill now
and to many of the Alumni.
Those who have attended Mars
Hill previously are:
Ned P. Austin, Boone, N. C.—
16 months with United States
Army; attached to 137th Regi
ment of 35th Division; fought
with 3rd, 7th, and 9th Armies in
Europe. Prisoner of war for 25
days. .
Tom Brookshire, Taylorsville,
C. 30 months with United
States Army; attached to 158th
Combat Engineers; 21 months in
European theater; earned five
campaign stars from Normandy
to Germany.
George Buchanan, Estatoe, N.
C. 36 months with Army Air
Corps; 8 months in Mediterranean
theater as first pilot on a B-24;
attached to 15th Air Force.
I. E. Burnette, Jr., Mars Hill
c. 26 months with Army Air
Corps; in training as Aviation
Cadet.
Marion P. Cash, Belmont, N. C.
29 months with Army Air
Corps; 12 months in the Pacific
theater with the 7th Air Force.
Lyle W. Coffey, Waynesville,
]vj c. 13 months with Army Air
Corps; in training as Aviation
Cadet for bomber piolet on B-25’s.
George Cushwa, Roxboro, N. C.
36 months with United States
Army; attached to 511th Para
chute Infantry of the 11th Air
borne Division; 19 months in the
Pacific theater taking part in
New Guinea and Philippine cam
paigns; was with first airborne
unit to land in Japan.
J. C. Edwards, Mars Hill, N.
C. Information not available.
Harrison R. Fade, Kershaw, S.
C. 36 months with the Army Air
Forces; in American theater.
William Field, Horse Shoe, N.
C. 31 months with United States
/Vrmy; attached to 9th Infantry
Division; 8 months in European
theater; received Purple Heart
with cluster.
Bill Grimes, Newport News,
Va.—29 months with Army Air
Forces; 12 months in the Pacific
with 380th Bomb Group of 5th
Air Force; flew 41 missions as
radio operator on B-24; awarded
Air Medal with 3 clusters.
Quentin Harper, Rocky Mount
C.—46 months with United
States Navy; one year in the
Armed Guard aboard the S. S.
Toledo; later to the Pacific the
ater serving aboard the USS
Hydrographer.
Charles A. Harris, Morganton,
N. c.—36 months with United
States Army; 24 months in the
European theater; awarded Purple
heart.
Robert Lee Hendley, Wades-
boro, N. C.—36 months with
Army Air Forces; served in
American theater.
David Lucas, Monroe Hall, Va.
35 months with United States
Army; served 27 months with
831st Replacement Company in
North Africa, Malta, and Italy.
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At Mars Hill
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To The Alumni
During the forty-nine years I have been at Mars Hill
thousands of the finest young men and women have come,
tarried awhile for better training and guidance, and have gone
out to fill a worthy place in a busy and ^s
the far-flung battle lines, many carrying good news to lands
beyond the seas, and many more in varied pubhc and priva
relations have contributed to kingdom buUding. Few indeed
have made shipwreck of the hopes of their teachers and of
their own divine possibilities. n cori
It has been customary to make each commencement a sort
of homecoming. This year, in view of the larger plans °nd op
portunities, many times the usual nuinber of former students
Lculd return, and let us at the altar of common unity arid fel-
JwJhip pledge our loyal and sacrificial effort thus ushermg in
a new day in Christian education. Note the date—May 3°-j346.
Invitations are being sent to every old student whose
we are able to secure. Come if possible, and many of
make it possible with a little sacrifice of tune and money. If
you find iTimpossible to come, please write me telling more
^ Goi':h=Ubo“pr.=», to ^oo, vou po»onoUy and .o
share in the fellowship of the day. Sincerely,
R. L. Moore.
Samuel R. McGuire, Norton, N.
0 served with 90th Infanti'y
Regiment in the American the-
Elwood Orr, Rocky Mount, N.
0. 36 months with Army Air
Corps; served 29 months with
Army Airways Communication
System in the Pacific theater.
Donald Peninger, Mooresville,
N. c.—37 months with Army Air
Corps; attached to 2nd Air Force;
7 months in the Carribean the-
Charles Sams, Mars Hill, N. C.
—41 months with Army Air
Corps; served 12 months in Euro
pean theater; pilot on B-24’s;
awarded Air Medal with 5 clus
ters; one cluster for shooting
down enemy fighter (Me-109);
35 combat missions.
Edward Soo, New York, N. Y.
34 months with United States
Army; attached to the 45th Di
vision; 34 months in North Africa,
Italy, France, and Germany; took
part in landings in Anzio and
Casino.
Albert G. Wall, Mars Hill, N.
0. 30 months with United States
Army; 23 months in the Euro
pean theater; awarded the Purple
heart.
James A. Warren, Lenoir, N.
0.—33 months with Army Air
Corps; attached to 329th Air
Service Squadron; served 19
months in England, France, Bel
gium, Holland, and Germany.
Paul Wilson, Littleton, N. C.
33 months with Army Air
Corps; attached to the 13th Photo
Ren. Squadron of the 8th Air
Force; served 21 months in Euro
pean theater; awarded Presi
dential Unit Citation.
Thomas L. Wilson, Rock Hill
S. C.—30 months with United
States Navy; attached to 4th
Beach -Battalion, based in Saler
no; took part in the invasion of
Southern France; served in the
Pacific theater aboard USS
Gosper (APA 170).
Earl Clifton Winfree, Sum-
ferfield, N. C.—17 days with
United States Navy; rec
Medical Discharge.
Arthur E. Wood, Mars Hill, N.
0._21 months with Army Air
Corps; in training as Aviation
Cadet.
Those at Mars Hill for the first
time are:
Thomas L. Beatty, Cornelius,
N. C.—56 months with United
States Army; attached to C. C.
of 20th Engineering Battalion;
36 months in North Africa, Sicily,
England, France, Germany, Bel
gium, and Czechoslovakia; landed
“D” day in Africa, Sicily, and
Normandy; received battlefield
commission.
Andrew S. Burgess, Jr., Bur
lington, N. C.—35 months with
United States Army; attached to
104th Timberwolf Division of
413th Infantry; served in Eng
land, France, Belgium, Holland,
and Germany.
Albert A. Edwards, Rocky
Mount, N. C.—52 months with
Army Air Corps; Flight Engineer
on B-24’s; attached to Western
Training Command of the 2nd
Air Corps.
Don Edwards, Marshall, N. C.
—Information not available.
Paul Embler, Candler, N. C.—
Information not available.
Wiley L. Gouge, Jr., Asheville,
N. C.—11 months with United
States Army; attached to Me
chanical Calvalry Recon. Troop
of 88th Division.
Prank S. Heideck, Kensington,
Md.—10 months with United
States Army; attached to 489th
Automatic Weapon Battalion
AAA 4th Armored Division.
Albert H. Hodge, Kenly, N. C.
36 months with United States
Navy; 24 months in the Pacific
theater serving aboard USS LST
475; took part in invasion of New
Guinea and Philippines; landed
in Japan.
Thomas E. Howard, Charlotte,
C.—served 31 months overseas
with 331st Air Service Squadron;
with 9th Air Force in Egypt, 12th
Air Force in Tunis, and 15th Air
Force in Italy.
Mahlon B. Hughes, Jackson, N.
0. 48 months with United States
Army; attached to 248th General
Hospital for 30 months in the
Pacific theater.
David Jordan, Maiden, N. C.—
37 months with Army Air Corps;
flew 64 combat missions as engi
neer on a B-24; served 12 months
in Pacific theater; awarded Air
Medal with 3 clusters.
James Harold Knox, Davidson,
N. 0.—61 months with United
States Army; attached to 15th
F. A. Observation Battalion; 26
Still On The Hill
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time between Bible classes in the
new Charles M. Wall Science
Building, and her art studio in
Treat. Besides her regular art
classes, she is tutoring several
promising students privately. She
recently held a very successful
exhibition in her studio.
And then there’s “Pop” String-
field (1909-1911, 1917-). More
formally, he’s Preston Calvin
Stringfield, of the Education De
partment. In between psychology,
education and geometry classes,
he still serves as full-time college
photographer. His workshop re
mains a favorite gathering place
of students, where negatives,
photos, and philosophy are dis
tributed with equal good-humor.
Mrs. Nona Moore Roberts, a
member of the modern languages
department since 1919, may still
be found in McConnell Gym
nasium, dividing her time be
tween French grammar, seven
teenth century French drama, and
reports on her son David, who
will complete his first year in
the Navy, in July. Next to Cor
neille, Racine, and the subjunc
tive, David is her favorite topic.
He is now on an aircraft carrier
in the Pacific. Mr. O. E. Roberts,
athletic coach at Mars Hill for 22
years, is principal of the Mars ^
Hill High School.
Mrs. Cornelia Howell Vann,
head of the modern languages de
partment, is still across the hall
from Mrs. Roberts in the Span
ish room. She has been at Mais
Hill since 1920. Her outstanding
extra-curricular work is the Youth
Temperance Council, of which
she is State head. Her daughter,
Cornelia, is a student at the col
lege this year, and is outstanding
in dramatics and journalism.
Miss Bonnie Wengert (Speech, .
1917-1921, 1926), has gathered I
new laurels this Spring with her
Draniateers. A play which Mi?s
Wengert took to the Dramatics
Festival at Chapel Hill recently
took first place. She heads all
college-wide student productions-
Miss Martha Sinclair Diggers
(1922-1923, 1924-1925, 1926-)
remains as head of the Music De
partment. The only change in this
confirmed lover of the classics
is her recently developed flair fot
boogie-woogie, which she played
with the finesse of an expert at
a recent faculty fellowship hour-
Her sister. Miss Caroline Biggei^>
dean of women since 1936, still
appears around dusk with her
little warning bell, and, despit®
her traditionally unpleasant duties,
remains one of the most popular
officials on the campus.
John W. Huff, registrar and
professor of ancient languages. Is
in his twenty-second year at Mars
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months overseas in North Africa
and Italy; landed at Anzio beach- i^st summer bv th®
head.
Robert B. Lunsford, Roxboro,
N. C.—33 months with United
States Army; attached to 511th
Parachute Infantry of the 11th
Airborne Division; 16 months m
the Pacific theater taking par
New Guinea and Philippine
campaigns.
Norman W. Ly
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months aboard USS
the Carribean theater
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UnSed Stale. Army ; .«ached to
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Richard Moore, Charlotte, N.
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Army; attached to 50th Army
Ground Force Band.
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saddened last summer by th®
death of their son, William 5-
Huff, on Iwo Jima.
John Angus McLeod (Mr. Mac)
a member of the English Depart'
ment since 1924, is still the chin'
stroking, sage philosopher-humoh
ist of the campus. Mr. Mac sti'
carries on his famously-inforiiiii^
creative writing class, along wii^^
freshman and sophomore Engli-'"
classes. Mrs. Mac, teacher
freshman English, is still her
sent-minded husband’s Man Fii
day. !
Dr. Ella Janet Pierce, Ma>J ¥
Hill s fashion plate, is finishiij MjQl
her twenty-first year on the ca”
pus. The thoroughness with whij Th
she essays to do all of her nunm launc
ous tasks makes her perhaps tj on Si
usiest figure on the campus. S the g
still comes to meals late, her cu missei
bobbi -
Sp;
og apologetically. And
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