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PVT. JAMES C. PHILLIPS, trai
?!*. .?: B" Company. 174th Infantry
Hejdac. intent Training Battalion,
C2ii>[. Hood. Tc.vas. cjuitlified as
Sharpshooter with the army's M-l
rifle, according to Lieut. Co!. Ea;>
W. Huntting. battalion commander
The course consisted of firing at 200,
300 and 500 y,::r<ii ;rs both slow and
sustained fire Hp if. the .-on of Mrs.
Huti-. Phillips of ZionviMc.
SGT. JOHN NY HOLLARS. son of
Mr. i?nd Mrs. !- H Hollars, of Baonr.
is si recent graduate of the school
for reconditioning instiuctors. at
Tor' Lewis, Wash., it .eas announc
ed fast .veek by Brig Gen. J. E.
Bayhs. commanding the medical
s.rainir.i; section of the fort Lewis
army service forces training center..
Sgt. Hollar's wife resides at 710 W.
Graham Street, Shelby, V C
Charlie Nichols Pron)o:ed
The pn ?motion of Charlie R, Nich
ols from Hie rank of private to pri
vate first class. w;> announced re
cently sc.t'iewii ?:<: in England"' by
Maj. Gen. H. .?, Knerr, commanding
auneral of iri. air service command.
U S. strategic air forces in Europe.
Pfc. Nichols a son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. F lYichols. of Deep Gup
PFC. GEORGE V. TOWNSEND.
?Hlanir/ivan, returning from 35:
months oversf ,'is in the Southwest
Pac;/ic theatre or' operations, arriv
? d 't Fort Bragg Not 1. prior to
visit ids home at Valic Cracis.
Pfc. Tywt!.?>rtd is being returned
to \h.s 'country under a rotation fur
? i- plan by which men and wom
. n w h. ? hnv served long tours of
tiutv rseas
PVT. DAVID E. WILSON has
mx- : P'. ndiifg a few days with his
par. I.".'. Mi and Mrs. J. H. Wilson
of Z'on-. itU He ha.- been located at
Ca:r.;j BUiriatnB. Fla:, and reports:
tor further duty to Kert George G
Mead:;. Mrf.
With "Gl-.osl" Corps
C orporal Clyde Towr.send of Bati
ste.' Ei's F:>pV _. is serving with:
Gen WalU-'i H Walker's XX
Ghi.'-i ' corps headquarters which j
i-peuriv nded the Third I.' S Amy's !
--
LEWIS WILSON, s 2c. U S
; Navy, is a patient in a Newport, K.
i. lava! hospital. where . I is said
his condition is improved. No (fe
; tails ixf his indisposition were jpvett
' in the If tt??r received by Mrs. Wil
son.
S-SGT. JOE I.'. COFFEY, J H . who
was tecently promoted to h is pre:; ?
j ent rank from that ot corpora! is
I nuw located at Camp Gmber. Oklu.
He is a son of Mr. and Mcs. 3. L.
Cot'fey of Liixon. and i; with the
42nd 'Rainbow) Infantry Division.
PFC. GEN? ISAACS, of North
Camp Hood, Texas, arrived Suhdny
lor u ten-day furlough at the home
of his parents, M; and Mrs. Don
Isaac? of Mabel.
PFC. LON WARREN., of Camp
Blandini: Fla.. is ;> visitor at the
home of his parents. Mr anil M is.
D. F. Waiter, a! Mabel
JOHN CRAVEN. Ch.C . USNK.
Columbia Theological Seminary, De
catur. Ga . is spending a 15-day
leave with his parents. Mr. and Mrs.
.1 K. Craven.
sensation?! drive across Fiance, it
was revealed recently.
Ir. iess than 15 days, Gen. Walker
!?.d his XX corps across six rivers
to liberate scores oi towns and cities,
iiiclv.dir.t: Cria.tres. Me kin. Mon'.er
au, Fontainebleau. Chateau Thierry.
Heims and Verdun.
The corps' speed was such that itv.
thrust tiiroitgh the Argohne Foies t
was a matter o; hours as compared
With several months required so
take these woods iri the lakt wai ?
DEAN A. MOP.ETZ. S-le. V. S.
Navy. has Served five weeks in New
Guinea and then moved on to the
Admiralty Islands Whet' ? he is at
the present. H<- writes: i wish you
could hear the natives talk. T1 e.ie
people seem so funny when they
talk to uii. There is plenty ol' veec
tailon here inciudini; roeoanat
trees. He .s the son of M.- and
Mrs. Waitei S. Ai iretz. of Dcol;
Gap.
COLONEL CLYDE C. MILLER
has rephrled to Miami. Fla., for fur
ther assignment with the army aft
er spending a week with his broth
ers. Messrs W S. Miller of Todd:
M S. Miller, .e" Route 2. and a sis
ter. Mrs. Lvlljan Hopkins, of Boone.
Col. Miller, who graduated from tin
Phone 1?C Boone, N. C.
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CECIL B. DeMILLE'S ALL
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"THE KING
OF KINGS"
(The Life Of Christ) j
?iir
r- .': ;. j;, - I
University <>( North Carolina in l
1917. was commWEiened a second)
lieutenant and j>arUc:i>stM In the |
! defeat of the Gerojjm armies; wasj
[reraliert into service U.o and a half ;
years aso. and since that time has 1
Uifcci: on active duty in Uk Pactfit;
? ?p,ir. Cdl. Miller holds the; highest !
: rank, so far as is kno.vn. c? any ?
Watauear. in thy person! war.
CPU MILTON W. MORETZ. of
Laxoj,. h;.s arrived safely in Eng
land, accord in ?; t'> word reaching
his wife. He is a son o! Mr. and ;
Mrs. Lloyd MoivU, of Boone Route >
E l. and Ma liven in the airay f<>r the i
past 23 months- He is with an arm- '
oixd division.
TERRY NORRIS. A.S. Navy V-12.
Chape! H'.!!. N C. is spending a,
15-day leave with his parents, Mr. i
and Mrs Stuart Norris. Route 2.
Boone Mr Norris spent eight
months in the Pacific and sis
months in Atlantic service, before.
U-inK chosen to take advanced train- j
ing ?t the University.
JOHN A. SHEPHERD. AMM 3-c,
has returned to duty at Camp Beau
fort. S. C.. after spending a 10-dav
furlough with his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. M. L Shepherd of Boone.
WALTER RAY "shore, son of Mr
Miller Shore of Blowing Rock. N. C.
has recently boon promoted to the
rank >f First Sei^eaat. This is his;
third promotion since entering the
army in February 1944. lie is stat
ioned at the Aberdeen Proving i
Gr-mnds Aberdeen, Maryland.
"The Draft Dodger"
A poem entitled "The Draft Doris*
or." which was carried in the Demo
crat some months ago is still be
ing oh'ni'teci from time to time by
soldiers and others, no less than half
WALTER CLARK,
FIGHTING JUDGE
"Whyi ? benefit it would be to
vox nation ii every young lawyer,
yen.. and every young minister,!
v ouin ivr?< i In is i.niok.'"'- -The Meth
odist Christian Adveeate, Chicago, i
III. !
"ft w one tin' best and niostj
interesting biographies I tmye over '
tvad. " -C. C. Wychc. Unite, j Ss-atow 1
District Juilgts Columbia. S. C.
"The ;;t> k> is splendid and the j
subject matter i* inii'-rvsliiig |?om i
beginning u< mil . . Every lawyer j
in North Carolina and every other I
, eittsten o the state interested in its
; history ought to read (this) book."
?John J. Parker. United States Cir
run Judge.
i
;?
? . both easy to read and full ?%
of much of the history of the state. I \
Mr. Brooks has rendered a real serv
ice in giving us this book."? Born- j |
urd W Spilhnan. in Charily and i z
Children. 5
It is a thoroughly fine piece of I ?
work and deserves a place among ji
our great legal biographies." ? John ? ;
W. Davis, former Ambassador to the :
Cou:t of St. James. j
This, to me, is or.e ot the most =
; fascinating biographies ot recent'.;
; years. It is a jv.iniatui-e of North < r
| Carolina painted by an artist. The j ;
ciear, non-technical, non-legal style i :
carries the reader from one dram- j 5
: atic scene to another in the life nfjs
a man whose influence as a soldier, ; !
scholar, chief justice of his state z
: and champion of reform will last for | :
| ages." ? Ben R. Lacy, Jr., President ;
! Union Theological Seminary. 5
' " W e are grateful to Mr. Brooks ' ;
; for l-ecailing to our attention one of ' s
j the half dozen greatest jurists and ! ;
lone of the most interesting figures}:
' of the last generation." ? Henry i E
Commager, New York Herald Tri- , :
bune.
By AUBREY t.EE BROOKS I:
The University Press of North j ;
G*rt>liii? Press.
For Sale Bj
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tcai.-hcii thf- local newspaper. Silica
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sary by the publisher- to use the
matter again.
PFC. BRUCE E. NORRIS has ar
rived in France, according to word
reaching his mother. Mrs. Hoy Eg
jtors of Zionviiie.
??WHAT YOU WANT, BROTHER?'
Vou have plenty of wine, beer
and liquor.
Vou have plenty of trucks and gas
to haul your booze, and can nvike
all kinds of exhibitions.
You have plenty of ?.rime aivi
prostitution.
You have political bond held by
greedy iir-nds
You con'i have patched britches:
now. but you have a national debt
that '.v ill soon knock the whole seat
out of your WPA pants.
Iti 1 935S muthc-r rode the old cart
i o;-.d she had no folding money, but
| she had a sop. nud was happy when
' she patched his britches.
In IEM4 she rides the new cart
with plenty of folding money and
has no patching to do. but. she is
' sad and weeps with a broken heart.
: /or her dear boy that died on a i
I bloody battlefield five thousand '
miles from mother arid home.
What you waul, brother?
Want folding money. liquor,
i erime and a good time, regardless or ;
: national corroding and corruption'.'
Brother, where Uumv vision
the pvplc perish.
(!' i'(i for by a friend c>t God n
Bea-i'\ Bain Township?
To encourage the harvesting of
more seed, a purchase and loan uro
gram for winter cover wop seed
harvests in 1945 will be undertak
en by the Commodity Credit Corpo
ration and operate*! as in 1314
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