Andrews Boy
Member ATC Now
Celebrating Its
First Birthdav
w
An A r Trans por Command
Basf in England Trans-ocean
transport yesterday's great vision
of the future i> today's humdrum
reality.
T. s European D'-wsion. USAAF
Air Transport Command base on
England's rugged Southern coast
? pa:t of the worldwide ATC
chain linking na-vris in minutes,
continents in hours is celebrat
ing its first birthdav Yet already
it fuctions w : :2i tlu' precision of
a railroad dispa:? er's office
And one of its members s
S Sri. Joe C H >n son of Mrs
Ethel H H f\ \n.;:ews. N C
who is presently uef clerk and
medical technician in the Flig.it
Surgeon office of this bast-.
You get a pretty good idea of
a typical day 's operations from the
control tower a* op the adminis
tration building. It ^ before dawn
and a squadron of B-26s are ex
pected in from the U'nr >d State
momentarily
Sudden'.;; there a single speck
against a ripping red horizon
Then there are >ix or eight. A
distant drone tomes gradually
louder. Soon, as fingers of yellow
sunlight streak across the sky.
the first plane circles the field, j
It comes to a graceful stop on
the concrete run-way.
A few minutes later the second I
plane, wheeling overhead, finds
a place on another runway. One
after another they all settle to
the ground.
Inside the administration build
ing below things o>me alive. Medi
cal. Intelligence. Traffic Officer
customs men. guards, all buzz into
action. Around are gathered the
pilots and newly arrived passeng
ers. In the freight office the car
go is hauled in and checked. All
movement is methodic. There is
little bustle and no excitement.
After a while, one by one. the
jeeps in front ol the administra
tion bu'lding peel off. The new
comers are away to a hot break
fast at the hotel.
It's just about the same on the
evening shuttle run" to Africa.
A group of pilots gather in the
briefing room Passengers finish
their processing in the "Transient
Office". Then all step into planes
a armed up and waiting. And
.. ey re away. If a few pairs of
eyes follow a plane soaring up
wards. they do so as casually as
they would mark a railroad train
[ leaving a depot
It all comes off simply. Rich
man around the field works easily.
. L:ke a graceful outfielder pulling
clown a pop fly Mention "smooth
going!** or ? co-ordination!" I
to the Operations Officer and he;
would probably brush it off with ;
a word "Routine".
That sounds t air enough. Until
' i he idea of it all really hits you.
Cracky" That freight they un
loaded so casually this morning
was a apped up in Detroit lust
- v sterciay afternoon. Half a
world aw a ' Those two gens
u :m stepped into . e plane tonight
?. ith all the agitation of a man
aking a bus ? work they'll
eep to'Ku.: ? ? wake tomorrow
and of mosques and Arab.>!
And it ?> idventure. all tub?
:ne : ..ing pit : t;. wonderful? Not
?lie way they ell it here. It's
I just ?Routine'
Yt'sterciay .t was an event for
? le newspaper headlines. Today
> an everyday military pro
cedure.
The past 12 months has seen
many thousands of planes glide in
here from the flying fields of
America In tlu- same months Air
Transport Command pilots made
hundreds of hops over the 1800
m;ie "shuttle run".
Scores of VIP > ? Very Import
ant People ? poured through
ere Lik'- Eisenhower. Stimson.
F nee B. : :\.ar.i. Morgenthau.
Admiral Kan General Montgom
t ry General Smuts.
Critical par > documents, emer
ency .>uppl:e.>. aptured weapons,
have been flown in and out :o
reach :he;r u >a! n measured hours.
And it a!" comes off with the same
tranquil smoothness.
Who a r the men responsible
for the seemingly effortless opera
tions a tii'. - \\ rid airway cross
. Mds ' T. < airlines supplied sonxA
a 11. The Army brought to bear
. ? able f'.a.r for irgani/ation. But
!?0 per cent of : lit? men at this
I
Henn Theatre
ANDREWS, N. C.
Saturday, October 7
ROY ROGERS. In?
"SHYER SPllRS"
-Also
Chapter No. 4 "THE PHANTOM"
Admission 1 2c and 25c
L.ate Show Saturday 10:45
NOAl I BEERY. JR.. In
"WEEK END PASS"
Admission 1 2c and 35c
Sunday, October 8 Only
Jack Carson - Jane Wyman, In?
"MARE YOUR OWN BED"
? Also
Comedy "WHO'S HUGH"
Admission 1 2c and 35c
Monday - T uesday, October 9-10
George Murphy - Ginny Simms, In ?
"BROADWAY RHYTHM"
(In Technicolor)
?Also ?
COMEDY and NEWS
Admission 1 2c and 35c
Wednesday, October 1 I
Gale Patrick - Nancy Kelly, In?
"WOMEN IN BONDAGE"
?Also ?
Chapter No. I I "FLYING CADETS"
Comedy LUCKY COWBOY
Admission I 2c and 35c
Thursday - Friday, October 12-13
JOHN WAYNE, In?
"IN OLD OKLAHOMA"
? Also
LATEST NEWS
Admission 1 2c and 35c
base ? enlisted and officers- are
salesmen, school teachcrs. mer
chants. farmers, truckdrivers. Just
j a slice of America.
Over the past 12 montlu hund
reds of men have arrived here.
Some from other divisions of the
Air Transport Command, some
from or her bases of the European
Division which has delivered
i mare aircraft and transported 1
! more strategic cargoes than any J
airline operation in 'he world, j
Many came from o:her commands
with no operational experience ar j
'ail.
Bu: wherever they came from,
these men tackled t. job of build
iiu' tins terminus in typical Amen- ;
can fashion briskly, efficiently.
Today, as you get about down
here, an idea may dawn on you. I
Routine well, another name j
for routine is well-trained people
Or call it guys with "know how", ,
01 who take pains, or however
yc n want to put it.
Anyway, after you've dug into
the workings of this place a bit
you'll find yourself thinking- -- 1
'That's it!" [|
Upper Peachtree
Sunday school attendance was
^ood Sunday. Some of the sing
ers attended the convention at
Hayesville Sunday
Mrs. Math Leatherwood and
daughter. Lory, were dinner
quests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs
J. W. Barker.
Freddie Lunsford spent Satur
day night with Eunice Lunsford.
Gene Curtis spen: a night last
week with Lory Leatherwood.
Misses Charlotte Sallie. and
Evelyn Thomasson spent Tuesday
with their sister. Mrs. Loy Luns
ford.
Mrs. D. E. Griffith visited Mrs.
J W. Barker Saturday night.
There wil bo singing at the
, Inirch Saturday night. Everybody
i.> invited.
Mrs. Calvin Lunsford spent
F . day afternoon with Mrs. John
Curtis.
Mrs. Ferd Moore and Francis
Moore spent the week-end with
their sister. Mrs. J. D. Galloway
cl Cop peril ill. Tenn.
Mrs. Burt Gregory of Andrews
spent the past week with her sis
ter. Mrs. C. J. Lunsford.
People are harvesting their feed
here.
LITTLE
BRASSTOWN
Charlie Carringer of Martin
Crevk v sited relatives at Br ass -
? . wn Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burch field
of Gasionia visited their daugh
ter. Mrs. W. O. Crisp and family
li: st week.
Geon: 1 Crisp has returned to
G i .ou: i where he is now employ
ed
Guv Crisp and family of Hay
i-sv;Ile vi>i .d his parents. Mr. anc!
Mrs. \V. O. Crisp last week.
Rt \. and Mrs. Carl Cunning
ham \ .-ited Mrs. Margaret Car
nngi " at Martins Creek last week
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Carroll of
Grape Civek visited Mrs. Carroll's
parent Mr and Mrs. A. H. Stal
cup.
Mis. Wade Wilson visited Mrs.
Roscoe Hughes Saturday. i
Mary Joe Elliott of Canton spent |
Saturday night at home.
Dillard Carringer and J. V.
$ Hogan visited at Pin Hook Friday.
Mrs. Wade Wilson and family
spent Sunday with her mother.
Mrs. B. H. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Burchfield
of Gastonia visited friends in
Pin Hook last Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hughes of I
Bellview visited Mr. and Mrs. A. I
H. Stalcup Sunday.
Shuler Creek
Miss Bonnell Marrow of Coker
I Creek, Tenn., spent the past week
\Y i t h her sister, Mrs. Hobert Cole.
Dave Bryson of Kinston. Tenn..
visited his sister. Mrs. Lottie Cog
| dill. Sunday.
The Rev. G. M. Hollenhead fill
>ed his regular appointment here
Sunday night.
Misses Alma and Betty Newman
I were guests of Miss Rabble Cole.
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Marrow
and family of Ducktown. Tenn.,
Spent Saturday night with Mr.
and Mrs. Burt McBrayer.
James Parmer visited friends
| and relatives of Unaka last week.
Ernest Wilcox was the Sunday
| guest of Hoyet Cole.
Misses Sadie and Alene Marrow
I visited Miss Josephine Parmer,
I Sunday.
Harding Parmer was the guest
| of Calvin Newman Sunday.
Mrs. Hobert Cole and small
daughter. Thelma Jean, spent
Monday night with Mr. and Mrs.
Clifford Marrow of Ducktown.
Tenn.
Murphy Men At
KeDistribution
Station, Miami |
Miami Beach. Fla Pvt. C. ar- 1
! lie H. Haigler. 28 son of Mr and
Mrs B H. Haigler of Murphy. N.
C\. and Pvt. Carl Brooks. 28. hus
band of Mrs. Jewel Brooks of Mur- 1
phy. N. C . have returned from ,
service outside ih continental '
United States and are now being
processed through the Army
Ground and Sen-ice Forces Redis
tribution Station in Miami Beach,
where their next assignment will
be determined.
Pvt. Brooks served 8 months as
a rifleman in the European the
ater of operations While there
he was awarded the Purple Heart
for wounds received in combat
and the European campaign rib
bon.
He became a member of the
Armed Forces on Sept. 30. 1942
Pvt. Haigler served 7 months as
a rifleman in t < European the- ,
ater of operation Before enter
ing the service Pvt. Haigler was I
o farmer and a painter. He be
came a member of t . e Armed
Forces in Sept. 194 J.
Army Ground and Service
Forces Redistribution Stations are
located in various parts of the
United States. Military person
nel returning from overseas are
processed through, these stations
before assignment to military or
ganizations and installations with
in the United States.
During the period that return
ees stay at an Army Ground and t
Service Forces Redistribution Sta
tion. they are given a painstaking ,
occupational and physical classi- j
fication as well as physical and '
dental reconditioning together
with various lectures designed to '
reorient men recently returned
trom combat areas. This process
ing is carried on without haste
pleasant surroundings conducive
to mental and pliysieal relaxation
The Wolf Creek A school open
ed with an enrollment of 32 and
there have been added five more,
making a total of 37. This is the
greatest- enrollment in this school
for a few years.
Mr. and Mrs. George Trantham
presented to the school a new
Bible for which the school is very
grateful.
Wolf Creek
Vengeance Creek
A revival has started here.
Everyone is invited to attend.
A Homecoming Day will be j
ht Id here October 1 at the church, j
Al1 singers are invited to attend, j
Mrs. Villa Dills and son. David, j
Mr.-. Nannie Louise Dills and j
daughter. Peggy, and George |
Greene visited relatives and j
friends here the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Hensley j
visited Mr. and Mrs. Kirb Ladd (
Thursday.
Mrs. Edd Martin and children. ;
Margie and Irene visited her par- j
ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lovin
good.
Pfc. Clayton Thompson spent j
i 10-day furlough with his par
ents. Mr. ana Mrs. John Thomp
Belleview
Mrs. Homer Rapt r was the guest
of Mrs. Edna Erwln one day las:
week.
Willie Givens has had success in
harvesting fall feed.
Tom Loudermilk and Sam
Hughes are harvesting feed.
Miss Bet tie Loudermilk has re
turned to her work at Mrs. Boyd
Ledfords.
Mrs. Donnie Robertson. Mrs.
EJna Erwin and children. Mr.
and Mrs. Willie Givens and chil
dren. Miss Syble Hughes, and Al
bert Morr:^, were guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Loudermilk Sun
day.
Rev. Henry Hughes preached an
interesting sermon at the Mocker
son church last Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. Heniy Hughes
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Jim Reid Sunday.
Burt Robertson visited his son
Elton Robertson of Georgia last
week.
Miss Winona Hughes and moth
er. Lassie Hughes, made a business
trip to Murphy last week.
Alfalfa in North Carolina aver
ages 1.9 tons per acre, or more
than twice the yield of other tame
hays. Some growers will double
the average yield of alfalfa this
year.
son.
Harlus Clark, visited Mr. and ,
Mrs. -H. A. Rogers. Sr.. Sunday. I
James Puett was the Saturday
and Sunday guest of Dewitt Kim
sey.
Mrs. Brunei* Lunsford visited !
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Lunsford
Sunday.
PATRICK
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Picklesunj,
of Turtle town. Tenn., were the
guests of his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Picklesimer, Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Omer Croft and
children of Farner were the guesu
of Mr and Mrs. Lee Horton Satur
Cay night
Mr and Mrs. J. K. Barnes and
children were the truests of Mr
and Mrs Bige Taylor Sunday.
J. A. Picklesimer was the guess
cf John Picklesimer Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Williams?
was Pleasant Hill visitors Sunday.
Miss Marie Croft of Farner *as
the guest of Miss Hoy Horton
Saturday night.
Charlie Boring was the dinner
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Geaver
, ne day last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hayes ot
Farner have moved in our section.
Miss Grace Hamby ol Duck
town and Mrs. Bonnie Quinn ot
Vests were the guests of their
mother, Mrs. Mary Hamby. re
cently.
Mrs Mammie Smith and baby
of Cincinnati. Ohio, have returned
home after visiting relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. J O. Croft. Jr.,
and baby of Farner were euests
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Horton last
week.
Roy Worley who was injured in
a truck wreck recently has return
ed to his home here from the
Petrie hospital at Murphy.
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Cold Preparations as ^directed
AFTER a war baby's born, after the mother
gets home, that's when the problems start.
The mother may need additional care. Certainly
the baby will. The mother may have to return
to her job? and what will she do with the baby?
Actually, all these problems can be met and
solved? without cost to the mother? through
local community services. Services such as Well
Baby Clinics, Day Nurseries and Visiting
Nurses.
But these community services, already over
burdened with such work, do not have a magic
source of funds. They must depend on the
generosity of folks like yourself.
You're interested in your community. You're
interested in maintaining its general health.
As a member of that community, will you
shoulder part of today's responsibilities, along
with your neighbors?
The local services your contributions support
were here before the war; they will be con
tinued afterward? but their needs in wartime
have been greatly multiplied. Help them, won't
you, by giving to your Community War Fund?
What other contribution can you make that
will benefit so many people, in so many ways?.
Give generously to
YOUR COMMUNITY
WAR FUND
Representing the NATIONAL WAR FUND
! Columbia Marble Company
Marble, North Carolina
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