This column is devoted to news of men serving their
country. Such news is solicited from parents and
Mends of these men. “Revenge Pearl Harbor.”
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J. B. Tucker has recently beer
i made acting Sergeant or Platoor
-leader of his group at Camp
Bladugg, Florida. He has been
’aa the army for the past two
months and is with the’-anti-tank
' Corps. KBs wile, the former Miss
Hazel Lyons, and two sons, Joe
^aad'Bcyan, xreside in Sparta.
Bert Oscar Evans writes
itis sister, Mrs. KilJ^r - Atwood,
Italy, saying that he is all
at he had been in Rome
had visited in St. Peter’s
Criftrdral “It is a beautiful city”
he writes. Pfc. Evans graduated
flam Sparta high school May 6,
IMS; and was inducted into the
Army the following day. He train
ad at Camp Shelby, Miss., and
Ht. Meade, M<L, and was ja?nt to
Africa in October. He was
I in Italy on February 12,
i able to return.to his corn
eleven days later. He has
in the battle of Italy since
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THBy Hardin, F 2-C, of the U. S.
Havy, is spending a leave here
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Jay Hardin. He will return to his
base at Philadelphia, Ba.
"Pfc. Meredith Earl Richardson,
'son of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Richard
son, of 'Whitehead, is spending a
furlough here with his wife and
other relatives. Pfc. Richardson
was recently graduated from the
Army Air Forces Flexible Gun
nery school, Laredo, Texas. He is
now qualified to take his place
as a member of a bomber combat
uea. Along with. his diploma,
Eflfc. Richardson received a pair
of Aerial Gunner's silver wings.
ML Bower Irwin writes from
Tftamse that he is well and feeling
'"fine. TRe has plenty to eat and
"•‘ewsaghsleep. France is a lot dif
tjJerert; "fimara Ireland, he relates,
and he likes it much better. The
people there are quite friendly
and would give the American sol
dier anything they have. "There
is a lot of rain and mud but we
are doing well just the same,"
Lt. Irwin writes. He also said that
he was proud of the boys he had
trained and who are with him
there in France; and he hopes
they will all be coming home
again soon.
Captain Charles Robbins re
cently notified his wife, the for
mer Miss Helen Maines, of Sparta,
that he has arrived safely some
where in England.
Pvt Gny C. Collins has notified
his wife, Mrs. Cleta Collins, that
he is now stationed in France.
Pvt. Collins entered the service
July 17, 1943, and received his
basic training at Aberdeen, Md.
After training in Greenville, Pa.,
he was transferred overseas to
England for five months.
Pfc. Ray C. Greene has recently
notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Greene, that he is now in
France. He was stationed in Eng
land for five months after going
overseas.
Pvt. Bruce E. Wyatt recently
notified his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. C. Wyatt, of Piney Creek, that
he had arrived safely somewhere
in England.
Woodie Cox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. James W. Cox, of Laurel
Springs, is a member of the new
class of future Army Air Forces
fighter pilots undergoing flight
training at the AAF Center Flying
Training Command pilot school at
Foster Field, Texas. At Foster
Field, student fliers receive in
struction in the fine points of
military flying, including precis
ion formation maneuvers, navaga
grandson
is spending
Four Oaks Tav
recently been de
the Air Medal in
War zone. Lt. Clendenin
in the New Guinea
November, 1943. Hi
promoted to first lieutenant, ti
entered the Army in 1942 an<
received his pilot’s wings at Arm;
airfield at Eagle Pass, Texas, ii
May, 1943, and was assigned t
a troop carrier command.
Bill Woodruff, Seaman 2-C, wh<
is stationed at Melbourne, Fla., i
| spending a leave with relative!
after completing his “boot” train
ing.
Marine Pfc. Lester W. Hoppers
son of Mrs. Myrtle Hoppers, 01
Stratford, has been graduated
from the Infantry and Browning
Automatic Rifle Section school al
Camp Pendleton, Oceanside, Cali
fornia. Pfc. Hoppers has com
pleted thorough training with the
B. A. R., M-l Garand and Carbine
rifles, hand grenades and anti
tank grenades and is well versed
in the use of the bayonet and
knife for jungle warfare. He will
be assigned to an infantry bat
talion. Before enlisting in the
Marines at Roanoke, Va., in July,
1944, Pfc. Hoppers was employed
as a clerk for the Norfolk and
Western Railway.
Aviation Cadet James Lewis
Wagoner, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Wagoner, of Sparta, haS
completed his pre-flight training
at Santa Ana, Calif., and has
arrived at the Rankin Aeronauti
cal Academy, Tulare, California,
where he will receive a ten weeks
course of primary flight training.
This academy is operated by J. G.
“Tex” Rankin, world champion
acrobatic pilot and a teacher of
flying for the past 25 years. Avia
tion Cadet Wagoner will train in
the same airplanes and under the
same instructors who has taught
many of America’s famous aces,
including Major Richard I. Bong,
the first American pilot to surpass
the record of Captain Eddie Rick
“nbacker by shooting down 27
Jap planes.
Sgt. Carlyle Anderson, of Win
ston-Salem and formerly of Alle
ghany county, writes his aunt,
Mrs. J. B. Caudill, that he is in
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M. Luther Aldridge, Seaman
2C, who is now somewhere in
New Guinea, entered the Navy
in November, 1943, and re
ceived his boot training at
Great Lakes, 111. He has been
overseas since February, 1944.
Seaman Aldridge, son of Mr.
and Mrs. A. L. Aldridge, of
Concord, is married to the for
mer Miss Pauline Reynolds,
of Glade Valley. Seaman and
Mrs. Aldridge have two chil
dren.
Aviation Cadet Harrell C.
Joines, son of Mr. and Mrs.
A. O. Joines, is now stationed
at the Naval Air Training
Center in Pensacola, Florida,
where he is receiving inter
mediate training. Upon com
pletion of the intensive course
at the “Annapolis of the Air,”
Cadet Joines will receive his
Navy wings and will be com
missioned an Ensign in the
Naval Reserve.
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Pvt. George Robert Redd,
son of Mrs. Verna Redd, of
Sparta, entered the service in
May, 1944, and is stationed at
Camp Croft. He writes that
he likes army life fine and to
tell all his friends, “hello.”
France and is getting along tine.
Sgt. Anderson took part in The
recent invasion.
Pvt. Norford Hall, formerly of
Washington, D. C-, who has been
overseas for the past 21 months,
writes his wife that he has been
in the hospital for the past month
but is getting along fine. He ex
pects to be home in the near
future. Pvt. Hall is married to
the former Miss Edith Caudill, of
Roaring Gap.
Pvt. Fred Roberts, who is sta
tioned somewhere in North Af
rica, writes that he is well and
to tell all his friends “hello.”
First Sgt. Robert C. Tilley, who
has been in the Army for the past
thirty years and who has been
stationed in almost every state in
the United States in addition to
six years spent in Panama, writes
his sister, Mrs. J. B. Caudill, that
he has arrived safely in England.
First Sgt. Tilley has not visited
in Alleghany for the past 20 years.
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Mildred Dancy, S-2C, Waves,
of Washington, D. C., recently
spent a seven-day furlough with
her'parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E.
Dancy, at Laurel Springs.
son of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Dancy, of Laurel
Springs, recently spent a week
end with his aunt, Mrs. James O'
Grady, of Chicago, 111 Mrs. O’
Grady was the former Miss Ail
een Dancy, of Laurel Springs.
Cpl. Dancy is stationed at Camp
Breckinridge, Ky.
Pvt Willard Beeves, who is
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .
Jack Reeves.
S.-Sft. Ray Beeves, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Lonnie Reeves, of Spar
ta, is now stationed somewhere in
Italy Sgi Reeves is a gunner of
a bomber squadron in the Air
Corps.
wrote his parents recently that he
lad been wounded in die Inva
sion and that he was now back in
England and was being well car
ed for. Cpl. Davis suffered a frac
tured left arm and leg. He has
been in the service for more than
three years and has been overseas
for the past two years. *
Auction Sale
Du Saturday, July 29
at 1:00 P. M.
at the E. E. Delp Farm near Piney Creek.
NINE MILES WEST OF SPARTA, I WILL OFFER FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST
BIDDER:
Seventeen Cows
THESE COWS ARE JERSEY AND GUERNSEY
3 ARE SEVEN AND EIGHT YEARS OLD.
14 ARE FIVE YEARS OLD.
13 ARE FRESH AND 4 ARE TO BE FRESH IN OCTOBER.
This is as good a herd of grade cows as there is in the county. They have been picked
and graded from others.
TERMS ARE TO BE ANNOUNCED *ON DAY OF SALE.
Roseoe Collins, Auctioneer.
E. E. DELP
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