Couny Boy Survives
■Serteu? ^ j ■
Operations on Heart
Day, June 6, 1944. He was wounded
on June 11, and remained in a hos
pital in England for approximately
transfetEMOfl
X'hua.-y jD, and re
borns Thomas Taylor Given
Honorable Disrharpe
From the Arniv
(Robersonville Herald)
After undergoing two major tner
ation. on his heart to xtricato
shrapnel, Louis Thomas Taylor, son
of Sam Taylor, returned home last
month after receiving an honorable
discharge from the U, S. Arno
Tuyioz was in the second division
to hit tl
turned home February 8th.
The first operation did not prove
^UoCCsefu! but when Major llarhin,
a surgeon from New York State did
the last and final operation, he re
moved the shrapnel which is now
a proud possession of Taylor. It is
considered one of the most delicate
end most dangerous of all opera
tions that are being performed by
the hundreds daily by the surgeons
of the U. S. Medical Corps.
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do much work.” Taylor said yester
day. “They had io remove three
ribs in doing the operation. A mid
line incision was made on my chest
which curved to the left around and
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VISIT TO PARIS HIS REWARD
OFF TO "GAY PARSE" goes Sgt. William Cannon (right) of the U. S. 9th
Army, pictured at the front as he accepted the envious congratulations
of Sgt Jesse Weddle (left) of Frederick. Md.. and T/Sgt. Amil Seremet
of Lawrence, Mass. Sgt. Cannon earned his leave by making a bold
one-man reconnaissance of Nazi gun positions. He swam the ice
filled Roer River twice in doing the Job. (international)
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The news of the past week has
been encouraging in many v-nys, hut
it lias also been discouraging and
very saddening in some ways. To
enumerate all the happenings, both
good and bad, would be a long, ted
ious task, so we will try and cover
the highlights of both sides.
The war has been progressing very
favorably what with the Allies slow
ly hut surely squeezing Germany
below my heart.”
Young Taylor said he had the best
of attention while in the American
hospital in England. “Due to the ser
iousness of my wound and the deli
rate operation performed on me, the
doctors were most attentive and
paid my case all the attention possi
ble,” he said. Taylor also stated that
he was nursed by American girls
which meant so much to a soldier
wounded and critically ill in a for
eign country.
Private Taylor said he was un
conscious for seven hours after the
shrapnel pierced his heart. In de-|
scribing the battle on the Normandy |
beachhead he said.it was a “living!
hell.” “We were all scared and
frightened and even the chaplains
would shake from fear of being
blown to pieces. Many of the Am
ericaii boys would be so nervous i
they would scream and expose them
selves to the enemy. Many were shotj
this way, lie said. “You can't help
being afraid. I was so nervous many
times I would shake but it was to
your advantage to remain as calm
as possible.”
toward ultimate defeat and the Japs
■ setting the pounding and shellacking
that they richly deserve. We will win,
"l ca "ri.rr ' ut rcfneiftbc^-that it will
still lake a lot of time. Do everything
in your power to hasten this day of
victory bj continuing to buy bonds
and by keeping the production on
the home-front well over the top.
A tragii accident happened last
week when a bus loaded with poo-"
News From The Soil
{-oftserv^l.n\
—*—
A truck load of drainage tile, con
| sisting of 3.000 feet of four-inch tile,
was delivered to Mr. Clyde Williams’
farm, three miles south of Williams
ton, this week, Mr. Williams will use
1,000 feet of the tile, and his neigh
pie crashed through th“ railing of
! the bridge close to this camp. Whim
! our boys, who were in o; mp heard
of this, they immediat l> rent to. the
i scene of tfi? .iT'si'nT'Ti-i':' Vf, '
thmjf hrthi ir power' to :dp by get
ting the people out of tht bus and ,
transporting those who were more'
seriously hurt to the ho n tel. Kurt -
unate’y no deaths occuweJ in. Use
i accident. Tl.ahk God for ■ Every
i accident that happens hinders the
war: so please remember that most
accidents can be presented if a lit
tie more care is taken.
Two of our boys have left this
week to spend a well-earned fur
lough at home. Ffc. William Ilarker
is enjoying his in Lilly, Penns., with
his wife, and Pvt. “Red” Doeherty
is in New York City with his family.
These boys will bn' back next week.
Last week it was a hole in the
ground; today, where the hole was,
a church now stands. That is how a
crew of seven of our hoys spent their
time last week. The church is a mag
nificient structure, boys, and we are
proud of your work.
On Monday, March 5th, our ping
pong tournament was 'waught L- a
close, and our “champion” was de
termined. The1 two final contestants
were Pfc. Joseph Oldcrman and Pvt.
Ernie Schnieder. After three hc>1
pitched battles, the smoke lifted, and
Oldcrman was our charm,
gratulations, Joe, on a fin
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hors, A. W. VanNortwick and Clay
ton Bailey will use the balance of
the load. This tile will be laid under
iiUyt'i'r'-v:ion ot the local
iu in cooperation wits
Coastal Plain Soil Conservation Dis
trict.
Mr. Williams, Mr. VanNortwick
and Mr. Bailey laid tde last year in
cooperation with the Coastal Plain
Soil Conservation District and are
well pleased with the results.
Due to shortage of transportation
facilities, the delivery of tile is slow
this year. Nine truck loads, or ap
proximati Iv ,10,000 feet .have beer.
Cnnrdv fanag;.
thv y Most of tie orders vt*r.
placed or Novetribes f. 1944, and
only 12.000 feet have been delivered
to date.
TURKEY GROWERS
U. S. turkey growers plan to raise
about 39 1-2 million turkeys this
H or*1' nvore^an the
i record crop Of last year. There W&ft
6 per cent more breeder hens on
.January 1.
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| North Carolina. Martin County.
Having this day qualifed as ad
ministrator of the estate of A. H.
Hardison this is to notify all persons
j having claims against the said
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