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-ens of Orange County can ( Up with the new* from all the county by reading THE VS OF ORANGE COUNTY /ol. 59—No- 11 NEWS of Orange County Your Home Newspaper Servtng Orange County and Its Citizens Since 1895 Pot quick, proven buy, rent or get a fob by using the classified ads on page 7 ef THE NEWS of Orange County 1 ■ --- _ I,,-[-—-ITT' - - . ' . - - . jh r'CTj1 V ___ _ L ^ ____ HILLSBORO AND CHAPEL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 195* Priee: |a a Year; 5c Single Copy ’ Eight Pages This Week - [ANAGER? . . . Four years right along now Kerr Scott keeping the peo.ple guessing 0 who would' be his campaign I lager. inally he announced that he ild be his own manager. Then ig came Capus Way nick, as jociate manager.” diesis we miss our guess, Gov er Scott will do much of the lading of Hubert Olive’s cam rn. Scott-appointed Highway ltnissioner R. E. Earp of John County is, officially, tjhe rnan r for Judge Olive, and Abie rhurch is the publicity man. rever, since both of these fig 1 stepped' out of the Scott ad dstration to go with Olive, no y will be Surprised if the rernor calls the tune and,, if d be, gees on the air and takes stamp for Hubert Olive. —;-o OL1TICAL BAPTISTS. . .The fist Joint Committee on Pub Affairs announced' a few days that four of the mentioned didates for President are Bap s. They are Harry Truman, rolri Stassen, Senator Robert rr, and Senator Estes Kefauver. lalifornaa’s Governor Earl War i is regarded by the Baptists at least one-half Baptist, ised a‘ Methodist, die goes to ; Baptist church of his wife i daughters. since the Baiptists’ ’announce nt, Russell has become a can late for President. He is’also a ptist. - lobert Ta>ft and Douglas Mac thur are Episcopalians. Adlai ivenson is a Unitarian. Dwight wmhower was raised in the ethran in Christ Church, but now regarded as an “intensely igious” nonsectarian. Hubert Olive is a Baptist. Wil n\ Umstead is a Methodist. F:r SvOtt u TVcsbo left"« f> d'e R. Hoey is a Methodist, illis Smith is an Episcopalian. -o HAIRCUT . . . Last Thursday ternoon Supreme Court Justice imous Valentine of Nashville had Just finished getting a hair cut at a local barbershop. He doesn’t have much hair left—and what he does have is almost He looked in the mirror, turn ing his head this way and that as he felt around in his pocket for his money. It s a sight what old age will qo for you, isn’t it?” he 9aid, star ing straightway at himself. - You kn-cw, I used to have so much hair, it was ro thick on my scalp, that the boys called me ni'g gerhead. Now look at it. Oh—well, better get a Shoeshine”, said Justice Valentine as he prepared for another speaking engagement. S. — That same day, Judge William H. Bobbitt, of Charlotte, paid his filing fee as yet another candidate for the Supreme Court held by Valentine. -o SOMETHING NEW . . Abie Upchurch, publicity man for Hu bert Olive of Lexington knows he is blessed with a handsome cand idate. He plans to make good use of the silver, flowing mane, firm chin, and kindly eyes possessed by Gubernatorial Candidate Olive. No kidding, Olive is about as handsome as they come in their middle fifties. It’s going to cost money, .plenty of it. but Upchurch is figuring on putting his candi date bn the Greensboro and Char lotte' television stations around the first of May, - Note: Walker Martin, Lexing ton native who is making good in Raleigh as an electrical appliance distributor, may be bek of the, idea, In a few short years, he has made Walker Martin virtually a family work in North Carolina. He is the Sylvania television dis tributor for North Carolina and a leading Olive supporter. -o ALL OVER . . . With spring just around the corner, it seems to be getting warmer all around. Hubert Olive’s schedule eleas od last Friday calls for speeches this week before the Current Topics Club - at Rooky Mount: Tuesday, Civitan Club, High Pt; (Continued cn Page. ,) eague For Crippled Children Bunches Easter Seal Campaign The Annual Easter Seal Cam aign got under way In this, county uesday night when the Chapel ill Kiwanis Club mailed seals to lore than 5,000 residents of Chapel [ill. Seals will be mailed in Hills oro within a few days by the Ruri >n Club. A quota of $2,000 has been set >r Orange county for carrying on 'ork with crippled children. Local projects during the past ear have included: Sponsorship f a speech clinic for children i’ his locality; contribution toward clinic at Duke Hospital for con ulsives which serves patients in his area; purchase of special hoes for a crippled child; pur :hase of braces for another child: lelp in financing supervised rec eation for a chronically handi capped child. A percentage of the money collected locally goes to the state iffiee part of which is forwarded | m to national headquarters for j 'esearch and other uses. Dr. Kempton Jones is chairman >f the Orange County League Chap er. Contributions may be mailed 0 C. A, HoUck, Treasurer, P. O. Box 839, Chapel Hill. Fast Rites Held j For Tom Hastings HILLSBORO —-^Piifpral services for Pfc. Thomas J. Hastings, who died in Korea, were ! Wednesday from the Hill | Baptist Church of Hillshoro. with ; fhe Rev. J. w. Dittmar of Dur ham. the Rev. D. K. Christen herry, and the Rev. w. H. Ritten house of Hillsboro officiatin'*. In terment was in Hillsboro Ceme terv. Dfc. Hastings is survived bv hi« "'ife. Mrs. Dorothy S. Hactingc of Durham; mother and father. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Hastings of Hills boro: one brother, Bobby Hastings, of Hillsboro. Aetive pallbearers were F. P. Warren. Jr., T>. W. Porterfield, Leonard Wilson, Fuller Johns, Hil ton Pope qnd Milton Mincey. Honorary pallbearers were Her man Wilson, Thvight Walters, Hor ace Powell, Glenn Auman, G. A. Brown, CeeU Miller, Douglas Gates , BUI- Holloway, Craven Holowty, Claude Walker, John Bivins and members of his Sunday Sdbool. Wildlife Worker Talks To Members New Hope Grange At an open meeting of the New Hope Grange MarchnSth, some fifty members and visitors heard Win Donat of the Educational Di vision of the North Carolina Wild life Resources Commission, Ral eigh, speak on the need for the restoration and maintenance of farm game population and stress the importance of the development of suitable range for farm wild life Also present for the meeting was Donald .1. Hankla, District Biolo gist for the Wildlife Resources Commission- from. ..Burlington, who told the interested sportsmen and Grange .members some of the feed in" habits of our native wildlife and stated that the Wildlife Com mission distributed selected wild life food and cover plants to land TPthe'meetinTTt wat^ecTdeTf that the home improvement proj ect to be conducted by the organi sation would be carried out in the form of a contest to be sponsored bv Johnson - Strowd - Ward Com pany of Chapel Hill where first second and third prizes will be awarded the winners of the con test. Grange members appointed to work with Mrs. Kathryn H. Hamrick on this project w-ere Mrs. W. S. Nunn, and Elvin Cates. Three new' membership a,,Iica tions were submitted to the or ganization - Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Wilson and Roland Durham. Following the business session, a short period of recreation was led by Chris Cates, lecturer of the Grange. sss rehearsal LLSBORO — All members of Choral group of-Home Dem otion Clubs of Orange County urged to attend the dress re sal Sunday night March 16. ie Schley Grange HaU at*7.30 r in the final preparation for St Patrick's Day Program, h Will be held Monday night, :30 o’clock. f Garden Club’s Pilgrimage Plan Is Cancelled HILLSBORO — Mrs. George W. Gilmore, president of the Hillsboro Garden Club, announced yesterday that the A n n u a 1 Pilgrimage through the historic homes of Hills boro would not be held this year. Mrs. Gilmore said: It is with regret that the Hills-1 boro Garden Club finds it impos sible to have a Pilgrimage this year. The club appreciates the cooperation that it has received from the home owners and hopes that in the future a Pilgrimage worthy of the value of the historic homes can be organized. To those who have consented to open their homes this year we especially want to thank but we do not think that with so few homes open that a successful Pilgrimage could be put across.” Irish Songs Feature Program Of Choral Group HILLSBORO — A full evening of Irish and other songs will feature the St. Patrick’s Day Program to be presented by the Orange Coun ty Choral Group next Monday night at Schley Grange Hall at 8 o’clock under the direction of Mrs. Horace G. Bales. The Choral Group is composed of both a Men’s Chorus and Wom en’s Chorus and in addition to Irish songs, spirituals, songs of past wars, and old fashioned songs will also be included. The group is sponsored by the Home Demon stration Clubs of the county. Mrs. Joe N. Howard is the accompanist. Soloists on the program will in clude Charles N. Walker Jr., Miss Dorothy Parrish, Bobby ' Pariier, Sidney Green, ~Mrs. Bales, Mrs. Charles Mincey, Mrs. R. F. Fer rell and Miss Patsy Martin. More Zoning Board Members Are Asked Traffic Cases Predominant In County Court HILLSBORO — A wide variety of cases involving largely traffic offenses were disposed of this week in Orange County Court. The record included: Charlie Huffman, Public Drunk enness - 3ft days to jail: Owen Hicks, alias Pete Hicks, Driving Drunk - $100f and costs; Henry Stutts, Public Drunkenness -costs; Dan Pardue, Larceny - 18 months and pay $50 and costs. Suspended for two years on condition he pay fine and costs and not be convict ed or plead guilty to violating any law in any court; Freeman Jones Tilley, Reckless Driving - $35 fine and costs; Clyde McPherson, Pub lic Drunkenness - costs; Charlie Jackson Gamble, Expired opera tors license - Prayer for judgement continued on condition he pay costs., arntnot operate a motor vehicle u.n-_ til he obtains proper operators li cense; Orville Powers - Expired Operators license - $10 fine and costs; John W. May, using profane and indecent language on public highway - Prayer for judgment continued fo£- 6 months on condi tion he pay costs and be of good behavior; Eugene Womble - Sim ple Assault - $5 and costs and $3 for. use .and benefit of Edward Tucker; Thomas Tee Foster, Reck less Driving, $25 and costs; Louis Lunceford - Driving Drunk, $100 and costs. Appeal to Superior Court; i Louis N. Lunceford - Reckless Driving, costs; Henry Bostic, non support of illegitimate chil - NoJ Pros; Floyd Leonard Byrd, Driv ing after license revoked - 5200 fine and costs; Carl Hardld Wilier, Jr. - Improper Registration - Pray-! er for judgment continued for six I months on condition he not operate a motor vehicle within N. C. withj improper license; James William Lindley - Failing to dim lights, [Costs; Joseph Plummer Carnes - I Improper Equipment - costs; Theo | dore Marshall, speeding - $5 and costs; Grady A. Alston, $5 and costs for speeding; Joel Vinson Shelton - Speeding, Costs; James Doyle Cauble - Speeding, $5 and costs; Albert Coble Bennett, Speed ing - 510 and costs. Isham Sanders, Improper Equipment - 55 and costs; George C. Lynch, Expired I state license plates. Costs; Lenord | Melvin Wells, Speeding - $5 and costs; Birger M. Salberg - speed ing 510 and costs. Austin Bailey Rigsbee - Failing to stop at stop sign - $10 and costs; James Tal mage Lcng - Improper Equipment, $5 and cos s; Roy Thomas Cash - Reckless Driving - $25 and costs; Fannie M. Wagner - Failing to stop at stop sign - $5 and costs. James Wes ley Taylor - Speeding $5 and costs; William Jerome Talley, Speeding $5 and costs; Lionel A. Chalmers, Jr., Speeding $5 and costs; Wil liam E. Blackmon - Speeding, $1C and costs; Morris Lee Carter, Speeding, $15 and costs: Barton A Hickman - Speeding $15 and costs; Walter Hairson Williams - Speed ing $15 apd costs; William Nor man Hailey - Speeding $15 and and-costs; Charlie J. Greer, speed ing $10 and costs; Guy T. Daye - Failing to dim lights 55 and costs; Arthur Thorb - Overloading Axle Costs; Walter C. Elle'rbe - Failing to stop at stop sign - 510 and costs; John P. Trull - Failing to stop at stop sign, 510 and costs; John Wilson Norton - Speeding, $5 and costs; Roy Jr. Smith - Speeding - 510 and costs; James ■ D. Collins - Failing to stop at stop sign - 55 and costs; Cader Floyd Jones - No Operators License - I 525 and coats. CHAPEL HILL — The next pub lic hearing on the controversial issue of zoning the rural area sur rounding Chapel Hill has been scheduled for the first Monday night in April at the Town Hall at 8 o’clock. The Chapel Hill. Zoning Com mission- Enlarged, now .including two members from the area out side of Chapel Hill, has recom mended to the Board of County Commissioners that they increase the size Of the commission to give equal representation to both out side and inside factions. The board now includes five members from Chapel Hill and three from out side the city. The zoning board has been work ing on the basic ordinance which the Board of Aldermen returned to them after a heated public hear ing in which citizens from outside Chapel Hill bitterly contested the proposed ordinance. Recently the board has held a meeting in at least one community and plans others to sound out local reaction and erpWiii provisions of the plan. W t Diiutei* Climaxes 4-H Club Week Observance HILLSBORO — The 4-H officers banquet held at the Colonial Inn Friday night: March 7th, climaxed National 4-H Club Week, March 1 - 9th. At this time Margaret Lee’ Stevens, outstanding 4-H Club member from Wayne County, was the guest speaker. Margaret Lee, now *a. freshman 'at W .C.U.N.C., was state and national food prepa ration winner in 1949, State Citi zenship winner in 1950, and state leadership winner in 1951. She por trayed 4-H work in all its phases, starting from the beginning in the fifth grade with only one project through the twelth grade with an increase by two or three each vear. She then carried us to Chicago with her along with all the otuer state winners and then through her entire week at National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D. C. Many other personal experiences were shared with the group, which were both educational and enter taining. The entire group was introduced according to schools, the princi pals standing when their names were read and the officers follow ing.' A welcome was extended to the group present by Jean Wilkerson. President of 4-H County Council, and Patsy Martin, music leader, expressed the appreciation of the 4-H County Council for all the help and cooperation -extended during the past year by the guest present. Spemal tribute was paid to Mr. Charles Walker, Jr., for sponsoring the 4-H calendars throughout Orange County, Rev. Irving Birds eye for the use of the Recreational Room of the Presbyterian Church for 4-H County Council meetings each month, and to Mr. Vance martin for his electrification dem onstration during the month of January. Miss Anamerle Arant, North western District Agent, paid her respects to the group and com mended 4-H Club officers and leaders for their fine work during the past year and inspired them to continue an even more active program this year. Sixty-eight officers from the twelve 4-H Clubs in Orange County, Principals, and friends attended the 4-H Officers banquet, the first of its kind to be held in the county. It was dismissed by everyone re peating the 4-H pledge. SOT!ARE DANCE St. Mary’s Grange will sponsor • square dance Friday night, March 14, beginning about g pan. The public is cordially Invited. Lee Murder Trial Set For Tuesday Focuses Attention On Court Here Minstrel Show To Be Presented By Chapel Hill PTA A Minstrel Show with a cast of local businessmen and faculty members will be given March 28 29 by the Music Committee of the Chapel Hill Parent - Teacher As sociation under the direction of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Fitz-Simons. The show will be produced in the new Chapel Hill High School audi torium at 8 o’clock and the pro ceeds will be used to complete payments on the new Steinway pi ano at the school. William Macllwinen, who has played many Carolina Playmaker roles, will be Interlocutor for the show and the cast will include Noel Houston, Eob Cox, Monk Jen nings, Charles Phillips, Bill Alex ander, Tom R'ljiemond, Frank Duf fy, Lee Wilev. .lack T.cGrand, Jce! Carter and C. W. Davis. In addition to the n’^strel shew there will be a variety of other acts. The Chapel Hill High School Glee Club under the direction of Mrs. Jan Phillip Schlnhan will sing and Joseph E. Fields will direct the band music. Other musical numbers and dramatic sketches are in rehearsal. Mrs. Douglas Fambrough, chair man of the Music Committee of the PTA, is serving as general chairman for the show and Itay Gould is business manager, assist ed by Mrs. John Parker. Sale of tickets is under the direc tion of Mrs. Dwight Weed, with members of the Chapel Hill -Jun ior Chamber of Commerce and the High School Glee Club assisting. Other members of the ticket com mittee are Charles Rideout, Mrs. O. D. Garvin, Mrs. Vernon Crook, Mrs, E. T. Chanlett, Mrs. Hugh Letter, Mrs. Jan Philip Schinhan, Mrs. David E. Arthur, Mrs. E.A. Cameron, Mrs. William Wells, Mrs. Clyde Mullis, Mrs. Milton A. Abernethy, Mrs. J. E. Wadsworth, Mrs. Douglas Fambrough and Mrs. Frank Umstead, Tickets will be 5t for adults and 60 cents for chil dren. Mission Schools ~ At All Baptist > Churches Set HILLSBORO — Services will be held in all of. the Baptist Churches of Orange County, from Sunday through Friday of next week as local churches participate in the Mt. Zion Baptist Association School of Missions. Visiting missionaries from Bap tist State, Home and Foreign Mis sion Boards will speak at - each service for the purpose of better acquainting Baptists with their missions program and give them an opportunity to see today's world with the missionaries. • John W. Lambert, missionary for the Association, is directing the program which is being held in Alamance County this week. The 12 Orange churches parti cipating include: Antioch, Chapel Hill First, Hillsboro First, Hills boro Fairview, Mt. Carmel, Me bane First, Bethel, Carrboro, Cross Roads, West Hillsboro, McDuffie Memorial, Oak Grove and Mebane Tabernacle. New Officers Of Eastern Star Are Elected The Hillsboro Chapter No. 180 of the Order of Eastern star elect-, ed Miss Mildred Finley Worthy Matron and E. C. Liner Worthy Patron and selected other officers for the next year at the regular meeting held last Thursday. « Named to positions were Mrs. Lee Kennedy, associate matron, Hubert O. Bivins, associate patron, Mrs. J. G. Goodwin, secretary Mrs. C. M. Walker, Sr., treasurer, Miss Mary Aiice Boland, conduct ress, Miss Marie Kennedy, associ ate conductress^ Other new officers appointed by tron were: chaplain, Mrs. O. E. Bivins; marshal, Mrs. Giles Long; Adah, Mrs. C. B. Parris; Ruth, Mrs. Lewis Kennedy; Esther, Mrs. Vance Isenhour; Martha, Mrs. Hil ton Pope; Electa, Mrs. Delma Turner; Orangist, Mrs. Nettie Bi vins; Warden,\Hilton Pope; Senti nel, C. B. Parkis; Flagbearers, Mrs. Jule Long and Mrs. Will Smith. The installation of new officers will be held at the meeting next Thursday night at the Masonic hall. Johnny On The Wrong Spot CHAPEL HILL — The Gold ston Lumber Co. sawdust pile fire, which has been burning for some time, last week sent smoke billowing through a large resi dential area with the changing winds and created at least one humorous situation amid the tears of irritated eyes, Saturday night, the night watchman at the lumber yard,. , fearing the blaze was about to get out. erf hand, called for help from the town police force who responded with alacrity. Misun derstanding the ,request, believ ing the watchman' needed help in eapturing a prowler, and not ing an open window in the store building, they quickly surround ed the place to prevent an es cape from the prowler inside. The watchman arrived oa the scene ab:ut the same time from the fire r.rcr., explains the need and off everybody goes to check the rmeuidor^tt fire. . ._I You may have ettessed it by now. A real prowler who Jhad actually entered the building through the window left open made good his escape while the men in blue guarded the sawdust pile. Afterthought, nothing of value was takeh. Four Meetings Are Set IJp In Progress Program , HILLSBORO — Four meetings on the subjects of “Poultry”,, and “Pulpwood” have been set up by the County Farm Agent to assist the several hundred farmers who have signed up in the County Pro gress Campaign to increase their income at least $1,000 each in one of these fields. For those interested in poultry, meetings will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the High School Agri cultural Building and at White Cross School at 2 p.rn. Friday. A poultry specialist, from State Col TejJc'Wlftdisreuss ail-phases of egg ahd broiler production and visits will be made to some of the prac ticable poultry houses In the vi cinity. Over 50 farmers indicated an in terest in cutting pulpwood on their farms to increase income. For these and others who may be in terested meetings will be held on Wednesday March 19 at 10 a.m. on. the farm of Jerome Berry in the Caldwell section and at 2 p.m. on the farm of Jeter C. Lloyd in the Antioch community. Soil Con servationist R. L. Mohler and Farm Forrester W:. K. Watkins will demonstrate bow pulpwood can be cut and the timber stand improved at the same time and how to measure pulpwood and cut for best returns. Court Of Honor Set For Sunday At Hillsboro HILLSBORO — The regular monthly Boy Scout Court of Honor for the Orange District will be held here Sunday at 8 p.m. at the Me'hodist Church. School Superintendent G. Paul Carr will make the address of the evening and others appearing on the program Include the Rev. W. L. Maness, Roscoe Stevens, who will conduct the attendance check “aml present the attendanee trophy, Bill Roth, who will conduct the inspection, and the following who will present the awards -for ad vancement in the various cate gories: Alton Williams, John P, Ballard, W. M, Baldwin, G. A. Brown, Elmer Dowdy, and Ernest Bell. Troop 38 will be in charge of the opening ceremony. Juvenile Grange To Be Organized St. Mary's Grange .met in regu lar monthly session Thursday night, March 6. One new member, H. Conway Browning, of Hillsboro, was given the obligation. A group from Prospect Grange was present as visitors, including the Master and wife, Mr. and Clern Roberts, former members of the St. Mary's Grange. Matters of general interest dis cussed were: A square dance for Friday night. March 14; A juve nile Grange to be organized at the April meetings, and an announce ment by Lecturer Vance Martin that work would soon be started on the Fifth Degree, which the Grange is planning to put on some time during the summer. ~ A social hour, with^ lots of pie, cocoa, and- coffee, was enjoyed after the meeting. HILLSBORO — The much - pub licized Hobart Lee murder trial is scheduled to begin in Orange Coun ty's historic old courthouse Tues day morning. Once again the eyes of the State through the representatives of daily press corps and wire service representatives will be focussed on the man the State says brutally killed Miss Rachel Crook, the 70 year-old Chapel Hill spinster last August 29 and left her body lying near the side of an abandoned road near New Hope Church. The ancient but still serviceable structure is this week receiving new floor covering in the court room and recently received a new coat of -paint which many infre quent visitors from the surround ing countryside who are expected to attend the expectedly sensa tional trial of the Burlington bull dozer operator have not yet seen. Solicitor William B. Murdock and Sheriff S. T. Latta have both Indicated they want the case tried this term and there have been no indications that further continu ance will be allowed or that the defendant, represented by Bonner D. Sawyer and Robert M. Gantt, would seek another continuance. Murdock has said he will seek a first degree verdict. - e_ •_ A 60-man jury has been sum moned but there is a possibility that a special venire from a neigh boring county might be ordered by Judge Hunt Parker who will be on the bench. , The 76-case criminal docket set up for next week includes* one oth er murder case, that against the young Negro mother, Mattie Lee Whitley, who shot her husband, and a man slaughter charge against Willie galley growing out of an auto accident. There are 26 drunk en driving cases, always time-con suming and many of them hold overs of many previous terms. A wide variety of traffic*, domestic, and assaults complete the docket. Nash Dealers To Hold Grand Opening Friday Chapel Hill Moters, Inc., the agency for Nash automobiles and grand opening tomorrow, March 14, at its new building at 502 West Franklin Street. The new 1952 Nash Rambler and 1952 Nash Ambassador, as well as the new International trucks, will be on display. Everybody is invited to come and see these cars and to join the company In the cele bration of Its opening, which is being h.eld on Nash's 50th birth day. Refreshments will be served. "We hope to welcome people from all over Orange county,” . Sam Lockhart, president of the firm uald in announcing the event. The other officers are SHeldon S. Voorhis, vice-president, and Doug las M. Fambrough, secretary treasurer. Departmental heads are Troy S. Herndon, parts department; Charles W. Johnson, service man ager; Ed Pendergrass, radiator repair, and Jack Cox, body depart ment. Mechanics are Joe Griffin, E. L. Padgett, and Tom Suther land. Edgar Austin and James Riggsbee are in the lubrication and washing department. "Our repair and maintenance shops, for work on all types of automobiles, are the most modern in this area,” Mr. Lockhard said. “We can do anything from chang ing a spark plug to rebuilding an entire truck or automobile." The company also sells and services all makes of trucks and maintains a used car sales lot im mediately adjacent to its main building. I . Combat Badge C7 Won By Hillsboro, * ■ y. Route 1, Man WITH THE 45TH INFANTRY D1V. IN KOREA — Cpl. William W. Overman, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Overman, Route 1, Hillsboro, has won the Combat Infantryman Badge, symbol of the front line fighting man. while serving in Ko rea with the 45th Infantry Divi sion. The badge shows a tiny Revolu tionary War flintlock rifle mounted' against a blue rectangle which is surrounded by a wreath. The Oklahoma National Guard Division left the U. S. early in 1951 and trained^ extensively on the Japanese Island of Hokkaido before it was committed to Korea in December. Corporal Overman, a cook In Company B of the 180th Infantry, Regiment, entered the Army hr October 1860 and joined the 4Stb - Division on Octembcr 31, I860.
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