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Area Service Men In News Highlights Graduates and Begins
1st Lt Cadet Patrick Carr Hannay of Hillsboro among Columbia Military Academy Junior School graduates May 31 cited as the most outstanding in leadership and awarded the good conduct ribbon. He will return next year as a Private First Class in the R CO T C of Columbia Military Academy. His parents are Mr and Mrs Edmund A Hannay of Hillsboro. Hannay was confirmed into the Episcopal Church of St James at Columbia Tennessee May 25. Airman John S Wright son of Mr and Mrs John E Wright of 1403 12th St SE completed basic training at Lackland AFB Texas and is assigned to Keesler AFB Mississippi for administrative training. Wright, a Decatur High School graduate, attended Florence State College. Airman James R Webster III son of Mr and Mrs James R Webster Jr of 611 Clearview St SW was graduated from the Aviation Mechanical Fundamentals School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee. The 160 hour course covered basic mathematics aircraft hardware mechanical and electrical physics aeronautical publications and tool use.