Private's Pet Undergoes Operation To Remove Tick
In Normandy, private Charles Elliott of Silver Springs Maryland and his pet ferret Pete underwent a tick removal operation. Elliott plans Pete as a future hunting ferret and says Pete fights snakes and rats. Also recounted are prison money recoveries and a near miss when Private Guy Kump narrowly escaped a German grenade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Normandy
Pete
Pfc
Charles Elliott
Silver Springs
Art Pete
El-iott
Yéete
Eliott
Elliott
In Service Right Sg Hemrick and Local servicemen
Right Sg Virgil Hemrick returns to Fort Jackson after a ten day furlough with wife Ethel Beck of 710 Park St. He worked for Pepsi Cola before enlisting in 1947. Middie G Sgt Paul Welborn serves on a cruiser in the Pacific after training at Camp Peary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Hemrick
Fort Jackson
Ethel Beck
Park Street
Sergeant Hemrick
Pepsi Cola Company
Army
Middie
Paul G. Welborn
Camp Peary
Pacific Theatre
Mee
Gertrude Smith Welborn
Kennedy Street
Pvt
Warren Norman
686 Ord
Italy
Camp Sutton
Ft. Lewis
Wayne Welborn
Corporal Welborn
Camp Breckenridge, Ky
Doughboys Find Lone Kitten Among Ruins
In St. Jean de Daye a brown kitten remained in the wreckage as doughboys moved through the destroyed Place Du Marshe. The bedraggled animal crouched in a shattered window and rubbed against troops while villagers fled the advancing battle seeking safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Jean DE Daye
Soldier William Linthicum Serving in France
William Linthicum a 19 year old son of Mrs. Jettie Wilson of 723 South Hamilton street serves with the Seventh Beach Battalion in France. He is identified as Bill Linthicum and is among troops cited in local wartime notices. Over 10,000 colors and tones are derived from coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William
Bill) Linthicum
Sevent Beach
France
Jettie Wilson
Hamilton Street
Army Officials Plan Holiday Mail Service
Brig. Gen. William E. Chickering announced new facilities on both coasts to handle 40,000,000 Christmas parcels. The Army expects overseas troops will receive about a letter daily and send $500,000 to families daily during the Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 mailing window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Lee
William E. Chickering
Army Postal Service
Army
Chickering
Harris in Utah
Cpl. Brooks H. Harris son of Mrs. Margaret L. Harris of Kernersville is stationed at Wendover Field Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Brooks H. Harris
Margaret L. Harris
Kernersville
Wendover Field
Utah
Navy coxswain Ted Fitzgerald visits family after sea duty
U S Navy coxswain Ted Fitzgerald and his wife visited his mother Mrs J R Fitzgerald and grandmother at 305 Best Street. Fitzgerald had months of sea duty aboard a vessel. Rats are mammals though they fly a mother that usually bears one young each year and suckles it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack A Houston
Compton
Calif
Ted Fitzgerald
U. S. Navy
J. R. Fitzgerald
Best Street
Fitzgerald
Roanoke Island Welcomes Its First Teletype Machine
On Roanoke Island veteran journalist Alpheus Walton Drinkwater hosts the first teletype in the area. The Drinkwater parlor doubles as the Western Union office as Drinkwater and wife discuss the new machine and its place among local lore and historic tech milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roanoke “Island
Wrights
Fessenden
Hatteras
Roanoke Island
Roanoke
Oisland
Drink
Wanchese
Births and notices from High Point area hospital unit
Multiple birth announcements from High Point Memorial Hospital and Washington street unit list Rebecca Lee Coch rane Sandra DeLois McDowell Nathan Julian Crutchfield Anne Groome a daughter and a son Herbert Sherrill Jr. plus Toplin and Crawford babies. Also notes a local patient recovering from operation and trivia on balloon invention Brazil discovery and Wayzgoose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Long
Sandra DeLois
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Toplins
G. G. Toplin
Redding Street
Washington Street
Cranfords
H. S&s. Crawford
C. Clara Cox Apartments
Herbert Sherrill, Jr
Local Families Move and Visit Across States
Mrs J H Roe and the With It family of Hillcrest drive are spending time with Mrs Walter T Tice. Mrs John Robert Albertson leaves for Fort Sill Oklahoma to join husband Lt Albertson in U S Army artillery. Mrs Debba Burton visits son Seaman Clinard Burton in Jacksonville Florida. Mrs Henry Mayo of Greensboro moves to her sister Mrs John L Rothrock’s home after surgery at High Point Memorial Hospital. husband and baby stay with Rothrocks during hospitalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Lewis
Franklin Street
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Major
Walter T. Tice
Hillcrest Drive
John Robert Albertson
Fort Sill
Oklo
Lieutenant Albertson
U.S. Army Artillery
Albertson
Edith Bulla
Mrs
Debba Burton
Jacksonville
Fla
Seaman Clinard Burton
U. S. Naval Base
Henry Mayo
Greensboro
John L. Rothrock
Woodrow Avenue
Boulevard
Rothrocks
Baby Album Celebrates Local Children Birthdays
Our Baby Album highlights James Arnold Loflin son of Mr. and Mrs. James FE Loflin of High Point route three who was two on July 5. Barbara Jean Tolbert daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J Tolbert of 118 Vall street marked her second birthday on June 26. Brenda Joyce Parris daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B Parris of High Point route three turned one on July 4. Glenn Dale Payne son of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde G Payne of High Point route two celebrated his first birthday on June 78.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy Kump
Gettysburg
Kump
Pfe
Raymond Latham
Mason City
Iowa
James M. Hayworth
High Point
H. C. Hayworth
Willowbrook
Hayworth
Selman Field
Air Corps
University of North Carolina
James Arnold Loflin
Pet
James FE. Loflin
Route Three
Camp Croft
8. C
Barbara Jean Tolbert
J. Tolbert
Vall Street
Brenda Joyce Parris
B. Parris
High Point Route Three
Glenn Dale Payne
Clyde G. Payne
High Point Route Two
Gordon Murray Betenbaugh
M. Betenbaugh
Fourth Street
Gladys Totten
Notable Attendees at Event and Banner Publication Note
Attendees included Miss Jeney Myers Sam Dutton Joel Williams and Bruce Surratt though not in official capacity The Star Spangled Banner was printed in the National Inte le areaser ee D C September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeney Myers
Sam Dutton
Joel Williams
Bruce Surratt
National Inteli Areaser
D. C
Local People at Letter Carriers Meet in Asheville
Local attendees at the North Carolina Association of Letter Carriers and Ladies Auxiliary convention in Asheville July 8 9 include C F Cornelison state vice president and Mrs A E Williams state president. Delegates for the Letter Carriers are C R Myers William Tucker Stokesmore and A E Williams while Ladies Auxiliary delegates are Mesdames C R Myers Ruth Surratt and Miss Frances Cornelison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Association of Letter Carriers
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Asheville
C. EF. Cornelison
Letter Carriers’ Association
A. E. Williams
C. R. Myers
William Tucker
Stokes Lmore
Mesdame
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hal Boyle
Security Bank Building
Bulova
South Main St
North Main Street
James Hunter Jordan
Infantry
England
Lois Burton Jordan
Rt. 2
Jordan
Fort Benning Infantry School
John RK. Ward
United States Marine Corps
South Pacific
Newton Ward
Willowbrook Street
The
Enterprise
USO
Ralph L. Lowe
Cecil Lowe
Rt. 4
Air Medal
Gay Owens
Roscoe Weaver
Camp Swift
Texas
Fred Weaver
Venable Street
Weaver
High Point High School
Minor Corey Seward
M. C. Seward
Rt. 1
Vensacole Naval Air Base
Ensign Seward
VPI
Navy
Middie—Yvient
William H. Seward
Hubert Smart
Macon
University of Richmond
Robert Clayton Thrift
H. C. Thrift
Army Air Forces
Harlington
Tex
Louise Coffey Thrift
Baltimore
Doughboys
Lone Kitten
Harris IN
Uta
By Bill Sharpe
Cochrane
Leonard J. Cochrane
Rebecca Lee
High Point Hospital
N. Julian McDowell
Nathan Julian
Pvt. McDowell
Parris Island
S. C
Marine Corps
Lorrenia Morrison
Montgolfier Brothers
Brazil
Pedro Alvarez Cabral
Our
Great Salt Lake
Rosé Street
Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock
N. C
Milton M. Chapman
Rosanne
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