Men Sent to Army Camps from Mount Airy Draft Board
Over the past week the Mount Airy draft board sent two groups to military camps for induction and examination. Inducted after prior examination are John Casey King Carl Elbert Murphy James Anderson Lineback Raymond Edward Puckett Laconda Mack Willard Porter Harrell Smith John Edward Boyd Weldon Porter Adams John Harvey Bolton Elbert Damico. Leaving this week for camp to be examined are Claude Swanson Midkiff ila Prederick Lowry Claude Grayson Shackford Pate Eugene Bowman Garles Robert Watts Early Columbus Jarrell William Jefferson Thomas James Carlie Shinault Jr Worthy Coley Easter Marvin Holder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
John Casey King Carl Elbert Murphy James Anderson Lineback
John Harvey Bolton Elbert Damico
Pate
Eugene Bowman
Garles
Robert Watts
Early Columbus
Jarrell William Jefferson Thomas James Carlie Shinault, Jr
Worthy Coley Easter Marvin Holder
Invasion Crew Named From Mount Airy in War Dept Listing
Jack Nichols and T-4 Char Me Wilson of Mount Airy are named by the War Department as crew members of the vast breakwater used in the invasion of France. The crew worked for months in secrecy preparing the barrier concrete units for the assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Nichols
Char Me Wilson
Mount Airy
War Department
France
Thames
Staff Sgt Kyle N Smith Wounded in Leyte Action
A message from Mount Airy reports Staff Sergeant Kyle N Smith son of Mr and Mrs Will Smith was slightly wounded in action on October 26 on Leyte in the Philippines. He has served since December 1942 and has been overseas since July 1944. He is now in a Pacific hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyle N. Smith
Will Smith
Mount Airy
Route 6
Leyte
Pacific
Smith
Mrs Ray Mabe Receives Souvenirs From Husband
Mrs Ray Mabe has received souvenirs from her husband Pvt Ray Mabe. The most beautiful piece is an ink well of metal fashioned to represent the unknown object described in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Mabe
Pvt
Pearl Harbor Day Bond Day for You December 7
A note marks December 7 as Pearl Harbor Day and promotes Bond Day activities for readers to support war financing. The message highlights national unity and civic duty during the wartime period.
Center Theatre To Hold Bond Premiere Next Sunday
The Center Theatre hosts a Bond Premiere for the 6th War Loan drive next Sunday at 2 pm featuring French Man’s Creek in technicolor starring Joan Fontaine Arturo de Cordova Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Cecil Kellaway and Ralph Forbes. Admission is one E bond and tickets are issued at bond purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Theatre
Paramount
Frenchman’s Creek
Joan Fontaine
Arturo de Cordova
Basil Rathbone
Nigel Bruce
Cecil Kellaway
Ralph Forbes
al Alston
U. S. Post Office
Alston
Centre Theatre
Illness Fatal to R. E. Inman
Rufus Edgar Inman longtime city resident and First Baptist Church deacon dies at home on Rockford Street Thanksgiving Day. Survived by wife Minnie Somers Inman two sons Rufus Edgar Jr. and Jack serving in Europe and a daughter Sarah Ann Inman. Funeral held at First Baptist Church with burial in Oakdale Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rufus Edgar Inman
Rockford Street
Mr. Inman
Scott
Ellen Haymore Inman
Minnie Somers
Rufus Edgar Jr
Washington, D. C
Pfc
Jack Inman
Europe
Sarah Ann Inman
Wake Forest College
Inman
First Baptist Church
Midkiff Hardware Co
Oakdale Cemetery
Valuable City Property Sold on Moore Avenue
The Virginia Carolina Warehouse on Moore Avenue, leased to Delmar Dearmin for three years, was sold by R. C. Simmons and Vance Dearmin to R. J. Harris and Paul Wilson of Pilot Mountain. The deal includes the 110 foot frontage warehouse and the adjacent two story frame building with the lot, for about 25000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore Avenue
Virginia-Carolina
R. C. Simmons
Vance Dearmin
R. J. Harris
Paul Wilson
Pilot Mountain
Delmar Dearmin
Grady Shelton Promoted to Sergeant in Twelfth Air Force
Corporal Grady M. Shelton of Mount Airy North Carolina has been promoted to sergeant. He serves as a combat gunner on a B-25 Billy Mitchell bomber with a Twelfth Air Force medium bombardment group in the Mediterranean theater. He is entitled to the European Middle East African theater ribbon with one battle star. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corsica
Grady M. Shelton
Mount Airy
N. C
Shelton
Twelfth Air Force
Harris 21 Stationed in Miami for Beach Saran
Henry W. Harris aged 21 is now stationed in Miami Florida as a gunner in the European theater. He serves with the armed forces and is assigned to a beachhead unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Set
Henry W. Harris
Miami Piorida
Beach
Saran Eet
Europran
John J Simpson Is Critically Ill
John J. Simpson, a White Plains farmer and Spanish-American War veteran, is critically ill at home after an extended heart ailment and a pneumonia contraction this week. He has lived in White Plains all his life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Simpson
White Plains
Mr. Simpson
Corporal Roy Lambert Killed in Germany
Corporal Roy T. Lambert 21 son of Mr and Mrs Lee Lambert Mount Airy Route 2 was killed in Germany October 4 according to War Department. He entered service February 26 1943 trained at Fort McClellan Alabama went overseas July 1944 serving first in England later in France. Survived by his parents and three brothers Brady William Mount Airy Route 2 and Dewey Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Floyd Cruise
Wiley Cruise
Clara Gates
Mount Airy
France
War Department
Cruise
Camp Fannin
Texas
Wade
Belton’s
North Main
S&t
Roy T. Lambert
Lee Lambert
Mount Aliry
Route 2
Germany
Corporal Lambert
Fort McClellan
Ala
England
Brady and
William Lambert
Dewey Lambert
Westfield
Captain Webb Arrives for Redistribution at Miami Beach
Captain Lewis B. Webb 29 of Mount Airy North Carolina arrives at Army Air Forces Redistribution Station No. 2 in Miami Beach for reassignment after 27 months as an engineering and technical supply officer in the Mediterranean theater. A 1937 North Carolina State College chemical engineering graduate, he entered service in October 1940 and is married to Bessie Lou Bray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Lewis B. Webb
Mount Airy
N. C
Army Air Forces
Patricia Rothrock Named Dean’s List Student at UNC
Miss Patricia Rothrock, senior at Woman’s College of the University of North Carolina, is listed among Dean’s List students for the first semester of 1944-45. She appears in the November issue of The Fye as a special writer for the Wesleyan Foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia Rothrock
Woman's College of the
University of North Carolina
Rothrock
The
Wesleyan Foundation
Corporal Robert C Simmons Receives Stripes at Fort Leonard Wood
Cpl Robert C Simmons Jr earns corporal stripes after a presentation at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri. He recently spent leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Robert C Simmons at White Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Robert C. Simmons, Jr
Fort Leonard Wood, Mo
Robert C. Simmons
White Plains
Red Cross To Train New Class of Nurses Aides
The Red Cross will begin a January training class for volunteer Nurses Aides led by Mrs. B H Williamson of the local chapter. Enrollment is managed by Miss Caroline Kochiitzky, with instructions to contact her. The aides will serve at the local hospital alongside this year’s early graduates and received recognition for long service hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Red Cross
B. H. Williamson
Randall Sparger
Caroline Kochiitzky
Remembering Pearl Harbor Day with a Bond
Commemorations mark December 7 as Pearl Harbor Day with ceremonies and a countrywide bond drive. Veterans groups, schools, and civic organizations participate in services honoring those who served and died in World War II.
Memorial Service for Private James Lawson at Piney Grove
A memorial service will be held at Piney Grove Baptist Church Sunday at three for Private James Everett Lawson who was killed in action in France on Sept 22. He was a son of Mrs. Sarah Lawson of Mount Airy. The service is led by Rev. Geo. Tucker of Greensboro with assistants Rev. Silas Smith Rev. Jesse Woodruff and Rev. R. E. Ferguson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piney Grove Baptist Church
James Everett Lawson
France
Lawson
Sarah Lawson
Mount Airy
Geo. Tucker
Greensboro
Silas Smith
Jesse Woodruff
R. E. Ferguson
Harry R. Campbell Dies Here Tuesday
Harry R. Campbell 45 of Mount Airy Route 2 died at the hospital Tuesday afternoon. He owned Campbell Monument Works and came to Mount Airy as a child from Stokes County with his parents William J. and Lula Campbell. Surviving: wife Hazel Loftin, one son Weldon Campbell in the Marines, his mother Mrs. W. J. Campbell, a sister Leona Pack, and brothers Roy, Robert, and J. R. Campbell. The body lay in state at Hennis Funeral Home then at the Route 2 home. Funeral at Flat Rock Baptist Church Thursday at 3 p.m. with Rev. Felix R. Wagoner and Rev. O. E. Ward officiating. interment Oakdale Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry R. Campbell
Mount Airy
Campbell Monument Works
William Jackson
Lula Robertson Campbell
Stokes County
Hazel Loftin
Weldon Campbell
The
Marines
San Francisco
Calif
W. J. Campbell
Route 2
Felix R. Wagoner
O. E. Ward
Oakdale Cemetery
Pvt Jack Short Completes Radio Course
Pvt Jack Short, 20, son of Mr Route Truaxfield Wisconsin, completes training on servicing radio equipment used on U S bombers and fighter planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Short
Pvt
Truaxfield
Wis
U.S
Pfc James E Hill Admitted To Moore General Hospital
Pfc James E Hill, of Wes Solace Wescn Steel, route 1, was admitted to Moore General Hospital in Nanoa North Carolina for treatment after serving nearly two years in the South Pacific war zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes
Solace Wescn Steel Ane
Moore General Hospital
Nanoa
N. C
South Pacific War Zone
Corporal Carl Stewart Visits Greensboro Parents
Cpl. Carl Stewart stationed at the Army camp in Greensboro spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Henry Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Carl Stewart
Army Camp
Greensboro
Henry Stewart
Pell at bomber base loading planes with explosives
Pfc Stillman P Pell, son of Mr and Mrs James Pell, is stationed at a bomber base where he is assigned to load planes with high explosives. He joined the army in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Stillman P. Pell
James Pell
Soldier Wounded in France Returns Home for Christmas
Pfc. Romney Simmons Jr arrived in Charlottesville after hospitalization in Italy and spoke by phone with his wife Wanda Daber. He hopes to spend Christmas at home and has not yet learned his next assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney Simmons, Jr
France
United States
Italy
Pfc
Simmons
Charleston
D. C
Wanda Daber
Bond drive totals reach 330000 in county sales
J F Yokley reports through November 27 Ry county has raised 330000 for the sixth war bond drive including 58000 in E bonds. County quota stands at 1293000. The drive schedule lists community meetings at multiple schools from December 5 to December 15 with aims to boost bond purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Yokley
Surry County
Beulah School
Barnertown School
Little Richmond School
Mount Airy Native Commissioned as Second Lieutenant
Dallas F. Dearmin of Mount Airy was commissioned a second lieutenant and earned silver pilot wings at graduation ceremonies at Freeman Army Air Field in Seymour Indiana. He is the son of Mr and Mrs T Y Dearmin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Carter
William F. Carter, Jr
South Main Street
Mount Airy
Spence Field
Davidson College
Army Air Forces
Dallas F. Dearmin
Freeman Army Air Field
Seymour
Ind
Lé A. Dearmin
T.Y. Dearmin
Lawrence Brothers on Leave from Army Service
First Lieut Edward L Lawrence has returned to the States after seven months with the United States Air Forces and is spending part of 22 day leave with his mother Mrs Minnie Lawrence on Rockford street. Phc Frank Lawrence, with a Medical unit at Laredo Texas, is also at home on 15 day leave. The brothers met at the home of their sister Mrs T H Shugart and both will report for duty December 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward L. Lawrence
States
United States Air Forces
Minnie Lawrence
Rockford Street
Ae Lawrence
Santa Ana
Cal
Frank Lawrence
Laredo
Texas
T. H. Shugart
Mrs Hoffman visiting mother in Gainesville
Mrs. E. C. Hoffman of Gainesville, Fla., is visiting her mother Mrs. John Foy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Hoffman
Gainesville, Fila
John Foy
Bundle Day Planned in Mount Airy by Empty Stocking Fund
On Sunday December 10 the Empty Stocking Fund committee designates bundle day and Boy Scouts will tour Mount Airy to collect toys clothing and food for donation. Baskets of candy fruits nuts toys and clothing will be prepared by the committee and distributed to needy homes on Christmas Eve. Committee members include Geo W er A B Carter A E B Tilley W M Johnson and G B Gyodnor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Geo. W. Er
A. B. Carter
A. E B. Tilley
W. M. Johnson
Mount Airy Tobacco Market Sets All Time Peak Sales
Local warehousemen announce a tight selling schedule with ten more selling days before Christmas. Mount Airy has sold nearly 10 million pounds worth about four million dollars, an all time market record. The average now runs about one dollar per hundred above the ceiling price as tobacco owners are urged to sell quickly. Sale days over the next ten days list Jones Simmons and Va Car across three houses with dates from December 4 to December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Jones
Simmons
Kiwanis Show Raises Funds For County Cripple Fund
The local Kiwanis Club staged a home talent show and baby popularity contest to support the cripple children fund. About 50 babies entered with first and second prizes awarded to Bobby Ashby, Reginald Davis, Marion Pulcher, and Garnet Lee Hennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Cripple Children Fund
Bobby Ashby
Reginald Davis
Marion Pulcher
Garnet Lee Hennis
Partridge Jr. Killed in Thanksgiving Day Air Crash
E R Partridge Jr known as Randy died in an airplane accident over Montana on Thanksgiving Day. He served as a U S government flying instructor and transport pilot. Survived by wife and baby daughter, mother, brother John, sister Lois, and his uncle W B Partridge who traveled to Atlanta for the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Partridge, Jr
Randy
Montana
Atlanta
W. B. Partridge
United States
John
Lois
J. T. Gant Jr. Spent Furlough Here Before Camp
J. T. Gant Jr wounded in France on August 17 spent a furlough with his wife and mother here and will report to camp at Rome Georgia on December 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Gant, Jr
TS J. T. Gant, Jr
Frince
Rome
Ration Board Closes Friday and Saturday Morning
O K Merritt announces Mount Airy War Price and Ration Board will close Friday and Saturday December 1 and 2 until 1 pm to complete monthly reports and take inventory. Citizens with business should return after 1 pm Friday or Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. K. Merritt
Mount Airy War
Andy Jennings McMillan dies at 4 in Fancy Gap area
Andy Jennings McMillan farmer from Fancy Gap died at the hospital on Saturday of paralysis aged four years. Survived by widow Malinda Hawks McMillan and eight children and four brothers. Funeral from Paney Gap with burial in the Banks family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Jennings McMillan
Fancy Gap
Malinda Hawks McMillan
Clyde and
Cleve
Pancy Gap
Mesdames May Phibbs
Rhoda Edwards
Paney Gap
Masgie Coke
Greensboro
Vadie Paw
Danville
Humphries McMillen
Rowley
Jackson
Cana
Van
Also Mentioned on This Page
Glenn T. Phillips
Roy Phillips
Dobson
Curtis A. Holyfield
J. A. Holyfield
Anna Lula Holyfield
Pvt. Holyfield
Camp Blanding
Claude Swanson Midkiff
Ila Prederick Lowry Claude Grayson Shacki~ford
Pearl Harbor
R. E. Inman
Pilot Mountain Men
Grady Shelton
Eugene Danley
Ararat
B. C. Danley
Caid
Roy Lambert
Lewis Webb
Pat” Rothrock
Dean
Piney Groove
James E. Lawson
James E. Hill
Dallas Dearmin
Lawrences
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