Sgt Ernest W Brown Arrives For Reassignment
T/Sgt Ernest W Brown 34 of Mount Airy arrives at Miami Beach Florida for reassignment processing after completing a tour outside the continental United States. A B 17 Fortress gunner he flew 35 missions in the European theater earning the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters. His parents Mr and Mrs Ernest L Brown live on Route 5 Mount Airy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest W. Brown
Mount Airy
Miami Beach
Fla
Continental United States
Brown
Ernest L. Brown
Route 5
Earl Peele Begins Naval Recruit Training at Great Lakes
Earl Claudie Peele, 27, husband of Lucy Alice Peele of Mount Airy, is undergoing initial naval training at Great Lakes Illinois. After completion he will be granted a period of leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Claudie Peele
Lucy Alice Peele
Maple Street
Mount Airy
Great Lakes
Illinois
Navy Gunner Jack Badgett in Tokyo Raid Heroics
James Badgett a photographer's mate second class and Mount Airy native served as gunner on the first carrier based planes to hit Tokyo February 16. His plane survived hits and returned under its own power. He took part in raids on Nancee and dropped a 2000 pound bomb on a Japanese cargo ship, starting a fire and igniting several patrol craft. He enlisted December 29 1942 and went overseas December 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Badgett
Matt Shelton
Mount Airy
Tokyo
Nancee
Navy
Local Soldier Blansett Wounded in Germany Recovers in England
Corporal Raymond R. Blansett, 23, of Mount Airy North Carolina, wounded in the abdomen and left cheek by shrapnel while his 75th Infantry Division waited in Bad Berg Germany for the Rhine crossing, recuperates at a U.S. Army hospital in England and has been awarded the Purple Heart. He described the shelling and rescue by litter-bearers. His family includes parents Mr. and Mrs. Marion Blansett and brother Pvt Marion Blansett Jr with a field artillery unit in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
250Th Station
England
75Th Infantry Division
Badberg
Germany
Rhine
Raymond R. Blansett
Rt. 3
Mount Airy
N. C
High Point N. C
Budberg
Cpl. Blansett
Marion Blansett
Lawrence
Pvt
Marion Blansett, Jr
Europe
Naval commission for dental graduate Lt JG Robert George
Robert George a dental graduate from the University of Maryland in Baltimore received his diploma at May 29 commencement exercises. He was commissioned Lieutenant Junior Grade in the U S Navy and reports to Norfolk on June 1 to begin duties. Mrs George accompanied him to Baltimore for the ceremony and commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert George
Baltimore
Rossie A. George
Mr. George
Dental College
University of Maryland
United States Navy
Norfolk
George
Dock Z Moser Training At Norfolk Va
Dock Zachary Moser a 19 year old seaman second class from Dobson has arrived at the Naval Training Station Norfolk Va to train for duties aboard a new destroyer of the Atlantic Fleet He is the son of Charlie Moser and has a brother Webster a 27 year old technical sergeant in the Army Before enlisting he worked on his father's farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zachary Moser
Dobson
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Charlie Moser
Webster
Navy
Aungst Brothers Active In Pacific
Harry W. Aungst was wounded on Lauzon March 25. His brother John F. Aungst, serving in the Philippines, helped wipe out Japanese troops on Romblon Island after they looted and murdered islanders. American night landing cleared the enemy at dawn amid islander relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Aungst
Lauzon
John F. Aungst
Philippines
Romblon Island
Littl
Aunger Brothers
Princes Shenberger
Mansfield, S
Soldier Odis Deatherage recovering in England hospital
Private Odis M. Deatherage from Mount Airy North Carolina is recovering at a United States Army general hospital in England after being wounded by shrapnel from an artillery shell near Oppenheim Germany during Rhine crossing. He receives Oak Leaf Cluster to his Purple Heart for prior German battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
15Th General Hospital
England
Rhine
Odis M. Deatherage
Route 2
Mount Airy
N. C
United States Army General Hospital
Germany
Oppenheim
Deathcrage
Pvt
Deatherage
Lillian Deatherage
Caroldeen
Billy Gray
Mount Airy Men Praised By Gen Doolittle
Lt Gen Jimmie Doolittle praised Mount Airy airmen of the Eighth Air Force after V E Day. Tech Sgt Peter F Bondurant Staff Sgt Wiley E Noah Staff Sgt Curtis E Worrell Sgt Warren M Booker Cpl Lacy H Swayers Pfc Clyde H Brown Pfc Robert W Palk and Pfc Warren F Stewart were among those commended for defeating Germany and serving with honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Air Force
England
Jimmie Doolittle
Peter F. Bondurant
Wiley E. Noah
Curtis E. Worrell
Warren M. Booker
Lacy H. Swayers
Clyde H. Brown
Robert W. Palk
Warren F. Stewart
Surry Navy Men Fight At Okinawa
Riley F. Hodges and Scott Morgan Harris, sailors from Dobson and Mount Airy, served aboard a cruiser off Okinawa during the invasion. They helped shoot down four Japanese planes in 10 minutes during the pre invasion bombardment. The Jap planes shot down were death by own action fliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riley F. Hodges
B. T. Hodges
Dobson
Scott Morgan Harris
George Harris
Mount Airy
Okinawa
Lou Folger Jarrell Trains For Navy Duty
Lou Folger Jarrell a 17 year old seaman second class from Lowgap arrived May 1 at the Naval Training Station Norfolk Virginia to train for duties aboard a new destroyer in the Atlantic Fleet He previously completed instruction at Bainbridge Maryland He is the son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Jarrell and has brothers Grover and Richard serving in the Army and Navy respectively He attended Lowgap High School before enlisting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Son Folger Jarrell
Longap
Naval Training Station
Norfolk
Naval Training Center
Bainbridge
Bon
Jesse Jarrell
Lowgap
Grover
Richard
Navy
Lowgap High School
George Sparger III Returns to Instruct at Great Lakes TI
Specialist 2/c George Sparger III resumed duties as an instructor at Great Lakes TI after a one week leave with his parents Mr and Mrs George Sparger Jr of this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Sparger III
Great Lakes
Mra
George Sparger, Jr
Old Belt Market To Open Sept 17
J D Sargent dies of heart attack at 2 30 Thursday night in his quarry office. He built North Carolina Granite Corp into a major East Coast firm with projects like Arlington Memorial Bridge and Wright Brothers Memorial. Survived by widow Flora Kimball, daughter Ruth, son Raymond, four grandchildren, two sisters. Funeral held at home with Oakdale Cemetery burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Davis Sargent
North Carolina Granite Corporation
Sargent
Mr. Sargent
Highgate
Vermont
Davis B
Cordelia M
Darcie) Sargent
Fletcher Granite Co
Hardwick
Woodbury Granite Co
Mount Airy
J. D. Sargent Granite Co
Granite Company
Col. F. H. Fries
W. F P. Shaffner
Winston- Salem
C. B. Keesee
Martinsville
East
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Washington
Wright Brothers Memorial
Kitty Hawk
U. S
Port Knox
Ward Hall
Annapolis
Education
Department of Justice
Raleigh
Atlantic & Yadkin Railway
Pyramid Life Insurance Co
First Baptist Church
Atlantic
Atlantic Seaboard
Belgium
Bulge
Elizabeth Cothren
Pollyanna Harrington
Homer Carman
Clarence Sawyer
St. Albans
North Main Street
R. K. Redwine
Albert S. Hale
C. N. Clarke
Men Over 30 Deferred Induction List From Mount Airy
The draft board deferred men over 30 and sent 15 eligible individuals to camp from Mount Airy this week. A prior order halted all over-30 inductions, but a list shows Monroe Puckett William Moser William Chilton Hobart Inman Jr Lonnie Eldridge Akers William Hall Claude Overby Bill Puckett Bill Stone Hunter Harold Moxley James Caner Easter George Moore Ray Reynolds who did not report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Monroe Puckett
William Ralph Moser
William Quentin Chilton Hobart Reid Inman, Jr
Lonnie Eldridge Akers
William Ray Hall
Claude Patrick Overby
Bill Puckett
Bill Stone Hunter Harold Earl Moxley
James Caner Easter George Bolden Moore Ray Quentin Reynolds
Geo E Marshall in Critical Roanoke Hospital Condition
Geo E Marshall remains in critical condition after a paralysis stroke in Roanoke three weeks ago. He showed initial improvement then worsened, with multiple visits from friends and doctors. Mrs Marshall stays at his bedside. Dr C B Nofsinger and three private nurses care for him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Marshall
Roanoke
Mr. Marshall
Mount Airy
Moir S. Martin
L. B. Pendergraph
Fred Folger
W. S. Monday
W. M. Johnson
R. C. Mitchell
Marshall
C. B. Nofsinger
Dr. Nofsinger
Martin Memorial Hospital
Duke medical student visits family this weekend
Billy Hollingsworth a medical student at Duke University spent the past weekend with his mother Mrs Annie Hollingsworth and other relatives here detailing a family gathering during his breaks from study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Hollingsworth
Duke University
Annie Hollingsworth
Army Band To Boost War Bond Drive In Mount Airy
A 20 member Fort Bragg brass band and 36 combat veterans will perform in Mount Airy on June 6 to aid War Bond sales. The event includes a 2:30 p m rural tour and 5 p m city parade ending at the High School field. Bond sales lag with only about 30 percent of quota met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Fort Bragg
United States
J. P. Yakley
Mra. R. C. Mitchell
Hugh Holcomb
BE. W. Paddison
Mrs Evans to Visit With Welch Family This Summer
Mrs Evans plans a summer visit with her daughter Mrs Brown and her two sons Buster and Mike from New York City. They will stay with Mrs Brown's parents Mr and Mrs W P Welch this weekend.
Dr Greer to Deliver Closing Address at Mount Airy High
The Mount Airy High School closing exercises occur Friday night at the Rockford Street auditorium with Dr. I G Greer superintendent of the Baptist Orphanage of Thomasville delivering the address. The nearly 100 graduates will receive diplomas from Dr Moir S Martin board chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy High School
Rockford Street School
I. G. Greer
Baptist Orphanage
Thomasville
Moir
Martin
Liberated From German Prisoners Return Home
Bobby Masten Cpl Floyd Hicks and Pfc Jesse Frank Atkin son have been released from German captivity and returned to military control. Masten a Flying Fortress gunner was a POW since April 29 1944 and is in a hospital in England. Hicks was captured February 14 1943 during North Africa and Atkinson was captured June 6 1943 with a last letter dated February 26 1944 to his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Masten
Floydicks
Jesse Frank Atkinson
Masten
P. R. Masten
England
Floyd Hicks
Edgar Hicks
Pfc
Atkinson
Mount Airy City Election Set for Monday
Voters in Mount Airy will elect a mayor and six commissioners for two-year terms. The Democratic slate lists Mayor W. F. Carter Jr and at large commissioner D. C. Beamer, with ward candidates W. E. Merritt Jr, J. P. Prank, L. W. Ashby, and Walter A. Poore. Republicans have no candidates. Officials take office the first Tuesday in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
W. F. Carter, Jr
D. C. Beamer
Ward
W. E. Merritt
Milton Henry Baker Jr Born at Martin Memorial Hospital
A son Milton Henry Jr. was born Wednesday May 16 to Mr and Mrs Milton Henry Baker at Martin Memorial Hospital. Mrs Baker is formerly Wanda Allred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Henry, Jr
Milton Henry Baker
Martin Memorial Hospital
Infantry Weapons Exhibit Highlights Doughboy Tour
A demonstration crew fires a mm infantry mortar during the Here’s Your Infantry tour of 606 cities by 25 Doughboy teams as part of the War Loan drive. Corporal George W. Steinke of Chicago earns the Silver Star and Combat Infantryman Badge for gallantry. Technical Sergeant Charles B. Kelly of Pennsylvania holds the nation’s top honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Steinke
Chicago
Milinels
Charles B. Kelly
Pennsylvania
Tobacco Leaders Approve Leaf Sales Plan for 1945
The Virginia Carolina Old Belt Tobacco Warehousemen unanImously approve the Bright Belt plan limiting daily leaf sales to 1 400 piles outside Georgia and restricting holding sales to 3 hours a day. The resolution, signed by many warehousemen, will go to 343 Southeast members for ratification and sets opening dates close to last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia-Carolina
Old Belt Tobacco Warehousemen
Bright Belt Warehousemen’s Association
Georgia
Southeast
Bright Belt Association
Danville
The
Tobacco Association of the
Florida
South Carolina
Border Belt
Eastern Belt
Middle Belt
Old Belt
Carlos W. Jones Dies Of Burns In Navy Service
Seaman 2/c Carlos W. Jones son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Jones of this city died from burns while serving on a landing craft in the Pacific. He was about 21 and had worked at Snappy Lunch before enlisting in April 1943. He trained at Bainbridge, served nine months in Europe including the invasion of France, and spent 25 days at home before sailing for the Pacific last fall. He married Helen Hooker, who is confined at their Rockford street apartment. A pal's letter described Jones jumping overboard to extinguish flames while Seaman F. C. Quarles Jr. also jumped in to aid him. Jones was reportedly receiving care aboard a hospital ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlos W. Jones
J. T
Jim) Jones
Burns
Navy
Pacific
Jones
Bainbridge
Europe
France
Helen Hooker
Rockford Street
Son Of E. B. Mann Drowned In Florida
William Franklin Mann four teen months old son of Mr and Mrs E B Mann of Port Myers Florida was drowned Wednesday in a small stream near their home Mrs Mann formerly Miss Mabel Gatterfield daughter of Mr and Mrs M P Satterfield of this city joined her husband and children in Florida last July Funeral will be held Friday with interment at Port Myers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Mann
E. B. Mann
Port Meyers
Pia
Miles Foy Awarded Bronze Star Medal
Lieut. Colonel HM Miles Foy Jr., son of Mr and Mrs H M Foy of this city, receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service. From December 30 1944 to March 8 1945 he commanded a squadron and helped breach the Siegfried Line and drive to the Rhine, earning high praise for duty and courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HM. Miles Foy, Jr
H. M. Foy
Poy
States Army
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Sgt
States
Earl Peele
Jack Badgett
Dock Z. Moser
Norfolk, Va
Aungst Brothers
George W. Thomas, Jr
Mo. M
Pacific War Zone
Odis
Gen. Doolittle
Surry Navy
Lou Folger Jarrell
Old Belt Market
J. D. Sargent
Ralph Crockett
Redstone
N. H
Albert G. MacInnis
New York City
William H. Everngam
Carl Walton
John E. Ramsey
John Webb
Salisbury
Delmar Hedrick
Ben F. Johnson
Lexington
Morgan Simmons
Richard Simmons
Alice Simmons
Mattie
Louis Badham
Newbern
Etta
Dr. Greer
Here
Col
Miles Foy
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