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•■ '. AV«Vyv V.V.VV/.\\vvwv% •. •.\v '(BSkin■v.y.*.■ppSim:*PP•v-x» * — *-*-* * •/// '1i Ann * • ■ *90 »V# • ' m • •m '■ • ▼ h « lt;§m ;-WwmmitfjnWn^QWWPQInfyOPyyBvOQif« W A • v I**• Xji w Y' »■*.MOTHER OF SIX FIGHTING MEN SPONSORS LAUNCHING—-Mrs. Alice Posey Hatcher ofGraniteville, who has five sons in the U. S. Navy and one in the Army sponsored the launching of the USS. Arapahoe at the Charleston Shipbuilding and Drydoik company at Charleston Monday. Mrs. Hatcher, who is a farmer, gardener, dairy operator and bookkeeper, is shown above with her six sons who are in the service. Picture No. 1 is Mrs. Hatcher and Lawton Martin Hatcher, one of her 19-year-old twin sons; No. 2 is Clarence Lloyd Hatcher; No. 3 is Joseph Lloyd Hatcher; No. 4 Joseph Marvin Hatcher, the other of her twin sons; No. 5 is Hugh Posey Hatcher, all of whom are in the United States Navy; and No. 6 is Edward Howard Hatcher, who is in the army. Secretary of the Navy Knox said appointment of Mrs. Hatcher to sponsor the Arapahoe launching was a tangible expression of the navy's appreciation of the patriotism of Mrs. Hatcher and her sonsCourtesy of The Chronicle
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Aiken Standard and Review
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Jun 24, 1942
Page 6
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