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Evening star., 1944-09-03
Talk at Italian Bar Serves
To Reunite Brothers

Corpl. Francis Wood leaned his
elbow on the bar in a little town in
Italy and started talking to some
other GIs. He learned that they
were in the same outfit as his
brother, and one OF them said:
David Wood is in my battery. Dc
you know him?"
Next morning early when David
was in his tent dressing and some
one told him he had a caller he
said, Tell him I'm busy"
But it didn't take him long to
dress when he heard his brother
say: Make 1t snappy, bud" They
hadn't seen each other for two
years.
Their mother is Mrs. Loretta A
Sherwood, 2605 Thirtieth street NE
They were graduated from Mckinley
High School.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Heavy Turtles and Fish
|Cuuqht in Society Isles

Turtles weighing 400 pounds and
huge fish constitute q typical days
catch on a deep-sea fishing trip In
the tropics, according to Seabee
Stanley O. Downs, 24O0 Wisconsin
avenue NV, who claims the choic-
est fishing waters for variety are in
the Society Islands in the Pacific.
Chief Ship Filter Downs, now sta
toned at Camp Parks, Shoemaker
Calf, didn't get to eat the largest
fish he caught" 1t had just broken
water when three 10-foot sharks ap-
peared. After they had slashed at
the prize, only the head remained
THAT head measured 1S inches
across" Seabee Downs told. Those
- sharks beat the whole outfit out
Of q swell meal"
Evening star., 1944-09-03


Stinsons became the first aviation
unit to operate on recaptured
American ground. Within "a hours
after Jap resistance on the penin-
sula was crushed by the infantry
and engineers had cleared a 1000
foot strip on the shell-littered air
field, the Grasshoppers are ready
for their missions of target search
liaison, observation and photog-
raphy.
The unarmored one-time civilian
aviation toy which because of its
ridiculously slow speeds can hover
like spider over enemy emplace-
ments to allow observers to spot
for our artillery first wrote itself
into the record on Bougainville
last November.
Maj. Heritage. who won his wings
in 1929 and the Distinguished Flying
Cross in Nicaragua in 1882 during
the Sandino campaign and earth
quake. named his own plane Sarah"
for his wife.
Rear Admiral Richard L. Conolly,
39l8 Ingomar street NV. COM
manded amphibious operations in
the Guam invasion.
Pfc. Edward r. Barclay, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Barclay, %
East Walnut street, Alexandria, Va,
participated in the campaign for
Guam as member of a marine
antiaircraft artillery battalion. He
Is graduate of George Washington
High School and went overseas last
December.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

president OF the hhsish sehWarimah'
Washington Pepsi Cola Bottling
Works.
The following girls recently were
sworn into the WAVES at the Office
of Naval Officer Procurement here /:
Neila May Bolen, 1918 Wire avenue,
Silver Spring, Md; Myrtle Jordan,
5012 Hanna place Sc: Belva
Ruesch. 5l10 North Capitol street;
Pearl Kefby. 18 Ninth street NE;
Marion Dotson, 18 Ninth street NE:
Frances Pomerantz, 1860 Clydesdale
place NV; Miriam MacFarlane,
1890 Rhode Island avenue NV, and
Jean Whitehurst of Winchester, Va.
Nancy Wilson. 1901 North Four
teenth street, Arlington, Va; Frances
Cisna, 1926 Quesada street NV;
Jean Driscoll, 1859 Appleton street
NV; Beulah Rodgers, 2701 Con-
necticut avenue NV: Mary Eliza
beth Kirkley. 6337 Twelfth street,
North Falls Church, Va.
Anna Dierdorf of Kensington
Md; Mary Gore. 50l9 Forty-second
street NV; Ann Lipka, 1910
Twenty fifth street NV.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass.-Frances
nn kr{n
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Poster Proves Excess
Baggage at Landing

A hot game of hide-and shoot
with Jap sniper followed after
Marine Sergt. Joseph w. Welcf
volunteered to carry a small placarc
with his unit number ashore during
the beachhead landing on Guam.
According to a Marine Corps cor.
respondent, Sergt. WEIGH, 402l Kan.
sas avenue NV, dropped the plac-
ard when he scrambled from ar
|amphibian tractor and Topped into
a shell hole in the beach. A few
yards away he could see where i,
fell.
Every time raised up a little
to get my poster" he said, some
sniper kicked up sand by me. ]
finally went ahead without it."
Sergt. Welch has spent Is months
overseas.
Evening star., 1944-09-03


at my nose" the lieutenant said
when telling about it later, but my
flashlight blinded him long enough
for me to get out Of there"
1t. Smith wanted to get the Jap
alive. but he was forced to drop a
charge into the shelter. Much to
his surprise, he found two dead
Japs instead of one. That was when
he removed his souvenir bullet.
1t. Smiths collection includes a
large Japanese flag. He is also a
veteran Of campaigns in the Gilbert
and Marshall Islands.
A native Of White Haven, Pa, 1t.
Smith came to Washington about
seven years ago and lived with his
wife and her mother. Mrs. Joseph
B. Moody, at 1913 Twenty-second
street Sc. His wife now is living
in Old Church, Va.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

A District naval officer in the
Japanese prison camp Of Zentsuj
has received his first two packages
since his internment by the Japa-
nese at the fall of Guam.
Anxious to hearten others with
relatives in Japanese war prison
camps, Mrs. Rena F. Wolfsheimer
3700 Massachusetts, avenue NV.
brought to The Star two postcards
and a letter-the first received ir
nearly year-which came at one
time from her son, Ensign Frank
Wolfsheimer.
In September, 1912, Mrs. Volts
heimer had sent her son a package
of clothing. Last September she
mailed a parcel of food.
Just received your parcel sent ir
AZ and was certainly delighted
with 1t. Was just what I needed
and am wearing most of it already,
wrote the 29-year-old naval officer
THE shoes fit perfectly and the
sweater is surely a beaut. Thanks
loads, it was just in time for Christ
mas and I am sure I'll never receive
more welcome gift. Am still well
and in good spirits. Although this
phrase is shopworn. I think it
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Il had just returned to the base
and was playing volley ball, when
a jeep drove up. paid no atten-
ton until ! heard the officer in the
front seat yell, Hey. Bill! Come
over here" Corpl. Noyes wrote.
II stepped over lively, and there
sat Eddie. grinning from ear to ear.
To see that old familiar face was
just like finding gold at the end of
the rainbow. We arranged a real
meeting for the next day, when I
read all his mail and he read all
mine"
Maj. Holdsworth also wrote back
telling of Bills high spirits, in
spite Of the none-too- pleasant task
Of digging out the dead Japs before
setting up their guns"
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Heroism in Saving 5
From Drowning Cited
In Awards 10 DC. Men

The courage and decisive action"
displayed by Ronald M. Alexander,
yeoman first class, of 6729 Piney
Branch road. won for him the Navy
and Marine Corps Medal, while five
District flyers were awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross and an
other officer was decorated with the
Soldiers Medal for heroism, ac-
cording to Army and Navy dis
patches.
Alexander was serving on a mine
sweeper which was sunk during op-
erations of the coast OF France
July 2.
Launching a rubber life raft and
padding it through debris -strewn
water, where a puncture would
have sunk the raft" he pulled five
badly wounded shipmates from the
water, saving them from drowning.
He later directed a British motor
launch and another craft so as to
effect a speedy rescue.
Tech. Sergt. Martin Goldberg,
18, son of Mr.. and Mrs lawrence
Goldberg, 1912 Seventeenth street
NV, received the Distinguished
Flying Cross in England. He previ-
ously was awarded the Air Medal
and three Oak Leaf Clusters, The
young radio operator and gunner is
home on furlough now after nine
months overseas.
Helped Crippled Plane Land.
First 1t Charles L. Hash, 41O8 In
gomar street NV, bombardier of a
18th Air Force heavy lombard
ment unit in Italy, received the
DFC for aiding in the safe landing
OF his crippled plane after he had
led a highly successful run over an
Important enemy rail center In Italy.
Forced to drop from the forma-
tion, his plane encountered enemy
fighters and was severely damaged.
1t. Hash extinguished a fire in the
nose of the plane, assumed the DO
sition OF a co-pilot who was wound
ed, and helped the wounded pilot
navigate the plane through enemy
territory.
The DFC and Purple Heart were
awarded First 1t. Frank M. Som
Evening star., 1944-09-03

adequately expresses my condition
On January 26, 1914, he wrote q
postcard, Il just received your Sec
ond parcel, and it was perfect. Ex-
actly what I wanted. Thanks loads. ,
Contrary to reports from many
prisoners in japanese camps, Ensign
Wolfsheimer speaks Of receiving let
tiers from his friends and family. His
mother has received several letters
and postcards from him. On three
different occasions radio listeners
have notified Mrs. Wolfsheimer that
her son has broadcast over short
wave.
Bob Burns, radio entertainer, was
instrumental In forwarding a record
ing Of one of the broadcasts to Mrs
Wolfsheimer. Hearing a short-wave
broadcast from Tokyo In May, 1912
from Ensign Wolfsheimer, Mr.. Burns
made a record of 1t on his home re-
cording machine. He traced Mrs.
Wolfsheimer through the Washing
ton postmaster.
A graduate of the Baltimore Poly
technic Institute and Cornell Uni
versity, Ensign Wolfsheimer had
served as engineer supervisor of
naval construction at Guam since
September, 194l. Before reporting
for duty in January, 1941, he had
been employed as a wrecking SUPER
lntendent for Hechinger e. Co.,
Evening star., 1944-09-03
ID. {. Men Promoted
Include 10 Majors,
Is Lieutenant CoIoneIs

1t. Col. Clarence @. Jensen Of
5521 Thirty-third street NV. was
advanced to colonel in the air
force, the War Department has
announced.
Maj. Wilfred v. Worland, former
Washington architectural engineer,
was one Of six majors promoted to
lieutenant colonels. and Capt. John
r. Meehan, formerly with the Fed
eral Public Housing Authority in
Washington, was one Of ten ad-
vapced to majors.
Col. Worland, now with the Army
Air Force In Italy, is commanding
ofncer of an engineer topographic
battalion. Since he took over, his
battalion has received several COM
mendations for outstanding work.
Maj. Meehan, post engineer officer
Evening star., 1944-09-03
1t. longdon Filmed
|Guom for Attack

Aerial photographs used in the
invasion of Guam were made over
the island June "a from a torpedo
bomber piloted by 1t. q. g. Frank
H. Langdon, U. S. N. r., of 1888 A
street Sc.
Despite intense antiaircraft fire
he made repeated runs over the
areas to secure the data. His plane
was launched from one of the many
escort carriers supporting opera
tions in the Marianas.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

dSSlkucu W Llle
British deputy
directorate for
air-Sea rescue.
A graduate Of
the Coast Guard
Academy and q
flyer, ON d r.
Hesford will act
as liaison omcer
b e t W en- the
British rescue
group and the
United States
air = sea rescue
org an i z a t ion.
Plans are being
considered to
Evening star., 1944-09-03
D. {. Marine Sweeps
Across Island No Japs
By sERGT. GEORGE H. MATTE
OF Chester. Pa, Marine Corps
Combat C0rreSp0p6ent

OF Chester Pa. a Marine Corps
Combat Correspondent.
TINIAN, Marianas Islands (De-
layed.-One marine regiment Sc
cured a beachhead 1000 yards wide
and $500 yards long across the
north end of Tnian in the strangest
yet most pleasant. day of war since
this twice cited unit hit the Mari
anas.
Pushing over the Japs' No. air
field, between and over revetments
sheltering blasted Jap fighter and
bombing planes, past abandoned
antiaircraft guns and lines of aerial
torpedoes, and over supply dumps,
this regiment swept from coast to
coast without encountering Jap.
Said Marine Pfc. Charles R. An
derson, %, of GIT D street NE,
Washington. D. c., Maybe it's only
for today and we'll catch all hell
tonight, but it sure is pleasant
while 1t lasts"
1t was a strange day of war for
the veterans of the bloody fights on
Guadalcanal. Tarawa and Saipan.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

op'' '"'iei. ScCOllu ) L
NV, undoubtedly saved many lives
by his immediate action" last Sep
tember, the citation accompanying
his Soldiers Medal said.
A B-24 bomber, fully loaded with
bombs and ammunition, crashed
into a company of Allied service
personnel Although the plane was
exploding and burning violently,
Capt Fleury entered its vicinity to
rescue the injured and administer
first aid
Sergt. Ray Honored.
First Sergt Charles F.. Ray, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. James D. Ray, 6615
Thirteenth street NV, was awarded
the Bronze Star for expert leader
ship" of his platoon in removing
enemy mines and BOBBY traps in
the Tunesian, Sicilian and French
invasions. He was largely respon-
sible, the citation said, for the ex-
cellent manner in which his COM
pany was prepared for the assault
on the cast of France.
Corpl. George R. Hays, 252 Four
teenth street NE, member of a COM
munication section of an Engineer
Combat Battalion, received the
Bronze Star Medal for meritorious
service during the second battle. of
Bougainville.
BY keeping in repair the lines
which carried sound power telephone
communication to advanced pill
boxes, Corpl. Hays was largely re-
sponsible in welding an infantry
company into successful defending
force which stopped the persistent
enemy attack and inflicted heavy
losses.
Corpl. Hays has served with his
brother, Corpl. William Hays, in
Fiji, Guadalcanal and the New
Georgia campaign. They both have
been overseas more than two years
1t. Arthur G. Newmyer, jr.
U. S. N. R., of 2745 Twenty-ninth
street NV, was commended for his
initiative prior to and during the
invasion of France, in assigning
correspondents of the press, radio
and picture services to assure full
coverage of United States naval
activities, and for formulation of
public relations policies for all serv-
ices in the operation.
Sergt. John B. James, 1856 Pleas
ant street Sc, received q commen-
dation from his base commander for
hie "c,o1ep6id uorL onJ Javof;o,, +o
duty" in preparations for D-day. He
is warehouse foreman in a service
team of the 9th Air Force Service
Command.
Many Win Air Awards.
The Air Medal was awarded the
following men:
First 1t. Russell M. Harrington
jr., 4514 Thirteenth street NV, in
the Southwest Pacific; Second 1t
Henry G. Eslin, 1853 Massachusetts
avenue NV, in England; Staff
Sergt. Robert T. Judy, 1881 Chill
dress street NE, in the Mediter-
ranean theater; First 1t. Harrison
Fisher, 3033 Sixteenth street NV,
in Italy, and First 1t. Albert Nav
erick, 3rd. OF $500 Devonshire place
NV, with the 9Th Air Force; Sec
ond 1t. Robert s. Gleason, $40 Ridge
street, Charlottesville, Va, in Eng
land.
An Oak Leaf Cluster to the Air
Medal was received by:
Second 1t. Leonard r. Turner
IA p street NV. In Italy; Staff
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Sergt. Joseph S. Mundy, 1880 K
street NV, in the Southwest Pa.
ciflc; Sergt. Ray Glacken of Rock.
vile, Md, in the Southwest Pa
ciflc; 1t James H. Bowen, of Hill
landale, Silver Spring, in England
Second 1t. John r. Noonan, jr.
318 Cedar avenue, Takoma Park
added the second Oak Leaf Cluster
to his Air Medal, in England.
First 1t. William j. Kirby, 4207
Seventh street NV, and Second 1t
Leroy Money, 621 East Capitol
street, were awarded the Combat In
fantryman Badge for duty in the
Marshall Islands campaign last Feb
ruary.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Each Member Of Tompkins
Family Has War Post

Brig. Gen. William F. Tompkins
family has gone to war.
Gen. Tompkins is a member ol
the general staff here.
His three sons, Maj. w. F. Tomp.
kins, jr.; Second 1t George H
Tompkins and Marine Officer
Candidate Christopher Tompkin.
are doing their bit. Maj. Tomp.
kins, jr., is serving with the engi.
neers in Europe: 1t. Tompkins Is {
pilot in Europe, and Candidat,
Tompkins is at Quantico, Va, IL
the Marine Corps.
Mrs. Tompkins is a nurses aide
active in Red Cross circles.
The family home is 1413 Thir.
tieth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

an Army station hospital here come
under the administration of First
1t. Mary M. ODay, 22l1 Kearney
street NE, who is acting principal
chief nurse.
WAC Pvt. Constance C. Player,
daughter of Mrs. Verde Kidwell,
1910 Massachusetts, avenue Sc, has
been promoted to private first class.
Stationed at an Air Transport Com
mand for the past two months, she
Is clerk in the priorities and traffic
section.
AUSTRALIA.-SecondL 1t. Vera
A. Mankinen, former attorney with
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Buddies in Same Comp

Born on the same day, August 81,
18 years ago, Alfred Bisset, jr., and
Hartley Day Of Chevy Chase have
been buddies all their lives.
When they joined the Navy re-
Gently, Uncle Sam sent them to
Camp Peary, Va, for boot training
Alfred is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Bissett of 1902 Stanford street,
while Hartley Is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Irving M. Day, 405 Cumberland
avenue. His brother, Irving M. Day
jr., y prisoner Of war in Germany
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Cousins Meet Again
At New Guinea Bose

Two cousins, reared almost as in
timately as brothers, recently met
in New Guinea.
Lewis Norman, technician, fifth
grade, who has been in the Pacific
for two years, CHANGED upon Pfc
Linwood Walsh soon after he land
ed. The families of Mrs. Margaret
Norman, 1926 Trinidad avenue NE.
and Mrs. Alma Walsh, 3218 Wiscon-
sin avenue NV, lived together in
Washington until recently.
Corpl. Norman is with an anti
aircraft battalion. Pvt. Walsh is q
member of the air forces.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

extend the operations for postwar
use.
The Coast Guard ofncer twice has
been awarded the Congressional
Life Saving Medal. In 1881 he dived
into a racing current to save the
life of yachtsman who was drown
ing and in 1887 he TAXED his plane
into a heavy surf to save two young
sters who had capsized their skiff.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

| w 90 d " q r d
School basket
ball star.
| In q letter to
his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer
M. Noyes, 290l
E 1 g h t e e n t h
street NV, the
corporal wrote
of seeing Maj.
Edward Holds
worth at an ad-
vance defense
unit covering q
recently - cap
tured Jap air
Evening star., 1944-09-03

v IL z tCtCIdIlS
A d m inistration
and member of
the District of
Columbia ar,
has been pro-
NOTED to first
lieutenant. She
was one of the
first five WACS
to arrive in this
country.
M I D L A N D
A r M Y AIR
FIELD, Tex
Corpl. Bobbie F.
Walters, daugh-
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Blond Gets Top Mark

Pvt. Chester A. Bland. whose
wife and mother live at 124 Seaton
place NV, holds the highest grade
ever received at the Fresno Calf }
base for camouflage training. The
only private attending the course,
he earned 96 out of a possible 100
points, and also passed his warrant
officer examination.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

= sVSA ASApS "a ~
ner, daughter of
Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. j. H. Gard
ner, 1719 Thirty
seventh sire ct
NV, has been
commissioned an
ensign and as
signed to duty
in the chief of
naval operations
omce in Wash
ington.
ENGLAND. -
The treatment
Of s o ] d l E r 8
wounded In ac-
k&Asa and Sx~~..>l
Evening star., 1944-09-03

merkamp, Srd,
20, of 361 6
T W e n t y-ninth
street NE, for a
Photographic re-
on n a / S sance
m sion last
June. After OBJ
tanning excellent
pictures of his
first two targets,
his plane was
attacked an d
heavily damaged
by six enemy
fighters. Skill
fully eluding the
enemy, he re-
turned to ha sc
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Jap failed to fire
first when they
met on Saipan
One of his men
heard something
move in a sup
posedly empty
bomb shelter. 1t.
Smith turned a
hashlight into
t he darkness.
and not Is feet
ahead a Jap was
peering at him
over the sights
of his rifle.
His fixed bay
Evening star., 1944-09-03

B. Sayler, jr.,
%, of 1906 Ca
thedral avenue
NV, who is
credited W it h
one enemy air
craft destroyed,
has been award
ed the DFC
His father, Maj
Gen. H. B. Say
Ter, is stationed
in London.
Capt. George
J. Fleury, jr.,
l 5 % Twenty
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Co ast Guard
Reserve and ap-
pointed senior
woman's officer
of the Volun-
teer Port Secur-
ity Force.
A graduate of
Roosevelt High
S c h ool a n d
Maryland Uni
versity. she is
the wife of 1t.
! g.. g. Bernard
Schwartzman of
the Coast Guard,
form er vice
Evening star., 1944-09-03

turned to base and landed the
crippled aircraft without further
damage.
Tech. Sergt. Harry F. Carzon, 20,
of 1911 Gales street N. E., was award
ed the DFC for extraordinary
achievement" as radio operator OF
an 9Th Air Force Flying Fortress
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Comdr. Lucos in Pacific

1t. Comdr. L. M Lucas, Dental
Corps. formerly of Washington, re-
Gently Joined marine division for
duty in the Pacific after completing
Medical Field Service School at
Camp Pendleton, Calf.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Friends Exchange Mail
Al New Guinea Meefino

A surprise meeting in New Guinea
with an old friend had "all the zest
and flavor Of old home week" for
Corpl. Bill Noyes, radar technician
Evening star., 1944-09-03
'Undelivered' Bullet
Treasured as Souvenir

Marine 1t. Nathan r. Smith
keeps a small box labeled Jap
bullet for Nathan r. Smith. Not
dlivered as intended" Reason: The
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Comdr. Hesford Gets
Sea Rescue ASSIGNMENT

Comdr. Arthur j. Hesford, IS, OF
807 Fifteenth street, Alexandria,
Va, former aide to the United States
Coast Guard commandant, has been
Evening star., 1944-09-03
DC. WOMEN
IN UNIFORM

Mrs. Muriel Schwartzman, daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Goodman,
1926 Tewkesbury place NV, has
been commissioned an ensign in the
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Warrant Officer Roger Ran
dali, formerly on the police
force, still grins as he hands
out violence and disorder to
the Japs at a Marine aviation
unit base In the South Pa
cif1c. He served the District
for II years and has seen
service in the Marines previ-
ously in the Dominican Re-
public and Nicaragua. Mrs.
Randall lives at 1920 Michigan
avenue NE.
Marine Corps Photo.
Evening star., 1944-09-03
Twins Called Into Navy

Fred walter.
Walter Carter and Fred Carter,
members Of the Reserves, were called
to report Tuesday at New York for
active duty In the Navy. Ths twins
became 18 on August IL. They are
sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Carter,
1918 Fifth street NV.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

Maj. Gen. Alfred M. Gruen-
ther, 2745 Twenty-ninth street
NV, recently received two
of Frances highest military
awards-the Croix de Guerre
and the Legion of Honor-in
a ceremony at 5th Army head
quarters in Italy. Gen. Guen-
ther Is 5th Army chief Of
Staff.
Evening star., 1944-09-03

The original of this engraving sent to Washington
from the Jap prison at Zentsu The crudiy Of the print
made it impossible to distinguish the features
others seated at the opposite side OF the table,
left is Ensign Frank Wolfshemer.
Ad-daleel., 1944-11-15
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Chestnut Hill News

Mr.. and Mrs. George Reynolds
and children, of Winston-Salem,
spent Sunday night with Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Brown.
Mr.. R. C. Vaught left last week
for West Virginia, where he will
be employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Vaught
and Mrs. Ruth Vaught spent Sun
day with Mrs. Edith Vaught, of
Peden.
Mrs. Pearl Caldwell is visiting
her husband, who is employed in
Baltimore this week.
Mrs. Ida Wolf, well-knoWn col
!ored woman of this community,
suffered a severe stroke of par
alysis, last week, and is not inn
proving.
Miss Dortha Brown spent Sat-
urday night with Miss Alma Lee
Jones.
Creek, attended the young peo-
pies assembly at Lake Junaluska,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Brown and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Jones, Sunday.