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The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
r. N. HOGGARD

R. N. Hoggard, 33, died Tuesday
evening at a local hospital. He is
survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth
M. Hoggard, Of Wilmington. Flu
neral services will be announced
later by Andrews mortuary.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18

BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
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CAMP DAVIS, July II. - When
First 1t. James M. Meredith hit
the silk over a desolate Burma
jungle, he lit in the top of a tree
and crawled down, bruised and in
jured, to find himself in an al
most impenetrable jungle salt
swamp. It was a lonely all-day
struggle to reach, a river, only a
few miles away, from where he
was eventually rescued.
A bombardier flying his 33rd mis-
sion on Bps based in India, Lieu
tenant Meredith was participating
in an attack on railroad installa-
tons in the Rangoon area in March
when engine trouble forced his crew
to bail out.
1--WE couldn't have picked a
more unpleasant spot, the lieu
tenant said.
Although three other members of
the crew parachuted successfully
into the jungle and were later res
cued with Lieutenant Meredith, he
was separated from them at first,
his chute falling in a different spot.
He was near complete exhaustion
firm thirst, heat and hunger when
he met them again the next day.
The remaining six members of the
crew are listed as either killd or
missing.
"That jungle was the worst place
five ever been in, Lieu
tenant Meredith recalled. sit was
so thick that even using the big
knife in my excape kit, it took me
all day to reach a river a few
miles away. In addition there was
nothing but swamp underfoot,
kind of spongy mud with holes
in it-and spiders and crabs in the
holes.* You won't believe this, but
the night I reached the river I
was so tired I laid right down in
that mess and went to sleep.
''The worst part was" Lieutenant
Meredith continued, 'there wasn't
any fresh water. 1 learned later
that 1 was only a few miles from
the seacoast. fhe whole region was
salt swamp in addition to begin
jungle. My tongue was dry and
swollen. The next morning l licked
the dew off leaves and was trying
to catch a fish to get some mols-
ture and nourishment when 1 saw
a ply rescue plane fly over.
II swan out in the river and
splashed around to attract their
attention." the lieutenant went on,
they spotted me, circled over, drop
ped an emergency kit with food
and water and signalled that they
would be back. I didn't know when
1 swan out in the river that the
stream was infested with croco-
dies, but it was"
Shortly after this welcome Incl
dent, 1t. Meredith said, the CO.
pilot, nose gunner and radio ope-
rator who had also reached safety
farther up the river, came float
ing down the stream on a small
fishing boat. More fortunate than
the lieutenant, they had dropped
near a native fisherman who gave
them water and rice. The four
then awaited rescue together.
Meanwhile, it was taking the
pilot and navigator of the ply
rescue plane more than three hours
to hike up the two miles from the
coast up the river, a necessity
caused by the fact that it Was inn
possible land the ply on the
river near The lost mems position.
Having reached the spot, the res
cuers led the four back to the ply,
another equally difficult trek and
flew them to Bengal in India that
night.
Returned to the states, Lieute-
nant incredibly is now stationed at
Camp Davis as patient IN Inc
convalescent hospital.
-V-
| Z. Alex.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
Warsaw Rotary Club
Elects New Officers

WARSAW, July 17--New officers
were installed for the Rotary club
here at a recent meeting, when ].
P. Harmon was named president
and Paul Potter was reelected sec
retary-treasurer.
Annual reports were given by A.
l.. Cavenaugh, retiring president,
and Potter presented the secre'
tary-treasurer's report.
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Obituaries
MISS ANNIE THOMPSON

Funeral services for Miss Annie
M. Thompson, 90, who died Mon
day, were held Tuesday from the
Chapel of the Ward Funeral Home
with the Rev. E. W. Halleck, of
St. Johns Episcopal church, Of
flciating. Burial was in Oakdale
cemetery.
She is survived by two nieces,
Mrs. p. D. Urich, of Wilmington
and Miss Annie Herbst of Wrights-
vile Beach; and two nephews,
1t. Julius T. Herbst, of George
town, S. c., and Eugene F. King,
of Atlanta, Ga.s
Funeral service will f,lshrdlu
Pallbearers were L. c. Robert
son, H. A. King, W. E. Davis, Eu-
gene King, Richard Shew and W.
F. Cox.
MRS. ANNE M. HORNE
Funeral services for Mrs. Anne
Melissa Horne, 81, of 1915 Summer
Hill road, who died Monday, were
held Tuesday at the Yopp funeral
home with Elder R. W. Gurganis
and the Rev. Wade H. Allison, Of
ficiating. Burial was in the Horne
family cemetery.
She is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Mary Capps, Mrs. Wood
US Kellum, and Mrs. Frank j.
LeRay, all of Wilmington; five
sons, Hosea. Clayton, Walter, Hen
ry, all of Wilmington, and William
Horne, of Raleigh; and q grand
children, "a great grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild
Active pallbearers were Earl
Caps, William Horne, Jr.', Wal
ter Horne, Jr., Henry Croydon,
Horne, Frank J. LeRay and Elmer
Caps.
Honorary pallbearers were DR..
J. E. Evans, E. j. Hardison, E. S.
Buck, Henry W. Dixon, T. Lester
Brown, John E. Walton, Ed. J.
Scott, Andrew j. Rochelle and
Clyde T. Walton.
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
MRS. ELLEN BULLARD

MRS. ELLEN BCLLARD
EL1ZABETHTOWN, July II. -
Mrs. Ellen Gardner Bullare, 88,
died Tuesday morning at the home
of her son, F. E. Billiard. follow
ing a long illness.
Surviving are two sons, S. G..
and F. E. Billiard, of Elizabeth
town; a daughter, Mrs. R. H. Hales.
of Roseboro; and IA grandchil-
dren and several great-grandchi]-
dren.
Funeral services will be held at
$3.50 pm. Wednesday at the home,
The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-07-18
FRAZIER M. WHITE

Funeral services for Frazier
Monroe White, "a, who died Sum
day, were held at II a. N. Tues
day at the Mckenzie chapel at
Whiteville, with the Rev. S. N.
Lamb and the Rev. J. R. Kennedy,
officiating. Burial was in the New
Hope cemetery.
Surviving are his widow and two
sons, F. M. White, Jr., and E. Jenk-
ms White, of the U. S. Army in
Belgium; one daughter, Mrs. Pres
ton Hunter of Laurinburg; one
brother, E. L. White of Whiteville;
one sister, Mrs. Martin Nealy OF
Whiteville land three grand chill
dren.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
inez TruII Funeral
Held On Sunday

Funeral services for Miss Inez
Trull, 80, who passed away sud-
denly at Memphis from a heart at
tack, were held Sunday afternoon
at five o'clock from the residence
of her sister, Mrs. H. L. Nichols, Jr.
Miss Trull was a daughter Of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Trull, Of
Lexington. She was born at Cru
ger but had lived most of her life
in Lexington. For the past three
years she had been employed by
the State Tax Commission in Green
She was a member of the Metho-
dist Church.
The Rev. Valentine officiated al
the services and interment was held
at the Lexington Cemetery with
Southern Undertaking Association
conducting.
Surviving are three sisters, Mrs
Nichols and Mrs. James E. Fowler,
both of Lexington, and Miss Marga-
ret Trull, Of Jackson
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Lexington Mans Co.
Cited In Philippines

The following citation wa award
ed Company &C" of the 127th In
fantry Division in the Philippine
Islands. Pfc. Albert Mann, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Mann, is a member
of this Division.
The citation follows:
Company "C", 127th Infantry, is
cited for outstanding performance of
duty in action against the enemy
near the Ormoc Highway, Leyte,
Philippine Islands, on is December,
1914.
AS a result of a wide thanking
movement by I'LL forces, a large
Japanese pocket vas trapped. The
only supply or evacuation route open
to this enemy force was the Ormoc
On Is December, 1914,
c, 127th Infantry, was
ordered to establish a road-block on
the Ormoc highway to prevent these
from being supplied or re-
inforced. Many enemy tanks were
known to be in the area and were
expected to resist any attempt by
our forces to establish n maintain
the block. The men of Company c,
with ~grenades, rifles, auto
matte weapons, mortars and ba-
zookas, had just moved into position
the enemy struck. Ten (10)
light tanks supported by well armed
troops comprised the enemy
force. In addition, the enemy direct
ed intense 75mm and 150mm artil-
lery fire against Company C's posi-
ions. Although the men were SUBJ
Iect to point-blank fire from the
tanks, a hail of bullets from
he numerically superior enemy
troops and point-blank fire
rom the enemy artillery, they never
ceased to face the challenge and re-
urn the fire Of the foe. The men
Company c, by the accuracy OF
heir fire, by the excellent coordi-
nation of small arms and bazookas,
completely routed the enemy. The
nortars and a special patrol sue
in putting out OF action two
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Pfc. EorI Marble, Jr. In
Air Service Command

Salisbury, England. - Pfc. Earl
Marble, a member of the Air Ser
vice Commands 4th Base Air Depot
near this historic cathedral city,
helped ship $50, 1000 pounds of
supplies to the bombers and fighters
that knocked out Nazi war industry
and paved the way to final victory
in Europe.
Among the vital items of supply
handled at this base were $4,000
droppable belly tanks which en-
abled fighters to escort Bits and
B-24's deep into Germany and back.
Pfc. Marble is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. C. Marble, Canton, Miss. He
is a graduate of Durant, Miss, high
school. He entered the army May,
IL, 1912.
Pfc. Marble arrived overseas De-
cember Is, 1943, and is now assign
ed as a truck driver.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Lexington Youth Is
Released Prisoner

With the U. S. Forces in France
The names of Mississippi soldiers
released from prison camps inside
Germany were made public recently
as they passed through a Recovered
Allied Military Personnel camp near
a French port on their way home.
After a 6O-day furlough in the
United States the men will report
to an Army distribution center for
either reassignment or discharge
from the service. None, of them win
be returned to the European Thea
ter.
Many of the men passing through
the camp have told stories of Ger-
man atrocities, starvation diets and
forced marches of hundred Of miles
from one camp to another. Each
has received any necessary medical
care food, new uniforms and been
given an opportunity to purchase
souvenirs.
The Mississippi lei include Pfc.
Albert Thomas, Lexington, Route /.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Camp and Hospital
Committee Meets
In Pikens

In December 1914, representatives
from the Holmes County Chapter Of
the American Red Cross attended a
meeting at Foster General Hospital
Jackson. At this time Holmes
county through our Red Gross
Chapter, became n of a group Of
counties offering their services to
the Camp and Hospital Council
serving Foster General Hospital.
This work is sponsored by your
Red Cross Chapter and is a separate
and distinct service which is sup
piled, financially, not through the
Chapter funds, but through organ
izations of all kinds as well as in
dividuals who want to contribute
to the comfort, happiness and wei
fare of those men who are being
cared for at the Foster General Hos
pital.
The county committee which is
appointed by your local Chapter of
the American Red Cross is as fol-
lows: Mrs. Norman Weathersby,
Chmn.; Mrs. Jesse Maxwell, Pick
ems, vice-Chmn., with the following
named town chairmen: Mrs. Clyde
Cade, West; Mrs. Harry O'Cain, Du-
rant; Mrs. W. L. Harmon, Goodman;
Mrs. Bob Bridgeforth, Pickens; Mrs.
Leroy Paris, Lexington; Mrs. A. B.
Archer. Cruger; Mrs. Harvey j.
Baine, Tchula.
On June Goth, Mrs. w. w. Scott,
chairman Camp and Hospital Coun-
Gil, with Mrs. George Wallace, a
member Kinds County Committee,
met with a group in Pickens and the
committee was organized and def
mite plans for functioning with the
District group were completed. Mrs.
Weathersby, Mrs. Paris, Mrs. Irene
S. Money, Mrs. Harvey Baine, Mrs.
Bob Bridgeforth, Mrs. Edgar Lump
kin, attended this meeting which
was held at the home of Mrs. Jesse
Maxwell.
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SGT. james HoIlomon
Gets Army Discharge

st. Petersburg, Florida, (SpeciaD
-S/Sgt. James c. Holloman, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Walter Hollo-
man, has received his honorable dis
charge from the armed forces
through the Army Air Forces Con-
valescent Hospital, Personnel Dis.
tribution Command, Don Cesar
Place, st. Petersburg, Florida, Col.
Richard E. Elvins, commanding Of
ficer, announced.
Sgt. Holloman entered the army
in April of 1943, serving as a gum
ner on a BIS in the Mediterranean
Theater of Operations. He is .
veteran of Sc combat missions and
is the wearer of the Air Medal with
six oak leaf clusters.
Prior to entering the service Sgt
Holloman was manager of the Lock-
EFT Building Supply Company in
Grenada, Mississippi. Mrs. Hollo-
man, the former Inez Peters, resides
in Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
. stock Auction Sale
IN Lexington Wed.
al 100 pm.

The opening livestock auction Of
the Holmes County S~tockyards ut
Lexington will be held at one o'clock
next Wednesday, July 18th. A large
number of buyers from the major
packers are expected to attend and
plans for a big opening sale have
been completed.
Cliff Watson, of Greenwood, will
be the a~uctioneer in charge. Joe
Feagin will assist Lutte S. Ellison
in the ring and Ed Ellison will be
the general manager. Other per-
sonnet will be local Holmes county
people.
The management invites the pub
lie and especially every person In
terested in, livestock to attend this
auction. 1t guarantees that every
animal sold through this auction
will bring market price or more.
This protection is guaranteed every
one selling stock at the Holmes
County Stockyards.
Everyone is urged to attend the
sale.
The auction sales will continue to
be held every Wednesday in Lex
ington at one o'clock at the Stock
yards.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
vFw Ladies' Auxiliary
Will Be Organized

A Ladies' Auxiliary of the Vet
Grams of Foreign Wars will be organ
lied for Holmes county next Tues
day night, July 10, at a meeting at
the Lexington City Hall. The meet
ing will start promptly at eight
o'clock.
The VFW mems organization will
meet at the same time and all the
men and their wives, mothers and
sisters serving in the the armed
forces are eligible for membership
in these organizations. Everyone
interested is urged to attend.
Mrs. Beatrice irpy, of Meridian,
will be present to help organize the
Ladies' Auxiliary.
All men with overseas service are
asked to attend the meeting as well
and become identified with the
VFW chapter of Holmes county.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Pitkens Buildings Are
Destroyed By Fire

The large brick building formerly
occupied by the Ford Motor Com
pany in Pickens and the Maxwell
& Owen Funeral Home in Pickens
were completely destroyed by fire
Sunday afternoon.
The former Ford place was occu-
pied by the Cook Drilling Company
and the fire was reported to have
started when a spark from a weld
ing outfit set fire to stored drums
of gasoline which exploded and
caused the whole building to be de-
stroyed.
The buildings were owned by Mrs.
Upton Kendrick, the former Julia
Heinrich, Of Lexington. They were
understood to have been partially
covered by insurance.
Much machinery and equipment,
including trucks, owned by the Cook
Company, were completely destroy
ed. The damage cannot be esti-
mated accurately at the present.
Their loss was also understood to
have been partially covered by in
surance.
No one was injured.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05

75mm and one 150mm artillery
pieces which the enemy had been
employing. When the smoke Of the
battle cleared there remained nine
(9) enemy tanks completely destroy
ed and the other severely damaged.
The crews of these tanks as wen
as many Of the supporting ground
troops were killed. An aggressive
assault against the disorganized rem
nants of the routed foe resulted in
his complete humiliation. The cour-
age and disregard for personal
safety shown by the officers and en-
listed men of Company c is a credit
to the armed forces. This operation
a determining factor in the final
successful break-through by our
troops during the following days
and played a vital role in the sue
cessful completion of the task Of
breaking all enemy resistance on
Leyte.
BY command Of Major General
Gill
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Marine Recruiter To Be
In Jackson July 18th

Sgt. Sherman H.. Lucy, special
recruiter for the U. S. Marine Corps,
will be in Jackson on Saturday,
July IA, for the purpose of inter-
viewing young men l7-years of age
interested in enlistment with the
Leathernecks.
The Marines have a large quota
for enlistments of men in this age
bracket for July and offer attract
i've opportunities for vocational edu-
cation in some lbs Marine Corps
trade schools to men II years old,
the only age-class eligible to volun-
teer.
Men may enlist at this time and
60 Immediately to Paris Island, S.
c., for basic training, or, they may
enlist and be placed on inactive
duty for an extended period pend
ing acall to training. Persons at
tending summer schools may take
advantage Of the latter plan to COM
plete current terms, after enlistine
in the Corps.
Sergeant Lucy, a Mississippi vet.
eran Of rs months in the Pacific
will be glad to interview local mer
regarding enlistment. He may be
located at the local postoffice on the
date mentioned, or, interested per-
sons may write U. S. Marine Corps
236 West Capitol, Jackson, Miss.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Rigging Going Up
Al RiehIand Well

Rigging is being put up this week
on Jesse Garland's place about one
and one-half miles below Richland
and everything should be ready to
spud in some time next week, ac-
cording to reports today.
This latest well to be drilled in
Holmes county is about three and
one-haf miles from Pickens. The
land on which it is being drilled is
owned by Jesse Garlond, colored
citizen of that community.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
PGtients At The Hospitol
White

White
Mrs. Sidney Rhyme, Lexington.
Billy Rushing, Lexington, Rt. /.
Mrs. Frank M, Clark, Mileston.
Miss Juanita Johnson, Lexington.
Billy Watson, Tchula.
W. v. Hendry, Lexington.
Mrs. A. E. Campbell, Tchula.
Colored
Leila Bee Bell, pickens
Eli Wade, cruger.
Katherine Thurmond, Lexington.
John D. Harris, Lexington
Jessie Williams, Lexington
Lucille Davis, Lexington.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
METHODIST CHURc'
BAPTIST CHURCH

The Rev. Glenn Smith of Goss,
Miss, will have charge of the morn
ing service. 1t. Johnny A. Dinas
will be guest speaker at the evening
service.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05

That same day my truck was pull
ed out by a tractor and I soon got
it going again. All of my crew got
together and started where the rest
of our outfit was and that was less
than a half mile. That was far as
we could 60 for the Germans were
throwing everything that they had
at us, from a 80 cal. rifle to an 80.
We kept pushing on for we were
giving them ten to one and they
just couldn't stand it any longer.
The next day was the third day
and things began to change in our
favor. ! went over and took a look
at a graveyard that was one day old.
l started to count the graves but I
got to 1000 and I could count a
hundred and twenty of Jul boys.
That night was a pretty sight.
When the ferries came owe our 80
nm opened up on them and I saw
what l had been looking for a long
time and that was the German
planes coming down to the ground
in a blaze. / know for sure that I
was doing a job that I had been
trained for so long. I can't tell you
just how I did feel for about three
hours.
When we we're firing--the fire
from our guns Lit up the whole coun-
try-so bright that I could set for
miles-and when the firing quit, it
was SO dark you could cut 1t with
a stick.
The next day we moved to a new
area, and on our way came my time
to really do my stuff. Every truck
had a so cal. machinegun or it.
Sure enough, here they came.
They tried to stop us, but no luck.
With every machinegun we had
popping at them. what we didn't
shoot down, the others tucked their
tails and were no longer in our
sight. Now that was about three
minutes of fighting but that went
for days and nights. This was about
June 10th.
Well, l will skip some of the time
have seen action but I will start
June 10th in my next letter. l
will tell you some of my foxhole
and a lot of other things that
made me sweat blood for hours.
Some of the boys really made me
When the show vas over /
had plenty to laugh about.
Well, so far we have been lucky.
We have had our part of this war.
[ will tell you the rest Of it in my
lext letter.
Right now we are in a field
where a German airfield was for
I can see about a hundred
airplanes of all types that were
wrecked by our planes. Most OF
hem are ME 100, ITO, JU 88's, and
hat was the Germans best planes.
Well Sis. I will say so-long for
this time by asking you to write
soon.
With lots Of love,
CPL. BOB GANEY.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05
Stores Observe Fourth
As Holiday Here

Local stores, banks and the post
office observed July 4th as a holi-
day by closing for the day.
Many people planned picnics and
fishing trips but for the most part
people spent the day quietly at
home.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-07-05

Mr. and Mrs. Houston Ivy and
children, Mr.. and Mrs. Ollie Harri-
son of Durant, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
McNeer and children were guests in
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. j.
McCrory and children.