The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-08-05
Tar Heels In Washington Welcoming
Military Home From F iqhtinq Fronts

pinocle, chess or what have you!
With their job accomplished in
Europe, Major Norman Grammar
IS home with 100 points to his
credit; so is Staff Sergeant Joseph
w. Yates, Jr., of Wilmington, who
will snend much of his furlorGh
in Raleigh; Lieut.. F. W. Van
Canon, who has seer active sea
d,tv for four years and William
II. packer, Who went overseas last
January. Top Sgt. Edwin Chckner
whipped IN Friday, having arrived
on the Queen Elizabeth. 1t mas
been over a year since Eddie
set of for "destination unknown.
But it seems like yesterday AND
the closeup pictures he word
paints of France and Germany
brings one sharply to the reallza-
ton of how much can actually
happen in such a short time. These
days are crowded also, for the be-
medaled Sergeant, for he and his
charming wife, Louise are the cen
ter of a maelstrom of partylng IN
honor of his homecoming.
This war to most Of the people
who are lighting it in Washington
is undoubtedly the biggest scrap
they ever dreamed of, but to Cap
tain James H. Pou Bailey, recent
ly returned son of Senator and
Mrs. Josiah W. Bailey, its still
small potatoes compared to
some of the battles he has known.
Captain Bailey is the very hand
some young attorney in whose per-
son the hopes of Washington S
Carolina "debbies" once vested. In
those days, he was doing special
war work with the apartment Of
thick of it-fighting his way across
Justice. Suddenly he was in the
France and through the battle of
the Bulge. 1t was just a job to
be done, he will probably tell you
adding that its not half so ex-
citing as plotting a boat off Caro-
lima S coast-that the war is dead
ly dull by comparison. Captain
Bailey almost passed up Washing
ton in his eagerness to get to
North Carolina. By this time you
know that the specific reason was
the lovely Fiquet Pate, who be-
came his bride last Wednesday in
Laurinburg. 1t was indeed a trib-
ute to the personable young officer
that his secret" did not leak out
in all these months that his friends
have known of the happy home
coming that awaited him.
Lieut.. Col. James H. Bate, dec
Grated live times for the role he
played in defeating the Germans
returned this week on the Queen
Mary, holding the Legion of Merit.
the Silver Star for gallantry in &C
ton and the Bronze Star and clus-
ter for meritorious achievement
and the Purple Heart. Not only
that-his battalion has been cited
by the President. Previous to 60
ing overseas, Col. Bate was an
assistant military aide at the
White House calling Washington
home" for 10 months. Quarter
master SC Dudley Carbon, whose
wife formerly Miss Edith Win
borne) is the efficient secretary to
Representative Herbert Bonner,
also found his friends saying their
welcome with a round of dinner
parties that frightened his visit,
despite the "St. Swith:n's rain
that seems to be with Washington
for while.
Among the thirty veterans
in the Shoreham pool
last Tuesday afternoon all of
them holders of the Purple Heart
was Pfc. w. H. Graham. who
was having a great time frisking
about in the water. The veterans
party lasted four hours, the first
being given over to exercises pre-
scribed for the group by medical
officers - the remainder of the
with the Shoreham
Hotel as hosts, was spent in pure
fun and recreation. For many
weeks Navy We t e r an will be
guests of the hotel at a swimming
party in the most beautiful of the
Capitals many pools as a special
feature of the rehabilitation pro-