The Wilmington morning star., 1946-08-20
SEVEN VETERANS
ENLIST IN ARMY
Regular Army Recruiting
Shows Increase AS y
Are Accepted

heguldI army recruiting at tne
Wilmington station again shows an
increase over the previous week
as % men, seven of whom were
veterans, we're accepted for enlist
ment during the week ending ALL
gust II, Capt. N. G. Cottle, COM
manding officer, said yesterday.
Veterans reenlisting were: Den
mis- j.. Barnes, Fair Bluff, who en-
listed in the Army Air Forces to
be assigned to Pope Field, Fit.
Bragg, N. c.. in the grade Of Pfc.
Barnes expects to make the Army
a career.
Everett E. Howell, Hampstead,
enlisted in the Army Air Forces
for a period of three years. He al
ready has seven years service, five
of which was spent overseas. Ho-
we'll also expects to make the Army
a career.
Baxter H. Haymore, Green's
boro, a former employe of the
Maudlin Motor company, enlisted
in the Army Air Forces to be as
signed to Pope Field, Fl. Bragg. N.
c., il the grade of Sgt. He has four
years of service. eight months of
which was spent in the Pacific
Theater. Haymore, completed high
school at Norlina, N. c., and at
tended the University of North
Carolina for one year. He is mar
ried and is the father of four child
rem. Haymore plans to make the
Army a career.
Robert E. Hobbs, Jacksonville.
and John C. Boyette, ITO Daire
Dr., Wilmington, enlisted for a
period of three years in the grade
of Pfc, for assignment to the Army
Ground Forces.
I. S. Merritt, Chadbourn. enlist
ed for a period of three years for
assignment to the Field Artillery.
Julian Grady, Whiteville, enlist
ed in the Corps of Engineers for a
period of three years.
Non Veterans
Among the non-veterans we're
three MINIS graduates of 1916. They
were: Lonnie B. Williams, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert A. Williams.
liz jackson St., Williams made the
highest possible score on the Army
entrance Classification test. He
served for three years in the ROTC.
And attained the rank of Cadet
Major, and became second in CON-
mand of the MINIS ROTC. Williams
hopes to go to Officers Candidate
School while in the Army and will
enter Clemson college, under the
"GI' Bill Of Rights, after discharg-
ed. Telford A. Davis, son of MI.
and Mrs. W. T. Davis, 230 Daire
Drive, also made a high score on
the Army entrance classification
test, and was accepted for enlist
ment in the Army Air Forces for
a period of three years. He expects
to enter college under the "GI'
Bill of Rights, after discharged.
Jerry Lewis, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Lewis, Bolivia, N. c., also
made an excellent score on the
Army entrance classification test.
He has n year of ROTC at MINIS.
He expects to serve overseas in the
European Theater and will enter
N. c. State College, after discharg-
ed.
Other non-veterans were Hobert
H. Ray, Nakina; Robert K. Rocks.
Chadbourn; Burris Stocks, Old
Dock; Ballard j. Brown, Fair
Bluff; Burden Norris, Tabor City;
Lewis Edwards, Tabor City; Eu-
gene c. Martin, Faison; Avery L.
Cottle, Faison; Leon e. Costin,
WatAa; James E. Johnson, Wallace;
William H. johnson, Wallace; and
Horace L. Prevatte, Council
U. S. Army Recruiting Station is
located in Room 203-205 Post Office
Building. A recruiting representa-
tive may also be contacted in the
following towns each week. as fol-
lows: Wniteville, Mondays; South
port, Tuesdays; Wallace, Wednes-
days; and Jacksonville, Thursdays.
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