The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-06

TWO years IN The @ ###
Wilmington Home |
Guard. About the
time Tommy fin
ished mis- schooling, the great con-
flict was upon us and Tommy
Joined the army at the age OF w
in 1943.
Entering Fort Bragg he was sent
to Camp Blanding, Fla, and from
there he reported for duty at Camp
SLOVENIAN, Los Angeles, Calf.
He was then assigned to Boston
and eventually landed in the 10th
Division, Infantry. From there II
was verseas and bitter fighting
for Tommy. He participated IN
three major battles and his dlvl-
sion saw service with the Lucky
7th," srd and Gin Armies. With the
cessation of the conflict he was
transferred to duty in Germany
where he Is presently assigned. HIS
address is Is Constabuiary So,
APO 742 care Postmaster, New
York, N. Y.
That is Tommy's army RECORD up
TO date. And now he, with his many
buddies, is trying to bring order
out of chaos in Germany.
Now what has all this to do with
the chuckle I mentioned in the
lead line? Well here it is. Although
Tommy is still on Army duty IN
Germany, the other day his family
received a notice from the New
Hanover county draft board plac-
ing this active soldier in 4-F. And
mind you the draft card is dated
March %, 1947. ,
I imagine Tommy will be most
happy to hear this especially after
he thinks of those three major bat
ties ne engaged in. His father told
me the story the other day and
said, he felt sure Tommy would
relish the story being told to his
friends here in Wilmington.
A LINE OR TWO Charlie
Gaylord, who served his stint IN
the service and then came back to
graduate from Chapel Hill on
March 30th, is now program di-
rector at WMFD Betty 10 Bull
lard, Whiteville High school stu
dent and a top notch songstress for
her age has her own show every
Friday night at 8:15 o'clock over
WENC W. P. Reeves passes
along this old coincidence. Reeves,
whose home is in Delco but who
Is now working for a local con-
Germ, is the boy who vas SO badly
injured in a recent scooter acct
dent. While Reeves was recuperat-
ing at a local hospital he was Wis
tied by his friend Harley Carol,
also of Delco. While Carol was
visiting Reeves the patient gave
him a lecture on being careful and
staying out of the hospital. The adj
vice didn't take, apparently. for
the night of the afternoon Reeves
was discharged from the hospital
his friend Carol was brought in as
a patient. And not only was he
brought into the hospital but he
was given the exact same room
that his friend Reeves had been
moved out of that very afternoon
go. j. A. Anderson, well known to
many local residents while station
ed at Camp Davis passed through
town last week On his honeymoon
and asked to be remembered to
all his friends . Former 1t. Bill
Cox, USAAF now at school, drop
ped by over the weekend A
group of the Wrightsboro All club
took the microphone for the first
time over WHIT yesterday and
did a right nice job. Included in
the cast we're Jerry Yopp, Edna
Yopp, Thomas Johnston, BOBBY
Jordan, Arthur Jordan, Helen
Swart, Herbert Rivenbark, Alice
M y, Jack Murray and
Ray Johnson. The program vas I'M
der the direction of Nancy I'm
gram.
1T HAPPENED HERE: When w.
r. Wigs, Jr., was appointed Chief
OF the Wrightsville Police last jan
uary he became the youngest police
chief in the state. Now 26, Wigs
Is well qualified for the job, having
seen five years service as an MP
in the army. Discharged in 1945 he
Immediately joined the beach con-
stabulary. Chief Wigs. the son OF
W. R. Wigs, Sr., 705 South II
street, Wilmington, is married to
the former Margaret Wilson,
Johnston City, Tenn, and has one
daughter. Iris. And so Wrightsville
beach has still another claim for
national recognition, to wit, the
youngest police chief in the state.
THIS AND THAT: When l talked
TO the newly elected Wrightsville
fire department chief last night,
and sort of ribbed him about the
fire station igniting while the beach
fire laddies were on a fire drill,
Chief FarroW promptly told me,
that In the future, lat last until they
get new sirens which are on there
way,) the fire department will only
drill in the direction of the wind.
He says when they drill opposite