The Wilmington morning star., 1947-07-23
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By Winifred Harriss

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The sands of time are sifted
gradually as each day casually
turns our every DONG into a mem
CRY, placing the present in the
Fast and bringing the future into
the present. A calendar page is
Tipped owe and another month
is gone. With all the reminis-
cences come thoughts of acquaint-
ances of a while back.
A year ago boys and girls were
spending summers at home, work
ing or v%acationing, and now the
same groups are scattered from
Italy to Japan, from Canada to
Panama. But from all over the
world, word flashes to the home
town.
Regular sources of news are the
boys in service that are stationed
close by as well as overseas; and
though groups r far apart, some
ct the Wilmington tellas have
managed to stay together.
Jack Baldwin and Billy Lee are
both with the Army way over in
Osaka, Japan. They have been
overseas for almost a year, and
they are expecting to take the
best trip of all-homeward-nea1
the first part of the year.
Mentioned before are the sever.
al hometown boys with the Army
in Korea. Among them are Lonnie
Williams in Chan. Yu, Everette
Won Oesen, NOBLE Ayash, George
Won Oesen, Football Smith, ane
Raynor NeWbold.
Guarding the Panama lock.
down at the Panama Canal is Pa
Howe, who took leave from his
Army buddies at Fort Bragg tt
be stationed in Central America
Pat joined the Army last October
SC he should be getting his dis
charge sometime next spring.
Kenneth Rogers and JACK Mar
Gus have stuck together since the
beginning when they signed VI
with the Army last summer. A
present the two are in Naples.
Farther north on the European
continent are some of the Wi
mingtonians in Germany. Olive:
Watkins recently reached tina
country. One day he ~strolled int
d Red Cross center and notice.
t Billy Todd's name on the register
Here's hoping the two have me
somewhere! Oliver has been plac
ed at AUGSBURG while Billy is sta
toned at Stuttgart.
Back in the states those VIII
! are at Fort Bragg r Georg'
Darden, Martin Fields, Micki
Kelly, Chubby Paul, and Harpe
Newbold. George is playing witt
the band at Bragg. incidentally
Learning the military art at For
Jackson, S. c.. are Ronnie Walker
and Carl Williams. who are sol
dlers of a month. These two have
been getting home over the week
ends at times.
But all OF the fellas in service
haven't turned soldiers, for tn,
Navy has drawn them also. Jo'
Gray is on a light cruiser whicl
will journey to Europe Don A
present Joe is placed with the
crew at Newport, R. I. He was
at New York for about three
weeks and he saw the sights 0
the Big City. His ship sails some
time this weekend for the Medi
terranean, stopping at Gibraltar
Marseilles, and possibly a
Naples, then travelling up to north
err Europe. Perhaps Kenneth
Jack and Joe will bump into each
other over there. Joe hopes for {
leave in December, but, will def
initely be home in May when hi
receives his discharge from the
Navy.
Forrest Brown is a member o
4 the crew on the aircraft carrier
valley Forge" and was recently
ir Philadelphia, home port. For
rest i having the chance of jour
neying to China, and he also viii
he discharged N May.
Other hometoWners in Uncle
Sans Navy who have been pass
ing the time Of cay up north are
J. B. Fales and Gerhardt Schni5'
ben. These two sailors have beer
at New London. Conn.,, at the sub
marine base. While way down
south, Glenn Barrow has been sta.
toned with the Navy at jackson
vile, Fla.
Frank Herring is still in sunny
Hawaii where he has been fol
many months with the Navy.
Durwood Orrel1 is located dowr
at Pass Christian Merchant Ma
r.ne academy. Durwood has beer
there for almost two years, witt
the exception of a four months
leave last winter which he spen
nere at home.
Though some of the boys are a
different points, there are many
more who are spending summer:
at home or taking short trips.
Often we see Katharine Rhett
Gretter Duffy, We Sanders, Helen
Boushee, Jane Head, Katharine
Harriss, Jane Sprunt, Douglas Nc
Koy, and Sally Trulove at the
beach or somewhere downtown
Gretter was at Blackstone college
last year. Vie attended West
Hampton college which is a part
of the University of Richmond,
and Helen was at Hollins. Jane
Head and Katharine Harriss were
at w. c., while Katharine Rhett
spent the year at Stratford, and
Jane Sprunt was at Edgewood
Park at Briarciiff manor in New
York. Douglas was also at Hollins
college, and Sally attended Salem