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QUESTION: Mrs. Joanne Gerhard, wife
of a Wichita University professor who is a
World War II veteran, asks AMdie Murphy:
"Why did you give your medals away?"
ANSWER: gave away my medals at the
end of the war because never felt that they
entirely belonged to me- My whole unit
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the pinch they can't let you down either.
Sometimes this feeling of closeness among
fighting men extends even to the enemy. In
a funny way, the fighting soldier may feel
closer to the man he has to kill than to the
civilian back home or the ''rear-echelon
the right word - with killing 24O Germans,
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iNTERNATiONAi.

to be pretty good TO beat them. And III
make one observation: if the American
soldier ever has to fight close to home. then
the world will know what tough fighting
man is really like.
War is nasty business, to be avoided if
possible, and to be gotten over with as soon
as possible. It's not the sort of job that
deserves medals. But somebody has to do
it and if my country calls again. I'm ready.
There was time during the war when
Continued on page p
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Modern war is all teamwork, and the only
good thing to be said for it is the spirit of
group loyalty il creates.
This loyalty. when you come right down
to it, has more to do with bravery in battle
than even patriotism does. You may want
to be brave, but your spirit can desert you
when things get really rough. Only you
find you can't let your guys down. and in
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out the lot of them. But crept away with
out doing them any harm. They looked
too much like our side - Cabling. horsing
around, eating their rations peacefully.
guess turning chicken at that moment
made me a bad soldier My job was to get
the enemy wherever found him, and some
Of my own buddies might have been killed
later by the same Germans | spared. It's
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a thing would Ike very much to
forget. Personally, didn't count
'em. had chances to kill more
and couldn't 60 through with it.
Spaxing Enemy Lives
ONCE, on patrol in Germany,
was able to sneak up on a German
unit without being noticed. A
hand grenade could have wiped
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not the sort Of thing they pin medals on
you for. and never told anybody about it.
But guess lot Of that kind of reneging
went on during the last days Of the war
on both sides
have never been able to stand the Holly
wood pictures that poked fun at the enemy.
that made him out to be a stupid beast.
The soldiers on the front line knew al! too
we'll the toughness and fighting quality of
the enemy. Sometimes they seemed to be
better than we we're. But guess we had
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earned them, but | didn't know
how to give them to the whole unit.
It's like giving all the glory in
football to the running back and
none to the line that makes his run
possible. Few men fight alone in
modern war. If any man does, he
is not likely to get any medals,
because there will be no one to
witness and report his herOiSm.
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Americas most decorated soldier names
why military decorations too often fail
to reveal the whole story of heroism :.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-23

Joy cormody. dromo editor Of The Star.
Is on vacation. His column will be
resumed on his return.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-23
WHERE
AND WHEN
Current Theater Attractions
and Time Of Showing

Stage
National - The Heavenly
Twins: $3.50 pm.
Shubert-Reopens September
n6.
Screen
Ambassador-"The Mcconnell
Story; las. $40. 5:55, $40 and
1925 pm.
Capitol ~ "Seven Cities Of
Cold: II am, lilo, $40, $50,
7:40 and $50 pm.
Colony-''Monika";; $50, $40
and $50 pm.
colurnbia-"The Kentuckian"::
1920 am, 1880. 3:35, $40, 7:50
and s:55 pm.
Dupont Summertime: 1880.
$685.. 5::35. TAO. $40 and 11:20
pm.
Keith's-"Ulysses'; 1880 am,
1885. .3:4o' 5:45. 1850 and $50
pm.
Little-"n Trovatore':: 8, 8
and 10 pm.
Macarthur - The Gree
Scarf; 6:15, sos, and $50 pm.
Metropolitan - "The McCon-
nell Story; 11:20 am, 1::20.
3:25. $50, 7::35 and 9:45 pm.
Ontario-"We're No Angels;
1880, $40. $40. TAO and $40
pm.
Palace-"The Left Hand Of
God; II am. 1850, 2:45, 4:40.
$50, BIS and 1918 pm.
Playhouse - Summertime:
i1:10 am, los, 2:55, 4::50. 6:45
and 1918 pm. Sneak preview;
$3.50 pm.
Plaza THE Virgin Queen;
1910, las, $3.50, $40, 6:55. $40
and 1920 pm.
Trans-Lux-"The Shrike"; IL
am, 1880. 2:40. 4:30, $40, BIS,
1905 and 11:40 pm.
Warner-"This is Cinerama"::
and $3.50 pm.
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Gina Eyes Broadway

Gina Lollobrigida wants to
conquer Broadway. too-she1l
star in . play. "The Backward
Bride" !. And Ray Midland Is
telling them In England that the
reason he has lasted as . Holly
wood star for 40 years lis be-
cause I always did what was
told--that's the secret Of this
business"
Jean Simmons and Stewart
Granger win make Switzerland
their homeland commute to
Hollywood for pictures. -. Ditto
Elizabeth Taylor and Mike
Wilding.
Doris Day. In the current
Screenland mag. wears q polka
dot for every freckle. But I pre-
fer the bikinis she wore at that
last film festival. And did
you know that Ava Gardner
turned down the role In Love
Me or Leave Me" that might win
Doris an Oscar nomination?
Maria English is on pins and
needles awaiting the result OF
her test, rushed to Mike Todd
in Colorado for the leading
lady role in around the World
In 80 Days" She's OF suspen-
sion at Paramount for refusing
to work with Spencer Tracy in
"The Mountain.
$50
The out-of-town notices are
good, so Mrs. Van Helm has
packed up the youngsters and
taken an apartment In New
York to await Vans opening
next week In "A View From the
Bridge" Eva Marie Saints
press agent says she Is singing
the praises Of Frank Sinatra.
But everyone else Is screaming.
Frankie didn't bother TO attend
the dress rehearsal. for his TV
Our Town" which made It very
tough on Eva and the rest Of
the cast.
Though Linda Darnell and
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HOLLY WOOD
BY SHEiLAH GRAHAM

Joan Crawford keep denying 1t.
there Is trouble in their respec-
tive paradises. Noel Cow
ards next play has the odd title.
Nude with Violin" Danny
Kaye didn't care for the FIRST
script Of 1.-THE Red Nichols
Story" and Don Hartman Of
Paramount ordered Q rewrite.
It seems to me it was strictly,
business-no real palsy walsiness
with Dean Martin and Jerry
Lewis at their television debut
this season. Maybe this Is the
answer, because 1t was one Of
their best. Their next movie. q
western, Where Men Are Men"
rolls In November In Phoenix.
Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh
have decided their marriage Is
so good they won't take o
chance Of making any pictures
together. Tony Aims Cory" In
France. next spring. for his own
company.
Richard Boone with a reputa-
ton to maintain as Doctor
Styner on Medic, " refused
$4,000 to endorse D popular
brand beer. But I never knew
that doctors were teetotalers,
Claudette Colbert plans q mo-
See GRAHAM, Page Ash
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-23

lis back in the air. clad in Air
Force blue and in the drivers
tseat Of q Jet fighter.
He goes OF to Korea and sets
tabout the downing Of MICS in
wholesale lots. after awhile Is
sent home to show other boys
lhow. Then come the assignment
to test the new model Of his old
| jet fighter, the frozen controls,
and the flaming crash.
A great deal of this saga is
exciting, to be sure, but also
there is a great deal Of 1t that
lis not very dramatic. This does
mot mean. however, that it Is
not interesting. The screenplay
by Ted Sherdeman and Sam
Role avoids mock heroics and
Gordon Douglas direction treats
the McConnells as q pair OF
normal human beings.
As q tasteful tribute to q young
man who saw his duty and did
Ut. THE Mcconnell Story" is be-
Iyond 'reproach.
$50
The playing Of the leading
roles adds considerably to the
honest quality the picture has.
Alan Ladd plays. the Jet fighter
expert and it Is . performance
considerably removed from some
Iof his past stereotypes. He's
lquiet, normal and thoroughly
credible as the young man who
ltust had to fly airplanes.
June Allyson. who obviously
lis somebody's idea OF the ideal
mate for q man given to long
| fiirtations with the wild blue
yonder, is cast as another fier's
wife as Mrs. Mcconnell. She.
too, is completely believable. both
as the patient tender Of the home
fires and when she erupts with
the thought that her husband
has done enough already when
he takes on the fatal test job.
There are q pair of noteworthy
supporting performances In ''The
MEG onnell Story" too. Frank
Faylen does an Army sergeant
that is close enough TO the rou-
time exaggeration to be funny.
far enough removed from It to
be believable.
James Whitmore also Is most
effective as Capt. Mcconnell's
faithful friend and Korean COM
manding officer. This Is d de-
pendable man and here he puts
authenticity into every scene
in which he appears.
Il -
1.-THE Mcconnell Story" has
been filmed in CinemaScope and
WarnerColor. The combination
accounts for some stirring foot
age when Capt. Mcconnell and
the cameras finally take OF In
the jets, which Is q good dis
lance beyond the opening cred
its.
Some of the aerial combat
sequences in the film are
thoroughly exciting stuff. espe-
cially when experienced In q
bunet-proof theater. It's fun to
roll around the CinemaScope
sky in a Jet plane. too, accom-
panied by the security Of the
knowledge that the Metropolitan
Theater isn't likely to flame out
and leave you at 10000 feet
with no visible means Of slIpuort
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the Army. His single-mindedn
almost leads to his downfall, but
he finally does manage to get
assigned to pilot training.
He also manages to acquire
o wife to share pitiful wartime
housing with him. bear him
children and pine for him while
he Is away at war.
After getting himself into the
Air Corps. he comes up against
another disappointment. He is
assigned to navigation school.
and then sent to the European
theater, where he becomes an
eager beaver type. After Is COM
bat missions he can again apply
for pilot training and he's In
o hurry.
The end Of the war grounds
him. however. and he settles
down to q desk job, unhappily.
while dreaming Of those Ger
man Jet planes he saw. Then
comes Korea and before long he
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-23

Henry Blanke, the Warner Bros.
man who made .The Mcconnell
Story" new Aim at the Metro
politan and Ambassador Thea
tiers.
"The Mcconnell Story" is
exactly what the title implies. 1t
is the story of Capt. Joe McCon-
nell, the combat pilot who came
home from Korea's MIG Alley a
triple Jet ace only to lose his life
while testing q new plane. Pro-
Queer Blanke's approach is the
straightforward. apparently
fairly factual one. The result Is
that his movie uses up q lot Of
runway before it becomes air
borne.
+ &&&
Its hero Is first encountered as
q rather sorry Medical Corps
private in the early days of
World War, II. His ambition to
become a flier is all-consuming
and makes him quite q trial to
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THE PASSING SHOW
Triple Jet Ace Rooms
The CinemoScope Sky
By HARRY MaeARTHUR

unfortunately that the lives Of heroes while they
inspiring examples not always abundant with the
exciting More than movie producer has
up against problem faced it In his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-23

THE MCCONNELL STORY" war
ner Bros. picture. produced By Henry
Blanke.. directed by Gordon Douglas,
screenplay BY Ted Sherdeman and Sam
Role, original story by Sherdeman. Al
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
GOVERNMENT BY TWENTY PER CENT.

We don't know how it stacks up with the national aver
but the election Dare County reveals that only about
oneh of the total voters in the county sufficiently
interested issue of great Importance to to the polls
and express their will in the Democratic provided
for our people.
Of 328 registered voters Dare County the total vote
only 632 Of those who didn't VOTE no doubt
impossible for large number of them to to the polls
Some far away infrm; may have for
got about it. .sstv
But it is somewhat unfavorable reflection when
Dare County sufficiently interested to vote either
way Their action indicated that of Importance to
them which way serious matter of this kind might turn
Of there many people who take the deteast
attitude that ut doesn't matter which way vote they Will
carry it anyway they want.
that this is sometimes the and may be
in this case the county commissioners go ahead as some
expect and their wasteul scheme is sometimes
difficult to believe that anyone entrusted with the duties
discharge would be stupid to against
what evidently the expressed will of the people in vote
of two which while not being all of the people by
long shot, certainly fair section of the sentiment
and the prevailing degree of public interest
We note by the returns that about 20 cent of the
Manns Harbor and Mays Head Yet in Buxton of the
supposedly interested communities only eighth of
the voters Frisco half voted in Duck and
Wanchese eighth; in Stumpy Point only one-twefth
while East Lake third and in Mashoes hreefourhs
voted
Whenever throughout the length and breadth of the
land get at least 60 cent of the voters instead OF
20 per the polls and express their honest
vctons we will have government far more honest and
stable and happier and helpful to the people That goal
to strive for.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
AN EAST LAKE NATIVE
DIES IN NORFOLK MONDAY

Mrs. Essie Mae Sanderlin
Wright, so, wife of Frank D.
Wright, and daughter of the late
George w. and Mrs. Lizzetta
Owens Sanderlin, died at the resi-
dence, HOO Great Bridge Boule-
ward, Norfolk, Monday.
Besides her husband she is sur
vived by two daughters, Miss
Delma Mae Wright and Mrs.
Ethelyne Wright Owens; a son,
Frank D. Wright, Jr., all of Doz-
iers Corner; three sisters, Mrs.
Jessie R. Lewis, and Mrs. Ander-
son Day, both of Norfolk, and
Mrs. F. S. Bird, of Guam; four
brothers, ReveI v. Sanderlin,
Ernest r. Sanderlin and Rupert d.
Sanderlin, all of Norfolk, and
Daniel S. Sanderlin, of Bayside;
and two grandchildren, David
Duncan Owen and Miss Gayle
Elaine Owen.
Mrs. Wright was a native OF
East Lake, and had been a resident
of Norfolk for 38 years.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
BUXTON PERSONALS

DR.. and Mrs. Donald Tharp were
guests of honor Sunday at a picnic
given near the Cape Hatteras
Light House by the Hatteras Is
land people for faithful and untir-
ing service rendered for the past
three and one half years, as well
as good friend and neighbor to
all the island. C. P. Gray, Asa
Gray, w. A. Gray and DIR. Tharp
were speakers. Silver was present
ed to DR.. and Mrs. Tharp as a GO
ing away gift.
The new doctor who is taking
over was given welcome and ex-
pressed his appreciation for filling
DR.. Tharp's place.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. S. Turner, Jr.
and children of Baltimore, Md. are
here with his parents. Mr.. Turner
is another Buxton boy who has
made good. His father, a navy
man, did duty all over the United
States and over seas. ]. S. Jr. is
an architect in Baltimore where
they have bought a home.
Mrs. Laura PARIS guests; her
mother, Mrs. Powers of Raleigh,
and aunt of Florida.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill He'll visited
Norfolk.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. T. Dixie and
daughter have returned to Nor
folk after visiting Mr.. and Mrs,
C. T. Miller.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmond Midget
of Elizabeth City spent the week
end here at their home.
Miss Libby Fulcher of Elizabeth
City visited her grandmother,
Mrs. Lula Fulcher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Barnett and
baby of Norfolk visited Mrs. Celia
Barnett.
Bert Dixon and son, Bert III,
have returned to Norfolk after
visiting his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Boyce Midget and
children visited Mr.. and Mrs. E.
R. Midget and will visit relatives
in New Bern before returning to
Morgantown, N. c.
Mrs. Beuna Balance and Mrs
Gladys Dickerson attended Rebec-
ca Lodge Friday night at Rodan-
the.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
WANCHESE POCAHONTAS
MEET. ELECT OFFICERS

Wanchese. The Tonalucka
Council of Degree of Pocahontas
No. % installed officers July 8.
Chiefs were raised, elected and
appointed. The installation was
conducted by Mrs. Mildred Davis,
Keeper of Records in the absence
of the council deputy, Mrs.
Evelyn Davis who is ill in Norfolk.
The council expressed the desire
for visiting members to Roanoke
Island to visit their council.
The officers are Susan Ballowe,
Pocahontas; Lucille Midget, Wi
nonah; Sabra Tillett, Powhatan;
Vivian Baum, prophecies Mildred
Davis, Keeper of Records; Terrain
Midget, Collector of Wampum;
Louisa Williams, Keeper of
Wampum; Juanita Gallop, Guard
of Tepees; Elvaria Payne, Guard
of Forest; Ethel Parker, First,
Scout; Lois Bridges, Second Scout;
Mary Harris, first warrior; Fannie
Payne, second warrior; Lucretia
Stetson, third warrior; Elva Simp-
son fourth warrior; Miriam Dam
iels and Vasa Daniels First and
Second Runners; Iris Gallop and
Iva Owens, first and second coun-
selors. Mrs. Evelyn Davis, pianist
and council deputy; Laura Gaskill,
assistant.
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maintain order and discipline In buses of
there most dsgracefu conditions Profanity and
unspeakable filth INDUCED in by the rougher element of
pupils in the presence of young girls very small children
and all of sensitive natures who have had sembance
of upbrngg at home In these days there have grown SO
the children in their Once away from home
such brats wish to show how smart they by pouring
out constant flow filth and vile language low any,
thing heard in lowest grade baroom or bawdy house
of the sorriest kind
This is not overdrawn at all 1t actually happens on
buses destroys the confidence of the people and
their support for public school system In this day of
consolidated schools when the teacher longer the
who contacts the parents readily it is the school bus
driver who is front of the school system He the
who stops every door, he is the to whom the child
must be entrusted in his skill and care lack of them,
must be placed all the hopes Of the parents.
The State of North Carolina should be ashamed of it.
self in giving better DEAL than the present to- and
in not taking better of the most precious freight in the
world
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
"A SMALL WANCHESE
BUSINESS Is NOW
GROWING GREATER

A business begun at Wanchese
three years ago which has strug-
gled along, is now forging out
front in the seafood line. 1t is the
Chief Wanchese Packing Com
pany, packers of crabmeat, man.
aged this year by Norfolk, Va.
man.
The firm was set up three years
ago by Malcolm Daniels and Rom
dial Tillett of Wanchese, and Carl
Nunemaker of Mays Head, who
soon afterward sold his share to
the other two. Tillett and Daniels
still own the building and equip
ment, and the management has
been turned over to Earl ].
Holloway, a Norfolk man with 25
odd years in the seafood business.
Holloway has been operating the
firm since March, and production
is steadily increasing.
On a typical day, the pickers
will turn out 1000 or so pounds of
meat, thus giving the crabbers a
steady market for their catch, and
in turn giving plenty of employ
ment for pickers. The payroll will
run between $500 and $4,000 per
week, with the bulk of this money
going to Manteo Negro women,
who are according to Holloway
"the best group of pickers l have
ever worked with" He also mem
toned that cooperation with
everyone he has had dealings with
in this section is the best he has
ever found.
Most of the crabmeat picked by
this firm goes into the Norfolk
area, with Colonial Stores the
chief buyer. Much is sold through
Norfolk wholesale establishments
too. Mays Head Ice and Cold
storage is distributor in the Dare
County area. eve just can't keep
production up to demand" Hollo-
way states.
What this means to crabbers in
this area is this: a steady market
right here at home. For instance,
last week a Wanchese man sold
his weeks catch of crabs for $219.
Other crabbers have done nearly
as well. With the new. harbor into
Wanchese, it looks like a better
day coming for Wanchese fisher
men and crabbers.
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lunchroom served also as the study
hall and the location of the type
writing classes. This next year be-
tween 20 and 80 additional chill
dren are expected, with no place
to put them. In order to go to the
rest rooms or the lunch room the
children must go out of doors. The
building is improperly heated, the
rest rooms are far below standard,
fire protection is inadequate, and
other facilities are long since out
dated.
9. Because of these conditions a
large number of prospective per-
manent residents in the area have
not brought their families here,
preferring to send their children to
modern schools elsewhere, and
numerous local residents have
been forced to place their children
in other schools. Despite this, how
ever, the enrolment in the Kitty
Hawk School has shown remark
able and continued increase during
the past several years. Whereas
there were only 144 students en-
rolled in 1851, there were 244 IN
1854, and the recent school survey
reveals that there will be at least
270 in 1855.
10. No section of North Carolina
is growing faster than the Kitty
Hawk School District, which in
cludes not only the village OF
Kitty Hawk, but Duck, Southern
Shores, Kitty Hawk Beach, Coling-
ton, Kill Devil Hills and part OF
Mays Head as well-in short, all OF
the area from Caffeys Inlet on the
! North to the Mays Head soundside
road on the South. The large num-
Der of real estate transfers in this
district since the expiration of the
last school year, and the great
amount of home construction in
the district, indicates that this
rapid growth is continuing and can
be expected to continue indefinite
ly.
IL. In 1854 the total amount of
Dare County taxes was $4,000
90. APPROXIMATELY ON E
HALF OF THE TOTAL DARE
COUNTY TAX CAME FROM
THE KITTY HAWK SCHOOL
DISTRICT.
IL. The people of the Kitty
Hawk School District realize that
new grade school and high
school must now be provided for
their children. They feel that, after
l,helping to pay for schools in other
parts of the county for something
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
NEGRO RESCUES BOY AND
GIRL FROM DEEP WATER

The hero of a near-drowning at
the little bridge on the Manteo-
Mays Head causeway last Thurs
day was Vernon T. Williams,
Negro barber of Roper, and for
mer Navy man. Williams was fish
ing near the bridge when he saw
young Charles Douglas Evans step
into water over his head. Young
Evans panicked and grabbed at the
nearest person, who was Elsie
Davis. Both of the youngsters
went under, and when Williams
saw what was happening he went
unhesitatingly into the water,
fully clothed, and pulled the chill
dren to safety. Williams wallet
and other items in his pockets
were soaked, and standersby made
up small purse in appreciation of
his unselfish act. The incident at
tracted number of passersby and
a sizeable crowd witnessed it.
Williams, who frequently fishes in
the vicinity, went home wet.
Young Evans is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles r. Evans of
Manteo and Mays Head. Elsie
Davis is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Davis of Wanchese,
who are employed at the Oasis
cafe on the causeway. The chill
dren, who are both good swimmers,
swim frequently in the spot, but
on that day it is said the water
was unusually high and they got
in over their depth.
The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1955-07-15
DISTRICT MASONIC MEETING
IN COLUMBIA NEXT WEEK

A District Meeting of the Third
Masonic District AT. and A. M.
will convene with Providence
Lodge No. 678 at Columbia on
July IS, 1866 at 800 o'clock pm.
The meeting will be called by ID.
d. G. M. Henry B. Caravan. and
presided over by him for it's en-
tirety. Grand Master Charles H.
Pugh Of Gastonia will be present
and urges all Masons who can con-
veniently attend this meeting to
do SO as he is coming this way his
first time and wants very much