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Georgia Alumni Now
In Service Total
More Than 6,000
(Continued irom Page One.)
action, a surprising number were
former athletes. These included
It. “Smiley” Johnson of the Ma
rines, ex-Bulldog All-Southeastern
suard, who lost his life on Iwo
Jima, and Lt. Winston Hodgson of
Athens, killed at Okinawa, S-Sgt.
‘Walter Ruark, another former star
guard, died a hero’s death in Ger
many last winter. Lieut. George
‘Poschner, All-American end of the |
1942 Rose Bowl team is now atl
I.awson General Hospital, Atlanta,
Tecovering from wounds and ex- !
posure that nearly proved fatal.
There were many other heroes
bui the list of those killed, wound
ed. captured and decorated is toc
long to repeat. They and all the
others who served will be honored
with a fitting memorial to be buill
after the war.
Following is a partial list of the
higher ranking officers of World
War 11 who received their aca
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demic (and some of their mili
tary training) at the University
of Georgia: i i
l Major Generals — Lloyd D.
Brown of Shannon, ’l2; Gilbert
‘X. Cheeves of Atlanta, 'l7; John
H. Hester, Albany, 'O6; Edward P.
King, Atlanta, 'O3; and Henry D.
Russell, Macon, 'l2. ‘
Brigadier Generals — Clark
'Howell, jr., Atlanta, 'ls; Robert |
F. Travis, Savannah, ’27; and
Boykin Wright, Augusta, 'll.
Colonels (Athens)—R. M. Che
new, 'OS; J. W. Nicholson, 'l6;
and Richard B. Trimble, 'l3. v |
Lieutenant Colonels (Athens)——
Walter Lewis Abney, ’35; Charlesl
E. Bell, jr., ’3l; Charlés Joseph
Brockman, ’27, William ;Walter
Buchanan, '35; Morris Bush, 30;
George Miller Clarke, '25; Wil
liam A. Cunningham, ’l3; Bruce
H. Fant, ’24; E. L. Grigsgs, jr., '26;
Edward McCullough Hdogson,
’35; Gordon T. Kimbrell, ’36;
James D. Morrow, '34; Hugh
Rowe Q’'Farrell, ’36; Harold T.
Patterson, '24; Russell H. Patter
son, 'l4; Merrit, & 2ound, ’25;
John P. Proctor, Leon John Reed,
'3B; and William Robert Tuck,
3.
Navy Officers .
Captains — Richard E. Hawes,
Thomson, ’ls; and Linton Ger
gdine, Athens, ’O9.
Commanders — William Henry
Ashford, jr., Athens, '25; William
G. Hamm, Gainesville, '2l; A. P.
MeGinty, Atlanta, '2B; Shelton P.
Sanford, Athens, ’l16; Lewis M.
Smith, Atlanta, ’2l; and Edmond
Weynfan Strother, Columbus, 'OS.
Lieutenant Commanders—Fred
' R. Haselton, Athens, ’l4,
FOOD PRESERVATION
Pointing out that the demand
for commercially canned vegeta
bles, fruits, meats and other
foods will be much greater than
the supply, food preservation
specialists of the Agricultural
Extension Service are urging
Georgia homemakers, rural and
urban, to use all possible means
of preserving food for family
needs.
— YHR BANNER-BHERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA ~
Gasoline Rations
To Be Mailed .
Only From Atlanta
Beginning Monday, July 2%,1 all
gasoline rations exccpt eher
gency and furlough rations will
be issued from the Atlanta Mail
ing Center, the Jocal branch of
the Office of Price Administra
tion announced yesterday.
Consumers are warned by the
announcement to file their appli
cations for gasoline about two
weeks in advance of the expird
tion date. y
Applications will continue to
be reviewed by the local Ra
tioning Board as in the past, but
all certificates will be mailed
from Atlanta.
New battleships of the lowa
type have a ship’s communication
system that includes eight trans
mitting stations, 294 loudspeakers,
and 31,000 feet of cable, making
immediate communication from
one part of the ship to another
possible at all times.
Athens Church News
HOLLY HEIGHTS CHDAPEL
(Non Sectarian)
Danielsville Road
The Church with no creed but
Christ.
A. F. Pledger, Surt.
3:30 Sunday School,
4:15 Sermon by Rev. M. M.
Whittemore. ,
You are welcome in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord.
For he received from God the
Father honour and glory, when
there came such a voice ito him
from the excellent glory, This is
my beloved Son in whom I am
well pleased.—2nd Peter 1-17.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
: J. C. Wilkinse4, rastor
Sunday School 10 a. m. Prof
H. B. Henderson, superintendent.
Morning Worship 11:15 a. m,
Subject “The Rich Life and the
Meager Life.”
Baptist Training Union at 7:30
p. m, Alex Saye, Director.
There will be no evening
preaching service at or church.
We will worship with the Pre-
Flight school in the amphithea
ter, L
We invite you to worship with
us ag all our services. 3
Wednesday evening Prayer ser
vice at 8 p. m.
CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH
142 Madison Avenue
Next to College Avenue School
. Hugh Eberhart, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00, Claude
Beck, Superintendent. f
Morning Worship 11:60
Baptist Training ‘Pnien 7:20.
Catherline Cooper in Charge.
Evening Worship 8.30. Baptis
mal Service. at this hour.
Prayer Meéting evely Wednes~
day and Saturday night-at S:3O.
Everyone invited 1o 'Worship
with us. 7
PRINCE AVENUE BAPTIST
CHURCH
T. R. Harvill, Pastor
OUR CHURCT AT WORK
10:00 a. m. Sunday Sciiool. Mr.
R. N. Wilson, Supt.
4:00 p. m. Sunday School at
Oconee Heights.
7:30 p. m. Training Union.
OUR CHURCH AT WORSFIP
‘' 11:10 a. m. Morning Worship
Service. Message by Pastor.
8:30 p. m. Evening Worchip
Baptism. Message by Pastor.
OUR CHURCH AT PRAYER
8:00 p. m. Wednesday.
EDWARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST
CHURCH
(Cord Mill)
R. N. SAYE, Pastor.
10:15 a. m. Sunday School, W.
L. Coile, Supt.
11:15. a. m. Sermon by Pasior.
Prayer meeting every Wednes
day evening at 8 o'clock.
Public is cordiaily invited to
worship with us at all these ser
vices. 3
- EAST ATHENS BAPTIST
CHURCH
Corner of Broad and Poplar
streets
Rev. C. D. Reagan, Pastor
10:00 o’clock Sunday School
Johnnie Barrett, Supt.
11:00 o’clock Morning Worship.
—Pastor. %
7:00 B. T. U, Mrs~+W. A. Pol
lard, Director.
8:00 p. m. Evening Waorship
—Pastor. 1
8:00 o’clock each Wednesday
evening Prayer Meeting,
Everyone is invited to worship
with us in these services.
YOUNG HARRIS MEMORIAL
METHODIST CHURCH
M. M. Whittemore, Pastor.
Corner Boulevard and Chase
Emmett Bishop, Supt.,, Church
School.
10:00 a. m. Church Sechool,
11:15 a. m. Morning Worship.
Sermon by Pastor.
8:00 p. m. Youth Fellowship.
8:30 p. m. Evening Worship.
Sermon by Rev. J. Kumby Bar
ton, Distriet Superintendent.
8:30 p. m. Wednesday, Prayer
Meeting.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to all. Y
FIRST METAODIST
CHURCH
H. C. Holland, Pastor
S. Walter Martin, Church School
superintendent.
10:00 a. m. Churech School.
11:15 a. m. Sermon by Pastor.
“Who Are Saved.”
. T:ls p. m. Wesley Foundation
-—“Ch-istian Character in Mocd
ern‘Life.” :
There will not be an evening
service. This Church is joirmg
with other Churches in worship
ing . with the Navy in the Amphi
theater on Ag. Hill at 8:00 p. m.
(Nursery. for children under
five during the morning worship
hour.) ’
OCONEE STREET METHODIST
CHURCH
€. D. Read, Pastor
10 a. m. Church School.
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Marion Dunn; Superintendent.
11:15" a. m. Morning Worship
Talk by Miss Mary Culler White.
7:30 p. m. Youth ¥ellowship
No Evening Service.
You are cordially invited to
these services. ‘
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Rev. E. L. Hill. D.D. Pastor
- Usual service at 11:00 a. m.
Subject of Sermon: “Some
Thoughts on Prayer.”
Sunday School at 10 a. m. Dr.
R. W. Hartmaw, superintendent.
Hooper Bible Clasg at 10 a. m
Fellowship-Forum Class at 10
a. m. A
Pioneers at 10:30 a. m. in Inter
mediate Room.
University S. S. Class at 10 a.
m. in Annex.
Young People's Vesper Ser:
vieg at 7:30 p. m. in Annex,
Circles of the Auxiliary 16:3¢
a. m. Monday in S. S. Room.
Auxiliary at 11 a. yn. Monday
in Annex. :
- Weekly Prayer Meeting Wed
nesday at 5 p. m,, in S. S. Room.
Choir Rehearsal at 6:45 p. m.
Wednesday.
A cordial invitation extended
to all of these services.
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Pulaski and Dougherty at Prince
Paul C. Howle, Pastor
Sunday School 10:00. Lamar
La Boon, Supt.
Morning Worship and Com
munion ‘' 11:00. Sermon Subject:
“The “Art of Getting Along With
Others.”
No Evening Service. ,
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
Nursery during ‘Merning Wor
ship” for Small’ Children.
EMMANUEL EZisCOPAL
CHURCH
Prince and Pope Streets
David Cady Wright, Jr.. Rector
Sunday, July 15th, 1945
Tth Sunday after Trinity.
7:30 a. m. Holy Cominunion,
9:45 a. m. Church School.
11:00 Morning Service.
LUTHERAN
Serviece held at Emmanuel Epis
copal Church
“Prince and Pope Sts.
Time: 4 p. m. (EWT.)
Theodore G. Ahrendt, Pastcr.
Holy Communion.
A ‘hearty welcome!
JEHOVAH’'S WITNESSES
Kingdom Hall, 144 W. Clayton
Street
Sunday 3 p. m. Special Bible
Lecture, Subject: “Two Worlds
In fipal War.,” Which world?
Why will it befinal? Hear public
address by D. F. Wallace. Repre
sentative of - Watchtower Society.
Sunday ;4:30 p. m. Watchtower
Study, Subject: “Sure Founda
tion. for.ithe New World.” Text.
“Therefore thus saith the Lord
God, Behold, I iay in Zion for a
foundation a stone, a tried stone
a precious corner stone, a suve
foundation: he that believeth
shall not make haste.”” —lsa
28:16.
Wednesday 8 p. m. Service
Meeting.
Friday 8 p. m. Bible Study.
“The Kingdom is at IHand.”
A cordial invitation is extend
ed to everyone to any or al] of
the meetings at the Kingdom
Hall. You are welcome and no
collections are taken.
BIBLE LECTURES
AT KINGDOM HALL
Notice is hereby given to the
public that the second series of
Biblé lectures is now in progress
at the Kingdom Hall, 144 ‘Y.
Clayton Street and wiil continue
each Sunday afternoon at 3
threugh August 19th. These in
structive Bible Lectures are free
and are a provision of the Lord
for the people now seeking in
struction in His Word. The pub
lic is cordially- invited.
CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
Prince & Milledge Avenue
Joseph B. Mack, Pastor.
10:00 Sunday School.
11:00 Morning Worship: “Rul
ing Elg/rs.”
4:00 Friendship Chapel Sunday
School.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LESSON-SERMON
Services of the Christian Sci
ence - Society are held in the
Georgian Hotel Sunday mornitgs
at 11 o'clock. Subject of today s
Lesson-Setnmon, “God.” Sunday
School 9:45 a. m. Wednesday eve
ning meetings including testimo
nies of healing through Christian
Science, are helg on,the first
Wednesday of each month at 3
o'clock. The public is cordie.dy
invited.
Among the citations which
comprise teday’s Lesson-Sermon
iz the following from the Bible:
“Thy kingdom come.” (Mathew
The Lesson-Sermon also in
cludes the following passage
from the Christian Science text
book, “Science and Health with
Key to the Scriptures” by Mary
Baker Eddy: “Heaven is
not a locality, but a divine statz
of Mind in which all the mani
festations of Mind are harmon
jous ang immortal, because sin
iz not there and man is found
having no righteousness of his
own, but in possession of ‘the
mind of the Lord,” as the script
ure says.”. (pp. 291.)
GEMS OF THOUGHT
UNIVERSALITY
There is need for realization
of the existing fact of the uni
versal brotherhood of man.—Dr.
T LB
Our gifts and attainments arve
not only to be lignt and warmtj
ih our own dwellings, but are
also to shine through the win
cows into the dark night, to
guide and cheer bewildeted trav-
elers op the road—H. W, Beech-!
True prayer is not dsking God
for love; it is learning to love,
and to include all maunkind in
one affection — Mary Baker Ed
dy.
The task and triumph of
Christianity is to make men and
nations true and just and up
right in all their dealings, and
to bring all law, as well as all
conduct, into subjeetion and con
formity to the law of God.—H.
J. Van Dyke. !
Nothing Hut Chrisiianity can
eventually secure the- world’s
peace. — Lorqd Bryce.
There must be not a balance
of power, but a community of
power; not organized rivalries,
but anp organizéd common pe:ce.
—Woodrow Wilsong
OUR MEN AND
WOMEN IN SERVICE
(Continued from psge one.)
Their first shell'struck five yards
to the left of .the Javs, the sec
ond five yards to the right. The
third shell landed direcly in the
mouth of the cave,
ATHENIAN PROMOTED
IN PHILIPPINES
FIFTH AIR FORCE CARRIER
COMMAND, ‘Philippines — Ma
rion D.- Dobbs, son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. R. Dobbs, of 425 Mill
edge ave., Athens and husband
of Mrs. Mary Bickerstaff Dobbs,
Maeon, rd, Columbus, was re
cently promoted to staff ser
geant in his eapacity as an op
erationg clerk with ‘the Fifth Air
Force Troop Carrier commeand
staticned- in Luzon. ‘
Since coming overseas 24
months ago, Sgt. Dobbs has serv
ed with Troop Carrier throughout.
campaigns in ‘New Guines, the
Dutch East Indiés and the hilip
pines. Prior to ente“gg the scr
vice in February, 1943, he wvras
employed by the Indugtrial Life
& Health Insurance C¢.'He 'is a
graduate of Athens -High Schcol
and attended the University of
Georgia. 3 ) 5.
UNIVERSITY GRADUATE
STATIONED IN UTAH
OGDEN AIR TECHNICAL
SERVICE COMMAND, HILL
FIELD, Utap =— Capt. Joha 1.
Cobb, son of Mrs." Carrie M.
Cobb of Bishop, Georgia, has re
cently been assigned to ' the
4136th, AAF Base® Unit at Hill
Field, Utah. Capt Cobb returned
the United States in May after
completing a tour of duty in the
European Theaer of Operations
with the 15th Air Force. He has
been awarded the Distinguished
Flying Cross, the Air Medal with
four oak leaf -clusters, and the‘
ETO ribbon with five comuat
stars.
Capt. Cobb was graduated
from the University of Georgia
and received his ‘wing in May
1942,
LT. BILL PURCELL
WINS WINGS
HONDO ARMY AIR FIELD,
HONDO, Texas. — Hondo Army
Air Field on Saturday, July 7,
turned out another eclass of dou
ble and triple-threat navigators,
most of them soon tn be skyteam
members shooting and bombing
the heart out of Japan. Among
the graduates was Lt. Bill Pur
cell, 22, Jefferson, Ga.
Already. rated bombardiers or
boinbardier-gunners, they receiv
ed 13 weeks of aerial navigation
training at Hondo Field, AAF
Training Command installation,
to eéarn the double or friple rat
ing of bombardier-navigator or
bombardier - navigator - gunner.
All of this class of navigation
trainees previously received com
missions of second lieutenant or
appointments as flight officér up
on completion of bombardiering
school,
CAPT. GLENN DAVIS |
IN OVERSEAS WEERS
Captain Glenn O. Davis, jr., son
of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Davis, 250
Morton . avenue, = Athens, Ga., is
serving his fifth month overseas
with the veteran 1896th Engineer
Aviation Battalion. :
Prior to embarkation for over
seas duty, Captain Davis served
at Camp Bliss and Fort Lewis as
an Engineer officer. His present
job is that of Battalion Opera
tions Officer. The excellent work
of the Battalion in Manila is a
reflection on Captain Davis’ op
erational ability,
He wears the Asiatic - Pacific
Ribbon and the Philippine Liber
ation Ribbon with oné battle star.
Captain Davis worked as an
architect and engineer for Robert
and Company, Atlanta, Ga., for
fourteen years. 3
LT. JOHN SISLEY
BAGS JAP PLANE
.. .ABOARD AN AIRCRAFT CAR
RIER OFF OKINAWA—Lt. John
F. Sisley, 28, USNR, 293 South
View Drive, Athens, Ga., recently
shot down a Jap fighter plane ap
parently bent on ‘a suicide dive
on the fast carrier’task forcé off
Okinawa.
Flying a Gruman Hellcat fighter
Lt. Sisley intercepted the kami
kaze plane, a Tony, poured 50
caliber machinegun bullets into
it and watched it crash into the
ocean. ‘
Attached to Vice Admiral Marc
A. Mitscher’s fast carrier task
force, Lt. Sisley’s squadron shot
down 47 Jap planes in 34 days off
Okinawa and Kyushu, and scored
damaging bomb hits on a light
cruiser and two destroyers of the
Yamato-led Jap task force de
feated by Navy pilots south of
Kyushu in April. ;
SEAMAN SHELTON
ON ATLANTIC ESCORT
IN TEE ATLANTIC — J. R.
Shelton, Slc, son of Jee Shelton,
720 Barber St., Athens, Ga., is on
board a destroyer escort in the
North Atlantic.
He stands a regular wateh as a
member of a gun crew while his
SUNDAY, JULY 15, 1945,
Al . o e e 2 S S T ev .
ship is underway, and acts gz a
messenger for the officer of the
deck when the ship is in port.
He has been in the Navy sing,
April, 1944, and Wwears ribbong for
the American and Epropean-Afn_
can-Middle Eastern theaters p,
has a brother, Willie, with the
Army in Europe.
Shelton’s wife lives at 334 Prince
avenue. o=
POSTHUMOUS AWARD
MADE TO MADISONIAN
CHARLESTON; S. C,, July I¢_
The Bronze Star Medal hag been
awarded posthumously to Willarg
Alexander Thurmond, 'Sic, Madi.
son, Ga., for the courageous Mman.
ner in which he’substituteq for g
gun crewman durifig an attack on
his ship by numerically SUperiop
Jap forces and remained at p;
station until the ‘gun explodeq
Thurmond was serving on hoarg
the USS Samuel ‘B. Roberts in
action against the enemy off
Samar Island during the secong
battle of the Philippine Ses on
October 25, 1944. ¢ :
PVT. W. D. PARKER GIVEN
MEDICAL DISCHARGE
Private W. DI Parker, ir. t,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. py,.
ker of 237 Ruth street, was give,
a Medical discharge Wednesday
at Oliver General "Hospital in
Augusta.
He and Mrs. Parker arrivg
home Friday afternoon. Privae
Parker served with, the Fiy
Army in Holland, Germany ang
Belgium, and was wounded iy
January. G
SGT. LESLIE HANSON
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
Sgt. Leslie A. Hanson arrive
in New York July 13 after serving
sixteen months overseas with the
)83 d General Hospital.
| ggt. Hanson is hospitalized for
ia rest. g i
SGT. HENRY COBB. Lom
‘HOME ON LEAVE -
Sgt Henry H. Cobb, jr., is home
on leave visiting his mother, M,
H. H. Cobb. i
Sgt. Cobb enterd the army i
June 1942, and received training
with the 94th and the 87th di
visions. Later Yae was transferreq
40 the 97th Chemigal mortar Bat
talion of which he is still a mem.
her.
Sgt. Cobb went .overseas the
first of this year .and was at.-
tached to Patton’s 3rd Army, as
signed to the 80t and 26th di
visions.
At the termination of his leave,‘
Sgt. Cobb will "eb sent to Camp
Polk, La., before being sent over
seas again with his outfit.
Report Is Made On
School Lunch
Program In State
ATLANTA — Despite wartime
handicaps, local leaders have
“chalked up” another successful
year in operating the school lunch
program in Geprg{ia. T. Walter
Hughes, state director of the Of
fice of Supply, Commodity Credi
Corporation, U. S. Department of
Agriculture, declared today.
“Through the live dnterest and
efforts of commupigy workers, |-
264 school lunch programs served
more than 125,000 lunches daily
during the peak month of March"
Hughes reported. “With the initia
tive of local people, school authori
ties, parent-teacher organizations
and Extension Service home dem
onstration agents, the school lunch
program has forged ahead despit¢
limitations of a wartime period
Only three Georgia counties—/Jeff
Davis, Richmond and Seminole~
did not operate school lunchrooms
with federal assistance during the
past scheol year. *
“Aim of the school lunch pre
gram is to provide school chil
dren the right amounts and f{h
right kinds of food at the noon
day meal, to aid local farmers it
the marketing of foods in particl
lar abundance.and to aid in th
long-time development of a bete!
market for agrieultural products,
he explained. “Each lunchroom ¥
a community atfair with com
munity leaders assuming full re
sponsibility for its operation witl
the help of the State Departmell
of Education. ‘ :
“Through agreement with
U. S. Department of Agricultut
school lunch programs are rem
bursed up to certain specifie
amounts depending on the ty¥
meals served and the need 0
financial assistance,” Hughes sail
“The U. S. Department of Agricul
ture’s reimbursements to scho
and child-care centers in this st
for the current year ending Ju
30, 1945, will approximate §
100,000. Total amount spent
food for school lunches will read.
approximately $3,000,000 inclu
ing food costs borne by quflsofi
Most of the produce used in !
sehool lunch program was bour
from local producers and: 1€
chants.”
S e
Figs—fresh, ' plain, canpedrl
dried—have a high' caloric @
tent, are excellent sources of lm'
and calcium and hav ebeen reco
mended for thei@lagatl_\’? profé
ties, according ; nptrmomsts
the Extension Service.
TREASURY DEPARTMENTAIO’
fice of District Supervisor,
hel Tax Unit, Bureau of _lmem
Revenue, Atlanta, Georgld. N
of publication, July tlr?:tlg:z 1
tice is hereby giyen tha
Chevrolet Coacygfflgtor_ No.
4150, with accessories, will b¢
at public auction to the hé;g
bidder, for cash, at the e
Trussell Motor Company, ‘A 10
Georgia, on July 25, 1945, at ¥
a. m., pursuant to forfelfiurge
der Section 3724, Internal Gy
nue Code. R. A. Beman, D¥ i
Supervisor.
Richard F. Harris, 5
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Agent, New York Life h;isutc"'
27 years. 320 Souther? W g
Building. Tel. Office 228 ®,
dence 162-W.