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THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1950
1., Patrols Measure Time
By Death, Letters, Sackfime
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By HAL BOYLE
NANTONG RIVER FRONT,
H;QREA—-(‘AP)—-How does a pa
.ol seout feel while operating be
hind enemy lindsy N
"\VOTl'i(?dy" Said ’ Sgt. cafl 'Da
Mortin of Seagoville, Tex: <2 _
Y hat preity well sums up the at
.i.de of most of the quiet heroes
"o have been slipping across the
Naktong river to gather informa
-lion on North Korean troop move
ments.
"o Martin, member -of the 25th
cavalry regiment's ‘reconnaissance
slatoon, . his assignment is just
“nother odd job.te do for the army
he has served in eight years. He
nad made three trips over the Tiv
" hen I talked to him recently—
-Iwo by night and one in full day
lieht. . # &
"] just don’t remember the exact
date,” he said a little wearily. Af
ser men have been at the front for
4 while they no longer measure
time so much by days and nights
as by events that make for each
seperate calendar of his. own—
‘he death of a buddy, a letter from
home. A trip back to the rear
where maybe. if they are Tucky,
. curprise steak dinne¥ and-a cou
ole of cans of cold beer may make
iheir night's sleep out of danger
doubly relaxing. T e
As the dust-covered sergeant
talked of the platoon’s patrol sor
| ties several of his men were bath
ing in a creek under a tree that
shielded them from the harsh sun.
An expression almost of tender
ness came over Martin’s face as he
watched them shouting and laugh
ing like school boys.
Awful Young
Vou know some of those kids
are awful young,” he said. “But
they have stood up sometling
wonderful under this work.
“We are supposed to be going
only on recon missions and not to
look for fire-fight. But they rare
iy turn out to be combat
patrols. Once you get across that
river you' can’t call the police if
you get into trouble. Anq there
aren’t any traffic cops to give you
the green light or the red light.”
On that first trip the platoon
went alone and went six miles be
vond the heavily guarded river
jine. Each man catried only a car
tridge belt, a couple of bandoliers
of ammo and minimum field ra
tions. They took turns packing the
four radios they brought along
to report their progress back to
headquarters. The radios weigh
82 pounds each.
“Since then we have operated
with the South Koreans,” said
Sgt. Martin. “They’re very good
soldiers. We go ‘over by Dboats,
sending a few men across first to
scout the landing area.”
That is an eerie and lonely
night mission. And it always holds
the possibility that the men may
become separated, get confused
and begin shooting at each other
in the darkness. Such a mistake is
made more likely because the
Americans mingle in line with the
South Korean troops who speak
the same language as the enemy.
and are therefore hard to distin-
Funeral Notice
EAGRAVES. Died = Wednesday,
August 16th at his home, 243 S.
Poplar St., Mr. Leon’ar& Wood
Seagraves in his 51st year. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Annie
Lou Threlkeld Seagraves; one
son, Mr. James Leonard Sea
graves; granddaughter, Brenda
Jean Seagraves; one sister, Miss
Clela Seagraves; two brothers,
Mr. H. L. Seagraves, Mr, E. P.
Seagraves; three sisters-in-law,
Mrs. H, L. Seagraves, Mrs. C. E.
Seagraves and Mrs. Fred Sea
graves, all of Athens. The fun
eral was this, Thursday after
noon, August 17th at four o’clock
from East Athens Baptist
Church, The following gentle
men served as pallbearers:—MTr.
James Hansford, Mr. Allen
Hansford, Mr. Frank Ed Sea
graves, Mr. Ralph Seagraves,
Mr, Albert Seagraves, Mr. Ed
Hansford, Mr. Nelson Seagraves
and Mr, Harvey Hill Seagraves.
Rev. H, R, Burnley and Rev.
Johnnie Barrett officiated. In
lerment was in Oconee Hill
Cemetery, Bernstein Funeral
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guish in a post-midnight march.
Fire Fight
“But the real-fire-fight we were
in was Tuesday when we went
across in daylight,” said Martln.J
“We were after priseners and we
grabbed six. One was a messenger.
o tife ‘béach’ who ‘said* 18" dther
North Korean soldiers were sleep
ing near there. ' y
“We found five, But then the
South Koreans with us said there
were about 180 enemy on our right
and 300 others on our left. They
began hitting at us' with machine
guns and mortars.”
Martin praised the leadership of
the platoon commander wunder
whose orders they fought a skill
ful withdrawal 2,000 yards to the
river, which some crossed by
swimming and others in engineers’
boats.. But they brought back their
prisoners—which ‘had ‘been their
assignment.
The .casualties were one Ameri
can and ‘four South. Korean dead.
Two of the South Koreans were
lost by drowing, Pvt. Wilfred
Robindoux of North Adams, Mass.,
risked his own life in a futile try
to rescue them.
In the regiments near the com
mand post I found the platoon
commander Lt. Paul J. Kelly of
Grafton, W. Va., completing his
report of the-action.
“It isn’t easy to get prisoners
in this war,” he said. “Neither
side wants to get captured. Some
North Koreans have exploded gre
nades against their bellies rather
than be taken.” ;
As I looked into his dark intel
ligent eyes I could see why Ser
geant Martin, who is married and
has a 3-year-old daughter, was so
willing to follow him in battle.
And I could understand what a
regimental officer meant when he
said:
“I didn’t have the heart to test
that fine boy’s luck twice in a
row sending him out today on
another mission like the one he
just-came back from. He is the
first to bring in six prisoners.”
Three-Week Meet
At Universit
The three R’s of public school
education will have a different
flavor for hundreds of Georgia
school .children this fall as the re
sults of a worshop being conduct
ed for their teachers at-the Uni
versity of Georgia this summer.
More than 60 school teachers,
principals, and instruction super
visors from 41 Georgia counties
are learning how to mix the reg
ular school program with a liberal
dose of resource-use education.
The three-week workshop, now
in session at the University, is fa
miliarizing school - leaders with
Georgia’s natural resources and
the need for wusing them more
wisely. Part of thé program tells
how the need for conservation of
‘resources can be made meaning
ful to school children of all ages.
The workshop is sponsored by
the University’s College of Educa
tion and department of geography,
Miss Reba Burnham, assistant pro
fessor of education, is workshop
director.
Highlights of the session are
field trips to observe at first hand
the need for conservation of re
sources and classroom lectures
where ways of satisfying the need
are discussed.
According to Miss Burnham the
workship will make Georgia’s
teachers sensitive to the value of
natural resources around them
and show them how to instill a
good sense of values in their stu
dents.
Emphasizing the importance of
conserving the state’s resources,
Miss Burnham said that resource
use education must become a vital
part of our school program.
The workshop is the third of its
kind to be held here. It will last
through August.
Increased Sales,— -
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By Goodyear Co.
AKRON, Ohio, August 16—With
operations at capacity in all plants,
the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Com
pany showed a 10 per cent increase
in sales to $344,887.654 and a 46
per cent Increase in consolidated
net income to $11,914,465 in the
Tfirst half of 1950, P.-W. Litchfield,
chairmnan -of the board, reported
te stockbolders August 14 Net in
compe for the half year is equival
ent to 5.08 per share of common
stock outstanding compared with
$3.24 for the same period last
year,
Net sales for the first six months
compare with $311,823,235 for the
corresponding period last year. Net
income reported for the half year
is after provision of $2,198,000 for
restricted earnings of certain for
eign subsidiaries. The net income
of $11,914,465 for the period com
nares with -$8,133,358 for the first
half of 1949. .
Of the income of foreign sub
cidiaries for the half year, $2,198,~
000 was restricted as to remittance,
which amount has been credited
to reserve for foreign investments,
and $3,418,000, not so restricted, is
reflected ~in consolidated net in
come. Dividends received from
foreign . subsidiaries during the
period amounted to $1,061,000.
The semi-annual report disclos
ed that Goodyear's funded debt
has been reduced from $100,000,-
000 to $95,001,000 through prepay
ment on June 15, of $4,999,999 of
nearby maturities without pre
mium,
The cost of amended pension
plans, now in effect, is reflected
‘~ion of $4,612,000, on ac
count of the cost of current and
past service pensions,
Vir, Litchfield reported that ca
pacity operations are continuing
in all Goodyear plants, that work
ing capital has reached a new high
of $265.200,000 an d that inventori
es are carried on the basis of cost
or market, whichever is lower.
Demonstration
On Frozen
Foods Planned
WATKINSVILLE—Farm women
who belong to community home
demonstration clubs in Oconee
and adjoining - counties. will
be invited to a meeting here
tomorrow azrternoon, to view lat
est methods in the preparation of
foods for freezer lockers and the
preparation of dishes from frozen
foods.
The Oconee County Home De
menstration Counecil, of which
Mrs. Ralph Dawson is president,
is sponsaring the meeting, and
Mrs. Celeste Rast, home economist
of International Harvester Com
pany, is to be the principal speak
er. The meeting is scheduled for
3 p. m. in the Home Economics
Department of Watkinsville High
School. 7
In addition to the members of
the eleven home demonstration
clubs in Oconee, clubs from Wal
ton, Greene, Clarke, Morgan, Bar
row, and Oglethorpe Counties are
being invited. Home demonstration
agents from several of these coun
ties are expected to attend.
Mrs. Effie Gay, Oconee county
home demonstration agent, is as
sisting Mrs. Dawson and the other
council member in arranging the
firogram and 'will introduce Mrs.
ast.
Other officers of the Oconee
council assisting with the program
are: Mrs. C. M. Bell, vice president
Mrs. Albert Hale, treasurer; Mrs.
Vernon Turnbull, secretary; and
Mrs. Hoke ‘Turnbull, nutrition
chairmen.
The home demonstration clubs
in Oconee County are: Bishop,
Bogart, Central, Mars Hill, Popu
lar Springs, Flat Rock, Carithers,
Union, Friendship, Eastville, and
High Shoals.
You will need about one table
spoon of milk or cream for each
egg in preparing scrambled egg,
and about a half tablespoon -of
butter for each egg that is going
into the skillet.
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