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Representative coverage of Wilkinson County and surrounding territory for over years
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Miss Jackie Walker received
many beautiful gifts at her birth
day party last Saturday evening.
The ARMY began rumbling
through town in the wee sma*
hours Wednesday morning and
kept it up until nearly noon.
$ BROTHERHOOD WEEK 1952 FEBRUARY 17TH - 24TH
Irwinton. Wilkinson County, Georgia.
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Major General Charles D. W.
Canham, recently appointed Com
manding General of the 82nd Air
borne Division, was born in Kola,
Mississippi and began his army
career almost thirty-three years
ago when he enlisted as a private
in the Nineteenth Field Artillery.
Appointed to the United States
Military Academy in 1921, he re
ceived his commission as Second
Lieutenant of Infantry in 1926.
From then until World War II ha
held various infantry posts, but his
first combat command was the
116th Infantry Regiment of the 16th
Infantry Division. He led this unit
in its D-Day assault on Omaha
Beach, June 6, 1944. General Can
ham (then Colonel) was wounded
on the beach shortly after the ini
tial assault.
In July 1944 he became assistant
commander of the Bth Infantry
Division and fought with it through
Brittany, Luxembourg, and the ■
Hurtgen Forest to the Rhine River.
After contacting the Russians the
division ended the war on the
Scherwin See. General Canham re
turned with the division to the
United States in July 1945 and
shortly after was assigned as as
sistant commander of the 82nd Air
borne Division following his quali
fication as a parachutist.
He left the 82nd Airborne Divi
sion in 1949 to take command ol
the Bremerhaven Port of Embar
kation. And from there he went on
to become Director of Military
Posts, European Command. It was
in this post that he received his
second star and orders re-assign
ing him to the 82nd Airborne Divi
sion, this time as Commanding
General.
General Canham holds the fol
lowing decorations: D. S. C., Sil
ver Star, Legion of Merit, Bronzo
Star, Purple Heart, Victory Rib
bon, American theatre ribbon,
European theatre ribbon with ar
rowhead and five Battle stars,
American defense, and the Yangste
Medal. Also the British D. S- 0.,
French Legion of Honor and Croix
de Guerre with Palm, and the
Combat Infantryman Badge.
John Ball Chapter, D. A R
held the February m 'eting at the
home of Mrs. Kathleen J. Cars
well in Jeffersonville on Friday
afternoon. Mrs John W. Faulk,
vice regent, presided. A discus
sion of the Genocide Threat, writ
ten by Mrs. Frances B Lucas in
the National Defense News was
held A message from the presi
dent general, Mrs James B. Fat
ton, was read Plans were made
for a seasonal tea to be given by
the chapter. Two new members
were received into the chapter:
M's. A. W. Adams of Allentown
and Mrs. F E Linder of Gordon.
Friday. Feb. 15 1952
The 82nd Airborne Division’s
participation in “Exercise Long
horn,” a joint Army - Air Force
training maneuver to be held at
Fort Hood, Texas during March
and April, will find the division in
action as the maneuver enemy
against defending U.S. forces.
“.Longhorn” will be the eighth ma
jor post war maneuver in which
the division has taken part since
returning to the United States in
1946 from Europe.
Movement from its home station
Fort Bragg, N.C., to Fort Hood
will be accomplished by truck con
voy. This mass movement, involv
ing hundreds of vehicles and thou
sands of men will be the longest
journey by a unit of Divisional
size, using its own transportation,
since World War 11.
As a training maneuver, “Exer
cise Longhorn” is designed to give
recently re - activated divisions an
opportunity to demonstrate their
tactical proficiency against an ex
perienced “Aggressor Force.” a
uetermined maneuver “mnemy”
will attempt to spread comusmn
among the “American Forces” by
creating tactical situations whica
wui force them to react to prob
lems for which they may be unpre
pared. Ihe bzaj. mrooixie Division
qualities for tins role since it has
met the “Aggressor f orce” sever
al times during former war games
when it was part of the “Ueiend
ing Force”; as a result it is al
ready well oriented in the distinc
tive “Aggressor'' tactics ana me
tnods or operation.
The Jist ana arch Infantry Divi
sions, National Guard units from
the boutneastern states and -lin
nesota, respectively, and the Ist
Armored Division from f ort Hood
will constitute the “American
Force.” lais will mark tne first
maneuver lor each of tnese tnree
units since their re - activation last
year.
By deploying its units over an
unusually large area in skeleton
strength, the 82nd will assume the
aspect of a much larger force and
harass the “Defenders” on every
possible occasion. The Ninth and
Eighteenth Air Forces will provide
tactical air support for both sides.
The importance and value of
maneuvers lie in the tact that they
give practice in teamwork on a
larger scale than is normal in
routine garrison training. This
practice, for which no substitute
has as yet been found, is essential
to making fully trained divisions.
Each facet oi training is tested,
weak spots will be detected and
remedied much more rapidly in an
operation of this magnitude. Bat
talions, regiments, and divisions
will be able to develop full coope
ration with each other, just as the
squads, platoons and companies
have done in garrison training.
After arrival at Fort Hood,
■which is located near Waco in
central Texas, members of the
82nd will receive “Aggressor”
training. An “Aggressor Force”
aims at operating under a different
set of rules so that the “Defen
ders” can’t predict their move
ments in advance or know what
will occur in a given instance.
The maneuvers begin on the
twenty-fifth of March, will last
seventeen days, and draw to a con
clusion on the eleventh of April.
By May first the Division will be
back at Fort Bragg, where post
maneuver critiques will be held.
MRS. ADAMS ENTERTAINS-
Mrs. Wyriott Adams of Allen
town entertained on Tuesday at
a tea complimenting her daugh
ter, M-s Edmund W. Hamilton
of Stuart Fla., a recent bride.
Pouring tea -were Mrs. John 0.
Adams and Mrs. Mary Frames
Neilsen. Mrs. A. U Adams kept
the guest book
Friends from Jeffersonville-
Danville, Allentown and Mont
rose called during the afternoon-
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Tax Receiver’s 2nd found
I will he at the following places as
d signaled fori he purpose of receiving
1952 (ax returns :
Monday February 18th,
Irwinton courthouse 9:00 to 12;
Mclntyre, Parker’s Drug Store
12 30 to 2:30; Bloodworth Dist.
o.i thiuse 2:45 to 4 00.
Tuesday February 19th,
Passmore Dist. at Clyde Dixon’s
Store 10:00 to 12:00; Lords Dist-
Hugh Mill’s Store 12:30 to 4:00.
Wednesday February 20th,
Griffin Dist at R. Rozar’s Store
9 00 to 11:00; Turkey Creek Dist.
King & Adam’s Store 12:00- 1:30
Danville, Ward’s Store 1:30 to 3.
Turkey Creek courthouse 3:15 - 4.
Thursday February 21st,
H gh Hill Dist courthouse 10:30
to 12:00; Bethel Dist S E. Foun
tain’s Old Home Place 1:15 - 2:30
Friday February 22nd,
1 ey Dist. couith’se 9:00 to 11:00
Ramah Dist. A. B. Thompson’s
Store 12:00 to 4:00.
G. C. Hatfield
Tax Receiver
Street of Irwinton
By Mary Tigner Hoy
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Beck’s Sun.
day guests were Mrs Beck's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. O. S- Scoggins
and Mr and Mrs. Emerson Phar
is of Dublin.
A iss Sallie Hili of Vidalia is
visiting her sister. Mrs. Mary
Adkins and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith of
Macon visited Mrs. Eula Bying
ton Sunday afternoon.
Miss Winifred Council who is
te ching in Macon was at home
for the weekend.
Mrs. E. C. Byington is a pa
tient at Richard Binion Clinic.
RITES FUR L F- CARSON
A r L F Carson, 62, died at his
home in Mclntyre Tuesday after
a short illness.
Funeral services were held at
the chuich Wednesday p m, the
Rev. Woodrow Wilcher and the
Rev Joe A. Moore officiating.
Burial was in the church ceme_
tery.
Survivors include his wife, the
former Miss Marcia Ennis Dea.,
son; brothers, P. M. ( arson. La
vonia nnd H. F. Cirson. Ashland
Two sisters. Mn. A. B. McElroy
of Commerce and Mrs. C. G. Gil
lespie of (. olle e Paik.
The American Legion will be
an honorary escort. Carson was
a veteran of World War 1.