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I MONDAY, AUG. 23, 1943 Eight THE INDEX-JOURNAL. GREENWOOD, S. C.1 Greenwood Property Loss By Fire During First 6 Months Of Year Is Placed At $11,522 Five, 12; Ward Six, 15; and out of city, 10. The places in which fires occurred, together with number credited to each, were listed on the sixmonth report as follows: Dwellings.

29; mercantile establishments, 10; false alarms, barns, automobiles, grass fires, 28; platform, and motorcycle, 1. Grass fires, with 28 alarms, led the list of known causes of fire the first half of this year and sparks from chimney, with 14 alarms, occupied second place. There were eight fires from causes as yet unknown. Other causes of fire, together with the number of alarms turned in for each cause, were listed as follows: Careless smoking, lightning, oil stoves and chimneys burning out, 3 each; trash burning and stove pipes, 2 each; and gas stove left on, electric lights left on, flooded oil' heater, fire from boiler and welding gas tank, one each. Two of the fire department's quarterly city wide Inspections have already been made this year, the report stated.

In addition to 16 volunteer "tremen, the department's personnel WAS named as C. B. Beaudrot, chief; S. B. Stevenson, assistant chief: S.

H. Camp. captain; and W. M. Collins and Paul Moseley, two regular firemen.

An estimated 53,865 gallons of water was used in squelching fires found in response to 93 calls, composed of 36 general alarms, 42 still alarms, five false alarms, and 10 out of city calls. LAST RITES FOR WALTER HILTON Services Are Conducted At Due West Cemetery Yesterday Afternoon Funeral services for Walter R. Hilton, prominent citizen of Abbeville, were held from the graveside in the A. R. P.

church cemetery in Due West Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock, conducted by his pastor, the Rev. Ernest Arnold, and Dr. Jamie Pressly. The following friends. served as active pallbearers: Dr.

Shiverly, Dr. Plaxico, Ralph Ellis, Roy Ferguson, 0. Ashley, S. A. Davis, Jr.

Claude Graves and Furman McGee. The death of Mr. Hilton occurred at the Greenwood Hospital Saturday afternoon at 5:15 o'clock, following a long illness. He was born and reared in the Ninety Six section of the county, a son of the late James G. Hilton, of Ninety Six, and Mrs.

Annie Adams, of old Edgefield county, and. was 60 years of age on the first of January. Mr. Hilton made his home in Abbeville for over 20 years, prior to locating in Due West six years ago. He was associated with the Life Insurance Company of Virginia until he was forced to retire two years ago because of tailing health.

In early childhood he united with the Baptist church and was a devoted member of the Due West Baptist church at the time of his death and a regular attendant as long as his health permitted. Surviving are his wife, who before marriage was Miss. Minnie Fuller, of McCormick; and four daughters: Mrs. Abner Stockman, Greenwood: Mrs. A.

W. Mashburn, Atlanta: Mrs. John Allen Wilson, Ware Shoals, and Miss Helen Hilton, Charlotte, N. also three brothers, Wallace Hilton, Columbia: James G. Hilton, New York.

and Col. Roy C. Hilton, and one sister. Mrs. Gladys Hilton Mitchell, of Greensboro, N.

C. Blyth's Service. NO KIDNAPPING HERE Hollywood (P) Ella, a white goat being used in a film based on rationing, has two tiny kids, pets of the lot. Each night, their owner, Lionel Comport, hauls Ella and the kids home, instead of sheltering them at the lot, explaining: "Too many people have learned how to barbecue young gouts." Ease Headaches Soothe Nerves The quick ing ingredients in the "BC" Headache Powder formula work extra-fast to ease headaches and sooth nerves upset by minor pains. Get "BC" in as handy 10c or 25c sizes.

Use only directed. Consult a physician when pains persist. THEY PLANNED INVASION OF KISKA NEA Telephoto Here are the military and naval officers who planned the invasion of Kiska. They're shown at North Pacific Fleet Headquarters at an Aleutian port: Left to right (seated around table): Maj. Gen.

J. C. Murchie, Canadian Army; Commodore L. E. Genres, commanding Fleet Air Wing Four; Maj.

Gen Holland K. Smith, commanding U. S. M. C.

amphibious corps: Brig. Gen. James Barnett not shown): Lt. Gen. John L.

DeWitt, commanding general. of Fourth Army; Rear Adm. Frances W. Rockwell: Vice Adm. Thomas Kinkaid, commander of U.

S. North flee: and of Kiska invasion; Maj. Gen. Charles Corlett; 1 Lt. Gen.

Simon Bolivar Buckner. Maj. Gen. William Butler; Maj. Gen.

George Randolph Pearkes, commanding Canadian forces; and (standing in rear) Col. G. B. Erskine: Comdr. Robert L.

Dennison: Capt. 0. S. Colclough; Col. Carl T.

Jones; Brig. Gen. E. D. Post and Brig.

Gen. J. L. Ready, DEATHS and UNERALS JOHN HOLCOMBE SEYMOUR Columbia, Aug. 23 John Hol.

combe Seymour, 51, Brandon Acres, Columbia, died Thursday at 6:45 a. m. at the Veterans' hospital after an illness of several hours. Having come here four years ago, Mr. Seymour was an employe of the hospital.

He was originally of Greenville. He was deacon of Greenlawn Baptist church, here in Columbia. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Leona Neal Seymour; two daughters, Miss Gaywinard Seymour and Miss Odetta Seymour: W. T.

Seymour, of Greenwood, seven sisters, Mrs. W. S. Johnson, Mrs. G.

C. Bryant, Mrs. W. E. Barnes, all of Greenwood; Mrs.

G. H. Cheney, of Ninety Six; Mrs. W. F.

Johnson, of Van Wyck; Mrs. R. M. Womeck, of Laurens: Miss Azlee Seymour, of Columbia; two brothers, Lester Seymour, of Laurens, and the Rev. I.

A. Seymour, of Albemarle. There are also a number of nieces and nephews surviving. Funeral services were conducted from the Greenlawn Baptist church Saturday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev. James G.

Jennings with interment following in Greenlawn Park. Russians Get 3,280 Pounds Clothes In Greenwood Canvass Forty-four cases of clothing, weighing 3,280 pounds, collected in the "Clothes for Russians" campaign conducted here last week, was shipped last Friday to our. Soviet allies, according to an announcement from George F. Free, commander of the Greenwood Post, American Legion, sponsors of the local drive. citizens responded magnificently," Mr.

Free declared, "and most of the clothes contributed were in excellent condition." "The Greenwood Post. American Legion, wishes to thank all those who helped make the canvass. under the supervision of the Russian War Relief, a success. We especially thank The Index-Journal and the radio station for the manner in which they publicized the drive and the Boy Scouts and the American Legion Auxiliary for the manner in which they assisted with the collection, sorting, and packaging of the clothes," Mr. Free's statement concluded.

Area Residents To Teach At Calhoun Falls A number of residents of this area will teach in the Calhoun Falls schools this year to an announcement from J. B. Gentry, superintendent, who said that the school will open for the new session on September 2. Area residents who will serve the Calhoun Falls schools, together with their grades or courses. were listed as follows: Mrs.

Helen R. Cook, Greenwood, second grade: Miss Susan Jones, Greenwood, third grade; and in high school Mrs. Nan H. Barmore, Donalds, English and social studies; Mrs. Louise B.

Williams, Greenwood, English and librarian; and Miss Minnie Jackson, Abbeville, mathematics and science. Dr. M. J. Boggs, district health officer, will conduct a pre-school clinic at the Town Hall in Calhoun Falls on Thursday, August 26, and all pupils entering school for the first time and any others who should be vaccinated were requested to attend.

TOPS FOR YOUR HAIR Smooth It, add Buster with fragrant dressing- only 25c. A MOROLINE TONIC HAIR MALCOLM HIPP DIES SUDDENLY Well-known Citizen Is Found Dead At Home In County Malcolm D. Hipp was found dead in a chair: at his home near the city yesterday morning. He was in his usual health and it is presumed he succumbed to a heart attack, For the past 2 1-2 years he had been living alone on the County Home road about tour miles from town and was engaged in farming. Mr.

Hipp was 68 years of age and a native of Newberry county. His parents were the late J. D. Hipp and Mrs. Louisa Boyd Hipp both prominent families of Newberry county.

Mr. Hipp was a Spanish American War veteran and, had many friends who will be grieved to learn of his death. He is survived by one brother, George B. Hipp, Murfreesboro, and several nieces and nephews, among whom are. Mrs.

M. H. Cashion, Miss Bessie Hipp, Mrs. Robert J. R.

Payne, Andrew Hipp, Francis Hipp of this city and J. F. Hipp of Ninety Six, and Mrs. E. E.

Glenn of Pelzer. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock from the Ellis Funeral Home with the Rev. E. E. Glenn officlating.

Interment will follow in East Cambridge street cemetery. The following friends have been asked to serve as active pall bearers: Frank Norman, Henry Norman, Sam Frank Norman, Robert Culbreath and Doc Hinton. Ellis Funeral Home. FUNERAL SERVICE FOR MA. HILL Conducted At Blyth Funeral Home Sunday At Six O'clock Funeral services for Walter Q.

Hill, highly esteemed citizen of the city, were held from Blyth's Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 6.0 o'clock with the Rev. Muller R. Wingard and the Rev. Walter L. Coker officiating.

Interment followed in Edgewood cemetery. Mr. Hill died suddenly late Saturday afternoon. The following friends served as active pallbearers: R. Justus Collins, Tillman Pinson, Grady Walton, Norman Sligh, L.

G. Walker, Sam Kern. Claude Sligh and D. J. Sullivan.

The honorary escort was composed of F. Keller, Taylor Goodwyn, A. B. Harman, R. C.

Lominick, M. C. Kibler. L. 0.

Counts, F. C. Sligh, C. B. Beaudrot, W.

A. Mauldin, J. D. Dorn and Dr. H.

Blake. Mr. Hill was 69 years of age, having been born July. 10, 1874, a son of the late John Trav's Hill and Mrs. Martha Smith Hill, two lite-long residents of Laurens county.

For over 25 years he had resided in Greenwood and by his friendly nature and his many fine Christian qualities he had formed wide circle of friends to whom his sudden passing has brought the deepest sorrow. He was taithful member of the Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church of this city and was keenly interested in all phases of church work. He will be greatly missed in his home, church and community. In addition to his wife, who was the former Miss Lula Black, of Lexington, two brothers survive: Miller Hill and Pope Hill, both of Columbia; also a number of nieces and nephews. the fog at night "after the Japanese began their evacuation of Kiska," 'and added that "we beIfeve we sank some of their ships, but this cannot be confirmed.

This was the first indication that the Japanese may have been attacked in their flight- a flight which marked the first time they had abandoned the Samurai warrior code and tailed to stand their ground to the death. TOPS WITH WAR WORKERS OLA Plus Tax TOPS WITH HOME MAKERS Pepsi- Cola Company, Long Island City, M. V. Franchised Bottler: Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co, of Anderion, S. C.

New County Fair Premium Books Distributed By Sec. Henderson E. B. Henderson, secretary of the Greenwood County Fair, announced today that the highly attractive, been new 1943 completed premium by the book Job is Department of The Index distribution. Journal and ready, for Hundreds of these books will be placed in homes in every of oral new departments have been cia Soden, was named grand chamadded, including Victory Gardens, pion hog raiser.

FRONT and CENTER for Servicemen's GIFTS No guesswork on your part no disappointments for them when you let us assist you in preparing the packages you send fo boys in service. We know, what they like to get from the folks back home, and we show a wide variety of the right gifts in one special display that minkes the right, selections easy. And here's a tip- Christmas gifts for overseas delivery should be bought and malled in September to assure delivery by the Holidays, SPECIALS TUES. 100 1 or Gr. SACCHARIN AMMEMN'S TABLETS HEAT POWDER 4 Cakes 1 Pound SWEETHEART JOHNSON'S SOAP WAX 100 St.

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and Printed RIGHTS RESERVED ST. part. Greenwood county beginning immediately. Mr. Henderson says that more money is being offered in all de- bit partments pertaining to the ra'sing of food this year than ever be- mitt, fore in the history of the fair.

Sev- cook, Beef Cattle, etc. The entire premium list wit be run in The Index-Journal beginning about Sept. 15th. The James E. Strates Railroad Shows, biggest ever to show in Greenwood, will be on the Midway when the fair is held October 18 to 23.

Department Responds to 93 Alarms During Period. Most of Loss Covered By Insurance Property loss by fire in Greenwood for the half year ending June 30 totaled $11,522.09, of which 337.75 was covered by insurance according to a fire department report released today. Greenwood firemen responded to 93 calls during the first six months of this year, of which 83 were within the city limits and 10 were outside. Fire hose laid totaled 7.400 feet of 1,650 feet of Inch, and 8,400 feet of booster hose. Ladders raised totaled 591 feet.

Nineteen special calls were made during the period, including one to place a flag on its pole, while firemen also responded to requests to burn off 58 lots. Property at risk during the fires was valued at a total of $2,467,300 while the value of Insurance at risk was placed at $1,415,610. The heavlest loss by fire during the sixmonth period occurred on January 31 when the Jay dwelling on Bailey Circle sustained damage figured at $3,100. The month of February saW the largest number of fire department alarms, totaling 23, and the month of May recorded the smallest number, totaling 9. The number of fires by city wards were listed as follows: Ward One, 15; Ward Two, 17; Ward Three, 13; Ward Four, 11; Ward Germany Hit Anew By RAF Continued From Page One field at Beaumont le Roger In occupied France.

Escorting Spittires and the bombers knocked down nine enemy fighters. One bomber and eight Allied fighters were listed missing. During Sunday British Intruders attacked enemy shipping, airfields, transport and communications. Big, New Blows Hinted The week-end lull in heavy bombing attacks- -a period in which there was nothing to indicate the weather over the continent was keeping the RAF at home, suggested that new and bigger air blows might be in preparation. The possibility that some new targets, deeper in Europe, might have been placed on the bomb list was seen in the fact that the BBC warned Slovak workers to get out of factories working for the Nazis or risk being bombed.

Stockholm dispatches to London morning newspapers said the Germans were looking for the RAF to begin attacking Berlin in earnest on Aug. 25, the darkest. night in August. The moon will be hardly visible during the following five. or six nights.

WOMEN CLEAN UP Fifty British women- actresses, artists, fashion writers and housewives employed by the Ministry of Works have swept 18 English counties clear of scrap. In their last drive the women pulled in 000 tons of scrap- enough for 400 tanks. LOANS for- NEEDS Don't let lack of money delay you in buying books, clothes, and otherwise preparing your children for going "back to school." We invite you to drop in now and discuss your needs with G. Mobley Williams at Home Finance Co. Phone 3016--519 Waller Ave.

ROLES REVERSED ROLES REVERSED Morris, Kas. -(P) Things got a mixed at the 4-H club fair. An 11-year-old boy, Bruce Dimwas named grand champion and a 12-year-old girt: Patri- Board 41 Fills August Colored Draft Call with Group of Men Sent to Fort Jackson Today Local Selective Service Board No. 41, serving Greenwood county outside the city proper, this mornEng filled its August call for colored men with group sent to Fort Jackson for final examinations. preparatory to entering the armed service.

The men on the August call were listed as follows: Transferred to Greenwood: Floyd Carrel, Newark, N. and Raymond Belcher, Newberry; Transferred from Greenwood: Macey Garner, Bronx, N. ben Bud Wideman, Chicago; and Adolphus Adams, New York; Others: R. B. Williams, Greenwood: Willie (Sonny) Tolbert, Bradley: George Roberson, Ware Shoals; Enos Anderson, Ware Shoals; Curfew Butler, Philadelphia; Viger Logan, Ninety Six; Brazil Rice, Ware Shoals; Edd Chappel, Ninety Six; Tom Willlams, Callison: and Robert Lee Pullin, McCormick; Also Willie Edwards, Green- wood; Orsban Profit.

Ninety Six; John Belcher, Ninety Six: John Wideman. Troy; Eddie Lee Lomax, Hodges; Johnnie Holloway, South Greenwood; Tommie Liggon. Ninety Six: Jimmie Wardlaw. Ninety Six; Paul Reid, Blacksburg: and James Alvin Robinson, Ware Shoals: Also Wade Jones, Greenwood; G. C.

Campbell, Ninety Six; James Foster Ligon, Hodges; Obie King, Ninety Six; Curtis Bernard White, Spartanburg; Johnny Robert Weaver, Bradley; Thomas C. Anderson, Hodges; Willie James Terry, Greenwood; Joel Henry Chiles, Jacksonville, N. and Ernest Wright, Verdery; Also Benjamin Franklin Harts, Ninety Six; George Thomas, Ninety Six; Howard Williams, Hodges; Johnnie Thomas, Ware Shoals; M. Phillips, Ninety Six: Miller Moten, Hodges; John Wideman, Bradley; and Jonathan, Belcher, Hodges. Two Greenwood County Mothers Are Presented Six Star Honor Emblems Two Greenwood mothers who have six sons each in the service of their country were presented sixstar Emblems of Honor by State Senator Calhoun A.

Mays as personal, representative of Governor Olin D. Johnston yesterday, The mothers given this high honor were Mrs. T. E. Dorn and Mrs.

Leila C. West. The award to Mrs. Dorn was made at the meeting of the TEL class of the First Baptist church with Mr. Dorn, father, and Miss Grace Dorn, sister of the service men attending.

Brief remarks expressing appreciation of the honor were made by Mr. and Mrs. Dorn. The award to Mrs. West WAS made in the afternoon at her home at 1604 South Main Street, Senator Mays was accompanied by George F.

Free, commander of Greenwood Post No. 20 of the American Legion, Mrs. Cyrus Carter, president of the Auxiliary of the Legion, Mrs. Frank Liner, member of the War Activities Committee of the Legion, and Midshipman Marshall T. Mays who is on leave for a visit with his parents, Senator and Mrs.

Mays, from the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Mrs. Dorn's six sons in the ser- Pvt.

Grover Cox, Injured, Returned From War Zones Pvt. Grover Cox, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E.

Cox of 719 Reynolds street and a former employe of. Grendel Mill, who was injured near Oran in May of this year, has been returned from foreign service and is now in New York, according to lettres received from him last week by relatives here. Pvt. Cox indicated that he expected to be moved near Greenwood within the near future. Since sustaining back and feet injuries, the exact causes of which his family has not yet learned, he has been in six different hospitals, he said, on his way from Oran back to this country.

He described his return crossing of the Atlantic as neventful, adding that "the ocean is as safe now as a His letters praised the treatment he had received at. the hands of the Army medical corps and the Ref Cross. Although glad to be back his native soil, he said he regretted leaving his friends and brother, Paul, also serving in the North African and Mediterranean theatres, on the other side, Corn is now being used to make fibrous glass cloth used for bomber brake linings. About 75,000 men now constitute the personnel of the U. S.

merchant marine. vice are Capt. T. E. Dorn, George E.

Dorn, flight instructor, W. J. Bryan Dorn, technical school of Army Air Fores, Jackson G. Dorn of infantry training, Ensign H. Charlie Dorn, navigator in Air Corps, and Watson L.

Dorn, Navy Training Unit, University of South Carolina. Mrs. West's six sons are: Sgt. Charles A. West, United States Marine Corps, Sgt.

John F. West, Hq. and Ser. Company, Sgt. Daniel H.

West, Battery 4th FA, Corporal Ansel B. West, U. S. Army, Carl West, Sea 2-C, Harl West, Sea I-C. Of these six West boys, Agt.

Charles A. West WaS commended for extraordinary heroism by his commanding officer as the result of destroying 25 Japanese pillboxes in the Guadalcanal fighting. Five-star Emblems of Honor 'have been presented to: Mrs. J. W.

Drummond, Ninety Six, and Mrs. L. A. Martin. Greenwood.

Those who have already received four-star emblems are: Mrs. R. W. Coxx, Mrs. B.

E. Cothran, Mrs. Broadus 8. Davis, Mrs. W.

D. DeLoache, Mrs. B. G. Fridy, Mrs.

J. B. Edmunds and Mrs. Ethel Sprouse, all of Greenwood. and Mrs.

Alma Jamison, of Ninety Six. Kiska Clears Allied North Road To Japan Continued From Page One lief the Japanese completed their withdrawal on Aug. 8, escaping in submarines or barges, and added that he thought sit doubtful many ever reached land. Fleeing Japs Likely Hit The American task force landing on Kiska Aug. 15 found that the enemy had fled and took undisputed possession of the heavily-fortified Aleutian air and naval base.

Admiral Kinkaid said U. S. surface craft shelled "objects" in I.