Personals
August 17--Misses Jean Bostick, Brunelle Finney, Janice Brown and Frances Searcy enjoyed a visit at Bradenton Beach over the last weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Terrell and daughter, Laura Ann, spent a few days this week at Anna Maria Beach.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Terrell and two sons, Johnny and Dewey, of Lake Alfred, spent the weekend here and in the Oak Grove neighborhood with relatives.
Service Personnel
Albert Carlton of the U. S. Navy, who has been stationed at Bainbridge, Md., where he completed his boot training, arrived here the first of the week and is spending a short furlough with his sisters, Mrs. Allen Oliff and Mrs. Mattie Mae Saunders.
M/Sgt. Elden Crews, son of J. H. Crews, arrived here the first of the week from 19 months' service in the European theatre of operations. He was attached to Patton's Third Army where he was assigned to the communication department of telephone.
Lt. Frances D. Crews, Nurse Corps, of Zolfo Springs, daughter of Mrs. Eloise Crews, has arrived for duty at the Oliver General Hospital, a 3,000-bed hospital in Georgia. She has just returned from service in the European theatre.
With one of the most gruesome jobs of the European war, caring for the survivors of Dachau and Allach concentration camps behind him, Pfc. Osie L. Whidden of Wauchula is now being processed at the Assembly Area Command in northeastern France for direct redeployment to the Pacific. He is attached to an evacuation hospital unit.
Colored Baseball Game
August 24--Wauchula Sunday afternoon at 3:00--Arcadia Black Spiders vs. Plant City Tigers. This should be a good game. These clubs met last Sunday and played a 7-7 tie and they are going to play off the tie here Sunday at the Wauchula Athletic Field.
Personals
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Coker of Clearwater are announcing the birth of a daughter on August 9.
Mrs. Mildred Hadsell returned the latter part of last week from her vacation spent at Bradenton Beach. She assumed her duties at the Weiner Department Store on Monday.
Miss Mary Metheny, student at the Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La., is spending three weeks' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Metheny.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Shackleford and little son of Avon Park are spending their vacation with their parents, Mrs. Lola Shackleford, and Rev. and Mrs. Dow Durrance.
Servicemen
Merle H. Revell, carpenter's mate 2/c of the U. S. Navy, who has been stationed at Beaumont, Tex. for the past month, arrived here Monday for a 21-day furlough with his mother, Mrs. Matt Revell, and had been in the city less than 24 hours when he had a call to return to the Beaumont base. He has been in the Navy 41 months and has seen service on both sides of the Atlantic.
Florida Cattlemen Salute
August 31--The Florida Cattleman, monthly magazine of the Florida State Cattlemen's Association, this week saluted the livestock industry of Hardee County.
Cattle herds pictured and discussed include those of Frank Bass, R. C. Bentley, Doyle Carlton, L. F. Carlton, Leffie Carlton, Dan Cowart, B. R. Farmer, W. C. Howze Jr., L. Maxley, A. Z. Oliff, and F. L. Revell.
Horse raising operations mentioned in the article include those of Bass, M. I. Brooks, Doyle Carlton, Leland Carlton, Tom Carlton, Jack Cliett, B. R. Farmer, Talmadge Hart, Oliff, and Alvin Williams.
Personals
A very enjoyable supper was given at the Gardner school house Wednesday night, Aug. 22, honoring Pfc. Harold Hampton, who recently returned from the European theatre of war where he took part in three major battles.
Mr. and Mrs. Phil Glorious and two children, who have been visiting here for two weeks in the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. I. Glorious, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Schweigart, left yesterday for their home in Miami.
Cadet Thomas Underwood, a student at Bolles Military School in Jacksonville, returned to his home here Sunday after attending the summer session. He plans to leave again on September 13 for the regular term.
Royal Theatre
Sunday-Monday--"Tall In The Saddle" with John Wayne.
Servicemen
Capt. John Causey, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Causey of this city, who has been overseas for a little more than 18 months, returned to the States a few weeks ago where he joined his wife in Plant City, and later visited his mother and other relatives in Wauchula. He is now stationed at the airfield in Orlando where he is taking a special course in radar.
Aboard a submarine on Pacific War Patrol--Floyd G. Conerly, 25, seaman first class, of Wauchula, has gotten just about as close to Japan as any bluejacket can get, without marching down the main street of Tokyo. Conerly, who is studying for the rating of torpedoman's mate, got his first look at the Japanese coastline a few days ago and admitted he's progressing faster as a bluejacket than he expected.
Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Crosby of Sebring, formerly of Wauchula, recently received a message that their son, Lt. Ben Tillman Crosby, Jr., who had been reported missing in action, was killed in action Feb. 16. He was a nephew of Mrs. J. Roy Thornton of this city. He was first lieutenant and pilot of a fighter plane and was stationed in the northern part of Italy. Returning from a mission to Neuberg, Germany, his flak injured engine was unable to retain sufficient altitude to carry him through the Alps and upon bailing out his parachute opened only about half way.
Cpl. Jack Dasher, of the U. S. Infantry and attached to the Medical Corps, arrived in the States the first of the week and immediately wired his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Dasher, that he would be home as soon as possible. Cpl. Dasher has been overseas two years, first landed in North Africa where he was unattached and participated in the campaigns there and was awarded three Silver Stars. He was then assigned to the Medical Corps and transferred to Italy shortly after that country was invaded. When Germany quit, he was sent to that country. Before entering the service, Cpl. Dasher was a student at the School of Pharmacy in Atlanta and only lacked a few months of completing his course when he was called.
This article was published in The Herald-Advocate (Wauchula, Fla.) of August 17, 2000.
May 12, 2001