The Abbeville Chronicle Abbeville, Georgia Thursday, July 20, 1944 Vol 58 No 23 James B. Fitzgerald German Prisoner News has reached Abbeville that Pvt. James B. Fitzgerald, of Florence, S.C. is confined in prison in Germany. Mr. Fitzgerald is the son of W. E. Fitzgerald, who at one time lived in Abbeville. The family has relatives all over the county. Frank Wester, of Camp Gordon, Augusta, spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wester. Seaman Second Class Elmer Truluck, of Camp Perry, Virginia, and Mrs. Truluck and Betty of Albany, spent last Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Ham and family. The Abbeville Chronicle Thursday, July 20, 1944 Vol 58 No 23 Methodist Service Flag In October 1942 a Service Flag bearing ten stars was dedicated to the members of the church serving in the Armed Forces. The three silver stars represented Royal Chapman, Fletcher Floyd, Jr., and Reginald Johnson, who were then on foreign shores. The seven blue stars represented Jim Cannon, Dudley Thornburg, Wilson Studstill, Kenneth Paxson, Arthur Parson, and Eddie Oliver. In January, 1943, five stars were added in honor of Edwin Mixon, Norman Mathis, Robin Paxson, Earl Cannon, Jr., and Frank Wester. The fourth row is now complete and represents Wm. Syms, Jr., Robert Chapman, Peter Chapman, Harold Chapman, and Harrison Crump. Three of the blue stars are now outlined with red to show a medical release was given Eddie Oliver and Arthur Paron; Edwin Mixon was released for work in a defense plant. The other silver stars denote the following are on foreign duty: Colquitt Studstill, Kenneth Paxson, Robin Paxson, Earl Cannon, Jr., Wm. Syms and Dudley Thornburg. Of the twenty young men, ten of them come from five families, as there are five sets of brothers represented. ___ copied from The Abbeville Chronicles. Abbeville Courthouse Archives Abbeville, Wilcox County, Georgia -jeanette martin, 8-2-04