1931 EARLE GOSSETT, BELIEVED DEAD RETURNS HOME April 16- Twenty years ago EARLE GOSSETT, s/o W.R. GOSSETT , local painter, who died here in 1925, left home and not a word was heard of him, until he came in from Washington and looked up his friend, R.S. HAMMETT, who resides on Johnson street, and asked about his father and mother. Earle left home and stricken with wanderlust found himself in Belgium. He enlisted in the Belgian army to oppose the Germans and was seriously wounded in a hand to hand conflict in which he was literally carved up with a German bayonet and was in the hospital for two years. He spent 8 years in Belgium but had a longing to come back to America. He returned to NY and then went to Washington where he was living ever since. MR. HAMMETT took him to the home of a sister; MRS. BUD ROGERS, who did not know him, until she was told who the visitor was, then she recognized him. His father died in 1925 and his mother in 1919. A brother I.H. GOSSETT lives in Chesnee. He spent two nights in Spartanburg before returning back to Washington. He promised to return here within a month to seek his relatives and friends. ----- MARRIAGE RECORDED PAUL E. DILLS, 21, Fairforest and CLEO WILLBANKS, 18 ,Sptbg. at Saxon, April 8 by Rev. J.H. BOLDRIDGE. - WALTER ROLAND GILLAM, 21 and VIRGINIA MAY LITTRELL, 18 , Candler, N.C. at SDptbg., April 2 by Rev. J.W. WHITE. - GEORGE MARION BYRD, 24, Sptbg. and VIVIAN MYRTLE BARNETTE, 23, Sptbg. at Charleston, April 4, by the Rev. J.T. PEELER. - SAMUEL SIMS, 21, Sptbg. and GRACE FRIFFIN{?}, 18, Sptbg. at Sptbg., April 11 by Judge Dewey D. FOSTER. - HUBERT PRICE, 26, and THELMA PAYNE, 18, Marshall, N.C. at Sptbg., April 8, by Judge Foster. - CLAUDE PRUITT, 21, and MILLIE HUNSINGER, 18, of Fingerville at New Prospect , April 4, by Magistrate Hicks. ----- THREE ACT PLAY AT DRAYTON MILLS April 9- A three act comedy- drama" The Little Clodhopper", will be presented at the Drayton Mill community house Friday night. Miss MILLIE LONG, of Sptbg. will entertain between the acts. The cast of characters is as follows; SEPTIMUS GREEN, N.A. FOSTER, OCEY GUMP, J.D. GAULT, GEORGE CHIGGERSON, ELBERT JOHNSON, IRENE SMITH, MISS GULIETTE BEAN, IRENE GAULT, MABLE GAULT, JUDY ELIOTT, NELL FOSTER. The play is being given for the benefit of the Drayton baseball club and the public is invited to attend. ----- Free post- nancie --- Nancie O'Sullivan --- drayton5@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.