I T 1 1 : ' PAGE TWO THE ENTERPRISE-RECORDER. MADISON FLORIDA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20th, 1959 TILL DEATH DO US PART body took part in the activities be- FOOD SCARCE liberated the next morning."I . cause there was little else to do," guess we learned to appreciate I! Slight. ChargeA The following feature story about she said. Food became more scarce as the freedom and a good meal more the marriage of Mr and Mrs Carroll LOVE STEPS IN war continued. After the first year, than anything else," Mr Dickey the prisoners were fortunate to I concluded. The didn't hesi- Dickey appeared in a recent issue couple slight charge is made for : of the Peabody Post, Peabody Col- And then love stepped in at the, get any meat in their "stew. Both tate a second when asked how long ALL Saturday, November 21 lege paper in Nashville, Tenn., point of a scalpel. Carroll was ad' Mr and Mrs Dickey weighed about they. had been imprisoned-three ENTERTAINMENTNOTICES i DOUBLE FEATURE where Mr and Mrs Dickey are in milted to the infirmary where Wilma 100 pounds when they were Tiber j years, one month one week and i SIERRA BARON, in cinemascopeand school for a time. was nursing, and she assistedthe aled. To provide more variety to one day. After their first child (regardless of sponsor) ; DeLuxe color, starring Brian COUPLE MARRY IN doctor who lanced an infected their meager diet, the Dickeys were was born, they attempted to buy .> ALb NOTICES OF MONEY- Keith, Rita Gam, Mala Powers. A PRISON CAMP boil on Carroll's arm. the first to start a garden. After insurance for him and were refused RAISING PROJECTS saga of the west, packed with ex- By RICHARD PALMOREIt After their first meeting Carroll gathering tomato and pumpkin because their marriage was (regardless of sponsor) I' citing action, rugged adventure, was hard for Wilma Park to | was a frequent visitor, complaining seeds and corn, they dried them in not recognized in the U S. Not ALL NOTICES IN ADVANCE tantalizing romance. He terrorizeda believe that marriage could come of "slide" burns received while the sun. Later the seeds were having legal evidence of the ABOUT MEETINGS OF ANY whole town to regain his land. out of such utter confusion, but i playing baseball. The couple soon planted and soon produced tasty marriage they later remarried in KIND . t ROCCO there she stood, wearing a lovely became engaged. results. Carroll's hometown of Cairo, Ga. (regardless of organization) JOHNNY Colleen, starring A white wedding dress as she ex- Since a diamond ring wasn't During the imprisonment Philip- During the ceremony their child, Prices are reasonable. Rising pro- Stephen McCally, Gray. between changed vows with Carroll Dickey. available. Carroll fashioned the en- pine guerrilla forces kept the camp Charles, rolled off the davinport and duction costs force us to omit ALL of love and loyalty story The ceremony, performed by five gagement ring out of an expertrifleman's informed on local news. Messageswere was introduced as "their" child. The FREE ADVERTISING.THE . father and son. The picture with a minister friends, recalled memoriesof badge. A friend gave smuggled into the camp as minister never did quite understandthe ENTERPRISE-RECORDER heart. Cartoon.SundayMonday happier days for the many kim: a piece of gold quartz whichhe natives unloaded supplies for the situation. November 22, 23 prisoners who watched. ground into some semblance ofa Japanese. Slips of paper might be The Dickeys' permanent residenceis NORTH BY NORTHWEST, in Carroll and Wilma Dickey had diamond shape and mounted it. hidden in a sack of sugar or slipped in Madison Fla. They now have vistaVision and Technicolor, starring become engaged during the Christ- He later made the wedding rings into a slit banana. three children: Charles, 13, Wilma- Shop Early for Giftsat Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint. An mas of 1942, a year after they out of centavo coins that he poundedinto When the camp radio stopped rie 11; and Roy 9. While Mrs entertaining experience in mirth, were interned in the Japanese shape. playing, the Japanese asked Dickey is studying nursing, her The May ShopIN murder and mayhem. Suspense at concentration camp at Baguio, N. GOWN FROM SAKS "Sparks," a Navy radio technician husband is enrolled at the Auto its funniest and Hitchcock at his Luzon, in the Philippines. The to fix it. He insisted that he had Diesel College here in Nashville. MADISON, FLORIDAWe best Cartoon. Japanese had not encouraged Recalling the unusual wedding to tune into American stations in The family now resides in the Gift Wrap--Give S & H Stamps .. marriages, and permission was delayed ceremony, Mrs Dickey said "It's order to adjust the wave lengths, Veterans' Village, Unit 28. ., Tues-Wed, November 24, 25 for a year before they finally funny how many useless items a and he would listen to station KGEI, .. DOUBLE FEATURE i consented to the wedding. However person will store when in dangerof San Francisco, and get the latest BATTLE HYMN, in cinemascopeand the Japanese commander, a losing all one owns. I wore a news reports. Technicolor, starring Rock Hud- man of culture provided a memor- Saks Fifth Avenue wedding gown Bombers were now making daily son, Martha Hjer. The moving able setting with bouquets of orange that evening, and Carroll borroweda story of Colonel Dean Hess, who blossoms and flowers his men had Navy blue dress coat and white raids on Manila in the latter learned there are many ways in cut from the surrounding fields and pants. Somebody found some ribbon months of 1944 when an order came MORE FUELs through to move the prisoners into \vbich a man can serve God. Guilt gardens.For and another girl brought out a. and unrest plagued a minister the city. "The only time our morale a brief moment it was possibleto bride-and-groom figure that had turned fighter pilot.APPOINTMENT really dipped was the day we saw forget the war and the fact thatit been the center piece for her WITH A still might be years before they wedding cake. Not to be outdone, an American plane shot out'of liberated, if they survived the a Russian chef baked a 3-layer formation by anti-aircraft fire. It SHADOW, in cinemascope, starring were was a terrible sight to watch GASOLINE Q KEROSENE TRACTOR FUELs George Nader, Joanna Moore. Sus- privations of imprisonment. Their cake made from about every ingre- said Mr Dickey.U . pense with a different beat-terror love would provide a strong bondto dient he could scrape together. Such DIESEL FUEL FOR HOME AND TRACTOR USE \vith, a different twist. He was endure the hardships of the things as rice flour, cassava (simi- S TANKS BRING FREEDOMOn marked for death unless he could months to come. lar to potato), bananas instead of the evening of Feb 3, the Jap- shake his shadow.The. police trap Had the war not come, Wilma eggs and brown sugar were used." anese camp interpreter came to tell We are equipped to give you Quick Service. L H THUR- enrolled fora The Dickeys said it turned out to the prisoners that "the Japanesewere that backfired. Cartoon. Park Dickey, presently MAN and OTIS BROWN are standing by for service year of study in Public Health be quite good.HONEYMOON. sorry but they would haveto your Thursday-Friday, November 26, 27 Nursing at Peabody College, might PICNIC leave us to the mercy of the THE HORSE SOLDIERS, in DeLuxe have continued her plans of medical The so-called honeymoon was a Americans." They were retreatingto color, starring John Wayne, missionary work in China. The picnic lunch outside the concentration the hills where they would set William Holden, Constance Towers. daughter of missionary parents, and camp for a day. Even this up a defense line. By the grape- The U S Cavalry in action. Their born in Thailand, Wilma had in small treat was a calculated favor. vine the prisoners had learned of mission was a secret that could tended to go to Chinese language The Japanese had played up the the coming invasion, and 'one of win the war. Their conflict a rage school in Peking, China, but the wedding for propaganda reasons, but the America missionaries who spoke that could lose it. The most daring school was moved to Baguio when the "honeymoon" would soon be Japanese said, "You better go now." J.B. exploit of the civil war be- Peking was threatened by Japanese over. Two weeks later, two men Outside, the ground rumbled.The CtiPJ L 1 ALLISCHALMERTRACTORS comes the most brilliant epic of the occupation.. There she started her escaped from the camp and the interpreter left but returnedin . vest Cartoon. studies of mandarin, the main dialect thoughtful commander who had a few minutes with a look of of Chinese, in September, furnished the flowers for the garden dismay on his face. ; -- :=.. -- "- 1941. On Dec 8, Pearl Harbor was wedding was immediately relieved "I can't go now," he said quietly. SHELL PETROLEUM PRODUCTS bombed. Baguio was soon de- of duty. "There is tank out the gate." '56 Pontiac 4-door station clared an open city, and the mili- Mr Dickey recalled that two for- While he had been apologizingfor tary troops moved out, leaving a mer missionary prisoners went to the Japanese retreat, U S tanks large civilian population who Japan to testify at the war trials on had been landed and pushed throughthe wagon 1 owner awaited the arrival of Japanese behalf of this same commander who city before many Japanese troons.- had treated them so well. troops escaped. The prisoners were "'lA05 NO CHANCE TO GET OUT - I I Some people who had come to Bguio to play golf for the day HARDEE MOTOR CO. never had a chance t o return home. The Japanese moved into the town the evening of Dec 27 and quickly 2.'t::' ':;; =-.Jt- __":__ K herded the 375 civilians into the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT 3rd American school. Children were JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLomDA, separated from their mothers, and ,NN I IN AND FOR MADISON COUNTY.IN husbands were separated from their 0 10-PC. BEDROOM GROUP x. CHANCERY. wives. This was only the beginningof Genevieve Suma Ford, Plaintiffvs. many devious methods used by -, DRESSER & MIRROR the Japanese to break the spirit BOOKCASE BED and morale of the prisoners. : -. William Thurman Ford, Defendant. CHESTINNERSPRING , Meanwhile, the man who was DIVORCETO t, c MATTRESS William Thurman Ford Box later destined to become Wilma's i 95 CD : P' : 169 It BOX SPRING husband, was prowling the streetsas 642 Blowing Rock, North Carolina. t ) 2 PILLOWS I a lookout for the remaining You are hereby notified that a r f 2 VANITY LAMPS Bill of Divorce native forces. Troop movementswere rt Complaint for has 11 1 BEDSPREAD been filed against you, and you are reported via a hidden tele- required to serve a copy of your I phone in the hills. Carroll went N M. t I Answer or Pleading to the Bill of undetected until Dec 29, looking the Complaint on the Plaintiffs Attorney part of a Spaniard with his dusky I Ernest M Page Jr whose addross complexion, but he was finally discovered \ s . . and taken prisoner. Before t Y is Madison.Florida, and file the the war, Carroll had sen..edwith originai answer or Pleading in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit the TJ S Army in the Philippines I Court in and for Madison County from 1938 to 1941, and had : LL' Florida on or before the 30th day of been discharged there, taking a November A. D. 1959. If you. fail job as a shift boss at a gold mine. x t "The climate was very similar to -, a ?"rr ,to do so Decree Pro Confesso will ours in the States, and I really likedit ;be entered against you for the relief i Sw demanded in the Bill of Complaint. there. I met some American '. {, The Enterprise-Recorder is here- miners who made me a good job 4 d ) by designated as the newspaper in offer, so I stayed," Mr Dickey which said order shall be publishedonce said. "The gold mines weren't very ., a week for four consecuth'eJVeeks. important to the Japanese, out ,t o: IIIJ ; .3J.{ the guerrilla forces later sabotagedthe ' copper mines. Actually, the I' "Witness my hand and official seal this 28th day of October, A. D. Japanese were more interested in the modern machinery, and had it 1959.DALE shipped back to Japan," he added. : y6 Circuit M. LESLIE, Clerk k In June, 1942, the group was Court. I moved to Camp Holmes, 8 miles (SEAL) 94tchAVEAteNEW from Baguio. The prison popula- tion was mostly educated personsof many professionsanthropologists biologists, missionaries, doctors and many others. "The general educational back- v ground of the prisoners was one G Q big factor in our staying healthy & ' mentally alert throughout the imprisonment - : . She . said Mrs Dickey. described how the prisoners had . CRYSTAL CLEAR o" organized their compound into a CUT,TACK.SEW or SEAL 'Z64S community with an elected mayor; FURNITURE . HUNDREDS OF USES each man and woman had a taskto INDOORS A OUTDOORS ... t do. tt "After the Japanese decided we :Q1 weren't dangerous, they allowedus t - S1 to have Saturday night pro- 1 . grams. We heard speeches from i j I men in different professions, had 1 Howerton Supply Co. entertainment, gave the IMessiah'' ! ,and performed the play "Our Town"from 128 N. Patterson Valdosta, Ga CH 2-1515 S. Duval St Madison, Fla. memory. Of course every I --- --- -- -- --- -- - --< "- --- : - r-- - J OLD "VEATHER r. Jusr'cu Aior. THE W A V! OVER DOORS ANt $*. Your Local Hardware '!lumber Dealer Now Endow Your Scroa It I .