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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, September Page 10 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Football Practice Gets Underway Here In France Rough Work Starts Today In Preparation For Opening uame With Asheville. Football practice got underway on the local gridiron Monday after noon with 44 prospective players turning out for the first day of practice, according to Coach C- E. Weatherby. Tuesday saw an in crease of four men to bring the total up to forty-eight with a pros pect of more coming out for foot ball when school gets under way. There were seven lettermen from last year among the candidates for the 1944 grid team. They were, Scates, Medford, Compton, Collins, Hurgin, Phillips and last year's captain, Arthur Paul Evans. It is expected that the team will be built around these lettermen, but accord ing to Coach Weatherby, the posi tions remain wide open for any prospect. Only light drills were held dur ing the first three days of practice, getting the contestants in shape for the rough work which is to follow before the opening game with Asheville High September 22. Heavy togs were issued the play ers yesterday afternooji and rough work will begin this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The first home game, which will be played under the arcs, is with Murphy on September 29th. It was reported by Charls Isley, band director of the local high school, that he plans to have the band in shape for the opening game with Asheville, but it is expected to be much improved by the next Friday for the opening home game. Due to the number of boys that have entered the armed services from the local high school, Coach Weatherby is not too optimistic as to the prospects of The Mountain eers for this season, but with the material on hand he expects to place a fighting eleven on the field. Three Auction Sales Set For Monday, Sept. 11 Three auction sales of property will be held here Monday, Sept. 11, according to Robert Richardson, public relations manager for Pen ny Brothers, famous twin auction eers. The fi,rst sale will be the Henry Francis farm at ten o'clock. At three o'clock, an auction will be held of ten lots, 2 houses and a brick warehouse on the highway near Dayton Rubber Company, and at 4 o'clock, the Belle Meade prop erty, consisting of cabins, service station and lots will be auctioned. This is the third event that Pen ny Brothers have staged here this season. All sales have been highly successful, and a record attendance was at the last sale. Floridians Have Rotary Program Annual Florida Day was observ ed by the Rotary Club here last Friday, when members of Florida clubs had charge of the program. Floral colored pictures were shown during the meeting and il lustrated material on the state handed out during the program. R. B. Davenport, district mana ger of Pet Dairy Products Com pany, was presented as the Rotar ian of the week. NOTICE IN SUPERIOR COURT NORTH CAROLINA HAYWOOD COUNTY. PAULINE HARTNES Vs. WALTER HARTNESS. The above named defendant will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Haywood County, North Carolina, by the plaintiff to secure an absolute di vorce from the defendant upon the grounds that the plaintiff and de fendant have lived separate and apart from each other for more than two years next preceeding the commencement of this action; and the defendant will further take no tice that he is required to be and appear at the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Haywood County, North Carolina, within thirty (30) days after September 16th, 1944, and answer or demur to the complaint of the plaintiff in this action or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. This the 16th day of August. 1944. C H. LEATHERWOOD, Clerk Superior Court. Lt. (jg) Roger Walker Enroute To Charleston Lt. (jg) Roger Walker and fam ily spent a few days here this week before Lt. Walker reports to Charleston for further orders. He has been taking special train ing at Harvard for the past three months. He entered the service in March of this year. Before enter ing service he was accountant for Unagusta Manufacturing Company. Sgt. C. D. Young On Furlough Here Sgt. Clarence D. Young, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Young, of Mar ion, is spending a thirty-day fur lough with his parents and with relatives here. Sgt. Young, who was formerly connected with the Home Security Life Ins. Company, entered the ser vice on April 7, 1942 and received his basic training at Camp Wolters, Tex. From Wolters he was sent to Panama where he has been sta tioned for the . past twenty-three months. Fata Wasted More than a billion pounds of fatf and greases, K is estimated, go down the drains or into the garbage palls of American kitchens each year. Since fats are 10 per cent glycerine, this would mean 100 million pounds of glycerine a year. PVT. BUICK LEE SHARPE, who entered the service in March, 1941, at West Palm Beach, Fla husband of Miss Gladys Burress, ot Waynesville, is now serving with the armed forces in France, He was inducted at Palm Beach and from there was sent to Camp Chaffee, Ark., and then to Camp Cook, Calif., before being sent over seas. He was first stationed in England and then sent to France Pvt. Sharpe is the son of C. E Shaipe, of West Virginia. Before entering the service he was employe ed in Florida. Travel In Park More Than Last August By 6 For the first time in nine months, travel in the park showed no great increase over the corresponding month of 1943. In August, 1944, an estimated total of 81,310 per sons, in 22,020 vehicles visited the park. This is an increase of 6 per cent over tracvel in the park during August, 1943. Starting in Decem ber, 1943, travel to the park has shown a steady increase over the corresponding month of the pro ceeding year. In December, 1943 the increase amounted to 120 per cent; January, 95 per cent, Febru ary 71 per cent; March, 33 per cent; April, 29 per cent; May, 61 per cent; June, 61 per cent; July, 69 per cent; and August, 6 per cent. Thirty-eight per cent of the total visitors during August, 1944, were from other than the states of Tenn essee and North Carolina, coming from 36 known different states and the District of Columbia. Buy War Bonds and Stamps. Billy Sunday once approached a newsboy in a city where he was holding a revival, and asked the way to the post office, and the youngster promptly answered: Youngster Up one block and turn to the right. Billy Sunday (jovially, as he pat ted the boy on the shoulder) You seem a bright little fellow. Do, you know who I am? Youngster Nope ! Billy Sunday I'm Billy Sunday, and if you come to my meeting to night I'll show you the way to Heaven. Youngster Aw, go on! You did not even know the way to the post office ! Local Draft Board Reclassifies 94 Men During Week Ninety-four men were reclassi fied durinc fh iut. week under the selective service system by the Waynesville area board. Fred Boone Caldwell was the only man olaced in class 1-A. Carl Led- ford was placed in class 1-A (H). Placed in class 2-A (H) were: Robert Lee Ray and Hugh Love Allison. Placed in class 4-A were: John H. Wyatt, George Dewey Stovall, and Jessero William Hannah. Placed in 2-B were: Fred King and Leon Marcus Killian, Jr. Placed in class 2"-B (F) were Jaf-kson Bradley and James Clyde Fisher. Placed in class 2-C (H) was Henry Bryson Rider. Continued in class 2-B were: James Coleman Adams, Glenn Trantham, Celovis Clyde Boone, Fred Mance McDonald, Hugh L. Walker, Amos Lee Haney, Willie Hoglen, Dewev Arthur Scruggs, James Glenn Norris, Willie Dranor Sherrill, Cleveland G rover Parks, Millard Spencer Hanev. Russell John Warren. Ira McClure. Gav Lovingood Bradshaw, James Rufus Queen. Jack Harrison Snyder, James Vaughn Oliver, Graham Robert Beasley. Richard Garland Mash- burn, Thomas Morcan Graham. John Franklin Moore, Hugh Ed ward Leatherwood, Vardy Fugate, Burl Edward Nichols, Johnnie Kirkpatrick. Jack Eucene Bur- nette, Lawrence Kilby, Vernon Ol son Winchester, William Malcolm Janes, Thurman Ervin Smith, John hmlet Owens. Jacob Dillintrham Haskett, Horace French Crawford, Clarence Odell Green, Harry Lee Scruggs. Wiley Ammons McFlrnth Clif ford Cleophus Stamey, Francis ueiion Keece, Alton Rathbone, Risecoe Overman. Charles Edward Allison, Ralph Buford Woodard, William Howard Howell. Hum phrey Melvin Haney, Salma Mc Cracken Hill, Ernest H. Carver, Woodrow McElrov. Claude Rhine- hart Crawford, Ratcliff Clinton Kinsland, Virgil Lewis Meados, Roy Edwards. John G udcer Hinns James Clinton Brackett, Hilliard Jones, Eckel Henrv Mashburn. Paul Davis Best. Elmer GerdiTio Hcmbree, Jarvis Kavwood McDon ald, and Thomas Noble Hoglen. continued in class 2-B (F) were: Albert Price, Noble George Mc Donald, Grady Walker Overman, Wilbern Messer, Grady Allen Downs, Roy Ellis Edwards, Horace Devoe Downs, Thomas Benton Mc Cracken. Thomas TTnrmnn Rnmn Joseph Bryan Best, Willie Ray lace, Andy Woodrow Rector, Car- Artillery 'Eye' Announcing - - Our Waynesville Laundry Routes Now In Charge Of JOE LINER AH laundry and dry cleaning pick up and deliveries in this com munity will be in charge of Mr. Liner, who succeeds Henry Davis soon to enter a new field of business. Thank You - - It has been a pleasure to serve my many laundry and dry cleaning customers throughout the years. I am soon to enter a new field of work, which I will announce within a week or so. I want to sincerely thank each and every customer for the patronage given me. HENRY DAVIS Waynesville Laundry Particular Cleaners For People Who Care PHONE 205 BOYD AVENUE L..j..uu ..I Mj.i.ijuiiiiniiiiimiiiiiinwnii i I1"" w 1 Eff ...t- - :...rA.,.:r1jPt i 3 . -. :' What Made Our Invasion a Success? A PERISCOPE of the type used in ar tillery observation post to observe fun fire is examined by Sgt N. E. Irving of Newark, N. J, after American troops had captured a German pillbox on the invasion coast of France. U. S. Army Signal Corps photo. (International) roll James Glance, Claude Sutton, James Duncan Bradshaw, Olas Grant Creasman, Bascom Alfred Edwards, and William Lee Ed wards. Placed in class 4-F (H) was James Henry Casey. With 57 blue stars on our Serv ice Flag, our town's been mighty excited over the way things are progressing on the Continent "Shacks." says Bob New comb happily, "I knew we were going to lick them Nazis, soon as the Invasion started," " I knew it before that," says Doc Hollister. "I knew it from the way our boys were getting along with their British bud dies in those English camps. They had a lot of differences to overcome before they could work together as a team. And they overcame 'em." Prom where I J mighty riehLTi,. ' M Invasion Tbeean l friendiyaM darts-and T . 4 other in spi oT tastes and habits. And that spirit of ,. J and understai J? Wb men and nations ?! wards building a 3 O 1044 OPWIMR IMniltTDVCnilijn.Tin.. .. EdgorH. Min. Sfct. Diror. 606H507 In.uronc. BWg CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends and relatives for their sym pathy and kindness shown us dur ing our recent bereavement in the loss of son and brother, Staff Ser geant Jack C. Messer. Mr. and Mrs. C. and Family H. Messer CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our deep ap preciation to our friends and neigh bors for their sympathy, thought fulness and consideration since the sad message was received from the War Department informing us of the passing of Sgt. James Knight in line of duty in defense of his country. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Knight, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Knight, J. N. Knight. CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our appre ciation to our friends and neigh bors for kindness shown us and the flowers sent at the time of the death of Mrs. Emma Hooper. 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