THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
(One Day
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
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Rangers Play
Indians At
Cherokee Tuesday4
The St. John's Rangers will meet
the Cherokee Indian high school at
Cherokee next Tuesday afternoon,
December 26 at 2:00 p. m. The
Indians will play a return game at
the Armory on December 29.
On Wednesday, December 13, the
Bethel boys defeated St. John's
26-17, the Bethel girls won over
St. John's girls 64 to 10.
Last Monday night, December
18, the Rangers outranged Spring
dale 65 to 22 and the Rangerettes,
in a preliminary game, bowed to
the Dayton Rubber girls 29 to 30.
Boys lineup against Bethel:
St. John's (17) Bethel (2G)
F B. Dunbar (2) Wells (9)
F F. Dunbar (4) .... Stevenson (6)
C Mills (11) Trull (6)
G Ryan Stamey
G Sutton West (4)
Subs: St. John's, Wilson, Cagle.
Bethel, Ford, Pressley, Frady (1).
Referee: Davis (Duke).
Poteate Brothers In Armed Forces
Girls lineup:
St. John's (10)
Bethel (54)
F Frazier West (19)
F A. Ensley Owen (7)
C Kluttz (8) Howard (8)
G Chickelilie Henson
G Summerrow Queen
G K. Ensley Metcalf
Subs: St. John's, Greer (2), El
ders. Bethel, Howard (6), Muse
(10), Henson (4).
Referee: Leatherwood (WCTC),
Davis (Duke).
The lineup for the Springdale
follows:
Boys' lineup:
St. John's (65) Springdale (22)
F Wilson (12) Klein (12)
Resor (16) .... Bush-Brown (3)
Mills (20) Maltz (1)
Ryan (6) Pfaelzer
Sutton (3) Rosenbloom (6)
Subs; St. John's, Caele (4),
Minett (4), Ray, Dicus. Spring
dale, Kennedy.
Referee: Davis (Duke).
The road to popularity is paved
with four words;
"I'll pay the check."
Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Poteate of Waynesville, have two sons ir
the armed forces: Privato Edwin B. Poteate-, II. S. Army, entered the
service on April fi, l'Jll and was inducted at Camp Croft, from the
latter he was sent to Fort Bragg and from there to Camp Wheeler, Ga.,
then to tamp Pickett, Va., and from there to Fort George Meade, Md.,
and overseas, where he is now serving in France. Before entering
the service he was employed by the Smoky Mountains Trailways. Hia
wife and four children are residing in Yadkinville.
V. Lester Poteate, M.M. 2C, is now in North Africa. He enter
ed the service on April 5, 1944, and was inducted at Richmond, Va.,
from there he was sent to Camp Peary, Va., and later to the Norfolk
Naval Training base. At the time he entered the service he was em
ployed by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company.
His wife and three children ure making their home in Newport News
while he is in the Navy.
Pvt. Free, Winner
Of Purple Heart,
Back In States
Private Herman Free, son of
John Free of Waynesville, who has
served over seas nearly six months,
has returned to the States. He
was wounded in action in France
in August of last summer and has
since been awarded th- Purple
Heart.
At present Pvt. Free is a patient
in a hospital in New York. He
entered the service on Nov. 24.
1943 as a volunteer and took his
basic training at Camp Croft. From
Croft he was sent to Fort George
Meade, Md., and fmm there to
New York and ov.rseas.
His wife and two children have
been residing in Bessemer City
while Pvt. Free has been in th.
service, As soon as he is (liscnarg
ed from the army they plan to
return here to make their homi.
Mrs. Free is the former Miss
Evelyn Griffin, of Waynesville.
Overseas
First Methodist
Church To Be Open
Christmas and New Year
The First Methodist Church will
be open and h'ated on Christmas
and New Year's Day, it has been
announced by the pastor, Rev. J.
Clay Madison.
The church is being opened on
these two days for prayer and
meditation. Not only the members,
but visitors are cordially invited to
drop in during the two days.
Sympathy is what one girl of
fers another in exchange for details.
Nancy Alice Justice
Is Wedded To
Charles Lyda On 19th
Mrs. W. P. Farmer has announc
ed the mar riage of her granddaugh
ter, Miss Nancy Alice Justice of
Waynesville, to Charles Lyda of
Oteen. The certmony took place
at the parsonage of the Oteen Bap
tist Church at X o'clock,' Tuesday,
December 19, with the pastor offi
ciating. Only a few close friends attend
ul the marriage. After a short
wedding trip in this section the
couple will return to Oteen where
they will reside.
Pfc. James R Wright
Serving In Italy
Private First Class James R.
Wright, of Killian Street, is serv
ing with the 135th Infantry Regi
ment, which recently marked its
338th day in combat. The regi
ment, a unit of the 34th "Red Bull'
Division with Lt. General Mark W.
Clark's Fifth Army in Italy, has
been in foreign service continu
ously for more than two and one
half years, according to informa
tion received from headquarters in
Italy.
Algiers, Hill 609, the Volturno
and Rapido Rivers, Cassino, the
Anzio beachhead, Rome, Pisa and
the Gothic Line have been fought
for and won by the men of the 34th
in their nearly 1,000 days overseas.
One battalion of the 135th took
part in the invasion of northern
Algeria in November, 1942. They
pushed overland into Tunisia. There
the 135th won a division citation
for its part in the bloody fight for
Hill 609. The regiment landed in
Italy in September, 1943, and went
into the line the following month
to push bridgeheads across the
CPL. ROBERT M. BUCHANAN
has returned to Long Island, N- Y.
after spending a 15-day furlough
with his wife and parents here. He
returned from 22-months overseas
th,. first of November. He is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Buchanan.
Volturno River.
The 135th has lost 1,000 killed
and several thousands wounded.
N-arly a division of replacements
has passed through the ranks of
the 135th.
Hollywood girls want the moon,
but they'll settle for a star.
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Merry Christmas
In War as in Peace
It's the American Way
To wish you Joy and Good
Wishes on this Christmas
Day.
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