■1
(
Ann Stewart Seeks Title
Of Miss Cheerleader USA
Ann Stewart,, a sophomore at
Western Carolina University, has been
selected to compete far the national
title of Miss Cheerleader USA.
She is one of 000 cheerleaders
from across the country seeking the
title. Onfy five of the contestants will
be selected to compete in the finals
at Cyprus Gardens, Fla.
If Ann is picked, she woti go
to Florida December 28 and spend
a week competing with the other five
finalists.
The winner wffl receive a |7OO
scholarship, an outboard motor and
water skis, swim suits and a camera.
What Does Darla See That's So Exciting? Flip To P. 3
.>- "* " - .r'jjftr ijgi
- u;: • ••... ."7~* 1/
I %M
JmA
1 SL. lpj3®~
ML
|ft jhgEy jp|®|E|JyjSk ,' t „ ,_, ~ _ -."-
"I've got no Idea I'll make the
finals since the odds (five out of 600)
aren't 100 good/' she said while spen
ding Thanksgiving here. "But I'm sit
ting on go if they pick me."
Ann is a four-loot, one-inch blond,
according to the pictures, but she's
sporting a new brown wig this holiday.
She is 4Sxe daughter cf Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Stewart of 3$ Center Street
At Western Carolina, she is ma
joring in political science and was
freshman representative in the May
Day festivities. She also is a member
of the Delta Zeta sorority and the
Catamount (annual) staff.
Kvie Library
cksville, N C 27028
16 Pages IQ Rt|
Wednesday, November 29. 1967
In Uniform
O. D. Stiller Sees
Sister On Okinawa
Radioman SeeMd Claw O. D.
MDer Jr.. USN. son of Mrs.
Hmxel V. Staler of 51 Watt St
was a member aboard the at
tack transport USS Navarro
when it rendered assistance to
the storm battered British
freighter SS Hahih Mariker in
the Sooth China Sea.
Typhoon Emma had forced
the merchant vessel aground on
Lincoln Reef and had smashed
all the ship's lifeboats.
The Navarro, answering the
distress call, steamed to the
area and lowered boats to effect
• rescue. Hie boat crews
rescued 43 crew members from
the battered freighter. After
minor medical attention 38 vera
transferred to the nearby SS
Bengalis.
Radioman Stiller recently saw
his sister Nancy when his ship
docked in Okinawa. She is the
wife of Sp-5 Richard Stafford
of Cooleemee aad Is living on
Okinawa.
Edgar Bowwrs
Pvt. Edgar L. Bawers, 30, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Overt W.
Bowers, 1 Church St.,
Cooleemee, completed nine
weeks of advanced infantry
training Nov. 17 at Fort Poft
La. His last week of training
was spent in guerrilla warfare
exercises.
Terry McDoniel
Fireman Terry D. McDanid,
USN, son of Mrs. Rebecca
Foster of Cooleemee, is serving
aboard the anti-submarine
warfare support aircraft carrier
TTSS Kearsarge with the Seventh
O. D.Statar
Fleet in the Golf of Tonkin.
11M carrier coordinates
surface and sub-surface
surveillance operations. These
operations iwiwH* the tracking
and reporting of all friendly and
enemy shipping in the Tonkin
Gulf.
6MII« AMM
lfh| Tmsfmri
George Allen Jr. of the Indus
trial Engineering Department at
Erwin Mills, will be transferred
to Durham in the near future.
He will assist Ed English, also a
former Cooleemee resident.
The date of his leaving is
still uncertain, according to Mr.
Barney Miller, Personnel Mana
ger-