News Of Our
Servicemen
PFC HOYLE B. COFFEY
Pfc. Hoyle B. Coffey, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Coffey of
Blowing Rock, is stationed at
Honace, near Frankfurt, Germany,
as a clerk-typist.
Pfc. Coffey entered the service
in January I960, and completed
his basic training at Fort Jackson,
S. C., where he also took a clerk
and office training course. He has
been stationed in Germany since
June.
Pfc. Coffey's address is:
Pfc. Hoyle B. Coffey
U. S. 53 329 773
587th Engr. Co. (F. M.)
A. P. O. 165
New York, N. Y.
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Ted M. Kattmann, Wheaton Col
lege (Illinois) senior, has been
promoted to the rank of cadet first
lieutenant and will serve as pla
toon leader and executive of Com
pany F. the college ROTC pro
gram. Cadet promotions were
made by Lieutenant Colonel Nor
man W. Hubler, detachment com
mander, and announced by Cap
tain William E. Cunderlage, adjut
ant.
Cadet Kattmann is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Kattmann,
Route 3, Boone, North Carolina.
He has been assigned to the Artil
lery branch and his first duty
station after graduation will be
announced later.
TRAINING IN ALASKA
Fort Richardson, Alaska ? Army
Capt. Thomas B. Moore, son of
Mrs. Martha B. Moore, 412 Greene
St., Boone, N. C., is Scheduled to
participate in Exercise Willow
Freeze, a cold weather *yarfare
field training exercise in Alaska,
Feb. 9-18.
The exercise will take place in
a 1900-square mile area of rugged
arctic terrain where temperatures
range to 60 degrees below zero.
Units regularly stationed in Alas
ka, and skilled in arctic warfare,
will defend against the attacking
82d Airborne Division paratroop
ers from Fort Bragg, N. C. The
exercise culminates over six
weeks of special cold weather
training for the paratroopers who
will return to Fort Bragg upon its
completion.
A postal officer with the U. S.
Army Alaska Support Command's
Administration Service Battalion
regularly stationed at Fort Rich
ardson, Alaska, Captain Moore en
tered the Army in June 1951.
TAKING BASIC TRAINING
Fort Jackson, S. C. ? Recruit
Grady J. Teague, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Riley J. Teague, Box 219,
Boone, North Carolina is present
ly assigned to Company C, 8th
Battalion, 2nd Training Regiment
of the U. S. Army Training Center,
Infantry, at Fort Jackson, S. C.
where he is undergoing eight
weeks of basic combat training.
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Governor Sanford Endorses Heart Fund
Governor Terry Sanford has de
signated February "Heart Fund
Month in North Carolina." The
Governor referred to the fact that
heart disease annually causes more
than half of all deaths in the state
and that "the cost in suffering to
families and economic loss to the
xtate is incalculable."
Because the American and North
Carolina Heart Association* tup
port heart reaearch. including pro
jects at North Carolina medical
institutions; professional and pub
lic education; and community ser
vice programs "which have con
tributes significantly to the ac
celerated progress of the fight
against heart disease," the Gover
nor urged that "all our citizens
give this campaign their enthus
iastic support and cooperation."
The Heart Fund Drive taken
place throughout February, and
culminates in a door-to-door aolici
Utioo on Heart Sunday, February
26th Wake Forest baaketbaU
coach Bone* McKlnney ii state
chairman.
U. S. colleges to widen aid to
Africans.
U London sold market reports
Iheavy buying.
FAA APPROVES CHANGE
The Federal Aviation Agency
ha* approved a structural modifi
cation for Lockheed Electra air
1 inert and has raised the speed
limit for the modified craft to 400
miles an hour plus.
The FAA had imposed a 238
mile-an-hour erasing speed limit
on Electra on March 23, 1980, af
ter five of the planes had crashed.
Mrs. Bell May Dies Sunday I
Mr*. Bell Gay May. 72, of Reese
community, died February 5. Fun
eral service! were conducted at
the Timbered Ridge Baptist Church
on February 7, at 2:00 p. m., by
the Rev. John &. Greene. Burial
was in tho Greene cemetery.
Itrs. May U survived by two
aou, Spencer May and Dexter Ifagr,
both of Reeee; and by * dathtar,
Hn. Dave Diahmaa, alao el the
Reese community. j|ixo nil >!>>?<
are three balf-brotbm and low
half-aiatera.
There are eleven grandchildren
and one great grandchild.