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THURSDAY, SEPTEMHP, THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Tag 8 AW Hi 7 k - V -r-.y. NEWS REPORTS By Bobby Sloan. There is a lot of news this week, go much that I hardly know where to begin. To be personal, and to answer a fan letter yes, I received one, believe it or not I am o. k. again and back to work. Sorry I have had to miss a couple of weeks writing, but I'll try not to do so again! Those Day-rooms I wrote about six weeks ago are now completed and this week one was turned over to Captain Plott for Company H. These rooms, as you may remem ber, are designed to give each company a living room and event ually will be quite nice. It gets pretty lonesome sometimes when you don't have anything to do ex cept sit around in your tent. This is when you dont go to Columbia, and even there, outside of the movies, there are very few facili ties available for clean amusement. ' :-: . :-: :-: Company H has their day-room, but it is nothing but a twenty-five or forty-five foot room, completely bare, and it will so remain until it can be furnished. And that is what I would like to ask someone to help us with. I don't know how this is to be done, but I know that if it is handled as it should be, it can and will be done. So elsewhere in this newspaper is an open letter addressed to the mayors of Waynes ville and Hazelwood and the chair man of the board of county com missioners of Haywood county. Last week upon the recommenda ation of of the company command ers, by order of the colonel the fol lowing promotions were made in the company; Sergeant Carswell, who has been supply sergeant has gone to the field to take over field ser geant duties, and the duties of supply sergeant will now be dis charged by Sergeant Shipley. Private First Class Floyd E. Mehaffey was promoted to the rank of corporal. Private First Class Felton H. Huffman, Private First Class Columbus 0. James, and Private First Class Samuel A. Jenkins were also promoted to the rank of corporal. In addition to these named, the following pri vates were also made non-commissioned officers in the grade' of corporal: Private Odus F. McCoy, Private Rother P. Morrow, Pri vate Allan Kermit Murray, Pri vate Frank H. Shook, Private Theo dore I, VituJ.io. Congratulations to you all, boys. ; . . !! ' ;-; :-: From the scores listed below you can see that Company H. boys have "done it again" in bringing home the bacon from the range, as to speak: James H. Howell, Jr. had the top score firing with a score of 166, which gives him the qualifi cation of second gunner. This firing was done before Lieutenant Howell obtained his commission, He is, as you know, no longer con nected with Company H, but is a second lieutenant, infantry with Company M, whose home station is Wilson, North Carolina. . It is the practice in the regiment for boys to transfer when they have obtain ed their commission through the . ranks. Private Johnnie M. Morris was NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST Under and by virtue of authority contained in a certain deed of trust executed by Jeter P. Hawkins and wife, to the Citizens National Bank of Raleigh, North Carolina, Trus tee, on the 10th day of April, 1938, recorded in Book 20, page 175, Reg istry of Haywood County, North Carolina, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured thereby, the undersigned Commissioner of Banks, under and 'by virtue of "authority- contained in Chapter 87, Public Laws of 1939, will offer for sale, at public auc tion, for cash, in front of the Hay ' wood County courthouse door on Wednesday, October 1st, 1941, at twelve o'clock noon, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land, lying and being in Clyde Township, Hay wood County, State of North Caro-; lina, and more particularly describ ed and defined as follows: BEGINNING at a stake in the East bank of the branch and runs N. 86 degrees W. 699 feet with Nancy A. Haynes line to a stake in the East bank of the Road; thence N. 9 degrees W. with the East bank of the Road 82.5 feet to a stake, in edge of H. C Sinclair's field, thence S. 89 degress East 264 feet to a stake; tnence m. degrees W. 90.75 feet to a stake; thence N. 80 degrees 29 minutes East 141 feet to a stake; thence S. 62 degrees 22 minutes E. 191.8 feet to a stake; thence S. 59 degrees 5 minutes EaBt 177 feet to a stake near the branch; thence South 16.5 feet to the point of BEGINNING, contain ing 1 38 acres, more or less. The successful bidder will be re quired, at the time of the sale, to make a cash deposit of 10 per cent of the amount of the bid as a guar antee of compliance therewith in the event that no resale is ordered. Dated this the 29th day of Au gust, 1941. GURNEY P. HOOD, Commissioner of Banks. No. 1104 Sept. 4-11-18-25. AT FT. JACKSON second with a score of 161, Gilmer A. Joyce third with score of 155, and with the scores listed opposite their names, in order . come the other soldiers who fired this par ticular course: Private Walter W. Nelson, score 153, Clyde W. Winecoff, score 152, Odell Hunt, score 150, Jonathan G. Mullimax, score 148, Rother P. Morrow (now corporal), score 145. Glenn A. Medlin and James O. Wynn tied with a score of 142. A triple tie came next, with Dennis E. Linville, Joe Millwood, and Sam Sellers each obtaining a score of 140. All these men qualified as second class gun ners. Raymond G. Queen and Theodore L. Vitullo tied with a score of 135. Charlie R. Nelson had a score of 132, Jethro S. Lattimore, score 129, William G. McEntire, score 128, Samuel Norton, score 128, Paul D. Hobbs, score 127, Robert E. Know les, score 127, Caldwell G. Linger felt, seore 125,' James J. Hasgis, score 118, Hugh F. Morrison, score 118, Calvin W. Nance, score 118, William B. King, score 117, James H. Lingle, score 115, William T. McGee, score 115, Stewart L. Bal lance, score 114, Harry L. Hydrer, score 114, James F. McDow. ell, score 111, John W. Phelps, score 109, Jack Hovis, score 103, Wilbur L. Lewis, score 103, Ralph B. Shull, score 101, Clyde H. Shuler, score 98, Paul W, Lowe, score 97, Cecil E, Sanderson, score 90, Charles E. Phelps, score 89, Omer W. Motsinger, score 81, Jack Mangum, score 76, Royal F, Mulder, score 70, Harvey R. Sessons, score 63, Robert L. Sheehan, score 69, John C. Ledford, score 50, Frank H. Shook, score 44, Albert Blake, score 26, Cecil M. Prim, score of 9, John T. Beane, score 8. i You will notice the wide vari ance in scores from 8 to 166. Be fore passing judgment on the boys, though folks, remember that many elements go up to making a good score in firing, and some days the low scores would have gotten much better scores, and vice versa, Congratulations from this column to all the boys who qualified, and to the others, better luck next time! The nation's largest and most complete range at Fort Jackson will soon become the most realis tic, post officials said today, as lumbering tanks go wobbling over a weaving track providing a moving target for the new "tank-killer" units at the post. Construction has been started this week on a new anti-tank range (each regiment in the infantry has an anu-tanK company just as u has heavy weapons companies and rifle companies) which will further increase the facilities of the range. described by the war department as the "most complete and largest of its type in the nation." The anti-tank company of the 120th Infantry has as it's home station, Gastonia. When put into use about Decem ber 1, it will complete the firing facilities for all types of Small arms at the Fort Jackson range. A sub-machine gun, a mounted pistol and a mounted machine gun range have been put in operation recently at the small arms range. More than 8,000 feet of railroad track, laid out in four different patterns, provide the runway for the moving target which is mount ed on a trailor attached to a four cylinder motorcar. Similar in size and design to the miniature train for children at amusement parks, the cars run on a 26-inch narrow gaurge railroad track that is approximately" 1,000 feet in NOTICE OF SALE On Monday, September 22, 1941, at 11 o'clock a. m., at the Court House door in Waynesville, Hay wood County, N. Ci, I will offer for sale at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash the following lands and premises situate and lying in said Town and County, to-wit: BEGINNING at a stake on the West side of an alley, corner of lot sold to Chas. Foster, which stake is S. 49" 37' E. 265 feet from the junction of said street or alley with Welch St.; thence with Chas. Foster line S. 58 W. 119 feet to a stake in the center of the branch; thence up the branch to a stake in the center of the branch 125 feet to a stake; thence with the line of the lot sold to Low Love, N. 68 E. 137 feet to a stake at the edge of an allev: thence with said allev N. 17' 30' W. 76 feet to a stake at the junction with another alley; thence with said last mentioned al ley N. 46 37' W. 75 feet to- the BEGINNING, being the lot con veyed to James W. Michaels by Harley and Nora Clark. Sale made pursuant to the power and authority vested in me by that certain deed of trust dated August 5, 1939, from James W. Michaels to W. R. Francis, Trustee, and recorded in Book of Deeds of Trust No. 29, page 318, Haywood County Registry, to which instrument and record reference is hereby made for full particulars. This August 21, 1941. W, R. FRANCIS, Trustee. J. R. Morgan, Atty. length at its longest point. 1 . The next thing to actual battle field conditions, the range offers - firing practice against onrceming tanks from almost every conceiv able approach. As the gunners crouch beside their .37 and ,7! nwl imeter anti-tank guns, the target moves first head-on towards, them, then it cuts to right or left forc ing a continuous change in the direction of fire in actual bat tle field manner, and finally it moves away from them, thus test ing not only their accuracy on a retreating target, but their long range ring eyes as well. j As designed to simulate the actual various possible approaches of tanks on a battlefield, the track is laid out in four designs which the motor car with its, attached trailer-target traverses without necessity of stopping to switch over. Unlike tank-target trucks now in use at other army posts, the Fort Jackson system requires no stop to switch the cars from one pattern to another as automatic switches thrown by the weight of the cars themselves change the courses. The patterns of the more than 8,000 feet of track are a fig ure 8, the letter S, a reverse S nd the pattern formed by the combi- EL 0 PI- Complete Details Of Livestock And Home Arts Show A "The The !l!'l!lllimIIIMIIIII nwijiMMiiiiliiili hmiiimii i Funeral rites for Mrs. T. H. McElroy, age 59, who died at her home August 29, were held at 3:00 o'clock Sunday, August 31, at the Pigeon Baptist church in the White Oak section, with the Rev. Davis, Rev. Mr. Teague and Rev. Mr. Raby officiating. Mrs. McElroy is survived by her husband, T. H. McElroy, of Cove Creek, four children, Roy, of Maryland, Mrs. Mattie Rowe Mor row, of Waynesville,1 Waldo, of nation of the three. The speed of the target will be about fifteen miles an hour, which is ordinarily the speed of a tank un der battle 'conditions. ' So you can' see, folks that Uncle Sam is taking care of "us by pro viding all the latest improvements in methods and equipment which his brains can think up in order that if and when we are called upon to meet an enemy not simulated, we will be as prepared as he knows how to make us. That's all for this week, folks. Coming Next Week- The Mountaineers Annual W Lots Of Haywood Farm Pictures Etairadiredls d? Exta (OtopBes TOirimig InlayiTOdl arnnd JlacliuSini 'Conanrijes New Deadline for News and Ads Due to the large number of extra copies, the paper must go to press earlier than usual, which means the following deadlines will have to be met. No advertising taken after six o'clock Tuesday. No news taken after 10 o'clock Wednesday. MOUNTAINEER Largest Non-Daily Newspaper West of the Blue Ridge" Maryland, and Edna, of Cove Creek. Active pallbearers were: Wood row Rogers, Carl Rogers, Billy Mc Elroy, Claude Rogers, Rogers Mc Elroy, and Willard McElroy. Honorary pallbearers: A. G. Baldwin, T. N. Leatherwood, W. A. Raby, Homer Leatherwood, Marshall Raby, Fred L. Safford, Ferguson Messer, ' and John M. Queen. Flower girls were: Ruby Kelley, Teulah McElroy, Myrtle Rath bone, Maude White, Margaret Mc Elroy, Wilda Ledford, Ruby Mc Elroy, Blanch White, Edith Teague, Blanch Patton, Devois Morrow, and Elizabeth Davis. For more than a score of years Mrs. MdElroy was a member of the Pigeon Baptist church. Unfortun ately, during her last years she was confined to her home due to illness. But desmte this fate, she never knew a dull moment. And among her brothers and sister of the church her work has always been spoken of with respect and great admiration, Ellen, as her friends called her, was a sincere person, and a great lover of her family, of hej friends, of nature, and of beauty. In this great love she seemed to be gifted and blessed with love and devo tion to the more unfortunate ones. T C K AND E D T Q W Articles By Some Of North Carolina's Leading Authorities North Meets South M.I "ft.' Ellayak Ibionna, 2 yean old, dis covers the delight of ice cream after being brought to Atlantic City from the Arctic by explorer Dave Irwin, Little Ellayak is at the Florida State exhibit at h rt city. She struggled with those who struggled, and being an understand ing inotb-r, she was kind, very kind indeed, to the children of the community who had lost their mother. Mrs. McElroy Specially Written Farm Articles Complete Details Of Livestock Arid Home Arts Show Order Extra Copies Now Additional copies of this special can be had by placing orders at the office by six o'clock Tuesday. This edition will be of such' a nature that it will be wel comed in any home. Send your friends a copy. Jesse Jam' r- ST. EDWARD v I try to biv H mous Nnri" i'.. .j t! i bery, s"7 tne weapon to wl JlriH Ui Mrs Peterson has w 11 a Urn i vempting them all. one, bJ The Northfield niA gone down ; wa terlnn li " " , . .w. James. v. . ii i battlB in ,.,i.r.v ".M "tV4 III n gn .1 niiirn four killed. u , bWerate in herdJ eruowmen. At 4 seemed to dwell b l abundantly, the ChrUtk And now with v.. . only the family but th$ a loved on. environment has not beei one, DUt very oDen ..J ble. Her life r- mum was u 4 a fixed and a shining (Ui ucua uenenciai encouragine: her J was vprv Tintipnt anA to;i.. 1 1 I LVJlIiL, No. 1103-Aug. 28-Sept. 4-11-18
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