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3 i i j THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Meet a 'Mechanized' Colonel NEWS REPORTS AT FT. JACKSON By Bobby Sloan. It has been some little time since I wrote what is going on down here at Fort Jackson, and it is just that many things have intervened that I haven't had a chance to write about those things which I may speak of. First of all, this week, Com pany H bids farewell to Captain George Plott, who was recently pro moted from first lieutenant to the grade. of captain. He is leaving this regiment for other duties. This will be the first time in a long time that there hasn't been a "Cap'n Plott" connected with the company. Captain Plott goes first to Fort Benning Ga., to school be fore assuming his new duties elsewhere. First Lieutenant James E. Davis, formerly with Company H, is now in command a different company, Company F, of this regiment. It is an advancement for him, if not promotion yet, for he is in com plete command of a company of his own. Two new promotions have been announced in the regiment: Private Thad Chafin and Private Glenn A. Medlin are promoted to the rank of corporal. point a new "District Attorney" to try cases which come up before court-martial, as Captain Plott, the former trial judge advocate will no longer be available. Cor poral Raymond Queen did such a good job assisting Captain Plott that he has been placed on special duty with Lieutenant Freeman the new trial judge advocate for the duration of the court to be held during the next few days. The regiment has had to ap- Political Announcements FOR LEGISLATURE I hereby announce my candi dacy for rt-election to the house of represent tire of the North Carolina General Assembly, sub ject to the Democratic primary of May Seth. I have no special local legisla tion in mind. If nominated and elected, I will try to promote the general welfare of our county and state as a whole. GLENN C. PALMER FOR STATE SENATE I am a candidate for the nom ination for State Senate in the May primary subject to the ac tion of the Democratic party. I will greatly appreciate the sup port and influence of all Voters. GROVER C. DAVIS FOR SOLICITOR I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination and re-election as solicitor of the 20th district, subject to the action of the voters in the Democratic pri mary on May 30th. It is upun my record of the past that I ask for your support. JOHN M. QUEEN For Register of Deeds I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination as Register of Deeds in the May Pri mary, subject to the action of the Democratic party. . I will appre ciate your individual Support. BRYAN MEDFORD. For State Senate I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination for State Senate, in the May Primary, subject to the action of the Dem ocratic party. I will deeply ap preciate the support of all voters. J. T. BAILEY For Register of Deeds I hereby announce myself as a candidate for the nomination for re-election as register of deeds of Haywood County, subject to ac tion of the voters in the Democratic primary on May 30. I will ap preciate the support of all voters. C. C.FRANCIS Here is an incident which par ticularly to you men who served in the last war will appreciate. I will call no names, the story is funny enough even without know ing the cast." It was late in the afternoon and the sergeant in ques tion was rounding up his group all new1 men who had spent the day out on maneuvers. As they lined up before the truck prepar atory to coming in he was to call the roll as the men were new to him and he didn't yet know them by name. This is a custo mary feature of everyday army life, so that all will be "present or accounted for." "Private Sticks." There was no response. "Private Throttle Sticks," bellow ed the sergeant. No answer. "Does anyone here know Pri vate Sticks?" this time with a wary eye ready for any nonsense. There was no answer so he checked the man as missing and continued. "Private Brakes Froze," he' barked. No answer. The sergeant thought it might , be the loss of sleep from the night j before. He focused his eyes on the crumpled bit of paper. He looked at the lieutenant who was frowning and staring at him in a peculiar manner. ' He thrust his chest out and inched toward the group of 76 sol diers, . "Private Tappets." This time he yelled. ; Someone in the back said some thing about it being the wrong list. "Let's see that list, sergeant, said the lieutenant, "we've got to get out of here and get back to camp." "Private Tappets," the lieuten ant mused as he looked at the list. "Private Adjust Tappets." ' Then he saw the light. "This is a list of repairs needed for one of our trucks." Some of the ' other : "names" would have included Private Loose Wheels, and Private Check Gov ernor, and Private Crack in Block. Was his face red? To show you how out-of -touch NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA, HAYWOOD COUNTY IN THE SUPERIOR COURT. ROBERT WAGENFELD VS. VELMA CRAFT WAGENFELD. The defendant, Velma Craft Wagenfeld, will take notice that an action entitled as above has been commenced in the Superior Court of Haywood County, North Caro lina, for the purpose of securing for the plaintiff an absolute divorce from the defendant on the grounds of two years separation; and the said defendant will further take notice that she is required to appear before the Clerk of the Superior Court of said county with in thirty (30) days after the 18th day of May, 1942, and answer or demur to the complaint filed in said action, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demand in said complaint. This the 16th day of April, 1942. KATE WILLIAMSON, Asst. Clerk Superior Court. No. 1175 April 23-30-May 7-14 Laundry trucks don't pull a cannon -but they are mighty important in National Defense! YOU Can Help Your Laundry and Dry Cleaners Maintain Their Efficient Service! , IHave your laundry and dry cleaning ready when the routeman calls, avoiding wasteful "callbacks." 2 Have payment handy when items are delivered. J Arrange for receiving your bundle the day it is finished! 4 To conserve metal, please return a hanger for every hanger received. Waynesville Laundry i; Phone 205 1 5 I t 4 Col. Stilwell of Camp Shelby, Miss., works with intense concentration on a small crankshaft grinder at the Motor School of the Atlanta. Ga., quartermaster base. He is taking a two weeks course which is given to officers in the field to familiarize them with "blitz" njachines. (Central Press) you get with things on the out side when you are in the service, I sent a Mother's Day greeting a week ahead of time, It is one of those things not generally talked about in the army, for as a holi day it is more or less a personal affair. It was not until I saw the papers on Monday following the day I had "celebrated" still ad vertising Mother's Day wares that I realized my error. Why didn't someone tell me? A War Bond officer has been appointed in the regiment so that the soldiers are now encouraged to invest their money if there is any left over and there usually is, surprisingly ' enough in these bonds, which serve the double pur pose of having the soldiers put aside money for the future and to help defray the expenses of the war. From the civilian newspa pers I gather that quite an im petus has been given to war. bond buying in the last few days. It is certainly a fine idea and every one should contribute. Down here we realize perhaps more than you think we do the sacrifices and things you folks at home are go ing through with. It is so much easier for us, for with our "great offering" we get commensurate "glory" if sudh a thing still exists in modern warfare, while you all have to do yours without the throbbing music of a band, or the excitement of the "front." From time to time I like to mention draftees with unusual NOTICE OF SALE OF BONDS $229,000 TOWN OF WAYNESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA STREET AND GENERAL REFUNDING BONDS Sealed bids will be received until 11 o'clock A. M., Eastern War Time, May 26th, 1942, by the undersigned at its office in the city of Raleigh, N. C, for $229, 000 Street and General Refunding Bonds of the Town Of Waynes ville, N. C, dated June 1, 1942, maturing annually on June 1st $3,000 1944, $4,000 1945, $4,0Q0 1947, $5,000 1948, $3,000 1949, $4,000 1950, $5,000 1951, $6,000 1952, $8,000 1953, $7,000 1954, and 1955, $8,000 l'.f6, $10,000 1957, $15,000 1958, $16,000 1959, $15,000 1960, $16,000 1961, $18,000 1962 and 1963, and $19,000 1964 to 1966, inclusive,-.without option of prior payment. ..'There will be no auction. Denomination $1,000; principal and semi-annual interest (J & D 1) payable in lawful money in New York City; coupon bonds register able as to principal only; general obligations; unlimited tax; deliv ery at place of purchaser's choice, Bidders are requested to name the interest rate or rates, not ex ceeding six per cent per annum in multiples of onefourth of one per cent. Each bid may name one rate for part of the bonds (having the earliest maturities) and an other rate for the balance, but no bid may name more than two rates, and each bidder must specify in his bid the amount of bonds of each rate. The bonds will be awarded to the bidder offering to purchase the bonds at the lowest interest cost to the town, such cost to be determined by deducting the total amount of the premium bid from the aggregate amount of in terest upon all of the bonds until their respective, maturities. No bid of less than par and accrued inter est will be entertained. Bids must be enclosed in a seal ed envelope marked "Proposal for Bonds" and be accompanied by a certified check upon an incorporat ed bank or trust company, payable unconditionally to the order of the State Treasurer of North Carolina for $4,580. The right to reject all bids is reserved. The approving opinion of Storey, Thorndike, Pal mer & Dodge, Boston, Mass., will be furnished the purchaser. In the event that prior to the delivery of the bonds the income received by private holders from bonds of the same type and char acter shall be taxable by the. terms of : any Federal income tax law, the successful bidder may, at his election, be relieved of his obli gations under the contract to pur chase the bonds and, in such case, the deposit accompanying his bid will be returned. LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMISSION By W. E. Easterling, Secretary of Commission. No. 1185 May 14 backgrounds whom I come across here at Fort Jackson. Several weeks ago I mentioned I believe having met a Baron Rothschild, and several excellent musicians among them' the son of Alma Gluck, the opera star of some years ago, one of the music immortals. One of our newest of fame is the nephew of Parnell, the Irish patriot, ne hails from Wilmington, North Carolina. unA was makintr a name for himself as a tenor before he was inducted into the army. May I repeat a warning to you folks. Don't listen to rumors. A few days ago a very unfortun ate happening occurred to one or my friends. His mother was told by one of her "friends" that the 120th Infantry had left from Fort Jackson. She fainted and was on the point of death for several days He had to leave his work here and go to her and remain with her for several days before she finally recognized him and realized it was a big mistake. Remember if we did pull out no one would be ' informed and that person who tells you he has "in side" information, is just spread ing a vicious rumor. Another lesson you could draw from this incident is that the folks at home must steel themselves to standing the truth, for this soldier hap pened to a master sergeant and by going home at that time he not only had the worry of his mother's condition on his mind, but also the responsibilities of his job down here. By that one "rumor," so much damage was done. If any thing happens to your boys you will be the first to know, not some "friend" with inside information. We were all so happy that it turned out all right, and that sarge's mother is now getting along fine, but it made a lot of us mad to think that so much grief and pain was caused by a "rumor spreader." That's all for this week, folks. On The Tar Heel Front IN WASHINGTON By Robert A. Erwin and Frances McKusick The time for the United States to decide that it shall not lose this war is now, not a year from now, Senator Josiah W. Bailey empha sized on Tuesday of this week in an address before the Carolina Po litical Union at Chapel Hill. "The time to be doing what ever is necessary to win this war is now, not 30 days from now," he said. Everyone of us must put aside at once every other interest and concern and unite in our es sential task the winning of this war at the earliest possible mo ment." Taking as his subject, "Let Us Have Faith," the senior senator declared: "We will aid all who aid us, nothing withholding. And to these we will add faith faith in our cause, faith in our people, faith in our Republic of liberty, faith in our fighting men, faith in our allies, faith in our leaders, the President appointed for such an hour, faith in victory, and a moral world order to come, faith in our God of Battles and of Nations, the God of righteousness, the Dury and of Peace." Assistant Secretary of Com merce Robert H. Hinckley, who is in charge of civil aviation, re cently commended Senator Josiah W. Bailey for his services to avia tion as chairman of the Senate Commerce committee. "Your efforts have had a pro found effect on the progress of aviation in the United States," Mr. Hinckley wrote the senator, "and your common sense, farsightedness and ability as a congressional lead er have all been recognized in avia tion circles. We on the adminis trative side have had occasion re peatedly to be grateful for your wisdom and fairness in fostering and developing . the advancement of aviation. "As a result of the attitude of men such as you, aviation has pro gressed to the point where it will win for us this war of survival and will maintain commercial and military supremacy in the peace to follow." The Telephone Club of Asheville, composed of employees of the Southern Bell Telephone Company, has asked Representative Weaver for information on how it may buy an ambulance to give to the army. "This is very commendable," Mr. Weaver said, recalling! a similar inquiry recently from the Halcyon Club of Sylva. He learned that the army quartermaster corps lets contracts for ambulances to the big auto manufacturers after calling for bids. -' TAR HEEL BRIEFS What the people want: citizens of Steel Creek, Mecklenburg coun ty, petition Senator Bailey against rumored establishment of an army shell dump in their section; Eastern Carolina citizens favor the plan to use inland waterways for more freight shipments; Davidson coun ty is after one of the army air force training schools assigned, to North Carolina; Goldsboro phone company employees oppose pro posed taxes on company's pension fund for employees, established by setting aside one per cent of its owrt gross income . . . Representa tive Zebulon Weaver has announced civil service examinations for the third class postmastership at Hia wassee Dam, to fill a vacancy which will take place at an early date Filing limit for applicants is May 22. . Office of Price Administration has sent agents to Wilmington to investigate reported violation of recent order freezing rents there as of April 1 this year. "It will be good news for North Carolina tobacco growers to learn that there is no truth to recent rum ors that the right to hold tobacco auctions will be taken away from them," declared Representative Harold D. Cooley, who this week called the Agricultural Marketing Administration to find out just what the situation was in this re spect. It's always a little difficult to trace the original cause of any kind of rumor, but Mr. Cooley be lieves perhaps this one started with a misunderstanding about the referendum which will be held from May 25 to 28 on tobacco in spection. On these dates, producers of flue cured tobacco may vote on whether or not they wish the gov vemment to furnish them a fed eral tobacco inspection service. This service is without cost to tobacco growers, and includes the advice of a competent federal in spector on grades and prices of tobacco. It does not restrict any auctioneering activities. BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Casey, of Flushing, N. Y., announce the ar rival of a daughter, Patricia Ruth, on April 30th. Mrs. Casey is the former Miss Dorothy Bliss, who formerly resided here with her parents. ' There's not much use in work ing your way up if you're going to fall down on the job. . Hollywood is where people go to find something to do until they can get into the movies. THURSDAY, MAYu l J North f-n v People Honor Their Mothers With A Tea The G. A. eirls of v.., . Baptist church gave a tea Sat,! even nsr hefnr- tu.l a.baturU honor of their mothers .Z$ 1 A. mothers. ' also EJ They gave an impressive 0 and, served delightfT ments in the w 1JL tsiH- churrh. w,; " 7 "rnl 01 til decorated with bowlTJ white flowers V tl The following mothers wer I ent: Mrs. Bob Clark, Jin ?? 1 Smathers, Mrs. Ha Mrs. Jess Ivester, m7 wP Styles, Mrs. Hobert Rogers v" Frank Williams, Mrs. Lloyd rT Mrs. Willie West, Mrs n J Fletcher, Mrs.. Ester Moor Mrs. N. K. Drake. AU tendent of.the Sunday Jtjj .Ipsa Ivestpr woo . 7 ' r - , iirsent TI or.rpnmntr.fv 11 IN NEW JERSEY Miss Elizabeth Rhinehart , Lake Junaluska, is now in BrW ton. N. J.. and she hnU . J' tion in the Office of th tvJt,1 Packing Corporation in Deerfiej She is planning on being tie for .the summer. ooooooooc r JM ill I the bough breaks. And suppose you are a care ful driver? Does that relieve your bank ac count it something should happen? It does not Let this agency tell you about real protec tion, and about its low cost. N. Davis & W Real Estate Rentals iMuruj -Satisfaction With Safetf Phone 77 Main Stnj oooooou XL 1L E2 Quality and Real Service, see These Firms! SAVE TIME SAVE MONEY All conveniences of city gas Cooking . Wafer Heating Heating Installed V Anywhere Essotane Metered Service For the Best In General Repair New and Used Parts MOODY HALL, Mechanic Norman's Garage Phone 171-J Hazelwood BUY WAR BONDS From Uncle Sam and Your Insurance From no Tnciirana Agency I 58 N. Main St., Waynesville RENT A SINGER VACUUM CLEANER For Spring cleaning. Rent by day or week. Your choice of hand or floor model. Phone 343-J. SINGER SERVICE Eyes Examined Glasses Fitted 125 Main Street CONS V LT DR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST Wells Bldg. For Appointment Telephone 2483 Canton, N. C. FOOD PREPARED AND SERVED AS YOU LIKE IT CHARLIE'S CAFE A Modern Seating Place With the Open-View Kitchen Delicious. Appetizing Regular Sizzling Breakfast Plate Lunch Dinner Steaks Sunday Dinner For Entire Family Phone 196 Service Cleaners For Service First Satisfaction Always .-... In the Basement of the Boyd Building Entrance through the Boyd Furniture ' Store See The Mountaineer For Fine Printing i Junaluska Supply Machine Shop Phone 88 Specializing In Welding Brazing General Repair Garage Work T.ATHE & FLANER WORK Have YOU Tried ' n i 4 nii ne ihe foodH is the most delicious 0 have ever tasted. W come in next time J . full meal nungry 4 j just a "snack'3 joy your visit, Jouu- in our food. Green Tree Te Room -Your Meeting P . phone 9165 v
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