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THURSDAY, SEPT. 24, 1942 (One Day Nearer Victory) THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 9 Haywood Men SfereM Of World Brothers In Service 4' S f J - -n ,t muni ' w'K'miii tiniinitniiiiiiiini- -r ,L M . In Honolulu Rev. and Mrs- Jarvis V. Underwood, of route one, have two sons f .- -l. in -l KITin 1 1 i c- n w I -n -1 w-m n ,J 1 . i in cprvice. Jli jcxt ia aina i uwuu uunwwu. HOW Sia tinned at Tarris Island, S. C., undergoing training in ' the Marine Corps. On tne ngnt is rvu vvoouiyw vvuson unuerwoou, taking spe- Icial training at Lamp wolters, xexaa. In England I CORPORAL JOHN BEST is somewhere in England. .This pic ture was made of him thtfre just 1 1 few weeks ago, and sent to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Best, I of Clyde. Corporal Best has serv- led six years in the regular army I and re-enlisted in March of this year. He likes army life, and plans to remain in service everw after the war. Overseas n 1.11 hi MtrnmummttimJ Sergeant Leatherwood Now In Northern Ireland Y JV- At,, PVT. EARL MESSER. of Clvde. '" 1, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Messer, is with an armored 1 unit somewhere overthere. "t Messer entered servicp a yer ago, and from here went to 'rt- Knx. Ky., then to Camp Me, Texas. From the Texas 'ajP he went overseas. He was 1 farmer before onto,.; ! September 10, 1941. Kenneth F nn Home For 15 Days Kenneth E. nnlim,. tt c u2lV was ca"ed home oA ac-, K:?:,fhe illness o his father. . no nas Deen con- Ditr? 'he Haywood County Hos- SV' fV. during the week for. hi, .li'! Va-. where he will resume " duties. TTa ho. v. . xv.. Belsth the Past five monfhs. tstu, a "' uouu i xar. ana Mrs. ms Arrmgton. 7 Lawrence Mood "owe On Furlough Mr Jlawrence Moody son of Ia ko Ul8 parents, tie Kber. i"e. 8?rvlce ce Sep k ern,;:y.-H nd( was in Be .18 months lama. wansf erred ) fw Port n 10 he ParaclAte troops h J?6"' Ga., alnd upon K ' lu- fr nggelr train- Mrs. Leonard Leatherwood, of Washington, D. C, and Waynes- ville, has received word that her husband has been promoted to sergeant. Sergeant Leatherwood entered the service September 10, 1941, when he was sent to Fort Bragg, From Fort Bragg he was sent to fort Knox, Ky., and became a P. F. C. in the first armored divi sion, lie was Btationed at Fort Knox seven months and was then moved to Fort Dix, N. J., where he was stationed one month. He left the U. S. the middle of May and is now with the American Ex peditionary Forces in Northern Ireland. In The Navy I? r 1 V!' CORPORAL CLAUD UNDER WOOD, with a heavy artillery unit in Honolulu, was for a num ber of years a carpenter for Juna luska Supply Company, but since September 10, 1941, has been in the army. He went from here to Fort Bragg, and then to a camp in Texas and then to California before sailing. He has been in Honolulu for seven months. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ruf us Underwood, route one. Gunner's Mate wiiuw,. UII..IH..L n.Mu.imuni m ii in nun in. ii n ;? m WMi. WOODROW LEATHER- WOOt is taking his basic naval training at Great Lakes, 111- Be fore volunteering on August 10, 1942, he was connected with the Grace Lumber Mills. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Leath erwood, of route 2. He has a wife and a son years old. of Mrs I iii aay weese' "tiwooH f LUhe Deweese, lof Ha- "Jter tLJ turned to camp tin. . e 's now tjin j L Captain David S. Stentz Arrives Overseas Captain David S. Stentz has ar rived safely "overseas somewhere" according to a Cable received this week by Mrs. Stentz, who is with her parents, Captain and Mrs. W. F. Swift. Captain Stentz, of the U. S. Air Corps, came East a few weeks ago from the Pacific coast where he had been in command of a squad JAMES MARVIN DEAL, U. S. Navy, nephew of Mrs. T, L. Brara- lett, oi waynesvnie. Two Brothers Are Serving In Navy James Marvin Deal, gunner's mute,, first class, U. S. N., has been sent to Norfolk to an advanced gunners' school and after a three Xionth course will be assigned to some ship for further sea duty. He is the son of Mr, and Mrs. II; E. Deal, of Sherwood, and neph ew of Mrs. T. L. Bramlett, of Way-nesville. Mr. Deal was a member of the crew that captured the German ship Oldenwald in mid-Atlantic in November, 1940, and hag Berved aboard the U. S. S. Omaha and on shore duty in France, and other countries adjoining. Lately he has been with the fleet in the South Atlantic. He enlisted in the navy in April, 1937. A brother, William Lester Deal is a second class petty officer and was also in on the capture of the Oldenwald. He enlisted in Octx ber, 1939, and has served on the Omaha and is now aboard a de stroyer somewhere in the Pacific, He visited his parents in June on a four-day furlough after sailing from Scotland to Norfolk. Pvt. James Toy At Fort Benjamin Harrison r 7. r.vsfrrm' ' V " V'yirw ) u Pvt. James Toy, son of Mr, and Mrs. J. E. Toy, of Waynesville, has arrived at Fort Benjamin Harris son, Ind., to begin his basic train ing in finance. Upon completion of an intensive field training pro gram, he will be sent to the class room to study army pay methods. Prior to his induction on An rpn for some time. He was order- gust 18, he was a public account ed to report to Washington and from there to New York, from which he embarked for foreign duty, Woodrow Leatherwood U. S. Navy On Furlough Woodrow Leatherwood, 24, U- S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Leatherwood, of Lake Junaluska, is home on furlough, visiting ms parents. He . volunteered six weeks ago in Asheville, and is now stationed at Great Lakes, 111. Prior to his entering the service, ant for Arthur Anderson and Com pany of Atlanta, Wants To Help, Brother Out In British Isles When Pvt. Roy B. McCracken was home recently he told his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howell Mc Cracken, that he was going to go England and help his brother, Cpl. Wayne McCracken. After re turning to camp, he drank a lot of milk, and worked bard as a machine gunner. He is qualified now, and longs to get to England, and then within shooting distance of the enemy to prove that he is Son Of Former Haywood Citizen Cited For Bravery Ferguson B. White, 22, second class petty officer, quartermaster, U. S. Navy, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. R. White, of Darrington, Wash., who has been in the service for two years, has recently been cited for bravery twice by his command ing officer, as a member of the crew of a U. S. Submarine in the Pa cific.. .' On one occasion his ship was credited with the sinking of five enemy ships with 16,385 tons of ' enemy shipping. His commanding officer cited him for "his courage under fire" on one attack and for his "contribution to a successful! attack" on another. Young White's father is a na tive of this county and he is wide ly connected in this section. His mother was the former Miss Iva Lee Wilson of Macon. Recently Mr. and Mrs, White came to Way nesville and are spending some time at the home of Mrs. H. C. Ferguson, for the former's health. They have made their home in the state of Washington for the past 31 years. Pvt. Paul H. Reeves Improves From Accident Pvt. Paul H. Reeves, who has been confined to the hospital at Fort Jackson for the past three months with a broken arm, is re pqrted to be -much improved, it was learned during the week. Lti James Harden Howell On General's Staff First Lieutenant James Harden Howell, Jr., son of Col. and Mrs. J. H. Howell, who is stationed at Fort Jackson, has recently been trans ferred aa an aide to the staff of the commanding officer, Major General Hobbs. Lt. Howell volunteered in De cember, 1940, and has been station ed at Fort Jackson since he has been in the service with the excep tion of the" time he spent at Fort Benning, Officers' Training Camp. Prior to his entering the ser vice Lt. Howell was a practicing attorney here. (Mbre Men In Service On Page 10) The Nation's steel mills are running out of scrap. They haven't enough on hand for even 30 days more. When this is gone they have to shut down--f or all new steel is 50 per cent scrap. Get your scrap ready to turn in now! Whose Boy Will Die Because Yon Failed? Thing about it as revenge a way to get back at the scum who have at tacked us. Or think about it as a little more protection for our fighting men something you, yourself, can do to bring as many as possible home alive. But think about it now for the scrap in the homes, farms and factories has got to be moving to stock piles within the next few weeks OR IT MAY BE TOO LATE! Maybe you don't know what it means to have production fall off. Maybe you can't imagine how it feels to be hunkered down in a foxhole wishing for just one more clip of cartridges. Or to see the enemy rolling through your lines because you didn't have just a few more tanks. OR MAYBE YOU DON'T CARE! We think you do. , We feel that our whole community is ready to rise up and bring in the scrap as soon as you get a chance. So you're going to get that chance! Next week we're starting the biggest drive you've ever seen, to get in this precious material. And you're going to pitch in, too, because this situation is serious. Start looking around your place for scrap today. If you've got a son in the service, do it for HIM. Do it for the neighbor's boy for those fine young chaps you just passed, out on the street. Above all do it for your country . . . and do it now! Watch this paper for details of the big scrap drive and what you must do to help. Metal Newspaper's United 5crap linve This Space Donated By The Mountaineer 3 3 3 ixas. he was engaged in farming. i a crack-shot.
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