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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, NOVEMBER THE WAYNES V ILLE MOUMiaiNEER Page 4 Following Men In Service Around the World This column is devoted to news of men serving their country. Such news is solicited from parents and friends of these men. When writing:, be sure to sign your name. "Remember Pearl Harbor" Reclassffications Are Made During The Week Three men were placed in Class 1-A during the week by the local draft board as follows: Thomas Quentin Murray, Harold Jackson Bowman, and Frank Moody Par ton. Placed in Class 2-A were: Don ald riemmons, Ferguson Mar shal Duckett, Thomas Grover Moody and Stanley Charles Henry. Put in Class 1-C were: Howell Way Crawford, George Logan Early, Alvin Alexander Dills, Lee Jackson Ferguson and William Robert McCracken. Placed in Class 3-B were: Clyde Styles, George Walter Galloway, Hurl Edward Nichols and Alton Kathbonc; in Class 2-B were: Glenn Ernest Giles and Ray Win ford Rathbone. Put in Class 3-A were the fol lowing: Grady Noal Johnson, Bert Samuel Jones, George Stanley Messcr, and Thomas Calhoun Da vis. Placed in Class 4-F were: Ker mit Moore, Albert Donald Haw kins, Hardy Smith, Thomas Ben jamin Woodard, Joseph Bryan Best, Idus Marvin Spivey, Robert Franklin, Lee Roy Woody, Glenn Boyd Ferguson, Wydemen Rogers, Walter Jackson Francis. Henry Edgar Selsam, Anderson Noland, Boyd Henry Shepard, Ned Robert Messer, HiUiard Lemuel Page, Charles Frederick Muse, and Joseph Simmons Davis. At Camp Croft ,, , . V s ) . f " Pvt. Robert Caldwell Home On Furlough Private Robert Caldwell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Caldwell, of Waynesville, is home on a ten day furlough. He has been in the 'service for the past two and one half months, and is now stationed at Fort Eustis, Va. He was in ducted at Camp Croft. Pvt. Latham Gillett Stationed In Alabama - Pvt. Latham Gillett, son of Mrs, Altha Clark Gillett, Route 1, Clyde, qualified at Fort McClellan as a rifle sharpshooter at the Replace ment Training Center. Private Gillett's organization is Company B, 7th Battalion. WANTED At Once HULLED BLACK WALNUTS .Sell Now WhUe Prices Are High. Tarmers Exchange C "D. KETNER, Owner PRIVATE JAMES H. LEO PARD, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Leopard, of Waynesville, route 2, who has recently been transferred from the "120th Infantry at Fort Jackson to duty with the military police at Camp Croft. Pvt. Leopard left here with Company "H" National Guard unit in September, 1940, and has been in active service since that date. Wm. W. Stringfield Is Now Aviation Cadet Aviation Cadet Wm. W. String field, son of Dr. and Mrs. S. L. Stringfield, of Waynesville, has entered the army air forces pre fijght school at Monroe, La., as a navigator. Cadet Stringfield attended the University of North Carolina and was with the 4th armored division prior to enlistment as cadet. Lieut. Connell Is Now At Fort Belvair Lieutenant Arthur J. Connell, formerly of Waynesville and the national park service, has been commissioned as a first lieutenant in the corps of engineers and is how attending the school of engi neers at Fort Belvair, Va, Lieut. Connell is assigned to the Camouflage division. " Pvt. Joseph L. Frady Makes Good On Range Private Joseph L. Frady, Jr., son of Mrs. Mary Forga Frady of Rt. 1, Waynesville, has qualified as a sharpshooter on the rifle range at the BIRTC Fort McClellan, Ala., shooting a score of 144 out of a possible 175. He is a member of Company B, 7th Battalion. Private Frady was inducted Aug ust 28 and was sent to Fort Mc Clellan to receive his basic train ing. Before entering the army he was a student in the Waynesville Township High School. PFC Johnnie L. Ruff, has re turned to Fort Bliss, Texas, after spending a 15-day furlough here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Ruff. . WHEN YOU NEED Legal Blanks We Have Them! Chattel Mortgages Warrants Warranty Deeds Deed Of Trust State Warrants Claim-Delivery Proceedings No Trespassing Signs No Hunting Signs : Leases Ejection Blanks Transcript Of Judgment Civil Summons TIi3 V3ounftain83r "Quality OSc Supplied ' PHONE 137 MAIN STREET Five Brothers In Armed Forces At Fort Sill At Camp Forest , tj mm ii ii ill it 'f7"'""t .: , ?" to? W'v'v '' ' Xy&) - w PVT. WOODROW ROGERS PVT. COLLIE ROGERS At Camp Robinson At Camp Polk -fsa . m- sua . 9. Sclt. ifp 4n fer m X 1 ' PVT. FRANK ROGERS Mrs. Ellen Rogers, of Bethel, Has 5 Sons In Service Mrs. Ellen Rogers," of the" Bethel section, has five sons in the armed forces of this country, and a sixth son who expects to go before the war is over. This is the largest known number of men in the ser vice from any one family in Hay wood county. Mrs. Rogers lives near the Rick- man store on Pigeon and is the widow of the late James Mitchell Rogers. Her sons in the service are as follows : Private Charlie Rogers, 28, was inducted into the service on No vember 7, 1941. After volunteer ing, he reported for duty at Fort Bragg, and was then transferred to Camn Lee. Va. He is now serv ing with the army "somewhere in Australia. Prior to his entering the service he was employed by the Canton Laundry. Private Frank Rogers, 31, who left the county with a group of selectees from the Canton area, is now stationed at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, and is attached to the medical corps. He was inducted into the service at Camp Croft, and from there he was transferred to his present sta tion. Prior to his entering the service he was employed by the American Enka Corporation. Corporal George Rogers, 25, U. S. army engineers, has been in the service since March 7, of this year. After induction, at Fort Bragg, he was sent to Camp Polk, La. At the time he joined the army he was employed on a ranch out in New Mexico, but came home to leave the county with a group of Haywood boys. Private Woodrow Rogers was inducted at Fort Bragg on Sep tember 10, 1941. He was trans ferred to Camp Wheeler, Ga., and from there to Fort Sill, Okla. He is now taking special radio truck training. Private Collie Rogers, 37, has been in the army since February, 1942. He was inducted at Fort Jackson and from there he was transferred to Fort Bragg. He is attached to the field artil- CPL. GEORGE ROGERS In Australia PVT. CHARLIE ROGERS Pvt. Marshall Ferguson Home From Canal Zone Private Marshall Ferguson, U. S. army, has arrived for a 15 days furlough with his parents, Mr. and i Mrs. J. T. Ferguson, in Clyde. Pvt. Ferguson has been in the service for the past two and one half years. He has been stationed in Panama for the greater part of the ime. His duties have taken him to Puerto Rico, South Ameri ca and California. In California Vtnf ii f!arswell To I At Fort Dix Get Commission As 2nd Lieutenant Rufus Carswell, who has been attending Officers Training School o 1Vrt R nninc Ga.. and who will receive his commission as Second Lieutenant on Thursday morning, in pxneeted to arrive some time Thursday to spend several days here with his wile ana nis mouier, Mrs. Anna Carswell. Lieut. Carswell who is 22 years old left here two years ago with ttiB National Guard unit. He has two brothers in service, Staff Sar- geant Richard Carswell who is sta tioned in Florida and Lieutenant Sam Carswell who is serving some where over seas. Pvt. Hayes Alley Is Rifle Sharpshooter Private John Hayes Alley, son of Judge and Mrs. Felix E. Alley of Waynesville, has qualified as a sharpshooter on the rifle range at the BIRTC at Fort McClellan, shooting a score of 145 out of a possible 175. He is a member of Company D, 7th Battalion. Private Alley was inducted Aug ust 28 and was sent to Fort McClel lan to receive his basic training. RCAF Plane Bags Enemy Sub 1 Here's a shot ef the death throe of a Nad rob off the ait eoaat f Canada. An ECAF bomber, piloted by Warrant Officer OS. BnehaBan. of Undo. OnUrio. jotted the U-boat and attaeked It ThmmA exajh. dived but kit depth eharget dropped from the plaM blew it to tte rorf ae at an nneren angle. Another charge was dropped, the ander, and the only remaining signs were bubbles of big pstch of oil. (Central rrf) Henline Melvin Is Naval Aviation Cadet Henline Melvin, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Melvin, of Way nesville, has been selected for training as a naval aviation cadet and will be ordered to active duty shortly. M'lvin, a native of Joe, N. C, graduated from Clyde high school, and later attended the N. Y. A, school at New Bridge, where he took a machini.its' course. His hobby is art and stamp collecting. When ordered to active duty Melven will report to the U. S. navy pre-flight school, either at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, or University of Geor gia, Athens, for three months of nhysical conditionings, instruc tion : in naval essentials, military drill and ground school subjects. ftcr completing this course he will be sent to one of the navy's numerous reserve bases for pri mary flight training. - - - -4 - ' I k j TECHNICAL SERGEANT EU GENE BROOKS, U. S. army, who has been stationed at Fort Bragg since he volunteered in the service in July, 1940, has recently been transferred to Fort Dix, N. J. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Brooks, of Balsam. Sergeant Brooks took special training in mechanics in Baltimore. Pvt. Troy L. McCracken Is Now A Shorpshooter Scoring 147 out of a possible 175 points, Pvt. 'troy L. McCracksn, son of Mrs. Essie M. McCracken of Route 1, Clyde, qualified as a sharpshooter at the Replacement Training Center Fort McClellan. Private McCracken is attached to Company B, 7th Battalion. He was inducted August 28th. The boys from here want mail from you read on page five "Your Job and My Job." Pvt. Fred Moody Makes Sharpshooter Rank Pvt. Fred B. Moody, son of Mrs. OUie Howell Moody, Route 1, Way nesville, has qualified as a sharp shooter by shooting 146 put of a possible 175 points at the Replace ment Training Csnter at Fort Mc Clellan, Ala. He is attached to Company B, 7th Battalion. He was inducted August 28. COKfURAL NEWELL U son of Mrs. W.J. Lakev,0f liri, who was employed jn jja county for several years his entering the service is stationed in California. He brother of Miss Julia Lai Waynesville. Cpl. Lakay volunteered i army in U39 at the recruitir tion in Asheville. He was si ed for nearly two years at Sc Barracks, Hawaii. Letters To 1 Editor Editor The Mountaineer: Mr. Edgerton and I wish t this opportunity to sincerely you for the splendid coop which the newspapers gave recent Newspaper Salvage c This was one of the mos standing publicity promoti the history of our State, assure you that it will do for the eventual Victory tl shall and must have. .Again thanking you, I an Sincerely yours, JAMES B. V0G1 Executive Secretary for Raleigh. 4 lbs. Carton 690 J.F.G. COFFEE - - - lg. pkg. 300 No. 2 Can TOMATOES 2 for 210 Fresh Vegetables Florida: Grapefruit - - - 6 for 250 Nice Size LEMONS - - doz. 17 PALMOLIVE SOAP 4 bars 21c GOLD METAL CREA) 6 small cans 25p Campbell's Tomato SOUP - - 3 cans 21 Sweet Mixed PICKLES - - - - pint 1' No. 2 Can Sliced PINEAPPLE - - - 21 lory and is now stationed at Camp Forest, Tenn. 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