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DAV, NOVEMBER 19, 1942 (One Day Nearer Victory) Page 9 HIE WAYNES V ILLE MOUNTAINEER ,fen Placed In ' 5tell nrin? Week 1 '" were placed in Clas L st week by th UrWinethe Way HfeT in the group wer fe3 HoxiVKobert Ed ffimdey Crawford, Jame f?f Riley James Jones, Char tScoideU John Conard and Vnrehead. li"rnr-i- 2-B were: Joe K William Hose. Cook. Rob K"", fiitt was out in class K- , . .!. a.v were. Edward Criove and Eulen Monroe E. iewey Lee Coper was it W5S .(-A. i i n on t.nft follow- i i ; f sss i-v Pwilliam Earl Robinson (en 1,1, the army at Fort Bragg)- It Leondis Ball, , (enlisted in Campbell, (enlisted in the M . .L;ilM F-dward Cam- L. g AIic ' ' f rinvish (enlisted in the Re r GiaV'S.7. rtt Tnn Thomas. t Corp ! - ' Wsd in the Army at Fort it Paul Bryson Is Smyrna, lenn. L.( Paul Rrvson. son of Mr. folate - - ; Mrs. Charlie Bryson, of Rich- Ijgtreet, IS HOW siaiiuueu at mo r' a;' Rnse. Smvrna. Tenn. tort Bryson enlisted in the army tr,l weeks ago. rnor to ms ting the service he was era- ed by the Pure uu service sta ll nere. ItH. M. Plott, Jr. and rs. Plott Visit Parents kreeant Herbert Moore Plott, f of Camp Blanding, Fla., spent far days last week witn tne jor- ir1! Barents, Mr. and Mrs. Her- Y Plott on the Soco Gap Road; Sergeant plott has recently Deen Werred from Fort Jackson to bp Blanding. Mrs. Plott resid- it Fort Jackson wnere sue noma botition. , it Hyatt Messer Home Ten Day Furlough Private Hyatt Messer, who is W stationed at Scott Field, 111., rived home for a ten days fur- Lrk with his father, Charlie ber.of Panther Creek. He will Ik visit his uncle and aunt, Mr. id Mrs. J, E. Arrington. M. Messer has been in the ser- Jm tince April 7th, of this year. Former Haywood Man Commissioned nr l J 1 Li' 1 'Vl t s - I J. Richard Queen Receives Commission J. Richard Queen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam L. Queen, of Waynea ville, route 2, was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Army Air Corps on October 27, after com pleting a three months officer'! training course at Miami. Lt. Queen received his B. S. de gree from Western Carolina Teach era College in 1938. He was as State Senate in 1939-40 session. For two years prior to entering the service, he was employed as a teacher in tne Waynesville public schools. At present he is station ed at Jefferson Barracks, Mo. Sgt Milford Scruggs Spent 10-Day Leave Here Sergeant Milford Scruggs, who has spent the past ten days here visiting friends and relatives has returned to his post at Camp Gor don. Sergeant Scruggs is the son of Lee Scruggs and he has two broth ers in the service. Sergeant W. B. Lee, who is now Kimed at Camp BlaiMiiig, Fla., here on a furlough with his ft, Mis. Lee, at the Jones Farm. Lawrence Jones of Razelwond. P of Mrs. Eva Jones, of Clyde m 1, who recently volunteered service with the Air Force of U. S. Army, is now stationed at H Myers, Fla. Before sroini? Io service, Mr, Jones was . em- n by the State Board of Edu. n, as mechanic. TO Fred Howell Messer, son I Mr. and Mrs, .1p Menor nt f lelwndd. is now Rtat.innorl' at. pip Phillips, Kansas. He volun- pa m April and received train JPii i field artillery at Fort Bragg, I: Fart Custer, Michigan before " w Kansas. . (Picture Courtesy Charlotte News) Sergeants Win Commission Colonel H. A. Wells (center) Army recruiting officer in Charlotte, pins the gold bar of a second lieutenant on the shoulder of former Technical Sergeant Wilson Welch, after administering the oath of office to Mr. Welch and Staff Sergeant Ted R. Blackwell (at right). Lt Welch is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lush Welch, formerly of the Iron Duff section of the county, now residents of Monroesville, N. J., and the nephew of Jonathan Woody. He enlisted in the army in 1929. He will be attached to the recruiting office in Charlotte. ruit Cake 11 is not too early to buy w Holiday Fruit Cake. 7 YOURS NOW ON OUR UY-A-WAY PLAN Waynesville Bakery r 343-W Church St Ensign Claud Smathers Former Waynesville Boy Awarded Flying Cross Ensign Claud Smathers, former Waynesville man, who enlisted in the U. S. Navy in Asheville on 29, 1926, has been awarded the distin guished flying cross for service performed, during the battle of Midway, according to an Associated Press dispatch from Washington. As a chief aviation pilot, he was a member of a plane ere v that ''successfully located the enemy at midnight a hundred miles from Midway and attacked with torpe does at close range," the navy an nounced. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, in announcing the award said ''the surprise attack, first of its kinds, contributed to the ultimate suc cess of our forces in that action." Ensign Smathers was a co-pilot of one of the 12 giant U. S. Navy seaplanes, which flew from San Diego, Calif., to Honolulu early in 1937. At that time he was an avi ator machinist's mate, first class and naval air pilot. He is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. William T. Smathers, of Waynesville, and resided here un til he was sixteen years of ago, when he went to live with his sisters in Asheville and Canton. He was awarded a medal for good conduct in the second Nicara guan campaign. During the years in t.hp naw he has visited France. England, Norway, Finland, Hon olulu, Nicaragua, Cuba, Hau, Honduras and Columbia and has sprvpd oh a number of ships and With various flight squadrons. Pvt. Joe Moore Returns After 13-Day Furlough Pvt. Joe Moore. Jr., of Camp Gordon," Ga., returned to camp Tuesday after spending a 13-day furlough with his parents on Water Street. Master Sergeant Richard Cars well, of Fort Blanding, Fla., is spending a ten-day furlough here with his Mother, Mrs. Anna Cars-well. Examined Wasses Fitted - V CONSULT OR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST . ijMain Street . Wella BMg. For Appointment Telephone 2483 Canton, N. C. clean clothes last longer Jle it a habit f sending yours gularly to us. Central Cleaners Main Street Phone 113 Army Air Pilot lift ) JACK F. HOGAIT, U. S. Air Corps, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Hogan, of Waynesville, route 2, who recently graduated from the Ellington Air Feld In Texas. Sergeant Joe Shipley, and four other soldiers of Fort Jackson, spent the week-end here with Mrs. Claude Shipley on Brown Avenue. Second Lieutenant ?w V ' Alt. I . J. RICIIAKD QUEEN, who was recently commissioned a second lieutenant in the U. S, air corps. Referendum Cotton growers of the nation will vote in a referendum December 12 to determine if AAA marketing quotas will be placed on the crop during the 1943-44 marketing seas on. ' -V'- At Camp Edwards I f ... ,eeo.. . V ' i PRIVATE JACK C. RABB, who is now stationed at Camp Edwards in Massachusetts. . Income ' Cash income from farm market ing increased slightly more than usual from August to September and totaled $1,707,000,000, as com pared with $1,288,000 in September of last year. r"" Pvt. Jack C. Rabb Now , In Massachusetts Camp Private Jack C. Rabb, son of Hr. and Mrs. C. L .Rabb, of Waynea- 1 lm u mtrntinnttA aft TUW, KVWW A, uvw Camp Edwards, Mass., according to a recent communication to nia ' p.rents. '. r ; , ,- . Pvt. Rabb, who is in the engin eering corps was first stationed at Fort McClellan, Ala. He is a grad uate of the Waynesville Township high schooL Prior to his entering the service in September, he was employed by the A. C. Lawrence Leather Company, in Haselwood. Sergeant Roy McCracken Makes Good As Gunner Roy B. McCracken has just received a promotion to ser geant as a gunner on a bomber at Las Vegas, Nevada. Sgt. McCrack en scored 91 hits out of a possible 100 in a recent test He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Howell McCrack- en." He is now siauonea ai oaii Lake City. Higher Fruit s-rowers. in eeneral. will ntmiiM hicher nriee for their crona in 1943 than they received this year, according to tne u. a, uepanmem, of Agriculture. Group Of Men Finish Red Cross First Aid Course The following group finished a course in First Aid during the week, with Joe E. Davis as in structor of the class. Those com pleting the work will be qualified to take auxiliary police duty and any other work that might come under civilian defense, according to Mr. Davis. . The class has met in the Cen tral Elementary School auditorium on Tuesday and Friday evenings. Completing the work were: C. V. Bell, Edward E. Fuller, Arthur E. Fuller, Chas H. Caddis, Tom Gil liland, Leon Henry. Frank James, J. Wiley James, John P. Jones, Lloyd Kirkpatrick, Irving F. Leatherwood, J. C. Pat rick, Sam Potts. Claude Rogers, G. H. Ruff, C B. Russell, R. C. Tuttle, C. C Walker and M. G. Stamey. RECLAIMER A machine which will reclaim used baling wire and make it avail able again has been devised by workers of the University of Cali fornia College of Agriculture. EXECUTRIX NOTICE Having qualified as executrix of the esUte of Nannie E. Jones, deceased, lat of Haywood County, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having cairns against the estate of said deceased to ex hibit them to the undersigned at Waynesville. North Carolina, on or before the 18th day of November, 1943, or this notice wil be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immediate payment. This the lotn aay oi jNOvemoer, 1942. N ANNETTE E. JONES, Executrix of the Estate of Nan nie E. Jones, deceased. No. 1242 Nov. 19-26 Dec. 3-10-17 We Must Make Room For the Fixture Crew-IIence Bigger Values FINAL GLEAN UP OF BE'I KHUD-S0N95 ;IiJ '. ReiraodleHirig y) B Here Are Just A Few Of Hundre ds Of Values For This Week-End One Large Rack Weartex RUGS 9x12 Feet Large Assortment of Patterns On Sale 3-55 Regular $4.95 Boys' Suits HALF PRICE Plenty of sizes . . . choice of patterns. Men's Stormproof JACKETS 57 Wool ON SALE $3 Round Square and Oblong MIRRORS Of Heavy Glass . , . Regular $2.48. On Sale $J77 Special one Large Rack Lovely Fall DRESSES All Sizes . . . Many Shades. Must Clear Out ON SALE $1 One Table of Print Remnants - - 95 Lengths 4 to 1 yard Men's Fall FELT HATS On Sale $1.33 Men's Dress SHIRTS 1 ON SALE . .. Men's Heavy Chambry SHIRTS - - 69 U-HOSE Special New Shades . . . All Sizes. . " 1 .-'-.. M i ''HOME OF BETTER VALUES" On Sale Good Heavy Grade 36-Inch Sheeting 12 Bolt Lengths Yd. J5 11 il , s,.m 1 i . T I 111 1 V BUY NOW1 One Large Rack LADIES' Coats GREATLY REDUCED Select and Buy Now! II w Children's Good Quality SOCKS 4 Pair Ladies Rayon PANTIES AH sizes . . . Tea rose . . . White 19 Ladies' New Fall BAGS SALE .. 59 2 for $1 FACE TOWELS 1 FACE CLOTHS.... COMPAWY U 24.' ,:
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