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RSPAY, DECEMBER 10, 1942 (One Day Nearer Victory) Past t THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER 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" classifications lade During The Week The following reclassifications . during tne pasi wee Dy vere in nf mPn n the I ,e local aiaio - -- -ijwsville area: in class 1-A were: Carl Roger ,'fliff Hugh Arthur Phillips, Zee Virgil Rogers and Ralph ja3n Whitehouse. Placed in class 3-A were: George rkm Swanger, Curtis Franklin feento, and Henry William Sut- placed in class 4-V were: Jerry Hnlcomb, Jack Smith, Robert Minley Hawkins and William C. foutwell. , . ytr)jn Gunter was pui in ciass j. Arthur Green in class 3"c! koodrow Wilson unuerwouu in '3SS 4-F; James iroy varver in tliss 2-C: Herman Kay uwens, in pass Tii.J! i klass 3-B; ana 'ua -"BU1 ? It . ':':' .. Placed in class 41P were Charlie oy Frady, Vernon Jones Messer, harlie Gibson, Shelby Cullen !rmlett. Earl Conard, Joseph Tay- l0r Campbell, Robert Guy Phillips, heodore Swanger, oaeu crawiora, joy Samuel lunmu, ijawiciite au- Irew Parker, jonnnie inax nan ana sul Painter. jVernett Potter, U. S. Navy Spends Furlough Here Vernett Potter, U. S. Navy, left Monday to resume his duties in tkf service after spending a fur lough here with his wife at Lake Junaluska. Mrs. Potter, who is the former Miss Stella Mae Wyatt, of Lake Junaluska, will leave soon !or Washington, D. C, where she ias accepted a position. Valuable Cattle Killed In Collision Several Cattle Missing As Result Of Accident YES! The above headline indicates a big loss for some one. This could have been prevented by having this Agency provide a TRIP TRANSPORTATION Pol icy providing coverage for just such an emergency. Cattle, Merchandise, goods of all descriptions as well as Personal Effects can be in sured against practically ALL RISKS with one of our Floater Policies. See Us Today For Infor mation No Obligation. The L. N. Davis Company 59 N. Main Street K'aynesville ; Phone 77 Promoted To Corporal George W. Rickman Is Promotion of George W Rick man, son of Mr. and Mri. Manley Rickman, of Waynesville. North Carolina, to the rank of corporal has been announced at Ft. Benning, Ga., by his commanding officer. The Infantry School, largest of its kind in the world, is the hnm of the Infantry Officer Candidate School where candidates selected from the- ranks of the orivates. corporals, and sergeants because of their superior ability, train and study diligently for three months before receiving commissions -second lieutenants. In addition to the candidate course, the Infantry School also trains enlisted men in radio com munications and automotive me chanics. There are a great many classes for officers, including- those for division officers up to the grade oi Drigamer general. Three Haywood Men At Amarillo Field Three men from Haywood are now taking extensive training as aviation mechanics at the Army Air Force Technical School at Am arillo Field, Texas. Those from Haywood .includes Thomas L. Howell, Dennis j. Hoyle, of route one, and James W. Mes ser, of Cove Creek, Amarillo Field is one of the new est in the technical training com mand. Its purpose is to train the ace mechanics who keep Uncle Sam's plane flying over the globe. Enroute For Overseas Duty HI I mil Ml I I -mimttMliaf r- A-,.' -. .,?..:. 'Nfc-. . ' ;. ' . f i N - " 0 V ' N ' Lt. Win. Medford of Navy Here on 3 Weeks Leave Lt (Junior grade) William Medford, deck officer, U. S. Navy, wh3 has recently completed a course of several weeks training at Princeton University, arrived home on Sunday for a leave which will extend until December 28th. Lt. Medford, who was a prac ticing attorney here prior to his en tering the service, volunteered early last spring, but was not call ed to active duty until early in the fall. ; He was accompanied upon his return home by Mrs. Medford, who had gone up to visit her husband at Thanksgiving and remained un til his leave started. Honored by China Pvt. Richlyn H. Holt Transferred To Utah Private Richlyn H. Holt, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Holt, of Way nesville, has been transferred to Reams, Utah, from Lowery Field, Denver, where he has been in train, ing for the past several weeks. Pvt. Holt has been in the service since July, when he was inducted in the Air Corps in West Palm Beach, Fla. From West Palm Beach he was transferred to Atlantic City and from there to Denver. Prior to his entering the service he held a position with a construction com pany at Morrison Field, West Palm Beach. Pvt. Holt is a graduate of the Crabtree High School. Pvt. Joe Lenting Home On Furlough With Guest Private Joe Leming, who is sta tioned at Fort Benning, Ga., spent last week here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Leming. He had as his guest Private Horace Johnston, of McAllen, Texas, who is also sta tioned at Fort Benning, in the same company as that of Private Leming. Private Leming has been in the service over two years, having left this area with Company "H." Lt. Robert Winchester Transferred To Seattle Lt. Robert Winchester, who has been stationed at Camp Croft since his graduation from the Officers Candidate School at Fort Benning, Ga., has recently been transferred to Fort Lawton, Seattle, Wash. Lt. Winchester has been in the Ser vice more than two years, having left here with Company "H." The Mountaineer Stationery Department Has STEEL FILES-BOXES -CABINETS Cash Boxes With Locks ses range from a file that holds 300 cards to 1,800 fds, from 3- by 5-inch cards to 5 by 8 inches. In tota single and double units. Heavy steel construction. NO MORE FOR THE DURATION A complete stock of Index Files for all sizes up to legal files. We have letter and leeal size Folders in two weights also Tab Indexes THE MOUNTAINEER 'Stationery and Supplies for Office, Home and Schoof ENSIGN LUCILLE PLOTT, N. S. Navy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Robert Plott, of this county. The picture, which recently appeared in The Oakland Tribune, of Oakland, Calif., was taken while Ensign Plott was on the Pacific coast awaiting orders to report for foreign duty. (Courtesy of Oakland Tribune). Two Waynesville Men At Great Lakes Naval Station In Training Two more Waynesville men, sworn to avenge Peal Harbor, have reported to the U. S. Naval Train ing Station at Great Lakes, 111., to begin recruit training. Here the new recruits will be physically hardened, and thorough ly schooled in the fundamentals of seamanship, and naval customs and procedure. They will be given a series of aptitude tests designedto place each man in the job for which he is best fitted. The new Waynesville recruits are; John Raymond Singleton, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Wash ington Singleton, Rt, 1; William Ernest Singleton, 19, son of Mr. William E. Singleton, Rt, 1. Kenneth Wright Spends Eight Day Furlough Here Staff Sergeant Kdnneth E. Wright has returned to Camp Cook, California, after spending tight days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James A. Wright. Lt. Ernest L. Withers Receives Promotion Lt. Ernest L. Withers, Jr., U. S. Air Corps, has recently been pro moted from second lieutenant to first lieutenantr" Lt. Withers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Withers, of Waynesville. He volunteered in September, 1941, and was sent to Keesler Field, where he took his basic training. From Keesler Field he was transferred to Miami Beach and was among the Hirst group to receive administrative training In the air corps there. Upon com pletion of the course he was sent back to Keesler Field where he has since been stationed. Prior to his entering the service Lt. Withers was fi. Id representa tive of the Red Rock Cola Company, of Atlanta. Linwood Parton Taking Naval Training At Great Lakes Station Linwood Parton, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Parton, Rt. 8, Way nesville, recently enlisted in the U. S. Navy and last week reported to the U. S. Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, 111., to undergo a period of recruit training. In "Boots," as recruit training is called in the Navy, the new recruit is getting instruction in military drill, seamanship, naval procedure, and is taking part in a strenuous physical conditioning program. Soon he will fee given a series of aptitude tests to determine whether he will receive advanced technical training at one of the Navy's many service schools, or assigned to duty with the U. S. Fleet. After graduation from recruit training, he will be granted a nine day leave. i 4 A k h .m mmtium-kti faiiiniii fcn i Madame Chiang Kai-shek Is shown placing the medal of the Military Order of China around the neck of Maj. Gen. James Doolittle. Similar awards were made to the officers and men who accompanied Doolittle on the raid over Tokyo. (Central Prett) Seaman Joseph Nichols Has Seen Action In Africa Seaman First Class Joseph Don ald Nichols, left Sunday after spending five days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nich ols, of Waynesville Route 1. Young Nichols, who is 22 years old, enlisted in the navy last July, and has seen active service in North Africa. He was employed by England, Walton before going into service. Sergeant James Reed Spends Three Days nere Sergeant James Reed, who to now stationed at Camp Blanding, Fla., spent a three-day furlough here last week with his family and from here went to Mississippi to visit with other relatives. Mrs. Reed and a&n, Bobby, plan to join Sergeant Reed at Camp Blanding in the near future. PFC S. D. McKay Spends 15 Day Furlough Here PFC S. Dewey McKay has re turned to his duties at Fort Bragg after spending a fifteen-day fur lough with hia parents, Mr. nd Mrs. S. L. McKay. V . PFC McKay was inducted into the service in March of this year and took his basic training at Camp Claiborne, La. He Is at tached to the headquarters de tachment of the 101st airborne division. The San Diego, Calif., Junior Chamber of Commerce, in a cam paign to take two out of every three cars off the streta by pro moting car sharing, came out with the slogan, "A rider per tire." Time to Cook with Gas the Perfect Fuel Economical Clean Quick Essotane Metered Servke. City 0M oonvnlne Installed nye Brading Gas Service p Son of Former Residents G raduates From Army Gunnery School Sergeant Thornton Stringfellow, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. L. String fellow, of Culpepper, Va., former residents of Waynesville, was an honor graduate last week from the Harlington Army Gunnery School, of Texas. Sergeant Stringfellow qualified as an expert aerial triggerman af ter five weeks of intensive training and is now privileged to wear the silver wings of a gunner. Unless he is held over for in In structor, Sergeant Stringfellow will soon join a combat crew aboard a bomber. Sergeant James KWight, of Fort Blanding, Fla., and Mrs. Knight, of Morganton, spent a few days in Hazelwood last week with rel atives SPECIAL - SATURDAY ONLY 100 WHITE 2-LAYER Lady Baltimore CAKES Regular 65c Size. Special 49 Sorry, No Phone Orders, No Lay-Aways Waynesville Battery In Our New Location Next To Western Union il ; . ;, WANT ADS WANTED Girls for cafeteria "work. 18 years of age up. No experience necessary. Write or apply to Harvey's Cafeteria, Durham, N. C, for interview. Nov. 19-2C-Dec. 3-10-17-24-31. STOP BY THE NURSERY and tag your living Christmas tree. You get early selection and we will keep it growing fresh until you call for it. Champion Nur sery, Canton. Nov. 26 Dec 3-10 F6R RENT First floor three room apartment, with garag?. Rea sonable. Two outside entrances. Mrs. E. T. Duckett, Assembly Street. Dec 10 FOR RENT Two 4 room houses J5.D0 and $6.00 a month. Join golf course; Hazelwood. Write or call Buck Rogers, 78Mi Main St., Canton, N. IC. Dec. 10-17 FOUND By Joe Moore near Bur gin's store a Poland China sow weight from 250 to 300 pounds. Owner please pay for ad and call Joe Moore for pig. Dec. 10 FOR RENT A comfortable three room apartment. Furnished or unfurnished. Call Dr. I. B. Funk at Rock Rest. Dec. 10 WANTED Four men that have had experience as Automobil: me. chanics to work in a Chevrolet Dealer's Garage. We have a clean and up to date shop. Older men and those exempted from the draft preferred. We pay sala ries or commissions, all answers will be strictly confidential. Ans wer to Mr. A. W. Thomas, Pied mont Chevrolet Company, Inc., Concord, N. C D-c 10 LOST Black and white spotted male pig between Clyde and Way-1 nesville. Was in sack, weighed abcut 50 lbs. Reward if return- j ed to Hobart Grasty, Rt. 2. Way- nesville. Dec 10 FOR SALE '30 model Harley Davidson motorcycle, in good condition. Must sell immediate ly. See Herbert Burnett?, Jr., at once, Dec, 10 NEW 9 foot Frigidaire, dozen laying hers, large radio combina tion, perfect condition. P. O. Box 1E5, Waynesville. Dec. 10 i 1 7 t; i f J. C. JENNINGS You Save Belk-Hudson's Thanks A Million, folks and we mean every word of it. We do thank you from the bottonrof our heart for the big response to our opening last week-end. While the weather was not ideal, we appreciate all the more the thousands who visited our new and modernized store. The hundreds of kind remarks made about Haywood's most modern store made us feel good. We are glad you appreciate what we have done to make shopping easier, more comfortable, and more economical No matter what you need in the way of clothing, shoes, piece goods, household articles, be sure to come to Belk-Hudson's first. Try in our 12 BIG DEPARTMENTS Piece Goods Ready-to- Wear Boys' Wear Children's Wear Shoes Hosiery Household Men's Wear Sportswear Baby Department Underwear Notions BELK-HUDSON CO The Christm as Gift Store
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