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roe Dav Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, JANUARY 2n
THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNTAINEER
Sgt Roberson
Buried With Full
Military Ritual
Last rite 8 were held on Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at the
First Baptist Church for Sgt. S
Fuller Roberson, 49, veteran of
World War I, who was killed wh'le
on a routine training flight from
Wendover field, Salt Lake City
Utah. The Rev. H. G. Hammett,
pastor, officiated. Burial was in
Green Hill ermetery, with the locsl
unit of the State Guard'conducting
a military ritual at the grave. Cap
tain Frank Byrd was in charge of
the ceremonies.
Active pallbearers were: Captain
Frank Byrd, Lt. Roy Ruff, Sgt.
Rufus Lemming, Sgt. Carroll
Whitner, Sgt. Hobart Williams and
Cpl. Jack Snyder, all members of
the State Guard unit.
Honorary pallbearers were mem
bers of the local post of the Ameri
can Legion of which Sgt. Roberson
was a member, and the following:
Jonathan Woody, Robert Hugh
Clark, W. F. Swift, E. S. Slack,
Dill Howell, G. C. Plott, J. P. Dicus,
T. C Norris and Walter Mehaffey,
all of Waynesville; Levi Buckner,
Eldridg? Hill, Arthur Duck, Lee
Maynard,, Clayton Boone, Bunyon
Beaver and William Duck, all of
Buckner
Sgt. Roberson was a native of
Waynesville, the son of W. W.
Roberson, who now resides in
Buckner and the late Mrs Rober
son, of Waynrsville. At the time
he volunteered in the present war
he was postmaster at Buckner,
having resided there since 19.16.
He entered the service in the pres
ent war in Nov., 1942.
Sgt. Roberson was listed miss
ing by his commanding officer on
Dec. 30, after his pane was over
due, but the wreckage of the plane
was not located until Jan. 1. Two
planrs in routine flight had ap
parently collided and both crashed
killing a total of twenty persons,
according to the press association
dispatches.
The wreckage of the planes was
found on the west shore of th?
Great Salt Lake, within 100 yards
of each other. The planes were
part of a group of five which left
the field for routine flying.
In addition to his wife, the for
mer Miss Mabel Smith, of Waynes
! lie, and his father, Sgt. Rober
son is survived by one brother
Everett A. Roberson, of Buckner;
three niec s, Miss Catherine Jones,
and Miss Thelma Jones, of Way
nesville, and Miss Betty Smith, of
Canton; three nephews, Sam Jones,
Jr., of Waynesville, Bobby Smith,
of Canton and Ever:tt A. Rober
son, Jr., of Buckner.
Pigeon River Lodge
Officers Installed
In Canton Thursday
Newly elected officers of the
Pigeon River Masonic Lodge of
Canton were installed at the regu
lar communication held on Thurs
day evening, according to P. B
York, lodga secretary.
In the group were: Bruce G
Nanney, master; J. L. Duke, senior
warden; Claud E. Swafford, jun
ior warden; J. D. Mackey and
Wade H. Rhea, deacons; Paul
Robinson and R. Bennett Hipps,
stewards; Joe Powell, tyler; James
E. Henderson, chaplain; Samuel R
Felmet, treasurer and P. B. York,
secretary.
SMALL PART
Two soldiers, on their way for
overseas duty, were standing on
the deck of a transport.
First Soldier: "Did you ever see
so much water in all your life?"
Second Soldier; "Yoo ain't seen
nothin' yet. That's just the top
of it."
Forest fires in the United States
durirg 1942 cost nearly a hundred
and twenty-four thousand dollars
a day, it is estimated by the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.
NOTICE
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT
NORTH CAROLINA,
HAYWOOD COUNTY.
Paul E. Burgess,
vs.
Rena Burgess.
The d:fendant above named will
take notice that an action ent'tled
as above has been commenced in
the ' Superior court of Haywood
County, N. C, for a divorce on the
ground of two years separation,
and said d fendant will further
take notice that she is required to
appear at the Court House in Wav-
nesville, N. C, within thirty days
after the 17th day of February.
1944, and answer or demur to the
complaint in said action, or th?
plaintiff will apply to the Court
for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
This the 15fh day of Jan., 1944.
C. H. LEATHERWOOD,
Clerk of Superior Court,
Haywood County.
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