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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY, j-j. u r Seclion Two Pae 'S THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER K. L. Robertson Wounded, Now In France Among the Haywood county men who hnve been listed with the casualties in the European the atre since January of this year and not heretofore been reported in The Waynesville Mountaineer is Private Kermit L. Robertson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Grady H. Robert son, of Waynesville, Il.F.D. No. 1. Pvt. Robertson was wounded in net ion on Jan. 24, 1945, in BH gium and is now stationed in. Southern France. He entered the service on Feb. 19, 1943, and was inducted at Fori Bragg. He was transferred from Fort Bragg to Camp Cooke, Calif., and then overseas, where he serv ed first in Kngland, and later in France before entering Belgium. He lias been awarded four bronze stars, a presidential unit citation, a good conduct medal and the European theatre ribbon. LAFF-A-DAY Jane Dudley Francis Completes Course At William and Mary Miss J a n e Dudley Francis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. VV. K. Francis, has arrived from liich niond. Va.. where she has recently graduated from the Professional Institute of the College of William and Mary in commercial arl. Miss Francis plans to spend the sum mer here with her parents. Candle Hint If candles are too large for can dlesticks hold candle base In a basin of hot water until candle is soft enough to press it into shape to fit the candlestick. I hair needs overhaul- J ing. a date fgfy 1 1 calls up ... no I J time for stalling. j use MINIPOO 4A' the dry shampoo N7 Ten minutes does the 1 i Job for you! 3Q tMtMfOM.JNClUeiWOWlIT i..!i,.JJU-(lIH,.i.imi.l:!llll.l'!!'jW '.' J'.'i'."!Ji!U nJ -.iJ I T . . . . - . - f mi .'w; riTcrp We said light housekeeping, not lighthouse keeping! & Marine IMc. J. E. Harris Arrives In Stales Marine Private First Class James K. Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. James II. Harris, of Hazel wood, who hat- been serving as a turret gunnel- wnn a Marine tor pedo bomber squadron, has return ed to the States from the Pacific and is now stationed at the Ma rino Corps Air Depot, Nlramar, Calif. I'lc Harris was based in the New Hebrides and the Palau Is lands. He underwent bombing and shelling attacks on Palcliu, but escaped injury. As a turret gunner in a Grumman Avenger, he logged over H00 combat flight hours involving 10.1 missions. He participated in raids on Jap held bases at Yap and Uabelthaup, with docks and harbors as their tar gets. I'lc. Harris attended Waynes ville Township high school, where he played football, basketball and participated in track. Prior to en listing in May. 1943. he was em ployed by the Cash Grocery Com pany. He was promoted to his present rank in January, 1944. Smith's Cut-Rate Drug: Store Buy Bonds keep them. Haywood Men Served With Famous 8th AAF Among the men from Haywood county who made history with l,t. (Jen. James If. Dooliltle, who assumed command of I he Fight h Air Force in January, 1944, were SSgt. Lane Arrington, Jr., of Waynesville, K.F.I). No. 1, and Sgt. Houston Jackson, also of Waynes ville, H.F.U. No. 1. They were among the lll.r,00 men and women of this unit of the Air Forte to receive personal con gratulations from (Jen. Uoolittle for the part they had in victory over Germany. This AAF was the world's might est strategic bombing force and since August, 1942, when combat operation began, have dropped more than 700,000 tons of bombs on enemy targets. Fighter pilots have shot down 5,250 Nazi planes and destroyed 4,250 others on the ground. Bomber gunners shot 6,000 interceptors out of the air. The campaigns waged by the Eighth Air Force in conjunction with the British Royal Air Force and the U. S. 15th Air Force, dis organized all transport in Ger many, restricted German military operations in the air and on the ground, and paved the way for the it- V'ii r As America moves its might from Europe to the Pacific, it faces A packing and shipping job that staggers the imagination. Mountains of supplies must be re-packed and double wrapped for the trip to the Pacific Equipment for millions of men must be wrapped and packaged for shipment VbCo for More Puipwood A Paperboard cartons and special tainers'of many types; moistureproof wrappings and other packing materials made from puipwood are needed in vast con- quantities. This, in addition to the al readv huce rnnsiimntinn fn explosives and other war uses has made the puipwood shortage more acute than ' ever and has put puipwood close to the 1 top of the War Production priority list j & We have a long way to go before the 1 Japs are ready for Unconditional Sur-1 render. We must not let up on our War . ' job 'til they are beaten ! Puipwood production it proftoblo busk ns now; and li will bo a good businoss' in war or poaco for many ytars to como PEttlD PUIPWOOD BRINGS EXTRA DOUARS CUT TOP QUAUTY WOOD f"VyiCTORY W VI 1 1 n 111 flRk ' m mm HOWARD CLAPP TOM ALEXANDER ' JRA, COGBURN C1IAS. B. McCRARY f.LC!iHirps r..iYort .Vinson mgrro: ...... ' . ' : : HIT Fourteen 18-Year-Olds Registered During May . Fourteen boys became eighteen years of age during the month of May in the Waynesville area of the county and are now subject to call for active duty under the selective service system. In the group are: Clyde Arlen Sorrells, Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 1; Willie Lee Packett, Maggie; Win gate Enmund' Hannah. Waynes ville; Norman L. Barker, Clyde, R.F.D. No. 1; Paul Joseph Ewart, Clyde, R.F.D. No. 1; Noble Wiley Garrett, Jr., Waynesville; Manson Clay Sutton, Waynesville, R.F.D. No. 2. Samuel Fletcher Ferguson, Way nesville; Karl Phillips. Cove Creek; James Lawrence Ledbetter, Hazel wood; Willie Lee Page, Waynes ville, R.F.D. 1; Willard Crawford Messer, Waynesville, H.F.D. No. 2; James Theodore Bryant, Waynes ville; and James Mark Palmer. Waynesyille, R.F.D. No. 1. Community Cemetery Upper Fines Creek To Have Clean Up Day The community cemetery of Up per Fines Creek which is located above the Mt. Zion Methodist Church will be cleaned on Wed nesday, June 20th, at 1:00 o'clock p. m. Everyone who has relatives buried are urged to attend and help in the work. Plans will lie made at this time for making im provements on the cemetery. march of the Allied armies across Europe. County Singing Convention Will Meet Sunday At 2 The Haywood county singing con vention will be held in the audi torium of the lla.elwood school, Sunday. June 17th, it was announc ed this week. The program will begin at two o'clock, and all singers from each section of the county are expected to participate. A special invitation is extended singers from adjoining counties to attend and take part on the program. John Greer To Be Acid Supervisor For Large Plant John E. Greer, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. A Greer, of Hazclwood, will soon leave to take the posi j tion of acid supervisor of the ! Hercules Powder plant in Hercules, Calif. Mr. Greer has just completed a 12-week course in Chattanooga, in preparation for this work. For the past four years he has held a similar position with the same firm in Hesemer, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. Greer and baby are visiting his parents before go ing on to California. I C LIN TON ANDERSON APPROV ED WASHINGTON Clinton V. An derson's nomination as Secretary of Agriculture has been approv ed by the Senate. The 49-ycar-old New Mexican, now a member of the House, is expected to ta.c office July 1, succeeding Claude R. Wick ard. who has been nominated to be rural electrification administrator Announcing : : : A WiM IWCREAS FOR LEARNERS! Job Openings for men and oiun a I Anier( fcnKa corporation ai a starting rate ,.f per nour. wage increase alter Jin j, I training. Age minimum for women is is VJ for men, 18, if draft exempt. maxinJ age it able lo worK. Apply today for further inlm niaiin U. S. EMPLOYMENT SEKVK How to make Dad Glad on Father's Day! .Jzk. Give him PERSONNA Precision Blades 1 Yes, OjiI's fiic will be wreathed in Minks when ymi hand him slul l'crsonna blades on June WlM For fYtf-o:', ftrimion-tiitnle Hcr.somti will uivc him the iiiuU, simmllml, mm! lu.urwH( !h;ivcs he's ever hail! Whellier you selcit the regular paikje of ten blades at $l...or the ile luxe gift box at $)... do Dad honor with Personua! ONEMDAY MULTIPLE VITAMIN Capsules 24 Day Supply ..98c i Kurt) Tablets A real help to women on iryiog aayi A KOTElf PRODUCT ICE-MINT The very touch of tbi white itainleat oint ment is toothing knd cooling to TIRED BURNING FEET Fine, too, to toftea and relieve pain of STINGINQ CALLOUSES Regular tli ar 3 49c 0D0-R0-D0 Clotbn hold under arm perspiration. Stop this threat for you dress with new Odohono Cream. Stops per piration up to 3 days. Non-gritty. . 39 & S9 (plus 204 Fed. Tu) MM mm NoMV ' S SING LEDGE BLADl "A Cepr. AdverNiert Eichang Inc. 1 945 There isn't a Dad who wouldn't he tickled pink with one of these Father's Day (Jilts for they're selected for his comfort, convenience, pleasure and utility. And they're man-sized values, too fine quality merchandise priced to help you tfive your Dad a biggr thrill for the money you spend. So come lo SMITH'S DKUC STORE for Father's Day (Jilts we've ,ro( what it lakes lo please your Dad. r0c Value Tooth Brush TEK 2 for 51c JM.OO Size Antiseptic Mouth Wash LAVOBSIS 79c $1.20 Size For Down in the' Back Feeling SWAMP ROOT - - 79c MEN'S NEEDS I FOR THE. HAIR , 5 Double Edcc Razor Itlutlts $1.00 Hair Tonic Hospital Steel 25c Stag 79c $1.00 After Shave Lotion $1.00 Hair Oil Perfumed Stag 79c Stag 79c 50r Lather Shaving Cream $1.00 Hair Tonic With Bay Rum 29c Kreml .79c SOc After Shaving Lotion 75c Shampoo Kranks 35c Kreml 49c 50c After Shaving Lotion 50c Shampoo AquaVelva 39c Woodburys 29c WILDROOT .73 CREAM.OIL FORMULA Perfectionist The finished preseriplioti re Heets the perfection of every step in its compounding, for a medicine is only as Rood as the parts that make jt up. The ingrcdicnlst the accurate com pounding:, the skill and inter rily of the pharmacist all these are the measures of de pendability. That is why the pharmacist must be a perfec tionist whose hands, eyes, and mind are perfectly coordinated and unfailingly exact in per forming every step. n Fr Ear 0Q Foot Health Purine $1.39 yeek Full Tound Mionc Soap 10c Blue Jay For 50c Brushless Cream Callusus 23c Barbasol 29c F'or Corns Blue J $3.50 Laxative "Pads 15c Serutan 2.79 For Sweaty Feet Blue J After Shave Po. Old 1 Powder ..23c Spice ...75c For Tried Feet Shaving Bowl Cal-O-Cide Yardleys ..$1 29c Shaving Mug Removes Corns J&J Old Spice $1 Pads 23c Genuine Leather For Aching Feet, Foot Belts 98c 1.98 Balm ..49c i-1 Hi. MIXED M IS FRESHNESS TOASTED 7 nmcC $11 FROM toS THE HOME OF REASONABLE DRUG PRICES Values For, TUIIDCnAV FRIDAY SATURDAY r 77 YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME- AT SailTH'S T V Add 20'V Federal cxck f lo Cosmclics. Jc"" - i n LARGE SIZE.
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