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Assful Summer Camp |rted By Tank Company (fcoRGE D. MANEY Kiformation NCO ?wart, Ga. 'Special) Kpjii.v 120th Infantry completed the ? held training at this I center today and all I the unit- are of the ?his ha? been one of Krssful encampments Kit We have been giv Eh of the training fa ?b.e at the post. The Bration covers approx l()i) acres and is very I is the first year that 1 proriM with a I. hall, sheets, pillow ? low The eompany ? I room with soft drink I meat hall is equip ?e electric fans. [ Tank Battalion has i [with instructors who lasses in familiariza Ll-47 tank. These in L really worked hard 'in the company have for ot learn as much rhile they are down jay we fired on the nd the following men 1 lalified as experts on 1 m I I I Edwards, 313; CdI. Ihinehart, 310; SFC rea. 304; PFC Jack 1/Sgt. Neil R. Press KUnd E Mehaffov. ineth R, For ([a, 286. irnlna Pvt. Gerald A. lieh man on the car- 1 h a score of 191 out i 00. Pvt. Swaneer en- J oniDanv on June 11, 1 received a total of I uelion on this weap- I >l'ore we came to I j ell and Lt. Gene ink Company attend- '? given by the Hlnes- ? mber of Commerce : the other unit com- i ' North Carolina Na- J last Thursday night 100I cafeteria. Hine?- | pulation of approxi- I nd is about 2 miles i ewart. The enlisted . it were invited to a I merican Lesion hall. ] by the Chamber of ? Ii the tank ranges has < f the company street < lot more coming up < ?! I in the next four days. On Monday we will be firing on Ihc moving tank range This course is designed to make all of the tank crewmen work together as a team. The tank commander is responsible for mov ing the tank along a lane 800 yards long by directing the driver. Along this course several tar gets come into view which the tank commander must take under fire. The loader performs his duties by loading the ammunition in the .30 caliber machine gun and sig naling the gunner that the weapon is ready to fire. The gunner then aims and brings the targets under fire on order of the tank command er. The bow gunner is responsible for assisting the driver and is ready to take over the duties of any other member of the crew if it j should become necessary. Each man in the tank will go through the course five times each time carrying out the duties of a different position in the tank. Every man will fire 150 rounds of caliber .30 ammunition and there will be four firine tanks at the same time on different lanes. All hatches are buttoned up and the crewmen can see out only by using the oeriscooes. On Tuesday the company will fire about 24 tons of 90 mm." serv ice ammunition and will also fire about 20 tons on Wednesday and Thursday. This will be the first B0 mm firing since the company [ was activated in 1947. For recreation there are several theatre available and a golf course within 100 yards of the company street. The swimming pool is about live miles away and several men Itave been going there when transportation was available. Regu lar church services were held in ill the ehapets on the post today Twenty-six men were taken to Savannah Beach today by Cpl Ihue Rogers, driver of one of our ton trucks. They all returned in time for supper after a very en ioyable dav. M/Sgt. John E. Norman com pleted a 18-hour course on the nev 16 mm. projector last week and 1' ww a licensed operator. Pvt. Ear 1. Creasman is thinking of goin to cooks and bakers school at For Benning when we return to Waynesville. He has been workin in the kitchen along with Pvt. Har aid B. Recce since we were shor of cooks when we left home. Se' Grover Robinson and Sgt. Williar Robinson have been giving us som ?ood meals since we arrived. To lay we had roast turkey, gible Iressing, cranberry sauce, mashe potatoes, lima beans and aop' cobbler for dinner. SFC Williarr G. Arrington is mess steward. Our regimental commander Co' Howell J. Hatcher, came dowr from Fort Bragg Thursday anr' spent about five hours with the company. He visited our trainin* areas before dinner and observer' the tank training, then he visiter1 company headquarters, tent arer and mess hall. He had dinner with the company officers and accom panied the company back to the training area afterwards, lie wac very much impressed with the training and would have liked to stay with us longer but since the other 19 companies of the regiment are at Fort Bragg, he had a very limited amount of time to spend with us. Maj. Gen. Bowers, com mander of the 30th Division, also visited the company and observed training on Thursday. Maj. Gen. Gard, deputy com mander of Third Army, observed training of tank company also last week and talked to Capt. Cars well about problems of training MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT O. GARD (right) Third Army deputy commander, la showa inspect ing training activity of North Carolina National Guard unit* currently on two-week turn me r en campment at Camp Stewart. Captain Samuel A. Carswell (left) of Waynesvllle, commander of the Tank Company, 120th Infantry Regiment, North Carolina National Gnard. lUarnnm hit training program with General Gard during a visit to Camp Stewart'a tank firing range*. (See other Story?Pag* 1, See. S) <U. S. Army Photo by Frtaa). n WNC Girls In \pple Harvest 3eauty Contest Beautiful girls from throughout "orth Carolina will cortipete Aug ist ,31 for the title of Queen of he North Carolina Appla Festival 11 Hendersonville which carries ?ith it a complete wardrobe, trips o several prominent events, pnd opearances on radio and televis on. The hopeful contestants ? 31 of hem in all ? represent 25 North ?"arolina cities and according to lob Collins, chairman of the con gest committee, "It is the most beautiful lot of girls we have had to compete for the Apple Queen Crown since the festival began that we have run into so that in the future ways can be found to orevent or alleviate them. The gen era! was also very much interested 'n the welfare of the enlisted men, asking if there had been any in juries,. sickness or shortage of food. We have had none. We will be leaving Camp Stew art for home at 7 a.m. next Sun day and are scheduled to arrive in Waynesville at 5 p.m. the same day. Our trucks and equipment will probably arrive in Waynesville be fore noon Sunday. It has been very hot here, but all in all this has been the most profitable Qetd training period for this unit on record. some nine years ago." Judges for the contest include or. Standard Oil Company; Hugh Morton, owner of Grandfather Jerry Ball, public relations direct-. Mountain; William J. Glenn, pub lic relations director, Sylvania Corporation; and Jaimes White, Di rector South Carolina -"Miss Uni verse Pageant", Spartanburg, S. C. The Queen will receive, in addi tion to many elaborate gifts, trips tj several Florida areas, the Minneapolis Aquatennial, Minne apolis. Minn., and appearances on radio and television. There will be other appearances during her year long reign. Other ^vents of the colorful Ap ple Festival include the Carolina Mountain Folk Dance Jamboree, featuring square dance teams, string bands, performers and guest hillbilly stars, an old-fashioned gospel sing, King Apple Parade, fireworks and spectacular pa geants. I Stabbed By Beef HARTFORD, Conn. (AP> ?Cook Peter Pappas, 56, told hospital authorities he was stabbed by a side of beef. He dropped the meat on a table. It hit a knife, which j flipped up and struck him, inflict ing a painful wound. Bread And Butter Letter GAINESVILLE. FU. <AP) ? Alachua County jailers accustom ed to abuse from prisoners were surprised to receive a postoard from Ernie Thomas, mailed in Jacksonville 80 miles away after lie was released from serving a sentence for being drunk. It said "I got here o.k. Thanks to everybory for being so nice to me." Want ads bring quick results Community News f Df Saunook Area I By JULIA McCLURR Community Reporter The Saunook Roy Scout troop ? rill meet each Thursday evening it 7:30 each week. All Scouts in I he community are Invited to at- ] end. Mrs. L. R. Register has returned ^ o her home in Clinton, after 11 pending a few weeks with Mr. ^ tnd Mrs. Jack King. Mrs. Carol Alexander and daugh er. Jenny Lynn, are the guests of j Mrs. Alexander's parents. Mr. and I rtrs. John Sparks. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Gilliland lave had as their guests, Mr. and drs. D. M. Truitt and Mrs. Ben 1 Vkers and daughter of Warwick, t \fa., Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Queen ^ ind daughter, Debby, and Mr. and I Mrs. Jerry Blaloek of Greenville, i. C.. and Cpl. Beauford Gilliland >f Camp Lejeune, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Clifton Shook and sons, Tony and Bill, and daughter, Kitty, returned to their home last Thursday from a visit with rela tives at Petersburg and Virginia Beach, Va. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Dcarmuir for merly of Miami. Fla.. have ar- ( rived here and are jiow permanent , residents of our community. Mr. and Mrs. Dearmiur have been spending the summer months , here for several years and they i enjoy life in the mountains so much they sold their home in Florida and will be our neighbors , the year-round. We are very hap- , w to welcome them in the com munity. Mr. and Mrs. George Aylor and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Young of Miami, were guests last week of i Mr. and Mrs. George M. Chambers | at their home in "Walker-on-the Hills." Mrs. Aylor and Mrs. Young art sisters of Mrs. Chambers. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Eavenson and daughter, Mrs. Elsie Davis, and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Eavenson and children attended the Evenson re I THE CHIEF IS 83?Chief jSam- i uel Thundri bird Blue, leader of 1 the Catawba Indian tribe for more than 40 years, celebrates his 83rd birthday anniversary on the tribal reservation near Rock Illll. S. C. He's wearing fall war bonnet but that doesn't mean peril for palefaces. The chief la a peace-loving man. (AP Photo). Mr*. Robert Brady has returned ending several days in Tampa, Fla. Mrs. James Robert DiUard hps ?n her home on Balsam Road following an operation in ? Sylva hospital. Mr .and Mr*. Alvln Arrtneloe and daughters, Carolyn and Judy, and son, Tommy, spent last Sunday in Knoxvtlle, Tenn., wher% they - I jnion held in Grant Park, Atlanta, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Queen and ion. David, visited relatives in Spartanburg, S. C. last Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Sampson are visiting In Johnson City, Tenn. this week. J ^ouisianan Named arofessor At WCC Bishop Newton Pipes, Jr., a' na ive of Monroe, La., has been ap tointed to the position of assistant trofessor of English at Western Carolina College, it was announced nday by President Paul A. Reid. Pipes took the Bachelor of Arts legrec at Louisiana Polytechnic nstltute In 1948. and the Master f Arts degree at Northwestern Jnlversity, Evanston. 111., in 194?. le will receive the Ph.D. degree rom Northwestern next year. Prior to entering college teach ng. Pipes was employed as cost ?timator for the Federal Tele thons and Radio Corp. of Clifton, f. J. From 1949 to the present, he tas served at Wilson Junior Col lege in Chicago, instructing in reneral humanities, world liters ure, and reflective thinking. mended the Momt reunion. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Rabb and son visited relatives in Greenville, S. C. Sunday. Mrs. John Lewis and daughter, Beverly, and son. John, returned to their home in Nashville, Tenn. after three weeks visit with Mrs. Lewis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Smathers, at their home on Walker Road. Michael Gilllland. son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Gilllland. has entered the apprentice school of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Docks Co. Pvt. Joe K. Cash of Greensboro, was the guest last week of Pvt. Raymond Burgess at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mra> Herman Burgess. Pvt. Cash and Pvt. Bur gess recently returned to the States following a year's service with the V. S. Marine Corps In Korea. Pvt. Raymond Burgess of the U. S. Marine Cdrps, left Saturday for Camp Pendleton, Calif, after spending a 30-day furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Burgess. Nothing Sells Like Newspapers ? Hure Troubles ? Expert Care Hpeak performance Hv set. have our ex KUns make the ^bairs. Kt call ?< 6-6581 Bison's ?& TV Svc. ?ler ST. kUARE DANCE I WAYNESVHXE ARMORY HALL FRIDAY NIGHT. AUG. 26 ? 8 TILL 12 I THE SMOKY MT. HAYRIDE SHOW will accompany the dance as usual I SPECIAL FEATURES THIS FRIDAY i you will enjoy THE MAJORETTE BATON ACT fy TOOTSIE REEVES i accompanied by janice lathrop a lou morgan and the hayride show BAND ettr hayride show's all star square dance team will | hr 0f exhibition dances in their full dance costumes i 3rd special ? a bea utiful 26 inch doll b. ftp given away to lucky number. ? rnl, SPECIALS ? ADMISSION REDUCED TO 50c. Tax Included. ? ' HIS square dance and show is presented by i *adi? station w wit, canton, n. c. i /joduced by ed storie and ft. c. gunn |WAYNESVILLE ARMORY HALL rmnv njte fri. nite, aug. 26 to all, tax. incl Smoky Mtn. DRIVE-IN THEATRE Balsam Rd. Dial GL 6-5446 THURS. & FRI., AUG. 25 A 26 "GUNFIGHTERS" Starring RANDOLPH SCOTT BARBARA BRITTON ? SATURDAY. AUG. 27 DOUBLE FEATURE "FRONTIER BADMEN" Starring ROBERT PAIGE ANNE GWYNNE ' NOAH BEERY, JR. ?ALSO? , "KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL" ? _ SUN. A MON., AUG. 28 A 29 'THE RACERS" In Color ^ Starring KIRK DOUGLAS BELLA DARVI GILBERT ROLAND PARK Theatre Program LAST TIME TODAY THURSDAY, AUG. 23 "HELL'S ISLAND" (In Color and Vistavision) JOHN PAYNE v MARY MURPHY FRIDAYTAUG. 26 DOUBLE FEATURE "SHORT GRASS" Starring ROD CAMERON ? ALSO ? "MR. MUGGS RIDES AGAIN" Starring LEO GORCEY and THE EAST SIDE KIDS SATURDAY, AUG. 27 "ACROSS THE SIERRAS" Starring BILL ELLIOTT ? Plan ? SabeUd Short Subject* DONT MISS THIS BIGGEST FILM IN HOLLYWOOD HISTORY OF PAGAN BEAUTY IN THE CITY OF SIN! "THE PRODIGAL" (In Cinemascope and Color) Starring LANA TURNER EDMUND PURDOM LOUIS CALHERN ? I PLAYING FOR THREE DAYS ONLY AT THE PARK ? SUN., MON. A TUES AU G. fct, 29 & 30 DONT MISS IT! STRAND THEATRE Phone 6-8331 Thursday, Aug. 25 ionn LUND MA LONE i five t "j guns i' J west k jliuliiiffi] |?cm ?i ?occ* 6qi??an . hnwki, 1, * .?m' efu. cow h mint cck'j* ? Friday, Aug. 26 SEE John Wayne in "HONDO" Remember Free Ice Cream To AD Children and Six Color Cartoons m i Saturday, Aug. 27 ORIGINAL frtdnt of th?m >0 H-ft-M TARZAN ALSO CARTOON & CHAP. NO. 3 ?KING OF THE CARNIVAL' ? SUN., MON. & TUES., AUGUST 28, 29 & 30 DEAN MARTIN JERRY LEWIS ARE CUTTING UP ON CAMPUS WITH 500 LUSCIOUS CO-EDS! "YOU'RE NEVER TOO YOUNG" In Technicolor WAYNESVILLE DRIVE - IN THEATRE TONIGHT SHOW STARTS AT 7:15 P. M. ? ? - JACK HAWKINS CLYMIS JOHNS NMm-r.unMM ?n?u HOLLYWOOD TONIGHT! COMEDY ? and ? CARTOON ? FRIDAY ONLY ? GUN THUNDER on liuDawion danq?r baat' PLUS - 5 - CARTOONS SATURDAY ? 2 ? BIG HITS! 1IMB ?H ?/ trvnn HEM W< fcr TKHNICOlOt """" . . . FOR THE OLORY OF THE SOUTH - - - ONCE MOBH THE REBEL YELL! /T 1B Ibmh^M * Uww,?>fcHtt jAW OUTDOOR ADVENTURE! ? ? STARTS SUN.? 14 MARILYN n MONROE JOHNNIE RAY * ? " | MITZI GAYNOR ' "THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS"
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