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EASY DOES IT - Spec. 4 Larry Nowell (left) and Eric Basnight load a 95-pound charge into their 155mm howitzer as Spec. 4 Jerry Hatcher gets ready to ram the charge into the gun barrel. The three artillerymen are from B battery, 1st Bn, 73d FA, which is readying for Eirex 75, Oct. 16-19 at Ft. Bragg. Tar Heel Spotlight Insignia History Traced "Hc'y! He's from the old 81st -- I can sec his insignia!" - might be a familiar phrase among'soldiers. American servicemen throughout the world, and throughout the history of the military, have proudly worn identifying insignia -? for purposes of identification and morale as well as building pride and respect for self, for service and for country. The North Carolina Museum of History collection contains two identifying shoulder patches significant historically for different reasons. One is an example of the first shoulder patch -- that of the 81st Division; the second a very rare example of the patch of the 45dt Infantry Division which originally wore an old Indian symbol which was a swastika. Although insignia for uniforms is as old as the knights of die middle ages who needed to identify friend or foe in the suit of armor facing diem, American insignia is constantly changing and evolving. George Washington is said 'to have quickly adopted varying colored cockades and hat plumes for distinguishing his officers and enlisted men, most of whom were without uniforms. Throughout die history of die American military, identifying symbols have been based mostly on historic facts or attributes of die organization concerned. Many units adapted designs based on local stories or mythology, and even used early weapons as symbols. The Army's very first division shoulder patch is credited to a World War 1 doughboy from North Carolina, Sgt. Dan Silverman of Asheville, of the 81st Division. In 1918, a major general toured the front in France and noted that British tommies in the trenches wore distinctive insignia on their sleeves called "flashes," which permitted quick unit identification and boosted morale and pride in the organization. After a call went out for designs. Sgt. Silverman, then training with the 81st Division at Camp Jackson,S.C., took out a pencil and drew a circle around a silhouette of a Carolina wildcat, and the 81st had a symbol. The group did not wait for official approval which could take months, but began to wear the design on their left shoulders immediately, as they sailed for France. At first, officials ordered removal of the unofficial, unautliorized insignia. But after hearing explanations that the loss of the patch might cause serious loss of morale in the division, officialdom relented. After that, all other American divisions were ordered to create their own shoulder patches, so that Americans would fight as an American Army, not simply as replacements in British and French lines. By the end of die war diere were many different shoulder patches, designed and manufactured mostly in France, and today die bright, multi-colored patches are the largest single class of emblem in die Army. According to the history of die 45th Infantry shoulder patch, the division was formed during the 1930s as a National Guard division, with its members coming from Oklahoma and other western states. An old Indian symbol-a swastika ? was chosen as the division patch. During the rise of the Nazis in the late 30s, who took the swastika as they symbol, several people became concerned about its similarity to the 45th patch. To many it was intolerable that our soldiers would wear anything remotely resembling a Nazi insignia, so the 45th changed their patch to another old Indian symbol - a diunderbird, which it remains today - an orange thunderbird on a red background. As the stories of Nazi atrocities became known the simple changing of the patch wasn't sufficient. So the division general confined his troops to quarters and dramatically removed the patches from all uniforms and had them burned en masse. None of the patches was supposed to be saved, so the one in the Museum of History is quite rare. The two patches, along with many others both obsolete and currently in use are on display in the Museum of History from time to time in special exhibits. The Museum is open from 8:30 - 5:30. Monday through Saturday and from 2-5 on Sunday. AGREEMENT SIGNED ?? Officials were smiling after a new cooperation agreement was signed on sediment control. Left to right are shown James E. Harrington. Carl Sloop, Jesse I.. Hicks, and Dr. Joseph A. Phillips. ? RECREATION ? Continued front page I program. Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Poslel were asked lo talk with Hoke High principal Allen Edwards about a dance for Hoke High students and forming a committee to handle the matter. Lovett explained $2,400 in equipment to go to Robbins Heights Park that was bought with revenue Blood Pressure Clinic Is Saturday A blood pressure detection clinic sponsored by the Home Life Department of the Raeford Woman's Club will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M. at the Edinborough Shopping Center. Medics from Fort Bragg will conduct the clinic. The public is invited to take advantage of this service. sharing money that must be spent within the city. Lovctt talked with Charles Hostetler. .1.11. Austin, and Palmer Wilcox involving the commission's responsibility of the lights at the tennis courts. It was decided that the parks and recreation commission was not responsible or liable unless tire courts are owned by the county. Lovett said he was told Utat the Board of Education was not interested in pursuing die issue any further at this time. A delegation from die Rockfish community was introduced to the commission and said that diey wanted die commission to be aware of the growth of the area and the need for:facilities there. Some of the needs listed were land, 0 building, and perhaps basketball courts. Frank'Bundy was appointed to be a representative from the Rockfish area and to work with the commission. Whole Wide World Is Invited To America's Birthday Party Nine score and nineteen years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation. Abraham Lincoln might have put it that way. had he been speaking about the American Bicentennial instead of memorializing poignantly the fallen at Gettysburg. The 200 years of the United States will be recalled and celebrated in many ways, with music and dance and festivals and fireworks. They will be remembered with prayers of thanksgiving that a country so large and so diverse can endure in freedom. Celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence will be no mere American or parochial event, the National Geographic Society points out. The whole wide world is invited to participate, and all who can will be urged to visit the United States ? from Alaska to Texas, from Hawaii to Puerto Rico, and everywhere in between. To emphasize the universal aspects of the Bicentennial, some 40 members of the Society of American Travel Writers, including authors of travel books, travel writers, and travel editors of principal newspapers and magazines, are setting out on a whirlwind, three week world-wide tour. Their mission: Personally to extend the invitation. With the sponsorship of the United States Travel Service, the support of the United States Information Agency, and the backing of the American Revolution CARD OF THANKS Words cannot adequately express our gratitude to those who expressed their sympathy and helpfulness to us so beautifully at the time of our recent sorrow. May God Bless you all. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis McDowell. 24P Bicentennial Administration, the group will meet officials and leaders of press organizations in eight world centers. "The goal of our journey", said Carolyn Bennett Patterson, "is to make friends for the U.S.A. and encourage them to come to the United States during the Bicentennial Era." Mrs. Patterson is president of the Society of American Travel Writers and a senior assistant editor of National Geographic magazine. The travel writers delegation will meet with foreign press groups to tell the Bicentennial story with speeches, panel discussions, and question and answer periods. Individually, they will pay courtesy calls on mayors of cities and on Bicentennial interest groups, give radio and television interviews, and speak before women's organizations, university students, magazine writers, and TV-radio broadcasters. "The Society of American Travel Writers is undertaking this journey as a public service mission and as a gift to America during the Bicentennial", Mrs. Patterson said. "What we go to say is this: We in die United States are you. The United States is a microcosm of society on Earth, representing all races, all peoples. Wlu sSSi, FOR SALE: 1970 Mustang Mach 1. Dk green, automatic, PB & PS, 351 Cleveland 4bbl. Ram - air. 59,000 miles SI500. 875-3838. TFN FOR SALE: refinished walnut Queen Anne dining table, six chairs, and buffet, $400. CaU 875-2642. 24P FOR SALE: Portable dishwasher can be built in, avocado green, excellent condition, 875-3044. 24P PIANOS: One used Spinet, 2 used studios, interested party may have up to 36 months to pay with approved credit. Write or call: F.B. Merritt, Rt. 10, Box 91, Salisbury, N.C. Phone: (704) 633-2905. 24-25P Wedding receptions or luncheons. Wedding cakes made to order. Call Joanne Sessoms 875-3656 or Pat Goza 875-2926. 24C FOR SALE: 1970 Ford Custom. Good condition, very good gas mileage. Call 875-5079. 24P FOR SALE: Two Beu-Pearson Cotton pickers, one gas and one deisel, good condition, ready to run. Four cotton wagons, all for $12,000. George Elliot, Rt. 1, Box 518, Erwin, N.C. Phone 875-8877. 24P OIL space heater for sale - 875-3477. 24-25P FOR SALE: 67 Comet S/W good condition and runs good. $450. Call 875-4482 after 5 pan. 24-25P SCISSORS SHARPENED 50c each. Douglas Burke, 401 Business North. 24-28P FOR SALE: 1974 MG Migct. Call 875-2117 after 5 p.m. TFC FRUIT TREES, Nut Trees. Berry Plants, Grape Vines, Landscaping Plant Material - offered by Virgina's largest growers. Free copy 40-page Planting Guide-Catalog in color, on request. Waynesboro Nurseries - Waynesboro, Virginia 22980. 22-26P CARD OF THANKS Our recent bereavement leaves us with grateful hearts towards neighbors and friends. Your expressions of sympathy will always be remembered. The Jack Holland Family. 24P NOTICE All classified advertising must be paid for in advance unless you have an established advertising account. The advertising deadline is 5 p.m. each Tuesday. If you plan to call in your ad. please call in advance so we can receive payment in the mail by Tuesday. DON'T merely brighten carpels . . . restore them with Blue Lustre. Rent electric shampooer at Reaford Hardware. 22-26C CUSTOMER SATISFACTION is our most important service at Quality Motors. Come by and see our fine line of used cars today. Quality Motors, Harris Ave. 22-26C Why wait for Septic Tank troubles, get Roebic K 37 and K 57 each year. "It really works." K 77 kills roots. Money back guarantee. Raeford Hardware and McLauchlin Company. TFC Reduce excess fluids with Fluidex ? Lose weight with Dcx-a-Diet capsules, Hoke Drug. 21-24P FOR SALE: Assume payments 12' x 65' mobile home located in Harmony Hgts. Call Fayetteville 868-9138. 2I-24P CALVES FOR SALE: Feeders, stockers or freezer beef, 400 lbs. & up. 875-5533 or 425-5848. CaU after 5:30 p.m. 23-26P SEE US for all your steel needs Miscellaneous and structural. DuBose Corporation Mon-Fri. Roscboro, N.C. Phone 525-4161. TFC HOMES FOR SALE: $300.00 down payment. No closings cost. Monthly payments up to 30 years. Carson David Jr., 501 Harris Ave., 875-4870. TFC FOR SALE: Residential lots, city water and sewer, financial terms can be arranged. Contact Younger Snead, Jr., at Hoke Auto Co. Phone 875-3363 between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. TFC FOR SALE: 3 bedroom house with central heat and air on Turnpike Road. 20x40 outbuilding on nice lot. Call Graham Monroe. 875-2186 day and 875-3775 night. TFC EXTERMINATION FOR roaches, waterbugs, and ants. S25. Free termite inspection. Call <744-2474 Aberdeen Extermination Co., Aberdeen, N.C. 13-30P CAKE DECORATING: Special occasion cakes. Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy birthday cakes, and also petit fours. Call 8754087. TFC FOR SALE: Nice 3 bedroom, total electric, carpeted, almost new house on large lot. Located near Raeford on Hwy 211 South. Graham Monroe Agency,Phone 875-2186. TFC Amazing "Grapefruit Pill" with Diadax plan more convenient than grapefruits - Eat satisfying meals and lose weight. Hoke Drug. 23-29P AUCTION Every 1st & 3rd Saturday Nights NEXT SALE SAT., OCT. 18 at 7 p.m. Bring Your Chair, RELAX ? BID AND HAVE FUN DeVane's Auction Barn Daniel DeVarve, Auctioneer 401 N. By Pax Lie. No. 628 Sove Everyday!! HOME FURNITURE CO. We si ( nil N I REYNOLDS REPAIRS & REMODELING FREE ESTIMATES PHONE 875-2720 AFTER 5 P.M. CECIL REYNOLDSl RAEFORD BEDO CORP. CUSTOM FABRICATION & WELDING REPAIRS PORTABLE WELDING Airport Rd. 875-4633 RAEFORD, N. C. WHEEL ALIGNMENT NEW TIRES and RECAPPING McDonalds TIRE RECAP. SERVICE PHONE 875 2079 114 RACKET ALLEY 8. STEWART STREET WHITE'S CABINET SHOP Arc You Building or Kemodclinn' We Spec idli/c In KITCHEN HA! H CABINETS BOOKCASES (all ,iylc>) DESKS FOR STUDY or WORK For Fr#t Intormotion & Ettimatn Coll 875-5218 Doy-875-4828 C ighti Como Sot Ui Hwy. 401 Bui. Rtoford Apples Apples FOR THIS WEEK DOUBLE RED DELICOUS GOLDEN DELICIOUS STAYMON WINESAP ROME BEAUTY AT PRICES YOU CAN AFFORD Call G.G. Faircloth 875-3075 Carolina Turf Co. Ready Mixed Concrete PROMPT DELIVERY Phone 875-4025 - 875-4986 Color T.V. Service ALL MAKES & MODELS Sales & Service - T.V. Antennas I Antenna Rotor & Control rtox HOME SERVICE CALLS One day service (when possible) Phone 375-2578 No. Ans. 875-2365 I EARL'S ELECTRICAL SERVICE INSTALLATION and REPAIR RT.2 BOX 399 RAEFORD, N.C. PH. 875-2369 PROMPT, EFFICIENT SERVICE Stile License No 4807-L EARL CHASON, Prop. COMMERCIAL LOANS All Type Building And Business Loans No Limit 483-0998 Fayetteville, N.C. BERRY Repair Service HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING INSTALLATIONS SERVICE FOR ALL TYPE FURNACES & AIR CONDITION UNITS ELECTRICAL REPAIRS 706 W. Edinborough Ave. Raeford, N. C. 28376 Phone 875-4089 FREE State License 24 H R. .ESTIM^^S no. 686S SERVICE THE ATTIC is moving downstairs to Elwood Ave. (next door to News-Journal) Open Saturdays 9 until 5 Comploto Stock of Wiottf ClotHot, Skooi, Hot* Assorted Sizes end Styles
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