Local Men Enlist;
Go to Great Lakes
The U. S. Navy recruiting sta
tion announced today that the
following named men have en
listed in the Navy and have been
assigned to the United States
Nual Training Center at Great
Likes, Illinois for recruit train
ing:
Bill N. BenUey, Shulls Mills;
Henry Gail Williams also of
Shulls Mills.
Lt Commander W. G. Wright
of the West Virginia Navy Re
cruiting district also stated that
many vacancies still exist for
men and women1 who may wish
to enlist in the Navy. The de
partment of defense ruling which
permits men who have been pro
cessed for induction but who
have not yet received their actu
al induction notice is scheduled
to expire on October 1, 1951, and
all men who are eligible for Navy
enlistment under this program
are urged to immediately con
tact the Navy recruiting station
located in the Building & Loan
Building 2nd floor, Boone, 10:00
a. m. to 3:00 p. m. each Monday
for further details of enlistment.
N. C. Fire Losses
Reach High Record
Washington, D. C. ? Hazardous
weather conditions made 1950
one of the most disastrous forest
fire seasons reported by North
Carolina in recent years. A to
tal of 4,357 fires burned 484,763
acres of timberland during the
year.
Ninety-six percent of these
fire losses occurred on the 16,
614,000 acres of North Carolina
timberland under organized pro
tection. Protection is provided
for 90.4 percent of the timber
land in the state.
Careless debris burners and
smokers, together, caused more
than half of the forest fires re
ported in the state. There was
also a marked increase in in
cendiary fires last yeah A total
of 921 willfully started woods
fires was reported, compared to
567 in 1049.
Wesley Fellowship,
BSU in Joint Retreat
i _____
Members of the Wesley Fellow
ship Council were hosts to the
Baptist Student Union Council
Tuesday and Wednesday at a
joint pre-school retreat held at
Camp Sky Ranch. Marvin Cul
breth, co-director of Sky Ranch
and director of the Wesley Fel
lowship, and John Davis, Bap
tist Student Uhion director, haye
been working on plans for the re
treat since May. Rev. Joseph T.
Shackford and Dr. W. G. Bond,
assisted in the planning sessions
and were present at the retreat.
Approximately 30 student lead
ers and their counselors attend
ed the retreat. It was the first
time a joint retreat had been
held between these groups.
FALLS. LANDS ON HEAD,
LIVES
Louisville, Ky. ? Wesley Hull,
38-year-old Negro construction
worker, fell five floors down an
abandoned elevator shaft, landed
on his head and then walked
away, apparently unhurt. Debris
at the bottom of the shaft cush
ioned his fall.
THE FINISHER
Lawyer: "You say your hus
band is a finisher; what does he
finish?"
Witness: "Well, just now he's
finishing his third term in pri
son."
Keep WISCONSIN
ENGINES Working
While the Sun Shines
Good weather meant peak work
season . . . and for that reaton
It's a good idea to have your Wis
consin-powered equipment put in
tip-top shape before ru?h work
begins. Wisconsin Engines, like
any other mechanical equipment,
do need service attention now
and then. Occasionally, worn
parts need replacement of repoir
sometimes Ifie engine rec|wes
o complete overhaul.
We carry a complete line of
ORIGINAL FACTORY PARTS far
ALL WISCONSIN ENGINES, so
your sngint gem back on Hit
job quickly when you noed H
moit. CKir Iroinod mocbonics hofv?
(j)f servicing, too, from Hit sinv
plest tasks to major overhauls.
CoK on us.
F. JU GERMAN MOTOR CO.
Granite Falls, N. C.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. ? Lovely LuLong Oflburn. above. oi Smith -
field. N. C.. "Mis* North Carolina." was perhaps the most prominent
contender for ''Miss America" honors immediately prior to the final
judgment Saturday- Here she holds trophies she won in the talent
and swim suit divisions. ?
Baby's Fool Was Designed With A
Definite Plan; Important as Hands
Your baby's foot is made on a
very definite plan ? a narrow,
compact heel that flares into a
wide, five-toed, fan-shaped front
The little toe forms a straight
line border of the outside of the
fot, the big toe a straight-line in
ner border. These two toes
working together balance the
weight of the body with miracul
ous efficiency and grace.
Watch your baby lying nude
in his crib. He will make as
many movements with his feet
las he will with his hands.
First come the random move
ments of toes, feet and legs
which the baby makes even be
fore he is born. When your baby
arrives, his foot movements
shouldn't be hampered with
socks, bootees, long clothes and
such. When you are trying to
diaper him, this fancy high kick
ing is particularly troublesome,
but remember it is essential to
his development, so do nothing
that will discourage, it. Even
showing annoyance or disap
proval is undesirable.
Next comes a period of twist
ing, crawling, climbing, prepara
tory to standing and walking. Be
sure your child is given adequ
ate opportunity to work out
these necessary movements be
fore you encourage him to stand.
In fact, never try to stimulate
standing or walking. If you
force him or overstimulate him
into early wolking you will bur
den him with posture difficulties
later on.
A sandbox is ideal for baby's
first footstep. Even a cot with
a fence around it is better than
the floor in many ways, because
the floot was not designed for
flat surface, but for grass, sand,
earth. A cot is resilient and un
even. It is, moreover, less drafty,
can be controlled lor cleanliness,
pins, and so forth, and gives the
baby a wider rambling space
than even a playpen does. Thij
fence can be easily rigged up out
of gate material and fastened tc
the walL Place your dot in the
corner where two sides will be
protected and have the improvis
ed fence come as high as the
baby's shoulders around the oth
er two sides.
Mothers often make the mis
take of thinking that a baby's
foot is flat because it is so well
padded. But don't worry, the
arch mechanisms are all there
waiting to be used when neces
sary. All the while he has been
gripping and wriggling his toes
he has been preparing his
metatarsal arches. Soon he will
begin to stand on his toes to set
and reach what he wants and
that is a wonderful exercise foi
strengthening the arches. At thii
point it is essential that youi
baby should not be allowed t<
get overweight as it will greatlj
hamper and retard his master)
of walking and seriously over
burden his struggling little feet.
Remember all little animals
like to move; they don't like tc
stand. In fact, the feet are i
transfer mechanism rather thar
a weight-bearing device. Unlesi
a child is moving let him sit
down. Nothing is so torturous at
standing around shifting frorr
one foot to the other, waiting foi
adults.
Louis to box Marciano in 10
round bout on Oct. 11.
State College Hints
For Homemakeri
COLOR IN THE HOME ,
Like people, rooms can and do
reflect .personality. They can be
I friendly, attractive, interesting
? or indifferent, nondescript,
even repelling. And the way
you've used color has a great
deal to do with it. Pleasing color
combinations in your home add
zest to living.
What color goes with what? Be
sure that you use colors right!
Start with the rules of color har
mony as the experts do. Get good
color combinations. I once knew
a family who refused to have a
clock in the living room ? they
didn't want their guest to be
time-conscious. You can express
the same warmhearted hospital
ity in your home with color. You
can be sure if your color choice
makes your family happy, it
will prove equally inviting to
guests.
Once the smooth plate of an
electric iron is scratched or the
edge dented, it will never iron
so well again. This is Why house
hold equipment specialists re
mind housewives never to scrape
off sticking starch with a knife
or other sharp tool.
To clean the plate while the
iron is hot, rub it back and forth
over dry salt on a sheet of paper.
When the iron is cool, starch may
be removed by rubbing with
very, very fine steel wool or mild
pcouring powder on a damp
cloth. On a hot iron, steel wool
or damp cloth becomes too hot
to handle, and scouring powder
sticks.
Most housewives know that a
little paraffin applied to the hot
plate during the ironing of
starched clothes protects against
sticking itarch. But once the
|' starch has scorched on, paraffin
will not remove it.
Dents and rough places at the
edge of the plate often result
when the iron takes a tumble.
Any remedy for scratches and
dents? Have a new sole plate put
on. '
FARM SHARE
The Agriculture Department
reports that the farmer's share of
the average dollar consumers
spent for farm foods was about
49 cents in June and July, the
lowest for any month this year.
Prices received by farmers for
food products in July were al
most five per cent below the
record reached in February this
year, but the retail price re
mained substantially the same.
?REMEMBER?
Rulons Gas
Semes Is *
ECONOMICAL!
PARKWAY ftULAME
OAS SERVICE
BLUE RIDGE
AGRICULTURAL
FAIR
? ?
i Boone, North Carolina
Sept 12, 13, 14, 15
?
Four Big Days And Nights Oi Educational And
Entertaining Exhibits
Carnival Attractions On The Midway
?
The most comprehensive display of livestock, farm
products, canned and preserved foods, and handicrafts _
to be shown in this section of the State. .
? J
Rom Reeve* Ii New
District Park Ranger
West Jefferson.? Rom Reeves.
Parkway ranger, has been named
district ranger and will be in
charge of the Bluff District of tile
Blue Ridge Parkway.
Reeves is replacing Ranger
Tony Stock, who has been pro
moted to assistant chief ranger
in Vil%inia and has been trans
ferred to Roanoke.
Ranger Reeves will be in charge
of the Bluff District, which ex
tends from the Virginia-North
Carolina line south to Blowing
Rock, including the Cumberland
Knob and Doughton Park recrea
tional areas.
Highway Reopens
Oatlinburg, Tenn. ? U. S. High
way 71, the scenic route between
here and Newfound Gap which
was closed down after a flash
flood two weeks ago, reopened
officially Sunday, according to an
announcement by Robert White,
superintendent of the Great Smo
ky Mountain National Park.
The sudden flood September 1
washed out sections of the high
way in four different places.
CURIOSITY 8AVE8 LIFE
Newton, Mass. ? The curiosity
of Eleanor Wightman, 9, about
the presence of a "turtle" in a
wading pool probably saved the
life of her 2-year-old brother,
Joseph. Seeing "bubbles coming
up," the girl ran to her mother to
tell her that a "turtle" was in
the pool. The mother investigat
ed, dragged through the water
with a rake and caught the dun
garees of the youngest of her
seven children. Artificial respira
tion revived the child.
SEES ACCIDENT. DIES
New York ? While sitting near
by in>,a chair on the sidewalk,
Mrs. Anna Cherillo, 78, saw an
auto jump a curb and pin Antion
ette Carucci, 13, against a wall,
injuring her seriously. The shock
of the accident proved fatal to
Mrs. Cherillo, who died of a
heart attack.
How's the Weather? I
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SURE ? It's fine today, but "Jack Frost" has already made
his first call ? It won't be long now!
How's about replacing that old rusty half-burned-out
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Right Now We Have a
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itself!
Come on In stnd see for yourself
exactly how much you get when you
become the proud owner of a Pontiac
?and how very little this great car
actually costs.
First of all, you get the outstanding
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distinction.
You get performance so downright
satisfying that you'll look forward to
every hour behind the wheel of your
Pontiac.
And since this is a Pontiac we're
talking about, you can be sure that
your pleasure and pride will last a
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to give you years and years of care
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Equipment, stcrmrut mnd trim illmttrmtod
m* mkjtct to duitgi witk?u mtict.
Amrln'i Straight Eight
UwMl-Piiml Up with MM Hydra-Mailr Brl??
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