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Dr. William Gossett Elected To Active AOF Membership Dr. William R. Gouett of Mur phy has been recognized ia his profetsun through his reccat ? lection to active membership in the American Optometric Found ation. ? In announcing the honor Dr William C. Ezall ?< Spartanburg LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE NORTH CAROLINA CHEROKEE COUNTY Under and by virtue of an Or der of the Superior Court of Cher okee County. North Carolina, made in the Special Proceeding entitled "GLORIA JEAN EVANS. FORMERLY KNOWN AS GLO RIA JEAN EVANS LEDFORD, Petitioner. ? 1 vs? ARVIL BEE LEDFORD, Respondent." the un dersigned Commissioners ap pointed by the Court will on the 17th day ?f February. 1960 at 12:00 o'clock Noon, at the Court house door in Murphy. North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bidder for cash that cer tain tract or parcel of land in Cherokee County, North Carolina, described as follows: In Shoal Creek Township. Dis trict No. 8, on the Waters of Turtletown Creek, part of Tract No adjoining the lands of Ralph West. Oran Ledford. and others, and bounded and more particularly described aa follows: BEGINNING on the South side of the graded road on a small Walnut, thence up the Hill straight to top of a Ridge on a Rock corner: thence with the me \ anders of the Ridge to Oak corn er: thence South course with me anders of a Ridge a conditional line to the original line to a rock corner in the West line: thence with said line on East corner to the graded road: thence NW with the graded road with Leonard Jones' line to the Beginning corn er, containing 14 acres, more or less. Said sale will be held without reservation but subject to out standing taxes and encumbrances. This the 15th day o I January. 1960. HERMAN EDWARDS Herman Edwards. Commissioner. S. C. AOF President said that Dr. Go saett has (turned a wide spread reputation for leadership is his profession Now observing its 13th year of service the Foundation is a na tional organization dedicated to better visual care for the public through a program of research, education, literature, and profes sional advancement. The latest grant is a three year research study in Night Vision for Motor ists at Indiana University. In practice here since 1950 Dr. Gossett was graduated from the Illinois College of Optometry. He took his pre-optometric studies at Brevard College. Since coming here after grad uation Dr. Gossett has taken a leading part in community and professional activities. He has served as past president of Ci vitan Club director of Chamber of Commerce director of Cher okee County Development Corpo ration and is a member of the Town Council. Dr. Gossett is also active in the American Optome tric Association North Carolina Optometric Society Mountain Dis trict Optometric Society and num ber numerous other organizations. Dr. Gossett served with the U. S. Navy for three years and saw duty in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Dr. Gossett is married to the former Miss Maxine Orr of Hen dersonville. They have two chil dren; Shelia 12 and Daryl 8. Meetings Slated ANDREWS ? The Valley River Garden Club will meet Thursday January 28 at 3:00 p.m. at the home of Mrs. R. A. Dewar on Aquone. Rd. The February meetine of the Ada Mae Circle of the WMS will be held at the home of Miss Meredith Whitaker Thursday Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. Per capita consumption of pork is expected to be a little lower in 1960 than in 1959. II TO ALL MY FRIENDS IN CHEROKEE COUNTY: I would like to im as many oi you as possible, and ior that reason I will be in my room at the Arbor Autel in Murphy on Feb ruary 2 from 3:00 in the afternoon until late in the evening (weather permitting). I have to hear from you what you expect your next Congressman from this district to do in Washington. The Congressman has to represent all the people, regardless of party affiliation. For that reason I would love to talk> to you regardless of what your present party affiliation may be. Heinx Rollman Congressman Hope-To-Be Patd Pol. Adv. Attention Hard Of Hearing FREE CONSULTATION FOR THE HARD OF HEARING AND HEARING AID USERS Latest Modal* in Eyeglass Hearing Aids at well as Conventional Hearing Aids MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 From 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. Chorokoo Hotel, Murphy, N. C. Acoustic on AihevMe Co. Local Consultant: Gabriel Stable, Mgr. Mrs. Ruby Winchester 1107 Jackson BMg. 411 Cherry Street AtharHIa, N. C. Murphy, N. C. Missionary To Be Guest Speaker Mitt Alice M Looge necker. ? missionary at Lubcmdsi, Congo, Africa, now <w furlough in tike states will be the speaker at the U a.m. aervice at the Farner Presbyterian Church Sunday, Jan. 31. Mitt Longenecker was born in Africa of missionary parents, but studied at John Hopkins and Queen College in the United States. Her father and mother are now retired, having spent 40 years in mission service in Africa. A special offering for World Missions will be taken at the ser vice. Miss Longenecker will also speak about !:? p.m. at Wehutty, N C. on Sunday, Jan. 31. John Smith Speaks To Woman's Club ANDREWS ? John Smith of Murphy, work Unit Conservation ist, of the Soil Conservation Ser vice was guest speaker at a meet ing of the Konnaheeta Woman's Club Thursday night held at the Shell Dining Room. With the aid of slides, Mr. Smith illustrated his talk with maps of farms in this area and other sections. He reviewed brief ly the history of terracing, tile drainage? before and after drain age ? showing various types of machines used in ditches, with emphases of different classes of land. He also discussed briefly eros ion control through forestation. He was introduced by L. M. Ellis. Other guests were Mrs. Sam Ward Four new members were in troduced: Mrs. Vitolds Gobins. Mrs. Dorris Smotherman, Mrs. Virginia Towsend and Mrs. 0. A. Reschke. Mrs. James Baer. president, an nounced the talent show scheduled for April 29. plans for the Vogue Contest and members ?/ the faculty to be guests at the Feb ruary meeting of the club. Mrs. Ruth S. Pallum was nom inated for annual teacher's award. Members were urged to bring discarded frames of glasses to next meeting for benefit of the blind campaign sponsored by the Lions Club. Stamps were collect ed for Veterans. Hostess for the dinner meeting were: Mrs. D. E. Pullium. Mrs. Eidson Burch. Mrs. A. B. Chand ler Jr.. Mrs. L. B. Womack and Mrs. Vernon McGuire. Members of the Conservation Department in charge of program were: Mrs. Gordon Butler. Mrs. Edgar Wood and Mrs. W. W. Ashe. LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE NORTH CAROLINA CHEROKEE COUNTY CHEROKEE COUNTY. A Muni cipal Corporation. Plaintiff, JOHN ARTHUR SWANSON and wife, ESSIE SWANSON; D. SWANSON and wife, GENEVA SWANSON: GEORGE SWANSON and wife, ONABEE SWANSON; ELWOOD SWANSON and wife: OLIVO SWANSON: CLINTONl SWANSON: BRITOLEE SWAN-| SON HARRIS and husband; CLAUDE HARRIS; ETHEL SWANSON CHIFLEY and hus band. COLONEL CHIFLEY; MARY LOU SWANSON FARMER and her husband LUTHER FARMER, Defendants. By virtue of authority vested in me by a Judgment of the Cherokee County Superior Court dated the 2nd day of January, 1980. in the above -entitled action. I will, on Thursday, the 4th day of February, 1960. at twelve o' clock, noon, at the Courthouse door in Murphy, North Carolina, offer for sale to the highest bid der for cash, subject to the con firmation of the Court, the fol lowing described land in Chero kee County, North Carolina: A certain tract or parcel of land in Cherokee County. State of North Carolina, adjoining the lands of J. R. Pack and 0. L. Torrence. and others and describ ed as follows: In District No. ?, Shoal Creek Township, Cherokee County. North Carolina. BEGG INNING on the South corner on a Black Oak, then runs a North direction, a conditional line to a rock corner, to J. R. Pack.s line, then West with J. R Pack's line, and 0. L. Torrence line to a Spanish Oak corner, in the A. A. Postell line to a rock comer in the S. W. Simmons line: then Southeast with Simmons to a rock corner on top of the ridge John Ledford's line: then a Southeast course with the said line to a black oak, the BEGINNING comer, containing thirty <J0; acres, more or less. Being the same land described in and conveyed by a Deed, dated September M, lisi. from John A. Swanson and wife. Essie Swan ?on. to Mary Swanson beiag the same person as Rockie Mason Swanson) and registered in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Cherokee County. North Car u, in Dead Book lit at page 1*4. reference to which Deed la hereby made for praetar certain ty of ilaaiiltHlf. This the 4th day of 1980. Veterans Pension Law Is Explained (EDITOR'S NOTE: This it the first in a wriea rf three article! explaining the new veterans' pension law. Large numbers W veterans and widows and orphaas of de ceased veterans are affected by terms of the new veterans' pension law passed by the 1st sessioa, Mth Congress. From thousands of questions nsked, the Veterans Administration has supplied the following with answers, to present the subject in the clearest pos sible terms.) Q? When will the new system of pension payments go into ef fect? A? On July 1. 1960. The first checks under the new system will not be mailed before August 1. 1960 Q? Who will be affected by the new system? A? All veterans of World War II and the Korean conflict and their dependents who qualify and begin to receive non-service pen sions after June 30. 1960. will be under the new system. Those al ready on the pension rolls on June 30. 1960 will not be affected un less they choose to come under the new system. They can make this choice at any time, but once the election is made, the pen sioner can never revert to the old system. Q ? How does the new law af fect those drawing compensation or service-connected benefits? A? The new law does not affect benefits paid for service-connect ed disabilities. Q? Does the new law affect service pension ? A ? No. Service pensions are paid only to Indian War. Civil War and Spanish American War veterans. These pensions are not affected by the new law. Q? Does the new law change the eligibility requirements for pen sions paid to veterans? A? Not basically. Ninety days active wartime service and an honorable type discharge are re quired. The veteran must also be permanently and totally disabled. There are important changes in the income limits under the new system as well a some change in the methods employed to com pute the pensioner's anual income. Under the new law the veteran's estate or "worth" will become an eligibility factor. Q? Let's go into this a step at a time. What are the criteria for establishing permanent and total disability? ?The degree of disability may vary according to the age of the veteran. Generally he must have a disability which at his age pre vents him from getting regular, full time employment. This dis ability must be such that doctors do not expect it to improve ma terially. Q? What are the changes in a veteran's income limits? j A? Under the old law a veteran without dependents could not draw a pension if his anual income ex ceeded $1,400. Under the new law be may receive some pension if his income is as high as $1,800 j ?Under the old law a veteran with dependents could not receive ? pension if his anual income' was more than $2,700. Under the new system his anual income may be as much as $3,000 and he still will be eligible for some pension. Q? What are the changes in methods to be used in computing income under the new system? A? Income received by a vet eran or by his widow from any source, with few exceptions, will be considered as income under tbe new system. In cases where the veteran's spouse has a sep arate income the new law pro vides that all such Income over $1,200 per year shall be counted as the veteran's income, unlets te do so would create a hardship Q-VWiat could constitute "hard drip" in tUs instance? A? If the evidence shows that dren? county all but $1,200 of the spouse's income as the income of the veteran might be regarded as a hardship. Each case of this na ture is considered on its own merits. Q? What income is specifically exempt by law? A-Eight categories of income are exempt from consideration in calculating the anual income to determine pension eligibility. They are: in payments of the si* Wee ri^a,th RratUi,y by Ser in ^ men,s: ,2' ^tions welfare * PnVa,e re,lef or welfare organizations.- .3. of compensation or pen sion by the VA; ,4, government We insurance payments and pay ments of servicemen's indemnify ; ?? "octal security lump sum death payments; (6) payments to an individual under public or pri v*e retirement, annuitl. endow ment or similar plans equal to (he amount he contributed there in .Proceeds of ?re insur ance policies: and (g> jn tk. ?aSl.0f widows or children of a deceased veteran there are excluded amounts equal to the amounts paid for settlement of the veteran's just debts. lhe expenses of his last illness, and the ex SS-? "asjt District Meet To Be Held At Robbinsville The mid-wintetr cabinet meeting "J district 31-A Lions Internation * the Western North Carolina Area, will be held at Robbinsville, Sunday. January si. The dinner meeting will start atj 1 P m. Lion Mike Brown's famous bear mea, m ^ mw0i a( ^ luncheon. The meeting is open to any Lion wishing to attend. Dis p^idtVenWr Hubert **"*? wilJ J*?* **?' been set aside as Intwnabonal Counsellors month 22 *eftern North Carolina c ubs will honor these internation al counsellors of District 31-A ^nnings A. 8^. Sylva, Her u . Black Mountain, Hugh Monteith. Asheville, Roy A. Taylor, Black Mountain. Heirony mus Bueck. Franklin. Robert R. Barnes. Candler, Alston B. Broom HendersonviUe, Lawrence B. I^atherwood. Waynesville. W E Michael, Jr., West Asheville. Wil ?,A? Hart, Weaverville and F. E. Shull, Canton. Art Contest To Be Held March 1 -6 LANCASTER, 8. C. - More thaa 100 works by North and South Carolina artiata have already been entered in the tecaad annual $1,000 Spring! Art CooUat. Can test officials expect thu number to be doubfcd before the Feb. 1 deadline fpr accepting entries is reached Of the entries received thus far. 68 are from South Carolina and 40 from North Carolina. In addition there have been S7S requests for entry blanks, including many from clubs, community art asso ciations and college art depart ments in the two Carolinas. Public showing of the contest entries will be held in the Army Reserve Center in Lancaster March 1-4. Judging will take place the day before the show. Members of the Lancaster County Art Association will act as hos tesses during the week of the show. Judges for the contest are Dr. W. L. McDermott, head of the Department of Art of Winthrop College: Robert Schlageter, Di rector of the Mint Museum. Char lotte, N. C. and Vernon Grant, nationally known cover artist, who makes his home in Rock Hill. S. C. Prizes totaling 11,000 are pro vided by the Springs Cotton Mills, sponsor of the contest. These in clude a $500 first prize, a $250 second prize, a $100 third prize and fourth, fifth and sixth prizes of $50 each. Entrie* winning cash prizes become the property of The Springs Cotton Mills. Social Security Benefits Can Be Refigured By Grady Grubbs Field Representative It is possible sometimes for social security benefits to be re figured after an individual has started receiving payments. There are certain requirements, how ever, before a recomputation 'as the increase is called 1 can be used. There are two main recomputa tions that are used at present. The first is called a current year re computation and the easiest one to receive. It simply means that the earnings in the year that an application for benefits is filed can be added to the other earnings. For example, a person filing for benefits in November continues to work until the year ends. In these cases the current year's earnings are then added to the past earn ings record and his benefit is refigured. This recomputation is considered upon filing an appli cation: there may not secessarily be an increase. The other major recomputation is called a work computation. If a person makes over $1200 in a year after he has started receiving a benefit, and if these earnings ad ded to the earnings previously used could increase the amount of his check, he is entitled to this recomputation. An application for this recomputation, however, can not be filed until July 1 of the year after the year in which he made over $12.00. For example, a person earning $1700 in 1960 could not apply to have his benefit increased until July of 1961. Generally, there is no way to have an individual benefit in creased except by a recomputa tion based on earnings in or after the year of filing. However, Con gress can approve an across-the board increase for everyone re ceiving benefits as it has done in the pasf. Anyone who thinks he might be entitled to a recompu tation or would like to discuss the possibility should contact me at the Court House in Murphy the first and third Monday and Tues day in each month, on Mondays beginning at 12:00 Noon and Tues days beginning at 8:30 a.m. Area Obituaries Viatel Curttet. 77. el Bfa ly tl Murphy Route 4, dfcd ? 7 a.n>. Friday in her ham* liter ? T ww ? daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs Will McNabb ut Route 4. Murphy Surviving are seven daughter*, Mr*. Kate Waldroup of Kwmville. Mrs. Nellie Bell of Akron. Ohio. Mrs. Florence Ferguson of Blue Ridge, Mrs. Wyxetta Moore and Mrs. Willie Wilson d Athens. Tenn., Mrs. Vaude Keenum of Gastonia and Mrs. Wilma Slack of Etowah, Tenn.; and two sons. Ira and Lane of Athens. Services were held Sunday, Jan. 24, at 2 p.m. in Friendship Baptist Church near Murphy. JASPER N. LEDFORD Jasper Newton Ledford, 79, of Murphy died at 11:30 p.m. Tues-' day, Jan. II. at hi* home. He was a native of Union Coun ty, Ga., and moved to Murphy j 36 years ago. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Myrtle Brown Ledford; three daughters, Mrs. Elsie Carter, Mrs. Daisy Ledford and Mrs. Leona Bishop of Murphy; three sons, Frank and Homer of Mur phy and Willie of Cleveland, Tenn.; two sisters, Mrs. Corrie Johnson and Mrs. Cenia Ledford of Dalton, Ga.; 23 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Services were held Friday, Jan.' 22, at 2 p.m. in Calvary Baptist Church. Townson Funeral Home was in| charge of arrangements. JOHN EVERETT HOGSED John Everett Hogsed, 69, of Route 2, Murphy died at his home at 7:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 22, after a long liiness. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Bessie Roberts Hogsed; three daughters, Mrs. Lollis Nel son and Mrs. Pauline Hayes of Palatka, Fla., and Mrs. Eula Mae Bruce of Greenville, S. C.; five sons. Garland, Marshall. J. E. Hogsed Jr. and Boyd of Murphy, Route 2: and Sgt. Herman Hog sed in the Army overseas; two brothers, Pearlie and Carol of Route 2; and four sisters. Miss Zennie Hogsed and Mrs. Emma Timpson of Route 2, Mrs. Clara Crisp of Route 3, Murphy and Mrs. Hattie Frankum of Gastonia. Services were held Monday at 2 p.m. in Roger Chapel. The Rev. Fred Stiles officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. MRS. VIOLA CURTIS Funeral services for Mrs. Viola McNabb Curtis, 77, who died at the home of a daughter in Blue Ridge, Ga. Friday morning Jan. 22, at 7:15 a.m., were held from the Friendship Baptist Church Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Mrs. Curtis was the daughter of the late Willie and Celia Anderson McNabb and in 1901. she was married to the late John W. Cur tis. They made their home on Murpby Route 4. Mrs. Curtis was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church, for over 60 years where she taught Sunday School and sang in the Choir. She is survived by seven daugh ters: Mrs. Kay Ferguson, Blue Ridge, Ga.. Mrs. Harry Moore and Mrs. Clifford Slack, both of Athens. Tenn., Mrs. Willie Wil son, Chattanooga. Tenn., Mrs. Clint Keenum, Gastonia, Mrs. Ralph Wildroup, Knoxville, Tenn., and Mrs. Hoyt Bell, Canton, Ohio: 2 sons; Ira and Lane Curtis, of Athens. Tenn.,: 3 sisters; Mrs. W. R. Stiles, Fort Myers, Fla., Mrs. J. M. Keasler. Armuchee. Ga., and Mrs. Oliver Myers, Murphy. Route 4; 2 brothers; Luther McNabb, Turtletown. Tenn., and Nathan McNabb of Fort Royal, Va., 27 Grand children, 17 Great Grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers were grand sons: Zane Ferguson. R. C. Wil son, Lane Moore. Donald Slack. Johnny Curtis, and Harold Kee num: granddaughters were flower girls. Services were conducted by the Rev. Isaac McVey and the Rev. Fred Stiles. Burial was in the church cemetery. Chastain - Pack - Neal Funeral I Homes were in charge. ?. of Topuw died at her I ? p.m. Friday altar a law She wai a daughter of the lata P C. aad Aageline Oduna KkMs d Fannin Cnaty, G*.. aad had lived in Chatekaa County far mora than M year*. Service* were held Saturday at 3 p m at Rad Marble Baptist Church of Toptoo. The Rev. Algia Weat, the Rev. Ralph Matheaen and the Rev. Donald Carver officiated and bur ial was in the church cemetery. ? Surviving are the husband aad seven daughter*. Mrs. Beatrice Richards. Mrs. Aline Reighard. Mrs. lrma Laughter. Mrs. Stella Mason of Toptoo. Mrs Loreae Mason of Messina, N.Y.. Mrs. Betty Postell of Valdese and Mrs. Iris Adams of Andrews; four sons. Clinton Wright of Maryville. Tenn., Clifton of Knoxville. Keith of the home, and Alvin of Alvis, Okla., Air Force Base. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. R. A. HAMPTON ROBBINSVILLE. - Ralph A. Hampton, SB, of Robbinsville $ed at 11:20 a. . Tuesday. Jan. U. at his home after a long illness. He was a son of the lata F* gene and Mary Etta Ayers Hamp ton, was born in Yancey County and moved here many years ago. He worked for the Graham Coun ty Railroad for about 20 years. Surviving are the widow. Mrs. Glenne Ruth Hampton: two sons. Airman 2-c Earl A. Hampton of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, Goldsboro, and Herbert of Rob binsville; a stepson, Glenn Bar ton Welch of Robbinsville; tow daughters, Mrs. Etta Mae Jones of Robbinsville and Miss Helen Louise Hampton of the home: a brother. Jack Hampton ef Bry son City; a sister, Mrs. Lester Roberts of Haynes City, Fla. and five grandchildren. Services were held Thursday, Jan. 21, in Sweetwater Baptiat Church of which he was a mem ber. The Rev. Arthur Randolph and the Rev. Dillare Orr officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Townson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. MRS. MARY E. RICH ROBBINSVILLE - Mrs. Mary E. Rich. 92. died at her home near Robbinsville at 11 a.m. Fri day after a long illness. Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. A. M. Grindstaff, Mrs. Icie Grindstaff and the Misses Dollie and Gertie Rich of Robbinsville; two sons. Ed of Gastonia and Hardy of the home; 20 grand children and 39 great . grand children. Townson Funeral Home waa in charge of arrangements. OLF.V C. DOCKERY Olen C. Dockery. 33. of Route 3, Murphy died Thursday, Jan. 21. in Italy, where he was ser ving in the Army. Surviving are the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rollin Dockery of Route 3; three sisters. Mrs. Dorothy Davis. Mrs. Betty Kate Walker and Miss Marie Dockery ?f Route 3: four brothers, Floyd Allen and Glenn of the home. Dennis of Thomasville and Andrey Jr.. in the Army in Texas. Ivie Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Sermon Topic Is Announced "Home of God's Elect," a treat ment of aspects of the Heavenly life, is the theme of Robert A. Potter, minister, at Murphy Pres byterian church next Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour. "Pilgrim's Journey" (Londonder ry Air > is to be sung by the choir, with Mrs. R. H. Foard at the organ. Hie service is being broadcast over WKRK. At evening worship Presbyterians are to join in a united service of prayer at First Baptist Church. TRC PIGMY MARMOSET! V/EIGHtNG] OMUV 1 POUND? IT K SO TIMy "T^AT rr cam sit conroymBtV m ft temoon IfLL aafsr ne OF ALU' V7w\CU tSlWE SMALLEST MONVXV *Ll_9 ME WHY ARE "HAMBURGERS* SO- CALLED? Cam a tt*m \o gauon Hprr HOLD O GftUONS?