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{Agency Approves Of *iariTo Enlarge Park n Fontana Dam Area I 44,000 Acres Would Be Added To Smokies If Present Plans Work- Out. / *4.- , ** f v / ? Plans t'OM\a.dd approximately 44, 000 acres o? 4and in Swain county to the Great Smoky Mountains Na tional park, bringing the park's boundary to the shore of the lake which will be created when Fon tana dam is completed, moved one step .nearer realization ' last week ? when 'the -state highway and _public works commission, at a meeting in Raleigh, approved the expenditure of $100,000 for the purpose. The commission approved the ex penditure of $100,000 for the pur chase of lands in Swain county to be added to the park under author ization granted by the 1943 genezaL assembly/ >y-^Under the plan, the TVA will ap propriate funds, to be added to the sfeftte^ allocation, for the purchase of approximately 44,000 acres of ? privacy -owned ? land fronting ? on prospective Fontana lake. The TVA's portion of the cost of the land and other expenses to he in curred in obtaining titles is ex pected to amount to approximately $700,000. _ Addition of the 44,000 acres to the park would complete the orig^ inal layout for the park, according to a spokesman for the highway commission. Swain county would receive ap proximately $400,000 in connection with the project as reimbursement for the principal on bonds out standing for building "the present A Good Remind ? LOVE1Y Gloria De Haven, film star let, points to tfce calendar to re mind observers that today and ?very day is a good time to buy war stamps to the tune of $130, 000. The money will be used to build * U. S. Navy's new aircraft car "Shangri La." ( Internation > j Best Wishes to W. CURTIS RUSS and M. T. BRIDGES New Publishers % * of The Ruralite The Print Shop Commercial Printers Still At the Same Old Locatioyi road from Fontana to Bryson City. The lands to be bought lie rough ly between Twenty-Mile ridge and Land's Creek and would bring th-e park within less than two miles of Bryson City. . I Also provided for in the trans action is the construction of a road , to replace State Highway No. 2S8, i which will be flooded by waters from Fontana dam. A portion of i the road already has been rebuilt by -the TVA,? and "the ^)ark service will construct a road from Fon tana to Bryson City after the war. i Jack, the sailor, had broken with his girl. ^ After ignoring several letters requesting the return of her photograph, he received one threat ening to complain to the captain. Deciding to silence her for all time, he borrowed all the pictures of girls available on the ship from his pals and sent them on to her in a parcel with the following note: "Pick yours out.- I have forgot ten what you look like!" Junior should have been hard at his homework. As it was, his father found him listening to the radio and sucking his pencil. Father ? Well, whv dontvou get on with your work? "^Junior ? I can't, dad, until I've heard the atest news bulletin. You see, I've got to draw a map of Europe. Pvt. Hubert E. Harris recently spent a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Die Harris. He is stationed at Camp Sibert, Ala ? ? ? ? i ?????? * Every one excels in something in which another fails. ? Syrus. Railroad Yards In Rome Bombed By Allies v ? w ? ? ??? ? ? - ? - ? ? ? ? ? j THIS PSACETIMK AIRVIEW shows part of the railroad yards in Rome, Italy, which were bombed by the Allies after three years of war. The city's rail center, according to Gen. Eisenhower's communique, was of the utmost importance to the Axis war effort^partigularly foe the movement of German troops. Allied airmen were ordered to avoid damaging religious or cultural monuments. (international) ^ % H. J. Landis On Buying Trip To New York City ' H. J. Landis, manager of Belk's Department Store, is in New York buying ready-to-wear for the new department of the store which will be opened soon. The entire second floor of the Standardization sometimes is okey ? but the movies are too dead ly in earnest about it. Remember the good old days when girls made poets of men in stead of rubbernecks? store is being renovated for the new ready-to-wear department. Figures show twice as many wo men as men live to be 100. That kicks around the old theory about talking yourself to death. . The army has a new rifle which fires so rapidly, they say, that it shoots eight times be^pce you rea lize that you didn't know it was loaded. *0 A Steadily Growing Bank Statement Business June 30, J Close RESOURCES Cash On Hand and Due From Banks 682,738.37 U. S. Government Obligations, direct and guaranteed 902,000.29 Obligations of States and political subdi visions ; 312,917.73 Domestic Stocks 200.00 Loans and Discounts^ 175,131.90 Banking House and Furniture and Equip ment ; 14,551.80 Other Real Estate Owned ^ 10,429.98 Other Assets (accrued interest due on - bonds, etc.) 7,946.22 LIABILITIES Capital Stoqk, Common $50,000.00 . Surplus 45,000.00 Undivided Profits 13,288.61 108,288.61 Other Liabilities (Reserves for interest, taxes, etc.) 5,923.67 TOTAL DEPOSITS $1,991,704.01 TOTAL $2,105,916.29 TOTAL $2,105,916.29 Growth Of This Bank Is Reflected By the Following Comparative Deposit Figures: Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits Deposits June 30, 1933 .......... . 243,421.65 June 30, 1934 303,322.26 June 30, 1935 417,446.07 June 30, 1936 547,365.74 June 30, 1937 647,609.67 June 30, 1938 646,903.69 June 30, 1939 769,348.17 June 30, 1940 916,538.37 June 30, 1941 1,301,758.42 June 30, 1942 1,451,256.08 June 30, 1943 1,991,704.01 THE JACKSON COUNTY BANK Highlands, N. C. Member federal Sylva, N. C, _ ? ? Buy A Share In Victory By Investing Regularly In War Bonds NEW ARMY PLANE INSIGNIA HERE IS THI OFFICIAL Army Air Force Insignia that will now be used on all planes The present white star on a field of blue Is retained. A white rectangle has been added on either side of the field of blue, and the whole desigrr Unenclosed In a red border. ( International ) h/jt'j ? ? ? ? ? Which Shall &8e? Shoes For Mother You can always judge a store by the quality of merchandise it sells. We sell these famous lines . . . 'Come to us and let us fit you properly. RED CI FOOT REST FLORSHEIM VELVET STEP CONNIE PARIS FASHION NATURAL POISE EDftEWOOD OFFICIAL SCOUT JACQUELINE to HI Widths AAAA to EEE Sizes 2 to 11. ? ILORSHEIM CROSBY SQUARE JARMAN FREEMAN PETERS THORO GOOD CHIPPEWA PORTAGE We are, proud of the brands of shoes we sell. Aren't you? ~ Now especially, we must buy the best. Come to us to be fitted properly. ?r 4 ? ' CHAMPION Prices ... to 4 $12 Sis and Brother Above all, we deem it a pleas ure to take care by properly fitting your little heir or heiress. . . . Come to Schul man's for a perfect fit. We Feature the Famous Weather Bird Shoes. a SKY RIDERS EDGEWOOD All jyidths . . . All sizes. \ "iPrices ... $1? lo$6 Schulm?.a's Dept. Store Children's Shoe Department (Downstairs) PHONE 151 ' " SYXVA, N. C.
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