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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14944 (One DayyearerVirv Page THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Parents Announce Engagemnt Legion And Auxiliary To Collect Gifts patriotic Groups To Have Drive For Presents For Patients In Veterans Hospitals. Tve American Legion and Aux i .-v held their annual Christinas ,r'."v on last Friday night. During he joint session of the two groups L s.,ie of bonds was urged and he following program given: A reading "The murder of Lidice," , Pl,Hyana Gibbs, and a song by Ida Lou Gibson, "The White Christ- ss " This was followed by a "hriM:nas tree with a gift for each nie'rrl.er present. plans were made for collecting !.., mmpmhrances for vete- ( nrilIlm3 IIV in government hospitals. There re 6.000 patients in which the v,i i i'can Legion and Auxiliary are Jrvir.!.' to interest the public in -.,r presents to at Christmas. Vnoiio interested in making a con- ,r bution to the collection irom mis 3rrl is asked to leave their gifts V. A Bradley's Store, Hazel u',o,i store of Hurst Burgin, Depot . . ,v i : to Street, and at tne niassie ruimmic St., re witn uuy " Anyone making a contribution is required to wrap up the present and put on the outside the contents, fo that the hospital worker will know who might need the articles in the hospital. The committee from the Auxil iary who will assist in the work of collecting gifts includes: Mrs. Guy Massie, Mrs. Ruth Kelly, Mrs. Robert Livingston, Mrs. W. A. BradUy, Mrs. Chas. Burgin and Mrs. li R- Campbell. Collections of gifts will be re ceived up to 1 o'clock on December 22. it was learned from Mrs. J. C. Brown, president of the Auxiliary. The proups also voted the annual cash pif t to seven men in the Oteen and Fayetteville veterans hospitals. Woman's Club To Have Christmas Program Today Chaplain Ashley, of Moore Gen eral Hospital, will address the Wo man's Club at the annual Christ mas meeting which will be held this afternoon at Oak Park. The candlelight program will be fea tured by special Christmas music with Mrs. Cornelia Nixon, chair man of music, in charge. Mrs. James W. Killian, president of the club, will preside. Hostesses of the afternoon will include Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. John N. Shonlbred and Mrs. Frank Kinsey. A large crowd is expected to attend the meeting. Winifred Rodgers Elected President Berea Dramatic Society Miss Winifred Rodgers, senior at Berea College, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Reeves of Waynes- ville, has been elected president of the Berea Players, college dramatic society. Miss Rodgers, an honor graduate of the Waynesville Township high school, is an active member of var ious campus organizations. Woman's Missionary Society Of First Baptist Church To Meet An executive meeting of the Wo man's Missionary Society of the First Baptist church will be held at the church on Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock. The regular mon thly meeting of the group will be held at 7:30 Tuesday evening at the church. Marshall Davia of Newport N'ews, Va., spent several days dur K tho past week with his parents in Hazohvood. Mr. Davis is a sup ervisor (,f a shipfitters department at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, where he lias been employed for the past five years. Miss Patsy Gwyn, who is a stu ' t at Randolph-Macon Woman's Cnllejre, Lynchburg, Va., will ar f've today to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents, Mr. and "rs. T. Lenoir Gwyn. ''&iiL-t.L: AMERICA'S FiNEST CEREAL FOR . . . TAXI CALL SCOTT REEVES Phone 90 Pure Oil Station J; fe&ffi ?! MR. AND MRS. W. CLARK MEDFORD have announced the en gagement of their daughter, Sergeant Helen Sarah Medfoni, V. S. M. C. W. R., to Technical Sergeant Ralph Cartwright, U. S. M. C. R., boh of Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cartwright, of Sherman, Texas. Plans for the wedding will be announced upon the return of Sgt. Cartwright from duty in the South Pacific. Sgt. Medford is now stationed at the Ma rine Corps Air Depot in San Diego. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Walker To Observe 60th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Walker of Crabtree, will observe their COth wedding anniversary on Sunday afternoon, December 24th at their home. They will hold open house and the hours are from 2 to 8 o'clock, at which time their friends and relatives are invited to call. Mr. and Mrs. Walker were mar ried on December 24, 1884 at the home of the bride's parents, Hiram and Mary Howell McCracken. Mrs. Walker was before her marriage Miss Mattie McCracken. There are only two persons liv- Sgt. Charles Lance Receives Promotion Staff Sergeant Charles D. Lance, who is serving in the Southwest Pacific war theater, has recently been promoted to his present rank from Sergeant, according to infor mation received from the XIV Army Corps headquarters by this paper. S, Sgt. Lance is attached to the lEngineer Topographic Company. He is a motor sergeant and is charged with the responsibility of keeping his unit's trucks and mo bile equipment in perfect running condition at all times. In addi tion he must keep records on the use and serviceability of each ve hicle. Before entering the service Sgt. Lance was employed by Spaulding Underwood as manager of a gaso line service station. He attended the Frank Morrell high school in Irvington, N. J., and while there he played semi-pro baseball for the Irvington Stars and the Park view Athletic Association. He entered the army on Dec. 15, 1942, and received his basic and technical training with his present organization at Fort Lewis, Wash. He has been overseas since Jan uary of this year. He is the son of Mrs. Bessie Lance of Newark, N- J-, and John B. Lance of Irvington, N. J. There is some question as to how much effect the big political winds have on the way straw votes blow. ing in the county who attended the marriage sixty years ago, Mrs. Eva Jones, Crabtree, and Lawrence Walker, also of Crabtree. Mr. and Mrs. Walker are mem bers of the Crubtree Baptist Church and have been active in the affairs of their community. Mr. Walker is one of the leading farm ers and stock men in the county. They have eight children, most of whom will be with their parents on their wedding anniversary. They are: Mrs. Jerome Bryan of Lake Wales, Fla., Mrs. Albert Justice, Crabtree, Mrs. Betty Burr Reece of Columbia, S. C, Mrs. Mary Hawkins of Clyde, Paul Walker of Baltimore, Ted Walker of Canton, Clayton Walker of Waynesville, and Billy Walker, Petty Officer first class, serving with the Sea bees, now stationed in the Philip pine Islands. Mr. and Mrs. Walker have 20 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. In addition to their son in the service they have eight grandsons in the armed forces. The couple request that their friends do not send presents. And Your Strength nncl Energy Is Below I'ur It may be cau.erl y disorder of kid ney function that permits poisonous waste to arcumulale. For truly many people fee! tired, weak and misenilde when the kidneys fail to remove excess acids and other waste matter from the blood. You may suffer nagging backache, rheumatic pains, headaches, dizziness, getting up nig'ilH, leg pains, swelling. Sometimes frequent and scanty urina tion with smarting and burning is an other sign that something is wrong with the kidneys or bladder. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment is wiser than neglect. I'se ll)oan' Pills. It is better to rel on a medicine that has won countryw.de ap proval than on peine!. i.ng less favorably known. Doan's have been tried and test ed many years. Are at all drug stores. Get Doan $ today. Mrs. James Boyd Hostess Of The DAR Meet Friday The December meeting of the Dorcas Bell Love Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revo lution was held Friday afternoon with Mrs. James R. Boyd. Mrs. W. F. Swift, regent, presided at the meeting. Various officers and chairmen presented reports of their work. The regent named Mrs. E. J. Hyatt and Mrs. J. W. Killian as a com mittee to investigate placing a table and chairs for small children in the Haywood County Public Li brary. Mrs. F. J. Hyatt, chairman of the Girl Makers work, discussed the feasibility of extending the interests of the chapter in the county schools. Mrs. J. E. Henderson announced t he program for the next meeting at which she will present a guest speaker from Moore General Hos pital. The chapter voted to buy a f25 War Bond during the Sixth War Loan Drive, and the secretary was instructed to make the purchase. The regent told of the box that had been sent to the sailor assign ed to the chapter for Christmas cheer by the state society. Miss Margaret Stringfield had the paper of the afternoon which was on the "North Carolina Sym phony". It was brought out in the sketch of the musical group that it was the first state sym phony organized in this country. Mrs. Boyd read in full the Christmas message of the president general. Mrs. R. N. Barber gave a brief account of her visit to Bethlehem. A social hour followed the meet ing. Mrs. Cornelia Nixon was 8 special guest of the afternoon. Engaged I I ll Buy War Bonds and Stamps. ' &a as. aik4iWaii iil Wit MISS MARY J daughter of Mr. Bradley, of Magg ment to Private Thomas Firth of been announced Miss Bradley at high school and bv Stovall's Ston the son of Mrs. Messick, Va. A N E BRADLEY, ami Mrs. Arthur ie, whose engage- First Class John V. S. Army, hus by her parents, tended the local is now employed e. Pfc. 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Let Us Show You the New Holiday Dresses Chesterfields! Reefers! Dressmakers! Casualsl Find that warm Winter overcoat you need here at a thrifty low price! Expertly tailor ed of quality woolens, warmly interlined these are beauties! Choose from velvet-collared chesterfields, casuals, officer's reefers, stunning dressmaker coats perfect with your fur accessories! Black, brilliant colors. Sizes for misses, women, juniors. up The TOGGERY
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