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MISS 1UJTII GRENNKLL, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Grennell,
of IJaylona Beach and Lake Juna
luska. vvhos,' engagement to George
V. lialch. son of Mrs. label galch,
also of Daytona Beach.
' Junior Music Club.
Will Meet Tomorrow
'Afternoon at 3:30
The Junior Musie elub will hold
lis regular meeting on Friday aft-
nnon. April 5, in Ihe Sunday
i hool looms of the Presbyterian
rhiii c !i. Lane l'revosl will be hos
1, of (he nieeling. All members
air limed to attend.
Plane Advertising
Advocated For Baseball
SN FRANCISCO J. A. ( Fog
horn i Murphy, who 30 years ago
iikIo a white horse through San
Francisco streets shouting "base
ball today." thinks the game still
could use some vocal advertising.
lie suggests small planes carry
ing announcers with amplifiers be
u -cd to augment other methods of
advertising baseball games.
Murphy, now a wealthy Los
Angeles resident and prideful of
his old calling, has offered the
idea to Clarence Rowland, Presi
dent of the Pacific Coast League.
old timers might like it but they
probably would say Foghorn Mur-
drens Easter
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TESTING In Actual Wear
es Them Your BestBuy
Poll-rarrot and Star Brand A.m mm
fr boys and girls undergo ibl.Zil
'provinj? ground" wear by jQ
children. That's why these M -
shoes hold their shape M ,33
sie's Dept. Store
C. J. REECE, Owner
Two New Recruits j
Join State Guard
During Week
During the past week two new
recruits were signed up for the :
local company of the State Guard. '
according to Lt. Frank Byrd. re-
cruiting ollieer. There are only a
few more vacancies in the local
company.
The new recruits were Floyd F
Mehalley and William Mehaffey
The annual federal inspection of
the local guard company is set for
May 10, and Capt. Janes Davis is
getting the company in shape for
this annual inspection (.'apt
Davis is requesting thai all mem
bers be present at the drills so'
that the company can get roadv
for the inspection and for camp
in July.
A detachment from the lucal
company are planning to go to
Forest City Saturday for the Army
day celebration tliero. Several of
the Canton compan yare also plan
ning to make the trip.
Navy Honors Sailor
Confessed Army Deserter
GREAT LAKES. 111. A signal
man wearing five combat stars, who
Navy officials said tgld them he
was an Army deserter, will be
given an honorable discharge from
the Navy. The sailor, listed by
the Navy as George Fisher, told
authorities he was Harold Leroy
Friedman of New York.
The decision to issue an hon
orable discharge was based on the
man's actual Navy and combat
records, and the voluntary nature
of his admission regarding Army
status, officials said. A Navy
spokesman said the sailor told
them he had left the Army at
Camp Hale. Colo., Aug. 23. 1943,
because he was "tired of if after
eight months service, and enlisted
in (he Kayy Sept. 25, 1943, in
Chicago.
phy did a better job without even
a megaphone.
J. M. Hawkins of Sandy Ridge is
a supervisor of the Dan River Soil
Conservation district.
Shoes
Promoted
COY HAY GINTKR. son of Air
and Mrs. J. L. Gunter of Waynes
ville, II.F.I). No. 1. lias recently
been pronioleil to Sergeunt. aceord
ing to information receied by
his wife. Sgl. Gunter is attached
to the 53-11(1 Old. Depot, now sla
lionud in Metx. I'rance.
Sgt. Gunter was inducted in the
service in November. I'.HH. 11 is
wife and small daughter, uhoin lie
has never seen, are making their
home with her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. lioague Ma.-sic until Sl
Gunler is disi hai ;;c(l from 1 1 1 -service.
Mr. and Mrs. .1. II. Way . Jr.. had
as their guests over the week-end
Lt. ijg) and Mrs. J. II. Way, III,
and the hitler's mother. Mrs. W hite,
who were enroute lo I'arris Island,
after spending a few days at the
hitter's home in Richmond, Ya.
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Wood, and
daughter, Miss Alary Wuoil, and
son liobt. K. Wood. Jr., have re
turned to Kliabethlou, Tenn. after
viisting Mrs. John N. Shoolbred
and Mrs. Horace Frost, coming
here for Ihe birthday anniversary
of the latter two.
Washington Notes
SOAP
The Department of Agriculture
is considering the possibility ot
increasing "elightly" quotas for
fats and oils of soap producers dur
ing the second quarter of this year.
Despite world shortages of these
materials, the greatly increased
civilian demand since the 1941M1
base period makes the present
quotas inadequate.
CRIME WAVE
Figures of the Federal llureau
of Investigation reveal that 1.565,
541 serious crimes were committed
in 1U45. 171,380 more than in 1944,
an increase of 12.3 per cent. This
increase, according to J. Edgar
Hoover, FBI director, was the high
est in the history of the liureau's
statistics. The figures caused Attorney-General
Tom C. Clark to
warn that a postwar crime wave
appears to have started.
GHOST KLKET
The entire Oklahoma class of
cruisers, almost luu.OUU tons of
shipping on which work lias started
between HUti-U!, has been assigned
lo the Philadelphia naval bae lor
dismantling, with ihe exception of
ihe Milwaukee, transferred lo the
Russian fleet under Lend-Lcase
during the war. Included are the
jruisers Omaha, Raleigh, Cincin
nati, and Marblehead. Others to
be dismantled include the Detroit,
Richmond, Concord. Trenton and
Memphis. Built at a cost of more
ihan $135,000,000. the ships now
sell for about $50,000 each, or
sometimes less, on the scrap mark
et. WEST POINT
A new post-war curriculum for
the Military Academy at West
Point, which emphasizes basic col
lege subjects and drops air-pilot
training, has been approved by
Secretary of War Patterson. The
four-year course lor future Regu
lar Army Ollicers, which was short
ened to three years during the war,
will be reestablished beginning
with the next academic year open
ing this summer.
FAMINE COMMITTEE
Warning of "death by starvation
of untold millions in other lands,"
unless all citizens cut down on
calories, a newly-formed Famine
Emergency Committee, headed by
former President Herbert Hoover,
asks a twenty-five per cent reduc
tion in our national consumption
of wheat and wheat products and
all possible savings of food, oils and
fats.
LIMITS FOREIGN LOANS
President Truman has proposed
limits on foreign loans by the
United States to $3,250,000,000
until June 30. 1947. not including
the $3,750,000,000 British credit
now before Congress.
CIVIL COVETS
Soldiers accused of committing
murder or rape in the United
States will be tried by civil in
stead of military authorities with
the exception of some special cases,
according to a recent War Depart
ment announcement.
THE WAYNESVHXE MOUNTAINEER
M. H. Bowles
Talks to East
Wavnesville PTA
M H Bowles, superintendent of
the Waynesville District schools,
addressed the East Waynesville
P.T.A. at their meeting on Tues
day evening. He spoke on the
subject of "Health.'' and stressed
the importance of the pre-sehool
clinic to be held at the school and
throughout the county.
He urged I hat the patrons assist
the nurses in seeing that all chil
dren in the areas of their respec
tive schools be brought into the
clinics so that physical defects
might he remedied before the chil
dren enter school in the fall.
A costume playlet. The Arrival
of Spring." was presented by the
third grade, directed by Miss Fran
ces Robeson. A devotional tudy
based on the 17th chapter of Mat
thew was given by Rev. L. G.
Elliott, pastor of the First Baptist
church.
During the business session. Mrs.
Albert Abel, president, presided.
A report was given of the study
eour.se conducted at the school by
J. S. Blair, -the state field repie
sentalive, which was attended by
representatives from other schools
in the Waynesville district.
Mrs. ("has. Iv Ray. Jr., leaves this
week for a visit lo friends in
Chapel Hill and other points in
Eastern Carolina.
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MOTHERS... Buy Them
For Easter for Your Girls
. . . You'll Be Glad You
Did
They're the hest shoes you can find.
They're the higgest money's worth.
They're solid leather inside and out.
They come in adorahle shoes.
SHOES
KIND TO LITTLE FEET
$2.98 - - $3.50
Patent . . . Vhite . . . Brown.
Sandals Straps Wedgies Oxfords Saddles.
Sizes 1 to
While you're here just look at the
large selection of Boys' Shoes . . .
You can't buy better shoes any
where . . . and you can't beat the
prices at . . .
iCelia Braren and
1 Katie Moore Have
Joint Birthday Party
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Mrs. Douglas Moore and Airs.
, Herbert Braren entertained with a
party at the Waynesville Kindergar-
I ten at the First Baptist church
Friday afternoon in celebration of
the birthday anniversaries of their
young daughters. Kale Mooie. who
was live years old and Celia Hrai t n
who was four.
! There wore I wo birthday cakes,
one with foui candles and the other
vi!b five. ,,
The guest list included the fol-
: lowing classmates of the honorees:
Shirley Mae Bridges, Linda Burns,
Baits liushnell. Jane Davenport.
Pam I'arkmaii Joan Provost. Mary
Jane (Jiieen. Phyllis Puss. Grey
Watkins. Martia W.ttkins. Heck Joe
Burgin. Toss Masscy.
Johnny Allen. Victor Braren.
I Ernest llenshaw. llililurd Jones.
'Jr. P. V. Kent. Tommy McNish.
I Jimmy Neal. Joel Kothmell. Jane
Siler. Johnny Sloan. Skipper Sloan,
and George Seolt. Jr. Others at-,
tending were: Ernest Edwards. Jr.,
Jean Wcalherhy. Hosalyn Edward.-.
Sarah Cobb, and Mary Mack Moore.
Miss Jane Dudley Francis, who
holds a position with Toinliiison's.
High Point, spent Ihe week-end
With her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
W R Francis. She had as her
guests, Miss Dorothy Wells and
Miss Mary Francis Sullon. both of
High I'oint. !
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RESCUED FROM
SHIPWRECKED AND CAST ASHORE on rocky Anacapa Island, off Santa
Monica. Cal.. Mrs. Bernice Brown. 43, Van Nuys. Cal.. rpent two weeks
alone on the uninhabited isle before being rescued by Coast Guard-men.
Here, comforted by her mother-in-law Mrs. Ethel Moon, she is told that
her husband and a friend crc probably lost at sea in the storm that
swamped their boat during a fishing trip. (International)
Mothers - -
The Largest Children's Store In
W. N. C. Is At RAIFF'S
ere For A
Buy h Lot
And Because What You Buy At
Raiff's is good. You Can Buy
With Safety
This Season You Will
Find the Largest Selec
tions Ever, at RAIFF'S,
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IfUU HLOUSKS COATS
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MJi S1.00 2 S5.9S
Just In - - Cvn
Hip and Little (I iris j&SsKrfSx
Straw Hats gt;
$1.98
Don't Wear Yourself Out Looking -j
You'll Find What You Want At
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