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about sailor,.
V Norwegian seaman
a. when Norw ay wj
frorld War II' over the
U and through two
Land finally located
I camp m Nva fcniM.
th, reason most pro-
L bring 'mlssinf' is
hair to write letters
litl their own affairs."
war the Salvation
Ltived many women's
find service men of
;ies who loved 'em and
he bureau has located
Lotharios. Most are
most say "no." The
not tell where they
Urge nur.licr of iast
Fashing
ideation
m 1
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ENO
fool Station
MAJOR METZ . . . "They hate
to write letters . . ."
year's Inquiries came from Ger-
0BJO O) 8UIA".U SUBIBJI PUB SUIHII
anybody with whom they had I lie
slightest acquaintance in tins conn
try in order to beg boxes of food
Most people said "no" to thai too.
Major Metz reports that general
ly people follow the same system
when they seek to disappear and
she uses the same sleuth method;,
and sources repeatedly to find
them telephone books, postal
guides, neighbors, neighborhood
shops, schools, unions, etc.
"But if I think that putting
the people who are being seal ril
ed for in touch with those who
are searchins for them won't
bring happiness, I just don't do
it," Major Metz concluded. 'Tor
Instance, a man who had he en
a foundling and is now a pros
perous merchant with a wife and
several children tried to find his
mother. We learned he was il
legitimate. We never told him.
"Another time a young woman
who was happily married tried to
Hnd her mother. When we did
locate the mother, she was a pros
titute. Of course, we did not tell
the girl we found her.
"And then liiero was the man
whose wife tried to find him alter
he received a small inheritance
He refused flatly to return to her
'She walked out on me,' he said.
'Left me cold five years ago -even
took the frying pan.' We just lelt
that man alone."
Cecil News
By MRS. J. EDGAR BURNETTE
Miss Aileen Massie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Massie. is recup
erating from the measles.
Mr.
Birth
and Mrs. Vauahn Rogers an
nounce ihe birth of a daughter at
me naywooa county Hospital on
Mondaf, June 9.
LOCAL (,0V
,S BILtlOHS
Howard S. Medford had his ton
sils removed recently.
Mrs. W. F. Hipps returned home
on June 13 from the hospital,
w here she underwent an operation.
Funeral for Valerie Revis
Funeral services were conducted
at the Burnett Sidine elinreh nn
Sat in day morning, June 14, for
Miss Valerie Revis. 16, with burial
in the Sunburst cemetery. The
sympathy of the community is ex
tended to the parents, Mr. and
Mrs. I'elbeit Revis and relatives
Mrs Maxine Sorrells and young
on were the dinner guests the
past Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J
Howard Reeee and family.
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Source The Tar Foundation ) J vt" II I .
LOCAL COV ( 3 liWUWtff STATC COVJt
iBiufossi s j An cov r& -s-LVjVi
lApS-rJ 3i BILLIONS f K X JU
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Disappointed Lover Cheers
Brides With Big Endowment
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Mr. and Mrs. James Fowler of
West Asheville were the guests
Sunday ol Mr and Mrs. James Met
calf and family, and were visitors
il the morning service at Riverside
ehui eh.
II. D. Club
The Cecil Home Demonstration
club will meet Wednesday with
Mrs Alonzo Warren, in place of at
the Friendly House with Mrs. Ros
alie A West, who has moved to
Ho: ton. Mass.
Mr and Mrs Ned Moody and
on. Hoy, were the dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. Edgar
Jiurnctte and family. After dinner
the party motored to Pisgah.
SHADY CHARACTER
PHILADELPHIA (A') A horse
pulling a mail wagon on a north
bound one-way street refused to
go any way but southbound the re
sult was a traffic jam and a cur
ious crowd but nobody knew the
cause until a farmer in the crowd
stepped out and observed that the
tun was hill ins the street.
"Ttiat,Hfh commented. , , t
Waynevilla
Motor Court
and
Dining Room
(Opposite Eait Waynesville School)
Serving Hours
BREAKFAST 7 TO 9
(Except Mondays)
LUNCHEON 1 TO 2
DINNER 6 TO 9
'Sundays 12 to 3:30)
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Patterson
fl
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Jennings and
sons, Garry and Jimmy, of Waynes
ville, and Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Crisp, of Canton, soent the past
week-end at the Clontz camp on
MeClures C reek. Mrs. W. C. Clontz
and Winton Clontz of Canton mo
lored to Beech Gap in the after
noon.
Bobby Sloan Edits
30th Div. Paper;
Tells Of Meeting
The first issue of "30th Division
News." official publication of the
30th Infantry Division association,
was sent here from Nashville,
Tenn., last week by its editor. Hob
by Sloan, son of Mr. and Mrs Hugh
Sloan of Waynesville.
Featured in the News was Ihe
announcement of the association',
first national convention to lie held
in Nashville, Augc t 8-29-30,
which Bobby remarked would be
of interest to members of the Na
tional Guard from 1917 to the pres
ent newlv organized local company.
Plans for the convention, to
which several thousand veteran,
who served with Old Hickory are
expected to attend, will be centered
around making it a real reunion of
old friend.-, and comrades. A fish
fry and grand ball and jamboree
will be highlights of the entertain
ment, and Governor Jim Alcord,
of Tennesse, is announced as one
of the speakers.
Men who have served with Ihe
division may contact its association
through V C). Box 2!tt, Nashville
Motion Picture Of
Roosevelt To Be
Shown In September
Wray Allen liurncflc was the
cues! on Sunday of Harold Messer
both hoys having the same birthday
and age.
Harold Messer suffered a broken
left wrist the past week in a fall
from a cherry tree and has it in a
cast.
Chattanooga Law
Has The Weight
To Throw Around
AP New'sfeatures
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Chat
tanooga claims it has the biggest
law enforcement leadership in Hie
counti y
Wiicn poce commissioner Hoy
Hyatt and polite chief Ed Kick
ctls start tlii.wing their weight
around against law violator., the
mminaU ionic up again . I .'til
pounds.
liwki.lt. is almost six teet. live
niche tall and weigh., "tt!) pounds.
Hyatt ia exactly .six teet. live and
weighs 271!. Hickett.-, wears a -Me
13 shoe, Hyatt an 11 1 . Hot li pre-
for a half sue larger.
llyall. lormer cow puncher.
: mokes 1.1 to 21) cigar:, a day.
Rickells. an e.c-ioal miner, yields
to no one when calim; repulalions
are at slake.
He once knocked olT a roast beet
nlale two big T-bone steaks with
all the trimmings and a pan of rue
HOLLYWOOD A motion pic
ture depicting the life of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt will be given ils
American premiere at the Globe
theater in New York on September
1, it was learned recently.
"The Story of Roosevelt" had its
private world premiere in Brussels
Tuesday night before officials of
the world film festival competition
who reportedly were worried about
..... Dolitical repercussions The pic-
Mr. and Mrs Howard '" iurc was approved for fesl ival com
and family and Miss Hazel Medford 1 .... unA ,:,, .... fliven an fli
pudding topped with eight to 10
dips of ice cream.
Icebreaker Gives
San Dicijo A Chill
SAN DIEGO. Calif. 'AP' The
sight of an icebreaker ship barging
into San Diego bay- and in mid
summer at that - was enough to
.-lull II.,- heart of the chamber of
commerce. But the Navy explain
ed that the r,3()0-lon USS ISurlon
Island, first lull-fledged icebreaker
assigned to the Pacific fleet, was
only in port for a non-business visit
between cruises to the Antarctic
with the Byrd expedition and to
Alaska waters later this year.
motored to. MoyntJ'bjah,4n SuaJ
day
Alonzo Warren and sons, Wayne,
Charles, and Frederick returned
home last Sunday from a week's
trip to Shelter Neck and the coast.
Misses Frankie Woody and Mar
garet Burke were visitors of Miss
Winifred Burnette on Sunday.
Mrs Vincent Steelman and chil
dren of Happy Valley were visitors
Ihe tat week of her sister, Mrs.
Willis Warren and family. The
Willis Warrens are remodeling
their home.
A birthday supper was held on
Sunday evening, June 15, at the
home of Rev. and Mrs. Thomas
Erwin, given in honor of sons,
Trov. Harmon and Paul. Guests
included in addition to the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Erwin and Mr
and Mrs. Herman Erwin of Crab-
tree.
Mr and Mrs. Harmon Erwm were
dinner guests Sunday of Mr and
Mrs Ellis F. Burnette and lamnj
petition and will be given, aji offi
cial world premiere in Brussels on
June 27.
Following the New York showing
film trade circles said Hie picture
will be offered to theaters through
out the world for general commer
cial release.
The movie, made up from news
reel clips, depicts the life of Mr
Roosevelt from his appointment a
Assistant Secretary of the Navy un
til bis death in April, 194.1. II em
phasizes the social legislation insti
gated by Mr Roosevelt under Ihe
New Deal, including banking laws,
old age insurance, social security
and housing.
His Family Took
His Hints Seriously
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (Pi Leon
ard O McGowan id Mishawaka
hinted he would like a dug as a
Father's Day gift
His seven sons took th" hint,
and today MeGowan's wish
fulfilled-seven times
Each bon visited the South Bend
dog pound and selected the dog he
believed the father would like best
Then in a group they presented Hie
seven dogs to the elder Mi Gnu an
The father and sons, all w ai vol
I erans. are employees of the Mndr
baker corporation here McGnwau
said he was a little perplexed about
the whole thing, but indicated be
would keep one and return the
olbers
McGowan a'fo has three daugh
ters. He's hoping their gifN aren't
from the dug pound
State Dept. Counsellor
Estimates Aid To Europe
WASHINGTON (Pi Benjamin
V Cohen. State Department coun
sellor, estimated today that Europe
SII.OOO.OOO.OOO to .v..-
OOO.OOO.OOO for rehabilitation in the
next three or four years
Cohen's estimate was given in an
address before Ihe Junior Chamber
of Commerce convention id Long
Beach. Calif He said that "those
who have been studying Europe's
rudimentary rehabilitation needV
believe I I'M the continent and Brit
ain may require $,1,000,000,000 or
$0,000,(10(1.000 annually for another
three or four years.
BVI'ON ROUGE, La A French
bachelor who du d more than a cen
tury ago still is paying for new
babies in West Baton Rouge parish
today.
.1 ul it-ii I'nwhas. frustrated in love
in Ills native France, lelt a curious
will when be died at HO. In it he
bequeathed $3(1.000 to the parish,
"Ihe interest of which sum shall
he employed to endow the girls of
Ihe parish who m.u happen to act
married.''
A lot of theiii happen to get mar
ried evei v year
Povdi i .. legend sa s. loved a
pom gul II wi. bis romantic
down!. ,11. I" i ,ni e 1 renrh custom
ruled again -! his lnairying a girl
ho . i too pool to provide a mar-
i iag- d'.l
I'mdi i ii'ined the French navy.
When Ic i e n hed New Orleans,
1 .(.nic - r ,i . I dei . he was flat broke,
i KhI he eiaprd up enough cash to
,el hi'" ell up i- .1 house-to-house
peddh i of on eellaneou '. goods.
I. ci be hciai'T one of Louisi
ana's i ii he t ,uid most influential
men He owned six plantations
;nnl ic than 1.000 slaves. But he
i:r el ta.a I led
lin ii ; fin .h hi ides bene
litlel lluaiili the 1'oed'ai fund.
nbi Ii i. ."iiiiini ipieil by a special
iiiMini inn h, iili d in- the sheriff.
I ,k h a i In 1 1, tor approximately-
$'.o
'I In- rlnw iir . h ue amounted to as
nun h a. $'aio. depending on the
number of bi ide w ho qualify each
The transaction " iypicuj
French. The money goes to tne
husband, and the wife cannot ae-
mand the money for her rt-'onai
use. But she generauy a"w
how it is to be spent.
Girls of the parish look forward
to getting Poydraa dowries. One
waited 10 years to get married,
hoping to cash In on a light year
and get a larger sum. She finally
got $500.
Partially Disabled Have
Unfit June 30 to Reioin
Army At Former Grade
FORT BRAGG Partially dis
abled combat wounded veterans of
World War II have until June 30
lo apply for reenlistment in the
regular Army and retain the grade
which they held at the time of dis
charge. Previously the deadline
was set at March 31.
This extension was decided upon
in order to make an Army career
available to disabled veterans who
did not learn of the original order
authorizing their enlistment until
too late to meet the March 31 date.
The new ruling applies to all
former enlisted pien wounded dur
ing World War II who submit ap
plications for a three-year enlist
ment.
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It pays to use Want Ads.
From where I sit ... Ay Joe Marsh,
When Ed's Crops Failed
It is estimated that about 300
million people throughout Ihe
world have malaria in some years.
Three yearn aeo Kd Smith's lurk
went bud. His crop failed, anil it
wasn't long before Ed's home and
furnishing were up for auction.
Half the town turned out,, and
Ed must have thought his neigh
bors were u bunch of hungry vul
tures -Inlying up all his precious
possessions for u song.
When it wan over, and the auc
tioneer had left. Sam Abernathy
turns to Hie crowd and says: "All
right, folks, let's take time out for
a glass of beer, and then put this
stuff back where it belongs!"
Two hours later, Ed was in pos
pession of his home and furnish
ings; and the folks who'd paid for
them were sitting around Ed's Are
enjoying a neighborly glass of beer
to show their friendship and
their confidence In Ed.
Today, Ed's back on his feet an
other constructiTe member of the
community. And frem where I sit,
we've all been well repaid a good
investment in a good maa.
OI0.17 UNITED STATES BREWERS FOUNDATION, Nortti CsnflM CoHH
iuila 60o-CUf iruuranso Bunaing, nwMi i-. w-.. .
In the svinbolism of heraldry, I The art of felting, or pressing
Li. ... ic n,n .nlnr i.f nielv hair inlo fabric, is believed lo 1
and sincerity. 1 older than the art t weaving
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Riverside B. T. V.
Te genera! assembly program
at the Riverside B, t- U- n the
evening of June 15 was given by
the Storv Hour and Junior groups
The leader for the former group is
Miss Jenny Mae Chambers, and for
Mark refreshed . . . have a Coke I
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PU Bottling COMPANY of Asheville, N.
Circus Horse Act Hit
When Tails Are Clipped
BERLIN fTi - Thi'tv horst.-'
tail: and 30 horse- th Barlay cr
cus has both but t'e lads are not
attached to the horses, which need
them for the sake of beauty in
their equine art and for praet-eal
purposes, since it's coming on to
be summer---and 0'' time.
The tails were shorn nn ni.-ht
reepiitlv bv tbievmg stable
guard, who intended to sell the
i., i.. (,. iiritinlsterer- and br'Joh
makers. The knave was caught be
fore he could carry out his das
tardly purpose, but one can't -ev
tails on horses
"It is somewhat sensational, but
also a sad equine act we present,
said the circus manager, "thirty
tail-less horses, including a cute
Shetland pony and a fine Arabian
thoroughbred "
FIRE LOSSKS INCREASE
mk.w YORK tA't The National
Board of Fire Underwriters recent
lv estimated fire losses in the U. S
in Mav at $56,545. a seasonal de
crease of 1R.8 per cent from $68.
029.000 during April. The board
added that May losses were LIX
per cent above $46,0'J4,O(i'i in May
1946.
the Juniors is Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Sorrells.
nihio vprs.es and songs were giv
en bv the Story Hour group; Psalm
23 by Rhoda Metcalf: and the verse
Talking With God" by Virgil ces
ser.
The Junior group program was
Tk. r.cr. Shepherd. " with scrip
ture verses by five children; Psalm
23, by Barbara Jean Burnette: a
Psalm of Praise, by Wilson Cham
bers: First Parable ol tne iosi
Sheep, by Emma Sue Huskey: sec
ond Parable of the Lost Sheep, by
Novella Singleton, and three songs
with Sarah Recce at the piano.
The Riverside Youth Choir sang
special songs the Spring Hill
church on last Tuesday evening,
with Mrs. Edgar Burnette singing
the sold, "Just a Closer Walk With
Thee."
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