DEATHS
( OKWIN A. MANN
Corwin A. Mann. 45, of Canton.
Rt 3. died in an Aaheville hos
pital early Monday following a
lengthy illness.
He was the son of the late Ira
P Mann and Mary E. Murray Mann
ot the Bethel section.
Funeral services were held in
Bethel Methodist Church at 3:30
p.m. Tuesday with the Rev A. C.
Graham and the Rev. Mr. Gammon
and the Rev. Clayton Lime officiat
ing Burial was in Bethel Ceme
tery.
Masonic rites were conducted at
the graveside. Mann was a mem
ber of Sonoma Lodge 472 AF and
AM
Pallbearers were Hugh Terrell.
Lester Fore, Walker Brown. C. C.
Willis. Ed Justice and O. F Gillis.
Nieces and cousins were flower
bearers.
Mann was a member of Bethel
Methodist Church and was a stew
aid at the time of his death. He
was employed by the Champion
Paper and Fibre Company.
Surviving are the widow. Mrs.
Hazel Justice Mann: two sons, Ed
win and Paul of the home; one
daughter, Jean of the home; the
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Mann; a
brother, James B Mann of Tifton.
Ga.; and three sisters. Mrs. C. S.
Rollins of Canton, Rt. 3. Mrs.
George Blalock of Canton, Rt. 3
and Mrs. John Rhodarmer of Can-!
ton. Rt. 1.
Crawford Funeral Home was in'
charge of arrangements.
WYATT INFANT
Graveside rites were held Tues
day at Rocky Branch Cemetery
for the infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. B. Wvatt of Franklin. The
Rev. Elmer Green officiated.
Surviving in addition to the par
ents are the maternal grandpar
ents. Mr and Mrs. Granville Mull
of Waynesville. Route 2. and the
paternal grandmother. Mrs. Frank
Wyatt of Waynesville. Route 1.
WILLIAM A. GRIFFITH
William Augustus Griffith. 76,
a retired oarpenter and contractor,
cf Canton, died Tuesdav at 3 p. m
in an Asheville hospital after a
lingering illness.
Surviving are three sons. J. W.
of Clyde. RFD 2. Frank of Marble,
and Fred of Murphy; one daugh~
ter. Mrs. Mildred Millsao of Rob
Dinsville: one brother. D. E. of
Murphy.
Also four sisters. Mrs. Lewis
Wilson of Canton, Mrs. C. W.
Thompson of Murphy. Mrs. R. L.
Rice of >|adis<yi, Ga., anc| Miss
Verdie Griffith of Canton.
Funeral services were held to
day at 11 a. m in Peachtree Bap
tist Church near Murphy.
The Rev. Robert Barker, the
Rev Thomas Truett and the Rev
Andrew Cloer officiated and burial
' was in the church cemetery.
Griffith had resided in Gastonia
prior to moving to Canton several
years ago.
I Wells Funeral Home was in
charge.
MRS. GRACE P. CHAMBERS
Mrs. Grace Pruett Chambers. 98.
of Canton. RFD 3. widow of C. M. 1
Chambers, died in an Asheville
hospital at 10:15 a m Wednesday
following a lengthy illness.
She was a native and lifelong
resident of Haywood county, the
daughter of the late Elija and Mar
tha Inman Pruett. She was a mem
ber of the Riverside Baptist Church
in the Bethel section.
Funeral services will be held Fri
day at 2 p.m. in the Riverside Bap
tist Church with the Rev. Thomas
Erwin. pastor, officiating. Burial
will be in Bethel Cemetery.
Nephews will be pallbearers and
nieces will be flower bearers.
Surviving are three daughters.
Mrs. Charles Messer of Dillsboro.
Mrs. Albert Messer and Mrs. Roy
Edwards of Canton. RFD 3; three
sons. Lewis and the Rev. Gay
Chambers of Canton, RFD 3; and
Glenn Chambers of Hazelwood.
Also three sisters. Mrs. George
Cogburn of Thickety section. Mrs. j
Holden Warren of Canton, RFD 3.)
and Mrs. Walter Moody of Canton;
three brothers. Ken Pruett of Dade
City. Fla.. George Pruett of Canton
and Fred Pruett of Hazelwood: 12
grandchildren; and one great- j
grandchild.
The body has been taken to the
home of Mrs. Roy Edwards of Can
ton. RFD 3. and will remain there
until time for the services.
Garrett Funeral Home is in
charge.
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Retirements Don't Take
HARTFORD. Conn. (AP>?Elmer;
Phelps. 81. says he will never again
try to retire. He tried it twice and
it didn't work. He went back to a
job as a skilled mechanic in the
manufacture of organs.
The Austin Co. here says Phelps
was hired on sight. His reputation
as a skilled mechanic was known
and skilled men in organ manufac
ture are hard to find.
Phelvs has a long commuting
| trip to his home in Springfield.
Mass. But he likes his job and in
sists he will stick to it.
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Waterfront Fire Damage In Millions ?
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Firemen pour tons of water into the smouldering ruins of a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront at
Wilmington, where a wind-swept blaze caused damage estimated as high as 30 million dollars. A
Arc-boat at left joins in the fight. Twenty-one persons were treated at hospitals as a result of burns
and injuries caused by the fire. >AP Wirephoto).
West Pigeon
Community News
By MRS. HENRY GARNER
Community Correspondent
The Women of the Bethel Pres
byterian Church were guests of the j
Women of the Hazelwood Presby-1
terian Church Wednesday evening
when the Rev. William J. Gammon,
of Montreat, reviewed the Mission .
Study "Frontiers of Hope."
The following women attended
from Bethel: Mrs. Claude Church.!
Mrs. Roy Dietz, Mrs. Wiley Med-|
ford. Mrs. James Sheffield, Mrs.
Jack G. McCracken, Mrs. Laydon
West, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs.
Devere Hardin and Mrs. Henry
Garner.
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Sonoma Chapter No. 254, O.E.S.!
met Tuesday evening in the chapter I
room.
The following officers were elect
ed to serve for 1953-1954: Worthy
Matron. Mrs. Geneva Singleton:
Worthy Patron. J. Letch Worley;
Associate Matron. Mrs. Florence
Garner; Associate Patron. Henry
Garner; Conductress. Mrs. Lou
I Singleton; Associate Conductress
Mrs. Edith Edwards; Secretary,
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Mrs. Tullie Beverage; Treasurer,
Mrs. Wanda Sheffield.
The incoming Worthy Matron
appointed the following officers to
serve her Chapter: Adah. Mrs. Lucy
West; Ruth, Mrs, Virginia Terrell;
Esther, Mrs. Dora Mainous; Martha.
Mrs. Mae Sdwards; Electa, Mrs.
Mattie Kelley; Marshal, Mrs. Nellie
McCracken; Chaplain, Mrs. Mae
Kelley; Organist, Miss Helen Jus
tice; Warder, Mrs. Pauline Rigdon;
and Sentinel. M. Vaughn Bramlett.
Public installation of officers will
be held March 31.
The W.S.C.S. of the Bethel
Methodist Church met Thursday
afternoon at the home of Mrs. Jack
P. McCracken. Mrs. L. M. Sher
rill gave the devotional and Mrs.
Joe Beverage was in charge of the
program, assisted by Mrs, David
Vance and Mrs. Bill Wells. Miss
Nannie Vance and Mrs. David
Vance were co-hostesses with Mrs.
McCracken.
The sympathy of the community
[ is extended to the families of Mrs.
1 W. A. iLaurai Moore and C'orwin
I Mann, both of whom passed away
| on Sunday. Mr. Mann's funeral
j was conducted on Tuesday at the
Methodist church with Masonic
rites at the grave. He was an Elder
in the Bethel Presbyterian Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Moore
were held Wednesday afternoon at
the Methodist church.
The Women of the Bethel Pres
byterian Church met Friday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Wilson
Harkins. Mrs. John Johnson gave
a review of the Bible Study and the
following chairmen gave annual
reports: Mrs. Claude Church. Pres.;
Mrs. James Sheffield. Spiritual
Growth; Mrs. J. W. Johnson. Chris
tian Education; Mrs. Wilson Har
kins. Annuities and Relief; Mrs.
Henry Garner. Historian; and Mrs.
Wiley Medford. Treasurer.
West Pigeon is very proud of the
record the Bethel Bells have made
in basketball. They are now at
Aberdeen taking part in the Stale
Tournament, having won their first
contest last night with every mem
ber of the team playing. Mrs,
Horace Peek of West Pigeon and
Mrs Delma Phoenix, a teacher, ac
companied the-girls as chaperons.
The West Pigeon CD Club will
sponsor a "Family Night" and
square dance at Camp Hope Fri
day, March 13, from 7:30 until
N. C. Legislature Coping
With Many Major Problems
By INSTITUE Or GOVERNMENT
As the 1933 General Assembly
completed its fifty-first legislative
day on Friday, sessions were no
ticeably longer, with mounting cal
endar action occupying most of the
legislators' time. The joint appro
priations committee with its hear
ings completed has already begun
its work trimming additional re
quests. Unless a prolonged fight de
velops over Governor Umstead's
budget proposals, legislators may
soon begin to eye a prospective ad
journment date, although little is
heard as yet on that subject. Next
Thursday the legislators take a
holiday to visit Camp Lejeune.
Propositions and Grievances
The public hearing on the "all
or nothing" liquor referendum bill
before a House committee on
Tuesday brought hundreds of
citizens from all over the state to
Raleigh. Charges ranging from
lightly veiled suggestions of liquor
interest bribery (later retracted*
and communist dictatorship by past
legislative commitjtees to failure to
recognize the democratic right to
vote were made by {he dry forces.
Others pleaded for consideration of
the issue not as a revenue measure
but as a moral one. as suggested by
the Governor in his inaugural mes
sage. The Governor himself reiter
ated his position as favoring some
kind of liquor referendum. but
stated that he would not push the
legislature further. No committee
action was taken on the bill. Mean
while. not even a mprmur went
through the House as the veterans'
bonus bill, once regarded as a po
tential storm center, received its
last rites through an unfavorable
report. The Senate passed by a
very narrow margin the bill to
legalize cap pistol caps, which now
is in the House Committee on
Propositions and Grievances.
Appropriations and Finance
Although the joint appropria
tions committee put in only two
days this week actually whittling
on budget requests, it still may be
in a position to complete its work
by the end of the month. A pub
lic welfare request for $1,396,500
was turnpd down and many lesser
requests were earmarked for study
I 12:00 o'clock. Refreshments will
' be on sale during the evening and
there will be a small admission
charge at the door. Everyone is in
vited.
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by a subcommittee, shortly to be
appointed to handle major con
troversial items and periodically
bring in recommendations to the
full committee.
Amid rumors that Senate lead
ers will permit no tax increase
and may refuse to go along with
the Governor's recommended $15
million bond issue for educational
institutions and hospitals, tax re
duction proposals dominate the
work of the joint finance commit-1
tee. In a hearing on the proposal
to eliminate or reduce the State
intangible tax on stock, bank de
posits and accounts receivable, tex
tile representatives argued that the
state was chasing pennies. $4 2 mil
lion last year, of which 3.4 million
was allocated to municipalities'
while losing dollars 'potential ad
ditional income tax from wealth at
tracted to the state by a more
favorable tax structure). Com
panion bills introduced this week
proposed to eliminate still further
tax "inequities"?this time by re
pealing the wholesale sales tax and
wholesalers' license tax which
; bring the State an estimated $750.
000 a year.
Motor Vehicle Law
The big question in the motor
: vehicle field is whether or not
I mechanical inspection will be re
quired again. Rumors persist that
Senate Judiciary 2 committee is
prepared to give a favorable re
port to SB 183 providing for in
spections by private garages, but
a vote has been postponed until
next week. Also postponed was a
vote on the proposed financial re
i sponsibility law designed to en
courage more drivers to take out
automobile liability insurance,
i Thursday was dubbed "highway
safety" day as 1+ bills dealing
! with motor vehicles and their use
on the highways were introduced;
[ four other motor vehicle bills
j passed the House and were sent
| to the Senate. The bills passed
; would allow learners to practice
: driving at night as well as in the
daytime; require dimming of head
?] lights whep following a car as well
j as meeting one; permit red lights
i on the front of school buses and
private cars of some firemen; and
| make it easier foe minors whose
: parents are deceased to get a driv
j er's license. Some of thp new bill?
| would tighten the law on drivfhs
I while under the influence of an>
; drug; let the Commissioner ap>
1 prove muffler types; permit ve
Hospital
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Baby Jaime Jo Laysm^B
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Clyde. Kt . Mm bu^X
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DISCHARGES I
Mri Jarvis Teant
Mrs. Geo Smith and b?by^|
villi*. Rt 3; M:
Clyde. Rt. 1: Miss Rutn (I
Waynesville; ?
and baby. Waynesville, [9
Mrs. DeRoj F u and
Junaluska: Robert
Way nesvi'.le Rt 1: Mrs
dy. Canton. It! Mrv!
Sharp. Canto-: Mr- Ho^H
tice. Way r.e^x < it: 2 yX
ard Best. Clyde, Ht
Jaynes and baby. Breva^H
Mrs. Nolattd Rearar.. Viol
BIRTHS I
Mr. and Mrs. Robert sX
Waynesville. a liaushterjl
Mr. and Mrs iti uee jX
Way nesville, a son. March!
hides meeting .stopped sc|?
on boulevards w ith a c-ej
a rat ion strip of at least |
to proceed without- -tup#
hibit overcrowding of can,
cycles, and motor -moia
clamp down on motorists
parked vehicles and (ail
out the owner, in additim
fening provisions on colt
porting generally. A M
?IP's try driver license i
I got a favorable report. I
? j then sent to a new cotml
Kducatiou
j While representatives
State's private schools atj
I fin a ilce commitlep to pi
? hunting privileges by rat
allowable income tax di
for charitable gifts iron
20%, public school inlets
favored by a bill to pes
i financing and establish
two-year ''community col
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