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Upper Crabtree Gets Additional Telephone Line By PATRICIA. ANN MESSER Community Reporter The telephone line in our com munity U being extended and has reached the home of Mr. and Mrs. Willie Smith Tommy Noland has returned to his home after spending a few days in an Asheville hospital. Forest Messer. of Waynesville, former resident of this community, is ill at the Haywood County Hos pital. Mirs. Thad Crawford has also been in the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Don Plemmons of Asheville visited relatives in this community over the weekend. Mrs. Grace Giles of Virginia is visiting friends and relatives, in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines McCrack en have completed the foundation on the new house they are build ing. Jean and Dean Best, twins of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Best have been sick. Miss Eddie Hill, daughter of Mr. and M!rs. Ed Hill, is spending a few days in Asheville. Inflation Note PHILADELPHIA <AP) ? The classroom notebook of the first graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine shows the cost of medical school ing nearly 200 years ago was about $50 a year. The cost exceeds $2,000 a year today. The notebook belonged to Dr. John Archer, who entered the school when it opened in 1765. The book has been purchased by mem bers of the class of 1916, which in cluded Archer's grjat-great grand son. for presentation to the school. The great-great grandson also is named Dr. John Archer. Personal Fire UNION, S C. <AP)?Magistrate J. Lee Gregory was watching a fight on television at the Union fire station when an alarm came in. He told the truck driver that he would stay and answer the phone. "Get on!" the driver yelled at him. "It's your house!" Gregory rode the fire truck. He found his house full of smoke as the result of a burned roast and a pot of beans on the kitchen stove. Stolen Romance CHULA VISTA, Calif. (API?A burglar stole a kiss. Miss Patricia dc Vany, 26, awakened by the kiss, said the man also fled with some of her freshly laundered sheer garments which she had hung in the bedroom to dry. She told police the intrusion and thefts were particularly embar rasing because she is engaged to be married. Seeks Husband ? BECAUSE there la ? shortage ot eligible young men in West Ger many, Kaethe Uaehner, ? sales girl, picked at random the name of Samuel Spencer of Washing ton, D. C, and wrote him a letter explaining her plight. Here she goes through some of the scores of replies for a man between 29 and 39, fairly good looking with "a golden heart" (International) C. B. McCracken Observed 80th Birthday Sunday By MRS. SAM FERGUSON Community Reporter > Charles B. McCracken observed his 80th birthday with a family dinner Sunday. His birthday was the 24th. He is the son of .the late Thos. B. and Sarah Kirkpatrick Mc Cracken. He is the oldest of the five living children. There were 13 children in the family. A number of children and other relatives from a wide area attend ed the occasion at the McCracken home Sunday. The Fines Creek 4-H Club met last week, with the boys studying timber management under Cecil Brown, and the girls spent their time on discussing 4-H projects. Record books were distributed at the meeting. James Ferguson presided at the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Carson Swanger and children returned to their home in Hampton, Va., last week after attending the funeral of Mrs. Joe Swanger, the mother of Mr. Swanger. Reeves Ferguson, who Is em ployed with the Macon Construc tion Company, in Georgia, is ex pected to move to a project near Brevard this week. Lower Crabtree Farmers Welcome 4 To 6 Inch Snow By MRS. MILLARD FERGUSON Community R^iwrter 'The first big snow of the season, ranging from 4 to 6 Inches, fell here Monday night. This pleased the farmers, and will do a lot of good in restoring the abnormal water level. Otholo Jones underwent a major operation at the Haywood County Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Payne have moved to the Joe Palmer farm. Miss Kathleen Hoglen, student at Blatiton's Business College, Asheville, spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Zim mery Hoglen. The 5th Sunday services for the Crabtree Charge will be held at Davis Chapel at U o'clock with all four churches attending. The Rev. Frank Smathers, district Superintendent, will bring the Morning Message and a covered dish lunch will be enjoyed at the noon hour. The pastor, Rev. A. R. Davis, will be in charge. All members are invited to at tend. I Miss Polly Carver, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Tom Carver, was married last Saturday to Glenn Price, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Price of Iron Duff. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Robinson gave them a household shower last Saturday night at their new home in the Hyder Mt. section. About 20 were present. Mr. and Mrs. Wood row Plem mons and two daughters visited rel atives last Sunday in Hot Springs. Mrs. Wilburn Grooms has re turned from a week's visit to her daughter. Mrs. Harry Holloway of Lenoir. MM/3 McClain Pope of the USS Intrepid, with Mrs. Pope and daughter Patti of Portsmouth, Va., are here for a 20-day furlough vis iting their parents, Mrs. Mary Pope and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Blalock of Waynesville. " ? Rev. A. R. Davis, accompanied by his father, Rev. F. R. Davis of Mooresville, left Tuesday morning for Wiimore, Ky.. where they will attend a ministerial conference at Asbury College. While they are there they will visit Rev. Davis' sis ters, Misses Mary and Barbara Davis who are students at the col lege. Rev. Davis' mother will be guest of his wife while he is away. They are expected back on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lee Fergu son and daughter Esther Lee, of Detroit, Mich., arrived last Satur dfy to be with Mr. Ferguson's fath er, C. T. Ferguson, who underwent major surgery last Saturday at the Memorial Mission hospital in Ashe ville. Mrs. Larry Goldring of Peoria, 111., and Mrs. R. L. Griffin of Sil ver Springs, Md. who have been here visiting their father, C. T. Fer guson. left Tuesday by plane for their homes. SNOWMEN are common ilitto on snowy days in town bat young sters on Boyd Ave. Tuesday morning put together this snow wo rn^n?compete with bine sweater, pink hea dscarf (a towel) and red lips. ' (Mountaineer Photo)., Home Demonstration Clubs Choose Themes For Booths Themes for home demonstration club booths in the Achievement Days program this year were select ed and announced at the HDC county council meeting last week. The themes include: "Family Planning and Counsel ing"?Francis Cove; "Planning and Candscaping the Homestead"?Jon athon Creek; "Growing a Square Meal at Home"?Maggie; "The Liv ing Area" (living room, colors, draperies) ? Fairview; "Family Life ? Religion ? Music ? Good Reading for the Home" ? Aliens Creek. "Adequate Lighting for the Home" (study unit)?White Oak; "Hand-Made Rugs for the Home"? Bethel; "A Comfortable Sleeping Area"-?Waynesville Homemakeis; "Slip Covering and Upholstering Furniture"?Upper Crabtree; "Re finishing Furniture"?Lakeside. "The Play Area" (den)?Ratcliffe Cove; A Craft For Pleasure" (cop ver tooling)?Dellwood; "Th^Fam ily Nursery"?Happy Homemakers; "Outdoor Living" ? Junaluska; "Health and Safety"?Merry Home makers. "A Craft For All Ages" crepe paper - raffia?West Canton; "The Sewing Unit" ? Clyde; "Clothing the Family" ? Saunook; "Corsages For Every Occasion" ? Thickety; "The Working Area" futility and kitchen)?Morning Star. "Good Nutrition In Meal Plan ning"?Center Pigeon; "Food Con servation" (freezing, canning, pick ling. preserving)?Cecil; "Thanks giving In The Home" ? Canton Homemakers; "Good Storage For The Home" (cleaning)?Beaverdam. "Enjoying Our Leisure"?enam eling on copper-Fines Creek; "Con sumer Buying" (kitchen equip ment, etc.) ? Crabtree-Iron Duff; "Community Service" ? McKim mon; "Christmas In The Home"? South Clyde. At its January meeting at the courthouse, the HDC county coun cil voted to hold the Achievement Days program as a separate event instead of combining it with the Tobacco Festival as has been the custom In the past. Library Notes Margsret Johnston Connty librarian LASTING MEMORIALS Following is a list of Memorial Books which have recently been given to the Haywood County Li brary: Complete Tales of Uncle Remus given by Miss Betsy Lane Quintan and Dr. E. W. Gudger, in memory of Mrs. Sam Stringfield. Pictorial History of American Presidents given by Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Whiscnhunt and Miss Edna Summerrow. in memory of Dr. Charles W. Edwards. Golden Book of Church Plays given by Long's Chapel Methodist Choir, in memory of Dr. Charles W. Edwards. Government and Administration of N. C. given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Ray in memory of Mr. Jack Gilbert Holtzclaw. Songbirds In Your Garden giv en by Waynesville Book Club in memory of Mr. Jack Gilbert Holtz claw. Collier's Greatest Sports Stories, given by Mrs. Frances Jones and Miss Margaret Johnston, in mem ory of Frank Kennedy. A Protestant Manifesto, given by The Waynesville B.P.W. Club in memory of Mrs. Etta Kluttz. Modern Treasury of Christmas Plays, given by Mrs. C. R. Francis and Mrs. Howard Shook. In mem ory of Rev. R. P. McCracken. Illustrated Treasury of Chil dren's Literature, given by Second Grade of Central School in mem ory of Mr. Tom Medford. The Secret Happiness, given by Dr. Boyd Owen in memory of Miss Sadie Mehaffey. Dictionary of Music and Musi cians, V8 given by Miss Margaret Johnston and Mrs. Frances Jones. in memory of Mrs. L. M. Owen. Angel Unawares, given by Mr. Albert Muse and Family, in mem ory of William Park Putman. In memory of Mr. Haywood Smith: Shady Gardens, given by Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Lyda. Field Book of the Skies, given by Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Howell, Jr. They Called Htm Stonewall, giv en by Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Cham pion. The lungflsh can breaths air as well as water. Income Tax Book Is Off The Press The United States Department of Commerce held office in Atlan ta has announced that the Federal Government's booklet to help In come-tax payers of Haywood coun ty to make out their returns for the year 1955 Is again available. The booklet is entitled "Your Federal Income Tax?1955". It Is published by the Internal Revenue Setvice, Uncle Sam's "top author ity" on the paying of Internal revenue taxes at the Federal level. The publication sells for twenty live cents, and copies are obtain able at the U. S. Department of Commerce field office, 340 Peach tree-Seventh Street Building in At lanta. " I RICHARD TROUTMAN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Troutman of Waynesvllle and a graduate of WTHS, is continuing hka study of electronics which he started in high school here. Now a mine man seaman apprentice, in the U. S. Navy. Troutman has Just completed it months of electron ics training at the Naval Mine Warfare School at York town. Vs., and expects to he transferred soon to the Naval Air Station at Atsugi, Japan, for an 18-months coarse in electronic warfare. The alfalfa weevil was found in North Carolina for the first time in 1993. Transactions In REAL ESTATE Waynesvtlle Township DeiTy Norman and wife to Price Norman and Marion Norman. Neal Mat his and wife to W. E. Smith and wife. Paul R. Clark and wife to W. E. Smith and wife. Mrs. Fannie Jamison to Thomas Craig Campbell and wife. Balsam Mountains I^nd Co. to Jeannette W Tuck. Jonathan Township Marion Holcombe tb Dave Brown. Beaverdam Township Guy V. Roberts and wife to S. M. Downs and wife. H. J. Brookshire and wife to Harold M Rice and wife. Glenn Smathers and wife, John West and wife, and Dorothy West Chambers and husband to Maude Smathers and Beulah Smathers Rice. Firemen On Time TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? In case you're wondering how long it takes a fireman to get out of bed, dress, slide down the pole and reach the fire truck, the time is 11 seconds. Bruce Roberts, Tampa Tribune photographer. Aimed and timed the process in a Tampa Arehouse FINANCIAL STATEMENT GARRETT MUTUAL BURIAL ASSOCIATION, INC. AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1955 BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 1955 RECEIPTS: 1. Total assessments collected 2. Number new members 439 @ 25c 3. Interest on time deposits, stocks, bonds 4. Total (lines 1 to 4 inc.) 5. Net difference of advance assessments: 6. Receipts 7. Total receipts DISBURSEMENTS: 8. Salaries 9. Collection comissions _ 10. Miscellaneous expenses 11. Total expenses (lines 8 to 10 inc.) 12. Death benefits paid (No. 105) 13. Membership fees paid agents 14. Refund 15. Total disbursements (lines 11 to 15 inc.) BALANCE TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR ASSETS: s 16. Cash on hand 17. Bank deposit, Waynesville First National 18. War Bonds 19. Building & Loan stock 20. Total assets LIABILITIES: ' 21. Advance assessments 22. Death benefits unpaid 23. Expenses unpaid , 24. Total liabilities SURPLUS $65,995.77 $17,770.70 - 109.75 1,612.50 $19,492.95 124.60 19,617.55 $85,613.32 $ 4,000.00 ? 296.19 1,265.92 $ 5,562.11 I 12,150.00 109.75 2.00 $17,823.86 $67,789.46 $ 1,248.91 1,987.00 . 44,553.55 20,000.00 $67,789.46 $ 2,807.61 None None $ 2,807.61 $64,981.85 GARRETT FUNERAL HOME ? OUR 28th YEAR ? MAIN STREET WAYNESVILLE ' ??? , ?a LAFF . A ? DAY ifW. V*'"> *t ?????* J M# ttiftt'B the landlord, dear, the rent money ia right I U th"' mJTSS lb. WfcplKM book." TREMENDOUS SAVINGS IN BELK'S "So SPECIALS 100 LADIES' DRESSES ? WINTER COTTONS ? FAILLES ? RAYONS All First Quality ? Sizes 9 to 15 & 10 to 20 Assorted Colors and Styles ? REGULAR ^ JM ^3^3 NOW ONLY Hr Chenille BEDSPREADS Full Double Bed Size White, Green, Yellow, Blue and Rose \ $099 i Special Purchase! Men's Sport SHIRTS Slight Imperfects At ' Regular $3.95 & $4.95 Ass't. Colors & Styles, S-M-L $^98 ! OR 2 FOR $5.00 Large Bath TOWELS Slight imperfects of Regular $1.00 to $1.98 Towels? Green, Yellow, Blue, Red, Toast, Pink, Rose and Gold ? Solid Colore. EXTRA LARGE C 24 x 46 J M Regular Price $3.95 DISHES ? Plates ? Cups # Saucers ? Cereals ? Sugars ? Fruits ? Bowls ? Creams # Salads jg yes ? only 10c ? ejc gach with each | \J 10c PURCHASE! V 112 Pairs of Ladies' SHOES ? CASUALS ? FLATS ? LOAFBRS Suedes and Leathers ? Most All Sizes ? Black, Brown. Tan, Beige and Red. 0 Regular $ 44 $5.95 & $7.95 ^ A You Can't Beat Balk's For Certified BETTfcR VALUESI BclkHudson
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