k I Fines Creek Crops ft Improved By Rain By MBS. SAM FERGUSOft Conununity kyorlrr Crop* in the Fines Creek section ?re looking very good after the nice rains. Although we haven't had as much rain as other parts of the county, what we have had has certainly been a great help to both crops and pasture land. Everything was getting awfully dry. Sam McCracken left last week for New York, where he will spend six weeks in summer school at the university. Mrs. Nellie Aldrich of New York Is spending the summer with her daughter, Mrs. Sam McCracken, and her granddaughter Barbara in West Ashevllle. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Greenleaf and sons of Illinois arrived Saturday for a visit with Mrs. Green!"sf's parents, Mr. and Mrs. '?. Vr. nos ers of Pines Creek. Another daugh ter, Geraldine. with her husband and children, is also visiting the Rogers family, Mrs. Steve Duckett. who has been a patient in the Haywood County Hospital for several days Is improved. She returned to her home on Fines Creek Friday. "Uncle" Joe Kirkpatrick, who had a minor throat operation re cently, ls?gettlng along well. Lois Ferguson accompanied her niece Peggy home after Peggy had spent a week with her here. Muriel Ferguson, daughter of Mr. aryl Mrs. John Ferguson of thin community, who has been employ ed at Oak Ridge. Tenn., for some time, spent her vacation In Florida with a former classmate, Betty Jo Russell Mrs. Coman Haynes has return ed home from Haywood County Hospital. C. B. McCracken. who has had quite a bit of trouble with a sore foot, is still taking treatment for K hi Ashevllle. It seems to be slowly Improving. Jack Ferguson has made some Improvements on his store, putting up screena and painting the wood work. Canton Guard Unit Sets Camp Record Canton'* 30th Signal Company of the North Carolina National Guard ended It* 15-day field train ing stint at Fort Bragg with a rec ord that put* it among the top in the nation, Its commtnder said today. First Lt. Slgmon W. Smather* said a regular Army inspection team graded the 144 enlisted men and 13 officers of the Company on 20 training points during the two week encampment. The 30th Sig nal Company received a Superior rating in all of their technical operations. Lt. Smathers proudly announced this is the best record the 30th Signal Company has ever made on their technical operation*. MM.IF. MAE Bl'RNETTF. re- ! cHifd her nirw'i cap at exer cises this month at Grady Mem orial Hospital, Asbeville. She Is a former student at Allen Hlch School In Asheville. Attending the capping ceremonies were her mother, Mrs. Mad BKITl IMIYO "Herell that ,* ??"?> *? *> ?* , ? .itSST. -iStSWdQf Ki wanians See Demonstration Oi Hypnotism Feature of the Waynesvllle Kl wanls Club 'meeting Tuesday night was a demonstration of hypnotism by Gary Todd, a mem ber of Boy Scout Troop It, in which he hypnotised a fellow scout. Ernie Edwards. While hypnotised, Edwards cried at the suggestion he was seeing a sad movie, and then laughed when told he was seeing a comedy. During the program, Lynwood McElroy presented Troop 18't charter for 1036-37 to Klwanis president A. D. Harrison, who in turn presented it to Scoutmaster Joe Todd. Mr. Todd gave information on the troop's activities and said the unit now has 25 Scouts enrolled. MORE ABOUT Pigeon River (Continued from Page 1) July 1 If Elsenhower signs it by that time. One of the tax boosts would add 1 cent to the present 2-cents-a-gal lon federal tax on gasoline and motor fuels. (By Associated Press) Chairman A. H. (Sandy) Graham ['hairman of the North Carolina Highway Commission said that a Tar Heel network of superhigh ways and new roads would result from the $32.0 billion road-build ing bill passed by Congress. Under the measure now await ing President Eisenhower's signa ture North Carolina would get $218,500,000. "We have many new projects that we can put into operation very quickly." Graham asserted. Graham said he believed North Carolina would have no difficulty in raising its share of the cost, which he estimated at about six million dollars. He estimated that the program would cost vehicle operators about 14 million dollars annually. When asked when work would start on new projects, he ? said, "That depends on how long It takes the Bureau of Roads to set up rules and regulations for road programs to be financed through U. S. funds." 'Routing of the interstate road via the Pigeon River Road in Hay wood County has already been ap proved by the State Highway Com mission and Bureau of Public Roads.) (Cost of the 50 07 miles of North Carolina highway via Pigeon Riv er has been fixed at $13,406,340 for construction, and $4,443,389 for right-of-way.) Area's Stores Will Be Closed Fourth Of July Waynesvtlle area stores will close all day Wednesday in observance ot the Fourth of July hoiioay, it has been announced by the Merchants Association. Stores In the area customarily close ? half day Wednesday except on those Wednesdays which Im mediately precede a holiday. At their last meeting, the Mer chants Assocition also voted to close on Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. He'll Have To Wait MEADVILLE, Mo. ?Re cruiters for the U. S. Marines know of one willing volunteer? but his age isn't quite up to snuff. Jack Startlon of Meadvtlle wrote this to the St. Joseph, Mo., recruiting office: "I sent a letter to you but I never got a letter back. 1 hear the Marines are pretty rugged. I'm pretty rugged myself. I'm four feet tall, 22 Inches around the waist I'm 8 years old. I'll soon be 8." Patience, boy, you are eight years under the limit set by regulations. Americans bought $1,400,000 worth of furs in 1899 and 400 million dollars worth in 1989. HAROLD CAGLR. Seaman Ap prentice. ion of Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Caglc of Rt. 1, WaynesvtUe i.? now at the U. S. Naval Receiving Station, Norfolk. Va., awaiting transfer to U.S.S. Talbot County. The station processes approxini utely 8.000 men a month on then way to and from Naval activities al over the world. THE REV. JOHN K. MILLER will be the speaker at revival service* at the Crabtree Metho dist Church July 1 throuch July 6. each evening at eight o'clock. Mr. Miller Is pastor of the First Metholist Church of Hayesville. Merchants Vote To Sponsor County 4-H Corn Projects The Merchants Association has voted to sponsor Haywood County 4-H Club corn projects this year, and to award prizes at harvest time. Eight acres of corn have already been planted by 4-H members for eight different projects. Sponsorship of the projects call for the merchants to furnish seed and fertilizer for the crop, and to visit the 4-H members during the growing season. Prizes to be awarded in the com petition will be a $50 savings bond for first place, and a $25 savings bond for second place. DEATHS J. T. CATHEY, SR. James T. Cathey. Sr.. 74 of Can ton KFD 3. died unexpectedly at 12:30 p.m. Monday at his home. He was a native and lifelong .resident of Haywood County and was a rock mason. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Nellie Welch Cathey: one son, J. T., Jr., of ? Canton; one daughter, Mrs. Bill Marrow of Canton; four brothers. George of Canton, Rufus of Old Fort, Claude of Dallas, and Walter of Gastonia; one sister, sister, Mrs. Letha Hawkins of Gas tonia ;and eight grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. In the North Canton Baptist Church. The Rev. W. N. Reece and the Rev. Thomas Erwin officiated and bur ial was in Bon-A-Venture Ceme tery. Nephews were pallbearers. Wells Funeral Home was in I charge. . Ninevah Bible School Has Enrollment Of 48 Forty-eight children are enroll ed In the vacation Bible school at the Ninevah Baptist Church, which opened Monday and will close Fri day with a commencement program at 7:30 p.m. Workers at the school are the pastor. Rev. C. L. Allen; Principal j Hilda Holliasworth; Miss Selma 1 Baldwin. Mrs. Hazel Kelly. Mrs. ? Nora l.edford, Mrs. Alma Webb. Mrs. Kathryn McNabb, Mrs. Bob ble Kelly. Miss Betty Kelly, pian ist; Mrs Aze Griffin. Mrs. Gladys Smiley, anl Mrs. Rufus Loming. Reward In Heaven LANSING. Mich. (AP)?Honesty pays but not much. 17-year-old Sharon Miller found out. She found an envelope in the , street containing $4,600 in cash checks belonging to a machine tool firm. Sharon returned it. Her reward: a company pencil and $1.75. pastry sale The Woman's Society of Chris- ; tian Service of Long's Chapel Methodist Church at Lake Juna- j luska will sponsor a pastry sale at Junaluska Supply Company Saturday. The sale will begin at 9 a.m. and last all day. Cookies, cakes, pies, and jellies made by th*> ? WSCS will be sold I ADMINISTRATRIX'S NOTICE NORTH CAROLINA HAYWOOD COUNTY j1 The undersigned. having quali led a-. Administratrix of the EsUte of Horace H Anderson, deceased, late of Clyde. North Carolina, this Is to notify all persons having claims against said estate to file the same, duly certified, with said Administratrix at Route 2. Clyde. North Carolina, on or before the 28th day of June. 1957, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of ? recovery thereon All persons in I debted to said estate are request . ed to make immediate payment to : the undersigned Administratrix | forthwith. This 26th d.i\ of June. 1956. Louise Cole. Vdmimstratrix of the F?tate of Horace H Anderson 12667?Jn 28 Jy 5-12-19-26 A 2 I PARK - SHOP - SAVE whoro # u-s- choice meats ? fresh vegetables Satisfaction Is ? courteous service ^ x , ? national brands Guaranteed ? ? southern stamps U. S. 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