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? p I ? ? ?'* 4 I 1 * ' n ';'?<*.' ? ?' > ?. ? THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ^=1 GRIM REMINDERS of the,Hash flood at Cove Creek are these loss (left) and rocks left in the yard of the home of Mr. and Mrs. I.loyd Sutton, situated only a few yards from the creek which overllowed its hanks. Had the foundation of this house been less sturdy, the entire structure probably would have swept away by the swift flood waters. A FAMILY GARDEN, a barn, and calf house were anions the losses suffered by Pearson Sutton in the flash flood at Cove Creek. Mr. Sutton estimated his total dam age at more than $1,500. Top soil was washed away from the Sutton property and in its stead was deposited these heavy rocks and logs. A short time alter this pic ture was taken, the area was delused by another downpour of rain. (Mountaineer Photos). !? 1 ! ??? utaawnvwa I III I..IBIIMII I --. -? ? ?' ? ?.?'??. ?'?'.? "' ' i C. K. WARI) of Cove Crffk looks at the swath cut in his hurley tobacco field by the Hash flood Saturday. June 30, Mr. Ward says he lost all of his .6 of an acre of tnbaecn and will also lose a considerable liari of his corn, some of which is shown still standing. Visible in the field are several large rocks left by Hood waters. Cove Creek j Scene Hard To Describe By BOB CONWAY There are some things that can't be adequately described in words, but which have to be seen to he fully understood. One of them is j the heavy damage in the Cove Creek area, caused by the flash flood whieh^ roared through the community the afternoon of June 30.. For one thing, it's difficult to picture in words the appearance of once-rich bottom land which has been swept clean of both crops and soil as well?leaving behind a twist ed debt i- of trees, underbrush, rocks, and sand. Sizeable trees were .snapped like matebsticks and heavy rocks were I picked up and carried along in I the torrent as far as a mile or two from their original location. , Not only were crop.* partially or completely destroyed, but fields were left in such a condition ?; strewn with rocks and bereft of top soil?that it will be years -in j some oases before some of the land will support another crop. In some instances, the soil may have been ruined permanently The one "bright spot"?if it nia> he termed such?in the entire flood picture is that nobody was killed or injured by the rampaging wat ers. "Loss of life could have been j eommensuratel.V heavy with prop erty damage if any of the Cove Creek residents had been caught in (Continued on Fagr 31 District Governor To Install Lions Officers Friday The Clyde Lions Club will in stall its new officers Friday at 7 p.m. at Central Methodist Church dining hall. The new officers will I be installed by Edward Michaels Governor of District 31 A. Dr. Robert Yost will be install ed as president; Hugh McCraoketi as vice president; Sam, Abbott. . second v i c e president . Harry ! binder, third vice president; llarry j Haynos. secretary and treasurer; | FJovd Fufbright., assistant secre tary and treasurer; Howard Woot eri tail twister arid Sidney 1'. llayries J.ion tamer Hill Wooten and ti rover C. Haynes will bo installed as niein bers of the board of directors for one-year terms and Larry H. Cagle and Floyd Fulbright for two-vear terms. Rotary Speaker Points To Need Of Looking Ahead "Resting on our laurels is one of the things that keeps us from! adventuring or getting ahead." Dr. i Mack B Stoke.s, of Kmory I'm versity, and a speaker at I.ake Junaluska, lold Hotarians here Ki i da.v, as he talked on "Adventure or Decay". "Take a look at China." he said. "They devoted so much attention to ancestral worship that they could not cope with the trends of tile modern world, and are today t under the heels et communism." The speaker pointed out the iriri porfance of studying and learning] front the past, hut wanted that an individual nor a nation cannot move forward on sueli an exclusive program "A negative outlook is degrad ing. It. is a privilege . to work; a privilege to tie asked to do things and a privilege to do something worthw Idle. And an honor to teach," In- explained. lie touched oil those things that . help advancement, by suggesting: 'It Cultivate those things that make for growth; keep vour uvinrt conditioned for growth, and im portance of studying the Bible The speaker was presented by Hugh Masste There were 21 visit ors, and John N Johnson presided. Sgt. William Haney In Training Exercise HI HMASENS, Germany ? Army Sergeant Hirst Class William .1 Haney, son o? 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