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Mrs. Jeffress Observed 90th Birthday Last Friday Few people are privileged to live ninety years and remain as active, aiert, and independent as Mrs. M. L Jeffress. who lives on Walnut Street. Mrs. Jeffress observed her 90th birthday on Friday, October 2b. She didn't have a special celebra tion but a number of friends dropped in during the day and she greeted each one with a twinkle in her eye, showing her pleasure at reaching the mile stone and having friends to share the occasion. Mrs. Jeffress keeps house for herself. She "docsn t like to stay in bed much." She retires for the night about midnight and is up and going around 5 or 6 o'clock in the morning. She spends many hours reading "about a thousand /iifferent things" like The Moun taineer, The Greensboro Daily News, The Asheville Citizen, Life, ar.d The Ladies Home Journal. When she isn't reading and the weather is good, she gets in her gardening. She only "had a little garden this summer?just toma toes, beans, spinach, mustard, and lettuce'' which she cultivated her self. Now it is time to rake leaves and she says she's going to get to that^jght away. .M^HBeffress' answer to the .nK Mil J _ / ion question, nuw uu yuu iwi. 15 typical of her keen sense of humor ?'.Well 1 mustn't brag and I mustn't complain." She did have a piece of bad luck about a year and a half ago when she broke her arid on the steps at the Presbyterian Church vhere she is a regular attendant. Iherc followed a long stay in the hospital, which she endured with great patience?and even a time when she went home that she had to have help with her housekeep ing?which she endured without too much patience. Now after all tiiese months of putting her arm in hot parafin twice a day for 30 minutes, the arm and hand are almost as good as ever. Mrs. Jeftress was born at the Osborne Farm in Pigeon ?Valley, October 26, 1866, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Osborne, and was christened Maria Love. Since there were no schools in the vicinity she was educated by pri vate tutors. She was married in 1884 to Mi . Jeffress of South Boston, Va., who was employed at the time in Can ton with the Southern Railway. They started housekeeping at the old Penland house in Canton, later lived for ten years in South Bos ton and finally came to Hender son County. Mr. Jeffress died July 18, 1933. Fnr lha nief tiirAhiir I'nowe ITec ? v> titv j/uoi m vmj /tai o, , Jeffress has lived in her present home on Walnut Street. She has five children, Edwin B. Jeffress, former publisher of the Greensboro Daily News, now 1 living in Chapel Hill; Mrs. W. W Whaley of Greensboro; Ernest J. Jeffress of Goldsboro, who oper ates a chain of iec and coal plants, llcrace L. Jeffress of New Orleans, who owns an extermination busi ness; and Cary Jeffress, mining engineer with the atomic plant al Oak Ridge, Tenn. She also has M grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. A second daughter, Mrs. Florence Jeffress Hamilton of , Raleigh, died 10 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Whaley, Edwin Jeffress, and Mr. and Mrs. Cary I Jeffress were here last week for ; a visit with their mother. When ; called for information as to other members of the family visiting her. ELECT Richard ^Dick) Clarke, Jr. TO CONGRESS Ile'll Back President Eisenhower's Program of HONESTY INTEGRITY FAIRNESS TO ALL Make Your Mark For Clarke FALL SALE CHILDREN'S DRESSES SIZES 1 - 14 PRICES REDUCED i TO i BEGINNING THURSDAY, NOV. 1 SMALL FRY SHOP 80 MAIN STREET CANTON i . ... ? I ? _ ; One Hurt And Three Wrecks Wed. One person was injured, and four vehicles damaged for a total 01 51 050 in three accidents Wednes day night. All accidents were at tributed to slick pavements, ac | cording to Patrolman W. it. I Woolen, investigator. The first was at 7 p.m. on NC 110. near Abels Grocery, when a 1044 station wagon, driven by Joseph SwatTord, lb, Canton, turn ed over on Its side, after going into a spin on a curve and the pavement wet. Patrolman Woolen said the dam ages \tcrc about 5300, ?nd bwafford was not injured. IMPROPER PARKING Two cars collided about 10.30 ! on Ls 19, near tne Parkway Motor ; Court, when a 1948 Chevrolet driven by Doyle Edward Rose, 18, ; route 2, ran into a parked 1952 Chevrolet, driven by Harold Reece, Waynesville. Patrolman Wooten said Reece hed parked on the left side o! the read as he attempted to pick up something from the floorboard oi the car. and Rose tried to pass. Both cars were damaged in the rt0h1 frnnl f on Hot* int) a rill Thorn were three minor injuries, and Doi. beans, 17, route 2, had a cut on his head which required six stitch es. The others, all passengers in the Hose car, suffered abrasions. Reece was charged with improp er parking. CAR TURNS OVER Lowell Thomas Hannah had a narrow escape when his 1951 Mer I cury skidded on the wet pavement ! near the road leading to Fie Top. j and turned over. The car was ' damaged about $200, and Hannah was not hurt. Patrolman Wooten investigated the accident which was timed at 11:25. Haywood Summer Resident Taken By Death Monday O. J. (Skippen Coffin, iorriier I head of the University of North \ Carolina School of Journalism, ! died at Rex Hospital in Raleigh : Monday night. He was 69. Coffin and his wife, the former I Gertrude Wilson of Haywood ' County, had a home in the Bethel i section where they spent the past i counr.il siimmnrx Thf?v h:>r! livnrl in Raleigh since his retirement roni the University last year. Coffin had been under treat ment for diabetes. He entered the hospital early Sunday evening and death came aproximately 24 hours later. His physician said Coffin died of pneumonia, complicated by a long-time asthmatic condition. A native of Carthage Mills in Moore County, he was graduated from the University in 1909 and taught for one year. In 1910 he be came a reporter for the Asheboro Courier, beginning a career that was to see him identified in vari ous editorial and^ executive capac ities with many of North Caro lina's newspapers, among them the Winston-Salem Journal, the Char lotte Observer, the Raleigh Times, and the Greensboro Daily News. He returned to the University in 1926, serving as head of the de partment of journalism until 1950 when it was converted to the School of Journalism and he \\a named dean. Bright Bird LOS ANGELES iAP' ? Helcnc Brotman says her parakeet has taken to screeching. "This darn smog is killing me." Curiously, she adds, no one taught the bird to say it. Mrs. Jeffress could not be reached She was out in the yard rakinc leaves! MRS. M. L. JKFFRF.SS, who was born October 26, 1866, at the Os borne Farm on Pigeon, observed her 90th birthday last week. She had no speeial eelebration but many friends railed during the day to congratulate her. (Mountaineer Photo). ' Fines Creek School j Peak-A-Views By JOAN DAVIS and FRANCES RECTOR The Halloween Carnival which 1 was hold last Friday night was a 1 big success Everyone attending '? seemed to have lots of fun and < the school is considerably better 1 off financially as a result of the carnival. Winners of the High School ] Queen and King contest were \ Joretta Clark and Jane Davis who tied for first place in the Queen Contest and Joe Jenkins, the win- , ner of the King contest. Winners , of the elementary king and queen | contest were Flta Rogers and Larry Wolf This year the senior class i planning to have "a whale" of a Yearbook! Subscriptions for the yearbook arc how being taken We urge everyone to subscribe as soon as possible since the subscription ' compaign will not continue much ~~?1?r* ? i The workmen have been verv busy working on a new parking lot which will make parking more, convenient, especially for ball games ami other school activities I Mrs. Stamey. our supervisor, has been coming down to F.C.H.S. and teaching some of the Home Ec. 1 girls how to make dried flower ar rangements. All the girls seem I to be taking a special interest in this type of decoration for their , homes They hope to complete ail ' arrangement and have it on dis- . ptey for a Flower Show Frank Arnette from the Delma>- | ? Studios camp Tuesday and tool Elementary pictures. He also tool some group pictures of the Bet: Club, the Annual Staff, Class Of fleers, and the Senior Class. The new school activities bu: has been sanded and painted will the school colors?blue and white We understand that Mr. Turner Mr. Ross, Mr. Painter, Mr. Morrov did some extra work at night sand ing and papering the bus in pre paralion for the paint. What's In A Name? SHIDLER. Okla. <AP>?A jar o home made peach preserves en Lered in a fair was mistakenl; labeled apple butter. It won firs prize as apple butter. Bright Star w By VERA WINSTON A STAR in the fashion firma ment is vivid red Jersey. It ap- j pears in smart separates, in sheaths, in casual numbers and , also for informal evening wear. 1 Bright red jersev comes through nicely in a street dress that should see plenty of service. The dress features a squared-off yoke with cowl drape that ter- 1 minates in a narrow, high V in back above the zipped back fastening. The effect is repeat ed in front below th? waist. Three covered buttons at the peplum balance those at the neckline. I DEATHS ALICE LEMMING SILVERS Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning in the Wesleyan I Methodist Church at Clyde for | Mrs. Alice Lemming Silvers, 53, ! of Clyde, who died Monday in the j Haywood County Hospital. The Rev. Kenneth George officl- I aled and burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery. Nephews served as pallbearers. Surviving are live sons. Lloyd Panther 01 Waynesviiie, and itoy, j joe, Eugene, and Cnaries Silvers I 01 Clyde; live daughters, Mrs. hose ; Watkins of Murphy, Mrs. Bob j | Paimer ol Waynesviiie, and the i I Misses Willie, Catherine, and Joyce 1 silvers of tne home: seven broih-i . ers, Paul, Carl, Fred, Robert, Harry, and Ed Lemming of Adairs ville, ua.; a sister. Mrs. Bill Moody cl Waynesviiie; the lather, A. K. Lemming ot Adairsviile; and lour grandchildren. Arrangements were under the direction ot Craw lord i unera) Home. CLEVELAND STEWART Funeral services were held Tues day in the East First Street Bap tist Church, Conover, for Cleve land John Stewart, 72, lather ol Major Stewart ol Canton, who died Sunday at his home in Con over. Burial was in East View Ceme- I tery. Surviving, in addition to the son in Canton, are the wife, Mrs. j Rosa Whitner Stewart, another son. Gerald Stewart ol" Newton; 1 1 daughter, Mrs. Mildred Houston ot the home; two brothers, A. \V. 1 Stewart ol Tennessee and the Rev. j E. R. Stewart of Hickory, Va.; and 11 grandchildren. JOHN C. LEDFORD v [ Funeral services will be held Fri- j t day at 10 a.m. in the Piney Grove i Methodist Church for Johu Cord-ell - Ledford, 64, of Clyde, Route 1, Who ' died Wedensday of a heart attack. The Rev Mrs. M. B. Lee will of-1' s ficiate and burial will be In Piney j , Grove Cemetery. Active pallbearers will he Klmor Rogers, Steve, Foye, and W'oodfin j' k Ledford. Cleve Ewart, and Homer I _ | Tranlham. I The body has been taken to the j home to await the funeral hour. j< Ledford was a son of the late* | Jimmy and Charlotte Rogers Led ford of Haywood County. He was I a farmer. ! Surviving are a son. Dee Led f ford, in the Army at Durham; - three daughters, Mrs. Joseph y. | Thompson of Fairfax. Va.. and Mrs. it | Dewey Smith and Mrs. Ralph I Thompson of Clyde. Route 1; four i brothel. Zeb Lett lord of South Carolina. Tom of Waynesville, Route 1. and Wiley and Newton of Clyde, Koute 1; two sisters. Mrs. Theodore Bedford of Clyde, Route 1 1, and Nils. 'Robert Kent of Hot Springs; and 11 grandchildren. Crawford Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. CAROLYN MACLOIN Carolyn Ann Mauldiu, 2, til Waynesville, died at 11 a.m. Wed nesday after a short illness She was dead on arrival at the hospital here. Surviving are her mother. Mrs. Louise Mauldin: .i sister. Sandra Kay Mauldin: and her grandpar ents. Roy Madldin of Waynesville. antl Mis, Nid Hrovvn of Waynes rtlle. Route 2. Funeral services will he held at'; 11 a.tn Friday'id the Victory Bap tist Church. The Rev . Rut us Finger w ilt of-I [iciato. | Burial will he in liillcrest Mem orial Gardens. The body will he taken lo the home of ah auiit, Mrs. John Jor-' dan of near Wayrvasyille. at 10 a.m. j Friday. Attention bird watchers: The I Peregrine Falcon is one of the . speediest flyers in the bird world. It has been clocked at 175 miles an hour in a dive. MlNS MAKY COK.NWKLL, Hay- i wood County Home Demonstra tion Agent, wast presented a oiv- ; tinguisned service award last night by tne National Home j Hemonstration Agents Associa tion in session at the Sherman Hotel in t hicago. The award is based on service to rural women and is a result of the outstand ing achievements of Haywood's twenty-eight home demonstration clubs. Miss Cornwell is president of the North Carolina Home Agents Association and is par ticipating on the program at the national meeting MORE ABOUT CDP (Continued from pace I) elude music, announcing the win ner of the county contest, award ing of $1.000 in cash to be dis-1 tributed to the seven communi- j ties, a beauty contest and an ad dress. ' MORE ADOtlf Halloween (Continued from Pace 1) ages were reported. The steady rain sent most of the Hailoweeners in early, and by 9 p.m. things had gotten rather quiet. Special guards were placed around the schools, and no dam ages were reported. The highway patrol reported three accidents Wednesday night. None were attributed to Halloween, but rather to slick pavements. Eighteen Haptist young people and 32 Methodist young folk went out in behalf of the United Na tional Children's Emergency Fund. I and instead of asking for "treats'" solicated funds. The Baptists re ported $57.91, and the Methodists $52. Both groups reported a lot of fun in the campaign, and enjoyed the evening more than usual. Fiery Praise HAC'INK. Wis iAI'' ? .lames ls bell, was lined $100 for putting out too many fires in his company's beautiful ultra-modern tower Isbell told the judge he lik<-<1 tie raise he received from his ho-s and his fellow employees when he put ' opt a blaze that started aeciden- ' tally, so he set a few tires of his own and extinguished them in hopes of winning more attention. No 'Brief Candle' ? ON HER 101st birthday, Mrs. Julia Early blows out a large can.tle at a party staged for her at the Waldorf Nursing Home in New York. She has spent her life in and around Manhattan and has followed, with great interest, ti c h toric changes in the city. Fine Gift OMAHA \J' Offenders ap pearing before Traffic Judge James O'Brien gol the usual tine and lec ture plus a "gift." The gift was a bumper tag for each offender's car. The tag proclaimed "Slow Down and Live." YOU FIND AT RAY S SHOES ? Very Complete - For - TOTS - TODDLERS AND KINDERGARTEN SIZES mmr. ? -?*. ... Glamor Girls Swim All Day And Call It Work By GENE HANOSAKF.R LOS ANGELES (API?A green eyed blonde and a green-eyed brownette have unusual jobs at a swimsuit factory here. They test new-model bathing suits in the factory pool. Give 'em. you might say, sort of the op posite of a dry run. How do you test a bathing suit? Just put it on and jump into the water? Yes. but there's considcr ; bly more to i1 than that. "I'm told to look for whether It's too long or too short or too light ?r 'oo loose Or too hard to get into," said Sue Higgins. 19. She's the blonde. Size: A per fect 12. Former San Bernardino. Calif., Valley Junior College stu dent. "Miss San Bernardino of 1956 " Visited her sister's mother in-law at the factory one day and was offered a job. Real pretty A big part of Ikt work is stand ing around in the boss's office in ;i bathing suit while the boss ex perimentally pins new fabrics, pro posed pockets and tentative trims here and there on her. The boss is pert Rose Marie Reid, whose name is on the factory, Sue comes to work in pedal pushers, dons a bathing suit and changes suits "lots" of times during an average working day. "Twenty times, say?" she was isked. "Oh. lots more than that," Sue Tplicd. The girl who does most of the water-testing of new suits is Chris Clark Excellent swimmer tnd diver. Learned to swim in an rrigation ditch near her native ^iom I r?.?u r-> . .? u.on, vii<i(iuaiori trom Utah state. Taught elementary school in flaw aii; Anchorage, Alaska, and Seattle. She's married to an ex-GI. Took he suit-testing job, for lack of a caching credential, when they noved here. Won't tell her ago; ?arly twenty-ish; attractive: bright. "Quality Control." she said, nod ling toward a section of" the fac ory. "tests everything from tab ic and thread to zippers and se luins. They leave foot-square watches of material In the sun ind in chlorinated water and then n salt water for 40 hours at a time, o see if it fades. "But strength ? and whether here's anything objectionable in < lie fabric, or the way it's sewn, ir the style?can only be tested ? jy a Rirl in the wafrc." 1 Some suit models have what 7hris called a standaway bra. Sort i >f a false front that stands like i wo shields over the inner, work- I nr> bra To the casual observer it t Rives an illusion of more bosom than may exist. A factory assistant. Miss Hazel Fath. explained; "Unfortunately most women are not as big in the bust as they are in the hips. The double bra gives a more balancing effect." "On white or light suits we look for transparencv after they're wet," Chris continued. "We test for shrinkage, before and after a suit is wet, with a tape measure. We also test for 'growth' of the fabric?whether it's baggy and unfit to wear after It's wet? and whether colors hold up or fade. ? "One'elaret-colored suit had den im punts under it But when the suit W'as wet. the pants came out red. s0 that material couldn't be uv?d.'' _ I The girls also watch for any rusting tendency oh metal cla&ps. rhev fill out a mimeographed re port form after testing each mod id. Chris averages a couple of hours a day in the pool, which lias a sign, "Testing Laboratory," beside it. It's thrown open for recreation of employes and their friends at'"'- "'"iking hours. The testing operations seemingly Zave the company's pattern devel >per. Manny Rubens, a bad shock >ne day. Somebody had left two mits floating in . the pool to see now the material and colors would .tand up in the chlorinated water. Manny, happening by, feigned ilarm. . "The suits are holding up just inc." he cried, "but the girls have jisjntegrated'." f BATHING SUIT TESTERS ... Sue lliggins wears a "continental" swim suit of striped wool and lastex as C'hris Clark kneels to measure length of suit when dry. Girls test suits all day long. SOFT SOLE TYPES ? S J .00 up TIME FOR ; j Weathei'-fyw SHOfcb f-UK BUYi AND GIRLS A g* 1! /^Ouoioni??d HI-SHOES - Sizes 4-12 - $^g.95 up RAY'S mpt . ? ' . *
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