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? _____ Expert Stresses Importance Grace Kelly Named Woman Of The Year Of Community Planning f Rotarians hear ' an expert point out the importance of community planning and bcautiftcation. a* Doun Ogden. landscape specialist. Ashcville. discussed the subject here Friday. The program came just prior to the joint meeting of the Jaycec* and The Garden Club Council, at which time just such a project will be discussed for continuation here. Ogden pointed out the im portance of towns integrating with the natural surroundings, and the fact thai a beautiful town Is quick ly known. "It is all a matter of planning?'a long-range planning program." he said He pointed oul that in some in stances five or six small towns were going in together and em ploying a city planner, since it was not possible for one town to af ford the services of such an engineer. To make sueli a program a suc cess, Ogden said, it "tat. -s unifica tion and enthusia-m of all cifi/ens ' He pointed out that each com munity should have a flowering tree as ? trademark tie said the pink and while dogwood thrive here. ami were ideal for the cum munity. He hinted-that 'hc-c with a combination of a/.ili a would ' make a program for "community individuality " The specialist pointed to the need of starting the program at the approaches of the town, and carrying them into the business area. Ogden al-o pointed out the un- 1 port a nee of having all streets marked, and benches for shoppers as well as tourists Ned Tucker executive? vice prcs idenl. Chamber of Commerce -aid plans were to have dogwood fre< here earlier tins spring and con tinue the program of individuals j planting more and more of them Henry Foy was in ebarge of ihe program. MORE ABM! T Baby Derby (Continued from patr I) is known. However. Hie In I baby to lie born (it the hospital in 11157 will receive presents from eight Way- ! liesvillc business linns. Last year the winner was Jimmy Holland, son of Mr ami Mrs. James Holland of Canton, who ar rived at 8:14 a.m. Sunday, Jan uary 1. lB.Vi The lucky l)if>7 winner will re ceive these prl/e A bottle sterilizer from Smith's Drug Store. .1 baby ear seat froru the Firestone Siore fiee tran sportation home for the baby and his mother in Crawford's ambul ance; a bassinette from Heik-Hud son: JO quarts ol Riltinore Gold Medal homogenized milk Holmes and Edward toy with juvenile silverplatc from Kurt Cans, Jewel-1 ers; a gallon of Spi ed Sat lit paint and a pure bristle brush, trom Haywood builders Supply. Co and j year's subscription In The Moun taineer for Hie baby's parents ? | Rules of the coniest are 1. Both mother and father must ? be residents of Hay wood County. 2- The actual day hour, and min ute must be confirmed by the at tending physician 3. The baby's' birth certificate must be submitted at time of en try. It will be returned. 4. The decision of the judge, will be final 5. Entries for the contest must be -reported to The Mountaineer a soon as possible after the birth o! the child. Son of Former Residents Drowns In New Jersey Frank Humphrey Hi. of ville. N J , drowned Friday while Ice skating In Pennsvllle. The body is expected to arrive h'-re 'J uesday morning Surviving are his mother. Mrs Mary Cagle Dot son; his step-fath er, Herschri Dotson. both of Penns vllle. formerly of Waynesville; a hn If-brother. Hobby Dotson of the home, and his maternal grand patents. Mr. and Mrs. Manson C'agle of Waynesville Crawford Funeral * Home is in charge of arrangements w hich were incomplete this morning ?fOKE ABOL'l Woman (Continued from pace 1) to the Haywood County Hospital. She said he agreed to this on the condition thai she say at the I i.spital that she hurt herself in .' tail from the <ai; and said her husband swore lie d kill hei if ' she ever told what happened that J night Mis. Arrington testified that hei husband (onltftucd to accuse hei ol being untrue to hint, but that he did not attempt to hurm her any more until the morning of October 30. She said she had been working 4 the night shift in a WaynesviUr plant and*returncd home about H a in and began fixing breakfast in the kitchen. Suddenly. she testified. Mr. At ringtail ( .inii- into the kitchen Hint tahl her: "You are going to die | this morning ami we'll finish this thing in the tobacco barn." j Before going to the barn, how ever, .Mrs. Arlington said tier bus, band forced bet to write a "fare well" note saying that she was not tit to tie witli i lilldii n alul had derided to hang herself. He then took her out to the liarn. she testIHed. where ho had a rope d angling from the rafters and ask- j ed tier to gel up oil a box and hang , herself allegedly saying 1 don't ' want your blood on my hands." Mrs. Arlington said she pleaded With him and then said "I'd rath ( r -hoot myself" Thereupon, she test tiled, tie pressed a pistol . gainst her side and forced her to , pull the trigger. She did so. she said, and fell badly wounded She said she then , Implored her husband to v.o for aid. but said in- first asked her to shoot herself in the head Finally, she said, lie went to the neighbors and got help in moving her to Hay wood County Hospital She testified that she was later tiansfcrred to Memorial Mission Hospital ill AshcviHc and was in a critical condition there for some time from a bullet wound through her lung, not far from her heart She said she' was in the hospital there for 12 days. The hearing ended at this jioinf when Mr: Arlington declined to ask his wife any. questions, and. did not take the stand himself waiving a preliminary hearing of his testimony on ttie advice of his attorney George Ward of Ashe ville. W. it. Francis of Waynes- , ville is representing Mrs. Arring iop. Mr, Francis asked that the bond en Arlington be set at $5.(M10. but Justice of tlie Peace Ferguson set the figuie at $2,300. The defendant . made the bond Saturday and was released from custody. MOKE ABOUT Pakistan (Continued from Page 1) ? spin! of cooperation had been ob tained here in Haywood. Davis .saiii he had received sev eral letters as a result of the ar ticle; Most of them from people he had known in the past, includ ing a man iii Germany, a former! inining buddy in South America,' and from all around the globe", j tie said. t he CI)I? program was inaugur ated in Haywood, and spread to all 24 communities. After several i year*, the program was put on a regional basis, with most of the' counties in Western North Cato-' lina parlii ipating Tension Is Normal GHKAT KAl.l.S. Mont (API?A i University of Minnesota Medical j S hool neurology professor says that "tension is a normal, every day phenomenon for all of us." Or Uurtrom V. Schiele claims ten- ? sien "serves a useful purpose in keeping us alert, active and effec tive" llot dogs are traced back to a ! Frankfurt, Germany shop in 1559. j It is also recorded they were sold to Coney island vacationers in New York in 1871. j DEATHS j JAMES R. GRASTY James Robert Grasty, 88, died : at his home on Waynesvllie Route J, Sunday afternoon following a long illness. lie was a native of Haywood County and was a member of the KotclitTe Cove Baptist Church Funeral services will be held in the Ratcliffe Cove Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 pan. with the Rev 1 Gay Chambers, pastor, and the Rev. George MehafTey, officiating The following grandsons will serye as pallbearers: Lawrence i Elliott, George Elliott, James! Grasty. Glenn Scruggs. Frank Fost er, and Amos Cagle. Granddaugh ters will be flower bearers. The body will be taken to the home late this afternoon and will remain until thirty minutes prior ' to the services When it will be taken to the church Surviving are four daughters, Mrs. J,ou Cagle of Waynesvllie. Mis Ernest Webb of Lake Juna luska. Mrs. Cary Kay of Hazclwood and Mrs. Wade Deitz of the home; i two sons, Truman Grasty of Way nesville and Wilbur Grasty of Ox ford. Pa.; two brothers. John Gras-j ty of Waynesville and Oscar Grasty of Maggie; and two sis ters, Mrs. Grayson Nichols and Mrs. Sally Edwards of Waynes ville and several grandchildren. Arrangements are Under the di rection of Garrett Funeral Home RAY W. WILLIS Ray William Willis, infant son of Mr. and Mrs, Francis Willis of Clyde, Ht. 2, died at about 5:40 a m. Sunday in the home. Funeral services will be held at 3 p m. Tuesday in the Woodland Baptist Church. The Rev. Garnett Jamerson will officiate and burial will be in the Hyatt Creek Cem etery. In addition to the parents, sur vi-ors are a brother. Clarence Eugene; and the maternal grand mother, Mrs. Burr Hannah of Civile. Ut 2 The body has been taken to the heme of Kd Brown in the Jones Cove section to await the funeral nine. SYLVAN S. LINN Sylvan Stover Linn, 54, of Way nesville. died suddenly at his homi at 309 Main Street Sunday morn ing He was a salesman and had resided in Waynesville two years The body will be taken to Mech anicsburg. Pa., where services and burial will take place Wednesday. Surviving are a son, John Linn of Havrisburg, Pa.; and a daugh ter. Miss Virginia Linn also of Harrisburg. Garrett Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements here. Enthusiasm Dampened GALVESTON. Tex. (API ?Ills enthusiasm for spear fishing was dampened considorbly when Charl es Hayes returned from four hour? at the sport to find his car sink 1 ing'slowly beneath the high tide He had parked ll on the beach and thought it would be safe, but the tide came in faster than he figured BABE ZAHARIAS FRANCOISE SACAN MRS .CHARLES BAY GRACE KELLY 1 IBTOfti '-k PAT NIXON CLARE BOOTHE LUCE DR. LOUISE SEYLER ECSQSQESImZSQ r* JULIE ANDREWS THREE TICKETS were pulled by these three gentlemen, and three persons received diamonds as prices?lirst. 85(M>. went to Mrs. Annie Beas iey, Clyde. Route one; 8300 to Mrs. Irvine Leath ern ood, Waynesville. and S300 to Mrs. W. N. Thomas Lake Juniluska. Shown here, left |to ri*ht: Ma.vor J. H, Way. Jamra W. Fowler. Jr.. and Mayor I. aw re nee Davis. The event took place at Kurt Gaits Store on December 24. The orictnal publication of this picture 'did not have this in formation. LOADED WITH HONORS - By Alan Maver r? >? .. am - ? ?^ tsun -*cime/fop/ Po#M ME HE UH?S M?" HEWCOMBE, a OP BROOKLV/J, A TVS RATIONAL M. UA&Je* ^ valuable ([ PLAYER- If .it ????'?. ?? ' VV i T HE cy y^ '?e^B0n0iiX MCMOPIAl Is-A AMARO A* W-* AO / PffCMLP T7 //V rut fi MAJOR * f\ t?AGUES, ? '<?* W f JR ro FEW*, 7W M. HP ,awarp$ for 0or, w LEASEE (> HAP FfOAE ro RrTCHER* o*LY /r 7/AE5 5MCE THE WRFTgRS 57ARTEP -r0 PO THE EOTHS V ? H?TC? THE cy yOOA/6 A WARP FOR THE $OrRO*?PlY LEfT-OUF I OF-IT HORLERS. Lai until TME M.V.P. /l^\ &ALLCTJK6 ' I PM? !J BEFORE THE %?/ WORLRBEREi5 ill ?// pot eye/* ' ATTER rr ??C?L" t,e HOULP HAVE RATEP 01? MORE I . VOTE -FRa* r TOCR BERRA m?* MORE VALUABLE THAU A FrrcHBR FRO* r*oA KV 6BT 3 AO*ft* Ml BAT BATE. Paul J. Pless Haywood Native Dies At 52 Paul Jennlngi Pless, 52-year-old owner of the ftnt drive-in theate' in Western North Carolina, died unexpectedly Saturday at 8 40 p.ni in his home on Montford Avenue ! Asheville. He was a native of Haywood | County, a son of the ate J, D. and Sarah Lewis Pless. In declin ing health for several months, he had recently been hospitalized but was discharged only Saturday. Funeral services were held this afternoon in St. Paul's Methodist fchurch. Asheville with the Rev. Charles Shannon and the Rev Per ry Crouch officiating. Burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Picas was a member of St. Paul's Methodist Church and a former member of the Asheville Lions Club. He was also a former super intendent of the Sunday School of Pinoy Grove Methodist Church. With a brother, Ben R. Pless, he opened Dreamland Drive-In on the old Black Mountain Highway in April, 1948. They continued the partnership until about three years ago when Ben Pless sold his inter est to his brother. Surviving, in addition to the brother, are his wife, Mrs. Marjorie Duekett Pless: five daughters. Mrs. Dick Jennings of St. Joseph, Mo., Mrs. Jim Stakias of Black Moun tain, and Mrs. V B Bradley, Mrs Coleman Jones, and Mrs. Max Fowler, all of Asheville; one son, Joe Pless of Asheville; three sis ters, Mrs, A. A. Reid, Mrs. C. O. Cook, and Mrs. Herman Rogers, all of Canton; and five other broth ers, the Rev. W. H. Pless of Ashe | ville. J W and C. R. Pless of Can l ton, J. Marvin Pless of Aiken. S. C? and F. H. Pless of Hickory; and eight grandchildren. Edwin Russell's Mother Dies In Detroit, Mich. Mrs. Virginia Mae Ferguson Kerns. 47. mother of Edwin Russell | of Waynesville. died last Monday ; night in Detroit, Michigan: Funeral services were held this afternoon at St. Matthew's Luther an Church in Marion with the pas tor, the R^v. H, K. Deitrich, Jr. ! officiating. Surviving besides the son are her father, Ed. Ferguson of Biltmore; her mother, Mrs. C. E. Hawkins ol Marion; two grandchildren: a brother and three sisters. Rhodes Scholarships selects 32 scholars annually from 48 state! of the United States. Changes In U. S. Postal Fees Explained By Postmaster I ?" ?? ? . ? i v _ ? _ ' ??' ! M. O. KIKKPATItKK (above) of Charlotte, today was elected president of the National Busi ness Teachers, Assn. at the or ganization's 59th convention in Chicago. Kirkpatriek has been associated with North Carolina I business colleges more than three decades. (AP Photo). A Beginning Wednesday. January ; 2, a change in parcel post insurance f< es will be made at all U. S. post olTices, Waynesville Postmaster Rrms Boyd disclosed today. In the past, he said, minimum fees of five and ten cents have been charged for parcel post insurance, but starting Wednesday the five : cent rate will be discontinued. In the future, he explained, a ten-cent fee will be charged on all parcels valued up to $lo. Postmaster Boyd also announced an increase in the price of stamp ed envelopes available at the post otlices, explaining that the increase is 1101 in the postage but rather in ! liie cost of the envelopes. He said that the increase will average 3 per cent, and cited an example of the charge for 1,000 legal-sue envelopes, which will be advanced from $36.54 to $37.60. Musical Therapy ALVA. Ok la. tAPi?Dr. Kenneth A Kite, head of the music depart lnt nt at Northwestern State Col lege here, says one of the greatest potential developments in the field of mental health may be the use of music in therapeutic treatment. * Of persons 65 and over in the U S., 33 per cent are living on social security and other benefits: 30 per cent are still at work. I I FOR SALE I 12 WEEK OLD I PULLETS Ideal For Small Home Flocks ? I CALL 1 HAYWOOD COUNTY I FARMERS CO-OP > B Depot Street (1L (1-8621 TIME ?MMNi mm mm^mmmm 11 "^TORTH CAROLINA lias everything industry needs for profitable and successful operation. ? But, says Governor Hodges, "We've rocked along for too long without pacing enough attention to the basic needs of our economy, and the basic needs of our people." What arc we doing about it? The Governor's Plan for Industrial Development is a formula for building a Greater North Carolina?for action now in improving our economic position; for long-range action to maintain our position when wc arc a State of 6.000.000 people only 20 years hence. Why is industrial development the key to Building a , Greater North Carolina? How does it benefit every man, woman and child in the State, not just those in industrial communities? New and expanded industry anywhere in the State offer* better opportunities to our young people, especially our young people technically trained in our colleges and high schools. It offers greater inducements for them to take jobs and remain in North Carolina after graduation. ? It helps raise per capita income. It creates more taxpayers to share the expense of public services. | It provides revenues for more and better schools, roads, hospitals and parks. It speeds development of electric and telephone service*. ^ It increases markets for farm products. Wc ought to get together and get mote industry. Let's Get Rolling! STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT This is mother in thr series of advertisements published by this ? V*V*Sn|-f 'c / newspaper, a membet of the North Carolina Press Association, as a public scrvict in the interest of the State's industrial develop V mrnt program l *
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