«)evoted To
■ e Upbuilding
Kur Community
21. No. 22
M)ROIHY POTTER, USAHS,
■ ‘ST. OLAF > HERE ON LEAVE
Potter Has Been In
Cross Services
| Three Years
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H. Dorothy Potter, house
M of Mrs- Mary Aleshire of
gl Knoll, is visiting here while
Beave from overseas assign
s' Potter has been in the Red
services three years and has
Ht one and a half years in New-
She has been a hos
recreational worker in both
tJAnnv and Navy in Argentia
Potter served there with
«S; Ruth Aleshire, daughter of
H. Mary Aleshire. Miss Ale-
K and Miss Poster were two
original five Red Cross wo
w ho were sent overseas to
our service boys and their
K job was taking care of the
Biss Potter’s next assignment
K on the U. S. Hospital ship the
B Olaf” The “St. Olaf” was
in July, 1944.
Potter was the only A. F.
Bind only Red Cross worker on
ship. There were 600 beds
B patients. She made ten At-
Bic crossings, made 40 cross-
B of the English Channel. Dur-
Bthis time Miss Potter gave out
pig of supplies to the boys who
He patients on board ship.
Bbout a year ago the ship was
Signed to the Pacfiic- “We took
B nurses through the Panama
Bial to Siapan,” said Miss Pot-
Bwe stayed at Siapan, 5 weeks
H anchor, doing nothing, waiting
■ take part in the invasion of
H>an which didn’t happen.”
H‘We then went to Hollandia in
Htch Guiena and to Biak, picked
■ medical detachment and took
Bin to Manila.”
B r rom there they went to Shang-
B, China, and got there the first
Bek of the American occupation
Bre they acted as station hos-
Bal for the troops ashore until
■ army hospital could be set up.
Bre they brought back 100 refu-
Hes and service men.
■They moved from here to pick
B 500 patients at Tackovan Leyte
Hd brought them to Los Angeles,
Hst before Christmas.
■The hospital ship has been
Hanged to a transport, and Miss
Hitter’s duties are now terminat-
H on board.
■ Miss Potter will report the first
B February at Washington foran
■her foregin assignment.
■ Miss Potter says that the sup-
Hies furnished by the Red Cross
Hve been given out to men prac-
Hally all over the world and they
Bemselves could never find ade-
Biate words for the articles made
Bailable to them by the people
Back home.
I Routine articles carried by her
P her supplies included: knitted
Boo! materials made by the folks
Pck home, cases of coca colas,
Bersey bars, cigarettes, matches
hewing gum, chewing tobacco,
hpes and tobacco, ditty bags,
oa Ps, razors, razor blades, shav
creams, tooth pate, tooth
'rushes and all little personal it
n‘s needed for daily comfort-
On the ship itself we maintained
1 -600 book library and an exten
ne craft program, providing ma
enals and instructions for nylon,
Inla skirts to picture frames and
,a by blankets.”
Miss Potter, we thank you very
"ueh for our interview and wish
° u a rea l pleasant visit, and hope
011 get to come back to see us
' '® n y°ur service as a Red Cross
Worker is done.
births
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. King, of
‘ ' Vdnr 'anoa announce the birth of
a sr, n, Saturday in the Mission
" pital, Asheville,
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p an d Mrs. G. Y. Burgin, of
I , fountain, announce the
of a son Saturday in the
Mission Hospital, Asheville.
~irn ot Mr. and Mrs- C. H.
°r, of Black Mountani, a son
'"‘y Mission Hospital, Ashe
THE
EICHELBERGER
GETS RANK OF
MAJOR GENERAL
Permanent Ranking Is Assigned
Asheville Man By President
Truman Saturday.
COM. OF OCCUPATION FORCES
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Lt.-Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger
of Asheville, was one of 11 gener
al officers serving under tempor
ary ranking who were nominated
Saturdayfor the permanent rank
of major general by President Tru
man.
Gen. Eichelberger, commander
of occupation forces in Japan, left
Asheville last week to resume his
duties after having spent a leave
'in Asheville with his wife.
The nominee include six who
were full generals under tempor
ary war-time ranking: Courtney
Hicks Hodges, Jacob Loucks Dev
ers, George Churchill Kenney,
Carl Spaatz, Thomas Troy Handy,
and Mark W. Clark.
Four others were temporary
lieutenant generals: Ira Clarence
Eaker, Robert Lawrence Eichel
berger, Walter Bedell Smith, and
Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr.
Maj.-Gen. Thomas Bernard Lar
kin was nominated to that rank
permanently and for appointment
as quartermaster general. He
would serve a four-year period,
succeeding Lt.-Gen. Edmund B-
Gregory.
Brig.-Gen. Thomas Jefferson
Davis was nominated for that rank
permanently and as assistant to
the quartermaster general for
four years.
Mr. Truman promoted 23 tem
porary lieutenant generals and
three major generals to the per
manent rank of brigadier general.
BLACK MOUNTAIN
LIONS CONTRIBUTE
TO CLOTHES DRIVE
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Speakers On The Program Includ
ed J. W. Byers, J. C. Auer
And Miss Lena Seremetis.
Eight new members were re
ceived into the Black Mountain
Lions club at the meeting held
, last Thursday night at the Monte
I Vista hotel at which the victory
1 clothing drive was stressed and
about 750 pounds of used clothing
collected.
Speakers on the program in
cluded J. W. Byers, J. C. Auer and
Miss Lena Seremetis, who also
sang the official clothing drive
song- She was accompanied by
Miss Peggy Compton.
New members received into the
club included Dr. H. C. Clapp, Dr.
W. D. Gardner, Ted Holman, Dr.
E- H. Knight, Dr. G. L. Kirkpat
rick, J. E. Sylvester,A. J. Terrell
and George Wrenn
Sgt. Haynes Discharged
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Staff Sgt. D. S. Haynes, son of
Mrs. D. H. Burgin of Norfolk road,
received an honorable discharge
! from the U. S. Army. Sgt- Haynes
I enlisted in the army in 1940. He
| served 33 months in the Aleutian
I Islands. He holds the Good Con
' duct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Thea-
I ter Campaign Medal with 1 bronze
star, American Defence Service
Medal with one bronze service
s *ar.
| Sgt. Haynes has re-enlisted for
I three more years in the Army and
I is now spending a ninety day fur
l lough with his wife and small
I daughter, Christine.
A brother, Alvis Noblitt, is
serving in the Navy on Okinawa-
Sgt. Haynes was a high school
student of Black Mountain prior
■to entering service.
Truck Burned
Friday afternoon one of the All
red Mercantile Co. trucks, loaded
with groceries, burned in Choco
late Town.
1 The fire department responded
jto the call. There was no insur
| ance on truck or groceries.
I Mr. Allred said the delivery
service would be a little crippled
for a few days, but are using ex
tra trucks until they can replace
•the one burned.
BLACK MOUNTAIN news
NEEDS FOR SERVICE
MEN ARE GROWING I
IN NORTH CAROLINA
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Small Industries Using Local La
bor and Requiring Small Capital,
Enumerated By Albright.
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BRING WEALTH TO STATE
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New local industries and service
organizations should be established
in scores of North Carolina com- 1
munities if this State hopes to [
keep and utilize the services of;
many of its trained and valuable
former service men, now return
ing home in increasing numbers,
in the opinion of Major R. Mayne
Albrigftt just back from military
service and in his former position
of State director of the United
States Employment Service.
Many North Carolina commun- j
ities, even the smaller ones, have
citizens who could, individually or
in groups, set up small industries,
rural industries, or service plants,
which could furnish employment
to hundreds of returning service
men. Even servicemen could form
many such small industries, Ma
jor Albright believes, which would
utilize their own services and
those of other veterans or return
ing war workers.
A few industries which can be
operated in almost any North
Carolina community, using local
labor and requiring small capital, |
are enumerated by Major Al
bright, as follows: processing, de
hydrating or canning poultry, fish
fruits and vegetables, peanuts, *
soy beans and other vegetables;
producing and developing stone, !
concrete, clay, glass, sand, and
other such products • manufac- j
turing tents, awnings, mattresses,
shirts, neckties, gloves, belts, J
shoestrings, and other garments;
lumber, plywood, veneier, furni
ture and furniture novelties,
caskets, Venetian blinds, waste- 1
baskets, book ends, and other nov
elty and souvenir items.
“The State Planning Board will!
cooperate with individuals in any |
communities in developing local
industries,” said Major Albright. I
“Our interest in the U. S. Em-!
ployment Service is in developing j
jobs to use the workers we have
and in making studies to deter-1
mine the types of workers needed
in local industries. Our local
USES offices will cooperate fully
in promoting any such activities,”
Major Albright said.
TAX COLLECTIONS
BREAKING RECORDS
WITH DAILY RUSHES
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The Taxes For Last Year Are
About 80 Per Cent Collected.
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Records are being broken al
most daily in Buncombe County:
and Asheville tax collections, W |
Z. Penland, tax supervisor, said
Saturday. The taxes for last year|
are about 80 per cent collected
and indications are they will
reach 95 pre cent.
During the past seven working
days, city-county tax collections .
aggregated $124,595.10, an aver-j
age of $17,795.30 per day. The
tax offices were being flooded j
with returns Saturday.
Mr. Penlaid said the rate of col- j
'lections is attributed to the fact
that penalties will be imposed on ;
persons who pay taxes after Feb
ruary 1, taxes becoming delin
quent on February 2.
Moore Hospital Needs
Laborers, Attendants
Ten laborers, 15 ward attend
ants, and 10 mess attendants are
needed at Moore General hospital,
Miss Fanny Brendle, of the hos
pital civil service board, announc
ed Saturday. Applicants may ap
ply at the civilian personnel
branch’s office at the hospital.
In Mission Hospital
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Mrs. D. O. McDougle, of Black
Mountain, underwent a major op
p*"it'nn last week in the Mission
Hospital, Asheville. Last report
was that Mrs. McDougle is doing
nicely and will be home soon-
Mr. McDougle is a mail carrier
out of Black Mountain.
When using spices and herbs
remember to let the original flav
or of the food predominate.
“KEY CITY IN THE LAND OF THE SKY”
BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 194&
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* BLACK MOUNTAIN NEWS *
* 5c EACH
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* Last week, two boys came *
* to The News office and got *
* a few papers to selL They' *
* sold some of the papers for 7c *
* to 10c each. •
* We would like the public to *
* know that the price of The •
* News is 5c and not to pay *
* more than that. *
* However, these boys will not *
* be soiling any more papers *
* for The News. All news boys *
* are instructed to sell The *
* News for a nickle.
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JOB COUNSELLING
SCHOOL AT OTEEN
OPENED MONDAY
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Three Weeks’ Course In Vocation
al Training Is Scheduled—
-25 Expected To Take It
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The Veteran’s administration
began a school for bedside job
counselling and vocational train
ing at the Veterans administra
tion hospital at Oteen on Monday,
it was learned last week.
The course will last three weeks
and approximately 25 are expect
ed to take it. There will be around
JO instructors, some from Oteen,
some from the National Tubercu
losis association, and some from
the central Veterans’ administra
tion office in Washington.
Persons taking the course will
be assigned later to Veterans’ ad
ministration tuberculosis hospit
als throughout the country.
Lt. Col. David E. Quinn, man
ager of Oteen hospital, said last
week a number of specialists,
widely known for work in various
fields, would be among the in
structors.
Students for the course will in
clude vocational advisers,training
officers, occupational therapists,
social workers, and •'doctors from
regional offices at Columbia, S.
C., Fayetteville, New Orleans,
Lexington, Ky., Outwood, Ky., and
Alexandria, La.
Black Mountain College
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Academic life at Black Moun
tain takes the form of private
reading, small classes and individ
ual tutorials. Intimacy between
students and teachers has partic
ularly happy results in the study
of languages. For not only can
students become familiar with
foreign culture through foreign
literature; they can also learn to
speak any of the chief western
languages through conversation.
The shared experiences of com
munity life vivify the study of the
social sciences, philosophy, psy
chology, and literature, which is
considered as an expression of
the inner life of mankind. Through
discussion and reading the mo
j tives, desires and experiences of
men are seen in universal per
spective. Serious writing is en
couraged. Students write and
produce plays, and each year are
j responsible for a series of radio
! broadcasts which originate from
class materials-
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Bill Hill Says:
I heard two colored fellers argu
ing tuther day bout, when crap
shootin started • one said it start
«
ed in de Spanish-American war,
tuther one said it strated when
a man wrote “Pair o’ Dice Lost”
j fore Gawge Washington wuz born.
SWANNANOA MAN
DIES OF INJURIES
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
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K. W. Noland, 36, Died In An
Asheville Hospital Monday
Afternoon From Injuries
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R. R. MEADOR DRIVER OF CAR
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K. W- Noland, 36, of Swan- ,
nanoa, injured in an automobile
accident on Martin Hill near
Swannanoa Sunday night, died in
an Asheville hospital at 1:05
o’clock Monday afternoon as a re
sult of his injuries.
The State Highway patrol office
announced that its investigation
disclosed Noland was hit by an
automobile allegedly driven by R.
R. Meador, of the Farmers’ Fed
eration-Tobacco warehouse, now
residing at the Langren hotel. His
home is in Bayview, Fla.
They quoted Meador as saying
that Noland walked directly into
the path of his automobile at 6:45
p.m. Sunday. The accident oc
curred near Martin’s store. Sgt.
Nail and Patrolman Sullins inves
tigated the case and made no ar
rest.
Funeral arrangements, under
the direction of Harrison funeral
home of Black Mountain. The
services were held at Shoal Creek
Baptist Church, Whittier. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Mary 0. Noland; a daughter. Mary
Jane Noland, both of Black Moun
tain; his father, Grover Noland,
of Waynesville; two brothers,
Cecil of Asheville and Robert of
Richmond, Va., and two sisters,
Mrs. Ben Watkins of Hampton,
Va., and Miss Lucille Noland of
Waynesville.
HARRY M. DAVIS
DIES FROM HEART
ATTACK TODAY
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Went To Work As Usual This
Morning But Was JJot
Feeling Well
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WORKED FOR W. T. WRIGHT
Harry M. Davis of Black Moun
tain, died this morning at 8:15
of an heart attack while at work.
Mr. Davis has been working for
the Wright Feed Store of this
city for the past 10 years.
He had been feeling bad for the
past week. Mr. Wright asked him
to go home and take it easy
for a while, but he thought that
he would be alright in a few min
utes.
He sat down-on a sack of feed
and fell over dead. The body was
taken to the Harrison Funeral
Home. Funeral arrangements had
not been made at our press hour.
Further details will be given next
week.
Higgins Is New Pastor
of Church At Swannanoa
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The Rev. Waiter Higgins, form
erly chaplain at St. Genevieve-of
the-Pines, Asheville, has come
from Greensboro to be pastor of
St. Mary-Margaret’s Catholic
church, Swannanoa, succeeding
the Rev. Michael A. Cagey, who
was sent to Hamlet in the gen
eral transfer made this month by
the bishop of the Catholic diocese
of North Carolina.
The Rev. Thomas A. Roche, as
sistant pastor at St. John’s Cath
olic church, Waynesville, and a
former chaplain at St. Gene
vieve’s, was sent to Carolina
Beach. Father Roche will not be
replaced at St. John’s church
where the Rev. Ambrose Rohr
bacher is pastor.
Woodrow “Pug” Morgan
To Resume Police Duty
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Woodrow “Pug” Morgan will
resume police duty here February
Ist. Mr. Morgan had a leave of
absence from the city of Black
Mountain when he entered the
service. He was recently dis
charged from the Service.
Chief Smith says he is sure
glad to welcome Mr. Morgan back
to his old duties. Chief Smith
has been assuming full time du
ties for the past 5 months-
Welcome home Mr. Morgan.
When in need of job printing
1 come to see us. We do good work
and give you quick service. ....
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF
WILDLIFE ORGANIZATION
NEW OFFICES
OF VETERANS
UNIT OPENED
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Sub-Regional Headquarters With
Staff Os Fourteen Is In
Asheville Courthouse
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HARRY A. FICKEN IN CHARGE ’
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New offices of the sub-regional 1
headquarters of the Veterans’ ad- '
ministration have opened on the 1
seventh floor of the county court
house, Harry A. Ficken, acting of- 1
ficer in charge of the offices in 1
Asheville, announced Monday.
The Veterans’ administration 1
headquarters, formerly on the
third floor of the Jackson build
ing, were moved Saturday, and
are now occupying 11 offices and
the former county court room. For
this space, the Veterans’ admin
istration will pay the county an
annual rental of $3,600.
The Asheville office, one of the
six recently created North Caro
lina sub-regions, includes 19
Western North Carolina counties.
It will serve the veteran and his
dependents in this area by pro
cessing claims, advising on insur
ance protection and acting as
liaison with the war and navy de
partments, the American Red
Cross, and with veterans’ and civ
ic organizations on matters per
taining to the benefits veterans
are entitled to under the law.
At present there are 14 persons
in the sub-regional offices in
Asheville in addition to Mr. Fick
en, including P. G. Gallop, train
ing officer in charge; Felix
Scroggs, vocational adviser in
charge; Oscar A. Clark, Carl B
Hyatt, Jr., and H. A. Donovan,
training officers; Hardy Carrol
and James Queen, associate vo
cational advisers; William B
Bell and Miss Helen Rankin, con
tact workers; and Lamar Gallo
way, legal advisor- Four steno
graphers complete the staff.
Veterans visiting the office are
aksed to report to room 708.
CLOSING OF DEER
HUNT FOR 5 YEARS
FAVORED BY CLUB
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Trapping And Shipping Os Deer
Out of The Forests Should
Be Stopped.
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SELLING OF GAME STOPPED
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Members of the Asheville Hunt
ing and Fishing club voted at a
meeting held Friday night in the
Langren hotel that the Federal
deer hunt in Pisgah National For
est should be closed for a five
year period, and that the trapping
and shipping of deer out of the
forests should be stopped.
It was also decided that the deer |
hunting season in Western North
Carolina, outside of the national
forests, should be opened 15 days j
later and closed 15 days later in
order that hunting might go on
through the Christmas holidays,
thus closing the season on Janu
ary 1, and that hte selling of game
should be stopped.
Approximately 100 persons at
tended the meeting.
Robber Trys To Enter
Rices’ Quality Store
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A would-be robber was caught ,
in the act of entering the rear
window of the Quality Store last
Friday night. He had broken the
glass and was just entering when
Findley Step, who had followed
him, after the man had acted sus
piciously at the cab stand.
The man went down the alley
and Finley followed him and
caught him, and took him to where
he could call Chief Smith who
placed him under arrest and took
him to the county jail where he
awaits trial.
Chief Smith wishes to thank
Findley for his close observance
and co-operation in upholding the
law.
The U. S. now produces more
; soybeans than Manchuria, where
; I they have been grown for centur
ies- jr* the .Chinese—trt-faf ©f iife.”
Member
North Carolina
Press Association
$2.00 Per Year
P. K. Gravely, Os Rocky
Mount, Was Elected
President
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Delegates to the first annual
meeting of the North Carolina
Wildlife Federation, incorporated,
at Sedgefield near Greensboro, on
January 23 and 24, went home de
termined to intensify the drive for
members and to educate the pub
lic generally about the federa
tion’s objectives.
P. K. Gravely, Rocky Mount to
bacconist, was elected president,
succeeding Col. Frank L. Page,
Greensboro, who was made hon
orary president and elected a di
rector for life.
The three new vice-presidents
are Wayne Bramlette, Asheville;
A. C. Davis, Greensboro, and S- B.
Coley, Raleigh. The Constitution
was amended to provide for three
instead of two vice presidents,
representing the mountain, cen
tral and coastal areas of the state.
E. J. Stoker, Greensboro, was
re-elected secretary-treasurer, and
Ross O- Stevens, Raleigh, execu
tive director, was re-named with
recommendation that his salary be
increased.
The delegates re-affirmed the
federation’s objectives separa
tion of the division of game and
inland fisheries from the state de
partment of conservation and de
velopment. It was unanimously
agreed that in order to make a
successful fight in the 1947 gen
eral assembly for separation, the
federation’s membership must be
built up and the citizens of the
state fully informed of their big
task in the program for better
management of the wildlife re
sources.
Game and fish programs in
Pennsylvania and Michfigan are
the patterns on which the North
Carolina federation has based its
objectives. Seth Gordon, execu
tive driector of the Pennsylvania
game commission, and Fred A.
Westerman, in charge of the fish
program in Michigan, spoke to the
annual meeting on their respec
tive plans.
Both Gordon and Westerman
emphasized the non-political na
ture of their respective organiza
tions- In Michigan and Pennsyl
vania, departmental personnel is
selected on a non-political, merit
basis under civil service, and ef
fectiveness of the work being
done is due to the permanency of
organization and employment of
highly trained men who carry out
the dual functions of education
and enforcement with 100 percent
support of their departments.
Another natinoally known
speaker ‘ at the annual meeting
was Dr. H. S. Swingle, fish cul
turist of Alabama Polytechnic In-
I stitute, who was the first to ex-
I periment with the use so commer
( cial fertilizer in fertilization of
, fish ponds.
Judge Don Phillips, Rocking
ham, made one of the most vig
orous talks of the annual meet
ing, and among other things he
said that the federation is up
against “arch politicians” and
will have “to fight politics” if ti
hopes to bring about separation of
the division of game and inland
fisheries.
Reports to the annual meeting
showed that the federation is in
“comfortable” financial condition
and has 94 affiliated clubs in 91
counties. Membership approxi
-1 mates 11,000 and the goal is at
least 25,000 mmebers by July 1.
Dr. Bell Speaker
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A missionary service was held
Sunday evening at 7:3Qt p.m. at
the Presbyterian church with Dr.
Nelson Bell, speaker. Dr. Bell was,
for 25 years, a missinoary to Chi
na. The service marked the be
ginning of the Week of Prayer
and Self-Denial for Foreign Mis
sions.
NOTICE
Beginning February 1 and end
ing June 1 burning permits are
; required by State law to burn any
' brush, grass, field or any other
- type of burning requires a bum-
I ing permit which will be issued
at the City Halt. “