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OLD FORT NEWS Coach Harry Swafford Opens Cage Practice At Old Fort By Robert Hensley Thc Old Fort High school _ under the direction of Harry Swafford, officially C ° a n C e(i practice Monday, October fat the high school gym. f large crowd was on hand at th t he first and second sessions. T ° hose turning out included nine letter men and a host of other layer s who hope to give Old Fort p better team this season. The L t drill was confined to ball handling and a scrimmage between the lettermen and the other squad members. • The team will not only play local and county games, but will so play several exhibition games, [he first of which is scheduled for the end of this month. Elected manager was Thurman Padgham, returned GI. James Fa*, who made a letter at guard ], is t year, was elected captain. Cheer leaders chosen were Max ine Davis, Faye Baker, and Dan Early. Old Fort hopes for a good year and the school and town are pull ;n? for them. As a reporter, I will try to do my best to report all eames for you to the best of my ability, so that you will know what is going on at the school in the way of sports. I hope you will support the team to the limit. Basketball is a good sport. Sup port your home team and encour age more sports to be carried out in this locality. Bela Club Chooses New Members o The Old Fort High school Beta dub has elected new officers and chosen new members for the en suing year. They are as follows: Miss Feme Smith, sponsor; Kath erine Pyatt, president; Rebecca Baily, vice president; Bud Hogan, treasurer, and Lorena Burnette, secretary. Old members in elude Katherine Pyatt, Bud Hogan, Lorena Bur re*. and Rebecca Baily. The new members are Lora Voss. Jewell Gilliam, Duane Alli son. Lynn Neal, Iris Young, Irma L. Pyatt, and Lucille Lytle. —Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hyams and daughter Sara, of Bryson City, E* nt the week end with relatives in Old Fort. —Thomas Angle and sons Tom mie and Butch of Brevard, N. C., visited Mr. and Mrs. George Mor rison, Sunday. —Mrs. Jack Anderson visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Causley in Glen Alpine, N. C., last week. —Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hendly were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harris Sunday. —Mrs. J. S. Anderson of Glen Alpine, visited her son Jack An derson at the Crystal Case. —Jim Croffard of Lenior, N. C., visited Jack Morrison Friday. You Are Invited To Visit THE DOWNSTAIRS STORE of HUGHES DEPARTMENT STORE Old Fort, N. C. LAUNDRY THE OLD FORT CLEANERS IS AGENT FOR KEY CITY LAUNDRY IN BLACK MOUNTAIN g 'IV, as never before that car of yours is iniport ; nt. Be sure it's ready for fall and winter driving t'y bringing it to us tor n complete cnee k-o\ c C & W MOTOR COMPANY Old Fort, N. C. .• r«- ■L.JwWTiit* Old Fort DAR To Hold Meeting At Spruce Pine o The Greenlee Chapter of the DAR of Old Fort, N. C., will meet in Spruce Pine, Saturday after noon, October 26. Mrs. Herbert Duncan, Mrs. S. T. Henry, and Mrs. R. F. Bare, members of the Greenlee Chapter, are hostesses for the meeting, which will be held in the new clubhouse of the Ameri can Business club in Spruce Pine. Special guests for the meeting will be the members of the Cross nore Chapter of the DAR. SERVICE EXPANDING With a potential 20,000,000 cus tomers, the Veterans Administra tion reports that it is already operating the largest insurance business, the biggest chain of hos pitals, and the greatest pension service in the world. Old Fort Democrats Appoint Precinct Committee Members ———4) At a recent Democratic rally the following precinct committee members were appointed: precinct No. 1, Dr. J. B. Johnson, chairman, Bob Jamer, W. C. MlUer, Ed McDaniel, and Mrs. F. M. Bradley; precinct No. 2, J. L. Lackey, chair man, H. R. Early, Clyde Norton, John Robinson and Miss Gertrude Dula. Appointed for the women voters were Mrs. Joe Giles chairman for precinct No. 1, Miss Gertrude Dula for precinct No. 2, and Mrs. Harlow Noblitt was named chair man for the Crooked Creek area. Voters May Register Now For the benefit of voters who have not registered, it has been announced that registration books are now open at the Bradley Drug company in Old Fort and will re main open until election day. All who have not registered are urged to do so as early as pos sible in order to avoid a last min ute rush. —Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Hunter spent the weekend visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Mickle in Rich mond, Va. They stopped over in Roanoke, N. C., to see Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Williams. Mrs. Mickle and Mrs. Williams are Mr. Hun ter’s sister. Accompanying them on the trip were Mrs. Fred Hunter, Mr. and Mrs. Carl McCurry of Marion. BUY BONDS AND KEEP THEM Conservation News By L. B. HAIRR T. E. Price of Nebo Rt. 1, is well pleased with the kudzu that Was planted on his farm last spring. He says there are plenty of runners that are 35 to 40 feet long and the kudzu has almost covered the ground the first year. Mr. Price states that his kudzu was fertilized with 4-10-6 fertili zer when it was planted and that it was worked twice this summer. J. A. Henrrix Jr., of Nebo Rt. 2 says his hogs are doing fine graz ing kudzu this fall. Mr. Hendrix planted his kudzu three years ago. Several McDowell County farm ers including: E. J. Burgin, L. G. Hollifield, G. C. Tabor, and C. M. Murphy are strip cropping for soil conservation. These men are establishing strips this fall by planting their small grain in bands across the slope. J. M. Parker, and T. S. Frank lin of Marion Rt. 1 and C. O. Walker of Old Fort Rt. 1 recently had terrace lines run on their farms. They will build the ter races with their teams, plows, and home made terracing drags. Social Events o ANDERSON—WILLIAMS ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED The engagement of Miss Bessie Louise Anderson of Glenwood, to Walter Henton Williams has been announced by her father T. W. Anderson. Mr. Wi.liams is the son of Walter Williams and Mrs. Het tie Walker of Old Fort. The date of the wedding has not yet been set. —Mr. and Mrs. S. F. Mauney spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John Harper at their home in Greenville, S. C. —Mr. and Mrs. W'alter Raffield and son Jimmie, and Mrs. Dixie Chambers and daughter Ruth, were visitors at the home of Mrs. William L. Moore at Old Fort Sunday afternoon. On The Job Pay Limit Opposed HlCKOßY—Hickory Post 48 of the American Legion went on re cord at its weekly meeting as be ing opposed to the bill limiting the pay of veterans „“on the job” to S2OO for married men and $175 for single men. Andrew Warlick, Catawba Coun ty service officer, discussed the bill at length and the Post spoke its disapproval. In fact, a com mittee composed o f Marshall Yount, Harry Gallimore and Louis A. Whitener was appointed to draw up a resolution of disap proval. The resolution will be pre sented to the Post at its next meeting, following which copies will be forwarded to the proper sources. The remainder of the meeting was devoted to routine affairs. E. P. Tuttle, former commander, presided in the absence of Com mander David Swift. ■ It Pays To Advertise In Our Business Directory 1 Winners of Fall Fishing Rodeo Continued From Last Week - - - o AMBERJACK—YandeII C. Bail ey, 2027 Pershing Street, Durham; 49 3-4 inches long, 34 and one half pounds, caught from Capt. Hulan Watts’ “Idle On” off South port; Wilmington Evening Post trophy. KING MACKEREL—Bob Hill, Fairfield Avenue, Bellevue, Ohio; 43 inches, 16 and 3-4 pounds, caught from Capt. Eddy’s “Martha Ellen" of WrightsvSHe Beach; Enterprise Sporting Goods trophy. SPANISH MACKEREL—J. A. Whitley, 2023 Textile Drive, Greensboro; five and one-half pounds, New River Inlet; Tide Water Power company trophy. BLUEFISH—FIoyd W. Cox, St., Wrightsville Beach; three and three-fourths pounds, caught from Capt. Watts’ “Idle On” off South port; Pickard’s Sporting Goods trophy. TROUT—FIoyd L. Helms, Mon roe; 26 inches, five pounds, five ounces, caught at Long Beach; Hines Sporting Goods trophy. STRIPED BASS—W. T. Cheat ham, Burlington; 31 inches, 10 pounds, 13 ounces, caught in Black River; Anchor Hardware trophy. DO'LPHIN —J. Knight Davis, 2201 Chestnut Street, Wilming ton; 38 inches long, 10 and one half pounds, from Capt. Billy De- Cover’s “Jim-Jam” off Wrights ville Beach; Anderson’s Sporting Goods trophy. BARRACUDA Edward T. Noel, 433 Roilingwood Circle, Fayetteville; 57 and one-half inches, 38 pounds, from “Jim-Jam” off Wrightsville Beach. Noel will also receive a rod made by George W. Goodman, Carolina Beach, posted for the largest fish caught with a rod of his make, and the Gregg Brothers Hardware trophy. SHEEPHEAD Dan Holt, Kure’s Beach; 23 inches, eight Maybe . . . i You Want To Buy A Cow, or a horse, or a pig, or Maybe You Want To Sell A mule, or some chickens, or a goat, or Maybe You Want To Buy A car, or a bicycle, or a tractor, or Maybe You Want To Sell Some furniture, or some lumber, or some clothing, or Maybe You Want Some Property or you have something you don’t need Maybe YouTl call 4101 and try a News want ad I —well there won’t be any maybe about what’ll happen! Just try it once. News Ads Get Results ! pounds, nine ounces, caught in ; Buzzerd’s Bay. The following $lO prizes go to: VIRGINIA MULLET —J. M. Carroll, 715 Grace Street, Wil mington; 18 inches, two pounds, two ounces, caught from surf off Kure’s Beach. CROAKED Alice Boland, Wrightsville Beach; 15 and one half inches, one pound, nine ounces, caught off Atlantic View Pier. BLACKFISH-—D. N. Murphy, 10 Castle Street, Wilmington; 15 in ches, one and three-fourths pounds, caught off Luna pier. SPOT Hugh W. Primrose, Wrightsville Beach; 13 inches, 14 and one-half ounces, Wrights ville Sound. FLOUNDER J. C. Tourek, Camp Davis; 31 and one-half in ches, 11 pounds, six ounces, Sear’s Landing. PIGFISH—Mrs. Effie Wentz, Wrightsville Sound; 12 and one half inches, 15 ounces, Wrights ville Sound. Special Prizes POMPANO—E. A. Jones, 2105 Park Road, Wilmington; 21 and one-fourth inches, four pounds, 13 ounces, Rich’s Inlet surf, wrist watch from Reed’s Jewelry store, and Mayor W. Ronald Lane trophy. One hundred dollars towards purchase of lot on Long Beach, near Southport, for the best catch from the surf at that resort dur ing the last week of the contest, awarded to Vernon Wescott, Boli via, by E. F. Middleton, Sr. Two hundred and fifty dollars towards purchase of house or lot at Carolina Beach from the Tuck er Realty Company, Carolina Beach, for the best fish caught in the area of that resort, to W. L. Conrad, 1805 Merriman Avenue, Charlotte. ONLY A Thursday, Oct. 17, 1946.—BLACK BEG YOUR PARDON Mrs. W. L. Hatcher of Ridge crest has informed us that the eye operation which the Rev. Mr. Hatcher underwent recently was unsuccessful. In last Thursday’s edition of the NEWS we stated that the second proved a success. They wfll lfefave shortly for Florida for a stay of six months. BUY BONDS AND KEEP THEM DR. E. EMMONS CORCORAN ANNOUNCES THE OPENING of his offices for the practice of general medicine located at Dr. S. S. Cooley’s office during his absence. * OFFICE HOURS: 10:00 A.M.—12:00 NOON 2:00 P.M.—4:00 P.M. 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