OLD FORT
VOLUME III OLD FORT, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 16,
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NEWS
NUMBER 16
THE OLD FORT NEWS
The Old Fort News is pub
lished each week in connection
with the Marion Progress.
MISS GERTRUDE DULA,
Editor and Business Manager.
MRS. G. I. STEPPE HOSTESS
TO LADIES AID SOCIETY
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Methodist Church, South, met with
Mrs. G. I. Steppe on Wednesday af
ternoon of last week.
In the absence of Mrs. R. L. Jor
dan, the chaplain, Mrs. Mattie Nes
bitt conducted the devotionals, after
which the roll was called and sixteen
members responded. The chief fea
ture of the afternoon was the col
lecting of birthday money from ev
ery member. Everyone seemed to
enjoy the merriment of this occa
sion and, best of all, the sum col
lected added right much to the bank
account of the Aid.
After the business session, a New
Year's program, arranged by Mrs.
Horace Early, was given.
During the social hour delicious
refreshments were served.
It was decided that the ladies give
a benefit Valentine party on Valen
tine ^evening. Mrs. S. F. Mauney
very kindly offered her house for the
affair. Mrs. Lee Jordan, Mrs. George
Moore and Miss Gertrude Dula will
be in cahrge of the program.
The meeting adjourned to meet in
February with Mrs. J. C. Umberger
at the parsonage with Mrs. A. C.
Tate assistant hostess.
OLD FORT SCHOOL HOST TO
LOCAL AND COUNTY BOARD
The County and local school
board, Supt. A. V. Nolan of Marion,
and Prof. S. B. Smithey, principal
of the Old Fort School, were dinner
guest of the Old Fort School on Sat
urday, Jan. 4th, at 6:00 p. m. in the
dining room of the Home Economics j
department.
This meeting was both a business j
and a social affair. The dinner was
under the direction of Miss Bula I
Kanipe, instructor in Home Econom
ics, and was served by the members
of the Dometsic Science class.
The dinner guests were Supt. A.
Y. Nolan, Miles P. Flack, of Vein
Mountain; T. W. Stacy, of Nebo; J.
N. Nesbitt, W. W. LeFevre, Dr. J.
B. Johnson, Col B. W. Adams, 3. M.
Kanipe and Prof. S. B. Smithey.
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MRS. MOORE ENTERTAINS
Mrs. Geo. Moore entertained with
five tables of bridge Thursday even- j
ing at her home on Main street.
Missf' Carrie Saunders was the win
ner of the prize for high score. Geo.
Sandlin won the gentleman's prize
for high score. Mrs. Effie Mashburn
cut the consolation.
A delicious salad and sweet course
was served at the conclusion of the
games.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Graybeal, Mr. and Mrs. Amos
Crippen, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Smith
ey, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Rockett, Mrs. Hart
Taylor, Mrs. D. M. Mcintosh, Mrs.
Eddie Ragle, Mrs. Effie Mashburn,
Miss Maude Crawford, Miss Louise
Griff en, Miss Margaret Maness, Miss
Carrie Saunders, Messrs. F. M.
Bradley, L. J. Whisnant and George
Moore.
BRIDGE PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Mosre en
tertained on Thursday evening with
a bridge party. Five interesting pro
gressions were played. The winners
of high score were Miss Carrie
Saunders, Mrs. Effie Mashburn, Mr.
Geo. Sandlin. Those assisting in
serving a delicious salad course were
Mrs. A. Crippen, Mrs. Geo, Sandlin,
Mrs. P. H. Mashburn, and little Miss
Maud Lou Moore.
Those enjoying Mr. and Mrs.
Moore's hospitality were Prof, and
Mrs. S. B. Smithey, Miss Carrie
Saunders, Mr. Fred Bradley, Miss
Maud Crawford, Mrs. Hart Taylor,
Miss M. Maness, Mr. and Mrs. H.
Rockett, Miss Griffith, Mrs. D. M.
Mcintosh, Mrs. Effie Mashburn, Mr.
George Bistline, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Crippen, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Sandlin.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Graybeal, Mr. and
Mrs. Eddie Ragle.
Quite a number of Old Fort peo
ple who have met and liked Major
W. A. Collett have expressed them
selves as being well pleased that he
has cast his lot with The Progress,
the home paper, and the Old Fort
News extends its congratulations to
Major Collett.
H. C. Fisher made a business trip
to Charlotte on Thursday.
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Miss Louise Griffen is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Harvey Rockett.
A dance was held at the Sandlin
store building on Thursday evening.
Mrs. R. A. Raymer and four child
ren spent Sunday in Statesville.
Mrs. J, C. Umberger and small son
Walter are ill with influenza.
George Bradley of Henderson
ville visited his brother, W. H. Brad
ley, Sunday.
Mont Grant was in Marion Mon
day.
Mr. and Mrs* Ralph Harris of Mor
ganton moved to Old Fort last week.
I. H. Bradley spent Monday in
Marion.
I. V. Yount of Hickory was in Old
Fort Saturday.
Miss Estelle Lavender was a visi
tor in Asheville last week.
Miss Blanche Lewis of Marion was
in Old Fort Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Allison were
visitors in_ Morganton last Sunday.
H. E. Gibbs spent Tuesday in Ash
eville.
Mrs. Sigma Morrison of Asheville
spent the week-end in Old Fort.
Miss Annie White spent Wednes
day in Asheville.
Frank Allen of Asheville visited
relatives in Old'Fort Sunday.
Miss Mamie White of Asheville is
the guest of Mr. and Mrs. George
Hyams.
Mrs. Nannie Justice spent Thurs
day in Asheville.
Mr. W. Patton of Morganton vis
ited J. H. Allison Sunday.
Miss Anne Allison of Morganton
was a visitor in Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Fannie Nichols who is a
teacher at Nealsville, N. C., spent
the week-end with her mother, Mrs.
Dora Nichols.
Mrs. J. M. Lawson of Marion spent
several days last week in Old Fort.
Miss Millie Kanipe, a teacher of
Nebo School, spent the week-end
with her parents.
Mr. Albert Noblitt, principal of
Dysartsville School, spent the week
end with his pai'ents.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Swann of Ashe
ville spent the week-end with rela
tives in Old Fort.
Miss Mabel Jennings of Statesville
visited friends in Old Fort last week.!
Gayden Swann and M. E. Head
attended court in Marion last week,
serving as jurors in Superior court.
Mrs. Farnsworth and her sister,
Mrs. Fred Farnsworth, of New York,
were visitors in Old Fort last Friday.
Mrs. I. H. Greene and Mrs. Hart
Taylor were dinner guests of Mrs.
Tom Pritchard in Asheville on Wed
nesday.
Misses Nelle Porter and Frances I
Miller spent the week-end in Bilt
more and West Asheville.
Mrs. S. J. Rogers of Morganton
is spending several weeks with her j
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hemp-j
hill.
Mr. and Mrs. Bulo Carver and
Jess Sutton of Waynesville spent
Christmas holidays with the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Carver.
J. R. Harriss, Jr., spent Christmas
holidays with his grandparents in
Montford's Cove.
Francis Mauney is attending the
part-time business course in Marion.
I. H. Greene spent several days
last week in Asheville.
Misses Hazel Swann and Polly
Ann Greene were visitors in Ashe
ville last Saturady.
Charles Mears is the guest of his
sister, Mrs. I. H. Green, at her home
at Dendron.
lurs. u. Kix is visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swann.
Miss Frances McCurry was the
guest of Polly Ann Greene for the
past week.
Miss Nelle Allison and Miss Edyth
Arwyn Steppe returned to Asheville
Normal on January 7th, after spend
ing more than two weeks at home in
Old Fort.
Prof, and Mrs. Loy Cornwell of
Rutherford College, were1 the guests'
of Mrs. Lee Stirewalt last week.
Miss Gertrude Dula entertained
a few friends with bridge off Thurs
day evening.
Mrs. W. M. Goodsott of Asheville
was a guest of her sister, Miss Ger
trude Dula, on Thursday afternoon.
"The fishing is fine in Sarasota,
Fla.", is the report from H. A. Wes
termann and Rev. M. W. Dargan,
who are spending the winter in that
place as near neighbors. Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Goodson of Asheville
expect to join this Old Fort colony
in Sarasata this month, and Capt.
and Mrs. Homer Mason of Spartan
burg will drive to Sarasota the first
of February to spend several
months. Captain Mason rates as an
erpert fisherman with this group,
who are anxiously awaiting his ar
rival.
T. P. Richardson returned to Liles
ville, N. C., on Wednesday after
speeding several days visiting his
daughter, Mrs. Clifford Nesbitt.
Dr. and Mrs. Charles Jenkins and
their guests, Dr. and Mrs. R. G. Day,
motored to Spruce Pine on Friday
where Dr. and Mrs. Day expect to
make their home.
Miss Brady Silvers and her guest,
Miss Ruth Hunter, of Morganton,
spent the week-end with Miss Silvers
parents in Old Fort.
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Black, Mr.
and Mrs. Grady Nichols and Misses
Thelma and Martha Hyams motored
to Shelby on Wednesday evening to
attend a dance.
Dr. W. A. Robinson, who has been
employed as company physician for
the Duke Power Company at Mt.
Holly since last March, has returned
to Old Fort.. His many friends are
glad to welcome him back.
Martin Baylen of Asheville was a
guest of Baxter Moose for two days
last week, enroute to Miami, Fla.
Mr. Baylen will again play on the
Asheville Baseball team this coming
season.
Mrs. Leona Lachery, of Laurel
Hospital, White Rock, N. C., is
spending a few days with her
daughter, Mrs. E. A. Norton.
Miss Sue Lachery of Asheville
spent the week-end with her sister,
Mrs. E. A. Norton.
Mrs. Frank Settles, who under
went a very serious operation at the
Mission Hospital, has returned home
Mrs. Zeb Lackey was taken to the
Mission Hospital in Asheville Mon
uay.
Mrs. W. W. Arney returned last j
week to her home after spending the
past ten days visiting- relatives in
Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Clarence Williams who un
derwent an operation at the Mission
Hospital about ten days ago, is rap
idly improving.
Mrs. Will Settles who recently un
derwent an operation at the Mission
Hospital, is improving.
Rev. and Mrs. I. A. Rhinehardt
have returned to their home east of
Old Fort, after several days' visit
with the former's brother in Hay
■"rjod county.
Henry C. Fisher attended the fu
neral services of Dr. Anderson in
Asheville last Saturday.
Mrs. James Payne and sister, Mrs, I
Malone, of Asheville, were visitors!
in Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Natalie Epley and her friend,'
Miss Porter, were visitors in Old j
Fox-t Sunday.
Miss Ila Briggs, instructor of mu
sic in the Burnsville High School,
visited Miss Louise Griffen and Miss
E. Rowe Grady on Sunday.
Funeral services for Mrs. John
Davis, who died on Thursday night,
January 9th, were held on Fviday at
her home. Interment was made in
the Old Fort cemetery.
Pictures of Lee and Jackson will
be placed in the Old Fort school by
the Old Fort U. D. C., and a program |
in honor of the birthday of these
two great Southern leaders will be
given at the school auditorium Mon
day morning, January 20th.
Mrs. M. H. Grant is ill at the home
of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.;
and Mrs. Will Grant.
Recent visitors of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Steppe and family were Mrs.
A. T. Allison and son, Wilburri, Miss
Sue Allison, Miss Tipton and Miss
Cagle from Asheville; Miss Coyd
Woody, of West Asheville; Mr. Ven-j
ard Steppe, of Bryson City; Miss
Ethel Lane, Misses Lois Byrd and
Elizabeth Byrd of Brevard, and Mr.
and Mrs. Dave Steppe and little son
Tommy of Marion.
Dr. D. M. Mcintosh attended the
funeral services of Dr. James Gar
rett Anderson of the Aston Park
Hospital, who died Friday morning.
Dr. Mcintosh was one of the honor
ary pallbearers. The services were
held at the West Asheville Methodist
Church. The news of Dr. Anderson's
death reached Old Fort early Friday
morning and cast a shadow of regret
over the entire community, where
Dr. Anderson had many fnends and
was highly esteemed by tho e who
only knew him by the reputation
that his great ability as a physician
has made for him in the state.
CHURCH SERVICES WELL
ATTENDED HERE SUNDAY
Church services were well atten
ded in Old Fort Sunday morning,
Rev. Hansel of Concord conducting
the services at the Presbyterian
Church, Rev. L. C. Laylor at the
Baptist Church, Rev. J. C. Umber
ger at the Methodist Church.
Rev. Umberger paid an eloquent
tribute to General Robert E. Lee.
using the life of this great soldier
and Southern leader to illustrate his
subject "The Pure and Christlike
Mind".
BUILDING AND LOAN ENDS
VERY SUCCESSFUL YEAR
The Old Fort Building and Loan
has completed a very successful
year, having recently matured their
first series of stock of $57,100. Or
ganizing in March 1923, the associa
tion has operated since that time
without the loss of a single dollar.
During the thtte of its operations its
members have built and paid for
quite a number of homes while other
members have used it as a means of
investing their savings.
The Old Fort Building and Loan
has occupied a very important place
in the finances of the community
and its members are very proud of
its great success.
The affairs of the association are
guarded by the following officers
and directors: J. M. Kanipe, presi
dent; W. W. LeFevre, vice-presi
dent; F. M. Bradley, secretary-treas
urer; P. H. Mashburn, D. M. Mcin
tosh, W. P. Artz, J. A. Lowery, J. B.
Johnson, H. B. Early, J. W. Win
borne, attorney, directors.
MRS. J. B. JOHNSON
HOSTESS TO U. D. C.
A splendid attendance character
ized the meeting of the Old Fort
chapter of the U. D. C. held at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Johnson, Thurs
day evening, beginning at 7:30.
At the conclusion of the business
session, a Jackson-Lee program was
enjoyed, after which a delicious
salad course was served.
Those attending were Mrs. Geo.
Hyams, Mrd. Winslow Burgin, Mrs.
M. G. Turner, Mrs. Geo. Sabom,
Mrs. B. Y. Allison, Mrs. Hessie
Steppe, Mrs. Geo. Sandlin, Mrs. P.
H. Mashburn, Mrs. S. F. Mauney,
Mrs. I. L. Caplan, Mrs. Chas. Jenk
ins, Miss Mary Burgin, Miss Ger
trude Dula, Mrs. Effie MasKburn,
Mrs. Don Gosorn, Mrs. Ed Burgin
and Mrs. R. G. Day.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
On the night of January 12th, Mr.
and Mrs. I. L. Caplan gave a dinner,
the occasion being the celebration of
one of Mr. Caplan's birthdays.
The guests present were Dr. ami
Mrs. L. G. Day and little Day,
"Moonshine"; Dr. and Mrs. Clrarles
McB. Jenkins and little daughter
Betty Jeane, Dr. and Mrs. John B.
Johnson and the two little Johnsons,
Miss Mary Burgin and Rev. and Mrs.
H. C. Marley. Mr. T. C. Bradley got
as near as the front door but after
viewing the assemblage departed in
haste.
After a gorgeous dinner and an
elaborate display of candles the ev- i
ening was concluded by singing
some old familiar songs such as
"Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep"
and "Hail, Hail, The Gang's All
Here".
WOODMAN CIRCLE ENTERTAIN!
One of the biggest social events ]
of the holiday season was a watch I
party given by the Woodmen Circle j
for all members of the circle and i
their husbands and all woodmen and
their wives.
The W. 0. W. Hall was beautiful
ly decorated with red and green i
crepe paper and potted flowers. The;
electeric lights were covered with
red paper and a burning candle
stood on every pedestal.
Those invited began to arrive
about 8:30 and by nine o'clock a
large crowd was present.
The program consisted of songs,
recitations, games, and string music.
During the social hour several
splendid talks on Woodcraft were
thoroughly enjoyed.
At eleven o'clock the ladies served
sandwiches, coffee, cakes and candy.
Just before the close of the old
year all became quiet and some one
began to sing "Silent Night". The
whole crowd joined in, and as the
church bells rang out the old year
and rang in the new, a jolly crowd
of Woodmen and Woodmen Circle
members sand out the old year and
sang in the new.
In the very beginning of 1930 a
very happy crowd left the Woodmen
hall to return to their homes for a
little nap before the peep of New
Year's day.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Norton entertain- i
ed a group of friends with bridge j
and dancing at their home on Main j
street Thursday evening. Three tab
les of. bridge were in play. Refrsh- j
ments were served during the even-1
ing. Among those present were Miss j
Marie Hunt, Miss Sue Lachery, Mrs. j
Alma ordan, Mrs. Helen Stone, Miss
Katherine Finch, Francis Mauney, |
Mr. Morrison and Mr. Sink, both of
Asheville.
Dr. S. I. Floyd, state sanitary in-!
spector, was in Old Fort on business
Thursday.
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| Special Prices I
on an assortment of
! Good Used Cars I
| Will sacrifice on these cars to I
I start the New Year right. j
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j See us at once. j
I Fisher Motor Co.
\ OLD FORT, N. C.
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OUR 1930 CHRISTMAS CLUB
IS NOW OPEN
Join now in one of our classes ranging
from 10c to $10.00, payable each week,
and have your Christmas Money all
ready next year.
It's not what you earn that makes you
rich, but what you SAVE.
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THE BANK OF OLD FORT
OLD FORT, N. C.
J. S. BRADLEY, Pres. F. M. BRADLEY, Cashier
P. H. MASHBURN, Vice-Pres.
[ Closing Out . |
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! Save Money By Buying Now. j
Come in and See 1
Our Sweaters. i
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They will be just right for the cold days in j
February and March. j
Boys Knickers and Pants j
Good Quality, Low Price. I
A Good line of Children's Shoes. j
j Mrs. W. Crawford I
Old Fort, N. C. I
NEW SILVER AND GOLD HATS
Latest Styles in Felts at
HALF Price.
MARCEL WAVING
THE DULA HAT SHOP
Old Fort, N. C.
Florence and Woodrow Harriss'
made a business trip to Marion Fri- \
day. |
Mr. Duckett, electrical engineer
of the Duke Power Company, of
Charlotte, was in Old Fort last week.