Hospital Is Named For Late Charles Cannon, Jr. Banner Elk ? The new 100-bed hospital to be opened In this mountain community next fall will be named the Charles A. Cau tion Jr. Memorial Hospital. This was announced by Dr. Mar shall Scott Woodson, president of the Edgar Tufts Memorial Associa tion, which operates Lees-McRae College and Grandfather Home lor Children, as well as the heapi tal. The decision was made at a meeting of the board of trustees last week. Young Cannon, for whom the Mew hospital will be named, lost tils life while a member of the fcj. S. Air Force during World War 81. He was the son of Mr. and ' Mrs. Charles A. Cannon of Con cord and Kannapolis. Cannon volunteered as an Army Aviation Cadet in 1042. He was Sent overseas in September 1944 "with the rank of lieutenant and assigned to the Second Weather Reconnaissance Group, stationed in Karachi, India. He was reported mlslng in ac tion March 10, 1M5 during a flight in a B-25 plane for Myitky ina, Burma, to Chengtu, China. A year later the War Department 'officially declared him killed in action. Cannon was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. He also re ceived the Air Medal with oak 'leaf cluster. The new hospital which will bear the name of Charles A. Can non, Jr., is nearing completion. It is expected to be opened in Nov ember. It will include a 100-bed general hospital, a diagnostic and treatment facility and a dental unit, all complete with the most modern equipment. It will have its own 100,000 gallon water re servoir and a sewerage treatment plant. The completed hospital facili ties will cost an estimated $2 million. . . ' CHARLES A. CANNON, JR. The Institution win replace a 53- bed hospital that has served a wide area of the mountains sur rounding Banner Elk for the past 00 years. Two other hospitals had been used here before the present one came into existence. The first was a 10-room residence opened toy the late Dr. W. C. Tate. This was followed by a 20- bed hospital. Dr. Tate operated the smaller Institu tions for more than 50 years. His son, Dr. Lawson Tate, is chief of staff and medical director of the present hospital. REASON FOR CLUCKING Humboldt, Tenn. ? A hen owned by Henry Perry has good reason to cluck with pride. It laid an egg weighing half a pound a measur ing 10 inches around. Inside the giant egg was another egg. The outer egg was brown, the Inner one white. R. C. A. enters a new lighting field. HORSEBACK RIDING IS FUN! Saddle Horses ? Hunters Jumpers Surries & Buggies Special Attention To Instruction Of Children TATE STABLE CY 5-7381 BLOWING ROCK, N. C. Stop In Our FOUNTAIN and LUNCH ROOM For 40 Years Boone's Leading Pharmacy! Now Number 3 Among All N. C. Rexall Stores! Try Us . . . Nearly Everyone Does! Bring us Your & Requirements Boone Drug C King Street Boone, N. C. We Have All Your SUMMER COSMETICS AD % BOONE, N. C. 1 ' . . - HAPPY MOTORING Lentz(fsso) Service MAIN STREET ? BLOWING ROCK, N. C. for t>?r GOO? CAR CARE At the Sign of I Jiifi mM A Day At The Circus! F? for Young and Old Alike! ? Merry Go-Round ? Ferris Wheel ? Miniature Cars ? Miniature Tanks ? Boats Cotton Candy ? Pop Corn skyland Amusement Park V. S. 321 Blowing Rock, N. C. is for Prescription and PRECISION . . . That's the way we fill them! FIRST AID and SICK ROOM SUPPLIES Viait Our Modern FOUNTAIN For a Tasty Energy Pick Up PHOTO FILM SERVICE COMPLETE SELECTION SUMMER COSMETICS Ask Us for Your FREE Tourist Map of Boone and Watauga County Carolina Pharmacy Cast King Stm* Boose, N. C.