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2,295 Vehicles Registered In County Last Year North Carolina motor vehicle registrations in 1947 reached an all-time high of 883,498, the Motor Vehicle Department announces. This compares with 779,930 ve hicles registered in 1946. The 1947 registrations included 859.037 automobile, trucks, trail ers, motorcycles, motorbikes, and 24.461 State Highway and deal ers' vehicles. There were 2.295 registrations of vehicles in Cherokee county. Guilford County, with 46.755 ve hicles. is credited with having more vehicles than any other' county. Mecklenburg, however. 1 runs a close second with 45,944 vehicles. Next in line is Forsyth with 32.253; Wake, with 31.535; and Buncombe, with 26.740, Clay, Tyrrell. Graham, and I Counties, in that order are the | lowest in registrations. Clay has ' 640 registered vehicles; Tyrrell. 1 761; Graham, 835; and Hyde. 940.] Andrews Personals John Axley is spending the spring holidays with his mother, i ' Mrs. H. A. Van Gorder Miss Frances Mashburn. Oak Ridge. Tenn . spent last week-end i , with her aunt. Mrs Laura Sea> | Mrs. Alice Barnard has return- . 1 ed after spending several days with her brother and family. Mr 1 and Mrs. W L. Swanson ;n Ashe- i ville. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Housed and two children. David and Jan ' spent last week-end in Canton and Asheville George Clayton is spending several days with his parents. Mr and Mrs. G. W. Clayton. Mrs. Joe Barnard and daughter. 1 Jo Anne. Franklin, recently spent several days with Mrs. Barnard's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Granville McKeldrey. Reid Brvson. Atlanta. Ga . spent last week-end with his parents. Mr and Mrs. Carl Bryson. of Marble. Reid also found time to visit the school while in Andrews for a few hours. Miss Lou Ann Burleson of Mars Hill College. Mars Hill, is visiting the II E. Davis family. Bill Swan. Moore General hos pital, Asheville. ;s spending a few ? Mrs. Lake Hogsed Mrs. Monree Hogsed, 21, wife of Lake Hogsed of Shooting Creek died at a Murphy hospital Tues day. Funeral serviees were conduct ed today (Thursday) at 2 p. m., at the Church of God at Shooting Creek, of which she was an active member, with the Rev. L. W. Price officiating. Interment will be in the church yard cemetery, with Ivie funeral home in charge. Pallbearers were, Clifford Eller. Ben Wagner, Boyd Hogsed, Omen Ledford, Neal Ledford and Doyle Maney. Surviving are the husband and in infant daughter, Nancy, four days old. and her mother. Mrs. Ordie Bow en J. M. Coleman James Madison Coleman. 88. (I.c.i at 5 a m. Monday at his I ome in HayesvilJe following a long illness Funeral serviees were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock ::t Oak Forest church near Hayes vil 1 e, with th.' Re* F R Davis trlficiating. Burial was in the , 'turch cemetery. He was a charter member of :*ak Forest church and was a member of the Junior Order of Machanics. He is survived by a foster son. William H. Price of Hayesville. ?ne brother. M L Coleman of meta. Tenn.: four sisters. Mrs .'ordia Pad.Liitt of Hayesville. Mrs Kllen Shearer of Rome. Ga . Mrs | Georgia Coe of Rayle. Ga.. and \ Mr-* Maggie Shearer of Willocoo L'liec. Ga Ivie funeral home had charge o; arrangement j. Plan Tennis Tournament HIWASSEE I)\M? The Senioi Troop of the Girl Scouts me' Monday. March 22. in the Home making department Becky Mor gan presided at the busini ss meet ing Tennis will be played at the i ext five meetings with a tennis toumanent of doubles starting next. Partners were drawn and plans started. days with his parents. Capt and Mrs. F. W Swan. Add Brevity to your recipc for a PLEASANT PARTY LINE kvvp vii I Is It r iff This assures better service for you and your party line neighbors. f |#r*? oIIhtm a rhanvv A "Time Out" between calls gives others a chance to use the line. rvtvanv lim> in vmvrgvnvivu When another party on the line has an emergency, please release the line quickly. hang up gently When the line is busy, please "Hang Up Gently." ^OUTHUN BILL THEPHONL AND TILIOftAPH COMPANY i " Homemakers To Attend Rally ' HWASSEE DAM? The Future Ifomeniaker chapter met Tuesday. March 23, in the homemak' de partment. Eleanor West, vice president. was in charge. Plans to j attend the state rally at Kaleigh April o were discussed. The chap ;er advisor and chapter mother plan to accompany a group of four rr five girls on this trip. Three new members were present, Becky Morgan. Dorothy Graham and Marcella Thompson. Girl Scouts Have j Treasure Hunt HIWASSEE DAM? R ecently twelve Senior Girl Scouts, leader, assistant leader, troop committee and friends gathered in front of 1 the Iliwassee community building for a .reasure hunt. The first clue with directions for finding the second were distributed. Groups of four set out with a flashlight to follow the treasure trail. The trail led to garages, garbage cans, and oarking lots and ended with the treasure being 1 found in the trunk of a car. A weiner roast was n?xt, follow ed by group games under a near by street light. The eveninu closed with a sur pi se v i s : of M. v- Kisselburj; and Mis* I card Mrs. Delia Collins Funeral services were he'd Wednesday afternoon March it. at ?\\ L(. i Bar' church for Mrs. P a Molesia Jane Lance Collins. who died Tuesday at the home t her son. () A. Collins. Blairs !K. Ga Rout 3. The Rev. John vl iceii officiated. Burial was in 'he church cemetery, with Ivie iuneral home in charge. Mrs Collins had been a mem ber of Ivy Log Baptist church for more than 60 years. She is survived by three sons. Oscar and Vaughn of Blairsville. K F of Briceland. Calif : and three daughters Mrs. Margaret standeidge and Mrs. Dessie Bur nett of Blairsville and Mrs. Cliffie Chapman of Bakersfield, Calif.. 22 Grandchildren and a number of r . ? a t - g rand ch i 1 d ren . Stocks of feed grains iYi all positions on January 1. 1948 were lelatively small, the Bureau of \gricultural Economics reports. Corn stocks of 1.567 million bush Is wire 29 per cent less thai on January 1 1947 and 2* per cent less than the average of the pre ceding 4 years Mrs. Robt. Farr Mrs. Lenora Elizabeth Farr, widow of Robert Farr, 72, died Monday at her home in the West Buffalo section of Graham county. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2 p. m. at Cedar Cliff church, wlh burial in Clarver 1 cemetery. Townson funeral home had charge of arrangements. She is survived by four daugh ters, Mrs. Myrtle Adams, Mrs. ! Frankie Waldroup, Mrs. Bell Ste wart and Miss Fannie Farr all of j Gramham county. Class Entertains At Buffet Supper HIWASSEE DAM? The Home Economies class three entertained with a buffet supper in the Ifomemaking department 'thurs- : day. The room was decorated with Easter flowers and ferns, with candles supplying the lierht. After guests were served, games were played. Miss Marion Jones served facul ty members and the guests of the i students that were present. SUBSC RIBE TO THE SCOUT A. N. Kephart, 66 Taken Bv Death * Andrew N. Kephart, 66, died Sunday at his home in the Owl Creek section of Cherokee county near Grandview, after an illness eC two years. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at White church at Hangingdog, with the Rev. James Truett officiating. Murial followed in the church ! cemetery. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Roxie Kephart; four sons, Clifton. Ernest and Oliver, all of Murphy, and Victor of Charlotte; five daughters, Mrs. Annis Solesbee. Mrs. Delthia Dockery, Mrs. Dora Arm?, Mrs. Fleta Carroll, all of Murphy, and Miss Marie Kephart of California; two brothers, Jim Kephart of Canton and John Kep hart of Murphy. Pallbearers were: Dewey. Wade. Frank, Virgil, Verlin and Owen Kephart. Ivie funeral home had charge of i arrangements. Meat production under Federal n-pection for the week ended February 21, totaled 265 million pounds, according to the USDA. GIVES WEINER ROAST A weiner roast was given Friday night, March 12, by Mrs. Bob Cole. Those attending from Hi wassee Dam were: Nellie Crowe, Evelyne "Toots" Mashburn, Mag gie Taylor, Alma Cole, Julia Stiles, Opal Stiles, Betty Verner, Robert Stiles. J. C. Coleman. Clay Loudermilk, Harold Patter son. Russell Rcid, Marshall Allen, Max Kimsey and Clyde Stiles. Here Are Facts On Pedestrians RALEIGH, S. C..? Here are the facts on last year's North Carolina pedestrian accidents, as reported by the Highway Safety Division of the Department of Motor Ve hicles. Frequency ? On the average once every 38 hours during 1947. ( a walker was struck and fatally injured on some North Carolina street or highway. Of the 836 per sons killed during the year in all ' types of traffic mishaps, 227 were pedestrians; of the 6.524 persons injured in all accidents, 694 were 1 pedestrians. Location ? Seventy-eight walkers were hit within city limits, and ' 149 were hit on rural roads. Time ? Of the 921 pedestrians hilled or injured during 1947 , 525 of them met their mishaips during daylight hours; 35 at dusk, and the remaining 341 after dark Age ? Fiffty-three children un der 10 years of age were tiled while walking or playing on streets or highways; sixty-six pedestrians were over 55 years of age, 43 of them being over 65 years old. Sex ? The male sex accounted for 174 deaths, while the fairer sex accounted for 53 fatalities. Actio n ? Twenty-three pedes trians were killed at intersections. 30 between intersections; 24 while coming from behind parked cars: 32 while walking in road ways: 59 while crossing rural roadways; 17 while playing in roads; five while getting on or off \ chicles; five actually lying in streets or roads; and miscellane ous actions contribflted to the re maining 32 fatal cases against pedestrians. North Carolina farmers were paying an average of $81 per month for hired labor without board on January 1 of this year. This is almost $5 more than they paid a year earlier and $16 more than they paid on the same date 2 years ago. ; Pre-DAWN EASTER PAGEANT ! ? Sacred and Inspiring Biblical Presentation ? SPULCHRE ? Pictured above is the sepulchre in Fields of the Wood which typifies the empty tomb in uiiieh Christ was placed and from which He arose con queror over death and is alive foreyer more. of the "RESURRECTION , AND LIFE" jj Tc Be Conducted At Fields of the Wood ? SUNDAY, MARCH 28, at 4:00 A.M. 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