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Republicans Report on Rallies -....Continued from Page Four_ ful and deeply reverent prayer. George Dedmondt amplified and developed his constructive plan for education and put in a plea that there should be at least one school in each county which carries its students up through the grades of a Junior College, with strong emphasis on practical instruction in principles of marketing and the manual arts. Ralph C. Erskine contrasted the life work and ac complishments of Walter West brook, candidate for county com missioner, with the record of those, commissioners who have opposed him. He made his plea for fair play in elections and against methods of disfranchising the voters by manipulation so that the expressed will of resident citizens is frustrated. All agreed that in Frank Patton North Carolina has a candidate of top quality and attainments for the high office of Governor of the State of North Carolina."—Contributed. ELBERT SEARCY Funeral services for Elbert Searcy, 74, who died at his home at Tryon route 1 Sunday morning at 4 o’clock, will be held Tues day afternoon at 3:30 o’clock from the Fairview Baptist church near Landrum, conducted by the Rev. Malcolm Ross. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be O. C. Harri son, A. P. Williams, George Cham pion, Tom Patterson, Robert Painter and Alvin Williams. Mir. Searcy is survived, by his wife, Mrs. Luster Tucker Searcy, four sons, Edgar Searcy of Land rum, Oscar Searcy of Morganton, Lemons Searcy of Tryon crute 1, end Ralph Searcy of Baltimore, Md.; three brothers, Jonathan Searcy of Greer, Jovan Searcy of Trvon Route L .and John Wal ker Searcy of Virginia. Miss Jane Cushing and Miss Alys M. Thompson of Bath, Me., are back for their annual visit at Melrose Lodge. Mrs. Robert Hicks of Talladega, Ala., is with Mrs. Jervey as hos tess at Melrose Lodge. Mrs. Itemise Robinson, of Aflha ville is visiting Mrs; Rebecca Jervey at Melrose Lodge for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hartwell of Minneapolis, Minn., have ar rived for a two weeks visit. Mrs. Ernest Kerhulas has as her guest, her sister, Miss Martha Goodman, of Fresno, California. Recent arrivals at Melrose Lodge: Mrs. Louise E. Tod, Miss Margaret B. Smythe of Dunedin, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. John Otto, Coconut Grove, Fla.; Mrs. Hazel M. Mason, Detroit; Capt. U. S. N. and Mrs. W. Nesbit, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Huge Mayo, Summer ville, S. C.; Mrs. Cabel C. Kinney, Leesburg, Va. Mrs. James C. Murphy, who has been spending several months at Melrose Lodge, has left for her home in Georgetown, S. C. Allies pushing forward in Europe and Americans are giving the Japs the works in the Pacific, destroying l'OO Jap planes in at tack on Philippines. The Navy Department is again accepting applications from seven teen year old men for duty in the radio, aviation, and medical de partments, it was announced today by Chief Signalman C. J. Rhine hardt, Navy Representative for Polk County. Those who qualify for duty in these departments will be given up to ten months of in tensive, specialized instruction, and upon completion of instruction will be rated as high as petty officer, second class. Complete information and all forms necessary for making appli cation jvill be available at the Tryon Postoffice, where Chief Rhinehardt will make his next visit on October 19. Seventeen year old men who are interested in making application for this specialized training are urged to contact Chief Rhinehardt at this time, as he points out that afer a man becomes eighteen years old and has registered for selective service, he no longer1 has the choice of selecting the branch of military service he desires. *
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