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'MARCH OF DIMES' BOY AT HOME
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"MR. PERSONALITY" they called Debby Dains, of Gooding, Idaho, at
the Elks Convalescent Home in Boise where he spent most of his four
years of life learning to walk. This year’s March of Dimes poster boy,
the little polio victim is shown enjoyingjife in his own home where
he has lived for a mere eight months. (International Exclusive)
Connie Mack Is 91
CONNIE MACK, baseball’s Grand
Old Man, enjoys himself at a pre
dated birthday party tendered him
by the Reciprocity Club in Phil
adelphia. His greatest thrill was
receiving a birthday message
signed by President Eisenhower.
Funeral For Mooney
Held On Wednesday
Hillard Mooney, 73, one of the
oldest colored residents of Tran
sylvania county, died Sunday morn
ing at his home in the Glade Creek
section. He had been in poor health
for some time.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Glade
Creek Baptist church and burial
was in the French Broad ceme
tery.
Survivors include the widow,
Frances Mooney; one daughter, Lu
genia Simmons, of the home; a
son, Narvail Mooney, Washington,
D. C., a sister, four brothers and
two grandsons.
Moore funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Wildlife Club To
Meet Thursday
Transylvania Wildlife club will
meet Thursday night over the city
hall at 7:30 o’clock.
President “Bud” Siniard urges
all members to attend this impor
tant meeting.
There are several items of busi
ness, which are of interest to all
sportsmen, Mr. Siniard says, and
he invites interested persons to
?ome out.
COULD BE RIGHT
Captain: “Is there any differ
ence between a fort and a for
tress?”
Second Lt.: “I should imagine,
sir, that a fortress would be more
difficult to silence.”
Beautiful 21" Screen
Motorola TV Set
To Be Awarded
At The
Brevard
COUNTRY CLUB
THURSDAY NIGHT
DEC. 31,1953
You do not have to be present
to receive this fine set.
All contributions will be used to improve the Brevard
country club golf course. Make a donation to a member
of the club today. Set is on display in the club house.
, SPUD CARPENTER
Chairman
Baptist Men Hear
Talk By F. B. Carr
F. Brown Carr was the principal
speaker at a dinner meeting of the
Men’s Fellowship club of the First
Baptist church Tuesday night in
Gaither’s Rhododendron room.
Mr. Carr stressed the fact that
the world would be a better place
in which to live if the peoples of
all nations would celebrate the
true meaning of Christmas. The
subject of his talk was “What
Christmas Means To Me.”
J. O. Wells, vice president of the
club, presided over the meeting in
the absence of the president, Roy
McCall.
AIR FORCE UNVEILS SUPER-SPEED 'STILETTO'
JUST RELEASED by the Air Force in Washington is this first photo of the “Flying Stiletto,” a radically de
signed jet-propelled craft capable of doing 2,000 miles an hour at high altitudes. Strict secrecy has sur
rounded the dagger-shaped research plane, which has been tested for a year at Edwards Air Force Base,
Calif. It is 66 feet 9 inches overall, with a 22-foot wing span and weighs over 27,000 pounds. (International)
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