Comin't And Goin'a In
Cowee Community
MISS CECILE GIBSON
Staff Correspondent
September Merlin*
The September meeting of thej
home Demonstration club wnl be I
held at the school library Thurs- ?
day. September 22. at 1:30 p in
105 Are Fed
A large crowd attended the
joint meeting of Cowee and iotla
communities at the Cowee School
lunchroom Thursday night. Sep
tember 15. Supper was served to
105 and following the supper a
program of music was presented
by L. R. Mason and his string
band.
A business session was held ana
plans for the awards dinner and
the tour of Cov.ee and Iotla were
discussed.
I<eatherman.s (iathrr
One hundred and sixty-three
lelatives and friends of the Lea th
ermal? family met at the home
of Mis. S. C. Leatherman Sunday,
September 18, for the annual re
union. Relatives from Mecklen
burg. Haywood, Jackscn. Swain.
Buncombe, and Macon and from
the State of Georgia attended.
Following the picnic lunch the
group enjoyed special and group
.singing and speaking by members
of the family and the Rev. Clyde
Ccllins and Rev. N. E. Holden.
At the busiess session, Arvan
Beaslep. of Sylca, was re-elected
president, and Miss Marie Jen
nings, of Cullasaja. was re-elected
secretary.
The meeting will be held at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Leath
erman on Huckleberry Creek next
year.
Class To Meet
The Young Adult Class Ox
Snow Hill Methodist Church will
meet Friday night at 7:30 at the
home of Mrs. Grace M. Tatham
for a monthlp meeting and social.
Jay Conley president, will pre
side and Mrs. Edward Sheffield
will give the devotional.
All members are urged to at
tend this meeting since officers
for the coming year are to be
elected as well as a teacher and
assistant for the class.
Personals
Mrs. Wade Calloway. of
Bapah. Utah, and her daughter,
Mrs. Harold Lange and son. Hal,
of Wendover, Nev. arrived Sun
day for a 10-day visit with Mrs
Calloway's mother, Mrs. Will Hol
brook, and other '?ioHves. Miss
Ruth Holbrook and G. D. Shep
herd met them at the Knoxville
airport Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Bill Brogden, of Seattle.
Wash., and Mrs. Pat Norton and
son, Stevie, of Athens, Tenn.,
spent the week end with Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Brogden and familp.
Fied Gibson, of Canton, Ohio,
visited his brother, W. R. Gibson,
and family last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Hurst and
granddaughter, Jo Cloer, visited
Mrs. Hurst's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Felix Hall, and other rel
atives in Sylva last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hurst, Mrs.
Aster Plemmons. and Frank
Hurst, of Sylva. visited Mrs. Elsie
Hurst and family and Mr. and
Mrs. W. R. Gibson and family
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mason, of
Fairview, visited Mr. and Mrs.
E. O, Hickman last Sunday They
also attended the Leatherman re- J
union.
Burke Cole came home from
CAR
COATS
For
Wee
Fellows
Solids and Plaids
LAY AWAY NOW!
THE
CHILDREN'S !
SHOP
OFF TO A
: GOOD START
2020 AUG 60 M i". .20
...IN LIFE!
A lad is never too
young to learn the
importance of sav
ing. and to observe
how his money grows
at our current inter
est rate of
The youngster who
learns early that the
difference between
wishing and having
Is SAVING is headed
in the right direc
tion. You can teach
him this important
lesson by opening
his own savings ac
count for him here!
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BANK OF FRANKLIN
MEMBER F. U. f. C.
Each Deposit Insured up to fit, MO
HE STAYS BUSY ?
66 2-3% Retired, Bill Ray
Is Really Enjoying Life
I Editor's Note: The following
story has two local angles. Its
subject. .Mr. Ray, Is a Macon
County native. The Writer, Mr.
NeUL is a former PRESS report
er. The story appeared in the
September 11 issue of THE
CHARLOTTE OBSERVER.)
by ROLFE NEIL1.
Observer Staff Writer
His friends told htm: "Bill, re
tirement's going to kill you."
Vet when interviewed in the
cool of his living room at 1711
Beverly Drive on a morning last
week. 60-year-old B. L. ' Bill > Ray
couldn't have been enjoying life
more.
For one thins. Bill Ray's only
about 66 and 2-3 per cent retired.
"I figured the way to live a
long time was to . keep busy but
away from pressure."
So. he will continue to use his
business knowledge as a consult
ant, largely for New York corpor
ations, about four months during
a year.
But after all. the world doesn't
necessarily ccme to an end when
a man leaves the brightness of
New Yok City. Maybe, hinted old
Esso man Ray. It just begins.
Ray entered the petroleum in
dustry 40 years ago. He left it
this summer as one of its leading
figures. He was a director of Esso
Standard Oil of New Jersey and
vice president in charge of mar
keting.
The latter title meant has was
responsible for Transporting; sell
ing and accounting for all Esso
products sold In the United States.
The Rays retired to Charlotte
to be near their daughter. Mrs.
K. Pinkney Herbert Jr., and
grandchildren. Ray himself is a
native of Franklin in the moun
tain county of Macon, also the
home of W B. McGuire, Duke
Power president.
The Ray's big. two-story Geor
gian home at 601 Hemstead PI.,
should be ready for occupancy
October 1 .
Ray believes thai a restriction
on the importation of foreign
crude oil kills any chances for a
Carolinas coastal refinery. There
has been frequent talk of one in
the Southport area.
"We bought 500 acres in Nor
folk five years ago with plans to
put one there. When the import
restrictions went on, however, it
meant we couldn't get the cheap
er crude."
The result. Ray added, is that
for the foreseeable future U. S . re
finers will continue to locate in
the Gulf Coast area near the
source of the domestic crude sup
ply and the cheap power needed
for the refining operation.
Foreign crude is about 80 cents '
a barrel cheaper.
How about gas wars?
Ray rubbed his hand gently
through his thinning, silver hair.
"Contrary to what many tpeo
ple believe, the oil industry is one
of cutthroat competition. The
government encouraged building
extra refining capactiy after
World War II and the 1 esult is |
overcapacity today. This leads to
price cutting..
"For the past five years, we've
lost money in North Carolina on
gasoline sales."
Ray saifl that Tar Heel mar
keting has been more stable in
recent months and he belie, ves he
knows why.
"Last year the oil industry
the Veterans Hospital at Oteen
last Thursday. On Tuesday of
this week, the Rev. and Mrs.
i Clyde Collins, Mrs. Cole, and Miss
j Linda Leatherm in took him back
to Oteen for further treatment.
Mrs. Walton Smith and chil
dren. Sylvia and Ramsey, of
Asheville. and Mr. and Mrs. Con
' lep Bradley and children, of Bre
| vard. spent the week end with
Mrs. S. C. Leatherman.
didn't have loo Rood a year. The
(list six months ol this year also
are down. There's pressure on
management to keep up divid
ends.
"In good years they might net
?worry about one spot. Now, I be
lieve, some of what we call 'trig
ger-happy' fe lows are taking a
look at such areas as North Caro
lina and deciding they've got to
stop the leaks in profits here."
Kay said he believes the trend
will continue in the industry to
ward what is raJled "integration."
This means that instead of a
company handling just one pro
cess ? such as producing, refining
or selling ? companies will merge
to handle oil from the ground to
the family auto gas tank.
"With profit margins getting
slimmer ? and this is what has
been happening in the industry ?
it's got to happen. However. I
don't think we'll ever see a con
centiatlon of oil companies
again".
The interview ended. Ray cheer- 1
ily wished his visitors happy mot- :
oring and went out to check on I
the construction progress at his j
I house.
Aiurel Hospital
ADMITTED:
September 13: Joseph Grady
Duvall, of Almond, Margaret Alice
Hall, of Franklin; Mrs. Hllyear
Lee Jones, of Rabun Oap; Mrs.
Benjamin Giles, of Franklin; Mrs.
Henry Bell Hooper, of Dillard;
Robert Wayne Welch, of Frank
lin; Mrs. Joseph L Keener, of
Dillard.
September 14: Mrs. Bill W.
Banks Garrison, of Franklin;
Miss Bessie Eller, of Clayton;
Thomas Melvin McDowell, of
Dillard.
September 15: Mrs. Clyde W.
Smith, of Rabun Gap; Mrs. Char
les Ross Keener, of Franklin.
Helen B. Dryman, of Scaly; Carol
Ann Hastings, of Dillard.
September 16: Miss Merry E.
Humphreys, of Dillard: Miss
September 17: Thomas Michael
Healy, of Franklin; Jarvis J. Ay
ers, of Dillard; Cecil E. Pace, of
Raleigh; Mrs. Cecil ,W. Ellson, of
Franklin; Mrs. Jud Potts, of
Franklin.
September 19: Quida Kay Un
derwood, of Clayton: Dr. W. T.
Hendry, cf Highlands: Mrs. Doris
Odell Justus, of Clayton; Mrs.
Ned R. McCoy, of Franklin; Mrs
William Harold Keener, of Frank
lin; Jesse Rogers, of Clayton;
Mrs. Thomas Floyd Welch, of
Fianklin.
DISMISSED:
September 13: Carter Henson,
of Franklin.
September 14: Margaret Alice
Hall, of Franklin.
September 15: Ralph Wayne
Welch, of Franklin: Mrs. James
H. Stockton, of Franklin; Miss
B*:;sie Eller, of Clayton; Mis. Da
vid Lester Thomas, of Dillard:
September 17: Mrs. Charles
Ross Keener, of Fianklin.
September 18: Mr. Jarvis Jack
son Ayers.of Dillard; Mrs. McClure
Avers. of Dillard: M;s. McClure
'Stevens. of Cullowhee: Carol Ann
Hastings, of Dillard; Mrs. Clyde
William Smith, of Rabun Gap.
September 19: Thomas Michael
Healy. of Franklin: Mrs. Vaughn
James Nichols, of Clayton.
September 20: Mrs. Benjamin
Giles, of Franklin; James Ed
ward Williams, cf Dillard.
The carry-cver of cotton in the
United States on August 1. 1960.
was down by more than 1 1 1 mil
lion bales from a year earlier, the
smallest carry-over since 1953.
St.
step is ,?
provided by
^ ?
?octa/ tfecurffy
The essential nwih uf mowt families require morv
income than can be had from Social Security. K??.
instance. Social Security d??es not provide:
? AN KDUCATION A I. KI ND FOR YOUR
1 CH1LDRKN
? CANCELLATION OF THK MORTCACK
ON YOUR II OM K
? A LARCK KNOU(iH LUMP SI M FOR I
FINAL KXPENSKS
? AN F.MF.RCKNCY FUND FOR YOUR
FAMILY
l.et me show you how your Social Security benefit *
? an be combined with a JKFFKRSON STANDARD
INCOMK FLAN to provide sufficient income for
your family and an adequate retirement ineon.'
?" ir yourself. I
E. J. A BOBCARPENTER,
0 Jeffprson \(andard 0
About 86 per cent of the corn
planted in North Carolina is hy
bi id, as compared with a nation
al average of 98p er cent.
Hie use of mechanical power
and machinery on American
farms Increased 57 per cent from
1940 to 1959.
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