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Society and Personal W. C. T. C. Faculty Entertains Students The annual faculty reception for the students of Western Carolina Teachers College was held Tues- j day evening in the parlors of Moore dormitory. Receiving at the door was Mrs. David Hall, as sistant dean of women and hostess, Miss Anne Albright, dean of wom en, presented the students to Dr. and Mrs. H. T. Hunter, who head eded the receiving line, which in cluded Dr. and Mrs. Hunter, the deans, heads of the various col lege departments, and the faculty members of the college and train ing school. For the occasion arrangements of mixed garden flowers from the gardens of the college campus were artistically arranged in the parlors and in a crystal bowl as a centerpiece on the refreshment table. The cloth used on the table was one of linen and cutwork. The Woman's house government council was in charge of serving refreshments. The council mem bers are Jo Pry or, president; Loee Alley, vice president; Pauline Boyd, secretary-treasurer; Clara Padgett, Jean Poteet, Maxine Bar bour,Betty Weir, Kathleen Moss, Betty Brown, Winona Cotter, Janie Scruggs, Iris Lanning, Edith Clark, Louise Nesbitt, and Barbara Dillard, proctors. After being received, informal dancing was enjoyed for an hour with Nancy Blanton and Wilson Goodman in charge of the music. * * * Delta Cappa Gamma Mbrs. Attend Meet The Asheville District Meet ing of the Delta Cappa Gamma society held its first meeting of the year in Asheville, Sept. 20. Miss Fannie Goodman, as rep resentative for the Asheville chapter, gave her report of the na tional convention which she at tended in New York in August. EYES EXAMINED Glasses Fitted DR. ALDEN C. DOWN8 will examine eyes and fit glasses in Sylva at the Carolina Hotel Friday, Sept. 26, from 9 o'clock to 4 o'clock. If you have eye trouble or 4*i,t well you should con ?jtt Dr. Downs on above date. Members from Cullowhee attend ing the Asheville meeting were Miss Alice Benton, Miss Mae Ben ton, Miss Nelle Bond, Miss Cor delia Camp, Miss Fannie Good man, and Miss Annie Knotts. * * * Brown,?Rand Vows Are Pledged In Evening Ceremony In Asheville Mrs. Alice Pope Rand of Raleigh and Frank G. Brown of Sylva were married at 5 p. m. Saturday eve ning, August 30, at the parsonage of the First Baptist church in Ashe ville by the pastor, Rev. W. Perry Crouch in a very simple, quiet ceremony. The bride wore a beautiful three piece lavender suit with acces sories to match. Mrs. Brown received her A.B. degree from Eastern Carolina Teachers College in Greenville, and her M.A. degree from Colum bia University, New York City. She has also done graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley, and the National Uni versity of Mexico, Mexico City J She has taught in the public schools of Goldsboro and Winston Salem, and' Western Carolina Teachers College, Cullowhee, for the past three years. Mrs. Brown is now| teaching in the Ttfafrhesville Town- I ship High school. . . Mr. Brown formerly of Roanoke, Va., has for a number of years J>een employed in Jackson county, formerly with Blacicwood Lumber company as Pay Roll Auditor, and with Allison's Hardware, Sylva, as store manager. He has had quite a number of years experience as insurance representative of the Imperial Life Insurance Company of Asheville, and at present is a representative of the insurance company in the Waynesville dis trict. Mr. and Mrs. Brown recently bought property in Waynesville, and will make their future home there. * * * Mrs. Tompkins Honored On 81st Anniversary Mrs. John B. Ensley, Mrs. Dan Tompkins, and Mrs. Ed Baldridge honored Mrs. Annie Tompkins on her 81st birthday with a buffet dinner at her home last Sunday. The table was covered with ^n imported lace cloth and a color scheme of pink and white was used 4n the decorations. Pink candles were used on the white birthday cake. Those attending were besides the honoree, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Tompkins, Misses Addie and Sadie Luck, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Luck, Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ensley, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Baldridge and Eddie and Kitty Baldridge. , FIRE DAMAGE Folding Chairs damaged in the recent fire at our plant for sale at greatly reduced prices. THESE CHAIRS RETAIL AT $2.95 Those damaged by fire but usable NOW 50 CENTS Those damaged by water and smoke NOW 00 CENTS Highlands Briar, Inc. FRANKLJN, N. C. At Junction of Highlands and Sylva Highways PHONE 260-J B<perfenee is-tfe Efestfleacfier/ # R?m?mb?r that wartime cigarttto shortage? Tho many dHforont brands poopio smoked? At a result of that oxporionco ... thoso comparisons ... mora poopio aro smoking Camols than ovor boforol YOUR'T-ZON? WILL TILL YOU. T ?for Tasf?...Tftr Throat..,. Thsti your proving ground ?fbrsny ' ci^JrvttrSae rf Camelt dortf suit your'T-Zona'fo SJ." MORE PEOPLE ARE SMOKING CAMELS tfpfi evi'f rc! Rev. And Mrs. Osborne Entertain Choir Members Last Friday evening at the close of the regular weekly rehearsal the choir members of the Cullo whee Baptist Church were enter tained as the guests of pastor and wife, Rev. and Mrs. Mark R. Os borne, Jr. The group was invited into the choir room where Mr. Os borne directed several familiar games, following which the choir social committee assisted. Mrs. Osborne in serving refreshments. To conclude the evening's enjoy ment all participated in the sing- i ing of a lively series of popular i love songs, negro spirituals, and American folk songs. Mr. Osborne comments that the young people are responding beau tifully to the church program in f its various aspects and that he anticipates the best year yet dur ing the current school term. > * * * W. S. C. S. Holds Monthly Meet The joint monthly meeting of the circles making up the Woman's Society of Christian Service and the Wesleyan Service Guild was held in Allison building on last Friday evening with the vice president, Mrs. R. U. Sutton, pre siding. Mrs. W. Q. Grigg was elected to the board of Christian Education to fill the place vacant by the resignation of Mrs. Robert Fisher. Plans were discussed for enter taining the fall seminar which will meet with the Sylv& church on Friday, September 26. Mrs. J. H. Wilson was in charge of the devotionl and program. Aftei: presenting the devotional, she made an informal talk on Christian Education for children and told of several of the educa tional institutions aided or fully supported by the Woman's Di vision of Christian Service. PERSONALS Mrs. Fannie Glenn has returned from Bryson City where she visit ed her son, Allen Glenn, and fam ily. Mrs. Bill Duckett of Asheville came Friday and spent the night with Miss Jane Coward and ac companied Miss Coward to At lanta. She will go from there to Tampa, Fla., for a visit. Miss Cow ard will spend the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Patrick. Miss Dorothy Williams who has been in Atlanta for two weeks taking a course in commercial floral ar rangement, will return home with her on Sunday. Mrs. Charles Poteet received word Sunday that her father, Dr. Grant McColley, had suffered a heart attack and would be con fined to the hospital for the next few weeks. Dr. McColley will be remembered as an instructor at Western Carolina Teachers col lege a few years ago. He is now residing in Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. David Allen Cline and Miss Joan Rhinehardt of Chapel Hill spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Marceus Buchanan, III. Mr. and Mrs. Buchanan and Miss Rhinehardt returned to Chap e Hill Saturday and Mr. and Mrs. Cline went to Nashville where they will study at Peabody College. Mr. and Mrs. E. L. McKee, Mr. .and Mrs. E. L. McKee, Jr., of Ashe ville and W. D. McKee of Char lotte were in Atlanta the latter part of the week, going down to attend the wedding of Mr. Hal C. McKee. Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Fitzgerald left last week for Durham where Mr. Fitzgerald will enroll in the School of Divinity and she will be assistant dietitian at Duke hos pital. Rev. Fitzgerald has served as pastor of the Webster Methodist church for four years and is now taking a leave of absence from his pastoral duties in order to con tinue his education. Judge and Mrs. Felix Alley of Waynesville were in Webster Sun day to see Mrs. Etta Davis, who is very ill at the home of her daugh- ; ter, Mrs. Lewis Cannon. Mrs. Carl Buchanan went to Winston-Salem last Friday and brought her mother, Mrs. A. M. Henson, home on Saturday. Mrs. Henson had been a patient at the Baptist hospital for a few weeks and is much improved, her friends will be glad to know. Mrs. Harry Hastings and Mrs Oris Holman and Harry Hastings, Jr., left last Friday for Raleigh where Harry enrolled as a fresh man at N. C. State college. While away, Mrs. Hastings and Mrs. Hol man visited the latter's son, Dr. John Irvin, and family in Char lotte. Mrs. Tompkins received a num ber of nice gifts. Mrs.'Poteet Has Bridge Club L:sl week Mrs. Charles Poteet was hostess for the regular fort n ghtly meeting of the Thursday Nite bridge club. When scores were counted at the two tables playing, Miss Lou Elsie Parker held h:gh score and was giverTthe award for this. Mrs. Poteet served a sweet course to the following guests: Miss Parker, Miss Agnes Wilson, Miss Rebecca Sue Cannon, Miss Nancy Allison, Mrs. Rudy Hardy, Mrs. Dan B. Hooper, and Mrs. Clyde Rector. * * * Miss Madison Hostess For Junior Club Meet On Wednesday evening Miss Virginia Madison entertained the Junior Woman's club at her home in Webster, the time being the reg ular September meeting. Miss Madison, the president, was in charge of the business hour. The regular program was omit ted as the hostess, assisted by her aunt, Miss Annie Louise Madison, had planned an hour of social en tertainment. Miss Madison and her mother served a salad course.' Miss Vance Honored At Party, Shower Miss Mary Vance, bride-elect of Ray Bennett, was honored by Mrs. Claude Stanford, Mrs. Jack Hen son, and Mrs. C. O. Vance at a party on last Saturday evening at the home of Mrs. Henson. The event was a miscellaneous shower to which about fifty friends as sembled on the lawn where games and contests were enjoyed. Refreshments were served and the honoree was presented many beautiful and useful gift packages which she opened for the guests to see. Miss Vance was also pre sented a lovely corsage of red roses by the hostesses. The wedding of Miss Vance and Mr. Bennett will take place on Sunday, September 28, at the Lovedale Baptist church at 8 o' clock. Beasley-Ashe Marriage Announced Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Beasley have announced the marriage of their daughter, Miss Pearl Beasley, to Leroy Ashe, son of Mr. anck Mrs. Alvin Ashe of Sylva. They were married Friday, September 19, at Clayton, Ga. W. C. Norton Observes 91st Birthday About 60 relatives and friends met at the home of Mr. W. C. Nor ton at Cullowhee on Thursday, Sept. 17, to join with him in cele brating his 91st birthday. A bounteous picnic dinner was served and during the afternoon many other friends dropped in to ex tend greetings to Mr. Norton, whose name is so closely connect ed with the history of Jackson county. He has always taken an active interest in the civic, re ligious, and political development sfc^iis county. He served as sheriff and as a member of the county board of commissioners. He is the only surviving member of the original board of trustees of Western Car olina Teachers College and has never missed being at the com mencement exercises of that in stitution. Of his seven children all of | them except one, Mrs. Minnie Wilde, of Greensboro, were with their father for this celebration. Four months before the death of Mrs. Norton in 1940, they celebrat ed their 60th wedding anniversary. Still in good health, Mr. Nor Methodists Will Have Annual Church Supper This evening (Thursday) the annual church supper of the Sylva Methodist church will be held in Allison building, the members of the church paying $1.00 for their plates and several visitors will be entertained free of charge. Following the supper there will be a period of fellowship and spe cial music. Reports of the year's work will be given. Plans for the new year's work will be made and officers to serve during the com ing year will be elected. Rev. Paul W. Townsend, pastor of the Waynesville Methodist church, will be the guest speaker and will bring an inspirational message for those attending. All members of the church are urged to come and enjoy the fel lowship with the other church people and to learn just what the church is doing. Ivieat production under Federal inspection for the week ended August 30 totaled 268 million pounds, according tq the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. ton's active body and alert mind belie the fact of his age. KEEPING STEP WITH RIGHT ON" TOP OF YOUR "MUST" LIST FOR THIS FALL ARE OUR NEW, LOVELIER THAN-EVER SHOES TO TAKE YOU HITHER AND YON. CHOOSE YOUR FAVORITE STYLES FROM OUR SMART, NEW AND COMFORTABLE SELECTION. Natural Bridge Shoes We now have a complete line of NATURAL BRIDGE Shoes . . . the shoe with the built in arch and combination last. Up until now we have been limited in our supply, but they are here now in a variety of lovely new styles, width, and sizes ... all at one price? SPECTATOR 99 "SPECTATOR" ... a lovely dress pump in brown, black, and red calf. Steel arch. Combination last. ABC widths, sizes .. 4 1-2 to 8 1-2 . . . $7.95 Brown Alligator tie semi dress with medium heel, open toe. B and C width, sizes 4 1-2 to 8 ... Brown grain leather dress ox fords. Solid leather sole and medium heel. Sizes 4 1-2 to 8 1-2, B and C widths. For comfort see our conserva tive styles of Natural Bridge shoes. Black kid with either one or one and one-half inch heel. BCD widths, sizes 4 1-2 to 8 1-2 . .. $7.95 $7.95 $7.95 BELK'S SHOE DEPARTMENT FOR LADIES IS NOW FEATUR ING THE NATIONALLY ADVERTISED Other Shoes include: Sweetbriar, Red Goose, and Edgewood ? Saddle Oxfords . .. black with white; brown with white ? Loafers, in regular slip-on style or ? buckle type H Dress Oxfords . . . Play Shoes . . . Work Oxfords. All sizes and widths. Priced from . . . $3.95 to $495 DR. SCHOLL'S FOOT COMFORT REMEDIES?Complete line of these remedies found in Belk's Shoe Dept. "CAVALIERE" Shoe polishes, paste and liquid . . . .25 This is one of the prettiest shoes you can buy . . . good looking, and so comfort ?able in colors to match your fall frocks. They'll make your fall outfit complete. Sizes 4 to 8 in B and C widths. $6.95 3 "FORE8T PARK" is another lovely shoe we are adding in our department. Forest Park, nationally advertised, is fur sport or semi-dress wear. Come in and choose the color to wear with your new fall and winter wardrobe. Sizes 4 to 8. Widths B and C. * $5.95 and $6-95 FORTUNET" BELK'S DEPARTMENT STORE "The South's Largest Distributors of Reliable Merchandise" Sylva, N. C. Phone 287
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