Funeral For Colored
Girl To Be Saturday ,
Funeral services will be held
Saturday at 2 P. M. for Melba
Early, 12 daughter of George and
Ruth Early, who died Wednesday
afternoon following an illness of
three weeks. '
Services will be held in the col
ored Baptist church, with Rev. Joe
Smitk. officiating. Internment will
be in the Parris cemetery at Dills
boro.
Surviving are the parents, and
one sister, Ruth Lee.
Special Get-Acquainted
Offer
Announcing the opening under new Management
of the
SHELL GATEWAY SERVICE STATION
Located at intersection highways No. 19A & 107,
On November 25
To the first 25 persons buying ten gallons of gas
oline on this date, an extra gallon will be given
FREE.
Mr. Charles Barker, veteran of World War II,
is the new manager of this station. He is an expe
rienced service station operator and will give the
motoring public first class, courteous service at all
times. He has also stocked a new, fresh line of gro
ceries for the convenience of the public.
Cannon Brothers Gasoline and Oil Company
wish to thank the rAany customers who patronized
this station in the past, and will appreciate their
future business.
Mr. Barker, wife and child now make their home
in our community.
Shell Gateway Service Sta.
SHELL PRODUCTS ? GROCERIES
INTERSECTION HIGHWAY8 NO. 19A A 107
STOP - LOOK and SEE
THE NORWALK 4 ? 5 ? 6 ? 7 AND 8 PLY
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THESE TORES ARE FULLY GUARANTEED
AGAINST CUTS ? BRUISES ? SEPARATION
BLOWOUTS AND ANY OTHER ROAD
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FOR YOUR TIRE TO BE SENT OFF
WE ADJUST IT RIGHT AT OUR DOOR
WHILE YOU WAIT.
In the U. S. A. that gives as'good a waranty as
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LOOK WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER
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All Five (5) Ply Tires Guaranteed 24 Months
All Six , (6) Ply Tires Guaranteed 6 Months
All Seven (7) Ply Tires Guaranteed 6 Months
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When we say UNCONDITIONAL GUAR- *
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Company Stands Behind Us. So Come In
and Let Us Take Care of Your Tire Needs
for the Bad Winter Months.
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We Are Also Equipped To Do Your RECAP
PING By the FACTORY METHOD. All Tires are
Cured With STEAM When Built NEW. If It Is Not
The BETTER Way Why ])oes the Factory Use It
In the Building of New Tires?
Bring in your tires and let us recap them the
Factory Way. We can give you a top or a full cap
in the Military Mud and Snow Tread, and a Heavy
FIRESTONE Tread in the Plain Cap.
We Are Also Equipped To Recap Your Tires
AS CHEAPLY AS ANY SHOP IN W. N. C.
And We Will Do So
We Ume The Bent Grade of
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PHONE 288-J ? CULLOWHEE ROAD ? SYLVA, N. C
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Scout Court Attended By Group
(Continued from page 1)
The Court opened with the ad
vance of the colors. Dick Barkley,
Lambert Hooper, Franklin Fricks
and Tommy Ferguson were color
bearers. Tom Morris led the pledge
of allegiance to the flag. %
Rev. A. Rufus Morgan of Frank
lin pronounced the invocation.
(Songs were led by Scout Bennie
Reece.
The Tenderfoot candlelight in
vestiture ceremony was conducted
by Avery Means, Scout executive
of Asheville.
The following Scouts of Jack
son county received advancement
awards:
John F. Corbin presented second
class awards to Bill Crawford, Roy
Kirchburg, Jr., Eddie Buckner,
Tom Morris, Thomas Reed and
i Charles Daves of Troop 1, Sylva;
Te^ry Moses and Ed Stephens of
Troop 14, Cullowhee:
Dr. Harold McGuire presented
the first class award to Charles E.
Ensor, Roy Lambert and Donald E.
Rose of Troop 2, Cherokee.
Herbert Gibson presented the
following Scouts with merit bad
ges: Troop 1, Sylva, Bobby Robin
son, Home Repairs; Lombert Hoop
er, Indian Lore, Leathercraft, Fruit
Culture; Franklin D. Middleton,
Wood Work; Charles Stillwell,
Swimming, Chemistry, Music;
Tommy Ferguson, Bird Study, An
imal Industry; Dick Barkley,
Photography; E. P. Stillwell, Jr.,
Music; Mack Monteith, Music;
Franklin Fricks, First Aid, Per
sonal Health; Bennie Reece, Camp
ing. Troop 2 Cherokee: Don Louis
Tyndall, Horsemanship; Donald
Rose, Mechanical Drawing; George
Craig, Mechanical Drawing, Fire
manshlp; Robert Hyatt, Cooking,
Gardening. Charles E. Ensor, First
Aid, Cooking. Troop 14 Cullowhee:
Edwin Norton, Athletics; Anson
Mitchell, Carpentry, Home Repairs.
Paul Kirk awarded the rank of
Star Scout to Lambert Hooper of
Troop 1, Sylva, Don Louis Tyn
dall, Troop 2 Cherokee and Edwin
Norton, Troop 14 Cullowhee.
The rank of Life Scout was pre
sented to Dick Barkley of Sylva
and Winfred Ashe of Cullowhee
by Rev. W. Q. Grigg.
The rank of Eagle Scout, the
highest rank in Scouting, was pre
sented to Frank M. Crawford, Jr.
and Charles Cope of Troop 1 Sylva
by Hugh Monteith. These Scouts
received the Eagle Scout medal, |
Eagle certificate and a letter of
congratulation from ^he National
Scout Executive.
Mrs. Frank Crawford and" Mrs.
O. L. Cope, mothers of the scouts,
were presented with miniature
Eagle pins. Scout Mack Monteith,
on behalf of members of Troop 1
Sylva, presented Frank Crawford
and Charles Cope with Eagle Scout
rings.
In a special ceremony the Local
Camp, Woodmen of the World,
honored the Scoutmasters of Jack
son county. Jeff Hedden introduc
ed Britton Moore who gave a ahort
talk on "The Forgotten Man", pay
ing tribute to the work the Scout
masters are doing. Mr. Moore pre
sented a gift to the following Scout
masters in recognition of the ser
vice they have rendered to their >
community: Dennis Barkley ^of
Troop 1 Sylva, Jake Bales leader
of Senior Unit No. 1, Sylva and
Charles Bird of Troop 14 Cullo
whee.
This was th^e largest Court of
Honor ever held in Sylva with more
than 300 people present. Scout
Troops from Franklin, Cherokee, |
Highlands, Cullowhee, Alarka, and j
Sylva were present. The next
Court of Honor will be held at
Cherokee, Thursday, December 11.
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Haywood Librarian
Is WCTC Speaker On
Childhood Education
Miss Margaret Johnston, Hay
wood county librarian, was guest
speaker at a meeting of the West
ern Carolina Teachers college
branch of the Association for Child
hood Education, held in the parlor
of Moore dormitory Thursday af
ternoon.
Miss Johnston told the g^oup of
her work with children in her
county, and gave an especially viv
id account of her vacation reading
clubs. She stressed the impression
made upon the children by visiting
specialists in various fields. Cir
culation of books among the chil
dren of her county, she said, has
increased four-fold within the past
three years. She displayed for the
group some recent books for chil
dren.
Miss Johnston was accompanied
Annual Dinner For
Presidents, Faculty
Sponsors Given
Seventy persons, including
guest speaker, attended the annual |
dinner for presidents and faculty,
sponsors of Western Carolina
Teachers college student clubs,
given in the Cullowhee Methodist
church Wednesday night.
Dr. Carl D. Killian, head of the
school's education department, was
guest speaker. He told the group
by Mrs. Ruth Beatty, Waynesville.
Miss Kathleen Moss, Hayesville,
chairman of the program commit
tee, introduced the speaker.
Miss Mabel Morgan, Marion,
president of the club, presided. On
the social committee for the even
ing were Miss Barbara Dillard,
Sylva, Harest King, Marble, and |
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rickman,
Waynesville. i
of the importance of extra-curricu
lar activities in the lives of stu-.
dents. He said, "help to develop
good citizenship and personality,
and enable the student to more in
telligently choose a vocation and
an avocation."
President W. E. Bird offered the
invocation for the dinner. Dean of
Men Clarence N. Gilbert presided.
Members of the Women's Society
of Christian Service prepared the
dinner.
Committee members for the din
ner were June Wright, Bryson
City, arrangements; Vernelle Hall,
Leicester, invitations; Nancy Blan
ton, Asheville, decorations; and
David Walker, program.
Music was furnished by "the
Hungary Five" ? college band
members, Sammy Beck, Cherokee;
Clinton Dodson, Jr., Cullowhee;
Mary Catherine Sebastion, David
i Walker, and Bill Bauer.
W e Can Still Supply Your
STOVE NEEDS
Warm morning type heaters keep
fire indefinitely - - a warm house at
all times.
For the small
home or apart
ment the 60-lb.
stove is most
satisfactory and
economical.
The 100-lb. stove
will heat several
rooms at the same
SsEi cost of one room.
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If you use wood, then we have the
dependable Automatic Wood Heater
For real Bargains in Stoves ...
See Our
Laundry Stoves and Wood Heaters
Enjoy the warmth and cheer of
an open fire by installing a Heati
lator. Come in and let us ex
r
plain the simplicity of installing
them.
One of our BRASS FIREPLACE sets will make your home
safe and attractive
STOVE PIPE OVENS?ALSO PORTABLE OVENS FOR GAS
AND ELECTRIC STOVES
The Hardware Store
Sylva Coal and Lumber Co.
Phone 71
Sylva, N. C.