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BRtTTON M. MOORE
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Sylva Representative
Sylva, N. C.
Take Advantage Of This
SP]ECIAL OFFER
$19.75
INSTALLATION CHARGE
FREE!
From now until December 24th, we are offering
Free installation for either the standard or apart
ment size Gas Range, saving you $19.75, and with
the standard size range we will also include one
100 lb. cylinder of gas absolutely FREE! This
offer is for a limited time only
... A BEAUTIFUL GAS RANGE MAKES A
WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS GIFT ,
. . . Buy Now and Save!
MOODY RULANE GAS SERVICE
Phone 519-J Waynesville Church Street
Gift Ideas
For Christmas
We list here only a few of the many gift items to
be found in our store . . . lovely and practical gifts
for every member of the family.
Electric razor.
Quick, easy to use.
'An electric washing machine
tgift that will last (or years.
.Electric Percolator
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Electric Iron Electric Waffle Irons Electric Mixer
SKLVA COAL Aid LUMBER CO.
Phone 71 Sylva, N. C.
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Someone At Christmas
By CARLE FREEMAN
rlE little gift shop was crowded
when Nancy entered it, but al
most immediately she noticed
Larry Bryant. She sensed the usual
disturbance/At ^sight of him, and
recalling the trend of her thoughts
for the past several minutes]
brought a flush of warmth to her
cheeks. She'd been thinking, some
what resentfully, as she went a
long the busy streets of the little
town, how unfair it was that
Christmas had come before she
could get acquainted with some
one in Davenshire?Larry Bryant,
for instance, departmental head
at the electric plant where she
worked. Christmas wasn't Christ
mas unless it could be shared with
someone.
And now Larry was standing at
the dish counter deciding about a
pair of ^ttie green rabbit salt and
pepper shakers. It didn't matter
particularly that he'd buy the
shakers?aside from the signifi
cance of such an act?but she'd
had her own heart set on them
more or less fo- a week. Larry had
been in the shop every afternoon
'hat she'd been there, but this was
his first time at the dish counter.
The little shakers were as good as
gone.
The other day when she'd look
ed at them, the sales girl had s'aid.
"Better buy them.' These are the
last ones, and they, are a bargain
at eight dollars. They came all the
way from Sweden."
"I know?" Nncy had said, but
-he had thought they'd be an ex
travagance and look out of place
on the little table in her corner
kitchenette at Lil Ranson's old
rooming house. Then there'd be no
jne to admire them?only herself.
"They might be gone the next
time you come," the girl had said
when Nancy left the counter.
But they'd been there the next
time Nancy went back to the little
gift shop. Every afternoon for a
week they'd been there, as if
awaiting for her to make up her
mind to buy them.
Nancy held her breath as she
watched Larry from a distance.
For now sbe knew that if he didn't
take the shakers, she'd buy them
' herself.
But even as Nancy watched, she
saw him hand the shakers to a
clerk.
She tried to push her disap
pointment aside and select an in
expensive little gift for one of her
co-workers at the plant. Tomorrow
was Christmas Eve, and the em
ployees and officials of the plant
had drawn names as part of a
gift-giving program they'd planned
to have about the huge, gayly dec
orated tree in the arched entrance.
Nancy dreaded the occasion,
more so now than before. She re
gretted the day she'd left her home
own to take a better job at Daven
shire. Why hadn't she waited until
after Christmas to make the
change!
When the time came the next
Fontana Registrations
Reported By T. V. A.
FONTANA DAM ? Registration
of visitors to Fontana Dam total
ed 490,122 ior the first nine months
of 1948, the Tennessee Valley Au
thority has reported.
States having the highest reg
istration included: North Carolina,
147,073; Tennessee, 138,817; Geor
gia, 27,071; Florida, 18,256; South
Carolina. 21,465; Alabama, 15,
445.
Also Ohio, 15,169; Illinois, 13,
087; Kentucky, 13,050; Virginia,
10.872; Michigan, 9,033; New York,
9,901; Indiana, 7,020.
Forty-four foreign countries had
registrations totaling 616.
An electric roaster is a useful
supplement to the kitchen range
rather than a substitute for it.
That's the opinion of home equip
ment specialists for the 0. S. De
partment of Agriculture.
day for the program, Nancy took
the gift that was handfed to her1
and slipped from the crowd. She
wouldn't be missed, she thought
bitterly, as she hurried from the
building. Snow fell softly about her
in a gentle burst from the dark
sky, and the ring o{ VQices from
the plant followed her in a kind
of haunting, sad beauty.
Inside her apartment she look
ed down at the gayly wrapped
package in her hands through a
blur of tears. It was the only
Christmas gift she'd received, and
it had been given only because
someone had drawn her name.
She unwrapped the package,
and suddenly the blur cleared to
reveal the little green rabbit salt
and pepper shakers with the long,
saucy ears?one up and one limp
ing down provocatively.
Her heart thrummed in her
throat. Larry had drawn her name.
But the cost of the gifts they were
to exchange was not to go over
twenty-five cents!
Lil Ransom called up the stairs.
"You're wanted o;i the phone, and
'tis a man."
Nancy placed the little shakers
carefully on the table and turned
to the door. The hum of "Silent]
Night" came from Lil Ransom's'
radio up the sweep of stairs, and
Nancy found herself singing the
words softly as she dashed down
them, for she knew even before'
she heard his voice whcrwas wait
i ing for her on the telephone.
Merriment, laughter, the shrill sound
of children's voices, Christmas Carols
?we could name a hundred joys of the
? Yuletide Season ? May they All be
? yoursl
w ^ W ' J ^ I
Sylva Tire Co.
Main Street Phone 58 Sylva, N. C.
May your Yuletide be gay%
Your family near,~
May your table be laden with food.
May all our good wishes extended today
For happiness, health and good cheer
Bring you and your friends and those^ou
hold dear ?a Happy and Prosperous New Year!
Furniture Company
SYLVA, N. C.