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I uneral services for Johnnie J.
C Turin, 75, retired farmer of
I'.o Bear Creek section .of Madi
son County, who died in his horns
at 5 p. rn., Thursday, September
13, 1962 .after a lingering lilness,
were conducted at Caney - Fork
Baptist Church on Little Pine
Creek at 2:30 p. m., Sunday. The
Rev. John Goforth officiated.; Bur
ial was in the Dry , Fond Cemetery.
Nephews Served u pallbearers;
and nieces as flower bearers.
Honorary pallbears were Dr. 3.
L. McElroy. Dr. W. A. Sams, Dr.
S. L, Crow, Jack Ramsey, Craig
Rudisill Jr., P. R. Elara, Wade
Huey, Ernest Teague, Robert Free
man, Chester Hensley and Clem
ent Ball
Mr. Goforth was a life-long
resident of Madison County and
a member of the Missionary Bap
tist Church for 64 years; 24 years
of this time, he was a member of
the board of deacons. He spent
much of his time promoting and
teaching gospel music in various
churches throughout Madison
County, He was noted by his ma
ny friends for his great talent in
gospel .music. In his last years
he was Sunday School superb
tendent and also, teacher of the
Adult Bible Class.
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HILL CHURCH
A revival will start at Oak Hill
Baptist Church on Marshall Rt. 1,
in the Rector Corner Community,
Sunday night, September 23, and
will - possibly continue for two
weeks.
The Rev. Silas James Fortner,
well-known county pastor, radio
minister and Missions worker, will
be the evangelist Mr. Fortner has
recently been connected with the
largest Mission in the United
State, at Los Angeles, California,
leaving this work because of ill
health.
"All the surrounding churches
are urgently requested to attend
and participate in this worthwhile
work, stated the Rev. Coleman
Caldwell, pastor. The church in
vites everyone to attend.
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MR. AND MRS. P. R. THOMAS of
Rt. 4, Marshall, celebrated their 70th
wedding1 anniversary Sunday at an
open house in their home. Mr. Thom
as shows his wife a hand' of tobacco
which he worked recently and says
he has been curing1 tobacco for 84
years. Mrs. Thomas, who wears her)
skirts ankle length, says that they
have been in style three times in the
last 70 years. Included in the visit
ors Sunday were five generations of
ihe( Thomas family.
'Mr. and Mrs. Thomas expressed
;heir appreciation to the many rela
tives and friends for their visit.
Thomases, I7ed In '92
Celebrated Last Snnday
Ponce de Leon should have
looked for the Fountain of Youth
in Western North Carolina, spe
cifically Madison County.
Last Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. F.
R. Thomas celebrated their 70th
wedding anniversary in their
; home ' seven miles north of Mar
shall at an open house. All
friends and relatives were invited
to call from 2 to 6 p. m.
Mrs. Thomas was 90 years old
Thursday and Mr. Thomas will be
90 Dee. 26V They have lived m
their present house for 64 years.
One of their sons said, "My father
is as active as I am, but my moth
er, she now has to get around
with a cane."
The Thomases had nine chil
dren, five of whom are living:
Mrs. Ballard Smith of Spivey
Mountain Road, Buncombe Coun
ty, who celebrated her 50th wed
ding anniversary the latter part
of June; Fred Thomas of the Old
County Home Road; Mrs. J. H.
Hutchins of.Rt. ft .Marshall; Ray.
mond Thomas of i the home; and
Roy Thomas, also of Rt, 4, Mar-
There are 15 grandchildren; 39
great-grandchildren and 2 great
great-grandchildren. ;.
. Certainly more persons reach
the age of 90 in these mountains
than elsewhere. Perhaps it is due
to climate, the soil or their diet.
But the Thomases jOtoold be the
top authority on how to live hap
pily ever after.
Sorvicoo
Fort Sill, : Okla. (AHTNC)
Army Pvt. James W. Thomas,
son of Eulas G. Thomas, Route 4,
Marshall, completed eight weeks
of advanced individual training as
a cannoneer at the Artillery and
Missile Center, Fort Sill, Okla.,
Aug. .80.
Thomas received instruction in
the operation, capabilities and
limitations of field artillery guns,
howitzers and heavy machineguns.
The 19-year-old soldier entered
the Army last April and complet
ed basic training at Fortt Gor
don, Ga.
Thomas attended Marshall High
School.
Sandhofen, Germany (AHTNC)
Pfc. Danny E. Penland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. . James V. Penland,
Rt 1, Leicester, recently reenlist-
Dewey Martin, 62,
Dies In' Asheville;
Rites Held Monday
Services for Dewey Martin, 62,
of 29 Union St., Asheville, who
died suddenly Friday night, Sept.
14, 1962 in the home of a daugh
ter, Mrs. Marjorie Wood, of Ashe
ville were held at 2:30 p. m. Mon
lay in Cedar Hill Baptist Church
in Madison County.
Included among the survivors
is a brother, Reuben Martin, of
Marsball
The Rev. Alfred Taylor and the
Rev. Kimsey Ball officiated. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
.Active pallbearers were neph
ews. Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
was in charge.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs,
Minnie Wilson Goforth; three
daughters Miss Grace Goforth of
the home, Mrs. Bertie Hbderness
of Upland, , California, and Miss
Evelyn Goforth. of Hyattsville,
Md.; two sons, Colon of Etowah,
and Herbert Goforth of Wood
bridge, Va.; - three sisters, Mrs,
B. J. Ledford of Marshall; Mrs.
G. G. Rector and Miss Chester Go-
forth of Emma; four brothers,
Elmore of Marshall, Tommie of
West Asheville, Walter of Cand
ler and Herman Goforth of Mor-
ristown, Tenn.; sixteen grandchil
dren and twelve great-grandchildren.'
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Bowman-Rector Funeral Home
was in charge.
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News for Veterans
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Veterans with either a service
connected kidney disability or a
service-connected loss of sight in
one eye may benefit by a law
passed by this session of Congress
and signed by the President re
cently, J. D. DeRamuB, Manager
of the North Carolina Veterans
Administration Regional Office,
points out.
The new law authorizes the VA
to grant a total service-connected
disability rating for the payment
of compensation to any veteran
with service-connected blindness
of one eye who loses the sight of
the other eye after service.
In a like situation, Mr. DeRa
mus said, the new law authorizes
the VA to grant a total service-
connected disability rating for
the paymentt of compensation to
any veteran who lost the use of
one kidney from a service-con
nected cause and who sustains a
severe involvement of his remain
ing kidney not related to his aerv
ice.
Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Whitaker
left Thursday of last week for a
visit in Detroit with Mrs. Whi
takers's brother, Dr. L. V. Kim-
brell and Mrs. Kimbrell. While
there they plan to make a trip
into Northern Michigan and
Canada. On their, return trip
they will come by Greenville, Ohio
for a visit there with their son,
Lawrence and family,- who moved
a few weeks ago to this town
where Mr. Whitakes is employed
by the Corning Glass Company.
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Smith, of
Pensacola, Fla., spent last week
here with their son, Mr. Walter
Smith and Mrs. Smith and little
Bon and daughter. '
Guests of Mrs. Roy Wall for
several days last week were her
sister, Mrs. Hattie ' Johnson, of
Lenior and Dr. Cora Kornejay and
her husband, of Virginia Beach.
Mrs. Iris Buckner visited ' her
son, Mr. Hal Buckner, and ' wife
and son, in Sylva last week-end.,
Mr. and Mrs. Buckner have re
cently moved to Sylva and Mr.
Buckner is a teacher in the Cullo
whee High School.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Griffin and
daughters of Columbia, S. C, were
visitors here last week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Briggs have
had the two little Bons and the
daughter of their son, Dean, and
wife with them this week while
Mr. and Mrs. Briggs went to Rich
mond for the funeral of her fa
ther. They plan to return to Jack
sonville, Fla., the latter part of
the week.
Mrs. Nelson Harris, who has
been a patient in a Henderson
ville hospital for , the past week,
is expected to come home in a
few days.
Miss Carol Kendall left last
week for WCUNC, where Bhe is
doing graduate study.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinard Arrowood
have recently moved to this com
munity, from Biltmore and are
living in the storehouse apart
ment of her father, Mr. Bascomb
Brown.
Miss Judy Elam leaves this
Wednesday for UNC, Chapel Hill,
to resume studies there.
Mr. David - Lynch ' left Monday
for Oberlin University, ; where he
joins a group going to Austria
for a year's study. ,
Mr. Albert Blackwell, who had
been in New York during the sum
mer, visited his parents here last
week. He left Tuesday morning
tor Harvard, where he will be a
graduate student this year.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lippard,
of Blowing Rock and Lake Worth,
Fla., spent a day and night here
last week "as the guests of his
sister-in-law, Mrs, Clota Lippard.
Mrs. Ira Hodge sxpects to
leave Thursday for a few days
visit with friends and relatives
of her late husband in Rutherford-
ton.
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Singing
The regular 4th Saturday night
Singing, will be held Saturday,
September 22, starting at 7:30 p.
m t-Caney Fork Baptist Churcn
on Little Pine. ',-'
All singers and the public are
invited to attend.
ed in the Regular Army while
serving as a military policeman
in the 48th Transportation Com
pany in Sandhofen, Germany, ;
Penland entered the Army -in
March 1961 and completed basic
combat training at Fort Jackson,
South Carolina.
The 20-year-old soldier attend
ed Leicester iHgh School.
Mrs. Oscar Brooks, for many
years a resident of Hot Springs,
but for past several years, resid
ing in California, is visiting old
friends here. Her future home
will be with her daughter, Vir
ginia, in .St? Paul, Minn,
Mr. and Mrs.. Cheshire of Moun
tain View rdourt, liad as their
guests this, week, their sons, Wil
fred Cheshire of Fayettevflle, and
Rev. Roy L. Cheshire . of Eau
Claire, Wise
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Fowler went
to Burnsville Sunday to attend
funeral services" of their -eousin,
Wade Phoenix,' who passed away
in Yuma, Arizona last week.
Charles K. Davis, of the South
ern Railway Co, is on vacation
for two weeks, and . will spend
some time in Washington, D. C,
before returning to duty.
Mr. R. W. Ponder, local mer
chant was painfully injured Sat
urday, while operating a tractor
drawn mowing machine on his
Sandy Mush farm. On a hill side,
the machinery turned over, he sub
tained a broken left arm and some
internal injuries.
. The Home Demonstration Club
met at the home of Mrs. John
Gorenflo Monday night
The Methodist WSCS met at the
Church Tuesday night An inter
esting program was enjoyed by
all.
Born to Rev. and Mrs. Harry
Sellers, in Memorial Mission Hos
pital on September 17, a son,
who has been named William Rus
sell. Mother and son are doing
nicely. Mr. Sellers is our Metho
dist pastor.
Homecoming
At Belva Church
There will be a Homecoming
service Sept. 30, 1962, at the Belva
Bible Church. Sunday School will
begin at 2:00 p. m., followed by
the regular church service and a
fellowship supper. The topic for
the evening service is II Timothy
2:15, "Study to show thyself ap
proved unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed, right"
ly dividing the Word of Truth."
The public is cordially invited
to these services.
Wm. Dahlenburg, Pastor
The common sense in a man's
head is often crowded out by too
much money in his pocket
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Hot JSprirs Seniors.
Elect Annual Staff
The Senior Class of Hot Springs
High School held a meeting on
Sept. 11, for the purpoose of elect
ing the following names for the
annual staff:
Editor in chief, Dorthy Moore;
assistant editor, Barbara Holt;
secretary, Kay Lamb; treasurer,
Grace Gentry; business managers,
Clayton Gregory and Wilms Reed;
chairman of layout committee,
Bill Smith, Patsy Davis, Nancy
Bumganer, Girty Swaney, and
Johnny Moore.
Photography committee, Sarah
Ebbs, Peggy Huff, Doris Cook,
and Kathleen Suttles.
Sales managers, Johnny Combs,
Jimmy Harnon, Dee Moore, and
Glen Moore.
Typists, Clayton Gregory, Doris
Cook, Barbara Holt Elizabeth
Norton, and Johnny Combs.
Literary editors, Hilda Rath-
bone, Sarah Ebbs, Peggy Huff,
Barbara Holt and Don Gentry.
Johnny Combs, Reporter .
Hot Springs Football
Schedule Listed
Sept 21 Tryon at Tryon.
Sept. 28 Marshall at Mar
shall. October 6 Open.
October 11 Polk Centra at
Marshall.
October 19 Marshall at Mar-'
shall.
October 25 Rosman at Brevard.
SAVE A LIFE
School days are here again
children look up to you, so it'si
to you motorists to look out J
them.
Homecoming
. There will be a decoratic
homecoming at the Cross
Baptist Church, Icoated on
Sandy Mush, Sunday aft
September 23. , . j
Aii singers and tne pu
cordially invited to attetu.
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