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t Page 4 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER News From B A LS AM By Gertrude Ruskin Mr. and Mrs. George A. Iseley, of Raleigh, motored over to spend the Labor Day week-end with the Misses Grace and Lillian Bingham They visited the Cherokee Indian Reservation and took N. C. 284 out of Waynesvilule to Brrard, Cash' lers and Highlands. On the way to Highlands their car stuck in the mud m such a narrow part of the road that the occupants of the car had to get out through the back rear window for the doors could not be opened. Miss Grace Bing ham said she had her doubts about one or two of them making it, but they did. The man for Waynes ville who stained that cute little brown house with the roof at Ha- telwood helped then get out of the mud. He is going to stain the Bingham's new cabin the same color. Mrs. H. N. Godbey, Mrs. Alma Ling and their children spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bumgarner at Sunset Farms at Whittier. "Sunset Farms is a mile and a half from the river and was not harmed but the people who had built homes along the river either saw them float off down the river or were so damaged that the sight was heart-rending," said Mrs. God bey. "A young married couple we knew had just finished their new home. They hadn't lived in it but a short time. In the wee hours cf the morning they saw their i home go floating down the river, I barely getting out in time to save1 their lives. All along the river J people who had lost their all, were gazing into it as though in a daze,"( aid Mrs. Godbey. Mr. A. P. Metzger is visiting his wife and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Ganyard at the latter's home.) Mr. Metzger was accompanied by his wife's sister, Mrs. Minnie Hoyer. Mr. and Mrs. Metzger and their sons, Allen and James, will leave for their home at Miami Beach, next week. The Misses Emily, Mary Rachel end Lillian Hamilton, of Daltony Oa., were week-end guests of Mr3. Oze Enoch Horton and her son. Tuesday is the first time there has been mail and passenger trains eUnce the heavy rains of Thurs day and Thursday night last week. There has been mail buses every day except Friday. Balsam is high and suffered no damages. Friday morning my husband left for Atlanta and Tuesday, five days later, on the first mail and pas- Unite U. S.-Canada Defenses X The United States and Canada will set up a Joint board for North Amer ican defense by sea, land and air, it was announced by President Roose velt and Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King (right). The plan was revealed following a historic conference in Roosevelt's private rail road car on a siding at Heuvalton, N. Y. (Ctntral Pre$$ Haywood's Flag Used At Park Dedication The silk North Carolina Fag that waved in the breezes that blew over Newfound Gap on Monday and adorned the Laura Spellman Rockfeller Memorial with other flags dur ing the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park was borrowed for the occasion from the Haywood County court house. The flag was a gift to the county from Reuben B. Robertson, of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company. Arrangements for using tJhe flag at the dedication were made by Park officials through Chas. E. Ray, Jr. The flag was returned immediately after the cere monies to the custody of T, J. Cathey, county auditor who keeps both the North Carolina and the United States flags that are used in the court room. The flags are put out for each term of court and for special occasions when needed. Its use on Monday, as it floated over the heads of the President of the United States and other national and state dignitaries, has given it a historical association that should add to its value. picking up huge boulders and dash ing them against others with such force that it sounded like cannon fire. It did no damage but I for one wouldn't want to built too close to it for its terribly tempermentil. A letter from our depot agent s son came Tuesday, from R. L Pearson, Jr., who is on a thirty day cruise, on board the U. S. S. Arkansas battleship, He sure kept his word to me about writing. He said they were due in Grantanamo tomorrow, - wherever that is, and that there wasn't much to do but stand watches, scrub down decks and attend classes. He must have had trouble sleeping in a hammock for he said he was just getting useJ to sleeping in one. Robert said that the weather had been fine and that there was no rough water as yet. Th Ballough Hills Colony held their annual meeting at the home of the president, S. H. Ruskin, last week at eight o'clock. It was well attended. Many things were dis cussed and plans were laid for many improvements in Ballough Hills, for the coming season. Sev eral of the older members of the colony declared the meeting to be the best they had ever attended. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Parson and the Misses Lillian and Grace Bing ham were new members who were welcomed into the colony. The following officers were elect- Duke Signs Up as Bahamas Governor" 5,1! R-W r5 Inducted as governor of the Bahamas, the uniformed. Duke of Windsor signs the official regUtrj'h J tha rwViMn nd notables, including Chief Justice O. B. Daly (left), who awnr . v. that touched me more than any words he spoke was the grave look that came into his up-lifted face, when the band played "The Star Spangled Banner." He stopped fthnlrinoF TinnHa and rrr&aircr fripnds ed to serve: Sidney Ruskin was! the momm the first strains of our National Anthem rang out on the crisp mountain air, I liked that look and felt reassured. Mr. and Mrs. Buice Kenny and family, of Spruce Pine, spent the week-end with Mr. Kenny's mother, Mrs. Delia Kenny. Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dunn and family left this morning for their home in Daytona Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Lee, who have ben occupying the Kloch cabin, left this , morning for Daytona Beach. Mr. and Mrs. McNeel, who are in the Thorn cabin, took a bus trip re-elected to succeed himself as president for another year, which makes three successive terms ha has served. Mrs. Rowena Bur- man was re-elected secretary and R. B. Hipp was re-elected treasur er. The entire water board was re-elected for another term, which consists of the following members: ts. B. Baggett, chairman, Geo, H en ton, R. B. Hipp and Mrs. Rowena Biirgman. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Fenton and I drove to Newfound Gap on Labor Day to hear President Roosevelt and others dedicate the Great to New York and back last week. Smoky Mountains National Park. ) When I heard that Mr. and Mrs. The weather was perfect and it Robert Daniels Goodwin had rented senger train to come through since Dillsboro the floods was a letter from him. He said that he had to wait in Dillsboro until four-thirty. During that time bulletins came through telling of the progress on the road to Knoxville as that was the only possible chance of getting out of Rocket May Doom Warplanes :Ui If oQ All other roads leadinar out were either washed away, un aerminea or the bridges swept from their moorings. At f our- inirty he left for Knoxville reach ing there at seven-thirty, where he spent the night He described the scenes along the highway from Dillsboro to Cherokee as sickeu- tt ' us. xiuuoea were wasnea away, fields were ruined and twisted steel bridges went floating down tne A ." A 4 Hn; 1 -1 1 1 ;J. uiuu i, iaui aibuuua me unuer Blue of the poplar and maple leaves were showing, which is a sure sign of rain, according to the Indians. From Dillsboro to the Indian Res ervation, one could see where the horrible aftermath of the floods. The road had been cleared and made ready for the dedication cer emonies at the Gap. J. C. Walker and his men deserve a lot of credit for getting the road in such good condition, after such a devastating flood, At 5 o'clock the Presidential party arrived and the air was be ginning to get chilly, but it was a good advertisement for our 'moun tains: for it has been hot in Wash ington and Baltimore. It was the first time tha$ I ever heard Gov ernor Hoey speak. He has a good river. Our chuckling, gurgling brook at voico and there is a Piritual r Balsam, changed over night to a ! flectln to his f ace that is hearten- nissuig, growling vellow serpent. w "veii, inaue a one of the Kenny cabins, I hustled down to see them. Mrs. Goodwin is a special assistant to one of the four assistants to the Secretary of State, Cordell Hull. She is the former Miss Pauline Robinson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Robinson, of Asheville. After graduating from Duke University and before going to Washington Mrs. Goodwin was connected with juvenile court in Asheville Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin were mar ried in the Washington Cathedral by Dean Noble 0. Powell on Easter Sunday. They are having a belated honeymoon at Balsam. Mrs. Good win said they couldn't have picked a better place where they had mountains all around them than Balsam, r ' : Mr. Goodwin is the son of Mrs. Gilberta Daniels Goodwin, of New York City, and the late Prof. Ralph E.: Goodwin, of New York fine talk, as always, but the thing City College. He is a graduate of the University of North Caro lina, and is continuing his work on his masters degree in chemistry at Johns Hopkins University. He has lately been doinsr special re search work in Micro-Analysis for Dr. A. H. Corwin, of Johns Hop kins. This work was twenty miles 'rom Wash! r.tor, but I bet like all true lovers he found a way to an nihilate distance. They are nn at'.rait.ive :oupIe. I can best describe ihm as eayir.g that their wedding pictures remind ed me very much of the Duke and Duchess. She is small with dark hair and eyes, while he is taller than she and blonde. Mrs. Good win has that dependable tilt to her head that the Duchess has. He is jolly enthusiastic and likeable. The Goodwin's took many hikes to Old Bald, Big Stomp, Jones Knob and the Olivine and Mica Mines. They were surprised not Farm Secretary Wife Preservers ! (I ..Vlfrijiu.um ii.i.i.iii u m Hslf lemon iuiea and h&U water make refreahiner mouth wash ; lemon juic and alt mak aa Tcllmf. emergeocy ientf taeM. i Iff (Jlaude K. Wickard, of IndJ memDer oi the Agricultural Adj ment Administration, was rund President Roose elt to be Secret of Agriculture, succeeding Henri Wallace, Democratic nominee! the vice-presidency, who resiJ euecuve oepiemDer S. to see more people hiking ud we didnt know what we wen rf ing. Mrs. Goodwin made i suggestion and that was to markers on the trails to aid i who are not familiar with thai of the land. Eyes Examined For Appointment Glasses Fitted Telephone 2483 CONSULT DR. R. KING HARPE OPTOMETRIST 125 Main Street Wells Bldg. . Canton, N. C. J. Robert Fish, Springfield, Mass., inventor, displays for the first time a inodel of his anti-aircraft rocket, which may revolutionize warfare. Pre- : liminary tests indicate the magnetic rocket, attracted by sound waves, will streak after a plane at 900 m.p.h. and blow it up. The United States ... Army has shown Interest. v: j Fighting Bomb Fires in London r 1 f f IT A ' i ... t 5 A I ti 3 ? 4 t -rA nil h :f K: WitfrwHTafetfir-iwiVi Hlnwiiriiiii' iiniiiwr " "B mr rrn flmiiiht 'nnl"-fiiiifri iiihii4 fu Firemen play their hoses on the smouldering wreckage of a building In London after a German bombing raid which caused widespread damage to ' the British capital. Photo was flashed by cable to New York. By DVE!R9 SALE Order Of The Cou r t The Entire Assets of STUARTS, Inc., Waynesville Art Gallery, Must Be Sold At ID' AUCT ON To the Highest Bidder, Without Limit or Reserve An Opportunity of a Lifetime TWO SALES DAILY Mrs a. m. S E ATS F 0 R EVER Y 0 N E FREE PRIZES P.M. SALE WILL TERMINATE VERY SHORTLY. EVERYTHING MUST BE SOLD REGARDLESS OF COST OR VALUE M Our Aactioneer la Licensed and Bonded by the State of North Carolina. License" N076421. lliniCn orris Stone Receiver THREE DOORS FROM PARK THEATRE IN THE MASSIE BUILDING Stems
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