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THURSDAYSEpt Page 12 THE WAYNES VILLE MOUNT AINEEH SOCIETY Carl Underwood Marries Eastern Carolina Girl Of interest locally was the mar riage of Miss Helen Mane Hol lowell, of Sanford and Carl Gray beal Underwood, also of Sanford, but formerly of Waynesville, which took place on Sunday afternoon, September of 15th, at 3 o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Snipes, in Sanford. The Rev. John E. Sawyer officiated, using the impressive ring ceremony. The residence was beautifully decorated for the occasion, a color scheme of green and white being used throughout the rooms. Quan tities of ferns, white asters, and lilies interspersed with numerous cathedral candles formed the back ground of the improvised altar be fore which the vows were spoken. Prior to the ceremony, Mrs. Fred Ray, J't pianist, played "Ah Sweet Mystery of Life, and "The Sweet est Story Ever Told." Mrs. Ray also accompanied Mrs. W. H. White, soloist, who gave 'Because," and "O Promise Me." "I Love You Truly," was softly played during the taking of the vows. To the strains of the bridal chor ous from Lohengrin, the bride de scended the stair with her mother, Mrs, William Hollowell, by whom she was given in marriage. They were met at the altar by the bride groom and his best man, John Ed win Dozier, Jr., of Sanford. The bride wore a street length dress of junior blue with matching accessories. Her shoulder corsage wa sof pink roses and swansonia. The only attendant was the bride's sister, who served as ma tron of honor. Mrs. Underwood js the daughter of Mrs. William G. Hollowell and the late Mr. Hollowell, of Hobbs ville. She is a graduate of Hobbs ville high school and has been em ployed by the North Carolina State Employment Service for the past six years. Mr. Underwood is the son of Mrs. Robert L. Underwood and the late Mr. Underwood, of Waynesville. He is a graduate of the Waynesville district high school and State Col lege, where he was a member of the Alpha Chi Beta fraternity. He is now connected with the Caro lina Power and Light Company. Immediately following the cer emony, the young couple left for a bridal trip to Western North Carolina and upon their return will make their home in Sanford. The out-of-town guests attend ing the wedding were Miss Mildred Munden, of Raleigh, Mr. and Mrs. B. G. Round tree, Miss Mildred Hol lowell, Miss Annie Hope Blanchard, Richard Hurdle, all of Hobbsville, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Malpass, and Mary Elizabeth Malpass, of Kin ston, Miss Evelyn Underwood, MLsi Jinsie Underwood, of Gastonia, Miss Elsie Soull, of Richmond, and Miss Elizabeth Man, of Seveyn. Three Hostesses Give Large Luncheon Saturday Signing the Draft Bill . mmmmmmmrmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmitiMm ""W""'"" ' V.'' - - y vl mti sH'K,. .... : ' gL.,-TTt.,-T,..v. . . s. . !T7f Here is a history-making moment the signing of the Burke-Wadswortn compulsory military training bill in Washington, calling for first peace time draft in U. S. history. Left to right, Rep. James Wadsworth, N.T-co-author of the bill; Sen. Key Pittman, Nev., acting president of thJ Senate; and Sen. Morris Sheppard, Tex., chairman of the Senatl Military Affairs Committee. . Waynesville Music Club Resumes Work Saturday The Waynesville Music Club will hold the first meeting, following the summer vacation period, on Sat urday afternoon at 3:30 with Mrs. Henry Foy and Miss Sue Willard Lindsley, at the home of the former. Mrs. Henry Foy new president, will preside, Miss Ida Jean, Brown will be in charge of the program Takes Two Days For Divorce Case - (Continued from page ly ' stated that her first duty was to her religion, not to her family, The plaintiff is also said to have admitted that it was against her religious faith to salute the Amer ican flag and to sing "God Bless which will consist of miscellaneous ' America." It was brought out that numbers. Miss Mary Lou Elwood, who is attending Montreat Junior College, spent the week-end in town with her mother, Mrs. Jack Elwood. iShe had as her guests two classmates, Miss Laura Plowdan, of Orange burg, S. C, and Miss Barbara Alward, of Charleston Miss Mary Stentz, who is attend ing Montreat Junior College, spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Dale Stentz. She had as her guests two classmates, Miss Louise Emerson, of Wilmington, and Miss Henrietta White, of near Charleston. John H. Carr, Summer Visitor Of Many Years Dies At Florida Home News has been received in town of the death of John H. Carr, 71, pioneer hotel owner and operator of St Petersburg, Fla., which oc curred at 1:55 last Saturday after noon at a hospital in St. Peters burg. .. :. . Funeral services were conducted at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon in St. Petersburg, after which the body was taken to Vermillion, Ohio, nis lormer home for burial. Mr. Carr and his family have spent many summers in Waynes ville. One year they operated the wayside Lodge here. They were mab'e -;o return to town, this year on account of the illness of Mrs. Carr. Mrs. Ernest J. Hvatt Mrs J W Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ray and Mrs. C. N. iuua--B TVf Carr. one son, James ed with a luncheon on Saturday at Carr' nnd one daughter, Miss noon at Oak Park. Qualities of Mary K- Carr. early tall flowers in a variety of shades, with yellow predominating, were used in the rooms. Prizes were awarded to winners of the high, second high and the low scores, and also a floating prize was given. Miss Martha Mock, Miss May Crawford, and Miss Catherine Martin, aH brides-elect were given attractive guts. The guest list included: Mrs. W. L. Hardin, Jr., Mrs. Whitener Pre vost, Mrs. G. C. Ferguson, Mrs. Woodson Jones, Mrs, L. M. Rich- eson, Mrs, H. B. Atkins, Mrs. W. H. Francis, Mrs. Aaron Prevost, Jars. J. N. Shoolbred, Mrs. R. L. Prevost, Mrs. George Bischoff, Mrs. T. Lenoir Gwyn, Mrs. T. L. Bram- Jett, Mrs. W. C. Bout well, Mrs. N. F. Lancaster, Mrs. R. N. Barber, Jr, Mrs. Ben Colkitt, Mrs. Grover C. Davis, Mrs. J. M. Long, Mrs. J H. Way, Jr. Miss Nancy 'Killian. Mrs. W. L. Jackson, Mrs. Joe Liner, Mrs. Joe late, Mrs. Francis Massie, Mrs. C. C. White, Mrs. James S. Queen. Mrs. Paul Davis, Miss May Craw ford, Mrs. R. C. Bunts, and Mrs. Wilford Sisk, of Asheville, Mrs. t.any, Miss Kee, Mrs. McCraw. Mrs. J. W. Reed, Mrs. E. N. Wood, Mrs. T. M. Seawell, Mrs. C. F. Kirkpatrick, Mrs. R. H. Stretcher, Mrs. Wm. Prevost, Mrs. Howard Hyatt, Mrs. Geo. A. Kunze. Mrs James W. Killian, Mrs. Harry Mar shall, Mrs. Grady Boyd, Mrs. Henry Davis Miss Robena Miller, Mrs. Chas. Ketner, Mrs. Dan Watkins, Mrs, Schankle, Miss Martha Mock, Mrs, W. T. Hannah, Mrs. R. S. Roberson, Mrs. Jack Messer, Mrs. J. H. How ell, Mrs. M. H. Reeves, Miss Ethel Craig, Mrs. M. H. Bowles, Mra. Felix Stovall, Mrs. J. R. Thomas, Miss Mary Barber, Mrs. Johnny Fergueon, Mrs. W. H. Liner, Miss Alice Stringfield, Mrs. E. C. Wag enfeld, Mrs. Tom Campbell, Jr., Mrs. Newton Cook. Mrs. Hallet Ward, Miss Debray. Crabtree PTA Will Meet At School 7:30 Tonight The Crabtree P. T. A. will hold its regular meeting at the school building Thursday night, Septem ber 26, at seven-thirty, according to Mrs. Hilliard Ross, local pres ident. All paftrona and friends of the school are urged to attend. Crabtree Club nas Excellent Meeting The Crabtree home demonstra tion club held their retrular manth ly meeting at the school, September isuin, with 21 members present. Mrs. T, JB. Brown, president, pre sided Mrs. Sallie Green was back after a long absence due to illness. A- J-i. . nil uiieresung program was given by the following members: Reports on Belgium by Mrs. H. H, mou; poultry by Mrs. Rubert Wells; garden, Mrs. Rachel West- tern; food and nutrition, Mrs. T. B Brown. Miss Mary M. Smith, p-avp heln. ful suggestions on food conserva tion and canning. Also discussed arrangements for a community uower snow, me recreation period was given. A watermelon cutting was given by the hostesses, Mrs. R. Western and Mrs. H. E. Wells. The club aajourned to meet again in Oc tober at the school house da Fisher, Mrs. R. L. Prevost, Miss Eula Patterson, Mrs. Jeff Reeves, mm. w. h. L.yie, of Jacksonville, Mrs. John M. Queen, Mrs. S. P. Gay, Mrs. L. N. Davis, Mrs. Chas. E. Ray, Miss Daisy Bovd. Miss Catherine Martin, Mrs. J. C. Mur phy, Mrs. J. E. Barr, Mra. John R. Hippa, Mr. Wallace Ward, Mrs. R. N. Barber, Mrs. Roy Campbell, Mrs. Will Medford, and Mrs W. T. Shelton. Jehovah's Witnesses hated all re ligions and made no pretense of keeping their views from the pub lic.: In Canada it is said that to be a "Witness' is a prison offense, in Australia a demand is growing for suppression of the group, and that in Germany 6,000 of Jehovah's Witnesses are languishing in con centration camps It was brought out during the trial that Mrs. Jay nes had stayed away from her home and family for several weeks, attending the convention! of the sect held in De troit, which is reported to have been attended by some 35,000, with 25,000 being baptized. It was learned following the trial that one of the lawyers of the defendant had in, his possession eight volumes of tihe work of the sect on different subjects, all more or less defying the government. These books are distributed by the "Witnesses. vr-. v :. Although the "plaintiff was ask ing that a reasonable amount be allowed her attorneys, yet there was said to be in the court all during the trial a lawyer from Atlanta, Ga., who was quietly working for the plaintiff. Judge Warlick granted tihe fath er custody of the children eight months of the year, and specified that the period be the eight months in which they were in school. The mother js to have them during the 4 months of summer vacation. The wife was also granted alimony to be paid in different amounts, governed by the time the children are with her. Other cases tried in the recent court included that of Chas, Rob erts against the McCracken Furn iture Company, involving an au tomobile accident, in which the plaintiff was given a verdict of nothing. The latter gave notice of an appeal to the Supreme court. Three men were appointed by the judge to establish the cartway running through the property of Clem and Sam Fitzgerald, over which the brothers had been having a dispute. In the case of Way Kinsland against J. D. Mackey, tlhe latter a former tax collector of Canton, the defendant lost the case, but took an appeal to the Supreme court. Osborne Cow Completes New Official Record A new record, exceeding the av erage of the Guernsey breed for her age and class has just been com pleted by a two and one-half year old cow Lucritia of Garden Creek 590717 of Canton, tested and own ed by M. Louisa OsborneJ Her of ficial record supervised by the North Carolina State College and announced by The American Guern sey Cattle Club is 10665.8 pounds of milk and 492.1 pounds of but ter fat in class F. FIDDLERS TO COMPETE AT CRABTREE FRIDAY Cash prizes are being offered in the second fiddler's convention which will be held at the Crabtree school, Friday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. A small admission will be charged. All contestants are urged to participate. LOST Set of keys. Reward. Re torn to C. C. Cowell, Waynes ville Country Club. Sept 26 Company "H" Left Sunday For Year's Training In S. C. (Continued from page 1) - fense. Physical examinations by regu lar army officers were made of all the men last week, starting on Monday and ending on Wednesday. A number were disqualified on ac count of physical disabilities, most of which were said to be minor defects. It was reported that a number of men had volunteered for ser vice on Saturday, who desired to be attached to Company "H but that owing to the fact that blanks of applicants gave out in the Asheville recruiting office, where the men had to enlist, they were unable to be officially received into the army. It was learned that some of these men had planned to have their application filled out this week and join the company at Fort Jackson. Six new names were added to the company roster late Saturday, who were able to get applications in the Asheville office before the blanks gave out. They were: Rob ert B. Caldwell, Charlie Caldwell, Ldward E. Arrington, Sylvester D. Mull, Robert C. McGahaj and George F. Scates. Officers in Company "H" who left here Sunday included: Captain George F. Plott, First Lt. Edwin Paul Marfan, Second Lts. James M. Davis, T. Grady Boyd, Chas. W. Edwards, Jr., and George E. Plott. Office Supplies For Sale At The Mountaineer Office HFRF t bound to be one or two bad eoldiere in every regiment But why court-martial the whole regiment? The same appliea to beer retailing. Out of the 5,000 retailere in North Carolina, there ia bound to be a email minority who disobey the law or permit anti-eocial conditions. The Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Comruittee wants even thia email minority of undesirable beer re tailers eliminated entirely. To that end, the Committee cooperates with law en forcement officers in securing the revoca tion of the retail licenses of these objec tionable outlets. One hundred and two licenses have been revoked during the past year. , BUT WHY courtmartlJ THE WHOLE REGIMENT? X Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committi EDGAR H. BAIN, State Director 813-817 Commercial Building , Raleign,H It Pays To Read The Advertisements Mmi1 Lu 14 In some years, some cars take a big jump ahead. The Ford Joes that for 1941. It has jumped ahead in site. It's the biggest Ford we've ever built, inside and out. It's wider. It has a longer wheelbase. Its seating room is wider by as much as 7 inches. It has new wide doors and semi-concealed running boards. Youll notice also a new beauty, achieved by a skilful blending of mass with longer flowing lines. Larger wind shield and windows give bet ter vision all around. One of its biggest advan tages is die new soft ride. New, slower-action springs give a slow, gentle, gliding movement. Anewly designed stabilizer helps absorb road shocks, and maintains bal ance on sharp curves and in cross winds. A More rapid acceleration match its familiar speed and power makes this new Ford an even livelier car to drive. These are only a few of this new car's outstanding features. It represents all the rich experience gained in building more than 28 milv lion motor cars. ; Any Ford dealer can give you many good reasons for making this your 1941 car. and You'iiyGgj 9(C? Pi A TT!) A TlF) ISEL PHONE 52 SALES SERVICE
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