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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
5tclte Guard ; Construction To Begin Soon On
t3Wl T-.;UiRocid From Fontana To Bryson City
m Midnight
Order of Disbandment
Written By State
Adjutant General
RALEIGH APi The stale
guard, serving for over six years
as North Carolina's main protec
tive force, goes out of existence
midnight Tuesday.
The guard at peak strength had
42 units and 2.128 men, and since
V-J day the number has dropped
to only a few hundred guardsmen
and 26 units.
The order to disband the uuard.
written by Brig. (Ion. J. Van H
Metts, state adjutant general was
signed June 30. and in its first
paragraph sets forth:
"A number of national guard
units having been organized
throughout the slate, the North
Carolina state guard is disbanded,
effective midnight. 15 July 1947 ''
Metts also praised The men ami
officers of the guard for their serv
ice. Actual demobilization of the
guard began last May 10 as the na
tional guard began to siillicicnt
proportions to replace the slate
guard in many cities and towns
Brig. Gen. James W. Jenkins of
Henderson was brigade commander
of the state guard. Iicyiiiiental
commanders were Col William V.
Sharp. Jr., of Durham, first regi
ment; Col. James W. Howell of
Waynesville, second regiment, and
Col. Zeno C. Ilollnucll of (;(lds
boro. third regiment.
Scout Court Of
Honor Will Be
Held At Camp 21st
The Pigeon Hiver district court
of honor will be held next Monday
night at 7:30 at Camp Daniel
Boone, according to Hugh K Ter
rell, advancement rhairman of the
council.
Carlton Peyton, district chair
man, also announced that a meef-'
ing of the district committee would
be held immediately following the;
court of honor exercises.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
friends for their kindness shown us
during the long illness and death
of Jack.
The White
Family
July
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Brock Electric
RECORD
PLAYERS
Were $43.19
1.95
Cast Iron
V CHICKEN
i FRYERS
With Pyrex Top
Were $3.25
Now $2.49
METAL
SCOOTERS
Were $9.95
Now $6.00
Battery Operated
POWER
LAWN
MOWERS
Complete With Batteries
Were $127.50
IfowJlOQ
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Pulpit Committee
Named BV Canton
First Baptists
A seven-member pulpit commit
tee has been named !; J. Paul
Murray, chairman., to recommend
a successor to the Hcv Kichard
Alexander Kelly who resigned as
pastor of Canton First Baptist
church a week ago effective July 31.
Members of the pulpit committee
are Mr. Murray, chairman. K W.
Jones. Edwin llaynos. R. J Law
rence. C . Knabb, G. Clay !V
grani Mrs. F. C Holland and Mi
J. li Thomason
Steady Growth
Noted At Clyde
Baptist Church
A ten-day vacation Bible School
has just closed at the Clyde Bap
list Church with an average attend
ance ol 72. according to Rev. T. H.
Parris, pastor.
Hcv Mr Parris i-entering his
71 h ear as pastor ol the church.
The church recently adopted a
budget of $11.(100 for the year, with
$2,400 designated tor the co-operative
program The present budget
is an increase of about $9 500 in
the past six years During the pe
riod Mr. Parris has been pastor
the church has had a gain of about
j 100 new members.
I Harlcy M Talc On Ship
j In Mediterranean Area
Marley M. late, gunner's mate,
first class, CSV husband of Mrs
Kva Tate of Clyde, is serving
aboard the destroyer tender I SS
Shenandoah, which is touring the
Mediterranean area
The Shenandoah has visited Na
ples. Suda Bay. Crete and Athens.
Highlight of the cruise was a visit
to the Shenandoah by King Paul of
Greece.
Tate entered the naval service
in July 1942 at the naval recruiting
station. Asheville, X. C. and re
ceived his recruit training at the
Naval Training Station. Norfolk.
Va.
Smathers
Mr and Mrs Frank
and children of Miami, Fla , arrived
this week for a visit with the for
mer's parents. Judge and Mrs.
Frank Smathers, at their summer
home here.
Navy Electric 4-Piece
LANTERNS MIXING
BOWL SETS
W"e 88-5 Were 89c
Now $4.95 Now 59c
Double Burner
HOT PLATES
Were S7.45
Now $5.00
Stainless Steel Were $3.89
COVERED COOKERS $2.79
One Group Stainless Steel Were $4.95
COVERED COOKERS $3.49
Firestone Up-Right . "
VACUUM CLEANERS
Were $59.95 NOW .$42.95
GATLINBURG. Tenn Bidf will
be opened here Atg. IS at 1 30 p.m.
by the public roads administration
for construction of the first link
ot the highway from Fontana Dim
to Bryson Cit. X C. which is
planned io replace the highw be
tween the two points wlucii was
flooded when the Tennessee Valley
authority constructed Foiitan, dam
The initial stretch will be for 1 2
inilis from the west abutment ol
Fontana dam to a point j.ist north
of Dogwood gap. The Fontana end
of the strelch will connect with the
road which crosses the top of the
big dam. The contract will be for
'grading and stone surfacing.
When the dam was erected and
the highway flooded, through a
thiee-way agreement bctv pen the
TV A. the stale of North Carolina
and the National Park service, the
park service took over 44 400 acres
of land acquired by the TV A for
the erection of the dam The new !
acreage brought the park bound- j
al ios to the shores ot Fontana l.ikt j
and the understanding wa that
the park service would build the
new load from Fontana to Bryson
City
F W Corn of Gat linbui g. senior
highway engineer with the public
roads administration, said the pres
ent link is the only construction
planned on the new road immedi
ately .
Plan.- and specifications lor the
win k may be obtained at .Mr Corn's
office in Gatlinburg or from 11 J.
Spclman. division engineer. Pub
lic Roads administration. 1440
Columbia pike. Arlington. Va
Ml Joe Doggett. of High Point.
arrived Friday from Chicago,
i where he attended the furniture
market. and will spend several
days with his family at their sum
mer home on the Country Club
I 'live
Mi and Mrs. George Smathers,
ol Miami, will arrive this week
from Washington for a visit to the
former's parenst. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Smathers Mr. George
Smathers is representative from his
home district. I
Mrs Howaro Jennings and young
on. of Sumter. South Carolina are
pending several days with the
former's mother, Mrs. W. T. Craw-
ford. Mrs. Jennings is the former
Miss May Crawford
Mrs. Ralph Provost and children,
Lane. Joan, and Ralph, Jr., left
yesterday for a week's stay at Nag's
Mead.
Frozen Food
PACKING KITS
Were ?4.98
Now $3.49
PECIALS
Home and TVulo 'Supplies
W. M. -Bmn Cobb, Owner
I Girl Scouts. To
Meet At Hut
This Afternoon
The Mountain Laurel troop of
intermediate Girl Scouts will meet
; this afternoon at 3 30 at the Girl
I Scout hut Mrs. Harry Lee Liner.
'.lr. leader requests that all girls
i be present in uniform.
jMiss Goode Undergoes
I Operation- In Hospital
! At Kutherfordton
Mi-s Fern Goode underwent an
operation in the Uutheriord Coun
ty Hospital. Ruthei fordton. July 9.
Sin will he in the hospital for two
weeks Miss Goode is a member of
the i.uulty of the Waynesville
Town-hir High School.
O. E. S. Will Hold
Meet Thursday Night
The Waynesville Chapter No.
165. Order of the Eastern Star, will
hold a stated meeting on Thursday,
July 17. at 8 o'clock in the Masonic
rooms over the First Xational bank
building Balloting on petitions
will be held and degrees conferred
on five candidates. All officers are
requested to be present to receive
instructions for the district meet
ing.
Wesleyan Guild To
Have Meeting Tonight
The Wesleyan Service Guild of
the First Methodist church will
meet at the home of Mrs. W. L. Mc
Cracken tonight at 7:30 o'clock.
Midshipman Robert Lee
On Cruise To Europe
Midshipman Robert Lee. Jr. USN
son of R. L. Lee of Walnut street,
is serving aboard the battleship
L'SS New Jersey, which is making
an extended cruise to Europe
training midshipmen for the U. S.
Naval Academy'f Annapolis. Md.
In addition to the 2.100 midship
men, there are aboard 200 members
of the naval reserve officers train
ing corps from various colleges and
universities.
Lt. Col. Macon Hipp, of Nash
ville. Tennessee was the guest last
week end of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Jack
Atkins.
Mrs. G. C. Plolt spent last week
in Andrews as the guest of her
daughter. Mrs. Wayne Battle and
Mr. Battle.
Cast Iron
Dutch Ovens
With Pyrex Top
Were $.1.23
Now $2.49
IRONING
BOARDS
With Pad and Cover
Were S4.95
Now $3.29
STAKE
WAGONS
Were $15.95
Now $12.95
METAL
WAGONS
Were $15.95
Now $12.95
PERSONALS
Miss Eloise Martin has returned
to New Vork City where she is
a student at the School of Ameri
can Ballet, after a week's visit to
her parents. Mi. and Mrs. Fred
Martin.
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Mrs. L. M. Killian has returned
to her home from Fuquay Springs
where she spent several weeks
with her daughter, Mrs. Harold
Tingen, and Mr. Tingen. She was
accompanied home by her little
granddaughter. Ann Tingen.
Mrs Shelby Trappey. of Wash
ington. D. C. is spending sometime
here as the guest of her brother
Mr. Stanley Brading. and Miv
Brading.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Berry and
son Henry Berry, who have spent
the past two weeks here as the
guests of Mrs. Berry's sister. Mrs.
J. L. Stringfteld. and Mr. String
field, have returned ot their home
in St Cloud. Florida
I Miss Mildred Medford has rc
! turned to her home after an ex
pended stay in St. Petersburg and
i other cities in Florida.
I
Mrs. Ralph Morgan, of La
Grange, Georgia was the guest of
her niece. Mrs. David Hyatt, and
Mr. Hyatt several days last week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Heininger, of
Atlanta, are spending a few days
at the LeFaine Hotel. Mr. Hein
inger is southern traffic agent of
the Western Union company and is
planning to come to Waynesville to
live during the coming year.
Mrs. W. W. Norman, of Griffin,
Ga., is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Richard Barber, Jr., and Mr.
Barber.
Little Miss Jan Campbell, of
Griffin, Ga., is the guest of Miss
Betty Barber at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Bar
ber, Jr. i
1
Senator and Mrs.' William Smath
ers and children will arrive next I
Friday from Atlantic City and will i
be the guests of Mr. Smathers'
mother, Mrs. B. F. Smathers. j
I
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart Roberson anil
children left Saturday for a visit
to Mrs. Roberson's former home in
Ahoskie. They will also spend some !
time at Nags Head before return- !
ing home. :
You've dropped it in the collection plate on Sunday.
You've used it to pay the butcher, the grocer, the
tax-collector. '
You've used it to1 swell your savings account, to
educate your children, to build your home.
For it's one of the millions of dollars the Southern
Railway System spends in the South every year
dollars that find their way to you through your banVs!
your stores, your business, your job.
Over half of all the dollars we take in begin their
journey to you in the pay envelopes of our 50,000 em-
SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM
i LeFaine Hotel
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j unfastended and placed on top.
This can be varied by having as
many rows of plates as desired, for
I depth that is a multiple of two
1 feet.
There are corner plates and an
gle turns adjustable for practically
all requirements on bu)Mln0i,
j bridges and culverts, which make
(the plates useful to road contrac
; tors.
Mr Dicus also attacks the getf-
era I theory that concrete makes a
damp, cold wall. " This is not true,"
he states. "Concrete is porous, but
where moisture is cut off from the
i ground by asphalt, and where win-
clows art cut off from seepage,
j there is no more danger of the
building being damp than with
! brick.''
I To cut off dampness from the
I A ulanail ccunral lavprfi nf
lOOOO. lie fJa-iJ , - I
, asphalt roofing material in the con-,
! crete foundation of the LeFaine
addition. Properly designed eaves!
are placed over windows and other
i openings. . j
I The addition is expected to be
i finished in early August, in the
i same style construction as the
(main part of the LeFaine. It may I
istand as the example to prove aj
I new theory in concrete wall con-
struct ion. I
Large Audience
Sees Pictures Of
The Park Areas
A thoroughly interested audience
practically filled the court room
Friday night when Arthur Stupka,
park naturalist', gave an illustrated
lecture. About twenty-five mem
bers of the Blue Ridge Billy Read
ing Club also attended.
Mr. Stupka showed colored slides
of hundreds of wild flowers which
are found in the Great Smoky
Mountains Park, grouping the
flowers as to their blooming season.
The slides included many familiar
flowers such as the rhododendron
and laurel as well as many unusu
al and rare specimens
The event was sponsored by the
Climber of Commerce.
Mrs. Jule Davis of Gastonia, is
Miss Kitty Reddix, of Mullins,lthe guest of her daughter, Mrs.
S C, is the guest of Miss Helen j Paul Smith.
Plott.
Mr. and Mrs. M. Willis, Mr. and j
, r. .i .. i. Mrs. David Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. i
C' Plott' wh0 has a Ps-! Samples and children, of Fort!
lion in Andrews, spent the week I Pierce, Fla., and Miss Emma Mur
eiul at his home here. ray, of Newport lIews, Va., .are1
It's been in your Pocket
Sylva Dentist Is
Speaker At W.N.C.
Group Meeting
Dr. Daisy McGuire of Sylva, said
to be the oldest practicing dentist
in this part of the state, discussed
"Ancient and Modern Dentistry'' m
an address to the Western North
Carolina Dental association at a
dinner meeting in the Gordon
hotel Wednesday evening.
Dr. McGuire in her talk made
many comparisons in present dent
al practice and when she started
her career in 1889.
She, her husband, Dr. W. P. Me-1
Guire. and three daughters all ae t
dentists and maintain offices to-1
gether in Sylva.
Attending the meeting were
dentists trom Franklin, Bryson
City, Sylva, Canton and Waynes
ville. In the absence of the presi
dent, Dr. Ezell of Andrews. Dr. N
M. Medford of Waynesville pre
sided. Dellwood News
By MRS CREWS MOODY
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Harrell and
children of Bypro, Ky., are the
guests of Mrs. Ilarrell's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fugate. The
Harrells hope to buy a place and
locate here in Dellwood.
j Mrs. L. C. Houser has returned
to her home in Lincoln county aft-'
er an extended visit with her son '
and daughter-in-law, Rev. and
Mrs. J. E. B. Houser. Mrs. Houser,
who is nearing 90 years of age,
made many warm friends during
her stay at the parsonage.
Leroy Setzer, A. E. M. second
class, and William Copp, Seaman,
first class, who have spent their 30
day leave with the former's mother,
Mrs. Otis Allison, left Sunday for
their naval base at Charleston, R. I.
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Setzer an
nounce the birth of a daughter. '
They are visiting Mrs. Setzer's par-1
ents in Birmingham, Ala.
nlov9. Others i?o direct to the bouu. j
r k Ka matPrials and supp " J
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iai iiici a iu tsujr hjv -
c- mv heloine to fool
schools, highways, airports, hre aeiw -
crn7Prrmntft1 services.
In many waysoverand above Providingnspor,
derwmdable. economical, privately-owne
tion service, the Southern helps to prime I
' . . hilars in yo"rt I
economic pump and tnus puis -
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