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PAGE HIT, 1945 TIIE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAIN KER , .i.t.iiL Hay- tilui"" ' . in. in me ic"" Mass Meeting r Canton April 18 I High Speed Jet Plying Bough On Pilots, But : Flame BugQy Fliers Protected By Special Deaths JACK EDWARD STILES lly JAMES J. HTItEGIU AC Aviation Reporter WASHINGTON Sitting boldly in a chair hung at the front of his i.ui hine. wearing goggles, helmet and puttees, the "bird boy" 6f 40 years ago rattled Into the blue at 50 or 60 miles an hour. His Instru ment panel was a strip of cloth . m i he Tr 01 nol . .i oriiire-;3 w larK. luwoiu - V - OH a: ' old SOI ""utim nuiu a iiuaruai. training St 11 65 V nnjt"-"'""-, - t. u.juou.i, diiibu an a iiftiil will be Acheville, following a long illness. . phones, oxygen mak, crash 'bel le i .in. 1 .OM;ir.o6 will h mn. met. Daaehute. Ufp raft and Mae j.,f-,H at the Pleasant Balsam West, dirabs casually into a metal tovei.i'5 ' iqulicu , shi-ll ctrane hiirtW ut o-nc tUl aUU'iJ! I RynllEl . . - 3UUfc ! 41 . . u.. D... u i r.'.ns In a rtinnnn coat frhiroor) urtth brraetiiii'" nie.ii- at 10:30 O C10CB. Willi me nn, n e- - ...e. . -.r- i . . j r..i, Sill rniindine him ar luaeh mt- compete be ln tne neu omm -c,r..r. ... - - .hp repioiwi Surviving in auuuiuu ,u mr (,. , -o o--. , ' I neM month.. ts are one sister, Patricia Stile- tatlwmeters and a mess of gear to ', t.p in their , the grandfathers, Gilmer Stile: indicate direction, rate of climb Soutlnni Finals ! Waynesville, Route 1. and K11U ; d.scent, altitude and G-fotces. ', A--sofiatioii MrMahan also of Waynecville. ' tven so. the young man tiels 111 ..... - lii-ett : wH off rnmnarpri wtlh his Umuftf ill lllt ,r" I Route 1. . r u- i Ut- . , r. , r i ; ' cousin in the propeller plane, bn ' Wr 1 Crawford Funeral Home ts in r j . ... C'lialge. , ,,,.;-0 -J nikraHnn nrf the ir : : " .'" .r . " 7" r.TLr T t'"' ul,,,rn MRS JANE SHEPHERD i " , l"".cu lu 1 ,c. ,r -nin. t i, i y cil the plane to twist in the Ml.s jane Shepherd, S9, dii (I dm lion opposite that pi the pro- uaiiirdav at her home in the Green pcileri. ialist To Tuesday Wayiif t'cirpemiiK Tium1-i hi tilt' lyillli' nn'ii"1 , 1,1 l)i-e- I" ''(ili- hgt'lil s cillH'i Urged To h Club V,inr Cm -peninf! inn, i s w liii have ,. .i In in Mir liavHiiuu III) tn In1 sini to th,.iv will he ad- h li-ililii'i' avail- llllj IIH Mllll'I'S IIS j li ii, cmiity and I Scries klio Programs lie cliuiclies par- Sumlay morning 1)0 ii clnrk din ing pill uiil lolhiw this Hill section of Haywood County af ter a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Mon day at 2 p.m. at, the home with the Rev. C. H. Green official int!. Ilui ial was in Bon-A-Ventute Cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Farli y, Burt Lee. Paul Gibson, Earl Swon ger J, B. Haney and James C'or zine. ' A native of Yancey County, she had resided in the Green Hill sec tion for 30 years and was a mem ber of the West Canton Baptist Church. Surviving are the husband. Thomas E. Shepherd: one daugh ter. Mrs. John Peck of Canton; two sons, Charlie of Mobile Ala., and Edgar with the U. S. Army stationed in Austria; two sisters, Mrs. Filmore Hoberson of Buins ville and Mrs. M. J. Tenwick of Virginia; four brothers, Dan i 1 1 1 i I -lins of Bee Log, Jell' Phillips of 'the jet pilot has to be good, liut he knows his flight will be short. None of those eight-hour missions the hoys flew in fight ers dui iiif, World War II not in any present jet plane anyway. The jet plane gets there fast, so last that it creates a good many problems for the pilot. He lias to be cooled o(T by refrigerated air while flying in temperatures more than 60 degrees below zero. The heal comes from air friction. Test planes already are at the 1 .00()-mile-an-hour mark; combat types are in the 700-mile-an-hour class. At three times the speed of sound or about 2,000 miles an hour, steel will glow red (about 1,100 de- 1 f V I : f protected httm such bunips. Thai Is wily he weirs both lap and shoulder hirness and a well pidded belniet. For all his gear, he must be able to make a iqulck escape if trolible comes. "Tile pllbt carttibt Just step bit into the thin, cftld stratosphere when his 'flame buggy gbes hay wire St 600 ptr. If he could get out Without belrts thrown by the air blast against some pan Of the plane, he still would have to wurry about cold andiatk of ' oxygen. Two eettfrfai methods of ntak 'rng an etriefgncy lt are being Vlevefopd. In one the seat is shot out on rails pointed up ward and rearward after the canopy is blown 6ft. In the other the entire cockpit Is built as a capsule Wtiieh ran be de tached to fall free. The pilot leaves the capsule a Safe dis tance from the ground. Terrific forces are encountered in high speed turns. They push the pilot into his seat, foue blood from his head, tend to cau e "blackout". The . common way to I meet that problem is wfth the j "G suit, a snug. Inflatable garment that tightens about the lower portion of the body as the "G ' or centrifugal force increased. Another way being tested is to have the pilot fly lying down. The loads resulting from rough air and sharp turns are thus distributed more evenly over the body. This calls for finger lip controls. Large and fast planes with conventional controls have "boosters" to help the pilot move them. The pressure the pilot feels on the control stick is put there artificially to give it the rlKht "feel I i Gear Appalachian State Band To Give Two Concerts Here )n Thursday Methodists Set ; District Meet The Waynesville Methodist Dis irict Conference will be held at (1 10 a m, April 30, at the Clyde Methodist Church. The announcement was made this week by Dr. C. N. 'Clark, dis trict superintendent. Permits Issued For 4 "New Homes Lart month, building permits were iseued to Nannie S. Cha.mblee, James Earl Dalton, Hugh Wright, md Mr. and Mrs. William Ray for new residences valued at a total of .-..noo. Roy Btantor, Jr., 'will hriug h,is 46-piece Appalachian Stale Teach ers College band to flay wood this week for two concei ts Thursday. the musicians from Boone are scheduled to give their first per formance in Canton at 10 a.m., then 'follow with a concert in the 'Waynesville High School auditor ium at 8 p.m. The band is featuring Miss Hel en Winkler, marimba soloist, and William Robinson, bass. Mr. Blan tbr reports. a mm CLEAN THAT PAINT BRUSH , You can't epect to do a good oli of painting unless you keep ,.niit hi ,i lie clean. Grease Trap Slides Auto Into. River MEMPHIS, Tenn. iUP- Within a three-day period some f.fi auto mobiles have been fished out of the Mississippi River. What happens is tlii -: The motorist park; near the water's edge. Moment- later the wheels slip on a grea e oalins th it extends 30 feet from the water and the car slides into tin- water. Tile grease coating i ; I he result of barge cleaning Major Richard L. Johnson, Air Force speed pilot, models this crash helmet for jet flyers. grees fahrenheiO because of air friction. High speeds mean hizh gust loads or air bumps when the jet Diane encounters even minor turbulence. The pilot must be trol boosters. Long range planners .,-.. thinkiii.! in ti'inl, ol an al,,i Bogeyman? No. .lust a I1. S. ..ir liian wearing the latest fashion for hiuh-allitude lly in.".. entirely automatic airplane in which the pilot will be simply a monitor to see that il performs as ordered. Such a plane will be pro-aimed like a missile. II v the curse. titude and speed required, perform its bombing or reconnaissance mis- But faster, higher flying jet , sion and return to base. Tin planes must go beyond mere con- Green of Greenville, S. C, Ellis Green. Tom Green of Lake Juna luska. and Garl Green Of Georgia; lour (laughters, Mrs. Pat Dehart of Swain County, Mrs. Henry j Library Notes liurnsville, Monroe Phillips of H.dd Franklin of Bryson. City, Mrs. John Creek and Charles Phillips of A It- Iron. Ohio; and five grandchildren. ' Wells Funeral Home was in j charge. : MRS. NANCY SHEPHERD GREEN Mrs. Nancy Shepherd Green. !I9, died Sunday afternoon al the home of a son, Ellis Green, on Route 1. Clyde, following a long otherwise indicat- illness. Funeral services will be held at the Jackson Line Baplist Church. Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Henry Cochran officiating. Inter ment will be in the Dehart Ceme tery. Serving as pallbearers will be Don York, Bill Farley, Fred Green, Clifton Riggins, and Earl Green. The body was returned to the home this afternoon and will re main there until the hour of the service. It H;,plist church, itl. ' llelluidiil church, IS TO MKhT nd BiwHeis Club sday mill! al the liyinun church muMlily supper hieetillg will start and M II. Howies, ifjicMde Eldeis of Franklin, and Mrs. Carl Given of Canton; and one sister, Mrs. Lucy Freeman of Alabama. Crawford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. M its. MARY HEN LINE COGDlLL Funeral services for Mrs. Mary llenliiie Cogdill, 61, who died at her home in East Waynesville Sun day afternoon, Will be held at the Fir. si Baptist Church, Tuesday at :i ii. m. The pastor, Rev. L. G. El liott, will officiate and interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers will be J. Hosaflook, I.owry Burnett, George Sek,- Irv ing I.eatherwood, Joe Price, "and Joe I.eatherwood. , Survivors include the husband, Joe Cogdiil, one son, Steve Cogdill; two daughters, Mrs. G. W. Felgar of Charlotte and Mrs. Lon Wyatt of Lake Junaluska; nine grand- , ., . . KA4Unpo A14Varl Survivors include five sons, Will children; iuui u.u.uc, Green of Bessemer City, John 1 Henhne of Clyde, Jasper Henhne J mi WitU a Smile Ice IE IDLY IK" It doesn't take as much income as you might think to start on the way to security through a savings account. A little put aside each week will mean a hap pier future for you and your family. You can enjoy living without the htirden of continual financial worries. Bank what money you can, and let a savings account be your umbrella when financial storms come. THE H National Bank detaI deposit Insurance Corporation ORGANIZED 1902 Member FederJ Resem System MARGARET JOHNSTON County Librarian ' IT NEVER I AILS Allow some people a special fa vor and they are the first to abuse tile privilege. T The pea-son who argues that all the "good books" are not on the Bookmobile waits until the shelves 'are rinsed and then wau's a book. iSame thing happens in the Library when it'o time to cio-e.l Overdue book'.' "Oil, I returned that." "Now wait a minute and let me see ..." Looking al thousand', of hooks on the . iu he 'ome people still say. "Ail the Pood ones 11111 :t be out " Jirt lei us return a book to the Library Cumin, .ion, then 10,,11'one v. int il. If 1 1 1 f Lihi'ai'v is open and come put bool through the door into the bo:;, they are 11 aially overdue. JuM let us have a rush at the desk, checking out books or help ing someone choose a hook to read, then the phone nn"s. Hush upstairs and the operator says, "Number, please!" Leave the door unlocked for a I Tobacco Specialist I Coming For Talks j This Week-End j Tobacco Specialist R. R. Bennett (if the North Carolina State Col I lege Extension Service will appear j Thursday and Friday at a series of demonstrations on the control of wildfire and blue moid. County Agent Wayne Corpening, who made the announcement, said these demonstrations hrfve been arranged to assist Haywood County farmers to control these diseases. The schedule: Thursday, 10 A. M. Jarvls Cald well's farm, Iron Duff; 2 P. M. Grover Ferguson's farm. Fines Creek. Friday, 10 A.M. D. J. Boyd's farm, Jonathan Creek; 2 P. M. C. T. Francis' farm, Rateliffe Cove. The county agent advised tobac co farmers to attend fhese dem onstrations so they will see per sonally how to control wildfire and blue mold in their tobacco plant beds. will do no more than watch the : dials and push bullous. IT'S PRISONER WHO PAYS HINTON. W. Va. iL'Pi - The Summers County court has begun charging the city $ 1.1)0 a day lor every prisoner pul in the county jail. it's Hie prisoner who pays, however. Two d.i s in t be jail means $3 co-l added to his line. Mill I I III I II' 11 i.?, 111 1 LI. . il .,.'.! '1 ihiiiiiiii 1 ruin 1 iiiritii j Tf-x' 1 i Pilot V ,n,tP iO Ctli- I VVAftW'i' 1 !',s Ll' , In a lient tut gm Ma.. 1, Wit wn iintuD pmr uin w P E JO toW. iwtii throat IpebtKltltt. ntltitig Mtily axmiriatlon, reportftd unv vim.-iii ? rativnv t tDillilT IIIKI I TfO bue io imokint ISIBLS! St. 1 ilk. 1 m of Canton. George llenline of Spring Creek, and Martin llenline of Forest City; and one sister. Mrs. J. 11. Gormon of Spartanburg, S.C. Arrangements are under the di rection of Crawford Funeral Home. Assault By Bicycle CV.ts Rider $18 PHILADELPHIA (UPl Percy Walker, a cyclist, has been ordered to pay $18 damages to a man whose trousers he ruined. Judge Joseph L. Kun found WalKer guilty of assault and bat tery by bicycle. The victim, Harr Petrofl', testified that Walker rode through a red Iraftic light and struck him as he stepped off the curb. Petroff is a policeman. minute and someone sneaks in. The day the Bookmobile goes out is the- day it always rains. Just let us get out of the Li brary and hope that we will forget it for a little while and just then soneone says, "Oh, I got a book that is overdue." Let Furnish All Your LAPF-A-DAY' '. " f" '".j f 111 all sSf., - - Ctf. l, Kkt hM SpAam. VlM KlM mmM "You said I could $0 to the movfcr, tnd;Mom "laid t couMn't. so I that kaves the deciding vote up ---- tome." x7 Fishing -m - 1 w : - v . - - l I --'i WHS? Vo Have A Complete Stock Of Fly Rods - Reels - Lines - Leaders Fish Baskets - Casting Rods - Reels - Plugs - Min now Buckets - Boats mmtKammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmammm jijjbii iwiv 1 iimmii ai n i(.kriiiirrri Firestone Outboard Eolors Wc have these famous motors in sizes to suit your requirements. Don't buy any outboard motor until you have seen the Firestone and let us tell you about it. Our prices are very reasonable. We Have On Hand A Complete Stock Of BASEBALL EQUIPMENT LET'S TRADE TIRES ! ! W. M. (Bill) COBB, Owner Phone 534 HOME AND AUTO SUPPLY Main Street 2
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