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ft PAGE THREE " THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER i . Capital Letters , Fortune Found In Shabby Home Of Dead Recluse ,ve . ...n-ncil Ifjir ' " lv ami aim' tliu-nt 01 ukii't r raw"" the! I oi J V Su"'"- llievilie. addril thai Jelurnt-d if leki if ''' l hc- (Continued from Page 2) 11,. was up there to see the Presi- '' i' s There is some thought here Hi it tlST would, not mind having Kerr Scott as a running mate .southern support - Sgrfeulture-labor-Negro) in 1952. The Gover nor admits he talked politics with HarryTruman. ; Amateur Night iSet For White Oak Thursday ' I By MRS. MELVIN MESSER Mountaineer Correspondent a amateur show will- be held t the White Oak Presbyterian f Church Thursday night to decide Hie White Oak community's repre Uentatives in the county-wide event t . ,.,t the Labor Day celebration. .i i lie iuui" ------ ill? r riorniaiiccs " ,,,-s by the best talent in every community, will be held at -Canton. Members of the White Oak pro- , .nmmittee are working on the arrangements for the local con tests, which will start at 8 p. m. Mrs. Bob Davis, the community chairman, will preside. The event and the date for it was set during a recent Community Development Program meeting. The White Oak residents hold their regular meetings the second Thursday night of each month. I i; I r he Mi ni near souri Sett TTT 1 oi 1-TT , . - -, - - .,.:.'..iMMBamwaa k4jkj.4y Mia' tW" :P a J II J v v 1 ! Thickety Session , Chamber Urges Set For Thursday j Registration For To Plan Field Day I Tourist Booth Bookmobile Schedule v' . IT ,he woods stolen r rs sain ed tlic next ;in with a klin. icon officers Imately $100 lii'rcliaiuli'' of w hich ited Hominy C. D. ill's Mpetina Set For Tomorrow , -r :l k-- It came to light July 13 that a $50,000 estate was left by Frank R. Shophard, aged recluse and ward of Buncombe county, who died in his dilapidated home at Asheville administratrix of the estate, savs bank among rubbish in the house (left). She valued other assets at about $23,000. Right: Tommy Kesauto an antique collector, inspects some of the ancient g lassware and china found in the old he fortune was found when tin Thickety residents will meet at 7:30 P. M. Thursday at the Rock- wood Church to plan their Field I Day and farm tour i On August 8. they will be the guests of the Morning Star citi- i zens in the Community Develop-: me.nt Program event. On August 20, they will play hosts to the Reaverdam people in Thickety. Chairman K. O. Carswel! will preside at the session. Meanwhile, the Thickety farm ers are working to repair the dam age done by recent rains. Mr. Curswell reports that heavy downpours did some damage to corn and tobacco crops, while the banks of streams in the area were scored by rising waters. lie adds that the bridge leading to his home was washed out, but that he has put it back again over the stream. The Waynesville Chamber of Commerce is urging tourist facil ity operators to register for duty in the new information booth that will be established near the junc tion of Highways 284 and 19. Mrs. Frank Knutti. Chamber secretary, said they are asked to name the day they would be free to serve. The booth will be supplied with literature by the Chamber of I oni meree for the benefit of travelers. Wednesday, July 20 AIIENS CREEK and BALSAM ROAD Mrs. F. K. Chambers Frank Warlick Mrs Wiley Wilson -Kay Allen Kranklin's Home Gro. Rainbow Cafe I) ,1 Beck Knslev's Valley Groc. 9:10- 9;25 9:30- 9:50 10:00-10:20 10:30-10:45 11:00-11:20 12:00-12:20 12:30-12:50 1:10- 1:30 in 1947. Lawyer Uicile Mclnturff, accounts and stocks worth more than $27,000 were found cilv home. Many condemned the of the antiques are reported to have great value, house and ordered it demolished. iAP l'hotoi. lathering gas lure pains L my daugh- Nancy Lou, old agony," Mrs. Lou ;, Fayette, lama. "Scan s Ight grand re- Hominy residents will hold a Community Development Program meeting tomorrow night to discuss their coming Field Day and farm tour with residents of Beaverdam at Beaverdam oh Friday. The business discussion will fol low an ice cream supper scheduled to start at 7 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Monroe Silvers. The Hominy citizens will enter tain the Morning Star residents in I A , . llOIIIlliy I'll n6W"i xki. leers Quartet mmif hnirmn HPrshpll at 9 ,!fl a ni. Hi jj. preside over the meet ing. Irs Indian er Medicine On sale Employers Asked To Release Men For Guard Camp Capt. James M. Davis, com mander of Waynesville's heavy tank company, today asked em ployers to permit their men who are in the National Guard unit leave to go to the annual National Guard encampment this summer. The Waynesville unit is an ele ment of the N. C. National Guard's 120th Infantry Regiment. Approximately 75 men plan to go to the two-week training camp, which will be held at Fort Jackson, S. C, starting August 14. The work at the encampment will provide the necessary field training for rounding out the weekly drills and blackboard sessions they went through during the rest of the year at their home armories. In appealing to employers to give their men the time off for Pfc. Robinson With' Air Force in Pacific Pfc. James R. Robinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Robinson of Waynesville. has been serving with the Air Force in the Marianas islands for the last 12 months. He's working with the crash rescue fire department of the 19th Bomb Group, to which he was as signed on April 9. The Waynesville Township High School student enlisted in Febru ary 1948, and went overseas after finishing his basic training at San Antonio, Tex. lay. With Reserve Hospital Plan i : GUARANTEED PREMIUMS NOT TO CHANGE ASSETS OVtK $3,OUU,uuu.uu ACCIDENTS SICKNESS CHILD BIRTH INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY GROUP PLAN LIBERAL CASH BENEFITS FOR: POLIO PROTECTION $501)1). PAYS IN FULL REGARDLESS OF ANY OTHER INSURANCE YOU HAVE Hospital Room, Operating Room. Anesthetic, X-Ray. Medicines, Laboratory Expense and-Ambulance. I ays Surgeon's Fees for Operations Due to Accidents or Sickness. Costs Only a Few Cents Per Day for Whole Family. Choose Your Own Doctor MAIL COUPON TODAY PLEASEGIVE CORRECT AOrmESS I p. NOT REDUCED EN OR ELDERLY JENDENTS I DAY TO 80 I RESERVE LIFE INSURANCE I O. ASHEVILLE, N. C. 329 HAYWOOD BLDG. Please send me information about your Plan. No obligations. NAME AC:K F-l Hospital STREET YRS. CITY -.-21 . PCTION SALE ynesville Art Gallery This Season We Have Our v Largest, Finest Collection F'"e Diamond Jewelry . . . Imported Poree 'ains . . . Watches . . . Clocks . . . Antique English Silver . . . Antique Furniture . . Sterling Silver . . Complete Sterling Flat ware Sets . . . Service for 8 and 12 . . . Art Objects. TWO SALES DAILY 10:30 A. M. 8:00 P. M. r1 M Oi Items Too Numerous To Mention int Collection Of Lace Dresden Figures Ever Offered To The Public F( Sale. Vafuable Gifts FREE At Each Sale! daily P. 8 Pra. In Our4 New Large Building Main Street TWO SALES DAILY 10:30 a.m. 8 p.m. Forga To Start Supply Business Kenneth Korga of Waynesville, said Friday he planned to launch ;i supply business in approximately two weeks. He explained he would sell sand, coal, and wood from a 50-by-50 foot yard he has leased from Dr. John Smothers near the Davis-Liner Motor Company. Included in Mr. Forga's equip ment lire two two-ton trucks. the essential training, the National Guardsman, "official" publication of the National Guard Association, pointed out that the presence or absence of one man from a squad or gun crew makes an important difference "in- the status of train ing, and operational efficiency, of the man's own outfit. "Multiplied by 5,000 units, if makes a ilillerence in the relative readiness of the whole National Guard, which is striving to m it self for potential M-Day mission in the defense of the nation." Fort Jackson officials, mean ! while, estimated that some :i0,000 j guardsmen would attend the camp, as preparations continued this week ial the biK infantry training post, j It, -presented will be the 30th ((Old Hickory i Division of North j Carolina and Tennessee and non i divisional N C. National Guard or- Kani.ation: the Florida-Soul li l ai nlina 5 1 si Division; the Florida- Georgia 4t!lli Division: and many other units. Maj. Gen. John Hall Manning of lialeieli commands me nmui Carolina iniard. Francis Cove Prepares For Field Day July 23 liy Mrs. William HolliiiKsworth Mountaineer Correspondent . Francis Cove citizens nre pre paring their plans to act as nosis for the community's Field Day and farm tour next Saturday in connec tion with the Community Develop ment Program. They will meet at the Francis Cove church with their guests from Saunook. show them the improve ments that have been made throughout their community, serve dinner, and then compete with them in contests and games. Among the features of the rec reation will be singing by quar tets and other groups. The events for men and boys will include a Softball game between the two community teams; a relay race 50-yard dash, pass-t lie-man relay, backward and sack races, horseshoe pitching, cracker-eating contest, tug o' war, 30-yard hop. driving five 10-penny hails into a pine four-by-four, horseshos throw ing, and marbles. The girls and women will have a softball game also, and contests in threading five needles in the fastest lime a race in peeling five pota toes, cracker-eating, backward race, relay, horseshoe pitching, softball throw, 30-yard dash, ring pitching. and 15-yard hop. Asistant County Agent Turner Cat hey told Thickety residents at a Community Development Pro gram meeting of the need tor re creational programs in rural com munities. He also explained the program being earned out by the Count v liocreation Commission that was orgauied last mouth. DAFFODILS TICK SI'OT MKMPH1S. Tenn ill. P.) Some "volunteer'' daffodils bloomed in Mrs. Pearl Chester's yard long be fore her neighbors plants even had a bud. The daffodils grew from the top of a dead tree trunk. Fines Creek Amateur Night Set For July 29 Fines Creek Amateur Nieht h: been postponed until July 1!9. i Mrs. Mark Ferguson, chairman ; of the program committee, has announced the one-week postpone ment was caused by a eonllicl in dates with the Haywood Comity Folk Festival which will be going on at Canton this weekend. Mrs. Ferguson and the members of her committee, aided by Assis tant County Agent Tinner Calhey. are searching the county to get all the amateur talent possible on the program, which will be held at the Fines Creek School. All who want to compete should get in touch with Mrs. Ferguson at her home on Clyde lioute 1. or with Mr. Calhey at the county agent's office at the court house. Friday. July 22 JONATHAN CBEEK ROAD Huvd's Store 10:30-10:45 1W Bojd 10:50-11:10 J A Moody's Store -. 11:20-11:40 lije Brown's Store 11.55-12:15 Monday, July 25 BEAVERDAM Medford Farm Service Station Wiley Donaldson llro les Store Neal Hipp's Grocery Sieve's Grocery Williamson's Grocery Chde Town Hull 9:15- 9:30 10:00-10:15 10:30-10:45 11:10-11:30 11:45-12:05 12:20-12:40 1 00 Tuesday, July 26 MORNING STAR Ki Davis' Grocery 10:00-10:20 Hyde's Store 10:30-10:50 Mrs. H. M. Stanley 11:00-11:20 G. Hlulock's Gro. . 11:30-11:45 Wednesday, July 27 HAZELWOOD Uradlev's 9:00- 9:45 Haelwood Town Hall 10:00-11:00 Lake Junaluska 11:30-12:30 KAY Four Cherokee County Convicts Recaptured Four men who escaped from a Cherokee county road gain! last Wednesday have been recaptured. State Prison Supervisor J. H Sawyer, who made the announce ment the day alter the break, said the prisoners included: Fred Nich- olson, 21. serving a 12-month sen tence from Jackson on a breaking, entering and larceny count. Nineteen-year-old Vinson Hall, serving 12 months for larceny in Haywood ihe was convicted last February I. Hoy Gasklns, 21. serving two years for auto theft in Buncombe. Continues With Thousands Oi Bargains In All Dry Goods & Shoe Dept's. Take Advantage of the Very Low Prices Prices That We Might Refer To As PRICES!!! ynesville Art Gallery NEWER LOWER ' ' 1 V"k"'vv Wk.ther you're In the market for a new truck, or want .erv Jour oreVent truck, here', a headquarter, you car. nt on "or a7'?our need.. Our line of CMC. offer, model.. CTne! ch. ind equipment option, to meet the .pecific ,nri "v. ry h auling job . . . pick-up., panel., .take. r.qu.r.m.nt. 0 .very B u cab,ve lna SSSS. -d Die"' pow" r type of rL?J7.JLon .11 your truck problem.. wait et up io' J HOWELL MOTOR CO. Haywood Street Waynesville, N. C FOR BOYS' SCHOOL WEAR Take Advantage of the Hundreds Of Bargains In Our BOYS' DEPARTMENT 2nd FLOOR ALL MEN'S DRESS SHOES $1 Off Reg. Price ALL MEN'S BOOTS $1 Off Reg. 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