THE WATNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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$12,000,000 Expansion Planned At Duke University5
HE LOSES WEIGHT Miss Underwood
IT'S IN THE FAT:
BUT GETS BIGGER Re-Appointed To
Textbook Agency
I Miss Jinsie Underwood has
been reappointed to the Stale Text
' book Commission for her second
! term. ,
I She will serve on t fie Conimis
' sum's committee for the selection
ot high school lexts.
Her first term on the Commission
. was served during Governor Cher
; rv's administration.
Miss Underwood i luvid of the
liLstory depiirtment of Gastonia
li".h School.
firs fS;4f
ifmst A
wear the
' forward.
FAT BILL WKTZKL iiotor;. lie
John U'heatley. Ii i per-oi'.al pilot i
friend
IT TAKES FIVE GIKLS to
b'27-pound Bill Wetzel's home.
pants
By KOlil KT
Al New sti'atiues
V II A ll I s
pub!
as 1
CLAYTON. N M Hi
says he'- t he v. orld la" ' m. in,
and there's plenty of uemnt lu-imui
his argument His belt if he u.uv
one would be longer t Inn inn--'
men arc tall. And he hasii t been
able to bend over and put on he
own siloes fur KS ear
He's 6 le.et 8 mclu around I lie
waist and 5 feet o:- iiuIh- tail
And his ueiyht .' Just pcmml- at
last count
A few veai's hack Hill had hope
of topping the 700-pound ni:rk
In 1941 he tipped the scale- at 07a
F'or -even year- be didn I ueich
Last v-r he found In hi- -inpri.e
and di-appointment -that he Iwid
lost 48 pound-, although lie war:
bigger than ever He decided -ome
muscle tinned to fat. which uei'li,
less '
During World War I th" Ainu
drafted Kill but discharged him
after 17 day- for obc-i'.v He claim .
a note is attached to hi. honorable
discharge which call- him "too
large for a man. too small for a
horse." He just weighed JKo then
Bill doesn't claim to be t lu
heaviest man in the world ju-t
the fatte-l. But he ridii uh - -o-ne
of the 'ales making the round - on
bow much be eat- Halt a puiind
of bacon'' Three lnjiv- of bread at
a sitting ' A rAuind ot lard tor dis
sert "Preposterous"' ) complairs
He says be u-ually e.a's about
three-fourth- of loaf of blecl
a day In hi - o:ing.-i cl.t v - hi
56 now - he al mm ,. th.in a lo.il
a da .
Anxious to support him-elf
has recently nu-renmo hi- di-lik
of being -tared at and appeared :'
ic tunctions hilled
Worid - Fattest .Man."
i- the oldest of nine chil
- : ' I living ot an original 16.
brother- top 200 pounds, as
In- mother. An aunt weighs
t ban 400 pounds.
lake- lot- of sleep to keep
going He gets eight to 12
hour- ii night and a nap in the af-
l i noun.
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Hi
Brevard Man
Killed In
Hunting Mishap
Su.uii County Coroner H. H.
Welch n-portrd that a 51-year-old
lirevard merchant was killed yes
terday morning near Sylva in a
'iii'ittnr: accident.
The coroiier "-aid Fred Monteith
a- hoi through the neck by the
victim'-- hi otlier-in-law . Doc Gibby
ot Hr son Cdy.
flu- official quoted Gibby as say
ing he f'ned when he saw some
thing moving in the bushes, tnink
ing it wa- a bear,
Monteith and his two sons were
bunting with Gibby when the trag
edv occurred.
( 'nmer'., jury returned a ver
di' t of "unavoidable accident" in
Montetili - death.
No Bookmobile
Service Friday
'I hei will be no Bookmobile
civile tomorrow, arcordii.g to an
.oiiioiim ement lro.il the Haywood
''airily Library. The Bookmobile
wa a beduled to visit Cruso and
( - il.
MORE ABOUT
Sidelights
(Continued friira Taee D
fire was built and arrangements
were made for supper.
An Unexpected Guest
After the meal. Mr. I'edcti sug
gested that Ihcy all go to the
spring, a short distance aw ... and
get some water. When they re
turned to their tent they were
startled to observe a visitor. Per
haps we shouldn't say they were
"startled ": "Scared still" would be
a better way to express it, because WOu Id
there was a big bear at I he camp. ,, eiik
busily engaged in eating everything
in sight.
Mrs. Peden screamed. The chil
dren let out a roar ol mixed fear
and delight. Mr. Peden suddenly
realized thai all he had in the way
of a defensive weapon was a small
jack-knife.
He said "Shoo"! to the hear. This
probably hurt the hears feelings,
because he glared at Jim and took
a step in his direction
Jim took several hurried steps
in the opposite direction, lie went
to the car. onened the trunk com
partment and brought forth a large
jack, which he rattled at the bear
It didn't take much effort, on Jim'
part to make it rattle: it seemed h
do so ot its own accord
The hear looked at I he jack
then grabbed up a large pear out
of a fruit-bowl and devoured it at I
one bile.
Jim approached slowly, the jack
held out before him Having road .
somewhere that the human eye has I
a powerful influence upon wild
beasts, he assumed a baleful and j
venomous expression as he moved
1'he hear stared back for .
a moi..eui and then backed off info
the hushes. I
Tlie Pi den f amily breathed a j
sigh of relief and prepared to get
ready to nine for the night. !
Mrs Peden was oppo-ed lo it. I
She was in favor of faking down i
the tcnl and getting away from!
there, but the re-l of the family j
persuaded her lo change her mind.
They pointed out thai all bears up!
there wire lame and never both-'
t red anybody, and she finally al
lowed herself to be persuaded.
The First Interruption j
The cots were arranged around .
(he walls of the lent. Half an hour
after the family had ri tired. Mrs
Peden gave a sudden yell.
"What's file mailer'.'" hollered
Jim.
"Tile heal "! die -bricked.
"What about the bear'.'"
"He's pushing at me through the
wall of the tcnl." 1
Jim grabbed bis flashlight and
the jack, opened up the tent-flap
and peered out cautiously. He was I
ju-t in tune lo sic a huge, black
shape moving oil into tlie bustles.
"It was only c.ur imagination."
he told Ins wife a- lie closed the
flap .and lell back onto his cot
again.
About Ihat lime a couple ol hoot-
owls -tailed hooting. There also
be iin occasional sound of j
-.; twig- and ii ruinlihiie
noi-e. Jim lay tin re, w ide awake
and i-.-ady lor any emergency.
Then t be voice ol lilt le Johnnie:
"Daddv! '
I "What i . 1 17"
j "I waul a drink ol water. "
I Mr. Peden wa. pioinpt and cm -
j ph.itie III his reply: I love you
! son." be said, "but you'd have to
j be perishing of thirst before I'd go
! out-idc and get you a drink of
I wider now. Go lo sleep."
I Johnnie grumbled suinewlial
'over this decision bid evidently
! decided not lo pres.-. the point,
because nothing further was heard
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planned are: i.i and till, dormitories; lC, student and alumni center; ID), law school ad niinist i--t i.
building. A campaign for raising funds from alumni and friends of the university will he In ;k("
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A KrsllcsN Nieht
I A couple of hour- p,v. ed Kvery
I thing was quid except lor the hoot
I owl- and other slrange noisi-i out
j side. Mr. Peden had fallen into a
j fitful tJumhcr. Suddenly he w;is
; brought lo a silling posture by a
j terrified .-.cream from his wife.
I "What's the matier'.'" he shouted
I again.
"The bear! He's choking John
nie." Jim listened. Sure enough, John
nie was making peculiar noises in
his throat. Jim turned on his
flashlight and directed the beam
to where Johnnie's cot was located.
There was no bear in sight.
"What s ailing you, son?" he
demanded.
"My throat hurts," said John
nie. "I think it must be because I
need sonic water."
"Go to sleep. You'll get some
water first thing in the morning."
The rest of the night was un
eventful, although Jim says he
didn't get more than an hour or
two of sleep. When they got up
'.he following morning, he called
a family council and stated that
the remaining nights on their
mountain trip would be spent in
hotel rooms or at tourist camps.
There wasn't much argument in
conection with his decision, and
thai was the end of their camping
experience.
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YUGOSLAV Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Edward Kardelj. speaks
strongly against Russia's attitude
toward his country a's he addresses
the United Nations General Assem
bly at Flushing Meadows, N. Y.
Kardelj challenged the Kremlin to
prove to Marshal Tito and the whole
world that Moscow Is actually seek
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