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.ernoon, December 29, 1949 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER .PAGE FIVE argaret Palmer And Joyd Are Married . Mrs. Ralph W. Boyd 'Jane Palmer, Jarvis Linton t Mr. Palmer of iie the bride of yd, son of Dave Mrs. Boyd of j 2, in a candle the home of the ening, at seven ountz, pastor of 1st church, offi ance of members illies and close spoken in front .altar in the liv was banked with flanked with jra. Seasonal dec d throughout the edding music was i, Douglas Moore, ayed "'Ave Ma id and To A McDowell, before During the cere ; "Clair de Lune" ie traditional wed re used. itered the living id were unattend vore an afternoon lk satin with fitted ' covered buttons. skirt was draped loned of the same it wore navy ac- pink orchid cor- i lother of the bride, dark green crepe jgories and a cor osebuds. iter the ceremony 4r a short wedding ing the bride wore i of grey satin with and navy acces ,k orchid corsage. I graduate of the ;h School and at College. She now with the Haywood Department. Jm is also a grad Waynesville High ved three years in J during World War siness in Waynes 4 couple will make Deaths Mon (ilUM Kev HllIKI Mils, audi i; m( i i hi: Mrs. Ad(lit. McElr.iy Mrl'lurt 79, lied Saturday miinii:i in n, 'Haywood Counly hospital ,,iwr long illness. She was tl.e widow ii Willi,,,. McClure, a native and liMnim re sident of Haywood Count runerai services were hi! day afternoon in Manle Methodist Church with tl George Mehall'ey official iim was in the church cemelei '. . Pallbearers were Colon, an Kd- i wards, Vinson Parker. Paul Mcl(iily Howard Watts. 0ls Mno.lv ,nu Frank Moody. Surviving are one son. N'oblt I McClure of Enka; three daughters 1 Mrs. Alvin Hoyle of Va mville, j Route 2, Miss Louise Met lure of 1 the home and Mrs. W. C McDan- iel of Atlanta; and 17 ji antkhil dren. j Garrett Funeral Hume was in charge. C. II. MATINS I Kir s-K ,lAl x iTo IMrs. Dberts i-Mrs. Bruce L. Rob er, N. C. announce son. Bruce ucm. fe'9th, at Sylva Hos- b, in the home of Roberts at 2:30 p.m ining of baby Bruce Grigg, the pasto St Church, in th( ited guests. Te taken by the par ?andparents, Mr. anc' Of Norfolk, Va., anc A. E. Belk, o! D. 2. eremony, light re re served. 'I To Meet s Chapel i's Society of Chris the Long's Chapel ffch of Lake Juna seet at the church ?ry 3, at 2 p. m. requested to bring I copies of "The man." Wer, son of the Rev I Thrower of Hazel nding part of hi.1 tion visiting rela I'a. He is expectec' his home Saturday. Dudley Francis liar 8h Point after spend if week-end with he' .and Mrs. W. Koj I Funeral services were the Crabtree Methodist Sunday afternoon for (' Mathis, 80, a retired died Friday at the held at ; Church i Houston I larnier. who home of a : daughter. Mrs. Johnny Wilson of Center Pigeon Section. The Rev. C. (). Newell, the Hev. M. H. Kaby, and the Hev Forest Ferguson officiated and burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Kay Diet, ()r ville Allen, Amos Kathhone. James Wilson, Hilliard Mathis. and ()r ville Mathis. Mr. Mathis was a lifelong resi dent of the Crabtree section and a member of the Crabtree Methodist Church. Surviving are one daughter. Mrs. Wilson; four grandchildren and two brothers, Charlie Mathis of Crab tree and Libo Mathis of Sylva, Wells Funeral Home of Canton was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. lloyd is the former Miss Margaret Palmer, Jarvis I. in! on Palmer and the late Mr. Palmer. Saturday evening in her home. daughter of Mrs. She was married Personal Mention MRS. MAGGIE GIBSON Funeral services for Mrs. Maggie Gibson, 84, who died early Sun day morning at her home on Dix Creek, near Canton, were conduct ed Monday at the Mount ion Baptist Church. Burial was in the Sunhursl Cemelery at Lake Logan. The Rev. Thomas Krwin and the Rev. Lucious Rogers officiated. Mrs. Gibson, for many years a member of fhe Mount .ion Baptist Church, is survived by four sons. Will and Theodore of Gaslonia. Horace and Earl of ( Canton; five laughters. Mr: Rutherfordton, lis of Penrose Black Mountain, Mrs. man of Canton, and Gibson of Morganton jreat grandchildren ireat grandchildren. Crawford Funeral on, was in charge The Hev W W Thrower, pastor of the Glenview Presbyterian church of Memphis, Tenn.. his wife and their two children, visited his brother, the Rev. Paul Thrower, and his family at their home on North Balsam Street in Hazclwood. The Hev. Paul Thrower is pastor 'if the llaelwood and Helhel Pres byterian churches The Hev. W. W Thrower and his family return ed home alter spending the night, slopping in Asheville to visit Mrs. Paul Thrower, who is in a hos pital there. Mr berg their . and Mrs. C. are spending 1 1 1 1 1 1 A. Rausehen lliis week at it Lake Junaluska. Aaron Hyatt, who is studying ie Cincinnati Conservatory Music arrived Sunday parents. Mr. and Mrs. all. to visit li is Dewev lly Mi ami Mr Edward . home in Carl I lagan and have returned to Svlvania. Georgia Essie Harris of j son, Mrs. Neppie Cur- heir Mrs. Ella Recce. ' after spending Christinas with Mrs., Annie Free-1 (lagan's mother. Mrs. W. L. He- Mrs. J. Rufus McCracken is spending the holidays in Florida. Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Woody and children, Laura and Stephen. left Monday for a visit to relatives in Atlanta. Mrs. C. E. Weatherhy. Sr. of Faison is spending the holidays with her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Carleton Weatherby. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Crawford of Atlanta spent Christmas with the former's mother, Mrs. W. T Crawford. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Reeves have returned to their home In Spartan burg, S. C. after spending Christ mas with the former's mother, Mrs M H Reeves. Mr. and Mrs. M. H Bowles and daughter, Miss Florence A n n Bowles, left yesterday for Irwin ton, Georgia where they will visit Mrs. Bowles' mother Mrs. H. L Hartley. Miss Nancy . and several and great Home. Can- JKSSE L. MOONKY Jesse L. Mooney, 57. fanner, iied at his home in the Fines Creek ;eclion of Haywood County at 9 ?. M. Sunday after an illness of hree months. Mr. Mooney was a 1 fax wood bounty native and bad spent his ntire life in the county. He was he son of Robert and Margaret j iparks Mooney. ; Funeral services were held at , 1:30 P. M. Tuesday in Hiram Hog-' rs Baptist Church, of which he j vas a member. The Rev. R. P. Mc cracken officiated and burial was n the church cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews; Ed. ilenn, Vaughn. Tommy, Hugh and lain McCracken, Manford Mooney. Cecil Mooney and Henry McCrack-' Ml. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. 4ellie McCracken Mooney; four ions, Ben of the home. Carl of anton, Gerald of Wavnesville and Joe of Fines Creek; a daughter,' Cracken. Miss Lois Massie h:is returned to Daylona Beach, Florida, after a visit to her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Massie. Miss Massie is a mem ber of the faculty of the Sea Breeze High School. Medford-Morrow Marriage Is Announced Mr. and Mrs. Vinson Morrow of Zae Creek have announced the marriage of their daughter. Misi ?hyllis Morrow, to John Hugh Medford. son of Mr. and Mrs. Rog- r Medford of Waynesville Routt The ceremony took place ir jreenville. South Carolina on No vember 18. For her wedding the bride worr a tall dress ol navy mue wim vhite accessories and a corsage of ardenias. The bride and bridegroom arc iiembtrs of the senior class of the Vayne.sville High School. Mrs Bedford was a contestant for Tob- icco Queen in the recent Tobacc larvest Festival. Mr. Medford is member of the High School Chorus. MYF Sub-District To Meet At Canton Church The Haywood Sub-District of he Methodist Youth Fellowship .vi!l meet Monday evening, Janu iry 2. at the First Methodist Church In Canton. This meeting was originally scheduled for the First Methodist Church of Waynesville and all groups should note the change of meeting place. Clyde Folks Have Old-Fashioned Christmas The folks in Clyde celebrated the coming of Christmas last Sat urday night in the comfortable old-fashioned way. First, with Mrs. Cavanaugh sort of generally supervising the work, they decorated the 35-foot tree near the west end of the depot. Then the Boy Scouts built a big bonfire, and more than 100 people stood around it and sang Christ mas Carols, to the accompaniment of a field organ that had been set up nearby. Many of them later went through the town serenading their neigh bors with the traditional Christmas songs. Later, they went to the Town Hall and had refreshments. In short, Clyde had a perfect Christmas. The police department reported it didn't have to make a single ar rest during the entire weekend. Mrs. John Medford ,, , ,m.IVTnr1..rr. i ; v s " s j- -s. gs? .,,!.!,, ! I J lv t 1 1: '-; T 1 f 5 ' - : , s s W mpatf 1 . I 4 . x - -- 1 i , 'Ttj . ) s(--Ks 1 j4',r',iai Drivers License Office To Have New Schedule State Drivers License Examiner W. W. Moore announced today bit office would be closed Saturday starting January 1. ' ' : . The office in the basement, of the Haywood County Court Hduse has been open a half-day Saturday. The change in schedule, now ever, is being made under the new system which calls for a five-day week for state offices. , The examiners' office in Waynes- , ville is open Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturday mornings. Mr. Moore also reminded motor ists that the deadline for re-examination of licenses for those whose last names begin with L or M is Saturday, New Year's Eve.. The waiting room outside his of fice this morning was crowded with drivers in this category waiting to take their examinations. Mrs. Medford, the former Miss Phyllis Morrow, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vinson Morrow of Cove Creek. Her marriage took place in Grcenvile, S. C. on November 18. Miss Martha Svlvania. Georgia visit to her inolhe McCracken. McCracken is here for r Mrs. W. of Mrs. Raymond Swayngiin and daughters. Durolliy and Louise, will return home Saturday after spending the holidays with the former's mother. Mrs. Fred Cald well, in Winter Haven. Florida. Howell Chambers, son of Mr and Mrs. James V.. Chambers, who ' is a student at Warren Wilson I Junior College, is spending the 'holidays with his parents. I Mr. and Mrs. John Tittle left this week for Jacksonville, Florida, where they wil visit their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Cer oid Tittle. The Rev. and Mrs. J. E. Yountz are visiting friends and relatives in Winston - Salem. Albemarle, and Charlotte this week. Mr. Carl Mundy and ire spending the nd Mrs. son. Carl. Jr.. holidays with relatives in Atlanta Dr. and Mrs. R. L. McKittrick spent the Christmas week end at their former home in South Carolina. The Rev. and Mrs. J. G. Hug gins and two young daughters of Charlotte are arriving tonight for a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Massie. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rothrock, Sr., and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Rothrock, Jr., and two small sons have re turned to their homes in Reids- Edgewood, vine alter spending the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Siler. py New Year Nf v ycR Gfitt TINGS ' '"f also a v ish hrinnft timt the 3; o ei' rithing 1950 0 A U 1. : - ' i I We Will Open For Business $ 8:30 Thursday Morning i THE 300K STORE Main Street Hubert Breese, who spent the Christmas week end with his mother. Mrs. Robert Breese. Sr., lell Monday for Raleigh where he has a position with the Auto Fi nance Company. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Atkins, who spent Christmas with the former's .mother. Mrs. James Atkins, have returned lo their home in Atlanta. Miss Jane Wyche, who is a mem ber nf the faculty of the Greens born Schools, is spending the holi days with her mother. Mrs. Troy Wyche. Hill Hannah and his guest, Irv in Farmer of Gastonia, are spend ing several days with friends in Albany, Georgia, Mr s Margaret Johnston is spend ing the holidays with relatives in Greensboro and Fayetteville. Miss Barbara Francis has re turned to Danbury where she has a position with the Stokes County Welfare Department. Mr and Mrs. William Howell visited the former's aunts, Mrs. Robert Breese and Miss Mary Ray while en route from Jacksonville, Florida to their home in Cullowhee. Mrs. Bob Fisher of Fines Creek; a sister. Mrs. Mattie Mooney of Way nesville; a brother. Charles Mooney of Clyde and six grandchildren. Garrett Funeral Home was in charge. Lt. Ben Colkitt, Jr., who is sta tioned at Newport, Rhode Island, is spending the holidays with his paients. Mr. and Mrs. 'Charles Williams of Chapel Hill arrived Tuesday to visit the lattcr's parents, the Rev. and Mrs. Edgar H. Goold. Miss Mary Ann Massie had as her guest last week, a schoolmate at Duke University, Miss Elizabeth Hickman of Hudson, N. C. Dr. and Mrs. Boyd Owen arc planning to leave tomorrow morn ing for Miami. Florida to attend the Orange Bowl football game. Larry L. Williams, special at torney with the Anti-Trust Divis ion of the U. S. Department of Jus tice, has returned to Philadelphia after spending the holidays with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Williams. Louie H. Sims, who spent the holidays with his wife here, has returned to Sarasota, Florida where he is employed. Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Whigham of Asheville, spent the Christmas week-end with Mrs. Will Ray. Ray Cabe, of Preston, Georgia, spent the holidays as the guest of relatives here. Jimmy Goodin is here from Chapel Hill to spend the holidays with his parents, Mr, and Mrs P ' H. Gentry. Stores, Offices To Remain Open On Monday Monday is, of course, the first weekday of the New year. But (jenerally It will be busi ness as usual for the folks of the. Waynesville area. All state and county offices and all stores will remain open Monday. The Haywood County Public Library will be closed all day. The First National Bank of Waynesville will be closed Mon day, also. Firm To Award Prizes For First Girl Twins Of '50 Girl twins borrkduring the first 12 hours of the new year will get $500 worth of gifts. That's the prize the Toni Com pany will award to the winners of its second annual Toni Twin Baby Derby. Each pair of girl twins born be tween midnight and noon New Year's Day will receive complete wardrobes, baby foods, duplicate toys, a year's assortment of one company's baby products, inner spring crib mattresses, a twelve volume set of children's books snow suits, and sleeping bags. All winners will be announced by John Reed King on the CBS radio program, "Give And Take," at 1:30 p.m. January 7. Thirteen sets of twins won the prizes in last year's Derby. Parents of new twin girls should send collect telegrams to the Toni Twin Baby Derby, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, 111. In these wires, they should in clude these details: times of birth, name of the attending physician, the name of the hospital, and their own complete names and ad dresses. All telegrams should reach Der by headquarters by 2 p.m. New Year's Day in the time zone in which the twins were born. Roy Francis To Address Lions Club Tonight W. R. Francis, p r o m i n e n t Waynesville attorney, will be guest speaker tonight at the regular dinner meeting of the Waynesville Lions Club. The group will gather at 7 p.m. at Patrick's Cafeteria for then weekly meeting, wilh Richard Bradley, the club president, in charge. Mr. Francis is a former state senator and former assistant U. S. attorney for the Western North Carolina district. Canton People Gave 229 Pints Of Blood To ARC Canton cill.ens have given more than 200 pints of blood to Un American Red Cross Blood Pro gram so far this year. Carl Anderson, outgoing Canton area Red Cross chairman, and Carleton Peyton, incoming chair man, issued a joint report last week saying 229 pints of blood were do nated in all since the Red Cross Bloodmobile paid its first visit to the city May 5. In an, nearly sot) Canton area men and women signed pledge cards indicating they were avail able as volunteers. More than half of these have al ready appeared at the blood donor room to make their contributions The actual donors are selected by physical examination. Many made more than one con tribution, returning again to the donor room when the Bloodmobile made its second, third and fourth visits. Blood Donors To Be Enlisted By Lions Club Here The Waynesville Lions Club, headed by President Dick Bradley, will try to get 100 volunteers lined up for the next visit of the Ameri can Red Cross Bloodmobile from I he Asheville Regional Center. Red Crooss officials here said today that the Club had agreed to take the responsibility of enlisting the prospective donors. The Bloodmobile's next visit its filth since last Spring will be in January. The specific date and the place the donor room will be set up will be announced later. Meanwhile, Red Cross officials at the Asheville Center expressed concern over the level to "vfich the blood reserves have fallen. Last Friday, (here were only eight pi nl s on hand to take carer of possible emergencies in the , 17 Western North Carolina and four South Carolina counties the Ctybl er serves. .i Officials said this would barely take care of a single serious emer gency. They planned to intensify their efforts during the next two weeks lo build up a safe reserve of every different type of blood, in quantity. Thirty volunteers living in and around Waynesville responded when the Bloodmobile visited the Waynesville Presbyterian Church last month. According to the schedule, the Bloodmobile will come here every other month. Sailor Aids In Party For Children George Early, a Navy man from Hazelwood, helped make Christmas a merry one for a group of under privileged Greek children. He and his shipmates from the Destroyer English stopped off at Athens, Greece, during their Medi terranean cruise and celebrated th holidays by giving the children a turkey dinner, showing them -carl toon movies, and singins a Drocrftm of the traditional Christmas. carjjp. The sailors also gave the chil dren candy and nuts and showed them around their warship. ' J Early, a boatswain's mati.third class, is the husband of Mri.'Pjftsy Walls Early of Hazelwood. ' 4 Oldest Printed Page? Shown in Museum & MAINZ, Germany (UP-ikThe oldest printed page in the woM is kept in the Gutenberg Mdsffcm here. Johann Gutenberg, invenorW the printing press, printecV tdo postcard size pagesi of the 'fiast Judgment" in 1445. Prof. ' . Ruppel, director of the musedi, estimated their value at 24.V00 D-marks (about $6,000). X i?4 The museum also contains famous Gutenberg Bible, printed by Gutenberg from 1452 to 1455. which is the highest V?($h- en dook in me worm, lt is valued at 1,000,000 D-marks (about 424fJ. 000) and was exhibited in thet Con gressional Library in Washington, D. C. Other famous books in thethi- theWUT ''rnnVktJn uible of Charlemagne, the "Psal terium." which was finished $y Gutenberg in 1459, and the illus trated history Bible of Dlbold Latl ber, dating back to 1420. Fincher's Chapel Party Set For New Year's Eve p. m. Saturday wilh a hot-plate supper. The party will continue through midnight, with a varied musical program scheduled. The event is being held for the benefit of the church fund. The public is welcome to attend. B-29 Bomber Blisters Useful in Peace SEATTLE, Wash. (UP) At least one surplus item from World War II has adopted itself to all kinds of civilian uses. Take the post-war life of a B-29 bomb blister, for instance. Last winter, dozens of children used the big half-bowls to coast down the snow-covered first tee at the Broadmoor Golf Course here. Then some enterprising adults appropriated it for use as a punch bowl at various house parties. In the fall, the Epiphany Church ladies took it over to serve as a "grab-bowl" for the children at a church bazaar. Two out of three pedestrians killed by motor vehicles either are violating a traffic law or commit ting an unsafe act. By MRS. MILLARD FERGUSON (Mountaineer Correspondent) The members of Fincher's Chap el will see the New Year in at a Watch Party that will open at 7 Miss Lucille McCrary, a student at Pheiffer Junior College, is spending the holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jennings B. McCrary of Crabtree. Mrs. W. F. Swift, Miss Nancy Killian and Jimmy Swift visited relatives In Spartanburg, S. C. this week. Mr. and Mrs. Sam Bushnell, Jr., and daughters, Babs and Mary, of Durham, will arrive tomorrow lor a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Beu Sloan. 20 QUESTIONS Enjoy the most exciting radio game you ever played. SATURDAYS WHCC 8 P.M. MUTUAL BROADCASTING SYSTEM -Mil fur i I It is not the amount we are giving each day, In dollars and cents that is paving the way, For a closer relationship with God and with man, But it's doing the things that wo really can. . a . .It
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