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THOMAS U. MASSIE, now serv ing with the 45th Infantry Divi sion in Korea, has recently been promoted from Corporal to Ser geant. Sgt. Massie entered the service j in July, 1952, and arrived in Korea in January, 1953. He attended Waynesville High School and was later employed by Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. He ij> the son of Mr, and Mrs. Bea Massie, Rt. 2, Waynesville. School Bus Driver Test Scheduled Prospective County school bus j drivers who do not have school bus drivers' licenses may apply for them on Friday. August* 7, at 9 a. m.. Superintendent Lawrence Leatherwood announced today. Carroll Angel, school bus driver examiner from the State Highway Safety Division will be at the countv school bus garage in Way nesville at that time. All persons applying for the bus ^driver!!' licenses must have North Carolina drivers' licenses. Several vacancies are to be fill ed aibong the county's 54 school bus positions. British officials say that the country entered World War II with assets of 10 billion dollars and fin ished it with liabilities of 7 bil lion dollars. Is Hot Weather Wearing You Down? ?Do vou bo fore the day'* work is half done? Chances are the hot weather has taken your aDpetite, denying your body the normal food energy it needs as badly now as any time of year. Say good-bye to those "Summer Doldrums" with Sralf's Indian River Medicine. This famous fami ly stomach tonic has been waking nn folks' annetites for over 50 years . . . Read the praises of Miss Natomia Sexton, Hnntsville. Tenn. "I suffered terribly Jrom loss of apnetite with resulting loss of weight and e tired, weak, nervous, rundown feeling. Most of the time I felt too miser- * able to work. Then I heard a hout Seairs In dian River Medi cine and I tried it. I started at once eating al io o s t anything: then, before long I had put on ten 1 pounds - of much needed weight. I^iatomia Sexton feel so much stronger and better that I can do my work with ease." Pi^fH by Miss Sexton's experi ence: see for yourself how quickly Scaif's Indian River Medicine brings back mealtime gusto. Re sulting nourishment supplies vita mins the natural way ? sends new energy surging through your body. 4*k for it today at your nearest drug store. Revival Begins Sunday In Beaverdam I By MRS. GEORGE F. WOIiLEY Community Reporter i The people of Beaverdam enjoy ed one of the best field days last | Wednesday that we have had since they were started. We were proud to be host to the Iron DutT com munity, and we want to thank everyone who participated and helped make the day a success. The women are to be congratulat ed for their fine spirit of coopera tion in bringing out the good food, and we wish to thank Mr. Hubert Wines, janitor of the Beaverdam school for his cooperation on that day. We are sorry that Fred Best was injured playing ball during the field activities, and hope he will soon be well. He received a small fracture above the left eye from a foul ball. A ? revival will start at Long's Branch Church Sunilay, August 9. The Rev. Plemmons, the pastor, will be in charge, and Rev. C. Worley. 73 years old. from Spring Creek, will be the preacher. All singers and others interested are invited to attend and take part. There will be Homecoming and Decoration at the Beaverdam cemetery near the Beaverdam Methodist Church the third Sun day, August 16. Everyone is in vited to bring a basket lunch and enjoy the day together. The East Haywood Singing Convention will meet there in the afternoon. Mrs. Ray Plemmons. of West Asheville, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Sorrells. is improving at her home after surgery in Me morial Mission Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. "Chick" Trantham and children. Mike and Sandra, have returned to their home in Texas after a few days visit with Mrs. Trantham's mother. Mrs. G. H. Wilson and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and son. Gary, from Hyder Mountain, spent Sunday with Mrs. Smith's sister. Mrs. Russell Robinson and family. 1 Mr. and Mrs. Ira Worley and son, Gordon, spent a few days with their sons and brothers. El bert and John Worley and thei" families, in Tennessee recently. Miss Annie Rice is spending some time with her brother, Her bert Rice. ? ? tk A shdwer was given for Mrs. 'Baek to Schoo/ Q IN GENUINE I Lee RIDERS AUTHENTIC . WESTERN l\ COWBOY PANTS. 4 ZIPPER FLY <fi * jg- SANFORIZED GUARANTEED ? SNUG FITTING I LONG WEARING V 7 ? Sizes 6 to 16 and 27 to 34 TURNER'S STORE JOKGE BO LET joseph rocks OX MUSIC FESTIVAL program in Brevard this week-end, as the 8th annual Mnsic Festival opens. Friday evening's program will feature Joseph Fuchs. violinist, and again Sunday afternoon. The Saturday performance will feature Jorge Bolet, pianist. . ?' t . My Favorite Stories i By CARL .GOERCH Col. Calvin H. Burkhead passed this story along to me during the war when he was stationed at Ft. Bragg and I've always thought it was a good one. At Camp Meade, in 1917, there was organized a negro regiment. The regiment was commanded by a white colonel, and all of t|Je of ficers down to and including the majors were white. The captains and lieutenants and non-commis sioned officers were negroes. Among the colored officers was a tall 6-foot-or-more captain, who stood verv erect and in every way made at fine soldierly-looking offi cer. He had been First Sergeant of one of the ten cavalry troops prior to the outbreak of the war. Considerable difficulty was ex perienced in getting the negro sol diers of this regiment to take out the full $10,000 government life in surance. The men would take out $1,000, $2,000, and some few as much as $5,000. The colonel and other white officers had done everything they knew of to encour age lhe negro soldiers to protect themselves to the full extent, but without any noticeable effect: the negroes just naturally wouldn't take out the insurance. One day, at officers call, the colonel brought this matter again to the attention of his captains and lieutenants. The negro captain ' -tood up and made a statement to 'his effect: "Colonel, if vou will assemble the men at the Liberty Theatre tonight, 1 believe that I can make them 'ake-Aih tHe full $1#T)00 worth of Gladys Hipps at the home of Mrs. Marvin Mann Friday night, July 11. A large crowd was present and Mrs. Hipps received many pretty eifts. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess. Mrs. Haywood Chapman Is feel ;ng much better following a recent 'llness. She was greatly missed at our field day Wednesday, as this was the first one she has missed since they were started. % Gaston Rhymer's condition still remains about the same. He is confined to his bed most of the time and appreciates his old friends visiting him. 1 insurance?every last one of them " After some discussion, the colo nel consented and issued the or der that the entire regiment would be assembled at the#Liberty Thty? tre at 7 o'clock that evening. ^ Promptly at the designated hour, the men were marched in by com pany formation and took their seats ?some 3,000 of them. The adjutant of the regiment made a statement to the effect the captain had some thing to say to the assembled throng. He therewith turned the meeting over to the captain. "You men listen to me. You think you all are smart and you won't take out this $10,000 insur ance because it costs you a little extra money. But I wants to tell' you something; you men are deal ing with somebody just as smart as you are. "This-yeah Uncle Sam of ours is no fool. He is a good businessman. It's true that if you only take out a small amount of insurance you have a little more money to spend for cawn licker and to throw away on your girl friends, but there is a day of reckoning coming. And that's what I want to tell you about now. so that you all can be pre pared to meet it. "Listen carefully. One of these days you all are going to wake up and the Colonel here is going to say: 'All right, men; we's off for France.' Then they'll put you aboard the train and send you up to New York. Next they'll put you on a big ship, and fi^st' thing you know you'll be sailing across the Atlantic Ocean. A|tar abolit a week or so. She of the sergeants will go among you and he'll sav; 'Everybody git off this boat. We is now In France.' "Nacherly you wants to know what's going to happen then Well, when you start gettin' off that big ship, and when you walk down the gangplank, you're going to find this-yeah adjutant of ours with the thick glasses, standin' at the oth er end of the gangplank. In his hand he'll have a list of names of all the men in the regiment. He'll make each one of you tell him what your name is. and when you do, he'll chec it on his list. Opposite your name will be the amount of insurance that you've taken out. "You. John Smith, sittin' down there in the third row. When you gives your name to the adjutant, he'll look at his ljst and he'll say: 'Huh! > you're a cheap boy. John Smith; you only got $1,000 worth of insurance. Government won't lose much if you gets shot. We'll send you uo to the front line.' "And you, Tom Brown, sittin' over there on the right. When the adjutant gets to your name, he'll say; 'Another cheap soldier. Only got $2,000 worth Insurance. Up to the front line, where the action Is the hottest.' "But suppose he comes to your name. Hiram Wesley: or suppose he comes to yours. Jim Weatherly. He'll look on his list and he'll see where each one of you all has tak en out $10,000 worth of insurance. Do you know what he's goin' to Appliances GARRETT FURNITURE CO., INC. Main Street Services Are Planned For Mrs. Reece Mrs Ethel Mehaffey Reece. vife of Francis Reece. member ot the Waynesville Police Department, died yesterday in a Winston-Sal^ em hospital after a week's illness. Funeral services will be held in the Richland Baptist Church Fri day at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. George Mehaffey officiating. Inter ment will be in Green Hill Ceme tery. Active pallbearers will be Char lie McCali, Bale Hicks. Kyle Camp bell. Henry Miller. Harry Evans, Jr.. and Paul Galloway. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Police Department. Surviving in addition to the hus band. are two sons. Harrold and Howell Reece; two daughters. Bar bara end Gale Reece. of the home; 'the parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Mefiaffey of Waynesville, Route 1; six brothers. Fred Mehaffey of the State of Washington; William and Floyd Mehafey of Hazelwood. Charles Mehaffey of Waynesville, Samuel Mehaey of Detroit, and Robert Mehaffey of Waynesville. Route 1. , Also three sisters, Mrs. Glenn Bentley of Winter Haven. Fla.; Mrs. Andrew Ball of Candler, and Mrs. Cecil Cobe of Farragut, Ida ho; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. James Mehaffey of Waynesville, I and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Bryant of Con nelly Springs. Crawford Funeral Home is in charge. DEATHS MRS. JOSIE MITCHELL Mrs. Josie B. Mitchell. 64, died in an Asheville hospital Monday night after a long illness. The funeral services were held Wednesday morning in the First Baptist Church at Canton, conduct ed by the pastor,'the Rev. Horace L. Smith, the Rev. W. Harold Groce, and the Rev. H. R. Sher man. Graveside rites were held at 4 p.m. in Lynnhurst Cemetery, Knoxville, Tenn. Nephews served as active pall bearers, and honorary pallbearers were: Dr. V. H. Duckett, Bill Stone, Glenn Howell, P$ul Murray, Arthur Owenby, W. S. Edwards. Ernest Messer. Charles Jacobs. Frank Davis. Brent Angel, Clay Pegram, Charles Penland, Sam Robinson, Maurice Brooks. Lloyd Sellers, Bill Burnette. Charles Rhodarmer, Charlie Hardin, Howell Blalock. Carroll Warren, Bob Suttenfield. Ernest Owenby, Carl G. Hill, and J Ben Patton. ' Mrs. Mitchell Was a riatiVe of Tennessee and the widow of L. W. Mitchell. She had resided in Can ton for 25 years. The past two years she had made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Lon Goodson. Surviving are three sons. Rex D. and Morris of Canton and Maj Fred B. Mitchell of Denver, Colo.; five daughters. Mrs. Lon Goodson, Mrs. Rov Patton of Canton. Miss Junfte Mitchell and Mrs. Troy Oden of Houston, Tex., and Mrs. Clyde Gilbert of Durham; and three sisters. BEN H. BLAYLOCK Funeral services for Ben H. say then?? Well, I'll tell you. He's goin' to say: 'Huh; these two are expensive. If they get killed, the gov'ment would lose $20,000. They's too expensive to send td the front lines, so we'll put 'em in the Service of Supply where they will be safe. We don't want to have any $10,000 men killed if we kin help it." And with that he sat down. There was a hush over the whole regi ment assembled, and it was very evident that the men were deep in thought. The men were dismiss ed and went quietly to their quar ters. I It is a matter of record, however, that the next day, the regiment went over the top and 100 per cent of the organization was protected by the $10,000 insurance policies. THE REV. PAUL O. ELDER re cently of Macon, Go.,- has Just taken up his new duties as pas tor of the Free Methodist Church in Waynesville. For the past four years he has been superintend ent of the Geerria-Carolina Free Will Methodist Conference, and is now replacing the Misses Ruth Gruber and Charlotte Bishop, who have temporarily retired be cause of ill health. The Rtv. Elder was for five years pastor' of a church in East Macon, Ga., which was founded by him [ in 1937. Through his efforts both a church building and parsonage wefe completely paid for. -In 1942 the Conference appointed him as paslor of the church in Miami, Fla.. where he remained for 3 years, and later of a Free Will Methodist Church ir? Gainesville. Ga., where it fell to him to build a basement church and finance a parsonage. The Rev. Elder rose to his pres | snt important position in his church organization following- 2l | vears as a railroad man. After his conversion, he had the call to pas 'orship and for several years work ed as both a minister and layman while establishing the church in Macon. He is* accompanied here bv his wife. Hazel, and their 3 children, Tommy, 15, Paul, 10, and Wesley, 6. Another daughter, Mrs. Hugh Hunnicutt, lives in Macon, Ga., and a son, Russell, is pastor of the Free Will Methodist Church in Murphy. "I am here to serve any person In any station of life, regardless of denomination or creed. I am most anxious to meet the friends of Rev. Gruber and Rev. Bishop, and I ex tend a cordial invitation to all of the people of this community to visit our church here," he said up on arrival in Waynesville. The church is at the corner of Assem j bly and Oak Streets. Blaylock, 67, who died Monday in his home in the Dix Creek Section after a long illness were held Tues day afternoon in Dix Creek Bap tist Church. The Rev. Thomas Erwin officiat ed and burial was in Bethel Ceme tery. Pallbearers were Dewey Queen. Frank and Johnnie Blaylock. Her man Chambers. Doyle and Elmer Inman. Granddaughters and nieces were flower bearers. Blaylock was a native and life long resident of Haywood County, an employe of the Unagusta Manu facturing Company at Hazelwood. and was the son of the late John and Mealia Singleton Blaylock Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary Revis Blaylock; two sons, William Shay of Canton, RFD 2, and Charles Ray of the home; four daughters. Mrs. Lonnie Smith, Mrs. Dewey Heatherly, Mrs. Ralph Cook and Mrs. James Fish of Can ton RFD 2. ? Also 17 grandchildren; two brothers, Joe and Pearson of Can ton. RFD 2; one half-brother, James Inman of Canton; and one half-sister, Mrs. Anne Chambers of Canton, RFD 3. * Claims to parts of the Antarctic continent have been made by Eng land. France. Norway, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina. Chile and Russia. Services Are Held For Fire Victim Funeral services were held yes i terday morning in Morning Star ^lethodisl Church for James Cook. 53. who was burned to death in a fire that destroyed a home on Pigeon River early Monday morn ing. The Rev. Kenneth Crouae of ficiated and burial was in the church cemetery. , Graveside rites were conduct ed by the VFW Post of Canton. Surviving are oue son, Baxter Cook of Ohio; tlirefe brothers, J. Paul Cook of Canton/ Route 2. Eugene Cook of Clinton, S. C., and Walter Cook of Asheville; two sisters, Mrs. Burrell Olven of Can ! ton. and Mi's. Gerald Rogers of Canton. Route 2; the mother, Mrs. Frances Cook of Canton, aRoute 3; and one grandson. Arrangements wet* under the direction of Crawford Funeral Home in Canton. Aluminum ore deposits in the African Gold Coast are estimated at 225 million tons. Homecoming Auml At Crabtree Baptigl The Crabti11 1 tig obseive a Hunuv.uiu.nj day .August it \ coin> to participate ^ | The public and 1 families *h* on < ?? I tree but ba\< J invited to atteud gram- A picnic lunch at noon. ? LAFF-A-DAl| fcSV'^=> 4J Or ???.*>???? ? w ?-* -*. i 'You take him ? we'll tiki ' glove." Stout and rugged... for extra long H M I wear! 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