- - THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ~=:
Id-Timers' Gather On
iny Days Tor Reunion
ire In Sheriffs Office
jj W. c. MEDFORD
D TIMERS" reunion
, wgSn t a planned reunion
_jt just happened to be a
larger than the average
(oil will see in the picture,
, typical illustration of
Jten takes place in the
, office at the Haywood
i Courthouse on Saturdays of
season?such as we had last
? The number in the
jO was augmented by six
riio are not customarily in
gatherings. The six are
Davis. Knnis Sentelle, Vance
John Grasty, W. J. Janes,
gh Walker.
ithouse fellowship
Ige others are usually to be
there on such days, where
gcuss the weather and crops,
gest news, politics, roads,
i_what not? But much of
ie is spent in a more mirth
od_in joking and laughing
Bing funny reminiscences of
god 0! Days." Here at the
lose on such occasions they
ale fellows well met," com
aad buddies all! A slap on
d is a sign of friendship?
nn a kick is only another
r sign. For one of the gang
jingly call another a "liar"
ken of the best of comradi;
vie with each other for the
t yarn is the best of fun.
Jim, how are you?' "What
o doin' here. Bob?you old
ir-nothin." "Why. If here
facie Wash! How are you,
? Such as these and various
friendly greetings are heard.
antedates history
old are these social cus
These friendy, informal
Ings of neighbors ? where
hey might be seen? They
0 occur instinctively, almost,
re would say they are as old
dilution itself. And the
1 here in Haywood County,
{oming together at the court
iconversations, mannerisms,
tobtlcss dates back to our
I days?not just to the old
ouse that stood near the
tone, but to the one before
That was the old, old court
most of which is still stand
resent town hall). Only the
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OLD BENCH Not' SHOWN
Our oniy regrel is mat a picture
of rne oru long heucu couiu not
oe l'eprouuceu. it s me beiicu tins
group 01 "oiu timers were sluing
on?wnen luey nau to oe goueu
up anu assemulea closer togetner
lor uie picture, les, ana it is aiso
me oid seat tnat countless numbers
01 ouicr Haywood citizens nave
occupied during tne last bd or o?
years wnen at uie courthouse, the
present one, ana also me old one
umiu about '86).
"Jist thins, remarked Jim
Palmer, "u tnis old bench could
talK?what tales it would tell!"
"Well, it wouldn't tell much
bigger ones than we ve been a-tel
Unreplied someone.
"No," put in sneritf Campbell.
' there's been bigger corn crops,
more tobacco, heavier cattle, etc.
raised right here in this office than
anywhere else, I believe."
"Also bigger fish caught, bigger
bears and aeers killed and all silch
as that," added Decatur Justice.
NO WIVES PRESENT
Other jokes were passed:
"They ort t' 'a had their wives
present, all the wives who are liv
ing," remarked an out-sider.
"My wife wouldn't a been caught
with me here," replied some wit.
"Their wives are at home work
ing, 1 guess," said someone else.
"Yes, and your wife, too," came
from the other side.
THE GROUP, THEIR AGES, ETC.
Now, the ones shown in this
group are not the only frequent
visitors at the sheriff's office.
There are others?like "Big
Charlie" Medford, Jim Boyd. Harl
ey Bryson, Dock Howell and Caesar
Ferguson, and others we would like
to have had?but they just didn't
happen to be present.
The aggregate of the ages of the
20 shown is 1562 years. The
youngest of the group is 72 year*
of age. and the oldest one (W. G.
Burnett i is 93. The average is a
fraction over 78 years.
Here is the personnel: Uncle
Wash Burnett, from Bethel (93);
Lawrence Walker (86', Lake Juna
luska, Vance Jolly, Iron Duff,
and Bob Grasty, Ratcliffe
Cove (85); John Grasty (83). Allen's
Creek; Decatur Justice (79), Can
ton, Route 2; Elmer Bryson, Rat
cliffe Cove, Jim Palmer, Plott
Creek, and Bob Hogan, Waynesville
(78); J. I. Green, Waynesville (79);
Ennis Sentelle, Bethel (77); Silas
Caldwell, Hazelwood (76); J. G.
Tate, Iron Duff (75); Forest Messer,
Waynesville, Bob Davis, Cove
Creek, and Nath Walker, Clyde (74;
W. J. Janes, Jonathans Creek, Hub
Caldwell. Waynesville, H a r 1 e y
Palmer, Howell Mill Road, and Jim
Singleton, Jonathans Creek (72).
Hardly any of these men would
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Canton Soldier Now
On Duty In Gerriiany
28TH DIV., GERMANY?Army
Pvt. Lloyd O. Rathbone, son of
Mrs. E. M. Rathbone, Canton, re
cently joined the 28th Infantry
Division In Germany.
The 28th Division is undergo
ing intensive training as part of
the NATO Army on guard in
western Europe.
Private Rathbone, a truck driv
er, entered the Army in March
and received basic training at
Camp Gordon Ga.
Cars Are Bargains
NEW YORK (AP> ? Looking
for a low priced car?
The sanitation department auc
tioned off 73 vehicles which had
been abandoned here. Prices for
the relics and wrecks ranged from
$1 to $36.
The highest bid, $47, was made
on a motorcycye.
say they are actually on the re
tired list. Uncle Wash Burnett
still does some work?he even
drives his old model car to town
two or three times a week. Law
rence Walker, next oldest, says he
does a good deal of "piddlin'
work;" and Decatur Justice, though
crippled up, still works. Vance
Jolly and Bob Grasty (85) are also
fairly active.
A Merry Christmas! to all you
"Old Timers'*, is the wish of The
Mountaineer.
DR. W. M. NANCE
OPTOMETRIST
112 Main Street
Dial GL 6-3211
This picture shows 17 of the 20 men supposed to be in the group
taken in the Sheriff's office Saturday. They are: sitting, left to right,
Lawrence Walker, Bob Grasty, Wash Burnett, Vance Jolly, Bob
Hogan, Decatur Justice and Elmer Bryaon. Standing: Jeff Janes,
Glen Tate. Silas Caldwell, llarley Palmer, Jim Singleton, Bob
Davis, Nath Walker, Jim Green, Hub Caldwell and Forest Messer.
(Mountaineer Photo).
Methodist Youths From 9
States To Hold Conference
At Junaluska This Summer
Plans for a nine-state convoca
tion of Methodist youth next sum
mer at Lake Junaluska. have been
announced by the denomination's
Board of Education, Nashville,
Tenn.
The Rev. Harold W. Ewing, na
tional youth director for the
board, said that 1.000 delegates
will be named to represent Meth
odism's southeastern jurisdiction
at the convocation, July 21-26.
The 800 young people and 200
adult counselors will come from
Alabama, Georgia. Mississippi,
Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vir
ginia, North and South Carolina,
and the Republic of Cuba.
Ewing said that the convocation
theme, "Christ Above All," will
be geared to the Methodist
Church's current four-year youth
emphasis program. Chief objec
tives, he said, will be to inspire
greater concern for church, family,
community and world relation
ships through Christian education
and evangelism.
The Rev. W. L. Joyner, St. Pet
ersburg, Fla., has been named
convocation dean. Assisting him
will be the Rev. George Black
burn. Johnson City, Tenn., dean
of men; Miss Nina Reeves. Bir
mingham, Ala., dean of women,
and the Rev. Warren Willis, Lake
land, Fla., business manager.
The planning committee includes
the Rev. James W. Sells of At
lanta. executive secretary of the
jurisdictional council and program
director of the Lake Junaluska As
sembly; Mrs. E. U. Robinson, Gal
latin, Tenn., southeastern presi
dent of the Methodist Woman's
Society of Christian Service; the
Rev. Walter C. Gum, Richmond,
Va., southeastern president of the
Board of Missions; the Rev. C. B.
Cook. Nashville, representing ex
ecutive secretaries of annual con
ference board of education, and
the Rev. A. Argyle Knight, Nash
ville. of the general education
board's youth staff.
Lake Superior covers 31,820
square miles.
About 50,000 people are employ
ed in the Swiss Watch industry.
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