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126 Waynesville Seniors To Get Diplomas Tonight i A groyp Of 126 senior- ? repre-' wilting one of Hie largest gradup- j tion classes in the history of Way nesviJle High School ? mill re ceive their diplomas in ceremonies . at 8 p.m. tonight. M. H Bowles, district superin tendent, said last week that the graduation would be held in the WTHS stadium if weather permits. A baccalaureate program hold last night included: Processional, "God of Our Fath ers," W arren; congregational hymn, "Faith of Our Fathers"; invocation by the Rev. Earl H. Brendall, pas tor of the First Methodist Church; chorus, "The Creation," Richter; , scripture reading. Rev. Robinett; sermon, "The Needs of Youth," Rev. Robinett; chorus, "America the Beautiful." Ward; benediction, Rev. Brendall. and recessional, ' Onward Christian Soldiers," Sul- ' livan. The accompanist was Sylvia Newell. * On the commencement program tonight are; Processional, "Pomp and Cir cumstance." by Elgnr; Invocation, the Rev. Malcolm R. Williamson, pastor of Waynesville Presbyterian Church; vocal solo by Carol Webb, "A Perfect Day," Bond; salutatory, Sylvia Newell; class orations; Doris Muse, "Our Baby Shoes"; Tom Cogdill. "Our Sturdy Boots"; Kvleen Campbell, "Our Seven League Boots and Shoes We Choose": vocal group tJuanita Kel 1- v. Carol Webb. Dick IToglan, Margaret Ferguson. Mary Ada Benson, and Lowell Edwards), ' Your Land and My Land." Rom berg; valedictory. Eileen Der ringer- presentation of class. C. E. Weatherbv; awarding of dinlomas, M H Bowles; DAR Good Ciliren shin Award. Beta" Sigma Phi Schol arship Award. Business and Pro fessional Women's Club Award; " Mmj Mater." written hv Miss ? Marearcf Strinofield. WTl'S class 1 of tftdO benediction Rev. William- 1 son: recessional. "Praise Ye the Father " Gounod. Graduating seniors arp Jessie Miller Alexander. Charles Fdm.ind Aklns. Clarence Gerald P iker Vircjnia Mae B >11 Eureno p. It Rhb-lev Maxinc Rerrv Wil liam Richard Bovd Pohbv Dean pradtev Jeanne A. Pradlev. Wanda Margaret Rrown. Patsv Hrv-on. Tteverlv .Tone Rivson. Raymond Rurccss Ernest Lee PotT Bobby Sam Riitr Judv Anne Cabe. D'o-rvtt Gordon Carle Anna Dee Carle. Rov Lewis Callahan. John C >Mwelt Calhoun Sue Address Cimotwtl Nanev Kvleen Camnhell Edith Carver. Thomas Jerrv Coe diil Fred Farl Cogdill, Wanda Lee Davis 1 Jeanette T.enore Davis. Barbara June Davis T.orenn Dockers- Carol J oven Echelhareer. T.owell Howard Edwards, Evelyn Isahelle Frady, STANLEY WILLIAMSON has received notice that he has been awarded the North Caroliaa Div ision United Daughters el the Confederacy scholarship to the University of North Carolina. The notice c^tme from Mrs. J. C. Bower, second vice president of the North Carolina UDC divi sion. who lives in Lexington. She is also the chairman of the Committee on Education. The scholarship, known as the Robert Ransom Scholarship, amounts to $200 per year for each of the four years in coHegr. Stanley, the son of Rev. and Mrs. Mal colm R. Williamson, was spon sored hy the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy. Ha will receive his diplo ma from Wayneaville High School tonight and plans to en ter the university this Fall. James Willard Frady, Nina Joseph ine Frazier, Robert Lemuel Frazier, Margaret Ann Ferguson, Barbara Jean Fortner, Clara Ruth Full bright, Dewey Edward Gaddls, Jtianlta Caddis Maney, Roy Lee Galloway. Eunice Eileen Gerringer. Donald Stuart Gilliland, William Grahl, Richard Edward Green. Robert Noel Hale, Shirley Louise Hall, Joyce Evelyn Hannah, Joseph Lauriston Hannah. Lowell Thomas Hannah. Velma Gean Hargrove, Mary Jo Hembree, Mary Ada Henson, Betty Sue Hill, Doris Anne Hill, Donald Dale Honomlchl, Car ole Lee Hogue. Reva Imogene Hooper, Collier Ray Hoglen, William Hubert Hunt ur, Edson Ja.vnes, Mildred Louise Jenkins, Genevieve Jenkins, Shir ley Mae Jones, Doyle Jordan. Juan ita Maria Kelly, Dorothy Jean Kinsland, Billy Leatberwood, Betty Lorkman, Rebecca Long, Anna Louis MoBride. Billy McCracken, Nancy Carolyn McClure. Myrtle Ann McClure, Harold Adel McClure, Erma Mc Gaha, Bobby McKay. Bobbie Gene Mcdford, Maxine Medford, Paul MehafTey, Clara Mcsser Rigglns, Dorothy Ruth Miller, Louise Mintz, William Moody. Mary Sue Morgan, Doris Ann Muse, Sylvia Jane Newell, Beulah Mae Owen, Kenneth Palmer, Charles Curtis Parrls, Dorothy Parton. Roy Lee l'ressley, Hazel Maye Price, Patricia Ann Ray, Barbara Davis RalclifTc. Wilda DEATHS I I JAMF.S G. RI FF Funerar services were held this i \ afternoon in the Green Valley Baptist Church for James G. Hull. 46, wfco died Saturday in his home in the Whittier section of Jack son County. The Rev. George Mehaffey and the Rev. D. M. Cox officiated and burial was in Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers were Hub Ruff, Johnny Ruff. Roy, Kenneth, and Charles Ruff, and Robert Frazier. A native of Tennessee, Ruff had lived in Whittier 24 years years and formerly resided in Waynes ville. He was a farmer. Surviving are the widow, Mas Carrie Ledford Kuii; two daugh ters, Ella Mae and Vina Lavada Ruff; aud one son, James, Jr., all of the home; the stepmother, Mrs. Annalize Ruff of Waynesville; four sisters, Mrs, Nola Smith and Mrs. Steve Wyatt of Waynesville. Rt. 1, Mrs. R H Maynor of Hickory, and Mrs. Frank Suttles of Aston. Tenn. Also three half-sisters, Mrs. Carl Carpenter of Hazelwood, Mrs. Charli* Strickland of Asheville and Mrs. Elmer 8trickiand of Hen derson; three brothers, Crawford Ruff of Waynesville, Route 1 and Robert and Jess Ruff of Hazel wood: and two half-brothers, Roy and Hobarl Ruff of Waynesville. Arrangements were under the direction of Garrett Funeral Home. ; WILLIAM ROSE William Rose, 36. of Clyde. RFD 2, died Wednesday night in the Waynesville hospital after a brief illness. He was the son of the late Ilenry and Emma Sutton Rose of Hay wood County and an employee of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company in Canton. Surviving the the widow, Mrs. Velma Hannuh Rose; four sons, Loyd. Burrell. Larry, Darris of the home: two half-brothers. Sam Sut ton of Waynesville, RFD 2, and j Fletcher Sutton of Kingsport, j Tenn. Also six brothers, Calvin and j Nick of Wuynesville, RFD 2 ;Hal ; of Canton, RFD 3, Brinson of! Waynesville, RFD 4, Lee of Bridge ton. N. J.. and Taylor of Waynes ville, RFD 2 and one sister, Mrs. Thurman Evans of Wavnesvillc RFD 2. Funeral services were held Sat urday at 2 p.m. in Hemphill Bap tist Church. The Rev. John Finger and the Rev. Pete Hicks officiated and burial was in Crawford Mem- ' orial Park Pallbearers were Brown Bur-! gess, Grossp Cagle. Ralph Carver. 1 Ernest Woods, Orville Caldwell and Jarvis Messer. Shine 'Em Up! DEB MOINES (API Police man Gordon Cota carries a bottle of window cleaner in the truck he drives for the police department. When he sees a stop sign that's hard to read because of dirt, he stops and shines it up. Carolyn Rathbone. William Bran son Rathbone. Janie Rich, Grace Rich, Wilburn Edward Roberts, Felix Virgil Robinson, Doyle Dean Rogers, Ray L. Rouser, Mary Jean Rowland. Eugene Sanford, j Carolyn Jewell Scales, Charles . Luther Shultz, Bruce Doyle Smith,; Patsy Nell Smith, Emily Ruth Smiley, Billy Joe SparRs, Everette i Styles. Floyd Eldredge Sutton. Jack Joe j Swanger, Lois Louise Teague, | Stanley Verlin Turner. Gladys Marie Underwood, Donald Q. Un derwood, Margaret Ann Walker. Francis Laxton Webb, Carol Barth lna Webb, Fannie Lynda Welch. Stanley M Williamson, Marlon Henry Wilson, Gene Wilson, Bar bara Jean Wright. PARK Theatre Program FOR FOUR MORE DAYS MON., TUES1, WED. & THURS. May 24,25,26 & 27! HERF/S THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE! DON'T MISS THIS WONDERFUL FEATURE! "THE GLENN MILLER STORY" (In Color) ' Starring JAMBS STEWART JUNE ALLYSON DRIVE-IN Bnl?a?m Rd. Dial HI. 6-5446 "Western North Carolina's Newest." Children TTnder 12 Admitted FREE Show Starts At 7:45 P. M. MONDAY. MAY 24 "THF WAN OF THE WORLDS" tin Color) H. G. WELUS PRESENTATION ? TUBS. & WED., MAY 25 & 26 DOimi.E FFATITRR "RIDERS TO THE STARS" (In Color) Starring WILLIAM LITNDIGAN HERBERT MARSHALL ? ALSO ? "THE RETURN OF DANIEL BOONE" Starr ins BETTY MILES DUB TAYLOR Color Cartoon * THURS. & FRI., MAY 27 & 28 "THUNDER HOOF" Starring PRESTON FOSTER MART STUART 5 COLOR CARTOONS J Waynesville DRIVEN THEATRE Children Under 12 Admitted FREE SHOW STARTS AT 8:M P. M. MONDAY, MAY 24 "PARATROOPER" (In Color) Starring ALAN LAPD ? TUBS. & WED., MAY 25 & 26 "CAPT. JOHN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS" (In Color) Starring ANTHONY DEXTER JUDY LAWRANCE ? THURSDAY. MAY 27 "I'LL GET YOU" ' Starring GEORGE RAFT SALLY GRAY ? FRIDAY. MAY 28 "SPOOK BUSTERS" Starring LEO GORCEY and the bowkbyboyb Plan t Cartoons ; Graduation exercises were held it Fines Creek Monday "night at 8 >'olook with Dr, Hoyt Black well, ^resident of Mars Hill College, as >rincipa| speaker. Diplomas and awards were pre icnted by Perry W. Pleramons, Jrineipal. Graduates are: Dorothy Haney, Helen Clark, lilda Ledford, June Suttles, Ada Svans, Daisy Rogers. Katy Russell, L'layton Payne, Edward Clark, lugli Rathbone, Ted Rathbone, Wallace Messer, Harold Smith. Eugene Hane.v, and Verlin Shel :on. g Sunday morning at U o'clock Ihe graduates heard their baeca aureale services. Rev. Thomas Er win, pastor of the Fines Creek Memorial it.ipti t church delivered Ihe sermon and Rev. .1 D. Pyatt, pastor of tile h inqj; (.'reek Metho dist Charge assisted. Losing Transaction GRWp II Wry, Mich. <AP) ? Storekeeper Charles K. Rugielski told police a thief shattered a plate glass window in his store and made oil' with three cap pistols. Three $1 bills were, left behind, apparently in payment, Bukielski wasn't happy with the 1 transaction. He said the guns were | valued at $2 !?8. $1.98 and $1.25. He said nothing about the glass. Breeds New Tomato FAY FTTEVILLE. Ark. (API? A new tomato, combining the bet ter qualities of elder varieties, has been developed by Dr. Victor M. Watts, horticulturist at the Uni versity of Arkansas, Dr. Watts said the tomato is strongly resist ant to disease and produces larg er. rounder and meatier fruit. The new tomato is called Indark?derived from the names of the states in which it has been tested. Indiana and Arkansas. Ind^rk seeds are expected to become available commercially In 1955. Sailing The Drink EOS ANGELES (AP> ? Lloyd D Rees owns a cutter that has competed in the Honolulu yacht race It's called the "Yo Ho Ilo." The dinghy is named the "Bot tle of Rum." His daughter's boat is named "The Jigger," Use the Want ads foe resvl* Stkawdl ^Ueaite, Mon. - Tues. - Wed. Thurs. May 24-25-26-27 tan? utuccwh* H^rWORTF A ??> Also News & Cartoon BETTY HAS A PLACE IN THE SUN VACATIONING in Las Vegas, actress Betty Grable shields her eyes from the bright sun as she talks to her husband, bandleader Harry James. They are taking a rest between engagements. (International) Fines Creek Graduation Set For Monday Evening Popularity Is Handicap NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) ?Ed ward Lord isn't happy about the popularity of his gasoline station. During the 16 years he has .owned it. the station has been broken into 14 times. Services Are Held Today For Mrs. McKay Funeral services were held this afternoon in the Hazel wood Bap tist Church for Mrs. Dora W. Mc Kay. 70. who died Saturday in the Haywood County Hospital after a long illness. The Rev. John I. Kizer and the Rev. J. M. Woodard officiated and burial was in Green Hill Ceme tery. Pallbearers were Wayne R. Mc , Cracken, Hoy Swanger, Earl Byrd, Raymond Crawford, Robert L?| Coper and Ray Whitner. Mrs. McKay was a native of' Jackson County, the daughter of the late Arch and Lou Collins Ward. She had resided in Hazel wood for 35 -years and was a mem-1 ber of the Hazelwood Baptist Church. Surviving the the husband, Luth er McKay; two daughters, Mrs. Edith Hall, Mrs. Edna Mckay Price, and two sons, Robert and Dewey McKay, all of Hazelwood; pne brother, Frank Ward of Duram; and five grandchildren. . ? Arrangements were under the diection of Garrett Funeral Home. Revival Is In Progress At Junaluska Revival services are being held this week at the Junaluska Bap tist Church with the Rev. Elmer Green, Haywood Associational Mis sionary, delivering the messages. The series of services started last week and will continue each even ing this week at 7:45 o'clock. The Rev. W. S. Young, pastor of the church, extends a cordial in vitation to the public to attend the services. Markings on Mars are a dark, greenish blue in the Martin sum mer but turn to a browner shade in fall and winter. ADAMS READS PRESIDENT'S irrS JOHN O. ADAMS, Army counsel, holds a c<>; 1'reqdent EaJ er^s letter to Secretary of Defense Charles i: v. ,i un barnnji^B on secret Executive Department talks a he returns to tt*|9 stand In Washington The document, which s pies- r.tedto^B ate Investigations subcommittee, ordered the : ?. e Depai^H keep secret discussions relating to the Arc v-McCgrtfij dispuj* him is James St Clair, special assistant Ai Feud Is .Costly NEW BEDFORD. N. J. <AP>? | Fred I.owitz paid $2,500 for a strip of land worth about $100 by his own estimate. He just wanted to be sure the 30-foot lot ridn't fall into the hands of a neighbor. The neighbors haven't spoken to each other for years. Their homes are on adjacent sides of the strip of fered for sale by the township, j The tract was formerly a railroad right of way. "I would have paid up to $5,000 for it just to make sure they ! didn't get it" Lowitz said. The population of the world is increasing at a rate of about 1.4 per cent a year says the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization. Tax For Indians OKANOGAN, Wash. ,y Okanopan C ounty as?* Indian-owned cattle and fj chinery are being listed first time lor state proper He said state officials u the properly taxable units issued originally by the government. The Olivine Indian Pa* is a la: ? i>.m' ol the con Indians, says the assep very cooperative. Traditionally the peack Gcorma t.e b< ? n surpn California in that eattji still le.e. - t nation itj waternieici: pecans and tos. CPDTTTClf.USIN5PUBLICm ublll 1 13 Ft . FOR PERSONAL GAI NO OTHER GOVERNOR EVER DID SO WELL FOF, ITJMl ? . , um SCOTT ^\^^^OMEPLAC^^^^ ROADS ^tw 19.S MILES ^VV UNDER CONSTRUCTION ? ???? 7^* PROJECTED PAVIN6 ----- Map of Kerr Scott Plantation (thadad areas) and 19H Mile Network of Paved Roads. $312,500 WORTH OF SECONDARY ROAD Based on average cost of (16,033 per mile on five nearby Alamance road projects This authentic map shows the new paved roadi serving the "model" Kerr Scott plantation and its 17 tenant f ^"'^ttV* some relatives. . . . Dotted line going through 2,300-acre plantation is route of new super highway for whit (XCt $12,6(8 in right-of-way money. . . . This he used to buy a new 480-scre farm in Orange County and? by golly-"1 got a pared road headed out to his new estate! LENNON BELIEVES PUBLIC OFFICE IS A PUBLIC TRVfl Have you been wondering why YOUR Community did not get the road it needed. Or why the road you DID GET has gone to pieces so soon? Maybe if less money had been spent around the Kerr Scott plantation there would have been enough more sent to Haywood county to build the road you need or 1? make the one you got a good one. I . ' HAYWOOD CO. COMM. FOR LENNON, O. L. Noland, Co->1anag*r I ' * " ' ' ? (raid mimical Advtrttomsentt ' -
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