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Year's Best Film To Open Here Sunday "FrM Here to Eternity," the Best Picture of the Year, winner of eiiiiil Academy Awards, comes to the Strand Theatre on Sunday for three days. Columbia Pictures' versioiaJH the best-selling novel by James Jones, "From Here to Eter-> nity" stars Burt Lancaster, Mont gomery Clift. Deborah Kerr and, Academy Award winners as year's best supporting actor and actress, [ Frank Sinatra and Donna Heed. Other awards, among the record total of eight won by the produc tion, are best director for Fred /innemann. best screenplay by Daniel Taradash, best cinema tography. best film editing and best sound. ( A biting story about pre-Pearl!i Harbor soldiers and their women. | ' From Here to Eternity" was pro duced by Buddy Adler *j West Pigeon Community News By MRS RALPH RIDDLE Community Reporter The Bethel Baptist Church is having its Vacation Bible School <1his week AH children are wel come. Tommy Owen has returned to I Camp Lee. V*., after spending 10 da< ? with his family in this eom ntunify. Mi-. Perry Russell and baby,' Frances, have returned home from i Havwood County Hospital. Mi* Henry Garner and Mrs. j Jack McCraeken are representing; Bethel this week at Wrigbtsv.il le, Beaeh at a meeting of the chapter.) Order of Eastern Star. j Earl AI ford Dies Of Heart Attack In Ga. Word was received here this! morning of Ihe death of Earl Al lord at his home in Sylvester, ' Georgia. He was stricken with a h< irt attack last night and died ' short lv afterward. Mr.'Alford was well-known here.! haxing heen an annual summer 1 visitor, lie also has a number of I at Ives here I uncivil services and burial will ' In i11 Sylvester tomorrow morn-:1 ine 1 Surviving are one son, Earl A I- I * ford.7 Jr. of St. Augustine, Fla ; threp sisters. Mrs. I. H. Mann and Mrs Kuth Wimpy of Sylvester, and Mrs. E. K. CJullev of Atlanta: and two grandchildren. GEORGE WILLIAMSON Williamson Wins State K. Of P. Speaking Contest George Williamson, son of the Rev. and Mrs. Malcolm H. William son. 104 Walnut St.. was the win ner of a speaking contest sponsored by the North Carolina order of Knights of Pythias at Asheville Tuesday night. As state winner. George will represent North Carolina in the Southeastern contest at Spartan burg. S. C. on June 24. The winner there will participate in the na tional meet at Des Moines. Iowa. George, who was sponsored by the Canton lodge, Knights of Py thias. received first prize money of $25 for this talk on the topic, "Courteous Motor Manners and How To Promote Them." Other contestants at Asheville were Daniel Wood of Greensboro. Shirley Holder of Winston-Salem, and lola Ruth Martin of Ronda. C. L. Duckett Dies At 84 [n Canton Charlie Lee Duekett, 84. died Tuesday al 7:15 p.m. in his home at Canton after a lingering illness. He was a retired carpenter and a member of the High Street Bap tist Church. Funeral services wery held to day at 3 p.m. in the High Street Bantist Church. Jhe Rev. O. L. Ledford, pastor, 1 the Rev. Bill Knslev. and the Rev Otto I'arham officiated and bur ial was in Borf-A-Venture Ceme tery. Nephews eereffl 'H^iffBbWIi'ertr Kate Clevenger Duckett; three sons, G. B. and I. A. of Canton, Surviving tiie the widow, Mrs. and (I H. Duckett of Amak. Wash.; hree daughters, Mrs. May me Duck ett of Canton. Mrs. Clara Burns tif Gunnison, Colo,, and Mrs. Ten nie Wood of the home: nine grand children, and six great-grandchil dren. Arrangements were under the direction of Wells Funeral Home Atkins To Resume Banking Studies In New Jersey Joe Jack Atkins, Assistant Cash ier of the First National Bank of Waynesville will return on June 11 to the Graduate School of Bank ing at Hutgers l^ilversity for his second summer session. The ses sion will be held on the Univer sity's campus in New Brunswick. N.. J., June 14 through 26. Mr. Atkins is one of over 1,000 bank officers who will attend the two-week session of the School, which is sponsored by the Ameri can Bankers Association. This stu dent body?from 43 states, the District of Columbia. Alaska. Puer to Kico. and El Salvador?repre sents a capacity enrolment. The Graduate School was found ed in 1935 by the A B A. to pro vide an opportunity for advanced study for experienced bankers. The faculty for the 1954 session, num bering 58 regular members and 34 special lecturers, consists of out standing bankers, lawyers, educat ors. bank supervisors, and govern ment officials. During the session, they will cover all phases of bank ing, economics, law. government, and related subjects. Four major subjects are offered by the School ?commercial banking, trusts, in vestments, and savings manage ment. Mr. Atkins is majoring in Commercial banking. To qualify for graduation,' Mr. Atkins must attend three of these summer sessions at Rutgers. In ad dition. he must complete two years of extension study at home and write a thesis based upon original research in some phase of finance. Rites Are Set For Sunday For Sgt. Morgan The body of Sergeant Arnold Lloyd Morgan of Canton, who was killed in action in Korea, is being returned to Canton for funeral services and burial. The body will arrive Sunday and wil Ibe taken to the chapel of Wells Funeral Home. Sgt. Morgan was also a World War II veteran. Graveside services will be held Sunday ut 3 p.m. in the V. F. W. Memorial Plot at Bon-A-Ventlire Cemetery. Members of the Ed wards-Clark-Mcsser Post No. 5108, Veterans of Foreign Wars will con duct military rites and serve as pallbearers. Surjyving are the stepfather and mother. Mr and Mrs. Wesley Har bin of Canton: one brother. Pvt. Hufus Morgan of the U. S. Army; two sisters. Mrs. James Garren and Mrs. Stewart Srnathers of Canton. Also the maternal grandfather, D. G, Srnathers of Candler, and j the paternal grandmother. Mrs. I Thomas Morgan of Candler. A normal human ear can dis tinguish about 333.000 different tones. Death Takes J. M. Hunter At Age Of 92 Joe M. Hunter, 92, a retired farmer of the White Oak section of Haywood County died yesterday i in a hospital. He was the only surviving child of the late Jackson and Margaret Hunter. Surviving are one son, Harrison ' Hunter of Waynesville, HFD 4; four daughters, Mrs. Charlie G'ald v.ell of Waynesville RFD 3; Mrs. Joe Teague of Clyde RFD 2; Mrs. Pearsan Caldwell of Waynesville RFD 2; and Mrs. Pink Messer of Newport News. Va.; 18 grandchil dren; and 30 great-grandchildren. He had been a member of the Pigeon Baptist Church for the past 35 years. The body has been taken to the home of a daughter, Mrs. Pearson Caldwell, on Waynesville RFD 2. to await the funeral hour. Funeral services will be held itj the Pigeon Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday. The Rev. Forest Ferguson and the Rev. James Coleman will of ficiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers wil Ibe Claude Cad well, George Smith. Hubert Duck ett, J. Hugh Caldwell, Frances Teague* and Wilbirn Teague. Granddaughters will be flower bearers. Crawford Funeral Home is in charge. Connatser Wins Insurance Sales Trip To Canada S. K Connatser, District Man ager in Waynesville for the Jeffer son Standard Life Insurance Com pany, left Wednesday for Quebec City, Canada, to attend a company convention to be heKi at the Chateau Frontenac. The conven tion officially opens Monday morn ing, June 14, and closes Wednes day, the lfith. Program for the three-day con vention includes business sessions, sightseeing through historic Que bec. boat trips on the St. Law rence River, and fishing in the lakes of Quebec. The convention will be attended by Jefferson Standard's sales lead-i era from over the company's 291 states. District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico territory, and total attendance is expected to exceed 6fl0 persons. Convention speakers include Howard Hotderness, company President; D Leo Dolan. Director. Canadian Government Travel Bureau. Ottawa. Canada; Kenneth L. Anderson. Insurance Research and Review Service. Indianapolis. Indiana; and John Fisher, Canad ian Broadcasting Corporation. Tor- , onto. Canada. Karl Ljung. Vice President in Charge of Agency Operations for the Company, will preside at all business sessions. The Quebec Convention climaxes an 18-month production campaign which according to company offic ials resulted in the largest \olume ' of sales of new life insurance of any similar period in the history - of the company. Jefferson Stand ard now lias more than $1 1/4 Billion life Insurance in force. Connatser lias been a member of the Applieation-A-Week Club for 715 consecutive weeks. He is the first agent west of Shelby to qualify for the trip. Mr. and Mrs. Connatser and NEW SENATOR is Judge Sam J. Ervvinr of Morganton. His ap pointment by Governor Umstead was announced Saturday. (Photo courtesy Morganton News-Herald). Wings Of The Wind LONG GROVE. Iowa <AP> ? A tornado apparently whisked a dog several miles through the air, then put him down unhurt. Basil Hil ton. Long Grove farmer, said his shephard dog, "Bob", went to his bed in the garage. The twister picked up the garage and carried it awav. After the storm there was no sign of Bob. But two hours lat er he was at the door, frightened and whining, Hilton said. For Walking Delegate HARTFORD, Conn. (API ? James J. Hughes fell and was in jured while walking to his job from a company parking lot. The Connecticut Supreme Court of Er rors ruled that he was entitled to workmen's compensation benefits. Walking across company property to and from work, the court said, can reasonably be considered "an accident of the employment." In 1950 three-quarters of the babies born in the United States had fathers under 35 years old. A toad may lay as many as 7,000 eggs at a time. two daughters expect fp be back June 20th. A MUSICAL PROGRAM at the Bethel Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. Katurdav and Sunday morn- t ins at 11 o'clock will feature six people from the William Jen nine Bryan University, Dayton, Tenn., including: Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jewett (above) and the Gospel Messengers Ladies Quar tet. Mrs. Smathers Dies At 80 Mrs. Elizabeth (Lizzy) Bracken Smathers, 80. died Tuesday in her home in the Dutch Cove section af ter a long illness. She was a native of Transylvania County, had resided in Haywood County for 60 years and was a member of the Morning Star Meth odist Church. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Vernette Muse and Mrs. Jack Medford of Canton and Mrs. Worth Wells of Hendersonville; three sons. Quay of Canton. Vaughan of Asheville and Glenn of Pasadena. Tex. Also two brothers. Hilliard and Eugene Bracken of Brevard; one sister, Mrs. Jack Ashworth of Brevard; 10 grandchildren; and | 10 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wed nesday at 3 p.m. in the Morning Star Methodist Church. The Rev. Kenneth Crouse, pas lor, officiated, assisted by the Rev. Doyle Miller, and burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Arthur Cody. George Wilson. Loranzo Smathers, Tighe Smathers, Lloyd Young and Eldon Burnette. The first foreign salute to Ameri can sovereignty was fired in the Dutch colony of St. Eustatius in the West Indies in 1776. ?l'l' Vdrk i '"**1 'ypit ii (L,i ''' --<* ' ADDED ATTRACTS IN PERSON ATOP THE CONCESSION STAND AT THjj WAYNESVILLE DRIVE-IN THEATR NOTE: There Will He Only One Show Thursifa June 17th ? Starting at 8:1"> P. M. BIGGER - BETTER TT ESSKAY GALLERIES 303 Main Street Opposite First National Bank NOW OPEN! ?Completely Remodeled and Redecorated? AIR CONDITIONED FOR YOUR COMFORT AND CONVENIENCE FOAM CUSHIONED SEATS AND CHAIRS We will offer al auction fine collections of Persian Rugs, ^ JL I CC linens from Italy, France, Czechoslovakia. Belgium and China ? Occasional Furniture from France, Italy, Belgium and China ? Crown Darby, Dalton, Spode. and Bavarian China m 11 %/ and Dinner Ware. And, of course, the very finest II T Diamonds - Watches - Silverware ^ tl GIFTS & SOUVENIRS A? 7l30 j 34 years auctioneering experience] ESSKAY GALLERIES Branch Store ? 354 Central Avenue, Hot Springs, Arkansas f<? - ' k' V- su: ... .<!.-? t Waynesville DRIVE-IN THEATRE Children Under 12 Admitted FREE SHOW STARTS AT 8:15 P.M. THURSDAY, JUNE 10 "THE MAN FROM CAIRO" Starring GEORGE RAFT 01 ANN A MARIA CANALE ? FRIDAY, JUNE 11 "THE GREAT DIAMOND ROBBERY" Starring RED SKELTON ( AHA WILLIAMS Plus 5 Cartoons SATURDAY, JUNE 12 DOUBLE FEATURE "BELLE OF THE YUKON" (In Color) Starring RANDOLPH SCOTT GYPSY ROSE LEE DINAH SHORE ?ALSO? "THE LIMPING MAN" .Starring LLOYD BRIDGES % ? Color Cartoon ? ? SUN. & MON., JUNE IS & 14 "SHARK RIVER" (In Color) Starring STEVE COCHRAN CAROL MATHEWS News and Cartoon I Bbvattdt ^Leatte ? THURSDAY. JUNE 10 Last Day To See This Exciting Picture "THE IRON GLOVE" Starring ROBERT STACK URSULA THIESS ? FRI. & SAT.. JUNE 11 & 12 REX ALLEN And SLIM PICKENS "SHADOWS OF TOMBSTONE" Also \ SELECTED VARIETY OP SHORT SUBJECTS ? RETURNING FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT AT THIS THEATRE SUN,, MON. & TUES., JUNE 13-14-15 "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY" J Starring Burt Lancaster and Frank Sinatra i Smoky Mtn. DRIVE IN THEATRE Balsam Rd. Dial GL 6-5146 ! "Western North Carolina's I Newest." Children Under 12 Admitted FREE Show Starts At Dusk THURS. & FRI., JUNE 10 & 11 "BROKEN ARROW" (In Color) Starring JEFF CHANDLER DEHRA PAGET ? ALSO ? * 5 Color Cartoons SATURDAY, JUNE 12 DOUBLE FEATURE "THE IROQUOIS ( TRAIL" Starring GEORGE MONTGOMERY HRENDA MARSHALL ?ALSO? . "CURLEY" (In Color) HAL ROACH Cartoon Carnival ? SUN. & MON.. JUNE 13 & 14 "RED GARTERS" (In Color) Starring ROSEMARY CLOONEY JACK CARSON GUY MITCHELL PARK Theatre Program THURS. & FRI.. JI NK 10 & 11 "HIS MAJESTY O'KEEFE" (In Color) Starring KURT LANCASTER Don't Miss This ? It Was Filmed In The Fiji Islands! ? SATURDAY. JUNE 12 Two Rijr Stars In One Cun-Klazing Western! 'THE LONE STAR VIGILANTES" Starrine KILL ELLIOTT TEX RITTKR _________ SI N. & MOV. JUNE 13 & 11 'DRUMS ACROSS THE RIVER" (In Color) Starring AUDIE MURPHY MSA GAYE ?ALSO? ALWAYS THE BEST IN SELECTED SHORT SUBJECTS ^ u
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