First Methodist Church
WAYNES V1LLE
Corner Hit wood ami Academy
The Bev. Earl H. Brrndall,
Minister
10:00 a.m.?Church School. W.
S. Roberta. General Superintend
ent. Classes and Departments for
all ages.
The nursery la open for children
under six until twelve o'clock.
11:00 a.m. ? Morning Worship.
Sermon by the pastor. Subject:
Help Yourself."
6 30 p.m.?The MYP will meet
for supper followed by a program
of recreation and worship.
8:00 p.m. ? Evening Worship.
Sermon, "How To Grow Older
Happily."
Ninevah Baptist Church
The Bee. C. L. Allen, Paster
SUNDAY?
10 a.m.?Sunday School, Boy
Davis superintendent. Rufus Lam
ing. Associate Superintendent.
Sermon by the pastor every sec
ond and fourth Sunday mornings
at 11 o'clock, and every first and
third Sunday nights at 8:00 o'clock.
7:00 p.m.?Training Union, Ruf
us Laming, Director.
WEDNESDAY?
7:30 p.m.?Prayer meeting.
Visitors are welcome.
Tourist expenditures In Texas
grew from 276 million dollars in
I860 to 412 million dollars in 1099
If a growing child ate as much
according to his weight as a grow
ing bird he would consume three
lambs and a calf In a day.
THIS WEEK'S
BEST SELLERS
FICTION
The Laet Hurrah, Edwin O'Con
nor.
Andereonrtlle. MacKlnlay Kan
tor.
Auntie Maine. Patrick Dennia.
Lucy Crown, Irwin Shaw.
NONFICTION
The Birth of Britain, Wimton
Churchill. ?
Arthritis and Common Senae,
Dan Dale Alexander.
The Search For Bridey Murphy,
Worry- Bernateln.
How To Lire 365 Days A vehr.
John A. Bchindler.
Gift From The Sea, Anne Mor
t row Lindbergh.
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SO FAR AS i* known Little Dock Mratr it the only "moil boy" of
the old dayt still alive In this part of Western North Carolina. (
'Little Dock' Messer Was
Wail Boy' For Many Years
Br W. C. MEDFORD
Because of his-amall stature he
has generally been called "Little
Dock" In his neighborhood?wher
ever he lived at the time.
Less than five feet tall and
weighing about 100 pounds. Dock
Messer was a familiar figure In the
White -Oak, Fines Creek, Crabtree
and Iron Duff sections for many
years. That was back when he was
'malt boy' in the 'BO's and early
1000's?when he carried the mails
to Fines Creek and also to Iron1
Duff
Up at the nursing home above,
Waynesvllle, we found Little Dock
looking well?as you will see.
"I'm as well as could be expect
ed for a man of my age." he said.
"How old are you. Dock?" we
asked. "Some folks say you're about j
a hundred years old ? is that
rlgWT" ? I
"No. I'm not that old." he re-!
plied. "My mammy al'ays told me
I was born the day before peace
was made in the Old War (Civil
War); now you can count that up."
That would make Little Dock's
age about two months over B1
years, as of today. Born on White
Oak. the son of Sam Messer, be is
the grandson of "Uncle Fed" Mes
ser who lived to be a hundred and
fifteen years old
"You might live tq be as old as
your grandfather," we remarked.
"I'm a-loykin' for it," he replied.
After he quit carrying the mail? '
when tf.F.D. took over. Little Dock
would often helo the women folks
ravel out rags for quilt-linings for
twenty-five cents a pound.
"You don't get enough for your
work, Dock; you ought to charge
j more," he was told on one occasion.
"I git more work than I can do
{ at this price," he replied.
He lived most oi the time on
Fines Creek. In speaking of this,
he said, "I've had some mighty
good times down there, where I
lived with my uncle on Tom Mc
cracken's place."
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| Singing Set For
2 P.M. Sunday At
Antioch Church
i
A singing convention has been
announced to the Antioch Baptist
church, Iron Duff community, Sun
day at 2 p.m.
The Kingston quartet from Ashe
viile is expected to be one of the
group of singers. All singers are in
vited to attend.
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WCC Faculty Sets
Concert Tonight
The Lyceum Committee nod the
Summer Music Camp at Western
Carolina College will present a fa
culty concert tonight at 8 o'clock.
In the gallery of Hunter Library.
The program will consist of the
following solo performances: Rob
ert Organ, baasoon: Louis Stout,!
French horn; and Glennis Stout,
flute. Dr. Richard Renfro will ac- j
company each soloist.
Stout and A. C. Myers, both of
the music camp faculty, will play
Four Duets for French horn. Trio
In F will be played by Miss Mary
Osborne, clarinetist: Mrs. Stout,
and Mr. Organ.
Brass ensemble music will be
performed by Harold Smith and
Gene Ellis, trumpets; Louis Stout
and A. C. Myers, French horns;
John Miller, trombone: Hubert
|leyer, tuba; and Don Kneeburg.
student of Asheville, baritone.
Featured in the evening's pro
gram will be guest artists Elizabeth
Frantz. violinist, and Harold Frantz.
pianist, both of Asheville. They willj
perform Sonata for Violin and
Piano, by Aaron Copland.
Mrs. Frantz is one of Asheville's
leading violinists, and Is a former
student of Michel Piastre. Mr.
Frantz is former head of the music
department at Montreat College.1
now organist at All Souls Church
in Biltmore. He Is well known as a
performer, teacher, and composer.
Harold E. Smith, WCC music
camp director, said that the concert
is open to the public without
charge.
Card For Cop
CHULA VISTA, Calif. (APt?Of '
all 90 get-well greetings Police Sgt. j
Leo J. Kelly has received since he
went off duty because of illness,
he likes the biggest one best.
Thirty second grade students re
membered Kelly had taken them
on a tour of the police station and
decided they wanted to send a
greeting.
The students put together their
30 separate greetings into one card
It measures 36 by 96 inches.
RIGHT WAYNESVILLE AND FINES CREEK MEN have just re
ported for training at the U, S. Naval Training Center at Great
Lake*. III., after being sworn into service at Colombia, S. C. They
are, left to right, front row, Hugh I-eroy Presnell of Hot Springs, a
former student at Fines Creek High School rd ie son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ernest Presnell; George David Mitchell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Newman Mitchell: Arthur Joseph Wilson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Wilson; and John Henry Smiley, Jr:, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John H. Smiley, all of Waynesville. Back row, left to right.
Bill Winfield Conard, son of Mrs. Louise Conard; Ronald Benjamin
Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. James N. Gardner; Marvin Dwight
Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Mills; and Gerald Aloiuso Swan
ger, son of Mrs. Ruth Swanger, all of Waynesville.
Red Cross OK's
Lake Junaluska
Swim Program
The Water Safety Division of the
Red Cross has approved the entire
swimming program at the Lake
Junaluska Swimming Pool. New
rules have been instituted this year
and they are being strictly enforc
ed for the safety of the swimmers.
The pool is open each day from
10:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. It is under
the supervision of Wallace Martin,
physics and math instructor at
Pfeiffer College, who is director of
recreation for the assembly.
The pool is probably the most
popular and widely visited area on
the assembly grounds. Up to 400
persons from the lake and sur
rounding areas have used the facilr
ities in one day.
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Ratcliffe Cove
Community News
By MRS. GROVER FRANCIS
Community Reporter
Mrs. Carl Francis and sons,
Carlton and Teddy, arrived Satur
day to visit her parents. Mr. and
Mrs. T. T. Muse. Sr., and other
relatives of this community.
Little Janie Palmer, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Palmer, pain
fully Injured an elbow in a fall
at her home Sunday.
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A group of junior girls and their
leader from the RatclifTe Cove Bap
tist Church are spending a week
at the Fruitland Baptist Assembly
near Hendersonville this week.
In the group are Dean and Jean
Francis. Jean Cody, Vickie Cald
well, Janet Meador, and Mrs. Roy
Meador.
Testimony For Air Defense
Reveals Interesting Facts
WASHINGTON ? The impor
tance of the study of our air de
fense was pointed out the testi
mony last week by Former Assist
ant Secretary of the Air Force
Trevor Gardner.
THE EXPERT
Mr. Gardner is an expert in re
i search and development. When be
speaks we should give his views
serious consideration.
Mr. Gardner resigned from his
high post recently due to his jail
! ure to get what he deems adequate
I funds and more emphasis on re
| search and development in the
Pentagon and by the Administra
tion. He says with emphasis that
the United States is' now behind
Russia in the quantitative rare and
soon will be surpassed in the quali
tative race in scientific weapons.
Pointing out that our nation must
stay ahead in both areas. Mr. Gard
! ner threw up his hands in dismay
' when his superiors reduced the
budget In his field of research. He
stated that some strategic projects
had to be abandoned in the plan
ning stage. ' '
AREAS OF RESEARCH
"The only commodity you can't
get back in this economy of ours
is time," Mr. Gardner told our com
mittee. He stated that much time
was being lost by divided activity
in the development of scientific
weapons. He said this competition
for money, men and hardware has
delayed several ICBM projects. In
j line with this, many feel that there
should "be more serious thought
given to the streamlining of the
administrative system in research
and development . ?
I have written in this report be*
fore that all this research and de
velopment costs staggering sums.
Tt will go up.
X THE OLDEST
Senator Theodore Francis Green
will be 89 years old soon. That
makes him the oldest Senator in
the nation's history. Last week, he
broke the record held since 1898
by the late Senator Justin S. Mor
rill of Vermont. Senator Green is
hopeful of serving in the Senate
until he is 100. The Rhode Island
Democrat says the way he keeps his
youthful appearance and philoso
phy is by keeping active.
Waynesville
Art Gallery
Opens Tonight
James Mann's Waynesville Art
Gallery will open (or the 24th sea
son at 8 p.m. tonight it has been
announced.
Mr. Mann, owner of the Way
nesville Art Gallery, is now on a
tour of Europe, but is expected to
return to this country the last; ?(
June and arrive here about July 2.
On his tour, Mr. Mann has seen
portions of England, Holland,
France, West Germany, Spain,
Greece, and Turkey.
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tt would stand to reason that automo
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Like in "torque multiplication"?the
twisting force a transmission delivers to
the drive shaft. (The greater the torque
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But what do you find?
You find that any '56 Buick with advanced
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That's news ?and there's plenty more
where that came from. For the 756 Buick
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styling advances to make it the best
Buick yet, by far.
That new Dvnaflow, for example, brings
you the world's only switch-pitch
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1 The new V8 engine is 322-cubic-inches
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There's a joyous new ride, too?a new
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