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Santa Claus Pressure
Gives Cuz Hard Time
Tills is the time of yew I
dreed moat, thelast few weeks
just More Santa claus. 1 am
not one of those far -sighted
people who can save up money
all year In order to buy all the
presents they should, or want.
Somehow I can't seem to save
money for this purpose ? or
for any other purpose either.
So when everyone begins put
ting on the Sanu clans pres
sure It makes me feel had.
Then when Christmas is just
around the corner, like it Is
now, I begin looking for bar
gains in catalogs, junk mail
-??-anywhere 1 can find 'em, in
order to send them out for
presents. 1 seldom get them
ordered in time actually to
send the presents. This al
ways gives me a good excuse
for not sending them. How
could 1 when these outfits fail
to get the stuff to me in time?
I got a little catalog the
other day that looks like it's
chock full of good cheap bor
galns. Ill tell you about a few
of them.
The first thing I saw was an
ad for some eye glasses by
mail for only 91.95. 1 always
thought these eye doctors
charged a whole lot more for
theirs than they had any busi
ness doing. This ad said they
could even fit you with bi
focals. Since several of mv
friends are already in the "B
phase of life (baldieads, bay
windows, and bifocals) I might
just send 'em a pair of these.
I know they need 'em cause
more and more of them are
having trouble recognizing
me.
There was some hair color
ing preparations guaranteed to
keep gray hair dyed forever.
I sure hope no one sends me
any of that as I only have 10
or 12 gray hairs and just a
G^ubtmo^
* 70t take this happy time of year to wish you
all the joys of the Holiday Season, and to join all men of
good will in a prayer for worldwide peace and understanding.
May your Holidays be merry and bright!
Nichols Department Store
Andrews, N. C.
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Glad tidings to all and our
warmest wishes for the hap
piest of holidays. Please ac
cept our sincerest thanks for
jour friendliness and patron
age this past year. It has
been a pleasure to serve you.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN GAS, INC.
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few of any other color. A lot
of my friends could use It,
though. And this would be a
very practical gift. 1 always
did appreciate gifts I could
use.
A brother-in-law of mine
always elves his wife prac
tical gifts. A fear years ago
Mary complained to Bob that
he never gave her flowers.
The very next afternoon he
presented her with a beauti
fully wrapped box. Inside she
found a packet of pansy seed
with this affectionate note at
tached: "Grow your own. . .
Love, Bob."
As I turned a few more
pages in my gift catalog I
saw some stuff advertised
that was said to make you
smile from the inside out. I
don't think 1*11 order any of
that cause my gift list only
includes people that prefer
smiling in the opposite di
rection.
Another thing that caught
my eye was a Home Nursing
Course. They guaranteed that
you could learn how to do that
at home In only nine weeks.
I dl&i't realize before what
a dumb niece I had. It took
her four solid years to get
that in her head and she was
off studying at a big hospital.
But maybe she wasn't really
so dumb. I think there area
lot of extra-curricular acti
vities at those big hospitals.
Now here Is something good.
A mail order course in how
to play a guitar In only seven
days. Price $2.98. When I first
saw that I thought I'd order
it for a friend of mine. Fel
low named Ridenhour. But, in
stead, I think 111 order It for
myself, learn to play the gui
tar, then go up there to his
radio station and let him hear
some GOOD music.
The deeper I get in this
catalog the better bargains I
find. All good, practical gifts,
too. Like this beautiful en
gagement and wedding ring set
?ONLY $2.49 for both of
'em. Boyl I sure got hooked
when I bought a set of them.
If I had had this book then I
could have sure saved myself
a pile of money.
There was a snake bite kit
advertised pretty cheap. Said
a sportsman should not be
without it. Several of my
friends are real sporty, but
the contents of their snake
bite kits are Sjjire a lot dif
ferent from toe one in this
catalog.
Then there was a gadget
they said could be used for
locating hidden treasures.
This would be a very practical
gift for bill collectors in case
a delinquent claimed be was
broke and could not pay off.
They could turn the thing on
and it would go to ticking if
this person had any hard cash
on him. It might not actually
help 'em collect the money
but they could find out if they
were being lied to. That oughta
be worth something.
I have always heard It wasn't
the gift Itself that counted but
Mrs. Holland
Honored At
Stork Shower
ANDREWS - Mrs. Butty
Holland mi heoarad with a
stork *ower ooMomkywr
lag. given by Mrs. Majdne
Crawford at bar home.
A pink sad bins color
schema was used.
Refreshments at cake, nuts,
mints sod punch ware served
to the 10 guests attend^.
Valleytown HD Club
Christmas Party
Held At Burch Home
ANDREWS - The annual
Christmas party for the Val
leytown Home Demonstration
Club was held at the heme of
Mrs. E. I). Burch on Tuee
dsy evening at 8i30 p.m.
Christmas decorations
were used throughout the
home.
A pot-luck simper preceded
sn exchange of gifts.
For the CJirlstmas program
Mrs. Csrl West gave the de
votlonsl snd tola s story In
keeping with the season.
.Hostesses for the event
were Miss Betty Sue Best and
Mrs. Burch.
letter 10
The iditer
Dear Sir:
1 am enclosing articles a
bout fluoridation. I hope and
pray the people of Murphy will
not be deceived by the social
planners.
During the year 1956 I lec
the opposition In Asheville,
and the vote was 4 to 1 against
fluoridation. Today I am help,
ing with suit in Court, to be
held January 3. The City
Council voted to put it in
without consulting the people.
Dictatorship Is the order of
the day, but we sure can do all
we can to prevent such? and
freedom is everybody's busi
ness.
1 would like to write an arti
cle for publication in your
newspaper. I have helped to
keep the poison out of Hen
dersonvllle, and if there is
any help I can give the folks
in Murphy please feel free to
call on me. If we had not al
ready lost so much of our
freedom, the doctors and den
tists would be more at liberty
to speak their opinions. This
is surely what I would term
mass medication, socialized
medicine, and they are will
ing to let a man, who must be
fully covered, to prevent his
own death, in the artificial
aluminum shavings. What a
system of deception, and I
would term it against the pure
food and drug act.
Yours for pure mountain
water,
Fannie B. McCoy,
95 Church Street,
Asheville, N. C.
the thought behind it. So, to
save myself a lot of gift wrap
ping trouble and you a lot of
unwrapping, and all the mess
that makes, I'll just take a
short cut and send each of you
a thought for a Merry Christ
mas and a Happy New Year?
besides, if I ordered all the
stuff I liked the looks of In this
catalog they never would get
the stuff to me in time to mail
out.
?? winiiii
^the.
of (Jhristmas
abidt with ftou and fill your
heart with peace and happiness in
all the days to come.
BURCH MOTORS
Murphy, N.C.
Sincere Good Wishes
We take this opportunity to ?stand heartfelt thank* to all oar
friends and patron*. It is oar sinoerest wish that
each and every on* enjoy the very merriest Christmas
and a holiday season filled with good cheer.
E.C. MOORE CO.
Roe end Cloe Moore
Murphy, N.C.
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WESTCO TELEPHONE COMPANY
Murphy, N.C.
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