Fraternal Order
Meeting Schedule
MASONS
L Mountain Lodge No. 663
P ^ m. Stated Commumca
1 .,'t Friday of each month
,, m. Leroy H. Mashburn,
Bt
,uER OF EASTERN STAR
[ Mountain Chapter No. 200
t and third Tuesdays of each
Lh‘-,•{() p. M. Mrs. Reva Hinkle,
(>[.
TN’tOR order united
American mechanics
a. Mountain Council No. 146
rt and third Mondays of each
Lh* 7:30 P. M. Clarence Pegg,
icilor.
S»annanoa Camp 970
^ ID men of the world
innanoil Camp 970 Woodmen
World meets first and third
•<day. Woodmen Hall Buck
building, Swannanoa. Phil
’lrath. council commander.
v„u don't believe the rattlers
growing big and fierce this
, drive out North Fork way
talk to Mrs. Arthur Jones.
|t Thursday as she stepped
^ her back porch, she saw her
snake of the year. But to
-judging by the size of this
ber of the diamond back
that is enough to last for
season.
robbing a hoe Mrs. Jones went
{work and brought the snake
|l]? knees after quite a struggle,
if as 36 inches long and had 10
tiers.
—R—
[People just don't visit the
»y they used to. For instance
| isn't very far from Asheville
black Mountain and most of
think nothing of traveling
loch farther for a visit.
[But last Sunday when Mrs.
ona Jones of Asheville came
visit her niece, Mrs. W. W.
nmerman. it was an event,
(was the first time Mrs. Jones
pd been here for 10 years.
Mrs. Timmerman lived in Mar
or Morganton, Mrs. Jones
Duld have a hard time ever
Stting there.
-R
NTw York for the national
h'ention of the American Leg
|John Larkin, Trenton attorney,
was a candidate for state
niander at the Asheville meet
weeks ago. hesitated when
he one asked what part of
rth Carolina he called home,
■ing the largest town near
Ir.ton he replied, “Raleigh.”
(Raleigh,'- the stranger thought
ljVer for a minute and then
'! 1 ,]how far is that from
“ton?" Since that time Larkin
! never hesitated in telling any
a‘* name of his home
Speaking at the annual barbecue
lt:: hy \\ aycaster-McFee post,
Pln to'd the story of the porter
' enetian Blinds
of
Look Who’s Here!
Mr. and Mrs. H. N. (Bobby)
Atkins announce the birth of a
son June 13 at St. Joseph’s hos
pital.
Twin daughters were born to
Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Grant June
t't. Joseph’s hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jolley are
parents of a son born June 14
at St. Joseph’s hospital.
SPENT WEEK
^rs- G- L. Kirkpatrick and
iiui chav? returned from Rock
Hill, S. C., where they spent a
week with Mrs. Kirkpatrick’s
mother, Mrs. Mary McFadden. Mr.
Kirkpatrick went down over the
week end and brought them home.
—Relics dating back to THE
LOST COLONY period on Roanoke
Island have been recovered by
archeological diggings and are
now on display in Fort Raleigh
museum at Manteo, N. C.
who accepted $5 from a passenger
on a flyer of the Southern Rail
way with the understanding that
no matter how loud or long he
(the passenger complained) the
porter was to put him off at day
light at a little town in Southern
North Carolina.
The following day the train was
speeding south, deep in South
Carolina, when the enraged pass
enger in question rushed in and
gave the porter a severe tongue
lashing for not having lived up
to his agreement to toss him off
at his desired destination.
After the passenger had left the
wash room, a friend of the poster
turned around and said: “That was
the maddest man I have ever seen
in my life.”
“Mad, man you ain’t seen noth
ing. If you think that man was
mad you should have seen how
that man cut up that I threw off
the train this morning jest at the
crack of day way up in North
Carolina.”
CLASSIFIEDS SELL - Phone 4101
CUT-OFF DATE FOR. STARTING
GI TRAINING WHEN you
MARE YOUR PLANS TO GO
TO SCHOOL...THE DATE IS
ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY
'or full information contact your ncarcat
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION office
Veterans are cautioned, wher
they write to the Veterans Ad
ministration about benefits, tc
identify themselves as completelj
as possible in the letters. Gooc
identification will mean promptei
and more efficient service to them
In correspondence on educatior
and training, other GI Bill bene
fits, medical matters and mos1
other veterans affairs, the write]
should give his “C” numbei
(claims number). In correspond
ing about GI insurance he shoulc
give his insurance number. These
two types of numbers have beet
assigned to each particular veter
an as his identification. Their use
makes possible rapid attention tc
his business and prevents con
fusion with some other veteran
The veteran should also give
his complete name and correcl
current address, together with hi;
service serial number.
On most VA matters, veterans
in North Carolina should address
their letters to the VA Regiona
Office, 310 West Fourth Street,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
On matters concerning National
Service Life Insurance, veterans
in North Carolina should send
their letters to the VA District
Office, P. O. Box 244, Richmond,
Va.
Q—After the July 25 cut-off
date, will I be permitted to change
fields of GI Bill study?
A—You may change fields of
study only for reasons satisfact
ory to VA. Such reasons include
unsatisfactory progress in your
present course through no fault
of your own, or evidence that the
new course would be more in
keeping with your aptitudes and
previous training.
Q—I am an on-the-job trainee
under the GI Bill. I understand
that next Fall I will be required
to take a supplemental corres
pondence course along with my job
training. May I do so despite the
fact that the cut-off date will
have passed ?
A—Yes, so long as the corres
pondence course is considered as
an integral part of your on-the
job training course.
CLASSIFIEDS SELL - Phone 4101
RETURN FROM VIRGINIA
Mrs. N. C. Shuford and Miss
Bonnie Shuford have returned
from a week’s visit with
Mrs. Shuford’s brother and sister
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon ByTon
on the eastern shores of Virginia.
VISITORS
Mrs. Carl Renstron and daughter,
Vera, of Omaha, Neb., and Mrs. J.
A. Gammon of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
James A. Cox. Mrs. Gamman is
Mrs. Cox’s mother and Mrs.
Renstron a sister.
STORAGE
Call Black Mountain Transfer
& Coal Co., and let them store
those “In the way pieces.” We
will store one piece or an en
tire household.
DIAL 4831
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