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held their regular
ing Tuesday night,
home of Mrs. Kthel
, with 19 mem
Mildred Brown,
t, presided. Mrs.
gave the devotions,
the 2nd chapter of
commenting on same
4in prayer. Secretary
reports were given,
from various commit
were discussed for
igrious census. Also
discussed for visiting
the wottiiiiSs'Wards of Oteen hos
pital S^phanksgiving. Names
were drawsiffor secret pals. The
meeting M closed with sentence
prayers lA petitions going up
from every' member present. A
followed with Mrs.
serving refresh
te following: Mrs.
Mrs. Mildred Brown,
rann, Mrs. Vivian
"wwpmmfw*- Tommy Lyda, Mrs.
Nancy Lyda, Mrs. Christine Stepp,
Mrs. Evelyn Green, Mrs. Mabel
Mungo, Mrs. Edith Carter, Mrs.
Edith Ensley, Ruth I wers, Mrs.
Mary Knotts, Mrs. Alma Long,
Mrs. Dot Rpbinson, Mrs. Goldie
hel Bailey, Leo and
Dorothy and John
Lyda, Cherry, Gail,
ers, Patsy and Jim
social
King, th«i
ments to
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Mrs.
Wooley,
Condry, M
Bobby
Condrey,
and Jo
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Mrs.
tain
land,
Maloney, Black Moun
y, left Jan. 5 for Lake
She will be away for
about two months.
The W. M. S. of Oteen church
held their regular monthly busi
ness meeting Monday night, Jan.
5, in Henderson hall with Mrs. Ben
Brigman, president in charge. The
meeting openpd with the singing
of a hymn. " J
and comm
scripture,
in prayer,
er repo
proved.
Plans
course
meet
er by
bers
rs. Brigman read
on a portion of
Esther Bierer led
etary and treasur
re read and ap
fering was taken,
ussed for a study
near future. The
smissed with pray
B. Padgett. Mem
were: Mrs. Brig
erer, Mrs. Padgett,
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Mrs. Mae Swann, Mrs. Ethel King,
Mrs. Nancy Lyda, Mrs. Lillian
Hawkins, Mrs. Zeb Roberts, Mrs.
Edith Carter, Mrs. Kate Saunooke,
Mrs. Alma Robinson and Mrs. Dot
Robinson. Visitors, Paul Lyda,
Patsy Brigman, Jimmy and Bobby
Earwood, Leo, and Bobby King,
and Junior Robinson.
The Berea Baptist church W. M.
U. met at the home of Mrs. Don
ald Bateman on Wedneshday, Jan.
7. Mrs. M. J. Carter had charge
of the program. After meeting
the ladies surprised Mrs. Bate
man with honoring her with a
stork shower. Refreshments were
served by hostess to the following:
Mrs. H. C. Creasman, Mrs. A. B.
Smith, Mrs. A. J. Allison, Mrs.
Tom Creasman, Mrs. Helen Creas
man, Mrs. Evelyn Fuller, Mrs.
Mary Whisdnaca, Mrs. Beulla Da
vis, Mrs. C. V. Shopc, Mrs. M. J.
Carter and Mrs. Donald Bateman.
The Berea Baptist church is hav
ing a Bible study course at church
with the Rev. A. B. Smith teach
ing.
Lewis Hawkins of Oakley has
been ill at his home for several
days.
* Mrs. W. L. Bierer, Sr., is ill at
her home on Church road.
Mrs. David King and sons, Leo
and Robbie, of Arnold road, mo
tored to West Minster, S. C., Fri
day, Jan. 9 to visit relatives. They
returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Troy Robinson of Craig
Circle had as her guest last week
her brother Staff Sgt. Robert Pen
land of Miami, fie recently re
turned from Korea.
W. A. Riddick returned to work
Monday after spending several
days in St. Joseph hospital.
Mrs. Fred Watson of Craig cir
cle, Oteen, has been busy this
week entertaining Mr. and Mrs. H.
R. Kent and family of Black
Mountain. Mr. Kent is a brother
of Mrs. Watson, and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Wood of Swannanoa, Mrs.
Wood is Mrs. Watson’s sister, and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Garris and
children of Elk Mountain. Mrs.
Garris is Mrs. Watson’s sister,
Mrs. Watson’s mother, Mrs. Julia
Kent from Black Mountain also
visited with her.
C. A. Kent, brother of Mrs. Fred
Watson, spent last week in Mis
sion hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Stoldt moved
to Swannanoa Hill Saturday. Wel
come them to the community.
Mrs. Vera Brown, Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Ford and children, Eliza
beth Ann and Lynn, of Johnson
City, Tenn., Mr. and Mrs. Rubert
Garris and Janice Le Baron and
Mrs. Julia Kent had Sunday din
ner with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wat
son on Craig Circle.
Circle No. 1 W. S. C. S. of Beth
el church meet Wednesday, Jan.
7 at the home of Mrs. Annie Nice
ly for the monthly meeting. Mrs.
Robert Meadows, president, pre
sided, and Mrs. Bessie Brown had
charge of program. Mrs. Lillian
Allison opened meeting with pray
er. Topic of program, “Sowing
Seeds of Kindness.” The group
sang, “A Charge to Keep I Have.”
Mrs. Pearl Allison read scripture.
Mrs. Annie Nicely gave introduc
tion to program. Hymn by group,
“Take My Life and Let It Be.”
Prayer was read by Mrs. Bessie
Brown. Readings on topic were
presented by Mrs. Lillian Allison,
Mrs. W. E. Padgett, Mrs. Florence
Hall, and Mrs. Allen Reed. The
group sang, “Jesus Cares.” Mrs.
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Some Republicans are now using
their press contacts to harass each
other instead of the Democrats.
Reports at Eisenhower head
quarters are that the new Admin
istration has gotten off to a good
start. Despite Taft’s blast at Dur
kin, Ike’s appointments have been
well received. The press does not
like the way headquarters is being
run; and the knives are out for
Adams, Vandenberg and a few
others—but on the whole the new
Ship of State is doing well on its
shake-down cruise. Ike is thriving
in his role as President-elect, and
obviously loves the job Frequent
health checks show that the new
President will come into office in
fine condition. Fears of many
that the controversial Richard
Nixon might soon take over seem
groundless, insofar as human fore
casts can be made. The tuckered
out look which Ike displayed dur
ing the campaign is not now in
evidence. Opinion around the Ho
tel Commodore is that the team
Roy Armstrong led in prayer. Af
ter business session the hostess
served refreshments to Mrs. H. M.
Allison, Mrs. Paul Allison, Mrs.
Bessie Brown, Mrs. R. S. Brown,
Mrs. C. L. Hall, Mrs. Kert Hemp
hill, Mrs. Robert Meadows, Mrs.
W. E. Padgett, Mrs. Dell Penley,
Mrs. Gernie Ray, Mrs. Allen Reed,
Mrs. V. T. Shope, Mrs. S. T. Sales,
Mrs. Betty Sorrells, Mrs. Elsie
Lewis, Mrs. Roy Armstrong and
one visitor.
A stork shower was given in
honor of Mrs. Royer Lewis by
Mrs. B. K. Hampton and Mrs. A.
B. Smith at the home of Mrs. A.
B. Yow. Games were played,
prizes won by Mrs. Walter Cooper,
Mrs. Roy Sorrells, Mrs. Emmett
Sorrells, Mrs. Lonnie Shelton.
Many beautiful gifts were received
by Mrs. Lewis. Refreshments were
served by the hostess to the follow
ing: Mrs. Lloyd Hunter, Mrs. Jack
Price, Mrs. Roy Carver, Mrs. Cecil
Lawson, Mrs. Lonnie Shelton, Mrs.
J. L. Bryant, Mrs. Herman Fend
er, Mrs. George Stevens, Mrs. R.
L. Dyer, Mrs. Frank Lewis, Mrs.
Oscar Lewis, Mrs. Roy Sorrells,
Mrs. Walter Cooper, Mrs. Gus
Lewis, Mrs. Emmett Sorrells, Miss
Shirley Lewis, Miss Peggy Yow,
Mrs. Bob Cooper, Mrs. J. B. Lewis,
Mrs. Jessie Lawson, and Mrs. A.
B. Yow. Many beautiful gifts
were received from others not at
tending party.
The cottage prayer service of
Azalea met Thursday at the home
of Mrs. George Stevens. Those at
tending were: Mrs. Walter Coop
er, Mrs. Martha Lamb, Mrs.
George Stevens, and Mr. Rufus
Jackson. Next meeting will be at
the home of Mrs. Martha Lamb.
Those sick in Azalea this week:
A. B. Yow, Mrs. Frank Lewis, Mrs.
Emmett Sorrells, Mrs. J. L. Bry
ant, Carolyn Bryant, Mrs. Pauline
Lawson, Dennice Lawson, Mrs.
Helen Sorrells, Mrs. George Stev
ens, Jonoah Pressley, Walter Coop
er, and Mrs. J. B. Lewis.
Birthdays this week, Ray Gash.
now being thrown together in the
hotel will be the one transferred
to the White House — which we
can expect to operate in the same
manner. If this is true, Ike is go
ing to be far less available to pol
iticians than his predecessors of
20 years. By agreeing to a regu
lar meeting with Senate and House
leaders, the new President will
eliminate the need for seeing the
army of job-seekers, campaign con
tributors, and businessmen seeking
special favors. These people will
have to channel their moves
through the Cabinet. The Appoint
ments Secretary, Mr. Vandenberg,
is a precise and fussy gentleman,
with about as much resemblance
to the debonair and breezy Matt
Connelly as lady fingers to beef
stew. Mr. Adams is working on a
program which will make him the
President when the President isn’t
around. The Clark Clifford of the
new regime will be Maxwell Rabb,
a Boston boy. Most observers say
that he’ll soon be the indispensa
ble man of the White House.
There will be no Steve Early.
The press secretaries are denizens
of a newer era and a different
philosophy.
For a while it looks as though
it will be amateur night around
the headquarters; but the spirit of
cooperation is highly evident.
Richard Nixon, the new Vice
President, made a clever rejoinder
at the recent gridiron dinner. This
piece was devised by William Rog
ers, who has been named Deputy
Attorney General. Rogers was
Nixon's right-hand man during the
campaign, and is given credit for
the success of the historic televis
ion soap-opera. Observers say
that a man with the ability to pick
up the foundering cause of a Vice
Presidential candidate the way he
did, certainly has the ability to go
a long way himself.
Stung by criticism in his recent
successful campaign that he was a
carpetbagger, Senator Symington
will board with his in-laws in
Washington, and will spend all
spare time in Missouri.
Sherman Adams is having a
hard time finding a job to suit Ken
Royall, North Carolina Ikeman.
The Economy
Reports from all sorts of ex
perts, from every section of the
country, indicate that prosperity
is going to be permanent.
Everyone knows that this is hog
wash. This talk of “permanent
plateaus,” which we reach after
each round of inflation, is remin
iscent of 1929. It will be remem
bered that at that time we had
the same singular similarity of
optimism.
The reason then, and now, that
no one in business would predict
bad times was because such talk
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few more pessimists today than
we did in 1929, some of them owing
no special lip service to keep sales
up. They see a “slight recession”
or “hardening” at the end of ’53.
No one, but no one, however says
that times will be bad. Unemploy
ment, empty factories, huge inven
tories are still possible. Econom
ists base their predictions upon
foreseeable figures, such as gov
ernment spending which extends
into the life of aggression as now
threatening from Russia.
With the spending of some $80,
000,000,000 ahead for 1952-1953,
and with no sign that Russia in
tends to relent in her preparations
for conquest, any economist worthy
of his salt is going to say that
times will remain good.
The first signs of the coming
flop are evident in our relation
ships to Europe. The western pow
ers have served notice that they are
not going to spend for rearmament
at the pace we would have them
spend. They will halve arms pro
duction to make civilian goods to
sell to us. This will leave us with
a shrinking export market. We
need extensive exports to keep
about 10,000,000 workers at their
jobs in this country.
Let us trace this trend. After
the war, there was a demand from
Europe for our raw materials and
manufactured goods. However,
there were no dollars. Hence, the
Marshall plan. We gave them dol
lars, and they bought our goods,
machinery, tractors, etc. Then the
rearmament program which we
urged upon them took the place of
the recovery plan; and this ven
ture needed our supplies and ma
chiner.
We have been doing very well in
the exporting of our goods—re
gardless of the fact that our own
dollars were paying for them. This
artificially created trade is trade
nevertheless, and kept a lot of
people working. Europe now wants
our trade barriers down, to com
pete with us on an equal basis on
the dollar market. It now remains
to be seen whether or not we can
support the program of empire
without its trade advantages.
If the export chunk is bitten
completely out of our economy, we
cannot possibly live on our own
fat because the fat is gone. We
have to buy ever-increasing sup
plies of raw materials abroad. Up
to now, we have been able to pay
for these by exports of manufac
tured articles. Now, that trade
could very well dry up, and we
would have to still buy oil, nickel,
uranium, iron ore, copper, bauxite,
tin, natural rubber and many oth
er articles in addition abroad. Bri
tain has to sell more and more
goods to us, or she will go broke
and start exporting her unem
ployed people. Italy is startling
the world by her industrial ingen
uity. Germany and Japan, both
hard-working and industrially ag
gressive nations, have not yet ris
en enough to seriously challenge
their late enemies. But it is cer
tain that given freedom from re
strictions, they will again under
sell the free world.
The outlook for permanent pros
perity must take into account our
leading the world permanently in
volume and value of exports. This
we cannot predict with honesty.
Domestically, with the industrial
capacity expanded by wars, we can
supply our peaceful needs with a
small part of our potential effort.
Without war production, without
filling the needs of the free world,
we would be far less busy—far less
prosperous.
The crisis makes jobs, the jobs
make money-spending, and the
money means prosperity. During
the campaign we heard that pros
perity isn’t real; but it is real
enough for all the optimistic pre
dictions which featured New Year’s
advent.
All this war spending is bound
to resolve into an all-out war, an
uneasy peace, or a genuine peace.
In the event of the first, we will
have all-out spending over an un
known period, with hardly any
consumer goods. At the end we
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