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Upsen Company, general
J ip-ileigh, is contractor
the work. The
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1[)r. Charles H. Pugh,
L !S Grar..i Master of Ma
North Carolina, and Wil
[ Mclver. Raleigh, is Grand
the Grand Lodge.
Ier roast oven
JERRY STAFFORD
jl,--. Glenn Stafford
Iwiener roast last Thursday
Old Fort picnic
, in h> n : of their son Jer
wa> celebrating his six
| birthday anniversary.
|B, attending were: Carolyn
Lmda ll ’iieycutt, Dorma
Stafford, Elaine
L Gwendlyn Me Fee, Diane
Brenda
Dannie
Ronald
Ashley
Jackie
Marie Halford,
i, Jimmie Morrow,
• Andy Stafford,
e, Sonney Slagle,
Richard Simmons,
iee, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Id, Miss Betty Stafford,
Lj Mrs. Stafford and Mr.
(rs. W K. Hurdt of Ashe
Lncle and aunt of the hon
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pn Muskingum College, 111.,
tiding the summer at the
bn home in Last Resort.
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News Letter
Mary Adams Robinson
Mrs. Williams Is Honored.
The family of Mrs. Nora Wil
liams honored the occasion of hei
76th birthday which will fall on th«
4th of July with a picnic dinner on
Sunday near Dysartville. Her two
sons. Clarence of Old Fort, and
Melvin of Nebo and their families
were present. Those attending
from Old Fort were Mrs. Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams,
Mr. and Mrs. Mill Ramsey and
children, Susan, Mike and Nancy;
and Mr. and Mrs. George Grind
staff and children, Richard and
Ray. Rev. and Mrs. James All
red of Lawndale also attended,
Mrs. Allred was the former Eve
lyn Williams.
It’s Gertrude's Move!
Playing Chinese checkers with
Gertrude is quite an experience.
She can hardly wait for her turn
to move the marbles, and some
times doesn’t. She’s as nervous
as a cat—in fact, she is a cat.
She belongs to 12 year old Dav
id Reynolds, and whop he gets out
the Chinese checker board for a
game with anyone, Gertrude is
ready to play, too. She watches
the board intently, and when Dav
id moves a marble, she moves one
by pawing it from one hole to
another. Maybe she doesn’t play
the game according to the rules—
just any old hole will do—but it's
the spirit of the thing.
Gertrude is just a tabby cat
(but not an ordinary one) that
David raised from a kitten, but
she has personality and charm and
can play a mean game of checkers
and money couldn’t buy her from
David.
"The Gleaners" Picnic.
Inclement weather caused the
"Gleaners” Sunday School class
of the Baptist church to hold then
picnic in the recreation rooms of
the church on last Wednesday eve
ning. They had planned to have
it at the roadside picnic grounds.
The affair was well attended, and
was enjoyed in spite of its having
been held indoors.
Mrs. Mary Louise Hughes is
teacher and Mrs. Ruby Swann is
president of the group.
Decoration Day.
Decoration Day was held on
Sunday at the cemetery on Curtis
Creek, and people came from all
over Western North Carolina to
honor their dead and decorate the
graves. It was also a time of re
union with kinsmen and friends.
Families whose members had not
seen each other for a year, and
perhaps longer met again.
Those attending reported the
graves were beautifully decorated,
and that a large group was pres
ent.
Garden Club Entertains Spouses.
Members of the "Hoe and Hope
is service Station never closes!
iperienced operators will fill your tank, change your
°'l, grease your car and check your tires.
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a fine country home. The grounds
are landscaped so that they blend
into the surrounding mountains
and the drives and parking lots
are paved and curbed.
N'ear the front entrance of the
museum is a monument construct
ed of blocks of the same sand
stone which bears a bronze placque
telling that the American troops
crossed (iillispie's Gap on their
way to engage the British at what
was to become the famous battle
of Kings Mountain.
Inside the building, arranged in
glass cases around the walls of
the large exhibition room are min
eral specimens and examples of
products that are made from them.
The minerals came from all over
the State, but most of them are
from the Spruce Pine area.
Ladies, especially, will appre
ciate the display of exquisite gem
stones, cut, and in their natural
state, mounted and unmounted.
There are emeralds, rubies, zir
cons. hiddenite, sapphires, gar
nets, turquoise, amethists and oth
er semi-precious stones. A most
attractive bracelet catches the eye.
It is fashioned from ovals of spar
of delicate colors, highly polished
and set in silver. One huge cut
quartz crystal weighs 77 carats.
There will be more minerals ex
hibited as the collection grows.
Collectors have donated some of
their most choice specimens, but a
lot of them are “permanently
loaned” because their owners
could not bring themselves to sell
them, nor bear to part with them.
The ladies’ and men’s lounges
are modern and well appointed
with every convenience, and the
doors open upon the outside of the
building on a covered porch, the
floor of which is paved with stone.
Drinking fountains of pure moun
tain water are conveniently locat
ed on the grounds.
11 ruis ueeri suggested mat n
would be a real service to people
of WNC and the state at large, if
a competent geologist with a
knowledge of chemistry to make
quantative and qualitative analy
sis of mineral specimens could be
maintained in conjunction with the
museum. “Rock hounds” are more
numerous than one would imagine,
and the hobby is growing by leaps
and bounds since strategic mater
ials are in demand. There are
over 20 such minerals that have
already been located here.
Personals.
Corporal J. B. Manley of Ft.
Chaffee, Ark., is visiting friends
and relatives in Old Fort. Cor
poral Manley has been in the army
12 years and expects to stay 8
more to round out 20.
M. G. Turner was a visitor in
Charlotte on Monday.
Clifford Hendley is seriously ill
at his home here.
M. E. Harding, brother of Mrs.
Ardell Devinney of LaGrange, is
slowly regaining his health. He
has been seriously ill.
Gordon Ricketts has been added
to the Old Fort police department.
Mr. and Mrs. Vann Hughes and
daughters, Mary Vann and Nancy
have returned from Myrtle Beach
where they spent several days last
week.
Mrs. W. S. Burgin anil Mrs. Max
Hunt were guests at the home of
Mrs Hunt’s sister, Mrs. Bill Young
in Hendersonville on Friday.
Friends of Mrs. R. E. Cloy are
glad to see her in town again. She
recently underwent major surgery
at an Asheville hospital.
Miss Jo Hogan has accepted a
position with the Cut Rate Furni
ture store as bookkeeper.
C. of C. Needs New Members.
The Old Fort Chamber of Com
merce is putting on a drive to ac
quire new members. A recent in
dustrial survey compiled by the
Chamber and sent to the Depart
ment of Conservation and Devel
opment was said by their repre
sentatives to be the best one of its
kind ever received by the depart
ment from a town or city of any
'e.
The Department asked for sev
a! more of the brochures for use
trying to secure new industiies
r this region.
irporal Jack L. Creasman.
Cpl. Jack L. Creasman, 19, son
Lloyd W. Creasman, Route 1,
d Fort, recently was graduated
jm the 25th Infantry Division
^-commissioned Officer Acade
c in Hawaii.
At the academy he studied ad
nistrative procedure, leader
ip and the latest military tech
iues. Corporal ( reasman, mem
i of Company H of the 25th Di
skin'* 27th Regiment, entered
BROAD RIVER
Hy Mrs. M. M. Elliott.
i Mr_ and Mrs. McKaskel and
■auKliter Jnamfa, Mrs. Jcrrald Or
tl and Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher El
liott of Upper Cedar Creek were
WP™ quests of Rev. and Mrs.
■ i UI a rd Hall in Marion last Fri
day evening.
Mr. and Mrs. James Hall of this
>ection celebrated their golden
wedding last Sunday. Mr and
Mrs. Hall received many beautiful
and useful gifts and a delicious
picnic dinner was served to the
following guests: Mr. and Mrs.
1 ressley Ownbey and children, Mr.
and Mrs. J. B. Gilliam and daugh
ter l’at, Mr. and Mrs. Recter Led
better, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Owenbey
and son, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Sum
mey and children, Rev. and Mrs.
1 aul Dotson and daughter Anne,
Miss Francis Marlowe, Mrs. Lut
her Ledbetter, and Vollie Conner,
all of Broad River.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson
and Mark of Sterling, 111., Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Huskey and Gale of
Mooresboro, Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Hendrix of Spartanburg, Mr. and
Mrs. Elliott Chatman of Spin
dale, Mrs. T. P. Jenks, Mr. and
Mrs. James A. Farris of Shelby,
Mrs. J. T. Bland of Spindale, Mr.
and Mrs. Thad Hudgins and fam
ily of Mooresboro, Mrs. U. S. Wil
liams, Mrs. Edna Pope and chil
dren, Mrs. Nita King and chil
dren of Georgetown, S. C., Mr.
and Mrs. Charley Dalton of Chim
ney Rock, Misses Winnie Dalton
and Ida Hudgins of Bat Cave, Rev.
and Mrs. Wade Huntley of Hen
dersonville, and Mr. and Mrs.
Hall’s children, Mr. and Mrs. Dew
ey Frady, their daughter, Mrs.
Teanet Wilson and son Randy,
Clarence and Mike Conner of Lake
Lure, Mr. and Mrs. Boyce Free
man and Jo Ann of Shelby, Mr.
and Mrs. James L. Hall and chil
dren of Black Mountain, Mrs. John
Boweman and sons Johnny and
Jimmy of Cincinnati, Ohio, Roy
and Clinton Hall of the home.
Miss Margie Marlowe, daught
er of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Marlowe
of Flat Creek, and Leonard Plem
mons, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Plemmons of Broad River, were
married June 17 in South Caro
lina. Mr. and Mrs. Plemmons left
immediately after their marriage
for Chicago, 111., where Mr. Plem
mons will be in school.
We had as guests at Stone
Mountain Sunday school last Sun
day Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Prince and
daughter Maxine, Mr. and Mrs.
Hubert Smith and son Fredrick of
Chesnee, S. C. Mrs. Prince and
Mrs. Smith are daughters of Wil
liam Gilbert who was born and
reared in this section. Mrs. Prince
and Mrs. Smith’s mother is Hes
ter (Grant) Gilbert, daughter of
the well known late Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Grant of Lower Cedar
Creek.
Our son and his wife, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Elliott of East Marion
visited us last Sunday afternoon.
The revival meeting closed at
Stone Mountain last Saturday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Ownbey and
daughters, Alice and Edna, visited
Rev. Mr. Howell of Black Moun
tain who is a patient in Mission
hospital last Sunday afternoon.
M. M. Elliott, who has been in
poor health for some years, has
be« n very sick for the last week.
METHODIST CIRCLE
ELECTS OFFICERS
Circle No. 1 of the State Street
Methodist church held its organi
zation meeting for the new year
on June 21 at 3:00 p. m. in the
auditorium. Mrs. H. A. Kerlee
presided as temporary chairman.
Mrs. L. C. Jumper gave an il
luminating talk on the significance
of the triangle, the cross, and the
circle in the emblem used for the
Woman’s Society of Christian Ser
vice.
The financial report of former
circle 1 for the past year was giv
en, after which the following of
ficers for the new year were elect
ed: Chairman, Mrs. H. A. Kerlee;
vice-chairman, Mrs. George Mo
ray; secretary, Miss Mary Young;
treasurer, Mrs. J. T. Simpson.
The following tentative sche
dule for meeting places for fol
lowing year was voted: July, home
of Mrs. Kerlee; August, that of
Misses Chatterton and Young;
September, Mrs. Alma Shaw; Oc
tober, Mrs. Herbert Sanders; No
vember, Mrs. Finley Stepp; De
cember, Mrs. J. T. Simpson; Janu
ary, Mrs. Leroy Mashburn; Febru
ary, Mrs. George Moray; March,
Mrs. Frank Buckner; April, Mrs.
D. G. Guess; May, Mrs. Grace
Mertle; June, Mrs. Ernest Plem
mons.
the army in October 1953 and ar
rived overseas the following April.
He attended Old Fort High school.
Mrs. J. M. Watson and Mrs.
Frank Bishop and Lydia Franks
went to Andrews on Tuesday to
visit Mrs. Bishop’s brother, Joe
Henry Franks who is seriously ill.
Mr" and Mrs. Wilbur Curtis and
two children, Mary Jo and Butch
are leaving on Friday for Atlanta
for a week’s vacation with Mr.
Curtis’ brother-in-law and sister,
Mr and Mrs. George Clayton.
Mi and Mrs. Andrew Davis
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Emory
Vess and family, and Mr. Jimmy
Ves.- of Black Mountain visited
Craggy Gardens and Mt. Mitchell
on Sunday. They had both lunch
and supper picnic style.
Mrs. George Myers of Toledo,
Ohio, is visiting her parents Mr.
and Mrs. F. L. Simmons.
Miss Frances Smith was a .Sun
day dinner guest at the home of
Mrs. Ardell Devinney and her son
Elmo.
A H Lyda is a patient at Duke
hospital in Durham. Mrs. Lyda
and son Donald, visited him on
Sunday and say that his condition
is about the same. Mr. Lyda has
been in poor health for about three
years.
The vacation Bible school of the
Methodist church will end on Fri
iav. The staff and children will
have a picnic on Friday on the
lawn behind the church The Rev.
Kelly Brende, pastor, has super
vised the school with Mrs. Gladys
Kanipe as principal.__
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