FORT NEWS
PHONE 231
MARY ADAMS
Subscription Representative
OLD FORT
Anderson,
instructor of
i iiUure department of Old
G. T. SHIPMAN
WELL-DRILLINO a
boring contractor
'„n N c. — Dial 9151
Marion, r*
CALL collect
hort High school, has
following schedule for
mgs in March
--1
released the
adult meet
March :! 7 p.m. to 9 p.mi> eiec.
tric_ workshop; March 10, 7 p m
™ '* I’ ','1;' 'hscussion of fertilizers;
.'larch 12, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., electric
workshop; March 24, 7 p.m. to 9
p.m., subject to be announced.
'i on are cordially invited to at
tend any meeting in which vou are
interested.
c. CLIFF MEYER
Building Contractor
SUBDIVISION DEVELOPING
• REAL ESTATE
Office NO 9-3571
Home NO 9-8824
The shop will be opened on the
second and fourth Wednesdays of
each month from l to 5 p.m. for
those who would like to use it.
Personals
Clark Early of Greenville visited
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
Early the past week-end.
Mrs. Flint Norwood of Colum
bia. S. C., was a guest at the home
of her mother, Mrs. R. L. Laugh
ridge on Saturday and Sunday.
Joe Crawford of Charlotte spent
several days here last week visit
ing his sisters. Mrs. Joe Giles and
Mrs. Elizabeth Beam.
Mrs. Herman Creasman and son
Mark, of Clinton, Tenn., are spend
ing this week with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Manick in Old
Fort. Mrs. Manick was shaken and
bruised in an automobile collision
in Burnsville Sunday. The Manick
car was rammed by another ve
hicle and Mrs. Manick’s head struck
the windshield of her car. She
suffered a concussion.
Come to the Supper
This coming Friday afternoon
and evening, the Old Fort Rotary
club will sponsor a spaghetti sup
per in the school lunchroom for the
benefit of the Little League base
ball team. Tickets are $1 for
adults and 50 cents for children.
Everyone come, see your friends
and neighbors, enjoy the supper
and help the Little Leaguers.
Mrs. White Interviewed
Friends and relatives in Old Fort
of Mrs. Carl (Aida) White of
Asheville, were interested in read
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Black Mounta
ing the interview with her which
appeared in Sunday’s Asheville
paper.
Mrs. White, a native of Cuba,
has returned from the strife-torn
country with her two sons, Tony
12, and Marco, 5.
She pave a vivid description of
life in Cuba under the Batista re
gime, and gave her opinion of the
rebel leader, Castro.
Mr. White, a representative of a
tobacco company in this area, is
the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee White of this place.
Korean Vet Killed
Lewis V. Autrey, 22, Korean War
veteran, and resident of Old Fort,
RFD, accidentally shot and killed
himself Saturday morning, as he
was packing to move to Marion.
According to reports, he placed
a loaded shotgun in a box on a
truck with the muzzle pointing to
ward him. The gun discharged
and the shot struck him in tile
right side of the chest.
He was rushed by ambulance
to the Marion hospital, but was
dead upon arrival. Coroner S. J.
Westmoreland ruled that death was
accidental and no inquest was held.
Autry is survived by his wife,
the former Miss Alice Banks and
a daughter, Venessa, 8 months old.
His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper
Autry, two sisters, Mrs. Dean
Branch of Marion, and Mrs. John
Rurnett, of Old Fort, and four
brothers, Leland and Randy, of
Old Fort; Ranis and David of Mar
ion.
William Griffin at Top
Word has come from the Uni
versity of North Carolina that
William Griffin, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Russell Griffin, is one of six
students from WNC who made the
honor roll in the School of Phar
macy there. An average of 92.5
is required to make the honor roll.
William is to be congratulated!
Crane Damaged
The Old Fort Fire department
answered a call to extinguish a
burning crane being operated on
the school grounds by a road con
struction crew.
It was reported that the machine
was being cleaned by a workman
when a tool struck the battery and
sparked, igniting the machine. The
workman was burned, but, it is un
derstood, not seriously.
Bake Sale
Ladies of the Old Fort Metho
dist church will conduct a sale of
home-baked goods Saturday, Mar.
7, at the H. & W. Department store
on Main street. Each lady brings
her specialty.
SHOPE CREEK
By Mrs. Thelma Buckner
The “'Week of Prayer” for State
Missions” will begin on Wednes
day night at 7:30 at Berea Bap
tist church. Mrs. Jack Smith will
have charge.
Mrs. Audrey Creasman, Mrs.
Irene Gregg and Mrs. Juanita Mes
ser were hostesses at. a stork
shower on Friday night, Feb. 20,
at the home of Mrs. Troy Gregg,
honoring Mrs. Lloyd Gregg. Mrs.
Jim Fuller had charge of enter
tainment. Refreshments were
served to 24.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Creasman,
Cathryn and Graham, Mr. and Mrs.
F,. E. Creasman, John Creasman,
Theodore, G. R. Creasman and
Wilbur, went to Port Royal, S. C.,
Feb. 25 to attend the funeral of
J. F. Creasman, who died Feb. 22
after a brief illness.
The infant daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Bob Hensley of Riceville, un
derwent surgery recently.
Teddy Crist is absent from school
with measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson B. Nich
ols observed their 12th wedding
anniversary Feb. 22.
Cathy King was 10 years old
on Feb. 22.
Tom Creasman made a trip to
Johnson City, Tenn., on Saturday,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Jenkins and
children of Bee Tree, were recent
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton
Gregg.
March came in with rain, wind
and snow. Many have gardens
planted. Robins have arrived,
which means spring is not far off
even though winter may have an
other fling or two.
REFLECTIONS—
From Page 1
As has been explained before,
all bills are first introduced on
the floor by a member of the
house (in the senate, of course, by
a senator) and are referred by the
speaker to a committee. To make
sure that the proposed new law
does not conflict with one already
on the books, the new bill is writ
ten by the attorney general’s
office.
For instance, a member who has
a bill to be written will take the
information to the attorney gen
eral’s office and give it to the
proper authority. Here it will be
researched and prepared to con
form to the rules. The next morn
ing the member submitting the
information will find the neatly
typed document on his desk.
When the speaker calls for the in
troduction of new bills, he sends
it forward where it is given a
number, properly entered on the
book, and referred to the commit
tee handling that particular type
of legislation.
In committee the chairman gives
the introducer an opportunity to
explain his bill and then turns
the floor over to any and all for
discussion.
Some of the hottest debates are
found in the committee meetings
which are always covered by re
porters from the Piedmont press.
After action by the committee
it is sent back to the house for
final disposition. Debate is still
in order and amendments may be
made from the floor before pas
sage of the act. It is then sent
to the senate or killed.
I RUSHED IN!
'Way back in the first paragraph
T gave you an inkling of who rush
ed in.
Well, when I went to Raleigh
for the opening of the session 1
took with me a “little old bill''
that didn’t amount to much, and,
I thought, didn't affect anyone ex
cept us here in the Swannanoa
valley.
In due time I found my way
to the attorney general’s office,
gave our good friend Claude Love
the proper information and sat
back and waited for my law to
come through. A morning or two
later (it took more time to write
mine because without realizing it
1 had brought down a complicated
document) the bill was brought to
my desk and sent forward.
When the story hit the press
1 learned, to my dismay and aston
ishment. that it was not a local
bill but one that was state-wide
in nature and scope and one that
reached into every county in North
Carolina. My mail a few days later
was quite heavy from “friends”
in all parts of the state. They
wanted a few changes which I
agree are necessary.
’ By that time the bill had been
i printed, passed by the health com
, mittee. and sent back to the house.
Now I am faced with sending up
: an amendment to my own bill.
If I had realized that 'his was
a state-wide bill. I would nevei
have had the nerve to send it uf
I in the first place. But you know
know who rushes in where not
- even angels will.
In case you missed the story or
the proposed law. it would permit
^ those suffering from tuberculosis
to get married under certain re
strict ions. provided they are undei
I treatment and that the health de
partment approves,
i Yes, I DID ask the Buncombe
County Health department. wh<
^ approved, as did the State HealtI
; department.
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Visitors in Raleigh last week in
cluded Judge William A. Hart of
the Domestic Relations court in
Asheville, and Arnold Hyde, field
representative of the State Com
mission For the Blind.
Mrs. L. E. Brown and Mrs. John
Kelly came to Raleigh last week
to attend a funeral. Following
breakfast at the Sir Walter, they
just had to see the famous Room
215 which has been publicized
from the mountains to the sea.
They stopped outside the door and
peeked in to make sure no ghosts
were hiding in the corners. When
I C. Crawford insisted, they went
in but crossed the room the first
thing to look at the fire escape,
which, according to good authority,
served as the entry for the sam
ples passed out in the little brown
bags of other years.
BUSY MORNING!
What do the legislators do to
keep them busy each morning un
til the convening of the session at
12:00 noon?
Well, as an example, last
Wednesday morning after attend
ing a meeting of the state govern
ment committee at the Highway
Building at 0:00. it was necessary
to hurry over to the Revenue
building for a session of the local
government group at 10:00, miss
ing the welfare committee meeting
entirely, but arriving in time to
get my name on the book for a
meeting of the education commit
tee in the Education building short
ly before they adjourned to per
mit us to rush to the Capitol for
the regular session at 12:00.
After this, all we had to do was
dash back to the Revenue build
ing for hearings being conducted
there by the appropriations com
mittee.
No constitutent heard from me
that day.
NORTH FORK NEWS
By Mrs. Howard Willett
' Other than our Sunday school
attendance which was 119 and that
Nana Owenby was home I don't
' have much news. •
When I depend on Howard to
bring me church news I just don’t
get any. I tell him he is like Hattie
said Henry Martin used to be when
he went to church and she stayed
home. She said he would never
bring her any news, that he never
noticed what people were wearing
> or anything that might interest
her. One day Henry thought he
5 would put a stop to her always
r asking about people at church so
he told her about some woman's
_ hose and shoes. It will take more
' than that to cure me of asking
* questions.
Both Phyllis and Kay have the
1 measles so Phyllis couldn't even
t take notes for me.
s Rev. Mr. Byrd wanted me to
- write about my Uncle Grover, and,
r since 1 have my 40th birthday
March 13, it is a good time to look
backward. I am one of those who
like to look backward, anyway. I
‘ would like to have been born a
’ hundred years earlier. To me it
1 seems that life was not so compli
cated and it was not such a rat
race to get everything done on
f time.
3 Now. getting back to Uncle
_ Grover, f feel that I know him
even though I never did see him.
From the things I have heard about
him. it makes him seem very close.
He was the organist at the old
church and would get up each
Sunday morning and walk to church
and get there by 9 o’clock. He
lived down on Lake Eden road.
One can easily walk *it in that
length of time, for I have done
it myself. I can almost see Uncle
Grover playing the old hymns and
praying before church services. I
have found that the best way to
commune with God is playing and
praying in an empty church, just
as Uncle Grover did before the
services. It gives me great pleas
ure to go to a small country
church on Sunday afternoon to
play and pray and walk about in
the cemetery. There are a few
churches without locked doors.
Howard is always afraid I will get
chased off and maybe I will some
time.
Howard has finally come across
with one item of news: Mr. and
Mrs. Grover Brookshire had dinner
with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Luns
ford
DIET FADS SCORED—
From Page 1
Mrs. Douglas Jones, chairman of
the club’s American Home commit
tee, arranged the program which
was carried out with the aid of
Mrs. Max Woodcock, Mrs. Frank
Buckner, Mrs. L. C. Jumper, Mrs.
Stanley Garland, Mrs. Edna Wall,
Mrs. M. E. Head and Mrs. W. E.
Vernon, Jr.
Announcement was made by Mrs.
Anne Sharp Harrison, district
president, of the approaching Mar.
1<J District Fine Arts luncheon.
This will be at 12:15 at the Bat
tery Park hotel, Asheville, when
prizes will be awarded to boys and
girls chosen as winners in the fine
arts annual competition in the
fields of painting, poetry and mus
ic. Reservations -should be made
by noon, March 17, with Mrs. Wal
ter Burgess. Mrs. Bill Phillips is
district chairman of the depart
ment of fine arts.
Mrs. John Benedict, chairman of
the local club’s fine arts commit
tee, reminded that the coming
March meeting will take the form
of a style show with “surprise”
features, to be presented at the
Monte Vista hotel.
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69*
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Pork Ribs 39*
ARMOUR'S STAR
Bacon - 49*
HOME-MADE LIVER
Mush 4
Bologna 3 - $1
SURE HIT
FLOUR . . 25-lb. bag $1.29
SWIFT’S
JEWEL OIL . . . qt. 39c
N.B.C. RITZ
CRACKERS . 12-oz. pkg. 29c
BORDEN’S
BISCUITS ... 6 cans 49c
LARGE BOX
SUPER SUDS . . . .25c
STREITM ANN’S — BUTTERSCOTCH
CREMES 12!4-oz. pkg. 45c
SALAD DRESSING . ql. 39c
IDEAL — 1 Lb. Loaves
BREAD . . . . 2 for 29c
LIBBY'S FROZEN ORANGE
JUICE . . 2 6-oz. cans 39c
GREEN GIANT — 303 Cans
PEAS ... . 2 for 33c
BOY AR DEE SPAGHETTI & — 15V2 OZ.
MEAT BALLS . . 2 for 49c
DOLE SLICED
PINEAPPLE . no. 1% can 19c
JET DOG FOOD . 5 cans 29c
DOLE PINEAPPLE
JUICE . . . 6-oz. can 5c
• F resh Fruits and Vegetables •
NO. 1 IRISH
POTATOES . 50lb.bag 99c
GOLDEN RIPE
BANANAS ... lb. 10c
Old Fort
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