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OLD FORT NEWS BERTHA GREENE PHONE 76 Old Fort, N. C. x-pound son was born ■ind Mrs. Bobby Nich Marion hospital April 11 Alvin Crawford is a ■I t?nt at Marion hospital. r3v';; p’lint Norwood and ,hter Margret Louise of Chester S. C., spent the week ,'ith h'er mother, Mrs. Rob ,:Vi..>-bridge. Elizabeth White, who * lieen ill at her home, is nra-h improved. r ,,s Tisdale of Bryson City last Monday nighty with Mep-niother, 'Mrs. Mintie Ti-Jale. Mr and Mrs. Clifford Stepp V ,'on Gary of Robbinsville Bertha Greene and -.-7rTj[fooVQ STJLSLiLfi-RJLgJLg-g. IT ONLY TAKES A MINUTE TO TRY ON THE MOST COMFORTABLE PI AplfC YOU’VE EVER WORN JAYMAR SANSABELT SLACKS ''•■■"■'T in Sansabelt Slacks. I re the one and only Sansa - ' !h the patented inner waist ' imported lrom France—does ;i"-y with belts, does ■ with bulges. See iV-!" hemendous se k'.'ion of fabrics, l’-:'.'..': :is and colors. From $15.95 TM£ OHC AN0 ONLY SANSABELT -Konrai Qualilij tlolfiing slack Mountain, N. C. ^-^lfLSLSL!LOJULSULSLSUULflJU2Ji also his sister, va Stepp. Miss Gene M''. and Mrs. Harry Setzer and two sons Mark and Steve, hi - mtk0 v 3(1 dinner with his mother, Mrs. A. V. Setzer AI;. : 'p,nd ,Mrs- Fannie Allison] L,'!” T- T StePPe- Mrs. Ge m\a Tisdale, and Mrs. Nora Setzer went to Pickens, S. C t0 vi«jt their ’cousin; Jim Silver, who is very ill. thev1!611 |Wa.yr,home Sunday, tht\ stoped at Kosman and had dinner with Mrs. Allison’s sfs and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Wick Powell. ‘Ir' ,an.d .Mrs. Kenyon Lac ,of., Asheville spent Sun Mv- pthThl? P?rents- Mr. and .'its. h. l. Lackey. Bertha Greene has been ill at her home all week but i« improving. Sr. Citizens Cuib Meets ' h„iihe.uS™ior Citizens Glut In Id their regular monthly meeting Wednesday. April 11 at 10 : o clock in the recrea L°n ,ha!,®f the Methodist chinch. Although the rain was ; pouring, 24 people were pre sent to enjoy the services. Mis tess of ceremonies, Mrs. W. E, Teague, the meeting opened with all singing “Sunshine ir m.v Sou , and “Brighten the Corner \\ here You Are”. Rev, W alter Cooper led in prayer at ter which he introduced the speaker, Rev. John McWhor ter. Mr. McWhorter used three words. Hate, Covet, and Ad diction, as basis of his discus sion. He brought to light the fact that we should hate evi in any form. If we hate al bad things there will he nc room in our hearts for them and we will be better Chris tians. The same is true of Co vet. li e need to covet the high er things of life-love, peace and joy obtained by receiving our God. We should he addict ed to the things that are pure oloan. and nf cowmo u,. inanity. To doing the thing; that are right every day, we should give ourselves in ser vice to God’s work. His ad dress was interesting and help ful and enjoyed by all present Mr. Clapp thanked him foi coming to us on such a rainj day bringing us such a won derful message. Plans were discussed for making money tc help those in need. Mrs. Tea gue asked for suggestions tha1 might help make the meeting more interesting and benefit' : ial. The chairman, Mrs. Maude Steppe, thanked everyone foi being present. Delicious re freshments were served bj Mrs. Steppe and her co-work ers. Married Bett> Virginia Marston, daughter ol Kermit Miller Marston of Ole Fort and the late Mrs. Mars ton, is married to Alban Jos j eph Zolly, son of Mrs. Lewis B. Zolly of Washington, D. C and the late Mr. Zolly. Tht double l ing ceremony was pe formed Feb. 21 in the U. S Army chapel at Camp Zama Japan, by the Rev. B. Pau Hugdle of the Tokyo, Japar Lutheran Seminary. Wedding music was presented by Miss Beverly Matson, organist, anc Miss Sylvia Pinnock, vocalist The bride given in marriage by Lt. Col. Edward Fenig wore a princess style gown ol white chiffon over silk shan tung which she designed. Hej veil was an Italian lace man tilla and her bouquet was pale lavender cvnibideum orchids and white stephanotis on £ small white Bible. A gift fron ; her uncle. Miss Barbara Bar rell, maid of honor, was at ' tired in deep turquoise sill chiffon, and carried a cascad ing bouquet of small whits Chrysanthemums. Charles Cushman served as best man A reception followed in the Cherry Blossom Room of th< officers club. Afterwards tin couple left for a wedding trij Ato Tokyo. The bride was dres NOTICE! BECAUSE OF MY POOR HEALTH, I AM CLOSING MY BUSINESS, STAFFORD'S USED CARS BLACK MOUNTAIN, N. C. AS OF MAY 1, 1962. I greatly appreciate the privilege of having served my many friends over the past years. LEWIS STAFFORD PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK By Edith K. Benedict —Photo By Gragg Annie Mae Daugherty Fortune has the distinc tion of being the only woman in North Carolina to carry the mail on a star route. Her route follows high way 9 to Bat Cave with enough side roads thrown in to make a round trip of about 65 miles. Mrs. fortune knows the people who live along the route well, for she traveled it with her father, every time he would take her, from the time she was 12 until she was grown. Robert J. Daugherty, known affectionately as “Bob” to his many friends along the route, was carrying the mail when Annie Mae was born. He traveled then on horseback over roads and trails, across mountain tops and down the Broad River valley to the little one room post office at Dome. The little post office still stands although the use, as such, has for many years been discontinued. He faithfully performed his duty three times a week in all sorts of weather. The Daugherty family con sed in a moss green wool suit trimmed with a natural mink collar. Upon their return the cou ple resumed teaching at Camp Zama American high school. Mrs. Zolly attended Gardner Webb Junior College and has a B. S. degree from Appala chian State Teachers College. For the past two years she has been teaching in the U. S. De pendent School in Germany. She came to Japan last fall. aJLI . /J V7 11 y HUO U U. tJ. U\.^L vv from Washington, D. C. teach ers College and did graduate work at American University there. He came to Japan two years ago and plans to remain until the spring of 1963. Mrs. Grindstaff Altha Elizabeth Grindstaff, 65, of Old Fort, died Sunday morning in an Asheville hos pital after an extended illness. Services were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Old Fort P'irst Bap tist church. The Rev. J. G. Rob inson officiated. Burial was in the Old Fort Cemetery. Surviving are the husband, Er nest A. Grindstaff; two daugh ters, Mrs. James Faw and Mrs. Richardson of Old Fort; six sons, Homer and George of Belton, Mo., Paul of Hickman Hills, Mo., J. L. of Maltimore, Maryland, and Earl and Alvin of Old Fort; a sister, Mrs. Ernest Wood of Old Fort; a brother, Will Suttle of Chula Vista, Calif; 18 grand children and two great-grand children. The body was taken to the home at 5 p.m., Monday and to the church Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. to lie in state 30 minutes before services. Westmoreland Hawkins funeral Home of Marion was in charge. Mrs. M. A. Parker Mrs. M. A. Parker, 84, died Thursday morning following a long illness. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Earl Pad gett of Old Fort Rt. 2, four grandchildren, and seven great grand children. Services were held at 4 p.m. Sunday at the Old Fort Methodist church. Burial was in Bethle hem Cemetury. With the Rev. Walter Cooper officiating, as sisted by the Rev. H. D. Jes sup, the body was placed in state at the church 30 minutes prior to services. Westmore land-Hawkins funeral home of Marion was in charge of ar rangements. __ iistccl ol 5 children, three tirls and two boys; their home vas Black Mountain and they ittended the local schools. Vlany teachers who are still it the job will remember •ound faced, brown eyed An nie Mae Daugherty. She mar ked William Monroe Fortune Fr., in 1936. They have three laughters, the oldest married ind living in El Paso; Esther he second daughter now lives n Black Mountain with her ;on; and the youngest, Me inda, is in her first year of ligh school and a member of troop 98, Mrs. William Styles, eader. When Mr. Daugherty be came ill he contracted the job )f carrying the mail to his laughter. This type mail ser vice is not civil service con nected, but is done under con tact which is renewable every 4 years when the work is done satisfactorily. Mail is now carried six days a week and :he route has, for some time, neen extended to Bat Cave. Phis means for the carrier, 52 weeks of continuous service, no paid vacation, but the same legal holidays observed by nther postal employees. With the death of her father, in 1957, Mrs. Fortune contin ued to carry the mail still do ing the many things for her neighbors along the route which her father before had done. Many a bag of fertili zer and can of kerosene was carried by “Bob” before the road was paved, before elec tricity was installed and long before the day of the tele phone in Broad River. Flower and vegetable plants were tak en from one mailbox and mov ed on to another by request of the sender. Although the requests are not as numerous since Mr. Daugherty’s time, Mrs. Fortune still moves things, other than mail, along the route; she picked up milk at one house and brought it two miles down the line to leave at another when there was no other means of trans fer. This is not as one sided an accomodation as it appears, for Mrs. Fortune says she has had many flat tires on her car over the years and has only once had to change a tire her self. One day, in fact, with two flat tires and no spare, she was loaned a complete wheel with tire until she could get hers repaired at Bat Cave, the end of the line. She some times is the bearer of bad news of death or illness of friends or family. During an emergency which occured on Cedar Creek when her car broke down, Emory Vess went into Old Fort for help. “They are fine people, all of them”, she said, “I am glad to do what few things I can for them. I have known them all for so long, and so well I feel that they are all neighbors.” Older by mail from cata logues Is still popular in rural areas wit transfer of money by money order. This elemi nates the trips into town and means only a brief wait until the commodity ordered is deliv ered at the door. The daily newspaper is delivered by the letter carrier. Summer mail is heavier because of the large number of summer homes be tween Black Mountain and Bat Cave. The route follows No. 9 a cross Lakey Gap to the Chest nut Mountain road which it follows as far as the Tarbert residence and retraces; Crook ed Creek toward Old Fort to Stone Mountain almost to the Floyd Morris home and back; down Sand Branch to W. F. Stroud’s and return; out the Old Fort highway across McDowell county line and back to the Cedar Creek road which goes nearly into Rutherford county then back again to highway 9. out another side road which leads to Rock Creek Inn and again back to 9; the route then goes into a branch of the old highway to the Mor gan Hill road and immediately into the newT highway; the next detour is the lower Flat Creek road and retrace to the highway, and last of all up the road to Shumont or Bald Mountain as it is known b> some. After the return to the highw'ay from Shumont the route enters Henderson coun ty and goes directly on to Bat Cave. This is surely 65 miles of as w'inding, climbing road over which anyone ever tried to deliver the mail; it is a beautiful drive though, one of the most scenic out of Black Mountain. Wild life is in a bundance. During the years Mrs. Fortune says she has seen deer, fox, rabbit, squirrel, pos sum, (some prankster left one in our mailbox once which gave her quite a start when she opened it) and snakes which seem to love the warm pavement in the summer. Wild flowers also may be found a long the way from early spring to fall frosts and of course the native laurel and rhododen Another example of the friendliness which exists be tween the “lady-mail carrier’1 and her patrons is the noon day lunch hour which she en joys in the winter with the Ledbetters at the Broad Rivei grocery where Katherine ha? a pot of hot coffee ready foi Annie May to have her lunch. Vegetables, fruit, and flowers find their way back home with her, given by her friends along the way. The old post office which for years occupied part of ar old store building at Bat Cavt was replaced last month by i new building just one tenth ol a mile nearer Chimney Rock Here all mail picked up along the route is deposited as wel as the locked pouch which sht brought from Black Mountair containing mail for distribu tion in the Bat Cave area. She returns directly from Bat Cave bringing a locked pouch with mail to be dispatched from here and since there is nc railroad through that sectior this is the quickest method. II the morning train arrives or time so that she gets awaj from Black Mountain by 10 she can expect to be back ir town by 2:30. “Neither sleet, rain nor snow will keep the postmar from his appointed rounds” i: an elusive statement which 1 thought was a postal motto ol some sort. Maybe it came in to being in the days of the pony express. The mails mus1 go in spite of the weather, bu1 what happens when it simplj cannot? In Mrs. Fortune’: case either her husband or hei her substitute, Hilda Ballard goes with her. “I would rid( anywhere with Hilda”, shf stated. “She is a wonderfu driver. I never will forget th< day she and I left town in ; sleet and snow storm whicl didn’t seem too bad until w< got across Lakey Gap. It be gan to be worse then, and wi were forced to turn around a Chestnut Mountain road an: start back in. When we start ed down the mountain on thi: side the car could not be con trolled so we locked it an< walked on back to town. I Speakers at the 18th District of the American Legion Auxiliary meet ing held at the Monte Vista hotel last Tuesday were (L-R): Mrs. Mary Frances Stevens, director of voluntary services at Oteen VA hospital; Mrs. Carmen Bul lock president of the Waycaster-McFee unit of Black Mountain; Mrs. Sam Welborn of Thomasville, state department president; Mrs. T. L. Noe of Wilson, state membership chairman; and Mrs. Robert Smith of Rockvvell-Ballew unit, district president The local unit was hostess for the district meeting. was rough, and the laurel and rhododendron thickets through which we made short cuts whenever we could, will never be the same.” “I remember only one other time we couldn’t go. A big transfer truck had jack-knifed across the highway this side of the crest of Lakey Gap and we couldn’t get by.” Since she traveled the route with her father, Mrs. Fortune has seen the Broad River com munity change from one of isolation to one that has mod ern conveniences found in any other rural area. Electricitly came through REA about 15 years ago, and telephones, which are comparatively new, were installed only about two years ago. The road, which was relocated in some places, has been changed from a nar row wash-board gravel to a two-lane paved thoroughfare which links highway 70 and 74. The curves still remain, but in some places the road follows beautiful, clear Broad River closely with breath tak ing views along the way. Mrs. Fortune thinks her life iinnirnviffnl o n fVlirxrci T have recounted, ordinary. The job seems routine to her. She enjoys the work and rather looks forward to the daily con tacts with “her people”. She works hard in keeping pace with a home and family as well as carrying the mail. It might be said that she inherit ed the job from her father and with it his loyalty and depend ability and the love of those who live in the valleys and on the mountain tops between here and Bat Cave. FOR THE PEOPLE By Bernadette W. Hoyle Public Information Officer North Carolina State Board of Public Welfare. Mark is over forty years old and has been physically incapacitated by epilepsy since early teens. As a young man he worked at various odd jobs in carpentry and construction work. Then he enlisted in the Navy, but was given a medical discharge after six weeks and was not recommended for re enlistment because of his affliction. As he grew older the epilep tic seizures became worse, and he required extensive drugs to help control them. He was not capable of holding down a job, and his was a case that was found not to be feasible for training or rehabilitation. While his parents lived, they cared for him, and after their deaths he made his home with an unmarried uncle and two sisters. During one of his seizures, Mark fell into an open fireplace and was severe ly burned, making hospitaliz ation necessary for several months. Finally, the financial re lesources of his relatives were exhausted and application was made to the county depart ment of public welfare for as sistance for the afflicted man. The uncle, now nearly 80 years old, had given him a home for over 12 years, and the sisters, who had looked after his personal needs are married, have young children, and family obligations which make it impossible for them to contribute to his support. Under the program of aid to the permanently and total ly disabled, Mark was eligible for a monthly grant which makes it possible for him to have the required drugs, and the necessities of daily living. Aid to the permanently and totally disabled is one of the three financial assistance pro grams of public welfare. The other two are old age assis tance and aid to dependent . children. : Aid to the permanently and . totally disabled is for needy . persons between the age of i 18 and 65 who are physically ■ or mentally unable to work. ! These persons must be mak ; ing their home in this State; 1 must not have the essential ■ requirements of daily living ! such as food, clothing, shelter, ■ and other necessary items. i Further information about ; aid to the permanently and ■ totally disabled may be ob laiutu iiwiii jrvyv.»i --j — partment of public welfare or from the State Board of Pub lic Welfare, Raleigh. BAPTIST CIRCLE MEETS IN HOME OF MRS. BRODY WARREN Circle no. 3 of the First Baptist Church met April 10 ' at 9:30 with Mrs. Brody Warren. Mrs. Hagan Wood, presi dent, presided and gave an in teresting program on “The Bible Instructs Us.” She dis cussed “What it Means To Be A Christian” and our relation ship in the home, with our children and neighbors. Mrs. W. T. Miller read the Bible references. Our community missions project for the month was to help a needy family. Those present were: Mi'S. I Wood, Mrs Miller, Mrs. M. L. Robertson, Mrs. C. L. Silvers, | Mrs. C. M. Gilbert, Mrs. i Charles Waldrop and the hostess. —The black skimmer, a large fish-eating bird, arrives on the Outer Banks of North Carolina in the early spring after spending the winter in Central or South America. Are You Guilty Of Any of These Driving Errors! By Bill Crowell It sounds fantastic but it’s possible that in the last lO’OOO miles you drove you commit ed 25,000 driving errors. That’s the conclusion drawn in a recent test conducted a mong 10,800 licensed drivers by automotive experts who watched carefully the wheel handling techniques of each. Altogether some 50,000 miles of observed driving was am assed during the experiment. When it was done 143,695 errors had been recorded—an average of 13 per drivers or one every four-tenths of a mile. Not all of the miscues could really be called serious, nor did they all affect the safe op eration of an automobile. While some of the errors in volved violations of the law, others were merely abuses of the car equipment or prac tices that cut down on a driver’s efficiency. Considered in its entirely, however, the wealth of statistical data in dicates that even a motorist who normally is identified as a good driver is still a long way from being perfect. The tests were conducted primarily to aid teachers of high school driver education classes. With the complete, tabulat ed results in hand teachers can better emphasize certain aspects of driving and thus make better drivers of begin ing students. However, all mo torists can use the survey to check their own driving habits against the more common faults. The most frequent error positioning of the hands on the steering wheel. Of each 100 drivers checked, observers not ed 140.5 instances of incorrect hand position. Some drivers committed the error more than once during the course of the test. This obviously unsafe practice includes such errors as resting hands on the steer ing wheel crossbar or gripping the wheel with both hands at the top or bottom. Going around corners re vealed some poor turning tech niques among a surprisingly large number of drivers. Shift ing gears while in the middle of a turn was the error most often noted. (Dangerous be cause it requires the driver to take one hand off the wheel and because it can also cause skids on faster turns.) Many other drivers were guilty of such commonplace boo boos as approaching a turn from the wrong lane, approa ching too fast, finishing a turn in the wrong lane and cutting corners too closely. Use of the clutch and gear shift (a fast dying art) show ed the amateur status of many a driver. Of every 100 observ ed almost half of them either were guilty of riding the clutch pedal or using the wrong gear for upgrades or downgrades. Backing up properly wasn’t much of a problem. Only 15.4 errors per 100 drivers were committed while getting the car into position for backing in the safe maner. Good marks were scored, too, on observing traffic sig nals, stop signs and other traffic control devices. It was noted by observers that the traffic cop still commands the greatest respect. In the entire 50,000 mile test, not a single instance of disobeying a traffic officer was recorded. The test drivers exercised pretty good judgement in con trolling their speed. Although some 18 instances per 100 drivers were recorded of ex ceeding the posted speed limit, there were only 10.8 cases of driving too fast for conditions. A mere 0.7 cases of driving too slowly for conditions were noted by test officials. —Amphibians are disting uished from fishes in that the former generally possess pair ed lims with toes rather than HJIIIIII1IIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIII1IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII1II OBITUARIES Logan Stepp Funeral services for Logan Stepp, 55, of Black Mountain, who died Wednesday April 11, were held Sunday afternoon in Mills Chapel Baptist church. The Rev. Mac Williams, pas tor, officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. H. W. Corbett Haywood William Corbett, 61, brother of Marion R. Cor bett of Montreat, died in the Veterans hospital, Tuscon, Ariz., Monday, April !), after a long illness. Mr. Corbett was a native of Edgecomb County. He was the son of the late Wil liam James and Dora Lane Corbett, and a World Warl Veteran. Mr. Corbett studied law at Wake Forest College and Boston University. He practiced law in Boston for many years, retiring two years ago because of ill health. Fun ral services were held Sun day aftrnoon in the Ebenezer Baptist church, Edgecomb church cemetery. Surviving are the wife, the former Miss Bertha Clark of Portland, Maine; a sister, Miss Emma Corbett of Swansboro, and an other brother, Dr. James P. Corbett of Swansboro. Mr. and Mrs. Corbett were in the east ern part of the state last week with members of their family and to attend the funeral ser vices. BLACK MOUNTAIN BRIDGE WINNERS Nine tables were in play last Thursday evening when the Black Mountain Duplicate Bridge Club met at the Monte Vista hotel for its weekly ses sion. Winners were: North South, Mrs. Carter Uzzell and Mrs. R. T. Greene; second, L. S. Covin and Mrs. Fred Perley; third, Douglas Jones and Miss Mazie Buie; fourth, Mrs. Don Livingston and Miss Lou Lind sey. East-West, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. White; second, Mrs. A1 Jennings and Mrs. Charles Ross; third, Mrs. Douglas Jones and Mrs. Sam Young; fourth, Mr. and Mrs. Wade Morrow. —Eels caught in any pond in North Carolina were born thousands of miles away in the Sargasso Sea in the South Atlantic. JUNIOR ORDER WILL HOLD DISTRICT MEET IN BILTMORE A meeting of the first dis trict of the Junior Order United American Mechanics will be held with Biltmore Council 324 on Friday, April 20. Supper will be served at 7:00 p.m. with the business meeting to follow at 8:00. All members are urged to attend. Many high state officials will attend, Sherman Shell, is district secretary and Clyde Watkins, district councilor. An election of officers will be held. —The bats are the only mammals capable of sustained flight. On TV 13 Thursday, 6:20 P.M. 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