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SPORTS. CLASSIFIED RADIO, TV PROGRAMS SECTION TWO TUESDAY, SEPT. 8. I9ii THE ASHEVILLE CITIZEN ftfir sm4 1 0j! A VI I I -VJT. "A psapppappapMawiaiWHawiaaaaWaVaWaSalHate'-'''' 'aVaMaWgsaaliaaalaaHaaWgsW Cttllrn Phettt Otma CHAMPION OLD TIMERS (left) and the King and Queen's group (right) participate in the Labor Day parade at Canton.

OlA 1 CI SUIIS Die In Weekend Auto Accidents Thousands See Long Parade At Canton By J. M. DEATON Citizen Correspondent i a nrrnM Sr.r. 7l Thou Labor Day weekend traffic accidents cost the lives of six sands of person from mil ec- f'lfo'e. 1 persons and caused injury to at Ll2t'Nr least nine others in Western Carolina.

tion ot Western rsonn Carolina and many distant states poured i i Haywood Auti tnrlav to witness Included in the toll was the life of one Buncombe County resident, two each from Burke and Rutherford counties and one in Caldwell. Canton's 47th annual Labor Dav celebration. The gala celebration. officially I Arthur S. Dillingham, 48.

was killed about 12:45 a. m. yesterday when an automobile In which ho was a passenger crashed into a bridge abutment on the Paint Fork near Barnardsville school. An Inquest into Dilllngham'l death will be conducted by Dr. P.

opened with a mue-ioiw k-rade Including many attractive entries. The event was approximately SO minutes In passing in review. No better weather has ever prevailed for such a fete and certain-nf ntr has never R. Terry, Buncombe County cor oner, at 10 a. m.

today in the Court house. Deputy Sheriff Woodrow Dilling ly urc uuj -been higher. O. Nat Former and George Howard Trostel were co-ehalrmen and everything moved with preclsioa Pint place In the commercial float .1 TMfln HVir ham and State Highway Patrolman division wenr. Shop entry featuring an old shoe cobbler.

r. a in t.M division was u. w. spratt and A. V.

Harrison, investigating officers, said that Lyman E. Dillingham, 45, of Newport News. was driver of the car, a 1947 Chevrolet. Dillingham, who officers said wa no relation to Arthur S. Dillingham, was admitted to Memorial Hospital OWUIIU won by the Canton Coal and Ice WAYNES VILLE'S JUNIOR BAND marches ahead of the 30th Signal National Guard unit of Canton.

Company entry, wnne imra w-k-c went to plemmona Contracting where his condition last night was reported as fairly good by attend Mrs. Craddoch Civitan Little League baseball players toon llrst place with their Coronation Ceremony Closes Apple Fete Promotion Of Horse Show unusual lioai in u.i-w......w clal Dies Here Of Heart Attack Country Club. Ted Malone. network radio commentator, served as master Dimninir thl entrv a close race ants. Two other passengers in the car, John Dillingham and Albert Dillingham, were Jailed on charges of drunkenness.

Officers said the Dillingham car skidded about 50 feet above the bridge and crashed into the abutment. It had apparently been traveling at a high rate of speed in the direction of Barnardsville at w. t.h. rimton Klwanls Club entry, of ceremonies. nd third nlace was won by the The coronation ceremony tonight funton Lions Club.

To Start Today Representatives from five leading civic clubs will start tomorrow was held after a display of fire 13 Speeches Slated This Week In Campaign For Bond Issues RALEIGH, Sept. 7. tV-In 13 1 Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Luther works and was followed by a foot Mrs.

Anne Hartley Luckett Craddock, Asheville women's civic Canton Drive In theater entered the best decorated commercial car, By J. T. FAIN JK. Citizen Correspondent HENDERSON VILLE. Sept.

7 The "most successful" North Carolina Apple Festival In the seven-year history of the event was concluded here tonight with the coronation of the Festival Royalty by U. S. Sen.l Alton A. Lennon of Wilmington, before a capacity audience in the. high school stadium.

For the first time since the festival opened last Thursday, the leader and widow ot prominent. Murnhv Chevrolet Company was ball game between Hendersonville High School and Bethel High School. The sllvrr crown, decorated with the time, they said. and Dixie Cab Company, Arthur Dillingham was a native ntertnir an old model Ford, took morning on a series of contacts with business firms and Individuals In this community for a three-way promotion ot the Ashevllle Horse third nlace honors. speeches scheduled this week, North, Hodges and Dr.

Carroll will address cmiinin, rP hem sun. school rally at the Courthouse ot Buncombe County and was engaged in the lumber business with, his brother, Vestal. physician, died of a heart attack about noon yesterday in her home at 61 Lawrence PI. She was 48 years old. Mrs.

Craddock had been active in war work, women's civic affairs hi Smithfield at 6 p. m. Also at an In the non-commercial decorated car division Brownie Scout Troop No. 74 won first place, the Clvltan- Funeral service will be conduct apple blossoms, was placed on the head ot Elizabeth Ann Carnegie of Rutherfordton by Sen. Lennon.

Also participating In the ceremony were the high school queen, Joan Byers of Hendersonville, and the six ladles of the court. The Festival King, selected In a Show scheduled at McCo-tnlck Field Oct. 8-10, It was announced port the state school and mental hospital bond Issues in the Oct. 3 referendum. John Harden, co-chairman of the ed at 2:30 p.

m. tomorrow in the Dillingham Presbyterian Church. Pevnolds Schol. second, and the The Rev. w.

O. Summerville. pas This group, composed of five rep evening session, former Judge Hubert E. Olive will before the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Lexington. On Thursday, Lt.

Gov. Hodge will speak at a community meeting In Murfreesboro in the afternoon; Henry Kendall, editor of The Greensboro Daily News, will talk drive sponsored by Public Schools and Mental Care said three ot tor, will officiate. Burial will be In Williams Cemetery, near resentatives Irom the Rotary, Ki-wanls, Lions and Rhododendron the speeches were made today. Clubs, the Junior Chamber of Com weatherman cooperated and the concluding program was held outdoors. Previous night programs on Thursday, Friday and Saturday had been held Indoors at the high school auditorium because of the rainy weather.

But for this, festival officials said the attendance would probably have been the largest In the festival's history. Three more are scheduled tomor Active pallbearers will be Carl. merce and the Junior Ixgue, will meet at 3:30 p. m. toda in th- Civitan-Pennsylvanla Avenue graded school, third.

Ginger Ann Campbell won first bicycle honors, Linda second, and all other entries took third place honors. In the horse division, June Gibson, Canton Negro, had the first-place entry, Mickey Prultt, second, Mary Reeves Hampton, third. Parade Judges were Mrs. Bert ea row, two for Wednesday, three for Lee. Oscar and William Dillingham, Thursday and two for Friday.

before the Junior Woman's Club In George Vanderbllt Hotel to receive vote contest, was also crowned by Sen. Lennon. The king was Charles Cagle of tht Hedrlck-Rhodes Pot. Veterans of Foreign Wars, at Hendersonville. Sotne 3.500 persons were present Winners in the psrade float contest were announced as.

Commercial division. Cranston Print Works, fiist; Vegetable Growers division of Hoyi smith, Jimmy Haynea and William S. Hyatt, all nephews. Former Gov. Scott Incorporated alMt.

Airy at and Isham final Instructions and material lor the drive. bond plea in a speech he made to- Hudson, county superintendent of Honorary panoearers will be Turn To Pafe 21 Under clear sklea with a cool wind Ashevllle Horse Shows head blowing, the annual festival parade ed by John Neamand, president. Is gle of Bethel, Mrs. Bruce B. Brown, sponsoring the Horse Shew for the benefit ot the Ashevllle Orthopedic Hospital All net profits will go was neia inn afternoon.

It was Hendersonvllle's most elaborate parade with nine bands, a nationally-known drum and bugle corps and Clyde; Mrs. Clyde R. Hoey Jr. Buncombe County, and Dr. J.

E. Witters of Canton. the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce, second, and the State Trust Co, thrrd; Non-Cc mmerclal division, Edneyvllle Community, day at a Rowan County Labor Day schools Onslow, win spea at a celebration sponsored by the Spen- school rally at the B. F. Grady cer Lions Club.

Judge L. J. Phipps School in Duplin, ot Chapel Hill did the same at a Lt. Gov. Hodges will make both meeting In Hillsboro of the Orange the talks schedled for Friday.

He County Bicentennial Organization. Iwill be at Duke University at a Dr. Charles F. Carroll, state luncheon session ot the North Caro-superlntendent of public Instruction. Personnel Conference, and he spoke before the Kiwani Club in iwill go to Wilson that night to Durham.

address a school group. My many aecoraiea floats. first. Dana, second, and Klwanls The parade moved from Five Club, third. Answ er Polnta to Allen St.

by way of Main St. Sidewalks for the 10-block route were Jammed with spectators while hundreds of others watched from the upper floors of buildings. One of the major features of the parade were floats ridden by many members of the Champion Old Timers Club ot the Champion Paper and Fibre Co. These entries, as always, did not compete for prize money. Another Champion float on which the King and Queen of Labor Day rode along with attractive members ot their court drew extended applause when It passed In review.

Carolyn Campbell, 16. was Queen 1: that Institution. The teams representing the various civic clubs will have three objectives, the sale ot tickets to the show, the sale of advertising tor the show program, and the sale of sponsorships in the S25 and $50 classes. All three are considered vital to the operational success of the show. In addition to Neamand, officers of Ashevllle Horse Shows are: John T.

Rodgers, vice president; Clyde B. Martin, vice Samuel J. Fisher, secretary; Perry fTV.M.Kn I By Billy Graham ine reviewing stand was erected at the corner of Main St. and Fifth Ave. where the honor guest and officials watched the spectacle, after riding in a motorcade over the parade route ahead of the parade.

No Wonder This Barber Can Cut Hair They awarded a prize last night for the best haircut In a contest at the 25th annual convention of the Associated Master Barbers of North Carolina. Thy barber adjudged to have done the best Job of bartering? A Charlotte barber by name ot Wade E. Barber. In the Oct. 3 referendum, voter will decide whether to issue SO million dollars In bonds for school construction and 23 million for improvements at mental hospitals.

Tomorrow, P. Johnson, superintendent ot Duplin County schools, will address the Jacksonville Ki-waniane at 1 o'clock; former State Treasurer Brandon Hodges will speak at a Wake YDC rally at 8 p. and also at 8. Agriculture Commissioner L. Y.

Ballentlne will speak at a Johnston County YDC tieetlng. Examination Set For Canlon Postmaster Post WASHINGTON. Sept. 7 (Pv The Civil Service Commission today announced examinations to fill post-masterships at the following Caro-linas post offices: Canton, N. and Barnwell, S.

first class; Great Falls, S. C. second class. et Labor Day and Leonard Holder. 38, was King.

ine nonor gue.sts. including Sen. A colorful horse show, one of the most complete ever conducted In Jr Lennon. shared the spotlight this morning with Cpl. Joe Ford of Rutherfordton, who served 3 i years counsel; ana William J.

(Bill) this section of the state, attracted Dillon, horse show manat.ii. hundreds of spectators throughout in a Korean prison camp, at a Headquarters for the ahow have Some time ago I had a nervous breakdown and spent 71 days la the hospital. During that time neither my minister nor the members of our church came anywhere near me or my family. Now with the memory of these injustices along with many other disappointing experiences In the church. I feel that my family and I can get closer to God out In the country and on the lakes and In the mountains.

I have been wronged by the church and do not believe that I could ever be happy in worshipping there again. Do you think I am wrong In my decision? Mrs. R. Apparently a grievous mWaJce has been made by the church in this Instance, and this is a most the afternoon. breakfast at the Hendersonville been opened at the Auditorium Hotel Court, 1 Flint with an Read Wilson, staff announcer for Radio Station WWNC.

Ashevllle, office secretary In charge wis muter of ceremonies, and W. Dillon said yesterday that the W. (BUD Morgan of Canton, was urogram tor the show will be ready aeneral chairman. MRS. A.

B. CRADDOCK arid charity organizations during the 35 years she had lived in Asheville. She once served as president of the Asheville Junior League and the French Broad Garden Club, and was a member of the boards ol directors of the Asheville Orthopedic Hospital and the Children's Welfare League. Mrs. Craddock served as first vice president of the welfare league in 1951.

She attended St. Mary's Episcopal Church and was a member of the Biltmore Forest Country Club. Her husband. Dr. A.

B. Craddock, who died on July 29. 1948. at their Lawrence Place home, was former chief of staff of JBulmore Hospital and was considered one of Asheville' leading diagnosticians. Mrs.

Craddock's closest surviving relatives are her brother. Gen. James S. Luckett, in Army service at Heidelburg, Germany; two neph lot announcement within a tew Morgan was assisted by the entire days. Especial attention is being membership of the Canton Saddle given to the amateur divuion with and Brlrdle Club, sponsoring the substantial prise money In each vent class.

Platform congests were under way unfortunate experience. However. I am quite confident that lt Is not at ine tan ion Hign ecnooi siaaium Coxe To Speak the case in most churches. The great majority of the rjeoDle of our if ail afternoon and evening under the general chairmanship of Walter Holton, YMCA staff member, and a Negro Softball contest between At Industrial churches in this land would be both charitable and considered in the Canton and Waynesvllle drew a heavy crowd to the Little League baseball park during mid-after noon. Forum Monday 8TATESVILLE.

Sept 7 (UP) -Director Ben. E. Douglas ot the De. ca.se of euch an Illness. The fact that you have been wronged by those in the church is all the more reason that you should faithfully attend and support the program of your church.

Think what would happen If all felt a you feel. On one occasion the disciple ot our Lord Thousands of Labor Day visitors crowded into the Canton High School stadium at twilight where they witnessed a colorful square ews, ootn oen. Lucketts sons, James S. Luckett III and Edward Sawyer Luckett, of Montgomery, and two first cousins, Mrs. partment of Conservation and Development announced speakers to day tor me fourth In series ot 10 dancing program.

came to Him and said, "Master, we industrltl development forums which This program, supplying a fitting James S. Priest of Henderson, and Mrs. Albert Shaw Jr. of Ard-sley-on-Hudson, N. Y.

will be held here next Monday. Douglas said the chief sneaker will Funeral arrangements, in charge climax to the annual celebration, attracted eight teams from throughout Western North Carolina and a large crowd of appreciative specta be P. S. Howe president of the of Morris-Uneberry-Black Funeral American Thread Co. of New York Home, were incomplete pending word from Gen.

Luckett. tors. Others will Include Frank Coxe of Ashevllle. executive vice president Born in Owensboro, Mrs. Craddock was the daughter ot the late Edward H.

and Anne Sawyer or uie Asnevuie industrial Council Clifton Toal, Southern Railway as Civitans Will Hear Congressman Shuford have been wronged. How many time should we forgive?" They seem to think that seven time would be sufficient, but Jesus said, "No, not seven time only, but seventy times seven." In other words, as long as a person needs forgive-neasjesus taught that we ought to forgive. There is no substitute for Christian fellowship, and nothing in the world will take the place of the church. We are warned against forsaking an assembly of ourselves together. By being faithful in the church, the life yon live and the Influence you yield win far euU welch the harm that has keen dona to yon personally by others 'have made a mistake.

sistant, vice president: Douglas, Luckett. ana vu Doara members. Dr. Baldwin To Speak TJ. 8.

Rep. Oeorg A. Bholord wOl apeak at the weekly meeting of the Asheviila Clvltan Club at 1 p. m. today in the Oeorge Vanderbllt Ho- The forums, designed to bring new Industry Into the state, have already been held at Zebu Ion.

Marlon and Bryson City. Others are Rb cihm raM festival queen; Cpl. Joe E. Ford of Rutherfordton, who arrived home Saturday after being a prisoner of war of the Reds for 2Vi years; J. Spencer of Valdese; Rufus Joyner of Rocky Mouni, VFW junior vice commander, and Bill Powers of Hendersonville VFW commander.

(Other photos are on Page 10.) ATTENDING A BREAKFAST during the final day of the N. Apple Festival yesterday at Hendersonville were (L to R): Ted Malone, "roving reporter" for ABC Radio Network; U. S. Sen. Alton A.

Lennon of Wilmington; Jack Dusenbury of Hendersonville, state VFW senior vice commander; Forrest Dunstan of Elizabeth City, state VFW commander; Miss Ann Carnegie of Rutherfcrdton, ur. aiarie Baldwin wui spea 03 psychosomatic medicine at a meet lug of District No. 1 of the North Carolina State Nurses Association at 19 Zillleoa St. at 4 p. m.

scheduled for Burlington, Scotland Shuford win discuss hla expert noes as a freshman sootAer ot Neck, Burgiw, Kim beta City, Eliz abeth town and Southern Pines. the t3r4 Congress,.

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