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BACKWARD GLANCE
10 YEARS AGO
Itarsday, January IS, IMS
Mrs. T. S. Evans had as week
end guests her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs- Harry Fer
guson and son, Tommy, of Sylva.
lira- J. W. Thompson and Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Bishop and son.
Harry, spent Sunday in Atlanta
with Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Thompson
and son. Bill III.
Mr. and Mrs- Bob Harbin and
daughter. Lauria, and Robert Mc
combs returned Saturday to Oak
Ridge after a visit here with Mr.
and Mrs. E- C- Winchester and
family and Miss Ella McCombs
They were called here on account
of the death of Mrs. W. E- David
son, sister of Mrs- Hardin and
Mr. McCombs, who was killed in
an automobile accident in Winter
Haven, Fla., last Tuesday
Tom Evans and P. K. Farmer of
Arlington, Va., left Sunday for a
ten days visit to Miami, Fla.
John Bayless of Knoxville spent
Tuesday night here with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Bayless
Mr. and Mrs- J. T- Griffith of
Cornelia, Ga., spent Sunday night
with Mr. and Mrs. C- W. Savage
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Freibel
of Roan Mountain, Tenn., visited
Mrs. Frieble's father, R. C. Stap
les, over the week-end.
Edward Townson returned Mon
day from a five day vacation in
Miami, Fla.
Andrew E. Barton has been trans
ferred to Try on as manager of the
A & P store there
Miss Tommie Slayton spent the
week-end in Knoxville visiting her
parents.
Mrs- Virginia Townson has left
for Knoxville to attend business
school.
20 TEAKS AGO
Thursday, January 13, 1938
Development of this area to be
subject of Notables in Murphy this
afternoon.
Murphy downs Hayesville in
double-header, play at Bryson City
Friday night
Mist Clara Lovingood of Marble
is bride of Carl Ledford of Mur
phy.
H Bueck gets letter from Quin
tan Wood, former high school foot
ball star, who is with the Navy in
Porto Rico.
Supt- H- Bueck and I. B- Hudson
will appear before school commis
sion in Raleigh.
3* YEARS AGO
Friday, Janaary 13, 1928
Ohloian to develop big marble
mine at Andrews, A- J. Martin
will produce metallic magnesium
as by-products
Master Pruden Davidson, son of
Mr- and Mrs. J. W- Davidson, last
Saturday, was brought back from
the hospital in Atlanta, where he
underwent an operation- Pruden is
much better but it will be some
time before he can return to
school.
Murphy Sacred Singers: Henry
Barton, Vance Wilson. Jack Rob
erts. and Oscar Adams, records
make big hit according to W- D
Townson, local furniture dealer.
ON OUR STREET
By SALLY DAVIDSON
Young mother, small girl and
boy, on way to Sunday school, fol
lowed by large brown dog. Little
boy keeps looking back to see if
he is keeping up.
Beautiful long red car, on our
street, with large white letters
"Just tied the knot".
On the job? City employee at
six o'clock in morning? in hard
rain, picking up garbage, to have
our street beautifully clean for
Sunday.
Two little boys, about 12, stand
ing in center of street, tying long
"four-in-hand" ties on each other.
Rodman's Views
v*'*nr'? Note: This Is the thirty
sixth ia a series of articles by
. w u liollmiD, industrialist.
Waynesvilte, N. C.
This is still a continuation of the
thoughts from the last few cot
iinms*
In the old days, when we had to
fight the Indians, the wagon train
didn't move any faster and any
more miles during any one day
than the slowest
wagon could
move, and If a
sick woman was
in o n e wagon
and could not
continue the Jour
.or a few
d a y S, all the
wagons had to
stop- At night all the men had to
make the sacrifices- They had to
go without sleep. It was a life of
continued sacrifices and this na
tion knows how to make sacrific
es, only we have not been asked
in so long we don't quite know
anymore where to start
It is the fervent wish of the writ
er that he can contribute through
these columns in a small measure
to finding for all of us what we
are so desperately look for? how
to serve best our nation, how to
stay out of war and how to keep
prosperity, for prosperity is some
thing very wonderful, and the dark
hand of a slight depression is show
ing itself in the ugly figure of al
most 4 million unemployed Amer
icans.
I have no doubt whatever that
we will be victorious? not just
victorious with arms or victorious
to keep prosperity. I think we will
all find for ourselves the inner
way to do what we have to do to
keep America the way it has to be,
and the way it has to be for our
children.
The time has come for both the
Administration and the Congress
to submit to us, the people, a plan
and a program of what they feel
is best for our nation, for what is
best for our nation is, obivously,
best for its citizens- Let them sub
mit to us a clean, honest, decent
program without fear or favor,
and then let the Administration
and Congress let the people vote
on such a program. We are facing
the most unusual times in the his
tory of our nation. Let's not try by
hook or crook to do everything "as
usual". If we want to live through
these unusual times, let's not be
scared to use unusual approaches
and unusual measures.
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GARDEN TIME
IfEK GAKDNEK
N. C. MM Odm
For aeveral columns I have been
reporting on new varieties of veg
etable and flower crops- So far.
the reports have dealt with var
ieties which have woo awards in
the All-America s election trials.
There are some other new develop
ments which you should know
about. These have resulted from
breeding programs conducted by
research personnel in the agricul
tural experiment stations and
seed companies.
Watch for these varieties which
will give your garden the "new
look" for 1858:
Blue Lustre petunia ? a deep
velvty blue which d<velopes red
dish overtones as it matures, and
Is the "finest" in its color range
Matador petunia? a medium
large ruffled bloom of the popular
mahogany red, which makes a
classy bedding show when plant
ed with white or other blending
colors.
Tetra Shades of Rose ? a beauti
ful new zinnia with very large
flowers.
Empress of China? a creamy
white fragrant lily with eight
inch flowers. Others may be found
in your seed catalog.
A new bluegrass named Park has
been developed by the University
of Minnesota. I do not have much
information on it at present ex
cept that it has good vigor and is
more resistant to disease than
Merion bluegrass. It has only
been tested in northern locations,
so far, which leads me to suggest
that it may be better adapted to
our mountains
Mimosa wilt has been almost as
severe as the chestnut blight
which has practically wiped out
native chestnut trees. A ray of
hope now comes from the U-S.D.
R. Scientists have been working
on this problem and have devel
oped two wilt-resistant varieties,
Charlotte and Tryon. I do not
have information on the availa
bility of plants but will try to get
it and pass on to you in a later
column.
"Freewheeling"
By BJDUL CKOWKLL
Deft. 1 VaUdM
I'm ? press agent. My Job
help you understand the state's
new vehicle resoonai
bility law. Your job? get an FS-1
Publicising the new law has got
to be ? Job of no mean proport
ions, I'm here to tell you. Al
though. the Motor Vehicles De
partment has. and is. receiving
questions aplenty, hardly a squeak
has been regarding why the Leg
islature passed the bill.
It's a question bound to be re
peated thousands of times be
tween now and tht first of the year
when 1B58 license tags go on sale
throughout the state. And actual
ly the answer is simple, despite
the wealth of inaccurate answers
that have been making the
rounds.
But first, the highlights of the
new law are simple that no motor
vehicle may be operated on the
highways of North Carolina next
year without the owner first hav
ing proved financial responsibil
ity- For most of us, that means
having an adequate liability in
surance policy in hand- Or if they
chose, motorists may deposit in
cash $11,000 or post a $15,000 bond
in lie of insurance.
In any case you've got to stand
behind any damages you cause
in an accident.
And to get your new license
plate, you'll have to have a cer
tificate of insurance or that FS-1
form, I mentioned in the beginn
ing. That's important. Show up to
buy a license with the insurance
policy itself or a wallet card or
anything but an FS-1 and you
won't get a tag.
Why then, as some folks have
said, did the General Assembly
"saddle" us with what amounts
to compulsory liability insurance?
I can say the more carefully
one examines the record the plain
er it becomes that represntative
Walter Jones of Pitt father of the
bill, spoke the unvarnished truth
when he said his only purpose
was to protect innocent victims
from death, injury and property
loss at the hands of financially
irresponsible drivers
In the first place it is not an in
surance company la*. Aa a mat
ter of fact, tha insurance industry
waa sharply divided on tke Hb
Ject. Judging by the lobby records
in tha Secretary of State's office, |
those insurance firms fighting the
bill spent more money and put
forth greater effort than thoae
who wanted the bU passed.
Most everybody will admit that
the purpose of the law is good
Some of us may not like it espec
ially those who are going to be
forced to secure insurance to
drive all next year. But I say
let's look at this experiment in
financial protection from another
viewpoint.
The law is on the books and we
are either saddled with it or
blessed by it for at least a year
There's nothing we can do about
that ? unless somebody thinks the
Legislature is going to be called
back in special session to re
fight a battle so recently decided
So why not hold our fir* tar a
law month! at IMIT Why not
ghra the law a chance to prove
ttaetf, one way or another? It
may be we will like the way it
works. And even If we don't we
can't get rid of it any sooner by
failing to give it a fair trial.
QUESTION: When will the
19M Township Farm Census be
taken and what are some of the
questions farmers are likely to be
askedT
ANSWER: The annual census
will be taken in January when
farmers list their 1998 taxes.
Questions will include: total acre
age for each track of land over
three acres, number of acres from
which crops were harvested in
1957, number of acres of idle crop
land, improved pasture, data on
individual crops, cattle, hogs and
chickens. The information is held
in confidence.
Save. ..buy the big half-gallon
WHILE CAR PRICES WENT UP THROUGHOUT THE
INDUSTRY, THE PRICE OF THIS CAR WENT DOWN
Here's good news: Ford has priced many of its
'68 models lower than corresponding 1957 models!
Ford Custom 300's are priced as much as $50 lower
than last year. This is based on a comparison of
manufacturers' suggested retail delivered pric ?
Whoti ever guess
its the lowest priced
of the low-prioe three
In case you haven't yet gotten
around to pricing this elegantly
styled 58 Ford Custom 300, put
your mind at ease. When you com
pare manufacturers' suggested retail
delivered prices, youH find that this
Ford is priced lower than any sedan
in its field. And Ford has the lowest
priced station wagon and convert
ible, tool
But price isn't everything. The 58
Ford was the first car ever to use
the whole world as its test track!
This meant taking the all-new Inter
ceptor V-8, combining it with new
Cruise-O-Matic Drive, and tackling
some of the roughest roads we could
find on three continents. This terrific
power team proved it could handle
any driving youll ever dol
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