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PAGE SIX (Second Section)
JTHE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
FRIDAY, JANUARY 3,'A
Health Department Now
Carrying Out Program
To Clean Up Streams
Progress Being
Made in Plan
To Clear Creeks,
Rivers of Pollution
North Carolina is now making
pruRiess in its long-range plans to
free its streams large and small
from sewage pollution.
As explained by R. W. Living
ston, senior sanitarian for the dis
trict health oiTice. their effort?
mow are concentrated on the small
er streams with considerable re
search bein done by various agen
cies towards the best method of
clearing U lare rivers which
(any industrial wastes as well as
M' ii(te.
Many of our small creeks and
streams. Iv says, look clear and
harmless. This appearance, in
many instances, if deceiving, and
children who go swimming or the
i attic who drink this water are
exposing themselves to an accumu
lation ol unsanitary bacteria from
sewage line; running from nearby
houses into the stream.
There In- been a law on the
slate books, laxly enforced in the
past due to wcrtime conditions,
which prohibits untreated sewage
from houses to enter streams. In
case this stream later flows by a
field in wh eh l.vestock graises or
if. in the opinion of the district
health office, t ! sewage consti
tutes a "nuisance."
The law now is being pointed out
to people who have been violating
it. most of Ihcm not being aware of
the law s existence For the most
part, when the matter is brought
to the people's attention they be
gin looking for another means to
dispose of 'heir sewage, and the
district san tarian is glad to go
over their individual problem and
point out a sol'iiion: usually offer
ing plans for a workable septic
tank with suggestions on how it
should be 'nstalltd.
There have been a few instances
of cases being brought to court.
This has come about because some
people want al! the others along
their stream to cut off their sew
age lines first, or can not under
stand why the small streams should
be cleared up while some of the
rivers are filfed with pollution.
This latter pn!nt. says Mr. Liv
ingston, is a very difficult one to
explain.
The major part of the impuri
ties in Urge North Carolina
streams is industrial wastes. Man
ufacturing plants, when they were
first established in this state, were
given a special permit by the state
legislature as .in inducement to
come here to discharge their
waste materials in a river These
plants consi;tute i major economic
asset to the area near them.
However their waste matter has
destroyed the fish, the beauty, and
made the streams 'unclean as
sources of v.atei for livestock and
recreation. This is something the
public has )een aware of for some
time.
Extensive research, explains Mr.
Livingston, is being carried on by
the industrial pb::ts, the Tenessee
Valley Authority and agencies of
the stale. The major aim of this
research is to find a commercial
(t; for thh waste mailer now j;f).
ing in rivers.
A successful example of what
lias been done .n this line, adds
Mr. Livingrton, si found in the
In Tough Spot
WiTH industries already being wed
or nearly a billion dollars in back
"portal-to-portal" pay and the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce starting
campaign to limit the liabilities.
Federal Judge Frank A. Picard
(above), Detroit, waa faced with
deciding the specific amounts each
worker should receive. The Judge,
in upholding a claim for overtime
pay in a 1942 case, opened the gate
to union demands dating as far back
as 1938. (International)
Waynesville Man In New
Military Training Unit
James R Keener, fireman, sec
ond class. USN, son of Mrs. Bix
dell of Waynesville, has partici
pated in 'Operation Duck," the
joint Army and Navy amphibious
training exercises held op the
Southern California Coast, while
serving aboard the attack transport
USS Renville.
Twenty thousand Army, Navy,
and Marine personnel, 500 planes,
and 60 ships were engaged in the
operation w hich was concluded with
the landing of the Sixth Army's
Second Infantry Division on San
Clemente Island, and the Califor
nia mainland, near the mouth of
Aliso Canyon. Oceanside. Calif.
Copperhill section of Tennessee.
There the mires were emitting
their waste material acids in a
gaseous state through the chim
neys and killing vegetation for
miles around Research workers
attacked the problem, found a prof
itable use for acids, and now
this "waste'' matter is an asset
rather than a liability.
It is impossible to say just when
a solution to Western North Caro
lina s industrial waste problem will
be found, but i'. is encouraging to
know that something definite is be
ing done on it, points out the sani
tarian. In the nvnnlriic the people of
tin- area are isked In cooperate
in the program to clean up the
small slrcjiiis. Tiie health, beauty,
anrl economic future of Western
Norih Caro'Mia depends, in a large
mca-ure. on its success.
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REPAIRING
ALSO ENGRAVING
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We take this opportunity to extet u our
many friends and customot s our sincere
appreciation and thanks for your ;it innate
during the past year, and to express our
continued desire to please you in the corning
new year.
We will be closed from Jannaiy K .,
January 7th to j;ive employees a v.ic.it ion.
Two Miles Out on Highway 19-23
Open Every Night Except Monday from 5 00 p. in. -2.00 a. in.
BEER AT ALL TIMES - - - EXCEPT SUNDAY
WE CATER TO SPECIAL PARTIES
No Minimum or Federal Tax Charge Bel wet-n 5 and 8
BETTY JEAN CLUB
Sgt. Frank Head
Is Home On Leave
From Alaska
Sgt. Frank Head arrived in
Waynesville Tuesday night from
Alaska to spend a 60-day leave
prior to reporting to Scott Field,
Belleville, 111. He is the son of
Henry Head.
Sgt. Head entered the arm on
Jan. 14, 1943. He took basic t ain
Ing in the Air Corps at Kec'er
Field, Miss., and spent a yeai
overseas during the war as a mem
ber of the 502nd Bomber (B-29)
group, 20th Air Force, based on
Guam and Saipan.
After returning to the U. S. in
Noveniber, 1945, he re-enKsted and
later was sent to Alaska, arriving
there Aug. 4 of this year. He was
assigned as an engine specialist
with the 46th Reconnaissance
(photographic) squadron a(. Ladd
Field, Fairbanks, and during -his
time there saw the temperature
drop as low as 68 degrees below
zero.
His unit in Alaska received a
commendation from' Major Gen.
Umstead Will Take Oath
Of Office In Capital
RALEIGH (AP) William B.
Umstead of Durham, recently ap
pointed by Governor Cherry to
the U. S. senate succeeding the
late Senator Josiah W. Bailey, said
that he would take the oath of of-
Street for their reconnaissance
work. Sgt. Head also has earned
the Asiatic-Pacific theater ribbon
with three battle stars, the unit
citation, American defense ribbon,
victory and good conduct medals.
ftce at Washington Friday.
The new senator called on Gov
ernor Cherry to invite him to the
ceremony, and the governor said
that although he is busy making
preparations for the convening of
the general assembly on January
8, he "might go".
Umstead left for Washington on
Wednesday in order to attend a
Democratic party caucus on Thurs
day. He said that he would re
turn to North Carolina on Satur
day and Sunday, and would re
main for a week or 10 days.
While in Washington, Umstead
said that he would stay at the Wil-
Howard L. Wells
Joins USES Office
Howard L Wells of Bostic, Ruth
erford county, began work as an
interviewer with the U. S. Employ
ment service office in Waynesville
on Monday.
Mr. Wells attended the Univer
sity of North Carolina, taught at
Harris high school, and was prin
cipal of the Shiloh school J
hnma ominld IT,, V. q
various government agency
ing recent years, lnclud
postal accounts division in
ville, and last year was a farJ
program supervisor with th!
ucpi. ui .ibi ituuure in fw3
training in the local tmp0
office, and shortly
training course in Raleith ,
hit- .,.-, jrw.nl ....:... '
I"''" V "l'l'""IIIIIlit
laid hotel and that he did net
plan to move his family to Washington.
AJin. Pedro Alvai
fust discovered tli
Brazil in 1500.
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