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Thursday Afternoon April 2: I TAGi-. i"0 (3cco;iJ Secilonj THE WAYNESVILLE 'IOUNTADsEEH THE MOUNTAINEER Working For A Common Cue 4 Main Street Phone 70f fi Waynesville, North Carolina v The County Seat of Haywood County Published By tUE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO, W. -CVBT1S BUSS Iditor y. Curtis Russ and Marion TBridges, Publisher! PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY HAYWOOD COUNTY One Year Six Months: ? ' On1 Year Siy Months. NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA 93.0U 1:75 $4.00 2.25 $4.50 2.50 One; Year J Six I Months ... Entered at the post office at Waynesville, N. C as Sec ond' Class Mail Matter, as provided under the Act of March 2. 1S7. November 20. 1814. , 1 ' i : 1 Obituary notices, resolutions of respect, card o( thanks, and all doUcm of entertainment for profit, will be charged for nit the rate of two cents per word. ' MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRSS The Awclated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use (or : re-publication of all the local news printed in this, newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches. . NATIONAL I DITORIAI, ASSpChATidN TP kJ Is Thursday Afternoon, April 27, 195B Telling The Midwest Newspapers in the midwest are devoting lots of space these days in describing the great Smokies to their readers. iNot long ago the Detroit papers reported they were receiving an unusual response frbm readers about the Smokies. Earlier this month The Chicago Tribune carried a story about the Smokies as their banner article of the day in the travel section. The Tribune said in their big bold headline: "Smokies Ready For Influx of Tourists." ( The, article written by the paper's travel editor, described in detail the advantages of the Great Smokies, and pointed out how easi ly accessible the Park was to the area around Chicago. . V . . i It is interesting to note that most of the pjsople in writing about the Parle leave the im pression that it is new country just opened to Visitors, and "to hurry down and see for yourself." . i The reading world seems .hungry for this tvpe of information, and apparently are going ft Investigate, according to The Tribune. Ijhat puts added responsibility on us to "get ready, quickly" to care for this influx. The Perfect Balance - There are three major factors that enter into the economic life of Haywood county agriculture, industry and tourist. We have listed them alphabetically, and without pre ference to importancebecause we feel that ach is of vital importance in completing the perfect balance of economy here. All this is not new to the average citizen in Haywood, but it is being brought to the attention of all fcgain as a matter of appreciation of condi tions here. There is room for expansion of all three. The growth of any one will automatically be of benefit to the other two, no matter how you look at the picture. Each division, then by working with the - others, can in, their own right, benefit them selves, v : That should be the goal of every individual and group.': -! ' ' i Almost every day one hears of incidents that proves Haywood is progressively going forward by cooperating on mutual problems. One of the most recent incidents has to do with Canton and Waynesville. Several weeks ago Waynesville was trying to raise $400 to pay the transportation costs of the high school chorus and band to the State Musical Festival in Greensboro. The goal was short $65 whea Edwin N. Troutmasi, director of the Canton band apeared on the scene. , " r ' . "Let me take it on myself to get $50 of the needed $65," he requested. Mr, Trovtman went to, Champion Paper and Fibre Company, put the request before them, and came away with the $50, In the meantime, the encouragement from Canton, had created additional enthusiasm here, and the other $15 had been raised, which meant the two musical groups made the trip, and their successful accomplishments are now well known. All of us know that Mr; Troutman was un der no obligation to help raise the money; all of us also know that Champion Paper and Fibre Company was not under any obliga tion. Both entered into the picture for the benefits which the county as a whole would derive from the event, and not for any per sonal gain. Such cooperation, and uch a spirit are a mong the things that is making Haywood such a good place to live, and there is no denying the facts. With everyone working for a common cause, this will become aji even better place to live. :, ' They 11 Do It Every Time By jimmy Hatlo TriS VM THING IN ThE PEEAM MOUSE THAT QUiKSy W!U- ERECT IS A BASEMENT FOR H!S Ft AVROOM . U i S .' VES, THAT'S CORRECT.' 2?EE ThE RKSh'EP PROPUCT-WnH FURNACE, TUBS AN? BiNrNy fcVSK7BM7 JUKKBUT QOltiSY CANT CUT IN Looking BackOverTheYears 15 YEARS AGO Steps are taken by town officials to re-open the Waynesville Public Library. . ": " ' , Seventy-two students receive diplomas as local schools, finish a successful 1934-35 term. 10 YEARS AGO J. Wilford Ray buys large tract on .Highway No. ' 19 just beyond Waynesville. A Try For "Easy Money" Reports from Raleigh show that 210 defer dants were convicted during the first three months of this year of defrauding the State's Unemployment Trust Fund. ; V V The report shows that 567 cases were in vestigate'd -during the' period, with no action being taken in 170 of the cases, and 154 cases adjusted. Some 20 claims deputies did the in ' vestigating. ' - ,; More thn $17;Q0Q was involved in the cases, and $3,300 was recovered through re funds, and $5,600 through offsets. The report for the three months clearly re veals that fraud does exist on a rather wide scale,, and involving large sups- of money. This is money paid into the fund by employ ers of the state. There are two things which the report did not reveal -just how much it cost to bring a bout the 210 convictions, and the potential number of fraud cases which, are "getting by." .. .:';'-V-'V;.:-;-. The records reveal that there is a growing tendency on the part of many people to abuse such agencies as the Unemployment Commis sion in an attempt to get "easy money." " Eugene Francis wins elimina tion contest sponsored by the Building and Loan League of North Carolina. ' ., Mrs. O. R. Mart itj entertains with dinner in compliment to Lach ian Hyatt and Edwin ' Foteat, mera. bera of; the graduating class o the Waynesville High School. D. Hiden Ramsey of Asheville is gust Weaker t the anniial Father and Son banquet. 1 5 YEARS AGO Community anxiously awaits the surrender of the Nazis. Pfc. Sam Queen, Jr., is wound ed in action in Iwo Jima. Ten sixth grade girls at Hazel wood school are in the race to be chQ&eS'My Queen. Mr. and Mfs. L. N. Davis attend Horse Show in Tryon. Miss Emily Palmer and Miss Nelle MehaA'ey visit the Magnolia Gardens to Charleston, S. C. Miss Emily Siler assumes post as executive secretary of the Hay wood Chapter of the American Red Cross. Miss Hester Ann Withers be comes bride of Lt. Harwell Lucius Boyd, Jr. Pvt. Joseph Turner now in Germany. Russell Mrs. E. T, Duckett goes to Cali fornia to visit relatives. Capital Letters By ELLA NIXON GREENWOOD Why is it that whispering a story seems to add authenticity to it? Christian Science Monitor. "Too Muthw Christmas The merchants and businessmen of Char lotte have at last decided that the middle of October is too early to Stage a Christmas festi val. For several years the event has been held so long before Christmas that the spirit was. worn thread-bare by even; December first. ' Since the war years, the Christmas season has gradually been pushed earlier and earli er, until now, as in Charlotte, Christmas be gan in mid October. There is no practical rea son to begin the season that early. It puts too much of a tinge of commercialisnji oa the oc casion to start so soon. : We hope the day will come when we wilj get back to keeping "all Christmas'' within the month of December. NOW RUNNING Amidst all the talk on the U. S, Senatorial, race which Is storming and bouncing ajsout the State is the name of Wil liam B. Umstead, now fully re covered from, a throat ailment which prevented his tossing his hat into the race against Dr. Frank Graham. ' Apparently he is staying pretty well out of the Senate battle so far, bUit.be. is considered a. can didate for Governor 1932-56. Re ports have it thai he is now run ning in a quiet way for this office. He was all set to make a bid fur the gubernatorial post when the late Sen. BaUey'fc seat in the U..S; Senate had to be filled. Umstead was persuaded to accept the ap pointment, which 11 did. later dropping a close decision to J. M. Brougntcm. Now the talk fills the air again and unless something very unusual happens, he will be in there pitching two years hence. Outcome of the Smith-Reynolds-Graham affair is not expected to have much bearing on his decision either way. : precedent for riding roughshod over, them and coming out victor ious. Incidentally, one of Willis Smith's first jobs was working on a newspaper In Elisabeth City. Even now 4 writes a smooth and ncit and soul-stirring legal brief- and Frank Graham Is no mean writer himself. ' AAIRROR OF YOUR MIND 1 Py LAWRENCE GOULD Consulting Psychologist chafed under parental discipline tend unconsciously to identify the social order with an auto cratic parent and attempt to show their independence, by trying to turn the world upside down. If tactfully treated, most of them outgrow such notions when they get a little older, whereas trying . . to suppress them too completely only strengthens their febeUjon,'. Do "marriage counselor" oppose divorce? Answer: Not "in principle," ex cept for those who do so for re ligious reasons. If you consult the average expert in this field, you need not be afraid that all he or she will do will be to try to per suade you to stay married under and all circumstances. A ILJliTL any competent counselor will help you realize whatever mistakes you have made and how they can be corrected, but will mainly try to see what will create the great est happiness and Involve the least damage for all concerned. Should "campus radicals" be taken seriously? Answer: They should not be confused with : the confirmed adult revolutionary, writes Eu gene E. Levitt, former Brooklyn College student editor, in Per sona. Many adolescents who have Will a "safe job" kill ambition? Answer: Only if you didn't have much to begin with. There's a type of person whose early ex periences made Lite seem so inse cure that his natural craving- for, happiness was crushed by the overwhelming j, need to "play safe." If he can. get a. secure job, all he'll think of will be to avoid "sticking bis neck ou,t." Bu,t a job that offers no chance either of ad vancement or of recognition; even though safe, tends to smother both ambition and interest in do ing good work, and a healthy minded person would quit it HEADQUARTERS Graham Manager Jeff Johnson wasn't too active last week. Although be is around 50 years ; of age, Judge Johnson did a childish" trick ' came dpwn with the mumps and Mrs. Johnson moved into the Sh' Walter to help her busbajid with Graham and with the mumps. Pub licist C. A. Unchurch. Jr., and Misy Kate Humphrey, office assistant to Sen .Graham, were pretty well run ning things throughout the week. If there was pessimism, they man aged to keep it well hidden. Mumps has laid many a North Carolina kid low within the past six months, but nobody thought it would, move into Graham headquarters, , ; With the head-banging that is now in progress in this Senate bat tle, it's no time for anybody to have anything except good health and an iron constitution, Voice of the People Rambling 'Round Bits Of Human Interest New By Frances Gilbert Frazier Two ladies met outside of the ins until e house b?e they were attending bridge party. One stared incredul ously ... the ttber snuled. Each wore an identical bat, owa to the finest dtfittf. Tb first lady gasped littte Bi she asked: "WHtKH; did you get your bat? They tlJ me mine w an exclusive model." WhereuB the other lady replied: It is, and I ana the guilty one. I admired your hat so much in church on Easter Sunday that I copied it." Something beautiful to remem ber: The look of deepest affectioa bestowed by a young lady to the choir upon her father who had Just taken his seat in church. Speaking of hats: we were amus ed to hear a man give him opinion on the new style in ladies' cha peaux. "Those half-mast veils the ladies are wearing this year re mind me of ah awning half up and half down." An unkind insinuation Is like shooting from ambush. A remark accredited to a base ball umpire made quite an inv pression oh us. It could so aptly be Used in our everyday live. He said in relation to his opinion 'Tain't nothin', till I call it!" How Because of the many bi be performed it takes tj 74 to produce an vu-m . many times things are really noth- hour on television. call th, uuy meir size; thus mite into a menace if ra have a small htdw precaution h.T,f the covers of then, J noor. a flan-lint 7 s can trip Pe Into , Aunt Mandy had 'l. .. I ades come and g0bu,, me census-takmg had re!ivl made an luU)reSiitin ---...-I of 1950. 11 She carefullv . , .. courteously answered all Hons asked her . . , hm Z careful study caoh ii,.T alone nirlv ,i. ' -Vi "u Papers u brief case prenaiat.u-v . , Then Aunt Mandy said t V V 1 1 1 1 V I (iun r.n 1 1 ' '"b me interview ), mind telling nie in what ba. will be printed?" When we ask ourwir-. tion, no one should kim J INHERITANCE TAXES The candidates for the Legislature are now realizing more every day that they must eut appropriations rath er sharply if they get here in the 151 General Assembly or raise taxes. While some of them may. be looking in other directions, it is known that some few of the can didates think that a place to find some fast and relatively easy money lies in the inheritance tax bracket. It may be that a handful of .candidates running for the Legislature are getting to the is sue stage of discussion, in their bids for votes but most of them are leaning heavily on their coun ty and district, connections to car ry them along. When asked what they, stand for, they reply i that it is too early to know. While many a voter would like to know exactly what his candidate favors and is against, the candidate will find it hard .to, ; gjye, a clear-cut answer until faced with the real situation; and that cannot be brought defin itely before him Until the General Assembly eonveneg. Would you like to see kinder garten classes added as a regular part of the North Carolina School System?' ", .Mrs. Troy 3oyd: "Yes. There are many children who aren't ready for the first grade when they start school ana I think if all children had a chance to go to kindergarten, they would be betteE adjusted and prepared to keep up with grade work." Mrs. W. M. Cobb; "I don't be lieve so. I feel that children are going to school long enough and it .should be left up to the parents as to whetfier they need to go to kindergarten or not." MARRIAGE LICENSES Joe L. Leming and Frankie Fra zier, both of Haywood County. George M. Skillington of Chat tanooga and Doris Sutton of Waynesville. - Claude Rogecs; "Yes. I think we should either have kindergarten or another primary grade. Many chil dren seem to get through the first grade without being able to read." Miss Irma Patterson: ""Yes. I think children who attend kinder garten are better prepared for the first grado and if we had regular classes the group as a whole would be better adjusted emotionally and socially." ' '-' ':.. Mrs. Bill Hcmbree: "I certainly do. It would give the children a better start in school and Rive more mothers a chance to work." Mrs. Boyd Owen: "No. Not if the children's attendance were com pulsory. It would be wonderful to have kindergarten classes avail able for those who need them." ' BACK ON THE CONCRETE THE PAPERS In the summer and fall of 1948, Presidential Can didate Harry S. Truman won out with about 75 to 80 per cent of the Nation's leading papers against him. It now looks as if Senatorial C'sndidate Willis Smith will have to do likewise. No formal and defin ite check has been made, but opinion here is that 85 per cent of the daily papers in North Carolina are backing Frank Graham, with a large number of the non-dailies leaning in the same direction. Why this should be if so it is nobody professes to have the answer. No body had the OjlTicial answer as to why the press was opposed to'Har- ry Truman two years ago or against the late FDR in his last two runs for office. However, it is conceded that both Presidential aspirants had to overcome these obstacles if obstacles they were and they diet it in grand style. PLAY So if it is true that Smith has the preponderance of editorial opinion, and to some ex tent the treatment and play of the news stories, against him, there is Teaching Child Good Habits Of Personal Cleanliness y CARRY CLEVELAND MYERS, Ph.D. EVERY intelligent mother would like to succeed at teaching her child in good habits of per sonal cleanliness, for aesthetic reasons as well as for health rea sons. It takes eternal vigilance and patience. It's well to cnter the attention on the child's wash ing his bands Just before meals and always after toilet functions. The former is, obviously, much more easy of attainment than the latter. Also it's desirable for, the child to learn early to ke.p his hands away from his mouth andace. In a companionable family at mosphere the child over five or it pan spe the reasons for all these wavs of cleanliness. Ie can see, for example, that any dirt from his hands can easily get Into his mouth or on his face U he often lets his hands and ftn- gers go there unnecessarily. Also he can see that not only the soil ing of his face but the mere fin gering of hid face is unattractive to other persons or even repel- lant to them. Teachers greatly admired by their children could talk with them effectively on such matters. Good Example Parents can be potent through good personal examples, espe dally if they and the children feel lovely and companionable toward one another, For good health reasons, the parent does not kiss the baby or older child on his Hps but on the cheek or forehead. Very early the child can thus learn to show affection and tenderness to other persons in like safe ways and even may Influence playmates to do like " wise, , But in any neighborhood, how ever comfortable economically there may be families In which and their children to mise tti signts in these respects. Unfair Judge Of course, lt Is easy for rat be a hasty and unfair tor:: Clean faces and clean clothes children don't always beste clean habits in general in ti children. Parents can employ d vants or assign themselves clean up the children perio cally, Nor do untidy clottJ hands and faces always i: children as undesirable pJ mates. There is danger that measure by a few symbols. Nd theless, we have reasons to r that those children who stantly come into our homes a play with our children shall hi acquired fairly clean habits. Dear Dr. Myers: . "Please write an articleon Importance of cleanliness. I forced to associate with a et J of families who seem to have little regard for this matter. Tl might read what yoa say.Ttf people Insist on kissing my m on the mouth, they cougn rig: his face, don't wash their haf after using the bathroom or fore eating. When these chili come they ars into everyta thev can get their nanus Everv time they come I am most a nervous wrecs. i f tried to hint and be ternoij vious but nothing seems to : in." As I wrote this mother, might properly ask the M sters when wey ccme w ( bouse to wash their hands ba ucino onv tov. books and and thus abide by the rules o! Vinma! hut. that she might as not figure on changing neighbors last or even vCi -ohvinuciw ihf related proDiei good n n. Mv huUetin. "Good J ners'Make You Likable" . good habits of health and clean louslv. Your nroblem Is not easy had in a stamped envw vou wish to cause these mrents me in care of this paper). SSWDRD PUZZLE IAST WEfK ANSWEI ( ACROSS 1. Male swan -4. A club 7. Book of New Testament S. One of the Great Lakes W. Mimicked 11. Paddle like v processea li. Cuckoo 13. Turf 14. 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