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TIIE WAYXESVILLE MOUNTADfEEB
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Thursday Afternoon, August 31, 1950
Our Annual Labor Day
Monday will see America observing anbth
er annual Labor Day, and here in Haywood
County, our attention will be focused on the
44th annual program and fall festival at
Canton.
The program this year, designed n keeping
with that of other years, gives promise of be
ing one of entertainment, and highly educa
tional value.
The committee has arranged a program
which officially begins on Friday and will
continue daily through Monday night, with
appropriate religious services on Sunday.
The program of Monday will begirt with the
annual parade, and go on from there into a
horse show, recreational events, singing
groups, and at eleven o'clock the favored
square dance and string band contest.
Labor Day in Haywood County has always
centered around the program at Canton, and
we have become to look on the first Monday
in September as the day to lay aside our daily
chores and enjoy the festive occasion provid
ed by the Canton committee.
This year is no exception, and we predict
that when the last notes of the strumming of
the bands have echoed against the hills the
committee will be happy with having had
"the biggest and best" in all 44 years.
A Good Investment -
t The Mountaineer wants to join the others
i&hb have endorsed the insurance plan for
school pupils here in the county.
Z The plan is very simple, yet it is an import
ant; item, as it provides financial protection
durjng the entire school year for every school
child.
' Seldom does a week pass but what some
child among the more than 6,000 in the county
schools, suffer some injury which requires
Medical attention. Fortunately most of the
t&juries are minor in nature, but at the same
time, the cost of medical attention can be
cprfle expensive, either to parents or school
board. The school officials have no fund, nor
facilities for paying such bills, and the matter
is often one of embarrassment to all parties. .
3 Under the insurance plan, each student is
protected under the policy against all injur
ies from the time they leave home for school
Sntil their direct home from school. This ap
plies to the students that ride buses as well as
those who walk, or have other means of
feyjsjortation.- -
Earlier this summer, a motorist passing the
Bgh school grounds, lost control of her car,
Stid crashed into the shrubbery. During a
school day, the very spot where the car left
tile ftreet, is a favored gathering place for stu
4ehs during their outdoor periods. Such a
thing could easily happen during school
hours.
r'tChe cost of the insurance is so low that it
ii hard for the average business man to real
ize that ample coverage can be given, but the
cost of less than two cents a week covers the
Entire cost of each student. Insurance costs
f(Jr industrial and commercial firms exceeds
this by so many times, that to those who are
aware of costs are amazed at the low price
on "this student insurance.
i .We trust the plan will meet the response of
eVery patron in Haywood it is worthy of
many times its cost.
A Major Attraction
f The interest shown in the recent golf tour
nament at the Waynesville Country Club
proves again that the golf course is one of
our major . attractions for vacationists.
A Fixed Asset
Monday night will witness 'the close of a
successful season for the Cherokee Drama
"Unto These Hills".
The first season, with the usual multiplic
ity f headaches, has surpassed even the fond
est hopes of the sponsors and those who have
been so intensely interested in the event.
The attendance has set a new high record
for such a performance, and the performanc
es of the players has been above par. The
weather has been ideal, with only a few
nights in which rain hampered the perform
ances. All in all, the season has been highly suc
cessful from every angle.
A number of problems have been solved,
and many major improvements and changes
are anticipated for the 1951 season.
But this one thing in a known fact, the
Cherokee Uiama has a long, long life ahead.
The public has enjoyed and appreciated the
Drama, and we already see that one of the
major problems for the trustees for next sea
son will be the, handling of even larger
crowds.
Yes, the Cherokee Drama is a fixed asset of
Western North Carolina, and all those who
hive had a part in its'succc'ss' 'can' feel ySSud
of what has been accomplished during the
first season. The Drama has been a Success
from every angle, and the descriptive word
should be spelled with a capital.
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
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Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
The Waynesvllle High School
Class of 1925 holds reunion at
Bradley's Camp over the week end.
Mrs. Tom Lee and Mrs. S. P.
Gay give Intermission party during
dance given by the Seven Club.
Mrs. R. Q. McCrncken is honor
ed at party given by her children
on her seventy-fifth birthday.
Two-thirds of the scales and
gasoline pumps in Haywood Coun
ty arc found to give incorrect
measure.
10 YEARS AC.O
Contract is let for 146 mill"! of
evtension of the Cruso Electric
Membership Corporation.
Charles Ray, Jr. addresses Ashe
ville Cosmic Club on The Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
5 YEARS AGO
Champion Paper and Fibre Com
pany starts 5 million-dollar expan
sion program at Canton.
Charles Ferguson, medical offic
er, U. S. Navy, is promoted to the
rank o!' Captain, :
Mountaineers start hard grid
practice James Liner, former
high school and Cullowhee star, is
assistant to Coach Weatherby.
Mrs. Fred Marlin is hostess of a
surprise birthday party for her
son, Fred Martin, Jr.
Pic. Dewey McKay of the 82nd
Airborne Division, has dinner in
Paris cm August 12 and one week
later dities with his parents in
Haielwood, a discharged veteran.
Lt. Sam Stringfield, who receiv
ed recognition for his services in
the Pacific, is now stationed at
Fort .McPlierson.
' Capital Letters
By TOM OUTLAW
Silly Stuff '
Some very dumb-seeming stuff , is being put
out in Moscow propaganda to the effect that
American soldiers are "uncultured gang
sters." The Literary Gazette of Moscow has
published quite a story from its Korean cor
respondent about the lack of cultural and pol
itical information among Americans captur
ed in the war. The .stuff is so silly as to be un
important except as it recalls American news
stories which emphasized the ignorance, the
stupidity, the poor training and low morale
of North Korean prisoners at a time when the
North Koreans were giving us a desperate
time in, the Korean fighting.
It is easy to see how silly are such stories
when they come from enemy sources. It
should be possible to learn from our reaction
to them how silly they may sound when we
send out the same sort of stories for the same
supposed purposes.
Raleigh News and Observer.
BECKONING On Thursday,
September 7, trustees of all Bap
tist colleges will meet in Raleigh
to hear reports from several com
mittees making studies on what
the future holds for denomination
al schools. One important iiem up
for discussion: Will these schools
accept Federal funds in the fu
ture and thus behead with one
swing of the hatchet the old
foundation stone of separation of
Church and Slate? Can they con
tinue to compete with other schools
now receiving Slate and Federal
funds if they do not crawl into
the same ditch? Can they survive
without further consolidation in
the event inflation becomes fur
ther inflationary?
There is, of course, a definite
place for the denominational
school. However, institutions sup
ported by the church feel that
hard days are ahead. They must de
pend upon donations. They cannot
look to Uncle Sam. As everything
becomes more Governmentalized,
church schools are likely to suffer
while appropriations pour into
State-supported colleges and uni
versities. This meeting to be held here on
September 7 will be extremely im
portant for schools like Campbell,
Mars Hill',. Chowan, Wingale, Mere
dith, and Wake Forest.
Uncle Sam is beckoning, beck
oning. Denominational schools are
being sorely tempted. Will they
succumb to this temptation?
MIRROR OF YOUR MIND
T 1 ' Is smoking a "nervotfs tSaWft
By LAWRENCE GOULD
Consulting Psychologist
memories and fantasies of the in
sane. Lying is hot often wholly
conscious or deliberate, end what
a psychiatrist wants most to know
is the motive behind it usually a
wish to believe as well as to con
vince others that something un
real is real. The attorney and the
doctor see it from opposite viewpoints.
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'Z' - AaWwcr: I suppose so. It's a hab
"it lit that it becomes a way in
M whlcjh w automatically and of
Mten subconsciously seek a de-
sireij satisfaction, which would
Tseem to be the feeling of security
3 that has been associated from the
day jwe were bora with the stimu
lation of our lips and taste-buds.
"-Andiit's "nervous" (in the popu
sense) because a mild, chronic
state of apprehension probably is
I, what makes us need that satisfac-
tiunj Tobacco, of course. Is also a
narc6tic fcut its sedative effects
could be obtained by other means
tbj smoWof. - , . .
Is lying a neurotic symptem?
Answer: Partly so, at least in
the majority of cases, writes Dr.
pea Karpman, noted Washington
psychiatrist, in the Journal of
Criminal Law end Criminology. It
involves an element of memory
disturbance allied to the distorted
'. SOaprefeM. lt. King rattan Srntimta, toe)
Can you be afraid to like
yovrseJf?
Answer: You can be afraid to
admit that you do, even to your
self. In fact, you may repress your
instinctive self-love out of con
sciousness end be aware only of
self-distrust and self-condemnation.
You do tfxls because to like
yourself seems an act of defiaace
of the people who once told or
seemed to tell-i-you that you were
so'naughty" that no one should
love you, and to disagree with
them meant being punished. But
because self-love is involved in
6elf -preservation, you can't yealljr
overcome it and might die if you
did. ... : 1' .";
...
uijj LcjTiuivs John (Jold, new
director of prisons, accepted this
arduous task over the objections
of some of his friends who did not
vvant to sec him vacate an $8,500
place relatively free of politics for
a $9,000 position with the State.
As Winston-Salem Chief of Po
lice, he was deeply respected by
his subordinates for the fine way
he .plowed straight ahead for law
enforcement, letting the big chips
and the little ones fall together
and defending his men against all
comers if he thought they were
right.
Nothing has been said in the
papers about it, but it is under
stood that he made it clear with his
new superiors before agreeing to
take the job that he would be. the
bossi May this be so. Raleigh, for
some reason, holds a peculiar en
chantment for men who have made
good in their local communities.
They were all classmates of Wal
do Cheek of Asheboro, who did not
play football but is now Insurance
Commissioner of North Carolina.
LAW One of Chief Gold's bet
ter policemen in .VVmstutji-Salem
signed warrants ami tickets left,
on cars simply "Law". The de
fendant knew immediately what
he was in the hands of and often
grumbled, saying he knew the law
had him and what was the neces
sity of putting "Law" where initials
of the arresting policeman should
be. This always got a laugh from
the force! for the arrest inq officer
was LeRoy A. Wood. Brooks Cross
Roads product of Yadkin County.
who is still with the department
and still scribbles "Law" when
making an arrest.
Voice
of the
People
If you could be just one age for
the rest of your life, what age
would you choose?
Rambling 'Round
Bits Of Human Interest News
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Vrth-Hnp was expIaint.-.S to lit
tle iarv that she spelled her name
with a K instead of a C. "Like K in
cat?" inquired Mary., Kathcnne
was horrified: "Why, Mary, you
know you don't spell cat with a K.
"Vnu do. too." stoutly defended
Mary, "K-i-t-t-e-n, and that's a IiU
tie cat." No argument tnere:
Heard in passin?: "Oh, yes, I
guess I could find something to
do around the office if I looked
for it. But why hunt up work?"
Have you noticed those beautiful
boxwoods in front of Mrs. Sam
Jones' home on Main street? If
thev onlv had the power of thought
and speech, we wonder what their
opinions would be on the changes
in Waynesvllle . . . and the world
. . since they were little box
woods. The average life of a box
wood, we understand, can run into
the century mark of years, and
these two are veterans . . , and
still holding their own magnificent
ly. .
No matter how leaden the sky,
the sun hasncTer fji
Again, the tin
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dentins u u in, J . '
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extend their benefit,'
piuess 10 oiners
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ball did hit the sik-k, t,.E"
was holding it wa sa 11
started to run to tho Wkw
the side; and if lk, ,,,IH '
on running.
A friendly sniili. k 111-. .
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iiiji-e in me road,
Letters to the Ediioi
ORIGIN OF THE NAME "HOG
RIFLE"
Editor Thg Mountaineer:
Will some person who knows
kindly tell me when, where, and
by whom the term "hog rifle" was
fifst applied to the old-fashioned
muzzle-loading rifle? I grew up
alongside a "Lamb" rifle made to
order for J. H. Robeson in the late
18G0's. One of my earliest recollec
tions (when about six or seven
years oldi is of seeing my father,
J. C. L. Gudger, make a ramrod
for his rifle out of a piece of
straight-grained hickory. It and
other like muzzle-loaders were call
ed "squirrel rifles," or, if of large
caliber and greater weight, they
were sometimes called "bear guns".
Generally, however, they were
merely referred to as rifles, to dis
tinguish them from shotguni
Why are thes0 u.dfa.-v-muzzle-loaders
now dosignatef
the ugly name of -hog rifl.
From mv bovhomi in n,. ,
1870 s, I knew many Tifiej
"squirrel rifles". Practically i
tarniers and not a fev u( ihek,
dwellers haH n, li iin.,
rels with "squirrel ritlis ". Aii
'hog-killing time" I mt
tilllPC CP.Ml Ihuni t.
.....u v.. uuiii u,-i.i f (ju
hnps lnct .1C llin- ..,
o", j..v in. , mif sii mr.
used to kill btef cattle.
Hill 1111 I Tini il,..J..L
ed the old-fashinned ride
.it llli: P:il llliwu-liiw. 1? ,..,!, T .
heard of "hi! riiW"
"cfliinlc" ii;m'i, ...in. t;.. .u..-
shoots," the head being the U.
dinary targets were iM'd.
"hog rifles" were used.
;Mrsi"V. L. McCracke:-"I would
stay about 30. At that age we are
mature enough to make decisions
for better things."
THE OLD HOME TOWN - Bv STANLi
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nuin iwic i ryri i i-iuc
scipams.thatNvife: S
' BEATER MUST BE"
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woman .j y G.t i k.
Mrs. Frances Gilbert Frazier:
"About 50, because you have plenty
of the past to remember and plen
ty of the future to look forward to."
MENTAL DOORSTEP It can
now be reported that the N. C.
Health Department sent an official
to Chicago around July 1 for five
weeks of special instructions on
combatting atomic burns. He re
turned a few days ago and lias
been accompanying Civilian De
fense Director E. Z. Jones 011 some
of his appearances.
If you warn a speaker for your
local civic club or any other or
ganization, get Jones. He can place
the atomic bomb and the Com
munist threat right on your mental
doorstep. Get him by all means.
Jones will complete next week
for each North Carolina city of
more than 2,000 population a map
showing what an atomic bomb will
do to the city and outlying areas.
These maps are not Guesswork.
but are based on studies made by
the Atomic Energy Commission.
Mrs. E. A. Williamson: "35, be
cause you've lived long enough to
know what life is all about and
you are young enough to enjoy it."
Mrs. H. H. Plott: "Around the
thirties. At that age you are more
settled and have a mind of your
own."
C. j. Gerkin; "I would want to
be 40. At that age you have had
enough experience to live a better
life and enough youth left to
make the most of it."
J. T. Bridges: "I'd say around
50. By that time you have enough
sense to choose the most important
things of life and let the trivials
go."
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Dr. Tom Stringfield: "35. At that
age a person has reached maturity
and decided on his life work and
he has the rest of his days to ful
fill his ambitions."
Miss Sylla Davis:
to be about 28."
'I would want
TmE MISSING LINK
MADE GOOD At Wake Forest
in 1934, Gold for some unknown
reason was known as "Milky" and
starred on both gridiron and dia
mond. On the football team with
him was David Holton of Winston
Salem, who now operates a large
hardware store and other business
in Edenton; Zeno Wall of Shelby,
son of .the recently retired super
intendent of Thomasvllle Orphan
age end for a time associated With
Enka and more recently in radio
weak; Howard tSkinny) Rothrock
of Winston-Salem, now operator
of Rothrock Motors in Enfield; and
Walton Kitchen, youngest son of
Wake Forest's president and now
a physician. This gies the lie again
to that old piece of tomfoolery that
"football players don't make good."
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11. Vended
13. Paradise 39.
16. A soft drink
19. A game of
skill (Scot.) 42.
21. Eskimo tool
22. Job
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