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p Mew Sewer Line Problems
Th, mass of matted roots, and the lot; ol
wood removed from the 24-tneh sewer lint
on the edge of Lake Junaluska last week
end, and as pictured on the front page ol
this newspaper Thursday, proves two things
Someone is deliberatly opening manholes
and throwing objects in the line that obstruct
the flow of the sewage. Once a garbage can
was removed from almost the same point,
and later a large dead dog; now a large piece
of wood.
Second, the line is not tight' enough or at
least at one point?to prevent tree roots
from entering the line, and growing to such
a size as to obstruct the flow of the sewage.
Both of these present a serious matter.
The first one can be overcome by welding
padlocks on the manhole covers. An expen
sive procedure, but effective in keeping
thoughtless people from opening them for
putting in foreign objects.
The matter of keeping out roots, might
mean the clearing of the right-of-way of all
trees, and in some instances this will present
a problem, and considerable objection from
property owners. Then too, we are told that
some trees, such as willows, and maples,
which require lots of moisture, will send
roots 50 or more feet seeking a constant sup
ply of water.
The 12-year-old sewer line could have root
growth at several places, and we believe the
towns are moving in the right direction in
getting a firm who specializes in cleaning
sewer lines to come here and do a thorough
job on this one.
At the same time, citizens of both towns
will do well to begin checking their property
to make sure that no downspouts from the
roof enters the sewer line. Property owners
might as well start now removing them be
cause the day is not far off when inspectors
will be around, and those houses and build
ings still found connected to the sewer line
will be forced to make the change more
hurriedly than if the work is done now.
Good Sports
Tuesday afternoon the district Little
League Baseball tournament will start here,
with the local team meeting Canton. The
tournament was cut shortTwo teams, because
of the polio situation- in ih? towns of Lenoir
and Hickorv, where jjlay has been kept at a
minimum this summer.
The business-like manlier in which the
Little Leaguers go about their business is
indeed surprising, as well as encouraging.
The bovs are serious in their plav. and
some of their actions, and spirit will be re
vealing, as well as a stimulant to many a
dults who have not learned to be good sports
in the game of life, a
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynesville, North Oa-o'Ipa
Main Street Dial GL 6-5301
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March 2, 1879. November 20. 1914
MEMBER OF THE USSOOTATED PRESS
The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the use
, for republication of a'l the local news nrlnted In this
newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches
Monday Afternoon, August 3, 1953
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What Happened To
[ That Second Table?
This is the time of year for family re
unions, and it seems that the trend seems to
P be growing. A noteworthy idea wheer the
family, and friends can gather, talk over old
times, and enjoy the breaking of^bread to
gether. . Oi *
There seems to be a moderjj&ftrejxd, how
ever, which overshadows fdnd' retWfections
of yesteryears, as the children in the gath
ering were made to wait for the second table,
and what was left. Thinking along^this same
line of thought, the Smithfield Herald asks
"What Happened to That. Second -Table?"
The editorial said, in part:
"Most of us remember from our childhood
howj good the chicken tasted, flanked with
rice and gravy, fresh corn and string beans
and tomatoes, with either homemade peach
ice cream or cool watermelon for dessert.
"But now that we mention childhood mem
ories, how many of us also remember that
the children waited to be served at a second
table? The adults?ten or fifteen or even
twenty of them?always had the first chance
at the chicken, while the children played in
the yard or climbed trees or visited the seup
pernog vine and the orchard or went to see
the animals down in the barn. The adults ate |
the breast of the chicken, they ate the sec- !
ond joints, they ate the crisp livers. They
even ate some of the drumsticks. When the
children came to that "second table" they
were lucky to have a few drumsticks left to
go along with the wings, the backs, the necks
and the gizzards. And quite possibly the ride
and the corn and the beans were growing
cold. It was an adult's world.
"Whose world is it today? If you see two
families gathered together for a friendly
supper, who eats first? While the fathers sit
on the terrace and talk politics or farming or
business, the mothers scurry about the kitch
en fixing up supper for the young ones.
"Let's feed them first and get them settled
so we can eat in peace" is the modern phil
osophy.
"That old-fashioned second table has be
come the first. It's a children's world these
days!"
"They Went About Doin?? Good"
The efforts, and hard work put forth by
Misses Ruth Gruber and Charlotte Bishop,
co-pastors of the Free Methodist Church
will be felt in this community for many
years. They have left their field here upon
doctor's orders.
The two modest, sincere, and hard-work
ingf women came here and started the
church from its very beginning. They saw
their work grow, and eventually move into
the new building which is now the church
home.
The two deserve credit for their untiring
efforts, and certainly put into everday prac
tice that Biblical rule of "They went about
doing good." " '
We feel that this, as much as anything
else, tells the complete story of Misses Grub
er and Bishop.
W'sp And Otherwise
If this countrv is ever invaded, it mav be
because some dictator wants to know what
is deep in the heart of Texas.?Chicago Tri
bune.
Plush-dazzeled wife forces sale Srnper
Nine, 1933, 4-seater T e Mans snorts. Excel
lent encine. generally eood, alternatively
might sell wife.?Motor Sport (England).
The Humane Societv in 1952 housed 2,195
dops. 3,290 cats. 2 monkevs, a noliticifwi. and
a pelican.?Reno State Journal.
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Voice of the
People
What do rw think if the k?ee
length *trts as shown by the
Frrtrfi Miatr, Christian Mar?
Mhs Etna Suumitm "1 don't
like them 1 prefer skirts the length
they are now. They are more be
coming to the majority of women "
Mrs. Walter Baermana: "Isn't it
? bore?"
Miss Laura Weedy: "I think
skirts should stay like they are
no*. Every body doesn't have pret
ty legs."
Mrs. Jim Kilpatrirk: "I don't like
them. Tbey aren't as flattering as
longer skirts."
Mrs. G. M. Kimball: "I consider
too big a jump too much. The
length of skirts should depend to a
great extent on the height and
appearance of the person. Skirts
below the knee are more becoming
to the majority of women."
Mrs. Francis Mamie: "I like them
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Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
Woman's Club plans annual quilt
show.
North Carolina Municipal News
carries feature on Mayor J. II.
Way of Waynesville.
Miss Anne Albright returns
from University of Michigan where
she attended the summer session
sponsored by the Carnegie Endow
ment for Peace.
Mrs Roy Campbell returns from
buying trip to New York for Mas
sle's Department Store.
16 YEARS AGO
Soco Gap Dance team wins
championship of the 16th annual
Mountain Dance and Folk Festival
in Asbeville.
Miss Jane Loyal-tof Columbia.
S. C. is crowned queen of Juna
luska.
Pvt. Herbert Tate is taking basic
training at Fort McClellan, Ala.
Miss Doris Grahl, who holds a
position in Washington. D. C, is
visiting at home.
Ensign Eugene Francis plays in
Army-Navy football game "some
where in Australia".
5 YEARS AGO
Hazelwood Pharmacy to have
formal opening.
Mrs. Carl Ratcliffe, Mrs. Law
rence Leatherwood. Mrs. Frank
Klrkpatrick and Mrs. Henry Davis
leave for a vacation at Myrtle
Beach.
Miss Hilda Tyree Dotson is en
gaged to Rufus Allen Hyatt.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Atkins of At
lanta are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joe
| Jack Atkins.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Bowles and
daughter, Florence Ann. return
i from visit to Daytona Beach.
Views of Other Editors
HOCUS-POCUS CURE FOR
WARTS
'In en article in a medical jour- i
nal, a University of California doc- .
'or savs that psychiatric treatment <
and also plain old hocus-pocus ap- j
oarently have been used success- <
fully to rid people of warts. <
A noisy X-ray machine which
sounds as if it (s working, but '
which actuallv is giving off no rays. <
sometimes will produce "cures." 1
according to the physician. Dr H (
V. Allington. Warts also have dis-1
appeared after such "treatments" I
as exposure to flashes of lightning I
or the light of the new moon and !
bathing in hedgehog's blood.
Sometimes warts which disap- I
war after such "treatment" maV '
have been fading out anyway. But 1
it happens so often that more than
coincidence seems t? be involved '
Nearlv everybody knows of cases 1
in which unorthodox methods re- 1
oortedly rid peonle of warts A fel
'ow on our staff tells a personal I
"xperience along this line
As a bov. he had warts all over '
his hands, so much so that he re- 1
"alls being greatly embarrassed 1
when he had to stand up before a 1
"lass in school and write on the
ilackboard. Someone told him
ibout an elderly man. who lived I
not far away, who could "blow" i
warts away, so our staff man went .
iut to see him.
The old boy didn't touch the '
warts, but merely blew on them I
gently while mumbling something!
beneath his breath Couple of
weeks later our colleague's hands,
were completely wartless
The method used in curing warts
> hpcus-pocus apparently isn't
mportant. The cure apparently
akes place in the patient's mind.
Somehow, if he thinks the warts
ire eofng away, they mav do so
'Our colleague maintains that he
bad no faith in the o|d mm.R abi]
?tv to blow warts off. and that he
bad no hope that they would dis
inpear However, the fact that he
underwent the "treatment" Indi
at least h?* was willing
o give It a try. and therefore sub
It IT m ^ maV have h,d h?P*
it would work.)
The field of psychosomatic medi
cine^ dealing with the effects! of the
mind on the body, is an extremely
fascinating one. More and more
medical science is emphasizing the
importance of a sound mental at
J in maintaining good health
Emotional disturbances can result
'n physical illnesses?stomach ul
^ers' '?r e*amp|e?iso lt may be
possible that a person can think his
warts away.
Some physicians even say that
emotional disturbances can help
bring on a common cold. If you
start sneezing, maybe getting
caught In the rain was responsible.
Then, again maybe It was the sight
of those bills on the first of the
month.
?The Richmond Times-Dispatch
A CHANGING PATTERN
Time was when new industry mi
grated to North Carolina and oth
er Southern states simply because
of the availability of cheap labor.
i mild climate that reduced the
fost of living, tax concessions and
other "baits" held forth.
Such is no longer the case as
witness the sizeable number of in
dustries requiring highly skilled
labor that have come to North
Carolina during the past five years.
In the field of electronics, for
instance, there is Western Elec
tric with its plants at Winston
Salem, Greensboro and Burlington.
There is the plant currently mov
ing into operation at Sanford. The
Westinghouse people are building
j huge meter plant in Raleigh.
West Jefferson has recentlv been
selected as the site of another plant
that will manufacture things elec
trical.
Without doubt the~c plants will
require many thousands of people
with skills yet to be d' velooed and
it is a tribute to their ability to
learn that North Carolina has at
tracted new industries in fields
heretofore not represented in the
state's industrial pattern.
No longer is North Carolina
solely dependent upon a single in
dustry for its payrolls. The influx
of new industries in various fields
other than furniture, textiles and
tobacco is creating a diversifica
tion that will serve as a cushion
against economic shock in the
years to come. It seems hardly
possible that everything will "go to
pot" at once unless there is a na
tion-wide depression.
The influx of these industries
means, also, that there are changes
heirur wrousnt in our population.
Letters To Editor
START ALL OVER
Editor The Mountaineer:
Again the question of admitting
Red China to the United Nations
occupies much attention in the
journalistic as well as the political
world, as they deal with the inter
national situation. We are informed
through the press that many pres
ent UN members are actually in
favor of admitting Red China.
But how can they in good con
science advocate such a step, if I
?they regard the UN Charter as
worth more than a mere scrap of
paper?
That Charter plainly states that
any aggressor nation shall not be
eligible for membership. Can Red
China possibly qualify if the Char-,
ter provisions are adhered to?
As a matter of fact, Red Russia
by the same token, since it furnish
ed war supplies and technical bat
tle skills to Red China, has lost its
right to UN membership, if a strict
interpretation of the UN Charter
is to be insisted upon, as it should
be.
Otherwise, let the UN toss that
Charter itgo the waters of New
York harbor, and start all over
again with a new set of rules.
BART LEIPER.
New and highly-skilled people are
moving to North Cirolina from oth
er sections of the country and
they are making themselves felt in
the communities to which they
move.
All of this adds up to a changing
industrial pattern in North Caro
lina. And it is a good and needed
change that will mean much for
the state's people.
?The Chatham News.
The United States has the cap
acity to produce man-made fibers
'equal to 4,300.000 bales of cotton.
Hamming Hound
Bits Of Human Interest News
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
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REQUIEM.
In beauty rich it Stood erect,
With outstreched arms in stately
It pressed its face against the sun.
And watched it ghd the mountainside
In summer time it offer'd peace,
The love of life and welcome rest.
When autumn came, it blazed with joy
And scattered gold at your request.
But cruel hands of modern man
Built 'round its throat a concrete mart
Its glory gone, this wondrous tree
. Dies slowly of a broken heart.
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The above is dedicated to the tree in the Courthouse m
lot. There used to be three of them and in the spring and (ad |
were breath-taking.
We are writing this while the news of the signing of thet
is still very fresh and warm in the minds of the world It *
to realize that after these years of waiting, the "Cease Fire"
finally gone forth. We cannot help but wonder what is in the i
of those .men who have battled through mud, slime and blotf
they ever be the same men thev were before this hgrrible into
in their lives? Can they look at their fellowmen with the samcfc
tial brotherly feeling, or will their souls always carry the ?
the torture and misery they have endured? Will the life of 11
seem as important now? Will they come back to their loved o?|
a seared feeling .of irresponsibility? To us, it seems that, u |
before, our prayers must be for guidance as to the best wa?(
store these men with broken ideals back to the normal belief?
brotherhood of mankind. It may take a long time for these a
forget the wounds of war but in time, let us pray they can n
their American way of life.
Conscience Is the framework ugpn which our dailv lives
built.
Little Mary was learning to play Canasta, and her teen-ag
ter was doing a pretty good job of teaching her and rather |
of the fact. So one afternoon she invited in two of her fried
have a game with Little Mary and herself. Mary acquitted I
very creditably until near the end of the game. Then she laid!
matching cards and announced: "Now, goodie, I can take the it
yard," and she reached for the stack.
If you feel that you must gripe, enjoy it all by yourself.
Sgt. Joe McCracken
Returns To Middle East
Tech. Sgt. Joe B. McCracken,
son of G. H. McCracken, of Route
1. Waynesville, is on his way back
to the Middle East following a 30
day leave at home. He was form
erly in Korea for*16 months with
the Marines' 1st Division, and has
been in this country for two
months now.
Seeding Machine
HARTFORD, Conn. lAPt
embanknients on Connecticut!
ways are protected from fit
with the aid of a machine dni|
and built Dy employees ol
State Highway Department.
. It is mounted on a truck
blows a mixture of water. f?
er and quick-growing grass I
into the slopes
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r MARCH OF EVENTS
New Russian Ambassador* I Recall of leoding Enn|
And New foreign Policy? | Has Washington Rondel
Special to Central Press
WASHINGTON?There are increasing signs Russia will repii
>V her ambassadors to the United States and Great Britain a
t.ie big question is: Is it a routine rotation or does it representtdi
in Soviet foreign policy?
Several weeks ago the Kremlin Summoned home its ambasui
from Washington, London and Pnris, There was no explanation. I
the coincidence of the withdr.. ..al of the Red diplomats from (
f> western big three aroused wide speculation
some obscure Russian maneuver. Now, Mo?
Jlhas announced that its ambassador to France I
been replaced by Sergei A. Vinogradov, the SovS
World War II emissary to Tuikey. Diploma
^^?1 circles have become convinced this foresbadi
Mg! new, ambassadors to Washington and London
I well. But the significance of the shift still rffld
?I a mystery. Most educated guessing centers an
Ml the belief that the move has some connection I
^uj the spreading revolt against Communism in
I European satellites.
Some sources go so far as to speculate any I
UHHM Soviet envoys will bring tp their posts a chat
Kremlin diplomatic "line" designed lb ease East-Weatl
sions, liberalize life in the iron Curtain com*
anil slow down mounting flee world pressures against C< iiiniunH
all moves to quell anti-Communist riots that hare' tnitWheadlbl
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? GIANT "WmRLYBIRD"?The civil aviation wotld is waitlig
pectantly for the flight of the first commercially feasible pa*<
helicopter, expected to hop into the air at the Piasecki factory in
fall.
The giant 44-passertger "whirlybird" is being readied now W
| first flight tests. Late this summer it will undergo static fi*
tests.
Designed the XH-16 for the Air Force, for whom it will be rrod]J
the rotary-winged craft is equal in size to a DC-4 and is expect"*
be used primarily as a troop carrier. .
However, civil aviation experts predict that when it conies up
civilian use it will find a gVeat market in replacing regular airp*
on flights of less than 300 miles. Such a craft could cut si tual W
times between compaiatively close metropolitan areas by ?' *
one-third. ^
? FOOD WEAPON-It may prove futile, but the administrati^
tends to plump hard for President Elsenhower's request lbs'
given sweeping authority to send surplus food overseas when (?
threatens. '
The humanitarian aspects of the request ate obvious The ?*?
1st rat ion will stress the political factors Involved.
The idea is more cold war strategy than anything else Mr
hower would like to have a free hand In rushing food wherever
sary, not only to feed hungry people but to keep them lijm 1
Communist.
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? WHITE HOUSE TIMING?Veteran politicos are puzzled
timing of the recent White House demand for extension ot the"
profits tax by a maneuver to by-pass the lax-writing House
and means committee. t
The move, originating in a bill in the rules committee. M'*f
withdrawn. But it left political tears on Capitol Hill ^
which may prove malignant. Wb'?*
The big puzzle la: Why didn't the administration y,misf"
wait until the deficit?far larger than expected?was
revealed? ? Ruiz'**
Had the size been released earlier from July t. most .
of the steam would have been taken from the tax-cutting adv?
led by Rep. Daniel Reed (R), New York, chairman of H<? **'
meant committee. ,
Instead, the administration tried to shova the excess Pr0,ui,
through without revealing the nature of the problem Now lh?'
a?on probably will go through, but at the expense of making a? ?
of Reed.
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