MORE ABOUT
Mrs. Rogers
(Continued from page 1)
two or three years, she was, oi
course, much pleased to see them
But she was perhaps most delightec
to have with her one great, greal
granddaughter, little Debby Webt
of Baltimore, Maryland, grand
daughter of Mrs. Cumi Parton ol
that city, who was also present.
Mrs. Rogers still gets about th?
house fairly well with the aid ol
her cane; but she is not as nimble
jshe says, as she was two or three
years ago?before she fell dowr
the stairs of her home, when she
received some painful bruises and
lacerations.
A member of the Baptist Church
for many, many years and a de
voted Bible reader, Aunt Sis ha.
, memorized many passages of the
Scriptures and can recall them?
verse, chapter and name.
"I believe," said she, "that be
ing a Christian and showing it in
your life is the greatest thing or
earth."
. REMEMBERS THE CIVIL WAR
Aunt Sis remembers many of the
pdople and incidents of the old
days?even back to the Civil War,
she being aobut ten years old at
the out-break.
"I remember seeing our soldiers
marching along the road by my
father's house and singing?
'We've all ketched the rheumatiz
n A-wadin' in the snow; '
But we've killed a thousand
Yankees
And we'll kill a thousand
more'."
She also recalls the privations
and suffering of those years of
civil strife. How that they would
hide out in the woods their most
precious possessions or household
valuables like a work horse or cow,
or maybe bed clothes until the raid
ing parties got by. Of their pri
vations Aunt Sis said she remem
bers how her family made out or
lived on nothing but water, home
made tea and Irish potatoes for
three weeks.
Oldest Since Uncle Ted
So far as the writer knows the
subject of this sketch is the oldest
citizen, not only of this county,
but of this entire Western section,
living today. Also, we believe
Aunt Sis to be. the second person
in this county to live past the cen
tury mark. Uncle Ned Messer be
ing the first. Messer lived to be
109. Uncle Kimsey Howell of
Cove Creek, who died only a few
years ago, lived to be 99 years old
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Needs 01 Great Smoky Mountains Park
Called 'Urgent' By Joint Commission
Reduced funds for operation of
the Great Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park has brotigh about an
emergency" which threatens the
future of the park, according to
members o' the joint North Caro
lina-Tennessee Park Commission
who met recently in Gatiinburg.
At its meeting the commission
passed a resolution declaring that
the needs of the Smoky Mountains
park are urgent "if this great asset
of the region and the nation is to
be maintained for the people."
Faced with this condition, the
joint committee voted to set up a
program of minimum needs for
adequate protection from fire haz
ards and for the maintenance of ex
isting park facilities.
This program is to be prepared
in the near future and then sub
i mitted to North Carolina and Ten
| nessee congressmen for their ac
tion. i
Members of the commission
agreed with Park Superintendent
? 1 Edward Hummel, who said a safe
I and proper maintenance level
I should be achieved before there is
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further development of the park.
"The maintenance and operation
of the park is giving us our biggest
concern," Hummel told the com
mission.
"We don't have enough personnel
for the preservation and conserva
tion of the park and for taking care
of visitors."
Hummel listed in the order of
priority these urgent needs:
1. Additional personnel for Are
protection, which he said is the
most critical, and additional rang
ers. He said during the summer
months there are not enough rang
ers to have the great Influx of visi
tors and the traffic problem In the
park. ?
2. Development of the service
plant, which includes additional
equipment and personnel quarters.
I He said the service plant is not
used by visitors but helps to main
tain visitors' facilities.
(Hummel said only four new
quarters had been built since the
park was established and all the
others are old farm houses in which
| the wardens are living).
3. Road development to alleviate
road congestion in the park.
("We will need some help from
! the states of North Carolina and
Tennessee to do this," he said.
"The federal government can't do
it and trgBfc: congestion is not get
ting aqy'>twtter.")
4. Development of the park for
visitor utfe.
(He said there should be addi
tional canfp grounds and that those
in existence are overcrowded. He
said the park does not have a good
museum and that the historical de
velopment of the park is not com
plete. He said a tower is needed at
Clingman's Dome and that addi
tional roads are also needed.)
Hummel told the commission that
maintenance comes first and that
this should have priority before any
further development of the park.
He explained that the park is
being operated with less personnel
now than it was in 1941.
"Today," he saidt "We have a
much bigger operaiibn than we had
in 1941, We have'a million more
visitors a year. We have 40,000
more acres of land under our con
trol. We have So miles more of
! major roads to maintain, and we
i have two more campgrounds. Yet
we have less personnel.
"Back In 1941 they didn't think
they had enough' personnel to do
the job. Now I ask you, how are
we going to do the job today with
less personnel and witli a greater
obligation?
"Every time we get a new devel
opment in the park it is going to
be harder to handle because of less
staff."
Members of the commission were
agreed that every effort should be
made to familiarize Congress with
the situation existing in the park.
Kelly Bennett of Bryson City,
chairman of the North Carolina
Park, Parkway and Forests Devel
opment Commission, said the gov
ernment had not lived up to its
promises concerning the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
"The government was looking for
a park for the man of moderate
means," he said. "The people of
North Carolina and Tennessee paid
for it. This park was unlike other
parks in that the people are not
taxed to see it. We bought the land
and the park was established. We
were told there would be camp
grounds and enough of them but
we don't have near enough. And
our funds arc slashed until the
maintenance and protection of the
park are in jeoppardy."
Bennett sai dthat bridges on the
North Carolina side of the park
which were built by the state, are
either down or rotting.
"If we are to have proper fire
protection against fire hazards these
bridges must be rebuilt and soon,"
Bennett said.
Ed Ashe or nnoxviiie said that
Congress does not let the Federal
buildings in Washington deterio
rate and "why shouldn't we have
the same consideration."
"The investment here," he said
"should be protected and unless it
is protected it will be lost."
He suggested that "some of the
glazing of buildings in Washington
be cut out in order to protect the
Smokies so the park will not be
jeopardized.
Other members of the North
Carolina Pffrk Commission attend
ing the one-day meeting were Co
Chairman William Mcdford of Way
nesville, W. Ralph Winkler of
Boone, and Mrs. Doyle Alley of
Wayncsville, commission secretary.
The Tennessee delegation was
led by Charles Puckett of Chatta
nooga. who presided in the absence
of Chairman Papl II. Mathis, alsq
of Chattanooga.
U. S. dairymen have an income
of about 4Vi billion dollars a year.
MOKE ABOUT
Field Day
(Continued from F?;r 1)
frank cnnstopner, frauds Cove,
jJ; aen Beat, upper Craoiree, 3d,
and alternates Joel MeCrary,
- inickuy, 33, and Jack itiggins,
west Pigeon, 33.
Women?oetty Pressley, Hom
iny, Jtl; Louise Chamoers, Allen*
Creek. 2b; Lve Trull, Cruso, 2J;
Mrs. George frady, 'thickety, 2d,
wary West, Hominy, 21, and alter
nates Sara James, Upper Crab
tree, 21, and Betty Jo Long, Last
Pigeon, 20.
Boys?Joe Rhinehart, Thickety,
45; cane McC'racktn, Hominy, 40;
Carl McCracken, Upper Craoiree,
o3; C'naNie Clark, saunook, 30,
George Bradshaw, Iron i)utl, 28,
and alternates Jimmy Best, Upper
Crablree, 28, and Bobby Hunter,
White Oak, 26.
Girls?Bobbie King, Beavcrdam,
45; truth Heten Boone, Prancis
Cove, 30; Ava Jean Henson, Cruso,
26; Ardaiha Griffin, Last Pigeon,
25; Mary Sue Sparks, Saunook, 25,
and alternates Jerry Layman, Cru
so, 17; Shirley Smith, East Pi
gebn, 16, and Doris Fisher, Aliens
Creek, 16.
The girls' Softball game will be
played at 1:30; the boys' game at
2:30.
One softbah team composed of
players from Hominy, Thickety,
West Pigeon, East Pigeon, Beaver
dam, Cruso, and Morning Star will
oppose another squad of players
MOKE ABO I T
Phones
(Continued from Pace 1)
would perhaps dial one digit and
then the regular Canton number
New and additional equipment
for tnis cnange-over will be install
ed in the Canton exchange. The
equipment in Waynesville was in
stalled at the time the dial sys
tem was put into use here last j
sjfring.
Mr. McCuiston said the mater
ials for making the change was on
hand, including the heavy trunk
line cables which will be strung
from Canton to Medford Farm to
connect with the Waynesville cable
there.
The rates prevailing at the time
the change-over is made will be
put into force, the manager said.
The new plan will save residents
of the county toll charges for calls
made within the county, without
an increase in the rate they pay
for services, he explained.
The conractor in charge of put
ting the cables underground in
Canton plans to have the project
completed within 45 days, with
an "even break' 'in weather. The
streets which will have to be dug
up lor the cables include Main,
Water, Sorrels, and Park.
from Upper Crabtrce, Francis
Cove, iron Dutf. South Clyde,
White Oak, Aliens Creek, and
Saunook
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Hearing Loss Sets Up 1
psychological Obstacles
By ANNETTE DAVIS
WASHINGTON ? Loss of hear
ing presents a social and ps^cnol
ogicai problem sine* it tnreatens
to cut on communication witn oth
er people. To ine disabled veteran
wno must lace it lor the nrst time
it can be a serious shock.
To clear up some popular mis
conceptions surrounding the deaf
person, the Ked Cross otters some
guides in a booklet, "Helping Dis
aoied Veterans".
Some veterans will use mechan
ical neartng aids and others will
learn to read lips, depending upon
the type ol hearing disability.
The services give great care to
selecting' the proper hearing aid
for each veteran. The fact that
Aunt Nellie wears a different type
does not mean that a veteran
would benefit by switching to that,
model.
The hearing aid amplifies all
sounds indiscriminately. You may
be able to shout above the racket
of a passing streetcar, but your
voice will be lost on the deafened
person. A hearing aid Is adjusted
to the normal speaking voice and
transforms a shout into meaning
less noise.
For the man who can't be helped
by a hearing aid, lip reading is a
necessity. It is a difficult' art to
master and requ.rca i J
amount ot loperauoa i.-J
rest of the world. |
Here are some pointers J
Cross booklet otters to *S
task easier: Always he 3
lips are in uu: ,.v* ^|
use too many o J
Vou needn s try to sUpH
words since the \tttran
trained to re...-. JS 1
m normal conversation 1
If you realise he u J
certain wards, lont repe*!
Add a MNM11 twi io ?
your nuanii 1
to get the gist of senugj
whoie. I
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conversation with more ij
person is an arduous '"^1
meaning friends \ lrtuaiV) J
ish the deafened from tc7|
by explaining that he domJ
well" and don., all the i-J
him. It is better to rephral
mark, and let him ans?J
himself. If he is unawm J
ing spoken to. touch him ?
arm and indicate Mho u J
He will appreciate sour J
in letting him carry on ;i ?|
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