THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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ur Delegates Selected
[Boys, Girls State
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.-ncis of Ratcliffe Cove
^IfcElroy of Iron Duff
\ (elected by Haywood
I the American Legion to
y tfinual Tar Hiel Boys
I t),e University of North
l next week.
auxiliary also has
Alexander of
jHe and Patsy Holder of
Jj to attend the.Girls State
gboro
ithe sen of Mr. and Mrs.
Ljjrov. is a rising senior
?-Iron Duff High School.
( newly elected president
jture Farmers of America
it the school, a member
Irt, Club and the varsity
P team, and served as
I of the junior class dur
pst term.
ptxander, the daughter of
^per Alexander and the
, Alexander, 111 Hospital
| riling senior at Waynes
emhip High School. She
Lper of the WTHS chorus,
I club. Sub Deb Club. 4
i Safety Club, and Little
I Club, Local Yokel staff,
peflteri Waynesville in
tometry at the annual
kid Day at Western Caro
ls. She is also president
[Ksbyterian Youth Fellow
tfae Wa>mesville Presby
fcirch and president of her
icboot class.
Holder, the daughter of
[Mrs. Jack Holder of the
load, Hazelwood. is a ris
ior at Waynesville Town
|b School. She is the newly
president of the Tally-Ho
aember of the Local Yok
; FHA Club. 4-H Club,
flicert band, school winner
jffcees' "I Speak For Dem
feootest. and Blue Ridge
At basketball tournament
ke is also community mis
annan of the Young Wo
aociation and a member
taptist Training Union at
is Creek Baptist Church,
the son of Mr. and Mrs
I Francis, Asheville Road,
ig senior at Waynesville
i High School. He is a
of the WTHS chorus, the
l vice president of the
iRbonty 4-H Council, and
W and district winner in
Kmber of the . 4-H Ex
3ub, he visited Berkshire
Mass., in 1953 and plans
?the organization to Col
ter this month. He also
the National 4-H Club
lit Chicago last year as a
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College Students
In Charge Oi Lake
Program Sunday
College students in eonferenee
at Lake Junaluska wilt be in
Charge of a special program at 8
p.m. Sunday in the assembly audi
torium which is open to the public.
Theme of the program will be
"God's love and man's life as re
vealed through the arts," accord
ing to Mrs. Joe Love Brown of
Nashville, Tenn., a student coun
selor who is directing the program.
She is an experienced directdr in
the "little theater" movement in
Nashville.
The program will feature a re
ligious drama and a student choir
of nearly 400 voices. Dr. Harvey
C. Brown of the Methodist Board
of Education. Nashville, will pre
side. He is directing the student
conference.
College students and campus
counselors of 12 southern states
are attending the Lake Junaluska
leadership training conference.
The meeting opened Tuesday and
I will continue through Monday.
Gordon Hotel
Dining Room
Opens June 15
The dining room of the Gordon
Hotel will open to the public next
Wednesday, June 15, under the
supervision of Ruth and Henry
Gibson, according to Joseph Spit
zer, hotel manager.
During the winter the Gibsons
operate Gibson's Dining Room at
Tavares, Fla.
The Gordon again this year will
feature home-made soups, oven
baked rolls, biscuits, home-made
pies and cobblers in its dining
room. Special plates for children
also will be available.
Municipal Scandal
HOUSTON, Tex. <AP> ? Casper
J. Haynes tells a favorite of old
time traveling salesman in Texas.
Tliey used to make a point of
spending a night at the hotel in
the little town of Ganado. Then
each would write a letter to his
wife, saying he'd "spent the night
between Edna and Louise," a cou
ple of other tiny towns.
member of the county 4-H square
dance team.
GIRLS STATE DELEGATES this year, named by the auxiliary of
Haywood Post 47 of the American Legion, are Patsy Holder (left) '
and Amelia Alexander, who will leave here Sunday to attend the
annual state-wide event at Greensboro. Both Miss Holder and
Miss Alexander are active in school and church activities. ^
(Mountaineer Photo).
Davy Crockett As A
Candidate For President
By NORTH C
New York Columnist 1
Now they've gone and done it.
Maybe- it was inevitable. But down
on lower 5th Avenue is a sign,
"Davy Crockett for President,'
supported by the Pioneer Party!"
I have had numerous requests to
write more about that frontier
character, but felt that folks may ,
have had enough of him. Appar
ently there's no choice, however,
when they start a Presidential
boom?even if it is humorous.
Lawyers here are feuding over
Davy CrocReU ~f rade marks. Busi
ness men are competing with the
fury of Andy Jacksqn over Davy's
coonskin products. A local store
executive says there's never been
anything like the craze?not even
Hopalong Cassidy. One weary buy
er for a store remarked here, "The
next person who mentions Davy
Crockett to me gets a Davy Crock
ett flintlock over the head!"
Who was Davy Crockett? Sure
you know? Well, he was born in
Hawkins County, Tennessee ? not
in the Great Smoky Mountains as
the Walt Disney television pro
grams indicate. Anyway. Disney
pictures scare our children until
they have nightmares. Davy grew
up not by killin' bars but by hir
ing out to neighbors for his living.
He was a pretty sturdy lad. but his
skin wouldn't stop a bullet or ar
row any more than yours or mipe.
He was a good hunter and Injun
fighter because in those days he
had to be. After Andrew Jackson
promised the Georgia politicians
that he would run the Cherokee
Indians out of the Smoky Moun
tains so the former could exploit
their territory, Davy rightly fell
out with Jackson, even though he
had helDed the doughty general
lick the Creek Indians hands-down.
Davy believed in giving the red
man a break?a novelty among
whites in those days.
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Davy Crockett moved to middle
Tennessee, then westward where
allahan
For The Mountaineer
he did most of his hunting and
talking. He Was a funny fellow, not
meaning to be but iust talked in
such a droll manner that folks
laughed at him. So he was elect
ed to Congress. After all, not
enough of our Congressmen are
funny, even today. But when
Davy got up there in that big-time
Washington racket, they sort of
made a fool out of him. The best
accounts say that he spent most
of his time around the saloons of
the capital. There, under the im
petus of the fire water which had
lost much ground for his Injun
friends, Davy talked big talk, like
Injun squaws. Clever politicians
heard him, jotted down his re
marks, then Sot some professional
writers to write up an "Autobiog
raphy of David Crockett.'' TljJs
humorous volume filled with raw
jokes and tall tales of the frontier
became campaign ammunition
against Andrew Jackson ? and
Davy Crockett had about as much
to do with it as you or I. Only it
has come'down as the truth and
lots of folks today believe it. But
old Davy himself didn't.
Back home, he found he was los
ing out in popularity. The Jackson
politicians were after hjs scalp?
and politically, they got it. Davy
ran for Congress again and was
badly beaten. He couldn't under
stand. He had done nothing?which
was supposed to be a requisite for
a good Congressman ? sometimes
is even today. Anyway, Davy Crock
ett got mad. He thought it was
downright dirty of his erstwhile
loyal Tennessee friends to do him
this way. So he became disgusted,
decided he would follow the ex
ample of others such as Sam Hous
ton and James Bowie. On his last
night in Tennessee, he addressed
a large group of his fellow-citizens.
He made them a speech, ending
with the words, "Folks, I'm goin'
to Texas. The rest of you can go
Listen To
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Gov. Luther H. Hodges'
HAYWOOD COUNTY DAY ADDRESS
AT
5:30 P.M. SUNDAY, JUNE 12
OVER
WHCC
1400
ON YOUR DIAL
DAY AND NIGHT
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T. L. FRANCIS ROGER McELROY
BOYS STATE DELEGATES, chosen by Haywood Post 47 of the
American Legion, are T. L. Francis of Waynesville and Roger Mc
Elroy of Iron I)ulT, who will leave here Sunday to spend a week
on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
(Mountaineer Photos).
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Historians diiTer but most say
that Davy Crockett was killed as
the last man at the Alamo fight
ing the Mexicans in defense of the
Four Members Of
B&PW To Attend
State Convention
The Waynesville Business and
Professional Women's Club will be
-epresentcd by several members 1
vhcn the convention of the state 1
organisation convenes in Raleigh .
for three days, June 10 through
June 12.
Those who will attend are Mrs.
Lois Gentrv. vice president of the
local club. Miss Margaret Johnston,
member of the local club and sec
ond vice president of the Business
and Professional Women's Clubs of
North Carolina. Mrs. Grace Stamey
and Mrs. Edith Alley.
Reports of the convention will
be made at the next meeting of the
Waynesville club on June 27.
then-Republic of Texas. Here late
ly. 1 have my doubts that he ever
died. For he has become not only
a character in our history, a figure
in our folklore and our music ?
but a lasting and colorful by-word
for our children.
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Tourists Praise
Mountain Laurel
Beauty In Pisgah
Tourists arriving in Waynesville
?especially those from Florida ?
are high in praise of Mother Na
ture's present lavish display of
mountain laurel in Pisgah National
Forest, according to Ned Tucker,
executive vice president of the
Chamber of Commerce.
Some visitors. Mr. Tucker said,
have asserted that the beauty of
the laurel exceeds anything they
have seen in the floral world.
Although not confined to Pisgah
Forest, the laurel appears to be
at its height in that portion of N.
C. 276. Blooms range between light
pink and white in hue.
Expensive Eggs
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)?Five
year-old David E. Gardner used
his father's cigaret lighter to gath
er eggs in the hen house at night.
He found nine eggs and burned
the hen house to the ground. David
and the chickens managed to
scramble to safety.
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