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News Of Parkway /
Is Most Encouraging
The r*ws the pint week about the Blue
Ridge Parkway ft* been moat encouraging,
.and optimistic.
First Off, there were the low bids for the
first link of the Parltway between Wolf
Laurel and Ravensford, with the second link
to be submitted to a bid later this month.
About 18 months has been set for the com
pleion of the links, and then we will have
another direct route {into the Park via Soco
Gap, Wolf Laurel and Ravensford, which
will also afford an ideal loop trip via Chero
kee through some of the most scenic coun
try in Western Norfti" Carolina.
Until Tuesday the dark cloud hanging over
the Parkway, ha^revar. was the proposal of
inaugurating th#toiptmi spring. Last year
all North Carolina flfafes were successful in
blocking the proposed toll, but the matter
was due to come up again this spring.
Now comes the encouraging news that
the Parkway will be toll free this year. The
announcement came from Rep. George A.
Shuford, after a reference with officials
of the Department of the Interior. Rep. Shu
ford has been an opponent to the toll propos
al all th? while. ; La
And another interesting fact relative to
the Parkway is the roQuest of $5,315,624 in
the President's budget message for comple
tion of the Parkway.. Out of this allotment
would come funds sufficient to complete the
bridge at Ravensford. Also requested was
over a million dollars for the foothills park
way in Tennessft, an important link to the
Park highway system, while the National
Park Service is set to get an increase of lS1^
millions.
Thus far, the news /fom the Parkway and
the Park ties right in with the fact that
"things are beginning to move towards mak
ing this America's number one scenic vaca
tionland/'
Listen To Ou;
Former Presidents
In hi* memoirs, Harry Truman speaks of
the incredibly heavy burden of work that is
imposed upon the President. Now Herbert
Hoover anggeste that^Conjfress create the
office of an. ,A<fc*uai*t?aUvt- Yice-president,
legally empowered to administer many duties
of a relatively routhto nature that are pres
ently borne by the President.
We should certainly jhced the words of our
only two living formdt Presidents. The job, ?
hs now constituted, is a potential killer. In
addition, it is absolutely impossible for any
man to discharge the unnecessary multitud
inous responsibilities pf the Presidency ef
ficiently and fully, "i.
i* avjai ? ..
THE MOUNTAINEER
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Thursday Afternoon. January 19, 1956
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On The Side Of Freedom
The local newspaper is a personal diary
of a community's life. This is especially
true of the country papers, of which there
are many thousands in the United States.
These papers are free to express their point
of view on any issue or question of public or
private interest, subject only to the reserva
tions imposed by the libel law.
Their right to criticize their government
was established over two hundred years ago
in what was then a British Colonial town
now known as New York City. This country's
smaller newspapers are a tremendous asset
on the side of freedom, possessed by no
other nation. The strong local appeal of the
small-town newspaper assures unusual read
ership interest.
Amid all the modern developments in the
field, the newspaper retains its position aft
one of the most effective advertising
mediums. All of us have a tremendous stake
ia the continued health and independence of
our thousands of newspapers. It's reassuring
to find that they rest on such a solid foun
dation. both culturally in the minds and
hearts of the readers, and economically in
the support of advertisers.
Crazy Ducks (?)
Motorists at Lake Junaluska Sunday were
surprised to see a large number of visiting
ducks just standing on the frozen surface
of the Lake, while the banks afforded warm,
dry land.
There were one or two small pools of water
In the center of the Lake, with a few ducks
? swimming about, but the larger part of the
duck population seemed content to stand on
the ice.
From our vantage point it looked like a
group of crazy ducks.
Thus far we have not had any word from
the ducks as to their opinion of the folk
who rode by, in a hurry, going nowhere, or
what they thought of football fans sitting
out in inclement weather.
The Struggle Is Religious
We tend to think of communism as a men
ace to our materia) well-being and to our na
tional security. But the danger goes even
farther ? as no less an authority thap J.
Edgar Hoover points out. The head of the
FBI aaya: "Our struggle with communism
is more than that of a differing political
system. The struggle is essentially religious.
Communism attacks all forms of religion
that base themselves on belief in God . . .
Religious people must realize that commun
ism is their great enemy."
? Communism destroys and denies every
spiritual value. No church and no church
member can temporize with it.
BIG BIJILDING BOOM IN THE 60 s
zA building boom in the 60*s is assured and
it's likely to be almost twice as big as the
present one, says the Kiplinger Letter. Mar
riages are the major factor in the demand
for new houses. Marriages now are at the
rate of 1.5 million, yet they justify 1.3 mil
lion houses. In the early 60*8, 1.8 million
houses a year will be needed to accommodate
the 2.1 million new marriages.
ONE OUT OF THREE WOMEN WORK
There are more working women today
than ever before?21 million with paying
jobs. Before the war only 27% worked, in
1966 36*^ did. At present 30% of married
women are working, twice as many as in
1940. The number is rising. Women's jobs
are plentiful and young couples need the
mon^y to lift themselves in living standards.
On the national average, the pay for women's
jobs has risen less than men's.
?The Kiplinger Letter.
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THE BOLL WEEVIL
Looking
Back Over
The Years
29 YEARS AGO
The Unagusta Manufacturing
Company leases the Waynesville
Furniture Co. plant at Hazel
wood.
Close of Trade Jubilee brings
2,500 people to town.
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Mrs. Carl Medford and Mrs.
Wayne Rogers entertain with a
quail dinner at the home of the
former. .
Miss Alice Stringfleld, who has
been motoring back and forth to
Cecil's Business College in Ashe
vllle, plans to spend the greater
part of her time in Ashevllle.
19 YtiARS AGO
/
James B. Neal is general chair
man of campaign ic collect used
clothing for shipment to war torn
countries.
* James F. Albright receives dis
charge from Navy at Charleston,
S. C.
Theresa Alley is elected presi
dent of the student body of
Waynesville High School
Sgt. Bill Swift reports to his
poet of duty at Camp Swift. Tex
as after furlough at home.
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5 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Lucy Jones is named
county superintendent of educa
tion as Jack Messer re-enters
Navy.
B. W. Burnette celebrates 90th
birthday.
Mrs Joe Liner entertains at
a coffee hour honoring her moth
er. Mrs, Fred G. Lincoln of To
ronto. Canada.
Mrs. S. C. Satterthwaite ob
serves 93rd birthday
Charlton "Pee-Wee" Davis is
Student of the Week at WTHS.
Tid Bits
JUST TWO CLASSES
Children are getting to expen
sive only two kinds of people can
afford them ? the rich and the
poor?Greeley, Colo.. Booster.
THE BAG
Someone asks ua how we did
hunting. Well, we Just got two
thiafi oat of that trip ? poison
oak and behind in our work.
?Manteea. Calif . BnNetin.
AND GETTING WOBSE BEHIND
CtvUlsatkm is the coodHion in
which one generation paps the i
last generation's debt by issuing .
bonds for the next generation to <
My Favorite Stories
Bj CARL GOERCH
The little Incident that occur
red in Burlington recently brings
back something that happened to
Mark Twain while he was mak
ing humorous lectures all over
the country.
It was in St. Louis. I believe,
that Mark received a telegram
notifying him of the death of his
mother. The telegram was receiv
ed Just a few minutes before he
was scheduled to go out on the
stage. Naturally he was greatly
distressed.
When he walked out on the
platform he was greeted with an
enthusiastic round of applause.
Mark stood there, looking very
sad.
When quiet had been restored,
he opened up his speech some
thing like this:
"My friends. I do not feel like
making a humorous talk this eve
ning. I have just received news
of the death of my mother,"
The crowd roared with laugh
ter.
"You don't understand," said
Mark. "My mother died this
morning."
More laughter.
Mark finally realized that the
audience thought he was trying
to pull some kind of joke, for
which they did not intend to fall,
so he gave it up and proceeded
to make his talk.
A few weeks ago I was sched
uled to make a talk at the ladies'
night meeting of the Burlington
Rotary Club. On the way over to
the Alamance County capital,
about six miles from my destina
tion I saw a beautiful lady stand
ing besMe an automobile which
was parked alongside the high
way.
She had a flat tire.
I brought my car to a stop
some distance beyond her and ,
then started to back up. The gear
slipped out of its position while I_
was looking through the rear win
dow and, without turning around,
I pushed it hack in again. But I
made a mistake and put it in for
ward gear. When the clutch took
hold, the car came to a sudden
stop, buckled a little and then
started moving forward.
Then I found that I had strip
ped my transmission and the car
wouldn't move either forward or
backward.
At that very moment Paul Dan
ial of Raleigh drove past. He stop
ped and asked me the trouble. I
told him and he offered to take
me in to Burlington. I had a
State College boy riding with me
at the time and he said he'd go
back and help the lady with the
flat tire.
When Paul and I got to Bur
lington I called up Cobb Motor
Company and they promised to
send a wrecker after the car.
When I explained what had hap
pened, however, they said it un
doubtedly would be impossible to
fix it that night and that I'd have
to wait until the afternoon of the
following day.
The ladies' night meeting was
a most enjoyable affair. There
were about 150 folks present and
everybody seemed to be having
a wonderful time.
I was introduced after the meal
and started out something like
this:
"Ladies and gentlemen: I had
a little accident on the way here
this afternoon. Busted the trans
mission in my car and Cobb Mot
or Company says it won't be fixed
until tomorrow afternoon. I'd like
to get back to Raleigh tonight,
so if there is any Rotarian here
who can spare his car until noon
tomorrow, I sure would appreci
ate it."
Letters to the Editor
HUNTERS AND TRESPASSERS
Editor, The Mountaineer:
. For several years quite a
change has been taking place in
Haywood County in the relation
ship between farm owners and
hunters of wild game. Relatively
few hunters own land on which to
hunt, or suitable for hunting. This
situation has been caused prin
cipally by the very large increase
In the industrial, business and
professional population interest
ed In hunting, and the relative de
dine en the number of farmers
and farms on which to hunt. Abo
the automatic guns and trained
dogs make it so a group of hunt
ers can soon destroy the wild
game on a tract of land.
Fanners living as far as fifteen
or twenty miles from Haielwood,
Waynesville. Clyde and Canton
during the hunting season have
to continually drive these hunters
from his fields, if he keeps any
game at all, even though he has
bis land pooled.
These hunting trespassers pre
tend to think a farmer must have
a notice in mrery field; ar he pre
tends to be just passing through;
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all right to hunt "over here".
The trespassing hunters never
seem to realise the game on the
farm is the farm owner's property
to use himself, if he wtshes to do
so. They do not seem to realise
that trespassing to secure a farm
er's quail and pheasants is the
same principle as trespassing to
secure his eggs or chickens. The
farmer himself must repair the
fences, pay the taxes, and help
put out fires.
Farmers do not want to resort
to "the lew'' against people.
Some hunters readily take ad
vantage of this. But has the time
not come that those who own
farms, who want to hunt, to use
their own property themselves as
they wish, must post their land,
and prosecute trespassers? I
1 would like to mention the
few hunters who come to the
farmer's home, see that hie land
Is posted, and leaVe without ask
ing to hunt. Or the one who can
ask to hunt, and leave without
showing a peeve when this per
mission is net given.
A. L. Bramlett
, * F. Dl 4
' Waynesville. If. C.
Rambling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
It doesn't seem possible: ?
That half at January has gone.
That so many people can use so many words and not say anything.
That the aspm trees outside of our windows are already acquiring
their Spring fuzz.
That the fence above that vacant lot on Main street hasn't caved
in with so many people bracing themselves against it.
That a town the size at Waynesvilie should have so many up-to
date shops.
That a radio can jumble at exactly the intense moment and then
clear off to a blare for the commercials.
That the Christmas stampede was at full speed less than a month
ago.
That too many conversations have so many dotted I's.
Political mud dinting beWaffv la the slush fund
It was Circle meeting time again and aa the ladies gathered at
Mrs. Abee's, each wondered if she might be the object of Little
Mary's focused attention. But, wonder of wonders, there was no Little
Mary on the-scene. No one dared ask about her for fear that would
'bring on her presence.
The meeting progressed to a very satisfactory and serene conclu
sion and the ladies went to the bedroom for their purses and wraps.
And there, very demure, sat Little Mary in a big chair. "Why, Mary,"
one of the ladies said, "we didn't know you vtfere here." The little girt
rose politely and replied: "Oh, yes. Mommie told me I must enter
tain myself this afternoon," she smiled broadly, "so I've been play
ing Bolivia." Her mother heaved a deep sigh of apprehension, and
asked: "Bolivia?"
Little Mary was all eagerness to explain. "Yes, I emptied every
lady's purse into one pile in the middle of the bed and then shuffled
them all around the way Mommie does when she's playing." hesl- '
tated for breath, then continued. "I counted out the things in even
numbers and put them back in the purses. I was careful to see that
every purse got the same number of things."
Heard la passing: "I cant say it warns me up much to stand
ankle deep in snow and look at summer dresses in the store win
dow."
Remember that old saying: "Now is the time for all good men to
come to the aid of their country"? Well, it's time to get it out of stor
age. dust it off and hang it out in the wide open spaces. For the next
nine-and-one-half months your banner will be torn to shreds by the
hurricane force of voices raised in praise and discord. Indeed, there's
a tough storm ahead and Heaven protect the poor sailors in the sea
of politics.
Voyagers uncertain of their destination at the polling places, will
find helicopters ready and eager to take aboard stranded voters and
deposit them safely in front of a polling booth ... if that is the
direction the helicopter is going. Back slapping, hand shaking, flowery
phrases, and poetic bribery wrapped in cellophane will flood the na
tion. No one of voting age is safe from the barrage. Your mail box
will suddenly resemble the overstuffed davenport at Aunt Minnie's,
and the price of newsprint will eo up another notch. You'll answer
the telephone with suspicion hanging on the cord and you'll open
the door with the expectation of finding a Gallop exponent dn your
steps.
Oh yes, fiiends. this political race is going to be a fast one, with
no obstacles removed.
Pretty, dainty little snowflakes,
How much more you're worth,
If you'd just stop falling '
Before you hit the earth.
There was a flurry of laughter.
"Oh, I'll take good care of it,"
I promised.
More laughter, which I didn't
exactly understand. But anyway.
I proceeded to make my talk and
it went over pretty good. Then
they had a distribution of some
prizes, following which the meet
ing broke up.
There were several Kotarians
present whom I have known per
sonally for a number of years. I
expected at least one of them to
offer me the use of his car, but
nobody came forward. They told
me that they had enjoyed the
talk, and then they turned around
and left for home.
Practically everyone had gone
except two or three people who
were chatting in the lobby of the
Alamance Hotel. Just as they
were getting ready to leave, one
of them turned to me and said:
"By the way, Mr. Goerch, what
was that gag about the transmis
sion of your automobile?"
"What do you mean?gag?" I
inquired.
"When you said that you want
ed someone to let you have their
car so you could drive it back to
Raleigh."
"That was no gag," I told him.
"It was an actual fact. I had car
trouble on the way over here this
afternoon and wanted to borrow a
car so I could get back to Raleigh
tonight. I've got an engagement
in the office tomorrow morning
and I wanted to keep it."
"Good heavens!" he exclaimed.
? "What's the matter?" I asked.
"Why I heard at least fifteen
men say that they would be glad
to let you have their car, but they
figured that there was some kind
of joke about the proposition, and
they decided not to bite."
And then he added ruefully:
"I'm afraid it's too late now, be
cause they've all gone home."
Which is why I spent the night
at the' Alamance Hotel and didn't
get back to Raleigh until about
three o'clock the following after
noon.
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