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TODAY'S QUOTATION
What we frankly rive, forever is oar own.
?George Granville.
Outlook For Smokies
Is Encouraging
Official* of the Great Smoky Mountain* 1
National Park are expecting 1966 to b4 one
of their beat year*.
The indication* of increased travel, plus '
the growing popularity of the Smokies pre
sent* an encouraging picture for thia sea
son.
The Smokies will get an increase of about
$46,000 in appropriation* this year, accord
ing to the request of the budget bureau.
Some of this will be used in additional main
tenance and addition* at the Oconaluftee
Hanger Station.
The bid* on the construction of the final
link* of the Parkway into the Smokie* were
within the estimate* of the engineers, which
is an encouraging factor, in that it means
actual moving of dirt will likely begin with
the coming of warmer weather in the area.
These fact3, together with the over-all
program of the National Park Service in
working towards completion pf all park de
velopment by 1966 ? the 60th anniversary
of National Parks ? gives reason to feel
that things in the Smokies are definitely on
the up-grade and looking more and more to
wards an era of attracting far more than the
present 2,600,000 visitors each year.
The development of the Smokies, retarded
by a depression and a global war, has at
times been most discouraging to those of us
who have lived right here under the shadows
of the towering peaks. However, the pro
spects for the completion of the development
program is much brighter, and wc expect
much greater, and we trust sooner, than
even the most optimistic of us now realize.
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vjrowin ui western
Carolina College
Is Outstanding
The growth of Western North Carolina in
the past few years sounds like a fantastic
story of fiction.
The very fact that the enrollment has
doubled in the past four years, and now
stands at 1,020, is enough proof of the rapid
changes that are taking place on the Cullo
whee campus Men make up 85 per cent of
the enrollment, and women the other 86 per
cent.
In spite of the increase in modem facili
ties, the college turned away some 200 young
people last fall. Part of the blame for this
was failure on the part of the General As
sembly to provide for a new cafeteria. The
present cafeteria is far from adequate, and
each meal has to be served in three shifts,
which is certainly not an ideal situation.
Many young people, according to Dr. Paul
Reid, president, are being denied a college
education because they cannot enroll at Cul
lowhee.
The increase of new roads into the area
has meant that many students are commut
. ing daily to their classes. As new reads are
built, especially the link from Balsam to
Sylva. it will mean additional students will
enroll, provided facilities are available.
Among the bright spots on the horison is
the tentative approval of a $476,000 cafeteria
, with federal funds under a self-liquidating
program.
Nearing completion right now is the $600.
000 physical education and health center,
which will neat 4,000 spectators. This is just
one of several new buildings on the campus
that is changing the skyline of the campus
"on many hills."
Resides the physical improvements and
Proposed Yellowstone Fans
Lake A Unique Project
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The proposal of a lake at Yellowstone
Falls, just off the Parkway link between
Wagon Road Gap and Beech Gap, has un
usual merit.
The propoaal is not new, and has been in
cluded in the long-range planning for a
number of years, even when the Parkway
link along the crest of Pisgah Range was
first determined.
The lake at the 5.000-foot elevation would
afford cold water for trout, that thrive in
such waters. The fishing at that elevation,
we are told, would be excellent, and would
certainly attract many fishermen to the
area.
The proposed site of the lake at that alti
tude would add to the natural scenic beauty
of that area. By looking south one would look
down into the very heart of Pisgah, and on
across Looking Glass Rock into the valleys
of Transylvania and Henderson. On the
north would be 6,000-foot Cold Mountain
towering,above the clear blue waters of the
proposed lake.
The construction of the lake affords some
complication in that several governmental
agencies would have to participate. However,
all agencies are vitally interested in increas
ed tourist travel, and we feel will work out
the details for building the lake before too
long.
The proposal certainly merits the serious
consideration of all concerned. It gives
promise of being a major attraction ip the
land of scenic beauty.
warm Ice Is Worse Than
Cold Ice. We're Told
Did you know that there to warm ice as
well as cold ice ?
Well, there is, and knowing: it may save
your life, the National Safety Council says'.
Warm ice is a lot more slippery than cold
ice, find greatly increases the hazards of win
ter driving unless you are using reinforced
tire -chains, the Council has found in actual
skid tests on frozen lakes.
An ice cube -^hen first taken from the
freeser tray feels slightly "sticky," but the
warmth of your hand quickly melts the sur
face and it becomes slippery. The Council
says the same thing occurs on road ice or
glazed snow when it is warmed by a daytime
rise in temperature, a brief period of sun
shine, or heavy traffic.
Such unexpected changes in the slipperi
ness of ice to the basic cause of many winter
accidents, the Council believes.
Council tests show this relationship of
temperature and traction: at 20 m.p.h. a car
with regular tires skidded 114 feet at zero
degrees, HUB feet at 10 degrees. 195 feet at
20 degrees, and a whopping 285 feet at 30
degrees (just below freezing).
Reinforced tire chains stopped the test
cars in 77 feet on glare ice, and this distance
was not affected by changes in temperature.
Frankly, we had never paid any attention
to the difference in "warm" and "cold" ice.
We just hate the thoughts of having to
travel on either?even afoot.
additions, the college plans to expand the
courses, which will in themselves, attract
even more young people, which will mean
more than 800 per year wil be turned away
unless additional buildings are erected.
Western Carolina College has already gone
far beyond what many believed possible.
VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS
Tale Of Two Bears
Everyone teems to be Interested in stories
?bout the beers of the Greet Smoky Mountains Na
tional Park. Dr. Sam Sullenberger of Dandrldge
learned a lot about them. ?
Flying in Ms little Piper Cub plane and taking
pictures. Dr. Sullenberger crashed at the foot of
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Mt Guyot In one of the wildest section* of the perk.
Plane* and patrols searched for him for three days,
bdt by following a stream he arrived safely at a
ranger station.
After the crash of his plane. Dr. Sullenberger
was unconscious for awhile. When he awoke, he
opened a can of sardines, taken out of his Jacket
riniAhf
POv*et.
"A beer cub came up to me when I opened the
ten, and I shooed him off with a stick. He yelped,
and a big mama bear came charging out of the
woods. ?
"I threw a stick at her. but Instead of scaring
her off It made her mad. She ripped my stomach
with a swipe of her front paw. On the next charge
I whacked her on the head with a stick and she ra
tcheted with the cub "
"Dont feed the hears." the rangers are al
ways telling us In the park. But how about refusing
to feed the beers? Dr. Sullenberger wouldn't share
his sardines and the cub resorted to the strategy
of most cuba. human or bear.
"Mama, hit wont give me any aardlnes and he
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Mama always rushes to the rescue. "What goes
ah here?"
DP. Sullahberger threw a stick Aid mama bear
countered wMi a right to the stomach. (The Injury
ems not serious.) Dr. Sullenberger hit the mama
hsur with another Stick, end she left with her cub.
This tittle episode offers us almost no Informa
tion en what to do In the case of bears In the big
park. But. as w* say, people seem to like to reed
?boat Smoky Mountain bears.
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The WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, fate.
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published every mow*t and Thursday
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One Year 15 SO
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By BOB CONWAY
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Western North Carolina la a
land of mountains, lakes, forests,
and waterfalls ... a land of so
many scenic attractions that not
even our old-timers have seen
them all.
However, because of the rugged
terrain of our mountain region,
many of our very best scenic at
tractions are in hard-to-reach
spots.
Because of this fact, people who
like to get off the beaten track
find it very difficult to locate
many of our hidden highland
treasures.
For instance, there are more
than 100 Impressive waterfalls in
Western North Carolina, but how
many have you actually seen?
Last summer we managed to
get around to Looking Glass.
Bridal Veil, Soco, Connestee. Lin- *
ville, Glaasmine, Crabtree Mead
ows. Yellowstone. Cullasaja, Tox
away, Pearson s Fall, and Dry
Falls, but we had to do it the
hard way.
Although most of these falls are
shown on maps, when you get to
the vicinity of the falls there
seldom are any directional signs
around. And. too frequently, peo
ple who live near falls can't give
satisfactory directions to enable
you to find what you're looking
for.
Tourists certainly don't have
time to play "needle in the hay
stack," and very few WNC resi
dents have enough leisure hours
to devote to aimless traveling
around in search of "Lost Falls".
Because of the fact that so
many people have voiced their
frustration over being unable to
And scenic spots, a campaign is
now under way to mark our many
attractions.
Sparked by Bill Sharpe. editor
of "The State" magazine. Western
North Carolina Associated Com
munities has proposed a program
of erecting signs to lead people
to places they might never And
otherwise.
Beekman Huger. president of
WNCAC. had this to say about the
campaign this week:
"We believe that with the thou
sands of little known things in
our mountains properly identified
and accessible we can hold the
hundreds of thousands of visit
ors now coming to our region
for a much longer time.
"By giving them ideas of things
to see as they travel along our
highways they will stay longer,
perhaps lingering a week or so
more, at least several days, than
originally planned."
And. he added. It is a way of
educating our own homefolks who
don't know the existence of many
of these places.
Although the need for scenic
attraction signs probably is great
er in such counties as Henderson.
Transylvania, Jackson, and Macon
than in Haywood Coonty. there
still is considerable room for im
provement here.
Ned J. Tucker, executive vice
president of the Waynesville >
Chamber of Commerce, pointed
out Wednesday that we need signs
in town directing visitors to our
two links of the Blue Ridge Park- 1
way, to Pisgah Forest and Mt.
Plsgah. Lake Logan, and other I
scenic attractions. 1
(Even such a well-known and <
easily accessible spot as Lake
Junaluska is not mentioned on ~
signs on major highways.)
Mr. Tucker added that the
PU?1 -?
vnuwo- oi commerce and civic
orgsnltatlons could combine
forces on a program to erect the
signs needed.
(While they're at It, they micht
hang an arrow on the large sign
on Main St. advertising the Great
Smoky Mountains National Park.
This arrow would point down De
pot St. and relieve tourists of the
necessity of asking which way to
turn on Main St. to get to the
Smokies or to Cherokee )
EXTENSION OP SCHOOL TERM
ADVOCATED BY DR. CARROLL
A school term of 180 days net
per year, with six hour sessions
per day, is advocated by Dr.
Charles F Carroll. State Super
intendent of Public Instruction.
Dr. Carroll recommends that
from Ave to ten days be added
either at the beginning or the
ending of the school term. This
would facilitate, he says, the
registration of students, distribu
tion of books, planning of special
progranao, and "the many things
for which teachers have to stop
classroom Instruction." '
"This extended term would In
volve additional payment for .
teachers," Dr. Carroll said, "and 1
in some pUkes would requis* ed- \
ditioMl buses In order to trans- ,
port pupils more offMently." .
?N C. Public School Bulletin
Shopping sprees usually leave
women W** RdU spent. - W.ll '
Street Journal. 1
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Looking
Back Over
The Years
2? years ago
Dr. Dudley W. Smith and his
wife, Dr. Gladys Osborne, open
offices here.
Miss Ruth Duckett passes State
Nursing Board.
Mrs. Hugh Massie, Mrs S. P.
Gay. Mrs. W. L. Hardin, Jr., and
Miss Grace Crocker motor to
Ashevllle to see "Rose Marie".
10 years ago
M. H. Bowles heads Boy Scout
adult membership drive.
Major H. L. Baughman heads
Red Cross Roll Call Drive.
Rufus Scruggs receives dis
charge from the Navy at Camp
Shelton
Mrs J. C. Crouser and Mrs. J.
H. Bevridge are hostesses at show
er honoring Miss Janette Burgin,
bride-elect.
R. H. Prevost and W. H. Pre
vost return from bird hunt near
Chester, S. C.
s years ago
D. Reeves Noland is named
"Man of the Year" by Waynes
vllle Lions.
Troy Franklin returns to duty
with the Navy.
Capt. John Williams is assigned
duty as special military advisor
at Fort SiH, Oklahoma.
Leo Weill returns from short
business trip to Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Cobb go to
Tampa for a visit with Mr and
Mrs J. D. Wilbanks
SAFETY IN SYNTHETICS
Her dress is rayon; her stock
ing!' nylon; bar coat orlon. No
body la going to pull the wool
aver her eyes.
?The Washington Post,
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My
Favorite
Stories
By CARL GOERCH
It happened at a prize light be
tween Addison Warren and Char
lie Klein. Bill Fenner had asked
me to be on hand and act as an
nouncer. It happened while I was
still living down In Washington,
N. C
The fight took place in one of
the tobacco warehouses in Rocky
Mount. Must have been about 3.
000 people there. They sat in
chairs and on benchep. The ring
had been built on a raised plat
form in the center of the struc
ture There was a huge electric
light suspended over it.
One of the promoters told me*
to get into the ring and announce
the first event. He gave me a slip
of paper on which had been writ
ten the names and weight of the
first two combatants on the pro
gram. I clambered on top of the
raised platform, grabbed hold of
the ropes and bent over so as to
get through them.
As I did so, I heard an omin
ous ripping sound to the rear of
me. It wasn't just a short and _
sharp rip; it sounded more like
this ? r-r-r-i-i-i-ppp!
In a flash I realized what had
happened. My pants had done
busted!
I hurriedly assumed an up
right position. As a matter^f rec
ord, I did better than that ? I
leaned over backwards sq as to
give my trousers as much slack
as possible.
Somehow or other I succeeded
in making the required announce
ment and then, as the two fighters
entered the ring, I hurriedly
ducked out and ran for the dress
ing room.
I obtained several pins from
somebody in the room. He also
volunteered to pin up the rip so
it wouldn't show so badly. Alto- ?
gether I imagine he used five or
six pins in the operation.
Breathing somewhat easier. I
returned to my seat at the ring
side. I felt that I had been up
against a tough problem but had
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He one of our most important problems.
The National Association of Manufacturers cites a report by
lack Barnes, consulting ground water hydroiogbtt, on this matter.
Mr. Barnes, who wrote the section on ground water resources for
lie President's Materials Policy Commission in 1M2. said that
eater sapply must be the most important factor affecting the loca
l?m of industrial plants tb H75.
It fc estimated that requirements for industrial use in that
rear may reach well over 200 billion gallons peg day, nearly triple
he estimate^ daily nan of M billion gallons by manufacturers in
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Rambling 'Round
By Prance* Gilbert Frailer
A long-stemmed red rote by the plate of:
"Blessed Event" In the current issue of Ladies Home Journal.
The Mountain View Garden Club for condemning the useless
and needless destruction of trees.
The Ptity Como Show on television, something the whole fam
ily can appieciate.
The niglrt illumination on Main street, which compares favor
ably with the larger towns.
The Lake Junaluska Assembly, whose close association with reli
gion and neighborliness has been a great inspiration.
The First National Bank, for the warm and friendly atmosphere
and the cordial greetings of the staff.
All the fashion magazines for their beautiful and eye-appealing
illustrations.
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Tragedy stalks all highways, usually the most' brilliantly
lirhted.
Have you ever noticed how much faster one can go down hill?
We are not referring to morals or morale but after getting over the
hump of halfway. Now, all this preamble leads up to the fact that wb
have passed the half-way milestone of February, and the goal line
of March is in sight. Of course, the remainder of the road may be
pretty slushy, cold and slippery but, praise be, it will be on the
down grade and faster.
March usually isn't anything to get exuberant about but it is
thirty-one days in the right direction. At this point, though, our mem
Ujy flips back to last March, the 19th to be exact, when the apple and
peach crop dropped twenty degrees lower than the thermometer.
But, even with that, March is beckoning to April. ?
As we said in the beginning, after we pass the middle of the
month mark, we skid merrily the rest of the way.
Adversity is the "A" In life's report card. We make our grade
on that. *
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The sun was warm and the soft air carried promise that Spring
might be within "hollerin"" distance. One or two ventursesome
birds were twittering in their excitement, and the world was a beauti
ful place. A few brave buds of forsythia showed tiny spots of golden
yellow and, by looking very closely, one might see the tiniest tint
of green on guarded shrubs.
Everything being what it was. Uncle Mose deposited his huge f
bulk on the lower step and was sort of thinking that a short nap
could be used advantageously. Mammy Jo could be heard humming
in the kitchen and the appetizing odor of baking ham mingled with
the fragrance of apple pies cooling on the table. Mr. Bossman was in
New York and wouldn't be home until evening, so Uncle Mose was
taking advantage of the moment. Slowly the sun got in its soothing
power and the old colored man drifted off Into the realm of sleep ...
and dreams. He found himself walking through a held of lilies and
the air was filled with butterflies. He could hear the gentle whir of
their wings. He decided he would sit down in this Eden.
Then he jumped up, yelling madly, and grabbed for his nose.
This was reality and no idle dream. A passing hornet had the same
idea that Spring had arrived and used Uncle Mose's nose for a land-'
ing field. As the old man mournfully pursed his fast swelling pro-:
boecis, he sadly went to Mammy Jo for conrffort. But all he got!
was a hearty laugh and a sarcastic: "You'd better be glad you didn't)
get stung on the lower step."
He who laughs last is the one who has the joke on himself.
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