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TODAY'S MBIE TERSE TODAY'S QUOTATION Is i?JnM, sad la Editorial Page of the Mountaineer . end is t* be baraed?Hebrews 6:1. ^ * ? we believe.?St. Awastiae. . The Wonders Of These Hills' Along with Haywood's many distinguished sons, including shipbuilders, statesmen, fi nanciers and teachers, must go the name <ff r>r. Ettfgfce W. Gudger, as a noted scientist. Dr. Gtdger Was a man that truly loved his wdtk as a scientific research specialist in the field of fishes. And sgfflce it to say, he was a man who truly loved his native Haywood county. Every year he looked forward to his va cation of a month, during which time he would spend much of his time roaming these hills in hia often kmg hikes. Until a few years ago, he delighted in hiking from Balsam to Waynesville during hia vacation, stopping along the way to gase at the wonders of the mountainsides. He never lost Interest in the development of this area, and in recent years often came by and said time and time again, "I marvel at the wonders which are being done here in developing this rich mountain country." He was a strong advocate of the CUP and wrote many letters to editors in other parts of the country about the revolutionary pro gram which was being carried on so success fully here in Haywood. One of his last public appearances found him advocating that a colored post card be published of the scene looking through Pigeon Gap towards mighty Mt. Pisgah. "That's a scene that every American should see," he often said. Although a scientist of international fame, he was never happier than when he was back home, talking about "the wonders of these hills." Spring's Schedule There's more signs than the cardinal's calls to remind that, even though there may be many cold days ahead and fickle February and capricious March may pull all sorts of meteorological pranks, we're looking down Winter's bleakness toward Spring. The soaking rains and balmy sunshine which followed are auguries of growth. The sap starts rising, and the full splendor of leaf, blossom and pristine greenery slowly unfolda. The signs that we already have? Have you noticed the crocuses emerging? And the first venturaeetae bulbs, some of which you made the mistake of planting too ahallpw, poking up shoots of green? Japonic* has reached the stage where sprigs may be brought In doors fbr forced blooming. There's a pink ness about the tips of new dogwood shoots and minuscule leaf buds are forming on many a protected bush or bit of shrubbery. The hours of light are lengthening. The gfound hog's prophecy is behind us, and St. Valentine's day hu come and gone. The first robin has been seen strutting pompously on the lawn or cocking an ear for a worm which makes the fhtal mistake of early stirring. Sweet breath of spring, spiraea, jonquils and foraythia will come tumbling onto the land scape ; And then it'll be here. The winds still blow, the temperature atill drops and the furnace seems to go on run ning endlessly. But the seasonal schedule clicks. These are the first discernible signs, if only you'll look closely enough, of Its infallibility. Never yet has Spring failed to show up.?Ex. We've aeen robins and crocuses and heard . the first of local political discussions. The arrival of spring is definite. National Guard Essential To Nation On February 25 the National Guard of this city and state is to hold an intensive one day recruiting campaign. Its purpose is in creasing the strength of the National Guard to help take up the slack caused by reduc tion of our military forces. This makes sense on several counts. For one thing, it's good economics. A large and strong National Guard, composed of volunteer citizen-sol diers, is about rhe most in the way of .defense we can get for our money. Guardsmen give their country much more in protection than they ever receive in dollars. For another thing, the splfit of volunteer rervice which is the foundation of the Na tional Guard, is in the very best tradition of our Aiqerican way of life. Very probably our historic preference for doing a job volun tarily before it is forced upon us, without choice, accounts for much of our strength as a nation. The success of the voluntary approach to matters military is forcefully illustrated by the fact that the National Guard, wih volun tary service as its keystone, is the oldest military organization in our Nation. Its history dates back over more than 300 years, well before the Revolutionary War. And from the Revolution on, Guardsmen have fought for their country in every conflict in which it was engaged. The peacetime service of the National Guard is also impressive. We know of its work in time of emergency and disaster in this state. The Guard served valiantly, too, at the San Francisco earthquake, the Gal veston and Johnstown floods, at Texas City, in hurricanes on the East Coast, blizzards in . the Plains States. The list is long. Now, at the request of Congress, and to meet a need for the particular kind of ser vice which only the National Guard can of fer, the Guard must increase its strength. Appropriately, the day chosen for its big recruitment drive falls during the week of the birthday anniversary of the founder of our Nation. Thus is symbolized, if a symbol is needed, the essential character of the Na tional Guard in the affairs of our country. Its coming campaign deserves our support. Armor For Motorists A race seams to-be on to determine ?wheth er the new safety devices for motorists can keep up with the growing horsepower ? and speed ? of motor cars. Safety belts are here, along with safety door latches and pad ded dashboards. Shatterproof mirrors and rear-fhcing seats with high shock-absorbent headrests are being talked of as protection in accidents. More defense of some nature (possibly a coat of mail) is being urged for the occupant of what is called the "death seat" on the right hand of the driver. Yet at the rate motor car horsepower is going up, more radical safety measures may be needed. New 1066 cars in the medium and high priced range feature more engines of 200-plus horsepower, with some as much as 300 horsepower. The safety experts need to come up with sdme suitable armor for motoring. Some thing on the order of the outfits worn by football players, undersea divers, or, better still, outer space pilots, might be worked out. Why not? We outfit men for the bat tlefield ? yet more persons have been kill ed on our highways than in all our wars. ?Washington Post and Times Herald. VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS Illness As Transportation Hazard It It pathetic, yet shocking, newt that the en glneer Involved in the terrible Santa Ft train wreck on January S3 has suffered from cancer, tubercu losis. a perforated ulcer and chronic fatigue. The engineer, 61-year-old Prank B. Parrtsh, was operating the train which turned over at 70 anph on a curve where the maximum speed was supposed to be held to 18 mph. Thirty persons wis killed. He told a coroner's Jury at Los Angeles Monday that he blacked out Just before the wreck. "I want no one blamed but me." he added. The Jury held that no one was criminally responsible for the ac cident The engineer testflied that he goes to bed at sheet fsPP or t o'clock each night "because I am so tired." The railroad Tuesday defended Its policy of re turning engineers and other train crew members to duty after Illnesses. Doctors always must rule the employee fit betote he Is allowed to go back to work; the Santa Fe said, adding; "It Is already on the record that Enginewr Parrlsh passed a physical ex amination la September." In any event, the tragic accident should serve as a grim reminder to transportation companies of all kinds to use every reasonable precaution to see that operators of their equipment are physically able to perform their duties without hasard to the public. A man In apparently excellent health can suffer a sudden physical collapse but the chaacea at such a collapse occurring are much greater, of course. In the ekae oT a person obviously 111. The same applies, to s lesser degree, to the op erator of a private automobile. His, too, can be a safety hasard If pnar ayuaigbt or other physical dttobWty Interferes with his driving. The licensing SOthdHUes can do some su ecu tog in this Thspbct. bat jM individual alto has o responsibility to refrain Oom driving when, because of fatigue or other rsssons, ho la not physically up to tho task. ?From tho Richmond Times-Dispatch. THE MOUNTAINEER Ifain StreTtW1l"Tll,e' ^DuJgL ?-6S01 The Count? Swt of H?J?n< Cwntj the WAYNlStSEBroENTAINEWl, Inc. if. CURTT8 RUSS . Editor W. Curtis Rum and Marion IT. BrMsas, Publishers puBiLisiirtt iwidfcf MONDAY AND tRtJltSDAY BY MAIL I* NAYtfOOD COtTWTT One Year IS 90 a,x moift SX3L WHWHtt TcJMESCk- *?? One Year ...... , - . - , ? 4JO "" ' """3tiW?T??f cAl5iM. k-zsl- a LOCAL CA1UUKR DELIVERY Thu1<M# AfWnoesi. February ZS, ltS4 i DON'T Bf LEFT OUT! I^iffcamrt?IBNMMOEMI* --- - Looking Back Over The Years 21 tears ago Miss Nancy Ktllian goes to At lanta for a visit with friends. Misa Sylla Davis goes to Day ton, Tenn., to visit her sister, Mrs. M. Silver. Dr. W. E. Bird, dean of West ern Carolina College, addresses the Community Club. Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ratcliffe of Albuquerque, New Mexico visit relatives in Ratcliffe Cove. II YEARS AGO Johnny Edwards returns from Cincinnati where he attended an ice cream merchandising school. Miss Martha Way weds Law rence Kimball Barber. Howard Collins has role In "Harriet," Western Carolina Play era' production. Tom Eavenson is discharged from the Navy at Charleston. S.C. Fred Martin. Jr. Is discharged from the Air Corps 5 tears AGO Mr. and Mrs. Garrett Howell and daughter, Barbara, and Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Bedford and son, Dick, attend wedding of Miss Sara De FTavio, in Charlotte. Miss Jackie Sue Messer is chos en as a member of the Queen's Court for May Day at Agnes Scott College. Peggy Reeves is honored at a ' birthday party. Miss Sara Jenkins, summer res ident of Lake Junaluska. pub lishes new book, "The Brand New Parson". Red Pepper Sausage We dont know the origin of country sausage. The kind with a lot of sage and red pepper. The kind that sissies In a skillet at daybreak, with biscuits in the oven and coffee reedv to boil. The countryman knows sausage for what It is?a satisfying suffi cient ballast on which a man can 1aK out a long day mending fences or plowing in the held. On a cold morning it's good to walk out In the atr, go to the bam and come back to ? smell of skusage and ribbon cane syrup in the kit chen. Sausage on a cold morning compares favorably with corn chowder or red-flannel hash the latter to be served piping hot with cornmeal muffins and green-to mato pickles. Gourmets keep speculating on food of the future?how maybe well take a pUl on arising and co?Ular It sufficient for the day. Wf cent Imagine a ptllulsr sub- I stltnt* for hot biscuits, hotter, country sausage and coffae. We are not antl-pUl We are pre seusage?Delias Morning News. Views of Other Editors Eugene Willis Gudger In Tts more precise meaning "acholar" is defined as one who by long study has gained com petent mastery over one or more organized fields of knowledge. Dr. Gudger was therefore a scholar in the study of fishes, one of the few internationally recognized for making permanent contributions to the subject. 'His knowledge of some 30,000 kinds of fishes was manifested in many ways. Most notably, his re search and writings brought him membership on the staff of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. There he received national and world rec ognition for his four years' task in editing the Bashford Dean three - volume Bibliography of Fishes published by the Museum, perhaps the most comprehensive bibliography ever made of any species of animal life. Dr. Gudger wrote more than 300 articles on fishes. In 1933 he was appointed editor of the fish terms of Webster's International Dictionary. % Much absorbed always in his specialty and the research that often took him to faraway places. Dr. Gudger through all the years was nevertheless in his personal interests a IV Heel born and bred. He kept in touch with the social, economic and political news of his home state. A native of WayesvlUe, he was particular ly alert to movements and de velopments affecting the progress and welfare of this mountain re gion. Tn Kim A01>1w rlatra T>?. P..J -ll ?? m. MUUdfl was interested In geologv and es pecially that branch of it dealing with the earth's historv in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. In W. C. Allen's "Annals of Haywood County" Dr. Gudger and H. C. WlTburn contributed articles on the geologic history of this immediate area. In his short con tribution, Dr. Gudger said, in pert: .,. the upheaval of the Smokies caused the formation of a num ber of large lakes throughout Western Worth Carolina. The val ley of the French Broad above Ashevllle. including the Mud Creek vallev. is the bed of an old lake. At Watervllle there was a (natural) dam which also made a great lake , .. The Love bottoms around Wavnesville are the bed of the lake whose dam was at How ell's mill. The Welch bottoms well up toward the Balsam Gap are the bed of a lake whose na tural dam was later replaced bv an artificial one where the old Plott mill stood, which mill dam I can remember as a bov . . . In his distinguished life work and in the honors that were ac corded him. Eugene Gudger brought honors to his state and to his country. His life as a scholar and as a civic - minded citisen will always be an insnire tion to the youth of North Caro lina.?Hie Ashevllle Citisen Fain hicomo of each An hour of pain la as long as a day of pleasure. ?Thomas Fuller. Letter To Editor MARCH OF DIMES CANNOT ACCEPT UNITED FUND MONEY Editor, The Mountaineer: Enclosed is a copy of a letter being sent today to Dr. J. E. Fender, President of the Waynes ville United Fund. In the interest of helping clear up the confusion in the minds of the citizens X)f the Waynesville area relative to the United Fund and the March of Dimes, it will , be appreciated if you will print , the letter to Dr. Fender in the j "letters to the Editor" section of ^ your newspaper. , Your interest in and support of , the March of Dimes through the years Is deeply appreciated. Thanks for your continued inter est and support. 4 Sincerely, Robert L. Jones, Representative Western North Carolina Dr. J. E. Fender, President Waynesville United Fund Waynesville, North Carolina Dear Dr. Fender: My office was recently Inform ed that the Waynesville United Fund included the March of Dimes as a cause in the federated community drive held there late In 1955. Mr. Max Rogers, Chairman of ' the Waynesviile Area of the Hay- 1 wood County Chapter of the Na- J tional Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, has informed me that i prior to the conducting of the 1 united drive, he informed the 1 Waynesviile United Fund Execu- 1 tlve Committee that the March 1 of Dimes could not be Included i since the charter of the Haywood County Chapter specifies that "a 1 separate March of Dimes shall be < the only means of fund-raising participated in by the chapter." ? I would like hereby to confirm Mr. Rogers' statement to your committee. By virtue of its char ter, the Haywood County Chapter of the National Foundation for In- . fantile Paralysis may not partic ipate in the Waynesviile United Fund. None of the 1,300 county chapters of the National Founda tion throughout the ntaion par ticipates in federated or Joint fund-raising. Please be assured that the Hay wood County Chapter, along with state and national leaders of our organisation. Is cognizant and appreciative of the interest and good will of the Waynesviile Uni ted Fund toward our program. It is realized that you did not in tend a dis-eervice to our program when you without permission In- , eluded our cause in the united drive. The fact remains, however, that the inclusion of the March of Dimes in your federated drive is unfortunate In that it has com promised for the current year 1 the effectite function of the Hay wood County Chapter of the Na tional Foundation?a service urg ently needed 'for the health and welfare of our nation and your community. Since any funds you have col lected for the March of Dimes in the United Fund cannot be ac cepted ndr administered by the Haywood County Chapter of the National Foundation, the disposi tion of such ftanda must ho decid ed by the United Fund Executive Committee at the actors of your donors are determined. Should return of monies they intended For the March of Dimes, the Waynesville March of Dimes will be glad to receive such funds when given directly by individu als to the March of Dimes. The National, Foundation be lieves that the American demo cratic way of life affords an or Continned on page 5) Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Fraztar She had a very high opinion of herself but, unfortuhltely, her mental equipment wasn't geared up to her lofty ego. Her domineer ing manner was deeply resented by her fellow workers. One day, a newly arrived secretary let an error get by and the Superior One pounced on the luckless girl with all her fury and superiority. At the end of an everlasting (it seemed) tirade, she concluded with: "And I want you to remenfier that errors cost the company money and you cannot expect them to lose Just because you make errors Now, have you anything to say?" The culprit, quite unabashed, smiled sweetly and replied: "I certainly have. You are absolutely right and I'd like to add that that is the first intelligent remark I have ever heard you make." It is impossible, evidently, for some people to think and talk at the same time. A pair of clouds went drifting by, One very dark, one soft and white. They moved across a sapphire-sky, ? Then suddenly they slipped from sight. How like the clouds use are each day . . . And Life's like that, both dark and bright. But we Viust move along the way, Until we, too, jlrift out of sight. Sympathiser: "You mustn't worry shout It. Everybody Makes mistakes." Error-maker: "That may be so but I seem to be the only one Miss Sylla Davis told this and we wanted you to enjoy it with ' that ever rets caught at It." us: One Sunday Miss Sylla Was called upon to help out with the Beginner's class in Sunday School and she wanted to impress upon the children the importance of Creation. She asked several questions to which she got prompt replies, such as why was the cow created and the answer was to give milk to drink; birds were created to give us sqngs, and so on. Then came the question (born of lack of new objects) why was the elephant crested. One little girl's hand went up instantly: "Elephants were created so we could have cir cuses* Out of the mouths of babes! W3ty is It that there is never exactly the right time to da things we don't want to do? Highland Flings By Bob Conway Despite the fact that the cold war with the Communists has grown even colder lately, Con gress still has declined to pass a law making membership in the reserve compulsory. In recent months the armed Forces have gone all out to build up a strong, well-trained reserve, hut Congress is still dragging its Feet?even though the threat of war is as great today as it ever was. We need a large reserve force simply because the United States has a standing army of only one ind ? half million men, whereas Russia has more than six million ind Red China has another two nilllon. Back in World War II, the U. S. had more than 13 million men in uniform (in all branches of the armed forces), but it took us from the time the war was declared in December 7, 1941, until the end jf the war in 1945 to train all those men. If World War III ever should hreak out, atomic and hydrogen hombs start falling, will America have all the time it needs to get ready? (The chiefs of our armed Forces fear that we won't have.) A difficult thing to understand, in this matter is why it's appar ently all right to draft a man to serve in the Army for two years, but wrong to require him to at-, tend drills in his home town with I a reserve unit one night a week. | However, until Congress does see fit to pass a law making re-' serve membership compulsory, this country will not have the armed striking power it would need to stand up to Russia in a major war. Not only are we outnumbered in manpower, but we also have al lowed the Reds to pass us by in the production of weapons such as heavy tanks, submarines, and fighter planes. Such being the fact, many peo ple are wondering today If Russia might not do as well on the bat tlefield as they did recently in* the Olympics. What has happened to the grounds of the new Haywood1 County library? It looks like an army of hungry termites descend ed on the site. From a picturesque wooded glen, the rroonds on Boyd Ave. and South Haywood St. has been transformed to something resem bling the lone prairie. The other day, Charlie Miller, a Mountaineer linotype operator, was having trouble with his ma- i chine. He knew things ware not quite right when he set the phrase > in a want ad?"house is insulat ed" and had It come out "house is insulted". CROSSWORD | ? ACROSS I Sound of ? small horn 5. Heroic 9 Debate 10 Wall painting 12 Attic 14 Asian desert 15 Affirmative vote It. Beverage It Wooden block 19. Lance 21- Exclamation 22. Burmese measure 23. Molt Infrequent 17. Country in Asia 29 A star in Orion 10. Experts 32. Flower 33 Music not* 34 Short stockings 31 Vex S3 Kettle S? nace 42 Biblical name 44 Revolve 44 River )Fr.) 48 Citadel 49 Close is 30 Male descendants DOWN l Trunk drawer , i Monster J Belonging to u* 4. Tine* of a comb 5. Typo measure 6 Kind or dog 7 Metal 8. Crewmen'* : carton freight train* 9. Moslem title It Gently 13. 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