BOBBY BALLANCI, Mountaineer co-eaptaln,
ret* ready to take his cut at the ball in Waynes
vtUe'a opening came here Tuesday acainst Bethel.
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The WTHS nine exploded for seven runs in the
fifth Inning and went on for an t-X victory over
the Blue Demons. (Mountaineer Photo).
ANGLIN'
AROUND
By
M. T. (Bus) BRIDGES
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? Before dawn this morning, ifthts
were turned on in many of the
homes of this section as anglers
responded to the alarm clocks ear
lier than their accustomed time,
in preparation for their try at
catching their limit or 10 trout
on the opening day ol the 1956
season.
Many a housewife was left in
deep sleep as the husband quietly
slipped out of bed to don his fish
ing togs and slip out of the house
to get his breakfast af some all
night restaurant. Anticipation was
high and many a tale of last year's
catches was spun as the group
waited at the checking stations
to be checked in.
To turn back the pages of time
a few months, the cars were lined
up at West Fork Pigeon very simi
lar to the opening day of the deer
season, but this time only the
light fly rod and other necessary
paraphernalia to try and out-wit
the wily trout were evident this
morning.
There were some, however, who
could not get off from work to go
try their luck this morning, and
K was very evident that their heart
was not in their work, but on some
stream in this section, fighting the
gnats that always accompany a
fishing expedition. Others arose
early and were back at their work
with a full creel by eight or eight
thirty.
Reports from Sherwood and the'
Fisgah area were that fine catches
were taken early this morning,
with the fish averaging between
nine and ten Inches.
It was estimated that around
300 were in line at the checking
Station at Spruce, and that most
of them were catching their limit,
or at least Some fish.
It seems that fishing in this sec
tion of the state is fast becoming
the favorite sport as far as num
bers are concerned. More people
are turning to fishing as'a hobby
wery year. %
Lake fishing took the spotlight
also this week, as Lake Junaluska
opened after being closed for
over a year. The lake was drained
last year in an attempt to rid the
waters of carp and catfish, but the
carp failed to be removed, and
quite a few have been brought out
so far this week. The lake opened
last Monday with over 100 permits
being issued during the day. Quite
a large number have visited the
lake shore each day since. '
The lake was restocked with
bass and bream with a few crappie
added, and after observing some
of the catches that have been
made, it looks as if within a few
years It will be a fisherman's para
dise in the game fish line.
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The reports from other lakes in
this section, and especially the
TVA chain, are varied. Some re
port good catches of crappie and
bess, while others say their luck
was bad. The level of the lakes
are still rising, and some of them
are almost to the high water level.
A report from Santeetlah this
week is that the water is about
8 to 10 feet of the high water
mark, with flsheritien catching a
few bass, rainbow trout, crappie,
bream, and an occasional pike.
Hiawassie, also is close to the
full mark, and the pike are now
hitting.
Nantahala has produced several
nice trout in the headwaters of
the lake, tilth a fe\v bass also be
ing reported. ?
Fontana, probably the lake that
draws the largest number of ang
lers, is fast rising, and is some
where in the neighborhood of 70
to 75 feet from the high water
mark. Fontana was the lowest this
year In any time since it was built.
Some nice bass< crappie and a few
trout have beon, reported from
Fontana, the trout coming from
the lake where some of the larger
streams empty into the lake.
Glenville, once very popular for
its bass and bine gill, Is rising very
slowly, and very few reports have
been received from this lake.
With the prospect of balmier
days ahead, it is expected that even
more anglers will try their luck
either in fast flowing streams for
trout, or In the calm crystal lakes
that can be found In this section.
Here's hoping that your erael
win be full or the stringer heavy
as you try your luck at Ashing.
EYES NO. 7 By Alan Move.
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I never knew before what It
meant to come face to face with
a hundred thousand dollars. But
there-1 was. going along the street
minding my own business, when I
as casually as a reporter always I
on the lookout for a story can be,
I glanced inside the window. There
it was. Doing the proverbial double
take, I blinked and looked again.
Even in these flush days, that much
money looked -impressive. It was
there. Stacked up in real one
dollar bills, with the picture of
George Washington on their face
A cubic yard of cold cash, a mess
of moolah, a stack of smolians, a
lollapalooza-pile of the long-green
frog skins. Oh yes, bars had been
erected behind the window glass
?JUST in case. Upon closer ex
amination. Intermixed with a drool
withal, I learned that a real estate
company had run a classified ad
in a local newspaper and from
the same, had made a hundred
thousand dollar deal?and this was
the paper's own advertisement
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I ^Peaking of money, there's a
gold mine under the street here.
Far down in a dark and dank
cellar below 33 Liberty Street in
Manhattan lies almost seven bil
lion dollars worth of gold?the
second largest hoard in the world
?the first being at Fort Knox, of
course. It's in the form of the
proverbial gold bricks, too each
ft? 27 to 60 pounds,
and they are stacked insid^a vault
to which no one man knows all
UhT ,tlon' Three emPioycs
each know a third of it?just for
safety s sake. You see. this is the
depository of the Second District
I federal Reserve Bank of the U S
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of^r,d frl,end' Dr Carl Bod*
[ of_the University of Maryland, has
??? forward with a book which
fills a need in the history of our
people. It is aptly called. "The
American Lyceum" (Oxford) and
* * *ch?larly Vet entertaining
treatise of this once-lively part of
our national scene. In.thto day of
television and radio, it is hard to
realize that a hundred years ago
there were almost 3,000 lyceums in
U?U country, with lecturers on re
ligion, philosophy and other im
portant subjects. Folks went out
to listen and learn from the ly
CW ?h citlzens' organization,
hill fi,ey inside the lecture
nrilrJhey *ouldn't turn off the
program either, if they didn't like
ov^rqUem,y' thls movement,
wJfiy1dly,,reCount*d by Carl Bode.
ti? 1 1 m*Jor "dult educa
tioni movement In the country. We
t.on?odCa?y ^ edUCa"
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Norman Vincent Peale is not
Iegia?te Ch k L?f the M#rble Co'
a m.hu Cre who 18 making
a public success. Mttzie Cottle,
il sinr?S 8 S?loiit #t that church,
he Fmnf W?h Benny Goodman in
AstnfiT !. B??m of the Waldorf
why that "sh ?ne ?f thC reasons
?n.w , 5?W W4S held over for
an extended stay. Another reason
hote^ Popularity of this
that a m *nd the fact
that a movie has recently been re
m? h?.nuthe of Beony Good
man which shows that even though
efjL?" old-Umer, he is still the
exceptional musician and showman
he always was.
ha^aeen t,b^,u"nl?rt things I
ntH* ?*en lately occurred st sn
rece^v6"* ?",fied meeting here
y- It was a gathering of
the Civil War Round Table of
New York, and although this or
ganization has no veterans of that
conflict, it does have at least a
couple of members with grizzled
beards. One of these is Fletcher
Pratt, well-known author of books
on American history, whose pro
jecting hirsute appendage is only
equaled in color by the flambuoy
ant shirts he sports. The other
tufted individual is a young man
with hair of reddish hue, who has
only recently acquired bis chin
extension. Upon being introduced
at the aforesaid meeting, Bernard
Davey?or his beard?was greeted
with humorous acclaim, whereupon
Pratt arose from Mo oeat at the
head table and In reference, of
course, to the famed Smith Broth
ers, fixed his eyes on Davey and
shouted, "Ah, my brother Mark!"
Waynesville Pounds Bethel, 8-1, In Opener
Carver Hits
Home Run
For WTHS
The Waynesville Mountaineers
got their 1956 baseball season off
to a good start here Tuesday by
scoring seven runs in the ftfth in
ning to win. 8-1. over Bethel. The
Gold and Black squad, however,
had to come from behind an early
1-0 deficit as the Blue Demons
scored their lone run in the first
Inning.
Waynesville will journey to Er
win Friday to take on the stsong
Buncombe County squad.
Bethel scored first when Harold
Queen walked, advanced to third,
and then scored on Gerald Hill's
single. ?
The Mountaineers tied up the
county in the bottom of the fourth
inr.ing when Bobby Hill was safe
on an error, advanced to third
and then scored on a passed ball.
In the fifth inning. Waynesville
amassed seven runs on singles by
Bob^y Ballante, Hrll, Don Ezell.
and Mike Byrd. a double by
Mitchell, and a long homer by
James Carver with two aboard. The
round tripper scored Ballance and
Tony Davis.
Mitchell struck out eight batters
and gave up only three hits during
his six innings on the mound for
WTHS. Kenny Gibson came on In
the seventh inning and whiffed two
opponents. Henry Capps fanned
four for Bethel.
Leading hitters for the Moun
taineers were Carver. Hill, and
Mitchell, each of whom got two
safeties. For Bethel, Gerald Hill
was the leading batter with two
hits.
Waynesville ab r h e
Byrd, ss *.\ 4110
Wright. 2b 3 0 0 0
Davis. If 2 110
Ballance. 3b 4 111
Carver, lb ..... ^ 4 1 2 0
Hill, c 4 12 0
Holder, rf 10 0 0
Lane, rf 110 0
Mtlchell, p 3 12 0
Gibson, p 0 0 0 0
Erell, cf 2 110
Totals 28 8 10 1
Bethel ab r h e
Warren, If 3 0 0 0
Queen, ss 2 10 0
Rogers, 3b ?.... 3 0 0 1
Hill, cf 3 0 2 0
Duckett, 2b 8 0 0 1
Burress. c 3 0 0 1
Mease, lb 2 0 0 0
Hen.son, lb 10 0 0
Fish, rf 2 0 0 0'
Capps. p 3 0 10
Totals * 25 L 3 3
Ex-Champ Uraes
Good Clean Life
CAMBRIDGE, Md. (AP) ?
"Clean Living and tile Race of
Life," is the theme of Glenn
Cunningham, famous mile run
ner 26 years ago.
While on a 13-day tour under
the auspices of The Temperance
League of Maryland. Cunning
ham made 46 speeches in Mary
land, Delaware and the District
of Columbia.
"Aim high," Cunningham told
students at North Dorchester
and at South Dorchester High
Schools. "Don't underestimate
your ability or your Importance.
Have good clean thoughts and
constructive ideas."
He scores carousing, drinking
and smoking and told how fire
cost his brother's life and that
his own legs were so badly
burned when he was eight that
doctors said he'd never walk
again.
"Eighty-five per cent of your
ability it from your shoulders
up. I should know. I practically
competed in athletics without
legs!"
Peaks Get Around
EAST LANSING, Mich (AP) ?
Clarence Peaks, one of Michigan
State's best football players', may
complete the backfleld cycle next
season.
Peaks started as a quarterback.
He played right halfback in 1954
and was shifted to left half last
season. Coaches now are thinking
of slipping him into the fullback
slot.
DISPLAYING A CATCH taken from Lake Juna
luska Tuesday by Tom Gtlliland are Howard
Chapman (left) and Dale Stepp. On opening day
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at the lake, more than 100 fishing permits were
sold to eager anglers.
(Mountaineer Photo). '
Rich Harness Tests Set
YONKERS, N. Y. (AP) ? Har
ness racing will have a pair of
triple crown events this year.
Those listed for trott^ra Include
the $90,000 Hambletonian at Gosh
en, Aug. 8; the $75,000 Yonkers
on Aug. 25 and the $60,000 Ken
tucky on Oct. 4.
The pacing events in the triple
crown are the $65,000 Messenger
at Roosevelt Raceway June 30; the
$70,000 William H. Cane Guturity
at Yonkers Aug. 18 and the $65,
000 Little Brown Jug at Delaware,
Ohio Sept. 20.
Use the Want Ads far result#
The Sixes Have It
TUSCON, Ariz. CAP) ? Racing
fans who have a number system
take note:
Top distance and Hard Sauce
were No. 6 on the program at Ril
llto Race Track, and both broke
from the No. 6 post position in
their sixth start of the year.
Top Distance returned $16 on a
two-dollar ticket and Hard Sauce
paid $6.20. They teamed up for
the daily double, which paid
$60.60. ?
Top Distance is a 6-year-old, but
Hard Sauce fouls the calculations.
He's seven.
Get A Scoreboard
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP)?Boston
baseball fans who scrutinize the I
boxscores may have some diffi
culty in distinguishing between <
two Red Sox performers of the '
future.
The case in point: Stan Willis j
and Ted Wills. Both are pitchers
and both are 21-year old Californ
ians.
Willis, a righthander, had a 19-6
record last season, and Wills, a
southpaw, had a 15-8 mark. Both
hurled for San Jose in the Cali
fornia League.
Canton Nine
Seeks 4th
BR Crown
The Canton Black Bears, base
tall champions of the Blue Ridge
Conference for the past three
rears, will open their 1956 dla
nond campaign at Brevard Friday
ifternoon.
Coach Boyd Allen's charges have
lost only two conference games in
Jiree years and have reached the
lemi-flnals of the state tourna
ment each year since 1993.
Canton will be strong again this
year with 12 lettermen back from
the 1955 championship squad, and
nine reserves who are trying hard
for a berth on the starting nine.
Heading the pitching staff will
be Sonny Warren, who was 7-1 last
season, and Dewayne Milner, who
finished with a 3-0 mark. Warren
ilso plays first base, and Milner
often toils in the outfield. Re
serves on the mound are Martin
Boone, a righthander, and Johnny
Deweese.
Slugging Joe Rhinehart will be
he first-string catcher, with Dee
Cole and Pat Powell as subs.
First base will be played by
talented Charles West, who played
in that position for the Champion
V Softball team, which won the
Southern Regional softball cham
pionship last season.
Doyce Cannon is slated to be
on second base, Sammy Powell will
be at shortstop, and Billy Stamey
on third. Infield subs are Smith
N'icholls, Richard Williamson, and
Joe Clark.
Lettermen in the outfield are
Jerry Raxter, Jack Amos, George
Jones, and Doug Alexander. Re
serves are Don Price and Jackie
Conard.
The Canton schedule is:
April 6 at Brevard; 10, Ben Lip
pen (site undetermined I; 13, Lee
Edwards; 17, Brevard; 20, Her>
dersonville; 25, at Asheville School;
27, Waynesville; 30, Bethel.
May 2, at Lee Edwards there;
t, at Waynesville; 8. at Bethel; 12.
at Asheville School; 15, Ben
Lippen (site undetermined); 18, at
Hendersonville.
The American Hockey League
record for unassisted goals seored
in one game is eight. They were
made by the late Johnny Holota
while playing for Cleveland in
194?~47.
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