THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
THE SCENE of the county home farm sale Wednesday constantly shifted as the
auctioneers drove around to parts of the land being sold for lots. Here Is a part of
the crowd of more than 500?at approximately 10:45 when land on the west side of
the highway was put on the block.
THE BEST WAV to see an auction, according to these five riders, is on horseback.
Others at the county home farm sale Wednesday alternated their time between stand
ing and sitting in cars. When this scene was takep, lots in the bottom land were be
ing sold. The sale started at 9:S0 a.m. and continued until about 5 p.m.
GOING, GOING, GONE Was the county home farm Wednesday as the much-disputed
property brought a total of $108,035 from sales of small tracts and lots for homesite*.
Auctioneers represented the iirm of West and Gossett of Canton, shown here selling
lots on the property's rich bottom land. (Mountaineer Photos).
Amanda Crowe Has Gained
Fame As Indian Sculptress
By JOHN P ARRIS
Amanda Crowe is a young wo
man with genius in her hands.
She creates matchless woodcarv- :
ings with knife from native woods.
Her latest work ? paft of an 1
ambitious dream to capture the :
life and customs of her people in i
wood sculpture?was unveiled at I
Cherokee with the re-opening of
the Museum of the Cherokee in- i
dian. W ,
With knife and wood and imagin- '
ation. she has created an almost- 1
alive reproduction of a Cherokee ?
Indian stick-ball game. (fc
She has carved from burley '
buckeye 20 figures in miniature,
meticulous and authentic in detail
and movement, which , have been 1
arranged to create a stick-ball
game.
Besides the 20 figures ? each
three inches high and scaled to
represent a person six feet tall?
there are carvings representing
the two ball-stick boys, and two
drivers or referees, and the two
score-keepers.
This is the first attempt by any
Cherokee wood sculptor to depict
through carvings the famous Cher
akee game, which is the roughest,
toughest sport known to man.
Miss Crowe's work will be on dis
play at the Museum of the Cher
okee Indian from now througk Oc
tober. The museum is open daily
from 9:30 until 4:30 p.m. through
June 25 and thereafter daily from
B a.m. until 7 p.m. through Octo
ber.
In addition to the stick-ball game
in miniature, several other of Miss
Crowe's carvings and murals are
on display in the museum.
They have been added as part "of
an expanding program to give a
new' look to the museum which is
owned and operated by the Chero
kee Historical Association, a non
profit organisation dedicated to
perpetuate the history and tradi
tions of the Cherokee Indians.
"We are extremely enthusiastic
with Miss Crowe's work and feel
that it will all much to the mu
seum." said Tom Underwood, direc
tor of the museum. "In time we
hope that Miss Crowe will be able
to create other phases of Cherokee
life, past and present, for display
in the museum."
Miss Crowe, who Is employed by
the Cherokee Historical Associa
tion as director of its arts and
crafts program, began wood sculp
ture when she was five years old.
"I was barely big enough to han
dle a knife," she recalled. "But I
knew what 1 wanted to do. and so I
just whittled away. I made many
small animals and even . did
sketches on paper of the animals I
wanted to carve."
She attracted attention before
she ever started to school and be
gan selling her work when she was
seven years old.
Since theil. her fame as a wood
sculptress has rocketed to spec
tacular heights and has gained for
her the recognition of one of the
most talented sculptors In wood in
America.
Miss Crowe attended schools in
Cherokee, in Bryson City, and In
Chicago, and had six years of train
ing at the Art Institute of Chicago,
majoring in sculpture and ceramic
sculpture. She received her acad
emic training at De Paul Univer
sity in Chicago.
In 1952 she received a $2,500
John Quincy Adams Foreign Trav
el Fellowship and studied in Mex
ico.
Previously she had taught classes
hi her own studio and in 1950
taught at Evanston Art Center in
Evanston. Illinois.
Her work has been exhibited in
various sections of the country, and
she has held one-man shows of her
work in Winston - Salem and Ra
leigh. Wichita. Kansas, and Port
land, Oregon.
Many of her pieces are in Elec
tions throughout the country such
as the Student Work Art Institute
in Chicago and in various libraries,
as well as in many private collec
tions. '
Miss Crowe does not know how
many wood sculptures she has
done, but while she was in art
school she turned out between 30
and 40 a year, which is a lot of
whittling, to say the least.
Her favorite wood is cherry.
"I like to work with cherry best,"
she said, "although I like all hard
woods. Besides cherry, I prefer to
do sculpturing in walnut and
ebony."
Besides being a wizard with a
knife. Miss Crowe is an expert
rifle shot and is quite handy, too,
with a rod and reel.
But her life and joy is her wood j
sculpturing. ?
AnC in that she is a young "wo-;
man with genius in her bands.
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THIS WEEK'S
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FICTION
The Last Hurrah, Edwin O'Con
nor.
Andersonville, MacKinlay Kan
tor.
Ten North Frederick, John
O'Hara.
Cash McCall, Cameron Hawley.
Marjorie Morningstar, Herman
Wouk. '
NONFICTION
The Search For Bridey Murphy,
Morey Bernstein.
Gilt From The Sea, Anne Mor
row Lindbergh.
A Night To Remember, Walter
Lord.
The Scrolls From The Dead Sea,
Edmund Wilson.
Profiles In Courage, John F.
Kennedy.
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Ervin Proposes Remedy
For Electoral System Ills
WASHINGTON?Last week the
Senate rejected all attempts to
change the constitutional system of
electing the President and Vice
President.
ELECTORAL REFORM
The overwhelming majority of
the Senate thinks there should be
a reform in our system of electing
Presidents and Vice Presidents, but
it is just like a poor patient having
so many doctors who cannot agree
jjst what the remedy is. The Sen
ate could not agree on the meth
od ot reform. I supported this re
form movement. Kather than kill
the resolution outright, the Senate
sent the matter back to the .ludici
ary Committee. It was obvious at
the time that the resolution would
not prevail in a vote, as the neces
sary two-thirds could not be ob
tained. 1 trust that we can get
through a reform in the near fu
ture which will accomplish the
purpose. I think the Constitution
ought to be changed in this respect.
REASON FOR CHANGE
In the days when the Constitu
tion was being drafted there were
many, including George Washing
ton. who thought we should never
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hav? party government. There were
no ways by which the public could
be acquainted with the qualiflca
tions of the men seeking the Presi
dency and Vice Presidency. A sys
tem of electors was adopted and
these electors were supposed to
meet and vote and elect the occu
pants of these high offices as they
pleased. But party government de
veloped. Voters began to be aware
of the qualifications of candidates.
So we have the custom under our
Constitution where the winner of a
state's votes?even though it be
only a majority of one?takes all
the electoral vote. Where the two
major political parties are very
close In numerical strength?as in
; New York State?a few splinter
| parties have the power to swing the
' entire vote of a great state. The
I result is that we have small pres
| sure groups that exert a power out
; of all proportion to their numbers
and we have unfortunate things In
government due to the fact that
both of the major political parties
so often yield to the temptation to
try to cater to these small groups.
THE REMEDY
The best system that has been j
devised is a system which would :
prorate the electoral vote of a state j
according to the popular vote cast
in the state. I think tbls is the best
remedy because it reflects the pop
ular will and at the same time
leaves the control of elections in
the hands of the states where his
torically and constitutionally it be
longs and should remain. There
are valid reasons why we -annot
have an all-out popular vote. That
would put elections under control
of the Federal government as seme
states have various voting regula
tions. For example, Georgia per
mits voting at age 18. I also sup
port a revision of the electoral
system because it would free us
from this business of having to go
to the larger states to get can
didates. We could run the best
qualified men regardless of where
they are located.
If present trends continue. Cali
fornia will have more people than
New York state In 1967. Metho
polltan Life Insurance Co. statis^
tics indicate.
Clyde Seniors
To Give Play
Friday Night
A play entitled "Mama's Baby
Boy" will be presented by the sen
ior class of Clyde Higb School Fri
day night at the school. The cur
tain will go up at 7:30.
In the cast are \^nda Lou Smatli
ers, Charles Donnahoe. Larry Med
ford, Mildred Russell, Virginia
Fisher Brown. Rayford Jenkins.
Frances Hall. Nelda Cashion. Joyce
Scott. Larry Hardin, and Kathleen
Medford.
Mrs. C. E. Brown, senior spon- *
sor, will direct tt>e play. *
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