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TODAY'S BIBLE YEBSB TODAY'S QUOTATION thJnTiSr* t*. |J | Editorial Page of the Mountaineer slSSr ft $35,000,000 Business Fro^'across the Smokies comes word from the K?oxville Area Tjpurist Bureau, that they are all net for a larger season than last year, which they felt brought $35,537,785 to thei* The trea is making a big bid for an even larger "audience" during 1956, according to plans. They figure that the average visitor spends j$6.38 per day, and the average stay is 4.6 days. "Hie money is spent in the fol lowing jnanner, the Bureau reported: V.-dtors in 1955 consumed 2,909,384 pounds of meat, surrounded by 1,557,441 Iiounda of potatoes and washed down with 2,523,065 quarts of milk. Altogether, food tabs for travelers last year amounted to $10, 350.967. - Lodging facilities raked in another $7, 924,926. Establishments catering to auto upkeep received $3,695,930 for fuel, supplies and reuft- services. Recreation ? or amuse ments -ICcatering to varied tastes brought in $4,762,063. Count in $710,756 for laundry and dry cleaning,! retail purchases in area stores (tourist adllars only) of $6,380,668, personal services by barbers, doctors, lawyers and such at ?1,243,822, and upped utilities re ceipts of ?1,568,663. Ti _ 11 I I < ? ? ?... - ti nit aaas up to ine announced total or $35,687,785 ? a sizeable annual income how ever it's sliced, particularly when figures given by the tourist bureau' show expendi tures ofjonly three cents for each of the I $29.16 flbtomers who piled it up. "LooAg back, the Knoxville Tourist Bu reau coSedes truth to the saying, 'There's no busfftsg like show business.' And con cludes ttat no other business adds to the wealth md buying power of this area at less expense and with less depletion of natural resources. . "Best of all is the knowledge that what the touriatwanta is an "inexhaustible supply." The cast remains the same ? "good climate, beautiful scenery, lakes, dams, historical shrinefti^ecreation, culture, genuine hospital ity; and located within one day's drive of over h|Jf the population of the United States^ That is the optimistic picture from across Knoxville way. We share their optimism, and fAr it is justified. What is true of the Tennessee side of the Smokies is also true here. if ? . , Today's Country Doctor ? We often lament the good old days. But tfrere was one institution of those days that qo one would really want to return to ? the *<horse and buggy doctor," . That point was made by Dr. 3. S. Crockett, % co-founder of the American Medical Asso ciation's Council on Rural Health, in keynot ing the Council's 11th annual conference ?t Portland, Oregon. Medically spdaking, he said, those good old days just weren't good ? "They were terribly destructive of human life ... I need only to refer to the typhoid, malaria, pneu monia, smallpox, scarlet fever, diptheria and other cdtitagious diseases that resulted in the death or crippling of appalling num bers." 'j Nowadays, the country doctor, just like his city cousin, has at his command the revo lutionary discoveries that have been made hi medicines and medical treatment. He may, as Dr. Crockett observed, be a bit short on bocu^ visiting during office hours ? but he doaiAnow how to get results. A Mighty Fine Concert Bond Eighty-two pieces of the WTH8 concert band left this morning at nine for their sev enth entry in the state-wide music conest. The record of the Waynesville musicians is known far and wide, and their perform ance before the state judges Friday after noon at 3:30 will be, we are confident, up to the traditional WTH8 high standard. WTH8 musicians under Charles lsley"and Robert Campbell, have brought back home four first place plaques from playing in the highest grade music of the state?Grade 6. They played in grade five one year. The performance the band gave here last Friday night was indicative of their ability to doing outstanding work from the band stand. Here's our best wishes for another successful performance Friday afternoon. Definition Of A Tourist Through the mail we received a modern definition of a tourist. Since the little definition waa packed with so much truth and wisdom, we are using it, in the hopes that it will be remembered that our tourist business is vitally important to all of us because of the large part it plays in our over-all economy. The definition reads: A tourist ? is the most important person we know ? in person or by mail. A tourist ? is not dependent on us ? we are dependent on him. A tourist ? is not an interruption of our work ? he is the purpose of it. We are not doing him a favor by serving him ? he is doing us a favor by giving us the opportun ity to do so. A tourist ? is not an outsider to our busi ness ? but is our business. A tourist ? is not cold statistic ? he is a flesh and blood human being with feeling and emotions like our own. A tourist ? is a person who brings us his wants. It is our job to handle them in a pleasant manner so that his verbal opinion will be passed on to others and will continue to insure us that this is one of the greatest scenic areas in the world. INGRATES A lot of fellows who complain about the boss being so dumb would be out of a job if the boss were any smarter. ?The Swea City (Iowa) Herald. NEW WORLDS FOR OLD *Ruthie Barnes taps out two intricate routines of top flight hoofery nicely inter SDersed with sellinor nanto.?Variptv TWO CLASSES Radio is dividing the nation into two classes ? the smart people and those who can't answer the quiz program questions. ?Minneapolis Star. A down east newspaper pointed out that "if drag strips give the young hot-rodder a change to work off the urge for speed, how about a municipal glass target range to give juvenile vandals an opportunity to break windows under supervision?" Two skeletons have been found on the coast, and are thought to be those of a moth er and daughter who vanished about 15 years ago. This is the season for "uncover ing skeletons in the closets" to which many an office seeker will attest. VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS Pig40n River Route For National Highway The designation by the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads oL the Pigeon River Route from Western North Mg^lina into Tennesaee aa part of the inter state highway syatem aettles a vital controversial question -that had been troubling ? and dividing ? this taqMMin region (or a long time. We are glad the Anal decision was by uaaniaMqg verdicts by all members of the engineering staffs of the North Car * 1M. olina Highway Department, the Tennewe Highway Department and the Federal Bureau of Public Roads who investigated all of the proposed routes. The Pigeon River routing for the great inter state system was selected In preference to the one, advocated by many people of this section, following the French Broad River. The backers of the French Broad route had insisted it would be shorter, cheap er and best. The three groups of engineers agreed this route was shorter and cheaper but decided the Pigeon River routing was best. During the long public controversy over the choice of a route for the interstate system through our region this newspaper took the position that the decision should be made on the basis of en gineering merit, economic need and cost. Our big concern was that both proposed routes be given equal treatment in the wrveys and studies. This newspaper also insisted all along that re gard leas of which way the final decision went. Western North Carolina needed modem four-lane highways along both of the proposed routes ? and seas ad ay, so?how, we would have them. New that the final choice has been made this great mountain region should close ranks and continue its vigorous efforts to get mart and better highways, for this ?rid famous tourist travel section. The history of Western North Carolina's suc cesses' and failures shows beyond doubt not only the wisdom but the necessity for continuous and dean organised cooperation of all towns and coun ties In this region for sound growth and prx^pss. Lot us all pull together now for the earliest possible i?glaflsa et-tha fogs in River liah e? the interstate highway system. ?The Ashevtlle Times. THE MOUNTAINEER jv Main Street*Tm*^U*> "*** ^DSTGL 6-6801 The IWVnESViLlE MOUNTAINEER, Inc. W. CURTIS RUSS . Sdltor fr. CurtU Ru? ?Hd Mftop 1 Bribes Publishers yuyusatP ivswr mnpay amp Thursday by MAIL IK BATWOQD COUNTY r== ? BY MAIL IK NORTH CAROLINA OM rmtr : AM. Six month* I SO OUTBIDS NORTH CAROLINA DH5SriRT ~ "*] Offlc^pald for 7>rr1er~dellxrnr ^ cfo B<aaBtags^-' sjawm^ssg---" TbaniriaY~Aft?niooR, April 11,1956 FLAMMABLE! Letters to the Editor ANDREWS CIVIC LEADER STRESSES PIGEON ROAD BENEFITS Editor, The Mountaineer: In discussing the Pigeon River Route with Chief Locating En gineer. R. Getty Browning. I gathered the impression that this will be a water level route and that it will be practically free of ice and, therefore, dependable the year around, which la not true of roads reaching high altitudes, such as the Soco Gap and the Newfound Gap Roads. The fact that the Pigeon River road can be depended upon the year around should draw a tremendous influx of north-south and vice versa travel through the Smoky Moun tains area and prove of great value to the whole area. I want to congratulate you on the splendid job you have done in promoting this project. Percy B. Ferebee Andrews. N. C. CONGRATULATIONS ON PIGEON ROAD Editor, The Mountaineer: Congratulations on securing the Pigeon River Route for an inter state highway. This will mean a great deal for the western part of the state, especially for Haywood County, the area through Fines Creek and the entrance into Ten nessee. The road is badly needed, and this is the most logical location. Good hard work helped a great deal. W. J. Francis Belmont. N. C. NERD OP COUNTY-WIDE GARBAGE DISPOSAL Editor, The Mountaineer: Trash i? a "groaning", problem to every civic minded person liv ing outside the incorporate limits of the towns of Haywood County. There are three (3) classes of people when it comes to disposing of tin eans and rubbish. The first class Is those who throw the cans and rubbish about their home and have little or no civic pride. The second class Is those people who care about their own homes and property but care little or nbthing about the countryside or the prop erty of other people. They carry their rubbish and cans away from their own homes and throw it In streams along the road-side or on the property of some other In dividual. although they have pride ?.ho it their own home, they have i Utile or no pride about the com- i munlty and care nothing about i the property of other people. The i third class of people is those who are deeply concerned with the i J need for public supported and maintained trash and garbage dumps. We are all interested in more tourists and industries. Tin cans, rubbish and garbage scattered along the edges of our streams and country roads does not invite and entice either. Motels, restau rants and industry have no place to dispose of their cans, bottles, garbage and waste. Public dis posal and garbage dumps at ac cessible points in Haywood Coun ty would show a fine spirit of co operation between the people, the county officials and industry. In a great many places in Hay wood County it is practically im possible to dig a hole through rocks and gravel to bury cans, garbage and rubbish. When garb age is buried it is frequently dug up by dogs. Whereas, distributing tip cans and garbage in open, un fenced areas is not only unsight ly and filthy, but it is dangerous to the lives of children, pets and livestock. ? This problem should be studied by the various Chambers of Com merce, Community Development Clubs and other civic minded or ganizations in the County of Hay wood; who are so interested in at tracting new industry and tour ists. I have talked to many people about this problem and find that there is strong sentiment among the people- for county supported and maintained trash dumps. If the Board of Commissioners do not have. authority to establish these places at this time. I believe that the people of Haywood County would strongly support a candidate for the legislature who, if nominated and elected would pass a law authorizing the estab lishment of trash and garbage dumps in the county. Sincerely yours, Harry Behre Hazelwood. APPRECIATION ' Editor, The Mountaineer; I am writing on behalf of the Girl Scouts to thank the people of Haywood County who helped make their recent cookie sale a success. All the cookies allotted to this irea were sold and the money has been deposited to the account of the Girl Scout Campsite near Brevard, which will serve all the Scouts in this Council. Sincerely, Laura Mae Ray, Cookie Chairman Looking Back Over The Years M YEARS AGO Nine Haywood County candi dates throw their hats into the political ring, bringing the total to twenty-three. Highway forces called out to remove a deep slide on highway about a mile east of Canton. G. C. Summerrow says Hazel wood needs recreational centers for children. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Gerringer have as their guests Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Gerringer and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Gerringer, all of Draper. County Council of Home Dem onstrayon Clubs in Haywood is or ganized at a meeting of the offi cers of the individual clubs and thd Home Agent. it years ago Jack Frost does little damage to county orchards. Mrs. Dewey Hyatt opens dress shop in Hazelwood. Hazelwood Boosters seek side walk along the highway from Main Street in Hazelwood to the k/ajiun nuooer piani. Mrs. Ch*rl)? Woodard. Mrs. Jim Caldwell and Mrs. Letha Walker are hostesses at supper honoring Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Parrott. Cruso 4-H Club to sponsor a minstrel show. S YEARS AGO Work on hospital expansion ex pected to get under way within 40 days. CDP rural insuranee plan Is discussed at county-wide meeting. Miss Madge Alexander, daugh ter of Mr and Mrs. Hooper Alex ander. Jr., Is featured perform er In Florida State University all student circus. Jim Kuykendall hurls a no nut game as Mountaineers defeat Mue Devils 10-0. sent concert at Canton. Rambling /Round By Frances Gilbert Frazier My dear Son: We had adjusted ourselves to the fact that you would eventually have to go in the service. But when the tine reajUy came, it arrived with such a terrific suddenness that its impact swept roe off my emotional feet. I raged inwardly at the Injustice of it but outwardly appeared calm on account of you and your father. Your father, level headed. broad-minded, understanding, said you and millions of others like you were proving the decency of American manhood. Today you came home, in a casket draped with an American flag. Your father, broken, shaken, said you and the other five boys were obeying orders and had died as heroically as though facing enemy Are on the battle Aeld. But I, frantic in my anguish, said you never even had a fighting, chance. You were too young to die. You had college and a bright future ahead of you and you had always been a good son. Good night, my beloved son. Sleep in peace, for you will never have to take another order. Your heart-broken, s Mother. The sullen moan of wind. And a rain-swept window pane. Then suddenly the sun . . . And the world's all right again. We were sitting in a department store, idly watching the cus tomers. A tall, Ane-looking young man clad in clean overalls with shirt to match, strolled by. He was holding the hand of a pretty little girl about four who was having a wonderful timp, looking at everything and evidently enjoying shopping with Daddy. They moved on up the aisle and stopped at the men's, department. The next thing we saw was the young man trying on a cream-colored din ner jacket that Atted him as though he had modeled for it. The trans formation wag so complete that the young man could have been a movie hero on a set. We watched him take off the coat and made an inward plea that he would buy it. He did, for the last we saw of him and the little girl he was walking out of the store with the box under his arm. , The mountains dear, sunsets and you Have brought me joy unknown before. Have given me a friendship true, I could but ask for little more. But should I seek more blessings yet Than seem my share, there'd be a few. I'd surely ask for a sunset? A flame-red one, mountains and you. Farm Residents Benefited By Chamber of Commerce The expansion movement of the Smithfleld Chamber of Commerce has significance for the 'whole of Johnston County. One of the goals of the move ment Is to bring more industry to the vicinity of Smithfleld. Beneficial effects of more indus try will be felt not only by the people of Smlthflield but by the people of the whole county. Commenting on the fact that fewer and fewer people are need ed to produce farm crops, th/e News and Observer observed this week: "Eastern Carolina, in par ticular, needs more industry to provide jobs for the people on the farm who are finding that it takes fewer hours today to pro duce more in crops. The part time farmer needs a full-time job in industry." The Smithfleld Chamber of Commerce is hoping that its ex pansion program will result in more jobs for "the part-time farmer". If the Smithfleld pro gram succeeds, there certainly will be a rise in the per capita in come of those who live in Johns ton county farms. A program of Industrial devel opment not only is aimed at rais ing the per capita Income of our people. It is aimed at keeping Johnston county people from hav ing to pull up stakes and migrate from their beloved home sur roundings to find employment in distant towns and cities. A further result of a success ful industrial development pro gram would be an increase in the taxable wealth of the county. The broader tax base would tend to ease the tax burden of both farm er and down dweller. Increased public services would be made possible without an increase in tax rates. What is said here about the Smithfield Chamber of Commerce applies also to the chambers of commerce at Selma and Benson, to the Merchants and Credit As sociation at Clayton, and Indeed to any organization in any of our Johnston county towns that pro motes economic growth through creation of more jobs in business and industry. Because of tne inevitable changes that are taking place in agriculture, every town in the county should be doubling or per haps tripling its efforts to create new jobs for our farm residents who Increasingly And it difficult to make a full livelihood in the production of crops. Certainly a chamber of com merce exists to promote the eco nomic welfare of its members and the town in which it is lo cated. But not to be overlooked is the fact that the beneficial ef fects of a live-wire chamber of commerce do not stop at the city limit sign. ?Smithfield Herald. SCOTTS SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT XOUND IK VtlMkJL SHO* ft COLLlt<U> AH* ?Wku in lit fcutu UAinD -fin i-foxt ftAMfAIW AHft/HlH HEAPED OYIA Wrfi( a m w MVaw, <> Bt <U>< Xo?. ??-? ?, USE IN -Ciit *LHC -. ... OfSUMMiB. < i CM* mm*> Mfnuur Kiuib ar? nod hood IT Slfl.ifci ax /*. tiiAMP on MUVWTfc'YtAKS A.?o. % Mb|*? SOI LAMELLICORH mm LAMELLICORH. iuMLfcSSSi**' CROSSWORD lEgEgliEEBII IclblAlt IAhiioimii iai irvAO a ?* ? ? * * 1. Talon 8. Have (oba.) 9. Glow 10. Oil of roae petal* 1 12. Tropical < disease 1 12. Fry lightly 14. A group 1 of eight 14. Pinch IT. All correct 2 (slang) 18. Oomea 2: into view 21. A form 2: of lotto 2i 24. Shoshonean I ' Indian 28. Breathe noisily Inaleep 27. Custom 81. Fortify 38. Stir 34. Scoundrel 38. Ahead 39. Wine I receptacle 49. Plentiful (eoUoq.) 43. Claws 48. Dkoerve [47. Wading bird [i| _ i [*?? porqers 49. Whirlpool <80. Speaks SOWN 1. Fowl 2. Fluff 3. A pilaster AMahe cloth 8- Own# oaUve ? ? ? rricnca painfully 8. Potato (dial.) 9> Specters 1. Twilled fabrics 5. Ostrich-like bird 9. Anglo Saxon letter 9. Quantity of paper 1. Negative reply 1. Verbal I. Epoch i *#. Board oc Ordnance (abbr.) 29. Piano key* (slang) SO. Doctrine* 32. Foreign plan# (Korean war) 34. Weather cock 30. Semblance 30. Proprietor of a landed estate (Scot.) 17. Cntltlea 41. Mother of Castor and Pollux 42. Carousal 44. Guided 43. PI* pea m r ec i' r m ^=--Spi:: f; ^ 7i fjxt^ir ir?r w\\ w\ Ym |
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