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y TODATB BIBLB YR81 ** ? #" ' ^ * TODAY'S QUOTATION yg?'A?-" Editorial Page of the Mountaineer Twjpght Of The Toll Rood? In an already'controversial move the turn pike eommissloh which controls Pennsyl vania'jffamous rross-mounltein road has an nounced it will'raise passdnger-Car tolls 41 per c?|t but cut the charge for trucks by one-futh. There are reports Governor Leader plans to block the move. JusQ what action the commission should lake is not for us to say. But lis decision likely was provoked 4t>y cold facts, not by antipathy toward motorists. For, as most motorists know, the turnpike has been ex tended at great eost both east arfa west from its original mountain.section. And what the truckers have been doing Is to uSe the toll road "over the hump" and get bhek on the free roads for the rest of their Journeys. Pennsylvania Isn't the only sfct'e facing disappointment#. Ohio has recAitly com pleted.# magnificent cross-state tot road. Hs builders anticipated truck traffic revenues of over 19 million dollars the first Mil year of opei4tg>n. The first four months, however, trucMs have paid only sit the annual rate of under four mlftioh. Chief reasons here woul^ .seem to be the excellent paralleling routes.fU.S. 20, 224, and 30). Are ihese signs, then, of the "twilight of the ijoD roads"? To What extent they have been thought of as the solution to long-dis tanc4 travel?yes. Toll roads have been suc cessful in heavily populated areas connecting large population centers?the New Jersey Turnpike, for example. Obviously, they are not tkk answer to travel across the vast and relatively less populated stretches which make up so much of the United States. Grpss underestimates in the past warn against seeing the shades of itight settling down for good on any avenue of transporta tion. But, speaking for the moment, the toil road sun seems passing high noon.?The Christian Science Monitor. 4 D. C. Dictionary Bill .Whitley, administrative assistant to Sen.wv. Kerr Scott, writes from Washington, pointing out that the bureaucracy there has a language all its own. Head are a few typical definitions he says are going the rounds: Program: Any idea that can't be carried out wifR on* phone call. Ct^gnels: The trail left by inter-office memos. Committee: A means of evading responsi bility. P*-* s wi Reliable source: The guys you just met. Informed sourqe: The guy who just teld the guy yok-jesl IW>. Unimpeachable source: The guy who started the rumor in the first place.?Wash ingtsi| Release. About two per cent of the cigarettes i smoked today still are roll-your-owns. The original do-it-yourself boys are real diehards. -N|p| Orleans States. Time To Run Scared A statement made by Dr. dor don Black well of the University of North Carolina needs the most serious attention of every public official, business man and citizen in this State. At an educational conference in Chapel Hill, he declared: North Carolina's industrialisation in recent years has not been keeping pace with the rest of the South or the rest of the country. This State grew so confident about its leadership in the South a decade or so ago that few North Carolinians are even now prepared to face the fact that this State to day lags behind in the economic develop ment upon which all other development de pends. In this case the fear of the facts should be made the beginning of wisdom. This State can no longer be complacent. It cannot laugh easily and proudly about being a vale of humility between, two moun tains of conceit. It is becoming a valley in tile statistics on the development of the Southern States. Its people particularly young people?are moving away at a faster rate than they left in the decade 1940 to 1950 when a quarter of a million more peo ple left North Carolina than came to it. And there is explanation enough for their depar ture in the bottom-dragging wages and pej_ capita income which North Carolinians re ceive. North Carolina is no longer a place for proud talk about progress. It is a State which desperately needs action in order that it may keep even its relative position among other states. We have entered an era in which North Carolina in economics and the welfare of its people needs to run harder?and run scared. ?The News And Observer. Credit And Character Credit reports must contain a lot of in formation. And according to a ruling just made by Judge Johnson J. Hayes in Federal Court they must do something more than give the bill-paying habits of the subject. The Home Finance Company of Galax, Va., tried to enforce its lien against ?t-car in a liquor raid. Judge Hayes ruled that evi dence showed the company had not at tempted to check whether the man who bought the car had a record for illegal deal ing in whiskey. Therefore he said the com pany had no claim on the automobile. This puts finance companies on notice that they cannot expect to reap any gains from the liquor business which we are sure few of them-want. We understand that credit reports include clauses-on a man's moral standing in his com munity. In view ef Judge Hayes ruling this now be comes more important than ever before.? Shelby Star. VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS ~~ Coifoe In Th? Good Old Days WW about tlM coffee hour? U it 09 the decrease or are more and more estabkffiments setting It up aa a part of the dally routine? Having made no Check on the matter, I can only tay that those who eetatfllah it aa a aort of rUual apparently enjoy It even more than the "cold'K'iaUi Ave minutes" which has been an estab lished-custom for many years In ahmet every place of hpaineu. Bur the subject today it coffee, and one of my ? earliest recollections was the coffee mill that waa fastened to the back of the pantry door. The noise whidh that mill made as the morning coffee Was belnfc ground remains qutte clear hi my mind's ear. Aa I recall, the family always bought a three or ftveg>qpnd can of Caraja coffee, a brand which 1 think lb still on the market. Of course, it was the whole be an. and (he coffee mill was a necessary piece of equipment. tut there are those in my age bracket who re call that green coffee beans were bought', and roast ed In the Owen Of the titrhen stove. This fare off an arpma much stronger than tte pot of boiling coffee: fto matter where you started with the coffee ? ; 1 .ii bean, it always wound up In th? mill. Earliest coffee pots that I can recall were large grey or blue enamel ones, and you put the coffee ahd the water In together. Then It was boiled for a considerable length of time. When ready to fill the cups, a dash of cold water was put in the pot to settle the grounds. Of course, he-men did not object to a few grounds in their coffee. Later, housewives tied up the coffee in a cloth and dropped it in the pot. This eliminated the grounds, and was a bid advance in coffee making. Then came the percolator and the drlpolator, followed by the glaas coffee urns that required some engineering and usually fell victim to the spigot on the kitchen sink. The coffee mill has disappeared from the home, and the younger feneration has no idea what it looked like. You either buy your coffee already ground, or the grocer grinds it for you while you Wait You just don't need a pantry door any more on wbich to fasten your coffee mill. But the revolution tn coffee has not stopped at tjvat point. Tbday, powdered toffee appears to be taking an ever-increasing slice of the market. You put a tea spoonful of colSe In tbe tup. and pour on the hot water. Batter still is to make up the required number of cups in a glaas urn with powdered coffee, and then allow to simmer before pouring in the caps. There rfb those who sneer at this method of coffee-making, allowing that the concoction Just doesnt taste llkk coffee. They want it made with a percolator, or even foiled In the old-fashioned way. A popular brand ad coffee a good many yams ago was Arbuckle'a, and it kill may be. It would put vim *d vigor in your Mood stream, and grow hair on your chest. A pdt of ArbudUe's coffee on a cold, rainy night could change a man's aspect of life Seme folks have the coffee habit bad, and drink from Ave to SO cups a day. They are tbe ones who make It a sari ad ritual, and If (hey were not drink ing toffee, they would likely be consuming orange or grape ale, root beer, or tbe famed drink of earlier yea lb, "tax-ofjK I never believed in doing anything, like eating or Artdfteg. Mcnrdtag to ritual, ao 1 11 not become ?Stanly News and Press. THE MOUNTAINEER Main TSTgL 8-5801 TW Oaaty CwBrt? The WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, toe. W. CURTIS BUSS ? * .JBdltor W. Otttb Wm and M?rtgj> % BrtAy, PiUHhwe PUBUBHKD EVERY MOyPfT AND THUlSPAV VT MAIL IN HAtWTOD COUWW One Tear $3.80 pgr gaririianrpqyr ~ ^^"'ugAtctron Dfcjygtf? *2 Per month ??? - ?< ? .dOc Office-paid for carrier rthny ?, , ? . 180 i - gg ??^ UK W KWW? Thursday Afternoon, May 31, 19S6 , C Looking Back Over i The Years j 20 yEARS AGO < Little Joe Howell, Jr. is pain- 1 fully Injured when he catches his arm In an electric washing ma- ' chine. Mrs. Dan Watkins Is entertain- * lng this week at a series Of par- J ties in her home in GrimBall 1 Park. Mr. and Mrs. William Winches- ' ter and children of Hazelwood 1 motor to Soco Gap. Mrs. E. H. Ensley and little ' daughter. Doris, of Gainesville, Fla. arrive for the summer. 10 YEARS AGO Bryan D. Medford. nominated J for Register of Deeds, leads ticket as 7,300 votes are cast in Dem- ' ocratic primary 1 U{.. ??? ?? ? - ? - .?wo m?i;v noiana is graduated from High Pbint College. Miss Almarie Robinson be comes bride of Dallas Rhea Clark. Miss Poilyanna Gibbs wins tee ond, place in reading contest at Mars Hill College. St. John'; Parish collects TOD pounds of food for War Relief. Miss Patsy Gwyn graduates from Randolph Macon Woman's College. 5 TEARS AGO Miss Edith Summerrow leaves on trip to Detroit. Mich., and points in Canada. H. P. McCarroll assumes charge of Garrett Furniture Co. Miss Clara Dotson, bride-elect. Is honored at shower given fay Mrs. Kenneth Stahl and Was Mary Medford as hoetessaa. William t. Miliar receives law degree from Duke University. My Favorite Stories By CAM, GOERCH Judge Q. K. Nimocks is a well known and popular Superior Court Judge In North Carolina. Prior to assuming the duties of that position, he was mayor of the fast-growing metropolis of Fayettevllle?and a mighty good mayor, too. Every man who has ever been the chief executive of a city or town knows that there are many calls upon his services. He has to welcome visiting dignitaries; he ?has to dedicate new buildings; he has to speak on various occasions; and he's at the beck and call of his people practically continuous ly. It was that way with Mayor Nimocks. One day a delegation of colored people from a community near Fayetteville, presented them selves at his office. "Mr. Mayor," said the spokes man, "the churches in our dis trict are having a conference. We'd appreciate it the best in the world if you could be with us on the opening day and make a talk of welcome to the people. There'll be about three hundred at the meeting." Mr. Nimocks, always obliging and accommodating, told them that he'd be glad to accept the in vitation. And ae, three days later, he got Into his car and drove out to the colored church where the confer ence was In progress. Sure, enough there was a large crowd there. The church officials extend ed the Mayor a cordial welcome and escorted him to a seat on the front row. The meeting was duly called to order. One of the colored breth ren?a preacher, evidently, rose to his feet after the preliminary exercises had taken place, and In troduced Mayor Nimocks to the audlehce. The Mayor got a big hand as he stepped on the platform. He told the people how glad he was that they were there and he praised them for their splendid coopera tion in the progress and develop ment of that section of North Car >lina. It was a very nice speech, md His Honor got another big nation when he concluded and ?eeumed his seat. The presiding officer then rose to his feet. "Brothers and aisters." he an louaced, "as yon-all know, one >f the important things to be done it this meeting is to raise funds 'or a new church building. We've ippointed committees which will nske personal solicitations, but ve feel that those of us who are issembled here should make the itgrt, and show the other people hat we .are ready to do our part. 5o let's give, brothers and sisters; et"a give liberally. If a dime ii all i'ou can give, then give a dime If rou can spare a quarter, then give hat. Some of you may be able to five a dollar, so put it in the col ection plates when the ushers >ass among you." The ushers picked up their rtstea. Mayor Nimocks reached into his pockets looking for a coin. He found none. As a matter of fact, the only piece of currency he had in his pocket was a five dollar bill. For a moment His Honor was somewhat disconcerted. Then he decided that after the ushers had gone through the crowd and came up to hint, he'd put in the bill and draw from the plate a reasonable amount of change. So he settled'back into his seat again. t But one of the ushers had an entirely different idea.' Feeling that the Mayor was the most im portant individual present, this usher reasoned it out that the Mayor should be given the privi lege of being the first person to contribute. ? He-marched up to Mr. Nimocks and held out the plate before him. Feeling that all eyes were upon him, the Mayor realized that he just naturally couldn't ^fford to shake his head; it would be estab lishing a bad precedent for jhe others. So he pulled out his five dollar bill and placed it in the plate. Then he leaned forward so that he might whisper to the ush er to bring him some change when he had finished with the collec tion. But he wasn't given a chance to do so. The usher's eyes bulged when he saw the five spot. So did the eyes of the presiding officer, _ who was sitting close by and who also had seen the denomination of the bill. Springing to his feet, the chairman raised his hands for silence. "Brothers and sisters," he said, "I want to call your attention to an act of extreme liberality which I have just witnessed. We are all proud of the fact that the Mayor of Fayetteville, Mr. Nimocks. is with us today. We know that he is interested in the work that we are trying to do. but I can honest ly soy that we did not expect any such liberality as I have just wit nessed. I want to tell you that tie Mayor has been the first person to contribute and that he has plac ed a five-dollar bill in the collec tion plate." Enthusiastic and prolonged ap plause followed. "Now then, brothers and sisters, I want to ask you a question. If a white man and a comparative stranger to most of you, feels it his dirty to be so liberal to this cause, shouldn't you too make a sacrifice in order that we may be able to build tbe new church as quickly as possible? I ask you that question, my friends, and I leave the answer to you." - The ushers then went on with their work of taking up the collec tion. Mr. Nlmocks left a little while later, with a rather thought ful expression on his face. Since then, he has always man aged to keep a certain amount of change on his person. SCOTfS SCRAP BOOK By R. J SCOTT ll i I _ ODflP'- Fo* L?V CUtiFS *f *? i Vr-U OA.PA.HtSL Hout "<o CftAWL V ' OH *AJ<t>S AHP KHtlS ?*> , APMIftl AHP PAAI11- i ..nHEsss ?ffiA?.. NX ffess ? ' : Mf3& }U|MK WKI?( . *? Wcssur<Stv A fftOG CAM OUMP 20 /mtS . Oi OWH U.HQTH. o Rambling 'Round By Frances Gilbert Fraaier Did you hear that awful thud? That wa< our pride hitting the floor kerplunk. We had expended a lot of time and energy on making a new dress, and when it was completed we surveyed the results of our labor with a great deal of justifiable pride. So' a few evenings later we decided to wear our new creation out to dinner and set forth with a bit too heavy a load of egotism. Therefore, while at dinner, we were not surprised to notice ladies at surrounding tables looking in our direction?much to our satisfaction. When we returned home, we decided we'd give another look at ourselves and get an eyeful of our elegance. One glance Into the mirror and we let out a horrified gasp. No wonder the ladles had stared at us: all eveni"* we1 had worn our lovely new dress INSIDE OUT! , The two drum majors in the parade of modern conversation are: "They Say" and "I Said". We are sorry to have to say it but we are going to let Lady June get along as best she can without our salutations of approval. Look what happened to April and May. We searched the dictionary for all the flowery adjectives we could gather and then wound them into garlands of ecstasy and cast them before the advancing feet of our visitors. Did they appreciate it? They did not. Or, if they did they had a pretty objectionable way of showing it. They threw cold glances in our direction and blew invisible icicles across our path. They were just as mean as they could be. So wham! Off goes the calendar sheet with May on it and be fore our eyes appears June. Come on in, June. As far as we are concerned, you're absolutely on your own. Go to it. ? "I'm strong for you." said the onion to the potato.. "And I have eyes only for you," replied the potato. The tomato then joined the conversation. "Let me in on this." was its salutation, "and then we will ail be In the soup together." The ballots are counted, the results posted and another election day has passed into history. The successful candidates are thanking their friends and the losers are wondering what became of those votes promised them. The air has cleared away the dust raised in pre-election speeches, and the public now turns its attention to July and August when the BIG show-down rolls around. After that? political speeches, radio and TV programs morning, noon and night. One will have to dodge the gobs of mud flying through the air and friendships strained to the breaking point. Then comes the November settlement of the question and this will be followed by handshaking and back-slapping of the winner and the_ Defeatist lullaby by the loaer. As the turmoil dies away, the country will settle down to await the next four years and then the. whole thing will be gone through all over again, with a new genera tion adding its weight to the pros and cons of the candidates, and with an entirely new concept of how things should be run. V ? A little bit of sunshine, And a little bit of rain. Make the flowers grow and bloom. You never hear them complain. .Miai i an. j fiews Of Other Editors It was made clear in a Los Angeles courtroom a few days ago that women not only have a right to serve on juries, but there are cases which only a woman can judge fairly. This particular one involved a fracas in a Hollywood night club. Mrs. A complained to Mr. A that Mr. B, a stranger, had pinched her on the hip. Mr. A socked Mr. B. Mr. B sued for damages. Mr. A thereupon filed a cross complaint and sued Mr. B for damages. The question before the court: Was there a pinch before the punch? Or was the punch a pointless reply to a presupposed pinch? The jury decided for Mr. B, who was declared to be a non-pinching punchee. Who can deny, after hearing the words on one of them, that it was the presence of several women on the jury which settled the dilemma? "We tried pinching ourselves, with and without our girdles, as we sat the way she said she was sitting on the bar stool. We came to the conclusion he couldn't have pinched her." the lady said.?The New Orleans Item. A WORD FOR IT Our heart goes out to the New Yorlter who pondered the census taker's question concerning his marital status, and answered: "Precarious". ?Detroit Free Press. HOBBLED HUBBIES Many a man who jfroposcd on his knees has spent years trying to get back on hi* feet. ?The Ellsworth (Iowa) News. CROSSWORD ( ACROSS ! J. Fellow 8 Peer t. Kind of rock 10. Bay window I 12. 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