f V: *'~i ' v
/ ;?> ? '5f
TODAY'S BTBT.F YFRSD,
* *
That ye may remmbfr, and do all my
cntnmindmrnU, and he holy nnio your God.
?Numbers 15:4*.
' ?'if - > * Hv, r' ' ?
Editorial Page of the Mountaineer
1 - -
TODAY'S QUOTATION
Holiness consists of three things ? separ
ation from sin. dedication to God, transforma
tion into Christ's image. It is in vain that we
talk about the last, unless we know something
experimentally about the first.?Aughey.
p ?1??????
A New Era Dawns In
Recreation For Community i
The /(jtbiaI groundbreaking for the mod
ern swimming pool at' the recreation center
here marked an era so many people have
Ik en looking forward to having take place
for many years.
The simple and yet impressive ground
breaking was the start, we feel, of the de
velopment of a recreation center for this
community which has been a main topic of
conversation for many, many years.
The contractor hopes with a fair break in
weather and uninterrupted shipment of steel
to have the project completed in six weeks.
If this schedule can be maintained, it will
mean that the pool will be in use the last of
August and through September, which will
give the recreation commission an opportun
ity to' study its operation and prepare for
a full season next year.
The start of construction of the pool is
an example of one of the largest cooperative
projects ever staged in a community this
size. It took literally thousands upon thous
and of hours of work and conferences to
gether with liberal donations by the citizens
of this community, to make this project pos
sible. The pool can well be recognized as a
monument to generous civic cooperation.
Pisgah Forest Still
Major Asset
According to estimates of Pisgah Forest
officials, that scenic urea continues to be
one of the major attractions of Western
North Carolina. Ranger Ted Seely predicts
that more than 2,000,000 persons will use
and enjoy the facilities as well as travel
through the scenic Pisgah Forest during the
coming season.
Pisgah has alw-ays been a natural spot for
those who love the outdoors because it has
so many advantages ? perhaps one of the
major ones being that one feels that he is
not crowded as is the case in some other rec
reation centers.
The popularity of Pisgah has steadily
grown through the years and while it does
not have the national recognition of the
Smokies, it continues to be one of our major
assets in attracting tourists to this scenic
area.
The opening of the link of the Blue Ridge
Parkway from Wagon Road Gap to Beech
Gap has brought in thousands ef additional
visitors, and with a little more work on the
laike Logan road and the completion of the
Rusman-Pinhook Gap road these two scenic
loojw from both sides of the mountain will
in our opinion, make one of the most visited
scenic areas in Eastern America.
Grace Episcopal*
Congregation
Going Forward
The members of the Grace F.piscopal
Church are ? quiet, harmoniously working
group of folk who decided several months
ago to build a new sanctuary.
Although small in numbers as church con
gregations go, the group went to work and
in a short while got sufficient pledges to as
sure them of their project. It Is interesting
to note that as of the present date their
building fund shows cash on hand of over
$16,000.
This would be a credit to a congregation
many times the size of that of Grace Episco
pal Church.
Methodist Conference Had <
Stimulating Effect
The interest, the enthusiasm and the
numbers of Methodists attending the South
eastern Jurisdictional Conference held here
last week met all advance expectations. Nev
er before has this community had such a
prominent and newsmaking group for as
many days.
Thousands upon thousands of words flow
ed out of I^ake Junaluska every day about
the conference and there still remains liter
ully many other thousands of words to be
printed in church publications over the land
as to the many different sessions held in the
five-day period.
We expect because of the visit to I^tke
Junaluska of so many Methodists, some for
the first time, that the Assembly Grounds
will now be recognized by that important
denomination as one of the major physical
assets of their church.
We have often said before, and we feel
now more justified than e'ver on making
this statement, that we feel I^ake Junaluska
is just on the threshold of growth and fuller
development. We would not be surprised if
within the next five years Lake Junaluska
would grow more than it has during the en
tire 43 years it has been in existence.
The group here this past week is compar
able to another group coming here from all
corners of the world the last of August and
the first two weeks in September. It looks as
though 1956 will go down in I^ake Junaluska
history as the turning point of that l>eauti
ful and important religious assembly ground. '
1
Thompson An Energetic
Civic Leader
The Mountaineer shares with other citi- i
zens of this community their best wishes, a
long with a prediction of a successful admini
stration, for C. G. Thompson as he takes over
the presidency of the Chamber of Commerce.
A long time ago Thompson proved by his
work in many civic projects his interest in
the development of the community, and be
has given liberally of his time and money
to projects which have meant an upbuilding
for this area.
Although an industrialist, Thompson, like
so many others, has a very broad viewpoint
as to our community growth and is among
that group that feels the necessity of de
velopment to the fullest degree our agricul
ture, industry and tourist business.
To this end we know that Thompson will
do his utmost while head of the Chamber of
Commerce and for all time to come.
Libraries And Civilization
In the end a republic rises or falls on the
basis of the intelligence of its rank-and-file
citizens. The repository for a nation's wis
dom is its libraries; they are a store house of
its ancient truths and a hope for its future
greatness.
Therefore Congress, we think, should give
its hearty endorsement to the Library Ser
vices Rill (II,R. 2840) now pending. It would
gr^nt a total of $7,500,000 a year for five
years us a matching fund for the states. Its
objectives is to bring books and other li
brary services to non-urban people. As a
largely rural state North Carolina stands to
gain much from H.R. 2840.
While Tar Heel library serrvice has grown
enormously in the last few decades, it still
needs to expand. Dozens of counties are
sparsely covered and need the enlightenment
?f library services. The Library
lawiw SMI i? ? mmM imK of the
latlonal budeet. but a vital one
?Greensboro Dally News.
VIEWS OF OTHER EDITORS
The University Takes Steps To Relieve Teacher Shortage
Viiainvuvi MU1AI I u. nuu>t' Ul l?c UIHVtFMiy
of North Carolina announced yesterday that the
University had adopted a revision of its student loan
fund rules in what was hoped would be a move to
help relieve the current and future shortage of pub
lic school teachers in the state.
The University will make available $130,000 of
me more man a million oouars in mo siuacnt loan
fund for student* planning to enroll in the School
of Education.
Each student would be loaned up to $800 a year
at two and a half per cent interest. The borrower
would not have to start repaying the principal until
he or she Is employed.
University officials apparently agree with Dean
W. B Harrill of Western Carolina College in the
statement that many worthy yotung people are not
able to go on te colleges and that raany of these
would follow the. teaching profession if they could
obtain a higher education-.
Dean Harrill's plan of offering scholarships to
qualified high school graduates who would agree to
leach for a minimum of two years, a plan he outlined
here recently to the Kiwanls Club. Is receiving a
great deal of attention over the state. Dean Harrill
thinks it will hav? sufficient backing to go before
the next General Assembly as prqposed legislation.)
With the state facing a current shortage of
more than 1.200 teachers a year and with enroll
ment continuing to increase, it won't be long, in
the words of Dean Harrill. before we will have
school houses full of children with no teachers to
teach them.
It is gratifying to note that leading educators
are aking the lead In atempting to salve this problem.
The teacher shortage and its twin?teacher pay
?are problems which must be faced by the next
General Assembly. And its a well known fact that
the Assembly never moves in this direction with- 1
out having the solid backing of public opinion.
?The Times-News. Hendersonville. f
i
f
9
THE MOUNTAINEER
Wuruoovtte. North Carolina
Main Street Dial GL 6-5301
The County Seat of Haywood County
If Published Bt
The WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc.
W* CURTIS BUSS ?J Editor
W. Curtla Rung and Mario* T. Bridge*, Publishers
pUBIJSHBD EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
BY MAIL IN HAYWOOD COUNTY
One Year . 53.50
fcUx months 2.00
BY MAIL IN NORTH CAROLINA
One Year 4.50
Six months 2.50
OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA
One Year 5.00
61s months -? _? 3 00
LOCAL CARRIER DELIVERY
Per month ? .40c
Offlce-pnid for carrier delivery _ 4.50
Entyod at the post office at WayncevtOe, It. C, as
Second dw Mall Matter, aa provided under the Act of
March ?. MM. November ?? W4.
?miM op m ASSOCIATED PRESS
arn^iWid la ttS
Monday Afternoon. July 16, 1956
I
REANIMATED AMBULANCE CHASER
' W SICK 0?3 V<J?LC- )
> SOHIXHIAG- /
V ?*? rt*oo.Me!
Views of Other
Editors
dictionary for
LOWER SUBURBIA"
cat?a small, persistent noc
turnal animal, customarily found
beneath the bedroom window or
in the carport any limb after 1
am.
DOG ? A shrill-voiced animal
Riven to digging holes in flower
beds and frightening infant chil
dren.
GARDEN ? To stand around
outdoors and discuss automobiles
with the next-door neighbor.
LAWN?A rectangular plot the
bare spots of which will not grow
grass, the grassy spots of which
must be mowed once i week. Be
neath the lawn may be found
bricks, tin cans, plaster board and
stray pieces of lumber left there
by the workmen.
RAINING?What on weekends
It usually is.
TELEVISION?A machines de
signed to prevent homework from
being done and dishes from being
washed,
TWO - CAR FAMILY?A fam
ily with notes with two banks, or
two notes with on? bank.
WARRANTY ? An embossed
piece of paper which expires one
week before the washing machine
breaks down.
WEEDS -? What comes up in
July when you plant grass in
April.
?The Richmond News-Leader.
do it tomorrow
Refreshing and gratifying is the
United Press story which says
that Defense Secretary Wilson, a
big wheel who once ran General
Motors and now runs motorized
generals, has this slogan on his
desk; "Do it tomorrow you've
made enough mistakes today."
It was inevitable that, someday,
somebody would come up with a
sensible philosophy like this re
pudiating that awful admonition
which says never put off 'til to
morrow what you can do right
now?an utterly ridiculous bit of
advice which causes heart attacks
and ulcers by discouraging rest.
Every husband should hang
Secretary Wilson's motto in his
house, where on weekends his
wife can be reminded that mow
ing the lawn and washing win
dows can wait. Trouble is. what if
the wife decides to do everything
tomorrow?
?The Dallas Morning News.
"frailty. thy name IS?"
Occasionally, these researchers
come up with something which is
likely to raise havoc in the home
I-ate$t thought-producing discov
ery is the contention thai the
weaker partner in a marriage usu
ally reproduces its own. A group
of strong men married to weak
women produced 75 daughters
and six sons. Another group,
strong women, delicate husbands
came up with 84 sons and ten
daughters. Statistically, our popu
lation shows a slight prevalence
of males under five years. Can it
be the figures reflect the emanci
pation of womanhood and the de
cline of the male?
?The Florida Times - Union?
Jacksonville
My
Favorite
Stories
By CARL GOERCH
When Mr. Daniel Clinton
Boney was serving as Insurance
Commissioner back in 1941. he re
received a letter which I have al
ways considered a classic.
Here it is:
mister dan boney
Raleigh, N C.
My dear sur mister Boney.
My old woman died and they
berried her in a ole pine box full
of not holes, now I meen Wit
ness.
They told me they wood berry
her in a nise box if i payed them
the money. For a long time we
payel regular and my old woman
when she tuck sick wa^ ticked to
no that she would get a fine fun
ral.
They did not keep there prom
ise about the eofin. They sent this
ole cheep box that was no count.
First time a hard rane come my
old woman going to git all wet
and mudy.
Now mister Boney. I want you
to make the berry-asoseashun give
me my money back 1 found this
js the law so I no you can do il.
Something must be done about
this rite away. I want to by a new
cofln so my old woman can be
happy and I nowed too that if
something is not duii, 1 am going
to catch hell from her first time
she can give if to me
The berry assov>ashun people
dont scent to care how much rane
and mud gets thro the not holes
of the ole pine box I ask you
how wood thev like to !y in a box
like that, ha ha.
Please mister Boney let me
here from you rite away so I can
get my old woman stratend out
and got this bizzness off my mind.
1 got other things to tend to and
it aint rite for no woman to wory
a man after shes suposed to be
ded and berried
Yours truly
Robert s johnson
Twice as many people are ill
during March as during July.
One estimate is that each juve
nile delinquent child casts the
taxpayers S300.
Looking
Back Over
The Years
20 years ago
Owners of Belle Meade an
nounce the sale of seventeen lots
to W. L. Hardin, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Boyd,
Jr. are attending the annual en
campment of Spanish War Veter
ans in Asheville.
The Rev. and Mrs. Paul Hardin,
Jr. of Wadesboro are spending the
week at the Waynesville Country
Club
Miss Josephine Plott entertains
the NYL Club at watermelon cut
ting.
10 years ago
Severe rain stonn damages crop
in Hemphill, Maggie, Jonathan
Creek. Lower Crabtree and Fines
Creek.
Portrait of the late LI. James
S. Queen is unveiled and present
ed to the county by his parents in
impressive ceremony.
Miss Winifred Rodgers is en
gaged to Donald H. Krueger of
Morristown. N. J.
Mrs. Walter Cathey and her
son, Charles, of Clyde leave for
Germany to join her husband.
5 YEARS AGO
Cpl. Zeb Alley is awarded
Bronze Star.
Mrs. L. B. Genebaeh, Jr. and
young son return to Germany
where the former's husband. Lt.
Genebaeh. is stationed. They have
been visiting Mrs. Genebachs
parents, Mr. and Mrs Fred Mar
tin.
Mrs. O. R. Martin entertains at
tea honoring Mrs, Odin Buell.
Mrs. E. T. Turner, and Mrs. E.
H. Isenhour- all visitors in the
city.
Mr and Mrs. L. K Barber go
to Salem. Mass. for visit with the
latter's brother-in-law and sister.
Mr and Mrs. Jack Brown.
SCOH'S SCRAP BOOK By R. J. SCOTT
* - - - ~
LIQUID.
t Tiawmd TMLIT' LlKt
LIQUID,
fLdttlMt; 0? SOU KOI HC '^^^8
SMOOfKiV, AS, A LIOUtD
f^or. jrn
LIQUID, M
CAS* , o*. AS
CAM (L /
PROM PI LY' ^
m?oOkSH.
AS.UQUlfr ~
"b?
1 vv^
/^t ml slly a.mimals - 0?-f sltowmft
R?.C,l ??U Mil ?l tlMlfKKi, OK
twin wlh tahuui -fcllm tttmqut
rSClRAP5L
n, XfiCCj-**
?i - abi up kjr. cv
----vtv c*y;>^
\ \ C*\CK$0 ,
j \ v/ukl.so)c mow man*
v a pifdip Work bo yoa
10 sum w a
jlx so co*pim , ?ay p
?*wu.s ik
,,?r- lv 30,000 on most.
Rambling 'Round
By Frances Gilbert Frazier
Old age continues to gather in its toll, regardless of all that is
said in its favor. This was brought forcefully to mind by the break
ing down of the apple tree that has lived a more or less hectic life
This tree has stood faithfully by the south side of the Le Faine
Hotel for many years. Mr. Kirkpalrick, the owner of the hotel, says
he knows it has been there at least fifty years, and how much longer
he cannot say.
It has been a more or less temperamental tree, usually produc
ing an over-abundance of apples bi-annually, and on alternate years
absolutely ignoring production, even refusing to show a single bloom
But as must come to all, animal or vegetable, the tree has all
but passed into eternity . . , tree-wise. Two of its huge branches,
heavily laden, crashed to the ground leaving a fraction of the trunk
standing. But still holding its own, the stubby remnant of past glories
proudly shows its glossy greenness.
It's sometimes hard to understand the other fellow's attitude
unless you get in his position.
If you feel a sudden catch in your throat and a tear trembling
on the edge of your heart, you'll know you have Ivard of the j-eroy
George Memorial. This memorial is to be in the form of ^^feurc
Center to be built adjacent to the Children's Center at Lf^^Wuna
luska.
Leroy George was a ten-year-old boy. the son of Rev. and Mrs. L
B. George of Lake Junaluska, and he died in a Nashville hospital
following a heart operation. The small boy loved nature in every way
and was especially interested in a wildlife habitat group at the Rock
Hill museum, and a mineral collection by the Southern Appalachian
Mineral Society.
It is a memorial such as this one that will live on into eternity,
giving interest and pleasure to the living as well as a lasting tribute
to the dead. Instead of a cold, meaningless monument that appeals
only to the onlooker, this Nature Center will carry into the hearts of
millions of children the memory of a young boy who loved nature
and who loved the world he had to leave so early.
When we question why some things have tp b'e. there is only
One who knows the answer.
You can't tell us that old age doesft't have its compensations
You see. we have just celebrated a birthday land it was in the upper
brackets, if you please) and no young debutante of eighteen had a
beter time nor -was more laden with gifts. And you can't tell us.
either, that it doesn't pay to advertise, for among our most cherished
presents was a TV lamp and two huge boxes of candy to enjoy while
we watched the programs. To heck with the old saying . . . "Oh; to
be young again '. Shucks, life then was never like this.
There is no time like today. It will never come again.
Views Of Other Editors
RAMPS AGAIN about the odorous ramp, also
A Waynesville report says re- #?"*! '? as HavWood's favori,e
. T ? . little stinker
quests are coming in from such
far off places as Pennsylvania and ^ doesn t thrive in the hot
California for information on lowlands. Perhaps it likes the re
ramps and for the "delicacies" freshing mountain air because
themselves. that's the only way it can stand
There's one peculiar thing itscIf! _The Asheville Citizen
4*<?&WASHINGT0N
MARCH OF EVENTS
Jet Transports by 1960? I World Population Rising
Atomic Planes by 1965? I Faster Than Food Supply
Special to Central Press Association
WASHINGTON?Jet transports already are scheduled for com
mercial airline use by 1960, and by 1965 the Civil Aeronautics
administration is anticipating the use of atomic-powered commer
cial airliners.
The relentless search for something faster, smoother and cheaper
also is expected to lead to more use by airlines of the power/ul jet
stream winds which travel about 200 miles an hour four miles up.
R?p. Francis
Walter
jcl aucauu) aic cuusiucieu me *cneapeai
source of power" and already are used to some
extent by transports flying from the Orient to
the West Coast.
OA A officials predict that nuclear-poM|e<l
aircraft should be in the experimental ro^Hr
cial stage by 1965, and will be able to lad^>nJ
take off in much shorter distances than present
aircraft require because of their tremendous
power.
What about rocket planes? A CAA engineer
suggested that an inquiry into them might bet
ter be asked in 1965. Available in 1975, perhaps.
? ? ? ?
# BIG WORLD?A co-sponsor of the nation's
immigration law says the world is faced with
an "explosion of human fertility." Ren. Francis
Walter (D), Pennsylvania, puts it in this fashion:
"Every morning there are #5,000 new mouths to feed (in the
world). Every second a person dies and two are born. The world's
population is growing infinitely faster than the food supply pro
duced by the globe's good earth."
By 1970 the congressman expects India's population to reach 470
million; Mexico's population of 30 million to double. United States
population, he pointed out, has leaped more than 16 million in the
past six years, now totals some 167 million.
? ? ? ?
? UNITED STATES LOSING OUT'-Optimistic public statements
by the administration that the United States will not be outstripped
by the Communists in the race to develop more scientists and skilled
technicians are not borne out by statistics.
According to statistics by the Atomic Energy commission the
United States is not meeting a "quota" of 50,000 scientists and
engineers needed yearly in this country. Graduates number closer
to 25,000.
Part of the trouble apparently stems from the fact the number
of qualified teachers in science and mathematics at the high school
level, where the training of future scientists and engineers begins,
has dropped even where enrollment in these courses is up.
Additionally, about half the nation's high schools don't even in
clude some basic sciences, such as physics, in their course of studies.
? ? ? ?
? TAX STRATEGY?Democratic leaders in Congress fear Presi
dent Eisenhower will cut the ground out from under them in their
cat-and-mouse game over tax legislation. Each is watching the
other to see who makes the first move to cut taxes. So far. the
administation, with the President leading the way, has been acting
cool to any tax reductions.
However, the feeling in Congress is widespread Srstidsnt
that he has simply been stalling the Democrats,
who are anxious to please the voters this election StnUi*?
year with some kind of tax cut. D?mscroti?
Now the Democrats fear the President will come
out during a news conference this summer with a strong promise
to reduce taxes next year. He probably would say that the budget
surplus is not big enough to Justify one now but that all indications
powt to a good-sised surph?? "?*t spring. If the 8urp1uj, do,? ma.
Urtaltze. he could say, then he win ask for a tax reduction.