New Travel Signs
. Meant To Heighten
Motoring Pleasure
A program to make every ride
along a North Carolina highway a
travel tour has be>en launched by
the North Carolina Travel Coun-1
cil.
Through cooperation with the
Highway and C St D departments.'
the Council hopes to guide travel
ers to points of interest and to re
veal significant and dramatic fea
tures along the roads.
"It is not our intention to clut
ter the highways up with more
signs." said Bill Sharpe. of Raleigh,
chairman of the Sign Committee,
"nor to duplicate the historical
markers."
"We only want to mark neglect
ed points and make it easier for
travelers ? home folks and tour
ists alike?to find interesting places
and to know when they get there.
Relatively few signs will be jieed
ed."
A model sign has been erected
by the committee on N. C. 181
north of Morganton. Erected on a
turnout, it identifies on the hori
zon three spectacular features of
the i^>e ? Sitting Bear, Table
Rorl^^Kd Hawksbill. "Thousands
of j^^lo have passed this spot
without lifting their eyes," said
Sharpe, "and many who have seen
the ridge don't know what they're
looking at."
The committee also noted that
the growth of the secondary road
system had opened up scores of in
teresting new routes, but even local
people didn't know what they led
to. "We propose to put up signs
telling what a traveler will see if
he takes these new short-cuts.
Some of them lead to waterfalls,
picnic areas, trout waters or lakes.
We also are trying to identify gaps,
canals, waterways, and other na
tural wonders which will enhance
appreciation of our state."
He appealed to citizens to submit
suggestions to the Committee.
These will be screened and passed
on to the cooperating agencies for
possible fulfillment.
A KEEN-EYED MARKSMAN casts a critical eye on the efforts of
his competitors at the annual t'ataloochee Beef Shoot. The family
of Frank Hich have been perennial contenders at the event.
Washington Supermarkets
Have International Flavor
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON ? Mrs. Casey
Jones, widow of the legendary
character who most Americans be
lieve exists only in a songwriter's
imagination, is still alive and keep- ,
ing green the memories of the hero
of the iron horse in Jackson, Tenn. 1
Mrs. Helen Duprey Bullock, his
torian of the National Trust for
historic Preservation, says:
"Though now 86, Mrs. Jones is
still alert and one can still see
traces of the beauty of the sprigh
tly, red-haired Irish lass who in
1886 at the age of 16 married the ,
brave Casey, then 22."
The town of Jackson and the ,
Assn. for Preservation of Tennes
l
see Antiquities, which is a member
ol tin* National Trust, have taken
over and furnished their early 19th
century frame house, for a nat
ional museum 61 railroading.
In it will be a copy of the fam
ous whistle which Jones used and
whose handling set hirrr apart from
the common run of engineers of
his day. The sound he made has
been variously described by old
timers as a sort of "whjppoqrwill"
call and like the "war cry of a
Viking." a mournful wail, "starting
low and working up to a fearful
crescendo."
In those days the whistle was
the personal property of the en
gineer. The real whistle is owned
by the St Francois Railroad club
of Bonne Terre. Mo.
Also on display are copies of
the ballad narrative as told by
Wallace Saunders. Negro engine
wiper?"Come, all you rounders,
for 1 want you to hear the story
told of a brave engineer; Casey
Jones was the rounder's name;
on a heavy six-eight wheeler he
rode to fame." Saunders, who
said he just made up the original
folk song, "kinda different every
! day." Was persuaded to write it
down for a bottle of gin.
It was picked up first by a
vaudeville team, then a song
writing team known as Newton
and Seibert changed the verses
slightly and made it their own
by copyrighting it in 1903.
When Casey was killed the
news came to Mrs. Jonck and
their three children at Jackson.
Charles, uow living in Jackson.
was 12; Helen, now Mrs. O CI
McKonzie. Mobile. Ala. was 8,
and John Loyd, who died in 1934.
was 4. The copyrighted version of
the song contains the line:
IT'S A LO-O-OO-ONG I.ONG RIFLE that our modern-da* l?a\>
( rocketi is using toward a target lit) yards awav. II..- photo was
made'at last year's Beef Shoot at CataloOchee Ranch, when F.d
1 ,,nn? .
ward S Maunei ill Rlairsville, (.a., showed up all tunned out in
the proper regalia (or handling the ancient in lizzie-loader.
U nited Press Photo).
*iunt ABUl 1
Beef Shoot
(Continued from page 1)
the melting of lead and pouring til I
bullets, and the careful measuring
of powder charge*; (sometimes in a
hollow bear's tooth>. Throughout
the day. there are lively discus-1
sioos of the merits of favorite
rifles, which often have names like
"Ole Betsy." "Ole Fleabitten Bus
ty," or "Ole Granny"
Each contestant makes his own
target of charred wood in any torni
he wishes; it is the closeness of the
pattern of three shots at tin yards
that decides the winners. The
judges use calipers to measure the
patterns, Grand uri/e in each divi
sion is a quarter of beef, and there
are additional prizes for the second
and third place winners
Most of the shooting is done
from prone position, and a log or
Other rest may be used for the rilti
Some of the marksmen tire I on
a position Hat on their barks: oth
ers sit on a chair 01 kneel Tlie\
may take as'long a- three minutes "[
to aim, and fliejr assistants are ai-t
lowed to shade i; > i gilts ,,
breechloeks of tho l ilies tioin t!ie
suii.
I
Long-barrelled rifles are not -u.
plentiful as in. the nasi hut Ales
ander always manages t(> assemble
a good supply for the Beef Shoot
with the help of neighboring fam
ilies. Many of the ri(h were made
in* the* Catalooeiier' area, ofhet <
were imported long ago from Lan
caster, Fa., and are known as L.in
caslers." All of the guns art' locally
roi erred lb .is 'haw g 11ll< - '
A ! t lam ah IJw shootim; contest (
last i >ill5 ii'oin i> .l it) it lit i I admit ,
H 3D p.m. ('(uitk'Stanls arid specta-N
tm- bejjin arrivihjj by dawn. i)ur-|
it' the due, nimiiitain music by.the
tic: i .a dual fiddlers and ' banjo !
picket is heard between lliinit '
r,omuls \t nooji iiicnie lunches are '
-I'r < d out under ttu> big tnvs
Farm-Home Safety Fair
Scheduled For August 16
Haywood County's first Home I
aid Kami S.dVtv Fair will be held '
.11 Camp Hope \ugu.st Hi. according *'
to plans announced tin's week by 1'
the ('omniuhiC l)<>\ elopnieht pro- c
I'.tanr (n '.ini/alion and the Hay- '
w.iiiid Count} Me dical Socictv. i '
I
'this event, the first program j |
p| Its .kind to Mns area in the field J. |
jf health ami .safety, i- a joint ef?
fort ol the ('l)l' and Home Dcm
Hisiration Clubs of the county,
?poarhcaded l>.v the Thickety
'OP group ami supported by the
lay wood County Medical Society.
The fair is a part of a project in
ionic and farm safely undertaken
>v the Thickety Community in
-oiiipetit jot) fori (he annual CDF'
iv.aixls offered by the county or
jani/afibn and ilie Western North
Carolina Agricultural Council. W.
?ihcrrell .timison, chairman of the
rhickety group, is serving as
-hairman of the program
The fair will feature home and
"arm -displays during the afternoon
if August lt>. from I until 9 o'clock.
The annual picnic for the rural
I>
people of thf county will be held,
preceding the afternoon program
One of the elaborate displays
emphasizing home and farm safety
will come from the Board of
Health office in Raleigh.
Tractor hazards and safety mea
sures will be demonstrated by
tractor drivers under the direction
of Hugh Rogers.
Kitchen hazards will he demon
straited by Home Demonstration
Clubs, aided by Miss Mary Corn
well. home agent.
Dan Merrill, chief of the Brevard
Fire Department is expected to
demonstrate electrical hazards i'l
a comprehensive exhibit of a house.
Ralph M. Crawford, Canton Red
Cross safety chairman, will demon
strate. and teach artificial respira
tion throughout the afternoon. At
the same time the Haywood County
Hospital will provide technicians
and material to do blood types and
RH factors on all who wish them,
free of charge.
The importance of health and
accident insurance will be stressed,
and the need for civil defense will
bo explained by a representative
of the area civil defense organiza
tion.
The Haywood County Nurses
Association will demonstrate
hazards in the home medicine
cabinet and their possible removal.
The Medical Auxiliary will em
phasize the importance of safe toys
through the medium of a puppet
show presented by Mrs, Faith
lli itton.
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