Newspapers / The Waynesville mountaineer. / Oct. 15, 1956, edition 1 / Page 3
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v^LNEW YORITn ^pTj|Rr M"rth Callahan The spirit of Izuak 'Walton prevades this town now that Marie Fish and James Bass have just gotten married and are coming here on their honeymoon as guests of a fisherman's magazine. The young couple hail from Angier, North Carolina and took qut their marriage license in nearby Lilling ton. Not orily are Fish and Bass their r?.?I rtantcs. but Marie's boss is named B. B. Pool and James's is A. J. Skaale. It seems that the couple had planned a quiet car trip of a honeymoon, when the magazine learned of their names and plans. Now they are coming as guests and will be given a round of gaiety here - free of charge. Well, Mr, and Mrs. Bass, welcome to the big swim! No show is worth all that. But crowds are standing in line here to buy tickets for the hit, "My Fair Ladv," and when the long luge finally moves a buyer up to the window, he can only get seats for next March. What's more, the line begins to form about 4 a.m.. and in theJ^^irkv half-light of early morni^^mioks from a dis tance like theroythical shost-herd in the sky. Some grow tired of the standing - so they sell their places In the line to some other night hawk hovering about ? and when he gets up to the window, usually finds that he can buy standing rcom only for the show. When I first came to New York, T stayed in the Hotel Lincoln on Rth Avenue not far, off Times Snuare. It was a friendly place, which surprised me for I had heard this town was eold to stran gers. Later the 1.300-room hostelry was allowed to run down until there were only a few people staving in it. About a vear ago, it was bought by a prominent real estate man here, who had a hard time getting the few remaining tenants to leave. Then he refurnished the hotel and renamed it. the Manhattan, that good old Indian monicker which, it is a wonder, some one had not already stuck on some other hotel here. Sometimes this city is referred to as "Broadway," and there is a reason. For this street is the long est in the world, geing 16 miles in length while Manhattan Island is only 12'? miles long itself. Broadway runs from the southern tip of the island ?through financial, civic, needle-trades, amusement, automobile, residential and edu cational sections to a little farm at the northern extremity. I visited this farm and was delighted at all the rural aspects *of animal and crops it has, yet touches the main street of the world's greatest city. So many great men have owned newspapers that even a list of them would require a whole column. But it is interesting to note that Thomas A. Edison, among his other accomplishments, printed and pub lished his own newspaper when qiiite young. He bought a used hand press and some type and in his spare time turned out his "Weekly Herald." He gathered news, set the type and printed the paper?besides handling advertis ing. 'This is said to have been the only newspaper ever published on a train. Gotham Gatherings: the restau rant said to have the biggest front lawn of any is the local Tavern on-the-Green, with all of Central Park for Its yard . . . unusual ad: '"Unemployed writer of fairy tales seeks other work. Unable compete with reality. References on re quest. Write Hans Christian An derson % B&O Magazine" . . . passed Henry Fonda on the street and he needed a hair cut badly . . . understand the Meramec Caverns of Stanton. Mo. are conducting an underground poll on who is ex pected to be President ... an exhibit at a local home-furnishings show included a Lowell Thomas rcom, duplicating, his home in Pawling. N. Y. Only catch is that Lowell is?rarely at home. Hugh B. Norton Has- Position In Washington Hugh B. Norton, Waynesville photographer, has accepted a po | sition as a photographer with the National Gallery of Art, Washing ton, D. C. He will close his studio here shortly and will begin his new work on November 1. Norton has been in business in Waynesville for the past three years, coming here from Tryon. He is a graduate of Rochester In j stitute of Technology and is a na tive of Michigan. Mrs, Norton and their children, Ann. 8. and Ricky, 6, will move to Washington at the same time Mr. Norton goes. Soil Conservation \fork Explained To Rotarians Roy R. Beck, conservationist for the Haywood County Soil Conser vation District, was the principal speaker at a meeting of the Way nesville Rotary Club Friday af ternoon. To illustrate his talk, Mr. Beck j showed slides of various conser-, vation projects including contour i strip cropping, drainage of bot tom lands, sowing of cover crops. | and seeding roadbanks to halt erosion. There are 15.000 rose bushes of 150 varieties in the Sunken Rose Garden in Santa Fe, New Mexico. PAUX, GEORGE BILLY GEORGE New honors have come to Cadet Captain Paul George and Cadet Master Sergeant Billy George at Riverside Military Academy, Gaines ville, Ga. Both boys have been named members of the Cadet Council in elections recently held by the Corps of Cadets, Both bovs are already members of the Horton Society and in ad dition. Captain Paul George, a member of the senior class, is president of the Horton Society and a member of the Honor Court, one of River side's three major leadership groups. Both are also members of the Riverside varsity football team. They are sons Mr. and Mrs. C. A. George of Waynesville. Special Automotive Taxes In State-Total $138 Yearly The average North Carolina high- , ?ray user now pays ov 'r $138 a year in special automotive taxes that are in addition to his regular share af general taxation, according to ?Goals," a new pocket handbook 1 just issued by the North Carolina Petroleum Industries Committee. 1 This per-vehicle tax cost is brok en down into an average $86.73 a ' year paid in state and federal taxes on gasoline; $20.86 in state motor license and carrier fees; $6.33 in sales taxes on automotive products, and $24.26 in federal automotive taxes. Featured in the booklet is^a six point program of objectives urged in behalf of highway users by this statewide committee of oil men, headed by J. V. Delander, chair man. "As an organization." Delander said, "we foster and support pub-' lie policies which are fair to our customers, our industry and the state at large." The six goals he listed for the present year are: Keep Gas Tax Reasonable, Protect Highway Funds, Insure Fair Competition. Reduce Inspection Fees, Repeal Gasoline Pump Tax, and Promote Highway Safety. One section of the booklet traces the history of gasoline taxation in North Carolina from the original 1-cent state tax, first levied in 1921. to the present combined state aod federal tax rate of IOV4 cents a gallon, and concludes: "In North Carolina the average retail price of regular gasoline, ex cluding taxes, is now about 19.9 cents a gallon?11.4 cents less than the 31.3-cent average price here in 1920. But while the price of the product itself?unlike other com modities?is actually lower than it was 36 years ago, present taxes on gasoline now add more than 50 per cent to the cost.'' Want ads bring quirk results Dellwood Church Plans Homecoming For 21st Homecoming will be observed at the Dellwood Methodist Church Sunday, October 21, at the 11 o'clock service. The pastor, the Rev. Grady Barringei. will preach and will conduct a memorial ser vice. A picnic lunch will be served on th^ church grounds immediately following the service. All members, past members, and friends of the congregation are in vited to attend. HIT,II CALDWELL, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Caldwell. Route 2, Waynesville. is now tak ing training as a mechanic's mate at the U. S. Naval Center at Great Ijikes. HI., where he has been since entering service after graduation from WTliS in June. I He recently spent a 11-day leave with his parents. The United Nations Mission sent to inspect the Trust Territory of New Guinea was composed of rep resentatives of Britain, Belgium, India and Guatemala. Gerald West Dies At 75 In Georgia; Herbert Gerald W'est of Mari etta, Georgia, a former resident of Waynesville, died SiA'iday morn inu In a Marietta hosnital after a long Illness. He was 7."5t A son of the late Herbert Ger ald and Nancy Webb We^t, he was born In Klnston and cann? to Wfcy nesvllle with his parent^ during his early boyhood. He imoveel to Marietta In 1918.. \ ' West was a conductor on the L and N Kuilroad for 47 yefers and retired In 1948. He was a ihember of the Waynesville First l/.letho dist Church and was a Ma.-4on. His wife Is the former Miss I Mattie Love of Waynesville. Graveside rites were con ducted at Green Hill Cemetery hnre this afternoon at 2 o'clrick wllth the Rev. Earl H. BrendaJl, pantor of the Firsrt Methodist Church, of ficiating. Pallbearers were Ben , Sloan, Hugh Massie, Paul Martin,' Weav er Kirkpatrick, Theo McCirarken, and J. H. Howell. Surviving, In addition toi the wife, are two daughters, Mrs. Julian Wilson of Falls Church, iVa. and Mrs. William H. Dean of A Mari etta; seven grandchildren; anVi a brother. John W. West of Wayiles ville. Arrangements here were (un fler the direction of Garrett Funekal Home. DEATHS Funeral services were held Sat urday morning in the chapel of Crawford Funeral Home at Can ton for Robert E. Davia, 66, who died Thursday In an Ashevtlle hospital following a long illness. The Rev. Lawrence C. Newman officiated and burial was in Bon A-Venture Cemtery. Pallbearers were J. C. Harri son, Barton Ray, Oliver Hamlet, Max Tatham, Bill Abbott, and Frank Cabe. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Champion Old Timers Club. Davis,- a native of Gedrgia, came to Canton in 1927 from Gordon. Georgia. He was ?. retir ed Champion Paper and Fibre Co. employe* and was a* member of the Champion Old-Timer s Club, Surviving are his y-ife, Mrs. Elizabeth Graves Dtf vis; two daughters, Mrs. Mauricfa Kelly, Jr. of Canton and Mrs. George Beard of Fort McPherson?< Ga.; three granddaughters; a sister, Mrs. Clara Burke of Biltmore, Md.; two nephews, and a nie?;e. Students Will Receive Report Cards This Week Report cards. : showing the scholastic standing: of students for the first six weeks' grading per iod, will be distributed in the WaynesvUle schools tlds week. The fiwt grading period endrd last Wednesday. WHERE DREAM HOMES COME TRUE ... t DREAMING OF A HOME OF YOUR OWN? THEN DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. OPEN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAY AND WATCH IT GROW. ' OUR CURRENT INTEREST IS 3i" HAYWOOD SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION i %149 MAIN STREET WAYNESVILLE .rAc"AccomT is ir^ INSURED UP TO $l?.m BY Ng 5^1 JlJtjiLU+gJ) THE FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN INSURANCE CORPORATION BIG S1TO R E WID EE VENT! MO^FU N ! 'M O R E E "" CONTESTS! EXHIBITS! PRIZES! MORE VALUES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT! HURRY IN! t Men's All Wool Flannel SLACKS ? Grey, Brown, Charcoal, Navy, Tan, Light Grey ? Regular $9.95 Value $795 * ALTERATIONS FREE! 4 Large Table of Plaid and Solid Color FLANNEL PIECE GOODS ? 36 Inches Wide ? Values to 18c ^ Ladies' Cotton Flannel JJ*. GOWNS ? Solids & Prints f ? 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