Catalooche Forest
Fire Record US Best
(Continued from pace 1)
dex goes as high as 200."
The reading of the condition of
the forest is radioed three times
dally to Gatlinburg, and from this
information much of the weather
forecasts are niade.
The Cataloochee area has had
more campers this fall than ever.
Many folk felt that the camp
ground would close with the encj
of the fishing season, but the i
campground is open 12 months of
the year.
The Cataloochee campground is |
the only Park campground in the J
Park that is not bothered with
bears in the summer. The camp
ground is slated for expansion
under the program of "Mission
66".
Ranger Hannah said that when
the road from the Pigeon River
Highway to the Cataloochee camp
ground is built ? about six miles
?that the area will be another
Cades Cove.
Many people who use the cainp
gro^^tnow come back season af
ter ^HTson, because it affords so
many natural advantages, al
though hard to reach over High
way 284
Ranger Hannah says he meets
a lot of the people who gets onto
NC 284 by missing the turnoff on
US 73 to Gatlinburg just above
Cosby. They often say, "Where
1 does this trail end?"
Ranger Hannah has a stock an
swer, "Just stay in the trail and
you'll find the most beautiful sec
tion of the world known to man."
And pleasing to Hannah is the
tact that the number of out-of
state cars is steadily increasing.
The native of Cataloochee is a
one-man Chamber of Commerce.
The ranger has very little
trouble with v'^ators in his area?
the greatest violation is fishermen
with excessive fish. It seems when
they get to fishing for trout in
Cataloochee-they lose all count of
their catches. Very few try to fish
without a license.
Hannah believes the proposed
road from lieintooga to Cataloo
chee Campground would be one
of the best things that ever hap
pened to develop the Eastern End
of the Park ? of course the con
struction of the Pigeon River
Road comes in for the number one
spot.
Ranger Hannah has investigated
one plane crash in his area since
1943 ? that was in the fall of
1955 when a doctor was flying a
small craft over the Park to make <
colored pictures. The plane fell '
ana me doctor was forced to walk I t
out to Hannah's station, several '
miles distance and arrived just as '
spotted planes overhead found the 1
wreckage. '
During World War II a plane '
carrying four people is thought to
have fallen in the same area. To
date no trace has been found of c
the craft. Ranger Hannah has a v
feeling that the plane could have (
gone down in a hemlock grove. [
and literally disappeared from the j
earth, as it would be impossible
to spot from the air, and the
dense undergrowth makes it al
most impossible to reach such
areas from the ground. i
"About the only hope of run- \
ning into the wreckage would be (
when a party of rangers are out on \
blister rust control work, and just i
happen onto it in such a dense t
grove," Hannah explained. 1
The Cataloochee school is the
only one in the Park, and this year
has six students, with Mrs. Mary
E. White the teacher. There are
two churches in the area: Palm
er's Chapel, and the Little Cata
looehee church. The annual home
coming is held at Palmer's Chapel,
and a memorial service at the oth
er church. Last summer a pastor,
a camper at the campground, held
services at the church while he va
cationed in the community.
Hanger Hannah believes he has
the best place in the world to
work, yet he is generous enough
to want others to see and share
the many things which are offered
at Cataloochee. He thinks that a
bout three other rangers will be
required when the Pigeon River
Road is opened and the new camp
ground constructed.
South Pole Film To Be
Shown To Two Clubs
Lions will see an interesting col
or film tonight, ''Assignment. Bot
tom of The World". This film was
made recently at the South Pole by
Saul Pett, and is being made avail
able to members of The Associated
Press, which includes The Moun
taineer.
Members ot the Rotary Club wil'
view the interesting film on Friday
at one o'clock.
Famous inventor Alexander Gra
ham Bell once designed a tetra
hcdrial kite, the Cygnet, which
carried a man to an altitude of 18f
feet in 1907.
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OFFICERS of the F'uture Teachers of America
chapter at Fines Creek High School this term are
Barbara Ferguson, vice president^ Patricia Kirk
Patrick secretary: Margaret Rogers, president:
Jean Rogers, treasurer, and Juanita Lowe, re
porter. (Mountaineer Photo).
Personals
i
Mrs. Carl Gillis and her chil
iren. Patty and Paul, have return
ed to their home in Clyde after I
visiting the former's brother-in
aw and sister, Sgt. and Mrs. C.
\. Reinert, at Cherry Point. They j
eere accompanied by Mrs. Gillis'
nother, Mrs. John Wilson of
Janton.
* * *
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Leatherwood
>f Jonathan Creek are spending a
aeation in Florida. They were ae
?ompanied by Mrs. Leatherwood s
trother-in-law and sister. Mr. and ,
tlrs. Glenn Tweed of Asheville.
* ? ? I
BETSY FISHER BREAKS ARM
Betsy Fisher, daughter of Mr i
rnd Mrs. Clyde Fisher of Hazel-;
vood. has been in the Haywood
bounty Hospital since Tuesday
\ hen she suffered a broken arm |
n a fall at her home. According
o reports she will return to her:
tome today or tomorrow,
? ? 1 ?
Miss Betty Barber attended
Homecoming events at the Univer
sity of the South, Sewanoe, last
weekend as the guest of Tommy
Britt.
* * ?
Mrs. G. V. Howell of Jonathan
Creek is visiting her son and
daughter-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. Vin
son Howell, in Greenville, N. C,
Mr Howell will join her tomorrow
and they will return on Monday.
* * * ?.
Mr. and Mrs. I. .! N'ordemaii
and their children have returned
to their home in Albuquerque,
N M.. after spending a week with
Mrs Nordeman's mother. Mrs
Myrtle Mull on Chestnut Park
Drive; ?
* * #
Mrs. Hewitt T. Murphy, who
spent the summer and taU months
at her home on I.enoir Civile, left
Wednesday for her home in
Tampa. Florida. She was accom
panied by Mr- n. L. Baughman.
who will visit her father, Dr. C
II Driscoll, in Bradenton.
T. L. Francis Debates
With Mars Ilill Team
T. L. Francis is a member of the
Mars ilill College debating team
which left today to debate against
a team at the University of South
Carolina in Columbia. Francis Is
debating on the affirmative side
i of the question, "Resolved that
the United States Should Discon
tinue Direct Foreign Economic
Aid "
He is the soil of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Harley Francis and was grad
uated from Waynesviltc High
i School last spring
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Driver's License Office
To Be Closed Monday
The driver's license office in the
j basement of the Courthouse will
be closed this Monday in observ
ance of Veterans Day according to
i examiner Thomas t.entz.
The office will reopen Tuesday
? morning at 8 o'clock
Letters Shed Light On Lee
By SVD KKONISII
AP Newsfeatures
Gen. Hubert Edward Lee's repu
tation as a brave soldier and keen
military strategist during the turb
ulent C'ivrl Wiri* preserved in his
tory.
Hut behind the stiff and seri
ous facade of the soldier lay the
warm and witty soul of a man
with a zest for life
And, a> history relates hi- hap
piest years were spent as u junior
officer in the U. S Army before
the Civil War.
This young Lee vividly comes
to life in a newly found and hit.ii
erto unpublished batch of 13 let
ters written by him between Nov.
3. 1831, and June 21. 1846
To Best Friend
They were written to his best
friend and former West 1'oiht
roommate. Lt. John Mackay. and
were saved for posterity by Mac
kay's family.
Til.- fact that the> were saved
it all is one of the most remark
able things about them sjnee they
vere written at a time when Lee
vas a young officer with no indica
'ion that one day he would become
the geneial-in-chief of the Con
federate armies.
The letters speak of adv mtures
villi the Indians, barracks life in
he Army, and a secret expedition
being fitted out to take over Cali
"ornia.
But his great man's letters al
so reveal a charming individual
with a keen sense of humor and
love for friends and family.
Lee makes many affectionate
references to his family, calling
.his children "the dearest annuals
of the season" and tells how they
play while he is at Work. "I have
been made a horse, dog. ladd -r;
and target for a cannon by the lit-'
lie Lees since I started writing."!
?Sense of llumor
This one. dated March 18. 1841 1
from Lee's home in Arlington. Va.,
was written tongue in cheek
fashion:
"Among the tilings thai then
distracted my attention was the
arrival of another little Lee, whose
approach however long foreseen, I j
could have dispensed with for a t
year or two more. However, as she 1
was in such haste to greet her Pa.'
I am now very glad to see her, J
although .she has not conformed J
to the order established by her j
predecessors. For you must know j
that we have been very precise in
arranging them in pairs of a hoy
and a girl, and eome out of her
turn. Yet I must play the forgiv
ing father and exedse her first of
fense. To add to the confusion cre
ated in the wigwam by this un
precedented breach of discipline,
the aforesaid couples prepared j
themselves with most obdurate'
colds and opened upon this new-!
comer with such an incessant bark
ing that all my carc and attention ,
were required to keep them from
her captivating presence . .
Time For Gripes
As a young officer, i.ve found
time for several gripes about
Army life. Said he on Oct. 19.
1838 from Des Moins Rapids:
"The manner in which the Army
is considered and treated by the
country and those wine" business
it is to nourish and take care of
it, is enough to disgust everyone
with the Service, and has the ef
fect of driving every good soldier
from it. and rend'ring those who
remain discontented, careless and!
negligent." i
There also are letters Written)
during his bachelor days when he
discuses the pretty young ladies
lie had seen and talks about the
flat, stale arid unprofitable life
of a bachelor."
The discoverer of these previ
ously unpublished pieces is Charles
Hamilton of SI 5 Madison Ave..
New York, a dealer in rare auto
graphs and documents.
Hamilton who is always search
ing for such historical works and
who is considered an authority
on the subject, says:
"Historians as well as fond ad
mirers and readers of Lee 'like
myself* certainly are clad these
new letters have been brought to
light.
"Any time new evidence con
cerning the lives of great men
is uncovered it brings us all in
more intimate contact with those
revered so much and gives us a
peek behind the curious curtain of
history."
LETTERS FROM LEE: Here are a few of the 13 hitherto unpublished letters written by Robert E.
Lee as a young officer (1831-1816). Note how the letters were folded so the back became the envelope.
Sealing wax kept them closed. The photo of L** during this period shows him in the uniform of the
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