Gladys Picklesimer Writes
Interestingly of Holland Trip
Miss Gladys Picklesimer, a
former Jackson girl, who has been
stationed in Frankfurt, Germany,
for the past nine months, where
she is connected with the Court
Martial Department, recently
made a trip to Holland. She has
travelled extensively since she has
been jn Germany, this being her
2nd stay there having been employ
ed for eight mortths in Nuernburg,
in the translating division of the
International Military Tribunal,
1945-46. The following letter was
received by her sister, Mrs. Claude
Jones, upon her return from the
Holland trip:
Dear Folks:
I returned from my trip yester
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In the Rltz Building
Sylva, N. C.
day, and want to tell you about it
while it is still fresh in my mind.
This was by far the nicest trip
I have taken since I have been
over here. It was even nicer than
the trip to Switzerland last year.
I didn't take one of the govern
ment tours this time but went on
my own?that is, I traveled on
my own passport, but a girl with
whom I work went with me.
We left last Saturday morning
and took a train from here to
Amsterdam, * Holland. We left
here at about 11:30 A.M. and ar
rived in Amsterdam about 11.00
#iat night. One of the nicest
things about the whole thing is
that on the way to Holland we
went through the loveliest part of
Germany that I have seen so far?
and Germany still has the prettiest
scenery by far of any other coun
try I have seen over here. The
train goes almost all the way up
the Rhine river. For a great dis
tance you see miles of the vine
yards where the grapes are grown
that they make into wine. It is
very jnountainous, and the hills
are terraced with the vines. There
are dozens of old castles set up
on top of the highest hills, and it
really makes a pretty picture.
We went through Rotterdam and
The Hague in Holland, tout we
stayed in Amsterdam, which is
the biggest of the three cities. Hol
land is such a small country that
you can go from one end of it to
the other in no time. It is a very
prosperous looking country^ now.
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TO REVEAL HIDDEN LINCOLN LORE
FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT by the Library of Congress In Washington
that, on July 26, hitherto unpublished papers and documents of Abra
ham Lincoln will be made public, Dr. C. Percy Powell, indexer of Lin
coln collections, stands by the safe containing the historic material.
Under lock and key since Lincoln died, his son, Robert Todd Lincoln,
who died in 1926, turned them over to the Library with the direction
that they were to be opened 21 years after his death, (international)
There wasn't nearly as much war]
damage as I had expected to see,
and what little bombing was done
?I say "little" in comparison to
Germany?has been cleaned up,
and you can't tell it any more. The
city of Amsterdam is lovely. It
looks just as I had imagined it
would. It is very old, of course,
but even the oldest parts look so
clean, like it had just been scrub
bed. The Dutch are very proud
of their repletion of being so
clean, and tkey certainly work
hard at it. The whole city is link
ed together with canals. That is
one of the main modes of trans
portation. They use canals like
we use streets. Little boats run
up and down them "all the time.
I took a trip on a boat through the
canal, and you can go all over the
city on the same boat. The coun
tryside is the flattest I have ever
seen. It is only broken every once
in a while by their famous wind
mills. In the city the people dress
like in any other city, but out in
the country they still wear their
quaint costumes, complete with
wooden shoes and Dutch caps.
From Amsterdam?we stayed
there from Saturday till Wednes
day?we went to Brussels, Bel
gium, which is a six hour train
ride. Brussels is quite a large
city, and looks a great deal like
Paris, and I thought as a whole,
even prettier. There are a lot of
things to see there, and also there
is plenty to buy. Nothing is ra
tioned there, as it is in Holland.
However, prices are just out of
all reason in most cases. A lot
of stuff is imported from the Unit
ed States, and of course you pay
a lot of import tax, and then if
you get caught with it in Customs
going out you pay again, and so
there isn't much point to it.
The thing I enjoyed most in Bel
gium was a trip by bus that we
took, about ten miles from Brus
sels, to the place where Napoleon
lost his famous Battle of Water
loo. T*hey have built ?quite a
memorial there. It is an enormous
building, perfectly round, and on
the inside is painted, all around
the walls, a panorama of the bat
tle itself. It is so realistic you al
most feel you are looking at the
real thing. The farm houses are
still standing where Napoleon had
his headquarters, and also the one
where the Duke of Wellington had
his. I thought I had done enough
sightseeing over here not to get
excited about anything, but for
some reason I got more of a thrill
out of that than anything I have
seen in a long time.
Yesterday we flew back from
Brussels to Frankfurt. It only
took an hour and fifteen minutes,
onr* wViUa if mtoo o lHOg TOUgh
any my stomach felt a little
squeamish, it was better than the
all night ride back by^trainr
Anyway, I am back. It is cer
tainly hard to get used to this
place after you see a normal look
ing place again, but II guess I will
just work and look forward to go
ing some place else, which I hope
won't be too long off.
Love to all, Gladys.
ST JOHN'S CATHOLIC CHURCH
Schedule of Masses
Andrews, 2nd Surtday, 8 a. m.
Bryson City, every Sunday, 8 a.m.
Canton, 5th Sunday, 8 i, nv.
Cherokee, 3rd Sunday, 8 a vs.
Fontana Village, every Sun., 11 a.m.
Franklin, every Sunday, 8 a. m.
Highlands, every Sunday, 11 a. m.
Murpfcy, 1s% Sue 2*?, ' J A,
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Police Have Eight
Day Period Without
Having Single Arrest
According to the police depart
ment records the people of Sylva
are law-abiding citizens, there be
ing an tight-day period without
an arrest. The records also show
that there was a five-day period
without an arrest just prior to the
eight-day period. On July 15
thhere was one arrest, and again
on July 20 there were two arrests,
with the last one on thee 28th.
This is a record of which th town
can take pride in. While Sylva
does not have the usual run of ar
rests as most towns this size, the
record since the 15th is quite un
usual.
With the large number of beer
Baptist Circle Holds
Monthly Social Meeting
The Ruby Daniel circle oi tne
Baptist Woman's Missionary So
ciety had its monthly social meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Roger Dil
lard last Thursday night. There
was a very short business session,
during which the members dis
cussed plans for programs for the
coming meetings of the year. This !
was followed by the social hour,
the main part of the meeting.
The hostess served a salad course
to those present, among whom were
Mrs. Jimmy Buekner, Mrs. Nel
son Tatham, Mrs. Grayson Cope, ?
Mrs. Claude Campbell, Mrs. Til
man Bass, Mrs. Claud Jones, -and
Mrs. Porter Scroggs. I
Funeral Rites For
Lewis Pressley
Funeral services for Lewis
Pressley were held Saturday aft-'
ernoon, July 26, at 3 o'clock at the
Zion Hill Baptist church. Rev.
Joe Bishop and Rev. Zollie Fox
officiated. ,
Mr. Pressley was a life-long
resident of Jackson County, hav
ing spent most of his life in the.
Speedwell and Gay communities I
of the county.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Re
becca Pressley; three daughters,
Mrs. Fred Franks, *Mrs. Hester
Franks, and Mrs. Jimmie Franks;
two sons, Dexter Pressley and
joints springing up around town
and permits for sale of off premises
beer in town now available, we
doubt this record will long stand.
Chief Warlick has set-up a sys
tem of records for his department
which are most complete in every
detail, yet very to follow. A com
plete record of each arrest is made,
which gives the person's name,
age, race, business or work, what
charge with, tried, disposition of
case, fine, cost, eetc., if any. This
record is double indexed in perm
! anent files which can be referred
| to by any one now or 50 years in
1 the future.
Decoration At Love
Graveyard, August 10
There will be a decoration of the1
Love graveyard near Wiliets on'
Sunday, August 10, k.t 2 p. m.1
Everyone is invited to attend and
bring flowers for the decoration.
Monroe Pressley Wilson, an adopt
ed son; five grandchildren and a
host ot friends and relatives.
The pallbearers were Verco
Hyatt, Pete Sorrells, Perry R.
Hyatt, Odell Johnson, Walter John
son, and Will Sorrells.
Bryant Funeral Home of Fank
lin was in charge oi arrangements.
Cleaning, Decoration Of
East LaPorte Cemetery
All persons having relatives
buried at tn East LaPorte ceme
tery are urged to meet Saturday,
August 2. to clean the graves.
There will be a decoration of
the graves on Sunday, August 10.
Spring pigs were farrowed early
this year in contrast to the late
farrowing of 1946. Over 10 per
cent of the spring sows farrowed
in Febraury this year compared
with 9 percent in February 1946,
BAE reports. ?
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ENOl/XSE 8HTPPDid CNflTOUCTlbltB WTTH
The railroads have received 44 "rules"
demands from the leaders of the oper
ating unions . . . representing engi
neers, firemen, conductors, trainmen
and switchmen. They say they are
s^<?king only changes in working con
ditions?not a wage increase.
More Money For Less Work
But what kind of rules are being
asked for? Twenty-eight of them
would compel railroads to pay mors
money for the same, or less work;
7 would require additional and un*
necessary men to do the same workt
the rest would bring about changes
in operating practices at increased
cost.
For Instance:
The Union leaders demand additional
train and ^ngin^ crews on Diesel-pow
ered trains--one fui crew for every
power ni n toe locomotive. A freight
train hauled by a 4-unit Diesel would
have to -*rry 4 engineers, 4 firemen;
4 conductors, and at least 8 brakemen*
or a total of 20 men instead of 5.
"Made Work"-Sheer Wast*
The Union leaders demand that full
length freight trains be cut to about
half their length, even though such
trains are most efficient for low-oost
service to you. This rule would osll for
twice as many locomotives, would
double the number ot trains, and mate
accidents mors likely.
Additional equipment, yards, and
other facilities required to take ears ot
these short trains would oost bundled*
of millions. What the Union latdm
really want is to make more jobs.
The Union leaders demand that when
a crew in oas class of sendee pstog
will be paid not Ism than a day's pay
for each class, even though all ssrvioe
fapvformsdajapartoftbssameday's
work, n? crtw would get at least two
daytf pay for on* day*9 work.
The Union leaders demand that the
pwoal beaio day tot paawnger coo
ductors and trainmen be reduced from
lSO^to 100 miles, which would have the
effecF^of increasing their pay 50%.
Such a run often takes only two or
three hours!
You Can't Afford This Waste
I Demands like these are against the
' interests of the whole American
people, who depend on railroad serv
ice for nearly everything they eat9
wear and use.
These rules would cost a billion dol
lars annually?a gigantic waste which
neither the railroads nor the country
eah afford.
Railroad workers ar^good citizens
and good employes, with pride in their
calling. Their record during the war
was outstanding. We do not believe ~
they fully understand the "featherbed"
rules which the Union leaders are de
manding. We do not believe they
understand the harmful results which_
these rules would have to the railroad
industry, to the millions of men and
women dependent on railroads for their
livelihood, and to the shipping and coa?
suming public.
The treat strength of America is la
production?an honest day's work
for an honest day's pay.
For only through greater production
can we hope to stop the steady upward
i surge of living oosts.
' Surety* If ever there was a time to
our history when we needed to worM
not waste; this Is It.
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