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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER Page 2 PR0Sl1 The Mountaineer Published By THE WAYNESVILLE PRINTING CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Seat f Hayuood County W. CURTIS BUSS - MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN .... Associate Editor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED EVEIiY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year, In Haywood County LM Six Months, In Haywood County ie Year, Outside- Haywood County AH Subscriptions Payable in Advance leTK, Nueuib i), 1 1 - ?na . ..i ,,. crut word. or ai 1 . 1 Konh Carolina PUSS AiSOClAllON THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 19 JO Forging Ahead A great many Haywood citizens live so close to their community and county that it is hard for them to see and appreciate all the progressive activities that are going on. Too often such people are like the man who stood within a few inches of a brick wall and assumed that the wall was made of only one brick. From his viewpoint he was right, be cause he could only see the surface of one brick. He Was too close to see the other thousands that made up the beautiful and impressive side of a skyscraper. Only last week one Haywood citizen, with a pessimistic outlook, was lamenting the fact that nothing was going on in Haywood. His version of affairs was based, of course, on what he saw. He was so close to the com munity he failed to get a broad vision of the vast progressive activities that are underway. This newspaper has said time and time again that to appreciate fully Haywood Coun ty one should travel into other parts of the country and see what they have, and with what they have to work, before passing con demnation on Haywood. Right now something over $300,000 is be ing spent improving secondary roads in this county. Plans are being made to double the output of the cannery. Manufacturing plants are working full time. The inlaid wood plants are rushed with or ders. Farmers on every hand are improving their stock and lands. They are getting in a posi tion to make more money than ever. In fact, Haywood farmers have money. This was evidenced only last week, when 32 head of purebred -stock were sold for cash to Hay wood stockraisers. Building is more active now than at any time in many years. New homes are going up in almost even,- section of the county. Although this county is conservative, it is constantly forging ahead, and, after all, it is steady growth that counts. This steady growth is proven by the recent 1940 business census, which revealed 57 per cent more businesses in Haywood today than ten years ago. - '" There is no question about it Haywood County is moving forward. She is going for ward steadily. : It is a natural and healthful growth.;';.:.";. Easter Reflections Easter, we understand, was: not generally observed in Europe, and it seems fitting that : such should be the case. With the greater part of the Old World at one another's throats, and greed, hate and destruction of both life and property the pre dominating influences today, it is hardlv con sistent that they should participate in the celebration of a festival so significant of peace and salvation. ; Why this state of barbarism should still exist, now almost 0,000 years since that first Easter. we cannot understand nor attempt to explain. We can only be thankful that we live in a country where the Occasion can still be observed with reverence and in peace. Fun At Home There has recently been a movement start ed in town to provide a recreation night for the high school age in the community, con sisting of an informal evening of amusement in the American Legion home, under super vision that the most careful and protective parent would approve. We hear the boys and girls are not allowed to leave the hall until the appointed hour of going home. If the child does not arrive on a definite time, it is the child's fault, and the parent and those supervising the recreation period know where the blame should be placed. The provision of this evening of supervised amusement grew out of the tendency of the x-nuntr ruvtnlp nf thp teen ace to find fun away from home. We hear a great deal about the tempo of modern living and how it is disrupt ing our home life. The problem has many angles. We recognize that in the changing cycle of time living conditions have undergone vast changes. Livfcg quarters in many instances are not as commodious, with the more com pact apartment of today, as formerly. Yet there are still many houses left, and in a rural community like this most people are living in individual homes. We are old-fashioned enoutfh to feel that parents must still maintain a home that is a welcome place to young people, with interests, or they will seek them elsewhere. By making a home an attractive place, we do not mean an extravagant display but a friendly atmosphere that is felt by those w-ho enter. We approve of the supervised evening of fun, but it brings up the question: Have we parents failed ? Let us "look homeward" and study the situation. Do we spend more money on cars and gas oline in order that we and our families may leave home, rather than make the place where we stay attractive? Does it peeve us to give up something we want to do to stay home with the children? Had we rather have the "crowd" at our house, or do we dislike to be disturbed by the noise, similar to the kind we once made, but have completely forgotten that we were ever guilty? Do we merely tolerate the children Of other people whom our children like as friends, or do we make them feel at home and wish to stay in the friendly atmosphere of our pres ence?.. .- Should we blame the children entirely for this restlessness which seems to be a part of modern living? Or does it reflect to some extent the adult mode of living? Here and There -By-HILDA WAY GWYW Presumptuous as it sounds . . we have a suggestion to make to the Eev. James G. Huggin, Jr., pastor of the First Methodist church . . . (and for that matter to all .Jther ministers of the town who w be having the same problem 'to solve) . ... it so happens for obvious rea sons we know the trials and tribu lations of Mr. Huggin's Methodist flock better than we do the others . . . we have the habit (bad, we admit) of sitting in :he "back half" of the church ... so w do not often get the full benefit of the seating habits of the congre gation ud in fiont . . . and have missed the full exposed view of the front pews . . which we had advantage of on Easter Sun day . . . . the church was so , crowded . ..'-. our own particular i section being occupied . . . that we had the choice of a scat on the very back row . . . or up to-j ward the front , . . far up . . . we found seats on the sixth pew to the front . . . and to our amaze-; ment were five completely empty, pews in front of us . . the pastor had to talk over that much "space . . . before he reached his congrega tion . . . we had great sympathy for him, as we listened to his im pressive lesson of the Easter story. So while the collection was be ing taken . , . we worked it ail out for Mr. Huggin (without bejng asked) . . . how he could remedy that long stretch between the pul pit and his flock . . . Now we under stand when you acquire the habit of a certain pew you simply feel unnatural anywhere else . . . and then you become accustomed to the people sitting near you , ...'so after a time you do not feel at home in the church except in your own "corner" . . . . now this is the suggestion . . . . to Mr. Huggin . . . On next Sunday he might ask the congregation to move up one row . . . everybody in the church . ... . they will still have their "section associates" near them . . . and will feel perfectly at home ... then continue the move until the "space" is covered . . .one row each Sunday .'.'. by this method he could grad ually get his timid flock to the point where he would not have to preach to them from "long dis tance." ... Stewart C i I cntralKr N'AValevJ now su...1"! apiece . " teen But The Judge Cared Arrested for kicking his wife on the street in Seattle, Herbert Hayes explained: "You see, judge, it was my wife, and she didn't mind." But the judge did "mind" and sent Herbert to jail for ten days. The Reidsville Review. War And Prosperity It is difficult to believe, but former Gov ernor Max Gardner who said it is in a posi tion to make the report: "I hear so many voices contending that an early peace would upset business and further defeat prosperity in this country." If there are those who would prolong the war to promote prosperity, they do not have the sympathy of the rank and file of Ameri cans. The people of this country not only sympathize with the people of all the nations caught in the maelstrom of war; also they know that the longer the war lasts greater grow t he chances of their own involvement. Opposition to an early peace is not even good busmess, as the former Governor point ed out : War.always is destructive of perma iwnt prosperity: The most bullish, the most hopeful and the most optimistic event that cau d happen to the peoples: 0f these United States would come from the stacking of arms on the battlefields of Europe. We may be temporarily depressed if the war ends soon e wdl be crippled for a generation if the war goes on for a fatalistic four years " So far the majority of Americans have felt more adverse economic effects from this war han any war prosperity. But if there had o be a choice between peace and prosperity "nrrof thl'S CUntry Wh knW the v irh n i 0lT10n WOuld be better off Uh peace in depression than in war with anS "''i'"ue wnicn attend it is thp --r-fc.. n.cfts ana uoserver. -:' l . ". .' t A person who would1 be willinn- 'A ,-i balanced Ye,, eineers te, u w -,raveat6prae3anhour a slatonary object the impace ,3 . .Ja . that of being dropped from a ten-sto biW. By a reader, to prove that big things have been done by the young, has been contributed the fol lowing list of people who have achieved a place in history and died before they were forty . , . .: Alexander the Great, 33; ... . Gustavus Adolphus, 38; . .Raphael .37; '.-Schubert, 31; . Charles XII, of Sweden 3.6; . . . Joan of Arc, 19; Mozart, 35; . . . Catullus, 33; . , . Cleopatra, 39; . . . Keats, 26; . . . Shelley, 30; . , . Nell Gwyn, 37; Anne Boleyn, 29; Pocahontas, 32; . . . Shelley 30; , . . Robespierre, 36; and Nero, 31 ,-. . which of course, is argument that much is accom plished in the. earlier years, . . . PeofUe Does the effort in the Boy Scout movement in this community just ify the time and money devoted to it, and if so why? Mrs. W. F. Swift "I don't think the value of the Boy Scout move ment could be estimated in terms of this generation, because its movement will be felt for years to come." E. B. McClure "Yes, I certainly think so. I feel that it develops real manhood in the boys." L. E. Hudson ?Yes. The more I learn of the movement, the more I approve of it I think it is the greatest organization for young boys that I know of." Mrs. Frank Ferguson "I cer tainly think it does in every way. It trains the boys to becomes more efficient citizens.'" H. C. Lindsley "res, I approve of the Boy Scout movement gen erally, and from what I hear, the work locally is coming along: tine." Mrs. Jack Elwood "I think any time or effort spent in Scouting, even if it kept only one boy busy in the right direction, is worthrtbe time and effort." I tiiMJ a Charle p. JP Stewart' I L. M. Killian "Yes, it certainly does. It gives the boys something to live up to, and means a lot to both the boys and the community." E. C. Moody "I think the Boy Scout movement a good and worth while cause. I feel that it is help ing the boys in this community. "Yes. I aDDrove and every hour Chrest Georg of every dollar spent for the Bov Scout work think it one of the best things in tnis community, and I am one hun dred per cent for the Boy Scouts." Mrs. James Toy "It is justified in the building of character and all the fine things that mothers nope lor their sons." .V LOOK1SG OVER THE COUNTY- General Haywood GETS A FEW THINGS OF COUNTY-WIDE INTEREST OFF HIS MIND WITH LETTERS If you belong to an older gen ation you may find a bit of humor in the following contribution .' . . and certainly the very young will find vindication in the rhyme. . . . "When called to scold the younger set, Please, angry parent don't forget The turkey trot and bunny hug; Were kindred to the jitterbug. And, though you didn't draw a . : w reck, At sixty per and try to neck, Remember when you used to slip The lines around the buggy whip? Oh, styles are foolish, we admit, But think before you have a fit Of hobble skirts vou lisorf in u-.ar Of rats and switches in your hair. The clever pranks you used to ..play.' . Once turned your own dear parents '.. 'gray; - But still we oldsters rant and shout And hope that youth won't find us out." The Junior Scholastic .' , :. pub lished in Dayton, Ohio. . . during every school week of the year from September through May ... -with :he exception Of holidays . . . and has On its PYckanffo V,J-J. school papers . . . in the March number it pays tribute to the excellent naner . . : tirVha Tii.u. High School News" of Waynesville v ana congratulates Editor Billy -. ivi us smart neadlines . . and its good jokes . . . reporting several of the latter in the paper " ' ,r,e power to your writing career ; . if. there is any thing to heredity, it is not sur prising that you can write. . Pedestrians should always walk y leit side of the road, fac mg traffic. , . 1 ;-: - . .' '' ' . I'- ''- ' W'ear SOniptVliner n-v,; ..1 ,1 ... . -6 ""ire Oil VOU1 clothing If you walk on ih wy at night. Would-Be Easter Paraders: You have taken your defeat with a stout heart, and an uplifted chin. Although the weatherman won the bout, your head is unbowed, and you're ready for another round next Sunday, . I know you were disappointed, yet on the other hand, the cold weather right at this time will probably mean a much better fruit crop than if it had continued warm. From What I can Iparn nhnnt fruit trees, the atmosphere determ ines wnen a tree buds, and not. th wafmth of the ground. KvTr!. ments have been made by placing blocks of ice around th roots f the fruit trees, and if the air is warm, the buds swelled just the same. So, the ch-.V.v f tv, week-end will dri mnnk f-,,i. keeping the sao down. n,l more time for settled warm weather. And while von .c. the dav of i avt a .v --us xasnion, the weatherman did a kind act for the fruit growers, and all of us can forget the postponed Easter i parade with a few weeks, but a lost fruit crop is not forgotten for years to come. Yours for a bigger parade later, and a bumper fruit rop. - GENERAL HAYWOOD. ne is thatri would be enors v build. But tiTr matter. Thtmtl by any coumtj, into the billiom Objection Nt ' are available m,- capacitv to d adequate vanii Objection v . er problem u much ocean m In It- 1 .. V in. Seventv tw swish around k mid-Pacific, to k' I that much deiii ', shore, where it .wouldn't be dep;?' commodate it. fr For exampi(,:y complaintj, ta sjt maritime cast many, is that tin m shallow for ity boats in excess cl 1 ten or twelve thfi Bull's really bif -V in there, they kk r Herr HlUefi t They can t pur require more wi!t sea bathtub prt:(" And suppoN t four 70,000 tonmii it general hostia keep them chasis throueh the Pari: Germany some I: Caribbean and i the Pacific side & or two. Now, at pre::;S 000 tonner cod that canal. I True, we' hs'-l locks.- Possibly: skimp past on frsji that's doubtful, j both sides and C-K Otherwise the : Horn would bt notorious in k wouldn't be ver;.8' 70,000 America: stuck in the can i Business Men: : There seems to be a definite trend to inject more friendliness into business than ever before. During the days of 1931 and for several years thereafter, when bus mess men took a hard-boiled at titude, and lost sitrht man touch." . Things are getting back to pre depression davs. and tha . . . " ' 11 1C11U1J spirit is beginning to show up in many a former cold business dace. have been impressed lately with the firms that are i.!i; .t. tention to their friendly service in nicir auvertisements. . BeinS friendly is an inexpen sive thing, yet it pays more divi- dends than anything that even costs huge sums. .. . - Yours for more business by be- GENERAL HAYWOOD. Bethel Hi Received i" Farmer YOU'RE TELLING MEi -By WnXLVSI RtTT Central Press Writer THE MAN' at the next desk ays he hopes we dan't have rnany more severe winters such as this one was. The polar bears areiable to start cbming south each autumn. Reearril PCC -...V . iL. ' ' ' I flm't is, adjust your speed to ex- .utuig vuiiuuions. , T.tue ''Quality', cannot be achieved ,n this; world. It s rnp0SS!bl e tor everybody to ave then breakfast served in One of the better race horses of the current season Is a nag h?st .a"' Woof Woof- Snds rack 3 "'Kitive from a d0B .'v. ' :''' '.'!' ! ! . Zadok Dumbkopf says a pea nut politician is a would-be statesman who isn't all he's cracked up to be. Science has discovered a method of extracting the stings trorn bees. More important would be a method to take away all cannons from human Two tramps were tossed un injured Into a snowbank when a Canadian train they were riding smashed into another. With their luck, how come they're tramps? I ; ev S!r' Te ead' has 82 I1 he s " "P 'ate the night before, how can he crowd a bag under each one of hi .nrTh l-arnlino OAT t .... persons were kiiw : a.-L 1 1 : Although prices nf rIn, h- i ---v iu ovttUCIlLS On dnvf B i.ia uiu- ehwar --r v 1 "ucts are nnw c r. , . . curves. More than 25,00'! jn hT I "1 w. s"tiy higher than drivers licenses have been revoked1 wart,het,period before the World by tWighway Safety Division i t below parity, en 9 ec el , . Ten . yocatiiir.a. 'I. dents of the p;" Future Farmers:: raised to the ft gree during the f chanter members The ten boys f tinction were: Max Burnett, Floyd Sharp, no- p Rowp K.!-.v:n S " j .i .J t. i.fs I The chapter tl members holding ert Justice, Norman Ke5 ' -j degree last year, have personal for mes. lVv-tOCK ! to ..the, anwM' .chapter' ha s 31 "Green 'Hand- i::y . Robert'" to' ; of the ehapter.iiJV expect i:1? to Kf:;J gree, that of Cffm suninu'i' at state cunventilfci : You!!ii Jastice." student at Be:jJJ dent;of the staj dent: of senior the Smoky MSj I chapters' ot , America, a me- ball: team ar school's Miss I'ram;; Is Meredith ' .i .... 1, Am.".: senior?, vno ,;,-t;:' ;; in the ;;ib:ic ;t: next,, .'..'!.'': ,f'e-:tP James, -yt v!j" some '.piawoa'-'i room ni;r?)3CT. the Boylan 1- - . eigh. ; I Miss Jan: Mpredith'-se"10 in f Ninety-three f '. ' 1 r " h hides involves r? i in-- North ointe j.3o. . i ----6'-uhurai Marketing in apparently e. dition.
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