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(One Day Nearer Victory) THURSDAY TIIE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER PAGE TWO (Second Section) The Mountaineer Published Hy THE WAYNESVILLE l'KINTINti CO. Main Street Phone 137 Waynesville, North Carolina The County Scut ol' Haywood County W. CURTIS RUSS Editor MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Kditor W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers PUBLISHED KVF.RY THURSDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATIO? One Year, In. Hay wood County $2.00 Six Months, In Haywood County 1.25 One Year, Outside Haywood County 2.50 Six Months, Outside Haywood County 1.50 All Subscriptions Payable In Advance Fnli."il ;il Hie .nl utfi.e it W mns ill.-, ('. let Second C!um Mull Miller, ,i,.ti.M uiM.-i the A. I i.l Mai'li i, l7!, NmenitK-r 0, 111 I I. OMtm.ry ri'tli o-su! ill I1m1)iI,1 "f fill .-1 t. HI. nif I the rrtle uf on? t-1 .1 p-i ..I .i..i' t . i .11. 1 .! thiil. K4. lltiil Hi I,. . l,MKr.l tut at NATIONAL DlTOrlAI .ASSOCIATION Nonh Cerulina VMS) MSOCIA1ION as THURSDAY, Al (A ST !), I'M .I (One Day Nearer Victory) Vaccinations It is tu be hoped that the parents in Hay wood County will cooperate with the re quirements demanded by the health authori ties as made compulsory by the recent General Assembly, in the matter of im munization against communicable diseases. When one considers the tragic epidemics of earlier years, before the inauguration of health work among the people in general, one can realize what has been accomplished by the medical profession and the public health leaders. The new laws which are for the protec tion of the children should not be ignored by their parents. Those who feel that they cannot afford the services of their family physician for the vaccinations are given free service at the health department, so there is no excuse for a parent neglecting to ob serve the law and protect their child and others against these diseases that can prove so disastrous to small children as well as to their elders. Another Promising Crop Each year marks development in the agri cultural life of Haywood County. The plant ing of Turkish tobacco may be of major im portance to the future of this area, as pointed out by Kerr Scott, state commissioner of agriculture, who explained recently to a group how well its cultivation can be adopt ed to this section. This is one of the silver linings that the War has brought about. The experiment here which is being conducted on the State Test Farm under the direction of the State Farm ami Duke University, may hold poten tial profits for the farmers of Haywood County. The three growers in the county who are experimenting on a small acreage have re ported great st.ccess so far, and the tests being made under the supervision of Dr. Lutn.er Shaw will be of great help in de termining its real value as another crop for the Haywood County farmer to grow. They Carry On DRIVER'S TEST We note with approval the re-appointment of the county farm and home agents by the county board of commissioners. They have done an excellent job in their fields of acti vity, and during the current emergency Hay wood County has been fortunate to have such leaders in their county agencies. Howard Clapp, who has served the county as farm agent for over three years, took up the farm program as inaugurated by other agents who had vision and energy to carry on. He has caught the torch they bore and has continued to light the way for greater agricultural development. Miss Mary Margaret Smith, who has work ed among the rural women for the past ten years, has done more to aid the women in raising the standards of their homes both inside and on their grounds than any one person in Haywood County. She has been ' just the right leader for our women. We feel sure that all the county joins us in commending their past work and in ex tending our wishes for its continuance. Taxes Senator George predicts a cut in taxes within a year after the war is over. The j country's real need, according to the Senator, ! is a change in its basic philosophy. Instead of first deciding what we want to spend and : then devise some method of raising the money, he would start by deciding how much we can afford and then hold a budget down ; to that figure. '; His philosophy is a sound one for the in dividual, so it should be for a nation. He calls for some debt reduction at the end ' of the war and a balanced budget. "We are taking a great risk," said the ' Senator, "if we Turther indulge in deficit! spending. That weakens the gold reservej behind our money and might cause people! to lose faith in the soundness of the dollar. I If that happens neither the Office of Price Administration nor any other agency can prevent inflation." The excess profits tax has no place in a ' peace economy, shice it flatly contravenes J the basic concept of profit, which is the motivating influence in the American eco-1 nomic system. The one thing that is cer-: tain, it the economic system is to be re energized after the war, is that the investor must have some assurance that his invest ments will yield him profit bearing some relation to the risk involved and that he will be paid in dollars that are sound. Aiyl such assurance can be found only in a policy of economy and a balanced budget. We who can recall what followed the first World War are anxious to see the economic situation shape up with a safe sound policy. We know what and where it can eventually lead. The world has suffered enough and this country has had its part. With the picture of peace we also want a safe security. 1 2 'V' HERE and THERE HILDA WAY GWYN Homes The Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce, as a result of a careful study, has estimated that 19.OOO.000 dwellings are owned by occupants, which is 22 per cent more Kime owners than this country could claim in 1940, when the bureau estimated there were 15,000,000 house owners in the United States. The fact that four million families in this country have purchased homes during the past four years, making us one of the greatest home owning nations in the world, is a significant fact during the period in which this has taken place. Money has been plentiful, and often this creates a flush of optimism that does not always lead to stable investments, but with this increase in home owners, there is proof that the people as a whole have kept their feet on the ground. They have looked to .the future, while they had money to pro vide their needs. While many have bought homes, others have saved to that day by investing in bonds that later will be turned into, homes. These thing's make us know that America is safe. That our pebple'are home loving and hftv a great desire to create a permanent residence. V We. have seen this taking place right here in our community and we hear it predicted oh all sides that when restrictions are lifted the .greatest, building znd construction--r-this section jjis, leyer .nown will open up. Staggering Problem Lease of the inactive Camp Sutton Army hospital by the State Hospitals Board of Control would not solve the chief problem of the board, which is to find room for patients with mental ills. The plan was devised to take care of some of the senile patients in order that more room be found for others in the four state institutions. That would help, with 500 to be taken from the hospitals at Morganton and Ral eigh, but there is the waiting list to be con sidered. The chairman of the Hospitals Board reported that some of the larger counties of the state would still have to care for a number of their senile patients for "sometime" because the state cannot pro vide adequate space. This is one of the indications of the im mense problem in treatment of the mentally sick. Added to it is the lack of employable help. When it was proposed to step up the Camp Sutton hospital capacity from 500 the first year to 700 or 1,000 the next, it was quickly dropped when it was found that employes could probably not be found to care for the increase. The cost is another obstacle. To care for the 500, there would be needed the expense of the Camp Sutton rental, $17,400 a year; $100,000 to get it into shape for reception of patients, and $250,000 to maintain it and provide food and care, amounting to more than $350,000. Cost for two years until the, next General Assembly could again take up this staggering problem is figured at $747, 000. Charlotte. Observer. The cessation of hostilities in the European theater has not only brought hope and comfort to the families of our armed forces, but to many foreign horn civilians liv ing in America today, who have been cut oil from any communica tion with their families. Right here in our own community we have a fine example Mr and Mrs. John Vandenbei g have had the first news in five years from the former's mother and sister in North Hol land not a word has come through since the occupation of that coun try by the Germans in 1940 a long and heart breaking silence for both the son and his seventy-year-old mother. So many things might have happened in Holland. Hut this week the message came say ing that all was well and the sus pense is broken Mr. and Mrs Vandenberg have been living in America only since 1942. They came to Jackson, Miss., where Mr. Vandenberg was an in structor in the Netherlands-East Indies Air force. Mr. Vandenberg is a native of North Africa and Mrs Vandenberg of England, both subjects of the British crown, but they plan when thej have resided here the required years to become American citizens. As Mrs. Van denberg says. "America is such a sane and well balanced country in which to bring up our three chil dren, and then we can give them an opportunity to become Ameri can citizens We have lived in many parts of the world, but have never known such triendliness as we have found here." 'file Van dcnberg's have bought a home here, out in Hie Ninevah section, anil are making it a charming spot and they are taking permanent loots in our community. Mr. Van dentjerg is power house engineer with the American Enka Corpora tion Waynesville has many visitors this season., hut we doubt if any are quite as thrilled over being here as two little girls, guests at the home of Mrs Clutz. They are Sylvia Saley. native of Troy, ten years of age. and Minnie I.ou Ev ans, of Mt. Airy nine years old. They have, been living in the Methodist orphanage for around five years. They are in Waynes ville as the guests of the Weslyn Guild. Business women, of which Mrs. W. L. MeC'racken is president, and Circle Number Five, of which ! Mrs. Carleton E. VVeatherby is chairman. The two groups from ; the First Methodist Church have taken on this vacation hosDitalitv ' project as one of the features of ineir work. 1 he adventure of these visitors started when they were put on the train in Winston .Salem They say that the people on the train asked them where they were going alone and where they lived, and they told them all about them selves and that everybody was so good to them little did they seem to realize that they struck the chords of human kindness on responsive notes. It will probably be at least a couple of years before the average person will be be hind in his payment on a new car. Strikes have doubled since V-E Day, says the Labor Department. That's worth a front page streamer in Jap newspapers. An organisation of vegetarians in Cleve Jand jbas 4iabaadd for the duration.- Maybe eating vegetables has become too common. While we have heard from a number of service men in France that the country has been remar kably .spared the devastation which Germany has suffered during the war, there are many places here and there over the country that bear the marks of war. Lt. Wal lace Marley recently wrote his mother here that he was stationed for the present in Orleans and that the American forces in that section had been solicited for 35 francs each for repairing the sword on the statute of Joan d' Arc, which had been damaged under fire. During the week we had occas ion to wait in the lobby of the First National Bank for a business conference with one of the officials. Usually when we visit the bank we are part of the busy morning crowd intent on transacting our business ana nurrying along. We took seat on thp pnmfnrtahlo roA la.it sofa, and despite the fact that Ti Morning was crowded, as we knew we had to wait our turn, decided to utterly relax and enjoy the people about us, for our impatience would not hasten the interview We had a most 'foresting wait, just ob--erving tlf folks as they passed tlirough."""jjSome were old, some were youngy some were representa tives of basiness firms, some were heads of their own business, sum mer visitors, soldiers, a sailor or two never less than twenty peo ple, intent on money that ex change by which we live. We may not have aip' mercenary turn, but we musf have it here, even if we can't fake ,H with us. We doubt if there ""is'any place in town that one can get a cross section of the people in so short a time as in a bank for both men and women frequent such institutions Speaking of both men and wo men visiting you should go to the cannery on the school grounds some day soon, if you want to see family gatherings. We can recall not so long ago that the man of the family was not considered much in the preservation of the food. He might supply it, but the women of the house looked alter preserving it, but since the manias have stepped out into so many fields, papa takes his turn now al canning. Every time we visit the cannery we want to write pages about it. As one woman said last week, "This is significant of Amiii can life. It is open to everyoiu It has grown out of the needs of the times." We were amused at two of the prominent local attor neys who came to can corn last week. They could face any crowded courtroom with perfect composure, but that room full of busy men and women seemed to intimidate them. They went home to pre pare their produce, but returned later when the crowd hail thinned out to do their canning. When we were putting up peach es last week, there were two men at our work fckble, doing the same -and they' worked as expertly as the women. Ve decided they both must hel Jnodel husbands The Mole process of canning is so much easier at the cannery than in one's own kitchen that it is pos tively fascinating. Believe it or not. TBtt-ls something inspiring about lilt Work moving on about you that seems to take the drudgery out that one often gets a com plex about at home-after a long day over "processing" over a hot stove and then all that cleaning up one has to do. Don't take our word for lt try for yourself. And be sure to bring your husband along we will guarantee that you will return. As Mrs. Rufus Siler, supervisor says, "No one ever comes here one time to can. They always come bask, for they find out how much simpler it is to can here than at home." Voice OF TH People The Everyday Counsel -By- REV. HERBERT Sl'Al (.11, , D Why did you choose this section ,n which to spend your summer vacation? E. T. Roux. Winter Haven, Fla. "1 have been coming to Waynes ville for the past 30 years. We started back before you had hard surfaced roads in North Carolina, ! w hen we had to put on chains to ; make the trip which was from 5 to 7 days from Florida. We have ' traveled all over the United States and Canada and we have never j found any place we like betlei than this section." I Mrs. W. K. Dudley 'wife of Col. W. K Dudley, U. S. Army, now in Germany i Present address Eustis, Fla "My daughter and I wanted to come to Western North Carolina to get away from the heat for the summer. I wrote to a number of places, but I liked the letter from your Chamber of Commerce and then I liked the letter from Blink Bonnie. 1 chose the latter as a j delightful place, and we have j found it so and hope to come back another summer. We had heard in Florida that of all places in Western North Carolina, Waynes ville had the best climate. ' W i Walter Hawkins, Jacksonville, Fla "I have been coming to Western North Carolina for sev eral years. We tame to Waynes ville because we think it is the most delightful place in this sec tion. We stop here witli Mrs. Boyd at the Hotel Waynesville, because we like to sit on the porch and she makes things so pleasant for- us." Mrs. Lois Woods, of Camphells ville, Ky. - "It gets pretty hot in Kentucky and the climate up here is very appealing and much more comfortable. Campbellsville is a small town and Waynesville is about the same size, so I feel at home, and here at the Dunham House, they have made me feel so much at home, especially our hostess, Mrs. Julia Purcell." Mrs. Thomas II. Bardall, of Mi ami -"I chose Waynesville for the grand climate, the scenic drives, its nearness to good shopping dis tricts, the friendliness of the peo ple, and I like it here at the Gor don Hotel." Mrs. George Sheldon, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Westerly, R. I "We had heard a lot about the Great Smokies, so we looked up a number of places in this section, hut what we learned about Way nesville appealed to us, more than any other place. In the meantime we met the Hudsons so we decided to come to the Parkway and stop in Waynesville. We will spend the entire season here until the hotel closes the last of September. We like to take walks and hikes. One thing 1 was surprised in the height of your mountains here." Don't we all like to feel import ant! The desire seems to be fundamental to human nature. Many will go to extreme lengths to attract attention. Recently a man rode the Niagata Falls rapids' in a steel barrel. His father had done it betore him, and the son saic" he was fulfilling a pledge, taken at his father's death bed, three years ago. , ' The Associated Press reports' that William "Red" Hill, Jr., a 32- year-old souvenir shop operator. rode thrcugh the rviagara rapius in a barrel July 8th. j His only injury rV Kr-- f 1 ar,n- He said lhat : VV this was his last 4 riil in jiharrel i vS?' 1 On t h e same V' 1 a i... A...;..f i ed Press reported j the eating ex- I ploits in Atlanta by Pic. Chester J.. Salvatori, the "Army's eating wonder". The Southbridge, Massa chusetts, soldier, a mere 121 pounder, put away seven orders of fried chicken, ten orders of French fried potatoes, nine glasses of orange juice two quarts of milk, ten combination salads, live egg salads, two orders of olives, Letters To Editor WANTS TO SEE HOTEL PROJECT STARTED Editor The Mountaineer: The "Voice of the People", last week's paper, spoke both loudly and with astonishing unanimity upon Waynesville's most urgent need a modern 100-room hotel. The gentlemen speaking are ten of Waynesville's most progressive and representative business men. And it's significant to note: that they all agree that a modern hotel is a crying need: 2nd, That outside capital should be sought, sooner or later; and 3rd, all but one read ily recognized that the financing of such a hotel was a primary duty and responsibility of the home folks. As a native Waynesvillian and a regular summer resident for 30 years, I am naturally interested. 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(Guest at Oak Park) "At least 30 years ago 1 made my first trip to Waynesville, and I found out that it had a fine climate and was a beautiful country. I well recall that it was the 4th of July, and 1 nearly froze it was so nice and cold. We like the people here, the food, the mountains, the cli mate, and when you get all that you have a fine vacation spot." John H. Cooper, Atlanta "I first came to Waynesville 25 years ago and I took such a liking to the place that I have been coming back every year possible since that time. What more could I say?" Miss Leone Stocking, St. Peters burg and New York (Guest at Ho tel I.cFainei "I like Waynesville because of the gorgeous scenery, accessibility to the National Park: climate; rest far removed from wearying experiences; hospitality of natives; common interests and good will to all; and all in all a most inspiring center. Two years ago I was going to Bat Cave and my traveling companion talked so I much about Waynesville, that I j decided to come here for a vaoa-! tion and 1 have liked everything about the place." Three" meeting with Prime Minister Churchill and Prmifl American and British observers feel concern uvt-r tteWij mav take in the reconstruction of Europe One London expert has said that the U S S R. nfl full flush of victory, may prove to be a touf h-miMrJ fi the United States and the United Kingdom Some authorities foresee Russia forming a f'an-Sljv.c 1 would extend from the Odu ri'.vr across eastern Europe ajul Siberia :o '-' ocean. This, it is argued, Is js lual to (J the Pan-American union vvIikfi i- l has built up and so strongly dcfr".Jj fall with the regional anans'- ' under the United Nations charter ONE OF THE THINOS whuh Ubc- Jli will urge upon Secretary diw ' is modernization of the dei..rtm("!S" Labor long has maintained thai -to reflect price changes. meJs it! it mneo Mniralc. As the 111'irX IS oJ thv cnu it failo tn shnui artnal rises in living costs W, th rtisnnnea ranee of low-eost go"1-' deterioration. Schwellenbach now is holding private n.nferef President William Green, CIO President Philip MuU Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis on the matter Premier Stalin 1. War Ri'i&n 1 THE OLD HOME TOWN ANt LISTEN .POTTIE- IFAMYTHIMS GOeS WI?ONG YoufoE MOT ;nPors;(rJ JQ TAKE THIS MACHINE APART.' By STANLEY v "OPA IS WORKING on a new ration h late his vear or earlv next year. It will and the last one OPA hopes that will he n Ration Book 4 is due to run out of tl" ' blue1 food stamps this fall. Until the r.. ! probably will be made of the green stiuni- ' The new book will be distributed at s first ration books ever issued in this nam 'r; . Ki.r tin sV.-t' ixjoks were maueu 10 wnsuiuen, - for book No. 5. ,,. Among changes in the new book will he rivintr stamns eitrht. five, two and one- li 1 v ' tions no Ion e'er are needed since all foo.! worth 10 points regardless of the numerals ARCHIBALD MACLEISH. former ht'; peeled to leave his present post in the state .. tary Byrnes gets back from the Potsdam and begins reorganization. t.,.''V.?Gi- i.i iri"f i-r.s -St' Nltl. .otttr.'1 f i . nee little rri' Hut a.nnrtmpnt heads horje that one will be carried on. That is the holding ot sma smaller state department fry who have de;u. Of course, big wigs in the department al' functions, but not until MacLeish ariive. lower level personnel and the 'foreign iTe- fort' r 1 , this r.ta rA they meet. .itvt ' The plan worked so well and had sum y, f move is under way to make these social , , . goUcy. to f;: IT LOOKS AS IF President Truman v. iU h on the Senate if he wants action on the Hoi -the House speaker and Senate president pi 0 t tarjr next in Une as president in place of the -t . ( of state. t for Tne House, needing Mr. 1 r" - -. his re peed, hurriedly passed the bill embodying commendations and sent it to the Senate. v Whor, th hill aehd that DOOy, w - i ... y i ..-.,r ,.z,j;- ",. ... . u . H' mi UIMnmmittjA Af th (VimmHLCe OH " . jyr Indication Uurt" tcUoriyroula be tke"' ' r