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THE MOUNTAINEER
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WtynesvlDe, North Carolina
The County l- of Haywood County
Too Expensive
ALAOST RIPE1
W. CURTIS RUSS-
. Editor
MRS. HILDA WAY GWYN Associate Editor
W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers
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NATIONAL EDITORIAL.
ASSOCIATION
FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1947
Preventive Services
We wish that the citizens of Haywood
county would drop by some Saturday morn
ing and take a look in the offices of the coun
ty health department. They would realize
what preventive medical services are being
given our people.
We have begun to take for granted the
controls of certain contagious diseases, that
most of us forget to recall how and why such
conditions have come about. They did not
just happen.
In the courthouse health office each Satur
day you will find dozens of mothers and
small children and adults who are getting
checks or immunization with recommenda
tions to consult their physician, if necessary.
With the doctors as busy as they have been
during the past few years, this service has
been of benefit not only to the people, but
also to the doctors in saving them unneces
sary examinations.
The county health department service
does not attempt to invade the field of cura
tive medicine, except in cases where it would
be hard for those treated to pay for medical
services, so their work is in perfect harmony
and compliment to that of the physicians.
Its efforts to afford mass protection against
contagious diseases is an undertaking which
the private practitioner dots not have time
to give, no matter how high his ideals of his
profession may be. The public does not ex
pect such service from him.
Before preventive medicine is developed
to its highest service those who hold the pub
lic "purse" will have to realize that they must
travel along with the program. It is far more
economical in the long run and the sooner
the public realizes this the better off the state
and the nation will be.
"We must adjust our thinking," Dr. Carl
Reynolds suggests. ."We must realize that
hjs&y il s purchas-
9AiWtmftng:4tf we are follow
ing the path of economy; It is far more eco
nomical to make investments in health, than
to save our paltry dollars to sacrifice on the
altar of sickness. We must become person
ally interested in this matter. We, consti
tuting the medical mind, must guide and di
rect. We must take the lead or we will find
ourselves following others down the path
to physical decadence."
Accept our invitation, which we feel sure
if we asked them, the health department
would heartily endorse, and visit the clinics
and see with your own eyes what is taking
place here in Haywood county in the great
crusade in the name of better health.
The "ounce of prevention is far less ex
pensive, both financially and in the toll of
human suffering, than the pound of cure,"
even though we have to dig deep to make
the first payment.
The traffic accidents continue to pile up on
Haywood county highways in alarming and
distressing numbers. Some action must be
taken at once to remedy certain conditions
along with more careful driving, if this heart
breaking toll is not stopped.
The cost ana property damage, leaving out
any consideration of the loss of life and phy
sical and mental suffering, which is the re
sult of the faulty highway between here and
Canton, would pay in one year the cost of
reconstructing the road, according to State
Highway Patrolman O. R. Roberts. It is
said that one casualty on the highway in
volves a loss of $10,000. This should be of
sufficient proof to the State Highway Com
mission of the drastic need for improvement.
"It takes both of us in wet weather watch
ing and keeping track of traffic on the road
during rainy weather," said Mr. Roberts in
speaking of the routine work of the two pa
trolmen who serve the county.
He pointed out the number of accidents
which occurred during the past two weeks,
which might have been prevented with the
highway reconstructed, plus more safety ob
served in driving.
During the war people were greatly affect
ed by news of a casualty out in the Pacific
and over in Europe, but it is strange how com
placent we seem to be over death on the
highways, which comes close to each of us
every day.
The highway from here to Canton when
wet offers the hazards of serving on combat
duty. It is time that the citizens of the coun
ty rose in their might and demanded improve
ment in the road. Life is too precious for us
to sit by and, in callous mood, let such con
ditions continue.
Must Be Met
Haywood county cannot afford to pass up
the opportunity to adopt and carry through
the proposed hospital expansion program un
der the state-aid bill passed by the 1947 legis
lature, which would require that the county
pay 29.6 per cent of the cost, while the fed
eral bill which would provide part of the
funds is still pending, most of those who are
in a position to know feel optimistic over its
passage.
It has been a struggle for some time for
the Haywood county hospital to render the
services expected and desired by Our people,
due in main part to the crowded conditions
in the institution plus the difficult task of
meeting the shortage of trained nurses and
others necessary for the top standard opera
tion of a hospital.
The expansion of the Haywood county hos
pital is a natural part of the era of progress
which is carrying Haywood county on to its
general plan of better service and higher
standards, which the public is demanding. It
is a link in the chain of progress, which must
go forward.
fO'O SHOULD r .
MIRROR OF
YOUR MIND
HERE and THERE
By
HILDA WAY GWYN
I wish t hat the people of Hay
wood county could know what the
library booktiuck has meant to the
patients in the count hospital
here," said Mis. Rogers, superin
tendent in speaking of the ledeco
ration of the room which the Hay
wood County Nurses C lub plans
to undertake with the money they
make from their benefit dance on
Friday evening. Each year the
club takes some definite project
and sees it through. Last year it
was the purchase of a booktiuck.
which is kept in operation and sup
plied reading material by the
county library. . . "You have no
idea how the patients look forward
to the day Miss Margaret Johnston
conies to the hospital and takes
the booktiuck from room lo room
giving the patients something to
read. Some want magazines, while
others want hooks. The service
has meant so much to our sick
people."
Something new in a business
letter came into The Mountain
eer oflice this month. Instead of
the usual. "Dear Mr. Russ:" it
opened, "Mr. Kuss". . . then
down in the left hand corner was
his title and address and pasted
in the middle of the bottom of
the page was an attractive stick
er with the following. "Let's drop
'Dear' in business letters and
then the question, "Are you with
us?". . . We haven't decided yet
whether or not we like this ab
breviation of a polite salutation, i
Manners seem to be vanishing so
rapidly and graciousness is being
streamlined to such formal or
informal as the case may be.
that we rather hate to see cour
tesy even discarded from the
written word.
One often hears of a woman
using a bit of subtraction on her
age, which society just takes with
a smile, but we heard recently of
one who did considerable addition
on her birthdays. Sounds unbe
lievable doesn't it? Martha White
(Mrs. C. C.i has a most generous
and thoughtful urotfier. Nearing
the date of her birthday he called
up to wish her happiness and in
the course of conversation said,
"By the way, how many is it any
way'.'" Martha at once replied,
"1 think 111 be about 198 this
s ear." Of course Martha does not
feel or look ancient, but she must
have Ijave been a mind reader, for
her brother replied. "Well I
thought I would send you a dollar
for each of your years this time
for a gift."
Every year since wc can re
member one of the seasonal topics
of conversation at this time of
Hie year is, "Do you think there
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self-esieen, k,
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Con yoe fsft rhR 6
Answer: Actual "insanity" is
very rare in children nut th at
titudes in which ft shows itself,
even when manifested in com
paratively mild forms, art still
danger signals, and should be so
treated. Aecordiht to Dr- Henry
C. Schumacher, Director of the
Cleveland Guidance Center, these
are (a) preference for playlnt
alone, coupled with rag If fii
solitude is broken hi on, (o) ex
cessive day-dreaming, (c) freak
ish actions, (d) violent resent
ment of criticism, and (e) slowing
down of physical activity.
child's mind J tick?
is. ik. J
luok as if it laj
nu ' 1 hom&
I
Era) soma women rata their
hromes ctbova flveir husbands?
Answer: A good many at least
give their husbands that impres
sion, and then wonder why men
are not more "home-loving." For
just as some men console them
selves for failing to win happiness
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want tokeep
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you to do wb
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port" you wanted
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
Do yon think that
county could support
packing plant?
Haywood
a small
L. N. Davis "I rather think it
is doubtfu-1 ii the connty could
support such a plant."
J, R. Hipps "Yes, I believe a
small packing plant efficiently
operated would pay well in Hay
wood county and would be a great
thing for the livestock industry in
Haywood."
Jonathan Woody "No, I do not
think Haywood county could sup
port a packing plant now."
J. C. Brown "It seems to me
with the rapid development of the
beef industry in Haywood county
a small packing plant would pay.
I have seen them run with profit
in counties in Georgia and in
Florida which were not in the
class with Haywood as to the pro
gress of the cattle industry."
Rufus Siler "I doubt if a pack
ing plant would pay, but I do
thing that a slaughtering and pro
cessing plant would be supported
in Haywood county." t
Capital Leq
By THOMPSON GREENWOOD
AT IT AC.AIN Charles Miller didn't toll hi.
nt Asheville. who ran for state au- little thrcn-sssfer
ditor in iimo ana again in iatu, oouneing around
and who was in ine service in mil, leet.
will run again this year, he says.
So. Auditor Bridges, appointed
by Governor R. Gregg Cherry to
il ho nlnyp lpft vacant bv the
Aonth nf Oenree Ross Pou. must nilies. Hehsdnli
spend at least a few thousand do!-; the regular flight
lars if he wants to De sure oi nisjio .tsnevnie to ui
renomination. ' leigh. But the bi
"I figure now, while this fellow perform properly,
Bridges is not so well known, is j of its best bosses
the time for me to make the race,
is the way Miller looks at it.
the irony of t
Randolph is assist
ident of Capital
serves 10 Norib
THEY HATE IT Now. Miller
will have to show a tremendous in
crease in votes over his last two
campaigns if he hopes to make
much of a showing. Chances are.
he is better known over the state
than Bridges, for he gets out city
directory books and thus meets a
lot of people.
State Incumbents hate and de-
Handolph could
tered the little pld
bounced and glida
kies and on into
TEA AT THE
R. Gregg Cherry
lot of teas at the
sion but a lot oi
knows three orlol
attending. Ho
mansion arranged
Mrs. Cherry could
First Hand Information
Members of the House Public Lands com
mittee are scheduled to visit the Park area
this week-end in order to get first-hand in
formation about this whole area. They are
wise to come down and see just what the
potential developments of the Park really
means.
The plan was sold to the committee by one
of the members, Rep. Monroe M. Redden
who has proven his interest in the develop
ment of the Park long before he assumed of
fice in January.
The development of the Park is much
larger than most people realize. In fact, it is
hard to visualize the scope of activity already
underway in the Park, and even at that the
surface is merly scratched.
We cannot be content with just letting the
government do all the developing. The com
munities adjacent to the Park have a part to
play, and if we are to realize the fullest ben
efits from the Park we must inaugurate a
program for immediate improvement.
1 . r-ssesl
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bridi
used
of
the
WASHINGTON Tin
Capt. John Eisenhower
saber of her famous father-in-law.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, to
cut her weddiny cake at the re-j
ception after the ceremony at Fort
Monroe. Va.
Gen. Eisenhower had bought the
sword when he became a lieuten
ajit. He said it was purely a
decorative piece and was used
mostly .'for such domestic slicing.
It's an old custome for couples
getting married on military posts
tj drive off the grounds on a
caisson. A caisson wasn't avail
able at Fort Monroe, but friends
produced an old horse-drawn
buggy.
The newlywcds completed their
honeymoon journey in a shining
new dove grey sedan, a gift of
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Doud,
of Denver.
In addition, the general and Mrsfl
Isenhower gave the couple a chest
of flat silver, and Mrs. Eisenhow
er gave the bride, the former
Barbera Thompson, daughter of
Col. and Mrs. Percy W. Thompson,
a red alligator cosmetic case.
The morning or the wedding
Gen. Eisenhower went fishing. He
said he knew he wouldn't catch
anything. He just wanted to "get
away from the confusion."
CAPT. VALENTINE POTTLE of
the United States Navy, who
speaks five dialects of the Chinese
language and is good-looking too,
though he was startling a cocktail
party the other day when he told
about the snakes.
He'd found two copperheads in
a ravine right back of his home
the senior Eisenhowers and the on sedate Connecticut Avenue
bridegroom's maternal grandpar- not in the wilds of China.
GEN. EISENHOWER'S
SWORD CUTS CAKE
AT SON'S WEDDING
JANE EADS
The ravine is next to Rock Creek
Park, so Capt. Uottle reported the
incident to the park police. Ttrey
weren't alarmed. They just told
the Captain to wait for some owls
to come along and they'd take care
of the poisonous reptiles.
I had hardly moved out of this
conversation when I overheard a
tall, impressive, lady also talkinff
about snakes.
"I found one in my very own
backyard, a long, sort of braided
affair," she said. ,
Mrs. Rodney French, whose hus
band is with the Export-Import
Bank, listening in, ventured to
say:
"You haven't seen anything until
you've seen a cobra in your kitchen.
We used to find them there all the
time. That's in Singapore."
THE National Zoological Gardens
here has its own Pan American
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spise any type of opposition, for it j day if she wishj
.ctc thorn monpv There is a money. a
whnlo nf a rtifferenrp in having no ever, she gives
nnnnnpnt anH hpiiis faced with op- own. If you are
position, however little it may be j of an organizatiol
Advertising costs money and no leign ana you
inenmhent makes the mistake ol nave you dim u
taking the fellow up against him , tea. just g
lirrhilir crt ho mnct chp OUT. Dill' IIUKin
He must get around more, do a j There is a fund si
little more smiling, get out a tewiot ining. uu. ..
r.nn.nl.lolc tlloitH mnrp mppl i n CS ' DI'OVCS Sufficient.
UnillUllll.1.1. ULLt. IIU 1 I I V' .... . - . i
be seen more. He must be on his
guard.
Opposition is a good thing.
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
Union Services
We like the idea of a union religious service
starting off the county and community ob
servance of July the fourth, which is being
sponsored by the Boosters club of Hazelwood.
It is well that we pause and fake stock of
the meaning of the historical eeiebraticfti and
with prayer and thanksgiving greet the an
nual occasion.
At Last
We see that for the first time since 1863, the
rocket's red gtlire will light up Vicksburg,
Miss., historic southern city, on July 4. The
day will mark the city's voluntary "surren
der" to General of the United States Army,
Dwight D. Eisenhour, during a huge three
day celebration. The last time the city sur
rendered was to Union General U. S. Grant,
M years agpv & :: : ',
At noon a salute, however, will honor the , nuauy,
memory of the 20,000 Confederate casualties . .
JL1 -: v Ja the flrm'feolisWif. hetaMry, Vertgreen
forgiven, tut if has not forgotfea is the symbol of youth and hope.
It is estimated that the United States has
a minimum need for 252,000 tons of natural
rubber per year.
Estimates on the amounts spent on recrea
tion in the United States in recent years vary
from two billion to $20 billion dollars an-
r v. Veah.' pont pisruR&WoueENy better not
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y TPE IT OUT FOR jf( SHE DfD HER TvVO I HER WORK OVER ON ME.
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DIDN'T COME IN HIS'N Jen-
nines Randolnh of Washington
made a powerful speech to the
merchants at their 45th annual con-
.AMtinm liolH hora n fpw rlaVS a0
e rcn frm West 1 from room to rod
Virginia (for 14 years until the , dered astra-t
GOP's got him last fall), Kandoipn l.lm , j
lc a cnoAh.m!)lrina man. t llf sa't" I
If you want a"good address for was down there
some occasion, get him. ; receiving
. . . .u. ,,c i he house. 1
Before speaKing in Kaieign u.-. - door
night, he spoke in Knoxvine am. ; : d hf
he told the merchants here how , shi it less an
he winged over Mount Mitchell ana , .inuej
, j. -1-..J. Dot ho .
saw ner aressea in ciuuus. uu--
YOU'RE TELLING
A RHODE ISLAND MAN
was 6ed for laughing too loud
ly. MAybe the Judge figured
that. With th world in the
shape it's in. there is nothing
anyone has a right to laug"
about.
! ! !
One in 13. we're told, is in
need of a psychiatrist. All
of course, wondering' who tl.ax
one fellow might be.
! ! !
Hardwood rolling pins ore
back. They may now be four.d
on hardware ttore ihelves as
welt in comic strips.
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Londoners are playing a n?w
CONNECTICUT police time
fast traveling automobiles by
m f rar. Ada to the Hat of
those who lost the war the reck
less driver and speeder.
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Wit Mather may reduce the
aapplf t toney this year. Sci
eaetf thouM get busy and de
rtttp a bee-sitt umbrella.
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New York university hot
m ceurte far traffic policeman.
When exam time looms MH '
student will wish he cool moke
quick U Him.
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New Tork City's new 'rP'rt
Is to be called Idlewlld. The
ctty fathers pulled one there
"xnty laotrw ttve 'pvea tw
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