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THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER
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fAGE TWO (Thki Section)
THE MOUNTAINEER
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Waynesville. Xorth Carolina
The County Seat of Haywood County
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Thursday Afternon. June 23. 1949
Growing, Growing, Growing
It looks like Southern Methodists are forg
ing ahead in the further development of Lake
Junaluska.
This week the announcement was made
that a cash gift of $5,000 had been received
by the Assembly, and at almost the same
time, plans were mad; public for the con
struction of a $50,000 children's home on the
Lake.
There is no question but what the people
of the nation are recognizing more and more
the netd of church and church facilities. The
summer assemblies of the churches in this
particular area are showing results of this
urge on the part of the citizens, and the
growing interest.
We feel it is an encouraging sign.
And with pride we are particularly happy
that the Southern Methodists are taking a
definite lead in this great work, and constant
ly improving and enlarging Lake Junaluska.
The Good Samaritans
Sometimes one is prone to believe that
there is not a bit of human kindness left in
ihis cold, fast-moving old world. But just
as we decide that such is the case, here
comes an example that makes us change
our minds, and see things a little differently.
Not so long ago, a prominent farmer in
Eastern Carolina was taken ill, and in a
week or so, he died.
Hjs death came right at the time when
his large farm needed planting, in addition
to all the other work that needed to be done
about a farm in the spring.
His widow's livelihood depended upon
the crops produced on that farm, yet she
was not physically able to do the work
herself.
One day about 50 farmers with machines,
mules, plows and implements of all types
came to the farm and started to work.
Before dark, the entire farm had been
planted, and the widow given assurance that
in due time, the crops would be cultivated
again and again, and that they would also
take care of the harvest.
We have heard of similar examples of
this being done on a smaller scale right
here in : Hy wotrf. i j i" j j
Such deeds as these prompt us to have re
newed faith in mankind, and believe that
there is not as much selfishness in some
people as we might think.
A Progressive Step
The Mountaineer wants to heartily com
mend the Board of Commissioners and the
State Extension Service for adding Turner
Cathey as an assistant county agent here to
work primarily in the promotion of the Com
munity Development Program.
We feel that it was a wise and progressive
step to add Mr. Cathey to the staff of the
county agent's office.
The county agent, and his three assistants,
already have a heavy program to carry, -and
with the additional duties of the Community
Development Program, there was just more
to be done than four men could accomplish.
On the other hand, there is no question
but what the Community Development Pro
gram has already brought about a new day
for Haywood, and it is a program worthy
of continuance and promotion now and lor
the years to come.
Mr. Cathey is a man well suited lor the
position to which he has been named. He
has had years of expev.ence as a leader and
instructor in the classroom, and in coaching
and directing young people on the athletic
field; he has worked in YMCA work, and also ;
conducted summer camps. He is a farmer.
a leader in 4-H Club work, and knows the
problems which face rural Haywood. He
also knows the objectives of Haywood, and
the ways to attain that goal. J
The Commissioners and Extension Serv- .
ice are to be congratulated for creating the
office and making the choice of Mr. Cathey
to fill it. I
They'll Do It Every Time
By Jimmy Hatlo
Y0HEN MAMA WANTS TO SCRAMBLE 'EM
ISN'T IT A?ACTShCDcAKZ tt-Doncu-j,
WOT KOPPEN f THE VQL& TH& STAY INTACT-
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But when she tries to FRy t m, eyes
OPEAJ, Its HO FUN-THE tflHEN GREMLINS
HEXTHE EGG5.AND HOW THE VOLK5 1HJAI"
HEy".' DON'T FOP6ET V-rv
I WANT 'EM SUNM 7U-fi
SIDE OP;
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WA I i
Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
L. N. Davis ;il tenets Internation
al Kotary Convention in Cleveland
this week.
A Dangerous Curve
Highway 19-A and 23 at the intersection of
Ratcliffe Cove road is a dangerous spot for
motorists.
Since September 1940, there have been
five people killed in traffic accidents at this
point. In two accidents, the lives of two per
sons were taken instantly in each wreck.
The highway curves at this particular
point, but not on any sharper angle than i
scores of other curves in this immediate 1
area. It is hard to tell just what is the cause
of all the accidents at this point, unless it j
is the fact that a throe-lane highway ends ;
just a short distance from the curve, and ;
motorists coming from Waynesville suddenly
find themselves on a two-lane road instead
of a three, and also right into a curve. j
That is one theory, which we feel must
be taken into consideration when studying ,
the dangerous situation. J
Another is that the average motorist feels '
he is out of congested traffic just as he gets j
to the point, and since the countryside is
relatively flat, the tendency is to go just a
little faster. At that point, many times, a
car begins to skid and slide, which some
times results in accidents.
This newspaper does not feel that the
highway engineers have failed in their duty
of making that particular spot on our roads
safe. There is no obstruction, and as stated
above, the curve is no sharper than many
others.
No doubt the two recent deaths to result
from an accident at the point will prompt the
safety division of the highway commission
to take some steps towards making it a
safer curve.
The Mountaineer believes that just a series
of things lead to making it dangerous, when
within itself and just as another curve, it
is not dangerous according to present safety
standards. Anyway, however that might be, it ap
pears that it is time to do something, since
five lives have already been lost at the one
spot.
Sun Kraneisco paper gives Soeo
Gap Team spare on first page.
Dr. ,1. C. Murphy opens new
Drug Store in building formerly oc
cupied liy Alexander's Drug Store.
Miss Marietta
bride of Thomas I.
Way becomes
. Campbell. Jr.
Mr.
from York.
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visit
T. Crawford
to World's Fair
returns
in New
I Dr. Jasper Morgan, physicist, of
n.iU.. 1 Inmersitv visits ins pa! ems.
Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Morgan.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hose of Chi
cago are spending a fortnight at
Balsam.
5 YEARS AGO
Local State Guard unit makes
preparations to go to Fort Bragg
on July 6.
Governor Thomas K. Dewey is
chosen G.O.P. candidate for presi
dent in 1844.
Pvt. Charles Ketner is now with
invasion forces on the coast- of
France. Writes wife from fox hole.
Billy Richeson and George Wal
lace Brown return from visit to
Pitlston and Philadelphia, Pa..
Washington. D. C and other
points.
Mis. Ftta Francis Kluttz, torni
erly of Waynesville returns here
to make her home. She was re
cently joined by her daughter.
Miss Jane Kluttz.
Sgt. Lloyd Stevenson serves as
top turret gunner on Flying Fortress.
VOICE
OF THE
PEOPLE
What is your favorite summer
recreation?
The Human Side O' Life
BY
UNCLE ARE
liss Evelyn Siler "The recrea
tion I would enjoy most is a visit
to the beach where 1 could lie in
the sun in the day time and dance
at night."
Miss Mildred Medford "Dancing
and just anything like exercise.
In fact 1 just enjoy summer."
Miss Dixie Campbell "There
are so many. I hardly know. I enjoy
picnicking, and hiking and every
thing about summer."
Miss F.dith Siiminerrow "Pic
nickingbecause 1 especially en
joy being in the open.
Miss Jackie Sue Messer "Swim- '.
ming and sun bathing." j
Miss Tltclma Ann Jones "I en-!
joy any recreation out-of-doors."
Miss Bebe Medford "Swimming .
is my favorite but I like all out-j
door sports." j
Miss Betty Bradley "My favor-
i ite year-round recreation is sew
' ing but lor summer 1 think my
favorite sport is swimming."
Letters To Editor
ri tfnTSriBWfc XrWiYfiyifcTifilrv r ltawrence'gould
JMM yfJjyJUyy Cwwiltin Psychologist
strongest men and women sur
vived to reach old age, they were
able to retain positions of impor
tance and continue to live active,
honored lives. Today the propor
tion of old people is much larger,
but their place in the community
is leu secure and less influential
than it once was.
A SWELL JOB
Kditor. The Mountaineer:
You did a swell job on that 62
page paper. As a newspaper man
1 realize the great labor involved.
One trouble is that some people
don't fully appreciate the effort and
product. For a town of your size,
a plant of your size, it was truly
a wonderful performance, and I
was glad to see the good word
about it in many of the daily
; papers. It sets The Mountaineer
up as top in its field, and the
! field, moreover, is large.
; K. W. Deacon" Simpson
Alladenn. Calif.
THE STORY OF SLIM GOOOIN j
(In 3 Parts Part One) j
The most observing folks in West
Ashetown said that Slim Goodinj
was, in their opinion, the leanest!
thinest, slenderest, rawest, longest I
and gawkyest man in the state, also i
one ol trie tallest; ana wnen we
have concluded our story, you'll
probably be ready to agree with
them.
To begin at the beginning of
Slim Goodin, he was born slim. Dr.
Olden, who delivered him the
child wasn't hard to deliver' said
. "If this boy lives he'll probably
make a showman in fact, he'dc
do to show now."
The mother, who was beginning
to rouse from the anaesthetic, half
opened her eyes and asked the doc
tor what he said
"I'll show you." said Dr. Olden,
holding the slender, purple baby
up for her to see
"Is that a b-baby?" she mumbled.
"Wake up," the doctor said, "this
is your baby. Mrs. Goodin. I hope
you'll be able to raise it up this
youngster is going to make a whopper!"
Well, the child lived and grew
always up. to the astonishment
of the neighbors and anxiety of the
parents, until he attained the dizzy
height of 6.5.
As a young man he looked taller
than that because he was so ex
tremely lean and thin. Little boys
would look up and say: "Don't you
git dizzy way up there?"
part of Slim Goodin's parents was
when the boy was in his teens. He
had already reached the six feet
two mark of his father which
mark Bill Goodin thought was tall
enough, and was going on. The
family was measuring Slim on the
wall, and before the final tack was
driven in at 6:5 they were getting
very uneasy
"Do you reckon our boy wiii ever
stop growin' runnin' up. I mean?"
Mrs. Goodin said one night to her
husband. Bill was nearly asleep,
but he managed to turn over
"Oh. you've axt me that ques
chun before how do I know; well,
yes they al'as have slopt."
"The boys tease him so," con
tinued Mrs. Goodin, "an' altho he
comes in mighty handy sometimes.
1 wish he wuzn't so tall an' awful
thin"
But otherwise. Slim's parents
had grown to be "right proud of
him". His handiness was manifest
ed on many occasions; for instance,
when eight or ten inches longer
reach was needed anywhere, they
called on Slim. Also be didn't need
any broom in brushing cob-webs
oil' ceilings nor step-ladders in
painting them.
Rambling
Bits Of Human Inlor.
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Jl "v "'""''taint,.,
It was a bit unusual but u i
no idea how fascinating it ,
watch. Two boys in the carh t
stopped in front of tht. iillgt.
window of The Mountain,
proceeded to thoroughly n
comb and pat their ban iui (J . ,
feet control. And in a i
Utes we saw them reiumu ,..!
equippeu wiiu a sujiset-iiiaii
side. "Ain't Youth woiidnm
pop-
He probably writhed in n,f
neighborhood of 250 uuumi , 4llU
was over sin feet. So 11 dij i,
a little incongruous to t,in,
carrying a lady's size Un.iiunm
colored) umbrella.
We have so often wood,,,,! ,i
the people of Haywood Cnuni', ,,.,,.
ly appreciate the beaut u,.,i
at their doorstep. In a rut,, u,,
other afternoon, just at mh,mi h,,
glory of the mountains and uki,.
spreading ribbons of orange Ma;.
let and purple against a ha kruii,i
of softening blue, caused a til)J
in our throat that only mu, l,
wonder can produce, lnvohmiai ii
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By EULA NIXON CREES
POLITICIANS. TOO -- Judge.
whether they be superior, supreme
recorder court type, or of the
county garden variety, are or
have been politicians. This cliai '.e
has been thrown at them for ,i
thousand years, and though iIua
have done a great deal of squiini
ing, looking as judicial as possible
all the while, they have not been
able to live down the criticism.
Some of the hottest and mo.-l bit
terly contested political eauipaitiiis
waged in this Slate have been be
tween judges. And on at lot
one occasion a man who had ne v
er engaged in the practice ol law
was named a Superior Court jiki-v
(and thus given the power to si ml
men to death i simply because In
supported the right man for Gov
ernor. Many a shirt-tail lawyer m
North Carolina has often felt ilial
the political opinions and connec
tions of jurists have poured over
and colored decisions made by
them.
People would have more confi
dence in their judges if they did
not have the political taint, but
the situation in North Carolina
is such that a lawyer who isn't a
good politician stands a poor
chance indeed of obtaining much
of a promotion in his profession.
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SCOTT KNOWS IT - Govu'iim
Slim Goodin was named Jonah
by his parents; but the neighbors
said that would never do they
wanted the child to have belter
luck than all that; besides, every
body was already calling him Slim,
and that any other name mot ex
cluding Beanpole) would be a mis
nomer. Soit wasn't long until the
name Jonah was forgotten.
Now (he period of anxiety on the
But the boy wouldn't hear to be
ing exhibited in a road show, altho
he had offers
"Tm not a-goin' to let crowds
gaze at me an' make wise-cracks,"
he said, "it's bad enough as it is."
So. after he road show idea was
given up. Bill Goodin and his wife
decided to encourage matrimony;
and since Slim was too bashful to
go out and meet any girls, they
arranged for him to meet some at
bis own home
"But they're all too short for
me." Slim protested, after the third
short, stocky girl had been invited
to the Goodin home.
"Very kind f you. son," his
(Continued on Page 3)
WHfRE JHE MAN POWER SHORTAGE IS STILL CRITICAL
SkM har Mkti Han-tflw't "Wy fiW?
AMwar: He should certainly be
kr frtodui f fee 1"
friend she ha but he should not
take tb plact t male U'mti
diolrerf of her ewa.age. For one
ft the biff est Icwona a girl uat
tiara' ht.wMt. mav. flftpttii and
twenty iww to jet on with nm- . New cfetHnrtW" f
kef f itb othef sex, first on a
fffendj,' iod day
jnwoiiC basis. And she cannot
tiafrv tfeit ten her father because
afae-CM take bia love end interest
fat granted and need not do any?
fbiog a "earn" them. She needs
febp above ail, but aba aaeda boy
war put?
Answer. On the whol, No, says
Or. Lee W. Simmon of Yale in
the anagaxlne Geriatrics. While
customs hare varied widely in
different periods and places, as a
rule old people to a primitive so
ciety wen xalaatvaly well off. Be
cause only a few of the ablest ana
SKooM en author "write down"
to Kit readers?
Answer: Never. In fact, if he
thinks hj does, he is not likely to
have many readers, since a "con
descending" attitude is as hard
to conceal as it is irritating to its
victims. But a writer v ho has
ideas which he wishes to commu
nicate to others will try to express
them in his readers' language just
as he would learn tp speak French
if he wanted to convey an idea to
a rrenchman. Anyone who writes
on scientific subjects for the gen
eral public should consider him
self lazy if he does "pot fc an tate
technical terms into f: miliar
words Mid phrase.
Bookmobile
Schedule
Friday, June 24th
CECIL and CRl'SO
Parris Store
W. A. Swanger
Mrs. Edgar Burnett
Mrs. Guy McCall
Mrs. B. F. Sellers
Cruso Grocery
Henson Grocery
Springdale School
Heatherly Grocery
Singleton Grocery
9:30- 9:45
10:05-10:20
10:30-10:45
11:30-11:45
12:00-12:15
12:30-12:45
1:00
1:30
1:15
2:30
2:45-3:00
3:15-3:30
Monday, June 2 7 til
SOCO GAP ROAD
Burgin's Store 9:35-
Mrs. Dave Plott 10:00-
Siler Service Station ... 10:25
Smoky Mt. Gift Shop ... 11:00
Mrs.1 F. O. Dryman r 11:40-
Mrs. L. J. Ballad 12:10-
Beeves Serv. Ctr. 12:40-
Mt. Exp. Station 1:20-
9:50
10:15
10:45
11:15
12:00
12:80
1:00
1:45
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MARCH OF EVEN
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About Threatened Deficit? ' to'h
Special to Central Pi
WASHINGTON -The re is a slienfthtmn
that Congress mav do nothing about tl
mental deficit for the l'.wi
A high Democratic leader who h, tern
President Truman's f..ur-tiii.n-"'- ,
ropnted 'There seems to
Congress for incrt-astnp tax
The leader uho is c
;...,..,i..,i tie ,lul net tx-uei
effective nit ... the H
,i-t ami that Congress
doing anything at all
In that event, ne r
Pxceed revenues, the fve
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monumental 2Sl-D'"""-
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... ,lnlla,'S. hill 'e"
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have predicted it niifht go
One out. short of
spending, remains. Congress n.W Jms
D Mills (R). Arkansas. rfq"'""i- '
payments This would brinjr ml"1
temporary relief ( . .
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OPERATION 0;,
finally stopped. ,i will save t'v. : ft)
United States aootn
"Operation Vittlcs" will nu" : in,t
1 The Military Air ltan.-i-" ..,trfn1
planes were siphoned from W K1 (d
enough planes bark to r;-V .'
the Pacific and Continciuo - ,,frs .
?Th Kvv will cot bar i - ,,,.,,!a
operations to the "Pea f-lft wh(
gallons of gasoline to the Air ;
3 Marine and Navy ontro. r)rfr.
Tacific will go bark to their r"fl-' '
in -the vital Far tasi.
Washington
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will be able to take hundred -
in combat and training mm- stVlCfS
High ranking officers in , A
blockade, possibly desipned to
opposite effect on American arn ,
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