THE 7AI?.TSVILLE FOUNTAIN
Monday Afternoon, Jun i3) ly
TXCZ SIX (Second Section)'
t'.OP.E ABOUT
Elevation
(Continued from Pace 1)
veys for the 6.000 and 5,000-ft
mountains referred to in the Mc
Coy booklet be checked, there is
rio doubt in my mind (knowing
Haywood as I do) that more 4,000
ft: peaks would be added to the
above list.
- The elevation in Haywood below
4,000 (those in the 3,000 and 2,000
ft. class) we must go also to the
N, C. Geo!. Survey Bulletin 27.
From this list there are recorded
29 altitudes ranging from 3,347 to
2,000 ft. The average for the 29
points is 2,682 ft. It should be not
es!,; that -many of these points for
measurements were in the valleys.
Eor instance, Waynesville railway
station is 2,637 ft., and my father's
homeplace on Prospect Hill in
Waynesville is 2,802 ft. and is the
highest' point i'1 Waynesville. And
nearby Balsam Gap is crossed by
the Southern Railway at 3,347 ft.
-Mhe highest altitude reached by a
standard-gauge railway in the east
ern United States.
To Recapitulate: There are in
Haywood County the following
measured altitudes: , y .:
6,000 ft. and over TO, totalling
117,250 ft.
5.000 ft. and over 54, totalling
295,237 ft.
4,000 ft. and over 9, totalling
39,778 ft.
3,000 and 2,000 ft. and over 29,
totalling 79,094 ft.
There are 111 measured altitudes
totalling 531,359 ft. The average
for these 111 points of measure
ment is 4,787 ft., ami this is the
average elevation of Haywood
County on the basis noted. The
highest measured point is Mt.
Guyot (6,621 ft.) in the main
Smoky Range, The lowest is about
1,396 ft. at Waterville, where
Pigeon River finally breaks through
the Great Smoky Ridge into Ten
nessee to unite with the French
Broad River.
The highest peak within Hay
wood is Richland Balsam (6,540
ft.). It Is at the head of Allen's
Creek (a tributary of Richland
Creek) in the Great Divide of the
Balsam Range and if I am correct
is some distance inside the Haywood-Jackson
line. On a rocky
point in the eastern side of the
"top," I chiseled this height some
bo years ago.
From the average (4,787 ft.)
worked out above, it seems sure
that Haywood County has the
greatest altitude of any county east
ot tne Mississippi River. But it
bcciiis weu io mane assurance
doubly sure.
ine Yancey-Mitchell (counties)
complex contains some high peaks,
including the highest of all Mt.
ivntcfielr fl,68T ft.). So Yancey's
wgn points were Checked ud and
there were found 19 peaks ranging
from 6,684 ft, down to 6,001. Of
5,000-ft. points there are only 12
ranging from 5,900 down tn"S.07n
ft. So it is plain that Yancey (even
wun Mt. Mitchell) does not com
pete with Haywood. For Mitchell
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County, the count is even lower; 4
peaks ranging from 6,286 to 6,200
ft. and 7 from 5,481 to 5,100 ft. So
Mitchell is out of the picture.
Swain County borders on the
northwest of Haywood and its
long length lies along the Tennes
see border. It has a considerable
number of high peaks along this
border and it has a number on the
Haywood line (in the northern end
of the Balsam Range?). So it
scmed that it might contend with
Haywood for the greatest average
elevation. Accordingly, it was
checked in the McCoy booklet and
the data listed.
When the data were put , in or
der, Swain was found to have only
13 peaks over 6,000 ft., and of these
11 are below 6,500 ft. It has 33
peaks over 5,000 ft. high, but of
these 22 are below 5,500 ft. These
contrasted with Haywood's 19
peaks above 6,000 ft., and 54 in
the 5,000-ft. class. Furthermore,
wain's ascertainable lower eleva
tions (Bulletin 27) from 4,000 ft.
down are far lower than Hay
wood's. Nevrtheless, Swain's 6,000-
tt. ana o,ooo-n. elevations were
run through the adding machine
and, as suspected, the figures were
found to be far below Haywood's
like totals. So Swain is out of the
picture and Haywood's standing
is still at the top.
From all that has been set out
herein, it is definitely established
that Haywood County has a maxi
mum altitude of 6,621 feet. (Mt.
Guyot on the Tennessee line in the
Main Smoky Chain) a minimum
of about 1,396 feet at Waterville,
and an average elevation (111 meas
ured points) of 4,787 feet. '
Haywood County has the highest
average elevation of any county in
North Carolina and of any county
east of the Mississippi River,
Sometime in the late 187.0's, the
authoress Christian Reid (Miss
Fisher of Salisbury) spent a sum
mer in our mountains. Her book
describing her ' experiences was
entitled "The Land of the Sky".
This name for the' region has per
sisted "and is widely, used today.
Being nearer to' the sky than any
other part of our mountain coun
try, it would seem that the designa
tion rather particularly belongs to
Haywood County.
Comedian
Won't Be Life
Of The Party
HOLLYWOOD (UP) Billy De
Wolfe, is a comedian by profes
sidn. but he refuses to be the life
of the party. i ;
People - often invite ' him , 1r
parties,' ie said, thinking he'Jl. be
more fiwi than a ' circus. , I
J'They're very disappointed " , he
said. ,"I just sit lit the corner and
look glum; You can't tell me fr$m
the potted "plants.". ;
Thereupon people get .the idea
he!s unfriendly and snobbish, end
nobody invites him back, t
VI like peopled he' Insisted. "My
whole style of . comedy is Jtounded
on jheir foibles. I'd be out of bust?
ne& if I went through life hating
my fellow man,- ' : '..-..
'But, Ianv'just hot a. yakklng.
wisecracking, back-slapping mixer.
I've never had the time nor the
inclination to learn."
De Wolfe, whose antics, highlight
Warner; Bros.' musical, ""Tea for
Two," said he is by nature quiet,
observant and serious.
! KU Von r IInlnll
'.'These qualities put me where I
ant as a comedian," he said, "and
put me in the corner'at parties. I
think th,ey come from my ' New
England upbringing. l
",But a funnyman has to be-that
way. Comedy is mental observa
tion. If I. laughed all the time1 .per
sonaljy, 1 wduldn t be able to make
people laugh professtonoiiy.-
De Wolfe thinks there more
truth Ulan fiction in- the -Adage
that all tcomfedians yearn -, to $lay.
Hamlet,! v-';---'?:- i'''!:"..''
t'f' don't feel the urffivn1f
he said. "But I'rir Positive! (hat -the
serisiJtiv'iti -which' is parfc bi ,$
greatest assistance iii .'Hamlet'-v
!'I would.rj't lic-'a'' btt sur,priseti''tf,
the majoritv.'of orriedlaqs'' woul(j
stack up as ',better drama'tiCctors
than most dramatic atjorif. 'They'd
3u$t -need time to adjust their line
of attack, that's all." :
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HOLLYWOOD Janet Blair
speaks of integrity or "what is
honest within you" as "the little
guy inside". It told her a couple
of years ago to turn down an at
tractive studio offer and get out
of town. The result is, she's back
in the plum stage role of any year
"South Pacific".
Some critics have warmly prais
ed Janet's roadshow performance
as Ens. Nellie Forbush of Little
Rock, who loves the aging planter,
Emile de Becque. Others have ex
pressed preference for that of
Mary Martin, who created and is
tt ill starring in the part on Broad
way.
Janet says, "That's the kind of
role it is; , you can't see anybody
else in It after you've once seen
the play." She thinks "Mary is
great" but; "I'm not trying to be
like Mary; I'm playing it with
my own feelings and emotions and
understanding of the character."
She's a slim little creature with
gold-brown hair worn in almost a
crew cut for the song, "I'm Gonna
Wash That Man Right Outa My
Hair," which she sings while sham
pooing. I found her relaxing the
other afternoon in a yellow bath
ing suit beside the pool of the
Wilshire Boulevard Hotel where
she is staying.
A loudspeaker called her to the
telephone four times during the
'nterview. Janet said she was get
ting about 50 calls a day, mostly
from old Hollywood friends. Pic
ture offers? "That's not why I'm
here,"- she beamed; "this just hap
pened in the natural course of
events. I don't know whether
they'll want me back." A Blair per
sonal representative put in "It's
got to be a very good offer?" and
she exclaimed, "Oh, heavens, yes!"
The onetime Hal Kemp band vo
calist was bom Martha Janet Laf-
ferty in Altoona, Pa. She took the
professional name Blair from the
county in which Altoona is located.
She was unhappy, on the whole,
with her 11-picture movie career.
Her last role, in the heavily gross
ing "Fuller Brush Man,' she calls
a "stupid part". The studio offered
her a $50,000 bonus to renew her
seven-year contract but didn't of
fer choice of parts,
" Instead of signing, she spent
$20,000 of her own money to form
a stage., and nightclub act with two
.singing-.and dancing youths called
the Blackburn Twins. From this
she was signed for "South Pacific".
Alter the exhausting run, she
guessed, "I'm going to the South
Pacific and just sit."
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ARC Warns
By JANE EADS, j-"''
WASHINGTON (AP) Balmy
weather gives a start to the
"drowning season," warns Carroll
L. Bryant, national director of the
American Red Cross Water Safety
Service. "Many early-season drown
ings occur before the water is
warm enough to swim in at alii"
he tells me. "Many are hot con
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clude taking chances on a dare
also wading and stepping into holes
and Channels; trying to cross
streams by stepping on half -submerged
logs; stepping from stone
to stone In swift waters."
He warns against playing on
makeshift rafts old pieces of
board lying at water's edge which
might easily fall apart ,or old boats,
water-logged or gaping-seamed af
ter exposure to winter weather,
"And those who take to the water
should remember that winter has
brought about changes to swim
mln gplaccs," he adds. "Places
shallow at last season's end may
be deep now. The old diving spot
may be filled with rocks or other
debris.
"Swimmers, too, sometimes
change over the winter. Maybe you
are not in shape to swim so far
or so long as at last season's end,
Water may be colder than you
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cially until June, some not until
July, -They do not have lifeguards
yet. , Whenever persons go swim
ming, Mr. Bryant warns, they
should be accompanied by some
one who can help In case of emer
gency. The U. S. Public Health
Service warns:
Before you swim In river, lake
Many Visitors At
Rotary Meeting
The out-of-town people attending
the Rotary Club meeting last Fri
day were: Maior R, McNeiland,
Salvation Army, Columbia, S. C;
John Sharp, Salvation Army, Lake
land, Florida; Dalton Smith, Voca
tion Education, Wiggins, Mississlp
pi; Jim Hess, 'lumber- building
material, Winter Haven, Florida;
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under-water swimming. Water in
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By GENE HANDSAKER
HOLLYWOOD (AP) Being
one of Joan Crawford's four adop
ted children isn't all candy and
cake. Seven-year-old Christopher
scrubs the bathroom floor every
Saturday morning. , Ten-year-old
Christina vacuums and dusts her
room. Joan imposes duties because,
"I believe In preparing them for
what they've got to face in life.".
Chris and Tina have their own
rooms, bach chiia airs and makes
its bed daily. Pajamas must be
hung up and used washables taken
to the basement laundry. The
three-year-old twins, Cathy and
Cynthia, so far are duty-free. But
other regulations include them.
One is no television except Fri
day, Saturday and early Sunday
nights. Joan says through-the-wcek
television interfered with the
children's sleep and Chris' and
Tina's schoolwork.
These two attend a public school
and carry lunchboxes. Tina wears
ginghams, Chris bluejeans and
cowboy boots. On week-ends they
may have house guests but must
make reservations a week in ad
vance. Tina, formerly a Brownie,
had troop meetings at home.
When Joan is working the chil
dren's afternoon naps are an hour
longer than usual. That way they
can stay up until she arrives home
She honks her car's horn in the
driveway. From the house there's
a shrieking exodus of 'children,
who ride the running board into
the garage. Miss Crawford carries
the v twins piggy-back into the
house. The children watch her
scrub off her make-up. "We have
our Judge Hardy talks at dinner,"
she explains. She rocks the twins
to sleep and hears all the chil
dren's prayers.
The prayer starts, "Now I lay me
down to sleep; I know that God
His child will keep." It doesn't
have the line, "If I should die be
fore I wake." Joan thinks it's
frightening to a child. ,
Miss Crawford recently was
named by the Los Angeles Down
town Business Men's Association
as America's . most glamorous
mother. She wants to , adopt an-
oiner bnv nnt . u.L
panion for Chris. "Not
man in tU L-.. . 01 lav
" ouse is kind nf
on the little "aof
divorced star saysV CircuJ
in her career made lt -w
to have children of her own
o..c auupi xnese four' ;
swerea simply; -j jus, .
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