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' ? Love Joy Road Undergoing Much Needed Repairs By MRS JOHN W JOHNSON. SR. Community Reporter Work on the Love Joy Road is progressing nicely. Residents of this community are glad the road is being imprpved. as it was quite narrow and heavily travelled by school and work buses. It was on this road a few years ago that a Bethel Schol bus plung ed down a sleep bank. Pfc Carol Hargrove of tfie 8th Infantry at Fort Jackson, and YN2 c Charles Hargrove recently spent a week-end leave with their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Har grove. The music concert given by the Pigeon Valley Ramblers string band at the Bethel School auditor ium recently was thoroughly en joyed by a large audience. C.eorge Blayloek and Van Wells attended the semi-annual singing convention at Etowah Sunday. Miss Alma Chambers returned from Baptist Hospital in Winston Salem and is with her sister, Mrs Ned Moody of Hazelwood. i Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Hargrove1 have received word that their son YN2/c Charles F. Hargrove, is do ling nicely following an appendix operation in the Naval Hospital at Bethesda. Md., Tuesday. He was in Washington en route to Italy as an ambassador for the U. S. Navy. The rain was much needed but at it continues, the farmers are being delayed with corn planting. Use the Want Ads for results Winners Receive Reading Contest Awards Mrs. Alma McCracken, president of the Business and Professional Women's Club, presents awards to the winners of the club's reading contest held Tuesday morning for local junior high school fcirls. Next to Mrs. McCracken is Agnes Jane Roberson, first place; Betty Liner, second; and Patricia Dawn I\)tton. third This is the third reading contest the B Si PW Club has sponsored. Judges were Mrs. Will Hyatt, Mrs. John Allen, and Jimmy Childress. Aerial Surveys Speed Up Locating Highways RALEIGH?Chief highway locat ing engineer R. Getty Browning re ports that the use of aerial photog raphy in difficult highway locations has saved the State much time and money. He speaks from experience as he's spent more than 30 years in locating the State's roads. "The study of aerial photos may _ cut the time required by a locating party by 30 per cent?quite a fin ancial saving to the State," says Browning. The educational value of aerial photos is that they are more read ily understood by the layman, rather than an engineer's straight ? i line drawing. They serve a two foul purpose: Showing what the Highway Commission has done in locating roads and what it pro poses to do. The highway engineer can quickly explain and illustrate any contemplated dhanges in the State's road system. "Nearly everyone can readily understand an aerial map. A draw ing of a proposed highway?which may be perfectly clear to the en gineer?is usually Greek to the layman. Another great advantage of aerial photos is that they clearly show the location of existing roads, streams, buildings, railroads, farm lands, forests, hills and valleys," according to Browning. Three times in the past the lo cation department has advised the use of aerial photos. First in 1950, an air survey was made for the location of US 29, one of the State's heaviest-travelled east-west trunklines. Fifty-four miles, ex tending through a highly develop ed rural section of the State be tween Thomasville and Efland were photographed. The cities of High Point and Greensboro were also photographed from the air so that suitable road connections could be provided. The second aerial survey in 1951 was made of the 75-mile hilly area between Old Fort and Statesville. The aerial photographer also made shots of Marion, Morganton and Hickory. Similar pictures speeded up the relocation of US 70 (part of the Interstate Highway System) through the very rugged mountain country between Old Fort and Ridgeerest. In 1952, outmoded but heavily burdened US 301 was photograph ed from the Virginia State line to the South Carolina line. The area photographed covered about 180 miles of fertile, rolling farm land. Ground surveys, based on the air photos.are now being made on several sections of this route. When an aerial survey is needed, the highway locating department outlines on a large county map the general route to be flown and pho tographed. Next, out-of-state aerial mapping companies' (at present there are none in the State* low bid for the contract. Cost of the air photos averages about $15 per square mile. An air survey contract is usually divided into two parts: photos and contour developments. Develop ment of the contours, showing the various elevations, costs about $800 or more per square mile. Contour maps are very necessary In the sur vey of hilly and mountainous loca tions as they allow the comparison of several proposed locations by the highway engineers without time-consuming laborious fleld trips. The ideal season for aerial pho tography is short. February 1 through May 1 offers t he best weather and flying conditions. In that period, the days arc long, the trees are leafless and the atmos phere is clear. Ideal weather con ditions are almost mandatory In the photographing of mountainous and densely-wooded sections. Level open terrain can be photographed in almost any season. For good results, the photogra pher takes his pictures at an ele vation (usually 10,000 feet or less) agreed upon by the location de partment. His flying altitude is de termled by the scale of pictures de sired. After each flight, the photogra pher develops index sheets show ing the order and position of the photds. , ' In turn, the locating engineers study these pictures in pairs under a stereoscope and then make them into a mosaic map. Under the stereoscope, the photos take on third dimension. The depth of the valleys and the height of the ridges are easily seen. A tentative location, based on the aerial photos, is made. A fleld party then makes an on-the-spot fleld check to insure that all ser ious obstacles have been avoided. The field men note whether Streams, railroads and existing Bookmobile Schedule May S FINES CREEK Mark Ferguson's Store 9:30-10:00 Mrs. Frances Rogers 10:15-10:30 Fines Creek School 10 45-12:00 Harley Rathbone 12:l.vl2:30 Paul Ferguson 12:45- 1:15 Sam Ledford 1:45- 2:00 Lloyd Messcr 2:30- 2:45 Mrs. Ann Shelton 3:15- 3:30 May 11 IRON DUFF. CRABTREE, HYDER MT. Frog Level 9:25- 9:45 Mrs. Fannie Davis 9:50-10:00 Willie Green 10:10-10:30 Crabtree-Iron Duff Sch 10:45-12:30 C. H. Hill 12:45-%1:00 Matt Davis (Bald C.) 1:15- 1:30 C. Hall (Bald C.) 1:40- 1:50 roads will be crossed at the most advantageous points. They check to see that conflicts with rural and expensive urban property have been avoided as far as possible. Further stereoscopic study de termines whether or not changes tti the route are advisable. The aerial photographer, if re quested, can draw five-foot con tours on a 200-foot scale showing about 2,000 feet on either side of the proposed location, on each flight. By using the contour data (the sheets' are match-marked to be studied in pairs), the locating en gineers can make many compari sons of various routes. Field surveys supplement the aerial survey. A final location is then made showing in detail the recommended route for construc tion. Browning says, "In determining the proper location of interchanges, river crossings and railroad separa tions, we have found that aerial photos are almost indispensable. By supplementing these pictures with contour maps, we can quick ly examine large land areas which would be troublesome and tedious to examine on foot. Air photos are far more accurate than a ground reconnaissance aionc, no matter how carefully it may be done." Completes Basic I?? Private John Rogers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Rogers of Haz elwoood, is a recent graduate of the Medical Replacement Train ing Center at Camp Pickett, Va. Pvt. Rogers also was given eight weeks of infantry training while at Camp Pickett and is now a qualified Army Medic. Troy McCracken 2:00- 2:15 Mrs. W. Smith (Hyder) 2:30- 2:45 Mrs. Jack Long 3:00- 3:15 May 12 BETHEL Mrs. Hugh Terrell 9:45-10:00 John M. Rigdon 10:05-10:30 Mrs. Welch Singleton .10:45-11:00 Mrs. James Cooke 11:15-11:30 Morrow's Grocery 11:35-12:00 Springhill School 12:15- 1:00 Mrs. Roy Suttles 1:15- 1:30 Mrs. John Blaylock 1:35- 1:45 "Corn" usually refers to the im portant cereal crop of the nation; wheat in England, oats in Scot land and Ireland and maize in the United States, says the National Geographic Society. Crime Misfires SAM .'RANC1SCO (API?A shab blly dressed men scribbled on a deposit slip at a counter in the Anglo California National Bank here. Special Officer Harry Malone over hbsk^J your bilu * h?'dup Surprised. Malo J the would-be ro(>btr? Police coxEratu^ * Get a lot I more truck! I $159884J *n locally I buys a 1953 GMC Pickup whkl 105 HP Valve-in-head Engine ? 8.0 to 1 Co^| pression Ratio ? "6-Footer" Cab ? 45-AmpaM Generator ? Double-Acting Shock AbsorbqB * Recirculating Ball-Bearing Steering ? Sell Energizing Brakes ? Synchro-Mesh Trial mission ? 6-Ply Heavy-Duty Tires. ?Model 101-22. DUAL-RANGE TRUCK HYDRA-MAT.r wvi other equipment, accessories, state and local taxes, if crv ; may vary slightly in adjoining communities duo to shipping All prices subject to change without notice. HOWELL MOTOR 1 203 Haywood Street Waj nrsvill^H Meeting 01 Board of Equalization And Review The Haywood County Board Of Commissioners Will Sit As A Board of Equalization And Review Beginning Monday, May 11 & 12 The Haywood County Board of Commissioners will sit as a Board of Equalization and Review beginning Monday, April 6th, at the commissioner's office in the Court House in the town of Waynesville, for the purpose of examining and review ing the tax list of each township for the current year and shall hear any and all taxpayers who own or control taxable property assessed for taxation in the county, in respect to the valuation of all property in the county and correct any errors appearing on the abstract and for transaction of any other business which may come before the board in compliance with the Machinery Act of 1937. This is the only time in which the commissioners have the authority to change valuation of real esate. Complaints from the various townships will be heard as follows: Monday, May 11 ? Beaverdam Township. f Tuesday, May 12 ? Waynesville Township. THE BOARD OF EQUALIZATION WILL VIEW THE PREMISES AND MAKE ADIUSTMENT OF ALL COMPLAINTS. . , CHAS. C. FRANCIS Chairman Haywood County Board of 9 Commissioners. NOTICE! I SATURDAY, MAY 9ih I IS THE LAST DAY I TO I LIST TAXES! ALL PERSONAL PROPERTY MUST BE I LISTED FOR TAXATION BY MAY 9th, I 1953 ? I IF YOU DO NOT LIST YOUR PERSONAL I PROPERTY BY THE DEADLINE IT WILL BE ? DISCOVERED AND YOU WILL BE RE- ? QUIRED TO PAY A I PENALTY of 10 1 Of The Valuation Of The Discovered Personal Properly ? All the real estate of the County and the Towfns in the County was listed by TAX ASSESSORS when they visited your home, farm or place of business. ThcJ DID NOT list your PERSONAL PROPERTY, except in those cases where H property owners were present to give the Lister his personal property. MILDBED BRYSON I TAX SUPERVISOR AND COLLECTOR K HAYWOOD COUNTY ?
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