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I 1 THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER ~= tLOOKS GOOD even after su.?h a trip as these 32 4-Ii rs and their five leaders have had to Berkshire County, Mass. The Exchange Group arrived in Waynesville Saturday eve ninsr about 6 p.m. after a 13-da.v visit. m Tourists Return P Happy Memories W C. MEDFORD iys In The Grain Belt ling through Nebraska, i rainfall was not more1 18 inches, the group saw rinkle" in the storage of had heard about it?now as: Open bin after bin f corn in the ear, out in rheyilose very little this' suppose a farmer loses hels out of each bin or ?what's that in a thou com is sealed, we were 1 55 per bushel, govern lort. So, there it was, the or much of it?and the coming on. - . I st ajittle more about tjre ! ilUlng at Lincoln: It cost n dollars we were told; I lide said it would be four j t if built now. The large | lumns irr the rotunda were imported from Belgium. Itab j and other countries. The sculptur ing, paintings, and mosaics were wonderful, the paintings and can vases being designed to show the history and resources of the State of Nebraska, the old West, etc. The building stands 700 ft. high to the top of the dome. After leaving Lincoln, then on to Omaha?just as the people of this State Metropolis were streaming out for lunch. Well, they got an "eye full" we hope, as many of them stopped to gaze and remark. After lunch we hurry on, and are soon into the State of Iowa? and more corn! Not so much wheat perhaps ,but more oats and corn? and hogs, of course, in abundance. Near the Iowa School Kor The Deaf we saw de-tasseling and oth er methods used in Hybrid seed | corn production. Then we were ofT' -/? ; ? to the Donald Pratt Combination Hog and Dairy Farm. Here we saw how quickly Berkshire hogs can be turned into or, rather, made ready tor pork sausage. This was Thurs day. We arrived at Iowa State Col lege (Ames) at tl:30 -p.m. where an evening program was furnished by Dr. Hilton. Fell Out of Student Bunks Here some amusing incidents happened -since nobody was hurt. "Don't you tell this on me. Uncle Abe," said one fellow, smiling, and I promised. 1 will merely state that this man. who fell out of an upper berth that night at Ames, was from the northern section of out county. The other man who did the same stunt was one of our bus drivers. Our group make good Farm Tour students; but, evidently, they would have their ups and (hard) downs in a modern dormitory. At Ainsworth, Iowa, we visited the Dick Stevens farm. Here we learned what efficient management (the western way) means to large scale farming. Out there many fine, successful farmers do not own the farms they operate ? they lease them, as in this case. Mr. Stevens owned, Mr. Buck operated. Fi iday afternoon we liad a rest stop in the outskirts of Hannibal. Mo., old hometown of Mark Twain, Afterthought: We passed through Boys' Town rot far from Omaha, but did not have time to slop? our one regret. From Hannibal we continued on down the Mississippi valley to St. Louis, arriving at 7:1."), and piled into DeSoto hotel for the night Friday). After dining there, all of the group who fell rested enough went either to the ball game or outdoor opera. Just Traveling Toward Home After this there were no more projects to be seen or attractions to go to; so we will use the rest of spare allocated in giving a sum mary. This being Saturday we hur ried 011 to Nashville for the night. I will only mention the short devo tional program in the hotel there Sunday morning after breakfast. It was conducted by Major Cecil Brown, and was very appropriate for the occasion. After this the group expressed their thanks to Wayne Franklin and the assistant agents. Miss Cornwell and Miss MprlfnrH (th? "Turn M?rvc"i bus drivers, Rhinehart, Flemming and Willett, also Patrolman Woot en?for their fine leadership and management of the Tour. This was done by the usual "big hand". Fun On The Trip Victor Pless being tried on the bus for marrying a woman much too young for him?then "wilfully and unlawfully deserting her," etc.: crowning Mrs. Betty Palmer "Queen of Bus No. 102"; Bob Fran cis telling the crowd how "full" he was; Uncle Abe and Mrs. Jones putting on their performances in the aisle; hanging a man on the Canton bus?for some sort of hein ous crime; Mrs. Will Medford nib ! bling on that "good French bread"; J throwing the "snake" into the crowd; Walt Willett walking like the cow-boys we saw; the girl in Tennessee driving the tractor?and smoking the big pipe of tobacco as she drove; Frances Rose smoking her little pipe?and Cecil Brown chastising her for it, etc, etc. ? Summary When our buses pulled up to the Haywood County Courthouse that Sunday about 7:00 p.m., after the good "feast of watermelons" at Soco Gap (thanks to Jonathan Woody) we had completed our longest Tour from the standpoint of both miles covered and time required. Everybody seemed to be pleased with the trip, and, gener ally, pronounced it the best so We traveled in twelve different states of the union, vise North Car olina, Tennessee, Arkansas, Okla homa. Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, fowa. Missouri. Illinois, and Kentucky. The tour took us through Tennessee twice. The shortest distance covered In any SUMMER OF 1954 CANNOT COME TOO SOON for Berkshire County 4-ll'ers and mvsclf, Robert 51. Hall, Reerkxhire 4-11 Cluli Age ret tells soinc of thr llaywood County exchange group at a farewell partv at the Richmond Town Hall. Recelvint 1954 en gaKcmrnt calendar* with pictures of the Berkahires are Jean Childers, .Kowena Robinson, Cecil Wells and Betty Felmet. state outside our own was in Kan sas, yet wo traveled approximate ly ISO miles in that state. Uncle Bud Harris was still the oldest person on the tour and Dan ny Cole the youngest. Uncle Bud and Huh Caldwell were also the only ones. 1 think, who have heen on all the eleven tours. There were 124 in all. 00 men and 04 women the first time the women have out - numbered the men. Haywood, Buncombe. Madison, Henderson and Jackson counties were represented, also the State ! of Florida. I J. M. Caldwell was prevented ; from going on the trip on the I morning of departure; also Furman ! Noland was contacted by wire at ! St. Louis (on our way back) notify j ing him of the illness of his fath er. and had to quit the tour. Other I than this (and the bus trouble j mentioned heretofore) there was nothing to mar the complete suc cess of this wonderful trip. ? The annual production in the United States of such items as ny lon and rayon is equal to 3,300,000 bales of cotton. Tar Heel Wildlife' Answers Questions ? On Bunnies To Bison Timber wolves roamed North Carolina until the turn of the turn of the century, according to century, according to "Tar Heel Wildlife." recently published by the state Wildlife Resources Com mission. Klk and bison, too, were denizens of Carolina forests. The 90-page booklet is primar ily designed to give information on the present wildlife of the state and contains maps and pictures as aids in identification. Copies are available to persons writing the Wildlife Resources Commission as well as to school li braries and to presidents of wild life clubs. For Athletes Foot llsr T-4-L for 3 to 5 days. It actually peels off the outer skin, exposes buried fungi and KILLS ON CONTACT. If not oleased with instant-drying T-4-L. your 40c back at any drpg store. Today at Smith'* Drug Store. rHERE's >r ( IN THE AIR OVER \ ; WAYNES VILLE the familiar magic of your over telephone over telephone facilities is just one of many developments that sprang 'rom basic Bell telephone research to v , enrich the lives of millions. The micro- , ?ii!fiii dBBftihl wave radio relay, which carries Long Dis tance calls and network television, sending of news photographs over telq*g# wires also, grew out of for new magic to make yoor MvailHHH It takes more than service growing fffljtjfl cially healthy Telephone enough to keep service goodKP vAur DircHorv I 7 '? f' ' The Waynesville Lions Club 3rd Annual Benefit AUCTION SALE OF FINE AND VARIED Merchandise and Services INCLUDING COUNTRY HAMS -SOURWOOD HONEY - HOUSEHOLD GOODS-DRY CLEANING, FILLING STA TION SERVICE, WEARING APPAREL 4 \ Saturday, August 15 2:30 p.m. I I IN THE AIR-CONDITIONED ^ ,/ijj Esskay Galleries jgjj I Main Street. Waynesville I , vflj ? frrtfogJEifr-'' , . . .. . 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