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Better Insurance Rates
Far Non-Drinkers
The records of the recent term of court
here shows that Haywood certainly has her
share of drunken drivers. Officers tell us
that this county does not have any more
than the average, yet far too many, even at
that.
Now comes news that insurance compan
ies are giving the person who does not use
alcoholic beverages in any form at any time,
consideration for accjdent insurance policies.
Now that the news of this consideration has
been made known, we wonder if the man
making a confidential survey here recently
was workfhg on that project. Anyway, it is
interesting news. And The Elkin Tribune,
in an editorial on the subject, went into
greater detail, by saying:
Recent reports have told of a new auto
mobile insurance company in Chicago design
ed to serve only abstainers. In other words,
when buying an automobile insurance policy
from this company, the applicant must sign
a statement he does not use alcoholic bever
ages, and that he will not do so during the
life of the policy.
The new firm's rates are reported about
2o per cent below average rates for liability,
and proper damage coverage. They are a
bout 20 per cent under the average for col
lision insurance, and therefore those who
ean obtain insurance from this company do
so at substantial savings.
It has long been a known fact that non
drinkers have a small percentage of auto
mobile accidents and that they actually pay
some of the cost of insurance for habitual
drinkers and those who drive and drink, and
as a result have more accidents. The efforts
of the new Chicago insurance company is
one to give non-drinkers a rate commensur
ate with their collective accident record.
The new Chicago firm is followine an ex
ample set in Iowa recently, where that firm
also wrote low fP^t, policies for non-drink
ers. Evidently the success of the Iowa firm,
which has now been operating in the black
for six years, encouraged the founders of the
Chicago firm, and it may be that soon many
companies will be comj^eting for the insur
ance of non-drinkej|i. jor drivers without ac
cidents to their credit, both of which drivers
are WtfftWl to insuitB?e^?tos adjusted to
their record. ? ?
We think this pretty good idea. A
driver who doesn't drink is a nretty good
risk, provided he manages to keep out of
the way of those drivers who do.
The world is so full of really good lies
that there is no excuse for a poor excuse.
THE MOUNTAINEER
WaynesvilW, North Carolina
Main Street Dial GL 6-5301
The County Seat of Haywood County
Published By
HIE WAYNE9VTLLE MOUNTAINEER, Inc.
W. CURTIS RUSS . Editor
W. Curtis Russ and Marion T. Bridges, Publishers
PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY
, ? J HAYWOOD COUNTY
One Year 1 ? $2"?
Seven Months 2.00
Three Months 100
NORTH CAROLINA
One Y ar $4.00
Six Mo.iths ...._ 2.25
OUTSIDE NORTH CAROLINA
One Year $4 51
Si* Months 2 50
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ond Class Mall Matter, as provided under the Act of
March 2. 1879, November 20. 1914.
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The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use
lor re-publlcatlon of all the local news printed In this
newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches
Thursday Afternoon, December 17, 1953
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Mother Nature At Her Best
Mother Nature has for years, seemed to
put on some of her best shows in the Great
Smokies, and this year is no exception.
In mid-November, when the weather was
warm down in the valley, motorists were
pleasantly surprised to find snow on New
Found Gap and the route to' C'lingman's
Dome.
Earlier this week, with a six-inch snow
fall on the two spots, flowers were blooming
lower down the mountainsides, according to
Partf Naturalist Arthur Stupka. He noted
some fringed phacelia in bloom at the
Chimney's. Campground.
By early April the fringed phacelia usual
ly covers acres of ground in the national
park with white blossoms. But the
green leaves come up in summer and remain
all winter to be ready for spring. Perhaps
the December blooms were just confused a
bout the time of year.
On the same day an observer noted near
by some common chickweed, which has been
found to bloom every month in the year,
and a few flowers of wood aster still linger
ing.
One of the few regular winter-blooming
flowers is now in full blossom. This is the
witch hazel, whose curled yellow petals can
be observed on trees from November
through January.
Not to be expected are alder blossoms,
which sometimes can be found in January
and may be fairly plentiful in February.
It just goes to show that for the unusual,
and beauty at its best, you cant' beat Mother
Nature's handiwork in the Smoky region.
Santa Did Get There
Down in Dunn there has been a biff con
troversy over the annual Christmas parade.
The ministers of the town wanted the theme
of the annual event to be all religious, and
not ? have Santa in the parade. Other folk
took a different position, and protested.
The ministers held out and said that no
Christmas parade should feature Santa
Claus.
A compromise was reached, however, and
two parades were staged. One featured the
arrival of Santa to Dunn atop a fire truck,
and the other depicted the birth of Christ
?both parades were termed highly success
ful. ?>
Santa came to Dunn in a five o'clock par
ade. and one hour later, set atop the fire
truck and watched the other parade pass.
Some 20 churches participated in the last
parade. The people and ministers are not too
happy about the controversy, and frankly
said they did not plan to put on another
Such controversies are unfortunate, and
when a community finds itself divided on
such a question, the best thing is for all par
ties to quickly get together, come to some
definite conclusions and then make the an
nouncement befoVe trying to air out the dif
ficulties in public.
FJvinsr Facts
This week North Carolina and the world
celebrate the fact that just 50 years afro
there was only one airplane on earth and it
was in North Carolina. Now in North Caro
lina there are 1,547 planes. The State, how
ever, has naturally not kept leadership in
the flying procession. It is not strange that
18 states have more planes. 15 more airline
passengers. The strange thing in this year
of the Kitty Hawk celebration is that North
Carolina's percentage of gain in air passen
gers from 1951 to 1952 was le?s than that in
all but ten other states.
First flight was in North Carolina but
North Carolinians do not seem to becoming
flight minded as fast as many other states.
?Raleigh News and Observer.
YLL PLAY THESE!' ___
Looking Back Over The Years
15 YEARS AGO
L. M. Killian and E. B. Rickman
are appointed as trustees of the '
Haywood County Hospital by
Board of Commissioners,
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Billie Ray and Charles Burr Way '
have Christmas party at the home
of the latter.
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mJVii?saM4?U fitor*ir^Ut?*her in 1
the Girls' High Sthool, Sumter, !
S. C., arrives to spend the holi
days with her mother, Mrs. W. T.
Crawford. i
Lawrence Leatherwood, student
at W.C.T.C., arrives to spend the '
holidays with his family on the s
Dellwood Road. 1
10 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Josephius Daniels dies at
her home in Raleigh.
Ensign Paul Davis is expected
Christmas Eve for a two weeks
stay.
Florence Ann Bowles entertains
with a luncheon party at the
tyaynesyiHf.,i:JCin4?fl?arJfjfi in. ob
servance of her sixth birthday.
Hugh Ector of Salem, Ore., is
visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Bridges.
Miss Anne Osborne arrives from
rallahassee. Fla., where she is a
student, to spend the holidays with
ler mother, Mrs. Robert Osborne.
5 YEARS AGO
E. A. Williamson is named wor
shipful master of the Waynesville
Masonic Lo'dge.
? II. R. Caldwell. Jr., is awarded
the American Farmer Degree.
Miss Josephine McCracken is
married to Pfc. Silas David Carv
er.
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Miss Eloise Martin arrives from
New York to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Martin.
Miss Frances Rqbeson goes to
Newport News to spend Christmas
with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Robe
son.
Views of Other Editors
WEDDING BELLS?
Looks as though there might be
a wedding in the offing. Business
made the proposal the other day
and education apparently accepted.
The engagement. However, may riv
al the courtship in length.
Last year railroad 'executive
Robert R. Young expressed the
hope that business and education
would sit down and work out some
of their .mutual problems. Last
week Young got the ball rolling.
With the helD of Dr. Milton Eisen
hower, president of Penn State
University, he organized a confer
ence of some 60 leading business
men and educators.
Both sides got some surprises.
One corporation president said it
was news to him that colleges ?
especially liberal art schools?are
having serious financial troubles.
Educators, on the other hand, were
somewhat shocked to learn that
industry felt "a woeful dearth of
men with broad culturarl education
who have talents that can be devel
oped to enable them to occupy th^
highest places in management."
Other questions emerging from
Voice of the
People
What is the best way to over
come loneliness?
Aaron Provost. Grimball Dr.,
Ha^lwood?"Keep occupied and
busy, preferably with or for some
one. There's nothing like accomp
lishing sorpething to take your
mind off yourself."
Mrs. Jack Campbell, Rocn Gap
Rd.?"Not to think of yourself and
think of other people."
Mrs. M. V. Bramlett, Jr., Hyder
Mountain Rd.?"I think a hobby,
'something you are interested in
outside ef your regular work. And
of course it helps to have enough
friends to keep you from being
lonely."
Mrs. Troy McCracken, Upper
Crabtree?"Talk with one of your
nrighbmwvm read your Bible,"
the conference: Why does industry
contribute less than 1.5 per cent
of its earnings to charities and
educational institutions when tax
laws permit deductions on gifts
up to five per cent? Why. if indus
try wants graduates with wider
cultural training, do the bulk of
its donations and grants favor
technical education?
The probable core of these and
other business-education problems
is the feeling of mutual distrust
and suspicion also evident at last
.week's meeting. One businessman
expressed concern' at the .idea of
supplying funds for support of
liberal professors of economics who 1
don't share his ideas on free enter
prise. The educators maintained
that their field would lose its pur
pose if teachers had to trade in
tellectual freedom for financial
support for their schools.
The UDshot of the Young confer
ence seems to be that business*and
education, long reluctant traveling
companions, have suddenly dis
covered they have a common
ground and that both stand to gain
through closer, friendlier relations.
There are many barriers as yet
but conferees clearly recognized
the need for better understanding
and indicated they were willing to
work in that direction.
With further meetings being
planned?probably at state or re
gional levels?prospects are good
that the business and education
Rambling (Roum
Bits Of Human Interest News
Bv Frances Gilbert Frazier
Here's a suggestion to those mailing gilts i\, ^
ribbon bows and gew-gaws INSIDE the box. Then u- ,ll!(is
of fancy wrapping paper, cut into designs or figu; .. and
the box cover. This gives a pleasant surprise t.,
the outer wrapping is taken off . . . and any damage from
en route won't do any harm or spoil the pretties inside.
The busy fingers of today weaving together threads
morrow.
And while we're on the subject of Christmas who j
us tell you of one of the prettiest table decorations ima. r.
know, for the girls in the front office made us a surprise p
one). A glass salad plate and a goblet are the focal points,
let holds a tiny red candle (fastened by melting the end
candle) and around the base is tied gobs of red ribbon. fe>to<
glamor balls, greenery and spries of hollv. The lishttd cand
cheerily and is a constant reminder of the true meaninc of (
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Little Mary wag seeing her first snowfall and she <
quite figure it out. Then suddenly she cried out: "Oh vt
come quick. The arffcels are moulting."
Uncle Mose always had a good reason for not working,
man had decided dozens of times that Uncle Mose iu-d woi
but the old negro managed to keep along on the payroll. Or
"had been told to deliver a package that was needed at once
the boss returned at noon, the package was still ai the
Uncle Mose was thoroughly enjoying his favorite sport, rei
about the good old days.
"Why the blazes wasn't that package delivered," the 1
angrily demanded. Uncle Mose was quite unperturbed. Hit
this, Boss," he calmly explained, "Ah knowed when that m
get his package he'd be as mad as a wasp-stung tom-cat ai
come a'rarin' up here." The old man hesitated, look a deep b
continued: "Ah knowed you-all'd talk so nice he'd he ashi
would buy something else . . . and then Ah'd take both pai
the same time."
There's nothing quite so wonderful
As riding on a drifting dream:
Touching the stars along the way
And winking back at the moon's gleam.
An open sea of purple sky,
A galleon of golden stock
To carry us . . . just you and me . . .
Then the alarm of that darned cioek.
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wedding will come off.
?The Minneapolis Star
EXTRA PRECAUTIONS DURING
THE HOLIDAYS MAY BE LIFE
SAVERS
, A group of experts, sponsored by
an insurance company, have estim
ated that 1,160 persons will lose
their lives in traffic accidents be
tween December 24 and January 3.
This is an increase of 22 per cent
over the same period lor last year.
Principal factors for this season
al increase will be bad weather
conditions in many areas, increased
holiday travel, increased social ac
tivity and generally poor visibility.
These experts list six "Don'ts"
which will keep your name out of
the obituaries. Perhaps it is a lit
tle early to list them for the holi
day period, but they appear to us
to be good any time during the
next sixty days. Here they are:
1. Don't drive any more than is
necessary.
2. Don't drive on long trips if
a train or bus or other transporta
tion is convenient.
3. Don't drive home from par
ties after drinking.
4. Don't driye without lights
when visibility is poor.
5. Don't drive without chains
when roads are iced or slippery.
6. Don't allow younger drivers
to use the family car unless you are
certain that they are responsible
md experienced enough ^to meet
he season's increased hazards.
?Stanly News and Press.
A marker to Geil. Billy Mitchell
las been erected on the new coast
il highway through the Cape Hat
eras National Seashore in North
-arolina designating the area
vhere it was first proved, on Sept.
>, 1923, that an aerial bomb could
ink a battleship.
Letters To E(
BIRTHDAY OF OUR
Editor The Mountaineer:
Christ does not receive
er credit and honor of i
day. It will be easy to ui
how He feels about the
to Him if you put yourse
place; that is, pretend tha
Christ and that it is Chri
No doubt, you would fi
people who would not e\
of you, but only of them*
their few friends. You wo
the place of a ncglecte
on his birthday. It is not
feeling.
Give Christ the propi
and respect that is due t(
His birthday?this Chris
A Rt
Waynesville. N. C.
HELPS CAl'SE
Editor The Mountaineer:
This is simply to say
you" for the very fine t
you gave our efifort on 1
the tourist industry in
County. It was a privileg
with you about the prob
confront the county, an
forward to the solution
them ultimately.
The publicity you gave
fort was of incalculable
the tourist industry in
tion, and the comments
upon the efforts ate very
preciated.
I look forward to a
tion of the most enlightt
cussion I had with you ot
visit to Waynesville. In t
time, if I can he of ati
to you please call on me
Sincerely yours.
Fred A Whitaker
Manager
State Tourist Burt
Raleigh. N. C.
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