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S1LANDERS DIRECTORS who met here Saturday to plan an promotion program for the coming travel season were (front left to right): Mrs. Edith Alley of tVaynesville, secretary; Parris, vice president and director from Jackson County; r O. A. Fetch, president and director from (iraham County; Hyatt of Waynesville, llaywood County director: (Second gMjlpe P. B. Bennett, Jr., of Brvson City, director representing ?: * : swain I ouniy; L. r.. izeyous, presiaeni 01 mr na.vwoou t iiuuii Highlanders; Ben Palmer of Murphy, representing Cherokee and Clay counties; John Metzger of Asheville. representing Buncombe County, and James C. Gaither of Brevard, director representing Transylvania County. A number of other officials from county Highlanders groups were also present at the meeting in the Ma sonic Temple. {Mountaineer Photo). iVaynesville's Public Schools Established I jg[l899; First Bond Issue Was $10,000 leys Events Of ilhle Oak Area f By Patsy Davis Community Reporter and Mrs. Roue Ledford, id too Troy. Frank Dee Ledford id R|l>ert Hugh Davis, spent a eek in Galveston, Texas, with Mrs. Paul Ledford, and r. and Mrs. Sammy Ledford. MiSH'atsy Davis entertained a jflftt friends witii a birthday irty It the home of her parents. X. abd Mrs. Robert Davis on Jan iry nh There were 47 attend g the lovely affair. They were om Waynesville, Crabtree, Fines ?eek, Iron Duff. Cove Creek and hite Oak. Games were played. Uowing the opening of gifts by e honoree. Assisting Mrs. Davis in serving freshments were: Mrs. Roue idford and Mrs. Mark Ferguson. Mteskusie Bryson of Chattan >ga Sflknt the weekend with her Rer/Shs Robert Davis. Mini). irothy Hoglen and Mr. ubeit- Conard were recently arried. Mrs. I Conard is the daugh r of Mr. and Mrs Hobert oglaJknd Mr. Conard is the son r MrAnd Mrs. Jack Conard. T. Nl I .eatherwood is a patient the Wston Park Hospital, Ashe II unter underwent treat 1 Haywood County Hos suffering injuries while ^ketball in the Clyde k game. .IF. GETS WISE! S, Tenn. fAP) ? Willie , wondered by firemen yng hoses to put out the tome. He found out be men left. He was arrest irged with parking hi< ' of the fire hydrant ir i house. An extremely interesting account of the early days of the public school system in Waynesville, in a pamphler entitled "Report for Fifteenth Year of the Public Schools." has been broght to The Mountaineer by Jarvis Hollifield. Mr. Hollifield brought in the pamphlet to show us that the old Central Elementary School was not opened until the school year of 1913-14. instead of in 1910 as The Mountaineer was informed previ ously. The report covers the period from 1899 to July 31, 1915 and stresses progress made by the town's public schools and their prospects for the future. One section of the report, "His torical Facts." contains this inform ation: "The Waynesville Public Schools have now been in operation six teen years, and there are some facts as to the establishment and operation of the schools which should be preserved in printed form for future reference. It is now difficult to obtain some of the | simplest data, owing to depreda tions of time and divided respon sibilities. "Afte^r considerable agitation in the Waynesville Courier and free discussion among the public-spirit | ed citizens of the town the year . I 1899 became prominent in the an nals of Waynesville. as it marked [ the beginning of the Public Schools. The Charter was granted | by the legislature in March. 1899. I In May of the same year the peo ple ratified the charter at the polls. At the same time they voted for a bond issue of $10,000 with which , to purchase and equip suitable school buildings. A school board of nine men was elected with Mr. J. K. Boone as chairman. Steps were taken at once to make adequate preparations for the open ing of the schools in the fall. The old brick building on the present ? site was purchased for $4,200 and i equipped for service. W. C. Allen > was selected as the first superin ? tendent, and he with the board. ? selected five other teachers to as ? sist him in the work. i "Later the town purchased the corner on which the cottage stands Bookmobile Schedule Tuesday, Jan. 19 CECIL - BETHEL Parris Store 9:15- 9 40 Retreat Cash Groc. 9:50-10:05 James Reeves 10:15-10:30 J. E. Burnett 10:45-11 00 Cecil School 11:15-12:15 W. H. Hargrove 12:30-12:45 J. W. Johnson 12:50- 1:00 Bethel School 1:15- 3:00 Friday, January 22 CRCSO-DIX CREEK I Mrs. Lorrie Mann 9:30- 9:50 Otis Smith 10:00-10:15 Robt. Freeman 10:30-10:45 Cruso Grocery 11:00-11:15 j Cruso School 11:30-12:45 Dosha Rurruss 1:00- 1:15 Burl Henderson 1:30- 1:45 Jim Clark 2:00- 2:25 Burnett's Cash Groc. 2:40- 3:15 for $900, and Mr. S. Liner's resi , dence and grounds on the school j lot for $2,800; which deals gave the school the whole block as a site. In 1907 a bond issue for $20,000 ' was voted. In 1912 the bonds were sold, and the new building was completed in the summer of 1913. This equipment cost about $25,000 and was used first during the year 1913-14. "The following gentlemen have | served as trustees of the school ; since the organization: J. K. Boone, ' Chairman 1899-1912; J. D. Boone! , first secretary, W. H. Faucette. W. W. Stringfield. B F. Smathers, J. L. Williams, R. D. Gilmer, C. S. White. T. L. Green. The above named constituted the first board. The others are: W. J. Haynes, Dr. J. H. Way. W. T. Crawford, chair man 1912-13, R. E. Osborne. J. P. SWift, C. E. Ray. W. J. Hannah and M. J. Ownby. Those serving on the board during the years 1914-16 will be found in the first pages of this report If any name has been omit ted it has not been intentional, as I had to depend on others to fur nish the information. TEACHERS "Those who have taught in the schools are as follows: W. C. Allen. Superintendent 1899-1913. Mrs W J. Haynes, continuous service since the schools opened, Misses Oberia Rogers. Nora Welch, Mary Ector. Mr. J. K. Boone, the above com posed the first faculty. Misses Har riett Boone. Mary Rinaldi, Mary M. Davis, Mary L. Stringfield. E. L. Gwyn, Francis Boone. Mrs. Et ta W'yche, Misses Jessie Herren, Borta Wright, Bertha Thompson. Lizzie Boyd, Maggie Kirkpatriek Sara Hannah. Cora Ward. Jane Swift. Mary McFadyen, Mary A : Boone. Fannie Howell, Fannie P Haynes. Evelyn Lee, Lelia Cathey.1 Laura Roberts, Leila Mock. Lillian Allen, Lottie Kern, Sarah Roberts. Mary E. Turley, Marion Gray. Frances M. Hltkey. Messrs W Henry Lee .W. Walker. R D McDowell, J R. Sanders. Baxter L Baker. S. C. Bryan, N. T. McMan awa.v. W. M. Marr, Thomas H Franks. J. W Baghy. E W Davis. D F Nicholson. Superintendent 1 1913-14. Mesdamex R L. Raker lean! Wealth! Happiness! AtKou unhappy, unlucky, disgusted in life? Whatever your .^^Bubles consult Gifted American Palmist ? Life Reader ^tlADAME CHRISTINE^ fpECIAL READINGS $1.00 Hour*: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.?Daily and Sunday n ? Qu V Cubic today?tomorrow may be too late. Guarantees to read your entire life, past, )fl present and future. They ask no questions but Will tell Mm what \ < >11 want to know, giving IHliiBnd facts on business, love, health, and familjf affairs. Who kill you marry and when. If the one you love is true or false, 'hat part of the colintry is luckiest for you and just what to do to be ?reuiaful In life. Gives lucky days and lucky numbers. Tullayyou how to be what you want to be. Are you a lucky person 'ho aWtimes appear to be affected by bad surroundings? Are you "uchud by evil hands? Do you fear disease? Do you give up in 'ESPAIR'1 Does persistent bad luck follow you? SPELLS. UN 1 ATU|a!. CONDITIONS and EVIL INFLUENCES of all kinds car ?^Htome by getting ADVICE and AID from a reliable advisor whr BLb*reputation and WILL help you. If you are sick or worried ?Jj EEEEE THE WAYNESVILLE MOUNTAINEER s ?. ? * 3 Drop In Park Travel Blamed On Light Angus! UAlU>numi v ini - cent drop in attendance of visitors to the Great Smoky Mountains \,i lional Park in 1953 was mainly duo to a sharp decrease in August, ac cording to a comparison ot figures at the National I'ark ' >11 ice here July and August usually have the greatest number of park \i-it ors, but in 1953 the August total dropped a whopping 31 per cent below the previous year from 582.73(1 down to 400.407. The Au gust. 1953 figure was the lowest since 1949 when 285 585 visitors were counted. In 1950 the figure was 455.628; in 1951 it was 43ti,277 A sharp drop in local travel from the surrounding counties is generally credited with being the! biggi st influence in the slimmer fluctuation. Both 1952 and 1951 had hot Augusts when many per sons rushed to the mountains ! Still, the total attendance for July, 7953. was down only 14 per | cent below that for 1952 Only three other month- of 1953 had attendance drops in 1953 1 These were January. April. May Seven months of the year showed attendance gains over tile previous year. * Park attendance figures are now kept on a ca'"'idar year basis. Be fore 1952 they were totaled by ! trave l years beginning with tie to her. For the last five years the totals for the year on that ba-i> have Speeders Head List Of 1953 Traffic Violations Speeding topped a year end re port ol traffic violations requiring tin' surrender of driving privileges li e State Department of Motor Ve hicles said today. For the year 1953, 42.11(> Tar Heel drivers had their operators' licens'ts revoked for exceeding the speed limit. The top figure was fol lowed bv reckless driving, report ed at 13,575. Driving without a license was in" third place with 12.239 revocations. The annual summary listed mis cellaneous violations such as faul ts equipment, failing to .stop for a stop sign, improper passing and following too closely. which brought the 1953-total of license revocations to 86.680. Licensing officials noted this was r a decrease of 21.290 from the previ i oils v car. heen 1,774,265 in travel year 1949; 1.753.414 in 1950; 1,979.208 in 1.951: 2.322.152 in 1852 (calendar year and 2.250.772 in 1953. Bids Sought On fl Guard Walls At jj Newfound Gap CMI.IMU lid Stone guard- . I walls are to be placed along more than a mile of the Newfound Gap Highway (Uft441t sp the TUhmhi I side of the Great Smoky Mountains National 1'aik I The L'S Bureau of Public Roads has asked for bids from contrac tors interested in constructing the guardwalls along a stretch of 1.143 miles of the upper portion of the highway. It will require 642 cubic yards of stone masonry, the bureau said. Bid* will !?? opened at 1 SO p.m., I EST 011 February 3 at the bureau office here. Guardwalls of this type were placed alung a considerable part of this highway when it was built several years ago, but thoae on the * i upper part have never been com pleted. Large boulders in recent years have served as a protection along the outer parts of the high way whore it skirts deep canyons, I Plans, specifications, and pro posal forms for the new work are available at the Roads Bureau of fice here or at the office of the division engineer, II J. Spelinan, 1440 Columbia Pike. Arlington, Va. MAYBE IT'LL HELP MGRRISTOWN. N .1. (API ? A thief took three books from the Exclusive Shop, including one titled, "A Treasury of Hymns". H/sPfT though in a wheelchair. Penny Jensen, of Manhattan ? Bench, 'Calif. Is shown with her dog. "Hlackie." who has been at her side since she was stricken with polio in 11148 In urging sup port for the March of Dimes, the National I nundation for Infantile Paralysis declares it took $ 1 (1.000, the ouuK i ent of 1 OO.OOh dimes, to give Penny the hospitalization and therapy needed to win her polio tight, (International Soundphoto) ra HL^ix/icl^ncas at no extra cost I New Astra-Dial Instrument Panel ?* a safety dividend with speed ometer placed high on tin* panel for easier reading. \\ ,lining lights tell when generator is discharging or oil pressure lails too low. |? I Style-Setting Interiors in l ord fiive v<m heautv from the inside out! 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