Regina Nakutis First
In 'Voice Of Democracy'
(EDITOR'S NOTE: The follow.
Iwg muj by Rerina Nakutis, ?tu
dtnl at 8t. John's School, won first
pUot In the local "Voice of Dem
ocracy" contest sponsored by the
Wayaeovttle Jaycees.t
I SPEAK FOK DEMOCRACY
By Retina Naklitis
God in His infinite kindness has
brought me and my family from a
land which has now been overrun
by Communism for almost eleven
years. He has although through
many hardships, taken us. so to
speak, from the land of Egypt to
this land of freedom, called Am
erica.
It means much to me to enjoy
the freedom of my religion, free
dom of my conscience, and the
freedom to enjoy the unobstructed
beauties of this nation.
As I read back to the early day<
of the colonists, I understand wha4
it meant '? under the tyran
nical rule of England's Kin*
George III. Also, it is easy for any
one to understand why the colon
ists arose with violent acts of rebel
lion.
It is plainly seen in the May
flower Compact, that even when
this country was taking the firs'
faltering steps, the people desired
a form of freedom, a form of dem
ocracy.
England in her greed desired
much power in the New World
She fought battles, passed acts
which seem silly to us now, and did
everything in her power to safe
guard her position and interests In
(he new land. She protected the
rights which she had, not caring
what happened to the colonies.
The colonists, meanwhile, arose
in open rebellion against the un
just English rule. Men such as Pat
rick Henry expressed their opinions
openly and bravely against -Parlia
ment. Nathan Hale sums up beau
tifully, "It brings me great sorrow
that I have only one life to give
for my country."
Democracy today is taken to be
as freedom of press, freedom of re
ligion, freedom of speech, the right
to a trial by jury, and various oth
er forms of liberties.
The Deelftraiton of Independ
ence, formally adopted on July 4,
1776 and written chiefly by Vir
ginia's Thomas Jefferson, expresses
the feelings of the people against
an unjust ruling. They wanted
then, as we want now, a democratic
government, a government which
would give them and their descend
ants the right to vote and all the
other different rights which they
had been denied in England.
That is the chief reason why I,
a person who could well be ignored,
have come to this land. I have
come here to seek the freedoms
stated in the Declaration of Inde
pendence and I have sincerely
looked forward to being a citizen
of this country. This wish will come
true soon.
I love this land, as well as my
own country, and I feel free to'say
with my whole heart, "America,
my Country, Land of the Free."
Army Accepting
Enlistments For
Duty In Germany
The Army recently announced a
new enlistment plan in conjunction
with the unit rotation plan.
Qualified men can enlist for a
specific unit and know where they
are going and for how long before
they are sworn in.
The Army feels that this new
enlistment plan has a number of
advantages over the present sys
tem. It eliminates long periods of
waiting and the inconvenience of
casual centers. The men will stay
?in the same outfit with their bud
dies during their period of service.
The first outfit that has been ef
fected by this plan is the 10th In
fantry Division, presently stationed
at Fort Riley, Kansas. Starting in
July 1955 the Division will begin
moving to Germany to replace the
famous 1st Infantry Division, pres
ently located there. Present plans
call for the move to last approx
imately six months. Upon comple
ion of a 33 month tour of duty
in Germany the 10th will tenta
tively return to Fort Riley, its
home station.
The enlistment campaign will
only last through December. Both
prior service and men who have
not been in service can enlist if
they can meet the standards that
have been in effect for some time.
Details of this program may be
obtained from the Army recruiter
at the Waynesville post office or
from the recruiting station in the
Asheville post office.
"VOICE OF DEMOCRACY" WINNER in a
county essay contest last week sponsored bv the
Waynesville Jaycees was Regina Nakutis (left),
a Junior at St John's School. Runner-up was Pat
sy Holder, junior at Waynesville High School. In
charge of arrangements was Elmer Hendrix, a
member of the Jaycees. Other contestants were
Johnnie Belle Love of Reynolds High School
and Iola Kelley of Bethel. ?
(.Mountaineer Photo).
My Favorite Stories
By CARL GOERCII
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I "For goodness sake!" exclaimed
my wife, "Look at your pants!"
I looked at the garments in ques
tion. They were spotted in several
places with some substance that
looked as though it were used oil
out of the crank-case of an auto
mobile.
"Where in the world did you get
that?" she inquired.
I told her I didn't know.
We were in our room at the
Carolina Hotel in Pinehurst. Our
purpose in being there was to at
tend the district Rotary confer
ence. Her exclamation about the
pants came a few minutes after a
bell-boy had delivered us safely to
our room.
"What are you going to do," she
demanded. "You can't possibly go
downstairs looking like that. And
you haven't got another pair of
pants with you."
It was true. Many years ago I
learned the wisdom of traveling
light. So I just take along whatever
apparel will be necessary, and let it
go at that. One pair of pants was
all that I had with me on the trip.
It was a serious situation. No
question about that. The only
thing I could think of was to call
the valet service. I explained my
predicament and asked them to
send up for the pants and see if
they couldn't be cleaned.
In five minutes a bell-boy ar
rived. He looked at the pants and
shook his head solemnly. "Mighty
bad!" he murmured.
"I know they are," I told him.
"but you can have them cleaned,
can't you?"
"We'll try," he said somewhat
dubiously.
"I've got to have them back in
ten minutes," I explained.
"I don't know whether they can
be cleaned that quickly," he pro
tested. "Why don't you wear an
other pair of pants?"
"Because I haven't got another
pair of pants."
He regarded me with a look
which seemed to say that any guest
who came to the Carolina Hotel
! with only one pair of pants, wasn't
much of a guest. However, he said
he would do the best he could,
Ten'minutes. No pants.
1
Fifteen minutes. Still no pants.
At the end of twenty minutes, !
went to the phone and asked to
speak to valet service.
"Sorry," said a voice from the
other end of the line, "but that de
partment is now closed."
"Bpt they've got my pants!" 1
screamed.
"They undoubtedly will be de
livered first thing in the morning,"
said the voice in what was intend
ed to be a comforting tone.
"But I've got to have them to
night. I've got to have them right
away."
"I'll see what can be done," said
the voice.
So there 1 was; panting but pant
less.
John Bragaw, from Washington,
called the room. "A meeting of the
committee on prizes is to be held
right away," hs said. "Come right
down."
"I can't."
"Why can't you?"
"I haven't got any pants."
There was a moment's pause.
And then in accents of indigna
' tion. he inquired, "You mean to
tell me that you came down here
without any pants?"
I explained what had happened.
And then I said: "Look here, John;
j be a good sport and let me have a
i pair of your pants."
"But I've only got one pair!" he
said. And then, for fear that I 1
might try to over-persuade him, he
said goodbye.
There was a knock on the door.
It was Frank Thompson, who had
ridden down to Pinehurst with us.
I opened up and he came in, gaz
ing interestedly at my costume.
"Where are your pants?" he de
manded.
I told him. And then I begged j
him to help me out.
"Yes," he said, "I've got an ex
tra pair, but I don't know whether j
1 want to let you have them or |
not. You might lose them, too. Or
you might stain them with oil."
I promised faithfully that I'd
take good care of them. And so he
went and got them.
They lacked a lot of being long
enough, but at least they were
pants, so I put them on and didn't
complain. A few people looked at
them rather curiously when I got
downstairs, but there was no panic
or anything approaching it.
"I want 'em back in the morn
ing," said Frank firmly, as we re
tired that night.
I promised him faithfully that
he should have them.
The next morning at 7:30 1 was .
shaving. There was a knock on the ;
door. I opened it and a bell-boy I
stood there.
"Here," he said, handing me a '
belt. "We took this out of your
rousers yesterday afternoon and 1
oi'fcot to pui u oac* wnen 1 Oe
iv ei id uiem."
"Duiveieaa what?" I demanded.
.'"Vour panis,' tie said.
"My panis haven t been deliv
rea, 1 loid him.
"Oh, yes. tney have. I gave 'em j
o tne lady."
My wile chimed in and said that |
he nad lancn in no pants.
? Weil," he said, "iney must be j
n some other room."
And then he started on a pants
lunt. In the meantime, Mr. Thomp- ?
on was shouting vigorously for his
>ants. I kept putting him off. In
lalt an hour the bell-boy was back ]
vith my own trousers. He said he j
lad been to half of the rooms in [
he hotel, asking for pants, and a
ot of folks had got mad with him.
He finally found them in 331.
)ur room was 431. I put 'em on.
lave Frank back his garments, and
iftcr that there was no further
rouble. ?
Ex-Director Of U. S. Mint
Enjoying Her New Freedom
By J AXE EADS
WASHINGTON ? The one thing
hat iseiiie 1 ayioe Itoss louKed lor
tard to on retiring last iviay alter,
u years as director 01 tne U.S.'
Mint was to enjoy her friends and
some of the diversions she'd had
to forego while in government.
"I'm finding unqualified satisfac
tion in my new freedom to do
things denied to me all the years
I was in public office," she told me.
"I'm not doing anything too im
portant, but I keep myself as busy
as I've ever been."
Washington's new^swomen are
among the friends who are enjoy
ing a large measure of Mrs. Ross'
attention. She is an associate
member of the American News
paper Women's Club. One of the
first women appointed to a top
government post in the New Deal
administration, and the last to
leave, she presented the group with
a baked 25-pound turkey, several
boiled beef tongues and scalloped
potatoes?all products of her near
by Maryland farm?for a recent
dinner-meeting.
"The turkey was so big I
couldn't find a pan large enough to
hold it," Mrs. Ross said. "My cook
and I had to piece out the one I
had with aluminum foil. We were
cooking all day. but it was fun."
Mrs. Ross is one of 122 distin
guished women on the newspaper
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