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I Foreigners have varying opinions
?f our country. Lots of us think if
they don't like it?well, they don't
fcave to come here. The fact re
mains that a lot of them do come
every year, and most of them pass
through this gateway to the U. S.
Along with a lot of undesirables,
piany good citizens from other
lands take seriously the Statue of
Liberty as they pass it, and loud
ly express their thanks and appre
ciation for this best country on
earth.
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There was a time when many
Europeans came here, made their
pile of money, and then promptly
left to spend it and the rest of
their lives in their homeland. This
has changed a good deal. Those
who are now lucky enough to get
)n under our immigration quota,
are usually glad to remain in this
land of plenty, 'of far-flung free
dom and of unfettered, personal
happiness, even though sometimes
it separates them frqMr their im
mediate families. One thing must
be said for foreigners: they learn
Our language and ouf customs
much quicker than we learn theirs,
as a rule. Somehow, they seem to
have more patience and determin
ation. They start as shoe gfaine boys
and end up owning the-.business;
as movie ushers and bedtime Hol
lywood producers; or as chorus
singers and eventually rise to being
opera stars. Most folks I know do
not object to a certain number of |
:- a~ ?uin I
iuiciKiiria Cuming in 11/ 11115 iuuii
try, but want to be sure we get
high type persons who will meet
our standards, not try to lower
them.
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What they think of us Is often
funny?to say nothing of what we
think of them. Recently, I hap
pened to come upon an account of
what one European thinks of one
of our established institutions. Said
this visitor to our shores, after an
obviously interesting experience:
"there is nothing so American as
an American barber shop. One
enters, and immediately two or
three pugilists attack him as they
strip him of his hat, his coat, his
vest, his collar and tie. 'Why do you
attack me?* asks the stranger. 'It
is not necessary. I do not resist.'
The stripping finished, they lead
one to a chair which in the frac
tion of a second Is transformed
into an operating table. Then a
man with a large hand grabs one's
head, and hoiaing with the other
hand a knile Close to his throat,
asits huh. What do you want? A
shave? Hair cut? Massage? Mani
cure? Shampoo? Shoe shine?'
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One is completely at the mercy
of this man and cannot refuse any
thing. The man gives certain or
ders. and with a single stroke of his
shaving brush, covers one's eyes
and ears with a coating of lather.
We note that some one is working
on our hands and guess that it is
the manicurist. Some one must be
shining our shoes. Meanwhile, the
barber submits us to some scienti
fic proceedings of torture. An enor
mous hand massages us. Then he
covers ou rface with a hot towel
which burns us. Immediately after,
he removes the hot towel and re
places it with one soaked in freez
ing water. We cannot see. speak nor
breathe Finally free of the last
towel we can see the manicurist,
the barber and bootblack. All our
extremities are in alien hands.
Numerous persons work at our ex
pense. and we have a certain satis
faction in knowing that we are
supporting so many peopl.e Really,
we have not yet enumerated all
those who serve us. There is still
another man in a corner of the
barber shop, dedicated to cleaning,
pressing and brushing our hat. The
hat receives its own massage. It is
our sixth extremity.
3
And our torture continues. Now j
we are submitted to a strong elec
tric current. The barber passes
over our face a vibrating apparatus
which effects us like a steam rol
ler. Now our shoes are shined. The
manicurist leaves our right hand
and takes possession of our left,
while the barber begins to cut our
hair. Finally, the torture ends. That
is to say, one still has to pay the
bill. We take out a roll of bills
and distribute them among the
multitude. And all this, Including
the payment, which seems to us the
longest, has not lasted more than
a quarter of an hour. Everything
has been done rapidly and with
much machinery. There is no
doubt, that an American barber
shop is the most American thing
in the world."
Foods that contain nitrogen are
called proteins.
ARTIST S CONCEPTION of the new 20-million
dollar distribution transformer plant to be built
by General Electric Company in the Hickory
t Newton-Conover area of the state. The new plant,
which eventually will employ 1,100 persons, wi)l
be a highly mechanized, modern plant wi'h 400,
000 square feet of floor space. Construction will
begin this year and is expected to be completed in
late 1956.
(AP Photo). ,
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Washington To Observe
YWCA's 100th Anniversary
By JANE EADS
WASHINGTON ? Mamie Eisen- ,
hower is called upon to do a lot of
odd chores like ribbon-snippings
at garden fetes, cracking cham-|
pagne Domes ai snip launcmnss
and cutting birthday cakes at an
niversaries.
A chore she looks forward to
with personal pleasure, however, is
the lighting of the candles on a
huge cake here Jan. 11 marking the
100th world anniversary of the
Young Women's Christian Assn.
and its 50th anniversary in the cap
ital. The Washington ceremony will
touch off a worldwide celebration
centering on a National YWCA
Centennial Luncheon in New! York.
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, will be a speaker at the
j New York affair.
On a broadcast program, Mrs.
Walter Judd, wife of the Repub
lican congressman from Minne
sota and chairman of the centen
nial committee, will introduce the
First Lady and the local luncheon
1 speaker. Sir Roger Makins, ambas
sador of Great Britain, where the
first YWCA was founded 100 years
ago.
Other speakers here will include
Nelson A. Rockefeller, special ad
viser to President Eisenhower.
Women prominent in Washing
ton life who will be honor guests
include Mrs. Nixon, wife of the
vice president; Mrs. Munthe de
Morgenstierne, f wife of the Nor
wegian ambassador and wives of
the ambassadors of Belgium. Chfrta,
Sweden, Portugal, the Nether
lands. Burma, New Zealand, Cuba.
Venezuela, Egypt, Indonesia. Cey
lon, Union of South Africa and
. Iceland and the wives of Supreme
Court Justices Stanley Reed, Har
old Burton and Tom Clark.
The Washington YWCA was es
tablished in 1905 and in 190G had
1,119 members. Through it the
capital city's first cafeteria was 1
established in 1907. and the first
informal adult education classes,
the first housing bureau, and the ,
first swimming pool for women. It i
is an important gathering place
and homey center for the hundreds
of women who come to this city
to work for Uncle Sam.
The local branch receives let
ters from many parents all over!
the country. Like this one: "My'
daughter is on her way to the
capital to work for our govern-,
ment. There was a lump in my |
throat when she left, but I thank
God there is a YWCA in Washing
ton so she w-jll be all right."
Library Notes
Margaret Jonnsion
County Librarian
MUSICAL TREASURY
Would you like to borrow some
lew records from the Library to
;njoy at home?
American Folk Songs for chil
Ircn sung by Pete Seeger.
American Folk Music. Smoky Mt.
Jallads sung by Bascom Lamar
^unsford.
American Forest Products Indus
ries. Inc. Mr. Tree goes to town,
ind Tree F-. to the Rescue.
Crawford, Jesse?In a Monastery
harden, played by Jesse Crawford,
n-ganist.
Handel?The Messiah.
Ives?Burl?Collection of ballads
ind Country Sungs.
Lalo ? Symphonic Espagnole. ?
Sfehudi Menuhin, violin and sym
phony orchestra of Paris conducted
jy Georges.
OfTonbach ? Gaite Parisienne.
Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur
PVT. RAYMOND E. Bl'RGESS. '
son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Bur- ,
gess, Route 1, Waynesville, is j
now serving with the First Ma
rine Division in Korea. A 1954 j
graduate of Waynesville Town- |
ship High School, Pvt Burgess ,
took basic training at Parris j
Island, S. C., and was stationed j
at Camp Pendleton, Calif., before ,
going overseas. ,
Fiedler, conductor.
Puccini, Giacomo?I,a Boheme.
opera. Orchestra and Chorus of Ra
dio Italiana, conductor Gabrille
Santini.
Selinescu?Gypsy music.
Shaw. Robert?Great sacred cho
ruses. Robert Shaw Chorale, with
Hugh Porter, organist.
Stone, Cliffie?Square dances.
Waring. Fred?Songs of devo
tion.
Canada is resuming production
of nickel nickels, having made the
coins of steel for some years.
Methodist Me
Df Haywood:
4eet January!
Shady Grove MethodJI
all be host to the Hay*.
y Methodist Men's f.1
londay evening, Janu,
:00 o'clock. ?
An interesting progrJi
owship, inspiration, ai,
ion has been planned ~
i. Lowder, pastor of th,
ille Methodist Church m
irer of the W.N.C. Metj^
erence Peace Commissi*
ho speaker. Having ^
n Peace Seminars at
lis subject will be Stnwj
'eace." "?
Supper will be servM
ichool cafeteria at Shi
ay the ladies of the chu.
The Haywood Methtgg
Fellowship is composed*
from all the Methodist I
he county, and meets qfl
fellowship and inspirafl
Pless of Bethel is dips J
group. and Enos Boyd 9
fille is secretary. AH ?
men in the county are J<
attend.
Silent Night
NEW YORK (API -d
who get annoyed bv tsf
trash collectors workiri
can dp something to ie
New York's Sanitation
sioner Andrew W. Muin
He said the refuse cor
told to w'ork as quietly?
when worwlng at night?'
won't annoy sleepers
added, the public can hfe
verstuffing the garbage^1
the workers won't have,
the cans to empty thee
ART SCHOOL
NMRS. LOIS BRIGGS HENDRY
ANNOUNCES
|v NEW CROUPS ARE NOW FORMINQ
IN ART CLASSES
ADULTS' CLASSES ? DAY AND EVENING?
CHILDREN'S CLASSES ? AFTERNOON
TELEPHONE GL 6-4003
NOTICE
TO MOTORISTS
All citizens of Waynesville owning and
operating motor vehicles, are required by
law to have 1955 Town license tags on
said vehicles by February 1, 1955. Per
sons failing to comply with this regula
I tion will be subject to fine, and costs in
the matter.
Tags available at the City Hall for One
t Dollar Each.
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I ORVILLE NOLAND
I
Chief of Police
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4 MERCURY OCCLUSIVES FOR
FINER V-8 PERFORMANCE
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DUAL EXHAUST makes more of Mercury's power available to you
for everyday driving. You have tied separate exhaust systems for
lower engine temperatures'?resulting in greater efficiency and econ
omy. Only Mercury Monterey and Montelair in their price class
offer dual exhaust as standard equipment at 110 extra cost.
4 BARREL CARBURETOR gives you two-barrel economy for
normal driving. But when an extra spurt of speed or hill-climbiug
power i$ needed, the extra 2 barrels cut in instantly, vacuum
atically. Only Mercury in its field offers a 4-barrel carburetor as
standard equipment on every model.
HIGH-COMPRESSION SPARK PLUGS ?revolutionary new anti
fouling spark plugs designed for super high-compression engines?
give peak performance at all speeds, fto other spark plugs available
as standard equipment can match this performance, and no other
car in Mercury's field has them.
LONGER EXPERIENCE. Only Mercury among nil cars has an
exclusively V-8 history. New 188- and 198-hp super-torque V-8
engines arc the latest and greatest Mercury developments. And
Mercury has put over 2,000,000 proven V-8 engines on the road
more V-8's than any other car in its price class.
NEW 1955 MERCURYS offer high horsepower (188 and 198)?new siter-torqce V-8 design?for super-pickup in every speed range,
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