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TODAY'S BIBLE VERSE
J "And when lie had made a scourer of
small cords, lie drove (Item all out of (lie
temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and
I poured out tin changers' money, and over
' threw the tables:"?St John ?:15.
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Editorial Page of The Mountaineer
TODAY'S QUOTATION !
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The Toll Scheme More Impractical
Than First Survey Showed
(The more the officials of the Park Service
try to explain their plan for inaugurating
the toll system on the lllue Ridge Parkway,
the more impractical the plan becomes.
We seriously doubt if ten cents of every
dollar collected for toll would reach the U. S.
Treasury, due to the high cost of adminis
tering the toll charges. With such a small
'pittance" of so-called "profit" reaching the
national general treasury, there could not be
much exj>ected to be appropriated for Park
way maintenance.
Sam Weems, sujierintendent of the Park
way, told a group of officials the other day
that the Parkway is met by 25 lT. S. High
ways and has over 600 entrances of one kind
or another.
Weems told the group that he planned 20
fee competing stations, and the hiring of MO
new edjployees ? mark that'?? MO new em
ployees.
' OneVtate official attending the meeting,
said: "Weems seems very much at a loss on
how the operation can be executed without
repeatedly retarding the normal flow of
travel and causing traffic jams, particularly
oh weekends."
In a telegram to Senator Sam J. Ervin,
the chairman of?the State Advertising Com
mittee, Hugh Morton, said, in part:
"Due to the elongated nature of the Park
way, the collection of fees presents an en
tirely different problem than easily handled
areas where lesser number of entrances
exist. 1 can say with certainty, that the pub
lic will be exasperated to the exploding point
by being required continuously to stop for
ticket checks.
"Out-of-state tourists traveling full length
of the Parkway will lose patience and will
discourage both new and repeat business
such as we strive for.
"The administrative costs for Collecting
fees over the far-flung Parkway will make
it the most expensive money ever to reach
the federal treasury. Though the thought of
. obtaining more money for the Parkway is
wholesome. this means is not the answer
and would seriously hamper flow of traffic
over most used tourist entrances to the
mountain region of Nofth Carolina.
"This scheme js wholly impractical."
Chairman Morton expressed our senti
ments'on several points, and we feel he is
entirely correct that the fees collected would
he the most expensive money ever to reach
^^the federal trasury.
B And, too, we agree, that the scheme is
impractical, and will react on the Parkway
in more ways than those officials who favor
the fee system can now comprehend.
THE MOUNTAINEER
Waynesville, North Carolina
Main Street Dial CI, 6-5301
Thr County Seat of llaywood County
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The Associated Press Is entitled exclusively to the usa
for re-publication of all the local news printed in thl?
newspaper, as well as all AP news dispatches
Monday Afternoon. January 17, 19.V>
Pink, Blue Or Gray?
Pink f<?r little girls . . . blue for little boys.
Those are the colors a mother usually
chooses for her baby's clothes.
Hut in homes and hospitals across our
land, there are babies "clad" in gray. They
are in an iron lung ? mere infants whose
limbs can neither kick nor crawl. They are
the small unfortunates who have been strick
en with respiratory paralysis.
Because polio strikes more often at the
young, there are mothers throughout Ameri
ca who join hands with all others every Jan
uary to fijfht this terrible disease through
the means of the March of Dimes*
The disease is no respector of person ?
nor age ? according to the records of the
Orthopedic Home at Asheville, where polio
? patients from this area are treated. They
have had patients there a month old, artd
others even 49 years of age.
The time is here when all of us have an
obligation to fulfill in* helping fight this
dreaded menace ? and in giving a helping
hand to those who have been unfortunate
enough to have polio.
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Leaving North Carolina
In the movement of people into and out of
North Carolina, the State suffered a net loss
in population in the decade just behind three
times as great as that in any other decade
in the history of the State.
This is the most serious information. In
a comment on a study of this situation the
editor of the University of North Carolina j
News Letter says: "It probably cost nearly!
four billion dollars to raise these people. And i
in addition we will lose the billions of in- j
come they would have made in North Caro
lina had they found suitable employment !
and stayed at home."
Why did 261,199 more people leave North j
Carolina than came to it in the decade? The'
answer to that question is irhportant as it
involves more people than the population of j
the State's largest city. Why did they leave?
The answer is not simple but the simple I
fact enters into it that they left because
there seemed to be greater opportunity else
where. It is more disturbing to have to say
that they were right.
Recent figures have shown that those
North Carolinians who remain in the State
receive lower per capita income than people
in any other state save four. Furthermore
in recent years industrial workers in this'
State have received the lowest average
wages in America.
Improving that situation for |>eople which
impels so many of them to leave will not be
simple. One first simple step, however, would
lie the enactment of minimum wage legisla
tion which already has the approval of the'
Oovernor and deserves approval by the Gen
eral Assembly.
?Raleigh News and Observer.
Sanford Experiment
A safety measure being taken at Sanford
to promote traffic safety when a fire occurs
may be one that can be followed in other j
North Carolina communities.
Sanford is installing an eelctrical system
that will make every light in the city turn
red and remain red for three minutes when
a fire alarm sounds.
The system doubtless will disgruntle some
motorists who like to chase fire trucks, but
most Sanford citizens will accept it on its
face value?that of reducing accidents when
a fire truck is hurrying to a fire.
?-Raleigh News and Observer.
Another first with the Waynesville High
School Music Department this week, as four
members participate in the all-state or
chestra. In March the entire 50-piece or
chestra will go to New Orleans to give a
special concert.
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Looking Back Through The Years
20 YEARS AGO
Haywood County plans Presi
dent's Birthday Ball with Dr. A. P.
Cline and Billy Provost in charge.
H. C. Wilburn attends conference
on the Park Museum.
Mrs. Ernest Hyatt and Mrs. Dan
Watkins give contract party at the
home of the former,
Clyde Ray. Jr. and a party of
friends motor to Asheville.
10 years ago
i Glenn' Palmer is a member of 19
committees in the House of Rep
' resentatives.
I Farmers Federation receives 93
applications for frozen food lock
: ers.
Lt. and Mrs. James Kilpatrick,
Jr. and small daughter arrive in
j town, Lt. Kilpatrick is en route to
an assignment in the Pacific.
5 YEARS AGO
Town of Waynesville sells large
tract of watershed timber for $30,
756.
Polio Bail will be sponsored by
i the Beta Sigma Phi sorority.
Mrs. Robert Breese and Miss
Helen Ray go to Jacksonville, Fla,
ot visit Mr. and Mrs. William
Clark.
Donald Rhea is placed on merit
list at Georgia Military College.
Highland Flings
By Bob Conway
Larry Caglc, Clyde merchant, re
cently had an unexpected meeting
with a former shipmate in the 15th
Naval Construction Battalion <Sea
beesi ? Will Strange of Philadel
phia.
However, the reunion was not
quite as pleasant as it could have
been because the Pennsylvanian
was facing Mr. Cagle? whio is also
judge at Clyde?on a charge of
speeding on the new super-high
way.
Despite the fact that the twr
served together in the Pacific, the
law is the law. st> Larry was forc
ed to do his duty.
?The fine: $18.
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Quite a card is Eleanor M. Cun
liffe of New Canaan, Conn., who
wrote a girl friend in Waynesvillr
recently and suggested two way?
to open the envelope?thusly:
1. "To open, insert toe and wig
gle vigorously."
2. "To open, chew along dot
ted line."
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The following "Fisherman's
Prayer" is featured on the back
cover of the latest issue of "North
Carolina Wildlife":
"God grant that I may live.
To fish until my dying day.
And when it comes to my last
cast.
I then most humbly pray.
Whrn in the Lord's safe landing
net.
I'm peacefully asleep.
That in His mercy I be Judged.
As good enough to keep."
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The Waynesvtlle Church of flod
recently sponsored a different kind
of church dinner. For only 75 cents,
members of the congregation de
livered a chicken dinner to any
home or business place in town.
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Most traffic accidents result
these days from a combination of
loo much horsepower and not
enough horse sense.
I'm looney
over Rosemary Clooney."
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A lot of people won't agree, hut
our nomination for the most enioy
able picture of 1954 is "Briga
doon". The only thing wrong with
the film version seas the omission
of one song?"Come To Me. Bend
To Me" from the original Broad
way musical.
While we're on musicals, we
might meniton that "White Christ
mas" with Bins Crosby and Danny
Kaye is another sparkler. Don't
miss this colorful picture when it
comes here. ,
Watch out when a woman driver
signals for a left turn. She might
actually make one.
Pvt. Crawford Arrives
In Germany With Army
> 9TH DIV., GERMANY ? Army
? Pvt. Dewain F. Crawford. 20. son
? of Mr. and Mrs. Horace Crawford.!
Route 3. Wavnesville. recently ar-.
rived in Germany for duty with
the 9th Infantry Division.
As part of the U. S. Seventh
? Army, the 9th Division conducts
' rigorous training exercises, includ
i ing realistic maneuvers and field
problems, in southern Germany.
Private Crawford, a combat en
gineer, entered the Army in July
? 1954 and completed basic training
at Fort Bliss. Tex. He was last sta
tioned at Fort Leonard Wood. Mo.
; Pvt. Gentry Completes
Special Work In Alaska
LADD AIR FORCE BASE. Alas
ka?Pvt. Robert L. Gentry, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gentry. Route
4, Waynesville, recently was gradu
ated from the Army's 4th Regi
] menial Combat Team Leadership
i School at Ladd Air Force Base,
Alaska.
A member of the team's Com
pany A, Private Gentry entered
the Army in January 1954 and ar
rived overseas last June.
Letter To Editor
Editor, The Mountaineer:
Are you a Christian? If not, it is
time you wake un because another
H-Bomb test is scheduled to take
place this year. Did you know that
when an H-Boinb is placed inside
a shell of cobalt with tampings of
gold and platinum, that it means
the end of all living things on the
face of the Earth?
This type of bomb is now in the
making, almost complete. Cobalt
is a poison, deadly , . . the H-Bomb
is transportation for the cobalt
around the Earth, which spells
death to all living things.
This is not a scare notice, but
that you might 8ft right with God
before it happens, which will be
in the year of 1955.
j Eight years ago, one of our great
est scientists of the atomic bomb
said that a more powerful bomb
would be tested by 1956. which will
lie the cobalt bomb and in the year
of 1955.
Don't laugh at this notice be
cause it is true. Read Isaiah 14;
12-15; Ezekial 28: 12-17: Luke 10:
8, and Ezekiel 28: 14.
Prayer alone can ward off the
bomb.
Respectfully.
Frank J. Maney.
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By Frances Gilbert Frazier
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UO you realize wiai UttU oanuaiy nas uccu t
waste basket of time, and that we are now on the slop, ?
to Spring? Time onl> travels slowly when we ha\ ? ?
when busy, no diesel engine ean keep abreast of it . ,,
of the dreaded month of snows, ice and what-have-y, u a,it|
we ean easily see tlu^ way opening for balmy weal!,,
i goes with our wonderful spring in the mountains. The deaj
will suddenly turn into soft tones of green, and dandel., ,
ly bedeck the courthouse lawn. Shy little pansies will fl, a thej
colored bonnets and peek out at the waiting world with qtia:n
ing faces; the holly-hock stalks bv our window will poke ,n
eyes out of the earth to see if we are still there, and t r
nish us with pink beauty for a long while.
You haven't been too bad. Winter. iup to now> but wt v.
ly welcome your successor. -
Won't you take out a minute just to say a little praj
that little girl who is facing the most crucial time of her 1
i ...
L'ncie Mose gazed speculatively out on a whitening -? m
fast covering the back lawn. Uncle Mose didn't like cold ia,
more than the rest of his Southern brethren but he realized
white carpet would silence any demands for the mowing j?b
was strongly in favor of indoor work. That is, if he was (orrip
work. Just as he drew a long breath of relief, his bossman ca
view. "Well, Uncle Mose," he commented, "looks like we're u
don't you think?" Uncle Mose agreed heartily and smiled jj
"Yassah, yassah." was his reply as he reflected whet!:,
cleaning out the basement, or just keeping quiet and hopinj
best. In the basement he would be nice and warm and
spend most of the time "jest restin' '. Hut bis dream was t!
as completely as though a gun shot had punctured a toy ba
realized that his bossman was talking: "Tell you what Int.
this is a splendid time to clean out the garage." As Unci M,
fled off in hearc-h of his boots and coveralls, he muttere d to tj
"Me and my big mouth," and he still doesn't realize that , d#
a word about cleaning out anything.
Small Fry Philosophy: "It won't make no difference whit
wants if Mom says we can't go."
We are reminded of the oldie that went something like 1
you is or is you aint?," when v.e read in the papers about ti
stant questioning of Mr. Eisenhower as to his intentions ab
1956 candidacy. It would seem to us that such a question is i
superfluous as asking if you have two aces in your hand when
bridge. If Mr. Eisenhower says he "aint". then what would the
be? Every Hepublican would start a frantic search for a pos-ib
didate. and if the reply is "I is." then the Democrats \i.,uldb
hustle around for a competitive candidate. So there you at*
doesn't everybody let the President alone about his plans i
down to the work at hand? Goodness knows, there's plintyi
keep the Senate, Congress and all reporters busy until it;
make the BIG decision. Even the owner of a crystal b., ! via
it impossible to foresee what would be best to do at a future
"One word brings on another" usuallv refers to anurv a
Waynesville Marine Is
Now In The Far East
Marine Pvt. Alan K. Swavngim.
nephew of Mrs. Thelma McElroy of i
Route 3. Waynesville. has arrived i
in the Far East for assignment to
Marine Air Group 33, a libit of the
1st Marine Aircraft Wing.
Based at a forward area in Ko
rea, Group 33 has been supporting
operations of the 1st Marine Divi
sion and other UN forces since
early in the Korean conflict
Its two operational squadrons,
the "Abie Eagles" and "Panther
jets." fly the F9F-4 "Pantherjet"
fighter-bomber.
Billy Chrest Geor?>
Promoted At Riv*
HOLLYWOOD. Fla 0
Chrcst George, son ot Mr
C. A. George. Waynesville.l
promoted to the grade "1
First Class at Riverside
Academy. Gainesville, C.i ;
at its winter home at this
Cadet Oeorge, who entw
erside's freshman cla-- in5
ber. has won promotion nn i
of his superior military, as
and conduct record diirit
first term of the sc'-oolJ
Riverside.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
First State Bank
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of Hazel wood in the State of North Carolina
at the close of business on Dec. 31. 1954.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve
balances, and cash items in process of collection
United States Government obligations, direct
and guaranteed . . .
Obligations of States and political subdivisions '
Loans and discounts
Bank premises owned $7,400.00, furniture and
fixtures $5,753.77
Other assets ..
TOTAL ASSETS *8*
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, .
and corporations . . .
1 Time denos'ts of individuals, partnerships, and ,
corporations ....... ?
Deposits of United States Government (in.hiding
postal savings) ............ J
Oeoosits of States and nolitical subdivisions
Other deoosits 'certified and officers* checks, etc.)
TOTAT, DEPOSITS $797,624.00
Other liabilities '
TOTAT, LIABILITIES 'not including subordinated
obligations shown below)
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital* ,
Sumltis . . *,
Undivided profits .
TOT A L CAPITAL ACCOUNTS * ,
TOTAL 1,1 ABILTTtES Avn CAPITAL ACCOUNTS ^
?This bank's capital rnnslsts of: ? ,
Common stock with total nnr value of
Total denositc ?n the rredit 0f the State of North Carolina ^
or any official thereof
MEMORANDA
Assets nledged or assigned to secure liabilities
and for bther purposes ? *'j
Loan? as shown above are after deduction of reserves of 5 j
I .1. B Smith. Cashier, of the above-named hank da
swear that the above statement is true and that it fullv and
represents the true state of the several matters herein c'>nta,r
set forth, to the best of my knowledge and belief.
J. B Smith, Cashier
Correet?"Attest:
C N. ALLEN
.1 F MASSIF,
L N DAVIS
Directors
State of North Carolina. County of Haywood, rs:
Sworn to and suhscribed before me this 12th dav of
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of
B. S Chambers. Notarv r
My commission expires July 7. 1956